Gannibal (2022) s01e06 Episode Script

(raindrops pattering)
DAIGO: This is the only place
we can talk in peace.
KANAKO: This is my first time riding a car
in a long time.
I never leave the village.
DAIGO: Was Gin Goto the midwife
when you delivered your baby?
Yes.
I knew it.
She took my baby.
The old bitch
told me it was stillborn,
and took it from me.
And then
as she left
(tense music)
she was smiling.
SABU: Good job.
-You did great.
-Thanks.
It's over now.
Wait.
This baby
isn't breathing.
Oh, no.
SABU: Isn't there anything
you can do, Gin?
I'm afraid not.
(tense music)
KANAKO: Wait, Gin.
It just moved!
-Wait a minute!
-Stop it, Kanako!
-Wait, Gin! Wait!
-Stop.
-Wait!
-SABU: Kanako!
KANAKO: It's moving!
(raindrops pattering)
I never even got to see its face.
My father told me over and over
that the baby was stillborn.
I tried to move on.
But I just can't.
(phone buzzes)
Hello?
YUKI: Mr. Sabu is here
asking what you did with his daughter.
What should I do?
Okay. I'll be back soon.
-(phone clanks)
-(seatbelt clacks)
(suspenseful music)
(car approaching)
They're here.
What are you doing behind my back?
-Wait, Jin!
-I'm fine.
I don't like your attitude, officer.
Huh?
You don't even show up
at rehearsals for the festival.
JIN: Why are you sniffing around?
Answer me!
-Let go.
-What?
Or I'll break it.
-(crunches)
-(groans)
(grunts)
(choking)
I'm looking into the Goto family.
(gags)
DAIGO: I obviously can't ask
you guys about them.
So I'm investigating on my own.
(Jin grunting)
DAIGO: Why is everyone
so scared of the Gotos?
There's more to it than just business,
isn't there?
(groaning)
(whimpering)
Jin
(coughing)
(yells)
(Jin panting)
I underestimated you.
Sorry.
Let's go.
(Jin grunting and panting)
-Come on.
-Kanako!
(car door closes)
Get in.
(car engine starts)
Why are you investigating the Gotos?
I need to do this
if we're going to live here.
Don't worry. I won't do anything rash.
You look like
you're enjoying this.
What do you mean?
(car door closes)
(car engine starts)
Shit.
-(scoffs)
-(liquid sloshing)
I underestimated the officer.
(sighs, tuts)
He's dangerous.
-KEISUKE: Here.
-Thanks.
(snickers)
Why don't you get rid of him?
(foreboding music)
What are you gonna do, Keisuke?
(clanks)
(theme music)
THEY STOLE KANAKO'S CHILD?
THEY'RE HOLDING THE CHILDREN HOSTAGE?
EATING THEM?
WHERE ARE THE ABDUCTED CHILDREN?
(horn honking)
What do you want?
How about some hunting? Come with me.
Just you and me?
(Keisuke scoffs)
Don't be so guarded.
I thought you might be bored.
Don't come if you don't want to.
Sorry to bother you.
(engine starts)
I'll come.
Give me a minute to get ready.
(door slides)
-I thought you were off today.
-I am.
I was invited to go hunting.
But you'll be back early, right?
DAIGO: Hm? Yeah.
(door slides shut)
(birds chirping)
(soft thud)
KEISUKE: Are you sniffing around?
Investigating us?
(tense music)
Did you ask me to come to intimidate me?
You can't blame me for getting curious,
seeing how everyone reacts to your family.
Or is there something
you don't want me to find out?
(ominous music)
What are you waiting for?
Bring it on.
(scoffs)
You've got nerve.
I heard you killed someone.
For your daughter.
I'll kill for the Goto family, too.
(cocks gun)
A man who can't dirty his hands
for his family is worthless.
(suspenseful music)
(gunshot)
You missed.
No, I didn't.
Young meat is delicious.
KEISUKE: The same with any animal.
I'll let you taste some.
(foreboding music)
MAKOTO: Keisuke didn't kill him.
I see.
That's good.
Why?
He should have.
Keisuke's gonna be the head of the family.
We're the ones
who should handle the dirty work.
(door opens, closes)
DAIGO: I'm home!
Hm? No one's here?
Yuki?
Looks delicious.
So good.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MASHIRO
Oh!
Oh! That's right.
Shit.
12 MISSED CALLS
YUKI
(cell phone beeps)
(line rings)
-Sorry about today.
-Never mind that.
Mashiro's missing.
What?
YUKI: I looked all over,
but I couldn't find her.
What should I do?
(line beeps)
Huh?
Mashiro!
(panting)
DAIGO: Mashiro!
Mashiro!
Mashiro!
Mashiro!
YUKI: Excuse me!
(knocking on door)
-Sorry.
-SABU: I'm coming.
-Yes?
-YUKI: Sorry to bother you at this hour.
-Is Mashiro here?
-No.
-I can't find her anywhere.
-She's missing?
I see. I'll go to the fire department
to make an announcement over the PA.
-Thank you.
-Of course.
(panting)
(goat bleats)
(door closes)
YUKI: Mashiro!
(suspenseful music)
Mashiro!
DAIGO: Mashiro!
(grumbles)
Did you find her?
No. I looked everywhere.
What should we do?
SABU: Don't worry.
Everyone in the village
is looking for her.
She'll turn up soon.
Thank you.
What, officer?
You sure you don't know?
Excuse me?
I'm asking if you're sure
you don't know where Mashiro is.
Daigo?
What?
You saying it's our fault?
Try blaming yourself for leaving
your kid alone to go hunting!
What?
How did you know I went hunting?
Did you tell him, Yuki?
I saw you.
It's a small village.
How did you know I was going hunting
just by seeing me?
What's your problem?
-Are you suspecting us?
-DAIGO: I am.
I don't trust anyone in this village.
Let me tell you something.
If Mashiro has been abducted,
and I find out
you had anything to do with it,
I'll kill you.
Daigo!
(crickets chirping)
TOMOKI: Isn't this place great, Mashiro?
KANAKO: Mashiro.
(breathing heavily)
Your mom's looking for you!
(cell phone buzzing)
Yes?
Really?
Okay.
-She found Mashiro.
-What?
She was playing with Tomoki.
I'll go get her.
SABU: Oh.
So she was just playing.
(villagers laugh)
You were really pissed off,
weren't you, officer?
SABU: You should've seen your face.
It was pretty shocking.
What's wrong with you lately?
Jumping to conclusions like that.
The way you're acting these days,
I can't help but think about
how much it reminds me of Kano.
Let's go.
VILLAGER 1: Okay.
-That was scary.
-Stop, Jin!
-I almost peed in my pants.
-Shut it.
JIN: That was something else.
Watch your step.
Mashiro!
We were so worried about you!
Thank you, Kanako.
I used to play here when I was young.
I'm glad we found her.
MICHIYO: I'm sorry.
Mashiro was playing with my son.
I didn't think everybody
would be so worried.
-Say it.
-I'm sorry.
No, it's me who overreacted.
Don't worry. Play with her again, okay?
Maybe
we worry too much.
Mashiro's growing up.
No, we need to be even more vigilant
in this village.
I think you're being too suspicious.
The people of this village are cannibals.
I know it.
-What?
-That's what I'm investigating.
They took Mashiro as a warning.
What are you talking about?
Children are being eaten
during the festival.
Children who they claim were stillborn.
Are you losing your mind for real?
Are you okay?
There are things I have to investigate
in order to live here.
I'm doing it for you two.
Will you stop saying
that you're doing it for us?
If you really cared about us,
why don't we just move out of the village?
-But for Mashiro's sake--
-No.
You're enjoying this investigation.
You don't want to leave.
(sighs)
You look strangely more alive these days.
You're doing this for yourself.
-Hey!
-There you are.
It's been a while.
-Thanks for coming. I appreciate it.
-No problem.
-How are you healing?
-Okay.
-Thanks to you.
-That's good.
-Here you are.
-Thank you.
So what did you want to talk about?
NAKAMURA: Well
I should have told you earlier.
I
was researching
a certain disease
at the behest of Mr. Kano.
It all started
when he brought Gin Goto
to the hospital where I was working.
Gin Goto?
(banging on door)
-NAKAMURA: Come in.
-KANO: Hello, doctor.
(Gin mumbling)
KANO: Let's get you looked at.
-(Gin laughs)
-KANO: Come on.
-This is
-Come on.
-Okay.
-Let's go to the bed.
-(Gin mutters)
-Over here.
NAKAMURA: She was in bad shape.
She could barely walk on her own,
her arms and legs were shaking
and she just kept
(laughing)
laughing creepily.
During my research,
I realized that her symptoms
were very similar
to those of a certain disorder.
Kuru disease.
It's an endemic disease
that was common among the Fore people
of Papua New Guinea.
The symptoms were caused by their culture
of eating the corpses as a part
of the funeral rites for the deceased.
Gin Goto ate human flesh?
It's possible.
This disease is also known
as "laughing sickness,"
because the patients laugh
like they're deranged.
"Laughing sickness"?
Mr. Kano's conflict
with the villagers began
after he brought Gin Goto to the hospital.
They didn't want anyone
to know about the disease.
I think so.
I later started checking
the villagers' charts.
In doing so,
I found another patient from Kuge Village
who had similar symptoms.
This is his chart.
Take a look.
A six-year-old boy.
A child?
NAKAMURA: On top of that,
he doesn't have a birth certificate.
AROUND SIX YEARS OLD
DAIGO: How old would that boy be
if he were still alive?
The medical file is from 1951,
right after the war.
That means he'd be over 75 now.
I knew it.
It's him.
Do you know who it is?
The person who the Gotos call "That Man."
But Kuru disease is fatal.
There's no way he'd still be alive.
I see.
But if he is
The laughing sickness he has
could be a new variant of Kuru.
DIAGNOSIS: LAUGHING SICKNESS
SABU: Is everything ready?
(chuckling)
-(indistinct chatter)
-Ahh
Let's get started!
-Are we ready?
-VILLAGERS: Yeah!
Here we go!
(villagers cheering)
It's lit!
(applause)
SABU: This is our last night of practice!
Everyone get ready!
Let's start!
(traditional music playing)
MUNECHIKA:
We call these straw dolls "Kuge."
During the festival,
seven dolls are burned simultaneously
as part of a sacred ritual.
In the old days,
real people were sacrificed.
But the ritual has changed
to what it is today.
(villagers chanting)
MUNECHIKA:
The people of this village inherit
their ancestors' tradition and blood.
The villagers
and the Goto family are the same.
(villagers chanting)
MUNECHIKA: I sometimes think
it's like being cursed.
(traditional music continues)
(all chanting)
(chanting continues)
WOMAN 1: Take a seat.
WOMAN 2: Thank you.
-Have some tea.
-Thank you.
All right.
Here you are.
Thank you.
UTADA: There’s a child
somewhere in the village
who'll be eaten
on the day of the festival.
They're cannibals.
-You eat people!
-(gunshot)
(traditional music playing)
KYOSUKE: I was eaten.
By someone in Kuge.
(traditional music playing)
(ominous music)
YOSUKE: Hey, Keisuke.
Where are we heading?
(keys jangling)
(chains rattling)
Only members of our family
know about this place.
Don't tell anyone about this cave.
Keep the hood on.
(kid 1 whines)
KEISUKE: This one is for two years later.
This one's for next year.
And this one
This one's for this year.
The votive festival is in three days.
Look after this one until then.
Stop feeding him the day
before the festival and cleanse his body.
This used to be my job.
But now it's yours.
We have to do this as members
of the head of the family.
(kid 2 whining)
KEISUKE: Prepare him
to be offered to That Man.
(mumbling)
KEISUKE: Do they look human to you?
(squelching)
I'm sorry.
DAIGO: You were right.
I wasn't thinking.
Let's leave. All three of us.
Are you serious?
Start packing.
Hey.
What are you doing now?
It's a GPS tracker.
You're kidding me. Why?
There's something
they don't want me to find out.
That being
That they're cannibals?
I think so.
Let's go.
(tense music)
YUKI: Daigo.
Are we driving in circles?
DAIGO: Yeah.
There's a car tailing us.
YUKI: What?
(tense music)
Hang on tight.
I'll try to lose him.
(suspenseful music)
Hey! You're going too fast!
(tires screeching)
(horn honking)
(crashing)
What the hell was with that car?
(groaning)
(sloshing)
(eerie music)
(cell phone buzzing)
(man 1 groaning)
MAN 1: I'm sorry.
I lost him.
I had to dodge another car
that came out of nowhere.
(groaning over phone)
(thumps)
(inhales sharply)
(car approaching)
I didn't sign up for this.
DAIGO: Thank you, Mr. Yamabushi.
You almost gave me a heart attack.
You're still such a daredevil.
YUKI: It's been a while, Mr. Yamabushi.
-I'm sorry he dragged you into this.
-It's okay.
So
you're investigating
a dangerous case, right?
Yes.
YAMABUSHI: In any case,
I'll take care of them.
-Your luggage.
-YUKI: Thank you.
Let's go.
(Yamabushi grunts)
I'm sorry for troubling you.
Please keep them safe.
Wait, Daigo.
Where are you going?
-I'm going back to the village.
-What?
You can't be serious.
If you care about us, then stay with us.
Yuki.
This case has one unfortunate victim,
and it's a child.
I want him to have the chance
to be loved by his mother.
Are you talking about Kanako's child?
It's very likely.
(sighs)
Okay.
But promise me one thing.
Come home to us.
I'll be back.
(whining)
YOSUKE: Hey, stop moving.
Stop moving, okay?
You don't understand me, do you?
This is what
"stop moving" means.
(whimpering)
Stop moving. I'm trying to wash you.
(clattering)
(thuds)
(approaching footsteps)
You think Yosuke can handle it?
If I can,
so can he.
(bones clattering)
IWAO: Right.
But
some people empathize with livestock.
He'll get used to it.
Once he gets through this year.
(bucket clatters)
Yosuke was friends with Kano, too.
What's your point?
If you don't think he can handle it
We can't afford to have
another traitor in the family.
Of course.
Everything we do is for the Goto family.
(gloomy music)
KURUNOKAMI SHRINE
(indistinct chatter)
VILLAGER 3: This is tough.
Get out of my way!
JIN: You might fall.
KURUNOKAMI SHRINE
-Kazuya!
-KAZUYA: Yes.
Don't just sit there! Help.
-KUNIHISA: Kazuya!
-JIN: Kazuya!
(background chatter)
SABU: It's looking good.
Yeah, it is.
Let's hope it works out well.
-Thanks for the tea.
-Thank you.
SABU: Mm.
(cicadas chirping)
(cell phone buzzing)
SUMIRE KANO
SUMIRE: It's been a while.
How are you?
KEISUKE: Fine.
What do you want?
I'm
I'm pregnant.
With your baby.
(approaching footsteps)
Time for your induction ceremony. Ready?
Yeah.
(phone thuds)
KEISUKE: I'm going now
Grandma.
(ominous music)
From this day on,
I'm the head of the family.
The officer and his family
have left the village.
However, we should expect more trouble.
KEISUKE: I'm sure he'll be back.
(sighs)
(shoes thud)
(tuts)
Nevertheless, the festival will go on
as planned no matter what.
Agreed?
-RYUJI: Of course!
-MEN: Yeah.
Keisuke.
This suits you.
Let's go.
(ominous music)
Check your neckties and buttons.
MAYOR: And make sure
you're in the photo.
GIN:
Humans are just walking slabs of meat.
All except for all of you.
You're my only family.
The only people I consider human
are all of you sitting in front of me.
You feel the same way, don't you?
GIN: On the night of the festival
16 years ago,
one member of the family felt differently.
I don't consider her human.
She's less than cattle.
Listen to me.
You are not individuals.
An individual always puts
the family at risk.
Otherwise, your only option is
death.
KEISUKE: What's the matter?
Look up.
MAYOR: Here we go.
The Goto family was, is,
and will be forever!
(camera shutter clicks)
(water trickling)
My name is Yosuke.
Yo-su-ke.
What do you think when you look at me?
I see you as a human being, nothing else.
(tense music)
IWAO: What are you doing?
(grunting)
I asked you what you're doing.
(both grunt)
(breathing heavily)
Did you think you an outsider
could make a difference in our village?
I received a phone call.
What?
I was told a child is going to be killed
at the festival.
And that's not all.
-You guys are going to--
-(grunts)
Who said that?
Who told you?
There must be a traitor.
In your family.
(suspenseful music)
(both grunting)
(spits)
(suspenseful music)
(grunts)
Who said that?
Who told you?
I bet it was someone close to you.
(spits)
(laughs)
(suspenseful music)
(yelling)
(yelling continues)
(grunts)
(closing theme music)