Reincarnation (2005) - full transcript

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Look, Kanako,
you're a penguin.

What?
Why am I a penguin?

I was really
surprised.

Why not?
Penguin's cute.

In my previous life,
I was a fleeing soldier.

Really? I don't want
to imagine that.

Am I a reincarnation
of a fleeing soldier?

An arrow might be stuck in your body.
Are you all right?

- Besides, it's fluffy.
- No way!

It's a human.
It's better.



You're a penguin,
aren't you?

What about me?

Sae, you're...

What's wrong?

No, nothing.

Let me borrow it.

Kaori, how can I see it
on my mine?

Rumi taught me how.

She knows a lot
about this stuff.

First, do this
and then open this.

What?

You have to answer a series
of questions. Let's say "Yes."

- I know your answers very well.
- Oh, yeah?

Thank you very much.



Please drive safely,
especially at night.

Let's move onto tonight's
movie update!

After two years, director Matsumura's
new movie "MEMORIES"...

"MEMORIES" was based on

the most brutal indiscriminating murders
in Showa's history

at a hotel in Gunma...

I'm not here right now.

Please leave a message
after the beep.

Hello, this is
Producer Yamanaka.

Director, how is your
screenplay coming along?

We've scheduled an audition
next week. Thank you.

MYSTERIOUS MASS MURDER
BY DR. OMORI

ELEVEN VICTIMS

REVEALING
THEIR REAL FACES

We'll stay together
forever.

REINCARNATION

Yuuka

Karina

Kippei Shiina

Executive Producers: Kazuya Hamana
Yasushi Kotani

Associate Producer:
Yukie Kito

Director of Photography:
Takahide Shibanushi

Editing by
Nobuyuki Takahashi

Line Producer:
Satoshi Fukushima

Music Producer:
Tsugunori Yoshida

Casting Director:
Masashi Yamaguchi

Music by
Kenji Kawai

Written by Takashi Shimizu
and Masaki Adachi

Produced by
Takashige Ichise

Directed by
Takashi Shimizu

SOGEl STUDIOS

Well, I don't really like
scary movies, but...

I would love
to play the role

of a murder victim.

How come?

I was killed once
in a previous life.

Therefore, I could use
that experience in my acting.

Just a second.
A previous life?

Yes. It seems like
I still have memories from it.

Since I was a child,

I sometimes remember things
I'm not supposed to know.

It's probably...

because I had
experienced those

before I was
reincarnated.

It was a woman.

She was probably
strangled to death.

Therefore,
I'm very confident

that I could play the role
of someone being killed.

All right.
Is there anyone else?

Any questions for the director
or whatever?

Is there anything further
from the director?

No.

That's it for today.

- Thank you for coming.
- Thank you very much.

NAGISA SUGIURA

This isn't a test.

You have to
get used to it.

Yes.

You'll still have to go to a lot
of auditions after this.

The director seemed
to glare at me.

I have no idea
what he was thinking.

Don't be afraid
of such a little thing.

Most directors
are like that.

Is it going to be
a scary movie?

Probably. Matsumura is
the director, right?

It may be
a murky story.

The genre of the movie
doesn't matter.

You have to somehow get
your name and face known.

You have to be
aggressive, right?

Yokomine, Yokomine.

Please exit
to the right.

Please watch
the closing doors.

Are you all right?

Right here...

Are you listening
to what I'm saying?

I appreciate it.

Would you mind
if I opened it?

NAGISA SUGIURA

Crown Pro

"MEMORIES"

This is it.

The director sent it
to us directly.

I've already
read it through.

Does that mean
I got the part?

I'm not sure.

I'm calling to check
this morning.

Why don't you
read it?

Hello, this is Murakawa
from Crown Pro.

Can I speak
to Mr. Kondo?

The director sent it
to you directly.

It means that you,
Nagisa Sugiura,

impressed director
Matsumura.

That must be it!

I should be happy,
right?

Of course.

But... I've heard this story
somewhere before.

Wait,
don't you know?

This is based
on a true incident.

At a hotel
in some town,

a crazy college professor
tried to murder his family.

But he also killed
all the employees

and hotel guests
who stayed there.

He committed suicide
at the end.

It happened when
I was still a child.

It was the same year
the World Fair took place,

so... it was 1970...
the 45th year of Showa.

But, Nagisa,
you weren't even born yet.

I know.

"MEMORIES"

- Thank you.
- Thank you for dinner.

Please
take care.

I'm home.

"MEMORIES"

Who is it?

Good morning.

You might've noticed
when you read the script.

This movie is written

based on the actual murder
case at a hotel.

I'll post the details
about the case.

Please look at
them later.

I'll let the director
take over.

My name is Matsumura
and I'm the director.

Nice meeting you.

Well, regarding
the case...

by the hands
of only one man...

eleven people
were killed.

Although the script
was written

based on the actual
incident,

the person who committed
the crime won't appear in the movie.

We will depict it in a way that
the murderer exists only in the dark.

In other words,

we'll focus on the victims
rather than the offender.

I'd like to make a movie
about a group

of those
eleven victims.

It's regretful
that they died.

They endured to live

and feared to die.

That's what
I wanted to express.

By doing so, I think I can
let them rest in peace.

That's it.

I'll announce
who we've cast

for the roles
of the eleven characters.

When your name is called,
please step forward.

Naomi Nagata.

Here.

You're playing
one of the victims

as a concierge
at the hotel.

Yes.

Tetta Shinohara.

Here.

You're playing
a desk clerk at the hotel.

Okay.

Yukihiko Yamaguchi.

Here.

You're playing
the husband

of a couple
who stayed at the hotel.

Yes.
I'll do my best.

- Yoko Shinjyo.
- Here.

You're playing the wife
in that same couple.

All right.

Nagisa Sugiura.

Nagisa Sugiura.

Here.

You're playing the role
of this girl.

She was only six years old
at the time it all happened.

Along with her
10-year-old brother,

they ran around the hotel
trying to escape.

Both of them were killed
by their biological father.

We'll change the age
of the character in the movie,

but she was the last one
to get killed among the eleven.

This is an important role.

All right, Sugiura?

Yes.

Moving on...

- Jyunko Suzuki
- Here.

The murderer was a college professor.
He committed suicide.

ELEVEN VICTIMS
Gunma Hotel Murders

Miyakawa, are you there?

Yes.

This is amazing.

This is a miniature model
of the hotel.

We'll actually build
the set here in these studios.

We've made this based on photos of
the actual hotel and some other sources.

This is the exterior
of the hotel.

And this is the interior.

Please look
very carefully.

Wow. It's amazing.

We'll build the set

identical to the real place
as it existed then.

ELEVEN VICTIMS

Yuya 10 years old
Chisato 6 years old

MASS MURDERER OMORI

You're the one who wanted
to take this class together.

Actually, you may
have heard it

from someone
in the past,

or gathered the information
from a book you've read.

It becomes so lost and confused
that you would forget it.

It will unconsciously appear
again in a different form.

Most cases
are like that.

And this is called...

"cryptomnesia phenomenon."

This particular symptom
is often linked

to the term
"past life,"

or the concepts of "reincarnation"
and "transmigration."

As for the religious
and the moralists,

they use it
as convenient material

to prove their own
religious beliefs.

It's finally over.

I'm having the same dream
over and over lately.

That happens to everyone.

No, no.

Your dream is about me?

Sorry. It's not.

The same hotel
appears in my dream,

but I've never
been there before.

You know what?
Didn't you listen to the lecture?

Isn't it, what...
crypto...

crypto...

Listen,
let me finish!

There is a triangle-shaped
red roof like this.

The walls and the hallways
felt so real.

I bet you've been there.
You just don't remember.

Maybe when you were
a child?

When I looked at my old album,
but I didn't see any photos like that.

I asked my parents,
but they didn't know where it was.

Really?

When I told my parents
about it,

my mom looked
surprised and said,

"Are you still having
that dream?"

What?

When I was a child,

I really wanted to go
to the hotel in my dream.

Stop talking
about the dream!

Let's go eat.
I'm hungry.

Stop right there.

Please listen
very carefully.

- I will.
- Don't answer me back! Concentrate!

Slowly.

The director
uses her a lot.

She was unknown and got cast
for the starring role.

She was cast first.

Did you hear?

- We're going to the real hotel.
- Huh?

You mean where that
incident happened?

I thought only crew
would go there

to do research
for the set,

but my agent
just got the call.

Really? How come
we have to go?

I don't want to go
to the murder location.

You may get killed!

You don't hear
the footsteps anymore.

Hold your breath.

Disappear
into the atmosphere.

If you're found,
you'll get killed.

Cut!

Okay. It's good.

Are you okay?

Sugiura,
are you okay?

- Director!
- What happened?

Sugiura.

Are you all right?

Sugiura!

I understand you don't want
to go to the murder location,

but the director wants
to take the main cast to the hotel.

L...

I don't feel that
I should go to that hotel.

How come
all of sudden?

Something's wrong.

Since I've received
the script,

strange things have
started happening to me.

What kind
of strange things?

The hotel appears
in my dreams.

And that girl...

I didn't know
anything, but...

Wait.

You've read the article
about the girl

killed by her father.

I know that girl...

Calm down a bit!

Don't you think
it's strange?

I've seen
that girl's face.

Wait.

Her memories
went inside me.

Nagisa!

Please stop
doing this, huh?

So, if... even if

you are the reincarnation
of that girl,

it doesn't mean you'll get killed
at the same hotel.

That's...

You understand
that this movie

is a big chance
for you, right?

Everybody, thank you
for enduring the long trip.

We've arrived
at the location.

What are you doing?

I'm sorry.

Ouch!

Are you all right?
Let me do it.

They didn't have
to lock up that hard.

I'm fine.

Director,
please come in.

Please watch your head.
Be careful.

Please be careful.

- Open the door over there.
- Okay.

We are coming in.

I opened it.

Everybody,
please come in.

This way, please.

Please
watch your step.

Please come in.

Everyone, please gather.

Please come over here.

First of all, here it is.

- Shinohara!
- Yes?

Lie down here with your head
pointing that way.

Turn your face
this way.

Your arm should lay
something like this.

- Listen to me.
- Okay.

The desk clerk was
actually dead right here.

Everyone...

please don't forget what you saw,
touched and felt here.

- All right?
- Okay.

Let's talk about...

just a second.
Don't move.

Please watch your step.

Suzuki!

Please come over here.

Please sit down.

Turn your face this way,
and your legs hanging this way.

Please just pretend.
Your clothes will get dirty.

- Yamaguchi!
- Yes?

Your face is that way.
Lie on your back.

Yes.

Watch the floor.
Please pretend it.

Will you shut up?!

Yes.

What did you
come here for?

We are here because I want
everyone to feel it.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

All right.
Let's do it.

All right.

After he falls down the stairs,
I want his close up.

And then,
use the handheld...

Excuse me.

Don't move.

Are you all right?
Do you feel sick?

I'm fine. Sorry.

But you look pale.

I'm sorry
to keep you waiting.

Mr. Kondo?

What's going on?

Please watch your step.

Did you see Nagisa?

- Nagisa isn't back yet?
- What?

What happened?

I was waiting for her
in front of the restroom.

She's gone.

She's gone?
What are you doing?

We're looking for her
downstairs, too.

- Where is the restroom?
- Downstairs.

Sugiura...

Please.

Isn't this room...

The girl you're
to playing...

was killed here.

You seem
very intuitive.

She's really
running late.

I didn't expect you
to know someone like that.

What?

You said you wanted
to meet her, right?

It might be good material
for my research paper.

No way.

The professor's
lecture

is about proving
the opposite theory.

Why do you even want to meet
Miss Mysterious?

"Miss Mysterious"? How come
you're friends with Miss Mysterious?

We're not that
good of friends.

When, where and how
did you guys meet?

Tell me, tell me.

We're just friends.

I'm not going
to introduce her to you.

There.

She looks pretty cute.

She's studying
to become an actress.

Really?

I'm sorry.
Were you waiting long?

Not at all.
Thanks for coming.

Not at all.
Your college looks huge.

Oh, yeah.

It's very nice.

There are
a lot on campus.

This is Kinoshita.
Yayoi Kinoshita. This is Morita.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Let's go inside.

What is it?

Have we met
somewhere before?

I don't think so.

Oh, I see.

I'm sorry. That might be
from my previous...

Your previous?

Your previous life,
isn't it?

I bet we've met
somewhere before.

Really?

Does that happen
to you very often?

Well...

you know,
sometimes...

you seem
to know the place

even though you've never
been there before.

It's deja vu,
isn't it?

- That happens to me too.
- Of course.

That happens
to everybody, but...

you just
can't remember.

The truth is, you,
Kazuya, unconsciously...

How can you
tell the difference

between your memories
at present

and those
before you were born?

It's easy.
Do some research.

Research?

Yayoi, you have something
you want to find out, don't you?

You know,
let's go together.

Go together?

Let's go.

Thank you for today
and for lunch.

What? Wait.

For the safety
of this shoot

and the success
of "MEMORIES,"

let's give our prayers.

Producer Koji Yamanaka.

11 LIVES ARE TAKEN

Here. This person was me
in my previous life.

It was in the 45th year
of Showa.

It was 35 years ago.

Look here.

This says that she was
strangled to death.

Look.

Doesn't it hurt?

Not at all.

I was born with it.

It was much
lighter before.

It has become
much darker recently.

It's not good
for an actress.

So, where is
this hotel?

Oh.

Well, I saw
the photo somewhere.

Hello?

Hello. It's me.
Can we talk now?

Just a second.

I saw the photo
towards front page.

Sorry.
I'm in the library now.

- Shall I call you back?
- No.

It's not that
important, but...

the other day...

ELEVEN WERE KILLED

The murderer, a college professor,
committed suicide.

Omori's wife, Ayumi, is unconscious
and in serious Condition.

Ayumi regains
consciousness.

I'm sorry.

Some books fell.

Yuka.

Yuka?

I'm going to hang up.

See you.

Yuka?

Yuka?

Yuka?

We'll stay
together forever.

We'll stay together
forever.

We'll stay
together forever.

- Where is it?
- Over there.

Director,
why did you want

to make a movie
about this incident?

Why do you ask?

Lately,
I feel strange.

I felt it when
we went to the hotel.

Why did you want me
to play that girl's role?

Why?

Because you were
in that room then.

This is to be used
for the movie.

One of the victims' family
let me borrow it.

The girl
you're playing...

was holding this doll
when she got killed.

This must have
a soul of regret.

I want you to think
deeply of that girl

when she was killed
as she held this doll.

They left me
as the Ione survivor.

I'm praying
for them every day.

However,
those children have not...

found peace yet.

That's what I feel.

Here you are.

When that incident
happened...

l...

I don't know
what to say.

The hotel
in that photo is...

Before that
tragedy occurred.

That's the hotel
they stayed at

on their only
family trip.

L... I have something
to show you.

I drew it
when I was a child.

Have you been there?

I have never
been there before.

But I used to
have dreams

about this house
over and over.

That man left this.

It's said in many
newspapers

that Professor Omori
was crazy.

I thought so, too.

No, I wanted
to think that way...

but I understood after
I read the notebook

again and again.

That man was not crazy.

The human body
is just a vessel.

"The human body
is just a vessel."

Somehow he got off the track
from his specialty field.

Where do humans come from?
Where do they go?

Will our memories
and thoughts disappear

when our bodies
are dead?

He was studying that
subject very seriously.

Excuse me,

is there a guest named Omori
staying at this hotel?

- May I?
- I'm his wife!

Please.

- Here it is.
- Thank you.

I'll see you again.

Yuya! Chisato!

We'll stay
together forever.

I wonder if he was
experimenting with them.

The human body
is just a vessel.

The crane is coming in.
Please be careful.

Please make room
to come through. All right.

We're about
to start shooting.

That film you asked me
for is ready.

I had a hard time
getting it.

I was running around.

Where did you get it?

Nagisa?

Thank you.

Are you okay?

Oh. And then,

what do you
want to do with this?

What's it about?

I don't know.

What?
You should...

Yes?

Excuse me.
Thank you for waiting.

Please get ready
for wardrobe.

All right.

- Please take care.
- Take care.

Hello, it's me.

It's about Yuka Morita
who you met the other day.

Her family
contacted me

and said she hasn't
come home since then.

If you know anything,
please call me. Bye.

Be cautious of what's
behind you, too.

Sometime,
you stumble.

That's it.

You can
breathe hard.

You'll trip over right there.

That's it.

Stay there for a while.

Slowly look forward
and get up.

It's like you are
sucked in. Good.

As you're stumbling...

you still watch
behind you.

Yeah, this side, too.

That's a dead end.

Be aware of your right first.
That's it.

And, then turn left.
Quickly.

- Good.
- That's a cut!

- I want one long take.
- All right.

It may be possible if we remove
the ceiling and walls in the corner.

Go in the back.
Remove the ceiling and walls.

- All right?
- Yeah.

This is it.

Well, it's an 8mm film.

I have a faint memory
of these.

Do they still
use them?

Can I take
a look at it?

Kanko Hotel.

Yuka!

Yuka!

Yuka, what's wrong?

Yuka, what happened?

Yuka?

Cut!

That's a cut.

Sugiura, this will
be a take.

Yes.

Let's roll it.

We can do it.

Let's shoot it.

Let's do it.
This is a take!

Please stand by.

- Please get a chair.
- Yes.

Imai! Imai!
Are you ready?

Yes!

Yuka.

We'll stay together
forever.

Thank you
for waiting.

Let's shoot.

Picture's up!

This is a take!

Ready!

Action!

We'll stab each other.

Nagisa.

We'll stay
together forever.

We'll stay
together forever.

Nagisa Sugiura:
Yuuka

Yayoi Kinoshita:
Karina

Tadashi Murakawa:
Tetta Sugimoto

Kazuya Onishi:
Shun Oguri

Yuka Morita:
Marika Matsumoto

Yamanaka Producer:
Mantaro Koichi

Norihisa Omori:
Atsushi Haruta

Chisato Omori: Mao Sasaki
Yuya Omori: Hiroto Ito

Professor Kawashima:
Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Ayumi Omori:
Miki Sanjyo

Ikuo Matsumura:
Kippei Shiina

Executive Producers: Kazuya Hamana
Yasushi Kotani

Producer:
Takashige Ichise

Associate Producer:
Yukie Kito

Written by Takashi Shimizu
and Masaki Adachi

Music by Kenji Kawai

Director of Photography:
Takahide Shibanushi

Music Producer:
Tsugunori Yoshida

Edited by
Nobuyuki Takahashi

Line Producer:
Satoshi Fukushima

An Oz Production

Directed by
Takashi Shimizu