Toho Kabushiki-gaisha
Come this way
Across this street, to your left
That's it "left" then straight ahead about a 5 min walk
a Keigo Higashino novel
With Hiroshi Abe as Kyoichiro Kaga
Origami Tsuru
What's wrong? .. Are you drunk, sir?
Emergency .. Yasuda to Central .. a casualty on Nihonbashi Bridge
.. by the Gryphon (Kirin) statue .. send an ambulance
The Wings of the Gryphon
So the first Saturday of next month is OK
from 11 am
On that day I can help too
I leave it to you
But I'm not sure to show up
You didn't show up for the 1st anniversary, you'd skip the 3rd too?
My father would have prioritized work too
You're probably right .. still ...
I think you don't get it at all
What about?
You're father
Excuse me
Kaga speaking
Nihonbashi? I'm close
I get it .. I'll go now
An incident in the neighbor .. an emergency
I was transferred to Kyobashi Hospital, near your station
You can call anytime
I get it
Here your 40 cents change ... thank you
Kaori-chan, let's call it a day
We close shop
Fuyuki? How was the interview?
Kaori
I'm in a fix
I ...
I did something
I ...
What's wrong?
Fuyuki?
Someone in there?
What are you doing?
Stop there
Stop
What are you doing?
I don't know
When I saw him he was already there I thought he was drunk
His mind was blurred, he didn't notice the officer
Where was he stabbed?
The crime took place in Edobashi's underpass
I just went there
There was blood stains all the way.. - I see
He walked the whole distance
He was stabbed in the chest, it probably took him 7 to 8 min.
Did he have a phone - He did not
He had a key case with a business card inside, and a handkerchief
The question is ...
If he walked that distance
Why didn't he ask for help?
Kaga, the family of the victim is going to the hospital
Are you Mrs. Aoyagi
I'm Kaga from Nihonbashi Station
How is my husband?
Unfortunately
soon after he was transported to the hospital, he passed away
... Please leave your message after the beep ...
Fuyuki, what happened?
Hello? .. Hello?
Well .. this is Fuyuki's phone?
This is the police
Dear
It can't be
We found a suspicious person
He had in his possession Mr. Aoyagi's bag
Are you Miss Nakahara?
This way please
Fuyuki
Skull fracture and brain hemorrhage
His condition is very serious
I wonder why he had this
Dad goes to Internet cafés?
Does this belong to him too?
The glasses are his but
the case ..?
I see
The victim, Mr. Takeyaki Aoyagi, 53
Director of Kaneseki Metals Manufacturing
Crime scene, Edobashi underpass
he then walk 300m and was found on Nihonbashi
We can infer that he was stabbed at 8:50
The murder blade is 8cm long
The fingerprints have been wiped with a cloth
This is the video from Nihonbashi surveillance cam
The victim walking from Edobashi underpass
Stopped exhausted in the middle of the bridge
A distance of 800 m from the crime scene toward Hamacho Green Alley
An emergency patrol found a suspicious person
He tried to escape
he was hit by a truck, he's now unconscious
Fuyuki Yashima, 25
He lives in East Arakawa-ku Midori Mansion building
The apartment is rented at the name of Kaori Nakahara
Fuyuki Yashima was in possession of the victim's belongings
A camera, a glasses case
A netcafe card
Nothing else was taken, as we checked with the victim's family
No photos in the camera
The membership card is from a netcafe in West Shinjuku
that is near the victim's employer
He had been going there for half a year
Yashima was abandoned by his mother soon after his birth
he stayed until the age of 15 in a foster home in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture
He has a history of petty crime
I guess we can proceed with Yashima as a suspect
As soon as he recovers consciousness we'll question him
What concerns me is why How about had a weapon ready
Please see with the details so that we can close that case quickly
The names I'm calling now, please start quickly with the investigation
Matsumiya Investigation Division
Kaga, Criminal Division Nihonbashi station
Questioning of the suspect's roommate Kaori Nakahara
If the knife belongs to him, Yashima is suspected of premeditation
Check thoroughly with her if it is Yashima's knife
I knew they would team me up with you, Kyou
They're not supposed to know that we are cousins
Sorry, I should call you Mr. Kaga on duty
The investigation department didn't care deploying more than the two of us
Please don't hesitate if you have any idea
So let's go to Yashima's hospital
Before that I need to go somewhere else
I'll catch up with you at the hospital
If it's for the investigation I'll go with you
Quite possibly a fool's errand
"Any fool's errand can change the outcome of an investigation"
This is what your father taught me
It's this way
I knew that
Yes, he came here at least 2ce
You sure?
I never forget a face after the 2nd time
Right Mr. Kaga
Why in this shop?
He bought something?
The 2nd time he came he bought this
The public enterprise employing the victim is in Shinjuku
He lives in Nerima
Why would he come here to buy this case and then be killed in Nihonbashi?
What was Mr. Aoyagi doing here?
Please count on us for the funeral
I'm grateful .. I wouldn't know what to do
Director Aoyagi since his youth was a promising employee
The company will do everything possible
Thank you for your help
Goodbye
Are you connected to the victim?
Leave me alone
It's the victim's residence
Could we ask you some questions?
Some common sense please
We're police officers
I'm his childhood friend from the foster home
So you lived together when you left the foster home
Mr. Yashima works at an engineering firm?
3 years ago, the place where he was working went bankrupt
He told me, let's go to Tokyo
You are the last person he sent a mail to
["Found something incredible, I'm meeting someone now"]
Right after 6:30 pm ["Found something incredible, I'm meeting someone now"]
Right after 6:30 pm
Mr. Yashima was looking for a job
Half a year ago he was fired from the factory
A factory? What factory?
Well .. something like Kaneda ... Kanemoto
Kaneseki?
That's it
Why such question?
Where was his meeting yesterday?
He didn't tell
His accident happened around 21:30
A moment before he called you
What did he want?
Well ..
"I'll be back soon, sorry for being late" that's all
You sure he said only that?
Fuyuki is the victim of an accident
Why such questions?
He had this in his possession
It's not his
It belongs to a person named Takeyaki Aoyagi
Mr. Aoyagi
Takeyaki Aoyagi
Director at Kaneseki
You met him?
No
I don't know him
He was killed yesterday at about 9 pm
Mr. Yashima had his case and his wallet
When an emergency patrol found him
he ran away and was hit by a truck
You think he killed that man?
He is the prime suspect in the investigation..
That's a lie
That kind .. he's not that kind of person
He doesn't do that
He's not that type
No, I don't know him
He was working at Kaneseki national factory
until half a year ago
He would never talk about his job
Your husband often had business in Nihonbashi?
We don't know about that
What was he doing there?
You have no idea either
Last time you met your father
Was there something unusual about him?
Not particularly
You're wasting your time asking my brother
You were not talking to Dad lately
How's that related?
You always hated father
You were avoiding him
You were the one bad mouthing him
You too Mom, you told him he was always playing golf
Enough with that
Shubunkan junior high school
it's your alma mater
There's a call to that school on your father's phone
3 days ago, you know where he was?
You heard something?
I see
We really can't help
We know nothing about Dad
Even when the police asks, there's nothing we can tell
Yuto
Tell me ... why did you stop swimming?
Is that your business?
Something happened?
Yuto? - I forgot
This was so long ago
Who his father really was .. He doesn't know
That's how it is
Many kids at that age feel like that
You too felt that about your father?
It seems you're going to the third memorial anniversary of your father
Mrs. Kanamori called you?
It reassured my mother she was worried you didn't feel like going
I don't see the use of a memorial service
It's not the point
You're not the only one concerned by this
Don't you understand that we too want to remember your father
You didn't attend the first memorial - I get it
You can relax, I'll do it
I received a call
Mr. Aoyagi called me for advice
Why did he want your advice?
Well
because I'm the coach of the swimming club
What was the conversation about?
I told it to the other inspector
Sorry but
we inspectors often have to repeat things to get to the truth
He was worried about his relationship with his son lately
Then?
He called saying he needed to talk at leisure
Who could have thought ...
A coffee shop?
"Miles Dawn" a coffee shop in front of Edobashi
That's close to the crime scene
According to the clerk, he came at 19:30
He ordered 2 cafe lattes
He was with someone?
Possibility Mr. Yashima
Yashima worked at Kaneseki Metals for a while before getting fired
Maybe they fired him during a downsizing
Yashima probably called him with a grudge
A temporary staff would call a Director for that?
He had left 6 months before
He couldn't find a new job
He had a grudge and brought a knife
Kaori Nakahara says she never saw that knife
Makes no difference
We need to find the origin of the knife
We don't know if he met with Yashima
It's possible he was the person he was meeting in the coffee shop
You need to check if Yashima had a meeting with the victim
I'm going to the national factory tomorrow
You take care of it
What do you mean?
Anyway someone from Nihonbashi has to go to the factory
Where do you go?
I'll walk around
We need to know why Mr. Aoyagi came to Nihonbashi that night
But ...
You don't need me to ask some questions around
I'm fine .. But please keep in contact
I get it, I'll convey the instructions of the department of investigation
Give me chopsticks - You can pick your food
To be honest, Mr. Yashima
I don't really remember him
The reason why he left?
Simple staff downsizing
I understand the feelings of temporary staff
But stabbing someone because of grudges, it's horrible
That is not determined yet
Mr. Aoyagi was in charge of the manufacturing department
He is the person who knew that department best
When I took that department I kept consulting him
Mr. Aoyagi was coming here?
Sure he did, regular visits once a month
This is where Yashima was working on the line
Is there a possibility that Mr. Aoyagi and Mr. Yashima met here?
No, I don't think they ever had a chance to talk
Something happened? - It's nothing
I'd like to hear people who knew Mr. Yashima
I asked already ... unfortunately
There's no such person
It seems he kept to himself
I see
Would you like to see the cafeteria? - Please
[Hiring]
Welcome
Sorry I called you here
So that will be the leading role?
Excellent
Please go to the performance
When was it?
You told me he came here?
He came half a year ago
I thought you were the one in charge of the Nihonbashi crime
There you are - Thank you
Excuse me, your shop is about here, right?
Yes
What are you looking for?
No .. it's just that I hadn't come here in a long while
It's a pleasant neighborhood for a walk
It's my opinion too
Exercise makes me want to eat sweet
Please enjoy
He hadn't come in half a year
That's what he said?
He came here on the weekend he was dressed casually in golf wear
Golf wear
for a walk?
More than a walk he seemed to have a purpose
What makes you think that?
While looking at a map he was checking the time on his watch
He always had a camera - He came to Nihonbashi to take photos
It's possible, and not only this neighborhood
Exercise makes him want to eat sweet
Observant ... you have journalist's skills
Well, I wish I was
The article you wrote in the weekly was excellent
Thank you
Without this part-time job, I still wouldn't survive
Here
Thank you, this is welcome
It seems you want to talk about Mr. Yashima
Yes, Yashima and I were good buddies
Why didn't you tell it at the factory?
We get into trouble if we don't know our place
Mr. Yashima forgot his place?
Do you know the Interlock system?
Nope
Normally, if a person touches the conveyor belt by mistake
There's a system to stop it, to avoid accidents
A safety system?
But it doesn't work too well
If you use it too often, it easily breaks
At the moment we refill the material
We should interrupt the conveyor belt
Yashima?
He hurt his back badly
He couldn't move for 5 min
The ambulance?
The supervisor and the manager came right away
They took him to the staff room for a small rest
They probably asked him to leave early
He said his right arm was numb
He took one week off
They didn't even take him to the hospital
We don't earn enough money
But the company has to pay for a workplace accident
Even when we go to the hospital they forbid us to talk about accident
We don't even report workplace accidents
Why is that?
Kaneseki management
order temp staff to keep it quiet
That's probably why Yashima was fired
And if someone asked who told you ...
Course I won't tell
Thanks for talking to me
I didn't know what happened to him
He went to Tokyo
He was my only friend
They're keeping a workplace accident quiet?
What's the connection between Yashima and the victim?
Yashima knew the victim
Look over there
This is the Director of Manufacturing
He could have us fired
with one word, just like that
If Mr. Aoyagi was sent there for downsizing personal
He threatened him because of the workplace accident
That's why he had the knife
We don't know if the knife is Yashima's
As long as he remains unconscious many questions remain unanswered
Good evening
Where have you been so late
I lost my train pass, I had to walk back
Where's that new pair of socks
There
Sank yuu
The landlord came again for his rent
we have two days left
I get it
You don't get it
We can't go by on my salary alone
You said your numb hand was better
Well, yeah
So you find a job whatever it takes
Listen Kaori
There's a job I wanted to do
Today I found .. - You need to put bread on the table
The world is not for dreamers
Put your heart to it
This way please
So many people
He was a man of virtue
Thank you for everything
Do you keep swimming?
Your father was so proud of you
Your son?
He was in a swimming competition recently
You too were an athlete in your youth
Sort of
He is just like me, more physical than intellectual
I know so little about Dad, his good sides
I wish we had more time to talk
You're OK, you eat well
Sure, I'm fine
The suspect is still unconscious?
Seems so
He'll come out of it?
I have no idea, the police don't talk
Aoyagi - Teacher
Thanks for taking the time
It was hard?
Hang on
If there's anything I can do please tell me
Thank you very much
The man unconscious in the hospital
had an accident at the factory of the victim half a year ago
and took one week off
For a workplace accident where more than 4 days off
are needed, it is requested to write a report
Yet neither Kaneseki nor
the employee reported it
This workplace accidents hiding..
The news move fast
It's a leak from our superiors
In case the worst happened to Yashima
it's easier to close the case with a designated suspect
[The aggressor of Mr. Aoyagi Director at Kaneseki, worked at the same company ...]
No doubt, it's Aoyagi's dad's company
That's the reason why he was killed
Good morning
Thank you for coming to the funeral
Aoyagi come
I deeply apologize
you received instructions to hide the accident?
I received instruction from the director
Mr. Aoyagi himself gave the instruction
That's right
The labor agency will probably launch an investigation
it will give a bad name to the company
Welcome
Excuse me
Which person is it? - Right in front of you
About a month ago
You met this man here
Yes, right ..
It was a shock to see him on the news
You remembered his face well
He was marked in my memory
This is for a prayer?
No
You don't want to talk about it
I'm sorry - No problem
Sorry I have many more shrines to visit
If you'll excuse me
All purple paper crane
Certainly
This is something to remember
The reason why people pray here
This shrine is to one of the "Seven Lucky Gods of Nihonbashi"
My shop is here
Mr. Aoyagi bought the glasses case there
this is a good walk
the reason why he came to Nihonbashi
was to visit the 7 gods shrines
Mr. Kaga
I don't think he saw him on the news as he says
I'm sorry I shouldn't tell unverified journalist hunches
If you come to that conclusion after having seen him a number of times
it is more serious than a mere hunch
Thanks for your help
Good morning, sorry for the day off I took without warning
Miss Nakahara ... come
The suspect in the Nihonbashi murder
is your companion, right?
I heard the police is leading a very thorough investigation
You understand, we're a business
When strange rumors start
It's her
Kaori Nakahara
Miss Nakahara
You are the girlfriend of the murder suspect of Nihonbashi
Did he have a workplace accident?
Kaori
How is it?
Looks good - It's lame?
Kaori
Right now ...
we don't have money but
I want to make you happy
Miss Nakahara
It's me
Now he's dead because of me
It's me ...
Fuyuki
Her anemia is no big deal
Miss Nakahara is pregnant
in her 3rd month
Could I talk to her?
Should be OK now
What do you say?
Psychologically it would be heavy for her
We don't have time
Please
It's Fuyuki's baby
Did Mr. Yashima know it?
he was working with a contractor long ago
at that time his function
requested him to use knives?
I don't know
But now he doesn't own knives
You don't know about everything he owns right
I know it better than he does
Why would you say that?
That day I found his new pair of socks
When he spoke to you on the phone
He had the bag of the victim
But he didn't tell you
In fact you don't know him
He told me
What can I do?
He said he'd done something ...
I see
this was his last call
Mr. Yashima
... was looking for his new pair of socks
That is ..
Why particularly that day
There's something I always wanted to do, today I ...
You have to put bread on the table
The world is not for dreamers
Put your heart to it
I pressed him too hard
I was blaming our poverty on him
that's why he committed such ...
I'm the one who killed him
what I did to Fuyuki...
he said: "I did something ..."
Once we have found where the knife comes from
I'll announce the suspect's death to the press
each of you
please put together a coherent report
Well ...
The person Yashima met
Was not an employer
maybe he saw a poster
he saw a poster offering for a job and he went for it?
Then he was told to come the next day
There was no trace of that call on his phone
That's why he wanted the new socks for an interview
He intended to wash them
near the company he was visiting
What are you saying... we're having the press conference today
We could investigate that company just today and make the conference tomorrow
All right then
I'm not your puppet on strings
When talking to the hierarchy you get through smooth and less official
Everyone knows where the suggestions come from
I told you before
as a rule we must follow the instructions of the Department
You have to check the 7 temples
These are instructions from the Department
In Kasamainari Shrine about 4 months back
The victim was seen
setting all green paper cranes
About 3 months back in Ochanoki Shrine
all of them light green paper cranes
It seems he was taking shots with his camera
I didn't think we'd walk that much
Go back if you don't like it
I didn't say that
We need to understand why? Mr. Aoyagi prayed to all these shrines
between today and tomorrow we'll be walking extensively
If you don't like it you talk to the officer, he'll find you another partner
I didn't say that
Next stop is Suitengu Shrine, I'll go on my own
I'll tag along
Yes, that was half a year ago
They were placed here
I counted them, there's always 100 cranes
together with an envelope with $10
Always the same color cranes?
The first 100 were yellow
Then green, then blue, every week a different color
You saw the person who left them?
No
It seems he always came when no one's around
People come to Suitengu to pray for safe child birth, right?
The only pregnant person around the case is Miss Nakahara
she's 3 months pregnant
He came in Suitengu 6 month ago
You're right
What kind of paper does he use for the cranes
About that size
Japanese made
This is it
How did you guess it was here?
In the Nihonbashi area, that type of paper
You're such a remarkable investigator
But you do remember that man well?
Yes, because he came again
Again?
First time I saw him
We didn't have enough of this type
He wanted 10 sets
So many?
Why yellow?
I'm sorry, I can't tell
Really?
What's the connection between the Kappa mythological animal and pregnancy
it's a charm to protect from drowning
Drowning?
Mr. Kaga
No doubt, this is the paper
Really?
Thank you for your help
There
What?
Of course this murder is absolutely unforgivable
But to an extent, this suspect
But wasn't he the victim of a cunning enterprise?
As a symbol of modern social disparity
Those idiots
You said my friends would sympathize for our loss
How do you suggest I face them tomorrow?
On the net and everywhere they write it's only natural that Dad was killed
Nothing we can do
It's all his fault
Haruka
You're still investigating
Even you ... don't you have still unanswered questions?
Nothing I need to know
Why was your father in Nihonbashi?
You're content with us closing the case without knowing that?
Content or not, my father reaped what he sowed
It was so wrong of him to hide that workplace accident
Someone hated him for that, there's nothing more to it
And so what?
He was wandering on Nihonbashi's famous Bridge .. big deal
The media making such a fuss over it
Just more trouble for us
Your father wasn't just "wandering" there
On that bridge
under the statue of a Gryphon
he came collapsing, to die there
A gryphon?
A winged gryphon statue
Why did your father ..
purposefully walk all the distance from where he'd been stabbed
But your father didn't ask for help
Did he always dislike his father?
That's what your daughter said before
It happened when Yuto was younger
During a summer vacation
You want to stop?
I stopped already
You said it was fine with your study schedule
you said you'd keep the swimming club
Why?
Why did you stop?
When I was in school
I was a dedicated swimmer, I told you ...
But I had to work part-time for my family
I couldn't ...
I heard you the first time
You're blessed ...
This is annoying
Thanks for the meal - Yuto
Yuto
My husband taught Yuto to swim
He wished his own father had done that for him
He was usually the mute father figure
But he was speaking about swimming
with enthusiasm
Until that summer vacation
So why did Yuto quit swimming?
Well
What happened to Yuto at the club?
Something changed?
I'm not sure
Maybe an incident is worth mentioning
An incident
A junior at the swimming club
He sneaked in the school pool at night
it seems he drowned
But fortunately his life was out of danger
Otherwise, your husband
was he a religious person?
He was often visiting shrines
No
He would not even go with the family to the shrine for new year
Around your husband, is there a newborn
I don't know
I see
Maybe ..
Is it so bad to hide a workplace accident?
He's been killed, let's leave it at that?
To hide a workplace accident is a crime
You bear grudges too, right?
There's no murder that one should "leave it at that"
It's one belief that motivates me as an inspector
Wings of the Gryphon
Can't be
we found the company who interviewed Mr. Yashima on that day
It is a furniture store in the Kyobashi named "woodwork"
[Staff urgently needed] - He saw the poster and he entered
The manager was not here, like today
I told him to come again the next day at about 6
Shoes were not allowed in the office
That's why he needed new socks on that particular day
And so he was hired the day of the murder?
No, they where only offering part-time for an event
Mr. Yashima was very enthusiastic about the furniture business
In any case, he met the victim after that interview
The fact is, the boss empathized with Yashima
and recommended him to a colleague in Edobashi
Yes, it was unexpected
He was recommended by Woodwork and I interviewed him
that's wanted to settle it the very day
I thought he was a trained professional
He said he used to work for a contractor
and was making furniture as a hobby
That level of qualification
He wasn't hired
Mr. Yashima went back right after 7 pm
the victim entered the cafe at 7
The distance and timing would allow it
In such case
So, Yashima coming out of Edobashi's workshop
and the victim visiting the 7 shrines
could very well have met by accident
Yashima who had failed at his interview
thinking that he was in that predicament
because Kaneseki Metals had fired him
decided he should talk to the victim
They went to the cafe next door
Yamasita threatened to expose the workplace accident
The conversation turned bitter he decided to take him in the underpass
quite possibly
Just tell him yourself
What doesn't compute is their meeting by chance while Yashima had a knife
He had a knife for self-defense with a record of petty crime..
Such type would habitually...
What?
The knife .. maybe he had it that day to show his carpentry skills
Absolutely .. Yashima was making furniture with it
We should follow that lead
We need to check this with the 2 places again
I see
We postpone the announcement until tomorrow evening
Yuto, come quick
Haruka
An ambulance
I get it
I'm returning Mr. Yashima's belonging
This is that new pair of socks
It's embarrassing, not because it's the only new pair he has
but .. it's as if we were married
We know which company interviewed him
A furniture shop near Nihonbashi
He wanted to make furniture
He made this table too?
We didn't have any money
As you said before
I didn't ...
I didn't know anything about him
You didn't tell him you were pregnant, right?
How did you guess?
To get pregnant without work or money
Maybe he would have run away
What you said before
he cannot kill
You still believe that?
I don't know
What an idiot ..
To attempt suicide
Since last night, she met someone?
No
She saw something about the case on the net or on TV?
Well .. I don't know
The incident brought on unpleasant emotions
A murder is like cancer cells
Once it entered a person, it spreads pain all over
Please question Yuto
What?
What I just asked his mother
Mr. Kaga
I'm back to square one
Miss Nakahara
Excuse me for scaring you
Mr. Inspector
Are you OK?
It's not good to move too much in your condition
I'm fine
What are you doing here?
I'm back to square one
This is the way I do things
Isn't it why you came here too?
Fuyuki's last phone call
It was here
This is where ..
he called me from
Then the officer found him
He ran that way
Definitely, I can't believe it
Fuyuki can't ..
kill a person
Even if no one believes in him
I'll believe in him
Mr. Inspector, Fuyuki cannot have killed someone
I get it
Where do you want to go in Tokyo?
You drop us anywhere convenient in Tokyo
You're a carefree boyfriend
So .. the place where Tokyo started
What's this?
The point where Tokyo started
Yes I'm driving right through there
Thank you very much
All Tokyo roads start from here
This is the starting heart of Tokyo
See you
The carefree boyfriend
Thank you very much
This is Tokyo
Tokyo
Hurray .. Hurray
It all starts from here
We were so happy at that moment
When was that?
When you shouted "Hurray", was it here?
That was 3 years ago, this time of the year
I could tell from my diary
A woman always remembers such day
I'd remember
if it was an important anniversary
But .. we didn't celebrate it
Fuyuki and I forgot that day
So please check
The diary will tell you, right?
sure but ..
Do you know this?
A dragon
It's a gryphon
It's a legendary animal
Does it fly?
No
it doesn't have wings originally
But all roads of Japan start from here so ..
The wings were added because all Japanese can fly from here
But ..
.. this one will never fly
This gryphon
is exactly like ... me an Fuyuki
Yuto
his father
... died over there
You mean
No doubt he too came back to the starting point
I came to see how your sister is doing, I'm glad it's not serious
How about the workplace accident?
It's all my father's fault, case closed
It's regrettable but it's a fact
pretending my father was dear to you
But once you get exposed to blame it all on him
You're just a kid you have no idea
Give me a break
My father isn't that kind of scoundrel
Let me go
"My father isn't that kind of scoundrel"?
He said that?
last night he said "he reaped what he sowed"
For sure some realization hit Yuto overnight
if Mr. Yashima had a knife or not
we couldn't determine with the two furniture shops
I see, so our bosses announce he had it for self-defense
together with the news of his death, tomorrow
I won't let that happen
Using the same bridge security camera
that filmed Mr. Aoyagi
It's the victim's take
This is most probably Mr. Yashima
at 7:40 pm
At the time the victim was with someone at the cafe
The victim was not with Yashima
Why did you check that camera at that time?
If Yashima was in the neighborhood
he had to come here
Why is that?
To him this is an important place
We'll have to cancel the press conference
I'm aware I'm a nosy nurse
Mr. Kaga, it's only once a year
you could remember your father
I'm not forgetting him
but to me that account is settled
What do you mean by "my account is settled"
My issues with my father are all settled
So you plan to just observe him from afar?
as when your father died ...
He wanted to die alone
He left you and your mother
So I planned to respect his intention
So that's a promise between father and son?
Exactly - It's ridiculous
that kind of promise made in good health
doesn't mean anything
Have you ever
... seen someone confronted with death?
It's my job
Mr. Kaga, you don't know what you're talking about
What's that?
Those you see are just corpses not persons
I met many dying people
In the hospital I played chess with your father
I know
Yes you told me by mail to do so
and to keep it a secret from your father
Just as I thought
You knew my next move?
The most fun in chess
is to read the mind of the opponent
That looks like an inspector's insight again
In the police there are many guys good at chess
You learned with one of those?
The guy who taught me chess
Was my father
So in the same way, Mr. Kaga
...to your son?
I never had a chance to teach him anything
I see
What's happening next
Start oxygen
What is it?
Chess
We'll play again tomorrow
Quick
Can you see?
Surely, your father
at the end wanted to meet you
in fact it wasn't the chess
He wanted to talk to his only son
When people draw near to death
they drop their pride
They come back to their true essence
and when they have their last message to deliver
we living persons have a duty to listen
Seeing your father
I realized that too
So ..
I feel compelled to bother you further
I rarely see you cornered like that
the message of a dying man
Is that the duty of the living...?
Have I been mistaken all these years?
Wait .. Where are you going?
Why do you think he changed his mind about his father?
That one again?
He received a message from his father
What would his dead father send him?
Mr. Aoyagi visited Suitengu Shrine
and then despite a lethal wound he walked to here
This is a message from a father?
Maybe what he wanted to convey Yuto was ...
"It's you"
This is the reason why Yuto came here today
Chief inspector
The resolution analysis on the security cam
No doubt this is Yashima on the picture
The victim was at the cafe with somewhere else
We need to question people around that cafe
We need to find new evidence of contacts with the victim
Lieutenant Kaga
What are you after?
you have reinitialized that investigation, why?
What are you leading us to?
Yuto Aoyagi
One of the students drowned 3 years ago, right?
One night in summer
A student sneaked in the pool
Why do you bring that up?
You found him first?
Yes, I was there by chance
During the summer vacation at night, why where you there?
What do you mean? That day there was a swimming competition
I stayed late on the computer to input the results
Yoshinaga?
I reported immediately
Fortunately we managed to save Yoshinaga
Where is Yoshinaga now?
I heard he moved to Nagano Prefecture, I don't know where
We'll be searching
How is that related to Mr. Aoyagi's murder?
Forgive me, I can't answer that
But the murderer died, it's over now
The case is not closed
By the way, Mr. Itokawa, you teach Math, right?
In junior high school math teaches many formulas
What are you leading to?
A person learning formulas can solve all kinds of problems
But when one memorizes something wrong the first time
he is bound to repeat the mistake over and over
This happens right? - That's right
For kids to memorize the right formula
the right guidance is needed
Hello
Yesterday you had an appointment for an obstetric checkup
You didn't come so I was concerned
It was intentional
People say I'm nosy
Are you moving?
Back to my hometown
I still have a few friends there
You want to give birth in your hometown?
Does that mean, you may not want that baby?
I don't feel strong enough to raise it on my own
.. and I'm well aware how tough the world is
But ... that baby is your only family now
How about Mr. Yashima ...
if he heard you speak like that
what would he say?
The Japanese police are cool, right?
You hit a guy, you injure him
and you're free overnight
He didn't file a complaint so you're Scott free
He's guilty enough to deserve it
Summer holiday, 3 years ago
There was a swimming competition
You participated in it?
How about Yoshinaga?
Your father was visiting the Suitengu Shrine
It seems you know what I mean
I don't know
Why do you bring that up?
It's quite possible that it is related to the murder of your father
Suitengu is not only to pray for pregnancy but also for drowning
Would you tell us?
The message you received from your father?
That's it
I have nothing else to say
He has some sensitive issues
He is not alone in this, otherwise he would have solved it
Yokota
The Director Aoyagi didn't know about the interlock problem
When the Director makes his inspection the system is up and running
You can walk?
Get back to work
Get back
I'm calling the Director - Hold it
You don't inform Director Aoyagi
I was thinking of Yashima
The report was different from the truth
I regret I didn't do anything
I get it .. I will thoroughly investigate that incident
We need to talk
You, me and Kurosawa
Would it be about ...
I'll email you, you have to come
Why suddenly now?
Someone told you something?
Not at all
Maybe you're right
My Dad told me something
We're with the police
I'm Mrs. Yoshinaga
My husband comes only on the weekends
He's an advisor with a number of companies in Tokyo
Tomo, visitors are here
Hello
He can breathe on his own
You didn't sue the school?
The police confirmed it was an accident
And you were content with that?
Of course not
But I felt so guilty
You, guilty?
He had been selected for a relay competition
You mean the day of the swimming competition
All the other team members were 3rd year
He feared he wouldn't be up to the challenge
You remember well what happened 3 years ago
How can I forget
The day of the competition he wasn't up to it
He called me on the phone in tears
So that's why that night..
he sneaked into the pool to train
We are sorry to take you back to these memories
We are investigating about this man
Who is he?
Mr. Takeaki Aoyagi, does it ring a bell?
Every month he visits Suitengu Temple in Nihonbashi
He offers a hundred cranes every time
You understand what I'm talking about
Miss Hanako in Tokyo
I'm keeping a blog
It's like a nursing diary for my kid
From all over the country I receive messages of gratefulness and encouragement
Some are even kind enough to post regularly
One of them is Miss Hanako from Tokyo
She takes a thousand cranes in 10 sets
and places them in the 7 lucky Gods Shrines of Nihonbashi
For my kid
When did that start?
A year ago
Excuse me
Mr. Kaga
[The Wings of the Gryphon] [I dream that one day it will spread its wings]
Her kid, Tomoyuki
She's doing an inconceivable job
The relay team
Yuto Aoyagi, 3rd year
Tatsuya Sugino, 3rd year
Tomoyuki Yoshinaga, 2nd year
Shota Kurosawa, 3rd year
A friend came and they went out
He said he was a friend from the swimming club
Aoyagi?
Yes, Aoyagi
Tatsuya Sugino too was called and went out
I get it
Your son has a phone
Yes .. Why?
Don't tell him about me, ask him where he is
Yuto
You are Kurosawa
They're inspectors
Sugino is not there yet?
What time the meeting?
At 7
You fixed the time on the phone
By email
That's bad ... We can expect the worst
I'll look inside the station
It's Kaga, I need an emergency deployment
Tatsuya Sugino, high school senior, black short hair, about 1m75 tall
He's a person of interest in our present case
Now arriving on 2nd platform..
You know why Sugino wanted to die?
Why did your father visit Suitengu for you?
"Hanako in Tokyo"
It's you
Excellent
When Yoshinaga arrived in 2nd year his time suddenly improved
This competition was his first participation in our team
Not now
I ...
I'm so sorry ... it's all my fault
You were pitiful ... you screwed our qualification
Sincerely, I'm so sorry
The teacher had noticed you you thought you were there already
It's not like that
Get back to your regular training we'll see how sincere you wanna get
From tomorrow morning I promise... - Not for tomorrow
From today
Exactly ... guys let's go for a special training
Good idea ... let's do this
Larger strokes with your arms
What's that, Yoshinaga? Be serious
Several more, back and forth
Don't be lazy - You're swimming?
Come on, swim
Let's sink him .. ready go
Your arms, spin them higher
We'll get caught, quick out
Who is it? What are you doing?
Where's Yoshinaga? - Maybe he ran out before us
Certainly not ... let's find him
He's here
Shubun Junior School, it's for a second year student
As soon as possible please
I'll do it
How could this happen? - Special training
What you taught us, holding his legs while he moves his arms
Idiots
Teacher, we are so sorry
The ambulance is coming soon, you guys get out
But ...
Don't tell it to anyone
As far as I'm concerned, you were never here
Run now
The next day, the police came to the school
They questioned the members of the swimming team
Maybe I was too hard on him after yesterday's defeat
He felt it was his fault
He sneaked into the pool on his own
So that's it
We knew he was going to tell as soon as he wakes up
of course I prayed for him to wake up
But we were terrified at the idea
And still after that Yoshinaga didn't come out of it
Then we graduated
It's despicable of us but, we totally forgot about him
.. until a year ago
A friend from school informed us
What's this blog?
It's Yoshinaga
[The little Gryphon was happy to see Tokyo again after a long time on the occasion of a regular medical checkup the weather wasn't good yet we visited Suitengu Shrine.]
Suitengu Shrine
Hello, I visit regularly your blog
I had an opportunity to visit Suitengu last week
I prayed for you too
I wish little Gryphon will wake up soon
Hanako in Tokyo ...
Thank you for the kind encouragement
I think little Gryphon rejoices too
May I introduce him to you through the blog?
Hanako in Tokyo, thank you for visiting the 7 shrines
I can't forgive myself for what I did
I was always aware but
better this than do nothing
and maybe my prayers will help
So why did you suddenly stop visiting the temples?
... I looked for a shop specialized in Japanese paper selling sets of a hundred of the same color ...they are so beautiful in lines. Please convey my respects to little Gryphon Hanako in Tokyo
What are you doing here?
My computer has a bug, I needed to ...
You crossed the line you can't do as you please here
This page came up as I switched on - All right, now go
Who are you corresponding with using a female avatar?
How dare you read
Did you ... - I did nothing wrong
You get out quick ... - Wait ... Yuto
At this point I was seized by an uncontrollable fear
I trashed all the tsurus I had folded, even stopped visiting the blog
Your father wasn't just "wandering" there
But that inspector
On that bridge under the statue of the Gryphon
he used his last strength to come collapse there
A Gryphon?
On Nihonbashi Bridge, a winged Gryphon statue
So I went back to the blog
It had been a long time
Hanako from Tokyo was still visiting that blog
How can it be?
All that time someone had placed tsurus
My Dad?
Your father realized what had been going on
That the little Gryphon on that blog
was a member of your swimming team at Shogun School
a schoolmate of his son
However..
He couldn't figure why you would use an avatar
Simply his son had prayed for the recovery of a friend but then had suddenly dropped
which had negatively affected the mood of the mother
So he took it over [This is Hanako from Tokyo]
This, at the end ...
may have been a way to apologize
When he read the mails you had sent on the blog
He knew what origami paper you used for the cranes
Yellow
Green
Light green
.. and blue
Tsurus arranged in a line
Half a year ago he placed the purple tsurus
Only the white cranes were left
At that moment a photo was uploaded on the blog
The photo of the swimming team
Your dad suddenly realized the accident had happened the day of that competition
Then ...
At once he solved the riddle of your relation with him
Why you were using an avatar to email
Why you had abruptly stopped swimming at that moment
Quite possibly ...
Maybe Yosinaga's accident was connected to his son
Sugino speaking
Is this Tatsuya Sugino?
Well .. yes, but
Tomoyuki Yoshinaga ... do you remember him?
I am ...
.. his father
I need to ask you something
I panicked
I had destroyed the life of his son
He would not be content with just handing me over to the police
That's why you took a knife
What do you want to talk about?
Before I start I need to apologize
I am not Yoshinaga's father
I am Yuto Aoyagi's father
Aoyagi's?
I didn't want you to tell Yuto I met you
so I lied
I'm sorry
It was important you thought I was Yoshinaga's father for you to come
His accident 3 years ago
Did Yuto tell you something?
Whatever small thing he may have told you, I'd like to know
I'm asking you
So, you told him the truth
No
I told him I wasn't there at the accident
That his son had done it alone
I see
I'm grateful you told me
Naturally I should have had that conversation directly with my son
I'm pathetic ... I couldn't muster such courage
Well .. - But I promise ..
I won't implicate you
I'm sorry about all this
Please
What happens to your son now?
What he did is unforgivable
I can't leave it at that
You're going to hand your son to the police?
But then he will ... - It is not about him only
I will offer compensation too
I'm not a good father
I didn't understand anything about him
I didn't realize how much he was suffering
Sugino
But the next day I saw on the net a murderer had been caught
You were surprised
But that suspect was unconscious
I thought it was a miracle
It was all over without exposing anyone
But ..
Today when I received Yuto's mail saying
The police had connected
the pool accident, 3 years ago, with his father's death
They knew everything
I thought I should just die
This is ..
the real reason why Tatsuya Sugino wanted to die
How is it ...
Had you not run away from the truth 3 years ago
You father would not have died
You kept avoiding your father
Why did you quit?
When you stopped swimming
When he found your correspondence
then when ... he found your fault
No doubt he was always
trying to reach out for you
Had you accepted to talk at that time
had you faced him with the truth
He would not have needed to talk to Sugino
Why did your father
severely wounded as he was
without calling an ambulance or calling for help
drag himself to that Gryphon statue
When he read that blog ... he saw it all
The real meaning of the wings of the Gryphon
We found that Gryphon statue as we walked back from our visit to Suitengu
Now, I know it's meaning, that from here we can spread our wing to all places in Japan
It gave me courage
The wings of the Gryphon are, no doubt ....
the wings of courage
That courage ..
that your father couldn't find to confront you
was something your father always regretted
for that reason
he cornered Sugino
knowing he was going to die he wanted to reach that Gryphon
For Yoshinaga
... to make amends for his son
Then ..
to leave a last message
.. for you:
"With courage"
"Do not run away for the truth"
"Do what you think is right"
That testimony
is here
It was in your father's car
He kept folding these tsurus in your place
A father who can show that to you
would never hide a workplace accident
Even if no one else trusted him
deep in your heart you know he is true
That's right
I can trust him
It's OK if I trust him
It seems you don't have a hundred tsurus here
What are you going to do with these tsurus?
You of all people know
Because you concealed that accident
A student tried to take his own life
"concealed" that is ... I had only the students good in mind
When Mr. Aoyagi called you
truly, what did he want?
He asked about the involvement of his son in that accident 3 years ago
Am I wrong?
I told him he had nothing to do with it
At least at that moment
Had you told him the truth, none of that would have happened
I did it all to protect the kids
So that their future wouldn't be ruined
Don't give me that nonsense
Now because of you, what does their future look like?
When Sugino stabbed Mr. Aoyagi ...
why did he not surrender, you think?
Because you...
taught them something wrong
That they could get away with an act by concealing it
The lesson you taught them 3 years back
Sugino killing Mr. Aoyagi spelled tragedy onto his whole family
And this is ...
the future you designed
If you can't grasp that, resign as a teacher
You are not entitled to teach students
What Mr. Yashima did here
can be explained with two reasons
His body had been maimed by the accident at the factory
He had no intention to go job hunting
It appears he definitely had a grudge against Kaneseki Metals
That day
Mr. Yashima spotted Mr. Aoyagi close by
On an impulse he followed him
But soon ...
he regretted what he had just done
He called you
I just did something
The second reason
was here
Suitengu
It's a shrine to pray for pregnancy
Mr. Yashima came here to buy a votive picture (good wish)
How much is it? - It's is $5
Could I have it for $3
Really ... I'm sorry
It's all right, I'll pay
He didn't know these pictures
were to take back home
He hung it on this tree, without permission
So a guardian of this shrine had to take care of it
This is it
For the baby who will come I pray for a good job quickly Fuyuki Yashima, June, 12, 2011
The day you came to Tokyo hitchhiking
Wasn't it a June, 13?
That's it
It's the day of the incident
He never forgot the anniversary
He wanted to get a job and celebrate with you
He wanted to congratulate you for the pregnancy
This is why he did what he did
It's not because you pressed him too hard
I'll give birth
I'll deliver this baby
I have to
I'll raise this child
Suddenly the world is smiling to me
If you see the world smile to you, you'll be all right
There's no use to stay in the dark and lose faith
Aoyagi
Is this for Yoshinaga?
This will never amount to any redemption
Still ... let's go
Aoyagi?
I'll be OK here
A good place to start
This is our new start
This child and I
I will never forget that you cleared Fuyuki of all suspicions
You can forget that ... but what you shouldn't forget ...
For this child
to promise never to give up, no matter what
Thank you very much
Let's go then, if we're late Mrs. Kanamori will scold us
I so have to apologize, for being that annoying, scolding nurse
She came right for my appointment ... let's go then
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Maika Tahara "Sign"
Snowflakes on the sidewalk
softly vanish
Why should even your presence melt away?
How did our hearts take each their separate ways
Under the same sky we never approach each other like sun and moon
Even if we tried, we can't do it
I miss you, simply I miss you so