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I killed this man. He was the opposite of me.

Suspect detained!

Hurry!

It doesn't matter why I killed him. I don't need to be understood.

My father killed himself a long time ago.

My brother lost an eye as a child due to complications from cancer surgery.

My mother converted to the Unification Church as a way to escape these hardships.

She gave away all our money.

We led a life of hunger and desperation.

I had more reason than I need to kill that man.

Brother, the story has to begin with me.

By the time I graduated high school, I had given up on university.

I think back to the day I read my father's diary he'd left behind.

JI|18 Kawakami, 18 years old

When my father was at university, he spent his days playing mahjong.

Checkmate.

You're out of luck.

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His friend played mahjong to pay for his college fees.

His friend left for the Arab world, saying he will become a star in the sky.

For the liberation of Palestine,

he fired his gun in Israel's Lod Airport.

My father heard this news while working as an engineer.

I wonder what he was thinking in that moment.

wonder if he also wanted to become a star in the sky.

Later, he married my mother and joined her family's construction business.

My brother was born, and then it was my turn.

He drilled tunnels through mountains. It was a tough workplace.

He jumped off a building and killed himself while my mother was pregnant with my sister.

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This is Noriko Kawakami reporting. Aju.

vakami, 11 her converts to the Unification Church This is Noriko Kawakami reporting. Aju.

This is Noriko Kawakami reporting. Aju.

Thank you for today's blessings.

My brother got cancer as a child. He lost an eye during surgery.

My mother sought salvation from the Unification Church.

20 million, 30 million, 10 million yen..

All the money father left us was donated to the Church.

And brother, we were left with nothing.

We were always starving.

PASSAG YANIHASHOO MCC

I want a hamburger!

My friends have hamburgers for dinner twice a week.

They say the nutrients and calories are essential at my age.

Even once a week would do. I want a hamburger!

Stop complaining.

We are obliged to rejoice in what God provides.

We shouldn't demand more than we're offered.

300 million children are starving in this world.

We are far from starving.

Now eat.

I've had enough!

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JIIE 16 Kawakami, 16

Thanks to the Unification Church, I wasn't able to go to university.

I had to give up on that thought. We simply had no money.

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Our lives were turned upside down thanks to the Unification Church.

They destroyed our lives.

So I guess it's my turn to destroy them.

Which star should I aim for?

There is a wall hiding the truth.

And this is why battle becomes necessary.

History is determined by those who fight with passion.

It is the unity of countries that share values on freedom and democracy.

We need peace and stability around the Taiwan Strait.

And in order to realise the reunification of Korea.

What we need is leadership from those driven by passion.

I believe this Unification Church ceremony will give us that strength.

Thank you very much.

I am Shinzo Abe Former Prime Minister of Japan.

What kind of star in the sky will I become?

Approximately 150 heads of state and religious leaders have gathered here.

I am honoured to stand alongisde President Trump to speak for world peace.

There are millions of stars in the sky.

Each emits its own light that shines for millions of years.

I wonder if they embrace each soul that ascends into the sky.

I wonder which star I should head towards?

Bang

Bang

Bang!

I gave up on going to university.

I failed the firefighters' exam due to severe myopia. JIE22 Kawakami, 22

JIE22 Kawakami, 22

I tried to go to vocational school to become a civil servant, but failed.

In the end, I joined the Self-Defence Force and their Maritime Education division.

Can I kill a person?

If it's an enemy, could I pull the trigger?

My mother went bankrupt after donating every last penny.

We fell into the depths of poverty.

Kawakami, 25 J25 Attempts suicide

That's right, doctor.

His mother says she's not coming. She's in Korea on religious duties.

Her son attempted suicide.

As a mother, she should be here. I tried to convince her.

Come on in.

My parents are also religious fanatics.

couldn't help but eavesdrop on their conversation.

Your mother is with the Unification Church?

They said she's training in Korea and can't come see you.

Our gods are different but our situation is the same.

All gods just want money.

My parents chose their god over me.

I was forced to put my hands together for a god I don't believe in.

We were so poor. My parents spent their money on donations.

I got bullied at school for wearing dirty clothes.

I couldn't afford school lunch.

I borrowed money from my relatives until they also abandoned me.

I couldn't go to university.

I used to have dreams for the future.

We aren't so different. I feel like I understand you.

The moon clings to the sky The stars shake like silver paper

Everybody hides their loneliness in their pocket

Too much, too fast Yesterday is falling apart

We should right now right here We should start something

We should start something

I love being alive I get excited by nothing in particular

I want everything at once I'll ride through it on a motorbike

I'm going to piss on this stupid world

Before we get knocked down we should knock it down first

We should knock it down

The future is in our hands

Everyone else was into other bands. Nobody cared about The Blue Hearts.

But I was obsessed. I felt the vocalist Hiroto was the only one who understood me.

My god was The Blue Hearts.

They were my god too.

Go on, sleep with me.

Or just cry on me. If that's what you want.

I'll join you with my tears.

It's not like that...

Brother, after I got out, I lived just to eat.

Ihad no reason to live.

The day before I drank benzine, I made you my life insurance beneficiary.

guess you could say that gave me a reason to kill myself.

wanted you to live a better life.

Brother, you got a lot of love from our mother.

You took all her love away from us.

Brother, father, I've made my decision.

I'll become a star in the sky.

don't know which one just yet.

I am Tatsuya Kawakami. 41-years old and single.

I have no partner.

Work has always been temporary. Nothing lasts long.

Most of the time, I end up arguing with the boss.

They don't like it that I get things done despite not following their orders.

quit once I save enough money.

I start working again when I run out of cash.

But I'm getting fed up of it all.

The world is a piece of shit.

People actually choose for this shitty life.

They can only blame themselves.

They get on with their shitty life without realising how shitty it is.

I guess it's nobody's fault but their own.

I am also a piece of shit.

But it wasn't my fault I turned out like this.

I blame the Unification Church.

I blame mother who threw away our money.

I blame Shinzo Abe for promoting the Unification Church.

According to the Unification Church, we live in an evil and corrupt world.

They claim all sin has its roots in the original sin.

They say Eve is to blame.

They say the Japanese hurt Koreans, so Koreans should fight back.

Their sermons are based on myths.

They say Japan is Eve, for she represents evil, as it tormented Korea during its colonial rule.

And Korea is Adam, for he represents justice.

In their eyes, Japan should serve Korea.

And the activities of the Unification Church should be funded by the Japanese.

And what is it with the alt-right?

Despite hating Korea, and targeting Koreans with their hate speech,

they support Abe and the Liberal Democrats, who are linked to the Unification Church.

How come Abe can hold hands with the Unification Church?

I thought he didn't like Korea.

Can he become allies with anybody as long as they're against communism?

While speaking of the colonial period,

they refer to military sex slaves as comfort women.

They pretend forced labour was commissioned work.

They want to absolve Japan from all responsbility.

As a form of reparation, the Unification Church treat their Japanese followers like slaves.

And Abe and his friends don't care.

That's it.

Abe exploits the kind of people who are stupid enough to support him.

They don't even realise Abe looks down on them, and they keep supporting him.

And that's how we become slaves to Abe.

That's how we become slaves to the Unification Church.

We let ourselves become slaves.

It's unforgivable.

I am not a slave.

At the very least, I'm not a slave to Abe.

I'm not a slave to the Unification Church.

I won't become a slave to myself either.

Damn it!

Damn it!

You leech off other people.

You guys are worse than parasites.

You bragged Manchuria was your own creation.

You signed the Imperial Edict of the Empire of Japan's Declaration of War.

After the war, you were declared a class A war criminal and arrested. And then let go.

You became Prime Minister and, despite objections, signed the Anpo U.S.-Japan Security Treaty.

You sold this country to the United States.

And you. Just because you were his grandson...

You had it easy as a child. You led a happy youth.

You became an adult..

You had no talent, no brain, and no charisma.

TOSHIBA But you became Prime Minister not once, but twice.

The family has value to society and gives it a fundamental wholeness.

I was also a fan of yours at first.

Your promise for a new nation sounded good to my ears

In your second premiership, you didn't even hide the link between your party and the Unification Church.

I realised in that moment.

The Unification Church changed its name, but they continued to take money.

And I realised you're also part of this gang.

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You took everything away from me.

You leech off others in order to live.

You are my opposite in every way.

You take from others

And others take from me.

No matter what, it will always be the same.

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RI a temporary labourer forever.

I am destined to remain a temporary labourer forever.

You and the cult took everything away from me.

So your parents are religious fanatics?

You don't need to answer.

I guess you could call me a child of an activist.

An activist?

At least, that's what father called himself.

When I was a child, he left mum and I to the care of his friends,

and headed off to the Middle East.

He was copying Che Guevara. "Women and children are looked after by the state"

Was he part of the Japanese Red Army?

Oh? So you know about them?

Not exactly.

Anyway, those were the kind of people that looked after us.

When I became an adult, the men around me

became so boring to me. Now I live only for myself.

I hear you sawing away every night. What are you making?

I'm also a bit of a carpenter.

A bomb.

Right now, I'm making a pistol.

A pistol...

I'm going to shoot somebody in Shibuya. It doesn't matter who.

You lack viligence for an activist.

You shouldn't be sharing so much. What if I were a spy?

I want you to stop me.

You're being serious?

You're really going to use those weapons?

...want to become a star in the sky.

Then you shouldn't be talking about killing people.

Do you already know who you're going to shoot?

I shouldn't say.

What I'm planning is not an act of terrorism.

In fact, it's a personal act of vengeance.

Are you doing it for somebody else?

Not exactly.

But my target isn't just anybody.

My act of vengeance will have a ripple effect. That's the kind of guy I'm dealing with.

I also want to become a star in the sky.

I don't know which star just yet.

A star, I see.

You're so old-fashioned.

guess you realise you're not in a fairy tale.

But you should stop it with that nonsense.

You should be more of a realist.

It's not that I'm telling you to get a job or go make money.

But don't you think you should be leading an honest, fulfilling life?

If only I could...

I've faced disappointment in everything I've aspired to do.

I always end up being used by somebody else.

In today's Japan, hope is cheap and disposable.

I have no need for such a thing.

Are you an anarchist?

No, quite the opposite.

I'm a realist in the truest sense of the word.

I think I got it. You're what they call a ball of resentment.

I'm getting sleepy. And I spoke too much.

I'm heading back.

Did I hit the bulls eye?

I'm just not used to talking with people. It tires me out.

Listen.

I didn't hear anything about your weapons.

We live next to each other and we got along.

I'm having a few friends over the day after tomorrow.

Their parents are political and eco-activists. They've got nothing to hide.

I'll introduce you to them. Why don't you join us?

I don't like being social.

But I'll think about it. Bye.

you're going to lose everything.

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Oh sorry, it's a bad habit of mine.

Anyway, you've got to be careful. Don't let your guard down.

My brother battled sickness for so long, it broke him.

Everything he set his mind to was filled with hatred.

The target of his hate was always crystal clear.

He hated mother.

But he hated the cult who took advantage of her even more.

My brother couldn't forgive the cult for ruining our mother.

Of course he hated them. They squeezed us dry.

I'm going to kill them.

I also can't forgive them.

Family Federation for World Peace and Unification

It's all your fault!

Let me go!

Let me go!

Our family pledges to build the universal family encompassing heaven and earth

which is the Heavenly Planet's ideal of creation, and perfect the world

of freedom, peace, unity and happiness, by centring on true love.

Five: our family pledges to strive every day to advance the unification of the spirit world

and the physical world as subject and object partners

by centring on true love.

Six: our family pledges to become a family that moves heavenly fortune

by embodying the Heavenly Parent and to perfect a family

that conveys Heaven's blessing to our community, by centring on true love.

Seven: our family, through living for the sake of others, to perfect the world...

Our family, having entered the Era of Cheon II Guk, to achieve the ideal of God

and human beings united in love through absolute faith, love and obedience,

by centring on true love.

You're not holding your gun properly.

I'm no expert

But I think you should hold it between your arm and your side.

JIE38 Kawakami, 38

You haven't been eating properly, have you?

We haven't walked together like this in a long time.

I don't think it's ever happened.

You're mistaking me for my brother.

Oh really?

I heard you're looking for a guarantor to rent a room.

Did my sister tell you?

I could be a guarantor for you.

It's too little too late for you to act like a mother.

So you don't need a guarantor?

I do.

I could do that for you.

I'll cook my best dish for you tonight.

What is it?

- Gyeran-jim. -Huh?

Korean steam eggs.

Is Korean all you cook nowadays?

You're not going to eat?

I will.

But I won't join the Unification Church.

I know.

As the coronavirus takes over the world, people' hearts and minds have been shaken.

People are debating whether democracy is better than totalitarianism.

Brother, I made up my mind when I saw this face of his.

Brother, it's been a while.

Why did you want to see me?

No reason.

Then why did you call me? I'm busy.

You've got it lucky. Uncle paid your college fees and now you've got a job.

Stop it.

Father kills himself. Mother is in a cult. My eldest brother also kills himself.

And on top of everything, I have you as my brother.

I'm not the only one who can't live a normal life.

But I accepted that a long time ago.

It's time for you to accept it too.

You're luck you're a woman.

Does that matter?

A woman gets a lot just by being a woman.

Aren't you embarrassed of yourself?

I don't feel sorry for myself. That's what makes us different.

That's all.

If you've got nothing to discuss, I'm going home.

Did you lose weight?

I bet you're not eating enough.

Don't act like mother.

Now you've really hurt me.

Why?

Because you saw mother in me.

Anyway, I'm off.

Just you watch...

Watch you do what?

It doesn't matter.

Do what?

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But... - It's fine.

Let's eat dinner out tonight.

You have money? Did you get a job?

I've got enough.

I can cook something.

Isn't there anything you want to eat?

Apart from Korean food.

Not again...

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Public Speech by Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

Greetings, everybody.

I am Shinzo Abe.

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19:00~

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How come I became Prime Minister two times? People said it'd be impossible.

It wasn't that I was particularly talented, unfortunately.

And it wasn't because I was powerful.

It was because I never gave up.

It was because I was given the courage not to give up.

This guy doesn't even realise the victims of the Unification Church

also have families.

The youth of today hold the future in their hands...

I couldn't believe my eyes.

Abe changed his campaign schedule tomorrow.

He changed it to Yamato-Saidaiji Station, Nara City.

That's where I was born and raised.

CampaignScnedule Chianges That's where I was born and raised.

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That's where everything was taken away from me.

Kawakami returns from Okayama to Nara

784:00 July 8 4am

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Family Federation for World Peace and Unification

Kawakami, go home! Smelly, dirty, poor. Die!

One more time!

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I am a nobody.

I'm just a nusiance to them.

But I'm not just here to cry.

y 8 11:30 am 78E 11:30 But I'm not just here to cry.

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y 8 11:30 am 73811:30 And I wasn't born to lose.

And I wasn't born to lose.

I don't know where I'm heading.

But I'll... become a star in the sky.

Don't move!

Keep him down.

Suspect detained!

Brother, I'll do it my way.

Brother, you took a hard look at yourself and you put your thoughts into action.

I respect you for that.

People will accuse you of terrorism and call you insane.

Some idiots might call you an enemy to democracy.

But the one who destroyed democracy was Abe.

Brother, you're the one who fought against the enemy of democracy.

I respect you for that.

But what are my next steps?

We'd have to replace all politicians to destroy the Unification Church.

I don't have an answer right now. But soon, I'll figure out a way.

Whatever happens, I'll always be with you.

Yasukuni Shrine

State funeral for former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on September 27

Brother, are you feeling lonely?

Of course not, you were always by yourself.

I'lI visit you tomorrow. What shall I bring for you?

Brother, am I heading towards the stars?

I shot former Prime Minister Abe. But that doesn't matter anymore.

The real criminals, the Unification Church, will destroy themselves eventually anyway.

The grudges I held onto are now gone.

I can now be straight with my sister and mother.

Brother, I think I'm heading towards the stars.

I've never felt so refreshed in my life..

TAMOTO Soran

MURAKI Futa

TAKAHASHI Yusuke

KIMURA Tomoki

SOUSUKE CHIHARU KOYU

SOUSUKE CHIHARU KOYU MASUDA Toshiki

MASUDA Toshiki

MASUDA Toshiki KAZEYAMA Shinichi

KAZEYAMA Shinichi

KAZEYAMA Shinichi INAMURA Riku

INAMURA Riku

INAMURA Riku HIRUMA Takashi

HIRUMA Takashi

HIRUMA Takashi ITO Kiyomi YUUKI Minato

MORIYAMA Mitsuki

MORIYAMA Mitsuki Isabel YANO

Isabel YANO

MAESAKO Ria

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Executive Producer HIRANO Yu

Executive Producer HIRANO Yu Producers KATOH Umezou

Producers KATOH Umezou FUJIWARA Emiko

Producers KATOH Umezou FUJIWARA Emiko Written,Casting by INOUE Junichi

Written,Casting by INOUE Junichi Marketing,Distribution Producer KOBAYASHI Sanshirou

Marketing,Distribution Producer KOBAYASHI Sanshirou Music by OTOMO Yoshihide

Music by OTOMO Yoshihide JSC

Music by OTOMO Yoshihide JSC Director of Photography TAKAMA Kenji,JSC

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Director of Photography TAKAMA Kenji,JSC E Lighting Techncian UWABO Masamichi Sound Design FUJIBAYASHI Shigeru Production Designer KUROKAWA Michitoshi

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Production Designer KUROKAWA Michitoshi Editing by HIRUTA Tomoko Assistant Director KAMADA Yoshitaka

Editing by HIRUTA Tomoko Assistant Director KAMADA Yoshitaka

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Assistant Director KAMADA Yoshitaka Still photographer,Assistant to Director NISHIGAITO Makiko Assistant to Director NOTO Hidemi

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