04x09 - The Rising Sun of Death

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Averysan, have some more sushi.
Have some more.

-l trust you like our sushi.
-lt's excellent. Marvelous.

-Glad you like it.
-No, no. l've had enough for tonight.

As you wish. You will permit me
to toast our bold new venture.

To our new partner,
Averytek.

We're grateful
for your capitol, but...

you understand the demand of my board
to maintain the controlling interest.

Of course. ln recognition
of our relationship...

my corporation wishes to bestow
a gift onto the CEO of Averytek.

Really, Tanaka,
that's not necessary.

Please.
ln our country,...

such a gift is referred to
as ''Junkatsuyu'',...

the oil that lubricates
our society.

Yes, of course.

-Please, follow me.
-lt's getting quite late...

Averysan go enjoy yourself.
lt will be a night to remember.

l assure you.
Follow Agawa.

-Come. Follow me.
-Why not?

Hello there.

That's great.
You are so good.

Oh that's great.
Marvelous.

Right there.

lf you like this house enough to buy,
whose name will be on the title?

Crockett or Burnett?

lf it happens in this town and
it's public, it has to be Burnett.

Sorry sweetheart,
but that's the way it is.

No problem, Mr. Sensitive.

l just wanted to know what initials
to put on the towels.

4550.
l think this is it.

-How much?
-lt's listed at 1,200,000...

but it belongs to a Colombian
gentleman with legal problems.

The broker says we could get it
for 875,000 which l think is a steal.

Absolute larceny.

l'm good for every bit of
450 a month towards a mortgage.

That ought to buy me a good
chunk of the garage, huh?

-Hello.
-Hi. Mr. and Mrs. Burnett.

Rita Van Weens. You don't know
how nice it is to meet a couple that...

that won't need a mortgage.
l simply love all cash deals.

Wait until you see the foyer. This is
a 250 square foot construction.

How do you want to decorate it?
Minimalist or Santa Fe?

l don't care,
just so long as it isn't Japanese.

-Burnett.
-lt's Rico.

Castillo wants us at the old marina.
They jerked a floater out from bay.

Give me 10 minutes.

Since when did we start
handling floaters?

Maybe Homicide got tired
of the Biscayne backstroke.

Has he been lDed?

W. Colton Avery.

The lvy leaguer who's gonna build
a hi-tech plant in Lauderdale?

lt's supposed to be
a Japanese co-venture.

Another Yalie flunks the pool party.

Why isn't Homicide on this?

Because it's not about Avery.

lt's about the people
he was doing business with.

His business associates may be
tied in with the Yakuza.

l don't want them in Miami.

Please. Give us some room.

Are you still calling
the drowning accidental?

-There is no evidence of foul play.
-Foul play?

Then what's a homicide
cop doing here?

Sergeant Haskell's on this case
to make sure that there are...

no questions left unasked or
unanswered about Mr. Avery's death.

As soon as we have an official cause
of death, you will be informed.

Give us a break.
We've got work to do.

l got your call. You got an angle
on this let me have it now.

l talked to the ME and l'm afraid
of what you're causing outside.

Listen. Vasquez works for the mayor.
You work for him.

Whether you realize it or not,
the mayor has his stones in a vice.

You do understand, don't you?

The primaries in 2 weeks.
He's trying to embarrass me.

lf you think you've got something,
l need the fix now. Spill it.

Excuse me.

-Can you believe the loyalty!
-l'll fix this.

Excuse me.
Back off.

They fished this guy out of
the bay this morning. He drowned.

The bay is salt water.
He's full of fresh water.

So he falls off a boat in the river,
tide goes out, he ends in Biscayne.

Nice clean alcohol related slip
and fall. No more, no less.

That doesn't wash.

-Why not?
-Tell him.

Because when he was found
this was all he was wearing.

So what?

His wife reports he was wearing a
Ebel watch worth 15,000 dollars.

lt was an anniversary present
and he never took it off.

Somebody took it off for him.

When divers fished him out it
was already gone. See the tan line.

So, it fell off when he went over.
He had a blood alcohol level...

-Of, what was it?
-0.25.

For a Homicide d*ck you're anxious
to sweep this under as an Act of God.

Why don't you go back to hassling
hookers and leave this to the pros?

That's enough.

Castillo may have an angle
on this one. Why don't you step out?

Latin machismo.

Hi.

One. He did not
fall out of a boat.

Two. Judging by
the bloating of the skin,...

he drowned in water of
a relatively high temperature.

l'm not talking 90 degree
Miami water.

This is purified,
chlorinated water.

-Heated pool?
-Jacuzzi?

Which means what?

lt means he was m*rder*d.

And l need 48 hours before
you call Haskell back in.

Why get involved in
a homicide investigation?

Ryochi Tanaka. Colonel.
lmperial Army of Japan.

lndicted November 1945...

as a w*r criminal by order
of Douglas MacArthur.

He's the head of the 14th
largest corporation in Japan.

Avery's new partner?

Avery had his last meal
in a Japanese restaurant.

He drowned in a Japanese hot tub.

And lnterpol connects
Tanaka with the Yakuza.

So he's really
connected to the mob.

Check Avery's office.

What are we looking for?

Anything that connects Avery
to Tanaka or the Yakuza.

Hello.
Miami Vice.

We're here to see Mr. Avery's office.

Hello.

Something's kinky happening
in the garage.

-Notice they don't drive Japanese.
-Must be the drop in the dollar.

Hang on.

Freeze!

Who in the hell is that guy?

Keep an eye out Tubbs.

l don't believe it.
Not a scratch.

-l'll call Homicide.
-Hold on.

Kenji Fujitsu,
private investigation.

Address says Tokyo.

Must have been the other blaster
in the black Firebird.

-What's a Japanese Pl doing in Miami?
-l don't know.

But l'll lay you 10,000 yen
he ain't doing divorce work.

Yakuza.

The more tattoos, higher the rank.
This man's moving up quickly.

They started showing up in Hawaii
about 3 years ago.

Right about the time Justice
went after the mob.

Was there a connection?

The RlCO lawsuits began breaking
up the crime families.

So these guys are moving in
to fill the void.

Just who are these guys,
Lieutenant?

Scum.
Thugs.

A loose confederation of gangs.

They're starting to get
stronger though.

They live in the shadows.
g*ns. Prostitution.

dr*gs. Anything to turn a profit,
including extortion and m*rder.

One of the worst gangs
is Sumiroshi-gumi.

That's their symbol.

Agawa, Fujitsu made fools of your men.
You must allow them to save face.

You have disgraced clan.
No choice.

Crock...
Sonny Burnett's line.

Yeah. Darling.

l'm just calling to tell you
it's gonna be another late night.

Listen darling, you know
that is the cover phone.

You gotta at least make
an effort to get the name straight.

Crockett, Burnett.
l'm married to 2 different men.

Sometimes l feel like an adulteress.

l'll tell you what, wait up
and we'll cheat on your husband.

Sounds wonderfully skitzy.

l love you.

We both love you too.
Bye-bye.

lnterpol sh*t: Fujitsu.

The most decorated cop in the history
of the National Police Agency.

-National Police Agency?
-The blue knights of Japan.

5 years ago, he was suspended for
attacking him without provocation.

-What's his claim to fame?
-Chain of Japanese steak houses.

No criminal record.
His name's Agawa.

No one's seen or heard Fujitsu
since the att*ck.

-Until last night.
-That's right.

l don't understand. What's his angle?
The Yakuza or the Avery death?

Maybe both. Why don't
we track him down and find out?

Fujitsu has his own agenda.
We don't have the time.

Right now, forget about him.
Concentrate on the Yakuza.

How we supposed
to chase them down?

Look in the yellow pages
under ''Full body tattoos''.

How come he's missing a finger?

Yakuza when they fail their bosses,
their Oyabun,...

give a piece of themselves
or else they face disgrace.

Here's the tattoos
we were talking about.

-Glad l don't work for him.
-You'd never fingerpaint again.

The Yakuza handle
all the brothels in Japan.

They call 'em ''dating clubs''.

They recruit their women through
sex tabloids and showbiz papers.

Trudy and Gina, l want you to get
all the tabloids in South Florida.

See if you can find a club
that needs some help.

Castillo.

Your 48 hours are up Castillo.
l'm giving it to Homicide.

Haskell will be needing your notes.

l need two more days.

lf l'm right,
it could mean...

national news.
Maybe international.

That big, huh? Think you can
get me on Ted Koppel?

He's playing you
like a tether sack.

OK. 48 hours...

or your whole unit will be checking
men's rooms in South Beach.

You sold the farm didn't you?

Think l'd look good on TV?

l expect.

Alright ladies,
what can l do for you?

We came here to answer your ad.

You might as well know now
we don't do any rough or kinky stuff...

-and we wear our own costumes.
-Right.

And we got our own line
on all major credit cards,...

but we'd be very happy to share
any kinda percentage through yours.

And nobody, and if l may
repeat myself,...

but nobody comes near us
without using any condom.

You tell him.

And we don't do any employees,
either, if you know what l mean.

Right.

Check 'em.
Knives, g*ns, badges.

Nothing.

Give 'em a number.
Put 'em to work.

Take it and go.

-The kitchen is closed.
-What?

-The kitchen is closed.
-l wasn't talking about booze.

l'd say you gals have gotten
yourselves into a tight situation.

Are you relaxed?

You pig.

You were told never to come here.

Look, you were late
with your payment.

Besides if l didn't come,...

you'd have had a couple Vice
cops turning tricks for you.

l ought to get a bonus for this.

Maybe a half hour alone with them?

What do you say?

What do you think you're doing?

Nothing's moved
for the last half hour.

Has she activated the beeper?

Nada. l got zero brain activity
on the monitor.

What's this dog and pony show.

Wait a minute.
Do you believe this?

What are you doing, Yoshio?
Not my g*n.

Stay back. You'll have pictures of
everything when it's under control.

-What's the meaning of this?
-You have a hostage situation.

l thought l should be on the scene.

-Activate the beeper.
-Sure you wanna risk it?

Do it. There's no other way.

Put on the speaker the commissioner
will want to hear this.

You cannot do business
in Miami without me.

You're right Haskell.
We have a little job for you.

Haskell!
What's he doing in there?

Working on the US-Japanese
trade deficit.

Your buddy Haskell's
the bag man for the Yakuza.

You gonna let us handle this...

or you want that transmission
sent over the loud speaker?

Some film at 11 that would make.

A lot of people saw me
come up the stairs.

They won't remember
when they find you...

face down in the bay
like Avery.

Do your job.
Go to work.

Haskell is history.

The beeper is a transmitter.
Everything you say is being recorded.

We should hit 'em now.

No, not with g*ns at their heads.

Crockett.
You and Tubbs take them.

They're somewheres upstairs
in the back.

Hi there. Two for dinner.
Sushi bar is fine.

-Membership card gentlemen.
-Never leave home without it.

Agawa escaped.

Sonny look who we got here.

Fancy seeing you here.

You know Rico,...

this guy Fujitsu
has gotten my attention.

l'm gonna run him down even
if it's just to have a chat with him.

-You sure it's worth it?
-l'll find out.

-Good morning.
-Good morning.

A report
on the Tanaka-Avery merger.

What's it say?

The Japanese are using fronts
to buy up large blocks of Avery stock.

lt wasn't a friendly merger,
it was gonna be a hostile takeover.

Avery caught wind of it.
He blocked the move.

Which means Tanaka had every
motive for k*lling him.

So let's go pinch Tanaka.
What's it got to do with Fujitsu?

l called the NPA.
Just finished.

Fujitsu been working for Tanaka's
corporation since day one.

l don't understand.

lf Fujitsu works for Tanaka,
Tanaka controls the Yaks,...

then why would Fujitsu want
to slice him into ''sashimi''?

Exactly.
Why?

l know you're there.
Come into the light.

The logic escapes me.

You said Tanaka
had Avery k*lled.

You work for Tanaka's company.

Why do you want Tanaka?

Tanaka is a nationalist.
Ultra right.

Once the youngest w*rlord
in the lmperial Army,...

your people tossed him in
the can after the w*r.

Then all the sudden,
everybody started seeing red.

lt was ''communist this''
and ''communist that''.

So the OSS sprung him from prison.

They wanted him to bust
the communists in the labor movement.

For that
he used the Yakuza.

And a w*r criminal becomes one
of the richest men in the world.

What's your interest?

For 40 postwar years Tanaka's style
was the way we did things in Japan.

Now the moderates in his corporation
believe he's unsound.

l was hired to stop him.

So his own board wants his head.

Why approach me?

'Cause of him.

-Haskell?
-He was OSS.

Tanaka's control officer.

You would never have solved Avery's
death with him on the inside

And cracking Avery's death
is what l need...

to take Tanaka down.

The evidence against him
is circumstantial.

That's why l need your help.

Do it.

How did you knoW?.

lt was the way
you went after Agawa.

lt was beyond simple police work.

He was once my brother.

l was starving after the w*r.

He took me in.

ln those days,...

Sumiroshi-gumi
was a noble clan.

Then Tanaka twisted Agawa
for his own postwar ends.

He bought their souls
and turned them into thugs...

and Agawa
into a gangster.

Now l ask you again.

Will you help me?

Good afternoon, Lieutenant.

-Good afternoon.
-Please, be seated.

ln your call you mentioned
that you could begin...

where Haskell finished.

ls that correct Lieutenant?

Yes.

But Haskell was a western buffoon.

Are you also a buffoon,
Lieutenant?

l can give you something
that Haskell couldn't.

l can give you Fujitsu.

l trust you enjoy
our rare green tea.

Thank you.

When the Lieutenant brings
Fujitsu to me, you will k*ll him.

You will place Avery's watch
on the body.

That way, it will appear...

that Fujitsu has k*lled
and robbed for profits.

Perhaps there was another way.
He was trusted once.

There is no other way!

lf this scandal continues
it will mean a complete,...

loss of face for the clan...

and then, you know
what l am committed to do.

Kenji.

l prayed you wouldn't come.

You'd expect l'd send somebody else?

l saved you from the streets.

Now l have to save
the honor of our clan.

The Sumiroshi-gumi
has no honor.

You talk of honor.

When you joined the police,
you disgraced our clan.

You know the penalty is death.

You were the master...

and l the student
you taught too well.

You once told me...

that those who stray from
the path of righteousness...

must be destroyed.

l have no choice.

No!

Do it.
k*ll me.

No.

Go ahead, k*ll me.

l must do it.

l must... l must...

-You k*ll him, he dies with honor.
-k*ll me Kenji!

Let him live in the agony
of his own disgrace.

ln America
you have arrest and trial.

The Yakuza have their own justice.