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Heads up out there!

Tackle him!

Tackle! Come on!

Sugita, that's not fair!

Get clear!

Call for it! Call for it!

Sugita, that's cheating!

Damn it! You jerk!

Stop it! That's enough!

Cut it out!

That's a foul.

A foul on who, sir?

Kawabe.

I didn't do anything!

You charged him from behind.

Line up!

Cut it out, I said!

Get back... get back... you too...

All right, all right, that's good.

He'll aim at your head.

Yamashita's grandma died. The one out in the country.

Fatso Yamashita's away. Today makes three days.

Yeah?

He went to the funeral.

Yeah?

Yamashita came back to school.

Hey Fatso!

I shouldn't have said that. Now he's mad.

Yo, Kiyama.

You were gone three days!

That's a pretty long time.

Hey Fatso!

So your grandma croaked?

Yeah, that's right. She did.

What was the funeral like?

"How"?

Was it cool?

It couldn't have been. Someone died, right?

Tell us, Fatso!

A funeral's just a funeral.

But when somebody dies, they burn them.

In a "crematorium".

The coffin goes in this big furnace, and then...

Bang! The doors slam shut.

Then about two hours later...

What?

It's all bones.

It's all burned. All that's left is bones.

All white and crumbly.

They burn for two hours?

That must be hot! Just burning and burning...

Then everyone takes chopsticks and puts the bones in a jar.

I had a dream.

A dream?

There was a teddy-bear wrestling.

But suddenly I saw it wasn't a teddy bear.

It was Grandma's body.

"Look! I'm immortal!"

52... 53...

I read once that in your whole life you breathe...

600 to 800 million times.

So in bed I would count how many times I breathed.

But high as I might count, this night I couldn't sleep.

THE FRIENDS

You could've gotten that!

Quick, get ready.

Come on! Grab it!

So what do you want to tell us?

You know that calligraphy school...

Off the street the bus goes down?

You mean by the park?

Two doors down there's this old guy who lives alone.

My mom says he's going to die one of these days.

So what happens if one day some old guy all alone...

Just up and dies?

Well...

If he dies all alone...

Then he's a body there all alone.

And then somebody finds him.

What?

The old guy dies all alone, and he gets found.

By who?

By us, stupid!

I'm going.

Listen...

We keep watch on the old guy.

Yamashita, you're the one who should know best...

If he's about to drop dead or not!

- You're nuts! - Move!

What are you, a vulture?

Kawabe, what are you doing?

These days all I think about is dead people...

And what happens after you die.

But somehow it's just not real to me.

Me neither!

But when you think about something that isn't real...

Don't you start to feel kind of weird?

Like you have to pee real bad.

Yeah, sort of...

Careful!

- I couldn't fight it.

Yesterday, when I was up here.

You did this yesterday?

All the cars were just whipping by under me.

Kawabe, quit it!

I thought if I fell then I'd die for sure.

Come on, Kawabe, stop it!

But I couldn't stop myself...

Like this.

But if I was dead...

I guess I couldn't tell you guys what it's like.

I get it.

You get what?

Let's go and have a look at this old guy.

Come on, Kiyama!

You can see from here.

Look, there's grass growing on the roof!

Yeah.

There's spider-webs everywhere.

What a mess!

Is there really someone living here?

I wonder...

He's alive!

My dad was a detective.

Yeah? Cool!

You know the barber murder case? The stabbing with the scissors?

No, I don't.

He cracked that case. That was my dad.

Here we go again!

- Kawabe doesn't have a father.

He died when Kawabe was a baby.

And that night he went to the barbershop alone...

And he thought he could smell the blood!

It'd be great to be able to just watch TV like that!

I can only watch for an hour and a half a day!

You know what?

You know what?

The old guy might be in there dead with the TV on.

Sitting at his leg-warming table?

Can you prove he's not dead?

He's not!

He might be!

Who'd sit at a warming table when it's boiling hot like this?

Yamashita...

Let's go.

Quiet!

Do you smell something funny?

What a stink!

Let's get out of here.

Kiyama... you go first.

Yamashita... you go.

The same thing every day! I'm tired of this!

Not every day. Every three days.

That's right. To be exact...

The old man only goes out once every three days.

And just to the convenience store.

Yeah.

But he doesn't eat very well.

What?

He just buys two box lunches.

He must eat one that night...

And the other the next morning for breakfast.

Summer holidays began.

Summer school started early.

I'd never seen his house at that hour.

Kiyama... what are you doing?

Taking out the garbage.

Garbage?

I can't take the stink while we're keeping watch.

Today's garbage day.

Yeah, but...

Help me, will you?

Yamashita, quiet!

It stinks!

Even the newspapers are rotten!

You kids...

What are you doing here?

Putting out the garbage.

I can't close my eyes for a second!

Get out of here! Go on!

Go on! Get lost!

You think we did something bad?

Quiet!

Waltzing into someone's yard! What kind of parents do you have?

My father...

He was a fireman, I'll have you know!

He got killed helping someone escape from a fire!

He was really brave!

Cut it out, Kawabe!

Listen, you old fart! We've been watching you!

You look like you're going to die!

We're going to watch and see!

Kawabe, that's enough!

You hear me?!

Hey!

- Did you find him? - No.

So we lost him?

What do we do?

Maybe he's at the hospital.

Hospital?

I went there when I had pinkeye.

The waiting room was all full of old people.

So maybe...

Kiyama, check the hospital.

What about you?

The supermarket.

I'll look around here.

OK. We meet back here.

Have a seat, please.

My name's Hashimoto. I'd like to pay my bill.

Are you all right?

"Surgery"..."Dermatology"...

Excuse me...

No... I'm sorry.

I wonder how many people I've made ready for their funeral.

My wife says that when I'm asleep I look like I'm dead myself.

Because I look so happy.

But looking after people when they're dead...

Sure isn't something I do because I like it.

Rest in peace.

Did you find him?

Yeah.

But...

It was scary. I got lost in the hospital.

My dad... he's not dead, you know.

He's got a kid. Another one.

And that kid has a mother.

A different mother from mine.

To hell with him!

The TV's not on today.

You're right. I can't hear anything.

It's weird.

Kiyama...

What?

You said you saw the old guy in the hospital, didn't you.

Yeah.

Way back somewhere in the middle of it...

In a dark hall, like in a maze.

That's where you saw him. Isn't that right?

I'm not sure.

It might've been someone else.

Now you tell me!

Does he go to that hospital?

Is he sick?

The bodies talk to him.

The old man talks to dead people.

That's why I said I'm not sure!

But you saw him, didn't you?

I heard a voice.

This is really weird!

I'm going.

I can't hear anything.

Now it's the old man's turn.

What?

Next he's going to turn into a dead body.

No way!

It's too soon. He was too healthy.

My grandma was like that.

She was cooking rice the day before she died.

Don't move.

You know what?

What?

I shouldn't have said what I did. I get mad too fast.

I should've said sorry.

Boo!

What's he doing?!

Hey, old man! Cut it out!

Don't mess with us!

He's working real hard.

He's showing off.

Pretending he's tough to impress us.

The old fool!

What are you guys doing?

You're always peeking in at that house.

Nothing.

You don't even come to the pool! What are you doing?

None of your business.

Oh yeah?

Look, Fatso...

My mom buys her fish at your mom's store.

So what?

Maybe I'll ask her...

What you're doing spying on someone else's house.

Sugita, don't you go squealing on us.

You're the kind who would.

What do you mean, weirdo?

Just telling it like it is.

Babies!

You're the babies!

His dad was a detective!

Sorry!

I thought he was a pilot!

- Shut up! - And an explorer before that.

Kiyama, move!

He crossed Antarctica on a motorcycle, didn't he.

How many dads have you got, Kawabe?

Quit it, Kawabe!

Hey! Hey!

Let me go, Kiyama!

Hey! What are you kids doing?

New faces, huh? Come in, then.

OK.

- Jerk. - Idiot.

Yamashita, quit it!

Sugita! Matsushita! We'll settle this later!

Put me down!

Where's the sumo wrestler?

Oh, there you are...

Tie this to that tree over there, will you?

Tie it good and tight.

OK?

Well?

All right.

OK, Bones. Your turn.

No, no, no...

Watch carefully.

OK? Like this. Knot it this way.

And then...

Pass it around...

Into this loop.

Then you pull it tight.

There. See how tight it is?

Yeah!

A butterfly...

Here. Hang these out.

Not like that.

Spread them out so they don't wrinkle.

- You're good at that. - Me?

Not you. Specs.

You're good at hanging out laundry.

The laundry's my job.

Yeah, it is.

I don't like to put all the work on my mom.

Well, that's all my clothes washed.

Kiyama... let's go.

I guess so.

Hey, this butterfly's dead.

Don't pick it up.

It's huge!

Leave it there.

Did you throw it in the well?

Yeah. It's dry.

You don't want to fall in there. Keep away from it.

You OK?!

Gramps, are you OK?

Yeah.

Your work's all done here.

Away you go.

Want to go?

Yeah.

Kawabe, come on.

Hey let's go, hey let's go

I'm happy as can be.

Let's go walking, you and me...

You're going to spy on that house again?

We're not spying.

We're picking up the garbage and helping out.

Yeah, but you were spying.

We were working there this morning, too.

My mom buys fish at your mom's store.

So?

I'm going to tell.

I'll tell her Yamashita's spying on someone's house.

I don't know what to do!

With all the weeds in my yard, I can't open a window for mosquitoes.

Got any ideas?

Matsushita!

Hey Sumo, you've got to put your back into it.

Specs, pull them right out roots and all.

Bones, you're not getting anything done!

How about you do some?

Me?

My legs hurt. I can't bend down.

Ow!

Yamashita...

The shovel's here.

The weeding took three days.

It's that dirty old place.

Someone lives in there?

Kiyama!

Hi.

We heard you're helping the old man. That's great!

My mom said why don't we come and help you.

OK. Come here.

Sorry, but this is something the three of us are doing.

We'll finish it. Just the three of us.

Wow, you're really working!

Have this, then.

Thanks.

Now go away.

This way.

What's all that about?

I don't know.

Hey Yamashita! Here's a present you'll like.

All right!

I'll help you.

Yamashita! Get to work!

Yamashita!

Come on! Work!

We did it.

Oh!

The yard looks bigger now.

Like it's not the same place.

- Gramps... - Huh?

Can I light it?

Sure, go ahead.

"Yamashita...

"Mounts the dais and lights the Olympic flame!"

Gramps...

Want to see?

Yeah!

It's deep. You can't see anything.

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

Hey!

This one's good and ripe!

Specs...

- You cut it. - I can't.

- Why not? - I've never done it.

You've never cut up a watermelon?

They're always cut up when we buy them.

I see.

Wait!

What's wrong?

I'll be right back. Wait for me.

Where are you going?

This knife's dull!

See?

Hello...

What'll it be?

I'm home!

Be right back!

Where are you going?

What have you got?

We need that here!

Wait!

Takeshi!

Here he is.

A knife needs to be sharp!

Looks like he's done that before.

My place is a fishmonger's.

The taste of food changes with the way you cut it.

So are you going to be a fishmonger too, Sumo?

I don't know.

My mom says there's no use being a stingy old fishmonger like my dad.

That way you only get a stupid wife.

She says I should study hard and do something else.

But I don't know... I kind of like my dad's work.

He must be a fine father.

Ah, this is good!

Here.

Here.

It's raining.

Let's plant something in the fall.

Some marigolds, maybe?

We don't have to wait. Let's do it tomorrow.

You're a busy little character, aren't you.

Seeds won't grow in summer, will they?

- Sure they will. - No problem!

They just wait in the earth till they bloom.

Yeah! Let's do it tomorrow.

What should we plant?

Hellebore?

- Water lilies! - Violets!

- Giant horse radish! - Why?

They have flowers!

They sure do. Little ones, just like canola.

Yeah? I didn't know that.

Four-o'clocks!

- Dianthus! - Wild chrysanthemums!

Spider lilies... dogtooth violet.

Forest poppies...

Or maybe wild peony...

Orange spider lily... campanula...

Lilies...

With bellflowers.

Yeah!

Hey let's go, hey let's go

I'm happy as can be.

Let's go walking, you and me.

Ready set, come on, let's go.

Over the hill, across the field...

Bones... turn on the tap.

Sumo...

- That's cold!

Stop it, you guys! Cut it out!

Quit it!

Here... watch this.

Isn't that pretty!

What a beautiful rainbow!

How nice of you boys!

Are you helping out?

Yes, ma'am.

Did you see that?!

Women are something else.

Good-bye, Miss Kondo!

Goodbye!

That pretty woman is our teacher.

Shizuka Kondo.

Aw, man!

- Gramps? - Huh?

This floor mat's damp. I'll dry it out.

Watch yourself.

Yamashita, take this.

I'll leave this here.

Here's the next one.

OK.

What are you doing?

Thanks, Yamashita.

Can I throw this out?

Huh?

One, two, three!

Bam!

Careful!

Sorry.

Hold that.

You try it.

Here goes.

Hold it.

I'm here to fix the glass.

Hello.

Where that tape is.

All right.

The cracked ones, too.

Thank you.

That's sharp!

Wow!

What do you two want?

Hey, you guys...

Pass me that paint. I don't have time to come down.

What about soccer?

You were late for practice last time, too.

So are you coming?

No, I can't leave this.

Tell the coach I can't come.

These guys, too?

There's soccer today. Are you going?

No. I've got to do this.

Me too.

I guess we're not going. Pass me the paint, will you?

No!

Help me! I'll join your gang.

Let me join you!

Please! Please!

You can climb out of there! Come on, do it!

It doesn't look like my house any more!

Yeah.

Before it looked like no one lived there.

Yeah, that's the truth.

For years and years I just let it go.

It was worth fixing.

You're right. Now it's really something to see.

Did you ever get married?

Yes, I did.

What happened to the woman? Did she die?

Well, she might be dead by now.

Did you split up?

Something like that.

Why?

Why? I don't know.

And you never got married again?

Nope. Never.

Why not?

I said I don't know!

What was her name?

"Yayoi".

Her name was Yayoi Koko.

What kind of a name is "Koko"?

Just a name.

The character for "old", then "fragrant"...

And "spring" for the given name.

Was she pretty?

Oh, I don't remember.

Any kids?

Nope.

That's weird.

Why?

My dad's been married twice and he had kids with both wives.

Maybe if you'd had a kid...

My dad wouldn't have had to get married twice.

He's a strange one, isn't he.

Sometimes I wonder...

If there isn't a better way to do things.

You mean the way of the world?

The earth has air, the wind blows...

And birds fly in the air.

People came and found all of that stuff working.

That's why planes fly.

They fly faster than sound. Then why isn't my dad around?

Why does my mom have to work in a department store...

And look scared all the time?

Why does she always tell me to someday make my dad regret it?

Why?

Why?

There was a typhoon.

Jun, where are you going?

There's a typhoon outside!

I want to go see something.

What?

My flowers.

Flowers?

The cosmos I planted.

Stupid!

Bones! Get in here!

Hurry up!

It's pouring!

I knew you'd come!

Huh?

Take your socks off.

Come here.

I was at home looking out the window upstairs...

And guess who I saw come walking along like this...

With his umbrella blown inside-out?

Kawabe!

He was worried about the cosmos, so I came with him.

You too?

I washed your socks!

Sit down.

What were you all doing?

Oh, nothing.

We weren't doing nothing!

What?

OK then, don't tell me.

We had a bet whether you'd come or not.

That's right!

Is that all?

Is that all? That's enough!

Right?

So who won?

I did.

Come on, Sumo. You promised me a massage.

He's all yours!

Gramps...

Can I see the weather on TV?

Sure, you can turn it on. Keep the sound down, though.

Ouch!

What are you doing?

There's a war started.

- Where? - I don't know...

Were you ever in a war?

- Yeah. - Did you fly in a plane?

No.

What did you do?

Not a damn thing.

Come on, tell us about the war! What did you do?

All I did was walk.

You just walked?

Didn't you do any fighting?

No, it was just me and some other soldiers...

Wandering around trying to get out of the jungle.

Pathetic!

It's good you got out.

A moth.

Don't touch it.

No matter how often you chase them away...

They always come back.

Just like someone who's dead wants to come and say hello.

Someone who's dead?

Yeah.

Maybe...

One of the guys I went to war with.

Or else...

Or else...?

One day...

When we were all trying to find our way out of the jungle...

We finally found a little house.

A little house with a roof made of leaves.

Lucky!

And the only ones there...

Were a young woman, some kids, and some old people.

We killed them all.

The young woman, the kids, and the old people.

Why?

If we let them live, they'd tell the enemy about us.

So we killed all of them.

With a machine gun?

No, not like that.

It was a 'Type 38' infantry rifle. An old-style gun.

What does it feel like to kill someone?

Cut it out!

The woman ran off.

I went after her.

We'd had no food or water for days. My legs were getting all tangled up.

The woman could run as fast as a deer.

She had long black hair, and as she ran...

It bounced on her back, just like it was dancing.

I was all out of breath...

And my head was pounding like someone was hammering...

On a bell.

But I caught up to her...

And shot her with my rifle.

Wow!

I went up beside her where she'd fallen...

To see if she was dead.

I prodded her and it was only then...

That I realized...

Her stomach was way out to here.

She was pregnant?

I reached down, put my hand on her stomach...

And the baby inside her...

Bam! Bam! It moved.

What did you do?

I went back to the rest of the guys...

And we stuffed ourselves on the food there.

And now I'm alive.

Ready, go!

Hey...

What do you think?

About what?

About what Gramps said.

I wish he hadn't said.

Yeah?

I've been thinking about it ever since he told us.

I'll bet you that's the reason...

He broke up with his wife.

He couldn't go back.

Not after he'd killed a woman.

A superb piece of detection, Detective Kawabe!

Kiyama, I'm serious!

You turkey! Jerk!

Where did Yamashita go?

Hey! Yamashita! Come here!

For now let's stick to Kobe.

Gramps said that Yayoi Koko was from around here, after all.

So what's this?

People we phone.

There's no one here named Yayoi.

The phone book only lists the head of the household.

She might be living with someone else.

Or out in the country.

Or she's married again.

Gramps said she might be.

Maybe...

Some numbers are unlisted.

All we need is a clue is what I'm saying.

We might get lucky and hit on a relative or something.

We got lucky.

We found Yayoi Koko.

Here.

Thank you very much.

Kiyama, you go first.

But I did the phoning, and I talked to the staff.

You didn't do anything!

You're the best at this kind of thing.

OK?

You're the one who should do it.

Yes?

Shock. Our teacher, Miss Kondo...

Was Yayoi Koko's granddaughter.

Good morning.

I'll go out and get some juice, all right?

How's this?

What is it?

I was thinking yesterday.

When Gramps went to war...

He was a young man.

It'd be a shock to suddenly bring them together.

Especially since he's gotten so old.

Is that supposed to be Gramps?

You know who this is, don't you?

He's gotten a little old, though.

She won't know him from that.

Come on!

We know where this person is, you know.

Great, huh?

Something terrible happened to this old man...

When he went to war.

That's why he could never come back home.

But he could never forget his wife.

And to prove that...

He's lived alone ever since.

During the war...

A lot of things happened.

Yeah...

But now he's living all by himself.

He's not like my father.

Don't you think that's a terrible thing?

Me?

If I were this gentleman's wife...

Are you asking if I would be angry with him?

Yes, ma'am.

I'm not angry, or bitter.

There's no point in being angry.

And anyway...

I make a point of forgetting anything that's unpleasant.

What's this man's name?

What is his name, anyway?

The nameplate on his gate's so black you can't read it.

They're hard characters to write.

The only one I could read was "hachi".

"Hachi"?

It wasn't "Kihachi", was it?

I'm sorry, but my husband died...

A very, very long time ago.

The last thing she said was that he died a very long time ago.

It's like she was tired.

You think she's gone senile?

Boys!

Is it that old man you were talking about?

It is?

I was really surprised to hear you were Yayoi Koko's grand-daughter.

My grandfather, Yayoi Koko's husband, isn't dead.

For several reasons we pretend he died a long time ago...

During the war.

Hey! Look!

Hey!

We'll be back!

Bye!

Take care of yourself!

We'll write you a letter!

Hello!

Hello!

Hello!

Hello!

Hello!

Hello.

What is it?

Mr Kihachi Denpo?

My name is Shizuka Kondo.

I teach the three boys you've been so kind to.

Would you mind if I came in?

Um...

Please accept this.

Thank you very much.

Your pupils came and planted those for me.

Well, they should be beautiful when they bloom.

A long time ago there was a woman named Yayoi Koko.

She got married and changed her name to "Denpo".

"Yayoi Denpo".

Her husband's name was Kihachi Denpo.

I'm told they were happy together.

But a conscription notice arrived...

And the man who was her husband went to war.

To the Philippines, they say.

I'm sorry this tea is so weak, Miss.

Yayoi Koko was pregnant.

When the baby was born, she named it "Kaoru".

It was a girl.

Apparently...

They'd decided on a name that fit either a boy or a girl.

"Kaoru Koko".

When he didn't return after the war...

She couldn't bear to go back to his family.

She took her maiden name again.

And the baby Kaoru... what became of her?

Her mother raised her. She got married at 20.

The baby she had was me.

I am Kihachi Denpo's granddaughter.

Really?

Yes.

And...

Where is Kaoru now?

Both my parents were killed...

In a car crash.

She's dead?

Yes.

The shock left Grandma a little bit senile.

She started saying...

Her husband was a war hero who'd charged the enemy with a bomb.

Well, maybe that's all for the best.

I wonder.

Would you...

Look at this?

This is a very old picture you have here.

And you are the Kihachi Denpo in that picture, aren't you.

No.

No, I'm not.

But the name and the face are the same!

Perhaps, but it's a very big world.

There are lots of people who have the same names.

What?

Yes, my name is Kihachi Denpo.

But the Kihachi Denpo in this photograph is not the same person as me.

I don't understand!

Please try to understand.

Did you really do that terrible thing in the war?

That was the first time I'd heard...

That Gramps' name was Kihachi Denpo.

And also that it was a name he wanted to erase.

Gramps' heart had closed to us again.

Think he's still angry?

I'm sure of it.

But he always looks angry.

Now he is.

You know...

I think I'm going to go visit...

The old folks' home. Where Miss Kondo's grandmother lives.

Yay!

There can't be any harm in just taking a look at her.

Just taking a look? Without talking to her?

Yeah.

It'll be enough just to see her face from a distance.

When are you going?

Tomorrow.

We've got a soccer game tomorrow.

Oh?

Well, best of luck to you.

You too, Gramps.

Right.

Matsushita!

Pass!

Matsushita!

Matsushita!

I'm going right, fat boy!

Right! Right!

Oh, no!

Yamashita! Move!

Nice stop, Yamashita!

Nice stop!

Yes!

Look at them all!

Hey, let's make a bet.

Whether Gramps met Yayoi Koko or not.

Did!

Definitely!

Right! Forward, march!

He's taking a nap!

Gramps!

Gramps!

Gramps!

Gramps!

Gramps!

He'd even bought grapes!

Like some kid going on a school trip!

He bought them to eat with us. I know it!

Gramps!

Come on!

Eat!

Come on!

It's not fair!

It's too soon to die!

It's not fair!

Quit it!

Gramps!

Come on!

Let's go to Grandma's!

We'll take some cosmos. Let's go!

Gramps!

Hey!

The priest's not here. Does he want more money?

The longer he takes, the more show up.

You want that?

He's not here.

Did you try to bargain him down?

What are you doing?

Let me offer some incense.

Did you know him?

Yes.

Go ahead.

Put that camera down.

Can't you do that? Is it stuck to your eye?

Hey! You three!

Come here!

I'm the late Kihachi's nephew.

Nephew?

His older brother's son.

I'm here in place of my father.

But I never met him.

Not once since the day I was born.

It's strange, isn't it.

Presiding at the funeral of an uncle you never met!

And there's something I wanted to ask you.

There's a woman my uncle left money to.

I was surprised. He'd saved up quite a lot.

Was there a will?

Get outta here!

Anyway...

Stupid kid!

You don't get it, do you.

Gimme that!

Give it here!

Go away!

Scram!

So it said that if he died...

We should contact Kiyama, Kawabe and Yamashita.

It's my fault!

I caused it! I wanted to see a dead body!

Do you know someone named Yayoi Koko?

Yeah.

So there really is a woman by that name?

She was Gramps' wife.

So she's old?

Is she still alive?!

Yeah, she's alive. She's fine.

Damn it!

And I thought I was his only relatives!

You want your camera? Here.

Why did he die?!

Why did he die?!

Hey! You boys!

Hurry up.

This is the farewell.

I'm sorry.

Incense first.

Offer some incense.

We now take our final leave.

Wait, please!

Granny!

Wait!

What's going on? Wait!

- What is it? - Let her see him!

We can't open it here!

They were married!

Yeah, but here...

Married? Do you realize how long ago the war was?!

It's been years since the war! I represent the family!

Stop it!

We don't recognize that marriage.

I don't care.

What?!

Even if they hadn't seen each other in decades...

They were in love!

At least let them say goodbye.

Open the lid at least!

I can't. We've been doing this for five generations.

Viewing isn't allowed in here.

- It's fine. - It is?

For him.

I knew this man slightly. It's all right.

Death is nothing impure. It is a thing to be respected.

Gramps looks a little bit different, though.

Grandma, let's say goodbye.

Kihachi Denpo is saying goodbye.

Thank you.

Welcome home.

What'll they do here?

Build condominiums or something, I guess.

All this will be gone.

A butterfly.

Oh!

Let's give it a funeral.

Hey!

We're holding a funeral!

What was all that?

Butterflies!

Dragonflies, fireflies!

Birds, too... canaries!

It's Gramps!

What?

It's Gramps talking to us! It has to be!

He's saying goodbye!

Goodbye!

Goodbye!

Goodbye!

Goodbye!

Shall we go?

Yeah.

One, two, three!

If he dies all alone...

Then he's a body there all alone.

- Jerk!

You're going to spy on that house again?

We're not spying on it.

We're picking up garbage, helping out...

You think we did something bad?

Cut it out!

Waltzing into someone's yard!

Think he's still angry?

I'm sure of it.

But he always looks angry.

Now he is.

Kiyama, move!

What are you kids doing?

New faces, huh?

Hey, old man! Cut it out!

Don't mess with us!

Did you ever get married?

Yes, I did.

Did you split up?

Something like that.

Why?

The laundry's my job.

Sumo...

I don't like to put all the work on my mom.

I got lost in the hospital.

My dad...

He's not dead, you know.

He's got a kid. Another one. And that kid has a mother.

Let's plant something in the fall.

Rentaro Mikuni.

Naoki Sakata.

Taiki Oh.

Kenichi Makino.

Naho Toda.

Ritsuko Nemoto.

Tsurube Shofukutei.

Minori Terada.

Akira Emoto.

Shigeru Yazaki.

Chikage Awashima.

Executive Producers: Kei Ijichi Masahiro Yasuda.

Producers: Yoshihiro Kato Hiroyuki Fujikado.

Planning: Shuntaro Yoshino Tatsuya Oki.

Original Story: Kazumi Yumoto.

Script: Yozo Tanaka.

Cinematography: Noboru Shinoda.

Lighting: Hideo Kumagai.

Art Director: Kyoko Heya.

Sound Mixer: Hidetoshi Nonaka.

Editor: Yoshiyuki Okuhara.

Continuity: Mitsuko Kawabe.

Music: Sergio Assad.

Music Performed by Assad Brothers (Sergio & Odair)

Original Soundtrack The Friends Composed by Sergio Assad.

Performed by Sergio & Odair Assad (Elektra Nonesuch/Warner Music Japan)

Directed by Shinji Somai

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