All language subtitles for BORDER Ep06

Where do people go when they die?

I got involved in a case
and ended up being shot in the head.

The bullet traveled halfway
through my skull

and I miraculously survived
with it lodged against my basilar artery.

But...

the operation to extract the bullet
would be high risk.

So for now,
I'm stuck with this bullet in my head.

As a result...

I...

can talk with dead people.

Maiko?

Are you there?

Are you sleeping?

Hey, Sis?

I'm coming in.

Good evening.

It's a suicide.

No need to bother investigating.

You can go home.

Thanks for the effort.

-Excuse me.
-Yes?

Where did she fall from?

From the rooftop.

Good evening. How's it looking?

Got a nice clean set.

So she held the railing like this
with both hands

before she went over it?

Yes.

I think it's a clear suicide.

Couldn't a dead body be maneuvered
to make the same prints like this?

Yes...

I suppose it could.

With this fence, it would also be possible
to lift a body and drop it over the edge.

The body had no shoes on. Were they here?

Yes.

They were here, lined up neatly.

Was this already here?

Well...

the shoes were here

and it was like this.

I moved it because I thought it
had just fallen here.

Don't you find it odd
that there's a stick,

when there are no trees nearby?

That is true.

Both ends have neat finishes.

It seems to have been shaped by human
hands after being taken from the tree.

It certainly does appear that way.

Would that indicate
that someone placed it here?

I think it is a possibility.

Isn't it just a dry stick?

Are you saying it's significant?

Collect it just in case.

Will do.

Excuse me.

May I ask you a few questions?

Yes.

May I sit down?

Please go ahead.

I'm very sorry
about the loss of your sister.

I'm told she had the tendency
to feel depressed. Do you know why?

My little sister started
going to university last year.

But, she struggled to fit in.

So, she had trouble
with interpersonal relationships?

I don't know the details...

but it seems the problem was more...

that she had a general sense
of dread about the future.

Had your sister ever attempted
to take her own life before?

I know it's difficult,

but this is very important.

About six months ago...

she drank a lot of cold medicine
and alcohol together

and was taken to the hospital.

Our mother back home...

told me to check on her
once a week without fail.

So my sister's death...

may be my fault.

May I have a look around the apartment?

Yes.

I have a suggestion.

Will you hear me out?

Morning!

Good morning.

Look at you!
Have you been getting enough sleep?

You look terrible.

I finally got some time off,

so I'm planning to catch up on sleep
today and tomorrow.

I see.

Is there something?

There is.

I need you to pop over to Dr. Higa's
and observe an autopsy.

-Is it a murder?
-No, it's not.

It's a young woman's body
and the division is calling it a suicide,

but Dr. Higa has some doubts
and has organized to do an autopsy.

By "division" do you mean
Inspector General Kamogawa?

Yeah.

The fact of the matter is
she went against her old boss's opinion.

He's really angry.

That's Dr. Higa for you.

She's fearless, isn't she?

Yeah.

Sometimes I wish I had her guts.

By the way,

how did she get them
to authorize an autopsy?

She got the brother to submit a request.
He's the one that discovered the body.

Family members can feel guilty
for not being able to prevent a suicide.

It's only human to want to believe
someone else must have killed them.

Dr. Higa took advantage of that.

Something wrong?

No, it's nothing.

Well, that's the situation.

You know what your job is?

You want me to keep an eye on her?

Sleeping like a baby
doesn't suit our line of work.

Back to work. We leave in 10 minutes.

Okay.

-Hello.
-Hello.

What about the autopsy?

Didn't anyone contact you?

It was canceled.

You robbed me of my sleep for nothing.

Yes?

How disappointing
that you don't get to do your autopsy.

Get off my desk.

Thank you.

Is that from the body
you were going to examine?

Yes, X-ray images of Maiko Kubota's head.

The third cervical vertebra's broken.

I'm impressed you noticed that.

Is this the cause of death?

I don't know
because I didn't get to do the autopsy.

I can understand the parents' wish
not to damage her body any further

so it can't be helped.

What's the suicide motive?

We don't know that it's a suicide.

Okay, but it's a suspected suicide.
There must be a reason for that.

There's a history of mental health care
and a suicide attempt,

due to a mild breakdown--

Hold on, you're not being objective.

Mildness or severity are not things
a stranger can easily determine.

Wise words from you for once.

Yeah, yeah.

Anyway, what made you think
it wasn't suicide?

One middle finger was stiff, like this.

What do you make of it?

When there is extreme muscle strain
or emotional shock just before death,

a rare phenomenon of rigor mortis
can occur immediately after death.

Like in the folktale
"The Standing Death of Benkei."

Exactly.

So this instant rigor mortis
occurred just in the middle finger?

I can't rule it out.
That's why I wanted to perform an autopsy.

Here's my hypothesis.

Someone murdered Maiko
by breaking her neck.

Maiko's finger displayed rigor mortis
due to extreme fear just before her death.

This strikes me
as a cry for help from Maiko.

So, Maiko was killed,
and then dropped from the rooftop.

It was a murder staged as a suicide.

I get what you're saying, but your case
is too weak to follow that hypothesis.

You got any other leads?

Typically, people who commit suicide
don't clean their rooms,

but Maiko's was tidy.

But clean freaks
still kill themselves, too.

The majority of female suicides
are drug overdoses.

Maiko attempted suicide
six months ago with drugs.

Why would she jump
rather than using the same method?

Perhaps she chose a new method
because she failed with drugs last time.

What was that for?

I can't stand argumentative men.

You're one terrifying woman.

Tachibana is right, you know.

Your case is still too weak.

I do have other reasons.

Like what?

There was a dry stick at the scene.

Forget it.

Don't tell me you're sulking now.
That's not like you.

Do you know how many suspicious deaths
actually get an autopsy?

Just one in ten!

That means

there are many people
who have lost their loved ones

and are forced to accept their death
without any explanation or closure.

I want to give such people
a chance to move on.

That's one of the reasons
I became a medical examiner.

So I have no time for sulking!

When there's a suspicious death
and my superiors miss it,

I'll dive in without hesitation.

Yes?

Sorry to interrupt.

I brought the pathology results
from the autopsy for case 116.

Thanks.

Right, I should get going.

See you later.

What's up? Aren't you leaving?

Next time you feel the urge to dive in,

talk to me about it first.

I can definitely help.

You're pretty confident. Why's that?

I can see things
that other people can't see.

So...

whatever the case is,
I can get to the truth.

What is it?

I'm counting on you.

Wait a second.

Mika Higa speaking.

Chocolates?

Would a person intending to take
their own life order such a thing?

Not only that,

she even specified the delivery date.

Don't you think that's strange?

Those of us who are alive

can never know
the last thoughts of those who are dead.

As sad as that is.

There's no letter.

My sister was such a family person.

For her to take her own life
without so much as a word to us...

I just cannot believe it.

I guess you know painfully well
how he feels.

I do.

I've known for a long time now.

She was a university student. Lived alone.

We found out from the parents
that she suffered from depression.

It's a suicide.

No evidence of a struggle.

She threw herself off.

Look at her left wrist.

She probably wanted
to make sure she died this time.

She's wearing contact lenses.

What about it?

In most cases where the person
wears glasses and chooses to jump,

they remove their glasses, don't they?

They do so because it's scary
to see the ground below clearly.

Why didn't she remove her contacts lenses?

You are still lacking experience.

I have seen a suicide case
where they had their glasses on.

I guess she was so depressed she lacked
the energy to remove her contacts.

If she were that depressed, would she wear
her contacts in the first place?

Now you're splitting hairs.

Where did she fall from?

-From the sky, is it?
-From the rooftop!

If you find any evidence of a murder,
I want to be the first to know.

Don't hold back.

I've got the urge to dive in.

THE DIVINE COMEDY OF DANTE
COMPLETE WORK

Is this... what you were going to
tell me about the other day?

It is.

It was on the roof of the building
that Maiko supposedly jumped off.

That's the one
I found on the roof tonight.

What do you think?

It's too similar to be a coincidence.

What else have you got?

In Dante's Divine Comedy,
people who commit suicide go to hell

and are turned into dead trees
as punishment for damaging their bodies,

and are tortured
by the snapping of their branches.

The killer who staged these as suicides
may have been influenced by Dante.

It is a possibility, but...

we're talking about punishment
for the sin of taking one's own life.

If they were murders staged as suicides,
surely they'd be seen as innocent.

The girl who died tonight had previously
attempted suicide, just like Maiko.

The killer saw that as a crime equal
to suicide and punished them for it.

Why did he have to punish them?

Perhaps due to extreme anti-suicide
religious beliefs.

How did he know about their attempts?

He may have known them.

Are the connected in any way?

So far, only the fact that they were
university students.

You don't expect our superiors to act
with just this?

Her neck was broken the same way.

I'm telling you, this is a serial killer.

There may already be other victims.

In any case, we have to catch him quickly
or there will be more victims.

Where is tonight's victim's body?

It's being stored in the morgue.

I've seen enough.

Thank you.

What is going on with you?

If you don't see the body,

it's hard to see the big picture
of the case.

I need to use the bathroom.
You head back first.

Did you kill yourself?

I didn't kill myself!

Then someone attacked you?

Yes.

I was attacked in the corridor
of my apartment building.

All I can remember

is feeling someone's arms
wrapping around my neck from behind.

Do you have any idea who it might've been?

No, I don't.

I'm just an ordinary university student.

I haven't done anything
to get myself killed.

You've attempted suicide
in the past, right?

Did you ever tell anyone about that?

The only people who know
about my attempted suicide are...

my parents and my psychiatrist.
I don't think there's anyone else.

Which clinic did you go to?

It's in Yoyogi.

The Kawashima Mental Clinic.

But actually...

I stopped going there
after a couple of months.

Something happened, didn't it?

Please tell me.

He said to me, "You can talk to me
outside of our appointments, too."

He said it so kindly...

He took me out for a few meals

and we became involved.

I wanted a serious relationship, but...

He was just playing around.

It seems he had
several similar relationships going on.

Do you know someone called
Maiko Kubota?

No, I don't.

All right.

My heart...

was so very weak.

I did think about taking my own life.

But...

when I saw my parents suffering
with sadness about me,

I made up my mind
to fight on and live my life!

You have to catch the murderer
who did this to me.

Please.

I will.

You have my word.

THE DIVINE COMEDY
DANTE’S INFERNO

PATIENT DATA:
KIYOMI HIRAKAWA, FEMALE, AGE 20

PATIENT DATA:
MAIKO KUBOTA, FEMALE, AGE 19

PATIENT DATA:
YOSHIKO HAGA, FEMALE, AGE 21

PATIENT DATA:
AYAKA OKI, FEMALE, AGE 21

Hello. Do you have an appointment today?

KAWASHIMA MENTAL CLINIC

Was it not a suicide then?

We are not ruling anything out
at this stage.

Is the purpose of this interview
to gather evidence?

You can assume that is the case.

Then, I cannot say anything further.

I would be in breach of
doctor-patient confidentiality.

All right.

By the way,

both of them stopped visiting your clinic
after just a couple of months.

Why do you suppose that is?

The explanation is obvious.

They got better...

thanks to my treatment.

THE DIVINE COMEDY OF DANTE
COMPLETE VOLUME

I'll be back.

So do you think the pervert doctor did it?

In my mind,
I'm close to certain that he's guilty.

He's a doctor, so he would know
how to break the neck bone.

But at the same time,

I can't see a motive for him to kill them.

So that's what I want you to find.

To jump straight in,
I found this in her browser history.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SUICIDE METHODS:
JUMPING TO DEATH

SUICIDE NOTE: EASY WAYS TO DIE

Visits to this type of site
began two months ago.

It seems clear
that she had thought about suicide.

What about the day she died?

She looked at a travel agent's website.

There!

She booked a trip to Okinawa.

Then it's clear.

She wanted to live.

Someone did this.

Whatever it takes, I'll get him.

You look really tired.

Do you have siblings?

You're looking at two typically selfish,
only children.

I had a brother
four years older than me.

He was good-looking, smart...

and above all, he was kind.

I couldn't stand my father,
and we would fight all the time.

My big brother always stood up for me.

One day, when I was 20
and still a university student,

I got a phone call from my brother.

It was raining gently outside
that morning.

My brother said,

"I just wanted to hear your voice
all of a sudden."

He talked about how he'd give me
rides on his bike when we were kids,

and how we'd watch people
play baseball on the grassy field.

I had no idea why
he was talking about that all of a sudden

and I didn't want to be late to my lecture

so I said I had to go.

His voice sounded a bit sad
as he said to me,

"Work hard at your studies,"
and we hung up.

That was the last time...

that I ever heard his voice.

That night,

my brother took his own life.

He hanged himself.

He left no letter.

And I couldn't find a reason
why he wanted to die.

I feel as if...

somewhere on my brother's body

there was a big gaping hole...

but none of the people around him
could see it.

I just wish that I...

could've found that hole...

and filled it in for him.

Even now, I can't forget that morning.

I missed a crucial message
in his phone call.

I blame myself.

These really cheer you up.

It's strange...

I've never talked to anyone
about this before.

Thanks for listening.

Did I make it awkward?

Among her deleted emails,

I've found some from the pervert doctor.

"You can tell me what's on your mind
over dinner."

"I'm the only one who can understand
what you're going through."

"Why don't you answer me?"

This doctor is absolute scum!

Maybe they threatened
to expose him for seducing them,

so he killed them.

Seducing patients is an issue ethically,

but it's not illegal.

He would have a lot to lose
if his reputation were damaged.

Maybe that's what got to him.

Or perhaps he couldn't stand
being rejected by his patients.

He thought his patients were
his own harem or something.

I want to check his alibi.

Can you hack into his mobile phone
and get his schedule?

I've sent a virus to his phone.

I've sent one to the mailing address
on the clinic's homepage.

This should do the trick!

How did it go?

It was no good.

I got backdoor data access,

but nothing to jeopardize his alibi
for the murders.

It's not the doctor.

I see.

Only a few people knew
about the girls' suicide attempts.

If we follow that trail,
it has to lead us to the perpetrator.

What is it?

Maybe what connects the girls is not
the clinic, but something further back!

It could be the hospital they were
taken to when they attempted suicide.

Right. That would add up.

Divine Comedy says those who exert
physical violence upon themselves

will be punished,
but makes no reference to emotion.

The killer must have come
into contact with their injured bodies.

The girls' apartments were...

here...

and here.

Different wards,
but less than five kilometers apart.

If only we'd realized this earlier.

They must have been taken to a hospital...

somewhere inside this circle.

Can you ask the families
about the hospital?

Leave it to me.

How can I help you?

I'd like your cooperation with
a murder investigation. Is that all right?

Yes...

I need to know which doctors were
in the emergency room for the night shift

on the 3rd and 20th of last December.

NIGHT SHIFT

DECEMBER 3RD
TOSHIO TSUGAWA

DECEMBER 20TH
TOSHIO TSUGAWA

The same doctor was in charge both days.

May I have the name?

It's Dr. Toshio Tsugawa.

Is he here today?

He quit two months ago.

What's up?

I need your help with something.

I heard you were up to something.

Turns out you need me after all?

Yeah... you guessed it.

At least you're honest.

What do you need me to do?

We'll explain later.

Go into your apartment,
lock the door, and wait.

Okay!

Get inside!

Don't do it!

I'll go and check on the girl.

Why did you kill them?

Forty percent of those
who attempt suicide and fail

end up killing themselves in the end.

What's wrong with helping people
who want to kill themselves?

Maybe they would have been
in the remaining 60%.

How am I supposed to
tell the difference?

Why do you hate suicide so much?

Because it makes me suffer.

Do you know how it feels when...

a loved one takes their own life
right in front of you?

I do.

When I was in middle school,

I had just arrived home from school...

when my sister fell in front of me.

She'd thrown herself off the roof
of our building.

My sister's blood

splashed onto my face.

I was too terrified to move.

I just stood by my sister

until the life disappeared from her eyes.

Didn't you become a doctor...

because you wanted to save lives?

Do you know how it feels when
patients you've saved...

come back, having inflicted violence
upon themselves again?

You know what I realized?

That there's no point treating them.

They will just keep coming back

again and again, to torment me.

Is that why you decided to punish them?

I wanted to be freed

from this suffering.

Good work.

He's been acting all weird again.

After all I went through, putting myself
on the line to solve the case with him!

Come out.

Tell me why you died.

ISHIKAWA FAMILY GRAVE

What a useless ability this is.

Subtitle translation by Anna Berry Fukuda

I have no doubt it was a hit-and-run.

I saw his face.
His father's a famous politician.

My car was stolen three days ago.

You're the first person to drag me out
from behind the scenes.

Don't compare me with the likes of you!