Are you enjoying the fight?
You know I have never shared your passion for violence.
Why did you ask us here today?
A brother and sister should not be enemies.
I've been your enemy since I married an American.
Have you changed your mind about all that?
That's all in the past now, Mioshi.
Come, I want to show you something.
What is it, my brother?
Inspector Akita.
You're under arrest, Mr. Kellem.
Nice-looking boat.
It's for sale.
I'll give you 4500 cash, but I'll have to try it right now.
Good afternoon, Mr. Phelps.
Harry Keiiem, an American businessman living in Japan
and chairman of the new Economic Treaty Council,
has been arrested for the murder of his wife.
We have reason to believe that Kellem was framed
and the murder actually committed by Mrs. KeHem's brother,
Toshio Masaki, a powerful industrialist who is fanatically anti-American.
In addition to personal hatred for Kellem,
Masakis motive is to discredit the Economic Council
and shatter Japanese-American relations
on the eve of the new treaty negotiations.
Your mission, Jim, should you decide to accept it,
is to stop Masakfs plan and vindicate Harry KeHem.
As always, should you or any of your IM Force be caught or killed,
the secretary will disavow any knowledge of your actions.
Good luck, Jim.
Masaki's estate is a walled fortress guarded by private police.
He never leaves it.
Eventually, he plans to rule Japan from it.
Have you heard from Taizo yet?
Yeah, about an hour ago, and he says he'll cooperate.
He told me that he and Masaki have never met.
He got the invitation about a month ago,
and he's supposed to give a kabuki recital at the estate
and spend the weekend.
Good.
Willy, the whole plan depends on you.
The fight has to divert Masaki's private police
and the rest of the household long enough for Barney to finish his job.
I plan on at least three minutes.
Think you can handle it?
Well, jujitsu's a far cry from judo.
I'll need some practise with the top man.
Three minutes with Masaki's top jujitsu artist.
No one's ever stayed on his feet for more than 30 seconds.
I think I can handle him.
Dana, you're one of a rare breed of photographer.
You prey on the rich and famous.
You'll do anything for a candid shot.
And the more intimate, the better.
Jim, this Inspector Akita, are you sure he's not in Masaki's pocket?
No, no, he admires Masaki, but he's a good policeman.
Jim, Kellem's life is at stake.
I wish there was some kind of physical evidence.
No, there isn't, Dana,
or Inspector Akita would've found it by now.
No, the frame worked perfectly.
We have to make Masaki convict himself
or Harry Kellem's had it.
All my life I told myself that you and mother
being of different races didn't matter, but it did.
No, it didn't, Nobu.
Masaki said you wanted to dissolve the marriage.
Well, Masaki is lying.
Then Inspector Akita is lying, the evidence is lying,
everyone is lying.
Your mother and I had problems like those of anybody else.
That's what Masaki is capitalizing on.
I loved your mother, Nobu.
She loved me.
You've got to believe me.
I wish I could.
Then I'd have something to hold on to, something to fight for.
I told myself, if I saw you...
But no, the knife had your fingerprints.
I didn't kill her.
- Nobu, please. - No.
Don't touch me.
Seven and a half seconds.
Good morning, Mr. Kellem.
I'm Mr. Larson.
Well, you may be a good attorney, Mr. Larson,
at least the embassy seemed to think so,
but it's hopeless.
Even my own daughter thinks I'm a murderer.
Your daughter's mind can be changed, so can everybody else's.
How? Masaki killed her,
but his man swore up and down that he never left the match.
There were no witnesses. Nothing.
No, there was a witness.
- Who? - Masaki himself.
I want you to tell me everything that happened at that match.
Absolutely everything.
You are welcome here, Nobu.
From now on this will be your home.
I prefer to look upon it as a refuge in time of grief.
I am not certain how long I will wish to stay here.
Very well.
You will find suitable clothing in your room.
She is indeed a very lovely girl.
I find her mixed blood offensive,
but we shall try to redeem her.
Masaki san.
I have decided that I do not wish Harry Kellem to stand trial.
There are too many imponderables.
I want him to die in his cell and in a manner
calculated to cause the Americans the greatest possible embarrassment.
When, Masaki san?
Soon. Very soon.
I am Nakamura Taizo.
It is an honour.
But I didn't think he was capable of murdering his own sister.
We don't have much time, Mr. Kellem.
Now, what was Masaki wearing?
I told you.
No, but I need details. Precise details.
A black kimono and over it a black haori.
It had a design, of course.
What sort of design?
I think...
No, you have to be absolutely certain.
Now, what design?
One minute and 58 seconds.
Let's try it again.
Thank you.
A fine performance, Nakamura san.
Somehow very contemporary.
Thank you.
I have always tried to reconcile the traditional with the modern.
You are far more successful at it than I am.
I don't have your burdens to bear.
You are very sensitive, Nakamura san.
I understand turmoil.
It pains me to see it in so beautiful a face.
I should like to be your friend, Nobu san.
Aren't you neglecting your host?
So I am.
Excuse me.
I would like to prevail upon you to perform The Willows for us.
It's been many years since I've seen it done well.
Kabuki is like jujitsu, Masaki san.
One cannot deceive an expert.
- You are a devotee of jujitsu? - Yes.
Also like kabuki,
it is one of our classic arts seldom performed well.
One might say, one of the most Japanese of all arts.
That is why I am so appalled by this American, Rocklin.
- Rocklin? - Yes.
I saw him wrestle in a private club in Hokkaido.
He won his match easily, but there was no style, no grace.
But his manager boasts that he is unbeatable.
There is an article about him in today's newspaper.
American arrogance.
He beat Yokoyama last week.
But I have heard of your champion, Osaki.
I am sure that he is far better.
Oh, no comparison.
Inspector, do you agree?
There is one way to find out.
The terms of the American challenge are quite clear.
"Three million, six hundred thousand yen,
ten thousand American dollars.
Winner take all."
I'll have Shiki arrange for it.
Mr. Masaki, please.
Tell him a friend is calling.
Mr. Masaki?
Yes, who is this?
You don't know me, not yet.
Photography is my profession.
I specialise in intimate studies of people
who don't know they're being photographed.
I really don't see what that has to do with me.
Well, Mr. Masaki, I was on the hill overlooking your garden
the afternoon your sister was killed.
I photographed everything,
but you have nothing to worry about
if we can come to some kind of arrangement.
Whoever you are, you're wasting your time.
Am I, Mr. Masaki?
I'll call again.
Wait, if you should call again,
it would be preferable if you used my private number.
It is...
All right.
I'll be calling you soon.
Akita here.
I thought you'd like to know
the match with the American has been arranged today.
Oh, yes, Akita, while I have you, a small favour.
Could you trace any calls that are made to my private number?
Is there some problem, Masaki san?
Trivial matter, business.
You and your business intrigues.
But I suppose if one is to grow rich...
All right, I shall have it done.
But the fight was very exciting at that moment.
Something made me look around to where Mioshi had been sitting.
Her seat was empty.
So was Masaki's.
Then I saw them together on the lawn near the fountain.
They were talking.
I looked back at the match for a few moments.
When I turned around again, I couldn't see him anymore.
She was disappearing into the trees...
They must have gone down the path, with Masaki in the lead,
until they reached this point
when Masaki killed his sister.
That means that you'll have to photograph
from this angle on the hillside, Barney.
This will do the job, Jim.
And with this, you can hear me 300 yards away.
Does Paris know about the kimono?
Yeah, his manager called him this morning and told him.
How's he gonna get out of attending the match?
Well, he pleads minor indisposition, travel fatigue.
And after a few minutes rest, he'll be as good as new.
How's it coming, Dana?
What do you think?
Perfect.
One contest.
First man to gain a point wins.
That's the deal.
Make it look good, Willy. If you're not the centre of attention,
- Paris and Dana are in trouble. - All right.
All right, I'm ready.
All right, Barney's set.
I'll let you know as soon as he has the film.
Hold it.
Paris, Dana, you got a visitor.
Okay, now, start all over again.
Okay, I've got it.
- You okay? - Yeah, I'm all right.
You have courage.
I hope you have both learned something from this experience.
Let's get out of here.
Looks fine, Jim.
Let's just hope we wrote the right script.
If we did, Masaki will write his own ending.
You can call now, Dana.
Inspector Akita, the call has come.
Please trace it.
Yes?
I understand.
There are other people who would be interested
in seeing this film, Mr. Masaki.
This may be your last chance.
All right.
- I'll call back then. - They traced it.
Akita, did you get it?
The call originated from this number:
583-7591.
The address? Yes, I have it.
Very good, Akita.
Thank you.
No. No, it won't be necessary to tap the line.
This information is quite sufficient.
And I'd appreciate your discretion in the matter.
Yes, of course.
This is Uncle Masaki's world.
To me, it is a beautiful prison.
Masaki san can give you many advantages.
And extract a price for each one.
I could feel his hatred.
He sees my father in me.
Then why are you even considering the move?
I suppose because a part of me wants to hide behind these walls.
You should not.
I expected you to side with him.
He is the past.
You are the future.
I shall miss you, Taizo san.
We have been able to talk.
Then perhaps we should meet again in the city.
I would like that very much.
Who are you?
- What do you want? - Be quiet.
I want everything. Prints, negatives, everything.
Have you got it all?
You have no right to take that. That belongs to me.
A blackmailer demanding her rights.
How original.
What a strange place to keep a can of film.
It must be very valuable.
You've chosen your victim very unwisely.
You're a lovely young woman.
I should hate to see that changed.
They were very thorough.
Very.
You should be hearing from Masaki shortly.
This film is a trick.
It cannot be.
More. ls there more?
There is no more. Not on this reel.
Yes, of course.
This was bait.
But it is a fraud.
It has to be.
I want that frame enlarged.
That portion of the picture where the man's arm is exposed,
blow it up again, larger.
I think that we shall be able to prove that this is all just a blackmailer's trick.
Your film is very clever,
but it is only a trick.
You say that is a picture of me?
- Isn't it? - No.
You just look.
Here, there is a scar.
But not there.
Sixteen millimetre film is very grainy when you blow it up this big.
I see the scar there, don't you?
Don't you, Mr. Masaki?
Or why did you bring me here?
Where is the rest of it?
I want half a million dollars for the rest of it.
Expensive.
Yes.
- Very well. - I'll be back.
Miss.
This must be the end of it.
Don't worry.
I'm greedy, but not foolish.
When I was a child I worshipped my father.
He was the wisest, kindest man in the world.
But as we grow up, we must learn to face reality.
Nothing has been proven yet, Nobu.
When I talk to you, somehow I have faith that things will be all right.
Nobu, I would like to be with you during this time of trouble.
Perhaps with a phone call, I can arrange it.
- Will you excuse me? - For that, yes.
Miss Kellem?
Who are you?
A friend.
I can prove your father is innocent. Are you interested?
Of course I'm interested. Who are you?
Be alone in your apartment in 30 minutes.
Someone will be there.
You have captured his style, Shiki kun.
Tell Saburi to come tonight.
My mother.
Well, where's the rest of it?
That's just a free sample.
If you want anyone to see the rest of it,
you'll have to make a bid for it.
You're a blackmailer.
You know who killed my mother.
Tell me who killed my mother.
I said you'll have to make a bid for it.
Somebody else is interested in buying this film.
Who? Tell me, is it Uncle Masaki?
Call me in an hour.
Make it your best bid.
You'll only have one chance.
Taizo san.
What is it?
Tell me what's wrong.
Yes, Taizo san, I will.
You're the only one I can trust.
You recognise the seriousness of what you are saying?
You are accusing your uncle of murder, Nobu san.
All I know is that this film may tell us who killed my mother.
I would not be here if Taizo had not advised me that the police...
It was sound advice, Nobu san, whatever the consequences.
She gave me this, her phone number.
- Hello? - It's time.
As you can see, there's an element of theatricality in our business too.
We shall now allow the blackmailer to lead us to her victim.
"So I must confess my guilt.
I murdered my wife because she wished to leave me.
The attorney from the American embassy gave me this pill
with instructions that I end my life
and not cause further embarrassment to their plans
for total economic and political domination of Japan."
Excellent forgery.
It shall be found besides Kellem's body.
Just a second. What about my money?
It's only a positive. The negative isn't here.
Where is it?
Surely you didn't expect me to bring the negative here.
When I have my money, I'll take your man to where I've hidden it.
I'm sorry you're being foolish about this.
You will not leave here until you tell us where the negative is.
No chance.
Would you prefer to tell Osaki?
I'm not going to tell anybody.
She has information I want.
Get it from her.
Thread the film.
Are we intruding?
It was an extraordinary story, Masaki san.
I could hardly believe it when your niece told me.
So I thought it would be best for us to come right out here.
I'm glad you did, Akita san.
I see I am interrupting.
You are about to roll this film.
Please continue.
No, it is of no importance.
But I insist.
You killed her. My mother.
Yes.
But the rest of it is blank.
It was a trick.
Akita san, you will, of course, forget all this nonsense.
I can make you a very wealthy man.
Yes, I'm sure you can.
Listen to me, you can have power beyond your imaginings.
Your corruption has reached even my own men, Masaki san.
Inspector Akita here.
Send a squad car to Toshio Masaki's estate.
But you do not understand.
I'm afraid, Masaki san,
that we all understand.
Nakamura san.
We never found the girl, the blackmailer.
That is regrettable.
Yes, but when all is said and done, we have something to thank her for.
She prevented a miscarriage of justice.
Inspector, you are very perceptive.
Thank you.
Dad, meet my friend,
- Nakamura Taizo. - Hello.
Mr. Kellem, you're a fortunate man.
You have a very devoted daughter.