Where were you? You're late
I've been waiting
Was the door open?
Yeah
Just like last time...
It was open last time, too
Do you have... a key?
I went to a lot of trouble to find this place
What do you want?
Hey, you've got it wrong
I'm here to talk about your book
Get out
How dare you, I'm your partner
Get out! Just get out!
I'm disappointed by your outburst
That's the girl who used to live here
Ouch
You slammed the door on my finger
A college girl from the country
With dreams of becoming a writer
You know the type
I set her up to live here
She was talented but she went nowhere
She took off about 3 months ago
I have no idea where
She was just a nuisance, anyway
Hey, are you listening?
Don't make me any angrier
I don't think it's wise to infuriate your editor
God, you're the worst
Who the hell do you think you are?
It's not your talent that won that prize
Surely you know that
So why don't you try making more of an effort?
Try being a little nicer to me
Oh, well, I'll be back
Are you all right?
" Yoshioka "
Oh, hello, Reiko
It's me
The police are here
There's a Missing Persons report for a girl
They say Mr. Kijima's involved
Mr. Kijima hasn't been home
Or to work since yesterday
I'm sure this is a homicide
Reiko, you watch out
All right
Mr. Yoshioka
Wait
You're so selfish
Selfish?
I have every right
Let go
How dare you...
Who are you?
I was next door
I saw you from the window
I'm... still alive?
You should've just left me alone
I don't know what happened here
But you were in danger
If I hadn't seen you...
Have you come to save me?
That's right
Why?
Because you seem to be having a hard time
Save me, then
Save me
Hurry up
But how?
How will you save my soul?
Who...
Are you?
It doesn't matter
Are you the woman I found?
You'd been waiting 1,000 years
Yes, waiting to destroy men
Stop!
Let's go, come with me
Where?
To hell
The dead shouldn't speak
Where were you?
Just checking up on something
Me, too
I just remembered
When I was walking through the woods the other day
I found a strange place
A strange place?
Can I come in?
A strange place?
Almost like a grave
What shall we do?
What should we do?
Report it to the police
Or go ourselves now
And find out what's buried there
What do you imagine it is?
I don't know
It may be nothing
Yes
You still want to?
Yes
Reiko
Yes
Are you religious?
No
I don't care how, please pray
Yes
It's a bust
Looks like it
There's nothing
No clothing fragments, no ornaments
A total miscalculation
But I've never enjoyed a miscalculation so much
Reiko, it's because of you
That I'm free
Free? Really?
Yes
So you're free, too
Can I trust you?
Yeah
I'll throw it all away
Everything except you
I'll do the same
Throw away everything but you
An answer to your prayers
Let's go back
Huh, so that's how it is
Whatever
How'd you find this place, Reiko?
I wasn't trying to keep it from you
If you'd asked me, I'd have told you
But it's too late
People die
They all die
So I don't care how
You're fine with this, right?
You're Kijima Koichi
You're under arrest for attempted murder!
What an ordeal
I still can't believe it
It's all your fault
Don't drag me into your fate
I'll solve my own problems
So you decide your own fate
If you can move, why did you wait?
I understand
I'll save you now
What have I done?
Forgive me
It's over now
We should have done this a long time ago
Corpses on my right, on my left
Everywhere, corpses!
You're okay, you're okay
We've got to bury it in the swamp again
It's gone
Turned to ashes long ago
I let myself in
That's fine
You were really moaning
Yeah
What is it?
Mr. Yoshioka
There's one thing I want to know
I know
I had a nightmare
I always do
I don't want to tell you... why
I see
But I want to know
It's not a pleasant story
Tell me
You'll regret it
I don't mind
I killed her
Her?
The girl who lived there before you
Why?
I don't know
Probably there was some confusion
What kind?
I returned from the swamp
Spiritually and physically exhausted
Which is when I stumbled on her
She slipped right inside me
In some inexplicable way
And then
Why was it?
I began to feel I'd made
A terrible mistake about human life and death
In an instant
she shattered my convictions as a scientist
I felt as though a thousand years
Of time were rushing in
In the end
She said she would take me to hell
I became confused
If I let her keep talking
Something terrible would happen
When I came to
I had my hand firmly over her mouth
That's all there was
And where is she now?
That...
I don't know
What did I do with her?
I can't remember
Don't you remember?
Then nothing's certain yet
Maybe that's true
Let's clarify things
How?
Go to the swamp
There's only a swamp there!
Is that so?
That's fine, then
Let's go make sure
No!
Why not?
If we do that...
I've thrown everything else away
I couldn't
You can
You have me
Maybe the old Yoshioka couldn't
But now you have me
Isn't that true?
Will you pray?
Sure
Which one?
I don't know
This one
No, I can't do it!
Why not!
Are you going to leave her there?
Buried in the mud
All alone for eons
Abandoned forever?
No
Then save her
You saved one yesterday
What am I supposed to do?
All right, I'll do it
I can do this
No, you stay here and pray
See?
This is reality
I didn't kill her
No
It was all a delusion
That's right
It's all over
Everything's done
We're both free of everything
It took a long time
But it's over
Yes
The beginning of a new era
Yeah
Shall we go somewhere?
Where?
On a trip, now
Yeah
Anywhere
Somewhere far
To the end of the earth
I'll never let you go
Forever