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THE THIRD MURDER

Let me see.

Uh?

Take this.

A second charge of homicide is quite serious.

- But, did he confess? - Yeah, as soon as he was stopped.

There's no doubt they'll sentence him to death.

- Sure. - That's why I need your help.

I wish you have told me before he was acussed.

I know. I thought I could be able to manage this by my own.

But he changes versions each time I see him.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

So many today.

I'm glad it didn't rain.

Listen,

let me introduce you to Mr. Shigemori. The lawyer I was talking to you about.

Remember the trial from thirty years ago?

Are you his son?

I'm Shigemori.

And I, Misumi.

Your father was very good to me.

The other day I asked you

if there could be any doubt that you killed him, is there?

No, there is not.

You killed him? - Yes

I killed him.

Why did you kill him?

He was the owner of the factory where I worked,

Why?

I needed money to gamble.

Were you in trouble? With debts?

Yes.

I had asked for money and couldn't return it.

- When did you stop working? - September 30th

- Were you fired? - Yes.

Why were you fired?

I stole money from the safe.

Tell me, did you drink any alcohol that day?

Yes.

Three glasses of schochu.

Maybe you decided to kill him before starting to drink?

Or were you pray of despair while you were drinking?

I despaired while drinking.

How?

The last time I asked,

didn't you tell me that you were thinking about killing him for a time now?

Oh, did I say that?

You hit him from the back with a wrench.

Yes.

- Did you check he was dead? - Yes.

He wasn't breathing anymore.

Your hand.

Were you injured?

Yes.

When I burnt him.

Where did you get the gas from?

I went to the factory storehouse to get it.

That far?

I run, took less than ten minutes.

So, you didn't take the gas from the beggining?

No.

Write it down.

Another thing, I asked you to write

a letter to the victim's family, do you remember?

Yes.

I'll take it, they will give it to me at the exit.

Yes.

Are the prosecution going to ask for the death penalty?

It's very likely.

It isn't possible to change the accusation of homicide with premeditated theft.

But we have to try.

We must object the facts.

I we don't, we have lost before starting.

Hey, Settsu.

Yes?

Is Misumi okay with us opposing the facts?

Yeah, sure, why?

It didn't seem like it to me.

I'll take

life in prison not revisable.

Has he got any family?

A daughter, that we know.

- Age? - Daughters'?

She's 36 years old.

Do you want to see her? She lives in Rumoi, in Hokkaido.

That's very far way.

It's very cold.

I don't think she had any contact with his father.

No, he's spent 30 years in jail.

I doubt she can tell us something of value.

- It's crab season over there. - Thanks.

Rumoi is known for its octopus, not crab.

- Oh, poor octopus. - Don't underestimate the octopus.

- Like you were from Hokkaido. - Exactly.

I have got to stop eating meat.

We have to take the plane to Asahikawa and finish the trip on train.

Are we being paid for expenses?

To see a witness?

Forget it, didn't say anything.

Then it's not worth it.

Exactly, it's too cold up there.

- And there's only octopus. - Yeah.

But, shouldn't we go to understand Misumi better?

- Understand him better? - Yes.

You don't need to understand a client in order to defend him.

Really?

Of course, it's not like we're gonna be friends.

What does it has to do with the case?

Okay,

it's possible.

I have the sensation that it still smells like gas.

Yes.

Would you call this

a coincidence?

You could tell something was off with him.

He seemed to have burnt hands.

Stop, please.

- Can you rewind a little bit? - Yes.

Here.

Look,

he opens the window.

- The window? - Yes.

Did somthing smell wrong?

I remember now

the gas smell.

Gas...

What did you smell? The wallet, the one that was out of his pocket?

Well...

Maybe.

Sure?

Okay.

Here.

He has confessed on doing it why do you bother?

Okay, okay.

Don't take it out of the bag.

Sure.

Tell me,

are these gas stains?

- Have you analyzed it? - Yes.

They confirmed that it was gasoline.

That could mean

that he decided to rob him after pouring the gas.

Therefore,

that would mean that he wasn't thinking of killing him in order to rob him.

Are you doubting the accusation because of a gas stain?

It's a proof against the accusation.

If at least he hasn't confessed. We could attack with more advantage..

I wish you had call us at the beginning.

We'll take the letter, visit the factory

and confort the afflicted family.

I'll buy the present of rigor for these cases.

Thank you.

Regarding the motive.

Ask his coworkers if he had something against his boss.

Yes, I'll do that.

Settsu has given us the case and now he's washing his hands with it.

Yes.

Hello.

Good day, I'm Shigemori, the lawyer.

You defend Misumi Takashi.

I'd like to deliver a letter he wrote for your family.

I'll tell my mother.

Please.

Excuse me.

My name is Shigemori.

Before anything I would like to express my condolences.

Should I forgive him just because he sends a letter?

We...

He killed a member of this family.

Then he burned the body.

During the funeral,

we couldn't even

see his face to say goodbye.

Mom...

He's really sorry about what he did.

I'm so sorry.

Tell me,

do you think Misumi hated his boss?

More like he was grateful for getiving him a job.

Ok.

Did you watch them arguing about something?

Well,

He always complained to the boss that he payed us so little.

Did you get in trouble again, Sakurai?

Don't be an idiot.

He's a lawyer, not a cop.

Did you know Misumi spent time in jail?

I knew it.

Many of the people here did time.

Even myself.

Ok.

Do you wanna know?

What I did?

No.

Your boss seemed like a good man.

He hired us because we're cheap.

We are in no position of demanding anything.

Ok. I see.

Good. Thanks a lot.

How was it?

Wow,

that bad.

Is not that.

That's how things are now.

Victims thing they can get away with anything.

I wonder why did she defend him.

But that's our job.

Okay, which strategy should we follow?

We reject that he killed him with the intention of robbing him.

We go from homicide with intentional robbery to plain homicide.

He didn't kill him with the intention of robbing him.

He burnt him after killing him and then he thought about robbing him.

In reality, after he killed him,

he went back to the factory to load some gas.

- He came back to the factory? - He came back.

The logical thing would be to run away.

So what's the motive for the crime?

Revenge would be the best.

They often argued about salary.

I don't know all the facts. But that will be our strategy.

He got enraged because he got fired.

You're betting for revenge? That's not much for defense.

Is it less serious to kill out of revenge than stealing money?

It's always worse to kill for money.

It's considered a crime of selfishness.

- For the kind of killing? - Good question.

If it was out of revenge,

we need to know how that revenge came to be.

If that's enough to lower the sentence,

it seems to me that the law is really strange.

Shigemori speaking.

Yes.

I'm her father.

How?

Hello.

- You called me. - Are you her father?

Just "hello"?

Normally,

we would've called the police immediately

I'm deeply sorry about all the hassle

my daughter caused here.

You're a lawyer.

I'm in the middle of an important homicide case

and I'm spending a lot of time outside home.

I'm sure this happened because of that.

Yuka,

I'm sorry.

I haven't been taking care of you.

Why haven't you call your mother?

In a case like this,

a lawyer is more useful.

I'm very grateful.

Well, let's see,

Tell me about Nemo.

He's history now.

Do you want the fish tank?

Are you okay with it?

No, I didn't mean it like that.

They died.

Dead?

All of them? - Yes.

Why are you sad?

It's just fishes.

You didn't flush them down the drain, right?

They were living beings and had to be properly buried,

with respect.

Oh,

all of the sudden you sound like a real father.

What do you mean I sound?

- I am your father. - At the moment.

Yuka,

Tell me, why did you cry before?

I can cry on command very well.

Look, check it out.

Isn't it cool?

Everyone falls for it.

Go ahead, pick it up.

Not now.

Pick it up.

- Is that your lover? - Don't speak nonsense.

It's Settsu.

Yes.

Right now?

Yes, I can.

No, not yet.

Has Misumi read this?

I send it for him to read.

He can't stay saying the first thing that pops in his mind.

Sorry for the delay.

It's cold today, isn't it?

Let's see.

Today

we're here because of this piece.

Ok...

What you tell in this exclusive is completely true?

Precisely the part where it says

that his woman asked you to do it so she could cash the insurance.

Yes.

Did you really say this?

Yes, probably.

What exactly do you mean with "probably"?

Mr. Misumi,

there's a money transfer in your bank account

of 500.000 yens at the beggining of October.

Besides your salary.

Was it his woman?

Yes, a transfer from his woman.

So, this was

an advance payment for what you had to do?

Yes.

Why didn't you tell us from moment one?

I honestly don't know.

Maybe because...

the journalist asked you first

and was an exclusive?

I don't recall.

Here we go.

How did she ask to kill her husband?

An email from her mobile phone.

- An email? - Yes.

When?

Two weeks before I killed him.

Do you still have it?

It's very likely.

This can work, conspiracy, instigation and complicity.

- You think so? - Yeah.

After the crime, did you contact the wife?

Yes, I called her from a phone booth.

What happened?

She told me that if I didn't involve her in this,

she would take care of me.

And tell me, you and the wife

had something to do

as man and woman?

"Can you handle the deal for 500.000 yen?"

"When?"

"I must return the money by the end of October".

"Understood. I'll handle everything".

- What do you think, do you have a bad feeling? - No.

If we show she paid that money to Misumi.

It's a criminal conspiracy,

she could become the main guilty part.

But if they had a sexual relationship like it seems they did according to Misumi,

then they'd be conspirators.

But, did he acknowdlege it?

He was really uncomfortable.

Out of his expression, I'd say yes.

But he didn't openly aknowdlege it..

I'm sure they were sleeping around.

I could sense it as soon as I saw that woman's face.

In no moment he says: "She asked me to kill him"

Let me see.

- Give it to me. - Yes.

I doubt the prosecutor will reduce the sentence because of this email.

They've decided he's guilty, there's no turning back.

I know what I'm talking about, I was a prosecutor once.

Yes, but, and this?

"She said that if I didn't involve her in this, she'll take care of me".

Here it is.

Yeah, but

she could be referring to their sexual relationship, not the killing.

What's the motive?

Revenge or life insurance?

Whatever works best for the client, clearly.

Yes, of course, as a legal strategy.

What else should we consider?

- Nothing, I guess. - Exactly.

We'll never find out what the truth is.

That's why we lean to the more beneficial motive.

Okay, so what we'll do?

Follow it and risk it?

We have to look for mitigating causes, it's a jury trial.

Personally, I'd doubt before asking for the death penalty.

The defense is asking that some emails

are admitted as evidence.

Objection.

Very well, why and to what is this objection?

Do you consider that the emails are not reliable?

No, because they are irrelevant.

How?

These are objective evidence.

Objection overruled in this case.

Okay...

Okay, fine.

Admitted.

The defense is not denying the culpability correct?

No, we don't deny it.

This is about if there was an intention of robbery.

Yes, we oppose the accusation of premeditated robbery.

Let's see.

I see that the prosecutor will call

wife Mizue and daughter Sakie as witness.

That's right.

- What does the defense say? - You decide, Mr. President.

Will the defense call some witness?

Yes.

The defense will also call to testify, Mizue, the wife.

To rebuke the accusation of premeditated robbery.

That's right.

We will also call Megumi, the accused daughter.

Yes, that's our intention.

What say the prosecutor?

As you say, Mr. Presidente.

Okay.In that case,

The visit will be celebrated...

I doubt that an email can demonstrate

that she asked him to kill her husband.

It will do to knock down the charge of premeditated robbery.

I think he panicked and decided to blame someone else.

You seem to be convinced this is a robbery/homicide.

You're only concerned about reducing time.

That's whay lawyers do.

Lawyers like you stop

criminals to confront their blame.

How?

What exactly does it mean "confront their blame"?

It means not to look away from the truth.

The truth?

Okay, I think that's enough.

We're clearly in opposite sides.

Aren't we?

Good day.

- I have kept you waiting - It's okay.

This house doesn't follow the norms.

They didn't respect the minimum distance.

That over there is now in his second wife, 24 years younger than him.

Wow, I almost envy him.

But at night it's hell, they're so noisy.

Go ahead.-Thank you.

How did Mr. Misumi behave?

He was respectful of the norms. Took the garbage on time.

By the way, he asked me to send some jerseys.

Did he got them? There was a green one.

- Yeah, he was wearing it. - There must be cold in jail.

Although it musn't be different from this.

It smells wet in winter. There's no ventilation.

Tell me...

Do you remember if some time this woman came to see him?

Well, I've saw her on TV, that's it.

But I've never seen her around here.

She might've try to go unnoticed..

Honestly, very few people came to see him.

A young girl came a couple of times..

- A young girl? - Yes.

What age?

An adolescent, had a uniform and couldn't walk well.

Walked like this, look.

How did she behave?

Laughed a lot talked with a happy voice.

But, wasn't she his daughter?

It might have been.

Oh my, there's a spider.

They're no bad luck in the day.

I just remembered that when his bird died

he asked me if I mind burying it outside.

I appreciate you briging me a gift.

I think you'd like peanut butter.

I saw a jar in your house.

I love it.

Twice a week we get bread with our food.

Did you have

a bird?

Yes.

A canary.

But he died

of sickness.

The grave...

- The grave? - Yes.

Under the window.

Okay.

I was surprised to see the cage being so big.

I dug up the grave.

Five birds don't become ill all of the sudden.

Well,

I could've let them free,

but the wouldn't have made it on their own.

One of them

managed to escape.

The cold will last for a couple of weeks.

I wonder how is he managing

to eat and find shelter.

Can I know

how much you paid rent?

38.000 yens

with a full bath, but small.

I talked with the landlady.

You made the payment

of the next months ten days before the usual date.

I think

you were plannning to be stopped weren't you?

You don't understand, Mr. Shigemori, right?

What?

Paying the rent

is a pleasure.

- A pleasure? - Yes.

You don't pay rent in jail.

That was the only reason of doing it

Mr. Shigemori,

show me your hand

- Mine? - Yeah.

Like that.

You have a big hand.

No, keep it there.

In a while

you'll notice the heat.

You see, I...

You learn more about a person

like this than talking to them.

Can I try to

guess what you're thinking?

Go ahead.

How old is she?

Your daughter.

She's

14 years old.

Sure, I see.

The next person to testify will be Misumi's daughter.

Well, if we're able to find her.

Then we'll interrogate Misumi himself.

That will be the hard part.

Following the idea that the widow is the main guilty.

Yeah, that's it.

I don't recognize you, you don't seem to be sure.

I can't sell the flat for the ammount I was expecting.

That's why you're like this?

I beg you, Shigemori,

Misumi's life depends on "you know what".

What's "you know what"?

You know what.

Let's leave it.

- Hey, Settsu. - Yes?

Did you tell him many things about me to Misumi?

What did I tell him?

We practiced in the same firm.

Did you talk to him about my daughter?

I didn't tell him you had one.

Why?

What did he say?

Nothing, don't worry.

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It seems she limps from birth.

But...

But?

It's told around that she did it to herself

when she jumped out of the roof of the factory as a child.

Why does she lie?

I'd like to know.

Where was Sakie the day of the crime?

She came back home after school and didn't go out again.

She has difficulties walking.

Believe me, prosecution and defense often differ completely

when it comes to psychiatric evaluations.

Psychiatry isn't a science.

It's pure fiction.

You enjoy messing with the evaluations.

Here you are.

This is the file I promised Rumoi's case, homicide and robbery.

I was surprised of your call, wasn't expecting it.

I present you, judge Shigemori, now retired.

Your father.

Thank you very much, sir, this will come very helpful.

You shouldn't have bothered bringing it here. You could've sent it via messenger.

- Which promotion are you? - Number 69.

It must be hard, cause' the competition.

Your son has me entertained..

Do you work here always? -Almost always.

Your father told me you wanted to be

a judge when you were little.

Really?

I didn't think so.

Would you mind not talking about my childhood?

- What's up with her? - What?

Divorced women are very patient.

I'm not legally divorced.

Then, I'll offer as a candidate.

Ok, do me a favor and go home as soon as you finish your tea.

No, I intend to stay for a few nights.

What?

Do you know the italiant restaurant La Bisboccia. In Hiro-o?

I don't.

So, where will you sleep tonight?

Do you want me to reserve a room?

A suite for two, please.

You're so funny, sir.

His own intention was to kill someone.

Was it the only motive?

Exactly.

Killing for fun and burn the body.

Some people resemble beasts more than they do humans.

However,

when the sentence was dictated,

you used his conflicted childhood,

his poverty as mitigating circumstances.

That was thirty years ago.

We still believed that social condition was an influencing factor.

In other words, do you blame a time?

I have never been in favor

of abolishing the death penalty.

Now,

because of a too lenient sentence,

another person had to die.

And it weighs heavy on me.

Listen.

An abyss

sets apart killers from the rest of humans.

To cross that abyss is a matter determined at birth.

I think that's a very arrogant affirmation.

Don't you even believe in a possible rehabilitation?

Remember he sent you a postcard.

You are the arrogant one

to think one can change so easily.

This time

he killed for money, right?

No.

Something tells me the motive had nothing to do with money.

Don't waste your time finding out that.

No, don't say is lost time.

If we can't even understand family, imagine a stranger.

How old were you when you were trialed for the first time?

In the eighties?

86.

I must've been in the institute.

Do you remember?

No.

Hokkaido is a big prefecture.

Who can remember a killing in this tiny town?

Hi killed two loaners.

Stole their money and burnt the floor.

It's amazing he didn't give him the death penalty.

If he had,

he wouldn't have killed again.

Your father wouldn't like that.

Those were his exact words.

I stopped him, let's see,

January 22nd, 1969.

The train wasn't running because of the storm.

A hell of a cold weather that night.

Did you stop Misumi personally Mr. Watanabe?

Yes.

The next day from the incident,

I found him sitting on the beach,

in front of the station.

What was the motive of the homicide?

Well, oficially, it was a revenge.

Oficially?

To tell you the truth, nobody knows.

He contradicted himself several times in the interrogation.

After the zones were closed in that zone

many people were left out of work.

Yakuza offered them loands with very high interests.

treated them really bad.

Thanks, no tea for us.

I imagine that your lawyer thought

revenge would be a mitigating factor.

That he would avoid the death sentence like that.

Didn't he felt anger towards someone or had any enemies?

Takashi wasn't resentful,

he didn't hate anyone as well.

That was the unnerving part of him.

A little like

he was an empty pot.

- Be careful. A car's coming. - Ok.

World one tower.

Ran, Hitomi, Asuka.

Isn't it there?

Yeah, it's there.

Do you know if your father made contact with her?

Sent her any money?

Yukari.

Megui talked about his father sometime?

I know the men she called "dad".

Not that, idiot, I mean his real father.

Good evening everyone!

- How long were you there? - Until five am.

- You have a swollen face. - Shut up, I was at the karaoke.

Seems you made it with Ken on Saturday.

Hey, listen, listen,

Do you know where Megumi is?

No idea.

And even if I knew. I wouldn't tell you.

I beg you to think it over and tell us.

Her testimony is vital to reduce

his father death sentence to life in jail.

She wanted him dead.

Once she said: "I hope he dies, and dies soon."

Tokyo police came here after the killng.

That's why she coudln't remain living here.

For how long do the children have to pay for the crimes of their parents?

I wish you'd told me that you were thinking of going there.

We're thinking of calling your daughter

as a conduct witness.

She won't come.

It wasn't for me.

She just wants me to die as soon as possible.

Some things are better forgotten, understand that.

But,

I feel it's important

that you face clearly the crime you committed.

- Face it? - yes.

That's what everyone is doing?

I think so, isn't it?

No, of course not, you see...

You have to pretend not to see a lot to get to live out there.

Well,

but I guess you're sorry to kill your boss, right?

- Sorry? - Yes.

Really.

That's what you wrote in the letter to the widow.

Because the other lawyer wanted me to.

Mr. Misumi,

even if you think that way don't show it on the trial.

I know.

It's going to be a trial with a people's jury.

Yes, I know..

But I think that man deserved to die.

- Deserved to? - Yes.

What makes you think that?

There's some people in this world who should've never been born.

But that doesn't allow you

to kill someone to solve the problem.

Don't you solve the problems that way?

When you say that, are you referring to the death penalty?

Enough for today.

There's nobody...

There's nobody

that should't have been born.

We're over!

I don't know.

He seemed like another man, he was totally changed.

Who?

Misumi.

Let's see.

You've said:

"There's nobody that shouldn't have been born".

Yes.

You really think so?

Yes.

Don't you agree?

Well...

I don't.

I don't agree.

Why not?

I think our lifes are defined

without having our will on account.

What do you mean?

Some people are born in circumstances that they would've never chosen.

And others are deprived of life unjustly. No explanations.

Welcome.

It's very good right?

They gave it to us in school.

We fought for the remains.

It always came in a small plastic jar.

What do you want?

You went to visit him.

Misumi.

That's what you wanted to ask me?

Well, it isn't normal.

What do you call "normal" exactly?

Sorry.

I haven't formulated my question well.

No, it's me who is sorry.

Did Misumi talked about his family?

No.

You see,

he has a daughter.

It seems he hasn't seen her for 30 years.

His daughter has also

a problem in her leg. Like you.

I thought that's why you became friends.

I understand.

You didn't know that

Someone says they saw her with him in the karaoke, next to the station.

Yes.

In the New Year's party.

- Have you never been alone? - Of course not, this is ridiculous!

Regarding your husband insurance,

you're the only beneficiary. Right?

Are you ok?

Turn off the light, they can see us from outside.

How could that man be my lover?

Who came up with a story like that?

Take care.

After what happened to your father.

You're the only one I can count with.

This pan is too ugly.

Too worn.

If you finally go to Hokkaido's University,

I may very well die from loneliness.

You won't die.

Nobody dies from loneliness.

That only happens to rabbits.

Why is the insurance not paying?

What do you think?

Are you worried about money in a time like this?

Could it be because even the insurance company thinks I sent

to kill him.

If you worry so much, why don't you tell them the truth?

The money wasn't to kill him. It was for the fake tags.

Don't be silly.

If I tell that.

The factory would go bankrupt.

If it's making money doing something as repugnant,

It better go bankrupt.

Now you're talking like a child.

This repgunant money

has taken care of you until now.

I know.

You'll be called to testify as well, you know, right?

Listen.

Answer only what's strictly necessary.

Have you heard me?

What's strictly necessary

What does it mean?

You already know.

Don't say anything about the factory.

Or your father.

Why?

What's with my father?

You see, your father

didn't have all the blame.

Yes?

Yuka.

This is a bad time, I'm working.

Have you gotten in trouble again?

Okay.

It's better this way.

Yes, of course.

Won't you say no?

No, I won't

I'll help you.

But...

that doesn't authorize you to do nonsense.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry

I haven't spent more time with you when we lived

all together.

The fiscal ministry will insist that it was a robbery muder.

But be patient.

As we have rehearsed. As soon as you are called to the stage,

remember,

and say you never intended to rob him of his wallet.

I've understood.

And the true guilty part in this is the wife.

She asked you to kill him.

- Yes. - Good.

Sorry,

do you really believe that story?

Sorry?

Yes, about the robbery and the life insurance.

He doesn't, but does it give us more chances to win?

Well, of course, I won't deny that's the case,í,

speaking only from the legal perspective.

Mr. Shigemori, what do you think the real motive was?

- The real motive? - Yes.

Why did I do it?

Although it's possible you don't want to know the truth.

No, I'm interested.

So, tell me.

Okay,

but I'll ask you something first.

You want a hint, okay.

You're carrying a cross.

What does it mean?

Was it like a judgement on your side?

Judgement?

Yes.

For your crime.

Which crime?

That I don't know.

I don't judge anyone.

I'm the one who's constantly judged.

Remember? I told you that one of the canaries escaped.

Yes.

He didn't

I let him escape.

I wonder if someone,

somewhere, plays with out lives.

Like I did with the lives of the canaries.

If it is so, I'd like to meet him.

Meet him to tell him

that it's not fair.

But

you haven't been treated unjustly until now.

My father, my mother,

my wife.

Nobody did anything but misfortune killed them.

However, I'm still here

The life of people is already decided. La vida de las personas está decidida.

Without having their wishes into account.

It's unfair!

What you just said, where...?

No, leave it.

Why did you

sent a postcard to the judge when you were released?

Because I was envious and I admired him.

A judge can do whatever he wants with the life of others.

Room 404.

Would the accussed please enter.

Remove his handcuffs.

Everyone stand.

Session starts.

Would the accussed approach the stage.

What's your full name?

Misumi Takashi.

Date of birth.

December 1st, 1959.

The public trial is now open.

You're accused of homicide and corpse mutilation.

The prosecutor will proceed to read the charges.

Yes.

These are the charges.

The accused decided to kill Yamanaka Mitsuo,

50 years old. With the intention of robbing him.

AproximaTely at 12:30 of October 11th night in 2017,

at Tama's river shore.

The accused stroke him repeatedly with a wrench.

I ask the accused.

If the prosecutor accusation contains any erroneous declaration.

Yes.

I didn't kill him with the intention of robbing his wallet.

His wife.

Called Mizue, asked me to kill him.

Your honor.

With the end of refreshing the witness memory,

I would like to present defense evidence number one,

the email that the witness sent the accused in September 27th.

Go ahead.

I ask you, regarding this email,

to explain us exactly what you are refering to.

It's about a work issue.

Which work?

Sincerely, I do not know.

My husband took care of everything related to the factory.

I guess he gave him an order.

I mean,

500.000 yenes, plus his usual salary, right?

Doesn't seem like a usual procedure.

I don't know.

I just know my husband sent it from my phone.

The acussed lies when saying that you hired him to kill your husband?

I believe so.

You better ask him. I don't understand anything that's happening..

Didn't you promised him that if you killed his husband,

you'll pay him 10 million yens of the 80 of the insurance?

Of course not.

- Weren't the 500'000 an advance payment? - Not at all.

Aproximately at 8 o clock of October 13th,

two days after the crime...

Exactly when is this?

In the river shore.

What were you both doing there?

Mr. Misumi had made a campfire.

I was going through there back from the library.

I told him it was my birthday.

And he said: "We'll make a snow cake".

Then I told him everything.

Here?

Yes.

When did

your father

started with...?

I was fourteen.

To be blunt,

was he abusing you sexually?

Yes.

Then, did he rape you?

Exactly.

Mr. Misumi

did it for me.

Just because of that.

Mr. Misumi and my mother

have nothing to do.

Are you willing to tell this from the witness stand?

Yes. Because you want to save him?

Yes.

But you didn't ask him to kill your father, right?

No, but

deep inside I wanted someone to kill him.

Mr. Misumi discovered that.

But how

did he find out?

He understood.

I know.

Where did

he rape you?

In...

In a hotel?

At home?

- In the river shore? - Shigemori, not now.

It's very important.

The prosecution will ask that without a doubt.

Where and how many times.

I can handle it..

Think about

that, trying to undermine your testminoty, the prosecution

will investigate your friends,

will find out if you've shoplifted..

Everything will see the light in the trial.

Yes.

Also the thing about your leg.

My leg?

Exactly.

It seems you tell everyone

that you injured yourself falling of a roof.

That's not a lie.

I threw myself of the roof.

Be aware,

they will make several harsh questions. Will you be able to handle it?

It won't be nice.

can you endure?

Until recently...

it was much harder,

when I couldn't tell anyone.

We'll be in touch with you.

Yes.

Do you want a candy?

The stairs are hight, be careful.

Sorry.

Thanks

for telling us this.

But.

Why?

Because

I don't want

to close my eyes, like my mother did.

You can't sleep?

Neither can't you?

The cold woke me up

Don't get too cold

- You're getting old. - Shut up.

Hey,

do you know a story told by the Chinese?

It's a popular tale

of some people who can't see.

They are all in front of an elephant, touching it.

I know.

The one touching his trunk argues

with the one touching its ear

because nobody can distinguish.

the trunk from the ear.

Exactly, that's the one.

I bet you feel like that right now.

You're absolutely right.

And

I wonder

what I'm touching right now.

Was I judging?

Was I saving?

Hello.

Excuse me for coming so late.

On the contrary.

I couldn't sleep.

I came

to talk you about Sakie.

Remember this photo?

In February 15th of this year,

the snowstorm.

Sakie and you

took a selfie near the river.

That day.

According to her,

she opened up with you and confessed

that her father raped her regularly..

I don't remember.

I see.

But

you remember this postcard.

The postcard you sent my father

dated

February 20th,

five days after the selfie.

For you,

Sakie became

the daughter you haven't seen in years.

Wanting

to save Sakie,

you decided to kill her father

You guessed she wanted to kill him.

That's what she told you?

That an outright lie.

A lie?

Mr. Shigemori.

That girl

lies a lot, everyone knows it

Ok, but

explain to me why would she lie to help you.

You better ask her.

Allow me to ask you something else.

Sure.

About the day of the crime.

Yes.

How did you manage to make your boss come with you to the river?

How? - Yes.

He had fired you.

No offense,

but for starters, he wouldn't come with someone like you.

I told him it was something very important.

What was so important?

The fake tags.

Fake tags?

Yeah, fake tags.

Once a month,

flour from an unknown destination

came illegally to the factory.

He bought the flour for nothing and replaced it for the good one.

A repulsive practice.

So,

the 500.000 yens...

Yeah, it was the money for that.

But, why

do you came up with that lie?

To judge her?

For being a mother

that pretended not to see

what the father did to his daughter?

Mr. Shigemori.

Tell me.

No...

You wouldn't believe me anyway.

No, tell me.

What's it about?

It's a lie.

A lie?

Yes.

I have never been in that place near the river.

What?

The truth

is that I didn't kill him.

what do you mean you didn't?

That's the truth,

I didn't kill him.

But.

Why

are you telling this to me now?

Why didn't you say it from the start?

I did.

I told everyone I didn't do it.

The police, the prosecutors.

Even the lawyer.

- The laywer? - Yes.

When you came to see me that first time.

Settsu?

Yes.

He adviced me

to stop lying.

If I confessed, I would avoid the death penalty.

But...

But

even if you're not sent to die.

They'll put you in jail again.

I prefer that

to work for a boss that decieves people.

In jail, at least I don't have to lie.

Do you believe me?

Mr. Shigemori.

But.

You've always said...

And now

you want me to believe this story?

Exactly.

- Give me a minute. - Sure.

I knew it, you don't believe me.

Let's see, Misumi. Tell me. Did someone came to prison?

To see you?

Tell me!

No.

- Just you. - Man, come on.

That's enough!

I want to know the truth!

Don't worry.

They can't hear you.

The wallet?

You stole from him.

The wallet.

Did you steal it?

Yes.

I stole it the day of the crime.

I threatened the boss to reveal the tags thing.

And the money?

I sent it to my daughter.

The burn

in your hand?

I made a campfire the previous night.

So, the river shore...

I told you already I wasn't there that night!

It's the truth.

You've told me, you weren't there.

Do you belive me now?

You

are my client.

So, I represent your interests.

Now,

to deny the fats at this time it's the worst legal strategy possible.

I don't care about the legal strategy!

All I'm asking you is if you believe me, nothing else!

I understand you.

You understand me?

Do you want to take a chance?

Are you sure?

Yes!

No way, is he saying that now?

Yes.

He says the lawyer adviced him to confess

in order to avoid the death penalty.

Don't listen to him.

You'll see how he changes stories again.

I think we should focus in Sakie's testimony.

In other words.

The three of us recognize he commited the crime?

And who would believe he didn't?

There's no eye witness.

Let's see,

The only tangible evidence of the prosecution is his confession.

It's simple,

he's starting to be afraid.

The trial has begun,

the death penalty is real, he starts to improvise.

- It happens a lot. - No, this man isn't like that.

- And how would you know? - Because I know.

This story is starting to be dangerous.

Dangerous?

See.

This man is capable of doing this, look at it.

Can a human being do this?

A father like that deserves to be killed!

Dserves?

The prosecutor is right.

You're one of those lawyers

that prevent the criminals from facing their crimes.

We'll lose.

And

we'll play an awful part in front of the judge.

Maybe,

but if he denies having done that

Me, as a lawyer, must guide myself from his word.

Please make two lines.

The family of the vitim will take the stand today.

The people are lining up to buy tickets and...

Does he deny it?

Yes.

He says he didn't kill him.

What?

That being the case,

we rather have you not saying

he did it to save you.

We're sorry.

I have to testify.

We're sorry.

I beg you to allow me

to tell the truth.

Are you saying you want to testify

to please

your sense of justice?

Of course not.

You wanted to save him,

Right?

Yes.

If that's so,

must your desire overcome

anything else?

Can you tell me what are your feelings towards the acussed?

He brutally murdered your beloved father

With the only end of robbing him. Right?

I'm sure that Mr. Misumi

didn't kill my father to steal his wallet.

I will ask again.

What kind of punishment do you want

the acussed to have?

I don't want him to die.

Do you want to tell anything

to your late father?

So?

I am thankful for giving me life and educating me.

The night of October 11th.

You waited in front of the plant

for your boss to come back, right?

Yes.

What was your intention?

I wanted to threaten him so he would give me his wallet.

I was angry at him because he just fired me.

What happened with the wallet?

I took it from him.

But that's it, I didn't do anything else.

I didn't go to the river shore.

I didn't kill him.

I object, this is not about opposing charges.

I told them it wasn't me!

- A prosecutor followed me to the bathroom. - Your honor. No...

He said that if I confessed, I would avoid the death penalty.

Silence, please.

Where does the defense want to go with this?

They all agree.

We oppose the facts.

Even the lawyer adviced me to declare myself guilty.

If I didn't wanted to die.

Acussed, I order you to be silent.

Nobody believes anything I say.

That's why

I beg you to listen to the truth.

You honor.

I didn't kill him.

- Excuse me. - Please.

Counselor, what are you trying to do?

We accept to demonstrate the intentional robbery.

The acussed has changed his declaration suddenly.

So, what are you going to do?

Do you object the facts?

No, we don't object the facts.

YES, we do object the facts.

Make up your mind.

We can't go through with this.

We object.

What does the prosecutor say?

The defense had accepted the charge of homicide.

Now there will be a retrial and start over.

Defense counselor,

I would rather go ahead and debate the acussation now.

Yes, let's carry on with the trial.

I understand the prosecutor position but this is an extemporary declaration.

The defense rather keep going with the trial.

We must think of the jury too.

No, we should stablish guilt first and...

Okay.

Besides.

It's an objection without foundations.

Let's think of the costs that a retrial has.

The costs it has...

The prosecution will present

objective evidence of guilt.

Now that we agree, the trial will go ahead.

I thought that a retrial was necessary.

It seems the judge doesn't think it's proper.

They all have exchanged looks.

You had an agreement.

The judge was very clear

that having a retrial won't affect his final decision in the least.

Nobody believes that Misumi

is not the killer.

We can't do anything.

The judge musn't delay the celebration of a trial.

If he wants to keep his reputation.

And even if we are in different shores.

We all sail in a boat called "justice".

Take this.

Eat, eat.

Come.

Come.

Come close.

Come.

Come, come close.

Eat.

Come.

- Misumi. - Yes.

Come, please. - Thanks.

Good day.

I will proceed to give sentnce

in this case of robbery, homicide and body mutilation.

I sentenced the acussed to death.

The reasons given by the acussed

to deny his guilt are without sense and are irrational.

The defense argument

referring to the victim's wallet robbery

is inconsistent in light of the evidence,

and thus, unaceptable.

Regarding the email.

And given that there was no conversation

between the acussed and Ms. Mizue in where the killing was discussed.

And not mentioning the possiblity of a kiling in that mail,

to interpret it as an order to kill is mere speculation.

Besides, the acussed confessed during the investigation.

Changed his declaration in the trial.

Invalidating his defense.

with the intention of getting...

Thank you.

I'm sorry.

What he predicted exactly

that's what happened.

Nobody is telling the truth here.

Nobody?

Who decides

who is to judge?

And the cherry trees?

Just in front of my floor,

the blossoms are this big.

They are about to open.

Cherries blossom very soon here.

In Hokkaido

they blossom at the end of April, right?

That's right.

Closer to May's celebration.

I've thought

what drove you to say

you didnt'commit the crime.

You could've accepted the crime.

in order for.

Sakie not to talk about painful things.

Is that why you did it?

Is that why you denied it

deliberately?

Mr. Shigemori,

tell me.

Is that a question?

No, I guess that isn't a question.

Can I ask you something else?

Is that the reason that pushed you

to accept my sudden change?

Yes.

Was I wrong?

It's.

A good story.

A very good one.

I have always thought I shouldn't have been born.

Why

are you saying that?

Because

I harm

everyone around me with my mere presence.

But if what you've said is true.

Then even I

can help someone.

Even dealing

with a murder?

Yes.

If what you've said is true

of course.

Then,

according to you,

I'm only wishing

it's true?

You should put

to much hope

in a killer like me.

Being that as it may,

are you only

an empty pot?

What does it mean

being a "pot"?