(May 1997, Seio Women's Collegiate Junior and Senior High School)
Don't you think "super loose" socks are cute?
That's so yesterday. I heard "gomu-nuki" loose socks are hot nowadays.
It's here, guys.
- Sensei, good day. - Good day.
Yes. You too, girls.
You're kidding! Seriously!? Keio University students?
They invited us to go karaoke-ing?
Hey, keep it down.
Sorry.
And you, seriously, don't act like you did before.
Eh? It's okay for me to come?
Don't you get it yet? They prefer high school girls.
Wait.
Utako-chan...
We're going to hang out with some college students. You wanna come?
Hang on, Hijiri.
You want to join "Honey Bunny"? I can let you in if you want.
Oh please, no way.
"Honey Bunny"?
It's us three girls' unit name.
I'm taking care of my pet iguana, I have to make his habitat.
What? Iguana?
I see, you prefer hanging out with iguanas...
...than us, huh?
(Kishibe Utako, Junior High School Student Homicide Incident at Aoba Ward Reservoir, Yokohama, 29 May 1997)
Welcome home.
Good morning.
You can stay out all night if you want but can you at least let me know?
Sorry.
- Had a great night? - Why you ask?
Can see it in your face.
Found myself a nice guy.
Really?
It's someone good this time, believe me.
I see.
I'm glad you let me live with you, Sis.
I really appreciate it.
Well, it ain't so bad I guess...
...us sisters living together.
(Aoba Ward, Yokohama)
Kanagawa HQ to Aoba 6. Over. (Aoba Ward, Yokohama)
- This is Aoba 6. Go ahead. Over. - Reference No. 234...
...regarding the case of a female corpse found in the water...
Nagayama Kana, 19 years old.
Well, a city personnel discovered the body two hours ago.
This isn't really a good place for swimming, is it?
Local kids call it "Devil's Pool".
- Good morning. - Hey, boss.
Did she drown?
It wasn't an accident. There are bruises on the back of her neck.
Her head was held down in the water?
What's with those X marks?
On this same day in 1997...
...a girl's body was found in this reservoir, with a broken neck.
There were also similar marks drawn all over her body back then.
Same perp...?
Probably.
Could these marks mean something?
Perp lays low for 19 years...
Why come back now?
Wabi-Sabi Subs Presents: COLD CASE "Door of Truth"
(Case 7: Classmates' Reunion)
Kishibe Utako... (Case 7: Classmates' Reunion)
...was a ninth grader at Seio Women's Collegiate Junior High at that time.
Then, she's basically a rich girl?
No, it says here Kishibe Utako was a scholarship kid.
Right here.
I see. No dad, huh.
The mom's an art instructor at a junior college.
She tucked her daughter in bed at 10 pm...
But the next morning, the daughter was found 3 kms. away from home, pushed down the reservoir.
Could she have snuck out to meet someone?
Or was taken by someone.
We got a suspect.
- Did he confess? - He said he did it.
His parents have come but he doesn't want to see them.
Parents?
That's them over there.
Thank you for waiting.
- Thank you for coming. I'm Ishikawa, in charge of the case. - I'm Takagi.
Isn't there some kind of mistake?
Maybe Koichiro is confused because of his illness.
Illness?
He has schizophrenia.
Can we ask you some questions?
The way he's acting now, I know he's seeing things.
Why did you go to the reservoir yesterday?
It's... It's 'cause I...
...go over there every year...
Every 29th day of May...
Why that day?
- Do you know Kishibe Utako? - Everything's...
...the same over there.
Always dead.
This year, you killed the girl?
If I touch things, they'll die.
- Did you put the X marks on this girl's body? - It was the first...
This was my first time...
You killed this girl just like you killed Kishibe Utako?
No! No, I didn't.
Kishibe Utako had the same marks on her body.
Wasn't me!
I killed this girl...
But not Uta-chan.
- Wasn't me... - Please sit down.
It's okay... Calm down.
Utako-chan liked cats, didn't she?
I did tell her to draw pictures of boys too but...
I'm sure she got her love of art from you.
Please have some tea.
So...?
Yes...
A suspect has emerged...
His name is Seya Koichiro.
Seya?
Seya Hijiri was Utako's classmate from Seio Women's Collegiate.
Koichiro's younger sister.
What did he do?
He's a murder suspect.
A girl was killed in that same reservoir, with marks drawn on her body...
...same as the ones on Utako-chan's.
The sister bullied Utako, and the brother killed her?
Bullied? Was Utako-chan bullied?
Then, she went into the water and called for the dolphin.
Then the two swam together, becoming friends who can read each others' minds.
Wow, what a nice story. Draw a picture of it and show it to me, okay?
Mom?
I don't feel well.
Eh? All of sudden? What's wrong? Should we go to the hospital?
Let's go home.
- Ah, it's Ayumi-chan... - Don't.
We're not friends anymore.
Why not?
She's with Hijiri's group now.
That group doesn't like me.
What's with them...
But it's okay.
Really.
Utako, listen to me. What I'm going to say is important.
Everyone who's ever been somebody in the history of time...
...have been told they were weirdos in middle school.
But four years from now, you'll be in college, right?
When that time comes, you're gonna be the coolest girl in campus.
Because you're smart and different and a bit wacky.
Believe me, you're gonna be popular!
And that's what's important.
Your sister, Seya Hijiri...
...bullied Kishibe Utako. Do you remember?
Yes...
Let me ask you... Do you see Kishibe Utako (in your hallucinations)?
Sometimes...
When that happens, do you see these markings on her?
- They're drawn on her body. - Did you put them on her?
No.
But you drew them on Nagayama Kana.
Why?
I wanted her to be like Uta-chan...
And you wanted to kill her, like you killed Kishibe Utako?
No... I wasn't...
...a bad person back then.
- So maybe you didn't mean to hurt her? - I told you I didn't do it!
Sorry. Okay, okay.
Back then...
It was my first time...
That's enough, Oniichan.
Alright, you got an A, you finally passed.
Now give me money.
Psyche!
But seriously, you must be thankful, right?
You can go. We're done with you.
Hey, so how was it? Specifically.
It was warm.
Eew! Gross.
Good for you, Utako!
When was that?
The night Uta-chan died.
You sure about that?
My sister called Uta-chan over...
For a sleepover.
He's gotta be the perp.
What do you think, Captain?
The school's most popular girl invites Kishibe Utako for a sleepover.
That goes against social order.
Not to mention, those three girls kept mum about it.
Then, maybe it's time to introduce yourselves to the idols of Seio Women's Collegiate.
Those are "wrinkles". Do you see what I'm saying?
What I said was "creases".
You understand? "Wrinkles" and "creases".
- There's a huge difference, don't you even know that? - I'm sorry!
Seya Hijiri-san?
That's me.
We're Detectives Ishikawa and Takagi from First Investigative Division.
It's about my older brother, isn't it?
Really sorry for the inconvenience.
But I can't attend to him right now. This place will fall apart without me.
Why didn't you ever tell anyone...
...that Kishibe Utako-san was at your house the night she died?
I don't know what you're saying.
It's true that Utako came to my house...
...but she left in the middle of the night.
I don't know how she died.
Why didn't you tell the police about the sleepover?
We were afraid.
We'd get into trouble if they knew we were with her.
Well then, what kind of a Girl's Club was that?
Did you also have a Code of Silence?
Of course not. I haven't seen Eiko nor Ayumi in a million years.
Is that an exact figure?
Since we graduated from high school.
How's a girl like her wind up at a sleepover at your house?
We invited her because we thought it would be funny to mess with her.
And whose plan was that?
It was Ayumi's idea.
Hijiri says she wants you to join us for a sleepover.
I have to go home.
Utako...
This is your once-in-a-lifetime chance.
It's better to join Honey Bunny, right?
...than to be thought of as a weirdo.
Ayumi-chan... Is this some kind of a trick?
No. She really wants you to come.
I do, too.
It's a secret so you mustn't tell anyone about coming over tonight.
Then, I could sneak out after my mom goes to bed.
Utako came over at around 10 that night...
...and like two hours later, we hid her glasses from her so...
...she freaked out and left.
Who knows what happened after that.
Well, she died, obviously.
I'm glad you know.
'Cause it's been eating me up for not talking about it.
But it was your idea to invite Kishibe Utako to your party and then make fun of her?
Well, because in those days, I thought getting into Hijiri's house...
...was like being given the keys to a special world.
What do you mean?
She was the most popular girl in school.
Beautiful, mature...
She's nothing like me and Utako.
But when Kishibe Utako came over, you picked on her like you planned?
Not like I planned. I mean, I didn't expect it would go badly...
Since I didn't know those two could be so cruel...
Boys won't like you if you're fat, you know.
Your arms are just eew.
Really?
What about her ass fat? Here, here.
So funny~!
Okay, Ayumi, it's your turn.
Which part are you gonna cross out?
Look, this one!
Back flab!
Omg, back flab! Now that's so funny!
You're a riot, Ayumi!
My turn.
You're so like your mom huh.
You're both totally fugly.
I don't wanna do this anymore.
Way to go, Eiko. You've pissed her off.
So what. I don't care.
I heard your mom is man-crazy.
She's a slut, right?
Everyone knows it.
Why was Iwai Eiko so nasty to Utako?
Eiko's dad and Utako's mom had a thing going.
A thing?
You mean an affair?
Yeah.
Iwai Eiko-san, right?
We're from Kanagawa Prefectural Police, I'm Kaneko and he's Takagi.
Seriously?
You had a grudge against Utako-chan?
Because her mom had an affair with your father.
So you ragged on her pretty hard during the sleepover. Then what happened?
Then nothing.
You followed her and pushed her down the reservoir.
Way off the mark there, detective.
Why did a rich girl from Seio Collegiate wind up living like this?
Gotta blame it on tequila, I guess.
Something went wrong, right?
Quit jumpin' to conclusions.
FYI, I'm glad I got out of that uppity town.
Really.
Can I ask you somethin?
Is Hijiri still a beeyotch?
I knew it! That woman's the queen of bitchville.
I hated Utako.
I hated her mom too, about as much as I hated my jackass dad.
But...
I didn't kill her!
Is that right.
I'm not like those people.
("Hitotsu Yane no Shita" Season 2 Ep 7)
Ohmygod, can't wait to see what happens next week!
- Can't we fast forward to next week already? - Of course we can't.
I'd fall in love with Chi-niichan* if we're living under one roof. (The character played by Fukuyama Masaharu)
It's a drama, that kind of setting doesn't exist around here.
What about you. Which one you rooting for? Team Anchan* or Team Chi-niisan? (*Played by Eguchi Yosuke)
It's my first time to see it.
Gotta be kidding...
How do you see with those glasses?
- "How"? - Give it to me.
Why?
Cuz I wanna look at it.
Uwa! What is this. I can't see anything at all.
I knew it, you've got weird eyes.
Give it back.
No.
- Please give it back! - So funny.
Shit.
They're back... My parents are back!
Hide! Quick!
- We're back. - We're home.
What's your name?
Kishibe Utako...
How many people did my daughter have over tonight?
Wall!
How many were here?
Um...
Just me.
So you're a liar too.
Kishibe Utako was at your house the night she died.
Didn't you think that such an important thing was worth mentioning to the police?
Did my daughter say that?
I'm right, aren't I?
But you shouldn't believe her.
She's a drug addict and a liar.
I'm sorry if we scared Utako-chan.
But we didn't lay a finger on her.
As parents, we needed to keep a watchful eye on our children.
So sometimes, we were physical with them.
And other times, you were on vacation.
Well...
- It's because we were afraid of her. - Afraid?
When she was little...
...we can't tell there was something wrong with her.
And when she was older...?
- It wasn't anymore the normal naughty stuff kids do. - Our housekeeper told us...
That my daughter told her our cat drowned in the tub...
...And that she saw her wrapping it in a towel...
But how would a cat get in a tub full of hot water?
I thought it was just like that incident...
That Kobe Child Murderer! (A 14 year old boy who killed 2 children in 1997, also killed animals).
That girl is a wicked person...
Capable of things that no parent can ever imagine.
Like... killing Kishibe Utako?
Your parents think you're the killer.
My parents are freaks.
We know your parents punished you and your brother physically.
But they said...
...it was because there was something wrong with you.
That you were violent.
Let me guess... They talked about that stupid cat, right?
Animal abuse is a sign of something.
I was always an angry kid. Can you guess why?
What happened... that night?
Mom...
All of my friends went home...
It's too late. You lied to us.
It's not her fault. Everything was my responsibility.
Dad, no. I won't do it.
Koichiro, do it.
This is important.
Dad! Please!
Not yet.
DAD!
Done.
I thought she left...
I don't know why she came back.
And then my mom saw her.
My brother and I were sent to our rooms.
Then...
The next day, Utako was dead.
The parents were right about the drugs.
Hijiri was arrested for possession last December.
Well, the charges were dropped.
"Dilaudid, synthesized morphine".
- That's too heavy for an ordinary medication. - She appeared healthy.
But her parents say otherwise.
Hijiri suspects her parents killed the victim to keep the abuse secret.
While the parents are suspecting her.
Happy home.
And so, what kind of guy is your boyfriend?
What? Are you embarrassed?
Well...
Wait, seriously?
Just nonchalantly introduce the guy like you always do.
Hey, that's a bit mean, you know.
Sorry sorry.
It seems serious this time, huh.
Yeah... I think so.
Really.
Listen...
Well...
You see...
...he's a policeman.
Police?
Takagi?
Can't believe this. You're doing it again.
What do you mean "again"?
- This isn't like what happened nine years ago... - I should've known.
I'm serious about him.
You ruin everything you touch.
Mess up everyone's lives.
Why must you be like this...
Happy birthday.
(Mental Health Facility)
I know what your parents did to your sister.
About the dunking.
That's what you did to Nagayama Kana too, right?
I didn't want to hurt her though...
What happened?
I go there every year...
Uh... I wanted to see Uta-chan...
And this time, I thought I really saw her...
- But it was Nagayama Kana? - I thought it was Uta-chan...
And you put those marks... on her...
...in order to make her become like Utako-chan?
Yeah...
But this girl...
...wasn't nice to me.
She was afraid and screamed...
Then I panicked...
Since we were near the water...
I held her down...
...for a long time...
Ishibe Utako was pushed off...
I told you I didn't do anything to Uta-chan!
Because Uta-chan was nice to me...
What about your parents that night?
After they punished us...
- They never left their room. - And your sister?
She treated Utako-chan badly, right?
It wasn't her fault...
What happened to Utako-chan...
...after she saw you in the bathroom?
Uta-chan...
...tried to save us.
I saw what your parents were doing.
What?
What they're doing is wrong.
You should tell another adult.
We could go right now and tell my mom.
Besides, you didn't do anything bad.
Let me help you!
- Shall we go? - What?
Are you crazy?
Get out will you?
There's nothing to be ashamed of.
There are other children who are in the same situation as you.
Hijiri...
Mind your own business!
Don't just come into my room.
Loser!
- I want to help you! - I don't need your help!
You are...
...dead to me.
Close the door!
Why are you guys still here?
We can't go home. It's two in the morning.
It's okay. Your parents didn't see us.
What? Are you guys in a fight?
I hate her...
She pisses me off.
I want her dead.
She needs to die.
Am I right?
Right.
And then?
They...
...kicked me out.
I left her...
...in there... with the three of them.
Here's the deal...
One of you here killed Kishibe Utako.
The two of you who didn't better start talking to clear yourselves of doubt.
Well then, Honey Bunny, reunited after 19 years...
I'll get myself a cup of tea so you gals can catch up on old times.
Looks like an awful reunion.
Like they could use a drink but there's no open bar.
You sure have changed huh.
Are they seriously suspecting us?
This is like unreal, right?
Well, it's not me, clearly.
Wow, you seem pretty confident huh.
You guys said something, didn't you.
There's nothing to tell.
Yeah right.
It was you, huh. Eiko.
You'd love to see me go down, right?
I think they can hear us.
We're no longer in junior high, okay!
And I'm not your damn minion anymore.
I mean just look at her. She's just so miserable.
Keep talking, I dare ya!
I'll dump all of your little secrets right here!
Shut up, Eiko!
Don't tell me what to do!
Eiko, sit down.
I think they're ready.
Those two were your besties, right?
Like some damn time warp in there.
They haven't changed much?
Man...
Goes to show I got lousy taste when choosing friends in middle school.
Is that right.
You're different though. You ain't buying anyone's games.
Frankly...
...I'm the sanest person of the three.
Whatever you did, I bet it wasn't as bad as them, right?
Why the hell...
...did those two get to have perfect lives...
...while I'm the only one like THIS!
...even though I'm the innocent one...
Well?
We could poison her. Or hang her.
I think I better head home.
You're not getting out of here.
That's enough. Aren't we gonna do table-turning*? (*Seance of spirit tipping the table, Japanese equivalent of kids fooling around with ouija boards)
After we kill Utako.
What's that for?
Is that for blood compact?
Yeah.
You do it too.
It's our pact.
Enough. Are you crazy? This is seriously the worst sleepover ever.
You're leaving?
But we'll get to be blood sisters!
What're you saying...
Let's go, Utako. Come on.
You don't have to mind them.
She's not leaving!
She's ours.
Well whatever.
I can still see...
...her face...
...in my head.
I started drinking after that.
This is killing me...
Hey!
Withdrawal symptoms… It's time for her afternoon dose.
Why's she going through Ayumi's purse?
You need a prescription for that drug...
And Ayumi's a doctor.
If she's been prescribing to addicts...
...she could lose her license.
Looks to me, Hijiri has the upper hand here...
You get your fix from Igarashi Ayumi, right?
What?
Hate to break it to you but that's going to end, right here and now.
You tell me what you got on her, and you can go home...
...so you can gobble up the rest of what she gave you.
That's crazy.
Seriously? Could you possibly be covering for her?
You use people, then discard them when they're not useful anymore.
Well I'm telling you right now...
You cannot use Ayumi anymore.
What do you wanna know?
It's okay, Eiko will never tell on us.
Let's do the blood compact.
Forget it. It's over.
Go home, and take the weirdo with you.
Why? What's wrong?
Nothing. Just lost interest already.
I wanna stay!
No.
You're not my friend, okay?
I thought you were fun but I guess I was mistaken.
You two are better off as friends.
I don't care about Utako. I wanna be YOUR friend.
Besides, you're the one who brought her here and she ruined the sleepover.
Get out.
- But... - Get out!
Also, you're no longer a member of Honey Bunny so...
Don't sit with us at lunch anymore.
Shortly after, I looked out the window...
...saw them leaving through our back yard.
Ayumi was crying her eyes out.
Sobbing over some lunch thing... Talk about crazy huh.
What are you looking at?
Nothing.
I...
...felt sorry for Hijiri.
Since when has she been forcing you to sign illegal prescriptions?
I was just doing her a favor.
No. She's been blackmailing you for a long time now.
Because she knows what you did.
No...
Do you hate me?
It doesn't matter what I think of you.
Kishibe Utako was just a little kid.
But I was just a kid too!
I didn't know...
Didn't know what?
That it was going to haunt me...
...all my life.
My life is over.
We'll be home soon.
I don't want to go home.
So what if Hijiri-chan doesn't like us?
It's not a big deal.
My mom says that anyone who has become somebody in this world...
...was once called a weirdo.
You're joking, right?
You may not care about being disliked but I do, okay!
In four years, we'll be in college and my mom said we'll be cool.
Four years? I'll be dead by then.
Hijiri's gonna hate me for four years, I won't last that long.
It's okay... if those idiot girls don't like you.
It's better to be smart and different like us.
No! I don't wanna be like us!
But Ayumi-chan, when we're in college, we'll be considered cool.
And maybe...
...we could become best friends to each other.
- If you want... - NO!
♫ You took your coat off and stood in the rain
♫ You're always crazy like that
♫ And I watched from my window
♫ Always felt I was outside looking in on you
♫ You're always the mysterious one with
♫ Dark eyes and careless hair You were fashionably sensitive
♫ But too cool to care
♫ You stood in my doorway, with nothing to say
♫ Besides some comment on the weather.
♫ Well in case you failed to notice In case you failed to see
♫ This is my heart bleeding before you
♫ This is me down on my knees, and...
'Ishikawa Yuri' YOSHIDA YO
'Takagi Shinjiro' NAGAYAMA KENTO
'Tachikawa Daisuke' TAKITO KENICHI
[Case 7 Guests]
'Seya Hijiri' NAKAMURA YURI
'Iwai Eiko' - NAHANA 'Igarashi Ayumi' - TOKUNAGA ERI
'Kishibe Satomi' - SUDO RISA 'Seya Koichiro' - SONGHA
'Seya (Dad)' - NIKAIDO SATOSHI 'Seya (Mom)' - WATANABE AZUSA 'Young Koichiro' - URAGAMI SEISHUU
'Young Hijiri' - HOTTA MAYU 'Kishibe Utako' - ARAKAKI YUME 'Young Eiko' - HANASAKA SHIINA 'Young Ayumi' - SOMENO YURA
'Ishikawa Saya' HIRATA KAORU
'Kaneko Toru' MITSUISHI KEN
'Motoki Hidetoshi' MIURA TOMOKAZU
Written by: LIZ GARCIA
Screenplay: HORAI RYUTA
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 7 Insert Songs: "Wannabe" - SPICE GIRLS "Nagisa ni Matsuwaru Et Cetera" - PUFFY "Lovefool" - THE CARDIGANS "A Change Would Do You Good" - SHERYL CROW "I'm Afraid of Americans" - DAVID BOWIE "Go! Go! Heaven" - SPEED "Foolish Games" - JEWEL
Subtitles by WABI-SABI SUBS
JP-EN Translation / Subtitle Editing / Timing: EARTHCOLORS
Raw Provider: FURRANSU / WWWENDYWLLM3 / VAMPIREXxX
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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