When They Cry (2006) - full transcript

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is a story of many chapters. It's about the town of Hinamizawa, and the people who live there, Rena Ryugu, Mion Sonozaki, Satoko Hojo, and Rika Furude, as well as friends, relatives, and visitors dealing with Lord Oyashiro's curse. Every year on the night of Watanagashi, people mysteriously disappear and are murdered which is rumored to be a curse, though it has yet to be proven. However, certain people don't believe it, especially with the odd behaviors of some of of the residents of Hinamizawa. This story is explained in many Question and Answer chapters.

So three people were arrested
for interfering with the police.

The actions against
the Hinamizawa Dam...

...have elevated since last month's
bloody clash with the riot squad.

- Bye-bye.I- See you.
...have elevated since last month's
bloody clash with the riot squad.

The police are on close watch
for future extremist problems.

Cabinet Minister Inukai was
directly appealed to last week.

Cabinet Minister Inukai was
directly appealed to last week.
Are you Toshiki Inukai?

Toshiki Inukai

- "Time Wasting" Chapter -
Episode 01: HINAMIZAWA

When They Cry

Furimuita sono ushiro no
(shoumen dare)?



Kurayami ni tsume wo tatete
(yoru wo hikisaita).

Amadare wa chi no shizuku to
natte nodo wo tsutai ochiru.

Mou dokonimo kaeru
basho ga nai nara...

...kono yubi tomare
watashi no yubi ni.

Sono yubi goto tsuretette ageru.

Higurashi ga naku
akazu no mori e.

Atomodori wa mou dekinai.

I am Mamoru Akasaka.

I met that young girl due
to one kidnapping case.

About 48 hours ago, a Ministry
of Construction official's son...

...the cabinet minister's
grandson, was kidnapped.

It's believed to settle
this matter peacefully...

...the minister won't report it
and will comply with demands.

After monitoring
the minister's phone...



...we've confirmed suspicious
calls from outside the city...

...and a crime
has indeed occurred.

That's all. Please proceed
with the utmost secrecy.

Akasaka-kun.

Go investigate the anti-dam
group that petitioned the minister.

Yes, sir.

It's hard to believe this was done
by a group of rural citizens...

Mainichi Times
Protest Against Dam Expands
It's hard to believe this was done
by a group of rural citizens...

Mainichi Times
Protest Against Dam Expands
...but we must
eliminate all possibilities.

Understood.

Go straight there and
canvass the local police.

Yes, sir.

I'm sorry.

Worst case, I may not
come back for the delivery.

It's okay.
Please don't worry and go.

I'll be waiting for
you with this baby.

Onigafuchi Final
Defense Alliance, huh...

Normally, a rookie like me
doesn't investigate alone.

But because
we're short-handed...

...and this group was judged to
be far removed from this case...

...the higher-ups gave
me this unusual role.

Well, hello, hello.

Thanks for coming
all the way here.

I apologize for suddenly
visiting during your busy time.

I'm Mamoru Akasaka of the
national police. Nice to meet you.

I'm Hondaya from public safety.

Anti-gang chief Sankai browbeat
me not to resist your assistance.

Anti-gang? The prefecture
police's anti-gang department?

The Onigafuchi Final Defense
Alliance is organized crime to us.

It's unbelievable to call that
a good-willed citizens' movement.

Oh? Just when I wondered
what you're talking about...

Oh, Kura-chan. Nice timing.

This is Akasaka-san, all the way
from Tokyo's national police.

Let me introduce you to
Oishi-kun from investigations.

He's familiar with the Onigafuchi
people you're asking about.

If you'd like, shall I give
you a tour of the town?

Yes, please.

Oishi explained many
things about Hinamizawa.

No dam! Don't build the dam!
Leave! You'll pay! Nature killers!

No dam! Don't build the dam!
Leave! You'll pay! Nature killers!
Like its three great families.

No dam! Don't build the dam!
Leave! You'll pay! Nature killers!
And how among them, the
Sonozakis have absolute power.

And how among them, the
Sonozakis have absolute power.

Sonozaki

Sonozaki
Their head, Oryou Sonozaki, is
basically Hinamizawa's leader...

Sonozaki
...who also leads
the anti-dam movement.

Sonozaki
Their activities are
escalating every year.

You came all the way from
Tokyo to investigate, right?

Yes, that's right.

Oh, then this involves the direct
appeal to Minister Inukai?

That means
the Public Safety Department...

...decided to investigate here
to keep an eye on the group?

That you know why
makes things easier.

You're kidding, right?

You're kidding that they're
marked due to the appeal, right?

You're horrible
at keeping secrets, huh?

I actually like your
innocence and candidness.

I thought I may be more helpful
to you if you told me the truth.

How would you be helpful?

I could introduce you to people
who know a lot about them.

A spy?

Yes.

Why are you interested
in my mission?

Well, it's like
a give-and-take situation.

Yes.

~Hinamizawa Village~ See
splendid nature! People needed.
I see.

~Hinamizawa Village~ See
splendid nature! People needed.
No future opportunities...

Are you here for
a magazine or something?

No, for personal reasons.

Personal? For sightseeing?

Yes, I read in a magazine that
some precious nature is around.

Then you should come!

The village is a bit hectic,
but we welcome you.

Please let me do so. Thank you.

Yes. Yes.

Exit

Cute.

Mi.

Mi.

Mi?

Mi...

M-Mi...

I'm not anyone strange.

N-paa.

N-N-paa...

When They Cry

When They Cry

Well, hello!

I'm sorry for being late.

You're the sightseer
who called yesterday, right?

Oh, yes.

Don't stand there. Please get on.

The weather looks like it'll get
bad again, so I'll give a quick tour.

- Okay.
- Mi.

Hey, it's Rika-chan!

What a blessing,
what a blessing.

N-paa.

Makino, do you have work now?

She calls him just "Makino"?

The village headman
asked me to show around...

...a young fellow who's coming
to sightsee various places.

Are you the young fellow
who's sightseeing the village?

Yes.

I heard the nature
here is quite precious...

...so I thought I'd love
to take some pictures.

You're Tomitake #2.

Tomitake?

N-paa.

This is interesting to you?

Well, I felt the kind of nostalgic
feel it has gives a nice touch.

Is Hinamizawa fun?

Yes, it is fun.

Once my wife's out of
the hospital, I want to come back.

With my newborn baby along.

Well then, let me take you to the
place with the best view last.

The place with the best view?

Why, of course.

No other place can compare
with the view from there.

That means I can
invite you to my home.

Your home?

It's the shrine, Furude Shrine.

It's on high grounds, so you
can get a great view from there.

Furude Shrine?

Rika Furude.

One of the three great families...

N-paa!

This is...

No dam! Oyashiro-sama
curses you! We'll never approve!
This is...

No dam! Oyashiro-sama
curses you! We'll never approve!
This shrine is also the anti-dam
movement's main office.

But this is like the fight against
the Japan-US Security Treaty.

I'm actually not an activist, so...

Fighting national policy with
violence and locking selves in...

I can't agree with that.

I see that you have a fine opinion.

If you want a say, vote for
a politician with the same views...

...or jump into the world of
politics and debate your point.

That's the bedrock
of democracy.

I don't understand
anything you're saying.

Sorry, it was
a difficult subject for you.

Japan is a peaceful country...

...so if you have something to say,
you have to do it peacefully.

Then, Akasaka...

...what can this village do to not
be submerged by the dam?

We can only live here.

We can't live in the city.

Makino-san, is that the
sightseer who called yesterday?

Yes. This is Hinamizawa's
village headman, Kimiyoshi.

Kiichirou Kimiyoshi, huh...

Welcome to Hinamizawa.

How was it?
Isn't it a quiet and calm place?

Y-Yes, I enjoyed visiting many
beautiful places the entire day.

Well well, what a gentleman.

Akasaka, over here.
Hurry, hurry!

Well then, excuse me.

This is amazing.

This is my favorite place.

I can't believe such a beautiful
village will be under a lake...

It's not going to sink. The dam
plan will definitely go away.

I hope so.

Akasaka, do you believe
this village will sink?

I don't want it to sink, but...

It won't because the dam plan
is going to be gone soon.

- Gone?
- Yes, it will be gone.

How can you be so sure?

Regardless of what you do,
the dam plan will end this year.

It's already been decided.

Why do you think so?

It's already been decided.

There's no other way to put it.

Even if you say
it's been decided...

That's dangerous, Rika-chan!

Akasaka.

Go back to Tokyo.

It's best to go
back to Tokyo quickly.

Otherwise,
you'll regret it very much.

Regret?

I have warned you.

The rest is up to you.

Who are you?

You're not Rika-chan...

Who are you?

Rika-chan!

Rika-chan... Rika-chan!

Rika-chan...

Mi.

Mi!

Then I'll leave
the rest to Sato-san.

Oishi-san, you're leaving?

I'll just be in the way if I stay.

Besides, you're the one
who offered Sato-san the job.

Well, let's go.

You've heard about
Hinamizawa from him, right?

Yes, pretty much.

Then let's get to it.

Please.

The Sonozakis had
a family meeting last night.

Family meeting?

At the center was the Sonozaki
family head, Oryou Sonozaki...

...her granddaughter, Mion,
who's said to be the heir...

...and the leaders
of the other great families.

The Furude and
Kimiyoshi families.

In addition, there were
several direct relatives.

What was discussed
at that meeting?

Mainly stuff concerning
the anti-dam movement...

...but the issue is what
was discussed at the end.

The end?

I see. It was a tough one.

What's the matter, Oryou-san?

If for us, the land is our mother...

...then the dam is a disturbance
that threatens our mother's life.

I heard the grandson of the dam's
minister has been kidnapped...

...and that it's causing chaos.

We're even.

That can't be.

The kidnapping of Minister Inukai's
grandson shouldn't be public.

How do they know?

Oryou-san, is that true?

Our pain is the pain
of losing our mother.

I don't think it's
completely similar...

...but he certainly deserves
the pain of losing a grandchild.

But there's a difference between
the land and someone's child.

I don't mind the kidnapping,
but I don't want him to be injured.

The child is innocent.
Take care of him.

So the Onigafuchi
Final Defense Alliance...

...was involved in the kidnapping?

We can't be completely certain.

But the head, Oryou...

...gave orders on how to treat
the kidnapped grandchild.

We can't tell
whether her words...

...were an order or
just her personal thoughts.

That's all Oryou said regarding
the kidnapped grandchild.

I hope you found some things
you were concerned about.

Buddy, I don't know what
kind of work you do...

...but if you're facing the Sonozaki
family, you'd better be prepared.

Oishi's been attacked
two or three times.

He wore a knifeproof vest even
on his days off, though not lately.

A knifeproof vest?

You ever been in the national
police's public safety unit?

No way...

Then I'll tell you
this out of courtesy...

After the kidnapping case,
another case came up.

What?

To investigate
the grandchild's kidnapping...

...it's been said Tokyo's public
safety sent an investigator.

A public safety investigator?

For the minister's grandchild.

They can't blow it
out of proportion...

...so public safety is said to be
investigating it on their own.

They're making such a fuss.

What's wrong?

Did the national police come?

Oh, Rika-chan knows what
the national police is, eh?

Good girl.

Who came?

Does anyone know what kind of
person came from public safety?

A newbie is what I heard.

A newbie? Is he freshly new?

Yes, a newbie.

A young, fresh newbie.

Yes, he's young and fresh.

What should we do, Mother?

Leave it alone.

But if he causes too much harm,
then don't hesitate at that point.

I don't like people fooling with me.

A young, fresh newbie.

Well, that's all I know.

Just be careful.

- Yes?
- Is this Akasaka-san?

Good morning. This is Oishi.

Oh, hello.

Did you just wake up?

I have a story that may
completely wake you up.

Yes?

Something interesting was sent
to a station's lost and found.

Lost and found?

A wallet?

Look at this.

Medical Examination Card
Toshiki Inukai
And...

Medical Examination Card
Toshiki Inukai

This was found in Takatsudo,
which is a ghost town.

It's such a lonely area.

Oishi-san, could you
take me to Takatsudo?

Sure, no problem.

What are you doing?

A precaution.

If you're taking risks,
you'd better be properly prepared.

Will you wear one too?

To get my happiness,
I had done everything...

...but had done nothing
to be blamed and accused of.

The sound of footsteps
became louder every day.

Then I noticed the fact
there was no time.

I was a believer in life,
to be myself always.

And was asking
whether I would be alive.

Give me a reason
why not to adopt in this way.

Or judge me to be guilty
of so many incurable sins.

Tell me why or why not?
Complaining way too much.

Maybe I overlooked
something fatal for me.

Preview

Preview
What is being sought
is the unwavering image.

What is being searched for
is the lit escape route.

What has been provided
is the usual sadness.

When They Cry.

"Time Wasting" Chapter,
Episode 2: SIGN.

- "Time Wasting" Chapter -
Episode 02: SIGN
"Time Wasting" Chapter,
Episode 2: SIGN.

- "Time Wasting" Chapter -
Episode 02: SIGN
Can you believe it?

Can you believe it?