Eric Paroissien subtitles
(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.
(Kosugi) All the unnatural deaths within the 23 wards of Tokyo...
Come to the medical examiner first...
And if there is suspicion of crime...
They're sent to the Forensic Department at the University for autopsy...
Other non-criminal cases Such as accidental death or suicide...
Undergo administrative autopsy at the Medical Examiner's Office.
This way, 14,000 bodies are examined each year...
while 2500 undergo autopsy.
(Hiroshi Hosaka) There.
(Hosaka) Alright. (Indene Kyoko) Over there?
(Hosaka) At the end, right? (indene) OK.
(Segawa Noriko) I'm sorry... Akira. I'm sorry...
(Hosaka) Excuse me.
Medical Examiner's Office. Good morning.
The mother discovered the body.
I arrived this morning He was dead in his bed.
Sorry, ma'am.
We need you to move away.
This way please, ma'am.
There's rigidity in the fingertips. Yes.
He died 10 to 12 hours ago. (Hosaka) Yes.
Tweezers. (Hosaka) Alright.
Eyelid.
Blood pressure in vascular and bulbar conjunctiva are both high.
The nose, now. He left something like a suicide note...
The mother entered with her key it was locked. ["I'm lame."]
No money was taken. the bed is undisturbed.
(Hosaka) A suicide? So young...
Suicide? Where? Here?
Why is that? There is nothing in this room!
I don't know... administrative autopsy. (Inspector) Right.
(Nakayama Mitsunori) Good morning. (Kodama Yoshihito) Good morning.
Obviously, it takes more time for rookies.
1, 2, 3!
(assistant) Excuse me.
If you're tired I take over?
Don't treat me like I'm old!
Matsumoto, you can do it. (Matsumoto Mao) Alright.
(Iwamatsu) "Segawa Akira, 28 years old"
His mother found him in his apartment in Suginami-ward
He was not breathing she called an ambulance but he died soon.
"Cause of death unknown"
Something caused death.
Doctor Indene didn't find it during examination.
Your autopsy should tell. An exciting assignment, no doubt.
I'm starting. With your agreement.
Please.
(Hosaka) I'm home. Good evening.
Today, we had so many examinations...
One of them turned into an autopsy this morning.
Luckily just one body.
The number of autopsy is steadily increasing...
But there are not enough medical examiners.
In the same way that public works increase but the manpower doesn't.
There are so many absurd situations that complaining wouldn't change anything.
I'm so sensitive.
You too chief should take a shift for autopsies.
You're good at autopsy. There are only 3 autopsy table.
If you helped here...
One more could go and help for examinations outside...
Workflow would become smooth.
I graduated from Tokyo University, you know? So?
Come on. -I'll perform the autopsy.
Mr. Hosaka. -Yes.
Everyone is gone...
Akiyama (Reiko) is here. [Secretary, Medical Examiner's Office]
Darn, I missed.
Somehow... the atmosphere is not good.
Before it used to be a good and peaceful workplace.
Is it true that Chief Izumisawa...
Is going back to Tokyo University Forensics?
(Nakayama) That's tough. (Kodama) Sure is.
Mr. Iwamatsu seems to plan to follow him there?
That's stupid.
No bleeding or foreign body in the nasal cavity.
No bleeding or foreign body in the oral cavity.
No hemorrhage in the labial mucosa.
(Iwamatsu) Yeah.
You're dedicated, Hosaka.
If I go back home I'm bored.
You talk like this, I pity your poor wife.
This poor boy wrote: "I'm lame."...
He filled his notebook with it.
(Iwamatsu) They found a suicide note?
(Hosaka) Can't say if it's a diary or a suicide note.
So is it suicide?
But there are no suicide traces...
Indene said only the autopsy would tell.
Surely, we can't see traces of suicide but...
I'm sorry...
Young people don't have much fire anymore.
Some do have fire...
I perform a midline incision from the neck. (Hosaka) Alright.
No hemorrhage in the pleural epicardial trachea.
The kidneys, liver and lungs have a congestion.
This is not 's suicide is it ischemic heart failure.
In such case the coronary artery would harden... [Heart weakened by clogged arteries]
The heart would be larger, there would be line on the surface
I think it is not ischemic heart failure.
When young people die in their sleep...
One thinks of arrhythmia? [irregular heartbeat]
If arrhythmia caused death...
The lymph and thymus would be swollen but I don't see it.
Matsumoto, sometimes we must admit our limits.
I consider this autopsy done. I'm not done yet.
It's possible that your skipping three school years...
Gave you a feeling of limitless power. It's unhealthy.
Unveiling what caused death is the duty of the medical examiner.
You know who you're talking to!
Temper, temper!
You're just looking go reprimand her?
She's not in her right mind.
(Ichiro Yashiki) Always a pleasure !
Your legs are as pretty as ever!
(Iwamatsu) Dr. Indene is not your ATM.
And you, how come you have so much money?
I have always been wondering.
No need to be an asshole.
Miss. indene "sock-stoppers"...
I'm only asking her for $5,000
She's a gorgeous bank! She's my main bank.
A real bank would not lend money...
To someone who can't give it back.
I'm outa' here. (indene) Good evening .
What a dense dude.
I feel lucky for the horse race tomorrow...
How about $5,000?
Even $3,000 would do!
You're pretty from the back too!
Yes, please! Let me get that door!
I don't want to bother but...
Wouldn't it be better to give the body back to his mother at this point?
In tears this morning she's waiting alone in that apartment...
For her son's body I think.
We need to analyze the content of the stomach.
Forgive me.
I seems you can't go home today.
A police officer staring at women' s back...
How did you get addicted to gambling?
No comment.
Did your wife run away?
My wife? Can't recall if I ever was married.
Miss Indene.
What are the circumstances of this death?
First floor apartment in his bed...
His mother was crying, saying: "I'm sorry." -And that's it.
Nothing more than what we recorded.
How about saying: "Sorry I interrupted your conversation."?
Sorry I interrupted your conversation.
Zero Truth [Matsumoto Mao the medical examiner]
Segawa in 105 Was it a suicide?
I don't know. But he won't make a mess with his garbage anymore...
Ain't it great? Sure. Otaku as he was...
What a creepy character he was!
That lady... wait...
So see you later.
Later...
Mrs. Segawa.
(Noriko) A friend of Akira?
Sorry... I'm nosy.
Are You with the police?
No, I'm the medical examiner.
I'm the one who killed Akira.
How did you kill him?
He started to live here alone when he came at the university...
For some reason he stopped going to classes...
He started to live the life of a recluse in this apartment.
I was taking care of him, but...
He was now 28...
I thought he couldn't be living with his parent's help forever...
My husband and I were worried and could not sleep...
That evening we ended up quarreling.
"There's something wrong with me."
(Voice of Noriko) Is that going to last forever?
Dad and Mom...
Aren't going to be there forever
(Noriko) "Please, get your act together."
(Segawa Akira) I'm fine.
How fine are you?
You're not fine at all!
Hello?
(Noriko) are you hungry? Even hungry you won't do anything?
Even if you're hungry I won't give you any more money...
From now on, manage on your own.
Mom and dad...
Won't be around now, live your own life.
ANd this is my last phone call.
"I don't send money anymore."
"If you died I wouldn't know."
(Noriko) "Got it?"
(Sound of hanging up)
(Noriko)"If you died I wouldn't know."
I thought about my sentence all night...
So yesterday morning...
I came by the first train.
At what point did his life turn so wrong?
I ensured his education was normal...
I was thinking, "what did I do wrong?"...
When I was in front of the apartment...
A young lady came from upstairs.
(Ota Mikako) Good morning.
I so wish my boy had such a girlfriend.
His life would have been so different.
That's what I thought.
Akira?
Akira! Akira!
Hey...
I killed him.
A while ago the police sent this back .
After that phone call...
My boy probably wrote this... ["People hate me, I'm lame"]
A thin thread that was connecting Akira to the world...and I cut it.
People don't die only because they're disappointed.
There are still no traces of suicide on his body.
What?
Did your son have a chronic illness?
He didn't.
What are you looking for?
But you're not a detective, why are you so keen?
Enough! don't touch this! You need permission!
You don't wanna know?
Why your son died.
(Tomita Hajime) It seems Segawa Akira wasn't much appreciated in his building.
During the day muffled in his place...
In the night he'd go dump his trash all over the garbage corner.
In summer it smelled...
His apartment was a mess.
We'd ring, he wouldn't answer.
How did he make a living?
I wonder...
(Shigeru Umemura) His TV was on 24h...
He played it loud...
I was getting annoying.
One more thing...
A stolen bike was in front of his apartment...
Did Segawa go steal it at night?
So he was in favor with no one.
He getting interesting!
Why fuss over that guy?
It's not about what caused his death...
If a killer had conceived an elaborate crime...
It had to be done from within. -Impossible.
He left something like a suicide note. -The mother was first on the scene.
Check for a life insurance. -No way!
You bet with me there is a killer? Mother or else?
I don't bet.
Bet for murder or accident. -Still not betting.
So dull!
Or murder and accident... -Not betting!
You said twice the same!
Matsumoto is not in yet?
A rookie should be here before everyone!
I don't want to sound old-fashioned...
Iwamatsu you should keep an eye on her.
You, chief should tell her.
SHe doesn't listen to me.
Good morning.
(Hosaka) Good morning.
Matsumoto, a rookie should be here before everyone...
I don't want to sound old-fashioned but...
I was delayed because I went by Segawa Akira's place.
Sorry about that.
Incredible, she doesn't feel the least obliged.
If you're not humble, you can't work properly with a body.
Furthermore, the investigation is police work...
Not a medical examiner's.. Mind these two points!
Maybe you'll have to tell her once more, Iwamatsu.
Indene would you mind take my place for Matsumoto's education?
She's too much for me to handle. -What?
You let that chick scare you.
Have some dignity. -She's right, a little dignity
Development of the muscles of the calf.
Calluses on the soles of the feet.
Denudation and bleeding.
He started running recently...
Although a stay-at-home person, he was running...
Running inside the apartment...
He's untanned...
He was running at night.
Autopsy room.
We have the content of the stomach of Segawa Akira.
A high concentration of protein.
Half digested but I found a whey protein.
Whey protein...
Taking supplements and running at night.
Please give me a gas chromatography test of his blood.
I won't. -Do it quickly!
Although I just refused, you heard me refuse, right?
(Kume Midori) You did but you could do it.
Right, I don't want her to believe I won't do it. I'm doing it.
What a tedious person...
[Her husband]
Yes.
Alright. I'll start the process.
Alright.
Today was hot too.
It's as hot outside as inside.
(Hosaka) A cool beer tonight?
Beer will be as welcome as champagne.
Sounds good!
(Tomita) Good morning, it's the Investigation Department.
I see you again Miss Iwamatsu.
(Iwamatsu) She's not a bank.
This time it's half a million $...
Miss Indene would give you...? -You don't get it.
The death with unknown cause of young Segawa Akira...
Will profit half a million $ life insurance to his mother...
She purchased a life insurance 3 years ago.
The exemption for suicide expired just a month ago. [Insurance 3 year clause to avoid suicide fraud]
What a perfect timing...
But the mother is the only one with a key...
That mother...
Why didn't you return the body ?
You had suspicions?
I witnessed the autopsy... So?
The content of the stomach, the development of the calf muscles...
The calluses of the sole of the foot...
Segawa's was drinking supplements...
He started running recently.
If he wanted to die, why train?
It couldn't be a suicide.
Doesn't look like murder. -Enough!
A medical examiner is not an inspector, he can only throw an objective look...
He examines and autopsies the body...
Because of his mission to unveil the cause of death
The Medical Examiner's Office is not under the command of the police.
We won't receive any orders from the police.
(Iwamatsu) absolutely. The way you deal with us is unacceptable.
Let us do our job without interference...
Don't ever tell us what to do!
What's the fuss, what did I do to you!?
There's only one truth.
And everyone cooperates towards that goal!
Police or medical examiner we're together to find the truth!
She's coming!
Gas chromatography test, you finished? [A test for components of fluids]
Right! There is ethane, butane, methane, propane butylene it...
These gas are found typically in domestic gas bottles...
Dismissed.
The Segawa's that means...
That means he died from domestic gas suffocation?
But the gas range was closed.
Would someone close it later? -No way!
The police checked the meter on the 3 previous days...
He died somewhere else...
And was carried back to his place.
Could we have a little chat?
Your son died around 12:30 on the 16th...
Where were you then?
I stayed home.
I had to ask. -Can anyone testify you were home?
You purchased a life insurance 3 years ago, but why?
Well we had the intention to use it as savings.
Do you mean my boy was killed, inspector?
We don't know that yet.
(Noriko) It's almost as if I had killed him myself .
What do you mean?
I pushed him to the edge.
The night before on the phone I was harsh.
A son doesn't die because of the words of a mother.
The moment you arrived, do you remember anything?
A young lady came from upstairs.
Good morning.
A girl in her 20s...
There is no pressure marks.
If the body is moved after death...
The carrying hands leave pressure marks all over.
It's not the case, not even brush marks.
"He was carried back to his place after being killed."
And there your hypothesis falls short.
(Indene) A dead end?
Looking at the world upside down...
Doesn't resolve anything.
You can drink a lot... since we're going Dutch!
You sound stingy. -I'm happy.
How long has it been since we last drank together, Indene.
Last was the cherry blossoms in April.
You forget too quickly.
He's not forgetting. But your presence confuses the hearts...
Don't say too much..
Or chief was so cool lately. -indeed.
He told you "there's only one truth" Easy for him to say.
How you humbled him! he told you "there's only one truth" Easy for him to say.
How you humbled him!
He was subdued! -He was.
There's not one truth.
Matsumoto Mao! What a fool!
I needed that!... What?... Let's drink!
What's the matter?
(Kosugi) You're putting on weight.
It happens when you work hard.
If you do, you'll look more like your mother.
Mother was plump?
Yes, she was a fine woman.
Did she make a painful face when she was dead?
They say people gain something with their death .
"Dead cleanses a reputation", "Death brings glory".
"Death frees a person from dire circumstances."
So it will be with your death sentence.
AS I see it. -You'll see one day...
What did mother gain by dying?
Please answer.
Something came up.
Segawa's neighbor has been accused of stalking.
That stay-at-home boy keeps surprising me.
It's not Segawa it's the guy living right above...
Right above? Shigeru Umemura, 26, company employee.
When I questionned him he accused Segawa of stealing...
He told the worst about him.
(Mikako) I met Shigeru Umemura when a year ago at the company...
We started dating. But he was violent...
That night I went there to break up.
Maybe he served me juice with something in it.
When I woke up in the morning Umemura wasn't there.
I don't know somehow...
Yesterday, Umemura was waiting at the station as I came to work.
"If you break up, I'll kill you.", he said
Maybe even that night he wanted to kill me...
When you woke up, where you hurt?
No, I wasn't.
At what time did you leave his apartment that morning?
I ran away at about 7:30.
When you left the apartment Did you meet this person?
Right... I saw her.
What are you doing?
That's a creepy place.
At midnight on July 16 when Segawa was dying in Apt.105...
In Apt. 205, someone was trying to kill a young woman.
105... 205...
Let's go. (Tomita) OK.
You're Shigeru Umemura? We're the Investigation Department.
Hey, you, how can you...
She's entering before me? -Who are you?
What are inspectors doing here?
I get it now...
We have found what caused the death of Segawa Akira...
He died of asphyxiation with domestic gas.
That gas is heavier than air, and falls.
The man in Apt.205 wanted to kill his girlfriend...
After giving her sleeping pills...
He prepped the whole place and the gas bottle...
He then released the gas in the room.
The gas leaked through a hole in the kitchen floor...
To Apt.105, beneath.
Segawa was sleeping right beneath.
He died of asphyxiation.
How come no one noticed the smell of gas...
In such an old building there are many cracks
And that gas crawls on the floor...
That gas was soon dissipated.
And death by suffocation in an autopsy...
Shows in the same way that arrhythmia does.
So, only a blood test could determine it.
The results of the blood analysis showed...
Segawa had the components of domestic gas in his blood.
Domestic gas is not toxic in itself...
But in his sleep Segawa was bathing in a cloud of gas...
And died of oxygen-deficient...
It was neither a murder nor a suicide...
He took a bullet that was not aimed at him...
Terrible end.
How about that enigmatic suicide note?
I don't know.
You don't know? -Iwamatsu!
The facts are enough, the examiner is not interested in the emotions.
Keep going, Matsumoto.
I'm done with the autopsy report. -You're done?
Your first opinion was right.
That Matsumoto acting as if she did it all.
You had to say it up there!
Yes, I was going to... now, if you excuse me.
The garbage that stinks at night, the stolen bike...
It was all Umemura's deed.
Segawa Akira didn't explain himself to anyone...
So Uemura could stick the blame on him...
He was the author of the rumors against Segawa
We live in times where the speechless is a victim.
Lucky, Matsumoto Mao, found the truth.
She gave voice to the speechless Akira Segawa.
That woman has a blunt heart but graceful hands.
Still, she's no match for your hands.
What kind of opinion is that. idiot.
Calf muscles are well developed.
Calluses and bleeding bleeding on the soles of the feet.
Why were you running?
Mrs. Segawa.
In the stomach of your son There was whey protein.
The muscles of his calves were developed...
He had calluses on his feet.
He had started 2 weeks ago to run at night.
He was running...that boy?
Yes.
The doctor is telling you that your son was getting back on his feet.
He was trying hard.
You're attempting to comfort me?
(Hosaka) The grief of a mother is so deep...
That no attempt at comfort would do.
I'm conveying facts, that's all.
I see... Thank you.
Such small fact makes no difference .
Whatever my son had in mind...
His life has been snatched away.
Together with the fact that I failed as a parent.
There's nothing we can amend now.
You have found satisfaction in an autopsy that unveiled the truth...
That's a good thing.
With such a mother, no wonder the son turned weird.
What a creep! -easy.
You Doctor, aimed at a goal and you scored, how admirable!
Nothing redeems his death but his reputation was amended.
Thanks to you, Doctor!
[Suginami-ward business department]
Yes.
"Is that Mr. Segawa Akira's phone?"
Yes.
This is Suginami-ward calling about the Marathon.
"May I talk to him?"
Akira died.
Thanks for calling anyway .
Thank you!
(Noriko) Akira... Akira...!
(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.
(Indene) You're a chef with that beef tongue.
(owner) Thank you.
The muscle of the tongue, unlike others has intertwined fibers.
Rigor mortis is harder to avoid.
To avoid that stiffness in a chunk...
One has to let it age.
You're right.
I should rejoice with that semblance of a conversation.
"The speechless are the victims."
Unassertive as you are, you studied in the US
You must have kept well hidden to go endure the pressure.
Hidden? -Oh...
You may hide behind a facade.
I'm not hiding anything.
Why did you come back to Japan?
I wanted to take medicine in a Japanese university.
You would have made a fine surgeon, but instead...
You chose medical examiner: low salary, low position
No grateful patient. What happened?
The first time I saw my mother, she was dead.
New autopsy. -You're up to it?
Sudden death on the bus.
What happened in the bus? -Gamo Yumiko. We were medical students together.
Threatened by the patient's family...
(indene) Some truths are better left unveiled.
There are not! -There are!
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