Zero's Truth: Forensic Medical Examiner Matsumoto Maou
(Tomita Hajime) Yashiki. (Yashiki Ichiro) What?
I think I'll get married soon.
That Raisin Bread at the reception? Raisin Bread?
All the moles on her face?
They're fine.
Gimme a break with that marriage whim…
You were married once.
So I know what I'm talking about.
I'm not the same as you.
I won't escape from her.
You'll enter into that deal blindfolded.
I'll enter it.
You'll enter hell… Ha ha!
What's so funny? I regret I told you.
When we're back I'll stare at Raisin Bread at the reception.
These politicians are so rich.
(Tomobe Kiyotaka) This way, please.
(Kiyotaka) People with the Medical Examiner's Office.
(Aoi Tomobe) I'm Mr. Tomobe's wife.
This is our eldest son, our second son and their wives.
Our third was my husband's secretary.
(Hosaka) It seems that the simple-looking son is supposed to take over after dad.
I'm not interested.
We're the Police Department.
Why the police?
Ma'am we're here to pay our respect to Mr. Tomobe.
Hi.
(Aoi) I spoke with the prefect of police who said we wouldn't be bothered.
Nobody told me.
Don't be so bold, to the point of regretting it later.
I take risks for a living.
She's a very influential woman, her father was a former Prime Minister.
(Indene) Let's start. (Hosaka) Right.
Sorry to bother you now…
Could tell me in what circumstances Mr. Tomobe passed?
I came back at about 9…
He wasn't feeling bad and lied on his bed.
I went to pick the phone when it rang, I came back 10mn later…
He seemed to be sleeping quietly.
I let him sleep…
After a long while he was still lying, I called him…
He wasn't breathing. -You didn't call an ambulance.
His temperature had already dropped.
(Tomita) Pardon?
Do you know who Mr. Tomobe is? -Pardon?
Tomobe Riichiro was elected 12 times, he also was Minister of State.
We can't have him carried to any hospital…
This is not appropriate?
How about a post-mortem examination?
As soon as he stopped breathing I called the Prefect of police.
He said I had to accept a post-mortem examination, I have no choice.
This person did not die here…
Postmortem lividity is present in both the front and back.
If he laid on his back, lividity should be on his back…
But it body has spot on the whole surface.
I take he stayed 7-8 hours in a prone position, then was turned over.
That's getting interesting.
It is as if Mr. Tomobe had died in his sleep…
Yet he died then was carried here.
That's right. -Not at all.
In the report please write he died here. -But he didn't.
The Prefect of Police is my nephew.
My nephew told me to give you this instruction…
And then he'll take care of the paperwork.
Thank you for your consideration.
He didn't die here.
We do not receive order from the Prefect of Police…
We are directly under Tokyo's Mayor office…
In that case I'll call the Governor.
The fact is Tomobe died in the room of a mistress this morning.
Nakazato Fumi, even her name is an ugly sight.
That name is not so ugly.
Whatever…if the world knows about this.
His name and honor will be dragged in the mud.
As his wife I will also be ridiculed.
You're women too, you should understand…
In what conundrum I find myself?
(Aoi) You will make it appear as if he'd died here.
The matter is clear.
He didn't die here.
I'm grateful for your consideration.
Not only the issue of lividity but his heels too bear peeling marks.
It's an evidence that the body was moved.
Now, if you'll excuse me.
We'll autopsy to establish the cause of death…
Autopsy as you wish but make it very quick.
Before the media gets nosy…
We want no publicity around Tomobe's death.
Then you'll write down that he died here.
He did not die here.
(Kosugi Sadao) The medical examiner is the last to take care of a person.
The medical examiner…
Determines the correct cause of death to return dignity to the dead…
He connects that single death to the many lives he left behind.
(Kobayashi Yasushi) Don't tell me you're still at the Tomobe's?" -We are.
(Kobayashi) Get out.
Is this an order of the prefect of police?
We'll do the sophistry later, for now get out.
We are still processing the inspection. -It's an order.
[Hangs up].
What happened?
Please carry the body. (Hosaka) Oh?
Dr. Indene do you agree with this?
Yeah.
Mr. Yashiki.
Mr. Tomobe didn't die here…
He died at a certain Nakazato Fumi's place.
(Tomita) Who is that Nakazato Fumi?
His mistress. (Tomita) The minister's?
There's a slight exfoliation on his neck.
It is possible he was murdered at that place.
Hey, what the…! Yashiki wait!
So you whacked Tomobe?
"Zero Truth" Medical examiner Matsumoto Mao.
Minister Tomobe's body hasn't arrived, we can go?
Anyway the autopsy is tomorrow and indene will be there.
I'm sure the chief would have loved to autopsy the Minister.
He's a fan of his -He's autopsied celebrities.
"Once a fan, is a for life".
Oh my, such profound thought, Nakayama.
Iwamatsu, while the chief is out…
We could go straight back home.
Let's go get it guys!
-Dr. Iwamatsu, a call from the police.
He says anyone can fill in for the chief.
(Iwamatsu) Anyone?!… What line?
No. 1, good evening. -Who told you to go.
Hello. Iwamatsu speaking, the chief is not here.
Minister Tomobe's autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow.
What? Again? What happened?
What happened with Tomobe Riichiro?
Tell the truth or you'll be suspect n°1…
You can trust me. -(Nakazato Fumi) you really believe I did it?
And I don't…that's why you have nothing to fear.
No fear? Easy for you to say.
How did you guess I was with him.
It does gave me a postcard Yan over there.
Lie. When chills died last year.
Of course… I'm such a fool.
Tomobe died at your place?
When you left me I had no more taste for hard work…
I chose to depend on the kindness of Tomobe.
A kept mistress?
Yes I was his kept woman, n°2 -Why did he die?
He came as I was eating breakfast, this morning…
We had an egg-over-rice together, and as I was going out.
He was suddenly in pain and died.
You're working?
Four days a week in a Gallery.
So why did you call an ambulance then?
He always told me, if I happened to die here, don't call the police.
No ambulance.
Call my secretary Kiyotaka or my wife Aoi.
Oh my, what a schmuck.
But he was nicer than my previous husband.
But really, he didn't want his death to embarrass his family…
That schmuck…
So his wife and secretary came?
Not his wife, but three men from his office.
Why did you turn the body over?
Answer me! -Same old, easily angered.
You're sweating.
Tomobe's body had postmortem lividity on both sides.
Which means he was turned over face down at your place…
Right…
Why did you turn him over?
He was always sleeping face down.
I thought the position suited him better.
That's why you turned him face down?
Yeah.
(Sigh).
Oh… Oh.
Good evening.
(Iwamatsu) Where's Matsumoto?
The autopsy room, possibly?
She's taking unauthorized overtime.
The autopsy is tomorrow.
Great… There's something you should know .
If police investigation found no foul play.
We'll declare the cause of death to be a heart failure.
As instructed by the Prefect of Police…
I know. But that won't happen before Matsumoto has made her opinion.
And so it falls to you, to tell her how to write the report.
(Iwamatsu) Wishing you a good evening. -Good evening .
Good evening, 'sir'.
(Iwamatsu) Once Matsumoto is launched, nobody can stop her.
The chief is not there, he can't handle her. -Neither can he when he's there.
(Kodama) In any case, we can go back home.
Hosaka-san. (Hosaka) Yes.
Would you give us a moment?
Yes…
We owe consideration to the dead…
And to the family he left.
I think you understand that?
So we can't let the truth come to the public's ear.
Right, I see you get it.
Why did you take that money?
I did it to show you that… .
In real life, facts can be appalling .
If you can't figure that, you won't see the truth.
That 'Truth', that you so cherish. -This is sophistry.
So you even know such a word… amazing! (she's not native Japanese).
I'll autopsy, now.
Because you fear tomorrow people will interfere?
That's right.
How childish of you to amplify this.
You have to do it officially tomorrow.
Stop the sneaking autopsies.
[Condolence-money envelope].
Yashiki, where have you been, you don't pick up your phone?
(Kobayashi) I don't care what you're up to, but for Tomobe it all stops here…
You're forbidden to approach Nakazato Fumi again.
Nakazato Fumi's place is under surveillance Mrs. Tomobe is onto her.
(Tomita) Region she was the Minister's mistress.
You had to dump me like this, to go interrogate her?
They probably needed intimacy.
(Tomita) What? .
The Minister's mistress is Yashiki's ex-wife.
This all stops here, you hear?
(Kicks dustbin).
(Indene) Alright…
(Indene/ Mao) thank you for your cooperation.
(Iwamatsu) Dr. Indene it's a heart failure. -Heart failure .
(Indene) We'll have to let her finish before conclusion.
(Iwamatsu) We can't change autopsy procedure while the chief is absent.
There's exfoliation on the neck.
(Indene) Sure.
To me it looks like a wrinkle…
Strangled with a cord or hanged…
Heart failure.
Hosaka-san please. (Hosaka) Yes.
Please bring that deposit on his neck to the lab. -Right away .
(Hosaka) Immediately. please bring that deposit on his neck to the lab. -Right away .
(Hosaka) Immediately.
Skin discoloration purple-red on left and right upper arm…
Outer surface of left and right front thigh a skin discoloration is scattered…
It's Hosaka. I come for Dr. Matsumoto.
Please analyze a deposit on the neck skin.
Leave it there.
It's a rush job.
Hosaka, since you've become Matsumoto's friend you've changed…
My personality? I don't think it ever changes.
(Tsukuda) You were not that bossy before.
You think so?
Pallor color on the left and right lung…
A blood clot in the pulmonary artery.
(Indene) Blood clot in the pulmonary artery.
A.k.a. Economy class syndrome.
So what is it?
(Iwamatsu) A clot from the heart comes clogging the pulmonary artery…
(Indene) The cause of death is the clogging of pulmonary artery.
So pulmonary arterial thromboembolism is a good conclusion, right Dr. Indene?
The family is waiting to publish his death, let's return the body.
Please let's lay him on his side.
Heave-ho…
What? Is she doing? -(Nakayama) She opened the soleus muscle.
(Iwamatsu)who gave you permission?!
A blood clot in the calf too.
Hosaka-san, please show the surface of the clot to Dr. Indene.
(Hosaka) There you are.
(Hosaka) Dr., do you feel my personality has changed?
(Kodama) That clot is pale.
The older the clot, the paler it gets. -I know that.
The hemoglobin within the clot turns into hemosiderin.
Only partially.
It takes 1 week for Hemoglobin to turn into hemosiderin…
Pressure was applied on Mr. Tomobe's calf a week ago…
A vessel was ruptured and a clot was formed…
That clot travelled to the lungs…
It clogged the pulmonary artery and asphyxiation followed.
Even with the calf as the cause of Pulmonary arterial thromboembolism.
The conclusion is the same.
What about the exfoliation on the skin?
Someone tried to choke him? -We don't know that yet.
Since we know the cause of death, the neck mark is immaterial…
Right Dr. Indene.
At this point, we have examined all organs, the autopsy is over.
Wait, what about the neck?
(Phone) (Hosaka) I get it!
Yes autopsy lab.
The deposit on Tomobe's exfoliation…
Is a fibers of nylon and human skin was stuck on it.
(Hosaka) Thank you so much.
Dr. Matsumoto the deposit on Tomobe's exfoliation…
Is a fibers of nylon and human skin was stuck on it.
Human skin…? (Hosaka) Yes.
This is the handkerchief of his mistress. -You're sweating.
Test the DNA.
Something happened between Tomobe and her.
I get it. -You stop that nonsense.
Exactly… Someone stop her!
I should stop her?
My throat hurts, you'd have a candy? -I don't.
How about your lip balm?
The skin sample you found on that fiber…
I need you to compare it to the DNA on this handkerchief.
It's a rush job.
That's all you have? Rush jobs? -Please, rush it.
So obnoxious…
I'm gonna rush it.
(Indene) What's with that handkerchief?
The Prefect of Police ordered to stop the investigation.
This morning, I was sure his mistress wasn't involved. But the old lady…
Mr. Tomobe's wife.
Tomobe's mistress is my ex.
Your ex!? That's unexpected!
Such an independent woman sleeping with that old dude, it's strange.
He was keeping her, money, an apartment, right?
Ha ha! Way to go, she's terrific!
But she was working in a Gallery.
You're defending her? -No, but…
(Sigh).
It's all my fault. What?
For me she quit her job at the bank, but she ended up with that old dude.
When we parted…
(Laughter).
A man is always ready to believe that he was the best in a woman's past.
Chief Izumisawa too thinks was the greatest.
(Izumisawa Ikuo) Paris is wonderful every time I come.
It would have been great if I my subordinate Dr. Indene could have come too.
Santé!
(Indene)Izumisawa was the worst.
You too should expect your ex to consider you the worst too.
But my ex, strangling Tomobe…
It's because of me.
Even if she did, this is not the cause of death.
Maybe it was an S&M play accident?
In that case, I'm really responsible.
Who do you think you are, idiot!
I'm such an idiot!
Ha…
Coffee anybody?
(Indene /Nakayama) Yesss.
(Akiyama) Hosaka, please don't do that.
when I offer, they decline, it makes me feel bad.
(Hosaka) Akiyama, I love to serve.
Thank you.
It's a DNA match.
(Tsukuda) Between the skin on his neck and this handkerchief.
I rushed to do it. Thank a lot!
Still, it doesn't help anything.
(Kodama) Tomobe's died of a pulmonary arterial thromboembolism.
When did you find this? (Nakayama) Yesterday.
If it doesn't help, why did you rush me?!
The exfoliation on the neck doesn't solve anything.
Gimme a break! (Iwamatsu) Check your attitude.
(Iwamatsu) A lab operator doesn't tell us how to work…
You should always rush your services.
Talking like this to a medical examiner, you're barking at the wrong tree.
"Barking at the wrong tree"? -You said that because you fill in for the Chief?
I intend to find a connection between the exfoliation on the neck and the clots in his limbs.
I need to know how pressure was applied on his legs…
Sorry I bothered you.
The skin stuck on Tomobe's neck is a DNA match with the handkerchief…
You're hiding something from me.
Wait a minute.
What happened the day Tomobe died?
Enough.
Leave me alone!
I arrest you for obstruction of justice.
What?
(Fumi) Why did you have to bring me here?
(Tomita) You're hiding facts about Tomobe's death.
(Tomita) Let's try to understand.
"Where did you meet Mr. Tomobe?"
(Tomita) "You can chose to remain silent, but it will last longer."
(Tomita) "When did you start to work in the gallery?".
"Go ask that at the gallery."
Why did you arrest her?
I doesn't matter if Tomobe's death circumstances go public.
Of if the Prefect of Police tries to shut us up.
But as the police we should demand to know the truth.
Your ex is such a good woman.
Whatever she is I need to know if she strangled the Minister.
(Hosaka) You had to endure so much.
Now you can return to your respectable home.
We couldn't elucidate the connection between the calf pressure and the neck exfoliation.
The Medical Examiner's Office fulfilled their mission.
Thank you again about the condolence money envelope.
It was a very modest present.
A month ago a journalist took a photo of us.
(Voice of Fumi) To avoid publication, his wife did everything she could.
Then she started to hit him at home every night…
(Tomita)you mean domestic violence?
(Tomobe) Again last night she flew off the handle, she may well barge in here.
(Tomobe) I don't know how to protect you, I'd have to leave you.
I don't wanna lose you… but still…
Without my wife's personal connections, my political career is over…
What can I do?
I'm sorry.
(Fumi) "It kept going on…".
Tomobe was in a double bind.
"That day for the first time he spent the night with me".
We had breakfast then I went to the gallery.
It started to rain, I came back for an umbrella.
(Fumi) It has started to rain.
What are you doing?!
Tomobe san! Tomobe san!
Ah…
(Fumi) Are you okay?
(Fumi) Tomobe san!
Ugh….
What's the matter? -Ugh…
(Fumi) I'll call ambulance.
(Tomobe) Wait…!
Oh… Ugh…
Tomobe's? Tomobe san!?
He was mindful of his wife until death.
So I decided too, to respect her feelings…
He had told me never to dial 911…
So I called his wife.
We have solved the mystery of the mistress's skin…
Case closed.
It's not closed.
Something has not been elucidated yet.
Mr. Secretary, how about this?
(Kiyotaka) You can put these inside.
You are Tomobe Kiyotaka?
I'm with the Police Department.
(Kiyotaka) The Police Department!?
Did Mr. Tomobe hurt his foot a week before his death?
What? His foot?
His right calf.
Last week, I can't remember. -You'd better remember.
Your his secretary, you're always with him!
If you're trying to impress me… ask my mother. -I get it.
We'll come again.
Try to remember.
Ah…
You remember?
A week ago…
My mother looked into my father's phone.
She got into a rage… -A rage?
She usually slaps or kicks him…
But a week ago she kicked him hard.
This is it. -(Kiyotaka) This?
Tomobe's wife kicked him in the calf.
She crushed the soleus muscle causing a clot in the vein.
At first the clot remained in the vein…
Then it started to move up the vein…
Into the lungs and clogged the artery. He suffocated.
Because your mother kicked him.
That's right. A last we solved it.
Don't tell my mother I spoke. -I get it.
Now, if you'll excuse me. -Wait.
You come along.
Your husband died because you kicked his calf…
That happened one week ago.
What's this mail?! -It's okay.
Not okay… "I love you", "I miss you"…
"My wife is so horrible, and I need your kindness."
What is it? Look here!
How did you find my PIN code? -You have no secret for me.
(Tomobe) Augh!
(Tomobe)… Augh!
I never kicked my husband. -You were upset because of his cheating…
Cheating?
We were the two lovebirds of the political world, cheating was impossible…
I see.
So you don't know Nakazato Fumi.
You never ever had any contact with her?
(Aoi) I don't know her.
I've never heard of that person.
Is that right?
I swear.
(Tomita) Thanks for your help, you're free to go.
Lieutenant Yashiki suspected me of murder?
Not at all.
Eh?
(Tomita) Yashiki wanted to protect you.
(Fumi) "Protect me how?"
(Tomita) "He thought Mrs. Tomobe would want to harm you…"
He thought you'd be safer at the police precinct…
So that's why he arrested me?
(Tomita) "Yes".
Who gave him the right?! That rascal!
You still think about marriage. -She dumped me.
That Raisin Bred dumped you?! -Yep.
Is she for real? She hopes to find better?
So hot!
One can't know what a woman feels.
Men are totally blind.
Drive, now!
(Reporter) Yesterday Tomobe Riichiro, member of the House of Representatives…
Died at his home in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo".
"He was a 68 years old".
"The funeral is exclusively for close relatives…
Then a farewell party will be held ".
(Iwamatsu) Everything's been well kept under the lid [C.o.D: clot in pulmonary artery].
"… Mr. Kiyotaka Tomobe is taking over…"
The medical examiner is the last to take care of a person.
The medical examiner…
Determines the correct cause of death to return dignity to the dead…
He connects that single death to the many lives he left behind.
Dr. Iwamatsu you have a call from chief Izumisawa. line N°2.
Iwamatsu speaking.
Bonjour Monsieur. Ça va?
You've become a Frenchman!
I'm drinking a Le Pin '90!
(Iwamatsu) "Great!" -Anything during my absence?
The boring routine. -Très bien!
Please return safely. We're miserable in your absence.
"Oui, oui! Au revoir!
[Sigh]
So loud, everybody around heard him.
Ahhh! France!
So you're Indene?
Nice to meet you -(Kosugi) You're a beauty.
Mao has been the only woman have met in so long.
(Indene) Matsumoto Mao…
Comes to meet you when she has a day off.
Why is she coming here to visit you?
It's an addiction.
Everyone has an invisible hole to fill.
Isn't that your case?
Might be so.
I don't care.
Unlike Mao Matsumoto…
I socialize and bear very well that hole.
You're strong. …
Why did you lie to Mao-kun 8 years ago?
You are the person who perverted that kid?
You killed three men for Matsumoto Mao?
My question came first.
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