Ms Mariko Tohno, the leading actress from "Last Concerto"
And now, we shall begin the Production Press Conference
for the movie "Last Concerto".
Chief Producer Tamaki, How is the progress of the shoot?
We are progressing smoothly.
I am convinced that it will be a wonderful film.
Miss Tohno, How about a response?
Because I'm doing my best by just playing the role I am given ...
The treat me well on the set.
Miss Tohno, in a photo weekly magazine from last week, ...
...there was a scoop about your relationship with Mr. Tamaki.
We're having a good relationship.
You confirm this relationship?
Miss Tohno, do you have any plans for marriage?
For now, we only want to finish making this movie.
An explosion happened at the Kyoei Film Studio in Higashiharumi
in Chuo-ku this morning.
A body of a male had been found at the scene.
The police and the fire department are investigating the cause of the explosion.
The explosion started at the warehouse of the studio.
There are many residential homes and workshops scattered...
...around the scene of the explosion, causing a panic.
Good Morning.
Good morning.
Just how many lacerations are there?
Yokoyama ...is Itomura here yet?
Why do you ask me?
That's because...
... Itomura and you are both assigned as forensic investigators, right?
Even so, that doesn't make me his guardian.
Thank you for your hard work.
You're late, Itomura!
Sorry.
Wow. There are many types of machines here.
Itomura, don't touch them without permission!
Chief, we have just identified the victim.
His name is Goro Souma 46 years old.
The address is Sasagaya, Shibuya-ku.
And there is a stab wound in the stomach area.
Is this a murder !?
Have a legally-ordered autopsy of the body immediately.
Yes.
Harmonica…
“CSI 3-Crime Scene Talks”
Oh ...!
This costume is great!
I look forward to next week's contest.
Chief! Is this case a murder case?
Please hold a press conference soon!
What are you people?!
Don't barge in like that!
Please answer!
Please leave.
Don't frighten me like that.
That's not funny.
You guys! Don't act without my permission!
I will look at the situation at the press release.
This is going to look bad if the Chief is like this.
Eh?
A little bit up. Too high. Too high.
Down. Down. Like that.
I'm back.
-Thank you for your hard work. -Ah! It's pretty clean.
Thank you for your work.
Thank you!
Hey Yokoyama!
Yes?
Hurry up and ask Itomura to clean up his personal items.
Since we are assigned into a new detective room. It's messy.
-Eh? Am I supposed to do that? -Aren't you his guardian?
Like I've said. I'm not his guardian or anything.
I heard that it was like that.
You're hearing things...
Let's go with that.
Don't decide that on your own.
Mizusawa.
Everyone gather here right now.
This is commissioner Kaneko and assistant inspector Morita ...
...from the Metropolitan Police Department of Investigation.
Ah!
Mizusawa, you're a section chief here. You've been promoted, I see.
Do you know him?
He was my senior when I was at the East Suginami Precinct.
We will be overseeing the investigation of this case.
Just you two?
The press is being more persistent than usual.
To make sure that the investigation goes smoothly, ...
...I ask that it be done discreetly.
For now, just run through it like an accident investigation.
I will take command.
Mr. Morita will assist in your investigation.
Please to be working with you.
Everyone, let's show them what we can do!
Yes.
It looks like there is something behind this.
From the victim's ID, ...
...I was able to learn that he was a freelance magazine reporter.
There was a stab wound made from a sharp knife in the abdomen
Direct cause of death is presumed to be due to blood loss.
However, the murder weapon has not been recovered yet.
The time of death is estimated to be around 12am to 3am today.
The explosion is caused by gunpowder igniting.
It is presumed that the suspect carried it out to destroy the evidence.
Sorry, I am late.
-Itomura, where have you been?
-Sorry. I had been doing my own investigation.
This looks like an old object.
Quickly classify this as an item from the scene.
Roger. First we analyze the victim's handphone.
And then the cash in his wallet, as well as the cards and receipts.
And lastly this harmonica.
Why must we investigate this thing?
The victim only has the minimum amount of necessary equipment with him.
But why was he carrying such a thing?
Doesn't that bother you?
Itomura is a bit strange...
Anyway, begin the investigation. Ninomiya and Sendou...
I will examine the victim's home.
Eh? Um ... Morita-san!
Well then I am also going off for a bit.
Mr. Itomura!
What are you doing?
Could the harmonica be bothering you?
Don't you think that he wouldn't carry that if he weren't interested in music?
I'm saying that that isn't related to the investigation.
"Senka ni Chiru Hana"
But Souma looks like a pretty tough journalist.
All the articles he wrote so far...
...are only scandals of political, business and administrative agencies.
He is also using scandals in the Metropolitan Police Department...
...as publishing material.
The Metropolitan Police Department is involved in this investigation, ...
...is because they are afraid of any scandals that might surface.
Then...
...what is the relationship of the victim with the Entertainment Industry?
It's irrelevant as far as I can see.
That's not necessarily true.
You're here?
It's a movie script that was in Souma's room.
Look at the staff's page.
Yes.
There is Souma's name as assistant director.
Ah.
And the producer is senior manager Tamaki.
Senior manager Tamaki?
The one that declared that he had a relationship...
...with Mariko Tohno the other time.
Tamaki had been working a lot with Souma back in the day.
I've heard from the staff at that time.
It was you, Tamaki who dismissed Souma, right?
It's true. I was the one who fired Souma.
Detective. I valued Souma's skills.
I wanted to help him debut as a director someday.
A reshoot?
My apologies.
But 10 years ago, he made a mistake and angered a star actor.
Cut!
That's a lie!
Souma had to take responsibility, ...
...or there was no way to have the actor continue the shoot.
I see.
What did you do the night of the day before yesterday?
I was making arrangements...
...for the promotion of the movie with Mariko Tohno until 12am late at night.
After that, I was alone at home.
I'm sure that I've had a meeting here with Tamaki.
With her. Right? Ryouko.
We parted ways with Senior manager Tamaki after 12am.
What about the two of you after that time?
I sent Mariko back to her home...
...and was practicing my lines right into the next morning.
Is that so?
Then, have you heard anything about Souma from Tamaki?
Souma?
The victim who passed away recently.
No, I don't remember.
How was Tamaki at that time?
The same as usual.
Yes.
Good morning.
Tohno, I've bought this on my way here. It's for you.
Thank you as always.
Excuse me.
Do your best.
Here you go.
What would happen to my body management if I ate that everyday.
Aren't the young ones lacking in professionalism these days?
“Michiru Aikawa”
I've gone through the security footage from Tamaki's apartment.
He reached home at around 2am.
The estimated time of death is from 12am to 3am.
It's possible that he could have murdered Souma...
...from the time he separated with Mariko.
What about his criminal intent?
It seems that there are no articles involving the police.
We'll just leave it to the people of this jurisdiction...
...and withdraw from this case.
Wait a minute. I have a lead on the perpetrator's goal.
Hey, you guys. Listen up.
We'll be conducting a investigation on the suspect now.
Who is the suspect?
Actress Michiru Aikawa.
You've got evidence?
Investigate her alibi on that evening thoroughly.
Itomura. You come with me.
I'll show you a real investigation.
Itomura!
It's here! I've finally found it.
There is a clue to which links this harmonica to Souma.
Please look at this.
It's script of the movie "Summer Melody"...
...in which Souma was the Assistant Director.
It's written here, "Girl playing a harmonica."
It's played by this actress, Sato Keiko.
I'll check with the office for a moment.
82...
Have you squandered half day on such a farce?
Yes?
Hey ... Mr. Morita!
You don't deserve to be in this investigation.
Get out of here as soon as possible!
The victim's soul in his belongings.
What?
Why did the victim die?
What was he thinking when he passed away?
His belongings can tell us that.
Please don't disrespect that.
Don't make me laugh.
They are just tools which would lead us to the culprit.
Mizusawa. How do you educate your subordinates?
Aren't you the same as always, Morita?
Such complacency.
You. Come with me.
Eh? Yes!
Are you Shuhei Sakai?
And you are?
I need to ask you some questions about Michiru Aikawa.
Michiru Aikawa...?
Don't mess with me!
You sell her drugs, right?
It's on the papers!
Morita! Mori…!
Hey, handcuffs!
Yes... Yes !
Is that so? ... Thank you.
Keiko Sato seems to have died from sickness 9 years ago.
I see.
Well, you can continue your investigation.
What kind of movie was this to Souma, I wonder.
You know, Itomura....
Sakuma This is ....
I've been to many rental shops but I still can't find it.
It's the only copy left in a second hand software shop.
That was unnecessary.
Looking through the victims belongings, that's what you do, right?
Then see it through the end.
Thank you.
Oh? Could you be trying to cheer me up, Sakuma?
That's not true!
It has begun!
It has.
“Summer Melody”
Could that be...
Is this not Mariko Tohno?
But why?
Could they have rearranged the cast after the script was finished?
Oh ... Please wait.
Is this….
Ah! It's the same harmonica.
What is that?
Beats me...
But this...looks like a blood stain.
You need me to analyze this fragment?
Yes...by tonight if possible.
Are you telling me to work overtime tonight?
That's OK. I won't be sleeping either.
That's not the problem!
Bringing me the victims' belongings all the time.
Making me do impossible things.
You don't have much common sense for your age.
There are some things that need to be sacrificed to achieve results.
And one of them is common sense.
Someone said that once.
A person like you...
Saying this, saying that...
I've prepared some refreshments.
It's your favorite, salmon onigiri.
Salmon ...
Chum salmon.
Ah...
I'm counting on you.
Director! Director, this is serious!
Michiru Aikawa has been taken by the police...
Club Nobel's Sakai confessed....
...that you are one of his regular customers
What on earth are you talking about?
Trying out your bad acting! You still call yourself an actress !?
Souma learn that you were using drugs and you murdered him.
We have a record of you going through his notes.
Please call a lawyer. You're mistaken.
Aikawa Holdings?
Yes.
It's a real estate investment firm that has pumped in 3 billion yen...
...for movie production annually into Kyoei.
I've seen it in an economic magazine.
If I'm correct, ...
...Michiru Aikawa is the granddaughter of the chairman of that company.
Souma could have learn about her scandal...
...when he was investigating that company.
He had years of resentment against senior manager Tamaki for firing him.
Let's investigate Tamaki again.
Here it is. The shooting diary from 10 years ago.
Thank you.
At that time Keiko Sato suddenly fell ill while shooting.
I hurriedly picked Mariko Tohno as a substitute.
Why Ms.Tohno?
It is because she was working the hardest.
She played in every minor role and the staff trusted her.
She had a hard time with her mother and lost her to illness.
Even so, Mariko continued acting, without resting.
I felt a strong will in her.
That she would make it to the top no matter what.
This movie was my last before retirement.
I still have Keiko Satou's films as remembrance.
The ones before she stepped down.
Can I see those?
Excuse me.
The vase behind her, ...
...isn't that one different from the one in the finished movie?
You noticed well.
Actually, the assistant director broke that vase...
... just as Mariko was called in as a substitute.
Broke...
That is why I had to replace the vase and retake all the living room scenes.
Is that assistant director, not Gorou Souma?
Yes. You knew?
Is that vase still around?
What's wrong?
The drug's wearing off?
That's not it.
Excuse me.
The results of the urinalysis came out. It's a positive,
Excuse me!
I'm Omori, Michiru Aikawa's chief manager.
Aikawa is under investigation at the moment.
You're mistaken about her using drugs.
-Please release her. -Calm down please!
-How long have you kept me waiting! -All staff of the Last Concerto production
The schedule has been delayed.
Please wait inside our office for a while.
Let me check it again.
I repeat it agani. All staff of the Last Concerto production.
The schedule has been delayed.
Please wait inside our office for a while.
Excuse me.
Mariko.
Yes?
I'm sorry at such time, but could I take a few days off?
Why?
I had a call from the hospital just now. My mother just passed away.
I am deeply indebted to you for the money and many other things.
It's not only for you.
My mother had no money and died without receiving proper treatment.
That's why...
...as repentance, I wanted to do my most for your mother.
Mariko.
This movie would probably be shelved.
But I want to act till the end.
It's this vase.
Sorry for the trouble.
By the way, what are you investigating?
Does it have anything to do with the corpse from that incident?
Corpse?
There was a corpse of an unknown person floating in the lake...
...when we were shooting there one winter ago.
Excuse me.
You and Aikawa?
We're going out together.
But aren't you and Mariko Tohno...
That's for the promotion of the movie.
Then that announcement about you dating her was...
Yes.
What did you talk to Souma about?
Let her stop the drugs?
Did Souma say that?
And he asked them to conceal it.
Souma is a journalist.
Why does he give such advice?
I do not know.
It could be a lie.
Being blackmailed by Souma, Tamaki ...
...and Aikawa must have murdered him for sure.
Itomura, where are you now?
I'm at the Northern Fuji Police Station at Yamanashi Prefecture.
What are you doing at such a place?
Section chief, I have a favor to ask...
Cut! Okay!
And that's a wrap with Adachi Group's Last Concerto!
-Thanks for your effort. -Thank you very much
There is a launch party now.
If you need to talk... Can we do it tomorrow?
I do not want to bother you if possible.
Could you give me only three minutes?
You remember this harmonica, right?
Ten years ago, in the film "Summer Melody"
This is the harmonica you used.
Where did you?
It was in Gorou Souma's backpack.
He probably snuck it out of the film studio after he was dismissed.
Actually in this harmonica...
There was a fragment of pottery with blood stains in it.
I learn that it was from a vase...
...used in the filming of Summer Melody10 years ago.
I've also analyzed the blood on that vase fragment.
It matches with the DNA of the body...
...found at the lake on that winter 10 years ago.
The body belongs to Koichi Shindo, your father.
Souma's fingerprints were detected...
...from the briefcase where the body was stored.
Tohno.
Souma must be involved in your father's death, right?
As a substitute for Ms. Sato 10 years ago.
Immediately after appearing in a movie, ...
...my father suddenly appeared in front of me.
Only to ask for money to pay off the loansharks.
Otherwise, he might ruin my film career.
-Not the money...
-Give it to me! -Not the money...
-Give it to me!
It's Alright!
No! Give it back!
Don't think that I'll be happy with such spare change.
You're going to give me all the money you earn from now onwards!
Shut up, you!
Stop it!
I didn't want to lose my dream to this man.
At that time...
Mariko.
Let's go home.
Listen....you weren't here.
Go home. Hurry!
Hurry!
Why would Souma go that far?
I do not know.
All I thought was only about acting.
Just acting?
My mother was always smiling...
That man had made her life a living hell.
She was able to smile when it comes to movies.
I like this actress a lot. She's beautiful.
And so, I swore to become an actress who would make her smile.
That is why I couldn't stop...
I took up all the minor roles I could find and lost myself to acting.
Acting was all I had, even when my father showed up.
If he exposed that, it would all be over.
I couldn't afford to let one day go to waste.
Souma became a journalist who would unravel wrongdoings.
Knowing that, I knew there were people who would come for revenge.
And as I feared, that day came....
Is that why you killed him?
You're wrong.
Mariko didn't kill him.
We were reading together at my house.
That's enough, Ryoko.
Thank you.
Mariko.
Souma came out at the wrong time.
Just when I was about to fulfill my dream which I swore to my mother...
Tohno. You must have misunderstood.
Souma wasn't going to frame you.
I think that he just wanted to talk to you, from the moment he met you.
What makes you say so?
Soma was suffering from an illness.
From the results of his autopsy, ...
...all of his body was affected by cancer and he had 4 months to live at most.
Impossible.
These are used tickets found in Souma's room.
Based on the dates and titles on them, ...
...they're all movies you have acted in.
No matter how small the role you play, ...
...Souma had always been watching.
Let the kid go!
I'm going to kill you!
Clear!
Please give special care to VIP customers in particular.
Let's give everyone a pleasant flight today.
Souma was trying to ask executive director Tamaki ...
... to have Aikawa stop using drugs...
...as it would cause a scandal and put an end to the film you are making.
I think that he never intended to return to the movie industry.
That is why snuck this harmonica out as he was dismissed.
As a precious memento of the time he spent with you.
Mariko will surely be the representative actress of Japan.
I can prove it.
Once I become independent and make my own movies, ...
... I will definitely choose you as the main actor.
No ... I am serious!
Well, I'll wait while not expecting anything.
For a person like me...
Morita!
Is this OK?
Something wrong?
I and Ninomiya are in the 1st investigation section?
Commissioner Kaneko wants you to assist him in other investigations.
No matter how much work you give me, ...
...I'm honored to breath in the same air as the 1st investigation section.
I'm getting excited.
What did they see in both of you?
They would know once they have a glance at us, right?
Shall we have the chief's special monjyayaki?
Crunchy Sakura Monjyayaki.
What's in it?
Crunchy Sakura shrimp of course!
This is Morita.
The gunpowder stored in the film studio is missing.
That means that other people...
...may have took the gunpowder out to start bombings.
This case isn't over...
Please don't leave me..
Help!