"Tokyo." "Population 11,627,577." "Thisjapanese metropolis is one of the most notable... large, sleepless cities in the world." "People gather here from all overjapan and the world... searching for pleasure." "Here, desires are immediately merchandised and consumed." "Desires breed more desires... and those desires suck the others dry... and inﬁnitely continue to increase." "Tokyo, the evil city." "Yes, this might be the true deﬁnition... of the land of the devil, inhabited by goblins." "This story is set in that land... where, like a ﬁsh given water... a being starts to swim energetically and lightly." "Yes." "This is a story ofa being, known as a woman." "Hey, she's streaking!" "The women didn't hesitate." "They darted with prowess." "Clinging to pleasure and devouring all." "Yes, perhaps even these women..." "That's driving me nuts!" "It won't stop ﬂying overhead!" "What's happening here?" "!" "Maybe it's a coup d'etat." "Hey, Fujio." "Your cousin." "Let him be." "]un's always that way." "He's hopeless." "Hey, brat." "Hurry and get changed." "You said you wanted to build a paradise with your friends." "But everyone was deceitful, and you went running home." "And you're still dreaming, even now." "Oh, Paradise!" "You're psychokinetic;" "you're the chosen one!" "Don't wanna breathe the same air as us?" "No?" "Unreal." "]un's got an interpersonal relationship mark of30." "But for some reason he's dying to tag along to this house." "Got your hopes set on something?" "We've been waiting for you!" "Ofﬁ cer!" "On your knees and hold out your hands!" "Are you gonna make me say that again?" "Sorry!" "What's with this appearance?" "0w!" "You're slacking!" "I can't believe you actually hit us, Mariko." "Geez, that really hurt." "Look at my long, white hand!" "It's your fault, don't forget." "You gave me this uniform." "Wait a second." "Hate to argue, but..." "How do the clothes feel?" "The length is perfect." "You guys seem to be a bit better than others." "Sure we are." "We put a lot of thought into making you happy." "It's not easy to give something to a rich man's daughter." "You should understand." "I hate people who try to sound kind." "Mariko." "How come you're so zoned out?" "We're obviously out of booze." "You can't do anything unless I tell you how." "Forgive me!" "— I'll help you!" "— Butt out!" "You're so slow when it comes to looking after guests!" "I can't begin to tell you how embarrassed I am... having the same name as you." "No matter that we are distant relatives." "Having to take her in and look after her forever..." "There are even limits to how much parents can love someone." "She survived her parents, after all." "Man." "Kids grow up, even ifthey don't have parents." "She's always so timid." "I can't stand it!" "You're both named Mariko, but you're like night and day." "Jun, dear, come over here." "Hey,jun!" "You said you'd show me how to bend a spoon, right?" "As ifyou'd believe me!" "I believe you." "You told me and her before, don't you remember?" "You said that anything could come true, if it felt good." "You said as proof, you'd show us how to bend a spoon." "Were you just saying that?" "I won't do it in front of you people!" "Then who will you do it for?" "Could you do it in front of the Paradise people?" "Changing the world with your spoon bending, huh?" "How wonderful!" "It's spring already." "Staying here like this..." "It'd be nice ifwe could be warped to another place, huh?" "Have you made up your mind about that thing?" "Oh, that." "Just forget about it." "Move!" "You're always in the way!" "How long are you gonna pout?" "Something good's gonna happen." "Come on." "Get in here!" "Ready." "Yeah." "Mariko." "You'll sleep with the winner?" ""Sleep with"?" "Can't you use a more tasteful term?" "Okay, let's do it." "Just a little more, Akira!" "Do it!" "Hold it!" "I give up!" "What a loser!" "Okay, who's next?" "All right!" "Nogm" "It's J un's turn next." "No..." "I won't." "Aren't I good enough for you?" "That's not it." "How pure sounding." "Then instead ofme..." "How about her?" "That's okay, isn't it, Mariko? Go for it,jun." "Come on." "You prick!" "Chill out." "I went out of my way to bring you here... because your mom asked me!" "She was worried you'd been with some strange people... and were tired of them, so you holed yourself up!" "That's enough." "Uh...here." "It's from my mom and dad in Seattle." "I asked my dad for something over the phone." "We've been living apart for three years now." "He said he'd do it for me, on my next birthday." "I saw chestnut bean sweets." "I saw sponge cake." "Wow, ajaguar." "But I told him I wanted a Porsche!" "A Porsche?" "The secretary must have made a mistake." "Your parents are so busy, they left it up to her." "I'm sure that's what happened." "You seem to know a lot about my parents." "Doesn't matter." "I'm stuck with this body." "And ifyou're not around, I can't go anywhere." "Go get it." "You're the one who's gonna be driving, right?" "Who told you to go like that?" "Take your clothes off and get it, naked." "No way..." "You haven't forgotten what my parents did for you, have you?" "Don't butt in!" "This is between her and me." "What's taking you, Mariko?" "We're all waiting." "Hurry and get your clothes off, Mariko." "Mariko." "Come on, Mariko." "Mariko?" "Mariko?" "Isn't anyone gonna get it?" "I'll give you that car ifyou get the key." "And I'll give you myself, too." "You know what they're up to, don't you?" "Just forget them, and let's get out of here!" "This is just like the other place." "Theyjust said nice things and made a fool out of me." "It's just about sex." "They're pigs; they're not human!" "Don't go doing them any favors at this point!" "Or perhaps..." "Are you still feeling guilty about her leg?" "Guilty?" "It's no surprise she was pushed ofﬂ" "You don't have to feel guilty anymore!" "Mariko told you?" "Yeah." "I know." "That's not right." "Not right...?" "Marikojust wants to think that." "You know what her parents are like." "She's been practically abandoned since she was a child." "Then she gets stuck looking after someone like me." "She became insecure." "She tried pushing me offa slide." "But she ended up falling off herself." "Well, in that case...!" "I feel sorry for her." "I, at least, have to stay by her side." "I understand!" "She's doing that to test me!" "Test you___2" "What do you mean?" "That's what she's saying." "What are you talking about?" "!" "Come with me." "When she's with her boyfriends..." "I always run to this place." "Wow, I didn't know there was a place like this in the basement." "Being here like this, my heart becomes unbelievably relaxed." "Do you have to stay with her?" "On the night ofa full moon, people a long time ago... would go out alone at midnight... searching for wishing wells." "Why do you think?" "They would follow the moonlight, cross rivers... and make their way through the brush." "When they ﬁnally arrived, they'd look in the well." "Look in...?" "They could see it, at the bottom of the well." "See what?" "Their future lover." "The person to spend the rest of their life with." "Hey!" "What's going on?" "!" "It's showtime!" "Stop it!" "Mariko." "How dare you deceive me and ﬂirt with this guy!" "The punishment for this will be quite different!" "Do it!" "No!" "Forgive me!" "Please forgive me!" "No!" "No!" "Please stop!" "This is your punishment!" "Let me go!" "Please let me go!" "Let me go!" "Shut up, you sow!" "Don't move!" "Jun." "I'll show you something even better than your spoon bending." "Mine." "It's mine." ""Mine"?" "Whose is "mine"...?" "Mine..." "Mariko's." "Mariko...?" "Why do I have to spill blood when I beat you?" "!" "Stop it, you're gonna kill her!" "Don't stop!" "Hit me!" "Hit me some more, I don't mind!" "Understand?" "This is the kind ofwoman Mariko is." "My leg?" "As you can see, the whole thing was just an act!" "Mariko, Mariko, Mariko." "Oh, we'll have the same name 'til the end of the universe." "Shit, this isn't funny." "I'm blowing this place!" "Me too." "Same here." "Cowa rds!" "Stand up." "Ifyou really love her, then whip her!" "Was it nothing but sympathy?" "Really?" "Is that what you want?" "!" "P|ease...hit me..." "That guy was so upset." "He was welling up with tears." "You must be satisﬁed." "I beat you up pretty bad." "Satisﬁed?" "Give me a break!" "Ow!" "Ow!" "Ow!" "What're you doing?" "!" "Shut up, and don't move!" "So what ifyou're rich?" "!" "Don't be so proud ofyourself, teasing that snotty brat." "Do you honestly think I'd be satisﬁed with that?" "!" "I can't breathe!" "YOU SUCK 35 an actress." "Your acting is way over the top." "Completely tepid!" "Forgive me!" "Forgive you?" "As ifyou're not enjoying this!" "Why...?" "Why can I never get enough to satisfy myself?" "Not even ifl do it." "Or ifyou do it." "Shit, what are you doing, Mariko?" "!" "Snap to it!" "Right!" "Hey, let me see that!" "Let go of it!" "Let go!" "Come on, I saw you put it in there!" "See, I knew it!" "What is it?" "What is it, at this time ofmorning?" "!" "What happened?" "Who could've done this?" "I didn't do it!" "I couldn't do a thing like that!" "No!" "How could you even doubt me?" "!" "Wait, maybe it was that slave of ours..." "No, Master!" "Don't do that!" "Where'd that come from?" "!" "I'm gonna be a maid in a daytime TV soap coming up." "Fine time to practice acting!" "Oh, Michiru." "Haven't you heard of situation play?" "Yeah, but I wanna be the spoiled one!" "I wanna be really, really spoiled!" "What kind of part would be good, I wonder?" "A baby!" "A baby who gets spoiled by her mommy!" "You'rejust like a child, Michiru." "Yeah, that's right." "That's the way I want it." "After all, I really want to stay a child!" "Well, you know what?" "!" "I really wanted to play the part ofa mommy." "Okay, now show me your bottom!" "Yes, Mommy!" "It's true!" "Your Mongolian spot is still as blue as can be!" "Mommy!" "It's time for my boobie!" "Oh, Michiru!" "That's not very attractive." "You get 0% for aesthetic sense." "Oh, Kana." "But we get 120% for love!" "Oh, yeah?" "You think children know what love means?" "You're a meanie, Kana!" "Hey, that's a good face!" "It's very..." "Ug'Y!" "Hi." "Jun!" "You're late!" "Come on, don't be so spoiled!" "A little something came up." "Who's she?" "Her name's Eri." "Yesterday at my shop in Aoyama... she was caught on the surveillance camera... stealing a diamond ring." "You little crook!" "Wow, what a surprise." "She looks so innocent." "Turns out that she didn't steal the diamond ring... because she wanted it, either." "Then why?" "Come on!" "Answer her!" "Well..." "Whenever I get my period..." "I become kind of frustrated..." "Then I get all confused." "And before I realize it, I've shoplifted and stuff." "So you've got your period now?" "She was sure noisy, crying and begging me to forgive her!" "I didn't turn her in to the cops." "But I wondered what to do with her." "Sol thought I'd askyou all for some advice." "What exactly does she do?" "She's a university student." "She lives alone." "Yeah?" "She ﬁts our requirements as a friend, to a tee!" "Okay, so you've all agreed to be her friend, right?" "Poor Eri..." "We've decided we're gonna make you our slave!" "S|ave...?" "Don't worry, it's not such a big deal." "Oops, sorry" ""Oh, Master!"" "How cruel!" "But you know, Eri..." "You're not allowed to stand up... unless the masters order you to." "The masters...?" "!" "Yeah, who else?" "The four of us." "You're not too bright, are you?" "You'vejust become our slave!" "''I didn't hear about that!"" "Well, for starters, let's get her to clean up this room." "Yeah." "But the tea Kana spilled soaked your blouse and brassiere." "Better take it off, or you'll catch a cold." "Oops." "That's cold!" "sorFY" "You'll have to take off your bottoms, too." "Your panties are wet too, right?" "Oh, well." "You'll have to do it wearingjust an apron." "You sure are strict, considering what a child you are." "" Please, have mercy!"" "Come on, snap to it!" "When we do stuff like this, we can't help but get excited." "People are so complex." "Yes, that's the reason I perform!" "To tell the true plight of man!" "We let our woman be our slave." "She was humiliated, so..." "And this is her payback?" "!" "Yeah, we went overboard!" "This is because you made her into a vase." ""Master."" "" Please forgive my terrible cooking."" ""Master."" "" Please forgive my terrible cooking."" "Perfect!" "The cooking does look awful, after all!" "Well?" "Pretty, huh?" "Wow, those are beautiful!" "You've got such good taste,jun!" "Oh, but what'|| we do?" "The vase broke the other day." "No problem." "I ﬁgured as much, sol brought a vase along." "Nice going!" "Let's arrange them right away!" "So?" "Where's the vase?" "Right here!" "A vase...?" "Here, open your legs up wider!" "No..." "And take your hands ofﬂ" "And there you have it: a vase!" "I see!" "Go ahead, everyone." "Don't hold back." "You mustn't feel it." "This is an elegant way ofarranging them." "We can still stuffa lot in." "How artistic!" "I always got top marks in art class." "That's a nice vase." "What are you saying, Michiru?" "!" "You said yourselfthat you were the cruelest!" "Who was it that made her eat that crap, after all?" "!" "Yes, you're right." "That was a very humiliating treatment." "Don't you think we should give something to eat... to our poor slave?" "Now, you're our puppy." "That belongs to Chappy, who died last year." "You should be grateful you get to use it." "A dog should wear this though, shouldn't it?" "Yes, good point!" "You think of everything,jun!" "I'm impressed." "Don't want her to get mistaken for a stray." "You have wonderful masters, right?" "Come on." "Hurry and eat up!" "Hurry UP!" "At that rate, you won't be ﬁnished by sunrise!" "Here, look this way!" "Cheese!" "Talk about kitschy art." "Face the camera!" "Hurry!" "Isn't that yummy?" "Great..." "What a cute face." "Okay, pose!" "Yes, Michiru was harsh, too." "And I think Kana was bad, too, for taking photos ofit all!" "Hey, Miwa!" "Shut up and listen!" "What?" "!" "But I didn't do anything bad to that slave!" "Miwa, you took her to your room afterward, right?" "I saw you, you know." ""Y—You're unfaithful, that's your problem."" "That really sucked!" "How can you practice reading the script with me?" "!" "I'm sorry!" "Try it again." ""Y—You're...un—unfaithfu|..." "Eri." "Are you trying to make a fool of me?" "No..." "No, I'm sure you are!" "You don't even think I'm human!" "That's why you're looking at me with contempt!" "That's not true!" "Itis." "I don't have a uterus." "I can't be called a woman." "I can't be called a human!" "You can't understand, can you?" "For an actress, acting is everything!" "She'll do anything for a good performance!" "Even get pregnant!" "Yes." "That's the reason I'll never be able to have children!" "That's right." "I'm not a woman!" "I'm not human!" "What kind oflook is that?" "Are you still scorning me?" "!" "You'll lose your uterus, too!" "I saw the whole thing." "Hang on a second..." "That means the slave is...!" "Did something happen?" "So that means you're not the guilty one." "Then if Eri wasn't the guilty one..." "What does that mean?" "It means someone else is guilty." "Who cou|d've beneﬁted from Kana's death?" "That reminds me,jun." "Kana said she regretted that you sold her... somejewels at a high price before." "What're you saying?" "That you don't trust me?" "!" "What about you?" "!" "Acting more and more like a child, lately!" "You told Kana you wanted her to change your diaper!" "Kana didn't know what to do!" "Freak!" "Yeah, right, look who's talking." "Super—frea k!" "How dare you!" "What does, "the plight of man" mean?" "What is this ugliness?" "Why are you putting on airs?" "!" "You pretend to be an actress;" "you're no better than an extra!" "How cruel!" "It's all over for us!" "Um..." "I don't think there's any need to compete." "Ifwejust calm down and think about this..." "First, let's call 911." "Yeah, you're right." "The line's been cut!" "Somebody doesn't want us calling the police." "They must've done it." "What'|| we do?" "!" "Someone will just have to get out of here and tell the cops." "But who's going to take that role?" "Who's gonna stay in this cabin?" "I don't want to stay behind." "I was tied up with this leash." "Sol can prove that I'm not guilty." "So I'll stay behind." "No way, let's all stay." "That way, there's no problem." "Where's the key to the outside door?" "I think it's in Kana's pocket." "I'll go get it!" "It's not there!" "It's in her pocket." "No, I mean her body isn't there!" "Kana..." "What cou|d've happened...?" "Who the hell hid it?" "!" "Is there some kind of trickster in this cabin?" "Could there be someone else staying in this cabin?" "I'm scared!" "We'll get killed, too!" "Let's get out of here!" "Come on, hurry!" "Michiru, hurry up!" "Hurry!" "Hurry!" "Get in!" "Hurry UP!" "Jun, Miwa, and Michiru." "They're all so smutty!" "So what ifwe need money?" "I'll never forgive you for making a client without me!" "Does it hurt?" "Do it harder." "Bite me harder!" "The others are wimps when it comes to domination!" "Jun and the others had no idea we deceived them... right from the shoplifting incident!" "You're scary." "Get lost, you're the scary one." "I hate people who are wishy—washy!" "Yeah." "I always want the most intense ecstasy!" "But..." "They'd never guess... there was a client's body in the trunk." "There's a punishment to pay for betrayal." "And to start all over again, I needed to have a clean slate." "A pure white slate." "Yamanashi police station." "I witnessed something terrible." "I saw a man's body stuffed in a trunk." "Yes." "In a silver Porsche." "Yes, that's right." "I'll never come here again!" "Was that booze or water?" "!" "Hey...!" "Nobody cares about anything!" "You're awake." "I'm ﬁred?" "You can't be serious." "You know we're having a rough time here." "Those guys don't get drunk and miss work." "Not like you do." "It's not much..." "Yeah, whatever." "I'll never come here again!" "Was that booze or water?" "!" "Hey...!" "Nobody cares about anything!" "I didn't think this place would still be here after last time." "Are these the remnants ofa party in a dream?" "They'rejust dreams." "But nobody takes responsibility after the dreams." "Isn't that right, Mr. Shizuo Natsukawa?" "DOMESTIC TICKET ONE MONTH, TO AUGUST 31" "A long, long time ago... in a forest... there lived the happiest family of bears in the world." "The papa bear was the postman for the forest." "The mama bear was cheery and gentle... and always busy working." "And there were the two baby girl bears." "They lived together so happily." "But..." "Their happy world came crashing down in an instant." "Suddenly one day... the papa bear found a girlfriend." "He left home." "While the little bears were feeling sad... next it was the mama bear." "She brought home a new papa bear." "The new papa bear had a habit... of getting violent when he drank." "And when the big sister bear got old enough to work... she took the little sister bear... and they left home for good." "It was a small, lonely apartment." "But they were happy." "Because they didn't have to care about anyone else's feelings." "Are you listening?" "Hey Prez, we've got some hot babes!" "What do you say?" "Here, take a peek!" "Take your pick!" "I can't get it up." "I thinkl might be able to with you, though." "You're in good hands." "Let's get out of here." "Let's go somewhere else." "Just the two of us." "Fired?" "Yeah." "Today, thanks to this." "Been working there long?" "Not a chance." "You won't believe it, but I used to be a top—rank businessman." "The elite." "You must've had a lot ofgirlfriends." "Do you always invite your clients out like this?" "Don't touch these." "Only got one eye or something?" "You never know." "Cool." "You suit mejust ﬁne." "When did your problem start?" "Three years ago." "All ofa sudden." "Three years ago." "Do you know the " Misanthrope" place in Roppongi?" "The nightclub." "The Chinese Dj there is talented and beautiful." "I used to go a lot." "Oh." "Is the club still there?" "I dunno." "I wasjust asking." "I'm so tired today." "How long are we gonna drive for?" "Let's hurry and go somewhere." "And then..." "This rope here..." "It's tied onto that car." "See it?" "Kaneyama's all prepared down there." "He's the barker." "You've met him." "Hey, Prez, we've got some hot babes!" "Didn't you notice him following you?" "Kaneyama will do anything... |fit's for me, that is." "Ifl give the signal with this... that guy will start the car." "Then do you know what'|| happen to you?" "Don't I look like someone?" "I'm Keiko Fujimori." "So, it does ring a bell." "That was exactly three years ago." "The start of my summer vacation, in grade twelve." "That day, my sister left for work." "Night fell, but she still didn't return." "I knew something was wrong." "I rushed to the scene." "But by that time she wasn't normal." "Her eyes were glassy." "In the hall ofthe hospital... the detective told me as he smacked his gum." "My sister was raped." "She was strung up in a tree!" "Judging by the sperm... there were four suspects." "Is that what goes on in the world?" "Reveling in the suffering of others." "They haven't shown any interest, since the case is unsolved." "And my father and mother..." "They made an excuse for not going to the funeral." "But I..." "I didn't care anymore." "Before I knew it..." "I was working there and wearing these glasses." "When I was there..." "I felt strangely calm." "One morning I ﬁgured out why." "I'm put naked on the pillory in front of men." "That's just like my sister." "And suddenlyl got a peek of the outline of the men... on the other side of the wall." "They were all such losers." "I was..." "I was laughing on the other side of my sunglasses." "How dare you be so impudent!" "You're the one who did it!" "I know that!" "Who were the others?" "!" "Tell me!" "You're nuts!" "Nuts...?" "I don't know any chick called Reiko!" "Don't lie to me." "P|ease...don't do this!" "Somebody!" "Help me!" "Screaming won't do you any good." "There's nothing but ofﬁce buildings around." "Not a soul around at this time of day." "Somebody!" "Hey!" "Ifyou get out of hand, Kaneyama will take offing the car." "Where's your proof?" "I onlyjust met you today..." "You dropped some matches from the Misanthrope back there." "You said you were a regular there, didn't you?" "Matches...?" "Anybody has matches." "Yeah?" "Then what's this?" "Interesting shape." "Look." "Sig?" "Sig?" "Keiko, over here!" "Back then, I didn't have a clue what it meant." "But today I ﬁnally ﬁgured it out." "It's just a coincidence." "You're reading too much into it." "Do you wanna die that bad?" "Then let me put you out ofyour misery." "So it was you." "No.__!" "No..." "I'll do anything...!" "You'll do anything?" "My sister died." "I don't know a thing about it!" "It's a false accusation!" "She was a kind sister." "Just so that I could go to a university." "On her days off... she even worked part—time in a nearby supermarket." "She didn't want to be like our mom." "Her fried eggs tasted just like Mom's." "That's all ruined now." "But... you still have a cute wife and child." "I only have this." "This is one thing my sister wouldn't let me touch." "My sister was given this when she got ﬁrst place in math." "My mom gave it to her." "Hurry up and confess!" "You're a sore loser." "Sis.__?" "Pipe down!" "Don't call out!" "Let me go!" "Get your ﬁlthy hands off me!" "Shut up!" "Why didn't you call for help?" "That Kaneyama guy isn't there, is he?" "Let me go!" "I'll tell you." "You know, your sister... had a reputation with me and my friends!" "She'd sleep with anyone, at the drop ofa hat." "She'd look for men who seemed like they had money." "Then she'd do her thing... and when it turned 1 1:00, she'd run off home." "Just like Cinderella." "I knew by her hairstyle that it was her." "I wasjust going to have a little breather." "We were stressed, between clients and our angry boss." "Lots of people wanted to be in our position." "I thought she was just acting." "That she was really having a great time." "Yamada, Kameyama, tie the rope." "Sure." "Let's beat it!" "Come on!" "MISANTHROPE" "No!" "My sister wasn't that kind ofwoman!" "We ran away!" "But it didn't do any good, in the end." "I was a total alcoholic, and lost myjob." "On top of that, my wife and kid ran away from me." "The other guys were the same." "So what's the big deal?" "!" "So what..." "You can't sleep with a woman ever again... because of my sister!" "What?" "!" "Yoshioka hung himselfand died!" "Know why your sister hunted for men?" "She was sick ofyou!" "Sick of her life full of sacriﬁces for you!" "You were a burden to her!" "Hey, babe!" "Wanna have a good time?" "Let's have fun!" "You're a hot chick!" "How about beyond her legs..." "Wanna see me nude that badly?" "okay" "I'll show you." "Ifyou want me, then you'll have to catch me!" "How boring!" "Hey, she's streaking!"