Starring:
Yosuke Eguchi
Miwako Ichikawa
Yoshio Harada
Takashi Kashiwabara
Yukiko Okamoto
Haruhiko Kato
Yasuko Matsuyuki
Akira Emoto
George lida
How terrible for the earth and the sea!
The Devil has come down to you,
and he is filled with rage,
as he knows that he has such little time left.
(Chapter 12,the Revelation to John)
ANOTHER HEAVEN
Watch your step.
Nice smell.
Maybe stew.
Did the landlord inform us?
Yeah. He was laughing.
What? Laughing?
When shocked, guys act in an odd way.
This place is new.
But no one will rent it after this.
If TV reports this place,
it'll be finished.
The body seems fairly clean.
He's new.
Nice smell, eh? Stew?
Evidently the victim's a good cook.
It's a clue.
May I take a look?
Pork-no-chicken stew.
Sure smells good.
How nice!
Makes me hungry.
Behave. There's a stiff here.
Inspector Tobitaka and Dr. Akagi are coming.
Old Akagi too?
Let's light it.
Be careful.
Please!
Sorry.
Look.
His head's empty.
An insult to the dead!
It's really empty.
What?
He has no brains.
Then...
where are they?
The brains.
Hey, hey!
Is it that terrible?
What's with you?
Manabu!
What's this nice smell?
Awful!
Let's go.
What's with him?
The worst case I ever saw was
a severed penis in the corpse's mouth.
How base!
I remember seeing a similar neck injury.
A zoo breeder was killed by a gorilla
20 years ago.
Then a gorilla did that too.
A gorilla chef.
A gourmet too.
How can you talk like that?
Ass! I'm shocked, too.
I doubt it.
Inspector!
There's a tubious man.
Say "dubious."
He lives next door.
Can't make it out. Speak clearly!
Sorry.
It tastes like cheese.
He ran!
Hey, wait!
To the rear!
Let go of me!
I didn't do it.
Who said you did?
Knock it off!
You said the killer was strong
and a good cook.
You're trying to pin it on me, huh?
You're nice and strong.
Does it matter?
It sure does.
What do you do?
A butcher. So what?
Butcher, eh?
I slice meat and sell it. I cook stew to sell, too.
My stew is tasty, they say.
Anyway, what's it to you, huh?
He did it.
Dear!
Hey, stop!
This is where the murder occurred.
Judging from the victim's injury,
the killer was a man weighing over 100 kg.
He had a grip of over 150 kg.
Don't mention his cooking.
We'll get started.
Bizarre Murder Cases
Not bizarre crimes.
The guy killed his victims instantly.
The butcher's innocent.
Know why the neighbor was killed?
He rushed in
when the killer was cooking.
He broke his neck and threw him out.
He got mad?
He's sadistic and loses his temper easily.
Why so sure?
A woman in the room.
He'd been sent to paradise once.
He arranged flowers too.
He had lots of call girl fliers, but...
Who's she?
Dr. Sasamoto at the police hospital.
She was watching Manabu.
Not a call girl.
He had porno videos. He hid them from her.
I don't think he had a woman... unlike you.
Who do you mean?
A cabaret hostess.
That? Name was Asako.
Small fingerprints.
The killer was big.
So, the killer was a beauty.
Small hands, but she weighs over 100 kg.
Is that it?
Nonsense. The killer was a man.
Inspector!
Another murder! Another empty head!
Stew again?
No.
Meat loaf?
Spaghetti sauce.
Let's go!
Hell! My favorite food!
The fingerprints.
We'll probably get more stiffs like this.
Inedible food too.
Another victim was discovered.
The total number is...
five now.
How long must it go on?
TV-shows too much brutality.
It invites crime.
Too much violence appears
in novels and movies.
As children grow, such scenes become ingrained.
They must be outlawed.
Was I dreaming?
Had a nightmare?
I was watching you.
How did you get in?
The door was open.
What a careless cop!
The murder cases?
Get out.
Your case was closed.
Why must we meet?
He was cooking?
Then "she." Not "he."
Don't look.
Why believe the killer's a man?
No man can be such a good cook.
Some men can.
They're good cooks.
Only girls learn cooking of this sort.
She must be a beauty.
She can hook a man easily. She arranges flowers too.
A woman can't break a man's neck.
It's hard for a man, too.
How did she do it?
It's simple.
What?
Her superhuman power.
It's possible.
I thought about it, too.
You're lying.
It fits in perfectly.
She had sex.
But someone used physic power.
With human hands.
He needed too much strength for a woman.
Not superhuman power.
Is that so?
You think so, Manabu?
Don't "Manabu" me.
Now, get out.
I have special ability.
Like what?
A keen sense. I can tell how people feel.
Nonsense!
How you feel, too.
Leave.
You came to my place, too.
To investigate.
After I busted your man...
He wasn't my man.
Only to investigate?
After that, I met you five times in town...
by chance.
That didn't start anything like "love."
I have work to do.
I'm tired, too.
Leave, huh?
All right.
My bag.
I'm sure it was a woman.
Manabu?
You're really tired.
Poor guy!
Hey.
Stop it.
Let's do it.
All right, eh?
I love you.
A voluntary teacher for the handicapped?
He's the seventh victim. Found in...
A vinegared stew?
His parents were killed in an accident.
He got their money and started volunteering?
He was unfortunate.
He wanted to help people from their misery.
You want to do the same?
No.
Did you suffer misfortune?
My parents' divorce.
It took me long to overcome it.
Divorce makes children loose and lascivious.
You mustn't say that.
Why not?
What about you?
Ass!
What's that red stuff?
How could you do that?
What a shame!
A UFO room, eh?
UFOs exist.
Seen one?
Think Earth's a globe?
Of course!
Seen it?
TV and photos. Even babies know.
I saw UFOs on TV and in photos.
Manabu.
You're a cop, eh?
So what?
Cops mustn't believe in UFOs. Wake up!
Sorry. My teacher told me to come.
That's all right. Come out.
Chi-chan stayed here for three days.
She wanted to do naughty things with him.
He didn't want to.
But one day Chi-chan got on him by force.
After that, she cut open his head like this.
She cut it open. I was scared!
He wasn't thinking anything bad.
He wasn't tasty. She said so.
Tell his school.
Did he see it?
Don't ask me!
Sir!
Where are you?
Why run away?
Where are you?
Sir?
Where are you going?
Sir!
Wait, sir!
Don't run!
No! No!
Missing people get mixed up in crime.
They aren't felons.
I know.
Believe in UFOs and ghosts? Enough!
Why deny what really happened?
We can't believe in everything.
We can't ask ghost for help.
How mulish!
In the first place, how could a woman rape a man?
Found her?
Here!
Chizuru Kashiwagi, a college student.
She became missing three days before the first case.
She's "Chi-chan."
She's weird.
She okay?
Be patient.
I'm sure we can do anything to her.
It's for sure. What'll we do?
Don't force yourself to drink.
Sorry.
No butter.
Don't I have any?
What about salad oil?
No.
I'll go buy some.
No. I'll go.
Don't bother. I'll go myself.
Excuse me.
Hurry.
What're you cooking?
Something delicious. I need more ingredients.
Slice the fish yourself?
The fish are lucky.
Sorry.
Be patient.
Hey, Chizuru...
Don't move so fast.
I can hear.
Hear what?
Your bad thoughts.
It's fun to open a head.
Bad thoughts change brains' color.
And...
it's reflected in hair, too.
I realized it only lately.
Your hair's stiff.
I don't like this.
I bought butter.
Well?
Where are they?
They're resting.
Resting?
Hey, wait a minute.
What?
I'll use a rubber.
It's for your sake, too.
Why must everyone provoke me?
Afraid of disease?
No.
About disease...
only the living need to worry.
Help!
Five on the balcony, four on the veranda.
Seven at the fire escape.
One in the basement car park.
Two in every corridor. Okay?
We're ready.
Let's go.
He says a Chizuru did it.
The informer? Who can tell?
This way.
It's open.
Over there too!
Call an ambulance!
No brains.
It's empty.
Cool down!
Where's the killer?
Cool down first.
Let's look for the killer and more victims.
Cold... cold...
You okay?
Be brave!
A blanket!
Police. You're all right.
Your name?
Kimura... it's Kimura.
You're all right.
The gal's dead.
There was no one else here.
Meaning?
The killer was...
Chizuru.
You said she couldn't be.
I realize she was!
Her brains are gone.
How could she kill?
At least her heart was beating.
A blanket.
A college student
killed a man and cooked his brains.
And her brains got lost, too.
Unbelievable!
Saying there's another killer? Where's he?
Tell me!
Noisy kid!
What's up?
What is it?
Lovely hair...
COLLEGE STUDENT SUSPECTED OF MURDER
Going out?
You like me?
Why ask?
Just tell me.
Your face.
Stay in bed.
What's up?
All you see is...
how I look.
I want you to be as you look. It's obvious.
What about you?
What?
What do you like...
about me.
I don't know.
You asked me first.
Let's go.
Together? Where to?
Just get up.
What happened here?
Chizuru became missing.
She'd been with a friend.
She was standing there.
Three days later, the murders began.
She was studying cooking and flower arrangement.
She had thin wrists.
She broke men's necks?
Her brains were gone, too.
Yet, the police...
tried to decide she was the killer.
They believe only what they can see.
The killer ran.
Ran?
Not Chizuru.
Something evil ran from her head.
She's a good girl.
She was so obedient that she grew frustrated.
She was under stress.
So evil attracted her.
Frustrated?
It's just a lump of stone.
I detest enduring things.
Her father wants her back.
Her brains weren't gone.
They shrank and dried up in a corner.
Filled with ulcers, too.
Brain ulcers?
How could she live until now?
How could she walk?
I want to keep such a rarity here.
She was ill?
How could she have killed?
But she really did it.
There's physical evidence.
She wasn't a big man.
Her potentiality.
A mother lifts a car to save her kid.
That's absurd!
That doesn't matter.
Two guys were almost killed by Chizuru.
She was arrested and died.
Case closed. It's over.
Let me say this again...
No thanks.
Without brains, how could she think?
Yet she did. That's a fact.
Still arguing?
Mr. Hayase.
A phone call for you.
Hello?
Manabu?
Who is this?
Hello?
Chizuru was standing before that statue, eh?
You Kimura?
How did you know?
Think. You'll know the answer.
Answer! How did you know?
I have a gift for you.
A gift?
Room 1009, Hotel Excellent.
My gift for you.
Kimura! Hey!
A crime buff.
He tapped into our radio.
Guys like that are around.
Open it.
"For Beloved Manabu"
Brains did it!
Look for the killer.
Chizuru's brains moved to Kimura.
So he did the same.
Nonsense. Move!
Hello?
Mysterious, eh?
Why copy what Chizuru did?
I knew you'd say so. Stupid!
Shut up! Damn you!
There!
Manabu.
Stairs.
Freeze!
Don't move!
You ass!
Who's the woman?
I don't know. I picked her up.
Inspector!
I'm happy.
This world's wonderful!
Knock it off!
Damn him!
Hey, Manabu!
"I let myself drift in a current."
"I wonder where I'll end up."
Manabu.
I missed you.
Don't "Manabu" me!
Go ahead. Shoot, Manabu...
Finally we meet again.
How terrific!
You look great.
Damn you!
Freeze!
You can't shoot, eh?
Shoot!
Go ahead!
Shoot!
I hit him.
Let's go down!
Where is he?
He must be dead.
He really ran away!
Tell them to shoot him.
Just shoot him.
Explain first.
Shut up!
Him!
He's crazy!
The car!
What's he doing?
Baiting us.
Some guy!
Don't overdo it, Pop.
Shut up!
You got better at shooting.
Just by chance.
Shoot his groin. He kissed you.
I'll kill him.
This is Hayase. I'm at the condominium...
Is murder bad?
Of course!
Of course?
TV's filled with murder.
Murder takes place in dramas, movies and news.
Everyone's bored. They crave fun.
Life without murder's boring to you too, eh?
What are you?
What am I?
A spaceman?
Spaceman, eh?
Answer.
It's only today's humans that think of space wars.
"Drop bombs to protect us!"
I'm human, a real human.
No kidding!
I'm not kidding. I'm a human.
I know...
that you can understand me.
No humans have your power.
We're friends.
Let's play together.
I'm not gay.
Then what do you like?
Lay off him, Manabu!
No problem.
Bruises and three cracked ribs.
It's not a problem?
Just lie still. Your brains are all right, too.
Lie still?
For a week, at least.
A problem.
Why? The case is almost closed, right?
The killer's seriously wounded?
That inspector shot an unarmed man three times.
I shot him, too.
He wasn't armed, eh?
A spaceman...
I mean him.
I'll check your brains again.
Do so.
I was joking.
There you are!
Excuse me.
Leave!
What?
Excuse me.
You stay. She's leaving.
I came just now.
I'll leave. Take care.
I'm not leaving.
Why the sunglasses?
To be incognito.
You won't be.
I looked everywhere for you.
Does it hurt?
Yeah.
I was in danger.
Thought I'd die.
Don't say that.
That reminds me. You were right.
The killer.
What was he?
I don't know.
He enters a human head.
Said he was a human.
A human?
Said I'm his friend.
A friend?
A friend.
He didn't mean to kill me.
What's "friend"?
I'm not helping people.
Meaning...?
I'm just a crime buff.
A crime buff?
I listened to police radios and phones.
I rushed to the scene.
I was a student then.
Everything was real.
Real crimes were great.
I liked it.
The evil enchanted me.
So I became a cop.
I'm not helping people.
He realized it.
I never mentioned it.
But...
But what?
You helped me once...
from bad people.
I didn't mean to.
It was my job.
That's all.
What's going on?
Too defensive? Damn it!
What're you doing?
What're you doing, guys?
To see him.
Shut up, chick!
Can't you tell what you're doing?
A cop mustn't touch an ex-con!
The way you talk!
Get out!
Manabu.
Leave.
Snap it up!
Get lost!
Never come again!
Ass!
Don't come anymore!
Inspector! A body!
A body!
Where?
At the basement entrance.
Basement?
Hey, stay in bed!
Snoop for information.
Excuse me.
Not Kimura.
Brains?
In her head.
Why does Kimura kill?
He imitates other killers.
Nonsense!
He didn't use that woman.
He didn't like her.
Unlike you, he's choosy.
And where is he now?
You mean the real killer?
Maybe in someone else.
Everyone's in danger.
What can we do?
Why the hospital?
Kimura loves Hayase.
Don't say that.
Get out of here quick!
Search this hospital!
Who is it?
Asako?
Go away.
Open up.
Didn't I tell you to lie still for a week?
I must check on you regularly. Understand?
You have bruises and cracked ribs.
I'm sorry but I had a reason.
The murder?
You cops tend to make your own rules.
Listen.
I must go.
Your injury's worse than you think.
Undress and get in bed.
You're a patient.
Kimura's body...?
Still missing. He may be alive.
But he's injured.
He doesn't care. You know that.
You're learning.
Shut up!
The investigation...?
Pure routine, that's all.
Can you explain?
Explain what?
Something unknown gets into brains and kills.
You guys seem to be a good pair now.
I gave a name to the unknown thing.
What name?
"Something."
Because we don't know what it is.
He called himself "human."
Absurd! Even this inspector won't believe it.
Are you praising me or not?
There's a clue for "Something."
Like what?
Brain ulcers need morphine for therapy.
Morphine's available only at hospitals.
A nurse or doctor?
Who knows? Cops can get it, too.
Another clue.
What?
This "Something" will approach you.
Maybe it's in a woman of your type.
Not Asako. One you'd fall for.
What's up?
Ring a bell?
Tell us.
Speak.
Doctor.
About the patient...
He's all right.
Keep watching him.
Oh, you?
Don't startle me.
I'll retire after this case.
You sure?
Got any clues?
Not yet.
I envy him. He's with a woman. I'm with you.
Sorry for that.
Damn thing!
Can you eat?
Somehow, yes.
Silly.
Some food sickens me now, though.
No fever.
Does coffee sicken you, too?
No.
Good. I'll make you some.
Doctor.
Don't "Doctor" me.
Were you married?
Got a divorce?
Oh?
You knew?
I married.
Yes, I married once.
But I'm a divorcee now.
We bought land.
And built a custom house.
Everyone envied us.
But our marriage ended in two months.
I got the house as heart balm.
It's vacant now.
I don't feel like living there.
There's a huge electric tower near it.
I'm awkward.
I don't know how to love a man.
I wish we were drinking wine together.
Pop, be quiet.
It's tasty.
I'm glad.
Have some coffee.
Don't bother. Listen to this!
I'm not the right person.
I can't give you a house.
I didn't want the house.
I'd rather have something else.
Like what?
Mutual understanding with a man. That's it.
Don't decide now.
I can't trust your answer yet.
Sorry.
It's all right.
I'm sorry.
It aches.
Freeze!
Hot!
You all but fooled me.
Hey!
You tried to act dumb, eh?
Help! Help!
Stop it!
Hey, stop pretending!
Stop it!
What?
What's this?
Help me. Please!
Got it, eh?
What?
Headache medicine.
Over there!
Where is it?
I got it.
So it's you after all!
Not this.
It's an antibiotic.
For headaches.
What's wrong with headaches?
I hardly slept last night.
Yet I wanted to see you.
Dammit!
The door was open.
What is it?
Not that woman. She's dangerous.
I know.
It's over.
You're the right woman?
An ex-con...
for an ex-crime buff?
What brings you?
You still like me?
Let's forget this.
Don't say that.
I'm not marrying you.
At least I know I'm not what you want.
I wanted to stay with you.
I wanted to watch you.
I didn't mean to come.
Why did you?
I was worried.
You're a kind person.
You don't know it, though.
Your bag.
Any medicine?
For what?
Headaches.
Kimura!
Manabu? I have more gifts for you.
This way.
Here.
They were knocked to death and torn apart.
It's ghastly.
Look.
"For Manabu"
Ouch!
Hello?
It's me.
What do you want? I'm busy.
That woman did it.
Enough!
The medicine.
Medicine?
In the coffee bag.
What?
Lots of it.
Hello? Listening?
Be careful.
She'll come again.
Watch for her. I mean it.
Believe me. That's what I wanted to say.
I won't come again.
I won't see you again.
Goodbye!
Wait!
What?
Got the medicine?
How many bodies came here?
Is it fun to slice bodies?
Dr. Akagi.
Why the fish?
Sometimes I feel like watching living things.
Nonsense!
Only humans think death is the end.
You controlled yourself last evening.
Now I can't control myself.
What a pity!
You could've slept with Manabu.
You told him about headaches.
It's your ulcers.
They're developing too fast.
I can't stay in a body long.
The body's counterattacking you.
It's a sign to abandon this body.
We were deceived!
You a human?
How can a human move into brains?
Flesh is no good. It soon disappears.
Get out of here and you'll see what I mean.
I'll kill you and that stupid inspector.
After that,
I'll get into Manabu.
Dr. Akagi!
Pop!
Hey, Pop!
Wake up, Pop!
Pop!
What's going on?
Where's "Something"?
You can't fool us.
What's this all about?
What happened?
You're joking, eh?
Don't act dumb!
Hey!
What's up?
Keep away!
Help! Please!
Explain!
He did it!
Knock it off!
Stay put!
Throw off your disguise!
Do it! Quick!
Manabu...
Stop it!
You all right?
Damn you!
Inspector!
Hayase!
This is enough!
What's all this?
Are you really our cops?
Say you are clearly!
Enough!
Asako's odd! It's her!
Just come!
Forgive us.
What?
We were mistaken.
We have no words to apologize.
Enough! Cut it out!
I'm sorry.
Stop it!
They can't shoot us.
Forgive me.
Don't repeat it!
Dammit! Ouch!
Does she sell health food?
What's that?
My gift.
A method to approach her.
Looks cheap.
It's a fake.
Give her up.
She doesn't suit you.
It's like you. What a way to console me!
She knew I didn't love her.
Yet she did as I said and ended up like that.
You sympathize with her?
Are you so sentimental?
What?
The female doctor and old Akagi... they all died.
"Something" is...
going at me now.
I don't want to see any more bodies!
Me either. So we have no choice but to kill Asako.
I know that much!
Hello?
Manabu?
Asako?
Help. That one's in my head.
My head aches.
Where are you?
My head aches. Help!
Asako.
Where are you?
Understood.
She told me. Let's go.
We're the only ones who can do this. Okay?
I know.
Good.
Damn you!
I'll do it alone.
Dammit!
Asako!
Manabu.
You okay?
I'll die.
Well?
It's not sure yet.
I was right, eh?
About what?
You're kind.
Can't get it.
Who's there?
Will you promise?
Promise what?
That you won't get mad.
Just come in!
No, I won't.
Wait. I promise. Come in.
Who're you?
I'm not fishy. Maybe a little fish.
Turn it off!
Sorry.
You!
You promised not to get mad.
All right. Get me the key.
Really I mustn't talk to you.
Why not?
We mustn't participate.
You an eavesdropper? A crime buff?
I'm a fan.
I mean I'm your and Hayase's fan.
Knock it off.
Just get me the key.
Will you do me a favor first?
What favor? Tell me.
What?
Your autograph.
What?
What do you like about me?
Your being a great cop.
"Great"?
Old-fashioned, stubborn,
honest, straight and...
Shut up!
Thank you.
Listen.
I wanted a steady job.
I chose a health food company.
I checked a name list at the office.
I found your name.
I mean it.
Then I couldn't control myself.
I thought it my fate.
I'm sorry.
I wanted to tell you that.
"Save Asako's life in return."
"I'll do as you say."
"I'll kill. So save Asako's life!"
No!
It's writhing in me.
It's weak. It can't get out of me.
Asako.
Manabu.
Burn me. Burn my body.
Silly.
Then it'll be gone.
It'll die, too.
How can I do that?
It's the only way...
to kill it.
If I die, it'll get out of me and do bad things.
So burn me.
Manabu.
Hug me tight. Please.
Seems we lost sight of it.
Stop the car.
Stop!
There's a huge electric tower near it.
Thanks.
I'll borrow it.
Hey! Inspector!
Where are you going?
Hey!
I'll become a cop, too!
A cop like you. Absolutely!
Dammit!
Asako...
Stop it!
She's holding me.
What on earth are you?
What are you?
A human. A human like you.
Cut it out!
I returned from the world to come.
Returned?
I fell from the future.
This place is filled with cruel egos.
But it's Heaven for you and me.
Another Heaven. Isn't it so?
Is this world Heaven?
The true Heaven's boring.
No fights. No killing. No bad thoughts.
Who wants to go there?
You can tell it.
Everyone will want to return here.
Like I did.
I'm in everyone on earth. In you too.
And you know it best.
Then get in me. Live in me!
Get out of Asako!
Kill this woman.
So I can get in you and stay here.
Save Asako.
Anything here?
Why the bear?
This will help.
Manabu!
Asako...
How is she?
Manabu...
Run!
Quick!
That one is...
water.
Water?
Yes.
Through ears...
Asako!
Hey!
Water?
What water?
No...
I'll be the last.
I'll die with it.
No.
That won't help.
Not you.
What're you doing?
Stop it!
Get up! Get up!
There!
Step aside!
The water's gone.
Manabu! Run!
What's keeping you?
Inspector!
Run! I'm all right.
Asako!
Wake up!
Wake up, Asako! Please!
Asako!
I'm glad.
I'm saved?
Yes.
I'm happy.
Because... Manabu...
you got to liking me.
Asako! Wake up!
Thank you for taking me to the museum.
It's enough.
You and I are together now.
I'm happy.
I'm very happy.
Asako!
That girl...
she's somebody.
I was wrong.
Water?
Were we fighting mere water?
It's malice.
It's the malice in humans. That's it.
Malice is scattering in the streets.
But nothing changes.
It's mixed up.
Everyone has both:
Love and malice.
But...
many aren't affected by evil.
Asako wasn't.
Written and Directed by George lida
Producer: Shin-ya Kawai
Co-producer: Makoto Ishihara
Line Producer: Hijiri Taguchi
Executive Producers: Toyoyuki Yokohama Hideshi Miyajima
Toshiho Toyoda Kei Haruna Michihiko Umezawa
Music: Taro Iwashiro
Sound Producer: SEXTASY ROOM
Original Theme Song: LUNA SEA
Photography: Hiroshi Takase
Lighting: Akira Ono
Art Direction: Iwao Saito
Editing: Hirohide Abe