"Cold enough for you?" "Two coffees and two hot dogs." "One with ketchup, and the other with mustard." "Right away." "Wooden clogs." "Rare these days." "I haven't been home in three weeks." " Where've you been?" " Capsule hotel." "You'll make yourself ill." "How's Rie?" "She's fine." "Fine?" "You're never home." "I call her." "She deserves better." "Why?" "Look, Sosuke, why volunteer for extra work on your day off?" "It's not extra work, it's my job." "You've got it all wrong." "Sacrificing your family for work is for novels and TV." "If she thinks it's a sacrifice, that's her problem." "Women expect too much." "That's the problem." "For men, work comes first." "So that's what you are...?" "What?" "What's the word...?" "Macho." "Macho?" "Call me an individualist." "An individualist detective?" "That's an oxymoron." "Learn that in the secret police?" "You sure you're OK?" "This is surveillance." "Our man is on the move." "Here we go." "Enforcement prepare to taiI, back-up standby on site." "This is back-up." "Copy." "Kunihiro, the cult leader rumored to be involved in..." "Leader Kunihiro, the object of much speculation, has been sequested here at the Great Truth Cult Headquarters since last night." "The media have gathered here at the Cult Headquarters, where nothing has..." "A man who is apparently Kunihiro has appeared..." "Where are the women?" "Kunihiro, give us a quote." "Kunihiro, where's Hiroko?" "Back-up here." "He shot Kunihiro." "Advise." "Back-up to track our man." "Enforcement to handle the site." "Sosuke!" "Sosuke!" "Sosuke, don't move." "I'll call an ambulance." "HQ, this is back-up." "Damn, the tunnel." "Stay right there." "This is back-up." "Our man got Saga and escaped." "Send an ambulance now!" "Copy." "What's your position?" "In the tunnel, about 500 meters south of site." "Repeat." "Located in tunnel, about 500 meters south of site." "Sosuke!" "Hang in there, man!" "You're not gonna die on me, man." "It's not his fault." "You can't blame him." "The commanding officer is accountable." "That's right." "I'm leaving." "No, Rie, c'mon!" "You have to hang in there." "Let go, I'm going." "No, Rie, you've got to stay here." "That's right, stay!" "I don't want to." "Let go!" "How can you leave him alone?" "!" "Who's he to me!" "Rie, how can you say that?" "!" "Hey, Ichii..." "Remember your promise?" "You married a cop, and you knew this could happen." "I didn't know 'til it happened." "I didn't ask." "I didn't get any answers." "I just waited patiently." "Now, he could be dying." "Tell me, Aiko, could you stay calm if it happened to you?" "If you could, you'd be crazy." "No, but you just have to accept it." "Well, I can't!" "Rie, that's enough!" "Hey, this is a hospital!" "Excuse me, can somebody take me home?" "Please, please calm down." "What do you mean, calm down?" "!" " Rie!" " Rie!" "Rie!" "Rie!" "CULT LEADER KUNIHIRO SHOT DEAD" "KILLER HUSBAND OF CULTMEMBER" "COP SHOT IN PURSUIT CRITICAL CONDITION" "I always get stuck with bringing the bad news." "Give it time and think it over, man." "There's something else, right?" "What?" "Yeah." "Any idea what happened to your gun?" "What's happened?" "My handwriting's pathetic." "The letters lurch, like worms squirming over the page." "Even my handwriting freaks me out." "Are you sure about this?" "Write "resignation" on it." "OK." "And the other letter?" "No," "I'll write it myself, when my hand's better." "Please tell Rie." "OK, I'll tell her." "I really appreciate all this, man." "Don't worry, Sosuke." "We're all looking for it." "We'll find it." "You know, they say I've lost my whole right lung." "I thought about it, and I had to laugh." "When I think that it's empty in here," "it's not even a bad pun, you know." "I had no heart, now no lung." "The guy that got you will be pronounced mentally unfit." "Come in." "Some flowers for Mr. Saga." "I'll take them." "Thank you." "Who sends a potted plant?" "!" "Hey, it's OK." "That's bad luck, man." "It's OK." "May I congratulate you." "My congratulations on your recovery." "More, Sosuke?" "I've had plenty, thank you." "You can hold chopsticks again." "You're fine." "Thanks to you guys." "I'll pour some coffee." "You two go relax." "Let's move over here." "Why don't you stay with us?" "You're better off here." "You can't make it alone yet." "No, I'm going home." "Gotta get used to being alone." "You're really no trouble." "I'd love to stick around just to eat Aiko's cooking." "Then stay." "Honey, you shouldn't pressure him to stay." "Nobody's pressuring anybody, right?" "You know," "I think I..." "It seems I was wrong." "About what?" "What we talked about before the shooting." "What was that?" "Individualism." "Oh, right." "You think so?" "Yeah, a marriage should be like yours." "You think so, huh?" "We're a model couple." "Stop bragging." "She's right." "You guys seem so happy." "Knock it off, man." "Sosuke, you know you should go to Rie." "Try starting over." "She's right, you should try." "We never got along to begin with." "Neither did we." "Little by little, you get used to each other, like a habit." "That's marriage." "But it doesn't start out perfect." "We used to fight almost every other day." "But that's OK." "You've quit your job." "You really could start over." "Well, I'll think about it." "OK, think it over." "Take your time." "You've got plenty." "Right." "We expect you here for dinner." "I mean everyday." "Don't forget." "Aiko Thank you so much." "C'mon, don't thank me." "Sorry, gotta run." "Oh dear, what happened?" "The job, what else would it be." "I'll leave with you." "Yeah?" "OK." "I'll drop you off." "No, I'll catch a cab." "Don't bother." "I'm going your way." "Warm enough?" "Yeah, I'm fine." "You really should see Rie." "Yeah." " A murder?" " What?" "Yeah." "Could be my gun." "Have you heard about the latest?" "This amazing gun they've developed in America." "A sensor on your right hand disables the gun when the gun leaves your hand." "Don't worry about it, man." "It's not your fault." "It's my fault." "If I'd recovered the gun, instead of panicking,we'd be OK." "Let's not do this." "I'm not worried about it." "I know I should be but I'm not." "And I can't figure out why." "I'm just empty inside." "SHOTS IN THE DARK KILLER STALKS THE NIGHT" "My gun?" "Can you come with me?" "Dr. Kaminoka specializes in hypnosis." "He wants to use hypnosis to dig for things you heard while unconscious." "Right, Doctor?" "How's your concentration?" "He's a cop..." "I didn't ask you." "Sorry..." "I'm fine." "Let's do this." "Close your eyes, and focus on my voice." "Follow my instructions." "And you keep quiet." "Breathe slowly and relax your body." "By the time I count down from ten, you'll be back in that time and place." "Ten." "Nine." "Eight." "Seven." "Six." "Five." "Your body feels very heavy now." "Four." "Three." "Two." "One." "Now you're back in the tunnel." "Can you see anything?" "Yes..." "Our man..." "Our man..." "Don't try to see things." "Try to focus only on what you hear." "Sosuke!" "Don't move." "I'll call an ambulance." "HQ, this is back-up." "Damn, the tunnel!" "Stay right there." "What do you hear?" "Footsteps." "What kind of footsteps?" "Mr. Saga?" "What kind of footsteps?" "Sorry I couldn't be more help." "Don't worry." "The doctor said it's hard to control the first time." "You can try again." "What is it?" "Is Mita here?" "Yeah." "Would you see him?" "Come in." "Mita, remember?" "This is the cop you shot." "Hello." "Of course, I knew you were coming." "What do you mean?" "My wife told me." "My wife came back to me because I shot Kunihiro." "I should've done it sooner." "Are you happy to have your wife back?" "Yes, very." "Strictly off the record, having faith is also important." "You see, I'd really neglected my wife." "That's why she joined Kunihiro's cult." "But she says she never really believed in him." "She says I was the only true believer." "You don't believe me." "But it's true." "No..." "I believe you." "Thank you." "What is, is not." "What is not, is." "Mr. Mita, can I just ask you one question?" "Unfortunately, I don't know the man you're looking for, but..." "But what?" "My wife says his blood is so cold, it's rotting flesh." "Cold... blood..." "What does that mean?" "You'd have to ask her that." "What is, is not." "What is not, is." "The black hole inside, will draw him to you." "You survived." "You'll be fine on your own." "Ms. Suzuki." "Excuse me." "Was there a long-haired patient in his 20's here last October?" "Police?" "I'm Saga, formerly a police detective with the Minato Department." "I resigned from the force for personal reasons." "But I have to ask him about a case I was handling." "You can check me out with the force." "Fill in your name, address and telephone number." "Insurance card?" "Driver's license okay?" "Done?" "It was probably a patient named Shimano." "Why was he here?" "I'm not supposed to tell you." "Congenital leukemia." "His mother's from Hiroshima." "She's healthy." "He knew it was probably incurable." "Was he cured?" "Walked out, suddenly." "Said he quit." "Quit what?" "The treatment." "We tried to stop him." "He may be dead." "You remember when?" "Hold on." "October 23rd." "It was around the time that Kunihiro from that cult was killed." "The very next day..." "Can you give me his address?" "You copy it." "What is, is not." "What is not, is." "Is Shimano Kozo here?" "He's out." "What time will he be back?" "Come on in." "This is the Shimano family's second home." "His parents moved to Europe." "I'm his cousin, Haijiro." "Rich people are so unbelievable." "Their kid's dying and they throw money at him and take off." "Their only son, too." "He's an orphan with a nice pad." "Where's his room?" "Down the hall, on the left." "The key?" "You knew I'd be coming, didn't you?" "I didn't, I didn't know anything." "Did Shimano say if a stranger comes, show him my room." "Stop, no violence!" "Tell me the truth!" ""This is the middle room, but remember. "" ""One need not be frightened even though it's empty. "" ""Here, one becomes master of your own world. "" ""In this zone, you can control every exterior:" "The boat is the interior of the exterior. "" ""But when one loves another, how does one prove it?"" ""Do you know the answer?"" "He made that." "It's amazing, isn't it?" "Look, inside that closet." "Shocking, huh!" "My cousin's twisted!" "I'd love to show you how amazingly talented he is." "Hey, check this out." "Now you, too, are a caged bird." "Kozo always liked leaving from here." "You found her, Kozo's goddess." "He's not coming back." "He's planning to die." "I hear you're hollow inside." "He was really freaked out about it." "Who is she?" "Not again..." "You must be Endo Kimiko." "Yes." "Your husband said you'd be here." "I'm Saga." "I see." "You've divorced, haven't you." "I'm sorry." "It doesn't matter." "I I regret how I treated him." "We were never in love, but in the end I still hurt him." "I see..." "Now why did I say that?" "It's nothing to do with you." "Did you have a question?" "Do you know a Shimano Kozo?" "Yes we were lovers." "Seen him recently?" "No." "Is he dead?" "No." "So you know he's very sick?" "That's why we broke it off." "I see." "Are you with the police?" "No... not anymore." "Did he do something?" "I don't know." "To say if you're able to choose death, you're capable of achieving anything, is a lie." "No one who chooses death would then commit suicide." "One wants to die, but can't." "Have you ever wanted to die?" "No." "I've already died once." "I was shot here." "One more inch and I'd be dead." "When I woke up, I'd lost my will for life." "Then, what brings you here?" "I wonder." "Maybe Shimano drew me here No, that's not it either." "In any event, I don't want to die." "Death will eventually come on its own." "Do you disdain suicide?" "No, I don't disdain it." "People can do what they want." "Suicide, murder, whatever." "I don't care." "Shimano says so, too." "People don't live for a purpose." "They live, and kill for greed and desire." "What's he like, Shimano?" "Five foot eleven, about 155 pounds, long hair, a mole on the nape of his neck, size 10 shoe." "No," "I mean, what kind of person is he?" "I asked him to kill me if he was leaving me." "But he couldn't." "That's why I'm still alive." "Even though it's pointless." "Why's that?" "Can a woman live without love?" "Surely there are other men." "Perhaps." "But none who would kill me." "In the end, he's the only man for me." "I'm sure he feels the same." "If he contacts you, or you learn his whereabouts, please contact me." "NIGHT ENTRANCE" ""A horse, a horse My kingdom for a horse. "" "I'll give you my kingdom, so get me the great horse." "Hello?" "No," "I have to go out in a while." "Shimano." "Did you find him?" "The hospital was raided last night." "A security guard was killed." "Also a lot of morphine disappeared." "In the final stages his type of leukemia apparently causes severe pain." "When one loves another, how does one prove it?" "He means you, right?" "Was it him?" "I don't have proof." "Only a gut feeling." "But it has to be him." "The only way to prove love, is to kill." "Is that it?" "Boss, don't increase the pressure on him with that gloomy look." "Oh, I won't." "Yes, you will." "Look at you." "This is me, my normal expression." "That won't do." "Let's see you smile." "Smile?" "Give me a break." "Here he is." "How're you doing?" "I'm fine, totally." "Hey, boss." "Doin' OK?" "Yeah, I'm OK." "What's up?" "See the news?" "Oh yeah, that hospital." "My gun again." "Sorry, but can you come along?" "Actually, I'm off to see my wife." "It won't take long." "I'm no longer involved." "What does that mean?" "Boss remember you told us about facts and truth?" "How the truth is left or right of the facts?" "Yeah." "And our job is to stick in the middle." "But you know, that's impossible." "What the hell..." "It's disgusting, watching the news." "The facts they give, from the middle, don't matter." "What counts is left or right." "It's the same with our work." "There's only left or right." "And I've had it with all that." "I want to get outside of all that." "Well, you may be right." "But in our line of work, you have to believe you're in the middle." "I don't believe there is an outside." "Even if there is, I couldn't live there." "It's what I want." "What happened to you?" "I'm sorry, but I can't go with you." "I can't remember anything, anyway." "Sorry." " Sosuke..." " I understand." "Sorry." "My regards to your wife." "You're looking well." "In this situation, isn't a coffee shop more appropriate?" "The air, you know," "I still..." "Give them to me." "Thanks." "Strange, isn't it?" "Think so?" "A kiss?" "Don't be silly." "Say, wanna go to a hotel?" "Do you think there's a way to prove love?" "What's that?" "Something somebody said." "Who?" "A woman?" "A couple, actually." "Awfully romantic." "I don't think there is a way." "What do they say?" "The only way is to kill." "Well, maybe that's true." "You think so?" "When I was a student there was a double suicide in my class." "We weren't really friends, but I knew them." "I remember thinking then maybe they died together, not out of despair but to affirm how much they loved each other." "I see." "But now I never even think about dying." "Why not?" "I know there's another way." "Sosuke, honey why don't you go get your gun back?" "You didn't sign the divorce papers, did you?" "No, I didn't..." "I think you should go get it." "Hey, Shimohashi!" "He's getting on my nerves." "I'm fine now." "I'm going home." "Thinks he's a serial killer." "That's a little outdated." "They'll say he's just a psycho." "There's no way he's crazy, right, Sosuke?" "How's Rie doing?" " Can I go now?" " I'll give you a ride home." "No thanks." "It's not far." "Don't you get what's going down, here?" "What?" "You're the target." "Nobody's being targeted." "Are you really just a blank inside?" "I'm going home." "Mita killed himself." "Jumped from the hospital roof." "You have one message." "I asked Shimano to kill me." "I couldn't go on living." "I begged him:" "If you love me, kill me." "Now it's coming true." "End of messages." "Hello." "Mr. Saga?" "Shimano?" "The gun, I'll give it back." "Can I ask why you did it?" "Don't you see?" "Because I got your gun." "You knew me from somewhere." "Do you think I'm crazy?" "No, you're completely normal." "Nobody's crazy." "Not me, not you, not her." "I knew it." "I thought you'd understand." "The facts come before the law." "Your love for each other is a fact." "That's what I think." "But that doesn't mean I approve." "Where shall we meet next?" "The last point on the star, right?" "You figured it out." "Look for me there." "You're taking sides with a criminal?" "It hurts when you punch for real." "I only hit you in the face." "Which comes first, law or the truth?" "Who the fuck cares!" "We are the law." "Sosuke!" "Sorry, gotta go." "You asshole!" "Where's the point of it in the end?" "March 1, 1997" "At that time, I walked, not knowing whether I was tracking him, or he was tracking me." "Time was in a different dimension." "I tore my way through walls of air." "With every wall I broke through, the hollowness inside began to fill." "I needed someone to talk to." "Hey, it's me." "I'm going to get my gun back." "Do you think we could start over as friends?" "Really?" "Thank you." "I'll call you again." "And you know there are two ways to prove love." "One is to kill." "The other is to share a lifetime together as friends." "You think so, too?" "Yeah, I know." "See you." "Suddenly, that time was over, and I began walking as always." "Once again, I walked as I always have." "Everything should've changed, but the hollowness remained." "Perhaps nothing has changed." "It doesn't matter." "I will continue to live and continue to walk, carrying the burden of my memory with me." "That's all." "After that I went back to Rie, and took over the family business." "Saga" " Ryo Ishbashi" "Shimano" " Kazuma Suzuki" "Kimiko" " Kyoko Tohyama" "Mita" " Yu-Rei Yanagi" "Ichii" " Taro Suwa" "Aiko" " Akiko Izumi" "Tenna (Boss)" " Sei Hiraizumi" "Rie" " Eiko Nagashima"