[children screaming]
FRACTAL GEOMETRY
You're letting your guard down!
As a mother of a missing child,
EVERYTHING ABOUT SACRED GEOMETRY
Yuzuha!
some days, you just don't wanna... you don't wanna go on, you know?
AUDI AND BMW 3D GEOMETRY
Father.
It can be real hard,
What a shitty brother.
I will survive!
there were many times that I get in a place of heaviness.
Crap!
What?
[inhales deeply]
Shit.
How was it?
Go through the motions, but it's not a good feeling.
Skipped your interview again?
No good. I can't find any leads.
[groans] You know, the longing,
After I begged them to consider you, you're playing games?
In any case,
the wondering, the wanna know.
Did I ever tell you to do that?
let's gather anything that we can use.
[sniffs] You want answers, something.
Dad also said this is the last time he's helping.
FURNITURE AND INTERIOR GOODS FLOOR
Well... But you don't have any.
He won't help you look for jobs anymore.
I knew it. It's no good.
I won't wish this on nobody ever.
I'm saying that I never asked for your help.
All the IC chips have been destroyed.
Ever.
But you needed it.
Video cameras, digital clocks.
Ever.
You're just a parasite at home.
Anything that operates via an electronic circuit board
[child shouts]
Okay, I'm leaving then.
won't function at all.
[suspenseful main theme playing]
If only we could reset reality.
But things like this still work, huh?
[horn toots]
It was way better when Mom was still alive.
Since they don't have IC chips installed.
[siren wails]
Ryohei.
What does that mean?
[woman 1] Talking about New York City in the 1980s,
Just don't get in your brother's way.
Maybe…
we're talking robberies, assaults.
ARISU RESIDENCE
-Hurry up! -Look, fireworks!
It was really a bad time.
CHOTA SEGAWA, DAIKICHI KARUBE
It might have been an electromagnetic pulse attack.
[woman 2] There was a lot of drugs going on.
ARISU: CAN I GO TO THE BAR?
I've read about this on the Internet.
A lot of junkies, you know, addicts,
ARISU: I'M OFFICIALLY HOMELESS
When fired into the stratosphere,
people just running down the street naked.
Oh, boss.
it's a weapon capable of destroying the electronics in an entire city.
When I got here in 1989,
-Good day. -You're early, Karube.
Seriously?
Harlem was one of the tough areas.
I just happened to come in early.
So why is this still operating?
It was a very violent place.
Why are you here at this time of the day?
I have no idea.
[siren wails]
I have some business to attend to.
VISA RYOHEI ARISU
But you know what?
ARISU: KARUBE, YOU THERE?
REMAINING DAYS: 3
There's a lot of working people that are just trying to survive.
KARUBE
What?
There were a lot of decent folks here.
How dare you put your hands on my woman!
It's useless if we can't charge it, huh?
[man] You had a lot of children, kids, a lot of families.
-Fuck you! -Stop it!
This area looks safe.
People trying to go to work, come home, and make a living for their families,
Shove it, woman!
All right. This will serve as a decent weapon.
striving to do the best for their families.
I feel better now.
What are you going to fight against?
With brothers and sisters in that community,
{an8}ARISU: CHOTA, YOU WORKING? LET ME STAY OVER
Zombies?
we were close-knit.
CHOTA
You can't use electricity and gas either, right?
{an8}[woman] Back then, my mother and my siblings and my cousins,
Here, Mom.
But I can still use the portable stove.
we all lived in the same building, Martin Luther King Towers.
I'm sorry that you have to do this when you're so busy, Chota.
Batteries work. So we can use flashlights, too.
It takes a village to raise a family, and that's what it was.
This will keep me going.
Don't you feel like eating something warm?
I was 26 years old and I had two sons.
Let's make this the last time, okay?
I feel alive again!
Levon was three years old, and Christopher was two years old.
How can this be the last time?
Nice and hot!
We gave them nicknames. Levon was "Pancho"...
ARISU: HEY, ARE YOU IGNORING ME?
We haven't eaten anything since yesterday.
and Christopher, his nickname was "Choo-choo."
Even the air in Tokyo…
What were the three of you doing?
To this day, I still call him Choo-choo. [laughs]
It has been contaminated by the evilness of mankind.
When everyone disappeared, I mean.
[sighs]
We need to purify it!
We were in a restroom.
He was very attached to us as well as Allison.
Here, here, and here. Everything has to be purified!
We were talking in the same cubicle.
He was very close with his mother.
I got it already!
I don't really understand what's going on.
He wouldn't just go with anybody.
See you.
What about you?
When Allison would walk in a room, he'd just light up.
Thank you!
Saori…
His whole face would light up.
ARISU: FINE
Work.
He liked a cuddle.
KARUBE: I WAS FIRED FROM MY JOB
I was inside the meeting room organizing the work materials.
[chuckles] He always liked a cuddle.
Karube has such bad timing!
And then everyone disappeared from the office.
He was talking.
ARISU: SERIOUSLY? WHEN?
Did you see or hear anything?
Like, he would say words and he could say "mama."
KARUBE: RIGHT NOW. I'M JOBLESS NOW!
Chief?
He could say his brother's names, you know.
{an8}ARISU: SERIOUSLY? WHEN? KARUBE: RIGHT NOW. I'M JOBLESS NOW!
I don't remember.
He was always outside. That was one of the things we did,
{an8}CHOTA: GOOD JOB GETTING FIRED I'M SKIPPING WORK RIGHT NOW
I arrived at this place three days ago,
go outside, sit on the bench, walk over to the park.
{an8}KARUBE: YOU SHOULD WORK, CHOTA. YOU ARE POOR
and I was made to join the game out of nowhere, like everyone else.
[children shouting]
{an8}ARISU: I LEFT HOME
Everyone died, except for me.
The last memory that I had here, it was, um...
CHOTA: GOOD WORK
You used them all as bait?
unbelievable.
ARISU: I NEED A DRINK
Say whatever you want.
{an8}That day,
CHOTA: ME TOO!
I just…
{an8}I believe it was on a Thursday,
KARUBE: LET'S GO THEN!
I just wanted to survive.
me and Christopher, we walked and went to the park.
ARISU: GO FIND A JOB, KARUBE.
Well…
We went down the slide a couple of times.
CHOTA: YOU TOO, ARISU.
What game was it?
And he had a blast that day.
KARUBE: OKAY, LET'S MEET IN FRONT OF SHIBUYA STATION
I was at a subway station.
He couldn't make it on the big ones by himself,
ARISU: OKAY!
It was a game where they used poison gas.
so I would slide down with him.
ARISU: OKAY!
Everyone was vomiting blood.
[children shouting]
ARISU: I STEPPED ON SOMEONE'S VOMIT
Blood was even flowing out of their eyes.
He liked that slidin', boy.
CHOTA: GOOD JOB STEPPING ON VOMIT
Isn't it strange?
Mm-hm.
ARISU: I'M HAVING THE WORST DAY
When everyone disappeared from this world.
Carol was over there in the swings at the time.
CHOTA: ME TOO
It was yesterday for the three of us, right?
[Carolyn] We were just playing with the kids in the park.
KARUBE: SAME
Yes.
He was always happy to be outside and...
{an8}ARISU: I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M DOING MY BEST SINCE THIS MORNING
But it was three days ago for Shibuki.
it was just so hot that day, everybody was in the park.
{an8}KARUBE: ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT YOUR GAME?
Why at different times?
The park was so crowded.
ARISU: FOUND YOU, KARUBE!
You're right.
I can never forget that day.
KARUBE: HEY!
And even the vegetables were rotten.
It was like that day living with me every day.
CHOTA: HEY!
It was only a few days since everyone disappeared.
[Allison] We were doing the sliding board, we was walking around,
ARISU: HEY!
What could be the reason?
before I actually left to go to the store.
Just talk.
Maybe the way time passes
That was a normal thing. So, we go to the park,
So where to?
is different from normal?
then we go to the store and get the kids something.
There are only a few pubs open, right?
What?
[distant children chatting]
Man.
I don't really know,
[excited screams]
We're all chased out with nowhere to go.
but even among us,
[Allison] So, I had left him with my mother.
Oh, well.
the time when people disappeared is different, right?
We hugged and kissed.
Wish I could go to some unknown place.
Did we time travel while we were in the restroom?
I said, "I'll be right back."
It would be bad if zombies were to appear in Shibuya, huh?
That's impossible.
[distant shouting]
If they're all bitten here, they will all turn into zombies!
But it's also impossible for people to disappear.
He told me, "I love you, Mommy."
Stop it with the zombie talk and think about which shop to go to.
Time traveling does not exist.
Something like that.
But if zombies were to appear, I guess only Karube would survive.
How do you explain the game and people disappearing?
[tongue clicks]
You'd knock those zombies out with one punch.
Don't ask me that.
{an8}[children chatting]
No, it wouldn't be me.
In any case,
[Allison] It was crowded when I came back,
You'd be the one to survive, Arisu.
One thing we know for sure about this game
just like it was before I left. You know, kids was playing.
Me? Why?
is that there's a game master.
I'm looking for my mother, I'm not seeing them.
I'm sure you're the one who will survive.
Game master?
I'm looking around, I'm like, "Where's Christopher?"
Arisu, you know…
Someone came up with this game.
Then they looking, too, like, "Oh, he's... he's here."
Stop hanging out with us and go live a normal life.
That I'm sure of.
So, we just got up and I'm looking.
You can do it.
While we were in the restroom,
I'm looking, but I didn't see him.
What?
they moved the people in Tokyo away
So, then I asked my ex, we started walking around,
What's with that?
and prepared for this game?
trying to see if I see him,
All right.
Then they ascertained our movements
and...
Here we go.
and fired lasers on people's heads when it was time.
I didn't see him.
-What are you doing? -Hey!
Can a human really do all that?
[children shouting and screaming]
This is your Independence Day!
I'm sure it's possible if they inserted
[Carolyn] She said, "Where's Choo-choo?"
Let's take a photo!
a highly accurate GPS microchip into our bodies.
And I was like, "I had him one minute
Okay!
Now you're talking like an IT technician!
and somebody else had him the next."
Passing through!
But who could be behind that?
Have you seen him?
Move aside!
Could it be the federal or state government or something?
[Carolyn] It wasn't like one person was with these kids.
-Move aside! -Hey, this is dangerous!
I've heard some rumors in my company.
[woman] Chris?
-Hey! -Come on, let's take a photo!
An IT corporation from Europe wants to conduct an experiment,
It was like five of us in the park watching the kids.
We're here!
where within a VR space,
And... and out of all the kids, Choo-choo was the only one missing.
Hey, what are you doing?
they attempt to create a world completely identical to the real world.
[indistinct shouting]
Take a photo!
But we should be able to distinguish VR from the real world.
[Allison] We split up, some people went on the opposite side,
Hey, don't take my picture!
It hurts.
I went on the 115th Street.
Here, Arisu! Look over here!
I don't think VR can cause burns like that.
[indistinct shouting]
Come on, Arisu!
It must be God.
And you can tell, like, this ain't going the right way.
-Here! -Smile!
This must be the work of God.
So...
Stop it already!
Otherwise, it's impossible to explain what's happening.
now I'm getting real anxious and nervous, like,
That's a good expression!
Don't be stupid.
"Oh, my God, what is going on here?"
This is nice!
So God really exists.
[birds squawking]
Great!
Hey, is your injury getting worse?
It was just overwhelming, it was a shock.
Shibuya!
It's all right.
It was just frightening and just... [sniffs]
You're the best!
It's going to be fine.
...panicking.
-Hey! -Oh, shit!
I think Chota needs to see a doctor.
[horn blares]
-Yikes! -That was close!
Given his personality,
[shouting]
-Hurry up! -Look, fireworks!
he must be enduring the pain.
'Cause one minute he was there, next minute he was gone.
Run for your lives!
But he's at his limit.
[sirens wail]
It's the police! This is bad!
Arisu.
[Ken] Officers rushed to the scene.
Let's run for it!
Let's join the game tomorrow night, just the two of us.
Everybody takes that seriously.
Where to now?
What?
Yeah, that's an all-hands type of police job.
Over there!
We still have three days left on our visas.
[indistinct background chatter]
Police!
It's better to get used to the game while we still have time to spare.
Everybody knows how critical those first few minutes,
Head for the restroom!
We'll probably have to
first hours, are in the returning of the kids.
Sorry!
beat the next game with Chota's injured leg.
[child screams]
Hurry!
Are you all right?
The first step is always an initial canvass.
-Just hurry up already! -Hurry up!
Thank you very much.
{an8}Police would be on the streets, asking the passer-bys.
CHOTA: WHO FARTED?
If we don't learn how to clear the games with just the two of us,
{an8}Somebody may have seen something
{an8}CHOTA: WHO WAS IT? OWN UP AND SNIFF UP YOUR OWN FART!
we won't be able to protect Chota.
{an8}that they figured that was out of the ordinary to them.
It was you, right?
You're right, but…
Then they would be doing a building-by-building search,
Power outage.
And we can search for a doctor too.
knocking on doors...
I'll go out and check.
It's easier to meet people in games.
[police radio messages]
Be careful.
Do we have to do that again?
...offering a reward for information.
What?
There might be a hint as to what the game is about!
Looking in the apartment,
Emi.
Well, I guess.
is anything untoward,
Emi!
If we join the game,
is there blood on the floor?
WHERE'S THAT FILE?! GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER! - TAKAGI
we might be able to find out their signature.
Is there anything that indicates a struggle?
Are you serious…
Signature?
Was there any indication of violence?
Hey!
If someone actually made this game,
There were ten towers in the development,
Hello?
we will definitely be able to find out their characteristics through the games.
and each tower has about 14 floors,
Anyone here?
If we can discover that,
and each floor has multiple apartments.
Hello?
we might be able to figure out a strategy for the game.
So, how do you search, in a timely fashion,
Did you find anyone?
{an8}TOEI SENDAGAYA APARTMENT
for a little boy who's only just about two years old?
No.
ONE PER PERSON
[Ken] That's a lot of people
How was it?
{an8}FACIAL RECOGNITION IN PROGRESS PLEASE WAIT A MOMENT
in a relatively small area.
There's no one around at all.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY TEN PARTICIPANTS.
The magnitude that had to go on that day
Even our cellphones aren't working.
Please wait until the game commences.
and the days subsequently, that's a lot of work, a lot of work.
Could it be an evacuation drill?
One minute until registration closes.
But when you have missing children,
What's that?
Excuse me.
you do what needs to be done.
An event? A flash mob, maybe?
Where did all the people in Tokyo go?
[Carolyn] Cops was all around.
The scale is too huge for that.
This thing--
And the helicopters was all around the place.
If only the three of us remain here…
-There are so many people. -I wonder if there's a doctor here.
It was unbelievable.
This doesn't seem so bad to me.
ONE PER PERSON
[siren wails]
What?
Registration has closed.
The search area for Christopher was 24 blocks.
Don't you find this exciting?
There are a total of 13 participants. The game will now commence.
It was fairly close to Harlem Meer,
Are you insane?
Excuse me.
which is the north end of Central Park Precinct.
You're right. I think this is quite nice.
Just what is this?
There's a lake there.
Hey.
I ended up here. I have no idea what's going on.
They had scuba in the lake,
I don't have to go to work.
-It's a game. -Stop it.
looking for any possibility that, you know,
Have you guys gone crazy?
Beginners will only get in our way.
he was either drowned, or he fell into the pond,
No one would be angry at us.
It doesn't feel great,
or something like that.
And we can eat and drink all we want, right?
but it might be a good idea to act like Shibuki did.
[Carolyn] We was panicking 'cause we was so scared.
You'll be a virgin your entire life.
Difficulty, Five of Spades.
It was just devastating. You know, where could a two-year-old be?
I don't want that.
Five of Spades?
You know, you don't get off and walk by yourself.
All right!
It's a physical game.
I had to go uptown and go get some clothes.
All right.
Strength is everything here.
They had, like, the dogs,
-Isn't this nice? -Perfect!
I'm Nitobe. Nice to meet you.
to see if they can get the scent of Christopher.
-Hey. -Arisu!
-Each mark has a different meaning? -Exactly!
[dog barking]
Stop joking around, you guys!
The mark on a trump card signifies the game's genre.
[Ken] They take a piece of clothing that belonged to the individual,
Karube!
Club refers to a team battle, and Diamond refers to a battle of wits.
let the dog pick up the scent,
-It hurts! -Come on, say that it's nice!
As for Heart…
nose to the ground. They start looking for the kid.
Look.
It's the most troublesome one.
Dog took up the scent.
WELCOME, PLAYERS THE GAME WILL COMMENCE IN A MOMENT
"Troublesome"?
Search led south on Lenox to 110th Street.
WELCOME, PLAYERS. THE GAME WILL COMMENCE IN A MOMENT
It's a game of betrayal where you play with people's hearts.
And then the dog lost the scent.
Game?
What about the numbers?
[siren wails]
THIS WAY TO THE GAME ARENA
The difficulty level.
[indistinct police radio messages]
Over there.
The larger the number,
[Allison] It was a couple of hours of no Christopher.
There are lights.
the harder it is to clear.
So, you know, you start thinking the worst,
Is someone there?
Game, "A Game of Tag."
like, "Is this for real?"
Let's go.
Rule. Run away from the tagger.
Like, "Is this really happening? Is this really happening?"
Okay.
What?
[sighs loudly]
GM BUILDING
A Game of Tag?
[whimpers softly]
THE GAME ARENA IS UP AHEAD
-Who's the tagger? -How should I know?
[siren wails]
ONE PER PERSON
Clear condition.
[indistinct radio messages]
FACE RECOGNITION IN PROGRESS PLEASE WAIT A MOMENT
{an8}Discover the safezone
[distant dog barking]
It has facial recognition.
{an8}hidden in one of the building rooms within the time limit.
[children shouting]
Can we use these phones?
{an8}You clear the game when this objective is fulfilled.
There's an entrance on Lenox Avenue.
There's no signal.
{an8}Time limit, 20 minutes.
Over here, there was a hole in the fence
We can't make calls with this.
After 20 minutes has passed,
where a lot of the kids would come and go.
Please wait for the game to commence.
the time bomb hidden in the building will explode.
So, there was a lot of entrances and exits.
Two minutes until registration closes.
TOEI SENDAGAYA APARTMENT
It's a very busy street.
There are currently three participants.
O Holy Mother.
Someone could have easily put him in a cab, another car, taken off...
What's this?
Please save us from our tainted souls.
[horn blares]
A game.
Our smiles are the light of hope.
...parts unknown.
There's a human.
The Holy Mother will appear when we smile.
He might have been coaxed with something, somehow, but, um...
Hey.
O Holy Mother. Please save us from our tainted souls.
Uh-uh.
Do you know where everyone went?
Our smiles are the light of hope.
He was definitely not gonna just willingly take somebody's hand
What was that just now?
The Holy Mother will appear when we smile.
and walk off with him. No.
A laser?
So you believe in God.
If he was crying, they probably just kept walking,
CONNECT LIGHT CHOTA SEGAWA
Here you go.
you know, people know kids cry.
Once you cross the borderline, you can never return.
I've also been doing nothing but praying recently.
[inhales deeply]
You have no choice but to participate in the game.
I don't believe in God.
'Cause I know he had to be crying. [exhales]
It might be best not to go any further.
But my mom has always been super religious.
[children shouting]
I'm so relieved!
Because of that, I was bullied in school.
[Allison] It's not a happy place to be in this park.
Geez, I thought I wouldn't find anyone here!
But Arisu and Karube saved me.
It's difficult.
My condolences.
They are good friends.
Unbelievable. You still...
Registration has closed.
Karube is good at fighting and is popular with the girls,
You can't comprehend how, why, who...
{an8}The game will now commence.
while Arisu is clever and comes from a reputable family.
who did it.
Game?
Someone like me,
[Ken] What's the reason for this kid's disappearance?
Game, "Dead or Alive."
I come from a poor family, and I don't have anything I'm good at.
It could be a family member.
DEAD OR ALIVE
And now that I'm injured, I have to rely on everyone else again.
Family relationships can be volatile,
Difficulty, Three of Clubs
Humans like it when someone weaker follows them
and in volatile circumstances,
Three of Clubs?
because it makes them feel at ease.
the innocent people who can't defend themselves
What does that mean?
But not them.
become the target and the focus
Rule.
Do you think you'll be able to join the next game with them?
for all the hostility that's between adults in the family.
Select the correct door within the stipulated time.
Your leg is injured, you know?
Is there any possibility that it's a custody issue,
What?
They are different.
you know, between mother and father?
Clear condition.
Then will you die for your friends' sake?
[Allison] Christopher's father was living in Florida.
Leave the building within the time limit.
Two minutes until the game starts.
He wasn't in Christopher's life, but he came back up.
START
Stop following us.
And then he had met with the police, he answered what he knew,
You'll die if you keep spacing out.
I'm trying to gauge you guys.
'cause he wasn't there when it happened.
There's no time.
Maybe both of you are suitable to be my allies.
[Ken] There was no indication that he was involved in any way
The time limit for this room is two minutes.
What a joke.
with the disappearance.
What's this?
-Are you a doctor? -No, I'm a real estate agent.
There we were, back at square one.
LIVE
How many times have you played the game?
Sometimes you gotta just take it and go on and look at the other theories.
To live…
Let's see, maybe five times?
Could be a drug-related situation.
DIE
And you've always won?
The mom did have a problem in the past.
…or to die.
Well, I guess.
[Allison] Was I addicted? Yes, I was.
Is this really a game?
Where should I go?
I'm not gonna sugarcoat it
This is kind of starting to get a little exciting.
I don't know!
or say it any other way, because it was what it was.
I'm sure this must be some kind of event.
You can only rely on yourself.
[sobbing] That was my life at that time.
I want to go home.
If you can choose your starting position,
You know, I have a lot of guilt, a lot of shame.
It'll be fine. You're with us!
this is the perfect location.
[whimpers softly]
Let's win the game, get the prize, and go home.
What?
The lifestyle she was living
The prize?
That's nasty.
had nothing to do with Choo-choo being taken away,
I was hoping that we'd get one.
Let's see…
but people didn't see it that way.
One minute remaining.
Everyone looks like they're about to die, as usual.
They just say, "Blame the family, accuse the family."
Arisu.
I guess you've always been betrayed by people, Shibuki.
[children screaming excitedly]
Which do you think it is?
You've never met anyone decent.
I was an addict, but I love my children.
Well…
That's right.
I loved 'em and I would never hurt 'em,
If it's a choice between life and death,
The same goes for you, right, Chota?
I would never do nothing to hurt 'em. [sniffs]
I wouldn't choose the skeleton.
O Holy Mother…
Or anything.
What if we choose the wrong door?
Please save us
[voice trembling] When it happened...
The answer is "Live."
from our tainted souls.
it was truly like a nightmare, like, you know, you're waking up, like...
Open the door that says "Live."
You're wrong.
this... this couldn't have happened, but it did.
How do you know that?
It must have been tough for you.
[children chatting in background]
Because obviously, it's the "Live" door!
The game will now commence.
[birds singing]
Do you guys smell something?
The time limit is 20 minutes.
[distant child screaming]
Hey, look down!
Game start.
{an8}[Rosa] I didn't know that that boy was missing from that park
Fire?
The tagger is on the move.
until my son got taken from that park.
Thirty seconds remaining.
Anyway, let's just search for an unlocked door.
I wouldn't have taken my son to that park.
The answer is "Live"!
We won't make it if we dawdle like this!
I wouldn't have went to that park.
-Hurry up and open the door! -Open it yourself!
Three minutes have passed.
Back then, Shane was 19 months old
What will happen if the time is up?
What was that sound?
and I was 35 years old.
We have no time. Hurry up!
He's dead.
I thought I never could have any kids, and all of a sudden... bam!
-Why do you think that's the answer? -Clearly, we can't choose to die, can we?
Arisu!
I just call him my special boy, yeah.
Twenty seconds remaining.
-Run! -Go!
Yeah. He was still not talking and just...
I can't stand it anymore!
-Arisu! -Run!
sucking bottles.
Did she die?
-Down! -Hurry up!
[laughs]
Ten seconds remaining.
Hurry up!
Yeah.
DIE
-Move aside! -What's with you?
And this is when he was sitting on the bed
Five. Four. Three.
Hey!
and I gave him his rattle to play with.
-Chota! -Two. One.
-Arisu, hurry! -Karube, wait!
You know, so I can do something,
Quick!
Chota,
clean the room up or do something.
The time limit for this room
I can trust you, right?
I never cut his hair.
is one minute and fifty seconds.
When it happened,
Just braided up like this, put it back like this.
She really died.
I was actually having sex with my superior.
And I said I wasn't gonna cut it... "until you're two."
What the hell is this?
I hated him.
[sighs] But now...
You were the one who killed that girl.
Didn't you say you were working?
I didn't ever get the chance.
But we survived because of me, right?
They are not even my allies.
The typical day for me,
What?
Why do I need to tell them the truth?
I work five days a week and I had two days off.
Go on. Hit me.
Since we're both the same,
That's when I take my son to the park.
If you guys keep spacing out, you'll die too.
we should get along.
{an8}It was very busy.
Damn it!
In order to live…
It always was crowded
Do we choose "Die" here, too?
This is impossible.
'cause I always go in the afternoon after five o'clock.
Since the last one was "Die," the next one should be "Live."
This is crazy. I can't do this!
First, I took him to the store, buy him some chips,
Yes. It can't be "Die" twice in a row.
Hurry up, Mai!
so he can nibble on while we're in the... in the park.
-But it's hard to choose "Die." -I see.
Mai!
So, we got in through the gate,
I'm sure that this is a game for us to choose a sacrifice
Aya.
two little kids came up to us, a boy and a girl.
within the time limit.
I'll fucking kill you!
The girl was the oldest. The girl's the ten, the boy's the six.
Sacrifice?
Don't come closer!
And they said, "We wanna play with him."
There's probably no meaning to the doors.
I told you the truth because it's you, Chota.
First, I tell them, "Go and leave me alone."
What's important is who's going to open it.
O Holy Mother…
They still insisted they wanted to play with him.
They're telling us to choose one person within the time limit.
Holy Mother…
Don't know why, but they insisted they wanna play with him.
You sacrificed that girl just now.
The Holy Mother will appear when we smile.
So, I said, "Yeah, go ahead. He's going on the slide."
Why don't you open the door next?
O Holy Mother…
Then I went to sit back on the bench.
I believe if I were to survive, it'll be for the good of all mankind.
Wait for me, okay?
Then this man, he came and sit by me.
Don't you feel bad talking about that?
…from our tainted souls.
Then I turned my head,
One minute remaining.
Our smiles are the light of hope.
when I turned back, I didn't see him.
No one's going to open the doors at this rate.
The Holy Mother will appear when we smile.
So, that's when I got up and start looking around.
Everyone's going to die from the fire when the time is up!
O Holy Mother,
[child shouts]
Then why don't you open it?
Please save us from our tainted souls.
[Rosa] I look all around here,
Why ask someone to open it? Do it yourself!
Please accept this.
and I ain't see nothing.
You also want to let someone else do it!
Our smiles are the light of hope.
Then about three minutes later,
I'll open it.
The Holy Mother will appear when we smile.
I saw the two kids that was coming...
Arisu!
Very well, this way.
they was coming from that side of the fence.
LIVE
O Holy Mother.
I said, "What you did with my son?"
DIE
-Let's go over there. -Let's pray together.
They said, "We left him in the park."
Stop, Arisu. Don't be provoked by her!
O Holy Mother.
I said, "If you left him in the park, he would have been in the park."
I'll open the door, damn it!
Please save us
They say they left him in the park.
Thirty seconds remaining.
from our tainted souls.
[panting]
Arisu!
…from our tainted souls.
[Rosa] And that's all they said.
See?
O Holy Mother.
I just holler and scream.
You can't open it. Even you would have sacrificed that girl!
Please.
Shane?
Shut the hell up!
Save them.
[Rosa] People start helping me looking for him.
Twenty seconds remaining.
What should we do, Arisu?
Shane?
I'll do it.
Can you come up with any solution?
But... he wasn't there.
He's got bad luck anyway.
We can't clear this game with something like that!
He wasn't there.
-Karube! -But we'll take turns!
-Just think, Arisu! -Then you think of one!
[panting]
You'll be next after me.
The tagger didn't see us.
Shane?
Ten seconds remaining.
His field of vision is narrowed due to the mask!
There's considerable concern from headquarters as well as locally.
Karube.
It's his weak point!
What the heck's going on?
Karube!
That could be the key!
The times of the day were similar,
-Five, Four. Three. -Karube!
-Everyone! -Hey!
the days of the week, they both happened on a Thursday.
-Two. One. -Hurry up!
The tagger is currently at the second level of the central area!
Five o'clock, seven p.m.
The time limit for this room
Stop it. You'll get killed!
That time of year, it's light out,
is one minute and forty seconds.
The tagger has bad vision because of his mask!
a lot of people in the park.
-The time limit is shortening each time. -I can't do this anymore.
Let's inform each other of the tagger's location
There's just way too many similarities.
We're taking turns.
and search for the safezone together!
[woman] Shane?
You open the door next.
It's a good idea,
[Ken] Once again, the bells got sounded.
-I'll choose the door to open. -Wait.
but no one will respond.
There's an immediate search party, uniformed officers.
"Live."
The tagger is moving from the fourth level of the central area!
Massive interviews, canvasses of the King Tower buildings.
Open it!
Anyone nearby, run!
The detectives and uniformed officers look in the dumpsters,
No.
Really?
look in the garbage chutes, go through the garbage.
Do you have any ideas, Arisu?
-Quick, run away! -What?
No sign of Shane.
Ideas?
I'm sorry.
We began a search from the day the last child was reported missing,
You always say that there's a solution in every game, right?
A climber?
which involved us searching every building in this project from rooftop to basement,
-This isn't a game. -You must know what to do!
She's pretty good.
checking elevator shafts and locked rooms.
You've always solved puzzle games that I could never do.
{an8}Eight minutes until the game ends.
They got a tip that my son was buried out there,
-So do it! -This is not a game, Karube.
There are currently seven survivors.
and then they tear this whole place apart.
It's all about luck here.
Hey!
[Ken] They knocked down buildings looking for him.
-Think, Arisu! -One minute remaining.
Over here! Hey!
Literally took 'em to the ground...
There might have been a hint somewhere.
Hey!
and came up dry.
First, we went into this building.
Hey Arisu!
But that basically shows the lengths
Stop it already!
We don't have the time to help someone else!
that we went to solve those cases,
-Then, the elevator took us-- -I can't do this!
Don't just sit there, move!
to find out what was going on.
Don't give up, Arisu! We can't reset!
Hey, move it!
[distant children shouting]
It's impossible, I'm telling you!
Shall we begin?
[Rosa] That's the first time I ever let my son play with anybody.
-I can't do this anymore. -I'm telling you to think!
Arisu!
'Cause I didn't used to let him play with no kids, no... nobody.
I've been working my ass off, while you were just playing games!
You go first!
It was only just me and him.
What does that have to do with this?
Damn it.
And that was the first time I did, and that's the only...
You only know how to beat people up. What makes you so big?
Let's take the tagger out.
The first time I did, I make a mistake.
Well, I'm sorry about that!
We're going up against a machine gun here!
See, what I think what happened,
Just stop that!
No, that's a human.
them two kids took him out of there.
GM BUILDING
The tagger is 190cm tall and weighs 90kg. Their dominant hand is their right hand.
And whoever had him just...
Wait a minute.
His shooting is rudimentary.
put his mouth over... and take him away.
What's the matter, Arisu?
Most likely an ex-SDF officer or policeman.
[Ken] The kids were interviewed at length.
Thirty seconds remaining.
I got it.
There was a belief or a suspicion
BMW 523d.
Take this.
that they had acted as decoys and somebody stole the kid.
It was a BMW 523d.
Let's go hunt down the tagger.
Both kids say, "Hey, listen, we were playing.
So?
Go search for the safezone.
We didn't see anybody take him.
The answer is "Die."
What?
We turned around and he went off and played in another part of the park."
-How do you know that? -Ten seconds remaining.
Hey!
The parents of the two kids were identified, interviewed.
There's no time!
-Don't command us! -I got it.
Their story came... clean. They were checked out
I'll open the door.
I'll search from the top.
and there was no indication that they were involved in any way.
Arisu! Are you sure the answer is "Die"?
Arisu!
The man sitting next to her on the bench was brought in for questioning.
-Please… -Five…
-Don't do that. -We don't have any other choice.
[Ken] He had checked out completely.
-Three. Two. One. -This means it's correct, right?
I checked the 5th floor on the south block
There was no indication that he was involved in any way
The time limit for this room is one minute and thirty seconds.
and the 6th floor on the east and south blocks.
with the disappearance.
What's going on?
Let's split up and search for the safezone.
We continued on with the investigation.
Do you know which it is now?
I haven't checked the 1st and 2nd floors.
There was a $30,000 reward requesting information.
The length of a BMW 523d is 4 meters and 94 centimeters.
Understood. I'll go check it out.
They started a task force,
There was one parked outside here.
-Hey! -Hey!
there were several people assigned from the specialty units.
The length of the building is equivalent to four of those cars.
It's time to get rid of the tagger.
[siren wails]
This means that this building is approximately 20 meters in length.
Five minutes remaining.
Sound trucks. Came through the neighborhood,
My feet are 28 centimeters long.
See you later.
"We're looking for information."
One, two, three…
Okay.
[PA] Anyone who witnessed this or who has information pertaining to this,
It should be around six meters.
Just where is the safezone?
please call the police hotline.
According to the evacuation map,
Calm down. Relax and think.
...name is Shane Walker.
the elevator is at the corner of the building.
Come on, follow me.
{an8}[Allison] I see a truck going by, they had that bullhorn,
The shape of the building is square.
He wields a MAC-10
like, you know, making that announcement.
These rooms are all square-shaped too.
and finishes shooting his 32-round ammo in 1,5 seconds.
When I heard it, I couldn't believe it, I was shocked, um...
Assuming that one side of the building is 20 meters,
We'll go for him when he's reloading.
It was just like living it all over again, too.
and the rooms are 6 square meter in size, there can only be three rooms on one side.
I'm over here!
[inhales deeply]
-One minute remaining. -Is there something I can write on?
Just come at me. I dare you!
In the same community?
Here you go.
Aguni?
The same projects?
Inside a square building,
Aguni?
Like, what's the odds of that?
assuming that each room is square,
Aguni!
[children shouting and screaming excitedly]
this floor should have nine rooms.
You just let him die?
[Rosa] It's hard not to blame yourself when...
-It's just like a puzzle game. -It's Arisu's forte!
Think.
Especially when you was there.
We started in this room.
Why did he shoot from such a long distance?
You... you was there. That's... that's... that's... that's why you blame yourself.
The high-school girl died in this room. This is the next room.
So you realized that too?
You was there, you know?
Thanks to Karube, we moved forward.
Yes. The safezone is in this apartment.
You let somebody take your kid from...
This means that the door to the right cannot be accessed.
Aren't you going to open it?
[sobs]
Then I opened the door to this room.
Why did the tagger chase us?
[gasps]
Twenty seconds remaining.
They could have just waited here.
Oh...
Through the process of elimination, these two rooms are a no-go.
Seems like there's something else we don't know.
Oh!
I'm sure of it.
However,
[Allison] I didn't know her,
Ten seconds remaining.
if you don't open it…
but I empathized with her because I know what she's dealing with.
The answer is "Die"! The "Live" door is a trap!
Three minutes until the game concludes.
She was a mother who loved her son,
Four. Three. Two. One.
Look out!
was in a park...
The time limit for this room is one minute and twenty seconds.
It never hurts to be prepared--
letting him play.
If your reasoning works, we'll be able to survive!
PUSH BOTH BUTTONS AT ONCE TO CLEAR GAME
And just like that...
You're awesome, Arisu!
Damn it.
they came back.
This game is not based on luck. We can clear it together!
Someone, please come over!
[sobbing] They came back and took another kid.
According to my drawing, the next is "Die" too.
The safezone is in Apartment 406!
[Ken] Worst-case scenario,
All right!
It's impossible to clear the game alone!
it was some pedophile,
Ready?
We need two people to do this!
or we got a serial killer out there.
Come on!
Seriously?
I mean, it's an awful, awful thing to consider
All right!
Arisu!
that anybody would wanna harm a child that young.
The time limit for this room…
This is getting interesting, huh?
But it happens.
What's next?
Time remaining, one minute.
[Mary] After Shane went missing,
…is one minute and ten seconds.
Someone!
it seemed like the NYPD escalated things.
It's "Live."
Please come!
Most children that go missing, we find them.
All right.
Time remaining, thirty seconds.
It's highly unusual not to find babies that go missing.
Hey!
Twenty seconds.
And that's when we really started to hear talk
Hey, it hurts!
You called?
about a possible baby-selling ring.
The time limit for this room is one minute.
Ten seconds.
[reporter] This new angle
There's no door in the front.
Hey!
seems to confirm what Harlem residents have been saying for days.
All right!
Five.
The kid being kidnapped
-That hurts! -Take this!
-Four. -The buttons!
and being sold in the black market and stuff like that.
What's next?
Three.
Those people take those children because they want to sell them.
Since the right door is out of the question,
Two. One.
The possibility that anybody would be selling...
should we choose one on the outer wall?
Game clear.
Black infants, or young boys, was explored.
Wait!
Congratulations.
And while it's an interesting theory
I might have missed something.
Excuse me.
as to why these kids were missing,
Fifty seconds remaining.
This person…
it's not likely.
The room that we are currently in
Were they also made to participate in the game?
I think it's very difficult to pay someone,
is in the back-left corner of the building.
Answer…
let's say hypothetically, to steal a baby.
The clear condition is to leave this building.
…in our hands now.
There was nothing that surfaced in New York City Police Department
We're compelled to choose the "Die" door, which leads us out.
"Answer"?
that would indicate, you know, that that was going on.
But if I recall, there is no gap between this and the neighboring building.
Hey, can you hear me?
It was just negative.
The "Live" door leads us to where the high-school girl died.
Hey, what's this "answer" you're talking about?
[inhales deeply]
Why isn't there a door to the rear of the building?
Return.
Nothing ever surfaced.
I must have overlooked something. What could that be?
The answer is in our hands now.
[Rosa] We had two cops, two detectives, they came every day.
There's no space for any tricks in the rooms we've come through.
Return to the Beach.
Then they had the phone tapped in case anybody called, you know.
If that's the case…
"The Beach"?
You had cops in the house 24/7.
There's no time to waste! We'll die!
Return.
Then that was it.
-You didn't even open the door! -You were the one who pushed it onto me!
Return to the Beach.
They didn't come up with nothing.
Give me a break!
Return to the Beach.
[horn toots]
A video.
Subtitle translation by: Qianni Lu
[Mary] That part of Harlem is so densely populated
Wait.
that I don't think it's unusual
Chota! You took a video in the first room, right?
that Christopher and Shane vanished into thin air...
We have no time for that!
because there were just too many people.
Thirty seconds remaining.
And it was way before there was a surveillance camera on every corner.
I might have missed something.
Frustrating, it really is.
…some kind of event.
I mean, especially when there's not a lead.
Which do you think it is?
There's no leads to go on.
Hey, look down!
{an8}We don't have bodies,
…will happen if the time is up?
{an8}we have two missing kids.
I can't stand it anymore!
{an8}You gotta have belief
There's no door!
{an8}that maybe they survived.
There's no door in the room the girl entered!
{an8}[Mary] I think it's possible
-So what? -There's a door here!
{an8}Shane and Christopher are still alive.
-Ten seconds. -This means…
I think they were probably taken by people who couldn't have children,
The room where the girl died isn't square!
people who were desperate to have a baby.
-Then this door… -There's another room behind that door!
[Ken] There are individuals, for whatever reason,
Four. Three.
they can't have their own children,
Two. One.
but they still want to experience parenthood.
The time limit for this room is ten seconds.
And for whatever reason, that person didn't have the ability
Ten seconds?
to adopt in a normal sense,
Are you kidding me?
and they would abduct the child to raise as their own.
It's not "Live." It's "Die"!
[children shouting]
Don't be tricked by the question!
{an8}After 30 years, the likelihood of finding a child alive and well,
Five. Four.
{an8}yes, is remote.
-Hurry up! -Three. Two. One.
We've learned never give up on these children,
Head downstairs!
because we've seen amazing things happen.
Hang in there!
For instance, in New York City,
GAME CLEAR
Carlina White taken from Harlem Hospital.
Congratulations.
[reporter] Joy turned to tragedy for this young mother,
It's all thanks to you guys.
her newborn baby abducted.
Thank you.
On August 4th, 1987,
This must be retribution.
Carlina White, who was just 19 days old,
To the survivors of the game, we will now supply you with a visa.
was taken to Harlem Hospital with a fever of 104 degrees.
{an8}WE WILL SUPPLY ALL GAME SURVIVORS WITH A THREE-DAY VISA
Her parents brought her there.
Visa?
They met a woman who was dressed as a nurse.
I'm going to... drop out of the game!
She was comforting the parents.
You guys.
And then sometime, when the shifts were changing,
There's no end to this game, no matter how much you clear.
this nurse apparently smuggled out the baby.
My visa ends today.
Just give me my baby back, please. I just want her back.
Finally…
[Mary] There was a massive manhunt for this child.
This is the end.
Carlina had vanished.
GM BUILDING
{an8}Now to an unbelievable reunion.
When it's a new day,
{an8}Twenty-three-year-old Carlina White of Georgia had long suspected
you'll die if your visa expires by then.
{an8}she wasn't related to the people who raised her.
Our visas will end too.
Police believe a woman dressed as nurse
Three more days.
kidnapped White from a New York City hospital in 1987
If you don't want to die,
when she was an infant.
you'll have to keep playing the games.
It turns out that Carlina White grew up as Netty Nance.
Subtitle translation by: Qianni Lu
She got pregnant, and in order to get medical insurance,
she needed a valid birth certificate.
She went with what she thought was valid
and the officials told her,
"This is a forgery. This is not your birth certificate."
[Robert] Netty started researching and saw the picture of her as an infant.
That infant on our website strongly resembled her own child,
so, she thought, "This could be me."
As a result,
the New York City Police Department arranged for a DNA sample
and we got the wonderful news that she was Carlina White,
living under the name of Nejdra Nance.
[reporter] The FBI says a North Carolina woman
who raised a child kidnapped from a New York hospital two decades ago
is in custody on a parole violation charge...
[Mary] Ann Pettway, the woman that raised Netty Nance,
ends up getting arrested and charged with kidnapping.
It turns out that Ann Pettway had wanted to have children,
and had a series of miscarriages,
and was distraught over that.
And supposedly that was the impetus for her to go and take a baby.
[reporter] When she was reunited with her biological parents
just last week, it became front-page news.
I always believed that she would find me.
[Allison] It was a blessing to see that.
It was a good story to hear
and know that she was, um, reunited with her family.
The hope is that if it could happen to her,
it could happen to me, too.
{an8}[Robert] When it comes to infant abduction we have extremely high hopes
{an8}that we'll find these children alive and well.
{an8}So, toddlers like Shane and Christopher,
these children could very well be alive today,
grown and mature, may have families of their own.
[man] The forensic artists that work in the Forensic Imaging Unit,
{an8}we've done close to 7,000 age progressions since 1989 when our unit was founded.
We try to come up with the most accurate version of these children as possible,
because the goal is to bring these children home.
Unfortunately, in a lot of ways,
these children are growing up on our computer screens.
When it came to Christopher's case,
{an8}we've had age progressions done of him.
{an8}We still feel confident in being able to create
{an8}what he looks like from age two,
{an8}to in his late 20s, early 30s,
{an8}which would be the approximate age of the last age progression that was done.
{an8}[Allison] He has a birthmark, like, on his leg.
{an8}The right leg.
It's like, almost like a little figure eight or something,
and he'll always have that.
[Colin] With Shane's case,
I had some pretty up-to-date photos of Shane's mother to work from.
And right off the bat,
I'm starting to see common family characteristics.
This process has been done multiple times
for Shane over the years.
The first image from two...
{an8}to age 11...
{an8}to about the age he would be, which is 30.
{an8}Yeah, he have, um... he have a scar where he fall down, uh, here.
Then he got... He had a birthmark... back there, just like I got 'em.
Like a liver... on his shoulder.
And they had a Christmas tree every year for the missing kids.
Hang the picture up and they send it to me when...
once they took the tree down.
Each year, the picture is a little different.
This is one when he was about 12.
Twelve years old.
It's... comfort, you know?
Just... just seeing him around me, you know?
I never give up hope.
I feel he's out there, I just gotta find him.
I hope he wake up and see the light.
See and... come and find me, you know.
I would hug him and kiss him and say, "Let's go on a vacation. Let's get away.
Let's go away just to be with each other." You know?
Spend time together, you know?
You know... Yeah, I missed a lot of years, so...
♪ Next time won't you sing with me? ♪
♪ A... ♪
You singing?
I was raised in Martin Luther King Towers.
When I finally got... I got together and I moved out, I...
I'll come by 'cause my mother still lived there.
For the most part, it was not a happy place
like it used to be no more.
[girl] ♪ E, D... ♪
[Allison] ♪ E, F, G... ♪
I got three grandchildren. They got an uncle.
♪ ...know my ABCs... ♪
[laughs] Come on.
And I'm trusting in God,
one day we gonna be reunited.
It's hard to know you got a child...
and not have the opportunity
to see him grow up.
You know, like, turning 13, turning 14 years old, as they change.
I don't have any of that.
[sobbing] And I missed 30 years of his life.
It's devastating.
We never stopped looking for you, Christopher. We never stopped.
We never stopped loving you,
we never stopped looking for you.
[inhales] And we're just hoping and praying that you're okay,
wherever you at.
[she sobs]
What can I do?
[Ken] I'm here because I think there's hope, I really do.
You see it all the time with these cases
where kids question where they came from.
When they question where they came from,
they do a DNA search, maybe we'll get lucky,
maybe things will... will fall our way.
Hope for hope, that we can reunite these parents and their children.
[suspenseful main theme playing]