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The chaotic and chaotic post-war Japan was also filled with a liberal and open-minded atmosphere. In that era, journalists could become stars or heroes. Kazuhiro Tatematsu, the social affairs reporter of the national major newspaper "The Yomiuri Shimbun", is one of the best. He has constant exclusive news and shines in troubled times. But such an era did not last long. With the development of the post-war economy, the Japanese financial community urgently needs conservative forces to achieve political stability. In 1955, following this trend, the democratic and liberal parties united, and the single conservative party, the Liberal Democratic Party, was born. This was the beginning of the 55-year system. A conservative permanent regime was promised, and structural corruption in which government, finance, and officials colluded with each other became more and more intense. With the establishment of the conservative political system, the institutionalization of newspapers is also advancing, and the strengthening of management systems has ended the disorder and freedom after the war. In 1957, after reporting on a bribery case related to the Prostitution Prevention Act, Tatsumatsu, who did not want to disclose the identity of the reporter, was arrested on charges of defamation. This was unprecedented in Japanese journalism and was indeed strange. It turned out that Lisong was involved in a power struggle within the prosecutor's office. Some people want to catch the prosecutor who leaked the secret and suppress his opponents on the grounds that the official violated the National Civil Service Law. The stubborn Lisong adheres to the professional ethics of journalists and always refuses to betray informants...