Freeze!
They're not freezing! They're not freezing!
- I look like an idiot. - You look respectable.
Suppose you want a "thank you."
I don't expect one.
Yes, you do.
When do I start?
Tomorrow. 5:00 a.m.
5:00 a.m.?
You're welcome.
What? You think you're better than this?
A little bit.
Sora's funeral is on Saturday.
It'll look odd if you don't go.
His mum suspects something.
You were with me all evening.
As long as you keep your mouth shut, you'll be fine.
NO PARKING
I'm home.
How was your day?
Good.
You look so smart. Doesn't he, Hotaka?
Very smart.
Well, well, well.
Have you got money on this, Dad?
Oh! Should I?
How's my favorite niece?
What did you do today?
Went to the arcade.
You win anything?
Got a high score on Dance Evo.
Ooh! Come and show me.
It doesn't work without the game.
Nonsense. Show us your moves.
If you insist.
Okay, it was like this. Pay attention.
Okay.
Like this.
Right! Left! Upper left! Lower right!
No, not up!
There's no up.
Up! Up! Up! Up!
Both of you, cut it out.
The neighbors will think it's an earthquake.
Nice outfit.
Came with the bike.
Cute.
Do you know who I am?
Some asshole?
This is who I work for.
The boss wants to speak to you.
What about?
FUKUHARA ENTERPRISES
You were involved in the robbery of a bookmakers in Edogawa.
A man was shot and killed.
He worked for a rival of mine named Shin Endo.
He will not forget it.
Your friend Sora had a big mouth.
What made you decide to target the bookmakers that day?
There was a race that weekend.
All the talk was about Black Marble at 40/1.
The horse must have been doped,
because every crook I knew was betting on him.
And at those odds...
But it fell at the second hurdle,
and the bookies' favorite won.
Small odds, 3/1. No big payouts.
People had backed the wrong horse.
That's smart.
After that,
it was just about choosing the right place to hit.
Except you chose wrong.
If you come and work for me,
you will have to atone to Endo.
Otherwise, it will seem like a provocation.
You want me to join your family?
Yes.
Why?
Because I back winners.
You're too late for dinner.
Where is everyone?
Taki had a violin recital.
Rei took her and Mum and Dad out for ice cream.
You didn't want to go?
Not in the mood.
I can still see his face.
You were born in Tokyo?
Yes.
Are you educated?
I took night classes for a while.
In business management.
Mm. Good.
I dropped out, though.
My brother didn't speak to me for a month.
But you wanted to better yourself.
Pick up Eiko from work later.
Yes, boss.
I have a date tonight.
You can pick Eiko up.
Who's Eiko?
Are you going to drive?
Can you try and get home without killing us both?
Sorry.
I haven't seen you before.
I'm new.
I see.
Why do you work?
Excuse me?
You're a Yakuza boss's daughter, and you work in a shoe shop.
You're not supposed to ask me questions like that.
Why not?
Because I'm a Yakuza boss's daughter.
I'm joking.
Anyway, I like working for a living.
Why shouldn't I?
But a shoe shop?
I like shoes.
You have to touch people's feet all day.
You don't have to touch people's feet all day.
What shoe shops are you going in?
So...
What's your favorite kind of shoe?
What's my favorite kind of shoe?
Yeah.
Right ones.
My grandfather only had a right foot.
He lost the other one in the war.
When I was a little boy, I used to ask him where his other leg was,
and he'd tell me the Americans had it.
I used to imagine it was in a display case somewhere in the White House.
These are my favorite shoes.
So, what's your name?
What's it like being so beautiful?
Shut up.
It's okay. Can't complain.
You get used to it.
Shit. I have to go.
Will I see you next week?
I don't know.
I'm very busy.
And I might have gone off you by then.
Why do you work for my father?
He's a good boss.
He's a crook.
Maybe I'm a crook.
No. You're good.
You're not like the others.
You don't know that.
I'd like to kiss you goodbye.
That's a nice thing, isn't it? Wanting to kiss someone goodbye.
You can't kiss me. Someone might see.
I know, dummy.
I'm just saying I want to.
Oh, and I still don't care what you say.
You're not like the others.
Stupid boy.
- I'm sorry. - Where is it? Where?
Damn, I think I broke a finger.
Hit him, will you?
Take your jacket off.
You'll rip the seams.
I had a job recently.
This guy wanted some dirt on his ex-wife's lawyer,
Hisa Hayashi.
I was just supposed to follow her and take some photos.
Find out what I could.
So?
Fukuhara and the police chief's wife.
I could get killed just for having these.
Have you shown them to anyone else?
No.
How come you came to me with this?
We go way back.
Plus, you're connected now.
I want you to know there'll be no trouble from me.
You let your boss know that, too, okay?
Thank you.
The boss wants to talk to you.
Do you remember that I said you would have to atone...
for your part in the killing of my rival's family member?
That time has come.
I am deeply sorry,
sir.
Normally, I would have you killed.
Like a dog.
But Fukuhara has seen fit to take you under his wing...
and I bow to his position...
and his wisdom.
This is my family's sword.
Traced back through the generations to our clan.
It is sharp enough to cut through metal.
Whenever I need to remove someone, it's this sword that is used.
It's left in the body...
and the victim's family is entrusted to return it to me.
A sign of their respect.
I am an honorable man, Endo.
I promise you, on my family's name,
that no more of your clan's blood will be spilled by mine.
A promise that I will hold you to, Fukuhara.
The matter is closed.
I'm sorry.
It's fine.
It was atonement.
Besides...
I have nine more.
I wanted to come round and see if you...
You begged me to help. I cleaned up your mess!
What for?
So you could become a Yakuza?
Who are you working for?
Fukuhara.
He sees something in me.
He sees that you have a brother who's a detective.
I'm more than that.
Everything Fukuhara does is calculated.
He's using you so he can get more leverage with the police.
Or perhaps he thinks I'm worth something.
Just because you don't,
doesn't mean other people can't.
Why would they?
You're a mess.
You're a stupid little boy who can't think for himself.
Fuck you!
What happened to, "I can still see his face"?
I got over it.
The second time is easier.
Leave the sword when you're done.
His people will know what to do.
Inside.
It is always returned.
When I...
killed Shin Endo's man at the bookmakers...
I didn't have time to think about it.
No.
It was instinct.
This is a warrior's weapon.
A man will face many battles in his life,
Yuto.
But...
...fighting against his true nature...
...is a battle he will surely lose.
What are you doing?
Mum and Dad are arguing.
What about?
Does it matter?
What are you doing here?
I came to talk to your dad.
What about?
Does it matter?
We're angry with each other.
Everyone's angry with everyone else at the moment.
Want me to tell him you came round?
No.
No need to worry him.
He'll worry anyway.
Yeah.
Sometimes I have a dream...
that I am running under a clear night sky.
And there is a fire all around me...
and a great roar of noise.
It is chaos.
I know I am going to die.
And then...
I wake.
What do you think it means?
I don't know.
I got you something.
I'm not asking you to be ashamed of it.
But maybe, I don't know,
there may be times when you think that this isn't who you want to be.
I have something else for you.
Is it another finger?
Do you love me?
It's the sort of question you have to answer right away.
Yes,
I love you.
Good.
And yes, it is another finger.
Eight more, and two thumbs, to be exact.
I love you too.
Sir,
Eiko is pregnant.
The baby is mine.
I want to marry her. With your permission.
I believe that a life lived with Eiko and our child...
would be the closest a man could come to being whole.
I don't know what else I could add to that.
A lot to think about.
Yes.
There is a job tonight. Jiro will go with you.
We will talk again.
This is Eiko.
I can't answer the phone right now, so leave a message.
JIRO
You been drinking?
Yeah. A little.
Did you feel the earthquake earlier?
Yeah.
They say there might be aftershocks.
I'm sorry.
KENZO
FUKUHARA
Yuto, come back.
You cannot run from your fate.
Why are you doing this?
Do you know how I became a widower?
The last time there was a war between the Yakuza families,
my car was ambushed.
The bullets that were meant for me hit my wife instead.
The day I buried her,
I promised myself two things:
that after I won the war, I would do everything I could to prevent another one,
and...
that my daughter would never marry a gangster.
She loves me.
She'll forget you.
Yuto.
Someone threw a stone in a pond a long way away,
and we're only just feeling the ripples.
Sometimes I have a dream...
that I am running under a clear night sky...
...and there is fire all around me...
and a great roar of noise.
"Dear Eiko,
I can't tell you much about what I am doing right now.
Only that I am doing everything
to make it safe to return to you and baby Sora.
Don't forget about me.
I love you.
Yuto."
We need an ambulance!
It is chaos.
And I know I am going to die.
And then...
I wake.