Ryo...
1991 Autumn
Wha... What?
when we were 11 years old...
You are sweating a lot.
What? I'm sorry...
...we met.
What are you doing?
In order to protect Yukiho...
...I killed my own father.
The one who did it was me.
In order to protect me...
...Yukiho killed her mother.
You and me, we're complete strangers now.
In order to hide that crime...
Go! It'll be dark soon.
...we promised to be strangers and separated
Do you know of a flower that blooms in ditches?
It doesn't...
But 7 years later...
...actually exist.
We met again and...
...promised that one day we will walk under the sun together.
There's no one else but you.
But for that promise, we had to keep on committing crimes.
Our relationship began to fall apart.
2000 January
[Notes about Ryouji]
[Female employee at Daito Bank murdered]
[Notes: About Matsuura and the possible connection with Ryouji]
Have you looked through the notes?
That kid is already dead...
Let's just suppose he's still alive.
I never wanted to have that child to begin with.
Being a bar hostess, I accidentally got pregnant with a customer.
Since Kirihara really wanted a child, I reluctantly agreed.
If you have a complaint, then tell it to Kirihara.
Don't you feel responsible as a parent?
I'm the victim!
I got talked into having the child, my husband was killed by his lover,
and even now the police is still watching me.
Don't you think that Ryouji is the victim of his parents?
What's with you lately? You weren't excited about my efforts with this case.
I'm getting transferred next month.
What?
So, I just wanted to do something out of gratitude for you in the end.
Gratitude?
I have vacation days saved up, so I thought I'd play detective.
And I have been following this case myself.
Are you sure about this?
You should clean up your act and do normal work.
Eh?
You know, recently the Chief consulted me about your transfer.
That baboon!
Thank you.
I'm digging in.
Don't you think that Ryouji is the victim of his parents?
Thank you, mother.
Kaneda Detective Agency
You want to find a person who once worked at your shop?
His name is Matsuura Isamu. I just want to know where he is.
Do you have any leads on him?
He has prior criminal assaults.
Because I don't want to be made to feel indebted.
I didn't asked you to kill your father.
When I think about it calmly, what Yukiho said made sense.
But...
what Yukiho did was a threat by using someone's guilty conscience.
Logic gets twisted...
crimes get justified...
I noticed that when we're together,
we keep sinking...
deeper and deeper into a quagmire of crimes.
Hm...
You wanna buy these negatives with this money?
That's what you were gonna do, right?
I quit.
You think that without these negatives, you could break our relationship, right?
I don't.
Following Enomoto is better than sticking with me, right?
I'll tell you something. The negatives won't do you much good.
I have nothing to do with her anymore.
So, I can do anything?
Sure. But I'd turn myself in if you do.
I'd drag you and her along, too.
Then, you'll get yourself killed by Enomoto.
Ryo...
Do you know about the 'white night'?
Even though it's night, the sun is still up like daytime.
What're you talking about?
It's about life dragging on and on.
Yukiho.
Are white nights...
stolen nights...
or daytime given to you?
The sun that shines at night...
Is it evil or good?
I thought about it.
The other day he said that being together is more painful that being alone.
Whichever it is,
I was already tired of...
walking in a world that has no day and night.
What are you doing?
I want to walk in the light of day.
What?
My life is like walking in a white night.
Let's end all of this...
For your sake...
and my sake.
Byakuyakou (Journey Under a Midnight Sun) Chapter 6
Ah, Shinozuka!
What are you doing here?
I have some business with the Pharmacy School.
Please tell Kawashima to come by the club again.
Lately, she hasn't come.
Can you tell her that?
She's your friend after all.
Oh... of course.
It's not enough at all...
Yesterday, Matsuura came by Enomoto's place...
He said everything must go through him.
I've been thinking for quite a while now...
you're strangely vulnerable to Matsuura.
I owe him.
My father used to have a shop. He died fairly young.
After that Matsuura took care of the shop.
Matsuura used to work at your shop? What kind of shop?
After he left the slammer, Isamu worked at a pawn shop.
Slammer?
Don't talk about unnecessary things...
What do you want to know, Tomo-chan?
So, how is it going?
The one about your friend...
They broke up.
Really?
And so, she's with her new boyfriend?
It seems neither went very well.
Oh... I see... Why?
You said you can't sustain the same feelings for 10 or 20 years. Then, what?
Something about your feelings for the boy next door.
Ah... me?
About the feelings for the boy...
What if I didn't have a husband and if I didn't have room to breathe,
would I have these feelings for him?
Maybe, it's because of my husband that I have the luxury of having such feelings.
Realizing that, I end up going home and making dinner.
What's the matter?
I can't believe you.
I'm just thinking that I would've really liked to tell my friend that.
Really stupid, don't you think, that kid...
Sonomura...
You, you...
You should educate him more properly.
He called me a parasite.
That's the truth though, isn't it?
Are you okay? Hey.
This is a good time to tell you this.
This guy...
Hey!
Huh? Weren't you gonna turn yourself in?
Empty threat? You and I are no different.
I got it, so stop it.
Ask me to stop nicely.
I understand. Would you please stop?
Hm...
Since you're such a good boy, I won't do anything bad.
How's it going?
She made a request at a detective agency.
Is it Matsuura?
I think so.
Why didn't you confirm it?
Because this is my private investigation.
You never change.
Here.
Thank you.
And this...
No, thank you...
So, where is Matsuura?
He's not at the registered residence.
Everyone likes to play hide-and-seek.
Is it okay for me to do anything I want?
We're going to walk under the sun once more.
Eriko, let's have tea together.
I really want to go home...
I see...
I'm sorry.
Yukiho!
Sorry... I'm goin...
Ah, I forgot something. Please go on ahead.
He said that he'd turn himself in.
You wouldn't like that now, would you?
You wouldn't want to throw away your current life.
What do you want me to do?
Aren't you just going to go back to how it was before?
If you are there, he won't do stupid things.
If I don't comply, then you'll treat me like how you treated Ryo, right?
Forced into prostitution and ripped off.
Maybe...
[Shinozuka]
Being beaten up... That's my fault.
Matsuura talked casually about you at first.
What did he say?
He said that after your father passed away, he protected you and your mother.
Really?
He said that you can't live without him after all.
Because I didn't see it that way,
I slipped and said,
"Isn't it you that can't live without Ryo?"
When I said that, he suddenly got upset.
"You! Are you saying that it's better if I'm gone?"
You didn't hear this from me...
Isamu is the child from his mother's affair.
Because his family was concerned about their public appearance,
they raised him as their own.
His mother always told him,
"Because you're not our real child, please refrain yourself."
He was raised in such an environment.
In defiance, he started to sell fake merchandise,
goofed up, and got caught.
At that time, his brother, the real son, told him...
"Just die. You shouldn't have been born."
"You are better off gone."
His mother laughed as if to gloss over the situation.
He stabbed his mother and brother, and got charged with criminal assault.
I wonder if he's afraid that you'll abandon him.
If you leave me, then I will really be alone.
Threatening...
beating...
is a sort of love turned inside out.
Does that mean...
that I should keep accepting it?
Compared with what I think you're going to be doing,
that'd be better.
You know...
The true meaning of being strong...
is the ability to get up every time you're beaten down.
[Shinozuka Pharmaceutical]
Here.
I'm sorry for troubling you for sleeping pills.
Eriko's photos are burned into my mind, and I haven't been able to sleep.
Really?
Lately, you've been acting strange.
I'm in the same boat as you. And you remind me of the incident.
I remind you...
Naturally, right? You're the only one that I know who is involved.
Eh?
I'm involved?
Meaning you know about the incident.
Is anything wrong?
Huh?
Ah well... Oh, don't tell anyone about that.
Thank you very much.
What's wrong?
It's day even though it's night time.
My life is like walking in a white night.
Don't be stupid!
The one who's off guard, will lose.
You! You're not supposed to grab it!
I thought that I should stick to it for a while.
It's okay if I get ripped off.
It's okay to be caught in a quagmire.
The one who's off guard will lose!
Yes, that's true.
You! That was twice!
Because I can still laugh at myself,
why don't I walk a little longer and see?
Surely, there's no such thing as a never-ending white night.
It'll be over soon...
Ryo.
There will be a raid at Enomoto's business tomorrow.
Thank you for waiting...
Is this all the data that you have?
Yes.
What about Matsuura?
I don't think he has anything.
Can you make sure of it?
Please...
You really are the worst...
You found me...
I want to buy them back.
What?
You know...
the photos and negatives that you stole years ago.
Whoa, don't make it sound that bad.
You were the one who asked me to get rid of them saying that they'd shame your husband.
You're threatening that child with them, aren't you?
I disposed of them like you wanted.
They're gone.
I said they're gone.
They're gone, I said!
Let's just forget about this whole troublesome thing.
I can tell them everything, you know.
He'd be better off in prison than to live like this.
I'm not forcing him to live like that.
Wait...
What are you trying to do?
Stop!
What are you doing, Matsuura?
What is this? Is this a setup?
No, I don't know anything about it.
Matsuura. You're under arrest for attempted rape...
Wait!
What did I do?
Matsuura... you're... under arrest for criminal assault.
I didn't do anything wrong.
It's true, right?
It's not my fault.
I didn't do anything wrong.
What's the meaning of this?
I was going to get the photos back...
No... it's not like that...
Ryo... please listen...
It's not my fault.
Don't tell anyone.
This can't be true...
Why?
I've always...
always wanted to kill you for the longest time.
My family became messed up because of you.
My parents and I...
Die already...
It would've been better without you.
I...
You...
When you stabbed your father...
I thought you were like me.
That's why...
I didn't say anything to anyone...
about that incident.
Ryo, this is cruel!
That...
It's beautiful, right?
That forgery...
is not bad at all.
Ryo...
You...
Matsuura killed this man.
Can you just say that to the police?
Is this okay?
Are you really okay with this?
Are you going to continue like this...
Be sure to see the person who gave birth to you.
I didn't say anything to anyone...
about that incident.
[Matsuura]
How did you get this?
Someone dropped it.
What do you mean?
With this...
everything is over, right?
We aren't tied down by anyone.
Why did you do that?
Why?
He's like a mite.
That's why...
With this, everything is over.
He was in the forgery business.
That's why it's good this way.
Everyone thought he should go.
That's why it's good this way.
That's why I kill...
I was thinking of killing him too... but you beat me to it.
I also thought that it'd be better if that man died.
Hey...
I'm the one who did it...
Hey Ryo...
I've been thinking...
I can't forge...
but money, I can get as much as I want.
I can't rape but...
I can steal the boyfriend of a girl you like.
I think I'm pretty dependable.
What do you think?
In return, I'll get you back under the sun.
What do you think about that?
You were my sun.
The sun in the 'white night'.
My only savior.
It's okay, Ryo.
[Next time, let's walk in the daylight - Tomo]
The murder weapon is thought to be a knife at the crime scene, but it hasn't been found.
The murderer is Matsuura Isamu.
He's also missing.
I'm responsible for his death.
He really adored you.
Because, being a rigid man, he never talked about work at home.
I don't know the details...
He said that seeing you, the word "father" would come to his mind.
As a police officer, you're like his father.
He grew as an officer looking up to you.
I don't think he died for nothing.
Don't make his death meaningless.
Don't say things based on your impressions alone.
Visible facts aren't necesarrily truths, you know.
Writing your personal history?
So, I just wanted to do something out of gratitude for you in the end.
I'm sorry, Koga.
I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
[Note: quote from Shinran (Buddhist philosopher)]
It's difficult to abandon this world full of woe,
and long for peaceful heaven.
...hard to long for peaceful heaven.
She said that she went back to her boyfriend.
My friend.
Oh, really!?
I see.
When I told her that story, she said you were right.
She'll be good to him to make up for the hurt that she's caused.
Really? With that talk?
You seem to be very happy.
It's been on my mind.
Thank you for everything.
I'll come back.
Ah... I see.
[Karasawa]
I'll get you back under the sun.
Hey, Yukiho.
Because our lives are full of lies,
I thought of making everything all lies.
If we turn all of the cards,
surely, a new story will begin.
Hello.
From now on, do as I say...
Kirihara, you...
Where is Matsuura Isamu?
He sent me here to get a key.
There's someone else here, isn't there?
The person called Ryo?
He was here, right?
Sasagaki!
Are you playing dumb?!
Don't you monkey around with me!
Karasawa, would you like to have dinner?
Where would you like to go?
We were...
almost 20 years old.