Smoke and Mist: Gold Rush(2015)

Smoke and Mist: Gold Rush is a Japanese drama series that follows Kumagai, an art teacher at an exclusive girls' school who earns a meager salary under the tyrannical chairman Sakai. When music teacher Naoko and PE instructor Oyamada recruit Kumagai for a blackmail scheme, events spiral unexpectedly out of control. Sakai and his girlfriend Akemi vanish, apparently kidnapped by education consultants Minowa and Nakao. As the investigation unfolds, Kumagai and Naoko find themselves entangled in a dangerous plot to locate a fortune in gold bars that Sakai had hidden away. The series blends crime, suspense, and dark comedy as ordinary people become unwitting players in a high-stakes game of deception and greed.