9.068 minSeason 2 • Episode 10
LatestTokyo Daiichi Bank execs Owada and Nakanowatari hand evidence of Minobe’s illicit payments from Ise-Shima State over to the ruling-party politician himself. Furious, Hanzawa vows to avenge their betrayal “one-thousand-fold” but finds himself removed from the Teikoku Airways restructuring project. Disillusioned with the world of banking, Hanzawa feels like giving up, but his colleagues urge him to fight on. After tracking down a key figure in the affair, Hanzawa comes to a shocking realization. Will the maverick banker—who bet his pride, his sense of justice, and his entire soul on the bank—ultimately prevail and show his enemies that “deception costs double”?
Hanzawa Naoki works as a loan manager at the Osaka Nishi branch of Tokyo Central Bank. One day, Hanzawa makes a loan contract for 500 million yen with Nishi Osaka Steel Company. Hanzawa didn't want to approve the loan, but he had to due to the branch manager's order. Nishi Osaka Steel Company seems financially stable, but the company actually hides massive amounts of debt through fraudulent accounts. The company is caught. Three months later, Nishi Osaka Steel Company goes bankrupt. The bank's branch manager is Asano. He is an ambitious man and tries to shift the blame to Hanzawa. Hanzawa then attends an inquiry about the loan failure at the bank's headquarters in Tokyo. Hanzawa denies fault and promises to retrieve the 500 million yen loan. He did this because it's the only way for Hanzawa to survive as a banker.
Acting
Masato Sakai's legendary death stare and explosive delivery
Writing
Ridiculously quotable catchphrases that became national memes
Direction
Tension-building that makes loan meetings feel like bomb defusals
Creator
Jun Ikeido
Masato Sakai
Naoki Hanzawa
Aya Ueto
Hana Hanzawa
Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Shinobu Tomari
Ainosuke Kataoka
Shunichi Kurosaki
Kento Kaku
Masahiro Moriyama
Miku Natsume
Miku Natsume
Michitaka Tsutsui
Shōta Nohara
Noriko Eguchi
Akiko Shirai
Akira Emoto
Keiji Minobe
Haruka Igawa
Tomomi
Matsuya Onoe
Yōsuke Sena
Kinya Kitaoji
Ken Nakanowatari
Teruyuki Kagawa
Akira Owada
Toshihito Kokubo
Mitsuo Nozaki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The phrase 'Baigaeshi!' (double payback!) became a 2013 buzzword, spawning merchandise and parodies across Japanese media.
Season 2's 2020 premiere hit 32% ratings in Osaka, proving Japan's desperate need for cathartic banker rage during pandemic fatigue.
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