Love of 4.6-Billion Years Production Committee Shochiku Co., Ltd. Eisei-Gekijo (Satellite Theatre) Co., Ltd. Maki Production Co., Ltd.
If you view the Earth from a light year away...
...you will see it as it was a year ago.
If you watch from 1000 light years away, you will see 1000 years into the past.
When light hits something... it refracts, it reflects diffusely...
Somewhere, there is a point in space...
...where looking forward, you can see a year into Earth's past.
If you look to the right, you can see the Earth as it was 100 years ago.
If you look to the left, you peer 1000 years into the past.
And if you look behind you, the Earth of 10,000 years ago appears.
At such a point, you must close your eyes, and listen to the light...
...as it strikes the back of your head from all directions.
And deep in your belly, below even the entrails...
...you can smell the subtle sounds you have heard.
You can take the color you have smelled...
...and knit it into a semi- transparent veil.
Now use the veil, and cover Tokyo as it is in 2005 A.D.
At this point, the numbers carved into calendars lose all meaning.
“Oblata“: an ellipsoidal capsule of medicine made of very thin paper. The veil melts softly like a moist oblata, and the familiar landscape gradually changes.
It becomes covered by a dreamlike haze, as if it were a memory from a distant, distant past.
As some things disappear from view, your perception of what remains grows deeper.
Slowly open your eyes.
There you'll find the stage for this play.
There you'll find the melancholy young men...
...young men from a time in which something has been lost.
And so, in such a place, our mystery unfolds.
The Tropics
What kind of man do you want to be?
Who in this village would you emulate, other than your father?
Go to the beach at sunset.
He's waiting for you there.
Tonight, you must undergo the rite of passage to manhood.
So that you can become a strong man, like him.
When you reach the shore, purify your body in the ocean.
As for what you must do next...
...he will tell you.
Eventually, he will...
...release the essence of manhood toward your throat.
Since time immemorial, this is how we have become adult men.
Valorous strength is thus handed down to the young.
Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (Love of 4.6 Billion Years)
I...
...did it.
The name of the assailant is Ariyoshi Jun.
Assailant: Ariyoshi Jun. Victim: Kazuki Shiro. The name of the assailant is Ariyoshi Jun.
Assailant: Ariyoshi Jun. Victim: Kazuki Shiro.
The name of the victim is Kazuki Shiro.
Stop!
Both victim and assailant had been convicted of murder.
Both victim and assailant had been convicted of murder. Both victim and assailant had been convicted of murder.
Both entered the prison on the same day.
Both entered the prison on the same day. Both entered the prison on the same day.
The murders were unrelated.
I did it.
It was mere coincidence that they arrived on the same day.
It was mere coincidence that they arrived on the same day. It was mere coincidence that they arrived on the same day.
It was mere coincidence that they arrived on the same day.
What kind of murder was the assailant guilty of?
What kind of murder was the assailant guilty of? What kind of murder was the assailant guilty of?
What kind of murder was the assailant guilty of?
He worked at a gay bar before he got convicted.
On December 24...
...he was taken to a hotel by a regular customer, a man in his forties.
He was sexually assaulted, then retaliated and killed him.
However... the damage to the body of the victim was so severe...
...that it could not be considered self-defense.
Estimated time of death: between 10 PM and 12 midnight.
From then until the discovery of the crime at 8 AM...
...the assailant repeatedly mutilated the corpse.
This time... is there any chance it could be self-defense?
Probably not.
Prison
This is where you will pay for your crime.
As you must pay for the crime of murder...
...don't think it strange if you're treated with extreme severity; remember that.
How you do your time...
...is entirely up to you.
It's his first time. Show him how it's done.
What are you doing? Hurry up and strip.
Want me to do it for you?
What's there to be shy about?
Hey... why don't you strip too?
Don't be silly.
Excuse me.
I'm here to organize the equipment.
We're conducting a body-cavity search.
Come back later.
Please excuse me.
First, I'll show you your cell.
When the warden returns, you'll go and introduce yourself.
Make sure you're polite to him.
Understood?
Say something.
Hey you! Get him!
“Cell Number 57" “Cell Number 10"
Inside.
They're newbies.
Those two are available.
Take your pick.
What a stench!
Where're you from?
Huh?
I didn't fucking ask you.
Hey, where're you from?
Hey fatso. It stinks in there. Clean it up.
What?!
Hurry it up.
Huh?! Hurry it up.
Huh?!
Dumbass, newbies do the cleaning!
Assholes!
Guard!
Guard! Guard!
Guard!
Kazuki!
Solitary is fine by me.
Cell Number Five
Why can't I get solitary?!
The warden decided.
He said he wouldn't do any favors for a newbie troublemaker.
Ariyoshi, you're coming too! He has returned. Go introduce yourself.
Here are the new inmates.
Kazuki Shiro and Ariyoshi Jun.
I am Warden Takatsu.
I am also a newcomer here.
Since we're all newcomers...
...let us establish a good relationship.
I would appreciate that.
Both of you are still young.
If you want to build a new life...
...that possibility is open to you.
Of course... you cannot change the past.
You cannot erase your past mistakes. Nonetheless...
As to why they cannot be undone... do you understand the reason?
It is because the past is the past.
Because your crimes are pan of your history you can't do anything.
You can commit similar crimes in the future.
But you cannot commit the exact same crimes again.
Both of you...
...have no choice but to live in the present...
...for now, at least.
Will you do your time here only so you can commit slightly different crimes?
Or will you do your time learning how to be members of society?
Or will you do your time in a way that precludes both possibilities?
'Up-
...wish that you will reform, and become proper members of society.
That is what I hope you will do.
Kazuki, you've got farming detail.
Ariyoshi, you're in charge of laundry.
Come.
Has anything important happened in the outside world?
They don't let us read papers or magazines or watch TV or get any news at all.
I'm totally clueless about what's going on in the world.
Nothing really.
There's nothing special.
It's supposed to be really ancient or something.
They say if you climb to the top, you can find your way to heaven.
Or something like that.
Wherever will that thing go?
No way.
Huh...? Where was it? Polynesia?
I heard they have fabulous customs like that in the Southern Islands.
That's great.
That's great. I think it's a gay thing, maybe.
That's great. I think it's a gay thing, maybe. No kidding?
You said you wanted to drink a lot.
I'd fancy drinking some more.
Of course I want to drink some more. I'd fancy drinking some more.
Of course I want to drink some more.
I want to drink some more too.
Drink a big one. I want to drink some more too.
We're closing now.
It's closing time.
Closing?
You're closing?
I haven't had enough yet! You're closing?
I haven't had enough yet!
I want to drink more!
We're closing, I'm so sorry. I want to drink more!
We're closing, I'm so sorry.
Oh yeah?
What do you mean you're closing? Oh yeah?
When I came to my senses...
...I realized I'd been locked up.
I'd been locked up.
Hey... I told you to bring it to me first.
Hey. You listening?!
I'll take your hand and...
Don't run away, you bastard!
What kind of man do you want to be?
What kind of murder was the assailant convicted of?
On December 24 last year...
He was sexually assaulted by a regular customer. He retaliated and killed him.
However... the damage to the body of the victim was so severe...
...that it could not be considered self-defense.
Estimated time of death: between 10 PM and 12 midnight.
From then until the discovery of the crime at 8 AM...
...the assailant repeatedly mutilated the corpse.
'Up-
I...
...did it.
Bastard!
I did it!
This time... is there any chance it could be self-defense?
Probably not.
These are ligature marks; some kind of rope was used to strangle him.
So why would he strangle him again, by hand?
But then again...
...his MO is to repeatedly damage the corpse.
The rope, then... what became of it?
'Up-
I did it.
If you're the killer... then where's the weapon?
The rope...
Who are you covering for?
Motive
Hey...
Your “Lord“ has been sticking his dick in some other ass.
Hey, I'm talking to you, bitch!
Better watch it, he'll kill you.
Ooh, I'm so scared!
Wasn't Kazuki doing you out in the field?
I thought it was you at first. Same build and all.
It was before noon.
Oh yeah.
He courteously took all his clothes off. Oh yeah.
Sorry. Take over for me for a sec.
Hey.
He's been sticking his dick in some other ass.
I'm talking to you, bitch!
Better watch it, he'll kill you.
Ooh, I'm so scared.
Wasn't Kazuki doing you out in the field?
I thought it was you at first. Same build and all.
It was before noon. Oh yeah.
He courteously took all his clothes off.
Hey... are you Kazuki's bitch?
No.
I can't tell if you're a gay bitch or a straight one.
How are you with women?
Nothing happening?
I neither...
...like them nor dislike them.
And men?
It makes me nauseous when I do it with them.
I guess you're screwed both ways.
I don't know.
How about you?
Women, of course.
Sure, I've had to use my body sometimes just to get by...
...but I can't imagine doing guys for pleasure.
It's grotesque.
It's gross, huh?
I said it's gross. Hey.
Sumio.
What?
I need you for a minute.
For what?
I'll be waiting in the infirmary.
That guy's name is Tsuchiya.
He works in the infirmary?
He's earned special privileges.
So it's smart to have him on your side.
So I don't have a choice. Take over for me.
What is it?
It's nothing.
If he didn't do it...
...then who else had motive?
The warden might have had a motive to kill Kazuki.
Huh...?
Out of vengeance.
The Investigation Out of vengeance.
When you were the warden of another penitentiary...
...you knew Kazuki there, is that correct?
Yes. He was imprisoned there. That was five years ago.
I don't understand.
What do you mean?
Q: What was the reason for Kazuki's imprisonment?
Well... it was for rape.
He raped my wife.
And then, by sheer chance, he was sent to the penitentiary I was running.
That was quite a frightening coincidence.
Q: What became of your wife?
She committed suicide.
Q: Now I really don't understand.
Q: Now I really don't understand. Q: Pardon my asking, but didn't you love your wife?
Please excuse me... but so there is no misunderstanding...
...I admit to having a grudge against Kazuki.
As for the desire to kill him...
...I probably have more of that than anyone else.
However...
I am a husband to my wife...
...but I also am a public servant, with a duty to reform the prisoners.
So what you're implying is, I couldn't suppress my grudge...
...and thereby murdered Kazuki Shiro; is that what you'd like to say?
That is not so.
I am totally innocent.
I also have an alibi for the time of the crime.
Q: Are you that philosophical about your occupation?
Perhaps not.
Q: Then why?
Perhaps I became all too aware of how powerless I really am.
Q: What do you mean?
No matter what we do or do not do, it has no effect upon the inmates.
Those who reform do so out of their own inherent goodness.
And there are those who, regardless of our tireless efforts...
...will be repeat offenders.
Just as Kazuki committed murder yet again...
...and wound up in here.
Sign: “Bacchus“
Q: Why do you keep smiling like that?
Humans are weak creatures.
Maybe it's just me...
...but...
...maybe the world can become a better place.
I cannot help myself but to have hope.
Q: Then your smile is... [a prayer]?
A curse, perhaps.
Against the world that runs contrary to my prayers.
Q: Was it possible for anyone to have entered the scene of the crime at the time of the murder?
Given the routine at this prison...
...anyone could've entered it during mealtime.
If you're asking if killing him didn't cross my mind...
I can't deny that it did.
But are you sure that he was strangled?
Q: Unmistakably. Why do you ask?
Well, you know...
...could he have first gotten struck from behind, and passed out?
Q: There were no other wounds. Why do you ask? ...could he have first gotten struck from behind, and passed out?
Q: There were no other wounds. Why do you ask?
Because... right?
The guy...
The guy... who could've strangled him...?
Let's see, is there anybody in this prison that could've done it...
...there's nobody that could!
There's nobody that could!
But did anyone want to strangle him...
...plenty of us wanted to.
I know that if I tried...
...he would've got me instead.
But if Ariyoshi wanted to, then maybe...
Q: Why is that?
I dunno.
He was kind of an oddball.
Well, if there was anyone who could've killed him...
...well, if you're looking at Ariyoshi... I guess it wouldn't surprise me.
After all, he did confess.
I did it.
I did it!
After all, he did have a motive.
After all, he did have a motive. Hey...
Your “Lord“ has been sticking his dick in some other ass.
However, there is no physical evidence.
There is also someone else with a motive.
There is also someone else with a motive. That is not so.
I absolutely did not do it.
I also have an alibi with respect to the time of the crime.
Which was verified.
Which was verified. It's a fact that the warden wasn't at the penitentiary at the time of the murder.
It's a fact that the warden wasn't at the penitentiary at the time of the murder.
Is it possible that the warden ordered someone to kill him?
That's possible.
It cannot be denied.
Is there a connection between the warden and the suspect?
I first met Ariyoshi Jun... here at the prison.
Seems there's no mistake about that.
Who else could've had a motive other than those two?
We can't narrow it down.
In a way, everyone at the penitentiary is a suspect.
Who had a sexual relationship with the victim?
We cannot be sure.
But from what I hear...
...there's a youth by the name of Yukimura.
That's the guy that did laundry with Ariyoshi.
Yeah, but... there's no proof.
He himself denies it.
I never did it with Kazuki.
Q: What were you doing at the time of the crime?
Eating... I think.
Q: Who do you think had sex with Kazuki?
Who knows.
It was probably just Ariyoshi.
I suspected that, so I asked him.
But he denied it.
Could Yukimura have killed the victim?
Could Yukimura have killed the victim? Could Yukimura have killed the victim?
100% impossible.
Even if he could do it...
He couldn't.
Yeah.
He had no reason to kill Katsuki.
Perhaps the assailant is covering for Yukimura'?
Perhaps the assailant is covering for Yukimura'? Perhaps the assailant is covering for Yukimura?
No way. Not a chance!
No way.
All we have for now that's certain...
...are his confession and the strangulation mark.
'Up-
...did it.
However...
...the murder weapon is still missing.
In that case...
What's the victim's background?
It's quite awful.
In terms of today's world...
...he was born and raised in the worst possible environment.
It was much too awful.
But even with the handicap of living in such places...
...there are those who still walk the straight and narrow, and never go astray.
But... even though there are upstanding people like that...
...I can't bring myself to blame the rest.
Yeah, I remember him, I remember him.
He shoplifted from me a lot.
Something wasn't right. I mean, it's like his parents never said anything to him.
I caught him many times and brought him to his folks.
I properly took him to the police once too, but it was useless.
He'd steal the jam-filled bread every single time.
Yeah, jam-filled bread. Every single time.
He never took anything else, you know?
Caption: “Voice has been altered to protect the identity of the speaker.“ Well, he did (beep) but it wasn't (beep) but (beep). I was in 8th grade then.
Of course I wanted to kill that guy.
What? He was killed?
The parents, those sex-offenders...
...what made them do such things to their child?
That we'll never know.
How far back should we trace this insane chain of events?
At the tone, the time will be 1:28 PM and 20 seconds.
At the tone, the time will be 1:28 PM and 30 seconds.
At the tone, the time will be 1 :28 PM and 40 seconds.
At the tone, the time will be 1:28 PM and 5O seconds.
At the tone, the time will be exactly 1:29 PM.
Wanna go see?
The Shore
Where would you rather go?
To heaven?
Or to outer space?
Heaven...
...if there really is such a place.
Outer space.
Why?
Because I figure there's less people there.
Aliens... ?
Aren't any.
Then...
...do you believe in heaven?
You asked which, so I gave you an answer.
You think it exists'? After we die?
I don't know.
What do you think?
Doesn't matter what I think.
If it exists, it exists.
If it doesn't, then it doesn't.
Why"-
Why do you prefer less people?
They're depressing.
Then... why do you do it?
Because I get irritated if I don't.
Then why not with me?
If that's all it's about.
I want to be like you.
Forget it.
Why?
If you became like me, you'd become a lost cause.
Why?
You'd go insane.
Why do you protect me sometimes?
I'll take your hand and...
Don't run away, you bastard!
Lay Off!
Where would you rather go?
It's your question.
Space, I guess.
But where would you really rather go?
Heaven, I guess.
I think that now I know why.
Why what?
Because I'd feel bad if I made you insane.
I'm already insane.
Probably.
I'm going this way.
You go that way.
Can't I go with you?
Where to?
You didn't do it.
We already know that.
I did it.
But...
...if it wasn't me...
...the rainbows...
...triple-tiered...
What?
Elegy What?
Elegy
Hey.
You have a meeting with the warden.
But I have to go to the farm today.
Not today.
This is pointless.
After it stops raining, we'll have to wash these again and hang them up to dry.
They said that it's important to have a fixed daily routine.
Sumio.
I need you for a minute.
What?
I'll be waiting in the infirmary.
Okay with you?
It's okay.
Sorry to do this to you all the time.
What did he talk about?
A ghost of the past.
Last night...
...my wife dropped by.
She was worried about you.
My wife feels sorry about you.
Because she committed suicide...
...she is concerned that she has caused you heartache.
If she had the courage to jump...
...she could just as well have gone to you...
...and told you that everything was okay. That's what she said.
So she came to me...
...to ask me to tell you on her behalf:
Do not grieve for her.
Forget everything about what happened.
Move forward, and restart your life.
Sugar...
...and cream?
What did he talk about?
A ghost from the past.
Rainbows...
...double-tiered...
...triple-tiered...
Maybe I'm wrong...
Maybe I...
...don't want to become like you?
Stop that.
Stop ...
Stop that.
Stop that!
The rainbows...
...they've caught up with him.
At the tone, the time will be exactly 3 PM.
Solved
Solved At the tone, the time will be 3 PM and ten seconds.
Fuck.
Hey! Hey!
The culprit confessed.
He attempted suicide.
So why did you still strangle Kazuki?
Help!
Stop il!
I'm scared!
Sumio.
I need you for a minute.
What?
I'll be waiting in the infirmary.
Okay with you?
It's okay.
Sorry to do this to you all the time.
So you really weren't sexually involved with him?
What, with Kazuki?
Like I said, I wasn't.
Although I wouldn't have minded.
Then why did you tell Tsuchiya that you did it with Kazuki?
Because he was so pushy.
And also...
...he's in good standing here, so he's useful to me.
Take drugs, for example...
He was illegally diverting them...
...and he'd give some to me...
...so I gave him what he wanted.
I'd let him do me. But he is a little crazy.
Hey, hey, you're really doing it with Kazuki, aren't you? Aren't you? Hey!
It was too much; I figured it wasn't worth it any more, so I just told him.
I'd tell him I didn't, but he never believed me.
Liar... I know you're doing him for sure.
Here I come.
In that case, who was it that Kazuki raped?
Like I said, I don't know anything about it.
So... if it wasn't Ariyoshi...
...it's somebody that looks like us.
Maybe it was Yazawa in cell four.
Or maybe Hara in cell one.
The name of the assailant is Tsuchiya Makoto, the name of the victim is Kazuki Shiro.
What kind of crime was the assailant imprisoned for?
He discovered that his wife was having an affair, and killed her out of jealousy.
Q: So this was a repeat of his previous crime?
Q: So this was a repeat of his previous crime? I... regretted it.
I... regretted it.
Wife... My wife...
I regretted attacking her.
At... at first...
...I thought I should kill the man she was with.
But... but...
...after all...
M... murder is wrong. Murder is...
So... suicide...
Su...
Su... suicide would be better...
...and then...
Q: You strangled Kazuki as a way of committing suicide?
Yes.
He... he...
...he could kill me, l thought, if anyone could.
He'd retaliate, retaliate...
...until he killed me.
So until the end...
...as many times...
...as many times as it took...
...I would go and try to kill him.
But...
Stop!
Help!
Stop!
I haven't seen him since...
...I left him at the infirmary.
I later heard that he hung himself.
Q: Why did you keep quiet about what happened?
I didn't keep quiet. You only asked me if I did it with Kazuki or not, right?
Besides, I never imagined that a dolt like him could kill Kazuki.
So he really killed him?
So that was where...
...you would rather have gone.
Instead of outer space.
I would've done it for you...
If you wanted to...
...die so much.
Is it finished?
You could have let me kill you.
When you die... is it finished?
Why would you...
...let someone else do it for you?
If the rainbows hadn't appeared when we were there...
If I hadn't...
...held you...
...what would you have done?
'Up-
I... did it.
Who had the strongest motive to kill the victim?
Was it the man whose wife was raped by the victim?
What made the victim go insane?
The environment in which he was born and raised... at least, to a degree.
What was the assailant': motive?
To commit suicide.
Why did the assailant want to commit suicide?
Misunderstandings... based on rumors and lies.
Was the victim murdered?
It probably was suicide.
What drove the victim to suicide?
According to testimony...
...a triple rainbow.
Why the rainbows?
Now that... only he would know.
If that's the case...
...what's the point...
...in arresting him?
It's the law.
The case has been solved.
If it exists, it exists.
If it doesn't, then it doesn't.
Is it finished?
Will we meet again?
It's a whale.
A whale that's lived for countless years...
...the master of the ocean...
...now returning to heaven.
Become an outstanding man.
4.6 billion years
Matsuda Ryuhei
Ando Masanobu
Kubozuka Shunsuke
Shibukawa Kiyohiko - Saito Voichiro Sohee Park - Jai-WEST
Koishi Ken - Furui Ei-ichi - Shinagawa Tetsu, lmai Kumiko - Kataoka Ryo - Kato Vasumago Masato - Kaku Vuii Sugiura Jinya - Nakazawa Mitsuo Taniue Sadamasa - Nakatani Mio - Tateishi Kenii
ROXY - Fukushima Naoya Sato Fuiio - Ito Shizuka Kumasawa Hiroshi - Daikon Hoei Project - GOCO0
lshibashi Renii - Endo Kei-ichi
Kanamori Jo
lshibashi Ryo
Produced by Seki Masahiko Hachikitani Shoii - Takamori Shinii Planning by Ito Shuyu - Mori-e Akira Planning cooperation: Shiniu Production
Produced by Sasaki Shiro ~ Watanabe Takeshi Based on the original work by Masaki Ato (Kaiiwara lkki I Masaki Hisao): Shonen A Elegy (Ru-shuppan publication) Screenplay by N AKAmasaM U RA
Cinematography by Kaneko Masahito Edited by Shimamura Vasushi
Produced by Excellent Film Love of 4.6-Billion Years Production Committee Shochiku Co., Ltd. Eisei-Gekijo (Satellite Theatre) Co., Ltd. Shinju Production Co., Ltd.
Directed by Takashi MIIKE
©2006 Love of 4.6-Billion Years Production Committee