Gannibal (2022) s01e05 Episode Script

(foreboding music)
This face of mine
proves it all.
You must be kidding.
I was eaten.
By someone in Kuge Village.
It happened 18 years ago.
(crowd chanting)
EATEN FACE:
I don't remember much about it,
except for
the weird singing
of the villagers.
(snarling)
EATEN FACE: The shadow of a person
(bones crunch)
and the moment my face was eaten.
(foreboding music)
(panting)
EATEN FACE: When I came to realize,
I was in my mother's arms.
After that day,
we moved far away from Kuge Village
and lived in hiding.
When I got older,
I learned
that I had no birth certificate.
And
my guess is that
some newborn babies in Kuge Village
are not given birth certificates
on purpose.
So that they can be eaten?
My mother died
without telling me
anything about her past.
But I wanted to know about the village.
I wanted
to know why
my face was eaten.
That's why you approached Mr. Kano?
Hey, wait!
Why now? What do you want me to do?
The Votive Festival is coming up.
There might be
another victim like me.
Hey!
(slams)
(theme music)
(bird squawking)
(calm music)
(bell chiming)
KURUNOKAMI SHRINE
-JIN: Let's start!
-(drumbeat)
(chanting)
(chanting continues)
Hold it, guys! He's here.
You've got a lot of nerve coming late
to the first practice.
I'm sorry.
So
where were you?
DAIGO: I had some work to do.
SABU: Really?
TOKI: By the way, officer,
weren't you talking to someone
on the phone last night?
Who were you talking to?
Someone you can't tell us about?
(tense music)
MUNECHIKA: Please stop these questions.
Let's keep our noses
out of other people's business.
JIN: Hello, Junior!
MUNECHIKA: Please stop calling me Junior.
JIN: Is Masamune with you?
Grandfather won't be joining
the festival this year.
SABU: Is he unwell or something?
No.
Actually, he's retiring
as chief priest next year,
and I'm going to be
taking over his position.
-Wow! Finally!
-Yes.
And prior to that,
I'll be in charge
of this year's Votive Festival.
Congratulations.
-This is great news.
-(all cheering)
SABU: About time.
-He is getting old now.
-Right.
Nice to meet you.
I'm Munechika Kamiyama
from Kurunokami Shrine.
Nice to meet you, too.
Can I have a word
with you later?
Okay.
(distant drumbeat)
DAIGO: What did you wanna talk about?
MUNECHIKA: I'll get straight to the point.
You and your family
should leave the village.
(distant chatter)
I wasn't expecting that.
Will you explain why?
At this rate,
you'll end up like Mr. Kano.
I don't want that to happen to you.
I'm sure you've noticed
that this village is isolated,
and its people
are bound to the land
and enforce their rules on newcomers.
Be honest.
You're fed up, aren't you?
Not at all.
Since we moved here,
my daughter has finally started
to smile again.
I'm glad we came.
I see.
-SABU: Let's take it from the top again.
-MAN 1: Okay.
SABU: The tempo of the shime drum
is completely off.
-MAN 1: Too slow?
-SABU: Too fast!
(tense music)
So
you're accepting everything
about this village?
The Votive Festival of Kuge.
Human sacrifices
were once made to the gods.
I'm talking about hundreds of years ago.
People were hungry all the time,
because the land here
was unsuitable for farming.
So, to reduce the number
of mouths to feed,
they killed children
to offer them to the gods.
-Killed?
-Yes.
Horrifying, isn't it?
Were they just killed?
What's your point?
Are you implying
they were killed and eaten?
SABU: Where is the officer?
-You see him?
-MAN 2: No.
If you need to talk
about anything, I'll listen.
Okay.
SABU: Oh.
There you are, officer.
We were looking for you.
JIN: Hey. You're here, too, Junior.
I bumped into him in the restroom.
Oh, yeah?
And what were you talking about?
MUNECHIKA: Nothing much.
I was giving him
a little tour of the shrine.
-Right?
-That's right.
Are you up to no good again?
SABU: Behave yourself
in front of Junior, Jin.
It's not like we're suspecting you
of anything, officer.
Don't get us wrong.
Besides, in this village,
everybody knows everything
about everybody!
(both laugh)
Let's keep practicing the drums.
-Come on.
-Okay.
YUKI: Mashiro!
(kids chattering)
Bye, Mashiro!
-Bye!
-See you!
What were you playing?
You looked like you
were having lots of fun.
(chuckles)
Come on, tell me.
YUKI: I'm curious.
Hello.
We're back.
-(cupboard slams)
-Huh?
Hey! What are you doing?
I know it's here.
-(rattling)
-What is?
A bug!
-Daigo, stop it.
-Damn those bastards.
YUKI: Are you listening?
Hey, Daigo
Have you lost your mind?
It's them, not me.
(clattering)
Stop it.
What's wrong with you?
You're scaring me.
(tense music)
(cell phone buzzing)
What's going on?
What happened?
(breathes deeply)
-Six.
-Six.
So far, so good.
WOMAN 1: Yuki!
Coming.
See you.
I'm here.
-Please.
-Got it.
-Who were you talking to?
-Here you are.
-MAN 3: Tell us.
-YUKI: No one, really.
-MAN 4: Okay!
-MAN 5: Cheers!
-(indistinct chatter)
-(laughter)
Looks like your wife's getting the hang
of how things work in this village.
Does she really have to go through this?
Hm? Did you say something?
-I have to go take a leak.
-SABU: Oh, okay.
SABU (chuckles): He needs the toilet.
This is juice made from oats.
(muffled chattering)
PLEASE COME AGAIN TO KUGE VILLAGE
(ominous music)
(cell phone buzzes)
MALE VOICE: Come to Room 801 tonight.
There's something you should know
about why Mr. Kano was killed.
(ominous music)
(doorbell dings)
Excuse me.
I'm glad you came, Mr. Agawa.
Come in.
Who are you?
My name is Utada.
I was helping Mr. Kano.
Come in.
Okay.
Do you want something to drink?
No, I'm fine.
(object clatters)
I've never been
in a no-tell motel with a man.
Is that right?
I do it all the time.
(ice rattles)
You met a man
who had his face eaten, didn't you?
He contacted me
and said I can trust you.
(ice rattling)
I run a website called Chronicle.
It's about the occult
and other dubious subjects.
UTADA: But what I'm currently
most interested in is
cannibalism.
(tense music)
The man with no face
posted an article
about the dark secret of Kuge Village.
I met Mr. Kano through him.
He claims
there is a village in Japan
that practices cannibalism.
That's why he approached me.
I didn't believe him at first,
but when he showed me his face
and said that's the proof
(ominous music)
There's no journalist on Earth
who wouldn't be intrigued by that face.
I asked him to write an article.
And before I knew it,
I was helping
with Mr. Kano's investigation.
(cigarette sizzles)
Who is he?
I don't know.
He always gets in touch with me.
How were you helping Mr. Kano?
(puffs)
We started looking
for evidence of cannibalism
in the village.
Evidence?
What do you mean?
Children.
Children?
That man told you, didn't he?
That there are babies
who don't have birth certificates,
who are only born to be eaten, like him.
It sounds a bit farfetched.
I was skeptical, too, at first.
But
Mr. Kano's death
has convinced me that it is true.
There's a child somewhere in the village
who'll be eaten
on the day of the festival.
(background chatter)
(laughter)
You're an angel, Mashiro.
(chuckles)
What an angel.
(sniffing)
UTADA: At first,
Mr. Kano didn’t believe it either.
But one day,
he noticed
that the rate of stillbirths
in Kuge Village was alarmingly high.
During the two and half years
that Mr. Kano worked in Kuge,
and also, going back further,
there was an average
of one stillbirth per year.
(liquor sloshes)
The village has an elementary school
with less than ten students in total.
Don't you think the odds are too high?
(tense music)
YUKI: Excuse me.
I'm sorry!
I was just I'm so sorry.
KANAKO: Sorry.
-No.
-Sorry!
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
KANAKO: Forgive me.
I'm so sorry.
What are you doing, Kanako?
Please stop apologizing. It's okay.
I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
Please forgive me.
-I'm sorry for whatever my daughter did.
-It's okay.
Life hasn't been kind to her.
About three years ago,
her baby was born dead.
KANAKO: That's not true.
(breathes sharply)
My baby is alive.
He's still alive!
I'm sure of it!
(Kanako sobbing)
KANAKO: Ow.
Let go of me.
Hey, Mr. Sabu.
She fell the other day.
-KANAKO: He's not dead!
-Time to go home, Kanako.
KANAKO: He moved!
You said he wasn't breathing,
but he moved!
I saw him move!
Gin Goto took my baby!
-Dad
-SABU: Enough already!
KANAKO: Go get him back! Hurry!
(Kanako crying)
(crying continues)
You mean
babies who are declared stillborn
are kept alive to be eaten?
If so, how do they fabricate
the stillbirths?
That, I don't know.
I see.
About a month before he disappeared,
he suddenly stopped calling me.
A month
That means it wasn't you who made
the last call to Mr. Kano's phone.
What do you mean?
Mr. Kano received a call
right before he disappeared.
And it wasn't from the man
who had his face eaten.
I see.
Maybe
he kept chasing the truth
and finally found the children.
-That's why he was murdered.
-Yes.
The last call Mr. Kano received
was from someone
who told him where the children are?
Possibly.
Do you have any idea who it was?
I'm afraid not.
But there could be
a whistleblower in the village.
(doorbell dings)
(knocking on door)
(eerie music)
(door opens)
There are two of you?
I didn't know that.
You'll have to pay me double
for a threesome.
Is that okay?
-He's not staying.
-(chuckles)
Now, go.
Of course.
-UTADA: Did you get a haircut?
-MALE PROSTITUTE: Can you tell?
UTADA: Yeah. It looks cute.
(indistinct chatter)
Going home so early?
Where the hell were you?
-Huh?
-MAN 6: Easy, Jin.
He's a policeman.
Leave it. Go home.
You owe us an explanation
next time we see you.
Are you okay?
What's going on?
Mr. Sabu raised his hand
against his daughter.
Huh?
Gin Goto took her baby.
Did she really say that?
Yeah.
She looked so tormented.
(eerie music)
(worms squishing)
YAMAGUCHI
SABU: Yes?
Who is it?
DAIGO: Hello, Mr. Sabu.
It's Agawa from the substation.
SABU: What do you want?
DAIGO: I have some questions
about your daughter.
SABU: Your wife must've filled
your head with crazy ideas.
DAIGO: Please open the door.
This is an official police investigation.
You've been accused
of assaulting your daughter.
I never assaulted her!
SABU: I have nothing to say to you.
Go away!
DAIGO: Wait!
If you didn't assault her,
then cooperate with me!
Kanako.
I heard that Gin Goto took your child.
Will you tell me more in detail?
SABU: Kanako!
Keep your mouth shut.
Come here!
DAIGO: I'll be at the substation.
I'll be there to hear you out.
(tense music)
GIN GOTO
KEISUKE: The festival's just
around the corner, Grandma.
Mother.
Keisuke will be the new head
of the Goto family starting next week.
He'll proudly carry on
the blood of the Goto family.
MAYOR: Please watch over him.
KUGE SUBSTATION
YUKI: Welcome back!
-Dinner's ready. Are you still working?
-Hmm
-Yeah.
-Okay.
We'll start without you.
-Yuki.
-What is it?
I have a small favor.
(ominous music)
(cell phone buzzing)
How can I help you?
DAIGO: Sorry to bother you.
There's something I'd like to ask you.
Is it okay if I come to see you now?
Of course. Come as you wish.
KUGE COMMUNITY CENTER
(background chatter)
What do you want?
Nothing.
You smoke that like you really enjoy it.
Is that so?
Do you smoke?
I used to.
-Do you want one?
-No, I'm good.
Suit yourself.
It feels great smoking
while surrounded by nature.
What's that word?
When you like doing something wrong?
I know what you mean. What was that word?
-Um
-I can't remember.
Oh.
-Guilty pleasure!
-That's the one!
Yeah. That.
(chuckles)
Thanks.
-KID 1: Wait!
-KID 2: That's my ball!
You shouldn't play like that.
Got it?
-WOMAN 2: Who's going to help me?
-KID 3: Me!
Bitches.
They let their children play near me,
knowing how much it hurts me.
(coughing)
Don't smoke if you don't want to.
Hey.
Um
About what you said the other day.
About Gin Goto taking your baby.
My husband wants to know more about it.
But I was told not to talk
about it anymore.
Wait.
I think he can help you.
Years back, I was being stalked.
My husband was the detective
in charge of my case.
I never asked him to,
but he stood watch
in front of my apartment for hours.
It's hard to tell
who was actually the stalker in the end,
but he made me feel safe.
-So you can--
-Sorry, but I have to go.
The reason why the villagers
avoid the Goto family?
DAIGO: Yes.
Why are they so scared of them?
MUNECHIKA: A long time ago,
the Goto family was
the majority landowner in the village.
During the war, the villagers had
to borrow land from them to make a living.
They were already afraid
of them back then.
Which war are you talking about?
That's irrelevant.
The fear of the Goto family
has been passed on from parent to child.
In this isolated village,
the tradition remains the same.
Even in recent years,
there was trouble
between the villagers and Gin Goto.
What kind of trouble?
A few women claimed
that Gin stole or killed their babies.
I see.
But
how could she have done that?
She was the one and only
midwife in this village.
A midwife
It was she who assisted
with every childbirth in the village.
(ominous music)
Okay.
So that's why.
Although, I believe
that the claims made by the women
couldn't have happened.
Yes, of course.
I don't think she could've done
something so horrific either.
(fire crackling)
(thuds)
-(snarls)
-(bone crunches)
(chomping)
(snarling)
(growls)
(raindrops pattering)
SABU: Kanako?
Kanako!
(raindrops pattering)
(line rings)
(suspenseful music)
(closing theme music)