All language subtitles for Waga Michi My Way 1974

"The village woman can't sleep."

"If she can't hold her husband's
hand, she can't sleep."

"If her husband doesn't fondle
her breasts, she can't sleep."

"If her husband doesn't support
her waist, she can't sleep."

"If she can't feel her husband's
warmth, she can't sleep."

MY WAY

The lady of this house,
Keiko, is now behind bars.

When her husband was sleeping,
she killed him with an axe.

He just came back from a long
stint of work out of town.

He thought that she had
an affair with a young man.

He was so jealous that
he scolded her day and night.

She lost her mind and
swung the axe at him.

"I didn't cheat on him!"

"He insisted that I did,
and I became mentally ill."

Here, four children died.

New farmland in Kamikita.
Kiyo Nakatani, 32 years old.

She got so tired
after a day's work;

when she awoke, her house
was already a sea of fire.

Before rescuing her four
children, she rushed to the shed.

She couldn't afford to
lose her valuable cattle.

Her husband was
working out of town.

If he found out the cattle
were dead, he'd be furious.

Cattle shouldn't be more
important than children, but...

poverty pushed her to the shed.

The cattle were saved,
but her four children perished.

These siblings are in this
orphanage in Sichinohe.

Takako alone, takes care
of her brothers and sisters.

The father left town to work, but
vanished. The mother was caught...

shoplifting, because she wanted
her children to have socks.

She became a repeat offender.
She's now in prison.

"I didn't tell them
what happened to Mom."

"Mom's not a bad person."

"Dad vanished, he's the bad one."

"The village woman can't sleep."

"No matter how far she stretches her
hand, she can't reach her husband."

"No matter how hot her breasts are,
she can't show them to her husband."

"No matter how she writhes her waist,
her husband can't respond to that."

"Those, whose husbands are sleeping
in faraway barracks, can't sleep."

The father of this girl
is working out of town.

The mother is working
at an inn 2 km away.

She went to work
because she's bored,

as her husband's not at home.

She left her daughter the key.

This is a "latchkey kid".

The night before this man
left town to work,

he strangled his baby to death.
It was just 1 year, 5 months old.

His wife had already left them.

She couldn't bear the loneliness
of not having her husband home.

This man came home after 6 months'
work. He found out her wife's affair.

Her lover was a long-time friend.

The man got drunk...

He went to the home of her wife's
lover, and killed him with a sickle.

He was arrested and
the wife simply went away.

CONTINENTAL CANTEEN

Hi.

Noodles.

It's hot today.

You're closed?

No customers.

You're closed.
Of course; no one comes.

I'm old. Young folks don't
want to come here.

How's your husband?

So-so.

- He's here?
-Yes.

It's been a while.
I want to see him.

Hi.

Making bonsai?

You can pick as much as
you want from the hills.

Free capital.

Are they selling well?

Not a bit.

When did he start doing this?

No one would buy them.

Don't say that.
Maybe some connoisseurs will.

This work fits him.

Granny.

- One bowl of noodles.
- Hi.

Mr. Reporter.

Still doing it. What's up?

You don't come back much.
Met someone nice there?

I'm going to your village tomorrow.

Newspaper man,
you do work hard!

Here you are.

Hey. Me too.

Foggy night.

The wet, painful
platform of farewell.

The bell's ringing "goodbye".

She's from Yurigahara Village.

I know.

She had it real bad.

It's the same for everyone
in that new farmland.

Her husband left a year ago.
He's still not back.

He had no choice.

Hi granny. Chinese soba please.

Hamaguchi of Town Office.

- Hi.
- Nice to meet you.

Hi.

Only 3 families are left.

No lessons?

There are no kids here.

We'll leave at the end
of the month.

You're quitting?

There's one Form 3 pupil.

So we aren't expected
to close down the school.

But that pupil isn't coming.

I reported this to the
Education Committee.

I asked them to let me go.

Did your wife get well?

It's mental illness. When she leaves
this place, she'll be well.

Everyone's going crazy.

A school with no pupils.
Nothing to do here.

Nakano, Negishi, Konishi.
Just these 3 families.

The Konishis have left already.

He went to Chiba to work.
It's a very good job.

He's going to settle there.

He has no kid. So it's easy.

Mrs. Negishi's working
at a bar in Towada.

Her husband didn't come back.
She gets lonely.

I heard something strange
about the Nakanos.

A teacher can't do anything
about those things.

I can't save anyone.

They're forgotten by the state.

Bastard, just do what you like.
You're trouble!

Ah... I worked so hard.

Can't I rest some more?
Woke me up so early.

Be more careful.

When your man's back,
you'll be in trouble.

I did nothing bad.

I know. But you did
something strange upstairs.

It was late. Yamanaka
didn't want to go home.

It'll become a habit.

Sorry. I'll go wash my face.

It's my man who's
messing around in Tokyo.

It's bad to live and die here.

Sometimes I've no business,
and have nothing to eat.

Here we go.

Hey hey. This way. This way.

What's this pig for?

Pig? We can't keep it!

- But...
- No!

Yamashita asked me
to keep it for him.

We've no money to buy a pig,

not to mention, its food!

When the pig gets big,
the price may go down suddenly.

Amateurs, stay away.

It can eat our leftovers.

We run a business,
we shouldn't have leftovers.

Me too, I don't want
you to keep it here.

It's not hygienic.

It's not just a pig that's not hygienic.

Just what're you wearing?
Dress like a human being!

I'll keep it clean
so it won't be smelly.

This is my place. I didn't
rent it to you to raise pigs.

It's not your place.

You rented it from someone,
then you rented it to us.

Right!

Never mind that.
I have the rights.

Pigs belong to a field!

They squeal day and night.
We'll go crazy.

Right!

How much did you pay?

I didn't buy it yet.

I just borrowed it. I'll get a
commission when it gets big.

How many months before
it's ready to be eaten?

6 months.

How much will it cost per month?

1,000 yen.

Take it back.

But we'll get money
for the food...

- Take it back!
- Oh!

Oh! Hey!

It's not your pig!
Don't kick it!

TOMEKICHI KAWAMURA
TAILOR

Sometimes I get sick
and can't keep the shop open.

Can you go to the
Town Office for me?

I hate to get welfare, but...

I know someone at the
welfare office. I'll try.

But your shop...

Does someone from the welfare
office eat at your shop?

Someone called Hamaguchi
comes from time to time.

I don't want to ask directly.

I see. I'll go for you.

Yoshizo didn't leave
town to work, did he?

- Well, his health...
- Ah.

It's shameful to get welfare.

But... Can't help it.

Our business is bad.
You and I get sick.

Forget about shame.
We can't carry on like this.

We have a shop.

With that, we won't be
eligible for welfare.

They'll understand
if they come and see this.

We hardly have business.

Tomekichi knows many people...
councillors as well.

If we get something,

you don't have to
work out of town.

To the moon's desert,

Comes the camel from afar.

Golden and silver saddles...

- Good evening.
- Good evening.

- Good evening.
- Good evening.

Good evening.

Good evening.

- I brought Cola.
- Chocolate.

- Thanks.
- Want some buns?

For her.

Thanks.

(Finger guessing)

I win!

I win!

Auntie, please.

Hey.

It's hot. Take it off.

Are you done yet?

(Bawdy song)

Let's see who's next.

Stop it.

Teacher!

Teacher!

They're construction
workers from the dam.

Mother and daughter
sell their bodies together.

You left. So you washed
your hands of it?

That hellish scene frightened you.
So you ran for your life?

Shut up!

I won't!

They drank and
waited for their turns.

And sang.

Your pupil took this man,
and then that man.

She's just Form 3!

The husband vanished.
And no crops can be reaped.

When I arrived, 10 families
out of 15 were still there.

Now only 3. No, 2.

Konishi packed his things
on a pickup truck and left.

The land is barren.
You can't grow anything on it.

The husband ran away.

No crops can be grown.
What can they live on?

When I told her to stop,

she retorted, "Teacher,
are you feeding me?"

You work at a shabby newspaper.

What can you do about it?

All you can do,

is to torture a teacher
who ran away miserably.

I won't be a teacher anymore.

Fine. You can't save anyone.

Keep this secret.

We're family, right?

They asked me to
marry some other man.

They just want to kick me out.

"It's a sin to stay
a widow at your age."

They want my right to excavate
the gravel on the river plain.

If he didn't leave town to
work, I wouldn't be like this now.

The brothers of my
husband are so cruel.

My husband is not like that.

Yoshizo's a good man!

No one has the right
to kick you out.

"Excavating gravel is not
for women", they say.

You can hire men to do it.

I'm about to graduate. Then I...

You can't!

Yes I can.

She's stronger than you think.

Auntie, relatives are
meaner than strangers.

The person who gave this
to me was here today.

These are dried potatoes.

Dried potatoes.

They are dried in a shed
for decades.

Soak the potatoes
in freezing water.

Then link them up with
a rope and dry them.

During famine, we crushed
them to make cakes.

Young people today
don't know about them.

During the famine in 1933
and 1934, we ate these.

When these were all eaten,

we chewed on grass
roots and tree bark.

No one helped anyone else.

The town office, the prefecture,
the state - they couldn't help.

It was every man for himself.

You strengthened your fences
and became cautious.

Mr. Hamaguchi.

Hi Granny.

Honey, it's Hamaguchi
from the welfare office.

- That's okay.
- Come in please.

- I have to go.
- Please come in.

I have to go to Daisonzuka now.

I'll come some other time.

Don't say that.
Please come inside.

Tomekichi Kawamura told me
about the welfare you want.

But it's difficult...

You have a shop. And a phone.

We have a shop, but it's
almost always closed.

It's really tough on us.

We hardly make any money.

If you live apart,
something could be done.

A separation?

You can't get the welfare

if you stay this way.

Your husband has a lot
of relatives in Rokunohe.

He can move there and
come here from time to time.

Just a formality.

We can't do that.

We are man and wife.
We've lived together...

for about 40 years now.

It's just temporary.

We'll change the family register?

I'll do that for you.

After 3 years, I'll
change it back for you.

If we must to do this
to receive welfare...

then forget it.

Really?

Granny? Are you here?

Mr. Hanada. Long time no see.

It's the Bon Festival. I came
to visit my ancestors' graves.

How's your husband?

So-so.

Where did you go to work?

Nagoya. Outside the city.

How are things?

I closed the shop.

Don't. What a waste!

When are you leaving again?

When I've visited the graves.

I plan to take
2 or 3 people with me,

if there's anyone.

Can you take my husband?

Souvenir from Nagoya.

Uiro Cake.

He didn't plan to go this year.

But our shop is like this now.

- How old is he?
- 64.

That's okay. Lots of people
of his age are working.

Just pick a job that
you can handle.

So, please take him.

Grandad. You coming to Nagoya?
We'll leave on 17th or 18th.

Hmm.

OK. Done deal!

Don't just sit around
and do nothing.

I'm going to my brother's.
I left my kid with him.

They didn't get along.
She ran back home.

- You left your kid?
- Yes.

- Why?
- I'm divorced.

Divorced?

Kakaya ran away with a man.

And left me behind.

I left my kid with my brother,
but she doesn't like him.

She doesn't like
to be fed by others.

It didn't go well.

I'll take care of her.

I can leave her with you?

That's great! If it's you,
then I'm relieved.

So, I owe you one.

We'll leave on 17th or 18th.

Now I'll get her from my
brother's and bring her here.

Bye. You too.

It's no good after all.

Better say no now.

If there's a job for me, I'm okay.

You hand's bad.
You may be turned down.

If Hanada said so,
then it's okay, I think.

We've no child. At such
times it's so lonely.

After all, a human being
shouldn't work until he dies.

What if you go to Kyushu?
That's my birth place.

Doesn't matter where I go.

It's warmer there.
That's a good enough reason.

I was born here.

Well, your birth place is so cold.

Here's the ticket to Nagoya.

This is for the expenses.

3,000 yen.

Etsuko. Obey what
Granny tells you.

BUTTERBUR

The money...

and the ticket. I put them in.

Anybody home?

We heard you're going to Nagoya.

Last year you said you're
not going, but now you are.

Because we'll starve.

You better not, at your age.

Hanada's taking you, but if your
health gets bad, come back.

I know you want Kume's
right to the gravel.

Don't do such a low thing.

She told you?

She told you such a thing.
Can't keep her mouth shut.

Yoshizo, you're leaving?

Aug 18, 1966

Please take care of him.

Don't worry.

Let's go.

NAGAURA STATION, NAGOYA RAILWAYS

Here's from your father.

"I have something to tell you.
Please be prepared."

"The company told your
husband to go home."

"Because a few days ago,"

"he made a train stop when
he was crossing the tracks."

"There was a track
in front of his barracks."

"They asked me to talk to him."

"I did, about 3 days ago."

"Then, he said he'd
go to Yokohama."

"I thought I'd better tell you this."

"Send my greetings to Etsuko."

You kept me waiting
for 10 minutes. What is it?

You were bathing?

Your voice is strange.

I'm okay. Nothing strange.

Something's not right.

Come home.

I'm not well either. Come home.

Come home. OK?

OK?

OK?

Good afternoon.

For Mino Kawamura.
Your seal please.

TEA

It's his checked luggage
from Nagoya Station.

Hello Auntie. I got my
driving licence today.

That's great.

Your uncle is not back yet.
Just his luggage.

Oh.

Police Station.
Lost and Found Section.

His Boston bag...

was found by the police.

Oh.

We should ask
the police to look for him.

OK.

Did you file a
missing person's report?

Yoshimi from Kobayagawa
will do it for me.

What happened to him?

Maybe he wanted to earn some
more money before coming home?

Police's Lost and Found...

found his Boston bag.
It's not a good sign.

I can't go. I'm half sick.

I asked Yoshimi and
Kiyoshi to go for me.

He's here.

Police's here.

You!

The husband's back.

"Kiyoshi and I went to Tokyo,
using our own money."

"My father-in-law works
at Chofu Police Station."

" 'You came for that? I'll take
tomorrow off and take you around.' "

"Then he took us to the
Lost and Found unit in Iidabashi."

"His name is Goro Kawamura."

LOST AND FOUND UNIT

Are you the owner?

I'm the proxy.

I'm his nephew.

I'm Kiyoshi Kawamura,
from the same family.

The luggage arrived on Oct 10.
But he's not been home yet.

Then we got this card from you.

It said that there's a Boston bag.

"I can't remember clearly
if there's a receipt."

"I wrote my name and address.
Kiyoshi put his seal on it."

"And I took the Boston bag."

"Then we went to Tsurumi."

"He worked there before."

"A place called Sakuma Ironworks."

No, he didn't come this year.

Yoshizo Kawamura. Right.

Here I am!

Sorry. It's raining.

That way.

Well, he's old. And we're
building a new complex.

He has to go to and fro
under a building site.

Something may drop on his head.

We have nothing
suitable for his age.

We just told him to serve tea.

One has to cross the tracks
to get from the office to the site.

Once, a train had to
stop because of him.

That was dangerous.
We can't keep him.

We paid him his wages
and told him to go.

"We Went to Nagoya Station."

"We asked to see the
forms for checked luggage."

"One order was for Sanbongi."

"Just 2 pieces were sent
to Yokohama that day."

"That's what we found out."

I asked the Towada
police to search for him.

If you hear something,
let me know.

I'll leave this photo for you.

OK.

He left Nagoya by train.
That's for sure.

And he bought
a ticket to Yokohama.

But he left his bag on
platform no.5 of Tokyo Station.

We're told he didn't go to
Sakuma Ironworks.

He's so irresponsible.

Why not ask the police
to look for him?

We did!

Yoshimi Kobayagawa submitted this.

Don't worry.

She's really worried.

Some relatives went
to Tokyo for me, but...

I feel something's not right.

His hand is bad. He's old.

He can't work well
with such bad hand.

Perhaps... he went to
the day labourers' district.

And has no time for letters?

Granny. Don't worry.

He'll come home with
money in December.

Still, I'm worried...

We don't have the
budget for such cases.

No?

He's not a criminal.

We've no money for
such trivial matters.

To Aiko and Hiroyuki.
Live your life fearlessly.

Hi.

You're still alive?

TOWADA POLICE STATION

You said that he'd be
back in December.

But he's not.

He's irresponsible!

We can't waste our
tax money for him alone.

Mino!

How was it?

What did the police say?
You've gone there so many times.

Hello.

Hello. Are you Mino Kawamura?

Speaking.

Towada Police. The circular for
missing persons reached us today.

Please come to the station.
All right?

Yes.

Catalogue of Unidentified Bodies

Date of Death: Oct 9, 1966
Place of Death: Ooi, Tokyo

- Is he there?
- Where did you get this?

It's circulating from the
Police Headquarters.

Headquarters... of Tokyo?

This catalogue is circulated
across the country.

Why is he in the catalogue
of unidentified bodies?

He probably had no ID with him.

The Ooi police did that?

Let's go there.

Even if we hurry, the dead
won't come back to life.

We'll go tomorrow night, the 6th.
We'll be there next morning.

We're farmers. We have to
make arrangements first.

But that's already 9 months!
How can that be!

Granny. Liquor.

"It was after 8 when we
arrived at Ooi Police Station."

What's the matter?

I'm Mino, the wife of
Yoshizo Kawamura of Towada.

I saw his body in the
catalogue of unidentified bodies.

It's my husband's body.

He died last year.

Please... wait.

You have to meet with the
people of the proper unit.

I'll phone them now.

I'm Yamada. You went a long way.

I came from Towada, Aomori. I want
to see the body of Yoshizo Kawamura.

You must be tired
after a long trip.

We didn't keep his clothes.
They were dirty...

but he had some belongings.

Where is his body?

Oh well...

We did an autopsy
as required by law.

Autopsy?

We put it in the coffin
and had a wake.

We put in some flowers too...

I came to retrieve his body.

First tell me which temple
was he buried in?

Sorry, I don't know.

We moved it to the District Office.

You can go to the Minato
District Office and ask.

WELFARE SECTION

Sorry...

So, the body of my husband...

In which temple did you bury him?

Please wait.

I'm sorry.

What are you sorry for?

Sorry.

The body is in
Jikei Medical University.

Neither we, nor the police
could keep it.

We asked the university
to keep it...

and use it as research material.

You did this without permission?

- Sorry.
- To use it for research?

Sorry.

Cremate it and place the ashes at a
temple. But you threw the body away?

Sorry, please wait 3 more months.

It'd then be returned to you.

No! I want it today!

Please wait.

Please get on.

One of you sit by me.
The rest of you, this way please.

There's a coffin?

Please.

TOKYO JIKEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

MORTUARY

You may burn incense.

Sorry I kept you waiting.
I was busy.

We've no time. The crematorium...

That's not what they promised.

What? You can't say that...

There's no time.
We have to cremate it at 3.

Is my man in this?

I think so.

How can I burn incense
if I'm not sure?

What?

Excuse me.

Hello.

I want to see it.

You'll feel bad if you see it.

Better not see it.

It was nailed in.

I can't look inside?

Better not see it.

Lend me a clipper and nail puller.
I'll open it myself.

As Yoshizo Kawamura's wife,
I'll break open this coffin.

There's no time.

Please wait.

We have to move the coffin.

Why?

I'll let you look inside.
Can you let us take it?

I'll go with you.

No.

Why?

Auntie. Don't insist.

Right.

All right.

Please.

TOKYO MINSEI HOSPITAL

When he was brought in,
he could hardly breathe.

His temperature was 39.5 Celsius.

I saw that he was very thin.

Blood pressure was 80/50.
It was very low.

His pulse was very weak.

I thought that he was critical,
so I gave him oxygen,

among other things.

2 hours later, he was unconscious.

He passed away within 3 hours.

He said that he came
to Tokyo from Aomori.

He said he was working at a
pipe-laying site in Shibaura.

He said he hadn't
eaten for 2 days.

This is the room.

If you didn't feel well,
why didn't you go home at once?

He worked around here?

Let's go now.

I got the plastic wallet he received
from Toyo Enterprises and his seal.

There's a receipt from
Yoneda Sawmill in the wallet.

If they were contacted,
the police could have identified him.

The Ooi Police were sloppy.

Minato District Office too.

His face was peeled off.

I couldn't even see his eyes.

He'd already been dead for 9 months.

They injected formalin
in his body to preserve it.

And kept it in the freezer
of Jikei Medical University.

They took it out for research
and cut here and there.

Such a thing could happen!

He often appeared in my dreams.

And called out for me.

Why did he leave town to work?

I should have stopped him.

But it's too late.

We were so poor.
I never talked nicely to him.

I never imagined that I'd
say goodbye to him like that.

I know we're humans;
death will take us apart.

But to see him
cut and carved like that!

If he went straight
home from Nagoya!

He must have wanted
to earn a bit more.

Serving tea won't make much,
but he did save up a bit...

See? Ten bags of it.

He meant to take these
with him, as a souvenir.

Honey... Sorry!

Please forgive me...

TOWADA WELFARE OFFICE

Such a bad thing happened to him.

Why did that happen?
It's just not right!

Can your boss write a letter to...

the Ooi Police and
Minato District Office?

I got a reply from the chief
of Ooi Police Station, but...

He was evasive. I couldn't
make out what he said.

Lots of meaningless
words of courtesy.

Auntie. Isn't that enough?

What's enough?

What if your wife gets cut up?

I got a reply from the chief
of Minato District Office.

"The police are responsible
for checking the belongings."

They're evading
their responsibility!

What's done is done.
Let it go.

Yamada, patrol sergeant
of Ooi Police Station,

wrote a letter to Ogasawara,
head of the Welfare Office here.

He said they did their
best to identify the body.

And told us clearly what
was in the plastic wallet.

He's just entertaining me!

You can do nothing more than
pray for Yoshizo's soul.

It's hot today.

It sure is.

Ooi Police and Minato District
Office sent you letters?

They said almost nothing.

Auntie, please say
what you want to say.

Time for lunch.
Come eat rice balls with us.

Please join us.

Let's go.

Granny. Give me.

I'm alright. Leave me alone.

That's so bad.
How can such things happen?

I'll write you a letter to
Citizens' Support Group.

HEAD OFFICE,
CITIZENS' SUPPORT GROUP

I'll go to the police and
district office to find out more.

Councillor Kato of
Minato District will help us.

He'll come with us.

I'm Kato.

These receipts were in his wallet.

If you followed them up,

you'd have identified his body.

You didn't see these?

These were there?

I got them as the belongings
of the deceased.

Detective Iwama did the
final check of the belongings.

I didn't see them.

That's impossible!

How about the crime lab?
They didn't see them either?

I didn't go there with them.

Tanabe was just transferred away.

Chief, aren't you responsible for
the mistakes of your subordinates?

If there were mistakes...

There were! Not if!

But, everybody says
they didn't know.

Did you see them?

When I was done,
I came back at once.

The people at the district office
are sure these were there!

We didn't know why
he was unidentified.

The police can't be wrong.

- You were!
- Yes, you were!

No, we weren't!

Still, we regret this.

Write me a report!

No we can't.

Why? There's no
reason you can't!

If we write detailed
reports on such things,

We won't have time for work!

I want your name card.
Your name card!

Please give me your name card!

Name card...

Give her your name cards.

I don't want to say anything.

Your husband was 64 years old?

He came back from
China after the war?

NHK is here!

He made the train stop here?

Oh come on!

I'm dizzy. I've been
sleeping since yesterday.

He came from Tokyo. He's from
the Young Attorneys' Association.

Oh. Hello.

That's okay. Don't get up.

He's Takada.

He told me about you.

Our group will take up your case.

I'm here to talk to you.

TOKYO ATTORNEYS' ASSOCIATION

We're to find out if Tokyo
and Aomori are both responsible.

The problem is whether the police are
only responsible for crimes and deaths.

Police and district office too...
"The present Japanese Constitution..."

"is the fruit of precious sacrifices
and hard work of our people."

"20 years after its inception,
it was ignored and twisted..."

"by the government and its workers
who have the duty to uphold it."

"This is what the
present lawsuit is about."

What is your present occupation?

I work at Ookayama Station in Meguro,
Tokyo Fire Department.

Did you hold the same post
on Oct 9, 1966?

No. I worked at the paramedic
section of Ooi Fire Station,

As general staff.

What can you say
about your position?

I belong to the rank of captains.

How many paramedics
are there in a dispatch?

Captain, plus four paramedics.

Oct 9, 1966.
1-7, Higashi-Ooi, Shinagawa.

Outside Komatsu Motors.

Was there a dispatch to help
a patient on the road?

Yes.

What was it about?

"Oct 9, 1966.
Around 9:23 AM."

"1-7, Higashi-Ooi, Shinagawa."

"Outside Komatsu Motors.
A dispatch was sent for a patient."

"He was crouching on the pavement."

"He was holding a small broom."

"He was wearing a khaki jumpsuit."

"I recalled that he had
shoes and a cap on."

"I asked the passers-by.
It seemed that no one knew him."

"We took him on a stretcher
and loaded him in our van."

"We took him to the nearby
Keihin Chuo Clinic."

My impression...

When he was brought in...
He looked like a labourer.

He looked very old...

And very skinny.

He was emaciated,
and looked forceless.

His chance of survival...

Ahmm... was none.

That's what I felt at the time.

"I thought that he had
better be taken to a hospital."

"He was weak all over."

Is this his chart?

Yes.

Look at the writings.
Are they all yours?

Yes... Those on the top...

The name wasn't written by me.
But the rest was.

Some of them are Japanese,

but some of them are German.

Please translate.

"Pupil reflex normal."

"Pupil sizes identical."

"Something wrong in his cranium."

"A stroke can be ruled out."

And then...

"Asked him if he's a headache.
No response."

"Listened to his chest."

"Rattling on both
sides of the lungs."

"Pulse 120."
That was regular.

What's that "20%"?

I gave him cardiotonic and a drip.

The patient woke up.

How long was that
after you brought him in?

More than 7 or 8 minutes
after the doctor saw him.

Did he say "Yoshizo Kawamura
from Aomori" after he woke up?

Yes.

Did you, the doctor, and
the nurse ask for his name,

and got that reply?

Yes.

I've just read what
the nurse wrote.

"Yoshizo Kawamura, 65.
From Aomori. Labourer."

Yes.

Was that his own reply
to your question?

No. It wasn't him.

Was it from his own mouth?

Well that...

I'm not sure.

Did you ask him?
And did he answer you?

Yes... I think he did.

"I brought him bread and milk."

How much milk?

I bought two bottles.
He drank one.

A third of it dripped
from his mouth.

"Grandpa, drink it well."
I said.

How much bread did he eat?

I bought two. He ate one.

And then, you asked
Dr. Takagi what to do with him?

We didn't know who he was.
And there's only one nurse, me.

Without his proper ID,
hospitals may not take him.

If that's the case...

I told the doctor,
"We'll be in trouble."

Ours is just a clinic.

There's only one nurse on Sundays.

We didn't know
his address or contacts.

So we couldn't contact his family.

Our clinic is not the place
to keep such patients.

We told the paramedics that.

Did he say, "Take me back to where
you found me. I know someone there."?

He mentioned a name.
I didn't hear it well.

Something like Murakami or Murada.
"I knew someone there," he said.

"Take me there."

Is it unsafe to let somebody in
his condition to go like that?

Not unsafe... but worrying.

Was there really
someone he knew?

I had that feeling.

Did you ask the doctor
to fill in the receipt?

Receipt... In this case
I only had the last one.

He was transferred
to Minsei Hospital.

There's only the receipt
of Minsei Hospital.

On his charts, he had
"malnutrition, fatigue,

"lack of sleep, weakness
of the whole body."

Did the doctor tell you that?

I heard from him,
fatigue and weakness.

"Weakness of the whole body",
did you hear that?

I don't remember well.

Going back to look
for a man called Murada,

Who did you ask?

Two...or three persons.

I found a Murakami.

I asked if he knew
Yoshizo Kawamura.

It was around 11 that we
took him to Minsei Hospital.

His stay at Keihin Chuo Clinic...

was around 40 minutes.

TOKYO MINSEI HOSPITAL

Minsei Hospital was under
Tokyo Public Welfare (Minsei) Bureau.

Yoshizo Kawamura was
brought to your hospital.

Do you remember that?

I don't really know
exactly what happened.

It was my day off.

The guard Mizuno
met him at the door.

This is from your hospital?

Yes.

Our patients live on welfare.

We have to record everything
for things afterwards...

Who filled in this admission form?

It's written at the bottom.
Admitted by: Mizuno.

The guard Mizuno.

There was a seal next to the
signature. It was yours, Yabe.

This shows that I've recorded
it in the admission record book.

But you have nothing
to do with the case.

That's right.

You just put your seal to it,

like any typical case.

Yes... just like that.

On this form, under his name,

"Higashi-Tsugaru, Aomori.
Exact address unknown" is written.

If he was brought in by ambulance,
the guard wrote that during admission.

Shortly after his death,
the police came?

I think it was the Ooi ambulance
that informed the Ooi Police Station.

"Ooi Station. Sergeant Yamada.
10,219 yen. 2 Watches."

"Transfer to Minato District Office."
What's that about?

If the unidentified body
had belongings with it,

the things are sent
to the District Office.

That's the meaning of
"Transfer to Minato District Office."

I just said that,
our hospital is mainly for...

vagabonds and sick travellers.

They usually have
no fixed address.

But his wallet had
something with his address!

Where are you stationed?

Ooi Police Station.

You've worked very long there?

About 8 years.

What's your post?

At first, investigation unit no.2.

You worked there in Oct, 1966?

Yes.

Did you serve as an witness
in the case of Yoshizo Kawamura?

Yes.

What happened?

Here's what I did on Oct 9.

I was on holiday shift.
The time was about 3:45 PM.

Paramedic Oto phoned.
He said that at 3 o'clock,

an unidentified traveller
died at Minsei Hospital.

He told me to come at once.
I did.

Tanabe from the crime lab came with me.

I asked about
the cause of death.

The diagnosis was acute
pneumonia or a stroke.

We first checked his eyes,
then his neck.

Then I looked at his torso.

I checked for haemorrage,
strangulation marks, wounds.

I took pictures of the full body,
the upper torso,

and the clothed body.
I checked the belongings.

Yoshizo Kawamura.
Tsugaru, Aomori.

That's all we knew.

So we couldn't confirm the identity.
There's no way to follow up.

We weren't mistaken
about his belongings.

It was thoroughly done.

Then we checked his clothes.

Perhaps from the pockets
of the trousers...

We found a seal.

I remember well
that it reads "Kawamura".

You checked the belongings
at the office?

I felt that the bag
had valuables in it.

So we took it out.

And put everything on the table.

Was the wallet in the bag?

Yes. There was a wallet.

Do you remember
what was it like?

It was in a square shape.

You could unfold it,

to the size of a 1,000-yen note.

Fold it, it became square again.

I recall that it was black.

Was there money in it?

- No.
- No?

When we put it in the envelope,
the wallet, all the cash...

were put in separately,
all of it.

What was in the wallet?
Do you remember that?

Valuables are of first priority.

So I saw the wallet.

When I unfolded the wallet,

a piece of paper
dropped on the table.

I picked it up and saw that
it was a ticket... for luggage.

Checked luggage ticket.

From Nagoya to Yokohama.

We found it there.

This?

- I don't remember.
- It's his! You must have seen it!

Be quiet. Don't talk from there.

The shape was like this?

I think it was longer.

Is this the one
you saw at that time?

Is it? I'm not...

- Not sure.
- That's right.

Please look inside.

The part in white.

There's a name of a company.

You remember that?

TOYO ENTERPRISES
TEL: 537
You remember that?

I thought it was black inside.

- Inside?
- Black inside.

Was there a name of a company?

I didn't see it.

You checked all
other belongings?

10,290 yen cash.

2 Seiko watches.
I am sure.

What was Sergeant Yamada's
post then?

He was my superior
at investigation unit no.2.

What did he tell you?

"The identity of today's
body is unknown."

"We just know that he's
Yoshizo Kawamura from Aomori."

I asked Detective Iwama
to check the name.

After 30 or 40 minutes,

We found out from
headquarters that...

One Yoshizo Kawamura in Aomori,

and one in Fukuoka
had left for Tokyo.

The Aomori one is
from Sannohe, to be exact.

Then we telegrammed Aomori,
and asked them

to help us to check on the
Yoshizo Kawamura there.

"We thought that this
Kawamura from Aomori,"

"was the same one
in Sannohe, Aomori."

"Please look for him."
That was the telegram.

Was he staying there?
Has he left? If so, where?

Did Aomori reply?

Yes.

When?

3 or 4 days later.

What did they say?

"Yoshizo Kawamura of Sannohe
is alive and in good health."

"And is working as an office boy."

That was their reply.

What did the headquarters say?

"It's not him."

You wanted the Aomori Police
to do a nationwide search.

You think that's appropriate?

Why didn't you ask them to do it?

Aomori Police didn't think that
he was the Yoshizo Kawamura of Aomori.

Tell us about the belongings
you spread across the table.

Cash.

Wallet, seal, wrist watch,
a delivery receipt for clothes.

When you took the wallet,

You said you've seen it before.

Yes.

You didn't unfold it.

I did.

It's normal to look into the
wallet when you've unfolded it.

Why didn't you look inside?

Sergeant Yamada
had already looked inside.

He poked his finger in.

Then he put the wallet down.

I didn't look inside.

Yamada unfolded the wallet and
poked his finger in.

Did you see him doing that?

Yes.

This is not the wallet
you saw at that time?

Not the one.

You couldn't identify the body.

What did you do next?

We did it by the book.

We wrote an identity inquiry form.

This is lab work.
We take the fingerprints.

And request the headquarters
to follow it up.

Asst. Inspector Hashimoto.

You wrote the identity inquiry form.

The headquarters said,
"He's not the one."

Then you issued an
unidentified body certificate.

- Yes.
- Usually how long does it take?

I told you. About 3 weeks.

"Stencil not found."
That means he's not...

in the criminals' records?

You couldn't issue
the certificate at once?

The people in investigation did their
job. This is not the only case...

the only type of case
I have to work on.

Thefts. Fires. Robberies.

I have various investigations.

I don't know what investigations,

but you took 23 days to do it.

I meant to do it quickly,

but it was delayed.
I'm sorry.

According to this inquiry form,
"The fingerprints of the body...

"were verified with those on
your records", etc. was written.

Do you know what was
kept in their records?

The fingerprint stencils
of the headquarters.

Fingerprints of criminals?
Non-criminals?

Criminals and ordinary people.
Both are included, I think.

What kind of ordinary people?

Broadly speaking...

Not everybody?

We didn't aim for ordinary people.

Just the prints of those
with a criminal record.

They took him for a criminal?

Oct 9, 1966. Did you receive
the body of Yoshizo Kawamura?

Yes.

Describe briefly what you did
when you received the body.

Oct 9, Ooi Police Station informed us
that there was an unidentified body.

It was Sunday. The call was
from the holiday shift cop.

From him I also received
the belongings of the body.

The next day was also a holiday.
On 11th I went on a business trip.

The holiday shift cop briefed me,
and handed over the belongings.

The body was... sent
to the Medical Examiner.

From there it was sent to be
stored at Jikei Medical University.

All this took 11 days.

How much was known
of Yoshizo Kawamura then?

"Yoshizo Kawamura of Aomori"
That's all we knew from the police.

You verified the list of
belongings from the police?

I got them from the holiday shift
cop, I thought they were okay.

When I got them, I didn't
check them on the spot.

What did you do then?

I gave him a receipt for the body.

Then I asked at once
if they could identify the body.

What did he say?

"We have no time for that."

Who's the cop?

I don't remember.

- Did you get the wallet?
- Yes.

Did you look at it?

I could see it was made of plastic.

But I know nothing more.

Did you unfold it and look inside?

- Yes.
- When?

3 days later.

Anything in there?

A receipt.

To Continental Canteen
From Yoneda Sawmill

And tickets for checked luggage.

Two of them.

Checked luggage ticket

These are the receipt and tickets.
Any recollections?

I can't say for sure
these are the ones.

But something like these
were in the wallet?

- Yes.
- Did you look carefully?

Yes. Not exactly "carefully".
But I tried to.

If you did.
Sanbongi, Nagoya, Towada.

- You must have seen these names?
- Yes.

Wait. These leading questions
are inappropriate.

This receipt for Continental Canteen,

"To Continental Canteen
From Tokujiro Yoneda"

"Yoneda Sawmill Limited
7-3 Hatsuda, Towada"

"Tel: 2181"
These are on the receipt.

Do you remember?

I remember there was an address.

You talked to the
witness before this trial?

What's wrong with that?

Is it against the law?

We should argue the case
in court without meddling in it.

And let the truth come
out fairly and righteously.

You're instigating perjury.

The impulsive way of unearthing
the truth is a thing of the past.

Talk it over and examine it well.
Get everything out, then argue on it.

That's how the truth comes out.

What did you you
when you saw the receipt?

I contacted the police.

- Who did you talk to?
- I don't remember.

What did you say?

"I found this paper from the wallet.
Should you check on it?"

Did the District Office...

call you about the Kawamura case?

No. Not even once.

Liar!

"The person we're thinking
of is in Aomori right now."

"Further checks are not needed."
They said.

What did you do with the
belongings? The cap and so on.

- Processed.
- Processed?

- Burnt.
- You have the right?

- Yes.
- What's left?

Things that should
be left for the family.

Wallet, seal...

Does the District Office announce
such cases of dead travellers,

or issue a press release?

Is it customary to do these?

Yes.

What exactly did you
do for this case?

For this case, I did nothing.

In May, 1968...

You resigned from Minato District
Office. What do you do now?

I'm a lathe worker.

How are you?

I feel sluggish.

We have a session tomorrow.

I won't go tomorrow.

Everyone of us...

raised this sum for you.

We want to cheer you up.

Take it. Even if you don't feel
well, please come tomorrow.

When you're in the court,
no one dares to lie.

I know it's tough for you to
take night trains to and fro.

You can stay the night there.

It would cost me money.

Don't worry about it.
We can pay it for you.

If I go, I'll spend the next day
sleeping. I can't do business.

Please take it.

Where did you work at
the Jikei Medical University?

Autopsy class no.1.

At that time...

we had 8 students.

For Kawamura's body
we only had half of them.

Just 4.

We split them in two groups.

Late June, one part was done.

We just started on the next part.

At first we cut at
the head and upper torso.

Then we peeled off the skin.

We looked at the
blood veins and nerves.

Subcutaneous fat, muscles.

We looked at those.

The muscles were fully exposed.
When we delivered the body...

I'm afraid...

The subcutaneous fat
has not been taken out.

And the head?

The muscles were fully exposed.

Was the skull opened?

Yes. The Medical Examiner
looked at the brain first.

They opened it.

And the eyeballs?

We looked at them.

Did you remove them?

No. We always put them back.

You're used to this.
So it's nothing to you.

But if an ordinary person
sees such a body,

it would be a bad experience.

I agree.

During practical training, it's better
to go on with the autopsy.

When she said,
"I want to take it back now."

I put the body, still being
autopsied, back in the coffin.

Then she asked to see his face.

I knew she shouldn't see it.

So I talked to the professor.

That was during lesson?

Yes.

That's inconvenient to you?

We had to find a new body.

I got close with the students.

If possible I wanted to
carry on for them.

They're moving the trial
to Aomori. Don't give up!

Everybody is here today.

Come come. Get up!

Hurry!

Hurry!

Hurry, everybody.

Get on the bus.

Hurry hurry.

Where did you work in Oct, 1966?

Aomori Prefectural Police.
Investigation unit no.1.

What was your post?

I was a training officer
and criminal investigator.

What was your rank?

Patrol sergeant.

What was your duty as
criminal investigator?

Examining dead bodies
and gathering evidence.

And other processes
concerning the bodies.

You were asked by Tokyo Headquarters
to verify the identity of...

Yoshizo Kawamura
for Ooi Police Station?

Yes. I remember that.

Why were you responsible
for this work?

I found the documents on my desk.

The reply from Gonohe Station
was written on it.

And an indication that there's
no reply from Tokyo yet.

I took over from this point.

- That was the written order.
- Yes.

Who put the identity inquiry
form on your desk?

I don't know.

It can't be!

What did you do next?

The reply from Gonohe was
"The Yoshizo Kawamura you asked for...

"was, according to our investigation,"

"alive and in good health."

So the dead person...

must be faking the name,
I thought.

I again asked Gonohe if there
was yet another Yoshizo Kawamura.

And then?

They replied on the
same day, or next.

"There is yet another
Yoshizo Kawamura."

"He's at an inn or restaurant
in Towada Lake..."

I can't remember it well.

"And is working as a cook."

I reported that to
Tokyo headquarters.

What exactly did you tell them?

I actually made two replies.

The first was what
I told you about Gohohe.

What they first found out
after I asked for their help.

I asked the duty officer.

He told me,
"Yoshizo Kawamura is alive."

I reported that to Tokyo.

And then my following
up on Gonohe Police.

It was really the next day.

So you made two replies
about the identity inquiry?

- Yes.
- Nonsense!

But you've just said that
the reply from Gonohe...

was already written on the
document on your desk.

And there was no reply from Tokyo.

And you asked Gonohe to look again.

Before ordering that, you just said
that there was no reply from Tokyo.

Yes.

Was there any mistake
in your testimony just then?

No. It was like that.

What was like that?

When I replied to Gonohe...
before I replied to Tokyo,

before I replied to Tokyo
the first time... as confirmation...

I asked Gonohe to
investigate some more.

I replied twice.

Before his death, he said,
"I'm Yoshizo Kawamura of Aomori."

Tokyo said there was no other clue,

and asked Aomori Prefectural
Police to do an identity inquiry.

- Do you know what is an
identity inquiry? -Yes.

Tell me about it.

It is identity inquiry?
[alternative pronunciation]

Do you know what is it based on?

Yes, I have the idea.

Tell us, briefly.

It's actually about the regulations
of the processing of fingerprints.

Err... I don't really
know about it.

You should know!

It is to check the
fingerprints database...

of those with a criminal record.
You know that?

Yes... Something like that.

When did you start working
at Towada Police Station?

From Aug 1, 1960. I transferred
to Mutsu Police Station in 1967.

What was your rank in Towada?

Patrol officer.

Which unit were you in?

Field Unit and
Crime Prevention Unit.

Did you accept the search
request for Yoshizo Kawamura?

- Yes.
- When?

Probably in Oct, 1966.

Who came to the station?

Mino Kawamura and...

a man.

"My husband Yoshizo went
to work in Aichi Prefecture."

"A letter came, asking
if he was back yet."

"A few days later, his luggage
was here from Tokyo Station."

According to what you just said,

You took the request
as a call for help?

Yes.

A call for help.

Yes.

I contacted his workplace at once.

How?

The Crime Prevention Unit of Aomori
contacted Aichi Prefectural Police.

Was there a reply?

Something like,
"He departed from Nagoya."

I don't remember
the exact wording.

Then Mino Kawamura came and
told you he hadn't been back.

- Yes.
- When?

The next year.

I remember it was
late January, 1968.

According to this
investigation request,

It was Yoshimi Kobayagawa
who made the request.

Who wrote that?

I did.

You knew this Yoshimi
Kobayagawa, didn't you?

No.

You don't know him personally?

No.

No?

No.

He is now a branch head of
Towada Crime Prevention Association.

That association has a close
relationship with the police.

Don't you know that?

I... don't.

Kobayagawa said he knew you.

Don't you know him?

I don't know him.

I may recognize his face.

I don't recall that name.

You can recognize his face?

I may.

How many times did
he come regarding this case?

The person who came in January
looked like Kobayagawa.

When he came about this case,

did you take
testimony from Kobayagawa?

No.

Did you go alone?

Yes.

I said he left town to work,
and vanished without trace.

"He's old. We're worried.
I request a search."

I felt that Mino Kawamura
was very concerned.

I felt I should help her
as soon as possible.

So I filed it as a runaway search.

In this form there are specific
descriptions of his body,

among other things.

Is there something untrue
from what Mino told you?

- Yes.
- Where?

The "Yes" regarding
"Possibility of Suicide".

Why did you lie about it?

It would speed things up.

I told you,

Mino Kawamura was very concerned.

Normally you wouldn't file
this as a runaway search.

But this time you did.

Yes.

The Aichi Prefectural Police
made their reply to...

Crime Prevention Unit of
Aomori Prefectural Police?

Yes.

Who made the call?

Mr. Baba.

Yoshizo Kawamura was
a migrant worker.

He didn't leave against
the wish of his family.

It was strange to file
him as a runaway.

I wrote that on my report.

So, you replied that it was wrong
to file him as a runaway...

because you considered him
to be a migrant worker?

Yes.

When Deguchi asked for your help,

did you know that Yoshizo Kawamura
was on the way back from Nagoya?

No.

When I was transferred,
I remembered that I had...

a runaway search form
on Yoshizo Kawamura.

I gave it to Mr. Maki
at the crime lab,

as reference material.

Prefectural Police said they
wouldn't consider him as a runaway.

Every August, all the police
stations in Japan would jointly...

set up a runaway consultation unit.

On that occasion, I asked
Mino about her husband.

She said that he hadn't returned.

I wondered if a
runaway search warrant...

could uncover clues
as to his whereabouts.

I thought about it,
and issued this warrant.

Then I sent it to the crime lab
of the Prefectural Police.

What happened after
you sent this warrant?

I think they sent it
to Tokyo Headquarters.

I prepared the warrant, fully aware
of the anxiety of Mrs. Kawamura.

Do you know Mr. and Mrs. Kawamura?

Yes. I know them well.

From when and where?

1947. We were on the same
group of evacuees from China.

We lived in the same barracks
remodelled from an army stable.

What was the occupation
of Yoshizo Kawamura at the time?

He was a travelling salesman
of used clothing and other items.

And then?

He had a canteen.

He worked at a time
at Misawa Military Base?

Yes.

When did he start the canteen?

Around 1950.

Its name?

Continental Canteen.

Business was good at first?

Yes.

How many times did it move?

3 times.

After that, how was its business?

There were more and more
new buildings in the area;

business deteriorated.

Sometimes it was closed?

Yes.

Why?

The health of Mino.

She's not been well.

Do you know Yoneda Sawmill?

It's in the same area.
Just 30 m from the canteen.

How about Toyo Enterprises?

Yes. But it's out of business now.
It was also in the neighbourhood.

At the start of this affair,

the migrant workers of
Towada City and their families...

set up a support group
for Mino Kawamura?

Yes.

You were active
in setting up this group?

Yes.

Please tell us briefly why
you set up this group.

I know about the case very well.

I can't let the matter
rest like that, because...

Such rough treatment concerns
all 1.2 million migrant workers.

This makes me see the case
as very serious matter.

When did you get married?

1924.

I was 22.

Where did you get married?

Daisekkyo, Manchuria.

What was his occupation
at that time?

Construction worker.

He was in the
Manchurian Railways.

He received a bullet wound
in his wrist.

When was it?

1934.

We were surrounded
and attacked by bandits.

When were you evacuated
back to Japan?

On September, 1946.

How was it?

We had nothing
but our clothes with us.

We stayed at a relative's
for two months.

Then we were sent to a barracks
remodelled from an army stable.

His work at the Misawa base...

Loading and unloading cargo...

I really don't know.

I did ask about his work.

He wouldn't say anything
that's unnecessary.

Before he left town
to work this last time...

How many times
had he done this?

Twice to Hokkaido.
Once to Tsurumi.

This was the 4th time.

Were you for or
against such work?

We were together
in our rough times.

Even when bullets were shot
over our heads in Manchuria.

We came here. To live apart
when we're old...

I'm against it.

How was the atmosphere
when he left home?

Even when you're old,
your roots stay the same.

The atmosphere was cold.

There were only two of us.
Then only one was left.

It felt so empty.

Who did you ask to
arrange for his welfare?

Tomekichi Kawamura.

I don't know who that was...
But he said in a loud voice,

"Continental Canteen
asked for help!"

I told them the living
conditions of Yoshizo and Mino.

"They have a phone.
They have a noodle shop!"

"How can they get welfare?"

I don't remember that...

I went to talk to them
about their welfare application.

It's a long session.
Can we go on?

Please go on. I can handle it.

Don't worry about me.

The session could go on, as long
as I could say all that I wanted to.

When Yoshimi Kobayagawa visited you,

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When Yoshimi Kobayagawa visited you,

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you didn't talk about why
Yoshizo left town to work?
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you didn't talk about why
Yoshizo left town to work?

No. We did.

"His hand is bad.
He can't work as he'd like to."

"So he set up a
canteen at his home."

"He can't work much
even if he's at home."

"He spends his time
doing nothing."

"And his wife is a
strong-willed woman."

"She grumbles all the time."

"He can't take this anymore..."

"So he left town to work."

You went with two persons
to the Lost and Found unit.

You wrote this.

The proxy letter to
collect lost property.

Yes.

You took the Boston bag.

Yes.

The bag was opened?

Yes.

When? Where?

There.

I put it on the floor.

Either Yoshimi Kobayagawa
or Kiyoshi Kawamura opened it.

The bag was zipped.

We unzipped it, and found
something work-related.

A pair of work gloves.

Unemployment insurance certificate.

A receipt.

What kind of receipt?

Yoshimi and Kiyoshi said,

"There's a receipt. It's okay then."

"This bag is his."

The receipt was not in the bag!

Quiet.

- It's a lie!
- Quiet.

You said that you talked with the
chief of criminal investigation...

of Ooi Police Station on the phone.

What exactly did you talk about?

"It's about Mino Kawamura."

"Persons related to her
came to Ooi Police Station."

"They mentioned your name."

"What's your relationship to them?"

Then you went to
Ooi Police Station?

Yes.

It was a protest on my part...

They gave me trouble
by mentioning my name!

That's how I felt on my way there.

Did you also tell them about
your going to the...

Lost and Found unit
to retrieve the Boston bag?

Yes.

Do you remember telling them
what you found in the Boston bag?

Perhaps. But I don't
remember exactly.

That's the truth.

Dec 13, 1971

"The verdict. Tokyo Metropolitan
government and Minato District...

are to pay, separately,
the plaintiff 500,000 yen."

"Plus 5% interest per annum."

"Tokyo Metropolitan government...

has to pay for the interest
accrued from July 18, 1969."

"Minato District,
from July 19, 1969."

VICTORY CELEBRATION

I didn't think that
I'd win the trial.

A tiny human being like me...

to go against the
strong force of the state.

I thought I was no match to it.

But thanks to the lawyers' team...

and your support, I won.

I don't have long to live.

This long and tough battle...

is the most memorable
event of my life.

My husband Yoshizo too
would be very happy.

All of you.
Thank you very much.

Hurray!

Hurray!

You want noodles?

You're still doing this?

No, I haven't for a while.
I just want to make them for myself.

Now you're here. Eat.

All right.

I don't know how to thank you.

Take this with my gratitude.

Delicious!

I'm going back to Kyushu.

I thought it over.
Now I've made up my mind.

Why? Now you have
so many friends here.

When I die, no one would
look after my husband's grave.

Your relatives would do it.

I won.

I didn't win. All of you did.

And you.
You won it for me.

All of you won it.
I didn't.

That victory alone
should stay here.

You feel it's tough to stay?

I'll take his ashes with me.

You'll dig up the grave?

I'll build a new grave back home.
I'll leave space for myself.

He had no relatives or siblings.

He belongs to me.

CONTINENTAL CANTEEN

BUTTERBUR

STARRING:
Nobuko Otowa, Taiji Tonoyama

Rokko Toura
Chyoichiro Kawarasaki

Rie Yokoyama
Miki Kojika

Eiji Okada
Fumio Watanabe

Akira Yamauchi
Masami Horiuchi

Dai Kanai
Kazunaga Tsuji

Hideo Sato
Noboru Matsuhashi

Jiro Kawarasaki
Teruo Matsuyama

Reo Morimoto
Kei Sato

Bin Moritsuka
Juzo Itami, Junkichi Orimoto

Photographed by
Kiyomi Kuroda

Music by
Hikaru Hayashi

Edited by
Mitsuo Kondo

Produced by
Michiyoshi Takashima, Fuki Sato,

Setsuo Noto, Manabu Akashi

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
Kaneto Shindo

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