Skyscraper Hunting (超高層ハンティング)

They're inside.

They kidnapped the women. You know what they're doing.

- Let's attack. - What about the women?

- Try not to kill them. - But...

But, if there's no other way...

kill them. This isn't a mercy mission.

Written by Junki Takegami

Assistant Director: Shoyou Gsogi

Based on the novel by Baku Yumemakura

Music by Goro Awaji

Cinematography by Shinichi Ooka

Hijikata!

Daiba!

What's the matter with him? Why didn't he shoot?

I couldn't do it.

I couldn't shoot... and now it's too late!

Special Effects by Shinichi Ooka

Directed by Mitsunori Hattori

What are you going to do?

They appeared for the first time in the 1980s.

In the beginning, there weren't many of them.

They looked like humans in every way... but they weren't.

A pulsing appendage on the back was a certain non-human sign.

This species has the potential to destroy the human race.

They can generate a destructive impulse, which destroys the brain.

They plan to propagate their race by random sexual contact.

They are called 'Abnormal Species Humanoids', or more simply 'ASH'.

In our country, we developed a secret organistion to kill the ASH:

Japanese Society For Environmental Protection

And those people who hunt the ASH are known as 'psychosists'.

By the beginning of the 1990's,

due to the extensive work of the psychosists,

the threat of the ASH was all but over.

And the people of the world never knew about the ASH threat.

HUNTING ASH aka 'Skyscraper Hunting'

Doctor - you wanted to see me?

Four ASH are active in Tokyo now.

In Tokyo?

We are faced with two possibilities.

Could it have to do with the Genetic Research Clinic?

If they really put their technology and brains into it...

it wouldn't take them long to create ASH clones.

If that's the goal, then the staff must have been infiltrated by the ASH.

What's the other possibility?

Lately, I've been hearing rumours about psychosists...

No way!

- Only two tonight? - No, three.

Bastard!

We don't need any other help.

I won't let you go!

Identical - you look just like a human.

Who are you?

Yeah, you know me... You guys call me 'Hunter'.

A fucking hunter! What are you going to do? Capture me?

I never capture - I don't believe in reformation. I just kill.

No, wait, I...

I'll kill you before you can use your powers.

You are my enemy...

It's time for you to be killed.

Stop!

She's just a normal ASH.

You didn't have to torture her.

Does it make you feel powerful? Do you have to brutalise them?

Since when did you become the chief?

I'm just... doing my job.

17th Genetics Research Group Annual International Meeting

Aya was captured.

Maybe it won't work out after all.

Wait a minute - the plan is going well.

I feel apprehensive watching you conduct this affair.

Wouldn't it go faster if you merely kidnapped a male ASH?

That would be the last resort. I know we'll succeed.

We can't allow ourselves to continue being killed off!

Mother... mother...

No!

Seems like you come here often!

You can't take your eyes off her.

Whenever I hate them intensely, I come here.

I heard both your parents were killed by the ASH.

The ASH you found last night survived.

It's important to retrieve them alive for our research. Go easy!

The reason I took the job in the first place was to kill them.

I went through 'Resistance Training' for that purpose.

There's no way I can be a nice boy for you!

If you don't like that... then fire me.

But, even if you fire me, I'll still continue killing them.

We've captured one ASH out of four. Three more to go.

They must be connected with one of two groups:

either the Genetics Group or the Psychosists.

Even if the ASH infiltrated our organisation,

the psychosists would never betray the company.

This is a file showing Inoue's activities for a week.

His behaviour is erratic, to say the least.

Really?

The best soldiers are the most predictable ones.

Do you want me to call Okamoto?

I got you.

What was that?

Do you know the principle of time versus space?

Millions of years ago, the earth was created by the Big Bang.

Since then, time has continued to expand faster than space.

We figure an escalation of 23 seconds over 200 million years.

This imbalance has created an uneven number of molecules...

Our atmosphere is an unexplored territory, if you can understand it.

You can even fly.

Please! My brain is different from yours; it's very simplistic!

I know you can understand this.

Why did you want to talk in private?

I think I'm going to contact the ASH myself.

Without approval from Kondo?

Yeah, that's what they requested.

But why? What do they want?

I know you don't understand, but they have valuable information.

I feel it's a trap.

I know one thing for sure:

they are our enemy. Nothing more.

Don't you think it's strange how the ASH just appeared in the 80s?

Before that, they were hiding. But where?

It's being investigated.

That's not the only thing - the power they have. What is it?

It's an advanced form of telekinesis.

Don't you think it's similar to a human's ability?

What the fuck are you trying to say?

I know for sure... they weren't created by God.

They were created by... humans.

That's impossible.

That's why I want to talk to them. I must know!

Oh, by the way - Sanae says she wants to see you.

We saw each other a lot when I was in training.

- She's already in college. - She's that grown-up?

- She's starting to look sexy. - Could that tomboy be sexy?

If something happens to me... please look after Sanae.

I don't know if I can trust the ASH...

but I know I can trust you.

Somebody is watching me.

Somebody other than Inoue... a psychosist is watching me.

Why don't they show up? Where are they?

What's going on?

Are they hiding... hiding in the open?

They could be anyone... how would I know?

If the ASH are planning an attack... they have the advantage.

I wonder if this is a trick, like Hijikata said?!

I can't believe this happened. He knew how to protect himself.

Daiba...

what do you think?

Their power is becoming more advanced.

While he was running away, his defences were down, and...

they attacked his brain. Similar to my situation...

but you saved my brain... and lost my body.

Watch yourselves very carefully, or you'll end up like this.

If something happens to me... please look after Sanae.

they weren't created by God. They were created by humans.

I'll do it!

Hijikata!

I'm not even close to Inoue's breakthrough.

You must be careful. You don't want a machine body.

What is your purpose for being here?

How much do you creatures know?

I'm getting used to living inside my robot body...

but sometimes I use drugs to remember my human existence.

If I don't do that, I can't remember who I am.

Daiba...

I'm sorry. Sometimes I'm just melancholy.

Why were you trying to contact a psychosist?

Tell me! Tell me!

Should I tell Sanae about her brother?

Just don't show her the body.

You're right.

Talk to her.

If I talked to her, it wouldn't do any good.

My 'body' would repulse her.

She'll be comfortable with you.

Right.

We've surrounded the building. The ASH broke loose.

Oh shit!

The reason we live...

I'll tell you why...

we are... here in Tokyo...

The real... purpose is...

the Genetics Research Clinic...

is not the enemy.

Be careful of your own people.

We came here...

to form a pact...

with the psychosists.

Shit!

Are you proud of yourself?

Most people at the Institute don't have relatives.

That's why our bonding is very strong.

We don't want you to worry about anything.

Just continue your college work.

Your brother was really against you joining the organisation.

He wanted you to be a normal girl... a normal college graduate.

Tell me the truth...

my brother -

what was his job? What do you guys do?

What are you trained for at the Resistance Training Camp?

I can't tell you about it. Someday, maybe I will be able to...

I was told my brother died in an accident...

but they wouldn't let me see his body.