Original subtitles

"Loving days of Nonomura Kotaro"

"Kochi, invited to Miyabi-chan's house for the first time"

Miyabi, it's mom. I'm coming in.

Mother, how do you do.

My name is Nonomura Kotaro.

Ta-da~. Just kidding. It's just me.

Kochi, what's wrong?

Kochi, Kochi!

You got caught in my trap!

Oh, Kochi~!

"First round over"

"Miyabi-chan, one victory"

Well, first episode, "Phone Call from the Dead".

This episode is interesting.

There is a call from the man who is supposed to be dead.

It's not just that the person was actually alive, was it?

A phone call...

Yes, hello...

Tsubosaka?!

I thought he was dead...

In the new season...?

He'll be in it again!?

I know what you're thinking...

Yes? This is Yoshimura.

Hello?

Hello?

It's me, Tada.

Tada... Who?

Pay me back the 20,000,000 yen loaned you last year.

You're supposed to be dead...!

Pay me back. I need the money.

I'll see you tomorrow at...

A woman who is loved is attractive...?

Do you get this problem?

Forget the Tokyo University ones, Teacher said.

But I don't get the others, either.

The answer is: p = 1/6, q = 1/5.

Correct!

What the murder of Tanaka Michiko, 30, that took place 7 years ago

has in common with the current serial murders

is the murder weapon left at the side of the body.

Hey there! What are you doing?

Sorry...!

Who are you?

I'm Shinbata Jun, just recruited into

the Investigation Division.

The rookie in Section 2.

You're not in this section. The basement, at the end.

Isn't Section 2 part of Investigation?

Not exactly. You'll find out.

Are you the daughter of the late officer Shibata?

Yes.

I'm Inspector Saotome. I owe your father a lot.

Good luck.

Thank you.

Excuse me.

A Tokyo University career woman. Laugh at her.

She's 20 minutes late.

Remember anything? We've been on this case for 5 years.

On November 21, 1994, around 12:30 p.m,

you made a call to...

What's the idea?

Sorry!

You're so clumsy!

8 sets of prints were found on the murder weapon...

8 sets?

Give me that!

What's is this "keizoku"?

Cases Investigation gave up on.

Unsolved cases?

Officially, yes. But the investigation goes on till an arrest is made.

Remember that.

Yes! Thank you!

Morning!

More crackers?

More cases?

Yup.

Why do you eat just the peanuts?

Good morning!

Sgt. Shibata Jun?

Sorry I'm late.

I'm Chief Nonomura.

She's a creme de la creme recruit from Tokyo University.

I'm Kondo.

I'm Taniguchi.

I'm Mayama. Pleased to meet you.

I'm in your care.

This is Kido Aya from General Affairs.

We've met. Thank you.

Come on, everyone.

It took so long to get here from the 7th floor.

Bad sense of direction?

You'll just be with us for a 3-month internship,

but welcome to our team.

Join us.

What shall I do?

You're in Section 2. Read up on case files.

Case files?

They call us gravediggers for digging up old bodies

or unsolved cases, and...

Continue intestigating?

Well, yes... officially. No one expects us to solve

cases that the crack detectives upstairs couldn't.

Shibata, will you...

These are all unsolved cases? Amazing!

Someone's here to see you about reopening a case.

Come in.

You're supposed to be dead...!

Pay me back. I need the money.

I'll meet you tomorrow at...

I'm sure it was Tada, killed a year ago in Yokkaichi.

Sure you didn't mistake someone else for him?

I'm sure. I spoke with Tada a number of times.

I couldn't mistake someone else for him.

Did you do anything to offend the dead?

Don't be creepy!

Did you pay him back the money?

Yes, all of it. To his relative.

Where's the case file?

Get it for her.

I'm supposed to meet Tada tomorrow.

Could one of you come with me?

I will.

Theme "Chronic Love" Sung by NAKATANI MIKI

NAKATANI MIKI

WATABE ATSURO

SUZUKI SARINA

TOKUI YU NAGAE HIDEKAZU

YAJIMA KENICHI ARIFUKU MASASHI

AKIYOSHI KUMIKO

NISHIO MARI

NOGUCHI GORO

RYU RAITA

English subtitles by Nippon Golden Network Timing and editing by cerulean

Keizoku (Unsolved Cases)

Mystery 1: Phone Call from the Dead

The murder took place a year ago on January 21.

The victim was Tada Yoichi, 37.

He was killed while in Yokkaichi, Mie, on business.

Yokkaichi...

Here. He was from Yokkaichi.

He phoned several old classmates from the hotel.

They all turned him down. At 1:00 a.m., no wonder.

Suspect Ota Koji, 40. Tada's co-worker.

and the only one with a motive for killing him.

On the night of the murder, Ota was seen at the

Roppongi bar "La Vie".

I'll kill him... I'll kill that Tada!

During the police interview, the bartender stated...

Rumor had it that Ota was taking big cuts

from a client and Tada blew a whistle on him.

Ota hated the guy.

Ota left the bar at midnight.

The body was discovered at 8:15 the next morning

in the lot of Nakahama building in Yokkaichi.

The coroner determined that the victim was

stabbed to death, then thrown off the roof.

The victim's face was mutilated,

but from personal effects and dental records,

he was identified as Tada Yoichi.

From his motive, Ota was the obvious suspect.

However, he disappeared after the murder and...

no trace of him has been found.

The coroner determined the time of death to be

between 1:00 and 2:00 a.m.

For Ota to kill Tada during this time,

he'd have to go from Roppongi to Yokkaichi in 2 hours.

It takes two and a half hours on the bullet train

and at least four and a half hours on the freeway.

There must be a way to get from Roppongi

to Yokkaichi in 2 hours.

It's 5:15. Time to call it a day.

Well, good luck, Sergeant. It's social dancing night for me.

I'll be going soon.

How about you, Shibata?

Shibata...?

See you tomorrow!

Hello, it's me. I'm almost done.

Don't be mad. I'll be right there.

Let's go. I'll take you to Kunitachi.

Your father will never forgive me if I don't.

I see you home safely.

Shibata? What's the matter?

My legs are numb...!

Think Tada will come?

He could he? He's dead.

How could the chief send me out here?

Sorry.

Maybe it was a prank.

But I'm sure it was Tada that called.

I keep hearing his voice.

Maybe it's stress. You start imaging things.

I feel like killing someone sometimes.

Let's go.

I want to check out suspect Ota's albi once more.

Look, a career officer should act like one...

"Ota"

Ota Keiko, 37. Moved three times within the year.

What are you muttering about?

"Caring for the Aged"... Is someone ill?

No. I do volunteer work sometimes

as an act of penance for my husband.

It was hard right after the murder.

There were prank calls into the morning and

there were driving me insane I disconnected the phone.

As if you were a criminal.

My husband hasn't contacted me.

NYour husband and the victim Tadaboth worked

for Yosobo Builders in the Supplies section.

Did he hate Tada that much?

Yes. Tada knew everything about my husband.

His affairs, the payoffs from his clients.

I'll be going.

Stay for a drink!

My husband liked Tada.

So he let him in on everything.

Then there was an anonymous call

blowing the whistle on my husband.

You blabbermouth! I know it was you!

I'll kill him!

Can't blame him for hating Tada.

He was doing fine on your husband's payoffs.

Why did Tada betray your husband?

He looked the other way as your husband

pocketed 8 million yen.

That makes him an accomplice.

Why did he blow the whistle?

Did Tada have something against your husband?

Tada was a decent man so he couldn't tolerate

my husband's dishonesty. I feel awful for him.

He was doing the right thing.

There's a man who says he got a call from Tada.

Do you know a Shimura?

No.

He was a mahjong buddy of Tada's.

He claims Tada asked him to return some

money he loaned him.

Will you call me if he phones again?

I want to offer my apology to him.

She's such a decent lady wanting to

offer her apology.

She sure is.

It's 5:00. I'm going.

What about the suspect's alibi?

What are you doing?

I want to check out the suspect's alibi.

But I can't find the bar.

The case with the phone call from the dead?

Where are you?

I don't know. There's a police box to my right.

Ask the police for directions.

But they look mean.

I'll be right there, so don't move.

The bar is a lingerie pub now.

Lingerie pub?

Let's go.

How things change in a year.

Thanks... bye.

I know where the bartender is.

My old co-workers knew.

You used to work in Roppongi? Jeez.

5-6 years ago. I was the girl they asked for.

Asked for? Were you a hostess?

What exactly does a hostess do?

About suspect Ota's alibi...

I told you his alibi is a fact.

The police keep coming around.

I'm trying to make a living here.

Why do you people keep harassing me?

I don't think that bartender is lying.

Ota was definately in Roppongi at midnight.

He had a perfect alibi.

Perfect? I figured out.

Say what?

I'm going to Yokkaichi.

Weird girl.

Going to Yokkaichi? Right now?

Can't I?

You have to get approval from the chief of Investigations

and chief of Personnel first, and notify the Yokkaichi police.

Right!

Are you sure you're a Tokyo University grad?

Thinking of doing someone in, Mayama?

I have proof.

What are you doing?

Quiet!

Be quiet!

Sorry.

You can go.

Shibata? Look here. It's a bald spot. Alopecia.

You get it too, soon.

There's the crime scene, the Nakahama Building.

The killer's footprints were found...

Which way is northeast, Mayama?

That way, can't you tell?

2.75 meters from the northeast corner... Too short.

Right here.

What?

I'm afraid of heights... I forgot.

Unless you take the body like this and

throw it over like this

the face wouldn't be mutilated like that.

Why did the killer stab the victim to death elsewhere

and bring the body here to throw over?

Know what it feels like to stab someone?

It's like stabbing tofu. Like nothing.

So you stab over and over again.

The timid do that for fear the victim will

come back to life.

It said so in the forensic medicine texts.

Maybe throwing the body over was for the same reason.

Hold onto this.

Like this. Pretty neat crime for someone timid.

What's your point?

Maybe it was to mutilate the face.

What for?

Was the victim really Tada?

The dental work was Tada's. That's positive.

Or didn't you learn that in school?

We got a call from Tada the night he was murdered.

If only one of us had gone drinking with him.

It was a busy time of the year for me

so I couldn't go drinking at 1:00 in the morning.

But Tada couldn't go fooling around.

Why not?

How sad. Impotent since 30. for 7 years? I'd kill myself.

How cold of his wife to divorce him over that.

If there's love, the impotence wouldn't matter.

It's a physical thing between a man and a woman.

They have to "do it". That's love.

Isn't there genuine love beyond all that?

Excuse me.

A woman never knows if a man loves her or not

if he never "does it" to her.

On the night of the murder the victim Tada called

several people to invite them to the hotel for a drink.

The time was 1:00 a.m.

None of them were close friends of his and

likely to show up. So why did Tada call them?

He wasn't really in Yokkaichi.

Yes. Tada wasn't in Yokkaichi that night.

He was in Tokyo.

It wasn't the suspect Ota, but the victim who was lying.

In most investigations,

the suspect's alibi may be doubted but not the victim's.

I think the investigations on this case missed this possibility.

But why?

Maybe it was the victim Tada who was trying to kill Ota.

Ota was after Tada for putting the finger on him for bribery.

That is, Tada also had a motive for killing Ota.

To kill Ota, Tada created a false alibi for himself in

Yokkaichi and came to Tokyo.

But on the contrary, Ota stabbed Tada to death instead.

Fearing he'd be traced if the body were found in Tokyo

Ota took it to Yokkaichi and disposed of it there.

That explains how Ota, who was in Tokyo at midnight

was able to kill Tada.

Ota's alibi's blown.

How do we catch the murder?

Well, this is progress. I'll call the chief of Section 1.

I've been waiting for this.

Maybe that's him.

Section 2.. Shimura?

Oh, that phone call.

Tada called again?

Stood up by a ghost again.

Sorry to call you, Mrs. Ota.

Let's go.

More sleepless nights.

I had drinks with Tada a week before he was murdered

and I have bad dreams.

Had drinks a week before?

Now what?

Where? What time?

Around 8:00, in Akasaka.

A week before Tada's murder. That's January 14th.

So what?

From 5:00 to 5:45 that day at Yamabuki Dental Clinic in Suginami.

Tada has his lower right molar pulled. Look here.

With his mouth numb...

...like this, he drank?

Yes.

Like it was normal?

Maybe he was trying.

Sure.

Let's go.

I want to go to Yamabuki Dental Clinic.

I want to go to the toilet.

Excuse me.

Still investigating that case?

It's a complicated process.

Are you sure?

He had a rare wisdom tooth right here, I remember.

Thank you for you cooperation.

What is this "O-1065"?

My patient files are alphabetized.

I know who the murder is. What do I do?

Sorry to call you.

I have to leave at 2:00.

I won't keep you. I know who murdered your husband.

Who murdered Tada, you mean.

No, who murdered your husband, Ota Koji.

I don't understand.

This.

I found this patient's file at your husband's dental clinic.

Look at this corner.

This means the patient's name starts with "O".

How strange that "Tada" would be filed under "O".

"Tada" could also be read as "Ota".

You went with your husband to the dental clinic.

The receptionist was surprised to see a grown patient

come with someone, so she remembered you.

You handed her your husband's insurance card.

Only it wasn't your husband's. It was Tada's labeled "Ota".

The receptionist called Ota and your unknowing

husband was treated.

The clinic had your husband's dental file under Tada's name.

A clever trick for switching bodies.

It was you and Tada who murdered your husband.

Why did you murder your husband?

Were you and Tada in love?

Things weren't well between you and your husband.

Not only was he overbearing with Tada,

he was that way with you, often getting physical.

Tada sympathized with you

and soon love grew between the two of you.

Tada was impotent. Nonetheless, you two fell in love.

Meaning it was genuine love,

and that's why you committed murder.

Don't get carried away! I haven't murdered anyone!

Shibata! She's right. Stop prattling off nonsense.

You can ask Tada the truth. He'll be here soon.

What do you mean?

You knew Tada would be watching you that day,

so you secretly left him a note.

On it was the time and place you two could meet.

Today at 3:00 p.m., at Kaminari Gate.

I changed it to today at 1:00 p.m., right here.

Tada's nearby, where he can see us.

Run! Run! Run...!

Call an ambulance!

Don't touch him! He may have internal injuries.

You were in love with Keiko.

You wanted to show her proof of your love.

So you killed Ota.

I'm sorry.

Just do as I say.

It'll work.

Ota here.

It's Tada.

Why did you call me out here?

What the...?

It was all my doing... Keiko is innocent.

You used Tada to kill your husband!

Don't give me tears, you murderer!

So Tada Yoichi's shown up. Why didn't you contact us?

He's under arrest for suspicion of murder!

That won't be necessary. He's dead.

Shape up. You can't around killing suspects.

Who is she? An accomplice?

Yes, sir!

Come with us to Headquarters.

Take her away!

Wait!

You loved Tada, didn't you?

You didn't use him. You loved him, didn't you?

Please tell me.