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TOEI

Every day corpses are brought here,

and I have to carry out an autopsy on each of them, according to the law.

I'm used to that, as a forensic examiner.

But that day, that body...

TOKYO FORENSIC INSTITUTE

Yukiko...

What happened to my wife, Yukiko?

LOVE AND CRIME

Screenplay: Teruo ISHII Masahiro KAKEFUDA - Shizuo NONAMI

Photography: Motoya WASHIO

Lights: Hiroshi WATADA Sound: Hiroo NOZU

Artistic direction: Jiro TOMITA

Music: Masao YAGI Editor: Tadao KANDA

Starring:

Teruo YOSHIDA

Yukie KAGAWA Teruko YUMI - Rika FUJIE

Mitsuko AOI - Reiko MIKASA Yumiko KATAYAMA - Kei KIYAMA

Toru YURI - Kichijiro UEDA Eiji WAKASUGI - Yoshi KATO

Shinichiro HAYASHI - Takashi FUJIKI Sada Abe - Tatsumi HIJIKATA

Asao KOIKE - Kenjiro ISHIYAMA

Director: Teruo ISHII

In her body, was the sperm of another man.

Dr Murase, is something wrong?

Yuikiko, what lead you to this?

Why did you take your own life?

Yukiko...

tell me the truth.

How do crimes happen?

Why do female criminals exist?

I gathered information on old criminal cases.

Maybe this would help me to understand Yukiko's actions.

Toyokaku Inn case

In 1957, some murders took place at the Toyokaku Inn.

The main culprit, Munakata Kinue, was sentenced to death.

The Toyokaku Inn?

With this swimming pool, it's now a glamorous place...

but it was a ruin before.

What can you tell me about the ex-manager, Munakata Kinue?

Munakata Kinue?

She was my boss. I don't want to badmouth her...

but her sensuality almost frightened me.

Toyokaku Inn

You frightened me, Shibuya.

Chiyo, the manager of the Inn...

I was her confidante.

Yes, OK. Goodbye.

I'm going out.

Dear, we're still losing money this month.

What? You can't run the Inn properly.

What?

You'd better work on it, instead of just walking about.

I'm doing my job!

So you say...

Good morning. Still doing the accounts?

I believe my husband has a mistress.

He goes out every three days.

You told me he didn't work at all.

- Well, a little still. - Men are a pain. - You're right.

The Inn is almost going bankrupt, but he doesn't care.

Hey,

- I need some advice. - Advice?

I'd like to sell up...

and open a geisha house.

Are you serious?

That would be a pity...

- tourism will grow in the area. - But...

And your husband won't agree with it.

I'll take care of him. My feminine charms will change his mind!

He will stick with me.

Please, more!

Say...

we spend too little time together.

Don't worry...

forget about my old hag of a wife.

She knows you have someone else.

I will throw her out soon.

You'll be the one...

thrown out.

Your wife plans to sell the Inn.

Really?

You're too kind.

What a whore, that Chiyo!

I'll throw her out!

Don't do that.

Otherwise she'll antagonise me.

You have to kill her.

Kill Chiyo?

Yes.

In her mind...

you don't match up

She'll never agree to a separation.

As long as she lives,

we can't fully love each other.

Say...

you'll do it, won't you?

You think I'll be able to?

I'll help you.

Title deed

Perfect.

Here, I entrust to you the sale of the Inn.

Shibuya, please find a good buyer for Chiyo.

I'll do everything I can.

I'd like to sell it for at least 10 million yen.

10 million?

He's very good at that kind of business.

Even after you buy a geisha house, you'll still have money left over.

You think so?

You husband is out again?

Only a prostitute...

can take care of him.

You must be right!

- I'll wash your back. - Thanks.

I hope to sell quickly now.

It's well located.

Someone will surely be interested.

You think so?

Yes, me.

Don't be silly!

I'm serious.

But first, you must die!

You're gonna die!

Die! Die!

She was a tough one.

Shibuya...

get rid of her.

Wait...

No!

You've been acting weird lately.

What's going on?

It's all that work; I have so much to do. I'm tired!

- Come on... - It's too hot!

OK then...

I'll massage your shoulders.

Yes, I'll give you a massage.

I said I didn't feel like it. What a pain!

I can't rely on you when I need to.

Yes, you can rely on me... every night.

I'm talking about money. I'm the one who pays for the building work.

You don't make anything - it's annoying.

Where are you going?

To take a bath.

Well...

You waited for me?

You did stuff with him?

Are you angry?

Nice...

What are you doing?

We were hungry.

Are you, too?

Don't play innocent! I saw it all!

And what did you see?

- This kind of thing? - Stop it!

Stop!

You'd better go to sleep.

I hear you're not 'useful' any more.

'Not useful'?!

Kinue eat her fill, and she lacks nothing.

Stop it! You misunderstood.

Don't show off.

I have nothing to fear from you.

You asked me to kill Chiyo.

If I surrender, we'll be in jail together.

Shut up! It's bad luck.

Here.

Keep your blood pressure from rising, you idiot!

We told the police...

that the manager, Chiyo, had disappeared with the money.

As planned, building work began for the extension to the Inn.

One day, all this will belong to me.

- Here. - Osumi!

Are we meeting up tonight?

No.

- The boss is always on your back. - He's an old pervert.

Drop him. He'll exhaust you.

Boss!

Stop!

Be quiet.

Doing it in secret?

What are you doing here?

I thought you were impotent.

Piss off!

Don't harass this girl whenever Kinue rejects you.

What?

- What the fuck... - Stop!

Stop it, please!

Stop!

Stop that, I said! This is ridiculous.

You've gone back to your bad habits, eh?

And you! Shake yourself up, and piss off!

We've got more serious trouble to deal with.

Chiyo's brother is spreading the rumor...

that she's been killed and her corpse is hidden here.

Shibuya and I dug up the body,

which was hidden behind the boiler room

and we buried it on the mountain.

Where are you going?

To the car.

No, we stay together.

Darling...

wouldn't you like my body all to yourself?

That old guy disgusts me. I can't stand it any more.

Without him around, we'd be free to do as we please.

-You want us to kill him? -Yes.

What do you think?

Kill him, please!

Kill him!

Kill him!

Kill!

Nobody saw you?

Don't worry.

Go to bed now!

Watch how you speak to me!

What?

He's right...

I've had enough of you.

You bitch...

Go away, both of you!

What's up with you? You're the one who's leaving.

Don't forget the money I lent you for the Inn.

You old wreck!

- You see that? - He makes me wanna puke.

Want me to finish him?

Stop! Stop!

Don't do that!

Die!

That tickles.

That's gross!

Take it off.

That's awful! Disgusting!

What are we going to do with him?

Hide him under the floor?

We must get rid of him before dawn.

I know.

I reported...

that the boss has disappeared, just like his wife had.

Now the Toyokaku Inn...

is officially the property of the creditor, meaning me.

Who do you think you are?

- Dirty slut! - Enough.

Bastard, you cheated on me!

Cool down.

Why should I? I'm gonna kill you, bastard!

It hurts!

You've been distant lately.

Please understand.

I can't help it. I had so much work.

Furthermore, you spend so much time with the building contractor.

Are you jealous?

I felt ignored.

Idiot,

I am trying to lower the prices. Don't worry.

You know...

you'll soon be my husband,

and the hotel manager.

You'll benefit from it fully...

Don't try to mess with me.

Hold me tight.

Tighter.

Yes.

Tighter.

- More! - Yes!

I love you. I love you so...

Cheers!

The building work for the extension is all finished.

I had to kill two people,

but the Inn is mine at last!

Tomorrow there will be electricity.

The light of a candle is romantic, isn't it?

Here...

regain your strength.

I'm exhausted; I've had enough.

You misunderstood.

Men are all the same.

Be honest.

If you want...

I feel something.

Already?

No, not like that...

I... I feel weird.

It's to be expected; I poisoned your drink.

Toyokaku Inn is mine...

I don't need you any more.

You rotten bitch!

You're hurting me! Let me go!

You betrayed me!

Let go of me! You're hurting me!

Bastard!

Shit!

Bitch!

What do you want?

Stop...

You're going to die, too.

Stop, stop...

No! No!

Die!

My Inn is burning!

My Inn is burning!

In 1957, the police arrested Munakata Kinue...

after conducting a secret investigation.

During the interrogation,

she confessed to the murder of her husband.

Her obsession lead her to commit murders.

Can we call that madness?

Sada Abe arrested!

"I'm not mad, I loved him deeply."

On May the 17th, 1936...

Sada Abe ran away,

taking with her the intimate parts of her lover.

She was regarded as suffering from a sexual disorder.

How can we explain her actions? I went to meet her.

My lover, Kichizo, died happy.

I've done nothing wrong.

I don't understand people's reaction.

SADA ABE today

I was taken for a madwoman.

I killed him at his request.

He had asked me several times to put an end to his life.

When I left the inn,

I couldn't take him with me.

That's why...

it was only natural that I took a part of him with me.

Something from him...

I couldn't keep his body.

That's the reason why...

I cut off his private parts.

Choke me!

Kichizo... forgive me!

Harder!

Sada...

Tighter!

You say that you strangled Kichizo Ishida at his request?

Yes.

When I regained my senses, he wasn't breathing.

I was sad to see him dead.

But at the same time, I felt relieved.

I felt better.

And then, you cut off his genitals?

Yes.

Explain that.

Yes.

I lay down near Kichizo.

His throat looked completely dry.

So I moistened his lips...

and held him against me.

You're mine.

Mine alone...

Nobody will touch him... nobody...

While laying out the corpse, before they put him in the coffin,

his wife could touch his body.

Keeping his genitals...

would be a way to stay close to him.

I wouldn't be...

I wouldn't be alone any more.

Sada and Kichizo together

No one...

No one will touch him any more.

Kichizo is mine!

You were hired as a waitress at the Yoshidaya restaurant,

of which he was the boss.

How did you become his mistress?

I was a servant, and was staying at the restaurant.

When I saw him for the first time...

I was immediately attracted to him, because he seemed nice.

But I didn't show my feelings.

Then...

ten days later...

Wait, your hair...

Does he like me?

No, it must be a game.

On February the 25th,

I went on holiday...

and came back two days later.

That evening, I was talking on the phone...

Yes.

You must be tired.

See you soon.

You must have had fun yesterday night.

- Are you kidding me? - Don't lie to me.

Ouch...

And the next morning, very early...

He was going to buy fish, as he did every day.

He seemed to be waiting for me,

wandering around outside the servants' rooms.

Your hands are cold.

Things like that happened several times and then, one night...

Madam!

You called for me?

We have a customer in the next room.

- Take him some sake. - Yes.

I had stopped drinking, but today I'm the customer here.

But...

Don't worry... my wife knows.

- Come in. - Yes.

Finding myself alone with Kichizo, I felt like...

something was going to happen.

The idea did not displease me.

Sada!

Boss, we can't.

Drink some.

No.

Good evening.

Oh, it's you, boss?

Yaeji.

I'd like you to play while I sing.

He had a beautiful voice.

I felt very drawn to him...

and I fell in love with him.

When Yaeji left,

we had sex for the first time.

Sada!

Later, when your relationship was discovered,

You and Kichizo Ishida left.

You stayed at several inns.

Yes.

The evening of April the 19th,

Kichizo had told me to wait for him in the lounge

Eh? The lounge light is off.

Sada!

Boss, I can't stay here any more.

What are you saying? I'm here to protect you.

He said we'd settle the matter outside.

On the 22nd, in the morning,

we decided to leave.

- Boss... - Sada...

- Boss... - Sada...

What will become of me?

Don't call me 'boss' any more.

Kichizo... call me Kichizo.

- Kichizo ! - Sada !

What's the matter?

I'm happy.

I'm happy...

Sada !

For the first time, we could take our time.

Kichizo was very kind.

His kindness moved me deeply.

I had never loved a man so much.

- Small lantern. - Big lantern.

- Small lantern. - Big lantern.

Small lantern.

- Small lantern. - Big lantern.

- Small lantern. - Big lantern.

- Small lantern. - Big lantern.

- Small lantern. - Big lantern.

- Big lan...

Useless!

But...

I knew it wasn't going to last.

I tried to resign myself...

but I refused to think about...

what was going to come next.

Sada.

It's already 6. What should we do?

Whatever.

My wife, Otoku,

has left for a year with her lover.

I shouldn't have been cheating on her before,

but I can't love her any more, after what I've suffered.

Sada,

I loved you as soon as you arrived.

I guess there's a man taking care of you.

But... I don't want to leave you!

What do you love about me?

Everything!

Your breasts...

your legs...

I love it all!

Kichizo...

Sada !

I won't ever leave you.

Until the 27th, which was six days,

we didn't leave the apartment.

We didn't make the bed.

We made love day and night.

We didn't have any troubles...

and it was our only occupation.

Geishas came to play, and we stayed in bed.

We had it our own way.

But...

this dream-like existence could not last forever.

We ran short of money.

To obtain some,

I want to see Mr. Koyama.

He had always helped me,

more or less officially.

Sir, I had hidden this from you,

but I'm the mistress of a yakuza.

If I give him 200 yen,

he'll let me go. Sir!

Alright.

I only have 100 yen on me,

but I have to go to Tokyo on the 5th.

I'll give you the rest then.

Sir! Thank you!

Well...

I'm going to take a bath.

You coming with me?

Yes.

He was very generous.

He didn't think of my body as being his, and he helped me a lot.

But my heart was only beating...

for Kichizo, whom I had left in Tokyo.

We had only been separated for two days,

and I missed him already.

I hoped he would have left, so I could forget about him.

"Go away! Go away!"

Despite that,

upon arriving at Shizuoka station,

I couldn't help but send him a telegram.

You waited for me.

Why would I have left?

I won't give you back to your wife.

You cheated on me, did you?

Idiot! Idiot!

I had called him and asked him to come and get me.

We went to another inn, at Masaki's, in Ogu.

We made up for the two lost days by making love non-stop,

drinking only sake, without eating.

No!

You've done something silly again.

- I will punish you. - Stop!

No, you are inexcusable.

If I stay with you, I'll be all skin and bone.

Ouch!

You know,

if you had gone, I'd have killed you with this.

It's dangerous. Put it down.

Hey...

if you do leave me one day,

you'll have trouble!

I perfectly understand the meaning of your words, madam.

Don't leave me. Don't leave me.

Choke me.

Tighter.

Doesn't it hurt?

Whenever I made him suffer,

or threatened him,

Kichizo found pleasure in it.

My father was a tatami manufacturer, and was doing well.

I was the family’s youngest, and I was spoiled,

stealing money from my parents

and having fun with boys.

At the age of 16,

one of them raped me at his home.

Since then, I've been in trouble constantly.

My father didn't know what to do with me.

He sent me to a geisha house run by a relative.

Then, one summer's day...

No!

Don't worry. Everybody is out.

It's OK. Be quiet.

Listen, Sada, why don't you want me?

You are a slut.

I know that.

It doesn't give you the right to rape me.

Let me go!

Don't be so hard on me.

I'll teach you the real pleasure of being with a man.

After that, I knew...

that his wife had given her tacit consent.

After that, I was hired...

as a servant for his family.

Then you worked as a geisha in Toyama,

at Mikawaya's, in Iida,

and as a prostitute in Osaka,

and have generally lead a nomadic life.

After that difficult experience,

I quit geisha work, and worked as a waitress in Kobe.

I was arrested for illegal gambling.

Then I decided to lead a serious life,

and rented a flat alone in Osaka.

I could not bear to go with men,

so I went to the doctor.

He didn't find anything abnormal.

He said it was only natural.

He advised me not to stay alone, and to get married.

I couldn't get married

but, leading a dissolute life,

I became the mistress of Yutaro Ogawa,

a bag manufacturer in Nihonbashi.

It wasn't for money. I liked him.

Yutaro, please don't leave me.

You are unique. I'll never leave you.

Promise?

Promise?

But he got sick...

and we decided to separate.

I returned to my life of debauchery.

My mother and father died.

I took good care of my father at the end of his days.

He died thanking me.

I haven't been lucky with men,

except for Mr. Koyama in Nagoya.

I was a geisha, and he was my customer.

He helped me a lot.

After Kichizo's death, he was the only one I could count on.

But I couldn't tell him the truth.

I knew the police would come to him.

I suffered greatly at the thought of subjecting him to that.

We didn't have sex every time.

That night I forced him to make love to me.

I respected him and am grateful to him,

however, I never managed to love him.

Sada.

That's weird; your body has a strange smell.

My heart still belonged to Kichizo.

Sada and Kichizo united

Kichizo,

you captured both my body and my heart.

Now you are mine.

No one else will have you.

No one else will have you.

Kichizo!

You really loved Kichizo, didn't you?

Yes, deeply.

I think you are truly in love only once in life.

You can have affairs, or affinities with people.

We are only human.

But you can love deeply only one.

I thank you.

- Thank you. - Take care.

Goodbye.

Isn't abnormality the other side of normality?

What is abnormality?

Even a sincere love can drive a woman to crime.

Many cases confirm that.

They happened in Japan after the Sada Abe case.

Shikoku

Susumu, you don't come and see me any more.

Here, drink that.

Susumu, I missed you so much!

I was raising money for my studies.

You can be frank with me. You should have told me.

I didn't want to bother you, madam.

Don't call me 'madam'.

Call me Tora.

I am sorry to have to ask for your help once more.

No problem...

I'll help you as much as you need.

It's hot. Take off your clothes.

Come on.

I'll wash your clothes.

But I need to go and pay the tuition fees.

It won't take long.

It won't take long, Susumu.

Madam, that's enough. I'll come back another day.

What are you saying? I closed the shop up for you.

Hurry.

"Hurry"... I'm tired!

Come on, hurry.

Let me do it.

I won't sleep here tonight.

What?

I want some cigarettes!

We're closed today.

Come on, sell me some.

I've sold out!

He needs them. Go.

Go!

Go, quick!

Susumu!

- You hate me so much? - No...

You have someone else. Bastard!

Stop, you old pervert!

I love you so much... Give me back the money I lent you.

When I finish school.

You stink of cheap perfume.

You spoilt my youth.

Bastard!

You won't see any other girls. You're mine.

Susumu survived his wounds...

and Tora did time.

Then, in September 1936...

Shizuoka

- Here, finished. - Thank you.

I'd better be on my way.

- No. - You want more?

- You're not going. - Hey...

You're exhausting me.

Eiji!

You left me for that bitch?

Who allowed you in here? Bitch!

Stop fighting!

Bastard...

Stop! That's no joke.

Yoshio Kodaira, aged 41,

took advantage of the food shortages during and after the war...

to violate seven women, before murdering them.

According to the psychiatric evaluation,

he was a manic depressive,

violent, without emotions,

and prone to terrible sexual frenzies.

Even for those times of disordered society,

Kodaira, this killer,

cruel and unbelievably insane.

I like the feeling I have...

when I strangle a woman,

and her face turns red. It's hard to describe.

Go on.

Detective, could I have a cigarette, please?

Here.

Thank you.

The first time,

a B29 had just bombed us.

I was working in the boiler room at a military factory.

Air raid warning for the Kanto district...

The Eastern military district informs you that...

Kodaira, let's get to the air-raid shelter quickly.

No, it's too dangerous to go out.

We'd better stay here.

Lots of girls came to wash near the boiler room.

To her, I had given...

lots of food paid for with my own salary.

They are gone.

Kodaira...

I'm going back to my hometown.

I won't see you again?

You've done a lot for me.

Mitsuko...

Before you leave, I have a favour to ask of you...

- Stop! - Don't struggle!

Stop!

Help!

Take that!

Mitsuko Takasaki, from the military factory

was Kodaira's first victim.

The next one was a 30 year old married woman.

She must have suspected something...

she turned around suddenly and I threw her to the ground.

I hit her in the face.

Then...

as if she was giving up, she started to undress.

The summer sun was beating down on us.

Imagine the scene...

It was dazzling...

Do you understand?

It was...

Her body was exposed to the sunlight.

Soshigaya Station... Soshigaya Station...

You're going to look for food?

Then you mustn't travel hungry.

Take some.

Help yourself.

- Come on. - Thank you.

So... where are you going?

I'm going towards Tochigi.

Do you know a farmer there?

No.

Then it's going to be difficult.

They don't sell to strangers any more.

You have to bring them something more.

That's true.

Though, it depends on the farmer.

The one I know...

sells me potatoes...

and rice, at a reasonable price.

You're lucky...

Would you like to meet him?

Yes, please.

My tactic was flawless.

My prey quickly fell into the trap.

It's a long way out.

There's more chance if it's far.

The farmers are less used to being visited by buyers.

Hey...

we could stop at a cool place?

OK?

I'll come back another time.

Come!

What are you doing?

- Don't struggle! - Stop!

- Let me go! - Too late!

Let me go, please!

Let me go!

Get your hands off me!

-Let me go! - Bitch!

Get your hands off me! I'll undress by myself...

since I don't have a choice.

You're hurting me! Stop!

Let me go!

Let me go!

Can I go home now?

You really want to go home?

I'll walk you to the station.

No, thanks.

One more...

What are you doing? Stop!

Stop!

Bitch!

- Come! - Stop!

What are you doing? That's enough.

Don't give me that look!

That woman met him randomly.

Their meeting sealed her tragic fate.

The next victim was Mitsuko Nakamura, 22.

Come here!

-What are you doing? -Come! - Stop!

What are you doing?

Stop!

Help!

Don't fight me!

- Keep quiet! - Stop!

- Hell! You're gonna get it!

Her body wasn't found until 213 days after her death.

The policed concluded that it was a 'Jane Doe' suicide.

Next it was Konno Kazuko, 21...

Takekawa Yoshie, 21...

Baba Hiroko, 19...

They all fell into his trap.

The demented beast Kodaira kept on killing.

The Tokyo trial that everyone is talking about...

opened on May the 3rd at the International military tribunal.

That morning, after several months of detention,

28 defendants, amongst them them Tojo Hideki...

Miss, you want some?

Thank you. I'm very hungry.

I have a lot of food coupons.

I'll invite you along.

Really?

Let's go?

I am Midorikawa Ryuko.

I'm a waitress in a cake shop.

It' closing at the end of August; it bothers me.

Where do you work?

Dry cleaners for the US army.

The US army? You're lucky!

Mighty they need someone else?

Tomorrow I'm going to the American club - I'll ask there.

Promise? Thanks!

There's chocolate, too.

Mum, if I work for the US army, I'll have some, too.

- Is this for real? - Yes.

The American army will hire...

a cute girl like Ryuko, without a doubt.

I'll take care of it.

Thank you.

I'm in your debt.

No, no.

You're lacking rice, aren't you?

Yes, she's growing fast.

Stop, mum!

One of my relatives is a farmer, and he can sell some to us.

Really?

I am embarrassed, but I would be so grateful.

I'll go and bring it.

Oh, yes?

Actually, I was going to go tomorrow.

I'll take the second train in the morning.

Isn't that a bit early for you?

The second train? Yes, it's early.

Stay here for the night, alright, mum?

Yes, it's better for you.

Our house is small, but if you don't mind...

OK. It's convenient for me, too.

I'm gonna have the daughter and the mother.

They are lured into my trap.

With food, it always works.

I'll have the daughter first, and then the old one.

Tomorrow...

Not until tomorrow...

Thank you for that nice meal.

It wasn't much.

It was very good.

Shall we go?

Good morning!

I've got a good opportunity. Are you coming?

We know where to buy some rice.

She's our neighbor. Can she come too?

It's OK.

Thanks a lot.

Thank you, on our neighbour's behalf.

Shit, she'll be in the way.

That greedy old woman...

Skeleton found in the mountains, near Tochigi

Mr. Kodaira,

you have a visitor.

Please come in.

Good evening.

What are you doing here, so late?

I went out secretly.

You had an argument with your mother?

Yes, because she says you shouldn't be trusted too much.

That's weird.

Why did she say that?

She says you're too nice.

Mr. Kodaira, will you really get me a job?

- That's already arranged. - Really?

I just have to take you to the office and you'll be hired.

Thanks, Mr. Kodaira!

You're welcome.

So...

we could meet tomorrow, in front of the Zojiji temple?

Don't tell your mother.

- Here's your sweet potatoes. - Thanks.

It's hot. Make yourself at home.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Mr. Kodaira, do you want me to cook them for you?

Ryuko!

Mr. Kodaira!

It's hot, isn't it?

We have an appointment at the office this afternoon.

Would you like to take a little walk?

It's really quiet here.

Ryuko, I wanted to be alone with you.

I was waiting for such a moment.

- What are you doing? - Ryuko!

What about your job?

I don't want it at that price!

Ryuko!

Leave me alone! No!

Be quiet!

No!

Be quiet!

Stop!

Stop!

Stop!

No!

Stop!

Why are you looking at me that way?

Stop! Stop, I tell you!

In August 1946,

Kodaira was arrested after committing this crime.

Miyagi Prison

Let's pray.

Eat.

Kodaira,

farewell.

October the 5th, 1949,

at 11:05 a.m.,

Kodaira was hanged at the Miyagi prison.

12 minutes and 50 seconds later, Kodaira was dead.

Had he gone mad because of some personal reason,

or because of the evil of women?

Do women's bodies turn men into madmen,

or do they turn women into mad women?

Takahashi Oden...

her genitals were over-developed.

Spare me!

I don't want to die! Please!

Mercy!

- Help! - Stop!

Help!

Help!

Spare me!

Spare me!

Help!

Help!

Let me go!

Help!

Let me see Ichi one last time!

Help!

Don't kill me!

I was 16...

when I was forced to marry Naminosuke.

Six moths after that,

his face began to be covered with pimples.

He had leprosy...

that awful disease spread to his whole body.

Oden!

Oden!

Go lie down; you have to rest.

Lie down, OK?

OK?

Oden!

Here.

No medicine...

no prayers could cure him.

Oden.

What are you doing here?

Oden.

Go back to your bed.

Let me join you in the bath.

No, you have to stay in bed.

Take your hands off.

Please...

I had pity for him,

but despite this feeling

I couldn't deal with his ugliness.

Then, another man came into my life.

His name was Tomekichi.

He seemed to feel compassion for me...

and I often confided in him,

when I was having a hard time.

And, one night...

Your husband is a living corpse; we don't risk anything.

Oden!

Oden!

You were with someone?

No, I was alone.

Liar!

I heard a man's voice.

You must've been dreaming. You shouldn't get up.

I don't care!

I'm gonna die anyway!

Oden!

Stop!

Stop, I said!

Shit!

You hate me because of my face!

No!

Then make love to me.

No!

Stop!

No!

Let go of me!

Let go of me!

Tomekichi and I ran away.

But he was a felon...

he sold me to a brothel.

Hello, mister... Oden, someone for you.

But this work allowed me to find happiness.

Oden, I know you have a man.

But I can't think straight.

I've never before met such an exceptional woman.

I've made up my mind...

let's leave for Yokohama.

The country is modernizing: there are opportunities.

- Ichi! - Oden!

I'm happy!

Wait.

You dare take her away?

You think you own Oden?

Oden, come!

Stop!

- Tomekichi, stop! - Let go!

I have done something terrible.

Ichi, it's my fault.

Don't worry.

We have to stay calm.

But happiness with Ichi didn't last long.

We quickly ran out of money,

and we were chased by the police.

We swore to ourselves...

that our next crime would be the last.

Ichi pretended to be a silk trader...

in order to lure Goto Kichizo.

I slept with him at the Marutake Inn in Asakusa.

Ichi...

with this money we can go to Yokohama.

Stop!

Stop!

Ichi!

Oden!

Ichi!

I'm begging you!

Let me...

Let me see Ichi!

Numerous crimes were committed by women.

Some people may think they know the reasons why...

but do they really?

I don't know why my wife committed suicide -

it remains a mystery...

which nobody can solve.

It's closing time.

Translation by glopglop Revised & retimed by lordretsudo

THE END