Original subtitles

(Waves lapping gently)

(Gentle string music)

(Gentle string music continues)

(Elderly Woman) In this place,

life and death coexist.

They stand side by side.

Time is no different.

Here, in the Otherworld, both past and future...

are all woven together.

(Gasps)

(Scarlet) Is this Heaven...?

(Rumbling)

(Ominous music)

(Music intensifies)

(Wind howling)

(Thunder crashes)

(Somber string music)

(Gasps)

(Panting heavily)

(Gulping)

(Gagging)

(Retching)

(Elderly Woman) You there.

Hey, you.

Where do you think this is?

(Thunder crashes)

(Electrical crackling)

(Growling)

(Elderly Woman) This place is...

The Otherworld.

(Gasping)

(Scarlet) That's right. I died.

I failed to exact revenge against my sworn enemy

and died.

(Panicked gasping, whimpering)

(Straining)

(Grunts)

(Growling)

(Screaming)

(Scream fades)

(Birds calling)

END OF THE 16TH CENTURY KINGDOM OF DENMARK

WHERE THE STORY BEGINS

(Hoofbeats)

Father!

Scarlet!

Mother! Father has returned.

Father!

- Scarlet! - I missed you!

Your prayers assured our safe return.

- (Horse neighs) - (Faint laughter)

Deploy your troops, Amleth.

(Amleth) Claudius...

It's them or us.

Calm yourself, Brother.

War benefits neither side.

We shall seek balance through negotiation,

building trust, not hostility.

This is the way of our survival.

(Sighs)

You are a fool!

(Noble) Our King Amleth is a good ruler.

Adored by his people

and trusted by neighboring countries.

Scarlet. What is important?

Friendship over enmity.

I'll be the princess you want me to be!

Before a princess, you are a young girl.

You must grow up without fear.

- Finished! - (Grunts)

(Laughs)

I look so handsome. I'm glad.

(Both laughing)

(Bell tolling in distance)

(Grunts softly)

Mother, I'm going to be...

What filthy hands...

(Scarlet whimpers)

(Gertrude) My husband loves his daughter...

(Claudius) He is a coward wearing the guise of virtue.

My husband has everything, and you have nothing.

- Are you not brothers? - Indeed.

I have long dreamed of pouring poison into his ears.

I will not let him make a mockery of me.

Mark my words.

I belong to the one who will be king.

If your resolve to be king is true, show me.

(Running footsteps)

(Panting)

Grave news!

Traitors in the castle!

Capture them! They must not escape!

Heed me well! Do not let them get away!

(Panting)

(Grunts, sighs)

Whoa, there.

(Laughing)

(Praying quietly)

(Laughing)

Up you go.

(Crowd murmuring)

(Claudius) Amleth, my brother.

To conspire with a neighboring nation and betray your country.

Brother, can you not see?

Your insatiable thirst for power

will turn you into a murderer.

Silence!

Oh, loyal subjects!

The traitor must be punished!

Only then,

by God's will, I shall be the new king!

(Woman) The king would never betray us!

(Man) This is a mistake!

(Crowd clamoring)

Execute him!

(Clamoring continues)

- Father! - Scarlet!

This cannot be...!

(Voice muffled)

What did you say?

(Voice muffled)

What?! What did you say?!

(Voice muffled)

Wait!

(Clamoring continues)

(Panting)

Father!

- (Gasping, whimpering) - (Clamoring fades)

(Hyperventilating)

(Scarlet screams)

(Military drumrolls)

(Grunting)

(Bishop) May God bless the new king.

(Noble) Glory to our King Claudius!

(Nobles) May glory be!

Deploy an army and quell their rebellion.

(Grunting fiercely)

- Hurry up. Move it! - Don't be so slow.

(Waiting-Maid 1) Supposedly these measures are to stop the rebellion...

But they torture people who have nothing to do with it.

- (Yelps) - (Gasps)

(Whimpering)

(Chuckles)

(Whimpering)

(Grunting)

(Yells fiercely)

(Panting)

(Panting heavily)

(Wind whistling)

(Knocking)

(Male Servant) A message for the princess.

Your subjects are dying of starvation.

Yet the king will not send aid.

(Door bangs shut)

(Quiet chatter)

(Laughing)

(Crowd oohing)

Princess. Why not cease your studies abroad in Wittenberg

and delight our eyes with your beauty.

(Groans)

(Chuckles)

- (Grunts) - (Cup clatters)

(Shuddering)

(Groans softly)

(Scoffs)

(Gentle orchestral music)

(Quiet chatter, laughter)

Princess.

(Laughter)

(Yawns, grunts)

(Blade rings softly)

(Breath trembling)

(Grunts)

(Gasping, groaning)

Did you not consider the possibility of being poisoned?

As naive as an infant.

(Claudius laughs)

(Scarlet) You'll pay!

Mark my words!

- (Laughing continues) - (Pained gasping)

(Waiting-Maid 1) Princess?

(Waiting-Maid 2) It can't be! (Waiting-Maid 1) Princess?

(Waiting-Maid 2) What should we do? (Waiting-Maid 3) Princess!

(Grunts)

(Gasping)

(Tense music)

(Burbling)

(Panicked gasping)

(Straining)

(Grunts)

(Growling)

If this is the afterlife,

will I be reunited with my father?

(Elderly Woman) You will not.

(Scarlet) Who are you?

(Elderly Woman) Your father has already become nothingness.

(Scarlet) Nothingness?

(Elderly Woman) You will share his fate, if you're weak.

(Whimpering)

My life was one of nothing but regret.

I want to disappear this instant.

I lived a meaningless life.

Uncle Claudius lives...

And Father will not be avenged.

Wait.

- Claudius is here in the Otherworld. - What?

He has not become nothingness. He is somewhere, laughing.

(Shuddering)

(Straining)

(Grunting)

(Screaming)

(Suspenseful music)

(Grunting)

(Grunts)

I swear...

I will find him

and avenge my father!

(Chuckling)

(Elderly Woman) How very foolish humans are.

You bear the crest of Elsinore.

Where is Claudius?

Don't kill me!

- Where is he?! - I don't want to die!

They are already dead,

yet they still wish to live.

- Please. Please wait! - Huh?

We are allies, Your Highness.

What?

You may rest assured and follow us.

(Elderly Woman) Their will to hate...

and kill each other prevails, even in the Otherworld.

(Scarlet) Is Claudius really here?

So much for allies!

A grubby princess...

(Gasps, grunts)

...deserves no salvation!

Capture her!

(Soldiers yelling)

(Whimpering)

(Chuckles)

I may now enter the Infinite Land!

(Elderly Woman) She's hellbent on revenge.

Frailty, thy name is woman.

(Explosive rumbling)

Wh-What was that?!

She's gone!? Find her!

(Elderly Woman) Look.

See her brimming with vitality!

As if she were yet in the land of the living!

So what is it to be human?!

What is it to die?!

To live?!

(Breathing heavily)

(Panting)

Ow...

I can't do this...

(Man) ♪ Teach me about love, oh please let me know

♪ The miracle thatʼs inside of you

♪ We all see

♪ Wonʼt you color my heart today

♪ Show me... ♪

Oh!

Uh.

You're hurt all over...!

Stop it!

Don't touch me!

What happened?

- Are you a monk? - I'm a paramedic.

- Get thee to a monastery! - I said I'm a paramedic.

You know?

We nurse people back to health.

Yet you're dead?

- I'm not dead. - You're wrong.

I'll die someday, sure. But I even have a pulse.

Then, you wouldn't be here.

And where is "here"?

A whistling arrow...

(Blows softly)

Was this a battleground?

"Abandon hope, all ye who enter here."

"The gates of Hell"?

This is Hell? Don't make me laugh.

Disappointed you're not in Heaven?

That's some confidence.

Everyone thinks we go to Heaven or Hell when we die.

But we all come here without exception.

It's not the afterlife we imagined.

Hold up a sec!

I swear I didn't die.

We received an emergency call...

(Siren wailing faintly)

(Hijiri) So, I left the hospital and...

(Children laughing)

Am I dreaming?

(Hijiri) If I'm alive, why am I here?

This must be a mistake!

How did I get here?

I'm a medic, for crying out loud!

Who knows.

Wait, does that mean you're also dead?

That's right.

Did you really die?

Yes.

You don't look it.

Injured, maybe...

(Sighs)

Anyways, I'm going home.

I'm still on the clock!

(Panting)

Which way do I go?

(Sighs)

- (Rattling) - (Gasps)

(Suspenseful music)

- What's that? - Quiet.

(Grunting)

(Pained grunt)

(Panting)

Whoa...

- (Gasps) - (Soldiers grunt)

(Chuckling)

(Grunts)

- (Laughing) - Ooh.

(Grunts, whoops)

(Soldiers laughing mockingly)

Huh?

(Pained yell)

(Panting)

Hey.

Hey!

(Gasps)

(Gasps)

Wh...?

What the...?!

(Gasps)

Strong...!

(Whimpers)

(Yelps)

(Whimpers)

(Yells)

- (Yells) - (Blade squishes)

(Removes blade)

(Panting)

- (Yelps) - (Growls)

Cornelius!

(Laughing)

(Yelps)

(Laughing)

Scarlet, daughter of the late King Amleth.

Rumors speak of a mad princess plotting revenge against King Claudius!

She's the daughter of a king?

I'll never forget your face.

Never!

(Grunting fiercely)

(Yelps)

To continue fighting even after death...!

(Pained whimpering)

You are a true warrior.

But this ends now.

You will become nothingness.

I must...

(Pained grunting)

...carry out my revenge.

I must have vengeance!

Or I cannot die!

This is the end.

I can't let him get away with it...

Be that as it may... It is now too late.

(Sniffles, whimpers)

- (Rumbling) - (Wind whistling)

Rest in nothingness, Princess.

- (Arrow whistling) - (Grunts)

(Gasps)

- (Yells) - (Blade squishes)

(Groaning)

- Argh, damn it. - The bleeding stopped.

No major vessels or nerves were damaged.

Try not to move it.

Where is Claudius?

Answer me!

In the place closest to the Infinite Land.

What?

Far away, at the summit of the magnificent mountains,

is the stairway to the Infinite Land.

Liar!

King Claudius promised to take us, in exchange for obedience.

My uncle is evil.

This is nonsense!

Yet everyone seeks his salvation

from the Otherworld.

People are weak.

I don't know if the Infinite Land even exists...

But I will do anything if he will take me there.

(Scarlet) Nonsense!

(Cornelius) In any world, there are those that lead...

and those that follow.

- I won't stand for this! - What're you doing?!

Stop.

I must go...!

Here. Use this as a cane.

I'm sorry you got hurt.

Aren't you with the princess?

Don't put too much weight on your right leg.

(Running footsteps)

(Panting)

- You expect me to thank you? - No.

Then stop following me.

You're a fiend.

You'll kill more people if I leave you alone.

It's vengeance. Of course I will.

Still, you shouldn't kill.

I loathe do-gooders like you.

I'm no "do-gooder."

My name is Hijiri.

Written with the character meaning "sacred".

When people are hurt, they bleed.

You need my help.

Do as you please.

(Low, eerie music)

(Rumbling)

(Wind howling)

(Grunts)

(Breathing heavily)

(Grunting)

(Whimpers)

(Scarlet groans)

"At the summit of the magnificent mountains,

is a stairway leading to the Infinite Land."

(Gasps softly)

(Groans)

(Sighs)

(Suspenseful music)

(Both gasp)

(Gasps)

(Camels grunting)

(Woman screams)

(Elderly Man 1) Bandits! (Elderly Man 2) Run!

(Yelling)

(Camels bellowing)

(Bandit) Let go!

(Elderly Woman 1) Stop it! (Elderly Woman 2) Don't take them!

(Neighing)

(Grunts)

Stop this! Can't you see they're elderly?!

(Pained yelp)

(Groaning)

Stop!

Don't!

Stop!

(Elderly Man 3) They took everything.

(Elderly Woman 3) Why must we endure this even after death?

(Horse neighing)

(Bandit) Run!

(Shouting)

(Gun blasts)

Gunshots?

W-Wait!

(Gun blast)

Bandits attacking other bandits?

(Shouting)

Oh!

Snap out of it!

(Marauder 1) Give it here!

(Marauder 2) That too!

Wait. Wait!

Damn it!

(Panting)

(Bandits shouting)

(Thunder rumbling)

Get down.

(Thunder crashes)

(Screaming)

- (Horses neighing) - (Bandits shouting)

(Thunder crashes)

(Screaming)

It's coming this way!

(Gasps)

(Growling)

What was that?

Are you okay?

(Gasps)

Nothingness.

You should feel lucky you didn't share his fate.

(Shuddering)

I'm sorry I couldn't help you...

- (Footsteps approaching) - (Scarlet panting)

Look at what's in front of you! Accept reality, you do-gooder!

I hear it all the time at work.

They say you can't be a medic without getting used to death.

That you can't be sad every time...

But if you get used to death, and your heart grows numb,

you might lose something else.

(Light wind instrument music)

(Quiet chatter)

(Announcement over P.A.)

(Electronic chiming)

(Radio chatter)

(Medical monitor beeping)

♪ Teach me about love, oh please let me know

♪ The miracle that's inside of you, we all see

♪ Wonʼt you color my heart today

♪ Show me all the things that love can be ♪

Why do humans live?

What's the meaning of life?

Will we ever understand?

Leave those questions to the living.

It's too late for us.

I told you...

I'm not dead yet.

(Bell clanging quietly)

(Camel bellowing)

(Gasps)

The road ahead is treacherous.

- Why not join our caravan. - Why?

You tried to help us. We wish to thank you.

(Gasps)

(Bell clanging quietly)

Aren't you coming?

They might be bandits.

They aren't.

How can you be sure?

(Camels grunting)

(Gasps)

(Sighs)

Folks, I'm a medic.

Let me know if there's anything bothering you.

- Who are you? - Stay away.

There's no need to. I can help you...

- if you're in pain... - Forget it.

Who are they? Why did you let them join?

They could be bandits.

Tell them to leave.

You sound like children.

(Scarlet) What did I tell you?

(Stall Owner) The Stairway to the Infinite Land?

I heard people from different eras and regions

joined forces to protect the mountain path leading there.

But no one knows if it's possible to get there.

Just like the world of the living.

I don't think you'll make it that far.

You have to pass through harsh wastelands,

and the bandits.

What's more,

I heard there's a large battalion blocking the path,

leading up to the mountain.

(Soft rumbling)

(Grunting)

(Laughter)

(Groaning, wheezing)

The snake is injured but not dead.

I killed the father, but the girl yet approaches.

I must not risk turning into nothingness

before my beloved Gertrude arrives...

Ah, it feels as though my heart is filled with scorpions...

Voltemand! Where are you!?

(Quiet, folky music)

(Gasps softly)

How am I supposed to fight a battalion?

(Soft folk music)

What're you puttin' on him?

(Elderly Man) It could be poison.

- Stop! - Don't let him touch you!

Whew! The pain is going away.

How strange! I feel much better.

That's a relief.

(Others gasping)

(Elderly Man) You want to wash my back?

Leave a filthy old man be.

A hot towel is very relaxing.

Waste of a good towel, I tell ya.

(Whimpering)

Do your wounds hurt?

No...

There are so many.

A scar for every time we protected the caravan.

Like medals of honor?

You betcha!

(Whimpering)

That feels so relaxing.

I'm glad.

Even the slightest movement makes my body hurt.

There's no need to worry.

My hands keep getting duller.

Be conscious of your movement and your senses won't dull.

Mind if I go next?

- Me too. - Me too.

(Camels bellowing)

(Gasps)

(Laughter)

(Scarlet) What trickery is this?

(Hijiri) No tricks.

All I did was listen to them.

I see you differently.

- Huh? - But only a little.

(Singer) ♪ Wind-wrought pattern rippled on the sand

♪ It reminds me of the ocean in my hometown... ♪

Here you are.

(Sighs)

Let's give it a try.

♪ Holding a shell on my cheek It brings me a nostalgic voice... ♪

Ah.

♪ I wander so far away that it makes me cry

♪ I’m standing there and having nowhere to go... ♪

I don't blame you for not trusting others.

We were like you in the beginning.

But the more you are beaten, robbed and betrayed,

the more you long for someone to trust.

It's precisely because the world is such an awful place...

that one yearns for something to believe in.

You must have some deep regret

to have fallen here at such a young age.

(Upbeat, percussive music playing)

(Singer) ♪ We will dance the dance of joy

♪ Till the dawn of night

♪ We will sing a precious song

♪ To the end of the world... ♪

- (Shouts) - ♪ We will dance forever

♪ Like twisting our fingers in the blowing wind

♪ We will sing forever

♪ Like we hold hands deep in our hearts

♪ Give us life So that we can swim wherever we want

♪ Give us life So that we can fill our empty hearts... ♪

(Elderly Man) Terrible.

(Elderly Woman 1) It's bad. (Elderly Woman 2) You call that a dance?

(Elderly Man) And at his age. (Elderly Woman 1) Shameful!

(Grunts)

(Lively music)

(Singers) ♪ We will dance the dance of joy

♪ Till the dawn of night

♪ We will sing a precious song To the end of the world

♪ We will dance forever

♪ Like twisting our fingers in the blowing wind... ♪

(Elderly Man) Human words mean nothing to God.

So we send our feelings through dance.

(Singers) ♪ Give us life

♪ So that we can fill our empty hearts ♪

(Gasps)

(Elderly Chief) We will unload at the town ahead.

Your destination lies that way.

You've been so kind.

I pray that you fulfill your wishes.

(Hijiri) Thank you very much.

Be sure to practice.

(Birds screeching)

(Hijiri) The old folks talked about it.

At this "Infinite Land" place,

is the most beautiful ocean you've ever seen!

(Scarlet) Ocean? (Hijiri) They said it with a giant smile.

I would love to grow old like them...

- (Horse neighing in distance) - (Both gasp)

What was that?

(Gasps)

(Grunting)

(Straining)

No!

(Coughing)

(Tense music)

(Gasps)

(Hijiri) Going to fight again?

I must have my revenge.

I will do more than knock him out.

There's a Chinese fable about the ultimate archer.

Huh?

He fires invisible arrows from an invisible bow.

How about you quit dreaming?

I want you to stop.

There are no wars in the future?

- I'm afraid there are. - There's your answer.

But at the same time,

most of us wish that the world could escape the violence.

If it doesn't stop somewhere, the fighting will go on forever.

Are you saying we're at fault for the wars in your era?

That's not it. But...

What are...?

Wait!

- Commander Voltemand. - What?

(Voltemand) An emissary?

Waving his arms to surrender?

Makes things quick.

Stop fighting!

What?!

We can talk. No weapons!

Who the hell are you?

- (Gun fires) - (Horse neighing)

And you call yourself a warrior!?

(Gun fires)

- (Horse neighing) - (Breathing sharply)

- (Whimpers) - (Laughter)

(Knight 1) What's with this guy?

(Knight 2) What a coward! (Knight 1) Cut off his ears and nose!

(Scarlet) Stop!

(Gasping)

(Grunts fiercely)

The princess!

(Yells)

Scarlet!

(Yells)

You're getting careless!

Steady! Capture the princess!

(Pained grunting)

(Soldiers whimpering)

Is she a princess or a wild animal?!

(Gasps)

- (Yells) - (Yelps)

(Chuckles)

Voltemand.

You injured a lot of my men.

I'll never forgive you!

Stop this, Scarlet!

- (Thunder crashes) - (Grunts)

(Soldiers gasp in fright)

(Thunder rumbling)

(Frightened gasping)

(Roaring)

Run! Now!

(Knight 1) Hide in the holes! (Knight 2) Drag the horses!

(Gasps)

That man...

His ceasefire was a ruse to lower our guard.

How cunning. And unforgivable.

(Gasps)

(Screams, grunts)

Scarlet!

(Pained whimpering)

Damn it. One more!

- (Thunder crashes) - (Screams)

What are you doing?

You should've left me!

I don't know.

You should also let me be...

- (Rumbling) - (Faint electrical crackling)

(Pained whimper)

I wonder if I will disappear into nothingness...

I'm doing everything I can. Don't give up!

I'm cutting your sleeve.

- Stop... - Move your hand.

It's embarrassing...

(Hijiri grunting)

(Pained whimpering)

This is gonna hurt.

Why did you choose this work?

I saw a medic working to the bone, trying to help people.

So I wanted to try it.

- You must be crazy. - Can you move your hand?

It doesn't seem like any nerves were damaged.

But take it easy for a while.

(Sighs softly)

(Rumbling)

(Breathing deeply)

(Gasps)

I just said to...

Whew...

Huh?!

(Yells, grunts in frustration)

(Gun drops to ground)

(Voltemand) Forgive me.

(Scarlet) I will not. (Voltemand) I beg you!

You showed my father no mercy.

Wait. Listen to me.

I didn't kill the king.

- Spare me your lies! - But it's true.

Because I heard him. I heard what he whispered.

What he whispered?

What?! What did you say?!

He could not be heard!

Not by you, but I was by his side. I heard him.

My hands froze.

I was sure Cornelius heard it too.

We could not raise our blades.

I heard nothing!

Aren't you curious?

Kill me, and along with it goes the king's final words.

(Rapid, heavy breathing)

Lies! You're lying to escape your fate!

I swear on my soul as a warrior.

Liar!

(Groaning)

(Groans)

(Whimpers)

Very well.

If you tell me, I shall free you. I swear on my soul as a warrior.

(Sighs)

But tell the truth.

What did he say?

(Panting)

One word:

"Forgive."

"Forgive"?

Why? Why would he say that?

(Crowd clamoring)

Polonius. You have always been the father of good news.

I received word that Voltemand failed.

Like Cornelius, we shall punish him till he breaks...

and enlighten him of his incompetence.

He will forget about the Infinite Land.

Laertes and I shall track down the princess and carve her to pieces.

Then go.

(Clamoring continues)

(Knight 1) Lord Claudius!

(Knight 2) Please lead us there!

(Knight 3) Please take us to the Infinite Land!

All those who fight alongside me...

shall be welcomed to the Infinite Land without exception!

Thank you, Lord Claudius!

Thank you so much!

Thank you very much!

Chosen warriors!

Pledge your loyalty to me!

Do not fear! Fight!

(Crowd, chanting) To the Infinite Land!

To the Infinite Land!

To the Infinite Land!

(Scarlet) "Forgive"...

If my father did say that...

what did he mean by "forgive"?

Hmm.

Perhaps he was pleading,

"Please don't kill me. Please forgive me."

My father never feared death or begged for forgiveness.

Or he was hiding a terrible sin,

and sought forgiveness.

- That's not like him. - What do you think?

Maybe he was expressing his shame, as king to his people.

But is that truly so?

If I were your father,

I would be sorry I couldn't watch you grow up.

"Forgive that I'm a terrible father."

All of these have different meanings.

What was his true intent?

There is another way to look at it.

Just my opinion.

- May I? - What is it?

"Forgive the man you despise. Forgive Claudius."

But why? Why?!

He murdered my father,

stole our country, our home, everything!

I could never forgive such a heinous man.

I believe he wants you to forgive such a heinous man.

- I could never! - I agree.

- Not even a saint could. - Then...

But I heard him firsthand and cannot help but feel this way.

I felt the king's truth speak to me.

What do you mean, "truth"? I don't understand. What is it?

Why must I forgive?

Why would my father tell me to forgive the most unforgivable of men? Why?!

Why...?

You're setting us free?

Even with our injured, we could easily best you.

Voltemand, you wouldn't do such a thing.

You forget already? I tried to shoot you.

(Grunts softly)

Let's go.

(Ethereal music)

(Scarlet) What have I been fighting for all this time?

- Forgive. - (Scarlet) Why?

Forgive.

(Gasps softly)

(Gasps softly)

Forgive.

Forgive.

(Scarlet) My only thought...

was avenging my father.

And yet...

(Whimpers)

And yet...

(Amleth) Forgive.

(Amleth) Forgive.

(Tense music)

(Laughter)

(Scarlet) What are you doing?

(Gravedigger 1) Wanna see inside?

(Scarlet) Inside? (Gravedigger 2) Alexander.

(Scarlet) What? (Gravedigger 1) Caesar.

(Scarlet) Impossible. (Gravedigger 2) This one's still fresh.

(Gravedigger 1) Someone you want to know more about.

(Scarlet) It couldn't be...

Could it be my father?

Father!

Father!

There's something I don't understand! Tell me, Father!

Father!

(Gravediggers continue laughing)

(Laughter stops)

- (Yelps) - (Gravediggers grunting)

(Gravedigger 2) The one you want to know about...

(Gravedigger 1) ...is yourself!

(Gasping breaths)

(Frantic whimpering)

(Shuddering)

(Playing gentle melody)

(Hijiri) Imagine you were living...

a completely different life.

What would it be like?

Walking down the street eating ice cream.

Or chatting at a roadside café.

Or peeking through a shop window, then...

Sorry, but you're talking about a different world.

I have no idea.

I suppose you pity me.

But I don't share it.

There's nothing I can change.

It's the life I've lived.

Even if you died again and disappeared for good?

I'm not afraid.

In fact, I would like to disappear...

as soon as I avenge my father.

Listen. Here's a popular song from a faraway future.

♪ Teach me about love

♪ Oh please let me know

♪ The miracle thatʼs inside of you

♪ We all see

♪ Wonʼt you color my heart today

♪ Show me all of love

♪ Oh please once again

♪ Once again show me the reason to live

♪ Before my soul

♪ Forgets the voices that call out my name ♪

(Gasps)

(Frightened gasping)

(Whooshing)

(Gasping)

(Whooshing)

(Frightened gasping)

(Gasps)

(Wind howling)

(Upbeat music)

(Crowd cheering)

♪ Teach me about love, oh please let me know

♪ The miracle thatʼs inside of you, we all see

♪ Wonʼt you color my heart today

♪ Show me all the things that love can be

♪ Must be a key to secrets unseen

♪ Hidden truth

♪ I have a feeling the answer is you... ♪

Hijiri!

(Upbeat music continues)

(Scarlet and Hijiri) ♪ Countless paths are crossing

(Scarlet) ♪ Endless time is flowing, Fateʼs a silly thing

(Scarlet and Hijiri) ♪ At the promised hour

(Scarlet) ♪ Iʼll turn around and Iʼll find you... ♪

That's...me!

(Scarlet and Hijiri) ♪ The world turns to shimmering brightness

♪ Everything becomes anew

(Scarlet) ♪ Awakened by you... ♪

Another...me!

♪ The wind and the rain and the rainbows beyond

♪ Turn to music as we sing along

♪ I never knew just how beautiful

(Scarlet and Hijiri) ♪ Bloom as you are

♪ Oh my heart

♪ Nothing

♪ Can stop me now... ♪

(Upbeat music continues)

♪ Teach me about love, oh please let me know

♪ The miracle that's inside of you, we all see

♪ Wonʼt you color my heart today

♪ Show me all of love, oh please once again

♪ Once again show me the reason to live

♪ Before my soul

♪ Forgets the voices that call out my name

♪ Teach me about love, oh please let me know

♪ The miracle that's inside of you, we all see ♪

- (Song fades out) - (Gasping breaths)

You blacked out all of a sudden.

I saw it...

- The era you live in. - What?

I traveled through time...

And then...

Hijiri, you danced...

so well...

(Grunts, chuckles)

That's probably not me.

No. You took the lead.

I was really happy...

If I had been born into a different era,

could I have been a different person?

Could I have avoided resigning myself

to all this suffering and frustration?

Scarlet. Don't cry.

I'm right here.

You don't need to cry anymore.

(Sniffles, whimpers)

(Crying softly)

(Rousing music)

(Crowd chatter)

(Chatter continues)

(Food sizzling)

(No audible dialogue)

(Girl) Hey.

Are you a princess?

No.

You're so pretty, I was sure...

I wish I was born as a princess.

Bet you do too. Right?

If I were a princess, there's one thing I'd wanna do.

What's that?

I wanna make a world where kids like us don't have to die.

(Gasps)

(Chuckles)

(Gasps, whimpers)

Yeah...

(Chuckles)

(Somber music)

(Claudius) The Infinite Land...

This place lies above the summit of the sacred mountains!

Only the strong are fit to enter. Listen!

Allow no others to trespass upon its shores!

(Crowd cheering)

Leave finding the princess to me, Guildenstern and...

...to me, Rosencrantz!

We will locate her swiftly...

...and go to the Infinite Land.

(Both giggling)

(Both) Yahoo!

(Tense music)

(Grunting)

(Man 1) Let us pass through to the Infinite Land!

(Man 2) Take us to the summit!

(Man 3) To the summit!

(Man 4) Remove the wall!

- Leave! - Or we will shoot!

(Clamoring)

(Neighing)

(Music building)

(Man 5) Go! The Infinite Land is just ahead!

Take down Claudius's knights!

The Infinite Land is not theirs to keep!

Charge!

(Clamoring)

- (Gasps) - (Yelling)

(Yelling)

(Gasping breaths)

(Groaning)

(Sobbing continues)

(Panting)

(Woman 1) Please. (Woman 2) Don't kill me.

(Rosencrantz) Do not worry. (Guildenstern) We are merely searching.

(Man) Searching? Looking for who?

- (Rosencrantz) The princess! - Huh?!

Has anybody seen her?

She has her hair braided back.

Like this!

- Stop! - Her hair is like this!

It hurts...

- Give her back! - Shut up!

Whoever gives us the princess goes free!

Heck, come along with us to the Infinite Land!

Those are lies!

I'll never be your slave.

Then crawl around the Otherworld forever.

Let's search elsewhere.

Hmm? Wait.

(Girl panting, whimpering)

What's this?

A gold coin from Denmark... Why would you have such a thing?

You know something... about the princess?

I don't know anything!

Do not hide it from me! Speak!

If you do not...

Stop! Don't hurt her!

The princess!?

We have found the princess!

(Scarlet grunting)

Get her up!

Princess...

Ah! Princess!

Hurry and run! Go!

We have captured the princess!

King Claudius will praise us!

With this...

...he will take us to the Infinite Land!

(Both laughing)

(Hijiri) Scarlet!

- (Grunts) - (Bow creaking)

- Who the hell are you? - Let her go!

(Grunts)

Can't shoot?

(Rosencrantz) What's stopping you?

Is that a toy?

Perhaps the lad doesn't know how to use a bow?

(Rosencrantz and Guildenstern laughing)

Why did you come here?

(Hijiri) I...

What is your reason for being in this place?

(Hijiri) I...

(Muffled laughter)

(Gasps)

(Hijiri) I...!

(Grunting)

(Hijiri) I...!

(Yells fiercely)

(Whooshing)

(Pained yell)

(Gasping)

(Panicked whimpering)

(Yells)

(Hijiri and Rosencrantz yelling)

(Gasps)

(Breathing weakly)

(Panting)

(Soldiers gasping, whimpering)

Hijiri!

Are you all right?

I'm okay... You?

I'm fine.

You have to live.

I will...

(Faint rumbling)

(Explosion booming)

(Gasping)

(Scarlet) ♪ Teach me about love

♪ Oh please let me know

♪ The miracle that's inside of you

♪ We all see

♪ Wonʼt you color my heart today

♪ Show me all of love

♪ Oh please once again

♪ Once again show me the reason to live

♪ Before my soul

♪ Forgets the voices that call out my name

♪ Teach me about love

♪ Oh please let me know

♪ The miracle that's inside of you

♪ We all see

♪ Wonʼt you color my heart today

♪ Show me

♪ All the things that love can be

♪ Must be a key to secrets unseen

♪ Hidden truth

♪ Wonʼt you show me your answer today

(Rumbling)

(Crowd clamoring)

(Man 1) Defeat Claudius! (Man 2) Head to the castle!

- (Gate bangs open) - (Clamoring continues)

(Clamoring dies down)

(Man 3) He's not here. (Man 4) Where is he?

(Man 5) Did he run away? (Man 6) Damn it!

(Frantic chatter)

(Wind howling)

(Hijiri grunting)

It is daytime once again.

(Gasps)

(Pained grunting)

Sorry.

(Gasps)

(Wind howling)

This...is the summit.

But...

There's no Stairway to the Infinite Land!

It's not here.

I thought my uncle would be here...

- (Polonius) He is not here. - What?!

He already ascended to the Infinite Land.

And you will become nothingness.

(Grunts fiercely)

(Grunting, yelping)

(Gasping)

- (Grunts fiercely) - (Yelps, grunts)

(Wind howling)

- Scarlet! - Hey, now!

(Scarlet whimpering, straining)

Death by fall or death by sword.

The choice is yours.

(Pained whimpering)

(Laughing)

(Gasps)

You?!

- Cornelius! - Do we have a rat?!

We punished you thoroughly and took your weapons,

yet you still stand!?

Traitor!

There will be no mercy this time, only bullets!

Voltemand!

You traitorous dogs! Why side with the princess?

We're done being your dogs.

And done with you.

Some cripple with a cane could never beat me!

(Groaning)

Vanish into nothingness!

(Pained gasping)

(Gasps)

Damn you!

(Grunting)

(Yells)

Move, Voltemand!

Cornelius! Turn into nothingness!

(Yelps)

(Screams)

Your target is up there.

(Gasps)

(Soft jingling)

(Cornelius) You made it this far. Go have your revenge.

(Scarlet) Thank you.

(Soft jingling)

(Ethereal music)

(Ethereal music continues)

(Gasps)

(Gasps)

(Gasping)

(Waves lapping gently)

(Birds chirping)

(Ethereal music)

(Whooshing)

(Ethereal music continues)

Is that...?

(Claudius) O great gate!

Door to the Infinite Land!

I am the king!

Claudius!

Yet why do you shut your door?!

Why?! Why?!

(Groans in frustration)

Curse it...!

I have come this far. What am I missing?

(Hyperventilating)

These bloody hands...

My sins. O, my offense is rank...!

There's nothing else now but to pray for salvation.

Or is it too late for such things?

I still hold the spoils of my sins.

The crown, the ambition, and the queen...

How may one be pardoned?

(Quiet, trembling breaths)

Penitence...

It's the only way. I must repent...

Forgive me, a man of many sins.

Save me.

(Trembling breaths)

I toiled my utmost for countless unhappy people

who seek the Infinite Land.

So please save me...!

(Wings fluttering loudly)

(Birds chirping)

(Chirping fades)

King Claudius, I understand your true intentions.

However,

I must ask one thing of you.

Please, admit that you were wrong.

That killing my father was a mistake.

Ask for his daughter's forgiveness.

(Claudius whimpers)

(Whimpering)

Uncle.

Uncle.

(Gasps)

Ask for forgiveness?

What a joke!

(Panicked whimper)

I have only one regret now.

That I didn't torture your father more before killing him

so that you may tremble in fear and never defy me!

I should have drained his blood

and stripped the meat from his bones

as he begged me for the sweet release of death.

Had I made you watch that,

you would not come before me now

with your ridiculous, foolish words!

And what of your penitence just now...

Or your toil for the people...?

What benefit is there in bringing others with me?

The Infinite Land belongs to me!

Mine and mine alone!

- (Whimpering) - (Thunder rumbling)

(Screams)

(Groaning)

How is it that a man whose wretched heart is overflowing with greed stands here?!

You trample upon the hopes of others.

How can you possibly enter the Infinite Land?

Shall I have you feel just a fraction of the pain and regret

that my father did?!

Shall I show you?!

(Scarlet yelling fiercely)

Forgive.

(Panting, grunting)

(Screams)

Forgive.

(Groaning)

(Whimpering)

(Screaming)

(Screaming stops)

(Scarlet) Should I follow through with my revenge?

Or should I forgive all?

(Breathing heavily, whimpering)

Why must I suffer so?

What is it that binds me?

I don't know!

Can I not find a different way to live?

I don't know! I don't know!! I don't know!!!

Then I am hopeless.

I can't help it! This is how I've lived for so long!

True. Then I am hopeless, and this is the end.

Hatred drove me to learn swordsmanship.

For vengeance, for my father, and all who suffer.

I have held myself back, over and over again.

I told myself, "This is not how things should be."

Until now, I have lived my life without forgiving myself...

without forgiving myself...

without forgiving myself.

(Gasps softly)

Myself.

Forgive.

Myself...

Forgive.

(Rain pattering)

(Gasps softly)

(Amleth) Scarlet.

(Gasps softly)

(Gasps)

Scarlet.

Father!

Stop this foolishness of carrying out vengeance in my name.

(Shuddering gasp)

There must be another "you" that you long for

that is not consumed by hatred and vengeance.

(Whimpering)

I want you to live your life and treasure it.

(Sobbing)

I want to see you shine, living freely.

Father.

(Whimpers)

- (Sighs) - (Water splashes)

(Sobbing)

(Claudius) Listen well.

This is not a place for a girl like you, the daughter of a failure!

The Infinite Land belongs to me.

No one else may enter.

Only me and my queen

shall pass through this gate!

Descend into nothingness!

Follow your wretched father!

(Grunts)

I do not forgive you.

I cannot forgive you. However...

(Groans)

I am done fighting.

For the sake of all who have wished for an end to the conflict.

It means there's a chance for people in the future to live together in peace.

(Growling)

Wrap your empty ideals in pretty words, you fool!

You shall disappear without a trace!

(Thunder rumbling)

(Thunder crashes)

(Roaring)

- (Sizzling) - (Claudius screaming)

(Whooshing)

- (Screaming) - (Explosive whooshing)

(Sizzling)

(Birds screeching)

(Groaning)

(Pained whimpering)

Gertrude!

Please! Help me!

The Infinite Land is...

Gertrude!

The Infinite Land is right in front of us...!

(Claudius groans)

I don't want to disappear!

Don't let me become nothingness!

I don't want to disappear!

Help me!

(Screams)

Gertrude!

Save me! I don't want to die!

I don't want to die!

(Screaming)

(Scream fades)

(Gentle music)

(Gasps softly)

(Sighs)

Finally...

I've finally seen things through to the end.

I can disappear in peace now.

You're wrong about that, Scarlet.

What...?

(Elderly Woman) Humans still call this place

the Otherworld... the Infinite Land and so on...

but they are sorely mistaken.

This is a world where life and death are in coexistence, not conflict.

Not only life and death, but time as well.

Here, the past and future blur together.

That is why you are together.

Now...

There is one among you two who yet lives.

Not dead?

The time for the living to awaken is fast approaching.

That individual cannot be here.

The time has nearly come to return to the place from whence they came.

Yes. You mean him.

He's said from the beginning that he's not dead.

That he came here by some mistake. So...

You're wrong. It's not me.

What...?

It's you, Scarlet.

(Gasps)

It's come back to me. I really did die.

(Man, over speaker) ER headquarters to all ambulances.

Ambulances have been sent out. Two men have been found unconscious.

That's all from ER headquarters.

Urgent. Urgent. ER headquarters to all departments.

Suspected knife attack.

The suspect has not been apprehended.

Be alert for the suspect's movements.

I didn't plan on dying.

I acted on instinct and jumped in between.

That's why I didn't realize I was dead.

I kept believing I was still alive.

(Gasps)

I'm dead. You're the one who's alive.

(Somber music)

It isn't me.

It couldn't be me.

(Hijiri) The blade reached my organs.

I stopped the bleeding for a while...

but it started again.

No...

You're wrong! It's not me!

Hijiri! You have to live!

Then I'll stay here! I'll stay with you!

Ah... Oh god...

(Gasps)

Bring Hijiri back to life, not me!

No.

Please! He can take my place!

No.

- (Soft whooshing) - (Gasps)

(Whimpering)

I shouldn't be the one to live.

I was the one obsessed with revenge.

(Gasps)

No.

- You need to live, Scarlet. - I don't want to.

- Live. Say clearly that you want to live. - No!

Say you want to live!

No! It means parting with you, Hijiri!

It's fine that way! You need to live!

I don't want to be apart!

Say you want to live!

Put it into words! "I want to live! I want to live!"

I...want to...live.

More! "I want to live!"

I want to live...!

- More! - I want to live! I want to live!!

I want to live!!!

I'll live. And in exchange,

by the time you're born...

I'm going to make it a world with less conflict.

If the future changes, surely you won't be killed, right?

For that, I'll do everything that I can!

Then you can live longer too, Hijiri!

You can have a family, raise kids,

and grow into a fine old man!

(Sobbing)

(Gentle, uplifting music)

(Crying)

(Gasps, whimpers)

(Gasps softly)

What is it to be human?

What is it to die?

To live?

And...

What is love?

(Scarlet groaning softly)

(Gasps)

(Panting heavily)

(Waiting-Maid 2) Your Highness...?

The princess.

The princess has come back to us!

(Waiting-Maid 3) To be sure! (Waiting-Maid 4) The antidote worked!

(Waiting-Maid 3) It's a miracle!

(Scarlet gasps)

(Waiting-Maid 1) It happened while you lay in your coma.

He drank from a cup intended to poison you.

And then...

His was a sudden end.

(Door opens)

Why are you still alive?

Why is my husband dead,

yet you are here and not in Hell...?

Why?!

(Wailing)

(Wailing fades in distance)

(Waiting-Maid 1) Surely you wanted to exact revenge with your own hands.

(Scarlet) No, all is done.

(Waiting-Maid 1) Pardon?

(Scarlet) Finally my journey has come to an end.

(Archbishop) May God bless the new queen.

(Vassal) Glory to our new queen!

(All) May glory be!

(Gasps)

(Crowd murmuring)

(Gasps)

- (Woman) Our new queen! - Yes?

Can you promise not to oppress us like the previous king?

I'm tired of the poor always being the fool.

(Man 1) That's right!

(Crowd clamoring)

My people!

If you will have me as the leader of this country,

I will serve for the sake of happiness for all!

(Scattered shouts, murmuring)

Friendship and trust with our neighbors. Not hostility.

Preventing the deaths of children.

Even if I must endure suffering and pain,

I pledge never to give up until I find a path forward without conflict.

For all who have died wishing for an end to war.

And for all who are yet to be born wishing for happiness.

Can there...really be a world without war in the future?

Yes.

With your help, there can be.

(Laughter)

Then we'll also believe in you and never give up.

- Me too! - Me too!

- I support you. - We will!

(Crowd clamoring)

(Man 2) Glory to our new leader!

(Crowd) May glory be!

(Cheering and applause)

(Hopeful music)

(Music continues)

(No voice)

(Scarlet) ♪ Leaving gleaming glowing flowing trails

♪ Of gold across the air

♪ Leaving gleaming glowing flowing trails of gold across the air

♪ Clouds are sailing softly ʻcross

♪ The fading amber sky

♪ Whispers from a distant vow

♪ A quiet promise oh so far away

♪ Words we shared that day

♪ Will wait another dawn

♪ Your touch, your warmth

♪ Echoing in me somehow

♪ Like music through the shadows

♪ Time may fade

♪ But I still feel your soul everyday

♪ Beyond the endless sky

♪ Transcending the reaches of time

♪ I know Iʼll find

♪ The path to you again

♪ Breathe through lifetimes to finally reach your embrace

♪ Once more, as before

(Gentle orchestral music)

(Music continues)

♪ Longing fawning yearning holding on to hope across the years

♪ Clouds are drifting far from reach

♪ I hold my wish much closer

♪ Words you whispered linger in me

♪ Like a silent long lost tune

♪ One more day

♪ Is one more step to finding you

♪ No matter what may come my way

♪ Iʼll see it through

♪ No divide

♪ There is no distance too wide

♪ The stars may not be fire

♪ But I donʼt doubt a light will lead us back

♪ Beyond the endless sky

♪ Transcending the reaches of time

♪ I know Iʼll find

♪ The path to you again

♪ Breathe through lifetimes to finally reach your embrace

♪ Once more, as before

(Music builds)

♪ Beyond the endless sky

♪ I know Iʼll find

♪ Breathe through lifetimes to finally reach your embrace

♪ Once more, as before

♪ One more life

♪ With you ♪

(Gentle orchestral music)

(Music continues)

(Music ends)