Kansa Hojin

[Machine Translation] The year was 2002. The Japanese economy was still suffering from the aftereffects of the bubble economy and its future was still unclear. At Japan Audit Corporation, where Kenji Wakasugi, a certified public accountant, works, there were two major conflicting opinions. One is the "lukewarm auditing" camp, which is willing to overlook even a little window dressing in order to save companies suffering from the recession. The "rigorous auditing" school would cut out the bad companies, and would not accept any kind of fraud. Kenji believes that "rigorous auditing" is the only righteous way, but as he feels the pain of companies and employees being cut off, he begins to question his job. Then Kenji discovers window dressing at a major food company. This soon develops into a scandal involving the business and financial worlds, and Kenji and his colleagues are swept up in the giant swell...

2002年。バブル後遺症に悩む日本経済は、未だ先行きが見えないでいた。公認会計士・若杉健司が勤めるジャパン監査法人には二つの大きな意見対立があった。不況に苦しむ企業を救うためには、多少の粉飾も見逃そうという「ぬるま湯監査」派。不良企業は切り捨て、いかなる不正も認めないという「厳格監査」派。健司は、信頼できる先輩・小野寺直人のもとで、「厳格監査」こそ正義と信じるが、切り捨てられていく企業や社員の痛みを感じるたびに、仕事に疑問を感じていく。そんな時、健司は大手食品会社の粉飾を発見する。やがてそれは、財界、金融界を巻き込んだスキャンダルに発展し、健司たちも巨大なうねりに飲み込まれていく…。