We have new footage to show you.
This happened about an hour ago.
A viewer filmed it on his cell phone.
This happened about an hour ago.
the suspect was cornered by police at the Kamo housing complex.
He then resorted to taking his colleague hostage.
and escaped.
The video caught the very moment of his escape.
The surveillance cameras also caught him
frantically running away from the police blockade.
This is good! Very well recorded.
I can see he's a good deliveryman.
Look at his precise footwork! He's a mover.
But as long as he's on foot I guess he won't leave Sendai.
Not with the blockades.
Right. Next, the weather.
It's time for the KHB weather report.
Look at this beautiful white monkey!
It's a baby Abyssinian Colobus, born at Yagiyama Zoo.
Adult Abyssinian Colobus monkeys have black and white fur.
Mom, we never go to the zoo anymore.
The baby is white all over.
How cute it is!
It's still too young to be shown to the public.
With these cute animals behind me, here's the weather...
Welcome to Autobacs!
- Excuse me. - Yes?
I'm looking for a car battery.
Which model?
Model...? It's just a car.
Is it a compact car?
Maybe it's not that small...
Do you need to know the model?
There are many different kinds of cars.
If you're alone, that's alright.
With two of you, that's alright too.
If there's three ofyou, no complaints.
With five of you, it's even better.
It makes you a bit happier, Toyota Corolla!
It's right over there.
I got it!
Can you tell me how to install it?
Why do we need this at the zoo?
Why do you think we're going to the zoo?
Alright, there you go.
Where are you off to?
Do I have to answer?
It'd be very helpful if you complied.
Who's that scary man?
There's a much scarier terrorist at large.
Mom, I have to pee.
What?
Oh, you have to go to toilet.
Let's go over there.
Do you mind?
It is against the law.
This is an emergency.
It's an emergency!
Watch your step.
Go first.
Can you get through?
Ms. Higuchi, what's in the bag?
Personal items, you know toiletries.
It's an emergency!
Did I surprise you?
I thought not.
"I didn't do it, Masaharu Aoyagi"
Did your teacher mark your schoolwork with circles?
If it had petals it was "Excellent."
"Good" was just a circle.
If we went on like this...
the best we'd get would be "Good."
Don't be so depressed.
You look so down and out.
Don't look around like that!
The car works now.
After you left, somebody else turned up.
Now it has a new battery so it should start.
I think so, anyway.
Who would have done that?
I'm not sure. I guess it was someone you know.
But that kid really should be kept out of this.
A kid?
Get in the car.
Shiro-yagi, the white goat sent a letter
Kuro-yagi, the black goat ate it without reading it
So the black goat had to write to the white goat
"Please tell me what was your letter about?"
Ao-yagi, the scapegoat sent a letter...
Start...
Start!
Morita...
I got the car to start...
Is that something to cry about?
"I didn't do it, Masaharu Aoyagi."
"I knew you didn't."
Todoroki-yah!
Morita-yah!
Higuchi-yah!
Aoyagi-yah!
Fireworks can be seen in many places.
You're watching them here.
Maybe a long lost friend is watching them somewhere else.
That's a nice thought, isn't it?
Yes.
Your friend might even be thinking the same thing as you.
The same thing?
Usually the same things trigger shared memories.
Your friend might remember the same thing as you.
Maybe your son is watching too.
Enough chat! Now for the big shell!
All together now!
1, 2, 3!
Todoroki-yah!
Hello?
That car really sticks out!
Watch out forthe blockades.
What else?
I have an idea that might help you.
Let's find the imposter.
I bet he's had cosmetic surgery!
Right. There's a great surgeon in Sendai.
I knew it.
How will we find him?
I've found him.
He's at the Sendai Medical Center.
Do you know it?
Who do you think I am?
The Prime Minister killer.
No, a deliveryman.
It's such a good idea!
Access to a hospital is minimal and it's monitored.
There's food too so it's the ideal hideout.
Who's your informer?
The man who did the imposter's face job.
You know the surgeon?
Yes, he did my face too.
Why else would I have this huge forehead?
He's over there.
Maybe this is a trap.
You're sharp!
Very good, Aoyagi.
The people who are after you
were prepared for the possibility that you'd come here.
Prepared...?
They leaked the information
about where the imposter is.
But it turned out to be a setup.
I have to apologize to you.
I was given the wrong information.
He jumped at me when I turned back the cover.
So naturally I reacted.
- Who's doing this...? - Me, it was me!
Don't go lecturing me either!
Not you!
The ones who framed me
and harmed my friends.
Even people who are unrelated are being killed.
Who are they...?
Who are the ones behind this plot?
You're up against some powerful people, Aoyagi.
Maybe
it's safe to call them the Authorities.
The smartest thing for you to do
is to run.
Is that all?
Whoops, sorry.
It looks like I'm out of time.
I helped you out on impulse, that was my downfall.
Why didn't you tell me?
It's your fault, Aoyagi.
You're the killer!
You're right...
Oh, that surprised me...
Hello.
Is this Miura's cell phone?
Is his name Miura?
He can't speak at the moment.
And is this...
the fugitive himself?
And you're the plastic surgeon?
Can you give Miura a message?
The information was wrong.
There's no imposter in the hospital.
You went to the hospital...
I'm very sorry.
What will you do now?
All I can do is run.
How...?
- Watch out! - Sorry!
I'm sorry.
- Here. - Young fella.
You're cornered.
Is it that bad?
I know you're doing your best.
If you get caught, make sure it's in public.
Where there are crowds and TV cameras.
That way you get to see it on TV!
No, so that the police can't shoot you.
After they frame you
they'll shoot you if they get the chance.
It shuts you up and the case is closed.
I have connections with the underground...
if you know what I mean.
To be precise the sewer has two pipes. One's the storm drain.
And the other one's for sewerage.
If it's a fine day, use the storm drains.
In some places, they're big enough to walk through.
Call me, ok?
Young fella.
If you think you'd rather die than get caught
it's no good.
Death is no escape.
Haruko!
It's been so long.
I had a dream...
What about?
The fireworks.
Remember? They were incredible.
They went kaboom above us!
The sound distracted me
so I missed out on seeing you kiss Aoyagi for the first time.
The big kaboom!
The sound made us all look up...
And... what happened? Did you two kiss?
Yes, Mom. Did you kiss Aoyagi?
Nothing gets by you, Nanami.
Is she your daughter?
Is that right...
Really...
You've had a hard time...
It's been much worse for Aoyagi.
The news is all lies!
I heard about it from my girlfriend.
He's still on the run, right?
It all started when I effectively sold-out Aoyagi to the police...
The police called me.
They said to call them when Aoyagi contacted me.
Right after the assassination.
That's fast...
It sure was.
They said they'd be checking my calls for a while.
I guess they bugged my phone...
They did the same with me.
Straight after the police hung up, Aoyagi called.
Talk about bad timing...
I knew the police were listening so I panicked.
Even worse, Aoyagi came over!
I couldn't think straight any more.
Aoyagi left that in my apartment.
The Beatles.
It's Golden Slumbers.
I know what the song is about now.
We knew how to get back home once...
Now we all got older and...
The Beatles kept making masterpieces until the very end.
Even if they hated each other.
Did Paul put together The Medley?
That's right.
The others went home but he stayed in a 4-tatami-mat room alone
putting songs together.
It wasn't a 4-tatami-mat room.
It's just what I imagined.
What was Paul thinking then...?
I guess
he wanted things to be how they'd been.
He wanted them back together again.
Suspect Masaharu Aoyagi, age 30.
He's 175 cm, of medium build, and was wearing...
"Officer Yasuo Kojima"
Sorry, Officer Kojima
but I'm not a killer.
The suspect must be tired and desperate.
He might resort to something drastic.
Something drastic...
Officer Kojima.
The police are using a decoy who looks like me.
He's had plastic surgery.
That's who you've seen on TV.
I know it sounds unbelievable.
Here comes the suspect's father.
Father! Father!
Shut up!
Don't call me that! You're not my children!
Do you feel responsible as the father?
Can you give me your name?
The police have officially named your son as the perpetrator.
Do you know anything about my son?
I've known him since he came to this world, butt naked.
My wife has known him since conception!
His first steps, first words... I've seen it all!
I know everything about him.
You want to trust your son...
It's not about what I want. I know him!
He didn't do it.
Wait a minute, sir...!
Put the camera on me. I want to say something.
Everybody, be quiet!
Listen, Masaharu!
While you are hiding things are getting out of hand.
You hear me?
Totally out of control, sir!
He called me sir...
Anyhow
we can take care of ourselves.
Your mother's doing so-so.
So you take care of yourself!
Be quiet!
Masaharu, you know what to do.
Get out of here!
What are you saying?
Are you hiding something?
Why are you crying...?
My father is a regular office clerk.
But he hates those gropers on the trains.
Boy, he hates them!
When he saw a man touching a girl on the train, he beat him up.
I remember once I had some caligraphy homework.
Other kids wrote things like The First Sunrise.
Dad made me write, Death to Gropers.
Make sure you keep your calls under 30 seconds.
I'm just talking to myself.
Yaji-yaji-yaji Yajima speaking!
Identify yourself!
You reporters could ruin a man's life!
Do you accept responsibility?
Mr. Aoyagi!
He's impossible.
No sense of parental responsibility.
Sorry to have bothered you.
I was telling him about you, Mom.
So you know the suspect.
I heard him...
This old man...
Don't call me old!
...This old man was calling Aoyagi on his phone.
You talk too much...
That's right.
This is a secret.
I knew him from college, that's all.
I know him too.
You're his old friend but I'm a new one.
What do you mean?
He's going to take a big gamble.
If he's innocent he should just give himself up.
It would be better to come forward...
And then what?
What would happen then?
The police won't shoot you without reason.
They would!
If he just came out, he'd be a sitting duck.
Anyway, Aoyagi has to be where there are TV cameras.
And he can't get caught in the meantime.
That's the plan.
But aren't manholes too heavy to lift?
Hell yeah.
Hey, come on!
This would be 60 kilos... if it was the real thing.
Can't he just escape through this?
No, storm drains eventually become too narrow.
All he can do is to go from one manhole to another.
A hostage?
Who do you have? Why complicate things?
If I give myself up
you'll shoot to kill and the case will be closed.
If you come alone, I'll hand myself over.
A double circle for "Good."
Don't you have to gag me?
Trust is a man's greatest strength.
Then you can take off the cuffs...
That might be taking things too far.
Right...
Everything I need.
Will Masaharu Aoyagi really turn himself in?
We interrupt momentarily to show you the police in action.
The sniper squad!
They won't shoot him!
It would be a public execution if they did.
They have tranquilizer guns.
It'll be public anesthesia.
Tranquilizer guns?
That's new to me...
They've just started using them.
Aoyagi might have thought he'd be safe with people around.
But he was wrong!
10 points to the police.
We'll have full coverage of the suspect turning himself in.
Exclusive on the KHB News.
Stay tuned and you'll see it right here.
Mommy's got to go.
Haruko Higuchi?
Who are you?
Hello?
Is that Yaji-yaji-yaji Yajima?
Speaking!
Everything is on schedule. Ready for my TV appearance?
Sure thing. Go for it!
It's our live exclusive!
He's here!
It's Aoyagi.
How did you get here?
I am Masaharu Aoyagi.
I didn't do it.
What are you doing there!
We've got to run!
Wait, I didn't do anything...
Hey, get off!
Haruko!
Yesterday at noon
I met my old friend Morita after he'd contacted me.
We were supposed to go fishing.
But then Morita revealed what he'd got me there for.
I was to be used like Lee Harvey Oswald.
You know...
Oswald was
framed as the prime suspect in the JFK killing.
One... Two...
Three!
2 months ago
I was approached by a woman whose hobby was RC helicopters.
And she...
What's going on...?
Hello?
Are you there, Yajima?
We can't get the studio?
Switch cameras.
What is this?
Everybody together now!
1, 2, 3!
Go...
Aoyagi-yah...!
Holy shit!
Way to go, Todoroki-yah!
"Todoroki Pyrotechniques"
Men, assemble!
I found him. He's down here.
Send men round to all the manholes!
Was he the real one?
Was he really...
Masaharu Aoyagi?
We made it just in time.
What's wrong?
We covered all possibilities.
The manhole on the stage is a dummy.
If things got out of hand, jump in there.
But how...?
Good question.
If you open the man-hole on the stage
the police would surely open fire.
But...
That's when fireworks will go off.
There'll be big distracting kabooms.
Then you can escape. That's their plan.
Who are they?
You have many creative friends.
Get out of there by heading west.
It will lead you to Hirose River.
Listen, Aoyagi.
Run.
If you have to, crawl your way out of here.
Escape at all costs.
Stay alive.
As long as you're alive, there's a way.
You'll be at Hirose River at daybreak.
I'll send someone to pick you up.
Pick me up?
Who will that be?
There's a women I know well
who's concerned about your misfortune.
You actually made it.
How have you been?
I owe you a favor.
I have a question.
Shoot.
You had a face job, didn't you?
I... I did not!
No way.
Latest on the prime minister assassination.
A body found at Sendai Port yesterday was
identified as the man who killed the Prime Minister
the fugitive suspect, Masaharu Aoyagi.
Back in May, Aoyagi
assassinated Prime Minister Kaneda in a parade.
He'd rigged a bomb to an RC helicopter.
Two days later after a showdown with police in the park
Aoyagi vanished without a trace.
Finding the suspect's body
brings closure to a crime that shook the nation.
Prime Minister Ebisawa
expressed relief from the White House where he's visiting.
How many times do I have to tell you?
Aoyagi really did threaten us.
He's right.
Then why didn't you ask the police for protection?
Yeah, we must have been crazy!
If you insist on hiding what you know
your factory may not be able to continue operating.
That's terrible.
Sendai's fireworks wouldn't be the same without us.
Just when my son decided to join my business.
Officer.
You can be honest with me.
Do you really think Aoyagi killed the Prime Minister?
Of course...
What?
Of course he did or didn't?
The aubergine has a flower.
The aubergine's blossomed, Dear!
I was getting the mail.
Don't disappear like that!
This one doesn't have the sender's name on it.
More hate mail.
This whole thing has toughened us up.
You were always tough.
No razor enclosed.
You're not exactly delicate yourself.
I've decided not to worry.
What's wrong, Dear?
This mail shows some humor.
"Death to Gropers"
I'm home.
I'm back.
What's wrong?
I got a visit from a strange man.
He told me that you had an affair with a hostess.
Aoyagi...
No! You know Aoyagi is dead.
Okay, I see!
- What? Who did you sleep with? - That's rock alright!
Rock'n'roll...
Give me a beer!
Rock my ass!
You cheated on me!
We're here. Wake up.
It's home, sweet home!
Who are you?
Have you been traveling across Japan?
How do you know that?
You lent out your apartment for this motorcycle?
What do you want from me?
Well...
I thought you'd died long ago.
Thank God!
You are alive.
You're spooking me!
Hey, wake up.
7th floor.
This elevator is going down.
Nanami, hurry. The elevator's come.
You can't swing that around here.
No! Daddy, don't let her take it!
Sorry.
- Sorry. - Behave yourself, Honey.
3rd Floor, this elevator is going down.
Sir.
Mom told me to stamp you with this.
Bye!
"Excellent!"
Masato Sakai
Yuko Takeuchi
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Gekidan Hitori
Gaku Hamada Kiyohiki Shibukawa
Akira Emoto
Bengaru Nao Omori
Shihori Kanjiya Saki Aibu
Toshiyuki Nagashima Kenjiro lshimaru
Shiro lto
Teruyuki Kagawa
Denden Kenichi Takito
Midori Kiuchi Raita Ryu
Based on the novel "Golden Slumber" by Kotaro lsaka
Screenplay by Yoshihiro Nakamura, Tamio Hayashi and Kenichi Suzuki
Music by Kazuyoshi Saito
Executive Producers: Tomoaki Harada, Minami lchikawa
Producers: Yasushi Utagawa, Hitoshi Endo, Hisashi Usui
Line producer: Yusuke Wakabayashi
Cinematography by Takashi Komatsu (JSC)
Lighting by Yuichiro Makinae
Production design by Toshihiro lsomi
Sound by Yo lshigai
Edited by Hirohide Abe
VFX Producer: Manabu Shinoda
VFX Supervisor: Shinji Ohagi
Wardrobe: Miwako Kobayashi
Hair/Make-up: Mutsuki Sakai
Production managers: Takuya Michiue, Asuka Matoba
Production Company: Smoke
Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura