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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:26,568 --> 00:00:34,034 Toho co., ltd. 2 00:00:37,162 --> 00:00:41,166 A toho 20th anniversary film 3 00:00:43,126 --> 00:00:44,628 a 1952 arts festival selection 4 00:00:47,506 --> 00:00:53,679 iki ru 5 00:00:57,307 --> 00:01:00,352 Produced by sojiro motoki 6 00:01:02,145 --> 00:01:05,107 screenplay by Akira kurosawa shinobu hashimoto, hideo oguni 7 00:01:07,025 --> 00:01:08,819 cinematography by asakazu nakai 8 00:01:08,944 --> 00:01:10,862 art director takashi matsuyama 9 00:01:12,906 --> 00:01:15,158 music by fumio hayasaka 10 00:01:17,077 --> 00:01:19,871 edited by koichi iwashita 11 00:01:22,874 --> 00:01:25,460 starring 12 00:01:27,087 --> 00:01:29,631 takashi shimura 13 00:01:31,258 --> 00:01:35,304 shinichi himori, haruo Tanaka minoru chiaki, miki odagiri 14 00:01:35,470 --> 00:01:37,931 bokuzen hidari, minosuke Yamada, kamatari fujiwara 15 00:01:39,433 --> 00:01:41,435 makoto kobori nobuo kaneko 16 00:01:41,602 --> 00:01:43,562 nobuo Nakamura atsushi watanabe 17 00:01:43,729 --> 00:01:46,148 isao kimura, masao shimizu yunosuke ito 18 00:01:47,941 --> 00:01:51,445 kumeko urabe, eiko miyoshi noriko homma, yatsuko tanami 19 00:01:51,612 --> 00:01:54,406 kin sugai, yoshie minami kyoko seki 20 00:01:56,617 --> 00:01:59,620 kusuo Abe tomoo nagai 21 00:01:59,786 --> 00:02:02,748 seiji miyaguchi daisuke kato 22 00:02:19,097 --> 00:02:24,436 Directed by Akira kurosawa 23 00:02:31,151 --> 00:02:35,405 This stomach belongs to the protagonist of our story. 24 00:02:36,657 --> 00:02:39,493 Signs of cancer are already present, 25 00:02:39,660 --> 00:02:42,454 but he doesn't know that yet. 26 00:02:44,998 --> 00:02:47,959 Public affairs section chief 27 00:03:11,817 --> 00:03:13,860 The water gives my child rashes. 28 00:03:14,027 --> 00:03:16,196 Where citizens and city hall meet 29 00:03:16,363 --> 00:03:19,366 please don't hesitate to submit and it breeds mosquitoes. 30 00:03:19,533 --> 00:03:21,702 Your complaints and reouests here 31 00:03:21,868 --> 00:03:23,495 can't you do something? 32 00:03:23,620 --> 00:03:27,416 It would make a great playground if you filled it in. 33 00:03:28,625 --> 00:03:30,419 Just a moment, please. 34 00:03:37,843 --> 00:03:41,388 Sir, they've come to complain about open sewage. 35 00:03:41,555 --> 00:03:43,724 Send them to public works. 36 00:03:48,895 --> 00:03:52,107 Here's our protagonist. 37 00:03:52,899 --> 00:03:57,028 But what a bore it would be to describe his life now. 38 00:03:57,446 --> 00:03:59,072 Why? 39 00:03:59,322 --> 00:04:02,325 Because he's only killing time. 40 00:04:02,743 --> 00:04:05,245 He's never actually lived 41 00:04:05,412 --> 00:04:08,373 you can't call this living. 42 00:04:18,091 --> 00:04:19,843 Miss odagiri... 43 00:04:20,010 --> 00:04:22,429 How dare you, during business hours? 44 00:04:22,554 --> 00:04:24,097 It's just so funny! 45 00:04:24,264 --> 00:04:25,932 What is? 46 00:04:26,099 --> 00:04:29,019 The “liar's club.” someone sent it around. 47 00:04:30,020 --> 00:04:31,897 Read it to us. 48 00:04:37,444 --> 00:04:40,489 “So you've never taken a vacation?” 49 00:04:40,614 --> 00:04:41,865 “That's right.” 50 00:04:41,990 --> 00:04:44,576 “Because city hall can't run without you?” 51 00:04:44,743 --> 00:04:47,120 “No, because everyone would realize 52 00:04:47,287 --> 00:04:50,624 city hall doesn't need me at all.” 53 00:05:03,595 --> 00:05:06,723 This isn't even worth watching. 54 00:05:07,057 --> 00:05:09,643 He might as well be a corpse. 55 00:05:09,976 --> 00:05:14,856 In fact, he's been dead for some 20 years now 56 00:05:16,024 --> 00:05:18,819 before that, he had some life in him. 57 00:05:19,110 --> 00:05:22,364 He even tried to do a little real work. 58 00:05:27,327 --> 00:05:30,622 Proposal for increasing departmental efficiency 59 00:05:30,747 --> 00:05:33,834 submitted 11/7/1930 by kanji watanabe 60 00:05:36,545 --> 00:05:40,757 but there's nothing left of that will or passion. 61 00:05:41,299 --> 00:05:44,553 They've been completely worn down 62 00:05:44,719 --> 00:05:48,181 by the minutia of the bureaucratic machine 63 00:05:48,306 --> 00:05:51,226 and the meaningless bus yness it breeds. 64 00:05:56,898 --> 00:05:59,401 Busy... so terribly busy. 65 00:06:00,110 --> 00:06:04,155 But in reality, he does nothing at all 66 00:06:04,447 --> 00:06:07,576 besides protecting his own position. 67 00:06:08,076 --> 00:06:11,371 The best way to protect your place in this world 68 00:06:11,538 --> 00:06:13,707 is to do nothing at all. 69 00:06:16,209 --> 00:06:18,587 But is this enough? 70 00:06:24,551 --> 00:06:26,761 Is this really enough 7 71 00:06:28,096 --> 00:06:31,391 for him to Stan' thinking seriously about this, 72 00:06:31,558 --> 00:06:34,728 his stomach will have to get a lot worse, 73 00:06:35,061 --> 00:06:40,025 and he'll have to rack up a lot more wasted time. 74 00:06:40,942 --> 00:06:44,362 But any proposal for creating a park 75 00:06:44,571 --> 00:06:46,740 must go to the parks department. 76 00:06:47,324 --> 00:06:50,785 This seems to be more a matter of sanitation. 77 00:06:50,952 --> 00:06:53,496 Talk to your district health center. 78 00:06:53,997 --> 00:06:55,957 See the sanitation department. 79 00:06:56,458 --> 00:06:57,918 See environmental sanitation. 80 00:06:59,002 --> 00:07:00,754 Preventive sanitation. 81 00:07:01,087 --> 00:07:02,756 Disease control. 82 00:07:03,298 --> 00:07:05,258 Lots of mosquitoes? 83 00:07:05,508 --> 00:07:08,261 That's a job for pest control. 84 00:07:12,140 --> 00:07:16,061 The problem is seeping waste, which means... 85 00:07:16,853 --> 00:07:20,607 It's a problem for the sewage department at city hall. 86 00:07:21,441 --> 00:07:24,444 That was originally a culvert. 87 00:07:24,569 --> 00:07:27,447 That is, it had a road over it. 88 00:07:27,614 --> 00:07:29,616 You'll need the okay of the roads department. 89 00:07:30,408 --> 00:07:34,204 City planning doesn't have a policy for such cases. 90 00:07:34,746 --> 00:07:36,122 Go to zoning. 91 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:42,045 The fire department objected to filling that cesspool. 92 00:07:42,963 --> 00:07:45,632 They need it because water pressure is bad there. 93 00:07:46,091 --> 00:07:47,634 Are you kidding? 94 00:07:47,759 --> 00:07:50,053 What we need is water, 95 00:07:50,220 --> 00:07:54,265 not sewage that breeds mosquitoes and causes rashes. 96 00:07:54,641 --> 00:07:58,645 Imagine cleaning that sewage out of our hoses! 97 00:07:58,895 --> 00:08:03,942 If there were a kiddie pool there, that'd be great for us too. 98 00:08:04,567 --> 00:08:07,320 What about your local school district? 99 00:08:07,529 --> 00:08:10,991 They should have a child welfare section. 100 00:08:11,866 --> 00:08:16,121 But this problem doesn't only affect children. 101 00:08:16,329 --> 00:08:20,709 Rebuilding all the schools has exhausted our resources. 102 00:08:20,875 --> 00:08:23,253 A problem this big should be handled 103 00:08:23,420 --> 00:08:26,506 by your city councilman. 104 00:08:27,048 --> 00:08:30,885 Sure, I'll write an introduction to the deputy mayor. 105 00:08:31,052 --> 00:08:34,723 Take my business card. He'll see you right away. 106 00:08:37,058 --> 00:08:39,060 Please have a seat. 107 00:08:39,227 --> 00:08:42,188 Thank you for all your efforts. 108 00:08:43,106 --> 00:08:46,067 There's really nothing we welcome more 109 00:08:46,484 --> 00:08:50,280 than folks like you who bring grievances like this 110 00:08:50,864 --> 00:08:53,533 directly to our attention. 111 00:08:54,242 --> 00:08:56,870 It's precisely for people like you 112 00:08:56,995 --> 00:09:00,040 that we established our new public affairs section. 113 00:09:00,498 --> 00:09:02,959 Don't hesitate to tell them all about it! 114 00:09:03,126 --> 00:09:06,129 Show these nice folks to the public affairs desk. 115 00:09:07,464 --> 00:09:11,426 You'll need to talk to public works. Desk 8. 116 00:09:22,145 --> 00:09:25,648 How dare you! Stop giving us the runaround! 117 00:09:25,815 --> 00:09:28,068 Why did you even put up that sign? 118 00:09:28,193 --> 00:09:30,070 So we'd waste our time? 119 00:09:30,236 --> 00:09:33,114 We're not idlers like all of you! 120 00:09:33,281 --> 00:09:37,660 We just want something done about that stinking cesspool! 121 00:09:37,911 --> 00:09:40,580 We don't care if it's public works, sanitation, 122 00:09:40,747 --> 00:09:43,124 public health, or whoever! 123 00:09:43,291 --> 00:09:45,376 That's for public affairs to sort out! 124 00:09:45,543 --> 00:09:48,129 Fine! We're done with you jerks! 125 00:09:48,296 --> 00:09:50,340 All you do is laugh at us! 126 00:09:50,465 --> 00:09:52,258 You call this democracy? 127 00:09:52,425 --> 00:09:53,927 Let's go. 128 00:10:08,733 --> 00:10:10,443 Please wait a moment. 129 00:10:11,319 --> 00:10:14,781 I'm afraid our section chief is out today. 130 00:10:14,948 --> 00:10:18,576 It would be best if you could put it in writing. 131 00:10:29,587 --> 00:10:31,798 Public affairs section chief 132 00:10:35,593 --> 00:10:37,470 what do you think? 133 00:10:37,637 --> 00:10:40,557 The section chief never takes time off. 134 00:10:40,723 --> 00:10:44,936 Yeah. And he's been listless recently. 135 00:10:45,979 --> 00:10:49,983 But what'll we do if he's out for a long time? 136 00:10:50,275 --> 00:10:51,860 Exactly. 137 00:10:52,152 --> 00:10:55,738 He wouldn't take a day off just for a cold. 138 00:10:56,281 --> 00:10:58,616 And nothing moves here without his seal. 139 00:10:58,741 --> 00:10:59,951 That's right. 140 00:11:01,452 --> 00:11:05,498 I must say, it's a terrible shame. 141 00:11:06,082 --> 00:11:08,001 One more month 142 00:11:08,168 --> 00:11:10,253 and he'd have set a record 143 00:11:10,420 --> 00:11:12,964 of 30 years without a single absence. 144 00:11:13,673 --> 00:11:16,467 Some people are glad he isn't here. 145 00:11:16,801 --> 00:11:19,971 Bureaucrats always wonder who'll take the boss's place 146 00:11:20,096 --> 00:11:22,182 if he steps out. 147 00:11:25,268 --> 00:11:27,937 He's been taking a lot of medicine. What for? 148 00:11:28,104 --> 00:11:29,606 His stomach. 149 00:11:29,731 --> 00:11:32,692 He used to slurp his noodles to the bottom, 150 00:11:32,859 --> 00:11:35,862 but lately he barely touches them. 151 00:11:36,070 --> 00:11:39,115 Plain udon noodles in soup. Yet another record. 152 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,076 I've never seen him eat anything else. 153 00:11:43,161 --> 00:11:46,623 Assuming the worst, who'll replace him? 154 00:11:49,042 --> 00:11:50,877 What's your rush? 155 00:11:51,002 --> 00:11:55,423 A lot of guys have to die before it's your turn! 156 00:12:03,014 --> 00:12:05,433 X-ray room 157 00:12:20,448 --> 00:12:22,992 - Ll/lr. Hiraoka/ - yes. 158 00:12:59,904 --> 00:13:01,698 Your stomach? 159 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,911 My stomach's bad too. 160 00:13:07,412 --> 00:13:09,414 They say it's chronic. 161 00:13:10,957 --> 00:13:15,128 These days I hardly feel alive unless my stomach hurts. 162 00:13:17,463 --> 00:13:20,091 Mr. Ko suzuki. 163 00:13:24,095 --> 00:13:26,222 That man who just went in... 164 00:13:30,643 --> 00:13:33,479 His doctor told him he has an ulcer, 165 00:13:34,230 --> 00:13:37,859 but I'm sure it's stomach cancer. 166 00:13:38,443 --> 00:13:40,361 Has to be. 167 00:13:42,238 --> 00:13:46,326 And stomach cancer is practically a death sentence. 168 00:13:46,993 --> 00:13:50,455 The doc usually says it's just a mild ulcer 169 00:13:50,580 --> 00:13:53,833 and that there's no need to operate. 170 00:13:54,959 --> 00:13:58,671 That you can eat whatever you want 171 00:13:58,796 --> 00:14:01,090 as long as it's easy to digest. 172 00:14:01,341 --> 00:14:05,470 If that's what he tells you, you've got a year at most. 173 00:14:06,012 --> 00:14:11,142 But with some symptoms, you won't even last a year: 174 00:14:12,393 --> 00:14:13,978 First... 175 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:17,690 A dull, heavy pain. 176 00:14:18,608 --> 00:14:21,736 Frequent unpleasant burping. 177 00:14:23,696 --> 00:14:25,698 A dry tongue. 178 00:14:26,282 --> 00:14:29,077 You can't seem to get enough water and tea. 179 00:14:29,702 --> 00:14:32,455 And then there's the diarrhea. 180 00:14:33,289 --> 00:14:37,043 And if it isn't diarrhea, it's constipation. 181 00:14:38,252 --> 00:14:40,755 Your bowel movements turn black. 182 00:14:44,550 --> 00:14:46,302 And then... 183 00:14:46,886 --> 00:14:51,265 The meat you used to love seems totally inedible. 184 00:14:52,725 --> 00:14:56,437 Whatever you eat you throw up half an hour later. 185 00:14:56,604 --> 00:15:00,233 And then you start throwing up food 186 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,693 you ate a week before. 187 00:15:02,985 --> 00:15:06,114 At that point, you've got three months at most... 188 00:15:17,792 --> 00:15:21,337 Mr. Kan/I watanabe. 189 00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:26,092 Mr. Kan/I watanabe. 190 00:15:28,928 --> 00:15:30,430 Yes. 191 00:16:08,092 --> 00:16:09,635 Have a seat. 192 00:16:12,555 --> 00:16:16,476 Now, then... it looks like you have a mild ulcer. 193 00:16:31,491 --> 00:16:33,451 Please... 194 00:16:33,701 --> 00:16:35,161 Tell me... 195 00:16:36,329 --> 00:16:38,289 The honest truth. 196 00:16:38,456 --> 00:16:41,000 - Tell me it's stomach cancer. - No. 197 00:16:41,501 --> 00:16:44,587 As I just said, it's a mild ulcer. 198 00:17:06,025 --> 00:17:07,902 What about surgery? 199 00:17:08,069 --> 00:17:10,196 Can't you operate? 200 00:17:10,363 --> 00:17:14,033 No need for surgery. It can be treated medically. 201 00:17:14,825 --> 00:17:17,286 What about my diet? 202 00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:19,872 Well, let's see. 203 00:17:20,206 --> 00:17:22,041 Use common sense. 204 00:17:22,208 --> 00:17:25,545 If it's easy to digest, you can eat whatever you like. 205 00:17:39,267 --> 00:17:41,227 Has he got a year? 206 00:17:41,394 --> 00:17:43,896 No, no more than six months. 207 00:17:44,063 --> 00:17:46,023 - Six months? - Yeah. 208 00:17:47,275 --> 00:17:49,277 What would you do 209 00:17:49,402 --> 00:17:52,780 if you only had six months left to live? 210 00:17:58,369 --> 00:18:01,289 Miss aihara, what about you? 211 00:18:02,957 --> 00:18:05,126 See the veronal in the cabinet? 212 00:19:15,446 --> 00:19:16,947 Is there a blackout? 213 00:19:17,073 --> 00:19:19,825 The street lights are on, and the neighbors' lights. 214 00:19:19,950 --> 00:19:22,662 Strange. I wonder if father is out. 215 00:19:22,828 --> 00:19:25,790 - Where's the key? - In your handbag. 216 00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:30,544 Did Mrs. Hayashi leave it unlocked? 217 00:19:30,670 --> 00:19:32,380 She's so irresponsible. 218 00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:35,174 That's the problem with a part-time maid. 219 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,344 Having her live in wouldn't cost much, 220 00:19:38,511 --> 00:19:40,638 but a burglary sure would. 221 00:19:40,763 --> 00:19:43,974 That's dad's mentality. Typical petty bureaucrat. 222 00:19:45,726 --> 00:19:49,855 It's freezing. Just as bad inside as out. 223 00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:52,191 That's why I hate Japanese houses. 224 00:19:52,358 --> 00:19:54,777 It's such a drag coming home to this. 225 00:19:54,944 --> 00:19:57,405 I'd like a modern house. 226 00:19:57,571 --> 00:19:59,156 Honey... 227 00:19:59,448 --> 00:20:03,327 A house of our own would cost around 500,000 yen, right? 228 00:20:04,078 --> 00:20:06,997 Could we use your dad's retirement bonus as collateral? 229 00:20:07,123 --> 00:20:10,167 It must be worth 700,000 by now, 230 00:20:10,334 --> 00:20:13,504 plus a monthly pension of 13,000 yen... 231 00:20:13,921 --> 00:20:16,173 And another 100,000 in savings. 232 00:20:16,298 --> 00:20:18,134 But you think he'd agree? 233 00:20:18,259 --> 00:20:20,928 If he doesn't, we'll say we're moving out. 234 00:20:21,053 --> 00:20:22,805 That'll clinch it. 235 00:20:22,972 --> 00:20:27,226 Even dad doesn't want to take that much money to the grave. 236 00:20:36,986 --> 00:20:38,904 Dad, what's the matter? 237 00:20:42,742 --> 00:20:44,827 Nothing. 238 00:20:45,703 --> 00:20:47,413 Nothing at all. 239 00:20:54,086 --> 00:20:56,005 Something's not right. 240 00:20:57,798 --> 00:20:58,966 Listen... 241 00:20:59,925 --> 00:21:02,386 - This is awful. - What is? 242 00:21:02,636 --> 00:21:05,264 He heard everything. 243 00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:08,642 He's awful. 244 00:21:08,809 --> 00:21:11,645 It may be his house, but this is our room. 245 00:21:11,812 --> 00:21:15,399 I can't believe he snuck in here while we were out. 246 00:21:16,358 --> 00:21:20,154 If he needed to talk to us, he should have said so. 247 00:21:20,529 --> 00:21:23,240 He's too old to be sulking around. 248 00:22:08,369 --> 00:22:10,913 Stop making that face. 249 00:22:13,165 --> 00:22:15,251 Enough about your dad. 250 00:22:15,417 --> 00:22:18,796 He has his life. We have ours. 251 00:22:26,095 --> 00:22:27,680 Hold me. 252 00:22:48,659 --> 00:22:49,743 How sad 253 00:22:50,953 --> 00:22:52,997 she was so young. 254 00:22:53,747 --> 00:22:57,543 And to leave such a sweet little boy behind. 255 00:22:58,085 --> 00:23:00,713 She must have died filled with regret. 256 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:04,508 Would you stop? You're like a broken record. 257 00:23:20,316 --> 00:23:23,235 Hurry! Mommy's getting away! 258 00:23:44,798 --> 00:23:46,508 Whenever remarriage comes up, 259 00:23:46,675 --> 00:23:49,219 you always use the boy as an excuse. 260 00:23:49,386 --> 00:23:51,931 When mitsuo grows up, 261 00:23:52,222 --> 00:23:55,059 he won't care about you as much as you think. 262 00:23:55,225 --> 00:23:58,646 And when he gets married, they'll push you aside. 263 00:23:58,854 --> 00:24:01,941 You have to think about your own future. 264 00:24:02,107 --> 00:24:05,611 I'm telling you: Find a good wife now. 265 00:24:05,778 --> 00:24:07,738 Even my old lady says so. 266 00:24:07,905 --> 00:24:11,075 She imagines how filthy it must be 267 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:15,037 with an oily-skinned man like you living as a widower. 268 00:24:17,581 --> 00:24:19,583 Dad. 269 00:24:29,593 --> 00:24:31,178 Mitsuo. 270 00:24:33,472 --> 00:24:36,600 Good night. Please lock the front door. 271 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:42,541 Mitsuo! 272 00:25:48,005 --> 00:25:50,632 How about that? Great hit, huh? 273 00:25:50,799 --> 00:25:54,344 That batter is my... 274 00:26:01,143 --> 00:26:04,188 Mitsuo... 275 00:26:09,234 --> 00:26:10,819 Stupid idiot! 276 00:26:10,986 --> 00:26:12,905 What was he thinking? 277 00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:24,458 Mitsuo. 278 00:26:30,839 --> 00:26:32,966 Mitsuo, be brave. 279 00:26:33,092 --> 00:26:35,094 It's just your appendix. 280 00:26:35,344 --> 00:26:37,763 It's no worse than pulling a tooth. 281 00:26:52,111 --> 00:26:54,571 Can't you stay for the operation, dad? 282 00:26:54,696 --> 00:26:58,158 I've got... Some other things to do. 283 00:27:17,970 --> 00:27:21,390 Banzai! Banzai! 284 00:27:26,478 --> 00:27:30,524 Banzai! Banzai! 285 00:27:37,406 --> 00:27:38,824 Dad! 286 00:27:40,325 --> 00:27:41,994 Mitsuo... 287 00:30:18,525 --> 00:30:21,445 Certificate of commendation 288 00:30:21,570 --> 00:30:26,658 for 25 years of distinguished civil service 289 00:30:31,288 --> 00:30:34,333 Mr. Watanabe left for work at his usual time. 290 00:30:34,499 --> 00:30:35,917 What? 291 00:30:38,211 --> 00:30:41,340 But nobody has seen him. 292 00:30:41,923 --> 00:30:45,761 It's been five days now. And he hasn't called in sick. 293 00:30:45,927 --> 00:30:49,723 The subsection chief asked me to check in on him. 294 00:30:55,062 --> 00:30:57,689 Ma'am. 295 00:31:04,196 --> 00:31:05,989 What? Impossible! 296 00:31:06,114 --> 00:31:09,743 But it's true. The man from his office said so. 297 00:31:09,910 --> 00:31:12,037 What could he be up to? 298 00:31:13,038 --> 00:31:16,124 It seems unbelievable, but it's true. 299 00:31:16,291 --> 00:31:19,795 The people at his house looked baffled. 300 00:31:20,837 --> 00:31:22,881 That puts me in a fix. 301 00:31:23,507 --> 00:31:27,969 Why? I can stamp any paperwork while he's out. 302 00:31:28,261 --> 00:31:31,431 But he has to approve any resignations, right? 303 00:31:31,598 --> 00:31:34,518 Why? Are you looking to quit? 304 00:31:34,684 --> 00:31:36,186 I don't belong here. 305 00:31:47,447 --> 00:31:51,076 Uncle, he even withdrew 50,000 yen. 306 00:31:51,243 --> 00:31:53,286 That miser? 307 00:31:53,995 --> 00:31:55,956 I wonder if he's got a woman. 308 00:31:56,123 --> 00:31:58,250 That would really be something. 309 00:31:58,417 --> 00:32:00,710 - Now, dear. - I'm sure it's not that. 310 00:32:00,836 --> 00:32:03,713 There's no telling when it comes to love. 311 00:32:04,089 --> 00:32:07,342 The ones you least expect are the most susceptible. 312 00:32:08,301 --> 00:32:10,137 If you ask me, 313 00:32:10,303 --> 00:32:13,390 he's actually a real lecher. 314 00:32:13,598 --> 00:32:15,851 A lecher with a solemn veneer. 315 00:32:16,017 --> 00:32:19,396 But he's stayed widowed these 20 years for you. 316 00:32:19,604 --> 00:32:22,649 It makes sense that he'd eventually snap, right? 317 00:32:22,816 --> 00:32:26,778 Nonsense. He's lost a lot of weight recently, 318 00:32:26,945 --> 00:32:29,739 and his oily skin has gotten rough and dry. 319 00:32:29,948 --> 00:32:31,908 There must be another explanation. 320 00:32:32,075 --> 00:32:33,618 You saw him recently? 321 00:32:33,785 --> 00:32:37,497 Four days ago. He showed up in the morning. 322 00:32:37,747 --> 00:32:41,668 I thought there was definitely something wrong. 323 00:32:41,835 --> 00:32:44,463 But your uncle here blurted out, 324 00:32:44,588 --> 00:32:48,800 “why so glum? If you've come for a loan, forget it.” 325 00:32:48,967 --> 00:32:51,511 How could I suspect a love affair 326 00:32:51,636 --> 00:32:53,680 when he looked like that? 327 00:32:53,805 --> 00:32:55,640 Hush! You see... 328 00:32:55,807 --> 00:33:00,520 My husband thinks all men are as debauched as he is. 329 00:33:04,774 --> 00:33:09,112 Mitsuo, did anything happen at home? 330 00:33:10,238 --> 00:33:12,407 Nothing in particular. 331 00:33:36,973 --> 00:33:38,433 Hey. 332 00:33:39,059 --> 00:33:41,102 Deliver this to my place. 333 00:33:44,231 --> 00:33:46,775 A guy from the magazine is waiting there. 334 00:33:50,445 --> 00:33:53,782 And get some cyclobarbital at the pharmacy. 335 00:33:53,949 --> 00:33:55,992 Just give them my name. 336 00:33:56,159 --> 00:33:58,870 But sir, the pharmacy's already closed. 337 00:33:59,037 --> 00:34:00,705 Is it that late? 338 00:34:00,830 --> 00:34:03,792 In this neighborhood folks go to bed after dinner. 339 00:34:04,167 --> 00:34:06,002 That stinks. 340 00:34:06,836 --> 00:34:10,799 I can't sleep unless I chase it down with whisky. 341 00:34:10,966 --> 00:34:14,553 Pardon me for butting in... 342 00:34:16,555 --> 00:34:20,267 But I happen to have some. 343 00:34:37,993 --> 00:34:39,869 Much obliged. 344 00:34:40,579 --> 00:34:43,123 May I pay you the official price? 345 00:34:43,290 --> 00:34:44,874 No, no. 346 00:34:46,209 --> 00:34:48,920 I was planning to throw it away. 347 00:34:51,548 --> 00:34:53,925 - But — - no, really. 348 00:34:54,551 --> 00:34:56,219 Really? 349 00:34:56,845 --> 00:34:59,639 Then let me pick up your tab. 350 00:34:59,764 --> 00:35:01,558 Oh, no. 351 00:35:01,766 --> 00:35:03,768 You can hold your liquor, right? 352 00:35:04,436 --> 00:35:07,188 Drink up. You hardly seem tipsy. 353 00:35:07,814 --> 00:35:09,232 Thank you. 354 00:35:14,487 --> 00:35:17,991 Even if I drink, I'll just throw it up. 355 00:35:19,367 --> 00:35:21,786 You see... 356 00:35:21,911 --> 00:35:24,497 I have stomach cancer. 357 00:35:25,332 --> 00:35:27,083 - Stomach cancer? - Yes. 358 00:35:29,919 --> 00:35:31,796 I don't know what to say. 359 00:35:33,465 --> 00:35:37,260 In that case, what you're doing is crazy. 360 00:35:37,427 --> 00:35:41,473 Yes, I'm ashamed to admit. 361 00:35:42,140 --> 00:35:43,850 I mean... 362 00:35:44,809 --> 00:35:48,772 Drinking when you have stomach cancer is suicide. 363 00:35:52,484 --> 00:35:55,403 The thing is... I can't go through with it. 364 00:36:00,158 --> 00:36:03,244 “Go ahead and kill yourself,” I think. 365 00:36:04,204 --> 00:36:06,122 And yet... 366 00:36:06,581 --> 00:36:08,833 I just can't do it. 367 00:36:11,878 --> 00:36:13,505 I mean... 368 00:36:14,798 --> 00:36:17,050 I can't bring myself to make it final. 369 00:36:18,343 --> 00:36:23,264 But what have I been... Living for all these years? 370 00:36:26,685 --> 00:36:28,353 You don't have children? 371 00:36:33,358 --> 00:36:35,026 Does your stomach hurt? 372 00:36:36,903 --> 00:36:40,824 No, it's not my stomach. 373 00:36:49,249 --> 00:36:53,878 There seems to be a deeper issue here. 374 00:36:58,758 --> 00:37:00,510 It's just... 375 00:37:01,636 --> 00:37:05,223 That I've been such a fool. 376 00:37:07,684 --> 00:37:09,686 I'm just... 377 00:37:16,276 --> 00:37:18,945 So mad at myself. 378 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:26,953 Until just a few days ago... 379 00:37:28,288 --> 00:37:32,667 I had never even bought myself a drink. 380 00:37:34,085 --> 00:37:36,921 It's only now that I don't know 381 00:37:37,088 --> 00:37:40,341 how much longer I have to live... 382 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:42,927 That I've finally begun... 383 00:37:43,094 --> 00:37:44,804 I understand. 384 00:37:45,388 --> 00:37:47,182 I understand. 385 00:37:47,849 --> 00:37:50,894 But drinking now is plain crazy. 386 00:37:51,936 --> 00:37:54,355 Besides, does it even taste good? 387 00:37:54,522 --> 00:37:57,192 No, it doesn't. 388 00:37:58,151 --> 00:38:01,237 But for a little while 389 00:38:01,362 --> 00:38:03,990 I can forget my cancer 390 00:38:04,866 --> 00:38:08,453 and all the other painful things. 391 00:38:09,913 --> 00:38:11,539 This... 392 00:38:15,335 --> 00:38:17,796 This expensive sake... 393 00:38:19,380 --> 00:38:23,176 Is like drinking poison... 394 00:38:24,219 --> 00:38:27,388 To get back at myself. 395 00:38:28,223 --> 00:38:29,808 I mean... 396 00:38:31,184 --> 00:38:34,979 That is... it's kind of... 397 00:38:36,731 --> 00:38:39,984 A painful feeling... 398 00:38:45,573 --> 00:38:47,450 I understand. 399 00:38:49,577 --> 00:38:52,163 Sorry to be telling you all this. 400 00:39:22,986 --> 00:39:25,363 Listen... 401 00:39:26,030 --> 00:39:29,033 I have 50,000 yen on me 402 00:39:29,450 --> 00:39:33,371 that I'd like to spend all at once. 403 00:39:34,539 --> 00:39:37,876 But I'm ashamed to admit 404 00:39:38,042 --> 00:39:41,629 that I'm not even sure how to go about it. 405 00:39:42,338 --> 00:39:45,133 What I'm trying to say is... 406 00:39:45,842 --> 00:39:48,720 You want me to show you how to spend it? 407 00:39:49,262 --> 00:39:50,638 Yes. 408 00:39:50,763 --> 00:39:53,600 I realize it's terribly forward of me. 409 00:39:57,812 --> 00:39:59,439 But... 410 00:40:02,609 --> 00:40:04,527 This money... 411 00:40:13,745 --> 00:40:17,874 It took me decades to save up this money. 412 00:40:19,834 --> 00:40:24,547 All the more reason now to... 413 00:40:24,714 --> 00:40:26,382 I understand. 414 00:40:27,008 --> 00:40:29,969 But please put your money away. 415 00:40:30,136 --> 00:40:31,930 Tonight's on me. 416 00:40:32,055 --> 00:40:33,932 But that's not... 417 00:40:34,223 --> 00:40:36,184 Just leave things to me. 418 00:40:52,450 --> 00:40:54,160 It's fascinating. 419 00:40:54,869 --> 00:40:57,914 I realize it's rude to call you fascinating, 420 00:40:58,373 --> 00:41:01,793 but you're an extremely rare individual. 421 00:41:02,669 --> 00:41:05,004 I'm just a slacker 422 00:41:05,171 --> 00:41:07,465 who writes second-rate fiction. 423 00:41:08,007 --> 00:41:10,551 You've really started me thinking. 424 00:41:24,023 --> 00:41:27,485 They say there's something noble about suffering, 425 00:41:27,652 --> 00:41:29,320 and it's true. 426 00:41:29,487 --> 00:41:32,407 Misfortune teaches us the truth. 427 00:41:32,532 --> 00:41:36,369 Your cancer has opened your eyes to your own life. 428 00:41:44,168 --> 00:41:47,046 People are fickle and shallow. 429 00:41:47,922 --> 00:41:50,925 We only realize how beautiful life is 430 00:41:51,092 --> 00:41:53,219 when we face death. 431 00:41:53,553 --> 00:41:56,723 And even then, few of us realize it. 432 00:41:56,889 --> 00:42:00,268 The worst among us know nothing of life until they die. 433 00:42:00,476 --> 00:42:04,605 You're amazing! Rebelling against your past self at this age! 434 00:42:04,731 --> 00:42:07,191 That rebellious spirit moves me. 435 00:42:07,442 --> 00:42:10,028 You were a slave to your own life. 436 00:42:10,153 --> 00:42:12,530 Now you'll become its master. 437 00:42:12,697 --> 00:42:16,117 It's our human duty to enjoy life. 438 00:42:16,284 --> 00:42:19,495 Wasting it is desecrating god's great gift. 439 00:42:19,620 --> 00:42:22,707 We have to be greedy for life. 440 00:42:22,874 --> 00:42:26,169 They say greed is a vice, but that's outdated. 441 00:42:26,335 --> 00:42:30,381 Greed is a virtue, especially greed for enjoying life. 442 00:42:31,382 --> 00:42:33,051 Come on. 443 00:42:36,846 --> 00:42:40,308 Let's go reclaim the life you've wasted. 444 00:42:40,516 --> 00:42:42,852 Tonight it will be my pleasure 445 00:42:42,977 --> 00:42:45,313 to act as your mephistopheles, 446 00:42:45,438 --> 00:42:48,816 but a beneficent one who won't ask for your soul. 447 00:42:51,652 --> 00:42:54,238 How perfect! There's even a black dog. 448 00:42:54,405 --> 00:42:56,199 Lead the way! 449 00:43:00,578 --> 00:43:01,746 Listen. 450 00:43:01,871 --> 00:43:04,457 These silver balls are you. 451 00:43:04,582 --> 00:43:06,959 They're your life itself. 452 00:43:07,085 --> 00:43:11,047 People strangle themselves in their daily lives. 453 00:43:11,214 --> 00:43:13,299 This machine sets them free. 454 00:43:13,466 --> 00:43:16,302 It's a vending machine for dreams and aspirations. 455 00:44:26,497 --> 00:44:28,332 No, don't! 456 00:44:28,499 --> 00:44:30,209 You wouldn't know it, 457 00:44:30,376 --> 00:44:32,962 but these women are the greediest of all mammals. 458 00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:40,011 It'll cost you a dozen hats to get that old one back. 459 00:44:46,309 --> 00:44:48,936 Besides, you're a new man now. 460 00:44:49,103 --> 00:44:51,105 Time to buy a new hat! 461 00:45:13,377 --> 00:45:14,921 Welcome. 462 00:45:17,215 --> 00:45:20,468 Welcome. It's been a long time! 463 00:45:28,226 --> 00:45:30,353 The same for your friend? 464 00:45:43,074 --> 00:45:45,076 What are you laughing at? 465 00:45:45,243 --> 00:45:48,371 It's the honest truth. He really does have cancer. 466 00:45:48,746 --> 00:45:51,290 - Then why's he drinking? - Idiot! 467 00:45:51,457 --> 00:45:54,126 That's why you'll never understand. 468 00:45:54,335 --> 00:45:57,797 Ecce homo. “Behold the man.” 469 00:45:58,547 --> 00:46:01,133 This man bears a cross called cancer. 470 00:46:01,300 --> 00:46:02,927 He's Christ. 471 00:46:03,094 --> 00:46:06,931 If you were diagnosed with cancer, you'd start dying right away. 472 00:46:07,431 --> 00:46:09,767 But not this fellow. 473 00:46:10,434 --> 00:46:12,853 That's when he started living. 474 00:46:13,104 --> 00:46:14,939 Isn't that right? 475 00:47:06,657 --> 00:47:09,160 Hey, don't stare like that. 476 00:47:09,327 --> 00:47:11,329 It's rude. 477 00:47:11,454 --> 00:47:13,372 This way. 478 00:48:36,872 --> 00:48:40,209 Anyone want to request a favorite? 479 00:48:41,252 --> 00:48:43,254 “Life is brief.” 480 00:48:43,379 --> 00:48:44,755 What? 481 00:48:45,923 --> 00:48:47,925 “Life is brief.” 482 00:48:48,092 --> 00:48:52,388 Fall in love, maidens 483 00:48:52,555 --> 00:48:55,975 that love song from the nineteen teens? Okay! 484 00:49:24,670 --> 00:49:32,219 Life is brief 485 00:49:33,345 --> 00:49:39,226 fall in love, maidens 486 00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:50,279 before the crimson bloom 487 00:49:51,489 --> 00:49:57,036 fades from your lips 488 00:50:01,290 --> 00:50:09,290 before the tides of passion 489 00:50:09,798 --> 00:50:15,679 cool within you 490 00:50:18,682 --> 00:50:25,814 for those of you 491 00:50:27,066 --> 00:50:33,197 who know no tomorrow 492 00:50:36,367 --> 00:50:44,041 life is brief 493 00:50:45,376 --> 00:50:51,423 fall in love, maidens 494 00:50:53,384 --> 00:51:01,384 before the raven tresses 495 00:51:02,434 --> 00:51:08,274 begin to fade 496 00:51:10,651 --> 00:51:18,409 before the flames in your hearts 497 00:51:19,577 --> 00:51:25,499 flicker and die 498 00:51:27,418 --> 00:51:35,418 for those to whom 499 00:51:36,594 --> 00:51:42,766 today will never return 500 00:51:49,940 --> 00:51:52,192 That's it! That's the spirit! 501 00:51:54,570 --> 00:52:00,367 Life is brief 502 00:52:46,038 --> 00:52:47,790 Striptease. 503 00:52:47,915 --> 00:52:50,834 It isn't... an art. 504 00:52:51,168 --> 00:52:53,170 It's more than art. 505 00:52:53,337 --> 00:52:55,422 It's more direct. 506 00:52:55,839 --> 00:52:59,009 That female body 507 00:52:59,176 --> 00:53:02,846 gently undulating up there is a juicy steak, 508 00:53:03,222 --> 00:53:05,849 a glass of liquor, an injection of camphor, 509 00:53:06,016 --> 00:53:08,560 testosterone, streptomycin, uranium... 510 00:55:42,589 --> 00:55:44,007 Stop, please. 511 00:55:45,342 --> 00:55:47,344 Hey, stop the car. 512 00:56:01,024 --> 00:56:02,860 Wha... do we have a flat? 513 00:56:02,985 --> 00:56:04,862 I think he's throwing up. 514 00:57:10,636 --> 00:57:14,389 Let's sing something. I hate feeling blue. 515 00:58:22,833 --> 00:58:24,668 Section chief! 516 00:58:35,595 --> 00:58:37,305 I thought it was you! 517 00:58:45,731 --> 00:58:48,191 I hardly recognized you in that new hat. 518 00:58:56,950 --> 00:59:00,078 I'm glad I ran into you. I was looking for your place. 519 00:59:00,203 --> 00:59:02,122 Are you off to work? 520 00:59:02,330 --> 00:59:04,124 No, I'm... 521 00:59:04,291 --> 00:59:06,334 Do you have your seal? 522 00:59:07,002 --> 00:59:09,796 No, it's back at home. 523 00:59:10,088 --> 00:59:12,507 I want to quit city hall. 524 00:59:13,216 --> 00:59:16,219 I'm in a rush. I've found a new job. 525 00:59:17,387 --> 00:59:19,639 Then... come to my house. 526 00:59:32,819 --> 00:59:35,614 - Why are you quitting? - I'm bored. 527 00:59:35,739 --> 00:59:39,242 It's killing me. Every day is like the one before. 528 00:59:39,367 --> 00:59:41,787 Nothing new ever happens. 529 00:59:42,579 --> 00:59:46,083 I've put up with it for a year and half, 530 00:59:46,249 --> 00:59:48,585 but the only novel thing that's happened 531 00:59:48,752 --> 00:59:51,338 was that you took five days off... 532 00:59:51,505 --> 00:59:54,341 And now this new hat of yours. 533 00:59:54,508 --> 00:59:56,051 That's it. 534 01:00:00,806 --> 01:00:04,226 Listen, don't say anything when dad gets back. 535 01:00:04,392 --> 01:00:05,894 I have nothing to say. 536 01:00:06,061 --> 01:00:09,439 I'm saying don't take that carping attitude. 537 01:00:09,689 --> 01:00:12,567 If you hadn't brought up his retirement bonus... 538 01:00:13,276 --> 01:00:16,780 How self-serving, blaming it all on me! 539 01:00:17,030 --> 01:00:19,282 You're the one who brought up his savings 540 01:00:19,491 --> 01:00:22,619 and how even he wouldn't take it all to the grave. 541 01:00:22,786 --> 01:00:25,330 But I still can't figure out 542 01:00:25,497 --> 01:00:28,291 why that was enough to make him act like this. 543 01:00:28,458 --> 01:00:30,877 He's never once stayed out all night. 544 01:00:31,044 --> 01:00:32,754 Let's drop it. 545 01:00:32,921 --> 01:00:35,382 We have no idea what he's doing, 546 01:00:35,507 --> 01:00:38,718 much less whether it's our fault. 547 01:00:45,684 --> 01:00:47,644 I'll wait here. 548 01:00:48,353 --> 01:00:50,397 Please come in for a bit. 549 01:00:51,648 --> 01:00:53,108 Honey! 550 01:01:58,465 --> 01:02:00,342 Thirty years. 551 01:02:00,884 --> 01:02:04,763 It kills me to think of 30 years in that place. 552 01:02:06,348 --> 01:02:08,016 I'm sorry. 553 01:02:08,183 --> 01:02:10,060 No, it's just that... 554 01:02:11,311 --> 01:02:13,772 Recenfly... 555 01:02:15,106 --> 01:02:17,317 Every time I see that award, 556 01:02:17,692 --> 01:02:21,738 it reminds me of that joke you read to us. 557 01:02:23,406 --> 01:02:26,743 I mean, it really rang true. 558 01:02:31,414 --> 01:02:34,626 All these 30 years... 559 01:02:38,255 --> 01:02:42,050 What have I been doing there? 560 01:02:44,135 --> 01:02:47,055 I can't remember no matter how I try. 561 01:02:49,224 --> 01:02:51,226 All I remember... 562 01:02:51,893 --> 01:02:56,273 Is just being busy... 563 01:02:57,274 --> 01:03:01,111 And even then I was bored. 564 01:03:01,736 --> 01:03:03,738 I had you all wrong, sir. 565 01:03:03,905 --> 01:03:05,949 You really do understand! 566 01:03:06,074 --> 01:03:07,784 What a surprise! 567 01:03:16,626 --> 01:03:18,295 That's crazy. 568 01:03:18,461 --> 01:03:21,131 Whatever uncle says, I know dad best. 569 01:03:21,256 --> 01:03:22,382 But... 570 01:03:22,549 --> 01:03:27,095 It's unimaginable, dad with such a young girl. 571 01:03:36,396 --> 01:03:39,482 It's not in the right format. 572 01:04:11,639 --> 01:04:14,517 Are you going to the office? 573 01:04:14,642 --> 01:04:16,686 Yes, I have to submit this. 574 01:04:16,895 --> 01:04:20,106 Could you turn in my sick-leave form? 575 01:04:21,358 --> 01:04:23,985 Why are you taking so much time off? 576 01:04:25,236 --> 01:04:28,907 Everyone's talking about it. They're calling it your “mutation.” 577 01:04:29,699 --> 01:04:31,242 I just... 578 01:04:34,245 --> 01:04:36,247 Are you really sick? 579 01:04:38,124 --> 01:04:40,377 You do look kind of pale. 580 01:04:41,378 --> 01:04:44,547 I just meant... 581 01:04:45,715 --> 01:04:47,884 I didn't think so. 582 01:04:48,843 --> 01:04:50,762 So where do you go 583 01:04:50,887 --> 01:04:53,598 when you pretend you're going to work? 584 01:04:55,600 --> 01:04:57,560 Don't try to hide it. 585 01:04:59,813 --> 01:05:02,565 But don't you know 586 01:05:02,732 --> 01:05:06,277 that Mr. Sakai came here yesterday and told them everything? 587 01:05:08,905 --> 01:05:10,198 Who cares, right? 588 01:05:10,365 --> 01:05:12,700 After 30 years without an absence, 589 01:05:12,826 --> 01:05:15,412 you deserve at least six months off. 590 01:05:19,499 --> 01:05:22,252 Besides, I'll cover for you. 591 01:05:22,419 --> 01:05:25,296 - I'm not like carp windsock. - Carp windsock? 592 01:05:25,463 --> 01:05:29,551 Yes, Mr. Sakai is a human carp windsock. 593 01:05:30,051 --> 01:05:34,264 His lips are always flapping, but he's just hot air inside. 594 01:05:36,224 --> 01:05:39,310 Plus he always acts like such a big shot. 595 01:05:39,477 --> 01:05:43,022 He makes 200 yen more a month than I do, 596 01:05:43,148 --> 01:05:45,942 so he looks down on me. 597 01:06:06,004 --> 01:06:07,589 Bye, then. 598 01:06:18,266 --> 01:06:20,852 Listen, I'll go with you. 599 01:07:14,531 --> 01:07:16,199 Ma'am? 600 01:07:18,535 --> 01:07:20,328 Ma'am! 601 01:07:21,454 --> 01:07:23,373 You're so lucky. 602 01:07:23,498 --> 01:07:26,376 I wish I could live in a house like yours. 603 01:07:27,043 --> 01:07:29,420 At our place, three families share two rooms. 604 01:07:29,587 --> 01:07:31,548 It's like the warring states period. 605 01:07:33,216 --> 01:07:35,885 And you have a wonderful son, right? 606 01:07:36,386 --> 01:07:39,806 Tell me, where do they sell women's stockings? 607 01:07:39,973 --> 01:07:41,891 You want to buy some? 608 01:07:42,016 --> 01:07:44,727 Western clothing stores carry them. 609 01:07:46,771 --> 01:07:49,816 For your daughter-in-law, right? 610 01:07:49,941 --> 01:07:52,026 I've heard she's very pretty. 611 01:07:52,652 --> 01:07:55,405 That's according to carp windsock's report. 612 01:08:07,417 --> 01:08:10,712 - Are you all right? - I'm just so excited! 613 01:08:11,045 --> 01:08:14,007 - They make you that — - I'm so happy! 614 01:08:14,173 --> 01:08:15,925 To buy them myself, 615 01:08:16,092 --> 01:08:19,721 I'd have to have sardines for lunch for three months. 616 01:08:20,138 --> 01:08:22,765 But why did you buy them for me? 617 01:08:22,932 --> 01:08:26,144 Well, yours had holes in them. 618 01:08:27,145 --> 01:08:32,442 Do the holes in my stockings make your feet cold? 619 01:08:32,609 --> 01:08:34,861 Don't get me wrong... 620 01:08:35,028 --> 01:08:37,405 I was just kidding. 621 01:08:37,989 --> 01:08:40,742 I know you did it out of kindness, 622 01:08:41,075 --> 01:08:43,703 but I feel awkward at times like this. 623 01:08:43,870 --> 01:08:46,789 That's why I made a bad joke. Forgive me. 624 01:09:07,268 --> 01:09:09,312 Want to hear something good? 625 01:09:09,562 --> 01:09:10,730 Something good? 626 01:09:10,855 --> 01:09:14,859 I got so bored that I gave everyone at work nicknames. 627 01:09:14,984 --> 01:09:16,611 Wanna hear them? 628 01:09:16,778 --> 01:09:18,821 - Sea slug. - Sea slug? 629 01:09:19,030 --> 01:09:20,657 Can you guess? 630 01:09:20,782 --> 01:09:22,992 Someone who's slippery and evasive. 631 01:09:24,994 --> 01:09:27,121 Mr. Ono, the subsection chief. 632 01:09:27,413 --> 01:09:28,998 Sea slug... 633 01:09:31,668 --> 01:09:35,713 Gutter cover. Someone who's damp and gloomy all year round. 634 01:09:37,423 --> 01:09:40,093 - Would that be obara? - Bingo! 635 01:09:42,011 --> 01:09:44,138 Next: Flypaper. 636 01:09:44,305 --> 01:09:47,600 - Flypaper? - You know — sticks to everything. 637 01:09:48,226 --> 01:09:50,895 You guessed, right? Mr. Noguchi! 638 01:09:53,731 --> 01:09:56,192 Next is the floor supervisor, Mr. Saito. 639 01:09:56,359 --> 01:09:59,028 Can you guess his nickname? 640 01:09:59,779 --> 01:10:01,656 Mr. Saito. 641 01:10:02,281 --> 01:10:04,033 Let's see... 642 01:10:04,617 --> 01:10:08,496 His distinguishing feature is that he has none. 643 01:10:09,330 --> 01:10:12,375 I don't really know... 644 01:10:13,209 --> 01:10:14,877 Set menu. 645 01:10:15,002 --> 01:10:17,714 - Set menu? - At the cafeteria. 646 01:10:22,677 --> 01:10:24,762 And what about kimura? 647 01:10:24,929 --> 01:10:28,224 Jelly noodles. Timid and quivering. 648 01:10:31,310 --> 01:10:34,230 I had a nickname for you too. 649 01:10:36,065 --> 01:10:39,694 But I'm not going to tell, 'cause I had you all wrong. 650 01:10:39,861 --> 01:10:43,406 No, I don't mind. Tell me. 651 01:10:44,198 --> 01:10:46,242 Now I've put my foot in it. 652 01:10:46,367 --> 01:10:49,537 No, it would be worse if you didn't tell me. 653 01:10:50,079 --> 01:10:52,707 Okay, then: The mummy. 654 01:10:56,085 --> 01:10:57,879 Forgive me. 655 01:10:58,838 --> 01:11:01,591 It's all right. 656 01:11:03,092 --> 01:11:06,012 So you mean I'm... 657 01:11:20,693 --> 01:11:23,362 I'll say good-bye here. Thank you so much. 658 01:11:23,488 --> 01:11:27,909 Do you really have to submit your resignation today? 659 01:11:29,619 --> 01:11:32,205 If you could make it tomorrow, 660 01:11:32,371 --> 01:11:34,457 we could spend today... 661 01:13:04,589 --> 01:13:06,549 You're not eating anything. 662 01:13:06,757 --> 01:13:08,593 It's just... 663 01:13:09,719 --> 01:13:11,804 You look so tired. 664 01:13:11,971 --> 01:13:16,267 No, today was really a lot of fun. 665 01:13:17,393 --> 01:13:20,897 But you snored through the best part of the movie. 666 01:13:23,357 --> 01:13:25,192 It's just that... 667 01:13:26,277 --> 01:13:28,529 I overdid it a bit last night. 668 01:13:33,743 --> 01:13:35,536 Mr. Kimura... 669 01:13:50,259 --> 01:13:53,888 This is something... 670 01:13:54,931 --> 01:13:57,224 I can't tell anyone. 671 01:13:57,642 --> 01:13:59,936 It's too embarrassing. 672 01:14:00,561 --> 01:14:03,898 You see, the reason... 673 01:14:04,857 --> 01:14:06,817 I've worked... 674 01:14:08,611 --> 01:14:11,948 Like a mummy these last 30 years... 675 01:14:14,325 --> 01:14:15,576 Oh, no! 676 01:14:15,743 --> 01:14:19,288 It's not that I mind you 677 01:14:19,664 --> 01:14:21,791 calling me a mummy... 678 01:14:22,667 --> 01:14:25,920 Because that's exactly right. 679 01:14:27,838 --> 01:14:30,925 I don't blame you at all. 680 01:14:33,302 --> 01:14:36,973 It's just that the reason 681 01:14:37,556 --> 01:14:40,726 I turned myself into a mummy... 682 01:14:41,978 --> 01:14:45,564 What I mean is that I did it all... 683 01:14:46,440 --> 01:14:49,026 For my son's sake. 684 01:14:50,569 --> 01:14:54,031 But as it turns out, 685 01:14:54,490 --> 01:14:56,659 my son... 686 01:14:57,785 --> 01:15:00,204 Couldn't care in the least. 687 01:15:03,582 --> 01:15:06,877 But you can't blame it all on your son. 688 01:15:07,670 --> 01:15:09,296 Isn't that right? 689 01:15:09,463 --> 01:15:13,134 Not unless he asked you to become a mummy. 690 01:15:26,856 --> 01:15:29,191 Parents are all the same. 691 01:15:29,316 --> 01:15:32,445 My mom gives me the same line sometimes. 692 01:15:32,611 --> 01:15:35,197 “All the trouble you've put me through!” 693 01:15:35,364 --> 01:15:37,616 I'm grateful she had me, 694 01:15:37,783 --> 01:15:40,077 but babies don't ask to be born. 695 01:15:45,041 --> 01:15:48,878 But what happened to make you bad-mouth your son to me? 696 01:15:52,757 --> 01:15:54,550 It's just... 697 01:15:58,721 --> 01:16:01,098 I knew it! You still adore him! 698 01:16:41,472 --> 01:16:44,809 No end in sight for the electricity shortage. 699 01:16:45,017 --> 01:16:47,019 Is that right? 700 01:17:28,686 --> 01:17:32,982 This heat is due to the warmest ocean currents in 30 years. 701 01:17:36,819 --> 01:17:38,696 Is that a fact? 702 01:17:58,632 --> 01:18:02,011 Actually, there's something... 703 01:18:03,512 --> 01:18:05,556 I'd like to tell you. 704 01:18:09,310 --> 01:18:12,521 I know I should have told you sooner, 705 01:18:13,022 --> 01:18:17,234 but it's not very pleasant business. 706 01:18:17,526 --> 01:18:19,862 Father, I already know. 707 01:18:20,571 --> 01:18:24,200 You see, I discussed it with uncle today. 708 01:18:24,575 --> 01:18:28,162 We must address practical matters to avoid complications later. 709 01:18:28,329 --> 01:18:31,540 For instance, although we have rights as your heirs, 710 01:18:31,665 --> 01:18:34,543 you need to make those clear to avoid disputes. 711 01:18:34,710 --> 01:18:37,880 She's taken you for 50,000 yen in just a few days. 712 01:18:38,005 --> 01:18:40,174 Young girls these days — - what are you...? 713 01:18:40,299 --> 01:18:42,551 Father! We respect 714 01:18:42,676 --> 01:18:44,428 your free will, all right? 715 01:18:44,553 --> 01:18:46,889 We even accept your debauchery! 716 01:18:47,056 --> 01:18:49,725 But it's common sense to set some conditions. 717 01:18:49,892 --> 01:18:52,144 Think of kazue, 718 01:18:52,269 --> 01:18:54,396 or at least of her family back home. 719 01:18:54,563 --> 01:18:57,775 How dare you bring home a woman like that! 720 01:18:57,983 --> 01:19:00,778 And holding hands with her in your room! 721 01:19:00,903 --> 01:19:04,114 I could hardly face Mrs. Hayashi when she told me! 722 01:19:41,193 --> 01:19:43,404 Two weeks have passed 723 01:19:43,529 --> 01:19:47,199 since our protagonist abandoned his post. 724 01:19:57,126 --> 01:19:58,627 During that time, 725 01:19:58,794 --> 01:20:01,922 various rumors and endless speculation 726 01:20:02,047 --> 01:20:04,883 about Mr. Watanabe have made the rounds. 727 01:20:19,773 --> 01:20:23,694 The rumors and speculation all agree on one thing: 728 01:20:23,861 --> 01:20:26,322 Whatever ll/lr. Watanabe is doing, 729 01:20:26,488 --> 01:20:28,782 it is very frivolous indeed. 730 01:20:30,659 --> 01:20:32,661 But in point of fact, 731 01:20:32,786 --> 01:20:35,622 watanabe had never been this earnest 732 01:20:35,789 --> 01:20:38,125 about anything in his entire life. 733 01:20:39,835 --> 01:20:41,670 This isn't city hall, 734 01:20:41,837 --> 01:20:46,508 where you can waste a whole day on an hour's work! 735 01:20:46,675 --> 01:20:48,177 I just... 736 01:20:48,344 --> 01:20:51,013 Every second I waste here costs me money. 737 01:20:51,180 --> 01:20:53,515 Then what about tonight? 738 01:20:53,682 --> 01:20:57,019 I'm pooped at night. I'd rather sleep than go out. 739 01:20:59,730 --> 01:21:02,816 Besides, why are you always taking me out? 740 01:21:02,983 --> 01:21:04,234 It's just... 741 01:21:05,027 --> 01:21:08,614 Let's stop doing this. It doesn't feel right. 742 01:21:08,989 --> 01:21:12,868 Just one last time tonight. 743 01:21:13,035 --> 01:21:15,412 No, or it'll never end! 744 01:21:16,663 --> 01:21:18,290 Now, excuse me. 745 01:21:46,402 --> 01:21:48,529 Tonight's the last time, okay? 746 01:22:51,258 --> 01:22:53,635 Shall we go for a stroll? 747 01:22:53,802 --> 01:22:55,345 I've had enough. 748 01:22:55,471 --> 01:22:59,433 Next it'll be a sweets shop, then a Sushi or noodle joint. 749 01:23:00,392 --> 01:23:03,228 What's the point of these endless rounds? 750 01:23:04,188 --> 01:23:07,357 I feel bad saying this when you pay for everything, 751 01:23:07,483 --> 01:23:09,485 but I've had enough. 752 01:23:09,776 --> 01:23:13,155 We've run out of things to talk about. 753 01:23:17,034 --> 01:23:19,244 There's that face again. 754 01:23:20,787 --> 01:23:24,041 The truth is you give me the creeps. 755 01:23:34,343 --> 01:23:37,971 What's going on? Why do you chase me around like this? 756 01:23:38,305 --> 01:23:41,183 - It's just — - it's just what? 757 01:23:41,517 --> 01:23:43,185 It's just... 758 01:23:43,352 --> 01:23:47,481 I enjoy spending time with you this way. 759 01:23:47,648 --> 01:23:49,650 A may-December romance? Forget it. 760 01:23:49,816 --> 01:23:51,276 No, no! 761 01:23:51,860 --> 01:23:53,654 It's just that I... 762 01:23:53,820 --> 01:23:57,950 Just spit it out instead of sputtering like that. 763 01:24:02,913 --> 01:24:04,998 - Are you mad? - No. 764 01:24:13,048 --> 01:24:17,553 I don't even know myself... 765 01:24:18,470 --> 01:24:22,349 Why I keep following you around. 766 01:24:23,809 --> 01:24:27,187 All I know is... 767 01:24:50,586 --> 01:24:52,004 Listen: 768 01:24:52,546 --> 01:24:54,590 I'm going to die soon. 769 01:24:55,424 --> 01:24:58,510 I've got stomach cancer. It's right here. 770 01:25:02,681 --> 01:25:05,767 Do you see? 771 01:25:06,768 --> 01:25:08,770 No matter how I struggle, 772 01:25:08,937 --> 01:25:11,857 I've only got six months to a year left. 773 01:25:12,691 --> 01:25:15,277 When I found out, 774 01:25:15,444 --> 01:25:17,988 I suddenly... in here... 775 01:25:18,614 --> 01:25:20,115 Now I remember: 776 01:25:20,282 --> 01:25:24,786 I nearly drowned in a pond once when I was a child. 777 01:25:24,995 --> 01:25:27,331 I felt exactly the same way then. 778 01:25:27,497 --> 01:25:29,750 Everything's going black. 779 01:25:30,042 --> 01:25:32,294 I writhe and thrash around, 780 01:25:32,794 --> 01:25:35,464 but there's nothing to hold on to... 781 01:25:35,631 --> 01:25:38,175 - Except you. - What about your son? 782 01:25:38,342 --> 01:25:40,469 Don't talk to me about him! 783 01:25:41,637 --> 01:25:43,639 I have no son. 784 01:25:45,307 --> 01:25:47,726 - I'm all alone. - But... 785 01:25:47,934 --> 01:25:50,479 No, you don't understand. 786 01:25:51,938 --> 01:25:55,192 My son is somewhere far away. 787 01:25:56,943 --> 01:25:58,987 Just as my mom and pop were 788 01:25:59,154 --> 01:26:02,991 when I was drowning in that pond. 789 01:26:03,700 --> 01:26:05,494 Remembering it now, 790 01:26:05,952 --> 01:26:08,997 it's even more painful than it was then. 791 01:26:09,748 --> 01:26:12,751 But why someone like me? 792 01:26:12,959 --> 01:26:15,045 It's just that... 793 01:26:15,671 --> 01:26:19,257 When I look at you, I get a warm feeling... 794 01:26:19,424 --> 01:26:22,135 Right here. 795 01:26:22,678 --> 01:26:26,223 Even an old mummy like me. 796 01:26:33,188 --> 01:26:36,775 What I mean is, you've been really kind to me. 797 01:26:37,567 --> 01:26:39,736 No, that's not it. 798 01:26:39,903 --> 01:26:43,448 You're young and healthy, and that's why... 799 01:26:48,995 --> 01:26:50,747 I mean... 800 01:26:52,082 --> 01:26:55,877 What makes you so lively? 801 01:26:56,044 --> 01:26:58,046 You're just so full of life. 802 01:26:58,213 --> 01:27:00,632 That's why I... 803 01:27:00,799 --> 01:27:03,719 That's why this mummy envies you! 804 01:27:04,886 --> 01:27:08,598 Before I die, even if only for one day, 805 01:27:08,765 --> 01:27:11,810 I want to be like that. 806 01:27:12,018 --> 01:27:15,897 Until I've done that, I can't let myself die. 807 01:27:16,064 --> 01:27:18,066 You see, I just... 808 01:27:18,233 --> 01:27:21,069 I just want something to... 809 01:27:21,236 --> 01:27:23,238 I want to do something. 810 01:27:23,447 --> 01:27:27,075 I just don't know what. 811 01:27:27,242 --> 01:27:29,244 But you know. 812 01:27:29,411 --> 01:27:31,747 No, maybe you don't, but... 813 01:27:31,913 --> 01:27:33,290 But I don't! 814 01:27:33,457 --> 01:27:35,917 Tell me, how can I be like you? 815 01:27:36,084 --> 01:27:39,880 - But all I do is work and eat! - What else? 816 01:27:40,005 --> 01:27:41,840 That's all! 817 01:27:48,430 --> 01:27:49,973 It's true. 818 01:27:50,098 --> 01:27:52,851 All I do is make these little things. 819 01:28:02,277 --> 01:28:04,863 Just making these is so much fun. 820 01:28:05,030 --> 01:28:09,034 I feel like I'm making friends with every baby in Japan. 821 01:28:11,244 --> 01:28:14,039 Why don't you try making something too? 822 01:28:15,248 --> 01:28:18,210 What could I possibly make at that office? 823 01:28:19,586 --> 01:28:22,380 Yeah, it's hopeless there. 824 01:28:22,547 --> 01:28:25,467 You should quit and go somewhere... 825 01:28:33,725 --> 01:28:35,977 It's too late. 826 01:29:10,011 --> 01:29:13,014 No... it's not too late. 827 01:29:15,559 --> 01:29:17,227 It's not hopeless. 828 01:29:17,394 --> 01:29:19,896 Even there, there's something I can do. 829 01:29:20,063 --> 01:29:22,190 I just have to find the will. 830 01:29:30,407 --> 01:29:34,160 There's something I can do. 831 01:30:11,072 --> 01:30:14,200 It's only a matter of time before he resigns. 832 01:30:14,367 --> 01:30:17,245 His son came by yesterday about his retirement bonus. 833 01:30:17,579 --> 01:30:20,582 Which means you'll finally be section chief. 834 01:30:20,707 --> 01:30:22,918 Well, you never know. 835 01:31:05,919 --> 01:31:07,587 Good morning. 836 01:31:18,264 --> 01:31:19,474 Section chief. 837 01:31:23,269 --> 01:31:26,523 Ono, take care of this. 838 01:31:28,608 --> 01:31:30,694 Petition to repair and fill in culvert 839 01:31:30,860 --> 01:31:33,363 kuroe women's association 840 01:31:33,530 --> 01:31:37,283 to be assigned to public works 841 01:31:37,492 --> 01:31:39,661 is this really a job for public works? 842 01:31:39,828 --> 01:31:43,331 Actually, this is precisely the kind of job 843 01:31:43,915 --> 01:31:48,378 that public affairs should oversee. 844 01:31:48,628 --> 01:31:51,339 Public works can't do it alone. 845 01:31:51,506 --> 01:31:54,926 Parks and sewage must also take action. 846 01:31:57,512 --> 01:32:00,056 Get me a car, will you? 847 01:32:00,473 --> 01:32:03,101 I'm going out to survey the site. 848 01:32:04,185 --> 01:32:06,688 Put together a report today. 849 01:32:06,855 --> 01:32:09,315 Sir, I'm not sure that's possible. 850 01:32:09,482 --> 01:32:12,193 It is if you set your mind to it. 851 01:32:36,217 --> 01:32:38,636 Five months later. 852 01:32:38,887 --> 01:32:42,223 The protagonist of our story has died 853 01:33:27,644 --> 01:33:30,772 Let us see the deputy mayor. He must be here. 854 01:33:31,064 --> 01:33:33,608 Just five minutes, please. 855 01:33:45,370 --> 01:33:48,081 Reporters. What should I tell them? 856 01:34:14,065 --> 01:34:18,153 - Your suspicions are groundless. - Are they? 857 01:34:18,319 --> 01:34:21,156 Our claim is based on thorough research. 858 01:34:21,322 --> 01:34:23,032 Sir, the official story 859 01:34:23,158 --> 01:34:25,994 is that the parks department and local councilman 860 01:34:26,244 --> 01:34:28,997 built that park with your backing, 861 01:34:29,164 --> 01:34:32,000 but wasn't it really Mr. Watanabe? 862 01:34:32,167 --> 01:34:33,626 That's the word. 863 01:34:33,751 --> 01:34:36,963 Mr. Watanabe was chief of public affairs. 864 01:34:37,130 --> 01:34:40,300 Building parks is the park department's job. 865 01:34:40,466 --> 01:34:42,135 We understand that. 866 01:34:42,302 --> 01:34:45,388 But the plan almost fizzled out several times. 867 01:34:45,555 --> 01:34:48,683 We're talking about the man who saw it to completion. 868 01:34:48,850 --> 01:34:52,478 Local residents believe that that was Mr. Watanabe. 869 01:34:52,645 --> 01:34:54,856 They're deeply concerned about the fact 870 01:34:55,023 --> 01:34:57,358 that he died in the park he built. 871 01:34:57,525 --> 01:34:59,527 What's that supposed to mean? 872 01:34:59,652 --> 01:35:03,364 Well, they were suspicious even before that happened. 873 01:35:03,531 --> 01:35:07,660 For example, in your speech at the park's opening ceremony, 874 01:35:07,827 --> 01:35:10,705 you never mentioned Mr. Watanabe once. 875 01:35:10,872 --> 01:35:13,166 They say it wasn't a congratulatory address. 876 01:35:13,333 --> 01:35:14,751 Then what was it? 877 01:35:14,918 --> 01:35:16,920 A campaign speech. 878 01:35:19,589 --> 01:35:21,341 Furthermore... 879 01:35:21,507 --> 01:35:24,135 He was completely ignored during the ceremony 880 01:35:24,302 --> 01:35:26,387 and seated in the back corner. 881 01:35:26,554 --> 01:35:30,683 In short, people feel a lot of sympathy for the guy. 882 01:35:31,059 --> 01:35:33,353 So the fact that he died in the park 883 01:35:33,519 --> 01:35:35,605 has led to some interesting speculation. 884 01:35:36,648 --> 01:35:40,485 It's seen as an act of silent protest 885 01:35:40,652 --> 01:35:42,695 against top city officials. 886 01:35:42,820 --> 01:35:47,200 So you're saying watanabe committed suicide 887 01:35:47,325 --> 01:35:51,704 or at least let himself freeze to death? 888 01:35:52,872 --> 01:35:54,499 More or less. 889 01:35:55,458 --> 01:35:56,918 I see. 890 01:35:57,085 --> 01:35:59,754 Don't forget it was also snowing last night. 891 01:35:59,921 --> 01:36:02,882 Sounds like a scene right out of a play. 892 01:36:03,007 --> 01:36:04,050 However... 893 01:36:05,134 --> 01:36:08,388 An autopsy has clearly established 894 01:36:08,513 --> 01:36:11,140 the cause of watanabe's death. 895 01:36:11,391 --> 01:36:15,395 He certainly didn't commit suicide. Nor did he freeze to death. 896 01:36:15,895 --> 01:36:18,731 - He died of stomach cancer. - Stomach cancer? 897 01:36:19,065 --> 01:36:21,943 That's right. Internal hemorrhaging. 898 01:36:22,443 --> 01:36:26,614 Watanabe died suddenly, without warning. 899 01:36:27,198 --> 01:36:28,992 If you have any doubts... 900 01:36:29,158 --> 01:36:32,912 Ono, give them the name of the hospital. 901 01:37:47,362 --> 01:37:49,280 It's just not right. 902 01:37:50,990 --> 01:37:54,369 The way these reporters think, and their tactlessness... 903 01:37:54,869 --> 01:37:56,329 Actually... 904 01:37:56,496 --> 01:37:59,415 It applies to the general public too. 905 01:38:00,333 --> 01:38:05,630 They just don't understand how government works. 906 01:38:09,717 --> 01:38:12,887 They're woefully ignorant of how we function. 907 01:38:13,221 --> 01:38:16,641 Take that little park in kuroe. 908 01:38:17,141 --> 01:38:19,936 Some seem to believe 909 01:38:20,103 --> 01:38:22,105 that watanabe built it, 910 01:38:22,230 --> 01:38:24,399 but that's ridiculous. 911 01:38:24,899 --> 01:38:27,193 Maybe I shouldn't say this 912 01:38:28,653 --> 01:38:31,072 here at his wake, 913 01:38:31,239 --> 01:38:34,909 in front of his son and relatives... 914 01:38:35,910 --> 01:38:37,995 But I'll go ahead, 915 01:38:38,121 --> 01:38:41,207 because I think watanabe would agree with me. 916 01:38:42,291 --> 01:38:46,546 Certainly, watanabe went to great pains 917 01:38:47,004 --> 01:38:50,007 to get that park built. 918 01:38:50,425 --> 01:38:53,970 I take my hat off to his enthusiasm. 919 01:38:54,762 --> 01:38:59,058 But his efforts were part of his official duties. 920 01:39:02,937 --> 01:39:06,441 The idea he went beyond the scope of his office 921 01:39:06,607 --> 01:39:08,818 to facilitate citizens' desires 922 01:39:09,026 --> 01:39:12,071 and actually built the park himself 923 01:39:12,238 --> 01:39:15,491 is nonsense to those who understand our bureaucracy. 924 01:39:18,494 --> 01:39:22,081 Watanabe himself would grimace at the idea. 925 01:39:27,795 --> 01:39:29,464 However... 926 01:39:30,631 --> 01:39:33,384 We may be partly to blame 927 01:39:33,634 --> 01:39:36,929 for the fact people are saying such things. 928 01:39:37,221 --> 01:39:39,682 All eyes were on that epoch-making project 929 01:39:39,849 --> 01:39:42,143 as it was rushed to completion. 930 01:39:42,310 --> 01:39:45,813 Maybe we should have singled out someone's service. 931 01:39:46,230 --> 01:39:47,773 For instance... 932 01:39:48,274 --> 01:39:50,568 The chief of the parks department. 933 01:39:51,319 --> 01:39:53,654 Or his superior... 934 01:39:54,822 --> 01:39:57,033 The chief of public works. 935 01:39:58,784 --> 01:40:02,246 If you say so, Mr. Deputy mayor, 936 01:40:02,371 --> 01:40:04,499 but here's what I think. 937 01:40:04,665 --> 01:40:07,919 The head of the parks department and I 938 01:40:08,085 --> 01:40:10,588 only fulfilled the duties of our offices. 939 01:40:10,796 --> 01:40:14,342 But when I think how difficult it was 940 01:40:14,634 --> 01:40:19,222 to navigate the intricate politics of the city council 941 01:40:19,388 --> 01:40:22,183 and realize the park's construction, 942 01:40:22,350 --> 01:40:26,145 it is you, deputy mayor, who should be singled out. 943 01:40:27,271 --> 01:40:29,148 Now, now... 944 01:40:30,358 --> 01:40:33,027 Some people have even criticized 945 01:40:33,152 --> 01:40:35,363 my speech at the opening ceremony. 946 01:40:35,571 --> 01:40:37,240 Isn't that right, ono? 947 01:40:37,406 --> 01:40:40,451 They called it a campaign speech! 948 01:40:43,371 --> 01:40:47,291 Excuse me. The residents of kuroe 949 01:40:47,500 --> 01:40:51,212 are here asking to burn incense for the deceased. 950 01:42:56,879 --> 01:42:59,840 Kiichi, come. You too, mitsuo. 951 01:45:04,256 --> 01:45:06,217 It sure is cold. 952 01:45:06,967 --> 01:45:08,844 May I pour one for you? 953 01:45:10,679 --> 01:45:12,890 I'll get some warm sake. 954 01:45:13,307 --> 01:45:15,142 What do you say? 955 01:45:15,267 --> 01:45:18,813 Why don't you all move closer down here? 956 01:45:18,938 --> 01:45:20,397 Why not? 957 01:45:22,149 --> 01:45:24,068 - Over here, please. - Thanks. 958 01:45:24,735 --> 01:45:26,987 Mr. Hayashi. 959 01:45:42,670 --> 01:45:44,088 Mr. Ono. 960 01:45:46,674 --> 01:45:49,552 Did all the big shots go off to a meeting? 961 01:45:49,802 --> 01:45:51,220 Yes. 962 01:45:52,221 --> 01:45:55,182 No, they just couldn't stand to stay here. 963 01:45:57,268 --> 01:45:59,311 I don't care what anyone says. 964 01:45:59,436 --> 01:46:02,731 It was Mr. Watanabe who built that park. 965 01:46:03,315 --> 01:46:06,902 The deputy mayor and his people know it. 966 01:46:07,319 --> 01:46:11,073 That's going too far. As the deputy mayor said... 967 01:46:11,198 --> 01:46:12,700 That's right. 968 01:46:12,825 --> 01:46:15,828 I'm not saying this because I'm in the parks department, 969 01:46:15,953 --> 01:46:19,415 but we drew up the plans and oversaw construction. 970 01:46:19,874 --> 01:46:24,003 - That's not what I meant. - Now, now... 971 01:46:24,587 --> 01:46:27,047 I understand how you feel, but... 972 01:46:27,214 --> 01:46:30,092 The point is he was in public affairs. 973 01:46:30,259 --> 01:46:34,054 Did he think he could just build a park? 974 01:46:34,221 --> 01:46:36,432 We have to respect each other's turf or... 975 01:46:36,599 --> 01:46:39,852 If I had to say how that park got built, 976 01:46:40,019 --> 01:46:42,730 I'd say it was coincidence. 977 01:46:42,897 --> 01:46:44,565 Hear me out. 978 01:46:44,732 --> 01:46:49,236 If a looming election hadn't put pressure on the local councilman, 979 01:46:50,029 --> 01:46:52,323 and if profiteers hadn't lobbied 980 01:46:52,448 --> 01:46:54,992 to build a red-light district there, 981 01:46:55,117 --> 01:46:58,954 that reclamation work wouldn't have proceeded so quickly. 982 01:46:59,079 --> 01:47:00,456 That's right. 983 01:47:00,623 --> 01:47:02,666 Exactly right. 984 01:47:03,751 --> 01:47:06,420 There's one thing I can't figure out. 985 01:47:07,755 --> 01:47:12,217 Why would someone like him 986 01:47:12,384 --> 01:47:15,262 suddenly change like that? 987 01:47:16,931 --> 01:47:19,058 What could it have been? 988 01:47:22,937 --> 01:47:25,147 I agree. It's a complete mystery. 989 01:47:25,314 --> 01:47:27,066 It really is. 990 01:47:27,358 --> 01:47:29,777 I mean... 991 01:47:29,944 --> 01:47:32,529 With the benefit of hindsight, 992 01:47:32,905 --> 01:47:35,866 it would seem he knew 993 01:47:35,991 --> 01:47:38,661 he had stomach cancer, and that's why... 994 01:47:39,703 --> 01:47:41,997 We were just discussing 995 01:47:42,122 --> 01:47:45,334 whether your father knew he had stomach cancer. 996 01:47:45,501 --> 01:47:48,879 Well, I think he would have told me if he did. 997 01:47:49,046 --> 01:47:50,172 Indeed. 998 01:47:50,339 --> 01:47:53,258 I believe my father was fortunate to die 999 01:47:53,384 --> 01:47:55,886 without realizing he had cancer. 1000 01:47:56,053 --> 01:47:58,764 A diagnosis like that is a death sentence. 1001 01:47:58,931 --> 01:48:00,265 I see. 1002 01:48:00,391 --> 01:48:02,977 Well, that rules out saito's theory. 1003 01:48:03,227 --> 01:48:05,104 What theory is that? 1004 01:48:05,437 --> 01:48:09,483 Well, five months ago he went through a sudden transformation. 1005 01:48:09,650 --> 01:48:11,318 That's for sure. 1006 01:48:11,443 --> 01:48:15,447 And none of us has any clue what caused it. 1007 01:48:15,823 --> 01:48:18,409 Well, that was a woman's doing. 1008 01:48:18,826 --> 01:48:21,328 With a young mistress, 1009 01:48:21,495 --> 01:48:25,332 the hormonal effect can temporarily rejuvenate an old man. 1010 01:48:25,499 --> 01:48:27,501 Happens all the time. 1011 01:48:27,668 --> 01:48:30,170 It suddenly put a sheen back on his cheeks. 1012 01:48:30,337 --> 01:48:32,715 Actually... 1013 01:48:32,881 --> 01:48:36,135 We heard rumors at that time of a romance. 1014 01:48:36,552 --> 01:48:39,054 That explains the rakish hat. 1015 01:48:39,221 --> 01:48:40,597 Sure does. 1016 01:48:40,764 --> 01:48:43,684 That surprised the hell out of me. 1017 01:48:47,062 --> 01:48:50,065 Sir, I'm not sure that's possible. 1018 01:48:50,232 --> 01:48:52,985 It is if you set your mind to it. 1019 01:49:03,704 --> 01:49:05,289 But wait. 1020 01:49:40,324 --> 01:49:42,284 In any case, 1021 01:49:42,451 --> 01:49:46,705 his enthusiasm was a bit over the top. 1022 01:49:46,872 --> 01:49:49,249 Yes. That's very true. 1023 01:49:50,250 --> 01:49:52,169 I don't mean to argue, 1024 01:49:52,294 --> 01:49:56,131 but a woman alone can't account for... 1025 01:49:56,256 --> 01:49:57,925 - But — - dear. 1026 01:49:58,092 --> 01:50:00,427 The thing is... 1027 01:50:03,097 --> 01:50:05,265 It just doesn't make sense. 1028 01:50:09,269 --> 01:50:12,439 Not to change the subject, 1029 01:50:12,773 --> 01:50:16,110 but there were times when his extraordinary zeal 1030 01:50:16,235 --> 01:50:18,403 threatened to derail it all. 1031 01:50:18,779 --> 01:50:22,282 That's city hall for you. Gotta guard your turf. 1032 01:50:22,449 --> 01:50:26,036 That's right. The biggest mystery to me 1033 01:50:26,203 --> 01:50:29,706 is how a 30-year veteran could suddenly forget the rules. 1034 01:50:29,873 --> 01:50:31,834 It's because he... 1035 01:50:38,048 --> 01:50:39,591 In any event... 1036 01:50:39,758 --> 01:50:43,303 Pushing his plan on all the other departments 1037 01:50:43,637 --> 01:50:47,307 ensured that everyone would dig in their heels. 1038 01:50:47,474 --> 01:50:50,060 My boss was none too happy about it. 1039 01:50:50,185 --> 01:50:53,355 Building parks is the parks department's job. 1040 01:50:54,815 --> 01:50:57,985 We have our own proposals for new parks. 1041 01:50:58,485 --> 01:51:01,155 Couldn't you reconsider? 1042 01:51:01,321 --> 01:51:03,824 This site is really terrible. 1043 01:51:03,991 --> 01:51:07,077 But building a park isn't as simple 1044 01:51:07,286 --> 01:51:10,164 as you outline in your proposal. 1045 01:51:10,330 --> 01:51:12,875 No, this proposal is just... 1046 01:51:13,041 --> 01:51:14,626 I understand. 1047 01:51:15,002 --> 01:51:16,670 Tell you what: 1048 01:51:17,087 --> 01:51:19,631 I'll study your proposal thoroughly. 1049 01:51:23,886 --> 01:51:27,347 But you know, in the end 1050 01:51:27,514 --> 01:51:30,851 even the parks chief caved in to watanabe's tenacity... 1051 01:51:31,018 --> 01:51:32,686 You've got a point there. 1052 01:51:32,853 --> 01:51:35,147 He really didn't know what to do. 1053 01:52:40,587 --> 01:52:42,381 He really was something. 1054 01:52:42,547 --> 01:52:45,634 He would wait days for the answer he wanted. 1055 01:52:45,801 --> 01:52:48,053 Our section chief would sneak away 1056 01:52:48,178 --> 01:52:50,389 the second he saw watanabe's face. 1057 01:52:50,514 --> 01:52:51,682 That's right. 1058 01:53:03,068 --> 01:53:06,989 Section chief! 1059 01:53:09,449 --> 01:53:12,786 He even pleaded with underlings like me. 1060 01:53:12,953 --> 01:53:15,497 It was unbelievable! 1061 01:53:15,789 --> 01:53:18,083 Won't you please...? 1062 01:53:20,794 --> 01:53:22,796 Isn't there some way...? 1063 01:53:46,320 --> 01:53:48,238 Finally we couldn't stand by any longer. 1064 01:53:49,740 --> 01:53:53,577 That's right. We took pity on him too. 1065 01:53:53,744 --> 01:53:57,414 But you guys in general affairs 1066 01:53:57,998 --> 01:54:00,167 were the worst of all. 1067 01:54:00,292 --> 01:54:02,002 Wait a minute! 1068 01:54:02,127 --> 01:54:05,422 I went around with him, so I know. 1069 01:54:05,589 --> 01:54:09,092 You made us beg for two weeks. I won't forget that. 1070 01:54:09,301 --> 01:54:11,345 Sorry about that. 1071 01:54:12,095 --> 01:54:13,847 However... 1072 01:54:14,014 --> 01:54:16,558 Remember the most surprising thing? 1073 01:54:19,436 --> 01:54:22,272 - Oh, right. - That was a shocker. 1074 01:54:56,681 --> 01:54:59,267 Deputy mayor's office 1075 01:55:07,567 --> 01:55:10,570 But you know what was even more surprising? 1076 01:55:10,737 --> 01:55:12,906 The incident in the deputy mayor's office? 1077 01:55:13,240 --> 01:55:16,701 - I heard about that! - That was something! 1078 01:55:19,371 --> 01:55:23,166 A section chief openly defying the deputy mayor... 1079 01:55:23,333 --> 01:55:25,460 Unprecedented at city hall! 1080 01:55:34,761 --> 01:55:38,056 Listen, about that new park... 1081 01:55:38,849 --> 01:55:41,268 It's one thing to show initiative, 1082 01:55:41,435 --> 01:55:45,939 but you don't want people thinking you're a publicity hound. 1083 01:55:46,648 --> 01:55:50,277 And the city council's got problems of its own. 1084 01:55:50,944 --> 01:55:55,240 I think it's best just to let the proposal die. 1085 01:55:56,450 --> 01:56:00,036 Last night there was a banquet at nakagawa. 1086 01:56:00,287 --> 01:56:03,623 I tell you, geisha these days are appalling. 1087 01:56:03,790 --> 01:56:06,376 One of them spent the evening sulking 1088 01:56:06,543 --> 01:56:08,295 and didn't say a word. 1089 01:56:08,462 --> 01:56:12,466 The proprietress said she was a student working part-time! 1090 01:56:14,009 --> 01:56:15,677 That's a good one! 1091 01:56:21,433 --> 01:56:24,478 Couldn't you please... 1092 01:56:26,563 --> 01:56:28,482 Reconsider the proposal? 1093 01:56:33,987 --> 01:56:37,324 What did you just say? 1094 01:56:43,830 --> 01:56:45,332 I mean... 1095 01:56:46,625 --> 01:56:50,170 About that park... 1096 01:56:52,297 --> 01:56:55,258 Won't you reconsider your decision? 1097 01:57:39,052 --> 01:57:41,179 But the thing is, 1098 01:57:41,346 --> 01:57:43,765 when you look at the results, 1099 01:57:43,932 --> 01:57:45,976 was it worth taking it that far? 1100 01:57:46,142 --> 01:57:48,353 No, it was crazy! 1101 01:57:48,478 --> 01:57:52,857 Everyone at city hall is guarding his own turf. 1102 01:57:53,358 --> 01:57:57,904 But didn't the deputy mayor end up reconsidering? 1103 01:57:58,029 --> 01:58:00,323 That's because the councilman needled him. 1104 01:58:00,490 --> 01:58:02,242 It was just coincidence. 1105 01:58:02,409 --> 01:58:05,662 You're attributing everything to watanabe's “zeal.” 1106 01:58:05,829 --> 01:58:08,081 Don't be so sentimental! 1107 01:58:08,456 --> 01:58:09,791 Sentimental! 1108 01:58:10,250 --> 01:58:13,420 Is that so? I don't see it that way. 1109 01:58:14,421 --> 01:58:17,716 If all of you can't understand his dedication, 1110 01:58:17,882 --> 01:58:19,634 the world's a dark place indeed. 1111 01:58:19,801 --> 01:58:21,595 It is a dark place. 1112 01:58:24,556 --> 01:58:28,518 From just looking at Mr. Watanabe you could tell 1113 01:58:28,810 --> 01:58:32,772 that only his work was keeping him alive. 1114 01:58:33,648 --> 01:58:36,109 Didn't it look that way to you? 1115 01:58:36,943 --> 01:58:40,447 Sometimes it even gave me chills. 1116 01:58:42,407 --> 01:58:44,409 When was it? 1117 01:58:44,868 --> 01:58:46,328 I was... 1118 01:59:31,164 --> 01:59:34,417 That reminds me of when I'd see him 1119 01:59:34,584 --> 01:59:36,461 at the construction site. 1120 02:01:12,932 --> 02:01:14,934 That look in his eyes! 1121 02:01:15,101 --> 02:01:19,481 As if he were watching his child or grandchild, 1122 02:01:19,731 --> 02:01:22,317 the apple of his eye. 1123 02:01:22,525 --> 02:01:24,277 Of course. 1124 02:01:24,569 --> 02:01:27,489 He nurtured that park like you would a child. 1125 02:01:27,989 --> 02:01:29,699 So what are you saying? 1126 02:01:30,950 --> 02:01:34,621 Like I said before: 1127 02:01:35,288 --> 02:01:38,958 Whatever anyone says, Mr. Watanabe built that park... 1128 02:01:39,125 --> 02:01:42,337 But if the councilman and deputy mayor 1129 02:01:42,504 --> 02:01:44,589 hadn't been facing reelection, 1130 02:01:44,756 --> 02:01:47,091 the plan wouldn't have become a reality. 1131 02:01:47,258 --> 02:01:51,471 Watanabe had no role in what was going on higher up. 1132 02:01:51,638 --> 02:01:54,140 That's not actually true. 1133 02:01:54,307 --> 02:01:55,725 Really? 1134 02:01:55,850 --> 02:01:59,020 The folks who wanted that red-light district 1135 02:01:59,187 --> 02:02:03,483 definitely thought watanabe was blocking their way. Listen to this: 1136 02:02:20,416 --> 02:02:22,001 Section chief. 1137 02:02:23,211 --> 02:02:26,506 Are you section chief of public affairs? 1138 02:02:26,631 --> 02:02:28,174 Yes. 1139 02:02:32,387 --> 02:02:34,472 Just the man I wanted to see. 1140 02:02:36,891 --> 02:02:40,395 Old man, you'd better mind your own business. 1141 02:02:40,895 --> 02:02:44,065 Just what are you trying to... 1142 02:02:44,232 --> 02:02:45,984 Don't play dumb! 1143 02:02:50,488 --> 02:02:52,323 No hard feelings. 1144 02:02:52,490 --> 02:02:55,076 Just shut up and back off. 1145 02:02:58,079 --> 02:02:59,664 Say something! 1146 02:02:59,914 --> 02:03:01,749 You value your life? 1147 02:03:21,811 --> 02:03:24,105 This is watanabe. 1148 02:04:42,183 --> 02:04:44,268 I just don't get it. 1149 02:04:45,061 --> 02:04:48,856 Why would someone like him... 1150 02:04:49,023 --> 02:04:51,192 I just don't... 1151 02:04:53,319 --> 02:04:55,029 Get it. 1152 02:05:03,121 --> 02:05:07,542 No, I'm sure Mr. Watanabe knew he had stomach cancer. 1153 02:05:07,709 --> 02:05:09,127 But... 1154 02:05:10,211 --> 02:05:14,549 I just suddenly remembered something. 1155 02:05:28,771 --> 02:05:31,065 This is too much! 1156 02:05:31,232 --> 02:05:33,401 We've been at this for two weeks. 1157 02:05:33,568 --> 02:05:35,570 We've explained it to them 20 times. 1158 02:05:35,695 --> 02:05:38,489 They could at least tell us if there are funds. 1159 02:05:38,614 --> 02:05:42,660 General affairs is just being sadistic. It's not like it's their personal money. 1160 02:05:42,827 --> 02:05:44,912 Why can't they be more agreeable? 1161 02:05:45,079 --> 02:05:46,789 Well, you know... 1162 02:05:46,956 --> 02:05:49,333 Doesn't it make you furious 1163 02:05:49,584 --> 02:05:52,086 to be treated with such contempt? 1164 02:05:55,757 --> 02:05:58,426 I can't afford to hate people. 1165 02:06:01,095 --> 02:06:04,182 I haven't got that kind of time. 1166 02:06:20,865 --> 02:06:21,865 You mean... 1167 02:06:21,949 --> 02:06:25,328 Wait! Now that you mention it... 1168 02:06:26,037 --> 02:06:28,164 That reminds me... 1169 02:06:29,373 --> 02:06:31,793 Of something. 1170 02:06:47,100 --> 02:06:49,811 How beautiful! 1171 02:06:58,069 --> 02:07:00,029 Truly beautiful. 1172 02:07:02,990 --> 02:07:05,243 A sunset. 1173 02:07:05,409 --> 02:07:08,579 I don't think I've really looked at one in 30 years. 1174 02:07:16,170 --> 02:07:19,382 But I haven't got time for this now. 1175 02:07:25,179 --> 02:07:27,181 He knew! 1176 02:07:27,348 --> 02:07:30,184 He knew he didn't have long left to live... 1177 02:07:30,351 --> 02:07:33,521 It makes everything clear as day. 1178 02:07:33,688 --> 02:07:35,398 There's no other explanation. 1179 02:07:35,565 --> 02:07:38,693 That explains his extraordinary passion 1180 02:07:38,860 --> 02:07:41,237 and his strange behavior. 1181 02:07:41,696 --> 02:07:43,781 Now what he did makes perfect sense! 1182 02:07:43,948 --> 02:07:46,534 Absolutely. We'd have done the same. 1183 02:07:51,038 --> 02:07:54,458 But any of us could die at any moment. 1184 02:08:07,555 --> 02:08:09,223 Listen... 1185 02:08:10,224 --> 02:08:13,895 Subsection chief. 1186 02:08:17,231 --> 02:08:19,442 I mean you... 1187 02:08:19,609 --> 02:08:23,321 The new section chief of public affairs. 1188 02:08:27,575 --> 02:08:30,786 Section chief! Are you listening? 1189 02:08:31,746 --> 02:08:35,082 I haven't been promoted yet. 1190 02:08:43,257 --> 02:08:44,759 See here! 1191 02:08:45,468 --> 02:08:48,054 - Ono! - Cut it out. 1192 02:08:48,179 --> 02:08:51,641 What did you say a minute ago? 1193 02:08:52,433 --> 02:08:56,604 “We'd have done the same.” 1194 02:08:58,439 --> 02:09:00,358 Don't make me laugh. 1195 02:09:00,483 --> 02:09:02,276 Hey, that's enough now. 1196 02:09:02,443 --> 02:09:06,989 You think you could have done what Mr. Watanabe did? 1197 02:09:08,449 --> 02:09:10,952 Don't make me laugh. 1198 02:09:11,619 --> 02:09:14,497 Listen, ohara... 1199 02:09:15,706 --> 02:09:19,794 The thing is... 1200 02:09:20,461 --> 02:09:23,130 I may look dumb, but... 1201 02:09:23,297 --> 02:09:25,299 Don't you think... 1202 02:09:25,466 --> 02:09:29,679 Okay, I only went to night school... 1203 02:09:29,887 --> 02:09:35,226 - So I'll never make section chief! - Watanabe was a great man! 1204 02:09:35,518 --> 02:09:38,396 No, great's not the right word. 1205 02:09:38,854 --> 02:09:41,232 - But you, ono? - What's the right word? 1206 02:09:41,399 --> 02:09:45,236 - Don't make me laugh. - Compared to him... 1207 02:09:45,903 --> 02:09:49,907 Compared to Mr. Watanabe, the rest of us... 1208 02:09:51,701 --> 02:09:54,370 We're worthless scum! 1209 02:09:56,372 --> 02:09:59,250 Including you! 1210 02:09:59,417 --> 02:10:01,502 That's going too far. 1211 02:10:04,672 --> 02:10:07,008 We may be scum... 1212 02:10:08,175 --> 02:10:12,930 But some of us start out at city hall as good people. 1213 02:10:13,264 --> 02:10:16,183 But the longer you stay... 1214 02:10:16,392 --> 02:10:18,185 I didn't used to be... 1215 02:10:20,855 --> 02:10:24,608 You're not supposed to do anything at city hall. 1216 02:10:24,775 --> 02:10:28,195 Doing anything is considered radical! 1217 02:10:28,362 --> 02:10:31,907 We have to act like we're doing something while doing nothing. 1218 02:10:32,074 --> 02:10:35,036 - That's right. - In our department too! 1219 02:10:35,202 --> 02:10:37,204 The thing is, 1220 02:10:37,371 --> 02:10:41,417 just to get a garbage can somewhere emptied out, 1221 02:10:41,751 --> 02:10:46,047 you need enough paperwork to fill another garbage can. 1222 02:10:46,213 --> 02:10:48,215 That's exactly right! 1223 02:10:48,382 --> 02:10:50,217 Seal after seal after seal! 1224 02:10:50,343 --> 02:10:52,053 That's just an excuse. 1225 02:10:52,219 --> 02:10:54,597 We waste people's valuable time. 1226 02:10:54,764 --> 02:10:58,726 The public is upset by bribes and 40,000 cars and so on, 1227 02:10:58,893 --> 02:11:01,062 but those are just farts 1228 02:11:01,228 --> 02:11:04,231 next to this invisible, colossal waste of time! 1229 02:11:07,735 --> 02:11:09,653 Listen here. 1230 02:11:09,779 --> 02:11:12,406 I often have the same concerns. 1231 02:11:12,573 --> 02:11:16,911 But in that labyrinthine machine, you can't do a thing! 1232 02:11:17,078 --> 02:11:20,247 All that meaningless busywork and not a moment to think! 1233 02:11:20,414 --> 02:11:21,582 Idiots! 1234 02:11:30,925 --> 02:11:34,136 But the thing is, 1235 02:11:34,303 --> 02:11:35,763 Mr. Ohara, 1236 02:11:35,971 --> 02:11:38,099 even within a system 1237 02:11:38,265 --> 02:11:41,394 where you can't get a thing done, 1238 02:11:41,811 --> 02:11:44,814 and battling stomach cancer at that, 1239 02:11:44,980 --> 02:11:49,068 Mr. Watanabe managed to accomplish so much. 1240 02:11:50,319 --> 02:11:53,614 That's it! That's what I wanted to say! 1241 02:11:53,781 --> 02:11:56,283 That's why I get so angry! 1242 02:11:56,450 --> 02:11:58,536 That's what I'm saying! 1243 02:11:58,702 --> 02:12:01,455 Mr. Watanabe expected no reward! 1244 02:12:01,580 --> 02:12:03,874 That's right! 1245 02:12:04,041 --> 02:12:07,711 When you imagine how he must have felt, his life on the line... 1246 02:12:07,878 --> 02:12:10,297 Anyone who tries to take the credit isn't human! 1247 02:12:10,464 --> 02:12:12,716 The deputy mayor. Just say it! 1248 02:12:17,263 --> 02:12:19,682 That's going too far... 1249 02:12:27,898 --> 02:12:29,483 Listen. 1250 02:12:29,817 --> 02:12:35,030 How do you think he felt... 1251 02:12:36,490 --> 02:12:39,493 Dying all alone in that park? 1252 02:12:40,035 --> 02:12:42,830 Just thinking about it... 1253 02:13:04,852 --> 02:13:09,940 A policeman brought this by. He found it in the park. 1254 02:13:17,031 --> 02:13:20,618 And he'd like to light incense for the deceased. 1255 02:13:39,094 --> 02:13:42,556 Thank you for taking the trouble. Come in. 1256 02:14:41,448 --> 02:14:43,951 Won't you stay a bit and have a drink? 1257 02:14:44,118 --> 02:14:46,453 We appreciate your coming out of your way. 1258 02:14:48,122 --> 02:14:51,542 Please sit down. 1259 02:15:16,984 --> 02:15:18,819 To tell you the truth... 1260 02:15:24,241 --> 02:15:27,244 Last night I was... 1261 02:15:28,037 --> 02:15:30,497 On patrol... 1262 02:15:32,166 --> 02:15:34,001 In the new park... 1263 02:15:37,838 --> 02:15:39,715 When I came across him. 1264 02:15:40,674 --> 02:15:43,344 It was 10:00 — no. 1265 02:15:45,846 --> 02:15:47,681 Nearly 11:00. 1266 02:15:48,349 --> 02:15:50,225 He was on the swing... 1267 02:15:50,684 --> 02:15:55,522 Even though it was snowing. 1268 02:15:56,190 --> 02:15:58,859 I just assumed he was some drunk. 1269 02:16:02,279 --> 02:16:05,032 I was derelict in my duty. 1270 02:16:10,454 --> 02:16:15,459 If I'd followed my first inclination and taken him in, 1271 02:16:16,210 --> 02:16:18,462 this wouldn't have happened. 1272 02:16:20,381 --> 02:16:23,384 What I did was unforgivable. 1273 02:16:26,428 --> 02:16:29,723 But he seemed to be... 1274 02:16:31,392 --> 02:16:34,812 So perfectly happy. I can't explain it. 1275 02:16:36,146 --> 02:16:40,484 He poured his whole heart into that song of his... 1276 02:16:45,489 --> 02:16:47,908 With a haunting voice... 1277 02:16:50,411 --> 02:16:51,912 That filled... 1278 02:16:53,789 --> 02:16:58,168 The depths of my soul. 1279 02:17:02,423 --> 02:17:10,423 Life is brief 1280 02:17:13,809 --> 02:17:20,691 fall in love, maidens 1281 02:17:24,278 --> 02:17:32,278 before the crimson bloom 1282 02:17:35,539 --> 02:17:42,129 fades from your lips 1283 02:17:46,216 --> 02:17:54,216 before the tides of passion 1284 02:17:57,478 --> 02:18:03,984 cool within you 1285 02:18:07,821 --> 02:18:15,821 for those of you 1286 02:18:19,082 --> 02:18:25,672 who know no tomorrow 1287 02:18:48,028 --> 02:18:50,697 Listen, last night... 1288 02:18:51,824 --> 02:18:53,534 Under the stairs, 1289 02:18:53,700 --> 02:18:56,245 I found a pouch with my name on it. 1290 02:18:56,620 --> 02:18:59,498 Inside were dad's bankbook and seal, 1291 02:18:59,623 --> 02:19:04,127 along with forms for claiming his retirement bonus. 1292 02:19:04,586 --> 02:19:07,381 So he left it before he went to the park? 1293 02:19:07,548 --> 02:19:10,884 It was so cruel of him... 1294 02:19:11,552 --> 02:19:14,930 Not to tell us he had cancer. If I'd known sooner... 1295 02:19:15,973 --> 02:19:19,643 Hey, why didn't his girlfriend show up? 1296 02:19:20,561 --> 02:19:23,522 I wonder if she really was his girlfriend after all. 1297 02:19:28,068 --> 02:19:29,570 I'i/ do my best! 1298 02:19:29,736 --> 02:19:32,072 - I swear it! - We must carry on his work! 1299 02:19:32,239 --> 02:19:35,742 We can't let his death be in vain! 1300 02:19:36,910 --> 02:19:40,289 I'll be like a man reborn! 1301 02:19:47,796 --> 02:19:50,841 We'll sacrifice ourselves in the service of the people! 1302 02:19:54,595 --> 02:19:57,014 Never forget this feeling! 1303 02:19:57,180 --> 02:19:59,600 I'm going to do my best! 1304 02:20:04,771 --> 02:20:07,774 Public affairs section chief 1305 02:20:16,283 --> 02:20:17,701 Sir... 1306 02:20:17,868 --> 02:20:21,955 The sewage main break in kisaki is overflowing into takao. 1307 02:20:22,122 --> 02:20:23,874 Public works. 1308 02:20:29,129 --> 02:20:31,798 Please go to public works. 1309 02:20:31,965 --> 02:20:33,675 Desk 8. 1310 02:21:49,209 --> 02:21:51,712 Kenbo! Yoko! 1311 02:21:54,715 --> 02:21:56,383 Come in for dinner! 1312 02:22:51,772 --> 02:22:54,816 The end 87699