Master Yamijiro, if this drought continues,
the village will dry up.
Please use the power of your poem to make it rain.
Please make it rain.
Please!
Yamada!
If you can do tricks like that, you should apply for
a job at the Nippon Edo-mura.
Let's go change the diaper.
Yes. Change the diaper.
I can't hold it anymore.
Udea, Why are you doing inside my room?
You know what is this?
Kalita coffee.
I mean this.
Poker card.
It is Ogura hundred poems from Heian period to Kamakura period.
The outstanding collection of the poems.
The outstanding idiot?
You are so sarcastic!
Enough. Choose a card here.
Even the card was covered, I will still know what card you have chosen.
"The work of an outstanding person."
Even in different times. There are people such as myself.
Which own an incredible power.
Quick, choose one.
You will get impress by me after this.
I will hide inside the box.
Once, you say ready. I will start to read out.
Take the towel and cover here.
After that, tie the rope tightly over here.
Follow by, cover the towel below here.
Once you've done. Open the card and see.
Begin!
Turtle one, Turtle two…
Udea. Are you there?
How many hours did you spend out there?
Do you know how suffocate I was?
You are the one who tell me to tie tightly.
The poem that you had chosen is…
Ono Komachi - Beautiful Sakura.
During a unforgettable heavy rain,
Color went fade
Although, I’m floating within the romantic dream of yours.
But some day, I will be sorrow till my golden age.
This word “but some day, I will sorrow till my my golden age.”
means she will be sorrow until her old age.
Puns used by Ono Ko”mi”chi?
Is Komachi!
I used my Spiritual eyes to look through it.
It is an outstanding experience.
You feel suprise, don't you?
At that time, when you hidden in the box.
You are able to read through the remaining cards hidden inside the box.
Open it! Cut it!
You see. The torch and the remaining cards are still here.
Had you ever heard of people using poem to curse and kill or cause a heaven wrath?
Kameyama family? The famous one in IbaraGI?
It's IbaraKI.
I'm Matsumura, an attorney that practices law in Mito.
The Kameyama family goes back to its ancestor, Kameyama
Mitsusada, who was a famous poet during the Heian period.
Of noteworthy, is his poetic style called the "Kameyama-ka."
I've heard of it.
He didn't restrict himself to the 5-7-5-7-7 syllable format,
and used "kakekotoba" (play upon words) and rhymes.
Whenever there were natural disasters in the capital city,
he'd be summoned to the Imperial Palace to soothe
Heavens wrath with his poems.
What is it that you want to confide in me?
"Don't be afraid."
"Donto Koi Chojo Gensho."
Your "donto" (don't) and "donto" (with a bang) are
excellent play upon words.
So you've noticed that.
Due to circumstances, the Kameyama mansion will be sold.
But there's a problem.
There's a door in the Kameyama mansion that
has long been forbidden to be opened.
During the Edo period, Kameyama Motonobu,
the head of the house at that time...
had confined something frightening in there.
Do not open it! Or there will be great calamity!
An "ichimatsu-moyo" door?
But the Edo period was a long time ago.
Do you really believe that?
It's not just an old story.
During the Meiji period. a young poet took a peek
behind that door.
He went crazy. As if he was possessed.
And he died right after.
Now that the mansion is going to be sold...
We must open that door.
Sensei, please be there when we open the door.
What is it going to do with me?
Your reaction is too big.
To tell you frankly, they came from a well reputation and rich family.
If everything work out smoothly, we may get tremendous rewards.
Come to think of it, it might be a few hundred yen.
No, might even reach few million yen.
Udea.
Udea!
Faster put down the rice sacks...
"Be careful of the side ditches"?
I'm only talking you along because you insisted.
Just don't get in my way.
The Kameyama family has a very long history.
Is this really the home of a very wealthy family?
Leave the door behind.
Hey!
"Those who walk under here ...will not leave here alive."
Yamada, what shall we do?
Hey!
I get it.
Commoners, if you enter this gate, you will die.
Don't climb over it!
Excuse me!
What can I do for you?
Wasn't there a notice outside forbidding commoners to enter?
Attorney Matsumura in Mito sent us here.
I wasn't informed of it.
We're supposed to witness the opening of the forbidden door.
Ueda, what's going on here?
Are you Ueda-sensei?
Ueda, I see stars in your eyes.
I'm Kameyama Chizuru.
I'm the one who asked you to come here.
The members of this household are all proud.
They hate associating with common people.
They're behind in their times.
You're cute.
Follow me.
Grandmother. We'll be opening the "ichimatsu-moyo" door tonight.
Don't worry. A great scholar from Tokyo is here.
She's the head of our family, Kameyama Tsuruko.
She sleeps for five days and wakes up for two days.
And that's her whole week.
I'm the one who fixes her face like this.
We need Grandmother's consent for everything.
The physician said she doesn't have much longer to live.
But I don't buy that.
Will you sign this for me?
Sure thing, Chizuru.
Do you want to get it?
Will you sign it right here?
Okay.
Thank you. I'm sure my grandmother will be elated.
Grandmother, it's me, Ueda.
Now that I'm here, you have nothing to worry about.
Don't write on her face.
Who is she?
my 18th assistant, Yamada.
That's a lot lower than usual.
You're cute.
You're cute!
This is the troublesome "ichimatsu-moyo" door.
"Ichimatsu-moyo" as in a single pine tree design?
What were you thinking of?
"Ichimatsu-moyo" as in a checked print.
This is it for us.
"Ichimatsu-moyo"?
There's nothing unusual about it.
I don't hear anything inside.
Hey!
Stay away!
Uncle Tojiro!
Don't open that door.
A frighteningly powerful spirit is in there.
Is there someone inside there?
Yamijuro has been living in there for 400 years.
Uncle! Stop being silly!
Who is that "makkuro kumosuke"?
The name is Yamijuro!
Kameyama Yamijuro is our ancestor that lived during
the Edo period. He died a very long time ago.
Uncle Tojiro caused the family trouble three years ago.
And he started saying odd things ever since then.
What did he do?
He fell in love with a woman.
She was the daughter of an upstart businessman in Ibaraki.
he was a common person.
But wasn't she from a wealthy family?
Commoners have a bad point of focusing only on the money.
I know what you mean.
We couldn't let a tainted commoner into the family .
So we forced them to break up.
Unfortunately, she committed suicide.
What period of time are we talking about?
Will you go up quickly?
Please be careful of that rope.
We've been told not to pull it.
Or something terrible will happen.
Don't pull it now.
If you pull it, something terrible will happen.
We'll open the door tonight, after the sun sets.
Please use this room until then.
Where's your assistant?
I wonder where she went.
Please don't mind her.
Suigyoza village...
It's a nice place surrounded by forests and rivers.
This entire area extending 100 km used to belong to the
Kameyama family.
We lost most of it after the war.
That Yoshida Shigeru!
Didn't you see a lake along the way?
That used to be our pride.
This, here, is Lake Hyotan.
Isn't it shaped like a "hyotan" (gourd)?
This one here is shaped like an "usu" (mortar) so
it's called Lake Usu.
There are a lot of "mizubasho" (skunk cabbages) growing here,
so it's called Lake Basho.
Around them are Lake Ko. Lake Ike, Swamp Choi,
Lake Onibe, and Hot Spar.
I'll see you again later.
Is this the terrible event that it was referring to?
The sign and notice have fallen at the front! Fix it!
You should tell us if you're going to sell the mansion!
Are you planning to keep all the fortune for yourself?
Reika, what are you saying?
I just didn't want to worry all of you.
I wouldn't pass it by you.
You may appear gentle but you're evil inside.
Dear, stop dallying!
Darn it... where am l?
Are you done?
Yes, Father.
Show it to me.
It's about a love at Lake Usu.
This is not Kameyama poetry quality!
Listen! You are the heir to the Kameyama family!
Which means, you have to compose poems fit for one!
Do you understand?
Please gather in front of the door.
We would like to open the door now.
Where were you until now?
This is Professor Ueda with the Nihon Kagaku Gijutsu U. and
his 88th assistant, Yamada.
You've increased the number.
That's Uncle Tojiro.
Uncle Seizaburo, his wife Fumiko, and his son Tetsuya.
Auntie Reika and her husband Hiroshi.
My younger sisters, Chisato and Chiharu.
Will they really pay us our compensation?
It's useless. That sensei can't do anything.
Inside there is...
Don't worry! Ueda-sensei has been through similar experiences
many times and has even published books on it.
Please open the door.
Are we supposed to open it?
Who else is there?
Isn't that why you came here?
All right.
Hey!
Stop it!
Uncle!
Everyone, stand back!
Hey!
Please open it.
I can hear something.
It sounds like sobbing.
I don't see anyone in here.
Go deeper inside!
Hey!
Open up!
It's just the wind coming through this gap.
Don't faint on me. Ueda!
I tripped and fell.
So you're both still alive.
I guess it's safe.
Did you use us as an experiment?
Brother Tojiro. Yamijuro isn't in here!
We should get out quickly.
Are you still saying that?
I feel another presence besides us.
Then you should just leave this house.
Do you realize how much trouble you've caused us?
I admire Uncle Tojiro for it.
Uncle Seizaburo, you are just jealous of his poetic talent.
Brother Tojiro, let's have a match right now.
Let's see who's better at composing poems.
All right.
I'll take you on anytime!
Now that the door is open. can we have our compensation?
I'll go first.
"Yoki koto no, otozureshi toki, ito okashi."
Excellent. You've made a play upon words with the
"koto" (events) and "koto" (musical instrument).
When something good happens. It Is very pleasant.
Then again, you can have a good koto instrument.
but if the strings aren't in tune, the sound will be off.
There are two meanings to it.
So you understood it.
Yes, of course. Let's get out of here now.
It's just a poor pun.
Brother, it's your turn.
"Noroi uta, fushi o awasete, yobu fushiawase."
(A curse, adding "not" makes it "not happy")
Splendid. By adding "fushi" to it, you get "fushiawase."
It’s a difficult decision!
It's just a poor pun.
Sensei, will you compose one for us too?
Sensei, do you compose poems?
In that case. I will.
You sure about it?
"Noroi uta, hayaku yondemo, noroi uta.''
(A curse, read fast, is still a curse.)
Marvelous! It's wonderful!
You're educated in physics as well as literature.
Please accept my humble apology for my rudeness.
It wasn't much.
That's enough!
I definitely sense something.
Let's get out quickly
What happened?
"Busu" (stab).
I heard "busu."
I'm not "busu" (ugly).
Uncle Tojiro!
Look there!
"Yomi no kuni e no ikikaeri" (To and from the other world).
"Itte modotte ware ikikaeri" (I have come back to life).
"Omote wasurerutomo, urami wasureji"
(You may have forgotten me but I will not forget my grudge).
Signed by Yamijuro?
A tub as a coffin?
It's a murder case. Let's call the police.
Wait a minute.
We can’t let those commoners in here.
What are you saying?
The culprit who killed Tojiro is amongst us.
How can you say there's a murderer amongst us?
But no one else was there.
Yamijuro returned to life!
But he's from the Edo period.
You saw that poem, didn't you?
Yamijuro came back to life and was hiding in that room.
He came back to get revenge.
That's what the poem reads too.
He went to the other world and came back,
With my face burnt, you may have forgotten how I look.
but I haven't forgotten my grudge towards you.
"Ura mi wasureji" has two meanings to it.
"To not forget the back" and "to not forget the grudge."
You're brilliant.
In other words, that Yamijuro is saying that he's come back
to life and is here now to get his revenge.
And he polite wrote it in a poor pun to warn you.
It's not a poor pun. It's the Kameyama style of poetry.
It's fine literature.
This is Yamijuro.
This costume...
Is he the castella man?
Kameyama Yamijuro's poems had strong powers to them.
He used his poems to make it rain and quell natural disasters.
One day, he fell in love with a prostitute and wanted
to marry her. His furious relatives set fire to their
secret meeting place to teach him a lesson.
But it spread more than they had expected and
Yamijuro was burned to death in it.
What was confined behind that door is...
Yamijuro's body?
Most likely.
And he came back to life like Jason?
I don't know who Jason is.
If right before his death. he had composed a poem
to revive himself later...
Then he could've easily come back to life by it.
There's that much power in our Kameyama-ka (poems).
Kameyama-KA?
Yes. Kameyama-KA,
Kameyama-ka?
It's Kameyama-KA.
Kamehameha?
Call the police immediately.
Can you wait on that a bit?
If the culprit is amongst us...
Then I want to capture that culprit with our hands first.
Please.
he bath was huge... maybe about 30 meters.
No, it cant be that big!
No. Chisato!
Why? No one's watching.
Aren't you happy to see Uncle Tojiro gone?
What are you saying?
You don't have to hide it from me.
You have one less rival. I'm happy about it, too.
The light.
You saw Yamijuro?
I saw him earlier too.
He must be hiding somewhere.
Auntie Reika, please calm down.
You're ruining your pretty face.
Not now, at a time like this.
Calm down.
Where's Ueda-sensei? Why isn't he here when we need him?
What took you so long?
She said she saw Yamijuro.
I really did.
I saw a strange man with a mask on earlier.
Where did he go?
I got drowsy after that and I fell asleep.
I've been busy lately with my many autograph sessions.
Ueda, did you faint again?
"Oshaberi suzume wa dokuzetsu ka"
(The chatterbox has a venomous tongue).
"Doku no shita mochi, hanashi ni mizusashi"
(Her tongue of poison gives words of dismay).
"Mizu kara doku nomi, aware awa fuku"
(With poisonous water, she'll froth at the mouth).
The chatterbox has a venomous tongue?
Isn't that referring to Auntie Reika?
Her tongue of poison gives words of dismay?
That definitely refers to Auntie Reika.
I'm the one who will be killed next.
You'll be safe if you stay with all of us.
Yamijuro can curse people to death with his poems.
Get me water.
Wait.
"...Mizusashi" (water pitcher)?
"Mizu kara doku nomi" (will drink poisonous water).
Which means, there is poison in that water.
No way.
Hey...
Will all of you drink that water first?
The one who can't drink it is the suspicious one.
All right! I'll drink it.
After all, I'm your husband.
I'll drink it too. After all, I'm your nephew.
I'll drink it too. After all, I'm your brother.
No one here would want to kill you.
We are a family.
I'll see about that.
Lets all drink it.
Now... drink it.
I'll take the lead.
Why?
Let's all drink it at once.
Hey, Ueda!
I lead the toast!
Cheers!
That's not necessary!
Why are we toasting in this situation?
Are you going to drink it?
See! There's no poison!
Cheers... to myself.
"Mizu kara doku nomi" (will take the poison by water)...
"Aware awa fuku" (and will sadly, froth at the mouth)...
They are police detectives from Tokyo.
Yamada, why are you always at the crime scene?
Sensei too!
You're aIways poking your nose into things!
When did you turn into a Kansai person?
I studied the dialect.
Why didn't you call us when the first person died?
Are you Reika's husband?
One, that's not her coffin. Two, tears aren't coming out.
Reika!
"Imarao" poison was detected from that water pitcher.
It's a colorless substance.
All you need is a small dosage to kill a person.
I'm a Tokyo U. graduate, science major
I can distinguish the various types of poison by tasting it.
Imarao?
Did you taste it?
Wait a minute.
You, there, what is it?
We all poured water into our cups from the water pitcher.
There was no poison in it at that time.
Right after that, she poured water in her own glass cup.
No one touched the water pitcher between that time.
The culprit had predicted her death with a poem.
The "mizu kara" has two meanings. One "mizu kara
means "by water" and the other means "by oneself."
It's a play upon the words.
Isn't that skillfully done?
It's the Kameyama style of poetry indeed.
Its just a poor pun.
Only someone from the Kameyama family can compose poems of that
quality or someone exceptionally educated like Ueda sensei.
Me?
Or it could be...
Yamijuro?
Yamijuro turned plain water to poisoned water with the
power of his poem.
That's the only conclusion we can reach.
Kikuchi, take them all in!
We can't do that.
The Kameyama family is a very distinguished family.
The Superintendent-General said to give them due respect.
Wait a minute. Why are you able to speak to him directly?
I am a Tokyo University graduate.
If bear it for 15 years, I can become a Superintendent-General.
He's thinking about his retirement and playing up to me.
You're bearing it? He's playing up to you?
Please make sure word of this doesn't go out.
We are all going to die.
Chiharu! Chisato! Stop it!
No one is allowed to go out!
I don't understand your relationships here.
Show me your family tree.
It's long.
Just bring it out.
You have to stay composed at times like this.
Don't move.
You're good at applying makeup, aren't you?
You don't have to do two of us at one time.
"Time is money."
You should make yourself look pretty, too.
Then you would have more chances for romance.
You are naturally pretty.
Stop the flattery.
Uncle and Auntie just passed away.
Chisato, I saw you kissing with Tetsuya.
What?
I caught you at it.
You're lying.
Don't accuse me of that.
Maybe the poison wasn't in the water pitcher, but was
in her glass cup.
Isn't the poison a colorless substance like water?
If there was a drop of it in the cup, no one would suspect
anything of it.
Reika poured the water from the pitcher into that glass.
After she drank it, she collapsed.
But the poison was found in this water pitcher.
The culprit put the poison in during the chaos of it all.
before the police arrived.
There's still another problem to your theory.
Reika chose her own glass.
How did the culprit know which glass she would choose?
I didn't know there's a zoo like this here.
It was worth the trip here.
I find those proud people truly irritating.
In my case, I've graduated from Tokyo University's
School of Science, so I have pride and abilities.
Therefore, no one would dislike me.
Shut up. We don't want to hear about your life.
This is clearly a crime for the inheritance.
The present head of the family is this old lady named Tsuruko.
In the entire Japan,
I’m sure to track down the murderer.
The one name Tsuruko (crane) is not suitable for her.
Why not called Inuko (dog), Neko (cat)? What a chaos name…
What will happen if that old lady dies?
Chizuru, Chisato, and Chiharu's parents are dead.
So the inheritance would be split between the other three.
First Tojiro died... Then Reika died.
I know! The culprit is... someone in Seizaburo's family.
Chizuru, Chisato, and Chiharu have inheritance rights too.
Besides, the guy, Hiroshi, is suspicious too.
He's a bridegroom that was like a slave to Reika.
I know! The culprit is either this fellow, this fellow or this....
That family is like the monkeys in here!
Don't I have the least?
There have been deaths in the family.
Then I want their portions too.
Where's Chisato?
She was in her room earlier.
Sis, it's time to eat.
I'll be right over.
I'll go and check.
Chisato.
What's wrong?
What are you doing?
Did something happen?
Look there.
"Shinobu koi, kane no ne narite, akari ochi"
(Secret love, with the ringing of the bell, the lights will go out).
"Kura kuraku nari kura kura to, koishiki koibito yo, mi o kogasu"
(In the darkness, the dear beloved will burn).
Another prediction with a poem?
Is someone else going to die?
What does that poem mean?
What is that sound?
It's the temple bell ringing from Maji Temple.
With the ringing of the bell...
The lights will go out.
Bring some candles!
Everyone, calm down!
Do you want to know where the circuit breaker is?
You should calm down first.
Where is it?
We're still using the fuse.
Calm down!
Where's Chisato?
Let's split up end search for Chisato!
Chisato! Where are you?
Answer us!
Sis!
Chisato!
Moritaka! Chisato!
Watanabe!
Oh, that's Misato.
Master! Off!
What kind of "majinai" (spell) is that?
You'll get shocked...You'll get shocked...
You're a big help.
You, commoners, are knowledgeable in such things.
That was magnificent.
I'll turn on the lights.
I got my certificate on fixing these fuses in four days.
The alternating current flows into this small box...
Master! Off!
What kind of "majinai" (spell) is that?
In the darkness, the dear beloved will burn...
The dear beloved will burn...
She died from the electric shock?
The electricity must have short-circuited
when its electric source was thrown into the water.
Who would do such a thing?
Wait a minute. That makes it clear.
The culprit is not amongst us.
After Chiharu saw Chisato...
Sis, it's time to eat.
I'll be right over.
We were all together.
That's true. Tetsuya is right.
When the lights went off...
We were all together.
I told you that Yamijuro is hiding somewhere in the house!
Let's all split up and search around the house!
Let's find Yamijuro and put an end to him!
Let's get him! Kill him!
Will you calm down?
"Shinobu koi, kane no ne narite. Kura kuraku nari, kura kura to"
I get it. There's another meaning to this poem.
The culprit is amongst us, after all.
"Shinobu koi, kane no ne narite. Kura kuraku nari, kura kura to"
I get it. There's another meaning to this poem.
The culprit is amongst us, after all.
The culprit is amongst us?
It's useless to search for Yamijuro.
Let me ask you something.
Who killed Chisato and how was she carried there?
Please take another look at the poem.
"Shinobu koi, kane no ne narite, akari ochi"
"Kura kuraku nari, kura kura to"
"Koishiki hito yo, mi o kogasu"
It could be taken as a forewarning of a murder...
or as a plain love letter.
In present day term, it's called "koibumi."
As in the series starring Watabe Atsuro.
It can be taken as an invitation for a rendezvous.
When the bell rings and the light goes off,
Love one, come secretly to the storehouse.
When Chisato found that in her room, she assumed it was
an invitation from her lover.
So she secretly headed to the "kura" (storehouse).
Who would write such a letter?
Tetsuya.
Chisato and Tetsuya have been secretly meeting each other.
Tetsuya!
Tetsuya, what have you been doing!?
It wasn't me! I didn't write that letter!
It doesn't necessarily mean that Tetsuya left the letter.
Someone could've made it seem as if Tetsuya left it.
Who are you trying to imitate?
There's a problem to your theory.
When the lights went out and it was pitch black...
We were all here together
The culprit had set it so that he lights would go out
right after the bell rang.
That's far fetched.
It could be possible to do it.
This residence is very old and is not using much electric power.
At most is around 100,000volt.
We just need to use few home appliances
like iron, electrical heater, hair dryer
and use it together at the same time.
It will “Pish!” and cause short-circuits.
We don’t own any such appliances at home?
After the lights went out. we went out to search for Chisato.
During that time, the culprit attacked Chisato, who was
waiting in the storehouse for her lover.
Then the culprit moved her to the bathroom, and
when the lights went on. threw the electric cord
into the bathtub full a water.
That's why the lights went out the second time.
I knew that all along.
You can't get anything pass me!
It seems as if you want to make one of the Kameyama
family members the culprit!
Maybe one of you is actually the culprit.
That would make more sense.
What? Another murder?
I'm sorry about the late notice.
I tried calling you many time last night,
but I couldn't reach you.
Of course. The police are off at nights.
What's going on with your family anyway?
"TODAI" (Tokyo University)
Tetsuya, do you like me?
Well, yes.
More than Chisato?
What are you saying at a time like this?
Chisato just died.
To be honest... I'm glad that Chisato is gone.
I've been hoping that she would just go away.
What's with this family?
They are all screwed up.
Another warning of a calamity?
I'm not going to fall for it this time.
Why do I have an urge to do things that I'm told not to do?
It's heavy!
So nothing's happening.
Sensei.
I was so sorry for what had happened last night.
Sensei had made such a long way here to solve our problem.
But my families treated you as an enemy.
Chizuru, instead of worry about me. You should worry about yourself.
Because you might be the next victim.
Please take a look at this.
In the beginning, when we are at the "ichimatsu-moyo" room.
Tojiro was murdered.
The first victim is Tojiro.
Maybe he could had hindered someone and got himself killed.
The next day, Reika was also murdered.
Follow by Chisato was also murdered.
Do you know what does that mean?
If Granny Tsuruko passed away.
Who will be the next successor?
The answer is quite obvious.
Heritage is like comparable to a small city.
Small city? Such as?
Such as Chiba…
Why am I talking about?
The murderer will kill you all one by one.
Who is the one did this?
So far I don’t have any clue yet.
But you see, after Chisato was killed.
You Chiharu, will also
not be safe either.
Sensei.
You no need to worry.
I will definitely.....protect you.
Sensei, that is…
That one…is not what you think…
Sensei, that is fine.
There is nothing to be ashamed of.
Actually is quite normal, especially this type of situation. Just in case you meet the murderer, you had prepared a huge baton inside your pant.
I won’t tell anyone about it.
Where am I?
Hey!
What's this?
It's warm.
I'm glad. It's cozy.
That's burning...
And this is a closed room.
Hey! Stop burning!
The fire's getting bigger!
The air is getting thinner.
Do you think it's a case involving the inheritance?
I'm afraid someone else may be targeted.
Which means, the case is as good as solved.
What?
There's a simple way of something this case.
We'll just ignore it.
Then the culprit will kill everyone that is a nuisance.
The one who remains last...
...is the culprit.
That's a great process of elimination!
Isn't it?
That's reckless.
That took long.
Where's that woman who make fast comebacks?
The fraudulent magician.
Come to think of it. I don't see her around.
Sis...
Aren't you making a move on Tetsuya?
Have you been sneaking up on us?
Stop it. What if the culprit is amongst us?
Do you think that Tetsuya is the culprit?
I didn't say that.
It started with Uncle Tojiro's death...
Then Auntie Reika.
Then Chisato.
Tetsuya is one of them who can benefit from it.
Is that what the professor from Tokyo told you?
You're so intimate with that professor.
No.
I believe in Tetsuya.
Chizuru...
Have you seen Yamada around?
No.
No wonder it's been quiet and relaxing.
Maybe she's resting somewhere.
"Oshaberi suzume wa shaberi sugi" (the chatterbox talks to much).
"Katsura no shita ni mayoi komi" (under the "katsura," she strays).
"Iki mo tsukasenu ikite wa kaesanu"
(she'll lose her breath and die).
What is that supposed to mean?
Could this be referring to Miss Yamada?
Come to think of it, she was talking big about all kinds
of things, wasn't she?
It sounds like the suspense of it is heightening.
Does it mean, she's about to suffocate somewhere?
She strayed under the "katsura"?
Under the "katsura"?
I know where there's a "katsura" tree.
Please take us there.
I'll keep an eye on everyone here.
I'm having a hard time breathing.
I have to laugh in times of pain.
It's too painful to laugh.
Where's the "katsura" tree?
Right there.
A three-branched "katsura"...
How would she get under there?
Maybe it means she's nearby.
There must be a place where you can confine someone.
Let's split up and search.
Yamada!
Yamada! If you're around, answer me!
If you're not around, say so!
Yamada!
Is it the "guts-chu" bug?
Miss Yamada!
Did you find her?
She wasn't on this side!
Nor on this side!
What are we going to do?
What if she's really about to suffocate?
Maybe it's not here.
What?
The Kameyama-ka poems are known for their
play upon words and rhymes.
"Under the katsura" and "under the katsura tree"
seem too direct.
What's under a "katsura" (wig)?
"Hage" (baldness)?
Isn't that too direct?
Skull, skin, brain...
Brows, forehead, nose, mouth, tongue, throat.
She won't fit under any of that.
Yabe, are you hiding her somewhere under that?
That's enough! How would she fit under here anyway!?
Besides, this is real hair.
Aren't you under the wrong impression?
A person who wears a "katsura" (wig)...
This is something I heard from a friend of mine.
Everyone who wears a wig isn't completely bald.
Some have "usui-ke" (thin hair) underneath it.
And they're wearing a wig to cover that.
So there's "usui-ke" (thin hair) under the "katsura."
Wasn't there a lake called "Usu-ike" around here?
Let's go there.
Are you sure that's it?
Isn't anyone coming for me?
I'm going to keep my eyes open
I'm closing them!
Darn!
I'm not going to fall asleep!
I'm falling asleep!
Lightning is known to have an ominous foreboding.
Yamada!
"Be careful of the side ditches." Okay, I will.
This is Usu-ike.
Where did she go?
I believe there's an unused shed on the other side.
Let's go there.
Upside down swimming?
Is that it?
Yes, it is.
Hey! Yamada!
If you're in there, answer me!
Maybe she's not here.
I have to do my best!
You're trespassing.
Maybe the "Usu-ike" (lake) and "usui-ke" (thin hair)
was far-fetched.
Yamada Naoko has fiat breasts!
Oh, shut up.
Yamada Naoko has flat breasts!
So she's in here, after all.
Hang in there.
Yamada Naoko has flat breasts!
Say it too!
Yamada Naoko has flat breasts!
They've got it wrong!
Stop shouting the truth!
Slit this rope!
Ueda...
Yamada, breathe the fresh air.
Inhale.
Exhale.
Inhale.
Exhale.
Inhale. Exhale.
Exhale. Exhale. Exhale. Exhale.
Are you trying to kill me?
You're not helping me then.
I'm sorry for worrying you.
Thank Yabe. If it weren't for his "katsura" (wig),
we wouldn't have thought of coming here.
"Kaminari narite ware wa kaminari"
(The lightning strikes, I am lightning).
"Myojin-sama to te o tsunagi, gake no ueyori ten ni mau"
(Hand in hand with the Myojin, will fall from atop the cliff).
"Sora no ue otozure shi kana" (will "shi" come before "sora").
Is it another forewarning of a murder?
Wait a minute. There's the lightning written in it.
Which means, the culprit wrote this after the lightning struck.
The lightning struck when we were headed to Usu-ike.
The culprit is still nearby.
"Will fall from atop the cliff and will shi come before sora"?
What does the "sora" mean?
Does it mean the "sora" (sky)?
Isn't it the "so-ra" in the "do-re-mi-fa-so-ra-shi" melody?
Will "shi" (death) come?
Does that mean someone is going to jump off the cliff and die?
"Hand in hand with the Myojin"?
There's a Fuse-Myojin shrine by one of the cliffs.
This is it.
Fuse-Myojin
Does it mean the person jumped from here?
Look there!
It's Chiharu!
Chiharu!
We’re late.
We'd like to know what everyone was doing from
the time we left till the time we found Chiharu dead.
I gathered everyone here and was preaching to them
the important things in life.
The police force have super elites like Kikuchi
who has passed the difficult exams in one shot.
I hear he's on the fast track to success, unlike you.
Thank you!
You're awesome!
Are you sure no one left here?
Yes, except Chiharu.
Why weren't you keeping an eye on her?
When I went to call everyone, she was already gone.
Who was the last person to see Chiharu?
It was probably me.
Me?
Shortly after you left...
The police detective is telling us all to gather
I'm going out for a bit. I'll be right back.
It seemed like she was going to meet someone.
Aren't you actually the one who killed her?
Don't accuse me! I came here right after that!
I've been with all of you since!
Is that what you think too?
No! No!
It'll take at least 30 minutes from here to that shrine!
Which means, none of us here could have killed her.
Chizuru and I couldn't have killed her too.
We were with Yabe.
The culprit had included the lightning in the poem.
Which means, the culprit was near Usu-ike, where she was
confined, until after the lightning struck.
When the lighting struck, we were all here.
Which makes it even more impossible that it's us.
The culprit is definitely someone in this mansion.
Using the name of Yamijiro to plan and kill people.
You still insisted of thinking that way.
If you say it wasn’t so.
When Chisato died in the bathroom,
The culprit kept emphasized on the poem.
The culprit wanted to mislead us that Yamijiro’s existence
And made us believe is his doing.
How about Chiharu being killed?
During that time, we are all in the same place.
The secret behind was hidden inside the poem.
Why is the culprit insistent on using poor puns?
Stop calling it poor puns. It's called a play on words.
It's literature!
There's another problem with your theory.
It's impossible for the culprit to know which cup
Reika would choose and put the poison in that.
My stomach hurts.
"Do not drink this. If you do. you will meet with calamity."
Now I know how easy it is to manipulate your actions.
When you're told not to do something, you do it.
Isn't that how you got kidnapped by the culprit?
What makes you say that?
Didn't you drink my milk?
No, I didn't.
Look in the mirror!
I get it now...
Udea, I've figured it out.
There's only one person who could’ve done it.
Who is it?
Mother.
Is that you, Seizaburo?
I don't think I'II be living much longer.
What are you saying?
I'm worried about all of you.
Don't worry. Just leave everything to Tetsuya and me.
I wrote everything down in a will and
gave it to the attorney, Matsumura.
He will read my will to you all after I die.
Mother, what's written in it?
I'm tired today. Please leave me alone for a while.
You know who the culprit is?
The culprit is one of the Kameyama members.
The culprit will give himself away in just a little while.
The only problem is...
You.
You will definitely be the culprit's next target.
Mother.
She looks so peaceful.
She must've died without pain.
It might've been for the best for her.
Now she wont have to know about the frightening crimes
that's been happening.
Let's contact the attorney, Matsumura, now.
We'll have him read Mother's will before us all.
Father!
Chizuru, why did you scream?
I just saw Yamijuro there! He ran that way!
What?
Why?
Who are you?
Sensei...
Ueda-sensei...
Wait.
In that box...
...are the costume and mask of Yamijuro that terrorized us.
So you were playing Yamijuro, after all.
We thought it was you so we set a trap.
I posed as the imposter Yamijuro and appeared
before you. We figured you'd expose yourself
when you find out there is another Yamijuro.
You came to verify if the costume and mask you had
hidden was in its place.
We've seen right through you!
What amusing people.
This doesn't serve as any proof.
How could I have killed Auntie Reika and Chiharu?
When Reika drank the poison end died...
We thought the poison was placed in her cup.
But we couldn't figure out how the culprit would know
which cup she would choose.
It turns out the poison wasn't in the pitcher or the cup.
You applied the poison directly on her lips.
You pretended to fix her makeup that time.
Wouldn't she have died on the spot then?
The poison applied on the upper lip wouldn't enter
the mouth immediately.
You knew how Reika drank her water.
When you drink the water like this, the poison
will naturally dissolve and enter the mouth.
That's just a theory.
And how could I have killed Chiharu?
At the time Chiharu was pushed over the cliff...
I was with you and Ueda-sensei.
That's right. She was frantically trying to save you.
Her real purpose was to create an alibi for herself.
You first abducted Yamada Naoko, which is me, and
confined her in the shed.
Then you left a poem in the kitchen,
so that someone would find it.
What is that supposed to mean?
Could it be referring to Miss Yamada?
Ueda, who can't do anything without me, was overcome
with a sense of insecurity.
So he suggested that you all go to save Yamada,
and you all went along with it.
Hey.
Mr. Ueda didn't seem that worried about you.
Besides, it was Chizuru who initiated it.
After all that, they arrived at the shed where I was.
Then they find another poem.
From the contents of the poem, we thought Chiharu was pushed
over the cliff by Fuse-Myojin shrine.
But she was actually pushed over another cliff near the
"katsura" tree where they had stopped over along the way.
What do you mean?
Ueda, bring out the map.
"Under the katsura tree, she strays...
This is the reason why the culprit used poor puns.
You had everyone thinking that the "katsura" in the poem
referred to the "katsura" tree.
So you got them going to the "katsura" tree.
Then you pretended to look for Yamada Naoko, which is me.
when you had actually gone to meet Chiharu at a nearby cliff.
Chiharu.
Yes Sis.
Why did you call me out here?
Sis! What's gotten into you?
Sis! I'm going to fall!
And you pushed her over.
Then her body flowed down the river and ended up here.
And that's where the cliff by the Fuse-Myojin is.
The "katsura" in the poem didn't refer to the tree
but to the "katsura" (wig) on the head.
When we realized what's under it is "usui-ke" (thin hair),
we headed to Usu-ike (lake).
Then coincidentally, there was lightning.
You had already pasted another poem in the shed.
So you added the "lightning" part afterwards.
Chizuru, are you all right?
Your shirt is dirty.
Chizuru, once everything is over.
Please be with me, I will bring you to Hakone high class hotel.
Just stay together with me.
And of course from T, D, L in that orders, I wouldn’t mind.
Not necessary.
Yamada is more important than me now.
Give me a moment.
Yamada, wake up.
I had fallen into your trick.
Come to think of it. Your action was very abnormal.
The abnormal one is you.
Whatever, but you had done it.
Just before the lighting strike,
you made us believe that the murderer is nearby the shed.
Katsura tree.
“Usu-ike” lake.
You lead Udea and Yabe along this road to find this shed.
The puns are created for this entire motive.
This is not called puns is Literature.
Now it had become a killing tool.
Chizuru, say something! You're not capable of that!
That's right... l did it all.
Did you want the inheritance that badly?
Or did you want the status as heiress?
No, that's not it.
I wanted Tetsuya to be the family heir.
Tetsuya is most fit to be the Kameyama heir.
That's how I've always felt.
I couldn't forgive Uncle Tojiro and Auntie Reika
for trying to stop that.
Why did you kill Chisato and Chiharu, your sisters?
They were making their moves on Tetsuya.
Didn't you kiss Tetsuya?
You're under the wrong impression.
They are cousins.
So there's nothing wrong. They can get married.
You're a big fool.
I'm in love with Tetsuya too.
That is why... I killed them.
Please excuse me.
My deepest sympathies.
We're busy right now. Please wait in the other room.
Let him stay here, Uncle.
Please read Grandmother's will.
I am a murderer, so the heir should be Uncle Seizaburo
or Tetsuya.
The contents of the will isn't what you are all thinking.
She had only one line in her will.
"Discard the Kameyama name."
What?
This family has disassociated itself with the outside world.
During that time, things have changed greatly in the world.
The Kameyama wealth is long gone.
This house is going on sale to pay for the accumulated debts.
After the house is sold and the debts are paid in full.
she wanted you to discard the Kameyama name and live outside.
How could this be?
You've done all that for nothing.
Let's go to the police together.
That won't be necessary.
Chizuru!
Don't do it!
"Tsukimo misuteshi kono yoru wa"
(even the moon has abandoned me tonight).
"Kane tsuki, mochi tsuki, uso o tsuki"
(no money, no holdings, just lies).
"Yoake wa miezu, inochi tsuki"
(without seeing dawn. my life ends).
That was a sad incident.
By the way, what's become of our compensation?
Didn't you sign this?
Sign?
Will you sign this right here?
Look here. It's a contract.
"I will not demand any kind of compensation for it."
What the heck?!
Ueda!
Please wait.
Something bothers me.
You must've known their financial situation for
a long time now. Why didn't you tell them about it sooner?
Then all these tragedies could have been avoided.
Haven't you heard about Tojiro's incident three years ago?
Despite the fact that they were in love, the family had
broke them apart because of their superior status.
I heard she committed suicide right after that.
That was my younger sister.
That's why I became their legal advisor.
I wanted to see the cursed family fall to doom with
their very own hands.
I wonder what their ancestor hid behind the "ichimatsu-moyo" door.
Could it be a treasure?
It was probably nothing.
"Ichimatsu-moyo"...
Hey.
Could it be referring to this?
Treasure!
Could it be wads of money?
Why, these are pornography from the Edo period.
Pornography?
You must not open the "ichimatsu-moyo" door.
These are great.
The item he wanted to hide... was that?
Hey! Ancestor!