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I can't help it, the guy's a yakuza.

Anyhow, Toru, thanks for the money.

It was a close call. She was three months pregnant.

Should never get a girl pregnant.

Don't you agree?

What?

Yeah, it's true. I'm the son of a murderer.

And guess what?

I'm going to take my mother's money and head down to Kyushu.

No, a murderer.

Say.

Do you prefer the son of a doctor or a murderer?

A murderer.

Faraway Tomorrow

Tomokazu Miura

Ayumi Ishida

Junko Miyashita Takeo Chii

Shigeru Koyama, Taiji Tonoyama Nobuo Kaneko

Renji Ishibashi, Jun Hamamura, Hosei Komatsu Shota Morikawa, Gajiro Sato

Tomisaburo Wakayama

Directed by: Tatsumi Kumashiro

Umm, I want to take a look at old newspapers.

Which newspaper, and how old is old?

1960, and which paper would have the most details on local events?

That would be the Kita Kyushu Times.

Please enter the details on this form.

Okay.

You're from Hakodate?

Outside residents aren't permitted to use the library.

Ah, really?

Then, never mind.

It's fine.

As long as you stay where I can see you.

Mr. Imamura.

What is it you're looking for?

I can help you.

I think you would find me satisfactory.

What the hell is the matter with you?

I love it! There's no one who talks to me that way around here.

"A Murder Case in Tobata-ku."

"A young woman is murdered in an apartment."

"The Kita Kyushu Police arrests Renzo Tagawa..."

"... under suspicion of murder due to complications in their relationship."

- How are you related to this case? - Stay out of my business.

Do you want me to make copies of all the articles related to this case?

You're an odd one.

Just like you!

Is the resident by the name of Numata still here?

So what if he is? I'm Numata.

I'm the son of Renzo Tagawa. From the murder that took place 19 years ago.

What brings you here?

Nothing, really.

I just wanted to see if you could talk to me about the case.

What do you plan to do?

I don't plan on doing anything.

But of the three witnesses, you, the first witness...

...were the only one who didn't conclude my father was the murderer.

It said so in the newspaper.

You should quit it now. It'll do you no good.

As his son, I want to understand my father.

Understand?

Is that even possible?

Can you please talk to me about it?

This is the place.

By the time I got here, the place was covered in blood.

As soon as I saw the dead body, I opened the window...

...and saw the man who did it.

He got on a bicycle and rode away as fast as he could.

The paper stated that the witnesses' testimonies was the key.

Harada and Kubota, employers of a dry cleaner.

They testified that your father was the murderer.

That woman, Harada...

...she screamed and pointed to your father in the courtroom.

I told them that I honestly couldn't say for sure.

Then, the police stopped listening to anything I had to say.

The fact about the bicycle was completely ignored.

The woman my father killed, was she pretty?

She was very touchy-feely...

...and liked to touch the shoulders and the backs of people.

She seemed to have had many relationships.

Your father's fingerprints from the razor blade that was in the room...

...and the fact that he was left handed, were pivotal.

Your father was a fine looking man, I'm sure he was a lady's man.

I know nothing about him.

He was a maintenance manager at Tobata Refinery.

One of their clients, Osaka Shipbuilding Company...

...invited him to go out to Osaka. So he took a few days off to go to Osaka.

This is medication for gout.

The other one was for my liver.

These cuckoo clocks tell me when to take my medication.

Nothing but medication.

You should talk to the two that were on the case.

Kawarazaki, the defending lawyer, and Saito, the detective.

Saito quit the force, started drinking and came by often to complain.

There was something that didn't feel right about your father's arrest...

...but when he mentioned it, his boss gave him a hard time.

So then, he went to see the prosecutor himself.

He said that was the beginning of the end.

You didn't think it was me, did you?

Were you able to find anything?

I'm so tired from walking around all day yesterday.

Lawyer Kawarazaki...

...for my father's case, was dead.

Mr. Imamura.

You're actually Akira Tagawa, aren't you?

I found an article about the murderer's family.

I knew as soon as I read it.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

My mother is going to get remarried.

I grew up being told that my father died in a car accident.

It turns out he was on death row.

You came to check for yourself, from Hakodate, right?

What is it with you? Never mind.

It's too much of a hassle. I'm going home tomorrow!

Mr. Tagawa.

I know where that detective Saito is.

You're Saito, yes?

You bastard! Leave me alone already!

I just took one! And they took that away!

If you don't leave me alone, I'll refuse to exercise!

Detective Saito.

I'm the son of Renzo Tagawa, Akira Tagawa.

What do you want?

I just want to hear you.

Look...

...it's hopeless.

That case isn't simple enough for someone like you to just stick their nose in.

I have nothing to say.

You were forced to quit being a detective because of my father's case.

I said there's nothing!

There must be something.

There's one thing.

There may be a way to save your father.

I don't know if you can do it on your own.

Don't deal with them.

- Them? - The police!

Don't come here anymore.

Leave your contact information.

Is there anything else you want to know?

Come closer so I can tell you something.

Bring whiskey to me.

Give it to the old woman, Akiyama, in the nurse's office.

It better be a good bottle!

I'll send you something interesting soon.

Renzo Tagawa?

He got into a fight with one of the guards the other day and bit his ear off.

That's how it goes. He's been going back and forth between his cell and isolation.

No visitors are allowed while he's in isolation.

- Here. - Is that so?

It's not like I really want to see him, so...

Hey.

He's an ex-cop alright. He actually kept his word.

When I sent him a bottle of whiskey, he sent me the tape with a letter.

There are two more witnesses: a woman and a man.

When they came in for questioning...

...they were left alone for a while.

Saito recorded their conversation with a wiretap.

Mr. Tagawa, what are you going to do?

This is concrete evidence.

Who's going to believe it?

Detective Saito told me not to trust the police.

Let's write to a newspaper editor.

The "Letters to the Editor" section of the Kita Kyushu Times is fair.

What will that do?

If you won't do it, I'll use your name and send it in, along with a copy of this tape.

I'll send it.

I'm just going to assume that they won't believe it.

I figured out where Yoshie Harada is.

Thanks to Detective Saito.

I'm going to get to the bottom of this.

Do you have experience in market research?

I do.

I suppose you're not completely inexperienced, but I'll see how you do today.

You know TV ratings, yes?

It's marketing research for that. Read this from page one to five.

Is there a TV in your home?

This man is the murderer!

He's begging me to get back with him.

Men are adorable, aren't they?

It's really interesting how it works.

When you get one decent man...

...more come along, one after another.

What are you talking about?

There's this part timer that came to work for me today.

I think he's interested in me.

There you go again!

It's a woman's instinct.

I am definitely going to make him mine.

Oh, hey there. Are you done with work?

Yes.

You should sit and drink with me.

Right? Come on, sit down!

You've been working diligently with that market research, huh?

I used to know a man with the same last name.

Also a Tagawa.

He was a fine man.

- You're pretty good looking too. - What kind of a man was he?

I rather not remember.

Why is that?

He's on death row.

That must have been a big story in a town like this.

Never mind that.

Let's kiss.

I'd like to make you go wild.

Hello, I'm Tagawa, the part timer that started yesterday.

Oh, Tagawa. You don't need to come anymore.

- What? - You're fired.

- What do you mean? - I have no clue.

I was just informed by the boss to tell you.

Ah, Kobayashi.

Kobayashi.

What's wrong, Kobayashi?

Wait up!

Why do you run?

What happened?

I wrote the letter to send to the editor at the Kita Kyushu Times.

Everything that I found and everything that's questionable is here.

So please...

...let me be!

Tell me why.

I did my best to help you. For you.

If anyone finds out that I wrote it, I may have to leave this town.

That's all...

That's all I can say.

Are you scared?

You're going to betray me?

Please hit me!

Hit me until you're satisfied!

Hit me!

As much as you like!

Hit me!

Hit...

Finish what you started!

You mail it yourself!

Miss Harada.

Open up. We need to talk!

Yoshie Harada-san! Come out!

I need to talk to you!

I'm the son of Renzo Tagawa.

You know, don't you?!

Who told you?! Was it Kobayashi?

I'm not moving until you come out.

I'm staying right here!

That bastard.

What do you think you're doing?

- Come to the police station with me. - The police?

Let's go!

- Hello, I'm Iwasa. - Thank you for coming.

- He's all yours. - Yes.

Shall we go?

Who are you?

I requested to be your guarantor.

Here's the paper.

It's a newspaper my company publishes.

Last week, I found an interesting letter that was sent to the editor.

It's right there.

I found your letter interesting.

What do you plan to do?

About what?

So do you plan on continuing the investigation?

Who knows?

Are you one of the reporters for this paper?

No, no. I'm the owner.

I'm thinking of supporting you.

I refuse it, thanks.

Why not?

Do you not trust me?

Or do you suspect something?

I'm quite narrow minded.

On top of that, I have a tendency not to appreciate outside help.

And I get pissed when I'm betrayed.

You don't fret over little things, huh?

You're quite assertive.

Boy, you're annoying.

You're tired today. You should go and get some rest.

Think it over and contact me.

Here's 50,000 yen. Feel free to use it as you please.

I just told you, thanks but no thanks!

I'll do things my way.

I know you're in there!

Harada! Come out!

Come out!

- What are you doing? - What the hell?!

Hey!

You come with us!

I didn't think you'd do it again.

Do you believe your father is innocent?

I haven't seen him in 19 years. I can hardly call him my father.

It's not about whether I believe in him or not.

Did you get something in your eyes?

Look this way.

Is it out?

Hold on a minute.

I got it out.

I'm not satisfied with the outcome of the case either.

Humans could care less about what's right or wrong, as long as they feel safe.

That's how we are.

Those that seek righteousness tend to get banished.

And?

Is your newspaper going to protect me?

Tell me, who do you think did it?

The person you need to face in a situation like this is actually yourself.

You stink. Why don't we go to a sauna?

- A sauna? - Yes.

Not a brothel?

I don't mind that either.

No. I'm just kidding.

Excuse me.

Your foot.

What?

The money that you're stepping on...

It's mine.

I dropped it.

Do you have proof? Proof that you dropped it?

Fine. I'll give it to you.

Wait!

What are you doing?

You didn't even drop it.

How could you give me something that's not yours?

You can't simply thank me?

- It wasn't a gift, I found it. - See, you confessed.

I haven't eaten anything since morning.

There's more.

Your mother must be in Hakodate worried sick.

I haven't told her about this trip.

Why not?

I'm not obsessed about my father.

I'm somewhat more obsessed about the meal I got to eat here.

Here.

"I have no father."

You came to Kita Kyushu to see if that was true, right?

That's right.

I've been with a man for five years.

He's like a father figure.

How is he like a father?

Someone who will definitely die...

...before me.

Excuse me, Mr. Tagawa.

You've been away but your room charges are accumulating.

I kept these for you until payment, since that's our policy.

Here's the bill.

I don't have enough...

...for tonight.

That's fine.

But we have reservations for that room, so you'd need to leave tomorrow.

Why are you here?

If I get caught being here...

...I don't know what would happen to me

I've been in a relationship with that cop for almost 20 years.

That nuisance.

He's been glued to me ever since then.

Since what?

I can't tell you that. He hits me saying that I slept with you.

Not only that.

But he took all the money I was saving to go to Hawaii and spent it...

...on god knows what!

I had just lost all hope when you came along.

Hey, dear. Sleep with me.

Don't you want to hear the story about how your father became a murderer?!

When the woman was murdered, she was four months pregnant.

But your father had only known her for two months.

It's interesting, right?

That didn't come up in court.

Of course not!

The prosecutor manipulated everything in court.

Everything went as he planned.

He's now the chief prosecutor.

Oh, dear.

Get my clothes off.

Hurry up! Get these off!

What are you doing? What the hell are you doing?

Stop!

I'll show him.

I'll show him your face!

Let me go!

I'm broke.

Leave just 1,000 yen.

What are you doing?!

Stop!

What are you doing? Let me go!

- Can I get another? - You have a hefty appetite today.

Welcome home.

Was it alright for me to enter while you were gone?

Did something happen?

You've always avoided coming here.

You've never been to this room.

- Junko. - Hm?

I used this spare key for the first time.

Thank you for everything.

What's wrong?

Why? There's no reason for you to give it back to me.

Junko, can you please listen to what I have to say?

You stayed with me for five years.

I enjoyed those five years. Five long years.

I'm a worthless human being.

I'm too much of a coward to take responsibility.

That's why...

...I can't see you anymore.

Why? I don't understand!

Tell me!

I knew that you'd been holding something back lately!

There's one thing I want to do for you.

- I was never able to... - No!

You've supported me.

- That's because you said you'd quit... - No!

Asking me to break up all of a sudden?!

I won't accept it!

- We need to end this. - No!

I don't want to lose myself.

That's why, please let's end this.

No!

I want to make it clear.

Tell me, why?

You were with me for five years.

Why didn't you ever sleep with me?

I always wanted to.

It's true.

I don't have the confidence to break up with you.

Why don't we go out to dinner and go for a walk like we used to?

No!

I don't want to!

That won't do!

Sleep with me.

Please!

Junko!

There's nothing I can do. Just for one night, alright?

I'm sorry.

The police were here a few days ago.

They were making a fuss.

They told me Detective Saito died at Seiryoin.

Died?

He drowned!

He got drunk, said he was hot, and snuck outside in the middle of the night...

...and went for a swim. They say he had a heart attack.

And then a man stopped by asking me to deliver a message to you.

He said he just got released from prison.

Here you have.

Meet with Kashiyama and talk to him?

Supposedly, it's a message from your father.

He's in Yasuda-cho, that's what he said.

There was a leak in the roof.

There was some water damage, so I came to take a look.

- Okay, one more. - Here you go.

Hey, wait a minute!

That's a really nice vest. Can you sell it to me?

- How much? - 200 yen.

350!

Give me the rest.

How much do I owe you?

You paid for my meal, which was 150 yen, so you owe me 200 yen.

I don't have it now!

- What? - I'll pay you later!

Take it off.

- Take it off, take it off. - Bastard!

Wait, hold it!

Hold it! Hold it!

- Have you been around here long? - Yeah, I've been around for a while.

- Do you know a Kashiyama? - Kashiyama?

That guy who just got released, right?

Yeah.

Where can I find him?

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The woman's a friend of mine from when we were kids.

It's sad that she's doing something like this when she's 30 and has two kids.

Mr. Kashiyama!

Hey, come sit.

It's dangerous out there.

Hold on to this.

Hey, get me another cup.

And then he left me for another woman.

I was so upset, I held my baby...

...my baby...

...wrapped my arms around him...

...wrapped my arms and squeezed him as hard as I could!

I was desperate!

You and your husband were always fighting.

- You hated your husband, right? - Yes.

No matter how much he beat you...

...you were too scared to leave him.

And that hatred transferred to the baby you had with him!

No! That's not it!

According to the report from the emergency medical team that arrived at the scene...

...the baby was already dead and had a towel over its face.

- How did that happen? - It was too painful to look at his face...

...so I put a towel over his face.

That's not what happened!

You put a wet towel over the baby's face...

...and suffocated him!

No, I didn't.

Judge, what the prosecutor just said goes against the facts!

The defendant believed that if the baby disappeared, her husband would love her again!

That's why she had been planning to kill the baby!

The crime was planned!

I'm done questioning the defendant.

That's how he got your dad.

We will reassemble after a ten minute recess.

The police aren't even an issue.

The guy controlling all of Kita Kyushu right now is that guy.

Look at that smile.

It's a nice smile. That's how he gets everybody

Your dad ended up in jail because of him.

I did too.

How about it?

Hey!

You're Akira Tagawa.

What do you plan to do to me?

You're making a huge mistake!

Do you think I don't know anything?

I heard you slept with Yoshie Harada. How was she?

Foolish people are always easily influenced by others. You're the same.

The loser clock maker, the drunken ex-cop...

...a crook just out of prison.

Being influenced by such insignificant people.

You're a disgrace to all living things!

I believe strongly in justice.

You're exactly like your imprisoned father.

What is that? A gun? A knife?

Do it if you can!

A murderer's son kills a man. It's only natural.

I met the prosecutor.

The prosecutor?

The man who manipulated things in court to get my father in prison.

You went to see him and he got you in return?

I slept with my boyfriend. For the first time after dating him for five years.

I enticed him.

So I'm in no mood today to deal with someone with unfinished business.

Stop!

You bastard!

Enough.

I wish I could just die...

Do you know that song?

He betrayed us. And when everyone beat him in the head...

...he actually bled and died.

Did you do it too?

I just watched.

I don't have enough guts to kill someone.

I didn't even have the guts to call the police and help him.

Just watching, huh?

Yes.

From the best seat in the house.

After ten years...

...you and all those that were involved in the murder...

...are living lives as spectators

You look so sad.

Do I have a sad face?

Mr. Numata says he can't conclude that my father is the murderer.

In other words...

...the testimonies of Harada and Kubota...

...are too definitive when, in reality, they only saw him for a second in a place with no street lights.

Are those Mr. Numata's words?

It's what Detective Saito said. He was in charge of the case.

Can we meet with him?

He died recently.

Please, continue.

I think this tape from Detective Saito could be the key.

Tagawa.

You know that tapes can be edited.

It won't be sufficient evidence.

Even if we were to believe your story about your father's innocence and had the case reopened...

...we don't have a chance of winning.

It's not about who's right.

Tagawa, it's the judicial system...

...that ultimately decides whether your father is innocent or not.

No matter how much we prepare for trial, it's completely up to them.

There's a good chance it won't make it to a retrial.

Yoshie Harada is scared to death of something.

I've been caught and threatened by the police.

And that tape exists!

For someone who has already been sentenced, the doors of retrial are almost impossible to reopen.

The Tobata Incident Trial 19 Years Ago was Manipulated! I challenge the ruling on the female murder case in Tobata!

- Go away! - Hey!

Tagawa!

Get out.

My Father is innocent.

My Father is innocent. What happened?

What happened?

You look awfully miserable.

I hear my officers treated you a bit roughly?

You know.

Never mind!

We're not at fault. All the responsibility falls on you.

You see...

...it pains me to see you this way. Go home to Hakodate!

Your mother is waiting for you to come home. Huh?

In a few days, you'd be appearing before a judge.

I can change the outcome.

If I want to, I can just make you come back here.

Death Row Prisoner Innocent.

A Questionable Trial.

Is the True Murderer Someone Else? A Need for Retrial.

Don't say anything.

Do you have anything to say...

...regarding the actions you took?

I'm sorry, I was drunk.

The exceptionally large placard you had to gain attention.

What was that about?

I was drunk.

What political views do you hold?

I have none.

Questionable Blood Test.

Three years ago, the Kita Kyushu Times...

...fought with the corruption case till the very end.

It makes us proud to be residents of Tanako.

- Tanako? - The owner.

It's not just this place.

He owns 30 or so buildings in this neighborhood.

He's the owner of the Kita Kyushu Times.

Mr. Iwase?

You know him?

Yes.

Then, the man who came to look at the roof?

That's right, he came to take a look upstairs. He's an odd one.

He almost killed himself in that room before.

That's why I rushed up there to check the other day.

Is there a reason why he'd want to kill himself?

The fact that the Kita Kyushu Times is on the move...

...must mean they have something definitive.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be so bold.

If they screw up, it would be the end of the whole company.

The fine for the trial: it's 55,000 yen. Here's the receipt

I don't make a lot of money being a washed up clock maker...

...so I borrowed the money from a well-known loan shark.

I just received a request from Tokyo for a simultaneous publication.

Wow!

They're on the move as well

Do your best to really pull in reader interest nationwide on this one.

Let's add another writer.

- But that's... - No, it's still not enough.

But the Tobata incident lacks definitive evidence.

Let me write, then.

I'll take full responsibility.

Do you plan to go out of business?

Does it look that way?

No matter how much your newspaper generates interest, we don't have any concrete evidence.

We can't take it to retrial.

Or do you have something? Something definitive?

Yes, I do. Something definitive.

I hear your publication rate went up.

And it will continue to rise.

So you're going to make a profit at the expense of someone else's misfortune?

- What do you want? - I need money.

I won't give you any.

I need money to pay for the trial fines and the lawyer.

No.

- You said you would support me. - No!

I tried to give this to you the other day and you rejected it.

You taught me how naive I was then.

There's nothing inside, it's just an envelope.

You're a lefty, huh?

I'll do this on my own.

You're on your own too!

I am Detective Saito of Kita Kyushu's First Investigative Division.

This is the recording of a conversation between two employees from Tsubame Cleaners...

... Yoshie Harada and Mitsuo Kubota, on September 29, 1960, in one of the rooms at the police station.

What are you so nervous about?

It's not like our testimony is the only evidence against Tagawa.

I know that.

But honestly, I think the man we saw is different.

The man on the tape, the other employee from the cleaners...

...Mitsuo Kubota, is currently in Okinawa.

As evidence, the tape is weak...

...but if we made Harada listen to it, wouldn't she react somehow?

Should we record the current voice of Harada and have it tested against the voice on the tape?

The fact that Detective Saito died is detrimental to our case.

This is the diary of the now deceased lawyer. We borrowed it from his widow.

Detective Saito visited him a number of times...

...after Tagawa was sentenced.

Always drunk.

February 26, Detective Saito visits again in the evening.

He is questioning the blood that was found on the weapon.

Just recently, there was this incident in Aomori.

It became apparent that the prosecutor manipulated the evidence.

He put blood on the victim's clothing before submitting it to the lab.

It's unfathomable, but the diary suggests something similar happened with your father's case.

There is evidence of two blood tests.

Despicable.

If only we can figure out the person...

...who performed the first test.

The weapon is a petty knife.

The weapon is a petty knife.

"Tagawa's Innocence Appears More and More Viable."

If this is true, it's huge.

Where did this information come from?

In any case, this works to our advantage.

This is our chance.

Let's appeal for a retrial. Is that alright, Tagawa?

They keep on coming up with information no one has. It's someone within the Kita Kyushu Times.

The writing style has changed and it's gotten more aggressive.

Is the Kita Kyushu Times planning to commit double suicide with this case?

How did they find out?

Remember about the guy I told you about, the one who would die before me? I was talking about Iwasa.

The owner of Kita Kyushu Times.

The man who slept with me for the first time after five years.

He is...

...completely obsessed with your case like he's mad.

So are you.

The guys in the office were talking about how the writer of the article knows something.

He's the one who's writing the articles.

He's writing.

He's writing like a maniac.

And also...

...the place the woman was killed.

The apartment in Tobata.

I didn't realize it was the same place the murder took place.

The apartment where...

...me...

...and Iwasa...

...slept together for the first time.

We made a promise to part.

I just want to know.

Why did he choose that place to sleep with me?

I really want to know.

I was right underneath that apartment when you were making love.

Retrial for Tobata Incident to Begin. 19 Years since the Arrest of Former Defendant Tagawa.

It's Tagawa!

Mr. Tagawa, please look here!

Mr. Tagawa!

Mr. Tagawa!

- Let him pass. - Get out of the way!

- Mr. Tagawa! - Your opinion, your opinion!

Please, let him go. Please.

Come on, give us something! We won't accuse you of anything!

Akira?

You're Akira, right?

Do you have a light?

This is a nice lighter.

Can I keep it?

Ah, I'm sorry.

Hey, look at this. Do you remember?

I was holding you like this...

...and I fell...

...but I never let you go!

That's how I got this scar.

I guess it's a like a father-son emblem.

When I was in prison...

...I would look at the scar...

...and would think about the pain and the ways you would make it up to me.

Look at this.

You've turned into a fine looking man.

You look just like me when I was young.

I went to visit you in prison once.

I'm aware.

I was allowed no visitors...

...because I punched one of the guards. He's a low life and pathetic.

I'm going to get even with him when I get out.

Mr. Tagawa, Mr. Tagawa!

Why can't we see him?

I heard that retrial pretty much means I'd go free...

...but have you had any talks about compensation?

Tell me. About how much?

At least, 10 million yen, right? How much do you want?

I mean, I was put in prison for 19 years.

Nothing's been decided.

Hm, I see.

We don't even know if we can win in court.

Stop lying!

I'm innocent! Completely innocent!

Are you going to throw me back in that hellish darkness again!? There's no way!

Please, I beg you!

Help me, please!

You're the only one I can count on!

The man bumped into you with considerable force and ran away.

For how long did you get to look at the murderer's face?

About a second or two.

You managed to get a good look at the face in such a short amount of time?

Yes.

Mr. Manzo Numata, who was in the same position as you...

...is stating that it was impossible to tell.

He was running under a street light.

Back then, there were no street lights in that neighborhood.

It's because I was seeing him frequently back then.

Back in 1960, you worked as a doctor in Tobata, isn't that so?

Yes.

Did you test the blood...

...on what was considered the weapon, the razor?

Yes.

I was a public safety commissioner for the city back then...

...and so the police asked me to conduct the test.

Do you remember the results of that test?

Yes.

The amount of blood...

...was less than a grain of rice and therefore...

...not enough to conduct a test.

Then, that result was submitted to the police.

Yes.

According to the records, your results were not submitted to the court.

Moreover, the blood sample you could not test...

...was found to be a complete match with the defendant in a second test.

How is that possible?

I don't understand how.

That's all.

Does the prosecutor have any questions?

Sir.

Do you happen to have...

...a copy of the report you say you submitted to the police?

Something that can be considered as evidence?

No.

There was only one copy of the report.

Then, that means your testimony just now...

...is based solely on your memory from 19 years ago.

That's correct.

Judge.

Dr. Kawaguchi's account of what happened lacks novelty and clarity...

...and hence does not qualify as evidence.

Therefore, it only goes to prove that Dr. Kawaguchi's testimony...

...is unfit for trial.

- We don't have a chance if it keeps going like this. - Then, you can't win?!

Please, be quiet!

We're all doing the best we can.

Do you have a second?

This is still a secret, but Mr. Iwasa of the Kita Kyushu Times...

...is missing.

Nobody knows where he is.

So, you came.

Sit here.

19 years ago...

...I killed a woman here.

She was twisted, and a dangerous woman.

Why?

Why did you sleep with Junko here?

The only place I can be myself is in this room.

This room is me.

This was the only place I could do it.

It's been three days and yet...

...I haven't been able to kill myself.

Can you kill me?

Stop being so reliant.

When I found your letter to the editor...

...I was shocked.

I had drifted so far.

Can I light it?

Now I'm ready.

So you're just going to die?

What about my father who spent 19 years in jail?

Honestly...

...I'm not thinking about anybody right now.

Whether it's the woman I killed, your father or Junko.

I can only think about the one who's trying to kill himself, me.

I'm not even thinking about you.

That's obvious.

I bet you aren't.

Do you think you can be on your own now?

Is it okay to be thinking just about yourself?

I feel like...

...I can get along with people now.

I finally feel that way.

Run away.

- Mr. Iwasa. - Why do you say such a thing?

Why do you say such a thing?

I won't ask you to kill me.

Just let me die.

Don't run.

Watch.

Mr. Iwasa!

Run.

Don't die!

Who cares if you're not respectable?!

This is the will left by the owner of the Kita Kyushu Times.

Mr. Shiro Iwasa.

I object!

This was sent to me this morning.

Can the witness explain the contents of the will?

It states that Mr. Iwasa killed Mariko Ishigaki 19 years ago.

On what basis?

At the Kita Kyushu Bank...

...there should be a petty knife in a safety deposit box under his name.

That was the weapon used to kill her.

That guy next to her...

...is the man who's going to marry Toyoko?

Damn it.

She was having a good time while I was away.

What do you two want?

I have no use for you.

Akira got me out.

What did you do for me?

You left me alone all these years.

You.

I'm Iwase.

I hear you're a doctor. You don't need to be concerned.

I divorced her before I went to prison.

Go ahead, you can have this worthless woman.

I'm famous now.

I can get younger, better women.

I can only imagine what you went through

There's things in the future to consider.

That's right!

I'm going to enjoy life!

Let's go, Akira.

What about you, Akira?

You don't have to feel obligated to him at all.

He's been removed from the family register too.

I'm going back to Hakodate tomorrow.

Do you want to come?

I couldn't do anything for you...

...when you helped me so much.

You killed Iwasa. That's plenty.

That's right.

You let him die!

I'm just a front row spectator, like yourself!

Lies!

Liar! Why did you kill him?!

Idiot, idiot!

Idiot!

No... no!

- No! - Forget about him!

Forget about that guy!

No! No!

No... no...

Is it impossible for us?

I can't forget him.

You can't forget about Iwasa either.

Get out...

Get out.

Get out!

Do you want another one?

Hey, is it good?

- You be on your own. - What?

Hey, Akira, you do it too!

It's great!

- Be careful, you could get hurt. - It's nice to have a son.

You've been good to me.

Executive Producer: Osamu Tanaka

Based on the Original Novel by: A.J. Cronin

Screenplay: Masaru Baba

Director of Photography: Kazutami Hara Art Director: Yukio Higuchi

Sound Recordist: Noboru Kamikura Lightning Technician: Shinji Kojima

Music: Kuni Kawachi

Assistant Director: Ippei Imamura Editor: Michiko Ikeda

Still Photographer: Takashi Iwai

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