He killed her with a blunt object
and tossed her corpse off the balcony,
then cleared up traces of a struggle
and ran away after returning the room to its former state.
- Stop calling me a hooligan! - Wait!
I'm sorry.
Thank you.
Do you really like Miwa?
Actually, you are interested...
...in me.
The videos fell all over the floor,
but were put back into their original positions exactly.
Even the sequence is the same.
This is exactly the same.
The sequence of the beads is exactly the same as before.
It's a coincidence.
Ryo...
I've been looking for you.
[JYONAN BANK]
Insufficient balance?
How uncool!
I'd like to take a million... million yen...
30,000 Yen
Still not enough?
Really uncool!
[REVE]
Yuko-san, here...
No, on the other side...
A little bit lower...
You didn't get it yet.
A bit higher?
Here you are.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
I don't need one...
You got it.
This is delicious.
I wonder if it really wasn't him?
But Chief Osawa's instincts are usually right.
That's true.
But he doesn't admit doing it.
Are you talking about that guy?
Yes. The investigation isn't progressing.
That guy was dating the victim, right?
Right.
They were going steady...
Why are you still talking about that?
Did he admit that?
Yes. They had been dating for six months.
Oh...
Was that room locked?
What?
Locked? Yeah.
It was made to look like a suicide.
So the killer should have locked the door.
Was it locked?
Just a moment.
Oh, it wasn't locked!
Is that so.
If they were dating, wouldn't he have a key..?
If he wanted to make it look like suicide, he should've locked the door.
That might be true...
By the way,
in the picture...
these videotapes...
are in the same sequence...
They were struggling there and she got killed.
But the tapes are in the same sequence as before.
You're talking about that again...
Don't you find it strange?
You mean remembering after one look?
Strange...
That guy...
is not the killer.
He's not that strange.
Good you didn't reveal your normal habits.
I'd thought you'd wipe your face with the towel.
I wouldn't do anything so much like an old man!
- When have I ever done that before? - I saw it in that set-meal restaurant.
Looks like you go well together.
He's the man from the blind date last time, isn't he?
He's elite.
I didn't ask that.
He's different from you.
Is it so important to be elite?
It's the most important point.
Man can't live on dreams alone, that's a fact.
I want to live the way I like.
There's something there...
- Huh? - Above your eye.
Here.
No, that's all right!
Keep still.
Here.
You haven't been this close yet, have you?
Do you know what you are talking about?
[NISHIHARA] Do you know what you are talking about?
You seem to be doing well together with Kashiwagi-kun.
There's somebody I like.
Did you know that?
Mother doesn't know about it.
It only just happened.
I met him at the birthday party a few days ago.
He works for REVE
as an apprentice cook.
He is a really nice man!
Stop talking nonsense!
That kind of guy is not for you!
This is all your fault!
I am so sorry!
Thank you!
There aren't any cucumbers today?
There weren't any in stock.
You should've said so earlier.
Thanks anyway.
What are you reading?
Shin Jidai Denki (New Age Electrical Appliances)
What's that?
They want to write an article about our restaurant.
Is that so?
"Delicious Restaurants"...
A magazine for nerds, huh?
Here.
Well, see you. Thanks!
(photographs: yuko doujima)
Money?
Yes.
You'd like to borrow money?
Yes.
>From me?
Yes.
You invited me just for that?
Yes.
You asked me out to ask for money?
We're always coming here anyway...
You sounded a little different today.
"Koto-chan, shall we go out for a drink?"
"I'll wait for you at 7," that's what you said and you were fidgeting.
We always come here after work.
We just leave work at the same time and come here to have a drink,
but today you specifically asked me to come at 7 o'clock!
Like you wanted to meet me...
Like a date...
What?
Nothing.
Sorry. I didn't say anything.
What am I talking about? An old woman in her forties...
I'm beginning to feel bad about myself, so forget it!
Koto-chan, could it be...
- that you like me? - NO!
Of course not!
Then, what's the money for?
Well...
What?
Is it a woman?
No...
Then what?
Aren't you going to tell me?
Please don't ask.
I'll return it when I get my bonus.
I don't have any money.
Of course you do.
Over forty and single,
working and living a quiet life, not wearing fashionable clothes...
Who are you talking about!
I'm going home!
REVE
Miwa? It's mother.
Yes?
Father's company isn't doing very well.
If we sell it,
Kashiwagi-san would be the savior of your father's company.
If we can establish successful business ties with Kashiwagi-san,
we'll be able to turn things around.
If that chance was lost...?
Could you think one more time...
about Kashiwagi-san?
A Million Stars Falling From The Sky
Episode 3
[REVE]
Could you shift it over here a little more, please?
A little that way...
There, thank you...
All right, that'll do.
Don't you have a photographer?
We're just a small publishing company.
You don't use a digital camera?
Forget it...
So...
It's REVE...
where does the name REVE come from?
I don't know.
How many years have you been established?
What?
Established.
Ah...
We have been established for...
300 years.
- You must be joking! - Yes I am.
Right...
What is your recommended dish?
Pig's intestines.
You're kidding?
Even with you asking me, I couldn't tell you.
I haven't been here for long.
Where did you come from?
The Moon.
Like Moon Princess Kaguyahime.
Sorry.
That question was unrelated to the company, wasn't it?
That's right, I'm sorry.
We're here for an interview today,
why isn't the owner in?
Because it's a holiday today.
And this is "Shin Jidai Denki",
so isn't it OK for just me to be here?
- Will anybody buy this magazine? - Of course!
That's why this magazine exists.
- Is that so? - Yes.
- Can I ask you something? - No.
Why?
I hate being asked personal questions.
Not that.
It's not about you.
What is it then?
Is Miwa-chan well? I can't contact her recently.
I don't know that.
I can tell you're angry.
Don't pick apart everything I say.
It's just that your entire face is asking me to make fun of you.
My face?
Whatever...
Being with you somehow...
- speeds me up. - Speeds you up?
- What do you mean? - I lose my cool... I'm not in control...
I'm thrown off my rhythm...
and I have a feeling I can't turn back.
Just a minute.
Come on in.
Smells good...
It's called Cultivateur.
It's a vegetable soup.
Ah...
I'm preparing it for tomorrow's menu.
I was coming here anyway...
and it will be better if I prepare it today.
Wanna try?
Yes.
Oh, you don't need...
It's OK, it's not poisoned.
- No, really... - I'm going to eat too.
Take it there.
- Is this really OK? - Let's keep it a secret.
Kampai!
This is good!
Is it?
It might be more delicious tomorrow.
You've always liked cooking, haven't you?
Nah.
Didn't you come to work here because you liked it?
It just happened somehow...
I hadn't really thought about it.
What do you like?
I wondered what do you like.
Well...
This feels strange, you asking me so seriously.
Let me think...
I must have many things that I specially like....
Firstly, I guess I like to eat.
I like to eat delicious things, and...
and then...
I like things related to electrical appliances.
I can easily fix a TV or an air-conditioner.
I graduated from the University of Technology, so mathematics and astronomy...
What is it?
You said you hated personal questions...
and yet you try your hardest to reply when asked.
Don't be angry,
I'm not making fun of you.
Maybe...
it's more like complimenting you.
Look...
we should enjoy our meal, right?
I'll go get some white wine.
But I am enjoying it...
and it's delicious.
Yes, I'd like your help.
About 2 months.
About 200,000.
Don't touch me!
Yes?
The interest?
What? 10 percent?
10... that's extortion!
Isn't that extortion?
It's normal?
Is that so?
Could you make it 5% for just me...
Yes...
I know you have your rules...
Ah, I see.
I'll call you again.
Excuse me.
Wait a minute...
Kan-chan.
What is it?
This thing I found on your desk...
What is it?
A consumer credit company leaflet.
Oh... Yes...
What do you need the money for?
Excuse me...
If you can't handle alcohol...
then just say you can't.
Hey!
Isn't the soup coming to a boil?
Can you turn down the heat...
OK.
All right...
Still here...
You're still here?
The soup!
The fire's turned down.
OK...
Hey.
What?
I have something to ask you.
My scar...
do you mind it?
I wonder...
- Would it be better if I fixed it? - Fixed it?
Like, surgery or something...
Ohh...
It's OK, you don't have to go through something painful.
I don't mind.
Really?
I felt like that's what you would say.
I think I knew the answer even before asking.
- Then don't ask. - I thought you'd say that too.
But I felt like asking.
I have a burn scar too.
Want to see?
How did you get it?
When I was young.
Does it hurt?
What?
Does it hurt here?
No.
The wound doesn't hurt any more, huh...
though it looks pretty painful...
I often use it...
Girls get interested...
when I take my shirt off.
"Poor you" or "looks painful" or something like that...
Maybe that's the best way to use it.
You don't have to say that.
You're lying by saying that.
It hurt...
it burned, it was painful...
I felt it.
At elementary school swimming class, or junior high school in the dressing room.
everyone was pitying me.
They said they didn't mind,
but still they were staring at my scar...
and pitying me...
Always alone....
Was it any different for you?
You have such lonely eyes.
Don't touch me...
Don't touch me with that look.
Sorry, but could you please go now?
I really lose control when I'm together with you.
I'll be going.
Thanks for the meal.
It was delicious.
Sorry for disturbing you on your day off.
Hey...
We both have a burn mark.
I don't know why, but...
I start feeling lonely when I'm with you.
I realize how lonely I am.
It's strange, isn't it?
For Yuko.
Eh?
To heal Yuko's scar.
Well...
It's not that I don't have the money.
But if I withdraw money from a savings account...
Yuko is taking care of our money.
She's like our "financial minister."
Just discuss it with Yuko-chan and get the money, it's as simple as that.
Somehow...
I feel as a brother,
I should just hand out the money
and tell her to go and get it done.
"I had secret savings", or...
"I'm a policeman,
but I went and robbed the money."
Think about it,
we're saving 15,000 yen every month and my salary's not too high.
If I withdrew the money,
it wouldn't feel so good.
I see...
Do you understand?
Yes, I do. I'll lend it to you.
Return it to me when you get your bonus.
Really?
You have to get your interest too.
Ten percent.
You too?
- Just kidding. - No need for interest.
Thanks!
Thank you.
Yuko.
- What is it? - Want some tea?
No thanks.
What is it then?
Is it funny?
Well, so-so...
And yet you're laughing like that?
You're acting strange!
It's rude, calling your brother strange.
Well, acting like that...
What is it?
Well...
Why did you turn it off?
It isn't so funny, you can watch it later.
I want to see what happens next.
You can watch it later.
It's a series, I don't want to lose the plot!
Right...
You have something to tell me?
Well, it's nothing important...
It's about that scar of yours.
Just felt like healing it...
Actually...
that beauty salon Koto-chan goes to, there's a clinic there.
I think the doctors there can do it.
Don't worry about the money.
I've kept it from you,
but I got an extra bonus.
And... I have no immediate need for it.
So I thought I'd use the money for you.
I won't get it healed.
What?
I'm fine with the scar like this.
Why?
Well, it's nothing serious.
Some people have things like this.
He showed it to me the other day,
that chef from REVE.
That guy at the blind date?
Yes. He also got it when he was young.
That guy called Ryo...
Right.
Brother, you should go first to take a bath.
Yes...
You...
That Ryo guy, ...
are you close friends?
He's Miwa's boyfriend.
Miwa-chan's?
Burn scar...
Impossible...
Kan-san, long time no see!
- You are still as pretty as ever. - I'm happy to hear that!
Oh...
The usual, beer and edamame.
All right.
Ryo, your mouth.
There.
The other side.
- Let me... - It's OK.
- I'll get it! - It's OK.
Beer, here you go.
Oh thanks...
I'll go to the bathroom.
- Aunty, is the bathroom this way? - Right.
- Someone's sitting there... - Just for a moment...
What is it?
She's a beautiful lady.
Thank you.
- A little flashy though... - Don't worry about it.
If it was me, I would go for the purer ones...
Show me your girlfriend.
No.
I don't have a girlfriend.
Is that so?
You're dating Miwa-chan, right?
- Aren't you? - We are dating.
- Who is that girl then? - My sister.
Where would you find siblings
being so lovey-dovey?
Here. Aren't you like that?
That could never be.
Well, we are all different.
Ryo-chan, I'm going to the convenience shop.
Sorry.
Right, the magazine you like to read is out today.
- I'll buy it for you. - I'll come soon.
You have a burn mark?
Yeah...
When did you get it?
When I was a kid.
- How old were you? - Why are you asking?
Because your sister has a similar scar?
Oh, that...
That was because of an accident.
Aunty, give my bill to that guy.
It's OK.
What is it, Kan-chan?
The elevator didn't come, so I ran up the stairs.
Why are you so flustered?
Listen...
Where is that female university student's photo?
Where is it? That photo.
You mean this?
I thought so!
What is it?
It's her.
Ryo-chan...
Yuki would do anything for Ryo-chan.
I wouldn't fear anything.
What do you mean?
Whether second, third, fourth...
or even fifth.
Who?
Yuki.
Just a little love is enough.
Why?
Because Ryo-chan
taught me how to laugh.
Unfriendly,
cold, glum...
People always say they don't know what I'm thinking.
But this Yuki likes Ryo-chan.
Every time I think of Ryo-chan, I smile.
I smile without a worry in my heart.
Is that so...
So whatever Ryo says, I'll listen.
Come here.
How unusual, Kanzo-san asking me out.
Yeah.
Sometimes I want to see Miwa-chan.
And there is something I want to talk about.
I have something to ask you as well.
Really, what is it?
Tell me.
No, you first.
Well...
OK...
Well, about the guy who fixed your bracelet...
Ryo-san?
Yeah.
What is it?
Could it be...
that you're opposed to him?
Miwa-chan...
Stop going out with that guy.
Why?
Because I'm different from him?
Are you against it too, like my parents?
It's not that...
Not because of financial reasons...
That fellow...
I feel he's dangerous.
He is a good person.
I wonder...
I'm already an adult.
I'm 25 already.
Why doesn't anybody believe me?
That guy is dangerous.
And...
there are others... - That's enough.
I don't want to hear anymore.
Please don't speak badly about Ryo-san.
You can have this back.
Up till now, I have treated Kanzo-san like my own brother.
I thought you would understand.
I thought you would help me,
but...
you said the same things my parents did.
I'm home!
Welcome home!
- You're already home? - Yeah.
- Did you eat yet? - Not yet.
Sorry... I ate already.
No problem, I'll eat by myself.
- What are you making? - Why?
Well, maybe I'll eat too.
- Didn't you already eat? - Udon?
Not udon today. Fried rice.
- Then I'll pass. - What's with that attitude?
- Hey. - What an infuriating girl.
- Hey, this is Miwa's... - Yes.
Did you meet her?
Yeah.
She forgot it...
This...
This bracelet...
Ryo fixed it for her.
And what's more, the sequence of the beads...
is exactly the same as it was before.
What?
Exactly the same?
Yes, exactly as it was before.
Unbelievable.
He can remember it with one glance.
"Someone who doesn't forget after looking once..."
What's wrong?
You look like an abandoned cat.
Right, I didn't know how you were since I couldn't contact you.
I don't know what to do.
I intended to give you up, but...
I don't know what to do.
Why give up?
Because everyone's against us.
It's got nothing to do with them.
I'll take you home, wait a little.
I'm not going back today.
Are you all right?
You're not wearing it today?
That bracelet.
The sequence...
is the same as before.
[REVE]
Morning!
I'm sorry, we're not open yet. Please come back after 10 o'clock.
- I'm not coming as a customer... - Then, what is it?
You asked me before,
how does it feel...
to kill a person.
Did I ask that?
It's my turn to ask you.
OK.
How did it feel to kill?
Story by Kitagawa Eriko
Theme Song "Smile" performed by Elvis Costello
Dojima Kanzo Akashiya Sanma
Katase Ryo Kimura Takuya
Dojima Yuko Fukatsu Eri
Nishihara Miwa Igawa Haruka
Miyashita Yuki Shibasaki Kou
Kusaka Keita Yajima Norito
Mukai Yuki Kaneko Takatoshi
Kadono - Fukumoto Shinichi Mizoguchi - Hayashi Yasufumi
Hanzawa - Hanmi Kazuaki Nishihara Kyoko - Izumi Akiko
Yamazaki - Sakuraba Hiromichi Tanaka - Kikuchi Kinya
Osawa Takashi Tayama Ryosei
Nishihara Kenzo Shikauchi Takashi
Sugita Kotoko Morishita Aiko
Raw provider - PoP712 Timing and transcribing - PoP712
Editing - Phoenix
Additional translations otetsu and Phoenix
Subtitle based on hardsubbed version previously available at d-addicts.com