Mr. Oida? Mr. Oida!
What was that you just did?
Just now? Nothing...
What's that?
This?
I don't know...
Nothing in particular.
Tell me about what you just did.
I was just thinking of Officer Tamura.
That's all.
Nothing more than that.
How long will this go on!
OK.
Mr. Takabe!
Another murder. The toilets in Chuo Park. Get over there.
There was a report of a suspicious person at Shiomicho Hospital.
Oida took him in there.
- Amnesia? - Apparently.
Where is he?
He's not in his room.
- So where is he? - They say he hasn't left.
I know you're here.
Step out here, please.
Where?
Here.
I don't know where 'here' is.
Well then, I'll have to come to you.
Where are you?
Come out.
Who are you?
Police.
Who?
A police officer.
Do you understand my question?
I've got some questions to ask you.
I want to hear about you.
I ask the questions! You answer!
Who are you?
Where are you?!
Who are you?
A detective!
Stop screwing around!
Name?
I forget.
Address? Age?
Don't know.
When were you checked in?
Where?
The hospital.
Shiomicho Hospital. You saw Dr. Miyajima.
Where?
Round in circles!
Have you ever met any of these people?
I don't remember.
How about this person?
I don't know.
This is you.
It looks like me.
So now we're sure of one thing:
That's you. All right?
I don't know him.
So this is me...
Who are you?
A detective. How about these?
Corpses.
Do you like these?
No.
If you don't like them, why do you have them?
It's my job.
Job?
What's your job?
Right now, asking you questions.
Why?
You're an important source of information.
Me? Why?
We found your fingerprints...
...at the Hanaoka house. Whether you remember or not, you know him.
Oh, is that what you mean?
You know a lot, Detective.
Not what's inside your head.
My head?
Here?
Your attitude is not to your advantage.
Why?
Right, I want you to try and remember from the beginning.
You admit you were in Shiomicho Hospital?
What's wrong? Why are you raising your voice?
Because you won't answer.
Why?
Answer my questions.
Can I smoke?
No!
Takabe!
Detective...
Yes?
Tell me more about yourself.
After you talk.
Stop it! Leave him alone!
I need to examine him, but I see clear symptoms of typical psychosis.
Don't get into it with him.
You'll just get angry.
Hey, you all right?
Yeah. I'm all right.
I went out to the convenience store, and I got lost.
I see...
We'll need toothbrushes.
We will, won't we?
What if we stay at a hotel where they don't give you one?
I'll do the shopping, OK?
You're tired. You don't have to do everything for me.
We don't have to take a trip, either.
We'll take that trip. Definitely.
My next holiday.
For sure.
Hey...
Impound all that guy's stuff.
But he's a witness, not a suspect.
I don't care. The works.
What's that?
The scar from a burn.
Maybe he touched something metal...
Something round and hot...
Round and hot?
This way.
No one's home.
Do you have the key?
Yeah.
Is Mr. Mamiya in some kind of trouble?
That's what I'm here to find out.
I see. Well, it's all yours.
Oh...
When did you last see Mr. Mamiya?
About six months ago, maybe...
I don't come out here much.
He paid a year's rent in advance.
I'll be downstairs if you need me.
Mesmer of Paris
Mesmer
Animal Magnetism and Its Psychological Effects
Mamiya Kunihiko Musashino Medical University
Mesmerism
Sakuma? I've found out who our man is.
Mamiya Kunihiko. A psychology student until three years ago.
His professors said he hardly ever showed up for classes.
Yeah, just like you.
Then he was a live-in part-timer at a junkyard in Kawasaki.
That's probably when he got burned.
Vanished six months ago.
No, I don't know what he was doing.
Have you ever heard of 'Mesmer'?
OK. Tell me when I get back.
What's wrong? What happened?
Don't scare me like that! Are you ill?
Why are you home now?
Nothing, I just...
He's ill. I've moved him to hospital.
- On whose authority? - Mine.
- You're taking him from me? - Yes.
It's dangerous for you to keep talking to him.
You bastard!
Hey! What about Mesmer?
I'll ask him!
No one's supposed to see him.
Open up.
Move.
What's wrong? Your hands are shaking.
I found out.
Mamiya Kunihiko... that's your name.
Oh.
Mamiya... who is this man called 'Mesmer'?
Who?
'Mesmer'.
At university you studied Mesmer...
...and hypnotic suggestion.
What?
Whether you remember or not...
...I'm going to have you arraigned on charges of incitement to murder.
It's over.
You saw your wife dead, didn't you.
Your wife is ill, isn't she.
Is it hard caring for her at home?
Where did you hear about that?
The other detective told me.
Does it bother you, talking about your wife?
Anyway, there'll be lots of time.
There's no way out of here for you.
It's you who wants out.
I know what you did.
Tell me whatever you like. That's why you came, isn't it?
You planted a hypnotic suggestion in those people's minds.
It's hard to be a detective with a crazy wife.
Shut up!
You do it by keeping your work and your home life completely apart.
How did you do it?
The detective or the husband...
Which is the real you?
How did you hypnotize them?
Neither one is the real you.
There is no real you.
Your wife knows that, too.
How did you hypnotize them?
Watch.
You're right!
My wife is a burden. I know. You don't have to tell me!
I'm a detective.
I've been taught never to show emotion, even with my family.
And this is the result!
I don't understand her.
She doesn't understand what I go through.
I know it's my fault it's that way. So what?
What else could you do?
That's right! What other way is there?
Look...
...you think this is how I wanted to end up?
We should all relax, enjoy ourselves, lead peaceful lives.
But society isn't like that!
Oh, so society's to blame...
It's people like you.
It's guys like you who have my head about to split open!
Lunatics like you have it easy while citizens like me go through hell!
I spend my whole life taking care of that wife of mine!
If it weren't for you...
...things would be fine with my wife and me.
Her I can forgive...
...but you I can't.
You're amazing.
You like that? Hearing me talk?
Yeah.
Good. Now it's your turn. I want the whole story.
All of it.
What's wrong?
Can't talk without your lighter?
Here.
You're amazing, you are.
That water will make you calm.
It will make you happy, empty...
You'll be born again, just like me...
Are you all right?
Was it you?
Did you tell him about me?
Uh, well, you know... he keeps asking all these questions...
Mesmer was an 18th-century Austrian doctor...
...the first man to study hypnosis.
It wasn't recognized then as a medical treatment.
They saw it as fakery, magic...
...or witchcraft.
And?
There's still a lot we don't know about Mesmer.
Some say he really did study magic, and alchemy.
And Mamiya's doing that?
Impossible.
If so...
...the diagnosis would be simple.
He'd simply be a megalomaniac.
But that's not it.
He has definitely lost his memory, but otherwise he's not abnormal.
But he's also a man with a very complex personality.
I see... OK.
Takabe...
Don't talk to him.
You don't know what could happen.
Don't get too deep.
I know.
Takabe...
Mr. Mamiya, could you tell us your name, your date of birth...
...anything you remember.
Well? Do you remember anything about yourself?
No...
Mr. Mamiya...
...are you aware of the situation you are in at present?
I mean the charges against you.
Who are you?
Fujiwara, from headquarters.
Well, Mr. Mamiya?
Do you understand why you are here now?
What?
Don't ask questions, answer them.
What question?
Mr. Mamiya...
...incitement to murder can bring the death penalty.
Do you understand that?
Is that your boss?
Yes.
That must be a drag.
Mr. Mamiya, answer my question.
Who are you?
Fujiwara. Headquarters.
Who?
- Are you being smart?! - Who are you?
Takabe, what's wrong with this man?
- I'm asking who you are. - Answer my question!
All right, I'll ask you again, Fujiwara-of-Headquarters...
Who are you?
What is it you want to ask me?
You think about that.
I'm very sorry!
You must understand, he has amnesia.
What a bunch!
They don't understand, do they.
About me, or about you...
Detective... do you hear my voice?
You do, don't you.
That proves you're a special person.
You knew that from the start.
So did I.
You're different from them.
You're someone who can understand what I'm really saying.
Take him away.
Will Okinawa be warm?
Let's eat lots of good food.
What do you want to eat?
Fumie, we're not going to Okinawa.
Yes...
The sea there must be beautiful...
Just until my work settles down.
I understand.
I'll take her bag.
Shall we go?
Thank you, Doctor.
Mr. Takabe...
It's not good to work too hard.
You look sicker than your wife to me.
I'm sorry, I don't have the tag. I wonder where it went?
A week ago, wasn't it?
Yes.
Mr. Takabe?
One moment, please.
I'm sorry, sir, but it's not here.
That can't be...
Maybe you took it somewhere else...
No.
Or you gave it to your wife...
No.
May I take your plate?
Yes.
Yeah?
Sakuma?
What?
No, I'm not busy.
Now?
I want to show you something.
What?
A film on hypnotherapy. University put it on video.
The oldest material on hypnotism in Japan.
It probably dates from the end of the 19th century.
See on the man's hand?
You have to look closely... see? There.
You see what looks like an X?
That's it?
Yeah.
What does it mean?
Her name was Murakawa Suzu. She was treated for hysteria.
That's all that's recorded.
Police records say...
...that she was arrested for the murder of her son in 1898.
She seems to have killed him...
...by cutting the shape of a cross into his neck.
That's all we know.
Did Mamiya see this film?
I don't know...
There's not much chance even medical students would see it.
But even if he had...
...that still wouldn't explain his actions.
Who's this man in the film?
Unknown.
We do know, however, why he didn't show his face to the camera.
You know what they called hypnotism in Japan then?
'Soul-conjuring'.
Like clairvoyance, spiritualism... the same sort of thing.
The authorities in any age always suppress occultism...
...and the Meiji government then would have suppressed this technique.
It would only have been performed in secret ceremonies...
Heresies
Mesmerian
Sakuma... Sakuma...
Sakuma...
Huh?
So what is Mamiya, then?
What's your guess? Tell me.
A missionary.
A missionary?
Sent to propagate the ceremony.
Sorry, I was just imagining things.
What am I saying?
Don't take me seriously.
I'm a little tired.
Let's call it a day.
Now I'm getting in too deep!
Sakuma... what's that?
Oh, that?
I just thought it might help me to think.
About what?
Yeah...
I don't know.
You met Mamiya...
No.
Yes, you did.
It's weird...
I don't remember.
Mamiya Kunihiko's whereabouts unknown.
Earlier reports of him near Kawasaki Station were inaccurate.
In the absence of further information...
... the search area is being widened from Tokyo and Saitama...
... to the entire Kanto Plain.
Hello?
One moment, please.
Mr. Takabe...
Hello?
I see...
We're on our way.
Dr. Sakuma's body has been taken to the hospital.
It was probably suicide. He strangled himself.
He'd cuffed himself to that pipe...
...weird as that sounds.
So you've come, Detective...
Why did you let me escape?
You know why?
By letting me escape, you could learn my true secret.
All by yourself...
You didn't have to, though.
Anyone who wants to meet his true self is bound to come here.
It's fate.
Remember now?
Do you remember everything?
You do?
This is the end for you, too.
Fearsome... heart of...
His... healing hand.
... road of healing... ...not a long...
Take sword...
A man... but dew.
Heal, O... water-grass! ..., O winter...
... falls... snow.
That... heal... snow.
Take... in hand... heal.
Shall I bring your coffee?
Yes?
All right.
Bring the car around.
Here you are.