E1 - A Pleasant Occupation
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[00:09] Older Kyousuke
It's been ten years since
my best friend died.
[00:13] Older Kyousuke
My dashing friend.
[00:15] Older Kyousuke
My lying, mischievous friend.
[00:18] Older Kyousuke
My quick-to-cry, steadfast in
fellowship, self-satisfied friend.
[00:31] Older Kyousuke
A chatterbox and a show-off...
[00:33] Older Kyousuke
he drank and loved women...
[00:35] Older Kyousuke
A romantic sadist...
[00:37] Older Kyousuke
A poet who could see farther than anyone... and...
[00:42] Older Kyousuke
a genius of tanka poetry. My friend.
[00:45] Older Kyousuke
Even now, shades of him
as he was linger in my heart.
[00:51] Takuboku
Kyousuke-san?
[00:53] Kyousuke
Yes?
[00:55] Takuboku
It's me.
[00:59] Kyousuke
What's wrong?
[01:00] Takuboku
It's just... I ran out of cigarettes.
[01:03] Kyousuke
Oh. I've got some extra.
[01:05] Takuboku
That's a relief.
[01:07] Takuboku
Sorry I keep bothering you like this...
SIGN Ten Odd Years Ago
[01:10] Kyousuke
Right. Here you go.
[01:11] Takuboku
Wait, I can just take two or three...
[01:14] Kyousuke
Don't worry about it.
[01:15] Kyousuke
I was thinking of quitting, anyway.
[01:18] Kyousuke
Here. You can take these, too.
[01:22] Kyousuke
Have you gotten used to things here?
[01:24] Kyousuke
It's a lot different than Kushiro, isn't it?
[01:27] Takuboku
This is the third time I've come
to Tokyo and I'm still a mess.
[01:30] Takuboku
I'm truly ashamed.
[01:32] Kyousuke
Please, stop treating me
like I'm a stranger.
[01:34] Kyousuke
We're friends from the same
hometown, aren't we?
[01:43] Takuboku
Isn't this Heine's Buch Der Lieder?
[01:47] Takuboku
It must have been really expensive.
[01:50] Kyousuke
I know I should give it up, but...
[01:52] Kyousuke
I still don't want to leave
the world of literature.
[01:56] Kyousuke
Still... It isn't as though
I have any talent of my own.
[01:59] Kyousuke
I'll probably continue on as a teacher
and earn a living that way.
[02:04] Kyousuke
In exchange, Ishikawa-kun,
you have true, undeniable talent,
[02:09] Kyousuke
and, if you don't mind, I hope
you'll allow me to cheer you on.
[02:21] Takuboku
"If there were a pleasant occupation
[02:22] Takuboku
I could work at wholeheartedly, then
[02:26] Takuboku
when it was finished, I could happily die."
[02:31] Takuboku
Thank you, Kyousuke-san.
SIGN Woodpecker Detective's Office
SIGN Poem 1
A Pleasant Occupation
[04:08] Takuboku
I really let you treat me to a feast.
[04:11] Kyousuke
Yes. Tonight has been really fun, hasn't it?
[04:14] Takuboku
Should we walk off some of this alcohol
by going up to the 12th floor?
[04:17] Kyousuke
What? But, Ishikawa-kun, that way's the...
[04:19] Takuboku
It'll be fine.
SIGN Jusshun
SIGN Nakamura
SIGN Gantsuki
SIGN Kohachi
SIGN Ogawa
[04:32] woman
Oh, you silly, stop it...
[04:33] man
Come on, Sayaka, just a little...
[04:34] Takuboku
"Let me touch your hair, just a little...
an encounter at a teahouse." Right?
[04:39] Takuboku
I'm sure that even now,
[04:40] Takuboku
men and women in secretive relationships
[04:42] Takuboku
are inside getting along very nicely.
[04:44] Kyousuke
Right...
[04:45] Takuboku
Look.
[04:46] Takuboku
This one seems like a good one, doesn't it?
[04:49] Takuboku
What do you think?
[04:50] Kyousuke
Wha—Stop that!
[04:51] Takuboku
Whoops!
[04:54] Takuboku
Honestly.
[04:56] Takuboku
It's been 40 years since Westernization.
[04:58] Takuboku
We're supposed to be a first-class
power, and he's... Huh?
[05:04] Kyousuke
Is something wrong?
[05:05] Kyousuke
H-Hey!
[05:06] Kyousuke
I-I'm not going in there, understand?
[05:11] woman
Excuse me...
[05:12] Takuboku
I just left something behind.
[05:14] Kyousuke
Ishikawa-kun!
[05:17] Kyousuke
Um... Ishikawa-kun?
[05:21] Kyousuke
What are you... Oh...
[05:29] man
You got a problem or somethin'?
[05:32] Kyousuke
Will you stop this already?
[05:37] Kyousuke
Huh?
[05:51] woman
Yes. He just burst in...
[05:54] Ooyama
Are you acquainted with the murdered man?
[05:56] Kyousuke
Not at all! We just
happened to be passing...
[05:59] Ooyama
Don't lie.
[06:00] Ooyama
We have many witnesses stating they saw
you going around peeking into all the rooms.
[06:06] Ooyama
You had a reason you were looking
for this man. Isn't that so?
[06:09] Ooyama
Perhaps you were blinded
by jealousy, for example?
[06:11] Kyousuke
W-Wait, just a moment, please.
[06:13] Kyousuke
You're talking like we're suspects...
[06:15] Takuboku
Now, now, Kyousuke-san.
[06:17] Takuboku
It's standard practice in an investigation
to doubt the people they encounter.
[06:21] Takuboku
I'm a poet, Ishikawa Takuboku.
Pleased to make your acquaintance.
[06:27] Takuboku
As you can see, on the tatami near the body,
[06:29] Takuboku
there are traces of blood being
dragged across the surface.
[06:32] Takuboku
They were probably left when the murderer
tried to wipe blood off their hands.
[06:36] Takuboku
Meaning that the murderer's hands
were covered in a lot of blood.
[06:40] Takuboku
Now, look at this.
[06:41] Takuboku
Even if I'd wiped the blood
off the palms of my hands,
[06:44] Takuboku
blood under my fingernails wouldn't
have been wiped away so easily.
[06:48] Takuboku
And, if I could just say...
[06:49] Takuboku
The letter that was on the desk was
probably taken after the man was stabbed.
[06:55] Kyousuke
Letter?
[06:56] Takuboku
See? Just this one spot.
[06:57] Takuboku
There's no blood spray here. Right?
[06:59] Kyousuke
That's incredible, Ishikawa-kun!
[07:02] Ooyama
That's enough. You're interfering
with my investigation.
[07:04] Ooyama
Get out.
[07:06] Kyousuke
Wow...
[07:08] Kyousuke
Ishikawa-kun, the way you played
the genius detective back there was amazing.
[07:11] Takuboku
It was nothing.
[07:13] Takuboku
And unless I become a police detective or
something, it won't make me any money.
[07:16] Kyousuke
No, really.
[07:17] Kyousuke
Recently, a man named Iwai
Saburou opened a detective agency.
[07:21] Kyousuke
It seems he's doing very well for himself.
[07:24] Takuboku
Really? Is that so...
[07:26] Takuboku
A detective, huh?
[07:34] Takuboku
Now that I think about it...
[07:36] Takuboku
detectives and poets
might have a lot in common.
[07:42] Kayo
Ishikawa-san! I'm coming in!
[07:45] Kayo
Come on, now. Hurry up
and put your bedding away.
[07:49] Takuboku
What are you in such a hurry for?
[07:51] Kayo
How many times do I have to tell you?
[07:53] Kayo
I always go help with the emergency soup
kitchen at the church on the weekends!
[07:57] Kayo
Take the tray back yourself, all right?
[07:59] Kyousuke
Whoops!
[08:01] Kyousuke
She seemed to be in quite a rush.
[08:03] Takuboku
Something about distributing
emergency soup...
[08:06] Kyousuke
Ah.
[08:07] Kyousuke
There's a church in Koishikawa where
they're distributing food to the poor.
[08:12] Kyousuke
It seems Kayo-chan is helping them there.
[08:15] Takuboku
Really...
[08:17] Takuboku
Well, what an admirable endeavor
from someone so small.
[08:21] Kyousuke
Oh! Here it is!
[08:23] Kyousuke
Take a look at this!
SIGN Suspect: Oguri
[08:25] Takuboku
Hey, that's the guy I ran into.
[08:28] Kyousuke
It seems he's the head clerk
of the Arakawa Mines,
[08:31] Kyousuke
a man named Oguri Takatoshi.
[08:33] Takuboku
Arakawa? You mean that huge conglomerate?
[08:36] Kyousuke
Yes.
[08:37] Kyousuke
The man killed worked at Oguri's
house, Hoshino Tatsukichi.
[08:41] Kyousuke
For the last six months or so, Oguri had
been putting pressure on Tatsukichi, but
[08:45] Kyousuke
unable to endure any more,
Tatsukichi refused him.
[08:47] Kyousuke
This caused Oguri to fly
into a rage and kill him.
[08:49] Kyousuke
That's what they say happened.
[08:51] Takuboku
Really...
[08:52] Takuboku
Speaking of which,
did they find that letter?
[08:55] Kyousuke
About that! You're really
amazing, Ishikawa-kun!
[08:58] Kyousuke
They said they found it in Oguri's garden
[09:00] Kyousuke
along with the kitchen
knife used as the weapon!
[09:02] Kyousuke
Though, apparently, Oguri keeps insisting
he knows nothing about any of it.
SIGN Kikunyuusha Milk
Newspapers
SIGN Milk Newspapers Kikunyuusha
[09:08] Takuboku
It seems that those who set
their sights on literary goals
[09:10] Takuboku
shouldn't simply sit on their
laurels and put on airs.
[09:13] Takuboku
They need to have a noble spirit,
and at the same time
[09:15] Takuboku
they need to understand
the desires of the flesh
[09:17] Takuboku
or they won't be able to
create real literature.
[09:20] Yoshii
Hmm... You think so?
[09:22] Takuboku
Just leave it to me.
[09:24] Takuboku
If it's for my friend Yoshii Isamu,
[09:26] Takuboku
I wouldn't mind putting myself
through a bit or two of trouble.
[09:29] Nomura
Speaking of which...
[09:31] Nomura
I heard you happened to be at the scene
of that murder in the teahouse.
[09:34] Takuboku
That's right.
[09:35] Nomura
In the accusatory letter
the victim, Tatsukichi, left,
[09:38] Nomura
they say he wrote that the Arakawa
mines are leaking poisons.
[09:43] Takuboku
Accusatory letter?
[09:44] Takuboku
You mean the letter they found
with the murder weapon?
[09:47] Nomura
Yes.
[09:49] Nomura
From what I understand, it could have been
[09:51] Nomura
that a relative of Tatsukichi's
was a victim of the poison.
[09:53] Yoshii
Still, with it being this big a story,
[09:56] Yoshii
even those high-ranking officials
who have been bribed
[09:59] Yoshii
won't be able to turn a blind eye to it.
[10:03] Takuboku
So, Tatsukichi wasn't murdered because he
wanted to sever his relationship with Oguri...
[10:08] Takuboku
it was to stop him from talking?
[10:11] Nomura
Well, I don't know about that,
[10:13] Nomura
but on the letter, almost
like he wanted to curse Oguri,
[10:17] Nomura
there was a skull-like shape
in thick, dark blood—
[10:20] Takuboku
Did you say a skull?
[10:21] Nomura and Yoshii
Huh?
SIGN Just Like a Skull
Blood-stained Accusation Letter
SIGN Letter of Accusation
[10:28] Nomura
Huh?
[10:35] Takuboku
Excuse me.
[10:37] Takuboku
Could I ask for a moment of your time?
SIGN Woodpecker
Detective's
Office
[10:50] Ooyama
Was it you? You called me out here?
[10:52] Kyousuke
What? No, I just...
[10:54] Ooyama
I know you, don't I?
[10:56] Kyousuke
N-No...
[10:59] Ooyama
Hey! Tell me where we've met!
[11:00] Takuboku
The other day. At the teahouse.
[11:02] Kyousuke
Ishikawa-kun!
[11:04] Ooyama
And who are you?
[11:06] Takuboku
I apologize for requesting your presence
here when you must be very busy.
[11:10] Takuboku
Remember? We met
at the scene of that murder.
[11:13] Ooyama
Huh? And what do you want?
[11:14] Ooyama
Using the military... I don't
need this kind of interference!
[11:18] Takuboku
To be frank,
[11:19] Takuboku
it seems that the suspect,
Oguri Takatoshi, has been framed.
[11:23] Ooyama
Huh?
[11:25] Ooyama
Don't be stupid! Oguri is the culprit!
[11:28] Kyousuke
I-Ishikawa-kun?
[11:31] Takuboku
Making an innocent man a criminal...
[11:33] Takuboku
Letting someone who's
committed a crime run free...
[11:36] Takuboku
All those signs point to
a miscarriage of justice!
[11:39] Ooyama
You...
[11:41] Ooyama
Are you calling me incompetent—
[11:42] Ogai
Ishikawa-kun.
SIGN Oguri
[11:44] Ogai
I am also quite a busy man, you see.
[11:47] Ogai
If you have time for all that posturing,
then perhaps you could move things along?
[11:51] Takuboku
My deepest apologies.
[11:53] Ooyama
And who are you?
[11:55] Takuboku
Excuse me for not introducing you sooner.
[11:58] Takuboku
The army's surgeon general,
Dr. Mori Rintarou.
[12:03] Ooyama
I-I apologize for my rudeness.
[12:06] Ooyama
I am Ooyama from the Asakusa police station.
[12:10] Kyousuke
Wh-Why is someone like him with you?
[12:12] Takuboku
He's a colleague from tanka poetry circles.
[12:14] Ogai
Well, I'm just being used,
willingly, as a herald of sorts.
[12:18] Ogai
So, what are you planning to start here?
[12:22] Takuboku
I promise I'll show you
something interesting,
[12:24] Takuboku
so I do hope you'll stay to watch.
[12:26] Takuboku
I won't take much of your time.
[12:29] Takuboku
To that end, it's just
as I outlined over the phone.
[12:33] Kyousuke
Huh?
[12:33] Kyousuke
Oh, you can't mean... I said I understood,
but I didn't really understand...
[12:36] Takuboku
Now then, Inspector.
[12:41] Takuboku
I wonder if I could use the restroom.
[12:48] Kyousuke
T-To think that this mansion belongs
[12:50] Kyousuke
to the head clerk of the
Arakawa conglomerate...
[12:52] Kyousuke
It's really quite impressive...
[12:54] Ooyama
Hey.
[12:55] Ooyama
What on earth are we here for?
[12:57] Kyousuke
Well, you see...
[12:59] Kyousuke
"The letter found in the garden with
the kitchen knife used as the weapon
[13:03] Kyousuke
was stained with blood in a skull-like
shape," is what's written here.
[13:07] Ooyama
You there.
[13:09] Ooyama
Calling it a skull or whatever is just an
inflammatory phrase used by the local papers.
[13:13] Kyousuke
Well...
[13:14] Kyousuke
A-According to Ishikawa-kun...
[13:16] Kyousuke
Given the way the blood sprayed the area...
[13:18] Kyousuke
it shouldn't have pooled
on the accusatory letter.
SIGN Letter of Accusation
SIGN Letter of Accusation
[13:23] Kyousuke
Which means that the letter
found in the garden
[13:27] Kyousuke
might not have been the letter
taken from the scene.
SIGN Letter of Accusation
[13:30] Ooyama
Don't be stupid!
[13:32] Ooyama
Keep your wild delusions in check!
[13:36] Ooyama
In addition to the fact that other servants
here heard the two of them arguing,
SIGN Letter of Accusation
[13:40] Ooyama
the letter we found was definitely
in Tatsukichi's handwriting.
[13:44] Ooyama
And, most importantly,
[13:45] Ooyama
the knife found alongside it matched
the shape of Tatsukichi's wounds.
[13:50] Ooyama
How do you explain that?
[13:52] Takuboku
It's quite simple.
[13:54] Takuboku
Tatsukichi's real murderer took the knife
that was the murder weapon
[13:59] Takuboku
and a letter Tatsukichi had been
forced to write in advance,
[14:02] Takuboku
stained them both with blood,
and tossed them in the garden here.
[14:05] Ooyama
Who would do that? And to what purpose?
[14:08] Takuboku
In order to make it seem like
Oguri had murdered Tatsukichi.
[14:12] Ogai
Wait.
[14:14] Ogai
In that case, what happened
to the real letter of accusation?
[14:17] Ogai
Who did got rid of it, and where?
[14:19] Takuboku
Most likely, Oguri took it
and disposed of it.
[14:23] Ooyama
This is ridiculous.
It's all just your wild imaginings!
[14:26] Takuboku
You there. Where is Oguri's study?
[14:37] Takuboku
Try to imagine it.
[14:39] Takuboku
Beside the body of a man
you had motive to kill
[14:42] Takuboku
lies an accusatory letter.
[14:44] Takuboku
What would you do, Kyousuke-san?
[14:46] Kyousuke
Well... If it were me...
[14:49] Takuboku
If it were you, Kyousuke-san?
[14:51] Kyousuke
If something like that existed,
I would fall under suspicion, so...
[14:55] Kyousuke
I'd hide it and take it with me...
[14:58] Kyousuke
and then I might burn it
so no one would find out.
[15:06] Takuboku
Crackle, crackle, crackle...
[15:08] Takuboku
Ouch, that's hot...
[15:22] Takuboku
Now then, all those gathered here,
[15:24] Takuboku
the real letter of accusation is...
[15:34] Takuboku
You see? It's right here.
[15:41] Takuboku
Which means that the existence
of a person who would go to the trouble
[15:44] Takuboku
of making a fake letter
to frame Oguri for murder
[15:47] Takuboku
has been proven.
[15:57] Kyousuke
Still...
[15:58] Kyousuke
it's amazing that you knew
the burnt letter would be there.
[16:02] Takuboku
It wasn't.
[16:04] Kyousuke
What?
[16:05] Takuboku
A man working as the head clerk
for a big company like that
[16:08] Takuboku
would never be so inept.
[16:10] Takuboku
He'd go somewhere it would never be found
[16:14] Takuboku
and dispose of it there, of course.
[16:16] Kyousuke
What? But...
[16:22] Takuboku
I pretended to use the restroom, burned
some random paper, and left it there.
[16:29] Takuboku
Luckily, the Yorozu Chouhou paper had
details about the way the letter looked.
[16:35] Takuboku
These ended up being pretty useful, thanks.
[16:41] Takuboku
The fact that Oguri is innocent
[16:43] Takuboku
should be clear from the fact that
the letter found in the garden was a fake.
[16:49] Takuboku
It's just that
[16:49] Takuboku
I thought that stubborn inspector wouldn't
be convinced without some evidence.
[16:54] Kyousuke
Honestly. You're just so...
[16:58] Kyousuke
But in that case,
[17:00] Kyousuke
who is the real killer,
and why did they kill Tatsukichi?
[17:05] Takuboku
The real killer...
[17:08] Takuboku
might be someone like me.
[17:10] Kyousuke
What?
[17:14] Takuboku
Aren't you getting hungry?
[17:16] Kyousuke
What?
[17:17] Kyousuke
Uh, no, I don't think
I'm particularly hungry...
[17:21] Takuboku
I see.
[17:31] Takuboku
My hometown...
[17:35] Takuboku
"My hometown...
[17:37] Takuboku
I long for its voices,
and at the train station
[17:39] Takuboku
amidst the crowds of people
[17:41] Takuboku
I go to listen."
[17:47] Kyousuke
Ishikawa-kun...
[17:49] Kyousuke
People like you... are usually
known as geniuses, right?
[17:53] Takuboku
Not at all. I didn't compose that poem.
[17:56] Kyousuke
What?
[17:57] Takuboku
My friendship with you
allowed me to read it.
[18:04] Takuboku
Huh? Is something wrong?
[18:08] Kyousuke
Let's go.
[18:09] Takuboku
Huh?
[18:10] Kyousuke
Let's go eat something to give us
some stamina before we go home!
[18:13] Takuboku
I see. Well, if you say so, Kyousuke-san...
[18:17] Takuboku
They say there's a new place
with delicious beef nabe in Kodenmacho.
[18:20] Takuboku
Let's try going there!
[18:26] Kyousuke
Good morning, Ishikawa-kun!
[18:28] Takuboku
Come in!
[18:31] Kyousuke
The weather seems nice.
Shall we go for a walk or...
[18:34] Kyousuke
This is...
[18:36] Kyousuke
What are you doing?
[18:38] Takuboku
Well, I let my rent get overdue, you see...
[18:42] Kyousuke
What?
[18:43] Kyousuke
But what about the money
I gave you the other day?
[18:46] Takuboku
I'm embarrassed to say I used it
to repay a friend, so...
[18:50] Takuboku
This is entirely due to
my own lack of moral fiber.
[18:53] Kyousuke
N-No, but still, there's
no reason for you to leave!
[18:56] Kayo
I do feel sorry for him,
but I was told quite firmly, so...
[19:03] Takuboku
I can't allow myself to cause any
more trouble for you, Kyousuke-san.
[19:08] Takuboku
I wasn't here for very long,
but thank you for everything you did.
[19:19] Kyousuke
Just... please, wait here a moment!
[19:25] Kayo
Honestly.
[19:26] Kayo
How can you eat at a time like this?
[19:29] Takuboku
A man who loses his composure over a trifle
like this should be ashamed of himself.
[19:32] Takuboku
The lightly pickled cucumbers
and potato miso soup you made
[19:36] Takuboku
really are superb.
[19:38] Kayo
That may be so, but I'm still
charging you for them.
[19:41] Kyousuke
Oh, thank goodness.
[19:43] Kyousuke
You're still here.
[19:47] Kyousuke
Huh?
[19:48] Takuboku
It's a "not a last supper,
but a last breakfast" sort of thing.
[19:56] Kyousuke
Please, use this.
[19:58] Kyousuke
There's about 40 yen.
[20:00] Kayo
My, my.
[20:01] Kyousuke
No, it's just, I remembered
I had some money stashed away.
[20:28] Kyousuke
Well...
[20:30] Kyousuke
This seemed like the perfect
chance to let go of my regrets
[20:33] Kyousuke
and dive into scholarship.
[20:36] Takuboku
Kyousuke-san...
[20:41] Takuboku
Even if I die...
[20:46] Takuboku
I will never let anything bad happen to you.
[20:54] Takuboku
Now that I think about it, detectives
and poets might have a lot in common.
[21:05] Takuboku
"Thick clouds rise
[21:06] Takuboku
Clouds rise forming fences
within fences, encircling my wife
[21:09] Takuboku
Forming fences within fences
[21:11] Takuboku
Ah, those innumerable fences..."
[21:13] Takuboku
Thus, since ancient times when the god
Susano'o no Mikoto composed a poem,
[21:17] Takuboku
poets have worked every day
to sharpen their sensibilities,
[21:20] Takuboku
trying to catch the slightest of changes,
[21:23] Takuboku
and turn them into poems.
[21:26] Takuboku
It begins with the beauties of nature,
[21:28] Takuboku
and carries through to changes in
people's clothes and mannerisms...
[21:31] Takuboku
even changes in their expressions...
[21:33] Takuboku
Amidst the trivial things
people pay no attention to
[21:36] Takuboku
poets have discovered stories
and brought them to light.
[21:41] Kayo
Hey! What are you doing?
[21:44] Takuboku
I can't keep depending
on Kyousuke-san's money forever.
[21:49] Kayo
Honestly.
[21:56] Kyousuke
Ishikawa-kun, is that...
[21:58] Takuboku
If someone who composes
and reads poems is a poet,
[22:01] Takuboku
then what a detective reads
is a crime scene.
[22:03] Takuboku
Shall we just say that, Kyousuke-san?
[22:10] Older Kyousuke
"Quite the stylish name, isn't it?
SIGN Woodpecker Detective's Office
[22:13] Older Kyousuke
'Woodpecker Detective's Office'."
[23:37] Takuboku
Nothing beats a glass of milk
after a job well done, am I right?
[23:40] Takuboku
By the way, Kyousuke-san...
[23:42] Takuboku
There's a wonderful girl at Hananoya in Asakusa.
Won't you come with me next time?
SIGN Next Time: "A Red-light District Woman"
[23:44] Kyousuke
I-I'm fine, thank you!
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