Midnight Invitation

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MIDNIGHT INVITATION

Asami Kobayashi

Kaoru Kobayashi

Etsushi Takahashi

Masakane Yonekura

Junko Miyashita

Mitsuko Yorichika

Atomu Shimoj

Yutaka Nakajima

Tomoe Hiiro

Yasukiyo Umeno

Eri Kanuma

Akiko Hoshino

Tetsur Tanba

Makoto Fujita

Tanie Kitabayashi

Tsunehiko Watase

Shinsuke Ashida

Based on a novel by Shsaku End

Music:
Mitsuaki Kanno

Director:
Yoshitar Nomura

- Um...

- Yes?

Which way is neurology?

Through there, at the far end

- Thanks

- Not at all

Inagawa, to see Doctor Aizawa

Please wait there

Thank you!

How about this?

I wonder what these people are doing?

Doctor,

will these childish games...

make my leg better?

It's a real puzzle

There's nothing wrong with your leg

That's been proved conclusively

by the X-rays and blood tests

There's no physical reason

why you can't move your leg

It's due to your mind

Buried within your mind...

is a disinclination to walk

Absurd...

Give it another go

I'll join in too

Is this person asleep?

Or crying?

I've had enough

Mr Yamazaki...

Take care

Ms Inagawa

Please go to Room 2

Please excuse me

Ah... please

Doctor Aizawa?

Yes, that's right

I have a referral from Doctor Nakamura

of the surgery department

My name's Inagawa

Yes, I was informed

Please take a seat

Pre-exam card

Oh, Doctor

The person to be examined...

isn't me

Who then?

Well,

it's about my fianc

Is that OK?

Yes, certainly

Well,

it happened about a month ago

At a friend's birthday party...

Mr Tamura, the phone

I wonder who?

- I'll take a dip too

- Swimming?

- Not with you!

- Rejected!

Work related?

What is it?

My brother in Mito called

to say he's coming to Tokyo

What for?

My brother in Numazu has disappeared

This was the second disappearance

Second?

Yes

My fianc Tatsuo is

the youngest of four brothers

The eldest brother living in Kumamoto,

also went missing 7 years ago

We were waiting

for his brother to return from Numazu,

the day after the party

He's arrived

Just the same as

our brother in Kumamoto!

So he left in the dead of night?

And his wife laying beside him said she

didn't notice. He literally vanished

My younger brother from

Numazu is somewhat timid

He's not the type to make enemies

And he's just got married, so it's

hard to believe it involves a woman

I hope you're safe

From what?

We're disappearing one by one

Silly

Don't worry about it

Ah, shall I make it?

I'll do it

Ah, here

If I vanish by some chance,

I'll let you know the circumstances

To set your mind at ease

Keiko, I have just one request

Yes, what is it?

I'm genuinely delighted about

your engagement to this fellow

So I simply want to say,

that with two family

members having disappeared,

it may be thought our blood is...

Come on, she doesn't think that way

Be quiet

I'm asking her family

Keiko, there's no doubt

this is just a coincidence

For this fellow too,

please explain it as such

Alright

The brother in Mito researches

atomic energy at Tokaimura

When he comes to Tokyo,

he invariably dines with Tatsuo

He's a very considerate brother

However...

What is it?

- Today I went to Mito

- Mito?

Kazuo has disappeared!

Last night he sneaked out the house

while sister in law was asleep

It's the same

It's just the same as the others!

Does this sort of thing really happen?

Hey, the other day,

your brother was in fine spirits

I'm sure he's back by now

Try calling him

It's my turn next

That's silly

Why?

You've no reason to disappear

Neither did my brothers

It isn't just chance

There's no guarantee I won't disappear

- It's Mr Tamura?

- Yes

Your fianc's family has

no history of neurological illness?

As far as I know

My mother checked when I got engaged

But I don't quite understand

A search for missing persons

is a matter for the police

Yet doctor,

Tatsuo has now had a nervous breakdown

He's locked himself in his flat

So he's obsessed with

the idea he's next...

I could try seeing him

Ah... thank you

However, please make it clear

that I'll be examining him

- There must be no secrecy

- Yes

Also,

please have faith in my methods

Otherwise, Mr Tamura will

lose confidence in me too

It will be the biggest hurdle

OK?

Yes

Somehow, I feel at very much at ease

Thank you for helping me

Tatsuo

Tatsuo...

Yes

May I?

Feel free

Mr Tamura is having

to see a psychiatrist?

Who told you, papa?

Doctor Nakamura got in touch with me

Listen, Keiko

How about we shelve

this talk of marriage for a while?

Why?

Even you were praising him

Not really

I meant that he was a capable employee

As a family member it's another matter

But we don't need you

getting a neurosis too

Just think it over

What?

Mr Noda's here

Ah, I'm coming

Well then

Keiko, I'm also against it

Even you, mama?

Why, Keiko!

You were all for this match with Tatsuo

I'm not your plaything!

I... will marry Tatsuo

Keiko!

Weren't you doing the night shift?

Yeah, I got out of it

by doing an outside exam

You're having dinner?

I've eaten

You go to bed

Oh, did you get the medicine

for Haruo's blister?

Forgot

You're always doing that...

Disappearance

You found it OK?

Yes

I'll introduce you, this is Ms Akashi

She runs this bar

I'm Akashi

- Please have a seat

- Thanks

She has my interests at heart

Will you have something?

The vongole's very good

No, greasy food is a bit...

No, really

I've quit alcohol due to my stomach

- Do you have milk?

- Yes

I'll have that

Ah, please warm it up

to 20.5 degrees Celsius

And Mr Tamura...

what shape is he in?

Well, he's still...

He's agreed to the exam.

I expect that was hard

He even said himself it's for the best

By the way, did you bring it?

Ah, yes

It's Junkichi, Shohei and Kazuo

who disappeared, in that order?

Yes

Tatsuo has a different surname?

The Tamura family had no children and

they adopted Tatsuo when he was small

Welcome home

Mother, this is Doctor Aizawa

- Glad to meet you

- I'm Aizawa

Thank you for helping Keiko

Please come in

- Is Tatsuo here?

- Not yet

At the bar earlier...

it was Ms Akashi?

You're old friends?

Yes

We study Japanese dance

under the same teacher

A really pretty lady

You're curious about her?

Yes

Is she married?

Five years ago she lost her husband

in a traffic accident

She said it had left her

a shell of her former self

Just as I thought...

Huh?

Ms Akashi just now, all the while,

had her hands clasped

That is, her right thumb was

placed on the left-hand thumb

It's not a good sign

It's a theory proposed by

the Spanish academic Jose Bons

He suggested that people who

clasp their hands in this way...

can be regarded as

very fatigued or aged

Dynamic people do the reverse.

In other words, like this

Even though

Ms Akashi is still young...

Well, it's a bit of a concern

OK, please feel free to speak

I'll sit behind but don't worry

When I was 8 years old,

I moved from my parents in Kumamoto...

to the Tamuras in Tokyo

Shortly after,

my father in Kumamoto died

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