My name is Yamada Naoko.
I'm a super beautiful genius magician.
The stupid professor, Ueda, and I
came to a wizard forest that's said there is no way to get out after going in.
Fires, dead bodies walking. Where is this damn place?
A strange song was heard at night.
Now everybody's hair grows longer and longer.
A body appeared, but disappeared, too.
Hashimoto-san suddenly ran away, then was hiting the found body violently.
This case is totally a mystery.
Why do you want to kill Huka-san now?
Hashimoto-san admitted that they had killed because of the pot.
And super genius, me, easily found the underground tunnel.
That night, Ueda sneaked out of the cottage to see Hashimoto-san.
And then I went out searching for Ueda. And...
The island is about to die.
We are the only survivors.
Come here...
Shiina...Kippei.
Come here...
Hashimoto-san?
Hashimoto-san.
Hashimoto-san...
He's dead.
Ueda-san?
Ueda-san.
Dead, too.
I thought I would die.
What are you doing here?
After I got here, I saw Hashimoto-san was lying there.
And the wizard suddenly appeared from behind me.
Then I don't remember...
You fainted again?
You saw him, too?
Uh. He looks exactly like Shiina Kippei.
Hey. What are you doing there?
Darling.
Darling. Are you dead?
HEY YOU. Did you...
Not me. When I got here, he'd already...
Then who did it?
Professor. Did you see the wizard?
Uuh. I don't know if he's a wizard or not.
Because he wore a mask.
No. He didn't.
Who I saw was Shiina Kippei.
What are you talking about?
This proved that the one you saw is the wizard.
A wizard can change at will
to make himself look different to different person's eyes.
Then why did the one I saw wear a mask?
*Japanese swimsuit models If he could become Yumiko Shaku or Igawa Haruka...
Why didn't he become Yumiko Shaku or Igawa Haruka?
I want to see him again.
What are you talking about?
What I want to say is, by just wearing a mask,
anybody can become a wizard.
Then what you mean is
the killer is one of us?
Are you?
Are we?
Maybe.
Well... Who is the last one who saw Hashimoto-san?
I guess it was me.
Around 10 o'clock when I went upstairs
I did see Hashimoto-san chained there.
Your hand hair is so long.
Then we just need to inquire
who was where at a half past ten.
I'm not the criminal, so I'll circle my name.
Why?
I am the police!
How can I be the criminal?
Then I can have my name circled, too.
You seem to have more black hair.
I'm not the criminal, too. So I should have my name circled...
Wait...
You're the most suspicious.
I remember she
was in bed at 9.
She was probably pretending.
It didn't look like she was pretending.
She was saying some shameful nonsense that earthmen won't speak.
No. Singing.
What did she sing?
Today is my heart-breaking anniversary.
Sorry to suspect you.
I was with you at that time.
You're amazing.
How do you know?
Beautiful curled hair.
Cut some for me later.
You definitely can be circled.
Besides, I know you like me.
Will they give me his insurance benefit?
You bitch, How can you say so?
We were doing group exercise beside you officers, right?
You...
*Vibrissa: A mammal�s whiskers, used for feeling. Your vibrissa is too long!
Have them trimmed, ok?
Miss Komatsu. How about you?
After I saw the long beard Hashimoto-san...
Speaking for her... I'm sorry. She's innocent.
She came to quarrel with me again. I couldn't sleep at all.
You look like Murayamato. Mr. Yanagita.
Was that so?
Uh.
Then Mr. Yanagita? Was he indeed with you?
Admit it.
You really want me to be thought as a killer?
He was indeed with me.
Circled. Circled.
Which part of brother's hair grows?
If so, then only Ueda-san is left.
No one can prove you have a alibi.
Cross it.
Too soon!
I remembered.
We were in the room on the 2nd floor.
I was sleeping at that time.
But around midnight I suddenly woke up.
And I saw that Ueda-san had went out.
Then we went together to the "Stone coffin to make the dead alive."
And we found the body together.
Therefore, Ueda-san is not the criminal.
Your story can't be proof.
You're his companion, right?
You must want to help him. Right? To help him.
Must be.
Can I say something?
Isn't there the mind reading rock?
Just put hands into it, that will solve this, right?
How can we use that?
Theoretically, that's indeed a good idea.
If lies,his hands will be burned.
Want to give it a try? Professor Ueda?
Wait.
I have a more interesting idea.
Let her put her hand in.
Why?
Because if she lied, then everything is clear.
OK.
Hey.
Apologize to them. Say you were lying.
Shut up!
You sure want to do this?
Yes.
I want to do it.
Were you really with Professor Ueda at that time?
Can you swear you didn't lie?
Can you?
Yes. I can.
Then put your hand in there.
I'm really sorry about yesterday.
Because that strange policeman,
Sensei wasn't in the mood to write.
Did you sleep well last night?
Well...
I'm worried about things in the woods.
The police will handle it.
That forest is very dangerous.
Nothing good will happen if you get closer to it.
Then, Sensei.
Please stoke your brush here today.
Uh. Village Saki, right?
No no... It's Kisa village.
It seems there's something in this room.
I feel a strong, negative atmosphere.
But, except us, no one is here.
No. I really feel it. Feel it.
There's indeed something here.
This. Move this away.
Quick... Yes. Right away.
Hurry!
And this. Move it to there.
Kohashi. Move it there. Yes. Right away.
There...
Be quick.
Sensei. What happened indeed?
And this.
Kohashi. Move it.
Yes. Right away.
Hurry up...
Kohashi...
Come help!
What?
I can't move it. Come help!
Move that side. One..two...
Are you sure you all right?
I want to explore a little bit in the woods.
I want to meet the wizard.
I see. Please be careful.
Stupid people around me.
Even now, no one is willing to admit his existence.
He's still living in this forest.
What? He's not talking to us.
Is that you?
You guys. Dinner time.
Ok.
Eh? Where's teacher Yanagita?
He went out just now,
murmuring about looking for the wizard in the forest.
What a strange old man!
Hair grows longer.
What's that voice?
It's the wizard's singing voice.
Hair grows longer...
This is the legend.
At night,
the wizard's singing voice comes out from the deep of the woods.
Let's go take a look.
To search for the singing voice. Let's see where it comes from.
This time we have to reveal the wizard's real identity.
After eating the instant noodles.
Hair grows longer.
Sounds like it's from around this area.
Is he singing "Hair grows longer." Right?
You think too much. Senior.
Your inferiority complex lets you hear that.
What did you say...
I feel this forest likes me.
Hair...
grows longer.
Hair grows longer.
Look here.
Hair grows...
It's from here!
Must be teacher Yanagita.
What's that?
Mr. Yanagita...
He's dead.
Officer Yabe.
Who are you?
I am going to meet the wizard now.
If I can't get back alive,
I hope you can find the message I left in this forest.
The truth is in that message.
I hear the voice. Very loud.
Where? Where are you?
This sounds like that noise we heard when Mr. Yanagita was killed.
He said in this forest... He left a message.
Message...
Could it be this?
Let me see it.
A decoding table of the ancient writing.
I didn't see any similar characters.
Of course. The decoded message was taken by the criminal.
What did you say?
Are you saying one of us did it?
Are you...
Who do you think did it?
Ok. Then let's ask again about everybody's alibi.
I don't feel it's necessary.
Can I listen to that tape again?
Listen carefully.
The voice is the song of "Hair grows..."
That is to say Mr. Yanagita was killed between the time we heard
the song and the time we got here.
Make sense.
Ouch!
Who do you think you are?
At the time we heard the singing,
I remember except Mr. Yanagita, we were all together in the cottage.
I was giving out instant noodles, so I remember.
He went out just now.
Then we came here together.
Therefore, no one was able to kill Mr. Yanagita.
Terrible.
There's really something in the woods.
Terrible.
He's hiding somewhere waiting to kill us.
I'm so scared.
Leader...
Stop crying.
Sorry.
YOU. Where are you going?
Just find the wizard, and everything will be fine, right?
Hey. You.
Do you understand or not?
For the wizard to kill you. It's a piece of cake.
I'm alright.
Don't go. Yamada.
Please don't stop me.
Ueda-san.
What are you doing here?
You ask me?
How can I just let YOU go alone?
You're so strong.
Sorry.
I didn't know you would worry about me.
I am not.
Look!
Not for you to eat.
Haven't you heard about the story of "Hansel and Gretel"?
What?
Listen. You keep walking like this.
How will you know the way back?
If like this, we leave some signals.
Later, we won't get lost.
What's wrong with your belly?
Does it grow hair?
Hey.
It's time to tell me.
What did you hide?
Eh?
And why did you want to come to this forest?
Ueda-san. Please go back.
It's dangerous to be with me.
Why?
About that thing...
I was planning to tell you later, but I forgot.
I think I still have to say thank you.
Thank you.
For what?
You put your hand into the rock.
Why do you say so?
If it's for Ueda-san,
my hand isn't important at all.
YOU.
How can I think so? You idiot.
You super idiot.
YOU
The wizard is the survivor
of the Kurotsus' branch that was banished from Black Door Island.
So, he wouldn't do anything to harm me.
Don't bluff.
You're thinking too much.
I can't imagine you would become so stupid. Idiot!
There's no wizard at all.
You have to believe me.
To believe me who is 100, 1000 times smarter than you.
Ueda-san's face looks like Shiina Kippei now.
Many people said we're alike. Don't you worry about it.
Let's go back.
Eh?
Strange. I remember I put a piece of bread here.
Why is it gone?
Ueda-san.
What happened to Hansel and Gretel then?
The two kids kept going into the woods,
at the time they wanted to go back,
they found the bread was eaten by birds.
Oh. Damn it.
Ueda.
Let's rest here tonight.
The elevation here is lower, at least it's warmer.
If Shiina Kippei comes,
Ueda-san. You don't need to care about me, just run away.
I'll be all right.
Don't worry about that in advance.
I've never run away alone when facing danger.
Because you fainted every time.
YOU.
Sleep?
Give up...
Here.
Sigh...
Ok.
So cold.
Thank you. Ueda-san. Your coat.
Didn't you feel cold?
Did you catch a cold?
No. That's impossible.
Too fake.
That smoke is...
Uh. The cottage we're staying at.
Miss Maria is probably cooking noodles.
Just go in that direction
and we'll get there.
That direction? There's no way down here.
We can't see the smoke from inside the woods.
Wait.
From here to that smoke, the direction
is southeast to east.
Then let's go this way.
If you brought this, why didn't you use it earlier?
I didn't find it till now.
Because you had left in hurry,
I just grabbed something and went to look for you.
Ouch!
OUCH!
Stabbed my back...
Ueda.
Hurt.
Speaker? Why is there a speaker here?
Solved.
Solved what?
Now it proves your stupidity.
Mr. Yanagita was not killed by a wizard.
The criminal indeed...
is one among us.
Nobody else can hear you.
Mr. Yanagita was killed earlier
than the time we heard the singing.
But in the tape which Mr. Yanagita left,
The singing voice
was coming out from the speaker where Mr. Yanagita was killed.
But only we could hear that.
Do you know why?
Sound is a wave of air.
The vibration goes through the air to our ears.
If the same sound wave comes from the opposite direction,
the two sound waves will be counterbalanced.
Then in a certain place the sound will not be heard.
That speaker is here.
And the speaker at where Mr. Yanagita was killed is here.
Sound waves are like this.
Look carefully.
The sound waves are counterbalanced.
The place where the sound could not be heard is here.
The cottage where we live.
That is to say at the time Mr. Yanagita was killed,
the speakers from both side were working.
Though sound could be heard at the place where Mr. Yanagita was.
We couldn't hear anything in our cottage.
I hear the voice. Very loud.
After the criminal killed Mr. Yanagita,
he/she could just come back to our cottage as though nothing happened.
And then waited for a good chance
to turn off the speaker on this side.
Then we could hear the singing voice in our cottage.
So you mean anyone could of killed Mr. Yanagita?
Uh. Mr. Yanagita wanted us to believe in the wizard's existence.
So he made a lot of machinery in this forest.
But it was then used by someone else.
I see.
Cute? A frog.
That Mind Reading Rock.
Must be operated by Mr. Yanagita.
To control that fire.
Could it be a switch somewhere?
I remember Mr. Yanagita was here...
Are you an idiot?
How can it be at a place so obvious?
I really want to see which idiot was fooled by this trick.
But that experiment, how could he guess it right?
Everybody was facing away.
Then the coin which Ueda-san held is it heads or tails
no one should be able to know it.
The coin is...
Tail up.
Change?
Why have you turn them over?
Wait.
The sound is the key.
It's a very simple arithmetic.
Mr. Yanagita had already
counted how many coins were on it.
If the total amount of "heads up" coins is an even number,
then it'll become an odd number when I turn them once.
Turn them again, it'll become an even number.
And the third time, it'll be an odd number again.
No matter how many times I turn them over, the rule won't change.
Right. Just listening to the sound
he would know how many times you turned them over.
Correct. Therefore, how many coins are heads
is decided by odd number or even number.
You could know with your eyes closed.
Finally, just count how many coins are heads or tails
then he could know if the coin in Ueda-san's hand
is heads or tails.
Too simple. No challenge at all.
Just like what I thought at that time.
Then the problem is why a body can out from that coffin.
That time we all surrounded the coffin.
No one should be able to play that body.
Wait.
There's only one who could do it.
Where is it?
I don't know, either.
Right.
You. This way.
Good.
We're finally here.
You're back!
Where've you been? We thought you were dead.
Eh? Where is everybody?
They went to get water.
You brought so many things.
Even unnecessary ones.
Ueda-san. You brought this, too?
Eh?
How could we get back?
If this was in your bag all the time,
the compass wouldn't point north,
but point to this magnet, right?
How could we get back?
I know it.
I know how to move that big stone.
What are you talking about?
You should help look for Mr. Yanagita's message.
Hey. Yamada.
I checked this for a long time.
But there's no similar characters on it.
You, stupid Yabe.
Good comment.
What did you say? Asshole.
So what?
Everybody.
I knew it already,
who was playing the wizard.
Who?
Keep moving. Keep moving!
Yes.
Kohashi.
Let me take it by myself.
Mayor. Can I ask you a question?
Later.
Why do we have to move things around?
Why? Because that Sensei said something is inside the office,
we have to move this stuff.
Or she's not willing to write. I can't do anything, either.
I think she was thinking too much.
Don't talk like that.
It's me that's thinking too much.
You can put all the things back to where they were.
This Shiina Kippei stone
is magnetized to the ground because of the electromagnet.
I don't think it looks like. Not at all.
But you...
The magnet can't magnetize it.
What can be magnetized by electromagnet are only metals.
Stone is impossible to be magnetized.
Because this is not a magnet at all.
Ueda-san and I had this on our way,
but we still could use a compass to come back here safely.
The magnet is not this.
But this iron shovel.
This is too surprising.
Lend it to me.
Now we can explain
why we would walk in circles when we wanted to leave here.
That time Mr. Yanagita was holding this iron shovel
to walk with us.
Like this
to interfere with the compass Ueda-san held.
This way.
Wait.
But we still came back here without having a compass.
That's because you're stupid.
Yes. What did you say?
Some words can't be spoke at will.
Stupid.
Stupid wig.
Be quiet.
The switch to turn off the electro- magnet should be somewhere around.
Probably...
around there.
Where Mr. Yanagita stood.
Ueda. Yes.
That teacher actually made such dirty machinery!
But...
Do you still remember the time we opened that coffin?
We were surrounding that coffin!
Then who played that body?
Only one person could do it.
It was Mr. Yanagita.
That's impossible.
Mr. Yanagita and her at that time
was quarreling in front of that toilet.
We all heard their voices.
What we heard was only the voice of Miss Komatsu.
No one heard Mr. Yanagita's voice.
Mr. Yanagita quarreled with Miss Komatsu at cottage on purpose.
He just pretended to ignore her.
People think you're the trickster scholar.
So you were exiled from the academic fields.
You are that teacher, right?
I'm not a liar.
I don't want to answer your question.
Why?
That time only Miss Komatsu was speaking.
Why don't you answer my question?
That time you were doing a monologue
to attract our attention.
Then Mr. Yanagita was using the underground tunnel
to enter that coffin and play the body.
If that coffin really can make people revive...
Mr. Yanagita jumped into the hole and changed back.
A strange person just ran out of my sight.
How can you open it without me?
You and Mr. Yanagita knew each other from the start.
To revenge for Mr. Kishimo,
you killed Huka-san and Hashimoto-san, right?
Nonsense.
Any proof to say it's me?
The message Mr. Yanagita left.
If I can't get back alive,
I hope you can find the message I left in this forest.
The truth is in that message.
You're also looking for that message, right?
In fact, the message was in front of us all the time.
It's this one.
Are you an idiot?
These are ancient characters.
I can't see what was changed.
What was changed is not those characters
but the method of reading them.
Here is the decoding table of ancient south writing.
But this decoding way has a secret.
Like this, make a table
and write on the fifty kanas.
Then we can decode the writing on this board.
This is the message Mr. Yanagita left.
Yabe. Aran. You two come to do it.
Yes.
First one. Ok.
This lying U and S
U...
is Ki. Ki, right?
Two knives. And a hand like Doraemon.
Doraemon's hand... Like Doraemon's hand
is this. SI. SI.
Another lying U and a long bowknot.
U...
MO...
Two sperms stuck together. A long bowknot.
Two sperms stuck together... is this.
ZO. Good. Next one.
Like a bird drinking water.
Is TE.
The last one...
A snake and a knife.
A snake and a knife...
HE.
Great... Great! Finish!
Aran. Go back. Yes.
Yabe. Read it out loud.
Ok.
MA HA WO FU KI
No.
Read straight. Straight.
Kishimo...
doesn't want revenge.
to Komatsu.
Are you and the dead Mr. Kishimo lovers?
So you cooperated with Mr. Yanagita.
It has nothing to do with Teacher Yanagita.
I killed them all.
I did them all.
When Mr. Kishimo and I were students,
we both studied ethnology in Teacher Yanagita's laboratory.
You were right.
We were lovers.
After graduation, Mr. Kishimo kept studying in the university.
And I, became an explorer reporter.
Yet one day.
I heard in the woods of Kisa village lives a wizard.
Maybe I could find the lost cultural remains.
Mr. Kishimo and village station's Hashimoto-san
and Huka-san of Desperation Construction Company
went into the woods together.
But he never came back again.
I wanted to ask Hashimoto-san what happened in the woods,
so I went to the village station.
And...
What should we do? Huka-san.
I felt someone was watching us.
Don't worry.
Right! I found a buyer for that pot.
Remember don't mention a word about Kishimo.
As long as we don't tell,
people will think he couldn't come back because of the curse of woods.
I helped Mr. Yanagita to get revenge on the two of them.
Our goal was to let them taste the feel of terror
and let them admit their guilt.
Because of that, Mr. Yanagita thought of many tricks for the wizard.
But just to make them live in fear was not enough for me.
I wanted them to pay with their lives.
Of course Mr. Yanagita soon found out I'm the killer.
Therefore, when Hashimoto-san died,
he created my alibi right away.
Speaking of her... I'm sorry. She's innocent.
She came to quarrel with me again. I couldn't sleep at all.
How can two people cover each other without a good relationship?
So you all believed in us.
But that didn't mean the teacher agree with what I had done.
I should have found out your intentions earlier.
Killing can't be forgiven.
Now it's not too late. Please surrender yourself.
What are you talking about? Teacher.
I told him I want to have a talk. And I tricked him out.
Where are you?
Then I killed the teacher.
The trick about the speakers is just like your conclusion.
To include me in this case was also one of your plans, right?
To let Ueda-san believe there's really a wizard.
You're so silly. Innocent lady.
I still have another reason to be here.
Teacher Yanagita's study is correct.
120 years ago. People banished from Black Door Island
did come here.
And cursed this woods.
I am an offspring of that Kurotsus'.
That is to say your mother and I are enemies.
I want to rend the dear you from your mother's side.
Goodbye.
No one should be able to leave this forest.
Do you want to change your hair style?
Your hair...
What did she mean we would not be able to leave this forest?
What did she mean?
Don't worry. We must be able to find the exit.
Let's go.
Can leave here...
Can find the exit...
Can go out...
Leave here...
Absolutely can...
Eh?
The exit.
Why would it be like this?
How come?
Can't get out of this woods? This is all bullshit.
Who the hell are you?
I think this is not over yet.
What do you mean?
Can we stay here a little bit longer?
If so, then I...
Before Hashimoto-san was killed. What did he really want to tell me?
What's important is after I saw that fake pot, I found out the truth of the wizard.
Let's go back.
My hair is not growing yet.
Let's go.
Excuse me. We solved the mystery already.
It's just like that. Mayor.
What are you talking about?
I told you unless you catch the wizard
you are not able to come back.
What you said. I'll not believe a word.
Where were you born?
Aim!
You shouldn't of come out.
Let's go back.
Please wait.
The person who took the pot Hashimoto-san found
should be somewhere here.
Just find out that person...
All bullshit.
I totally have no idea what you're talking about.
Feed them bullets.
I know who did it!
Mom?
The real pot is here.
That's impossible.
Covered with this sticker
It was not able to cheat my eyes.
Mom...
Satomi-san. Where did you find it?
Right in that mayor's office.
You took the pot, didn't you?
Sensei. I was thinking what you really want to say.
What you really want to say? Sensei.
All you've done.
I see through them all.
Why?
After I saw your office, I found a very strange thing.
Paintings, and some sculptures
are all duplicates.
Besides, you gave them especial emphasis.
Therefore, I thought
in that office, there must be
real ones that can't be found out.
And you mixed them up to confused people.
So I purposely let you
move things around in that room.
If there's indeed some priceless ones,
you would carry it with special care.
Wrong!
That pot is also a duplicate, too.
Still talking dangerous words.
Then let's have an experiment.
Danger! Mayor...
Transparent fellow.
You want this pot very much,
so you created rumors about the wizard, right?
Just for stopping people entering this forest.
Oh. Hashimoto-san. The wizard they met
actually was you, right?
The one who stole Hashimoto-san's pot in the closet is you, too.
No wonder.
Besides this woods is indeed complicated.
It's easy to lose your sense of direction when walking inside.
Just tell others, many people couldn't get out after entering it.
It's not surprising that it became a legend.
I see.
Ok. Let's go.
OK.
Dismissed after 10 minutes.
Please move to village station.
Don't move.
They've been controlled by the wizard.
Don't believe what they said.
Still talking like this?
Kill them.
I would not have come out if I knew this.
Let's go back. We'd better go back.
You won't stop?
Foolish people.
Mom! Don't come close.
Don't worry. Naoko.
Our power is far greater than
the curse of the woods.
Believe me.
And believe in yourself.
Words have magic power.
This power can stop their guns.
Come.
Lend it to me.
Follow me.
No one dares to shoot us.
It's real...
What's this?
I told you. The power of words.
(Poisonous gas. Danger!)
What nonsense game!
Soldiers.
Fire. Fire!
Don't do anything stupid!
If you insist on doing so...
You, a physicist. Want to be our enemy?
This "sideburns",is not just a normal scholar.
He performed karate on TV when he was still young.
He's a master of martial arts.
So what?
I'll give you an amulet.
Though not as powerful as my mom's.
But my writings still have some power.
What's not enough, I'll
just make it up with my sincerity to you, Ueda-san.
Take it.
Don't come near.
Interesting.
Don't come near.
(I shit in the forest and picked it up with my hands.)
Police officer...
What?
He's the criminal.
He Is the criminal.
Stop it.
You're really pathetic.
Pot Eight, the treasure of the forest.
You, a damn old man, want to keep it. So what?
I, Yabe, will punish you.
Not bad! Plead guilty!
This mountain is too dangerous.
So it'll be under my charge. Why?
Eh...
Why grows here?
Dismissed.
Go home!
I turn.
You saw with your own eyes
that words do have magic power.
Here are words I wrote with a sincere heart.
Here. Professor Ueda.
Naoko.
Don't open it!
Once you open it, the power will disappear.
If you can never open that letter,
you two will definitely meet somewhere.
But if you, either one of you open it.
You...
will never be able to see each other.
What did you write in here?
Well...
something you'd be surprised at.
Eh?
I have a calligrapher's party to go to later.
Excuse me. I have to go now.
Mom!
I, too, was invited to perform magic at a big dinner party.
So, goodbye.
This...
I'll open it later. Can I?
Of course.
Goodbye. Ueda-san. Take care.
I knew you'd open it.
What's the job of the person who says "Shave your head bald!" ?
The answer is in Naoko's envelope.
Yamada Satomi.
The answer is police officer. (Sounds the same as "No hair"!)