I'm sorry.
I'm so... so sorry.
Ms. Murakami?
I know you're in there.
Your company called. Skipping work is a rule breach.
Michiko Murakami Sentenced for theft: on parole
Ms. Murakami?
Shut up! That company treats people badly!
It's not for me.
You've switched companies twice now.
Everyone has issues with their company.
Says a convenience store worker.
Kayo Agawa Volunteer probation officer
So what if I am?!
Are you crazy?!
You're on the brink!
You'll fall straight to Hell.
Once you do, I won't be able to help you.
You said you wanted to work so you could binge on banana crepes.
Let's go.
Volunteer probation officers supervise paroled convicts.
Sorry I'm late!
Damn late.
She's been waiting an hour for you.
Mr. Agawa's girl?
Sorry?
Pay your father's tab.
"Bar Sakura invoice Mr. Agawa"
¥200,000?!
Surely this is a mistake.
My father's in Yokohama.
I think he wouldn't be able to frequent your bar...
Wait, is he...
thinning up front? Silver-rimmed specs?
Right, right. Your father.
Asshole!
Mr. Tamura!
Osamu Tamura Sentenced for fraud: on parole
If you don't pay, that's skipping the bill.
Your parole will be revoked. Back to prison for you!
It was her face.
The bar owner.
Just like my late wife.
When she smiles, it makes little dimples.
Just like my late wife...
You con-man!
I'm your probation officer.
I know she's alive, your ex-wife.
I asked if she'd be your sponsor,
but she wants you out of her life.
You got me.
Ms. Agawa, please pay it.
I'm not allowed to lend money.
Pay ¥10,000 monthly with interest for 20 months. That's the deal.
Sorry.
Volunteer probation officers aid rehabilitation to prevent crime.
They are part-time public servants, but are not paid.
Hello.
Makoto Kudo Sentenced for murder: on parole
Hello.
I just have business nearby. Please, go on with your work.
Ms. Agawa.
Have some coffee. It's only instant though.
Shiro Nakazaki Parole sponsor
Thank you.
He's still not much of a talker. Never seen him smile.
That won't win him friends, let alone a girlfriend.
That's ex-cons for you.
It's true he's not much of a talker.
Then again, he's good with his hands, and seems to like cars.
He'll do as my last apprentice.
Your last one?
Once he completes his parole,
I'll make him a full employee.
Thank you.
Six months earlier Makoto Kudo is released from prison
One beef bowl!
Run, run!
You okay?
You're bleeding.
Looks painful. Disinfect it?
Stand up.
You handled that well. Wait there.
Done.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Welcome back.
I'll do my best.
I often fell when I was little.
What were you like as a child? Show me photos sometime.
I don't have any.
I'm sorry.
I moved around a lot, and lost them.
During your six-month parole,
you must report to me twice a month.
"Contact card Kayo Agawa"
Report to me here, at my home.
If you're unable to come, please contact me.
Avoid people and places that lead you astray.
That's all. Any questions?
No.
I'll devote myself to facilitating your rehabilitation.
I'll do my best.
So will I.
Oh, wait. Mr. Kudo, are you hungry?
I'm sure you are.
Sit tight. Sit real tight.
Please, dig in.
Please, don't be shy.
Please don't try too hard.
What's important... is to live naturally.
Trying too hard isn't natural."
"Natural" depends on the person,
but what's truly natural for you will begin once your parole ends.
So, during...
these six months,
please be honest with yourself.
Ms. Agawa.
I don't remember.
How I felt... when I stabbed my workmate.
I only remember him collapsing.
My mind's a blank.
I try to remember killing him, but I just can't.
The real me...
might be a murderer,
and I might...
kill someone else.
Ms. Agawa.
Can a murderer...
really be rehabilitated?
Yes.
I believe he can.
Roger that. On my way.
Kaneda heading to Yoshida home.
What the?!
What the hell?!
Get off!
Alert. HQ to all posts.
Firearm stolen at Kuhara Police Box in Ota City.
The perp fired it at a sergeant,
then ran off toward Kuhara Station.
Sergeant Kaneda, 54, has been taken to hospital.
Condition is critical. Over.
Prior Convictions
Look at you!
How long can you keep it up?
Get that cat to help.
Will you?
I'll work tonight.
See you.
Hey, what's your hourly rate?
You sure?
Tokyo Probation Office
Michiko Murakami got a cold and was laid up with a fever.
Osamu Tamura is doing fine at his work.
Not drinking as much?
Yes, he's cut back a lot.
Seems mostly good all around.
Tadaharu Takamatsu Municipal Probation Officer
Makoto Kudo's doing surprisingly well.
He is.
Mr. Nakazaki will hire him full-time.
That's great. Really great.
All thanks to your guidance.
No, not at all. It's Mr. Kudo's effort.
He's sincere about reforming.
He's led a hard life since he was a child.
He was 10 when his stepfather killed his mother in front of him.
He was put in an orphanage with his younger brother,
then moved in and out of facilities and foster homes.
Got a job at a bread factory at 24,
and was bullied by a senior employee, who even split his eardrum.
What's wrong?
Does it hurt?
He had no choice but to put up with it, but four years later,
he stabbed the employee to death.
"Murder."
The trigger was a remark from the senior employee.
"Your life ain't worth shit.
You should've got killed like your mother."
Compared to other offenders, murderers rarely reoffend.
Their acts are impulsive, out of rage or resentment.
Same with Kudo, I imagine.
Moving on.
Six days after the shooting at...
Hey. Let's call it a day. Finish up and go home.
Sergeant Kaneda, who had been in a coma,
regained consciousness today.
Concerned citizens hoping for his recovery
have sent over 300 encouraging messages.
The suspect's whereabouts are still unknown.
Police are analyzing CCTV footage...
- Thanks Chef. - Thank you.
Please share that table.
Noodles.
A '99 Nissan Silvia. Rare and expensive, but I got one.
Slick metallic green. Maybe I'll airbrush it.
No streaking or unevenness. Got to be even to make it metallic.
Carefully hold the airbrush 20 centimeters away,
and spray.
It cost a little,
but I deserve it.
Hello, Agawa here.
Your report's due the day after next.
The weather's going to be fine.
Okay.
Why not meet outside for a change?
Sure.
How about... by the shrine?
See you there.
Okay, got it.
Huh? Midori?
No fighting!
Midori!
There's plenty left!
Don't just drink, eat!
Midori Saito, utility company owner Ex-con: extortion and injury
Kayo! I found your key, so I let myself in.
Midori. What's the meaning of this?
Our underground idol event's over.
This is our wrap party.
I thought I'd feed you since you work for free.
Prime beef.
Freakin' good!
Thank you ma'am!
Come on, eat.
Good?
Freakin' good!
Told you!
Alright, alright! Eat, eat! Drink, drink!
- Miss. - A toast.
Bottoms up!
You looked scary when I first met you,
but business cheered you up.
All going well?
Don't know how long it'll last.
We're all old.
You'll be fine, you're the boss.
Seems to me... like you're all living life to the fullest.
Cheers.
With a little makeup, you'd look pretty.
Kayo, how's your love life? How's your sex life?
I wish I had one, but...
Do it! Do it!
Enjoy being a woman.
Forget us ex-cons, and live a different life.
Midori.
Reforming means being reborn, you know.
Another chance to live humanely.
Being able to witness that is pretty amazing, no?
Ex-cons can only be reborn if they turn into zombies.
He's ready.
Eyes open at last, huh?
You didn't cross the River Styx. Well, good for you.
Now answer our questions.
The guy who stole your gun.
Know who it is?
No.
Anyone got a grudge against you?
No.
Hey. You know Internal Affairs is eyeing you. You're a marked man.
Using your position to intimidate and extort.
Beating and harassing juniors.
A lot of people want you dead, yeah?
Hey. Cut that shit out.
Hey!
Son of a bitch.
Find out everything he was into.
Yes sir.
- Still thirsty? Hungry? - Hungry.
Yeah, gotta bulk up.
How about this place? Okay?
Yeah, yeah! Yeah!
This place? Okay.
What do you want?
Alert! Alert! Shooting reported in Kamata.
One female victim, critical condition.
The perp fled towards Route 15...
The victim is municipal welfare worker Yasuko Tanabe, 57.
She was looking for a place to eat after a friend's wedding.
He just up and shot her.
We're on our way.
Anything you'd like to pray for?
No.
Of course.
If praying got us anywhere, we'd all be happy.
Doing this job taught me that.
Most who commit crimes
have been dealing with many problems since childhood.
They feel sorrow, and pain,
give up on so much, and grow older.
God should start by saving them.
If there is a god, they're a cruel and spiteful one.
Here.
I'm sorry.
You must be sick of beef bowls by now.
No.
I like the way you make it, miss.
How about this? When you finish your parole,
shall we celebrate with a meal?
What's your favorite food?
Noodles.
"Wakai Noodles"
Looks like a tasty place.
They're great.
Years ago, I ate there with my mother and little brother.
Must be a fond memory.
I'd love to go too.
Let's eat there!
Okay.
Ms. Agawa. Why do you do this kind of work?
It's kind of a long story.
I've been... through some stuff as well.
I'd like to hear your long story.
You would?
Alright.
Sometime.
Please... tell me sometime.
Okay.
Your next report will be your last.
Two weeks till your parole is over.
Mr. Kudo, you're nearly there.
"Yasuko Tanabe Section Chief"
Excuse me.
I've been through our records,
Welfare Division Chief Takeshi Morimoto
but Ms. Tanabe did nothing to provoke such an incident.
She was well regarded, Ms. Tanabe.
Hiroko Ogawa Colleague
She took on cases that the rest of us were reluctant about.
Does caring for domestic abuse victims
ever draw the ire of abusers?
In such cases, we get the police involved.
Mitsuo Naito Colleague
But...
Ms. Tanabe always strived to take care of the abuser too.
Constantly helping people must be tiring.
Satomi Moriyama Colleague
We're human after all.
Even so, Ms. Tanabe was different.
She was truly... like a saint.
"Saint"
Any leads on the motive?
"Inspector Imanishi"
Nah, she was a real do-gooder.
Get real. She was shot with a police gun.
HQ received an anonymous letter.
From Shimomaruko East Post Office.
Go there.
"A hypocrite was punished.
Yasuko Tanabe was no saint. The devil wears disguises."
Intriguing letter, huh?
Hi there.
Hello.
New noodles. Rich back-fat flavor.
Wanna try?
May I?
Answer a survey.
Gladly.
Any good?
Not at all. But I'm hungry, so I can eat them.
They're a flop.
These are end times.
A welfare worker got shot randomly.
"Devoted humanitarian becomes 2nd victim"
The hooded male fugitive
is in his 20s or 30s. Whereabouts are still unknown.
The firearm, stolen at a police box last month,
had capacity for five rounds.
As many as three rounds are left.
Tokyo Metro Police are seeking information leading to an arrest...
We're here.
What do we do?
Minoru.
Who are you?
Do you...
remember me?
What's wrong?!
Bro! Bro, don't leave me!
Don't leave me, Bro!
Don't leave me!
Let's go to a doctor, Minoru.
That'll make you worse.
It stops me wanting to die!
Where's it from?
Somebody I sell myself to.
Don't look down on me.
I don't wanna be Tetsu.
Tetsu...
The Tetsu who... was bullied in the orphanage?
After you left,
Tetsu got fostered out,
so I got bullied, instead of him.
I was dumbest, weakest, and lowest.
I got a job, but I was still the lowest.
Lowest paid too.
Nobody saw me as human either.
So don't look down on me.
I'll...
feel all alone again.
Bro!
- Bro! - It's okay.
It's okay, it's okay!
Bro.
Let's go for a walk.
Bro.
I'm glad you found me.
Me too.
Mr. Asai...
Why do that?
I just did it.
Go to the cops.
Tell them.
No, I'll be executed.
The gun.
Gimme the gun!
Remember?
That cop did nothing for Mom.
"Caring for citizens is crucial Yasuko Tanabe"
She promised to save Mom.
You killed her?
"Fu'un-so Orphanage Supervisor A"
He made me take drugs.
Two bullets left.
This'll change things.
I wanna be like you.
No. No.
Not like this!
Bro.
Let's do it.
He died 7 or 8 hours ago?
He must've fought back first.
So?
Orphanage worker Kentaro Asai, 51.
5 years divorced, due to gambling.
Lived alone near the river.
Someone walking their dog reported it.
They saw a man run off.
The number you have called is currently...
Hello, Agawa here.
Mr. Nakazaki, Mr. Kudo hasn't come yet.
"Contact card Kayo Agawa"
Well, from our standpoint, we have to ask the court for a warrant.
Kudo's parole will be canceled,
he'll be arrested,
and likely go back to prison.
I intend to find Mr. Kudo.
There's... nothing more we can do for him.
Who's there?
I was short-staffed. Went on stage for the first time.
Like it?
Not bad.
Lend me a book.
"Chuya Nakahara"
"I'LL KILL YOU" "I'LL KILL YOU"
Is this some kind of secret curse?
Not this book! It's private!
What the hell?
It's not for you.
Even I've got places I won't let a stranger into!
"Stranger," huh?
What about a friend?
I'm sorry.
Worth reading?
Yo!
Who's the cutie?
Dad...
Hey there.
Come eat at my place. Fried rice. It's damn good.
See ya.
"I'LL KILL YOU" "I'LL KILL YOU"
"WHY ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?"
I'm so... so sorry...
Satoru Hirayama Former orphanage doctor
Mr. Asai. I remember him.
He was quick to hit them. The kids.
Plus, he gave them drugs for little things.
Little things?
Little things?!
When I worked there, it was a mighty strict place.
Set times for eating, bathing, and sleeping.
No talking in the cafeteria. Like the military.
Well, a lot of the kids were rough.
You know. Children abused by their parents
tend to have psychological issues.
So we calmed them down with drugs.
Made them easier to handle.
What else could we do?
Mr. Hirayama, you were a physician.
But you prescribed psychoactive drugs?
Back then, it was done all over the country.
Psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine barely existed.
The Health Ministry permitted it.
Drug manufacturers gave us manuals.
What else could we do?
Did something happen to Mr. Asai?
He was killed! We're looking for his murderer!
You don't say...
What else can we do?
Yes?
We got a match.
The DNA under the victim's fingernails.
Makoto Kudo, 35.
Currently on parole. In Asai's care from the age of 10.
It adds up.
His probation officer? Got it.
On our way.
Hello.
We meet again.
Takimoto?
Shinji...
My old classmate.
What a coincidence.
We're looking for Kudo.
Why?
One attempted murder, two actual murders.
Tell us everything you know about him.
People say you're dedicated.
Know where Kudo might be?
You're mistaken.
No we're not.
DNA found on the third victim
matches a sample from Kudo's murder file.
Heard from him since he went missing?
I'm sorry.
I...
can't answer you, Shinji.
Kudo stole a police firearm and killed at least two.
He could strike again.
Try to remember.
I don't know anything.
I know nothing about what Mr. Kudo is really like!
Hey.
What's wrong?!
Let's go.
Quit mocking me...
Hey!
Still read a lot, huh?
Live alone?
After what happened...
I moved here with Dad.
I've lived here since.
Now... I'm alone.
Oh.
I never thought I'd see you again as a probation officer.
First aid kit?
People left lots of flowers where my dad was killed.
But flowers rot and start to stink.
Residents nearby complain.
Who do you think has to take them away?
The bereaved.
Petals stuck to the asphalt. I used a brush, but they clung on.
I felt pathetic.
That murderer was let out. He's free now.
Crime is a human failing.
I want to stop that.
Agawa.
Murderers aren't human.
Makoto Kudo ended up killing again.
He left families in pain.
Tell me if he contacts you.
I've got to catch him.
"Yasuko Tanabe was no saint. The devil wears disguises."
Why send that letter?
This incident 25 years ago?
Your error
led to Yukie Tohyama being killed in front of her children.
Not my error!
Yasuko Tanabe forgot to report that Tohyama had moved.
An employee who didn't know called her husband.
Court records say you forgot.
I'm telling you! It wasn't me!
Tohyama begged me to say it was my error!
Why do it then? What was in it for you?
I wasn't a full-time employee.
She said she'd recommend me.
Did she follow through?
Not that hypocrite.
When Tohyama sought help, did she bring her children?
Always two boys, clutching on to her.
Is he one?
He could be.
Ta-da!
I got it to drink with you. Shochu, 10 years old!
I'm sorry.
Drinking with parolees is against the rules.
Right.
Of course.
Okay.
If it's... just one...
I could join you.
Really?
Just one.
Stupid.
Stupid!
- "I'LL KILL YOU" - "WHY ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?"
"To gloomy Ms. Agawa Don't catch a cold. Tamura"
Thank you...
Urasawa Bread Factory Makoto Kudo's former workplace
Yamazaki!
Kazuo Yamazaki Kudo's former workmate
Kudo, huh...
We hardly ever talked.
Any little detail would help.
For a long time, he was singled out for bullying.
A slight against his mother was what set him off.
He was trembling with rage.
When it stopped, he suddenly stabbed the guy.
Suddenly, you say?
He took a nearby knife...
and just stabbed him. Expressionless, you know?
But... the guy fell down and blood started spreading,
and as soon as he saw it, he hurled the knife.
He panicked and screamed.
What did Mr. Kudo scream?
"Mom, I'm sorry."
"Sorry I couldn't protect you." Like that.
We could barely restrain him.
25 years ago, the late Yukie Tohyama went to the city office,
she asked a policeman for help, but was turned away.
City office records say so.
Your junior spoke up.
You prevented him from reporting it to HQ.
What's your problem?
Isn't it time you started cooperating?
What the hell are you doing?
What the he...
Two people were killed with your stolen gun.
Talk. Quit whimpering. Talk.
While that woman... was explaining her situation,
I got an urgent call from an acquaintance.
I told the woman to talk it out at home, and got her to leave.
An acquaintance?
From a bar I used to go to... A hostess.
To see her, you sent a woman back to her abusive husband?
If you'd done your job, she'd be alive, asswipe!
See? That guard.
He killed Mom, but he's alive. Our stepdad.
He was that puny?
Mom died... but he's smiling.
622 yen, exactly.
Thank you.
"Public telephone"
Hello?
Where... are you now?
I'm sorry about this.
Ms. Agawa...
What on earth... did you do?
I can't...
go back.
What do you mean? Answer me properly.
I'll end this soon.
I want to... eat noodles with you!
I'll wait for you. At that noodle place.
So please come.
In an hour. At 9 p.m. You'd better be there!
It's okay. Go on now.
Hey. Two hours have gone by already.
He's not showing.
- Hello. - Three set meals!
One moment please.
Full up, huh?
- Move. - Stop that.
We'll seat you soon, sir. Soon.
Knock it off, you jerks!
Huh?
Stop annoying them!
You're obstructing police. Out.
Out!
Why are you here?
Why are you tailing me?!
Police do anything they want?!
To arrest a murderer!
Pull out.
Pull out. Pull out!
Hello.
- Noodles please. - Coming up.
One more.
When his time was up,
we were going to celebrate here.
Tell me what you know he did.
Why would he commit a crime?
I can't tell you.
I'll cooperate.
Cooperate?
You want to catch Kudo.
So I'll cooperate.
Please tell me.
Why... does he mean so much to you?
I promised to help him reform.
I...
don't know anymore what I need to do to achieve that.
So tell me.
Your noodles, ma'am.
And yours, sir.
The three victims
played a part in ruining Kudo's life.
The cop whose gun was stolen...
Kudo's mom consulted him about her husband's abuse.
He ignored her.
Your husband became violent about six months ago?
Why come to us now?
Because he hit my sons.
That's a problem. Your husband must be pretty stressed out.
Well, couples should talk things out.
The second victim
was a welfare worker that Kudo's mom saw about leaving her husband.
What?
Move out in two days.
Take some clothes and underwear and slip away.
Act normal so he doesn't realize.
Don't worry.
I'll get you out of this.
But her error led to the husband being told their address.
Kudo's mom was killed.
Minoru, dinner's ready.
Great. Thank you.
I drew noodles.
You're good!
Whoa, you're talented.
Minoru, bring chopsticks.
Minoru?
They'll get soggy.
I couldn't protect you...
I'm so sorry...
The third victim... What did he do to Kudo?
Kudo and his younger brother were put in an orphanage.
They were abused to keep them in line.
And drugged.
You too, Makoto.
You gonna be good?
Open up. Swallow it.
Do it.
Who'll be next?
Don't ask.
Leave it to us.
- Thanks. - Thank you!
Hello.
Yo.
Bummed out, huh?
I've been... wrong about everything.
I thought I was "helping parolees."
What a joke.
I can't help anybody.
When I was little,
every time Mom got a new man, she gave me a 500 yen coin.
Sometimes she was gone a whole week.
I got painfully hungry.
Back then, I thought I was the most pitiful person in the world.
Then...
I went to prison, and everybody was like me.
After people like me commit crimes,
we meet decent, strong people.
The cop who arrested me.
My public defender. The judge who told me to repent.
The prison officer who made me follow rules.
They all acted like leaders of society, and told me to be like them.
The real world isn't so orderly,
and they act superior because of us ex-cons, I thought.
But...
After meeting you, I changed my mind a little.
Why was that?
Because I realized, ex-cons like me aren't the only weak ones.
Weakness is good.
Your weakness is useful.
It puts me at ease.
With you, I can relax.
Us ex-cons don't need
a probation officer.
Kayo.
We need someone like you.
Don't fall for me.
I think I might.
- Your face... - I think I might.
"Husband kills wife
suspect Fumio Tohyama...
his lawyer, Ema Miyaguchi..."
"Miyaguchi Law Office"
Make an appointment next time.
Thank you.
Please go in.
I'm Agawa.
I'm probation officer for Makoto Kudo, Mr. Tohyama's son.
He's currently wanted by police for a spate of murders.
Yes, I know.
I gave police Mr. Tohyama's address.
They'll be staking it out.
Can I meet Mr. Tohyama?
What for?
For Mr. Kudo's rehabilitation, I must talk to him.
Miyaguchi here.
Mr. Tohyama, if I may...
Go there after 8 p.m. We're done.
Thank you.
I'm sorry. May I ask you one more thing?
What's that?
Why did you represent Mr. Tohyama?
If abusers are given the therapy they need, they can be cured.
In fact, since his release, my client hasn't reoffended.
I believe five years of counseling and treatment achieved that.
Well, like you,
I'm aiding my client's rehabilitation.
It's true that he committed a brutal murder,
but all must be given a chance to start over.
Don't you agree?
We're done.
Suzuki, Agawa is heading to Tohyama's home.
Why go this far?
Kudo must be a hunk.
He'll be executed, not rehabilitated. Butt out.
Come in.
Excuse me.
Sorry.
Thank you.
I was hoping you could tell me about Makoto.
Fumio Tohyama Ex-con: murder
Investigators.
Report any suspicious people or vehicles immediately.
Roger.
Don't mess this up.
He was... good with his hands.
He put together model kits. He was really good at it.
He always had it in him.
But we were both... uncomfortable, so we hardly...
spoke at all.
Mr. Tohyama, what did Makoto call you?
"Dad."
Yeah.
But, after I started...
I started...
hitting his mother, he stopped calling me that.
He always... kept still, waiting for it to end.
Just once, he tried to hit me.
Why?
I grabbed his younger brother, Minoru, and threw him.
He got cut up here.
Minoru was still little,
so it must've enraged him.
Makoto...
said he doesn't have any photos from his childhood.
Do you have any of him?
During my trial, Ms. Miyaguchi played this in court.
It shows Yukie too.
I've never watched it,
but I shot it.
Vehicle spotted.
Male driver.
1 and 2, stand by out front.
Roger.
Wait for confirmation.
It's Kudo.
Makoto Kudo confirmed. Bust him when he gets out.
- Don't screw this up. - Roger.
Someone else!
Another male!
Who could it be?
Suzuki, what now?
What now?
Hey...
Door open.
The other male got out!
What now?
Arrest him! Stop the car!
Roger!
Let's roll.
Minoru, run!
Cut him off!
Corner him!
Kudo! Open up!
Get out!
He's armed!
Calm down!
Kudo! Get out!
Open up, Kudo!
Open it!
I drew an apple. Like it, Dad?
I like apples too.
Restrain him!
Got him! Got him!
Got him!
Hey! Take him away!
Hey! Hey! What's your name?
Your name, dammit!
Your name!
Minoru...
Minoru!
Bro.
Minoru!
Ambulance! Call one quickly!
I'm sorry...
Prints on Kaneda's holster match with Minoru Kudo's.
A security camera near Yasuko Tanabe's home
caught him tailing her.
As for the third victim, Asai, the witness
testified that the shooter who ran was Minoru.
What about Makoto Kudo's DNA under Asai's fingernails?
He refuses to talk, but it's likely he planted it.
What for?
To mislead us, and cover for his brother.
I'll start your next IV.
Excuse me.
Could you contact my lawyer for me?
I'll see if I can.
Sorry I didn't come before.
It's his deathday.
Kudo is...
out of detention while he recovers.
I can see him?
He'll only see his lawyer.
Oh.
His lawyer...
is Ms. Miyaguchi.
33 years old, and this is all he owns?
Prosecutors want the evidence list.
Could you hurry?
Sure.
One revolver.
Four empty shells.
One unused bullet.
Gotta go!
"Ema Miyaguchi"
Why only two?!
Understand "crate"?
Yes?
Seen Miyaguchi?!
Yes.
I asked her to convince Mr. Kudo to let me see him.
When will she see him?
Today at 4 p.m.
She'll be at the hospital
about now.
Tell her not to go!
Agawa, Minoru had one more target. Ms. Miyaguchi!
Makoto might attack her for him!
Revenge...
He saw his brother die.
Rage can soon lead to revenge.
The number you have called...
We'll hold a supporter's meeting, to publicize it.
Not again!
Don't create more victims!
Don't... become another victimizer!
End this now!
Come back.
Don't let your humanity slip away.
Come back.
People hurt people, take others' lives, lose their lives...
It's so miserable.
You asked me why I became a probation officer.
I did.
I was...
attacked by a man, when I was a middle schooler.
He threatened me with a knife. I couldn't move.
Another man saved me.
But he...
got stabbed instead of me, and died.
After that, I...
tried to put it behind me.
I went to high school, and university, got a job...
I thought keeping my mind occupied would help me forget.
But nothing ever worked.
I made myself sick, and quit my job.
Then I saw a man walking unsteadily.
I had a flashback to my attack, and sprinted away.
The next moment,
a woman ran up, and started yelling at the man.
"Don't give up." Suddenly screaming at him.
She gave him a bun to eat, took his hand, and left with him.
I chased after her.
She was a probation officer,
and the man
was a former convict, she told me.
When I...
heard her tell him not to give up,
those words hit me hard.
That made me realize.
My life was saved, so... I need to pay that forward.
If my attacker
had someone like her,
he might not have done it.
That's why
I decided to become a probation officer.
You were very fond of Minoru, weren't you?
After the orphanage,
I was too stressed out to look out for him.
He was...
a crybaby when he was little.
But...
after Mom...
got killed, he never cried.
She stopped moving, and he cried, "Mommy, Mommy."
His whole body shaking.
So I...
held Minoru...
as he shook.
He grew up...
but never stopped shaking.
Mr. Kudo.
Your crimes will be judged.
You'll go back to prison.
I know.
Once you serve your time, and return to society,
you'll probably have a lot of trouble finding a job.
Finding a place to live will be difficult too.
The law and welfare alone won't help you to survive.
That's reality.
But...
If it gets too hard, come to me.
I'll do... whatever I can.
When it gets too hard, please say so.
Say it loud, so I can hear you.
To become human again,
yell as loud as you can.
Some day,
let's go eat noodles together.
Don't worry. I'll represent him.
Thank you.
I've... got to go back.
"Why...
are you still alive?"
That's...
Becoming a probation officer is my answer to that.
Take care.
You too.
What's that for?!
I wanted to give you a fright!
Screw you. I went to all this trouble!
Shit.
Midori.
Would you mind... going somewhere with me?
The freakin' sea!
No sudden screaming please.
This place?
"Chuya Nakahara"
Hey Kayo.
Why bring me here?
You're my friend.
Oh.
Right.
Don't fall for me.
KASUMI ARIMURA
HAYATO ISOMURA
RYUYA WAKABA
MAKITA SPORTS
SHIZUKA ISHIBASHI
YUKIYA KITAMURA
SHOHEI UNO
LILY FRANKY
TAE KIMURA
GO MORITA
Based on the original graphic novel "Zenkamono" by Masahito KAGAWA,
Toji TSUKISHIMA published by Shogakukan Inc.
Music by TARO IWASHIRO
Written, Directed and Edited by YOSHIYUKI KISHI
2021 Masahito KAGAWA, Toji TSUKISHIMA, Shogakukan "ZENKAMONO" film partners