In recent years, the number of vicious crimes was increasing rapidly.
In order to arrest the criminals and solve the cases, the police's scientific research center,
Forensic Investigation Office Section Nine, has begun investigating cases using MRI.
The image produced by the extracted brain of the victim not only shows the suspect,
but also the victim's entire memory.
Monokuro ni some ta hibi
モノクロに染めた日々
I stain the days in monochrome,
Maki modoshite wa sore wo kuri kaesu
巻き戻してはそれを繰り返す
and replay them again and again.
Dokoka no eiga de mita serifu narabete
どこかの映画で見たセリフ並べて
Lines with words from movies you've seen somewhere,
Kono kokoro kakushita mama heiki na kao shite aruiteta
このココロ隠したまま 平気な顔して歩いてた
I hide my feelings and walk on pretending I'm fine.
Ashimoto ni utsuri konde ita
足元に映り込んでいた
My face was reflected beneath my feet,
Yuganda boku no kao ga kanashisou ni miete ta
歪んだ僕の顔が悲しそうに見えてた
and contorted as if I was in sorrow.
Final Take
The murder victim was film director Sagawa Shuhei, aged 66.
Director Sagawa killed! Murdered in broad daylight
The Legendary Director Sagawa Shuhei Murdered! Footage of the "Hanya Mask" from the security camera
He's believed to have been murdered at home in his garden by an intruder.
The police are currently searching for a suspect who appeared on the security camera while wearing a Hanya mask.
[NB: A Hanya mask is a horned female demon mask used in Noh, a form of Japanese theater.]
Su... mi... re...
That's what the victim said prior to his death.
That's the murderer's name?
Sumire-san?
Sumire? With that kind of face?
But you know, it's possible.
Remember, it's said that a Hanya mask conveys a woman's jealousy and sorrow at its extreme.
Jealousy...
I see...
It's just like a movie, isn't it?
Well, the Hanya mask the murderer was wearing is a regularly used prop in Director Sagawa's films.
The murderer is a fan of Director Sagawa's films?
Onogida-san, is Sagawa Shuhei a really famous director?
What? You've never heard of him?!
You don't know the pride of Japan, the legendary Sagawa Shuhei?
You're an embarrassment to the Japanese.
Seriously, young people these days...
So he says.
Have you heard of him?
If I recall correctly, he's a director who retired rather suddenly around 30 years ago with a few pieces of work under his belt.
That's right, isn't it?
He came down with an eye infection and became completely blind... or so I believe...
Becoming blind is fatal for a movie director.
Sagawa Shuhei regretfully left the film industry, and has since led a life that's completely detached from filming.
I'll lend you his DVDs, so study them carefully.
Really, you're all such a disappointment.
We have a request from the Committee.
We'll be doing an autopsy on Sagawa Shuhei's brain.
Nagamine-san, the victim is completely blind.
The observer's brain isn't an ordinary one.
It's the brain of a film director.
Even if he was blind, there may be a hint hidden within his brain.
The film director, Sagawa Shuhei, was known as a living national treasure while he was alive.
What kind of vision remains in such an extraordinary brain?
This isn't solely to catch the murderer.
The Committee has placed greater importance on the value of his brain as research material, am I right?
Well, something like that.
We're looking into his brain to fulfill our own curiosity?
Not for curiosity, but for research.
What about the bereaved family's feelings?!
We already have the wife's consent.
In fact, she showed a positive attitude and said, "Why certainly, please make use of my husband's brain."
I'm definitely curious!
Sagawa Shuhei's brain is a treasure chest filled with creativity.
I'd even pay to get a look at it!
Onogida-san...
Regardless of what the Committee's intention is, we will put all our effort into the murder investigation.
We're reaching the moment when the victim was murdered.
As expected, he couldn't see a thing...
What was that?
Replay that in slow motion.
Yes, sir.
This is... it's the Hanya mask!
What is this?
What? A woman?
Could this woman be Sumire?
Begin the investigation.
Find out who this girl is.
Yes, sir!
The murderer entered through the back gate, proceeded to kill Sagawa-san by the pond, and then escaped.
The housekeeper testified that she'd forgotten to lock the gate.
The clues we have is a woman's name, "Sumire," and the mystery girl from his last cut...
I'm Sagawa Wakako.
I'm Shimazawa Saki, the housekeeper.
I was originally a fan of my husband's films.
Sagawa was a film director who was truly talented for his age.
How did you two meet?
Thirty years ago, I was a nurse at the hospital where he used to come regularly for his treatment.
But... just as cherry blossoms in full bloom are scattered by the wind, when his talent was at its peak, he lost the light in his eyes.
Although he retired from the film industry, he never gave up his dream.
He was convinced his sight would recover, and continued to visit the hospital, anticipating the day he could return to filming.
But his hopes were crushed.
Too late?!
How dare you!
I'll make a film no matter what it takes!
That scene... it absolutely must be filmed!
Excuse me... I have a special request...
What is it?
I would like you to show me my husband's MRI images.
But even if you are family... there are things that you'd be better off not knowing about...
I've been with him for so many years, I'd accept whatever secrets there may be.
I love my husband...
All the more reason why you shouldn't!
You have memories of the times you spent with your husband. Aren't they enough?
But... I don't have any time left...
A sickly wife...
There must be a reason why she wants to see the brain of her completely blind husband...
Perhaps the blind husband loved the housekeeper and out of jealousy the wife committed murder?
I see, so the Hanya mask was used to express jealousy, right?
But his wife's tears were...
Women can fake tears.
Aoki-san, have you ever had a woman cry on you?
But we know that at the time of the murder, Sagawa Wakako was at the hospital she attends regularly.
Several doctors and nurses have testified to her presence.
Excuse me, Onogida-san?
What are you watching?
Well, remember those images from the last cut?
I figured that they could be the best scenes from films Sagawa Shuhei directed in the past, so...
So did you find them?
The films they came from?
Nope...
It could be one of the many hidden masterpieces that was never released as a DVD.
Oh, it's this part! This always makes me cry, no matter how many times I see it.
It's useless.
He's completely strayed from his duties.
I've located a neuron that's responding weakly to the woman seen in the last cut.
It's quite an old memory, so it may take some time.
Do whatever it takes to reproduce those images.
Yes, sir.
Come on, you should help too, Onogida-san!
Okay...
Aoki, Okabe, I want you to investigate everything in Sagawa's past.
Find out if this scenery and this girl actually exist.
Yes, sir!
The seaside image in the last cut...
...was from Sagawa Shuhei's home village.
Sumire-san... Sumire-san...
Let's see...
There's a possibility that she spent some time here fifty years ago.
Well, I can't really tell much from her name, but there's no record of a villager with that name.
It's this girl.
I see... But it was about half a century ago,
there aren't many people left who know about that period now...
Oh, I see...
Oh! But if you go there, you might be able to find something out.
Legal Residence
Director Sagawa lived in this village until he turned 18, and then he departed for Tokyo.
Title: I want to be a film director.
It appears even back then, his dream was to become a film director.
Over here are some valuable materials presented to us by the director when he was alive.
It's an obscure scenario written by Director Sagawa when he was in high school.
Obscure?
There it is. It's a stronger response than the previous one.
How long ago was it?
From about fifty years ago...
F-Fifty years ago?!
Yes...
So, it's from when the director was a teenager?
You're telling me to go that far back?!
That's totally absurd!
The director wrote this as a hobby when he was 17 years of age,
although, it was never turned into a film.
Characters
Sumire
But...
Sumire... that's-
Maybe...
In this script, is there a scene involving the beach of this village in it?
The main character is a 15-16 year old girl wearing a Hanya mask...
Oh, indeed. I'm impressed you knew about this.
As I thought...
The title is "The Curse of the Hanya."
The girl, whose lover has been murdered, becomes a devil of vengeance upon wearing the Hanya mask.
When her revenge is complete, she follows her lover by ending her life in the sea.
That's the story.
So the girl in the last cut was the heroine in that scenario...
It was a girl from his imagination...
A girl who only exists in the director's brain.
It came out!
It did! It came out! It came out!
This is from when Sagawa Shuhei was 17 years of age.
It's really unclear...
It can't be helped. It is from fifty years ago.
That girl...
She really existed?
What's she saying?
"One day... One day, make a film with me as the heroine."
"Promise me."
That's the only part we could reproduce.
Didn't he film a scenario with this girl cast as the lead?
No, that was an obscure script that was never turned into a film.
This is most likely the girl who became the model for his character, Sumire.
He aspired to be a director, and she dreamed to be an actress...
The two of them promised to create a film together one day...
Something like that, I guess.
Somehow, that's so romantic.
I hope that's the case.
Nagamine-san...
I'm not interested in stories.
It's possible that this murder was committed for revenge.
Revenge?
What are you all hanging around here for?!
Find out where that girl is now!
Y-Yes, sir!
There's no need for that.
What?
Search every part of his memory for any other images of this girl.
By doing so, the truth will reveal itself.
Yes, sir.
Yes, it's me.
Right, the investigation is over.
The murderer has turned themselves in.
The murderer, who turned themselves in, provided us with the costume and weapon used in the murder.
Why is it you of all people?
This is the new one.
It's probably the audition for Director Sagawa's first film.
This girl... isn't she the girl from the last cut?
Aoki.
"My name is Moriyama Wakako."
So, tell me...
...Shimazawa Saki-san.
Yes...
I was originally involved in the Master's film production crew as a scriptwriter.
And that's what made me decide to work at their house.
The Master and his wife were such a loving couple...
I really envied them.
They'd made a promise to each other when they were in high school.
Back then, Sagawa Shuhei already had a dream of becoming a film director, and Wakako dreamed of becoming an actress.
However, Wakako had to leave the village because of her parents' job.
It was then that he promised to one day become a film director and cast her in the lead role...
It's a promise.
...and when he was barely in his 20s, Sagawa made his debut as a film director.
Wakako, whose aim was to be an actress, went to the audition, and that's how they met each other again.
But Sagawa didn't choose Wakako.
He probably chose to perfect his film rather than keep his promise.
Wakako gave up her dreams to be an actress.
By the time they met again for the second time, he was almost blind.
The Master was forced to retire before he could keep the promise he made with Madam.
Ever since then, the Master said to Madam daily that she must still hold a grudge against him for not keeping their promise.
I just didn't want to see that anymore!
To see the Master tormented by guilt and to see the wonderful relationship those two had fall apart...
Please, do it with this.
What? Master?
I want to fulfill my promise I made with Wakako.
Do it!
Forgive me, please, Master!
I can't...
D-Do it for me!
"To fulfill my promise"?
What promise is there to fulfill if he's dead?
Don't be stupid.
I don't hold any grudges against you.
That film may never have been filmed, but I'll live it in real life with you.
That's what I really wish for.
The last image he saw with his eyes, was Wakako's smile.
Sagawa always regretted...
...not being able to make a film with me as the lead.
Then one day, he finally thought of a way...
The MRI...
Even my blind husband can create a film on his own with that.
Only...
By exchanging his life.
That was my husband's last wish.
So, that's why you said you wanted to see his brain.
It's his final masterpiece... and the main role is played by me, back when I was 15...
But there's not much time left in my life now...
Welcome to Section Nine.
It was shown on the main monitor in Section Nine's theater, a beautiful and moving final masterpiece...
Shitte ita no nani mo kamo
知っていたの 何もかも
I knew about it, everything.
Matte ita no ima mo nao
待っていたの 今もなお
I was waiting for you, even now.
Ittai doko made yukeba ii no ka
一体どこまで行けばいいのか
How far do I have to go?
Mabuta no ura no kioku sae
まぶたの裏の記憶さえ
Even the memories of you are branded into the back of my eyelids;
Kono katamari wo nurasu
このカタマリを濡らす
they soak what's behind my eyelids.
Anata wo wasurete dokoka tooku
貴方を忘れてどこか遠く
I want to forget about you, and go somewhere far away.
Ikitai ikenai ikitai ikenai
行きたい 行けない 行きたい 行けない
I can't leave yet I want to leave, because I can't leave.
Atashi wa yowai yowai yowai
アタシは 弱い 弱い 弱い
I am weak, I am frail, and I am fragile.
Atashi no namida wo anata wa...
アタシの涙を貴方は...
My tears with you will...
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