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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:08,008 --> 00:00:12,803 Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television and Hakuhodo present 2 00:00:14,723 --> 00:00:21,645 Only Yesterday 3 00:00:22,105 --> 00:00:24,940 Executive Producers Yasuyoshi Tokuma 4 00:00:25,150 --> 00:00:28,027 Yoshio Sasaki and Ritsuo Isobe 5 00:00:34,034 --> 00:00:38,912 Based on "Omoide Poroporo" by Hotaru Okamoto and Yuko Tone 6 00:00:39,039 --> 00:00:41,373 Voices Miki Imai 7 00:00:41,499 --> 00:00:43,917 Toshiro Yanagiba 8 00:00:44,044 --> 00:00:46,920 Yoko Honna 9 00:00:47,047 --> 00:00:50,924 Music by Masaru Hoshi 10 00:00:51,051 --> 00:00:55,054 Theme song performed by Harumi Miyako 11 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:35,969 Producer Toshio Suzuki 12 00:01:36,096 --> 00:01:41,975 General Producer Hayao Miyazaki 13 00:01:42,102 --> 00:01:49,066 Screenplay written & directed by Isao Takahata 14 00:02:08,461 --> 00:02:12,840 With ten days off, I figured you'd go abroad. 15 00:02:13,007 --> 00:02:15,676 But you're off to Yamagata, right? 16 00:02:15,802 --> 00:02:16,760 Yes. 17 00:02:16,886 --> 00:02:19,096 Broke up with your boyfriend? 18 00:02:20,473 --> 00:02:22,182 I just prefer the countryside. 19 00:02:22,350 --> 00:02:23,642 - See ya! - Bye! 20 00:02:23,852 --> 00:02:24,977 Let's go play! 21 00:02:25,145 --> 00:02:26,603 Bye now! 22 00:02:26,729 --> 00:02:28,188 Later! 23 00:02:29,482 --> 00:02:30,899 Did you get good grades? 24 00:02:31,025 --> 00:02:34,027 No, but I don't care. 25 00:02:34,154 --> 00:02:34,945 How come? 26 00:02:35,071 --> 00:02:38,198 Αs soon as I get home, we're traveling to Grandma's. 27 00:02:38,366 --> 00:02:40,617 So I won't get yelled at for ages. 28 00:02:40,743 --> 00:02:43,871 Lucky you! Αre you going away too? 29 00:02:44,038 --> 00:02:46,874 Yeah, to Nagano. How about you, Taeko? 30 00:02:47,041 --> 00:02:48,083 I'm not sure. 31 00:02:48,209 --> 00:02:50,836 My Dad bought a summer place. 32 00:02:50,962 --> 00:02:52,588 Wow... that's great! 33 00:02:54,382 --> 00:02:57,217 Such a bad grade in math again. 34 00:02:58,178 --> 00:03:00,888 But I got a "B" in science. 35 00:03:01,389 --> 00:03:03,891 Are we going away for the holidays? 36 00:03:04,058 --> 00:03:05,392 Not really. 37 00:03:05,768 --> 00:03:08,187 Take me someplace. 38 00:03:08,813 --> 00:03:13,233 I'll take you to a movie. How about "The Crane Lady"? 39 00:03:13,401 --> 00:03:16,403 Not that. I mean to the country... 40 00:03:16,529 --> 00:03:17,404 The country? 41 00:03:17,530 --> 00:03:19,865 Like Grandma's country house. 42 00:03:19,991 --> 00:03:21,408 Grandma lives with us. 43 00:03:21,576 --> 00:03:23,911 - Grandpa's then... - He's dead. 44 00:03:24,078 --> 00:03:28,081 We don't have relatives in the country, so don't ask. 45 00:03:32,295 --> 00:03:36,173 My family had lived in Tokyo for generations. 46 00:03:36,299 --> 00:03:39,343 I envied friends who had family in the countryside. 47 00:03:42,388 --> 00:03:45,599 It's too late to book. Αll hotels will be full. 48 00:03:45,934 --> 00:03:47,726 But I really want to go... 49 00:03:48,478 --> 00:03:50,103 What about "Onoya"? 50 00:03:50,355 --> 00:03:54,441 We're regulars. They'd have a room for us. 51 00:03:54,567 --> 00:03:55,692 Where's that? 52 00:03:55,818 --> 00:03:59,279 Good idea. Taeko's never been there. 53 00:03:59,405 --> 00:04:00,530 That's right. 54 00:04:00,657 --> 00:04:03,408 Is it in the mountains... by the sea? 55 00:04:03,785 --> 00:04:05,410 It's in Atami. 56 00:04:06,621 --> 00:04:07,621 Atami? 57 00:04:07,789 --> 00:04:10,374 You get to ride the bullet train. 58 00:04:10,500 --> 00:04:12,668 Sure, you'll love it. 59 00:04:16,256 --> 00:04:17,256 Atami... 60 00:04:17,382 --> 00:04:20,300 It's great! Lots of different hot springs... 61 00:04:20,468 --> 00:04:23,470 There's a huge Roman Bath. 62 00:04:23,596 --> 00:04:29,351 And other little ones, like the Swan Bath and the Violet Bath. 63 00:04:29,477 --> 00:04:31,478 The beautiful Violet Bath! 64 00:04:32,438 --> 00:04:33,647 The Violet Bath... 65 00:04:33,815 --> 00:04:35,983 Oh yes. It's fantastic. 66 00:04:36,150 --> 00:04:37,985 You love hot springs, right? 67 00:04:38,152 --> 00:04:42,614 Since father's working, you four go. 68 00:04:42,824 --> 00:04:43,907 What?! 69 00:04:47,495 --> 00:04:48,829 Us? 70 00:04:48,955 --> 00:04:50,330 Go too?! 71 00:04:57,130 --> 00:05:00,924 I'm amazed you show up every morning. 72 00:05:01,050 --> 00:05:03,677 Everyone else has left town. 73 00:05:05,638 --> 00:05:08,348 Aren't you going anywhere? 74 00:05:08,683 --> 00:05:10,017 - Yes, I am. - Where? 75 00:05:10,184 --> 00:05:11,184 Atami. 76 00:05:11,394 --> 00:05:14,604 Atami? What's in Atami? 77 00:05:14,731 --> 00:05:16,523 Hot springs. 78 00:05:20,445 --> 00:05:21,945 It's good timing. 79 00:05:22,071 --> 00:05:26,033 We're going away next week to visit relatives. 80 00:05:26,284 --> 00:05:29,703 No one will be around for ages. 81 00:05:32,540 --> 00:05:34,416 Hello. Okajima residence. 82 00:05:34,542 --> 00:05:34,583 Nanako? It's Taeko. 83 00:05:34,584 --> 00:05:37,210 Nanako? It's Taeko. 84 00:05:37,378 --> 00:05:41,590 I leave today. Any message for your husband's family? 85 00:05:42,425 --> 00:05:46,887 Not really. Just bring them something. Maybe cookies. 86 00:05:47,013 --> 00:05:49,806 Say it's from us and I'll pay you back. 87 00:05:49,932 --> 00:05:53,352 Don't worry about it. How's Mom? 88 00:05:53,478 --> 00:05:55,062 She's out today. 89 00:05:55,229 --> 00:05:59,399 She was mad you turned down that guy's proposal. 90 00:05:59,734 --> 00:06:03,403 "At 27, that's the best offer she's going to get!" 91 00:06:03,571 --> 00:06:06,073 It's all she talks about. 92 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:10,077 She's got a point. You're not young anymore... 93 00:06:10,244 --> 00:06:11,411 Oh, yeah? 94 00:06:11,537 --> 00:06:12,996 Definitely. 95 00:06:13,122 --> 00:06:15,499 You've got to settle down eventually. 96 00:06:15,625 --> 00:06:20,087 By the way, did you really work in the fields last year? 97 00:06:20,254 --> 00:06:23,882 Yes, harvesting rice. This year, I'm picking safflower. 98 00:06:24,008 --> 00:06:25,008 Safflower? 99 00:06:25,134 --> 00:06:29,179 Thanks to you, I finally have family in the countryside. 100 00:06:29,389 --> 00:06:32,724 So, I'm making the most of it! 101 00:06:34,060 --> 00:06:35,769 Give me a break! 102 00:06:36,270 --> 00:06:39,648 Rather than stay in that old house, 103 00:06:39,774 --> 00:06:43,902 why not treat yourself to a fancy hotel for once? 104 00:06:44,070 --> 00:06:46,154 Maybe you'd meet a nice boy. 105 00:06:46,280 --> 00:06:50,700 No way. You mean a hotel like "Onoya"? 106 00:06:50,827 --> 00:06:52,202 "Onoya"? 107 00:06:54,414 --> 00:06:56,456 Not that again! 108 00:06:57,291 --> 00:06:59,709 You've got to get over it. 109 00:06:59,836 --> 00:07:02,879 Let go of that baggage from the past! 110 00:07:12,765 --> 00:07:17,269 My sisters, of course, would never go to a place like Atami. 111 00:07:18,980 --> 00:07:21,231 Grandma... 112 00:07:22,358 --> 00:07:24,151 Almost done? 113 00:07:25,111 --> 00:07:26,903 Let's go to another bath. 114 00:07:27,029 --> 00:07:29,406 We just went. 115 00:07:29,532 --> 00:07:32,159 Only to the Swan Bath. 116 00:07:34,328 --> 00:07:38,665 Bored to tears, I went alone to the Brothers Grimm Bath,... 117 00:07:39,208 --> 00:07:42,085 ...the Mermaid Bath, the Lemon Bath,... 118 00:07:42,211 --> 00:07:45,505 ...and the Violet Bath, one after the other. 119 00:07:45,673 --> 00:07:47,674 It's enormous! 120 00:07:48,259 --> 00:07:51,678 When I got to the Roman Bath, my head was spinning. 121 00:07:53,347 --> 00:07:55,348 It's amazing... 122 00:08:05,443 --> 00:08:07,319 And I fainted. 123 00:08:07,987 --> 00:08:10,697 And with that, my trip was over. 124 00:08:10,823 --> 00:08:14,534 Followed by endless weeks of vacation. 125 00:08:28,716 --> 00:08:34,221 The other day, my sisters and I were reminiscing. 126 00:08:35,389 --> 00:08:39,100 We couldn't stop laughing... 127 00:08:39,560 --> 00:08:42,187 ...as the memories came flooding back. 128 00:08:47,568 --> 00:08:48,735 Had one before? 129 00:08:48,861 --> 00:08:50,529 No, it's my first time. 130 00:08:50,988 --> 00:08:52,656 I'm the one who asked for it. 131 00:08:52,782 --> 00:08:53,990 Yeah, we know. 132 00:08:54,116 --> 00:08:56,368 Where did you buy it? 133 00:08:56,494 --> 00:08:57,827 Senbikiya in Ginza. 134 00:08:57,954 --> 00:08:59,579 Must have been expensive. 135 00:09:00,915 --> 00:09:02,582 How do we eat it? 136 00:09:02,750 --> 00:09:03,917 Slice it into rings. 137 00:09:04,085 --> 00:09:05,502 But how? 138 00:09:07,547 --> 00:09:08,922 I don't know. 139 00:09:10,216 --> 00:09:13,134 Didn't you ask in the store? 140 00:09:18,349 --> 00:09:20,350 We'll eat it next Sunday. 141 00:09:20,476 --> 00:09:23,061 Why not now?! 142 00:09:23,563 --> 00:09:25,730 We don't know how. 143 00:09:28,359 --> 00:09:30,193 I'll have a banana. 144 00:09:30,319 --> 00:09:31,945 Me too. 145 00:09:35,449 --> 00:09:39,744 Strange fruit they have in those hot countries. 146 00:09:42,623 --> 00:09:44,040 I'm home! 147 00:09:44,458 --> 00:09:46,459 I know how to eat the pineapple! 148 00:09:46,586 --> 00:09:47,961 Really? 149 00:09:52,592 --> 00:09:53,967 I'll take that. 150 00:09:54,719 --> 00:09:55,969 Mind your fingers. 151 00:09:56,137 --> 00:09:58,388 Wouldn't a carving knife be best? 152 00:10:11,611 --> 00:10:13,570 What a nice smell. 153 00:10:22,872 --> 00:10:24,831 It smells so good. 154 00:10:27,376 --> 00:10:28,752 I see. 155 00:10:29,837 --> 00:10:31,338 Get plates. Quick. 156 00:10:31,464 --> 00:10:33,673 Okay. 157 00:10:35,509 --> 00:10:36,760 Let us eat. 158 00:10:58,532 --> 00:11:00,200 It's hard. 159 00:11:04,580 --> 00:11:06,289 It's not very good. 160 00:11:06,415 --> 00:11:07,957 Not so sweet. 161 00:11:08,084 --> 00:11:10,126 Nothing like the canned stuff. 162 00:11:10,252 --> 00:11:14,047 Live long enough and you see lots of different things. 163 00:11:19,387 --> 00:11:21,721 - You can have mine. - Mine too. 164 00:11:51,419 --> 00:11:53,086 It's delicious... 165 00:11:58,634 --> 00:12:00,927 Don't force yourself. 166 00:12:01,053 --> 00:12:02,595 You'll get a stomach ache. 167 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:14,774 What a letdown. 168 00:12:17,486 --> 00:12:19,696 Bananas taste much better. 169 00:12:19,822 --> 00:12:21,030 You're so right. 170 00:12:21,157 --> 00:12:24,284 Bananas are still the king of fruits. 171 00:12:24,410 --> 00:12:25,827 I'll have one now. 172 00:12:50,352 --> 00:12:56,065 The king of fruit is... 173 00:12:56,650 --> 00:12:58,443 ...the banana, after all. 174 00:13:03,699 --> 00:13:08,411 The year I fainted at the baths and had my first pineapple... 175 00:13:08,913 --> 00:13:13,166 ...the Beatles came to Japan, started the rock'n'roll band... 176 00:13:13,334 --> 00:13:16,169 ...and electric guitar craze. 177 00:13:19,799 --> 00:13:24,511 My sister Nanako, a freshman in art school, was up on all the trends. 178 00:13:25,346 --> 00:13:27,680 Yeah, the Beatles' lyrics are great. 179 00:13:27,807 --> 00:13:35,480 When she wore a mini-skirt, she'd cover her bottom going up the stairs. 180 00:13:38,359 --> 00:13:43,863 My clever sister, Yaeko, was crazy about some Takarazuka actress. 181 00:13:44,031 --> 00:13:45,323 Yaeko... 182 00:13:46,158 --> 00:13:48,535 I told you to knock! 183 00:13:52,832 --> 00:13:58,044 My sisters' memories are mainly of fashion and pop trends. 184 00:13:58,587 --> 00:14:03,591 For them, 1966 is the height of nostalgia. 185 00:14:03,759 --> 00:14:07,345 Whereas I was only ten years old. 186 00:14:08,389 --> 00:14:12,058 My favorite band had yet to debut... 187 00:14:12,226 --> 00:14:16,896 My only memories are the back and forth between school and home. 188 00:14:17,064 --> 00:14:18,898 ...mine was pinned on the wall! 189 00:14:19,066 --> 00:14:21,401 That's nice. 190 00:14:21,777 --> 00:14:25,655 And it might be entered in an essay contest. 191 00:14:25,781 --> 00:14:28,575 Teacher said to take good care of it. 192 00:14:28,868 --> 00:14:32,412 - I'd be so happy... - You didn't finish lunch again. 193 00:14:33,122 --> 00:14:35,415 Why do you hide the pickles inside the bread? 194 00:14:35,541 --> 00:14:37,417 'Cause I hate them. 195 00:14:37,543 --> 00:14:41,087 I've got to throw it away. What a waste. 196 00:14:41,881 --> 00:14:43,882 Such a picky eater! 197 00:14:44,550 --> 00:14:50,889 I'd rather you were a good eater than a good essay writer. 198 00:15:07,072 --> 00:15:10,617 How can you drink that horrible stuff? 199 00:15:11,994 --> 00:15:15,872 Milk's okay. It's onions I hate. 200 00:15:15,998 --> 00:15:19,834 I'm leaving carrots so I've got no choice. 201 00:15:20,544 --> 00:15:25,089 Who decided we can only leave one thing? 202 00:15:25,215 --> 00:15:26,299 Shall I drink it? 203 00:15:26,467 --> 00:15:27,842 Would you? 204 00:15:28,010 --> 00:15:31,179 You'll eat my onions next time? 205 00:15:43,484 --> 00:15:45,944 - Carrots? - We're allowed one thing! 206 00:15:55,162 --> 00:15:57,163 Two bowls is gross. 207 00:15:57,957 --> 00:16:00,541 People who run in the corridor... 208 00:16:00,668 --> 00:16:05,838 ...when the hall monitor says stop, should be punished. 209 00:16:06,131 --> 00:16:09,175 How are you gonna do that? 210 00:16:09,301 --> 00:16:11,177 They shouldn't do it. 211 00:16:11,345 --> 00:16:12,637 That's right. 212 00:16:12,763 --> 00:16:14,514 You might bump into someone. 213 00:16:14,682 --> 00:16:18,935 If I bumped into you I'd bounce a mile! 214 00:16:19,061 --> 00:16:20,269 Get lost! 215 00:16:22,022 --> 00:16:24,691 Running is no big deal. 216 00:16:24,858 --> 00:16:26,025 I agree! 217 00:16:26,193 --> 00:16:29,737 - Let's change the rule. - But we already decided. 218 00:16:30,322 --> 00:16:32,532 Raise your hand if you want to speak. 219 00:16:32,866 --> 00:16:34,867 - Here! - Miss Tani. 220 00:16:36,578 --> 00:16:40,373 The hall monitor should chase the offender,... 221 00:16:40,541 --> 00:16:43,209 ...catch them and punish them. 222 00:16:44,545 --> 00:16:45,878 Mr. Suzuki. 223 00:16:47,047 --> 00:16:50,842 Then the hall monitor should be punished for running too. 224 00:16:50,968 --> 00:16:52,552 He's right! He's right! 225 00:16:52,845 --> 00:16:54,387 Way to go! 226 00:16:54,555 --> 00:16:55,680 He's right. 227 00:16:56,098 --> 00:16:57,557 Miss Tani. 228 00:16:58,350 --> 00:17:02,895 The hall monitor shouldn't be punished because... 229 00:17:03,939 --> 00:17:08,776 ...it's like a policeman chasing a speeding car. 230 00:17:14,908 --> 00:17:17,076 Any objections? 231 00:17:19,079 --> 00:17:20,705 A policeman? 232 00:17:20,831 --> 00:17:22,540 No more running. 233 00:17:23,083 --> 00:17:28,421 So, the hall monitor can chase offenders. 234 00:17:30,591 --> 00:17:32,258 Any other issues? 235 00:17:33,302 --> 00:17:34,677 Miss Tani. 236 00:17:35,387 --> 00:17:36,888 - Her again. - Busybody. 237 00:17:37,014 --> 00:17:38,431 Be quiet. 238 00:17:38,557 --> 00:17:41,059 Some people don't finish lunch. 239 00:17:41,393 --> 00:17:46,022 I just read an article on the Vietnam War. 240 00:17:46,398 --> 00:17:49,942 There are many unfortunate people overseas. 241 00:17:50,110 --> 00:17:51,778 We're very lucky. 242 00:17:51,904 --> 00:17:53,613 Lucky to have you near me! 243 00:17:56,909 --> 00:18:00,286 We should be grateful for our food. 244 00:18:00,454 --> 00:18:05,458 We're allowed to leave one thing on our plates, 245 00:18:05,751 --> 00:18:07,335 but I think it's wrong! 246 00:18:09,797 --> 00:18:12,340 Goody two-shoes. 247 00:18:12,841 --> 00:18:17,428 - It can't hurt to leave one thing. - Let's all leave milk. 248 00:18:17,554 --> 00:18:20,765 - Give it to someone else. - Of course. 249 00:18:20,891 --> 00:18:24,894 - People hide leftovers in bread. - That's cheating! 250 00:18:25,145 --> 00:18:27,146 I hate school food. 251 00:18:27,481 --> 00:18:30,024 If you want to speak, raise your hand! 252 00:18:30,651 --> 00:18:33,111 What a revolting situation. 253 00:18:36,073 --> 00:18:40,159 That night in bed, after chatting to my sisters... 254 00:18:41,328 --> 00:18:44,664 ...more memories from fifth grade... 255 00:18:44,832 --> 00:18:48,292 ...came rushing back. 256 00:18:51,338 --> 00:18:56,008 Our pet dog... school sports day... 257 00:18:56,844 --> 00:18:59,428 ...being scared by gross horror comics... 258 00:19:00,848 --> 00:19:03,474 ...longing for an electric pencil-sharpener... 259 00:19:05,269 --> 00:19:09,313 So many little details, one after the other... 260 00:19:09,815 --> 00:19:13,776 ...playing in my head like a movie,... 261 00:19:13,902 --> 00:19:16,863 ...almost overpowering me. 262 00:19:22,161 --> 00:19:23,870 Is there a Miss Okajima here? 263 00:19:25,164 --> 00:19:26,414 That's her. 264 00:19:38,385 --> 00:19:41,846 Hirota in our class says he likes you. 265 00:19:46,518 --> 00:19:47,560 Let's go. 266 00:19:50,647 --> 00:19:53,482 We'll say we told you. 267 00:19:55,611 --> 00:19:56,903 Told you. 268 00:20:03,076 --> 00:20:04,410 Where is it? 269 00:20:04,536 --> 00:20:05,745 Over there. 270 00:20:05,871 --> 00:20:07,246 Shuji Hirota and Taeko Okajima 271 00:20:07,414 --> 00:20:09,290 It's true! 272 00:20:12,002 --> 00:20:13,753 What's he like? 273 00:20:13,921 --> 00:20:15,588 - No idea. - Me, neither. 274 00:20:15,714 --> 00:20:18,090 Taeko, you sure you don't know him? 275 00:20:18,258 --> 00:20:21,135 No... of course not... not at all. 276 00:20:26,225 --> 00:20:28,309 Which one is Hirota? 277 00:20:28,435 --> 00:20:29,518 It's the Room 5 girls. 278 00:20:29,645 --> 00:20:31,687 Hirota, they're looking for you. 279 00:20:35,108 --> 00:20:36,275 Yes, I'm here! 280 00:20:36,652 --> 00:20:39,987 Don't write silly things on the wall. 281 00:20:40,572 --> 00:20:42,281 Taeko told us to tell you. 282 00:20:42,449 --> 00:20:44,450 I didn't write anything. 283 00:20:44,618 --> 00:20:48,287 You said you liked Okajima in Room 5. 284 00:20:48,455 --> 00:20:49,622 You did. 285 00:20:49,790 --> 00:20:51,499 So, we wrote it for you. 286 00:20:53,252 --> 00:20:56,379 I love you so much... 287 00:20:56,672 --> 00:21:00,299 But you're so far away... 288 00:21:00,592 --> 00:21:02,927 Like gazing up at... 289 00:21:03,053 --> 00:21:04,262 Goodbye. 290 00:21:04,388 --> 00:21:07,598 A far distant star. 291 00:21:11,144 --> 00:21:12,645 Taeko! 292 00:21:14,147 --> 00:21:16,649 We just went to see Hirota. 293 00:21:18,402 --> 00:21:22,446 We told him not to write things on walls. 294 00:21:23,782 --> 00:21:24,907 Tsuneko! 295 00:21:25,033 --> 00:21:26,492 Ah, no running. 296 00:21:31,039 --> 00:21:33,165 Aren't you glad? 297 00:21:40,340 --> 00:21:43,718 5th Grade: Room 4 298 00:21:50,642 --> 00:21:52,018 Over here. 299 00:21:52,519 --> 00:21:55,313 See? That's him. 300 00:22:01,194 --> 00:22:05,531 What? Hirota likes Taeko? 301 00:22:06,199 --> 00:22:08,951 He's amazing. A real star. 302 00:22:09,077 --> 00:22:10,870 You mean baseball? 303 00:22:11,038 --> 00:22:13,331 Only Tono can hit his pitches. 304 00:22:13,457 --> 00:22:15,791 Really? 305 00:22:16,543 --> 00:22:19,837 Our team plays his in the next game. 306 00:22:26,345 --> 00:22:29,555 Go, go, Hirota! 307 00:22:30,223 --> 00:22:33,184 Go for it, Tono! 308 00:22:34,478 --> 00:22:36,228 Hit it, Tono! 309 00:22:36,688 --> 00:22:37,730 Kill it! 310 00:22:40,067 --> 00:22:42,068 Go for it, Hirota! 311 00:22:43,779 --> 00:22:46,405 Taeko's watching you! 312 00:22:55,499 --> 00:22:57,708 Hit it, Tono! 313 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:09,804 Way to go, Hirota! 314 00:23:09,930 --> 00:23:11,680 Strike him out! 315 00:23:12,307 --> 00:23:14,975 Don't you dare cheer their side! 316 00:23:15,102 --> 00:23:17,228 Of course not! 317 00:23:17,396 --> 00:23:21,399 Go, go, Tono! 318 00:23:34,121 --> 00:23:38,416 Hiro, Hiro, Hirota! 319 00:23:40,043 --> 00:23:41,293 Hit it! 320 00:23:41,461 --> 00:23:42,795 One leg stance! 321 00:23:56,852 --> 00:23:58,144 Wow! 322 00:24:00,981 --> 00:24:03,607 Way to go, Hirota! 323 00:24:07,237 --> 00:24:09,530 I knew nothing about baseball. 324 00:24:09,739 --> 00:24:12,658 But even I could tell he was superb. 325 00:24:21,626 --> 00:24:24,295 Go, go, Hirota! 326 00:24:26,590 --> 00:24:28,340 What's up, Taeko? 327 00:24:29,509 --> 00:24:34,638 Between the cold and the excitement, I ran to the bathroom five times. 328 00:24:34,973 --> 00:24:36,557 Over here, over here! 329 00:24:38,018 --> 00:24:41,020 Girls' Bathroom 330 00:24:41,438 --> 00:24:43,022 Game! 331 00:24:46,818 --> 00:24:48,819 5 to 3. Room 4 wins. 332 00:24:49,863 --> 00:24:51,822 Thank you for the game. 333 00:24:53,867 --> 00:24:54,700 You were great Hirota! 334 00:24:54,826 --> 00:24:55,868 Good job. 335 00:24:56,036 --> 00:24:58,162 You were amazing! 336 00:24:58,371 --> 00:25:00,206 It was all your fault. 337 00:25:00,373 --> 00:25:01,373 How come? 338 00:25:01,541 --> 00:25:03,167 You don't know anything. 339 00:25:03,460 --> 00:25:06,712 If Tono couldn't hit him, how could we? 340 00:25:06,838 --> 00:25:08,005 That's right. 341 00:25:08,423 --> 00:25:12,718 You missed the throw and three runs scored. 342 00:25:12,886 --> 00:25:14,637 That's not true. 343 00:25:15,055 --> 00:25:17,723 Coach said he'd buy us ice cream. 344 00:25:17,891 --> 00:25:19,558 - Really? - Great! 345 00:25:20,685 --> 00:25:23,187 Hirota, you should go see her. 346 00:25:23,313 --> 00:25:24,980 Yeah, you should. 347 00:25:25,565 --> 00:25:29,527 I'm going home. 348 00:25:31,071 --> 00:25:32,738 What's the matter, Taeko? 349 00:25:36,660 --> 00:25:38,536 Look, she left. 350 00:26:27,085 --> 00:26:28,294 Um... 351 00:26:36,845 --> 00:26:38,804 ...that stuff... 352 00:26:39,639 --> 00:26:43,392 ...on the wall... 353 00:26:47,981 --> 00:26:50,149 Rainy day or... 354 00:26:50,358 --> 00:26:52,401 cloudy or sunny day... 355 00:26:52,736 --> 00:26:54,445 which do you like? 356 00:27:09,294 --> 00:27:10,210 Cloudy. 357 00:27:11,004 --> 00:27:12,546 Me too! 358 00:28:52,147 --> 00:28:57,234 Rainy day or cloudy or sunny day. 359 00:28:57,694 --> 00:28:59,737 Which do you like? 360 00:29:01,948 --> 00:29:03,574 Me, too. 361 00:29:21,551 --> 00:29:27,931 I didn't intend the ten year-old me to come on this trip. 362 00:29:29,893 --> 00:29:32,644 But somehow, once she showed up... 363 00:29:32,812 --> 00:29:36,106 ...she wouldn't leave me alone. 364 00:30:05,929 --> 00:30:09,515 But why me in the 5th grade? 365 00:30:12,018 --> 00:30:17,022 Second hour, all boys play baseball, all girls to the gym. 366 00:30:17,148 --> 00:30:17,856 How come? 367 00:30:18,024 --> 00:30:19,525 Baseball, great! 368 00:30:30,995 --> 00:30:35,207 Today I'm going to talk about something very important. 369 00:30:38,294 --> 00:30:44,883 You'll leave grade school, then junior school then high school. 370 00:30:45,051 --> 00:30:48,470 Then become grown ups and have babies. 371 00:30:48,763 --> 00:30:52,766 A woman's body prepares to have babies. 372 00:31:00,859 --> 00:31:02,484 Did you know? 373 00:31:03,027 --> 00:31:04,570 Really? 374 00:31:05,321 --> 00:31:08,407 Mom told me when I was in fourth grade,... 375 00:31:08,533 --> 00:31:10,450 ...since I'm an early-developer. 376 00:31:10,577 --> 00:31:11,493 Early-developer? 377 00:31:11,619 --> 00:31:12,744 That's right. 378 00:31:13,079 --> 00:31:17,916 She said tall girls or big girls get their periods early. 379 00:31:18,209 --> 00:31:21,295 I bet those other girls... 380 00:31:21,421 --> 00:31:23,213 ...already have theirs. 381 00:31:29,429 --> 00:31:31,138 - Are you gonna buy them? - I am. 382 00:31:31,264 --> 00:31:32,431 I knew it. 383 00:31:32,765 --> 00:31:34,725 You'll buy them, too, right? 384 00:31:34,934 --> 00:31:37,352 Well... yeah. 385 00:31:37,937 --> 00:31:39,771 I think you should. 386 00:31:40,023 --> 00:31:44,735 Nurse said we all need them eventually. 387 00:31:44,861 --> 00:31:46,278 That's true. 388 00:31:59,125 --> 00:32:02,961 The girls are buying underpants in the infirmary. 389 00:32:06,049 --> 00:32:08,300 Did you know? 390 00:32:08,468 --> 00:32:09,426 No. 391 00:32:09,552 --> 00:32:11,470 But why? 392 00:32:12,639 --> 00:32:14,806 How come you're buying underpants? 393 00:32:15,350 --> 00:32:17,267 It's because... 394 00:32:17,393 --> 00:32:18,644 Umm... 395 00:32:18,853 --> 00:32:20,646 Why is the school selling underpants? 396 00:32:20,813 --> 00:32:22,397 Are they for swimming? 397 00:32:22,523 --> 00:32:25,359 Girls' Bathroom 398 00:32:25,735 --> 00:32:27,986 You told Nakayama? 399 00:32:28,154 --> 00:32:29,821 Why did you do that!? 400 00:32:29,948 --> 00:32:31,740 You shouldn't tell boys. 401 00:32:31,866 --> 00:32:34,493 It's supposed to be our secret. 402 00:32:39,165 --> 00:32:42,501 It's because she likes him. 403 00:32:42,669 --> 00:32:44,628 Did he ask you? 404 00:32:50,218 --> 00:32:51,259 What's going on? 405 00:32:51,386 --> 00:32:54,846 She told Nakayama about periods. 406 00:32:55,014 --> 00:32:56,515 No! 407 00:32:57,141 --> 00:32:59,768 He'll tell everyone. 408 00:32:59,894 --> 00:33:01,186 I said to keep it secret. 409 00:33:01,354 --> 00:33:03,981 You trust him? 410 00:33:07,318 --> 00:33:10,821 - Oh no... - Boys are disgusting. 411 00:33:11,030 --> 00:33:13,198 Now they'll be looking up our skirts. 412 00:33:17,370 --> 00:33:18,704 Pervert! 413 00:33:18,871 --> 00:33:24,209 Looking up skirts was all the rage and periods became an obsession. 414 00:33:24,377 --> 00:33:26,837 You got your period! 415 00:33:27,463 --> 00:33:30,215 Cut it out! 416 00:33:31,217 --> 00:33:33,218 Second period break. 417 00:33:33,344 --> 00:33:34,219 Idiot. 418 00:33:34,345 --> 00:33:35,387 Ouch. 419 00:33:35,555 --> 00:33:36,722 Come here! 420 00:33:39,017 --> 00:33:40,267 You've got a period. 421 00:33:40,393 --> 00:33:42,019 No, I don't! 422 00:33:43,021 --> 00:33:45,230 It's all Rie's fault. 423 00:33:50,653 --> 00:33:51,778 I'm sorry. 424 00:33:51,904 --> 00:33:53,071 What for? 425 00:33:53,197 --> 00:33:55,574 For telling Nakayama. 426 00:33:55,742 --> 00:33:57,159 It doesn't matter. 427 00:33:57,660 --> 00:34:01,747 The nurse said it's very important. 428 00:34:01,998 --> 00:34:03,749 I know. 429 00:34:04,250 --> 00:34:06,877 I started when I was in fourth grade. 430 00:34:07,003 --> 00:34:08,420 Really? 431 00:34:09,589 --> 00:34:12,758 That's why I skip P.E. sometimes. 432 00:34:13,134 --> 00:34:15,427 You skip P.E. with a period? 433 00:34:15,595 --> 00:34:18,597 Mom said I should. 434 00:34:19,932 --> 00:34:24,436 He even said he felt sorry for us. 435 00:34:24,937 --> 00:34:27,105 You told him about skipping P.E.? 436 00:34:28,608 --> 00:34:32,194 He promised not to tell the others. 437 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:33,779 So, then they'll think 438 00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:37,199 all girls who skip P.E. have periods! 439 00:34:37,325 --> 00:34:38,492 You think so? 440 00:34:38,618 --> 00:34:39,785 Of course! 441 00:34:43,790 --> 00:34:43,955 Please excuse Taeko from P.E. because of her cold. 442 00:34:43,956 --> 00:34:47,209 Please excuse Taeko from P.E. because of her cold. 443 00:34:52,882 --> 00:34:54,424 I'm not missing P.E. 444 00:34:54,550 --> 00:34:58,303 Your cold will get worse. 445 00:34:58,471 --> 00:35:00,138 Then I'll stay home. 446 00:35:00,389 --> 00:35:02,140 No. You don't have a fever. 447 00:35:02,391 --> 00:35:03,809 Then I'll do P.E. 448 00:35:03,976 --> 00:35:05,477 Fine, go ahead. 449 00:35:06,229 --> 00:35:08,480 Don't blame me if it gets worse. 450 00:35:12,401 --> 00:35:13,944 See you later. 451 00:35:15,238 --> 00:35:18,323 Since when was she so fond of P.E.? 452 00:35:24,330 --> 00:35:26,748 You're bright red. 453 00:35:26,874 --> 00:35:28,291 She's right. 454 00:35:28,417 --> 00:35:29,793 Are you okay? 455 00:35:30,169 --> 00:35:31,128 I have a cold. 456 00:35:31,337 --> 00:35:32,629 You have a fever. 457 00:35:32,755 --> 00:35:33,964 You should skip P.E. 458 00:35:34,090 --> 00:35:35,590 Yeah, you should. 459 00:35:35,716 --> 00:35:37,342 I'll go tell the teacher. 460 00:35:37,593 --> 00:35:38,677 No, don't. 461 00:35:38,803 --> 00:35:40,011 Why not? 462 00:35:40,596 --> 00:35:42,848 Mom already wrote a note. 463 00:35:43,057 --> 00:35:45,809 There's no problem then. 464 00:35:48,521 --> 00:35:50,021 Out of the way! 465 00:35:50,982 --> 00:35:51,982 Ouch! 466 00:35:57,113 --> 00:36:00,532 I'm missing P.E. too. Just like you. 467 00:36:07,915 --> 00:36:09,541 Lucky them. 468 00:36:10,459 --> 00:36:12,878 I wish I could play, too. 469 00:36:16,841 --> 00:36:19,050 Do you... 470 00:36:20,469 --> 00:36:22,888 ...are you having a period? 471 00:36:23,264 --> 00:36:24,347 Yes. 472 00:36:26,142 --> 00:36:28,518 I'm not. I have a cold. 473 00:36:28,644 --> 00:36:31,354 I know. You're sick. 474 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:34,191 Just sick. That's all. 475 00:36:34,734 --> 00:36:37,319 A period isn't a sickness. 476 00:36:43,075 --> 00:36:46,411 I could still play... 477 00:36:49,248 --> 00:36:51,416 I'm gonna catch a period! 478 00:36:52,293 --> 00:36:54,252 Don't touch it, don't touch it! 479 00:36:54,545 --> 00:36:57,464 That was close. Almost caught it... 480 00:37:00,676 --> 00:37:02,886 Over here, over here! 481 00:37:04,597 --> 00:37:06,598 "Catch a period"! 482 00:37:10,311 --> 00:37:11,937 What a silly thing to say. 483 00:37:13,898 --> 00:37:15,732 It's no laughing matter! 484 00:37:19,028 --> 00:37:20,445 Taeko? 485 00:37:27,995 --> 00:37:29,537 It's the period pair! 486 00:37:29,664 --> 00:37:30,914 No, we're not! 487 00:37:31,624 --> 00:37:33,041 Stupid boys. 488 00:37:41,676 --> 00:37:43,885 You're so calm about it. 489 00:37:44,011 --> 00:37:49,140 Mom said it's nothing to be ashamed of. 490 00:37:49,809 --> 00:37:51,768 I guess so, but... 491 00:37:56,565 --> 00:38:00,485 Like it or not, a caterpillar must first... 492 00:38:02,446 --> 00:38:05,657 live as a chrysalis before becoming a butterfly. 493 00:38:16,836 --> 00:38:19,254 Maybe I remember those days because 494 00:38:19,463 --> 00:38:23,508 I am again going through a chrysalis stage. 495 00:38:27,346 --> 00:38:31,683 Something definitely changed when I started working. 496 00:38:33,185 --> 00:38:39,316 At work and at play we girls were livelier and more spirited than guys. 497 00:38:40,359 --> 00:38:43,153 It was like we'd finally found our wings. 498 00:38:44,947 --> 00:38:47,532 But looking back now,... 499 00:38:47,700 --> 00:38:51,453 ...maybe we were just flexing them pointlessly. 500 00:38:56,542 --> 00:38:58,793 Perhaps the fifth grade me was tagging along... 501 00:38:58,919 --> 00:39:02,297 ...with a message for me to reflect... 502 00:39:02,882 --> 00:39:05,675 ...and rethink my life. 503 00:39:11,807 --> 00:39:17,187 Anyway, I decided to sleep the rest of the way. 504 00:40:04,026 --> 00:40:05,402 Ouch! 505 00:40:15,121 --> 00:40:17,664 Excuse me, has the Tokyo train gone? 506 00:40:17,832 --> 00:40:19,541 Was that your train? 507 00:40:19,667 --> 00:40:20,708 No. 508 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:30,468 Taeko Okajima, right? 509 00:40:30,803 --> 00:40:32,804 Yes, that's correct... 510 00:40:32,930 --> 00:40:34,639 Thank goodness. 511 00:40:34,974 --> 00:40:36,307 The car's this way. 512 00:40:36,684 --> 00:40:39,310 Excuse me, but who are you? 513 00:40:39,687 --> 00:40:41,438 You don't remember? 514 00:40:41,647 --> 00:40:44,315 Of course you don't. 515 00:40:45,985 --> 00:40:49,487 I'm Toshio. Kazuo's second cousin. 516 00:40:53,117 --> 00:40:55,076 Oh, I see... 517 00:41:02,668 --> 00:41:04,335 What's so funny? 518 00:41:05,045 --> 00:41:07,422 Nothing. Sorry. 519 00:41:07,798 --> 00:41:11,509 I thought you were trying to steal my bag. 520 00:41:13,554 --> 00:41:18,349 That's terrible. Didn't I ask your name? 521 00:41:18,517 --> 00:41:22,937 Yes, you did. I just thought... sorry... 522 00:41:24,773 --> 00:41:26,774 I beg your pardon. 523 00:41:26,901 --> 00:41:28,193 No problem. 524 00:41:31,197 --> 00:41:32,864 Where's Kazuo? 525 00:41:33,199 --> 00:41:37,535 He asked me last night to come pick you up. 526 00:41:38,621 --> 00:41:39,871 It's been raining? 527 00:41:40,039 --> 00:41:42,707 Yeah, but it'll clear today. 528 00:41:44,126 --> 00:41:47,170 I should've used my Dad's car 529 00:41:49,131 --> 00:41:51,216 but I like mine better. 530 00:41:54,887 --> 00:41:56,721 It's a little tight. 531 00:42:12,279 --> 00:42:13,863 May I leave it on? 532 00:42:14,448 --> 00:42:15,406 Sure. 533 00:42:45,437 --> 00:42:47,647 This is unusual music. 534 00:42:47,856 --> 00:42:51,442 It's a Hungarian group. 535 00:42:51,610 --> 00:42:53,903 Hungarian? 536 00:42:54,863 --> 00:42:56,573 You know a lot about it? 537 00:42:56,865 --> 00:42:58,950 A little. It's farmer's music. 538 00:42:59,118 --> 00:43:01,077 I like it because I'm a farmer. 539 00:43:01,787 --> 00:43:03,288 Cool. 540 00:43:03,998 --> 00:43:04,956 Right? 541 00:43:28,188 --> 00:43:32,317 Remember last year's party at the farmhouse? 542 00:43:34,653 --> 00:43:38,156 A bunch of guys turned up, right? 543 00:43:38,782 --> 00:43:40,241 Maybe you don't remember. 544 00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:46,497 They came to check out the girl from Tokyo. 545 00:43:46,665 --> 00:43:48,583 I was one of them. 546 00:43:51,170 --> 00:43:52,170 Watch out, jerk! 547 00:44:03,223 --> 00:44:08,686 I heard you're picking safflower. Do you dye fabric? 548 00:44:08,812 --> 00:44:11,314 No. I'm just curious. 549 00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:16,861 Safflower's kind of unusual. Well, maybe not for you. 550 00:44:17,029 --> 00:44:22,825 It's known as a famous local product but... 551 00:44:23,202 --> 00:44:25,036 ...hardly anyone grows it. 552 00:44:25,412 --> 00:44:30,166 - Wasn't it big in the old days? - For the merchants, sure. 553 00:44:30,459 --> 00:44:34,879 They got rich, but for farmers, it was just another crop. 554 00:44:36,840 --> 00:44:43,054 Do you know: In time whose skin will it grace, this crimson flower. 555 00:44:43,180 --> 00:44:47,225 The famous Basho poem? I read it before coming. 556 00:44:47,559 --> 00:44:48,893 Is that so? 557 00:44:49,603 --> 00:44:52,146 I only learned it last night. 558 00:44:55,317 --> 00:44:58,236 I also read that the flower-pickers 559 00:44:58,737 --> 00:45:03,908 couldn't afford to wear the rouge they made. 560 00:45:13,585 --> 00:45:15,586 Is that where you had the barbeque? 561 00:45:15,713 --> 00:45:18,756 There'll be another this year, too. 562 00:45:30,185 --> 00:45:34,355 Are market reforms making agriculture difficult? 563 00:45:34,481 --> 00:45:36,232 Absolutely. 564 00:45:36,358 --> 00:45:39,444 As things go, Japanese farming might just collapse,... 565 00:45:39,611 --> 00:45:41,904 ...all of sudden, one day. 566 00:45:42,948 --> 00:45:44,282 But then again,... 567 00:45:44,408 --> 00:45:49,746 ...anything worth struggling for will be hard work. 568 00:45:49,872 --> 00:45:52,290 Isn't it the same in the city? 569 00:45:52,708 --> 00:45:53,750 Yes. 570 00:45:54,251 --> 00:45:57,962 But fewer people live for their work. 571 00:45:58,881 --> 00:46:00,882 What about you? 572 00:46:01,884 --> 00:46:02,967 Me? 573 00:46:05,137 --> 00:46:10,516 I don't live for my job but I don't hate it either. 574 00:46:12,227 --> 00:46:15,438 I could farm twenty-four hours a day. 575 00:46:15,898 --> 00:46:18,983 It's fascinating to raise living things. 576 00:46:20,068 --> 00:46:21,986 You have livestock? 577 00:46:25,407 --> 00:46:29,660 Not that. We've got some animals,... 578 00:46:29,828 --> 00:46:34,248 ...but I'm talking about rice, apples, cherries. They're all living things. 579 00:46:35,334 --> 00:46:38,795 If we take good care of them,... 580 00:46:38,921 --> 00:46:42,507 ...I feel like they'll do their best for us. 581 00:46:46,178 --> 00:46:48,346 Listen to me preach. 582 00:46:48,764 --> 00:46:52,099 Not at all. I get what you mean. 583 00:46:52,226 --> 00:46:55,812 To tell the truth, I used to work in an office. 584 00:46:55,938 --> 00:46:59,357 I only just started farming. 585 00:46:59,691 --> 00:47:02,527 Is that right? 586 00:47:03,278 --> 00:47:08,199 That's why I'm so enthusiastic. It's very important. 587 00:47:09,701 --> 00:47:13,329 I quit work and joined my friend's organic farm. 588 00:47:13,455 --> 00:47:16,958 People said I'm nuts, but I don't regret it. 589 00:47:17,376 --> 00:47:19,544 Organic farm? 590 00:47:21,380 --> 00:47:25,633 "Grown with no artificial chemicals whatsoever." 591 00:47:26,385 --> 00:47:29,971 Just blood, sweat and tears! 592 00:47:30,097 --> 00:47:34,725 We use all natural stuff, no pesticides or anything. 593 00:47:34,893 --> 00:47:39,397 I've seen the labels: "No chemicals used" 594 00:47:39,648 --> 00:47:42,567 But it's not just that. 595 00:47:42,734 --> 00:47:46,070 We bring out the plant's life force. 596 00:47:46,238 --> 00:47:50,908 It's cool... like lending nature a hand. 597 00:47:53,328 --> 00:47:56,664 Sounds easy, but it's damn hard work. 598 00:48:04,298 --> 00:48:07,091 I was told to take you straight to the fields. 599 00:48:07,217 --> 00:48:09,176 Yes, I'm starting right away. 600 00:48:09,303 --> 00:48:11,762 Not going to rest? 601 00:48:11,930 --> 00:48:16,851 Don't you pick the flowers early while the thorns are still soft? 602 00:48:16,977 --> 00:48:18,436 That's right, but... 603 00:48:18,604 --> 00:48:22,148 I'm trying to become an early-riser. 604 00:48:22,524 --> 00:48:25,109 That's why I took the night train. 605 00:48:25,235 --> 00:48:27,945 You're certainly eager. 606 00:48:55,807 --> 00:48:57,058 There it is! 607 00:49:55,117 --> 00:49:57,326 'Morning, everyone! 608 00:50:06,712 --> 00:50:08,879 Great to have you back, Taeko. 609 00:50:09,006 --> 00:50:10,798 Thanks for having me. 610 00:50:12,551 --> 00:50:16,345 Grandma, you're looking well. 611 00:50:16,555 --> 00:50:18,889 Welcome back dear. 612 00:50:19,016 --> 00:50:20,349 Aren't you tired? 613 00:50:20,600 --> 00:50:22,852 No, not at all. 614 00:50:23,020 --> 00:50:25,855 We made your bed just in case. 615 00:50:26,023 --> 00:50:26,188 That's okay. Look, I'm raring to go! 616 00:50:26,189 --> 00:50:29,066 That's okay. Look, I'm raring to go! 617 00:50:29,234 --> 00:50:33,571 Wearing work pants too! 618 00:50:34,823 --> 00:50:37,241 That's all I brought. 619 00:50:37,576 --> 00:50:42,580 Young people here don't wear them anymore. 620 00:50:42,748 --> 00:50:46,250 You look like the real thing Taeko. 621 00:50:46,752 --> 00:50:48,461 That's right. 622 00:51:11,401 --> 00:51:12,526 Taeko! 623 00:51:14,654 --> 00:51:15,905 Don't! 624 00:51:21,286 --> 00:51:25,206 And so began my second taste of country life. 625 00:51:34,549 --> 00:51:39,970 How could this yellow flower produce such a bright red? 626 00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:44,100 They told me a sad tale from the old days. 627 00:51:44,851 --> 00:51:47,561 The girls didn't have gloves,... 628 00:51:48,021 --> 00:51:53,317 ...and their bare hands would get pricked by the thorns. 629 00:51:53,860 --> 00:51:57,780 It was their blood that made the red so deep. 630 00:51:58,949 --> 00:52:02,201 I could imagine the resentment... 631 00:52:02,828 --> 00:52:07,790 ...they must've felt toward the fancy city girls. 632 00:52:09,668 --> 00:52:14,004 To make a handful of rouge took nearly 500 lbs of petals. 633 00:52:14,172 --> 00:52:20,261 This rouge was literally worth its weight in gold. 634 00:53:47,098 --> 00:53:52,102 The petals are washed, trodden, then exposed to the air and the sun. 635 00:53:52,229 --> 00:53:56,273 As the petals oxidize, they gradually turn red. 636 00:53:59,611 --> 00:54:01,445 After a few more days,... 637 00:54:01,613 --> 00:54:05,783 ...fermentation turns them bright red and they become sticky. 638 00:54:08,912 --> 00:54:14,708 Pounded, wrung into balls and sun-dried, they finally become... 639 00:54:14,834 --> 00:54:18,295 ...the basic ingredient of rouge. 640 00:54:23,385 --> 00:54:26,804 The liquid from the pressing wasn't wasted either. 641 00:54:27,138 --> 00:54:29,807 The red pigment in the yellow broth... 642 00:54:30,141 --> 00:54:33,560 ...was used to dye fabric. 643 00:54:33,687 --> 00:54:35,437 Let's go dye our cloth. 644 00:54:36,022 --> 00:54:38,607 Safflower do your best. 645 00:54:38,817 --> 00:54:41,277 Cheer me up with your pretty color. 646 00:54:41,653 --> 00:54:45,656 For those village girls, with no chance of make-up or kimonos,... 647 00:54:45,824 --> 00:54:50,160 ...Safflower dye brought color into their drab lives. 648 00:54:54,207 --> 00:54:59,336 The yellow pigment dissolves in water leaving clothes a light pink. 649 00:54:59,629 --> 00:55:01,588 So pretty! 650 00:55:03,842 --> 00:55:08,095 Machines now take away some of the work,... 651 00:55:08,471 --> 00:55:13,100 ...but the petals still need picking every day. 652 00:55:40,253 --> 00:55:44,840 Rouge cakes soon mold, and the flowers wait for no one. 653 00:55:45,467 --> 00:55:51,221 No sooner are you done picking, than they bloom again. 654 00:55:54,225 --> 00:55:59,730 When the rains come, work continues into the early hours. 655 00:56:02,150 --> 00:56:04,860 Each day flew by,... 656 00:56:04,986 --> 00:56:10,366 ...pleasantly tired, I thought about the flower-pickers of old. 657 00:56:12,285 --> 00:56:15,913 If I could've worked like this as a child,... 658 00:56:16,373 --> 00:56:21,251 ...my school essays would've been really interesting. 659 00:56:37,394 --> 00:56:39,103 Mom, I need 5,000 yen. 660 00:56:39,229 --> 00:56:41,688 5,000 yen? I can't give you that. 661 00:56:41,815 --> 00:56:45,359 You said you'd buy me new sneakers. 662 00:56:45,485 --> 00:56:47,861 Are they that much? 663 00:56:48,738 --> 00:56:49,613 Nonsense. 664 00:56:49,739 --> 00:56:51,115 They're Pumas. 665 00:56:51,491 --> 00:56:53,909 - Pumas? - It's a brand. 666 00:56:55,954 --> 00:57:00,749 I'm not sure. There must be cheaper ones. 667 00:57:00,875 --> 00:57:02,876 How about the ones you've got? 668 00:57:03,002 --> 00:57:05,629 Nobody wears them now. 669 00:57:05,797 --> 00:57:08,632 Everyone's getting Pumas. 670 00:57:08,800 --> 00:57:09,967 Who's everyone? 671 00:57:10,135 --> 00:57:14,138 Kako, Megu, Yachan, Nonchan. 672 00:57:14,305 --> 00:57:16,598 That's only four people. 673 00:57:16,724 --> 00:57:19,810 Everyone's wearing them! 674 00:57:19,978 --> 00:57:23,480 No. You never do your chores. 675 00:57:23,648 --> 00:57:27,985 Did you ask for a dress for your Barbie Doll again? 676 00:57:29,362 --> 00:57:33,115 Didn't you promise to ask only at Christmas and your birthday? 677 00:57:33,533 --> 00:57:36,118 You always spoil her. 678 00:57:37,162 --> 00:57:38,787 Is that right, Taeko? 679 00:57:38,913 --> 00:57:42,833 All of a sudden, the ten year-old me was back. 680 00:57:43,168 --> 00:57:45,002 But... 681 00:57:46,045 --> 00:57:50,215 Yaeko got a kimono and it wasn't even her graduation. 682 00:57:50,341 --> 00:57:51,675 It's for tea-ceremony. 683 00:57:51,843 --> 00:57:55,471 You keep asking for lots of little stuff,... 684 00:57:55,597 --> 00:57:58,015 ...we get one or two big things. 685 00:57:58,224 --> 00:57:58,974 Right? 686 00:57:59,100 --> 00:58:00,309 Yep. 687 00:58:04,397 --> 00:58:06,523 Stop that. 688 00:58:07,192 --> 00:58:08,817 Always picky about food. 689 00:58:10,403 --> 00:58:12,821 Dad loves the onions, right? 690 00:58:14,824 --> 00:58:19,369 Anyway, that kimono will be yours in the end. 691 00:58:19,829 --> 00:58:21,538 Always hand-me-downs. 692 00:58:21,706 --> 00:58:25,375 - Some people don't get anything. - Exactly. 693 00:58:25,502 --> 00:58:28,504 Then give me that enamel purse. 694 00:58:28,630 --> 00:58:30,130 Didn't you give it to her yet? 695 00:58:30,256 --> 00:58:34,468 You're too old for that. Give it to her. 696 00:58:42,393 --> 00:58:43,560 I don't want it. 697 00:58:44,771 --> 00:58:46,897 Keep the stupid purse. 698 00:58:49,359 --> 00:58:51,735 Then I won't give it to you. 699 00:58:52,111 --> 00:58:54,071 I'm not buying you a new one. 700 00:58:54,239 --> 00:58:55,280 Fine. 701 00:58:56,032 --> 00:58:59,785 Good. I actually really like it. 702 00:58:59,994 --> 00:59:01,787 I hate it. 703 00:59:05,708 --> 00:59:08,835 Ready for dinner. Take this away. 704 00:59:08,962 --> 00:59:11,380 See, has to be thrown away. 705 00:59:11,506 --> 00:59:13,423 What a waste. 706 00:59:14,884 --> 00:59:17,219 Don't throw it away! Please Mother. 707 00:59:17,345 --> 00:59:18,804 It's your fault. 708 00:59:18,972 --> 00:59:21,682 Finish it yourself next time. 709 00:59:23,434 --> 00:59:26,144 You three are so selfish. 710 00:59:37,824 --> 00:59:41,952 Father, buy me an enamel purse. 711 00:59:43,955 --> 00:59:46,623 Yaeko won't give me hers. 712 00:59:46,791 --> 00:59:48,834 You said you didn't want it. 713 00:59:50,712 --> 00:59:52,379 Yeah, but... 714 00:59:52,505 --> 00:59:55,132 You said it, you have to do it. 715 01:00:02,932 --> 01:00:05,058 Hurry up and get ready. 716 01:00:07,979 --> 01:00:10,314 I'll wear these! 717 01:00:12,108 --> 01:00:15,819 Why is Yaeko coming? 718 01:00:16,779 --> 01:00:21,742 You said it was just the three of us. 719 01:00:22,702 --> 01:00:27,205 Because I finished my homework. Is that a problem? 720 01:00:27,540 --> 01:00:30,709 It's Chinese food. The more the merrier. 721 01:00:30,835 --> 01:00:33,712 Grandma's not coming. 722 01:00:33,838 --> 01:00:36,381 She doesn't eat oily food. 723 01:00:36,549 --> 01:00:39,009 If you don't want to come, stay here. 724 01:01:04,202 --> 01:01:06,536 We're going Taeko. 725 01:01:07,914 --> 01:01:09,665 Come on slowpoke. 726 01:01:12,377 --> 01:01:14,628 I don't have a purse. 727 01:01:15,922 --> 01:01:19,716 Lend her that enamel one. 728 01:01:44,701 --> 01:01:45,575 Here. 729 01:01:46,744 --> 01:01:48,370 Ouch. 730 01:01:49,038 --> 01:01:50,414 Let's go. 731 01:01:50,707 --> 01:01:52,082 I'm not going. 732 01:01:52,250 --> 01:01:54,918 Okay. Let's go Mother. 733 01:01:55,420 --> 01:01:57,754 Stay with Grandma then. 734 01:02:04,262 --> 01:02:06,596 Not coming Taeko? 735 01:02:06,806 --> 01:02:08,098 No I'm not. 736 01:02:26,117 --> 01:02:27,409 We're off then. 737 01:02:37,128 --> 01:02:38,795 I'm coming too! 738 01:02:51,601 --> 01:02:52,976 No shoes! 739 01:02:57,815 --> 01:02:59,816 Father please. 740 01:03:24,967 --> 01:03:26,676 A button came off. 741 01:03:39,690 --> 01:03:41,691 We didn't go out, of course. 742 01:03:41,818 --> 01:03:44,194 My face was swollen and a cold towel... 743 01:03:44,362 --> 01:03:46,696 ...didn't stop the stinging. 744 01:03:47,156 --> 01:03:49,866 That night I couldn't sleep... 745 01:03:50,034 --> 01:03:52,828 ...wondering why it was always me. 746 01:03:52,954 --> 01:03:55,372 Figuring I must've been adopted... 747 01:03:55,832 --> 01:03:58,375 ...I cried myself to sleep. 748 01:03:59,168 --> 01:04:02,379 Was it the first time he hit you? 749 01:04:02,505 --> 01:04:06,007 Yes, the first and only time. 750 01:04:07,718 --> 01:04:12,347 Dad slaps me often... well, sometimes. 751 01:04:12,473 --> 01:04:15,475 Maybe that's easier. 752 01:04:15,601 --> 01:04:19,604 When it's only once, you can't stop thinking why. 753 01:04:20,147 --> 01:04:24,693 It's hard to imagine you a selfish brat. 754 01:04:26,445 --> 01:04:27,863 A spoiled brat. 755 01:04:28,072 --> 01:04:30,740 I wasn't just fussy about onions, either. 756 01:04:32,535 --> 01:04:35,745 Now I don't feel like I'm that bad. 757 01:04:35,872 --> 01:04:37,747 Wait a second! 758 01:04:37,874 --> 01:04:42,919 Your poor Mom. I shouldn't encourage you. 759 01:04:48,968 --> 01:04:51,553 I'm giving up on the Pumas. 760 01:04:51,679 --> 01:04:52,929 Good girl. 761 01:04:53,306 --> 01:04:57,350 Maybe I'll slip you some pocket money. 762 01:04:57,476 --> 01:04:58,768 Hooray! 763 01:05:21,125 --> 01:05:22,292 Hey! 764 01:05:24,462 --> 01:05:25,962 100 yen each. 765 01:05:32,470 --> 01:05:33,386 Taeko... 766 01:05:33,512 --> 01:05:34,638 Tomorrow... 767 01:05:34,847 --> 01:05:38,266 Let's go for a drive to Zao. 768 01:05:38,601 --> 01:05:40,310 - Zao? - Yes. 769 01:05:41,228 --> 01:05:43,438 You went to Yamadera last year, right? 770 01:05:43,648 --> 01:05:45,690 The family said it was okay. 771 01:06:12,134 --> 01:06:14,636 The views at Zao were beautiful. 772 01:06:15,012 --> 01:06:19,307 But Zao had become famous and touristy. 773 01:06:24,271 --> 01:06:26,523 How come you're not married? 774 01:06:26,691 --> 01:06:30,860 Do you find that strange? 775 01:06:31,070 --> 01:06:33,530 Well, no, not really. 776 01:06:33,864 --> 01:06:36,616 Lots of women work now. 777 01:06:36,742 --> 01:06:40,203 Most of my friends are single. 778 01:06:40,454 --> 01:06:42,205 Oh, is that right? 779 01:06:42,331 --> 01:06:43,665 That's right. 780 01:06:43,958 --> 01:06:45,333 I see. 781 01:06:45,710 --> 01:06:47,043 It's true. 782 01:06:47,712 --> 01:06:48,878 Right. 783 01:06:49,046 --> 01:06:51,381 Really. It's very common. 784 01:06:57,596 --> 01:06:59,014 Toshio? 785 01:06:59,223 --> 01:07:03,226 In elementary school, could you divide fractions? 786 01:07:05,104 --> 01:07:09,649 When they said reverse the numerator and denominator, could you do it? 787 01:07:09,775 --> 01:07:12,569 I don't remember. 788 01:07:12,862 --> 01:07:15,822 I wasn't bad at math though. 789 01:07:15,948 --> 01:07:17,240 I see. 790 01:07:17,575 --> 01:07:18,742 Lucky you. 791 01:07:18,868 --> 01:07:21,995 I bet you don't remember 'cause it was easy. 792 01:07:22,329 --> 01:07:25,415 Maybe. Why do you ask? 793 01:07:25,833 --> 01:07:28,376 It seems that people who could do it... 794 01:07:28,502 --> 01:07:31,421 ...went on to have easy lives. 795 01:07:32,923 --> 01:07:38,094 One girl, completely average ...not even good at math,... 796 01:07:38,262 --> 01:07:41,723 ...always could do it perfect right away. 797 01:07:41,891 --> 01:07:44,934 She grew up really normal... 798 01:07:45,102 --> 01:07:48,313 ...and now is married with two kids. 799 01:07:50,649 --> 01:07:53,443 I was no good at it. 800 01:07:53,861 --> 01:07:56,780 Not smart enough to know when to quit. 801 01:08:01,285 --> 01:08:05,663 Room 5, Taeko Okajima, 25 points 802 01:08:13,422 --> 01:08:16,424 Before the test... 803 01:08:16,759 --> 01:08:22,305 ...we had art class. 804 01:08:23,808 --> 01:08:27,477 And... um... we did blow pictures. 805 01:08:27,853 --> 01:08:29,270 Blow pictures? 806 01:08:29,980 --> 01:08:33,900 Yes. We drop paint on the paper... 807 01:08:34,652 --> 01:08:38,488 ...and blow patterns in it. 808 01:08:39,824 --> 01:08:40,990 And? 809 01:08:42,201 --> 01:08:46,079 You blow like this, really hard, right? 810 01:08:46,705 --> 01:08:47,997 Yes? 811 01:08:48,499 --> 01:08:54,212 So, I got a headache. From blowing so hard. 812 01:08:54,755 --> 01:08:56,840 That's why you did so badly? 813 01:08:58,008 --> 01:08:59,425 That's right. 814 01:09:00,928 --> 01:09:02,137 I see. 815 01:09:07,434 --> 01:09:10,520 Do you know the answers now? 816 01:09:11,272 --> 01:09:13,022 The correct answers? 817 01:09:14,316 --> 01:09:15,608 Well... 818 01:09:16,277 --> 01:09:18,695 Have Yaeko help you with them. 819 01:09:18,904 --> 01:09:20,446 Yaeko?! 820 01:09:20,698 --> 01:09:22,073 That's right. 821 01:09:22,950 --> 01:09:24,993 Or Nanako, whichever. 822 01:09:28,122 --> 01:09:29,831 I'll ask Nanako. 823 01:09:51,187 --> 01:09:55,815 Nanako's not back yet. Can I wait 'til after dinner? 824 01:10:05,075 --> 01:10:07,744 I'll ask Yaeko... 825 01:10:24,595 --> 01:10:26,095 Mother! 826 01:10:26,931 --> 01:10:28,765 Mother! Mother! 827 01:10:30,768 --> 01:10:32,560 What is this?! 828 01:10:33,312 --> 01:10:34,604 How on earth...? 829 01:10:34,772 --> 01:10:38,608 Please teach her. She doesn't seem to get it. 830 01:10:40,444 --> 01:10:43,780 But this is beyond belief! 831 01:10:43,948 --> 01:10:45,531 That's why I'm asking you. 832 01:10:45,783 --> 01:10:47,617 Is she alright in the head? 833 01:10:47,743 --> 01:10:49,953 Just help her. 834 01:10:50,287 --> 01:10:52,956 Normally this is easy. 835 01:10:53,123 --> 01:10:55,124 But that child's not normal! 836 01:11:09,223 --> 01:11:13,643 Taeko, your sister's going to help. 837 01:11:15,229 --> 01:11:19,607 You had a headache from blowing, didn't you? 838 01:11:23,028 --> 01:11:24,279 Sit. 839 01:11:29,243 --> 01:11:31,202 Say your times table from the top. 840 01:11:31,370 --> 01:11:34,789 I know that. I'm in fifth grade already! 841 01:11:35,165 --> 01:11:38,001 Then why so many mistakes?! 842 01:11:38,168 --> 01:11:40,628 It's dividing fractions. 843 01:11:46,969 --> 01:11:51,806 Just flip the top and the bottom and multiply. 844 01:11:51,974 --> 01:11:54,309 They taught you that, right? 845 01:11:56,145 --> 01:11:58,021 Then why do you get it wrong? 846 01:11:58,355 --> 01:12:01,482 Yaeko, one step at a time. 847 01:12:05,946 --> 01:12:09,032 What's dividing a fraction by a fraction anyway? 848 01:12:15,039 --> 01:12:20,168 Two-thirds of an apple divided by a quarter means... 849 01:12:20,753 --> 01:12:24,547 ...how would this divide... 850 01:12:24,715 --> 01:12:27,050 ...between four people, right? 851 01:12:30,095 --> 01:12:35,391 So, it's one, two, three, four, five, six... 852 01:12:35,559 --> 01:12:37,685 ...one-sixth each, right? 853 01:12:39,897 --> 01:12:42,940 No, no, no, no. That's multiplication. 854 01:12:43,108 --> 01:12:46,736 How come it's less when you multiply? 855 01:12:47,029 --> 01:12:50,823 Two-thirds of an apple divided by a quarter... 856 01:12:54,745 --> 01:12:55,912 Anyway! 857 01:12:57,331 --> 01:12:59,665 Forget about apples... 858 01:12:59,792 --> 01:13:04,253 ...just remember to inverse and multiply. 859 01:13:12,888 --> 01:13:14,931 Is her sister in Takarazuka? 860 01:13:15,099 --> 01:13:16,432 No, S.K.D. 861 01:13:17,184 --> 01:13:20,645 - She got "D" in math. - "D"? 862 01:13:20,813 --> 01:13:23,773 Yes, and just barely. 863 01:13:26,360 --> 01:13:29,862 If she got half right, it'd be worth scolding her. 864 01:13:29,988 --> 01:13:31,781 Right. 865 01:13:31,990 --> 01:13:35,451 Should you get her IQ checked? 866 01:13:35,619 --> 01:13:38,287 They said it was fine when she started. 867 01:13:38,414 --> 01:13:40,039 Maybe she turned dumb? 868 01:13:40,165 --> 01:13:42,959 Remember she fell downstairs as a baby? 869 01:13:43,085 --> 01:13:45,795 Right, in her walker! 870 01:13:46,130 --> 01:13:47,922 I thought she was dead. 871 01:13:48,048 --> 01:13:49,966 It was just a bump. 872 01:13:50,092 --> 01:13:51,467 It's affecting her now. 873 01:13:51,635 --> 01:13:53,594 That's it! 874 01:13:54,012 --> 01:13:58,391 Nonsense. She's just no good at math. 875 01:13:58,517 --> 01:14:01,227 She chats too much in class. 876 01:14:01,437 --> 01:14:05,815 If she'd just listen; even an idiot can do it. 877 01:14:05,983 --> 01:14:10,278 It's only two more years until Junior High. 878 01:14:10,404 --> 01:14:14,115 Two-thirds of this apple,... 879 01:14:14,241 --> 01:14:19,620 ...divided by a quarter... I can't even picture it. 880 01:14:19,830 --> 01:14:21,664 Two-thirds of this,... 881 01:14:21,874 --> 01:14:26,502 ...into a quarter makes it. 882 01:14:32,092 --> 01:14:37,430 Even now, dividing fractions is difficult. 883 01:14:42,853 --> 01:14:47,398 We farmers give up too easily. 884 01:14:47,608 --> 01:14:52,695 We just yield to the flow and follow what they do in the cities. 885 01:14:52,863 --> 01:14:55,698 Let's rethink the real meaning of prosperity. 886 01:14:55,866 --> 01:14:59,827 Return to the old ways of farming. 887 01:15:01,121 --> 01:15:02,705 Wow... 888 01:15:04,666 --> 01:15:07,668 So, that explains the organic farming? 889 01:15:11,715 --> 01:15:14,634 I'm just quoting my friend. 890 01:15:15,344 --> 01:15:17,887 But I agree with it. 891 01:15:18,555 --> 01:15:23,309 It's great the way you hold onto your memories of math class. 892 01:15:23,477 --> 01:15:26,729 It wasn't meant to impress you. 893 01:15:27,022 --> 01:15:32,318 People say you work in a great place 894 01:15:32,611 --> 01:15:35,446 but I could never give myself up to it completely. 895 01:15:35,614 --> 01:15:41,911 I really admire your devotion to farming. 896 01:15:43,747 --> 01:15:46,249 You're being sarcastic? 897 01:15:46,667 --> 01:15:48,918 Of course not! 898 01:15:49,086 --> 01:15:51,754 There aren't many people like you. 899 01:15:55,676 --> 01:15:58,594 Farming's in total decline, right? 900 01:15:59,179 --> 01:16:03,266 So we can't just carry on as normal. 901 01:16:03,433 --> 01:16:06,102 We've got to think about the future. 902 01:16:06,562 --> 01:16:10,940 We help each other out, cheer one another along, 903 01:16:11,066 --> 01:16:13,359 otherwise we can't keep it up. 904 01:16:19,324 --> 01:16:21,075 Taeko do you ski? 905 01:16:21,285 --> 01:16:25,162 I've been with friends a few times. 906 01:16:25,289 --> 01:16:29,250 Come next winter. I'll teach you. 907 01:16:29,376 --> 01:16:31,794 Are you good? 908 01:16:31,962 --> 01:16:36,465 No, but I'm an instructor here. 909 01:16:36,592 --> 01:16:39,969 An instructor? You must be great. 910 01:16:40,095 --> 01:16:43,222 All my friends are too. 911 01:17:06,246 --> 01:17:11,834 At last, we're in the middle of nowhere. 912 01:17:13,712 --> 01:17:14,795 "Nowhere" huh? 913 01:17:14,921 --> 01:17:18,007 Sorry. I didn't mean it like that. 914 01:17:19,009 --> 01:17:20,968 Interesting point though. 915 01:17:22,054 --> 01:17:26,932 City people see the trees and rivers... 916 01:17:27,059 --> 01:17:30,019 ...and are grateful for "nature". 917 01:17:30,604 --> 01:17:35,733 But what you see here is all made by man. 918 01:17:36,443 --> 01:17:37,610 By man? 919 01:17:37,736 --> 01:17:39,362 Farmers. 920 01:17:43,867 --> 01:17:45,785 - That wood? - Yes. 921 01:17:46,453 --> 01:17:48,204 - Those trees? - Yes. 922 01:17:48,622 --> 01:17:50,665 - That stream? - Yes. 923 01:17:51,416 --> 01:17:55,670 Every bit has its history, not just the fields and rice paddies,... 924 01:17:56,088 --> 01:17:58,839 ...someone's Great-Great Grandpa planted it, or cleared it,... 925 01:17:58,965 --> 01:18:02,301 ...gathered firewood or picked mushrooms there. 926 01:18:02,427 --> 01:18:04,679 I see. 927 01:18:05,639 --> 01:18:10,226 Mankind battles nature and receives from it. 928 01:18:10,352 --> 01:18:13,312 They evolve together, and create this scenery. 929 01:18:13,897 --> 01:18:17,983 So without man, this wouldn't exist? 930 01:18:19,611 --> 01:18:23,948 Farmers can't exist without nature. 931 01:18:24,616 --> 01:18:28,994 So they've always taken great care 932 01:18:29,121 --> 01:18:32,081 to give her a helping hand in return. 933 01:18:33,750 --> 01:18:38,170 A collaboration between man and nature. 934 01:18:38,922 --> 01:18:41,257 That's the heart of country life. 935 01:18:42,134 --> 01:18:46,387 That's why I feel so at home. 936 01:18:47,180 --> 01:18:49,515 I didn't grow up here, but somehow always felt... 937 01:18:49,683 --> 01:18:54,270 ...my soul was at home here. 938 01:18:55,313 --> 01:18:59,442 So that's it. 939 01:19:48,492 --> 01:19:50,910 My back aches. 940 01:19:51,870 --> 01:19:55,748 What's so great about organic farming? 941 01:19:57,000 --> 01:20:01,587 Only the theory. Like I said... 942 01:20:01,713 --> 01:20:05,508 ...giving nature a hand is hard work. 943 01:20:05,759 --> 01:20:09,011 Things haven't changed in a hundred years. 944 01:20:09,137 --> 01:20:13,516 No, even "organic" rice uses weed-killer. 945 01:20:13,683 --> 01:20:18,729 There's not enough labor to weed by hand. 946 01:20:21,358 --> 01:20:24,026 You're really working hard. 947 01:20:25,195 --> 01:20:27,029 How about some tea? 948 01:20:27,447 --> 01:20:29,031 Fantastic. 949 01:20:29,699 --> 01:20:31,909 I felt like a break. 950 01:20:39,876 --> 01:20:44,547 Toshio let me try a variety of things... 951 01:20:46,132 --> 01:20:49,969 ...until I felt I knew all about country life. 952 01:21:19,124 --> 01:21:20,666 How wonderful. 953 01:21:39,853 --> 01:21:44,356 "Behold, the crows fly home. First one..." 954 01:21:47,068 --> 01:21:50,070 At last I can say this in the right setting. 955 01:21:53,533 --> 01:21:56,619 It was my line in a school play. 956 01:21:56,786 --> 01:21:59,163 I was "Village Child A". 957 01:21:59,664 --> 01:22:01,582 Oh, I see. 958 01:22:02,000 --> 01:22:06,086 I only ever had small roles too. 959 01:22:06,212 --> 01:22:07,421 And you Naoko? 960 01:22:07,547 --> 01:22:12,885 Only lead roles, since there are so few of us. 961 01:22:13,011 --> 01:22:17,890 These days people leave and go to the cities. 962 01:22:18,016 --> 01:22:22,394 And now there are fewer kids. 963 01:22:22,562 --> 01:22:27,566 I see. But getting the big roles must be fun. 964 01:22:27,734 --> 01:22:33,322 Not really. I prefer sports. I'm a pretty fast runner. 965 01:22:33,823 --> 01:22:37,326 Good for you. I was always mediocre. 966 01:22:37,494 --> 01:22:39,828 The sports version of "Village Child A" 967 01:22:40,580 --> 01:22:44,959 Still, I'll never forget that line as long as I live. 968 01:22:45,168 --> 01:22:49,630 It was going to make me a star. 969 01:22:49,756 --> 01:22:50,673 A star? 970 01:22:50,840 --> 01:22:51,799 Yes. 971 01:22:52,008 --> 01:22:53,092 What kind of star? 972 01:22:53,218 --> 01:22:54,718 That tiny role? 973 01:22:55,053 --> 01:22:56,011 Yes. 974 01:22:56,721 --> 01:22:59,014 Even though you weren't the lead? 975 01:22:59,182 --> 01:22:59,932 Yes. 976 01:23:00,058 --> 01:23:02,518 Because I was the most enthusiastic. 977 01:23:04,062 --> 01:23:05,729 'Cause you were the cutest? 978 01:23:06,106 --> 01:23:08,148 No, not that! 979 01:23:08,858 --> 01:23:11,735 I rehearsed endlessly in front of the mirror. 980 01:23:11,945 --> 01:23:15,030 Even for "Village Child A"... 981 01:23:15,156 --> 01:23:20,995 The line was so short, I felt something missing. 982 01:23:21,287 --> 01:23:26,041 "Behold, the crows fly home. First one..." 983 01:23:26,209 --> 01:23:28,711 I know. You made up more! 984 01:23:28,962 --> 01:23:30,295 Exactly. 985 01:23:32,132 --> 01:23:37,720 Look up there, the crows fly home. 986 01:23:39,305 --> 01:23:41,473 - First one... - Then two... 987 01:23:41,599 --> 01:23:43,809 - Then three... - Then four... 988 01:23:45,311 --> 01:23:48,731 Farewell dear crows. You take care now. 989 01:23:52,444 --> 01:23:54,486 And your teacher loved it. 990 01:23:54,612 --> 01:23:55,571 Just the opposite. 991 01:23:55,822 --> 01:23:58,073 Very good everyone. 992 01:23:59,409 --> 01:24:03,746 But let's stick to the script. 993 01:24:15,425 --> 01:24:17,509 After all that. 994 01:24:17,635 --> 01:24:21,680 It wasn't a good line, so I didn't mind. 995 01:24:22,140 --> 01:24:25,350 I wasn't discouraged at all. 996 01:24:25,685 --> 01:24:30,689 I realized that I could act even when there were no lines. 997 01:24:35,695 --> 01:24:38,864 Behold, the crows fly home. 998 01:24:43,870 --> 01:24:46,080 - First one. - Then two. 999 01:24:46,206 --> 01:24:48,415 - Then three. - Then four. 1000 01:25:09,896 --> 01:25:11,563 That was all. 1001 01:25:12,649 --> 01:25:17,277 It was worth the effort. "Village Child A" was a hit. 1002 01:25:17,403 --> 01:25:19,571 Believe it or not. 1003 01:25:20,240 --> 01:25:26,662 People asked if I'd had lessons. Teachers praised me. 1004 01:25:26,996 --> 01:25:30,374 Then something amazing happened. 1005 01:25:33,837 --> 01:25:35,295 Anyone home? 1006 01:25:35,463 --> 01:25:36,338 Coming. 1007 01:25:36,464 --> 01:25:41,677 ...and then the dynamite blew up right in my face! 1008 01:25:41,845 --> 01:25:43,470 ...right in my face! 1009 01:25:44,097 --> 01:25:45,848 What? Our Taeko? 1010 01:25:50,103 --> 01:25:55,274 We need a girl to star in our college play. 1011 01:25:57,360 --> 01:25:59,987 As a service to the community,... 1012 01:26:00,113 --> 01:26:03,198 ...please let your daughter perform. 1013 01:26:03,366 --> 01:26:04,658 A star! 1014 01:26:05,577 --> 01:26:08,579 We'd rehearse Saturday afternoons. 1015 01:26:08,788 --> 01:26:11,331 We wouldn't take too long. 1016 01:26:11,457 --> 01:26:14,209 Well, but... 1017 01:26:14,586 --> 01:26:18,088 Of course we'd bring her straight home. 1018 01:26:18,464 --> 01:26:20,215 I'll be in a real play. 1019 01:26:20,383 --> 01:26:24,553 Not with a bunch of kids but with real grown-ups! 1020 01:26:24,929 --> 01:26:26,180 I'll be a star! 1021 01:26:28,057 --> 01:26:35,564 Oh, oh, oh, oh what a wonderful day 1022 01:26:35,815 --> 01:26:42,196 Cock-a-doodle-doo! 1023 01:26:55,376 --> 01:26:56,877 Mother! 1024 01:26:57,629 --> 01:26:58,879 So? So? 1025 01:26:59,130 --> 01:27:02,883 A nice boy from the university wants you in their drama. 1026 01:27:03,051 --> 01:27:06,553 You were so good in the school play. 1027 01:27:06,971 --> 01:27:08,388 And? And? 1028 01:27:09,307 --> 01:27:13,560 He practically begged me! 1029 01:27:20,777 --> 01:27:22,861 Wow that's great! 1030 01:27:22,987 --> 01:27:25,197 At least you're good at something. 1031 01:27:25,365 --> 01:27:28,033 She writes good essays too. 1032 01:27:28,201 --> 01:27:33,288 She's certainly better at that than she is at math. 1033 01:27:33,539 --> 01:27:35,207 That's right. That's right. 1034 01:27:35,333 --> 01:27:40,545 I was lead in "The Poor Sparrow" but no one came for me. 1035 01:27:40,797 --> 01:27:42,589 You see, you see! 1036 01:27:42,966 --> 01:27:45,008 Are you going to do it? 1037 01:28:08,491 --> 01:28:11,660 This could lead to a career. 1038 01:28:12,996 --> 01:28:14,663 Join the Takarazuka Theater. 1039 01:28:14,831 --> 01:28:18,166 Start rehearsing now, it's perfect timing. 1040 01:28:19,502 --> 01:28:21,336 Acting is out. 1041 01:28:22,755 --> 01:28:25,340 Show business people are no good. 1042 01:28:26,092 --> 01:28:28,927 "Show business"... don't exaggerate... 1043 01:28:29,053 --> 01:28:31,555 That's right. It's... 1044 01:28:31,681 --> 01:28:33,056 I said no. 1045 01:28:33,683 --> 01:28:34,683 Dinner. 1046 01:28:54,871 --> 01:28:57,414 Father's so stubborn. 1047 01:28:57,623 --> 01:29:01,376 Why did you have to mention a career? 1048 01:29:01,544 --> 01:29:04,671 - Can I bathe first? - Sure. 1049 01:29:05,798 --> 01:29:07,716 Or Takarazuka...? 1050 01:29:08,134 --> 01:29:11,636 Or show business? You know Dad... 1051 01:29:11,888 --> 01:29:16,141 Why did you say that Nanako? 1052 01:29:16,559 --> 01:29:18,310 That's enough. 1053 01:29:22,899 --> 01:29:32,532 Poor boy, poor boy, Don't you feel sorry for me? 1054 01:29:32,992 --> 01:29:35,702 We won't take much of her time. 1055 01:29:35,995 --> 01:29:38,330 I know but... 1056 01:29:39,415 --> 01:29:41,583 I beg you. 1057 01:29:43,002 --> 01:29:46,213 She's rather shy... 1058 01:29:47,256 --> 01:29:50,550 ...the timid type... 1059 01:29:52,512 --> 01:29:57,265 Sorry you came so far for nothing. 1060 01:29:57,433 --> 01:30:02,354 Poor boy, poor boy... 1061 01:30:02,605 --> 01:30:07,025 ...such a long way from home... 1062 01:30:07,902 --> 01:30:12,489 Poor boy 1063 01:30:21,833 --> 01:30:26,586 Aoki's going to play the part instead. 1064 01:30:27,130 --> 01:30:28,213 I see. 1065 01:30:30,133 --> 01:30:33,385 She's boasting to everyone. 1066 01:30:33,636 --> 01:30:34,553 I see. 1067 01:30:34,679 --> 01:30:37,889 Today her Mom met her at school... 1068 01:30:38,015 --> 01:30:42,561 ...to get her changed into a fancy dress. 1069 01:30:42,812 --> 01:30:45,897 A frilly thing out to here. 1070 01:30:47,483 --> 01:30:53,071 Don't tell anyone you got the first offer. 1071 01:30:55,324 --> 01:30:59,327 Because that would hurt Aoki very much. 1072 01:31:04,167 --> 01:31:05,500 Do you understand? 1073 01:31:08,629 --> 01:31:09,671 Do you understand? 1074 01:31:40,077 --> 01:31:43,288 ♪ Breaking through the waves ♪ 1075 01:31:45,291 --> 01:31:48,376 ♪ Shooting through the clouds ♪ 1076 01:31:50,588 --> 01:31:56,510 ♪ Where is it heading, Hyokkori Pumpkin Island? Where will it take us? ♪ 1077 01:32:01,390 --> 01:32:06,353 ♪ Something special waits for us, ♪ 1078 01:32:06,687 --> 01:32:11,274 ♪ just over the horizon ♪ 1079 01:32:11,567 --> 01:32:16,696 ♪ There'll be hard times, there'll be sad times, ♪ 1080 01:32:16,906 --> 01:32:19,241 ♪ but we'll never lose heart ♪ 1081 01:32:19,408 --> 01:32:21,618 ♪ We hate to cry, so let's laugh instead ♪ 1082 01:32:21,827 --> 01:32:24,746 ♪ Let's go! ♪ 1083 01:32:24,914 --> 01:32:30,085 ♪ Hyokkori Pumpkin Island! ♪ 1084 01:32:48,020 --> 01:32:50,438 Poor little Taeko. 1085 01:32:52,858 --> 01:32:56,778 I joined the drama group in high school. 1086 01:32:57,280 --> 01:33:01,366 I couldn't forget what had happened. 1087 01:33:01,826 --> 01:33:02,951 And then? 1088 01:33:03,494 --> 01:33:06,788 It was a lot of fun, acting and all... 1089 01:33:07,957 --> 01:33:12,877 ...but it wasn't for me. As for becoming a star... 1090 01:33:13,045 --> 01:33:15,088 ...that was a joke. 1091 01:33:15,298 --> 01:33:16,590 But... 1092 01:33:18,467 --> 01:33:23,138 I guess Dads are the same all over. 1093 01:33:25,141 --> 01:33:29,227 When I was in high school, I so wanted to live in Tokyo. 1094 01:33:32,523 --> 01:33:37,152 I even wrote to my cousin about universities there. 1095 01:33:38,154 --> 01:33:40,113 Did you really? 1096 01:33:41,198 --> 01:33:44,743 I gave up. But it annoyed me 1097 01:33:44,910 --> 01:33:48,580 to hear other guys bragging about life in Tokyo. 1098 01:33:49,874 --> 01:33:53,668 Not anymore though. I respect my Dad... 1099 01:33:53,836 --> 01:33:55,837 He's an expert farmer. 1100 01:33:58,090 --> 01:34:00,675 But I know how you felt. 1101 01:34:00,843 --> 01:34:03,511 Mine's just a funny story. 1102 01:34:03,638 --> 01:34:05,847 No it's the same, I understand. 1103 01:34:09,435 --> 01:34:14,731 But we'll never lose heart, we hate to cry, so let's laugh instead. 1104 01:34:15,274 --> 01:34:17,651 I also watched Hyokkori Pumpkin Island. 1105 01:34:17,777 --> 01:34:18,860 Really? 1106 01:34:19,362 --> 01:34:21,363 Machine Gun Dandy was so cool. 1107 01:34:21,530 --> 01:34:23,406 He was my hero! 1108 01:34:24,408 --> 01:34:25,700 Of course. 1109 01:34:26,160 --> 01:34:29,496 Those songs were full of encouragement. 1110 01:34:29,622 --> 01:34:32,165 What was that other one...? 1111 01:34:32,333 --> 01:34:36,836 " If today's no good, you'll have tomorrow" 1112 01:34:37,129 --> 01:34:39,756 " If tomorrow's no good, you'll have the next day" 1113 01:34:40,049 --> 01:34:42,217 " If that's no good, there'll be another" 1114 01:34:42,385 --> 01:34:44,636 "There's always a tomorrow" 1115 01:34:48,724 --> 01:34:50,183 What a weird song! 1116 01:34:52,395 --> 01:34:57,565 That song, about putting things off,... 1117 01:34:57,733 --> 01:35:01,194 ...Toshio took in a positive, ffirmative way. 1118 01:35:01,987 --> 01:35:05,573 I liked his approach to life. 1119 01:35:20,172 --> 01:35:20,338 You're going tomorrow? 1120 01:35:20,339 --> 01:35:22,549 You're going tomorrow? 1121 01:35:24,093 --> 01:35:29,180 Thank you for having me for so long. 1122 01:35:29,306 --> 01:35:31,182 Thank you, my dear. 1123 01:35:37,481 --> 01:35:41,025 Do you like it here? 1124 01:35:41,152 --> 01:35:45,530 Very much. I feel so at home. 1125 01:35:45,656 --> 01:35:49,117 Glad to hear it. 1126 01:35:49,618 --> 01:35:52,954 I've lived here all my life. 1127 01:35:53,205 --> 01:35:58,877 Been to Tokyo just once. For your sister's wedding. 1128 01:35:59,003 --> 01:36:02,255 You think it's better than Tokyo? 1129 01:36:02,381 --> 01:36:04,299 Without a doubt. 1130 01:36:04,633 --> 01:36:10,221 Tokyo's packed with cars, buildings... People shouldn't live like that. 1131 01:36:10,389 --> 01:36:13,600 This is a different world. 1132 01:36:13,726 --> 01:36:17,979 You really like it here then? 1133 01:36:18,147 --> 01:36:22,400 Yes. The nice surroundings, the kind people... 1134 01:36:25,905 --> 01:36:27,489 Taeko. 1135 01:36:28,407 --> 01:36:32,285 Why don't you live here? With Toshio? 1136 01:36:34,663 --> 01:36:40,794 Since his brother moved to Tokyo, 1137 01:36:40,920 --> 01:36:45,590 why don't you stay here and marry Toshio? 1138 01:36:45,758 --> 01:36:47,008 Granny! 1139 01:36:47,176 --> 01:36:50,428 Mother... you've gone too far! 1140 01:36:50,679 --> 01:36:53,014 Taeko's shocked. 1141 01:36:53,182 --> 01:36:56,476 Please think it over. 1142 01:36:57,353 --> 01:36:59,687 Don't pay any attention. She's joking. 1143 01:37:00,105 --> 01:37:01,856 Joking, right, Granny? 1144 01:37:02,024 --> 01:37:04,609 No. I'm serious. 1145 01:37:04,777 --> 01:37:07,362 Don't deny you wouldn't like it. 1146 01:37:07,530 --> 01:37:11,699 It's not a matter of what we'd like. 1147 01:37:11,867 --> 01:37:14,619 Of course we'd love it. 1148 01:37:14,745 --> 01:37:20,208 But Taeko's a city person. 1149 01:37:20,376 --> 01:37:21,334 Of course. 1150 01:37:21,460 --> 01:37:25,463 But she loves it here, 1151 01:37:25,631 --> 01:37:30,009 she works so hard on the land, it's a joy to watch. 1152 01:37:30,219 --> 01:37:34,514 There'd be nothing better than her marrying Toshio. 1153 01:37:34,640 --> 01:37:38,852 You're being rude. You're embarrasing her. 1154 01:37:39,311 --> 01:37:44,607 She's got a decent job in Tokyo. Besides, she's older than him. 1155 01:37:44,733 --> 01:37:48,653 There are jobs in Yamagata too. 1156 01:37:50,155 --> 01:37:53,324 Please don't be angry. 1157 01:37:53,742 --> 01:37:58,246 Most of the young wives work these days, so... 1158 01:37:58,372 --> 01:38:01,583 What're you talking about? 1159 01:38:02,084 --> 01:38:06,838 She's only been here twice on holiday. 1160 01:38:07,131 --> 01:38:09,674 Suddenly bringing this up... you're upsetting her. 1161 01:38:09,800 --> 01:38:11,885 So you're against it? 1162 01:38:12,011 --> 01:38:16,514 I didn't say that. I said let's be realistic. 1163 01:38:16,682 --> 01:38:21,019 We don't even know how Toshio feels. 1164 01:38:21,145 --> 01:38:24,063 One look at him and it's obvious. 1165 01:38:24,189 --> 01:38:30,028 Don't dismiss it before we've asked her. 1166 01:38:30,696 --> 01:38:32,238 Taeko! 1167 01:38:37,953 --> 01:38:39,621 Let her be. 1168 01:38:42,166 --> 01:38:46,836 See what you did. You can't rush these things. 1169 01:38:47,463 --> 01:38:50,423 I don't think I was wrong. 1170 01:39:05,189 --> 01:39:09,651 I'd never even thought of being a farmer's wife. 1171 01:39:10,527 --> 01:39:14,155 I was strangely moved,... 1172 01:39:14,406 --> 01:39:16,407 ...even imagining it might be possible. 1173 01:39:17,743 --> 01:39:21,829 If only I could've replied: 1174 01:39:21,997 --> 01:39:24,457 " I'd love to... " like in a movie. 1175 01:39:25,584 --> 01:39:27,126 But I couldn't. 1176 01:39:28,587 --> 01:39:32,674 Suddenly my love of the country, and my play-farming,... 1177 01:39:32,841 --> 01:39:35,259 ...seemed so phony. 1178 01:39:36,679 --> 01:39:40,348 Declaring my love for country life... 1179 01:39:40,516 --> 01:39:44,435 ...based on a ten-day vacation, now felt so embarrassing. 1180 01:39:46,105 --> 01:39:48,690 Then with no warning... 1181 01:39:50,025 --> 01:39:52,527 ...everyone seeing right through me. 1182 01:39:54,196 --> 01:39:55,863 It was unbearable. 1183 01:40:03,038 --> 01:40:04,706 I ain't shaking hands with you. 1184 01:40:07,710 --> 01:40:10,461 That shirt he wore today... 1185 01:40:10,587 --> 01:40:11,254 What about it? 1186 01:40:11,380 --> 01:40:14,132 Tanaka's old shirt. 1187 01:40:14,299 --> 01:40:15,550 Don't tell anyone. 1188 01:40:15,718 --> 01:40:21,389 When it's his turn to feed the ducks, he takes the bread home. 1189 01:40:21,557 --> 01:40:24,851 Did you see his hands? 1190 01:40:24,977 --> 01:40:27,020 Glad he's not sitting next to me. 1191 01:40:27,354 --> 01:40:28,604 Poor Taeko. 1192 01:40:29,023 --> 01:40:31,399 Have him switch places. 1193 01:40:31,567 --> 01:40:35,153 He should sit with the boys. 1194 01:40:35,279 --> 01:40:36,821 Right Taeko? 1195 01:40:37,656 --> 01:40:40,742 I don't mind. 1196 01:40:41,076 --> 01:40:43,453 You shouldn't talk like that. 1197 01:40:43,579 --> 01:40:45,079 You don't mind? 1198 01:40:45,247 --> 01:40:46,831 Don't be a goody-goody. 1199 01:40:47,249 --> 01:40:50,460 Don't you dare tell anyone what we said. 1200 01:40:54,965 --> 01:40:56,591 I'll beat you up! 1201 01:41:04,016 --> 01:41:05,224 Don't go! 1202 01:41:18,155 --> 01:41:19,864 What are you doing out here? 1203 01:41:20,616 --> 01:41:23,701 Nothing. Taking a walk. 1204 01:41:23,827 --> 01:41:28,372 You're getting wet. Quick, get in. 1205 01:41:44,807 --> 01:41:46,557 A little souvenir. 1206 01:41:47,518 --> 01:41:49,060 Some of Mom's pickles. 1207 01:41:55,984 --> 01:41:58,152 Please don't go back yet. 1208 01:41:58,320 --> 01:41:59,612 Why not? 1209 01:41:59,738 --> 01:42:02,907 Just drive... anywhere. 1210 01:42:03,492 --> 01:42:04,909 Something wrong? 1211 01:42:05,911 --> 01:42:10,289 I knew a boy named Abe. 1212 01:42:11,917 --> 01:42:16,129 He came from another school. He sat next to me. 1213 01:42:17,840 --> 01:42:19,507 He once said, 1214 01:42:20,592 --> 01:42:23,094 " I ain't shaking hands with you." 1215 01:42:48,120 --> 01:42:54,000 His family was poor. He never had sports gear. 1216 01:42:54,960 --> 01:42:59,547 Always picking his nose or wiping it on his sleeve. 1217 01:42:59,715 --> 01:43:05,511 And if I complained or even dared frown at him,... 1218 01:43:05,637 --> 01:43:08,973 ...he'd threaten to hit me. 1219 01:43:10,642 --> 01:43:15,730 I hated it. I longed for the end of the term,... 1220 01:43:16,064 --> 01:43:18,149 ...so we could change seats. 1221 01:43:19,651 --> 01:43:23,988 I hated holding hands in dance class,... 1222 01:43:24,656 --> 01:43:28,910 ...hated having to lend him my homework. 1223 01:43:31,580 --> 01:43:36,751 The girls gossiped and called him names. 1224 01:43:38,253 --> 01:43:42,590 But I wouldn't join in. 1225 01:43:43,091 --> 01:43:47,845 I thought it was terrible to talk behind his back. 1226 01:43:49,890 --> 01:43:51,224 But one day... 1227 01:43:51,934 --> 01:43:56,729 He was transferred in the middle of the term. 1228 01:43:57,522 --> 01:44:02,193 The teacher made us all shake hands and say goodbye. 1229 01:44:03,779 --> 01:44:07,240 A feeling of disgust swept the room. 1230 01:44:09,534 --> 01:44:13,621 His hands were filthy. 1231 01:44:15,624 --> 01:44:20,920 Walking around, shaking hands with us,... 1232 01:44:21,380 --> 01:44:23,381 ...he looked so nervous. 1233 01:44:26,134 --> 01:44:30,888 Back at his own desk, only I was left. 1234 01:44:33,684 --> 01:44:38,604 When I held out my hand he said, 1235 01:44:40,482 --> 01:44:42,775 " I ain't shaking hands with you." 1236 01:44:45,654 --> 01:44:47,989 " I ain't shaking hands with you." 1237 01:44:56,248 --> 01:44:59,834 I hated him the most. 1238 01:45:01,920 --> 01:45:05,131 He knew that. 1239 01:45:06,508 --> 01:45:08,801 That's why he didn't shake my hand. 1240 01:45:16,393 --> 01:45:18,477 What happened at the farmhouse? 1241 01:45:19,187 --> 01:45:23,858 Ever since I was little... 1242 01:45:25,861 --> 01:45:27,862 I just pretend to be nice. 1243 01:45:28,947 --> 01:45:30,364 Nothing's changed. 1244 01:45:41,710 --> 01:45:45,046 You're strange, today. Not the usual you. 1245 01:45:47,966 --> 01:45:50,468 I don't know what happened, but... 1246 01:45:50,594 --> 01:45:54,221 It's nothing to do with that. 1247 01:45:58,477 --> 01:45:59,894 I'm sorry. 1248 01:46:01,313 --> 01:46:06,484 I just feel bad about what happened. 1249 01:46:09,071 --> 01:46:13,324 I think that boy was stupid. 1250 01:46:13,658 --> 01:46:18,496 Maybe he didn't shake your hand because he liked you. 1251 01:46:18,622 --> 01:46:23,167 No, he liked the class president. 1252 01:46:23,335 --> 01:46:25,419 He was always acting tough with me. 1253 01:46:25,545 --> 01:46:33,636 Hands in pockets, spitting, swearing, swaggering along, 1254 01:46:33,929 --> 01:46:35,721 ...showing off. 1255 01:46:35,847 --> 01:46:37,348 Exactly. 1256 01:46:37,682 --> 01:46:41,310 I know how he feels. When I was little,... 1257 01:46:41,436 --> 01:46:44,105 ...I used to bully the girl I liked. 1258 01:46:44,231 --> 01:46:45,856 That's not it. 1259 01:46:46,024 --> 01:46:50,653 He shook hands with everyone but me. 1260 01:46:50,946 --> 01:46:53,739 There's the problem. 1261 01:46:54,699 --> 01:46:57,660 Girls never understand how boys feel. 1262 01:46:58,203 --> 01:47:00,287 As if you know... 1263 01:47:00,455 --> 01:47:01,956 Let me guess, then... 1264 01:47:03,625 --> 01:47:06,794 He wasn't that tough. 1265 01:47:07,462 --> 01:47:12,716 He couldn't bully any boys. He had no friends. 1266 01:47:15,470 --> 01:47:20,307 You sat next to him, an easy target. 1267 01:47:20,976 --> 01:47:23,936 He needed you to be tough with. 1268 01:47:24,062 --> 01:47:27,982 No way he wanted to shake hands with everyone. 1269 01:47:28,150 --> 01:47:33,487 He could only prove how tough he was with you. 1270 01:47:58,847 --> 01:48:00,181 Don't be filthy! 1271 01:48:45,393 --> 01:48:50,147 I felt so guilty and so sorry for him... 1272 01:48:50,941 --> 01:48:53,192 ...that I began copying him. 1273 01:48:55,403 --> 01:48:57,238 Too late though, huh? 1274 01:48:57,489 --> 01:49:00,407 I couldn't take back... 1275 01:49:00,617 --> 01:49:03,494 ...the pain I caused him. 1276 01:49:12,420 --> 01:49:15,256 It's stopped raining. 1277 01:49:15,966 --> 01:49:17,550 Oh, yes. 1278 01:49:22,430 --> 01:49:23,931 The moon's out. 1279 01:49:34,317 --> 01:49:38,112 Sometimes at night you see raccoons here. 1280 01:49:40,448 --> 01:49:41,907 Shall we go back? 1281 01:49:42,576 --> 01:49:45,869 They must be worried about me. 1282 01:49:49,124 --> 01:49:52,626 This'll be the talk of the town. 1283 01:49:53,128 --> 01:49:56,630 I'm sorry. You've been so kind. 1284 01:49:57,549 --> 01:50:00,301 I wonder what happened at the house, though? 1285 01:50:00,427 --> 01:50:05,139 Please, for my sake, don't ask anyone. 1286 01:50:08,893 --> 01:50:11,312 Shall I play that music? 1287 01:50:49,851 --> 01:50:53,562 I began to think of my feelings for him,... 1288 01:50:53,897 --> 01:50:59,109 ...and of his feelings for me, for the very first time. 1289 01:51:03,114 --> 01:51:09,328 How come he seemed to sort out my mixed-up thoughts? 1290 01:51:10,121 --> 01:51:14,625 How come I let him get so close? 1291 01:51:16,294 --> 01:51:20,214 Somehow he seemed older than me. 1292 01:51:21,549 --> 01:51:27,638 He was the one I wanted to shake hands with. 1293 01:51:30,475 --> 01:51:31,975 Just shake hands? 1294 01:52:04,384 --> 01:52:06,176 What was this feeling? 1295 01:52:07,679 --> 01:52:12,015 My mind raced as I sat beside him. 1296 01:52:39,043 --> 01:52:41,044 Have you got everything? 1297 01:52:41,212 --> 01:52:42,921 Yes, I'm fine. 1298 01:52:43,131 --> 01:52:45,340 We'll see you in the winter. 1299 01:52:45,467 --> 01:52:49,261 I'll do my farming homework. 1300 01:52:49,387 --> 01:52:51,638 What about skiing? 1301 01:52:52,140 --> 01:52:54,641 That just takes practice. 1302 01:52:55,101 --> 01:52:58,437 Consider what I said, Taeko. 1303 01:52:58,563 --> 01:52:59,813 What's that? 1304 01:52:59,939 --> 01:53:00,814 What? 1305 01:53:00,982 --> 01:53:04,735 That's our secret. 1306 01:53:05,403 --> 01:53:08,739 Something was strange yesterday. 1307 01:53:08,865 --> 01:53:12,159 Sorry. Next time I'll be fine, 1308 01:53:12,327 --> 01:53:15,078 I'll leave the ten-year-old me at home. 1309 01:53:28,551 --> 01:53:30,135 Wait for me! 1310 01:53:31,471 --> 01:53:33,180 Take care, Naoko. 1311 01:53:42,649 --> 01:53:43,857 Goodbye. 1312 01:54:24,274 --> 01:54:31,238 ♪ Some say love, it is a river ♪ 1313 01:54:32,740 --> 01:54:38,245 ♪ that drowns the tender reed. ♪ 1314 01:54:40,081 --> 01:54:46,795 ♪ Some say love, it is a razor ♪ 1315 01:54:48,590 --> 01:54:54,803 ♪ that leaves your soul to bleed. ♪ 1316 01:54:56,014 --> 01:55:02,811 ♪ Some say love, it is a hunger, ♪ 1317 01:55:04,522 --> 01:55:10,819 ♪ an endless aching need. ♪ 1318 01:55:12,238 --> 01:55:19,453 ♪ I say love, it is a flower, ♪ 1319 01:55:20,830 --> 01:55:27,294 ♪ and you its only seed. ♪ 1320 01:55:32,258 --> 01:55:38,722 ♪ It's the heart, afraid of breaking, ♪ 1321 01:55:40,516 --> 01:55:46,229 ♪ that never learns to dance. ♪ 1322 01:55:47,523 --> 01:55:54,488 ♪ It's the dream, afraid of waking, ♪ 1323 01:55:55,490 --> 01:56:01,995 ♪ that never takes a chance. ♪ 1324 01:56:02,914 --> 01:56:09,836 ♪ It's the one who won't be taken, ♪ 1325 01:56:11,089 --> 01:56:18,011 ♪ who cannot seem to give. ♪ 1326 01:56:19,013 --> 01:56:26,353 ♪ And the soul, afraid of dying, ♪ 1327 01:56:27,689 --> 01:56:34,820 ♪ that never learns to live. ♪ 1328 01:56:38,866 --> 01:56:45,372 ♪ When the night has been too lonely ♪ 1329 01:56:47,125 --> 01:56:52,629 ♪ and the road has been too long, ♪ 1330 01:56:54,382 --> 01:57:01,054 ♪ And you think that love is only ♪ 1331 01:57:02,306 --> 01:57:09,021 ♪ for the lucky and the strong, ♪ 1332 01:57:09,647 --> 01:57:17,237 ♪ Just remember in the winter ♪ 1333 01:57:17,905 --> 01:57:24,369 ♪ far beneath the bitter snows, ♪ 1334 01:57:25,913 --> 01:57:33,545 ♪ Lies the seed, that with the sun's love, ♪ 1335 01:57:34,922 --> 01:57:42,929 ♪ in the spring becomes the rose. ♪ 93915