The Living Corpse (2026) Movie Script
1
Ah, my body is decaying away.
My flesh is rotting off,
and my bones are crumbling apart.
My soul is scattering like mist.
No! I don't want to
perish like this.
I have a wife and children
and my aging mother and father.
At least let me hold my loved ones
in these arms one more time.
Oh God. Will you not
even allow me that?
God, answer me.
Answer me!
The Living Corpse
The Shore of the Grotesque
Mm...
Where am I?
What was I doing until now?
Who... who am I?
Ah... I can't
remember anything.
One stack for Father...
Two stacks for Mother...
Three stacks for my brother...
Four stacks for...
What in the world has happened to me?
You there.
Tell me.
Just keep moving forward.
Then all will become clear.
What is that?
It's so bright.
The Town of Stench
I caught a crab. Yay!
Im a hermit crab.
Look, my crab is huge.
Yours is big,
but mine is faster.
Mm... Where is this?
The sea?
But it's nothing like
the place I was just in.
What on earth has happened to me?
Ah... it's hot.
And what is this revolting stench
that's making me sick?
Theres someone there...
... not a single bite, huh?
Ive never seen it like this before.
This is so so boring.
Its like all the fish
in the sea are dead.
Zombie!
Zombie!!
Don't say that!
Call the police.
What is wrong with those people?
Why are they running away
just from seeing me...?
Is this... me?
I didn't do anything.
Please get off me.
Please let me go.
Hey, quiet down.
Urgh, that smell...
I'm gonna puke.
What is this...
That sickening stench was
coming from me all along.
Let go of me.
Why am I being arrested?
Let me go!
Quit your whining and get in already!
What the hell is that thing?
Is this some kind of
horror movie shoot or what?
Whoa, Look!
This body of mine...
it's clearly rotting.
What is happening to me?
Am I already dead?
Yes. Understood.
I'll make the arrangements immediately.
You mean that man?
Yes. from Kitahama University's
medical department.
Transfer him to the isolation ward at once.
I... I see.
Isolation Ward
Special Isolation Ward
...and that is the situation.
I don't even know if
such an absurd thing is possible.
But I simply cannot believe it.
His heart is not beating.
And there is absolutely no brain activity.
As you can see in these photographs,
the flesh over his entire body appears to have rotted
after being submerged in water for a long time,
and is swollen and waterlogged.
From every medical and
scientific standpoint, he is
a perfectly dead drowning victim.
And yet he moves and thinks.
What's more,
he can even speak.
That's impossible.
I can't believe it.
It's hard to make out
because his tongue is decayed,
but he undeniably forms words.
This is utterly absurd.
I refuse to believe it.
Yamada! Are you playing
some kind of joke on us!?
Gentlemen, calm yourselves.
I examined him myself,
This is an undeniable fact.
and however unbelievable it is,
we cannot deny it.
Then it's really true?
If the director says so.
If this is true, then we are
extremely interested as well.
Director, please let us see him too.
He's in a highly agitated state right now.
You'll have to wait a little longer.
In any case, until this is medically
and scientifically explained,
it would be best not to make it public.
For his sake, and
for the public's as well.
Understood.
We'll do as you say.
Alright.
Thank you.
Director, what do we do now!?
We'll run more detailed examinations.
By the way, how is he doing?
He's resting in his room.
He wants answers even more
desperately than we do.
About what has happened to him
and who he really is.
How are you feeling?
I'm managing.
I see. That's good.
Doctor, please tell me.
What on earth has happened to me?
That's what we want to know too.
We'll conduct more thorough examinations,
so be patient and wait.
Yes, please.
But who am I?
How did this happen to me?
A Sad Guinea Pig
There sure have been a lot of
thunderstorms this year.
Doctor, what is that injection?
A preservative.
Preservative?
We have to inject it throughout your body.
It's to stop the decay from spreading further.
I know it hurts,
but please endure it.
We're almost done.
Hang in there.
Doctor, what is this?
A deodorizing solution.
This will suppress the odor
for 24 hours.
I'm sorry, but unless we do this,
it interferes with our treatment and examinations.
Please don't take it personally.
Take a look at this yourself.
No matter what part of his body we examine,
every cellular tissue is completely dead.
This is driving me crazy.
No matter how we test him,
it's the same.
His body is indeed completely dead.
It should be nothing more than
a lump of dead flesh.
Why?
Why is he?
This will be extremely painful,
but do your best.
I'll endure it.
We must try this in order to
revive the cellular tissue.
Go ahead.
Alright.
Stay with me.
Keep breathing.
You can do it, hold on.
Just a little more.
Hang in there.
Stay with us. Breathe.
Hold on!
Please start.
OK.
You'll feel a sharp pain like needles
in your skin, but bear with it.
Are you alright?
Understood.
Poor man...
He's completely passed out.
No wonder, that level of pain is...
Doctor, what's that?
What is it?
It looks like a chain.
It's coming out.
It seems the decayed stomach wall ruptured
and it came out from inside.
But why was it inside his stomach?
A pendant...
It may be some clue to his identity.
Yes.
Look, this photograph.
Then that means he is...
For now I think this should remain
a secret between the two of us.
Yes, I agree.
Special Isolation Ward
Well then, how is
the artificial skin we developed?
It's excellent.
I feel a lot more handsome now.
That's good.
Before long, with that on,
you may even be able to go out into town.
So let's keep going,
painful as the treatment may be.
Special Cold Room
What's the point of continuing this?
Can this rotten mass of dead flesh
ever return as a living body?
Ah, it's horrifying.
Beneath this artificial skin,
my body is quietly continuing to fall apart.
And still who am I really?
Is it because even my brain cells
have decayed that I remember nothing?
So cold...
I can't take this anymore.
I don't want to stay in a place
like this any longer.
What's wrong?
I can't stand this place anymore.
Get me out of here!
No!
You need the refrigerated
room to slow the decay.
It's all pointless.
Why are you suddenly saying this?
What have you endured
all this pain for until now?
My body will never,
ever return to what it was.
Please, let me out.
Let me out of here!
Please.
I see, so he said that.
Yes.
Truth is, I'm conflicted too.
I don't know whether we should
continue the treatment like this.
The treatment has slowed
the progression, yes,
but his body is steadily continuing to decay.
At this rate...
I understand what you're trying to say.
But we are doctors.
I believe we must continue
treating him to the very end.
Especially now that I know who he is,
I want to do everything in my power.
As one of his most ardent admirers.
Escape from Hell
Come on, let's go.
Starting today,
a new treatment begins.
A new treatment?
Please. I don't
want any more treatment.
Telling me that
won't change anything.
No matter what you do,
my body will never heal.
If that's the case, then
I'd rather quietly perish as I am.
I've had enough suffering.
Don't be selfish.
Now come with me.
This is the director's order.
No! Let me go!
She's dead?
This is terrible.
What? Is that true?
Yes. A cerebral hemorrhage.
There was nothing we could do.
And him?
He's nowhere to be found.
Find him, no matter what.
Where the hell is he?
Did you find him?
No.
He vanished like he knew every exit.
Search over there!
What about your side?
Nothing.
Now we can no longer keep
this hidden from the public.
This has become irreversible.
A Town in Panic
This morning, an individual
described as a living corpse,
reportedly killed a young doctor
and is now on the run.
The suspect remains at large,
and their whereabouts are unknown
with security tightened in the area.
Authorities are also investigating possible accountability on the part of the National Kitahama University Hospital
regarding its management of the individual.
We of the police have cooperated
with your wishes up to this point.
But the situation has changed.
A woman has been killed.
Why wasn't that monster
kept under proper control?
Monster? No!
He is a human being.
A human being is
someone alive, isn't it?
That thing is a corpse.
Nothing but a human carcass.
Well, human or not,
the police have no choice
but to capture him.
In any case, leave things
to us from here on.
All right, we'll be in touch.
Good grief...
At my age, I never thought
I'd end up hunting a dead man.
Ha ha... forgive me.
Hey.
Yes.
We must find him ourselves.
If he falls into
the hands of the police,
He will never be allowed back here again.
I'm counting on you.
I understand.
Really?
Everyone's talking
about it in Building One.
I'm sorry, mister.
Thank you.
You know it's a bad day
when your coffee needs coffee.
Stop it, dear.
Mom, there's
a weird man over there.
What?
He has a face like a mannequin,
and he smells like rotting meat.
Huh?
That's the one they showed
on TV this morning.
Where?
There on that bench.
Huh?
Where?
What are you talking about?
There's no one there.
That's strange.
He was definitely right here.
Maggots!
Mama, come here.
It's so noisy.
Hurry up, please.
No mistake about it.
Contact the station immediately.
Ah, my shoulders are killing me.
Ha ha, that's age for you.
Hm?
Who's there?
It's him.
That's him.
He's heading for the landfill.
If he makes it
to the sea, it's over.
Let that dog go, now.
Yeah.
Let's move.
Yes.
There he is.
Hey, what are you doing?
The dog's been taken down.
Hey, stop right there!
It's over.
Stop, give it up.
Stop or I'll shoot.
You're done.
End it now.
There's no way to go.
He's trying to get to the sea.
Do it. Shoot.
Yes, sir.
I definitely hit him.
Now he won't be able to...
I wouldn't be so sure about that.
Hm?
He was a corpse to begin with.
A bullet alone won't necessarily.
Then he's still?
Yes, most likely.
The Thread of Memory
Even bullets can't kill me.
Then I truly am a corpse.
This body is nothing
but a mass of dead flesh.
But then who am I really?
Where did I come from?
In the beginning, I was
by the shore. That's right.
Which means...
Could it be that I died at sea.
I can't stay here.
Kitahama Public Library
Ocean adventurers yacht missing at sea
Ocean adventurer, Yosuke Shinkai
Family worried about his safety
I see.
I remember now.
I remember everything now.
No, this is the end.
Damn it...
I'm losing consciousness.
Forgive me.
I'm done for.
I'm afraid to die.
I don't want to
die here all alone.
Oh God, please.
Save me.
God...
Ah, before I die, at least...
My beloved wife,
my children, my parents...
My dear friends...
I want to see them.
I want to see them.
I want to see my wife and children.
Yes, ever since that moment...
That is the only thing
I have kept thinking about.
Look, ma'am.
Oh my god! Holy shit!
A Body Falling to Ruin
Ah, my body is decaying away.
My flesh is rotting off,
my bones are crumbling apart,
and my soul is scattering like mist.
No! I don't want to
perish like this.
At least before that happens, I want to see
my wife, my children, and my parents.
I want to see my old friends too.
But in this form
I can never do that.
Oh God.
Will you not even
grant me that?
God, answer me.
Answer me!
Ah...
Even now, I can feel both my body and mind
dissolving beneath this artificial skin.
If I don't see them soon,
the past I finally remembered
and the memory of my wife, my children, my parents,
my family will vanish back into darkness.
Ah, I want to see them.
I want to hold you in these arms
and breathe in your scent one more time.
And there is so much
I still want to say.
As a son, as a parent,
as a husband.
The Dead-Fleshed Man Spotted
at Library! What's He After?
It's possible he's
regained his memory
I think so too.
If that's the case, then there is
only one thing he will do next.
Go to where his family lives?
Yes.
We must act before
the police realize it.
Sure.
And yet
What a cruel fate this is.
He probably swallowed that
pendant just before death.
I don't want to die.
And if I must,
then at least before I die,
let me see my wife, my children,
my family one more time.
That single desperate wish.
Most likely, that wish alone
must have given birth to
this cruel and terrible miracle.
But by the time all of
his consciousness returned
his body... no, even his mind
was already on the verge of collapse.
When I think of what
he must be feeling now...
Director...
Farewell, My Beloved Ones
Looking at these photographs
brings back so many fond memories,
it feels as though it
all happened only yesterday.
Strange, isn't it?
Yes, it truly does.
To think it's already been
a year since he died.
But what does it
really mean to die?
Just disappear forever?
I feel like Dad is still somewhere
out there, watching over us.
I think so too.
He is surely somewhere
in this universe, and
watching over all of us.
That's what I believe.
So you have to keep going too.
Yeah.
I'll grow up to be someone Dad can be proud of!!
Well, it's late, so
we should get ready for bed.
Okay.
I want to rush to the window
and shout that I'm here.
But if I did that, it would only
deepen their sorrow.
Oh, my wife.
Meeting you was
the greatest light of my life.
Forgive me for leaving you alone
to carry the burden of the life we shared.
I should leave this place quietly.
That's right. I am
already one who has died.
The very fact that this body still stands here
is what should never have been.
Oh, my son.
You were the greatest
treasure of my life.
Forgive me for not being able
to watch you grow to the end.
Oh, Mother.
You were the peace of my heart.
For 35 years I lived in this world...
forgive me for going ahead of you.
Oh, Father.
You taught me what
it means to be a man.
Forgive me for failing to keep my promise to
share a drink with you when I returned from the sea.
Farewell...
Farewell, my beloved ones.
Just as we thought.
Let's follow him.
But
most likely, he...
And then, the prologue...
Director, the artificial skin after all.
Yes, this was for the best.
He has gone home.
To the mother sea...
Ah...
I have not ended.
Now
I am beginning.
That day, when I collapsed
from overwork,
I lay beneath the ceiling
of a hospital room
and thought of the faces
of my beloved family.
I could not let my story end there.
The feelings I carried in that moment
became the beginning of this work.
I wanted to make it into a film.
I wanted to see the characters I had drawn
come to life on the screen.
But time came to a halt, and the dream of
turning it into a film slowly drifted farther away.
And now, I find myself in the quiet passage of
time leading toward the end of my life.
Please do not take this
as a dark or sorrowful story.
My heart is calm.
I am living in peace.
Perhaps it is because I feel I have drawn
all I could, and lived my life to the fullest.
The memories of this film set, the time
captured here, none of it ever truly existed.
This is a fiction generated by A.I.
And yet, the feelings placed
inside this story are real.
A story left behind
for someone dear.
A wish carried for years
to one day see it become a film.
One day,
we all return to nature.
But feelings remain.
Stories remain.
And across time,
they begin to move once more.
Let us go
as far as we can.
Because now,
this story is only beginning.
Ah, my body is decaying away.
My flesh is rotting off,
and my bones are crumbling apart.
My soul is scattering like mist.
No! I don't want to
perish like this.
I have a wife and children
and my aging mother and father.
At least let me hold my loved ones
in these arms one more time.
Oh God. Will you not
even allow me that?
God, answer me.
Answer me!
The Living Corpse
The Shore of the Grotesque
Mm...
Where am I?
What was I doing until now?
Who... who am I?
Ah... I can't
remember anything.
One stack for Father...
Two stacks for Mother...
Three stacks for my brother...
Four stacks for...
What in the world has happened to me?
You there.
Tell me.
Just keep moving forward.
Then all will become clear.
What is that?
It's so bright.
The Town of Stench
I caught a crab. Yay!
Im a hermit crab.
Look, my crab is huge.
Yours is big,
but mine is faster.
Mm... Where is this?
The sea?
But it's nothing like
the place I was just in.
What on earth has happened to me?
Ah... it's hot.
And what is this revolting stench
that's making me sick?
Theres someone there...
... not a single bite, huh?
Ive never seen it like this before.
This is so so boring.
Its like all the fish
in the sea are dead.
Zombie!
Zombie!!
Don't say that!
Call the police.
What is wrong with those people?
Why are they running away
just from seeing me...?
Is this... me?
I didn't do anything.
Please get off me.
Please let me go.
Hey, quiet down.
Urgh, that smell...
I'm gonna puke.
What is this...
That sickening stench was
coming from me all along.
Let go of me.
Why am I being arrested?
Let me go!
Quit your whining and get in already!
What the hell is that thing?
Is this some kind of
horror movie shoot or what?
Whoa, Look!
This body of mine...
it's clearly rotting.
What is happening to me?
Am I already dead?
Yes. Understood.
I'll make the arrangements immediately.
You mean that man?
Yes. from Kitahama University's
medical department.
Transfer him to the isolation ward at once.
I... I see.
Isolation Ward
Special Isolation Ward
...and that is the situation.
I don't even know if
such an absurd thing is possible.
But I simply cannot believe it.
His heart is not beating.
And there is absolutely no brain activity.
As you can see in these photographs,
the flesh over his entire body appears to have rotted
after being submerged in water for a long time,
and is swollen and waterlogged.
From every medical and
scientific standpoint, he is
a perfectly dead drowning victim.
And yet he moves and thinks.
What's more,
he can even speak.
That's impossible.
I can't believe it.
It's hard to make out
because his tongue is decayed,
but he undeniably forms words.
This is utterly absurd.
I refuse to believe it.
Yamada! Are you playing
some kind of joke on us!?
Gentlemen, calm yourselves.
I examined him myself,
This is an undeniable fact.
and however unbelievable it is,
we cannot deny it.
Then it's really true?
If the director says so.
If this is true, then we are
extremely interested as well.
Director, please let us see him too.
He's in a highly agitated state right now.
You'll have to wait a little longer.
In any case, until this is medically
and scientifically explained,
it would be best not to make it public.
For his sake, and
for the public's as well.
Understood.
We'll do as you say.
Alright.
Thank you.
Director, what do we do now!?
We'll run more detailed examinations.
By the way, how is he doing?
He's resting in his room.
He wants answers even more
desperately than we do.
About what has happened to him
and who he really is.
How are you feeling?
I'm managing.
I see. That's good.
Doctor, please tell me.
What on earth has happened to me?
That's what we want to know too.
We'll conduct more thorough examinations,
so be patient and wait.
Yes, please.
But who am I?
How did this happen to me?
A Sad Guinea Pig
There sure have been a lot of
thunderstorms this year.
Doctor, what is that injection?
A preservative.
Preservative?
We have to inject it throughout your body.
It's to stop the decay from spreading further.
I know it hurts,
but please endure it.
We're almost done.
Hang in there.
Doctor, what is this?
A deodorizing solution.
This will suppress the odor
for 24 hours.
I'm sorry, but unless we do this,
it interferes with our treatment and examinations.
Please don't take it personally.
Take a look at this yourself.
No matter what part of his body we examine,
every cellular tissue is completely dead.
This is driving me crazy.
No matter how we test him,
it's the same.
His body is indeed completely dead.
It should be nothing more than
a lump of dead flesh.
Why?
Why is he?
This will be extremely painful,
but do your best.
I'll endure it.
We must try this in order to
revive the cellular tissue.
Go ahead.
Alright.
Stay with me.
Keep breathing.
You can do it, hold on.
Just a little more.
Hang in there.
Stay with us. Breathe.
Hold on!
Please start.
OK.
You'll feel a sharp pain like needles
in your skin, but bear with it.
Are you alright?
Understood.
Poor man...
He's completely passed out.
No wonder, that level of pain is...
Doctor, what's that?
What is it?
It looks like a chain.
It's coming out.
It seems the decayed stomach wall ruptured
and it came out from inside.
But why was it inside his stomach?
A pendant...
It may be some clue to his identity.
Yes.
Look, this photograph.
Then that means he is...
For now I think this should remain
a secret between the two of us.
Yes, I agree.
Special Isolation Ward
Well then, how is
the artificial skin we developed?
It's excellent.
I feel a lot more handsome now.
That's good.
Before long, with that on,
you may even be able to go out into town.
So let's keep going,
painful as the treatment may be.
Special Cold Room
What's the point of continuing this?
Can this rotten mass of dead flesh
ever return as a living body?
Ah, it's horrifying.
Beneath this artificial skin,
my body is quietly continuing to fall apart.
And still who am I really?
Is it because even my brain cells
have decayed that I remember nothing?
So cold...
I can't take this anymore.
I don't want to stay in a place
like this any longer.
What's wrong?
I can't stand this place anymore.
Get me out of here!
No!
You need the refrigerated
room to slow the decay.
It's all pointless.
Why are you suddenly saying this?
What have you endured
all this pain for until now?
My body will never,
ever return to what it was.
Please, let me out.
Let me out of here!
Please.
I see, so he said that.
Yes.
Truth is, I'm conflicted too.
I don't know whether we should
continue the treatment like this.
The treatment has slowed
the progression, yes,
but his body is steadily continuing to decay.
At this rate...
I understand what you're trying to say.
But we are doctors.
I believe we must continue
treating him to the very end.
Especially now that I know who he is,
I want to do everything in my power.
As one of his most ardent admirers.
Escape from Hell
Come on, let's go.
Starting today,
a new treatment begins.
A new treatment?
Please. I don't
want any more treatment.
Telling me that
won't change anything.
No matter what you do,
my body will never heal.
If that's the case, then
I'd rather quietly perish as I am.
I've had enough suffering.
Don't be selfish.
Now come with me.
This is the director's order.
No! Let me go!
She's dead?
This is terrible.
What? Is that true?
Yes. A cerebral hemorrhage.
There was nothing we could do.
And him?
He's nowhere to be found.
Find him, no matter what.
Where the hell is he?
Did you find him?
No.
He vanished like he knew every exit.
Search over there!
What about your side?
Nothing.
Now we can no longer keep
this hidden from the public.
This has become irreversible.
A Town in Panic
This morning, an individual
described as a living corpse,
reportedly killed a young doctor
and is now on the run.
The suspect remains at large,
and their whereabouts are unknown
with security tightened in the area.
Authorities are also investigating possible accountability on the part of the National Kitahama University Hospital
regarding its management of the individual.
We of the police have cooperated
with your wishes up to this point.
But the situation has changed.
A woman has been killed.
Why wasn't that monster
kept under proper control?
Monster? No!
He is a human being.
A human being is
someone alive, isn't it?
That thing is a corpse.
Nothing but a human carcass.
Well, human or not,
the police have no choice
but to capture him.
In any case, leave things
to us from here on.
All right, we'll be in touch.
Good grief...
At my age, I never thought
I'd end up hunting a dead man.
Ha ha... forgive me.
Hey.
Yes.
We must find him ourselves.
If he falls into
the hands of the police,
He will never be allowed back here again.
I'm counting on you.
I understand.
Really?
Everyone's talking
about it in Building One.
I'm sorry, mister.
Thank you.
You know it's a bad day
when your coffee needs coffee.
Stop it, dear.
Mom, there's
a weird man over there.
What?
He has a face like a mannequin,
and he smells like rotting meat.
Huh?
That's the one they showed
on TV this morning.
Where?
There on that bench.
Huh?
Where?
What are you talking about?
There's no one there.
That's strange.
He was definitely right here.
Maggots!
Mama, come here.
It's so noisy.
Hurry up, please.
No mistake about it.
Contact the station immediately.
Ah, my shoulders are killing me.
Ha ha, that's age for you.
Hm?
Who's there?
It's him.
That's him.
He's heading for the landfill.
If he makes it
to the sea, it's over.
Let that dog go, now.
Yeah.
Let's move.
Yes.
There he is.
Hey, what are you doing?
The dog's been taken down.
Hey, stop right there!
It's over.
Stop, give it up.
Stop or I'll shoot.
You're done.
End it now.
There's no way to go.
He's trying to get to the sea.
Do it. Shoot.
Yes, sir.
I definitely hit him.
Now he won't be able to...
I wouldn't be so sure about that.
Hm?
He was a corpse to begin with.
A bullet alone won't necessarily.
Then he's still?
Yes, most likely.
The Thread of Memory
Even bullets can't kill me.
Then I truly am a corpse.
This body is nothing
but a mass of dead flesh.
But then who am I really?
Where did I come from?
In the beginning, I was
by the shore. That's right.
Which means...
Could it be that I died at sea.
I can't stay here.
Kitahama Public Library
Ocean adventurers yacht missing at sea
Ocean adventurer, Yosuke Shinkai
Family worried about his safety
I see.
I remember now.
I remember everything now.
No, this is the end.
Damn it...
I'm losing consciousness.
Forgive me.
I'm done for.
I'm afraid to die.
I don't want to
die here all alone.
Oh God, please.
Save me.
God...
Ah, before I die, at least...
My beloved wife,
my children, my parents...
My dear friends...
I want to see them.
I want to see them.
I want to see my wife and children.
Yes, ever since that moment...
That is the only thing
I have kept thinking about.
Look, ma'am.
Oh my god! Holy shit!
A Body Falling to Ruin
Ah, my body is decaying away.
My flesh is rotting off,
my bones are crumbling apart,
and my soul is scattering like mist.
No! I don't want to
perish like this.
At least before that happens, I want to see
my wife, my children, and my parents.
I want to see my old friends too.
But in this form
I can never do that.
Oh God.
Will you not even
grant me that?
God, answer me.
Answer me!
Ah...
Even now, I can feel both my body and mind
dissolving beneath this artificial skin.
If I don't see them soon,
the past I finally remembered
and the memory of my wife, my children, my parents,
my family will vanish back into darkness.
Ah, I want to see them.
I want to hold you in these arms
and breathe in your scent one more time.
And there is so much
I still want to say.
As a son, as a parent,
as a husband.
The Dead-Fleshed Man Spotted
at Library! What's He After?
It's possible he's
regained his memory
I think so too.
If that's the case, then there is
only one thing he will do next.
Go to where his family lives?
Yes.
We must act before
the police realize it.
Sure.
And yet
What a cruel fate this is.
He probably swallowed that
pendant just before death.
I don't want to die.
And if I must,
then at least before I die,
let me see my wife, my children,
my family one more time.
That single desperate wish.
Most likely, that wish alone
must have given birth to
this cruel and terrible miracle.
But by the time all of
his consciousness returned
his body... no, even his mind
was already on the verge of collapse.
When I think of what
he must be feeling now...
Director...
Farewell, My Beloved Ones
Looking at these photographs
brings back so many fond memories,
it feels as though it
all happened only yesterday.
Strange, isn't it?
Yes, it truly does.
To think it's already been
a year since he died.
But what does it
really mean to die?
Just disappear forever?
I feel like Dad is still somewhere
out there, watching over us.
I think so too.
He is surely somewhere
in this universe, and
watching over all of us.
That's what I believe.
So you have to keep going too.
Yeah.
I'll grow up to be someone Dad can be proud of!!
Well, it's late, so
we should get ready for bed.
Okay.
I want to rush to the window
and shout that I'm here.
But if I did that, it would only
deepen their sorrow.
Oh, my wife.
Meeting you was
the greatest light of my life.
Forgive me for leaving you alone
to carry the burden of the life we shared.
I should leave this place quietly.
That's right. I am
already one who has died.
The very fact that this body still stands here
is what should never have been.
Oh, my son.
You were the greatest
treasure of my life.
Forgive me for not being able
to watch you grow to the end.
Oh, Mother.
You were the peace of my heart.
For 35 years I lived in this world...
forgive me for going ahead of you.
Oh, Father.
You taught me what
it means to be a man.
Forgive me for failing to keep my promise to
share a drink with you when I returned from the sea.
Farewell...
Farewell, my beloved ones.
Just as we thought.
Let's follow him.
But
most likely, he...
And then, the prologue...
Director, the artificial skin after all.
Yes, this was for the best.
He has gone home.
To the mother sea...
Ah...
I have not ended.
Now
I am beginning.
That day, when I collapsed
from overwork,
I lay beneath the ceiling
of a hospital room
and thought of the faces
of my beloved family.
I could not let my story end there.
The feelings I carried in that moment
became the beginning of this work.
I wanted to make it into a film.
I wanted to see the characters I had drawn
come to life on the screen.
But time came to a halt, and the dream of
turning it into a film slowly drifted farther away.
And now, I find myself in the quiet passage of
time leading toward the end of my life.
Please do not take this
as a dark or sorrowful story.
My heart is calm.
I am living in peace.
Perhaps it is because I feel I have drawn
all I could, and lived my life to the fullest.
The memories of this film set, the time
captured here, none of it ever truly existed.
This is a fiction generated by A.I.
And yet, the feelings placed
inside this story are real.
A story left behind
for someone dear.
A wish carried for years
to one day see it become a film.
One day,
we all return to nature.
But feelings remain.
Stories remain.
And across time,
they begin to move once more.
Let us go
as far as we can.
Because now,
this story is only beginning.