Points and Lines (点と線)

TOEI CO., LTD. Presents

POINTS AND LINES

CAST

MINAMI Hiroshi TAKAMINE Mineko

Directed by KOBAYASHI Tsuneo

They don't look like they're dead.

That's because of the cyanide.

Cyanide causes the face to turn pink.

How long since they died?

Ahh... about ten hours.

About ten or eleven last night.

Did they both take the poison at the same time?

Well...

The cyanide was dissolved in juice.

Doc... did one of them force the other?

They must have decided to die together.

They're lying down side by side.

They're dressed neatly.

Their hands are joined in prayer.

Their socks are clean... shoes are in order.

I'm amazed.

When I got the call, I thought it was a homicide.

It's an easy case.

It was very cold last night.

The flu's going around this time of year.

The doctors must be happy.

Mr. Torigai?

Huh?

What? Say it.

I'm just wondering why they had to die in such a cold place.

Cold?

It's just...

it's such a dreary place to commit suicide.

It's such a tasteless place to die.

You only feel that way because you're still alive.

Once you're dead, it doesn't matter if it's hot or cold.

FUKUOKA POLICE STATION

A handkerchief, shoehorn, black leather wallet...

There is... 9,730 yen.

And... a business card.

Department of Industry, Business Dept.

Investigation Section. Assistant Section Chief.

I wonder how much an Assistant Section Chief makes.

Chief sounds good... but Assistant Chief sounds pathetic.

His name was Sayama Kenichi.

Her name was Toki.

Tokyo Akasaka Japanese Restaurant Koyuki.

A government official and a restaurant hostess.

Hey, whom does this belong to?

What?

Oh, it belongs to the man.

Isn't it a receipt for dining on the train?

It's dated on October 14th...

What's wrong?

I see. This receipt is for one person only.

The woman wasn't hungry, so she didn't eat.

But...

But what...?

If they were together on the train...

and the man wanted to eat the woman would have gone with him.

A hostess always accepts food.

If he ate something, she definitely ate something too.

You're absolutely right.

I think...

when he got on the October 14th Asakaze Express from Tokyo, bound for Hakata...

the man was alone...

Okay, okay. You're right.

The man did come to Hakata alone.

Huh?

Detective Tasaka just found out...

that he stayed at the Tanba Inn in Higashi-Nakasu.

He checked in October 14th night.

The same date as the dining ticket.

He was alone when he arrived in Hakata.

On the 20th evening around eight a woman called him.

He left right after the call.

The woman probably asked him to meet her.

She must have followed him from Tokyo.

We heard that he had been waiting for someone.

I guess she was contacting him.

The very next day... they were found... dead.

You still look suspicious.

Huh? The same train?

That's no good.

Okay. I understand.

Could you go to the hospital morgue with Detective Ishii?

Their relatives are there now.

Yes...

I don't know why but,

they're refusing to talk to each other.

You're going to have a hard time.

I'm depending on your usual expertise.

Was there something else you want to say?

Yes...

Well... no, nevermind.

My brother was an idiot.

She was just a hostess.

He was... too naive where women are concerned.

The woman must have deceived him.

She must have begged him to double suicide.

She killed my brother.

Didn't you know about them at all?

Nothing... not until now.

If I'd have known about this... I'd have prevented it.

He didn't have to say that.

He made it sound like we killed his brother.

We knew nothing about them either.

He wasn't a regular at your restaurant?

No. Nobody remembers him.

We knew she had a boyfriend.

But we... were all shocked... to discover who it was.

I see.

Though I did see them together that day... at Tokyo Station.

Tokyo Station?

Yes. It was late on the afternoon of the 14th.

Did you see both of them? Are you sure?

Could Toki have been there... to take him to the train?

No. It wasn't like that.

They both boarded the train and looked very happy.

LIEUTENANT MIHARA NORIKAZU

How was it? Did it help you?

Yes. It gave me a better understanding.

I think it was a typical double suicide.

It seems like it based on this report.

We spent a whole month investigating this case.

Excuse me... Did you call me? - Yeah.

Let me introduce...

Sayama Keiichi, investigating for the Metropolitan Police Dept.

I'm Mihara.

I'm Torigai.

I heard that you're suspicious about this double suicide.

I'm curious about it too. - Well...

You were talking about it the other day.

I told Mr. Mihara about what you told me.

He was very interested in it.

Tell him what you said.

Yes...

Well, you're absolutely right.

You're a good detective.

My boss didn't seem very pleased.

So someone saw Sayama at Tokyo Station.

Her name is Yaeko.

She used to work with Toki.

Tomi and I took a guest to the station.

We were on platform 13.

There were no trains in between, so we could see platform 15 clearly.

The train at platform 15 is the 6:30 p.m. Asakaze Limited Express bound for Hakata.

We decided to go to platform 15 to see who the man was she was with.

That was October 14th.

On the same day, Sayama went to the dining car alone.

The man ate alone...

therefore Toki... must have gotten off the train before that.

The dining car closes at ten o'clock... so therefore...

Ah here we are... there are stops at Atami and Hamamatsu.

I wonder at which one she got off.

However... I wonder why she had to get off the train.

Well, nevertheless...

I canvassed everyone...

who lives between this station and the shopping street.

Hello, sir.

Thank you for your help.

Still working the same case?

Must be a tough case.

Not really...

That shopkeeper...

he said that he saw them.

By them... you mean Sayama and Toki?

Yes. He saw them the night they committed suicide.

I was so shocked!

I heard about the suicide the very next morning.

I had seen them.

I saw the two of them walking that way the night before.

Usually, not many people get off the 9:25 p.m. train.

I remember that only about ten people got off that night.

I was looking for a customer who might buy fruit from me.

I remember... the man was wearing an overcoat.

The woman was wearing a thick, duffel coat.

But I don't remember their faces.

They were walking away from me...

They walked straight on this street toward Nishitetsu Kashii Station.

This is Nishitetsu Kashii Station.

If you go this way, you reach their place of death.

It's a shame that he can't remember their faces.

If he did, he'd make a great detective.

Also, Mihara... I have another witness who saw them that night.

He saw them going this way.

I caught the train leaving the Hakata Cycling Track at 9:27 p.m.

I catch that train every day, so there's no mistaking the time.

The train arrives here at 9:35 p.m.

I was a bit drunk that night, so I was walking slowly.

A couple of people passed me from behind.

Most people had familiar faces.

But I had never seen that couple before.

I still remember what she said when she passed by.

This is a dreary place.

A dreary place?

That's what she said.

She had a very clear voice...

and a Tokyo dialect.

She spoke differently from folks local to this area.