[ethereal music builds]
[ethereal music playing]
[ethereal music continues softly]
[old woman] In this place,
life and death coexist.
They stand side by side.
Time is no different.
Here, both past and future are all woven together.
[ethereal music continues]
[soft gasp]
[Scarlet] Is this Heaven?
[steady breathing]
[rumbling]
[unsettling music playing]
[rumbling continues]
[unsettling music continues]
[wind blowing]
[unsettling music intensifies]
[thunderclap]
[forlorn music playing]
[gasps]
[breathing heavily]
[gulping]
[gasping]
[continues gulping]
[retches]
[vomits]
[ragged breathing]
[old woman] You there.
[continues vomiting]
Hey, you.
[breathing heavily]
Where do you think this is?
[thunderclap]
[lightning crackling]
[loud bellowing]
[crackling continues]
[old woman] This place is…
Otherworld.
[gasps]
[Scarlet] That's right. I died.
I failed to exact revenge against my sworn enemy
and died.
[Scarlet gasping in terror]
[straining]
[gasps]
[eerie grumbling]
[screaming]
END OF THE 16TH CENTURY, ELSINORE
[hooves stomping]
[young Scarlet] Father!
Scarlet!
Mother! Father is back!
[panting]
Father!
- Scarlet! - I missed you!
[both laugh]
Our safe return was assured thanks to your prayers.
[distant joyful laughter]
Deploy your troops, Amleth.
[Amleth] Claudius…
[Claudius] It's them or us.
Calm yourself, Brother.
War benefits neither side.
We shall seek balance through negotiation, building trust, not hostility.
That is our only path to survival.
[Claudius sighs]
[Claudius] You are a fool!
[men exclaim]
[door slams]
[man] Our King Amleth is a good ruler.
Adored by his people
- and trusted by neighboring countries. - [young Scarlet chuckles]
Scarlet. What is important?
Friendship over enmity!
I'll be the princess you want me to be!
Before a princess, you are a young girl.
You must grow up without fear.
- Finished! - Huh?
[laughs heartily]
I look so handsome. I'm glad.
[both laughing]
[young Scarlet gasps]
[laughter continues]
[young Scarlet] Uh…
Mother, I'm going to be--
- What filthy hands. - [gasps]
My husband loves his daughter…
[Claudius] He is a coward wearing the guise of virtue.
My husband has everything, and you have nothing.
Are you not brothers?
Indeed.
I have long dreamed of pouring poison into his ears.
I will not let him make a mockery of me.
Mark my words.
I belong to the one who will be king.
If your resolve to be king is true, show me.
[footsteps running]
[Amleth panting]
Grave news!
Traitors in the castle!
Capture them! They must not escape!
Mark me well! Do not let them get away!
[continues panting]
[gasps]
[guard] Whoa, there.
[guards laughing]
[chanting]
[laughs maliciously]
Up you go.
[crowd murmuring]
[Claudius] Amleth, my brother.
To conspire with a neighboring nation and betray your country.
Brother, can you not see?
Your insatiable thirst for power will turn you into a murderer.
- [Claudius] Silence! - [crowd gasps]
Loyal subjects!
The traitor must be punished!
Only then,
by God's will, shall I be the new king!
[woman] The king would never betray us!
[man] This is a mistake!
[crowd clamoring]
Execute him!
[crowd clamoring in dismay]
Father!
Scarlet!
This cannot be!
[inaudible]
What did you say?
[inaudible]
What?! What did you say?!
[inaudible]
Wait!
[crowd clamoring]
Father!
[clamoring fades]
[gasps in terror]
[continues gasping]
[sobbing]
[young Scarlet screaming]
[fanfare playing]
[young Scarlet panting]
May God bless the new king.
[grunting]
[man] Glory to our King Claudius!
[men] May glory be!
Deploy an army and quell their rebellion.
- [footsteps marching] - [fanfare continues]
[young Scarlet grunting]
[guard] Hurry up. Move it!
[Scarlet] Supposedly, these measures are to stop the rebellion,
but they torture people who have nothing to do with it.
- [girl grunts] - [gasps]
[sobs]
[scoffs]
[grunting softly]
[grunting]
[shouts]
[breathing heavily]
[panting]
[Scarlet grunting]
[knocking at door]
[messenger] "A message for the princess."
"Your subjects are dying of starvation."
"Yet the king will not send aid."
[Scarlet grunts]
[door closes]
[indistinct chatter]
[Claudius laughs]
[footsteps approaching]
[crowd gasping in awe]
[soft music playing]
Princess, why not cease your studies abroad in Wittenberg
and delight our eyes with your beauty?
[soft music continues]
[grunts softly]
[chuckles softly]
[Claudius grunts]
[goblet clatters]
[Scarlet breathes angrily]
[Claudius growls softly]
[Claudius scoffs]
[slow music playing]
[indistinct chatter]
[laughter]
Princess.
[laughter continues]
[yawns]
[exhausted grunt]
[music stops]
[Scarlet breathes shakily]
[breath trembling]
[gulps]
[Scarlet groaning]
[Claudius] Did you not consider the possibility of being poisoned?
As naive as an infant.
- [continues groaning] - [Claudius laughs]
[Scarlet] You'll pay!
- Mark my words! - [Claudius laughs]
[Scarlet breathing raggedly]
[Scarlet groaning]
[Claudius laughs boisterously]
[maid 1] Princess? It can't be!
- [maid 2] Princess? - [maid 3] What should we do?
[maid 2] Princess!
[gasps]
[breathing heavily]
[panting]
[straining]
[gasps]
[eerie grumbling]
[sobbing]
If this is the afterlife,
will I be reunited with Father?
[old woman] You will not.
[gasps]
[Scarlet] Who are you?
[old woman] Your father has already become nothingness.
[Scarlet] Nothingness?
[old woman] You will share his fate, if you're weak.
[crying]
My life was one of nothing but regret.
I want to disappear this instant.
I lived a meaningless life.
Uncle Claudius lives,
and Father will not be avenged.
[old woman] Wait.
That man is here.
What?
He has not become nothingness. He is somewhere, laughing.
[breathing shakily]
[straining]
[continues straining]
[shouts]
[panting]
[grunting]
[Scarlet grunts]
I swear…
I will find him
and avenge my father!
[old woman chuckles]
[old woman] How very foolish humans are.
- [gasps] - You bear the crest of Helsingør.
- Where is Claudius? - [whimpers]
Don't kill me!
- Where is he?! - I don't want to die!
They are already dead,
yet they still wish to live.
Please. Please wait!
[gasps]
We are allies, Your Highness.
What?
[captain] You may rest assured and follow us.
[breathes steadily]
[old woman] Their will to hate
and kill each other prevails, even after death.
[Scarlet] Is Claudius really here?
[captain scoffs]
[Scarlet grunts]
So much for allies!
A grubby princess…
[groans]
…deserves no salvation!
Capture her!
[guards yelling]
[whimpers in pain]
[laughs maliciously]
I may now enter Eternity!
She's hellbent on revenge.
Frailty, thy name is woman.
[explosion]
Wh-What was that?!
[guards screaming]
She's gone? Find her!
[old woman] Look.
- See her brimming with vitality! - [panting]
As if she were yet in the land of the living!
So what is it to be human?
What is it to die?
To live?
[gasping for air]
[breathing heavily]
Ouch…
I can't do this…
♪ Tell me about love ♪
♪ It's a miracle everyone knows about ♪
♪ It fills this heart ♪
♪ Tell me-- ♪
Oh!
Uh…
- You're hurt all over… - Uh…
Stop it!
Don't touch me!
What happened?
- Are you a monk? - I'm a nurse.
- Get thee to a monastery! - I said I'm a nurse.
You know?
We nurse people back to health.
Yet you're dead?
[chuckles] I'm not dead.
You're wrong.
I'll die someday, sure. But I even have a pulse.
Then, you wouldn't be here.
And where is "here"?
A whistling arrow.
[air hisses]
Was this a battleground?
[man gasps]
[man] "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here."
"The gates of Hell"?
This is Hell? Don't make me laugh.
Disappointed you're not in Heaven?
That's some confidence.
Everybody thinks we go to Heaven or Hell when we die.
But we all come here without exception.
It's not the afterlife we imagined.
Hold up a sec!
I swear I didn't die.
We received an emergency call…
[muffled siren blaring]
[man] So, I left the hospital and…
[children laughing]
[laughter continues]
[man] Am I dreaming?
If I'm alive, why am I here?
This must be a mistake!
How did I get here? I'm a nurse, for crying out loud.
- Why? - Who knows.
Wait, does that mean you're also dead?
That's right.
- Did you really die? - Yes.
[sighs softly] You don't look it.
Injured, maybe.
[sighs]
Anyways, I'm going home.
I'm still on the clock.
[man breathes heavily]
Uh…
Which way do I go?
[sighs in exasperation]
[gasps]
- What's that? - Quiet.
[Scarlet inhales]
[grunts softly]
[foreboding music playing]
[grunts]
[guard groans]
[Scarlet grunts]
[exhales]
Amazing… [gasps]
[foreboding music continues]
[guard 1 chuckles and grunts]
[guard 2 laughing]
[grunts, laughs]
[guards cackling]
[guards provoking]
[guard 1 groans]
[guard 2] Huh?
[grunts in pain]
[breathes heavily]
Hey. Hey!
[gasps]
Huh?
Wh--
What the…?
[gasps]
[Scarlet grunts]
Strong…
[both grunt]
[Scarlet strains]
[both grunting]
[swordman grunts]
- [Scarlet shouts] - [squelches]
[Scarlet groans]
[panting]
[gasps]
[shouts]
[grunts]
Cornelius!
[laughs boisterously]
[suspenseful music playing]
[Cornelius grunts]
- [grunts] - [Scarlet yells]
[chuckles]
[shouts]
[both grunting]
[Scarlet groans in pain]
Scarlet, daughter of the late King Amleth.
Rumors speak of a mad princess plotting revenge against King Claudius!
She's the daughter of a king?
I'll never forget your face…
[intense music playing]
[straining] Never!
[grunting]
[Cornelius shouts]
[Scarlet yells]
[grunting]
To continue fighting even after death…
[whimpers]
[groans]
You are a true warrior.
But this ends now.
You will become nothingness.
I must…
[choking]
…carry out my revenge.
I must have vengeance!
Or I cannot die!
This is the end.
I cannot let him get away with it…
Be that as it may, it is now too late.
[sobbing]
[rumbling]
[inhales deeply]
Rest in nothingness, Princess.
[bow straining]
[suspenseful music playing]
[grunts]
[arrow whistling]
[both gasp]
- [grunts] - [Cornelius groans]
- [Scarlet panting] - [Cornelius groans in pain]
[Cornelius] Damn it.
[man] The bleeding stopped.
No major vessels or nerves were damaged.
- [groans] - Try not to move it.
[Scarlet] Where is Claudius?
Answer me!
- In the place closest to Eternity. - What?
Far away, at the summit of the magnificent mountains,
is the stairway to Eternity.
Liar!
King Claudius promised to take us, in exchange for obedience.
My uncle is evil.
This is nonsense!
Yet everyone seeks his salvation from Otherworld.
People are weak.
I do not know if Eternity even exists,
but I will do anything, if he will take me there.
[Scarlet] Nonsense!
[Cornelius] In any world, there are those that lead and those that follow.
- [Scarlet] I won't stand for this! - [man] What are you doing?
- [Scarlet breathing angrily] - Stop.
I must go.
[man sighs]
Here. Use this as a cane.
I'm sorry you got hurt.
Aren't you with the princess?
[chuckles softly]
Don't put too much weight on your right leg.
[man panting]
[Scarlet] You expect me to thank you?
[man] No.
[Scarlet] Then stop following me.
[man] You're a fiend.
You'll kill more if I leave you alone.
[Scarlet] It's vengeance. Of course I will.
[man] Still, you shouldn't kill.
I loathe do-gooders like you.
[man] I'm no do-gooder.
My name is Hijiri.
Written with the character meaning "sacred."
When people are hurt, they bleed.
That's why you need a nurse.
Do as you please.
[foreboding music playing]
[Hijiri breathing heavily]
[distant whooshing]
[wind gusting]
[Hijiri grunts]
[Hijiri straining]
[Hijiri grunting]
[Hijiri groans]
[Scarlet sighs in exasperation]
[pensive music playing]
"At the summit of the magnificent mountains
is a stairway leading to Eternity."
[gasps]
[sighs]
[sighs in exasperation]
[foreboding music playing]
[both gasp]
[gasps]
[camels bleating]
[woman 1 gasps]
[man 1] Bandits!
- Run! - [gasps]
[bandits clamoring]
[camels bleating]
[man 2] Let go!
- [man 3] Stop it! - [woman 2] Don't take them!
[grunts]
[Hijiri] Stop this! Can't you see they're elderly?
[Hijiri grunts]
[groans in pain]
[grunts]
Stop!
[grunts]
Don't!
Stop! [grunts]
[elder 1] They took everything.
[elder 2] Why must we endure this even after death?
[horses neighing]
[bandit] Run!
[bandits hollering]
[gunshot]
Gunshots?
[gunshot]
- [bandit] W-Wait! - [gunshot]
Bandits attacking other bandits?
[bandits hollering]
Oh!
- Snap out of it! - [gasps]
[Hijiri panting]
[bandit 1] Give it here!
[bandit 2] That, too!
[Scarlet grunts]
[Hijiri] Wait.
Wait!
Damn it!
[intense music playing]
[bandits hollering]
[thunder rumbling]
- [Hijiri] Huh? - [Scarlet] Get down.
[thunderclap]
[bandit 1 groans in pain]
[horses neigh]
- [bandits yelling] - [bandit 2] Run! Run! Run!
[thunder rumbles]
[thunderclap]
[yelling continues]
It's coming this way!
[intense music playing]
[Hijiri gasps]
[loud bellowing]
[rumbling]
[Hijiri] What was that?
Are you okay?
[gasps]
[Hijiri gasps]
[grunts softly]
Nothingness.
You should feel lucky you didn't share his fate.
[Hijiri sighs softly]
[breathing deeply]
I'm sorry I couldn't help you.
[footsteps approaching]
[grunts]
Look at what's in front of you! Accept reality, you do-gooder!
I hear it all the time at work.
They say you can't be a nurse without getting used to death.
That you can't be sad every time.
But if you get used to death, and your heart grows numb,
you might lose something else.
[indistinct announcement over PA]
- [indistinct announcement continues] - [EKG beeping]
♪ Tell me about love ♪
♪ It's a miracle everyone knows about ♪
♪ It fills this heart ♪
♪ It's a miracle everyone knows about ♪
Why do we humans live?
What's the meaning of life?
Will we ever understand?
Leave those questions to the living.
It's too late for us.
I told you… I'm not dead yet.
- [camels bleating] - [Scarlet gasps]
[Hijiri gasps]
[bell dinging]
The road ahead is treacherous.
- Why not join our caravan. - [Hijiri] Why?
You tried to help us. We wish to thank you for your kind soul.
[gasps in delight]
[bell dinging]
[Hijiri] Aren't you coming?
[Scarlet] They might be bandits.
- [Hijiri chuckles] They aren't. - [Scarlet] How can you be sure?
[Hijiri gulping]
- [satisfied exhale] - [elder gasps]
[sighs]
[indistinct chatter]
Folks, I'm a nurse.
Let me know if there's anything bothering you.
- Who are you? - Stay away.
[Hijiri sighs] There's no need to. I can help you…
- If you're in pain-- - Forget it.
Who are they? Why did you let them join?
[elder] They could be bandits.
Tell them to leave.
[sighs] You sound like children.
[Scarlet] What did I tell you?
[man] The Stairway to Eternity?
I heard people from different eras and regions
joined forces to protect the mountain path leading there.
But no one knows if it's possible to get there.
- Just like the world of the living. - [map rustling]
I don't think you'll make it that far.
You have to pass through harsh wastelands,
and the bandits.
What's more,
I heard there's a large battalion blocking the path
leading up to the mountain.
[eerie music playing]
[punches landing]
- [both gulp] - [distant laughter]
[Cornelius groaning in pain]
The snake is injured but not dead.
I killed the father, but the girl yet approaches.
I must not risk turning into nothingness
before my beloved Gertrude arrives.
[exhales]
It feels as though my heart is filled with scorpions…
[shouts] Voltemand!
Where are you?
[Cornelius groans]
[gittern music playing]
[sighs softly]
How am I supposed to fight a battalion?
[gittern music continues]
What are you puttin' on him?
[elder 1] It could be poison.
- [elder 2] Stop! - Don't let him touch you!
- Oh… The pain is going away. - [elders gasp]
- How strange! I feel much better. - [all gasp]
[chuckles] That's a relief.
[gasps softly]
[elder 3] You wanna wash my back?
Leave a filthy old man be.
A hot towel is very relaxing.
Waste of a good towel, I tell ya.
[elder 3 groans pleasantly]
[Hijiri] Do your wounds hurt?
[elder 3] No…
There are so many.
A scar for every time we protected the caravan.
Like medals of honor?
You betcha!
[groaning pleasantly]
That feels so relaxing.
I'm glad.
Even the slightest movement makes my body hurt.
There's no need to worry.
[elder] My hands keep getting duller.
Be conscious of your movement and your senses won't dull.
Mind if I go next?
- Me, too. - Me, too.
[camels bleating]
[gitterns playing tranquil music]
[gasps]
[indistinct chatter]
[laughter]
- [gitterns continue playing] - [joyful laughter]
[Scarlet] What trickery is this?
[Hijiri] No tricks.
All I did was listen to them.
I see you differently.
- Huh? - But only a little.
♪ Wind-wrought pattern Rippled on the sand ♪
♪ It reminds me of the ocean In my hometown ♪
Here you are.
[singing continues]
Let's give it a try.
♪ Holding a shell on my cheek It brings me a nostalgic voice ♪
Ah.
[chomping]
[munching]
I don't blame you for not trusting others.
We were like you in the beginning.
But the more you're beaten, robbed, and betrayed,
the more you long for someone to trust.
It's precisely because the world is such an awful place
that one yearns for something to believe in.
[background singing]
You must have some deep regret
to have fallen here at such a young age.
♪ We will dance the dance of joy Till the dawn of night ♪
♪ We will sing a precious song ♪
- ♪ To the end of the world ♪ - [Hijiri gasps in awe]
- ♪ We will dance forever ♪ - Oh…
♪ Like twisting our fingers In the blowing wind ♪
♪ We will sing forever ♪
♪ Like we hold hands deep in our hearts ♪
♪ Give us life ♪
♪ So that we can swim wherever we want ♪
♪ Give us life So that we can fill our empty hearts ♪
[elder 1] Terrible.
- [elder 2] Never seen worse. - [elder 3] You call that a dance?
- [elder 4] It's bad. - [elder 5] Never seen worse.
Oh…
[upbeat music resumes]
♪ We will dance the dance of joy ♪
♪ Till the dawn of night ♪
♪ We will sing a precious song To the end of the world ♪
♪ We will dance forever ♪
♪ Like twisting our fingers In the blowing wind ♪
[elder] Human words mean nothing to God.
So we send our feelings through dance.
[upbeat music continues]
♪ Give us life ♪
♪ So that we can fill our empty hearts ♪
♪ Live! Be well! Thrive! ♪
[music ends]
[gasps softly]
We will unload at the town ahead.
Your destination lies that way.
You've been so kind.
I pray that you fulfill your wishes.
[Hijiri] Thank you very much.
- Oh. - Be sure to practice.
[birds screeching]
[Hijiri] The old folks talked about it.
At this "Eternity" place
is the most beautiful ocean you've ever seen!
[Scarlet] Ocean?
[Hijiri] They said it with a giant smile.
I would love to grow old like them.
- [distant neigh] - [Scarlet gasps]
What was that?
[Scarlet gasps]
[guard 1 groans]
[straining]
- No! - [Scarlet grunts]
[Hijiri chokes]
[gasps]
[Hijiri] Going to fight again?
I must have my revenge.
I will do more than knock him out.
There's a Chinese fable about the ultimate archer.
Huh?
He fires invisible arrows from an invisible bow.
How about you quit dreaming?
I want you to stop.
There are no wars in the future?
- I'm afraid there are. - There's your answer.
But at the same time, most of us wish that the world could escape the violence.
If it doesn't stop somewhere, the fighting will go on forever.
Are you saying we're at fault for the wars in your era?
That's not it. But…
[Scarlet] Uh…
What are you…? [gasps]
[Hijiri] Hup!
[Scarlet] Wait!
[foreboding music playing]
[guard] Hm?
- Commander Voltemand. - What?
An emissary?
Waving his arms to surrender?
Makes things quick.
[Hijiri] Stop fighting!
What?!
We can talk. No weapons!
Who the hell are you?
- [gunshot] - [Hijiri gasps]
And you call yourself a warrior?
- [gunshot] - [Hijiri breathes nervously]
- [Hijiri gasps] - [guards laughing]
- [guard 1] What's with this guy? - [guard 2] What a coward!
[guard 3] Cut off his ears and nose!
[guards continue laughing]
- [Scarlet shouts] Stop! - [all gasp]
[guards gasp]
[grunts]
The princess!
[shouting]
[intense music playing]
[Hijiri] Scarlet!
[continues shouting]
[guard 1 grunts]
[guard 2 groans]
You're getting careless!
Steady! Capture the princess!
[guards grunting]
[guards gasp anxiously]
Is she a princess or a wild animal? Damn it!
[gasps]
- [yells] - [Scarlet grunts]
[chuckles]
Voltemand.
You injured a lot of my men.
I'll never forgive you!
Stop this, Scarlet!
- [thunder crashes] - Hm?
[Voltemand and guards gasp]
[rumbling]
[guards gasp in terror]
[roars ferociously]
Run! Now!
[guards screaming]
- [guard 1] Hide in the holes! - [guard 2] Bring the horses!
[Voltemand] Huh?
That man…
His ceasefire was a ruse to lower our guard.
How cunning.
And unforgivable.
- [gasps] - [gunshot]
[Scarlet groans]
[Scarlet grunts]
Scarlet!
[whimpers in pain]
Damn it! One more!
- [lightning crashes] - [frightened yelp]
What are you doing?
You should've left me!
[Scarlet breathes shakily]
I don't know.
You should also let me be.
[whimpers]
I wonder if I will disappear into nothingness.
I'm doing everything I can. Don't give up!
I'm cutting your sleeve.
[Scarlet breathes anxiously]
- Stop… - Move your hand.
It's embarrassing.
[distant rumbling]
[Hijiri grunts]
[groans in pain]
This is gonna hurt.
[straining]
[panting]
Why did you choose this work?
I saw a nurse working to the bone, trying to help people.
So I wanted to try it.
You must be crazy.
[Hijiri] Can you move your hand?
It doesn't seem like any nerves were damaged.
But you should take it easy for a while.
[distant rumbling]
[breathing steadily]
[gasps]
[Scarlet grunts softly]
I just said to--
Whew…
- [footsteps approaching] - Huh?!
[gasps]
[whimpers nervously]
[gasps]
[Voltemand] Forgive me.
- [Scarlet] I will not. - [Voltemand] I beg you!
You showed my father no mercy.
Wait. Listen to me.
I didn't kill the king.
- Spare me your lies! - But it's true.
Because I heard him. I heard what he whispered.
What he whispered?
What? What did you say?!
[disgruntled gasp]
He could not be heard!
Not by you, but I was by his side. I heard him.
My hands froze.
I was sure Cornelius heard it, too.
We could not raise our blades.
I heard nothing!
Aren't you curious?
Kill me now, and you'll never know the king's final words.
[breath trembling]
Lies! You're lying to escape your fate!
I swear on my soul as a warrior.
Liar!
[whimpering]
- [Scarlet breathes steadily] - [whimpering continues]
Very well.
If you tell me, I shall free you. I swear on my soul as a warrior.
[sighs in relief]
But tell the truth.
What did he say?
[breathes slowly]
One word.
"Forgive."
"Forgive"?
[gasps]
Why? Why would he say that?
[warriors clamoring loudly]
Polonius. You have always been the father of good news.
I received word that Voltemand failed.
Like Cornelius, we shall punish him till he breaks
and enlighten him of his incompetence.
He will forget about Eternity.
Laertes and I shall track down the princess and carve her to pieces.
Then go.
[clamoring continues]
[warrior 1] Lord Claudius! Please lead us there!
[warrior 2] Please take us to Eternity!
[clamoring continues]
All those who fight alongside me
shall be welcomed to Eternity without exception!
[warrior 3] Thank you, Lord Claudius!
Thank you so much!
Thank you very much!
Chosen warriors!
Pledge your loyalty to me!
Do not fear!
Fight!
[warriors clamoring]
[warriors] To Eternity!
To Eternity!
[Scarlet] "Forgive."
If my father did say that,
what did he mean by "forgive"?
Hm… Perhaps he was pleading,
"Please don't kill me. Please forgive me."
My father never feared death or begged for forgiveness.
Or he was hiding a terrible sin,
and sought forgiveness.
- That's not like him. - What do you think?
Maybe he was expressing his shame, as king to his people.
[Hijiri] Mm.
But is that truly so?
If I were your father,
I would be sorry I couldn't watch you grow up.
"Forgive that I'm a terrible father."
All of these have different meanings.
What was his true intent?
- There is another way to look at it. - [Scarlet gasps]
- Just my opinion. - [Scarlet breathes angrily]
- [Voltemand] May I? - What is it?
"Forgive the man you despise. Forgive Claudius."
But why? Why?
He murdered my father,
stole our country, our home, everything!
I could never forgive such a heinous man.
I believe he wants you to forgive such a heinous man.
I could never!
I agree. Not even a saint could.
[Scarlet] Then…
But I heard him firsthand, and cannot help but feel this way.
I felt the king's truth speak to me.
What do you mean, "truth"?
I don't understand. What is it?
Why must I forgive?
Why would my father tell me to forgive the most unforgivable of men? Why?
Why?
You're setting us free?
Excluding our injured, we could easily best you.
[chuckles softly]
Voltemand, you wouldn't do such a thing.
You forget already? I tried to shoot you.
[Hijiri chuckles]
[background chatter]
[Voltemand] Let's go.
[Scarlet] What have I been fighting for all this time?
Forgive.
- [Scarlet] Why? - Forgive.
[gasps]
[water trickles]
[ethereal music playing]
[gasps]
Forgive!
Forgive…
[Scarlet] My only thought was avenging my father.
And yet…
[ethereal music continues]
[gasps]
[Scarlet] And yet…
[Amleth] Forgive.
Forgive.
[music turns foreboding]
[eerie cackling]
[cackling continues]
[Scarlet] What are you doing?
[gravedigger 1] Wanna see inside?
- [Scarlet] Inside? - [gravedigger 2] Alexander.
- [Scarlet] What? - [gravedigger 1] Caesar.
- [Scarlet] Impossible! - [gravedigger 2] This one's still fresh.
- [Scarlet] Huh? - Someone you want to know more about.
[Scarlet] It couldn't be…
Could it be my father?
- Father! - Father!
- [gravediggers laughing]
There's something I don't understand! Tell me, Father!
- Tell me! - Father!
[gravediggers cackling]
[enigmatic music playing]
[gravediggers shout]
[gasps]
[gravedigger 2] The one you really want to know about…
[gravedigger 1] Is yourself!
[lid thuds]
[gasps in terror]
[breath trembling]
[grunting]
[sobbing]
[gittern playing soft melody]
Imagine you were living a completely different life.
What would it be like?
Walking down the street eating ice cream.
Or chatting at a roadside café.
Or peeking through a shop window, then--
Sorry, but you're talking about a different world.
I have no idea.
I suppose you pity me.
But I don't share it.
There's nothing I can change.
It's the life I've lived.
Even if you died again and disappeared for good?
I'm not afraid.
In fact, I would like to disappear
as soon as I avenge my father.
Listen. Here's a popular song from a faraway future.
[Hijiri sings] ♪ Tell me about love ♪
♪ It's a miracle everyone knows about ♪
♪ It fills this heart ♪
♪ Tell me everything about love ♪
♪ My purpose for living ♪
♪ Before I lose my heart ♪
[singing fades]
[gasps]
[continues gasping]
[fire crackling]
[gasping]
[warbling]
[continues gasping]
[exhales]
[wind gusting]
[upbeat music playing]
♪ Tell me about love ♪
♪ It's a miracle everyone knows about ♪
♪ It fills this heart ♪
♪ I want to know everything about love ♪
♪ A secret hidden somewhere ♪
♪ Find the key for it ♪
Hijiri!
[upbeat music continues]
[crowd cheering]
♪ Many encounters ♪
♪ In this endless flow of time ♪
♪ I will meet you ♪
♪ In our promised time ♪
That's… me!
♪ Everything I see ♪
♪ Is shining brightly ♪
♪ And will be reborn ♪
Another… me!
♪ The wind, rain and rainbow ♪
♪ Turn into song ♪
♪ The world ♪
♪ Is so beautiful ♪
♪ Let the seed of me ♪
♪ Break through ♪
♪ Just as I am ♪
♪ Tell me about love ♪
♪ It's a miracle everyone knows about ♪
♪ It fills this heart ♪
♪ Tell me everything about love ♪
♪ My purpose for living ♪
♪ Before I lose my heart ♪
♪ Tell me about love ♪
♪ It's a miracle everyone knows about ♪
[music fades]
[breathing heavily]
[breathing steadily]
You blacked out all of a sudden.
I saw it…
- The era you live in. - What?
I traveled through time…
And then…
Hijiri, you danced… so well.
Hm?
[chuckles]
That's probably not me.
No. You took the lead.
I was really happy.
If I had been born into a different era,
could I have been a different person?
Could I have avoided resigning myself
to all this suffering and frustration?
Scarlet. Don't cry.
I'm right here.
- [sobs] - You don't need to cry anymore.
[sniffles]
[sobbing]
[suspenseful music playing]
[crowd clamoring]
[background chatter]
[background chatter continues]
- [girl] Hey. - [gasps]
Are you a princess?
No.
You're so pretty, I was sure.
[sighs softly]
I wish I was born as a princess.
Bet you do, too. Right?
[Scarlet chuckles softly]
If I were a princess, there's one thing I'd wanna do.
What's that?
I wanna make a world where kids like us don't have to die.
[gasps]
[chuckles]
[gasps emotionally]
[sobbing]
Yeah.
[giggles]
[harrowing music playing]
[Claudius] Eternity…
This paradise lies above the summit of the sacred mountains!
Only the strong are fit to enter. Listen!
Allow no others to trespass upon its shores!
[warriors shouting]
Leave finding the princess to me,
- Guildenstern and… - To me, Rosencranz!
- We will locate her swiftly… - And go to Eternity.
[both laughing]
[both] Yahoo!
[foreboding music playing]
[men grunt]
[man 1] Let us pass through to Eternity!
[man 2] Take us to the summit!
[man 3] To the summit!
[man 4] Remove the wall!
- Leave! - Or we will shoot!
[wall rumbling]
[intense music playing]
[crowd clamoring]
[horses neighing]
[clamoring continues]
[crashes]
[shattering]
[intense music continues]
[man 1] Go! Eternity is just ahead!
[explosion]
[blasts]
[explosion]
[gunshots]
Take down Claudius's knights!
Eternity is not theirs to keep!
Charge!
[crowd shouting]
[distant rumbling]
[overlapping shouting]
[gasps]
[man 1 yelling]
[groans]
[shouting continues]
[man 2 crying]
[man 2 crying hysterically]
[crying continues]
[breathing heavily]
- [woman 1] Please. - [woman 2] Don't kill me.
- [Rosencranz] Do not worry. - [Guildenstern] We are merely searching.
[man] Searching? Looking for who?
[Rosencranz] The princess!
[gasps]
Has anybody seen her?
She has her hair braided back.
- [Guildenstern] Oh! Like this! - Stop!
[gasps]
- [Guildenstern] Her hair is like this! - It hurts…
- Give her back! - Shut up!
Whoever gives us the princess goes free!
- Heck, come along with us to Eternity! - [girl whimpers]
Those are lies!
I'll never be your slave.
[scoffs] Then crawl around the land of the dead forever.
- [girl whimpers in pain] - Let us search elsewhere.
Huh? Wait.
[girl cries]
What's this?
A gold coin from Denmark. Why would you have such a thing?
[girl sobbing]
You know something about the princess?
I don't know anything!
Do not hide it from me. Speak!
- If you do not-- - [screaming]
- Stop! Don't hurt her! - [gasps]
[Rosencranz] The princess?
We have found the princess!
[Scarlet straining]
[Guildenstern] Get her up!
[guards grunt]
Princess…
[girl gasps]
Princess!
Hurry and run! Go!
We captured the princess!
King Claudius will praise us!
- With this… - He will take us to Eternity!
[both laughing]
- [Hijiri] Scarlet! - [gasps]
[intense music playing]
[grunts]
[both gasp]
- Who the hell are you? - Let her go!
Huh?
Can't shoot?
What's stopping you?
Is that a toy?
Perhaps this lad doesn't know how to use a bow?
[Rosencranz and Guildenstern laugh]
Why did you come here?
I…
What is your reason for being in this place?
[Hijiri] I…
[joyful laughter]
[gasps softly]
[high-pitched ringing]
[ominous music playing]
I…!
[grunting]
I…!
[bow straining]
[yells]
[yelps in pain]
[Rosencranz gasps]
[Guildenstern groans]
[gasps]
[whimpers nervously]
[grunts]
[yelling]
[both screaming]
[Rosencranz grunts]
[all gasp]
[Rosencranz exhales weakly]
[Rosencranz groans]
[Hijiri panting]
[guards gasp]
[guards whimper]
Hijiri!
[Hijiri sighs in relief]
Are you all right?
I'm okay. You?
I'm fine.
[Hijiri] You have to live.
[Scarlet] I will.
[ground rumbling]
[explosion]
[crowd gasping]
♪ Tell me about love ♪
♪ It's a miracle everyone knows about ♪
♪ It fills this heart ♪
♪ I want to know everything about love ♪
♪ My purpose for living ♪
♪ Before I lose my heart ♪
♪ Tell me about love ♪
♪ It's a miracle everyone knows about ♪
♪ It fills this heart ♪
♪ I want to know everything about love ♪
♪ A secret hidden somewhere ♪
♪ Unravel it for me ♪
[crowd shouting]
- [man 1] Defeat Claudius! - [man 2] Head to the castle!
- [man 3] He's not here. - [man 4] Where is he?
- [man 5] Did he run away? - [man 6] Damn it!
[crowd clamoring]
[wind blowing]
[Hijiri grunts weakly]
It's already light out again.
[gasps]
Sorry.
[Scarlet sighs]
[gasps]
[wind gusting]
This is the summit.
But… There's no Stairway to Eternity!
It's not here.
I thought my uncle would be here.
- [Polonius] He is not here. - What?
He has already ascended to Eternity.
And you will become nothingness in the land of the dead.
[shouts]
[Scarlet and Polonius grunting]
[gasps]
- [shouts] - [grunts]
- Scarlet! - Hey, now!
[Scarlet straining]
[whimpers in pain]
Death by fall or death by sword.
The choice is yours.
[straining]
[chuckling]
[gasps]
[Scarlet] You?!
Cornelius!
Do we have a rat?
[both grunting]
We punished you thoroughly and took your weapons,
yet you still stand?!
Traitor!
There will be no mercy this time, only bullets!
[gasps]
Voltemand!
You traitorous dogs! Why side with the princess?!
We're done being your dogs.
And done with you.
Some cripple with a cane could never beat me!
[Cornelius groans]
Vanish into nothingness!
[groans in pain]
[gasps]
Damn you!
[grunts hesitantly]
[shouting]
Move, Voltemand!
Cornelius! Turn into nothingness!
- [explosion] - [Laertes gasps]
[Laertes yelling]
Your target is up there.
[gasps]
[ethereal twinkling]
[Cornelius] You have made it this far. Go have your revenge.
[Scarlet] Thank you.
[twinkling]
[ethereal music playing]
[wind blowing]
[ethereal music continues]
[gasps]
[gasps in awe]
[exhales softly]
[waves crashing]
[grunts softly]
[ethereal music continues]
[birds chirping]
[distant squawking]
[music fades]
Is that…?
[Claudius] O great gate!
Door to Eternity!
I am the king!
Claudius!
[Claudius] Yet why do you shut your door?!
Why? Why?
[Claudius grunts angrily]
Curses!
I've come this far. What am I missing?
[gasps in anger]
[breath trembling]
These bloody hands…
My sins. O, my offense is rank…
There is nothing else now but to pray for salvation.
Or is it too late for such things?
And how?
I still hold the spoils of my sins.
The crown, the ambition, and the queen…
How may one be pardoned?
[Scarlet breathes shakily]
Penitence…
It's the only way. I must repent.
Forgive me, a man of many sins.
Save me.
[metallic ringing]
[shaky breathing]
[Claudius] I toiled my utmost for countless unhappy people
who seek Eternity.
- So please save me… - [gasps]
[wings fluttering]
[gasping]
[birds screeching]
[metal clangs]
King Claudius, I understand your true intentions.
However,
I must ask one thing of you.
Please, admit that you were wrong.
That killing my father was a mistake.
Ask for his daughter's forgiveness.
[Claudius wheezing]
[wheezing continues]
[whimpering]
- Uncle. - [Claudius quavers]
Uncle.
- [spits] - [gasps]
[Claudius] Ask for forgiveness?
What a joke!
[gasping in terror]
I have only one regret now.
That I didn't torture your father more before killing him,
so that you may tremble in fear and never defy me!
I should have drained his blood,
and stripped the meat from his bones
as he begged me for the sweet release of death.
Had I made you watch that,
you would not come before me now
with your ridiculous, foolish words!
And what of your penitence just now, or your toil for the people?
What benefit is there in bringing others with me?
- Eternity belongs to me! - [Scarlet gasps]
Mine and mine alone!
[whimpering]
[yelling]
[grunting in pain]
How is it that a man whose wretched heart overflowing with greed stands here?
You trample upon the hopes of others.
How can you possibly enter Eternity?
Shall I have you feel just a fraction of the pain and regret
my father did because of you?
Shall I show you?
[Scarlet screaming]
Forgive.
[gasps]
[whimpers hesitantly]
[screaming continues]
Forgive.
[shouts in pain]
[straining]
[screaming in agony]
[Scarlet] Should I follow through with my revenge?
Or should I forgive all?
[Scarlet whimpering]
Why must I suffer so?
What is that binds me?
I don't know!
Can I not find a different way to live?
I don't know! I don't know! I don't know!
Then I am hopeless.
I can't help it! This is how I've lived for so long!
True. Then, I am hopeless, and this is the end.
Hatred drove me to learn swordsmanship.
For vengeance, for my father, and all who suffer.
I have held myself back, over and over again.
I told myself, "This is not how things should be."
Until now, I have lived my life without forgiving myself,
without forgiving myself…
without forgiving myself.
[gasps]
Myself.
Forgive.
Myself…
Forgive.
[gasping]
[rain pattering]
[man] Scarlet.
[ethereal chiming]
[gasps]
Scarlet.
Father!
Stop this foolishness of carrying out vengeance in my name.
[gasping in disbelief]
There must be another "you" that you long for,
that is not consumed by hatred and vengeance.
[sobbing]
I want you to live your life and treasure it.
[crying]
I want to see you shine, living freely.
Father.
[sighs in relief]
[gasps softly]
[crying]
[Scarlet continues crying]
[Claudius] Listen well.
This is not a place for a girl like you, the daughter of a failure!
Eternity belongs to me.
No one else may enter.
Only me and my queen shall pass through this gate!
Descend into nothingness!
Follow your wretched father!
- [gasps] - I do not forgive you.
I cannot forgive you. However…
[grunting]
I am done fighting.
For the sake of all who have wished for an end to the conflict.
[groaning in frustration]
It means there's a chance for people in the future
to live together in peace.
[grunting in anger]
Wrap your empty ideals in pretty words, you fool!
You shall disappear without a trace!
[rumbling overhead]
[thunderclap]
[lightning crashes]
[loud bellowing]
[Claudius groaning in pain]
[crackling]
[Claudius yelling]
[lightning crashes]
[echoing bellow]
[birds screeching]
[whimpering in pain]
[Claudius groaning]
[yelling] Gertrude!
Please! Help me!
Eternity is…
Gertrude!
Eternity is right in front of us…
[Claudius grunts]
I don't want to disappear!
Don't let me become nothingness!
I don't want to disappear!
Help me!
[screaming]
Gertrude!
Save me! I don't want to die!
I don't want to die!
[Claudius screaming]
[crown clatters]
[serene music playing]
[soft gasp]
[gasps]
[exhales wearily]
Finally…
I've finally seen things through to the end.
I can disappear in peace now.
You're wrong about that, Scarlet.
What?
[old woman] Humans still call this place Otherworld,
Eternity and so on.
But they are sorely mistaken.
This is a world where life and death are in coexistence, not conflict.
Not only life and death, but time as well.
Here, the past and future blur together.
That is why you are together.
Now,
there is one among you two who yet lives.
Not dead?
The time for the living to awaken is fast approaching.
That individual cannot be here.
The time has nearly come to return to the place from whence they came.
Yes. You mean him.
He's said from the beginning, that he's not dead.
That he came here by some mistake. So…
You're wrong. It's not me.
What?
It's you, Scarlet.
[gasps]
It's come back to me. I really did die.
[siren blaring]
[dispatch] ER headquarters to all ambulances.
Ambulances have been sent out. Two men have been found unconscious.
That's all from ER headquarters.
[radio static]
Urgent. Urgent. ER headquarters to all departments.
- Suspected knife attack. - [background laughter]
The suspect has not been apprehended.
Be alert for the suspect's movements.
[Hijiri] I didn't plan on dying.
I just acted on instinct and jumped in between.
That's why I didn't realize that I was dead.
I kept believing I was alive.
[gasping]
I'm dead. You're the one who's alive.
[sighs in disbelief]
It isn't me.
It couldn't be me!
[Hijiri] The blade reached my organs.
I stopped the bleeding for a while,
but it started again.
No…
You're wrong! It's not me!
Hijiri! You have to live!
Then I'll stay here! I'll stay with you!
[sighs] Oh, God…
[gasps]
Bring Hijiri back to life, not me!
No.
[Scarlet] Please! He can take my place!
No.
[Scarlet gasps]
[sobbing]
I shouldn't be the one to live.
I was the one who was obsessed with revenge.
[gasps]
No.
- You need to live, Scarlet. - I don't want to.
Live. Say clearly that you want to live.
No!
Say you want to live!
No! It means parting with you, Hijiri!
It's fine that way! You need to live!
- I don't want to be apart! - Say you want to live!
Put it into words! "I want to live! I want to live!"
[sniffles]
I… want to… live.
More! "I want to live!"
[sobbing]
I want to live! [continues sobbing]
- More! - I want to live! I want to live!
I want to live!
I'll live, and in exchange,
by the time you're born,
I'm going to make it a world with less conflict.
If the future changes, surely you won't be killed, right?
[Scarlet sobs]
For that, I'll do everything that I can!
Then you can live longer, too, Hijiri!
You can have a family, raise kids,
and grow into a fine old man!
[crying]
[serene music playing]
[Scarlet gasps]
[sobbing]
[gasps]
[serene music continues]
[music turns romantic]
[romantic music rises]
[sobs happily]
[music fades]
What is it…
to be human?
What is it to die?
To live?
And…
what is love?
[Scarlet groaning softly]
[Scarlet gasps]
- [maid 1] Your Highness? - [breathing heavily]
[maid 2] The princess!
[maids chuckle in relief]
[maid 2] The princess has come back to us!
- [maid 3] To be sure! - [maid 4] The antidote worked!
[maid 3] It's a miracle!
[woman] It happened while you lay in your coma.
He drank from a cup intended for the one he was to slay.
And then…
His was a sudden end.
[door rattles]
[door creaks]
Why are you still alive?
Why is my husband dead,
yet you are here and not in Hell?
Why?!
[Gertrude screaming]
[screaming continues in distance]
[woman] Surely you wanted to exact revenge with your own hands.
[Scarlet] No, all is done.
[woman] Pardon?
[Scarlet] Finally, my journey has come to an end.
May God bless the new queen.
[man] Glory to our new queen!
[men] May glory be!
[gasps]
[crowd chatter]
[Scarlet gasps]
- [woman] Our new queen! - Yes?
Can you promise not to oppress us like the previous king?
I'm tired of the poor always being the fool.
[in unison] That's right!
[crowd clamoring]
[exhales softly]
My people!
If you will have me as the leader of this country,
I will serve for the sake of happiness for all.
[crowd chatter in wonder]
Friendship and trust with our neighbors. Not hostility.
Preventing the deaths of children.
Even if I must endure suffering and pain,
I pledge never to give up until I find a path forward without conflict.
[chatter fades]
For all who have died wishing for an end to war.
And for all who are yet to be born wishing for happiness.
[uplifting music playing]
Can there… really be a world without war in the future?
Yes.
With your help, there can be.
[joyful laughter]
Then, we'll also believe in you and never give up.
- Me too! - Me too!
- [woman] I support you. - [man 1] We will!
[determined chatter]
[man 2] Glory to our new leader!
[in unison] May glory be!
[uplifting music continues]
[inaudible]
[uplifting music continues]
[music ends]
[singing]
["Vastness" by Mana Ashida playing]