Name: Hanzawa Naoki
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 2013-07-07
Rating: 4.2

Overview

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.

Seasons

Season 1

10 Episodes

2013

E01

"Double Payback! A New Hero Rises Against Corrupt Bosses!! Can He Recover 500 Million? Battles Among Wives in Company Housing — Ambition or Friendship?"

7/7/2013·94m

Hanzawa Naoki (Masato Sakai), the loan manager at Tokyo Chuo Bank’s Osaka West Branch, joined the bank during the bubble economy. Twenty years later, he is a central figure in its operations. His colleague and close friend since joining, Tomari Shinobu (Mitsuhiro Oikawa), often advises and supports him. At home, his cheerful and honest wife Hana (Aya Ueto) stands by him. One day, Branch Manager Asano (Kanji Ishimaru) orders him to secure a 500 million yen loan from Nishi Osaka Steel—with no collateral. Though this brings the branch its first excellence award, the company collapses three months later, revealing massive hidden debts and fraud. The bank loses the entire loan, and Asano shifts all blame to Hanzawa, backed by Executive Director Ōwada (Teruyuki Kagawa). As internal power struggles flare between old factions of the merged “mega-bank,” Hanzawa vows to recover the lost money—his only way to survive as a banker.

2020

10 Episodes

2020

E01

"Subsidiary vs. Main Bank! Hanzawa's New Revolt Begins"

7/19/2020·72m

As retaliation for exposing financial fraud at his employer, Tokyo Chuo Banking Corporation, Hanzawa is transferred to one of its subsidiaries, Tokyo Central Securities. There, not only is he sidelined from any major projects, he also finds that his new coworkers resent people transferred from the bank. When a huge M&A project comes in, Tokyo Central jumps at the chance to put their rivals at Tokyo Chuo in their place… And so a new battle begins for the indomitable banker Naoki Hanzawa!

E02

"Double Payback Against the Cowardly Boss! Fight Alongside Your Colleagues with A Subsidiary's Pride!"

7/26/2020·63m

After Tokyo Chuo snatches a big deal out from under the nose of Tokyo Central, Hanzawa and his assistant Moriyama vow to get revenge. But when they approach the buyer, Cyber Acrobatics, they are met with a flat-out rejection. Next they talk to the president of Spiral, the company being acquired, only to be told that a mere subsidiary like Tokyo Central cannot be trusted. Hanzawa is left wondering if there’s no way of winning again the big bank…

E03

"Kurosaki Strikes Again!! Time for Your Punishment, NA. O. KI!"

8/2/2020·54m

Hanzawa declares open war against Tokyo Chuo when he becomes an official advisor to Spiral, which Cyber Acrobatics had been seeking to acquire. Although he manages to defend Spiral against the bank’s unfair acquisition plan, the company remains in a difficult situation. Then Hanzawa comes up with a plan to turn the tables on Tokyo Chuo. But one day inspectors from the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission suddenly show up at Central Securities, and Hanzawa finds himself face to face with his old nemesis Kurosaki. Hanzawa suspects that Tokyo Chuo is somehow behind the surprise audit…

E04

"Hanzawa in Dire Peril! Is the Key His Old Rival, Ōwada!?"

8/9/2020·68m

Thanks to Hanzawa’s plan, Spiral succeeds in pulling off a reverse takeover of Fox. However, to save face, Tokyo Chuo, at vice-president Mikasa’s urging, tries to pressure Cyber Acrobatics into accepting an additional investment of 50 billion yen so it can buy up Spiral’s stock. Hanzawa is left dumbfounded at the underhanded means that the big bank is willing to stoop to in order to get its way. At the same time, he begins to realize that Cyber Acrobatics’ earnings figures are not as transparent as they seem.

E05

"Payback the Corrupt Politician in Double! Protect 50 Billion from the Treacherous Government"

8/16/2020·52m

Having saved Tokyo Chuo from possible ruin by uncovering fraud on the part of Cyber Acrobatics, Hanzawa gets back his old job at the bank. However, he is soon faced with the unenviable task of restructuring Teikoku Airways, the nation’s largest air transport company, which is on the verge of bankruptcy. The government is proposing to cancel 70% of the company’s debt to each of several large banks, including Tokyo Chuo. Hanzawa thinks he knows a better way for Teikoku to restructure on its own, but first he must convince company executives to get on board with his plan. And he soon finds that a seemingly insurmountable obstacle stands in his way...

E06

"Hanzawa Defeated at Last!? The Government's Assassin Bares His Fangs: Kurosaki On Stage!"

8/23/2020·51m

Hanzawa is determined to resist the government’s demand that the big banks write off 50 billion yen in Teikoku Airways debt. Hanzawa and his team instead craft a restructuring plan that prioritizes saving employee jobs. But the government is unsympathetic and tells him to scrap his plan and start over. Hanzawa bridles at the rebuff, but even Teikoku executives themselves are deadlocked over the restructuring plan. Meanwhile, Kurosaki, Hanzawa’s nemesis on the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission, discovers a serious financial oversight on the bank’s part.

E07

"Who Is the Traitor? A Showdown with the Government!"

8/30/2020·50m

Working with Moriyama of Tokyo Central Securities, Hanzawa devises a new plan for restructuring Teikoku Airways. However, their proposal that Sky Hope Airlines accept Teikoku’s excess personnel is abruptly rejected. Meanwhile, public sentiment hardens against Tokyo Chuo as the Financial Services Agency issues a regulatory compliance warning against the bank. The timing of the injunction leads Hanzawa to conclude that there must be an inside informant. Can he ferret out the traitor within the bank and find a way to show that “deception costs double”?

E08

"Is it the Bank President...? Expose the Corruption of the Ruthless Politician!"

9/13/2020·48m

Hanzawa gets a look at the government task force’s draft restructuring plan. He is surprised to see that Teikoku Airway’s money-losing flight to Ise-Shima has been taken off the list of routes to be abolished. Then he realizes that Minobe, a powerful ruling-party politician who represents Ise-Shima, was responsible for building the local airport! Convinced that Minobe is the key to everything, Hanzawa tries to find a way to thwart the government’s plan, but in the process he uncovers the dark underbelly of Tokyo Chuo.

E09

"The Final Showdown! Is Hanzawa Finally Defeated? The True Mastermind is..."

9/20/2020·59m

Hanzawa begins probing the fate of a two-billion-yen loan which Tokyo Daiichi Bank made to ruling-party Secretary General Minobe before the bank’s merger. However, Hanzawa is forced to back off when confronted by evidence that former Deputy President Makino was accepting illegal funds before his untimely death. Determined to press ahead, Hanzawa decides to move his investigation to Ise-Shima after receiving a tipoff about the missing loan. Then, while poring over Ise-Shima State’s old financial records, he runs across someone he didn’t expect to see there. Can Hanzawa uncover Ise-Shima State’s secret and show his enemies that deception costs double?

E10

"Will There Be a 1000-fold Payback? And an Unexpected Resignation!? The Final Battle Begins"

9/27/2020·68m

Tokyo 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(2013–2020)

Overview

Seasons

Season 1

"Double Payback! A New Hero Rises Against Corrupt Bosses!! Can He Recover 500 Million? Battles Among Wives in Company Housing — Ambition or Friendship?"

2020

"Subsidiary vs. Main Bank! Hanzawa's New Revolt Begins"

"Double Payback Against the Cowardly Boss! Fight Alongside Your Colleagues with A Subsidiary's Pride!"

"Kurosaki Strikes Again!! Time for Your Punishment, NA. O. KI!"

"Hanzawa in Dire Peril! Is the Key His Old Rival, Ōwada!?"

"Payback the Corrupt Politician in Double! Protect 50 Billion from the Treacherous Government"

"Hanzawa Defeated at Last!? The Government's Assassin Bares His Fangs: Kurosaki On Stage!"

"Who Is the Traitor? A Showdown with the Government!"

"Is it the Bank President...? Expose the Corruption of the Ruthless Politician!"

"The Final Showdown! Is Hanzawa Finally Defeated? The True Mastermind is..."

"Will There Be a 1000-fold Payback? And an Unexpected Resignation!? The Final Battle Begins"

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Season 1

"Double Payback! A New Hero Rises Against Corrupt Bosses!! Can He Recover 500 Million? Battles Among Wives in Company Housing — Ambition or Friendship?"

"Shake Off the Boss’s False Accusation! Double Payback to the Villains"

"Double Payback to the Damned Boss! Can the Subordinates be Saved from the Crisis!? A Traitor Appears"

"Will It Be Tenfold Payback? Betrayal Between Boss and Subordinate"

"Hanzawa Transfers?! A Battle for Survival"

"From 500 Million to 12 Billion! Will There Be Double Payback in Tokyo? Hanzawa, Transferred to Headquarters, Battles a Huge Enemy!"

"Hanzawa Kneels! A Desperate Crisis"

"A Formidable Rival Appears! Losing Means A Transfer"

"Final Battle! The Financial Services Agency Inspection with A Transfer on Line!!"

"Will There Be 100-Fold Payback? Who Will Be The One Kneeling At The End! Shocking Conclusion!! Friendship or Betrayal?"

2020

"Subsidiary vs. Main Bank! Hanzawa's New Revolt Begins"

"Double Payback Against the Cowardly Boss! Fight Alongside Your Colleagues with A Subsidiary's Pride!"

"Kurosaki Strikes Again!! Time for Your Punishment, NA. O. KI!"

"Hanzawa in Dire Peril! Is the Key His Old Rival, Ōwada!?"

"Payback the Corrupt Politician in Double! Protect 50 Billion from the Treacherous Government"

"Hanzawa Defeated at Last!? The Government's Assassin Bares His Fangs: Kurosaki On Stage!"

"Who Is the Traitor? A Showdown with the Government!"

"Is it the Bank President...? Expose the Corruption of the Ruthless Politician!"

"The Final Showdown! Is Hanzawa Finally Defeated? The True Mastermind is..."

"Will There Be a 1000-fold Payback? And an Unexpected Resignation!? The Final Battle Begins"