"MIDNIGHT INVITATION" "Asami Kobayashi" "Kaoru Kobayashi" "Etsushi Takahashi" "Masakane Yonekura" "Junko Miyashita" "Mitsuko Yorichika" "Atomu Shimojō Yutaka Nakajima" "Tomoe Hiiro Yasukiyo Umeno" "Eri Kanuma Akiko Hoshino" "Tetsurō Tanba" "Makoto Fujita" "Tanie Kitabayashi" "Tsunehiko Watase" "Shinsuke Ashida" "Based on a novel by Shūsaku Endō" "Music:" "Mitsuaki Kanno" "Director:" "Yoshitarō Nomura" " Um..." " Yes?" "Which way is neurology?" "Through there, at the far end" " Thanks" " Not at all" "Inagawa, to see Doctor Aizawa" "Please wait there" "Thank you!" "How about this?" "I wonder what these people are doing?" "Doctor, will these childish games... make my leg better?" "It's a real puzzle" "There's nothing wrong with your leg" "That's been proved conclusively by the X-rays and blood tests" "There's no physical reason why you can't move your leg" "It's due to your mind" "Buried within your mind... is a disinclination to walk" "Absurd..." "Give it another go" "I'll join in too" "Is this person asleep?" "Or crying?" "I've had enough" "Mr Yamazaki..." "Take care" "Ms Inagawa" "Please go to Room 2" "Please excuse me" "Ah... please" "Doctor Aizawa?" "Yes, that's right" "I have a referral from Doctor Nakamura of the surgery department" "My name's Inagawa" "Yes, I was informed" "Please take a seat" "Pre-exam card" "Oh, Doctor" "The person to be examined... isn't me" "Who then?" "Well, it's about my fiancé" "Is that OK?" "Yes, certainly" "Well, it happened about a month ago" "At a friend's birthday party..." "Mr Tamura, the phone" "I wonder who?" " I'll take a dip too" " Swimming?" " Not with you!" " Rejected!" "Work related?" "What is it?" "My brother in Mito called to say he's coming to Tokyo" "What for?" "My brother in Numazu has disappeared" "This was the second disappearance" "Second?" "Yes" "My fiancé Tatsuo is the youngest of four brothers" "The eldest brother living in Kumamoto, also went missing 7 years ago" "We were waiting for his brother to return from Numazu, the day after the party" "He's arrived" "Just the same as our brother in Kumamoto!" "So he left in the dead of night?" "And his wife laying beside him said she didn't notice." "He literally vanished" "My younger brother from Numazu is somewhat timid" "He's not the type to make enemies" "And he's just got married, so it's hard to believe it involves a woman" "I hope you're safe" "From what?" "We're disappearing one by one" "Silly" "Don't worry about it" "Ah, shall I make it?" "I'll do it" "Ah, here" "If I vanish by some chance, I'll let you know the circumstances" "To set your mind at ease" "Keiko, I have just one request" "Yes, what is it?" "I'm genuinely delighted about your engagement to this fellow" "So I simply want to say, that with two family members having disappeared, it may be thought our blood is..." "Come on, she doesn't think that way" "Be quiet" "I'm asking her family" "Keiko, there's no doubt this is just a coincidence" "For this fellow too, please explain it as such" "Alright" "The brother in Mito researches atomic energy at Tokaimura" "When he comes to Tokyo, he invariably dines with Tatsuo" "He's a very considerate brother" "However..." "What is it?" " Today I went to Mito" " Mito?" "Kazuo has disappeared!" "Last night he sneaked out the house while sister in law was asleep" "It's the same" "It's just the same as the others!" "Does this sort of thing really happen?" "Hey, the other day, your brother was in fine spirits" "I'm sure he's back by now" "Try calling him" "It's my turn next" "That's silly" "Why?" "You've no reason to disappear" "Neither did my brothers" "It isn't just chance" "There's no guarantee I won't disappear" " It's Mr Tamura?" " Yes" "Your fiancé's family has no history of neurological illness?" "As far as I know" "My mother checked when I got engaged" "But I don't quite understand" "A search for missing persons is a matter for the police" "Yet doctor, Tatsuo has now had a nervous breakdown" "He's locked himself in his flat" "So he's obsessed with the idea he's next..." "I could try seeing him" "Ah... thank you" "However, please make it clear that I'll be examining him" " There must be no secrecy" " Yes" "Also, please have faith in my methods" "Otherwise, Mr Tamura will lose confidence in me too" "It will be the biggest hurdle" "OK?" "Yes" "Somehow, I feel at very much at ease" "Thank you for helping me" "Tatsuo" "Tatsuo..." "Yes" "May I?" "Feel free" "Mr Tamura is having to see a psychiatrist?" "Who told you, papa?" "Doctor Nakamura got in touch with me" "Listen, Keiko" "How about we shelve this talk of marriage for a while?" "Why?" "Even you were praising him" "Not really" "I meant that he was a capable employee" "As a family member it's another matter" "But we don't need you getting a neurosis too" "Just think it over" "What?" "Mr Noda's here" "Ah, I'm coming" "Well then" "Keiko, I'm also against it" "Even you, mama?" "Why, Keiko!" "You were all for this match with Tatsuo" "I'm not your plaything!" "I... will marry Tatsuo" "Keiko!" "Weren't you doing the night shift?" "Yeah, I got out of it by doing an outside exam" "You're having dinner?" "I've eaten" "You go to bed" "Oh, did you get the medicine for Haruo's blister?" "Forgot" "You're always doing that..." "Disappearance" "You found it OK?" "Yes" "I'll introduce you, this is Ms Akashi" "She runs this bar" "I'm Akashi" " Please have a seat" " Thanks" "She has my interests at heart" "Will you have something?" "The vongole's very good" "No, greasy food is a bit..." "No, really" "I've quit alcohol due to my stomach" " Do you have milk?" " Yes" "I'll have that" "Ah, please warm it up to 20.5 degrees Celsius" "And Mr Tamura..." "what shape is he in?" "Well, he's still..." "He's agreed to the exam." "I expect that was hard" "He even said himself it's for the best" "By the way, did you bring it?" "Ah, yes" "It's Junkichi, Shohei and Kazuo who disappeared, in that order?" "Yes" "Tatsuo has a different surname?" "The Tamura family had no children and they adopted Tatsuo when he was small" "Welcome home" "Mother, this is Doctor Aizawa" " Glad to meet you" " I'm Aizawa" "Thank you for helping Keiko" "Please come in" " Is Tatsuo here?" " Not yet" "At the bar earlier..." "it was Ms Akashi?" "You're old friends?" "Yes" "We study Japanese dance under the same teacher" "A really pretty lady" "You're curious about her?" "Yes" "Is she married?" "Five years ago she lost her husband in a traffic accident" "She said it had left her a shell of her former self" "Just as I thought..." "Huh?" "Ms Akashi just now, all the while, had her hands clasped" "That is, her right thumb was placed on the left-hand thumb" "It's not a good sign" "It's a theory proposed by the Spanish academic Jose Bons" "He suggested that people who clasp their hands in this way... can be regarded as very fatigued or aged" "Dynamic people do the reverse." "In other words, like this" "Even though Ms Akashi is still young..." "Well, it's a bit of a concern" "OK, please feel free to speak" "I'll sit behind but don't worry" "When I was 8 years old, I moved from my parents in Kumamoto... to the Tamuras in Tokyo" "Shortly after, my father in Kumamoto died" "Before that my mother had passed away" "So I didn't return to Kumamoto" "How were relations with your brothers?" "I hardly saw my brothers from Kumamoto and Numazu" "But with my brother in Mito it was different" "We often met, as I was at a Tokyo university" "It felt like..." "Kazuo was my only true kin" "It must have been a shock when he went missing" "Not just that..." "What is it?" "The phone" "Yes, during the night" "When I wake up, the ringing has already stopped" "It's happened numerous times" "Maybe I'm imagining it" "However, I'm certain it has rung" "That indicates neurotic anxiety" "I think it's down to your brother's disappearance" "Alright, please relax and make yourself comfortable" "Mr Tamura," "I will examine what caused your brothers to disappear... and eradicate your psychological trauma" "Your cooperation is essential" "Your brothers aren't here, so we have to examine the psychological side" "When you go to bed, leave a notepad by your bed" "Please write down your night dreams and anything else that springs to mind" "Freud?" "No!" "It's a test based on a theory of Daan" "According to this, human beings have an instinct... that foretells the future in the form of a dream" "Then you believe my dreams can occur in reality?" "It's not 100%, but it's something that's possible" "You know there are cases of rats and ants migrating prior to an earthquake?" "Civilised people have been losing that instinct for self-preservation, but it's still there" "Sometimes it's awoken when danger approaches... and alerts us in the form of a dream" "My dreams..." "Mr Tamura, in order for me to remove your anxiety," "I have to take a scalpel to the depths of your mind" "However, the mind of a human being is just like a deep sea" "The bottom is pitch black" "It silently harbours secrets and enigmas that are beyond imagining" "I have to stir up the profoundest depths of that sea of yours" "If it goes well we'll find out why your brothers disappeared" "And then your neurosis will be cured" "Come in" "You said it would take an hour..." "It's good timing" "Doctor, this is a note given to me before my brother in Tokaimura vanished" "It's about a dream" "Would you try reading it for me?" ""I'm often having the same dream"" ""Coming out of a long tunnel, a deep valley to the right"" ""I pass through many tunnels"" ""Then a ruined castle comes into view"" ""Three times this dream has occurred"" "Doctor" "I wonder if this is a forewarning too?" "In the future, my brother may..." "I can't say at the moment" "I'd like to take a trip to Tokaimura near Mito" "We may discover something" "It was a shock when you suddenly called out to me at Ueno station" "I apologise" "You're very much in love with Mr Tamura, then?" "Yes!" "Sorry I asked" "Doctor, I thought you said you'd quit drinking" "A doctor's indulgence" "Don't tell anyone" "Doctor" "Are dreams really to be relied on?" "Yes" "According to Jung, a dream symbol can be regarded as a significant message... that stems from the unconscious" "Then how would you explain the dream described in that note?" "A really desolate landscape" "You think it'll be found in Tokaimura?" "Well, who knows?" "Tunnel, mountain, valley, ruined castle" "It seems it could be anywhere" "But it also seems like a scene from another world" "Excuse me, would you be Doctor Aizawa?" "Yes" "I'm Fujimura of Ibaraki News" "Actually, I"m the brother in law of the vanished Mr Harada" " Thanks for your help" " Not at all" "The fiancée of the younger brother in Tokyo" "I'm Keiko Inagawa" "Thanks for taking the trouble" "I brought a car" " Please" " Thanks" "The Atomic Energy Research Institute" "Ah, so Kazuo Harada worked here" "Yes" "It's quieter than I expected" "What kind of job did your brother in law have?" "Head of engineering" "Giving technical guidance on fast critical equipment" "Don't ask for details..." "Ah, it's that building" "This is staff housing" "Please wait a moment" "Hiroko" "What's the matter?" "I know!" "They've come because of Kazuo" "Yo-chan, come along" "Ah, hello" "I'm Harada's wife" "I'm Aizawa" "Yo-chan, you might say "hello"" "Hello" " Hello" " Come along" "It's messy, but go ahead" "She's tired" "And in front of the child..." "Yoshiko's been told that papa is on a trip abroad" "It seems she has an inkling" "Ah, please" "It's this room." "Come in" "It seems Mr Harada got home about 9 on the day he vanished" "He said he'd eaten and came straight into this room" "Is the room as it was?" "No, the police rummaged about for a diary or note of some kind, which annoyed Hiroko" "That evening, my sister went to bed first in this room" "And when she awoke at dawn" "Ah, that lamp was left switched on" "And the figure of Mr Harada was nowhere to be seen" "The police say that he may have been abducted or taken away by someone" "Even his relations with women were thoroughly investigated" "But at present they are completely clueless" "There's no sign of that dream landscape around here" "Ah, please" "Had Mr Harada changed in any way recently?" "He was very worried about his brother in Numazu" "Otherwise..." "No matter how trivial it seems" "Ah, come to think of it" "After the Numazu disappearance, he'd often go to the beach" "Beach?" "Yes, the mouth of the River Kuji nearby" "And that's where I last saw him" "Over there" "When I showed up, Mr Harada was sitting there, absently looking out to sea" "Did he say anything on that occasion?" "Yes." "He spoke about nuclear accidents" "He said even if the science is faultless, you can't do anything about human error" "Things like that" "Just like that" "Mr Harada was sitting there in exactly the same posture..." "Mountain, valley, railway, castle remains..." "Sengoku era castles are usually mountain fortresses, so a mountain and valley landscape isn't exactly rare" "However, concerning a railway..." "I expect it exists, but I can't give you an instant answer" "I see..." "The book I wrote" "For future reference" "Anyway, let's investigate" "I'll be in contact if I find anything" "Thank you for your help" "But what is this?" "A referral from Mr Aizawa." "Is it dream interpretation?" "Yes, that's right" "Numazu" "Shohei was working here" "They preserve fish to be deep fried at the harbour" "Kazuo came a second time?" "Yes" "What for?" "He kept asking about the evening my husband vanished" "And?" "Yet it was while I was sleeping, so I don't know what happened" "He was generally a man of few words" "Neglecting his wife when she wanted to know his mind" "Mother..." "Excuse me please" "Coming!" "Then you've been here since it happened?" "Sometimes I go and clean up at least" "On your own..." "It was creepy..." "The phone calls" "Phone?" "Around then the phone frequently rang, in the dead of night" "Even if I picked up the call, there was just a steady silence" "Come in" "We lived here six months exactly" "One of his sandals had fallen off here" "It's just weird" "And those phone calls too" "Nobody believed me, but... my husband was summoned" "What do you mean?" "My husband often returned to Kumamoto" "On one occasion he'd brought back a photo" "It showed him and his sister in law" "Behind them, the face of an old man with long hair was faintly apparent" "Can you show me that photo?" "It's not here, my brother in law took it" "The spirit in that photo..." "summoned my husband" " Mrs Sugeno said so too" " Mrs Sugeno?" "A psychic researcher" "Sugeno Psychic Research Centre" "Certainly, I saw that photo" "That aged person is likely of..." "the spirit world" "Well, for some reason, when that soul still roamed in the land of the living, it happened to respond to the photographic film" "I already have a few examples" "Shohei Harada... was of the belief that his missing brother in Kumamoto had died" "And he was eager to make contact... with the ghost of that brother" "Well, this time Shohei has disappeared, before I could complete my preparations" "You're able to make contact with his ghost?" "Yes I am" "The reciprocal psychic influence is at its strongest among blood relations" "Ah, if you're doubtful, how about you try observing?" "Right now, there's an experiment... in which a lady will make contact with her dead mother's spirit" "You're welcome to attend, it's no trouble" "Thank you" "Go ahead" "Thanks for your patience" "Chairman, please start" "Mother has come" "Mama..." " Say something" " Mama...!" " Please speak" " It's..." "It's me, you understand?" "Mama!" "You know your daughter's here?" "You understand?" "Sorry... it's my fault!" "I'm... sorry" "Um..." "I'm sorry, today I came on my own" "Mama, papa couldn't come" "You understand?" "She said father couldn't come" "Who do you want to see?" "(Sugeno) It seems to be an animal of some kind" "Was there an animal she was affectionate about?" "It's Taro?" "There was a dog she liked" "Tatsuo!" "Kazuo!" "Tatsuo!" "Wait for me!" " Thanks for waiting" " Sorry to bother you" "So there's been progress" "It appears that Mr Harada was abducted by someone" "Abducted?" "Yes" "It seems that when he was investigating the disappearances of his two brothers," "Mr Harada discovered something" "However, there was someone who didn't want that fact to be known" "That guy abducted Mr Harada" "No doubt about it" "But how did you learn this?" "A diary was discovered in a locker in Mr Harada's office" "It's now with the police" "But I extracted the parts relating to the case" ""Thursday, 6th." "Investigation in Numazu"" ""Hypothesis 1:" "Disappearance of Kumamoto brother related to X"" ""Hypothesis 2:" "Shohei, knowing about X, was abducted"" ""Saturday, 8th"..." ""A call from Gogatsu but not present." "Having the dream again"" ""Long tunnel, train line, castle ruins"" ""Sunday, 9th." "Business in Tokyo." "Eat with Gogatsu"" ""Tuesday, 11th." "On the dune, thinking"" ""Assuming X killed Kumamoto brother and abducted younger brother,"" ""who'll be next?"" "That's on the 11th, when Mr Harada reached some sort of conclusion" "That evening he dis..." "well, he was abducted" "This Gogatsu..." "ah, I guess it's read as Satsuki, who is it exactly?" "Uh, well..." "I'm not really sure" "It seems to be a friend in Tokyo who also appears earlier on" "But when I asked around, nobody knew anything" "I believe it's possible that this person is X" "And this?" "Ah, it was placed in the diary" "We only met at a wedding, but... it's the brother from Numazu with his sister in law" "Um, take a look here" "It appears as though someone is peeping through the window" "This is it" "It's the photo the brother in Numazu brought back from Kumamoto" "Shortly after that he disappeared" "Then Keiko and Mr Tamura went to investigate in Numazu" "Thereafter Mr Tamura's neurosis grew worse" "I wish I'd stopped her" "Keiko left for Kumamoto this morning, saying it all originated there" "And it's the source of this photo, so she thinks she'll learn something" "That's a worry." "What if she's targeted by this X?" "Excuse me, how long does it take to reach the city?" " 40 minutes by car" " Thanks" "Satsuki?" "Satsuki!" "Satsuki!" "Harada Medicines" "No one's here?" "There's not a soul" "And the wife?" "I think she moved to her brother's" "Where?" "It's pretty far" "Kyomachi 2-Chome" "Excuse me" "Alright" "I came because I heard Junkichi Harada's wife lives here" "And who may you be?" "My name's Inagawa" "I'm the fiancée of Junkichi's younger brother Tatsuo" "Well, my sister's under the weather..." "Mrs Harada..." "You're Junkichi's wife then?" "I'd like to ask you about the time your husband vanished" "Tatsuo has now had a complete nervous breakdown due to these disappearances" "His breakdown has nothing to do with the Junkichi matter" "But he got on so well with his brother in Tokaimura" "Kazuo?" "Really?" "Kazuo has disappeared?" "You didn't know?" "Well, no..." "You really have no idea what caused your husband to disappear?" "Anything would help" "For instance, someone who may have resented him" "Nothing comes to mind" "It's a curse" "Well, somehow it feels like... the house of Harada has a curse upon it" "Curse?" "If it's not a curse, how else do you account for a situation of this sort?" "Three brothers vanishing one by one" "But I'm sure there must be some cause" "Look, it's best not to stir things up" "I say that for your own benefit" "Well, if you get in too deep, no good will come of it" "Ah, Mrs Harada" "I'd like to see a photo" "Photo?" "I learnt of it in Numazu" "In it you can discern an old man's creepy face or something" "You know it?" "I don't know the photo, but I have pictures of an old man" "Junkichi made them" "He was always good at drawing" "Go and get them" "But, I'm not sure where..." "Look for them" "Tell me your hotel later" " OK" " I'll send them over" "Once you see those drawings, it'll be obvious why I say there's a curse" "They're horrible to look at" "Junkichi disappeared, leaving those pictures behind" "Mr Tamura, special delivery" "Mr Tamura?" "Kazuo Harada" "Here" "You're in room 830" " OK" " Please" "Follow me" "Satsuki?" "I noticed you earlier" "I see" "This hotel?" "Yes" "Oh, going out?" "No" "I'm just going to change" "Tea in around 30 minutes?" "Yes" "Then I'll see you later" "I'd like to see Junkichi's pictures as quickly as possible" "You'll return to Tokyo soon?" "I should get the pictures tonight, so tomorrow" "Oh, and doctor" "I just saw Satsuki in the hotel" "Satsuki" "You know, from that bar in Roppongi" "How do you spell Satsuki?" "Gogatsu..." "So you think Satsuki grasped something about the brother from Tokaimura... and then came to Kumamoto?" "Well, I'm not certain, but it won't hurt to check" "Please" "Excuse me" "In which room is Satsuki Akashi?" " Ms Akashi?" " Yes" "Ms Akashi departed a little while ago" "Her room was cancelled" "No way" "Hey, what's with you?" "Hey, Mitsu" "Why hand them over?" "Why hand over the pictures?" "Please get rid of them" "Please just tear them up!" "Tear up those pictures!" "?" "Shit!" "No... stop" "Please stop it..." "Get rid of those pictures!" "?" "Doctor" "Oh, welcome back" "And the Satsuki matter..." " Actually, we didn't meet" " What?" "I got stood up, for the first time" "Sit" "Doctor" "I think your conjecture about Satsuki and the brother from Tokaimura is right" "Even cancelling her room" "I have a suspicion that missing brother showed up in Kumamoto" "Why?" "That was my feeling when I visited the sister in law" "And the pictures by Junkichi?" "Here" "Doctor, what's this!" "?" "The photo you heard about in Numazu" "Keiko" "Actually, I was perusing Mr Tamura's dream diary" "Tatsuo's?" "It came yesterday" ""A lift comes to a halt midway"" ""Above I hear my brother Kazuo calling"" ""Suddenly the lift plunges"" ""Relentlessly it falls"" ""I'm on a train"" ""There's a long tunnel"" ""Passing through into a deep valley"" ""A tunnel again"" ""Then a ruined castle"" "Just like his brother's" "Keiko, I feel as though I've started to figure out something" "What?" "The cause of the disappearances" "May I ask you to come to Tokyo University's medical faculty... tomorrow evening, together with Mr Tamura?" "Perhaps there..." "Fascinating research is carried out here" "Here" "He's carrying out hypnotherapy." "Please observe" "The subject believes she's being supported" "The power of the mind is amazing" "However, what I want you to observe isn't her posture" "It's the facial expressions of the hypnotised girl and the therapist" "Please look carefully" "Take a deep breath" "One" "Two" "Now you'll wake up, OK?" "I'll clap three times" "You'll begin to regain awareness" "Once more and you'll be fully aware" "Now for the last one" "You'll open your eyes" "Well?" "It feels pleasant?" "Here are the pictures" "They share three features" "Firstly, an abnormal head" "Next, a half-open mouth" "And thirdly, eyes that seem to suggest dark caverns" "They're all the same" "According to Machover, drawing a head this way indicates social inadequacy... and a desire to seek refuge from a guilty conscience" "Someone who draws like this has a sadistic nature" "It speaks of a hatred for the outside world" "Well?" "Isn't there a resemblance to the expressions of the pair we just saw?" "Ah, hello" "Doctor Sugibayashi, a noted researcher in the field of unconscious suggestion" " Where are you up to?" " Machover" "I see" "When I saw these pictures, I realised immediately" "The face is that of a hypnotiseur or a hypnotisé" " Hypnoti..." " Yeah" "It means hypnotist and hypnotised" "I would say this shows a hypnotiseur" "So I guess it's a hypnotist's face?" "You saw the girl?" "A suggestion under hypnosis can remain in effect after the subject has awoken" "Making someone vanish wouldn't be difficult" "Then the three brothers were hypnotised into disappearing... by the man in that picture?" "I can't confirm that, but at least we can be sure that... the face in this picture is performing a suggestion, or receiving one" "I'd like you to view a short film" "How was it?" "Nothing special..." "You wanted a cigarette?" "Meaning?" "Please show it again" "Ready" "That's it, here's the frame" "The film has an image inserted at certain points" "That single frame isn't noticeable" "So you began to desire a cigarette" "That is, you took a suggestion" "I think it may be apt to call the current situation... a curse rather than a suggestion" "A curse!" "?" "Yes, since a curse is the most powerful of suggestions" "This can be shown scientifically" "For instance, I let the breath of a woman who hates someone... into a glass bottle and put a fly inside" "Within a minute it's dead" "So spirit photography... is a perfectly plausible phenomenon, when bearing that sort of thing in mind" "Mr Tamura, what is it?" "Doctor, I noticed something strange" "The dates my brothers vanished" "My Kyushu brother on 11th September" "My Numazu brother on 11th July" "My brother Kazuo on 11th August" "All on the 11th" "Today is the 7th, so if it goes on like this," " in four days, I too..." " Tatsuo!" "Mr Tamura, the human mind is fragile" "A curse or suggestion hidden there will begin to exploit that" "But the curse is recognised" "There's nothing to fear" "It's alright" "Trust in yourself and fight that invisible adversary" "Come" "Doctor" "You too, please give him your support" "Mr Tamura has nobody but you" "Yes" "It seems he's been taken in" "Yes" "Thanks." "Sorry to trouble you" "Not at all" "Now the battle begins" "Tatsuo, be strong" "The doctor said you must fight it" "Fight what?" "Where's my opponent!" "?" "I don't understand!" "Please be strong" "Keiko" "What?" " You should go home" " Why?" "I'm fine on my own" "The 11th of the month stuff is just coincidence" "Your family will be worried" "You should leave" "I'm alright here" "I want to stay and give you support" "Isn't that OK?" "What is it?" "I'm ashamed of myself" "It's a bunch of nonsense now I think about it" "Isn't it?" "You're right, it's nonsense" "So enough of this" "But..." "I wasn't thinking straight" "I'm not leaving" "Look, go home" "Curses and spirits don't exist." "It's crazy to believe that stuff!" "Hello" "Ah... doctor" "Doctor Aizawa" "Yes" "Yes, he was fine" "This morning Tatsuo is much calmer" "Yes, I understand" "Thank you very much" "OK" "The doctor phoned as he was concerned" "And he wants you to continue recording your dreams" "Tatsuo, there are three days before the 11th" "You'll let me stay then?" "Three days..." "What is it?" "Work" "I'm going back" "It's alright, it's no big deal" "But tomorrow's the 11th" "I can't stay secluded in this flat" "That's hardly the way to fight against it" "Am I right?" "I'm OK, allow me to go" "He's gone to work?" "Actually that's good news" "It's an encouraging sign." "Credit to you" "But doctor, tomorrow's the 11th" "I not sure what to do" "That's no good, you'll get a neurosis" "Listen, let him have his own way" "It'll turn out fine" "Don't worry" "Contact me if anything happens" "Yes, speaking" "Doctor Aizawa, hello." "Um, I don't really have any news" "What about you?" "Yes" "Ah!" "I see, he's recovered" "Yes" "And how is Keiko?" "Yes" "I was concerned too" "No, I haven't met Tatsuo" "Yes" "So we're unacquainted" "Yes" "Yes, yes" "Did you draw something?" "Anything's fine" "A person's face or an imaginary landscape" "Give it a try" "Let me see, what do I like..." "This is pretty, I'll take it" "OK, how many?" " Five" " OK" "Swimming in the sea" "From my junior high days" "Kazuo is swimming ahead of me" "I'm struggling, my body is sluggish" "It feels like I'll be dragged into the sea" "I call my brother" "But Kazuo... steadily swims away from me" "No matter how much I call out, he carries on swimming away" "What is it?" "I'm riding on a train by myself" "The train... enters a tunnel" "It's a long, dark tunnel" "I exit the tunnel" "A deep valley... that seems to draw you in" "Another tunnel!" "To the left castle remains..." "There are castle remains!" "Be strong!" "You OK?" "Please be strong" "You OK?" "I see, that dream again..." "No, you shouldn't worry too much" "So long as he's gone to work" "Keiko, one day at a time" "Stay calm" "I understand" "I'm relying on you" "I appreciate your helping me" "Yes" "Yes" "Hello, this is Tamura" "Oh, it's you" "How are you feeling?" "Because I'm worried" "I can't have you disappearing" "Don't be silly, I'm fine" "I finish at 5 o'clock" "Today, let's eat out or something" "Really?" "You're right, today's worth celebrating" "I'll come meet you" "Yeah, at 5 o'clock?" "At 5 then" "Right, see you later" "Bye bye" "Hello" "Yes, I've just finished" "Perfect, I'll come straight down" "Yes, right now" "See you downstairs" "See you tomorrow" "Um, Mr Tamura of sales?" "He's already left" "Eh?" "Oh no... 20 minutes ago" "Excuse me, do you have some sort of memo from Mr Tamura in sales?" " Mr Tamura?" " Yes" " Isn't he still in the office?" " No" "Aizawa" "Ah, doctor, it's Keiko" "Just now Tatsuo disappeared" "Doctor, what should I do?" "Is that right?" "I see" "Anyway, please remain calm" "No need to worry" "What do you mean, I needn't worry?" "Mr Fujimura?" "Keiko, I owe you an apology" "I've deceived you" "Deceived me?" "How do you mean?" "The experiment at Tokyo University" "The talk of such things as curses and suggestions was a gambit of mine" "When I saw Mr Tamura's dream record," "I had doubts" "Ah, be seated" "Alright?" "Long tunnel, castle remains, valley" "It's just the same as his brother's dream" "Dreams may hint at the future, but two people seeing the same dream landscape is overly contrived" "And yet this dream unexpectedly started to appear for the first time" "Clearly it was intentional" "So assuming Tatsuo had tried to con me with this," "I thought I would turn it against him" "The experiment at Tokyo University..." "Yes" "You could say I set a trap" "Sure enough, Tatsuo was taken in" "A doctor thinks the incidents are due to hypnotic suggestion" "Then he himself pretends along the same lines" "So he came up with that thing about the 11th and vanished" "I can't believe it" "But why..." "why did Tatsuo do that?" "Presumably he didn't want either one of us... to know the truth" "Tatsuo's dream record became phony before you returned from Kumamoto" "I believe around then, he somehow learnt the truth about his brothers" "Do you know Tatsuo's current whereabouts?" "No, I dont know" "I expect you're worried" "But I'm waiting for a report from Mr Fujimura" " You're waiting..." " Keiko" "If it comes tomorrow... we'll learn everything about where he's gone and what his purpose is" "Doctor..." "It's fine" "You should go home and get some rest" "I bet you haven't slept much lately" "Er, Doctor Aizawa..." "Ah, doctor" "It's Fujimura" "Sorry doctor, I was given the slip" "Oh..." "Yes, he kept changing taxis" "I thought it was strange" "I got caught at a red light..." "Where are you now?" "I'm in Kumamoto" "Ah, it's a place called Sunroad Shinshigai" "Yes, the amusement zone" "Yes, um..." "what should I do now?" "Keiko" "Yes" "It's the phone" "Phone?" "Yes, from a Mr Toba" "Hello, this is Keiko" "It's regarding your enquiry" "Mountain, valley, railway and castle ruins" "I think all these may exist in the vicinity of Kumamoto" "From Takamori, the Takachiho line" "Takachiho Pass, Ama-no-Iwato" "The clans in that area were vying for supremacy... in the second half of the 16th century" "So they are more like mountain fortresses than castles" " Doctor!" " Why are you here?" "To Kumamoto?" "Well, actually I got a call from Mr Fujimura" "He says he was given the slip by Tatsuo" "Anyway, I've decided to go" "Tatsuo's in Kumamoto after all..." "It seems from Takamori to Takachiho... there are valleys and castle ruins along the railway" "I got a call last night from that Mr Toba you introduced me to" "I see" "Keiko" "Daan's theory that dreams predict the near future" "That's just one theory" "Very few scholars take it at face value" "Doctor" "I want to believe it" "Tatsuo went so far as to deceive me" "What's he trying to hide?" "Something tells me the key is contained within that dream" "I want to take this risk" "It's something I have to do" "Doctor, Keiko..." "please take a look at this" "Double Suicide at Tatsuda Park" "It's Kazuo" "He was killed" "It's definitely murder" "He wouldn't kill himself" "The double suicide thing is a fabrication" "His female companion?" "The body's unidentified" "Doctor" "Could it be..." "Satsuki..." "You know her?" "She's "Gogatsu", from the diary" "Why...?" "It's Junkichi's wife" "Kazuo..." "Why did you...?" "The man had been laid carefully at the root of a cedar tree... from which a woman hanged herself" "But it will be noted that this man... also has a cord scar to the neck... and a haemorrhage to the eyelid conjunctiva" "Based on the degree to which rigor mortis had set in, it will be noted that at least 12 hours separated the pair's time of death" "12 hours..." "Well, anyway, it will be confirmed by the final autopsy result" "The following is speculation based on the aforementioned preliminary findings" "To start with, the woman, discovering the hanged body of the man, brought it to the ground" "And after laying down the body, she too decided to hang herself" "In other words, a copycat double suicide" "Kazuo... was here in Kumamoto around the time the young lady came" "He probably wanted to resolve the situation before anyone found out" "I suppose that's why he pretended to disappear" "That much is clear" "Why exactly did Kazuo Harada go so far in trying to resolve things?" "Naturally, there's a connection to the disappearances of Junkichi and Shohei?" "Mrs Harada, given what has happened, may I ask that you tell us everything you know?" "It could be that Junkichi and Shohei... were killed by Kuze..." "By your brother?" "He isn't my brother" "What do you mean?" "I'm committing a sin" "I'm living with a man who killed my husband and his younger brother..." "I'm committing a sin..." "Mrs Harada" "Keiko brought these home with her last time" "To whom does this old man's face belong?" "It's not the face of an old man" "It's Kuze's child" "Child!" "?" "He's barely 20 years old" "He can't speak or move his limbs" "What he thinks is a mystery" "I've been made to look after that child for 7 years" "I've been made to atone" "Atone?" "My husband was the one who caused the child's body to become like that" "Please explain" "The medicine" "Medicine?" "The child suffered from rheumatism" "Since Kuze and my husband went back a long way, he offered to take responsibility for the treatment" "It was a new drug" "Certainly, it had an instant effect and all the pain suddenly stopped" "Kuze was delighted" "But... as the treatment continued, things took a turn for the worse" "His head started to swell up... and he lost the use of his arms and legs" "I expect it was ACTH" "Administering large doses of steroids is highly effective for a while, but very risky" "Naturally, he was taken to hospital?" "He was hospitalised for nearly 6 months, but even at the hospital they threw up their hands" "Kuze ended up going crazy" "He struggled to raise the child on his own, after he lost his wife" "Kuze became someone else... became like a devil" "It was around then that Junkichi disappeared" "And for the 7 years since then?" "Yes..." "Believing I must atone for the sins of my husband" "Believing so..." "Taking care of the child" "Being in Kuze's embrace..." "It's like hell..." "For 7 years, a living hell" "Mrs Harada, where is Tatsuo at the moment?" "Tatsuo, now... is with Kuze, where the child is kept" "Kuze is raising the child under cover at his family home" "He's hiding his son from prying eyes" "And where is it?" "A place called Hinokage on the Takachiho line" "Takachiho..." "Doctor!" "It's there, doctor" "From the dream..." "Please come in, Kuze is waiting inside" "Please step inside" "It seems Mitsu has told you just about everything then" "Fine" "I couldn't keep it concealed forever" "But please believe this at least" "Neither Junkichi nor Shohei... were killed directly by my own hand" "They both did it themselves" "You're saying it's suicide?" "That's right" "What rubbish..." "Shohei at least had no reason to die!" "Mr Fujimura" "That's the way you look at me?" "If I could, I'd strangle those two with my bare hands!" "But... if I ended up in prison, my son would be all alone" "He wouldn't be able to survive" "Even so, I can't forgive Junkichi!" "It makes my blood boil!" "When that rascal was alive, I wanted to imprint my son's image in his breast... so he wouldn't forget it" "That was all I kept thinking about" "As he was now alone with my son, I told Junkichi to draw 1000 pictures of him" "Until then, he couldn't leave" "When that was done, I'd forget about what he did" "That's what I told him" "The guy gladly complied" "He drew 6 or 7 each day" "But that was at the beginning... and before long the rate dropped" "In the end he couldn't draw any more" "He kept saying, "Let me die, let me die"" "But I wouldn't let him die" "I was determined he'd live long enough to complete 1000 pictures" "Stop it!" "You can't die yet!" "Get drawing!" "Shit" "Wait!" "Wait!" "It's likely he died on that occasion" "Even if he survived somehow, it's fine by me" "Until the end of his days, he won't be able to forget about my son" "What happened to Shohei from Numazu?" "Shohei was the one who tempted my husband to use that medicine" "Yet when it went wrong, he sneaked off" "But this year he suddenly started coming to my place and making threats" "What do you mean?" "He knew of my relationship with her" "He wanted to dispose of Junkichi's place and pocket the money" "Apparently he needed the money to get married." "Moron!" "I was aware that he was absorbed in spiritualism, so before he went home, I put a photo in his pocket... with my son's face superimposed on it" "I didn't lay a finger on Shohei" "I just let him hear my voice" "Your voice..." "Phone calls, at midnight?" "Shohei..." "Shohei" "Please help me, it's Junkichi" "Shohei, please help me" "Brother, where are you?" "This way, Shohei" "Kazuo from Tokaimura was different though" "He was a decent guy" "He cried when he learned about his brothers' deeds... and apologising, begged for forgiveness on hands and knees" "I was glad" "It was some relief... after 7 years of suffering" "Why did Kazuo..." "Why did he end up..." "I'm now exhausted" "There's never going to be any fairness in this" "Because no matter what, my son's body won't recover" "You said you were Tatsuo's fiancée, didn't you?" "Yes..." "Come this way" "I'll take you to him" "Kuze!" "Let me out!" "Open it!" "Kuze!" "Tatsuo!" "Let me go!" "He locked me in this storeroom with a beast!" "Tatsuo!" "Keiko" "Beast?" "A beast you say..." "You call my son a beast!" "Son of a bitch!" "...Stop Kuze..." "Kuze!" "I couldn't forgive you... for trying to use money to settle this thing..." "Money...?" "Yoshikazu" "What is it, Yoshikazu?" "Your dad's here" "Keiko, don't go inside!" "There, there... does it hurt?" "There, there..." "let's move, Yoshikazu" "Don't be afraid." "Yoshikazu, your dad's here now" "There, there..." "let's lie down" "When did you find out about Kuze?" "Answer me" "I got a letter from Kazuo" "Why didn't you tell me?" "I wanted to keep it from you" "I didn't want my future with you ruined by past events in Kumamoto" "So I came to do a deal" "A deal?" "Because I wasn't the one who made his son like that" "It's nothing to do with me!" "10 million yen" "That's a lot for me" "What more can I do?" "There was no other way" "I can't do any more" "Tatsuo" "When you suddenly vanished before my very eyes," "I was genuinely worried" "And that stuff about the 11th" "I was really worried about you..." "You understand that?" "I was in love with you" "I didn't want you to know about this" "Other than money," "I wonder if there wasn't perhaps some other way?" "Tunnel" "Mountain, valley" "Castle ruins" "It makes you wonder" "I mean the dream" "Prior to his coming here, the Tokaimura brother... dreamt of this place" "Do you think Kuze's grudge summoned him?" "Who knows?" "Some things we don't understand" "Yamazaki" "Ah, please" "Mr Yamazaki, it's been quite a while" "How are you?" "Same as ever" "Here" "Oh, you drew something!" "You said I could draw anything I felt like" "Junkichi..." "So he'll be the head accountant in LA" "Remarkable at such a young age" "Among us brothers, I hope this guy at least will be happy" "Junkichi" "Why don't you speak to Tatsuo?" "I guess you're no longer in hiding" "Doctor" "Junkichi Harada died 7 years ago" "Someone else is standing before you now" "Excuse me" "Doctor" "An acquaintance?" "Yes, a patient" "Sadly, I don't think he'll get any better" "Here" "Thank you" "Doctor" "A wrongly-addressed letter came, that Satsuki sent from Kumamoto" "At that time... she'd been waiting at the hotel for Kazuo Harada" "Keiko" "I feel as though I understand..." "Kazuo's feelings" "You see, men are exhausted... and fed up with life" "I suspect that deep down, Satsuki was looking for a place to die" "Confronting that incident became the trigger..." "When will you go to LA?" "I won't be going" "The engagement has been called off" "Somehow, there are too many issues" "I'm no longer clear about my own feelings" "Keiko, Tatsuo's behaviour on that occasion" "As a concerned party, I suppose he had no choice" "Kuze, whose wrath was implacable" "Tatsuo, who tried to resolve it with money" "In today's society, everyone's warped in some way" "In that vein, perhaps I'll follow him to Los Angeles before the year is out" "Or maybe..." "I'll fall in love with you, doctor" "As I don't understand my own feelings, it seems I should get examined too" "Yes" "You're always welcome" "I'll be counting on you" "Please excuse me" "Subtitles by NLK1971 Thanks to london_satoshi" "THE END"