1 00:00:17,372 --> 00:00:23,368 WINTER, 1980 2 00:00:39,194 --> 00:00:40,389 What is it? 3 00:00:44,332 --> 00:00:50,601 At around 11 p.m. on Monday or 1 p.m. Tuesday Japan Time, John Lennon 4 00:00:50,739 --> 00:00:53,231 was shot dead in New York. 5 00:00:53,775 --> 00:00:57,075 A suspect, Hawaii-born Mark Chapman, aged 25, 6 00:00:57,212 --> 00:00:58,509 has been arrested. 7 00:00:59,781 --> 00:01:03,081 It appears he was shot by the waiting Chapman 8 00:01:03,218 --> 00:01:06,916 as he arrived home at the Dakota with his wife Yoko Ono 9 00:01:07,055 --> 00:01:09,922 following sessions at his studio in New York. 10 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:15,920 Chapman's motive and other details around the incident are as yet unclear, 11 00:01:16,097 --> 00:01:18,065 but according to witnesses 12 00:01:18,199 --> 00:01:22,898 Lennon was asked to confirm his identity as he stepped out of a car, 13 00:01:23,038 --> 00:01:25,234 then several shots were fired. 14 00:01:25,373 --> 00:01:28,104 The Beatles came to Japan in the '60s. 15 00:01:29,444 --> 00:01:32,436 I was travelling around at the time. 16 00:01:32,614 --> 00:01:34,446 A journey of my youth. 17 00:01:34,950 --> 00:01:37,146 The Beatles sang and spoke to me. 18 00:01:37,285 --> 00:01:40,585 "Always be on the move, keep changing clothes." 19 00:01:40,822 --> 00:01:44,918 "That's the best way. Everything in transition." 20 00:01:45,260 --> 00:01:49,390 And at the climax of that trip an event occurred, 21 00:01:49,764 --> 00:01:52,665 something that inevitably changed who I was. 22 00:01:54,169 --> 00:01:57,662 But how did that event relate to me? 23 00:01:58,073 --> 00:01:59,905 And as for that island, 24 00:02:00,809 --> 00:02:04,268 certainly, a tempest reeking of blood raged against it, 25 00:02:04,913 --> 00:02:10,408 but now I believe, for those ten days on the island at least, 26 00:02:10,518 --> 00:02:12,714 it was occupied by spirits. 27 00:02:28,503 --> 00:02:34,966 ISLAND OF THE EVIL SPIRITS 28 00:02:41,783 --> 00:02:46,186 There's a body! A dead body! There in the sea. 29 00:02:58,900 --> 00:03:01,961 What? Raise your voice. Hey! 30 00:03:05,240 --> 00:03:07,709 On that island... 31 00:03:10,078 --> 00:03:11,910 Evil spirits... 32 00:03:14,416 --> 00:03:16,714 O-On that island... 33 00:03:18,653 --> 00:03:20,178 Terrifying... 34 00:03:21,122 --> 00:03:22,749 Demons... 35 00:03:22,991 --> 00:03:26,552 Hang in there! What happened on the island? 36 00:03:26,761 --> 00:03:27,751 Hey! 37 00:03:29,064 --> 00:03:29,997 Hey. 38 00:03:31,733 --> 00:03:33,531 Hey! Hold on. 39 00:03:59,060 --> 00:04:03,224 In 1969, Japan was in an unusually prosperous period. 40 00:04:03,598 --> 00:04:06,761 A variety of new terms had appeared in the media. 41 00:04:06,968 --> 00:04:11,633 "Rapid growth," "Pollution," "Hippy," "Long hair." 42 00:04:11,806 --> 00:04:17,267 And at the time, I was completely immersed in that scene. 43 00:04:30,892 --> 00:04:36,160 Next stop, Nakanohama. Nakanohama! 44 00:04:52,013 --> 00:04:53,674 My ticket... 45 00:04:54,449 --> 00:04:55,780 That's strange. 46 00:05:04,359 --> 00:05:06,418 Will you tag alongside me? 47 00:05:07,996 --> 00:05:08,690 Huh? 48 00:05:15,670 --> 00:05:19,607 At the time, I was in the habit of taking free rides. 49 00:05:25,146 --> 00:05:27,012 Stop! Stop! 50 00:05:27,649 --> 00:05:28,673 Stop! 51 00:05:29,017 --> 00:05:31,543 Old geezers are just so easy to outrun. 52 00:05:31,686 --> 00:05:34,178 Bastards! Thieves! 53 00:05:35,957 --> 00:05:37,482 Hurry, hurry! 54 00:05:59,280 --> 00:06:01,578 I can't tell anything from his face. 55 00:06:07,355 --> 00:06:08,789 Aoki... 56 00:06:35,183 --> 00:06:37,049 It's Kindaichi? 57 00:06:37,452 --> 00:06:38,544 Ah! Hello. 58 00:06:38,653 --> 00:06:42,783 This is a surprise. How long has it been now? 59 00:06:43,791 --> 00:06:44,986 You look well. 60 00:06:45,126 --> 00:06:46,355 So cold though. 61 00:06:46,461 --> 00:06:48,930 Why didn't you give me a shout? 62 00:06:49,097 --> 00:06:53,398 I thought about it, but the timing seemed awkward. 63 00:06:53,501 --> 00:06:56,095 You're just avoiding me again. 64 00:06:56,237 --> 00:06:57,068 No! 65 00:06:57,171 --> 00:07:00,573 Given that you're here, it must be something big? 66 00:07:00,708 --> 00:07:02,608 No, just a coincidence. 67 00:07:02,744 --> 00:07:08,740 I came this way on a separate matter, but a body was taken onto a ferry. 68 00:07:09,817 --> 00:07:12,309 And why are you in a place like this? 69 00:07:12,453 --> 00:07:13,887 You're working too? 70 00:07:13,988 --> 00:07:15,752 Well, it's just... 71 00:07:15,890 --> 00:07:18,450 I planned to pay you a visit at some stage. 72 00:07:18,593 --> 00:07:19,651 That's great. 73 00:07:19,794 --> 00:07:20,852 Ride with me. 74 00:07:20,995 --> 00:07:22,929 Um, I've a companion. 75 00:07:23,031 --> 00:07:23,930 Companion? 76 00:07:24,032 --> 00:07:26,592 Well, you could call him that. 77 00:07:28,202 --> 00:07:28,862 Huh? 78 00:07:42,317 --> 00:07:43,842 Where are we? 79 00:07:43,985 --> 00:07:46,147 The scene of my current investigation. 80 00:07:47,188 --> 00:07:49,452 Trying to get away again... 81 00:07:49,590 --> 00:07:51,354 We're old friends, aren't we? 82 00:07:52,527 --> 00:07:56,157 And I'll cooperate fully with you on your own case. 83 00:07:56,297 --> 00:07:58,425 You never give up, do you? 84 00:08:01,169 --> 00:08:02,136 Hirose? 85 00:08:02,303 --> 00:08:03,532 He's inside. 86 00:08:11,145 --> 00:08:12,977 - Inspector. - Ah. 87 00:08:13,815 --> 00:08:17,945 I'll introduce you. This is Kosuke Kindaichi. 88 00:08:18,052 --> 00:08:20,544 I've mentioned him to you a few times. 89 00:08:20,722 --> 00:08:22,281 Inspector Hirose. 90 00:08:22,457 --> 00:08:23,891 Pleased to meet you. 91 00:08:24,025 --> 00:08:25,356 Hello. 92 00:08:26,361 --> 00:08:27,453 So gloomy. 93 00:08:27,562 --> 00:08:31,658 We're keeping the crime scene as we found it. 94 00:08:34,702 --> 00:08:38,730 The victim had fallen here like this. 95 00:08:41,809 --> 00:08:44,073 Ah, here are the photos. 96 00:08:46,748 --> 00:08:51,345 The autopsy indicated the cause of death was strangulation. 97 00:08:56,424 --> 00:08:58,290 The victim was Haru Asai. 98 00:08:58,493 --> 00:09:00,052 She owned the place. 99 00:09:00,762 --> 00:09:03,129 Though she lived here alone. 100 00:09:11,773 --> 00:09:16,210 It seems the pharmacy was a front for various activities. 101 00:09:16,310 --> 00:09:19,974 You're from Tohoku, you must know the itako. 102 00:09:22,350 --> 00:09:25,945 Here, they call a spirit-medium an ichiko. 103 00:09:26,721 --> 00:09:31,557 This looks to be an altar for summoning the spirits of the dead. 104 00:09:33,961 --> 00:09:37,295 She also practiced as an unlicensed midwife. 105 00:09:39,600 --> 00:09:41,193 Um, Inspector... 106 00:09:41,302 --> 00:09:44,431 Could you just disclose what you know? 107 00:09:45,072 --> 00:09:47,473 Why are we actually here? 108 00:09:49,710 --> 00:09:51,075 Well, you see. 109 00:09:52,246 --> 00:09:56,547 About ten days ago, I received a letter. 110 00:09:57,151 --> 00:10:01,019 The sender was Haru Asai, a name wholly unknown to me. 111 00:10:01,823 --> 00:10:03,655 Oh, the victim? 112 00:10:04,592 --> 00:10:08,859 Presumably, she got my name from a newspaper or something. 113 00:10:09,664 --> 00:10:14,101 And what that letter contained was rather peculiar. 114 00:10:14,936 --> 00:10:16,961 This is what she said: 115 00:10:17,505 --> 00:10:23,842 "I've earned my livelihood working as a spiritual medium and midwife." 116 00:10:23,978 --> 00:10:28,814 "Through this work, many a personal secret has been revealed to me." 117 00:10:29,050 --> 00:10:33,920 "Above all else, I was deeply entangled with a dark secret from 24 years ago." 118 00:10:34,021 --> 00:10:37,821 "And it came about that I blackmailed a client." 119 00:10:38,392 --> 00:10:41,453 "But recently, because of that, 120 00:10:41,562 --> 00:10:45,123 I've felt like something dreadful may happen to me." 121 00:10:46,901 --> 00:10:50,565 "I'm willing to confess my crimes, so I want you to protect me." 122 00:10:50,705 --> 00:10:53,834 That's the substance of the letter. 123 00:10:54,442 --> 00:11:00,142 I said it came ten days ago, but at the time I was in Osaka on business. 124 00:11:00,348 --> 00:11:03,010 I didn't open it until a week later. 125 00:11:03,551 --> 00:11:05,781 And then I felt a foreboding. 126 00:11:05,887 --> 00:11:08,481 I contacted the local police at once, but... 127 00:11:08,656 --> 00:11:11,318 She had already been murdered. 128 00:11:12,026 --> 00:11:12,993 Inspector! 129 00:11:13,761 --> 00:11:15,559 This is a bit curious. 130 00:11:16,564 --> 00:11:20,694 A fortune slip hidden in the small draw of a medicine box. 131 00:11:20,968 --> 00:11:22,868 As if it were important... 132 00:11:23,170 --> 00:11:25,366 Osakabe Shrine... 133 00:11:27,642 --> 00:11:29,406 Oh, excellent luck. 134 00:11:29,544 --> 00:11:32,206 A superstitious type would hold on to it. 135 00:11:32,380 --> 00:11:33,779 I guess so. 136 00:11:33,981 --> 00:11:38,418 However, Osakabe Shrine didn't offer fortune slips after the war. 137 00:11:38,653 --> 00:11:41,520 My mother's an authority on these things. 138 00:11:41,689 --> 00:11:43,783 So this is 20 years old? 139 00:11:43,925 --> 00:11:45,586 That's right. 140 00:11:45,860 --> 00:11:48,659 Why did she keep it so carefully hidden? 141 00:11:50,097 --> 00:11:57,265 If I heard correctly, the letter mentioned a secret from 24 years ago. 142 00:11:59,507 --> 00:12:00,201 Erm... 143 00:12:02,043 --> 00:12:06,241 Osakabe Shrine is on Osakabe Island, isn't it? 144 00:12:06,380 --> 00:12:08,872 Yeah. That's significant? 145 00:12:09,517 --> 00:12:14,956 Actually, the case I'm working on has a connection to Osakabe Island. 146 00:12:15,222 --> 00:12:20,092 Someone went to the island in May, since when all contact has been lost. 147 00:12:20,261 --> 00:12:21,660 His name's "Aoki." 148 00:12:21,796 --> 00:12:25,562 Tomorrow, I may travel to Osakabe Island to investigate. 149 00:12:25,733 --> 00:12:27,895 Wait. Did you say "Aoki"? 150 00:12:28,069 --> 00:12:28,968 Yes. 151 00:12:29,136 --> 00:12:31,104 That body on the ferry. 152 00:12:31,238 --> 00:12:33,900 His suit's name-tag said "Aoki." 153 00:12:34,041 --> 00:12:35,566 Really? 154 00:12:35,710 --> 00:12:38,736 Who was it that hired you? 155 00:12:39,013 --> 00:12:40,947 A man called Ryuhei Ochi. 156 00:12:41,082 --> 00:12:42,243 Ochi? 157 00:12:42,783 --> 00:12:44,444 Of Osakabe Island? 158 00:12:44,619 --> 00:12:45,711 You know him? 159 00:12:45,820 --> 00:12:51,384 Yes, besides the Osakabe Clan, the Ochi family are long established islanders. 160 00:12:51,592 --> 00:12:54,254 And Ryuhei was its heir. 161 00:12:54,996 --> 00:12:57,158 Osakabe Island. 162 00:12:57,965 --> 00:12:59,797 Then maybe this Aoki... 163 00:13:11,712 --> 00:13:15,478 That disfigured face makes it impossible to tell. 164 00:13:15,950 --> 00:13:17,941 But his age seems right. 165 00:13:18,252 --> 00:13:21,085 I ought to have come with more photos. 166 00:13:21,188 --> 00:13:23,247 It's early days yet. 167 00:13:23,357 --> 00:13:23,983 Inspector. 168 00:13:31,098 --> 00:13:32,588 A witness turned up. 169 00:13:32,700 --> 00:13:33,292 What? 170 00:13:33,401 --> 00:13:36,427 Someone was seen fleeing the house at the time. 171 00:13:37,204 --> 00:13:37,966 And? 172 00:13:38,072 --> 00:13:39,471 Ah, well... 173 00:13:40,107 --> 00:13:43,634 A scruffy young man with a beard - a hippy. 174 00:13:43,778 --> 00:13:45,268 A hippy? 175 00:13:48,015 --> 00:13:49,380 How is it? 176 00:13:49,517 --> 00:13:51,315 Much easier to make out. 177 00:13:51,485 --> 00:13:52,418 Shall I...? 178 00:13:52,620 --> 00:13:53,678 What is it? 179 00:13:53,821 --> 00:13:55,812 Aoki's final words. 180 00:13:55,956 --> 00:13:57,890 A passenger recorded it. 181 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:00,850 They... 182 00:14:03,698 --> 00:14:07,498 They are twins... 183 00:14:09,103 --> 00:14:12,903 The bones are attached together 184 00:14:13,741 --> 00:14:15,869 at the waist. 185 00:14:18,846 --> 00:14:20,871 On that island... 186 00:14:21,916 --> 00:14:23,680 Evil spirits... 187 00:14:27,188 --> 00:14:29,020 On that island... 188 00:14:30,758 --> 00:14:32,522 Terrifying... 189 00:14:33,394 --> 00:14:35,419 Demons... 190 00:14:40,401 --> 00:14:41,800 Understand? 191 00:14:43,671 --> 00:14:49,007 Beware the night of the crying nue. 192 00:14:56,784 --> 00:14:58,343 Over here! 193 00:15:04,725 --> 00:15:06,284 You're crossing over? 194 00:15:06,427 --> 00:15:08,054 Yes. And you? 195 00:15:08,162 --> 00:15:12,099 Yeah, I heard a famous festival will take place on the island. 196 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:16,100 These people are all heading for the festival. 197 00:15:17,037 --> 00:15:23,807 I overheard that the islanders get a daily allowance if they return for it. 198 00:15:24,445 --> 00:15:27,312 The population must really be dwindling. 199 00:15:27,748 --> 00:15:29,910 Who pays it? The town hall? 200 00:15:30,317 --> 00:15:31,216 No. 201 00:15:31,752 --> 00:15:36,815 Ochi, a wealthy businessman from the island pays it personally. 202 00:15:37,191 --> 00:15:40,252 He went to America when he was younger. 203 00:15:40,828 --> 00:15:46,323 The rumour has it that he made a fortune through crooked dealings. 204 00:15:46,934 --> 00:15:50,928 But don't you think he does it for his own amusement? 205 00:15:51,472 --> 00:15:54,305 Like he thinks money makes him all-powerful. 206 00:16:00,514 --> 00:16:02,676 Yeah, but as well as that, 207 00:16:02,817 --> 00:16:08,620 how will Madam Tomoe react upon hearing of Ryuhei Ochi's return to the island? 208 00:16:08,722 --> 00:16:10,315 Madam Tomoe? 209 00:16:10,691 --> 00:16:12,159 Who's that? 210 00:16:12,293 --> 00:16:14,660 You'd be too young to know. 211 00:16:14,829 --> 00:16:16,797 A lady of Osakabe Shrine. 212 00:16:16,964 --> 00:16:21,458 20 years ago, she and Ryuhei ran off together. 213 00:16:21,635 --> 00:16:27,165 The Osakabe family fiercely objected and he was driven from the island. 214 00:16:27,441 --> 00:16:30,536 So anyway, there was a big brouhaha? 215 00:16:31,545 --> 00:16:37,484 Ryuhei and Madam Tomoe were deeply in love with each other. 216 00:16:37,618 --> 00:16:42,215 It seems they even had a secret meeting place! 217 00:16:45,092 --> 00:16:46,958 The night of the crying nue. 218 00:16:48,562 --> 00:16:49,393 Er, what... 219 00:16:59,807 --> 00:17:02,208 Ah! I can see the island. 220 00:17:55,029 --> 00:17:55,962 That far? 221 00:17:56,096 --> 00:17:56,892 2nd floor. 222 00:17:57,031 --> 00:17:58,192 Oi-chan, this room. 223 00:18:05,406 --> 00:18:10,242 There's a butterfly that migrates 3,000km from Texas to Mexico. 224 00:18:10,377 --> 00:18:11,503 Enjoy your stay. 225 00:18:11,712 --> 00:18:13,077 Thanks. 226 00:18:59,526 --> 00:19:00,618 What's your game? 227 00:19:36,296 --> 00:19:42,258 They say that a long time ago, 228 00:19:42,603 --> 00:19:47,871 after the Taira clan had been defeated in battle, 229 00:19:48,075 --> 00:19:53,775 around seven of their fleeing soldiers ended up on this island. 230 00:19:54,648 --> 00:20:00,746 But the victorious Minamoto clan ruthlessly hunted them down, 231 00:20:00,888 --> 00:20:05,416 and one by one threw them over the cliff. 232 00:20:06,093 --> 00:20:12,692 It was on the seventh of July, hundreds of years in the past. 233 00:20:12,933 --> 00:20:19,930 However, one of their number managed to survive. 234 00:20:20,274 --> 00:20:26,839 And he set up house with the daughter of an island chief. 235 00:20:27,047 --> 00:20:31,507 That was the House of Osakabe. 236 00:24:23,116 --> 00:24:24,174 What's this? 237 00:24:26,153 --> 00:24:28,781 Will you join us, Sadakichi? 238 00:24:29,156 --> 00:24:29,987 Ah, here. 239 00:24:30,123 --> 00:24:31,318 - Wait. - Eh? 240 00:24:32,059 --> 00:24:34,926 Let's make that the backdrop. 241 00:24:36,229 --> 00:24:38,721 Mother! Hurry up! 242 00:25:07,461 --> 00:25:09,156 Okay, here we go. 243 00:25:10,230 --> 00:25:11,288 Keep still. 244 00:25:33,687 --> 00:25:35,712 I'm Daizen Osakabe. 245 00:25:37,491 --> 00:25:39,653 Head of this establishment. 246 00:25:41,661 --> 00:25:46,997 A little while ago, the village elders returned from Tokyo. 247 00:25:47,167 --> 00:25:49,534 There was some trouble. 248 00:25:50,170 --> 00:25:52,400 Um, this is from Mr. Ochi. 249 00:25:52,906 --> 00:25:54,567 Very well. 250 00:25:55,041 --> 00:26:01,276 Setting that aside, the village elders met Ryuhei in Tokyo. 251 00:26:02,082 --> 00:26:05,017 They were asked to deliver a message. 252 00:26:05,652 --> 00:26:08,451 A message for me? 253 00:26:09,122 --> 00:26:13,958 It seems Ryuhei himself arrives on the island tomorrow. 254 00:26:14,895 --> 00:26:19,423 He hopes you will stay around until then. 255 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:22,167 Ah, that's not a problem. 256 00:26:23,770 --> 00:26:26,569 You looked at the hotel register? 257 00:26:29,309 --> 00:26:30,743 Actually, yesterday, 258 00:26:30,877 --> 00:26:33,869 a man wearing a suit with the name Aoki on it 259 00:26:33,980 --> 00:26:35,675 was lifted onto a ferry. 260 00:26:35,916 --> 00:26:38,613 Shortly afterwards he expired. 261 00:26:39,719 --> 00:26:42,814 I heard about that this morning. 262 00:26:44,424 --> 00:26:48,122 However, I assume it was someone else. 263 00:26:52,299 --> 00:26:54,063 Why is that? 264 00:26:56,203 --> 00:26:58,331 Do you have evidence 265 00:26:59,172 --> 00:27:03,632 that the dead man and the Shuzo Aoki who stayed here 266 00:27:03,777 --> 00:27:07,509 were one and the same person? 267 00:27:08,014 --> 00:27:10,312 No, not really... 268 00:27:13,954 --> 00:27:16,616 We'll be taking our leave. 269 00:27:16,756 --> 00:27:18,190 Thank you. 270 00:27:18,358 --> 00:27:23,728 At my age, travelling really tires you out. 271 00:27:23,864 --> 00:27:26,492 Yes, I'll introduce you. 272 00:27:26,666 --> 00:27:27,861 Come. 273 00:27:33,373 --> 00:27:36,308 This is Mr. Kindaichi. 274 00:27:39,212 --> 00:27:43,513 My cousin Tatsuma Osakabe, village mayor. 275 00:27:44,251 --> 00:27:50,850 Morie Osakabe, my niece's husband and tayu. 276 00:27:51,725 --> 00:27:53,159 It's a good moment. 277 00:27:53,260 --> 00:27:56,491 May I show Mr. Kindaichi the sacred treasure? 278 00:27:56,830 --> 00:27:58,730 As this is the main house. 279 00:27:59,533 --> 00:28:01,023 I don't mind. 280 00:28:01,902 --> 00:28:03,961 But he may not be interested. 281 00:28:06,006 --> 00:28:07,496 You see, 282 00:28:07,641 --> 00:28:13,978 this sacred treasure is a new donation Ryuhei Ochi made to Osakabe Shrine. 283 00:28:14,180 --> 00:28:17,844 The island has lacked any real cultural assets, 284 00:28:17,951 --> 00:28:21,012 but this is something to take pride in. 285 00:28:21,187 --> 00:28:24,555 Even if it's from a monetary perspective. 286 00:28:24,724 --> 00:28:25,919 Stop that. 287 00:28:26,059 --> 00:28:27,356 The talk of money. 288 00:28:30,096 --> 00:28:31,120 Okay. 289 00:28:41,708 --> 00:28:44,700 A splendid creation, don't you think? 290 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:51,280 Tayu, Madam Tomoe is here to accompany you. 291 00:28:58,491 --> 00:29:00,653 Madam Tomoe, it's been a while. 292 00:29:00,794 --> 00:29:02,387 Have a safe trip back. 293 00:29:16,142 --> 00:29:19,737 Apparently, that priest is seldom on the island. 294 00:29:19,879 --> 00:29:20,675 Eh? 295 00:29:21,114 --> 00:29:25,312 He's busy with tasks on the mainland and neglects his duties here. 296 00:29:25,452 --> 00:29:27,443 The girls told me. 297 00:29:29,189 --> 00:29:30,623 The girls? 298 00:29:31,691 --> 00:29:33,750 You saw them today. 299 00:29:35,228 --> 00:29:38,323 Oh, that commemorative photo. 300 00:29:39,899 --> 00:29:43,563 The mother and her daughters aren't living together. 301 00:29:44,004 --> 00:29:46,996 The twins are named Kataho and Maho. 302 00:29:47,273 --> 00:29:51,073 One lives in Hiroshima and the other in Onomichi. 303 00:29:51,311 --> 00:29:53,973 Why would that be, I wonder? 304 00:29:59,452 --> 00:30:03,582 By the way, what was your purpose in coming to this island? 305 00:30:04,324 --> 00:30:07,453 I told you before, the festival. 306 00:30:17,070 --> 00:30:21,029 This question is out of the blue, but have you heard of a nue? 307 00:30:21,241 --> 00:30:22,675 A bird, I think. 308 00:30:23,977 --> 00:30:27,072 Isn't it called a white thrush around here? 309 00:30:27,947 --> 00:30:29,574 I heard about it earlier. 310 00:30:30,150 --> 00:30:32,141 Today? From whom? 311 00:30:32,852 --> 00:30:34,047 Mr. Araki. 312 00:30:34,387 --> 00:30:35,548 Araki? 313 00:30:35,889 --> 00:30:38,654 You know, that insect collector. 314 00:31:05,218 --> 00:31:07,880 Does that bow have historical significance? 315 00:31:08,021 --> 00:31:08,920 Yes. 316 00:31:09,589 --> 00:31:13,583 It's said to have been used by Taira no Noritsune. 317 00:31:13,927 --> 00:31:18,194 He was a famous warrior belonging to the Taira Clan. 318 00:31:19,199 --> 00:31:24,535 We settle the score against the hated Minamoto clan, symbolised by that eye. 319 00:31:24,738 --> 00:31:29,107 But since the war, no young man has been able to draw such a bow. 320 00:31:29,309 --> 00:31:34,372 So the ritual only goes as far as sounding the bowstring. 321 00:31:35,615 --> 00:31:41,019 There's been no one since the war? So there was someone before that? 322 00:31:41,121 --> 00:31:43,886 None other than Ryuhei. 323 00:31:43,990 --> 00:31:47,551 His cousin Kichitaro was a match for him. 324 00:31:47,727 --> 00:31:50,253 He's the man over there. 325 00:31:50,430 --> 00:31:55,266 I'm sure he'd still be capable of it. 326 00:31:55,401 --> 00:32:01,898 Prior to Ryuhei and Kichitaro, only Daizen was able to draw the bow. 327 00:32:53,593 --> 00:32:56,426 Does this kimono look nice? 328 00:33:07,540 --> 00:33:09,201 Looking for something? 329 00:33:13,413 --> 00:33:17,372 I was wondering what that separate building is? 330 00:33:17,817 --> 00:33:20,548 It's where Madam Tomoe's sister lives. 331 00:33:21,221 --> 00:33:24,384 Would I be right in thinking she's a twin sister? 332 00:33:24,524 --> 00:33:25,320 Yes. 333 00:33:32,098 --> 00:33:34,499 Mr. Kindaichi? 334 00:33:35,468 --> 00:33:37,368 You know my name? 335 00:33:37,537 --> 00:33:40,199 I heard about you last night. 336 00:33:41,174 --> 00:33:43,199 I recognised you at once. 337 00:33:43,710 --> 00:33:46,338 Then you're Madam Tomoe? 338 00:33:48,848 --> 00:33:51,647 You supposed I was my sister Fubuki? 339 00:33:52,752 --> 00:33:56,416 My sister is agitated as she wants to pick flowers again. 340 00:33:56,556 --> 00:33:59,856 Could you possibly accompany her for a while? 341 00:33:59,959 --> 00:34:00,892 Okay. 342 00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:11,701 Are you aware of my sister's condition? 343 00:34:12,772 --> 00:34:14,035 No. 344 00:34:19,279 --> 00:34:22,271 No doubt you'll come to hear the rumours. 345 00:34:22,448 --> 00:34:25,543 Sadly she is mentally disturbed. 346 00:34:25,952 --> 00:34:29,684 She amuses herself with small birds and flowers. 347 00:34:29,923 --> 00:34:30,947 Come. 348 00:34:32,792 --> 00:34:35,284 Though she looks identical to me, 349 00:34:35,662 --> 00:34:41,726 a strange feeling comes over me when I see how she exists in another world. 350 00:34:42,468 --> 00:34:47,634 And just occasionally, I feel a terrible jealousy. 351 00:34:51,144 --> 00:34:53,476 I must be a bit strange. 352 00:34:55,315 --> 00:34:56,476 No. 353 00:34:57,150 --> 00:34:58,845 How should I say it... 354 00:35:03,456 --> 00:35:05,288 Please excuse me. 355 00:35:23,009 --> 00:35:23,908 Hot, huh? 356 00:35:24,010 --> 00:35:25,375 Yeah, it is. 357 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:28,980 - Ah, welcome back. - Thanks. 358 00:35:41,527 --> 00:35:42,323 What's this? 359 00:35:42,962 --> 00:35:45,454 My father probably stuck it there. 360 00:35:46,132 --> 00:35:47,531 Your father? 361 00:35:49,535 --> 00:35:51,629 "King's Apothecary Shop." 362 00:35:53,172 --> 00:35:56,005 He peddled medicines in Soja City in Okayama. 363 00:35:57,010 --> 00:36:01,038 But ten years ago he went missing on this island. 364 00:36:01,180 --> 00:36:07,313 Well, I'm not wholly certain it was on this island, but it's highly likely. 365 00:36:12,892 --> 00:36:15,987 Apparently, you asked Goro about the nue. 366 00:36:16,129 --> 00:36:19,155 Was it connected to your father's disappearance? 367 00:36:19,999 --> 00:36:26,564 It was in his final letter, I recall, that he wrote some strange things. 368 00:36:28,941 --> 00:36:32,502 "It seems I've been dragged into something terrifying." 369 00:36:33,012 --> 00:36:35,208 "I dread the night of the nue's cry." 370 00:36:35,782 --> 00:36:39,514 The writing seemed to indicate he was drunk. 371 00:36:44,891 --> 00:36:48,919 The nue again... and another disappearance. 372 00:37:42,949 --> 00:37:46,146 That must be a donation from Ryuhei too. 373 00:37:46,319 --> 00:37:47,718 Splendid, isn't it? 374 00:37:47,887 --> 00:37:48,615 Right. 375 00:38:06,672 --> 00:38:08,970 Hey! Ryuhei Ochi has arrived! 376 00:38:20,186 --> 00:38:21,585 We've been waiting. 377 00:38:21,687 --> 00:38:24,520 These gentlemen are from the assembly. 378 00:38:30,429 --> 00:38:34,593 May I ask you to attend tomorrow's festival eve vigil? 379 00:38:35,468 --> 00:38:39,701 Okay. There's something I want to talk to you about. 380 00:38:49,882 --> 00:38:51,008 Drive. 381 00:39:02,728 --> 00:39:05,390 Come, sit down. 382 00:39:16,309 --> 00:39:21,338 That man Ryuhei Ochi arrives today, doesn't he? 383 00:39:22,148 --> 00:39:23,946 Help yourself to the sweets. 384 00:39:30,122 --> 00:39:33,183 I'm sure that he's arrived by now. 385 00:39:38,864 --> 00:39:42,664 Did you hear something about him? 386 00:39:43,469 --> 00:39:46,962 Still, I thought it adorable. 387 00:39:47,106 --> 00:39:50,804 That you once had such a momentous love affair. 388 00:40:58,110 --> 00:41:00,101 Oh, where are the boys? 389 00:41:00,279 --> 00:41:01,576 The boys? 390 00:41:01,681 --> 00:41:03,274 Oh, my grandsons. 391 00:41:03,382 --> 00:41:05,510 They left their bags and flew off. 392 00:41:05,651 --> 00:41:06,550 Damn. 393 00:41:06,686 --> 00:41:08,586 Sorry, it's just us old folks. 394 00:41:08,688 --> 00:41:13,125 No way! You guys are actually quite youthful for this island. 395 00:41:13,259 --> 00:41:16,923 That watermelon is on the house for regulars. 396 00:41:17,029 --> 00:41:19,521 Ah, thank you very much. 397 00:41:19,665 --> 00:41:20,894 Don't mention it. 398 00:41:21,367 --> 00:41:23,028 Come to think of it... 399 00:41:23,169 --> 00:41:26,469 Is the father of the boys still missing? 400 00:41:28,974 --> 00:41:31,534 I guess it's been five years now. 401 00:41:32,678 --> 00:41:37,377 I've given up hope, but my grandsons... 402 00:41:39,018 --> 00:41:40,247 Makoto. 403 00:41:41,187 --> 00:41:44,782 We've visited this burial mound so many times. 404 00:41:45,658 --> 00:41:48,320 And there's never any hint of a clue. 405 00:41:52,398 --> 00:41:55,493 Isn't that one of the twins from the shrine? 406 00:42:02,408 --> 00:42:05,105 Hello there, you remember us? 407 00:42:05,378 --> 00:42:07,676 Ah! You always visit for the festival. 408 00:42:07,780 --> 00:42:10,715 Yes, we're a performing troupe. 409 00:42:11,250 --> 00:42:13,878 Erm, I may be mistaken, but... 410 00:42:14,086 --> 00:42:15,520 You're Maho? 411 00:42:15,621 --> 00:42:17,521 That's right, you got it. 412 00:42:18,157 --> 00:42:22,185 But normally you stick with your sister, don't you? 413 00:42:22,862 --> 00:42:27,663 I lost sight of Kataho a while ago, so I came looking for her. 414 00:42:27,767 --> 00:42:31,032 In that case, we'll give you some help. 415 00:42:31,704 --> 00:42:32,364 Hey. 416 00:42:33,539 --> 00:42:36,634 Why not, Makoto? Join in the search. 417 00:42:56,429 --> 00:43:00,093 Maho is searching for you. She's over that way. 418 00:43:01,300 --> 00:43:03,394 Maho is searching for me? 419 00:43:04,603 --> 00:43:08,836 But I'm Maho. That must be Kataho. 420 00:43:09,208 --> 00:43:10,266 Huh? 421 00:43:23,989 --> 00:43:28,620 Do you think your brother has caught on to us? 422 00:43:29,228 --> 00:43:32,289 No, you needn't worry. 423 00:43:38,103 --> 00:43:45,305 I've been waiting for this chance after eyeing you at last year's festival. 424 00:43:54,620 --> 00:43:56,145 This island 425 00:43:57,857 --> 00:44:00,656 holds a terrible secret. 426 00:44:01,026 --> 00:44:01,822 Secret? 427 00:44:01,961 --> 00:44:05,625 I really don't want to stay here! 428 00:44:07,032 --> 00:44:09,330 Hold me tighter. 429 00:44:10,870 --> 00:44:14,534 I'm frightened... 430 00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:16,508 Someone's nearby. 431 00:44:18,010 --> 00:44:19,068 Oh god. 432 00:44:19,278 --> 00:44:19,904 Go. 433 00:44:22,381 --> 00:44:23,177 Hurry. 434 00:44:34,093 --> 00:44:35,254 Mr. Kindaichi! 435 00:44:35,394 --> 00:44:36,418 The phone. 436 00:44:38,030 --> 00:44:40,829 It's an Inspector Isokawa in Hiroshima. 437 00:44:41,834 --> 00:44:43,859 Hello, this is Kindaichi. 438 00:44:46,238 --> 00:44:47,069 Yes. 439 00:44:48,908 --> 00:44:50,569 Oh, really? 440 00:44:51,210 --> 00:44:53,372 Shuzo Aoki didn't die just from a fall. 441 00:44:53,512 --> 00:44:55,947 There's evidence of previous strangulation. 442 00:44:57,249 --> 00:44:59,843 Yes, I see, thank you. 443 00:45:02,788 --> 00:45:04,722 So you're a detective after all. 444 00:45:04,857 --> 00:45:05,847 Who was it? 445 00:45:05,958 --> 00:45:07,050 Who was strangled? 446 00:45:07,192 --> 00:45:08,023 No, no. 447 00:45:08,193 --> 00:45:11,254 It wouldn't hurt to tell me... what a tight-arse. 448 00:45:11,430 --> 00:45:12,295 Who was it? 449 00:45:13,065 --> 00:45:15,466 Ah, you can't come in like that! 450 00:45:15,601 --> 00:45:17,091 Oh, dear me! 451 00:45:17,236 --> 00:45:19,637 Where have you been? 452 00:45:22,908 --> 00:45:25,434 Aah, I'm beat. 453 00:45:43,395 --> 00:45:46,888 I see, you viewed the golden arrow. 454 00:45:47,099 --> 00:45:48,794 What were your thoughts? 455 00:45:50,102 --> 00:45:52,093 No, you don't have to tell me. 456 00:45:52,338 --> 00:45:54,466 It's written on your face. 457 00:45:55,140 --> 00:45:57,336 "Such vulgarity." 458 00:45:57,509 --> 00:46:00,911 "Symbolises the sickening greed of the nouveau riche." 459 00:46:02,548 --> 00:46:06,007 Fine by me, that's what I'm aiming for. 460 00:46:07,786 --> 00:46:12,553 Aoki said something just before he died. 461 00:46:14,426 --> 00:46:17,088 Said something? What? 462 00:46:18,163 --> 00:46:20,325 "Beware the night of the crying nue." 463 00:46:51,630 --> 00:46:53,997 Is that Madam Tomoe? 464 00:46:54,133 --> 00:46:56,830 Or her sister, Fubuki? 465 00:46:58,704 --> 00:47:00,229 I couldn't say. 466 00:47:02,174 --> 00:47:06,668 Anyway, there's a 20-year gap. 467 00:47:34,807 --> 00:47:38,505 Oh, Aunt Tamae? It's Maho. 468 00:47:38,610 --> 00:47:41,545 Is Kataho back with you in Hiroshima? 469 00:47:43,749 --> 00:47:46,377 Hmm, where is she? 470 00:47:46,952 --> 00:47:49,353 She's been gone since last night. 471 00:47:51,890 --> 00:47:53,255 Mr. Kindaichi! 472 00:47:53,392 --> 00:47:54,359 Your dinner. 473 00:47:55,694 --> 00:47:57,594 Dinner? I'm fine. 474 00:47:58,063 --> 00:48:01,397 What? A grown man lazing about. 475 00:48:01,900 --> 00:48:06,269 You have to get ready for tonight's festival. 476 00:48:06,572 --> 00:48:07,903 Come, eat up. 477 00:48:08,240 --> 00:48:10,538 What sort of festivities are there? 478 00:48:10,642 --> 00:48:13,407 Well now, all sorts of things. 479 00:48:13,545 --> 00:48:15,240 I like the kagura performance. 480 00:48:15,447 --> 00:48:17,575 "Susanoo defeats the great snake." 481 00:48:17,600 --> 00:48:20,777 Listen, a troupe staying here will be performing. 482 00:49:51,476 --> 00:49:56,346 A fire! Fire, fire... 483 00:49:58,650 --> 00:50:00,345 Fire... fire. 484 00:50:00,519 --> 00:50:01,247 Fire? 485 00:50:05,691 --> 00:50:06,749 The shrine's on fire! 486 00:50:40,559 --> 00:50:41,651 Makoto. 487 00:50:45,063 --> 00:50:46,724 Quick! Hurry! 488 00:50:59,378 --> 00:51:02,780 Oh, well done, you did it. 489 00:51:02,948 --> 00:51:05,576 Thank you, thank you. 490 00:51:05,751 --> 00:51:08,379 The shrine's been saved. 491 00:51:10,822 --> 00:51:12,881 What's the matter, Ryuhei? 492 00:51:16,595 --> 00:51:17,892 Ryuhei? 493 00:51:24,603 --> 00:51:25,934 Let's take a look. 494 00:52:04,910 --> 00:52:05,968 Hit by an arrow... 495 00:52:07,145 --> 00:52:09,546 Shot with tremendous power. 496 00:52:10,816 --> 00:52:13,342 Ha! Noritsune's bow has gone. 497 00:52:14,286 --> 00:52:15,685 Noritsune's bow? 498 00:52:16,822 --> 00:52:18,312 It was here. 499 00:52:24,329 --> 00:52:26,457 Hello, yes. 500 00:52:26,898 --> 00:52:28,388 The police. 501 00:52:28,600 --> 00:52:29,567 Hello. 502 00:52:29,701 --> 00:52:32,500 Assistant Inspector Hirose please. 503 00:52:33,238 --> 00:52:34,171 He's not? 504 00:52:34,306 --> 00:52:35,330 Then somebody. 505 00:52:35,474 --> 00:52:38,341 My name's Kosuke Kindaichi. 506 00:52:38,844 --> 00:52:39,970 Hello? 507 00:52:40,078 --> 00:52:41,637 Wait a second! 508 00:52:43,715 --> 00:52:46,184 Inspector Isokawa, how come you're there? 509 00:52:46,418 --> 00:52:48,853 No, I'm grateful. We've had an incident. 510 00:52:48,987 --> 00:52:50,580 There's been a murder. 511 00:52:51,790 --> 00:52:54,088 You're urgently needed here. 512 00:52:55,327 --> 00:52:58,353 Hang on, I'll call you back... yes. 513 00:53:01,033 --> 00:53:02,228 Please wait. 514 00:53:02,367 --> 00:53:05,200 Wait, don't go in there... please wait a moment. 515 00:53:06,905 --> 00:53:08,339 Please wait a moment! 516 00:53:08,440 --> 00:53:09,430 You're going in? 517 00:53:09,574 --> 00:53:11,406 Why not? He's my husband! 518 00:53:11,543 --> 00:53:12,533 But it's really... 519 00:53:12,677 --> 00:53:13,769 You stay here. 520 00:53:34,399 --> 00:53:36,231 Mother! Mother... 521 00:54:15,774 --> 00:54:17,606 Where's the other girl? 522 00:54:19,111 --> 00:54:20,636 You mean Kataho? 523 00:54:21,947 --> 00:54:24,439 She's been gone since last night. 524 00:54:25,984 --> 00:54:27,713 Really? 525 00:54:29,421 --> 00:54:33,255 Perhaps she has left home. 526 00:54:33,925 --> 00:54:36,917 Saying that, she's been strange recently. 527 00:54:37,028 --> 00:54:40,123 Like she was really fearful of something. 528 00:54:40,599 --> 00:54:41,828 Of what? 529 00:54:42,434 --> 00:54:45,460 I'm not really sure. 530 00:54:47,939 --> 00:54:50,340 It was a bad idea altogether! 531 00:54:50,509 --> 00:54:52,068 A golden arrow! 532 00:54:52,177 --> 00:54:54,305 But saying that, Mr. Mayor, 533 00:54:54,479 --> 00:54:59,417 you were all for acquiring such a splendid cultural treasure. 534 00:54:59,518 --> 00:55:02,818 Shut it! Anyway, where's Ryuhei? 535 00:55:03,722 --> 00:55:07,022 He's being questioned by the police. 536 00:55:07,392 --> 00:55:10,692 The police? I should think so. 537 00:55:10,829 --> 00:55:13,025 He discovered the body. 538 00:55:13,165 --> 00:55:15,293 And they do say 539 00:55:15,400 --> 00:55:20,167 the first witness on the scene is often the culprit. 540 00:55:22,641 --> 00:55:29,172 We were all kowtowing to Ryuhei, but deep down I was thinking that way. 541 00:55:29,314 --> 00:55:32,648 "Watch out, he's scheming something." 542 00:55:32,851 --> 00:55:36,810 "He may be planning revenge against this island." 543 00:55:37,923 --> 00:55:39,152 Mr. Mayor. 544 00:55:39,257 --> 00:55:42,227 Hasn't drink muddled up your head? 545 00:55:42,360 --> 00:55:43,623 What? 546 00:55:44,196 --> 00:55:46,062 Ryuhei took revenge? 547 00:55:46,431 --> 00:55:48,229 Very well then. 548 00:55:48,466 --> 00:55:51,697 What was the point of taking revenge on the priest? 549 00:55:52,070 --> 00:55:54,835 Damn it! Just calm down. 550 00:55:54,940 --> 00:55:58,968 We don't need anyone associated with Ochi showing up here. 551 00:55:59,077 --> 00:56:00,067 Get out! 552 00:56:00,345 --> 00:56:01,073 Damn you. 553 00:56:04,349 --> 00:56:05,441 Get off! 554 00:56:12,557 --> 00:56:17,620 I won't allow anyone to spread rumours or lies about Ryuhei. 555 00:56:19,231 --> 00:56:20,528 Who's that? 556 00:56:21,399 --> 00:56:25,336 Taneko, Ryuhei Ochi's aunt. 557 00:56:34,112 --> 00:56:35,273 What the...? 558 00:56:35,914 --> 00:56:38,576 Noritsune's bow. 559 00:56:39,718 --> 00:56:42,085 What's it doing here? 560 00:56:42,754 --> 00:56:45,553 I understand you got caught up in the incident, 561 00:56:46,157 --> 00:56:49,422 but I'm unclear as to why you entered the prayer hall. 562 00:56:50,395 --> 00:56:53,490 I'd understand it if you had gone to the shrine office. 563 00:56:54,432 --> 00:56:56,366 According to witnesses 564 00:56:56,468 --> 00:56:59,267 it was dark inside the prayer hall. 565 00:56:59,404 --> 00:57:02,271 In which case, what reason would you have? 566 00:57:03,008 --> 00:57:04,134 Mr. Ochi. 567 00:57:04,576 --> 00:57:08,672 Perhaps you saw something or heard a voice? 568 00:57:09,581 --> 00:57:10,639 Actually, 569 00:57:12,517 --> 00:57:14,007 I saw a figure. 570 00:57:14,486 --> 00:57:15,681 A figure? 571 00:57:16,621 --> 00:57:17,816 Just an evasion. 572 00:57:17,956 --> 00:57:19,321 It's the truth! 573 00:57:21,660 --> 00:57:23,219 Did you see a face? 574 00:57:24,663 --> 00:57:26,153 I didn't, 575 00:57:26,831 --> 00:57:30,563 but the figure wore a white kimono and a black drape. 576 00:57:30,702 --> 00:57:32,670 Like a kagaku performer. 577 00:57:33,805 --> 00:57:38,504 I'm not necessarily saying that one of you is the perpetrator. 578 00:57:39,177 --> 00:57:42,044 That's not the case, but... 579 00:57:46,718 --> 00:57:49,585 Okay, you can all leave. 580 00:57:56,861 --> 00:58:00,161 Christ, they're a difficult bunch. 581 00:58:01,399 --> 00:58:04,562 A group like that is tightly knit. 582 00:58:05,003 --> 00:58:06,994 It can drive you to tears. 583 00:58:07,172 --> 00:58:09,903 I won't give up though. 584 00:58:10,408 --> 00:58:12,308 I'll be watching them. 585 00:58:47,278 --> 00:58:48,404 Hey! 586 00:58:48,880 --> 00:58:50,279 Over there! 587 00:58:52,350 --> 00:58:54,409 That's Onbo Vale. 588 00:59:50,475 --> 00:59:53,103 She was killed by feral dogs? 589 00:59:53,244 --> 00:59:55,076 I don't think so. 590 00:59:55,680 --> 00:59:56,772 Why's that? 591 00:59:58,316 --> 01:00:01,217 Indeed she's been devoured by dogs. 592 01:00:02,120 --> 01:00:05,852 But look closely. This wound shows she was strangled. 593 01:00:39,524 --> 01:00:41,458 To sum up. 594 01:00:42,026 --> 01:00:46,588 There are signs the arrow reached to the heart. 595 01:00:47,232 --> 01:00:52,830 So, the arrow head pierced the heart due to a blow from the perpetrator. 596 01:00:53,805 --> 01:00:57,366 That should have been enough to kill the victim, 597 01:00:57,542 --> 01:01:03,379 but for some reason the arrow was then forced through the body, skewering it. 598 01:01:05,350 --> 01:01:09,878 Therefore, he wasn't shot through with that bow. 599 01:01:10,388 --> 01:01:14,154 And as Assistant Inspector Hirose surmised, 600 01:01:14,526 --> 01:01:17,552 Miss Kataho was garrotted around the neck. 601 01:01:17,762 --> 01:01:20,060 The cause of death was strangulation. 602 01:01:20,498 --> 01:01:28,235 The estimate of time of death is about two days ago, between 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. 603 01:01:28,673 --> 01:01:29,868 Two days ago? 604 01:01:30,575 --> 01:01:32,839 So it was before the priest's murder? 605 01:01:33,478 --> 01:01:35,344 That would be correct. 606 01:01:36,014 --> 01:01:40,247 On the night she went missing, Kataho had already been murdered. 607 01:01:42,020 --> 01:01:46,457 If I remember rightly, we had a violent storm two evenings ago. 608 01:01:46,758 --> 01:01:48,886 I spoke to you on the phone. 609 01:01:49,027 --> 01:01:49,892 Hmm? Yeah. 610 01:01:52,230 --> 01:01:55,097 Ah, you can't come in like that! 611 01:01:57,969 --> 01:02:00,961 Oh no, you're soaked. 612 01:02:03,207 --> 01:02:04,641 What is it? 613 01:02:05,743 --> 01:02:06,710 Well. 614 01:02:07,812 --> 01:02:12,215 There's a pair of young men with something they want to impart. 615 01:02:16,921 --> 01:02:17,979 Inspector. 616 01:02:21,359 --> 01:02:22,656 It's those two! 617 01:02:29,233 --> 01:02:30,997 Is Goro okay? 618 01:02:31,636 --> 01:02:33,536 It's the Haru Asai murder. 619 01:02:34,305 --> 01:02:40,642 A young man resembling Goro was seen fleeing the victim's house at the time. 620 01:02:41,012 --> 01:02:42,446 Really? 621 01:02:44,115 --> 01:02:45,241 Goro Mitsuki. 622 01:02:45,350 --> 01:02:49,412 3-11-6 Asahicho, Koto City, Greater Tokyo. 623 01:02:49,587 --> 01:02:51,077 Aged 24, jobless. 624 01:02:51,389 --> 01:02:55,951 Mr. Kindaichi, how much do you know about that young man? 625 01:02:56,094 --> 01:03:00,895 Little in the way of detail because I only met him on this trip. 626 01:03:02,667 --> 01:03:08,629 To be honest, it's not obvious if it's related to the Onbo Vale case, 627 01:03:09,040 --> 01:03:12,135 but it was quite a curious incident. 628 01:03:14,078 --> 01:03:16,547 You should tell them. 629 01:03:19,917 --> 01:03:24,354 That evening, we had some time on our hands, so we went for a walk. 630 01:03:25,556 --> 01:03:30,426 While we were strolling around, I suggested checking out Onbo Vale. 631 01:03:31,529 --> 01:03:35,659 As it was still light, and we'd time to make it back before dark, 632 01:03:35,800 --> 01:03:38,167 we began climbing the mountain trail. 633 01:03:42,807 --> 01:03:49,474 Then there was a thunderstorm, and in the gloom we turned back. 634 01:03:50,815 --> 01:03:53,512 However, about five minutes later, 635 01:03:53,985 --> 01:03:57,046 a lightning flash suddenly illuminated a figure. 636 01:04:03,828 --> 01:04:06,092 A straw raincoat and hat? 637 01:04:06,230 --> 01:04:10,224 Just like you always find hanging in a shrine office. 638 01:04:11,769 --> 01:04:17,230 Before he tipped water over himself, were Kichitaro's raincoat and hat wet? 639 01:05:47,932 --> 01:05:50,162 Who's over there? 640 01:05:52,203 --> 01:05:56,936 The two mistresses the priest kept in Hiroshima and Onomichi. 641 01:05:57,909 --> 01:06:02,176 Miss Hiroshima on the left, Miss Onomichi on the right. 642 01:06:12,456 --> 01:06:17,155 The twin girls had been placed in their custody separately. 643 01:06:17,995 --> 01:06:19,895 I see, those two. 644 01:06:20,898 --> 01:06:28,134 On this island, there's a folk belief that twins shouldn't live together. 645 01:06:29,307 --> 01:06:33,676 But leaving them with two mistresses is typical of the Osakabe family. 646 01:06:34,378 --> 01:06:37,143 Whose idea was it? The murdered priest's? 647 01:06:37,849 --> 01:06:42,150 If it had come from him, I doubt Madam Tomoe would have consented. 648 01:06:43,321 --> 01:06:45,050 Probably Daizen. 649 01:06:56,834 --> 01:06:59,030 In line with family tradition, 650 01:06:59,170 --> 01:07:03,038 there will be a meal which only the women partake in. 651 01:07:03,541 --> 01:07:05,600 It's a meagre offering, but... 652 01:07:09,747 --> 01:07:13,843 Before we eat, there's something I'd like to clear up. 653 01:07:14,318 --> 01:07:16,184 What is it? 654 01:07:16,554 --> 01:07:19,387 I'm not concerned about the formalities. 655 01:07:20,358 --> 01:07:23,419 But the bequest, the compensation money, 656 01:07:23,561 --> 01:07:24,824 and suchlike. 657 01:07:24,929 --> 01:07:28,593 There'll be time for that later. 658 01:07:28,733 --> 01:07:33,694 I disagree, these matters should be dealt with first. 659 01:07:34,372 --> 01:07:39,310 Both of you will find the settlement I have in mind quite acceptable. 660 01:07:39,577 --> 01:07:41,272 You can rest assured. 661 01:07:41,412 --> 01:07:42,573 Oh, I see! 662 01:07:42,713 --> 01:07:46,081 So you know the amount that I'll find acceptable? 663 01:07:46,450 --> 01:07:48,418 Just tell me how much. 664 01:07:48,586 --> 01:07:51,749 Don't, this isn't the time or place. 665 01:07:52,256 --> 01:07:55,658 She said it will be quite satisfactory. 666 01:07:55,793 --> 01:07:57,386 Sounds fine to me. 667 01:07:57,528 --> 01:08:01,192 You're too much of a soft touch. 668 01:08:01,399 --> 01:08:04,369 For my part, I can say with confidence. 669 01:08:05,670 --> 01:08:09,766 The amount she's considering will be most unsatisfactory. 670 01:08:18,449 --> 01:08:21,510 Where would you like me to start? 671 01:08:22,954 --> 01:08:24,115 Let me see. 672 01:08:24,455 --> 01:08:31,452 The houses of Osakabe and Ochi have long been at odds with each other. 673 01:08:31,829 --> 01:08:35,288 So how did the couple develop a relationship? 674 01:08:38,202 --> 01:08:43,038 Perhaps there was a go-between or someone in their confidence? 675 01:08:43,341 --> 01:08:45,366 Was there someone like that? 676 01:08:47,345 --> 01:08:49,006 There was. 677 01:08:50,881 --> 01:08:52,042 Then perhaps... 678 01:08:53,918 --> 01:08:57,218 Is that why you have come to my place? 679 01:08:57,788 --> 01:08:58,812 Yes. 680 01:08:59,657 --> 01:09:01,989 At the beginning 681 01:09:02,493 --> 01:09:06,088 I was an intermediary for their secret trysts. 682 01:09:06,664 --> 01:09:11,465 So it's true they had a secret place where they would meet? 683 01:09:12,703 --> 01:09:15,900 It was in the forest close to the burial mound. 684 01:09:17,608 --> 01:09:20,669 Since I couldn't always act as intermediary, 685 01:09:20,811 --> 01:09:23,337 I gave them a piece of counsel: 686 01:09:23,681 --> 01:09:26,378 Use a signal to call each other. 687 01:09:26,717 --> 01:09:31,917 Thereupon, the pair chose to mimic a bird call. 688 01:09:32,356 --> 01:09:33,881 A bird call? 689 01:09:35,026 --> 01:09:38,223 Hang on a second, was that bird a nue? 690 01:09:38,863 --> 01:09:40,490 Why do you ask? 691 01:09:41,866 --> 01:09:44,358 Sorry, it's just... 692 01:09:45,870 --> 01:09:49,238 I see, the signal was the call of a nue. 693 01:09:51,175 --> 01:09:58,081 Around that burial mound, the nue could be heard almost every night. 694 01:10:59,009 --> 01:11:03,469 But those meetings didn't continue for very long. 695 01:11:16,427 --> 01:11:19,692 Daizen's rage must have been tremendous. 696 01:11:19,830 --> 01:11:21,662 So it was. 697 01:11:23,167 --> 01:11:25,795 I peeked through a gap in the fence. 698 01:11:25,936 --> 01:11:28,268 And it seemed he'd gone crazy. 699 01:11:29,039 --> 01:11:34,773 Seeing that furious display of anger, something occurred to me: 700 01:11:35,479 --> 01:11:39,006 Perhaps Miss Tomoe had become pregnant? 701 01:11:39,617 --> 01:11:42,143 Pregnant? What was the truth? 702 01:11:42,319 --> 01:11:45,084 I'm not entirely sure. 703 01:11:45,823 --> 01:11:49,782 But there was a rumour that she may have left the island, 704 01:11:49,927 --> 01:11:53,295 and secretly given birth in Hiroshima Prefecture. 705 01:11:53,497 --> 01:11:57,024 Or maybe she had an illegal abortion. 706 01:11:57,801 --> 01:12:00,498 What? An illegal abortion? 707 01:12:00,638 --> 01:12:01,571 Yes. 708 01:12:05,242 --> 01:12:09,042 This is out of the blue, but have you heard of Haru Asai? 709 01:12:09,246 --> 01:12:10,941 Haru Asai? 710 01:12:11,248 --> 01:12:12,477 No. 711 01:12:13,617 --> 01:12:15,676 Who's there? 712 01:12:26,797 --> 01:12:30,961 For how long has Miss Fubuki been ill? 713 01:12:31,068 --> 01:12:33,366 Mentally disturbed, that is. 714 01:12:34,138 --> 01:12:35,196 Well. 715 01:12:35,773 --> 01:12:42,702 I can't really say. However, there have long been superstitions about twins. 716 01:12:43,247 --> 01:12:48,185 So after she was born, she was fostered out to the mainland, I think. 717 01:12:48,586 --> 01:12:50,111 That's right. 718 01:12:50,688 --> 01:12:52,952 If I remember correctly, 719 01:12:53,090 --> 01:12:57,323 it was to a place called Nakanogo on the outskirts of Hiroshima. 720 01:12:58,229 --> 01:13:03,030 Miss Tomoe was on her own when she was growing up. 721 01:13:03,968 --> 01:13:09,236 Now, when did Miss Fubuki come back to the island? 722 01:13:09,807 --> 01:13:11,036 After the war. 723 01:13:11,408 --> 01:13:16,278 That's right, it may have been four or five years after you went to America. 724 01:13:17,448 --> 01:13:20,543 I think by then she was no longer normal. 725 01:13:20,718 --> 01:13:24,677 Shut off from society, she rarely showed herself. 726 01:13:25,623 --> 01:13:29,821 I have just one lasting impression. 727 01:13:30,261 --> 01:13:32,593 How long ago was it? 728 01:13:33,063 --> 01:13:35,725 In broad daylight, outside the inn. 729 01:13:35,833 --> 01:13:39,565 Miss Fubuki clinging to an unknown fisherman, 730 01:13:39,670 --> 01:13:42,332 making an indescribable din. 731 01:13:42,573 --> 01:13:45,133 In Miss Fubuki's hysteria 732 01:13:45,509 --> 01:13:50,447 there was something too much even for a man such as Daizen. 733 01:14:03,861 --> 01:14:06,956 I keep meaning to ask you something. 734 01:14:07,097 --> 01:14:12,194 When you first arrived here, a young man approached and spoke to you. 735 01:14:12,336 --> 01:14:13,497 Remember? 736 01:14:13,971 --> 01:14:14,961 Yes. 737 01:14:15,439 --> 01:14:18,306 It was just one word, father. 738 01:14:19,810 --> 01:14:20,777 Father? 739 01:14:55,312 --> 01:14:58,577 Mr. Kindaichi, you're having a nightmare! 740 01:15:08,692 --> 01:15:10,854 It's a bad habit of mine. 741 01:15:11,562 --> 01:15:15,021 I have disturbing dreams when I'm tired. 742 01:15:25,209 --> 01:15:27,507 That young man Goro 743 01:15:28,879 --> 01:15:31,644 may have been Tomoe's son. 744 01:15:33,851 --> 01:15:38,948 Well, what if that Haru Asai woman told him an impromptu lie? 745 01:15:39,089 --> 01:15:45,552 However, suppose she sold off the baby to someone who wanted a child? 746 01:15:47,998 --> 01:15:51,366 That would mean Goro is your son. 747 01:15:56,807 --> 01:15:59,435 Mr. Kindaichi! Where are you headed? 748 01:16:00,611 --> 01:16:02,204 Hiroshima! 749 01:16:04,548 --> 01:16:06,038 Where? 750 01:16:08,118 --> 01:16:11,247 Hi-ro-shi-ma! 751 01:16:19,163 --> 01:16:26,160 NAKANOGO (Hiroshima Bus) 752 01:16:39,850 --> 01:16:41,841 It's that place. 753 01:16:43,620 --> 01:16:48,319 Then Miss Fubuki must have lived next door. 754 01:16:48,492 --> 01:16:49,254 Yes. 755 01:16:49,359 --> 01:16:54,092 She was a pretty girl, so I remember her well. 756 01:16:56,333 --> 01:17:03,000 But she wasn't funny in the head or strange at all, as you suggested. 757 01:17:03,140 --> 01:17:05,973 She was a nice, cheerful girl. 758 01:17:14,151 --> 01:17:15,550 A photo. 759 01:17:18,088 --> 01:17:21,490 Here is Miss Fubuki. 760 01:17:23,160 --> 01:17:26,960 He hasn't contacted the police department even once? 761 01:17:29,066 --> 01:17:31,831 Yes, that'll do. Thanks. 762 01:17:34,171 --> 01:17:36,799 Where's that man got to? 763 01:17:36,974 --> 01:17:38,669 What will you do? 764 01:17:40,043 --> 01:17:41,408 What choice is there? 765 01:17:41,545 --> 01:17:44,515 New evidence has emerged so we carry on. 766 01:17:45,048 --> 01:17:46,846 Goro Mitsuki's nearly here. 767 01:17:47,017 --> 01:17:49,418 Very well, let's face him. 768 01:17:55,392 --> 01:17:58,418 What's this...! Am I some criminal? 769 01:17:59,029 --> 01:18:02,158 Sorry, we want to question you some more. 770 01:18:02,266 --> 01:18:04,598 About that stormy night again? 771 01:18:04,735 --> 01:18:07,432 No, about the night of the vigil. 772 01:18:09,706 --> 01:18:12,573 Where were you when the fire was raging? 773 01:18:18,215 --> 01:18:20,047 Let me see. 774 01:18:21,184 --> 01:18:25,178 I came to watch the vigil, so somewhere in the shrine grounds. 775 01:18:26,123 --> 01:18:27,852 Near the prayer hall? 776 01:18:27,958 --> 01:18:28,720 Not at all. 777 01:18:28,859 --> 01:18:33,421 No, I think you went to the prayer hall. We have witnesses. 778 01:18:41,605 --> 01:18:43,505 Idiots! You went and talked. 779 01:18:46,143 --> 01:18:49,977 And I'd intended to keep quiet about your act of theft. 780 01:18:50,647 --> 01:18:51,773 You're wrong! 781 01:18:52,616 --> 01:18:54,812 We didn't intend to steal anything. 782 01:18:54,952 --> 01:18:58,479 But didn't you try to take a side drum in the cellar? 783 01:18:58,622 --> 01:19:01,421 Hey, asking questions is our job. 784 01:19:01,558 --> 01:19:04,118 Detective, these guys are thieves. 785 01:19:06,730 --> 01:19:08,289 It's not true. 786 01:19:08,632 --> 01:19:11,658 We're just trying to trace our missing father. 787 01:19:11,969 --> 01:19:14,802 My brother thought that drum may be his. 788 01:19:17,608 --> 01:19:20,509 Your father's missing? 789 01:19:20,677 --> 01:19:23,840 He disappeared on this island five years ago. 790 01:19:25,749 --> 01:19:30,812 Father would come to Osakabe Shrine's yearly festival with the troupe. 791 01:19:32,522 --> 01:19:36,481 This year we were trying to find a lead. 792 01:19:36,627 --> 01:19:41,087 We went to the shrine office and ended up in the cellar. 793 01:19:42,265 --> 01:19:43,596 He was there. 794 01:19:43,700 --> 01:19:44,792 Enough. 795 01:19:45,268 --> 01:19:47,327 Why not just confess? 796 01:19:48,171 --> 01:19:50,833 But I was only taking a break. 797 01:19:50,974 --> 01:19:54,103 Taking a break? Your face was tensed up. 798 01:19:54,611 --> 01:19:55,339 Shut up! 799 01:19:55,479 --> 01:19:56,105 It was you! 800 01:19:56,213 --> 01:19:57,476 Damn you! 801 01:20:22,539 --> 01:20:25,201 There's no point in concealing anything. 802 01:20:26,309 --> 01:20:29,939 It's an irrefutable fact that you visited Haru Asai. 803 01:20:30,213 --> 01:20:32,580 And shortly after her corpse was... 804 01:20:32,716 --> 01:20:33,842 Stop! 805 01:20:34,317 --> 01:20:37,810 You want to make out I'm some psycho, but I just didn't do it! 806 01:20:37,921 --> 01:20:42,051 In that case, calm down and truthfully state what happened! 807 01:20:46,096 --> 01:20:47,393 Very well. 808 01:20:48,298 --> 01:20:49,527 I'll talk. 809 01:20:50,967 --> 01:20:53,868 But first, I'd like a cup of tea. 810 01:20:54,371 --> 01:20:55,600 Okay. 811 01:20:57,741 --> 01:21:01,371 My mother died six months ago. 812 01:21:02,345 --> 01:21:05,542 Before she died she said to me: 813 01:21:06,083 --> 01:21:10,987 "I'm not your real mother. You're adopted." 814 01:21:11,722 --> 01:21:15,750 "I haven't had any word about the woman who bore you, 815 01:21:15,892 --> 01:21:18,361 so if you want to learn of your real mother 816 01:21:18,462 --> 01:21:21,898 you should visit a woman in Takeda called Haru Asai." 817 01:21:23,033 --> 01:21:25,058 When I graduated this spring, 818 01:21:25,602 --> 01:21:28,469 those words suddenly came back to me. 819 01:21:29,639 --> 01:21:35,203 I developed this fanciful idea of making a pilgrimage to my real mother. 820 01:21:36,580 --> 01:21:39,811 I found Haru Asai easily enough. 821 01:21:40,383 --> 01:21:41,908 But then it went wrong. 822 01:21:42,552 --> 01:21:45,647 It seemed she had no recollection of me. 823 01:21:45,822 --> 01:21:50,953 I don't have anything definite I can tell you. 824 01:21:51,561 --> 01:21:56,123 But in the summer of that year 825 01:21:56,266 --> 01:21:59,258 there was only one baby delivered. 826 01:22:00,437 --> 01:22:01,836 Keep your nose out! 827 01:22:01,972 --> 01:22:05,135 Don't you know curiosity killed the cat? 828 01:22:07,577 --> 01:22:10,842 Tomoe Osakabe and Ryuhei Ochi. 829 01:22:11,481 --> 01:22:17,944 I was aware the possibility of their being my parents was remote. 830 01:22:18,688 --> 01:22:19,621 But, 831 01:22:20,590 --> 01:22:23,116 I wanted to engage in a fantasy. 832 01:22:24,094 --> 01:22:28,827 If the chance arrived to address them as mother and father... 833 01:22:29,299 --> 01:22:31,267 It'd be amusing in its way. 834 01:22:32,636 --> 01:22:36,766 But the moment I saw Madam Tomoe, 835 01:22:37,841 --> 01:22:40,105 I wanted her to be my mother. 836 01:22:41,178 --> 01:22:41,974 No... 837 01:22:42,813 --> 01:22:46,477 I seriously started to believe it. 838 01:22:48,785 --> 01:22:51,220 So, the night of the vigil... 839 01:22:52,522 --> 01:22:54,251 What happened? 840 01:22:55,692 --> 01:22:58,627 You've given us part of a confession. 841 01:22:59,129 --> 01:23:01,097 Please continue. 842 01:23:02,699 --> 01:23:06,033 That evening, I felt like a schoolboy. 843 01:23:06,736 --> 01:23:09,569 Maybe seeing the parents and children there 844 01:23:09,706 --> 01:23:13,142 led me to desire a glimpse of Madam Tomoe's face. 845 01:24:23,413 --> 01:24:27,043 My first thought was that I had to do something! 846 01:24:27,150 --> 01:24:30,609 So she wouldn't be suspected of being the culprit! 847 01:25:08,124 --> 01:25:09,523 I see. 848 01:25:10,493 --> 01:25:13,690 You believed Madam Tomoe committed the crime. 849 01:25:15,265 --> 01:25:19,259 And tried to disguise that in order to protect her. 850 01:25:19,636 --> 01:25:25,200 But the person you thought was Madam Tomoe was actually Fubuki. 851 01:25:26,609 --> 01:25:28,600 Am I right? 852 01:25:31,848 --> 01:25:35,478 I should have realised earlier. 853 01:25:36,519 --> 01:25:40,513 Her eyes were a wholly different colour to Madam Tomoe's. 854 01:26:09,586 --> 01:26:13,216 For a moment, I wondered if he'd witnessed it. 855 01:26:13,390 --> 01:26:16,155 But then he disappeared again. 856 01:26:16,259 --> 01:26:18,421 To the performance stage. 857 01:26:18,895 --> 01:26:21,887 Ryuhei Ochi saw him. 858 01:26:22,165 --> 01:26:23,860 That corroborates it. 859 01:26:46,589 --> 01:26:48,057 Excuse me. 860 01:26:56,199 --> 01:26:57,098 What is it? 861 01:26:57,734 --> 01:27:00,066 We're here on an unfortunate matter. 862 01:27:03,206 --> 01:27:06,107 We'd like to take in your sister for questioning. 863 01:27:06,876 --> 01:27:09,072 My sister? Why? 864 01:27:09,979 --> 01:27:13,609 We have a strong reason to believe she killed your husband. 865 01:27:14,651 --> 01:27:15,709 Good heavens. 866 01:27:16,386 --> 01:27:17,820 Fubuki? 867 01:27:18,121 --> 01:27:22,422 A witness to the crime has emerged. 868 01:27:28,064 --> 01:27:29,759 I'd like you to come. 869 01:27:34,537 --> 01:27:36,335 I see. 870 01:27:37,474 --> 01:27:41,377 Display these flowers in memory of my husband and Kataho. 871 01:27:43,079 --> 01:27:45,605 What's the matter with you? Be careful. 872 01:27:47,484 --> 01:27:48,713 Don't worry. 873 01:28:03,867 --> 01:28:07,326 Maybe it's too late to say this now, 874 01:28:07,871 --> 01:28:12,468 but somewhere inside I had this foreboding. 875 01:28:15,278 --> 01:28:17,747 A feeling about my sister. 876 01:28:19,149 --> 01:28:21,049 You noticed something? 877 01:28:21,184 --> 01:28:24,643 No, nothing concrete. 878 01:28:25,221 --> 01:28:27,690 But it was obvious my sister 879 01:28:27,824 --> 01:28:31,522 had an instinctive loathing of men like my husband. 880 01:28:32,362 --> 01:28:35,821 Their personalities were totally incompatible. 881 01:28:38,268 --> 01:28:43,206 To think of someone so pure hearted having to be shut away in an annex. 882 01:28:43,873 --> 01:28:45,807 It just saddens me. 883 01:28:48,144 --> 01:28:49,669 It's most likely 884 01:28:50,880 --> 01:28:53,747 that she stabbed him on impulse. 885 01:28:56,886 --> 01:29:00,652 Sorry, everyone's waiting, aren't they? 886 01:29:00,757 --> 01:29:01,485 Well. 887 01:29:14,704 --> 01:29:17,173 Fubuki! Fubuki! 888 01:29:19,542 --> 01:29:21,340 She's gone. 889 01:29:31,054 --> 01:29:34,251 It's bizarre, we were keeping a look out. 890 01:29:35,858 --> 01:29:36,950 Ah! Who's that? 891 01:29:48,104 --> 01:29:50,436 Harada! Go that way. 892 01:29:50,573 --> 01:29:51,438 Okay. 893 01:31:08,451 --> 01:31:10,510 Fubuki is dead. 894 01:31:13,289 --> 01:31:15,883 I tried to grab hold of her, but... 895 01:31:20,997 --> 01:31:23,022 I was a moment too late. 896 01:31:59,369 --> 01:32:02,066 Mr. Kindaichi, what is it you don't like? 897 01:32:02,205 --> 01:32:05,402 That's what caused Fubuki's death. 898 01:32:05,608 --> 01:32:07,702 No doubt, she's the culprit. 899 01:32:07,844 --> 01:32:09,403 You can be sure of that. 900 01:32:09,545 --> 01:32:11,172 Just one question. 901 01:32:11,280 --> 01:32:13,840 Who murdered Kataho? 902 01:32:14,317 --> 01:32:15,113 Er... 903 01:32:15,251 --> 01:32:17,845 That may have been Fubuki too. 904 01:32:18,020 --> 01:32:20,352 Plausibly, she killed her on impulse. 905 01:32:20,523 --> 01:32:23,788 That's too perfunctory. Everything is unclear. 906 01:32:23,960 --> 01:32:26,361 First, Fubuki's body hasn't been found. 907 01:32:26,462 --> 01:32:27,987 What are you saying? 908 01:32:28,297 --> 01:32:31,597 Are you suggesting that Fubuki isn't even dead? 909 01:32:31,734 --> 01:32:35,034 It's certainly possible, as long as there's no body. 910 01:32:35,705 --> 01:32:40,233 Or perhaps she disappeared in a puff of smoke? 911 01:32:40,610 --> 01:32:42,237 A puff of smoke? 912 01:32:42,412 --> 01:32:43,880 Yes, a puff of smoke. 913 01:32:45,415 --> 01:32:48,510 I'll help you as much as possible. 914 01:32:49,285 --> 01:32:50,753 Thank you. 915 01:32:50,987 --> 01:32:53,888 But there's my damage to a dead body... 916 01:32:54,857 --> 01:32:57,383 And how long will you be on the island? 917 01:32:57,894 --> 01:33:02,661 There's still a few things that I need to check out. 918 01:33:02,999 --> 01:33:04,558 Like what? 919 01:33:05,268 --> 01:33:08,704 I saw her commit the murder with my own eyes. 920 01:33:08,905 --> 01:33:10,430 Yeah, I know. 921 01:33:11,774 --> 01:33:13,640 However... 922 01:33:14,644 --> 01:33:20,606 Anyway, I doubt I'll have a chance to say goodbye to Madam Tomoe and Maho. 923 01:33:20,750 --> 01:33:22,741 Please send them my regards. 924 01:33:23,653 --> 01:33:24,381 Hmm? 925 01:33:25,288 --> 01:33:27,120 Yeah, okay. 926 01:33:28,791 --> 01:33:34,093 Why did you go to the prayer hall at 8 p.m. the night the priest was killed? 927 01:33:35,832 --> 01:33:38,494 Did you have an appointment with him? 928 01:33:39,502 --> 01:33:41,470 Yes, I did. 929 01:33:42,638 --> 01:33:47,337 But now that he's died it's all come to nothing. 930 01:33:48,578 --> 01:33:51,309 May I ask what sort of business it was? 931 01:33:57,720 --> 01:34:00,655 Extracting Osakabe Shrine's divine object, 932 01:34:00,790 --> 01:34:04,055 and replacing it with my offering of a golden arrow. 933 01:34:04,627 --> 01:34:06,686 In order to check it? 934 01:34:06,829 --> 01:34:10,197 I wanted to destroy the influence of the shrine. 935 01:34:10,333 --> 01:34:12,893 To chop down the surrounding forest, 936 01:34:13,069 --> 01:34:16,972 and profane the grounds by building a leisure park on them. 937 01:34:17,173 --> 01:34:19,335 That was my intention. 938 01:34:37,727 --> 01:34:39,889 Wasn't he the chief priest? 939 01:34:40,830 --> 01:34:42,889 Why did he accept your offer? 940 01:34:43,065 --> 01:34:44,089 Well... 941 01:34:44,600 --> 01:34:50,266 He wanted to flee the island with the proceeds from the sale of the land. 942 01:34:51,107 --> 01:34:52,541 His revenge. 943 01:34:55,044 --> 01:34:57,775 Against the domineering Daizen. 944 01:34:57,914 --> 01:35:01,817 It would have been a revenge characteristic of him. 945 01:35:57,773 --> 01:36:04,372 "What's missing from people today is quiet and passionate resistance." 946 01:36:49,792 --> 01:36:51,191 Makoto. 947 01:37:25,695 --> 01:37:27,254 So many questions! 948 01:37:27,530 --> 01:37:31,990 Yes, the night of the storm, Kichitaro was in the warehouse. 949 01:37:32,134 --> 01:37:34,228 I twice brought some tea. 950 01:37:34,370 --> 01:37:37,203 So he didn't leave even once? 951 01:37:37,373 --> 01:37:39,501 No, Kichitaro didn't. 952 01:37:40,276 --> 01:37:41,971 "Kichitaro didn't"? 953 01:37:42,545 --> 01:37:44,035 Then Daizen? 954 01:37:44,180 --> 01:37:47,741 The second time I brought tea, he wasn't there. 955 01:37:48,217 --> 01:37:49,844 Daizen was gone? 956 01:37:50,686 --> 01:37:52,279 For how long? 957 01:37:54,223 --> 01:37:55,782 Ah, he's here. 958 01:38:02,064 --> 01:38:05,364 I asked her about the evening Kataho was killed. 959 01:38:06,435 --> 01:38:10,702 You and Kichitaro testified you were in the warehouse at the time. 960 01:38:11,107 --> 01:38:15,271 But you yourself weren't there for the whole time. 961 01:38:15,444 --> 01:38:20,109 If there's a guest or some business to attend to, I'll leave the warehouse. 962 01:38:22,618 --> 01:38:24,882 What of it? 963 01:38:26,956 --> 01:38:32,554 The wearer of a straw raincoat and hat observed by two youths in the rain 964 01:38:32,661 --> 01:38:35,323 is another thing that's undetermined. 965 01:38:36,098 --> 01:38:38,590 As for Kataho's killer... 966 01:38:39,969 --> 01:38:42,836 It's starting to get slightly clearer. 967 01:38:44,974 --> 01:38:48,638 It's starting to get clearer? 968 01:38:56,352 --> 01:39:02,621 You're saying that the wearer of the straw raincoat wasn't the killer? 969 01:39:03,292 --> 01:39:08,423 That's my guess. I think it was someone very close to the killer. 970 01:39:21,577 --> 01:39:24,046 Those two youths 971 01:39:25,247 --> 01:39:29,081 may well have seen the image of a god. 972 01:39:32,221 --> 01:39:34,121 Image of a god? 973 01:39:35,991 --> 01:39:38,653 I expect you'd find it unbelievable. 974 01:39:40,029 --> 01:39:45,524 But on this island the gods appear in many forms. 975 01:39:46,869 --> 01:39:54,333 They perform miracles... and confer punishment on sinful human beings. 976 01:39:58,147 --> 01:40:00,411 But on this island 977 01:40:01,217 --> 01:40:05,017 the gods seem to kill people at the drop of a hat. 978 01:40:06,055 --> 01:40:08,149 Human dignity. 979 01:40:09,892 --> 01:40:13,522 For those who renounce that, 980 01:40:13,996 --> 01:40:16,590 there shall be a reckoning. 981 01:40:17,366 --> 01:40:18,458 Renounce it? 982 01:40:19,368 --> 01:40:21,200 That includes you too. 983 01:40:21,904 --> 01:40:25,340 People nowadays are accustomed to renouncing things. 984 01:40:26,175 --> 01:40:28,041 They've forgotten piety. 985 01:40:28,611 --> 01:40:31,876 What is emancipation or freedom? 986 01:40:33,282 --> 01:40:38,083 These days they disregard the soul and prattle about emancipation. 987 01:40:38,220 --> 01:40:43,181 I hope those impure and apathetic fellows all rot in hell! 988 01:40:46,395 --> 01:40:48,386 Then I have a question. 989 01:40:48,530 --> 01:40:54,765 Why allow that golden arrow in a place of such spiritual significance? 990 01:40:55,104 --> 01:40:56,970 It's a sacred treasure. 991 01:40:58,641 --> 01:41:00,871 Not an object of worship. 992 01:41:02,211 --> 01:41:06,273 Will searching for Fubuki's footprint help at this point? 993 01:41:10,052 --> 01:41:12,953 Here! Isn't it? 994 01:41:15,124 --> 01:41:17,058 Yes, it must be. 995 01:41:18,460 --> 01:41:20,929 This is my footprint. 996 01:41:21,063 --> 01:41:23,395 And these are Fubuki's. 997 01:41:23,599 --> 01:41:24,862 What do you think? 998 01:41:24,967 --> 01:41:27,163 Aren't they too big for a woman? 999 01:41:27,736 --> 01:41:29,500 There's no way. 1000 01:41:30,439 --> 01:41:32,999 At any rate, it's a huge footprint. 1001 01:41:37,680 --> 01:41:38,977 What was that? 1002 01:41:40,783 --> 01:41:44,515 It's a warning. Telling us to leave the island. 1003 01:41:44,653 --> 01:41:45,677 From whom? 1004 01:41:47,856 --> 01:41:50,120 The head of another shrine? 1005 01:41:50,759 --> 01:41:52,488 Other than Osakabe Shrine? 1006 01:41:53,796 --> 01:41:58,097 The real Osakabe Shrine is located somewhere in this forest. 1007 01:42:44,246 --> 01:42:46,544 Stop it, Fubuki. 1008 01:42:52,154 --> 01:42:54,646 You're dead now. 1009 01:42:55,257 --> 01:42:59,057 Don't come out from the ground. 1010 01:42:59,495 --> 01:43:01,429 I beg you. 1011 01:43:48,077 --> 01:43:49,408 Maho? 1012 01:44:07,629 --> 01:44:08,824 Mother. 1013 01:44:09,565 --> 01:44:11,260 I don't... 1014 01:44:11,867 --> 01:44:12,459 don't... 1015 01:44:21,810 --> 01:44:23,904 Wait there. 1016 01:44:28,784 --> 01:44:29,945 Maho. 1017 01:44:33,355 --> 01:44:34,413 Maho. 1018 01:45:02,684 --> 01:45:04,015 Maho. 1019 01:45:22,070 --> 01:45:22,969 Maho. 1020 01:45:37,519 --> 01:45:38,486 Maho. 1021 01:46:41,883 --> 01:46:43,248 That bird call... 1022 01:46:44,620 --> 01:46:45,985 A nue. 1023 01:47:05,841 --> 01:47:10,438 I'm sorry. I came as fast as I could. 1024 01:47:10,579 --> 01:47:12,206 Please hold me. 1025 01:47:13,115 --> 01:47:15,083 We don't have much time. 1026 01:47:15,217 --> 01:47:15,877 Tomoe. 1027 01:47:22,524 --> 01:47:24,788 I can't believe it! 1028 01:47:24,926 --> 01:47:27,418 Tomoe and Fubuki are the same person? 1029 01:47:27,529 --> 01:47:28,826 Ridiculous. 1030 01:47:28,997 --> 01:47:30,522 But it's the reality. 1031 01:47:30,666 --> 01:47:33,192 I can't come to any other conclusion. 1032 01:47:33,335 --> 01:47:37,863 But I actually saw Fubuki, and didn't you say you'd seen her? 1033 01:47:38,040 --> 01:47:41,032 That must've been Kichitaro dressed as her. 1034 01:47:41,643 --> 01:47:43,441 It's the only explanation. 1035 01:47:43,545 --> 01:47:45,775 A man made those footprints. 1036 01:47:52,387 --> 01:47:56,324 And yesterday, he must have put on the disguise in a hurry. 1037 01:48:12,974 --> 01:48:17,241 Fubuki probably died when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. 1038 01:48:17,412 --> 01:48:18,243 Atom bomb? 1039 01:48:18,380 --> 01:48:22,214 Yes, the main reason I went to Hiroshima was to check that. 1040 01:48:22,384 --> 01:48:25,410 I visited the village she was fostered out to. 1041 01:48:25,554 --> 01:48:29,013 And a year before the war ended she moved to Hiroshima. 1042 01:48:29,124 --> 01:48:32,560 Following that, information about Fubuki dries up. 1043 01:48:35,764 --> 01:48:40,497 Though if things turned out well, there would've been no made-up Fubuki. 1044 01:48:40,669 --> 01:48:42,103 But a tragedy occurred. 1045 01:48:42,237 --> 01:48:44,535 Tomoe had her love affair curtailed. 1046 01:48:44,673 --> 01:48:46,767 It caused a rending of the soul. 1047 01:48:47,542 --> 01:48:52,378 When Tomoe displayed the symptoms of a split personality disorder... 1048 01:48:52,514 --> 01:48:54,710 Daizen, her uncle, became anxious. 1049 01:48:54,850 --> 01:48:58,787 The payback for dashing her hopes had appeared in a dreadful form. 1050 01:48:59,421 --> 01:49:03,722 So in order to cover up his misdeed and protect the family name 1051 01:49:03,859 --> 01:49:05,725 he resurrected the dead Fubuki. 1052 01:49:08,363 --> 01:49:13,096 Furthermore, he had Kichitaro there to help him. 1053 01:49:14,903 --> 01:49:16,564 Kind of ironic. 1054 01:49:17,572 --> 01:49:22,567 At the outset, that guy Goro believed the killer to be Madam Tomoe. 1055 01:49:22,911 --> 01:49:25,437 But I thought it was actually Fubuki. 1056 01:49:25,580 --> 01:49:29,813 And in the end the real culprit was Madam Tomoe. 1057 01:49:29,951 --> 01:49:35,355 She probably realised that Morie and Ryuhei had come to a secret arrangement. 1058 01:49:35,457 --> 01:49:37,255 It led her to rebuke Morie. 1059 01:49:37,426 --> 01:49:39,554 Even if it involved her old lover, 1060 01:49:39,661 --> 01:49:43,564 exchanging a divine symbol for a golden arrow was inexcusable. 1061 01:49:44,599 --> 01:49:49,833 As a priest, Morie was the public face, but the true descendent was Madam Tomoe. 1062 01:49:50,338 --> 01:49:53,137 This shrine is guarded by the female line. 1063 01:49:53,275 --> 01:49:55,744 The proud blood of generations 1064 01:49:55,844 --> 01:49:57,972 seethed with a furious rage. 1065 01:49:58,146 --> 01:50:00,843 As if in response to the vigil drums, 1066 01:50:00,982 --> 01:50:03,747 the Fubuki inside her suddenly took control. 1067 01:50:27,108 --> 01:50:30,203 Someone else made a mistake similar to Goro's. 1068 01:50:30,345 --> 01:50:32,279 The kagaku performer Makoto. 1069 01:50:32,681 --> 01:50:35,343 Tomoe witnessed his tryst with Kataho. 1070 01:50:35,484 --> 01:50:40,285 However, he took her for Fubuki and didn't link that to the murder. 1071 01:50:41,456 --> 01:50:43,720 The fearful thing about it 1072 01:50:43,859 --> 01:50:49,628 lies in the complex duality of Tomoe and yet also Fubuki being the culprit. 1073 01:50:50,398 --> 01:50:53,026 The burial ground held memories for her. 1074 01:50:53,168 --> 01:50:56,798 Seeing there the very image of her own youthful days, 1075 01:50:56,905 --> 01:50:58,999 Tomoe began to lose composure. 1076 01:50:59,407 --> 01:51:01,967 Soon she was burning with jealousy. 1077 01:51:02,077 --> 01:51:07,311 And out of those dark flames she evoked the Fubuki dwelling inside her. 1078 01:51:35,110 --> 01:51:39,104 And the figure Goro and Sadakichi saw in the thunderstorm? 1079 01:51:39,314 --> 01:51:42,750 I believe it was almost certainly Daizen Osakabe. 1080 01:51:43,418 --> 01:51:45,182 Not Kichitaro? 1081 01:51:45,287 --> 01:51:49,622 No, seemingly he wanted to handle the aftermath himself. 1082 01:51:49,791 --> 01:51:52,419 The frenzy had resulted in a filicide. 1083 01:51:53,528 --> 01:51:56,088 Daizen aimed a curse at the heavens. 1084 01:51:56,464 --> 01:52:02,494 Maybe he was trying to convince himself that it was a dreadful act of the gods. 1085 01:52:30,298 --> 01:52:34,235 But even so, why did he take the body...? 1086 01:52:35,337 --> 01:52:38,932 Daizen must also have loved Tomoe. 1087 01:52:40,809 --> 01:52:43,471 But I think he's powerless. 1088 01:53:02,697 --> 01:53:03,755 Maho. 1089 01:53:06,601 --> 01:53:08,126 Mother... 1090 01:53:10,705 --> 01:53:13,003 Mr. Isokawa, please take care of it. 1091 01:53:13,141 --> 01:53:14,336 Okay. 1092 01:53:16,244 --> 01:53:17,507 Hang on in there. 1093 01:54:33,354 --> 01:54:35,584 Is this the real Osakabe Shrine? 1094 01:54:49,471 --> 01:54:51,599 You're that keen to know the truth? 1095 01:55:00,315 --> 01:55:06,812 Since way back, islanders have called this place the Cave of the Red Lotus. 1096 01:55:07,622 --> 01:55:10,023 My honourable ancestors 1097 01:55:10,825 --> 01:55:15,422 enshrined the vengeful spirit of the Taira clan in this cave 1098 01:55:16,331 --> 01:55:19,266 to escape the notice of the Minamoto clan. 1099 01:55:25,774 --> 01:55:28,072 So the burial mound's overhead? 1100 01:55:32,447 --> 01:55:34,609 When the Minamoto clan fell, 1101 01:55:36,084 --> 01:55:39,145 the islanders could at last replace it 1102 01:55:40,855 --> 01:55:43,119 with a shrine above ground. 1103 01:55:43,224 --> 01:55:47,491 And as the years passed by 1104 01:55:48,830 --> 01:55:52,664 the underground shrine was forgotten. 1105 01:56:08,149 --> 01:56:12,950 Ryuhei, you remember this place, don't you? 1106 01:56:13,454 --> 01:56:15,786 Come on, hurry. 1107 01:56:19,194 --> 01:56:20,457 Quickly. 1108 01:56:59,334 --> 01:57:01,530 They're Tomoe's offspring. 1109 01:57:02,403 --> 01:57:04,428 Taromaru and Jiromaru. 1110 01:57:06,074 --> 01:57:09,601 As soon as Tomoe saw these infants born of sin, 1111 01:57:10,211 --> 01:57:15,479 it brought on her first spasm... and she killed them. 1112 01:57:17,518 --> 01:57:20,681 Perhaps the midwife who delivered them was... 1113 01:57:21,289 --> 01:57:22,586 Haru Asai. 1114 01:57:24,425 --> 01:57:31,525 I was subjected to blackmail about it for nearly 20 years. 1115 01:58:05,900 --> 01:58:09,962 Tomoe's psyche was split in two. 1116 01:58:10,505 --> 01:58:16,467 Well, inside Tomoe there were two different people. 1117 01:58:17,312 --> 01:58:21,271 One was the same Tomoe as always. 1118 01:58:22,016 --> 01:58:24,280 But the other one 1119 01:58:24,419 --> 01:58:30,483 was a man-chasing nymphomaniac. 1120 01:58:33,127 --> 01:58:36,324 Perhaps he was from the kagura troupe? 1121 01:58:40,535 --> 01:58:45,132 When a man and a woman come together, 1122 01:58:46,474 --> 01:58:49,205 all sorts of secrets are revealed. 1123 01:58:51,379 --> 01:58:52,710 So stupid. 1124 01:58:59,354 --> 01:59:02,984 It became necessary for them to die. 1125 01:59:05,593 --> 01:59:08,119 But with one of them it went wrong. 1126 01:59:08,229 --> 01:59:10,527 One man escaped out of this cave. 1127 01:59:10,698 --> 01:59:13,827 Yes, that was Shuzo Aoki. 1128 01:59:32,153 --> 01:59:34,019 Come, Ryuhei. 1129 01:59:34,222 --> 01:59:35,986 Quickly. 1130 01:59:37,825 --> 01:59:42,160 Taromaru and Jiromaru are our children. 1131 01:59:43,431 --> 01:59:46,264 They'll never be separated... 1132 01:59:46,401 --> 01:59:50,998 See, they're joined at the waist. 1133 01:59:52,040 --> 01:59:54,065 Look at them, Ryuhei. 1134 01:59:55,910 --> 01:59:58,675 Touch them, Ryuhei. 1135 02:00:00,982 --> 02:00:03,110 Take a look over there. 1136 02:00:03,918 --> 02:00:06,888 A delightful show is going to start. 1137 02:00:07,855 --> 02:00:10,119 There's no need to feel alone. 1138 02:00:21,202 --> 02:00:22,567 Ryuhei. 1139 02:00:24,739 --> 02:00:27,106 Ah, Ryuhei. 1140 02:00:27,708 --> 02:00:31,110 Stay here and keep them company. 1141 02:01:02,810 --> 02:01:04,244 What's that for! 1142 02:01:05,313 --> 02:01:06,974 It's just an empty threat. 1143 02:01:45,553 --> 02:01:46,884 Jiromaru. 1144 02:01:53,094 --> 02:01:54,960 Jiromaru, Taromaru. 1145 02:01:59,333 --> 02:02:00,528 Jiromaru. 1146 02:02:01,736 --> 02:02:02,965 Taromaru! 1147 02:02:05,773 --> 02:02:08,640 Jiromaru! Taromaru! 1148 02:02:13,881 --> 02:02:17,476 Where have you gone? Taromaru, Jiromaru. 1149 02:02:17,585 --> 02:02:20,987 Taromaru, Jiromaru. Taromaru, Jiromaru. 1150 02:03:13,074 --> 02:03:17,068 In a moment of darkness, Madam Tomoe disappeared. 1151 02:03:17,745 --> 02:03:19,611 Disappeared forever. 1152 02:03:21,048 --> 02:03:24,916 I recall the words written in Kichitaro's shed. 1153 02:03:25,953 --> 02:03:31,983 "What's missing from people today is quiet and passionate resistance." 1154 02:03:52,446 --> 02:03:55,848 What a horrendous case. 1155 02:04:33,487 --> 02:04:35,387 Mr. Kindaichi! 1156 02:04:36,390 --> 02:04:39,360 Here! You've forgotten something! 1157 02:04:39,493 --> 02:04:42,463 Mr. Kindaichi...! 1158 02:05:14,829 --> 02:05:19,699 That storm reeking of blood left me with deep mental scars. 1159 02:05:20,401 --> 02:05:21,994 But Mr. Kindaichi, 1160 02:05:22,570 --> 02:05:28,441 that time was also a dizzying, once-in-a-lifetime experience.