What we're looking at,
are fragments of the truth.
What you've been told is far from the truth.
I only want to know the absolute truth.
I've had enough and seen my limit of...
the distorted truth.
My wife loved me.
To the extent it was obsessive.
What have I done?
You really have no memory of us?
So you say they've used a metal skewer to pierce the victims necks?
That's a weird story.
I lost my memory in an accident and don't remember much about my sister.
Do I really have a sister?
Hiromi... That's what they said her name was.
Is that a woman?
No,
it's a monster.
It scattered body parts.
Scattered?
On the day I...
was tailing Shingai Hiromi.
I shall do in Shingai next. If you would allow me.
Do you remember?
Without a doubt, the shrike will come for you.
I'm in no mood to partner with you.
You don't say.
I wouldn't want you either.
We still don't know who put the device in Kakehi's bag or who the mystery woman was.
I'll continue helping you until your memory returns.
Thank you.
You might remember something if you see this book.
You got her involved. you can reunite after she's dead.
Mr. Shingai!
Stop it! Stop it! STOP IT!
Involving such a cute girl.
Let her go!
You're a real jerk, aren't you?
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Miss Nakajima.
Miss Nakajima, are you alright?
The album... I need to return it.
Sorry for getting you involved in this.
I'm going to sleep for a while.
Huh?
Goodnight, Mr. Shingai.
Goodnight.
How it's been?
Did you remember anything now?
Jeez... It can't be helped with a guy like you, huh?
All right, then let's make those memories surface.
Stop it.
Stop!
We seem to have been mistaken.
Wake him.
Okay.
A picture book?
What the hell? It's filthy.
Shrike. Shrike.
Shrike. Shrike. Shrike.
Hey girlie!
Shrike.
Did this guy entrust something to you?
Missy, you could at least answer.
Oh my.
Ah!
This is not good.
What a pain in the ass.
You overdid the torture.
Hurry up and dump her.
Okay.
Seems she died somehow.
Poor thing, hey?
It's your fault she got involved in this, yeah?
You should have predicted this. Cut ties while still at the hospital!
Now her body will be dissolved without a trace.
A TBS & WOWOW Drama Co-Production
'Shrike' Season 1 - Cries of the Night
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Shrikes are agile birds.
Their name refers to a strange trait of theirs.
Shrikes skewer their captured prey on branches,
and fly away without eating them.
Many theories have been suggested
as to why shrikes hold this trait.
Yet none have ever been proven.
Of course they haven't.
No one should be able to understand.
The nature of others.
Our impulses.
Shrike.
We were the only two in the world who knew this name.
Hiromi, you're the shrike.
It was the name Kazuhiko thought up and gave to me.
You're really pretty Hiromi, aren't you?
The one who has amnesia and returned after falling off the radar,
wasn't Shingai Kazuhiko.
Please back up a moment.
Let me hear that again.
Who exactly is the person we're currently pursuing?
The man in the photo, wasn't that Shingai Kazuhiko?
We've been fixiated on an idea.
Fingerprints matched, without a doubt.
In other words, the one who returned was....
Shingai Hiromi!
I don't understand!
Shingai Hiromi and Shingai Kazuhiko are identical twin brothers.
Twins?
Hey!
But you said you were following a woman, right?
From outward appearance, he resembled a woman.
Though we...
honestly didn't know if it was actually Shingai Hiromi.
Right...
Because Kazuhiko's brother,
the person called Shingai Hiromi, was a cross dresser!
Say what?
You heard right.
Fingerprints of the man appearing to have amnesia
matched those of Shingai Hiromi.
Shit!
Now everyone, one at a time, each group will examine color, form, size and so on.
Observe what kind of appearance the frog has,
then describe what you've witnessed.
Okay!
Okay.
Huh?
What happened?
I enjoyed stabbing it.
You two have an unusual family.
Your father gave you a girl's name, Hiromi,
he dressed you up in those outfits.
Is that strange?
Well, I would call it strange,
though if you thought of yourself as a girl it would be different.
I don't think that.
Then why didn't you tell your father that?
Do you really think our father would change Hiromi's name if we told him to?
Huh?
Hiromi was the name of
our older sister, who died before we were born.
If we were to tell father to change Hiromi's name,
he might drive Hiromi from the house.
Please tell everyone that Hiromi is really a boy.
Big brother,
If I keep being like I am, will it hurt my grades?
That won't happen.
Would it be better if I remained as a girl?
Yes...
it may be tough, but for now, continue.
But I...
don't hate being a girl.
Hiromi,
No matter who you are or what may happen, I will protect you.
Okay!
Yeah, yeah, here's your meal.
I couldn't restrain my stabbing impulse.
Day by day, my impulse grew larger.
Hiromi!
We will say father was already dead by the time we came home, got it?
By killing my father,
I...
lost all ability to halt my impulse.
You guys marked Shingai Kazuhiko, then concluded Shingai Hiromi was the killer,
you thought it was his sister, correct?
Yes.
We maintained surveillance for a number of weeks,
though we never realized he was a male.
What reason did Shingai Hiromi have to cross dress and change appearance?
I don't know.
However, from what I see of the situation Shingai Hiromi is in,
He didn't disguise himself merely to hide his identity,
but rather, it was his daily habit.
Stop.
Could you just stop?
W-What are you?
Stop. Don't do that!
I'll decide who your prey is.
Even then,
Kazuhiko accepted me as I was.
After that, Kazuhiko,
in order to relieve my impulses and prevent us being arrested for my murders,
reached out to organizations in the mafia underworld.
We were useful as killers.
For me, It provided release.
The only strings Kazuhiko attached was the request,
that not even a single murder would ever create publicity.
I murdered as the shrike,
killing many people.
And Kazuhiko,
made it appear to clients that he commited the crimes himself.
To conceal my identity.
I'm counting on you.
It was perfect.
Up until that bombing incident.
Then the man who appeared before us with amnesia
who we thought to be Shingai Kazuhiko, was in fact, his brother, Shingai Hiromi?
That's how it turned out.
On the day of the incident, you were pursuing Shingai Hiromi, true?
Yes.
I was tailing Shingai Hiromi and
also later while he was tailing Kakehi.
Hiromi followed Kakehi into that Café.
I followed inside.
While Kakehi looked at a photo, I surveyed the interior.
That mystery woman, wearing sunglasses, was already inside.
She motioned Kakehi towards her.
Kakehi sat facing her,
and Hiromi took a distant seat from them and sat down.
It had been a week since I had been commissioned to assassinate him.
I was waiting for a perfect opportunity to kill Kakehi.
Tailing him was not difficult though,
no matter what, I couldn't heedlessly start something.
Reason being I had to calculate my escape.
However,
I was running out of patience and couldn't bear it.
I'm going to the restroom.
Kakehi left his seat and followed to the restroom.
A little while later, Shingai also proceeded to the restrooms.
I watched Kakehi's back as he headed towards the restrooms,
If there was a chance,
I was determined to kill him without anyone realizing.
Hello, yeah. I'm in the toilet now, so in five minutes...
I'll arrive in five minutes.
Failure irritated me even further.
Because I couldn't see both of them in my field of vision,
I was perplexed about whether to head to the restrooms or not.
During that time, you temporarily took your eyes off the mystery woman, right?
Yes...
When I thought I should head to the restrooms,
Shingai Hiromi and only Shingai, returned from the restroom.
When I had returned from the restroom,
that woman slipped something into Kakehi's bag.
Returning the bag to its former position, the woman stood up.
When Hiromi returned,
the mystery woman rose from her seat and paid the bill.
The woman began to depart.
I had a hunch to follow her.
The mystery woman left the store and then Hiromi left after her.
The appearance of the woman felt abnormal.
I felt that woman was an opening to one of Kakehi's weak points.
I already knew Kakehi's address.
If I learned that woman's identity, I might solve the mystery.
The woman who left the café,
immediately entered a mixed-residential building.
How long did Shingai Hiromi wait in front of that building?
About ten minutes.
During that time, did anyone exit?
A number of people exited the building though
none were the mystery woman.
Eventually, Hiromi entered.
With each passing corridor, people faded like shadows.
The whole building ceased breathing.
I was distracted by her sunglasses and coat,
I hadn't considered the possiblity of disguise.
It was a huge mistake.
Who knew how many there were who had departed?
Though that woman must have been among them.
I hurried down the street, hoping Kakehi would still remain in the café.
After Hiromi left the building, he walked back toward the direction of the café.
Exactly as he was returning to the café, Kakehi came out of the store.
Hiromi followed Kakehi once again.
Kakehi walked fast, in desperation.
He looked angry.
Angry people will...
inevitably make mistakes.
Are you three all together? Where are you going?
Some women were accosted by a homeless man.
Have you been that way?
HEY!
Kakehi, who observed, started running.
And then...
Call an ambulance! An ambulance!
An ambulance! Quickly!
Without knowing what happened,
I stood up. Shaky.
Kakehi had vanished without a trace.
I... suppressed my irritation at being unable to kill Kakehi with my own hands.
In order to retrieve the IC chip,
I searched the debris field for what remained of Kakehi's body.
A girl's voice cried out.
The picture that girl had drawn,
was of Shingai Hiromi, wasn't it?
That was him?
I found the chip and Kakehi's personal belongings in his jacket.
Afterward, I fled the scene.
Are you alright, sweetie?
By the time the dust cleared,
I had lost sight of Shingai Hiromi.
Because I needed to tell how Kakehi died in the bombing,
and to report the location of retrieved objects,
I immediately went to see Kazuhiko.
When I arrived at the apartment,
Kazuhiko left with Akai and his men.
Akai and company surrounded Kazuhiko and took him away.
I pursued them.
Would you like tea or beer?
Tea.
Okay.
I love this service.
Thank you very much.
I'll have four.
OK.
Kazuhiko had fear and anxiety written across his face.
My instincts told me he was in danger.
I didn't know where they were going but,
I guessed Kazuhiko was being taken against his will.
I followed up on my hunch.
Heave-ho.
Yep, let's go.
Stupid hunk of junk!
I realized their intentions.
I thought, at this rate, Kazuhiko would be dead.
That was bad, didn't you hear he didn't have the IC chip?
Zip it.
I imagined the worst case scenario had happened.
Nobody on the cliff.
I thought Kazuhiko had been stabbed.
However,
Kazuhiko, who I thought had crashed to the bottom, had been saved.
Big brother!
Caught between tree branches.
That figure looked resembled...
the shrike's prey.
Kazuhiko!
Hiromi...
Kazuhiko!
I need to apologize to you.
That can wait, now hurry!
Forgive me...
Shrike.
After the bombing, Higashi ordered his men,
to take Kazuhiko out,
kill him from a fall off a cliff.
After confirming Kakehi had died,
he decided to seal Kazuhiko's mouth permanently.
Huh? Are you crying?
Hey!
So you are crying?
Hey!
For sins and crimes committed, you are hereby sentenced to death.
You are eternally cursed.
By me, that is.
How's that, yeah?
C'mon, don't interrupt.
What?
What? What? What?
What?
Does that mean he's regained his memory?
Dammit...
Hey! What are you wearing?
You sick freak!
(Inaudible)
You bastard!
SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT!!!
You look kind of twisted!
Shingai Kazuhiko.
Shingai Hiromi.
It looks good on you.
Cute.
I like the style.
Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huuuuuh?
Did someone call forth a monster?
Coming up on Shrike...
Next episode...
Where was Shingai headed?
On a path with a completely different objective than ours.
First, we have to catch up with Shingai Hiromi's movements.
His whereabouts are unknown.
He vanished?
Both me and shrikes are driven by the same impulses, right?
If his memory returned, the most important thing would be...
the IC chip.
Inspector, do you believe in Dharma?
You've seen Dharma in your dreams?
Could you have... also seen it before?
Is something bothering you at work?
The worst possible situation.
You're aware of Operation GLARKE Alpha?
You know that operation was top secret?
Use your power to sweep the darkness from PSB.
I'm beginning to see how this pieces together.
Until I know the truth, I'll remain empty.
Nice to meet you,
Shingai Hiromi.
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