Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective (2025) s01e04 Episode Script

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OCTOBER 28 (MONDAY)
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THE MEDICAL
PROCEDURES AND EQUIPMENT USED
IN THE SHOW MAY
VARY FROM
WHAT IS USED TO TREA
INDIVIDUAL SYMPTOMS.
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FOLKTALES OF HEIAN
KYOTO BY IKARI SEIMEI
ABE NO SEIMEI IS ON PAR
WITH ASHIYA DOMAN.
RESEARCH HAS LED US
TO THE CONCLUSION
OF A MAN BY THE
NAME ASHIYA ENZO
[fire crackling]
ASHIYA ENZO
[gasps]
[screaming]
ASHIYA ENZO
Somebody, help me!
[screaming]
[TAKAO] The Onmyouji
were originally formed
during the Asuka period
by Emperor Tenmu,
when he created
the Bureau of Onmyou
which was responsible
for divinations.
The most famous among them
was probably Abe no Seimei.
[YU]
Oh, yeah.
He turns up a lot in Japanese
fantasy movies and games.
Often as a magic user.
[TAKAO]
The Onmyouji were experts
when it came to prayer, curses,
and exorcising
vengeful spirits.
[YU]
Really?
So, what's that got to do
with this history professor,
Murota, we're meeting?
I mean what would he need
a couple of medical doctors
to assist him with?
[TAKAO] Apparently,
word's reached him
how I'm this genius
who's solved
multiple difficult cases.
And he requested my services.
[YU]
With what?
Obviously to solve
an Onmyouji's curse, what else?
[groans]
[YU] Well,
you're the expert with curses.
[TAKAO]
Pretty interesting, right?
[crow cawing]
[Murota coughing]
[MUROTA]
Sorry, now where were we?
Do you know anything about
the Onmyouji, Doman Ashiya?
He also went
by the name Hoshi Doma.
The rival of Abe no Seimei.
He's considered the most
notable Hoshi Onmyouji
during the Heian period.
[AOI]
You live up to your reputation.
You sure know your stuff.
[TAKAO]
He's listed in documents
like Uji Shui Monogatari
and Mineaiki.
Right you are, doctor.
However, we've never been
completely sure
whether Doman Ashiya even
This is fascinating,
but I'm slightly lost.
And they are not slowing down.
[KAGAYA]
My apologies.
When they find someone they
can talk about research with,
I'm afraid
they get carried away.
[MUROTA]aristocratic
historical documents.
Looks like we both have
genius superiors
who are a bit difficult.
[laughs]
You got that right.
-Ohh!
-Ah?
You have done your homework.
Although
[coughs]
In storage
at the professor's house,
we found an old document.
[AOI] An ancient text regarding
the Onmyouji Enzo Ashiya.
[TAKAO] Meaning
he's a descendant of Doman?
[AOI]
Or perhaps his student.
♪
Enzo Ashiya put a death curse
on more than ten people
including aristocrats
and was driven out of Heian.
[TAKAO] Basically
a Heian-era criminal, huh?
♪
[AOI] We continued
our research, and discovered
that Enzo Ashiya
escaped to Kanto
and settled down in Kamakura.
Turns out the Ashiya
family descendants
have continued thriving there
until the present day.
Then he did exist.
[MUROTA]
And we made another discovery.
One that completely changes
the very foundation
of our research on Doman.
We found the grave
of Enzo Ashiya.
[gasps]
[AOI] After negotiating
with the family,
three weeks ago,
we were finally allowed access
inside the tomb.
♪
[door opens]
[MUROTA]
Built in the Heian period,
the crypt was a 1,000 years old
and had never been
opened before.
More importantly, it contained
the preserved remains
of a monk.
A freakin' mummy?
Was it Enzo Ashiya himself?
We firmly believe
that is the case, yes.
[whimpering]
-[HARUKA] Excuse me.
-Ah?
Oh, my daughter, Haruka.
Tragically, my wife passed away
three months ago.
[MUROTA]
Since then, she's quit her job
and returned home to take care
of her poor, decrepit father.
[chuckles]
[grunting]
[coughing]
-[AOI] Professor Murota!
-[HARUKA] Father!
-An Onmyouji curse.
-Hm?
I mean, that's the reason
you wanted to see me?
[MUROTA]
"All who desecrate his grave
shall suffer
the curse of Enzo."
Ah!
[MUROTA] It's a warning passed
down by the Ashiya family.
[chuckles]
How interesting!
[gasps]
Interesting, you say?
Just imagine if curses
really do exist!
It's the discovery
of a lifetime!
Hmm.
[laughs]
If I was sitting where you are,
I'd be excited too.
[MUROTA]
I must confess.
Ever since I've fallen
victim to it, though,
I've grown scared of dying.
Um, sir.
Would you mind telling us
what your main symptoms are?
My cough,
as you've surely noticed.
Started two weeks ago
and nothing seems to work.
[coughs]
Ever since then, this has
been my father's condition.
His primary physician said
he needed oxygen therapy,
and his low-grade fever
won't go away.
It sounds
as if you're suffering
from emphysema to me.
And that cough could be
a respiratory infection.
[TAKAO]
Plus, you're still smoking.
You reap what you sow.
[MUROTA]
Yes, I know.
My doctor loves
to remind me, too.
However, I've been taking
the antibiotics
he prescribed
for over a week now,
and my condition's the same!
-[thuds]
-Ah!
[MUROTA] No!
It's only gotten worse!
[coughs]
[AOI]
It's not just Professor Murota.
Professor Ikari
from Teito University
went in with us
and is also sick.
I visited him at the request
of his wife three days ago,
but I wasn't prepared
for what I saw.
[Ikari trembling]
Professor Ikari, please.
Go to the hospital.
[IKARI] [grunting]
Get back!
I'm not leaving.
I can't step outside.
You have to!
We need to get you to a doctor!
[IKARI] [grunting]
I hear a voice.
"I'll kill you.
I will never forgive you!
Die! Die!"
[screaming]
-[gasps]
-[IKARI] It's Enzo!
[IKARI]
The curse of Enzo!
[sighs]
-[TAKAO] Aoi Kuramoto.
-Ah?
When did Ikari's
symptoms first appear?
I'd say about
a couple of weeks ago?
[sighs]
How curious.
Murota's coughing
also started two weeks ago.
[YU]
Hm?
Does Ikari have any chronic
health problems you know of?
[AOI] Hm, as I recall,
he's been dealing
with a case
of ulcerative colitis.
[Takao sighs]
[TAKAO] That means he's been
using immunosuppressants.
If it's going on three weeks,
we can validate it now, but
Here we go again.
[TAKAO]
Is that the fastest way?
Damn it.
Let's go, Kotori.
-[gasping]
-Aoi Kuramoto, you too.
-[AOI] We're leaving?
-[YU] Wait!
[AOI]
Where are we going?
♪
To Enzo Ashiya's grave.
[car engine revving]
[engine whirring]
ASHIYA
[YU] [grunting]
So heavy.
Oh, what are you
carrying in here?
And was it really worth
swinging by the hospital
-to pick up?
-[sighs] Hurry up.
[YUUTA] Hey,
what'd ya think yer doin',
trespassin' on our property?
[gasping]
[scoffs]
Aw, hell, you again.
[TAKAO]
Who the heck are you?
[chuckles]
Just head of the Ashiya Family,
Yuuta Ashiya.
Are you sure?
[YUUTA]
And who the hell might you be?
Takao Ameku
with Tenikai General's
Investigative Pathology.
-My assistant, Kotori.
-It's Takanashi.
Kotori, Takanashi?
[scoffs]
So, what are a couple of docs
doing here this late?
I've come here to examine
Enzo Ashiya's grave.
[YUUTA]
What?
I don't remember allowin' that.
I was against your research
from the start,
and now ya bring
more people here?
We've already
gotten permission.
Huh?!
[AOI]
From your mother,
who happens
to be the landowner.
[chuckles]
[YUUTA] Come to think of it,
how's that old guy?
Ikari, was it?
He doin' okay,
after ignorin' my warnin'
and messin' with the tomb?
Sure hope he wasn't cursed.
Hm.
[TAKAO]
This is boring. Let's go.
Hold it!
[YUUTA]
Where d'ya think you're goin'
without my permission?
I'm a doctor and I need
to enter the gravesite
as soon as possible.
You satisfied?
[YUUTA]
What?
Do me a favor and step aside.
No one bosses me around!
[grunts]
What are you? Crazy?
[chuckles]
Are you gonna just stand there,
or say something?
[YU]
Sorry, but we need to pass.
Is that so?
Just go ahead and try.
[grunts]
[gasps]
[gasps]
[sighs]
[growls]
Bastard.
Shall we go?
Look at you,
letting your anger take over.
[YU]
I'd hardly call that angry.
Are you all right, Dr. Takao?
[YUUTA] "Do not
desecrate Enzo's grave."
[YU] Be sure you
clean off all that
[YUUTA]
"Those who break this taboo"
[TAKAO] You really need
to work on your bedside manner.
"will be cursed to die."
[TAKAO] [groans]
I've had enough.
Piggyback ride, Kotori.
-Don't even joke like that.
-Now.
[YU] It feels like
I'm already carrying a person.
How am I supposed tote you
and your bag up the hill?
Wear it in front on your chest.
For crying out loud.
[YU]
Not happening.
Come on, walk properly.
[TAKAO] [groans]
Heartless beast.
[AOI]
There it is.
-Ahh.
-Ah?
[wind howling]
[YU]
It's pretty damp in here.
[water splashing]
[AOI] The floor's slippery.
Be careful.
[water splashing]
[YU] There's a lot
of space in the back.
[AOI] That's the stone casket
containing Enzo's body.
[Takao grunting]
[YU]
Uh, Dr. Takao?
[Takao grunting]
[YU] I'm not sure you
should be opening that up.
[sighs]
Yeah, you're right.
-[YU] I am?
-You should.
Hold on! Me?
Why would say that?
You're the only one here
who's strong enough to lift it.
[chuckles]
You're not afraid, are you?
[gasps]
If that what it takes
to prove I'm not, fine.
[YU]
This just slides off, right?
[grunts]
[TAKAO]
If there's really a curse,
you'll be hit first.
Great way to defuse
the situation!
[chuckles]
♪
[crinkling]
[clanking]
[YU] So, that's what
I was lugging around.
But what are you planning
on doing with it?
[TAKAO]
I'm going to take a sample.
Of what?
♪
[sighs]
[TAKAO]
I thought so.
[gasping]
How far away does Ikari live?
Ah, he's over in Tanashi.
[TAKAO]
We have supporting proof.
We just need to convince her.
Who, exactly?
[TAKAO] We have to go
to Ikari's house right away.
[YU]
Why?
Because Enzo's curse.
I've solved it.
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AMEKU M.D.: DOCTOR
DETECTIVE
♪
[IKARI] [grunting]
I'm going to be killed.
E-Enzo.
[grunting]
He's cursed me to die.
[gasping]
I don't want my life
to end this way!
[TAKAO]
Open the door, Ikari!
-You need to go to a hospital!
-[IKARI] No.
It won't make any difference!
There's nothing you can do!
[screaming]
[MICHIKO]
Honey, you have to come out!
These doctors
are here to help you!
-Shut up!
-[gasps]
Everyone, just disappear!
[Ikari groaning]
[IKARI]
So hot.
My head.
-[IKARI] I'm burning up.
-[TAKAO] Listen!
If you don't,
you're going to die.
[gasps]
Is that true?
[Ikari groaning]
Isn't there anyway
we can force him
to go to the hospital?
[YU] It doesn't matter
if we're doctors.
We can't admit a patient
against their will.
We'll be kidnappers
in the eye of the law.
Ah!
There is one way.
[ALL]
Hm?
As an exception, a patient
can receive medical care
against their will
if a family member
can provide consent
and designate it necessary
by a mental health physician.
[YU]
I see.
So, that's why you asked
Dr. Sumida to accompany us.
Hmph!
The involuntary
hospitalization law
was put in place
to help patients
with psychiatric disorders
who have lost their capacity
to make decisions.
[SUMIDA] It's clear the patient
in question is unwell.
But I haven't seen enough proof
to authorize moving him
to the hosp--
[TAKAO]
Kotori.
-If you would?
-[SUMIDA] Huh?
[TAKAO]
Break down the door.
You really don't have
any common sense.
Someone's life
is at stake, here!
Well, uh
[TAKAO]
Do we have your permission?
The sooner
I diagnose your husband,
the greater his chances
of surviving will be.
[MICHIKO]
Y-Yes!
Let's hurry.
Um.
[sighs]
Understood.
-Everyone, please step back.
-[IKARI] Go away!
If you break down the door,
you're gonna let Enzo in.
[Ikari grunting]
Hah!
[IKARI]
Stop!
I told you
not to open the door!
I don't want to die!
[coughing]
[gasps]
What happened?
Stay back,
don't get closer, or Enzo
[grunting]
Don't come near me.
[grunting]
[groaning]
[gasps]
What are you thinking,
moving him?
It feels like his entire
upper body is raised.
His neck's stiff, too.
[gasps]
[TAKAO]
Headache, fever, vomiting,
confusion, with neck stiffness?
All of these symptoms can be
traced back to an infection.
-[TAKAO] Meningitis.
-[gasps]
[TAKAO]
As for what's causing it?
That'd be cryptococcus.
-[Sumida sighs]
-Give me a second.
That rings a bell.
[TAKAO]
It's a type of fungus.
In shorta kind of mold.
It grows in damp environments
and causes
life-threatening symptoms
if it infects the meninges.
And he's been somewhere
damp recently.
[TAKAO]
Enzo Ashiya 's grave.
During the nearly 1,000
years it was sealed off,
the fungus
was allowed to grow,
completely covering the tomb.
Hold on, am I infected, too?
[TAKAO]
No, most healthy individuals
never show serious symptoms,
even if they come into contact
with the mold that causes it.
But this man has
an enlarged head,
while his arms
and legs are thin.
Do you know
what that means, Kotori?
He's suffering from moon face?
It's a side effect in people
who've been using
long-term steroid therapy.
Bingo.
Steroids are
immunosuppressant drugs.
[TAKAO]
And Murota has emphysema,
which makes him
more susceptible
to respiratory infections.
I get it!
Professor Murota's suffering
from mycotic pneumonia.
That's why
the antibiotics don't work.
Exactly right.
He needs to take antifungal
medication instead.
There you have it.
[TAKAO] The real identity
of the Onmyouji's curse.
Ikari, you have serious
fungal meningitis
and need to be taken
to the hospital.
-Do you consent?
-[IKARI] It'll kill me!
[gasps]
I'll be cursed! No!
I-I'm begging you,
leave me here and go!
Then I'm begging you,
take him to the hospital!
Sumida, when we were in
the cave this man was in,
we discovered a large
amount of cryptococcus.
If you confirm the samples
I collected under a microscope,
you'll find--
[SUMIDA] I swear, you have
zero idea how much I hate you!
-[Yu sighs]
-[SUMIDA] However
I admit, I do
respect your diagnostic skills.
[TAKAO]
Hm?
[Takao sighs]
Based on what you've observed,
Dr. Ameku, do you believe
this man needs emergency care?
[TAKAO]
Ah?
Given his condition,
he needs to be hospitalized
as soon as possible.
♪
Well, then we don't
have a moment to spare.
[sighs]
Kotori!
-[YU] Yes?
-[TAKAO] Call an ambulance!
[YU]
Understood.
[inhales deeply]
[exhaling deeply]
Ah?
-Kuramoto.
-Um?
Hello, doctor.
I didn't realize
you were a smoker.
Hm, occasionally.
[YU]
That's a rare sight.
Oh, the matches?
[AOI] I got them
from Professor Murota.
[YU]
Is that so?
How is the professor
holding up, by the way?
[AOI] Much better,
thanks to Dr. Ameku.
In fact, he's recovered enough
he doesn't need
supplemental oxygen.
[YU]
That's good to hear.
Did I mention I sent Dr. Ameku
the documents on Enzo Ashiya?
If I know her, she's pouring
over them right now.
She's a real ball of curiosity.
[chuckles]
[exhaling deeply]
[AOI]
It's getting a little chilly.
[YU]
Well, it is autumn.
Give it to me straight.
Professor Ikari,
how bad is his condition?
[sighs]
According to Dr. Takao, he was
already in pretty rough shape
when he got him
to the hospital,
so his chances are
[sighs]
[YU] Of course,
we'll continue trying our best.
-[YU] But the truth is--
-I see.
[AOI]
His wife talked to me earlier.
She's very thankful.
[Yu sighs]
[AOI]
Because he was hospitalized,
she can stay by his side now.
[YU]
At least they're together.
Professor Murota and I also
appreciate both of you.
Our mysterious curse
might've never been solved
without your help.
[both chuckle]
♪
[hissing]
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THE NATURE OF
THE ONMYOUJI
THE CHANGES AND FALL OF THE
ONMYOUJI BY MUROTA MUNEHARU
[Aoi groans]
♪
ABE NO SEIMEI IS ON PAR
WITH ASHIYA DOMAN.
RESEARCH HAS
LED US TO THE CONCLUSION..
OF A MAN BY
THE NAME ASHIYA ENZO.
[fire crackling]
[gasps]
[screaming]
All of the people who were
cursed by Enzo Ashiya?
Somebody, help me!
[TAKAO] Each of them
suffered the same death.
By fire.
[Aoi screaming]
♪