Fuck! It's too hot in here guys, I can't stand it.
I'm gonna die if I stay.
The new director of the Criminal Documentation
- will be appointed next week. - Oh, yeah?
Yes.
- It's not too hard? - Why?
You know very well it is not me who will appoint him.
No, no. It's not that. It's…
He's gonna replace Gaillard
and I know how much you cared about him.
It is normal that his position is vacant
since he is dead.
Oh.
We're just next to Tanaka's shop.
Would you like to say hello to him?
Say hello in a shop.
I do my shopping on Mondays.
It is Tuesday.
- That's true. - Yes.
I did my shopping on Tuesday once, with you.
- Yes, I remember. - But it was one time.
- Yes. - Yes.
So.
- Ah. Ladies. - Yes?
Damn. It's hot in here.
He bled out,
facilitated by the osmosis effect of the hot water.
It probably diminished the pain,
but it must have taken a while.
His killer must have had things to tell him.
Must have.
Damn.
Yes?
There.
Oh shit!
His pinky finger was cut?
Yes, and we didn't recover it.
What do you mean?
Yubitsume.
Sorry?
I missed you, Miss Nielsen.
Could you do us a favor and tell us more about
that yubi something?
Sure.
Yubitsume.
That is Japanese, Doctor Fournier.
There is a body of consistent evidence showing
that this man cut his pinky finger himself.
It is a ritual punishment performed by the yakuza.
The Japanese mafia?
The victim would be a yakuza?
No.
The yakuza have their bodies entirely covered with tattoos.
But the victim does not have any.
Anyway,
not on the front.
- Well, let's go. - Sorry. Sirs?
Sirs?
Yubitsume.
It means, cut off a phalange.
- Ok. - It can be any finger.
Thank you.
He is dead.
- You do not have to take his temperature. - It's for the water.
Ah.
Could you tell me what happened?
I don't have a clue.
Like every morning, we escorted Mr. Kimura to his bath.
And after that,
blackout.
All I can remember is that we fainted-
What time was it exactly?
I don't know.
9 am...
9:30 am tops.
- Sir, nobody's allowed through. - Let me in.
Nobody's allowed through, sir.
Are you family, sir?
I might as well be.
I'm the one who protects Kimura-san.
They aren't his bodyguards?
They're substitutes who started two weeks ago.
I've been here since the beginning.
Commander Coste.
- You see the man, there. - Yes?
He is a true yakuza.
Thank you.
You father lets you come on your own now?
I am qualified.
(Japanese) Thank you very much.
You honor me, Miss Nielsen.
But you are thanking me like a Prince.
You should say
Arigato gozaimasu.
In Japan,
politeness follows a very precise code.
The keigo
which is divided in 3 different levels.
And for each situation corresponds a precise response.
I'm bothering you with my stories.
Not at all.
Could you explain to me, Tanaka-san?
We will not thank the same way…
That's it.
I know a little more about our Marat.
Kimura.
No.
A guy assassinated in his bath it's “Marat”,
the painting of David.
You gotta stop Charlotte Corday.
I didn't know you were interested in the French Revolution.
No, not really.
But I always had the soul of a cop.
All that interested me in history
was everything revolving around homicides.
Julius Ceasar. Henry IV.
Lincoln.
- Marat. - Marat.
Ok...
And this victim?
Takeshi Kimura.
The only son of an old Japanese aristocratic family.
His late father bought a French gallery in the 80s
and made it into a huge enterprise of art imports and exports.
The company has the entire building.
The three French bodyguards are clean
but Ken, the Japanese bodyguard, just got out of prison.
Ok.
He hires back his bodyguard when he gets out.
He hires three more.
You don't increase your protection without reason.
What was he afraid of?
Or who?
We'll find out.
What scared your boss so much?
- Nothing at all. - Four bodyguards,
including a yakuza.
He didn't mind being associated with organized crime?
Was he working with the mafia?
Among people of his standard,
having bodyguards is rather a form of prestige.
A bit like a Lord surrounded by Samurais.
You want to tell me
that your role alongside Kimura was just for show?
And one year of prison for assault and battery…
What was it? Decoration?
That was a...
personal dispute.
Your boss rehired you when you got out of prison.
I have been working for the family for 20 years.
It creates bonds.
Then why weren't you with him this morning?
He asked me to buy him cigars.
Such a tragedy.
There.
That is the file.
Ken, the bodyguard, got a year in prison
for assault and battery on his victim,
who was an artist displaying at the Kimura gallery.
Really?
And Takeshi Kimura is involved in the case?
Not at all.
Ken took full responsibility. Look.
- There. Personal dispute. - Yeah.
Those are his exact words.
Yes, it is written there.
If you want my opinion, I'm less and less sure about that.
Look.
Some of those works have been sold for a fortune by the Kimura gallery.
And since the assault,
those paintings don't sell anymore. And his ratings are plummeting.
Why?
In general, it's a matter of taste.
But in this specific case, I believe it has nothing
to do with aesthetic considerations.
It's a very old scheme.
Vendor A buys a painting for a few thousand euros.
They put it on the market via the Kimura gallery
which inflates the price artificially.
Like an auction.
So, buyer B buys it for a million.
So A make an official profit of a million euros.
Commander Coste uses A and B letters to symbolize people.
It is a metaphor.
If A is a politician and B a wealthy manufacturer,
the manufacturer just legally gifted
one million euros to the politician.
It's a system of money laundering.
Commissioner, great timing!
We just found a case of money laundering and corruption.
Yes, I already know.
I just got the BRB
and they're on the Kimura gallery for years,
- working with the Japanese authorities. - Really?
In the 80s, France was the El Dorado of yakuza
for laundering money.
But there were too many gangs and not enough space.
It led to a true war of the gangs.
When the war ended, the Kimuras were the only ones left.
Ok, and what does it mean today?
The Commissioner wants to say that
Takeshi Kimura's death
probably marks the beginning of a new gang war.
I need to go to the Criminal Documentation.
I am going to be late. One should not be late.
Goodbye.
The Kimuras aren't just a façade for the yakuza.
They're the French part of one of the most
powerful Japanese criminal organizations…
The “Yamaguchi-kai”.
- Extortion- - They're part of
what the Japanese authorities call “Bōryokudan”.
It means violent group, in Japanese.
How did you know?
Astrid.
Well done, Commander Coste.
Extortion, blackmail, trafficking.
Everyone who gets in their way ends up in the cemetery.
Are we sure that Takeshi Kimura's death is linked to all that?
Hard to tell.
From what we know, they have little competition in their sector.
But the MO
could suggest a settling of scores.
It doesn't mean Kimura's death is linked to organized crime.
We saw members of the mafia be assassinated by their mistresses.
I agree.
If we find elements linked to organized crime,
I promise you we'll send all the information to the BRB.
Meanwhile,
we work this case like any homicide.
Sure.
But be careful where you put your nose.
Commander Coste, your shoes. You must remove your shoes.
You mustn't walk in with your shoes. It is the rule.
- Like in the paper room. - Like in the paper room.
It is the rule.
It is Go.
An ongoing game.
White and black are tied.
Hello.
We'd like to ask you a few questions about your boss, please.
I believe I offended the woman.
Astrid.
Tell the lady that
we have a few questions about her boss.
Kimura was my husband.
Mr. Kimura was her husband.
Ask Mrs. Kimura
why her husband hired
two new bodyguards.
Had hired.
He is dead.
Mrs. Kimura,
why had your husband hired two new bodyguards?
He was worried.
Our house was recently robbed.
He was worried.
Their house was recently robbed.
Thank you, I heard.
He didn't just increase his security,
he totally replaced it.
He fired his Japanese bodyguard
to hire French ones, why?
He didn't trust him anymore?
That's a little too long for a question.
I do not know.
My husband wasn't keeping me informed of
his relationship with Ken.
It's a men's matter, do you understand?
Do you know who he might have talked about it with?
She does not know.
It is a men's matter, do you understand?
Maybe
to her Go partner.
It is normal she was offended, Raphaëlle.
You lent forward at 45 degrees.
This salutation is restricted to the Imperial family and the clergy.
Moreover, you had your hands at your sides, like a man.
It would have been better
to lean forward at 30 degrees
and put your hands on your thighs.
There are 3 different types of salutations
in the Japanese culture.
One should choose the right one.
Understood.
The shoes are glued together.
That is weird.
I do not understand.
Me neither.
Self-portrait.
I'm Hiro Morin, Mr. Kimura's assistant.
I'll let you handle it, Astrid.
Do you play Go?
Indeed.
I saw a game in Mr. Kimura's office.
An ongoing game. There is an interesting move.
But they are only delaying.
A moment of equilibrium, bound to tilt.
On which side?
The black side.
Mr. Kimura.
I've never beaten him.
But he's the one who taught me how to play.
Among other things.
I owe him a lot.
Does Ken play Go?
No.
He didn't have that passion. Ken was
like his brother.
They went out together to drink, go to the bath together.
Not this morning.
They weren't together this morning.
Were they on bad terms?
I don't know.
What I can tell you is that
I heard them arguing around two weeks ago.
About what?
I couldn't tell you.
Listen, I'm sorry.
But I have a meeting outside
- to make the funeral arrangements. - Of course.
- Like that. - Yes, because
when he arrived, you bent too far.
You are not an Empress.
- Well, no. - No.
It's not a date.
Ok, not a date.
Can I have half a pint?
Well,
let's talk about work, then.
So, your case?
Am I allowed?
Talking with a DA who's not on my case, am I allowed?
Thank you.
Because you worry about what you're allowed to do, now?
That's new, isn't it?
It's a case which involves an environment
I am not familiar with,
of which I don't know the language, and all its code.
There.
What is it?
No, it's...
No, earlier and for the first time I…
I was in Astrid's shoes.
It's difficult to explain but...
it made me understand a lot of things.
- Who is this girl? - This girl?
This girl is the most talented criminalist of this city.
Don't you dare make fun of her.
It's not that but,
it's so you.
You were always like this, wanting to take in the...
The what?
- Well, you know... - The what?
- The lost souls, the hopeless cases- - The lost souls!
- Yeah. - But she isn't a lost soul...
She's my friend.
Ok.
Can we cheer anyway?
There were 5 crimes involving yakuza
during the last 30 years in Paris.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
All happened at the beginning of the 90s.
Not one since.
The gang war the Commissioner talked about.
But I did not find anything
that could link one of these cases to the Kimura family.
We need to interrogate Hiro Morin again
I'm sure he didn't tell us everything.
You could do it, Astrid.
It went well last time, didn't it?
Ah.
But, we shouldn't do it at the precinct
it'd have to be in a more informal setting.
A coffee at Michel's.
I...
I would prefer a tea
at Mr. Takana's shop.
Ah, yeah, yeah, it's perfect.
But I would need to ask the permission of Tanaka-san.
Well, call him to have a meeting.
Anyway, I need to drop by the precinct
to touch bases with the team.
What?
I cannot ask him over the phone,
it would not be appropriate. I need to ask him in person.
- But it's Wednesday? - Yes.
- I do my grocery shopping on Monday. - Yes?
But this is an unusual event.
When we think about it,
it is better if the unusual event
does not happen on a usual day.
Ok.
It is better.
- Yeah, it's better, yeah. - Yes.
Konichiwa Tanaka-san.
You are not Tanaka-san.
Why, yes I am.
You are really different on Mondays.
Ah, pardon me.
You're talking about Apu Tanaka.
I'm Tetsu Tanaka,
- his nephew. - Ah.
I run the shop on Wednesdays.
I do my grocery shopping on Mondays.
- You only came on Mondays? - Yes.
- Are you, by chance, Ms. Nielsen? - Yes.
How did you know?
My uncle told me a lot about you.
I am very honored to meet you.
How can I help you?
I would like to borrow your back room to serve tea
to someone Commander Coste wishes to interrogate.
Oh, a police case.
Of course!
My uncle also told me all the good things
he thought about Mrs. Coste.
It consists of interviewing a key witness
whose office is two streets from here.
All right.
I can prepare everything you'll need for tea right now.
If you want?
Right now?
It would be impolite to refuse.
But it's what you want.
We can do this later, if you prefer.
No, it would be impolite to refuse,
I don not want to be impolite.
I will inform Hiro Morin.
Right now.
Nicolas?
- Is everything all right? - I'm fine.
- How much coffee did you have? - I don't remember.
I spent all night on the Kimura company accounts.
- Did you find anything? - Yes.
So, all the transactions between
the parent company in Japan and the French company
are legal,
except that the transactions to Japan the last 3 months
are significantly less than before.
Kimura was dipping into the funds?
I don't know but it must have raised Tokyo's hackles
when they saw that the profits were very low.
And that's not all.
I looked at Ken's receipts to verify his alibi
and I found long-distance calls from Japan
the day before and the day of Kimora's murder
when there was none for several months.
- Coste is with him for an interrogation, I'll tell her. - Ok.
Who do you take orders from in the end?
From the Kimura family
or directly from the Yamaguchi-kai in Japan?
Both.
It's the clan
that put me under Kimura-san's orders.
To protect him or to monitor him?
You argued with him recently, about what?
The transactions that dropped?
That's it.
And where did it go, this money?
In Kimura's pockets?
Not really.
He was gambling with Tokyo's profits.
He'd been losing money recently,
so I had to remind him that
the clan's patience is limited.
And their patience reached its limits.
They had him killed.
After making him
- cut off his finger as a sign of penance. - No.
No?
I wasn't expecting a confession from you anyway.
You don't understand.
If it was Tokyo who wanted him dead,
he would have known,
because he would have asked me to do it.
You knew each other for 20 years,
you drank together, you were friends.
There is friendship.
And there is duty.
You realize that you're giving me a motive?
And you?
You realize it's not my first interrogation?
You have nothing on me.
For my part,
the man I had to protect,
he was murdered.
So understand that
the police are the last thing on my mind.
You want us to keep you here?
It would change nothing.
For certain things, they are patient.
Listen,
I don't think it was the clan who killed Kimura-san.
He had a sort of insurance,
a compromising list
that he would release to the media if anything happened to him.
We didn't find anything of the sort.
Well, keep looking.
Harder.
It's your job, right?
I am not capable.
You can begin by serving tea.
This you are capable of doing.
Yes, serving tea.
I am capable.
My uncle told me that you do it to perfection.
It's a starting point.
Serving tea.
It's a starting point.
Domo arigato gozaimasu.
Dozo.
I thank you for this kindness, Miss.
I am at your service.
If I can help in any way
in the arrest of Mr. Kimura's murderer,
please
let me know.
Yes.
I would like to ask you some questions.
Oh, Astrid, I'm so sorry, I couldn't come earlier.
I had some complications with Ken...
Ah.
You're here.
It appears that Kimura had a list of compromising contacts.
But we can't find it.
And you? Did you go to Tanaka?
Yes.
- Can we interrogate Hiro Morin? - Yes, it is done.
Well, I'll bring him in.
No, I mean yes it is done.
I interrogated Hiro Morin.
Well,
not playing by the book, are we Astrid?
You are angry.
No.
I'm really proud of you.
It's a transgression, not really your thing.
I was offered tea.
To refuse tea in a Japanese house
is a more serious transgression, you can believe me.
And you told me that
you wanted me to conduct the interrogation.
- It's true. Well, tell me. - Yes,
I am closing the file.
The file needs to be put away correctly.
Mr. Morin was really amiable.
He really liked Mr. Kimura.
Except for one thing.
Mr. Kimura was very keen on women.
It is the only aspect of his personality that he didn't approve of.
He talked to you about this?
No.
His non-verbal language suggested it.
You recognized an intention in Hiro Morin's non-verbal language.
Absolutely not.
You know it is not something I would be capable of.
Yes.
It was Tetsu,
Mr. Tanaka's nephew who brought my attention to it.
He was present during the interview and gave me his observations.
Very observant, this guy.
Yes, and he smells very good.
Here is the conversation.
He smells very good?
Absolutely. And he noticed Mr. Morin's condemning look
when he talked about bachelor pad.
His bachelor pad?
It is a secret apartment where Mr. Kimura
spent some nights with his mistresses.
And can we know where this secret apartment is?
Raphaëlle,
it is a secret.
Which means that we cannot know where it is.
That is the principle of a secret.
Secret but legal.
No irregularities to declare to tax authorities for Mr. Kimura.
It is the same Go game as at the office.
But this one is a few steps ahead. Black has won the move.
Yes, now it is in the lead.
This should be the adjacent wall to Kimura's building.
What do we have here? Hey, there.
Shit.
It's fingerprint protected.
They surely wouldn't have cut off his pinky to log into his laptop, right?
Careful, the cobra. Slowly, Raphaëlle.
The computer is linked to the TV.
- What's happening... - There.
In the bed post, it seems that there is a camera. There. It is a camera. It is me.
It is strange though, to record yourself when you are sleeping.
When you are sleeping. Of course, you're cute.
Thank you Raphaëlle. The Osen shower.
Well, it seems he wasn't just keen on women.
He was a straight up voyeur.
To wet the hair, it needs to be down.
It is strange to wash the hair when it is tied. And in the Osen changing room,
there is a woman inside. The Osen Jacuzzi. It is empty.
You know that this is convenient for us, Astrid.
Only the forefinger is recorded in the fingerprints program.
That's not why the cut off his pinky. The file I told you about, is this one.
It's a file with a timer.
It's programmed to be sent to a bunch of newspapers if it is not reseted every day.
Because you're killed for example. It's the guarantee Ken talked about.
Politicians, businessmen...
In fact all those who benefited from the money laundering at the gallery.
- And given the sums exhanged, it could cause quite a mess. - What interests me is something else.
The computer was connected to the TV.
Do you think it could have recorded the camera footage?
Oh yeah. The hard drive is nearly full.
Can you find me the video feed from the Osen shower at the time the murder happened?
There.
There it is.
- There is what? He's wearing a mask. - But look at the tattoos. This is Ken, right?
- He's the culprit. - On the contrary, Ken is innocent.
It is not Ken's tattoo but the tattoo from a Yakuza who died 25 years ago.
I know the file. I will go find the file.
I need to go to the Criminal Documentation. Goodbye.
- How does she know that? - Well, you know.
It will be fine, thank you.
I was expecting something more threatening on a Yakuza's back.
Buddha is a symbol of love and peace normally, isn't it?
More like a symbol of acceptance.
Accept what is, let go of what was, have faith in what will be.
Accept all things, including death.
- Yours or that of others'? - Commander Coste.
A tattoo is something personal.
- We found your list. - Before it could be broadcasted?
It will be dealt with by the justice system and not the media.
I told you it wasn't us.
Do you know this man?
No.
- The person who killed Kimura has the same tattoo. Are you sure? - Then it's a ghost.
A Yakuza who copies the tattoos of another, that doesn't exist.
So, you wanted to see me?
Don't even think about it. It's strictly professional.
Would you like a status report?
- What is this? - Yes, sorry.
Ah, ok.
- Damn it's explosive, this thing. - Yes. A political bomb.
You know it's not my thing so... It's a gift.
But you're aware of what a document like this can do to a career?
My career is about human drama, you see.
And for Takashi Kimura's murder, I'm ready to bet it's really personal.
If there's anything I've learned from Astrid,
it's that sometimes, you only need to trust.
- You'll know better than me what to do with this thing. - Well, thank you.
Commander.
This picture, Astrid took it from a file from 1995.
This one was taken when Kimura was being murdered at the spa.
Well, without a doubt. It's the same tattoo.
And we're sure it can't be the same person?
- Well, this is an autopsy picture, Commissioner. - He is dead.
- 25 years ago. - Yes, sorry. Of course. So?
This man was probably a Yakuza.
He was found dead on the 23th July 1995, drowned in a swimming pool.
The investigation concluded it was a homicide. This man was never identified.
He didn't have any I.D. on him and nobody claimed the body.
- We don't know who he is. - No. But we know where he was buried.
The law provides a grave for all citizens.
In every cemetery, there is a space allocated to unidentified people.
We call it "the common ground". It is an individual grave with an assigned number.
The unknown Yakuza was buried under the number "CE9913"
in the cemetery of Thiais in the common ground.
I think that this man is the key to this mystery.
Kimura has been murdered over a story from 1995 which has resurfaced.
- Ok. - Your balls are untidy.
And why are you still in my office, Coste? Why aren't you at the Thiais cemetery?
- At the common ground. - Astrid.
- Yes. - Come.
The pictures of the file.
I aligned your balls.
A lot of people are asking me how I have been feeling since Mr. Gaillard's death.
I do not know what to say.
Raphaëlle, have you ever lost someone close to you?
I lost someone close, yes.
And how did it feel?
An emptiness. An immense emptiness.
- Did you do something to fill that void? - I talk to them.
To someone who is dead?
It's to the part of them that lives inside of us, we talk to.
It helps fill the void.
- Ah. - So this is the common ground.
We only need to find the grave now.
CE9913. CE9913. CE9913. CE9913, there.
Under the red dahlias.
One should not walk on graves.
Of course, nobody saw who brought the flowers. But there's no coincidence.
I would bet my right hand that CE9913 is the key to this story.
- CE99 what? - CE9913.
Because since we don't know who he is and that we only have the grave number,
Astrid decided to call him CE9913.
- And you managed to remember CE9913? - Yes.
- I've made a lot of progress thanks to Astrid. - Yeah, I can see that.
Yes.
So, the killer has the same tattoo as a Yakuza killed 25 years ago.
Couldn't it be an old settling of scores linked to the gangs war of 1992?
It is unlikely. CE9913 was wearing a prosthetic to hide his amputated pinky.
- So? - So an active Yakuza shows his amputated finger with pride.
It's an identifier. Finger prosthetics are generally used by
people who returned to civilian life and wish to forget about their past.
We found alcohol in his blood. There were two empty bottles of sake by the pool.
On these bottles were two sets of DNA: His and another we couldn't identify.
So, we will compare the unknown DNA to Ken's and Kimura's.
I'm sure it would explain a number of things to someone who could read Yakusa.
Yes, but we know of only one and he refuses to talk of it so...
But we too know someone.
Someone very talkative, and who knows their stuff about tattoos.
- Don't we, Astrid? - It is a good idea.
Oh! Beautiful! Just look at this work!
This is not dermograph. This is traditional work.
- A needle at the end of a piece of bamboo and tap tap tap. - It must have hurt like hell!
- The suffering is part of the experience. - Exactly.
This type of tattoo is called "Irezumi" and it relates a whole story
because they are not all done at once.
They evolve throughout a Yakuza's career.
And it wouldn't tell us who he worked for, by any chance?
No, but for who he didn't work for anymore.
You see these parts where the outline is done but not yet colored?
This is called "sujiborido" and it means that the tattoo will continue to evolve.
However here, it's all colored.
His Yakuza career was finished.
- You were right Astrid, he had retired. - Yes.
If it doesn't tell us who he worked for, maybe it can tell us with whom.
This little demon, there, on his back...
And there on this picture... identical.
At the same place, made by the same person at the same time.
They were probably colleagues or brothers in arms.
- Thank you. - It's Ken's tattoo.
They were brothers in arms. He really took the piss out of me!
- Hello. - Hello.
Commander, I have the DNA comparison.
Naturally, the measurements were not as precise 25 years ago.
At the time, we could only sequence a fragment of the DNA.
And as it relates to the domain of statistics, this naturally impacts
the results, working with measurements that were done so long ago.
- Hello, Mr. Frederic. - Hello, yes, absolutely. In fact-
Stop! I'm stopping you right there because if I let you two talk about this,
we will have a thesis. So these results, what do they say?
Let's say that there is a probability, quite reasonable,
that the DNA found on the bottle near CE9913 was Ken's.
So, we found Ken. He was not at Kimura's office.
- He is at the abandoned pool of Medon. - You bring him in right now, I have a few things to say to him.
- Impossible. - Oh yes, it's possible.
Yeah, it looks like his DNA was on the bottle we found at the crime scene 25 years ago.
Impossible to interrogate him, because he's dead.
- Hello, sir. - Hello.
We'll take pictures from all sides, and also shots from up there.
- Hello, ladies. - Hello, Doctor Fournier.
He planted a cigarette into the ground, like a stick of incense.
It is sake. These are ritual acts to honor the memory of a dead loved one.
In Japan, it is very common to replace a stick of incense with a cigarette.
They were friends.
Didn't stop him from liquidating him back then.
Ken killed CE9913 because there's friendship and there's duty.
- Sorry? - Something Ken told me.
So, one blow was enough, he didn't defend himself.
- Maybe he was taken by surprise. - From the front? No.
- Why not? - No. I think he chose not to fight.
He was waiting for his fate.
The plaiting of the handle and the patterns on the hilt of this saber
are identical to those of the dagger that killed Kimura.
These 2 weapons belong to the same set.
It is likely the same murderer.
This is all the stuff we found when searching Ken's apartment.
- Nico? - Yeah? - Look.
So, this could be Ken,
and this could be CE9913 who Ken killed 25 years ago.
And I know this one, I saw his face in the business' papers.
- He's Kimura's father. - Too bad he's dead because he could have helped us.
- But now they're all dead. - No, wait. She was much younger, but that's Hitomi. She's Kimura's wife.
- Who's very much alive. - Yeah.
Come on, Astrid. You can do it. Come on.
I am blue, she is pink.
I am blue, you are pink.
You need to follow the arrows. Konichiwa.
The photo.
Could you tell me if you recognize this man here?
Next to your father-in-law, next to Ken, next to you.
- Absolutely. - 'Absolutely', that means yes.
His name is… Akira Itchi.
- It has been a while since I last saw him. - That is normal.
- Did you know he was a Yakuza? - Of course.
'Of course' means yes. Yes.
- So you do not deny having connections to the Yakuza? - I have none.
My husband did, my father-in-law did. Because they were men.
I was always kept away from those things.
- Do you know what happened to Akira Itchi? - No.
He must be in Japan. Soon before our wedding, he asked my husband
if he could leave our service to get married.
- And your husband accepted. - Of course.
- 'Of course' means yes. And the clan accepted. - Yes.
Akira did everything properly.
Respecting tradition.
And he had my husband's blessing.
Yet he wasn't wearing a ring.
What do you mean?
Do you know the name of the woman he intended to marry?
She was a painter who had long been my husband's favorite artist.
Her name was…
- Nathalie Lafont. - Nathalie Lafont.
Natalie Lafont.
- He is dead. Akira Itchi, he is dead. 25 years ago. CE9913. - Good.
It could be I was his favorite, but it wasn't really exactly because
- of my paintings, you understand? - Absolutely not.
- Well, yes. - No.
- Yes, it's a pretty classic tale. - Kimura was in love with you,
- and you were in love with Akira. - Yes, that's a good summary.
Ah.
- Did you know he was a Yakuza? - That was hard to miss.
He had this tattoo on his body and many missing digits.
But he wanted to change his life. To turn his back on his criminal past.
I was worried at first, but eventually he left the organization without
any trouble with clan Kimura's blessing. Especially Takeshi's.
- But that was to condemn him to death. - Judas' kiss.
He couldn't have the clan execute him as long as he was a member.
Once freed, he just had to make a call.
- I understood that afterwards. - When he was found drowned.
Why didn't you tell the police?
Ken made me understand that it wasn't in my best interest.
He was my friend, he was also Akira's.
But if given the order, he would have killed me without hesitation.
It is the same game as the one at the office and the apartment.
Every black piece is dead. White is going to win the game, Commander Coste.
White.
- Do you play Go? - No, but my son does.
- Yes, Hiro Morin. - Yes. - Yes.
He's Akira's son. I was pregnant with him when he was murdered.
He has my second husband's name. But how do you know that?
- We met at the gallery. - What gallery?
The Kimura gallery, where he works.
That's impossible. My son doesn't work, he's studying Art.
- Yes, he works at the gallery. - Does he live with you?
Yes, his room is upstairs.
Ok, thanks.
Hiro isn't at the Kimura gallery. We put out an alert everywhere.
Thanks, Arthur.
We need to open the closet, there.
Do you have the key to the lock, ma'am?
Oh, that's not possible.
We found the finger.
Did you know your son worshiped his father and the Yakuza?
Mrs. Lafont?
He had an episode when he was a teen. He…
He started idealizing Akira, and to consider the Yakuza as Samouraïs.
I did everything to make him understand they had nothing to do with each other.
He seemed to understand, to forget about all this when he…
When he started his art studies.
Arthur, can you bring her to the precinct and watch over her, please?
Ma'am, come with me, I'll take your deposition.
- There is one missing. - There are three stands.
We have found the kaiken, the dagger, the katana, the long sword.
The wakizashi is missing, the short sword.
- Seppuku. - Seppuku? What's seppuku?
Suicide. He is going to use the short sword to kill himself. The finger.
Cover the area!
So you're the one who put flowers on his grave?
I had to kill Kimura and Ken, do you understand?
But I thought you cared about Kimura?
All those years,
while I was trying to get close to him to kill him…
Kimura actually took me under his wing.
He was almost the father I never had.
Even that didn't make you change your mind?
Kimura found my mother's works.
He told me…
He told me this artist should have been his.
And that- And that some poor guy tried to take her from him.
He did everything to stop him from running away. All that...
All that because of pride.
Good, easy.
Astrid?
It is not Monday, but this is an uncommon purchase.
If this is an uncommon purchase, then it is normal that it is on an uncommon day.
I was wondering if I could treat Commander Coste to a drink.
To celebrate the success of her investigation.
Still not a date?
We'll see.
You're smoking again?
- Did you follow me? - Not bad, this spot.
- I get where you disappeared to, now. - Don't say anything, ok?
It's the only place I can relax.
If people find out, it'll become the new cafeteria.
It's about Raph, isn't it?
I can see you.
Since the new DA's been sniffing around her, you're tense, stressed, not doing well.
No, I've moved on, really, I promise.
You promise?
You know what your problem is?
It's that you don't think you're good enough for her.
As long as you don't think you're good enough for her, how can
she thinks you're good enough for her? It doesn't work.
- It's about attitude. - Here.
Thank you, Mr. Gaillard.