Forgive me.
"Forgive who?"
"I need to be forgiven."
Take a good look at yourself.
Are you going to use the laboratory again?
What did you do to him?
What are you trying to say?
Did you make me like this?
Did you cut off my limbs and turn me into a caterpillar?
That's what he wants to say.
This is none of your business!
It is. He's a fine piece of art.
Art?
Artists are all compelled by madness.
They think that what compels them is absolutely right.
Are you saying that I'm mad?
It's not what you think.
I didn't want him to go back to the war.
And I came up with a brilliant idea.
I was so happy that I'd had surgical training.
It turned out to be a curse...
Then I figured that it was okay. It was done out of love.
Love...
You've created him. You don't believe in something intangible.
Love is intangible and ugly.
But look at him. He's beautiful.
I'll spend the rest of my life collecting beautiful things.
I'll steal my first collection from you.
"I forgive you."
Will you? Will you forgive me?
I'll be a caterpillar too."
Sir!
Mr. Akechi!
We're so lucky to be out here.
"Quake Demolishes the Capital!"
Thanks to the island...
We were drawn to the island. That saved us.
The owner of the island is long deceased.
But somebody still brings things on to the island.
Somebody who's related to the owner uses it as a hideout.
A hideout?
For stolen artwork.
Who is he?
We've never met him but we know him very well.
The Man with 20 Faces? Let's go.
Not yet. We'll go when the island becomes what he envisions.
It won't take him long.
But...
Where will you go, Man with 20 Faces...
Where will you go with those caterpillars.
"We can only depend on our feelers. They are our only weapons."
"We live in the pitch dark insect world, now and forever..."
Tadanobu Asano
Tamaki Ogawa
Directed by Atsushi Kaneko
"Crawling Bugs"
"Fuyo Kinoshita"
Driver, I'll take a nap. Wake me when we arrive home.
Yes, ma'am.
This is Fuyo.
I'm on my way home from the theatre. No, I'm not tired.
I always have time for you.
I'll be waiting for you. Yes, at our usual meeting place.
I'll leave the door open.
Hurry. I can't bear being alone.
Driver, I won't go home after all.
Take me to the usual place.
That's what I said. I can't find my hairpin.
How can I forget about it? You gave it to me.
On my way here tonight a strange man gave me flowers.
No, I've never seen him before.
The fans give me flowers after the show but he wasn't at the theatre.
His flowers were imitation.
Besides, nobody's supposed to know the route I use to come here.
It was kind of spooky.
Don't exaggerate! He didn't look dangerous.
Are you jealous?
Don't worry. It's safe here. Nobody knows our secret place.
Okay. I'll lock the door then.
Hurry. I can't bear being alone.
Who are you? Who?
Ever since I fell in love with you my life's become hell.
"Aizo Masaki"
Driver, can you wake me when we arrive home?
Yes, ma'am.
"That's right... The universe is constantly expanding.
"In the end it will collapse into a gravitational singularity again.
"The sun will burn out in about 5 billion years...
"The world is collapsing as I speak...
"As the universe comes near to its end those germs...
"They're crawling on the floor, the chair and on the cup...
"Even in the air I breath.
"Germs devour everything. They make everything decompose.
"Those tiny things rot everything as if they were working for time.
"As time passes, everything decays and decomposes...
"Look at it...
"Millions of germs are crawling on his skin and in his orifices."
Is anything wrong?
No.
I wasn't looking at you, doctor.
Mr. Masaki. You don't like me, do you?
Don't worry, it's not just you.
Is it so unbearable to look at me?
It's nothing personal.
Okay. May I take a look?
Don't worry, I won't touch.
Oh, no. It's got worse.
Aren't these allergy rashes terrible?
Doesn't it feel like something is crawling all over your skin?
I feel repelled by the world.
My body rejects it too. Whenever I touch someone...
I'm left feeling disturbed. I've been like that since birth.
You know...
I have a feeling that your problem is psychological, not dermatological.
There will be no progress until you work out
how to get rid of the paranoia which torments you.
I know it's none of my business.
It's your problem. I'm just a dermatologist.
Not having contact with people is one solution.
That seems to be what you want.
Driver, I won't be going home after all.
Take me to the usual place.
Poor darling... You're so strong and powerful...
But you don't know what to do with your power.
It's okay to use your power for something self serving...
Like getting me the star role in that stage production...
If you don't use your power you'll start decaying.
You smell like something dead...
Driver? Hello?
I've lost my hairpin. Have you seen it anywhere?
No. I'm sorry.
Oh... It's very important to me. If you find it...
I'll be sure to tell you.
Hello...
Thank you very much.
Have I seen you somewhere?
Ever since I fell in love with you my life's become hell.
"Crawling Bugs"
Now I understand... This is the only way for me
to touch you. To be intimate with you.
Why didn't I notice before?
Ever since I fell in love with you my life's become hell.
I'm sorry...
I didn't do this to you because I hate you.
I did this because I wanted to protect you. To keep you pure.
Please stay here with me forever.
Then nobody can touch you. Nobody can hurt you.
Bugs! Crawling bugs! The Bugs!
Just a moment please... I'll make it better, Ms. Fuyo.
I'll help you.
Sorry but I have to cut you here.
Oh, boy! Just a minute...
It's perfectly okay. I'll get rid of the tainted blood.
I'm going to inject this formaldehyde in your artery...
No... This isn't working...
Don't worry though... I've learned how to do it.
Oh, my... Shit...
Maybe this one here?
What was I thinking? What was it?
What was it? What was that thing?
What was it?
Yes... I succeeded.
I did it. Look.
You're beautiful forever!
I did it.
I've finally done it.
I've done it!
I made it... I did it...
I don't want anything from this world anymore.
I've deserted this world. It was no place for me anyway.
I have somebody who I have to protect.
She needs me desperately.
It's Fuyo Kinoshita, the actress.
Kinoshita? Who?
Fuyo Kinoshita. I'm sure you know her.
Beautiful but distant. She's a famous stage actress.
I'm sorry. I've never heard of her.
Excuse me.
Mr. Masaki. I'll prescribe you some ointment.
I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
Listen, police officer. The tragedy is that her body
is rotting because of the bugs inside her.
Her body's in my apartment. Come and take a look.
It's Fuyo Kinoshita's body, the beautiful, cool actress.
She starred on the stage.
Thank you so much! Thank you so much!
What?
RAMPO NOIR
She's made up her mind She's made a vow.
Not to age another year Starting from today.
She stood in the white hot light Doing nothing, just standing.
She just stood there Listening so keenly.
To the record that she used to love.
The clock stopped ticking.
It's stopped, it's stopped.
He suddenly became aware that there was always a fly
Buzzing around him all the time.
There is a face in the mirror in the room.
It suddenly looks strange like somebody I don't know.
The monster that I used to see when I was a child
I now see on my back
It's on my back, it's on my back
As she listened to the record that she used to love
The clock stopped ticking
It's stopped, it's stopped.