Father.
Father...
(wind)
Mount Takao. I've never been here before.
You mentioned a three-star restaurant.
Shall we check if we can make a reservation?
- The three-star attraction is Mount Takao itself. - Hm? The mountain?
It offers beautiful scenery, easy to reach from the city centre
and it's great for hikers and climbers.
- So the Michelin guide gave it three-stars. - A three-star mountain.
If you're not interested, you didn't have to come with me.
That's to say, we're both off-duty today.
That's why I'm here. Now we can forget work and enjoy our date -
Date?
If you're here with that attitude it's probably best if we don't go up together.
What do you mean?
This mountain is a special place.
This is the home of the Tengu.
- The Tengu doesn't - - Shh! Be quiet!
Tsukiko-san?
This is the men's slope!
Tsukiko-san! The other way's easier!
Tsukiko-san! Boy, can she ever run.
- Ah, it's not here. - What?
This tree is called the seat of the Tengu
Sometimes you can see the Tengu sitting on the lower branch of the tree.
Okay, next!
Please help me understand more...
This is the Large Tengu.
Hm.
This is the Small Tengu.
- He's called the Crow Tengu. - Hmm.
And these are the Tengu's sandals.
- You know a lot about the Tengu... - The Crow Tengu is thought of as a mountain god,
and the other kind of Tengu were monks who died during their strict training
and came back after death as supernatural beings.
People becoming Tengu? Are you sure about that?
Tsukiko-san?
And at Mount Takao, you can still hear the voice of the Tengu... here!
Where is here, exactly?
I thought I told you?
- That time when I was spirited away. - Yes.
Back then, my home wasn't far from here.
What? Near here? Perhaps I should meet your parents?
- Shh. The voice. - Voice?
Tsukiko-san! What's with all this running?
Tsukiko-san! Wait!
Tsukiko-san! Tsukiko-san!
That's...
He's dead.
I'll call the police.
What's your name?
I don't know.
You don't remember?
- Just press this. - I know, I know.
Jeez, you're annoying...
Ah you just deleted it!
All that work, gone, thanks to you
- Aaaaagh!!
How can I be expected to do my job with that thing?
I agree!
This is no substitute for an intuition as finely-tuned as yours.
That finely-tuned intuition needs adjusting, frankly.
"It was an autumn evening..."
Reading "The Pillow Book" won't make you look smart.
She said if I borrow this book from the library
I'll meet someone important in my life.
So Otonashi has got to you, has she?
I also want to get married. At least once.
Married? You?
If I can't do it, you can't!
Of course, Tannai-san is a divorcee.
Idiot! Wrong!
I'm not divorced and I'm not going to get divorced.
It's just that my wife took our child for a short...
for a long break at her parents.
(phone)
Hello? What's that? You've found a body?!
- Katsuura. - Yes.
- Could you take more photos round there? - Yep. When I've done this.
- Okay.
- And yours too! - Again?
Good work, guys. What do we know about the victim?
The time of death was around five o'clock this morning.
It looks like suicide, but we'll run an autopsy to be sure.
You think it might be murder?
There are signs of a struggle, and also a wound.
She's the one who made the first examination.
Otonashi! What were you doing here?
Ah, I'm glad you're here.
- The report said something about a child? - Yes, but he seems to have lost his memory.
- Amnesia? - He doesn't remember a thing.
Nothing at all?
From the evidence here, this case definitely
- involves an urban legend. - Aaaaagh!
Enough already. Shibayama, you take over.
You know, Otonashi, I was in a mountaineering club, so-
- No doubt about it.
That child... saw a Tengu!
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Neither the monks nor this child
are able to tell us the victim's identity.
It's a tricky situation.
By the way, should we take this kid to a hospital?
Ah!
- Oh! - Didn't we meet before? At Masakado's shrine?
- Why are you here? - I come here to gain strength.
Strength? Is this place like a power spot, you mean?
Yes. In this area
this village is famous for being a somewhat unique.
Those with a strong spirit can take great power here
but for those with a weak spirit, it's a little dangerous.
Well, those are the two contrasting sides of this village.
Also, when people disappear, their families often come here to pray for help.
That's right.
The photos of the missing people that the families leave are...
collected by that shop
so I believe.
Excuse me! Do you keep the photos of all the missing people?
- Of course she doesn't. - He's right. It's not true.
There would be too many.
I only have these few.
- What? You have them? - I knew it!
They leave them so anyone who's seen the people
can call the number and let the families know.
It's heeeere!!
Tannai-san, look. This is the man who died.
- Shibayama. Contact the station. - Sir!
Thank you very much. If it weren't for you...
- Where's he gone? - He was right here.
You're the police?
Officer Tannai, Investigation Division.
Ah. Hello.
Kunieda Teruo. We spoke on the phone.
Okubo is my friend and colleague. Or rather... he was.
This photo is him?
Yes. He disappeared three months ago. We had no idea where he went.
Okubo-san was a teacher, is that right?
Yes. We worked at the same school.
By the way
is it true that his child has lost his memory?
We think it's due to shock.
I see.
And physically? Was he injured?
No, he wasn't.
He'll be kept for two or three days for observation.
Shock can do that. Imagine what it's like to see your own father's suicide.
We haven't established that it's suicide yet.
- Jun? Where is he? - Who are you?
I'm his mother. Please let me see him.
If it were up to me, then you could, but at the moment...
I haven't seen him since yesterday, I've been looking all this time.
I was so worried
Let me see him!
Chiaki-san. Calm down.
Is it true he killed himself in front of my child?
Why did he take Jun, so he could commit suicide?
- He was a terrible father, right to the end. - Don't say that.
I think it was because he was lonely.
First was the divorce, then he lost contact with his son.
But that was for Jun's benefit.
But Jun told me that he wanted his dad to come back.
He was so sad.
What would you know? What does anyone know?
Calm down! Please calm down!
Sorry. I said too much.
But, could you let him rest for now?
For Jun's sake. Please!
It's okay. He's not injured and I think the amnesia is only temporary.
So the parents are divorced.
Yes. Chiaki and her son moved out
Ah, you finally showed up. You brought Forensics with you?
Today's my day off. I was on a date with Tsukiko-san.
- A date? - I already told you it wasn't a date.
- Remember? - Sorry.
- You went climbing together...? - Gohara-san, how can I help?
The Okubo case. I heard it's suicide, right?
Sorry, but that's our case.
No way. It's our case.
- What do you mean? - Okubo-san
- is a suspect in a murder case. - A suspect?
It happened three years ago.
That case about the high school student?
The victim was called Sasaki Kozue.
At the time Okubo was a student teacher
She was found strangled to death in a Love Hotel.
Surveillance cameras showed her and a man entering the hotel together
but the man's face was obscured by the hat he was wearing.
Why was Okubo a suspect?
When we looked at the victim's mobile phone
we found a lot of incoming calls from the same number.
Okubo had been repeatedly calling her.
Just a few days before the incident...
they were seen arguing near the Love Hotel
but without any conclusive evidence we couldn't charge him
but even now I'm sure he did it.
- He killed himself because of the guilt? - Makes sense.
He killed himself, even though his son was there?
A terrible father, indeed.
Was he trying to cleanse his soul
- by atoning for his sins? - No.
You're wrong.
I've got it. I know why Okubo-san committed suicide.
- Tsukiko-san? - A murderer
approached Mount Takao with such a great sin
that it provoked anger.
- Anger? What anger? - Don't listen to her.
The Tengu!
The Tengu was called down from the mountain.
There's an old legend about the Tengu killing any bandits on the mountain.
Since Okubo had not atoned for his crime when he went to the mountain with his son, then...
Otonashi, you're not making any sense.
I see. Wow. This is it.
Ah, I'm just popping out.
- Is it safe to let her out by herself? - I'm past caring.
So if you don't mind, I'm taking this case.
Okay. It's all yours.
- Move out! - Sir!
- You're dropping the case? - Of course not.
If we want to solve the case of Okubo we have to investigate the events of three years ago.
Gohara-san couldn't solve it, do you think we'll be able to?
- That's right! Let's go! - Sir!
Iwata, if anyone asks, I haven't gone out to work on this case.
I'm going too.
Jun. It's me. Your mother.
You know me, right?
You really don't?
Sorry, ma'am.
Chiaki-san.
You should've told them you're still in touch with Okubo-san.
You don't what it's like being the wife of a murder suspect.
But I told them, and they know I'm innocent.
Oh, well, good for you!
It's because we're a couple.
Okubo killed that girl.
Now I see!
I don't know much about couples but I understand women better.
And I thought: there's something she's not telling us.
Of all the students he had relations with, he killed her at the hotel.
And you couldn't forgive him.
You police think you're so clever.
So he killed that girl in cold blood.
It doesn't matter what you say if your the family of the murderer.
Excuse me.
Don't worry about her. She's a little touchy.
They're not actually divorced.
That's right. Okubo-san was against it.
As soon as Chiaki filed for mediation, that's when he disappeared.
Well, she said she hated Okubo
but I'm not so sure.
You're not eating?
- I'm not hungry. - Hmm.
You know, everyone has a secret.
My secret is that I've also met the Tengu.
What's a tengu?
Oh yeah.
You don't remember anything about this morning.
Sorry.
That's okay. I'm sure you'll remember soon.
Really.
I also lost my memory. Even who my family were. Everything.
You forgot things too?
At first, but I remembered after a while.
So everything will be fine.
Really?
I'm a police officer, so you can trust me. Everything will be fine.
So try a little. That hamburger looks good.
How is it? Good?
- Can I try some? - Nope.
Just a mouthful.
It looks tasty, though.
I'm a bit hungry, so...
I'm impressed.
That child doesn't usually like strangers.
He and I share the same secret.
Hm?
Of course, Jun can't remember now
- What secret? - I can't say.
When I meet police officers as good at their job as you
- I always get nervous. - Why? Have you done something bad?
On the way here, I went through a red light.
That is bad!
Lucky I'm not a traffic cop, huh?
You and Jun are pretty close?
Yes. After Chiaki-san moved out, Okubo asked me how they were doing
and to make sure they were okay.
Ever since that event three years ago, Chiaki-san became much more tense.
She had a hard time of it then.
(ringtone)
Katsuura, what is it?
- "We got the results from the autopsy." - What did it say?
There's a good chance that it's murder.
They found pressure marks in several places made by fingers.
Maybe he was pushed down before being hung from the rope.
"Someone's fingers? Are they sure?"
Yes. I have the coroner's report.
"Katsuura. Be at my place in an hour."
I was hoping you'd say that. Okay.
Huh?
- Katsuura! - Fancy meeting you here!
- Do you know this man? - We meet from time to time.
- About this morning. - Yes?
- Did you find the Tengu? - Huh?
It seems not. I suppose it's too much to ask.
- Even I have only ever heard its voice. - Voice?
I heard it laughing loudly once.
Like it was laughing at our world without soul.
So you also believe in the Tengu?
What? You don't?
Well, normally... I suppose not.
I see.
Katsuura doesn't trust Tsukiko-san...
Huh? When did I tell him my name?
Who is that guy?
Huh? You don't know him?
Well, I don't know his name.
Come to think of it, nor do we.
Wait! I'm getting on!
Hold the bus!
Wait a second!
Running in heels really tires you out.
Then you should wear sensible shoes. You're on duty, after all.
My boss says the same thing.
But if I did what he said, I'd feel like I was losing.
- You like showing off your legs that much? - Yes.
No other police office has these and
they're pretty useful when dealing with colleagues or criminals,
who are usually men.
It's tiring, though.
I don't suppose you know how to give a massage?
- Sorry. - Hm?
I may have said to much earlier. After all, you're just doing your job.
We think that Okubo-san may have been murdered.
What?
It's just as you said.
Investigating the truth can reopen old wounds and you have to listen to things you don't want to hear.
My apologies.
So? What did you want to ask that made you run like that?
It was about a wife's intuition.
Was Okubo-san really a killer?
This is important.
Why do you believe he did it?
Every evening he'd make the secret phone calls.
That's why... Wait! Kozue!
Don't hang up!
(footsteps)
Ah, sorry. Did I wake you up?
- Who was that? - Just a student.
At this time? What did they want?
Nothing really. Go back to bed.
I knew what he was doing... calling that student.
Having an affair with a student and then killing her
How do you think that made us look to everyone else?
But he was against you getting a divorce.
"At this time, family is all I have," he said.
Did he hold a grudge? What do you think?!
He couldn't leave us in peace.
Is Okubo-san really the criminal...?
This is delicious.
Katsuura-san, won't you eat with us?
Yep. Just finishing off here.
Ah, I messed up!
That's no good.
Stop fussing.
I'm not fussing. I just want to get it right.
Good!
Okay, let's eat.
I have to go now.
- You're leaving? - For my part-time job.
Thanks for the meal.
Oh, well. Such a shame! A real pity.
Well, you don't want to be late.
- Work hard. Bye. - Bye.
Stay out as long as you want.
Just the two of us...
The coroner's report talked about finger marks. But...
what does that mean?
This post mortem suggests
that my theory about the Tengu might be wrong.
Unless those were marks left by the Tengu.
Well, who knows?
I spoke to his wife
and she was convinced he was a murderer.
Is that what brought on the anger of the Tengu?
Are we talking about the same Tengu?
A nose like this, and wings.
Everyone knows this description, but it could be wrong.
Whatever form it takes, these mountain gods have a strange power.
Seriously?
I thought that whole thing about being spirited away was a joke.
What? A joke?!
- What do you mean? - Ah.
I trusted you by telling you one of my closest secrets.
And you think I'm joking. I see. Now I know what you think of me.
Well, no...
- Well, then. Good night. - No, you've got it all wrong.
I don't want to talk to you again. Get out.
No, it's not like that!
- The conversation's over. - Wait, I didn't mean... - Have a nice life!
I believe you -
I finally got her alone...
Damned Tengu.
Security? For Jun?
Now this has become a murder case and Jun has seen the criminal's face we believe he may be in danger.
We'll take shifts in guarding his room.
I see.
Whatever it takes to protect him, I suppose.
I told you to bring me the reports about that case from three years ago.
But you're so slow that even Tannai-san has got ahead of us!
- Sorry. - Good morning, Gohara-san.
- Ah, Tsukiko. Good morning.
Why didn't you arrest Okubo-san
three years ago?
There was only circumstantial evidence but it doesn't seem like you to drop a case because of that.
Was there something else?
It's okay. I won't tell Tannai-san and his team.
Well, in that case. There were some rumours about the victim.
Rumours?!
She was earning money doing compensated dating.
So the killer may have been someone else.
- But this is just between us two. - I promise.
Really promise?
- Cut that out! - Ow! Sorry!
Tsukiko-san.
I am so sorry about last night.
I was up all night studying about the Tengu.
Katsuura, follow me.
Huh?
So, these are the classmates of the victim.
I want to speak to the one who was closest to her.
So I'll have to speak to all of them.
Her best friend...
- would be her. - How do you know?
In those photos that Gohara brought in,
she was the only one who was in all nine.
- Really? - Definitely.
That's my boy, Katsuura!
How's college? Fun?
Well... why are you investigating this case again?
Okubo Mitsuhiro-san died recently.
Okubo-sensei?
There's a chance he was murdered, so this case has been reopened too.
Sensei... I can't...
Were you close with Sasaki Kozue?
We were best friends.
Right.
Why are you crying?
Okubo-sensei killed Kozue-san.
That's not true! He never killed anyone!
It's not true.
He was a good teacher.
Is there something you want to tell us?
For example, about the compensated dating?
This is important. Please tell me.
We were stupid, Kozue and me.
Only Okubo-sensei knew.
When he realised what we were doing he started to worry.
You have to stop now. This is terrible.
I won't tell the school
nor your parents, or anyone. I promise.
So please, stop doing this.
He'd call us every evening
to make sure we'd got home safely, and had eaten properly.
Okubo-san?
And when Kozue was killed and he became a suspect
he kept his promise to us.
And he never told anyone.
In fact...
If people know you've done compensated dating, getting into college will be hard.
So I promise I won't even tell the police.
But, sensei...
It'll be fine. Because I'm innocent.
Now we just have to worry about
protecting your future.
What a great teacher.
I met him last month.
He said he'd stopped work
and was looking for the real killer.
He said I could help him prove his innocence.
I gave him all the messages sent from me and Kozue.
He thought there may be a clue in there somewhere
which would tell him who the murderer is.
But perhaps,
that's why he sensei was killed.
Because of a clue that I gave him.
For Kozue's sake, you have to be strong.
Here. Use this.
Why are we back at Mt Takao?
To apologise.
Because I made a terrible mistake.
Eh?
This case had nothing to do with the anger of the Tengu.
- Well, I guess... - Quite the opposite.
Okubo-san wasn't a bad man.
Rather, he put himself at risk to protect others.
A Tengu would never kill such a man.
Okay, let's go.
Where now?
Tomorrow, once again, same time, same place.
Ah.
Okubo-san was accused of being the killer of a high school girl.
He met the real killer here, and died.
With the Tengu watching from the top of the cedar trees.
I thought the Tengu weren't involved.
To try and protect Jun from the terrible thing he'd seen,
the Tengu took the memory of the event from him.
Do you think a woman would be strong enough to pull him up that high?
- It can't be done. - A woman?
Do you mean, his wife?
Three years ago, she thought Kozue-san was cheating with her husband and killed her?
Does that mean she killed Okubo-san too?
Shh.
I can feel the Tengu nearby.
I can hear their voices all around us in the forest.
And on the day we found Okubo-san
I heard the same voice.
What was that?
An urban myth! I've found one!
Huh?
Agh!
A... person?
What's wrong? Are you lost?
Why are you up there at this time of day?
I'm observing the flying squirrel.
This is its mating season.
Every night I keep an eye on them until morning.
Well, in that case...
Did you see this child here, two days ago?
Yes, I saw a child going for a walk with an adult.
With this guy, right?
- No, not him. - What?
That's not the person the child was walking with.
Tannai-san, I know who the murderer is!
That's not important! Jun's gone missing!
I didn't see anyone suspicious.
He can't have got far!
- Split up and search the area! - Sir!
Tannai-san, I know who the murderer is!
That's not important! Jun's gone missing!
I didn't see anyone suspicious.
He can't have got far!
- Split up and search the area! - Sir!
So, you still can't remember anything?
- No. - Is that so?
Jun! Look out!
Sorry about this.
Jun! Are you okay?
I've found him! Over here!
The police?!
Weren't you about to kill this boy?
What?
It's a misunderstanding. We were having a walk.
Otonashi!
Tsukiko-san!
Jun! Jun!
There was no misunderstanding.
You wanted to kill Jun.
Okubo-san was looking for the real murderer from three years ago.
It was you, wasn't it?
Huh? What do you mean?
You regularly used compensated dating
and one day you were paired with one of your own students.
Well, I'm very pleased to find you doing this.
How much is it?
I don't do that kind of thing.
Well, you say that now
but I have a list of everyone doing this kind of thing
and I noticed your and Risa's name on it.
If that list got out
it would finish you all. Totally.
Now what are you doing?
I'm going to tell Okubo-sensei about you.
He'll know what to do.
What? Stop. Give me that! Give!
Just to save your reputation, you killed her.
No.
Okubo-san realised you were the murderer.
So you took Jun to the woods.
This is all wrong!
We know you were with Jun at the murder scene because
we have a witness.
With Jun as a hostage, you convinced Okubo-san to come.
Kunieda, why don't you hand yourself in to the police?
- I have Jun with me. - "What?"
I don't want to kill your child.
We'll meet tomorrow morning. I'll explain where...
And that's how you were able to kill him without a second thought.
However, Jun saw the whole thing.
Father... father...
I told you to wait!
Why are you here?!
There was a sudden wind, right? With the sound of laughter?
This was the Tengu.
It came from Mt Takao, to protect Jun.
Well, I wouldn't know. Because none of it happened.
Do you have any evidence? Any at all?
I have some evidence for you!
Gohara?
There were some hair strands from the Love Hotel.
If we check it against your DNA, we'll know whose words to believe.
Was it really you? A student and an adult?
Funny, isn't it?
You were his wife, but you were the first to suspect him.
Okubo-san!
Screw you!
Look like the demon Tannai is back.
Assaulting the suspect just makes more paperwork.
He just did what the mother wanted to do. And it still wasn't enough.
- Okay, let's go. - Excellent work, guys!
You can't hit suspects! He dare hit me!
Keep walking.
It's a good job they took him away, right, Tannai-san?
- Well, whatever. Let's head back. - Sir!
Jun, look at this.
Why did you come?!
Uncle Kunieda said
we were going to meet dad
That's why I went with him.
You did nothing wrong.
The Tengu don't protect bad people.
So when the Tengu do help you, you can be sure
you're someone special.
Do you remember? Anything about the Tengu?
Yes.
They helped me.
That's good.
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry, Jun.
So sorry...
You must think I'm a terrible wife...
I was married to him and we lived together but I never gave him a chance. Not really.
Once you call yourself a couple
There are things you cannot see, but are still there.
That's right, Tannai-san. Experience tells us so.
Thank you so much for everything you've done.
- See you. - Bye bye.
Bye bye.
So maybe the Tengu are real...
- Otonashi. - Yes.
You may have heard around the office that I'm separated from my wife
What?! Really? I had no idea!
Don't act dumb.
It must be very hard for you.
I don't need your sympathy.
By the way, sorry for not believing you earlier.
- Huh?
Today, when I was in the forest I filmed this
but it's not a person and it's not a bird either.
Eh?
- Wow! This is it! - Let me see.
What the -?
Didn't you film this from the TV?
It's gone. Katsuura. Where did it go?
- The clip's been deleted! - What? Deleted?
- How is that possible? - It can't have gone.