Original subtitles

"Loving days of Nonomura Kotaro"

"A mistress... Oh well, a mistress..."

- That's was funny... - Mi..s..t..re..ss...

Wasn't that funny? I laughed so much.

- You know, that wall.... - Mistress...

A mistress...

A mistress is...

...always the one to be blamed...

No it's not...

No one is saying such a thing.

Was killed by the wife...

...and was praised by Watabe-san.

I feel so sorry for that mistress!

It's a drama. Just a drama, right?

Let's watch next. It's a just drama, okay?

Showa 21 (1946)

How was Dalian?

Cold.

Here it is.

It's said a guest who stays in this room alone

is always murdered. Will you still stay?

I'll prove that it's just a superstition.

Fine. Would you mind if we guard your door?

So said the fourth guest and he entered the room...

...only to be discovered as the fourth victim.

Can I get rid of these case files from the 50's?

Why not? The statue of limitations is past.

Our regrets to the victims.

I know the culprit in the 300 million yen heist.

The one who saw the white motorcycle.

Don't fool around!

Inspector Saotome referred this lady here.

Excuse me.

She's an employee of Hakatsuki Inn where

several were poisoned to death in 1946.

Please.

What can we do for you?

I'm a maid at a Mejiro inn.

The owner started the inn in the 20's,

but his family has been around since the Edo period.

An old family.

The inn is cursed.

It is said that a guest who stays alone in

a certain room always dies. A guest did die in 1946.

The room was sealed then. But it's to be demolished

when the inn undergoes repairs.

What a shame!

Now that the room is to be demolished,

a relative of the owner wants to test that curse.

What if something happens?

Like someone dies?

I hope not. But I have a premonition.

Would one of you stay with her?

I will.

But...

A room of certain death...

...Excellent!

Theme "Chronic Love" Sung by NAKATANI MIKI

NAKATANI MIKI

WATABE ATSURO

SUZUKI SARINA

TOKUI YU NAGAE HIDEKAZU

YAJIMA KENICHI ARIFUKU MASASHI

KAWAOKA DAJIRO

NISHIO MARI

NOGUCHI GORO

RYU RAITA

English subtitles by Nippon Golden Network Timing and editing by cerulean

KEIZOKU Unsolved Cases

mystery 4: Room of Certain Death

Morning!

Why so early?

It's almost noon. Let's go investigate.

I'm on paid leave.

But the chief said!

I'm off. Good night.

Not here! Be quiet!

You OK?

Here it is.

Are you really staying over?

Not me, I'm scared!

You never bathe.

Yes, I do.

Not yesterday.

I was too busy.

The day before?

Let's leave.

We know someone's going to be killed.

Scared?

Is this the wing?

Yes.

It's sealed and no one can get in now.

Is this the only way in?

Yes.

Did 4 people really die here?

So I've heard.

During the 1946 murder...

There was a longtime maid in charge who

died 20 years ago. That's when I took over.

In charge?

Room of certain death.

Who are these people, Sayoko?

This is Miss Tomomi, the owner's daughter.

These are Det. Mayama and Det. Shibata of the police.

The police?

You're off the wall!

Mind your own business. You're just a maid.

I'm sorry.

I won't have any of this when my father dies.

What a cat fight!

A what?

Yes?

Shibata? Want to attend a single's party?

I bet you've never been to one before.

I'm on a special assignment in Mejiro.

What's that?

Shibata? Shibata?

You made it, Aya!

I just had to be part of the action!

But you said you wanted no part of it.

It's a chance for me to regain my reputation.

Like a true detective.

Dinner is ready.

Right here.

Welcome, officers.

What's going on?

Sayoko called them for the special occasion.

My uncle Iwai Nobuhiro and his wife...

...Harue. This is our son Shin'ichiro.

He's an actor.

Don't say that.

I've seen him somewhere. What show?

"Monday Night Movie" as a detective.

It was "Yamashita Shinjiro".

He was an extra.

You know our maid Sayoko. My father's lover.

Lover?

Her son Takashi, our busboy. A dropout till we took him in.

I'm Kido Aya. Kido Aya

You are...?

Mayama.

Shibata.

Are you an officer?

Yes, a detective.

A detective?

You should study her for your next detective part.

I don't have it yet.

Do you really have a police ID notebook?

Our specialty stew.

The last chef came up with it when he

trained in Paris during the Taisho era.

A Western dish?

Say,

I'm sorry...!

Sorry won't do. Get another.

An excellent opportunity to test the curse with

the police around.

Who'll stay over?

I will.

Hold on. I want to. For research!

May I join you?

It's all a fabrication.

May I stay?

She's way out of line.

Fine. I want the police involved.

Don't do it, Miss Tomomi. What if something happens?

Won't that be perfect for you?

How do we decide?

Let's be fair and draw lots.

Or cards.

The weakest is the deuce and the strongest the ace.

In the event of a tie,

hearts are weakest, spades the strongest.

We'll draw just once.

Let an officer deal so there's no cheating.

May I?

Excuse me.

Too bad.

Give my best to my father. I may go before he does.

We'll be standing by in this room and call you

every 30 minutes. Answer us.

I may fall asleep.

She'll look in on you.

Fine.

Shall we all watch?

I'll call you, so please retire.

Will you?

Let's play cards.

Make that mahjong.

Good idea. Bring it, Takashi.

I'm going for a bath.

Shibata?

I've never played mahjong.

I'll teach you.

"Double on" and "yakitori"? Shall I get grilled chicken?

Full moon!

"Richi" is one more to win. Isn't that English?

Come on, play.

Richi.

Richi? Here, like this.

It sure is cold.

It's an old building.

Shall I bring a heater?

Don't bother.

Ron.

A flush, three 3's, three dragons.

Ron on her first richi?

Three 3's?

She's right. Three 3's.

Bummer.

What a great bath! You all should go.

Did you call her?

Oops!

Tomomi! Are you all right?

Will you keep it down? Oh, never mind.

Should we keep playing?

Why not?

I'm beat. It's 2 AM. The ghost must be asleep.

Well?

I'm out.

What's that?

Take it. It's for your beginner's luck.

No. Article 185 and 186 of the Criminal Code:

Gambling is punishable by a 500,000 yen penalty

If Det. Mayama's out, how about you, Det. Kido?

But there's no money in it.

You play, Takashi.

Like Carter Dixon's "Red Widow Murders".

What's that?

A book by Carter Dixon about a family curse

where guests staying in a certain room always die.

What happens to them?

They're murdered, of course. It's a detective story.

The readers demand it.

Yes?

Under the circumstances, I can't let you out of my sight.

Because I might kill Tomomi?

You have a motive.

If Tomomi dies, your son Tadashi inherits everything.

That's Takashi.

A son by a lover is still flesh and blood.

Tomomi has to die before the owner does,

or no succession. That's the law.

Nine Gates.

Nine Gates?

Did you call her?

Oh, no!

Tomomi? Tomomi?

What's up?

There's no answer!

She's dead?

May we come in?

What is this?

Tomomi? Tomomi?

Let's all look for her.

The windows are locked from inside.

No seals are broken. There's only one way out.

It's a closet murder!

Get serious!

Tomomi? Tomomi?

Can't find her!

Not here.

Found her?

Not here.

Oh, no!

You wait here.

Tomomi?

She's gone.

Clubbed to death. She wasn't poisoned.

What do you mean?

The victim's poisoned in the story.

Nice scent. What is it?

Ever heard of perfume?

Yes.

Try wearing some.

Another one under your nose?

I'm sorry.

Thank goodness you're safe.

If your keeper's incompetent, you will be, too.

We'll take it from here. You wait over there.

Watch the suspects. The murderer has to be here.

What are you doing, Kido?

Good morning.

Want to transfer to Sect. 2?

I just happened to be here.

You're a suspect, too. Stay!

The windows are all sealed.

The only way out is this hallway.

The murderer killed the victim here,

then disposed her body in the grove.

How did he get in and out?

I think it was Sayoko or Takashi.

The father's lover and the stepbrother.

They both hated her.

Tomomi was so mean to Sayoko.

Just between you and me,

I heard Takeshi say he'll kill Tomomi.

It wasn't me. It was Nobuhiro or Harue.

Harue borrowed a lot of money from Tomomi to

promote Shin'ichiro's acting career.

It was my fault for not stopping her.

Excuse me.

I should detain them here as suspects,

but I'll release them to you.

You didn't have to come, Chief.

No, I did.

They released you, too?

Stay out of their way, they said.

Exactly. You can go.

Shibata!

I wonder if that really was the murder scene.

Tomomi was lying here.

That Hayashida's just a Saotome crony!

He's never solved a single case.

Aren't these from the inn?

I forgot to return them!

Count them!

A crony, am I?

Eavesdropper!

I didn't have to eavesdrop, you blabbermouth!

I told you to get lost!

Where were you just now, Det. Hayashida?

Right there! I had to solve at least one case!

That's it!

Where are you going?

You and Mayama were talking right here.

So what?

Hayashida's an idiot, a jerk, a crony!

He poops and he's impotent!

What?

There!

This leads to that room, right under the floor!

That's why our voice carried.

Knowing she'd die in that room,

she stayed and died.

Still here?

Could you lift the mat up?

Whatever for?

Sounds different here. Lift it up.

Now what?

Looks like a secret door.

It's nailed shut. Someone bring a nail puller!

I forgot to mention something.

It was said that valuables were hidden in this room.

Those who found out stayed in this room to

find them but they lost their lives.

When they lifted up the mat to find the secret door,

they got splinters in their fingers,

splinters with poison on them, and they died.

That was the trick to this room.

Do be careful.

We got you. Now go!

Wait a minute.

I'm going to die...!

The poison's too old to have any effect.

Hayashida!

Hello.

We figured out a way to find the murderer.

These are the cards we drew last night.

Let's all play a game.

Will that tell us something?

Yes. Who murdered Tomomi.

Are you three playing?

Of course.

Remember, the loser is the murderer.

How can you say that one of us is the murderer?

We were all here when Tomomi disappeared.

You know very well that we couldn't have done it.

Tomomi disappeared on her own.

It was said that valuables were hidden in that room.

Tomomi found out and stayed in that room to find them.

She knew about the secret door.

She lifted up the mat and went into the

underground passage.

But the door was nailed down from the inside.

This game is meaningless then.

That's what makes it interesting.

We dashed into the room when there was no

answer from Tomomi, and we split up to look for her.

The underground passage led to a shrine outside,

and Tomomi got out.

These were found by her body.

In that grove, she smoked two cigarettes.

Do you know what that means?

She was waiting for someone.

Like who?

I don't know. But it was someone she loved.

Someone she loved?

I smelled perfume on Tomomi's body.

She wasn't wearing any at the dinner table.

so she put it on for the one she was waiting for.

That cold night, Tomomi waited in the grove,

her heart throbbing to see the one she loved.

The one Tomomi loved,

the one who used her and betrayed her.

The murderer is you, Nariai Takashi.

The cards are all laid out. But you have one left.

Why is that?

Was it you? Was it?

Shall I guess what card that is?

It's 4 of hearts.

Let's see.

It's just a cheap trick!

It's not a trick.

You know very well where this card came from.

When we drew cards last night,

you and Tomomi had pulled the ace of spades

from the deck.

Tomomi kept it and switched it with the

card she drew.

Tomomi had the 4 of hearts which she drew,

so you killed her and retrieved it.

Why would I bother?

If we found out the card on her and figured out

that the drawing was fixed,

we'd suspect you for suggesting it.

If you return the card to the deck,

there'd be no evidence of cheating.

But there was a problem. I took the deck of cards.

You lost your chance to return the card.

So there were only 51 cards in the deck.

I noticed when I dropped the cards and

counted them, that the 4 of hearts was missing.

You panicked when I suggested we play a game.

You were afraid we'd notice a card was missing.

So you slipped the card you retrieved into your hand.

But we didn't use the same deck of cards.

It was a brand new deck that Aya bought.

Sorry.

So you have an extra 4 of hearts in your hand.

The one Tomomi drew.

Takashi couldn't be the murderer.

You said Tomomi was murdered by

someone she loved.

Tomomi hated Takashi. We all know that.

Oh? Tomomi actually loved Takashi.

She was pretending not to.

Remember when Takashi served the stew?

Instead of the stew, Tomomi reached for the vase and

splashed water on him. Do you know why?

She didn't want to burn you. She thought of you.

So why did you betray her?

Takashi?

I didn't betray her. I never loved her.

If Tomomi dies and so does my father,

this inn will become mine and my mother will run it.

That's what I thought.

Can you believe it?

The wife's daughter and the lover's son?

Run away with me! Dad knows about us.

He'll kill me!

You know that room with the curse?

It's said that valuables are hidden there.

I'm going to pretend to stay there and

take off with them.

Don't worry!

Everyone will blame the curse and not suspect us.

Tomomi went for it, and we both carried on like enemies.

Tomomi made it into the room.

Why...?

Turn yourself in! Pay for your crime!

You still here?

We got the murderer.

It's me. I'm to blame. Arrest me.

I shouldn't have told Tomomi about the secret passage.

We can't prosecute you. He's the murderer.

Really?

Mom? Mom...?

Stop it!

Will you come with us?

Let's go!

Too bad. Your plan was just to have Tomomi

die of that curse.

The trick to that room was passed on from

one maid to the next.

If you didn't tell, no one else would've known.

But who'd imagine your son and Tomomi

would be lovers, or that he'd murder her?

You didn't commit any crime. But your son's a murderer.

Mayama...

"Seeking information on this woman..."

What are you doing?

Nothing.

A bath... oh, well.