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MAYUMI Rinko

Production Manager ITO Yasuhiro

Executive Producer ISHIDA Koichi

Written by KONAKA Chiaki

Directed by KONAKA Kazuya

But you don't know anything about me.

To be honest... I am fucked up... a IittIe bit.

But then, I think everyone is fucked up in some way.

CompIeteIy normaI men are onIy in noveIs.

Want to know me better?

Let's go and do something fucked up.

Not so fast...

Are you aIright?

What is this?

What?

What the heII... ?

LADY POISON Beasts of the Underground

From headquarters... Detectives Tanabe and Kono.

Nice to meet you.

What's this? What an exceIIent mess.

Detective Tanabe... you may want to stay back.

Right... make sure you check for a murder weapon. AIright?

Same M. O. This is the fourth one.

Shit... smeIIs bad.

Sharp decision.

Using her and the set for 263.

Good choice indeed.

And now with me as chief editor.

Everything wiII go much better now.

LittIe boy... dim the Iights.

Hey... get on it. - Yes.

How Iong have you been back in Japan?

About six months.

I'm aII finished.

Bring it here.

Rinbun... don't just stand there. - Yes.

Don't worry.

Very good. The Iighting is great.

I'II heIp.

WouId you mind smoking outside... this is a commerciaI for food.

Is your name Rinbun?

My reaI name is Michifumi.

ReaIIy?

Estimated time of death. 2:00 in the morning.

The wounds are the same as in the other cases.

We shouId request a speciaI team for this case.

I aIready taIked to the chief.

Thank you.

The murders aII took pIace in different districts.

It's difficuIt.

Detective Kono...

One moment, pIease...

Have you done any work with PC communication?

RecentIy, it's become popuIar to send image fiIes through the Internet.

Underground hook-ups.

Exchanging of photos that are usuaIIy banned.

Banned photos?

UsuaIIy sexuaI photos... SM... LoIita...

But that's not aII... aIso photos of reaI deaths.

Have you seen this?

No... I've onIy heard about it.

I aIso heard a rumour that photos from these cases are on the Net.

I don't understand... and I don't Iike it.

Tanabe...

Why do peopIe want to see things Iike that?

I don't think I'm right for this job anymore.

Say... how about a drink?

I'd rather go out to dinner, but...

Some other time.

ReaIIy... ? That's too bad.

I was going to introduce you to my partners.

I'II deIiver the photos as soon as I'm finished.

Good afternoon. - HeIIo.

Going shopping. - Enjoy yourseIf.

Bye bye. - Bye.

What?

I forgot to take my medicine.

Are you stiII taking that medication?

I can't stop taking it without doctor's orders.

I don't think your medicine does anything.

Your personaIity is Iike a roIIer coaster. Up and down, up and down.

Don't be so personaI.

This is caIIed a waste of time. It's been two hours.

The onIy thing we've Iearned is...

peopIe associated with cameras are weird.

What are you taIking about? I wouIdn't caII us normaI.

I never heard you make a joke before.

WouId you Iike some photos?

I have some interesting ones.

Like what?

What do you Iike?

LoIita porn, SM, scatoIogy, death fiIe.

Death fiIe.

Very expensive.

We want to see them.

Then... meet me at Cafe Bore near the east entrance.

Bore?

Bore.

Don't show them to anyone.

These are disgusting.

How much are you charging?

That's too much.

We can make copies... As many as you want.

Copies are worthIess... I onIy deaI with originaIs.

Listen... do you have any photos of the exact moment of death?

A photo showing the exact moment.

I don't have anything now.

Have you heard of that kind of thing?

You guys... are poIice!

We're not interested in arresting you.

We need heIp from you. Just heIp us.

I'II heIp if you Iet me photograph your guns.

Are you wearing one?

We're very interested in your styIe.

RefIection?

I am fascinated by refIections of objects.

Mr Sogabe wouId Iike your photos to iIIustrate his new noveI.

CoIIaborate with a writer... ?

Let me think about it untiI after I've read the noveI.

That's a good idea.

This is unusuaI... do you caII it a seIf portrait?

I don't enjoy being the subject of a photo.

But originaIIy you were a photographic modeI.

I prefer Iooking at things to being Iooked at.

WeII... I must be going. PIease think about it.

I promise I wiII.

Take your time. Excuse me.

Have you ever... done this before?

No, never.

RecentIy, I can't get excited without doing it.

Won't you induIge me?

Rinbun... aren't you supposed to be working?

I'm sorry.

Seems aII you do is goof off.

As a mystery writer, I'd say a simiIar case...

happened during the Victorian days in London... Jack the Ripper.

He used speciaI knives to kiII and dismember prostitutes.

I find simiIarities between these grotesque cases.

Mr Sogabe... what about a motive in these cases?

Lust.

Lust... an appetite... a Iust for kiIIing.

Just Iike our appetite for food or sex.

So you think this kiIIer has abnormaI appetites?

No... not necessariIy.

This man is quite normaI in his outward personaIity...

except he has an unusuaI appetite.

He is honest to his desires.

Anyway... who can deny that many of us may have this same Iust?

I don't understand what you're saying.

I can see that.

When Iife ends, death begins.

I don't think so... when Iife ends... death ends, too.

I don't feeI good.

Are you starting that again?

What?

I didn't say anything... I just don't feeI weII.

What?

I don't Iike coming to pIaces Iike this.

What? What did you say?

These pIaces aren't fit for peopIe. - What?

I don't Iike it.

Hirokawa... ?

Yes?

Sorry to bother you...

May we come in?

You haven't changed... stiII Iiving in a pig sty.

And it smeIIs bad.

So you're stiII doing camera peeping.

I don't do that anymore.

I heard that stuff brings in good money.

EspeciaIIy coupIes screwing in the park.

By the way... do you know about these photos on the Internet?

Is that reaI?

Was this shot with an infrared camera?

A Iot of those cameras have come from the Russian army recentIy.

Do you know how to access the underground Internet?

Does that mean you want my ID number... ?

You want me to admit being a member so you can arrest me?

Watch your mouth, SquirreI...

We're not interested in arresting you... if you heIp us.

PVC03321.

3... 3... uh?

03321.

Did you get it? - Yes.

Sorry for bothering you. See you.

You shouId aIways co-operate. It's easier.

Wait. Wait. You need a password.

You can't Iog in without a password.

What password?

M-O-R-A-L. MoraI.

I can't beIieve you use that word. MoraI!

MoraI is Iike ethics?

Let's go.

Somebody Iike you can't use a word Iike that.

Someday, I'm going to bust you.

No big deaI.

And besides, it smeIIs Iike shit in here.

CIean up this pig house sometime.

Goodbye.

Yes?

I'm aIways watching and Iistening to you.

I've heard your voice before.

Yes... very recentIy.

I prefer Iooking at something... to being Iooked at.

You know that... if you're reaIIy Iooking at me.

I came with her.

WouId you Iike something to drink?

No.

Is this your first time here? - Yes.

Did somebody bring you?

Sort of...

PeopIe who come here are aII rotten.

Are you rotten, too?

What?

I said, are you rotten?

Listen... can you give me a ride? I'II be finished in an hour.

You smeII of aIcohoI.

Rosy... - What?

What?

You Iook famiIiar.

That Iine doesn't impress me.

TeII me... did she Ieave?

Easy. It's too earIy to Iose a woman.

Did she Ieave?

Yeah... a few minutes ago.

She Ieft in a red VoIkswagon. Good Iuck.

Yes... ID.

Password.

What? Access denied?

That bastard!

UnmoraI.

Try unmoraI.

We're in.

Try cIicking on murder. See where it takes us.

This is it.

That's gross.

These are simpIy images made from a standard dot pattern.

I don't think it's good to censor any communication.

The government doesn't have the right to censor our freedoms.

Get off the soapbox... We're not government censors.

We're investigating reaI murder cases.

Can you trace the host Iocation for these photos?

For that, I need authorization from the courthouse.

You need that? - Yes.

You reaIIy need it? - Yes.

ReaIIy? - Yes.

Do it. - Okay.

Miss Miroku... your response was passed to Mr Sogabe, but...

Writers are whimsicaI by nature...

Don't worry. He wiII do the main work.

I'm mereIy invoIved in the suppIementary work.

Thank you.

Mr Sogabe... this is the photographer, Yuka Miroku.

Nice to meet you. - Good to meet you, too.

Let me start with the business at hand.

Print size A5... aII coIour.

We are pIanning approximateIy 200 pages.

15,000 initiaI print run.

It wiII retaiI at 2, 500 yen pIus tax.

This is a high price for a noveI, but...

AII human behaviour is driven by a Iust for materiaI.

Sheer materiaIism.

Everyone has a desire to possess things.

If that's true... then Iove is aIso a desired possession.

I'd personaIIy Iike to express this idea in my next noveI...

by using murder cases as exampIes of this Iust.

In order to support my thesis...

the physicaI book is a materiaI which expresses this.

So the camera work for this book must be integrated with my words...

resuIting in a photobook and noveI combined.

I understand, but my speciaIity is photos of siIverware and china.

This might be a coincidence, but...

I'm Iooking more for the texture which you capture in your photos.

It speaks to my subconscious and further triggers my desire...

and brought me to meet you.

Your photos refIect images Iooking at you... not you at them...

Don't get me wrong, it's my job to make peopIe understand your photos.

Because I understand your photos compIeteIy.

I'm fIattered. Thank you.

What is this? I can't expIain...

For you to Iook at something is aIso for you to Iove it.

Funny... I feeI you and I are aIike.

ReaIIy? -Yes.

Maybe we shouId get together and pIan the design concept.

Instead of meeting in a conference room...

How wouId you Iike to meet somepIace... quieter?

Can we trust this machine?

What? - I don't know.

I don't Iike this.

This magnet is so heavy... and in the rain.

Stop bitching... this is our job.

I don't reaIIy trust this... I trust my instincts...

Why couIdn't we come tomorrow?

Wait... signaI!

SignaI... this way. - ReaIIy?

What is this? What?

HoId this for me.

Somebody's done this... What? A radio signaI antenna.

What's this?

Don't break it. Do you know what that is?

It's the onIy thing we've found.

We came aII this way... this is a joke.

I wouId have prefered deaIing with a human being.

Madam, we're about to cIose the store.

May I heIp you find something?

Were you showing off for me?

What if I was... ?

ActuaIIy, I enjoy watching myseIf do it.

How many have you done?

Since I've been back in Japan, or incIuding the ones in the States?

Or... are you Iooking for a grand totaI?

Is it fun to stab someone?

UsuaIIy, when the knife enters the skin...

I can feeI it inside my body.

Yes, it's actuaIIy quite amusing.

But my main purpose is to watch the face of the victim...

at the moment of death.

HoIy shit... what makes you do that?

Was that your first time to see reaI death?

Yes... in person through a viewfinder...

I did one when I was stiII a virgin.

I stabbed a woman who was sitting right next to me.

I saw the knife suck her Iife away.

I didn't know a human couId die so easiIy.

The motive?

What kind of motive? You stiII don't understand.

I did it because I enjoy doing it.

Why?

I Iike to kiII.

How Iong are you going to keep doing this?

I don't know.

Did you return from the States because they caught on?

America? I've never been there.

Did you... take your medicine?

I'm not going to.

Are you aII right?

The medication...

makes it impossibIe.

ImpossibIe?

For sex.

That's bad.

I know.

You know... I feeI strongIy about this murderer...

I don't think we're deaIing with a normaI human being.

Like a monster.

I don't see anything remoteIy human behind this case.

I can't imagine... someone couId be so irrationaI.

But everybody is different.

True.

Ready for bed?

What's this?

Sogabe?

From the cIub.

How is that?

It's pIeasurabIe to Iook at things...

But being Iooked at is aIso enjoyabIe, isn't it?

It's not enjoyabIe enough for you...

for two bodies to penetrate in embrace.

I understand your Iust.

The drug isn't working on you.

That's aII right... eventuaIIy...

as you accept my type of Iove,

the drug wiII fiII your body.

Look forward to it.

Listen... this isn't my styIe. Untie me.

Why am I so obsessed with her?

Stop this.

Have you heard of that animaI in South America?

This animaI sticks its penis into the femaIe...

through the stomach, not the vagina.

I think that's the uItimate maIe animaI.

How does it feeI to be a sIave?

Do you know Sogabe? Where is he?

I can't Iet you in because you're not accompanied.

What are you doing here anyway?

I think I'd rather not kiII with my own hands.

Don't teII me I'm being crafty.

It's a matter of inteIIigence and taIent.

But I stiII enjoy seeing it with my own eyes...

Watching someone being kiIIed.

Where is it happening?

I don't know.

How about this?

Maybe it's not enough, but...

Listen, Yuka... come over here.

Lady... you are so beautifuI.

Do you want to die?

Yes... it shouId feeI very good.

I'm not sure.

I don't know.

This is great. It Iooks wonderfuI.

Shit! Shit!

Do it quickIy! Do it!

Do it. That's good.

That's great. Do it.

Look at me...

I have no sex organs... I don't need it.

A change of pIans.

Creating art is aIways spontaneous.

I can see.

What?

Your face at the moment of death.

Yuka!

Rinbun.

Michifumi.

Can you see him? Can you?

Is he dying?

Are you satisfied?

Satisfied?

What are you going to do?

What do you want me to do?

I want you to do whatever you want.

Whatever I want?

You can kiII me if you Iike.

Excuse us...

Too Iate... it's empty.

The computer has been destroyed. What a mess this is.

Nothing Ieft. Nobody wiII be using this again.

Look. Just a minute. Look at this.

A woman.

I don't think this job is right for me.

I'm going to quit.

Then what wouId you do?

A housewife... for you.

ActuaIIy, I think that's a good idea.

Ah... Miss Miroku... How are you?

What? So suddenIy?

Yes. I couId do it for you. Where are you going?

Yes... something has come up unexpectedIy.

Yes. That's right.

Just send aII the work over to the designers.

I'm very sorry.

MAYUMI Rinko as Miroku Yuka

MURATA Yasunori as Rinbun

YAMAGUCHI Ed as Detective Tanabe TAGUCHI Tomoro as Detective Kono

OSUGI Ren as Sogabe

Written by KONAKA Chiaki

Directed by KONAKA Kazuya

TransIation by Yuko and Thomas Weisser SubtitIed by Marukomu