Shinjuku Yasen Byoin (2024) s01e05 Episode Script

1
You went through so much pain
to give birth to her.
- You should be her mother.
- I disagree.
What are you thinking? You're an idiot!
It was your fault you got pregnant,
and gave birth,
you could just dump her
but she's too cute?
You idiot! Think!
Stop it!
It was August
when you were born.
That same year in December,
I was taken to a hospital in New Orleans.
- The baby was
- I've heard enough.
That baby
Yoko is mine.
Children born into this world unwanted
suffer their whole life from that pain!
Don't forget that.
What're you talking about?
The Okayaman dialect
Who are you talking about?
What are you trying to say?
If you want to say something just say it!
Mayu!
- Where are you? Answer me, Mayu!
- You need to leave!
This is an authorized personnel only zone!
- Shut up!
- Hide!
Move!
I told you, she's not here!
I told you to move!
- Where's Mayu?
- She's not here!
This is Kabukicho in Shinjuku.
The largest entertainment district
in East Asia.
What do you want? We'll call the police!
Hostess bars, host clubs, girls bars
Hang on.
and other legal entertainment
establishments line the street.
Anybody can live it up safely.
Can an off-duty policeman make arrests
Kabukicho where people
of every ethnicity gather and
languages from all over are spoken.
Shut up!
"Off-duty policemen
can only arrest someone in the act."
Okay, excuse me
What are you doing?
Okamoto, stop it! You could get hurt!
Who are you?
You wanna fight?
Calm down, sir
Calm down
Mayu!
Hold on. Wait
Woah, that hurts!
- Hold on!
- Assault! You're under arrest!
Move! Ouch
Ouch
How did this happen?
It's nothing. It was self-inflicted.
Try bending your knee.
Ouch
He has tetanus.
The toxins will spread all over your body,
your jaw will go numb,
and you'll start to slur your words.
Could it also be a flesh-eating bacteria?
A flesh-eating bacteria?
Inside my leg?
If the bacteria spreads,
it could cause sepsis
which will lead to death due to
Multiple Organ Failure.
You must be joking
No way
- Help me!
- If you want to live
We'll have to
cut it off, right?
Absolutely not!
This is St. Magokoro Hospital,
located in an obscure part of Kabukicho.
It is also known as
Don't!
SHINJUKU FIELD HOSPITAL
Several days later
Mayu filed a criminal complaint
against her mother's boyfriend.
I told you, no comment!
- I'm from the Weekly Seijutsu
- Stop filming! Give me your business card!
- Is it true you sexually assaulted your
- I'll call the police!
Well, once he's arrested,
his face won't be blurred anymore.
You didn't have to treat his wound.
Because I'm a doctor.
It was just a festered wound in the end.
How many years will he get?
Sexual offence charges can be
up to ten years in prison, but
That's so short!
In the US, sexual offense
is given a maximum of 30 years in prison!
If it's less than three years,
he might be let out on probation.
Does that mean he can come find us?
No, that won't happen.
There'll be a restraining order.
By the way What did she mean?
Pale-Face
what was she on about the other day?
Pale-Face?
Is she talking about Hazuki?
You call her "Pale-Face"?
Pale-Face woman with a pale face.
Like a white rabbit.
Children born into this world unwanted
suffer their whole life from that pain!
Don't forget that.
She's talking about us.
No, I think she was mainly
talking about herself.
Why would Hazuki have suffered?
Her father dotes upon her!
Pale-Face
The black-hearted woman, Shirayaki
- She's still going.
- Who knows what Hazuki's suffering from?
No, I know.
And I'm the last person here
who should know about it.
Yet I found out first.
So, what are you going to do?
Of course, I will tell
Yoko everything at some point.
If you tell her,
you'll be playing right into
the Jazz Lady's hands!
- Did you not pay her palimony?
- Stop it!
- Not in front of Hazuki!
- Money's everything in these situations!
Cash! Cash would solve all issues!
If you told me, I would've helped you out!
This wouldn't have happened
if you weren't such a cheapskate!
- What do you mean?
- I mean
That bitch can blackmail you,
use you, and Oh.
Wow, Keizo!
You turned into a fine man!
Let me see your face properly!
Hello. Nice to see you again.
It's been 42 years!
I heard you're super successful!
I'm so jealous!
No, not at all
Your beauty hasn't changed at all.
Being successful in real estate
thanks to parents' money must be so nice.
- Shut up you greedy old bitch!
- You good-for-nothing thug!
Stop it you two!
Let's sit down and hear
what the director has to say.
- That's why we're all here today.
- Yeah.
I'm going to ask Yoko to be my successor.
We haven't sat down yet
You can't. That's out of the question.
What?
- Shall we go downstairs?
- Huh?
Oh, it's already one o'clock.
- But
- I have to go, too. I'm meeting my mom.
Let's chat for a bit longer!
You're the only one
who thinks your stories are funny.
It's not because she's a great doctor.
She's rough and she can be rude, too.
However The thing is
That's what makes her interesting.
Right, Ms. Shiraki?
Don't you agree?
What will happen to me when you die
and Dr. Yoko takes your place?
Figure that out after I'm dead.
I'll probably be fired.
She thinks so little of me.
- Damn it!
- That won't happen!
What's required from Magokoro's director
is not financial or political power!
What's needed is the correct attitude
towards saving patients' lives!
- She has that trait and the credentials.
- She's not exactly qualified, though!
- Hey
- Sorry, but no.
I can't take in anything you say.
I keep seeing Mom's face,
and it's irritating
that you're just silent.
Let me just say one thing, in that case.
You're talking as if Yoko's aiming
to become the next director,
but she obviously gets to have a choice,
right?
- She has the right to refuse.
- What?
What are you saying?
- Ricchan
- She's actually an elite.
For you guys,
this hospital might be your parents'
important legacy to protect.
But she has no obligations to work at
this filthy little bottom-feeder hospital
that doesn't even pay well!
- Is something wrong?
- Stop it.
Out of my way!
She wasn't so pale just now.
Looked like a red fox.
ST. MAGOKORO HOSPITAL
TAKAMINE TORU
- You're a Takamine, too?
- Yes.
The social worker
you met with is my cousin.
She is currently
- Happiness will come to you!
- Ms. Hazuki!
Ms. Hazuki!
Bring more champagne, good-looking!
Good-looking! You're all good-looking!
Too many good-looking men here. I'm bored!
I want to see a normal face
someone like Ben Wada.
- Ben Wada!
- Ben Wada!
- Ben Wada!
- Yeah!
She's not feeling well so I came instead.
I see.
Ms. Miyashima, have you decided
where you're relocating to?
I'm searching but I'm having
a hard time finding a good location.
The restraining order
only lasts for a year.
I strongly recommend moving
while it is still being enforced.
There's also
The option to keep her in
the child care center until she graduates.
I want a restart, just the two of us.
Sure, we will have financial issues,
but I don't have a lot of time left
to be her mother.
We only have each other,
so I want to confront the past
and repent what I've done.
So you're planning to take her out
of the child care center?
Yes.
Our place is closer to her high school.
What do you think, Mayu?
I'm going to change.
- Did you get a new phone?
- What?
Don't play dumb.
Did you get a new phone?
You haven't, have you?
Sorry.
He'll be able to contact you.
And you'll answer.
He can't use his phone
while he's detained.
You're not planning to move.
You've run out of time.
Your time as a mother is done.
You're too late!
You no longer saw me as your daughter,
anyway.
So I stopped too.
Give me a break.
You want to be a mom?
Sorry.
I can never see you as my mom
unless I have memory loss.
Family? What family?
Me and you? We're not a family anymore!
You, me, and that bastard, we're all sick!
How do you not see it?
The illness sets in when we are together,
so we have to live our lives separately!
Get a new phone! Move houses!
You're such an idiot!
- Hurry up and learn your lesson!
- Mayu!
Mayu!
I'm so pathetic.
My child is yelling at me
and I'm not even upset.
I'm so pathetic.
That was rough.
Mayu was acting more like a mother.
True.
She needed to get it all out
to end the relationship completely.
In any case
I hope Mayu feels a bit better.
She kept everything to herself
and suffered for so long.
And there are many others
who are still suffering,
not being able to tell anyone.
Can I
come clean too?
Huh?
What is it?
Mai!
I mean Wait, are you?
No, we can't
Oh!
It's not like that! No!
It's really not! No!
It wasn't like that!
It's not what you think.
She's Yoko's mom,
and they are both terrible drunks
No, not that.
No?
Nope.
Let's go eat something.
Wait
Really?
By the winter of 2024
Your insurance card
and your My Number card will link up.
- So when you go get medical
- Kuroki.
Aoki. Ooki.
Roppongi! Bijogi!
It's Shiraki!
There's someone in the lobby.
Oh, that's Shige.
He lives in Suzume Park. He's homeless.
He comes here to cool off.
It is ridiculously hot tonight.
He's pretending to be a sick patient,
the IV drip isn't actually connected.
We're the only hospital
kind enough to let him stay.
Want to examine him?
He might smell a bit.
But he's friendly.
Shige.
This is Dr. Yoko Nishi, our surgeon.
- Are you poor?
- Hey, stop.
Don't ask that!
Sorry, Miss.
The new benches at the park are arched.
What is this?
A bench.
It's arched! Completely arched!
I think that depends on who looks at it.
It can resemble an uncut kamaboko.
Just try sitting on it.
- Really get comfortable.
- Huh?
See?
It's called, "The Meanie Bench."
It's designed to prevent
people sleeping on it.
You guys are trying
to eliminate the homeless.
We get complaints about the drunks
being loud in the park at night,
or that children feel unsafe in the park.
We had no choice!
But you got rid of the children
as well as a result of these benches!
- Tell that to the local government.
- You know what?
It was my first time
being stood up on a date.
I never said I'll go!
Wait, that was a date?
Pick them up.
- What?
- Shareholder discount coupons.
Usable at all cinemas
and restaurants in Shinjuku anytime.
- Why do you have these?
- Because I'm a shareholder, of course!
I don't get it, are you upset with me
or are you inviting me out again?
You haven't told him yet.
Toru?
About you?
I can't find the right time
Alright, I'll tell him!
Hang on, I'm a police officer.
Oh, Mai?
Wait, what's with that reaction?
Like she's just some girl you knew?
- You lost interest?
- What happened?
Nothing. I guess I just lost interest.
She's just not number one
on my heart's best ten list anymore.
I kind of miss those days when
she had no interest in me.
But so soon?
Yeah, all you two did
was hold hands for a bit.
It's like going to Kushikatsu Tanaka
and getting full on cabbage!
She's too serious.
She's great but she's too good a person.
She's just not very interesting, you know?
Hmm? What is it?
- Nothing!
- What?
If you don't like her then it's all good.
Toru!
If you're free tonight, we can practice
how to do a thoracostomy.
- Great! Yes, please.
- Maybe practice using a sheath, too.
If you can use it, it'll be very helpful.
Right, for any future ECMO cases.
No, we can't use an ECMO at Magokoro!
Still, it'll be helpful if he knows
basic emergency medical care.
Please teach me!
What was that?
You're acting like a little puppy!
No way
Is your new number one possibly
Dr. Yoko?
- Was it obvious?
- Wait, what?
You never told us! Since when? How come?
Well
So, remember the other day when
we did the cardiac tamponade operation?
She
I felt her boobs!
- Are you a middle schooler?
- She does do a lot of physical contact!
Does she? Really?
Yokoyama!
Tajima!
- From the back?
- Well, she's American so it's natural.
- It's nice to see.
- Really?
Numata!
Yokoyama!
Yokoyama!
Why didn't she hug me?
It does make me feel more motivated.
Like, you want to make her happy.
Exactly!
She always puts her patients' lives first.
She's rough but doesn't show
any hesitation. It's so cute!
- She's bilingual with a dialect.
- She's getting popular among patients.
From small kids to the elderly,
so many people ask for Dr. Yoko.
If she saves someone's life again
I might accidentally propose.
CAN COUSINS MARRY?
"As long as you're cousins
in the fourth degree,
you can marry them."
The fourth degree
THE TAKAMINE FAMILY
Zero.
TORU - KEIZO
One.
KEIZO - YOSUKE
Two.
YOSUKE - KEISUKE
Three.
KEISUKE - YOKO
Four.
Oh, it's okay then.
Director, can I ask you something?
Wow, are you studying?
Yes. Six months left
until the national exam.
Shiraki! Can you stay, too?
I'm not Shiraki!
No, hang on. I am Shiraki.
Were you trying to trick me?
What is a, "My Number Insurance Card?"
The government is trying to link up
people's ID numbers to the insurance card.
- They're not linked up yet?
- Exactly. We're pretty behind.
No You're quite ahead, actually.
Ahead? How?
So expensive.
- Huh? What? I don't understand.
- Basically
she says Japan's lucky that it's full
of elderly and low-income individuals.
That's not what I said!
Translate properly!
Anything else you wanted to ask us?
Why is it free
to use the ambulance in Japan?
Ah, yes, it's not free in the US.
So expensive.
That's why we only use it
for patients in critical condition.
Patients who come to Magokoro
all come in an ambulance.
But they're not always
in critical condition.
It's because it's free!
Well, not exactly bravo.
It's paid with our tax money.
People call the ambulance so casually
that only 50 percent of the ambulance
users are in critical condition.
- Who decides the patients' condition?
- The ambulance attendants.
They don't want
to underestimate the severity
in case the condition worsens,
so they send them to critical care.
So critical care centers are always full,
and those who get refused there,
get sent to secondary
emergency care like ours.
- There should be something in between.
- Huh?
In-between?
Magokoro can be that in-between
if we get better equipment
and increase the number of doctors.
- It's not that easy!
- Ms. Shiraki.
The rich and the poor
can be treated at a hospital equally.
Ambulances are free.
Not many countries are like this.
Japanese doctors
should feel proud of these things.
Stand tall!
Yes!
Yes?
The thing is
we used to perform operations and
we even had inpatients staying overnight.
But at some point, we stopped
and just accepted it.
It's not your fault, Keisuke.
I did become servile, though.
I could've done more.
But I didn't even realize it
until Yoko pointed out.
Once the sheath is in, take out the tube
and the guidewire at the same time.
- Now just sew it up.
- Okay.
It's been two months
since she joined our team,
and Magokoro now has the same
atmosphere as when we were called,
"The Red Beard of Kabukicho."
You looked after soldiers
in warzones before this, right?
What did you say to the soldiers
who you knew wouldn't make it?
I guess those situations
are only in movies.
Sorry.
The human body
does not give up on life
until the last breath.
Which is why I don't give up,
nor console them.
One thing I do is
Laughter's said to boost
your immune system.
It tricks the brain and it creates
chemicals that help you recover.
For example
You look so silly.
You try!
How do I look?
If we both do it, we can't see each other!
- Try again!
- Squinty eyes?
ST. MAGOKORO HOSPITAL
Old man! Wake up!
Shige-ji!
This feels amazing.
Thank you so much!
It's me, Toru.
Thank you for today.
Is she asleep?
I'm clocking out.
- What?
- Huh?
Oh, sorry to startle you.
Yoko said I can sleep here.
You scared me.
TWO WEEKS LATER
Once your My Number card
is linked to your insurance card,
there will be countless benefits!
Of course, it's not a perfect plan.
But we will solve the issues one by one!
We promise you this!
Now, please give it up
for my friend and ally,
State Minister of Defense
Kazuya Kawashima,
who kindly came to offer support!
LET'S MAKE JAPAN A HEALTHY
AND PROSPEROUS NATION!
Emergency care needed! Male in his 60s,
unemployed, no fixed address.
He collapsed on the street
so a passer-by called an ambulance.
He is conscious and requested
to come to our hospital.
- Ready?
- One, two, three!
Shige, can you hear us?
How are you feeling?
Do you know where you are?
Yokoyama, switch!
- Okay.
- He could hold a conversation earlier?
Yes. He's the one
who requested to come here.
Looks like heatstroke.
Let's put him on an IV.
I can hear a heart murmur.
- His medical record?
- Sorry?
Hang on, has he ever been
a patient of ours?
No, he hasn't.
He just comes in
to cool down and that's it.
So no medical records.
His oxygen saturation level
is at 70 percent!
- What?
- No way!
Pneumonia?
- Toru, he needs assisted ventilation!
- Yeah!
If oxygen saturation doesn't rise,
we'll intubate him!
Prepare for the CT scan!
- Okay!
- Yes!
Shiraki, call the critical care centers!
What, why?
I thought it was only heatstroke!
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome.
- Indeed.
- His breathing is getting worse!
- Critical care centers are full!
Everywhere's full
with heatstroke patients!
The left ventricle is barely moving.
It could be myocarditis.
- Is there anything we can do?
- His blood pressure's dropping.
Shige wanted to come to our hospital.
He needs an ECMO to survive.
- ECMO
- Ms. Shiraki, find a place with an ECMO!
Doesn't matter where.
He needs it as soon as possible!
- Okay!
- All we can do is hope he lasts till then.
What is it?
Maybe we can find information
about his family, his insurance card,
or his mobile phone!
Is this his grandson?
I just realized that
we don't know anything about Shige.
Is his actual name Shigeru,
or could it be Shigemori?
Not Alone!
He often came
for the free food and supplies!
Found it!
He's signed it as Kosuke Nojima,
69 years old.
There are his emergency contacts, too.
Do you want me to call them?
His name wasn't even Shige.
I knew that.
The nickname came from
the baseball player Shigeo Nagashima.
They are both born on February 20th.
Same as Nicole Fujita.
- What's up with Shige?
- One critical care center accepted us!
- And they have one ECMO left!
- Yes!
Let's transfer him now!
But it's in Kachidoki
Kachidoki?
- Are you sure about this?
- They said to bring him.
Will he last till then?
Oh, I didn't realize it was Shige!
Shige! What happened?
One, two, three!
Shige! Hold on, okay?
- I need someone with me!
- I'll go!
- You can do it, Shige!
- Thanks, you two!
- We're rooting for you, Shige!
- Okay!
Okay, go!
- Thank you.
- Please take care of him!
Shige!
Those at the beach were enjoying the sun
The highest temperature recorded today
was 39.6℃ in Kumagaya City, Saitama.
In Gunma, they recorded
the highest temperature of 39.5℃.
It certainly was an extremely hot day.
This is breaking news.
State Minister of Defense, Mr. Kawashima,
fell ill while he was making a speech
and it is reported
that he was sent to an ER.
According to a source,
he was making a speech in Kabukicho.
His blood pressure
and heart rate keeps dropping.
Hey, Shige-ji
KACHIDOKI BRIDGE
Stop right there!
Sorry, please stop there!
EMERGENCY AND CRITICAL CARE CENTER
We came from
St. Magokoro Hospital in Shinjuku.
Male in his 60s with myocarditis.
I'm sorry but could you please
make way for the one behind you?
Hey, what's happening?
We arrived here first!
Oxygen saturation is 73 percent!
His pulse feels weak.
- Get ready to do CPR!
- Okay!
- One, two, three!
- One, two, three!
We're moving now!
Entering the cath lab!
This way.
The patient from Shinjuku
with myocarditis?
Oxygen saturation is at 70 percent,
and his pulse is weak. Please hurry.
We asked to use the ECMO.
Let's cannulate right away!
One, two, three!
The ECMO is ready.
It's the last one we have.
Sterilize the groin area!
I can do it.
- Dr. Arai.
- Huh?
The VIP patient is in cardiac arrest.
Hang on a minute!
- What about the sheath?
- I'll do it!
- But
- I've learned how to do it recently.
It's the director's order.
Hey, what are you doing? We need to hurry!
There's no other way to say this.
We cannot give our ECMO to him.
I'm really sorry but we have a patient
who arrived right before you
with a myocardial infarction,
and he's now in cardiac arrest.
We arrived here first!
As I've already mentioned,
we only have one ECMO left.
We have to prioritize that patient
as he is in a more critical state.
- Cardiac arrest.
- Give an adrenaline shot!
Cardiac arrest! He needs CPR!
We were here first!
Shige!
You're a doctor so you must understand
who should be the priority in terms
of their importance in society.
No, I don't. What are you trying to say?
Even if we save his life
and he gets back into society,
he can't contribute much.
You mean you abandon
the chance to save people like him?
- Of course, we'll try our best
- Then bring the ECMO back!
Excuse me
but he's an unidentified homeless man.
- Come on, Shige!
- Let's go.
Shige-ji!
If spontaneous circulation doesn't return,
we'll at least be present at his deathbed.
Shige!
You can do it! Shige!
Pause for a rhythm check.
- He's still in cardiac arrest.
- Let me.
We should've stayed at Magokoro!
We could've done more for him!
Shige-ji
Shige-ji
- Systolic deflation.
- Ready.
Inserting
Cannulation, done.
Shige-ji Shige-ji!
Dr. Yoko
He's starting to regain
spontaneous circulation.
Shige-ji!
Shige-ji
Dr. Yoko?
- You're laughing way too much!
- The immune system
we need to trick his brain!
That's why you're laughing?
If we laugh,
it will make Shige-ji laugh, too!
Then his brain will send chemicals
What are you doing?
- Is she riding him?
- She's doing CPR!
- She's a doctor, don't worry!
- This is Shige I mean Mr. Nojima's
I'm his son!
I got a call
I didn't know you were in Kabukicho, Dad!
I'm a taxi driver,
so I drive around that area quite often.
Why, Dad?
I haven't seen you in years!
You didn't even come to Mom's funeral!
You're such a fool!
- Wait!
- Huh?
Can I do it?
- Okay.
- Thank you.
- Stronger!
- Okay.
Mai. Toru. Copper. Laugh!
Just do what she says!
Laugh! Come on!
Pause for a rhythm check.
Look.
Wow
Oh
He's smiling.
Time of death 8:04 p.m..
Thank you.
Dr. Yoko?
Shige-ji
It was the first patient death that Yoko
had to watch since arriving in Japan.
She fought hard for him
as she always does.
Kosuke Nojima, known as Shige-ji.
He was born in 1955,
in Ibaraki prefecture.
He played baseball with the school team.
After graduating high school,
he wanted to be a chef.
Huh?
Are we leaving?
It's only eight o'clock.
We'll soon be busy
with emergency patients.
- But his son's here.
- Let's take our time to say goodbye
That's not what doctors do.
You stay, we're leaving.
- Toru.
- Uh yes!
Thank you!
This is the best we can do, I think.
I can't think of any other ways
to commemorate him.
I don't understand her.
She can be so unsentimental,
but she's also very affectionate.
It's okay to be both.
Yeah.
The value of people's lives
is truly equal to her.
She hates it
when they're not treated equally.
She'll probably cry
even if a murderer dies.
- Yeah.
- For sure.
Where's Dr. Yoko today?
It's Dr. Arai.
- Excuse us.
- Hey!
I'm sorry about this.
Can I talk to you for a minute?
What can I do for you?
I'm sorry to disturb you. She's a surgeon.
She's uh
I see. I really appreciate it.
Yes.
Many of them.
Elderly, poor people
Please don't exclude them
from this society.
Don't try to copy everything
that the US does.
Japan should have its own system
to protect their people's lives.
Mr. Kawashima
is the State Minister of Defense.
Is that so?
But you are right.
There's no need
to copy everything that the US does.
I'll keep a note of that.
Thank you very much.
This is Kabukicho in Shinjuku.
Everyone can feel safe here,
in the biggest entertainment
district in East Asia.
- What's wrong?
- Toru.
Why didn't you tell me?
Dad?
Did my brother tell you to keep quiet?
I asked Hazuki to look into it!
Veterans certificate and a certificate
for passing the American national exam.
That's all the credentials she has!
In other words
she's unlicensed.
SHINJUKU GOLDEN GAI
- Ouch!
- You should go to a hospital.
I don't care that you and my dad
have a master-slave relationship.
- It might be advanced cancer
- Who are you?
I'm a great savior
and I'm here to save your life!
THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION
THE ORGANIZATIONS ARE FICTITIOUS
AND UNRELATED TO EXISTING ONES
Subtitle translation by: Emily J.