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A Toho Production

Come on in. I’m glad you came.

How many years has it been?

- I’m sorry I didn’t keep in touch. - Forget it.

1926 - I’m sorry I didn’t keep in touch. - Forget it.

1926

This is the first time I’ve visited you here. 1926

- Really? - It’s a quiet town. 1926

- Really? - It’s a quiet town.

Yoshino City - Really? - It’s a quiet town.

Yoshino City

You said you were going on a trip? Yoshino City

You said you were going on a trip?

Have a seat.

I'll be away for a while.

Her name’s Tae.

She’s a distant relative.

She comes over to copy my manuscripts, and helps the missus.

She’s studying to be a pharmacist.

My university major is pharmacology.

This is my friend Kindaichi.

He’s a detective.

He tends to disappear when he's working a difficult case.

I seem to remember such a character popping up in your novels.

- I don’t recall. - Where are you going?

Maybe the US.

The US?

The US is quite advanced in drugs for stress...

autism, and neurological conditions.

Are you really going?

People are the same all over.

Hey, Kindaichi is here! Get us some tea!

Just a second.

- Are you going by boat? - Yes.

- Have you gotten your passport? - Not yet.

- You’ll need a photograph. - I haven’t had one taken yet.

I know an old photography studio that's been in business since 1892.

I forget the name...

I haven’t been there in 7-8 years.

- He’s talking about the Honjo Photography Studio. - That’s the one.

- Hello. - Thank you.

Kindaichi says he’s going to the US.

Wow, overseas!

Try to relax, you’re too stiff.

I can’t find it.

This house is too dark.

It has to be one of these. We'll have to get a new one, but they’re all old.

- You should probably replace all of them. - Hey, Mokutaro!

Shake a leg!

We used it for the US troops during the occupation.

- Where the heck is it? - You’re looking for the mountain vista?

We just used it the other day. Why can’t you keep track of them?

Got it!

Damn, this one is for children’s festivals.

Where in the world are those mountains?!

Just shoot my face.

We can’t very well have this in the background.

It’s for a passport.

Then we need a white background!

You should have said so from the start!

What are you doing, you boob?!

Are you all right? My assistant is still new to his job.

I think I broke something!

Sorry, I thought you were out.

- What do you want? - The magnesium.

- It’s on the bottom shelf. - I found it. - Who’s the customer?

- He’s a bit unusual. - What?

He’s a private dick.

A flatfoot?

- Bombing raids were quite severe in this area. - So they say.

I came back from Siberia in 1949.

The place was flattened.

I couldn’t even recognize it.

Japanese land forces had their airfield right over there.

That would have been the enemy’s target.

- I can’t believe this building is still standing. - I suppose you’re right.

US troops are still stationed in this town.

There’s a steep hill just yonder.

That’s Hospital Hill.

Hospital Hill?

It used to have a more ordinary name,

but a large hospital was built there in the late 19th century.

People started to call it 'Hospital Hill'.

It’s Hogen Hospital.

I didn’t notice the hospital.

Don’t move, I’m going to shoot.

Raise your head a little... chin down.

Magnesium up... Ready!

The House of Hanging

Produced by Kon Ichikawa

Based on a work by Seishi Yokomizo

Screenplay by Shinya Hidaka and Tei Kurisu

Starring:

Yoshiko Sakuma

Masao Kusakari

Junko Sakurada

Takako Irie Takeshi Kato

Mitsuko Kusabue Kayoko Shiraishi Miki Sanjo

Midori Hagio Peter Kie Nakai

Hideji Otaki Nobuto Okamoto Eitaro Ozaka

Koji Shimizu, Akiji Kobayashi, Fujio Tokita, Koreharu Hisatomi

Noboru Mitani, Sabu Kawahara, Yutaka Hayashi, Shingo Yamamoto, Bunji Hayata

Teruhiko Aoi

Special appearances by Seishi Yokomizo and Norihei Miki

Koji Ishizaka as Kosuke Kindaichi

Directed by Kon Ichikawa

You’re going to be killed?

Yes.

I ran an errand the other day.

I went to see a burned-out building.

Just as I was about to enter through the inward-opening door,

these huge wind chimes plopped right down on me!

Wind chimes? You mean those things that tinkle when the wind blows in the summer.

Yes! It still hurts.

It was only because I stopped in the doorway...

when the superintendent called out my name...

that the wind chimes only grazed my shoulder.

If I'd been hit directly, I’d have been a goner.

Do you think it was a trap?

Why would someone want to kill you?

I don’t know. That’s why I want you to check it out.

- PIs provide such services, don't they? - Of course.

I’d be happy to pay.

But you mustn’t tell anyone about this.

What did my father want with you?

We were just talking.

You have a lot of old photos.

Did you take them all yourself?

Yes, me and two other generations of photographers.

The Meiji, Taisho, and Showa periods. It’s like a museum exhibit.

The family has always prided itself in being well organized.

Everything is organized and preserved, from the plates to the film.

I see. When will my photo be ready?

In three days.

I'll see you then.

Detective, did you forget something?

Can I help you?

I want a photo taken.

- Please, come in. - I want it on location.

Where?

- I can’t say. - Why not?

It’s not far.

We need to know the location of the shoot.

Tonight at 9:00. I'll send someone to pick you up.

All right.

What kind of a photo do you need? We need to make preparations.

A wedding photo.

Oh, congratulations. Yours?

No, my sister’s.

Here’s ¥2,000. I hope it’s enough.

Oh, you'll be paying in advance?

- When will the photo be ready? - If you’re in a hurry, two days.

Someone will be by to pick them up. Please leave them out.

Thank you.

She didn’t leave her name.

She sure was a honey.

Honjo Photography Studio

Who’s there?

Oh, the wedding shoot?

Thank you for coming.

Isn’t this the Hogens’ house?

It is. We’re relatives.

- I thought this house was abandoned. - Shaddap!

Set up your equipment here and wait.

OK, we’re ready!

Open the door and come in!

Hurry up and take the photo already!

That’s a strange place to hang wind chimes. The photo will be better without them.

Don’t touch them. It’s a family tradition.

If you say so.

The bride’s lapels are crooked...

Stay back!

I'll do it.

OK, perfect.

Good morning, are they done?

Let me have a look.

So let me get this straight, Dad...

She’s a ringer for a girl at Hogen Hospital named Yukari?

I don’t know the groom.

He was pushy.

Soap.

Cigarettes.

You have stockings? Yes, if you have them.

Not again? You shouldn’t traffic in the US troops’ supplies.

I didn’t ask for your opinion.

I know. If you don’t care, I don’t care.

- Good evening. - Good evening.

- Detective, I’m sorry, but your photos aren’t ready yet. - Really? Is the owner here?

There’s something I wanted to speak with him about.

Could you take a look at this for me?

- The owner? - Please.

It’s a wedding photo. What about it?

The location is... strange.

Not really, there’s a gold folding screen in the background.

It’s the house. I thought it was abandoned…

- But it isn’t! - No, actually it is.

But my dad hollered at me to go check it out this morning.

I went and found the screen, the rug, the chair… all gone.

Young sir, the girl who made the reservation for the photo shoot was the bride.

Shut your trap.

There’s something hanging between the bride and the groom.

- They’re wind chimes. - Wind chimes?

The one unusual thing is that the bride’s eyes look like she’s dreaming.

Yes, they do.

It’s strange. I thought the whole thing was weird last night.

- Was she alive? - That’s a lurid question.

Yes, she was breathing.

Detective, I was just thinking...

Maybe he drugged the girl because she didn’t want to get married,

and then held the ceremony. I should have gone along.

Shut up, already.

My dad said the bride may be of the family that owned Hogen Hospital.

That would seem even stranger to me,

the daughter of a prominent family holding her wedding in a house with such a sordid past.

Sordid, you say?

Yes, that house is called the House of Hanging.

Why?

A woman was found hanged in the house a year after the War ended.

Hello.

Yes, that’s right.

What?

Hello? Hello?

- She hung up. - Who was it?

It sounded like a young woman.

She wanted to book another photo session tonight in that same house.

- Was it the same girl as last night? - Yes, I’m sure it was her voice!

- What did she want you to shoot? - The wind chimes.

No one’s here.

Look here.

I don’t see any wind chimes.

It’s a severed head!

It’s the killer!

Aunt Yayoi, I’ve been expecting you.

You came by rickshaw again? I sent a car to pick you up.

I prefer Sannosuke’s rickshaw.

This is the first time you’ve been here since the house was bombed out.

I just telephoned. I’m Detective Bando.

I’m sorry for the inconvenience. Please come this way.

Don’t worry about taking off your shoes.

The incident was discovered late last night. We just finished surveying the crime scene.

I’m afraid this is an unusual crime with few clues.

It was quite shocking.

She's here.

This is the lead investigator.

Todoroki of the prefectural police.

I’m Yayoi Hogen.

These three discovered the scene.

Yayoi, it’s been a long time.

This is my son, Naokichi, and my apprentice, Mokutaro.

This man says he’s a private investigator. Isn’t that right?

Yes.

He’s apparently being employed by the photographer’s father.

- Isn’t that right? - Yes.

This fellow just gave us a broad overview of the incident.

Is this your son?

I’m not her son.

My name is Shigeru Igarashi. That woman is my mother.

However, she just identified herself as Mitsue Tanabe.

That’s right. Igarashi is my father’s name.

My mother uses her maiden name.

I used to go by the surname of Tanabe, but I changed it for matters of inheritance.

But you’re all living together, right?

Yes, the two families are connected by marriage.

- Yayoi is my aunt. - I understand now.

- Do you really? - Shaddap!

Don’t embarrass me when I’m on a case!

Has last night’s suspect calmed down? Go talk to him.

He might have something useful to say.

I believe you were told on the phone...

that there’s something we want to check with you about.

But you can see the crime scene first if you’d like.

Yayoi, there’s no reason for you to see that!

I caught a glimpse of it and I almost fainted.

No, I’d like to see it.

It’s my home, so I bear some responsibility here.

Have you found the body that belongs to the head?

No. We've combed the house and the grounds.

The police think that the murder was committed somewhere else.

But, I…

- Oh, how dreadful! - Oh, Yayoi!

I wanted you to look at this photograph.

The victim was almost certainly the groom,

but is the bride your daughter?

More to the point, she's been identified as Yukari Hogen.

- Can you confirm this? - It’s her, isn’t it?

I told him it was.

The woman’s makeup is thick, so it’s hard to say for sure,

but she clearly looks like my daughter.

"Looks like her"?! Are you asserting that is in fact not your daughter?!

- It’s Yukari, I tell you! - No, it’s not.

I know my own daughter.

Anyway, she’s at my house now.

You said some strange things on the telephone,

so I thought it would be best to bring her here.

She should be along shortly.

About the severed head...

Murderers usually try to conceal their victim’s identity, or hide the body altogether.

Why would anyone go to the trouble of displaying the head like that?

You simpleton, it’s obvious!

To trip up the investigation, of course.

Yukari!

My daughter, Yukari.

This photo looks just like her.

So, who in the world is this bride?!

- Detective Todoroki! - What is it?

We learned the identities of the victim and the bride.

- What? - Our suspect confirmed it!

Hey, who is it?

Answer me!

It’s Toshio and Koyuki Yamauchi.

He and they were in a group called The Angry Pirates.

Who are 'The Angry Pirates'?

A jazz band that plays exclusively at US military bases in Japan.

Officer, I haven’t killed anyone.

Then why didn’t you speak out before now?

I was scared and upset.

The two people in the photo were both named Yamauchi.

- They were brother and sister. - Then why would they be getting married?!

They weren’t blood relations.

What were you doing here last night?

They both took a day off work yesterday, so I came to see what they were doing.

How did you know they’d be here?

Because of the wedding photo.

The night before last, the couple was secretly married in this very house,

and Yoshizawa was the only person who helped.

- Am I right?! - Yes...

I borrowed the folding screens and the rug.

Then, I took the line from a power pole for electricity.

It was a lot of work.

I came to see if they were still here,

and I saw Toshio’s severed head dangling from the ceiling! I was terrified.

Then those people came, and I panicked and ran.

I’m not the killer! You must believe me!

We'll find that out soon enough.

Where are you all staying?

- We don’t all live together. - What about the two Yamauchis?!

They rented a garage outside of town.

What is this place?

It was flattened in the war.

- Is this the garage? - Yes.

Musical instruments...

Did you find Koyuki?

No. Open the door.

- The door? - Yes, open it.

It’s blood!

Sir, is that…

Koyuki’s body is under that tarp. Pull off the tarp.

- You mean… by myself? - Yes, do it.

This must be where the head was cut off.

OK, I figured it out. It was here.

Sir!

- What? - Look!

A bloody footprint. It must be…

the murderer’s footprint!

They look like army boots.

Do you know something about this?

Well?

There was another man that came looking for Toshio and Koyuki,

before I went to the empty house on Hospital Hill.

- Who? - The drummer, Sagawa.

Severed Head Wind Chime Murder Investigation Site

What?

It’s an Angry Pirates concert.

Koyuki was the singer.

She’s a dead ringer for Yukari Hogen.

Sagawa. I understand you were fighting with Toshio during...

the performance the day before yesterday.

- Yes. - And Toshio punched you in the eye.

What was the fight about?

Toshio said he was going to marry Koyuki.

He whisked her off in the middle of the performance.

And you were sweet on her?

Yes. I’m sure she loved him as a brother,

but I never imagined she’d marry the guy.

So you attacked them at the garage in a jealous fit?

Of course I was angry when I went there! But I had no intention of killing them!

Ask the other band members!

I was worried about them!

But they were already gone when I arrived.

- There was blood all over the place, so I split. - Liar!

You’re hiding Koyuki. Where is she?

I wish I knew.

- Detective! - What?

What is it?

The results are back from the lab.

I discovered that it was indeed blood on the soles of Sagawa’s shoes.

A positive luminal test?

It’s blood. And according to the ME’s report on the head…

What’s this?

It was severed around two hours after death.

So Toshio must have died between 8:00-10:00pm the day before yesterday.

10:00pm?

That coincides with the time that Sagawa was at the garage.

I figured it out!

Our killers are Sagawa and Koyuki! Use your head.

Both had motive...

Koyuki was being forced to marry Toshio,

and Sagawa was the rival for her affections.

This kind of sloppy crime is the all-too-common upshot of love triangles.

We already have Sagawa. Put out an APB on Koyuki.

Oh, Mr. Kindaichi.

- What is it? - I’d like to see Officer Kano.

Kano - oh, the former detective?

He’s in the Crime Prevention Division now.

What do you want?!

He was the officer in charge when the woman hanged herself.

I just wanted to go over a few details.

Details related to this investigation?

I’m not sure yet. Goodbye.

I’ve seen that fella somewhere before. Do you know him?

Never met him.

Not again!

They’re at it again.

I’ve asked the fire department to put up signs banning campfires here,

but do they listen?

I know, you found me by checking an old newspaper.

That was my last investigation as a detective.

Mr. Kano, according to the newspaper,

the head was from a 33-year-old woman named Fuyuko Yamauchi.

- That’s right. - What was the method of suicide?

The newspaper said the motive was under investigation, but there were no further reports.

- We never found out. - There was no note? - Nope.

What kind of a person was she?

She had close ties to the abandoned Hogen House.

I followed every lead in the case.

She was the mistress of the hospital director, Tatsuya Hogen.

Tatsuya died in an air raid about a year before the incident.

- And Tatsuya’s wife was Yayoi? - Yes, legally.

Did Fuyuko have children?

Yes, a boy and a girl.

The boy was Toshio and the girl was Koyuki.

I remember it like it was yesterday.

It was so cruel, so sad.

Her two children standing below her dangling corpse.

HOGEN

That those two children were Fuyuko’s children...

seems like a cruel trick of fate.

After the incident five years ago,

you took great pains to find her children.

You know what I think?

Those two planned to send us the photos of their wedding...

and of the severed head.

- Why? - Mother, they hate the Hogen family.

Nonsense.

They don’t hate us. It’s completely absurd.

The day before she hanged herself, Fuyuko visited the Hogens’ house.

Something surely transpired, but who can say what?

What was Fuyuko Yamauchi’s job?

She was the wife of a struggling painter.

Her husband had a child from a prior marriage.

That was Toshio.

He up and died, and Fuyuko raised him.

She was waiting tables at a cafe when she met Takuya.

They were Koyuki’s parents.

Yes. While working as a doctor,

Takuya gained a measure of fame as a songwriter.

A composer?

Yayoi was a strong woman. She had no time for the arts.

Still, even now she’s running the hospital quite competently.

Did Yayoi know about Fuyuko?

Apparently so.

Thank you for your time.

That’s OK, I’m just killing time until I retire next year.

This is more of a hobby than anything else.

Say, did something happen at the abandoned Hogen house?

Yes, there was a severed head hanging there.

Yukari hasn’t been home in three days,

so I was surprised to see her at the house today.

Where was she?

Yukari was in our lodge on Mount Hiei.

When the police summoned us, you left first and she arrived home right after that.

Once she makes up her mind, she doesn’t think of anything but herself.

It’s rather selfish of her.

Madam. It’s the head of internal medicine.

Mother! Mother!

I think Aunt Yayoi knew that Yukari was at the lodge.

What are you talking about?

I think she doesn’t want me to see Yukari.

Aunt Yayoi doesn’t want me as the heir to the Hogen estate,

which is why she doesn’t want me to marry Yukari.

Mr. Kindaichi?

I’m a relative of the Hogens.

Yayoi would like to speak with you.

I wanted to speak with you.

We met this morning.

Ah, yes. The PI.

I want you to find Koyuki Yamauchi.

I believe that she’s still alive.

Toshio and Koyuki were tied to the Hogen family.

I know about the House of Hanging.

I see.

Just thinking about it gives me the chills.

Fuyuko visited me just before she died.

I was out. She talked to Yukari.

Yukari?

She was 17.

Get out of here!

Why are you staring at me like that?! Say something!

I’m sorry. I came to see Yayoi.

Absolutely not!

You’re a stranger to this family.

You show up at our house and say you’re my dead father’s mistress.

I’m his daughter, did you think I’d let you in?!

I never guessed that he had a woman on the side.

I know you’re angry...

but I’d like to talk with your mother.

I beg you...

Please... Let me see her!

You’re broke. You want money, right?

- No! - Liar! - No.

Beggar! You’re worse than a beggar.

You show up here making wild accusations. It’s blackmail. Charlatan!

Why did Fuyuko come that day? Did you ever find out?

Yes.

Fuyuko must have been surprised by how much Yukari and...

her own daughter looked alike.

"I apologize for the commotion.

"I, Koyuki Yamauchi, killed my older brother Toshio Yamauchi."

This letter was in the police mailbox this morning.

It is addressed to the Hospital Hill Investigation Unit.

Koyuki Yamauchi signed her name on the back.

Sagawa and every other member of The Angry Pirates...

confirmed that it is indeed Koyuki’s handwriting.

The cancellation mark on the postage stamp suggests it was sent the day after the incident.

This is why I asked you all to come here today.

- Er... - What?

Yayoi was unable to attend due to a meeting at the hospital.

- What about that gumshoe? - I don’t know his address.

Oh, who cares about him?

Regarding the motive for the murder, it says,

"We were brother and sister, even though we were not related.

"His passionate love for me was a surprise,

"and although I agreed to marry him,

"as Toshio’s love grew more and more intense,

"I could only see misery in our future.

"I suggested that we should break up,

"but I had no idea that he would react as he did.

"Toshio flew into a rage and wouldn’t let me go.

"When he calmed down, we started to argue.

"I unwittingly stabbed him with a pair of scissors.

"Before I knew it, Toshio was covered...

"in blood and near death.

"With his dying breath, Toshio said that I should cut off his head,

"and hang it in the Hogen house from the chandelier, like a wind chime.

"With these, his dying words, I sought revenge on the house...

"that brought about my mother’s death.

"The wedding photo taken in the house stemmed from similar motives.

"I believe that Toshio was seeking to place a curse on the Hogen family.

"I made the decision to follow through with his request in the garage.

"A holy ceremony. I will follow Toshio to my mother’s side.

"Please disregard me as an unfortunate girl and don’t look for me."

"I ask that you let me sleep in eternal repose.

"Signed Koyuki Yamauchi."

That’s all she wrote.

This dispels all doubts about Sagawa’s story.

Koyuki acted alone.

- If that’s so... - What?

Are you saying the case is solved?

Yes, once Koyuki’s body and Toshio’s torso are recovered.

Who’s there?

What the…

Mr. Kindaichi, you startled me.

- You’re the one who scared me. - What are you doing here?

Looking for something. How about you?

- To investigate. - You’re a private eye?

Check this out...

A brand new hypodermic needle.

- Where’d you find it? - Right over there.

I thought there might be physical evidence, so I came to take a look.

When I checked this needle for trace drugs,

I discovered the bride was not of sound mind.

That is to say, it wasn't an ordinary wedding.

You’re very dedicated.

This is fun for me.

And another thing,

I can’t forget the eyes of the girl who came to the studio that night.

Koyuki sent a suicide note to the police.

She copped to everything, and said that she planned to die, too.

What do you make of it?

I think the whole thing stinks.

That’s why I checked into the Hogen’s family tree.

The family tree?

Above and beyond what came out from the police investigation.

I knew that I had to find out who the Hogens were.

The Hogens are a line of imperial doctors from Iwate Prefecture.

They moved here in 1868.

The first son of the family at the time was Tetsuma.

He set up the hospital here.

Tetsuma had a half-sister named Chizu due to his father’s dalliances, who was a real betty.

She had an illegitimate baby girl with one of the doctors.

That girl is Yayoi. When Chizu’s illicit lover died,

there was another guy, Mozo Igarashi, who was madly in love with her.

Chizu married Mozo and continued to raise Yayoi.

When Yayoi came of age, she married Tetsuma Hogen’s adopted son, Takuya.

Meanwhile, Mozo Igarashi and Chizu had a boy named Taizo.

The son of the maid Mitsue Tanabe is Shigeru.

This is getting a little complicated. Are you following along?

Not really.

Yeah, I’m pretty confused myself. That’s why I made a chart.

You can see that Chizu Hogen took her daughter Yayoi,

and married Mozo Igarashi.

Yayoi then married her cousin Takuya Hogen.

Their daughter is Yukari.

I see... Where did you get this information?

A nurse at the Hogen Hospital told me.

It was easy enough to find out,

but people’s family histories sure can get messy.

This chart shows that Takuya Hogen had Toshio and Koyuki with Fuyuko.

Their tragedy was the product of an unfortunate lineage...

and an inconvenient birth. They were also war orphans.

Me, too.

I was wandering from job to job until Tokubei hired me.

- Really? - It’s no big deal.

Won’t you be fired for dawdling here with me?

I don’t care; jobs are easy to come by.

And plus, I think the photography studio needs me more than I need them.

Really. Is Naokichi married?

He was shot through the hip in the war.

I think he’s impotent.

And Koyuki’s suicide note: did they find her fingerprints?

I don’t know.

I gotta go!

Mr. Kindaichi, where are you going?

We have a lot of dry plates of the Hogen Hospital.

They’ve been steady customers for three generations.

I saw you looking at a blueprint the other day...

You don’t tell me anything.

Where the hell have you been?! I guess you forgot we've an on-location shoot.

- Sorry. - You have work?

Yes, a large wedding reception.

They said that...

Hey, get ready!

…they’ll also need an assistant.

As I was saying,

are you going to build a building?

Yes.

Naokichi, this is no time to cling to tradition.

I have new plans.

I want to renovate the old building into an eight-story structure.

We'll be able to hold all wedding events there.

We'll have a large reception area and restaurant on the first floor.

On the second floor, we'll have Shinto, Buddhist...

and Christian wedding halls, as well as a beauty parlor.

Of course, we'll also have a modern photography studio.

I really want both a large and a small wedding reception hall.

That would be grand...

But where are you going to get the money?

You're always futzing around, so I'll have to take care of everything.

- Just you wait and see. - OK, Naokichi, I’m ready.

Let’s go.

What’re you rubbernecking at?

- Are you going to go like that? - Yes.

It’s OK in this old building, but…

I’m sick of hearing about it!

Were Koyuki’s fingerprints found on the suicide note?

I understand that, being sent through the mail, other people touched it. But still...

Fingerprints?

If you haven’t dusted for them, please do so.

Sir, we found no fingerprints whatsoever on the stationery!

What?!

Maybe Koyuki wrote the note with gloves on.

Why would she bother?

Come to think of it, two sets of fingerprints were found at the garage.

One was determined to be those of the drummer Sagawa,

and the other belonged to the trumpeter Toshio.

Which means that Koyuki’s fingerprints are not on anything related to the case.

But Koyuki had been living in the garage until the murder.

It doesn’t add up. Could she or someone else have wiped them down?

- I thought I was alone. - I never left.

Really?

It’s been a while since you burned incense for your husband.

By the way, Mr. Kindaichi is here.

I’m sorry for the wait.

Is this house a part of the hospital?

The hospital was destroyed in the war,

so we rebuilt the hospital adjoining the house.

I’d like to ask you about Koyuki’s suicide note.

It was quite a surprise.

Koyuki and Yukari were half-sisters, and I thought of her as a daughter.

I thought she probably hated me,

since her mother died right after she came here.

I thought your husband’s sheet music might be here.

Why do you ask?

Does it have anything to do with Koyuki?

The strip of paper at the murder site had a song written on it.

I think it had something to do with Fuyuko and her children.

So if there are any others, I’d like to see them.

I never had any interest in my husband’s music.

I assume his written music was destroyed in the war.

- A policeman is here. - I’m sorry to disturb you.

I’m glad to have found you here.

Didn’t Tokubei Honjo hire you for an investigation?

- Yes. - What for?

He had an accident at an empty building.

Tokubei Honjo has been murdered!

He was killed at the photography studio.

- When? - Today at around 1:00pm.

Naokichi and Mokutaro came home to find the red light on in the dark room,

even though the door was open. When they looked inside,

they found Tokubei dead, with his head in the basin.

His head was bashed open with a water dish,

and he had drowned.

The direct cause of death was suffocation.

According to testimony from Naokichi and Mokutaro,

they were photographing a wedding reception.

However, when they arrived at the designated place,

they found that there was in fact no reception being held.

Thus we can conclude that...

the perpetrator made the appointment so he could carry out his sinister crime.

Who made the appointment?

It was evidently a man.

I’d like to ask you about your relationship to the Honjo Photography Studio?

I only ask because, after the killer dispatched Tokubei,

he took all of the old dry plates being stored there,

and smashed those related to your family.

Naokichi and Mokutaro said that the Hogen family had always been a customer,

but beyond this, they couldn’t say.

Aside from the fact that we've taken our photos at the Honjo studio,

I can’t think of anything.

I see.

Still, I can’t believe that this was a simple matter of larceny.

There’s a strange sound coming from the ceiling.

We use the attic for storage.

- Is there anyone else here? - Mice, I imagine.

- What? Oh, yes. - See?!

In any event, I need you to investigate that empty building.

Did you come to check out the building without the superintendent, Kindaichi?

- Yes. - I’ve never met, seen, spoken or eaten with this man before.

The night I went to inform Tokubei of the results of my investigation,

was the night that the severed head was discovered.

There was evidence that the building had been tampered with.

There are nail holes in the ceiling.

The trap was actually quite simple.

That’s quite a heavy wind chime.

I feel like I saved his life.

If I hadn’t called out to him,

the wind chimes would’ve fallen directly on him.

That’s true. And if you'd entered the building first, you might've died.

I hadn’t thought of that.

Hey, what happened to the wind chimes?

I don’t know. We we’re both so surprised, we went straight home.

The crime was planned.

Why would the perpetrator have known Tokubei would enter this building on that day?

That’s right. Neither Naokichi nor Mokutaro knew.

- Did you tell anyone that Tokubei was coming? - No.

Who owns this building?

I hear that it’s the Public Welfare Division of the Hogen Hospital.

Did something happen to Tokubei?

- He was murdered! - Oh.

Koyuki.

I don’t see any books of interest.

They’re not in any particular order, either.

Technical books and literature are mixed together.

Maybe they could be ordered by height.

The store’s dark, too.

Maybe so, but used bookstores don’t make much money.

They deal in culture.

This store hasn’t even got the most popular titles. What a crummy shop!

Hey, watch your mouth.

This is my store.

I’m terribly sorry.

I own this store.

I heard your bookstore was the best place to find old books about this region.

Do you have any songbooks by Takuya Hogen?

You’re asking for a single book. Do you think I know every book in the store?

Do you know the Hogen Hospital?

Yeah, it’s the best hospital in the area.

I’m looking for a book of songs written by the former director of the hospital.

A book of songs...

The ruins of an old castle, white clouds and a sad traveler...

I like the old songs; they had rhythm.

"I worked like a dog, but my life was pleasant."

"I Stare at my Hand," Takuboku Ishikawa.

I know just how he feels.

Nowadays music doesn’t have flavor or feeling. I don’t like it.

No, what I’m trying to say is…

Mr. Kindaichi.

Fancy meeting you here.

Why are you still in Japan?

The old man just said...

the other day that you were probably sailing on the Pacific Ocean by now.

Oh, that….

Hey, did you find the book?

Not yet.

Kindaichi, the police don’t think that...

Tokubei’s death and Toshio’s murder are related.

- Really? - I don’t buy it.

The Hogen family's dry plates were smashed. It had to have something to do with the Hogens.

Are you investigating the severed head/ wind chime incident, Kindaichi?

You could say that.

- Who’s she? - She’s a pharmacy student.

I recently met Mr. Kindaichi. My name is Miss Sata.

- Miss Sata? - This is Mokutaro.

- Are you Mr. Kindaichi’s assistant? - No, it’s not like that.

Yes, it’s very much like that.

I don’t want to be involved in any investigation,

but I feel like I’m being dragged into one.

The old man wrote a detective novel with that kind of a sleuth.

- That’s not a private eye. - Still, it was a good book.

I was focusing on the danger posed by a person who mistook Yukari for Koyuki,

and in the meantime, Tokubei was killed.

Do you think that I’m in danger?

It’s possible.

We must also consider the safety of the Angry Pirates.

Then why did someone kill Tokubei?

When he saw the wedding photo, he thought it was Yukari.

I think Tokubei was killed for another reason,

and we can find that reason at the Honjo Photography Studio.

- The studio itself is under suspicion? - Yes.

Is this connected to the photographs?

The newspapers are reporting that the police declared the severed head case closed.

But Koyuki’s body and Toshio’s torso are still unaccounted for.

Then the case still seems open to me.

90% of the human body can be destroyed by chemicals;

the skin and internal organs will dissolve in sulfuric acid.

Bones placed in aqua regia can easily be reduced to powder.

That’s why I think the perpetrator dissolved the bodies with chemicals.

That’s quite a theory.

Hey, you.

This ain’t a tavern! I’m trying to run a business here.

Did you find the songbook?

Oh, hey, honey.

Are you reading the merchandise again? I’m trying to run a business here!

Just a second... Songs of Wind Chimes by Takuya Hogen.

I was reading it all along! Hey, I found your book.

Pretty good business, I’d say.

I want to see you right away. There’s something I need to show you.

I can’t tell you on the phone.

You could call it my father’s dying message.

It'll help you as much as me.

That’s ridiculous. I can’t comply.

Do you even know what you’re doing? This is a clear criminal offense.

I want to talk to you as soon as possible.

There’s someone involved that we hadn’t expected.

Where are you?

I don’t have anything to show you.

But it would be problematic for you if I knew.

I think it’s a perfectly reasonable demand.

There’s nobody here by that name.

Are you sure you’re not mistaken?

Who am I speaking to?

I can’t tell you. No way.

I understand the circumstances, but I can’t take responsibility.

Yeah, why?

Yeah, how come?

Are you trying to blackmail an officer of the law?

Are you Shigeru Yoshizawa?

I have no intention of listening to you besmirch Yukari’s good name.

Then why did you agree to come?

The only reason you might've come...

is because you know I wasn’t lying when I said that the girl wasn't Yukari.

- You’re running a con game. - I’m more honest than you.

I won’t be blackmailed by you!

Breathe another word and this will end badly for you!

Koyuki...

No one’s here, so I can call you Koyuki.

Come here.

Be careful...

No matter what anyone says, you have to pretend to be Yukari.

I can’t take this anymore.

I’m scared something awful's going to happen.

I plan to leave the house to you instead of Yukari.

Forget about Shigeru.

Your strong resemblance to Yukari...

is the only thing keeping this plan afloat.

This was only possible because you’re the spitting image of Yukari.

Your father wanted me to meet you.

That was his curse.

You looked too much like Yukari for him to introduce us to each other.

I understood that when I finally met you.

My mother - I’m sorry.

Forget about that.

Even though Toshio wasn't a blood relation to Fuyuko…

He was much better to Mom than I was.

She was convinced my father would come every time the wind chimes blew.

She left the wind chimes up, even in the winter.

Can you forget Toshio?

Toshio formed the jazz band soon after...

Fuyuko died and you left the property, didn’t he?

Yes.

We needed to eat.

And he always enjoyed music.

He always said that his mind went blank when he played trumpet.

We went traveling around US military bases.

It was a hard life.

I never imagined myself a singer,

but I had to make ends meet.

Over here!

Sorry to be late.

I wanted to tell you, Naokichi has been acting funny recently.

He goes on little errands all the time and it’s unrelated to work.

Has he been talking to anyone on the phone?

- I’m not sure. - I see.

It's a little early for dinner, but why don't you join me?

- I'll pay. - You don’t have to.

Don’t worry, I can expense it as a private eye.

- Does that mean I'm a necessary expenditure? - Just like me.

- Excuse me! - What?

- Egg porridge and miso soup. - One egg gruel and pottage!

Mokutaro...

Takuya Hogen called this songbook, The House of Wind Chimes.

All of the songs are connected with the Yamauchi family.

This is a goldmine of information.

But what does it have to do with the investigation?

This book shows how unhappy Fuyuko was to be separated from Toshio and Koyuki.

There are songs in the book that mention Koyuki?

Yes, several.

Unable to take care of his own daughter, Takuya entrusted Koyuki’s future to Toshio.

Given their relationship,

It’s difficult to believe that...

Koyuki would really kill Toshio, as the note said.

So who could’ve killed him?

Someone else had to have been there.

Here’s your egg and rice.

- Eat up. - Don’t mind if I do.

Do you think that a young girl is capable of chopping off a man’s head...

and stringing it from a chandelier?

She would've also had to drag the headless body off somewhere.

Like the mother with her child trapped under a car,

people are capable of all kinds of things when they’re in a bind.

I don’t think so.

How are The Angry Pirates?

I've been watching them like a hawk, but I think they're leaving town.

That’s what three of them said when I talked to them just now.

Wait a minute, I thought there were still four members left.

Yoshizawa wasn’t there. There was a phone call from a girl.

He went to the empty garage that Toshio had been staying at, or something.

When did you learn of this?

What!? Again!?

This makes three!

Don’t apologize, you dolt!

Where did it happen?

The same garage?!

He couldn’t hurt a fly!

Let me see him!

I will, I will. Please calm down. He’s being held as a suspect.

Shigeru left the house after receiving a phone call at 4:30pm, is that correct?

Yes, he wouldn’t lie.

And he told you that he was going to the garage?

I didn’t ask where he was going.

Bando, didn’t The Angry Pirates say that...

- Yoshizawa left to meet Shigeru? - Yes.

- Did they say why? - He apparently didn’t say.

But they did say that Yoshizawa had met Shigeru on two or three other occasions.

I see... I got it!

Shigeru perpetrated the crime.

How dare you!

Stop your weeping!

Your son was found at the site of the murder.

All the evidence points to him as the killer. This is what happened:

Yoshizawa telephoned Shigeru to meet him.

Yoshizawa threatened Shigeru at the garage.

Unable to comply with Yoshizawa’s demands,

Shigeru lost his wits and killed Yoshizawa with his own guitar.

What did Yoshizawa threaten to do?

Oh, yeah. Let me see…

Yoshizawa was going to accuse Yukari Hogen of actually being Koyuki Yamauchi.

So Shigeru…

What are you gibbering on about?

That girl is Yukari. Both the mother and the girl herself confirmed this.

The threat was related to Yoshizawa’s livelihood.

Two members of The Angry Pirates were gone because of the Hogen family,

and this compromised their ability to make money.

Yoshizawa wanted compensation for this from Shigeru.

People will go to great lengths to survive in this world.

I screwed up again.

No, I think you were actually correct.

Yoshizawa did think that Yukari was Koyuki.

I think Shigeru was framed.

That would make the real killer quite formidable.

I feel bad for the real killer.

Kindaichi, you seem to identify with criminals.

Are you always like this?

By this time of the year, my home town is surely blanketed in snow.

Are you from Tohoku?

My family was poor.

I went to the US to work as a dishwasher.

I was separated from my parents when I was still small.

Just like me.

I get the feeling that the criminal in this case is a lot like me.

Mokutaro.

- I’m going to southern Tohoku. - Why?

I want to look into wind chimes produced there.

I think it holds the key to cracking this case.

- When are you going? - As soon as possible.

There’s something I want you to do while I’m gone.

What is it?

Don’t worry, I can take care of anything you want.

- Are you all right? - Don’t worry.

I heard that after Sannosuke spoke on the phone for you,

you immediately took to your bed.

Who called?

It’s nothing for you to worry about.

I want to know.

Tokubei was murdered.

Yoshizawa, too.

Shigeru is still under arrest.

The whole thing ties back to me.

I’m handling it.

Yoshizawa knew that you were Koyuki.

When Yoshizawa called your name in town was anyone around?

I don’t know.

Someone might know and could be planning something.

What’s this?

My mother gave it to me.

Fuyuko, born December 17, 1913, Jinzaburo

I never imagined!

The reason that Fuyuko came to visit was….

Fuyuko!

- What did I do?! - Leave me alone!

Mizusawa City, Iwate Prefecture

Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture

There you go.

All of this is on Fuyuko Yamauchi?

Of course not.

A lot of it I just took out because it brings back memories.

Here, take a look at this.

The sergeant insisted that it was an accident,

but I suspected that it was suicide. I turned out to be right.

Do you remember the 13-member household that committed suicide together?

- No. - You don’t?

I was always the detective stuck investigating suicides.

Here it is: Fuyuko Yamauchi.

Oh, yeah, you’re right.

Mr. Kindaichi wanted me to confirm that...

she had a mole on the right side of her chin.

Yes.

I don’t remember it.

What’s your connection with Mr. Kindaichi?

He asked me to check on this.

Do you like being a PI’s assistant?

It’s a tough job.

Do you plan to be a private eye yourself someday?

No, I’m not like him.

Look here! Fuyuko Yamauchi.

Oh, we found it!

Are you going to write this down?

She had a mole around 2cm below her lip on the right side,

about the size of a large grain of rice.

This is my handwriting!

I was able to carry on because I had Shigeru.

Otherwise, I would have no reason to live.

Every piece of evidence that we have points to your son as the criminal.

- He's right. - We ask for your patience for the time being.

If you were a mother, you’d understand!

Imbecile, don’t be so callous!

Mrs. Tanabe, just the woman I wanted to see.

There’s something I need to ask.

- What are you doing here? - Mr. Kindaichi asked me to.

- The flatfoot? - This is crucial to clearing up all three of the murders.

Big talk! Where is that guy anyhow?

The morning after Toshio’s head was discovered,

I saw Yukari at the abandoned Hogen house.

You and Shigeru had a suspicious look on your faces. Why?

We didn’t know that Yukari had returned home.

Where had she been?

The lodge on Mount Hiei. She didn’t say where she was going.

- How many days was she gone? - Three.

What are you getting at?

Inspector, The Angry Pirates came to town three days before the murder.

The same number of days that Yukari was out of town.

Why didn’t you tell us this before?

Yayoi told me to keep it a secret.

Why?

How are you feeling?

I’m such a burden.

Mother, not again.

That was a long time ago.

Uncle Mozo.

- Please be nice to mommy. - Yayoi.

I was wrong...

to send you from the Hogen family to be an Igarashi.

I told you to forget about that.

I don’t care anymore.

Father, I’ve promised a gentleman that I would marry him.

I know.

I can’t marry my cousin Takuya Hogen.

You…

You think that you can use it to control me.

Please forgive her, Mozo.

Women are happiest when they're protected by a man.

- Leave this decision to me. - I won’t!

You’re not going to change my mind.

Please!

I said, no! You best mind me, woman!

I'll never forget that day.

It was an accident. That’s all.

Nobody knows about it.

I’ve become such a burden to you.

Everything is for the house of Hogen.

Mr. Kindaichi, Naokichi’s been severely injured.

Did you come straight from the train station?

I was surprised. Thanks for calling. How is he?

He’s still in a coma.

I really screwed the pooch this time. You trusted me.

Red… lamp...

He mumbled something.

When they brought him in he said, "Red lamp." He kept repeating it.

"Red lamp"?

I’m Mr. Kindaichi.

Isn’t this Toshio Yamauchi’s grave?

Toshio didn’t have any relatives, so Yayoi claimed his body...

and gave him a proper funeral. I heard it from the police.

I can’t think of any reason that Yukari would have for visiting Toshio’s gravesite.

You’re Koyuki Yamauchi, aren’t you?

I don’t think that bogus suicide note was your idea.

- It wasn’t all a lie! - You’re withholding vital information.

I’d imagine you’d want to learn the truth as well.

Please tell me what happened.

There were signs that the piece holding the chandelier...

in place at the House of Hanging had been rigged to fall easily.

So this was planned?

How is Naokichi doing?

Apparently, he’s going to live.

Mr. Kindaichi asks that you come to the Hogen house immediately.

He wants to explain the details of the case.

I have better things to do, and I don’t much care to be ordered around by that two-bit PI.

I’m not going.

- Yukari is actually Koyuki! - What?!

She said so herself.

If that’s true, then Yukari is missing.

Oh, yeah.

We can’t rule out the possibility that Yukari is the perpetrator.

I wonder why Yayoi's protecting her.

- It’s her daughter. - I know that.

- You’re wrong. - Why?

- It’s a little more complicated than that. - What are you talking about?

- I’m telling you that you don’t understand. - That hurts.

Quit that insufferable prattle! We have to go to the Hogen house.

How long have you been here?

No one was here, so I let myself in.

What do you want?

I’ve been to southern Tohoku.

After Toshio’s head was found dangling from the ceiling, Tokubei was killed,

Yoshizawa was killed. It constitutes a string of murders.

Although there is no obvious link between these three cases,

they all have a common root.

Mr. Kindaichi, I hope you remember that I hired you to find Koyuki.

That’s also significant.

Yayoi, there’s someone living in your attic, isn’t there?

Why are you keeping it a secret?

Isn’t it Chizu?

Is there anything suspicious about taking care of my mother as I see fit?

When I went to southern Tohoku,

it was because I came into possession of this songbook.

You never read it, right?

I already told you that.

"I visited the town of Kawaaoki Kitakami,

"and didn’t tell my mother, from mistrust of days past."

It’s a part of a song your husband Takuya wrote.

Takuya was a secret bastard son of the first generation of Hogens,

- Tetsuma Hogen, right? - How did you know that?

Takuma’s wife died young. He didn’t have an heir,

so he wanted to make Takuya the official heir to the Hogen Hospital.

but the Hogen family was quite prominent, and the moral climate...

wouldn’t tolerate making a courtesan’s child the official heir.

But Mozo Igarashi didn’t let that get in his way.

Mozo took Takuya from his mother, kicked her off this land,

and turned the neighborhood against her.

Takuya wrote this song when he visited Kitami years later,

and was stricken by grief over his banished mother.

Her name was Sumi Miyasaka.

I know, I met her!

What?! I heard she died.

Sumi kept a low profile out of consideration for her son Takuya.

She moved around a lot,

but I found her name in an old ledger at the Kitakami city hall.

I bet I wasn’t easy to find.

I’ve had several husbands.

Mozo Igarashi was also from southern Tohoku.

The Hogen family owes...

a great debt to me for Takuya.

Chizu was the younger...

half-sister of Tetsuma by different mothers.

They fell in love, but it would have been incest to marry.

They had a bastard child, Yayoi.

Mozo wanted Chizu for his wife.

He begged Tetsuma to permit the marriage.

It was a tough time for a woman to raise a child by herself.

And the decision of the paterfamilias was final.

My mother was like a puppet.

I was shocked when I heard that Yayoi had married Takuya.

They were cousins, after all.

but their marriage made Mozo...

a closer member of the Hogen family,

and no doubt he wanted to run the Hogen Hospital.

Mozo’s unrelenting ambition was sometimes fearsome.

What kind of couple do you think Takuya and Yayoi made?

Of course, I stopped being a mother to Takuya a long time ago,

so I suppose it doesn’t matter to me anymore. What?

There’s something written about me in the book.

I’m sorry, but I can’t see well.

Actually, I’m illiterate.

I can’t read.

I had no idea that Mozo Igarashi was such a menace to you.

- He died a long time ago. - You’re wrong.

You haven’t rid yourself of him.

I found a photograph.

I've no idea what you’re talking about.

The murders were all connected to that photo.

The murderer… is you.

I have the photo.

The dry plate for the photo is inside.

You saw it?

Yes.

Honjo, hurry up and take the photo!

I’m the only one who’s seen the photo.

An attached piece of paper dates the dry plate to January 1, 1913,

and identifies Monjuro Honjo as the photographer.

That would’ve have made you 15 years old, which is before you married Takuya.

You got pregnant and gave birth to a girl that winter.

That was Fuyuko, and she hanged herself in the House of Hanging.

How do you know this?

I would’ve thought you’d have figured that out by now.

Koyuki told me when she picked up Fuyuko’s wind chime.

She didn’t seem to know anything about it.

The truth was too awful to tell Koyuki.

There are notes in Takuya’s songbook that say,

"There was a wind chime that a certain woman had that had inscribed on the inside,

"Fuyuko, born December 17, 1913, Jinzaburo

"This moved me from the very core of my being."

Yayoi, Koyuki’s wind chime had just such an inscription, didn’t it?

When I visited Mizusawa, I went to see Jinzaburo.

Sorry to make you come here again.

Jinzaburo is my old man.

- Was your mother a midwife? - Yes.

My dad always gave the mother a wind chime to commemorate the occasion.

They’re both long since dead, so I guess you came here for nothing.

When I came before,

you said that your mother kept a record of all the babies she helped to deliver.

Yeah, I found it. I had to turn the house upside down to find it. It’s over there.

Thanks.

Dad bake-molded those wind chimes - they were top notch.

We were proud to inscribe our name on them.

- Where is it? - Where's what? - The record book. - There.

From 1910.

Dad never ever sand-molded the wind chimes.

It always bugged the merchants because they couldn’t be mass-produced.

What’s wrong?

Fuyuko, born December 17, 1913 to Yayoi

I immediately gave the child up for adoption.

That was the end of it.

I understand that it was the adoptive parents who named her Fuyuko.

You had no idea.

Yayoi, the daughter of the midwife told me...

that a woman with a wind chime...

visited the foundry five years ago.

She had a mole on the right side of her chin.

What? Five years ago?

My mother’s sick, you can’t see her.

- What do you need? - I'm sorry for the trouble.

My home was bombed out and I had to move to another town.

That’s why I came back here.

I came because I was wondering about the wind chime.

Here’s your wind chime.

- Fuyuko, I think your mother’s name is Yayoi. - What?!

Five years ago...

That’s when she came here.

To apologize, I imagine.

It has to be a coincidence that...

She learned she was sleeping with her own father-in-law.

Fuyuko...

Forgive me. Forgive me!

- Koyuki. - You… you’re my grandmother!

Yayoi, if I…

had been quicker….

Mr. Kindaichi.

I already knew.

I’m Yukari’s mother.

I grieved when I lost her.

But then I met Koyuki that night.

She told me,

and I knew exactly what to do.

We never guessed that Koyuki was passing for Yukari.

That’s why Yoshizawa was blackmailing Shigeru.

And that’s when Shigeru found out who Koyuki was.

Shigeru in turn blackmailed Yayoi.

Shigeru never said any such thing in interrogation! Did he?

I was dumbfounded when Mokutaro told me that...

the person who summoned Yoshizawa on the phone had a woman’s voice.

It was Yayoi.

What?! Then Yayoi…!?

I made the call just as you asked, Yayoi.

Shigeru said he’d come here.

You didn’t mention my name, did you?

Of course not. But I must say,

I didn’t expect a call from you about this.

If you’re willing to meet my demands,

I don’t really care whether Shigeru's involved.

As for me…

And Shigeru showed up after that.

Then what about Tokubei?

- He was blackmailing Yayoi. - Blackmail?

- Tokubei knew Yayoi’s secret. - What secret?

The photograph... on this dry plate.

- What photograph? - I can’t say.

But, as a woman, I’d think that Yayoi wouldn’t ever want anyone to see it.

Tokubei’s father took the photo and kept it at the Honjo Photography Studio.

- Where was the dry plate? - In the dark room.

- Why there? - The best hiding place is out in the open.

When did he start to blackmail you?

Soon after the war.

Yayoi, if you have the dry plate of a photograph,

you can make as many copies as you want.

Tokubei wanted to renovate his outdated photography studio.

So the wind chime in the empty building that fell on Naokichi was Yayoi, too?

It was presumably her response to Tokubei’s exorbitant price.

The day that Tokubei was killed in the dark room, Naokichi and I...

were lured outside by a phone call from a young man.

It was probably her rickshaw driver, Sannosuke.

No, he had nothing to do with any of this.

Naokichi would have inherited the studio when Tokubei died,

so he could have been trying to fleece Yayoi.

He was organizing the dry plates,

so he must have known about the secret one.

I see. So Yayoi invited Naokichi to...

the House of Hanging to put the matter to rest once and for all.

They say that once you’ve been blackmailed, you never forget the feeling.

Money’s the only thing that matters.

In every crime.

So what do those murders have to do with the severed head?

That wasn’t a murder.

Yayoi could easily tell you the details of the case.

Enough already! Are you saying she did this one, too?

Look, she showed up after we'd already investigated the murder scene.

She went into the Western-style room without telling anyone.

You were already watching Yayoi?

Toshio’s head was...

strung up like a wind chime by Yayoi and Koyuki.

Toshio’s wishes as written in Koyuki’s suicide note were accurate.

However, Koyuki did not kill Toshio.

I asked Koyuki to write the note.

That way, she could live as Yukari.

So what happened to Yukari?

She died.

Then, who killed Toshio?

Koyuki... please explain.

My brother, Toshio.

Do you mind the rain?

No, someone will see us.

Don’t worry.

Stop.

Hey, I hear you and Toshio used to live in the next town we’re playing in.

Yes.

I was thinking about quitting the band.

Why?

No matter what job I do, I want to provide for you.

I want you to come with me.

Koyuki!

- What? - What were you talking to Sagawa about?

- Nothing. - Koyuki...

marry me.

We’ve been together since we were small,

your romance with Sagawa is just a fling. I know all about it.

- Why don’t you listen?! - I do.

You don’t!

I told you to forget about revenge…

I don’t go back on a decision.

I'll lure Yukari out once we get to town.

I don’t want to go back there.

Everything I’m doing is for you.

- No, it isn’t! - I'm serious! Marry me! - No!

You don’t love me, Toshio.

I need you to love me.

Let me out! I'll scream!

We’re far from town. Give it up.

I came because you said you wanted me to meet my sister!

You lied!

Not that I considered the daughter of my father's mistress any kind of a sister!

Shaddap!

What do you want from me?

My mother will pay anything you ask!

Please!

Help! Help!

It’s your little sister.

Did you know from the start that you look nearly identical to your sister?

No. I’m sure you were surprised by the resemblance.

- It's you. - You give me the creeps.

A surprise, no? When I first met her, I thought she was you.

- Toshio, let her go. - It’s too late for that.

Our mother wouldn’t have wanted this.

It was as if the Hogens had murdered her with their own hands.

We made a pact in front of our mother’s dangling corpse!

What do I have to do with the woman who hanged herself in the House?

I didn’t want to meet you like this.

Koyuki! Go upstairs.

Yeah, I wouldn’t want you to rescue me anyhow.

The girl of a family that disgraced my father’s good name.

Hey, is the photographer here?

I asked him to come.

Throw away the syringe.

- Was anyone out front? - No.

Don’t forget to hang the wind chimes.

He said they’d have the photos ready in three days.

We’re going to take Yukari home once the drugs wear off, right?

Sure.

We need to change her clothes.

- I'll get them. - Koyuki!

- Are you going to marry Sagawa? - I...

I’m going to stay with you until you get married.

- Hey! - Stay away!

Why am I dressed up like this?! What did you do to me?!

- I took your photo. - My photo?

I plan to send it to your house.

You’re going to blackmail me!

It’s not blackmail...

- it’s revenge. - You bastard!

I'll call the police!

- You’re not going anywhere. - I’m going home.

Koyuki!

She died.

I killed her.

Yukari... Yukari!

Toshio!

Koyuki... do me a favor...

Don’t go!

Cut off my head.

And hang it in the House of Hanging.

Hang Dad’s song on it.

Send the photo to the Hogens.

Do you know what you’re saying?!

I want them to know how I feel.

And how our dearly departed mother felt.

It’s the last thing I can do for you.

Toshio!

Why did you telephone the Hogens?

She couldn’t have done it herself.

Someone helped her...

Someone aside from Yayoi.

Koyuki telephoned after 10:00pm.

What?! What about Yukari?!

I only found out that she’d died three days after it happened.

I couldn’t even process what Koyuki had said.

You’re a Hogen, why did you share Toshio’s thirst for revenge?

Because Koyuki and Yayoi...

have a lot in common.

I felt bad for Koyuki.

I asked her to come in the back door, so no one would notice.

That was the first time I ever met Koyuki.

You’re not Yukari?

What are you doing? Quit fooling around.

No...

I’m Koyuki Yamauchi.

Help me; my brother had a dying wish.

I don’t care what happens to me.

Please!

Please!

Koyuki...

You must have felt like you were walking on egg shells for years.

And how horrible the last few days have been for you.

I don't blame you, Mom.

I’m Yukari.

Yukari.

Thank you.

Where did you dump Yukari’s and Toshio’s bodies?

Yukari liked the ocean.

I buried them by the sea in Matsubara City.

The mistress has died.

Who else is there involved?!

Where are you going?!

It’s here!

Koyuki... this is Yayoi’s mother.

She’s been bedridden for a long time.

Was she here alone?

Yes... Everyone’s alone.

- Where’s Yayoi? - What?

Not on my watch!

She’s gone!

Oh, fudge! Find her!

Mom!

- I know she’s… - Koyuki!

Let the police find her.

I was sure she came with us!

You were too busy scratching your behind to notice!

Sir, the dry plate is crucial physical evidence.

I don’t know anything about any dry plate.

Sannosuke...

what would I have done without you?

It was nothing, madam.

The empty building, the phone calls you made for me...

You buried Yukari and Toshio for me.

What will become of the house of Hogen?

Koyuki can manage.

We’re almost at the Hogen Hospital.

Fuyuko is waiting.

Madam, we’re here.

I'm starting to wonder whether Mr. Kindaichi even plans to come back from the US.

He sent us a letter from San Francisco about three months ago.

He’s kind of a pessimist.

I think it’s just an act.

I think he’s actually an optimist.

By the way, do you have any work for me? I'll do anything.

I thought you had a job at the photography studio.

It was shuttered as soon as I quit.

I wonder what will happen to the Hogen family?

Old things pass.

That’s when new things are born.

- Hello. - Pleased to meet you.

English breakfast tea again?

Translated by scannon Subtitles timed by lordretsudo