Apartment 1303 Page #2

by jumping from balcony

Two years ago, November 30th

Endo Michiru, 26, committed suicide

by jumping from balcony

Two years ago, May 15th: Sugiuchi

Yukiyo, 29, committed suicide.

So your sister is the fifth?

This might take a while to explain.

Do you have time?

Profiling a bizarre murderer: Hatred of

a too tightly organized society

Mother's Decomposed Body

Left in Apartment of Woman Suicide

Mother's body found

in woman's home

Mummified Mummy!

The tragic tale of a mother

and daughter in a seaside condo

Daughter jumps to death

from thirteenth floor

Did this mother and daughter

live in that apartment?

That's correct.

After Sugiuchi Yukiyo died,

the body of her mother,

Sugiuchi Sachiko, was found

in a closet in the tatami room.

The body had been there for six

months since the woman had died.

In the closet?

The story's a real tragedy.

Several books came out

about it afterwards.

It would appear that Yukiyo had

always been abused by her mother.

She wasn't a heavy-on-the-makeup

kind of woman.

She was very quiet,

and her clothes were real drab.

As soon as work was done,

she'd head straight home.

It was like she didn't want to mix

with people very much.

She'd never come to company

parties or events.

I never knew she was looking

after her mother or anything.

Her mother always made her a lunch,

and she'd go out

on the roof and eat alone.

I don't think she had, like,

a friend or anyone like that.

A boyfriend?

I really doubt that.

But suddenly she surprised everyone

by saying she was going to get

her ears pierced. I remember

how happy she seemed then.

After she separated

from her husband,

Sugiuchi Sachiko apparently

lived a pretty wild life.

The mother seems

to have been an alcoholic.

When she was drunk,

there was no stopping her,

and in the end

she had gone completely crazy.

She abused her daughter

Yukiyo her whole life.

Even made her eat dog food,

it would seem.

That's horrible.

Including the mother, Sugiuchi Sachiko,

six people have died in Unit 1303.

That's in only three years.

It's too many people to clear

it all away under coincidence.

Miss Midorigawa,

do you think there's any chance your

younger sister committed suicide?

No. Definitely not.

Of course not.

Any way you look at it,

it's not natural that any of the women

who died here

would have committed suicide.

But that's what the police

have called it.

There's absolutely no evidence

of a mishap or foul play.

As far as the police are concerned,

there's no other conclusion

to draw but suicide.

I found this in my sister's apartment,

but I don't think it's hers.

You can have it.

Fine.

MIDORIGAWA:

I'm back.

Mother?

Mother!

What are you doing?!

Mariko, give Sayaka back.

Mother!

Stop it! Let go!

She's all alone in that room, she says.

It hurts, she says.

It's raining and she's cold, she says.

I got some blankets ready.

You've got to go out there.

You've got to go out there for her!

Mother, please!

Stop this!

Sayaka!

Sayaka!

Mother, Sayaka's not here anymore.

- She's dead.

- No! Give Sayaka back!

Mother...

I'm still here.

Why won't you see me?

I'm just as hurt as you are.

We can weep and wail all we want,

but it still won't bring Sayaka back.

You've always been that way.

What?

Always blaming me, always critical...

that's why I hate you.

Why?

Why would you say such a thing?

That's awful!

That's awful, Mother.

The Lamentation of Unit 1303:

The Love-Hate Hell of a Mother

Daughter alone by the Sea

Half a year later she was dead.

With the corpse of her mother beside her,

what was the daughter thinking?

Now we know the hair-raising truth,

sought since the incident occurred.

July 18th

The Rotten Mother

Pressure and Release

Finding Photographs

Hatred of Society

Revenge

Suicide

A Strange Way to Live

Yukiyo, this is our new home.

Happy birthday.

Now blow out the candles.

I'm back.

Mother...

Oh, you're back.

Isn't that nice?

You were out having fun.

What's all this about?

My stomach was hurting a little.

That's what you said last time.

Don't you play stupid games with me!

If you don't like

what your mother makes for you,

then you can eat this!

There! Eat!

I'm back.

Die... die... die...

What shall we play?

What are those?

How dare you defile the body

I gave you!

What kind of a daughter

are you, anyway?!

Ow! Stop it!

Stop it, Mother!

What are you doing?!

Yukiyo!

What are you doing?!

Murderer! Murderer!

Mother... I'll always look after you.

Please, Mother!

Yukiyo...

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. Mother.

Miss Sugiuchi!

I know you're in there!

Miss Sugiuchi!

I know you're in there.

Miss Sugiuchi, you're six months

late on your rent.

I'm afraid I have to ask you

and your mother to leave.

See? This is an eviction notice

from the company.

I'd like you out by the day

after tomorrow, if you don't mind.

But where am I supposed to go?

I don't have anywhere else to go.

This is the only place

for my mother and me.

If you want to live here,

you have to pay the rent.

If you don't leave,

we'll use force and drive you out!

That's what the company says.

If you need to earn some money,

there's lots of different ways to do it.

You know what you

have to do, don't you?

Mother...

Yukiyo, you really are

a useless little girl, you know.

You can't survive if I'm not here.

You're miserable.

That's not true.

I'm quite happy

living quietly here with you this way.

UNKNOWN CALLER:

Hello?

Sis? I'm scared.

Sayaka?!

Is that you?!

Mother?

Mother!

I'm going to where Sayaka is.

Mother.

To where Sayaka is?

Welcome!

Cold beer! Cold beer!

It's so hot!

It's hard work dressing up

like a maid at the beach, isn't it?

Yeah, but our shop's

number one in sales, you know.

- Seriously?

- Seriously. The manager's ecstatic.

Great!

I thought the swimsuit place

would beat us out, though.

Thanks.

Hey, you're coming

to that party tonight, aren't you?

Sure! 6:
00, right?

Where was it again?

The Blue Palace Hiraoka, it says.

What, it's not at a bar?

In a condo?

Isn't that sort of suspicious?

What?

There's someone in there already?!

Yep. Just for the season, though.

They said it was a group of students

working at the beach for the summer.

I see...

Well, I think it's a bit fast,

but the company can't just

let it sit empty like that.

Um...

- Are they girls?

- I'm sorry?

These students.

Oh no.

Boys. All of them.

I see.

Terribly sorry to keep you waiting.

You've already got new people

in that apartment, don't you?

Oh,

that's a seasonal rental.

They're only temporary.

Several people have committed

suicide in the apartment, haven't they?

Not just my sister.

I haven't really

heard anything about that...

You didn't tell my sister

about that, did you?

Mr. Kawakami!

Did you call Mr. Kobayashi on that

Blue Palace condo thing for me?

Oh, yeah.

What was it about?

The wallpaper color.

Oh, right.

I'll get right on it.

Anyway, I'm afraid I'm not the person

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