(July 2012)
Raise those arms above your head!
Do not put your elbows in the water!
- I can't, I can't do it. - You can't?
Words like "can't" are not allowed here!
That is why you can't learn!
Mental strength, perseverance, concentration.
If you don't feed yourself with those, you won't be able to stand on top!
Shinoda! Answer me!
Yes! I'm ready!
Sixty seconds.
Start!
Shinoda.
Shinoda!
Somebody...!
- Good morning. - 'Mornin.
- Captain. - Yes?
- Take a look at this. - What is it?
It was sent to First Investigative Division. It's not applicable as an ongoing case.
"Kaio Academy"?
A prestigious school that has produced successful applicants to the University of Tokyo and Harvard every year.
- A lot of bureaucrats came from that school. - That includes our dear ol' higher-ups huh.
- If I recall correctly, it's a boarding school for boys. - That's right.
"Plan... Number 1, Ignore. 2, Reward. 3, Secret. 4, Test. 5, Escalate."
"6, Destroy." Is it some kind of code?
For what?
It was sent to Homicide. What else could it be for.
- What did the crime lab say? - Couldn't get any fingerprints.
No saliva on the envelope seal either.
"July 16, 2012... Naito Kiichi".
Could that be the sender?
Or the victim.
Wabi-Sabi Subs Presents: COLD CASE "Door of Truth"
(Case 5: "Pool")
So maybe the perp feels guilty and mailed it to us. (Case 5: "Pool")
- Here. - Thanks.
Or a third party who knows the truth, and wants to do the right thing.
Maybe it's to frame someone up. Why send it four years later?
The problem is there has never been a murder in Kaio Academy in the 80 years since its founding.
We never had a victim named Naito Kiichi either.
It wasn't a homicide, but an accidental death.
Naito Kiichi was a teacher of Kaio Academy.
On July 16, 2012, he died at the age of 45.
"Drowning"?
Ah, he was drunk and swam in the school's pool.
Blood alcohol content was 0.3%
What did handwriting analysis say?
They're still working on it but they said it looks like a teen's handwriting.
A high school student?
Since it's an integrated junior and high school, he could be from junior high.
A teacher on night duty, Kogure Takashi first discovered the body.
Maybe we start from him?
1-2! 1-2! 1-2! 1-2! Kaio~!
- Good morning! - Good morning.
1-2! 1-2! 1-2!
Your kids excel not just in water polo huh?
Since excellence in military and literary arts is our school's motto.
- Come in. - Excuse me.
This is Kogure-sensei, the one on duty doing the rounds that night.
Hello.
Kogure-sensei is also a graduate of our school...
...passed the entrance exam at the University of Tokyo...
And had been chosen as a swimmer candidate in the Olympic's backstroke category.
I found Naito-sensei at around 6 o'clock in the morning.
When I saw him, he was already dead.
Do you know about this?
- No. - What is that?
Were you aware that Naito-sensei was a drinker?
Yes...
But it didn't cause any problem with his duties.
He was an excellent teacher.
"Gifted education for the mind and body" nurtures a true elite...
...that was Naito-kun's philosophy.
(Kaio Academy: Gifted Education for the Mind and Body)
60 seconds! (Kaio Academy: Gifted Education for the Mind and Body)
Start!
- Shinoda! - Naito-sensei.
- Is there a problem here? - No, sir.
A sound spirit dwells in a sound body.
- Carry on with the work. - Yes, sir.
Douguchi.
- Sir. - Get him out of there.
Yes, sir.
Dismissed!
Yes, sir!
Sir, please give me another chance!
It's impossible for you, being that you're the lowest in the class.
This time, I can definitely do it.
Please!
Gifted education by way of drowning the children?
How is that different from corporal punishment?
Ishikawa-san.
Excellence in military and literary arts is the motto of our school.
To use one's body as much as he uses his head.
Do you know how many human resources we have produced in this world?
We don't want too much strange prying into this.
You do know your superiors came from our school, right?
So are you asking us to be silent about it?
We will cooperate with the re-investigation.
However, regarding this matter...
...I ask you not to reveal it to others.
Parents tend to worry needlessly when strange rumors are floating about.
Shinoda has always been the lowest in his class.
Isn't it their rest period right now?
Yes.
What is that?
To use for class sessions... for lessons transmitted via the web.
Seriously?
Shinoda, can I have a minute?
Yes.
We're here to ask you about Naito-sensei.
That meathead.
We heard he almost got you drowned.
He just wanted me to be all that I could be.
Did it upset you?
No...
Just frustrated.
Sensei, I can do it.
Please watch me for one minute.
Start!
Time's up.
See, you have it in you after all. You proved me wrong.
Thank you sir!
For that, you get a prize later on.
Prize?
His respect, his praise.
Did his praise make you happy?
I've never been praised by anyone...
...ever since I started in this school.
Don't you want to quit this school?
Yeah, right...
Do you know how much my parents are paying for the tuition fee here up to now?
I can't run away.
Caught in a dilemma between school and parents, the kid sure is putting pressure on himself.
Dorm life's also harsh. Cellphones aren't allowed either.
Dinner time is 45 minutes. Other than that...
...they're pretty much studying the rest of the time.
The dorm also has cameras...
...they're being monitored every minute from bathing to bedtime.
Just like the army, huh.
Don't tell me they're not even allowed to decide for themselves the time to go to the bathroom.
Guess it's tough too for these bureaucrats of the future.
When I checked into Shinoda's medical records, I found something odd.
Just before Naito died...
...Shinoda had repeatedly been taken to the infirmary.
Why?
- The kid was throwing up drunk. - A 14 year old?
But I wonder how they can get a hold of booze with that kind of strict dorm life...
An adult could have gotten it.
Where did you get the alcohol?
Did you coax it from Naito-sensei?
You asked him to drink from his stash, right?
Is that why you were trying to get on his good side?
He made me drink it. I never asked for it.
That was the prize he told me about.
Shinoda.
You did good today.
This is your prize.
Drink up, and don't hold back.
In a way, alcohol is good for the mind and body.
It relaxes you.
I only give prizes to the special boys.
Only the ones who work hard like you.
Thank you, sir.
Let's keep this a secret...
Just between you and me.
Secret between the two of you?
Ignore... Reward... Secret.
It's the plan, isn't it?
At first, he ignored you in the pool. Gave you liquor as a reward. Made you keep a secret.
Where there other secrets he made you keep?
What were they?
What kind of secret?
A 45 year old man with a 14 year old boy, that's why it's a secret...
...in a boys' school.
Is that what it was?
You wrote on that paper his plan of sexual abuse. You wanted to accuse him with it, didn't you?
A guy like that is better off dead, of course!
- Sit down. - I did it.
I killed him!
- You killed him? - Yeah.
I killed that sick pervert.
- By yourself? - Just me.
- Did you write the plan? - Yes!
What happened to it?
Answer the question.
What did you do with the paper?
I ripped it up and threw it away.
Is that right.
Then, how do you explain this?
Takagi.
Vice chief, thanks for seeing me.
What's up?
What I did was 100% wrong.
I promise I won't do that again.
You won't cause trouble again?
Yes sir.
If possible, could you please lift my suspension?
It wasn't a suspension.
I only advised you to take some time off.
Then can you advise me to go back to work?
How're you feeling?
I'm fine, sir.
I still can't allow you to come back.
Please wait. May I ask why?
I'm gonna ask you again.
- Okay. - How're you holding up?
Like I said, sir... I'm doing fine.
Takagi...
How do you feel.
Not really that good...
Alright.
Come next week.
I'll get you back on the job.
If it wasn't Shinoda, who sent us this paper?
Vice?
Ah, sorry.
But I doubt if Shinoda really killed him.
In 2012, Shinoda weighed 36 kg.
No way he coulda drowned an adult on his own.
Well, we got the motive.
In cases of sexual abuse, there'd usually be multiple victims.
Find out if he has other victims.
- I found another interesting entry in the infirmary records. - What is it?
Shinoda's classmate, Arikawa Tsutomu was reported for bedwetting.
Bedwetting at age of 14?
Could be a sign of sexual abuse, sometimes it happens.
The one who reported it was Kogure, the teacher on duty.
Okay, raise your feet higher, Shinkawa. Like this.
Kogure-sensei.
We want to ask you about Arikawa Tsutomu.
When he was 14 years old, he showed signs of bedwetting.
Oh, I was the one who reported it.
What was the nature of Arikawa-kun's relationship with Naito-sensei?
Relationship?
Naito-sensei had abused a student... sexually.
- Did you know about that? - Uh, no. I didn't.
Did you discuss with Arikawa about his bedwetting?
Not really talked about it but...
Don't you think you're too old to still be wetting your bed?
Do I look like your mother?
Don't go crybaby on me, boy.
Naito-sensei touched... my...
He... touched my...
I don't care what happened...
...but you can clearly state what you want, right?
Don't be such a baby!
Try to solve the problem by yourself!
Is that understood?
Yes, sir.
I did what I thought was best in guiding the students.
Even though a 14 year old boy was asking you for help?
Coddling adolescent boys and letting them whine at an important age will result to weak men.
I was like that when I first came here.
But I'm different now.
And I owe this school for that.
I don't remember it. Sorry.
How about wetting the bed? You don't remember that either?
- Can't say I do. - It was in the records.
Maybe it was some kind of mistake.
Can I go back to my class? Since it's an important time for me.
What are you scared of?
What does a woman know anyway?
Watch your tone, son.
You want to hide it don't you? What Naito did to you.
We know about Shinoda-kun.
Does this look familiar?
Ignore, reward, secret.
- What's the fourth one? - What does "Test" mean.
You were 14 at that time.
What Naito did to you...
...was wrong, no doubt about it.
I'll tell it...
...to you.
I'm...
...not...
I know.
I'm not interested in men!
You're likely to succeed as an athlete.
I'm going to put you in the top ten at this coming district meet.
That'll make an impression on your school records certificate.
Yes, sir. I'll try my best.
We have to keep this intensive training on the down low.
You understand?
I won't tell anyone.
You passed the test. You'll get an A in physical education.
Thank you, sir.
Are you scared of me?
Then, show me a big smile.
Stage 4: Test...
Make sure...
...I won't run away.
What about stage 5...
...Escalate?
He'd show me filthy magazines.
He'd say, "You can touch yourself. I won't tell anyone."
It wasn't just me...
Shinoda-kun, too right?
- Shinoda Yuki of the same grade level... - I don't know him.
- You were in the same swimming class... - I'm the killer!
I'm the one who drowned and killed Naito!
I don't know any Shinoda.
Both Arikawa and Shinoda denied they know each other...
On top of that, both are confessing to the murder.
Plus, both boys don't seem to know about this plan that was sent to us.
If they're staying in the same middle and high school for six years...
...they gotta know each other somehow.
A promising athlete and a student at the bottom of the class.
The only thing they have in common was that Naito had set his eyes on them.
Handwriting analysis on the plan came out. Didn't match Shinoda's nor Arikawa's.
There might be a third person.
I'll try to get something out of the short tempered Shinoda.
- Guess who I met with. - Beats me.
Arikawa Tsutomu.
He told me about it. Number 5: Escalate.
The filthy things done to you...
No wonder you wanted to kill him.
Arikawa told you about that?
He also said that you were the ring leader. That everything was your idea.
No! It was Douguchi, not me!
It was all Douguchi's idea!
Douguchi came up with it huh.
You were just kids, you know.
No matter what happened...
...the teacher was the one who should be condemned.
First... he made us drink liquor...
That became our secret.
After we kept the secret...
...he next gave us dirty magazines and games.
Pretty soon, I was keeping too many secrets...
...I wasn't able to tell the truth anymore.
Then tell me the truth now.
How did you know each other?
I secretly took Naito's magazines and showed it around...
- Where did you get this? - Oh, wow. This is sick, bro!
No reason, I wasn't trying to inform anyone about Naito...
I just wanted a friend.
- What're you doing!? - What the heck's his problem.
That's when we knew.
That he also... and Naito...
So, you made the plan?
To do to Naito what he did to us...
Ignore... Reward... Secret...
Test... Escalate...
Destroy.
What's up?
Oh. Just dropped by to say hey.
I did call but...
Might have been in the shower.
I rang your cellphone a few times, too.
Ah, shoot...
I must have forgotten it at the station.
Maybe it's best to clean up...
I was just planning to do it...
Takagi, listen.
I lost my wife too...
I have been where you are now.
I know...
So if you ever want to talk...
I'm available anytime.
That's Douguchi Ryo.
Keep calm. It'll be okay.
Yes.
- There's nothing to worry about. - Thank you for coming.
Douguchi-kun is one of our top honor students.
I want to put an immediate end to this wrongful suspicion!
- Show the principal to the observation room. - Yes, sir.
Please.
I'm not exactly looking forward questioning another kid for a sick-minded teacher who deserved to die.
You can say that again.
Alright, get to work. Let's get starting.
Wish I called in sick today.
Me too.
For now, write down what I'm going to say.
- Is this for analyzing my handwriting? - That's right.
I wrote that plan.
Why did you send it to the police?
I was bored.
I'm tired of studying, and water polo too.
Getting into a good university nor becoming a bureaucrat, I have no interest in them whatsoever.
A kind of life that my parents and teachers want for me...
...what the hell could that be?
It has no meaning for me.
Nor any creativity.
Really?
Cop like you, who gets to kill a living person...
You experience that every day, don't you?
Personally.
And you haven't?
We killed that sicko.
"We"?
Me... and two buddies of mine.
Who are these "buddies"?
Me...
...myself...
...and I.
Detective...
Do you still have sex with your wife?
Or maybe you both gave that up already ...around a hundred years ago.
My wife is dead.
Nine years ago.
Let's talk about the plan... shall we?
Douguchi figured it out.
Naito's tactics. The plan.
What he did to us in the pool... was based on a plan.
What do you mean?
First step in the plan: Ignore.
He ignored us in different ways. Made us beg for his attention.
And then reward us.
- With the beer. - That was number 2.
He made me keep the reward a secret.
Me too.
That was number 3 in the plan.
He checked to see if we're gonna keep the secret.
- Did you tell anyone? - Of course not.
Oh shit, I'm gonna be late.
This is bad. If I don't hurry now, I'll be in deep shit...
It seems like he was testing us.
Yeah. Number 4 is "Test".
Right.
He made sure we kept our mouths shut.
So he feels relieved and get to do other things.
Like show us those dirty magazines.
That would be number 5: Escalate.
Then, the final thing... Number 6...
We know. You don't have to say it.
Number 1: Ignore.
We won't show up in swim class tomorrow.
What happened after you skipped swim class?
Number 2...
We didn't know which one of us Naito's gonna choose...
...but whoever he picks is supposed to be his "reward".
Why were you not in class?
I was busy. I got this...
...for tonight.
Will you bring beer, sir?
Sure...
Be looking forward to it.
Number 2: Reward...
You were the reward, right?
Even if you don't say anything, the other two are talking.
You're certainly bad at this, Detective.
In any game, like in politics or business...
The ultimate strategy is not having one at all.
Or rather, not to show it.
In your case, I can see your strategy a mile away.
That a fact.
But you are losing, do you know that?
You already confessed to the murder.
So there's something that happened that night that you don't want to give up.
Number 3: Secret.
What was the secret?
It was Douguchi's role to get Naito into the pool.
Number 4: Test.
Shall we get in now? The pool.
Nope, I drank too much today.
Maybe some other time.
So Naito left... and the plan failed?
Douguchi didn't let him escape.
How'd you get Naito in the pool?
It wasn't your fault.
No matter what you did...
Number 4...
Test.
Make sure he doesn't run.
And that's when it didn't go as planned.
So I begged him.
Like what Naito always did...
I...
...called out to him...
Don't go!
Sir...
Number 5...
...Escalate.
Number 6: Destroy.
"Gifted education... for the mind and body...
...nurtures a true elite."
That was what that bastard always said after he was done.
I...
...always tried putting it away in my mind...
But...
...this time it was different.
Gifted education for the mind and body nurtures the true elite.
Isn't that right, boy?
What're you doing!?
"Don't put your elbows in the water!"
"Words like 'can't' aren't allowed here!"
"You're special! You did a good job!"
- "You like this, don't you?" - "Don't pretend you don't like it!"
- Destroy! - Destroy!
Destroy!
Thank you for coming.
Seems unlikely they'll be acquitted huh.
They clearly confessed to murder. What can we do.
Maybe he slipped and hit his head.
I could go with that.
- You traitor! - What're you talking about!
- You sent it, didn't you! - Wasn't me!
- That plan! - It was you, right!
- Stop it. C'mon. Cool it you two. - Leggo of me!
- Leggo! Leggo of me! - You let go.
- It was you! You did it! - Leggo, I said. Let me go!
- You sent it! - Don't you touch me!
Stop!!
Don't shoot!
Put the gun down!
Don't come any closer!
Don't do it, Douguchi-kun.
Listen to me.
Please...
Ishikawa, no.
Stay back!
Put down the gun... please.
Don't come any closer!
Stay back!
Please... lower the gun.
I wrote it.
I did it... I wrote the plan.
We know... so put the gun down.
But...
It wasn't me.. who sent it.
I didn't send it.
Noooo!
I talked with the hospital. It's looking bad.
But they can't say for sure right now.
If Douguchi didn't send the plan, then who did?
That's enough for today.
Go on home.
Vice.
We're not mistaken, are we?
Of course not.
Douguchi-kun's in the ICU. In critical condition.
Last thing he said before he shot himself...
...was he didn't send the plan.
Then who did?
Who else is there aside from you guys?
We lost it that night. That paper.
Douguchi had dropped it.
Shoot! The paper's gone!
What did you do, you dumbass!
But from here on, we stick to our agreement
We're complete strangers to each other.
Don't talk to each other, even in school.
If one of us ever gets caught, he will take the fall.
- Alone. - Agreed.
- Never tell anyone. - No matter what.
After we made the pact, Douguchi went back to look for that paper.
- Did he find it? - I don't know.
We didn't talk anymore after that.
As promised, we became strangers.
Like nothing happened at all.
After a while, it felt like it never really did.
- Hey man. - Senpai, you're late.
Well, stuff came up...
We're here to celebrate.
Is there something to celebrate about?
I'll be returning next week.
No kidding?
Well, I'm happy for ya.
Whatchu laughing at?
Nothing.
Saya-chan, scotch please. For Senpai too.
- Hi. - Hey.
- Here you go. - Thanks.
Saying you're happy for my return, I appreciate it, you know?
When the hard stuff happens...
...I say it's best to be movin' around to distract the mind.
Amen.
But... one you can't make a move on is her.
- What do you mean? - You do know she's your superior's lil sis.
Thanks for the treat.
I never expected this to happen.
If only I had half of their guts...
"Gifted education for the mind and body... nurtures the elite."
That's what Naito always said, right?
After.
As student and teacher, you've always been at Kaio Academy.
You used to be Naito's student too, weren't you?
That night, you found Naito's body....
And picked up the paper on which the plan was written?
The world had to know what that guy did.
But why now?
They were the last of Naito's victims.
The last to bear witness.
What he did would be forgotten after they graduate.
You couldn't let that happen.
You could have stopped him, right?
Yes, I suppose.
We could have.
Please release them.
I'll talk, if you let them go.
What is there that you have to say?
I also watch boys...
...the same way Naito did.
I'm becoming like him.
Please put me away.
Don't ruin their lives...
Let them become respectable men.
Please.
Please let them go.
I can't.
Whatever the reason...
...they killed a man...
No, they didn't!
Someone's coming!
Somebody...
Kogure help me!
♫ Circles, we’re going in circles
♫ Dizzy’s all it makes us
♫ We know where it takes us We've been before
♫ Closer, maybe looking closer There's more to discover
♫ Find out what went wrong without blaming each other
♫ Think that we got more time When we're falling behind
♫ Gotta make up our minds
♫ Or else we'll play, play, play all the same old games (same mistakes)
♫ And we wait, wait, wait for the end to change (when nothing's gonna change) And we take, take, take it for granted
♫ That we’ll be the same (well nothing's gonna be the same)
♫ But we're making all the same mistakes
♫ Yeah, yeah, that's what crazy is (crazy is) When it's broken, you say there's nothing to fix (there's nothing to fix)
♫ And you pray, pray, pray that everything will be okay
'Ishikawa Yuri' YOSHIDA YO
'Takagi Shinjiro' NAGAYAMA KENTO
'Tachikawa Daisuke' TAKITO KENICHI
[Case 5 Guests]
'Douguchi Ryo' MURAKAMI NIJIRO
'Arikawa Tsutomi' - KENTARO 'Shinoda Yuki' - IMAI YUKI
'Douguchi (Junior High)' - MOTOMURA KAIRI 'Shinoda (Junior High)'- ITAGAKI RIHITO 'Arikawa (Junior High)' - SAITO AO
'School Principal' SASAKI KATSUHIKO
'Naito Kiichi' HORIBE KEISUKE
'Kogure Takashi' TAKAHASHI MITSUOMI
'Ishikawa Saya' HIRATA KAORU
'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 Scipter: HIROSE JUNKO
Costume: TANAKA MAYUMI Hair & Makeup: SAKAI KEISUKE
Music Selection: FUJIMURA YOSHITAKA
Case 5 Insert Songs: "Lonely Boy" by THE BLACK KEYS "Same Mistakes" by ONE DIRECTION
Subtitles by WABI-SABI SUBS
JP-EN Translation / Subtitle Editing / Timing: EARTHCOLORS
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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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