Detective Kuwamura Midori, three days after her arrest for murder.
﻿Midori-san
﻿Oshimoto's body showed signs of having been stabbed twice with a sharp object.
﻿Why stab him twice?
You wanted to kill him, didn't you?
﻿I never intended to kill him.
﻿Let's hear it again from the beginning.
﻿If the press asks you about Kuwamura Midori, do not say anything.
﻿If they find out that a detective's fiancee committed murder...
Got it?
﻿I can't believe I'm seeing you again like this.
Katsura-san, you are the most qualified attorney,
that I know of.
﻿Are you going to take my case?
﻿What's your assertion?
﻿Self-defense.
Nozoe-san?
Nozoe ﻿Atsuko, right?
I'm from "Culture Weekly".
Did you hire a detective, Kuwamura Midori, to investigate Oshimoto?
Suspect Kuwamura would stop at nothing to meet her goal,
is that correct?
﻿You have been sexually assaulted by Oshimoto in the past, haven't you?
Nozoe-san.
Wait a minute.
﻿Excuse me.
﻿What are you doing?
﻿This is a library, a place to read books.
﻿If you don't want to read, please leave.
﻿I still have questions.
﻿If you persist any longer, I'll call the police.
﻿They're in the business of making books, too.
That's really inconvenient, isn't it?
﻿Thank you very much.
﻿I am a librarian, after all.
﻿I just did what I had to do.
﻿Atsuko.
﻿Welcome back.
Thanks.
Nice to meet you. Sorry to contact you on such short notice. I am in charge of Kuwamura Midori's defense. My name is Katsura Mitsuko. Can we meet to discuss Kuwamura Midori's case? I look forward to your reply. Attorney at Law, Kanagawa Second Bar Association Katsura Mitsuko
﻿At the trial starting next month,
﻿I would like you to testify about your relationship with Oshimoto.
﻿Your testimony will touch the judge's heart.
I know I am digging up a seven-year-old case.
﻿It's going to be a difficult trial for you.
﻿Would you be willing to do that?
﻿Hi, this is Ibiza Ladies.
If you are not a client, please refrain from calling us.
Thank you.
﻿Another slanderous phone call.
Don't they have anything better to do?
﻿But I wonder if this article is true.
﻿Midori was doing something illegal?
Guided by GPS and phone calls too. Evidence found in call logs.
Let's just believe in the Kuwamura that we know.
Kuwamura is not...
Kuwamura is not the man this article says she is.
﻿Yes, I'm sure.
﻿Midori would never do such a thing!
﻿Don't ever call back, you scum!
﻿Nice!!
﻿But you could be a little softer with your words.
But they are all scumbags, aren't they?
True scum!
It's been a long time.
﻿I asked Attorney Katsura about the case.
She asked you...
to take the stand at the trial.
﻿I'm scared.
﻿It's my fault.
﻿Midori got caught up in this case.
﻿I know that much.
﻿And that my testimony is important.
﻿But I'm scared to take the witness stand one more time.
﻿I'm really scared.
I'm the worst, aren't I?
﻿After all that Midori has done for me.
﻿I can't even do this.
This sort of thing isn't natural.
Standing up in court
to talk about your sexual assault.
﻿It's not something that's easy to do.
﻿It takes courage.
﻿Of course you're scared.
﻿Don't worry.
Kuwamura wouldn't want you to suffer.
﻿I know the pain in your heart better than anyone.
﻿Why did you keep Kuwamura Midori captive?
﻿Because I love her.
﻿Answer properly!
﻿A man's jealousy is pathetic.
﻿From now on,
﻿Midori will remember only me, not you.
﻿You're just a man from the past
Midori and I...
we're both imprinted on each other in our souls.
﻿We love each other so much we want to kill each other.
﻿There's no greater love than that.
Oh, you too.
﻿Maybe you'll be remembered as the man who arrested me.
﻿I'm jealous.
﻿Asano-san.
﻿I'll catch you as many times as I have to.
No matter how many times you get out,
﻿I'll catch you right away.
﻿No matter how trivial the crime is.
﻿P-P-Police are not supposed to threaten civilians, right?
﻿It's not a threat.
﻿It's just the truth.
Wherever you go, I will follow you.
﻿Don't underestimate the police!
﻿You'd better be prepared.
Someone sent you this.
Trial No. 1
﻿Court is now in session.
﻿Oshimoto-san tried to kill me by strangling me.
﻿In order to protect myself,
﻿I stabbed him with a pen I had for self-defense.
﻿I didn't intend to kill him.
﻿What is the opinion of the counsel?
﻿In this case, self-defense was established.
﻿The accused is not guilty.
These are pictures of the scene of the crime,
taken at the accused's residence.
﻿The victim was stabbed once in the chest.
and another stab wound to the neck.
﻿The victim died of hemorrhagic shock.
﻿This is the murder weapon, a tactical pen.
This pen,
were you carrying it at the time of the crime?
﻿Yes.
I was carrying it as a personal protection device.
﻿With this pen,
you stabbed the victim twice.
﻿Is that correct?
﻿Yes, sir.
You are not mistaken.
﻿As the defendant testified,
to protect herself,
she used this pen to defend herself,
and stabbed the victim twice
Is all this possible?
﻿The accused, who was in a panic,
randomly waves the pen around,
and coincidentally
﻿stabs him twice in vital spots.
No!
For the accused to have killed the victim,
this required meticulous planning,
and a clear intent to kill.
﻿Objection!
﻿Everything the prosecutor has said is speculation.
Please retract your statement.
No further questions.
The accused will return to the chambers.
Trial No. 3
Will the witness, please take the stand.
﻿Oshimoto, 7 years ago,
attacked me out of the blue.
﻿He hit me in the face in a public place.
My skirt,
and underwear,
he forcibly removed them.
﻿And then...
he covered my mouth and he raped me.
﻿Objection.
﻿I believe that this testimony is a digression.
﻿I consider it irrelevant.
﻿Your Honor.
﻿The witness's testimony will reveal the brutality of the victim.
﻿It supports the accused's claim of self-defense.
﻿Objection overruled.
The witness may continue.
﻿The accused was also a victim of sexual assault just like you.
﻿She hated people like Oshimoto.
﻿That's why she killed Oshimoto on your behalf.
﻿Isn't that a possibility?
﻿Midori-san is not the kind of person who would do such a thing.
﻿The accused bugged Oshimoto-san's house.
﻿Smart tags were planted on Oshimoto-san's clothes.
Did you request any of this?
﻿No,
I didn't.
﻿That's right!
﻿The accused is a person who does illegal things without asking.
﻿Out of a misguided sense of justice,
it's no wonder she killed Oshimoto with murderous intent.
Certainly,
﻿Midori-san did things I didn't ask her to do.
﻿Isn't that right?
﻿That's the kind of person she is. That's all.
﻿Midori-san was the only one
who tried to protect my daily life
﻿Even now, I sometimes think back to that incident.
﻿When I'm walking down a dark street.
﻿When I see a man walking behind me.
﻿I feel like it is going to happen again.
﻿But...
﻿Midori told me...
that I shouldn't be deprived of the joys of everyday life.
﻿For the first time, Midori-san even tried to protect my heart.
﻿It's my fault that Midori was attacked by Oshimoto.
﻿Midori-san is innocent.
﻿This cross-examination is over.
﻿Your Honor.
﻿Please dismiss the witness.
Oshimoto ﻿Tadao not only wanted to kill Nozoe Atsuko,
Final day of trial
he wanted to kill the accused, too.
﻿Therefore, in order to protect herself,
she used a tactical pen for self-defense.
But in the process, she let Oshimoto die unfortunately.
﻿That's what happened, isn't it?
﻿I ...
set up a trap so that Oshimoto would attack me.
﻿And...
﻿I stabbed Oshimoto with the intent to kill.
﻿I killed Oshimoto with premeditated intent.
Order in the court.
﻿If I didn't kill Oshimoto, she would have been killed.
﻿That's what I believed,
and took Oshimoto's life.
﻿Because I wanted to stop Oshimoto's need for revenge.
﻿I wanted to stop the fear caused by Oshimoto.
﻿I had no choice but to do it.
﻿That's what I decided
﻿I experienced the same thing as Atsuko-san,
﻿I had the same experience of being raped.
﻿I wanted to protect Atsuko-san.
﻿I do not intend to justify my actions.
﻿But killing him was the only way.
﻿I couldn't stop Oshimoto's actions.
﻿I couldn't protect Atsuko-san.
﻿That's what I thought.
For that, I am sorry.
﻿I was trying to protect you.
﻿But because of me, I made you relive this painful past again.
And because of my arrogance, you got hurt in the end.
﻿That's not true.
The accused
The accused is sentanced to
The accused is sentanced to 7 years of prison.
﻿I'm sure my husband is having an affair.
﻿Please look into it.
You can leave it to us.
Who's available now...
﻿Let me. I specialize in cheating investigations.
﻿She's our ace. You can trust her.
﻿I'm not the ace.
﻿Our ace just took some time off.
﻿Oh yes, you're correct.
By the way, who's the ace?
﻿Midori
You're so far.
﻿Yummy!
﻿Midori, you got some on your mouth.
﻿I owe it all to you, Midori.
﻿Because of you, I'm able to smile and laugh again.
﻿I didn't do that.
Present Atsuko has past Atsuko to thank for,
﻿I belive that's why you can laugh now.
﻿Oh, let's go hunting together sometime.
What?
Let's hunt marlin together.
﻿Marlin?
﻿It's "The Old Man and the Sea",
﻿I want to catch Marlin like Santiago.
﻿That's a very novel invitation.
﻿But I'm sure Midori will definitely be able to catch it.
Will you go hunting marlin with me?
Yes.
﻿Let's go to the Caribbean together!
﻿The Caribbean Sea, eh?