The Crimes That Bind (2018) Movie Script
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It was the winter of 1983
when Tajima Yuriko reached Sendai, Japan.
It was the winter of 1983 when Tajima Yuriko reached Sendai,
Japan. How do you intend to live after divorcing your husband?
It was the winter of 1983
when Tajima Yuriko reached Sendai, Japan.
It was the winter of 1983 when Tajima Yuriko reached
Sendai, Japan. I could only think about leaving home.
I could only think about leaving home.
Hence you came here?
I've been here once before.
I thought that it was a beautiful town.
But you don't have any
relatives here, right?
No.
I wanted to go to the town
where nobody knew about me.
But...
I have bar work experience.
Please let me work here.
Look at me.
Yes.
I hired her as an apprentice.
I wanted to see how she did
and then decide if I'd hire her.
Yasuyo, I'm telling you that
she is a lucky catch.
She is sexually attractive and
seems to have her own reasons.
But she seemed to have shut her mind...
whenever, I causally asked
her about her family.
YEAR 1985
YEAR 1985
Hey, why did you divorce your husband?
YEAR 1985
YEAR 1985
Did he cheat on you?
YEAR 1985
YEAR 1985
It wasn't his fault.
YEAR 1985
YEAR 1985
Then, why?
YEAR 1985
YEAR 1985
I failed both as a wife and a mother.
I failed both as a wife and a mother.
Do you have a child?
How old?
A boy? A girl?
I have a boy.
He was 10 years old when I left home.
Ten years old?
He must have been cute.
Hey, do you have his photo?
No.
Come on, you must have
at least one photo of him.
I said no!
I don't have such a thing.
But thanks to her privacy,
my business boomed.
YEAR 1997 But thanks to her
privacy, my business boomed.
YEAR 1997
YEAR 1997
...and the years went by.
YEAR 1997
She never had problems with customers.
Except with Watabe...
YEAR 2001
YEAR 2001
She has an ex-husband and a son.
But she hadn't been in touch
with them for a long time.
Miyamoto, according to
Tajima Yuriko's postmortem report,
there is no evidence of suspected
foul play when it comes to her death.
She died of heart failure.
So, I tried called Watabe immediately.
Ah, are you Watabe?
It's Miyamoto from Bar Seven.
Please don't panic.
Yuriko has passed away.
Watabe had his reasons for not
attending her funeral.
But, he contacted me a few days later.
What? Her son?
Does he live in Tokyo?
OK. Hold on.
Yes.
Tokyo, Suginami-Ku...
Watabe gave me your address since
I had trouble finding her family.
Therefore, I wrote you a letter.
I see.
Yuri must be happy to see you again.
That brown apartment over there...
she lived there.
She seemed to want to
live beside the sea.
She lived in such a tiny
place frugally for 18 years.
Yuri died alone on this mattress.
I wish Watabe were with her at that time.
Do you have Watabe's contact information?
Unfortunately, he's already cancelled
his cell phone contract.
So, I don't know where he is now.
He told me that he worked at an electric
power company and traveled through cities.
Whenever he came to Sendai,
they spent time together.
Sorry, I talk too much.
Don't worry. I'm happy to hear that
my mother had pleasant company.
I want to find him somehow
and ask about mother.
Don't you remember
anything about Watabe?
Where he is from or his
favorite place to go...
Favorite place...
Ah, Nihonbashi!
Nihonbashi?
Yes, Nihonbashi in Tokyo.
Sixteen years passed without any
news of her boyfriend, Watabe Shunichi.
PRESENKATSUSHIKA-KU, TOKYO
Thank you for your hard work.
A resident reported to the police that some liquid
emitting nasty smell dripped from the upper floor.
The police had found a 20 days old decomposed dead body.
Since the body was badly damaged, the police couldn't identify
it's face and age. There were no other belongings than clothes.
May I see?
The police only could establish that it was a female
and strangulation as the cause of death.
Yanagi Bridge?
Tokiwa Bridge...
Through DNA testing and with help of the victim's
family member who filed a missing person's report,
the victim has been identified as
Oshitani Michiko, 40 years old.
She lived in Hikone city, Shiga.
She worked for a cleaning company,
Melody-Air, located in Biwa lakeside.
According to her family, Oshitani Michiko
went to work as usual on May the 12th, Friday.
According to her family, Oshitani Michiko went to work
as usual on May the 12th, Friday. KOSUGA POLICE STATION
According to her family, Oshitani Michiko
went to work as usual on May the 12th, Friday.
Furthermore, she was absent from work
without any notice since May the 15th, Monday.
She booked a hotel room in Kaeba-cho, Tokyo
on May the 13th and stayed there.
In other words, she was more likely to
have been murdered on May the 14th, Sunday.
The place where Oshitani's body was found is owned by
Koshikawa Mutsuo, who has been living there for 9 years.
However, according to the neighbors,
Koshikawa has been missing since May the 15th.
Come in!
Excuse me.
It's done.
- Please.
- Thank you.
This is Koshikawa Mutsuo
according to his neighbors.
He is more likely the suspect.
The relationship between
Oshitani and Koshikawa...
according to her relatives,
Oshitani Michiko hadn't left the
area of Lake Biwa in 2 years.
Then, why did she come all the way
to Tokyo from Lake Biwa this time?
We'll uncover this mystery.
Then, we should be able to
locate Koshikawa eventually.
It's been 20 days since this incident occurred.
Roll up your sleeves!
Yes!
What's up, Matsumiya?
I think that this incident may be related
to the murder of the homeless
that occurred in Shinkoiwa river bed
on April 16th.
Ah, that incident...
Why do you think that?
That homeless burned to death, however, he died
as a result of strangulation according to the autopsy.
Strangulation is common in both crimes.
It's a bit of stretch to relate these
murders only to strangulation.
But, the dates of murders are very close,
May the 14th and the 16th.
Moreover, both murders
occurred beside Ara River.
These murder scenes are only 5 km away.
The distance is the judgment based on personal
impression rather than an external fact.
You're right, but...
Anything else?
All right, let's do the initial investigation...
Matsumiya, tell us everything.
As you're aware,
we couldn't collect anything indicating Koshikawa's
personal information from his room, the crime scene.
I've come to understood something well.
What's that?
He lived hand to mouth.
He didn't store any food or general merchandises.
He didn't even have a fridge.
You know, he'd been living there for 9 years!
And I don't feel he had any dreams
or a vision for the future either.
As if he was ready to die any time.
This is a residence, but not a residence.
It looked like a temporary house for the homeless.
Got it.
We'll perform a DNA test of
the burnt body immediately.
Thank you.
BIWA LAKE, SHIGA
HIKONE STATION
Why did Oshitani Michiko go to Tokyo?
Did Oshitani form a friendship with Koshikawa Mutsuo?
We visited Hikone where Oshitani lived to do a thorough
interview with her friends, co-workers, and relatives.
MELODY-AIR,
WHERE OSHITANI MICHIKO WORKED
MELODY-AIR, WHERE OSHITANI MICHIKO
WORKED She said that she'd treat herself.
MELODY-AIR,
WHERE OSHITANI MICHIKO WORKED
MELODY-AIR, WHERE OSHITANI MICHIKO WORKED - Treat herself?
- Yes.
MELODY-AIR,
WHERE OSHITANI MICHIKO WORKED
MELODY-AIR, WHERE OSHITANI MICHIKO WORKED Then, did Oshitani
go 10 Tokyo on May the 13th and the 14th to treat herself?
Then, did Oshitani go to Tokyo on
May the 13th and the 14th to treat herself?
That's right.
How did she treat herself?
I don't know the details.
She said that she'd go to Tokyo the day after,
and come back on Sunday night.
So that she wouldn't bother us.
She seemed to be happy.
Right?
She seemed to be happy...
Did she seem to planned
that trip for a long time?
No. She seemed to have planned
that trip suddenly.
Which means,
she may have met somebody she knew...
Or somebody contacted her.
I've checked her call histories,
letters, and e-mail.
Though there is no hint of
her sudden trip to Tokyo.
Did she see somebody by accident
and then decided to go to Tokyo?
Anyways, we have to check
her client list one by one.
It'll be hard work.
We may have to split up into two groups.
What are you looking at?
Do you think we can solve this case?
What?
When I see this huge Biwa Lake,
I'm anxious that it's like picking up one pebble
from the bottom of the huge lake to solve this mystery.
That's how I feel.
His anxiety became a reality.
Three days passed, and they didn't obtain
any valuable information from Oshitani's clients.
Matsumiya speaking.
It's about the DNA results of that burned body.
Yes.
We matched DNA of that burned body
to the one from Koshikawa's room.
It didn't match up.
I see.
I thought that it was a good lead.
The reason Oshitani went to Tokyo
must hold clues to this mystery.
Please keep investigating.
Yes.
Oshitani came here on Friday, May the 12, didn't she?
SENIOR RESIDENCE, YURAKUEN Oshitani came
here on Friday, May the 12, didn't she?
SENIOR RESIDENCE,
YURAKUEN
SENIOR RESIDENCE, YURAKUEN Yes.
SENIOR RESIDENCE, YURAKUEN
Was there something unusual about her?
SENIOR RESIDENCE,
YURAKUEN
SENIOR RESIDENCE,
YURAKUEN No. She was as usual.
No. She was as usual.
Didn't she mention to you
that she was going to Tokyo?
Tokyo?
Sorry, please come this way.
Tokyo... Tokyo...
Did you remember something?
Just maybe 201...
Yes, Ms. 201.
She is a Jane Doe.
She had trouble with the
police and broke some bones.
She was coy about the
name and the address.
The police didn't know what to do.
We decided to take care of her
until she recovered from the injuries.
She stays in Room 201.
That's why we call her Ms. 201.
She should have recovered ages ago.
But she stays on here.
How does Ms. 201 relate to Oshitani?
That day, when Oshitani and
I were walking and chatting,
Ms. 201 happened to pass by us.
Then, Oshitani told me that Ms. 201 may have been
the mother of her classmate from junior high school.
I took a chance.
I asked Oshitani to talk to Ms. 201.
If Ms. 201 could've been identified,
we could ask her relatives to take her home.
When Ms. 201 was having lunch here,
Oshitani said...
Are you Asai?
You're Asai Hiromi's mother, aren't you?
Ms. 201 gave Oshitani a horrified look.
She shouted at Oshitani, "I'm not Asai!
You've got the wrong person!
She threw her lunch at her.
My clothes also got dirty and...
Well, how does that incident
relate to Oshitani's trip to Tokyo?
Mr. 201's daughter, Asai Hiromi,
seems to be a famous stage director.
Since Oshitani is a theatre goer,
she was proud to be a friend of Asai Hiromi.
And she'd been thinking of going
to visit Asai Hiromi one day.
But she'd been patient since she thought
that if Asai didn't remember her, she'd trouble her.
She had an excellent excuse
to visit Asai Hiromi.
Ms. 201? Are you there?
What do you want?!
A detective from Tokyo wants to talk to you.
What?
Excuse me.
Don't come in!
Are you Asai?
No!
I've said NO so many times!
Did you say no to this person?
I can't remember.
Oshitani was strangled to death the other day.
So what?
She most likely went to Tokyo to
find out something about you.
Your daughter lives in Tokyo, right?
I don't know!
Don't you know?
You don't deny that you have a daughter...
In other words,
you accept that you have a daughter, right?
Shut up!
I don't know anything! Get lost!
Get lost!
Moron! Get lost!
Asai Atsuko, 65.
She is in a senior residence,
Yurakuen, in Hikone city.
Her only daughter, Asai Hiromi, 40.
She is from Hikone city, a stage director,
and a former actress.
Currently, she is producing
theatrical plays at Meijiza.
Why are you calling me this much?
I'm sorry, but some detectives
have asked to meet you.
Detectives?
They say that they'll go over there
to meet you if you're too busy.
Please tell them that I'll be there.
Got it.
Sorry to get straight to the point,
but do you know this lady?
She is Oshitani Michiko,
my classmate from junior high school.
How come you recognized her immediately?
Because, I saw her recently.
When did you see her?
It was on the evening of May the 13th.
You can answer without hesitating,
can't you? Usually...
I expected you to ask me that.
I heard that Oshitani died.
Did you know that?
Yes, I read the news in the paper.
I couldn't believe it.
Can you tell us in more detail?
It was a day before the first day of the play.
She visited me when I kept running around.
She visited me when I kept running around. MAY
THE 13TH A day before the first day of the play
She visited me when I kept running around. You look
great! MAY THE 13TH A day before the first day of the play
You look great! MAY THE 13TH A
day before the first day of the play
MAY THE 13TH
A day before the first day of the play
It's been 26 years since we last saw each other, right?
MAY THE 13TH A day before the first day of the play
It's been 26 years since
we last saw each other, right?
You look very young.
You too, Micchan.
What's the matter?
As a matter of fact, your mother may
be in a senior residence in Shiga.
I'm sure that she is your mother.
Can you take her with you?
People in the senior residence
are having a difficult time.
I'm sorry, I must refuse.
Why do you say that?
I don't have a mother.
That woman abandoned my father and me.
Hey, Asai!
26 YEARS AGO
Hey, Asai!
26 YEARS AGO
26 YEARS AGO Can you come
outside and explain to us what's going on?
Can you come outside and
explain to us what's going on?
If you don't repay the debt,
you're no better than a thief!
Say something!
That woman took all the money
and aided her boyfriend financially.
When all money was gone, she borrowed
a large sum under father's name.
When all money was gone, she borrowed a large
sum under father's name. ASAI HIROMI, 14
ASAI HIROMI, 14
That woman messed up
mine and my father's life.
My father being worried about the
debt eventually committed suicide.
Thank you very much.
Did Oshitani tell you something
about her schedule in Tokyo?
She said that she was going back
to Hikone the very same day.
When she was leaving...
Hiromi, do you still have
a ticket for tomorrow?
Sorry, it's sold out since tomorrow
is the first day of the play.
Yes, of course.
I'm going back then.
Take care.
I see.
Then, a final question.
Does this man look familiar to you?
I see.
Thank you for your co-operation.
You're welcome.
People lie.
To protect themselves,
or to protect someone else...
The lie is a shadow of the truth.
Everybody lives carrying an emotional scar.
To protect that scar,
people put a lid on their mind.
THE CRIME THAT BIND
Anyway, Kyo, you've been working at
the Nihonbashi Police Station for a long time.
Aren't you getting tired?
Who the hell do you think you are?
I'm very busy right now.
- I hope we can get seats.
- What?
"Sunaba" noodle restaurant?
Why not?
It's very expensive...
- Welcome!
- Hello.
Misaki, I'll go for three
layers with a lot of wasabi.
OK.
By the way, it's your treat.
What?
How many layers?
I go for a single layer.
A single.
Certainly.
What do you want to ask me?
About that!
That play?
I hear it's got a good reputation.
I didn't know you were interested in theatre.
What?
Original piece, Chikamatsu
Monzaemon Director, Asai Hiromi What?
Original piece, Chikamatsu Monzaemon
Director, Asai Hiromi
Did you see an acquaintance"s name?
Did you see an acquaintance's name?
Director is Asai Hiromi.
Do you know her?
When I went to interview her,
I saw your photo in her office.
You were in the training hall
with her and a bunch of kids.
There was a Kendo class
held by the Nihonbashi Police Station.
I taught Kendo to aspiring
actors whom she took to.
I haven't seen her in years.
What do you think about her?
She is beautiful.
That's not what I meant.
Do you think that she
could possibly drift into crime?
What? Is she a suspect?
Well, she was a suspect...
By the state of the corpse,
the day of the crime is most likely between
the afternoon of the 14th and morning of the 15th.
We also obtained evidence from
people involved in the play.
Asai Hiromi didn't go out of Meijiza from May
the 13th to the 15th, and stayed and worked.
It's impossible for her to murder her.
I see.
However, I'm still curious about
Asai Hiromi and her mother.
They seem to be hurt mentally...
She said for no particular
reason once before...
I had an abortion once.
I don't have motherhood.
I think that the motherhood is
inherited from a mother to a child.
But, I didn't have that opportunity.
I'm a murderer.
People usually try to
hide their emotional scars.
But she told me that,
whom she met only a few times.
Everybody has an emotional scar.
That's why people aren't
obvious at first glance.
I see.
Koshikawa and a burnt
body of a homeless...
Why did you think that that
burnt body was of Koshikawa's?
Intuition.
Both crime scenes seems to be related,
and both were strangled to death.
Koshikawa's room looked like
a temporary house for the homeless.
When their DNA didn't match up,
I was embarrassed.
I shouldn't have relied on my intuition.
Why not?
The detective always relies on intuition.
What did you use for the DNA test?
Well...
Toothbrush, razor, or used towel?
Wow, bingo!
Haven't you thought the possibility that the
suspect replaced those typical materials
that the police usually use for the DNA test?
Just to tell you, I'd think that.
Bingo!
So...
We were completely taken for suckers!
DNA on the sheet matched up
with the DNA of the burnt body.
Now, these two cases are connected!
Good job, Matsumiya!
Tell all detectives to come back.
We'll have a meeting in an hour!
Yes!
Hurry up! Time waits for no one!
Matsu, what's wrong?
Call the other detectives!
Game of rhyming, "TOKIWA kanenari" and "TOKIWA Bridge"
Time is money, Tokiwa Bridge, isn't it?
Game of rhyming, "TOKIWA kanenari" and "TOKIWA Bridge"
Game of rhyming, "TOKIWA kanenari" and "TOKIWA Bridge"
What?
Game of rhyming, "TOKI WA kanenari" and "TOKIWA Bridge"
Game of rhyming, "TOKI WA kanenari" and "TOKIWA Bridge"
Just laugh.
Game of rhyming, "TOKI WA kanenari" and "TOKIWA Bridge"
Game of rhyming, "TOKI WA kanenari" and "TOKIWA Bridge"
What the hell is that?
Game of rhyming, "TOKI WA kanenari" and "TOKIWA Bridge"
Game of rhyming, "TOKI WA kanenari" and "TOKIWA
Bridge" He got that joke from memos on that calendar.
Ah, those memos...
What are these bridge names for?
These are bridges around Nihonbashi.
This month...
Tokiwa Bridge in June...
One ticket per person today.
"Tickets are sold out for today"
"Tickets are sold out for today"
One ticket per person today.
"Tickets are sold out for today"
I'm sorry.
Tickets are sold out for today.
I'm sorry.
Kaga!
Ah, nice to see you again!
I made my debut as an actress here, Meijiza.
It's my holy sanctuary.
And you've debuted as a director here today.
You're amazing.
Thank you.
Kaga, do you still work at
Nihonbashi Police Station?
Yes, I'm unsuccessful at my age.
I always goof around this neighborhood.
I see.
Is something wrong?
Nothing.
Please, enjoy the play.
Ah, thank you for the ticket.
You're welcome.
She is very beautiful after all.
TOKIWA BRIDGE
TOKIWA BRIDGE
Ikkoku Bridge in April,
Ikkoku Bridge in April,
Yanagi Bridge in May,
Tokiwa Bridge in June.
No way...
Kyo!
Hey! What are you doing here?
I'm working!
Kyo, you too?
My purpose is that.
You mean that boat?
I can do anything I want
on my day off, right?
That being said...
Do you want some?
Ning yo-yaki, small cake baked in an small iron mold and
filled with sweet bean paste Ah, Ning yo-yaki from Shigemori?
Ning yo-yaki, small cake baked in an small iron mold
and filled with sweet bean paste
Ning yo-yaki, small cake baked in an small iron
mold and filled with sweet bean paste Thank you.
Hey, Kyo!
Are you still investigating that case?
Yes.
Ah, that DNA, it was just as you thought.
I knew it!
It's the intuition of an experienced detective.
Thanks to your intuition,
our investigation has moved forward.
Thank you.
The opinion of a detective of the
jurisdiction is sometimes useful, right?
I feel like taking your credit.
I don't feel good.
Forget about that. You're an adult.
I have to go.
Hey, are you leaving now?
Time is money, Tokiwa Bridge, isn't it?
Wow, you sound like an old man!
Wait! I didn't make up this joke.
Head Obayashi said so.
Did he?
The names of various bridges were written
on Koshikawa's calendar,
something like Tokiwa Bridge, Nihon Bridge,
Asakusa Bridge, and Saemon Bridge.
What's wrong?
Ouch! What's wrong?
Give me more details.
- What?
- About that calendar!
- Calm down.
- Hurry up!
Calm down. I can't see my memo.
What's wrong with you?
Hurry up!
Asakusa Bridge in January,
Saemon Bridge in February,
in March...
Nishikashi Bridge, right?
Ikkoku Bridge in April,
Yanagi Bridge in May,
Tokiwa Bridge in June,
Nihon Bridge in July,
Edo Bridge, Yoroi Bridge,
Kayaba Bridge, and Minato Bridge...
and Toyomi Bridge?
How did you know that?
Are you going to take
them all with you?
Yes. Since these are mementos
of my mother and Watabe.
Yes. Since these are mementos of my
mother and Watabe. SENDAI, 16 YEARS AGO
SENDAI, 16 YEARS AGO
SENDAI, 16 YEARS AGO
Thank you.
SENDAI, 16 YEARS AGO
If Watabe contacts you, please tell
him that I'm keeping his belongings carefully.
And...
I'll tell him that you want to
know how your mother lived, right?
Please.
What?
She wrote down something.
These are bridges around Nihonbashi area.
She told me that she used
those spots as a rendezvous point.
The calendar of Aunt Yuriko's memento is...
same as Koshikawa's?
Kyo!
Do me a favor?
Once in a lifetime favor.
Can you conduct a handwriting
analysis of those two calendars?
As you can see,
the names of bridges written in these
calendars matched up perfectly.
16 years ago Present Memento of Tajima Yuriko Memento of Koshikawa Inspector
Kaga's birth mother the owner of the unit where Oshitani Michiko was Killed
16 years ago Present Memento of Tajima Yuriko Memento of Koshikawa Inspector Kaga's birth mother the owner
of the unit where Oshitani Michiko was Killed Both handwriting matched up too according to the crime lab.
Both handwriting matched up
too according to the crime lab.
Kaga, can you explain this to us?
Yes.
This calendar was left in the room
where my mother died 16 years ago.
But it's handwriting didn't
match up with my mother's.
It was most likely written by Watabe Shunichi,
who lived with my mother at that time.
Miyamoto, who took care of my mother told me so.
In other words, that Watabe Shunichi
is most likely Koshikawa Mutsuo.
- Correct?
-Yes.
The calendar that was found 16 years
ago appeared again years later...
We've asked the Nihonbashi Police Station
for their co-operation in this case.
Inspector Kaga is joining us from today.
As of now, that Miyvamoto knows
most about Watabe.
Is she still alive?
Yes.
She is cheerful every day in Sendai.
Miyamoto!
Ah, Kaga!
Nice to see you.
I see. You're Kaga's cousin.
Then, you know Yuri too.
No. She had already left
home when I was born.
I see.
Miyamoto, the reason why we're here is...
If I still remember Watabe's face, right?
I think I can remember.
I wish I had his photo.
He didn't like to his photo taken.
Therefore, we brought composite sketches.
Here are the five sketches.
Can you tell me if you think
anyone of these is of Watabe?
Well...
AR, this is Watabe.
Not only in characteristics,
but also in appearance.
He'll be like this man when he ages.
This is Watabe.
Watabe changed his name from
Watabe Shunichi to Koshikawa Mutsuo.
"Lovers" "Watabe Shunichi "Koshikawa Mutsuo He was
strangled to death and was identified through the burnt body.
"Lovers" "Watabe Shunichi"
"Koshikawa Mutsuo"
I wonder if uncle Takamasa knows that Aunt Yuriko
had a lover in Sendai after having left home.
| I wonder if uncle Takamasa knows that Aunt Yuriko had a lover in Sendai after having left home.
"Former couple Inspector Kaga's birth mother Inspector Kaga's birth father Tajima Yuriko Kaga Takamasa
"Former couple Inspector Kaga's birth mother Inspector
Kaga's birth father Tajima Yuriko Kaga Takamasa
"Former couple Inspector Kaga's birth mother Inspector
Kaga's birth father Tajima Yuriko Kaga Takamasa I don't know.
"Former couple Inspector Kaga's birth mother Inspector
Kaga's birth father Tajima Yuriko Kaga Takamasa
This is it.
I see. She lived in such a town.
My mother seemed to want
to live besides sea.
Her apartment was around
that new bridge.
Apartment...
But this area was greatly damage during
the Great East Japan Earthquake...
Yes. It swallowed everything.
Why did Aunt Yuriko leave you?
Both uncle and you didn't tell me anything.
I want to know that too.
All I can remember is that mother
suddenly disappeared during a summer day.
When I returned from Kendo training,
there was a memo on the table.
"Please don't search for me."
I'm sorry, Kyo."
Mother!
Mother!
Mother!
Mother!
At that time, I held a grudge
against father.
I did, from the bottom of my heart.
I blamed nobody but my father
who didn't think about his family.
It's been 18 years since.
My mother died quietly in this town.
Mother married a loser like you.
But you didn't make her happy!
Why don't you excuse yourself to her at least?
It's I who is to blame.
Then, father told me about
mother for the first time.
Mother didn't get on well
with relatives on the father's side.
She went through a rough deal from them since
she used to work at a nightclub.
Father was very busy and
out most of the time.
Raising a kid and being
consistently bullied by the relatives...
She took it all on herself.
Mentally, she couldn't stand it any longer.
When I was an elementary school Kid...
I'm sorry.
What's wrong with me...
That's...
Did she have depression?
Do you hold a grudge against mother?
Or do you sympathize with her?
I couldn't care less!
She died alone.
Nobody was by her bedside.
She must have wanted to see you.
How do you know that?!
I know.
Don't be by my bedside
when I'm about to die.
I'm going to die alone.
That was why you didn't come
to the hospital when uncle died.
I wasn't aware of that.
If this case is resolved, we may be able
to discover something about your mother.
That's what I think.
Aunt's lover, Watabe's body was
found though he is dead.
Yes.
By any chance,
did you transfer from Anti-Crime Section 1
to Nihonbashi Police Station to look for Watabe?
Have you been searching for that
man to ask about your mother?
Is that why you've been staying
at Nihonbashi Police Station?
I'm a super mommy's boy at my age.
The estimated age is 70 years old.
There's no photo of him even
though he lived to be 70.
Is such a thing possible?
He used two different names too.
I think that he used more names.
Watabe was escaping from something.
I totally believe so.
"Watabe Shunichi"
"Koshikawa Mutsuo"
"Watabe Shunichi "Koshikawa Mutsuo" Until we
discover his true ID, we can't solve this case.
Until we discover his true ID,
we can't solve this case.
The only clue at the moment is...
bridge names on the calendar.
Yes.
I've been investigating this for 16 years,
still I haven't got a clue.
Have you been to all bridges?
Tokiwa Bridge is the only
one that I visited consciously.
I've had a chance to just pass the rest.
Shall we go?
It'll be fun to look up from the bottom.
Wow!
Toyomi Bridge for December.
Wow, it's amazing!
I've never been under the bridge.
But what kind of relation does
a month have to the bridge?
Is it the construction month?
I've already checked that
but it didn't match at all.
I see.
That is Minato Bridge for November.
OK.
From here, a boat goes
under the Metropolitan Expressway.
That's Kayaba Bridge for October.
I always pass by here.
This is Yoroi Bridge for September.
I see.
This is Edo Bridge for August.
OK.
And that's Nihon Bridge for July.
Did it pop into your head?
Well, talking about July,
do they have the Star Festival?
No.
Hashi Arai: volunteers wash Nihon Bridge annually
But there's "Hashi Arai."
Hashi Arai: volunteers wash Nihon Bridge annually
Hashi Arai: volunteers wash Nihon Bridge annually
Hashi Arai?
Hashi Arai: volunteers wash Nihon Bridge annually
Hashi Arai: volunteers wash Nihon Bridge annually A
lot of people wash Nihon Bridge in July every year.
Hashi Arai: volunteers wash Nihon Bridge annually
Hashi Arai: volunteers wash Nihon Bridge annually It's
an historical event that has been ongoing for 47 years.
You know very well.
I've been here for 16 years.
Osamu, please stop the boat.
OK.
I see. They wash this bridge.
About 2,000 people gather here.
- Two thousand?!
-Yes.
Do 2,000 people wash that bridge?
Yes. Look!
This is a photo from last year.
I see.
You and the man beside you...
A lot of people are talking
on their cell phone.
When we want to meet
someone on the bridge.
Since there were more than 2,000 people,
We don't know where they are.
I was to meet my wife on
the bridge on this day.
But I had no idea where she was.
Watabe was escaping from something.
She told me that she used
those spots as a rendezvous point.
What are these boxes?
These are the photos of Hashi Arai.
I had photographers collect as
many photos of Hashi Arai.
Don't tell me you're going to
examine these photos one by one!
You don't even know his face, do you?
Start off with looking for a
man similar to this sketch.
When we pick up a few,
we'll show those photos
to people who possibly know Watabe.
Give me a break.
We're not sure if Watabe
went to Hashi Arai.
It is advantageous for people who want to
meet somebody secretly since it is so crowded.
Watabe met somebody annually
in July at Hashi Arai.
We discovered an interesting fact
from a memento Kaga's mother.
What is it?
Several fingerprints were left
on a specific page on a timetable.
Senseki Line and Ishinomaki Line...
There are several fingerprints on this page.
Especially, this Onagawa Station.
Onagawa?
According to Inspector Kaga,
Miyamoto in Sendai told Kaga that
Watabe worked for an electric power company.
From Sendai to Onagawa, it took an hour
and a half to make a round trip back then.
Watabe worked at Onagawa nuclear plant,
and went to Sendai to spend time
with Kaga's mother on his days off.
Both Watabe and Koshikawa were not
on the radiation workers' list.
He probably used a different name there.
Special Investigation Unit,
gather info from former employees.
There should be people who know him.
Yes!
"Checked"
ONAGAWA NUCLEAR PLANHave you seen this man?
About 16 years ago, around here...
Have you seen this man?
You must have worked with him at
Onagawa Nuclear Plant 16 years ago.
Nozawa Sadakichi, 71.
He is an old identity among the survivors.
He knew a lot of people.
We should be able to get
info about Watabe from him.
Excuse me.
Yes.
We're from MPD.
May I see Nozawa Sadakichi?
Nozawa?
Will he remain unconscious?
Yes, unfortunately...
He's in critical condition due to heart failure.
Please have some.
Thank you.
May I?
Yummy.
About Asai Hiromi,
during junior high school time,
What was your impression of her?
She was difficult to talk to.
Only Micchan was friendly to her.
Micchan?
Oshitani.
She was bullied for some time.
Oh please!
You lead the way in bullying her!
You were jealous of her
since she was very cute.
-Was I?
-Yes.
What was the reason for the bullying?
Well, her mother left home,
and Yakuza started hanging
out at her father's shop.
So we were... right?
I see.
By the way, do you know
of a man in his 40's
who was a mutual acquaintance
of Asai and Oshitani at that time?
The 40's?
What about teacher Naemura?
Ah, he was in his 40's at that time.
Partly, because of the bullying,
teacher Naemura cared about Asai.
He had us write a message to
her when she changed schools.
That's right.
Can you get in touch with
that teacher Naemura?
I want to talk to him.
Well...
He disappeared without a trace.
Disappeared?
Nobody knows where he went.
Do you have a photo of him?
How about a yearbook?
-Yes, I have. Wait a minute.
- Thank you.
Do you remember anything about
when Asai Hiromi changed schools?
Well... anything?
I don't remember much.
She disappeared without our noticing.
Didn't we ask teacher
Naemura what happened to her?
She disappeared without you noticing...
Yes. When I think back, she must have
had a hard time since her father died then.
Right, he committed suicide by
jumping off a tower building.
Yes. I felt bad when I heard
that from teacher Naemura.
This is the yearbook.
That is teacher Naemura.
And that photo is of us 6 years later.
Is this teacher Naemura?
Yes. He looks like a different
man, doesn't he?
- Can you have a look at this?
- OK.
Does this man seem familiar to you?
Well...
By any chance, is he teacher Naemura?
Really? I don't think so.
The features may change in 25 years.
This sketch somehow looks similar
to teacher Naemura like this gloomy face.
Asai's father jumped from this building.
He must have gotten
deeper and deeper into debt.
There were no tall buildings
around here back then.
All he could do was to jump off this building.
What happened to Asai Hiromi here?
What happened to her?
How was that?
Did you tell her what our business was?
I see. Tell her that I'll
be there in 10 minutes.
Did he disappear without a trace?
Yes.
Naemura's ex-wife
IMAI KAYOKO
Naemura's ex-wife IMAI KAYOKO He
had an affair with a woman and left home.
Naemura's ex-wife
IMAI KAYOKO
Naemura's ex-wife
IMAI KAYOKO An affair?
Naemura's ex-wife
IMAI KAYOKO
Who was the woman?
No matter how many times I asked,
all he said was "I'm sorry, but please divorce me."
It lasted a year.
When I was about ready to give up...
What happened?
I saw a ruby pendant of 500,000
yen on the bank account statement.
When I called the store to confirm his purchase,
it was a cross pendant that I liked.
I firmly believed that it was a
gift for me since I'm a Christian.
But when I questioned him relentlessly...
I'm sorry. I have trouble contacting her.
She is probably in her private room upstairs.
Please wait a few moments.
No problem. Take time.
I want a photo of that pendant
that she wore at that time.
I can't remember that.
Make a good excuse
to take a photo of that.
Kyo, do you believe that the truth
is hidden somewhere in that picture?
I do.
What are you doing?
Don't scare me!
Aren't you in your private room?
I was in the back room.
So, what are you doing?
I can barely see Kyo...
Kaga smiling like this.
That's why I want to take a picture.
Do you know Kaga?
I mean, we have an inseparable relationship.
He is in Shiga right now.
He is investigating Oshitani's case.
I came here to ask you a
couple of things about Oshitani.
"Picture sent"
"Picture sent"
I'm sorry but it's urgent.
I'm sorry but it's urgent.
Ah, it's ruby!
It's my birthstone.
ASAI HIROMI, 20
ASAI HIROMI, 20
I'm happy. Thank you!
ASAI HIROMI, 20
Well, I'm thinking about quitting work.
Why?
If I come to Tokyo, we can live together.
What about your wife?
I'm going to ask her to divorce me.
I can no longer continue
a married life with her.
Hiromi, did you have an abortion?
Why did you do such a
thing without asking me?!
I finally got cast.
There's no time to raise a child!
I showed Naemura's photo to
the staff at Blue Star Jewellery,
she confirmed that this pendant was
certainly a product of their shop.
This man is Asai Hiromi's lover,
Naemura Seizo.
"Koshikawa Mutsuo" "Watabe Shunichi This
man is Asai Hiromi's lover, Naemura Seizo.
"Koshikawa Mutsuo" "Watabe Shunichi "Naemura Seizo"
This man is Asai Hiromi's lover, Naemura Seizo.
"Koshikawa Mutsuo" "Watabe
Shunichi" "Naemura Seizo"
Asai probably got blackmailed
by Oshitani regarding her affair.
Asai asked Naemura's advice,
and had Naemura kill Oshitani.
Even though Asai Hiromi had an alibi,
if we think so, it accounts for it.
Then they had a fight among themselves.
Asai strangled him to death and
burnt his body to destroy the evidence.
I see.
Matsumiya, go to Sendai
and gather enough evidence!
Yes.
Have you seen this man?
No...
Please look carefully.
Miyamoto, if you met him,
it'd be 5 to 6 years later than this photo.
I don't know him...
Well,
Isn't this man Watabe Shunichi?
What?
No. It's completely different.
He is a completely different person.
A different person?
I see. Thank you.
Is something wrong?
AR, it's about a case...
Ah, yes, thank you for this.
What?
It's the Hashi Arai photos
that I borrowed from you.
Ah, you're welcome.
Was this useful?
Yes, it was very useful.
By the way, how did you know
that my brother is a photographer?
Since I'm a detective,
I can check almost anything.
What?
You didn't check my
personal belongings, did you?
Did you?!
Of course not.
I don't mind, anyway.
What kind of case?
What?
Kaga, you're somehow different than usual.
You're very sharp.
Whenever I investigate this case,
my heart becomes confused,
since it involves my mother.
Your mother?
My father probably would tell me not
to mix personal matters with professional.
Anyways, it doesn't matter since
he isn't interested in me at all.
Do you still think of him like that?
My father whom you knew was
a good person just before he died.
The father I knew was the opposite of good.
Good night.
We're back where we started.
I thought that it wasn't bad at all.
It can't be helped.
The investigation is a series of waiting in vain.
But...
It doesn't seem right that Asai Hiromi strangled
Naemura to death and burnt his body...
That is difficult for a woman.
If Asai drugged him then it's possible.
She bothered to burn his body afterwards.
She didn't have to strangle him to death.
She could have put him to
sleep and then burn his body.
You're right.
And...
I felt like that Naemura wasn't
Watabe from the beginning.
What?
More or less, I wished it not to be.
I didn't want my mother to fall in love...
with a man who had an affair with his student
and gave up everything to disappear.
I'm a super mommy's boy after all.
You haven't understood
your father's true feelings yet.
You're an idiot son!
What?
Even though having known that he was going
to die soon, he didn't let him get upset.
He rather looked forward to that time.
I have to say goodbye to you soon.
Don't say that.
Aren't you afraid?
You mean to go to the heaven?
No. I can't wait.
I can watch him as much
as I want from heaven.
My body's nothing but
it interferes with me.
Don't tell him, OK?
Yes.
Good night.
I didn't know that he said such a thing.
What is this mystery?!
This case reminds me of
my mother and father.
Why did I look for Watabe
in this town for 16 years?
Yes, because I desperately wanted to know
if my mother lead a happy life after she left home.
I wanted to know if my mother
wanted to see me during her last moments.
That's all I wanted to know.
Watabe, who knew it all
had burned to death.
Who is this dead man in the sketch?
Who killed him?
Asai Hiromi?
Yes. She is definitely involved.
It's a detective's intuition.
But what's her motive?
I seem to have the clues, but I don't.
I must have overlooked
something important.
Did I throughly interview
people who are involved in this case?
Did I investigate enough
around Oshitani Michiko?
Relatives, friends, and co-workers...
Yes, I did whatever I could thoroughly.
What about Asai Hiromi?
Her father jumped to his death.
Her mother is in a senior residence.
Her parties concerned had alibis.
What about Naemura's ex-wife?
She has a motive but had an alibi.
What about Watabe Shunichi?
Watabe's lover who was
my mother had already died.
My father who may have held a grudge
against them had already died too.
Who else?
Who haven't I interviewed?
Myself?
This case is heavily
related to my past.
Fate? No, rather it's an
incident involved in my life.
By any chance, am I the
key to solving this mystery?
Assuming so, let's reason.
Asai Hiromi.
Oshitani Michiko.
Watabe Shunichi.
These three are connected.
Oshitani Michiko who was Asai Hiromi's
classmate was killed in the room of Watabe,
who was my mother's lover.
Yuriko, who was Watabe's
lover had a son, who is I.
Therefore, these two are connected too.
Asai Hiromi, whom I accidentally met at a Kendo
class is connected to Watabe through Oshitani.
Is it purely coincidental?
Wait. Did Asai really want me, who was a former
All-Japan Kendo champion to teach amateur kids?
There must have been a
lot of instructors elsewhere.
If so...
Wait a second...
Did she come to see me?
Why did she want to see me?
Why did she confess such
a thing to me, a stranger?
I'm a murderer.
Why... why did she come and see me?
If the shoe was on the other foot...
If I go and see Asai Hiromi purposely...
What's the reason?
"Asai Tadao Jumped
to death Died in 1991"
It's my holy sanctuary.
I can watch him as much
as I want from heaven.
My body's nothing but
it interferes with me.
If such a thing exists,
would you like to see it?
Yes...
I definitely would!
SHIGA POLICE HQ
NOTO, ISHIKAWA
I'm sorry to visit you
without an appointment.
I don't have much time
so please keep it short.
Yes. It'll take 10 minutes.
Wow. It's amazing.
I don't like a white wall.
That remains me an
orphanage that I was put into.
Kanamori?
Yes.
Are you a detective too?
She works in a different department.
A man shouldn't visit
a lady's house alone.
I see.
So?
This is a photo of Hashi Arai, 8 years ago.
Do you go there every year?
No.
Did you go with somebody at that time?
I was alone.
I happened to pass by there.
You seem to talk with someone on the phone.
This is a magazine
I gave an interview to.
Does it look familiar to you?
Yes.
I received word of my mother's
death through a letter 16 years ago.
The address was the apartment
where I used to live alone then.
I wondered how the sender knew of the address
that even my mother shouldn't have known.
I asked the sender.
She said that she was
told by a man named Watabe.
I asked the publishing company
of this magazine,
and they said that somebody
asked for my address 16 years ago.
It wasn't Watabe.
She was a beautiful lady I was
proud of meeting since I like to see plays.
I remember her very well.
She was Director Asai Hiromi.
She said that she wanted to interview the top Kendo
player since her next play was about a sword fight.
You visited me along with
child actors 5 years ago.
You'd already checked my address
11 years before and gave it to Watabe.
Am I wrong?
You're wrong.
I don't know Watabe.
My purpose was to interview you.
Interview me?
I wasn't interviewed by you.
That's right.
As I recall, a subject of the play changed
and the interview was canceled 16 years ago.
Then, why me?
Because...
I accidentally saw this
magazine in a bookstore.
This magazine was published 3 years
before you asked for my address.
Ah, excuse me.
May I use the washroom?
- Please.
- Thank you.
Sorry.
I met your classmates
the other day in Shiga.
I wondered when I talked to them.
They didn't remember much
about when you changed schools.
I bet.
I moved to an orphanage soon after
my father died without saying goodbye to friends.
But they remembered that your
father jumped to his death very well.
They even took me to that building.
But that was just a rumor.
There's no record that somebody
ever jumped off that building.
Yet, everybody believes that.
I don't know.
But it's a fact that my
father jumped to his death.
Where?
To be honest, I don't remember.
I was terribly upset at that time.
I was then taken to an orphanage before
anyone knew what had happened.
I ask you frankly.
Your father died differently and
in another place, didn't he?
Your classmates didn't notice you
changed schools until their teacher told them.
Because you didn't
usually go to school.
You flit.
Teacher Naemura kept silence
even though he knew that you flit.
He probably tried not to
give you a bad impression of a flit.
That was why Naemura lied to them that
your father jumped to death from that building,
even though he knew where
and how your father really died.
He did that for you.
Knowing you, I'm sure that you already know
where my father committed suicide, right?
If your reasoning is right,
am I accused of a crime?
Application fraud for employment?
You won't be accused of
a crime at all in this case.
If so, what's the matter?
In his last moment, he said,
"I can't wait to watch my kid from heaven.
I don't mind losing my body for that."
Parents can become
non-existent for their children.
Don't you think so?
I must ask you to leave now.
Take this.
Sorry to ask you for
such a strange thing.
That's fine.
I can see the real facts of
this case by your words.
Thank you.
Ah, I didn't do anything.
You should thank your father.
He is probably watching you.
What's up?
Nozawa made a recovery.
Really?
Did you show him the sketch?
Well, he said that that man
wasn't Watabe nor Koshikawa.
That man is Yokoyama Kazutoshi.
Yokoyama Kazutoshi?
Kazutoshi...
That name must be on
the radiation workers' list.
Get his domicile by birth
and his photo immediately!
But...
Write down Yokoyama Kazutoshi and
Watabe Shunichi and compare them.
When writing Yokoyama Kazutoshi and
Watabe Shunichi using Chinese characters...
Yokoyama manufactured a fake name, Watabe
Shunichi, by reversing characters of his first name.
About Watabe...
there was a plumbing company, Watabe Plumbing
in Onagawa town before the earthquake.
Yokoyama used to work there.
Watabe Shunichi comes from that...
According to the radiation workers' list,
Yokoyama's address at that
time was Atsuta-ku, Nagoya.
He married twice and divorced twice.
I've asked Aichi Prefectural
Police to send his photo to us.
I'll get it soon.
OK. Staying on her tail.
What?
OK. I'll instruct later.
It's the search group.
Asai Hiromi seems to have take the
Tokaido bullet train from Tokyo station.
The Tokaido bullet train?!
Yes, and one more thing...
Kaga visited Asai Hiromi this morning.
Kaga took a lady with him.
Kaga?
Matsu, did he tell you something?
No.
Call him now!
Kaga!
I'll explain everything.
But before that, I have a request.
I want to do a DNA test
of parent-child relation.
What do you mean?
Asai Hiromi came to see me 5 years ago.
That was no coincidence.
I searched for the man in the sketch,
Watabe for 16 years.
Because I wanted to have a
glimpse of my mother's boyfriend.
But that Watabe had already died.
If I knew that Watabe had a child,
I'd definitely go and see her.
Asai Hiromi thought the same thing.
You mean...
This Watabe is Asai Hiromi's father,
Asai Tadao?
Yes.
Then, everything makes sense.
Hey! Don't be stupid!
Asai Hiromi's father jumped
to his death 26 years ago!
From a building in Shiga!
Are you sure?
Yes, there's no record that Asai Tadao
jumped to his death from Nagahama Tower Building.
But, at the same time, Asai jumped
to his death in Noto, Ishikawa.
There's a postmortem certificate
of Asai Tadao in Noto Police Station.
Of course, I have a copy of that.
Please wait.
I'll bring it to you.
See? Even though at a different location,
Asai Tadao died 26 years ago!
It's a fake story that Asai Hiromi made up.
Including Watabe and Oshitani's murders,
the secret of this mystery
goes back 26 years.
Can you explain so we can understand?
What happened 26 years ago?
I'll try and guess as much as I can...
but it's only Asai Hiromi who knows
the truth about her father and herself.
Hey you!
Don't open the door without asking me!
Hey, say something!
Don't enter without my permission!
You seem to remember the face
of a child whom you abandoned.
I'll forgive anybody but you!
I'll hold a grudge against you till I die.
It would have been
better if you only left us...
but you fell deeper into debt for your useless
boyfriend by using father's registered seal.
Since you're a nymphomaniac,
father was...
Go to hell!
Going to hell... that is more severe
than what father went through.
Pay your debts now!
Pay what you owe!
Do you understand?
Say something!
Pay your debts now!
You scum!
No! Don't touch me!
Leave me alone!
I found his daughter.
It can't be helped.
Since you don't have money,
she can help you, right?
Dad!
Take her!
- Dad!
- Hiromi!
No!
Come!
Please don't!
My daughter has nothing to do with the debt!
Family should help one another, right?
Stop it!
Here!
Hurry up!
Policemen, come here!
I'll repay the debt tomorrow by all means.
Please leave now.
Let's go.
"Enryaku Temple
Hieizan"
Welcome.
Thank you.
I'm fine. Go ahead.
Dad.
Yes?
What will we do from now on?
A long time ago, the Buddhist priests of Enryaku
Temple set fire to the main hall to commit suicide,
to counter the influence of Shogun,
Ashikaga Yoshinori.
How can they do such a thing?
If I had to die,
I'd choose other methods.
I shudder just thinking
about being burned to death.
Hiromi.
I'll protect you at any cost.
Don't be frightened.
Dad, it's dangerous. Let's go!
Dad?
Hey, Dad!
Hiromi, aren't you hungry?
Let's treat ourselves tonight.
Let's go!
Family trip?
Something like that.
I envy you.
Sure, there's no fun to come
to such a place alone.
Are you alone?
Yes.
I swung by here on the way to the next task.
- Have some.
- I'm fine.
Come on!
Hey.
Cheers.
What do you do?
I'm a glow boy.
A glow boy?
I work at the nuclear plant.
I was in Wakasa performing a regular
check at Mihama Nuclear Plant.
Now I am on the way to Fukushima.
I'm a migrant worker who works
in nuclear plants across Japan.
I see.
When are you going back home?
I don't have a family nor a home.
I'm not sure what happened to
my residence certificate in Nagoya.
Can you get a job even though you
don't have a proper residence certificate?
Yes.
If you have this.
Certified Radiation Safety Manager
Yokoyama Kazutoshi.
Yes.
Can anybody get this?
If you have a residence certificate.
Can you hook me up with a job?
I'm looking for work.
Please!
No way.
If I take you with me,
I may get fired, right?
It's 1,410 yen.
How old are you?
I'm 14.
Really? You're grown-up for your age.
Do you want extra money?
There's a blue van in the parking.
Please come and see me later.
I'll give you money.
This hotel looks very expensive.
I don't mind staying at
the station or in a park.
Don't worry about money.
It's OK now.
How come?
You don't have to know that.
OK, let's have a bath after a long time!
Hiromi, take time and enjoy it.
Wait!
Are you really going to take a bath?
Of course, I am.
Hey. I knew you'd
came to see me.
You ran away to escape
the debt collectors, didn't you?
People who have issues have a certain aura.
How much will you give me?
A lot!
Come here.
Hey, come here.
Hey!
Come here.
Come here.
Hey!
Come inside.
Come here.
Hiromi!
Dad!
Hiromi, where have you been?
Dad!
I... chopsticks...
What?
Chopsticks...
Chopsticks?
Hiromi, what happened?
Hiromi!
Dad.
Dad.
Sorry to have kept you waiting.
How was he?
Listen.
Listen to me carefully.
Take this bag and go back to the hotel now.
And take off this handkerchief.
Yokoyama's fingerprints are on this handkerchief.
Tell a hotel employee tomorrow morning...
"My father is missing."
What will you do?
I'm going to take his van and go to Fukushima.
Fukushima?
The most important thing is...
I put my clothes on him
and pushed him off a cliff.
When his body is found,
it will create a huge fuss.
Hiromi, you'll be asked to go to the
police station to identify the dead body.
You must say...
"Yes, this is my father."
You mean...
I'll pretend that I committed suicide.
To be honest, I intended to jump
to death off that cliff tonight.
But...
Hiromi, you have saved my life.
You're going to an orphanage.
It's much better than running away, right?
Dad, what about you?
Are you going to live as another person?
That's right.
I'm Yokoyama Kazutoshi from now on.
Can't we meet anymore?
No!
Hiromi.
Your happiness is my only wish.
I don't care about anything else.
If you can live under a roof, go to school,
find something you like, and find your calling...
Try to live your life with dreams!
You'll be in love with someone
one day and have a happy life.
I promise that I'll write a letter to you.
I can't use my name.
I'll use the name, Kondo Kyoko.
Kondo Masahiko and Koizumi Kyoko: both were pop-stars at that time
Hiromi, you're a big fan of Kondo Masahiko and Koizumi Kyoko, right?
Kondo Masahiko and Koizumi Kyoko:
both were pop-stars at that time
Kondo Masahiko and Koizumi Kyoko: both were
pop-stars at that time I'll use Kondo Kyoko.
Dad, sorry.
It's all my fault.
Please, promise me
to have a happy life.
Go! You'd better hurry up.
Goodbye, Hiromi.
Dad!
Dad!
Dad!
Dad!
Her mother went insane.
She is slobbering and talking to herself.
But there's no sign that
Asai Hiromi harmed her.
She must have been told something
extraordinary by Asai Hiromi.
But I don't understand.
Why did Asai Hiromi choose to be famous?
Should she live quietly?
Whether she likes it or not,
she became the centre of attention, right?
She may have wanted to live
a different life at least in the play.
Congratulations, Hiromi.
You're amazing.
You debuted in Meijiza, such a big theatre.
I'm proud of you as a friend.
Hiromi, you can be a wonderful actress!
Way to go!
I want to watch your act at Meijiza one day.
By the way, I'm going to Tokyo soon.
Please let me know when you get off.
I'd love to see you if you can.
Kondo Kyoko.
"To Asai Hiromi
From Kondo Kyoko"
I'm stunned.
You're beautiful.
Dad?
Please don't cry.
Are you going to retire from acting
and focus on directing?
Yes.
I came to think that I wanted to produce
work that will impress the audience.
I see.
I see. It's wonderful.
But I'm not sure whether I have talent.
Try it.
You can do it. Don't worry.
I'm looking forward to watching
your play at Meijiza one day.
Now, I have one more
fun thing to look forward to.
When I die, I want to haunt Meijiza.
Then, I can watch your
play as much as I want.
It's a bad joke.
Asai Tadao must have had mixed feelings.
If his existence became known to the public,
his daughter would have been ruined.
He was the Pandora's Box so to speak.
Tajima Yuriko.
She looks like a nice lady.
Aren't you going to marry her?
I don't want to make a big scene.
What about you, Hiromi?
Do you have a boyfriend?
No.
Really?
You'll be all right.
You'll have a happy life.
Are you Asai Hiromi's father?
Can you explain what is going on?
Teacher Naemura?
Hiromi.
Dad?
Can you rent a car?
I have to carry a bulky luggage now.
I can, but...
We shouldn't meet at a hotel anymore.
We have to think of alternative ways.
Then they came up the idea of
meeting on these 12 bridges.
Especially, Nihon Bridge in July.
That Hashi Arai was an excellent time to
meet since there were so many people then.
Even the other months,
if they spoke on the phone over the river,
it wouldn't seem as if they were talking with each other.
I see.
Then why did they choose Nihon Bridge?
There's Meijiza, their holy
sanctuary in that area.
Asai Hiromi dreamed of coming back to Meijiza as a director.
Asai Hiromi dreamed of coming back to Meijiza
as a director. MAY 14 The first day of the play
MAY 14
The first day of the play
Her dream finally came true.
Asai Tadao, who refrained from going to
watch her play showed up at Meijiza then.
Moreover, there was another special
person at Meijiza that day.
It was Oshitani Michiko.
Day tickets were offered shortly
before the play the very same day.
Asai Tadao may have been the reason why
Oshitani Michiko decided to stay overnight in Tokyo.
Because a dead man was in front of her.
She tried to talk to him in order to
uncover the truth after the play was over.
This is the footage of the
security camera at Meijiza.
We can see Asai Tadao who turned
in surprise when Oshitani tried to talk to him.
There was no way he could send her off
since she found out that he was still alive.
Tadao invited Oshitani to his apartment and killed her.
All right.
As soon as the DNA test becomes available, we'll ask
Asai Hiromi to come voluntarily to the station for questioning.
Wait a second.
Kyo, I understand how
Oshitani Michiko was murdered,
but what about Asai Tadao?
Who strangled him to death
before burning him?
It was Asai Hiromi.
I can't think about anything other than that.
But if your theory is correct...
Since having had a very severe experience together,
they must have had a strong bond.
That is exactly why!
The last day of the play
This is the room that
only directors can enter.
Wow, I'm honored.
Please.
Did you get the DNA result?
Yes.
99.9%, that burned figure and
you are father and daughter.
How did you figure it out?
If you hadn't come to see me 5 years ago,
I wouldn't have figured it out.
It's very likely that this mystery
would have remained an unresolved one.
I don't regret it.
When I met you for the first time,
strangely I was convinced that,
the lady whom my father fell
in love was a wonderful lady.
I was relieved.
I thought that my father's
life wasn't a tragedy.
Why did I kill my father?
That's what you want to know, right?
Yes.
I'm walking on the road.
I'm walking on the road. MAY
16 The third day of the play
MAY 16
The third day of the play
I won't be able to see you for a
while. MAY 16 The third day of the play
MAY 16
The third day of the play
I see.
Can you pick up a paperback that
I've left behind a pillar?
OK. I'll leave money here.
Don't worry.
I don't need money today.
Hiromi, can I come closer to you?
No problem.
Congratulations, Hiromi.
Your play at Meijiza was excellent.
Thank you.
Keep going, Hiromi.
Please exert yourself to the utmost
so that you will have no regrets.
And be happy.
Thank you.
At that time...
Dad!
I had a bad feeling since I again saw the expression on
my father's face, which I first saw a long time ago.
"To Hiromi" I had a bad feeling since I again saw the expression
on my father's face, which I first saw a long time ago.
"To Hiromi"
"To Kaga Kyoichiro"
"To Kaga Kyoichiro"
So, I followed him.
So, I followed him.
Hiromi.
What the hell are you doing?
Why did you follow me?
If somebody sees you...
Please explain what's going on.
My father told me everything.
He killed Oshitani in his apartment.
He also killed teacher
Naemura 19 years ago.
No way...
Sorry.
He was your boyfriend, wasn't he?
If he told somebody that Asai Tadao
was still alive, we'd be done.
Your future is my treasure.
That is the last thing I want to lose.
If I die here, I won't bother anybody.
Don't worry. I'll burn to death so that the
police can't collate my fingerprints or face.
Stop... stop saying such things.
Oshitani's body will soon be found.
The police look for a man
named Koshikawa Mutsuo.
I'm too old to elude capture.
I'll let you get away.
I'll find a place where no one can find you!
It's impossible.
It's possible!
I'm tired.
I'm very tired.
I've spent my life hiding for the last 26 years.
I'm tired of escaping and hiding.
I want to be free.
Please let me be free.
Please.
Dad.
I have a lot of happy memories too.
Thank you, Hiromi.
Be happy, all right?
How can they do such a thing?
If I had to die...
I'd choose other methods.
I shudder just thinking
about burning to death.
Dad.
Get lost!
Even though you're there,
I'll set myself on fire.
Get lost!
Don't come!
Don't come!
Don't come!
I'm sorry.
You have sadness in your
heart just to protect me.
But don't worry.
I'll protect you this time.
Hiromi.
You told me that you shuddered just
thinking about burning to death, right?
Yes, I did.
Dad.
Thank you for everything.
Thank you, Hiromi.
The curtain will soon fall.
Yes.
I'm finally able to lower the curtain.
It was a long tragedy.
This is a letter that my father wrote
before he died.
It's addressed to you.
To me?
Yes.
He asked me to send this to you secretly.
"To Kaga Kyoichiro"
"To Kaga Kyoichiro"
Dear Sir,
"To Kaga Kyoichiro"
"To Kaga Kyoichiro" I'm Watabe Shunichi whom
your mother had taken very good care of.
I'm Watabe Shunichi whom your mother
had taken very good care of.
Since I became decrepit and going to die soon,
I want you to know what your mother
thought when she lived by writing you a letter.
Yuriko most likely suffered from depression.
She thought about committing suicide and hung
in there whenever she saw her son's cute sleeping face.
A terrible thing happened one day.
When her husband was
away from home for days...
Mom?
"What was I going to do with a knife?"
"If I were going to commit suicide, it would be fine"
"but if I intended to force my son to die with me..."
Ever since, she wasn't able
to sleep well for a long time.
Then, she decided to leave home.
" Kagall
When I came to Tokyo,
I visited your place.
I knew that both you and
your father were in good condition,
and you had won Kendo
tournaments recently.
So, he is still practising Kendo...
This is for you.
I don't have the right to keep this magazine.
But...
I gave up the joy of watching him grow
and the happiness to dream of a future together.
Yet, I always have a dream
that he sleeps right next to me.
I feel like that he throws his arms
around me and says "good morning."
Even though he is a grown man.
I was a weak mother,
but Kyoichiro is different.
He is going to be more respectable,
more than his father I imagine.
I took the liberty of enclosing
the magazine with the letter.
I wish you all the best.
Sincerely, Watabe Shunichi.
To Kaga Kyoichiro.
Thank you.
How much?
Don't worry.
- Please take this.
- Don't worry.
"Sold out"
I've heard you're going
back to Anti-Crime Section 1.
Yes.
From when?
From the 1st of next month.
Do you miss Nihonbashi?
Of course, I do.
I'll miss tasty food too.
And it's the town where I've chased a
phantom of my mother for a long time.
Wow, you really are
a super mommy's boy.
Hey!
See you next month.
See you.
The lie is a shadow of the truth.
What do I see in that shadow?
It's surely not only tragedy since
the lie shows the human mind!
It was the winter of 1983
when Tajima Yuriko reached Sendai, Japan.
It was the winter of 1983 when Tajima Yuriko reached Sendai,
Japan. How do you intend to live after divorcing your husband?
It was the winter of 1983
when Tajima Yuriko reached Sendai, Japan.
It was the winter of 1983 when Tajima Yuriko reached
Sendai, Japan. I could only think about leaving home.
I could only think about leaving home.
Hence you came here?
I've been here once before.
I thought that it was a beautiful town.
But you don't have any
relatives here, right?
No.
I wanted to go to the town
where nobody knew about me.
But...
I have bar work experience.
Please let me work here.
Look at me.
Yes.
I hired her as an apprentice.
I wanted to see how she did
and then decide if I'd hire her.
Yasuyo, I'm telling you that
she is a lucky catch.
She is sexually attractive and
seems to have her own reasons.
But she seemed to have shut her mind...
whenever, I causally asked
her about her family.
YEAR 1985
YEAR 1985
Hey, why did you divorce your husband?
YEAR 1985
YEAR 1985
Did he cheat on you?
YEAR 1985
YEAR 1985
It wasn't his fault.
YEAR 1985
YEAR 1985
Then, why?
YEAR 1985
YEAR 1985
I failed both as a wife and a mother.
I failed both as a wife and a mother.
Do you have a child?
How old?
A boy? A girl?
I have a boy.
He was 10 years old when I left home.
Ten years old?
He must have been cute.
Hey, do you have his photo?
No.
Come on, you must have
at least one photo of him.
I said no!
I don't have such a thing.
But thanks to her privacy,
my business boomed.
YEAR 1997 But thanks to her
privacy, my business boomed.
YEAR 1997
YEAR 1997
...and the years went by.
YEAR 1997
She never had problems with customers.
Except with Watabe...
YEAR 2001
YEAR 2001
She has an ex-husband and a son.
But she hadn't been in touch
with them for a long time.
Miyamoto, according to
Tajima Yuriko's postmortem report,
there is no evidence of suspected
foul play when it comes to her death.
She died of heart failure.
So, I tried called Watabe immediately.
Ah, are you Watabe?
It's Miyamoto from Bar Seven.
Please don't panic.
Yuriko has passed away.
Watabe had his reasons for not
attending her funeral.
But, he contacted me a few days later.
What? Her son?
Does he live in Tokyo?
OK. Hold on.
Yes.
Tokyo, Suginami-Ku...
Watabe gave me your address since
I had trouble finding her family.
Therefore, I wrote you a letter.
I see.
Yuri must be happy to see you again.
That brown apartment over there...
she lived there.
She seemed to want to
live beside the sea.
She lived in such a tiny
place frugally for 18 years.
Yuri died alone on this mattress.
I wish Watabe were with her at that time.
Do you have Watabe's contact information?
Unfortunately, he's already cancelled
his cell phone contract.
So, I don't know where he is now.
He told me that he worked at an electric
power company and traveled through cities.
Whenever he came to Sendai,
they spent time together.
Sorry, I talk too much.
Don't worry. I'm happy to hear that
my mother had pleasant company.
I want to find him somehow
and ask about mother.
Don't you remember
anything about Watabe?
Where he is from or his
favorite place to go...
Favorite place...
Ah, Nihonbashi!
Nihonbashi?
Yes, Nihonbashi in Tokyo.
Sixteen years passed without any
news of her boyfriend, Watabe Shunichi.
PRESENKATSUSHIKA-KU, TOKYO
Thank you for your hard work.
A resident reported to the police that some liquid
emitting nasty smell dripped from the upper floor.
The police had found a 20 days old decomposed dead body.
Since the body was badly damaged, the police couldn't identify
it's face and age. There were no other belongings than clothes.
May I see?
The police only could establish that it was a female
and strangulation as the cause of death.
Yanagi Bridge?
Tokiwa Bridge...
Through DNA testing and with help of the victim's
family member who filed a missing person's report,
the victim has been identified as
Oshitani Michiko, 40 years old.
She lived in Hikone city, Shiga.
She worked for a cleaning company,
Melody-Air, located in Biwa lakeside.
According to her family, Oshitani Michiko
went to work as usual on May the 12th, Friday.
According to her family, Oshitani Michiko went to work
as usual on May the 12th, Friday. KOSUGA POLICE STATION
According to her family, Oshitani Michiko
went to work as usual on May the 12th, Friday.
Furthermore, she was absent from work
without any notice since May the 15th, Monday.
She booked a hotel room in Kaeba-cho, Tokyo
on May the 13th and stayed there.
In other words, she was more likely to
have been murdered on May the 14th, Sunday.
The place where Oshitani's body was found is owned by
Koshikawa Mutsuo, who has been living there for 9 years.
However, according to the neighbors,
Koshikawa has been missing since May the 15th.
Come in!
Excuse me.
It's done.
- Please.
- Thank you.
This is Koshikawa Mutsuo
according to his neighbors.
He is more likely the suspect.
The relationship between
Oshitani and Koshikawa...
according to her relatives,
Oshitani Michiko hadn't left the
area of Lake Biwa in 2 years.
Then, why did she come all the way
to Tokyo from Lake Biwa this time?
We'll uncover this mystery.
Then, we should be able to
locate Koshikawa eventually.
It's been 20 days since this incident occurred.
Roll up your sleeves!
Yes!
What's up, Matsumiya?
I think that this incident may be related
to the murder of the homeless
that occurred in Shinkoiwa river bed
on April 16th.
Ah, that incident...
Why do you think that?
That homeless burned to death, however, he died
as a result of strangulation according to the autopsy.
Strangulation is common in both crimes.
It's a bit of stretch to relate these
murders only to strangulation.
But, the dates of murders are very close,
May the 14th and the 16th.
Moreover, both murders
occurred beside Ara River.
These murder scenes are only 5 km away.
The distance is the judgment based on personal
impression rather than an external fact.
You're right, but...
Anything else?
All right, let's do the initial investigation...
Matsumiya, tell us everything.
As you're aware,
we couldn't collect anything indicating Koshikawa's
personal information from his room, the crime scene.
I've come to understood something well.
What's that?
He lived hand to mouth.
He didn't store any food or general merchandises.
He didn't even have a fridge.
You know, he'd been living there for 9 years!
And I don't feel he had any dreams
or a vision for the future either.
As if he was ready to die any time.
This is a residence, but not a residence.
It looked like a temporary house for the homeless.
Got it.
We'll perform a DNA test of
the burnt body immediately.
Thank you.
BIWA LAKE, SHIGA
HIKONE STATION
Why did Oshitani Michiko go to Tokyo?
Did Oshitani form a friendship with Koshikawa Mutsuo?
We visited Hikone where Oshitani lived to do a thorough
interview with her friends, co-workers, and relatives.
MELODY-AIR,
WHERE OSHITANI MICHIKO WORKED
MELODY-AIR, WHERE OSHITANI MICHIKO
WORKED She said that she'd treat herself.
MELODY-AIR,
WHERE OSHITANI MICHIKO WORKED
MELODY-AIR, WHERE OSHITANI MICHIKO WORKED - Treat herself?
- Yes.
MELODY-AIR,
WHERE OSHITANI MICHIKO WORKED
MELODY-AIR, WHERE OSHITANI MICHIKO WORKED Then, did Oshitani
go 10 Tokyo on May the 13th and the 14th to treat herself?
Then, did Oshitani go to Tokyo on
May the 13th and the 14th to treat herself?
That's right.
How did she treat herself?
I don't know the details.
She said that she'd go to Tokyo the day after,
and come back on Sunday night.
So that she wouldn't bother us.
She seemed to be happy.
Right?
She seemed to be happy...
Did she seem to planned
that trip for a long time?
No. She seemed to have planned
that trip suddenly.
Which means,
she may have met somebody she knew...
Or somebody contacted her.
I've checked her call histories,
letters, and e-mail.
Though there is no hint of
her sudden trip to Tokyo.
Did she see somebody by accident
and then decided to go to Tokyo?
Anyways, we have to check
her client list one by one.
It'll be hard work.
We may have to split up into two groups.
What are you looking at?
Do you think we can solve this case?
What?
When I see this huge Biwa Lake,
I'm anxious that it's like picking up one pebble
from the bottom of the huge lake to solve this mystery.
That's how I feel.
His anxiety became a reality.
Three days passed, and they didn't obtain
any valuable information from Oshitani's clients.
Matsumiya speaking.
It's about the DNA results of that burned body.
Yes.
We matched DNA of that burned body
to the one from Koshikawa's room.
It didn't match up.
I see.
I thought that it was a good lead.
The reason Oshitani went to Tokyo
must hold clues to this mystery.
Please keep investigating.
Yes.
Oshitani came here on Friday, May the 12, didn't she?
SENIOR RESIDENCE, YURAKUEN Oshitani came
here on Friday, May the 12, didn't she?
SENIOR RESIDENCE,
YURAKUEN
SENIOR RESIDENCE, YURAKUEN Yes.
SENIOR RESIDENCE, YURAKUEN
Was there something unusual about her?
SENIOR RESIDENCE,
YURAKUEN
SENIOR RESIDENCE,
YURAKUEN No. She was as usual.
No. She was as usual.
Didn't she mention to you
that she was going to Tokyo?
Tokyo?
Sorry, please come this way.
Tokyo... Tokyo...
Did you remember something?
Just maybe 201...
Yes, Ms. 201.
She is a Jane Doe.
She had trouble with the
police and broke some bones.
She was coy about the
name and the address.
The police didn't know what to do.
We decided to take care of her
until she recovered from the injuries.
She stays in Room 201.
That's why we call her Ms. 201.
She should have recovered ages ago.
But she stays on here.
How does Ms. 201 relate to Oshitani?
That day, when Oshitani and
I were walking and chatting,
Ms. 201 happened to pass by us.
Then, Oshitani told me that Ms. 201 may have been
the mother of her classmate from junior high school.
I took a chance.
I asked Oshitani to talk to Ms. 201.
If Ms. 201 could've been identified,
we could ask her relatives to take her home.
When Ms. 201 was having lunch here,
Oshitani said...
Are you Asai?
You're Asai Hiromi's mother, aren't you?
Ms. 201 gave Oshitani a horrified look.
She shouted at Oshitani, "I'm not Asai!
You've got the wrong person!
She threw her lunch at her.
My clothes also got dirty and...
Well, how does that incident
relate to Oshitani's trip to Tokyo?
Mr. 201's daughter, Asai Hiromi,
seems to be a famous stage director.
Since Oshitani is a theatre goer,
she was proud to be a friend of Asai Hiromi.
And she'd been thinking of going
to visit Asai Hiromi one day.
But she'd been patient since she thought
that if Asai didn't remember her, she'd trouble her.
She had an excellent excuse
to visit Asai Hiromi.
Ms. 201? Are you there?
What do you want?!
A detective from Tokyo wants to talk to you.
What?
Excuse me.
Don't come in!
Are you Asai?
No!
I've said NO so many times!
Did you say no to this person?
I can't remember.
Oshitani was strangled to death the other day.
So what?
She most likely went to Tokyo to
find out something about you.
Your daughter lives in Tokyo, right?
I don't know!
Don't you know?
You don't deny that you have a daughter...
In other words,
you accept that you have a daughter, right?
Shut up!
I don't know anything! Get lost!
Get lost!
Moron! Get lost!
Asai Atsuko, 65.
She is in a senior residence,
Yurakuen, in Hikone city.
Her only daughter, Asai Hiromi, 40.
She is from Hikone city, a stage director,
and a former actress.
Currently, she is producing
theatrical plays at Meijiza.
Why are you calling me this much?
I'm sorry, but some detectives
have asked to meet you.
Detectives?
They say that they'll go over there
to meet you if you're too busy.
Please tell them that I'll be there.
Got it.
Sorry to get straight to the point,
but do you know this lady?
She is Oshitani Michiko,
my classmate from junior high school.
How come you recognized her immediately?
Because, I saw her recently.
When did you see her?
It was on the evening of May the 13th.
You can answer without hesitating,
can't you? Usually...
I expected you to ask me that.
I heard that Oshitani died.
Did you know that?
Yes, I read the news in the paper.
I couldn't believe it.
Can you tell us in more detail?
It was a day before the first day of the play.
She visited me when I kept running around.
She visited me when I kept running around. MAY
THE 13TH A day before the first day of the play
She visited me when I kept running around. You look
great! MAY THE 13TH A day before the first day of the play
You look great! MAY THE 13TH A
day before the first day of the play
MAY THE 13TH
A day before the first day of the play
It's been 26 years since we last saw each other, right?
MAY THE 13TH A day before the first day of the play
It's been 26 years since
we last saw each other, right?
You look very young.
You too, Micchan.
What's the matter?
As a matter of fact, your mother may
be in a senior residence in Shiga.
I'm sure that she is your mother.
Can you take her with you?
People in the senior residence
are having a difficult time.
I'm sorry, I must refuse.
Why do you say that?
I don't have a mother.
That woman abandoned my father and me.
Hey, Asai!
26 YEARS AGO
Hey, Asai!
26 YEARS AGO
26 YEARS AGO Can you come
outside and explain to us what's going on?
Can you come outside and
explain to us what's going on?
If you don't repay the debt,
you're no better than a thief!
Say something!
That woman took all the money
and aided her boyfriend financially.
When all money was gone, she borrowed
a large sum under father's name.
When all money was gone, she borrowed a large
sum under father's name. ASAI HIROMI, 14
ASAI HIROMI, 14
That woman messed up
mine and my father's life.
My father being worried about the
debt eventually committed suicide.
Thank you very much.
Did Oshitani tell you something
about her schedule in Tokyo?
She said that she was going back
to Hikone the very same day.
When she was leaving...
Hiromi, do you still have
a ticket for tomorrow?
Sorry, it's sold out since tomorrow
is the first day of the play.
Yes, of course.
I'm going back then.
Take care.
I see.
Then, a final question.
Does this man look familiar to you?
I see.
Thank you for your co-operation.
You're welcome.
People lie.
To protect themselves,
or to protect someone else...
The lie is a shadow of the truth.
Everybody lives carrying an emotional scar.
To protect that scar,
people put a lid on their mind.
THE CRIME THAT BIND
Anyway, Kyo, you've been working at
the Nihonbashi Police Station for a long time.
Aren't you getting tired?
Who the hell do you think you are?
I'm very busy right now.
- I hope we can get seats.
- What?
"Sunaba" noodle restaurant?
Why not?
It's very expensive...
- Welcome!
- Hello.
Misaki, I'll go for three
layers with a lot of wasabi.
OK.
By the way, it's your treat.
What?
How many layers?
I go for a single layer.
A single.
Certainly.
What do you want to ask me?
About that!
That play?
I hear it's got a good reputation.
I didn't know you were interested in theatre.
What?
Original piece, Chikamatsu
Monzaemon Director, Asai Hiromi What?
Original piece, Chikamatsu Monzaemon
Director, Asai Hiromi
Did you see an acquaintance"s name?
Did you see an acquaintance's name?
Director is Asai Hiromi.
Do you know her?
When I went to interview her,
I saw your photo in her office.
You were in the training hall
with her and a bunch of kids.
There was a Kendo class
held by the Nihonbashi Police Station.
I taught Kendo to aspiring
actors whom she took to.
I haven't seen her in years.
What do you think about her?
She is beautiful.
That's not what I meant.
Do you think that she
could possibly drift into crime?
What? Is she a suspect?
Well, she was a suspect...
By the state of the corpse,
the day of the crime is most likely between
the afternoon of the 14th and morning of the 15th.
We also obtained evidence from
people involved in the play.
Asai Hiromi didn't go out of Meijiza from May
the 13th to the 15th, and stayed and worked.
It's impossible for her to murder her.
I see.
However, I'm still curious about
Asai Hiromi and her mother.
They seem to be hurt mentally...
She said for no particular
reason once before...
I had an abortion once.
I don't have motherhood.
I think that the motherhood is
inherited from a mother to a child.
But, I didn't have that opportunity.
I'm a murderer.
People usually try to
hide their emotional scars.
But she told me that,
whom she met only a few times.
Everybody has an emotional scar.
That's why people aren't
obvious at first glance.
I see.
Koshikawa and a burnt
body of a homeless...
Why did you think that that
burnt body was of Koshikawa's?
Intuition.
Both crime scenes seems to be related,
and both were strangled to death.
Koshikawa's room looked like
a temporary house for the homeless.
When their DNA didn't match up,
I was embarrassed.
I shouldn't have relied on my intuition.
Why not?
The detective always relies on intuition.
What did you use for the DNA test?
Well...
Toothbrush, razor, or used towel?
Wow, bingo!
Haven't you thought the possibility that the
suspect replaced those typical materials
that the police usually use for the DNA test?
Just to tell you, I'd think that.
Bingo!
So...
We were completely taken for suckers!
DNA on the sheet matched up
with the DNA of the burnt body.
Now, these two cases are connected!
Good job, Matsumiya!
Tell all detectives to come back.
We'll have a meeting in an hour!
Yes!
Hurry up! Time waits for no one!
Matsu, what's wrong?
Call the other detectives!
Game of rhyming, "TOKIWA kanenari" and "TOKIWA Bridge"
Time is money, Tokiwa Bridge, isn't it?
Game of rhyming, "TOKIWA kanenari" and "TOKIWA Bridge"
Game of rhyming, "TOKIWA kanenari" and "TOKIWA Bridge"
What?
Game of rhyming, "TOKI WA kanenari" and "TOKIWA Bridge"
Game of rhyming, "TOKI WA kanenari" and "TOKIWA Bridge"
Just laugh.
Game of rhyming, "TOKI WA kanenari" and "TOKIWA Bridge"
Game of rhyming, "TOKI WA kanenari" and "TOKIWA Bridge"
What the hell is that?
Game of rhyming, "TOKI WA kanenari" and "TOKIWA Bridge"
Game of rhyming, "TOKI WA kanenari" and "TOKIWA
Bridge" He got that joke from memos on that calendar.
Ah, those memos...
What are these bridge names for?
These are bridges around Nihonbashi.
This month...
Tokiwa Bridge in June...
One ticket per person today.
"Tickets are sold out for today"
"Tickets are sold out for today"
One ticket per person today.
"Tickets are sold out for today"
I'm sorry.
Tickets are sold out for today.
I'm sorry.
Kaga!
Ah, nice to see you again!
I made my debut as an actress here, Meijiza.
It's my holy sanctuary.
And you've debuted as a director here today.
You're amazing.
Thank you.
Kaga, do you still work at
Nihonbashi Police Station?
Yes, I'm unsuccessful at my age.
I always goof around this neighborhood.
I see.
Is something wrong?
Nothing.
Please, enjoy the play.
Ah, thank you for the ticket.
You're welcome.
She is very beautiful after all.
TOKIWA BRIDGE
TOKIWA BRIDGE
Ikkoku Bridge in April,
Ikkoku Bridge in April,
Yanagi Bridge in May,
Tokiwa Bridge in June.
No way...
Kyo!
Hey! What are you doing here?
I'm working!
Kyo, you too?
My purpose is that.
You mean that boat?
I can do anything I want
on my day off, right?
That being said...
Do you want some?
Ning yo-yaki, small cake baked in an small iron mold and
filled with sweet bean paste Ah, Ning yo-yaki from Shigemori?
Ning yo-yaki, small cake baked in an small iron mold
and filled with sweet bean paste
Ning yo-yaki, small cake baked in an small iron
mold and filled with sweet bean paste Thank you.
Hey, Kyo!
Are you still investigating that case?
Yes.
Ah, that DNA, it was just as you thought.
I knew it!
It's the intuition of an experienced detective.
Thanks to your intuition,
our investigation has moved forward.
Thank you.
The opinion of a detective of the
jurisdiction is sometimes useful, right?
I feel like taking your credit.
I don't feel good.
Forget about that. You're an adult.
I have to go.
Hey, are you leaving now?
Time is money, Tokiwa Bridge, isn't it?
Wow, you sound like an old man!
Wait! I didn't make up this joke.
Head Obayashi said so.
Did he?
The names of various bridges were written
on Koshikawa's calendar,
something like Tokiwa Bridge, Nihon Bridge,
Asakusa Bridge, and Saemon Bridge.
What's wrong?
Ouch! What's wrong?
Give me more details.
- What?
- About that calendar!
- Calm down.
- Hurry up!
Calm down. I can't see my memo.
What's wrong with you?
Hurry up!
Asakusa Bridge in January,
Saemon Bridge in February,
in March...
Nishikashi Bridge, right?
Ikkoku Bridge in April,
Yanagi Bridge in May,
Tokiwa Bridge in June,
Nihon Bridge in July,
Edo Bridge, Yoroi Bridge,
Kayaba Bridge, and Minato Bridge...
and Toyomi Bridge?
How did you know that?
Are you going to take
them all with you?
Yes. Since these are mementos
of my mother and Watabe.
Yes. Since these are mementos of my
mother and Watabe. SENDAI, 16 YEARS AGO
SENDAI, 16 YEARS AGO
SENDAI, 16 YEARS AGO
Thank you.
SENDAI, 16 YEARS AGO
If Watabe contacts you, please tell
him that I'm keeping his belongings carefully.
And...
I'll tell him that you want to
know how your mother lived, right?
Please.
What?
She wrote down something.
These are bridges around Nihonbashi area.
She told me that she used
those spots as a rendezvous point.
The calendar of Aunt Yuriko's memento is...
same as Koshikawa's?
Kyo!
Do me a favor?
Once in a lifetime favor.
Can you conduct a handwriting
analysis of those two calendars?
As you can see,
the names of bridges written in these
calendars matched up perfectly.
16 years ago Present Memento of Tajima Yuriko Memento of Koshikawa Inspector
Kaga's birth mother the owner of the unit where Oshitani Michiko was Killed
16 years ago Present Memento of Tajima Yuriko Memento of Koshikawa Inspector Kaga's birth mother the owner
of the unit where Oshitani Michiko was Killed Both handwriting matched up too according to the crime lab.
Both handwriting matched up
too according to the crime lab.
Kaga, can you explain this to us?
Yes.
This calendar was left in the room
where my mother died 16 years ago.
But it's handwriting didn't
match up with my mother's.
It was most likely written by Watabe Shunichi,
who lived with my mother at that time.
Miyamoto, who took care of my mother told me so.
In other words, that Watabe Shunichi
is most likely Koshikawa Mutsuo.
- Correct?
-Yes.
The calendar that was found 16 years
ago appeared again years later...
We've asked the Nihonbashi Police Station
for their co-operation in this case.
Inspector Kaga is joining us from today.
As of now, that Miyvamoto knows
most about Watabe.
Is she still alive?
Yes.
She is cheerful every day in Sendai.
Miyamoto!
Ah, Kaga!
Nice to see you.
I see. You're Kaga's cousin.
Then, you know Yuri too.
No. She had already left
home when I was born.
I see.
Miyamoto, the reason why we're here is...
If I still remember Watabe's face, right?
I think I can remember.
I wish I had his photo.
He didn't like to his photo taken.
Therefore, we brought composite sketches.
Here are the five sketches.
Can you tell me if you think
anyone of these is of Watabe?
Well...
AR, this is Watabe.
Not only in characteristics,
but also in appearance.
He'll be like this man when he ages.
This is Watabe.
Watabe changed his name from
Watabe Shunichi to Koshikawa Mutsuo.
"Lovers" "Watabe Shunichi "Koshikawa Mutsuo He was
strangled to death and was identified through the burnt body.
"Lovers" "Watabe Shunichi"
"Koshikawa Mutsuo"
I wonder if uncle Takamasa knows that Aunt Yuriko
had a lover in Sendai after having left home.
| I wonder if uncle Takamasa knows that Aunt Yuriko had a lover in Sendai after having left home.
"Former couple Inspector Kaga's birth mother Inspector Kaga's birth father Tajima Yuriko Kaga Takamasa
"Former couple Inspector Kaga's birth mother Inspector
Kaga's birth father Tajima Yuriko Kaga Takamasa
"Former couple Inspector Kaga's birth mother Inspector
Kaga's birth father Tajima Yuriko Kaga Takamasa I don't know.
"Former couple Inspector Kaga's birth mother Inspector
Kaga's birth father Tajima Yuriko Kaga Takamasa
This is it.
I see. She lived in such a town.
My mother seemed to want
to live besides sea.
Her apartment was around
that new bridge.
Apartment...
But this area was greatly damage during
the Great East Japan Earthquake...
Yes. It swallowed everything.
Why did Aunt Yuriko leave you?
Both uncle and you didn't tell me anything.
I want to know that too.
All I can remember is that mother
suddenly disappeared during a summer day.
When I returned from Kendo training,
there was a memo on the table.
"Please don't search for me."
I'm sorry, Kyo."
Mother!
Mother!
Mother!
Mother!
At that time, I held a grudge
against father.
I did, from the bottom of my heart.
I blamed nobody but my father
who didn't think about his family.
It's been 18 years since.
My mother died quietly in this town.
Mother married a loser like you.
But you didn't make her happy!
Why don't you excuse yourself to her at least?
It's I who is to blame.
Then, father told me about
mother for the first time.
Mother didn't get on well
with relatives on the father's side.
She went through a rough deal from them since
she used to work at a nightclub.
Father was very busy and
out most of the time.
Raising a kid and being
consistently bullied by the relatives...
She took it all on herself.
Mentally, she couldn't stand it any longer.
When I was an elementary school Kid...
I'm sorry.
What's wrong with me...
That's...
Did she have depression?
Do you hold a grudge against mother?
Or do you sympathize with her?
I couldn't care less!
She died alone.
Nobody was by her bedside.
She must have wanted to see you.
How do you know that?!
I know.
Don't be by my bedside
when I'm about to die.
I'm going to die alone.
That was why you didn't come
to the hospital when uncle died.
I wasn't aware of that.
If this case is resolved, we may be able
to discover something about your mother.
That's what I think.
Aunt's lover, Watabe's body was
found though he is dead.
Yes.
By any chance,
did you transfer from Anti-Crime Section 1
to Nihonbashi Police Station to look for Watabe?
Have you been searching for that
man to ask about your mother?
Is that why you've been staying
at Nihonbashi Police Station?
I'm a super mommy's boy at my age.
The estimated age is 70 years old.
There's no photo of him even
though he lived to be 70.
Is such a thing possible?
He used two different names too.
I think that he used more names.
Watabe was escaping from something.
I totally believe so.
"Watabe Shunichi"
"Koshikawa Mutsuo"
"Watabe Shunichi "Koshikawa Mutsuo" Until we
discover his true ID, we can't solve this case.
Until we discover his true ID,
we can't solve this case.
The only clue at the moment is...
bridge names on the calendar.
Yes.
I've been investigating this for 16 years,
still I haven't got a clue.
Have you been to all bridges?
Tokiwa Bridge is the only
one that I visited consciously.
I've had a chance to just pass the rest.
Shall we go?
It'll be fun to look up from the bottom.
Wow!
Toyomi Bridge for December.
Wow, it's amazing!
I've never been under the bridge.
But what kind of relation does
a month have to the bridge?
Is it the construction month?
I've already checked that
but it didn't match at all.
I see.
That is Minato Bridge for November.
OK.
From here, a boat goes
under the Metropolitan Expressway.
That's Kayaba Bridge for October.
I always pass by here.
This is Yoroi Bridge for September.
I see.
This is Edo Bridge for August.
OK.
And that's Nihon Bridge for July.
Did it pop into your head?
Well, talking about July,
do they have the Star Festival?
No.
Hashi Arai: volunteers wash Nihon Bridge annually
But there's "Hashi Arai."
Hashi Arai: volunteers wash Nihon Bridge annually
Hashi Arai: volunteers wash Nihon Bridge annually
Hashi Arai?
Hashi Arai: volunteers wash Nihon Bridge annually
Hashi Arai: volunteers wash Nihon Bridge annually A
lot of people wash Nihon Bridge in July every year.
Hashi Arai: volunteers wash Nihon Bridge annually
Hashi Arai: volunteers wash Nihon Bridge annually It's
an historical event that has been ongoing for 47 years.
You know very well.
I've been here for 16 years.
Osamu, please stop the boat.
OK.
I see. They wash this bridge.
About 2,000 people gather here.
- Two thousand?!
-Yes.
Do 2,000 people wash that bridge?
Yes. Look!
This is a photo from last year.
I see.
You and the man beside you...
A lot of people are talking
on their cell phone.
When we want to meet
someone on the bridge.
Since there were more than 2,000 people,
We don't know where they are.
I was to meet my wife on
the bridge on this day.
But I had no idea where she was.
Watabe was escaping from something.
She told me that she used
those spots as a rendezvous point.
What are these boxes?
These are the photos of Hashi Arai.
I had photographers collect as
many photos of Hashi Arai.
Don't tell me you're going to
examine these photos one by one!
You don't even know his face, do you?
Start off with looking for a
man similar to this sketch.
When we pick up a few,
we'll show those photos
to people who possibly know Watabe.
Give me a break.
We're not sure if Watabe
went to Hashi Arai.
It is advantageous for people who want to
meet somebody secretly since it is so crowded.
Watabe met somebody annually
in July at Hashi Arai.
We discovered an interesting fact
from a memento Kaga's mother.
What is it?
Several fingerprints were left
on a specific page on a timetable.
Senseki Line and Ishinomaki Line...
There are several fingerprints on this page.
Especially, this Onagawa Station.
Onagawa?
According to Inspector Kaga,
Miyamoto in Sendai told Kaga that
Watabe worked for an electric power company.
From Sendai to Onagawa, it took an hour
and a half to make a round trip back then.
Watabe worked at Onagawa nuclear plant,
and went to Sendai to spend time
with Kaga's mother on his days off.
Both Watabe and Koshikawa were not
on the radiation workers' list.
He probably used a different name there.
Special Investigation Unit,
gather info from former employees.
There should be people who know him.
Yes!
"Checked"
ONAGAWA NUCLEAR PLANHave you seen this man?
About 16 years ago, around here...
Have you seen this man?
You must have worked with him at
Onagawa Nuclear Plant 16 years ago.
Nozawa Sadakichi, 71.
He is an old identity among the survivors.
He knew a lot of people.
We should be able to get
info about Watabe from him.
Excuse me.
Yes.
We're from MPD.
May I see Nozawa Sadakichi?
Nozawa?
Will he remain unconscious?
Yes, unfortunately...
He's in critical condition due to heart failure.
Please have some.
Thank you.
May I?
Yummy.
About Asai Hiromi,
during junior high school time,
What was your impression of her?
She was difficult to talk to.
Only Micchan was friendly to her.
Micchan?
Oshitani.
She was bullied for some time.
Oh please!
You lead the way in bullying her!
You were jealous of her
since she was very cute.
-Was I?
-Yes.
What was the reason for the bullying?
Well, her mother left home,
and Yakuza started hanging
out at her father's shop.
So we were... right?
I see.
By the way, do you know
of a man in his 40's
who was a mutual acquaintance
of Asai and Oshitani at that time?
The 40's?
What about teacher Naemura?
Ah, he was in his 40's at that time.
Partly, because of the bullying,
teacher Naemura cared about Asai.
He had us write a message to
her when she changed schools.
That's right.
Can you get in touch with
that teacher Naemura?
I want to talk to him.
Well...
He disappeared without a trace.
Disappeared?
Nobody knows where he went.
Do you have a photo of him?
How about a yearbook?
-Yes, I have. Wait a minute.
- Thank you.
Do you remember anything about
when Asai Hiromi changed schools?
Well... anything?
I don't remember much.
She disappeared without our noticing.
Didn't we ask teacher
Naemura what happened to her?
She disappeared without you noticing...
Yes. When I think back, she must have
had a hard time since her father died then.
Right, he committed suicide by
jumping off a tower building.
Yes. I felt bad when I heard
that from teacher Naemura.
This is the yearbook.
That is teacher Naemura.
And that photo is of us 6 years later.
Is this teacher Naemura?
Yes. He looks like a different
man, doesn't he?
- Can you have a look at this?
- OK.
Does this man seem familiar to you?
Well...
By any chance, is he teacher Naemura?
Really? I don't think so.
The features may change in 25 years.
This sketch somehow looks similar
to teacher Naemura like this gloomy face.
Asai's father jumped from this building.
He must have gotten
deeper and deeper into debt.
There were no tall buildings
around here back then.
All he could do was to jump off this building.
What happened to Asai Hiromi here?
What happened to her?
How was that?
Did you tell her what our business was?
I see. Tell her that I'll
be there in 10 minutes.
Did he disappear without a trace?
Yes.
Naemura's ex-wife
IMAI KAYOKO
Naemura's ex-wife IMAI KAYOKO He
had an affair with a woman and left home.
Naemura's ex-wife
IMAI KAYOKO
Naemura's ex-wife
IMAI KAYOKO An affair?
Naemura's ex-wife
IMAI KAYOKO
Who was the woman?
No matter how many times I asked,
all he said was "I'm sorry, but please divorce me."
It lasted a year.
When I was about ready to give up...
What happened?
I saw a ruby pendant of 500,000
yen on the bank account statement.
When I called the store to confirm his purchase,
it was a cross pendant that I liked.
I firmly believed that it was a
gift for me since I'm a Christian.
But when I questioned him relentlessly...
I'm sorry. I have trouble contacting her.
She is probably in her private room upstairs.
Please wait a few moments.
No problem. Take time.
I want a photo of that pendant
that she wore at that time.
I can't remember that.
Make a good excuse
to take a photo of that.
Kyo, do you believe that the truth
is hidden somewhere in that picture?
I do.
What are you doing?
Don't scare me!
Aren't you in your private room?
I was in the back room.
So, what are you doing?
I can barely see Kyo...
Kaga smiling like this.
That's why I want to take a picture.
Do you know Kaga?
I mean, we have an inseparable relationship.
He is in Shiga right now.
He is investigating Oshitani's case.
I came here to ask you a
couple of things about Oshitani.
"Picture sent"
"Picture sent"
I'm sorry but it's urgent.
I'm sorry but it's urgent.
Ah, it's ruby!
It's my birthstone.
ASAI HIROMI, 20
ASAI HIROMI, 20
I'm happy. Thank you!
ASAI HIROMI, 20
Well, I'm thinking about quitting work.
Why?
If I come to Tokyo, we can live together.
What about your wife?
I'm going to ask her to divorce me.
I can no longer continue
a married life with her.
Hiromi, did you have an abortion?
Why did you do such a
thing without asking me?!
I finally got cast.
There's no time to raise a child!
I showed Naemura's photo to
the staff at Blue Star Jewellery,
she confirmed that this pendant was
certainly a product of their shop.
This man is Asai Hiromi's lover,
Naemura Seizo.
"Koshikawa Mutsuo" "Watabe Shunichi This
man is Asai Hiromi's lover, Naemura Seizo.
"Koshikawa Mutsuo" "Watabe Shunichi "Naemura Seizo"
This man is Asai Hiromi's lover, Naemura Seizo.
"Koshikawa Mutsuo" "Watabe
Shunichi" "Naemura Seizo"
Asai probably got blackmailed
by Oshitani regarding her affair.
Asai asked Naemura's advice,
and had Naemura kill Oshitani.
Even though Asai Hiromi had an alibi,
if we think so, it accounts for it.
Then they had a fight among themselves.
Asai strangled him to death and
burnt his body to destroy the evidence.
I see.
Matsumiya, go to Sendai
and gather enough evidence!
Yes.
Have you seen this man?
No...
Please look carefully.
Miyamoto, if you met him,
it'd be 5 to 6 years later than this photo.
I don't know him...
Well,
Isn't this man Watabe Shunichi?
What?
No. It's completely different.
He is a completely different person.
A different person?
I see. Thank you.
Is something wrong?
AR, it's about a case...
Ah, yes, thank you for this.
What?
It's the Hashi Arai photos
that I borrowed from you.
Ah, you're welcome.
Was this useful?
Yes, it was very useful.
By the way, how did you know
that my brother is a photographer?
Since I'm a detective,
I can check almost anything.
What?
You didn't check my
personal belongings, did you?
Did you?!
Of course not.
I don't mind, anyway.
What kind of case?
What?
Kaga, you're somehow different than usual.
You're very sharp.
Whenever I investigate this case,
my heart becomes confused,
since it involves my mother.
Your mother?
My father probably would tell me not
to mix personal matters with professional.
Anyways, it doesn't matter since
he isn't interested in me at all.
Do you still think of him like that?
My father whom you knew was
a good person just before he died.
The father I knew was the opposite of good.
Good night.
We're back where we started.
I thought that it wasn't bad at all.
It can't be helped.
The investigation is a series of waiting in vain.
But...
It doesn't seem right that Asai Hiromi strangled
Naemura to death and burnt his body...
That is difficult for a woman.
If Asai drugged him then it's possible.
She bothered to burn his body afterwards.
She didn't have to strangle him to death.
She could have put him to
sleep and then burn his body.
You're right.
And...
I felt like that Naemura wasn't
Watabe from the beginning.
What?
More or less, I wished it not to be.
I didn't want my mother to fall in love...
with a man who had an affair with his student
and gave up everything to disappear.
I'm a super mommy's boy after all.
You haven't understood
your father's true feelings yet.
You're an idiot son!
What?
Even though having known that he was going
to die soon, he didn't let him get upset.
He rather looked forward to that time.
I have to say goodbye to you soon.
Don't say that.
Aren't you afraid?
You mean to go to the heaven?
No. I can't wait.
I can watch him as much
as I want from heaven.
My body's nothing but
it interferes with me.
Don't tell him, OK?
Yes.
Good night.
I didn't know that he said such a thing.
What is this mystery?!
This case reminds me of
my mother and father.
Why did I look for Watabe
in this town for 16 years?
Yes, because I desperately wanted to know
if my mother lead a happy life after she left home.
I wanted to know if my mother
wanted to see me during her last moments.
That's all I wanted to know.
Watabe, who knew it all
had burned to death.
Who is this dead man in the sketch?
Who killed him?
Asai Hiromi?
Yes. She is definitely involved.
It's a detective's intuition.
But what's her motive?
I seem to have the clues, but I don't.
I must have overlooked
something important.
Did I throughly interview
people who are involved in this case?
Did I investigate enough
around Oshitani Michiko?
Relatives, friends, and co-workers...
Yes, I did whatever I could thoroughly.
What about Asai Hiromi?
Her father jumped to his death.
Her mother is in a senior residence.
Her parties concerned had alibis.
What about Naemura's ex-wife?
She has a motive but had an alibi.
What about Watabe Shunichi?
Watabe's lover who was
my mother had already died.
My father who may have held a grudge
against them had already died too.
Who else?
Who haven't I interviewed?
Myself?
This case is heavily
related to my past.
Fate? No, rather it's an
incident involved in my life.
By any chance, am I the
key to solving this mystery?
Assuming so, let's reason.
Asai Hiromi.
Oshitani Michiko.
Watabe Shunichi.
These three are connected.
Oshitani Michiko who was Asai Hiromi's
classmate was killed in the room of Watabe,
who was my mother's lover.
Yuriko, who was Watabe's
lover had a son, who is I.
Therefore, these two are connected too.
Asai Hiromi, whom I accidentally met at a Kendo
class is connected to Watabe through Oshitani.
Is it purely coincidental?
Wait. Did Asai really want me, who was a former
All-Japan Kendo champion to teach amateur kids?
There must have been a
lot of instructors elsewhere.
If so...
Wait a second...
Did she come to see me?
Why did she want to see me?
Why did she confess such
a thing to me, a stranger?
I'm a murderer.
Why... why did she come and see me?
If the shoe was on the other foot...
If I go and see Asai Hiromi purposely...
What's the reason?
"Asai Tadao Jumped
to death Died in 1991"
It's my holy sanctuary.
I can watch him as much
as I want from heaven.
My body's nothing but
it interferes with me.
If such a thing exists,
would you like to see it?
Yes...
I definitely would!
SHIGA POLICE HQ
NOTO, ISHIKAWA
I'm sorry to visit you
without an appointment.
I don't have much time
so please keep it short.
Yes. It'll take 10 minutes.
Wow. It's amazing.
I don't like a white wall.
That remains me an
orphanage that I was put into.
Kanamori?
Yes.
Are you a detective too?
She works in a different department.
A man shouldn't visit
a lady's house alone.
I see.
So?
This is a photo of Hashi Arai, 8 years ago.
Do you go there every year?
No.
Did you go with somebody at that time?
I was alone.
I happened to pass by there.
You seem to talk with someone on the phone.
This is a magazine
I gave an interview to.
Does it look familiar to you?
Yes.
I received word of my mother's
death through a letter 16 years ago.
The address was the apartment
where I used to live alone then.
I wondered how the sender knew of the address
that even my mother shouldn't have known.
I asked the sender.
She said that she was
told by a man named Watabe.
I asked the publishing company
of this magazine,
and they said that somebody
asked for my address 16 years ago.
It wasn't Watabe.
She was a beautiful lady I was
proud of meeting since I like to see plays.
I remember her very well.
She was Director Asai Hiromi.
She said that she wanted to interview the top Kendo
player since her next play was about a sword fight.
You visited me along with
child actors 5 years ago.
You'd already checked my address
11 years before and gave it to Watabe.
Am I wrong?
You're wrong.
I don't know Watabe.
My purpose was to interview you.
Interview me?
I wasn't interviewed by you.
That's right.
As I recall, a subject of the play changed
and the interview was canceled 16 years ago.
Then, why me?
Because...
I accidentally saw this
magazine in a bookstore.
This magazine was published 3 years
before you asked for my address.
Ah, excuse me.
May I use the washroom?
- Please.
- Thank you.
Sorry.
I met your classmates
the other day in Shiga.
I wondered when I talked to them.
They didn't remember much
about when you changed schools.
I bet.
I moved to an orphanage soon after
my father died without saying goodbye to friends.
But they remembered that your
father jumped to his death very well.
They even took me to that building.
But that was just a rumor.
There's no record that somebody
ever jumped off that building.
Yet, everybody believes that.
I don't know.
But it's a fact that my
father jumped to his death.
Where?
To be honest, I don't remember.
I was terribly upset at that time.
I was then taken to an orphanage before
anyone knew what had happened.
I ask you frankly.
Your father died differently and
in another place, didn't he?
Your classmates didn't notice you
changed schools until their teacher told them.
Because you didn't
usually go to school.
You flit.
Teacher Naemura kept silence
even though he knew that you flit.
He probably tried not to
give you a bad impression of a flit.
That was why Naemura lied to them that
your father jumped to death from that building,
even though he knew where
and how your father really died.
He did that for you.
Knowing you, I'm sure that you already know
where my father committed suicide, right?
If your reasoning is right,
am I accused of a crime?
Application fraud for employment?
You won't be accused of
a crime at all in this case.
If so, what's the matter?
In his last moment, he said,
"I can't wait to watch my kid from heaven.
I don't mind losing my body for that."
Parents can become
non-existent for their children.
Don't you think so?
I must ask you to leave now.
Take this.
Sorry to ask you for
such a strange thing.
That's fine.
I can see the real facts of
this case by your words.
Thank you.
Ah, I didn't do anything.
You should thank your father.
He is probably watching you.
What's up?
Nozawa made a recovery.
Really?
Did you show him the sketch?
Well, he said that that man
wasn't Watabe nor Koshikawa.
That man is Yokoyama Kazutoshi.
Yokoyama Kazutoshi?
Kazutoshi...
That name must be on
the radiation workers' list.
Get his domicile by birth
and his photo immediately!
But...
Write down Yokoyama Kazutoshi and
Watabe Shunichi and compare them.
When writing Yokoyama Kazutoshi and
Watabe Shunichi using Chinese characters...
Yokoyama manufactured a fake name, Watabe
Shunichi, by reversing characters of his first name.
About Watabe...
there was a plumbing company, Watabe Plumbing
in Onagawa town before the earthquake.
Yokoyama used to work there.
Watabe Shunichi comes from that...
According to the radiation workers' list,
Yokoyama's address at that
time was Atsuta-ku, Nagoya.
He married twice and divorced twice.
I've asked Aichi Prefectural
Police to send his photo to us.
I'll get it soon.
OK. Staying on her tail.
What?
OK. I'll instruct later.
It's the search group.
Asai Hiromi seems to have take the
Tokaido bullet train from Tokyo station.
The Tokaido bullet train?!
Yes, and one more thing...
Kaga visited Asai Hiromi this morning.
Kaga took a lady with him.
Kaga?
Matsu, did he tell you something?
No.
Call him now!
Kaga!
I'll explain everything.
But before that, I have a request.
I want to do a DNA test
of parent-child relation.
What do you mean?
Asai Hiromi came to see me 5 years ago.
That was no coincidence.
I searched for the man in the sketch,
Watabe for 16 years.
Because I wanted to have a
glimpse of my mother's boyfriend.
But that Watabe had already died.
If I knew that Watabe had a child,
I'd definitely go and see her.
Asai Hiromi thought the same thing.
You mean...
This Watabe is Asai Hiromi's father,
Asai Tadao?
Yes.
Then, everything makes sense.
Hey! Don't be stupid!
Asai Hiromi's father jumped
to his death 26 years ago!
From a building in Shiga!
Are you sure?
Yes, there's no record that Asai Tadao
jumped to his death from Nagahama Tower Building.
But, at the same time, Asai jumped
to his death in Noto, Ishikawa.
There's a postmortem certificate
of Asai Tadao in Noto Police Station.
Of course, I have a copy of that.
Please wait.
I'll bring it to you.
See? Even though at a different location,
Asai Tadao died 26 years ago!
It's a fake story that Asai Hiromi made up.
Including Watabe and Oshitani's murders,
the secret of this mystery
goes back 26 years.
Can you explain so we can understand?
What happened 26 years ago?
I'll try and guess as much as I can...
but it's only Asai Hiromi who knows
the truth about her father and herself.
Hey you!
Don't open the door without asking me!
Hey, say something!
Don't enter without my permission!
You seem to remember the face
of a child whom you abandoned.
I'll forgive anybody but you!
I'll hold a grudge against you till I die.
It would have been
better if you only left us...
but you fell deeper into debt for your useless
boyfriend by using father's registered seal.
Since you're a nymphomaniac,
father was...
Go to hell!
Going to hell... that is more severe
than what father went through.
Pay your debts now!
Pay what you owe!
Do you understand?
Say something!
Pay your debts now!
You scum!
No! Don't touch me!
Leave me alone!
I found his daughter.
It can't be helped.
Since you don't have money,
she can help you, right?
Dad!
Take her!
- Dad!
- Hiromi!
No!
Come!
Please don't!
My daughter has nothing to do with the debt!
Family should help one another, right?
Stop it!
Here!
Hurry up!
Policemen, come here!
I'll repay the debt tomorrow by all means.
Please leave now.
Let's go.
"Enryaku Temple
Hieizan"
Welcome.
Thank you.
I'm fine. Go ahead.
Dad.
Yes?
What will we do from now on?
A long time ago, the Buddhist priests of Enryaku
Temple set fire to the main hall to commit suicide,
to counter the influence of Shogun,
Ashikaga Yoshinori.
How can they do such a thing?
If I had to die,
I'd choose other methods.
I shudder just thinking
about being burned to death.
Hiromi.
I'll protect you at any cost.
Don't be frightened.
Dad, it's dangerous. Let's go!
Dad?
Hey, Dad!
Hiromi, aren't you hungry?
Let's treat ourselves tonight.
Let's go!
Family trip?
Something like that.
I envy you.
Sure, there's no fun to come
to such a place alone.
Are you alone?
Yes.
I swung by here on the way to the next task.
- Have some.
- I'm fine.
Come on!
Hey.
Cheers.
What do you do?
I'm a glow boy.
A glow boy?
I work at the nuclear plant.
I was in Wakasa performing a regular
check at Mihama Nuclear Plant.
Now I am on the way to Fukushima.
I'm a migrant worker who works
in nuclear plants across Japan.
I see.
When are you going back home?
I don't have a family nor a home.
I'm not sure what happened to
my residence certificate in Nagoya.
Can you get a job even though you
don't have a proper residence certificate?
Yes.
If you have this.
Certified Radiation Safety Manager
Yokoyama Kazutoshi.
Yes.
Can anybody get this?
If you have a residence certificate.
Can you hook me up with a job?
I'm looking for work.
Please!
No way.
If I take you with me,
I may get fired, right?
It's 1,410 yen.
How old are you?
I'm 14.
Really? You're grown-up for your age.
Do you want extra money?
There's a blue van in the parking.
Please come and see me later.
I'll give you money.
This hotel looks very expensive.
I don't mind staying at
the station or in a park.
Don't worry about money.
It's OK now.
How come?
You don't have to know that.
OK, let's have a bath after a long time!
Hiromi, take time and enjoy it.
Wait!
Are you really going to take a bath?
Of course, I am.
Hey. I knew you'd
came to see me.
You ran away to escape
the debt collectors, didn't you?
People who have issues have a certain aura.
How much will you give me?
A lot!
Come here.
Hey, come here.
Hey!
Come here.
Come here.
Hey!
Come inside.
Come here.
Hiromi!
Dad!
Hiromi, where have you been?
Dad!
I... chopsticks...
What?
Chopsticks...
Chopsticks?
Hiromi, what happened?
Hiromi!
Dad.
Dad.
Sorry to have kept you waiting.
How was he?
Listen.
Listen to me carefully.
Take this bag and go back to the hotel now.
And take off this handkerchief.
Yokoyama's fingerprints are on this handkerchief.
Tell a hotel employee tomorrow morning...
"My father is missing."
What will you do?
I'm going to take his van and go to Fukushima.
Fukushima?
The most important thing is...
I put my clothes on him
and pushed him off a cliff.
When his body is found,
it will create a huge fuss.
Hiromi, you'll be asked to go to the
police station to identify the dead body.
You must say...
"Yes, this is my father."
You mean...
I'll pretend that I committed suicide.
To be honest, I intended to jump
to death off that cliff tonight.
But...
Hiromi, you have saved my life.
You're going to an orphanage.
It's much better than running away, right?
Dad, what about you?
Are you going to live as another person?
That's right.
I'm Yokoyama Kazutoshi from now on.
Can't we meet anymore?
No!
Hiromi.
Your happiness is my only wish.
I don't care about anything else.
If you can live under a roof, go to school,
find something you like, and find your calling...
Try to live your life with dreams!
You'll be in love with someone
one day and have a happy life.
I promise that I'll write a letter to you.
I can't use my name.
I'll use the name, Kondo Kyoko.
Kondo Masahiko and Koizumi Kyoko: both were pop-stars at that time
Hiromi, you're a big fan of Kondo Masahiko and Koizumi Kyoko, right?
Kondo Masahiko and Koizumi Kyoko:
both were pop-stars at that time
Kondo Masahiko and Koizumi Kyoko: both were
pop-stars at that time I'll use Kondo Kyoko.
Dad, sorry.
It's all my fault.
Please, promise me
to have a happy life.
Go! You'd better hurry up.
Goodbye, Hiromi.
Dad!
Dad!
Dad!
Dad!
Her mother went insane.
She is slobbering and talking to herself.
But there's no sign that
Asai Hiromi harmed her.
She must have been told something
extraordinary by Asai Hiromi.
But I don't understand.
Why did Asai Hiromi choose to be famous?
Should she live quietly?
Whether she likes it or not,
she became the centre of attention, right?
She may have wanted to live
a different life at least in the play.
Congratulations, Hiromi.
You're amazing.
You debuted in Meijiza, such a big theatre.
I'm proud of you as a friend.
Hiromi, you can be a wonderful actress!
Way to go!
I want to watch your act at Meijiza one day.
By the way, I'm going to Tokyo soon.
Please let me know when you get off.
I'd love to see you if you can.
Kondo Kyoko.
"To Asai Hiromi
From Kondo Kyoko"
I'm stunned.
You're beautiful.
Dad?
Please don't cry.
Are you going to retire from acting
and focus on directing?
Yes.
I came to think that I wanted to produce
work that will impress the audience.
I see.
I see. It's wonderful.
But I'm not sure whether I have talent.
Try it.
You can do it. Don't worry.
I'm looking forward to watching
your play at Meijiza one day.
Now, I have one more
fun thing to look forward to.
When I die, I want to haunt Meijiza.
Then, I can watch your
play as much as I want.
It's a bad joke.
Asai Tadao must have had mixed feelings.
If his existence became known to the public,
his daughter would have been ruined.
He was the Pandora's Box so to speak.
Tajima Yuriko.
She looks like a nice lady.
Aren't you going to marry her?
I don't want to make a big scene.
What about you, Hiromi?
Do you have a boyfriend?
No.
Really?
You'll be all right.
You'll have a happy life.
Are you Asai Hiromi's father?
Can you explain what is going on?
Teacher Naemura?
Hiromi.
Dad?
Can you rent a car?
I have to carry a bulky luggage now.
I can, but...
We shouldn't meet at a hotel anymore.
We have to think of alternative ways.
Then they came up the idea of
meeting on these 12 bridges.
Especially, Nihon Bridge in July.
That Hashi Arai was an excellent time to
meet since there were so many people then.
Even the other months,
if they spoke on the phone over the river,
it wouldn't seem as if they were talking with each other.
I see.
Then why did they choose Nihon Bridge?
There's Meijiza, their holy
sanctuary in that area.
Asai Hiromi dreamed of coming back to Meijiza as a director.
Asai Hiromi dreamed of coming back to Meijiza
as a director. MAY 14 The first day of the play
MAY 14
The first day of the play
Her dream finally came true.
Asai Tadao, who refrained from going to
watch her play showed up at Meijiza then.
Moreover, there was another special
person at Meijiza that day.
It was Oshitani Michiko.
Day tickets were offered shortly
before the play the very same day.
Asai Tadao may have been the reason why
Oshitani Michiko decided to stay overnight in Tokyo.
Because a dead man was in front of her.
She tried to talk to him in order to
uncover the truth after the play was over.
This is the footage of the
security camera at Meijiza.
We can see Asai Tadao who turned
in surprise when Oshitani tried to talk to him.
There was no way he could send her off
since she found out that he was still alive.
Tadao invited Oshitani to his apartment and killed her.
All right.
As soon as the DNA test becomes available, we'll ask
Asai Hiromi to come voluntarily to the station for questioning.
Wait a second.
Kyo, I understand how
Oshitani Michiko was murdered,
but what about Asai Tadao?
Who strangled him to death
before burning him?
It was Asai Hiromi.
I can't think about anything other than that.
But if your theory is correct...
Since having had a very severe experience together,
they must have had a strong bond.
That is exactly why!
The last day of the play
This is the room that
only directors can enter.
Wow, I'm honored.
Please.
Did you get the DNA result?
Yes.
99.9%, that burned figure and
you are father and daughter.
How did you figure it out?
If you hadn't come to see me 5 years ago,
I wouldn't have figured it out.
It's very likely that this mystery
would have remained an unresolved one.
I don't regret it.
When I met you for the first time,
strangely I was convinced that,
the lady whom my father fell
in love was a wonderful lady.
I was relieved.
I thought that my father's
life wasn't a tragedy.
Why did I kill my father?
That's what you want to know, right?
Yes.
I'm walking on the road.
I'm walking on the road. MAY
16 The third day of the play
MAY 16
The third day of the play
I won't be able to see you for a
while. MAY 16 The third day of the play
MAY 16
The third day of the play
I see.
Can you pick up a paperback that
I've left behind a pillar?
OK. I'll leave money here.
Don't worry.
I don't need money today.
Hiromi, can I come closer to you?
No problem.
Congratulations, Hiromi.
Your play at Meijiza was excellent.
Thank you.
Keep going, Hiromi.
Please exert yourself to the utmost
so that you will have no regrets.
And be happy.
Thank you.
At that time...
Dad!
I had a bad feeling since I again saw the expression on
my father's face, which I first saw a long time ago.
"To Hiromi" I had a bad feeling since I again saw the expression
on my father's face, which I first saw a long time ago.
"To Hiromi"
"To Kaga Kyoichiro"
"To Kaga Kyoichiro"
So, I followed him.
So, I followed him.
Hiromi.
What the hell are you doing?
Why did you follow me?
If somebody sees you...
Please explain what's going on.
My father told me everything.
He killed Oshitani in his apartment.
He also killed teacher
Naemura 19 years ago.
No way...
Sorry.
He was your boyfriend, wasn't he?
If he told somebody that Asai Tadao
was still alive, we'd be done.
Your future is my treasure.
That is the last thing I want to lose.
If I die here, I won't bother anybody.
Don't worry. I'll burn to death so that the
police can't collate my fingerprints or face.
Stop... stop saying such things.
Oshitani's body will soon be found.
The police look for a man
named Koshikawa Mutsuo.
I'm too old to elude capture.
I'll let you get away.
I'll find a place where no one can find you!
It's impossible.
It's possible!
I'm tired.
I'm very tired.
I've spent my life hiding for the last 26 years.
I'm tired of escaping and hiding.
I want to be free.
Please let me be free.
Please.
Dad.
I have a lot of happy memories too.
Thank you, Hiromi.
Be happy, all right?
How can they do such a thing?
If I had to die...
I'd choose other methods.
I shudder just thinking
about burning to death.
Dad.
Get lost!
Even though you're there,
I'll set myself on fire.
Get lost!
Don't come!
Don't come!
Don't come!
I'm sorry.
You have sadness in your
heart just to protect me.
But don't worry.
I'll protect you this time.
Hiromi.
You told me that you shuddered just
thinking about burning to death, right?
Yes, I did.
Dad.
Thank you for everything.
Thank you, Hiromi.
The curtain will soon fall.
Yes.
I'm finally able to lower the curtain.
It was a long tragedy.
This is a letter that my father wrote
before he died.
It's addressed to you.
To me?
Yes.
He asked me to send this to you secretly.
"To Kaga Kyoichiro"
"To Kaga Kyoichiro"
Dear Sir,
"To Kaga Kyoichiro"
"To Kaga Kyoichiro" I'm Watabe Shunichi whom
your mother had taken very good care of.
I'm Watabe Shunichi whom your mother
had taken very good care of.
Since I became decrepit and going to die soon,
I want you to know what your mother
thought when she lived by writing you a letter.
Yuriko most likely suffered from depression.
She thought about committing suicide and hung
in there whenever she saw her son's cute sleeping face.
A terrible thing happened one day.
When her husband was
away from home for days...
Mom?
"What was I going to do with a knife?"
"If I were going to commit suicide, it would be fine"
"but if I intended to force my son to die with me..."
Ever since, she wasn't able
to sleep well for a long time.
Then, she decided to leave home.
" Kagall
When I came to Tokyo,
I visited your place.
I knew that both you and
your father were in good condition,
and you had won Kendo
tournaments recently.
So, he is still practising Kendo...
This is for you.
I don't have the right to keep this magazine.
But...
I gave up the joy of watching him grow
and the happiness to dream of a future together.
Yet, I always have a dream
that he sleeps right next to me.
I feel like that he throws his arms
around me and says "good morning."
Even though he is a grown man.
I was a weak mother,
but Kyoichiro is different.
He is going to be more respectable,
more than his father I imagine.
I took the liberty of enclosing
the magazine with the letter.
I wish you all the best.
Sincerely, Watabe Shunichi.
To Kaga Kyoichiro.
Thank you.
How much?
Don't worry.
- Please take this.
- Don't worry.
"Sold out"
I've heard you're going
back to Anti-Crime Section 1.
Yes.
From when?
From the 1st of next month.
Do you miss Nihonbashi?
Of course, I do.
I'll miss tasty food too.
And it's the town where I've chased a
phantom of my mother for a long time.
Wow, you really are
a super mommy's boy.
Hey!
See you next month.
See you.
The lie is a shadow of the truth.
What do I see in that shadow?
It's surely not only tragedy since
the lie shows the human mind!