- 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.