Junji Ito Maniac: Japanese Tales of the Macabre (2023–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Intruder/The Long Hair in the Attic - full transcript
[hip-hop music]
[wind whistling softly]
Hmm?
Sorry That must've hurt, huh?
[whimsical music]
"INTRUDER"
SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
[boy 1] Oshikiri's an odd one.
He's always by himself.
It's silent loners like him that are
destined to do something terrible one day.
Keep your voice down! Maybe he's lonely.
I think he's kinda cute.
Hmm.
[scoffs]
I can't help but shake
this strange feeling lately.
It's almost like...
I feel a strange presence.
- [girl] A presence?
- That's right.
And while I can't see it, I can feel
it's something not of this world.
Is it a ghost?
[boy 1] No, I don't think so.
Uh, how do I describe it?
Something otherworldly,
like a human from an alternate dimension.
An alternate dimension?
Look I know it sounds crazy, but I don't
know how else to explain this feeling.
I've never felt this before.
When you say an alternate dimension,
do you mean like
the one in the Bermuda Triangle?
Yeah, like that.
I know! There's a book in here I read
that had a ton of details
about the Bermuda Triangle.
- Should I get it?
- Yeah, I want to check it out.
- Sounds interesting.
- Mm-hm.
Oh... Oh, this is it!
Uh, the book's over here!
[boy 2] Really?
[girl] I love books
that have that look to them!
Let's see, the chapter about Bermuda...
Oh, sorry about that!
I guess I got carried away for a second.
Nah, it's all good.
It's not like I checked it out
or anything. You can have it.
Really, you sure?
How about you come read along with us?
From the looks of it,
you must be interested in this stuff?
Yeah, I guess you could say that I am.
Then I want your opinion
on alternate dimensions, too.
I'm Kamiyama. And these are...
I'm Watanabe.
I'm Koizumi from Class E.
Nice to meet you.
My name's Oshikiri from Class C.
Nice to meet you.
What do you say the four of us get out
of here and go into town to continue this?
- Let's go!
- You're not busy are you, Oshikiri?
No, I'm free.
That settles it. Let's go have some fun!
[Watanabe and Kamiyama laugh]
- [Watanabe shivering]
- Uh...
Wait, what did you just say?
Um... When I'm home alone sometimes,
I hear footsteps in my house.
[all gasp]
Isn't that weird?
[Koizumi] Footsteps that echo
through the house.
- Maybe it's... a phantom?
- I've gotta hear this for myself.
- We could go to his place.
- Is that okay?
[Oshikiri] Uh well...
Sure, I guess.
- All right! Yes!
- Your voice carries!
- [Kamiyama] Sorry.
- [Watanabe] They're staring?
This is amazing...
It's like a European castle.
I don't know about you,
but this place gives me the creeps.
Wait till you see inside.
I've always preferred using the back door.
After you.
[door slam echoing]
[crockery rattling]
I hope you guys like tea.
[Kamiyama] Oshikiri, you don't really live
all by yourself in this mansion, do you?
Yeah, I do.
I can't put my finger on what it is,
but something feels abnormal here.
- I've felt uneasy ever since we got here.
- I'm right there with ya.
At around what time
do you hear the footsteps?
Usually in the middle of the night,
but sometimes during the day.
[Koizumi] So that's all the rooms here,
huh?
What do you think, Kamiyama?
It feels like
this is an alternate dimension.
- [Oshikiri] Alternate dimension?
- Yeah.
It feels like someone else is here.
Someone from
an entirely different dimension.
Which leads me to believe
those footsteps you've been hearing
are an intruder from another world.
So do you think this means
somewhere in this mansion
is an entrance that leads
to an alternate dimension?
[Kamiyama] I think it's possible.
What kind of world
is an alternate dimension?
I haven't the faintest clue.
But thanks to Oshikiri,
I have a feeling we're about to find out.
You got that right.
Without Oshikiri, we never would've gotten
to experience something this amazing.
I feel like it was fate
that we met you in the library.
Oshikiri.
From here on out, you're our friend.
Of course.
-Best friends.
[clock chimes]
[Kamiyama gasps]
[chiming continues]
That thing almost gave me a heart attack.
[all laugh]
- [footsteps outside]
- [all gasp]
[footsteps draw nearer]
They've arrived.
There's no doubt in my mind. These are
the footsteps of a dimensional intruder.
[Koizumi] Where is it coming from?
[Kamiyama] Below!
[door creaks]
[door slams]
Oshikiri, what was that sound?
It's the door.
That means it must've gone just outside!
[Kamiyama] What are we waiting for?
Let's go after it!
- [panting]
- This way.
[Watanabe gasps] Hold on a second!
Come check this out!
[digging]
What the hell?
Isn't that Oshikiri?
It's gotta be. He looks just like him.
Even if it is, what is he doing?
It's him, all right.
- But from an alternate dimension.
- [gasps]
[Kamiyama] I guess an alternate dimension
is just a mirror image of our world.
Because of that,
there are alternate versions of us,
which explains what we're seeing.
[Watanabe] Hey, what is that?
[Koizumi] Is he burying a corpse?
[Kamiyama] Alternate dimension
Oshikiri killed someone in his world
and has come to ours to bury them.
[Oshikiri] Impossible.
It's pretty clever, if you think about it.
If he buries them in our world,
no one would ever find out.
Bastard.
Hold on. What are you doing?
Hey! Stop right there!
This is my house, you're trespassing!
[trembling]
[chuckles]
[cackling]
[Oshikiri] He disappeared...
[Kamiyama] It's possible
he gained the ability
to enter and exit this realm
from anywhere.
Though perhaps
it's only from within this property.
So it's not like this place
is an entrance and an exit.
Now that we know, what now?
[Kamiyama] I know you're shaken up.
- But I don't think you need to worry.
- Hmm?
After all, it was you
from another dimension.
Just because that version of you
committed murder,
doesn't mean that you're going to end up
doing the same thing, Oshikiri.
Yeah, he's right.
If anything, I'd just be grateful
you got to experience
something so incredible.
I know that I am, that's for sure.
Thank you.
- [Koizumi] Uh, guys?
- Hmm?
This corpse is Kamiyama.
[Watanabe shudders]
If that's Kamiyama, then that means...
See here, you gotta trust that-
Relax, it's fine, Oshikiri.
I know that you would never do this.
But what in the alternate dimension
led to this?
[Koizumi] Something was buried here, too!
- [all gasp]
- [Koizumi] Let me see that shovel!
[digging]
[breathing shakily] You're joking...
[Watanabe] These are...
me and Koizumi.
[Oshikiri] You're kidding me.
[Watanabe] But why? Why would you...
I would never do this! I swear!
Koizumi...
[Koizumi] I believe you.
What you did in an alternate dimension
doesn't define who you are in this one,
so there's nothing for us to worry about.
That said, in the other dimension.
it seems you've become
a full-on mass murderer.
[Kamiyama] In any case,
I think it's best that we bury them again.
Deeper, if we can.
For Oshikiri's sake and our own,
this makeshift grave should be
out of sight and out of mind.
[digging]
[footsteps]
[several sets of footsteps echoing]
[coughs]
[man] Huh?
You don't like my cigarettes?
[chuckles] I didn't know that.
No, I always like when I see
your brand of cigarettes at the store.
Reminds me of you.
You're just saying that
'cause I like 'em, Chiemi.
When I say I like a mature-looking coat,
that's what you get.
Whether it's the kind of perfume I like
or the lipstick color I prefer,
you always choose what I say I like.
[sighing] Look, it might
make some men happy,
but it's kind of a turnoff
when it's done too much.
- My hair?
- What?
I was thinking how you were
the first person to take me to the beach.
And?
[Chiemi] Because I said nobody
has ever taken me there before,
you said that you would take me.
And that you'd take me there forever.
Oh, did I say that?
I was probably just talkin' out of my ass.
My bad.
You know what?
I think someone like yourself
is better off with someone more serious.
[grunts]
Do me a favor and lose my number, okay?
Farewell, then.
"LONG HAIR IN THE ATTIC"
I'm home.
Welcome home, sis!
[Chiemi] What'd I miss, Eri?
Well, for starters, I'm pretty sure
there's a rat above your room.
Great.
Hey, didn't you go out on a date tonight?
Where did you guys go?
How long have you been dating him, anyway?
Eight, nine years?
That Hiratsuka is something.
- Isn't it about time he proposed?
- Huh?
- [skittering on ceiling]
- [yells]
[skittering continues]
Damn freeloader!
[silence]
I've had enough.
Next time you see Dad,
tell him he needs to set up rat traps.
I think he already did.
It doesn't matter when these rats
are as smart as they are up there.
The second they feel like
something is off, they scurry away.
Hmm. You good?
Oh, I spaced out.
Sorry, Eri. I think I need some sleep.
It's all good. Sweet dreams, Chiemi.
Sweet dreams.
- [door closes]
- [sighs]
So that's it, huh?
[coughing]
What am I even doing?
[Hiratsuka] It's really
the first time you've seen the ocean?
- [Chiemi laughs] Yeah.
- Man, that's crazy.
- Chiemi...
- Yeah?
Your hair. You should grow it out.
I bet it'd look great.
What a selfish jerk.
[sobbing]
[birdsong]
[grunts softly]
Hmm?
- [creaking]
- [gasps]
[gasps]
It died in my hair?
How does something like that happen?
Ugh, that settles it.
I'm cutting this damn long hair today.
Gah, it makes me sick, anyway.
[sobs]
[crying]
I'm such a fool.
[Eri] Are you sure you wanna cut it, sis?
You were so adamant about growing it out.
Just hurry up and do it.
All right, I'll go get the scissors.
I've had enough. It's time for a change.
Hey, Mom, do you know
where the scissors are? Mom?
What is it, Eri?
Hey, I'm trying to cut some hair.
Do you know where the scissors are?
Last I checked they were in the drawer.
Who's getting a haircut?
- Big sister.
- Chiemi is?
Yeah. Something's happened.
- [Chiemi screaming]
- [gasps] Is that Chiemi?
Hey, big sis! What's happening?
[Eri gasps]
[whimpering]
This can't be real.
[Mom] What's wrong?
[screams] Chiemi!
[telephone ringing]
[ringing continues]
[groans softly]
Yeah?
[scraping sounds]
Who is this? Hello?
[scraping and scratching]
Hello? Answer me, damn it!
- [loud squeak]
- [grunts]
What kind of punk
prank calls at this hour?
Uh, that sound. It was like...
like when Chiemi
used to grind her teeth at night.
No, that's impossible.
She's been dead for a while now.
[woman sighs]
- [telephone rings]
- [gasps]
[ringing fades]
WOMEN OF GREEN MOUNTAINS,
SERIOUSNESS, BEAUTIFUL HAIR, AND TRUTH
- [Eri] Hey, Dad.
- [sighs]
- Uh, Dad?
- Hmm?
Oh, I didn't hear you come in, Eri.
- Do you know where the flashlight is?
- Yeah.
It's right here.
What do you need it for?
- I'm gonna go look up in the attic, 'kay?
- Why, what's up there?
Don't tell me you haven't heard
that rat up there.
It sounds like it might've fallen
into one of your traps,
and I can't just leave it like that.
- Eri, hold on a second.
- Hmm?
[grunts]
I'll go up there instead.
It's all right, Dad.
I really don't mind doing it.
[Dad] Please. I insist.
[Eri] Only if you're careful.
Remember what the doctor said
about your heart condition.
[Dad] I'll be fine.
Wait down here. [grunts]
Hmm.
Huh...
Hmm.
What's taking him so long?
What is it, Dad? Is the rat there?
Did you find anything? Is the rat there?
Hello?
[gasps]
Dad?
[gasps]
Dad!
[gasps] What's going on? Say something!
[trembling] He's dead.
[whimpering]
Huh...
[gasps]
Chiemi...
No... I'm gonna get you
down from there, big sister!
- [creaking]
- [groans] It's not...
[gasps]
My hands...
Scissors. I need scissors!
[scraping]
[gasps]
[scraping continues]
[Eri whimpering]
[sobbing]
[dramatic music]
[shuddering]
That's not big sis...
That's not big sis... No, it's...
hair...
[scraping]
[scraping continues]
[scraping continues]
[scraping stops]
[cheerful pop music]
[man] No, it was white.
Was it white to begin with?
The paper is filling up
with black insects.
Where did these things come from?
If you look close enough, the insects
are all in the shape of letters.
It's almost as if
they're trying to tell me something.
I need to know more
about these strange insects.
If I open the putrid library,
will I find the answer somewhere in there?
[wind whistling softly]
Hmm?
Sorry That must've hurt, huh?
[whimsical music]
"INTRUDER"
SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD
[boy 1] Oshikiri's an odd one.
He's always by himself.
It's silent loners like him that are
destined to do something terrible one day.
Keep your voice down! Maybe he's lonely.
I think he's kinda cute.
Hmm.
[scoffs]
I can't help but shake
this strange feeling lately.
It's almost like...
I feel a strange presence.
- [girl] A presence?
- That's right.
And while I can't see it, I can feel
it's something not of this world.
Is it a ghost?
[boy 1] No, I don't think so.
Uh, how do I describe it?
Something otherworldly,
like a human from an alternate dimension.
An alternate dimension?
Look I know it sounds crazy, but I don't
know how else to explain this feeling.
I've never felt this before.
When you say an alternate dimension,
do you mean like
the one in the Bermuda Triangle?
Yeah, like that.
I know! There's a book in here I read
that had a ton of details
about the Bermuda Triangle.
- Should I get it?
- Yeah, I want to check it out.
- Sounds interesting.
- Mm-hm.
Oh... Oh, this is it!
Uh, the book's over here!
[boy 2] Really?
[girl] I love books
that have that look to them!
Let's see, the chapter about Bermuda...
Oh, sorry about that!
I guess I got carried away for a second.
Nah, it's all good.
It's not like I checked it out
or anything. You can have it.
Really, you sure?
How about you come read along with us?
From the looks of it,
you must be interested in this stuff?
Yeah, I guess you could say that I am.
Then I want your opinion
on alternate dimensions, too.
I'm Kamiyama. And these are...
I'm Watanabe.
I'm Koizumi from Class E.
Nice to meet you.
My name's Oshikiri from Class C.
Nice to meet you.
What do you say the four of us get out
of here and go into town to continue this?
- Let's go!
- You're not busy are you, Oshikiri?
No, I'm free.
That settles it. Let's go have some fun!
[Watanabe and Kamiyama laugh]
- [Watanabe shivering]
- Uh...
Wait, what did you just say?
Um... When I'm home alone sometimes,
I hear footsteps in my house.
[all gasp]
Isn't that weird?
[Koizumi] Footsteps that echo
through the house.
- Maybe it's... a phantom?
- I've gotta hear this for myself.
- We could go to his place.
- Is that okay?
[Oshikiri] Uh well...
Sure, I guess.
- All right! Yes!
- Your voice carries!
- [Kamiyama] Sorry.
- [Watanabe] They're staring?
This is amazing...
It's like a European castle.
I don't know about you,
but this place gives me the creeps.
Wait till you see inside.
I've always preferred using the back door.
After you.
[door slam echoing]
[crockery rattling]
I hope you guys like tea.
[Kamiyama] Oshikiri, you don't really live
all by yourself in this mansion, do you?
Yeah, I do.
I can't put my finger on what it is,
but something feels abnormal here.
- I've felt uneasy ever since we got here.
- I'm right there with ya.
At around what time
do you hear the footsteps?
Usually in the middle of the night,
but sometimes during the day.
[Koizumi] So that's all the rooms here,
huh?
What do you think, Kamiyama?
It feels like
this is an alternate dimension.
- [Oshikiri] Alternate dimension?
- Yeah.
It feels like someone else is here.
Someone from
an entirely different dimension.
Which leads me to believe
those footsteps you've been hearing
are an intruder from another world.
So do you think this means
somewhere in this mansion
is an entrance that leads
to an alternate dimension?
[Kamiyama] I think it's possible.
What kind of world
is an alternate dimension?
I haven't the faintest clue.
But thanks to Oshikiri,
I have a feeling we're about to find out.
You got that right.
Without Oshikiri, we never would've gotten
to experience something this amazing.
I feel like it was fate
that we met you in the library.
Oshikiri.
From here on out, you're our friend.
Of course.
-Best friends.
[clock chimes]
[Kamiyama gasps]
[chiming continues]
That thing almost gave me a heart attack.
[all laugh]
- [footsteps outside]
- [all gasp]
[footsteps draw nearer]
They've arrived.
There's no doubt in my mind. These are
the footsteps of a dimensional intruder.
[Koizumi] Where is it coming from?
[Kamiyama] Below!
[door creaks]
[door slams]
Oshikiri, what was that sound?
It's the door.
That means it must've gone just outside!
[Kamiyama] What are we waiting for?
Let's go after it!
- [panting]
- This way.
[Watanabe gasps] Hold on a second!
Come check this out!
[digging]
What the hell?
Isn't that Oshikiri?
It's gotta be. He looks just like him.
Even if it is, what is he doing?
It's him, all right.
- But from an alternate dimension.
- [gasps]
[Kamiyama] I guess an alternate dimension
is just a mirror image of our world.
Because of that,
there are alternate versions of us,
which explains what we're seeing.
[Watanabe] Hey, what is that?
[Koizumi] Is he burying a corpse?
[Kamiyama] Alternate dimension
Oshikiri killed someone in his world
and has come to ours to bury them.
[Oshikiri] Impossible.
It's pretty clever, if you think about it.
If he buries them in our world,
no one would ever find out.
Bastard.
Hold on. What are you doing?
Hey! Stop right there!
This is my house, you're trespassing!
[trembling]
[chuckles]
[cackling]
[Oshikiri] He disappeared...
[Kamiyama] It's possible
he gained the ability
to enter and exit this realm
from anywhere.
Though perhaps
it's only from within this property.
So it's not like this place
is an entrance and an exit.
Now that we know, what now?
[Kamiyama] I know you're shaken up.
- But I don't think you need to worry.
- Hmm?
After all, it was you
from another dimension.
Just because that version of you
committed murder,
doesn't mean that you're going to end up
doing the same thing, Oshikiri.
Yeah, he's right.
If anything, I'd just be grateful
you got to experience
something so incredible.
I know that I am, that's for sure.
Thank you.
- [Koizumi] Uh, guys?
- Hmm?
This corpse is Kamiyama.
[Watanabe shudders]
If that's Kamiyama, then that means...
See here, you gotta trust that-
Relax, it's fine, Oshikiri.
I know that you would never do this.
But what in the alternate dimension
led to this?
[Koizumi] Something was buried here, too!
- [all gasp]
- [Koizumi] Let me see that shovel!
[digging]
[breathing shakily] You're joking...
[Watanabe] These are...
me and Koizumi.
[Oshikiri] You're kidding me.
[Watanabe] But why? Why would you...
I would never do this! I swear!
Koizumi...
[Koizumi] I believe you.
What you did in an alternate dimension
doesn't define who you are in this one,
so there's nothing for us to worry about.
That said, in the other dimension.
it seems you've become
a full-on mass murderer.
[Kamiyama] In any case,
I think it's best that we bury them again.
Deeper, if we can.
For Oshikiri's sake and our own,
this makeshift grave should be
out of sight and out of mind.
[digging]
[footsteps]
[several sets of footsteps echoing]
[coughs]
[man] Huh?
You don't like my cigarettes?
[chuckles] I didn't know that.
No, I always like when I see
your brand of cigarettes at the store.
Reminds me of you.
You're just saying that
'cause I like 'em, Chiemi.
When I say I like a mature-looking coat,
that's what you get.
Whether it's the kind of perfume I like
or the lipstick color I prefer,
you always choose what I say I like.
[sighing] Look, it might
make some men happy,
but it's kind of a turnoff
when it's done too much.
- My hair?
- What?
I was thinking how you were
the first person to take me to the beach.
And?
[Chiemi] Because I said nobody
has ever taken me there before,
you said that you would take me.
And that you'd take me there forever.
Oh, did I say that?
I was probably just talkin' out of my ass.
My bad.
You know what?
I think someone like yourself
is better off with someone more serious.
[grunts]
Do me a favor and lose my number, okay?
Farewell, then.
"LONG HAIR IN THE ATTIC"
I'm home.
Welcome home, sis!
[Chiemi] What'd I miss, Eri?
Well, for starters, I'm pretty sure
there's a rat above your room.
Great.
Hey, didn't you go out on a date tonight?
Where did you guys go?
How long have you been dating him, anyway?
Eight, nine years?
That Hiratsuka is something.
- Isn't it about time he proposed?
- Huh?
- [skittering on ceiling]
- [yells]
[skittering continues]
Damn freeloader!
[silence]
I've had enough.
Next time you see Dad,
tell him he needs to set up rat traps.
I think he already did.
It doesn't matter when these rats
are as smart as they are up there.
The second they feel like
something is off, they scurry away.
Hmm. You good?
Oh, I spaced out.
Sorry, Eri. I think I need some sleep.
It's all good. Sweet dreams, Chiemi.
Sweet dreams.
- [door closes]
- [sighs]
So that's it, huh?
[coughing]
What am I even doing?
[Hiratsuka] It's really
the first time you've seen the ocean?
- [Chiemi laughs] Yeah.
- Man, that's crazy.
- Chiemi...
- Yeah?
Your hair. You should grow it out.
I bet it'd look great.
What a selfish jerk.
[sobbing]
[birdsong]
[grunts softly]
Hmm?
- [creaking]
- [gasps]
[gasps]
It died in my hair?
How does something like that happen?
Ugh, that settles it.
I'm cutting this damn long hair today.
Gah, it makes me sick, anyway.
[sobs]
[crying]
I'm such a fool.
[Eri] Are you sure you wanna cut it, sis?
You were so adamant about growing it out.
Just hurry up and do it.
All right, I'll go get the scissors.
I've had enough. It's time for a change.
Hey, Mom, do you know
where the scissors are? Mom?
What is it, Eri?
Hey, I'm trying to cut some hair.
Do you know where the scissors are?
Last I checked they were in the drawer.
Who's getting a haircut?
- Big sister.
- Chiemi is?
Yeah. Something's happened.
- [Chiemi screaming]
- [gasps] Is that Chiemi?
Hey, big sis! What's happening?
[Eri gasps]
[whimpering]
This can't be real.
[Mom] What's wrong?
[screams] Chiemi!
[telephone ringing]
[ringing continues]
[groans softly]
Yeah?
[scraping sounds]
Who is this? Hello?
[scraping and scratching]
Hello? Answer me, damn it!
- [loud squeak]
- [grunts]
What kind of punk
prank calls at this hour?
Uh, that sound. It was like...
like when Chiemi
used to grind her teeth at night.
No, that's impossible.
She's been dead for a while now.
[woman sighs]
- [telephone rings]
- [gasps]
[ringing fades]
WOMEN OF GREEN MOUNTAINS,
SERIOUSNESS, BEAUTIFUL HAIR, AND TRUTH
- [Eri] Hey, Dad.
- [sighs]
- Uh, Dad?
- Hmm?
Oh, I didn't hear you come in, Eri.
- Do you know where the flashlight is?
- Yeah.
It's right here.
What do you need it for?
- I'm gonna go look up in the attic, 'kay?
- Why, what's up there?
Don't tell me you haven't heard
that rat up there.
It sounds like it might've fallen
into one of your traps,
and I can't just leave it like that.
- Eri, hold on a second.
- Hmm?
[grunts]
I'll go up there instead.
It's all right, Dad.
I really don't mind doing it.
[Dad] Please. I insist.
[Eri] Only if you're careful.
Remember what the doctor said
about your heart condition.
[Dad] I'll be fine.
Wait down here. [grunts]
Hmm.
Huh...
Hmm.
What's taking him so long?
What is it, Dad? Is the rat there?
Did you find anything? Is the rat there?
Hello?
[gasps]
Dad?
[gasps]
Dad!
[gasps] What's going on? Say something!
[trembling] He's dead.
[whimpering]
Huh...
[gasps]
Chiemi...
No... I'm gonna get you
down from there, big sister!
- [creaking]
- [groans] It's not...
[gasps]
My hands...
Scissors. I need scissors!
[scraping]
[gasps]
[scraping continues]
[Eri whimpering]
[sobbing]
[dramatic music]
[shuddering]
That's not big sis...
That's not big sis... No, it's...
hair...
[scraping]
[scraping continues]
[scraping continues]
[scraping stops]
[cheerful pop music]
[man] No, it was white.
Was it white to begin with?
The paper is filling up
with black insects.
Where did these things come from?
If you look close enough, the insects
are all in the shape of letters.
It's almost as if
they're trying to tell me something.
I need to know more
about these strange insects.
If I open the putrid library,
will I find the answer somewhere in there?