"It was as warm as Spring, even though it was still February." "Though for me, it had begun as just another ordinary day." "My daughter, Machiko, forever awaiting her husband's return, woke up for the TV news..." "Everybody loves fermented soybeans." "Take me, I love fermented soybeans" "Thank you Soybeans." "My granddaughter, Mariko, prepared" "breakfast instead of her mother who was depressed over her husband's absence." "I never would have dreamed that'd be my last time to see Mariko." "I'm sorry, I'm terribly sorry." "Father, Mariko isn't home yet." "Sometimes she likes to stay out." "She called at 8 to say she'd be back." "She said she'd be right home" "Maybe some urgency at last minute." "Father, please go tell the police." "The police?" "10 months later" "Rocky!" "What's wrong?" "Rocky!" "A woman's severed arm was found in" "Tokyo's River Park at 9 this morning." "The arm was wrapped in thermal sheet." "along with a woman's shoulder bag, in one of the park's flower beds." "A teenager with his dog found it and alerted the police." "The bus stop's over there." "Tsukada Shinichi." "I'm Takegami from the Sawa City case." "I'm so sorry about what happened." "You did a story on that kid, Tsukada Shinichi, the sole survivor from murders of Sawa teacher's family." "Yes." "You haven't discover yet?" "What is it?" "Haven't you heard about the arm?" "I'm just back from an interview." "What happens to him?" "Here's the DVD." "Thanks." "Take a look at this." "The same boy, the sole survivor, who found the rest of his Family murdered, ironically, discovers another victim." "His misfortune may awaken his trauma but improve another's fortune." "Yours!" "This will enhance your story." "Won't you meet with him again?" "Actually it's your duty to meet him." "Mariko..." "Um..." "Don't worry." "Mariko's alive somewhere." "Father, please don't be angry." "This is the best I can do." "Hey, you!" "Show her your face and talk to her." "You think that will make Machiko happy?" "It'll just upset her." "Father." "Do you have any feelings at all?" "Sure I do." "Why else would I travel 2 hours to come here." "Their eldest son found them dead." "You really don't mind if Shinichi stays with us?" "Of course not." "You're really great, Shigeko." "You care for his interests first, not using him for yourjob." "Maybe it's for my own interests to find out more from him." "Even so, he's grateful to you now." "Your work has social significance." "I'm proud of you, too." "You don't have to..." "This, lt's a watch but not for giving thanks" "My article paid for it. lt's tough." "It's just the one I wanted." "Thank you." "I 'm the guy who dumped that arm in River Park." "Aren't you covering that story anymore?" "Back to cafes, Kijima san?" "The arm and the bag belonged to two different person." "Fun?" "Fun, fun?" "Hey, lady." "Excuse me, can you repeat that?" "I'm the guy who dumped that arm in River Park." "The arm and the bag belonged to two different person." "The shoulder bag belong to a woman called Furukawa Mariko." "Excuse me..." "According to the TV station operator, the perp used a code number that distinguished him from pranksters." "The code matches the serial number of police HQ computer." "Coincidence?" "No, it's got to be intentional." "Maybe it's a taunt to the police." "Next, Shinozaki." "The phone call to the station, was immune to voice recognition." "Conventional voice changers are susceptible to sonographic analysis, but this perp digitalizes and manipulates his voice in real time." "We've searched for similar cases and possible investigative technologies." "I sent every station photos of different women." "There're all members of my cast." "I'll give you new info if you guarantee evening news airtime." "Change the photos to the way you want" "How do you like my cast?" "At least respond electronically." "Don't bother tracing my messages." "You are unable to locate my server." "Anyone who wants to join my cast should look sharp." "Hello." "Grandpa?" "Has fame helped your tofu store?" "Japan loves tragic heroes, so hang in there." "You're the one call to the TV station?" "You sound a little different." "Worried about your Mariko who has a mole on her back?" "Of course I'm worried." "What have you done to her?" "How about the one who's arm was cut?" "Just focus on your granddaughter reveals your selfishness." "Certainly she also has a family worrying for her" "I equally worry about her and Mariko." "Stop posing." "You won't care about other's child?" "Where's Mariko?" "Give me some proof you know where Mariko is." "You called because you want me to do something." "What is it?" "7PM at the Yokohama Bay Sheraton." "I'll leave a message in the lobby." "And whatever you do, look sharp." "It's a classy hotel." "Excuse me. ls there a message for me?" "And what is your name?" "Arima Yoshio." "Arima san?" "Here's your envelope." "Wait in the hotel bar, Bay View." "Where's the Bay View bar?" "On 28th floor." "Where is the elevator?" "Straight at the back that way." "Would you like another drink?" "Oh, the same." "Right away, sir." "Are you Arima san?" "Yes." "Please follow me" "Hello." "Hi, grandpa." "How's the elegant hotel?" "Hardly relaxing." "What did you drink?" "Scotch and water." "Just plain scotch and water?" "Can you name a brand or its age?" "No." "But who cares." "What's next?" "Nowadays,You've to be smart to survive" "Drinking scotch and water won't help." "I see." "Get to your point." "Just standing around, an old man like me ruins the atmosphere." "you're no fool, old man." "You'll see when you get home." "It's in your mailbox." "MARlKO F." "Now do you believe I'm for real?" "Hello, Arima Tofu." "Hello, you speak English?" "Hello, who is this?" "If you do something weird." "I'll pay you with the same coin" "You'd better find a police translator" "Hello, hello." "What do you say?" "When you're as busy as I am, vitamin supplements are the way to go." "For me, pigs' feet work the best." "We've just had a call from the man who says he's the killer." "Hello." "I'm gonna tell you where to find Mariko's dead body." "I'll send you photos as hint." "Find it before the police do" "Stop harassing us." "Speak Japanese." "He's trying to tell us something." "Hey, get an accurate translation now." "Fuck you!" "Apparently, the body was just found." "If he's telling the truth, it will be Furukawa Mariko." "Just like the arm found in River Park, it was wrapped in silver thermal sheet, it was placed under a hydrant." "The question is, who is the murder as if it's just a game." "Standing here where the body was found I wonder how he can do this and why he can do this." "And I can't imagine forgiving him." "Show me more." "No, later." "I always want to see more." "I want to see more, too." "Last year, my wife died of illness." "Whenever I hear this tune, I remember sights from a trip we took to Canada." "Living as long as I have, and blessed with so many happy memories, instead of feeling lonely, my heart fills with warmth." "This was my wife's favorite song..." "This song is Love Letter from Canada" "Mariko, have you closed the windows?" "They say it might rain." "Who am I talking to?" "Love letter from Canada" "Dear Mother and Grandpa, please forgive me." "Love letter from Canada walk on the street in neon lights tears drop down I miss your voice" "Don't you get bored doing the samework decade after decade." "If you enjoy each day, it's never monotonous." "No two days are ever the same." "You're lucky to have found that kind of work, grandpa." "And you?" "Mariko, why did you have to die before me?" "Grandpa" "Mother, Grandpa, please forgive me." "I'm in Canada with someone I love." "The air's clean and I'm happy."" "As long as she's happy, that's fine lsn't that right?" "From our short list of suspects, let's consider Tagawa to be primary." "There were several stickers on Furukawa Mariko's body." "The stickers match those at River Park" "Our prime suspect, Tagawa, collects stickers from buying beer and juck food." "We've confirmed this from breweries." "To a collector, every sticker is precious." "He'd never leave them behind." "But he's flagging himself." "Like, "l'm the perp." "Arrest me" ?" "Something like that." "Isn't the reverse makes more sense?" "A local photographer shot these." "There's Tagawa searching the trash." "Tagawa also frequents adult web sites, and he's got a reputation for hacking women's email accounts." "He got our serial number the same way." "There's also evidence that he's fluent in foreign languages." "Hello." "How's it going, gramps?" "What do you want?" "is he coughing?" "He's still in the bathroom." "Stop sneaking around." "Show me your face before the cops get you, and I'll grind you into tofu." "Exclusive Interview with Key Suspect" "We can only speculate about police theories on this unsolved murder." "So today, we've invited "T", a key suspect, into our studio." "T denies connection to the murder." "Today, we'll interview "T" and draw our own conclusions." "Show me more." "No, later." "Mt." "Fuji can look so different." "T, please tell us what your life is like now." "The cops tail me everywhere and I hardly have privacy at all." "Why did you agree to be on the show?" "Like I said, they suspect me because I have a record, and despite my alibi, they've made me a prime suspect," "because they've got a history of falsely charging people." "Stop harassing me and find the real suspect." "Um, Ta..." "That's "T"" "Oh, yes, "T" l wanted to ask..." "We've just had a call from a man who may be behind these murders." "That's French." "French..." "Excuse me, but please use English." "is that T or C there,Or is it Tagawa?" "It's "T"?" "Hey, T!" "You could brag about it being behind that frosted glass?" "No, I just want to expose the truth." "This guy's weird." "Come out and show your face," "Those celebrity-crazed girls will be all over you, man." "Show your face and you'll have girls crawling over you, not cops." "I'm the killer!" "It's not T. lsn't that right, T?" "Show them the tragic face of a man falsely accused." "There you are, welcome." "Fuck you, a commercial break!" "How dare you cut to a commercial now!" "I'm sure everybody's furious." "Why don't you go fuck yourselves!" "My hair's so silky his fingers just slip." "I'll try it, too!" "We apologize to our viewers." "Our caller hang up" "Also, we promised to protect T's identity." "To cooperate with the police" "Apologize for sudden interruption." "Apparently we have another call from the self-proclaimed killer." "Hello." "OK, you got your reasons." "But he's gone now, and if you promise not to cut me off, I'll keep on talking." "Yes, of course we promise." "I'll stream a real murder live." "Webcast myself committing a crime." "You can catch it on Cable TV." "The only dedicated cellular site will be CD Phone." "is this CD Phone?" "You know who I am." "Starting today, you donate 5%/ of weekly sales to UNlCEF." "And 1%/ to the Campaign to Eradicate" "Land Mines." "Promise now." "You will be sorry if you don't." "Rocky, Rocky." "I'm home.You're back" "Sorry I'm so late." "I'm off, then." "Who's the customer?" "One of your fans, apparently." "I could have given him an estimate over the phone, but he even invited you along." "I've got a deadline tomorrow." "No, I knew, so I refused." "But he really praised your book." "Said it showed how victims feel." "It's not so bad going on the road." "Work hard, now." "You, too." "Take care." "Take care." "The world's first live murder is about to take place." "The killer warned us it is about to begin." "Hey, it's almost 8." "What, you went and bought a CD phone?" "Hey, pull over to somewhere road side." "Let's watch this thing." "We don't have to pull over." "Why not?" "Just show me the phone." "Just show you, like this?" "Hey, that's dangerous!" "You nuts!" "You said "show me."" "That's not what I meant." "How can I drive?" "Can you see it from here?" "Yeah, I can see." "It used to be inconvenient to call." "Now, with CD Phone you can communicate anywhere, anytime..." "Man, this is intense." "First ever in the world, right?" "Hey, it's almost 8." "Watch it man!" "What's the point if we're dead?" "Man that freaked me out." "Hey, check out that car ahead." "Wow, like an AVfilm." "Don't watch that thing!" "Shortly past 8PM on the 24th, a car tore through the guard rail on a remote mountain road, plunged down the cliffs and caught fire." "The police have now confirmed that a body discovered in the trunk is Maehata Shoji,a tatami craftsman." "This has led the police to speculate that the car's passengers, Kurihashi Hiromi and Takai Kazuaki, were responsible for his death, and police are investigating." "We've found dozen photographs related to the case in Kurihashi's apartment." "Several match those aired on TV." "There are also witnesses who saw Kurihashi and Takai together nearby." "The murder site remains unknown." "However, our investigation presumes that these two murdered Maehata, and also played significant roles in the serial murders of women." "Any questions?" "What kind of photos are they?" "They can't be made public." "But we can pretty much conclude Kurihashi and Takai did it?" "They're under investigation." "If there are no further questions, that's all." "Two Years Earlier" "Here you go." "Thank you.lt means a lot." "Thanks for your fancy flowers." "They are orchids." "Orchids?" "And for me?" "I'm sorry it's so little." "Thank you." "Work hard, sweat and make money." "Sure." "Oh, this is my girlfriend." "Akemi." "Please be good to Hiromi." "What are you talking about?" "What are you doing, brother?" "We're really busy." "Yumiko." "You look especially lovely today." "That blue blouse suits you." "Check." "See ya." "You gave him money again?" "Today, he should give you back." "He's my very best friend." "When he's in trouble, I'll help out." "They're beautiful flowers, orchids." "What did you just say?" "That soba shop gal is a real dog." "You said that half an hour ago" "Then in the hotel, and said how well steak goes with rice and then the soba shop girl." "Don't talk about soba after steak." "You're the real dog, bitch." "Bitch?" "Who cares which goes first?" "It's soba after steak." "Who gives a shit about that crap." "I've... my father's never scolded me." "If you hate being scolded so badly, why not stretch those long over me and go at my crotch with your shoes" "You'll find my magic stick." "So this whole fight is about how horny you are?" "You're hopeless." "Hey." "You're doing that, but, have you thought of your life?" "I don't want this bitch fuck up my life." "Nobody's going to get in my way!" "Peace!" "Help me!" "Okinawa" "We're locked into our roles from the moment we're born." "If you think you're unlucky, it's all over." "A fine wind and a friend you trust." "What more could you want?" "That's right." "Time and distance alter human consciousness." "First alter consciousness." "Our battle is far ahead of us." "We're doing battle?" "God grant me the right friend" "A friend who laughs when I do." "A friend who cries when I do, too?" "As long as we keep sending them letters, Akemi's folks won't care." "As long as their daughter's alive in their minds, in their own consciousness, it'll do." "Peace, is your brain frozen ?" "Why do you think human are evolving?" "Accidents, war, disease, crime." "We aim to conquer these." "This is why only the most refined individuals should commit sophisticated crimes." "Banal crimes are pointless." "Our role is to commit a crime, no one's ever committed before." "How can we get away with that, Peace." "The Japanese cops are excellent." "I'll pass on getting arrested and working and washing beside those homo convicts in the pen." "They'll never figure it out." "The place to hide a tree is in the forest." "If we discard analogue consciousness and become digital, they'll never trace us." "We'll be scent-less." "Amikawa." "Koichi." "This is Amikawa Koichi." "Peace." "Oh, excuse me." "What are you doing?" "Cut it out, Hiromi." "That girl's too tall." "Give me that 10 yen. I want your coin." "Then, I'll let you go, so shut up." "It's time to head back to the villa, where our women are waiting." "Tokyo" "Hi, I'm coming home now." "Do you need anything?" "OK, I'll be right home." "I've to talk to you." "Please come now." "I'm sorry, I'm terribly sorry." "Please forgive me." "I'm sorry." "I don't care if you kill me." "I just have one request." "Don't tell where l was going." "I don't want my grandpa know." "You're a real animal, Hiromi." "You understand foreign languages like you recognize bird calls." "I have to hand it to you." "I just wanted to meet foreign women." "Men are interested in all women." "You need language to get their clothes off." "You're a great conversationalist." "You handle public relations." "It's your role to inform the media about our crimes." "Got that?" "Oh, all right. I'll put my talents at your service." "I'll lick the media like a woman." "Even her asshole?" "Even her asshole." "The Villa" "You keep begging for your life, but what's the point of living a life as meaningless as yours?" "But if you serve as a victim in this great event we're creating," "You'll be famous throughout Japan, everyone will know about you, everyone will remember your name and your face," "and everyone will mourn your death." "Isn't that pretty wonderful?" "Thank you." "Thank you." "That's Mariko's grandpa." "Looks like a real dirty old man." "This is our #1 Staging Area." "Close to Mariko's house." "And there are ready-made characters here." "Camouflage won't last long." "But we'll make it last." "We'll create the perpetrator." "Match the crime to his behavior." "Toss in some evidence to suggest him as a suspect." "See that teenager with the dog?" "He's the sole survivor of that Sawa family murder." "Of course he's seen hellish image." "You know Maehata Shigeko's book," "Those Who've Seen Hell?" "Yes." "Those reports on the families of victims of vicious crimes?" "It's just a tear-jerky assemblage of the facts." "What do you say we let that sole survivor, be the one to discover our crime?" "Time to leave before we get in the picture." "I can't believe humans sweat at times like these." "Until now, we have murdered for emotion." "From now on, we kill rationally." "Just as God kills us." "OK, it's just about show time." "For now, the plaza in River Park where the severed arm was found, has been cordoned off by police." "The arm, wrapped in thermal sheeting, along with a woman's shoulder bag, found by a teenager walking his dog." "We don't like to think of a person who discards an arm in the heart of the city, as fully human." "What kind of woman would get herself into such a mess?" "The victim couldn't have been anyone special." "She had a designer shoulder bag, after all." "You're the one who's not special." "Fun?" "Fun, fun?" "Hey, lady." "What?" "I want that." "Can't you let this case shock you more?" "Your own son's the killer." "Well, I'm off." "Listen, you find some rich girl." "Take care." "They've just discovered the body." "If you're to believe the murderer," "The body belonged to Mariko." "Can you believe this?" "How many have to die?" "Hope the police will make a quick arrest" "Yes." "Wait a second." "Come in." "You're acting weird, brother." "Why?" "You always overreact to news about those serial murders." "Everybody's interested" "You are, too, right?" "You be careful, seriously." "Don't tell me you're involved." "You know I'm not brave enough." "You think murdering someone is brave?" "Not really." "Taking Some Time Off" "Hello." "Been a while, Gramps." "Settled down?" "Isn't it humiliating to outlive your granddaughter?" "You guys are panicking." "I'll be on your backs to the end." "you've got nothing left to lose." "You sound tough now" "What do you mean,"you guys?"" "There are two of you. I can tell." "I may be old but my hearing's fine." "You're both helpless alone." "All you can do is kill weak women." "So, kill a man like you did?" "Sergeant Sanders, the man you killed in Borneo, was my father." "What?" "Even though that was war," "Your victim had a family." "I was in Manchuria during the war." "Just kidding." "Chill out." "Anyway, if a man dies next, lt's on your head, gramps." "Remember that." "When I talked to the old man, he knew there were two of us." "Oo la la." "Pretty sharp." "That's not all." "He said we could only kill women." "Try killing a man." "If we do kill a man, it's his fault." "I told him that." "He's just an old man who went through wars" "Maybe we'd better leave that old guy out of it." "What an exquisite colour." "No art could create it." "All animals, fish and birds are more beautiful than humans." "As long as we believe it's OK to kill these creatures, there will be war and murder." "Chosen by natural selection it's a concept." "Cruelty in the service of pleasure it's a concept" "Come out and show your face." "Those celebrity - crazy girls will be all over you, man." "Show your face, it'll be girls, not cops crawling over you." "I'm the killer!" "It's not T. lsn't that right, T?" "Show them the tragic face of a man falsely accused." "There you are, welcome." "Fuck you, a commercial break!" "How dare you cut to a commercial now!" "I am sure everybody's furious." "Why don't you go fuck yourselves!" "Calm down, Hiromi." "Call 'em back." "I refuse." "Don't stop to their level." "Makes me feel like shit." "...promise not to cut me off, I'll keep on talking." "Yes, of course we promise." "I'll stream a real murder live." "Webcast myself committing a crime," "You'll be able to watch it on cable TV" "The only dedicated cellular site will be CD Phone." "I read the rest of your lines for you." "Unlike you, I had a little stage fright" "Hey." "What are you doing?" "C'mon up." "Hey." "I told you not to turn up without an appointment." "You worried I've got some weird translation job?" "No, I'm just worried about you." "Are you OK?" "Worried about what?" "What if I'd been going at it with some girl?" "Man, you're pathetic." "Are you hiding something from me?" "I can't hide anything from you." "You're a true friend." "Actually, someone is blackmailing me." "He's trying to frame me for his own crime." "That's why, I've been trying to find proof of his guilt." "I knew it, Hiromi." "I'll do anything to help you." "Just tell me." "All right, I will." "But stop showing up like this." "There's such a thing as timing, you know." "If you got it wrong, and were dragged into this and killed, how could I forgive myself?" "You're right." "I thought you were the murder." "I'm sorry." "Want some?" "Open wide." "What am I going to do with him?" "He knows something's up." "What do you say we use him?" "But how?" "He's an idiot." "I know, Hiromi." "Don't worry." "Takai Kazuaki will become the perpetrator of this crime." "His incompetence is his asset." "Some coffee?" "Thank you." "Your wife's ajournalist, isn't she?" "Yes I've read her book" ""Those Who've Seen Hell" many times." "How deeply crime scares us... I was so intrigued and moved." "She even inspired me to volunteer for social work." "That's why I resolved you to make my tatami mats." "No, thank you." "The first time I've gotten ajob because of her." "I'm very gratified." "Deeply gratified." "I'm sorry to make you travel so far for the estimate." "I don't know how many mats I'll need." "Your villa's so big." "I'm envious." "Oh, no. lt was my father's." "But that's an amazing watch." "I really wanted it. lt's tough, even survive for a nuclear blast." "A present from my wife." "Wants me to be like this watch." "Survive a nuclear blast?" "Sounds great." "Where do you need the tatami?" "Dad's in the hospital." "Collapsed from high blood pressure." "your Dad won't die, right?" "But right now, My life may be in danger." "Please, I'm begging you." "Don't leave me alone." "My head's exploding." "Hiromi." "Did you ask me not to leave you alone?" "Yeah, don't leave me alone." "All right, I'll be there." "Should I bring some kind of weapon?" "What kind of weapon?" "Your soba stick?" "Get Takai fingerprints on Maehata's clothes and stuff." "Load Maehata's corpse into the trunk of the rental car." "He commit suicide in a car fills with exhaust in the woods." "I'll write his last note." "He's my type." "Not my type." "Suicide?" "Destructive impulses can turn inward as well." "It makes sense psychologically, too." "If you linger in a Tokyo cafe they offer kelp tea." "Kelp tea?" "You're late." "I'm sorry." "Thought I'd turn into the cuckoo in that cafe." "Cuckoo?" "The cuckoo clock inside the cafe." "I really hustled, broke a sweat." "You're not sweating." "I'm um..." "Forget it, let's go." "I'll drive." "Sure." "So you're the friend Hiromi said he would bring over." "It's been a long time." "Do you remember me?" "You're Peace, right?" "Right, Amikawa Koichi, the transfer student." "Come in and make yourself at home." "That was too much." "And that girl who posed nude for the weekly." "She even sent Peace her panties." "Wow!" "But until Peace came, you were #1 in everything, Hiromi." "In grades, no." "But you were always the funniest, Takai." "Your imitations of pro ball players were the best." "That's right." "Why not do one now?" "Oh, no..." "OK." "Kiyohara." "I look like him?" "No I don't." "I'm out of practice." "You do, you do." "I can do Nakamura, too." "Once more." "Don't, Peace." "Don't what?" "Don't touch Hiromi." "Why can't you come up to my level?" "I'm always having my plans ruined by average people." "Don't mock average people, Peace." "Hey, What are you doin'?" "You OK?" "You OK, Kazuaki?" "Hiromi." "Thank you, Hiromi. I'm so pathetic." "No big deal." "Hiromi." "Thank you. I'm so pathetic." "At 8PM, the fake live murder begins." "I'll deal with that one." "Not to worry." "I'll record the media response." "We'll watch it over Tanqueray." "An ice-cold gimlet." "Sounds great." "Good luck!" "The world's first live murder is about to take place." "The live murder warned us about it is about to begin." "What the fuck!" "Are you a zombie?" "Hiromi, I know everything." "I always knew you were killing people." "Then why'd you show up?" "Hiromi, you shouldn't kill people again." "You're totally innocent, Hiromi." "You're a murderer,I'll still on your side." "You can do anything, you're my idol." "Peace is just using you." "He'll wind up killing us both." "He killed the guy in the trunk, right?" "You knew all that and did nothing?" "Figured I was better off that way." "I put the sleeping pill between my gums." "Man, how did you dream that up?" "What would you do if your idol wanted to kill you?" "What's that?" "Nothing." "Let's go to the police." "You can start over, Hiromi." "I'll do anything to help you, please." "The brakes don't work." "I can't steer too!" "I'm outside Maehata's house..." "The man dragged into the serial murders" "Normally, we'd see..." "Maehata working steadily at his trade..." "But now, there's only mourning signs..." "To Maehata Shigeko." "Thank you." "I'll keep on living, and I hope you will, too." "Someday, I hope I can help you." "Good bye. I'll let you know when I've settled down." "I'll leave Rocky for you." "Please look after him well." "Tsukada Shinichi." "The suspect Takai's family always ran a soba shop." "2 years ago, they re-opened after renovations." "Takai once worked here, but now..." "Please stop." "We met at the police station." "Yes, I remember you." "You've had a hard time." "And where were you headed?" "I was looking for some live-in job." "Maybe at a Pachinko Parlor here." "Why not come live with us?" "How can I comfort you?" "I got a taste of my own insensitive journalism." "I see." "Take your time, but I hope you'll write about his death." "And about the media's cruelty." "Not now." "Nothing so sweet as other's misfortune." "And who can sell it for a higher price than you?" "Isn't that too much?" "What are you saying?" "I'm only thinking of you." "Who else will comfort you this way?" "Phone call, sir." "Right." "A waitress from a remote village has identified the 2 suspects." "She says it's definitely Kurihashi Hiromi and Takai Kazuaki." "We believe that they were operating out of a nearby villa, and will commence Operation Roller." "This meeting is adjourned." "Thank you, you're so good to me." "I want the truth to be known." "Kazuaki, was no murderer." "My brother never killed anyone." "His reputation doesn't matter," "He really didn't do it." "I know. I totally believe" "You're right. I'm positive." "You weren't in any shape to read that magazine coverage, but they all just seized on your brother as the suspect," "Japanese have an absolute belief in the family unit." "So they're trying to make you take the blame for him." "I want to rescue you from those ridiculous mass media attacks." "Thank you so much." "From now on, I'll be by your side." "Did you ever hug your brother like this" "People escape their sorrow by comforting each other this way." "It was hard enough as his friend,but what really got to me was seeing how they treated Takai's family." "The feeling that I had to speak up kept growing." "Amikawa san, what do you make of Kurihashi Hiromi?" "It's too bad, but I'm certain Kurihashi was definitely involved in this series of murders." "He must have had another accomplice." "So you mean you don't think Takai was involved?" "That's right. I think there's someone else." "lntent to murder, is in itself, already criminal." "Redirect that energy towards friendship, and you control it." "We all want to love and be loved." "We just need to express it." "What's important is to love someone." "No one wants to commit a crime." "I can't see an innocent person framed." "I will pursue the truth." "Try it." "OK." "My magnifying glass, please." "Father." "Yeah?" "Where's Mariko?" "She's probably off shopping somewhere." "She seems happier than when she was in Japan." "Oh, prefect timing." "I brought the divorce certificate." "She just went to sleep." "The thing is my Yuriko." "She got pregnant." "So I need to speed this up." "You need to consider Machiko, too." "Money I can pay." "Not meaning that." "I'can't look after everyone." "My hands are full looking after Yuriko." "I'll look after Yuriko, and you look after Machiko, father." "You're Arima Yoshio?" "You are?" "Amikawa Koichi. I'd always hoped to meet you someday." "I'd seen your courageous TV appearances." "I've..." "Murdered Maiko's killer dozens of times." "Burned him, punched him, gouged him with a knife," "but as much as I hate him, it's still not enough." "But..." "The killer's face should be different from what I imagine." "When they've caught the real killer, I'll keep his face in mind" "That's the only difference." "So do you imagine those two for now?" "is there someone else, as what you say?" "That's what I wanted to ask you." "What do you think?" "As time passes, I've got to wondering how the killer become someone who could kill Mariko and the others." "What were his father, his mother like?" "Did something terrible happen during his childhood?" "Surely no one's born evil." "Something changed him." "And maybe Mariko, too, took a wrong turn and was destined to be his victim... I can't imagine such a thing happening in your family, Arima san." "And just what do you know about my family?" "As little as you know about mine." "Excuse me." "I will find the real killer for your sake, too." "I'd like to have a chance to really thrash it out with him." "Hello." "Oh, hello." "I'm glad you look so well." "Yeah, I'm working hard." "The dark side of the heart?" "Every person's heart has a dark side." "Why did he do such terrible things." "Everyone wants to know." "It's because people know that they also have the part as the killer's, somewhere in their heart." "As human beings, we all possess the instinct for evil." "The question is how to transform that evil into good... I swear I've seen that man before." "He was walking with Kurihashi Hiromi." "Maehata san." "Why don't you check on him?" "This guy is parading around, spouting a pack of lies, pulling the wool over your eyes." "How dare he." "Let's go after him." "You can do it." "Shinichi." "I'm just so exhausted." "Were you exhausted when You wrote about me?" "You lent your strength to people like me." "But now that you're like in my position and you can't do it?" "When I came out of the store, Hiromi came over to hit on me, and grabbed my hand." "When I pulled away, someone over there said," "Cut it out, Hiromi." "That girl's too tall." "But you never saw Amikawa's face, I didn't see his face," "but his voice, his tone when he called "Hiromi,"" "sounded just like that Amikawa who's on TV." "I remember this incident very clearly." "Amikawa Koichi was born in Chiba Prefecture, the only son of Amikawa Keisuke and Amikawa Kiyomi." "A year after his birth, his parents divorced." "His mother, Kiyomi,adopted by a man called Amatani, and changes her surname to Amatani." "Normally, as Kiyomi's son, Amikawa Koichi would adopt his mother's surname, but he kept the name Amikawa." "Chances are, Kiyomi was already Amatani's lover." "Which casts doubt on Koichi's true paternity." "Amikawa Koichi was born into an uncomfortable situation, forced to play the role of a child always in someone's way." "Koichi's mother, Kiyomi, inherited the mountain villa from Amatani." "And surprisingly, Koichi's mother, inherited a villa from Amatani." "What are you doing?" "Who is it?" "Police." "What are you doing here?" "What are you doing here?" "Oh, it's you." "You're Maehata san?" "Yes." "Can't you leave this to the police?" "Today, in addition to Amikawa san, we'll talk with journalist Maehata who only recently lost her husband." "First, Maehata san." "Yes." "You have something to say?" "Yes." "This book published in U.S. 10 years ago" "The author is a former N. Y. Times reporter, who's written many nonfiction accounts of actual crimes." "This is one of them." "In this book, following the death of the suspect, someone else proclaims the suspect's innocence, insisting he was never the murderer." "This advocate's arguments are extremely persuasive," "Police re-open their investigation, and discover he was the actual killer." "As material evidence against him builds, they ask why he defended the other man." "It was fun, pretending to be righteous, and amusing to win everyone's attention." "This book inspired our recent case, a copycat crime." "It's no copycat crime." "It's completely original." "That book Maehata san's been discussing doesn't exist." "She invented a bluff to trick me." "A search on net can prove me right" "Maehata san, why are you doing this?" "My crime was completely original." "It was all part of my plan." "We've just received a phone call for Amikawa san." "Hello." "You're just a fake, lecturing us about the horrors of crime." "Hello, my name is Arima Yoshio." "What do you want, Arima san?" "Do you enjoy what you're doing?" "I don't do it out of enjoyment." "I'm driven by a sense of mission." "Weren't there other ways to use that brain of yours?" "Everyone lives their life to the fullest, to the limits of their abilities." "Everyone wants more happiness, more money, more love." "We all have human longings, but we learn to live with them, to respect other's rights and to accept what life brings, and we make the most of it." "at least most people do." "is it so wonderful to toy with such modest lives?" "Toy with?" "That's right." "You've done everything exactly as you please." "Smart or stupid, I don't know, your crimes have shocked the world." "However, whatever your methods, finally, you've only committed revolting murders." "The world will soon forget you." "If you really want to shock people and become a hero, try inspiring a normal person." "Teach them love." "But you don't have it in you." "Do you know why?" "Because you never had a family that loved you." "You're a pathetic creature, incapable of loving, of holding someone precious." "From now on, you'll only be tormented by the futility of what you've done." "Thank you, Arima san." "Do you feel better now?" "Today, as police searched the mountain villa where they suspect Amikawa committed the murders, in addition to the known victims, they found many other women's bodies including that of Amikawa's mother." "They now believe Amikawa and his accomplices were involved in numerous murders." "As no fingerprints of former suspect" "Takai Kazuaki were found at the site police now believe Amikawa was using Takai, that in fact Takai was simply another of the victims." "The two suspects, Amikawa and Kurihashi are dead, and their motives remain a mystery, but it seems the serial murders are solved at last." "Solved at last?" "Nothing's solved." "You're just going to end this?" "A load of crap." "But please," "you have to let it end." "Otherwise, I can't begin anything else." "I'm sorry." "I was wrong." "I have no more family. I'm all alone." "But I want to live." "I want to do something." "Fate must have brought us together." "I won't let any more unhappiness come to you." "I'm just an old sack of bones, but you can count on me." "This must never happen again." "For that, I've got to understand why these crimes were ever committed." "Maybe, to borrow my editor's words, that's why I'm making sacrifices and working like this." "If this is my fate, maybe I'm finally ready to embrace it." "Believing that my words, can make a difference." "Would you like a refill?" "Please." "Didn't Kurihashi Hiromi approach you?" "Apparently I wasn't his type." "May I go?" "Sure." "At 4:30AM, a Self Defense Air Force training jet fired..." "Messenger." "1st Lt. Odajima is due for transfer later this spring and said that he wanted to play ajoke" "Arima san, how are you?" "I believe my final show succeeded and I'm truly in heaven." "I have a request, Arima san." "Would you please take care of the child I left behind?" "If my will has been followed, you'll find the child in the flowerbeds at River Park." "Please hurry." "I'm worried it might be kidnapped or murdered." "It would be wonderful if you raised my child to be good." "I'm sure the child will not turn out like me." "Please prove that nurture is stronger than nature."