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Participating Work of the 1976 ACA National Arts Festival.

Kadokawa Haruki Corporation Presents.

The First Film by Kadokawa Haruki Corporation.

Father.

What are your last wishes?

Tell us your last wishes.

Everyone here

is waiting to hear your last wishes, Father.

As the family lawyer,

I, Furudate, do have his will in my safekeeping.

Mr. Inugami has requested that

the will be opened and revealed

when every blood relative of the Inugami clan is present.

Until then,

the Inugami Foundation will stand in and carry out

the management of the Inugami family business and estate.

I'm sorry for your loss.

Inugamike no Ichizoku THE INUGAMI FAMILY.

Producers: Haruki Kadokawa Kiichi Ichikawa.

Original Novel: Seishi Yokomizo.

Screenplay: Kon Ichikawa Shinya Hidaka Norio Osada.

Cinematography: Kiyoshi Hasegawa Art Direction: Iwao Akune.

Sound Recording: Tetsuya Ohashi Lighting: Kenichi Okamoto.

Music: Yuji Ohno.

Editing: Chizuko Osada.

Cast

Koji Ishizaka.

Yoko Shimada

Teruhiko Aoi

Mieko Takamine

Mitsuko Kusabue Miki Sanjo

Akira Kawaguchi Ryoko Sakaguchi

Minoru Terada Takeo Chii Hisashi Kawaguchi

Akiji Kobayashi Noboru Mitani.

Takeshi Kato Hideji Ohtaki Ryunosuke Kaneda.

Guest Appearance: Seishi Yokomizo

Norihei Miki Kyoko Kishida

Rentaro Mikuni Eitaro Ozawa.

Directed by Kon Ichikawa

1878: A priest at Nasu Shrine in Shinshu saves a vagrant orphan named Sahei.

1883: The priest, his wife, and 17-year-old Sahei Inugami.

1886: Inugaml Pharmaceutical plant established.

1905: Plant expanded.

1919:53-year-old Sahei steps into national politics and business.

1935: Inugami Pharmaceutical establishes new Nasu Main Office plant.

February 1947: Sahei Inugami dies.

Nasu City.

Miss, where is the Nasu Hotel?

Oh, turn right at that corner,

go left at the first crossing, then turn right.

The third building on the right. There's a sign.

It's called a hotel but it's an old inn.

I don't mind if it's run-down.

I was told to stay there.

I work as a maid there.

"Nasu Hotel."

Please write your name and address here.

The police have been fussy lately.

"Kosuke Kindaichi, Ota City, Tokyo."

How beautiful.

"Countries may fall, but their rivers and mountains remain."

What about meals? Do you have meal tickets?

Oh, I'm starving.

The night train was packed.

Let's see...

Hey, instead of meal tickets, could you use this rice?

How long are you staying?

Well, actually...

I'm not sure.

Furudate Law Office.

Oh, Mr. Kindaichi! I've been waiting for you.

Yes.

Yes.

I'm Wakabayashi, the one who wrote you.

Oh, hello, sir.

Yes, I can come see you in about 30 minutes.

We'll talk in more detail then.

"The Life of Sahei Inugami."

Hey.

Do the Inugamis live there?

Yes.

We call it the "Inugami Palace" around here.

I hear the head of the family passed away seven months ago.

Yes. They held such a magnificent funeral.

After all, almost everyone in this town

makes a living thanks to Inugami Pharmaceutical.

Is that lady on the boat a family member?

That's Miss Tamayo.

She's not a family member,

but I hear she's related to someone Mr. Inugami respected.

She's very beautiful.

What? Is she really? All right...

I have to get a better look, then.

- ...Mister. - What?

What's your profession? Carrying around binoculars...

Somebody!

Hey you! Hurry, put her on this boat!

Thank you so much.

No problem.

Is there a way we could bring this boat to shore

without letting it sink?

I want to examine it.

Someone bored a hole on the bottom.

Are you Mr. Kindaichi?

Yes.

You have a guest. He's in your room.

Oh, thanks.

Hey! Wait, wait!

Gosh!

Hi...

He's dead.

Do you know him?

Mr. Wakabayashi.

What?

"Nasu Police Station."

They want us in the lab.

So they think it's murder?

Not sure.

Oh, Chief Tachibana.

Hi there.

I'd like to meet the man named Kosuke Kindaichi.

Do you know him?

No.

He's the primary witness but is uncooperative.

When we interrogated him about his job,

he said he's a private eye.

- ...Apparently he is. - Huh?

I called a law firm in Tokyo to run a background check,

and they assured me that he's a trustworthy detective.

This is what Wakabayashi hired you to handle?

Actually,

I received that letter along with this book.

In the letter it says,

“I'm concerned that the Inugamis will face a grave situation...“

"in the near future."

Even if there were signs of things about to occur,

how did he know?

He seemed absolutely convinced about it.

I might know why.

Please tell me.

Mr. Sahei Inugami's will

is securely locked away in the safe at my office.

But it seems...

someone has read it.

You think it was Mr. Wakabayashi?

He and I are the only ones who can open that safe.

According to the autopsy, poison was detected

in the victim's lung tissue.

So is there something unusual

written in that will?

Extremely!

Why did Mr. Wakabayashi need to read it?

Mr. Kindaichi.

Yes?

On behalf of Wakabayashi,

I'd like to ask that you continue

your investigation into this matter.

Oh, really? Thank goodness!

What a relief!

With Mr. Wakabayashi gone, I couldn't pay the inn.

Why can't you reveal what's in the will?

Nine family members

are linked to the will.

It can't be read if even one of them isn't present.

- ...Is someone... - She's not family, but...

Tamayo Nonomiya, who was close to Mr. Inugami,

will also be present.

Is someone missing?

Kiyo, the only son of old Sahei's eldest daughter Matsuko.

Kiyo had been conscripted,

and had written home shortly after the end of the war,

but hasn't returned yet.

Then, suddenly about two weeks ago,

they received word that he was in Hakata,

so his widowed mother went to get him.

How many other children besides Matsuko did Mr. Inugami have?

Old Sahei never married.

But he had three daughters, all by different women.

Matsuko, the eldest.

Takeko, the second.

Takeko lives in Tokyo.

Her husband Toranosuke is chief of Inugami Pharma Tokyo Branch.

They have two children, Take and Sayoko.

Mother, that's Aunt Matsuko's zither, isn't it?

She'll get mad if you use it without permission.

Speaking of which, I wonder what she's doing?

Sending a telegram from Hakata, telling us to come here

because Kiyo had been repatriated

but not coming back herself.

It's been 15 days now.

She's always done whatever she pleases.

Maybe something happened?

Sayoko.

- ...Father's... - Grandfather's?

...will is more important than anything.

So I'll wait as long as it takes.

Hey, Take.

What?

What a drag. This is unbearable.

I thought it'd be over in a few days,

but we've been waiting so long.

But Dad, considering the food shortage in Tokyo,

isn't it better to be here?

Welcome back, sir.

Oh Kokichi, back at this hour?

Hi.

What were you doing,

snooping around the main plant until so late?

Toranosuke,

stop making strange accusations.

The third daughter is Umeko.

Her husband Kokichi is chief of the Kobe Branch.

Tomo is their only son.

Dad is out late.

Tomo,

have you been getting along with Sayoko?

Yeah, for you and Dad's sake.

Don't put it that way.

Sayoko will also get a portion of the estate, so if we marry

and add our family's share, it'll be quite a sum.

Right?

Madam, you have a call.

I see. All right.

Oh, Umeko is here now.

It was Matsuko.

Is she back?

How very like you to be right on time, Matsuko.

Takeko. Umeko.

Are you two the only ones here?

Yes. Just as you requested.

What's going on?

Oh! Is he...

It's Kiyo.

Mr. Kindaichi.

Oh, hello.

Where are you going, dressed so formal?

The will is in here.

I'm going to the Inugami residence.

So he's returned?

Yes, suddenly last night.

Mr. Kindaichi, will you come along?

Me?

I already have their permission.

I told them I'd bring a stand-in for Wakabayashi

and they grudgingly accepted.

Wow, I'm so excited, I'm starting to get the shakes.

Thank you for waiting.

This is Mr. Kosuke Kindaichi.

"Last Will and Testament."

Now...

I'll read the contents of this will,

but first,

I have a request to make of Mrs. Matsuko.

In order to determine

whether or not that gentleman is really Mr. Kiyo...

Oh, I don't mean to doubt his identity,

but if we could see his face...

What?

Are you implying that Kiyo here is an imposter?

That's not what I mean, but...

What do you all think?

May I drop this matter and proceed?

Of course not.

- ...Umeko. - Yes?

What do you think?

He should remove the hood

and let us see his face, don't you agree?

Yes, of course.

Kiyo, take off your hood.

He fought for our country

and was wounded in action.

So he's wearing that mask I had made for him.

It took so long for us to return

because the mask was being made to look just like he used to.

Kiyo!

Lift your mask for these heartless people!

Kiyo.

That's enough.

Mr. Furudate, are we in the clear now?

He's Kiyo, there's no doubt about it.

I guarantee it as his mother.

So hurry up and read the will.

Very well.

I'll read it now.

"Article One."

“I give and bequeath the three heirlooms of the Inugami clan, “

"the ax, zither, and Chrysanthemum,"

“which signify the right to inherit all my estate and business“

"to Tamayo Nonomiya, subject to the conditions set forth."

What? Tamayo inherits everything?

“Article Two.“

“However, Tamayo Nonomiya“

"must marry one of Sahei Inugami's three grandsons."

"Sukekiyo, Suketake, or Suketomo."

“The choice will be hers to make.“

“If she refuses to marry any of them“

"and instead chooses to marry someone else,"

“she shall forfeit her right of inheritance.“

"Article Three."

“If my three grandsons all refuse to marry Tamayo

"or if they die before her,"

“they forfeit all claims to my estate, and"

“Tamayo will be free to marry anyone she wishes.“

“Article Four."

“If Tamayo loses her right of inheritance or dies,"

“my business enterprises shall pass to Sukekiyo, Suketake, and Suketomo, “

“and my estate shall be divided evenly into five shares“

“with one share each to be given to Sukekiyo, Suketake, and Suketomo, “

"and the remaining two shares to be given to Shizuma Aonuma,"

“son of Kikuno Aonuma.“

Kikuno...

Aonuma?

"Article Five."

"If Tamayo, Sukekiyo, Suketake, and Suketomo all die,"

“then all of my estate and business enterprises“

"shall pass to Shizuma Aonuma."

"Article Six."

"If Shizuma Aonuma - who is currently missing - cannot be located,"

“or if his death is confirmed“

"and all the other heirs are also dead,"

“then all of my estate and business enterprises“

"shall be donated to the Inugami Foundation."

That's a lie!

- ...That will is a fake! - No...

It's a plot to steal our fortune!

As the family lawyer, I...

It's a blatant forgery!

It's legally binding.

The spirit of this must be followed...

How can he ignore his own daughters? That's no will!

And you call yourself a lawyer?

An unrelated girl is taking everything?

That's right!

- ...How absurd! - If we agree,

then our future

hinges on Tamayo's whims!

I can't even cry. This is absurd!

You're all focusing on Tamayo,

but the Aonumas were mentioned, too.

Hush! That's enough!

- ...They're not family... - That's enough!

How awful!

He didn't mention me at all!

Stop crying! You weren't the only one.

He ignored me, too!

You don't have to be so upset.

Can you take this calmly?

One should stay calm at such times.

If Take marries Tamayo,

there's a chance all of the inheritance could become ours.

Though it's galling.

Sayoko, stop crying. Hey, Takeko.

Kokichi ran the numbers just now,

and if Tamayo loses her right,

our Tomo could end up with around 550 million yen.

One fifths isn't too bad.

That's enough to build five or six ten-story buildings in Kobe.

You're too optimistic.

Tamayo could hog five times that amount.

I said so before, but why is Shizuma Aonuma an heir?

I agree.

What Furudate said is true. That will is perfectly binding.

Father was past fifty when he impregnated that factory worker, Kikuno.

We can't let her son inherit a dime!

If he cared about Kikuno,

then he should have considered our mothers, too.

Yeah!

Hey.

How old is Shizuma if he's alive?

Same age as Kiyo.

Tamayo and Shizuma should drop dead.

How dangerous...

I've been driving for 14 years.

No, I meant Tamayo.

After all, she's such a thorn in the side of the Inugami family.

As long as she's alive,

she gets to decide who inherits the Inugami fortune.

Are you saying someone might kill her?

It could be the opposite.

The opposite?

Yes.

What if she dislikes all three?

What if she has another lover?

And if she doesn't want to forfeit her claim...

then her only choice is to kill them.

But...

Tamayo has been in danger many times.

Yesterday's boat incident was the third time?

Perpetrators often make themselves seem like victims.

Are people in your profession all so skeptical?

- ...For a person to turn cold-blooded... - No.

Someone already is cold-blooded.

Indeed”.

They've killed Mr. Wakabayashi.

Mr. Furudate,

wasn't there anyone in particular

that he would have gone out of his way for?

Come to think of it,

I think he was secretly in love with Tamayo.

With Tamayo?

"Success Forever in Battle."

"Success Forever in Battle" In this region, those going off to war.

In this region, those going off to war.

"Sukekiyo Inogami age 23” In this region, those going off to war.

"Sukekiyo Inugami, age 23."

"Sukekiyo Inugami age 23” would press hand prints like this on votive tablets or cloth

would press hand prints like this on votive tablets or cloth

and dedicate them to this shrine.

In other words, to pray for success in battle.

What do you intend to do with this?

We're going to make sure if that masked man

is really Kiyo or not.

No two human fingerprints are alike.

We'll get his hand print and compare it with this.

Mr. Furudate,

we wanted you to witness that

this is really Kiyo's hand print that was dedicated here.

So you still suspect that man might not really be Kiyo?

- ...Of course. - But...

his mother seemed so sure...

You don't know our aunt.

If Kiyo were dead, she'd find a stand-in.

Did you two come up with this idea?

No, Mr. Oyama let us know about it,

in case it could be of use.

I'm surprised you remembered.

Well actually, I'd completely forgotten about it,

but someone reminded me that Kiyo's votive hand print

would be kept here.

Who said that?

Tamayo.

Excuse me.

Do you remember this watch?

You fixed it for me before when I dropped and broke it.

It broke down again during the war.

But I didn't want to let anyone else fix it,

so I've been waiting for you to return.

Will you fix it for me?

Who is it? It's open.

Do you have a room?

So Aunt Matsuko,

you refuse to let Kiyo give us his hand print?

How many times must I tell you?

His face has changed but he's definitely Kiyo!

But Matsuko,

that's all the more reason for him to give us his hand print,

so that people don't get the wrong idea.

Umeko, what do you think?

I agree.

If you keep refusing, even those who don't doubt you

will start to feel suspicious.

Kiyo,

your mother keeps objecting but this is about you.

Will you do it or not?

For now, my son is the head of the Inugami clan!

He'd have been your lord and master in the past!

How dare you treat him like some criminal?

I'll never allow him to do such a filthy thing!

Even if he agrees, I'll forbid it!

Come, Kiyo!

Hey!

You're running away? Hey!

Excuse me.

Um, could you fill in the guest register?

You write it for me.

What? Me?

I'll tell you.

No, that won't do. The guest has to write it,

it's been done that way since over 100 years ago...

maybe even before then.

And ever since the war ended, the tax office has been fussy.

We must keep things in order.

So you insist on me writing it?

Actually, I don't know how to write.

They won't give us his hand print

because that masked man isn't Kiyo, I'm sure of it.

Don't scare me like that!

No, I just tried to open it and it fell over.

Give me a break.

The doors are so loose.

God, don't do that!

You think a guy so young is illiterate? I left the register with him.

He gives me the creeps.

Yeah. Maybe his face is scarred? He keeps his muffler on in the room.

- ...You think he'll pay? - Seems suspicious.

Going out?

Where to, so late at night?

Just out for a bit.

Come right away! Something terrible has happened!

Wakabayashi was right!

Who are you?

You can't go in!

Mr. Kindaichi!

Oh, Mr. Furudate.

- ...It's happened... - What has?

Come! Just come with me!

Saruzo made those Chrysanthemum dolls.

Old Sahei enjoyed them so they're made every year.

This year, it's a scene from a kabuki play

called "The Chrysanthemum Garden."

Mr. Kindaichi, do you notice?

The dolls...

are made to resemble members of the Inugami family.

That severed head...

That's”.

So the victim...

is Take?

Who first found it?

It was Saruzo.

Saruzo?

Calm down, Takeko!

Mother! Mother!

No, Mother! Mother!

Take! I'm going to see my boy again!

Don't be ridiculous!

Mother!

I'll get revenge!

I'll kill the murderer!

It's no wonder Takeko is grieving like she's gone mad.

But...

switching the Chrysanthemum doll's head like that...

Why would anyone do such a thing?

The police will be using the drawing room for a while.

We can't relax at all.

I was so upset by the brutal way Take was murdered

that I forgot to tell you during questioning earlier.

Tell us what?

Well, yesterday,

we tried to determine whether or not

that masked man is really Kiyo...

Oh, you mean the matching of hand prints?

Yes. And the one who first suggested it

was Take, who was murdered.

Matsuko became furious and the two argued fiercely.

What if that Kiyo were an imposter,

and he felt endangered by Take's suspicion...

Don't you think 30, Chief?

It terrifies me when I think about that.

I didn't want to say such things,

but I figured I should let you know nonetheless.

Oh, Inoue.

I appreciate your concern. You can go now.

What was that?

Family feuding.

Women are so annoying. It wasn't important.

Chief, we found where he was killed. It's the observation deck.

The murderer must have killed Take,

severed his head,

and thrown the body into the lake from here.

You'll have to drag the lake.

Don't make it sound so easy.

Long weeds growing from the bottom

are entwined and entangled like a woman's hair.

Once anything gets stuck, there's no finding it.

Oh, by the way, Mr. Furudate...

Yes?

Both the murders of Take and Wakabayashi

were prompted by Sahei Inugami's will.

Therefore, we the police must know what is written in it.

I must ask you to submit the will as important information.

Understand?

Hey, what about forensics? How many are here today?

Excuse me. I found this.

What?

You recognize this brooch?

Yes.

Whose is it?

It's... It's Tamayo.

Tamayo?

But she could have lost it before last night.

No, because I distinctly remember her wearing it

at that hand print confrontation last night.

- ...Mrs. Matsuko summoned me? - Yes.

- ...What for? - That hand print,

she now says Kiyo will do it,

and wants you to be a witness.

She refused so strongly yesterday, so isn't it strange?

Everyone's here now.

Now...

Kiyo will make a hand print, so you be witnesses.

Yesterday, I swore I'd never let him do something so undignified,

but after such a horrifying thing happened to Take,

and with people going around saying Kiyo and I did it...

Oh? Who's saying such an awful thing?

Even if you just think so, it means the same.

Kiyo seems to feel the same, so he offered to make the hand print today.

Madam,

that should do it.

I'll take this hand print to the police

and have the lab determine if they're identical.

Does this belong to you?

This brooch.

Where was it?

The scene of the crime.

I...

I was the one who asked for your time.

I'm sorry I'm late.

Well,

you've never asked to meet me before,

so I wasn't sure you'd come.

Kiyo's fingerprint is on the back cover of this watch.

What?

Please compare it with the hand print.

Wow, I didn't expect you to cooperate.

I thought it'd be best to clarify things as soon as possible.

It might be a bit uncalled-for,

but please make use of that fingerprint I happened to get.

I'll handle it tomorrow.

You don't think he's really Kiyo either, do you?

Good night, then.

Tamayo.

Could we talk?

But it's late...

Who do you intend to choose among us three?

I've always had a crush on you.

I don't care about the inheritance.

I...

haven't decided anything yet.

- ...Excuse me. - Tamayo!

No! Let go of me!

Be mine! Be mine!

Do it again and I'll kill you.

Then I ran away from there with a” my might with Saruzo's help.

Is that a”?

Yes.

Did you call the police?

Yeah.

"Inugami."

They found it.

The boat that moved the body, and the weapon

used to sever the head, at Kannon Point.

The boat has “Inugami” written on it.

Saruzo manages the boathouse.

He never mentioned a missing boat

when we questioned him before.

These are the keys to the boathouse.

Saruzo also found the severed head.

The last people to meet Take were Tamayo and Saruzo.

Her testimony earlier sounded rather vague,

and there are no witnesses.

What's the deal with those two?

Old Sahei brought Saruzo from somewhere

about ten years ago to live at the estate.

He went to war from that house, but his background is unknown.

Old Sahei told him to...

“Protect Tamayo with your life.“ That's what he told other servants.

Then if she asked him to kill,

he'd do it just like that.

Tamayo and...

Saruzo, huh?

OK, got it!

Tamayo and Saruzo are guilty. Tail them.

Yes, sir.

Hi, Mr. Furudate.

No results for the hand print yet?

Not yet. I've been waiting.

Chief!

We learned something strange.

Hey! Proprietor!

- ...This is the place? - Yes.

So when did that repatriated soldier who hid his face leave?

At 5 a.m. this morning.

Show us the register.

The register!

Oh, the register.

What does this say?

"Sanpei Yamada"?

He has such bad handwriting.

He didn't write it.

- ...You did? - No, of course not.

My wife did.

Oh, hello.

What the...

Why are you here?

I guess people tend to think alike.

The bloody boat was found at Kannon Point,

so I was investigating the vicinity,

and ran into Kashiwaya Inn.

Excuse me.

Sorry to intrude. Do you still need me?

- ...No! - OK.

If this mystery man in uniform really exists,

then we have to redo our investigation.

I thought it was an inside job by someone linked to the will,

but now an outsider could have been involved.

The soldier, Sanpei Yamada,

was definitely at this inn from 8 to 10 pm. Last night.

That time period...

is when the Inugamis were arguing about Kiyo's hand print.

That means...

there are two men with hidden faces.

Two?

Sorry to keep you waiting.

This is Mr. Fujisaki, a forensics specialist.

He's got the results on the hand print.

This is Mr. Fujisaki.

Go ahead.

Yes.

Well then, I'd like to announce the results of our investigation.

I'll state our conclusions simply without using complicated technical terms.

These two prints are identical.

Therefore...

that gentleman is without a doubt Mr. Kiyo Inugami.

These two hand prints demonstrate that most eloquently.

Did you all hear what he just said?

Does anyone have any objections?

Nobody has objections?

That means you accept that this is Kiyo.

Mr. Furudate and you there, thank you both.

Please drink.

We got it through rationing.

I've had enough, thanks.

You seem to enjoy smoking.

Yes.

Do your sisters smoke, too?

Yes, they do. Why do you ask?

Oh, it's nothing important.

Has Mother lost her mind?

Everyone seems to be exhausted.

Since this is a half-wake,

why not call it a night and return to your quarters?

Shall we go, too?

Yes.

Tamayo.

We need to talk.

May I have some tea?

I'm craving something sweet.

Shall we talk in my room?

Here is fine.

What is it?

I wanted to ask about my brother.

I heard you met him right before he was killed.

What did you talk about?

I've told the police all I know.

Actually, my brother isn't the point.

Don't choose Tomo as your husband.

My brother's dead, so you've got two candidates left.

One of them is hideously disfigured.

You get why I'm worried, don't you?

Tamayo.

I'm pregnant.

Yes.

Tomo is the father.

I'll say it again, Tamayo.

If you choose Tomo,

I'll resent you!

What happened?

I just saw a soldier jump off the balcony into the garden.

A burglar it seems.

What was that?

It's Kiyo.

Is he dead?

May I?

Is he dead?

No, just unconscious.

Someone hit him.

"Headless body found in lake identified as Suketake Inugami."

Estimated time of death, between 11 to 12 at night.

The cause of death was a stab wound from the back...

toward the chest.

The weapon?

Something like scissors.

Scissors?

Thick ones, like a pair of garden or flower shears.

Flower shears? A woman, then?

It's a woman. Find the owner.

That means the killer had two weapons,

something like scissors

and the machete used to cut the head off.

Um... Another possibility is that

different people used the scissors and the machete.

Not just one person?

Yes, well, it's only a hypothesis.

By the way, Chief,

did you find that gold watch on the body?

No.

Tamayo said she definitely gave it to Take,

but she was lying.

Someone so beautiful wouldn't lie.

Look, there are only two types of people in this world.

Bad ones and good ones.

You promised you'd never come here again,

and yet you called me up the other day.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

The Inugami family is currently in an uproar.

You must have heard.

It must be hard for you.

If you think so,

then don't cause me any more trouble.

I hear Takeko and Umeko still regularly send money to their mothers.

I don't care what others do.

You can have that so go away.

I'll do as you say.

This might be the last time we meet in this life. Take care.

"Inugami Family Tree."

"Tamayo."

"Sahei Inugami” (Deceased)?

"Daini Nonomiya" (Deceased)?

"Noriko" (Deceased)?

Are you done eating?

Yeah. It was very good.

I made them all.

What tasted the best?

The raw egg.

That's so mean!

The Sine-Japanese War, the Russo-Japanese War,

and World War I...

Each time the country went to war,

Inugami Pharmaceutical made remarkable progress.

I want to know why.

Does that have anything to do with the murders?

Probably.

Mr. Furudate.

If there's a hidden fact not written in Sahei's biography,

you can tell me, you know.

I don't know the details, and I don't want to say.

Even if more people die?

You think more will be killed?

I can't say for sure.

But...

it's possible.

Poppies.

What?

Inugami Pharmaceutical was founded upon

crude drugs originally formulated from the roots of strange trees and plants.

Old Sahei was particularly knowledgeable about poppies.

It probably had something to do with his upbringing before he came here.

Anyway, the first thing Sahei did when he started his company

at the young age of 23

was to grow poppies.

As you know, certain kinds of poppy seeds

produce narcotic drugs such as opium, morphine, and heroin.

Growing those kinds of poppies is normally prohibited,

but Sahei pulled a few strings and managed to obtain a special permit.

And huge amounts of these narcotics...

were bought by the military.

So Inugami's drugs were used

on the battlefield as weapons comparable to bombs and guns.

It's unfortunate.

But I guess that's what war is about.

Hi. 80 there you are.

I looked everywhere for you.

Did you need something?

Yes, Chief Tachibana and Kindaichi came

and they summoned us to tell us something important.

Come on.

I see. In that case...

Sorry...

Who's there?

Is someone there?

Hey, say something!

Is someone really there?

Help!

Flower shears?

Yes, according to one of your servants,

you borrowed one from your sister Matsuko.

Do you have it now?

I don't recall...

What?

Oh, I looked for them on the night of Take's wake

to cut some flowers but couldn't find them.

What about the day before that? The day he was killed.

Why are you asking me this?

We found that the weapon used to kill Take

were a pair of flower shears.

You cops think I did it?

How rude! This is unforgivable!

Please calm down, Madam.

The Inugami murders aren't just local news anymore,

- ...the entire country is... - So what?

Please cooperate with us.

I've done nothing but cooperate!

Is this Saruzo?

You're Saruzo, right?

Yeah.

Tamayo is at the abandoned mansion in Toyohata Village.

You know the one. The ruins of the Inugamis' first home.

Tamayo has been drugged.

Go pick her up.

Do everything alone. Go as quickly as you can.

Haru. Haru.

I've been waiting.

Thanks a lot. You must be hungry.

Do eat more.

Sorry I made you go on such an errand.

But good thing the professor was at the university.

Did you see him right away?

Yeah.

According to this memo, the poison is consisted of...

"Alkaloid compounds reacted with acetic anhydride."

Oh, so the cigarette was poisoned as I thought.

And...

"Strange white crystals were blended in."

“Strange"?

Did the professor say anything more about this?

“It appears to be an ingredient taken from crude drugs, “

“and can't be analyzed right away.“

Oh, I see.

Eat, eat.

Did he say that the poison was linked to poppy seeds?

"The main toxic component in poppy seeds is morphine,"

"and morphine hydrochloride was detected," he said.

I see.

Eat, eat.

Why aren't you eating?

Because I don't have enough time.

I see. Check, please!

But how lucky was that?

A regular at your hotel was a professor of pharmacology.

Does he stay often?

I'll pay for mine.

It's all right.

No, I always pay for my own meals.

It's all right.

I can put it down to expenses.

Sorry about that.

Ever since I fell ”I last year,

I frequent the bathroom.

I see.

May I play again from the beginning?

Please do.

What's she thinking, playing the zither when someone has died?

I wonder where Tomo went? He's out late.

When this poison is inhaled with cigarettes,

it stimulates the blood vessels of the lung,

making them swell and burst to asphyxiate the victim.

In other words,

this poison...

wasn't detected in the stomach, but in the lungs.

Mr. Wakabayashi didn't drink the poison. He smoked it.

Is this what you've been investigating?

Yes.

Isn't it rather off the mark?

No,

I think it's the key to solving this case.

Where were you?

Is that you, Mr. Kiyo?

I'd heard you'd been repatriated.

I'm sure you suffered many hardships.

I should have said this sooner, but I hear someone died.

I'm very sorry for your loss.

Thank you.

Public scrutiny can be such a nuisance.

The papers have written such mean things, too.

Perhaps not being able to see like me

enables one to ignore trivialities and be happier.

It's 4 am.

Hey, Kokichi. Hey, wake up, dear.

Hey, Tomo hasn't come home yet.

I'm so worried.

- ...Sayoko. - Good morning.

Tomo has been gone since last night.

Come to think of it, I haven't seen him since early afternoon yesterday.

Should we tell the police?

But you don't like the police.

This is a different matter.

It's not like he's a mouse,

so I suppose he wouldn't be hiding up here.

Calm down!

Man, what a cruel thing to do.

Start investigating.

He wasn't killed here.

The body was moved again?

Yeah, look.

None of the shingles are broken.

Chief.

That's a zither string.

Oh! There's a string around his neck!

Was he strangled to death with it?

It could be a cover-up.

Chrysanthemum, then zither, huh?

What are you saying?

Tomo was killed?

I can't believe it.

You were the last one to meet Take, and now this time, too.

This isn't good.

The police will suspect you even more.

Tamayo,

just to make sure... Tomo made you inhale something on the boat,

and you don't remember anything after that?

I think I heard shouting far off.

What?

Like people were struggling.

That means...

there was someone else besides Tomo.

Is that the murderer?

Well...

I'm not sure yet.

Chief! You're responsible for this!

While you were treating me like a criminal,

my dear boy has been murdered!

What will you do about this?

Hurry up and capture the killer!

It has to be Tamayo!

By making such accusations, you're obstructing our investigation.

Listen,

you don't believe what she's saying, do you?

I mean... I mean first of all,

my Tomo would never drug a woman to rape her.

I ought to know, I'm his mother.

Tamayo made everything up to protect herself.

But a young woman couldn't put a body on the roof.

It was Saruzo.

He did it!

Matsuko.

You must be glad. You must be gratified.

Take and Tomo have both died,

and the only one left is your Kiyo.

Things have worked out in your favor.

Chief.

Is it true that a zither string was wrapped around Tomo's neck?

Yes.

But what was actually used to strangle him

was something thicker than that.

First a Chrysanthemum, then a zither...

In other words...

“YOKI (ax), KOTO (zither), KIKU (chrysanthemum).“

What's the matter?

Matsuko.

We need their help to avenge the deaths of Take and Tomo,

so I'm telling them, OK?

I can no longer

bear such hideous, horrible things,

so I'll confess, though it's disgraceful.

We three sisters all have different mothers.

Our father never married them,

and merely kept them nearby as tools

to satisfy his physical needs at times.

But when our father passed fifty by two or three years,

he impregnated a factory worker named Kikuno Aonuma

who was even younger than us.

When Kikuno gave birth to a boy,

he gave her all three heirlooms,

the ax, zither, and Chrysanthemum.

What an outrageous thing to do!

It was unforgivable.

The three of us went to the farm where she was hiding

to teach her a lesson and to get our heirlooms back.

I'll curse you!

I'll surely wreak my vengeance on you!

So the sisters

think that what Kikuno said about taking revenge

with the three heirlooms has something to do with the murders.

Man, what a horrendous thing to do...

I mean, they're women.

Greed is a terrible thing, isn't it?

By the way, Mr. Furudate,

did you locate Kikuno and her son Shizuma?

She went to stay with relatives in Toyama City and married,

but died in the air raid.

What an unfortunate person.

Shizuma apparently served in the war,

but his whereabouts is unknown from that point.

OK, got it!

The man in uniform is Shizuma and he's the killer.

He's been murdering people to monopolize the inheritance.

Hey!

Inoue! Put out an all-points bulletin!

The former priest, Daini Nonomiya,

Came up with the meaning of "yoki kofo kiku"

as the protective phrase of this shrine,

and had the three golden statuettes made to be consecrated as sacred treasures.

When Sahei Inugami launched his business,

Daini gifted them to wish him success.

And they're normally kept at this shrine?

That's right.

“Yoki koto kiku“ means...

"We hear good tidings."

This auspicious phrase is now being used as a curse.

What worries me is that the ax is still left.

You think there will be another murder?

Where was old Sahei born?

It's unknown.

After wandering around the country,

he arrived here in Nasu when he was seventeen.

He was found lying like a dog

from hunger and cold underneath the worship hall,

and Daini saved his life.

What's more,

when Sahei launched his business, it was financed...

by Daini.

There was a strong bond between Daini Nonomiya and Sahei Inugami.

By that I mean,

it was a homosexual relationship.

Where did you hear that?

I found out from Mr. Furudate.

What does that have to do with the murders?

Mr. Oyama,

are you related to the Nonomiyas'?

Yes, well, we're distant relatives.

When did you become the priest here?

It's been fifteen years now.

Mr. Oyama, in order to prevent another tragedy,

please tell me everything you know

about the relation between the Nonomiyas and Inugamis.

Tamayo is really Old Sahei's granddaughter?

A Chinese chest in the storehouse of Nasu Shrine

had some old letters in it.

I couldn't believe the secret of Tamayo's lineage at first, either.

I'm tight-lipped and haven't told anyone about this yet.

Only you.

I see.

I've always liked reading old documents.

You?

- No. - Oh.

While I was going over the letters in the chest,

I found records of Daini and Sahei's abnormal relationship.

Daini Nonomiya was married,

but he was totally impotent with women.

This was the reason why Sahei won Daini's affection,

but Sahei ended up becoming intimate

with Daini's young virginal wife, Haruyo.

Daini found out about their betrayal,

but forgave them for some reason,

and even urged them to continue their relationship.

Why did Daini do such a thing?

Probably because

he wished to atone for his treatment of his wife, whom he'd long left a virgin,

yet he cared about appearances, so hesitated divorcing her

to give her away openly to Sahei.

According to Sahei's diary,

living like that was agonizing.

Sahei respected Daini,

yet loved Haruyo from the heart.

Eventually, Haruyo gave birth to a girl.

Daini registered this girl, Noriko, as his own daughter.

Noriko eventually took a husband,

and they had a daughter...

they named Tamayo.

So the reason why Sahei treated Tamayo with such love and tenderness

was because she was really his granddaughter.

Sahei Inugami, the most influential figure of Shinshu,

had a secret that he couldn't reveal.

Mr. Furudate,

I can't help but think that Sahei is the one prompting

the series of murders being committed before our eyes.

Mr. Kindaichi.

Old Sahei died seven months ago.

Why would you say such a thing?

You're right.

It doesn't make sense.

What's come over me?

The only woman he ever loved

was his benefactor's wife.

Sahei's pent-up emotions

must have devoured money, women, power...

leaving behind a mess of every conceivable human desire.

Many must have been trampled upon along the way.

Kikuno and the three sisters' mothers, too.

Matsuko, go back inside the house now.

No matter how long you stand there, it won't make parting easier.

Don't worry about Mommy.

Mr. Inugami gave me plenty of money.

I'll go now, OK?

Grow up quickly.

Oh yeah.

Mr. Furudate, do you know Matsuko's mother?

Haven't seen her in seven or eight years.

Mr. Oyama said he saw her in town recently.

Her name is Sono, as I recall.

Her family home where her brother lives is beyond the mountain

but it seems she rarely shows up there.

Tamayo,

you've made up your mind, right?

After what happened to Take and Tomo,

you now have no choice

but to marry Kiyo.

Now,

give us your final answer.

Why are you silent?

You have no other way.

I refuse.

Wh... What?

Do you...

understand what you're saying?

If you don't marry Kiyo,

you'll lose your right to inherit the estate!

Is that what you want?

Tamayo! Say something!

Mrs. Matsuko.

This man isn't Kiyo.

What?

Kiyo!

"Sukekiyo Inugami of Nasu City."

Mother.

I'm Sukekiyo.

Sir,

will it work?

Where were you?

I looked all over for you.

You and I need to sit down and talk.

The storeroom is best.

Claiming that you're not my son...

Tamayo was lying, wasn't she?

I'm not thinking straight.

Kiyo,

say something.

What Tamayo said is true.

Your darling Kiyo

is long gone.

Who... Who are you?

That's right.

I'm Shizuma Aonuma.

The son...

of the woman you and your sisters

brutalized and tormented, Kikuno Aonuma...

I'm Shizuma!

My mother died when I was nine.

She cursed you people until the end.

Cursed this Inugami clan.

I swore to myself

that I'd settle the score.

That I'd get revenge for my mother!

By a strange stroke of fate,

on the battlefield where we'd been sent, your son and I...

crossed paths.

What?

On the front lines in Burma.

I approached him, saying, "Let's let bygones be bygones."

We looked alike in face and stature,

and got along pretty well.

Your son...

was a nice guy.

The fighting intensified,

and our units went our separate ways.

His unit was wiped out.

I was also wounded in the face and nearly died.

Lost my voice, too.

My hatred for the Inugamis was my only support back then.

That was when I decided

to assume Kiyo's identity and take over the Inugami family!

That looks like fun.

Let me do it, too.

"Nasu Station."

How do we pull this up?

You hold that side.

Put it back in the water.

So the body was Kiyo, after all?

Yeah, and his head was cracked open with an ax!

The killer used all three,

the ax, zither, and Chrysanthemum,

to round out the series of murders, damn it!

A... Again?

Kiyo has been murdered.

Where were you?

Well...

Not that it matters much.

Chief.

Please get the victim's right hand and fingerprints.

You, too?

Tamayo said the same thing.

She did?

But the new hand print we got

matched the one at the shrine.

That's the problem.

How was it?

Well, it's strange.

It's not the same as the votive print.

Hey! Then the victim isn't Kiyo Inugami?

That seems to be the case.

They switched places.

What?

By cleverly using that mask,

the real and fake ones were switching roles.

Then who was the upside-down corpse?

Right?

It would have to be Shizuma.

I see...

OK, got it! The soldier who stayed at that inn did it!

Kiyo?

Don't come!

I did it.

Take and Tome and Shizuma...

- I killed them all. - Kiyo.

I...

I'm a fugitive. I won't be able to escape.

- - I'm ready. - Don't say that.

I died once in the war,

- so I can die any day. - No! No!

But before then,

I wanted to see you once again.

Tamayo,

abandon this wretched Inugami family.

Forget about everything and start over.

Understand?

Mr. Kindaichi!

You didn't return to the hotel last night.

Yeah.

Where are you going?

Nowhere.

Are you investigating?

Want me to come along?

I'll come with you!

I'm in a hurry. See you!

You followed me?

Long time no see.

No wonder you're angry.

Because of me, Tamayo was suspected of murder.

But don't worry anymore.

I intend to...

disappear from your lives soon.

What are you doing?

Sukekiyo!

I'm sorry for calling you to come.

I heard you met Kiyo.

"Confession."

"Sukekiyo Inugami."

He left this?

Please read it.

I can't be the one to hand it over to the police.

"I, Sukekiyo Inugami,"

"committed the series of murders alone."

"I confess to the above. Sukekiyo Inugami."

He probably came to say good-bye to you.

I think so, too.

Tamayo,

you knew the body in the lake wasn't him.

If it were someone else, maybe...

But I'd never mistake Kiyo.

I'll hang on to this.

Saruzo, did something happen?

Is it about Kiyo?

So you definitely wrote this.

You threatened Shizuma

and made him help you murder Take and Tomo.

You told him that you'd give him

a reasonable share of the inheritance when you got it.

Right?

Yes.

And you killed Shizuma

because you argued about that share?

- ...No.. - What?

Then”.

You planned on killing him too from the start?

That's not what happened.

It's the opposite.

He threatened you, right?

Hey, Kiyo...

there's no way you could have killed everyone.

For example, Mr. Wakabayashi was killed on September 19.

No, that's...

You came back to town on the 20th.

I meant the three Inugami murders.

Ch... Chief.

Did you hear what he just said?

He just unwittingly

admitted that the man in uniform at the inn was him.

When you were repatriated to Hakata,

you found out that a fake Kiyo had infiltrated your home

because it was in the news.

You decided to secretly switch places with that man

and settle the issue peacefully, so you hid your face

and found lodgings in Kashiwaya Inn.

And around 10 pm. That night, you left the inn,

sneaked into the mansion and met the fake Kiyo.

Just as you suspected,

the fake Kiyo was Shizuma.

But.

Shizuma's face had been mangled and he was wearing a mask,

so your plan to secretly switch places failed.

Then Take appeared, so you hid.

Tamayo came after that.

What happened after that was as Tamayo stated.

Then”.

The murder happened after Tamayo and Saruzo left,

and you both witnessed it.

In other words,

you clearly saw who did it.

Kindaichi!

You're saying he isn't the killer?

You wanted to protect the real killer,

so you wrote that note and are doing this.

You can't hide something like that forever.

Besides, I think that by telling the truth,

you'd actually save that person.

That person...

is Mrs. Matsuko, right?

It's Kindaichi.

Come in.

Excuse me.

What do you want?

Well...

You know that the body in the lake wasn't Kiyo, right?

Yes.

The police called before noon.

Mrs. Matsuko,

the police have arrested Kiyo.

What?

Where is he?

Kiyo is being held as a suspect in the Inugami murders...

- as the killer. - Ridiculous.

Kiyo would never kill anyone.

You're right, it wasn't him.

It was you.

What makes you say that?

You also read the will beforehand by using Mr. Wakabayashi.

Did I?

He was bribed into helping you at first, but the contents of the will scared him

so he asked me to help.

Shut up! Besides...

You killed him to silence him.

What right do you have to meddle in our affairs?

You're not even a cop.

Besides...

I was away in Hakata when he died.

You're right, and that's what bugged me.

Some crimes don't require the killer to be near the victim.

If it doesn't matter when Mr. Wakabayashi dies,

then the killer would give him a poisoned item

and then be far away.

And if I'd known what the will said,

I wouldn't have been so shocked at the reading.

I went to see your mother in Iwaki Village last night.

My intent was to simply ask about Sahei Inugami, but...

I found out something.

She...

saw you give a pack of Cigarettes to Mr. Wakabayashi.

Sono had been chasing you around to beg for money.

The day you left for Hakata,

- at Nasu Station. - That old hag.

I've basically cut ties with her.

She's not my mother or anything.

Who would believe...

what such a woman says?

And after Mr. Wakabayashi...

you killed Take, didn't you?

You didn't know Kiyo was hiding in the shadows that night, did you?

What? Kiyo'?

Yes, with Shizuma.

He saw me?

After you left, Shizuma told Kiyo,

"I'll make sure your mother's crime never gets out, so do as I say."

From then on,

Kiyo had no choice but to be a slave to Shizuma.

We're doing this for your mom's sake.

Women aren't strong enough to cut heads off.

When Take's head was found the next morning, the one most surprised...

...was probably you.

What makes this case unique is that

accomplices unknown to the killer were cleaning up after the crimes.

You and Takeko and Umeko were disregarded in the will.

So you killed,

in an attempt to get all the inheritance by forcing Kiyo to marry Tamayo.

But...

did you know that Tamayo

is your father's true granddaughter?

What?

Tamayo's mother Noriko

was Sahei and Haruyo Nonomiya's daughter.

Here's what I think.

You...

ended up carrying out

what Sahei wanted with your own hands.

Tamayo wasn't a Nonomiya'? No! No!

Kiyo...

Let me meet Kiyo!

Kiyo...

Let me meet Kiyo!

Mother...

I'm so glad you're OK.

When I heard the news

that your unit had been wiped out on the Burmese front,

I temporarily lost the will to live.

But I kept praying that you wouldn't die... no, that I wouldn't let you die.

My prayers were answered.

We meet again like this.

It's been five years.

I won't forget the day I accompanied you

to the regiment in Matsumoto in the rain.

Kiyo.

Why didn't you return

even though you survived?

My unit was wiped out

because of my own failure,

so I couldn't bring myself to go back to Japan.

In Hakata,

because I missed you so,

I made a terrible mistake.

And it happened to be Shizuma...

Please forgive me!

It was a coincidence.

An awful coincidence.

Awful coincidences

kept happening again and again.

How do you expect us to believe

that Matsuko is the killer?

Chief, give us a better explanation!

I don't mean to sound emotional, but I'm just so shocked

and horrified and angry, I'm speechless...

- Umeko. - How can you keep quiet?

You had to suffer even more than I did.

At this point, I feel sorry for Matsuko.

Why do we sisters have to go through all this?

Um... Please, calm down.

After being persuaded by Mr. Kindaichi

and meeting with Kiyo, Mrs. Matsuko has finally

calmed down to the point where she's willing to meet with us.

Everyone,

it was all an accumulation of coincidences.

But to deftly sley a reed and weave a plot with these coincidences,

one must be resourceful.

Shizuma probably honed this ability during his years in service.

No doubt it was necessary on the battlefield.

Fearing that his hand print would expose him as an imposter,

Shizuma told Kiyo to switch places with him the next day.

So Kiyo put on the mask and stayed at home,

while Shizuma wore the uniform and dumped the body in the lake.

He then left the boat at Kannon Point,

and stayed at Kashiwaya Inn instead of Kiyo.

The next day,

when the new hand print was made,

obviously it matched the old one because it was really Kiyo's.

That night,

Kiyo and Shizuma switched places again.

Until that day,

I also...

sometimes wondered whether the man was an imposter or not.

So...

imagine my joy when the prints matched perfectly.

I regretted ever having doubted my son for even a moment.

That night,

I'd invited my zither teacher.

Whenever something happens,

I...

lose my senses.

No...

somebody else seems to manipulate me.

No! Tomo!

That's horrible!

- How cruel! - Don't cry!

After fighting Kiyo in the deserted mansion,

Tomo had quietly come home...

- Oh god! - Umeko!

...battered in body and spirit.

- - Oh god... - Hey.

And Kiyo and Shizuma put the body on the roof?

Right.

Why did you call Saruzo to tell him to collect Tamayo,

and yet return to the mansion yourself?

Because I was...

worried about Tamayo.

Who wrapped the zither string?

Shizuma said,

"It's the curse of the three heirlooms,"

"so after Chrysanthemums,"

"wrap a zither string around his neck."

But according to Matsuko's statement back then,

she was taking zither lessons during that time.

I spoke to her teacher.

Anyone with four, five years of experience playing the zither

could hear any slight disturbances in sound when it's being played.

First of all, I thought it was strange

that she'd invited me over for lessons

so shortly after there'd been a death in the family.

She was playing properly at first,

but after she left briefly and returned,

I noticed immediately that she had injured her forefinger

and that she was trying to hide it

by continuing to play while enduring the pain.

It was fairly obvious.

That was when I decided

to assume Kiyo's identity and take over the Inugami family!

Everything in this house belongs to me.

Tamayo, the inheritance, everything!

I've won.

I've beaten...

the Inugami family!

And the one who tossed Shizuma's body from the cliff into the lake...

was you?

Takeko.

Umeko.

Forgive me.

I had...

no other way.

Father made himself into someone we couldn't love,

and we despised that man.

But in the end...

our father's grudge

had consumed me...

completely.

Mr. Kindaichi,

who sneaked into Tamayo's room on the night of Take's wake?

Shizuma, of course.

What for?

He probably realized her intent. He went to get the watch.

The watch wasn't found on Take's body.

I didn't know about the fingerprint.

I just picked that up when it fell

from his body.

In Take's case, and then in Tomo's,

you didn't intend to conceal what you did at all?

I just...

wanted to kill those two.

Whether I was arrested or sentenced to death...

it didn't matter to me.

Chief Tachibana.

Kiyo will have to stand trial, right?

I'm afraid that's unavoidable.

No matter what the reason,

he was an accessory... an accessory after the fact.

Will he be severely punished?

I can't say.

He won't get the death penalty, will he?

That won't happen.

There's plenty of room for leniency.

Tamayo.

Yes?

You'll wait for Kiyo until he's released,

won't you?

Yes, I'll wait.

If he wants me to.

I see.

That's good.

And you bore the hole in Tamayo's boat

after reading the contents of the will, right?

Kiyo...

Free Tamayo

from Father's...

grudge.

No! Damn it!

The tobacco!

The same poison that killed Mr. Wakabayashi!

Give Mr. Kindaichi my regards.

What?

I'll go, then.

Isn't it still a bit too early?

Here's 3,500 yen as your fee,

and 427 yen

to cover expenses.

Thank you.

May I check?

Yes, of course.

You were such a big help.

All right here.

I'll give you a receipt.

No, that's not necessary.

No, I insist.

- May I use this? - Of course.

And, this isn't much, but...

it's my token of thanks. Please keep it.

- I can't. - Don't say that.

I can't take it.

Come on, please.

What a strange case it was.

A perfunctory investigation by the police wouldn't have solved it.

- It's all thanks to you. - No.

If only I'd figured it out a little sooner,

then we might not have ended up with five deaths, so I regret it.

I can't accept that.

I see.

That's too bad.

Oh, Chief Tachibana and Tamayo and the maid at your hotel

said they'd see you off at the station.

What?

I will too, of course.

Oh no!

I really don't like big send-offs. What should I do?

What time is the train before mine?

Don't say that...

Hello, Furudate Law Office.

Oh, hello.

I'll check at the station.

Can't you handle that?

Well then,

thank you for everything.

You're seeing Mr. Kindaichi off, too?

That man...

is unforgettable.

Going somewhere?

To the station.

But the fire fighters are almost here.

Let them wait.

"Nasu Station" The train bound for Ueno,

the train bound for Ueno

will be leaving shortly.

Please hurry if you're boarding.

THE END

English Subtitles by Mia Isozaki