Shimokitazawa Independent Film Festival To the Executive Committee
What's that?
It's a video that was sent to an independent film festival.
The police in our jurisdiction wants us to analyze this because it might be a case.
Oh interesting?
Wanna watch together while eating popcorn?
Sounds good. Shall I buy some?
I'm kidding. Besides I only watch horror films.
Would you like to borrow the Evil Dead?
No thanks.
(A woman who's running away and a boy who's chasing)
Hey wait! (A woman who's running away and a boy who's chasing)
Wait!
(And another one) Go away! No! Go away!
You can't runaway!
I'll definitely catch you!
(Being caught = Death)
(And one more...)
(Risking their life for a game of tag...)
(Raise the curtains!)
See, I caught you!
(Next game of tag...)
(You're next...)
So realistic...
This is-
Real.
He definitely killed her afterwards.
Let's analyze this immediately.
I'm sorry. The bug has been discovered by Yuki already.
As promised, please allow me to drop from the investigation.
Are you betraying me?
Who do you think allowed you to stay as a police officer-
It's because of you, Director Manabe.
But the suspicions from the shooting case five years ago have cleared.
Yuki's dismissal will follow.
Tell me everything.
I was investigating you.
It's about leaking information to Professor Kazuki regarding the serial murder case
of the college girls 10 years ago.
You should know that it's a violation.
I really wanted to catch that perpetrator who killed the college girls as if he was playing.
At that time, I thought of it as my duty.
Why Professor Kazuki?
I wanted his advice as a criminal psychologist.
Who ordered you to investigate?
Three months ago, Director Manabe said that someone gave her some information.
That's why you took CPS...
In order to investigate me.
Even if I denied it, you wouldn't believe me.
Any information about the victims?
Two of the women's body has been found a year ago,
so the perpetrator was immediately caught.
And the other one?
She was declared missing last month and a search has been issued.
Last month? Why is that?
The perpetrator was caught a year ago right?
There's a chance that the suspect was falsely charged.
The suspect is Hoshino Takayuki, 32 years old.
He has a record of burglary injury.
The empty can found in the crime scene had his fingerprints
that's why he was convicted.
He's consistently denying the crime
but the shovel in his car has soil from the crime scene.
He was given the death sentence for both lower and higher courts and now he's in the middle of the final appeal.
We can't allow an innocent person to face death penalty.
Let's start putting the profile together. Let's catch the real perpetrator.
Let's ask Yuki-san to negotiate with the higher ups.
You might not be able to stay in the CPS.
I'm prepared to be dismissed.
But I can't quit right away.
Not until Lady Killer is caught.
Lady Killer?
The "L" on your notebook is that Lady Killer?
(The perpetrator is L) The "L" on your notebook is that Lady Killer?
The day Professor Kazuki died from the fire
there was a phone call.
"The perpetrator is Lady Killer."
I'm sure the professor
found the college girls serial murderer.
That's why he was erased by Lady Killer.
That's what I think.
Kazuki doesn't know anything right?
I couldn't tell her.
But I do think that I have to.
I'm going to catch Lady Killer with Kazuki.
Until I do, I can't quit CPS.
Becoming a profiler
is her destiny.
I want to let her catch Lady Killer with her own hands.
She's capable of doing so.
Once I confirm everything I'll tell her.
Please negotiate with the higher-ups for a re-investigation.
Director Manabe was the one who directed the investigation.
We have no choice but to negotiate with her directly.
Yuki-san, are we going to allow a false charge?
The perpetrator will kill someone again.
I'll go and plead with you.
Please.
All right.
You want to continue the investigation?
I thought you wanted out?
I changed my mind.
I would like to know everything.
What are you planning?
I'll chase the case 10 years ago.
The murder of the college girls.
I have to do that if I want to know how Yuki was involved.
I want to have a firm conviction of what happened in that case.
In addition to that, I want to ask you something.
Who informed you that Yuki leaked information to Professor Kazuki?
I can't reveal my source.
As a public worker you should know that.
If there's a need for it to be hidden.
If you won't tell me, then I'll search for the answer myself.
(Your father was killed.)
(He was killed by someone in the police force.)
(Kazuki Maiko-sama)
See, I caught you!
No!!
There's a probability that the perpetrator was falsely charged in last year's case.
We have to re-investigate.
I can't trust what you say.
Director, this is the opinion of the CPS.
We have already caught the perpetrator.
Plus the woman is missing.
If we don't have a body then we can't say it's murder.
We can't investigate until this officially becomes a case.
That's true.
We can't investigate until it becomes an official case.
Excuse us.
And here I thought that you were going to quietly back down.
Because it means that they'll investigate if we find the body right?
From the geographical profiling of the places where the bodies were abandoned
there's an 89% probability that the undiscovered body was buried here.
But this is still a pretty big area. Are we going to find it?
We just have to do it.
I'll definitely find it.
What's that? You're planning to search with that?
Dowsing, what's wrong it?
It can even find a reef or oil field.
All right, let's start.
Kazuki, over there.
Okay.
Can we take a break? I'm hungry.
We're not here for a picnic.
Ah!
Hey, it's reacting!
What?! Hospital waste?
I'll expose you later.
Yuki-san.
It's that woman's scarf!
Let's investigate this area.
Okay.
She was in a place like this all alone, poor soul.
But at least the investigation will start moving.
I won't let this happen to anyone else.
It's too late now!
I've been telling you!!
I didn't do it...
Hoshino-kun, Kazuki-san believes that you're innocent that's why she's investigating.
She's different from other detectives.
I'm not.
I'm part of the police force too.
If Hoshino-san has been falsely charged then I'm also to be blamed.
Please save me.
I'm scared of the death penalty.
I didn't do anything.
Then be honest about why you were there on the night of the crime.
As long as you keep quiet-
I didn't kill anyone!
Isn't that enough...
I can trust you right?
That you will clear my name.
That you will get me out of here.
I promise.
Thank you.
I found the perpetrator's habit.
I'm finished with the perpetrator's personal data.
Compile it with everybody's report.
Kazuki, let's go to the investigation meeting.
Yes.
Then I'll take command of the investigation headquarters.
Direct the investigation towards premeditated.
Director, according to the analysis of the CPS, this is a serial murder not premeditated.
We can't let our credibility sink down any further.
Coercion of a testimony, police force's crime.
The police force keeps on failing.
In order to maintain order in this country, a little sacrifice is needed.
As a career public employee, you understand right?
The victim is Taguchi Youko, 35 years old, single.
The body has about 10 stab wounds.
Overkill.
Unnecessary amount of attacks.
This indicates a violent hatred.
Hatred? Isn't that strange?
This trait isn't seen in a pleasure killer.
Okay, it's our turn now.
Here's the investigation objective.
We'll investigate along the lines of premeditated.
Investigate if she had any problems with people around her.
That's it.
Please wait.
This is not premeditated.
Three women who have no contact with each other has been killed.
This is a serial murder case.
There's a chance that the previous investigation was a false charge.
There's only one body.
This is not a serial murder.
We're going with premeditated.
He was probably pressured by the higher ups
to erase the false charge.
If they won't move then we'll just have to solve this ourselves.
Yeah, we can't have anymore victims.
Why did the perpetrator tape this?
It's probably to experience the sensation of killing by watching it again.
Spoils of war: this is often seen in a psychotic killer's actions.
Why did he send it to the film festival?
This perpetrator is of a theatrical type.
His aim is to cause trouble for society.
If this is shown, the film festival would go into panic mode.
But the perpetrator is enjoying the killing.
Within two days after kidnapping the victims,
he would purposefully release and chase them.
He's a sadist type.
But his killing method is
overkill.
Murder is not enough for his hatred.
I think it's too early to classify him as a sadist.
I think so too.
A simple theatrical psychotic killer
would have used the murder part in his video.
But this video only has the chasing scene.
I've found another habit of the perpetrator.
This is his residential area.
He kidnaps the women in the area between these two railways.
The first one is here, the second one here,
and the third one is here again.
So he's doing the crimes alternately?
Right.
The place where the bodies were abandoned, alternates too.
From his habit, I was able to narrow down the next crime scene.
It's probably in this station.
Marie-san, can you please show the victim data?
The three victims had something in common.
They're all in their thirties,
short hair, round faced women.
Marie-san, perfect match.
Round face?
Ummm, there's another data I'm curious about.
All of the victims were kidnapped on the third Saturday from 7 pm to 9 pm.
Isn't that tonight?
I'll be the bait.
I can't let you do that.
It's dangerous. Think of something else.
But there's no time left.
I'll be all right as long as you guys are with me.
Marie-san, are you all right?
I'm fine.
I'm kidding, I'm a little bit scared.
It's almost 9:00 pm.
Did we strike out today?
Any suspicous vehicles?
There's nothing.
Good evening, are you alone?
Is it that man?
A theatrical type is a show-off so he should be wearing flashy clothes.
He was able to kidnap three women so he should be quite good looking and a smooth talker.
The crime is persistent, sadistic, and coercive.
Yuki-san, I found a man who matches the profile.
No, I can't confirm from this location.
I can't see his expression from here.
Kazuki, I'll let you decide.
Roger.
No no. Say cheese.
Wait!
Wait a minute!
Bring him in for questioning.
Bring the guy by the planter who's wearing a red leather jacket in for questioning.
Tell me your number.
You're bothering me.
Ouch! What are you doing?
Police. Let's talk.
Catch him!
What? What did I do?
Not him.
Marie-san!
Marie-san, are you okay?
Hurry call an ambulance!
Okay!
We need an ambulance in front of the Shinagawa Station.
The perpetrator definitely attacked her.
When voices came out of her radio, he panicked, slashed her, and escaped.
How's Marie-san?
She wasn't badly wounded, it won't leave any scars on her arm.
But...
her emotional wound won't heal.
It's my fault.
I've failed as a profiler.
Because of me
Marie-san was wounded.
Plus...
someone was almost falsely charged.
I wanted to clear a false charge...
But even I...
I'll take responsibility.
You're not the only one who's responsible.
If you've lost your courage then why don't you quit?
If you don't have the resolve, you can't make it in this job.
We have to find the perpetrator by using a trace of the crime.
We make mistakes.
I made mistakes in the past too.
I've wanted to quit so many times.
But I want to catch those unforgivable perpetrators.
That's why I'm not giving up.
I'll make up for my own mistakes.
Who said that again?
You can't quit.
Together, we're gonna catch him.
This doesn't work too.
How will we get a hit? Next.
Kazuki, this perpetrator may not be a simple theatrical type.
If he wanted to cause trouble for society then it would've been more effective to upload it in a streaming site.
But he's fixated on the film festival.
His fantasy might be buried in the film itself.
Can you think about it too?
Yes of course.
We're dropping CPS from the investigation.
After all, they used a bait without permission.
Moreover, a personnel has been injured.
I was the one who suggested using a bait.
It's all my responsibility.
CPS will be taken out. That's final.
Hurry or I'll run away.
Wait! Wait!
Hey hurry...
(The accused: Hoshino Takayuki, death sentence.)
(death sentence)
I can trust you right?
That you'll clear my name.
Good morning!
Marie-san ...
Sorry for making you guys worry.
Are you all right? You can still rest.
I'm fine. It's just a cut.
You're so strong after all.
That's not a compliment.
Marie-san...
About yesterday?
I'm not forgiving you.
After becoming a victim myself, I finally understand the fear of those who have been killed.
Their frustration when they were killed...
You better catch the perpetrator.
Yes ma'am.
We were removed from the investigation.
Wait!
Go away! No!!
Go away...
What the heck is this?
Isn't this too realistic?
Don't be afraid.
We're just going to play tag.
No!!
Suicide?!
All right.
Goodbye.
What happened?
Hoshino attempted suicide inside the detention house.
He was quickly discovered so it didn't become too serious.
Yuki-san, please allow us to go to the crime scene.
Our team is the only one who catch the perpetrator.
Go.
Roger.
Yuki-san, I discovered something big.
Yesterday, that film was shown in a mini theater in town.
The jurisdiction police informed us that a 32 year old woman was kidnapped.
Commissioner, can we just leave the investigation to the jurisdiction police?
No matter what we do, we struck out with the premeditated.
The perpetrator kills the women he kidnaps within two days.
There's no time left!
Commissioner!
I'll just kill myself if I have to face death penalty while innocent.
Let me die.
You can't prove that I'm innocent right?
I know why you went to the crime scene that night.
I found this buried in the forest where the crime happened.
In the syringes, your fingerprint was found,
and so was drugs.
It's me. I used them.
You didn't use them.
According to DNA testing, the person who used it
is a relative of yours.
Who are you covering for?
My younger brother.
Three years ago, I committed a crime.
Because of that his wedding was canceled.
So he went wild.
I ruined my brother's life.
That's why...
I figured that was the only thing I can do.
You're wrong.
The only thing you can do is to re-compensate
by living right.
We'll definitely find the real perpetrator.
I promise you that our members are desperately searching.
So promise us that you will honestly admit what you just said.
The perpetrator chased the victims here then killed them.
Why did he bring them here to let them escape after kidnapping them?
His voice sounded like a child's in that film.
Wait! Wait a minute!
The caption had the word "boy" there too.
A woman who's running away and a boy who's chasing The caption had the word "boy" there too.
boy The caption had the word "boy" there too.
It means that the one chasing is the perpetrator in his childhood.
His goal wasn't to kill.
Tag?
Maybe he just wanted to play tag.
Tag?
Yes.
The victims have something in common.
They're all women in their 30's and they were forced to wear a red scarf.
The perpetrator is seeing someone else in the victims.
Go ahead and run. We're going to play tag.
Wait! Wait!
The one who was chasing is his young self.
Playing tag is a memory of his childhood.
He was definitely playing tag with his mother.
Don't run away! I'll definitely catch you!
See, I caught you.
Stop it! Go away!
But it wasn't his mother.
He got mad after being rejected.
He felt as if he was being rejected by own mother.
Why?
Why?!
He killed her.
Stabbing multiple times.
Directing his anger at her.
When he was young, he was separated from his mom and was rejected.
He was reliving the time when he played tag with his mother through that film.
That's the perpetrator's fantasy.
I told you that the investigation stops right?
I was taught that catching perpetrators is our job.
Didn't I teach you that protecting the police force
is a career employee's job?
I believed and followed your teachings
but I realized you were wrong.
A police force that can't protect the citizens
is an organization that doesn't need to be protected.
And you too.
I won't protect you anymore.
Senpai.
Please call the CPS.
All right.
We got nothing from the fingerprint in the DVD that we thought was from the perpetrator.
We will announce the profile by the CPS.
The perpetrator is a 30-40 year old male.
He has a car, and has a white collar job.
He's a smooth talker when it comes to women and quite good looking.
He was probably separated from his mother when he was young.
His mother?
All his victims probably look like his mother.
The red scarf is probably something she wore often.
He took a video of the crime
to be able to see a memory of her.
It seemed like he was chasing the victims because
he wanted to be immersed in the memory of playing tag with his mother.
Wait! Wait a minute.
Hurry or I'll run away.
Wait mom!
That's why there was no murder scene in the video.
What he wanted was a video of playing tag.
He changed his voice to that of a child in order to remember his past.
The illusion of his kind mom and the hatred towards her from abandoning him,
is clearly seen in the bodies.
Then he didn't kidnap them to kill them?
He didn't call out to the women in order to kill them.
The victims rejected him and so he went into a rage and killed them.
Then why did he play that video in the theater?
The theater is probably a place filled with memories of his mother.
They probably watched movies together, a place of memories.
Their memories together is deeply engraved in his heart.
He wanted to see the film filled with memories of playing tag with his mother
in the theater, a place full of his mother's memories.
So he would feel like he's watching with her.
Most likely, he went to the mini theater as a viewer to watch his own creation.
Get the security camera footage from the theater.
Hurry!
Roger!
This is our last ray of hope.
If nothing comes out of this then it's over.
I'm sure we'll find something.
Let's go play tag.
It's all right, we're just going to play tag.
What have you done?!
Hey!
Stop. Please rewind that part slowly.
Stop. Enlarge the guy with the red scarf.
He's the perpetrator.
There's a high probability that he's moving around with his vehicle.
Investigate the parking lots around the theater.
Prepare the N-system.
Roger.
Hey wait!
Wait a minute!
Hurry or I'll run away.
Wait, mom!
Are you okay, mom?
Go away!
Why do you say that?
Go away!
Why do you say that?
Hey...
Why?!
Why did you leave me?!
Yamagishi Takuya, you're under arrest.
The perpetrator has been caught, the woman is all right.
Oh! We came out.
(Profiling team solves false charge case)
It's because of my Dowsing.
If it's that useful
then can you please look for the earrings I lost?
Then look for my ex who left me.
Wedding ring for me.
Please do, Dowsing Man.
We'll go for lunch while you search.
Hey wait!
Hey!
(Fire at Bunsei University kills a professor)
(Victim: Professor Kazuki Naoya)
I'm home! Is the food ready?
Maiko?
I'm opening the door.
(Your father was killed)
(by someone in the police force)