An Obsession (Tsumetai chi) (冷たい血)

Cold enough for you?

Two coffees...

...and two hot dogs.

One with ketchup, and the other with mustard.

Right away.

Wooden clogs. Rare these days.

I haven't been home in three weeks.

- Where've you been? - Capsule HoteI.

You'll make yourself ill.

How's Rie?

She's fine.

Fine? You're never home.

I call her.

She deserves better.

Why?

Look, Sosuke, why volunteer for extra work on your day off?

It's not extra work, it's my job.

You've got it all wrong.

Sacrificing your family for work is for novels and TV.

If she thinks it's a sacrifice, that's her problem.

Women expect too much. That's the problem.

For men, work comes first.

So that's what you are...?

What?

What's the word...?

Macho.

Macho?

Call me an individualist.

An individualist detective?

That's an oxymoron.

Learn that in the secret police?

You sure you're OK?

This is surveillance. Our man is on the move.

Here we go.

Enforcement prepare to taiI, back-up standby on site.

This is back-up. Copy.

Kunihiro, the cult leader rumored to be involved in...

Leader Kunihiro, the object of much speculation,

has been sequested here at the Great Truth Cult Headquarters since last night.

The media have gathered here at the Cult Headquarters,

where nothing has...

A man who is apparently Kunihiro has appeared...

Where are the women?

Kunihiro, give us a quote.

Kunihiro,

where's Hiroko?

Back-up here.

He shot Kunihiro. Advise.

Back-up to track our man. Enforcement to handle the site.

Sosuke!

Sosuke!

Sosuke, don't move. I'll call an ambulance.

HQ, this is back-up.

Damn, the tunnel. Stay right there.

This is back-up.

Our man got Saga and escaped.

Send an ambulance now!

Copy. What's your position?

In the tunnel, about 500 meters south of site.

Repeat. Located in tunnel, about 500 meters south of site.

Sosuke!

Hang in there, man!

You're not gonna die on me, man.

It's not his fault.

You can't blame him.

The commanding officer is accountable.

That's right.

I'm leaving.

No, Rie, c'mon! You have to hang in there.

Let go, I'm going.

No, Rie, you've got to stay here.

That's right, stay!

I don't want to. Let go!

How can you leave him alone?!

Who's he to me!

Rie, how can you say that?!

Hey, Ichii...

Remember your promise?

You married a cop, and you knew this could happen.

I didn't know 'til it happened.

I didn't ask.

I didn't get any answers. I just waited patiently.

Now, he could be dying.

Tell me, Aiko,

could you stay calm if it happened to you?

If you could, you'd be crazy.

No, but you just have to accept it.

Well, I can't!

Rie, that's enough!

Hey, this is a hospital!

Excuse me, can somebody take me home?

Please, please calm down.

What do you mean, calm down?!

- Rie! - Rie!

Rie! Rie!

CULT LEADER KUNIHIRO SHOT DEAD

KILLER HUSBAND OF CULTMEMBER

COP SHOT IN PURSUIT CRITICAL CONDITION

I always get stuck with bringing the bad news.

Give it time and think it over, man.

There's something else, right?

What?

Yeah.

Any idea what happened to your gun?

What's happened?

My handwriting's pathetic.

The letters lurch,

like worms squirming over the page.

Even my handwriting freaks me out.

Are you sure about this?

Write "resignation" on it.

OK.

And the other letter?

No,

I'll write it myself, when my hand's better.

Please tell Rie.

OK, I'll tell her.

I really appreciate all this, man.

Don't worry, Sosuke.

We're all looking for it. We'll find it.

You know,

they say I've lost my whole right lung.

I thought about it, and I had to laugh.

When I think that it's empty in here,

it's not even a bad pun, you know.

I had no heart, now no lung.

The guy that got you will be pronounced mentally unfit.

Come in.

Some flowers for Mr. Saga.

I'll take them.

Thank you.

Who sends a potted plant?!

Hey, it's OK.

That's bad luck, man.

It's OK.

May I congratulate you.

My congratulations on your recovery.

More, Sosuke?

I've had plenty, thank you.

You can hold chopsticks again. You're fine.

Thanks to you guys.

I'll pour some coffee. You two go relax.

Let's move over here.

Why don't you stay with us?

You're better off here.

You can't make it alone yet.

No, I'm going home.

Gotta get used to being alone.

You're really no trouble.

I'd love to stick around just to eat Aiko's cooking.

Then stay.

Honey, you shouldn't pressure him to stay.

Nobody's pressuring anybody, right?

You know,

I think I...

It seems I was wrong.

About what?

What we talked about before the shooting.

What was that?

Individualism.

Oh, right.

You think so?

Yeah, a marriage should be like yours.

You think so, huh?

We're a model couple.

Stop bragging.

She's right. You guys seem so happy.

Knock it off, man.

Sosuke, you know...

...you should go to Rie.

Try starting over.

She's right, you should try.

We never got along to begin with.

Neither did we.

Little by little,

you get used to each other, like a habit. That's marriage.

But it doesn't start out perfect.

We used to fight almost every other day.

But that's OK.

You've quit your job.

You really could start over.

Well, I'll think about it.

OK, think it over.

Take your time. You've got plenty.

Right.

We expect you here for dinner.

I mean everyday. Don't forget.

Aiko...

...Thank you so much.

C'mon, don't thank me.

Sorry, gotta run.

Oh dear, what happened?

The job, what else would it be.

I'll leave with you.

Yeah? OK.

I'll drop you off.

No, I'll catch a cab.

Don't bother. I'm going your way.

Warm enough?

Yeah, I'm fine.