Horrors of Malformed Men (1969)

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TOEI PRESENTS

THE COLLECTED TALES
OF EDOGAWA RAMPO

HORRORS OF MALFORMED MEN

ORIGINAL STORY
BY EDOGAWA RAMPO

SCREENPLAY BY TERUO ISHII
& MASAHIRO KAKEFUDA

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
SHIGERU AKATSUKA

PRODUCTION DESIGNER
AKIRA YOSHIMURA

MUSIC BY MASAO YAGI

STARRING:

TERUO YOSHIDA

YUKIE KAGAWA, TERUKO YUMI,
MITSUKO AOI

MICHIKO KOBATA,
YUMIKO KATAYAMA

KATSURA KIYAMA,
REIKO MIKASA, MIKO OBANA

HIDEO KO, AKIRA OISUMI,
ROTU YURI, KICHIJIRO UEDA

TATSUMI HIJIKATA
ANKOKU BUTOH SCHOOL

TATSUMI HIJIKATA, ASAO KOIKE

MINORU OKI

DIRECTED BY TERUO ISHII

This story begins inside a gray room,

an unusual gray room.

Autumn of the 13th year
of the Taisho Era [1925).

Hey, behave yourselves!

I look away for a second
and you bring in men!

You strung-out sows!

Take that! And that!

Silence! I said silence!

Stop that!

Damn you!

Hey, I said silence!

Satisfied now?

Right, back to your cell.

Hey, Hirosuke Hitomi!

Next time I find you in the women's cell,
you're finished!

Attention!
I am Army General Ashihara!

What's that attitude? Salute!

Salute!

Darling, hold me.
Let me show you.

You said you loved me.

Wait.

Wait! Why are you running away?

You stupid, cruel man!

You can run, but I won't let go.

Hurry along.
Forgotten where your own cell is?

I thought you'd improved, so I let you
walk around and look what happens!

You're not stepping out for a while.

You don't understand
a thing I'm saying, do you?

I am not insane.

I was studying to be a doctor.

Have I really gone insane?

I can hear it.

Again I can hear it.

That lullaby.

I've heard it before.

Over and over.

Also... I hear the sound of waves.

I remember,
waves were hitting these cliffs.

It was a dark ocean.

I stood watching the cliffs
and the raging waves, when I saw it.

Was it a human or an animal?
What was it?

Then there was
the dark, shadowy storeroom.

I remember being inside it
with another person.

Sleep, little baby...

The sound of creaking stairs.

- And that lullaby.
- Sleep, little baby...

And that strange girl.
Or was it an infant?

No... Maybe it was a girl.

That beautiful girl's face

...would suddenly change
into the face of an ugly man.

That ugly face.

That two-faced maiden.

That lullaby.

Is this a hallucination?
Is this the cause?

Am I really insane?

No!

I'm not crazy.

I'm not crazy!

Let me out!

Open this cell! Let me out!

It's that man again.

He's always staring at me,
that bald man.

Who on earth is he?

Hey! Who the hell are you?

Why are you watching me?

Answer me!

Silence!

Doctor, I'm sure Hitomi
is agitating the crazies again.

No! I'm not crazy.

- I'm not! I am not insane!
- Shut up.

Stop it. Don't! Don't do it!

Don't do it. Stop. No. No...

I lost consciousness.

For how long has it been?

A door quietly creaks open.

Then the bald man
appeared before my eyes.

I k*lled him.

But why did this bald-headed man
come after me?

Sleep, little baby...

The sitter went over the mountains
and went back home...

Sleep, little baby

Sleep, little baby

Baby is such a good boy

Sleep, sleep...

You...
Where did you learn that song?

Why?

- I know it.
- You're a rude man, aren't you?

You! Hey, wait.

Let go of me!

Hey!

I'm the child of a magician.

I'm not kidding. Listen...

How do you know it?
Nobody knows this song in Tokyo.

So this song is
from your hometown?

I don't know who taught it to me.
I grew up in a circus.

I wonder if I was orphaned.
Or maybe I was kidnapped.

If you were kidnapped,

maybe it was a song

that your mother sang to you
when you were little.

In psychology,
it's called episodic memory.

Wow, you know some big words.

My name's Hirosuke Hitomi.
I'm studying to be a doctor.

I'm Hatsuyo. I'm on tour.

If my mother sang this song,

maybe we can look into where it's from
and find out where I came from.

- Yes, and where I came from, too.
- What?

- You don't know where you're from?
- No.

I have an idea.
Have you ever seen this picture?

Hey!

- What is it?
- It's nothing.

I'll draw the picture
and bring it tomorrow.

Bye.

This is the picture I was talking about.
Have you ever seen it?

- This is exactly it.
- Really?

Does it help you recall anything
from your past?

Well... I'm not sure.

Try to remember.
I'm sure you will.

Come to think of it, our producer
Tatsuzo also heard that tune,

and he said it comes
from the Sea of Japan coastline.

The Sea of Japan coastline?

So this picture may be an island
along that coast.

So this island is my home?

Let's meet Mr. Tatsuzo.

But the circus impresario
overheard us and fired him.

Fired him?

Oh, I remember!

That time, Mr. Tatsuzo said
that on the Sea of Japan coast...

What happened?

Hey!

He's got a knife! m*rder*r!

BEAUTIFUL CIRCUS GIRL
m*rder*d!

BROAD DAYLIGHT as*ault!

BEARDED MAN STALKED
BEAUTIFUL GIRL!

Who framed me as a m*rder*r?

Why? What for?

And who k*lled that poor girl, Hatsuyo?

The answer lies in some town
along this Sea of Japan coast.

I will unravel this mystery, I swear it.

Genzaburo, head of the Komoda family,
has died of unknown causes.

This wasn't me.

But in this land of riddles,
there was a man identical to me.

The Komoda family
is famous in this town.

The head of the house
was a strange one.

What do you mean?

- Like me, he had bad eyesight.
- Oh, bad eyesight?

And like a frog,
he had webbed fingers.

He didn't want people
to see him like that,

so within a year of getting married,

he retreated by himself to his island.

There... Can you see it?

That's the island.

He left Hirukawa, their steward,
in charge of the main household.

Please could you lie down for me?

Wait a moment.

The wife had a child on the island.

The child came back to the main household
when he was three.

The wet nurse raised him by herself.

I don't condone leaving a precious heir
to be raised by a wet nurse.

- So it was the son that died?
- Yes. It was Genzaburo.

I received patronage from him.

The relationship between parent
and child must've been weak.

I suppose so.

I don't know why Jogoro, the father,

invested so much money
on that inconvenient island.

It's rumored that
their fortune is in jeopardy.

Investing in some kind of business?

The story is they're converting
the entire island

into some kind of fairytale island.

That deserted island...

Deserted island?

Sir, you know you have a scar
on the sole of your foot?

The late Genzaburo Komoda
had the same scar.

That tickles.

That's very strange.

What a coincidence.

This same scar
as the Komoda family heir...

...and an identical face.

I got as much as I could
out of the masseuse.

This woman is Chioko,
the Widow of Genzaburo.

That must be Shizuko,
a distant relative of the family.

Hirukawa, the steward.

That old woman,
Gindashi, the wet nurse.

And the three women
must be the maids.

The most distinguished family
of the coastal Sea of Japan.

The funeral procession
for the Komoda family heir

extended along a rainy seaside road.

There must be a connection

between the deceased
Genzaburo Komoda and myself.

A plan.

As of today, Hirosuke Hitomi
will disappear from the world

and exchange places
with Genzaburo Komoda's corpse.

The same gammadion symbol
as mine.

Herein lies the key to the mystery.

Hey!

Somebody's drowned themselves!

Young Master Komoda?

Master, don't hesitate.
Please ascend to heaven.

Chiho! Chiho!

- Yes, I'm coming.
- Hurry.

You called me? How can I help?

- I have a stomach ache.
- Oh, no.

- Carry me to the temple.
- Yes, sir. Go ahead.

Ready, sir?

Please hold on tight.

Off you go.

Is it diarrhea?
It's been so cold.

I drank too much water.

It smells.
It's starting to smell.

- I leaked a bit.
- I see.

We're at the steps now,
so I'm going to jump...

Stop it.

Chiho! Chiho!

Have mercy!

How dare you disrespect
a dead person.

- It's clinging to me!
- You must help.

It won't let go of me!

Well, well, well.
This is really strange.

There's a very strong pulse.

What are you talking about,
you quack?

- It walked here because it has a pulse!
- It walked here?

If it wasn't for quack doctors like you,

half the dead people
would be alive today.

What do you mean, "quack"?

What about all the money
you priests make?

Forget about it.
Anyway, strange things do happen.

A death certificate was issued,

we had a funeral,
and he was taken to the cemetery...

Hey, what are you doing?

We screw around a lot.
She's my old girlfriend.

Don't get angry.
I'll give her to you, bulldog.

- Here.
- What?

- I'm returning her.
- You will? Fine, then.

Then everybody's satisfied.

How about that?
Shall we prayer-clap?

Well, then...

- Congratulations.
- Congratulations.

KOMODA FAMILY HEIR, GENZABURO,
MIRACULOUSLY RESURRECTS

A RUSH TO BURIAL.
ERROR IN DIAGNOSIS

Genzaburo's resurrection was diagnosed
as the result of temporary asphyxiation.

I spent a couple of days
feigning to be an emaciated patient.

Your medicine, my love.

Chioko is a virtuous woman.

I felt I might succumb to her allure.

But that would be dangerous.

She knows his body
and all his dispositions.

I waited until Chioko was asleep,

then I thoroughly searched the house.

- What are you doing?
- I can't sleep.

I wanted to see your photographs.

They're so nostalgic.

You used to cry a lot at night.

Genzaburo was left-handed.

I almost made a huge mistake.

It was a splendid wedding.

You married such a beautiful woman.

I was so happy.

Would you like another helping, sir?

No. Give me tea.

You must eat more.

But your complexion has returned.

A person like you comes once every
one thousand or ten thousand years.

You should resolve yourself
to living a long life.

Bring the paper.

Okei, bring the newspaper.

Yes.

Take this away.

Master, your glasses.

My love, when did your eyes
get better?

Oh, well, they're no better.
Pass my glasses.

Good. Go around.

Good. Now sit.

Good dog.

Hey!

Stop it!

Stop! What are you doing?

He's the master! Stop!

Back!

It's okay, it's okay.

Good. Let's go.

I could fool humans,
but the dog knew his master's scent.

Hirukawa, the steward,
looked at me suspiciously.

Another mistake.

Your medicine, my love.

Chioko desires my body,
and I desire her.

But this is dangerous.

A few days later,
there was a great celebration.

I devoted all my attention
towards the small talk of the guests.

Being Genzaburo's imposter
was exhausting.

It's a cause for celebration...

- Where are you going?
- Just to the toilet.

You've been cold to me
these few days.

Chioko is going out
tomorrow night.

I'll be waiting. I promise.

That attitude...
this is no ordinary relationship.

Are you all right, my dearest?

You drank too suddenly.

I'm fine. Go to sleep.

My dear...

It's like you're a different person.

You keep trying to avoid me.

Chioko, that's not true.

Come.

My dear...

Oh, I've overslept.

She hasn't noticed.

But how do I deal
with Shizuko's invitation?

Genzaburo!

I wanted to see you so much.

Ever since you recovered,
you've been ignoring me.

I want to be by your side always.

Tell me you love me
like you used to.

Say it.

Nothing's changed.
It's the same as before.

I'm so happy!

What should I do?
If I avoid her now, she may suspect me.

Master, Mr. Ozeki of the Nanara
Fishing Company has come to see you.

- Show him in.
- Yes, sir.

Your signature, please, sir.

This may be a trap.

I can't write with my left hand.
What should I do?

Excuse me.

I'll use this.

- I'm so sorry...
- Mr. Ozeki...

This is useless now, isn't it?

- Yes.
- Oh, well.

It may be more work for you,
but please create another document.

Somebody come and help!

Somebody help me!

Over there.

Madam, there's a snake.

That snake was highly poisonous
and could've k*lled you with one bite.

But they live in the mountains.
Why were they here?

Somebody may be trying
to k*ll Shizuko.

- Who lit the fire for the bath?
- I did.

Who are you?

He's here to replace Gensuke,
who returned to his family.

- He's new. His name's Shinkichi.
- Pleased to meet you, sir.

- You were tending the fire?
- Yes.

- Did you see anybody?
- No. Nobody.

"Shizuko, you have lured
the resurrected Genzaburo

"into an alcove
and showered him with kisses.

"You've disrobed
and exposed your body..."

Somebody is watching us.

This letter was found here.

Who put it there and when?

Look, I'm scared.

I don't know what to do.

This house is cursed.

- We're going to be m*rder*d!
- That's not going to happen.

I won't allow it.

Promise.
Promise to protect me.

"Chioko, on the night
of the great celebration,

"you cried upon the chest
of the sleeping Genzaburo,

"and you said,
'It's like you're a different person.

"'You keep trying to avoid me.'

"As you spoke with sweet words,

"you lay on top of Genzaburo
and put your lips to his lips."

Somebody is watching us.

Who is it? Who could it be?

I am so sorry.
What a blunder I caused.

Shizuko won't leave her room.

And the madam won't eat at all.

A lot of creepy things have been
happening. You can't be them.

Maybe I should take a vacation.

- Those snakes might...
- Stop it! Don't even joke about it.

Help!

Somebody help!

Somebody help!

Somebody!

May I help you?

What are you doing?

I was about to add some kindling
to heat the bath...

Master, what's the matter?

- Did you see a strange man just now?
- Don't think so.

Is somebody prowling?

It's a big house.
I wouldn't know.

Is this man really not involved?

Chioko, what's the matter?

Hey, somebody help!

CHIOKO - IN MEMORIAM

On the lam as a m*rder*r,

I had to treat Chioko's mysterious
death as due to sickness.

With the wealth and credibility
of the Komoda family,

such a measure was possible.

Poor Chioko.

Who k*lled her?

Or was it suicide?

Sleep, little baby

Sleep, little baby

Baby is such a good boy

Sleep, little baby

Baby sleeps so deep

Sleep

Gin?

Master?

- What was that lullaby?
- You don't remember?

We used to sing it together
all the time.

After you returned here from the island,
we sang it every day.

Sleep, little baby...

It's the cliffs that I'd imagined.

Genzaburo must've drawn this.

Hirukawa, I want to go
to the island tomorrow.

- Make preparations.
- This is all a bit sudden, sir.

- I want to see my father.
- Impossible.

The consequences of disobeying
your father are too great.

He ordered that no one go
near the island.

I want to see the progress
of the development there.

If we do that, your father will only ask
for more money.

Any more expenditure and
the Komoda family will truly go bankrupt.

Hirukawa, just do what I ask of you!

It wasn't a dream or hallucination.
I had been here before.

But when,
and under what circumstances?

Genzaburo, I have not
permitted you to come here...

There are many things I want
to discuss with you. Just the two of us.

Can I not talk with my father?

Of course you may.

But until my vision
for this island is complete,

I want nobody to come here.

But since things are almost complete,
I will show you.

I will show you my ideal world.

There are still more things
to investigate.

The image of the dark storeroom...
Was it real?

Does it exist on this island?

Sleep, little baby

Sleep, little baby

Baby is such a good boy

Sleep...

You... You are?

Who are you?

Genzaburo.
Do you not recognize me?

The son of the old master?

- I am Hideko.
- Are you always here?

I'm told I'm different from the others
and shouldn't go out.

What do you mean,
"different from the others"?

Can't you tell?

What's wrong?

Siamese twins?

But in the history of medicine, there've
only been same-sex Siamese twins.

Male and female Siamese twins
are an impossibility.

Stop it. You must stop!

Please stop. It hurts.

- Stop it!
- Stop!

Don't be so surprised.

I have far more interesting things
to show you.

Genzaburo, this is your world.

I wanted you to see it.

Why? What for?

I have gathered both normal babies
and old people,

and then I have deformed them.

When this island is finished,
these malformed people will be freed.

Malformed men will rule!

Then we'll gather beautiful women
and do what we want!

I won't allow it!

Genzaburo,
you cannot leave this island.

Not just you.
Hirukawa and Shizuko as well.

That man Shinkichi, too.

None of you can leave this island.

You are to serve as our sl*ves
until you die!

You're crazy.
You're all crazy.

You physically normal people
don't understand

the sufferings of the malformed.

To be stared at,
to be sneered at, scorned.

And ridiculed...
How could you understand?

This time, it's your turn to suffer.

You will also become malformed men.

I've been waiting for this day.

Who's going to do that?
By what means?

That is why I sent your brother
to learn surgery in Tokyo.

Hirukawa said he is finishing
his internship and coming home soon.

You are going to be deformed
by the hands of your younger brother.

Younger brother?

My younger brother is in Tokyo?

I never told you
about your younger brother.

I left him with my younger brother,
who runs a circus.

From there, he commuted
to Toyo Medical University.

Toyo Medical University...

The gammadion symbol on the sole,
the identical face...

So Genzaburo Komoda
was my older brother,

and this crazy man is my father?

There are many more things
I want to talk about.

But that will all be after the surgery.

I can't be part of this madness.

You're dreaming a warped dream.

Don't you want to live?

Father, could you sh**t
your own child?

I'll k*ll anybody
that dares to shatter my dream.

Father, I'm not Genzaburo.

I am Hirosuke.

My brother died on that funeral day.
He never resurrected.

You are Hirosuke?

I was an intern when I was forcefully
confined to a mental hospital.

I don't know why,
or who would do such a thing.

In order to escape the hospital,
I k*lled a man and became a fugitive.

Who? Who did such a thing?

I got a lead from a circus girl
named Hatsuyo and I came here.

I posed as Genzaburo Komoda
and infiltrated this island,

in order to get away
and find the truth.

Hatsuyo was a valuable treasure.
She was to lure you to this island.

This girl is Hatsuyo's younger sister.

Hirosuke, do as I wish.

I sent you to Tokyo
at the tender age of three.

I've waited for you
to become a first-rate surgeon.

For 25 years, I've developed
this island and waited

in order to realize this dream.

Hirosuke,
please listen to my request.

- Are you saying you cannot?
- Wait!

Please return them
to their original form.

If you could do that...

And you'll do as I say?

Hirosuke, I have wonderful things
prepared on this island for you.

The following month passed by
like a dream.

I lived in the storeroom
alone with Hideko.

I've been watching you two.

Your bodies have intertwined.

Your blood has intermingled.

As a wedding present,
would you like to meet your mother?

They're here.

Baby, sleep

Sleep, baby, sleep

Baby is such a good boy

Sleep, baby, sleep

Mother!

Mother!

- You are?
- It's me, Hideko.

This man operated on me
and made me whole.

You operated on Hideko?

Thank you.

Then you will forgive me?

This is a selfish woman.

Shizuko, Hirukawa,

this is the wife
with whom I had a grand wedding.

It was said by the villagers

that Toki was the most beautiful woman
in all of Japan, China and India.

And I became
the woman's ugly groom.

But I was happy,
no matter what anybody said.

My soul was smitten with Toki.

When Toki gardened,
she was more beautiful than the flowers.

Even in the kitchen,
she was the cleverest housewife.

I let her do Whatever she wanted.

But it seemed that Toki didn't want me
seen in public or seen next to her.

I observed her from a distance,
like I was some outcast prost*tute.

Nonetheless, I was satisfied.

As she requested, I hired her cousin,
Hayashida, as a steward.

After Hayashida's arrival,
I became wary of Toki.

I would often awaken during the night
and not find her.

One night, I decided to investigate
what she was up to.

Up until then,
I was too scared to find out.

Hold me tight.

I witnessed the unbearable sight
of Toki and Hayashida together.

Then Toki became pregnant.

I prayed that the child was mine.

We received a mountain of offerings,

and what grew in my heart
was a mountain of misgivings.

But I could not resolve
to let Toki go.

Just before Toki gave birth,
I hired Hirukawa as steward,

brought in my distant relative,
Shizuko,

and moved to this deserted island.

I brought with me Toki
and her lover Hayashida.

Hayashida was weak and
became mentally exhausted and sick.

I left them alone for half a month.

- Help! Please! Please!
- Help.

Help!

- Please!
- Please.

Please, my love!

After being left for only five days...

I heard people don't die very easily!

- Please forgive me.
- Forgive me.

- My dear, forgive me.
- Please, sir.

- I will do anything to atone.
- Please!

- Spare my life.
- Please, save me!

But women are strong.

Toki cared for her child so much
that she couldn't die.

Darling...

I left them there for ten more days.

Hayashida died and Toki remained
in the darkness by herself.

It was Toki's worst fear.

Toki, live a little longer.
Three more days.

Then I will bring your baby.

Do you mean that?

For that, you must eat or die.

Eat. There's plenty to eat.

- Plenty?
- Those crabs.

Crabs?

Don't you want to see your baby?

Toki fed on the crabs
that ate her lover's dead flesh.

She devoured those crabs.

They stripped Hayashida to the bone.

And... what happened to Hayashida?

He's still there.

Genzaburo and Hirosuke were
on this island until three years of age.

Genzaburo went
to the Komoda house,

Hirosuke went to my half-brother
who ran the circus,

and was encouraged to study
at a medical university in Tokyo.

Upon your return,
unlike my original Siamese twins,

I decided that you were to create
stranger and more fabulous malformed men!

After Hayashida died,

I hired an ugly hunchback
to r*pe Toki.

Toki had a daughter.
That was Hatsuyo.

I gave her to the circus.

The next year, she had another
daughter, Hideko, here with us now.

Mother!

I bought an ugly baby named Takeshi.

I tore off his backside
and attached him to Hideko.

Now Hirosuke has returned.

Without knowing it, you slept
with your own sister, Hideko.

You copulated as man and woman.

You two have committed
the blasphemous act of incest!

Stop it. Enough!
I will not deform people.

Do as I say or you'll remain
in this cave until you die.

The one that dies first
is food for the crabs and insects.

They, in turn, are your food.

Please stop!

Please give us light!

I can get out.

Even in this pitch black maze,

there are symbols along the rocks
that only I can understand.

Hirosuke, I will be back
in two or three days.

Take your time to decide
whether you will do as I say

and create malformed men.

Master, please wait.

This has nothing to do with me.

Please spare me.

Hirukawa, you deceived me.

Hirosuke was put in a mental institution
and almost k*lled there.

Not true.
I don't know anything about that.

- It was a misunderstanding.
- Please help us!

Shizuko, you've had a relationship
with Hirukawa.

I had the hunchbacks spy on you.

It's not true! I hate this man!
Save me!

Who's there? Who's laughing?

Who are you?
Why are you here?

I want to add to the things
you've just said.

Hirukawa, there is a man
in the vast city of Tokyo,

who is extremely interested
in solving crimes.

His name is Kogoro Akechi.

He likes solving crimes
more than he likes to eat.

One day, he noticed an advert
in the papers.

The Toyo Building put out
a vacancy advert for ten days straight.

One day, the advert was gone.

I assumed someone had rented it.

TOYO BUILDING
ROOM #13 VACANT

But the next day, once again,
there was the advert for Room 1443.

If someone had rented it,

that meant he'd paid a lot of money
to use the space for one day.

My suspicions were aroused,
so I visited the Toyo Building.

At the same time
he signed the rental contract,

he put out an advert
for female office workers?

On the day he signed,
a lot of furniture was moved in

and about two hundred girls
lined up for the job.

Apparently,
the job terms were incredibly good.

What was strange was that
on the night of the job call,

he came to cancel the rental contract.

Two or three days after that,

there were numerous requests
to the police to investigate runaway girls.

The girls went missing
exactly the same day

that the job call was conducted
by the renter.

What's that got to do with me?

I finally realized your connection
when I arrived here.

I talked to the beautiful sl*ves
on this island.

They were all girls who answered
the job call at the Toyo Building.

They were all girls who hadn't
mentioned to their families

that they were answering a job call.

Luring these girls
to a new recruit welcoming party

was your routine.

You bribed the director
of a mental institution

that was having financial difficulties.

There, you confined the girls
you'd deceptively gathered

until transporting them to the island.

You are also a pervert
who took drugs, chose girls you liked,

and acted out your perversions
on them.

Well...

- No, no.
- Come with me.

Go on.

Well, now...

How's this?

Hirukawa's subordinates
confined Mr. Hitomi to the institution.

Under Hirukawa's orders, the bald man
sought a chance to m*rder Mr. Hitomi.

But the opposite happened,
and he was k*lled by Mr. Hitomi.

Mr. Hitomi escaped from the institution
and met Hatsuyo from the circus.

Hatsuyo mentioned that the lullaby
was from the Sea of Japan coast.

That's when you, Hirukawa,
threw your knife and k*lled her.

I found out that the circus impresario
came from the Sea of Japan coast,

so I made my way here.

I found Genzaburo's resurrection
suspicious, so I opened his grave.

I found his body
Without his White burial kimono.

Somebody posing as Genzaburo
had entered the Komoda family.

I infiltrated the household
as a manservant.

I carefully staked out
Chioko and Shizuko

to find out who was sending them
threatening letters.

I discovered a secret compartment
in Chioko's chair.

The suspect who sent the letters
must have hidden in the chair,

and at times groped Chioko's body
through the chair

as he eavesdropped on the couple.

The only one who'd do such a thing
is a pervert like you, Hirukawa.

Your perversions
were discovered by Shizuko.

There's a m*rder*r
in the Komoda family.

The night that Chioko was k*lled,
I saw a shadowy figure in the rafters.

There was an opening to the attic.

Shizuko, you performed
an elaborate trick.

You sent yourself a threatening letter.

You were in a position
to write the details.

To raise credibility,
you also sent a letter to Chioko.

From the attic, you lowered
a thread into Genzaburo's mouth.

You poured down poison,
to ironic consequences.

- Chioko, what's wrong?
- I feel sick.

- Chioko!
- Darling!

You both threatened.
You both lured.

You both conspired
to bring down the Komoda family.

You used Genzaburo's death

and arranged to have
his younger brother 90 missing.

With the two of them gone,

you, Shizuko, were the sole inheritor
of the Komoda fortune.

You conspired with Hirukawa to go after
the remaining Komoda family fortune.

Is there any fault in my logic?

Hirukawa, you b*stard.

You know what happens
when you double-cross me!

Forgive me.
I was a diligent worker.

This was all Shizuko's doing.

Don't think you can be a do-gooder now.

Please don't.

I'm still a loyal subordinate.

I worked hard to send women
to this island.

Don't sh**t.

sh**t her.

She's the bad one.

Don't! Please!
Save me!

Stop your whining.

I will deform both of you
as I see fit.

No, don't.

Watch out.

- Uncle...
- Are you serious?

The water will end your life!

Drink plenty of it!

Hirosuke,
this time you have to obey me.

I want you to build a statue
of a horse-headed god

to protect this island.

It will have three heads
and eleven tails.

And it is to be crowned
with a living horse's head.

It has been my dream for 30 years.

Use living human flesh to build it.

That's insane. You are insane!
I won't build such a thing.

There will never be a greater challenge
for a medical graduate.

Jogoro, forget your evil dreams.

- Mr. Hitomi, undo Toki's chains.
- Don't get in the way!

I took out the b*ll*ts.

Damn you!

Jogoro... give up.

Let's go, hurry.

Stop!

Hey!

Come any closer and the island
will become a sea of fire.

Mother, I'll come back for you.

Are you all right, Mother?

Mother, hand this to Mr. Akechi.

Jogoro, surely you don't intend to k*ll
all the innocent people on this island?

I just might!

My dreams have been shattered.

Calm down, please.

Your wife has been punished enough,
and her children as well.

The pain of seeing her children
for the first time in over 20 years

and having her shame revealed by you,

the feelings of the children
that found out...

Think about that.

And there is the sad love
between the two of you.

A love that was lost.

I was a cruel man.

- Wait. Please wait.
- Madam.

It's not his fault.

It's all my sin.

Where are Hirosuke and Hideko?

They said they would come back for me
and went off.

They left this for you.

"Even though we are siblings,
we cannot part.

"It is a forbidden love,
but our love burns even brighter.

"We want to end it in a beautiful way,

"like a quick burst of fireworks
in the sunset.

"We will embrace
atop the fireworks mortar.

"We will scatter magnificently
across the great sky.

"I ask from the bottom of my heart
to please care for my poor mother.

"Farewell."

My love!

Madam...

Jogoro!

My love...

- Toki...
- My love.

Toki. I'm so sorry.

My love?

Why?

Forgive me.

I blamed you.

But I could never forget you,
not even for one night.

My love, it was my fault.

Because of me...

...you and I...

...and everybody, all of us suffered.

I'm sorry.

My love.

Do you truly forgive me?

Yes.

My love!

My love!

Mother!

Mother!

Mother!

Mother!

Mother!

THE END