Mannix (TV Series)
Enter Tami Okada (1974)
Mike Connors: Joe Mannix
Quotes
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Joe Mannix : Now, uh, what can I do for you, Mr. Okada?
Tami Okada : I need your help. I'm your counterpart on Tokyo.
Joe Mannix : Counterpart?
Tami Okada : Private investigator.
Joe Mannix : [chuckles] Oh. Oh.
Tami Okada : May I say, your office is most impressive?
Joe Mannix : Well, I'm not sure that's quite the word for it.
Tami Okada : Oh, yes. In Japan, investigator has small office, most times, no secretary.
[sniffs the flowers he's standing next to]
Tami Okada : Beautiful flower arrangement.
Joe Mannix : Oh, what can I do to help you, Mr. Okada?
Tami Okada : One starts talking business so soon?
Joe Mannix : [chuckles] In America, usually sooner.
Tami Okada : Ah. Perhaps you have read new about diplomatic courier who disappeared day before yesterday.
Joe Mannix : Yes.
Tami Okada : I've been sent here to find him.
Joe Mannix : By whom?
Tami Okada : Courier's father. He suffers deeply from this disgrace.
Joe Mannix : Disgrace? The man was kidnapped.
Tami Okada : Oh, yes, in Japan, when a man fails in professional duty, it is a disgrace to family.
Joe Mannix : Even when it's not his fault?
Tami Okada : Yes. And if courier is not found soon, his father will have to atone.
Joe Mannix : How?
Tami Okada : For those who live by our customs, there is only one way.
[Joe looks at Okada with a puzzled look]
Tami Okada : Yes, Mr. Mannix. Hara-kiri.
Joe Mannix : In this day and age?
Tami Okada : In Japan, days do not age as they do here.
Joe Mannix : Huh. Well, I'll be glad to do whatever I can.
Tami Okada : Thank you. You see, it is my first time in your country.
Joe Mannix : Hmm. Now, do you have any leads?
Tami Okada : Leads?
Joe Mannix : Clues?
Tami Okada : Ah, clues, yes, yes. There is someone the courier has seen each time he comes to Los Angeles. She works at Japanese Village in Sea Theater Show.
