"NIKKATSU FILM COMPANY" "THE ASSIGNATION" "Produced by Kazuo Ohtsuka" "Written by Ko Nakahira Based on the Book by Akira Yoshimura" "Cinematography by Yoshihiro Yamazaki Lighting Effects by Toshio Mori" "Sound Effects by Nobumasa Fukushima Art Direction by Takashi Matsuyama" "Music by Toshiro Mayuzumi Film Editing by Masanori Tsujii" "Cast:" "Yoko Katsuragi Takao Ito Seiji Miyaguchi" "Chikako Hosokawa Yuko Chishiro Shinako Mine Reiko Arai Michio Hino" "Mizuho Suzuki Seijiro Takano Shigeo Hayashi" "Masayuki Kawamura Tamotsu Takata Norikatsu Hanamura" "Directed by Ko Nakahira" "Are you sleeping?" "I'm not." "You're lying." "You were breathing so calmly." "No." "What are you thinking about?" "Nothing." "Don't lie to me." "You must be thinking about something." "So what were you thinking about?" "I'm serious." "I was thinking about sensei." "You shouldn't be thinking about him." "If sensei died, would you..." "Stop... don't say that." "You're young and handsome." "You'll find a good girl." "You'll graduate and get a good job." "And you'll become a big boss." "One day, someone will introduce you to a girl from a good family." "You'll start dating." "You'll see as much of each other as you want." "Not like we see each other now, once a week instead of cooking classes." "You'll go to cinemas and expensive restaurants." "And then you'll have a wedding." "Here comes the groom, Ikuo Kawashima..." "He graduated with honors from the law faculty of University of Tokyo." "Will you invite me to your wedding?" "I'll sit in the corner and look at your happy face." "I won't be jealous." "I just want to see your future wife." "She'll be charming and well-mannered." "But at the same time, lively and funny." "And she'll be very pretty." "Not like me, an old woman..." "Why are you saying all these things?" "Because I love you." "This love is unbearable." "And I'm torturing myself." "It's cruel." "But it's wonderful to be with you." "I immediately forget that I'm ten years older." "Hold me tight." "With you, I become younger." "I feel like a schoolgirl." "Ikuo-san, do you feel it?" "I feel  like my body is shrinking." "So fast." "It's shrinking faster and faster." "And finally..." "You become a baby?" "My love..." "Don't leave." "I want us to always be together." "And never to part." "Let's go." "Goodbye." "Let's not see each other for some time." "I'll write you." "Bye." "Welcome home." " How did it go?" " Nothing special." "Your husband is upstairs." "He asked me to wake him up at 8:30 tomorrow." "And told me to make him some coffee." "What were you learning to cook today?" "What is it?" "Put it in the fridge." "Alright." "Your cooking teacher was on TV today." "Careful with the pot." "I got delayed." " Kikuko, is that you?" " Yes." "Welcome home." "I told Sayo to wake me up at 8.30." "There's something I need to do before the lecture." "Alright." "Good night." "Good night." "Brother, is that you?" " Welcome home." " Hi." " Are you hungry?" " No." "Good." "I wanted to make chop suey." "But it turned out bad." "So I threw it away and ordered sushi with tuna." "It was delicious." "By the way, Kanezawa's mother called." "Father will be here next week and will bring some money." "What's wrong?" "Are you sick?" "Want some salt water?" "No?" "It's not that bad then." "Are you drunk again?" "You shouldn't drink so much." "One, two, three  five, six." "Slow, slow, quick." "Slow, slow, quick." "One, two, three, four, five, six..." "One, two, three, four..." "One, two, three..." "Sayo-san, you're disturbing my husband." "Stop it immediately." " Yes." " It's late." "Go to bed." "Good night." "Hello?" "Yes, that's right." "Are you from the newspaper?" "I see." "Hold on." "Hello?" "Yes, it's Miyahara." "Yes... the incident in Hakkai?" "Yes... my forecast on the Hakkai case?" "No, it's not my area." "Since this is subject to special examination  there's nothing I can help you with." "Besides, journalists working in newspapers  treat these things too lightly." "Court trial is not a sports game." "Brother, when will you be home tonight?" "Damn, I have a spot." "If you come before me, make dinner." "We should take turns." "Right?" "What is it?" "Are you unwell?" "No." "Madam, I forgot about this." "What is it?" "Your yesterday's class?" "Do I have to add this too?" "Damn, it's stuck." "Oh my god!" "I'm sorry." "This girl  how do you still tolerate her?" "All maids are like this these days." "Really?" "I saw it myself." "Did you?" "Hold on." "There's a white hair..." "Madam!" "Madam, there was a murder  in the grove in front of the Kumano shrine." "The guy from the laundry told me." "There's a lot of police and journalists." "It's terrible." "The driver was about 50." "His head has been smashed." "It's impossible to recognize his face anymore." "It happened again." "It's terrifying." "It's our punishment." "It's been more than 6 months." "When was it exactly?" "Around mid-April." "I took cooking classes out of boredom." "Excuse me, are you professor Miyahara's wife?" "My name's Kawashima." "We're visiting you on the 20th." "Yes, right." "Do you feel unwell?" "It's hot and I felt dizzy." "But I'm better now." " I'll accompany you." " Don't bother." "It's no trouble at all." "Would you like to come in for a cup of coffee?" "I'm sorry but I have to be going." "Well, thank you so much." "It's the 20th the day after tomorrow." "Are you coming?" "Yes, of course." "I'll be looking forward to it." "Thank you again." " Good night." " Good night." "Goodbye." "It was a strange feeling, but I enjoyed it." "I immediately liked him." "On the 20th of every month  my husband's students from the law faculty gathered at our house." "They didn't come for any particular purpose." "My husband had many friends in business." "So people came mostly to establish business relations  or to find a job." "Of course, they talked about law." "My husband wanted everyone to express their opinion." "After all, we have to take into account the Article 81 of the Constitution." "The Socialists demand the government's resignation." "That will require re-elections." "There's also the option of going to the International Court in Washington." " But that won't be easy." " This is a very difficult question." "It's easy to talk when you're not in the government." "First of all, it's a matter of defense." "In the Evening Star..." "No, in the Washington Daily..." "But the Supreme Court didn't make a decision." "The main principle of the Constitution is human rights." " Is that right, sensei?" " Yes." "Yes, the Constitution and the Convention are closely connected." "There are a few theories regarding this." "Class hierarchy theory has to do with the notion of dualism." "Triepel and Anzilotti recognize the supremacy of international law." "Kelsen and Radbruch agree with this." "Jellinek and Koellreutter put forward the theory of the supremacy of the Constitution." "In general, international community of politicians  supports structural pluralism." "In English, they call it The Constitution of Japan." "Agreement is called "a treaty"." "Synonyms of "treaty" are "charter"  "arrangement", "convention", "declaration", "act"." "Each of these words has many meanings." "Read Jellinek's "System der subjektiven öffentlichen Rechte"... and Koellreutter's "Grundriß der Allgemeinen Staatslehre"..." "I avoided looking at him." "But to myself, I was counting  how many times he looked at me." "There is an underlying connection." "For example, Paru in India  Walsh in America, Street in Australia  Leicester and Lonsdale in England  Pratt in Chile..." "Every time we met, he always accompanied me." "Every time I looked him in the eyes, he blushed." "That night it was like I felt light-headed from fresh leaves." "I wasn't thinking whether it was a joy or a crime." "It was as if my eyes opened." "Some warm tide  at once filled my heart with joy." "Madam, there's a stray dog there..." "It's terrible!" "Its tongue is sticking out of its mouth." "Its chest and stomach are smashed." "Its guts are all over the road." "But it's still alive." "After the ratification of the pact by International Labour Organization  a decision concerning the relations between employers and employees has to be taken." "At the same time, there's a number of difficulties, the work on solving which continues." "This morning, at around 5:40  in Seijo, near the Kumano shrine  a robbery and murder was committed." "The victim has been identified." "It is a taxi driver from the Nissho company." "His name is Tokuhiro Kanayama." "The murderers threw away the body." "It was found in the bushes 20 meters from the car." "The victim had been hit on the head with a blunt object." "Death occurred around 8 hours ago." "Therefore, the murder was committed at 9:30 PM." "There are no houses in the proximity of the crime scene." "No witnesses have been found yet." "The suspect is supposed to be wearing geta." "The investigation is progressing slowly." "That is all for now." "Weather forecast is coming up next." "The weather across the country..." "Hello?" "Yes, that's right." "Hold on." " Sir, it's for you." " Who's calling?" "It's me... sister, it's you?" "Me too." "Haven't heard from you in a while." "No, I'll have left by then." "Yes, let's meet then." "Alright." "It was my sister Aoyama." "She'll come by around 3." "And your plans?" "I have a lecture in the morning and a meeting after that." "I'll be home after it's over." "CLASS 31" "Having lost shelter and  due to constant harassment on the part of Umekichi  he was forced to protect himself." "An axe is added to the evidence." "It has an oblong shape." "Holding it in his hand, he was trying to deflect Umekichi's blow." "And, being in the state of affect, he applied too much force." "He hit Umekichi on the head a few times with the blade of the axe." "The blow came from the left." "So the victim was hit in the right parietal region." "Extensive damage to the skull was found in the center of the parietal region." "In the parietal bone, there was a crack of 3-3.5 centimeters." "On top of that, one lacerated wound resulted in a bone shattered in 13 fragments." "There were 3 lacerated wounds in total, plus a scratch on the forehead." "The fracture of the parietal bone  led to damage to the brain and bleeding." "20 million yen?" "Yes, but it can come to around 25 million." "General manager told my husband that they can arrange it." "I think it's a good opportunity." "It will be a great present for father." "I think Yuichiro-san is also experiencing some problems." "It's not that we need money." "But maintaining a house in Kamakura is very expensive." "These are pointless expenses." "If I want to go there, my husband's company owns a hotel." "I can always stay there." "After all, money is more useful." "It can be invested." "If you had children, it would be different." "By the way, why don't you?" "Maybe you should get examined?" "Hello?" "Yes." " What?" " I'm talking about children." "I'll call the mistress of the house." "You could always go to the Keyo hospital." "You don't have any health issues?" "No." "Madam, your husband will be back in about 5 hours." "He asked me to tell you." "Yes..." "Yuichiro-san ran away, after all." " I don't think so." " Yes, he did." "He's always felt embarrassed by me." "By the way, how is it going?" "As usual, once in 3 months?" "It's because of Yuichiro-san." "You still sleep in separate bedrooms?" "Poor girl." "You're still so young." "But I'm used to it by now." "Even so..." "Once, when I was your age  my husband went to Germany." "So I..." "Now concerning the murder near the Kumano shrine." "We visited the family of the victim, Tokuhiro Kanayama  in Kishi-cho, Sumida region." "Everything has changed in this house." "People are burning incense  and bowing before his body." "Without the master of the house, it's empty and dreary here." "He is survived by his wife  and three little children." "We inquired about how Kanayama-san lived." "Please accept our condolences." "Can you tell us how you got married?" "We got married in autumn of 1943, three months after we met." "Where did you meet?" "At the frontline?" "In North China." "After the war, we ended up in Siberia." "When did you come back to Japan?" "Shortly before I gave birth." "Around 1948." "Did he get this job after you returned?" "No... there was no work at the time." "We had just had a baby." "It was tough." "Finally, he found a job at the Ichigaya military office." "Soldiers were returning from captivity, and the army was in decay." "He got a piece of bread for a day's work." "You can't fully achieve satiety, but it's enough to survive." "Finally, he got a job at this company." "He said, "This is the end to our suffering."" ""Otherwise, we would have to commit suicide."" "Until then, he'd often talked about it before going to bed..." "He didn't hurt anyone." "What happened to him is unfair." "He survived the war, and now..." "Hiroko-chan..." "Hiroko-chan, how do you feel now that your dad's gone?" "Lonely..." "An ordinary family at once plunged into despair..." "Why are you looking at me like that?" "This new kimono smells nice." "You scared me." "If you're home, why didn't you turn the lights on?" "It was mean of you." "My friends called a taxi for me." "It made me think about that driver." "He was all covered in blood." "It's unthinkable that something like that could happen." "Last year, a driver was also attacked." "The driver said  since there are no witnesses, it will be difficult to catch the murderer." "If he doesn't get caught, he'll kill someone else." "So..." "Yes... yes..." " Madam!" " What is it?" "There's a student named Kawashima." "He wants to see you." "What do you want me to tell him?" "I don't know what he wants..." " Alright, let him in." " Yes." "At such an hour..." "What's sensei going to think?" "What is it?" "What do you want?" "Madam, I'm going to tell the police  about what happened two days ago." "I saw the murderer's face very well." "If I tell the police about it  they will be able to catch him." "They say, the driver had three children." "I can't take this anymore." "I see this man's face every time I close my eyes." "What are you talking about?" "I'll be in trouble." "Why have you come here?" "I won't be able to justify myself." "If sensei finds out  it will be the same as death for me." "I won't tell them about you." "They'll find out anyway." "Why have you come here?" "What if someone hears us?" "At the police, everything will come out." "Besides, we saw a policeman on the bridge." "Absolutely not." "It's out of the question." "What am I to do, Madam?" "I can't sleep at night." "Ikuo-san, forget everything you saw." "If the police and the papers don't find out about it  we have nothing to worry about." "Please, don't go to the police." "How am I going to live with this, Madam?" "I feel sorry for that man." " Have you locked the door?" " Yes." "Then you can go to sleep." "Give me the key to the gate..." " I'll lock it myself." " Well, if you..." "Good night." "Pull yourself together, Ikuo-san." "You're just tired." "Alright?" "I'll come see you tomorrow morning." "And we'll discuss everything." "Alright?" "Do you hear me?" "And now go home." "It's late." "We'll figure something out tomorrow." "Everything will be alright." "Don't go to the police tonight." "Let's wait till tomorrow." "One... two... three  four... five..." " May I?" " Yes." "This student is suffering from unreciprocated love." "He wanted to talk to me about it." "How strange..." "Good night." "Good night." " May I?" " Yes." "You're still awake?" "Yes." "I wanted to look at this picture..." " I'm..." " What?" "I'm a little..." "I see... that's fine..." "It's not important." "Good night." "Good night." "I was going to go see sister Aoyama today." "Yes... concerning that thing, tell her I'm fine with it." " Bye." " Have a good day." " Sayo-san, I need to go out." " Yes." "What is it?" "You're not hungry?" "You haven't eaten anything for two or three days now." "It's not normal." "Are you feeling alright?" "Maybe you should go see the doctor?" "Do you have a fever?" "A headache?" "I think you have a fever." " Let's take the temperature." " I'm fine." "No, you're not." "Let's do it." " Here." " Leave me alone." "No way." "Do it." "Stop it!" "Get off me!" "Are you out of your mind?" "Was that your sister I saw just now?" "That girl..." "she's your younger sister, right?" "She's very lively." "She looks very much like you." "Come in." "It's nice here." "You keep everything in order." "And what happened here?" "You had an argument?" "An argument between siblings." "I'm jealous." "What a mess!" "You shouldn't do it." "Everything is in its place." "How lovely!" "Is this you?" "Did your sister paint it?" "It's very pretty." "Well?" "Do you feel better today?" "Try to forget about it as soon as possible." "It's not important." "Madam..." "I'll go to the police anyway." "What for?" "I've been thinking all night." "I have to go to the police." "Ikuo-san!" "Ikuo-san, why don't you understand?" "Do you want me to get in trouble?" "I have a husband." "If he finds out  my life will be over and his reputation will be ruined." "You're so afraid he might find out." "Isn't it reasonable?" "Are you that stupid?" "I'm a married woman!" "I know that, Madam..." "But you said you wanted to spend your whole life with me." "I remember you saying it that night." "Do you mean to say..." "So what if everyone finds out?" "Maybe I did say that..." "But, Ikuo-san, please, get it out of your head." "I love you very much." "I really love you." "But for us to be together  is impossible." "So it was all a lie?" "What you said about us always being together, was that a lie?" "It's so hard with you." "You're such a child." "What about what happened between us?" "Was all that a lie too?" "What if it was?" "It was just a game for you, wasn't it?" "Am I just a toy to you?" "Why do you say that?" "You're not a toy." "It's just that I..." "I see." "Where are you going?" "To the police." "I'll tell them everything." "Stop!" "Please, don't!" "Stop..." "I beg you." "Don't go." "Everything will be alright." "One ticket." "SECRET LOVERS WITNESSED MURDER" "UNIVERSITY STUDENT AND HIS LOVER..." "Train to Shinjuku is arriving at platform 3." "Please, step away from the edge of the platform." "He just jumped." " Look, there's a leg!" " He committed suicide?" "Hey, girl..." "I was right there and I saw everything." "It was you who pushed him!" "Rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop" "When the wind blows, the cradle will rock" "When the bough breaks, the cradle will fall" "And down will come baby, cradle and all" "Rock-a-bye baby..." "THE END"