Synopsis

In 1990, Hagisaki Tatsuo, the head of the accounting division of cash-strapped Ukishima Power Generation Corporation, along with department head Sekino Tokuichiro are making every effort to negotiate loans. They are introduced by financier Yamasugi Kitaro to a man called Horiguchi Masaru who has the ingenious idea of raising funds by using a draft also known as bill of exchange. Sekino takes up Horiguchi’s offer. However, right after prospects start looking brighter for them, Sekino is scammed of 2 million yen in drafts and then disappears. The management decides to cover up the incident for appearance’s sake. Hagisaki trusted Sekino who is also the benefactor of Hagisaki’s father. Disappointed in the company’s actions, Hagisaki enlists the help of a news journalist friend Muraki Mankichi and starts to pursue the truth as well as Sekino’s whereabouts. But the more they investigate, the murkier the case gets. There are signs of a powerful person and an organisation in the background. They reach Uesaki Etsuko, an enigmatic beauty who appears to hold the key to the mystery.