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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,530 --> 00:00:03,190 Produced by DAIEl CO., LTD. DENTSU INC. KUROSAWA PRODUCTION 2 00:00:03,230 --> 00:00:05,760 with Co-operation of TOKUMA SHOTEN PUBLISHING CO., LTD. 3 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:10,470 General Producers YASUYOSHI TOKUMA, GOHEl KOGURE 4 00:00:10,510 --> 00:00:15,140 A AKIRA KUROSAWA film 5 00:00:15,180 --> 00:00:20,120 "MADADA YO" 6 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:37,090 He's coming. 7 00:00:50,650 --> 00:00:52,140 Attention. 8 00:00:54,080 --> 00:00:55,550 Bow. 9 00:00:57,490 --> 00:00:59,050 Be seated. 10 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,430 Someone's been smoking. 11 00:01:08,470 --> 00:01:10,460 No smoking in the classroom. 12 00:01:23,310 --> 00:01:26,480 Still... 13 00:01:26,520 --> 00:01:29,150 it is difficult to resist the urge. 14 00:01:30,890 --> 00:01:34,420 I, too, am no exception. 15 00:01:34,460 --> 00:01:38,190 When I hear the bell in the faculty room, I try to leave... 16 00:01:38,230 --> 00:01:40,860 but then I get the urge to smoke. 17 00:01:42,030 --> 00:01:45,440 I light a cigarette. 18 00:01:45,470 --> 00:01:48,770 Soon I light another, then another. 19 00:01:48,810 --> 00:01:51,280 So you see, I am always 20 or 30 minutes late. 20 00:01:54,280 --> 00:01:56,770 But, Professor, what's with you today? 21 00:02:05,190 --> 00:02:07,660 It is already 30 odd years... 22 00:02:07,690 --> 00:02:10,290 since I've been addressed as "Professor." 23 00:02:10,330 --> 00:02:11,800 During that time... 24 00:02:11,830 --> 00:02:16,200 as if watching water running from an open faucet... 25 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,140 onto a dirt floor and into a ditch... 26 00:02:19,170 --> 00:02:23,300 students have drifted away in front of my eyes. 27 00:02:23,340 --> 00:02:28,610 It is impossible to remember each and every face. 28 00:02:28,650 --> 00:02:31,080 Ah, yes. 29 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:33,590 There is one among them, though... 30 00:02:33,620 --> 00:02:35,850 that I remember clearly to this day. 31 00:02:35,890 --> 00:02:38,150 The face belongs to one... 32 00:02:38,190 --> 00:02:41,990 who slept during class with his eyes open. 33 00:02:42,030 --> 00:02:43,590 Hey, Takayama. 34 00:02:45,100 --> 00:02:48,160 That dozing expert was your father. 35 00:02:51,540 --> 00:02:53,300 By the way, gentlemen. 36 00:02:54,780 --> 00:02:58,800 Today is the last day for me to be called "Professor." 37 00:03:03,450 --> 00:03:07,180 As of today... 38 00:03:07,220 --> 00:03:09,820 I am resigning my professorship. 39 00:03:12,100 --> 00:03:15,000 My books... 40 00:03:15,030 --> 00:03:17,830 have somehow become salable. 41 00:03:17,870 --> 00:03:21,500 I can live by writing. 42 00:03:21,540 --> 00:03:24,510 I must admit I do not dislike teaching... 43 00:03:24,540 --> 00:03:26,010 but as the proverb... 44 00:03:26,040 --> 00:03:31,480 "He who runs after two hares will catch neither"... 45 00:03:31,510 --> 00:03:34,710 I have decided to quit teaching. 46 00:03:37,390 --> 00:03:38,380 Professor. 47 00:03:41,660 --> 00:03:43,820 Even if you quit... 48 00:03:43,860 --> 00:03:47,350 you are our professor. 49 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:50,770 My father, too, was an alumnus of this school. 50 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:52,390 So were his friends. 51 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,810 Even to this day, they call you Professor. 52 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:00,210 They also say you are solid gold. 53 00:04:00,250 --> 00:04:01,940 Solid gold? 54 00:04:01,980 --> 00:04:06,350 A lump of gold with no impurities. 55 00:04:06,380 --> 00:04:11,410 It means you are the true professor. 56 00:04:11,460 --> 00:04:17,330 You are the German professor, but you have taught us more. 57 00:04:17,360 --> 00:04:22,460 I feel you have taught us many precious things. 58 00:04:54,840 --> 00:04:58,130 TOKYO, 1943 59 00:05:22,230 --> 00:05:26,500 This is the house our professor moved into... 60 00:05:26,530 --> 00:05:29,230 after he quit school. 61 00:05:38,850 --> 00:05:41,040 Ma'am, put the professor away somewhere. 62 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,050 He's in the way. 63 00:05:43,090 --> 00:05:44,990 Darling. 64 00:06:04,470 --> 00:06:07,500 Put that in the entrance hall. 65 00:06:07,540 --> 00:06:09,670 The entrance hall will be my study. 66 00:06:09,710 --> 00:06:12,810 At the same time, I will be the gatekeeper... 67 00:06:12,850 --> 00:06:15,550 to protect the house from invasion... 68 00:06:15,590 --> 00:06:18,450 by a motley crowd like you. 69 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:22,780 RECEIVING DA YS... 1ST AND 15TH OF THE MONTH 70 00:06:22,830 --> 00:06:25,560 VISITORS ON OTHER DA YS PROHIBITED 71 00:06:33,770 --> 00:06:36,760 I hope it is all right. 72 00:06:36,810 --> 00:06:38,270 What is? 73 00:06:38,310 --> 00:06:41,870 This house. The rent is cheaper than I expected. 74 00:06:41,910 --> 00:06:43,380 I knewthere was something fishy. 75 00:06:43,410 --> 00:06:48,940 When I went to order noodles today, the shop lady told me... 76 00:06:48,990 --> 00:06:52,010 this house has been burglarized quite frequently. 77 00:06:53,290 --> 00:06:55,380 So none have settled down very long. 78 00:06:55,430 --> 00:06:57,860 And it was vacant for a while. 79 00:06:57,900 --> 00:07:01,260 The heck with burglars. 80 00:07:01,300 --> 00:07:04,360 There's nothing worth stealing here. 81 00:07:05,370 --> 00:07:08,740 Still... I'm somehow scared. 82 00:07:08,770 --> 00:07:11,470 Don't worry. No burglar will break in. 83 00:07:11,510 --> 00:07:13,200 Definitely won't. 84 00:07:16,110 --> 00:07:18,410 Since I was a child... 85 00:07:18,450 --> 00:07:21,080 I've been so afraid of burglars. 86 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:25,820 I've given much thought on howto prevent burglars. 87 00:07:25,860 --> 00:07:29,620 And I have hammered out a method to prevent them. 88 00:07:29,660 --> 00:07:31,930 Did you really, Professor? 89 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:34,690 Yes, I did. 90 00:07:52,020 --> 00:07:53,010 One o'clock. 91 00:07:53,050 --> 00:07:57,350 Bewitching hour. Hour for the burglars. 92 00:08:09,140 --> 00:08:13,130 I'll go over this wall and open the side door. 93 00:08:13,170 --> 00:08:15,070 Sneak in here. 94 00:08:15,110 --> 00:08:19,050 Wait a minute. Aren't we acting like burglars? 95 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:22,240 We became worried about what madam told us. 96 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:24,550 We're here to examine the precautionary measures. 97 00:08:24,590 --> 00:08:29,520 The only way to check is to sneak in like real burglars. 98 00:09:25,420 --> 00:09:28,350 Take a look at that. What a plight! 99 00:09:28,390 --> 00:09:30,580 "Don't worry," he said. 100 00:09:30,620 --> 00:09:34,060 Didn't he boast on being an expert on burglars? 101 00:09:41,500 --> 00:09:43,490 BURGLAR'S ENTRANCE 102 00:10:27,350 --> 00:10:29,310 BURGLAR'S PASSAGE 103 00:11:00,210 --> 00:11:03,210 BURGLAR'S RECESS AREA 104 00:11:21,340 --> 00:11:26,170 BURGLAR'S EXIT 105 00:11:56,240 --> 00:11:58,760 That was a clean score. 106 00:11:58,810 --> 00:12:00,940 I had to steal this to get even. 107 00:12:00,980 --> 00:12:03,670 Isn't that the professor's hat? 108 00:12:03,710 --> 00:12:06,510 I heard he wore this when he was an instructor in the army. 109 00:12:06,550 --> 00:12:08,140 He shouldn't need this anymore. 110 00:12:08,180 --> 00:12:10,650 As a reminder of this day... 111 00:12:10,690 --> 00:12:13,020 I'll make this a family treasure. 112 00:12:13,060 --> 00:12:15,490 What'll we do about the side door? 113 00:12:15,530 --> 00:12:16,990 What about it? 114 00:12:17,030 --> 00:12:20,550 It's unlocked. It has to be locked. 115 00:12:20,600 --> 00:12:25,000 You'd better go over the wall. It's unsafe. 116 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:27,770 You're right. 117 00:12:34,650 --> 00:12:36,410 Come down. 118 00:12:36,450 --> 00:12:38,310 Come down. 119 00:12:39,620 --> 00:12:41,780 - What is it? - Someone's coming. 120 00:12:44,690 --> 00:12:46,590 Darn it! It's a cop! 121 00:13:14,050 --> 00:13:16,820 Can we leave the side door like that? 122 00:13:16,860 --> 00:13:22,060 Sure. With those signs, nothing will be stolen. 123 00:13:22,100 --> 00:13:24,150 Our professor is something. 124 00:13:24,200 --> 00:13:26,030 Yes, he's solid gold. 125 00:13:59,930 --> 00:14:01,420 Professor! 126 00:14:02,670 --> 00:14:05,570 We have happily come upon receiving your invitation. 127 00:14:05,610 --> 00:14:07,370 Come right on in. 128 00:14:07,410 --> 00:14:10,070 We can't with you sitting there. 129 00:14:11,310 --> 00:14:14,410 You look like a scribe or a fortune-teller. 130 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,450 Literary men somewhat are the same. 131 00:14:23,530 --> 00:14:27,430 This must be a defense measure to keep away the visitors. 132 00:14:32,900 --> 00:14:36,900 Besides, who wants to stay if he's reading this kind of thing? 133 00:14:36,940 --> 00:14:39,600 BY SHOKUSANJIN (Haiku Poet) 134 00:14:39,640 --> 00:14:43,080 "Annoyance is to have visitors. 135 00:14:43,110 --> 00:14:46,710 "Nonetheless, this does not imply you. 136 00:14:46,750 --> 00:14:48,220 "By the host. 137 00:14:48,250 --> 00:14:51,310 "Delight is to have visitors. 138 00:14:51,350 --> 00:14:54,720 "Nonetheless, this does not imply you." 139 00:14:57,330 --> 00:14:59,820 Hello. 140 00:15:01,330 --> 00:15:03,930 - Come in. - Hello. 141 00:15:03,970 --> 00:15:05,870 Thank you. 142 00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:11,870 Is it right? 143 00:15:16,310 --> 00:15:18,210 There aren't enough cushions... 144 00:15:18,250 --> 00:15:21,240 so I'll be the one to use it. 145 00:15:21,290 --> 00:15:23,450 I think that's rude to the guests. 146 00:15:23,490 --> 00:15:25,750 But, oh, well. 147 00:15:25,790 --> 00:15:28,260 What do you mean rude? 148 00:15:28,290 --> 00:15:32,020 You barge into my house, remove all the sliding doors... 149 00:15:32,060 --> 00:15:34,220 Fine guests you are. 150 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:39,370 Professor, it's not a visiting day. 151 00:15:39,400 --> 00:15:40,740 What's happening today? 152 00:15:40,770 --> 00:15:43,570 It's a special day today. 153 00:15:43,610 --> 00:15:46,100 A special day? 154 00:15:46,150 --> 00:15:49,440 It's the day I have become a genuine old man. 155 00:15:51,380 --> 00:15:53,720 It is my 60th birthday. 156 00:15:53,750 --> 00:15:56,220 I have become 60 years old. 157 00:15:56,260 --> 00:15:59,120 Is that true? If we had known that... 158 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:02,530 we would have invited you to a great banquet. 159 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:03,790 Come, come. Don't say that. 160 00:16:03,830 --> 00:16:07,530 It's wartime now. Not a time for a grand celebration. 161 00:16:07,570 --> 00:16:10,430 I myself had completely forgotten... 162 00:16:10,470 --> 00:16:15,170 if not for some venison my relatives back home sent me. 163 00:16:15,210 --> 00:16:17,640 I thought it was a good idea... 164 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:21,440 to exchange drinks with you over some venison. 165 00:16:24,550 --> 00:16:26,680 We brought beer and sake we've gathered. 166 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:29,120 I appreciate that. 167 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:39,030 By the way, how many of you are here? 168 00:16:39,070 --> 00:16:40,900 There are 16, sir. 169 00:16:42,500 --> 00:16:44,560 Do we have enough cooking stoves and pans? 170 00:16:44,610 --> 00:16:46,400 If we don't, we'll go buy some. 171 00:16:57,450 --> 00:16:59,350 Gentlemen. 172 00:16:59,390 --> 00:17:01,690 Happy birthday, sir. 173 00:17:09,900 --> 00:17:12,370 Make yourselves at home. 174 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:15,630 I sit this way because it is comfortable for me. 175 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:23,270 Please put the meat in? 176 00:17:23,310 --> 00:17:25,110 Ma'am. Ma'am, join us. 177 00:17:25,150 --> 00:17:28,910 Don't worry. She can't... 178 00:17:28,950 --> 00:17:31,250 she's never eaten horse meat. 179 00:17:32,990 --> 00:17:34,720 Horse meat, sir? 180 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:37,520 Isn't this venison? 181 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:40,290 We received a bulk of venison... 182 00:17:40,330 --> 00:17:43,790 more than we two can eat. 183 00:17:43,830 --> 00:17:47,630 So I decided to invite you. 184 00:17:47,670 --> 00:17:51,110 But considering your appetite... 185 00:17:51,140 --> 00:17:56,100 I realized it was a slender bulk. 186 00:17:56,150 --> 00:17:59,340 Venison stew is rare and grand... 187 00:17:59,380 --> 00:18:03,010 but adding horse meat should make an interesting blend. 188 00:18:03,050 --> 00:18:05,520 "Horse" and "deer" mean stupid. 189 00:18:05,560 --> 00:18:07,920 I get it, sir. 190 00:18:07,960 --> 00:18:10,050 This means we are stupid. 191 00:18:11,060 --> 00:18:13,220 No need to be depressed. 192 00:18:13,260 --> 00:18:18,070 Beef, pork, and chicken are hard to come by nowadays. 193 00:18:18,100 --> 00:18:22,000 I happened to hear horse meat was available. 194 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:25,030 I struck upon the elegance... 195 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:29,710 of adding horse meat to the venison stew. 196 00:18:33,220 --> 00:18:37,990 I set out to a butcher's quite a distance from here... 197 00:18:38,020 --> 00:18:40,790 and bought the horse meat. 198 00:18:40,830 --> 00:18:43,020 Should bring tears to your eyes. 199 00:18:44,730 --> 00:18:46,200 For his loving students... 200 00:18:46,230 --> 00:18:50,260 an old man whipping his old bones to buy horse meat. 201 00:18:50,300 --> 00:18:52,740 Can you imagine that? 202 00:18:52,770 --> 00:18:55,500 It's a typical, "Looking up to our teacher... 203 00:18:55,540 --> 00:18:57,700 "thinking of our debt to our teacher." 204 00:19:03,550 --> 00:19:05,780 Gentlemen! 205 00:19:05,820 --> 00:19:09,080 What is more, I found myself... 206 00:19:09,120 --> 00:19:12,390 in an awkward situation at the butcher's. 207 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:50,660 The horse was... 208 00:19:50,700 --> 00:19:54,500 a familiar military horse at the Army Academy... 209 00:19:54,540 --> 00:19:57,510 where I taught for some time. 210 00:19:57,540 --> 00:20:01,870 It stared at me with dubious eyes, as if saying... 211 00:20:05,150 --> 00:20:10,880 "What in the world are you buying there, sir?" 212 00:20:13,660 --> 00:20:15,780 I was so embarrassed. 213 00:20:18,090 --> 00:20:20,860 I wanted to hide somewhere. 214 00:20:28,400 --> 00:20:30,900 By the way, gentlemen... 215 00:20:30,940 --> 00:20:33,640 I never realized horses had such large eyes. 216 00:20:38,650 --> 00:20:41,170 Well, let's eat. 217 00:20:41,220 --> 00:20:43,050 The meat should be ready. 218 00:20:43,090 --> 00:20:45,060 You certainly make it easy for us to eat... 219 00:20:45,090 --> 00:20:46,780 with that story of yours, Professor. 220 00:20:46,820 --> 00:20:49,790 Imagine it's all venison. 221 00:20:49,830 --> 00:20:52,390 Besides, the two meats are mixed. 222 00:20:52,430 --> 00:20:54,760 You wouldn't know which is which. 223 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:57,430 Bon appetit! 224 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:02,070 It's good. 225 00:21:03,780 --> 00:21:05,710 It is. 226 00:21:12,580 --> 00:21:14,680 It's certainly delicious. 227 00:21:18,690 --> 00:21:20,850 If there is an air raid... 228 00:21:20,890 --> 00:21:23,490 this "stupid stew" will turn into "blind stew." 229 00:21:25,300 --> 00:21:29,390 I hate air raids. 230 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:32,500 I have to turn off the lights. 231 00:21:32,540 --> 00:21:37,480 I've been afraid of the dark since I was a child. 232 00:21:37,510 --> 00:21:40,100 I can't sleep in the dark, either. 233 00:21:40,150 --> 00:21:41,810 Even now, sir? 234 00:21:45,850 --> 00:21:47,610 Aren't you afraid of the dark? 235 00:21:47,650 --> 00:21:49,210 Of course not. 236 00:21:49,260 --> 00:21:50,590 We're grownups. 237 00:21:50,620 --> 00:21:54,080 What's so scary about darkness? 238 00:21:54,130 --> 00:21:56,390 You gentlemen are impossible. 239 00:21:56,430 --> 00:21:57,990 Why is that? 240 00:21:59,630 --> 00:22:01,430 Anyone unafraid of darkness... 241 00:22:01,470 --> 00:22:05,600 has a vital defect as a human being. 242 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:08,200 You lack imagination. 243 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:10,040 A proper human being... 244 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:12,170 conceives the existence of something... 245 00:22:12,210 --> 00:22:17,240 in their imagination in darkness which prevents you from seeing. 246 00:22:17,280 --> 00:22:20,580 Whatever is in the dark... 247 00:22:20,620 --> 00:22:24,350 it may be of danger to you. 248 00:22:24,390 --> 00:22:26,490 That's why we become scared. 249 00:22:26,530 --> 00:22:28,290 This is justified logic. 250 00:22:31,970 --> 00:22:35,300 In my case... 251 00:22:35,340 --> 00:22:38,640 if I hear there are badgers here... 252 00:22:38,670 --> 00:22:43,010 everyone in the neighborhood seems like badgers. 253 00:22:44,910 --> 00:22:46,380 Rather, I suspect... 254 00:22:46,420 --> 00:22:51,440 the badgers have disguised themselves as humans. 255 00:22:51,490 --> 00:22:55,390 This is only natural for a proper human being. 256 00:22:55,420 --> 00:22:58,620 It may be natural for you... 257 00:22:58,660 --> 00:23:00,920 because you are solid gold. 258 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:02,830 To the solid gold professor! 259 00:23:11,310 --> 00:23:13,210 Cheers! 260 00:23:21,150 --> 00:23:29,720 Looking up to our teacher 261 00:23:29,760 --> 00:23:37,290 Thinking of our debt to our teacher 262 00:23:37,330 --> 00:23:45,110 Over the garden of teaching 263 00:23:45,140 --> 00:23:51,880 Countless years have already passed 264 00:23:51,920 --> 00:23:59,480 So lost is the passage of time 265 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:05,990 The years and the months... 266 00:24:27,050 --> 00:24:28,990 Our professor's house... 267 00:24:29,020 --> 00:24:31,150 was also burned down from the air raids. 268 00:24:40,930 --> 00:24:44,270 This is the professor's house after that. 269 00:24:47,810 --> 00:24:49,780 All won't go in. 270 00:25:04,360 --> 00:25:06,160 Thanks for coming. 271 00:25:08,260 --> 00:25:09,790 My, my. 272 00:25:11,470 --> 00:25:13,060 OK here? 273 00:25:13,100 --> 00:25:16,090 - Over here. - Ma'am. 274 00:25:16,140 --> 00:25:18,130 Professor should love this. 275 00:25:18,170 --> 00:25:20,230 Indeed, like rain in drought. 276 00:25:20,270 --> 00:25:22,970 Thank you for your consideration. 277 00:25:26,310 --> 00:25:29,310 Can I put the bag there? 278 00:25:29,350 --> 00:25:30,840 Oh, that goes... 279 00:25:33,450 --> 00:25:35,320 - Are you coming in? - I'll help. 280 00:25:35,360 --> 00:25:37,020 There are too many people. 281 00:25:37,060 --> 00:25:39,050 - Are you all right? - I can't budge. 282 00:25:39,090 --> 00:25:43,000 I now know how canned sardines feel. 283 00:25:43,030 --> 00:25:45,970 - Anything to put over here? - This, please. 284 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:49,330 - Please. Yes, thank you. - This, too. 285 00:25:49,370 --> 00:25:50,700 Watch your head. 286 00:25:50,740 --> 00:25:53,540 Ignore that head. 287 00:25:53,580 --> 00:25:57,070 Would you take this, too? 288 00:25:58,250 --> 00:26:02,380 Ma'am, if you need anything, please tell us. 289 00:26:02,420 --> 00:26:04,440 Thank you very much, everyone. 290 00:26:04,490 --> 00:26:06,280 We trouble you all the time. 291 00:26:06,320 --> 00:26:07,550 Don't mention it. 292 00:26:07,590 --> 00:26:09,620 I want an umbrella. 293 00:26:09,660 --> 00:26:11,460 Take this one, sir. 294 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:17,330 Our bathroom is... 295 00:26:17,370 --> 00:26:20,100 that new building over there. 296 00:26:20,140 --> 00:26:22,260 It doesn't have a roof. 297 00:26:26,080 --> 00:26:29,510 Therefore, on rainy days such as today... 298 00:26:29,550 --> 00:26:32,410 we can't use it. 299 00:26:35,720 --> 00:26:37,080 What do you say, guys? 300 00:26:37,120 --> 00:26:39,650 To be honest, this place is terrible. 301 00:26:39,690 --> 00:26:41,950 Let's find someplace else. 302 00:26:41,990 --> 00:26:43,790 No, no. Coming across this house... 303 00:26:43,830 --> 00:26:49,100 which miraculously survived was mere luck. 304 00:26:49,130 --> 00:26:52,860 Besides, the owner is a baron I'm acquainted with. 305 00:26:52,900 --> 00:26:55,430 - A baron? - Peerage. 306 00:26:55,470 --> 00:26:56,770 Lived in this house? 307 00:26:56,810 --> 00:26:58,710 Don't talk nonsense. 308 00:26:58,740 --> 00:27:01,680 This was... 309 00:27:01,710 --> 00:27:06,280 the shack for the baron's old garden keeper. 310 00:27:07,750 --> 00:27:11,420 On the morning when both the baron's house... 311 00:27:11,460 --> 00:27:13,920 and ours were burnt down... 312 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:18,120 I met the baron who came to look around his estate. 313 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,930 My wife and I found this shack and were resting here. 314 00:27:21,970 --> 00:27:24,370 I asked him if we could rent it. 315 00:27:24,400 --> 00:27:27,070 He said, "Please, go ahead." 316 00:27:27,110 --> 00:27:30,130 We were very lucky, indeed. 317 00:27:31,310 --> 00:27:34,070 You knowthis, don't you? 318 00:27:34,110 --> 00:27:35,640 HOJO-KI 319 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:38,580 Yes, sir. 320 00:27:38,620 --> 00:27:40,050 Books are heavy. 321 00:27:40,090 --> 00:27:44,050 I fled with only this book, my favorite. 322 00:27:44,090 --> 00:27:50,590 The author of this book, Kamono Chomei... 323 00:27:50,630 --> 00:27:53,830 lived in the capital during the Heian Era. 324 00:27:53,870 --> 00:27:56,560 He experienced many calamities... 325 00:27:56,600 --> 00:27:59,800 such as war, fire, and famine. 326 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,900 Losing all hope in life... 327 00:28:02,940 --> 00:28:07,110 he secluded himself in a mountain hermitage. 328 00:28:07,150 --> 00:28:10,780 I recently feel the same way... 329 00:28:10,820 --> 00:28:14,850 as Kamono Chomei must have felt. 330 00:28:14,890 --> 00:28:17,690 For the time being, I intend to settle down here... 331 00:28:17,730 --> 00:28:21,560 which resembles the hermitage he lived in. 332 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:33,530 Well, gentlemen, I wish I can invite you in... 333 00:28:33,580 --> 00:28:35,840 but I'm afraid I can't. 334 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,210 It's packed with my wife and I alone. 335 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:42,180 Don't worry. 336 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:51,860 Professor. Please. 337 00:29:04,140 --> 00:29:08,740 Many of the birds we kept were burnt. 338 00:29:08,780 --> 00:29:12,510 My wife insisted on freeing them from the cages... 339 00:29:12,550 --> 00:29:15,040 if we couldn't take them. 340 00:29:15,090 --> 00:29:17,750 A bird freed from its cage at night... 341 00:29:17,790 --> 00:29:19,780 would only fly into the fire. 342 00:29:19,820 --> 00:29:22,950 If they are going to be burnt anyway... 343 00:29:22,990 --> 00:29:27,860 they might as well meet their fate in their familiar cages. 344 00:29:27,900 --> 00:29:30,330 We left them. 345 00:29:36,870 --> 00:29:38,870 A neighborhood child... 346 00:29:38,910 --> 00:29:43,210 found this silver-eye and gave it to us. 347 00:29:43,250 --> 00:29:45,440 It must have fallen out of its nest. 348 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:50,250 It was just a tiny fledgling at first. 349 00:29:50,290 --> 00:29:53,590 Since she raised it from that time... 350 00:29:53,630 --> 00:29:55,820 my wife strongly insisted... 351 00:29:55,860 --> 00:30:00,860 and didn't let the cage go. 352 00:30:00,900 --> 00:30:05,800 We had no choice but to flee with only this. 353 00:30:15,210 --> 00:30:16,680 The only resemblance... 354 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:20,950 this has with the hermitage in "Hojo-ki"... 355 00:30:20,990 --> 00:30:24,680 is its smallness, but without the elegance. 356 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:29,130 There is no sound of clear water from the mountains... 357 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:33,360 running from bamboo pipes as at Chomei's hermitage. 358 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:35,800 The only sound of water here... 359 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:39,740 is that of someone urinating against the clay wall. 360 00:30:44,780 --> 00:30:48,580 I wonder why people take the trouble... 361 00:30:48,620 --> 00:30:52,180 of always urinating in the same place. 362 00:30:52,220 --> 00:30:55,050 They all do it there. 363 00:30:55,090 --> 00:30:58,920 The "Urinating Forbidden" sign has no effect. 364 00:30:58,960 --> 00:31:02,660 Even a picture of a shrine seems insufficient. 365 00:31:02,700 --> 00:31:06,720 But I came up with a brilliant idea. 366 00:31:06,770 --> 00:31:10,430 I painted a special incantation. 367 00:31:10,470 --> 00:31:14,100 I'm sure it works this time. 368 00:31:14,140 --> 00:31:16,840 Go take a look at it. 369 00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:18,810 It's on the other side. 370 00:31:32,960 --> 00:31:34,290 It's ingenious. 371 00:31:34,330 --> 00:31:35,990 URINATING FORBIDDEN 372 00:31:36,030 --> 00:31:37,830 Clever indeed. 373 00:31:37,870 --> 00:31:39,390 Can't afford to get it chopped off. 374 00:31:39,440 --> 00:31:42,730 He's certainly a genius for such things. 375 00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:50,670 The rainy season may end. 376 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,680 By the way, how is the professor? 377 00:32:12,070 --> 00:32:13,430 Where's the professor? 378 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:17,660 You see how it is. 379 00:32:17,710 --> 00:32:21,340 He's hopeless once it begins to rumble. 380 00:32:21,380 --> 00:32:27,050 That's why I must keep ready this incense against thunder. 381 00:33:25,080 --> 00:33:28,170 It may not be proper to say this... 382 00:33:28,210 --> 00:33:31,180 after all you've done, but... 383 00:33:31,220 --> 00:33:36,480 human beings accumulate so many things during their life. 384 00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:37,990 The burden lightened... 385 00:33:38,030 --> 00:33:41,930 with everything burnt in the air raid. 386 00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:46,260 But things have increased in this house again. 387 00:33:46,300 --> 00:33:50,830 I sometimes hope the B-29 will come pay us a visit. 388 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,810 Still, we're glad the war is over. 389 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:58,510 Are you sure? 390 00:33:58,550 --> 00:34:03,310 Since the war, life has become worse. 391 00:34:03,350 --> 00:34:06,880 During the war, we at least had food rations. 392 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,910 Without rations... 393 00:34:09,960 --> 00:34:13,050 we are reduced to live like beggars. 394 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:19,990 Long ago, when I was a small child... 395 00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:23,440 we used to make a hut with bamboo and straw... 396 00:34:23,470 --> 00:34:27,430 in the open lot behind our house. 397 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:30,880 I took delight in sitting in it. 398 00:34:30,910 --> 00:34:34,180 When my grandmother caught me there... 399 00:34:34,220 --> 00:34:37,710 she shed tears and said... 400 00:34:37,750 --> 00:34:41,690 "What in the world is this boy doing? 401 00:34:41,720 --> 00:34:46,160 "He will surely grow up to be a beggar." 402 00:34:52,470 --> 00:34:56,060 She wept like a child. 403 00:34:56,110 --> 00:35:01,700 Indeed, my grandmother's prophecy came true. 404 00:35:04,110 --> 00:35:06,340 Professor! 405 00:35:06,380 --> 00:35:08,080 What are you saying? 406 00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:10,520 You fancy yourself as Chomei? 407 00:35:10,550 --> 00:35:12,520 Did you forget his spirit? 408 00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:14,420 It's not like you. 409 00:35:14,460 --> 00:35:18,950 "The river runs on and on and the water is never the same. 410 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:22,190 "Bubbles floating on stagnant water disappear and form... 411 00:35:22,230 --> 00:35:24,360 "They never remain forever. 412 00:35:24,400 --> 00:35:26,340 "In this world, one's habitat... 413 00:35:26,370 --> 00:35:28,200 "has come to pass as thus." 414 00:35:28,240 --> 00:35:31,570 I see. 415 00:35:31,610 --> 00:35:35,640 Think it no more than an old man's grumbling. 416 00:35:35,680 --> 00:35:38,150 Let me apologize. 417 00:35:42,050 --> 00:35:44,490 We are here about that matter, sir. 418 00:35:45,520 --> 00:35:48,490 We can't have you living here forever. 419 00:35:48,530 --> 00:35:52,220 We plan to build a house for you somewhere. 420 00:35:52,260 --> 00:35:55,100 Nonsense. I won't let you. 421 00:35:55,130 --> 00:35:57,360 Not immediately, sir. 422 00:35:57,400 --> 00:36:00,370 By the first Maadha Kai next year... 423 00:36:00,410 --> 00:36:02,100 we'll have a concrete plan. 424 00:36:03,980 --> 00:36:06,450 What is this? This Maadha Kai? 425 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:09,110 The name of your birthday. 426 00:36:09,150 --> 00:36:12,780 We've decided on that since it's not likely you'd die soon. 427 00:36:12,820 --> 00:36:14,290 Mouii Kai? (ready?) 428 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:16,020 Madadayo. (not yet) 429 00:36:16,060 --> 00:36:17,350 Maadha Kai? (not yet?) 430 00:36:17,390 --> 00:36:19,320 "Maadha Kai" as in this. 431 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:22,820 The characters are Ma from "a god's name"... 432 00:36:22,860 --> 00:36:24,560 and A and Da from "the Buddha." 433 00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:27,570 Isn't that a great name? 434 00:36:27,600 --> 00:36:31,500 Is that right? 435 00:36:31,540 --> 00:36:33,870 Maadha Kai? (not yet?) 436 00:36:39,110 --> 00:36:42,280 Maadha Kai? 437 00:36:42,320 --> 00:36:44,080 I'm back. 438 00:36:54,930 --> 00:36:57,990 It's a genuine Johnny Walker bottle... 439 00:36:58,030 --> 00:37:00,020 but the content is different. 440 00:37:00,070 --> 00:37:03,200 It's medical alcohol. 441 00:37:03,240 --> 00:37:05,870 I got it from a doctor I know. 442 00:37:05,910 --> 00:37:08,970 He made it by mixing tea and brown sugar. 443 00:37:09,010 --> 00:37:12,450 The taste is questionable, but it's effective. 444 00:37:14,650 --> 00:37:18,950 I must say, I'm beginning to feel good. 445 00:37:18,990 --> 00:37:20,150 Professor. 446 00:37:20,190 --> 00:37:23,520 When we were students, we often drank with you. 447 00:37:23,560 --> 00:37:27,120 When we got drunk, you led us to a lot of mischief. 448 00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:29,390 We switched nameplates on houses. 449 00:37:29,430 --> 00:37:33,430 When you sobered up, you'd make us put them back again. 450 00:37:36,940 --> 00:37:38,410 So sorry, sir. 451 00:37:39,740 --> 00:37:40,940 Professor. 452 00:37:40,980 --> 00:37:45,540 Do you want your new house Japanese or Western style? 453 00:37:45,580 --> 00:37:48,850 As I already said, I won't let you. 454 00:37:48,890 --> 00:37:51,620 Leave it to us, Professor. 455 00:37:51,660 --> 00:37:54,750 Nowthat the war is over, major publishers are reopening. 456 00:37:54,790 --> 00:37:58,230 One of them has offered to pay in advance for the right... 457 00:37:58,260 --> 00:37:59,960 to publish your works. 458 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:01,930 Leave it to us. 459 00:38:01,970 --> 00:38:05,630 There is a piece of land we are considering now. 460 00:38:05,670 --> 00:38:07,640 We can build a small garden. 461 00:38:07,670 --> 00:38:09,640 What kind would you like? 462 00:38:12,310 --> 00:38:14,570 I'd like to have a pond. 463 00:38:14,610 --> 00:38:16,140 A pond? 464 00:38:16,180 --> 00:38:18,650 A garden pond? 465 00:38:18,680 --> 00:38:21,020 There won't be space for a big pond... 466 00:38:21,050 --> 00:38:23,180 but a small one will be possible. 467 00:38:23,220 --> 00:38:25,550 I don't want such a small one. 468 00:38:27,630 --> 00:38:30,250 I'd like to keep some fish... 469 00:38:30,300 --> 00:38:33,820 but fish swim in the same direction. 470 00:38:33,870 --> 00:38:35,800 If the pond is so small... 471 00:38:35,830 --> 00:38:39,900 they'd have to bend their bodies all the time. 472 00:38:39,940 --> 00:38:43,600 It'll be pathetic if their backs get bent. 473 00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:45,170 Fish's backs? 474 00:38:52,820 --> 00:38:54,980 What about this idea? 475 00:38:56,420 --> 00:38:58,750 The whole garden is a pond. 476 00:38:58,790 --> 00:39:01,780 That's a lot of construction work. 477 00:39:01,830 --> 00:39:03,660 Then... 478 00:39:03,700 --> 00:39:06,760 make the pond circumference as large as possible. 479 00:39:07,870 --> 00:39:11,600 Build an island in the middle. 480 00:39:11,640 --> 00:39:13,940 Make a doughnut-shaped pond. 481 00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:19,840 You come up with the weirdest ideas. 482 00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:22,510 You're beyond us mediocre men. 483 00:39:22,550 --> 00:39:25,380 He seriously worries about fish's backs. 484 00:39:25,420 --> 00:39:27,320 I must say, he's a genius. 485 00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:30,380 He's a child. He never grows up. 486 00:39:30,420 --> 00:39:31,720 I got it. 487 00:39:31,760 --> 00:39:33,190 That's what turns you on. 488 00:39:33,230 --> 00:39:34,630 Don't be silly. 489 00:39:34,660 --> 00:39:36,250 Don't hide it. 490 00:39:37,270 --> 00:39:38,730 I realize... 491 00:39:39,870 --> 00:39:43,270 that's what we like in him, too. 492 00:39:43,300 --> 00:39:46,070 That's why it's fun to be with him. 493 00:39:46,110 --> 00:39:47,770 Isn't that right? 494 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:53,780 The moon is out. 495 00:39:57,820 --> 00:40:02,760 The moon is out, the moon is out 496 00:40:02,790 --> 00:40:07,690 Round, round, perfectly round 497 00:40:09,030 --> 00:40:11,430 I love old songs. 498 00:40:11,470 --> 00:40:13,230 Like Henri Rousseau's paintings... 499 00:40:13,270 --> 00:40:15,070 so innocent and honest. 500 00:40:15,100 --> 00:40:18,510 I love songs of the good ol' days. 501 00:40:18,540 --> 00:40:19,840 During the war... 502 00:40:19,880 --> 00:40:25,180 we had forgotten about such nice things like the moon. 503 00:40:42,500 --> 00:40:47,600 The moon is out, the moon is out 504 00:40:47,640 --> 00:40:52,580 Round, round, perfectly round 505 00:40:52,610 --> 00:40:57,840 The moon is like a tray 506 00:41:21,570 --> 00:41:25,480 "The houses demolished under frequent fires... 507 00:41:25,510 --> 00:41:27,600 "are incalculable. 508 00:41:27,650 --> 00:41:31,610 "Alone the trivial hermitage remains tranquil... 509 00:41:31,650 --> 00:41:33,310 "without dread. 510 00:41:33,350 --> 00:41:35,510 "Though small and poor... 511 00:41:35,550 --> 00:41:37,680 "it offers a bed at night... 512 00:41:37,720 --> 00:41:39,520 "and a seat in the day. 513 00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:42,820 "What more can one ask for in a shelter?" 514 00:42:56,340 --> 00:43:04,340 THE FIRST MAADHA KAI 515 00:43:10,090 --> 00:43:14,750 To celebrate our professor's 61st birthday... 516 00:43:14,790 --> 00:43:17,850 we will open the first Maadha Kai party. 517 00:43:20,160 --> 00:43:22,860 Under the Allied Occupation... 518 00:43:22,900 --> 00:43:27,360 food and alcohol are not easy to come by. 519 00:43:27,400 --> 00:43:30,500 Luckily, with the cooperation of all the members... 520 00:43:30,540 --> 00:43:34,870 we were able to hold this banquet. 521 00:43:34,910 --> 00:43:37,140 As the chairman... 522 00:43:37,180 --> 00:43:39,210 let me voice our appreciation... 523 00:43:39,250 --> 00:43:41,480 to the officers who have done so well. 524 00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:48,330 Words from our professor... 525 00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:50,620 and a large glass of beer. 526 00:43:50,660 --> 00:43:52,930 Please drink up in one breath. 527 00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:55,120 Then a toast in his honor. 528 00:44:01,170 --> 00:44:04,940 My friends and gentlemen. 529 00:44:04,980 --> 00:44:09,740 Thank you all for inviting me here tonight. 530 00:44:11,080 --> 00:44:12,950 Thank you for sparing time... 531 00:44:14,220 --> 00:44:17,150 though some are not busy... 532 00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:22,690 from your busy schedule... 533 00:44:22,730 --> 00:44:25,600 to attend this wonderful gathering. 534 00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:35,970 "Is this old goat still alive?" Seems to be the motive of... 535 00:44:36,010 --> 00:44:39,880 the Maadha Kai and that you all have... 536 00:44:39,910 --> 00:44:43,640 the desire to ask me Maadha Kai (not yet?)... 537 00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:48,450 I have come to say Madadayo (not yet). 538 00:44:51,060 --> 00:44:54,620 Though it may be against the principles... 539 00:44:54,660 --> 00:44:58,320 of this meeting, ask me again next year and the year after. 540 00:44:58,370 --> 00:45:01,490 Please ask me Maadha Kai. 541 00:45:03,100 --> 00:45:05,900 I promise that I will someday... 542 00:45:05,940 --> 00:45:10,100 respond to you by saying Mouiiyo (I'm ready). 543 00:45:12,050 --> 00:45:15,140 I assure you I am well-prepared. 544 00:45:16,720 --> 00:45:19,210 The person to my right... 545 00:45:19,250 --> 00:45:21,850 has taken care of me for years. 546 00:45:21,890 --> 00:45:25,150 He is my physician, Dr. Kobayashi. 547 00:45:25,190 --> 00:45:30,600 He will sign my death certificate. 548 00:45:30,630 --> 00:45:33,690 The gentleman on my left... 549 00:45:33,740 --> 00:45:36,500 is one of the alumni. 550 00:45:36,540 --> 00:45:38,940 He took over his family business... 551 00:45:38,970 --> 00:45:45,380 and is now a priest at a temple. Rev. Kameyama will... 552 00:45:45,410 --> 00:45:49,940 perform the final ritual before I die. 553 00:45:52,350 --> 00:45:54,750 In any case... 554 00:45:54,790 --> 00:46:01,560 I am about to empty this large glass of beer in one breath... 555 00:46:01,600 --> 00:46:03,620 and even if I die on the spot... 556 00:46:03,670 --> 00:46:06,230 there is nothing to worry about. 557 00:47:12,700 --> 00:47:15,470 Madadayo! (not yet) 558 00:47:19,350 --> 00:47:20,810 Cheers! 559 00:47:22,350 --> 00:47:24,650 Congratulations. 560 00:47:36,000 --> 00:47:38,400 Gentlemen, while you are still free... 561 00:47:38,430 --> 00:47:40,490 from the effects of the liquor... 562 00:47:40,530 --> 00:47:42,930 a short speech from the each of you. 563 00:47:42,970 --> 00:47:45,870 Make them short and simple. 564 00:47:48,780 --> 00:47:51,940 Long live the professor! 565 00:47:51,980 --> 00:47:53,710 That was too short. 566 00:47:53,750 --> 00:47:55,770 It's felicitating. 567 00:47:55,820 --> 00:47:58,480 A long one'll be a condolence. 568 00:48:01,820 --> 00:48:06,450 I am deeply grateful to the professor. 569 00:48:06,490 --> 00:48:10,620 When we staged the opera "Faust" in German under his guidance... 570 00:48:10,670 --> 00:48:13,360 I was given a wonderful role. 571 00:48:13,400 --> 00:48:16,960 I will always treasure that memory of sensation. 572 00:48:17,010 --> 00:48:20,240 Did you play Mephistopheles? 573 00:48:20,280 --> 00:48:22,000 No, sir. 574 00:48:22,040 --> 00:48:26,780 I played the eternal virgin Faust fell in love with... 575 00:48:26,820 --> 00:48:27,980 Margarita. 576 00:48:32,620 --> 00:48:35,250 I'm awkward with speeches, so... 577 00:48:35,290 --> 00:48:38,560 I'll recite all the station names from Hokkaido to Kyushu. 578 00:48:38,590 --> 00:48:39,820 Express trains? 579 00:48:39,860 --> 00:48:41,330 No, for the locals. 580 00:48:41,360 --> 00:48:43,490 That'll be something. 581 00:48:43,530 --> 00:48:48,630 Kushiro, Shin-Fuji, Ohtanoshige, Shoro, Shiranuka, Onbetsu... 582 00:48:50,210 --> 00:48:52,170 Let's forget him. Next. 583 00:48:55,180 --> 00:49:00,710 I don't understand why today is an auspicious day. 584 00:49:00,750 --> 00:49:04,910 Probably because Professor is still alive. 585 00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:07,220 I'm alive, too, but there's... 586 00:49:07,260 --> 00:49:08,820 I don't think it's auspicious. 587 00:49:08,860 --> 00:49:10,790 Say, Your Holiness! 588 00:49:10,830 --> 00:49:13,420 You embarrass me. 589 00:49:13,460 --> 00:49:15,860 Then, Eminence! 590 00:49:18,370 --> 00:49:20,600 High Priest! 591 00:49:20,640 --> 00:49:22,430 That, too. 592 00:49:23,740 --> 00:49:26,340 Then, Priest! 593 00:49:26,380 --> 00:49:27,540 That's better. 594 00:49:31,220 --> 00:49:33,510 How's your business? 595 00:49:33,550 --> 00:49:35,040 Are you busy? 596 00:49:35,090 --> 00:49:37,710 Quite busy, thank you. 597 00:49:37,760 --> 00:49:41,520 That's why I don't want you to come yet. 598 00:49:41,560 --> 00:49:43,720 Then I shall have to wait. 599 00:49:44,860 --> 00:49:47,300 By the way, Mr. Quack. 600 00:49:47,330 --> 00:49:48,590 Candidly speaking... 601 00:49:48,630 --> 00:49:52,930 How long would you say can I hold out? 602 00:49:52,970 --> 00:49:54,840 Let me see. 603 00:49:54,870 --> 00:49:57,900 Granted you keep to my advice... 604 00:49:57,940 --> 00:50:00,540 I'll guarantee another 15-16 years. 605 00:50:00,580 --> 00:50:01,840 That's bad. 606 00:50:01,880 --> 00:50:06,010 If he lives so long, we officers will be accused. 607 00:50:08,590 --> 00:50:09,820 Drink up, Professor. 608 00:50:09,860 --> 00:50:11,150 Professor. 609 00:50:16,300 --> 00:50:19,660 You're a juyaku (executive), aren't you? 610 00:50:19,700 --> 00:50:22,460 Yes, thank you, sir. 611 00:50:22,500 --> 00:50:27,600 Have you ever thought of the word "executive"? 612 00:50:27,640 --> 00:50:29,370 Not particularly, sir. 613 00:50:29,410 --> 00:50:31,500 That's the trouble. 614 00:50:31,540 --> 00:50:32,840 Comes from "execute"... 615 00:50:32,880 --> 00:50:38,610 "enforce," "discharge"... even "behead." 616 00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:43,820 You mustn't be vain just because you became an executive. 617 00:50:43,860 --> 00:50:46,520 Such a person is not worthy. 618 00:50:46,560 --> 00:50:48,220 Must be executed. 619 00:50:51,430 --> 00:50:53,090 Have mercy on me, sir. 620 00:50:53,130 --> 00:50:57,800 Nowthat my turn has come... I would like to... 621 00:50:57,840 --> 00:50:59,330 I owe it all to Professor... 622 00:50:59,370 --> 00:51:01,140 Thank you, Professor. 623 00:51:04,150 --> 00:51:08,840 Professor, you have taught us the joy of drinking. 624 00:51:08,880 --> 00:51:13,750 But some only got drunk and had given you trouble. 625 00:51:13,790 --> 00:51:17,880 Sugino went wild swinging beer bottles. 626 00:51:17,930 --> 00:51:21,260 When Kitamura got drunk, he'd hug and kiss anyone. 627 00:51:21,300 --> 00:51:22,960 Even kissed me. 628 00:51:35,210 --> 00:51:37,510 Shaved off your beard? 629 00:51:37,550 --> 00:51:39,510 Yes, I did. 630 00:51:39,550 --> 00:51:42,240 Mustn't do such a thing... 631 00:51:42,280 --> 00:51:44,310 without telling us. 632 00:51:44,350 --> 00:51:46,550 Why, sir? 633 00:51:46,590 --> 00:51:50,420 The beard was a part of your face for many years. 634 00:51:50,460 --> 00:51:52,980 We all recognized you... 635 00:51:53,030 --> 00:51:55,230 because of that beard. 636 00:51:56,430 --> 00:51:58,090 Now it's gone... 637 00:51:58,140 --> 00:52:01,260 I didn't recognize you at first. 638 00:52:03,410 --> 00:52:06,470 Granted, the beard was yours, but... 639 00:52:06,510 --> 00:52:08,740 it was also ours, so... 640 00:52:08,780 --> 00:52:11,250 mustn't shave it off on your own. 641 00:52:11,280 --> 00:52:13,410 Sorry, I'll grow it again. 642 00:52:13,450 --> 00:52:15,210 That won't do. 643 00:52:15,250 --> 00:52:17,810 If you grow it again... 644 00:52:17,860 --> 00:52:19,790 we won't recognize you. 645 00:52:30,500 --> 00:52:33,030 As you all know... 646 00:52:33,070 --> 00:52:35,560 Professor is indeed well-read. 647 00:52:35,610 --> 00:52:37,400 One time... 648 00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:40,070 he told us not to take for granted... 649 00:52:40,110 --> 00:52:42,340 that ears are attached to the head. 650 00:52:42,380 --> 00:52:47,040 Because Ampriobiris Spirias has ears on its feet. 651 00:52:47,090 --> 00:52:48,490 What? 652 00:52:48,520 --> 00:52:50,750 What's Ampriobirisus Spirias? 653 00:52:50,790 --> 00:52:51,920 What is that? 654 00:52:51,960 --> 00:52:55,690 It's Ampriobiris Spirias. 655 00:53:04,600 --> 00:53:06,470 Please, sir. 656 00:53:11,510 --> 00:53:13,100 Gentlemen. 657 00:53:13,150 --> 00:53:16,010 Don't crowd me like this. 658 00:53:16,050 --> 00:53:18,950 I can't cope with you all by myself. 659 00:53:20,050 --> 00:53:25,150 Let's toast once again... 660 00:53:25,190 --> 00:53:29,750 and we all enjoy the occasion as we like. 661 00:53:32,100 --> 00:53:36,470 Gentlemen, thank you. 662 00:53:36,500 --> 00:53:39,440 Congratulations. 663 00:53:39,470 --> 00:53:40,770 Thank you. 664 00:54:05,600 --> 00:54:08,900 Drinking parties are interesting. 665 00:54:08,940 --> 00:54:13,870 At one time, all the members become intoxicated. 666 00:54:17,410 --> 00:54:23,210 It somehow reminds me of water in a pot coming to a boil. 667 00:55:23,780 --> 00:55:25,750 That is why... 668 00:55:27,050 --> 00:55:29,780 I still feel I am his student. 669 00:55:35,790 --> 00:55:37,990 Be quiet, please. 670 00:55:38,030 --> 00:55:39,790 Tada, your turn. 671 00:55:45,370 --> 00:55:46,930 The professor is great. 672 00:55:46,970 --> 00:55:49,270 That's right. 673 00:55:49,310 --> 00:55:51,170 Not that professors are great... 674 00:55:51,210 --> 00:55:52,970 but a great man became a professor. 675 00:55:55,710 --> 00:55:59,050 Professor is like the sun to us. 676 00:55:59,080 --> 00:56:01,250 Overstatement. 677 00:56:01,290 --> 00:56:04,150 That would be an exaggeration... 678 00:56:04,190 --> 00:56:06,520 so I'll say he's like the moon. 679 00:56:06,560 --> 00:56:08,420 Overstatement. 680 00:56:08,460 --> 00:56:10,430 Wait. 681 00:56:10,460 --> 00:56:12,620 There are half moons. 682 00:56:12,670 --> 00:56:14,160 Or one-third moons. 683 00:56:14,200 --> 00:56:16,230 Or at times no moons. 684 00:56:16,270 --> 00:56:18,240 Like Professor's lessons. 685 00:56:21,510 --> 00:56:24,970 This is why I compare him to the moon. 686 00:56:30,120 --> 00:56:34,080 The moon is great 687 00:56:34,120 --> 00:56:38,720 The moon is the sun's sister 688 00:56:38,760 --> 00:56:43,320 The moon turns into a perfect circle 689 00:56:43,360 --> 00:56:47,360 The moon turns into a bow 690 00:56:47,400 --> 00:56:52,030 Spring, summer, autumn, winter 691 00:56:52,070 --> 00:56:57,140 She shines over entire Japan 692 00:57:10,890 --> 00:57:15,850 The moon is out, the moon is out 693 00:57:15,900 --> 00:57:21,360 Round, round, perfectly round 694 00:57:21,400 --> 00:57:26,600 The moon is like a tray 695 00:57:26,640 --> 00:57:32,440 The moon is hiding, hiding 696 00:57:32,480 --> 00:57:37,750 Behind black, black, jet black 697 00:57:37,790 --> 00:57:42,720 Clouds like black ink 698 00:57:42,760 --> 00:57:48,360 The moon is out once again 699 00:57:48,400 --> 00:57:53,530 Round, round, perfectly round 700 00:57:53,570 --> 00:57:58,770 The moon is like a tray 701 00:58:26,700 --> 00:58:28,300 Gentlemen. 702 00:58:28,340 --> 00:58:29,860 Remember... 703 00:58:29,910 --> 00:58:31,430 "One-two Mr. Pharmacist." 704 00:58:31,480 --> 00:58:33,640 Let's do that. 705 00:58:52,770 --> 00:58:57,430 One-two Medicine is the best in Japan 706 00:58:59,610 --> 00:59:01,070 One, two 707 00:59:01,110 --> 00:59:05,700 Buy One-two Medicine 708 00:59:05,750 --> 00:59:09,010 One, two, one, two 709 00:59:09,050 --> 00:59:13,920 The medicine cures... 710 00:59:15,760 --> 00:59:17,020 One, two 711 00:59:17,060 --> 00:59:22,760 Pyrosis, stomach trouble, diarrhea 712 00:59:25,430 --> 00:59:30,500 Dizziness before and after childbirth 713 00:59:33,510 --> 00:59:39,040 Asthma, headache, influenza 714 00:59:42,250 --> 00:59:44,740 From here, is my original. 715 00:59:46,920 --> 00:59:48,890 Take the pace. 716 00:59:48,920 --> 00:59:52,830 Medicine can cure numerous illnesses 717 00:59:55,860 --> 00:59:59,990 But no medicine can cure a fool 718 01:00:02,870 --> 01:00:06,860 Foolishness is in heaps today 719 01:00:09,950 --> 01:00:14,510 Japan is blooming with fools now 720 01:00:16,920 --> 01:00:20,790 Suffer defeat, held under occupation 721 01:00:23,430 --> 01:00:28,560 But fools call it the end of the war 722 01:00:33,100 --> 01:00:35,090 Right about! 723 01:00:35,140 --> 01:00:39,010 Advocating democracy loud and clear 724 01:00:41,910 --> 01:00:46,140 Only crooks throw their weight about 725 01:00:48,590 --> 01:00:52,280 Bribery and corruption currently pass with impunity 726 01:00:55,260 --> 01:00:59,200 Brazen fair and square 727 01:01:02,200 --> 01:01:05,640 Scandals, paradise, a doodlebug trap 728 01:01:08,570 --> 01:01:12,810 Those haughty fools never learn 729 01:01:15,310 --> 01:01:18,980 Chirp and twitter all in unison 730 01:01:21,950 --> 01:01:26,360 Chirp, chirp, twitter, twitter 731 01:01:28,960 --> 01:01:30,520 The end. 732 01:01:55,620 --> 01:01:59,680 Ljuin, Manjishi, Nishi-Kagoshima, Kagoshima... 733 01:01:59,730 --> 01:02:01,160 We've arrived! 734 01:02:07,200 --> 01:02:11,070 What? Where is everybody? 735 01:02:12,110 --> 01:02:13,830 Don't know. 736 01:02:13,870 --> 01:02:16,240 Have some more. 737 01:02:38,330 --> 01:02:41,060 Could that be me? 738 01:02:41,100 --> 01:02:43,300 It seems like it. 739 01:03:20,810 --> 01:03:23,300 Maadha Kai? (not yet?) 740 01:03:23,350 --> 01:03:25,340 Maadha Kai? 741 01:03:25,380 --> 01:03:27,540 Madadayo! (not yet) 742 01:03:27,580 --> 01:03:30,020 Maadha Kai? 743 01:03:30,050 --> 01:03:32,250 Madadayo! 744 01:03:32,290 --> 01:03:34,420 Maadha Kai? 745 01:03:34,460 --> 01:03:36,590 Madadayo! 746 01:03:36,630 --> 01:03:38,720 Maadha Kai? 747 01:03:38,760 --> 01:03:41,250 Madadayo! 748 01:04:39,450 --> 01:04:41,940 Professor's new house was completed. 749 01:04:45,890 --> 01:04:47,610 Only this pair for men. 750 01:04:47,650 --> 01:04:50,420 The rest are for women. 751 01:04:50,460 --> 01:04:53,890 My beautiful garden is not that spacious. 752 01:04:53,930 --> 01:04:56,760 You'll manage with them. 753 01:04:56,800 --> 01:05:00,730 To make the pond, the house had to be squeezed down. 754 01:05:00,770 --> 01:05:05,360 When you think of that matchbox house... 755 01:05:05,410 --> 01:05:09,500 this is indeed as big as a palace. 756 01:05:09,540 --> 01:05:10,670 Right? 757 01:05:10,710 --> 01:05:11,900 Indeed it is. 758 01:05:11,950 --> 01:05:13,170 We're flattered. 759 01:05:15,650 --> 01:05:22,020 Still, I do flatter myself with this doughnut-shaped pond. 760 01:05:22,060 --> 01:05:23,720 It's a brilliant idea. 761 01:05:25,190 --> 01:05:27,130 The Pacific may be vast... 762 01:05:27,160 --> 01:05:28,860 but swimming straight... 763 01:05:28,900 --> 01:05:32,060 you'll reach the shores of America. 764 01:05:32,100 --> 01:05:34,760 Swimming round in this pond... 765 01:05:34,800 --> 01:05:36,790 the distance is limitless. 766 01:05:41,880 --> 01:05:45,010 I want to keep carp in this pond. 767 01:05:46,450 --> 01:05:49,440 Big ones you only see in dreams. 768 01:05:49,480 --> 01:05:53,080 They could be as big as rowboats. 769 01:05:53,120 --> 01:05:54,950 That's impossible. 770 01:05:54,990 --> 01:05:56,750 Infinite this pond may be... 771 01:05:56,790 --> 01:05:59,850 they'll curl up and end up motionless. 772 01:05:59,900 --> 01:06:01,990 Bad for their backs. 773 01:06:02,030 --> 01:06:04,660 I meant it as a figure of speech. 774 01:06:04,700 --> 01:06:06,640 Like in the expression... 775 01:06:06,670 --> 01:06:09,160 "gray hair 3,000-yard long" in a Chinese poem. 776 01:06:09,210 --> 01:06:11,610 Imagine a carp the size of a whale. 777 01:06:14,680 --> 01:06:16,770 By the way... 778 01:06:16,810 --> 01:06:20,940 The Golden Pavilion is built in a pond, and my house... 779 01:06:23,520 --> 01:06:25,450 although small and... 780 01:06:25,490 --> 01:06:29,580 and not sparkling, is quite like it. 781 01:06:29,630 --> 01:06:31,460 So put this up. 782 01:06:31,500 --> 01:06:33,660 KINKAKUJI (guests forbidden] 783 01:06:33,700 --> 01:06:36,500 This Golden Pavilion... 784 01:06:36,530 --> 01:06:40,160 forbids such boisterous crowds like us. 785 01:06:40,200 --> 01:06:44,230 I'll use it as my study, so I won't allow any guests. 786 01:06:48,280 --> 01:06:51,910 What do you think? Isn't this lot too small? 787 01:06:51,950 --> 01:06:54,140 Could be worked out with the plan. 788 01:07:19,240 --> 01:07:21,800 It's 49.5. 789 01:07:21,840 --> 01:07:27,510 LAND FOR SALE 790 01:07:27,550 --> 01:07:30,540 It's 53.5. 791 01:07:30,580 --> 01:07:32,450 Tea is ready. 792 01:07:32,490 --> 01:07:33,950 Yes, ma'am. 793 01:07:49,940 --> 01:07:51,430 Please. 794 01:07:53,170 --> 01:07:56,070 The man who greeted you, who is he? 795 01:07:56,110 --> 01:07:58,700 The owner of that lot. 796 01:07:58,750 --> 01:08:04,310 He came the other day to ask me if I'd buy that lot. 797 01:08:04,350 --> 01:08:07,080 I don't have so much money. 798 01:08:07,120 --> 01:08:08,880 I have to refuse, but... 799 01:08:08,920 --> 01:08:10,860 he was very courteous. 800 01:08:10,890 --> 01:08:15,730 Approaching me so politely, I find it hard to tell him. 801 01:08:15,760 --> 01:08:17,490 Seems he found a buyer. 802 01:08:17,530 --> 01:08:19,860 Yes, I'm glad. 803 01:08:19,900 --> 01:08:22,160 Are you keeping that cat? 804 01:08:22,200 --> 01:08:27,570 I call it Nora, because it's a nora neko (alley cat). 805 01:08:27,610 --> 01:08:31,510 My wife gave it dried fish, and it's lived here. 806 01:08:31,540 --> 01:08:34,340 Besides, it has good physiognomy. 807 01:08:34,380 --> 01:08:37,440 Cat physiognomy? Sounds odd. 808 01:08:37,480 --> 01:08:40,280 How else can I say it? 809 01:08:40,320 --> 01:08:43,050 But it does sound rather odd. 810 01:08:43,090 --> 01:08:45,920 Anyway, this cat is well-cultured. 811 01:08:49,000 --> 01:08:51,020 Better mannered than you. 812 01:08:53,600 --> 01:08:55,300 Excuse me. 813 01:08:55,340 --> 01:08:56,530 Yes? 814 01:09:08,450 --> 01:09:10,750 Be good. 815 01:09:13,690 --> 01:09:15,680 It's the man from next door. 816 01:09:15,720 --> 01:09:18,380 He wants to pay his respects to you. 817 01:09:43,780 --> 01:09:45,110 Excuse me. 818 01:09:45,150 --> 01:09:46,280 What? 819 01:09:46,320 --> 01:09:49,250 That's why I came to pay him my respect. 820 01:09:49,290 --> 01:09:51,480 - But... - Rot the "buts." 821 01:09:54,090 --> 01:09:56,290 I bought the land. 822 01:09:56,330 --> 01:09:59,020 It's my land now. 823 01:09:59,060 --> 01:10:01,860 I can build whatever I like. 824 01:10:01,900 --> 01:10:04,770 That's true, but... 825 01:10:04,800 --> 01:10:08,000 you must think about your neighbor. 826 01:10:08,040 --> 01:10:10,340 Building a three-story house... 827 01:10:10,380 --> 01:10:13,440 next to their fence is unreasonable. 828 01:10:13,480 --> 01:10:15,610 Unreasonable? 829 01:10:15,650 --> 01:10:19,280 The surveying proved the lot is smaller. 830 01:10:19,320 --> 01:10:23,810 Another floor must be added to the two-story house I planned. 831 01:10:23,860 --> 01:10:26,150 If you do that, you'll be... 832 01:10:26,190 --> 01:10:28,160 depriving them of the sun. 833 01:10:28,190 --> 01:10:29,320 So what? 834 01:10:29,360 --> 01:10:31,800 That's none of my concern. 835 01:10:33,630 --> 01:10:35,760 Please wait. 836 01:10:35,800 --> 01:10:37,770 The negotiation is closed. 837 01:10:37,800 --> 01:10:39,400 Please wait. 838 01:10:39,440 --> 01:10:42,170 I've changed my mind. 839 01:10:42,210 --> 01:10:43,640 What? 840 01:10:43,680 --> 01:10:45,870 I'm not selling. 841 01:10:45,910 --> 01:10:47,610 Don't be ridiculous! 842 01:10:47,650 --> 01:10:50,770 Nowthat the contract is made, the land is mine. 843 01:10:50,820 --> 01:10:54,080 I haven't signed it yet. 844 01:10:54,120 --> 01:10:56,310 It's still my land. 845 01:10:57,990 --> 01:11:02,690 I absolutely will not sell that land to you. 846 01:11:32,390 --> 01:11:33,950 Excuse me. 847 01:11:38,030 --> 01:11:42,690 I'm grateful to you for being so considerate about us. 848 01:11:42,730 --> 01:11:44,790 I can't thank you enough. 849 01:11:44,840 --> 01:11:47,170 But wouldn't it put you... 850 01:11:47,210 --> 01:11:49,330 in a bad spot? 851 01:11:49,370 --> 01:11:53,940 As for my house, even though there's no sunlight... 852 01:12:20,770 --> 01:12:23,040 If that's the case... 853 01:12:23,070 --> 01:12:24,100 But what... 854 01:12:24,140 --> 01:12:26,230 - Let's do it. - Shall we? 855 01:12:26,280 --> 01:12:28,300 Let's go ask the landowner. 856 01:12:53,070 --> 01:12:58,030 Professor, I must say this cat has good qualities. 857 01:12:58,070 --> 01:13:02,010 The cat was angry at that blockhead. 858 01:13:05,050 --> 01:13:09,180 But that landowner seems to be a good man. 859 01:13:09,220 --> 01:13:10,780 Where does he live? 860 01:13:10,820 --> 01:13:14,550 He lives in a shack at the base of that lot. 861 01:13:18,460 --> 01:13:20,590 We must be leaving. 862 01:13:20,630 --> 01:13:22,660 Stay a bit longer. 863 01:13:22,700 --> 01:13:25,130 I'm still upset. 864 01:13:25,170 --> 01:13:26,970 Let's drink. 865 01:13:27,000 --> 01:13:29,670 I've prepared some food and... 866 01:13:29,710 --> 01:13:30,870 Sorry, ma'am. 867 01:13:30,910 --> 01:13:32,140 I must go. 868 01:13:32,180 --> 01:13:33,840 So must I. 869 01:13:33,880 --> 01:13:35,440 Good-bye. 870 01:13:48,560 --> 01:13:51,720 NANZANJU 871 01:13:51,760 --> 01:13:55,960 Professor, what does this Nanzanju mean? 872 01:13:56,000 --> 01:13:58,970 Long life of Nanzan. 873 01:13:59,000 --> 01:14:01,990 An expression wishing long life. 874 01:14:02,040 --> 01:14:05,170 Should be read Nanzansu. 875 01:14:05,210 --> 01:14:09,080 I hung it up, because I am reluctant to talk to visitors. 876 01:14:11,150 --> 01:14:14,950 Nanzansu is "Whaddya want" at the brothel. 877 01:14:14,980 --> 01:14:19,320 The courtesan used this expression during the Edo Era. 878 01:14:19,360 --> 01:14:22,320 Of course, it's short for nan-zamasu. 879 01:14:22,360 --> 01:14:24,330 It's perfect for that blockhead. 880 01:14:24,360 --> 01:14:25,490 Right. 881 01:14:25,530 --> 01:14:27,090 Nanzansu indeed. 882 01:14:27,130 --> 01:14:30,360 My God, he's annoying. 883 01:14:30,400 --> 01:14:32,560 I detest that dear man. 884 01:14:35,070 --> 01:14:36,200 Good-bye, sir. 885 01:14:36,240 --> 01:14:37,430 Good-bye. 886 01:14:38,910 --> 01:14:40,900 See you. 887 01:14:45,010 --> 01:14:47,980 Something strange is cooking up. 888 01:14:51,820 --> 01:14:54,760 Why did they hurry off like that? 889 01:14:58,930 --> 01:15:02,490 Good baby, good baby, dear Nora. 890 01:15:02,530 --> 01:15:05,000 Let me hold him, too. 891 01:15:05,030 --> 01:15:07,370 Hey, let me. 892 01:15:07,400 --> 01:15:08,840 Come on. 893 01:15:18,910 --> 01:15:20,910 If you consent to it... 894 01:15:20,950 --> 01:15:22,780 Thank you. 895 01:15:22,820 --> 01:15:26,220 I can buy a small house with this... 896 01:15:26,260 --> 01:15:28,850 and send for my family. 897 01:15:28,890 --> 01:15:31,090 I don't know howto thank you. 898 01:15:31,130 --> 01:15:33,820 You can thank our professor. 899 01:15:33,860 --> 01:15:36,850 He truly is grateful to you. 900 01:15:36,900 --> 01:15:39,270 We understand how he feels. 901 01:15:39,300 --> 01:15:40,430 So... 902 01:15:40,470 --> 01:15:44,800 If he finds out about this deal, it'll be awkward. 903 01:15:44,840 --> 01:15:46,000 I know. 904 01:15:46,040 --> 01:15:49,030 Please, keep this a secret from him. 905 01:15:50,040 --> 01:15:51,640 He'll know in time... 906 01:15:51,680 --> 01:15:54,510 but leave the lot as it is until then. 907 01:15:58,420 --> 01:15:59,820 You all... 908 01:16:01,020 --> 01:16:04,120 are such nice people. 909 01:16:04,160 --> 01:16:06,890 You're a nice person yourself. 910 01:16:08,660 --> 01:16:12,360 But the nicest one is our professor. 911 01:16:12,400 --> 01:16:15,230 We try as best to imitate him. 912 01:16:16,440 --> 01:16:17,670 Good-bye. 913 01:16:21,340 --> 01:16:23,670 That was good. 914 01:16:23,710 --> 01:16:25,040 By the way... 915 01:16:25,080 --> 01:16:26,640 Nanzansu? (What, dear?) 916 01:16:26,680 --> 01:16:27,940 Let's drink. 917 01:16:27,980 --> 01:16:29,970 Where shall we go? 918 01:16:31,420 --> 01:16:33,720 To the professor's. 919 01:16:33,750 --> 01:16:35,220 Great idea. 920 01:16:35,260 --> 01:16:36,990 That's a charming idea. 921 01:16:52,570 --> 01:16:54,560 Professor's in trouble. 922 01:16:54,610 --> 01:16:55,770 What's wrong? 923 01:16:55,810 --> 01:16:58,400 He isn't sick. The cat disappeared. 924 01:16:58,450 --> 01:16:59,740 Madam called me. 925 01:16:59,780 --> 01:17:01,340 Wants us to come. 926 01:17:01,380 --> 01:17:04,840 Professor hasn't stopped crying since the cat disappeared. 927 01:17:30,580 --> 01:17:32,410 Dear... 928 01:17:35,780 --> 01:17:37,250 Please. 929 01:17:45,030 --> 01:17:47,320 I received a call from Madam. 930 01:17:47,360 --> 01:17:48,730 Are you all right? 931 01:17:48,760 --> 01:17:50,320 Of course, I am. 932 01:17:50,360 --> 01:17:52,260 Nothing more than a cat. 933 01:17:52,300 --> 01:17:53,600 I'm all right. 934 01:17:56,040 --> 01:17:59,490 Besides this isn't the first time. 935 01:17:59,540 --> 01:18:03,200 Nora has disappeared before. 936 01:18:03,240 --> 01:18:05,270 He'll come back. 937 01:18:09,380 --> 01:18:11,850 Thank you for coming. 938 01:18:13,190 --> 01:18:18,180 I'd be grateful, if you could spare time to eat with us. 939 01:18:18,220 --> 01:18:21,660 You'd do me a favor if you could. 940 01:18:21,700 --> 01:18:26,160 Since Nora disappeared, he's eaten almost nothing. 941 01:18:30,070 --> 01:18:32,160 You may think I'm stupid. 942 01:18:33,270 --> 01:18:35,330 No... 943 01:18:35,380 --> 01:18:38,710 To be honest... I am stupid. 944 01:18:38,750 --> 01:18:40,870 I'm totally hopeless. 945 01:18:43,920 --> 01:18:45,780 Since Nora disappeared... 946 01:18:46,720 --> 01:18:48,980 I can think of nothing else. 947 01:18:49,020 --> 01:18:51,050 I can't do anything. 948 01:18:53,860 --> 01:18:56,390 I only think about Nora. 949 01:19:02,640 --> 01:19:05,370 Do you see that willowtree? 950 01:19:07,970 --> 01:19:10,030 Nora... 951 01:19:10,080 --> 01:19:13,770 came through an opening in the fence there. 952 01:19:17,450 --> 01:19:22,440 Since then he became a member of this household. 953 01:19:27,030 --> 01:19:29,360 Since Nora disappeared... 954 01:19:29,400 --> 01:19:31,520 I can't help... 955 01:19:31,560 --> 01:19:34,330 Iooking at that hole. 956 01:19:37,340 --> 01:19:44,740 Nora might be coming through the opening in the fence again. 957 01:19:44,780 --> 01:19:46,540 I want to see it. 958 01:19:57,190 --> 01:19:58,750 The other day... 959 01:20:00,530 --> 01:20:03,220 I went to Kyushu to give a lecture. 960 01:20:04,230 --> 01:20:05,750 On the way back... 961 01:20:55,450 --> 01:21:01,850 Through the window, in the dark station... 962 01:21:01,890 --> 01:21:03,550 I saw Nora. 963 01:21:05,460 --> 01:21:07,290 It may sound strange, but... 964 01:21:08,360 --> 01:21:11,990 I really did see Nora. I saw him clearly. 965 01:21:13,730 --> 01:21:16,170 Something bothered me. 966 01:21:17,400 --> 01:21:20,060 When I reached Tokyo Station... 967 01:21:21,810 --> 01:21:24,140 I called my house. 968 01:21:27,610 --> 01:21:29,340 As I thought... 969 01:21:49,800 --> 01:21:56,370 That day... after nightfall... 970 01:21:56,410 --> 01:21:59,670 Nora wanted to go out. 971 01:21:59,710 --> 01:22:03,510 I picked him up and said: "Stay home, it's late." 972 01:22:04,550 --> 01:22:06,810 He wanted to go out... 973 01:22:08,490 --> 01:22:10,720 so I took him outside. 974 01:22:12,090 --> 01:22:14,180 Nora grew impatient and... 975 01:22:14,230 --> 01:22:17,220 wiggled until he slipped out of my arms. 976 01:22:18,700 --> 01:22:20,600 He went through the opening. 977 01:22:25,940 --> 01:22:27,530 After a while... 978 01:22:28,810 --> 01:22:30,900 it began to rain. 979 01:22:32,680 --> 01:22:36,110 And later it began to pour. 980 01:22:38,880 --> 01:22:42,980 Nora probably couldn't return in that rain. 981 01:23:28,200 --> 01:23:30,100 On the bathtub cover... 982 01:23:31,370 --> 01:23:33,670 is Nora's bed. 983 01:23:36,070 --> 01:23:38,370 My husband sometimes goes there. 984 01:23:39,780 --> 01:23:42,040 Looks at the cushion. 985 01:23:43,480 --> 01:23:47,940 He caresses it dearly and weeps. 986 01:23:49,490 --> 01:23:53,450 I... I really don't know what to do. 987 01:24:04,330 --> 01:24:05,800 Professor. 988 01:24:06,970 --> 01:24:10,130 I'm ashamed to show my miserable face. 989 01:24:11,870 --> 01:24:13,430 I may be... 990 01:24:14,780 --> 01:24:17,910 sentimental... 991 01:24:17,950 --> 01:24:23,510 or overreaching or weak-willed or whatever... 992 01:24:23,550 --> 01:24:26,320 I just can't help it. 993 01:24:29,760 --> 01:24:31,890 I try to forget... 994 01:24:33,160 --> 01:24:36,100 but keep remembering Nora. 995 01:24:37,330 --> 01:24:43,760 Then I feel so much pain. I can't bear it. 996 01:24:56,350 --> 01:24:59,520 Professor, we'll find Nora. 997 01:24:59,560 --> 01:25:03,250 We'll organize a search party to find Nora. 998 01:25:03,290 --> 01:25:05,090 So please, Professor... 999 01:25:36,530 --> 01:25:38,250 That's a dog. 1000 01:25:42,000 --> 01:25:45,060 We promised we would find Nora, but... 1001 01:25:46,240 --> 01:25:50,140 We should try searching places saved from fire. 1002 01:25:50,240 --> 01:25:54,270 Why should Professor suffer so much? 1003 01:25:55,440 --> 01:26:00,180 Our professor is very special. He's not you or me. 1004 01:26:00,210 --> 01:26:04,480 His sensitivity and imagination are beyond us. 1005 01:26:04,520 --> 01:26:07,850 When he thinks of Nora... 1006 01:26:07,890 --> 01:26:11,660 he can picture every detail. 1007 01:26:11,690 --> 01:26:13,660 That's why he suffers. 1008 01:26:15,630 --> 01:26:17,890 Can't just sit and watch. 1009 01:26:17,930 --> 01:26:20,830 You're right. Let's try. 1010 01:26:36,050 --> 01:26:37,920 DEAR NORA 1011 01:26:37,950 --> 01:26:40,180 This is our professor's diary... 1012 01:26:40,220 --> 01:26:44,210 which he wrote about Nora with affection. 1013 01:28:15,080 --> 01:28:16,480 Here. 1014 01:28:18,290 --> 01:28:23,550 There are cats everywhere, hundreds around. 1015 01:28:23,590 --> 01:28:28,050 But it simply has to be this cat. 1016 01:28:28,090 --> 01:28:29,990 How come? 1017 01:28:30,030 --> 01:28:32,230 Do you have a brother? 1018 01:28:32,270 --> 01:28:35,390 Sure, I do. He's still a baby. 1019 01:28:35,440 --> 01:28:38,930 If your brother is switched with some other baby... 1020 01:28:38,970 --> 01:28:41,000 That's terrible. 1021 01:28:43,040 --> 01:28:45,310 This cat is my baby. 1022 01:28:45,350 --> 01:28:48,080 I care for him like my child. 1023 01:28:48,110 --> 01:28:52,140 That's why it has to be this cat. 1024 01:28:52,190 --> 01:28:54,420 Tell me if you find him. 1025 01:28:54,450 --> 01:28:57,420 What it looks like is written here... 1026 01:28:57,460 --> 01:28:59,950 and the address is here, too. 1027 01:29:10,170 --> 01:29:11,400 Children. 1028 01:29:13,070 --> 01:29:16,340 Please find a cat named Nora. 1029 01:29:16,380 --> 01:29:21,640 This cat seems to be around here somewhere. 1030 01:29:21,680 --> 01:29:26,980 It's a male cat with a brown and white coat. 1031 01:29:27,020 --> 01:29:31,820 His tail is thick and twisted. If you touch it, you'll know. 1032 01:29:31,860 --> 01:29:33,830 If you call out "Nora"... 1033 01:29:33,860 --> 01:29:37,320 he will prick up his ears and stare at you. 1034 01:29:37,360 --> 01:29:42,320 A reward will be given to whoever finds him. 1035 01:29:42,370 --> 01:29:44,890 Please help us. 1036 01:29:44,940 --> 01:29:47,100 Yes. 1037 01:29:58,120 --> 01:30:01,640 Since then, we received many phone calls... 1038 01:30:01,690 --> 01:30:04,990 that they have seen a cat like Nora. 1039 01:30:05,020 --> 01:30:06,650 But... 1040 01:31:11,390 --> 01:31:14,920 Professor isn't eating much. 1041 01:31:14,960 --> 01:31:16,760 I know. 1042 01:31:16,790 --> 01:31:21,460 He eats and drinks very little. 1043 01:31:21,500 --> 01:31:25,030 I can't sleep much, either. 1044 01:31:25,070 --> 01:31:27,440 That's terrible. 1045 01:31:27,470 --> 01:31:32,240 Since Nora disappeared, he hasn't taken a bath. 1046 01:31:32,280 --> 01:31:36,540 Nora's cushion is on the bathtub cover. 1047 01:31:36,580 --> 01:31:40,420 I must use the public bath far away. 1048 01:31:43,960 --> 01:31:45,790 Is it rain? 1049 01:31:52,400 --> 01:31:56,200 I used to love the sound of rain. 1050 01:31:56,230 --> 01:31:58,460 Not anymore. 1051 01:31:59,770 --> 01:32:04,670 When I think of Nora, it pains me. 1052 01:32:07,010 --> 01:32:11,780 How about making flyers to insert in newspapers? 1053 01:32:11,820 --> 01:32:16,310 I'll take them to the newspaper distributors. 1054 01:32:16,350 --> 01:32:21,310 That's a good idea. I never thought of it. 1055 01:32:21,360 --> 01:32:23,380 What a fool I am. 1056 01:32:24,860 --> 01:32:27,020 I really am. 1057 01:32:27,060 --> 01:32:32,000 Thinking of Nora's return, I wrote this announcement. 1058 01:32:34,470 --> 01:32:37,800 "L"...meaning Nora... 1059 01:32:37,840 --> 01:32:42,210 "I have been away for some time... 1060 01:32:42,250 --> 01:32:47,310 "and I have worried my master terribly... 1061 01:32:47,350 --> 01:32:50,720 "and given you a lot of trouble. 1062 01:32:50,750 --> 01:32:56,990 "I have safely returned, so please put your mind at rest. 1063 01:32:57,030 --> 01:33:01,930 "Seeing my face, my master burst into tears. 1064 01:33:01,970 --> 01:33:05,730 "I write this letter in his place. 1065 01:33:05,770 --> 01:33:08,170 "To celebrate my return... 1066 01:33:08,210 --> 01:33:16,080 "my master wishes to invite you all to a drink. 1067 01:33:16,110 --> 01:33:17,700 "Please feel free to..." 1068 01:33:17,750 --> 01:33:22,310 Waiting for Nora's return, Professor prepared a collar... 1069 01:33:22,350 --> 01:33:25,380 with their address engraved on it. 1070 01:33:27,260 --> 01:33:31,190 But Nora still hasn't returned. 1071 01:33:37,570 --> 01:33:42,030 I received a letter saying I must wait eight months... 1072 01:33:42,070 --> 01:33:44,540 for a stray cat to return. 1073 01:33:44,570 --> 01:33:47,480 This person's cat returned safely... 1074 01:33:47,510 --> 01:33:49,880 after eight months. 1075 01:33:51,980 --> 01:33:54,970 We've received some calls. 1076 01:33:55,020 --> 01:33:58,150 There are strange ones, too. 1077 01:33:58,190 --> 01:34:02,350 The other day, a person asked me if Nora mews. 1078 01:34:02,390 --> 01:34:04,190 I said, "Yes." 1079 01:34:04,230 --> 01:34:08,130 Then he said, "Doesn't he bark? Hee hee hee." 1080 01:34:08,160 --> 01:34:09,890 And hung up. 1081 01:34:13,440 --> 01:34:15,270 Hello. 1082 01:34:15,300 --> 01:34:16,900 Yes? 1083 01:34:24,710 --> 01:34:27,310 Has your cat returned? 1084 01:34:27,350 --> 01:34:29,150 No. 1085 01:34:30,520 --> 01:34:34,250 He might have been stolen. 1086 01:34:34,290 --> 01:34:38,190 Ma'am, cats often get stolen. 1087 01:34:38,230 --> 01:34:40,720 There are cat-catchers. 1088 01:34:40,760 --> 01:34:43,030 Catch cats and sell their skin. 1089 01:34:43,070 --> 01:34:47,140 The prices aren't bad. 1090 01:34:47,140 --> 01:34:49,230 Shamisen uses cat skin. 1091 01:34:50,310 --> 01:34:53,240 Your cat could be stolen. 1092 01:34:53,280 --> 01:34:56,210 I'll check up on that. 1093 01:34:56,250 --> 01:34:58,010 Good day. 1094 01:35:27,580 --> 01:35:29,270 Hello. 1095 01:35:32,650 --> 01:35:35,410 Dear. Dear. 1096 01:35:35,450 --> 01:35:38,850 Dear, they found Nora. 1097 01:35:38,890 --> 01:35:43,620 Nora was in such a place? 1098 01:35:43,660 --> 01:35:46,630 It's Nora. It's Nora. 1099 01:35:48,260 --> 01:35:49,820 Nora! 1100 01:35:51,030 --> 01:35:52,930 Dear Nora! 1101 01:35:52,970 --> 01:35:57,100 Nora's friend, the fishmonger's wife, says so. 1102 01:35:57,140 --> 01:35:59,870 Must be true. 1103 01:36:01,910 --> 01:36:04,280 Thank you. 1104 01:36:04,310 --> 01:36:06,140 Thank you. 1105 01:36:08,420 --> 01:36:12,910 My wife will go. I thank you. 1106 01:37:33,970 --> 01:37:37,130 Hello. Takayama? 1107 01:37:38,170 --> 01:37:42,840 They found Nora. Yes, that's right. 1108 01:37:44,710 --> 01:37:47,540 It's positive. 1109 01:37:47,580 --> 01:37:51,610 Can you tell the others? 1110 01:38:06,700 --> 01:38:09,640 I saw a wonderful dream. 1111 01:38:09,670 --> 01:38:12,230 I dreamt of feeding Nora. 1112 01:38:12,270 --> 01:38:14,070 Nora will return. 1113 01:38:14,110 --> 01:38:16,580 I was going to tell you... 1114 01:38:16,610 --> 01:38:19,550 and I brought Nora's favorite fish. 1115 01:38:20,650 --> 01:38:24,050 Professor, congratulations. From my boss. 1116 01:38:28,050 --> 01:38:30,220 Thank you indeed. 1117 01:38:33,860 --> 01:38:35,520 Thank you. 1118 01:38:40,130 --> 01:38:42,070 Congratulations. 1119 01:38:48,110 --> 01:38:50,540 Cats do return. 1120 01:39:09,830 --> 01:39:13,700 They were wrong. 1121 01:39:13,730 --> 01:39:16,360 It wasn't Nora. 1122 01:39:29,450 --> 01:39:31,180 I'll get it. 1123 01:39:35,350 --> 01:39:37,080 Yes? 1124 01:39:37,120 --> 01:39:39,180 That's right. 1125 01:39:43,400 --> 01:39:46,830 Who the hell are you? I'll smack your face! 1126 01:39:48,170 --> 01:39:49,570 What's up? 1127 01:39:49,600 --> 01:39:51,900 Damn! 1128 01:39:51,940 --> 01:39:54,800 "Nora's gone. Already a Shamisen." 1129 01:39:54,840 --> 01:39:58,240 Saying so, he sounded the Shamisen. 1130 01:40:50,500 --> 01:40:53,930 Come here. Come here. 1131 01:40:55,170 --> 01:40:57,000 Come here. 1132 01:41:00,100 --> 01:41:04,270 This was intended for Nora, but it's yours now. 1133 01:41:09,910 --> 01:41:11,810 Go on, eat it. 1134 01:41:14,520 --> 01:41:18,250 Is it good? 1135 01:41:21,760 --> 01:41:25,350 Like Nora, you seem to like baby mackerels. 1136 01:41:27,500 --> 01:41:30,490 That's a good cat. 1137 01:42:07,740 --> 01:42:10,330 Professor seems to have recovered. 1138 01:42:10,380 --> 01:42:12,610 Madam called. The cat. 1139 01:42:12,640 --> 01:42:13,800 Found Nora? 1140 01:42:13,850 --> 01:42:15,140 Relax. It's not Nora. 1141 01:42:15,180 --> 01:42:17,700 That black and white, black on white... 1142 01:42:17,750 --> 01:42:19,220 white on black... 1143 01:42:19,250 --> 01:42:22,190 You relax. Calm down. 1144 01:42:24,920 --> 01:42:27,520 - Give me water. - Here's some. 1145 01:42:36,470 --> 01:42:37,490 That's why. 1146 01:42:37,530 --> 01:42:39,830 "That's why" what? Calm down. 1147 01:42:39,870 --> 01:42:41,670 What's this black and white cat? 1148 01:42:41,710 --> 01:42:43,700 Oh, yes. Remember that cat? 1149 01:42:43,740 --> 01:42:46,830 The one madam was feeding? It's there to stay. 1150 01:42:46,880 --> 01:42:50,510 Professor now picks it up. Kurz. Kurz. 1151 01:42:50,550 --> 01:42:51,980 What's this "Kurz"? 1152 01:42:52,020 --> 01:42:54,540 Did you forget that simple German word? 1153 01:42:54,580 --> 01:42:56,920 "Kurz." It means "short" in German. 1154 01:42:56,950 --> 01:42:58,280 Has a short tail. 1155 01:42:58,320 --> 01:43:00,920 - What tail? - The cat's tail! 1156 01:43:00,960 --> 01:43:03,320 That black and white cat has a short tail... 1157 01:43:03,360 --> 01:43:05,190 so Professor named it Kurz. 1158 01:43:05,230 --> 01:43:07,860 Even named it. She said he's OK. 1159 01:43:07,900 --> 01:43:10,420 I'm glad to hear that. 1160 01:43:10,470 --> 01:43:13,230 She wants us all to come tonight. 1161 01:43:13,270 --> 01:43:15,640 I'll fetch Kiriyama. You fetch Sawamura. 1162 01:43:15,670 --> 01:43:18,040 - Phone them. - Yes, the phone. 1163 01:43:18,080 --> 01:43:20,130 The phone's here. 1164 01:43:22,080 --> 01:43:23,840 Relax. 1165 01:43:28,050 --> 01:43:31,020 Kuru, Kuru. 1166 01:43:31,050 --> 01:43:33,390 You're a good baby. 1167 01:43:35,290 --> 01:43:38,660 Leave it to my wife, and Kurz becomes Kuru. 1168 01:43:38,700 --> 01:43:41,100 Kuru's not bad. 1169 01:43:41,130 --> 01:43:42,560 It's easy to pronounce. 1170 01:43:42,600 --> 01:43:45,120 Easy to pronounce. 1171 01:43:45,170 --> 01:43:47,530 Leave it be at that. 1172 01:43:51,610 --> 01:43:55,340 I really went to pieces over Nora... 1173 01:43:55,380 --> 01:43:58,070 and troubled you all. 1174 01:43:58,120 --> 01:44:02,680 Because of that, I caused you so much trouble. 1175 01:44:03,990 --> 01:44:06,320 I'm sorry. 1176 01:44:06,360 --> 01:44:07,720 Where's Kurz? 1177 01:44:07,760 --> 01:44:10,620 Sleeping in Nora's bed. 1178 01:44:16,570 --> 01:44:22,330 I am so given to peevishness. And linger in regrets. 1179 01:44:22,370 --> 01:44:26,740 Can you believe that? I still do that. 1180 01:44:26,780 --> 01:44:29,740 Not mosquito repellent. 1181 01:44:29,780 --> 01:44:33,210 Incantation to bring back missing cats. 1182 01:44:33,250 --> 01:44:36,150 I still do such a thing. 1183 01:44:37,190 --> 01:44:40,280 I'm disgusted at myself. 1184 01:44:47,460 --> 01:44:50,860 But I'm all right now. 1185 01:44:52,700 --> 01:44:56,400 I've always been the hare in the myth... 1186 01:44:56,440 --> 01:45:00,240 saved by the Harvest God. 1187 01:45:00,280 --> 01:45:03,070 Don't you all know... 1188 01:45:05,480 --> 01:45:11,320 There was a white hare in Inaba 1189 01:45:11,350 --> 01:45:15,290 Rawfresh with skin peeled off 1190 01:45:15,320 --> 01:45:16,690 ...this song? 1191 01:45:16,730 --> 01:45:18,250 Yes, I remember. 1192 01:45:18,290 --> 01:45:22,920 Carrying a large bag over his shoulder 1193 01:45:22,970 --> 01:45:28,160 Who can the Harvest God be? 1194 01:45:28,200 --> 01:45:30,730 That's the fourth verse. 1195 01:45:30,770 --> 01:45:34,270 This song has many verses. 1196 01:45:36,550 --> 01:45:42,710 It's about an injured hare saved by the Harvest God. 1197 01:45:42,750 --> 01:45:45,550 I am that hare. 1198 01:45:45,590 --> 01:45:53,720 And... Who can the Harvest God be? 1199 01:45:55,500 --> 01:45:59,330 It is no other than you all. 1200 01:46:00,470 --> 01:46:03,400 As far as Nora is concerned... 1201 01:46:03,440 --> 01:46:07,030 people who sent me kind letters... 1202 01:46:07,080 --> 01:46:09,600 people who called me... 1203 01:46:09,640 --> 01:46:15,010 all those who worried for Nora with me... 1204 01:46:15,050 --> 01:46:18,610 the Harvest God is those people. 1205 01:46:21,760 --> 01:46:27,590 Carrying a large bag over his shoulder 1206 01:46:27,630 --> 01:46:32,500 The Harvest God's large bag is... 1207 01:46:32,530 --> 01:46:37,400 full of your kindness. 1208 01:46:37,440 --> 01:46:39,670 That kindness... 1209 01:46:39,710 --> 01:46:42,640 saved me from despair. 1210 01:46:46,750 --> 01:46:52,650 Carrying a large bag over his shoulder 1211 01:46:52,690 --> 01:46:57,950 The Harvest God came around the bend 1212 01:46:57,990 --> 01:47:02,900 There he sees the white hare of Inaba 1213 01:47:02,930 --> 01:47:08,840 Rawfresh with skin peeled off 1214 01:47:11,410 --> 01:47:16,570 The Harvest God took pity on the hare 1215 01:47:16,610 --> 01:47:21,610 Taught the hare to 1216 01:47:21,650 --> 01:47:27,250 Wash itself in clear water 1217 01:47:27,290 --> 01:47:32,750 And wrap itself in reed mace cotton 1218 01:47:35,730 --> 01:47:40,960 As the Harvest God taught him 1219 01:47:41,000 --> 01:47:45,870 The hare washed itself in clear water 1220 01:47:45,910 --> 01:47:50,710 And wrapped itself in reed mace cotton 1221 01:47:50,740 --> 01:47:55,370 He was once again the white hare 1222 01:48:16,270 --> 01:48:18,130 Gentlemen. 1223 01:48:34,650 --> 01:48:40,490 Who could the Harvest God be? 1224 01:48:46,100 --> 01:48:49,000 Towers in memory of Nora and Kurz... 1225 01:48:49,040 --> 01:48:51,660 were erected in the professor's garden. 1226 01:48:51,710 --> 01:48:54,970 Nora was never found. 1227 01:48:55,010 --> 01:48:59,340 Kurz, living a full life, sleeps here. 1228 01:49:00,810 --> 01:49:04,840 And the willowtree has grown to this height. 1229 01:49:11,460 --> 01:49:15,360 THE 17TH MAADHA KAI PARTY 1230 01:49:25,000 --> 01:49:29,700 I now remember the time... 1231 01:49:29,740 --> 01:49:35,700 when I became 60 years old. 1232 01:49:35,750 --> 01:49:38,550 At the time... 1233 01:49:38,580 --> 01:49:43,110 I thought I had become a genuine old man. 1234 01:49:46,930 --> 01:49:51,390 But nowthat I have turned 77... 1235 01:49:51,430 --> 01:49:56,130 to celebrate my birthday again... 1236 01:49:56,170 --> 01:49:58,970 I realize when I was 60... 1237 01:49:59,000 --> 01:50:02,940 I was nothing more than a young punk. 1238 01:50:06,780 --> 01:50:09,010 But now... 1239 01:50:09,050 --> 01:50:13,380 I have become a genuine old man. 1240 01:50:16,090 --> 01:50:21,490 At one time, you confronted me with so many Maadha Kai calls... 1241 01:50:21,530 --> 01:50:26,290 that in response I thought of hanging myself... 1242 01:50:26,330 --> 01:50:29,460 from the willowtree in my garden. 1243 01:50:32,100 --> 01:50:36,700 So I can say Mouiiyo (I'm ready) to you. 1244 01:50:36,740 --> 01:50:38,970 But, ironically, the willow... 1245 01:50:43,420 --> 01:50:47,940 at the time, was still small and narrow. 1246 01:50:47,990 --> 01:50:50,920 It was useless for hanging. 1247 01:50:55,030 --> 01:50:59,900 But nowthe willowtree has grown. 1248 01:50:59,930 --> 01:51:04,200 It is good enough for hanging. 1249 01:51:05,200 --> 01:51:08,500 But I am still here. 1250 01:51:08,540 --> 01:51:11,410 I must ask your forgiveness. 1251 01:51:15,380 --> 01:51:19,010 My good friends and gentlemen... 1252 01:51:20,290 --> 01:51:24,350 I thank you all for this occasion. 1253 01:51:31,800 --> 01:51:33,630 According to our custom... 1254 01:51:33,670 --> 01:51:38,070 I will drink up this large glass of beer. 1255 01:51:42,040 --> 01:51:44,740 The glass has shrunk again. 1256 01:51:45,940 --> 01:51:49,610 Is this your idea? 1257 01:51:49,650 --> 01:51:53,480 The glass gets smaller and smaller. 1258 01:51:53,520 --> 01:51:55,750 It is no longer a large glass. 1259 01:51:55,790 --> 01:51:59,990 Even that is too big for you now. 1260 01:52:00,020 --> 01:52:02,690 Don't complain and drink up. 1261 01:52:34,120 --> 01:52:36,920 Madadayo! (not yet) 1262 01:52:45,870 --> 01:52:49,000 Let's toast for our professor. 1263 01:52:51,780 --> 01:52:54,010 Congratulations. 1264 01:53:06,590 --> 01:53:11,490 By this, we finish the usual Maadha Kai ritual. 1265 01:53:11,530 --> 01:53:18,760 We will now hold our professor's 77th birthday celebration. 1266 01:53:18,800 --> 01:53:21,640 First, the presentation of flowers. 1267 01:53:35,690 --> 01:53:38,550 They're your students' daughters. 1268 01:53:44,490 --> 01:53:45,930 Happy birthday. 1269 01:53:49,300 --> 01:53:50,660 Thank you. 1270 01:54:18,630 --> 01:54:25,230 Next, from the Maadha Kai members, a birthday cake. 1271 01:54:25,270 --> 01:54:27,330 Oh, no. 1272 01:54:27,370 --> 01:54:30,460 You'll have candles to equal my age... 1273 01:54:30,510 --> 01:54:33,500 and I must blowthem out. 1274 01:54:33,540 --> 01:54:35,070 I can't do it. 1275 01:54:35,110 --> 01:54:37,710 Mustn't treat an old man so cruelly. 1276 01:54:39,280 --> 01:54:42,680 But, Professor, since we can't have 77 candles... 1277 01:54:42,720 --> 01:54:44,810 only seven candles. 1278 01:54:45,820 --> 01:54:49,090 Even seven candles may be a burden. 1279 01:54:49,130 --> 01:54:52,990 Some of my teeth are missing. 1280 01:54:53,030 --> 01:54:55,460 Much of the air leaks out. 1281 01:55:46,580 --> 01:55:48,140 These children? 1282 01:55:48,180 --> 01:55:50,880 They're their grandchildren. 1283 01:55:51,950 --> 01:55:54,950 Look how lovely they are. 1284 01:55:54,990 --> 01:55:57,510 I feel like eating them. 1285 01:56:27,060 --> 01:56:33,520 I want to give the cake to the children who brought it. 1286 01:56:33,560 --> 01:56:36,660 Come here, children. 1287 01:56:51,210 --> 01:56:57,170 With this cake, there is something... 1288 01:56:57,220 --> 01:57:00,550 I want to give you. 1289 01:57:02,290 --> 01:57:06,090 Let me say this. 1290 01:57:06,130 --> 01:57:13,000 Please find something you really like. 1291 01:57:13,030 --> 01:57:19,600 Find something that you'd be able to treasure. 1292 01:57:20,710 --> 01:57:23,010 When you find it... 1293 01:57:23,040 --> 01:57:29,680 work very hard for your treasure. 1294 01:57:31,050 --> 01:57:34,320 At that time, you will have the treasure... 1295 01:57:34,350 --> 01:57:37,690 you must work hard for. 1296 01:57:39,460 --> 01:57:44,800 And it will become a career you put your heart into. 1297 01:57:44,830 --> 01:57:47,820 That is your real treasure. 1298 01:57:53,040 --> 01:57:55,630 Too difficult perhaps. 1299 01:57:57,950 --> 01:57:59,970 I'm sorry. 1300 01:58:00,010 --> 01:58:02,500 Take it. 1301 01:58:17,430 --> 01:58:19,400 Thank you. 1302 01:58:22,570 --> 01:58:24,230 Later. 1303 01:58:27,570 --> 01:58:31,940 Now, all you grandpas and grandmas... 1304 01:58:31,980 --> 01:58:33,570 dads and moms... 1305 01:58:33,610 --> 01:58:36,240 let's drink and have a good time. 1306 01:58:54,800 --> 01:58:56,600 Professor. 1307 01:58:56,640 --> 01:58:59,540 Let's do "One-two" again. 1308 01:58:59,570 --> 01:59:01,040 As you say... 1309 01:59:01,070 --> 01:59:03,800 there are so many irritating things in the world recently. 1310 01:59:03,840 --> 01:59:09,680 Graft, bribery are at large One, two 1311 01:59:09,720 --> 01:59:12,050 Let's go out dancing. 1312 01:59:12,080 --> 01:59:13,880 Professor! 1313 01:59:16,490 --> 01:59:18,890 Professor! 1314 01:59:28,730 --> 01:59:31,730 As the professor's family doctor... 1315 01:59:31,770 --> 01:59:34,870 I must say there is nothing to worry about. 1316 01:59:34,910 --> 01:59:38,780 It is just one of his chronic irregular pulse fits. 1317 01:59:38,810 --> 01:59:44,680 I suggest he goes home and rests for a while. 1318 01:59:54,390 --> 01:59:57,590 I'm all right. 1319 01:59:57,630 --> 02:00:00,620 Don't worry. 1320 02:00:00,670 --> 02:00:03,600 Madadayo. (not yet) 1321 02:00:12,610 --> 02:00:16,380 We officers will escort Professor to his house. 1322 02:00:16,420 --> 02:00:22,180 Don't worry, and continue the party for his sake. 1323 02:00:22,220 --> 02:00:24,050 Professor. 1324 02:00:26,060 --> 02:00:27,180 Professor. 1325 02:00:27,230 --> 02:00:28,890 My husband's cane. 1326 02:00:37,300 --> 02:00:39,330 You look so nonchalant. 1327 02:00:39,370 --> 02:00:41,400 Damn monk. 1328 02:00:41,440 --> 02:00:45,570 Don't worry. He's not ready for me yet. 1329 02:01:00,390 --> 02:01:02,360 All right. 1330 02:01:43,130 --> 02:01:45,100 Thank you. 1331 02:01:47,440 --> 02:01:56,280 Looking up to our teacher 1332 02:01:56,310 --> 02:02:04,810 Thinking of our debt to our teacher 1333 02:02:04,860 --> 02:02:13,360 Over the garden of teaching 1334 02:02:13,400 --> 02:02:21,000 Countless years have already passed 1335 02:02:21,040 --> 02:02:29,380 So fast is the passage of time 1336 02:02:29,410 --> 02:02:37,880 The years and the months... 1337 02:02:42,950 --> 02:02:45,550 Nothing to worry. 1338 02:02:45,590 --> 02:02:49,030 If he rests well tonight, he'll be fine. 1339 02:02:49,060 --> 02:02:52,650 I'm worried about those guys. 1340 02:02:52,700 --> 02:02:55,030 They may cause trouble. 1341 02:02:56,530 --> 02:03:00,660 Don't wake the professor and drink again. 1342 02:03:00,700 --> 02:03:04,000 You're joking. We'll hit the sack. 1343 02:03:04,040 --> 02:03:05,970 Don't wet the bed. 1344 02:03:09,110 --> 02:03:11,310 That quack. 1345 02:04:07,100 --> 02:04:10,440 Mattresses are in there. Shall I... 1346 02:04:10,470 --> 02:04:12,870 We'll do it, ma'am. 1347 02:04:12,910 --> 02:04:15,170 There may not be enough. 1348 02:04:15,210 --> 02:04:17,300 I hope it won't be cold. 1349 02:04:17,350 --> 02:04:20,210 No worry... if we have a drink. 1350 02:04:59,760 --> 02:05:01,350 That's good enough. 1351 02:05:01,390 --> 02:05:02,720 But... 1352 02:05:02,760 --> 02:05:05,090 Like our student days. 1353 02:05:05,130 --> 02:05:06,690 Remember his speech? 1354 02:05:06,730 --> 02:05:10,530 We'll soon be genuine old men, too. 1355 02:05:46,340 --> 02:05:47,830 There's nothing. 1356 02:05:47,870 --> 02:05:50,170 Thank you, ma'am. 1357 02:05:50,200 --> 02:05:53,540 I'll sleep in the Kinkakuji. If anything... 1358 02:05:53,570 --> 02:05:56,070 Don't worry. It's OK. 1359 02:05:57,110 --> 02:05:59,810 You mustn't wake Professor. 1360 02:05:59,850 --> 02:06:02,410 Yes, ma'am. 1361 02:06:02,450 --> 02:06:05,010 - Good night. - Good night. 1362 02:06:31,210 --> 02:06:33,410 It's great. 1363 02:06:33,450 --> 02:06:35,920 What is? 1364 02:06:35,950 --> 02:06:39,080 When we used to stay over... 1365 02:06:39,120 --> 02:06:41,250 he made us prepare for the lessons. 1366 02:06:41,290 --> 02:06:43,520 That was a real pain. 1367 02:06:45,230 --> 02:06:47,630 No need for that tonight... 1368 02:06:47,660 --> 02:06:49,820 nor go to school tomorrow. 1369 02:06:49,860 --> 02:06:52,660 We've passed all that. 1370 02:06:54,370 --> 02:06:58,270 Madadayo. (not yet) 1371 02:07:25,900 --> 02:07:27,560 He's sound asleep. 1372 02:07:29,240 --> 02:07:31,400 He must be dreaming. 1373 02:07:44,280 --> 02:07:47,650 I wonder what kind of dreams he sees. 1374 02:07:54,060 --> 02:07:57,790 His dreams must be solid gold, too. 1375 02:08:32,830 --> 02:08:37,060 Maadha Kai? (ready?) 1376 02:08:37,100 --> 02:08:40,000 Madadayo! (not yet) 1377 02:08:48,280 --> 02:08:51,650 Maadha Kai? 1378 02:08:52,650 --> 02:08:54,980 Madadayo! 1379 02:09:06,600 --> 02:09:09,800 Maadha Kai? 1380 02:09:11,470 --> 02:09:13,670 Madadayo. 1381 02:09:24,480 --> 02:09:27,040 Maadha Kai? 1382 02:09:28,150 --> 02:09:30,310 Madadayo. 1383 02:10:33,050 --> 02:10:35,950 TATSUO MATSUMURA as the Professor 1384 02:10:35,990 --> 02:10:38,820 KYOKO KAGAWA as the Professor's wife 1385 02:10:38,860 --> 02:10:41,720 HISASHI IGAWA as Takayama 1386 02:10:41,760 --> 02:10:44,590 GEORGE TOKORO as Amaki 1387 02:10:44,630 --> 02:10:47,660 MASA YUKI YUI as Kiriyama 1388 02:10:47,700 --> 02:10:50,400 AKIRA TERAO as Sawamura 1389 02:10:50,440 --> 02:10:53,530 ASEl KOBA YASHI as Rev. Kameyama 1390 02:10:53,570 --> 02:10:56,370 TAKESHI KUSAKA as Dr. Kobayashi 1391 02:11:59,370 --> 02:12:03,360 General Producers YASUYOSHI TOKUMA GOHEl KOGURE 1392 02:12:06,080 --> 02:12:10,070 Executive Producers YO YAMAMOTO YUZO IRIE 1393 02:12:12,480 --> 02:12:16,650 Producer HISAO KUROSAWA 1394 02:12:19,220 --> 02:12:23,280 Based on the books by HYAKKEN UCHIDA 1395 02:12:25,900 --> 02:12:29,960 Photography by TAKAO SAITO MASAHARU UEDA 1396 02:12:32,570 --> 02:12:36,700 Art Director YOSHIRO MURAKI 1397 02:12:39,180 --> 02:12:43,240 Lighting by TAKEJI SANO 1398 02:12:45,880 --> 02:12:50,010 Sound by HIDEO NISHIZAKI 1399 02:12:52,490 --> 02:12:56,650 Music by SHIN'ICHIRO IKEBE 1400 02:12:59,200 --> 02:13:03,260 Costume Designer KAZUKO KUROSAWA 1401 02:13:59,820 --> 02:14:04,060 Written and Directed by AKIRA KUROSAWA 96404