"It's cold!" "Aren't they pretty!" "That's great!" "I feel good about it." "I've got to study." "Yes?" "Dad?" "I'm almost home." "Do you need dinner?" "Yes." "OK." "Take care on the way." "I will." "THE HOVERING BLADE" "Middle school, maybe?" "Do you have a family?" "Are you married?" "No, I'm not." "Oh." "Yes?" "This is Detective Oribe..." "I know this is hard..." "Metropolitan Police Department Koto Police Station" "You didn't mention the injections..." "How would that help?" "He wants to know how she died." "He'll find out." "What's the point in starting him guessing?" "Look, family members want to know everything." "But the more they know, the more they suffer." "Some things they don't need to know." "But..." "It's the best way." "Take his prints." "Cause of death:" "Acute heart failure." "Urine remaining in her body tested positive for drugs." "The semen of two men was taken from the victim's gina." "Cardio-pulmonary functions had ceased when the body found." "There were bruises and contusions on the face and ody and needle marks at five points on the arms." "The father is an architect, Shigeki Nagamine, 56." "His daughter lived with him." "The mother died of breast cancer two years ago." "If her death was the result of under-age drug use there will be great social interest." "The media will ave a field day." "That night, yes..." "A local barber..." "Yes..." "Saw the victim..." "Young men in a car, a 1970s model?" "Yes..." "Yes, all right." "We have a witness!" "There's still a lot of 1970s cars around..." "Are you going to check all of them?" "Yes." "Limit it to Kawaguchi and eastern Tokyo." "These guys operate in their own territory." "Like animals." "Is the list of sedans done?" "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6... 14's out, so... 15, 16, 17, 18..." "Thank you." "No?" "On to the next." "Did this car go anywhere the night of December 5th?" "Yes, it did." "It did?" "Does anyone else drive it?" "No, just me." "Oh." "Fine." "Thank you." "Let's go." "Hello?" "Where were you on the night of December 5th?" "The 5th?" "I was at home." "Are you the only one who drives this car?" "Why?" "Higashi-Kawaguchi Station, the night of December 5th." "That's your family's car, right?" "Did you borrow your father's car, and were you driving?" "Could you tell us exactly where you went?" "I just drove around." "Around'?" "Around." "Alone?" "Where'd you get that black eye?" "You didn't have it last time." "What happened?" "Cooperation requested in a murder investigation" "Koto Police Station..." "One moment." "Mr Mano..." "Mr Nagamine wants to know if we've found anything." "Hello?" "Mano speaking..." "As far as the investigation is concerned there's nothing I can tell you that hasn't been reported already." "I'm sorry." "One message." "Hello, Mr Nagamine?" "Ema was killed by Kaiji Sugano and Atsuya Tomozaki." "This isn't a prank call." "The ones who killed Ema are Kaiji Sugano and Atsuya Tomozaki." "Tomozaki's address is Umejima 4-12-8 Adachi Ward Apartment 101." "There's a key above the door." "If you go inside, you'll find evidence." "Tapes and stuff." "I repeat:" "This is not a prank call." "Grab her!" "Grab her!" "Grab her!" "Kaiji, what are you doing!" "Ah, that feels good!" "Hey!" "What's going on?" "Hey!" "Is she stoned?" "Wake up!" "You give me the creeps." "Hey!" "Hey!" "Is she OK?" "She's not moving." "Hey!" "Hey!" "You asleep?" "Take her out and dump her." "Ah, man, that was fucking great!" "Atsuya Tomozaki, right?" "Where's Kaiji Sugano?" "Where's Sugano?" "!" "At a pension out in Nagano!" "Atsuya?" "Those are mine!" "Give them back." "This." "It was taken from Atsuya Tomozaki's apartment." "Watch it first." "What an idiot!" "Once more!" "We believe this is Ema Nagamine." "We found 13 other similar videos in Tomozaki's apartment." "Does the media have his name?" "Yes." "He's a murder victim." "On the screen is Kaiji Sugano, 18." "He has a record." "Yes?" "All right." "The prints on the murder weapon match Mr Nagamine's." "Tanaka..." "He's not here." "At least he's not dead." "Please mind the doors." "That night, your car was seen outside Atsuya Tomozaki's apartment." "Why did you say you were just driving around?" "You knew something." "No, I didn't." "I didn't want to get involved." "How did you get Ema in the car?" "Kaiji and Atsuya hit on her." "Hit on her?" "They talked to her, and she got in." "Then we drove to Atsuya's apartment." "Dad phoned and said he wanted his car back." "I dropped them off, and went home." "So I don't know anything about what happened." "You three guys talked to a 15 year-old girl and she happily jumped into your car?" "Yeah." "You're lying." "Does anyone other than you three know about this?" "Nakai knows the other two from high school." "From first year on he was like their errand boy." "He probably hates them." "Here." "Thanks." "I suspect it was Nakai who told Nagamine." "Perhaps they did force him to bring the car." "But then they told him he was an accessory to it, too." "And so..." "Then why did he tell Nagamine on the sly and not us?" "Because then Nagamine, distraught over the murder of is daughter might kill Tomozaki and Sugano for him." "And he was right about the first one..." "It's a guess." "To the officers investigating the killing of Atsuya Tomozaki." "I am Shigeki Nagamine, father of Ema Nagamine who was found dead last week by the Arakawa River." "I am sure you know this, but the one who killed Atsuya Tomozaki was me." "I have lost my wife, so my daughter Ema was the only family I had, a treasure nothing can replace." "Her very existence gave the rest of my life its meaning." "This treasure that no one can restore Atsuya Tomozaki stole from me." "The manner in which he did this was so vicious and crazed I can feel not a shred of humanity in it." "He used my daughter as no more than a lump of flesh." "Does killing Atsuya Tomozaki assuage the bitterness I feel?" "The only thing I am sure of is that doing nothing would not." "Tomozaki was a juvenile." "For reasons of 'redemption' and 'rehabilitation' he would likely not have received an adult sentence." "Once 'evil' has been given birth, it cannot be erased." "The evil they have done will live forever in my heart." "I realize that, whatever the reason murder cannot go unpunished." "But for now I cannot allow myself to be arrested." "I still have something must do." "What that is and who it involves I imagine you have guessed." "Whatever happens, I will carry out my intention." "Shigeki Nagamine." "Did he have another reason for sending this, I wonder..." "What do you mean?" "Nagamine's prepared to be the subject of a manhunt." "If that's true, people will know he's after Kaiji Sugano." "The question is what Sugano will do then." "We want Sugano to turn himself in." "Nagamine doesn't want that." "He'll lose his chance for revenge." "It's postmarked Nagoya." "Nagamine doesn't want Sugano to run when he hears that on TV." "So you're saying this means Sugano is not in Nagoya?" "Nagamine has a good idea of where Sugano is." "How would he know that, Oribe?" "He saw Tomozaki." "That's one way." "Another one is the guy who told him about Tomozaki." "Makoto Nakai." "Nakai told him?" "Hello?" "Atsuya's not answering his phone." "Where is he?" "I don't know." "Where are you?" "At an old pension in Sugadaira." "Tell him to come." "The media have the letter!" "All of it." "Investigations are continuing." "Our next story..." "We have an exclusive report on the widely publicized murder in Tokyo's Adachi Ward." "Three days ago, police received a letter from Shigeki Nagamine, named as a suspect in the case." "The letter reads..." "This letter, with the killer speaking in his own words is expected to create an uproar." "Meanwhile the police are silent on what would appear to be an announcement of another crime." "A question, please!" "Where is Nagamine?" "Who's Nagamine after?" "Shouldn't the police be more responsible?" "Will you let another youth die?" "Will there be a statement?" "Isn't it your fault Atsuya Tomozaki's dead?" "No messages." "Has Sugano called you?" "No." "You saw the news." "What did you tell Nagamine?" "You're going to let another friend get killed?" "One of the girls they raped killed herself." "Her father." "Give them the death penalty!" "Death!" "Calm down, Mr Ayumura." "Calm down, please!" "Get hold of yourself!" "Kill them!" "Sure, sure..." "It's for Sugano's sake we're spending days on this case." "To give him a chance to reform and hide him somewhere so Nagamine and the others can't get at him." "That's our legal system." "What can we do?" "So what are police, then?" "We're not protecting citizens." "Is it just the laws that we're protecting?" "We're working our butts off so the laws don't get hurt." "We've got no time or need to think about justice." "If it bothers you, transfer off the case." "It doesn't bother you?" "What we're trying to do is take away the future of Mr Nagamine, the victim." "Hey... keep things straight." "He's the suspect in a murder case." "And for him..." "For Nagamine, there is no future." "Hey..." "Get lost!" "You have one message." "Kaiji Sugano is at a closed-down pension." "It's in Sugadaira." "I don't know exactly where." "Make sure you find him." "Mr Mano!" "We've got something." "Sugano's mother put 50,000 into a bank account." "It was withdrawn from an ATM in Karuizawa." "Sugano?" "Probably." "And Nagano?" "They're on it." "Coming!" "Hello." "Do you have a room?" "For one, sir?" "Yes." "Are you full up?" "No." "Come in." "There." "You're from Nagoya?" "Would you by any chance have seen this boy?" "He's my nephew." "He's run away from home." "You've come all this way?" "Excuse me." "Dad?" "What is it?" "Mr Sawamura's looking for his nephew..." "Haven't seen him." "Look at the picture!" "Nope." "No?" "I'm sorry we can't help." "Sir!" "I'm going hunting the day after tomorrow." "Would you like to come?" "Dad, don't be a pest!" "I'm not!" "I'm sorry." "He always does that." "You're welcome if you've got some time." "I'm sorry." "I'll show you to your room." "Good night." "Sorry to keep you waiting." "We were passing out posters till late last night." "Sit down." "Kawasaki, Nagano Police." "About the list..." "Of closed-down pensions?" "It's being copied right now." "We'll be checking them as part of our investigation." "We'll find them for you." "The kid, and Nagamine." "Mr Sawamura..." "You're going out?" "When will you be back?" "This evening..." "Take care, then." "Welcome to Cosmos Village" "This boy... have you seen him?" "No, I haven't." "Thank you." "Murder Suspect's Letter A Father's Plea To Police" "Well?" "Next." "Welcome back." "Will you need dinner?" "No, thanks." "I've already eaten." "It's Mr Nagamine, isn't it." "I'll leave now." "Could we talk for a few minutes?" "I don't know if I should be asking this but if you find the man you're looking for couldn't you leave him to the police?" "Does meeting violence with violence solve the basic problem?" "My mother fell ill and died when I was 8." "Since then, it's been my father and me." "So I think I might have some idea of how your daughter would feel." "If it had been me I don't think I'd want my father seeking revenge." "I'd want him to bear up, no matter how hard it was." "She wouldn't want your life ruined as well." "Mr Sawamura!" "Mr Sawamura!" "What happened to your leg?" "It's nothing." "I'm fine." "You need that looked at." "No, I'm fine." "You won't be able to look for your nephew like that." "You're with Mr Sawamura?" "Yes..." "All right." "Could you hold this?" "Have you ever fired a gun?" "No." "Never hesitate as you pull the trigger." "In that instant of hesitation, you feel pity." "Once you feel pity, you're lost." "Don't pull the trigger now." "It's still loaded." "Wakako, I'm back!" "Wakako!" "Let go of my gun!" "Officers!" "There's trouble!" "That man's injured!" "Nagamine!" "Who reported this?" "I did." "And the stolen rifle?" "Mine." "Was it loaded?" "It still had two bullets in it." "I was coming home." "I'd invited him back here for a drink." "Detective can you do something for him?" "Mr Oribe!" "Sugano's been seen at Sugadaira." "I wonder if I was wrong after all..." "No." "Dad did you give him your gun?" "I'm in the same boat as that man." "I'm a father who has a daughter." "What's he doing?" "Touting for a prostitute, says the clerk." "There's a pension called 'Caverne' near there." "It closed two years ago." "Proceed with caution." "We're going in." "Mr Mano..." "No one." "Sugano?" "Talk normally." "Tell him to come back here, OK?" "Run!" "Huh?" "Nagamine..." "Mr Nagamine!" "Good evening." "We're from the police." "Would Makoto be home?" "Upstairs?" "In his room?" "We'll go see him." "Did something happen?" "There'll be a lot of hard questions once they know why we let a man free to work as a pimp get away" "Mr Mano..." "Nothing." "I'm sorry." "The fault isn't only yours." "Is that it?" "It's him." "Answer it!" "Quick!" "Answer it." "Put the earphone in." "Yeah?" "Did you rat?" "I don't know anything about it." "Where are you?" "None of your business." "You should turn yourself in, you know." "Lend me some money, will you?" "Sure." "How much?" "100,000." "100,000?" "Just do it." "Yeah, I can handle that." "Tomorrow." "Where?" "Kawasaki." "Way down there?" "Why?" "It's safer!" "I can't get caught after all this." "In front of the station at 2." "Bring the money." "Don't forget." "OK." "Right!" "You're hired!" "Call in." "Thanks." "Great!" "Yes, it's me." "Right." "Tomorrow at 2." "Sugano will be at Kawasaki Station." "Let's head for Tokyo." "My name is Oribe." "Tomorrow at 2 p.m Sugano will be at Kawasaki Station." "The Nagano Police report a man resembling Nagamine at Karuizawa Station this morning." "It's very possible he'll show up in pursuit of Sugano." "You are carrying your guns in case worse comes to orst." "Await my order before using them." "This can't be coincidence." "Oribe, it's not our job to shoot Nagamine." "It's to stop him shooting." "Yeah..." "He's got a call." "He's moving." "Let's go." "Go!" "Nakai is moving." "Stand by at north-entrance hotel." "North exit, roger." "Hotel, roger." "Nakai approaching scramble intersection." "Sugano?" "Negative." "Nakai entering mall." "All personnel confirm." "Don't lose him!" "Nakai!" "Nakai's running!" "Go after him!" "All personnel to mall exit!" "Urgent!" "Where is he?" "Look for him!" "I might have Sugano." "Got the money?" "Nakai's talking to someone." "Near the movie theater." "Well?" "What's that for?" "Why are you alive?" "Nakai!" "Sugano!" "You did this!" "Get him!" "Hold Nakai!" "Move!" "It's Nagamine!" "He's here!" "Chief!" "Permission to shoot!" "It's time." "Fire at will!" "Wait!" "This man shamed my daughter, then killed her." "By the laws of our land he is underage, and will not receive an adult sentence." "Therefore I myself render judgment upon him." "Perhaps I am wrong." "I know their deaths would never be allowed as recompense for their crimes." "I believe the penalty they pay should be a fear equal to that of death itse" "If that leads them to true repentance..." "Sugano's trial is about to start." "I don't know what the sentence will be." "The gun Mr Nagamine had wasn't loaded." "Nagamine Akira Terao" "Oribe Yutaka Takenouchi" "Wakako Miki Sakai" "Wakako's Father Hatsuo Yamaya" "Mano Shiro Ito" "From the Novel by Keigo Higashino" "Music Kenji Kawai" "Director of Photography Wang Min" "Lighting Akitoshi Miyoshi" "Art Director Yuji Fukuzawa" "Editor Kazuo Sanjo"