02x07 - Curse

[bunniefuu]

[yoga instructor]
...will accept you the way you are.

May 23, 2010
Wakana

Now bring your arms
and go into Adho Mukha Svanasana.

Keep taking deep breaths.

Place your right foot between your hands

and push strongly with both feet
against the ground to stand up.

Virabhadrasana 2.

Take a deep breath.

[deep exhale]

Breathe out and let go
of all your worries.

Breathe in and plant your feet firmly,

spreading your arms wide like wings.

Virabhadrasana.

[parent 1]
This year's festival was so much fun.

[parent 2] They goofed around too much.

The significance of the votive festival
is being lost.

Ouch, that hurts, Kuniko.

[Kuniko chuckles] Sorry.

[parent 2] It's not just any festival.
It has to be done properly.

I wonder what will happen
now that Masamune has retired.

[Kuniko] Munechika is still young,
after all.

Did you hear what people were saying, Dad?

[parent 2] About what?

Apparently...

the Goto family is finished.

[Kuniko] Takeru!

[Takeru's father]
The young ones speak nonsense.

Don't listen to that crap.

But what if it's true?

I might be able to take my kid back.

You fool!

You think that'll bring
your wife back? Huh?

[groans] You know it'll never happen!

Your kid is dead, you damn idiot.

[Kuniko] Please stop it, dear.

-Apologize to your father.
-[Takeru's father groaning]

[Kuniko grunts, breathes heavily]

[sighs]

Don't do that again.

You should go to sleep too, dear.

Every year...

when this day comes,
I can't help but think about it.

[Takeru's father] Takeru.

The most important thing
is to go on living.

I know that.

But...

if only my child
hadn't been stolen from me...

Your child wasn't stolen.

We sacrificed it.

[crunches]

-[Kuniko munching]
-[♪ uneasy music playing]

[Takeru's father] That's why
we could go on living to this day.

The people of the village help us out.

We must be grateful for that.

Mom, is that true?

She was that woman's child, after all.

We didn't think she'd ever amount to much.

We did it all for your sake.

[Takeru's father] Takeru.

This village won't change.

But if we can go on living in peace,
what's the problem?

Got it? Then go to sleep.

If she had been alive today...

she'd be in junior high school about now.

[trimmer whirring]

Thank you, Mom.

Dad.

I'm going to change this village.

[♪ ominous music playing]

[♪ music fades]

[family member 1] Hey, Iwao!
What happened?

[chokes, coughs]

[family member 2]
Didn't he get shot in the head?

[indistinct chatter]

-Hey, Iwao. What's wrong?
-[Iwao] Where's Keisuke?

-Keisuke!
-[family member 3] Hey,

you shouldn't move.

[Iwao shouts] Where is Keisuke?

-Iwao...
-Keisuke.

[family member 4] Are you okay?

Where is Keisuke?

Iwao. Iwao!

[Iwao breathes heavily]

Keisuke isn't here. He ran away!

What are you saying?
He would never run away!

It's true!

He was the traitor!

It's Keisuke's fault
that this happened to you!

-[yells]
-[Ryuji groans]

Keisuke can't be the traitor!

I know. I know exactly where he went.

-[family member 1] Iwao! Are you okay?
-[family member 2] Hey, what's wrong?

You shouldn't move.

-[family member 3] Stop! Stop!
-[family member 4] Iwao!

-[family member 5] Hey!
-[family member 6] H-Hey! After him!

What the hell? What's up with him?

[♪ theme music playing]

[indistinct singing]

[Keisuke] Open your eyes, Officer.

Here. Eat it.

This is what you were looking for, right?

You and Kano...

were right.

We eat people...

[growls]

[Keisuke] Hey, are you okay? Hey!

Are you okay?

Yeah.

[groans, sucks teeth]

[Sadamu] I figured you were going
to try to leave the village.

[Yosuke groans]

[Sadamu grunts]

You traitor.

[Sadamu] Where is Keisuke? Huh?

Answer me, Yosuke.

[Yosuke groans]

[Sadamu grunting]

[♪ tense music playing]

as*h*le.

You people in the main household
grow up spoiled.

That's why you get these weird ideas
in your heads. Right?

Am I wrong? Huh?

[laughs]

There we go. Hey.

[Sadamu whooping]

Whoa, watch it, watch it, watch it.

Hey, you're going to fall. Huh? There!

[Yosuke breathes heavily]

Don't worry.

I'll send your brother after you.

You can live happily together in hell.

This village is the real hell.

Oh?

[Kuroe] Sadamu!

-Sadamu!
-[Sadamu] Kuroe?

What are you doing here?

He kidnapped me
and forced me to drive.

I was so scared being with that traitor.

What are you talking about?
You asked me for a ride...

Shut up! Sadamu.

Thank you. You saved me.

Hey, don't touch me.

Calm down a little.

[soft chuckle]

You know...

a long time ago...

you almost r*ped me, remember?

Huh?

To tell you the truth...

at that time...

I was really turned on.

I still regret...

that I rejected you.

Since then...

normal sex hasn't been enough
to satisfy me.

So what?

Finish what you started.

I won't...

run away.

-[squelches]
-[Sadamu grunts]

[Sadamu] Kuroe.

What are you trying to do?

[Kuroe breathing heavily]

I have always...

been insensitive to pain.

[Kuroe breathing heavily, rapidly]

I don't really understand how people feel
when they cry and say it hurts.

-[stomps]
-[squelches]

[shrieks]

-[crying in pain]
-[Sadamu] Well?

You feel anything?

-There.
-[squelches]

You always let a little kindness
get to your head!

[Sadamu]
I'll beat some sense into you. Okay?

That turns you on, right?

[Kuroe chuckles]

[both chuckle]

Are you that happy?

[belt clinking]

Of course I am.

Soon... I'll be free.

[♪ tense music playing]

[♪ music fades]

[chokes]

-[Sadamu choking]
-[chuckles]

[Sadamu choking]

Do you know what paraquat is?

It's an old herbicide

that isn't used anymore
because it's too dangerous.

[Kuroe chuckles]

[choking]

I coated my blade with it.

[Kuroe laughing]

I've always known
that you can't feel pain.

[wheezing]

-[Sadamu grunting]
-Die.

[thwacks]

Die, scum!

You and that as*h*le...they're all the same!

[panting]

How dare you treat women that way?
You've got some nerve!

The age of dicks is over.

Shithead.

[♪ somber music playing]

[siren wailing in distance]

[Yosuke yelling] Hey! Hey! Hey! Over here!

Hey! Hey! Over here! Hey!

[Yosuke] We're safe.

-Kuroe, we made it.
-[water splashes]

Kuroe?

Hey, Kuroe!

[♪ somber music continues]

[officer 1]
Found one wounded woman in the car.

Requesting a rescue team urgently.

[officer 2 over radio] Urgent.
Yosuke Goto secured.

One wounded found.

Please...

make it through.

[♪ traditional music playing]

[spirited shouts]

[Iwao breathing heavily]

[grunts]

[Iwao yells] Keisuke!

[indistinct chatter]

[Iwao grunts]

-Where is he? Keisuke! Keisuke!
-[villagers screaming]

[villager] What the hell is he doing?

[villagers clamoring]

[Iwao] Where is he?

[♪ suspenseful music playing]

[principal] No! Not that way!

[clamoring in distance]

What's going on?

What a racket out there.

[Iwao] Keisuke!

Keisuke!

[Munechika] Iwao?

[villagers screaming]

[Iwao grunts]

[villagers groaning]

[Iwao] Keisuke! Keisuke!

Keisuke!

[villagers clamoring]

Keisuke!

Keisuke! Keisuke, Keisuke, Keisuke!

Where are you hiding?

Come back to us!

[yells] Keisuke!

What are you talking about?
Keisuke isn't here!

Liar.

You've been meeting him in secret!

[Munechika gasps, groans]

You manipulated him, didn't you? Huh?

[choking]

[g*nsh*t]

Let him go!

Huh?

-Please, stop acting stupid.
-Go home already!

Don't think you'll always get your way!

[villagers] That's right! Get out of here!

[villager] Yeah, get lost!

[Munechika panting]

[spits]

[Munechika coughing]

[♪ suspenseful music continues]

[Iwao] What will you do if I k*ll him?

[Munechika choking]

[Munechika groaning]

[Masamune] Let him go!

I-I'll show you where Keisuke is.

So, please...

J-Just...

don't k*ll my grandson.

I don't want... any more k*lling.

-[Munechika grunts]
-[♪ music fades]

Show me the way.

[Masamune grunting]

[officer over radio]
Currently crossing the Kuge Bridge

and heading north-northeast.

The Goto family altar
is deep within Kuge Village.

We may not make it in time for the ritual.

[superior sighs]

[Ai] There's only one way in or out.

Reschedule entry time?

Movement

There should be a path
through the forest around here.

If you go through here,

you should be able to get there without
passing through the Goto residence.

The Goto family altar

There should be a forest path
to the northwest. Go through there.

Roger.

[officer] Get out.

Yosuke?

I knew it.

It's you, Yosuke.

Mom?

I'm sorry.

I put you through so much.

I understand.

You didn't have a choice.

But... I never thought I'd see you again.

Yosuke...

You're all grown up.

[♪ pensive music playing]

Mom.

My brother...

is planning to die.

[♪ eerie music playing]

[commander on radio] Listen.

You're up against a monster
who wiped out a whole squad.

If you're attacked, respond immediately.

If you hesitate, you will die.

[♪ suspenseful music playing]

[sucks teeth]

It's through here.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

[♪ music fades]

-[water lapping]
-[faint footsteps]

[bones clattering]

[That Man growling]

[♪ suspenseful music continues]

[That Man grunting]

[officer]
One suspect spotted at destination.

[commander] Neutralize them.

[lieutenant] Freeze!

[lieutenant] One old woman. No one else.

[commander] They may be hiding nearby.

-Search.
-[lieutenant] Roger.

Oh, dear. Some crazy stuff going on.

-[lieutenant] Please don't move.
-[elder] What?

[loudly] Don't move!

I'm sorry. I can't hear so well.

Where did you come from?

[bats screeching]

Did you see the bats?

There are a lot of bats here.

My son Taichi got arrested by the police.

Do you know where he is?

If you do, there's something
I want you to give him.

Also...

did you see the falcon?

[lieutenant sighs] Whatever.
Just stay here.

We're putting you under our protection.

Oh, okay. I understand.

[lieutenant] H-Hey, you!

[expl*si*n]

[commander] What happened?
Commander, respond.

Respond!

[♪ suspenseful music playing]

[♪ music fades]

[That Man sniffing]

Bhujangasana
Cobra Pose

[yoga instructor]
Pull your chest up toward the sky

-and keep taking deep breaths.
-[♪ calm music playing]

Your body and mind connect.

[insects chirping]

[♪ thrilling music playing]

[Kuni] We're human too.

Not trash...

Not bugs...

Not livestock.

We're just humans, living modestly.

And yet...

the Goto family...

They make fools out of us.

They trample over us
like random weeds that grow anywhere.

[yells] We're human!

We'll teach them that!

[villagers] That's right!

Kuni...

I don't want to.

If we do that...
we'll be k*lled just like Sabu.

No, you'll all be k*lled. Got it?

Stop being such a coward!

[indistinct clamoring]

[villager] Hey, stand up.
Stand up, dammit! Stand up!

[indistinct shouting]

-[g*nsh*t]
-[squelches]

[♪ music fades]

[silence]

A-Are you...Takeru?

My resolve is firm.

Let's do it.

[chuckles]

[♪ suspenseful music playing]

[♪ music intensifies]

[g*nsh*t]

Don't touch Mashiro!

Out of the way, Mashiro.

[Daigo] Mashiro, move! [heavy breathing]

Please, get away from there.

That man... is trying to eat you.

Keisuke, sh**t!

Shirogane.

[♪ dramatic sting]

[♪ eerie music playing]

What's wrong with eating people?

Eating and being eaten.

It's the curse of staying alive.

Nothing more and nothing less.
It's just how it must be.

That's what this festival is for, Keisuke.

God is here, before your eyes.

[Gin] Don't worry.

These are just slabs of meat.

Can you k*ll a god
as you would k*ll yourself?

Continue.

Continue without thinking about anything.

[Daigo's voice echoing] Keisuke!
What are you doing?

[♪ tense music playing]

[Daigo] sh**t, Keisuke!

Weren't you going to put an end to it?

Shut up, Officer.
You don't have to tell me.

[yells] Shirogane!

[♪ music fades]

[Iwao] Keisuke.

What...

What did you just do?

-Keisuke! You b*stard!
-Keisuke! Keisuke!

Mashiro.

[heavy exhale]

[soft, shaky breathing]

-[water trickling]
-[That Man growling]

[♪ soft dramatic music playing]

[growls]

...ve.

[That Man in hoarse voice] Live...

[That Man wheezing]

Live.

Live... live...

[heavy breathing]

[heavy breath]

Mashiro.

[Daigo] Mashiro?

Yeah. That's her name.

I hope that she will live strong and pure,
with a pure white heart.

You took forever to get here...

Right? So, I came up with it on my own.

Mashiro.

[Yuki] Hey, Mashiro. He's calling you.

[Daigo and Yuki chuckle]

Hey, Daigo.

You're a father now.

Yeah.

-[Yuki] Look, it's your daddy.
-[Daigo] Mashiro.

-[Yuki] He's finally here. [chuckling]
-[Daigo] Mashiro.

[breathing shakily, sobbing]

-[Daigo] Oh, sorry! Oh, sorry! I'm sorry.
-[Yuki] Oh! Hey, you made her cry.

-Aww. There, there. It's okay.
-[Daigo] There, there. There, there.

-[Daigo] Okay.
-[Yuki] You're okay.

[♪ gentle music playing]

[That Man grunts]

[That Man screaming]

[crunching]

I'll make a world where you can live.

Okay, Shirogane?

[That Man screaming]

[screaming continues]

[♪ closing theme music playing]