Osaka Prison, August 15
Hey, Bro!
So you got a car?
I bought it yesterday. A used one. Cost me 250,000 yen.
What a bargain. It's a nice car.
What's wrong? You're sweating.
It's a nervous sweat.
Got no driver's Iicense.
If the cops get us now, it's goodbye to my pIan.
It's a Iot of pressure, you know.
TeII us the pIan.
I've been waiting for you guys to come out of the prison.
What? Kidnapping?
Did you say ''kidnapping''?
Yeah.
Count me out.
Why?
Masayoshi AKIBA Thief, got 3 months
I wouId go through fire and water for you, but...
I won't kidnap a kid for money.
Heita MIYAKE Snatcher, 2 months
Count me out, too.
Heita MIYAKE Snatcher, 2 months
Mom's sick, so I want money.
Kidnapping is inhumane.
It's not a kid. It's an 82-year oId Iady.
-OId Iady? -The richest Iady in Kishu.
She's a matriarch with 40,000 hectare of Iand.
You stiII say no?
I don't know how big that is.
It's bigger than aII of Osaka Prefecture. Now you see.
Bigger than Osaka?
Now, Iisten.
Kenji TONAMI Pickpocket, 1 4 months
Japan is a capitaIistic country and we need money to return to society.
This is the onIy way to get the money.
How much do you pIan to get?
Fifty miIIion yen.
You'II get ten miIIion each.
August 16
It's pouring.
Thanks to it, we can move during the day.
Oh, no!
We got stuck. What do we do?
Then we must waIk.
We're aImost there.
Toshiko ''Toji'' Yanagawa
You said it's near, but we've been waIking for an hour.
We're Iost, aren't we?
Of course not. It's near.
The right weight.
Are we Iost?
It's here. Right here!
So that's her house?
She's worth fifty miIIion.
What a mansion!
It's a paIace inside.
The front gate over there.
Cars use the back gate.
We'II watch for her car every day.
Hide our car near here.
Hey, isn't that our car?
You were right. Just Iike you said.
It's Iess than 3 minutes from the house.
Right.
Oh, no! Don't Ieave it there. They'II find it.
Aiichiro.
Shizue.
Sadayoshi.
It'II stop raining soon. So return to where you beIong.
Kimi, Chambermaid
Kushida, ButIer Ah! Rainbow!
What?
Wow. It's beautifuI!
What is it?
Darn! She saw me.
How can she see us without binocuIars?
I saw something shining at the foot of the rainbow.
It must be a tree that yieIds goId nuts or goIden egg.
Go get it Iater.
August 29
Testing. Testing. This isThunder. Rain, come in.
Thunder? Rain here. Is she out?
Not et.
Not yet?
It's been two weeks.
I know. We're running short of food.
We've got Iots of garbage.
And our new apartment...
The neighbors wiII suspect us.
So you want me to go there?
I wiII...tonight.
Good. Take care.
It's been so hot. The oId Iady might be dead.
She won't go out whiIe it's hot.
Be patient.
TeII me something.
Can you recognize her on sight?
Of course.
Fifteen years can't change her.
Her face?
A round face with dot, dot, dot. That sums it up.
Dot, dot, dot?
15 years ago, my famiIy was in a big debt and we ran.
I was in the fourth grade but never went back to schooI.
WeII, I was in the seventh grade.
An orphanage at Shingu.
-Orphanage? -Yeah.
My parents deserted me when I was three.
The oId Iady was our biggest benefactor.
She came to the orphanage on our anniversary every year.
She was popuIar among kids.
Whatever we asked for was given as a Christmas present.
What did you ask for?
An army knife that year.
Knife?
Stupid! Asking for a knife?!
ApoIogize to her!
Why don't you ask for something eIse?
No! I don't want anything from you!
I ran out crying, and never returned.
September 5
Masayoshi, it's been three weeks.
Time sure fIies.
There's nothing but rain in September.
PIease, oId Iady. Come out.
September 12
Oh, no! What shouId I do?
What's wrong?
I've gained 500 grams.
500 grams? Not a big deaI.
Yes?
Kimi, why don't we go for a hike?
In the mountains?
I'm sure you'II Iose 500 gram fast.
Today? Now?
Yes.
The mountains are beautifuI.
The season is beautifuI, too.
SuddenIy I feeI Iike hiking in the mountains.
I Iike waIking, too. I'II be happy to come with you.
The gate's opening!
Yeah?
Some peopIe are coming out.
Yeah?
They're Iining up.
I wonder why.
It's a car. A white SkyIine.
Hers must be a Mercedes or Caddy.
They're bowing, smiIing, waving at her...
Her face is round...
Round face with dot, dot, dot!
-It's her! -What?
Let me see her.
No time! Chase her!
Heita! Heita!
What's he doing?
Heita!
Not Heita. Rain, maybe?
I know.
Hey, Rain!
FinaIIy!
Gotta get going!
Then, meet me at East VaIIey at four o'cIock.
I'II be waiting there. PIease be carefuI.
Yes, yes, yes.
Be carefuI. Be carefuI.
It's been a Iong time. You've grown big.
Forty-five years! It's about time you work.
What?
Kimi.
I pIanted them on the day the war ended...
to remember my three chiIdren who died in the war.
Oh, no! Dead end!
-We need more cars. -Guess so.
We need a motorcycIe.
MotorcyIe! That's a good idea!
September 13
Same as yesterday.
We're getting Iucky.
Ugh! Opposite direction!
This is Thunder.
Rain and Wind.
She's going out again.
But she's heading for the highway unIike yesterday.
You've gotta burn the road!
Sure. We use the highway every night. Leave it to us!
A good start.
We'II get to the highway in two and haIf minutes.
Her car wiII be 1 .5 km ahead of us.
She won't t be going fast.
If we go much faster than her,
We can catch up with her in five minutes.
Stupid car!
The engine quit!
250,000 yen... You get what you pay for.
There...
they are!
What's wrong?
Do you need heIp?
September 1 4
-Kimi. -Yes?
What do you think we have for Iunch?
I don't know.
ShaII I take a Iook?
No.
The pIeasure of Iunch box Iies where we guess what it'II be.
Yes, ma'am.
Take care.
HeIIo.
I think we're Iost.
Where are we?
Nishitani. Where to?
I want to hit the highway.
You shouId've foIIowed that car.
That car?
The richest Iady in the Kishu region?
Yes. You shouId've seen her.
What a shame.
Maybe she'd share her Iuck, and we'd win a Iottery.
Tomorrow she's going to a viIIage caIIed Seo.
Seo?
It's deep in the mountains. You'd get Iost again.
I bet. I'II give up a Iottery and return to Tokyo. Thanks.
Tomorrow.
We'II do it tomorrow!
September 15
Road to Seo
-Ready? -Ready.
Let's go.
It's something Iike a war cry.
What?
A commerciaI for CoIa, pIayed by the AU BIacks.
''Go-go, Iet's go! CoIa, CoIa!''
Two kiIos to Seo.
One more push. ''Go-go, Iet's go!''
What are you here for?
You're OId Lady Yanagawa?
Yes.
I'II get to the point. We're here to kidnap you.
For money, of course.
To kidnap me?
For money?
Then you want just me.
Not this girI.
But she's with you. We must take her, too.
No!
But she's a witness.
She can describe us.
That's too bad, for sure.
But, masked man, there's an advantage for you, too.
Kidnapping two peopIe costs more than kidnapping one.
You'II need two men to watch them.
To bear an unnecessary burden is a big demerit.
Think hard which is better.
AII right. That sounds reasonabIe.
She may go...
on one condition.
Yes?
You wiII Iisten to us from now on. You'II do anything we teII you to.
Agreed?
Then you'II Iet her go unharmed?
Is that so?
Yes.
Are you sure?
I mean what I say.
Good. It's a deaI. CIap your hands.
ViIIage of Seo
HeIIo, everyone.
TeII me something.
Your hideout isn't in Wakayama, is it?
Watch out, Rain. Wind aImost hit us.
Sorry.
Sorry, not in Wakayama.
Something wrong with Wakayama?
You know the head of the PrefecturaI PoIice?
His name is Daigoro Ikari.
Sure, I know.
I even know you took good care of him too.
You know what?
What is it?
I wonder what he'II do to find the kidnappers' hideout.
Go on.
He'II think Iike this.
They're pros.
So their hideout is in town.
Not very far from here.
So first, he'II do this.
He'II draw a circIe with a compass...
on a map around Ryujin ViIIage.
Within the circIe, which is the most popuIated town,
where peopIe come and go...
and makes an ideaI pIace for hiding? It's Wakayama.
Right. How couId he find us out of the 300, 000 residents?
It's not easy.
Right. ImpossibIe.
ImpossibIe for ordinary peopIe Iike me.
What do you mean?
But Mr. Ikari is a pro.
And he has two cIues.
Like what?
It wasn't Iong ago when the kidnappers got their hideout.
A month or two, at most.
New tenants in the Iast two months shouId be Iess than 1 ,000.
The second cIue is this car.
This car? What about it?
To teII you the truth,
My chauffeur said...
he saw a strange car twice in the Iast two days.
I know IittIe about cars, but...
Isn't this car a Mark II?
What are you doing? Engine troubIe again?
Shut up!
WeII, I think I know a pIace...
A hideout?
ReaIIy?
Kimi, what happened?
OId Lady.
What?
What shaII we caII your ex-maid?
Ku-chan.
Her name's Kura Nakamura. But Ku-chan is just fine.
A probIem is...
What is it?
You don't Iook nice wearing those things.
Can't heIp it.
Are you going to Ieave them on in her house?
Yes. So she can't see our faces.
You mean she wouIdn't Iet us in? Not Iike this?
WeII, it'II work out...somehow.
It's the viIIage poIiceman.
He seems to be in a hurry.
Tanabe PoIice Station
To the Yanagawa residence!
Tanabe PoIice Station
CaII PrefecturaI PoIice Headquarters!
Yes, sir. Done!
Wakayama PoIice Headquarters
An 82-year oId kidnapped?
Some nut case.
Kunijiro, Second Son
Kinomiya ViIIage, Nara Prefecture Ku-chan, it's me.
Gone to bed aIready?
Grand OId Lady!
Am I dreaming? Is this reaI?
It's you for reaI?
PIease come in. It's messy, though.
PIease.
But, Ku-chan...
-I have companions. -I heard a car.
Is it Mr. Anzai?
No. As a matter of fact... It's a IittIe compIicated, but...
you don't know them.
That doesn't matter. PIease come in.
Come in, attendants. CIose the door behind you.
Are we attendants?
Sure. We have no choice.
It's been a Iong time.
Kanako, Second Daughter
You haven't changed, Grand OId Lady.
You even Iook younger. What a smooth compIexion.
You, too, Iook fine as ever.
No. I'm not strong anymore.
I used to carry rice bags easiIy.
But IateIy...not so easiIy as before.
Come to think of it, I heard a big noise.
Was that it?
I'm embarrassed.
You know I'm a IittIe hasty and cIumsy.
I was making supper when I heard your voice.
I was so gIad and rushed toward the door.
A drawer was Ieft open.
I kicked it shut.
But it was the spur of the moment, ma'am.
You kicked the whoIe cupboard down?
Like I said, it was the spur of the moment.
Speaking of supper, you haven't eaten yet, right? I'II get it ready.
Ku-chan.
Eiko, Third Daughter
You must have a compeIIing reason. So stay here as Iong as you wish.
I'II risk my Iife to take care of you, no matter what happens.
But, Ku-chan...
I'm not aIone.
Those three boys, too.
Your attendants?
I aImost forgot them.
Are they aII bIind and suffering from coId?
Daisaku, Fourth Son
By the way, as we'II stay here for some time,
you need to know their names. I must introduce you to her.
Thunder Taro.
Wind Taro.
Rain Taro.
Thunder, Wind and Rain?
They sound Iike ninjas.
You're going to stay here. Come in, anyway.
Wait!
WiII you show me some ninja performance first?
It was a brawI among punks.
A punk got a bump on his head; two others bIed.
Good job.
It's reaIIy boring here, unIike Tokyo, isn't it?
No reaI crime.
Very peacefuI.
''Toshiko Yanagawa.''
This is a big case!
You reported it to the big boss?
Chief?. No. Why?
''Why?''
Didn't you read the paper?
''I can't say how much I owe Grand OId Lady Yanagawa.''
''She paid my tuition, but I faiIed an exam three times and....''
What? ''Toji'' Yanagawa?!
Did they say ''Toji'' for sure?
Not Toji. It's Toshiko...
You idiot! ''Toji'' means Grand OId Lady.
Did you graduate from coIIege?
Did they say ''Toji'' Toshiko?
Yes, ''Toshi'' Tojiko... I mean, Toji Toshiko...
So it's her.
When did it happen?
Three-thirty in the afternoon.
3:30PM? And when did the report come in?
It was...about seven-fifteen.
I can't hear you.
I mean...it was seven...
I don't understand.
Seven as in five, six, seven?
Yes, sir!
It's ten-twenty! In short, you put it off for three hours?
Hang yourseIf!
So, you're on the Iookout first, Rain?
Masa. ..I mean, Wind wiII repIace me at midnight.
The snoring woke you up too?
No. It was such a dramatic day. It was so exciting...
that I don't feeI sIeepy.
The others are sIeeping in the shed. They're exhausted, I'm sure.
They must have watched the house from the opposite hiIIs.
And a car, too. So...
Understood. We'II find where they hid their car.
Chief, they must be within fifty kiIos in radius.
Make it eighty.
The HQs wiII be at the main office, not at the IocaI sateIIite station.
I'II arrange it.
The Homicide Chief wiII be in charge here.
He aIready is.
HeIIo.
And then?
HeIIo, Mr. Kushida. Who knew her scheduIe?
You mean one of us betrayed her?
No. No one wouId in this house.
But the kidnappers knew it somehow.
It's the first step to find out who toId who.
I understand.
If that's the case...
Everybody knew her scheduIe.
AII of you then?
In short, yes.
Then ask them one by one if they toId it to strangers.
And teII me who.
In short, her chauffeur who's been working for 20 years...
The Homicide Chief!
TaIk to the chauffeur. I'II go meet with her famiIy.
They're gathered in her room.
Ransom?
We must get the money ready?
Yes. Thanks to her wit, we know this is kidnapping.
We know how they Iook and from where they took her away.
It's rare that we know so much from the start.
We'II find out by the morning what car they were using and...
Excuse me. Sorry to barge in.
We found out the type of their car.
A brown Mark II.
The chauffer toId somebody in NIshitani yesterday...
about her scheduIe.
Good. Question this ''somebody'' then.
Our investigation is going weII.
But she is stiII in their custody.
I want to be ready for anything for her sake.
If we start preparing money after they demand her ransom...
I understand
I totaIIy understand. We can't Iose time, right?
How much wiII it be?
Not Iess than a hundred miIIion yen. I'm pretty positive.
Of course.
A hundred miIIion at Ieast. At most?
There are three of them. Three hundred miIIion, then?
I wouIdn't be surprised.
Let's get the money ready.
WiII that be enough?
Very good.
You're very prepared. We're encouraged very much.
I have a question.
Yes, Daisaku?
Is your investigation open?
That's what I must teII you. It's an open investigation.
They know from the start that the poIice wiII be invoIved.
We'II need cooperation from the peopIe and mass media.
But...
But it might provoke the kidnappers...
to hurt Mother.
Don't worry, Eiko.
They must take care of her, if the worId watches her.
Trust me.
It's you, Iady.
Don't sIeep in too Iate, Wind Taro.
SIeep Iate?
Five o'cIock?!
Work starts at five in this house.
Get up!
You're hurting me.
Be quiet! Don't wake her up.
A report came from Nishitani ViIIage.
So he must be the boss.
We found their watch post and car.
Good job. Was something Ieft?
Just footprints and tire marks. It's a Mark II.
Good. It must be their car.
Hey, ''Tokyo!''
Newcomer from Tokyo!
What are you doing?
I'm writing the night-duty report.
Forget it. Come here.
Don't Ieave me untiI it's settIed.
I'II work you hard!
Yes, sir.
HeIIo?
What? Their hideout is found?
It's me. This is Sakuma.
Got the apartment on August 15? Paid for two months in advance?
22 to 23 years oId? SmaII buiId and a white mask?
What? Four sets of rented bedding?
One bed is made.
The smaII guy with a white mask went to the rentaI pIace.
Wind has reveaIed his face!
What?
He's gone mad!
What's the matter with you?
I was surprised myseIf.
So I'm asking why.
They began to eat breakfast.
So I went to the weII to wash my face.
So what?
Can you wash your face with a mask and sungIasses on?
Of course not!
So I took them off and washed my face.
I sensed somebody.
I Iooked up.
I was so surprised.
A girI was standing with a bicycIe.
And?
She said, ''Good morning.'' And I said, ''Good morning.''
She went in the house gIancing at me.
I tried to stop her, but it was too Iate.
And what?
I dried my face and entered the house.
I Iost my chance to wear my mask and sungIasses again.
What about the oId Iady?
I couIdn't see her.
Must've hidden herseIf, when she heard the girI.
Good.
But the girI...
She sat down and asked the Iady about me.
And?
She couId be a good actress.
This is a reIative of mine. He came to heIp me.
She comes from a neighboring viIIage...
to cheer up a IoneIy woman from time to time.
Thanks. It was good.
CaroIyn and Richard...?
When they parted? Yeah, it was tear-jerking!
It was aII right untiI then.
Then troubIe came...
She introduced herseIf. ''My name is Kuniko.''
I didn't know what to do.
I was in a fix.
You didn't...
Masayoshi! Come on!
What's keeping you? Can't you find the sickIe?
I got it! I'm coming!
A kidnapper heIps with farming?
Time's changed.
The Ieader: 1 .7 meters taII, weighing about 60 kiIos.
27 or 28 of age, good-Iooking.
Not that much.
By the way, to make things easier...
why don't you rename yourseIves?
-Re-name? -Yes.
I aIways wanted to ask you...
Where did you think of the code names you're using?
Thunder for the boss...
Wind for Masayoshi...
Rain for Heita.
Wait! When did you teII her?
WeII, Iast night, I toId her about myseIf...
Never mind. Names don't matter.
But how did you come up with these names?
It's not a big deaI.
When I went to an Osaka department store,
there was an exhibition of paintings.
One of them was...
a picture of three kids on a bIack cIoud,
''Thunder, Wind and Rain'' raiding from the sky.
They're three. We're three.
I decided to name us after them.
Three kids...
Interesting.
Some name reIating to them...
How about ''Rainbow Kids?''
Rainbow Kids?
The three kids indicate a storm.
In the cIear, bIue sky after a storm,
a beautifuI rainbow appears.
That's you.
Rainbow Kids.
Nice name.
You Iike it?
Great! I feeI as if I were great.
So you both Iike it?
So wiII Masayoshi.
Let's caII it a deaI.
CIap your hands.
Now you must write a Ietter.
I haven't asked you yet, but what wiII my ransom be?
This much.
Five?
How much is that?
What's a finger for?
Ten miIIion yen. Fifty miIIion in aII. It's been decided.
How much did you say?
Fifty miIIion yen.
You've been nice to us, but...
that's one thing, and your ransom is another.
It's fifty miIIion. No discount.
Young man.
Who do you think I am?
AIthough I'm oId, I'm the head of the great Yanagawa FamiIy.
Don't underestimate me.
What?
Make it simpIe and cIear. Ten biIIion yen.
If I was evaIuated Iess than that, I'd die in shame.
Understand? Ten biIIion.
No discount.
Ten biIIion?!
Did she say ten biIIion?
It's crazy!
I thought so.
And? Did you agree?
How couId I?
How big do you think ten biIIion is?
Let's see...a truckfuII?
We need a one-ton truck.
For fifty miIIion, a bag.
That's right.
How and where couId we get it and carry in?
Without being chased by the poIice, of course. She's impossibIe.
TeII her so.
I did. I toId her to think of a better price.
Then?
Change your view. Ten biIIion isn't a surprising amount.
What view shouId we have?
What can you get with it?
Let me see...
A pack of noodIes costs 72 yen at a supermarket.
With ten biIIion yen, I can buy...
That's the point. Don't base your estimate on noodIes.
Use something much bigger. Take an F16 for exampIe.
F16?
A jet fighter. It costs five biIIion yen.
Ten biIIion is for onIy two fighters.
Wait a minute.
I wouIdn't buy pIanes or warships.
No room for them.
It's just an exampIe.
What can fifty miIIion afford? A training missiIe, at best.
Launch...wheee...fIop!
It's gone in a fIash.
You stake three Iives on trifIes Iike that?
She said so.
Just one missiIe, huh?
September 18 Maybe they're reasonable.
Not terrifying at least.
The fourth day. No contact from the kidnappers yet.
Investigation has struck a dead end.
Headquarters.
What? It's an emergency.
The kidnappers in contact!
This is Ikari.
What? A Ietter? She wrote it?
Wait. Are you sure she wrote it?
Yes. AII her famiIy members said...
it's her handwriting...for sure.
AII right. Record it.
Read it.
''First, this letter was written by the grand old lady herself.''
''lt proves we're the kidnappers. ''
''The purpose of this kidnapping is one:''
''We want money and this is the only means we have. ''
''Therefore, we have no intention of harming her. ''
''She is safe and comfortable with us. ''
''But without her ransom paid,
''naturaIIy, she'II never be free again.''
''We want, for her freedom, ten billion yen.''
''To avoid any confusion, We put it in numericaI figures.''
''To make it even surer, the number of zeros is ten.''
''Now you understand why we kidnapped her.''
''Who else in the world would pay such an enormous ransom...
''for one of their family members?''
''Even the rich Yanagawa FamiIy...
''wiII not be abIe to make ten biIIion yen easiIy.''
''So we wiII wait untiI October 1 .''
''I wiII teII you Iater how we wiII receive the money.''
''But, first, we demand that you contact us as follows.''
''Tomorrow afternoon at 12:15.''
''Via TV Wakayama and Radio Wakaama live broadcast.''
''By Mr. Daigoro Ikari, head of Wakayama PoIice Headquarters.''
''The reason we want Mr. lkari to represent the Yanagawas is that...
''we want to make it business-like.''
''We believe that a police chief would never lie in public.''
''This shows how much we trust the police.''
''Signed, Rainbow Kids.'' To Yanagawa Famil.
''Rainbow'' is as in the ones in the sky and ''kids'' as in chiIdren.
Over.
There he is!
Mr. Ikari! This is ridicuIous!
Mother shouId've known better too!
We need to taIk. I'm supposed to respond to them tomorrow.
What shaII I say?
We can't make it! That's aII there's to it!
Don't be upset, Brother.
It'II be on TV. So aII of Japan wiII be watching us.
''The Yanagawa can't make it.'' Can we say that?
What shaII we do then?
I've been trying to teII you!
''We're ready to pay as much as we can.''
What if they say exactIy how much?
It's up to you.
300 miIIion, then?
Nonsense.
I'II be a different story if you offer a IittIe Iess than what they demand.
They want ten biIIion. How can you say 300 miIIion?
We'd be Iaughed at.
That's why I asked how much.
How wouId I know? I married out of the famiIy.
That's not fair.
Why? You're a coward.
What?
Stop!
Stop, both of you!
We don't have to mention the amount tomorrow.
I'II just say ''as much as we can,'' as Kanako said.
You must be worried.
About what?
If she's reaIIy comfortabIe...
Maybe we can use it as a weapon.
-Weapon? -Yes.
To Iure them out.
September 19 -It's time she comes. -Hmm?
Kuniko, you mean?
She said she'd bring us tea Iater.
We have no TV here. So Why ask for broadcasting?
How wouId they know that we have no TV set here?
We're going to broadcast the message of lnspector lkari,
head of PoIice Headquarters, to the kidnappers.
Just in time!
Sorry I'm Iate.
It's aII right. Good timing.
Mr. Ikari wiII speak.
To kidnappers caIIed Rainbow Kids.
I'm Daigoro Ikari of the Wakayama PrefecturaI PoIice Department.
We have received your Ietter.
After due consuItation,
I'II answer you on behaIf of the Yanagawa FamiIy.
Your demand is outrageous.
The Yanagawas were ready to pay a considerable amount,
making it one of the largest amount of ransoms in history.
Theu were ready to make sacrifices for the old lady.
But your demand was too stupendous to compIy with.
The're at a loss.
lt's only natural.
No one in the worId can pay such an enormous ransom.
It's out of the question.
Therefore l am making a request on behalf of her family.
Maybe you have our own reason to demand it.
But...
Let's be on the same page.
Then we'II taIk.
This is the first condition.
First? WiII there be a second?
Second, you wrote she's safe and comfortabIe.
ls it true? We're not convinced...
What's he saying?
because of the ransom amount.
If you had common sense, you wouId've asked her first.
But you didn't.
She would've never approved.
Is she reaIIy safe and comfortabIe?
We're deepIy concerned.
It's a faIse accusation. You don't know anything!
So what?
So we demand you show us that she's safe and sound.
lf you can't let us see her, then, let us hear her.
Not a recorded voice.
Live! It has to be Iive.
It's a trap!
You'd better not consider it a trap. We have no uIterior motives.
Since she was kidnapped, her family have been worried sick.
They want to see her safe and sound.
That's aII they want.
lf you're human, you ought to respond to their sincere wish.
Bro.
Last, l must add this:
You didn't use...
a kidnapper's usual threat...
that you'll kill your hostage unless we accept your demand.
I appreciate it very much.
We do hope you'II keep this spirit up through our negotiation.
That's aII for now.
What shaII we do now?
Don't worry.
September 20 September 20th. Rain.
Inspector Ikari's address to the kidnappers yesterday...
was highIy accIaimed as a dispIay of dignity and reason.
It was accepted positiveIy in generaI.
It's a big hit!
Huh? What is it?
The rating.
88% locally and 56% in average nationally.
Foreign countries were watching too.
Press Center, Marunouchi, Tokyo
The worId's biggest ransom ever! 66,666,666 doIIars!
The kidnappers served the baII.
The Japanese poIice received it and smashed it back.
How wiII the kidnappers return it?
The kidnappers have a fantastic name: Rainbow Kids.
September 21 September 21 .
Rain again.
September 22 September 22.
Rain again.
September 23 September 23.
After three rainy days, the sun is finaIIy out again in Wakayama.
September 24 September 24.
Three minutes after the maiI bag arrrived at three,
The second Ietter was discovered.
The postmaster deIivered it to the famiIy himseIf.
After confirming that the oId Iady had written it,
it was copied and...
faxed to the headquarters where the fax was set up onIy yesterday.
''Therefore, we decided to take a risk of appearing before you,''
''and settIe the two issues aII at once.
''The oId Iady wiII see her famiIy via TV and radio,
''and give them instructions on how to raise ten biIIion yen.''
''This interview must be done entireIy under our controI.''
''Here are some detaiIs for you to adhere to.''
''Time: on September 27...
for an hour from 9 PM tiII 10 PM.''
''PIace: Her famiIy wiII go to...
any studio designated by TV and Radio Wakayama.''
''Mr. Ikari must be there with her famiIy.''
''Broadcasting: TV Wakayama and Radio Wakayama shaII...
''broadcast this Iive.''
''Transportation: The studios shaII send their mobiIe vehicIes...
to the site as foIIows.''
There are seven conditions, A through G.
September 27
''A: Leave the studios two hours prior to going on air,''
''that is, promptIy at 7 PM.''
''B: Drive aIong Route 42 around Kii Beach.
''C: Drive at average speed of 50 kiIos per hour.''
''D: We'II contact the vehicIe at any time we want,''
''and give further instructions via waIkie-taIkies.''
1 ,100 officers and 1 10 cars are ready.
''E: AII signs on the vehicIes that identify them...''
''must be covered with tapes or something.''
''That's aII for now.''
''ShouId anything happen that prevents us from carrying out the pIan,''
''we wiII caII you immediateIy.''
''Therefore, the president and the news manager must...''
''wait in the president's office as a back-up contact,''
after the vehicIes Ieave.''
Good evening, everyone.
We're broadcasting...
the departure of the mobiIe station...
to be used b the kidnappers.
This is the mobile station for live broadcasting.
Oh? Doesn't Iook Iike it.
I can't say where we are. It's somewhere in Wakayama.
This is our crew for tonight.
Look inside the vehicIe.
As you see, there are no poIicemen hiding inside.
It's time to go. We're Ieaving.
Why the secret departure?
This wiII expIain it.
We'II be back on air at nine. Stay tuned!
7:15. Passing through Kainan City.
The back-up unit?
They'II Ieave in three minutes.
Leave now!
The back-up unit is 3 minutes behind the mobiIe station.
It's about 2.5 kiIos when driving at 50 kiIos per hour.
This wiII aIIow us to catch up in two minutes or so.
Radio is their weakness.
It's fataI, I shouId say.
Wherever they are, we can catch their radio.
7:27 PM. The back-up unit is entering Shimotsu Town.
In a TV station,
anyone can waIk anywhere in any outfit.
No one pays attention.
No matter who you see, just keep waIking.
Authorized personneI onIy
Time is what counts.
Don't waste a moment.
AII right, Thunder?
PRESIDENT'S OFFICE
This is the president's office.
Off Iimits. Read the sign.
What's this?
Mr. Higashi and Mr. Nakazawa...
From the oId Iady?
''This is a messenger of the Rainbow Kids.''
''He has a poison capsuIe in his mouth.''
''If you refuse to foIIow the instructions,''
''he is ready to take the poison and die any moment.''
''If you want to save me,''
''and make sure my interview wiII be broadcast tonight,''
''pIease do exactIy as I say.''
''The peopIe riding the mobiIe station shouId be...
''this messenger, the two of you,
a cameraman, a technician and a driver. There are six in aII.''
''No one eIse shaII know about this vehicIe.''
''We have no time. Not a second to waste.''
No time? Two hours isn't enough?
What do you mean? More than two hours?
We must hurry. Speed up.
Route 42?
Route 24?
I'm sorry I can't accompany you.
8:42 PM. Entering Tanabe City.
-On scheduIe. -Yes.
You're requested to come to the studio.
-Her famiIy? -The bereaved...
''Bereaved?'' I'II cut off your Iong chin!
They've been waiting over an hour.
We'II have time before the interview.
We'II show some 16mm fiIms of Toji and taIk with the famiIy members.
Thanks.
Thank you for coming.
You're done.
Get Iost!
Yes, sir.
Five seconds. Four...
It's nine o'cIock!
TV Wakayama and Radio Wakayama present...
a speciaI report...
No good car with no good radio!
Can't we do something about this?
It'II work out soon.
It's nearIy nine-forty. No interview yet.
We are getting anxious.
-I'm ready. -Yeah.
Me, too.
Let's wait for Thunder.
That's right. I'm worried. WiII he come for sure?
Of course. He'II do it for sure.
Those Iights... it's them.
Sure! No one eIse runs in the mountains at night.
He did it! He's great!
Time's up at last!
No contact from the kidnappers. No news of cancellation, either.
Where are they Iistening and watching us?
What?
There they are! Start roIIing!
Hurry! RoII!
We have pictures now!
We have the video feeds!
No audio yet.
Can you hear me? What's this?
PIease come in, MobiIe Station.
This is the mobiIe station.
We're approaching the interview site Ied by the kidnappers.
The Iight on the screen indicates the Iocation where Toji is.
I'm Nakazawa, news manager of TV Wakayama.
I'm with President Higashi in the second mobiIe station.
Second mobiIe station?
Why didn't you teII us?
It's compIeteIy understandabIe that you are upset.
The president and I are responsibIe for aII this.
But we couIdn't heIp it. It was an emergency situation.
One of the kidnappers brought this Ietter from Toji.
What? Damn it!
Where are you? TeII me!
I'm sorry, but we can't teII you.
As soon as the kidnapper gets out...
We're aImost there!
The car has stopped and he opened the door.
He has the microphone. He just got out of the car.
He's running!
Lights on! Lights! Lights!
No!
There are five of us. And it's just him.
We were tempted to hoId him down.
But we had to be patient just in case.
PIease wait for their signaI.
Now we'II teII you where we are.
We were toId to take back roads.
So I can't teII exactIy, but...
considering the generaI direction and the distance,
I'm positive we're in Ryujin ViIIage.
Ryujin ViIIage?
ProbabIy to the east from the center of the viIIage.
There's a stream in front of us.
I see mountains aII around us.
Heita, go ahead!
Here's the signaI. Lights on.
Mother!
That's Eiko's voice.
Mother.
Kanako. Eiko. Don't cry.
Look. I'm quite aII right.
You must be having a tough time, Mother.
How are they treating you?
Contrary to what you may think,
it's been very pIeasant.
The room comes with a nice bathroom.
It gets pIenty of sunIight. Nice and cIean. It's spacious too.
Mother, what about food?
Not as good as what they serve at a first-rate hoteI, but...
there's a wonderfuI cook.
She knows what I Iike. I'm quite satisfied.
Now, Mr. Higashi and Mr. Nakazawa in the car,
thank you for being patient.
Thanks to your patience, here I am, safe and sound.
Thank you very much.
Mr. Ikari made it cIear on TV...
how much my famiIy cared about me.
You want to save me at aII cost.
I cried with joy.
We're your chiIdren.
But, Mother,
we don't have that much money. You know it aII too weII.
You need to be creative.
Yes?
But we have some Iand.
If you want to keep it and save me, you can't do both.
What do you mean?
We don't have much time. So Iet's taIk business.
Under the circumstances, I decided it wouId be best if I gave aII the Iand...
and the forests in my name to my chiIdren.
Whether it's an inheritance or a gift, you must pay the same taxes.
In short,
I own 40,000 hectares of Iand and forests.
I'II give aII of it to you as your joint property.
Take IegaI actions immediateIy.
But, Mother...
Some of you may not know this.
So Iet me expIain in detaiIs.
Here are the current values of m land and forests.
As for the Iand, 180,000 yen per hectare on average.
And for the forests, it's about 1 .7 to 1 .8 miIIion yen per tree.
I think that's about right.
The taxable amount of the property settlement is 150% of its value
It's 85% for the trees.
So, it's 10.8 billion for the land and 59.5 billion for the trees.
The total is 70.3 billion en.
You must pay gift taxes, of course.
It's 70% for an estate worth more than 70 million yen.
So after ou pa it,
you'll get 30% of 70.3 billion. That is 21.1 billion yen.
This shouId be pIenty to cover my ransom.
OnIy if you can cash them in, of course.
You'll have to ask banks for cooperation.
What counts is our passion and sincerit.
You have to go aII out to make it happen.
It'II be the work of your Iife.
-Yes. -Yes.
Mr. lkari, sorry for all the trouble.
As you heard just now,
my famiIy wiII take care of the rest. Leave it to them.
These Rainbow Kids are no good, but...
they'II keep their promise.
BeIieve them and try to Ieave them aIone for a whiIe.
PIease do it for my sake.
Goodbye, Mr. Ikari. Take care of yourseIf.
Mother!
Even after midnight,
the Yanagawa peopIe are busy anaIyzing their assets and estate.
I'm amazed.
Mother's caIcuIation was right on.
Then the tax wiII be about fifty biIIion yen.
Why don't we pay it aII together and get it over with?
Agreed.
It's finaI then.
The government gets 30,000, and we get 10,000 hectares.
Choose what we'II keep first.
The Iand cIose to the house with good trees. And fertiIe, too.
Right. Give useIess pieces of Iand to the government.
Mr. Kushida, Iet's get started.
Yes, sir.
But why is the government taking so much?
OId Lady, do you remember me?
-I'm... -Are you...
the boy who wanted a knife for a Christmas gift?
Yes. I'm gIad you remember me.
So you're that boy.
I remember you.
Is this your revenge for not getting a knife?
No way.
I was acting Iike a spoiIed brat then.
I didn't know how to be nice.
I've never been treated so niceIy.
So this is your way of showing appreciation?
Don't be sarcastic.
If I hadn't met you, I'd never have thought of kidnapping you.
ReaIIy?
I see.
Some cIimb a mountain because it's there.
You kidnapped me because I was there.
Is that it?
Kenji Tonami. That's your name, isn't it?
Yes. It's nice of you to have remembered it.
Kenji, what made you decide to reveaI yourseIf to me now?
Why? I can't expIain weII.
As you see,
I've been trying so hard not to give in to you.
You won Masayoshi and Heita over in onIy a few days,
just Iike cats.
I wanted to show who the boss is.
But as days passed,
I feIt so stupid pretending to be tough and aII.
It was more Iike a one-man pIay.
I don't wanna pretend any more.
No more masks and sungIasses.
No more being ''Thunder.''
I want to be myseIf and reIax.
Do you think you shouId trust me so easiIy?
I'm a hostage.
As soon as I go free,
I must teII the poIice aII I know about the kidnappers.
If you feeI you must do so, go ahead. It's our own fauIt.
I'II give up.
Good morning. It's stiII earIy in the morning of September 28.
The Yanagawa peopIe are stiII at work, sorting out their assets.
We did it!
We get to keep12,000 hectares.
It's worth exactIy 21 biIIion yen.
If we can't come up with ten biIIion, we'II be Iaughed at.
So, we don't have to seII it, do we?
A 10-year Ioan with 3-year grace period.
Say, 5.6% APR or so...
Use the entire estate as coIIateraI to get the Ioan.
We can seII and get 10 biIIion.
But if there's a way to keep the whoIe 12,000 hectares,
we shouId definiteIy keep it in the famiIy.
Yeah, that's a great idea.
Let's negotiate with a bank.
You shouId quit being an artist and work for him as an accountant.
I'm pIanning on it.
No wages untiI we pay it back.
What?
Because you've made Mother worry so much.
Reporting Iive from the poIice headquarters.
As you know, the Rainbow Kids compIeteIy outsmarted the poIice.
Here comes Reporter Nashida.
How's it going in there?
They've been in the room aII night.
-ProbabIy... -Stayed up aII night?
Right.
It was compIete defeat. What's next?
They're in a strategy meeting.
There's an easy access to Ryujin ViIIage from Nara.
It's on the prefecturaI borders.
The criminaIs must have fIed into Nara through the viIIage.
They chose the Iocation carefuIIy...
so they wouIdn't be foIIowed by the viIIagers.
It proves that...
at Ieast one of them knows the viIIage very weII.
He's either a resident or...
he Iived in the area for sure.
Their hideout is most IikeIy...
One: in southern Nara. We'II caII it ''Area R'' from now on.
''R'' as in Rome.
Two: in a scarceIy popuIated area.
Three: It's an isoIated house or...
Four: a secIuded cave in the mountains.
Those staying in the hideout are...
Six: four peopIe or so incIuding Toji.
Seven: At Ieast one of them is a Ryujin ViIIage resident.
That's it.
Ikari's Office
Excuse me.
What?
Matches the profiIe preciseIy?
Yes. It's in Kinomiya ViIIage in Area R.
It's a house compIeteIy isoIated.
No one goes there at night.
The occupant is a woman born in Ryujin ViIIage.
Ryujin ViIIage?
Yes, but the onIy thing is... she has no TV.
To watch TV in that part of the area,
you can't use an indoor antenna.
You'd need a reaIIy taII antenna.
We searched carefuIIy and found no antennas or anything Iike that.
Too bad.
Don't come to me with every singIe useIess news.
Go back.
Now!
''Dear Yanagawa FamiIy,
this is how you deIiver the money.''
HeIicopter?
It's a wide area!
It doesn't fIy over here.
NaturaIIy.
Not across Ryujin ViIIage?
NaturaIIy.
Mountains aII around too.
NaturaIIy.
What'II we do after they drop it?
Carry the Ioad on our backs for 300 kiIometers?
NaturaIIy.
''NaturaIIy'' can't be the answers.
It IS the answer.
What do you mean?
What you said ARE the answers.
You don't get it?
If YOU get Iost,
they'II get Iost even more. Right?
But...
Mr. Ikari wiII get it at a gIance.
That's where our game reaIIy starts.
Chief, we've stationed a thousand men at 161 Iocations aIong the course...
as weII as 100 poIice cars and 500 men aIong the coastIine.
It's been bugging me.
You mean Area R?
They say they'II give us further instructions verbaIIy.
But they don't mention money at aII.
You don't think they'II have the money dropped aIong the course?
But it can't be Area R.
You think so?
We think they'II go to the coastIine
You, too?
How many men in Area R?
It's down to haIf, that is, 200.
OnIy 200?
Chief, wiII you Iet me take command?
Sure. Go ahead.
Ladies and GentIemen in Japan and aII over the worId.
It is 3PM here in Japan.
AImost noon in East Asia and 7AM in Europe.
1AM in the Eastern Standard Time.
10 PM in the Pacific Standard Time.
We'II be reporting Iive the deIivery of the ransom...
demanded by the Rainbow Kids.
First, we'II see how it's transferred and packed.
The famiIy members are taking out and counting the money,
whiIe the empIoyees pack the money.
No poIicemen or bank empIoyees are in the room.
-400 miIIion! -400 miIIion!
I feeI sorry for those wads of cash.
40 minutes have passed very quickIy.
The ten biIIion yen have been counted and packed.
They're now being transported to the roof of the buiIding.
Now!
Let me first...
introduce the man of the hour, the heIicopter piIot, Mr. Takano.
A big job, isn't it?
Maybe it's a siIIy question, but...
some are worried if you can fIy with a one-ton Ioad.
Isn't it heavy?
It is.
It aIso comes with the fueI a IittIe shy of a ton, too.
It's very heavy.
But...
But?
My mission is weightier.
They're aImost done Ioading.
Good Iuck.
Thank you.
25 bags of money are aIready in the heIicopter.
It's jam-packed.
They can bareIy shut the doors.
You can see the money through the windows.
He's ready.
-Thanks. -We're counting on you.
It's four o'cIock sharp!
It's ready to take off.
Kodo News Service reports that...
the helicopter carrying the ransom of 66 million dollars...
left the Wakaama Base at 4PM Japan Time as scheduled.
USS Enterprise CV lt's accompanied by a relay unit. The destination is unspecified.
lt's a little past five.
lt's been an hour since the helicopter took off.
The fifth report has just come in from the helicopter.
lt's precisely on course.
Nightfall is approaching.
The sun will be setting at 5:26PM 52 seconds today.
They'II probabIy move after sunset.
UsuaIIy, yes.
The helicopter is fling through strong tubulence over the mountains...
as if it is following a ruled line on schedule.
What an incredible pilot Mr. Takano is.
l wish he could hear us applaud.
Near-miss?!
What? What happened?
Emergency caII!
''Contact from the kidnappers at 5:04. We're Ianding.''
Speaker on.
Strong signal.The must be close by.
l'm supposed to land on red and the relay unit on yellow.
Not yet.
l don't see it yet.
l see it. l see a yellow spot.
Ah. l see red too!
Verify the Iocation.
20 kiIos west of Owase City, near Zambara Pass.
That's the headstream of the Kumano River.
Any road from Owase?
No access. Too mountainous for cars or even hikers.
What?
There's a narrow traiI, but you can't get through.
It's crossed out everywhere.
But there they are. How did they...?
5:09 PM. We're landing.
What the heck...?
It Iooks Iike a truck.
A truck on an impassabIe traiI?
We've landed. We'll be waiting for further instructions.
What's going on?
That's strange. It doesn't move.
It's them!
They're over there!
5:1 1 PM. The've shown up.
This is what the want!
''The backup unit is not allowed to go an further.''
''Return to the base. We repeat.''
''No more following. Return to the base.''
That's right. Thank you.
''Have a safe flight back.''
''This is our last message.'' That's all for now.
Goodbye, everybody!
What the...?
They had faIIout?
I don't think so.
My gut teIIs me that the truck was their Mark II.
Ah...10 biIIion's fIying away...
That's where our fight begins.
You'd better have a good footage of this whoIe thing.
Yes, sir.
The heIicopter's been missing ever since then.
Is it stiII fIying somewhere in the mountains or parked?
No one knows.
We've been waiting for the Iast forty minutes. That's aII we can do.
It's aImost six o'cIock.
Communication update. 6 PM sharp. The heIicopter is found.
Here's a report from Area R. I'II put him on the speaker.
lt was found at 5:59 PM.
lt's about 30 kilos west of Zambara Pass.
lts engine is heard northbound at an altitude of 200 meters.
Dense fog in the sky. Over.
I was wrong. It was Area R. I'm surprised.
Be ready. More reports come in.
We'II wait and see how they move.
Their fIight course shouId give us some cIues.
They're aII over the pIace.
They must've got Iost in the fog. Serves them right!
Even so, they've gone so far over the edge. UnbeIievabIe.
They fIew erraticaIIy over Area R for over an hour.
It was past seven when they finaIIy broke away from this and...
headed for Ryujin ViIIage... straight to Ryujin.
RECEIPT
Toji wiII return by noon on October 4.
Receipt?
Return in three days?
Why not right away?
R-7. 7:18PM. Engine heard over section 6872,
heading for the Yoshino Mountains.
They were compIeteIy out of sight for a whiIe in the Yoshino Mountains.
The heIicopter showed up past 8PM,
fIying southbound about 10 kiIos west of Kumano.
Heading for the sea in the end?
It kept fIying southbound.
At 8:30, when it's supposed to fun out of fueI,
It went offshore over Cape Shiono.
No reports came from patroI units or the boats at sea in the area.
No word from Coast Guard.
The heIicopter simpIy vanished.
Mr. Sakuma.
Suppose you Iand the heIicopter and...
puII out 25 big bags with two to three peopIe,
how Iong wouId it take?
October 2 You were the chief maid at the Yanagawas?
Right. Since I served the oId Iady for many years,
I've been worried sick since I heard about it.
Last night, as we Iistened to the radio with him...
Ah, this is my nephew.
We were having tea after dinner.
Good fish food, wasn't it?
-Wheat puff... -Right.
Wheat puff?.
Ah, heIicopter!
Yes, that's it!
And?
-Morning. -Morning.
What's going on?
-The heIicopter incident Iast night. -Right.
It came to our house too.
I was having tea and watching TV after dinner.
Wasn't that fish food good?
Wheat puff!
October 3
Boss.
We have the resuIt.
Three minutes with two peopIe, but two minutes with three.
Do you think they might have unIoaded the bags...
somewhere in Area R during the zigzag fIight?
It's possibIe.
October 4
Cape Yuki
Here!
Between these two capes!
Very secIuded.
Then, go there.
What? Me?
Right. Go get soIid testimony.
Yes, sir!
You Ianded there at 9:28PM.
Two masked men were waiting. Then what?
They immediateIy hand-cuffed and bIindfoIded me.
I heard severaI footsteps around the heIicopter.
Three or four peopIe? Or...
It think there were at Ieast seven or eight.
They were mostIy siIent, but...
I heard them caII out to each other from time to time.
Were they caIIing out in Japanese?
Yes, but...
sounded foreign, too.
I aIso heard something Iike ''Yo-ho...'' It was strange.
Then I heard the sound of engine. It went away quickIy.
It disappeared? Was it a singIe engine?
No. I heard doubIe. There must've been two or more.
Then my cuffs and bIindfoId were removed.
What happened to the heIicopter?
BeIieve it or not, It was gone.
OnIy the white-masked man stayed.
He toId me it was in a big cave nearby.
Tree branches were used to cover it up.
And what did you do untiI today?
I was Iocked up in the cave.
Last night he gave me a can of beer as a fareweII gift.
It must've had sIeeping piIIs in it. I sIept untiI this morning.
What time is it now?
Has the oId Iady returned safeIy?
Thank you for Iistening in.
I knew it. Some big organization...
It's more than a few kids can handIe.
They used a submarine. Where did they go?
Macao, Hong Kong, or... somewhere out of our reach.
HeIIo.
It's the phone company.
Kimi? Sure. She's here. What do you need?
TeIegram asking for a date?
A date at a time Iike this?
AII right. Read it for me.
Go...za...Po...int...waiting...
Waiting at Goza Point?
R.C.
''Waiting at Goza Point. RC.''
It's my house!
Oh, no! She's dead!
You idiot! She's just sIeeping. Her coIor is too good to be dead.
November 3
Next, we'II stop at the entrance to the Ryujin VaIIey.
We wiII aIso stop at the infamous Yanagawa mansion.
If you'd Iike to get off, we wiII issue vouchers for the next bus.
I'm getting off.
It's him!
It's Mr. Ikari!
Ah, Mr. Ikari!
Long time no see.
Decided to come at the Iast minute.
Sightseeing buses and those girIs... It's just amazing.
So, this is a new tourist Mecca.
Yes. It's been a month. Things have changed quite a bit.
How's the oId Iady?
WeII, she started something new at a whim. As usuaI, you know.
Oh? What is it this time?
In short, she's gotten reIigious.
ReIigious? She never used to be.
She says she went through something Iike that because of Iack of reIigion.
But she's just repairing a smaII shrine in the garden.
She's yeIIing at the young guy, teIIing him to do this and that.
She's bossing him around.
To sum it up...
Now you may take a rest.
Kimi wiII give you some treats.
AII right, then.
Oh, Mr. Ikari. WeIcome.
HeIIo.
The shrine is beautifuIIy repaired.
Yes. They say education starts at age 60.
ReIigion started at 80 for me.
-HeIIo. -Hi, there.
Thanks.
You Iook weII.
You Iook totaIIy different.
Indeed. I feeI bad for what she had to go through.
PIease, heIp yourseIf.
I thought you'd come to see me someday.
May I smoke?
Sure. Go ahead.
Who wouId beIieve it?
But I wouId.
I have no other choice.
You don't ask me, ''BeIieve what?''
BeIieve what?
An oId Iady kidnapped by some kids...
becomes their boss,
run them ragged,
and she takes a high ransom from her chiIdren.
An outrageous story Iike that.
Do you mean to teII me that the oId Iady happens to be me?
Who eIse?
Let me ask you why?
First of aII, the whoIe thing was fishy.
It wasn't done by pros or punks.
There's something grand about it.
Say, dignified Iike a Iion, and shrewd Iike a fox,
and friendIy Iike a giant panda.
I wonder what the person in question wiII say.
Reviewing the case again,
someone in particuIar comes to my mind.
She knows the area very weII.
There were five pIaces where the kidnappers went.
EvidentIy they knew aII those areas very weII.
If you were the Ieader,
many things start to make sense.
For exampIe...the heIicopter's zigzag fIight.
Mr. Takano.
It's me.
Grand OId Lady!
If that's the case, the owner of the hideout must've been...
somebody IoyaI to you, just Iike the piIot.
I have someone in mind.
Oh, my oId Iady...
But I'm not going to punish her.
I'm one of those ''IoyaI'' peopIe myseIf.
Besides, no one got hurt. OnIy the money disappeared.
But I stiII don't understand.
Why did you take such a risk for those nameIess punks?
Why?
The weighing machine made me do it.
No one wouId beIieve it though...
35 kiIos on August 16 No one wouId beIieve it though...
My right weight.
26 kiIos on September 8
Losing 10 kiIos was a sign...
I thought he was getting too skinny. So, he had cancer?
A sudden weight Ioss means cancer.
Mother, take care.
Stay weII.
A summer coId is going around.
Take care of yourseIf.
Be carefuI.
Now it makes sense.
Mountains!
My mountains!
I didn't reaIize how beautifuI they are!
The government wiII get them soon.
That'II happen as soon as I die.
The government...
What has the government done for me?
It took my first son,
first daughter,
second son...
And it takes more?
It'II take my mountains, too.
What's my Iife for?
Have I Iived to be robbed by the government?
After the incident, every singIe day has been precious to me.
But you went too far.
Every oId man and woman want to Iive Iike that.
They're romantic in a way, aren't they?
But ten biIIion yen?
You forced your chiIdren to give up most of their inheritance.
No mother couId do such a thing...
in the whoIe wide worId.
Maybe. . .
PeopIe think the Yanagawas had Iost a Iot of money because of that.
What do you mean?
We did suffer damage, of course, but...
not as much as they think.
What we reaIIy Iost was a IittIe more than a third...
One third?
MathematicaIIy,
what we Iost was 3.6 biIIion yen.
My chiIdren Iost onIy 900 miIIion yen each.
I remember now. Mathematics is your weakness, isn't it?
There're too many zeros to begin with.
Let's just cut out a compIicated caIcuIation.
But if your Ioss was onIy 3.6 biIIion out of ten,
where did the rest come from?
WeII.. .
No other aIternatives.
So, I guess it's from the government.
Government?
To be precise, 2.7 biIIion for deduction, and...
3.7 biIIion for speciaI exemption.
It's nothing. The government took 70 biIIion as tax.
So it's just a drop in the bucket.
I see! That's the point.
That's the reaI motive!
You must pay the tax, but you can't just give it away.
So you Iet the government pay 6.4 biIIion for your ransom.
So it had to be ten biIIion.
Is that it?
AbsoIuteIy not. It's a matter of caIcuIation...
Sure, it might've been a coincidence.
But, oId Iady, it's not just me.
You can't convince anyone.
Besides, where did the kidnappers disappear with ten biIIion yen?
Don't teII me you don't know.
-We did it! -Ten biIIion!
What? Masayoshi wants out?
Right. He wants out.
I stayed behind to harvest rice today.
Yeah. So what?
This is what Ku-chan said.
''Kuniko says she'd marry you.''
''Why don't you marry her? And I'II adopt both of you.''
What?
It's true. I don't think I'II get another chance Iike this ever.
Don't you agree?
WeII, yes.
Then I shouIdn't take this money, not even a yen.
So I'II give the two of you my share. PIease take it.
I see. What did Heita say?
Heita? He's another probIem.
I'm not Iike Masayoshi.
I need money for my sick mother. I'II take my share.
Of course.
But...but...
I'II take what you promised me in the beginning.
What?
You said my share was ten miIIion.
I'II take that much.
What are you saying?
I had fun, OId Lady.
Thanks to you, now I have confidence that I can make it.
I don't think I'II ever see you again.
So stay weII.
See ya.
Hey, OId Iady.
I've got a great idea.
Oh?
Like what?
After we send you back,
I'II go to your house. You can hire me as a handyman.
What?
I Iearned carpentry in prison. I'm sure I can do this and that.
Besides...not to make it too dramatic or anything...
I want to see how you Iive and Iearn.
You're daring, my boy.
Kimi Iives in my house.
As soon as you speak, she'd recognize you.
She'II never forget your voice.
That's why.
What?
She'd never think the kidnapper wouId show up.
I'd be just a sound-aIike.
-Bye. -Bye.
Now Kenji.
Why don't you start with the repair of the shrine?
If it Ieaks, gods may bring me bad Iuck again.
What the heck are these numbers?
The voIume of a miIIion pieces of 10,000-yen biIIs.
BeIieve it or not,
They wiII fit perfectIy in the tiIted base.
ReaIIy? It's rather smaII.
Excuse me.
Grand OId Lady!
The window of my room is broken.
Mr. Sound-AIike says he can fix it. May I ask him to?
It means a deIay, but the shrine can wait.
Ask him to fix your window.
Yes. Thank you.
You've gained some weight.
You Iost weight in summer?
Yes. I don't do weII when it's hot these days.
In short,
It was just a fun-fiIIed fairy taIe for you, wasn't it?
Ah, my mountains are beautifuI again today.
Starring TORU KAZAMA as Kenji
HIROSHI NISHIKAWA
KATSUYASU UCHIDA
SHIGERU KOHYAMA KUMI MIZUNO
ITTOKU KISHIBE HIDEYO AMAMOTO
TANIE KITABAYASHI as the OId Lady
KIRIN KIKI as Ku-chan
KEN OGATA as Inspector Ikari
Produced by MINEKO OKAMOTO and YOSHIMI TANAKA
Producers: TAKAHIOE MORITOMO and YOSUKE MIZUNO
Story by MAKOTO TENDO
Photographed by MASAHIRO KISHIMOTO
Art Directors YOSHINOBU NISHIOKA
Sound Recordist KOSHIRO JINBO
Lighting by KOJIRO SATO
Music by MASARU SATO
Written and Directed by KIHACHI OKAMOTO