(1996, Yokohama)
Junichi! Come back to the house!
He doesn't know you...
...somewhat.
What did you do to my son?
He has been liberated, that is all.
Junichi! Come back home with me.
Tae is also waiting for you.
(Dad, I am free. Goodbye, Junichi)
(Unsent: Incident of body abandoned in front of home at San'nodai 4-chome; 23 Jan. 1996, Kudo Junichi)
Screenplay: HAYASHI HIROSHI / YOSHIDA YASUHIRO
Music: MURAMATSU TAKATSUGU
Director: HATANO TAKAFUMI
(Tsurumi Ward, Yokohama)
A car is coming in! Please clear the road!
- A car is coming in! - Okay, a car's coming through.
Please make way for the car. Car's coming. Please make way.
- Thanks for the hard work. - Hey.
- Mother and child, right? - The 6 year old daughter died instantly.
- The mother? - Unconscious and in critical condition.
The door had been broken into.
Suspect forced his way in, and pushed them out the window.
How cruel can you get.
- What about fingerprints? - We found three along with the victims.
Yep, Tachikawa speaking.
Just a few more stitches...
The daughter died in her mother's arms.
Thanks.
Prosecutor Oe, what can we do for you?
I was already shown the scene earlier.
Take care of the rest.
What's with that guy, huh.
Hey Cap, Deputy Manager says you head back.
You got a visitor waiting at HQ.
Me?
She's asking for a lady detective working in homicide.
Seems you've been appointed.
(Kanagawa Prefectural Police)
Although it was confirmed that there were deposits worth 500k made twice on Saturday and Friday...
...the family testified that they know nothing about it.
We're continuously looking into the payment route, etc.
Then, take care of it.
Yes, sir!
- Oh, hello. - Good morning.
Who's the visitor?
- Visitor? - Tachikawa said a visitor has come to see me.
He dumped it on you, and ran away.
- That low-life jerk. - Yeah, the worst.
- Please get someone else. - They won't listen.
So, she's downstairs. Take care of it, okay?
- I'm Ishikawa of First Investigative Division. - Are you an expert on murder?
Yes, I investigate, actually.
- Your name is... - Anita...
Anita Marcia, I had seen a murder.
On my way back from work...
I saw a young man abandoned by a car somewhere.
When did this happen?
January of 1996.
1996!?
This happened 20 years ago?
Why are you only telling us now?
It it perhaps you're an illegal immigrant?
Back then...
It'd be troubling if I weren't able to send money to my son back home so I didn't say anything.
I have cancer now, and I'm going back to my country.
That's why I can say it now...
'Ishikawa Yuri' YOSHIDA YO
'Takagi Shinjiro' NAGAYAMA KENTO
'Tachikawa Daisuke' TAKITO KENICHI
'Kaneko Toru' MITSUISHI KEN
'Motoki Hidetoshi' MIURA TOMOKAZU
Wabi-Sabi Subs Presents: COLD CASE Door of Truth
Case 1: "Confined Voice"
What are you doing diving in the basement?
Checking for answers.
Corroborating a report received a while ago.
A body found in front of his home, death by arsenic poisoning, 20 years ago...
A cold case, huh.
A strong testimony had come out.
You think it's credible?
Yes.
You'd be willing to talk after 20 years, right?
Is it worth re-investigating?
I think so. There's a change in the angle from before.
As time passes, circumstances and people change, just like her.
So it seems there's hope?
Yes.
Alright...
Let's get this above ground.
"Dad, I'm free. Goodbye..."
It's a suicide note, right?
But there are traces on his clothes of being dragged.
It means he was taken by someone?
At the time, Kudo Junichi was 19 years old...
It says here, his mother had already passed away...
...and he was living with his surgeon father and an older sister who was a medical student.
He lived a wealthy life in a luxury residential area...
But the son quit medical school after six months.
It must have been a shock to the father.
Then he joined the self-development group, "Liberty of Heart".
He was said to be an enthusiastic participant.
"Self-development seminar"... Was it sketchy?
Well, it depends...
They were quite popular at that time.
If it's 1996...
The impact of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and the Subway Sarin Attack Incident the previous year...
...must have been lingering still.
The world was in a disheartened state, right?
That time, he frequented a club called "Arcadia" on 5th Avenue... Have you heard of it, Neko-san?
"Arcadia"? I haven't heard that name for a long time...
Runaway girls and the bad crowd would hang out over there.
- Is it gone? - Yeah, it went bust.
What's the incident?
Oh, this one. I remember it well.
You're kidding. Neko-san, how old were you then?
Back then, I didn't need reading glasses yet.
The detective in charge of this was Muto?
He retired around 10 years ago.
- Muto-san was greatly disturbed by it. - Why?
The "Liberty of Heart" was a cult with radical ideas.
During a house search, they found large amounts of arsenic and the cult was forced to dissolve.
Arsenic?
They surmised the cult was planning on indiscriminate terrorism.
Just like the Sarin Incident?
Taking advantage of this young man's death, they were able to prevent terrorism beforehand, huh?
I remember that the cult was headed by a man named Morinaga Kensho, right?
I believe he's still in prison.
I wonder if he'll be finishing his prison term soon?
If it has been dissolved 20 years ago, they may have loosened their guard by now.
Very well. Then, take care of it.
- Me? - You dug it up, didn't you?
We still haven't figured out about the unresolved mother and child homicide.
(International Medical Center, Hirijikyo University)
Sorry to make you wait.
I am Ishikawa of the First Investigation Division.
This way please.
Reinvestigation?
A person who has seen the body of your son being abandoned in front of your home, has come forward.
We apologize for not having any progress on the case for 20 years.
But from here on...
Please leave it be.
This matter is already finished.
Don't you want to know... who killed your son?
My son committed suicide.
That's what I believe.
Though he was told his son might have been killed by someone...
- He currently holds the position of hospital director. - Thanks.
When it comes to family issues, it's something that can never be completely understood by outsiders.
If the family isn't on board, whom are we doing this for?
Well, regarding the matter of the car that the witness said she saw...
...it's gonna be a bit tough with just an info on "a black van".
Anyhow, it's been 20 years.
Hello. I came from Sagami Station. My name's Takagi.
- Oh, you're here. - I'm digging in.
Congratulations.
You wished for this, right?
Thank you. I feel I[ve moved up to something major.
You look like you're going dancing with that neck tie.
You think so?
She is police inspector, Captain Ishikawa.
Eh? Oh... she is?
- Nice to meet you. - I'll be under your care.
You two are going to team up for the meantime.
What?
Nothing.
So then, which case are we gonna work on?
Is it the mother and child homicide at Tsurumi? Or the robbery-homicide at Kannai?
This one.
"1996"...
Eh? An unresolved case?
Problem?
No, not really.
(Sagamihara Penitentiary)
You may come in.
We're Ishikawa and Takagi from the First Investigative Division.
You people of the law wear serious faces.
You show no fear but the truth is you desperately hide...
...that you're the same scared kids you always were.
We're here regarding the death of Kudo Junichi 20 years ago.
Kudo Junichi, huh?
He was suffering because his father was forcing him to become a doctor.
He wanted to be an artist.
You brainwashed him, didn't you?
Of course not. I only gave him the option to live.
Having you two at the same time, that'll be awesome!
Huh!?
You annoy me.
Fine, you asked for it!
Get up, you!
You sonavabitch~!
That's enough. Just move along now.
- Who the hell are you? Asshole. - Watch your mouth.
Just do what I say.
Thanks.
Why did you help me?
I only stopped what I saw what was going to happen.
You wanted to get beaten up, didn't you?
What the hell do you know?
You're full of pain... And you just want to at least control how you get hurt.
Shut up!
Very well.
That person understands you.
He can see you, you know.
"Liberty Of Heart" was a true utopia.
What a cocky thing to say...
You did petty crimes, right? Scams, tax evasion, blackmail.
The charges against you speak for themselves.
Those are your laws.
I don't consider myself a part of that.
What did you do to him?
I helped him release from his past and gave him true freedom.
Did you know he died from arsenic poisoning?
Yes, I heard.
You were plotting indiscriminate terrorism, similar to the Sarin Incident, right?
Don't believe such an idiotic rumor.
Liberty Of Heart wasn't a cult.
Does it still exist now?
No...
It has become a thing of the past.
I'm home.
Colombo.
Come here.
How was your day, Colombo?
They acted fairly quick, huh.
Liberty Of Heart is "a thing of the past" my ass.
They sure are well-organized, huh.
Both your adjacent neighbors aren't home, and though old lady Suzuki at the back was at home...
...she says she didn't hear anything.
I should look into Morinaga's visitation list, right?
Please do.
At that time, there was a guy who did bodyguard work for Morinaga Kensho.
Bodyguard?
Kuroi Takaaki...
He was a champion in amateur boxing.
He's currently the director of a children's support center in Totsuka Ward.
Hello.
Yeah, I'm working right now.
(Children's Support Center, Children Freedom Park, Kokoro)
- Hello - Hi, hello. (Children's Support Center, Children Freedom Park, Kokoro)
Hello. (Children's Support Center, Children Freedom Park, Kokoro)
I broke off ties with Morinaga Kensho 20 years ago.
I don't have anything to do with him anymore.
Do you remember Kudo Junichi-san?
Yes, because of him, the seminar group got dissolved.
What comes to your mind if we tell you he was killed by someone?
- What comes to my mind...? - Like some kind of clue or something.
Someone with a grudge against Kudo. Someone who hated him...
If he was killed, then it should be Morinaga Kensho, right?
What makes you think so?
It was...
...after Kudo finished clearing the third stage.
My son, I'm happy for you.
You can let go of your past now.
I can?
Of course.
You are now reborn.
We will be your family from now on.
Choose your partner from among them.
You can choose anyone.
Her.
Kanae, come.
Is it okay?
Junichi has chosen you.
However, you can be together for one month only.
You understand?
Then... did they keep to the one month rule?
The two became serious.
It seemed he snatched the boss' woman, huh?
So Morinaga flew into a frenzy, and killed Kudo?
No, Morinaga just...
...didn't like to be defied.
Nice shop you got here.
Thank you. I designed all these myself.
You and Morinaga had a special relationship, right?
All of us at that time, had loved him like a father.
Father, huh?
In lieu of Morinaga who's in prison...
Would you know who is in charge of the group now?
I don't know...
But there's even a lot more people now who would do anything for Morinaga.
Why did you join the group?
I was in a bad state after my marriage ended...
The one that saved me was that group.
They taught me to stand on my own feet.
It seems you were able to recover well. Did you completely cut off ties with them?
I no longer have attachments.
Because a person I loved died.
Kudo Junichi-san?
But his death...
...had awakened me.
I resolved myself to live in the real world.
- Did Morinaga kill Kudo-san? - That's impossible.
Then, is there someone else you suspect?
If I do have one...
...I guess, it would be his father.
Found it. Arsenic.
When I thought you're here to see me...
We ran out of things to talk about a long time ago.
The drugs that you want aren't here.
Stop talking to me like I'm a junkie.
Junichi, let's go.
Is she one of those freaks you hang out with?
Don't call her that. She's my girlfriend.
You're being manipulated by dubious people, don't you know that!?
The one who's good in manipulating is you.
You're just like Chizuko.
Don't you talk about Mom!
I will never forget... that secret...
What secret?
But because of that...
...he hated his father with all his heart.
In the end, the Reborn Plan failed.
Hmm? Reborn Plan?
- Was it indiscriminate terrorism? - No, nothing of that sort.
Then what was it?
In order to discover our new selves, we must cut off ties from our past.
Cut off what exactly?
It plagues me the most even now.
He was going to kill his father.
Could it be Kudo Kensuke found out that his son was going to kill him?
Seems something happened between the two, huh.
It maybe the reason why he didn't want to cooperate with the investigation.
Where's Morinaga's list of visitors?
Quite a number of people, seemed his followers haven't completely stopped.
Even now, Morinaga apparently has a lot of people under his control.
We found some interesting stuff about the family.
Kudo's mother, Chizuko committed suicide two months before his death.
- Suicide? - It seems she jumped off the window...
...in front of the whole family.
Why also her...
Find out the cause of the suicide.
There's probably a connection.
The report says, Kudo Junichi had an older sister, right?
Kudo Tae-san, right?
Yes.
Can I kindly ask you to leave it alone?
Even if you find out the culprit...
It won't bring Junichi back...
And my family will never go back to what it was like before.
I want to forget.
Is that how you really feel?
How did Junichi-san reach his final moments...
Who robbed him of his future...
Once we stop here, you will continue wondering for the rest of your life.
Don't lock yourself up in the past.
Junichi and I often visited this museum together.
He changed when our mother died.
Gave way to despair... Didn't come home...
Before we knew it, he had joined the Liberty Of Heart.
We tried talking him out of it many times...
But he wouldn't listen to a word we said.
Finally, we got him out of there using forceful means...
Junichi, pull yourself together!
- We came to save you. - You were being deceived! Look...
Look at this. This isn't the only problem that Liberty Of Heart is involved in. Look!
What did those people put into your head?
Snap out of it, Junichi!
Soon, everything will be wiped away.
After three days... After three days, we will be "Reborn".
Did you know about the "Reborn" thing?
No...
What was it?
Junichi-san was going to kill your father.
I don't believe it...
It's true that my dad and brother were at odds but...
It's a fact that there was a plan.
No...
A girlfriend of Junichi-san said she heard him mention a secret about his father.
Do you have an idea what it was?
Did Junichi tell her that?
Uh, no. He didn't mention the details...
Was it about your mother's suicide?
You quit college? Are you serious?
Cancel it now!
Let's just leave him be, if he wants to pursue what he likes.
There's something you want to do other than being a doctor, right?
I want to study painting.
I see. This is how it is, huh.
ALL of this is your doing.
What do you mean "my doing"?
You put him up to this, didn't you!
If you think everything will go your way, you're hugely mistaken!
Do you expect he'll live by merely painting trivial pictures!?
- Junichi's paintings are good. - You stay out of this!
Fine.
I was wrong.
I'll go back to medical school.
I've had enough! I don't want to live with you anymore!
Get out then! Is anybody stopping you!?
- I'll kill myself!! - Suit yourself!
If you wanna kill yourself, then do it already!
Hey! Chizuko! Wait a minute!
Chizuko, cut it out already!
Don't worry, Junichi.
You just do what you want.
I'm going to find a quiet place in the middle of nowhere.
I wanna go there, too.
But I heard that your mother jumped off in front of the whole family.
When the police came, we were made to say that...
...by my father.
Then, did your father really see it?
Because of that, Junichi thought dad was suspicious.
What do you think?
Did your father push her off?
Honestly...
I don't know.
Why did you make your children lie in their testimonies?
I didn't want you to pry into things and expose my family's shame.
Wasn't it a cover-up?
My wife's death was ruled as a suicide.
Were you aware that your son was planning to kill you?
Junichi? No way...
With your son dead, you get to save your life, right?
What are you trying to say? Are you saying that I killed him?
Did you kill your wife?
My wife jumped off in front of me.
It was a tremendous shock for me.
And then again, with Junichi...
Have you guys experienced such a thing...
When you look into the eyes of a person you know so well...
...and realize that he has become someone you hardly recognized?
Who knows. Maybe I have.
At what point do you give up?
Forty hours have already passed.
For the meantime, leave him here, and let me handle this.
It's best for the two of you to go home for now.
Junichi, open your eyes!
Morinaga is the same as Dad...
They only want to control you!
You hate that kind of thing, don't you?
Remember?
You want to go to a quiet place in the middle of nowhere, right?
I want to go, too. Take me with you, please!
That's enough. Let's go.
I'll be waiting for you, okay?
Are you going to walk home?
Hey! Tae!
Junichi?
Wait! Junichi, where're you going?
Home. I'm going back to where my family is.
Where your family is...?
Why was I never good enough for you?
You hate me because I'm like mom, right?
Hate? There's no way I could hate you.
You killed mom.
Junichi, what is it that you want?
I want to forget you.
I don't want to feel useless anymore.
Alright.
It's your life.
I'll take you anywhere you want to go.
Welcome home. We were waiting.
- You saw him go back, right? - Yes.
Morinaga came out to meet him.
Did you tell your daughter?
If I did, she'd hate me.
I couldn't afford to lose another child.
Before Kudo-san's body was found, he went back to your boarding house, right?
So what about it?
The father testified that he drove him to your place.
And?
Even if I did kill him, what will happen?
Kuroi Takaaki said you could have done it.
You were sold out by your own guy.
- I'd like to ask... - Go ahead.
Why bring up again this incident from 20 years? What's the point of it?
Because it shouldn't be forgotten.
We shouldn't put a lid on the truth for someone else's convenience.
Kuroi serves as my proxy.
However, until I get out of prison, he promised to hand me back my position...
But it seems he has decided to keep me here forever.
That child support center was a front for your group, isn't it?
Stupid guy.
Can we go back to what happened 20 years ago?
What happened after Kudo-san went back to your group?
Everyone welcomed him back, except for Kuroi.
Why wasn't he pleased about it?
If Kudo hadn't come back, Kuroi thought he'd get his wife back.
Who was his wife?
Kanae.
Saeki Kanae was married to Kuroi?
It's true. I was married to Saeki Kanae.
Why did you not tell us?
All of that was already a thing of the past.
For me right now.
You're serving as Morinaga's stand in, aren't you?
If Morinaga comes out of prison, you'll be stepping down from your No. 1 position, right?
I manage this children's support center.
Technically yes, but reality-wise it's different.
It's a cloak of invisibility for Liberty Of Heart.
It was true... like that at first...
But...
...the children do not know any of that.
Children are a treasure.
Were you serious...
...in wanting to break off ties with Morinaga?
Tell us everything...
...that happened 20 years ago.
Did you kill Kudo?
- It wasn't me. - Then who!
The real...
...psychopath.
Welcome back.
I'm home.
Tomorrow's the day of the Reborn, right? I'm ready for it.
Alright then. I'm counting on you.
Okay, go inside.
What do you think?
He can't be trusted.
We have to find out, if they tainted his mind.
Yeah. It'll be a problem if he ruins our important plans.
Then let me do it.
I'm in charge of "Reborn", right?
Let me make the call.
What if he's no good?
Saeki Kanae was in charge of Reborn?
Morinaga gives her all the important assignments.
"Gives"? Even now?
Kanae is as much of an extremist as Morinaga.
How long were you married to Kuroi?
I married him when I was 18, and did not last for a year.
Stupid, right?
- Here's some tea. - Thank you.
Was Kuroi the jealous type?
I wonder...
Before he was killed, Junichi-san went back to the boarding house, right?
No way. I didn't see him.
Is it too hot?
Your distinct handwriting has given you away, huh.
Ishikawa-san.
She was the one who broke into my home.
That's not the only thing. She killed Kudo Junichi.
You let him drink arsenic, didn't you?
Poor Junichi...
His sister shouldn't have meddled...
- I thought you won't be coming back anymore. - There's no way I'd do that.
You're gonna do the "Reborn" tomorrow, right?
That's why I came back. Come escape with me.
What Morinaga is trying to do is insane!
- Are you seriously saying that? - He wants us to become murderers!
- It's for wiping out the past. - We can't do that!
But we can move on...
All right.
We'll live in a quiet place where no one can come.
We'll tell the cops everything, then we'll be free.
Why did you change your mind?
Thanks to my sister, she opened my eyes.
I see...
- Here. - Thanks.
We have to go now.
Before that, let's leave Morinaga-san a letter.
It's best to convey our thoughts.
Write this down...
"Father...
...I am free...
...Goodbye...
...Junichi".
I don't need a father.
As long as I have you.
Don't you feel it yet?
It'll be alright. Your suffering will end in a moment.
I came back to save you...
You're being reborn.
I'm... saving you.
♫ Slip inside the eye of your mind
♫ Don't you know you might find
♫ A better place to play
♫ You said that you'd never been
♫ But all the things that you've seen
♫ Will slowly fade away
♫ So I'll start a revolution from my bed
♫ 'Cause you said the brains I had went to my head
♫ Step outside, summertime's in bloom
♫ Stand up beside the fireplace
♫ Take that look from off your face
♫ You ain't ever gonna burn my heart out
♫ And so Sally can wait
♫ She knows it's too late as we're walking on by
♫ Her soul slides away
♫ "But don't look back in anger," I heard you say
♫ And so Sally can wait
♫ She knows it's too late as she's walking on by
♫ My soul slides away
♫ "But don't look back in anger, don't look back in anger."
♫ I heard you say
'Ishikawa Yuri' YOSHIDA YO
'Takagi Shinjiro' NAGAYAMA KENTO
'Tachikawa Daisuke' TAKITO KENICHI
(Case 1 Guests)
'Kudo Junichi' - YOSHIZAWA RYO 'Young Saeki Kanae' - OHNO ITO
'Older Saeki Kanae' - MATOBU SEI 'Kuroi Takaaki' - MIURA MASAKI
'Young Kudo Tae' - KISHII YUKINO 'Older Kudo Tae' - ONOE YUKARI
'Kudo Chizuko' - KIRISHIMA REIKA 'Anita Marcia' - RUBY MORENO
'Kudo Kensuke' TAGUCHI TOMOROWO
'Morinaga Kensho' FUKIKUSHI MITSURU
'Kaneko Toru' MITSUISHI KEN
'Motoki Hidetoshi' MIURA TOMOKAZU
Written by: CHRIS MUNDY / MEREDITH STIEHM
Screenplay: HAYASHI HIROSHI / YOSHIDA YASUHIRO
Music: MURAMATSU TAKATSUGU
Photography: YAMADA KOSUKE
Lighting: NISHIMURA MASAYUKI
Recording: UEMURA TAKAHIRO
Art: HIRAI ATSURO
Decoration: YAMAMOTO NAOKI
Editing: HOGAKI JUNNOSUKE Music Selection: FUJIMURA YOSHITAKA
Case 1 Insert Songs: "Na Mo Naki Uta" by MR. CHILDREN "Born Slippy" by UNDERWORLD "Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This" by MARILYN MANSON "Bulls On Parade" by RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE "Don't Look Back In Anger" by OASIS
Subtitles by WABI-SABI SUBS
JP-EN Translation / Subtitle Editing / Timing: EARTHCOLORS
Raw Provider: FURRANSU
Producers: RICHARD BURRELL / OKANO MAKIKO CHIKAMI TEPPEI
Director: HATANO TAKAFUMI
Production Cooperation: TELEPACK
A 2016 Production of: WARNER BROS. / WOWOW
This work is fictional, and does not depict any actual person or organization.
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