Their Reunion Draws Near

黒田康作（織田裕二）は、パーティーで大垣利香子（柴咲コウ）が偶然にも本人を目撃した事から霜村毅（香川照之）生存の可能性を強める。黒田は、外務副大臣の特権を利用した調査依頼を観上祥子（草刈民代）に頼むのだが、利香子の目撃だけでは動けないと断られてしまった。

Kosaku Kuroda (Yuji Oda) grows more certain that Tsuyoshi Shimomura (Teruyuki Kagawa) is still alive after Rikako Ogaki (Ko Shibasaki) claims to have seen him at a party. Kuroda asks Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Shoko Kanjo (Tamiyo Kusakari) to use her authority to open an investigation, but she refuses, stating that Rikako's testimony alone isn't enough to act on.