It's cold.
Excuse me.
Yashichi?
Excuse me.
Quiet!
Aren�t you a magician?
Surprise me.
The top prize is an overnight trip to the
hot springs in Ikaho.
I'd love to take a leisurely trip there.
Delivery!
Radon?
We'll now commence with the Radon Surprise Contest.
Oki Bond will be your emcee!
Hot springs.
Asst. Professor Ueda Jiro of Nihon Kagidai
will be our special judge today.
Please judge our contestants with
your knowledge as a physicist.
Surprise invigorates the brain cells.
Radon! I'm Ueda!
We'll present the prizes to be awarded.
Ueda, choose your jobs wisely
Let me introduce our first contestant!
Human pump, Vacuum Kato!
Next is, "Go with the train on the Tokaido Line."
Here's 5-year old Goto Kazuaki!
I'm from Shinbashi, Tokyo.
I've had enough of this.
Finally, Yamada Naoko with her zombie ball!
Nice legs!
First prize is mine.
Your string broke.
Please, everyone. She tried her best.
Attention!
Here's clairvoyant Katsuragi Hiroaki!
Now let me show you real supernatural power.
Will the recipient of the rose please come up
on stage for me.
Please come here.
Please write down a few numbers that come to mind.
How's this?
Fine.
Now, what is the number that Yonemoto Yone wrote down?
I can see the number.
The number she wrote is...
Zero.
How about the next number?
Three.
Am I wrong?
Please wait a second.
Can I check your eye mask?
Do you think I'm a fraud?
You must be.
Can I pick the numbers this time?
Sure.
So what are the numbers?
How about it? Say it clearly.
Please tell us. Now, let's find out...
Three, five, seven, zero.
Wow!
What's going on here?
"Clairvoyant Katsuragi Hiroaki"
Oki Bond was telling him what the numbers were.
It didn't seem that way.
He used code words to tell him the numbers.
Code words?
Do you remember what he said
when he was guessing the old woman's numbers?
"Now, what are the numbers that Yonemoto Yone wrote?"
I think that "now" meant "zero."
"How about it?"
"How" meant "three."
If you switch the numbers from zero to nine to short
words like that, you can give out the numbers.
I see your point.
"How..."
Three.
"...clearly." Five.
"Please..."
Seven.
"Now..."
Zero.
It's them.
Please stand in line.
His clairvoyant services are free.
I see a morning glory at the entrance.
Now that you've mentioned it, there is a potted
morning glory at the side of the entrance.
That is the cause of your lame hip.
That's bringing evil to your hip.
Put this gold weight in its place.
Then your hip will get better in no time.
It's going to be a bit expensive, but...
it's a cheap price to pay for your health.
Isn't that just a copper weight?
He's nothing but a con artist!
Let's expose him and teach him a good lesson.
I know his trick.
Don't be fooled by him!
He's a big liar!
Don't buy his things!
Don't be fooled!
What're you doing!? Let me go!
Let us continue.
Are you all right?
You said earlier that you were tricked.
I bought that from him.
He said that would cure my neuralgia.
Is that what you have?
He accurately guessed this room arrangement.
How much did you pay for that?
500,000 yen.
This cost 500,000 yen?
Please expose him.
Or I'll never be able to rest in peace.
I'll give you a reward.
Will you do it for this?
I won it at the lottery draw in front of the station.
It's a trip to Ikaho hot springs for two nights.
It's a night more.
You accepted it so easily. I hope you have a plan.
Where are you from?
Haijima. Why?
Wasn't there a shopping district by the station?
Wasn't there a noodle shop on the left side?
You mean Marian?
Is the lady there well?
Mrs.Kamoshida?
Didn't she have a son or daughter?
She has a son. He took over the business.
I thought so! I always thought he would take over.
Afterall, the owner was ready to retire.
After he took over, it wasn't as good.
He changed an ingredient in the noodle recipe.
Kurohime makes the best flour for buckwheat noodles.
There's a slight after- taste to it, but that's
what makes it good.
You seem to know the place very well.
Have you been there before?
I saw through you.
I asked leading questions to extract information
from you, as if I already knew about it.
It's referred to as "cold reading" and it's a trick
commonly used by fortune-telling frauds.
Big Mother used it at Mother's Spring, too.
Is that what that old man fell for?
Probably.
That's how he guessed the room arrangement.
I thought so.
I figured it was something like that.
I haven't stood in line in a long while.
Is that right?
The last time I did was on July 11, 1981,
to see Yakushumaru Hiroko.
Yakushima?
Isn't that a World Heritage?
Like Yaku pines, Yanbaru water rails, Yanbaru snails...
Am I going to get better with this?
That's right. Aren't you glad?
Your dad will be coming to see you.
Really?
How can he deceive a child like that!
Let's teach him a good lesson.
Momotaro Zamurai appears in your dream every night?
Careless Hachibei appeared last night.
Can I be cured?
Yes, of course.
I can see it.
Didn't you lose something precious when you were small?
You were very sad then.
You cried all night long.
Will you tell me what I lost?
Sure.
I can see it.
Your father...
No, your mother.
Mother?
I can clearly see your mother.
Your mother isn't dead, is she?
I can't answer that.
What?
I can only respond "yes" to that question.
My mother is dead and no longer in this world.
My mother is not dead, and therefore alive.
It can be taken two ways.
You've been asking ambiguous questions like
that to deceive the elderly people here.
Turtle, goldfish, plant, hamster, shaved ice machine...
and breast enhancing pads!
Those are items in your room, aren't they?
Shall I sketch your room arrangement?
The turtle, goldfish and plant are located here.
The hamster is located under the desk.
The shaved ice machine is in this area.
The breast enhancing pads are...
In this second drawer.
Did you look there, Ueda?
You're making this up!
You're a fraud!
Let's leave, Ueda.
I just want to verify if I guessed it right or not.
Wait a minute. The room is messy now.
Let me clean up first.
Are you going to get rid of the turtle?
Of course not.
We're going in then.
Please verify it.
What a dirty room.
What a messy woman.
What are you doing?
Now they know you have flat breasts.
You have a turtle here.
No, this turtle is...
There's the turtle.
It's like the sketch that Sensei made.
Shall we leave now?
What a big liar.
She's a liar.
"Messy. Flat breasted. Liar."
I wouldn't be able to live through those insults.
You're just an arrogant virgin with a big penis.
I wonder how he knew how my room was arranged?
There's only one explanation for it.
Someone who came into this room before had
told him about it.
someone who came into this room?
Do you have any idea who it might be?
I do.
Just one.
Is it a man?
I didn't know you had someone like that.
When did you break up with him?
Is it that neighbor of yours?
Me?
The only person who has ever come into this room is you.
You must be joking.
What's so funny?
Don't you even have female friends?
What is it?
The other night...
He appeared.
Momotaro Zamurai?
No, a ghost.
Are you saying he sent that ghost over here?
He knew I was a magician.
A local magician would surely enter the contest.
While I was out, he disguised himself
as a ghost to check out my room.
He was prepared in case you saw through his fraud
and came storming in.
"Hot reading" is another trick commonly used
by fortune telling frauds.
They secretly investigate the person beforehand.
Then, the person is shocked at the accuracy of the reading,
and ends up believing in his powers.
I expected that much.
What happened?
Again!
It's chilly...
Chilly? No, it's hot.
It's hot, isn't it?
It's not hot.
It's him. It has to be.
Wait.
It's not him.
He no longer has a reason to pretend he's a ghost.
You're right.
Which means...
Ghost!
Naoko! Be careful...
You haven't paid your rent yet.
It's a curse.
Shut up.
How did he know about all the details?
Hello?
Did I not call the Yamada residence?
Yes, you did. Whom may I ask is calling?
Well... Whom may I ask are you?
Asst. Professor Ueda Jiro from the School of
Science at the Nihon Kagaku Gijutsu Daigaku.
You're a professor at a university?
An assistant professor.
I'll be a professor in two years.
A professor?
She should just come out and ask me to leave.
What are you doing?
Quiet! I'm in the middle of an important conversation.
If you will listen, Mother...
Mother?
Give that to me.
Hello?
Naoko, he sounds like a nice man.
Mother...?
When you take off your clothes, turn off the lights.
Cross your arms in the front and...
What are you saying, Mom?
You've got it all wrong.
It's not what you think.
Mr.Ueda is just a friend.
Just a friend?
Yes, there's nothing more.
I'm not done talking to her.
Shut up, Ueda!
Did you call for something?
Yes, that's right.
I had a very bad dream.
Dream?
Someone had abducted you.
What're you saying?
Is anything unusual happening around you?
Don't worry, I'm fine.
If you say so.
I'm worrying for nothing. You have Mr.Ueda there.
Please give my regards to Mr.Ueda.
Be sure to turn off the lights.
We're just friends!
She's a nice mother.
What're you saying?
Don't answer my phone.
I can't ignore a phone that's ringing.
It's too tempting.
But you shouldn't give in to your temptations.
That's common sense.
Anyone would pick it up.
He got me.
By the way...
Don't change the subject.
There's one difference from what he said.
What is it?
Here.
The pads are in the second drawer.
How do you know that?
Never mind that.
Isn't it different?
Oh, I know. It's this.
Wait a minute.
I bought that a couple of days ago and I colored
and glued it yesterday morning for the contest.
If he had come in to check on your room,
it would've been between two days ago
and yesterday morning.
It couldn't have been the landlady.
I know.
Please sign for it.
This is for next door.
Sorry!
Are you saying that he reported your room
arrangement to Katsuragi?
I can't think of anybody else.
The delivery man?
Will you be the "otori"(bait)?
Like a chickadee, a Bengalee, or a shell parakeet?
UEda, "otori" (as in bait, not bird).
This is Ueda. Pardon my rudeness yesterday.
I take a critical position on supernatural powers.
Your powers to see through a person's mind...
have left me in awe.
Will you please do a reading of my house?
A 2:00 appointment?
That's fine. I'll see you then.
Will the delivery man really come?
He definitely will.
Delivery! Please sign for it.
He can't make his report now.
I'll say it again.
I've figured it all out!
Mr.Ueda, I've been waiting for you.
She feels badly about the last time and wants
to apologize to you.
Now apologize.
I'm sorry.
I was wrong!
Everybody makes mistakes.
By admitting to it, you mature.
Please follow me.
Can you see it?
Please wait.
Isn't your room something like this?
How did you know?
That's just...
I thought you were sorry!
I'm sorry!
I was wrong!
I saw a lot of exercise equipment.
There are pictures hanging on the wall.
Four in all.
They are all pictures of you, Mr.Ueda.
Am I right?
I see "hashi" (chopsticks) on the tabletop.
There's a golf bag, a baseball game, and a Twister game.
How frightening!
How did he know?
I see a giant pit viper!
Oh, no. He was a real delivery man!
A white viper? What does it look like?
You need the "Super Deluxe!"
20 kilograms!
How much is it?
Ten million yen.
Don't buy it.
I'm sorry!
I was wrong!
I'm sorry. Accept this as a token of my apology.
Ah! It came out.
I can only conclude one thing.
What is it?
Someone who entered this room told him the details.
That's not possible.
Why?
No one has ever entered this room before.
What?
With the exception of you and your mother.
You're kidding.
What's so funny?
You're a gloomy man.
You have no friends.
There isn't anybody worthy of being my friend.
What's the use of having that baseball game then?
And the Twister game.
I pitch... I bat... and I run.
This is how I play my baseball game.
The same goes with the Twister game.
I have a good imagination.
I imagine another person playing with me.
A female.
Now, start.
I'll go right. Red.
Then I'll go on green.
I get it.
What is it?
I've figured it out.
You want me to look into your mind again?
That's right.
If I'm going to make a huge purchase...
I'd like to see your powers once again.
Then I'll buy six.
I see. I understand.
We'll draw a number of pictures.
Please tell us what we've drawn.
Will something that simple satisfy you?
It's something that I can't do.
That's interesting.
All right, I'll do it.
You're so suspicious.
His powers are real.
Let us begin now.
I can see it.
Well?
I can see it.
Am I wrong?
I can see it.
Isn't this it?
I can see it.
A pig.
You're truly incredible.
This is simple, with my powers.
Just one more.
Is that okay?
Suit yourself.
Are you ready?
I can see it.
That's an interesting picture for the last one.
The picture you drew is...
It's completely different.
The picture I drew is...
What's going on?
He made a mistake.
Hashi (chopsticks) and hashi (bridge)...
You misheard it.
You have to use someone with the same Kanto dialect
as your partner.
Weren't you secretly telling him what you saw?
What're you talking about?
This is the proof.
You should take off your receiver.
I once came in first in a loudest voice contest.
Everybody, please listen.
You've been exposed.
You made the same mistake when you went over his
room arrangement.
Same mistake?
I see "hashi" (chopsticks) on the tabletop.
When we went to his place, this was on the table.
There's another building like Mr.Ueda's building
standing right across of it.
That's probably where she was reporting from.
I've figured out your trick.
There's "hashi" on the table.
That's the trick behind your fraudulent clairvoyance.
You checked these old folks' homes
beforehand, in the same manner?
Did you entrap me?
Don't insult me.
This is nothing compared to what you have done.
You fraud!
Is she telling the truth?
You're a fraud!
Shut up!
It's some kind of mistake.
They are demons!
You're the evil one!
Don't be fooled by him!
That's enough!
You're completely surrounded by the police.
Drop your weapons and submit to arrest.
What's that supposed to be?
A helicopter.
Are you Edoya Nekohachi?
Get the riot police's armored car to come.
Riot police, advance!
The police are here for the welfare of the people.
You have nothing to fear. Rest assured.
Are there only two of you here?
You're late, Yabe.
Shut up.
Are you Katsuragi Hiraoki?
We've received many complaints against you.
Please come with us.
Take them away.
There are only two of us.
There are six of them.
Can they fit in the car?
With us, there are eight.
Don't move from here.
Thank you for your cooperation.
You are welcome.
I'm not saying it to you.
I've always wanted to give a salute.
Will they all fit?
I threw out all your things.
Start walking.
Thanks for your help.
This is the reward I promised you.
Thank you.
Why are you taking it?
The hot springs will relax my mind.
This is mine.
Won't I be cured?
Will I die?
That's right.
After all, I'm a fraud.