Murder on The Last Train (終電車の死美人)

This train is bound for Mitaka Station on the Chuo Line...

Kichijoji.

Please ensure you have all your belongings.

The last train bound for Mitaka will be departing shortly.

Please hurry.

Mitaka, mitaka. This is Mitaka.

Please be mindful of your belongings when changing trains.

This train terminates at Mitaka.

Excuse me, excuse me.

This is Mitaka. The last stop.

Thank you.

Oh, don't forget your bag.

Excuse me?

This is Mitaka.

Hello? Hello?

Is this 110?

This is 110, Metropolitan Police Department.

Mitaka Station?

What? A woman has been murdered on the train?

We will immediately dispatch a patrol car.

A murder has occurred at Mitaka Station.

Send out an all-car alert immediately.

Hanyu, Headquarters.

A woman has just been murdered inside Mitaka Station premises.

Headquarters to all stations, urgent call from the Metropolitan Police.

A murder has just occurred inside the National Railway's Mitaka Station.

A murder has just occurred inside the National Railway's Mitaka Station.

All control centers, respond immediately.

The evil of crime doesn't choose a time or place.

And in this great metropolis, where 7.5 million people crowd together,

all kinds of crime are spewed out like sewage.

The case has begun: murder.

The charge falls to the Metropolitan Police's elite,

the First Investigation Division, Section One.

The detectives of this section focus only on homicides.

They are ready to rush out to any case, no matter when or where it occurs.

And once they are deployed,

day and night, they will chase the culprit, and keep chasing, and chasing.

Like a pack of hounds focused on their prey.

Superintendent Agawa, Head of Investigation Section One.

He always takes the lead whenever a case occurs.

His principles, forged by his time in the field,

always align with the detectives on the front line.

- Good work. - Yes.

She was stabbed once in the heart with almost no resistance.

- A slender blade, then. - Yes.

- The victim's identity? - We don't know yet.

It seems her handbag was stolen.

Must be a photo of her sweetheart.

Inspector Sumida,

He is Superintendent Agawa's right-hand man.

The traditional type of Metropolitan Police detective.

Chief Mitsui, the officer in charge of Section 5.

A veteran detective with 20 years on the force.

Departure is at Yurakucho.

Detective Hasegawa, the modern, refined type.

When his youth and energy collide with a case,

he charges forward like a wild bull.

Damn, I'm late again.

Is the old man already here?

Hey, don't spoil your wife too much.

You won't live long.

It's not like that.

Detective Koda. This man just can't seem to get ahead.

His colleagues often whisper it's because his home life is too happy.

- Hey, you. - Huh?

Find the murder weapon the culprit used.

I'm late.

What about the drunk who was in the same car as the victim?

He says he knew nothing from the time he got on at Shinjuku until Mitaka.

Anyone else?

For now, from the testimonies of the station staff at the South

and North exits and on the platform

nothing suspicious has emerged.

- Has the alert been sent out? - Yes.

We have set up roadblocks on the main roads between Shinjuku and Tachikawa,

centered around Mitaka.

Please urgently make copies of the photo.

Chief!

The investigation headquarters is ready.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

- Can we send the body for autopsy? - Yes, proceed.

Start tracing the ticket first.

Detective Sakamoto.

He became a detective because he hated being a monk.

The deceased will be confused, Priest!

Not until the culprit is caught!

No sentimentality.

That is Detective Akagi's motto.

He has no interest in anything other than murder cases.

A face weary of life, but...

Detective Tanaka was once famed for his quick wit.

The killer might have passed right by you.

Well, it was pouring rain, after all.

This is the location of the door next to the victim.

The killer likely exited here

and escaped along the railway tracks.

Then he would have passed right by the driver's cab.

The driver says he didn't notice anything.

Mitsui, first, we need the woman's identity.

If we can identify the woman from the man in the locket and the ticket line,

and investigate her relationship with the last train,

something should turn up.

The fact that a woman who didn't look like a cabaret worker was on the last train…

Unless the suspect was just passing through,

whether it was robbery or a crime of passion, we'll find a lead there.

So, for now, we'll abandon the random killing theory?

No.

If it were random, it'd be the work of a small-time crook.

Of course, we'll follow that lead too.

But it's just my hunch, that it's not a random killing.

It's the crossing guard on the west side. He says he saw a suspicious man.

When did you see him?

It was shortly after the last train arrived.

There was a man running diagonally across the tracks.

- Which way did he run? - Towards Shimorenjaku.

What kind of man was he? His age and build?

The rain was heavy,

and it was dark, so I couldn't clearly see his face, but...

He looked like a thin man, about 5 foot 5 or 6 inches.

A thin man, 5 foot 5 or 6 inches.

Tanaka-kun, contact the roadblocks in the Shinjuku direction.

Hey! How long are you going to keep me waiting?

You're completely making fun of me.

Here, how about a piece of caramel?

I can't stand being teased like a kid.

Isn't it time for the first train already?

- What's going on? - Can I let him go?

Sure, you have his address.

Please. I'm in trouble.

Hey, you...

Wasting time until this hour! Show me what you earned.

Don't nag so much.

Here, boy. Take this.

You gave that woman money again, didn't you? Damn you!

Now, now, ma'am.

What is it?

Come on, you're going home now.

Wow, that's really something.

A prime example of a henpecked husband.

That's hitting too close to home.

Mitaka, mitaka. This is Mitaka.

Mitaka, this is Mitaka.

The next train is bound for Tachikawa.

This train goes to Musashi-sakai, Kokubunji, and Tachikawa.

Please ensure you have all your belongings.

The train for Tachikawa is now departing.

The next stop is Musashi-Sakai...

Yes, it's listed, but there are two tickets together.

Around 10 o'clock, right?

As I recall, the one who bought ticket 3003 to Mitaka

was a middle-aged man.

A middle-aged man?

I knew he was middle-aged by his voice.

I'm quite sure of it.

He asked for two Mitaka tickets with a thousand-yen bill,

and after I gave him the tickets,

he asked me to change one to Shinjuku, so I remember.

Shinjuku?

Actually, I made a slightly annoyed face,

so he took the two Mitaka tickets as they were.

That was it.

Right after that, one more Mitaka ticket was bought.

I think this one was a young man.

What did he look like?

Well...

So, that man's ticket is 3005, right?

That's right.

Did you not notice the young woman at all?

No.

Hey, we've got a lead.

Hello?

What, around 10 o'clock?

10 o'clock, then. Who bought the tickets?

That middle-aged man, 3003, and the other one was...?

3004, right?

Yeah.

The woman was with him too, right?

Huh?

The victim's identity?

No, not yet.

Chief.

Ah, it's me.

I was thinking of going to check out Shinjuku myself now.

Yes, at the station.

Ah, understood.

Hello? This is Headquarters.

What?

Just a moment, please.

Hmm, couldn't catch anything at all?

That's enough, right?

I want to be sent home soon.

I don't have the guts to commit murder.

Well, we just wanted to become acquainted with you guys.

- That's nothing to be grateful for. - Oh, I see.

Then, pull back for now.

It's from Tanaka. I had them pull back.

I'll have Mizuno follow the trail alone.

So, how are things? I hear business is bad for you guys in pachinko lately.

Thanks to your efforts.