Burn the House Down (2023) s01e06 Episode Script

1
Are you Aliza-san?
Nice to meet you.
Hi! I'm Mujina, the admin
for the Aliza Community.
Makiko is so messed up.
SHE'S RICH, YET STILL COMPLAINS
What the hell?
I tried sending messages,
and you just aren't responding.
- There's nothing else to say.
- I wanna work this out.
What? During your date with that girl?
Your girlfriend is waiting,
so go on.
She's just a a friend from university.
We are not on a date.
Yeah right! It's a date.
Your nice jacket says it all.
No, wait. This is just the only
the only jacket my mother didn't send
to the dry cleaners, so I had to wear it!
So that's your excuse?
Why not admit you're on a date?
And you thought what, huh?
What did you
What did you want from all our talks?
The fire thirteen years ago.
You just reconnected with me
to look into that night?
Nothing else?
Let me go, all right?
I was genuinely excited to see you.
That girl must be lonely without you.
Why are you still following?
- It's because we're not done
- I have things to do, you know!
So I can just come on your errands then.
- Just get out of here already!
- No way.
Why are you doing this?
What the hell is he thinking?
Yes, beautiful.
Great!
Just like that.
Hello?
Mujina-san?
She's the fan community leader,
and might just be someone close to Makiko.
Thirteen years ago,
on December 21st,
the day of the fire
both women got together.
Makiko took her out to lunch.
So if we ask her, we'll find out
about the way Makiko was acting.
And whether or not
she wore that cardigan.
So now,
that means Mujina-san's my new target.
I found a hidden file
on the laptop you gave me.
- The name "Mujina-san" came up.
- What?
Back then, Makiko's diary was pretty dark.
- What do you mean "dark"?
- I'm sending it to your email now.
Okay, great. Thank you.
CLAIRE
READ THIS
MRS. MITARAI AND I BECAME FRIENDS.
WE'RE THE SAME AGE. TWO KIDS.
SHE INVITED ME OVER.
I GUESS I'LL GO CHECK IT OUT.
I PRETENDED TO SYMPATHIZE.
NOW I'M HER "IMPORTANT FRIEND." LOL
ENVY
WHY SO DIFFEREN
I HATE HER
SO IRRITATING
IT'S SO HARD
SHE HAS EVERYTHING
HOW UNFAIR
MUJINA
MAKES ME SICK
THE MITARAIS
Oh, look. How awful!
BURN THE HOUSE DOWN
You can't talk to her or even see her.
She got worse,
so she's got her own room instead.
Of course.
SATSUKI MURATA
All right.
Hello in there! It's Yuzu again!
Mom, how are you feeling today?
Yuzu's Mom.
It's a lot warmer today
than yesterday, isn't it?
So her memory loss,
that was all true?
If you're that upset,
then you shouldn't have tagged along.
It's just your mother actually
saved me when I was still just a kid.
What?
I hated school a lot, so I'd sneak away,
and play instead,
until your mother realized.
I called the school and said
that you were resting here
since you were sick.
That's been handled, all right?
Here.
I'm not good at speaking to other
other kids.
That's why my mother says I'm too slow.
She says I need to work harder.
"Slow," huh?
That's my trouble.
I just wasn't able to talk
to others, either.
If you feel like it's too much,
please visit here again.
Come over and talk
any time you'd like to, it's all right.
Okay?
From then on,
whenever I snuck out for a day,
I'd covertly go visit with her instead.
When your mother invited me in like that
it felt like I was safe with her.
That sure sounds like her.
Now, my mother,
she just isn't the same these days.
Every now and then, I pretend like
there never was a fire, and think,
"Would she
say things to keep
my spirits high like that?"
Or, "Yuzu I'm here alongside you."
"Yuzu, good luck job hunting."
Or just, "You look really nice today."
The only jacket
my mother didn't send to the dry cleaners
I'm sorry.
You look
down on us?
No, no, I I don't, Yuzu.
- I wanna help you, that's all.
- What can you do?
You and I are different in every way.
We're different?
You see, you're a student
who meets with girls for dates,
And someday, your dad will even
give you a hospital. Your life is easy.
I want to study hard and earn it myself!
Not because I wanna take
over the family business, either.
I wanna work as a doctor.
I really wanna save as many as I can.
Well, go on, be a doctor then, go!
Use the Mitarai family's money
and connections.
If you don't, I'll
hate you forever.
I get it.
Goodbye, Yuzu.
I ADORE YOU
CAN'T WAIT TILL THE RELEASE
SO PRETTY WITH TWO KIDS
WISH I WERE YOU
I'm home.
Oh, hi honey.
Hey, take off that jacket,
and I'll get it dry-cleaned for you.
How did your day go?
- Did your friend from school and you
- No, Mother, don't worry.
Now, I'll
I'll be studying even more than ever.
Good. That's so great.
"Why do people have all these desires?"
I CAN'T REPRESS MY DESIRE ANYMORE.
"Desire for money, desire for approval,
materialistic desires."
"I'm even stealing from someone,
all to pretend I'm someone else."
"I know it's wrong, but still,
I can't stop myself."
"If I can become what I always wanted,
then I can swallow my jealousy."
WHAT HAPPENED? I'LL BE
AT THE NEARBY CAFÉ TILL EARLY EVENING.
I'm sorry about today.
We'll talk later at school.
No, it's okay! I'll see you
in study hall on Monday.
That shithead.
I made you wait, I'm sorry!
Hm? Sorry, I
- called so suddenly. I wanted to see you.
- Aw.
"I can keep feeding my vanity."
"Please just let me live
your life.
Give it to me."
ANGEL BABY - SO HAPPY
I FINALLY REPLACED MY OLD WALLE
SUSHI WITH TODAY'S SUGAR DADDY
HIS TREA
MAKIKO MITARAI - HOMEMAKER/AMATEUR MODEL
FOR SHINE MAGAZINE - MOTHER OF TWO SONS
I can already taste it.
All that money sitting right there.
Thanks, Nanami.
You didn't have to.
You don't seem well, Shinji.
I'm fine. Just a little feverish, still.
Oh.
Uh, I'm sorry. It seems I misjudged.
I can go if you'd rather.
Oh, no, not at all. Thank you.
Oh.
Ah, you said no one was home
with you today,
so how does udon sound?
- Wow.
- Can I use your kitchen to make it?
- Oh, go ahead.
- Thanks.
Thank you for waiting, Shinji.
Oh, I'm so sorry.
Uh, nice to meet you.
I'm Shinji's school friend,
Katsuragi Nanami, ma'am, and I
came to see Shinji. I heard he's sick.
Is that so?
Thank you.
Huh? Mom?
But your work, er
I was just so worried
about you that I had to check in.
My goodness, you're ill.
Just go and rest awhile.
- Um, but I
- Go on.
Oh, uh-huh.
Aw!
And this? You cooked this for Shinji?
I did. I'm sorry
I used your kitchen like that.
I'll take this up to Shinji,
but thanks so much.
Uh, I'm sure
I'll happily deliver it.
And I need to talk to him today anyway.
Katsuragi-san,
is Shinji your little crush now?
Yes. He is.
You're lying.
What?
I've seen plenty like you.
Modeling is just plagued
with girls like you.
They act innocent and selfless like that,
and yet, their greed and their hunger
just burst out their eyes, you see.
Listen,
I don't want you to think
the Mitarai estate will ever
grant you anything, whatever Shinji feels.
Furthermore, my son is no longer available
to you from now on, all right?
This sucks.
Shinji was always saying
these sorts of things.
"My mother's so awful, I really
can't stand her in the slightest."
Now, I see what Shinji really meant
when he said that about you.
Is that it?
My real impression of you was that
Makiko-san's cute interviews are just
made-up little stories and nothing else.
"Greed and hunger
just bursting out of her eyes?"
You're like that too, right?
Because you made Mitarai-san your target
a while ago, didn't you?
If so, I really don't think you have a leg
to stand on in that area.
So don't go on resenting me,
you psychopath, 'kay?
An amusing little girl, aren't you, huh?
Now then,
I'll return the favor of your honesty.
All the interviews are completely untrue.
Those things I say,
it's what they want from me.
And if it's for money,
I'll do anything at all.
Once it's mine,
I can't be stopped, understand?
The entire world will admire
the ideal wife and mother
that I constructed for them all!
And you think you can take on that role?
Up until now,
you've been using your baby face,
your charm, and suggestive manner
to your advantage.
Getting little gifts
from men like this, haven't you?
Once you get what you want
from men like that,
men always expect something in return
and you run away, don't you?
I guess you and I are different after all.
So you will not enter
this house ever again!
You're done? There's time
until you need to be back there.
It's all right. My task didn't take long.
I'd been suspicious since I heard
this girl was so interested in Shinji.
It turns out she was actually
a bit of a letdown.
Oh, I see.
I'll drive you back there.
This sucks.
This sucks, sucks, sucks,
sucks, sucks, sucks!
ALL RECORDINGS
NEW RECORDING
ANGEL BABY - SHOCKING!
THIS IS WHO MAKIKO MITARAI REALLY IS!
TRENDING
1. PERFORMANCE CANCELED
2. ECONOMIC RECOVERY
3. #TWIN DAY
4. DAMAGE SETTLEMEN
5. #MAKIKO MITARAI
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5,992 VIEWS
So shocking! The true nature
of Mitarai Makiko is exposed to all?
All the interviews
are completely untrue.
Those things I say,
it's what they want from me.
And if it's for money,
I'll do anything at all.
Once it's mine,
I can't be stopped, understand?
Did you see this?
The entire world will admire
the ideal wife and mother
that I constructed for them all!
ANGEL BABY
SHOCKING!
50,000 VIEWS 10,000 COMMENTS
30,000 RETWEETS 20,000 LIKES
LEAKED AUDIO CLIP! THE TRUTH
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED! IS IT REALLY HER?
ANGEL BABY
# MAKIKOMITARAI #PLEASESHARE
Mitarai-san, is the audio recording
released online real?
Please, stand back.
- Make way.
- It's a complete fake.
Would you say what you love most
in the world is wealth and status?
It's really sad
when everyone gets caught in a frenzy
like this over such a ridiculous prank.
I can say that voice isn't mine at all.
Then, are you saying that none
of your earlier interviews are lies?
Are we done? Excuse us, please.
So you claim the voice
in the tape is definitively not you?
It's not real?
Katsuragi Nanami.
All these tweets of hers
are just ridiculous.
The damage she's s trying to cause!
They'll get buried soon,
and everyone will forget.
That audio can be tested
to see if it's real or not.
And as long as you keep denying
What are you trying to say, huh?
I'm in the most critical stage, now!
Just come up with a way to shut her up!
You're my manager, right?
Your one and only job is
to do what I say now!
I'm sorry.
Hello.
Katsuragi Nanami-san, right?
And you are?
Please, take my card.
My name is
Yamauchi Shizuka, ma'am.
MAKIKO MITARAI'S MANAGER
"Angel Baby," that's you, right?
I'd like to get
straight to the point.
Just delete that tweet right away
and say that you're sorry.
Huh? Why's that?
It's not like
I'll make an apology unless I was wrong.
Your cooperation will be rewarded.
An advance for your troubles.
TOKYO CHUO BANK
Well, if she can show her face,
and she cries and begs a little,
then, I guess it could be done.
If you're just hoping
that I'll do this, it's like,
"Huh?" 'Cause that's just silly.
All your financial transactions
and accounts
were examined in detail prior to this.
INVESTIGATION REPOR
As you can see,
this one's very well composed.
Last night, at a hotel, you met
the director of Hoshizato Construction
named Yamanoi Toru-san, correct?
You two seem awfully close, don't you?
Late at night, in a hotel, how strange.
But nothing happened that night,
just dinner, that's it!
I'd consider what Yamanoi-san's wife
might think of this picture?
The last woman with her husband had
a very tough time of it, or so I heard.
If you still don't want
to agree to our request,
his wife will immediately receive
your pictures and profile.
In that case,
I would guess the penalties
you'd have to pay would be much higher.
Now, you must choose.
Is that post of yours going to come down?
This sucks.
That old hag gets her way again, huh?
This all just sucks!
Makiko sucks, and you do too!
Oh, well?
Did she take the deal?
Yes. I got coffee thrown on me though.
Ah! Thank you, Shizuka-san!
Oh, head on in and change, all right?
I can take a taxi, it's okay. Here.
Thanks.
Whoa! Uh
- Oh, um
- Uh, uh
I I'm sorry. It's been quite a day.
I just, uh These go in here.
Uh, hang on.
Uh Mm-hmm?
How are you these days?
I've been just a like always.
Been online, and I
do laundry, and I cook.
Huh? You cook, Kiichi-san?
Uh, yeah. Kind of.
Oh, wow!
If it sucks, then, just don't eat it.
Thanks so much.
Mmm! It's so good!
Did you use salted rice malt for this?
You know about using that?
I just saw it online is all.
Oh! Could it be twice-fried?
Look at you!
I I I don't need all that, come on!
Those were just my honest conclusions.
Anyway, it's all your fault.
Fast food just doesn't taste as good.
- Then you should say thanks.
- Why is that?
Because you just said that I set you
on the journey
that led to this delicious lunch.
Ugh
Yeah. I guess so.
Thank you very much.
Nah.
Don't worry about it.
Huh?
What?
Oh. I'm sorry.
I think
it's just been awhile
since I really talked to anyone.
It really has been a delicious lunch.
Mmm.
If there's anything I can do for you
just say it.
Looks like
it finally disappeared, huh? That tweet.
"Angel Chick," wasn't it?
Makiko-san, it's strange
how much they pestered you, huh?
Yes, I don't understand who could do that.
Excuse me, hello, good morning.
- Hi, good morning.
- Good morning.
Good morning.
I'm sorry. Yamauchi-san?
Regarding that recording the other day,
we can cut out the section
that touches on her family, all right?
You'll cut it out?
Well, it's just to be safe, I guess.
Now, don't be silly, you.
Please, now, I'm sure you all
mean well, but there's no issue.
Uh
Copy that! All right, then,
we'll get on that right now.
- Thanks so much.
- Thank you.
Thanks, everyone.
1 REQUES
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YOU DON'T FOLLOW EACH OTHER.
YOU AND I BACK THEN - PROLOGUE
A STORY ABOUT ME AND AN OLD FRIEND.
I MET HER ON THE INTERNET 13 YEARS AGO.
I'LL CALL HER "M" FOR NOW.
I FIRST MET M
"M," who?
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I WILL EXPOSE M'S LIES
Are you Aliza-san?
Nice to meet you. Hi, I'm Mujina,
the admin for the Aliza Community.
Mujina-san? You're kidding me!
No, look, come here, hurry!
She's finally online now.
That's our girl Mujina, yeah!
YOU AND I BACK THEN - PROLOGUE
Wow! Man, I've just been searching
day after day, and now, she's there!
Oh, wow! Man,
that's our Mujina right there!
- Mmm.
- Yeah!
What's with that?
"Expose?" What?
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I WILL EXPOSE M'S LIES
That's a wrap, everybody!
- Thanks, everyone, thanks, thank you all!
- Good job, everyone!
Nice work, everyone.
Oh, thanks so much!
I can't get this
- Thanks so much.
- Thank you for your work.
- Great job, guys!
- Thank you.
It all started
with a pair of diamond earrings.
- Wow. Thank you.
- Thanks a lot.
- My mom made this, you know!
- Wow, really? Nice.
- Amazing.
- Orange juice?
- Yes.
- Me too!
- Apple juice?
- Please.
- Can I eat yet?
- Not yet.
I wanted to show somebody.
And when I posted it on Mixi
NOT A BAD DAY.
5-CARAT DIAMOND EARRINGS.
I got ten times as many comments.
WOW, DIAMONDS! WHERE WILL YOU WEAR THEM?
Another post and then another and another,
from jewelry to designer bags to clothes.
And by the time I started on her shoes,
there was no possibility of turning back.
"M" is actively working
in the entertainment industry.
I'm sure you all see her face
on TV every single day.
I think it's completely inexcusable.
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I WILL EXPOSE M'S LIES
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It's all right.
With so few page views,
it shouldn't reach the general public.
Such an honor to sit here!
Fan meetings are so great! Let's try it!
Ah! Oh, no.
- It's just I'm not sure what to say.
- Ah, you're shy, huh? So elegant.
Actually, Aliza-san, your diary
You're aware there are doubters saying
you're fabricating things?
- Ah!
- I just find it so frustrating.
Just once, could you please come
and do a talk for us all?
Your privacy is guaranteed.
You have my promise on that!
At first, I thought,
"Just once won't hurt."
- Whoo!
- Aliza has descended upon us!
With all of them
looking at me so enviously,
it's like it somehow became an addiction.
Makiko-san, right over here!
Over here, this way!
- Look this way, please!
- Love it.
One more!
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I WILL EXPOSE M'S LIES
5913 LIKES - 10738 VIEWS
Thank you all. I wasn't
expecting this many responses.
So who is this "M" you want to know?
Everyone, stay tuned for more!
Oh!
#MUJINA
SEARCH FOR "#MUJINA"
WHO IS THIS "M"?
WHAT IS M'S LIE?
YOU AND I BACK THEN
- This post is interesting.
- What are all of M's lies?
- Who is "M" anyway?
- I can't wait to find out!
- This might blow up!
- It's crazy!
- Is there really an "M"?
- Let's share the next post too!
We wanna know who M is now.
Hurry with the update, Mujina-san!
Quick, let us know who M is.
Hurry up
with exposing M's identity LOL.
- This is gonna ruin her life.
- Who is M?
MIXI - LOGIN
LOGIN MAIL ADDRESS - PASSWORD
ALIZA
FIRST FAN MEETUP
THANKS TO MUJINA, I HAD TEA
WITH THE ALIZA COMMUNITY'S FANS.
I came here
to get these appraised, please.
Yes, very well. I'll take a look at these.
Please wait here.
Everyone,
thank you for coming here today.
ALIZA COMMUNITY
PRIVATE PARTY
Christmas is in a few days,
so consider the fee for today
a present to you all and enjoy!
- Oh, thank you very much!
- Wow!
Payment by Black Card, naturally?
- Ah, I'll just use cash today.
- Wow.
Forgive me for asking. It's just I wonder
You're really Aliza-san, right? Or not?
What?
I was listening to you speak,
and I noticed what you wrote
in your diary on Mixi doesn't match up.
Aliza-san likes Chopin and Elgar.
- She likes Chagall and Monet as well.
- What are you saying?
- Stop that now.
- Thank you.
Thank you.
Your wallet's
so surprisingly ordinary, isn't it?
AS I MENTIONED,
THIS FAN MEETING WILL BE THE LAST.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.
I'LL CHERISH THE MEMORIES.
ALIZA COMMUNITY
PRIVATE PARTY
MOCHIMAMA: YUZU CONTACTED ME,
SO I VISITED THIS PAGE
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG WHILE!
HARD TO BELIEVE
IT'S ALREADY BEEN 13 YEARS
Ah, I'm cold!
Mom?
Ahh!
Oh, Sis.
Huh?
ICHIHARA
MISSED CALL
Hello, Ichihara-san?
Yuzu-san? Where are you?
Uh Our house.
You need to leave.
She's heading there now
Answer the door!
I know you're there!
Answer the door!
Yuzu?
What
- No.
- What's going on?
This girl was still snooping
on our family. Weren't you?
Please, just wait!
- I can explain everything, so please
- I heard it all from my husband.
I said to watch them, and instead,
you decided to go and switch sides!
- I No, I didn't
- Go away!
You, this way.
Don't No Hey!
- Go on!
- Hold on!
Hold it!
Hey.
What's this?
Yuzu? Huh?
Why is it that you're still trying
to get in my way, huh?
- All this resentment is totally unfounded!
- It's not resentment!
And I know everything about what you did.
I remember it now!
On the day of the fire, she was
in our closet doing something. I saw!
- What?
- She'd come to steal from us that day!
You burned it down,
so there'd be no evidence, didn't you?
Makiko, is that right?
First of all
I didn't go to the house that day at all.
Your fantasies are absurd,
so just stop lying!
And Mujina-san as well!
Uh, who?
My mom's things, she stole them
and created this "Aliza" lady online.
Mujina was the organizer
of her fan meetings.
It's posted online.
The tell-all story she's writing.
Huh?
It's gone.
THIS POST HAS BEEN DELETED.
Why? It was there a second ago.
No way! No.
I don't know
what she may have seen online,
but the Internet is so rank
with meaningless junk.
So,
if I was at your house like you say,
and you have evidence to show
then, I'd like to see it.
Well, do you?
Whoa!
Whoa.
You seem busy right now, I'm sorry.
Here's your adjusted schedule.
And your survey results.
Oh, and check this draft
if you can, please.
You've done well.
Then, I'm done with you today.
I also did
the other thing you asked for.
Mujina-san's posts are gone.
What?
What's that, Shizuka-san?
I didn't ask for that.
But didn't you ask me to do exactly that
for you just earlier today?
I was supposed to go see Mujina-san,
so that she'd stop posting.
So now, I'm saying that I stopped her.
Her real name is actually
Watanuki Kimiyo.
So long ago. Well, it was nearly
ten years back now, right?
Have you heard of "Insta-Dinner" at all?
It's by the host Mitarai Makiko,
and it's a new program on TV.
I'm sorry, I don't watch
She's lived
with her parents for years now.
She doesn't watch TV or go online.
Her time is spent mostly
helping with their care.
"Mitarai Makiko" didn't mean much to her.
What are you saying?
I thought she knew
who I was and wrote online.
I'm sorry, Makiko-san.
That post you saw from Mujina
and all the various comments on that post,
were complete fakes.
They're fake?
What are you saying?
I was given a little friendly advice.
Mujina-san, huh?
All right.
Let's start a fire of lies.
Yuzu had a great idea.
First, we'll create
a fake Mujina online.
Make a "tell-all" post for her.
Next, we buy a ton
of fake social media accounts
from a company that sells them.
10,000 ACCOUNTS
¥12,000,000- ORDER COMPLETE
Then, we share the post
on our fake accounts.
It'll look like the post blew up online.
But when we share it,
we include a snare for the old lady.
"Mujina" ought to catch her eye.
And that way, it wouldn't be found
unless the user searches for that word.
Then, all we have to do is
keep jacking up the page views
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I WILL EXPOSE M'S LIES
and follower numbers
to whatever crazy amount we want.
Only those who search
Mujina's name would notice it.
That's how we start a fire of lies.
Then, that was a
The whole web page was a fake.
We had made it just for you to see.
I figured that if we made the site,
you'd tell me where Mujina-san lives.
Like "Angel Baby" before.
There was a chance,
if you kept calm, that you'd catch on.
You were just fixated
on what commenters said.
Shizuka-san
who are you really?
Mujina-san said
that Mixi get-togethers
had brought her
a lot of happiness years ago.
And she'd even taken
a secret pic from such a meeting.
She did?
She let me borrow it,
if you'd like to see.
It was taken on December 21st,
thirteen years ago.
On the day of the fire,
at a local fan meeting, as you can see.
Oh. Uh
See? I was right,
I told you!
You are the one who set our house
on fire and had that sweater on!
So what now then?
Why would you try
to ruin me this way, huh?
Shizuka-san, I don't understand
just who are you?
I'm sorry, Makiko-san.
You see
Yamauchi Shizuka doesn't exist.
What?
Long time no see.
Mitarai Anzu.