Reincarnation

Look! Kanako was a penguin!

Why was I a penguin?

That's hilarious!

At least they're cute.

I was a defeated samurai.

That's horrible!

Me, a beaten samurai!

Hit by an arrow.

With bad hair.

Yuck!

At least you were human.

Yeah, you were a penguin!

So what was I?

You were...

What's wrong?

Oh, nothing.

Let me see.

How does it work?

Rumi showed me how...

Yeah, she knows about cell phones...

Thank you, Mr. Saeki.

All you drivers out there, be careful.

Next up is 'Cinema 11'...

...with 'Memory', director

Matsumura's first film in two years...

...based on the worst mass murder case

of the last century...

...'The Gunma Hotel Massacre'.

There's no one in at the moment.

Please leave a message at the tone.

It's Yamanaka, the producer.

How's the script coming?

We've got auditions next week,

so that's the situation right now.

"The Puzzle Of The Random Murders!"

"Eleven Dead"

"Screams Echo Through Quiet Hotel"

Together forever!

REINCARNATION:

Um, as for me personally...

...I don't like horror films...

...but I'd really like to play

a role where I get killed.

Why?

I was killed in a past life.

So maybe if I had to

re-enact that on stage...

Wait... a past life?

Yes. It's like I've kept

some memory from it.

Ever since I was a kid...

...I've remembered things

I knew nothing about.

They must be experiences from

before I was born as who I am now.

I was a woman.

It's like I was strangled or something.

So I'm really confident about this role.

OK...

Anybody else?

Questions? Anything?

From you?

Nothing.

That's all for today, then. Thank you.

Thank you.

Nagisa Sugiura

It's not a school exam.

You've got to get used to it.

All right.

There'll be so many auditions

you'll be sick of them.

That director was glaring at me.

I don't understand.

There's no use getting nervous.

That's what directors are like.

A horror film again, huh?

Well, it's Matsumura.

There'll be lots of blood and gore.

But you've got to make

these film people remember you.

You need a 'look at me!' attitude, OK?

Hey, are you all right?

I saw...

Were you even listening to me?

Thank you.

May I?

Crown Agency

That's it.

The director sent it himself.

I took a look at it.

Does this mean I passed the audition?

I'm not really sure.

I've been calling them all day.

Anyway, read it.

Hello?

It's Murakawa, from Crown.

Could I speak to Mr. Kondo, please?

He sent it directly to you.

That means at least Nagisa Sugiura

made an impression on him.

I guess so. That means

I can be happy, right?

Damn right!

But it's like I've heard

this story somewhere...

What? You didn't know?

It really happened.

Some lunatic university professor

killed his family in a hotel...

...then killed a bunch of staff

and other guests...

...and then finally himself.

I was a kid when it happened.

It was the year of the Osaka Expo... 1970.

Year 45 of the Showa Era.

Wait...

Before you were born!

Yes.

"Memory"

'Night.

Thanks a lot.

Good night.

I'm home!

Ta-da!

Who is it?

Good morning.

Some of you have probably realized...

...this film is based on a true story

of murders in a certain hotel.

For the details, please read

the material we're posting over there.

Now we'll hear from the director.

I'm Matsumura, the director. Hello.

In this incident,

...at the hands of just one man.

The script is based upon this incident,

but in the film...

...he will never appear.

The murderer will simply be

'someone in the dark'.

This is to say the focus will be

on the victims, not the murderer.

This should be an ensemble performance...

...of these 11 actual people.

Portraying their 'attachment to life'

and 'fear of dying'...

...in the face of sudden

and bitter death...

...I would like to lay

their vengeful souls to rest.

That's all from me.

Now we'll announce

the casting of these 11 people.

Step forward when your name is called.

Naomi Nakata...

Yes!

I'd like you to play

one of the victims, the hotel maid.

Yes.

- Tetta Shinohara...

- Yes.

- You'll be the hotel's front-desk clerk.

- Yes.

- Yukihiko Yamaguchi...

- Yes.

You play the husband from a couple

who happened to be staying there.

I'll do my best.

Yoko Shinjo...

The role of the wife

from the couple, please.

Nagisa Sugiura...

Ms. Sugiura...

Uh, yes...

I'd like you to play the role

that corresponds to this girl.

The girl, only six at the time...

...fled with her 10 year-old brother

around the hotel...

...then died at her own father's hands.

I've changed her age for the film...

...but this is a vital role,

as she was the last one to die.

All right, Sugiura?

Yes.

Next, Junko Suzuki...

"Eleven Die In Hotel Murder"

"Eleven People Dead And Cold"

Miyata! Is this OK here?

Yes.

Look at this!

Now, this is a model of the set

that will be built here in the studio.

It's based on photographs of the hotel

and other materials we have.

This is the outside,

and this is the inside.

Take a good look.

Wow!

With this set we intend

to recreate the hotel...

...as it really was.

But Mr. Matsumura...

...I understand you want it real...

...but we can only research so far...

Wake up! This course was your idea!

And so these 'memories' are often

things you've been told...

...or that you've read

in a book somewhere.

They vanish into your consciousness,

and reappear in different form.

This is what usually happens

in what is called...

...the 'cryptomnesia phenomenon'.

When we place these concepts under

such headings as 'past lives'...

...or 'reincarnation'...

...they become very convenient...

...for religious thinkers and moralists.

But you know, I keep

having this same dream...

That happens.

This is different.

Dreams about me?

You wish!

In this dream,

I always see the same hotel...

...but I've never been there.

Weren't you listening to the lecture?

That's that 'crypto' something...

'Crypto...'

No, listen...

That red triangular roof, the walls,

the corridors... it's all so real!

You were probably there

when you were a kid, and forgot.

No. There's no place like that

in any of our old photos...

...and my parents have no memory of it.

Oh, come on!

And my mother was really surprised

when I told her about it.

She asked if I still had that dream.

I always used to ask

to go the hotel I'd seen in it.

Enough about dreams!

I'm going to eat!

Good! Stop there.

Now listen...

Yes...

Don't answer. Concentrate!

Slowly...

She gets all the attention!

Well, she's a nobody in the main role.

I heard he chose her first.

Did you hear?

We're all going to that hotel.

The place it really happened?

Isn't that just staff? For the sets?

No, they called my agent.

What?! Why do we have to go?

Yeah! People died there!

You might die!

You can't hear his footsteps now.

Hold your breath.

Become invisible.

If he finds you, you die.

Cut!

Right!

OK!

OK!

Are you all right?!

Ms. Sugiura!

Mr. Matsumura!

What's wrong, Sugiura?!

Are you all right?! Sugiura!

I realize you're not happy

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