Scarlet (2025) Movie Script
1
(Waves lapping gently)
(Waves lapping gently)
(Gentle string music)
(Gentle string music continues)
(Elderly Woman) In this place,
life and death coexist.
They stand side by side.
Time is no different.
Here, in the Otherworld,
both past and future...
are all woven together.
(Gasps)
(Scarlet) Is this Heaven...?
(Rumbling)
(Ominous music)
(Music intensifies)
(Wind howling)
(Thunder crashes)
(Somber string music)
(Gasps)
(Panting heavily)
(Gulping)
(Gagging)
(Retching)
(Elderly Woman) You there.
Hey, you.
Where do you think this is?
(Thunder crashes)
(Electrical crackling)
(Growling)
(Elderly Woman) This place is...
The Otherworld.
(Gasping)
(Scarlet) That's right. I died.
I failed to exact revenge
against my sworn enemy
and died.
(Panicked gasping, whimpering)
(Straining)
(Grunts)
(Growling)
(Screaming)
(Scream fades)
(Birds calling)
WHERE THE STORY BEGINS
(Hoofbeats)
Father!
Scarlet!
Mother! Father has returned.
Father!
Your prayers assured our safe return.
Deploy your troops, Amleth.
(Amleth) Claudius...
It's them or us.
Calm yourself, Brother.
War benefits neither side.
We shall seek balance through negotiation,
building trust, not hostility.
This is the way of our survival.
(Sighs)
You are a fool!
(Noble) Our King Amleth is a good ruler.
Adored by his people
and trusted by neighboring countries.
Scarlet. What is important?
Friendship over enmity.
I'll be the princess you want me to be!
You must grow up without fear.
(Laughs)
I look so handsome. I'm glad.
(Both laughing)
(Bell tolling in distance)
(Grunts softly)
Mother, I'm going to be...
What filthy hands...
(Scarlet whimpers)
My husband loves his daughter...
I will not let him make a mockery of me.
Mark my words.
I belong to the one who will be king.
(Running footsteps)
(Panting)
Grave news!
Traitors in the castle!
Capture them! They must not escape!
Heed me well!
Do not let them get away!
(Panting)
(Grunts, sighs)
Whoa, there.
(Laughing)
(Praying quietly)
(Laughing)
Up you go.
(Crowd murmuring)
(Claudius) Amleth, my brother.
Brother, can you not see?
Your insatiable thirst for power
will turn you into a murderer.
Silence!
Oh, loyal subjects!
The traitor must be punished!
Only then,
by God's will, I shall be the new king!
(Woman) The king would never betray us!
(Man) This is a mistake!
(Crowd clamoring)
Execute him!
(Clamoring continues)
This cannot be...!
(Voice muffled)
What did you say?
(Voice muffled)
What?! What did you say?!
(Voice muffled)
Wait!
(Clamoring continues)
(Panting)
Father!
(Hyperventilating)
(Scarlet screams)
(Military drumrolls)
(Grunting)
(Bishop) May God bless the new king.
(Noble) Glory to our King Claudius!
(Nobles) May glory be!
Deploy an army and quell their rebellion.
(Grunting fiercely)
(Waiting-Maid 1) Supposedly these measures
are to stop the rebellion...
But they torture people
who have nothing to do with it.
(Whimpering)
(Chuckles)
(Whimpering)
(Grunting)
(Yells fiercely)
(Panting)
(Panting heavily)
(Wind whistling)
(Knocking)
(Male Servant) A message for the princess.
Your subjects are dying of starvation.
Yet the king will not send aid.
(Door bangs shut)
(Quiet chatter)
(Laughing)
(Crowd oohing)
and delight our eyes with your beauty.
(Groans)
(Chuckles)
(Shuddering)
(Groans softly)
(Scoffs)
(Gentle orchestral music)
(Quiet chatter, laughter)
Princess.
(Laughter)
(Yawns, grunts)
(Blade rings softly)
(Breath trembling)
(Grunts)
(Gasping, groaning)
As naive as an infant.
(Claudius laughs)
(Scarlet) You'll pay!
Mark my words!
(Waiting-Maid 1) Princess?
(Grunts)
(Gasping)
(Tense music)
(Burbling)
(Panicked gasping)
(Straining)
(Grunts)
(Growling)
If this is the afterlife,
will I be reunited with my father?
(Elderly Woman) You will not.
(Scarlet) Who are you?
(Scarlet) Nothingness?
(Whimpering)
My life was one of nothing but regret.
I want to disappear this instant.
I lived a meaningless life.
Uncle Claudius lives...
And Father will not be avenged.
Wait.
(Shuddering)
(Straining)
(Grunting)
(Screaming)
(Suspenseful music)
(Grunting)
(Grunts)
I swear...
I will find him
and avenge my father!
(Chuckling)
How very foolish humans are.
You bear the crest of Elsinore.
Where is Claudius?
Don't kill me!
They are already dead,
yet they still wish to live.
We are allies, Your Highness.
What?
You may rest assured and follow us.
(Elderly Woman) Their will to hate...
(Scarlet) Is Claudius really here?
So much for allies!
A grubby princess...
(Gasps, grunts)
...deserves no salvation!
Capture her!
(Soldiers yelling)
(Whimpering)
(Chuckles)
I may now enter the Infinite Land!
Frailty, thy name is woman.
(Explosive rumbling)
Wh-What was that?!
She's gone!? Find her!
(Elderly Woman) Look.
See her brimming with vitality!
So what is it to be human?!
What is it to die?!
To live?!
(Breathing heavily)
(Panting)
Ow...
I can't do this...
The miracle thats inside of you
We all see
Wont you color my heart today
Show me...
Oh!
Uh.
You're hurt all over...!
Stop it!
Don't touch me!
What happened?
You know?
We nurse people back to health.
Yet you're dead?
Then, you wouldn't be here.
And where is "here"?
A whistling arrow...
(Blows softly)
Was this a battleground?
"The gates of Hell"?
Disappointed you're not in Heaven?
That's some confidence.
But we all come here without exception.
It's not the afterlife we imagined.
Hold up a sec!
I swear I didn't die.
We received an emergency call...
(Siren wailing faintly)
(Hijiri) So, I left the hospital and...
(Children laughing)
Am I dreaming?
(Hijiri) If I'm alive, why am I here?
This must be a mistake!
How did I get here?
I'm a medic, for crying out loud!
Who knows.
Wait, does that mean you're also dead?
That's right.
Did you really die?
Yes.
You don't look it.
Injured, maybe...
(Sighs)
Anyways, I'm going home.
I'm still on the clock!
(Panting)
Which way do I go?
(Sighs)
(Suspenseful music)
(Grunting)
(Pained grunt)
(Panting)
Whoa...
(Chuckling)
(Grunts)
(Grunts, whoops)
(Soldiers laughing mockingly)
Huh?
(Pained yell)
(Panting)
Hey.
Hey!
(Gasps)
(Gasps)
Wh...?
What the...?!
(Gasps)
Strong...!
(Whimpers)
(Yelps)
(Whimpers)
(Yells)
(Removes blade)
(Panting)
Cornelius!
(Laughing)
(Yelps)
(Laughing)
Scarlet, daughter of the late King Amleth.
She's the daughter of a king?
I'll never forget your face.
Never!
(Grunting fiercely)
(Yelps)
To continue fighting even after death...!
(Pained whimpering)
You are a true warrior.
But this ends now.
You will become nothingness.
I must...
(Pained grunting)
...carry out my revenge.
I must have vengeance!
Or I cannot die!
This is the end.
I can't let him get away with it...
(Sniffles, whimpers)
Rest in nothingness, Princess.
(Gasps)
(Groaning)
No major vessels or nerves were damaged.
Try not to move it.
Where is Claudius?
Answer me!
In the place closest to the Infinite Land.
What?
is the stairway to the Infinite Land.
Liar!
My uncle is evil.
This is nonsense!
Yet everyone seeks his salvation
from the Otherworld.
People are weak.
(Scarlet) Nonsense!
and those that follow.
Stop.
I must go...!
Here. Use this as a cane.
I'm sorry you got hurt.
Aren't you with the princess?
(Running footsteps)
(Panting)
Then stop following me.
You're a fiend.
It's vengeance. Of course I will.
Still, you shouldn't kill.
I loathe do-gooders like you.
I'm no "do-gooder."
My name is Hijiri.
When people are hurt, they bleed.
You need my help.
Do as you please.
(Low, eerie music)
(Rumbling)
(Wind howling)
(Grunts)
(Breathing heavily)
(Grunting)
(Whimpers)
(Scarlet groans)
(Gasps softly)
(Groans)
(Sighs)
(Suspenseful music)
(Both gasp)
(Gasps)
(Camels grunting)
(Woman screams)
(Yelling)
(Camels bellowing)
(Bandit) Let go!
(Neighing)
(Grunts)
(Pained yelp)
(Groaning)
Stop!
Don't!
Stop!
(Elderly Man 3) They took everything.
(Horse neighing)
(Bandit) Run!
(Shouting)
(Gun blasts)
Gunshots?
W-Wait!
(Gun blast)
Bandits attacking other bandits?
(Shouting)
Oh!
Snap out of it!
(Marauder 1) Give it here!
(Marauder 2) That too!
Wait. Wait!
Damn it!
(Panting)
(Bandits shouting)
(Thunder rumbling)
Get down.
(Thunder crashes)
(Screaming)
(Thunder crashes)
(Screaming)
It's coming this way!
(Gasps)
(Growling)
What was that?
Are you okay?
(Gasps)
Nothingness.
(Shuddering)
I'm sorry I couldn't help you...
I hear it all the time at work.
That you can't be sad every time...
you might lose something else.
(Light wind instrument music)
(Quiet chatter)
(Announcement over P.A.)
(Electronic chiming)
(Radio chatter)
(Medical monitor beeping)
Teach me about love,
oh please let me know
The miracle that's inside of you,
we all see
Wont you color my heart today
Show me all the things
that love can be
Why do humans live?
What's the meaning of life?
Will we ever understand?
Leave those questions to the living.
It's too late for us.
I told you...
I'm not dead yet.
(Bell clanging quietly)
(Camel bellowing)
(Gasps)
The road ahead is treacherous.
(Gasps)
(Bell clanging quietly)
Aren't you coming?
They might be bandits.
They aren't.
How can you be sure?
(Camels grunting)
(Gasps)
(Sighs)
Folks, I'm a medic.
They could be bandits.
Tell them to leave.
You sound like children.
(Scarlet) What did I tell you?
Just like the world of the living.
I don't think you'll make it that far.
You have to pass through harsh wastelands,
and the bandits.
What's more,
I heard there's a large battalion
blocking the path,
leading up to the mountain.
(Soft rumbling)
(Grunting)
(Laughter)
(Groaning, wheezing)
The snake is injured but not dead.
I must not risk turning into nothingness
before my beloved Gertrude arrives...
Voltemand! Where are you!?
(Quiet, folky music)
(Gasps softly)
How am I supposed to fight a battalion?
(Soft folk music)
What're you puttin' on him?
(Elderly Man) It could be poison.
Whew! The pain is going away.
How strange! I feel much better.
That's a relief.
(Others gasping)
(Elderly Man) You want to wash my back?
Leave a filthy old man be.
A hot towel is very relaxing.
Waste of a good towel, I tell ya.
(Whimpering)
Do your wounds hurt?
No...
There are so many.
Like medals of honor?
You betcha!
(Whimpering)
That feels so relaxing.
I'm glad.
There's no need to worry.
My hands keep getting duller.
Mind if I go next?
(Camels bellowing)
(Gasps)
(Laughter)
(Scarlet) What trickery is this?
(Hijiri) No tricks.
All I did was listen to them.
I see you differently.
Here you are.
(Sighs)
Let's give it a try.
Ah.
We were like you in the beginning.
the more you long for someone to trust.
You must have some deep regret
(Upbeat, percussive music playing)
(Singer) We will dance the dance of joy
Till the dawn of night
We will sing a precious song
To the end of the world...
We will sing forever
Like we hold hands deep in our hearts
(Elderly Man) Terrible.
(Grunts)
(Lively music)
(Singers) We will dance the dance of joy
Till the dawn of night
We will dance forever
So we send our feelings through dance.
(Singers) Give us life
So that we can fill our empty hearts
(Gasps)
Your destination lies that way.
You've been so kind.
I pray that you fulfill your wishes.
(Hijiri) Thank you very much.
Be sure to practice.
(Birds screeching)
(Hijiri) The old folks talked about it.
At this "Infinite Land" place,
I would love to grow old like them...
What was that?
(Gasps)
(Grunting)
(Straining)
No!
(Coughing)
(Tense music)
(Gasps)
(Hijiri) Going to fight again?
I must have my revenge.
I will do more than knock him out.
Huh?
How about you quit dreaming?
I want you to stop.
There are no wars in the future?
But at the same time,
That's not it. But...
What are...?
Wait!
(Voltemand) An emissary?
Waving his arms to surrender?
Makes things quick.
Stop fighting!
What?!
We can talk. No weapons!
Who the hell are you?
And you call yourself a warrior!?
(Gun fires)
(Knight 1) What's with this guy?
(Scarlet) Stop!
(Gasping)
(Grunts fiercely)
The princess!
(Yells)
Scarlet!
(Yells)
You're getting careless!
Steady! Capture the princess!
(Pained grunting)
(Soldiers whimpering)
Is she a princess or a wild animal?!
(Gasps)
(Chuckles)
Voltemand.
You injured a lot of my men.
I'll never forgive you!
Stop this, Scarlet!
(Soldiers gasp in fright)
(Thunder rumbling)
(Frightened gasping)
(Roaring)
Run! Now!
(Gasps)
That man...
(Gasps)
(Screams, grunts)
Scarlet!
(Pained whimpering)
Damn it. One more!
What are you doing?
You should've left me!
I don't know.
You should also let me be...
(Pained whimper)
I'm cutting your sleeve.
It's embarrassing...
(Hijiri grunting)
(Pained whimpering)
This is gonna hurt.
Why did you choose this work?
So I wanted to try it.
But take it easy for a while.
(Sighs softly)
(Rumbling)
(Breathing deeply)
(Gasps)
I just said to...
Whew...
Huh?!
(Yells, grunts in frustration)
(Gun drops to ground)
(Voltemand) Forgive me.
(Scarlet) I will not.
I beg you!
You showed my father no mercy.
Wait. Listen to me.
I didn't kill the king.
What he whispered?
What?! What did you say?!
He could not be heard!
My hands froze.
I was sure Cornelius heard it too.
We could not raise our blades.
I heard nothing!
Aren't you curious?
(Rapid, heavy breathing)
Lies! You're lying to escape your fate!
I swear on my soul as a warrior.
Liar!
(Groaning)
(Groans)
(Whimpers)
Very well.
(Sighs)
But tell the truth.
What did he say?
(Panting)
One word:
"Forgive."
"Forgive"?
Why? Why would he say that?
(Crowd clamoring)
and enlighten him of his incompetence.
He will forget about the Infinite Land.
Then go.
(Clamoring continues)
(Knight 1) Lord Claudius!
(Knight 2) Please lead us there!
All those who fight alongside me...
Thank you, Lord Claudius!
Thank you so much!
Thank you very much!
Chosen warriors!
Pledge your loyalty to me!
Do not fear! Fight!
(Crowd, chanting) To the Infinite Land!
To the Infinite Land!
To the Infinite Land!
(Scarlet) "Forgive"...
If my father did say that...
what did he mean by "forgive"?
Hmm.
Perhaps he was pleading,
Or he was hiding a terrible sin,
and sought forgiveness.
But is that truly so?
If I were your father,
"Forgive that I'm a terrible father."
All of these have different meanings.
What was his true intent?
There is another way to look at it.
Just my opinion.
But why? Why?!
He murdered my father,
I felt the king's truth speak to me.
Why must I forgive?
Why...?
You're setting us free?
Voltemand, you wouldn't do such a thing.
(Grunts softly)
Let's go.
(Ethereal music)
(Scarlet) What have I been fighting for
all this time?
Why?
Forgive.
(Gasps softly)
(Gasps softly)
Forgive.
Forgive.
(Scarlet) My only thought...
was avenging my father.
And yet...
(Whimpers)
And yet...
(Amleth) Forgive.
(Amleth) Forgive.
(Tense music)
(Laughter)
(Scarlet) What are you doing?
(Gravedigger 1) Wanna see inside?
(Scarlet) It couldn't be...
Could it be my father?
Father!
Father!
Father!
(Gravediggers continue laughing)
(Laughter stops)
(Gravedigger 1) ...is yourself!
(Gasping breaths)
(Frantic whimpering)
(Shuddering)
(Playing gentle melody)
(Hijiri) Imagine you were living...
a completely different life.
What would it be like?
Or chatting at a roadside caf.
Or peeking through a shop window, then...
I have no idea.
I suppose you pity me.
But I don't share it.
There's nothing I can change.
It's the life I've lived.
I'm not afraid.
In fact, I would like to disappear...
as soon as I avenge my father.
Teach me about love
Oh please let me know
The miracle thats inside of you
We all see
Wont you color my heart today
Show me all of love
Oh please once again
Once again show me the reason to live
Before my soul
(Gasps)
(Frightened gasping)
(Whooshing)
(Gasping)
(Whooshing)
(Frightened gasping)
(Gasps)
(Wind howling)
(Upbeat music)
(Crowd cheering)
Teach me about love,
oh please let me know
The miracle thats inside of you,
we all see
Wont you color my heart today
Show me all the things that love can be
Must be a key to secrets unseen
Hidden truth
I have a feeling the answer is you...
Hijiri!
(Upbeat music continues)
Countless paths are crossing
(Scarlet) Endless time is flowing,
Fates a silly thing
At the promised hour
Ill turn around and Ill find you...
That's...me!
The world turns to shimmering brightness
Everything becomes anew
(Scarlet) Awakened by you...
Another...me!
The wind and the rain
and the rainbows beyond
Turn to music as we sing along
I never knew just how beautiful
Bloom as you are
Oh my heart
Nothing
Can stop me now...
(Upbeat music continues)
Teach me about love,
oh please let me know
The miracle that's inside of you,
we all see
Wont you color my heart today
Show me all of love,
oh please once again
Once again show me the reason to live
Before my soul
Forgets the voices that call out my name
Teach me about love,
oh please let me know
The miracle that's inside of you,
we all see
You blacked out all of a sudden.
I saw it...
I traveled through time...
And then...
Hijiri, you danced...
so well...
(Grunts, chuckles)
That's probably not me.
No. You took the lead.
I was really happy...
could I have been a different person?
Could I have avoided resigning myself
to all this suffering and frustration?
Scarlet. Don't cry.
I'm right here.
You don't need to cry anymore.
(Sniffles, whimpers)
(Crying softly)
(Rousing music)
(Crowd chatter)
(Chatter continues)
(Food sizzling)
(No audible dialogue)
(Girl) Hey.
Are you a princess?
No.
You're so pretty, I was sure...
I wish I was born as a princess.
Bet you do too. Right?
What's that?
(Gasps)
(Chuckles)
(Gasps, whimpers)
Yeah...
(Chuckles)
(Somber music)
(Claudius) The Infinite Land...
Only the strong are fit to enter. Listen!
(Crowd cheering)
...to me, Rosencrantz!
We will locate her swiftly...
...and go to the Infinite Land.
(Both giggling)
(Both) Yahoo!
(Tense music)
(Grunting)
(Man 2) Take us to the summit!
(Man 3) To the summit!
(Man 4) Remove the wall!
(Clamoring)
(Neighing)
(Music building)
Take down Claudius's knights!
The Infinite Land is not theirs to keep!
Charge!
(Clamoring)
(Yelling)
(Gasping breaths)
(Groaning)
(Sobbing continues)
(Panting)
(Man) Searching? Looking for who?
Has anybody seen her?
She has her hair braided back.
Like this!
It hurts...
Whoever gives us the princess goes free!
Those are lies!
I'll never be your slave.
Let's search elsewhere.
Hmm? Wait.
(Girl panting, whimpering)
What's this?
I don't know anything!
Do not hide it from me! Speak!
If you do not...
Stop! Don't hurt her!
The princess!?
We have found the princess!
(Scarlet grunting)
Get her up!
Princess...
Ah! Princess!
Hurry and run! Go!
We have captured the princess!
King Claudius will praise us!
With this...
...he will take us to the Infinite Land!
(Both laughing)
(Hijiri) Scarlet!
(Grunts)
Can't shoot?
(Rosencrantz) What's stopping you?
Is that a toy?
(Rosencrantz and Guildenstern laughing)
Why did you come here?
(Hijiri) I...
(Hijiri) I...
(Muffled laughter)
(Gasps)
(Hijiri) I...!
(Grunting)
(Hijiri) I...!
(Yells fiercely)
(Whooshing)
(Pained yell)
(Gasping)
(Panicked whimpering)
(Yells)
(Hijiri and Rosencrantz yelling)
(Gasps)
(Breathing weakly)
(Panting)
(Soldiers gasping, whimpering)
Hijiri!
Are you all right?
I'm okay... You?
I'm fine.
You have to live.
I will...
(Faint rumbling)
(Explosion booming)
(Gasping)
(Scarlet) Teach me about love
Oh please let me know
The miracle that's inside of you
We all see
Wont you color my heart today
Show me all of love
Oh please once again
Once again show me the reason to live
Before my soul
Forgets the voices that call out my name
Teach me about love
Oh please let me know
The miracle that's inside of you
We all see
Wont you color my heart today
Show me
All the things that love can be
Must be a key to secrets unseen
Hidden truth
Wont you show me your answer today
(Rumbling)
(Crowd clamoring)
(Clamoring dies down)
(Frantic chatter)
(Wind howling)
(Hijiri grunting)
It is daytime once again.
(Gasps)
(Pained grunting)
Sorry.
(Gasps)
(Wind howling)
This...is the summit.
But...
There's no Stairway to the Infinite Land!
It's not here.
I thought my uncle would be here...
He already ascended to the Infinite Land.
And you will become nothingness.
(Grunts fiercely)
(Grunting, yelping)
(Gasping)
(Wind howling)
(Scarlet whimpering, straining)
Death by fall or death by sword.
The choice is yours.
(Pained whimpering)
(Laughing)
(Gasps)
You?!
yet you still stand!?
Traitor!
Voltemand!
We're done being your dogs.
And done with you.
(Groaning)
Vanish into nothingness!
(Pained gasping)
(Gasps)
Damn you!
(Grunting)
(Yells)
Move, Voltemand!
Cornelius! Turn into nothingness!
(Yelps)
(Screams)
Your target is up there.
(Gasps)
(Soft jingling)
(Scarlet) Thank you.
(Soft jingling)
(Ethereal music)
(Ethereal music continues)
(Gasps)
(Gasps)
(Gasping)
(Waves lapping gently)
(Birds chirping)
(Ethereal music)
(Whooshing)
(Ethereal music continues)
Is that...?
(Claudius) O great gate!
Door to the Infinite Land!
I am the king!
Claudius!
Yet why do you shut your door?!
Why?! Why?!
(Groans in frustration)
Curse it...!
(Hyperventilating)
These bloody hands...
Or is it too late for such things?
I still hold the spoils of my sins.
The crown, the ambition, and the queen...
How may one be pardoned?
(Quiet, trembling breaths)
Penitence...
Save me.
(Trembling breaths)
who seek the Infinite Land.
So please save me...!
(Wings fluttering loudly)
(Birds chirping)
(Chirping fades)
However,
I must ask one thing of you.
Please, admit that you were wrong.
That killing my father was a mistake.
Ask for his daughter's forgiveness.
(Claudius whimpers)
(Whimpering)
Uncle.
Uncle.
(Gasps)
Ask for forgiveness?
What a joke!
(Panicked whimper)
I have only one regret now.
I should have drained his blood
and stripped the meat from his bones
Had I made you watch that,
you would not come before me now
with your ridiculous, foolish words!
And what of your penitence just now...
Or your toil for the people...?
The Infinite Land belongs to me!
Mine and mine alone!
(Screams)
(Groaning)
You trample upon the hopes of others.
that my father did?!
Shall I show you?!
(Scarlet yelling fiercely)
Forgive.
(Panting, grunting)
(Screams)
Forgive.
(Groaning)
(Whimpering)
(Screaming)
(Screaming stops)
Should I follow through with my revenge?
Or should I forgive all?
(Breathing heavily, whimpering)
Why must I suffer so?
What is it that binds me?
I don't know!
Can I not find a different way to live?
I don't know! I don't know!!
I don't know!!!
Then I am hopeless.
I can't help it!
This is how I've lived for so long!
True. Then I am hopeless,
and this is the end.
Hatred drove me to learn swordsmanship.
For vengeance, for my father,
and all who suffer.
I have held myself back,
over and over again.
I told myself,
"This is not how things should be."
Until now, I have lived my life
without forgiving myself...
without forgiving myself...
without forgiving myself.
(Gasps softly)
Myself.
Forgive.
Myself...
Forgive.
(Rain pattering)
(Gasps softly)
(Amleth) Scarlet.
(Gasps softly)
(Gasps)
Scarlet.
Father!
(Shuddering gasp)
(Whimpering)
(Sobbing)
I want to see you shine, living freely.
Father.
(Whimpers)
(Sobbing)
(Claudius) Listen well.
The Infinite Land belongs to me.
No one else may enter.
Only me and my queen
shall pass through this gate!
Descend into nothingness!
Follow your wretched father!
(Grunts)
I do not forgive you.
I cannot forgive you. However...
(Groans)
I am done fighting.
(Growling)
You shall disappear without a trace!
(Thunder rumbling)
(Thunder crashes)
(Roaring)
(Whooshing)
(Sizzling)
(Birds screeching)
(Groaning)
(Pained whimpering)
Gertrude!
Please! Help me!
The Infinite Land is...
Gertrude!
(Claudius groans)
I don't want to disappear!
Don't let me become nothingness!
I don't want to disappear!
Help me!
(Screams)
Gertrude!
Save me! I don't want to die!
I don't want to die!
(Screaming)
(Scream fades)
(Gentle music)
(Gasps softly)
(Sighs)
Finally...
I can disappear in peace now.
You're wrong about that, Scarlet.
What...?
but they are sorely mistaken.
Here, the past and future blur together.
That is why you are together.
Now...
There is one among you two who yet lives.
Not dead?
That individual cannot be here.
Yes. You mean him.
That he came here by some mistake. So...
You're wrong. It's not me.
What...?
It's you, Scarlet.
(Gasps)
It's come back to me. I really did die.
ER headquarters to all ambulances.
Ambulances have been sent out.
Two men have been found unconscious.
That's all from ER headquarters.
Urgent. Urgent.
ER headquarters to all departments.
Suspected knife attack.
The suspect has not been apprehended.
Be alert for the suspect's movements.
I didn't plan on dying.
I acted on instinct and jumped in between.
That's why I didn't realize I was dead.
I kept believing I was still alive.
(Gasps)
I'm dead. You're the one who's alive.
(Somber music)
It isn't me.
It couldn't be me.
(Hijiri) The blade reached my organs.
I stopped the bleeding for a while...
but it started again.
No...
You're wrong! It's not me!
Hijiri! You have to live!
Then I'll stay here! I'll stay with you!
Ah... Oh god...
(Gasps)
Bring Hijiri back to life, not me!
No.
Please! He can take my place!
No.
(Whimpering)
I shouldn't be the one to live.
I was the one obsessed with revenge.
(Gasps)
No.
Say you want to live!
No! It means parting with you, Hijiri!
It's fine that way! You need to live!
I don't want to be apart!
Say you want to live!
I...want to...live.
More! "I want to live!"
I want to live...!
I want to live!!!
I'll live. And in exchange,
by the time you're born...
For that, I'll do everything that I can!
Then you can live longer too, Hijiri!
You can have a family, raise kids,
and grow into a fine old man!
(Sobbing)
(Gentle, uplifting music)
(Crying)
(Gasps, whimpers)
(Gasps softly)
What is it to be human?
What is it to die?
To live?
And...
What is love?
(Scarlet groaning softly)
(Gasps)
(Panting heavily)
(Waiting-Maid 2) Your Highness...?
The princess.
The princess has come back to us!
(Waiting-Maid 3) It's a miracle!
(Scarlet gasps)
And then...
His was a sudden end.
(Door opens)
Why are you still alive?
Why is my husband dead,
yet you are here and not in Hell...?
Why?!
(Wailing)
(Wailing fades in distance)
(Scarlet) No, all is done.
(Waiting-Maid 1) Pardon?
(Archbishop) May God bless the new queen.
(Vassal) Glory to our new queen!
(All) May glory be!
(Gasps)
(Crowd murmuring)
(Gasps)
(Man 1) That's right!
(Crowd clamoring)
My people!
(Scattered shouts, murmuring)
Preventing the deaths of children.
Even if I must endure suffering and pain,
Yes.
With your help, there can be.
(Laughter)
(Crowd clamoring)
(Man 2) Glory to our new leader!
(Crowd) May glory be!
(Cheering and applause)
(Hopeful music)
(Music continues)
(No voice)
Leaving gleaming glowing flowing trails
Of gold across the air
Leaving gleaming glowing flowing trails
of gold across the air
Clouds are sailing softly cross
The fading amber sky
Whispers from a distant vow
A quiet promise oh so far away
Words we shared that day
Will wait another dawn
Your touch, your warmth
Echoing in me somehow
Like music through the shadows
Time may fade
But I still feel your soul everyday
Beyond the endless sky
Transcending the reaches of time
I know Ill find
The path to you again
Breathe through lifetimes
to finally reach your embrace
Once more, as before
(Gentle orchestral music)
(Music continues)
Longing fawning yearning
holding on to hope across the years
Clouds are drifting far from reach
I hold my wish much closer
Words you whispered linger in me
Like a silent long lost tune
One more day
Is one more step to finding you
No matter what may come my way
Ill see it through
No divide
There is no distance too wide
The stars may not be fire
But I dont doubt a light
will lead us back
Beyond the endless sky
Transcending the reaches of time
I know Ill find
The path to you again
Breathe through lifetimes
to finally reach your embrace
Once more, as before
(Music builds)
Beyond the endless sky
I know Ill find
Breathe through lifetimes
to finally reach your embrace
Once more, as before
One more life
With you
(Gentle orchestral music)
(Music continues)
(Music ends)
(Waves lapping gently)
(Waves lapping gently)
(Gentle string music)
(Gentle string music continues)
(Elderly Woman) In this place,
life and death coexist.
They stand side by side.
Time is no different.
Here, in the Otherworld,
both past and future...
are all woven together.
(Gasps)
(Scarlet) Is this Heaven...?
(Rumbling)
(Ominous music)
(Music intensifies)
(Wind howling)
(Thunder crashes)
(Somber string music)
(Gasps)
(Panting heavily)
(Gulping)
(Gagging)
(Retching)
(Elderly Woman) You there.
Hey, you.
Where do you think this is?
(Thunder crashes)
(Electrical crackling)
(Growling)
(Elderly Woman) This place is...
The Otherworld.
(Gasping)
(Scarlet) That's right. I died.
I failed to exact revenge
against my sworn enemy
and died.
(Panicked gasping, whimpering)
(Straining)
(Grunts)
(Growling)
(Screaming)
(Scream fades)
(Birds calling)
WHERE THE STORY BEGINS
(Hoofbeats)
Father!
Scarlet!
Mother! Father has returned.
Father!
Your prayers assured our safe return.
Deploy your troops, Amleth.
(Amleth) Claudius...
It's them or us.
Calm yourself, Brother.
War benefits neither side.
We shall seek balance through negotiation,
building trust, not hostility.
This is the way of our survival.
(Sighs)
You are a fool!
(Noble) Our King Amleth is a good ruler.
Adored by his people
and trusted by neighboring countries.
Scarlet. What is important?
Friendship over enmity.
I'll be the princess you want me to be!
You must grow up without fear.
(Laughs)
I look so handsome. I'm glad.
(Both laughing)
(Bell tolling in distance)
(Grunts softly)
Mother, I'm going to be...
What filthy hands...
(Scarlet whimpers)
My husband loves his daughter...
I will not let him make a mockery of me.
Mark my words.
I belong to the one who will be king.
(Running footsteps)
(Panting)
Grave news!
Traitors in the castle!
Capture them! They must not escape!
Heed me well!
Do not let them get away!
(Panting)
(Grunts, sighs)
Whoa, there.
(Laughing)
(Praying quietly)
(Laughing)
Up you go.
(Crowd murmuring)
(Claudius) Amleth, my brother.
Brother, can you not see?
Your insatiable thirst for power
will turn you into a murderer.
Silence!
Oh, loyal subjects!
The traitor must be punished!
Only then,
by God's will, I shall be the new king!
(Woman) The king would never betray us!
(Man) This is a mistake!
(Crowd clamoring)
Execute him!
(Clamoring continues)
This cannot be...!
(Voice muffled)
What did you say?
(Voice muffled)
What?! What did you say?!
(Voice muffled)
Wait!
(Clamoring continues)
(Panting)
Father!
(Hyperventilating)
(Scarlet screams)
(Military drumrolls)
(Grunting)
(Bishop) May God bless the new king.
(Noble) Glory to our King Claudius!
(Nobles) May glory be!
Deploy an army and quell their rebellion.
(Grunting fiercely)
(Waiting-Maid 1) Supposedly these measures
are to stop the rebellion...
But they torture people
who have nothing to do with it.
(Whimpering)
(Chuckles)
(Whimpering)
(Grunting)
(Yells fiercely)
(Panting)
(Panting heavily)
(Wind whistling)
(Knocking)
(Male Servant) A message for the princess.
Your subjects are dying of starvation.
Yet the king will not send aid.
(Door bangs shut)
(Quiet chatter)
(Laughing)
(Crowd oohing)
and delight our eyes with your beauty.
(Groans)
(Chuckles)
(Shuddering)
(Groans softly)
(Scoffs)
(Gentle orchestral music)
(Quiet chatter, laughter)
Princess.
(Laughter)
(Yawns, grunts)
(Blade rings softly)
(Breath trembling)
(Grunts)
(Gasping, groaning)
As naive as an infant.
(Claudius laughs)
(Scarlet) You'll pay!
Mark my words!
(Waiting-Maid 1) Princess?
(Grunts)
(Gasping)
(Tense music)
(Burbling)
(Panicked gasping)
(Straining)
(Grunts)
(Growling)
If this is the afterlife,
will I be reunited with my father?
(Elderly Woman) You will not.
(Scarlet) Who are you?
(Scarlet) Nothingness?
(Whimpering)
My life was one of nothing but regret.
I want to disappear this instant.
I lived a meaningless life.
Uncle Claudius lives...
And Father will not be avenged.
Wait.
(Shuddering)
(Straining)
(Grunting)
(Screaming)
(Suspenseful music)
(Grunting)
(Grunts)
I swear...
I will find him
and avenge my father!
(Chuckling)
How very foolish humans are.
You bear the crest of Elsinore.
Where is Claudius?
Don't kill me!
They are already dead,
yet they still wish to live.
We are allies, Your Highness.
What?
You may rest assured and follow us.
(Elderly Woman) Their will to hate...
(Scarlet) Is Claudius really here?
So much for allies!
A grubby princess...
(Gasps, grunts)
...deserves no salvation!
Capture her!
(Soldiers yelling)
(Whimpering)
(Chuckles)
I may now enter the Infinite Land!
Frailty, thy name is woman.
(Explosive rumbling)
Wh-What was that?!
She's gone!? Find her!
(Elderly Woman) Look.
See her brimming with vitality!
So what is it to be human?!
What is it to die?!
To live?!
(Breathing heavily)
(Panting)
Ow...
I can't do this...
The miracle thats inside of you
We all see
Wont you color my heart today
Show me...
Oh!
Uh.
You're hurt all over...!
Stop it!
Don't touch me!
What happened?
You know?
We nurse people back to health.
Yet you're dead?
Then, you wouldn't be here.
And where is "here"?
A whistling arrow...
(Blows softly)
Was this a battleground?
"The gates of Hell"?
Disappointed you're not in Heaven?
That's some confidence.
But we all come here without exception.
It's not the afterlife we imagined.
Hold up a sec!
I swear I didn't die.
We received an emergency call...
(Siren wailing faintly)
(Hijiri) So, I left the hospital and...
(Children laughing)
Am I dreaming?
(Hijiri) If I'm alive, why am I here?
This must be a mistake!
How did I get here?
I'm a medic, for crying out loud!
Who knows.
Wait, does that mean you're also dead?
That's right.
Did you really die?
Yes.
You don't look it.
Injured, maybe...
(Sighs)
Anyways, I'm going home.
I'm still on the clock!
(Panting)
Which way do I go?
(Sighs)
(Suspenseful music)
(Grunting)
(Pained grunt)
(Panting)
Whoa...
(Chuckling)
(Grunts)
(Grunts, whoops)
(Soldiers laughing mockingly)
Huh?
(Pained yell)
(Panting)
Hey.
Hey!
(Gasps)
(Gasps)
Wh...?
What the...?!
(Gasps)
Strong...!
(Whimpers)
(Yelps)
(Whimpers)
(Yells)
(Removes blade)
(Panting)
Cornelius!
(Laughing)
(Yelps)
(Laughing)
Scarlet, daughter of the late King Amleth.
She's the daughter of a king?
I'll never forget your face.
Never!
(Grunting fiercely)
(Yelps)
To continue fighting even after death...!
(Pained whimpering)
You are a true warrior.
But this ends now.
You will become nothingness.
I must...
(Pained grunting)
...carry out my revenge.
I must have vengeance!
Or I cannot die!
This is the end.
I can't let him get away with it...
(Sniffles, whimpers)
Rest in nothingness, Princess.
(Gasps)
(Groaning)
No major vessels or nerves were damaged.
Try not to move it.
Where is Claudius?
Answer me!
In the place closest to the Infinite Land.
What?
is the stairway to the Infinite Land.
Liar!
My uncle is evil.
This is nonsense!
Yet everyone seeks his salvation
from the Otherworld.
People are weak.
(Scarlet) Nonsense!
and those that follow.
Stop.
I must go...!
Here. Use this as a cane.
I'm sorry you got hurt.
Aren't you with the princess?
(Running footsteps)
(Panting)
Then stop following me.
You're a fiend.
It's vengeance. Of course I will.
Still, you shouldn't kill.
I loathe do-gooders like you.
I'm no "do-gooder."
My name is Hijiri.
When people are hurt, they bleed.
You need my help.
Do as you please.
(Low, eerie music)
(Rumbling)
(Wind howling)
(Grunts)
(Breathing heavily)
(Grunting)
(Whimpers)
(Scarlet groans)
(Gasps softly)
(Groans)
(Sighs)
(Suspenseful music)
(Both gasp)
(Gasps)
(Camels grunting)
(Woman screams)
(Yelling)
(Camels bellowing)
(Bandit) Let go!
(Neighing)
(Grunts)
(Pained yelp)
(Groaning)
Stop!
Don't!
Stop!
(Elderly Man 3) They took everything.
(Horse neighing)
(Bandit) Run!
(Shouting)
(Gun blasts)
Gunshots?
W-Wait!
(Gun blast)
Bandits attacking other bandits?
(Shouting)
Oh!
Snap out of it!
(Marauder 1) Give it here!
(Marauder 2) That too!
Wait. Wait!
Damn it!
(Panting)
(Bandits shouting)
(Thunder rumbling)
Get down.
(Thunder crashes)
(Screaming)
(Thunder crashes)
(Screaming)
It's coming this way!
(Gasps)
(Growling)
What was that?
Are you okay?
(Gasps)
Nothingness.
(Shuddering)
I'm sorry I couldn't help you...
I hear it all the time at work.
That you can't be sad every time...
you might lose something else.
(Light wind instrument music)
(Quiet chatter)
(Announcement over P.A.)
(Electronic chiming)
(Radio chatter)
(Medical monitor beeping)
Teach me about love,
oh please let me know
The miracle that's inside of you,
we all see
Wont you color my heart today
Show me all the things
that love can be
Why do humans live?
What's the meaning of life?
Will we ever understand?
Leave those questions to the living.
It's too late for us.
I told you...
I'm not dead yet.
(Bell clanging quietly)
(Camel bellowing)
(Gasps)
The road ahead is treacherous.
(Gasps)
(Bell clanging quietly)
Aren't you coming?
They might be bandits.
They aren't.
How can you be sure?
(Camels grunting)
(Gasps)
(Sighs)
Folks, I'm a medic.
They could be bandits.
Tell them to leave.
You sound like children.
(Scarlet) What did I tell you?
Just like the world of the living.
I don't think you'll make it that far.
You have to pass through harsh wastelands,
and the bandits.
What's more,
I heard there's a large battalion
blocking the path,
leading up to the mountain.
(Soft rumbling)
(Grunting)
(Laughter)
(Groaning, wheezing)
The snake is injured but not dead.
I must not risk turning into nothingness
before my beloved Gertrude arrives...
Voltemand! Where are you!?
(Quiet, folky music)
(Gasps softly)
How am I supposed to fight a battalion?
(Soft folk music)
What're you puttin' on him?
(Elderly Man) It could be poison.
Whew! The pain is going away.
How strange! I feel much better.
That's a relief.
(Others gasping)
(Elderly Man) You want to wash my back?
Leave a filthy old man be.
A hot towel is very relaxing.
Waste of a good towel, I tell ya.
(Whimpering)
Do your wounds hurt?
No...
There are so many.
Like medals of honor?
You betcha!
(Whimpering)
That feels so relaxing.
I'm glad.
There's no need to worry.
My hands keep getting duller.
Mind if I go next?
(Camels bellowing)
(Gasps)
(Laughter)
(Scarlet) What trickery is this?
(Hijiri) No tricks.
All I did was listen to them.
I see you differently.
Here you are.
(Sighs)
Let's give it a try.
Ah.
We were like you in the beginning.
the more you long for someone to trust.
You must have some deep regret
(Upbeat, percussive music playing)
(Singer) We will dance the dance of joy
Till the dawn of night
We will sing a precious song
To the end of the world...
We will sing forever
Like we hold hands deep in our hearts
(Elderly Man) Terrible.
(Grunts)
(Lively music)
(Singers) We will dance the dance of joy
Till the dawn of night
We will dance forever
So we send our feelings through dance.
(Singers) Give us life
So that we can fill our empty hearts
(Gasps)
Your destination lies that way.
You've been so kind.
I pray that you fulfill your wishes.
(Hijiri) Thank you very much.
Be sure to practice.
(Birds screeching)
(Hijiri) The old folks talked about it.
At this "Infinite Land" place,
I would love to grow old like them...
What was that?
(Gasps)
(Grunting)
(Straining)
No!
(Coughing)
(Tense music)
(Gasps)
(Hijiri) Going to fight again?
I must have my revenge.
I will do more than knock him out.
Huh?
How about you quit dreaming?
I want you to stop.
There are no wars in the future?
But at the same time,
That's not it. But...
What are...?
Wait!
(Voltemand) An emissary?
Waving his arms to surrender?
Makes things quick.
Stop fighting!
What?!
We can talk. No weapons!
Who the hell are you?
And you call yourself a warrior!?
(Gun fires)
(Knight 1) What's with this guy?
(Scarlet) Stop!
(Gasping)
(Grunts fiercely)
The princess!
(Yells)
Scarlet!
(Yells)
You're getting careless!
Steady! Capture the princess!
(Pained grunting)
(Soldiers whimpering)
Is she a princess or a wild animal?!
(Gasps)
(Chuckles)
Voltemand.
You injured a lot of my men.
I'll never forgive you!
Stop this, Scarlet!
(Soldiers gasp in fright)
(Thunder rumbling)
(Frightened gasping)
(Roaring)
Run! Now!
(Gasps)
That man...
(Gasps)
(Screams, grunts)
Scarlet!
(Pained whimpering)
Damn it. One more!
What are you doing?
You should've left me!
I don't know.
You should also let me be...
(Pained whimper)
I'm cutting your sleeve.
It's embarrassing...
(Hijiri grunting)
(Pained whimpering)
This is gonna hurt.
Why did you choose this work?
So I wanted to try it.
But take it easy for a while.
(Sighs softly)
(Rumbling)
(Breathing deeply)
(Gasps)
I just said to...
Whew...
Huh?!
(Yells, grunts in frustration)
(Gun drops to ground)
(Voltemand) Forgive me.
(Scarlet) I will not.
I beg you!
You showed my father no mercy.
Wait. Listen to me.
I didn't kill the king.
What he whispered?
What?! What did you say?!
He could not be heard!
My hands froze.
I was sure Cornelius heard it too.
We could not raise our blades.
I heard nothing!
Aren't you curious?
(Rapid, heavy breathing)
Lies! You're lying to escape your fate!
I swear on my soul as a warrior.
Liar!
(Groaning)
(Groans)
(Whimpers)
Very well.
(Sighs)
But tell the truth.
What did he say?
(Panting)
One word:
"Forgive."
"Forgive"?
Why? Why would he say that?
(Crowd clamoring)
and enlighten him of his incompetence.
He will forget about the Infinite Land.
Then go.
(Clamoring continues)
(Knight 1) Lord Claudius!
(Knight 2) Please lead us there!
All those who fight alongside me...
Thank you, Lord Claudius!
Thank you so much!
Thank you very much!
Chosen warriors!
Pledge your loyalty to me!
Do not fear! Fight!
(Crowd, chanting) To the Infinite Land!
To the Infinite Land!
To the Infinite Land!
(Scarlet) "Forgive"...
If my father did say that...
what did he mean by "forgive"?
Hmm.
Perhaps he was pleading,
Or he was hiding a terrible sin,
and sought forgiveness.
But is that truly so?
If I were your father,
"Forgive that I'm a terrible father."
All of these have different meanings.
What was his true intent?
There is another way to look at it.
Just my opinion.
But why? Why?!
He murdered my father,
I felt the king's truth speak to me.
Why must I forgive?
Why...?
You're setting us free?
Voltemand, you wouldn't do such a thing.
(Grunts softly)
Let's go.
(Ethereal music)
(Scarlet) What have I been fighting for
all this time?
Why?
Forgive.
(Gasps softly)
(Gasps softly)
Forgive.
Forgive.
(Scarlet) My only thought...
was avenging my father.
And yet...
(Whimpers)
And yet...
(Amleth) Forgive.
(Amleth) Forgive.
(Tense music)
(Laughter)
(Scarlet) What are you doing?
(Gravedigger 1) Wanna see inside?
(Scarlet) It couldn't be...
Could it be my father?
Father!
Father!
Father!
(Gravediggers continue laughing)
(Laughter stops)
(Gravedigger 1) ...is yourself!
(Gasping breaths)
(Frantic whimpering)
(Shuddering)
(Playing gentle melody)
(Hijiri) Imagine you were living...
a completely different life.
What would it be like?
Or chatting at a roadside caf.
Or peeking through a shop window, then...
I have no idea.
I suppose you pity me.
But I don't share it.
There's nothing I can change.
It's the life I've lived.
I'm not afraid.
In fact, I would like to disappear...
as soon as I avenge my father.
Teach me about love
Oh please let me know
The miracle thats inside of you
We all see
Wont you color my heart today
Show me all of love
Oh please once again
Once again show me the reason to live
Before my soul
(Gasps)
(Frightened gasping)
(Whooshing)
(Gasping)
(Whooshing)
(Frightened gasping)
(Gasps)
(Wind howling)
(Upbeat music)
(Crowd cheering)
Teach me about love,
oh please let me know
The miracle thats inside of you,
we all see
Wont you color my heart today
Show me all the things that love can be
Must be a key to secrets unseen
Hidden truth
I have a feeling the answer is you...
Hijiri!
(Upbeat music continues)
Countless paths are crossing
(Scarlet) Endless time is flowing,
Fates a silly thing
At the promised hour
Ill turn around and Ill find you...
That's...me!
The world turns to shimmering brightness
Everything becomes anew
(Scarlet) Awakened by you...
Another...me!
The wind and the rain
and the rainbows beyond
Turn to music as we sing along
I never knew just how beautiful
Bloom as you are
Oh my heart
Nothing
Can stop me now...
(Upbeat music continues)
Teach me about love,
oh please let me know
The miracle that's inside of you,
we all see
Wont you color my heart today
Show me all of love,
oh please once again
Once again show me the reason to live
Before my soul
Forgets the voices that call out my name
Teach me about love,
oh please let me know
The miracle that's inside of you,
we all see
You blacked out all of a sudden.
I saw it...
I traveled through time...
And then...
Hijiri, you danced...
so well...
(Grunts, chuckles)
That's probably not me.
No. You took the lead.
I was really happy...
could I have been a different person?
Could I have avoided resigning myself
to all this suffering and frustration?
Scarlet. Don't cry.
I'm right here.
You don't need to cry anymore.
(Sniffles, whimpers)
(Crying softly)
(Rousing music)
(Crowd chatter)
(Chatter continues)
(Food sizzling)
(No audible dialogue)
(Girl) Hey.
Are you a princess?
No.
You're so pretty, I was sure...
I wish I was born as a princess.
Bet you do too. Right?
What's that?
(Gasps)
(Chuckles)
(Gasps, whimpers)
Yeah...
(Chuckles)
(Somber music)
(Claudius) The Infinite Land...
Only the strong are fit to enter. Listen!
(Crowd cheering)
...to me, Rosencrantz!
We will locate her swiftly...
...and go to the Infinite Land.
(Both giggling)
(Both) Yahoo!
(Tense music)
(Grunting)
(Man 2) Take us to the summit!
(Man 3) To the summit!
(Man 4) Remove the wall!
(Clamoring)
(Neighing)
(Music building)
Take down Claudius's knights!
The Infinite Land is not theirs to keep!
Charge!
(Clamoring)
(Yelling)
(Gasping breaths)
(Groaning)
(Sobbing continues)
(Panting)
(Man) Searching? Looking for who?
Has anybody seen her?
She has her hair braided back.
Like this!
It hurts...
Whoever gives us the princess goes free!
Those are lies!
I'll never be your slave.
Let's search elsewhere.
Hmm? Wait.
(Girl panting, whimpering)
What's this?
I don't know anything!
Do not hide it from me! Speak!
If you do not...
Stop! Don't hurt her!
The princess!?
We have found the princess!
(Scarlet grunting)
Get her up!
Princess...
Ah! Princess!
Hurry and run! Go!
We have captured the princess!
King Claudius will praise us!
With this...
...he will take us to the Infinite Land!
(Both laughing)
(Hijiri) Scarlet!
(Grunts)
Can't shoot?
(Rosencrantz) What's stopping you?
Is that a toy?
(Rosencrantz and Guildenstern laughing)
Why did you come here?
(Hijiri) I...
(Hijiri) I...
(Muffled laughter)
(Gasps)
(Hijiri) I...!
(Grunting)
(Hijiri) I...!
(Yells fiercely)
(Whooshing)
(Pained yell)
(Gasping)
(Panicked whimpering)
(Yells)
(Hijiri and Rosencrantz yelling)
(Gasps)
(Breathing weakly)
(Panting)
(Soldiers gasping, whimpering)
Hijiri!
Are you all right?
I'm okay... You?
I'm fine.
You have to live.
I will...
(Faint rumbling)
(Explosion booming)
(Gasping)
(Scarlet) Teach me about love
Oh please let me know
The miracle that's inside of you
We all see
Wont you color my heart today
Show me all of love
Oh please once again
Once again show me the reason to live
Before my soul
Forgets the voices that call out my name
Teach me about love
Oh please let me know
The miracle that's inside of you
We all see
Wont you color my heart today
Show me
All the things that love can be
Must be a key to secrets unseen
Hidden truth
Wont you show me your answer today
(Rumbling)
(Crowd clamoring)
(Clamoring dies down)
(Frantic chatter)
(Wind howling)
(Hijiri grunting)
It is daytime once again.
(Gasps)
(Pained grunting)
Sorry.
(Gasps)
(Wind howling)
This...is the summit.
But...
There's no Stairway to the Infinite Land!
It's not here.
I thought my uncle would be here...
He already ascended to the Infinite Land.
And you will become nothingness.
(Grunts fiercely)
(Grunting, yelping)
(Gasping)
(Wind howling)
(Scarlet whimpering, straining)
Death by fall or death by sword.
The choice is yours.
(Pained whimpering)
(Laughing)
(Gasps)
You?!
yet you still stand!?
Traitor!
Voltemand!
We're done being your dogs.
And done with you.
(Groaning)
Vanish into nothingness!
(Pained gasping)
(Gasps)
Damn you!
(Grunting)
(Yells)
Move, Voltemand!
Cornelius! Turn into nothingness!
(Yelps)
(Screams)
Your target is up there.
(Gasps)
(Soft jingling)
(Scarlet) Thank you.
(Soft jingling)
(Ethereal music)
(Ethereal music continues)
(Gasps)
(Gasps)
(Gasping)
(Waves lapping gently)
(Birds chirping)
(Ethereal music)
(Whooshing)
(Ethereal music continues)
Is that...?
(Claudius) O great gate!
Door to the Infinite Land!
I am the king!
Claudius!
Yet why do you shut your door?!
Why?! Why?!
(Groans in frustration)
Curse it...!
(Hyperventilating)
These bloody hands...
Or is it too late for such things?
I still hold the spoils of my sins.
The crown, the ambition, and the queen...
How may one be pardoned?
(Quiet, trembling breaths)
Penitence...
Save me.
(Trembling breaths)
who seek the Infinite Land.
So please save me...!
(Wings fluttering loudly)
(Birds chirping)
(Chirping fades)
However,
I must ask one thing of you.
Please, admit that you were wrong.
That killing my father was a mistake.
Ask for his daughter's forgiveness.
(Claudius whimpers)
(Whimpering)
Uncle.
Uncle.
(Gasps)
Ask for forgiveness?
What a joke!
(Panicked whimper)
I have only one regret now.
I should have drained his blood
and stripped the meat from his bones
Had I made you watch that,
you would not come before me now
with your ridiculous, foolish words!
And what of your penitence just now...
Or your toil for the people...?
The Infinite Land belongs to me!
Mine and mine alone!
(Screams)
(Groaning)
You trample upon the hopes of others.
that my father did?!
Shall I show you?!
(Scarlet yelling fiercely)
Forgive.
(Panting, grunting)
(Screams)
Forgive.
(Groaning)
(Whimpering)
(Screaming)
(Screaming stops)
Should I follow through with my revenge?
Or should I forgive all?
(Breathing heavily, whimpering)
Why must I suffer so?
What is it that binds me?
I don't know!
Can I not find a different way to live?
I don't know! I don't know!!
I don't know!!!
Then I am hopeless.
I can't help it!
This is how I've lived for so long!
True. Then I am hopeless,
and this is the end.
Hatred drove me to learn swordsmanship.
For vengeance, for my father,
and all who suffer.
I have held myself back,
over and over again.
I told myself,
"This is not how things should be."
Until now, I have lived my life
without forgiving myself...
without forgiving myself...
without forgiving myself.
(Gasps softly)
Myself.
Forgive.
Myself...
Forgive.
(Rain pattering)
(Gasps softly)
(Amleth) Scarlet.
(Gasps softly)
(Gasps)
Scarlet.
Father!
(Shuddering gasp)
(Whimpering)
(Sobbing)
I want to see you shine, living freely.
Father.
(Whimpers)
(Sobbing)
(Claudius) Listen well.
The Infinite Land belongs to me.
No one else may enter.
Only me and my queen
shall pass through this gate!
Descend into nothingness!
Follow your wretched father!
(Grunts)
I do not forgive you.
I cannot forgive you. However...
(Groans)
I am done fighting.
(Growling)
You shall disappear without a trace!
(Thunder rumbling)
(Thunder crashes)
(Roaring)
(Whooshing)
(Sizzling)
(Birds screeching)
(Groaning)
(Pained whimpering)
Gertrude!
Please! Help me!
The Infinite Land is...
Gertrude!
(Claudius groans)
I don't want to disappear!
Don't let me become nothingness!
I don't want to disappear!
Help me!
(Screams)
Gertrude!
Save me! I don't want to die!
I don't want to die!
(Screaming)
(Scream fades)
(Gentle music)
(Gasps softly)
(Sighs)
Finally...
I can disappear in peace now.
You're wrong about that, Scarlet.
What...?
but they are sorely mistaken.
Here, the past and future blur together.
That is why you are together.
Now...
There is one among you two who yet lives.
Not dead?
That individual cannot be here.
Yes. You mean him.
That he came here by some mistake. So...
You're wrong. It's not me.
What...?
It's you, Scarlet.
(Gasps)
It's come back to me. I really did die.
ER headquarters to all ambulances.
Ambulances have been sent out.
Two men have been found unconscious.
That's all from ER headquarters.
Urgent. Urgent.
ER headquarters to all departments.
Suspected knife attack.
The suspect has not been apprehended.
Be alert for the suspect's movements.
I didn't plan on dying.
I acted on instinct and jumped in between.
That's why I didn't realize I was dead.
I kept believing I was still alive.
(Gasps)
I'm dead. You're the one who's alive.
(Somber music)
It isn't me.
It couldn't be me.
(Hijiri) The blade reached my organs.
I stopped the bleeding for a while...
but it started again.
No...
You're wrong! It's not me!
Hijiri! You have to live!
Then I'll stay here! I'll stay with you!
Ah... Oh god...
(Gasps)
Bring Hijiri back to life, not me!
No.
Please! He can take my place!
No.
(Whimpering)
I shouldn't be the one to live.
I was the one obsessed with revenge.
(Gasps)
No.
Say you want to live!
No! It means parting with you, Hijiri!
It's fine that way! You need to live!
I don't want to be apart!
Say you want to live!
I...want to...live.
More! "I want to live!"
I want to live...!
I want to live!!!
I'll live. And in exchange,
by the time you're born...
For that, I'll do everything that I can!
Then you can live longer too, Hijiri!
You can have a family, raise kids,
and grow into a fine old man!
(Sobbing)
(Gentle, uplifting music)
(Crying)
(Gasps, whimpers)
(Gasps softly)
What is it to be human?
What is it to die?
To live?
And...
What is love?
(Scarlet groaning softly)
(Gasps)
(Panting heavily)
(Waiting-Maid 2) Your Highness...?
The princess.
The princess has come back to us!
(Waiting-Maid 3) It's a miracle!
(Scarlet gasps)
And then...
His was a sudden end.
(Door opens)
Why are you still alive?
Why is my husband dead,
yet you are here and not in Hell...?
Why?!
(Wailing)
(Wailing fades in distance)
(Scarlet) No, all is done.
(Waiting-Maid 1) Pardon?
(Archbishop) May God bless the new queen.
(Vassal) Glory to our new queen!
(All) May glory be!
(Gasps)
(Crowd murmuring)
(Gasps)
(Man 1) That's right!
(Crowd clamoring)
My people!
(Scattered shouts, murmuring)
Preventing the deaths of children.
Even if I must endure suffering and pain,
Yes.
With your help, there can be.
(Laughter)
(Crowd clamoring)
(Man 2) Glory to our new leader!
(Crowd) May glory be!
(Cheering and applause)
(Hopeful music)
(Music continues)
(No voice)
Leaving gleaming glowing flowing trails
Of gold across the air
Leaving gleaming glowing flowing trails
of gold across the air
Clouds are sailing softly cross
The fading amber sky
Whispers from a distant vow
A quiet promise oh so far away
Words we shared that day
Will wait another dawn
Your touch, your warmth
Echoing in me somehow
Like music through the shadows
Time may fade
But I still feel your soul everyday
Beyond the endless sky
Transcending the reaches of time
I know Ill find
The path to you again
Breathe through lifetimes
to finally reach your embrace
Once more, as before
(Gentle orchestral music)
(Music continues)
Longing fawning yearning
holding on to hope across the years
Clouds are drifting far from reach
I hold my wish much closer
Words you whispered linger in me
Like a silent long lost tune
One more day
Is one more step to finding you
No matter what may come my way
Ill see it through
No divide
There is no distance too wide
The stars may not be fire
But I dont doubt a light
will lead us back
Beyond the endless sky
Transcending the reaches of time
I know Ill find
The path to you again
Breathe through lifetimes
to finally reach your embrace
Once more, as before
(Music builds)
Beyond the endless sky
I know Ill find
Breathe through lifetimes
to finally reach your embrace
Once more, as before
One more life
With you
(Gentle orchestral music)
(Music continues)
(Music ends)