'Once upon a time, in a forest, lived a man and his beautiful daughter.
'One day a golden carriage drawn by six horses stopped before their house.
'Out of it stepped a king...
' "Would you give me your daughter to be my wife?"...
'... he asked the man.
'Delighted, the man agreed.
'Truth to tell, the king was very handsome;
'... his only flaw being his beard, which was blue.
'Apart from this, there was no fault to be found with him.'
Bluebeard
- What is it? - Nothing.
Enough of the book. Let's talk about something else.
Yes, please.
- Feeling all right? - Yes.
I know how...
...the story ends.
In the end the daughter kills Bluebeard.
- You are? - Takabe, from Headquarters.
Thank you for coming.
Mr. Takabe! Do you want to see the cleaner...
...who found the body?
No.
A prostitute. Something like this was bound to happen someday...
- I'm Takabe. - Yasukawa, from the Precinct.
Find anything?
Yes.
If it was this Kuwano guy, he took off in the raw.
And he left us his ID.
Excuse me...
She was struck with a blunt object, but she died from loss of blood.
It wouldn't have taken long.
Both carotid arteries have been neatly severed.
Have you ever seen wounds like this before?
No.
I see.
But the perp is no ordinary character.
You don't have to go this far just to kill someone.
The suspect may have a motorcycle or a bicycle.
Check all the service roads. I'm on my way.
I'll check out his neighborhood.
Oh, Takabe... here.
Then there was blood everywhere...
Lots of it.
Sakuma... this came from the Shibaura Precinct.
And then...I looked at her face...
He looks OK to me.
They've requested a psychiatrist...
What's the point?
So he's like the rest?
Yep. Admits intent, then says afterwards he was stunned.
The devil made them do it, is all I can guess.
Three cases in two months...
What's going on?
The media don't know?
No. We haven't released any details.
No TV or book plots like this?
None. We checked.
There've been no leaks, either.
Unless you've said something in one of your lectures...
Give me a break!
The perps aren't connected, and they're all perfectly rational.
- So it just happened. - 'Just happened'?
People like to think that a crime has some meaning.
But most of them don't.
So somebody 'just happened' to do this?!
Where is this?
Shirasato Beach.
Where is it?
Shirasato Beach.
Where?
Shirasato, Chiba.
Shirasato? Where's that?
Where are you going?
Nowhere.
Yes?
What's the date?
February 26th.
Oh. Where is this?
I just told you!
When was that?
Just over there.
Uh, do you know who I am?
What?
I don't know who I am.
You what?
Help me.
Please. I don't remember anything!
Could he use a drink?
No, coffee's fine.
Here...
What's that sound out there?
The waves.
It's so quiet...
'Mamiya' is written here. Might that be your name?
I don't know.
You could be 'Mr. Mamiya'.
'Mamiya'...
That's fine. Mamiya can be my name.
It probably is.
Maybe we should ask the police...
No. No police.
Why not?
Then let's talk some more.
Perhaps your family, your work...
First tell me about yourself.
Me?
I teach elementary school, and I'm married. That's it.
Where's your wife?
Sleeping upstairs.
Why is she doing that?
She has a cold.
Who does?
Mr. Mamiya...
Who's that?
You, Mr. Mamiya.
Well, I've told you about me. Now tell me about you.
About me?
Anything. Doesn't the name 'Mamiya' bring back anything?
No.
Why were you on the beach?
Where?
Shirasato Beach.
I don't know what you're talking about!
OK, something else...
I want to hear about you.
I've already told you.
Yeah?
I don't remember...
I teach school. There's just me and my wife.
What does your wife do?
Nothing. She's a housewife.
Who is?
My wife.
Oh, the woman in the pink negligee...
You saw her?
I don't remember anything. You do.
Tell me more about your wife.
I'll be right back.
Hello. Could you give me a minute?
Bunch of idiots!
What did I do wrong?
I do things my way!
What? Go to hell!
Damn right I'm mad! Stop fucking around, you dumb shit!
Sorry to keep you.
Oh, thanks.
Here we are.
There you go.
Good. Thanks.
Thank you very much.
Mr. Takabe... one moment.
Hello.
Sorry, did I wake you?
I'll do that.
No, I will...
No, I feel good today.
Where's the opener?
Here.
- I poured you some beer. - Thanks.
How's work? Busy?
Yeah. How about you?
Me? I just did nothing all day long.
Fumie...
Hm?
When this case is over, let's take a trip somewhere.
Oh, that's all right...
No, I'd like to go somewhere.
We're definitely going. You decide where.
Where?
I'll leave that up to you. Okinawa, Hokkaido, anywhere...
One extreme to the other...
You decide.
All right.
The victim is...
...Hanaoka Tomoko, 26, the suspect's wife.
Her carotid arteries were cut.
'Suspect teaches elementary school. Committed to his work, a good teacher.'
'High-school classmates, married two years.
'Neighbors describe them as a fine couple.
'No debt trouble or anything.'
The devil made him do it?
Mr. Hanaoka...
...last night you killed your wife Tomoko.
Is that correct?
Mr. Hanaoka...
You sliced her open with a knife from her throat to her chest.
Why?
Why did you kill her like that?
I don't know. Why did I do it?
Did you read some novel, or see a movie like that?
Did someone talk to you?
No.
I see.
Did you hate your wife?
Things weren't going well between you, were they.
No, that's not true.
Then isn't it strange?
What is it, Mr. Hanaoka?
I remember everything.
I killed Tomoko. At the time it just seemed...
...the natural thing to do.
- Was there a quarrel? - No.
It's weird. You murdered your wife for no reason?
Yes. There is no reason.
But I killed her! I killed Tomoko!
Mr. Hanaoka... crying won't help.
I'm going to keep on asking you until you tell me.
I'm sure this is hard for you...
That's enough, Takabe.
- No. - That's enough.
Take him.
He's not lying. He remembers everything.
Chances are he's completely sane.
Hey! Stop that!
Will a person cut someone up like that because the devil made them do it?
What if they all had some similar trauma in their childhoods?
It lays suppressed for years, then they explode...
Could that happen?
Since when did you become a shrink?
I've been reading up... you know, my wife...
Don't laugh. Beginners' books.
Don't believe everything you read.
Well, it's in a book...
No other person can understand what motivates a criminal.
Sometimes not even the criminal can. No one understands.
You're going in too deep.
No. All I want is to find words that will explain the crimes.
That's my job.
Yeah, I guess so.
How is your wife, by the way?
She's going to the hospital you suggested.
She's a lot better.
Yeah?
At least, it looks that way. I don't know if she really is.
Thank you very much.
That's all right.
- I might have to come again. - You might?
Could you contact this officer if someone else moves in?
All right.
Give him your number.
Hey, you! What are you doing up there?!
You'll get hurt! Come down!
I'm coming up!
Damn fool!
Name, address and particulars unknown.
He appears to be in his late 20s.
Yes, I know that.
All right, thank you.
Well, the station doesn't have anything on you.
Or the computer.
Don't worry. Tomorrow we'll get you to a hospital.
Have some tea.
Is this your place?
No, it's a police box.
You're a cop?
Yes.
Why am I talking to you?
I want to ask you some questions.
About me?
Do you remember standing on that roof?
How about coming to this police box with me?
Is this a police box?
Yes.
Who are you?
Oh, boy!
OK, enough.
Can I smoke?
Sure.
You can't smoke here!
That's OK.
Here.
I'm on duty.
Oh.
Here.
Oh, thanks.
I'll go do my rounds.
It must be hard work.
What? Sometimes...
I'm sleepy.
I'll sleep a bit.
OK.
Mr...
Look at this.
You hear me, don't you?
Yes...
You know what I'd like? I'd like to hear about you.
Huh?
Tell me.
I think it's the flu.
Does your throat hurt?
A little.
Lower your trousers and lie down, please.
What?
Lower your trousers and lie down.
OK.
That's good enough.
Raise your knees a bit.
You're not shy, are you!
Your lymph glands are a bit swollen.
Fine, thank you.
What do you want at this hour?!
Sorry. This won't take long.
Ten minutes, and that's all!
Listen... you don't think it might be some kind of hypnosis, do you?
Huh?
You know, someone looks at a flashing light...
...then does whatever someone tells them?
'Hypnotic suggestion'...
Is it possible? What do you think?
You're the only one I dare ask...
Well?
Got some new evidence?
Just an idea.
Hypnotism itself is a very common technique.
But even if you manage to hypnotize someone...
...you can't change their basic moral sense.
A person who thinks murder is evil won't kill someone...
...through hypnotic suggestion.
Could you induce someone to cut in that 'X' pattern?
It'd take forever to get that suggestion into place.
Impossible?
I didn't say that...
...if the hypnotist was a genius.
But why would someone do that?
I don't know.
A thrill killing? Some thrill that'd be!
You said yourself that no one knows what motivates a criminal.
Mr. Oida, do you know where that stuff for the Ward Office is?
On the right-hand shelf.
Yeah, here it is.
Like I said.
Be right back.
Come in.
Sorry I'm late.
That's all right. Did something happen?
I got lost.
Got lost?
Yes.
Did you come another way?
I don't know. Suddenly I just didn't know where I was.
How did you get here, then?
I don't know.
Suddenly I was in front of the hospital.
Hmm... well, it all worked out for the best.
You got here.
Yes.
That book...
Hm?
Bluebeard. Do you remember it?
No, I've never seen it before.
There's nothing physically wrong.
Just a sprained ankle. Nothing to worry about.
So how's your memory?
Tomorrow we'll move you to a hospital with a proper psychiatric department.
Sure.
How far back do you remember?
I remember talking to you.
Any worries?
Worries? About what?
You're quite calm.
You're the one with worries.
Sorry?
Can I smoke?
There's no smoking here.
I see.
What do you mean, I have worries?
Uh, what? I forget.
Water...
Doctor, can I tell you something?
Certainly.
All the things that used to be inside me, now they're all outside.
So I can see all of the things inside you, Doctor.
But the inside of me... is empty.
Don't look at me.
Now you tell me about you.
About me? What about me?
Why you became a doctor...
Why?
You're just a woman. Why did you become a doctor?
'Just a woman'?
That's what people said, isn't it?
They did, didn't they.
Think back.
Remember exactly how you felt...
Just a woman...
Woman is a lower life form than man.
Isn't she.
See? Now you remember...
When you were in medical school...
...you dissected a corpse, didn't you.
The first corpse you'd ever seen. It was a man, wasn't it.
Think back... you'd never seen a naked man before.
You took your scalpel and cut into him.
It made you feel good, didn't it.
Didn't it?
Think back...
You wanted to be a surgeon...
...but you weren't sure you could, and you ended up a GP.
No...
What you really wanted to do was cut a man open.
You shot him in the head.
Wasn't that enough?
Is there a reason why you cut into the dead man with a knife?
Yes... he was someone I didn't like.
Why?
Many reasons.
It's been three years since he was transferred to our box.
I put up with him all that time.
Finally I couldn't stand it any more.
But to kill him?
Yes.
Detective, you've never killed anyone, have you.
That's how you get when you hate someone from the bottom of your heart.
So it was an angry impulse?
No. I was completely calm.
Isn't that a bit strange?
Yes, it definitely is strange.
May I?
I'm Sakuma, a psychiatrist.
Officer Oida, do you remember seeing anything shiny? For example...
...something like this?
Hm? No.
Were you talking to anyone before the crime?
No.
Is that true? Try to remember...
Do you think you could stop doing that, please?
Keep going...
Don't stop!
You did talk to someone, didn't you.
We know you did. Look at the light.
No. No one.
Yes, you did. Who was it?
What was his name?
I didn't!
Enough!
Mr. Oida...
You must have seen a light like this.
Was anyone there?
Someone told you to do this, didn't they.
Who was it?
There might have been someone there.
- Was there? - I don't know!
Of course you know. Who was it?
Tell me his name, please.
- His name? - Yes, his name. What was his name?
He... didn't have a name.
He didn't? What do you mean? Mr. Oida, look at the light!
That's enough!
Excuse me... I'm thirsty.
It Is hypnosis!
We can't be sure of that.
But that wasn't normal!
I decide what's normal. Stop traumatizing people.
Sakuma, we're not counseling this man, we're interrogating him!
- Don't move! - But...
Just stay there.