"FILE 170 THE DOMAIN OF MURDER" "The victim is female, 20 to 30 years old, medium height and build." "Cause of death:" "loss of blood due to a bullet wound in the chest." "Chief!" "We found something in her coat pocket." "Mommy, hurry!" "[Do not pass under]" "[If you see these people, call 110]" "[Wanted for the murders of a woman and a gangster:" "MASAO ENDO (Age unknown, height approx. 170 cm)]" "Hello, Hedgehog" "Original Story KENJI HIROGANE" "Producers KANAME SAKAMOTO MASATERU KATO" "Screenplay AKINORI ENDO" "Character Designer, Animation Director MASAAKI KAWANAMI" "Art Director MASARU SATOH" "Director of Photography MOTOAKl IKEGAMI" "Music Director NORIYOSHI MATSUURA" "Music YASUSHI TSUCHIDA" "Director HIROSHI MORIOKA" "Yeah, yeah, I'm coming!" "Hello, Liberty House." "Yeah, they're here." "Right." "Your boss wants you." " Who'd he say it was?" " The boss." "Oh." "Well, shall we go?" "[Akatsuka Private Investigations]" "The client's waiting inside." "Listen to her story." " Which one of us?" " Either of you." "You got it, Goro?" "Black coffee, right?" "Thank you." "Mrs. Toyama, right?" "Could you fill me in on what you want?" "I want you to find this man." "Masao Endo..." "Wanted for the murders of a woman and a gangster." "That man..." "He's my husband." "His name and hairstyle are different, but..." "But it's definitely my husband who disappeared three years ago." "His real name is Tsuyoshi Toyama." "He was an ordinary salary man at an architectural firm." "We married, had two children, and lived very happily." " Until that day..." " "That day"?" "My husband loved to take car trips... and on his vacation he took our children on a long one." "I get carsick easily, so I always stayed home." "And that's when disaster struck my family." "My husband and son were miraculously spared... but my daughter died when she went over the cliff in the car." "She was only five." "My husband was devastated by it." "I think he really felt that he'd killed his own daughter." "And then, six months later... he suddenly left us." "I thought maybe he'd killed himself." "Lately, I'd almost given up hope." "But..." "But, he's alive!" "I don't care if he's a murderer!" "Just find him!" "Have you told the police this?" "No..." "I just want to see him once before he's arrested." "All right, I'll see what I can do." "Sure, that's easy to say." "But if the cops can't find him, it won't be easy for me, either." "[NIIGATA STATION] [Go, Japanese team!" "The Barcelona Olympics are...]" "[Taxi stand]" "[Niigata Police Department]" "[Sado Ferry Terminal]" "It's a little roundabout, but..." "I'll get on the Ohwada Course, take the Ohsado Skyline... and into Aikawa!" "Well, let's go take in the scenery!" "And on the way out, I can check out Sadokin Goldmine." "[Sadokin Goldmine]" "All the way from Tokyo?" "That's quite a trip!" "Sorry to interrupt your work like this." "Oh, no bother at all." "It didn't take us long... to find out who the Senkaku Bay shooting victim was." "[AIKAWA POLICE DEPARTMENT]" "Hitomi Sagawa, age 28." "She worked as a hostess at a bar called Snack Roman in Niigata." "The suspect goes by the name of Masao Endo." "He had apparently been seeing the victim for about a year." "What about Endo killing that gangster?" "Oh, that?" "It happened a day before the other murder." "He got into a fight with a gangster... who just happened to be at Snack Roman." "He stole the guy's gun and then killed him with it." " He stole it?" " Yeah." "After it happened, Endo ran from Snack Roman with the victim." "We believe she and Endo were arguing as the police approached." "Then Endo panicked..." "And he shot Hitomi Sagawa." "I don't think there's any question of that." "The bullet we extracted from the body of that gangster... and the bullet in the body of Hitomi Sagawa... were both identical, which means..." "[Big Savings Coupon" " Romantic...]" "I'm not much in the mood for sightseeing." "[Train Station]" "[Fushimi Fish Sausage]" "[Hakusan-mae Station]" "Okay, Toyama took an alias and worked in... a Western-style dishware factory." "Since he was just a temporary worker... they never took a history from him when he was hired." "The police didn't learn anything when they went to Niigata." "[Yasunori Dishware Factory]" "He was kinda quiet." "Never really talked much." "Didn't know he was shacking up with a bar hostess... till I read about it in the paper." "It's like the guy had a whole secret life going on!" "I wish I could get me one of those party girls!" ""Oh, Mr. Bad Man!" "Take me, now!" Like that!" "You know what I mean!" "So, he gets in a fight at the bar and kills a yakuza... then kills his lover rather than surrender to the police." "Could Toyama really have changed that much... since he disappeared three years ago?" "Welcome!" "Whew!" "It's chilly out there!" " Here you go." " Thanks." "What can I get you?" "Let's see..." "Whiskey with hot water." "Right, coming up." "So, are you from Tokyo?" "Uh, yeah." "You can tell?" "Oh, there's something about you." "When you've been in this business as long as I have, it's easy." "There you go." "You seem like a nice young man." "Okay, okay, you're good at flattery too, Mama." "Oh, you bet." "I spent some time in Tokyo, too." "Mama, there's something I'd like to ask you." "Yes?" "It's about a girl who used to work here." "Hitomi Sagawa." "Are you a police detective?" "Oh, no!" "Guess your instincts aren't that sharp after all." "Get out." "After the murder, I took out a loan and remodeled the place... but no one ever comes here anymore!" "I thought I finally had a customer, but it's about the murder again!" "No, just listen" "Get out." "GET OUT!" "You son of a bitch!" "Love Princess" "Lost 'em all again!" "Shit!" "I've still got a lot." "Take some, please." "So, you weren't a police detective?" "Just a humble private eye, at your service." "I'm here following up on a request from a client." "I see..." "Would their name be Toyama, by any chance?" "His wife asked me to find him first." "That's why I can't say anything to the police." "Pretty quiet around here, as usual." "Ever since the murder, no one comes here." "Oh, forget it!" "Forget it!" "I'm closing up!" "Say, Mr. P.I., you want to go for a drink?" "My treat." "Okay?" "Okay, I'll join you." "[Snack Roman]" "[Hinadori Yakitori]" "C'mon, Mr. P.I., you gonna drink or not?" " R-right..." " Here." "Curry-flavored." "Here it is!" "Here it is!" "A half chicken!" "It's great!" "It's huge..." "Eat it all up!" "It's good." "This is great, Mama!" "Refill!" "This is some chicken..." "Eat it all so we can get to the next bar." "Right!" "C'mon, Mr. P.I.!" "Can't you walk a little straighter?" "!" "How about you, Mama?" "Here!" "Here!" "Here!" "We gotta go here!" "MORE drinking?" "I'm still up for it." "We're not goin' home till morning!" " Aw, man..." " Don't just stand there!" "Come on!" "Welcome!" "Oh, I'm so drunk." "You're something else, Mama." "I can't keep up." "Hey, Goro." "Do you make a lot being a P.I.?" "Nope." "Not at all." "So why are you in such a lousy line of work?" "C'mon, fess up!" "I guess..." "because I like people." "That's so cool!" "I haven't had a night this fun in ages." "Hey, you wanna come home with me?" "Don't you have someone special waiting for you there?" "Idiot." "Believe it or not, I'm single." "Right here." "This is my place." "Okay, the key, the key, the key..." "Mama, are you really single?" "What's going on?" "!" "Mama, get the lights!" "Hurry!" "You win!" "You win!" "Just let go of me!" "What the hell are you talking about, you thief!" "I'm a cop, not a crook!" "My I.D.'s in my breast pocket." "Your name's Yamagishi, huh?" "Okay, start explaining." "Just what the HELL are you doing here?" "!" "I'm with the Tokyo Metropolitan Police... but I'm not here on police business." "Then why?" "!" "When I saw the wanted sheets come around... one of the suspects looked like a friend of mine." "When I checked into it, I learned he'd vanished 3 years ago." "You mean Toyama?" "So, Masao Endo is Toyama?" "!" "Toyama used to drink, but I couldn't believe he'd pick a fight... with a yakuza and then shoot him in cold blood." "I read the reports in Aikawa, but something didn't seem to add up." "And so... since you were a witness to the crime..." "I was wondering if you were hiding something." "I" " I told the police everything I knew!" "No, I meant...!" "Sorry..." "Should I tell you...?" "When that yakuza was killed... it wasn't in a simple bar fight." "Like it?" "It's a real piece." "Got it from Southeast Asia." "Wow, cool!" "Is it loaded, mister?" "Oh, yeah." "Full up." "It's a .38, so one shot'll send a guy straight to hell." "Ooh, scary!" "'Course, one shot with you'd send me to hell, too, Mama." "Naughty boy!" "Mr. Endo!" "One shot'll kill, huh?" "Sounds good." "You gonna shoot me?" "You goddamn amateur!" "Okay, I'm game." "TRY IT!" "Scared, huh?" "What, is that as far as you'll go?" ""I still have something to do."" ""Tell the cops that when they come."" "He said that, and didn't listen to Hitomi pleading with him." "And then the two of them left." "Something left to do?" "Mama..." "Once..." "Just once, he and I..." "What's wrong?" "A dream." "I always have it." "A dream where my daughter is screaming, "Papa!" "Help me!"" "I..." "Two years ago, I killed my own daughter." "I was on vacation, and was taking a long car trip with my two kids." "That day, the three of us were driving up Mt." "Chichibu." "We were having fun, like we always did." "Suddenly, it began to rain heavily." "When I came to, the kids and I were clinging halfway down the cliff." "The little pine shrub supporting us was weak... and it looked as though it would snap at any moment." "If I didn't do something, the three of us would fall into the gorge." "And, with that thought in my mind, the devil stole my heart." "I'll drop Sayaka." "Then at least Keita and I will live!" "Papa?" "Papa!" "Stop it!" "Papa!" "Papa!" "Help me!" "Papa!" "PAPA!" "Toyama and his son were rescued shortly after that." ""But, sadly, the poor traveler had died."" ""And then he turned into a bird and flew away into the sky."" "Mama, do you really turn into a bird when you die?" "Well, who can say?" "Anyway, it's late." "Go to sleep." "'Kay." "Good night." "Good night." "Nanase, suppose a ship goes down at sea and leaves... two surviving sailors clinging to a small piece of wood." "Can you picture that situation for me?" "The wood won't support both of them." "So the sailor who grabbed it first pushes the other one away." "As a result, one of them lives and the other one dies." "In that case, do you consider the man who lives a murderer?" "He did let the other sailor die, after all." "Yeah, I'd say he was a murderer." "The thing is, he's innocent." "Legally, it's called a state of "emergency evacuation."" "What it essentially means is that you aren't required... to sacrifice your life to save another." "And you're saying that applies to Toyama as well?" "Yeah." "Legally, he isn't responsible." "But what about morally?" "He killed his own daughter." "Toyama has always had a very strong sense of responsibility." "It must have been hell for him." "This is where Toyama shot Hitomi Sagawa and dumped the body." "Nanase, I..." "There's still one thing I don't understand." "What?" "It's the entry angle of the bullet." "The bullet entered through her left shoulder... and stopped when it hit the pelvic bone." "That's really not a natural angle at all." "But not totally impossible if he shot her during a struggle." "But according to the report I read, there was no evidence of a struggle." "Maybe he shot her somewhere else... and then brought the body here to dump it into the sea." "I just can't believe he'd be that cold-blooded." "I thought we might learn something if we came here." "Yamagishi!" "Yamagishi!" "Here, grab on!" "N-Nanase!" "What the hell was that all about, Nanase?" "!" "No..." "It just hit me." "Wasn't that situation like the other one?" "That night, Hitomi Sagawa climbed over the fence to plead with Toyama." "She said, "If you won't surrender, then let's both die here together."" "Of course, it was just a threat, but Toyama wouldn't listen." "And then an accident happened..." "What if at that moment, in Toyama's mind, the image of Hitomi Sagawa... asking for help overlapped with the image of his daughter." "Papa!" "Help me!" "That would explain the entry angle." "It's still just a theory, though." "But, if it's true, it means Toyama is still haunted... by visions of killing his daughter." "Hello?" "Akatsuka Private Investigations." "Oh, it's you, Hedgehog." "The boss?" "In dreamland, right now." "Yeah, everyone's out." "I've checked out what I could over here." "[Niigata Station - 4:35 PM]" "I'll be coming back on the Asahi- 341 at 4:51 PM." "Tell her, okay?" "I'll get it for you!" "There!" "[Shi-Akatsuka - 4:47 PM]" "Thank you." "Box lunches, anyone?" "Whew!" "That hits the spot!" "Yamagishi, how do you know Toyama?" "We were childhood friends." "We'd been together since we were little kids." "We met just after the war... when you could still see craters left over from the air raids." "That's how long I've known him." "Toyama was great at schoolwork and lousy at sports." "I was just the opposite." "He was small and got picked on a lot." "When that happened, I'd always stick up for him." "Later, Toyama went off to college in Tokyo... and I entered the police academy." "That was in the 60's, when the Security Treaty was signed." "There were lots of student protests." "I'd taken an interest in marksmanship in the Academy... and even won a few competitions for my skill at air riflery." "One day, totally by accident, Toyama and I were reunited." "A detective colleague and I... wanted to learn what the students were planning... so we snuck onto a campus in civilian clothing." "Of course, this was totally unauthorized... and we'd be in big trouble we were discovered." "And then, I screwed up royally." "The students took us captive in the school." "Then a guy who appeared to be the protesters' leader came in." "It was Toyama." "A miraculous reunion after four years." "Toyama sent the other students away and then let us go." "Before we parted, he said this to me:" ""This is my thanks for sticking up for me when we were kids."" "I felt so happy at that moment..." "I just thought maybe there was... some way I could help him out of this." "Mr. Goro Nanase." "Mr. Goro Nanase, you have a phone call." "please come to the snack bar in car #9." "Wonder who it is?" "Hello?" "Nanase here." "Oh, Mama." "How'd you know I was on this train?" "I called your office and they told me you were on that one." "Sorry, but I forgot to tell you something." "Toyama said one more thing to me that time." ""It's not fair that my son survived."" ""For Sayaka's sake, my son should die, too."" "Hello?" "Goro?" ""My son should die, too"..." "Is he...?" "!" "[Echigoto Station - 5:40 PM] ...little stars, shining in the sky!" "[LITTLE DOVE BABY ROOM]" "Hm?" "Just a second." "Okay!" "Yes?" "Excuse me, who are you?" "I'm Keita Toyama's father." "I heard he was here." "You're Keita's father?" "Keita, come here, please." "Okay!" "Keita!" "Daddy?" "Daddy, is that you?" "You remember me?" "Keita, you've grown so much." "Daddy!" "Mrs. Toyama, I'm sorry, but we're swamped here." "[WATANABE CONSTRUCTION CO.]" "Could you stay for two hours of overtime?" " Sure." " Thanks." "Oh, yes." "Hello, this is Mrs. Toyama." "I'm stuck here with... some overtime, so could Keita stay a little late today?" "Keita?" "But his father just came for him." "Excuse me..." "What did you just say?" "Where are we going, Daddy?" "Good question..." "Where should we go?" "[Ueno Station - 7:05 PM]" "[Insert card here]" "[Cold Beer" " On Sale Here!" "]" "Gure?" "Get over to the Toyama house ASAP, Hedgehog." "I brought your car." "It seems Mr. Toyama took Keita from his daycare center." "Ranko's waiting for you at Mrs. Toyama's place." "Damn it!" "He outmaneuvered us!" "Yamagishi, shut your eyes for a second, would you?" "Mr. Nanase!" "Ma'am, I have something important to tell you." "Right." "Umm...?" "Yamagishi, Metro Police." "Your husband was a childhood friend." "Please." "Papa?" "Papa!" "Help me!" "Papa!" "PAPA!" "No!" "He killed Sayaka?" "!" "That shrub was going to break... and all three would have fallen into the gorge." "But, if one of them fell... there was a chance the other two would survive." "And so..." "And so you're saying he dropped Sayaka?" "!" "It was an extreme situation, a life or death choice." "But morally, at least, he killed his own daughter." "Your husband was tortured by the decision he made." "And in the three years since he left you... his torment never ended." "And then, one day, a terrible thing happened." "In that instant, your husband released... all of the feelings he'd been suppressing." "And he decided to do something he'd thought about for three years." "To kill his son, who survived." "To not do so would be unfair to his dead daughter." "You're saying he took Keita because he wants to kill him?" "!" "I am." "No..." "That's impossible!" "Ma'am, this isn't easy for me to say, but..." "Your husband isn't thinking rationally anymore!" "He's already killed two people!" "Mr. Nanase, I..." "What should I do...?" "Ma'am, I've just contacted the Metro Police." "They want to treat this as a kidnapping case." "May we proceed?" "Do it, please." "Okay, we have a report in." "A six-year-old boy... was kidnapped at around 5:45 PM today." "The unusual thing about this case... is that the kidnapper is the boy's father." "Since he apparently did this not for ransom... but so that he could kill his son... this kidnapping case takes precedence." "We have to get that boy back as soon as possible!" "Daddy?" "I'm tired..." "Oh?" "Then let's get to bed." "Isn't Mama here yet?" "I called her before." "She's busy tonight and won't be able to come." "Aw..." "Oh, well, you're here with me." "Where have you been till now?" "Daddy's been traveling." "But today the journey ends." "Then we'll be together forever now." "I'm glad..." "Check the all-night family restaurants with a fine-tooth comb!" "And the rental car places!" "They may be sleeping in a car." "And double-check any cars with his area's license plates!" "Mr. Nanase, why didn't my husband tell me about Sayaka?" "If he was suffering, we should have suffered together." "He didn't want you worrying unnecessarily." "And that was cruel of him!" "That's not what being married is about..." "Nanase..." "Thanks for everything, but could you please go?" "This is our job, now." "Yeah, you're right." "Ma'am, we have to leave now." "Please try to be strong." "Thank you for your help." "See you." "Ma'am, may I please see Keita's room?" "Go ahead." "It's off the foyer." "Keita will be entering elementary school soon." "[Train] [The Flying Carpet]" ""The Flying Carpet?"" "Oh, that." "It's a ride over at Nerima Amusement Park." "Nerima Park..." "Daddy?" "What, you're still awake?" "There's someplace I want you to take me tomorrow." "Oh?" "Where?" "Nerima Park." "I want to ride the Flying Carpet." "The amusement park?" "All right, I'll take you." "Now go to bed." "Sayaka..." "Soon, Keita and I will come to you." "What's wrong?" "We'll be coming to you soon." "Sayaka...!" "Toyama will come... if he has any feelings left as a father." "Oh, forget it!" "I guess I was just fooling myself." "This case is already out of our hands." "We should just let the cops handle it." "Goro!" "Toyama..." "I'll take it." "Yamagishi, here." "What, you found him?" "!" "Well, where is he, Nanase?" "!" "He's at Nerima Amusement Park." "What should I do?" "I could try to grab Toyama, but..." "Don't!" "That gun he has makes the risk too great!" "It's dangerous!" "You can't arrest my husband in front of his son!" "But, ma'am!" "Toyama doesn't realize we've found him yet." "Don't do it!" "Don't!" "All right." "I'm calling in a sniper team, just in case." "A sniper team?" "!" " That was fun, Daddy!" " It was!" " Try and catch me!" " You little..." "Keita!" "Sorry." "You okay?" "I'm really sorry." "Aw, that was nothing!" "What a brave little boy." "I really sorry about that." "No harm done." "Bye-bye." "C'mon, let's play a game, Daddy!" "Sure." "How is it?" "Toyama's got the gun." "It's in the back of his pants." "Nanase!" "Wh-where's Toyama?" "Does he have the gun?" "Yeah, tucked into the back of his pants." "Daddy, you're doing so bad at it!" "I can't keep up with you, Keita!" "Darling..." "Ma'am, it's all right." "We'll get your son back safely." "We've got plainclothes cops covering all the exits." "He won't get away." "All right, when we get a chance, grab him!" "Don't!" "You're going to use guns in front of a child?" "!" "Ma'am, I understand how you feel, but Toyama has a gun!" "What should we ride now, Daddy?" "!" "What, more rides?" "Sure!" "I want to ride everything!" "Please let me talk to my husband alone." "That's what I asked you to do before, Mr. Nanase." "I said I wanted to see him before he was arrested!" "But..." "Ma'am, please be reasonable." "Let's ride this, Daddy!" "Daddy!" "C'mon!" "C'mon!" "Nanase, do you think we can get the boy away from him?" "I think we don't have much choice." "If you see a chance, then take it." "He knows me, and these apes would tip him off in a second." "Gotcha." "I'd be glad to help." "All right, we'll go for it when they come down." "We're so high up!" "Tell me, Keita..." "What?" "Wouldn't you like to be with your sister?" "My sister?" "But she's dead." "That's right." "She's flying high in the sky." "So why don't the two of us go to her now?" " Dammit!" "Toyama's ready to die!" " What?" "!" "Will we see Sayaka?" "We will." "We just have to jump from here." "Uh-oh, he's planning to jump from the Ferris Wheel." "We don't know when he'll try it." "Sniper team, with me!" "Don't let anyone else onto that ride!" "Right!" "Ma'am!" "Wow!" "The people look like ants!" "We can get a shot from here." "You're going to shoot my husband?" "!" "We will if we have to!" "No!" "It's to save your son." "It can't be helped." "Don't just say "it can't be helped!" It's cruel!" "Come on, Keita." "What's holding up the snipers?" "!" "Daddy, I'm scared." "It's all right." "When you and Daddy jump, we'll fly like birds." " They're gonna jump!" " What?" "!" " Take aim!" " Wait!" "Don't shoot!" "Ma'am!" "What if you hit Keita?" "!" "We don't know if they'll really jump!" " But, ma'am...!" " Inspector!" "It'll be hard to just hit Toyama at this range." "I don't think I could, either." "Gimme that!" "I'll take the shot!" "Ma'am, let me do this!" "Keita may get hit, but if I don't shoot, you'll lose both of them!" "Three years ago, Toyama made a life or death decision." "Now it's your turn!" "Ma'am!" "Shoot." "Shoot my husband and save Keita!" "Toyama..." "Forgive me." "Daddy!" "Daddy turned into a bird..." " Keita!" " Mama!" "Toyama wanted to go back to that day, three years ago." "He wanted to fall into that gorge with his children." "I don't think I hate my husband for the decision he made." "He left me Keita." "I can see it..." "Sayaka is coming down from heaven to him." "Surely she..." "Surely she will let his soul know peace." "Papa..." "Papa..." "FILE 170 THE DOMAIN OF MURDER"