Original subtitles

"Loving days of Nonomura Kotaro"

"After the bath... Who was that?"

Tsubosaka...

Was he alive...? Or dead...?

Is it depending on the sale of DVD...?

Is it right to manipulate the person's...

...life or death depends on the sequel? Ueda?

What happened to Taniguchi...?

- Kochi, listen, listen to me. - Oh Miyabi-chan, I'm sorry...

I was at the underworld for a second...

This "Ice Gallows" was on the "Operation: Mystery!", wasn't it?

The episode where Kishida Shin used Sunlight beam and defeated Frozen man.

Kochi cried so much watching it...

Um... I never watched it...

What are you saying, Kochi?

We watched it together. After we took a bath together.

Have you forgotten?

- You are terrible... - Are you sure it was me?

"The faster a top spins, the quieter..."

Well, of course.

Do you get this problem?

No. I do and I don't.

We'll flunk the law test.

Answer: Building eviction is legal as ruled by

the Supreme Court, February 8, 1994.

Correct!

Last stop.

Where are we?

Sarukuiyama.

Where is Sarukuiyama?

How should we know?

I'm late...!

She's 2 hours late.

Where's Shibata?

Not here yet.

Maybe she quit.

Can't have an intern quit on us.

They'll blame us.

Her late father will never forgive me.

Sorry!

Thank goodness you're here, Shibata.

She's 2 hours late.

I'll be here 10 minutes early from now on.

Just relax and get used to headquarters

during your intership.

That's discrimination.

Someone's here about a 13-year-old case.

Again?

Why did you bring me down here?

This section is in charge of that case.

Tell us about it.

What are you people?

Detectives!

I'm having heart bypass surgery soon.

It's a difficult surgery with a low success rate.

I may not make it.

Which is why I have to take care of something.

Like?

A murder case 13 years ago.

That's old.

I was a law abiding, hardworking citizen until

you people pegged me for the killer

and interrogated me!

My friends and relatives suspected me,

and my life was ruined!

I'm sorry.

I don't want your apology.

I want you to arrest the real killer before I die!

Tell me you haven't closed the case.

It's still being investigated by this section.

13 years ago, I was a security guard for

a storage firm.

As usual, the final load was carted into the

cold storage at 3 AM.

Temperature OK.

There was one entrance,

with the only key kept in the security office.

Furthermore, the entrance was visible from

the office and I kept a watch on it.

At 6 AM, when I opened the door to

the storage for a regular check...

An altar?

The president...!

The victim was the president of Mizutani Storage,

Mizutani Yuichi, 51.

Cause of death was stabbing.

There were also strangulation marks and

signs of a struggle.

Time of death could not be determined,

the body being placed in cold storage

surrounded by dry ice.

What were you doing between 3 AM and now?

A so-called closet murder case?

It isn't amusing!

It'll be difficult finding witnesses and information

to a 13-year-old case.

Are you people serious?

I'm the one who opened and closed that storage door.

Where there was nothing when I closed the door,

there was an altar of ice with a body on it

when I opened it.

No one entered of left the storage in between.

I've always considered myself a professional.

Please solve this case for me while I still breathe.

Or I'll never be able to rest in peace.

When you closed the door there was nothing.

But when you opened the door... there was a body!

Wonderful!

Shibata--?

Theme "Chronic Love" Sung by NAKATANI MIKI

NAKATANI MIKI

WATABE ATSURO

SUZUKI SARINA

TOKUI YU NAGAE HIDEKAZU

MITSUISHI KEN

SAKURA KINZO

NISHIO MARI

NOGUCHI GORO

RYU RAITA

English subtitles by Nippon Golden Network Timing and editing by cerulean

KEIZOKU Unsolved Cases

mystery 2: Scaffold of Ice

It's no longer in use?

Not since the murder. The place was emptied out.

No evidence then.

Thick door. I suppose all cold storage doors are.

It's an old type. Nowadays...

Don't pay attention to her mutterings.

Is this cold storage still usable?

Yes.

At 3 AM when you closed the door,

there was nothing.

But at 6 AM when you opened the door,

there was an altar of ice with a body on it.

The position was...

From the northwest wall... Which way is northwest?

From the northwest wall... 5.75 meters.

Exactly.

Like this?

More like... this.

What's this hexagonal bed?

This used to be the site of a Hitsurugikyo shrine,

written "ice sword"in characters. But...

...in December of 1982, Mikasa Reiji, who had

leased this land to the shrine went bankrupt

and the land was sold for 5 million yen to

Mizutani Yuichi, of Mizutani Storage,

whereupon the shrine was demolished and

the storage built.

So there was suspicion that the murder was

the work of the disgruntled believers.

What is this Hitsurugikyo?

It's a faith that worships ice and snow.

Oh, a cult? No wonder it was suspected.

Not just the shrine.

We security guards and Mizutani employees

were interrogated, too.

It's amazing how, after days of intense

interrogation and accusations, you start believing

you actually did it.

Not that I did it.

What are you doing? If you close it, it won't open again!

Sorry, I'll open it.

What the...?

Shibata...!

Oh, no...!

The emergency phone?

Over there.

It's dead!

It may have been disconnected.

I got it!

It won't work.

These are double steel walls.

Now what?

Sorry.

No use apologizing!

It's the automatic refrigeration system.

Oh, no.

It's 5:15. Time to quit. Time to quit.

Another day of no progress.

I'm sure the murder victims appreciate that.

Excuse me. Japanese dance lessons today.

See you tomorrow, sir.

Where are those two?

Nonomura here. It's me. Tonight? Sure!

See you there.

They'd called if anything were wrong.

I can't breathe.

The gas coming out of that refrigeration system

is poisonous to humans.

Why is it coming out?

It isn't usually.

The switch goes on when you close the door.

Normally, you don't close it when someone's inside.

I'm sorry.

We'll suffocate before we freeze to death.

But I hear rats.

It's probably the machines. They sound alike.

Will we be eaten by rats when we die?

Cut it out!

Mr. Hashimoto?

I refuse to die in here!

Hello?

Aya?

Where are you?

In a Fuchu warehouse.

I'm having drinks in Roppongi and I ran out of money.

Will you lend me some?

Not now!

How did that call come through?

Let me see.

Hello, Aya?

Send help immediately to Mizutani Storage!

Are you all right?

Mr. Hashimoto!

You shouldn't strain your heart before surgery.

I'm sorry.

Detectives Shibata, Mayama and...

Kido Aya of Investigations.

I'm Dr. Shimodaira. That case?

Yes.

He knows about it?

Shimodaira's the finest heart surgeon

in Japan now,

but he used to work at the storage as a student.

Finest in Japan?

What are you doing, Shibata?

I wanted to see the finest fingers in Japan.

Don't be rude!

Must have been spooky in a dark storage.

It was! The crying sounds gave me the creeps...!

They did not!

They did, too!

You're giving me the creeps.

I don't like rats, either. They're unsanitary.

Right? Is Mr. Hashimoto's surgery a difficult one?

The success rate is one in a hundred.

That's all?

It's almost hopeless, considering his age.

I'll make it successful.

Mr. Hashimoto is like a father to me.

Didn't your father also die in an accident

in that storage on December 7, 1980?

When I was 16, Mr. Hashimoto and Mr. Mizutani

cared for me like a son.

Please catch Mr. Mizutani's murderer.

I'll cooperate in any way I can.

Yes. I know who the killer is.

You're the killer, Dr. Shimodaira.

I'm sorry. She's in a shock...!

Sorry!

Excuse me.

Why is he the killer?

I want to go back to the warehouse.

No! Don't you get it?

Will you open the door in 5 minutes?

Okay. Now go.

Let's go.

In 5 minutes now! No more!

OK, OK!

Or maybe not.

The cellular works... over here.

Which means...

What?

Nothing.

Why did you call Shimodaira the killer?

Do you remember our exchange at the hospital?

The crying sounds gave me the creeps...!

I don't like rats, either. They're unsanitary.

Most people associate "creppy crying sounds"

with a woman sobbing.

But Dr. Shimodaira associated it with the

squeaking of rats.

You can only hear that squeaking noise when

the door is completely closed.

Dr. Shimodaira recognized it.

Meaning he's either been locked in here before...

...or he's the killer who was hiding in here.

Let's go.

Open up! Open up!

What is this?

Here.

The killer strangles Mizutani Yuichi before 3 AM,

has the unconscious victim carted in with

the final load, then hides out in the storage.

The killer comes out in winter clothes,

takes out the altar he hid in another load,

dresses Mizutani in a ritual robe,

and stabs Mizutani as he comes to.

Hashimoto discovers the body and

stumbles out in fright.

The killer seizes the opportunity to escape.

That is, the killer Shimodaira.

Good job, Shibata. Ultra good!

Ultra good?

We'll make the Sect. 1 guys croak again.

Croak?

But we have no proof.

Figuring out the trick is progress.

I'll crown that Sect. 1 chief with it.

Crown him?

We figured out the trick in the Mizutani Storage

murder case 13 years ago.

That's vital. Give us a report.

The killer strangled Mizutani Yuichi before 3 AM,

had the unconscious victim carted in with the final load,

then hid out in the storage.

May I interrupt?

We had testimony that Mizutani was at his

lover's place at 4 AM, which was verified.

Are you aware of that?

If the victim was elsewhere at 4 AM,

your deduction is off, I'm afraid.

We had the trick figured until the testimony came up.

It's true. Here's the report, I had it filed elsewhere.

I'm sorry...

It's not your fault.

It's 5:15. Time to quit.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry.

Let's call it a day, Shibata.

Yes?

I came to apologize.

I called you the killer the other day.

I may have been wrong,

I'm sorry.

I took it as a joke anyway.

I'm sorry. Excuse me.

What the...?

Shibata? What are you doing in my apartment?

I'm no good...!

It's no use brooding over it anyway.

You're right, but...

I used to screw up a lot on cases.

You worked on cases?

I was a decoy in special criminal investigation.

So what happened?

My face appeared on TV, so I was taken off.

I'm considering plastic surgery.

Maybe I'll be reinstated.

I'm so moved.

So that's what they call a detective's spirit.

Detective's spirit... Let's go, Aya!

Let's look for tips!

Hold on!

Customer!

Tips on what?

Well... like, why it had to be set up like a

Hitsurugikyo murder.

To make it look like the doing of a believer.

Really? Let's start with the Hitsurugikyo.

I see. We didn't know.

So the founder's moved.

It's hard to trace a 13-year-old case.

There's his old ward office and insurance office.

I have a friend at the Setagaya ward office.

You have friends?

Over here, Shitaba!

You, a detective?

Find out anything?

We can't tell you anything without a search warrant.

Oh, come on.

What is it, Maiko?

Asakura. This is Shibata, a schoolmate of mine.

Nice to meet you.

I'm Kido Aya. Nice to meet you.

Hitsurugikyo is still active

in a neighborhood apartment.

They're in the phone book.

Thank you.

Consider it public service.

Thank you.

Bye.

The good men are all taken.

That surgeon wasn't bad, either.

But no one likes detectives... Shibata?

Did you hear a word I said? Hold on!

My husband died.

Just when he was free of the police,

the media kept hounding him.

He committed suicide 8 years ago.

I have nothing more to tell you! Please go!

Please.

I've already told you!

The killer couldn't be our believer.

Hitsurugikyo worships the hexagonal crystalline beauty

of natural water, snow and ice.

We would never resort to an altar of dry ice!

Don't touch that!

The body was dressed in a ritual robe.

Only the noblest wear white.

We never dress sinners in a ritual robe!

I think so too.

May I borrow some material on the Hitsurugikyo faith?

I couldn't ask him myself.

Finished reading it?

You're persistent.

I want to ask you about your sister's murder.

A white robe for the noblest. A scaffold of ice.

The victim was strangled and stabbed in the back.

Strangled, then stabbed...

What the...?

You all right, Shibata?

I'm sorry... I forgot to eat...

You're a detective to the core, Shibata.

You remind me of your father,

Inspector Shibata Jun'ichiro.

The legendary sleuth who solved all those cases?

Yes. He took case files home and had them

solved by the next morning.

My father never looked at those files at home.

But he did let me read them sometimes.

They were all cheap mysteries, though.

You solved them?

Yes, since I was 9.

Go on and eat. I don't mind.

Did you solve the one you blew, young lady?

Yes.

Good.

Brings back memories.

Sorry to call you out here.

Brings back memories of the hard times in my youth.

I have something to tell you about the murder here

13 years ago.

What?

Why did it close?

Oh, no!

It's defective.

But this works in certain spots. I try to call for help.

Oh, no... the battery's dead!

Shall we have lunch?

Wait, Chief. Why do you have two?

This is my wife's.

The other one?

Let's eat.

Lunch, Mayama.

I found out something. Where's Shibata?

I can't breathe.

Open up!

It's no use. I've been locked in here before.

No one can hear you.

Are we going to die in here?

Don't be absurd!

If you outlive me and make it out of here alive,

will you do me a favor?

What favor?

I know who committed the murder 13 years ago.

Will you tell the police to arrest him

when you get out?

Sure.

You're the killer, Dr. Shimodaira.

Not again. It has to be someone from Hitsurugikyo.

That's impossible.

Why?

The dry ice.

What Hitsurugikyo considers sacred

are naturally frozen water like snow and ice.

Frozen carbon dioxide like dry ice is

considered a sacrilege.

The shrine would never confuse the two.

Maybe they used it to save the ice scaffold.

There's also the ritual robe.

Why did the killer dress the body in a

white robe meant for the noblest?

One more thing: The victim was strangled,

then stabbed in the back.

Why did the killer bother to do that?

The body had to be in white.

It had to be stabbed and bloody.

So you could tell it was a body.

Why? Because the body Mr. Hashimoto saw

wasn't that of Mizutani. It was you playing the body.

When Mr. Hashimoto closed the door at 3 AM,

you were hiding in here.

As Mr. Hashimoto closed the door after his round,

you made the altar and bed out of ice and dry ice.

At 6 AM, when Mr. Hashimoto checked

on the temperature,

you lay on the bed with this robe on.

What do you want so early?

That burn on your hand was from the dry ice

when you lay on it.

You used the Hitsurugikyo robe to pass yourself off

as Mizutani's body.

You used dry ice for the scaffold to make

Mizutani's time of death indeterminable.

Very interesting deduction.

But do you have proof that I did it?

No. I don't. That's the problem.

After talking so much, I'm starting to feel sleepy...

Hello.

Been expecting you.

How...?

You drilled this hole 13 years ago.

In order to hide out in here.

Too bad. You almost got away.

OK, Shibata. Shibata?

You can get up now.

Sgt. Shibata? She isn't acting.

Shibata? Shibata?

It's you...

Arrest him, Shibata.

Why shouldn't I have killed that scum?

I lost my dad in an accident 18 years ago.

Only it wasn't an accident. It was that scum's fault.

Good job! All done?

Where's the security guard?

He's out with a cold. All he ever does is sit.

Anyone working late? I'm closing the door.

But my dad, who was ordered to work overtime, was in there.

Open up! Open up!

Mizutani told the police he was sure

no one was in there.

That my dad wasn't authorized to be in there.

That stored goods were regularly being stolen.

And to me...

I trusted your dad. So I'll do whatever I can to

send you through medical school.

So naive was I that I believed everything he said.

Wept tears of appreciation over his kindness.

But one day...

How much longer are you going to pay

Kunihiko's way through school? He's already 20.

It's my carelessness that killed his dad.

Sir!

I couldn't forgive him for lying to me!

He killed my dad with his carelessness,

yet he played the saint with me!

Liar! You knew he killed your dad.

And you made him pay for it.

No!

In short, you killed my dad. So let's settle it with money.

Pay me 3 times my dad's wages every month

and I'll say his death was an accident.

That's a lie!

I checked your bank account.

You were no struggling student.

A million yen admission fee,

5 million yen annual tuition,

500,000 yen monthly living expenses.

All from Mizutani. That was far beyond kindness.

Why did he have to pay you all that?

Because you threatened to spill the truth if he didn't.

Arrest him, Shibata.

Should you?

Yes?

It's the hospital.

Mr. Hashimoto's condition worsened.

They need you at the hospital immediately.

Get it? If you arrest me, Hashimoto will die.

Not just him.

Hundreds of others are awaiting surgery by me.

You'll be killing them!

A murder's a murderer!

Hello? Hello!

Dr. Shimodaira can't come. We just arrested him.

Hello? What do you mean?

Why didn't you contact us?

He's under arrest for suspicion of murder!

Not again.

Dr. Shimodaira Kunihiko?

Will you come with us to headquarters?

Take him away!

Murderer!

Murderer! Murderer!