All language subtitles for The Third Murder(Sandome no Satsujin 2017 eng

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.

HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY
VETERINARY FACULTY

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"?