(June 1986)
Be quiet up there!
Turn that damn record off!
I'm hungry. Go and buy me something.
You heard me?
Go now.
I did a bad thing, mother.
What did you do?
I took out their eyes.
(Female Rape-Homicide Incident of Hayama-cho; 15 June 1986; Name: Akamatsu Shizuko)
- Thanks for the hard work. - Good morning.
What's the sitch here?
Seemed some guy took a fancy to this rundown house and wanted to buy it...
- He had it surveyed and this is what they found. - How many?
Nine.
Crime lab says some are recent, others have been here for years.
Were they found like this, all lined up and looking up?
Yes.
They seem to be looking up at that room.
The owner of this house was shot dead in 1986.
Did they get the perp?
No. Seemed robbery and rape were all they got.
Takagi.
You got some idea what it means?
Two months ago, we failed to arrest a serial killer.
The guy who hunted his victims in the forest...
And made them run, until they couldn't anymore.
Decapitated nine women. But we never found the heads.
What's the owner's name?
Akamatsu Shizuko, died at age 33.
She had a 10 year old son, at that time... The name is...
Eiji, right?
That's right.
Looks like our serial killer...
...has come back home.
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Akamatsu buried the heads in the garden all facing the same direction.
The point of sight was the attic...
The room where the mother was killed.
And he put glass eyes in the eye sockets. (Case 10: "Black Forest")
- The deer eyes, right? - Maybe he wanted his victims to see something.
Like what?
Like... his first kill.
His own mother.
Yeah right. No way that guy would be interested in rape.
But he has got to have some reason for lining them up like that.
Anything on Akamatsu's whereabouts?
Assistance Division had been tailing his movements until two weeks ago.
It seems he disappeared after that.
What do we know about his mother's murder?
There were signs of forced entry and robbery...
And semen was recovered from the body.
Weapon was a Makarov, made in China.
A shoddy gun popular among gangsters at the time. Never recovered.
They got a set of prints off a window. No matches found.
It's been thirty years, so the perp might have made it into the system.
- Run through it again. - Aye-aye, boss.
Hang on a minute.
Akamatsu wasn't at home that night.
How come?
Three days before the incident, he was placed at a children's facility, at the mom's request.
- His mother put him away? - Why?
Says here she was afraid of her son.
I came to this house to fetch the son.
The kid sure was creepy as hell.
He sat over there fiddling with a flashlight.
Why was the mom afraid of her son?
She probably couldn't control him anymore.
At any rate, she always kept him locked in here.
She locked him up?
She bolted the staircase door from the outside.
It's time to go.
Come. You heard her, right?
Let's go.
Who will buy from the store from now on?
Just do what I say.
Are you sending me away because of what I did to their eyes?
Stop talking!
Leave now!
You did this because you're a bad boy.
I did it to help you.
You are a child of darkness...
And you always will be.
The kid was a weirdo alright...
But so was the mother.
What was with the light that you saw over at that window?
Beats me... Maybe some kind of signal.
- Tachikawa! - Yeah?
- What? - Check that out.
There's similar marks down here too. This one has 13 marks.
- How about there? - 1, 2, 3, 4...
...11, 12, 13.
Thirteen too. Eh?
What do they mean?
Thirteen steps to the gallows.
Hey now.
Quit saying spooky stuff.
You lived at that house, right?
My bedroom was right there.
It was right across from his.
A haunted house, that's what everyone called it.
Why?
Night after night, music would be blaring out of the attic.
But you rarely see anyone up there.
You were his friend, right?
We just fooled around with our flashlights, doing Morse code.
What kind of messages did you exchange?
"Hello", "Bye bye", "SOS"... simple stuff like that.
Do you remember the night his mother was killed?
Actually that night...
I was bothered as to why he didn't code me back anymore...
...so I went over to see why.
Shut-ins like her... always have cash stashed in their drawers.
You sure she's alone, man?
Yeah, I'm sure of it.
It was like she was looking right through me.
And then what?
I ran back home.
Thank you. We appreciate your help.
She looked past at him...
...maybe because she couldn't see him.
Shizuko was blind.
His mother was blind, that's why Akamatsu punctured the victims' eyes.
The knife marks above and below the stairs were like some kind of Braille for her, right?
No one knew about her blindness?
She was a shut-in. Barely had contact with the outside world.
We got an exact hit on those window prints. Saiga Naoki, 57 years old.
Former gangster. Currently doing time in prison.
- For what? - Rape. Dozens of people...
Uses his belt to gag his victims.
(Sagamihara Prison)
We heard you raped and killed a blind lady.
Hey now. Whatchu talkin' about.
June, 1986. At a house in Hayama.
Can't remember much, that long ago.
You pried open a window with a crowbar and robbed the place.
- While wearing a ski mask. - We got your prints too.
Oh right. Maybe I went to repair the window.
We got semen from the victim's body.
Once we get your DNA analyzed, you'll be here for life.
What the hell you're talkin about.
The statute has already expired, didn't it!!
It's best you tell us the truth.
'Cause it's gonna be bad from hereon.
Whatchu you mean?
The director here is a close friend of my boss.
The one who killed her was him.
Hey! There ain't no shit here, man.
Be quiet, or she'll hear you.
Damn, now there's the jackpot!
- Who's there? - You idiot!
Who's there!
She can't see nuthin'.
Stop.
What are you going to do?
Whatchu think?
Stop it. This isn't the plan.
Well, the plan has changed.
No way. I'm not gonna be a part of this.
Then leave.
It's just me and you, baby.
I know your voice.
You're the one who took that boy away, aren't you?
You gotta kill her now.
Before that...
...I'll rape her first.
Oh woah!
I mean it. Get out.
Then I ran away.
Last thing I saw was him, the girl, and the gun in his hand.
Case worker, Kinoshita?
He cased the place out, when he went to get the kid?
The point is, man... It ain't me who killed the woman.
Pretending to be the sympathetic social worker for people in trouble.
But the truth is, you're a robber going around houses, and casing the joint.
Something went wrong that night, right?
At the house of Akamatsu Shizuko...
...she identified you by the sound of your voice, so you had to do her in.
- Am I wrong? - I didn't kill her. I swear it.
Then, what did you do at that house?
What did you do while you were alone with Shizuko?
It wasn't just her and me.
What?
I'm not gonna hurt you. You understand?
What do you want with me!
- Please don't tell anyone about this! - What are you gonna do?
- Dirty acts!? - I said I'm not gonna do anything!
I'm leaving, okay!
You're gonna rape me... Aren't you!?
Keep your voice down!
Gonna make another monster!
...Another one like him!?
What's that?
It's darkness.
It always comes back.
You sure you heard that music coming from the attic?
Yeah, I'm sure of it.
She was talking about Akamatsu.
Seemed he came back to the house.
Looked like Akamatsu ran away from the children's home immediately after.
I checked out the buyer who ordered the appraisal of the house.
The guy doesn't exist.
Well, someone had to sign the papers, right?
It was an alias.
Sounds like he wanted us to find those skulls.
Akamatsu.
He set this whole thing in motion.
Ishikawa-san, outside call for you. From a Yamada Ichiro-san.
That's the name. Of the buyer.
- Tachikawa, trace the call. - On it.
Good to hear from you again, Akamatsu-san.
My congratulations to Kaneko-san.
So invigorated when he left that real estate office.
So you're back in Yokohama, huh.
I've been here following your work these last few days.
And I see you've followed mine.
Found a huge amount of deer eyes.
Bambi's a vicious little brute.
Do you know what amazing thing Scottish researchers discovered about the deer?
No. Why don't you tell me?
On a certain mineral deficient island, the deer attack young birds...
...decapitate them and eat the heads.
Imagine that.
So you're the deer?
I thought you were the hunter.
I am both.
Enough with the stories. If you wanna talk, talk.
If not, I'm hanging up.
Ask your question.
Thirty years ago, why did you escape the facility...
...and go back to your mother's house?
To kill her.
But perhaps another beat me to it.
What do you mean?
I wasn't the only one who went back to that house.
Why did you send me away, mother?
You know why.
It wasn't my fault that you can't see.
You are darkness.
I am like this because of you.
I'm baaack.
Get out of my house.
Saiga came back?
We see things even when it seems we don't.
You hid in the closet, and watched it happen.
Not in the forest!
No, not in the forest!
It was very exciting.
Why are you telling me this?
To brag what a monster you are?
Interesting word choice there. Me, a "monster".
- Now you tell me something. - What?
Do you keep a photo of my mother at your bedside...
...like you do all the victims from your cases?
I know you.
Everything about you.
You been in my place?
Only ones you let in your bedroom...
...are dead people.
Hello?
Hey...
Heard you went back that night? To rape Shizuko.
Nah man.
Stop lyin' ya scumbag!!
Her son said she saw you.
Stop wastin' our time, ya piece of trash.
Or else you'll rot in here forever.
Did that go through your thick head!?
I raped her.
I admit it.
But I didn't kill her.
Take it easy kid.
Give me the gun, okay?
"Not in the forest"?
How could you know that? About the forest...
...if you can't see...
...Mother?
Forgive me, Eiji--
Akamatsu shot her?
Point blank.
Why?
Don't ask me, man.
So you're saying she wasn't blind.
She was lookin down the barrel of that gun, that time.
"We see things even when it seems we don't."
So she was referring to his mother, right?
Then it means, she was faking blindness all along?
But why?
Ishikawa-san...
- Via express delivery. - Thanks.
- Vice, I got Shizuko's medical record. - Record?
Akamatsu Shizuko had been hospitalized at a psychiatric department. For anxiety neurosis.
Anxiety neurosis?
- So-called "panic disorder". - And?
"Diagnosed to have dark eyesight due to intense stress, to the point of almost being blind...
So it means she wasn't totally blind.
Seems like it.
Intense stress...
Superintendent Motoki.
Takagi, did you get any info on Akamatsu's birth?
Which reminds me, the midwife's gonna be here any minute to talk about it.
Midwife? The person who delivered Akamatsu?
Yep.
- Good thing you found her. - I have my moments.
We might be able to ask her about Akamatsu's father...
Even so...
I wonder what she meant by, "Not in the forest".
What forest was she talking about?
We traced Akamatsu's call to the Wildlife Preserve.
- Where he buried the bodies? - Yeah, let's go.
Ishikawa, you stay here.
- Why! - I'm sensing a trap.
He's expecting you to be there.
Okay?
But your appointment's here, Takagi-san...
Ishikawa-san, please fill in for me.
Thanks.
The heck...
I did deliver that boy.
Akamatsu Eiji, right?
That boy...
...was a child born...
...that nobody wanted.
Atsugi West 4 to HQ.
- Atsugi West 4, come in. - Atsugi West 4...
Where's Cap?
Stayed behind.
Let's do this.
What did he want them to see?
This is it.
Vice!
What is it?
This.
Head's missing.
- Multiple gunshots. - He usually takes them out with one.
Knife wounds too. That's new.
His patterns are changing.
So that's why the forest...
I told you before, right?
We would go hunting together in the forest someday.
You and I.
Yeah...
Shame that it was pasted over.
To hide the blood?
But the past never quite goes away...
Does it?
Hand it over.
Oops. Weapon first.
Now, the phone.
Then, the flashlight.
Welcome to my past. A room with nothing in it.
Your mother faked her blindness. Is that why you killed her?
She wasn't pretending.
Right.
Your mother had panic disorder.
But you didn't understand that then. You were just 12 years old.
- I'm sure it must have been lonely. - Loneliness is for the weak...
And those who want to be loved.
I am neither.
Why did you call me here?
To kill you.
- Why? - I got tired of hunting...
Since I met you.
Even Princess Atalanta has lost her charm.
What did you do to her?
Thanks.
This body is no doubt Kikuchi Shuko's.
The victim that got away, huh.
Shit.
We interviewed her here. You and me.
- Where's Ishikawa? - She's not at the station.
I told her to stay there.
And her cell keeps bumping me to voice mail.
Let's go to Akamatsu's house.
That's where he must have taken the head.
Soon, you're gonna beg for your life too...
...in this forest.
Because in the forest, you're a god, right?
God is great.
Free from all pretense of love and loyalty.
Like you?
And you.
Disposing those close to you without hesitation.
Like, your floozy little sister.
A dirty little slut like her can't help herself from having a taste of her big Sis' fiancé.
I don't even think about her.
That's a lie. I'm sure you do.
Your mother was stripped. Shot in the chest.
But in the end, you would've found another reason to leave him.
Just like Ogawa Risa and Inoue Ari.
You replicate your mother's murder over and over.
But why the running?
Your mother didn't run.
I feel sorry for you.
Your junior college degree equips you for a little pop psychology...
...and a worthless, crappy job, not much else.
Why do you make them run?
Why?
You ran, didn't you?
That was it, right?
To call for help?
- To save your mother? - Who'd save a woman like that?
Alright, it's your turn now.
- Turn for what? - How did little Yuri run away.
Ishikawa...
Still not answering.
Ishikawa-san, where are you now!
Shinjiro-kun? How nice of you to drop in.
Hey, what did you do with Ishikawa-san?
You hurt me last time... You haven't apologized yet.
If you hurt the Captain, you bastard, I'll kill you!
Mind how you speak to me.
If you have some sense in your head, put Motoki on the phone.
- Akamatsu. - If I see any cop on these premises...
I'll put a bullet in her head.
Too bad you couldn't protect her.
Your daughter.
From the hungry wolf, and his sharp wet teeth.
If you were a real father...
...you would've eviscerated the thug who soiled your little girl.
In her heart, your daughter was hoping for that too.
But all you did was talk.
Your daughter despises you, even now.
I know it.
Now you listen to me.
Without my help...
...you won't get out of this alive, Akamatsu!
Your help always comes...
...too late.
So... Where were we?
Surrender now, or you're gonna die here too.
How did you run away?
What happened to little Yuri...
...a long, long time ago?
You want to tell it, right?
- Not to you. - Well, I'm the only one here.
So tell me now.
Fine...
I'll talk.
Atta girl.
When I was 10 years old...
I was on my way to the store late at night...
And that's when the bad man came for you.
I ran.
But he caught me.
Did he touch you?
In your secret place.
He wanted my money.
That's why he followed me.
So I gave him what I had.
Then was he done?
You know he wasn't.
Then, what happened.
He beat me up.
I don't remember much.
Broke your jaw.
Some of your teeth as well.
I couldn't escape...
He kept hitting me...
...and hitting me...
...and laughing...
I didn't want to die.
So I fought.
We're alike, you and I.
How so?
You fought too.
That's why you were bleeding.
Saiga found you in the closet, cornered you.
- No. - And you fought.
Like me.
No!
You ran away...
He hunted you down like a hunter to an animal. You ran, right?
I am not an animal.
But...
How did he know you were in that closet?
More importantly...
...who on earth would send a 10 year old girl to the store late at night.
That's what I'm wondering.
SWAT will be here in ten minutes tops.
She doesn't have 10 minutes.
Wait... He said he'll shoot her in the head, right?
If you go, Ishikawa-san will die.
- He's gonna kill her anyway. - Vice.
I'm not gonna let her die!
Tell me, who sent you to the store?
I go there all the time. The owner knew me.
You're not answering my question!
My mother.
Why would she send her darling daughter to the store in the middle of the night?
She needed a drink.
Is that all?
I...
...was in the way.
I see.
She had a guy coming?
So you got sold out...
...by the person who loved you most.
No wonder you became friends with the dead.
How about you...
Who sold you out?
How did he know...
...you were hiding in that closet.
- You shut your mouth. - "Forgive me"...
...your mother said. For what?
Shut up.
She told Saiga where to find you, didn't she?
Shut up.
She...
...sold you out, right?
You shut up. Shut up. Shut up. Shut up!
Shut up!
By your own mother.
You want money, right?
If you do what I ask, I'll pay you as much as you want.
You can have my jewelry.
Whatchu want me to do?
I want you to kill that boy!
If you kill that boy, hiding in the closet...
I'll give you anything! I'll give you the house and all my money!
So please... Kill that child!
Your mom couldn't do it anymore...
...being a mother to you.
She...
...lost her parents when she was small.
And was raised by an uncle.
The uncle...
...took care of her like his real child but before long...
...he sexually abused her.
And then, you were conceived.
As you grew up...
...you looked more and more like your father.
She didn't want to see you. She couldn't look at you... That's why...
Enough! Stop it.
She had no choice but to leave you to the facility!
But then, you came back!
In this forest, I am god.
No, you're not.
You are a little boy.
Whose mother didn't love him.
A poor and lonely child.
Like you.
Maybe.
Don't pretend you're a good person.
I will prove...
...who you really are.
Get down on the ground.
Do it.
On the ground now!
When you kill me, there won't be much difference between us.
Get down now. I don't wanna kill you.
You're lying. You do want to kill me.
You and I are alike. That's why I know you so well.
No. I'm nothing like you.
You sleep with the dead.
And you're alone.
Same as me.
I'll...
...never be like you!!
Wanna bet?
Vice, this...
♫ You with the sad eyes
♫ Don't be discouraged Oh I realize it's...
♫ ...hard to take courage
♫ In a world full of people You can lose sight of it all
♫ And the darkness inside you Can make you feel so small
♫ But I see your true colors shining through
♫ I see your true colors And that's why I love you
♫ So don't be afraid to let them show
♫ Your true colors True colors
♫ True colors are shining through
♫ I see your true colors And that's why I love you
♫ So don't be afraid to let them show
♫ Your true colors
♫ True colors are beautiful
'Ishikawa Yuri' YOSHIDA YO
'Takagi Shinjiro' NAGAYAMA KENTO
'Tachikawa Daisuke' TAKITO KENICHI
[Case 10 Guests]
'Akamatsu Eiji' YUSUKE SANTAMARIA
'Akamatsu Shizuko' SHINOHARA YUKIKO
'Kinoshita' - ITO MASAYUKI 'Sagai Naoki' - INOUE TAKASHI
'Kinoshita' (Younger) - SHOJI YUSUKE 'Saiga Naoki' (Younger) - YONEMURA RYUTARO
'Neighbor'- TAKAHASHI YO 'Midwife' - RYU NORIKO 'Detective' - UKAI MAHO
'Ishikawa Yuri' (Child) - SHINTA MAKI 'Akamatsu Eiji" (Child) - SAKATA YUI 'Neighbor' (Child) - FUJINO DAIKI
'Kaneko Toru' MITSUISHI KEN
'Motoki Hidetoshi' MIURA TOMOKAZU
Written by: VEENA CARBREROS SUD
Screenplay: YOSHIDA YASUHIRO
Music: MURAMATSU TAKATSUGU
Photography: YAMADA KOSUKE
Lighting: NISHIMURA MASAYUKI
Recording: UEMURA TAKAHIRO
Art: HIRAI ATSURO
Decoration: YAMAMOTO NAOKI
Editing: HOGAKI JUNNOSUKE
Visual Effects: AKABANE SATOSHI
Costume: TANAKA MAYUMI
Hair & Makeup: SAKAI KEISUKE
Music Selection: FUJIMURA YOSHITAKA
Case 9 Insert Songs: "Friends" - REBECCA "Broken Wings" - MR. MISTER "True Colors" - CYNDI LAUPER
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