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In cooperation with THE KADOKAWA TRUST OF FUND FOR PUBLISHING-BUSINESS PROMOTION

Production Advisor: Producers' Academia

A SHIOTA Akihiko Film

CANARY

That year,

authorities removed dozens of children

from the terrorist cult group, Nirvana,

into protective custody at a Child Welfare Center in western Japan

Raised in constant fear of attack from the outside world,

at first the children responded with ferocious defiance

Yet over time, as they adapted to reality,

they broke free of their parents’ dogma

However, there was one boy,

who refused to abandon his rebelliousness,

the 12 year old, Iwase Koichi

When his grandfather visited Koichi after 2 months of confinement,

he refused custody of the boy, only taking his

8 year-old sister, tearing the two children apart

Koichi soon escaped from Child Welfare

Kyoto

Tokyo

You know the type that's so smug about not being a pain in the ass

That type totally pisses me off

Every living person's a pain in the ass

And it's even worse after they croak

Right? Take my Mom...

What?

Convenience store

Wanna stop?

Nope

When my Mom died,

her bones took forever to burn

The crematorium guys really had to work at it

"Damn, she's still a pain even though she's dead,"

that's how Grandma bitched about her. And then,

after awhile, Grandma kicked the bucket herself

And no matter how long they burned her, she just

stayed half-roasted, never turned to ash and bones. I mean, damn!

So when I die, I'm sure I'll be just the same

Hey, man, tell me your real name

How come?

No big deal if you don't want to

It's not that I don't want to...

After, OK?

Won't care, after

Listen, man, I only agreed to take a drive with you

I'm opening it

I'm... a police officer

Pull over, man I gotta pee

Can't

Why not? I can't hold it Stop I

I said I can't I Dickin' around with adults, you punks!

Why the fuck would I pay a kid 20,000 yen for taking a drive I

Stop...

The fuck I will!

Get the cuffs out Get 'em out and cuff yourself

Right wrist, too

Right wrist, too!

Is he alive?

Can't tell

Shit!

Shit!

Shit! This way!

This way!

Fuck, I made it!

I thought I was dead meat

I feel kinda great... like this

Hey, you, hang on

Hey, you're that Nirvana kid, right?

Don't bother pretending I remember you from Child Welfare

Did you break out?

No, no, no... No

I just want to thank you

Hey, let go, ouch, ouch

That guy in the car was going to abduct and kidnap me

If you hadn't jumped out onto the road,

who knows what would've happened to me

Ouch, ouch

Can you undo 'em?

Thank you

Where are you headed?

Tokyo

Tokyo? What for?

Get my sister back from Grandpa

Get her back?

So you got cash?

No way, right? How are you going to get to Tokyo without cash?

Walk

You've got guts But that's what's called, Impossible

All right, then

I'll get you the money you need to get to Tokyo

Why?

A present, to thank you

I want to do something for you, OK?

You got a name?

Iwase Koichi

That your real name?

Huh

My name's Yuki

Sometimes I go by Aki or Miki,

but it's really Yuki, Niina Yuki

Hello? Oh, Mikari? You here?

We're in a car

What? Where?

Mikari!

Yuki, did your Dad beat you up again?

Yeah, something like that Did you bring what I wanted?

Yeah

Here

They're Mikari's brother's You'll get caught without a disguise

The cash?

This is it?

I planned to lift more from Mom's purse but it didn't work out

I don't know a thing about the details,

but if Yuki's up for helping you,

you must be all right I can't really help at all,

but I'll be rooting for you in my heart, OK?

Thank you

Keep the money I'll settle for your support

I've got other resources

Sir, it's me, Yuki, from Midori Elementary

Don't worry, nobody saw me

Sir, sir

Sir!

Sir! It's me

OK, sit, fast

His hearing's cool, but he has trouble talking

Right, Sir?

Soak in that hot bath 'til you warm up, OK?

And count to 500 real slow

Don't you dare get out 'til then Got that?

That'll be 10,000 yen, Sir

No touching You touch me, it's 100,000 yen

"On the long, long,

"never-ending trail,

"a winter storm

"rages, but... .

"It's springtime In the valley,

"and flowers bloom

"Alone, alone

"another day alone,

"on the never-ending silvery trail"

Mom used to sing that in the tub

I just kind of picked it up

What happens once you've seen your sister?

Are you gonna go back to Nirvana?

I'll find somewhere to live

And then?

Bring my Mom back there

Where's your Mom?

I don't know, but I swear I'll find her

How about your Dad?

Dead

Right after my sister was born, he got sick and died

My family's really the pits, but yours totally sucks

There's no comparison

This is where we part

Don't lose that money I gave you

I swear I'll pay you back

Bye, then

Hey, wait!

I wanna go to Tokyo with you You wouldn't mind, would you?

I hate this town! I don't want to go home!

I want to help someone, make a difference

Can't I?

Can't I?

Can't someone like me have dreams?

You've got to make your own choices

You said it

You just said it

Don't you dare forget what you just said!

We take the train as far as we can from Ishiuchi station

After that, it's anybody's guess

I hope you're really ready to walk all the way to Tokyo

Hey!

Hey! We've got to stop I can't walk anymore

A little farther

That's all you ever say and we never stop

This is all that's left

Aren't you eating?

Hey, wait, Koichi!

Hey, what's so wrong about shoplifting?

Tell me. I wouldn't bring it up if we weren't desperate

No money, nothing to eat How else can we stay alive?

If you've got a better plan, tell me!

When you steal from someone, their pain always comes back to you

What the hell is that?

That one of your teachings? Then, why'd you kill all those people?

Didn't you guys murder dozens of innocent people?

I may be an idiot but I watch the news

Why'd you guys murder people?

We didn't murder

If we did murder, there was a reason that justified it

What kind of reason?

What kind of reason justifies murder?

Hey, wait, Koichi!

You haven't given me any reason

If you can't explain the reason, you might as well not have one

Sorry, but it's time I was going home!

You're the one who wanted me to make my own decisions

You can go on to Tokyo by yourself!

Ouch!

Ouch I Ouch!

Koichi I

Cut it out!

Ouch!

Ouch!

Ouch I Ouch!

Ouch I Ouch!

Cut it out

Ouch!

Eat up, you animals

Thank you

Don't mind him, it's just a habit

Oh, yeah?

Listen, are you guys really brother and sister?

Yeah, he's my big brother

But you probably thought I was older, right?

Most people think that What do you guys think?

I just don't believe you're related

Exactly. We actually have completely different moms and dads

But it gets so complicated when you try to explain,

so quit asking, OK?

What's up with you two?

Us? You saw us, back there...

Yeah, but I don't really get it

No, Yuki, you totally get it

"Your eyes deliver 10,000 Volts

"You're the last angel who came down to earth

"Your eyes deliver 10,000 Volts

"You're the last angel who came down to earth"

I feel so clean

Angels in hell They're kind of weird, but...

I just washed my hair in the sink

I feel so much better

Hey, Koichi You should wash your hair, too

Hey

Don't touch me!

No thanks

I'm...

used to being screamed at

But, I'm so dumb,

half the time I can't figure out what I did wrong

That's the worst, for me

If someone touches your head, you lose spiritual energy

Spiritual energy? What's that?

The usual?

Teach me that stuff you're always chanting, too

Hurry, c'mon

No

It's not some joke

I know that, you idiot

I was just hoping we could make up Idiot

One time,

I really did think I'd kill myself

Once, after Dad hit me,

I said to him,

"You're not my father

"You should've died instead of Mom, you idiot"

And he said back,

"How dare you, you twit

"Your mother never even wanted to have you

"It was too late, so she had no choice"

Didn't I even know that?

I knew that all along

But I didn't want to have to hear it from Dad

That night, I got a knife from the kitchen,

and planned to shove it into my neck

But then...

But then, I suddenly heard Mom's voice,

inside my head

Suddenly, she started singing

That song

My mom's favorite song

You know what I thought?

That after people die,

their spirits really do look out for you

That stuff really happens

What do you think of that story?

Do you believe me?

If you kill yourself, you go to hell in the next world

So you're telling me,

you go to hell for suicide, but heaven for murder?

You and I have the worst chemistry I'm getting cold,

and it's time for bed Bye

Iwase Michiko, joins the Order today with two others

"Upon joining the Order,

"I solemnly swear to the following:

"One, I donate all my assets

"and property to the Order

"Two, no matter what may happen to me after this,

"I have chosen that fate freely,

"and I will cause no trouble for the Order

"Three, if my body

"should perish during practice,

"it is my wish that the Order inter my body

"and the Master officiate at my funeral rites"

Iwase Michiko

Koichi

Asako

As you know, members of the Order live apart from their families

You may be lonely at first

But severing the attachments of love is the essence of our practice

We pray for the final day of your completion

Thank you

Hey, wake up Time for offerings, wake up

Hey, don't leave any of the offerings

Why not?

They contain the Master's energy

You can't leave any

Just eat it! Just eat it!

Idiot!

What did he do today?

Threw his offering on the floor

But we're full today

Bind him I

Listen...

I'll show you just how terrible your offense is

That offering was infused with our Master's energy

To refuse that offering is no less than to turn against the Master

Turn against the Master and your spirit will lodge in hell forever

Do you have any idea what hell is I

No, you haven't the faintest idea

If you had, you would never have thrown that to the ground

Never!

Do you want to go to hell I

Then go back to your room, pick up the offering and eat it

Speak your answer!

I'll pick up the offering and eat it

Listen closely Your ignorance is hardly a sin

Because you were never taught the real truth

But no longer

The gates of hell open for those who turn willfully against the truth I

Got that!

So, what does his teacher say?

Yeah,

yeah...

What are you talking about?

Stop it, that's not what I'm talking about

What does that have to do with him?

Please, we can discuss that some other time...

Yuichi is not your mother's son, he's mine

I bore him myself

Hurry up, put Yuichi on

Yuichi...

Speak to Mommy

If you're silent, I'll never know

Something bad happen at school?

Then, why won't you go to school?

Why not, Yuichi?

Then please talk so Mommy can understand

Otherwise, how will Mommy know what to do?

I want to see you! Mommy wants to see you, too

Why can't you understand Mommy?

Yeah, that's right

On your next vacation,

Mommy's promised Daddy to come visit...

Yeah...

Yeah

What?

I can't read your mind I If you've got something to say, spit it out I

I thought we were supposed to leave all that behind on this trip

My son has a problem

So fucking what!

Kozue I

What is this I

You don't think I can understand how a parent feels!

A pervert, a childless lesbian like me, can't understand a mother's feelings...

Kozue, shut up or I'll hit you

Fine, go ahead

I never wanna see your face again!

So don't ever look at me again I

Beat it

Shit! Kozue san's really going away

Saki san I Oh, no!

I'll go bring her back

We'd already decided,

to break up after this trip anyway

You're a solid young man, aren't you...

Don't need it

It's not for you, take it for my own sake

Please take it

Thank you

Tokyo, Central Station

Where's your sister?

With Grandpa

I know, where's he?

The zoo stop on the Keio Line

WANTED. Nirvana Members

Iwase Michiko, aka Lucia (39)

How are you today?

Vegetables prices are rising thanks to a long rainy season and cool summer

The fall may see...

Koichi

From this day forth,

you shall be called Ravana

How was Garusha? How did she seem?

The same

Right

Asako

Asako, you can't just sleep all the time Come play with me outside

Stop sucking on your clothes

She looked skinny

What?

Garusha

Really...

Hey, Ravana!

Mom!

Mommy!

Mommy!

Ravana

Hurry, take this child away

Mommy! Mommy!

Mommy!

Wait! Mommy, don't go!

Mommy! Mommy!

Mommy...

Mommy I Don't go!

Mommy, wait!

Ravana

I'll put it here

Asako

Ravana

Be strong

Koichi I

Ravana!

Ravana,

you were delivering Garusha's letters to Yoshioka, weren't you?

Hang him

Ravana! Chant the Akashagalva Mantra 10,000 times, now!

Ravana!

Can't hear you I

Ravana!

Let's hear it!

Ravana, let's hear it!

Ravana!

Like you mean it I

Louder!

Ravana!

Let's hear it!

Koichi...

Koichi, can you hear me?

Mother

You were so foolish

You're so impossible

Mother

Koichi

You're not the only one it's hard for

You're not the only one who's lonely

Mother...

can hardly bear being apart from you and Asako

But if you can just be strong now,

I promise we can all live together again someday

Koichi, we'll all die someday

We all do die, someday

You and I, might even die tomorrow

If I were to die now,

no matter how much I loved you and Asako,

I would never see you again

But listen, Koichi

That's not good enough for me

I want to be with you in the next world and the world after that, forever

If we follow the Master and practice,

and seek salvation in this life,

we will all be reincarnated together again

You understand, don't you?

I know you do Because you're my son

Koichi, I've been assigned a special task now

If I do it perfectly,

I know I'll win salvation

Then,

I can get you and Asako and we'll all be together

So, I know it's hard, but don't give up

If you give up now, what'll become of Asako?

So, please Chant the mantra with all your heart

"Your mother was a total failure as a human being"

That's what Grandpa said,

at the Child Welfare Center

So I lunged at him,

and tried to strangle him

While I was doing that, I...

I thought I had every reason to kill him

Tama Zoo

This the street?

Hey, wait There may be cops

I'll go scope it out

IWASE

Apologize!

Death Penalty

Parents are Culpable

Hey, what are we going to do, now!

Find Asako

And just how are we going to do that?

Huh? Wander all over Tokyo without any money?

According to testimony by former members, the three additional Nirvana suspects

accused of three counts of murder and manslaughter, in addition

to the subway terror attacks,

are Nirvana's top leaders, Tsumura Yoshio, aka Junana,

Tsuji Shoichl, aka Ronchenva,

and Iwase Michiko, aka Lucia

Concerned that these desperate fugitives may attempt

further attacks, investigators have stepped up safety measures

They are also planning additional raids on the dozens

of Nirvana-affiliated sites throughout the nation

Hey, Yuki

I don't know what you're planning, but I'm against it

What's wrong is wrong

Yuki!

All right

Then, I'll steal

Steal today, steal tomorrow,

steal day and night, whenever you get hungry?

Besides, if you steal you'll go to hell, won't you!

Here's your lunch money

What?

Nothing

Hey, hey, what the...

Hey! What the!

"Alone, alone,

"the never-ending trail,

"is a long hard road

"but take heart

"Every steep climb

"leads to a descent

"Endlessly, endlessly

"again tomorrow,

"on the never-ending silvery trail"

Ravana!

Yoshioka!

Ravana

Koichi

Shuropa

Did you escape from Child Welfare?

Cosmo Recycling

OK...

We're almost ready

I'll help, too

Where's grandma?

Kimura san went to get her

Koichi,

I'm not Shuropa anymore

I'm Izawa Akira

That's true for all of us here

We're all former believers, starting over together

And Garusha?

She stayed with the Order

Koichi

Do you hate me now?

We'll get one of the old crowd to find out where your grandpa is

Make yourself at home here, 'til then You, too, Yuki

This is the Yuki I mentioned

Oh, Yuki?

Why, thank you

Yuki... such small hands

Thank you kindly

Ready?

- And up - we go

OK, OK

Thanks

Hey, wait, Koichi

OK? And up we go

Be careful, you two

Hey, don't overdo it

No sweat

Thanks

That's it

We're off

Off you go

Ready

Off you go

Koichi! I'll help you

Like this...

Thanks

Izawa san planned to swindle his Dad out of this place

and donate it to the Order

Lock his father up and steal the deed from him...

All so he could move out of the Children's Division to better work

It makes sense

All his younger recruits were promoted ahead of him

Take that old woman... Her daughter donated all the family goods,

so, essentially, she joined the Order because she was homeless

What the hell... were we thinking?

Yuki san, shall I make you some origami?

Grandma... you can make origami?

Sure, I can make you anything

Grandma, can you make a flying bird?

You mean a crane?

Like a crane, but different Its wings make this flapping sound

My Mom used to make them for me before she died

Oh... Watch carefully, now, Yuki

So?

Grandma, let me try

I'll go show Koichi

Yes, hello...

Where... are you now?

Tsumura...

Please call me Junana... Shuropa

Junana

Did you...

really do it?

Do what?

You want to make me to say it?

What difference would my answer make?

You'll just implicate yourself

In fact, you know very well

If you place your question within the Master's teachings,

the answer will reveal itself

Isn't that true?

At this time, I have absolutely nothing to fear

The police will never be able to catch me

It's impossible for them to catch me

Because the Master protects you..?

Because we are practitioners of the Truth

Because we offered our very selves in quest of absolute Truth,

beyond the logic of the material world

Authority and society function on the basest, human level

But we are different

We are devoted to Laws of Truth, beyond the human world

Even if such people managed to apprehend our physical bodies,

they would never capture or imprison our souls

That's absolutely impossible

You can't believe a word of that I

If you did, you wouldn't sit here and lecture me about it

You don't believe it, you just want to believe it!

Because unless you believe, you'll fall apart

I know that all too well...

Now, I do

You're the one who's lecturing

And you're the one who wants to believe... no?

It was a mistake to come and see you

I respected you

for first showing me the way, out of my unenlightened ignorance

What a shame

Can I ask you one last thing?

Yes

Can you contact Lucia?

What for?

Lucia's son is staying with me

His grandparents rejected him and he's adrift

I want to help him

I cannot contact Lucia

I cannot contact anyone

I understand

Isn't there anything I can do?

No

Thank you

It looks nice on her

Oh... good

I'm happy

Koichi, your grandpa's address?

Don't you lose that, now

And... would you, Kimura san?

It's not much, but it's a farewell gift from all of us here

You can pay us back once you start making a living

Thank you

Koichi

Koichi,

what did Nirvana mean to you?

For me, Nirvana was a dream

It was my future

I hoped that by practicing

at Nirvana, I would transform myself beyond recognition,

and then transform the world That's what I believed

But...

it was a colossal mistake

Nirvana was just another reality...

A reality exactly like this reality, just a different one...

Shuropa

I told you

I'm not Shuropa anymore

The Shuropa inside me is dead

Koichi

You're not a child of God

Nor a child of Nirvana

Koichi,

You're you You, yourself

You're not anything else

And so you have to decide for yourself,

exactly who you are

That may prove to be a harsh undertaking

You may not be able to stand just being yourself

But Koichi,

don't let that weight crush you

Just like I'm only me,

you can't buckle under the weight of just being yourself

You don't have umbrellas, do you?

When you go, just take one of those umbrellas

They've been forgotten here...

We interrupt our broadcast with this news flash

Shortly after 2PM, in an apartment in the North District,

6 bodies of Nirvana members wanted for terrorism were discovered

The bodies showed no external wounds,

and authorities are investigating the possibility of a mass suicide

The confirmed dead include, the Nirvana leader presumed

responsible for a terrorist attack, suspect Tsumura Yoshio, aka Junana

Koichi...

Likewise, suspect Tsuji Shoichi, known as Ronchenva... .

suspect Iwase Michiko, known as Lucia,

and Nishioka Masato...

Koichi I

Don't, Koichi I

Koichi I

Koichi I

Koichi I

So what if your mom's dead I

So what if your mom's dead I

What'll happen to your sister if you die?

What'll happen to that sister, who's waiting for you?

I'll go get her for you

And if I can't bring her, I'll die with you I

"On the long, long,

"never-ending trail,

"a winter storm

"rages, but... .

"It's springtime In the valley,

"and flowers bloom

"Alone, alone

"another day alone,

"on the never-ending silvery trail"

"Alone, alone,

"the never-ending trail,

"is a long hard road

"but take heart

"Every steep climb

"leads to a descent

"Endlessly, endlessly

"again tomorrow,

"on the never-ending silvery trail"

Grandma

Koichi's...

he's doing just fine

No point talking to her

She can't hear a thing

Who are you?

I've come to take Asako to Koichi

Otherwise, I'll have to die with him

I see So, Koichi's still safe

Your name?

Yuki

Yuki... how old?

Twelve

Michiko was twelve when she learned to swim

Her mother and I took her to the sea...

She was so timid I had to scold her,

but...

she learned how to swim

You mean, Koichi's Mom?

This morning,

Michiko called

She demanded

I put Koichi on the phone, saying he must be here

I told her,

I had refused to take him

She went silent for a while,

and then said in a tiny voice,

"I couldn't

"save your soul, father"

That's all she said,

and then she killed herself

I can't let Koichi have Asako

Why not?

I'm starting over with Asako

I won't screw it up with her

I'll never screw up like that again

How dare you

You tear Koichi and Asako apart How dare you I

That's a huge screw up already I

Koichi and Michiko are the same It just won't do

What the hell is that?

That's no...

That's no reason I

Why is that?

Kids...

we can't choose our parents I

Can parents choose their kids I

I...

I finally get it

You're just like my father

You're human scum!

Koichi

"I...

"am...

"He who... forgives all... "

"What'll you do now?"

"Go on living I"

ISHIDA Houshi

TANIMURA Mitsuki

NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi

Ryo Tsugumi

MIZUHASHI Kenji TODA Masahiro

INOUE Yukiko

SHINAGAWA Toru

KODA Miyako

Executive Producers: SASAKI Shiro NAKAGAWA Shigehiro, KAWASHIRO Kazumi

Producer: MATSUDA Hiroko

Co-Producers: MIZOGUCHI Yasushi, KOHNO Satoshi

Director of Photography: YAMAZAKI Yutaka

Lighting Director: SATO Yuzuru

Sound: KORI Hiromichi

Production Designer: HAYASHI China

Costume Designer: MIYAMOTO Mari

Hair & Makeup: HOSOKAWA Masako

Editor: FUKANO Toshihide

Music: OTOMO Yoshihide

End Theme Music by MUKAI Shutoku and OTOMO Yoshihide

Screenplay / Director: SHIOTA Akihiko

English subtitles: Linda Hoaglund

(C)Produced by 'Canary' Film Partners

Although inspired by actual events, this film is entirely fictional,

and unrelated to actual persons or groups

Ripped by: SkyFury