All language subtitles for The.Inugami.Family.1976.JAPANESE.1080p

Participating work of the
1976 aca national arts festival

Kadokawa haruki corporation presents

The first film by
kadokawa haruki corporation

Father.

What are your last wishes?

Tell us your last wishes.

Everyone here

is waiting to hear
your last wishes, father.

As the family lawyer,

I, furudate, do have his will
in my safekeeping.

Mr. Inugami has requested that

the will be opened and revealed

when every blood relative
of the inugami clan is present.

Until then,

the inugami foundation will
stand in and carry out

the management of the inugami family
business and estate.

I'm sorry for your loss.

Inugamike no ichizoku
the inugami family

producers:
Haruki kadokawa kiichi ichikawa

original novel: Seishi yokomizo

screenplay: Kon ichikawa
shinya hidaka norio osada

cinematography: Kiyoshi hasegawa
art direction: Iwao akune

sound recording: Tetsuya ohashi
lighting: Kenichi okamoto

Music: Yuji ohno

editing: Chizuko osada

cast

koji ishizaka

yoko shimada

teruhiko aoi

mieko takamine

mitsuko kusabue miki sanjo

Akira kawaguchi ryoko sakaguchi

minoru terada takeo
chii hisashi kawaguchi

akiji kobayashi noboru mitani

Takeshi kato hideji
ohtaki ryunosuke kaneda

guest appearance:
Seishi yokomizo

norihei miki kyoko kishida

rentaro mikuni eitaro ozawa

directed by kon ichikawa

A pr/esz' az' nasu shr/ne in sh/hshu
saves a vagram' orphan named saba/I

The pf/esz', h/s m719,
and 77 - year-old sahel inugami

[Nugam/ pharmaceufica/
p/am' esz'abfl'shed

P/am' expanded

7979:53-year-0/d sahel sfeps info
nafiona/ pow/cs and business.

[Nugam/ pharmaceufica/ esz'eb//snes
new nesu me/n office p/enz'.

Februe/j/ 7947 -' sene/ [nugem/ dies.

Nesu c/'i'y

Miss, where is the nasu hotel?

Oh, turn right at that corner,

go left at the first crossing,
then turn right.

The third building on the right.
There's a sign.

It's called a hotel but it's an old inn.

I don't mind if it's run-down.

I was told to stay there.

I work as a maid there.

"Nasu hofe/"

Please write your name and address here.

The police have been fussy lately.

"Kosuke k/nde/cn/; Ofe cw, Tokyo"

How beautiful.

"Countries may fall, but their rivers
and mountains remain."

What about meals?
Do you have meal tickets?

Oh, I'm starving.

The night train was packed.

Let's see...

Hey, instead of meal tickets,
could you use this rice?

How long are you staying?

Well, actually...

I'm not sure.

Furudate law office.

Oh, Mr. Kindaichi!
I've been waiting for you.

Yes.

Yes.

I'm wakabayashi, the one who wrote you.

Oh, hello, sir.

Yes, I can come see you
in about 30 minutes.

We'll talk in more detail then.

"The life of sane/ inugamf'

Hey.

Do the inugamis live there?

Yes.

We call it the "inugami palace"
around here.

I hear the head of the family
passed away seven months ago.

Yes. They held
such a magnificent funeral.

After all, almost everyone in this town

makes a living thanks to
inugami pharmaceutical.

Is that lady on the boat
a family member?

That's miss tamayo.

She's not a family member,

but I hear she's related to someone
Mr. Inugami respected.

She's very beautiful.

What? Is she really? All right...

I have to get a better look, then.

- Mister.
- What?

What's your profession?
Carrying around binoculars...

Somebody!

Hey you! Hurry, put her on this boat!

Thank you so much.

No problem.

Is there a way we cou/o' hnng
fh/s hoaz' fo shore

wn'houz' /eh'/ng ff s/nk?

[ Wanz' lo exam/he ff.

Someone bored a hole on the bottom.

Are you Mr. Kindaichi?

Yes.

You have a guest. He's in your room.

Oh, thanks.

Hey! Wait, wait!

Gosh!

He's dead.

Do you know him?

Mr. Wakabayashi.

What?

"Nasu po/fce sfaf/on"

they want us in the lab.

So they think it's murder?

Not sure.

Oh, chief tachibana.

Hi there.

I'd like to meet the man
named kosuke kindaichi.

Do you know him?

He's the primary witness
but is uncooperative.

When we interrogated him about his job,

he said he's a private eye.

- Apparently he is.
- Huh?

I called a law firm in Tokyo to
run a background check,

and they assured me that
he's a trustworthy detective.

This is what wakabayashi
hired you to handle?

Actually,

I received that letter
along with this book.

In the letter it says,

"I'm concerned that the inugamis
will face a grave situation..."

"In the near future."

Even if there were signs
of things about to occur,

how did he know?

He seemed absolutely
convinced about it.

I might know why.

Please tell me.

Mr. Sahei inugami's will

is securely locked away
in the safe at my office.

But it seems...

Someone has read it.

You think it was
Mr. Wakabayashi?

He and I are the only ones
who can open that safe.

According to the autopsy,
poison was detected

in the victim's lung tissue.

So is there something unusual

written in that will?

Extremely!

Why did Mr. Wakabayashi need to read it?

Mr. Kindaichi.

Yes?

On behalf of wakabayashi,

I'd like to ask that you continue

your investigation into this matter.

Oh, really? Thank goodness!

What a relief!

With Mr. Wakabayashi gone,
I couldn't pay the inn.

Why can't you reveal
what's in the will?

Nine family members

are linked to the will.

It can't be read if even one of them
isn't present.

- Is someone...
- She's not family, but...

Tamayo nonomiya,
who was close to Mr. Inugami,

will also be present.

Is someone missing?

Kiyo, the only son of old sahei's
eldest daughter matsuko.

Kiyo had been conscripted,

and had written home
shortly after the end of the war,

but hasn't returned yet.

Then, suddenly about two weeks ago,

they received word that
he was in hakata,

so his widowed mother
went to get him.

How many other children besides matsuko
did Mr. Inugami have?

Old sahei never married.

But he had three daughters,
all by different women.

Matsuko, the eldest.

Takeko, the second.

Takeko //I/es /n Tokyo.

Her husband t oranosuke ls ch/ef
of [nugam/ pharma Tokyo branch.

They have fwo ch/tdren, take and sayoko.

Mother, that's aunt matsuko's zither,
isn't it?

She'll get mad if you use it
without permission.

Speaking of which,
I wonder what she's doing?

Sending a telegram from hakata,
telling us to come here

because kiyo had been repatriated

but not coming back herself.

It's been 15 days now.

She's always done whatever she pleases.

Maybe something happened?

Sayoko.

- Father's...
- Grandfather's?

Will is more important than anything.

So I'll wait as long as it takes.

Hey, take.

What?

What a drag. This is unbearable.

I thought it'd be over
in a few days,

but we've been waiting so long.

But dad, considering
the food shortage in Tokyo,

isn't it better to be here?

Welcome back, sir.

Oh kokichi, back at this hour?

What were you doing,

snooping around the main plant
until so late?

Toranosuke,

stop making strange accusations.

The z'h/rd daughter is umeko.

Her husband kok/ch/ ls ch/ef
of the Kobe branch.

T omo ls fhe/r only son.

Dad is out late.

Tomo,

have you been getting along with sayoko?

Yeah, for you and dad's sake.

Don't put it that way.

Sayoko will also get a portion
of the estate, so if we marry

and add our family's share,
it'll be quite a sum.

Right?

Madam, you have a call.

I see. All right.

Oh, umeko is here now.

It was matsuko.

Is she back?

How very like you to be
right on time, matsuko.

Takeko. Umeko.

Are you two the only ones here?

Yes. Just as you requested.

What's going on?

Oh! Is he...

It's kiyo.

Mr. Kindaichi.

Oh, hello.

Where are you going, dressed so formal?

The will is in here.

I'm going to the inugami residence.

So he's returned?

Yes, suddenly last night.

Mr. Kindaichi, will you come along?

I already have their permission.

I told them I'd bring
a stand-in for wakabayashi

and they grudgingly accepted.

Wow, I'm so excited,
I'm starting to get the shakes.

Thank you for waiting.

This is Mr. Kosuke kindaichi.

"Last w/t/ and t esz'amenz'"

now...

I'll read the contents of this will,

but first,

I have a request to make
of Mrs. Matsuko.

In order to determine

whether or not that gentleman
is really Mr. Kiyo...

Oh, I don't mean to doubt his identity,

but if we could see his face...

What?

Are you implying that kiyo here
is an imposter?

That's not what I mean, but...

What do you all think?

May I drop this matter and proceed?

Of course not.

- Umeko.
- Yes?

What do you think?

He should remove the hood

and let us see his face,
don't you agree?

Yes, of course.

Kiyo, take off your hood.

He fought for our country

and was wounded in action.

So he's wearing that mask
I had made for him.

It took so long for us to return

because the mask was being made
to look just like he used to.

Kiyo!

Lift your mask
for these heartless people!

Kiyo.

That's enough.

Mr. Furudate, are we in the clear now?

He's kiyo, there's no doubt about it.

I guarantee it as his mother.

So hurry up and read the will.

Very well.

I'll read it now.

"Article one."

"I give and bequeath the three heirlooms
of the inugami clan,"

"the ax, zither, and chrysanthemum,"

"which signify the right to inherit
all my estate and business"

"to tamayo nonomiya, subject to
the conditions set forth."

What? Tamayo inherits everything?

"Article two."

"However, tamayo nonomiya"

"must marry one of sahei inugami's
three grandsons,"

"sukekiyo, suketake, or suketomo."

"The choice will be hers to make."

"If she refuses to marry any of them"

"and instead chooses to marry
someone else,"

"she shall forfeit
her right of inheritance."

"Article three."

"If my three grandsons
all refuse to marry tamayo

"or if they die before her,"

"they forfeit all claims
to my estate, and"

"tamayo will be free to marry
anyone she wishes."

"Article four."

"If tamayo loses
her right of inheritance or dies,"

"my business enterprises shall pass
to sukekiyo, suketake, and suketomo,"

"and my estate shall be divided evenly
into five shares"

"with one share each to be given
to sukekiyo, suketake, and suketomo,"

"and the remaining two shares to be
given to shizuma aonuma,"

"son of kikuno aonuma."

Kikuno...

Aonuma?

"Article five."

"If tamayo, sukekiyo, suketake,
and suketomo all die,"

"then all of my estate and
business enterprises"

"shall pass to shizuma aonuma."

"Article six."

"If shizuma aonuma - who is
currently missing - cannot be located,"

"or if his death is confirmed"

"and all the other heirs are also dead,"

"then all of my estate and
business enterprises"

"shall be donated
to the inugami foundation."

That's a lie!

- That will is a fake!
- No...

It's a plot to steal our fortune!

As the family lawyer, I...

It's a blatant forgery!

It's legally binding.

The spirit of this must be followed...

How can he ignore his own daughters?
That's no will!

And you call yourself a lawyer?

An unrelated girl is taking everything?

That's right!

- How absurd! — if we agree,

then our future

hinges on tamayo's whims!

I can't even cry. This is absurd!

You're all focusing on tamayo,

but the aonumas were mentioned, too.

Hush! That's enough!

- They're not family...
- — that's enough!

How awful!

He didn't mention me at all!

Stop crying! You weren't the only one.

He ignored me, too!

You don't have to be so upset.

Can you take this calmly?

One should stay calm at such times.

If take marries tamayo,

there's a chance all of the inheritance
could become ours.

Though it's galling.

Sayoko, stop crying. Hey, takeko.

Kokichi ran the numbers just now,

and if tamayo loses her right,

our tomo could end up
with around 550 million yen.

One fifths isn't too bad.

That's enough to build
five or six ten—story buildings in Kobe.

You're too optimistic.

Tamayo could hog five times that amount.

I said so before, but why is
shizuma aonuma an heir?

I agree.

What furudate said is true.
That will is perfectly binding.

Father was past fifty when he
impregnated that factory worker, kikuno.

We can't let her son inherit a dime!

If he cared about kikuno,

then he should have
considered our mothers, too.

Yeah!

Hey.

How old is shizuma if he's alive?

Same age as kiyo.

Tamayo and shizuma should drop dead.

How dangerous...

I've been driving for 14 years.

No, I meant tamayo.

After all, she's such a Thorn
in the side of the inugami family.

As long as she's alive,

she gets to decide who inherits
the inugami fortune.

Are you saying someone might kill her?

It could be the opposite.

The opposite?

Yes.

What if she dislikes all three?

What if she has another lover?

And if she doesn't want
to forfeit her claim...

Then her only choice is to kill them.

But...

Tamayo has been in danger many times.

Yesterday's boat incident was
the third time?

Perpetrators often make themselves
seem like victims.

Are people in your profession
all so skeptical?

- For a person to turn cold-blooded...
- No.

Someone already is cold-blooded.

Indeed”.

They've killed Mr. Wakabayashi.

Mr. Furudate,

wasn't there anyone in particular

that he would have gone
out of his way for?

Come to think of it,

I think he was secretly
in love with tamayo.

With tamayo?

"Success forever /n barf/e"

in this region, those going off to war

"s'ukek/yo [nugamé age 23"

would press handprints like this
on votive tablets or cloth

and dedicate them to this shrine.

In other words,
to pray for success in battle.

What do you intend to do with this?

We're going to make sure
if that masked man

is really kiyo or not.

No two human fingerprints are alike.

We'll get his handprint
and compare it with this.

Mr. Furudate,

we wanted you to witness that

this is really kiyo's handprint
that was dedicated here.

So you still suspect
that man might not really be kiyo?

- Of course.
- But...

His mother seemed so sure...

You don't know our aunt.

If kiyo were dead,
she'd find a stand-in.

Did you two come up with this idea?

No, Mr. Oyama let us know about it,

in case it could be of use.

I'm surprised you remembered.

Well actually, I'd completely
forgotten about it,

but someone reminded me
that kiyo's votive handprint

would be kept here.

Who said that?

Tamayo.

Excuse me.

Do you remember this watch?

You fixed it for me before
when I dropped and broke it.

It broke down again during the war.

But I didn't want to let
anyone else fix it,

so I've been waiting for you to return.

Will you fix it for me?

Who is it? It's open.

Do you have a room?

So aunt matsuko,

you refuse to let kiyo
give us his handprint?

How many times must I tell you?

His face has changed
but he's definitely kiyo!

But matsuko,

that's all the more reason for him
to give us his handprint,

so that people don't get
the wrong idea.

Umeko, what do you think?

I agree.

If you keep refusing,
even those who don't doubt you

will start to feel suspicious.

Kiyo,

your mother keeps objecting
but this is about you.

Will you do it or not?

For now, my son is the head
of the inugami clan!

He'd have been your lord and master
in the past!

How dare you treat him
like some criminal?

I'll never allow him
to do such a filthy thing!

Even if he agrees, I'll forbid it!

Come, kiyo!

You're running away? Hey!

Excuse me.

Um, could you fill in
the guest register?

You write it for me.

What? Me?

I'll tell you.

No, that won't do.
The guest has to write it,

it's been done that way
since over 100 years ago...

Maybe even before then.

And ever since the war ended,
the tax office has been fussy.

We must keep things in order.

So you insist on me writing it?

Actually, I don't know how to write.

They won't give us his handprint

because that masked man
isn't kiyo, I'm sure of it.

Don't scare me like that!

No, I just tried to open it
and it fell over.

Give me a break.

The doors are so loose.

God, don't do that!

You think a guy so young is illiterate?
I left the register with him.

He gives me the creeps.

Yeah. Maybe his face is scarred?
He keeps his muffler on in the room.

- You think he'll pay?
- Seems suspicious.

Going out?

Where to, so late at night?

Just out for a bit.

Come right away!
Something terrible has happened!

Wakabayashi was right!

Who are you?

You can't go in!

Mr. Kindaichi!

Oh, Mr. Furudate.

- It's happened... — what has?

Come! Just come with me!

Saruzo made those
chrysanthemum dolls.

Old sahei enjoyed them
so they're made every year.

This year, it's a scene
from a kabuki play

called "the chrysanthemum garden."

Mr. Kindaichi, do you notice?

The dolls...

Are made to resemble
members of the inugami family.

That severed head...

Thats_.

So the victim...

Is take?

Who first found it?

It was saruzo.

Saruzo?

Calm down, takeko!

Mother! Mother!

No, mother! Mother!

Take! I'm going to see my boy again!

Don't be ridiculous!

Mother!

I'll get revenge!

I'll kill the murderer!

It's no wonder takeko is grieving
like she's gone mad.

But...

Switching the chrysanthemum doll's
head like that...

Why would anyone do such a thing?

The police will be using
the drawing room for a while.

We can't relax at all.

I was so upset by the brutal way
take was murdered

that I forgot to tell you
during questioning earlier.

Tell us what?

Well, yesterday,

we tried to determine whether or not

that masked man is really kiyo...

Oh, you mean the matching of handprints?

Yes. And the one who first suggested it

was take, who was murdered.

Matsuko became furious
and the two argued fiercely.

What if that kiyo were an imposter,

and he felt endangered
by take's suspicion...

Don't you think so, chief?

It terrifies me when I think about that.

I didn't want to say such things,

but I figured I should
let you know nonetheless.

Oh, inoue.

I appreciate your concern.
You can go now.

What was that?

Family feuding.

Women are so annoying.
It wasn't important.

Chief, we found where he was killed.
It's the observation deck.

The murderer must have killed take,

severed his head,

and thrown the body
into the lake from here.

You'll have to drag the lake.

Don't make it sound so easy.

Long weeds growing from the bottom

are entwined and entangled
like a woman's hair.

Once anything gets stuck,
there's no finding it.

Oh, by the way, Mr. Furudate...

Yes?

Both the murders of take and wakabayashi

were prompted by sahei inugami's will.

Therefore, we the police must know
what is written in it.

I must ask you to submit the will
as important information.

Understand?

Hey, what about forensics?
How many are here today?

Excuse me. I found this.

What?

Oh!

You recognize this brooch?

Yes.

Whose is it?

It's... it's tamayo.

Tamayo?

But she could have lost it
before last night.

No, because I distinctly remember
her wearing it

at that handprint confrontation
last night.

- Mrs. Matsuko summoned me?
- Yes.

- What for?
- That handprint,

she now says kiyo will do it,

and wants you to be a witness.

She refused so strongly yesterday,
so isn't it strange?

Everyone's here now.

Now...

Kiyo will make a handprint,
so you be witnesses.

Yesterday, I swore I'd never let him
do something so undignified,

but after such a horrifying thing
happened to take,

and with people going around saying
kiyo and I did it...

Oh? Who's saying such an awful thing?

Even if you just think so,
it means the same.

Kiyo seems to feel the same, so he
offered to make the handprint today.

Madam,

that should do it.

I'll take this handprint to the police

and have the lab determine
if they're identical.

Does this belong to you?

This brooch.

Oh!

Where was it?

The scene of the crime.

I was the one who asked for your time.

I'm sorry I'm late.

Well,

you've never asked to meet me before,

so I wasn't sure you'd come.

Kiyo's fingerprint is on the back
cover of this watch.

What?

Please compare it with the handprint.

Wow, I didn't expect you to cooperate.

I thought it'd be best to clarify things
as soon as possible.

It might be a bit uncalled-for,

but please make use of that fingerprint
I happened to get.

I'll handle it tomorrow.

You don't think he's really kiyo
either, do you?

Good night, then.

Tamayo.

Could we talk?

But it's late...

Who do you intend to choose
among us three?

I've always had a crush on you.

I don't care about the inheritance.

Haven't decided anything yet.

- Excuse me.
- Tamayo!

No! Let go of me!

Be mine! Be mine!

Do it again and I'll kill you.

Then I ran away from there
w/z'h all my m/ghl' w/z'h saruzo's he/, o.

[S fhaz' all?

Yes.

Did you call the police?

Yeah.

"Inugamr"

They found it.

The boat that moved the body,
and the weapon

used to sever the head, at kannon point.

The boat has "inugami" written on it.

Saruzo manages the boathouse.

He never mentioned a missing boat

when we questioned him before.

These are the keys to the boathouse.

Saruzo also found the severed head.

The last people to meet take
were tamayo and saruzo.

Her testimony earlier sounded
rather vague,

and there are no witnesses.

What's the deal with those two?

Old sahei brought saruzo from somewhere

about ten years ago to live
at the estate.

He went to war from that house,
but his background is unknown.

Old sahei told him to...

"Protect tamayo with your life."
That's what he told other servants.

Then if she asked him to kill,

he'd do it just like that.

Tamayo and...

Saruzo, huh?

Ok, got it!

Tamayo and saruzo are guilty. Tail them.

Yes, sir.

Hi, Mr. Furudate.

No results for the handprint yet?

Not yet. I've been waiting.

Chief!

We learned something strange.

Hey! Proprietor!

- This is the place?
- Yes.

So when did that repatriated soldier
who hid his face leave?

At 5 am. This morning.

Show us the register.

Huh?

The register!

Oh, the register.

What does this say?

"Sanpei Yamada"?

He has such bad handwriting.

He didn't write it.

- You did?
- No, of course not.

My wife did.

Oh, hello.

What the...

Why are you here?

I guess people tend to think alike.

The bloody boat was found
at kannon point,

so I was investigating the vicinity,

and ran into kashiwaya inn.

Excuse me.

Sorry to intrude. Do you still need me?

If this mystery man in uniform
really exists,

then we have to redo our investigation.

I thought it was an inside job
by someone linked to the will,

but now an outsider
could have been involved.

The soldier, sanpei Yamada,

was definitely at this inn
from 8 to 10 pm. Last night.

That time period...

Is when the inugamis were arguing
about kiyo's handprint.

That means...

There are two men with hidden faces.

Two?

Sorry to keep you waiting.

This is Mr. Fujisaki,
a forensics specialist.

He's got the results on the handprint.

This is Mr. Fujisaki.

Go ahead.

Yes.

Well then, I'd like to announce
the results of our investigation.

I'll state our conclusions simply without
using complicated technical terms.

These two prints are identical.

Therefore...

That gentleman is without a doubt
Mr. Kiyo inugami.

These two handprints
demonstrate that most eloquently.

Did you all hear what he just said?

Does anyone have any objections?

Nobody has objections?

That means you accept that this is kiyo.

Mr. Furudate and you there,
thank you both.

Please drink.

We got it through rationing.

I've had enough, thanks.

You seem to enjoy smoking.

Yes.

Do your sisters smoke, too?

Yes, they do. Why do you ask?

Oh, it's nothing important.

Has mother lost her mind?

Everyone seems to be exhausted.

Since this is a half-wake,

why not call it a night and
return to your quarters?

Shall we go, too?

Yes.

Tamayo.

We need to talk.

May I have some tea?

I'm craving something sweet.

Shall we talk in my room?

Here is fine.

What is it?

I wanted to ask about my brother.

I heard you met him
right before he was killed.

What did you talk about?

I've told the police all I know.

Actually, my brother isn't the point.

Don't choose tomo as your husband.

My brother's dead, so
you've got two candidates left.

One of them is hideously disfigured.

You get why I'm worried, don't you?

Tamayo.

I'm pregnant.

Oh!

Yes.

Tomo is the father.

I'll say it again, tamayo.

If you choose tomo,

I'll resent you!

What happened?

I just saw a soldier jump off
the balcony into the garden.

A burglar it seems.

What was that?

It's kiyo.

Is he dead?

May I?

Is he dead?

No, just unconscious.

Someone hit him.

'Headless body found /n lake
/den1'/t/ed as suketake inugami."

Estimated time of death,
between 11 to 12 at night.

The cause of death was a stab wound
from the back...

Toward the chest.

The weapon?

Something like scissors.

Scissors?

Thick ones, like a pair of
garden or flower shears.

Flower shears? A woman, then?

It's a woman. Find the owner.

That means the killer had two weapons,

something like scissors

and the machete used
to cut the head off.

Um... another possibility is that

different people used the scissors
and the machete.

Not just one person?

Yes, well, it's only a hypothesis.

By the way, chief,

did you find that gold watch
on the body?

Tamayo said she definitely
gave it to take,

but she was lying.

Someone so beautiful wouldn't lie.

Look, there are only two types
of people in this world.

Bad ones and good ones.

You promised you'd never
come here again,

and yet you called me up the other day.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

The inugami family
is currently in an uproar.

You must have heard.

It must be hard for you.

If you think so,

then don't cause me any more trouble.

I hear takeko and umeko still regularly
send money to their mothers.

I don't care what others do.

You can have that so go away.

I'll do as you say.

This might be the last time
we meet in this life. Take care.

"Inugam/ pam/ty tree"

"t ama yo"

"sahei inugam/"

”da/n/ nonom/ya"

"Nor/ko"

Are you done eating?

Yeah. It was very good.

I made them all.

What tasted the best?

The raw egg.

That's so mean!

The sino-Japanese war,
the Russo-Japanese war,

and world war I...

Each time the country went to war,

inugami pharmaceutical made
remarkable progress.

I want to know why.

Does that have anything to do
with the murders?

Probably.

Mr. Furudate.

If there's a hidden fact not written
in sahei's biography,

you can tell me, you know.

I don't know the details,
and I don't want to say.

Even if more people die?

You think more will be killed?

I can't say for sure.

But...

It's possible.

Poppies.

What?

Inugami pharmaceutical was founded upon

crude drugs originally formulated from
the roots of strange trees and plants.

Old sahei was particularly
knowledgeable about poppies.

It probably had something to do with
his upbringing before he came here.

Anyway, the first thing sahei did
when he started his company

at the young age of 23

was to grow poppies.

As you know, certain kinds
of poppy seeds

produce narcotic drugs such as
opium, morphine, and heroin.

Growing those kinds of poppies
is normally prohibited,

but sahei pulled a few strings and
managed to obtain a special permit.

And huge amounts of these narcotics...

Were bought by the military.

So inugami's drugs were used

on the battlefield as weapons
comparable to bombs and guns.

It's unfortunate.

But I guess that's what war is about.

Hi. So there you are.

I looked everywhere for you.

Did you need something?

Yes, chief tachibana and kindaichi came

and they summoned us
to tell us something important.

Come on.

I see. In that case...

Sorry...

Who's there?

Is someone there?

Hey, say something!

Is someone really there?

Help!

Flower shears?

Yes, according to one of your servants,

you borrowed one
from your sister matsuko.

Do you have it now?

I don't recall...

What?

Oh, I looked for them
on the night of take's wake

to cut some flowers
but couldn't find them.

What about the day before that?
The day he was killed.

Why are you asking me this?

We found that the weapon
used to kill take

were a pair of flower shears.

You cops think I did it?

How rude! This is unforgivable!

Please calm down, madam.

The inugami murders aren't
just local news anymore,

- the entire country is...
- So what?

Please cooperate with us.

I've done nothing but cooperate!

Is this saruzo?

You're saruzo, n'ghz'?

Yeah.

T amayo is al' the abandoned
mans/on /n toyohaz'a I//7/age.

You know the one.
The ru/ns of the inugam/s ' first home.

T amayo has been drugged

go p/ck her up.

Do eve/yfh/ng alone.
Go as qu/ck/y as you can.

Haru. Haru.

Oh!

I've been waiting.

Thanks a lot. You must be hungry.

Do eat more.

Sorry I made you go on such an errand.

But good thing the professor
was at the university.

Did you see him right away?

Yeah.

According to this memo,
the poison is consisted of...

"Alkaloid compounds
reacted with acetic anhydride."

Oh, so the cigarette was poisoned
as I thought.

And...

"Strange white crystals
were blended in."

"Strange"?

Did the professor say
anything more about this?

"It appears to be an ingredient
taken from crude drugs,"

"and can't be analyzed right away."

Oh, I see.

Eat, eat.

Did he say that the poison
was linked to poppy seeds?

"The main toxic component
in poppy seeds is morphine,"

"and morphine hydrochloride
was detected," he said.

I see.

Eat, eat.

Why aren't you eating?

Because I don't have enough time.

Isee. Check, please!

But how lucky was that?

A regular at your hotel was
a professor of pharmacology.

Does he stay often?

I'll pay for mine.

It's all right.

No, I always pay for my own meals.

It's all right.

I can put it down to expenses.

Sorry about that.

Ever since I fell ill last year,

I frequent the bathroom.

I see.

May I play again from the beginning?

Please do.

What's she thinking, playing the zither
when someone has died?

I wonder where tomo went? He's out late.

When this poison is inhaled
with cigarettes,

it stimulates the blood vessels
of the lung,

making them swell and burst
to asphyxiate the victim.

In other words,

this poison...

Wasn't detected in the stomach,
but in the lungs.

Mr. Wakabayashi didn't
drink the poison. He smoked it.

Is this what you've been investigating?

Yes.

Isn't it rather off the Mark?

I think it's the key
to solving this case.

Where were you?

Is that you, Mr. Kiyo?

I'd heard you'd been repatriated.

I'm sure you suffered many hardships.

I should have said this sooner,
but I hear someone died.

I'm very sorry for your loss.

Thank you.

Public scrutiny can be such a nuisance.

The papers have written
such mean things, too.

Perhaps not being able to see like me

enables one to ignore trivialities
and be happier.

It's 4 am.

Hey, kokichi. Hey, wake up, dear.

Hey, tomo hasn't come home yet.

I'm so worried.

- Sayoko.
- Good morning.

Tomo has been gone since last night.

Come to think of it, I haven't seen him
since early afternoon yesterday.

Should we tell the police?

But you don't like the police.

This is a different matter.

It's not like he's a mouse,

so I suppose he wouldn't be
hiding up here.

Calm down!

Man, what a cruel thing to do.

Start investigating.

He wasn't killed here.

The body was moved again?

Yeah, look.

None of the shingles are broken.

Chief.

That's a zither string.

Oh! There's a string
around his neck!

Was he strangled
to death with it?

It could be a cover-up.

Chrysanthemum, then zither, huh?

What are you saying?

Tomo was killed?

I can't believe it.

You were the last one to meet take,
and now this time, too.

This isn't good.

The police will suspect you even more.

Tamayo,

just to make sure... tomo made you
inhale something on the boat,

and you don't remember anything
after that?

I think I heard shouting far off.

What?

Like people were struggling.

That means...

There was someone else besides tomo.

Is that the murderer?

Well...

I'm not sure yet.

Chief! You're responsible for this!

While you were treating me
like a criminal,

my dear boy has been murdered!

What will you do about this?

Hurry up and capture the killer!

It has to be tamayo!

By making such accusations, you're
obstructing our investigation.

Listen,

you don't believe
what she's saying, do you?

I mean... I mean first of all,

my tomo would never
drug a woman to rape her.

I ought to know, I'm his mother.

Tamayo made everything up
to protect herself.

But a young woman
couldn't put a body on the roof.

It was saruzo.

He did it!

Matsuko.

You must be glad. You must be gratified.

Take and tomo have both died,

and the only one left is your kiyo.

Things have worked out in your favor.

Chief.

Is it true that a zither string
was wrapped around tomo's neck?

Yes.

But what was actually used
to strangle him

was something thicker than that.

First a chrysanthemum, then a zither...

In other words...

"Yo/, koto, ktku."

What's the matter?

Matsuko.

We need their help to avenge
the deaths of take and tomo,

so I'm telling them, ok?

I can no longer

bear such hideous, horrible things,

so I'll confess,
though it's disgraceful.

We three sisters
all have different mothers.

Our father never married them,

and merely kept them nearby as tools

to satisfy his physical needs at times.

But when our father passed fifty
by two or three years,

he impregnated a factory worker
named kikuno aonuma

who was even younger than us.

When kikuno gave birth to a boy,

he gave her all three heirlooms,

the ax, zither, and chrysanthemum.

What an outrageous thing to do!

It was unforgivable.

The three of us went to the farm
where she was hiding

to teach her a lesson
and to get our heirlooms back.

['Il curse you/

['ll surely wreak my vengeance on you/

So the sisters

think that what kikuno said
about taking revenge

with the three heirlooms has
something to do with the murders.

Man, what a horrendous thing to do...

I mean, they're women.

Greed is a terrible thing, isn't it?

By the way, Mr. Furudate,

did you locate kikuno
and her son shizuma?

She went to stay with relatives
in toyama city and married,

but died in the air raid.

What an unfortunate person.

Shizuma apparently served in the war,

but his whereabouts is unknown
from that point.

Ok, got it!

The man in uniform is shizuma
and he's the killer.

He's been murdering people
to monopolize the inheritance.

Inoue! Put out an all-points bulletin!

The former priest, daini nonomiya,

came up with the meaning
of "yok/ koz'o k/ku"

as the protective phrase of this shrine,

and had the three golden statuettes made
to be consecrated as sacred treasures.

When sahei inugami
launched his business,

daini gifted them to wish him success.

And they're normally kept
at this shrine?

That's right.

"Yok/ koz'o k/ku" means...

"We hear good tidings."

This auspicious phrase is now
being used as a curse.

What worries me is that
the ax is still left.

You think there will be another murder?

Where was old sahei born?

It's unknown.

After wandering around the country,

he arrived here in nasu
when he was seventeen.

He was found lying like a dog

from hunger and cold underneath
the worship hall,

and daini saved his life.

What's more,

when sahei launched his business,
it was financed...

By daini.

There was a strong bond between
daini nonomiya and sahei inugami.

By that I mean,

it was a homosexual relationship.

Where did you hear that?

I found out from Mr. Furudate.

What does that have to do
with the murders?

Mr. Oyama,

are you related to the nonomiyas?

Yes, well, we're distant relatives.

When did you become the priest here?

It's been fifteen years now.

Mr. Oyama, in order to prevent
another tragedy,

please tell me everything you know

about the relation between
the nonomiyas and inugamis.

Tamayo is really old sahei's
granddaughter?

A Chinese chest in the storehouse
of nasu shrine

had some old letters in it.

I couldn't believe the secret
of tamayo's lineage at first, either.

I'm tight-lipped and haven't told
anyone about this yet.

Only you.

I see.

I've always liked
reading old documents.

You?

While I was going over
the letters in the chest,

I found records of daini and
sahei's abnormal relationship.

Daini nonomiya was married,

but he was totally impotent with women.

This was the reason why
sahei won daini's affection,

but sahei ended up becoming intimate

with daini's young
virginal wife, haruyo.

Daini found out
about their betrayal,

but forgave them for some reason,

and even urged them
to continue their relationship.

Why did daini do such a thing?

Probably because

he wished to atone for his treatment of
his wife, whom he'd long left a virgin,

yet he cared about appearances,
so hesitated divorcing her

to give her away openly to sahei.

Accord/ng fo sahel"s d/a/y,

//'i//ng //ke fhaz' was agon/z/ng

sahel respected da/n/;

yez' lo I/ed haruyo from the hean'.

E venz'ua//y, haruyo
gave b/I'i'h lo a g/r/.

Daini registered this girl, noriko,
as his own daughter.

Noriko eventually took a husband,

and they had a daughter...

They named tamayo.

So the reason why sahei treated tamayo
with such love and tenderness

was because she was
really his granddaughter.

Sahei inugami, the most influential
figure of shinshu,

had a secret that he couldn't reveal.

Mr. Furudate,

I can't help but think that sahei
is the one prompting

the series of murders being committed
before our eyes.

Mr. Kindaichi.

Old sahei died seven months ago.

Why would you say such a thing?

You're right.

It doesn't make sense.

What's come over me?

The only woman he ever loved

was his benefactor's wife.

Sahei's pent-up emotions

must have devoured money, women, power...

Leaving behind a mess of
every conceivable human desire.

Many must have been
trampled upon along the way.

Kikuno and
the three sisters' mothers, too.

Matsuko, go back inside the house now.

No matter how long you stand there,
it won't make parting easier.

Don't worry about mommy.

Mr. Inugami gave me plenty of money.

I'll go now, ok?

Grow up quickly.

Oh yeah.

Mr. Furudate, do you know
matsuko's mother?

Haven't seen her
in seven or eight years.

Mr. Oyama said he saw her
in town recently.

Her name is sono, as I recall.

Her family home where her brother lives
is beyond the mountain

but it seems she rarely shows up there.

Tamayo,

you've made up your mind, right?

After what happened to take and tomo,

you now have no choice

but to marry kiyo.

Now,

give us your final answer.

Why are you silent?

You have no other way.

I refuse.

Wh... what?

Do you...

Understand what you're saying?

If you don't marry kiyo,

you'll lose your right
to inherit the estate!

Is that what you want?

Tamayo! Say something!

Mrs. Matsuko.

This man isn't kiyo.

What?

Kiyo!

'Is'ukek/yo [nugam/ of nasu c/I'y"

mother.

I'm sukekiyo.

Sir,

will it work?

Where were you?

I looked all over for you.

You and I need to sit down and talk.

The storeroom is best.

Claiming that you're not my son...

Tamayo was lying, wasn't she?

I'm not thinking straight.

Kiyo,

say something.

What tamayo said is true.

Your darling kiyo

is long gone.

Who... who are you?

That's right.

I'm shizuma aonuma.

The son...

Of the woman you and your sisters

brutalized and tormented,
kikuno aonuma...

I'm shizuma!

My mother died when I was nine.

She cursed you people until the end.

Cursed this inugami clan.

I swore to myself

that I'd settle the score.

That I'd get revenge for my mother!

By a strange stroke of fate,

on the battlefield where
we'd been sent, your son and I...

Crossed paths.

What?

On the front lines in Burma.

I approached him, saying,
"let's let bygones be bygones."

We looked alike
in face and stature,

and got along pretty well.

Your son...

Was a nice guy.

The fighting intensified,

and our units went our separate ways.

His unit was wiped out.

I was also wounded in the face
and nearly died.

Lost my voice, too.

My hatred for the inugamis
was my only support back then.

That was when I decided

to assume kiyo's identity and
take over the inugami family!

That looks like fun.

Let me do it, too.

"Nasu sfaf/on"

How do we pull this up?

You hold that side.

Put it back in the water.

So the body was kiyo, after all?

Yeah, and his head was cracked open
with an ax!

The killer used all three,

the ax, zither, and chrysanthemum,

to round out the series
of murders, damn it!

A... again?

Kiyo has been murdered.

Where were you?

Well...

Not that it matters much.

Chief.

Please get the victim's right hand
and fingerprints.

You, too?

Tamayo said the same thing.

She did?

But the new handprint we got

matched the one at the shrine.

That's the problem.

How was it?

Well, it's strange.

It's not the same as the votive print.

Hey! Then the victim isn't
kiyo inugami?

That seems to be the case.

They switched places.

What?

By cleverly using that mask,

the real and fake ones
were switching roles.

Then who was the upside-down corpse?

Right?

It would have to be shizuma.

Isee...

Ok, got it! The soldier who stayed
at that inn did it!

Kiyo?

Don't come!

I did it.

Take and tomo and shizuma...

- I killed them all.
- Kiyo.

I'm a fugitive.
I won't be able to escape.

- — I'm ready.
- Don't say that.

I died once in the war,

- so I can die any day.
- No! No!

But before then,

I wanted to see you once again.

Tamayo,

abandon this wretched inugami family.

Forget about everything and start over.

Understand?

Mr. Kindaichi!

You didn't return to the hotel
last night.

Yeah.

Where are you going?

Nowhere.

Are you investigating?

Want me to come along?

I'll come with you!

I'm in a hurry. See you!

You followed me?

Long time no see.

No wonder you're angry.

Because of me, tamayo was
suspected of murder.

But don't worry anymore.

I intend to...

Disappear from your lives soon.

What are you doing?

Sukekiyo!

I'm sorry for calling you to come.

I heard you met kiyo.

"Confess/on"

"sukek/yo inugami"

he left this?

Please read it.

I can't be the one
to hand it over to the police.

"I, sukekiyo inugami,"

"committed the series of murders alone."

"I confess to the above.
Sukekiyo inugami"

he probably came to say
good-bye to you.

I think so, too.

Tamayo,

you knew the body
in the lake wasn't him.

If it were someone else, maybe...

But I'd never mistake kiyo.

I'll hang on to this.

Saruzo, did something happen?

Is it about kiyo?

So you definitely wrote this.

You threatened shizuma

and made him help you murder
take and tomo.

You told him that you'd give him

a reasonable share of the inheritance
when you got it.

Right?

Yes.

And you killed shizuma

because you argued about that share?

What?

Then”.

You planned on killing him too
from the start?

That's not what happened.

It's the opposite.

He threatened you, right?

Hey, kiyo...

There's no way
you could have killed everyone.

For example, Mr. Wakabayashi
was killed on September 19.

No, that's...

You came back to town on the 20th.

I meant the three inugami murders.

Ch... chief.

Did you hear what he just said?

He just unwittingly

admitted that the man in uniform
at the inn was him.

When you were repatriated to hakata,

you found out that a fake kiyo
had infiltrated your home

because it was in the news.

You decided to secretly switch places
with that man

and settle the issue peacefully,
so you hid your face

and found lodgings in kashiwaya inn.

And around 10 pm. That night,
you left the inn,

sneaked into the mansion
and met the fake kiyo.

Just as you suspected,

the fake k/yo was sh/zuma.

Bur...

Shizuma's face had been mangled
and he was wear/ng a mask,

so your plan fo secref/y
sw/fch places fa/ted

then take appeared, so you hid.

Tamayo came after that.

What happened after that
was as tamayo stated.

Then”.

The murder happened
after tamayo and saruzo left,

and you both witnessed it.

In other words,

you clearly saw who did it.

Kindaichi!

You're saying he isn't the killer?

You wanted to protect the real killer,

so you wrote that note
and are doing this.

You can't hide
something like that forever.

Besides, I think that
by telling the truth,

you'd actually save that person.

That person...

Is Mrs. Matsuko, right?

It's kindaichi.

Come in.

Excuse me.

What do you want?

Well...

You know that the body
in the lake wasn't kiyo, right?

Yes.

The police called before noon.

Mrs. Matsuko,

the police have arrested kiyo.

What?

Where is he?

Kiyo is being held as a suspect
in the inugami murders...

- As the killer.
- Ridiculous.

Kiyo would never kill anyone.

You're right, it wasn't him.

It was you.

What makes you say that?

You also read the will beforehand
by using Mr. Wakabayashi.

Did I?

He was bribed into helping you at first,
but the contents of the will scared him

so he asked me to help.

Shut up! Besides...

You killed him to silence him.

What right do you have
to meddle in our affairs?

You're not even a cop.

Besides...

I was away in hakata when he died.

You're right, and
that's what bugged me.

Some crimes don't require
the killer to be near the victim.

If it doesn't matter
when Mr. Wakabayashi dies,

then the killer would
give him a poisoned item

and then be far away.

And if I'd known what the will said,

I wouldn't have been so shocked
at the reading.

I went to see your mother
in iwaki village last night.

My intent was to simply ask
about sahei inugami, but...

I found out something.

She...

Saw you g/I/e a pack of c/gareffes
fo Mr. Wakabayashi

sono had been chasmg you around
fo beg for money

the day you /eff for hakafa,

- af nasu sfaf/on.
— Thai old hag.

I've basically cut ties with her.

She's not my mother or anything.

Who would believe...

What such a woman says?

And after Mr. Wakabayashi...

You killed take, didn't you?

You didn't know kiyo was hiding
in the shadows that night, did you?

What? Kiyo?

Yes, with shizuma.

He saw me?

After you left, shizuma told kiyo,

"I'll make sure your mother's crime
never gets out, so do as I say."

From then on,

kiyo had no choice
but to be a slave to shizuma.

We're doing this for your mom's sake.

Women aren't strong enough
to cut heads off.

When take's head was found the next
morning, the one most surprised...

Was probably you.

What makes this case unique is that

accomplices unknown to the killer were
cleaning up after the crimes.

You and takeko and umeko
were disregarded in the will.

So you killed,

in an attempt to get all the inheritance
by forcing kiyo to marry tamayo.

But...

Did you know that tamayo

is your father's true granddaughter?

What?

Tamayo's mother noriko

was sahei and
haruyo nonomiya's daughter.

Here's what I think.

You...

Ended up carrying out

what sahei wanted with your own hands.

Tamayo wasn't a nonomiya?
No! No!

Kiyo...

Let me meet kiyo!

Lef me meef k/yo/

Mother...

I'm so glad you're ok.

When I heard the news

that your unit had been wiped out
on the Burmese front,

I temporarily lost the will to live.

But I kept praying that you wouldn't
die... no, that I wouldn't let you die.

My prayers were answered.

We meet again like this.

It's been five years.

I won't forget the day I accompanied you

to the regiment in matsumoto
in the rain.

Kiyo.

Why didn't you return

even though you survived?

My unit was wiped out

because of my own failure,

so I couldn't bring myself
to go back to Japan.

In hakata,

because I missed you so,

I made a terrible mistake.

And it happened to be shizuma...

Please forgive me!

It was a coincidence.

An awful coincidence.

Awful coincidences

kept happening again and again.

How do you expect us to believe

that matsuko is the killer?

Chief, give us a better explanation!

I don't mean to sound emotional,
but I'm just so shocked

and horrified and angry,
I'm speechless...

- Umeko.
- How can you keep quiet?

You had to suffer even more than I did.

At this point, I feel sorry for matsuko.

Why do we sisters
have to go through all this?

Um... please, calm down.

After being persuaded
by Mr. Kindaichi

and meeting with kiyo,
Mrs. Matsuko has finally

calmed down to the point where
she's willing to meet with us.

Everyone,

it was all an accumulation
of coincidences.

But to deftly sley a Reed and weave
a plot with these coincidences,

one must be resourceful.

Shizuma probably honed this ability
during his years in service.

No doubt it was necessary
on the battlefield.

Fearing that his handprint
would expose him as an imposter,

shizuma told kiyo to switch places
with him the next day.

So kiyo put on the mask
and stayed at home,

while shizuma wore the uniform
and dumped the body in the lake.

He then left the boat at kannon point,

and stayed at kashiwaya inn
instead of kiyo.

The next day,

when the new handprint was made,

obviously it matched the old one
because it was really kiyo's.

That night,

kiyo and shizuma switched places again.

Until that day,

I also...

Sometimes wondered whether
the man was an imposter or not.

Imagine my joy when
the prints matched perfectly.

I regretted ever having doubted
my son for even a moment.

That night,

I'd invited my zither teacher.

Whenever something happens,

lose my senses.

Somebody else seems to manipulate me.

No! Tomo!

That's horrible!

- How cruel!
- Don't cry!

After fighting kiyo
in the deserted mansion,

tomo had quietly come home...

- — Oh god!
- Umeko!

Battered in body and spirit.

- Oh god...
- Hey.

And kiyo and shizuma
put the body on the roof?

Right.

Why did you call saruzo
to tell him to collect tamayo,

and yet return to the mansion yourself?

Because I was...

Worried about tamayo.

Who wrapped the zither string?

Shizuma said,

"it's the curse of the three heirlooms,"

"so after chrysanthemums,"

"wrap a zither string around his neck."

But according to matsuko's
statement back then,

she was taking zither lessons
during that time.

I spoke to her teacher.

Anyone with four, five years
of experience playing the zither

could hear any slight disturbances
in sound when it's being played.

First of all, I thought it was strange

that she'd invited me over for lessons

so shortly after there'd been
a death in the family.

She was playing properly at first,

but after she left briefly and returned,

I noticed immediately that
she had injured her forefinger

and that she was trying to hide it

by continuing to play
while enduring the pain.

It was fairly obvious.

That was when I decided

to assume kiyo's identity and
take over the inugami family!

Everything in this house belongs to me.

Tamayo, the inheritance, everything!

I've won.

I've beaten...

The inugami family!

And the one who tossed shizuma's
body from the cliff into the lake...

Was you?

Takeko.

Umeko.

Forgive me.

I had...

No other way.

Father made himself into someone
we couldn't love,

and we despised that man.

But in the end...

Our father's grudge

had consumed me...

Completely.

Mr. Kindaichi,

who sneaked into tamayo's room
on the night of take's wake?

Shizuma, of course.

What for?

He probably realized her intent.
He went to get the watch.

The watch wasn't found on take's body.

I didn't know about the fingerprint.

I just picked that up when it fell

from his body.

In take's case, and then in tomo's,

you didn't intend to conceal
what you did at all?

I just...

Wanted to kill those two.

Whether I was arrested
or sentenced to death...

It didn't matter to me.

Chief tachibana.

Kiyo will have to stand trial, right?

I'm afraid that's unavoidable.

No matter what the reason,

he was an accessory...
An accessory after the fact.

Will he be severely punished?

I can't say.

He won't get the death penalty, will he?

That won't happen.

There's plenty of room for leniency.

Tamayo.

Yes?

You'll wait for kiyo until he's released,

won't you?

Yes, I'll wait.

If he wants me to.

I see.

That's good.

And you bore the hole in tamayo's boat

after reading the contents
of the will, right?

Kiyo...

Free tamayo

from father's...

Grudge.

No! Damn it!

The tobacco!

The same poison that killed
Mr. Wakabayashi!

Give Mr. Kindaichi my regards.

What?

I1igo, then.

Isn't it still a bit too early?

Here's 3,500 yen as your fee,

and 427 yen

to cover expenses.

Thank you.

May I check?

Yes, of course.

You were such a big help.

All right here.

I'll give you a receipt.

No, that's not necessary.

No, I insist.

- May I use this?
- Of course.

And, this isn't much, but...

It's my token of thanks. Please keep it.

- I can't.
- Don't say that.

I can't take it.

Come on, please.

What a strange case it was.

A perfunctory investigation
by the police wouldn't have solved it.

- It's all thanks to you.
- No.

If only I'd figured it out
a little sooner,

then we might not have ended up
with five deaths, so I regret it.

I can't accept that.

I see.

That's too bad.

Oh, chief tachibana and tamayo
and the maid at your hotel

said they'd see you off at the station.

What?

I will too, of course.

Oh no!

I really don't like big send-offs.
What should I do?

What time is the train before mine?

Don't say that...

Hello, furudate law office.

Oh, hello.

I'll check at the station.

Can't you handle that?

Well then,

thank you for everything.

Oh!

You're seeing Mr. Kindaichi off, too?

That man...

Is unforgettable.

Going somewhere?

To the station.

But the fire fighters are almost here.

Let them wait.

The tram bound for ueno

wfl/ be Lea wng shorf/y.

Please hur/y /f you're board/ng.

The end

English subtitles by Mia isozaki