Homunculus (ホムンクルス)

NETFLIX PRESENTS

Good morning.

You'd better lower the heat.

Thanks.

That smells good.

Are you celebrating something?

You idiot. We're having a wake.

-Huh? -A wake.

We hadn't seen Ken around for a while,

so I went to check his tent, but he was already cold.

An-chan, he taught you lots of things when you first got here too, right?

Yeah.

So where's Ken now?

They removed him already.

You should have said, "They took him away."

He's not an object, you know.

Here. You can have this.

-Sake for mourning! -See ya.

An-chan, how about a drink?

Hey! Don't waste your time.

His friend just died,

but he doesn't feel anything?

He's been living over there for a long time.

It seems he can't remember anything.

Is it amnesia?

Who knows?

He seems to be doing fine, but there's something fishy.

Can you smell that?

Thank you.

Could you please sign here?

SUSUMU NAKOSHI

Please open the door.

I'm not a weirdo or anything.

Who are you?

It's cold out here. Could you let me in?

I don't give rides to strangers.

You're homeless, aren't you?

You don't have a home or a job.

Sorry. If I've insulted you, I apologize.

To get down straight to business,

I have a certain job that I'd like you to take.

How does 700,000 yen sound?

Sorry, but I've already got money.

Hey.

Hey. What are you doing?

It's a simple human research experiment.

It's called "trepanation."

Right here, I'll drill a tiny hole in your skull.

Leave.

No, I know the thought of boring a hole in your skull is scary,

but it's really no big deal at all.

-Just leave. -Frankly,

it's just like teeth.

It's just a little hole. Your brain won't be harmed.

That's all.

You've heard it before, right?

Humans only use 10% of their brains.

If we could leverage the other 90%, what would happen?

An intuition sharper than anyone else's could be unleashed,

or a sixth sense could awaken,

or memories could return.

Then put a hole in your own skull.

You can just try it on yourself.

I mean, it's just a tiny hole here, right?

No way.

It sounds scary!

Get lost. Find someone else. Plenty of other people need money.

It has to be you!

This park is where homeless people gather,

and that luxury hotel is where ordinary people go.

I want you, the one who's smack-dab in the middle of both!

Listen, I'm just taking time off work to see what it's like to be homeless.

Well, you could say…

I'm trying to "find myself."

Get someone else.

Whenever you lie, the left side of your mouth goes up.

You can't cry, can you?

You can't even feel sad.

You're desperately trying to feel something.

Right?

I'm right, aren't I?

You must be bored.

No, that's not it.

Most people would get angry if someone said that to them.

Nakoshi.

Do you ever feel alive?

You…

How did you know my name?

You don't remember… do you?

I'll be back.

Hey! This is bad!

Hey!

An-chan with the car!

Hey!

An-chan with the car!

-An-chan! -What happened?

Your car!

Quickly!

DAY ONE

They got you, huh?

SHINJUKU TOWING

They just had to go and take your car, didn't they?

You had your clothes and your stuff in your car, right?

The tow truck is going to cost a lot of money.

But An-chan, you've got lots of money, right?

Hey. You've got money, right?

Hey. Are you okay?

I've never seen him look like that before.

The only place you could return to is gone.

Are you going to stay here forever?

So it was you…

What are you living for?

How should I know?

You finally look annoyed.

Seven days.

I'll give you a reason to live.

What a creepy room.

Trepanation is a surgical procedure that has been done since the Neolithic Period.

Nowadays, a group called ITAG in the Netherlands works to promote it.

There are even people who put a hole in their own head.

What a sicko.

So, who are you?

I'm Manabu Ito. I'm a medical intern.

My father runs this hospital. That makes me the boss's kid.

The boss's kid?

What if your parents found out about this?

I just want to learn about humans.

Can I ask you a question?

Yeah.

How much do you remember about yourself?

Who knows?

You're not interested in yourself?

It doesn't matter anymore.

I'm right in the middle of Shinjuku, but no one's looking for me.

What worth is the life of a man like that?

"A man like that." That's exactly why I'm interested in you.

When humans are born, they have a gap in their skull,

meaning there is a hollow space.

But after a year and a half, that hole closes up,

and the skull starts pushing on the brain.

Therefore, if we open a hole in the skull and improve the blood circulation,

it would activate the brain again, just like how it was at birth.

It would draw out abilities that hadn't been used before.

That's the simple principle behind trepanation.

Don't worry.

Honestly, I'm better than most doctors around here.

Oh, please make sure you don't move while I'm drilling the hole.

It'd be bad if your meninges tear.

If that happens, then whatever.

Even if I become a vegetable,

it wouldn't be any different from how things are now.

Is the anesthetic working?

Yeah.

Ouch…

LET'S HAVE DINNER TOGETHER ITO

DAY TWO

The experiment will last for seven days. I'll pay you 300,000 yen in advance.

You'll get the rest once it's over.

I told you I've got money already.

So? What are you trying to do?

Shouldn't you have asked that before I made the hole?

Here.

ESP experiment,

sixth sense check, psychokinesis experiment…

What is all this? I thought this was a medical experiment.

I'll be honest.

I don't believe in spirits and supernatural powers and the occult.

Everything can be explained by the brain.

That's why I want to use this experiment to clear all the remaining doubts I have

and proudly deny that it exists.

Deny what?

This world right in front of me.

Excuse me. Here's the chili shrimp.

-Thanks for the meal. -Thank you.

Then let's get started with a simple game.

What?

I've got these cards with these five symbols.

Guess which card has the star symbol.

All right.

Nakoshi.

Huh?

Use your left side.

-That's not what I mean. -What?

I want you to try feeling it with your whole left side.

Your senses of sight, hearing, smell, and touch.

Use all of that from only the left side of your body to envision the card.

All right.

Don't get too full of yourself.

Today was just practice. We'll get to the real stuff tomorrow.

So what? Four cards is better than usual?

Oh, this is so you can contact me. It has my number in it.

Okay.

And…

Hey.

It looks good on you.

I'll see you tomorrow.

This is an announcement for all Kabukicho visitors.

Recently, there have been incidents of fraudulent soliciting in Kabukicho…

Ouch!

What was that?