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Her condition is getting worse.

She must feel the pain.

I think we should try to ease her pain.

We'll use morphine.

I'll walk on my own feet.

She's back.

She's back.

Welcome back!

We've been waiting.

How nice!

I'm really glad.

I'm back safely.

-Yeah. You are so great! -You can come back by yourself!

Fireflies, Sakiko.

Beautiful!

You're a good girl.

Mom always yells at me,

because I'm a bad girl.

She hates me.

No. She doesn't.

She loves you very much.

She cherishes you most of all.

That's a lie.

It's true.

Listen.

I want you to be a good girl

and help your mother.

I want you to stay with her.

Promise.

What's the matter, Sakiko?

In Tokyo...

I saw my father.

And?

But...

I was speechless.

No.

Your mother looks all right now.

But her condition is critical.

She can't go to see the festival.

If she stays inside, what will happen?

Will she be cured if she doesn't go out?

News bulletin from Tokushima!

The Awa Odori festival will open on August 1 2.

Only ten days to go.

Let see how the main stage of the festival is built.

I'm glad.

Going to see the dances!

For the last time.

Sakiko.

Give me your right hand.

It fits you.

Mother...

Ruby protects you.

Keep it.

But this one...

It doesn't fit me anymore.

Your left ring finger is...

for someone else.

Tatsuko looks happy.

Here.

Hello.

Still beautiful!

Well, am I back to young Tatsuko?

Sure. You're always full of pep.

I'll go with you today.

Oh, don't treat me like a patient.

Mother.

How beautiful!

Sakiko, you're a full-fledged woman.

I'm surrounded by beauties today.

I was worried,

but the typhoon swerved.

It's a nice day.

I'm glad.

It's my first time to see the festival from the stands.

It's extravagant.

Hello.

Mother, aren't you tired?

I feel fine.

That ring...

Your father gave it to me long ago.

I gave him up and came here to his hometown.

I was alone.

I had a hard time.

But when you were born, I felt you brought a flower to me.

I named you Sakiko meaning "a flower."

Then I made up my mind.

"Mt. Bizan is my husband."

"I'll live with this child."

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the festival.

Here we go!

Awa Odori of Tokushima!

It's opening now!

"Dancers are fools and so are the spectators."

Enjoy the dances!

These dances have survived...

more than 400 years...

thanks to the passion and ideas of the people.

Awa Odori is the traditional dance of Tokushima.

Shimada, try the dance!

Try the dance!

The spirit is great!

Soon it will be festival season.

I haven't seen the dances for thirty years.

If you have time to spare, please come to see them.

We have come celebrities here today.

Please clap your hands for them.

Let's dance!

I don't want to sit here!

Want to dance there?

He dances well!

Be must been practising!

That's Saburo Yoshino.

Hi, handsome!

Tatsuko?

You are Tatsuko!

Why did you close your shop?

I know you're doing all right on TV.

Where do you live?

Go to Matsu's shop for a drink.

The Jinbei in Akita-machi.

The dancers are waiting.

I'll talk to you later.

The festival continues in enthusiasm for four days.

The streets of Tokushima turn into a paradise for dancers.

The rhythm of percussion and bells and the melody...

fill the whole city.

Here come the Aho Group dancers.

Aho means "a fool."

The dancers are crazy about Awa Odori.

The female dancers move beautifully,

passionately and brilliantly.

I'll be going out.

What for?

I'll call my company. I won't be long.

Are you all right?

Shall we go?

Doctor.

Isn't Sakiko nice?

I wish...

I could protect her all my life.

Dr. Terasawa.

Please take care of her.

Alright.

Now the grand finale!

The climax of tonight's Awa Odori is coming.

The dances of the famous groups,

dancing all together!

Enjoy the pageant!

Father...

Father!

Father!

Father!

Mother...

Doctor.

Shall we go back?

Is it all right?

I've enjoyed the festival enough.

Thank you.

Sakiko.

Tell me.

You didn't...

Iike summer, did you?

Why?

At grade school,

you skipped summer swimming lessons...

and played at a nearby park.

I knew.

Mother.

You used to come to school in a Kimono.

I didn't like that.

But now I'm proud of it.

I'm proud of my mother.

I love you, Mother.

"Two Years Later"

"35th Memorial Service by Dream Grass Society"

Mrs. Sakiko Terasawa.

Thank you.

Put in down.

The chief said you'd better keep it.

The message sheet.

I told you before.

Dedicators leave letters to students.

It's Mother's.

"Sakiko Kono, my daughter, was my life."

I'm glad she saw the Awa Odori festival for the last time.

I think she bade farewell that day

to this town and many people she'd met in her life.

It was Tokushima's brightest night.

Just like Tatsuko.

She really loved this town.

She lived a life with Mt. Bizan.