(May 2015)
You'll sleep with Mommy tonight, okay?
Mommy...
It's gonna be okay...
Because you're here?
Yeah, that's right.
Mommy...
...will always be with you.
Mommy, that man won't come back anymore, right?
(Mother and Daughter Homicide Incident of Terao 3 Chome)
(One Year Later)
The mother and daughter homicide of Tsurumi?
The case that we're supposed to do?
That's the one. With the kid who died on impact.
While the mother survived, only to lapse into a coma.
Then, how is she now? Still unconscious?
Boss, isn't that too much?
- Woah. - It's good if it's this much, isn't it?
This guy told me to do it like this... right?
What I said was, "No one eats like a devil like that".
Right.
I still wish we went to Chinatown.
Good.
Oh, excuse me for a bit.
You left this behind.
Ah, sorry. Thanks.
- You feeling all right? - Yeah. Feeling normally good, today.
I see.
What's that about? Is she your girlfriend?
Well... It's nothing. Don't mind it.
So what's happening with that case?
We'll be starting with the investigation.
Don't tell me...
The mother just woke up.
Higa-san, you have visitors.
They would like to talk to you.
Hello. I'm Ishikawa of Kanagawa Prefectural Police
This here is Takagi. How are you feeling?
We came to hear what happened to you and your daughter.
Your daughter, Kana-chan...
Kana?
Yes. Your 6 year old daughter...
Butterflies...
Mommy, it hurts...
It hurts...
There were... bruises...
Bruises? Where?
On both arms...
He bruised her up...
- Who? - That man...
- Who is that man? - The one who came into the room!
That man will...
...b-beat up Kana...
...if she doesn't smile...
Did you know that man from before? Before that night.
That night?
The night your daughter--
That night the incident happened.
Incident?
- She doesn't know? - That seems to be the case.
What is it?
What is it that I don't know?
Wabi-Sabi Subs Presents: COLD CASE Door of Truth
Case 2: "Memory"
Butterfly and bruises? Case 2: "Memory"
Her memories are coming in bits and pieces...
She doesn't remember anything about that day's incident.
Even her daughter's death.
Is she expected to get her memories back?
Her doctor says the cause of her amnesia is more of an emotional thing.
She hasn't really forgotten them.
Question is whether she wants to remember it or not...
The police received a call at 11:16 pm.
The voice was a young man's, said a mother and her child had fallen, and didn't identify himself.
A witness said a Hispanic type of man came out of the housing complex.
Forced entry, the room, ransacked.
And the VCR was missing.
Wonder what she meant by "butterflies"...
I don't see any bruises on her daughter, Kana.
Yeah.
The only thing to do is to find... the man that hit the daughter, right?
Found it.
(Children's Consultation Center, Tsurumi Ward)
This way please. (Children's Consultation Center, Tsurumi Ward)
Three years ago, she was arrested for DUI while her child was in the passenger seat.
Well, both Higa Hitomi's parents have passed away and she didn't have any relatives...
But the matter was settled somehow without having to take the daughter away from her.
After that, she was able to comply with the Center's guidance.
Oh, please have a seat.
Does Higa Hitomi have a drinking problem?
As soon as she got pregnant at 17, her man went MIA.
She had no choice but to raise the child alone.
She asked us to help her with her drinking problem.
Were there bruises on her daughter's arms?
If there were, her child would have been taken away from her.
We heard you were at their place the morning before the incident?
It's because I often make unannounced visits.
Higa Hitomi was still sleeping...
...while the daughter was eating sweets for breakfast.
Sweets?
It didn't necessarily mean it was child negligence.
The girl appeared to grow up normally, and of course the mother was attentive to her.
Did Higa Hitomi hit her daughter?
I lost count of her men.
What do you mean?
Let's just say drinking wasn't the only thing she was into.
Time to go home now.
Sayonara. Ciao. Adios ...
We heard you held a Parent's Day during the day of the incident.
Yes. The children sang "Butterfly" at the gym...
"Butterfly"?
♫ Butterfly, Butterfly...
♫ Stop and rest on a rapeseed leaf.
♫ If you're tired of that leaf, stop and rest on a cherry blossom...
Why was she crying?
I'm not sure.
Did you see any bruises on Kana-chan's arms?
No, if there was such a thing, I would've noticed immediately.
Seemed they didn't have any relatives, only she and her kid lived up there.
It's also a problem for us, Residents' Association, you know.
If there's a vacant apartment, people will think this place isn't safe, right?
At any rate, people look down on housing complex for low-income people, public housing and the like...
It won't do even if you renovate it.
What was in here?
Ah, the TV. It's at my place, for safekeeping.
Your place?
What? Is it wrong?
No.
After the cops returned the evidence and stuff, I couldn't just throw them away, right?
All of her stuff are in the clubhouse except for the TV.
Did any of her boyfriends display violent behavior towards her?
You saw someone going out of this building that night, didn't you?
Yeah, Hispanic... I don't like em guys.
- Did she have male visitors here? - Who knows...
Ain't my business how she uses this room.
How was the daughter during that time?
She was down at that playground most of the time.
Oh, but she didn't go there that night.
I did hear men's voices, in and out of this room, up and down the staircase.
You didn't mention that in your testimony.
I did say I saw a Hispanic guy, didn't I?
He's the culprit, who else could it be?
We found out what that hole was for.
From these black streaks, connecting to the stereo component, we detected traces of cable rubber.
Probably connected to the VCR that disappeared from that time.
That marking of the cable was connected all the way inside the bedroom.
There wasn't any TV inside the bedroom, was there?
Could it be hidden so it wouldn't be seen?
Like what?
A camera. Like a hidden camera.
For what?
We're told Higa Hitomi's things are still there, right?
- A hidden camera, huh. - Yup.
You seem cold towards the victim this time, huh.
You think so?
Is it because of her DUI arrest?
With her kid on board.
(Higa Kan--) With her kid on board.
(Higa Kan--) But she did stop drinking.
Oftentimes, the children are the ones who pay the price.
There's a page torn off from this notebook.
We found the same type of camera as Higa Hitomi's.
- At a pawn shop at West Exit Station. - It was that close?
It was brought to them six months after the incident.
After the heat had died down, huh.
The name of the pawnshop is "Angel".
- "Angel" my ass. That's "tenshi" (angel), right? - "Angel"!?
In Roman alphabet, "A-N-G-E-L".
"Angel", right? What is that.
"Ang-hel," a Spanish name.
When we sent the victim's notebook for analysis...
...they found the name of a man and a phone number written on the missing page.
He's a janitor working at the daughter's elementary school.
Let's go.
Kimura Angel-san?
We're Detectives Ishikawa and Takagi of Kanagawa Prefectural Police.
We want to talk about Higa Hitomi-san.
Higa?
Who's that?
Your number was in her notebook.
Yeah, but even if it is...
The teachers here speak highly of you.
You may be a contractual worker...
But you can speak Spanish, that's why the foreign kids here have taken a liking for you.
You don't want to lose your job, do you?
You're threatening me with that pretty face of yours?
Your girlfriend is Peruvian, right? How's her status of residence?
Violation of Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act.
Me and Hitomi did it around a few times.
Were you violent towards her late daughter?
Wait, hang on here.
- You went to her place that night. - No, I didn't.
We found the camera you brought to the pawnshop.
Earlier that day, her kid had some event in this school...
...and I came across her.
I don't know what to do...
Please come...
Butterflies are...
She was crying like some crazy fool.
Then, she hung up quickly when she saw me.
- Didn't understand what she was blabbing about, that some guy was gonna hurt her. - What guy?
How should I know?
Got nuthin to do with her, we only dated for less than a year.
And then, she freaked, and suddenly started shouting...
That she has a video of us doing it. And that she'll show it to my girl.
- Did it piss you off? - Hell yeah, it did.
So you went to her that night to teach her a lesson?
- Mommy! - Angel.
What're you doing here? Get out.
I'll call the police!
Don't mess with me!
Don't take that! Stop! Stop! No!
- Don't hurt my mommy! - No. Give it back!
Wait, give it back!
And then I left.
The truth is...
In a fit of rage, you flung her out the window along with her crying kid.
I didn't do such a thing.
Where's the VCR? There's a recorded footage in it, right?
It's at my place.
Who is this man?
I don't know.
Then what about this camera?
Do you remember putting it in the bedroom?
I did?
What about a guy named "Angel"? You asked him to save you from someone trying to hurt you.
I don't know him...
We're trying to help you.
What for?
- To bring your memory back. - Like I said, what for?
Sorry for disturbing you. We'll come back again.
It's hers...
Kana's...
What's hers?
That room... That was Kana's bedroom...
Why was Higa Hitomi monitoring her daughter's room?
Because she was worried about her only child.
According to the autopsy report, there was no evidence of sexual abuse.
- Or maybe it was about to start? - She started recording her kid...
...one month before the incident. So if such a sign happened at that time...
...she began using a security camera, as a defensive measure.
One million yen had been transferred to Higa Hitomi's bank account.
What is that? Could it be hush money?
How come no one knew until now?
Because the transfer occurred just three days ago.
The day after Higa Hitomi woke up, huh.
Where did the money come from?
Higa Seisho, 56 year sold. Address is a cheap lodging house at Kotobuki-cho.
- Works as a day laborer. - Is he Higa Hitomi's father?
Yep. He's still alive.
She said, she has no immediate family. Shouldn't they have verified it in her family records?
The welfare office also puts off looking into such a trivial thing... Right?
You're quite familiar how things work around here.
The bruises that Higa Hitomi mentioned...
That's not her daughter.
Yeah. It's Higa Hitomi.
When was the last time you met with your daughter?
I can't remember...
You never once visited her in the hospital...
Nevertheless, why did you suddenly transfer money into her account?
- It's because I'm still her father. - Was it hush money?
Do you know how her daughter, Kana-chan...
...met her final moments?
Her spine was shattered to bits, her skull too.
The culprit is a cold-blooded, heartless person.
I wouldn't know.
Hit me.
Like when you hit Hitomi-san when she was little.
Come on. You like hitting girls, don't you?
You didn't just beat her up, you did more terrible things to her, right?
That's why she left home at a young age.
Yet, she must've been so pathetic and helpless, to turn to such a terrible father as her last resort.
That's enough...
The call history on her phone...
...showed that she placed a call from school to your lodging house at Kotobuki-cho.
You talked, right? It was her who reached out to you in the end!
She was talking gibberish...
Going on and on about butterflies... and that Kana was in danger...
- Did you go and see her that night? - No...
I did not.
Say that while looking at them.
That you didn't go even if Hitomi-san asked you for help.
That's right! I didn't go...
Look at them, not me! And tell them that.
That you didn't do anything to help them.
I went in front of their housing complex.
But...
I didn't go there to help them.
What did you go there for?
I thought I'd apologize to her...
For what I did to her when she was small.
Did a Hispanic man come to your place that night?
Like a pizza deliveryman, for instance.
Then, what about this ponytail guy?
Butterflies...
Kana likes butterflies...
So I hung it up by the window...
- What was it? - Wind chime with butterflies...
He... would always...
...come, late in the night...
Who?
The person who gave Kana the wind chime...
Oh, found the wind chime. It was still in the storeroom of the clubhouse...
- They're examining it right now for fingerprints. - I see.
Kana-chan waited for her here. Neglected by the mom, right?
But Higa Hitomi changed her ways, didn't she?
- Did your mom feed you right? - Pardon?
Did she drown herself in alcohol...
And didn't take care of you since she was too busy prowling for men?
I can't say that she did.
Kana-chan's a dime a dozen.
Unwanted kid, doesn't get to eat dinner because they're too poor.
Such a thing happens everyday.
Can't go on school trips because there's no money to pay the reservation fees.
Can't show up during swim classes, because there's no money to buy a swimsuit.
Pride was the only thing that kept me going.
But you did get out of that situation, right?
Maybe so...
At someone else's expense.
Don't you have any fond memories?
Not once did you feel your mother's love?
Maybe... I forgot.
Are you sure you want to do this?
I want to remember.
Mommy... Mommy...
She was drawing...
Kana was...
...always hiding and drawing.
Why was she hiding?
'Cause he'd be coming...
From there...
- Sorry, sorry... - That's just Detective Takagi.
It's fine. He's not gonna hurt you.
Over here...
Ponytail... Round glasses...
Miyake-san, long hair suits you huh.
What happened next?
But the video ends there.
That's why her threat didn't work on you.
What on earth are you trying to say?
You still hadn't made a move on Kana-chan...
But you were moving in, ready to pounce...
Higa Hitomi knew very well the danger signs of such moves.
She's a damaged person.
That's why you took advantage of her.
I did no such thing!
There's one thing that's bothering me.
The camera had been planted for many weeks.
But it was only on this day that she asked everyone for help.
Now why is that?
The difference between this day and the other days...
I wonder what it was, huh?
- She caught you! - Right!
That morning, you were about to pounce on her daughter.
- That's a load of nonesense... - And then, Higa Hitomi threatened you.
That she recorded you making a move on a child.
And that pissed you off, right? 'Cause who was she, threatening you like that?
And then, you went back to their room again that night.
I did not!
You used your position to get close to the daughter.
You used your power, not only on that mom and kid...
As soon as you report them, you can separate any child from her parent.
You were a god to them. All of them were at your beck and call.
Did it bother anyone?
Society doesn't give a damn if anything happens to such people!
Child neglect, DV, parents not capable of standing on their own two feet...
Do you meet with these people, plus day in and day out, all year round...
YOU DON'T, RIGHT!?
Everyone's trying their hardest to survive.
You feel assured if there are people poorer than you.
As long as you're not on the bottom rung. That's society for you, isn't it?
The people involved don't think so.
"Kaneshiro Nami"...
"Tomita Satoko"...
"Hosono Chisato"...
"Sato Yuko".
These women's daughters. All of them have come forward.
All of them come to talk about you.
Are you going to talk?
It's true that on that morning, Higa Hitomi made me mad.
Coming.
Good morning.
You're looking well today. Where's your mommy?
Showering... Mommy...
It's okay. It's you I came here to see.
I like you... mister...
- Don't you dare touch her! - Mommy!
I knew it! What you're trying to do!
Are you drunk again? Didn't you quit drinking?
I gave it up! I haven't had a drop!
Since you're drunk, you don't know what you're saying.
Shut up already and get out of here now!
I know what you're really up to.
I'm the only on who can protect your daughter from such a problem.
I told you, I haven't had a drink...
Don't talk back at me!! You have no right!
If this goes on, I have no choice but to take your daughter away from you.
What... No...
I'm sorry...
I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I really am!
- Please forgive me! - Look around...
You can't even clean up this place at all. You're not qualified to be a mother!
Please forgive me! I'll do it properly!
I'll do it properly next time!
Please forgive me! Please!
It's no good. I'm taking your daughter to a facility.
If not, I'll tell the the Health and Welfare Office to stop giving you welfare assistance.
If so, the two of you will starve.
Which one do you like better?
No... I don't want that!!
- No! - Before your kid enters the facility...
...I'm gonna re-educate her.
- That was all. - What happened that night?
You went back there, right?
No. I didn't go back after that.
Tell us the truth.
There's something I want to show you.
There's a fingerprint... right here.
It's okay, Takagi. You can go.
Excuse me.
So whose was it?
Ricardo Candido Moreno, 19 years old, second generation Brazilian.
This guy seem to be into street art...
...but he's been arrested thrice for vandalism and hasn't been prosecuted.
A year ago, he sold his handmade wind chimes on the street in front of Sakuragi-cho Station...
Higa Hitomi said someone gave it to her daughter.
It was probably Ricardo. He also works part-time as a pizza deliveryman.
He was most likely the one seen by Higa Hitomi's father and the wife of the Residents Association Chairman.
His girlfriend you saw the other day, has a psychiatric illness.
Chika!
(The giants have come back)
- Ricardo Moreno, right? - Sorry.
- Sorry for drawing that without permission. - It's not about that.
You knew Higa Kana-chan, right?
Then, let me just finish, I'll be done soon.
Why did you run after you called the police?
They said you were an excellent student at a design school and yet you quit halfway.
- It didn't work out or something? - Nothing's gonna change anyway, for me.
You guys are still gonna discriminate against us Brazilians, as always.
Like when I tried selling my work on the street, they put a stop to it immediately.
But the Japanese next to me who was selling bento...
...was only warned thrice that it was okay to sell for that day.
It's other people's fault, that's why you're unhappy. Is that what it's about?
Kana-chan was close to you.
That's why you continue to draw butterflies that she loved, all around the city.
Am I right?
That kid... always at the playground by herself...
I gave her one of my wind chimes.
Then, I began giving her leftover pizza from time to time.
When I went there that night...
...the lock on the door was broken.
And then...
When I opened the door...
Who was in there?
Who did you see?
There was no one there.
The doctor said I'm okay to go home.
I heard.
But where is home?
I know why you were crying during the "Butterfly" performance.
You couldn't stop...
...what that man from the children's consultation center was going to do.
You...
...did not want Kana-chan to experience what you yourself went through.
But no one was there for you, you felt all alone...
So you did the only thing you could do.
I did?
What did I do?
You're tired.
Because you've had it pretty rough for a long time.
So it's okay to go and get some rest.
Rest for awhile, so you can come back on your feet again.
Tell me, what did I do?
- He's here. - Mommy?
It can happen any second. Just you wait.
Mommy, what's wrong?
♫ Butterfly, Butterfly... Butterfly, Butterfly...
♫ Stop and rest on a rapeseed leaf.
Mommy?
When that time comes, you hand over your kid to me.
♫ If you're tired of that leaf
♫ Stop and rest on a cherry blossom
♫ On the cherry blossom's...
♫ So they say that time Takes away the pain
♫ But I'm still the same, Oh
♫ And they say that I Will find another you
♫ That can't be true, Oh.
♫ Oh, Why didn't I realize Why did I tell lies
♫ Yeah I wish that I could do it again
♫ Oh, Turnin' back the time Back when you were mine
♫ All mine
♫ So this is heartache? So this is heartache?
♫ Hiroi atsumeta koukai wa namida e tokawari, oh baby (Combined regrets have turned into tears, oh baby)
♫ So this is heartache? So this is heartache?
♫ Ano hi no kimi no egao wa omoi deni kawaru (Your smile will change into a memory)
I miss you
♫ Boku no kokoro wo yuiitsu mitashite zatteyuku kimiga (The only time I met you, you took away my heart)
♫ Boku no kokoro ni yuiitsu furerareru koto ga dekita kimi wa (You're the only one who was able to touch my heart)
♫ Oh baby mou inaiyo mou nanimonai yo (Oh baby, there's no one else, not ever again)
♫ I wish that I could do it again
♫ Oh turning back the time Back when you were mine
♫ All mine, Yeah
♫ So this is heartache? So this is heartache?
♫ Hiroi atsumeta koukai wa namida e tokawari, oh baby (Combined regrets have turned into tears, oh baby)
♫ So this is heartache? So this is heartache?
Chika!
I've been looking for you all day. What happened?
The giants came back.
Let's go see the doctor one more time.
We've been there many times, but it doesn't get better at all.
Let's break up.
Why say that?
I think it's the only thing to do.
If that's what you want, do it.
Shirts Team, 2 points...
Shirtless Team, zero.
There's no Shirtless Team there.
- All of them are wearing shirts! - I'm talking about that summer when we were kids.
Enough!
That's enough. Let's go home.
Do you remember when the Shirtless made a comeback at the last inning?
No...
Triple play...
Scored by Takagi Shinjiro.
I don't remember...
I do.
That was already a long time ago.
Not so long ago.
'Ishikawa Yuri' YOSHIDA YO
'Takagi Shinjiro' NAGAYAMA KENTO
'Tachikawa Daisuke' TAKITO KENICHI
[Case 2 Guests]
'Higa Hitomi' NAKA RIISA
'Miyake' KOMOTO MASAHIRO
'Kimura Angel' - SHIBUKAWA KIYOHIKO 'Higa Seisho' - OKOCHI HIROSHI 'Ricardo Moreno' - MOCHIZUKI MUSASHI
'Nakayama Chika' FUJISAWA EMA
'Detective' YUSUKE SANTAMARIA
'Kaneko Toru' MITSUISHI KEN
'Motoki Hidetoshi' MIURA TOMOKAZU
Written by: VEENA CARBREROS SUD
Screenplay: ZEZE TAKAHISA
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
Music Selection: FUJIMURA YOSHITAKA
Case 2 Insert Songs: "Remedy" by: ADELE "Worse Than This" by: ZEBRAHEAD "Heartache" by: ONE OK ROCK
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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