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Grandpa!

Grandpa! This is not a barn!

Please take the cow for a walk but don't bother us.

Why can't you take the cow back to the barn?

Hey, are you listening to me?

Hiroshi!

What?

Well, um...

Cow shit on the Reeboks I bought in Harajuku!

What? You're quitting?

Yeah.

Why?

What happened all of a sudden?

It's not sudden. I wanted to say this before.

I'm different from you.

I want to go to Waseda as a law major.

What's the big deal?

The middle of the junior year is the most important.

Sorry, but I really want to quit today. Bye!

Kezuya's such a jerk!

What's happening to today's young people?

Got any tissue?

In the back.

Oh, damn. It stinks.

Quit moaning.

What stinks?

This is Akira.

Shall I do it?

- What? - Play drums.

It wouldn't be good without a drummer at the cultural festival.

What about bass?

The Doors. You know, Jim Morrison.

The Doors didn't have bass.

I finally got rid of it. It was so smelly.

What are you talking about?

He wants to play drums.

Drums? No, let me do it.

I've always wanted to play drums.

Drums are more masculine than keyboards.

It may attract more attention from Mitsuko.

Mitsuko?!

Mitsuko? Yosuke's girlfriend Mitsuko?

Stop it or the gang leader will get angry.

Nah, I don't care about Mitsuko.

Anyway, I'll take care of Mitsuko - no, I mean, the drums.

Mitsuko!

Good morning.

Good morning.

Let me introduce you to a new student

from Tokyo High School, Akira Minamida.

Could you tell us about yourself?

I transferred here because I want a high school diploma.

It's only six months until graduation, so hang in there.

What a cool guy!

Who does he think he is?

He's nothing but just from Tokyo?

I've heard of Tokyo High School.

Yeah, when the college entrance exam scores are published.

He must have done some awful to be expelled.

Yeah, and it's so close to the end of the year.

That creep is looking at Mitsuko!

Wonder if he got expelled because of girls?

That stupid idiot. I'll get him if he lays a hand on Mitsuko.

You don't own her.

Damn it, we can't just ignore it.

Who does that son of a bitch think he is?

What? You have something to say about it?

The teacher is coming.

I hate it, those rock punks are at it again.

Shotaro!

Shotaro! Cut it out, Shotaro!

So you want to fight? That's cool.

May I have your attention please.

Those of you wishing to attend the drama club presentation

please take your seats in the gymnasium.

What's the matter? You look so sad.

It was alright for you, you got to perform in the gymnasium.

Yes, but you were jamming up there on the roof, too.

Damn it!

What? What?

He's disappointed because Mitsuko didn't come.

How silly!

Why?

Between you and me, Mitsuko...

Come on, say it!

There's a rumor that Mitsuko is going out with a gang leader at the school.

Apparently, he's not the only one she's going out with, either.

Yes, I heard that too, that she does it with anyone.

How disgusting.

Her father is director of the board of education...

...but she really does look like that type.

Really?

You didn't know?

Hey, that's enough. You don't talk about some things.

But it's true, isn't it?

Come on, how old are you anyway? Cut it out!

Stop it. You're hurting me.

Where are you going?

She's cute.

She's my sister. You stay away from her.

You guys are on the baseball team.

What are you doing here?

Just for today we're in the drama club.

Didn't you see the play? They loved us.

They gave us a standing ovation.

I guess we were born to be stars.

That's right, that's right.

Aren't you in a band? Didn't you perform?

When are you going to do it?

You can't play at the track meet.

You were supposed to play at the festival.

Yoko, it's late and you should go home.

Why? The night is young.

You sound like a member of the PTA.

You sound like an old man. You sound like a nerd.

Hiroshi, you were great. What's this? Where's mine?

Hey, give it back.

I get really excited looking at you performing.

She didn't write that!

This is an unusual place.

Coffee, please.

- Me, too. - Me, too.

Do you have cappucino?

Then I'll have American coffee.

The lyrics.

"Until stone gathers moss", aren't they?

The flag is just for effect.

The Flag of the Rising Sun brings good luck.

That picture of the American Military jeep

it's a cultural contradiction, cultural schizophrenia.

No, it's a bridge between the two cultures.

Rather than gathering moss, life is more like a rolling rock.

Let's name the band Rolling Rock.

Good idea.

What?

Over there.

No cigarettes and alcohol in student uniform.

What a ridiculous rule.

Well, if your collar isn't buttoned

no one will think you're in uniform.

Don't dilute American coffee, it's already weak.

Hank Williams, Buddy Holly, Jimi Hendrix,

Janice Joplin, Elvis, Lennon...

I want to be on the wall next to them.

Stupid. All of them died because of music.

No, they lived for music and then they died.

The sugar hasn't melted.

You put too much sugar in.

How far is it to the nearest town?

Thirty minutes by car.

Let's go.

The person who wrote this poem thinks the world is sad

but he knows he is caught here.

He cannot fly away like a bird.

I read your letter.

Would you like to see a movie on next Sunday?

"Bird"

What are you going to do?

Your family has sold off all your fields.

You won't be able to carry on as a farmer.

Do you really intend to be a musician?

No, I really want to be an astronaut.

Do I have to major in science?

Most of the NASA team seem to be military types.

- do they have to go to the airforce academy?

Do you think I could get picked to be an astronaut?

But I don't want to be sent to war.

Do you smoke?

No. You don't have nicotine stains on your teeth.

Wait. Wait a minute. Something is not right.

Let's change the arrangement. Like the bass part.

No, not this...

here, this is it. How's this?

Hiroshi, where are you going to apply for college?

Hey, listen to me!

If you're going to college,

you'd better pick one that will make it easier to get a job.

Think so?

I'm originally really a guitar player.

Let me see this for a second.

So what are we going to do about drums?

Don't worry. Drums are easy.

Do I have to play and sing at the same time?!

That's right. Levon Helm of The Band did it.

But...

It's okay for you, Hiroshi,

you've got the money to go to any college you want.

If you don't have money you can't go to a good college.

If a state highway had been paved

and condos had been built on our land

then I'd be rich enough to spend a year in preparatory school.

You're so serious about it. Give me a break.

What about you? Are you going to college?

Yes. But it's too late,

so next year I'll go back to Tokyo for prep school.

I can't afford to take a year off to get ready for exams.

I'm the second son, and without money, connections, or grades,

what can I do, dammit?

I think I better go home and study.

Ah, the miseries of youth.

Whatever you say, money is everything, everything!

Your parents bought you an electric guitar,

bass, drums and synthesizer.

To top it off they bought you a sportscar.

My darling Mitsuko!

I love you too

I am a senior in high school

I'm a student, as sad and lonely as a work horse

If I don't study there is no tomorrow

That's the way things are

Why can't we be together if we love each other?

Hiroshi! Keep it quiet!

What did you say?!

I'm studying. Keep it down!

Who do you think you're talking to?

There are plenty of quiet places outside.

What's the matter with this thing?

You can always go to the rice paddles for studying.

If I open the window

There is your heaven

The quiet and the fragrant country air

Disturbed by no one

You can study all you want

Hey, Hiroshi!

What?

Would you drive us over to the Xanadu Club?

Not again!

That's why they bought you a car so stop complaining.

Oh, shut up.

Hiroshi, are you studying for your entrance exams?

That's right. You can't keep fooling around all the time.

I'm studying.

Don't ask me to drive you someplace when I'm studying.

What are you talking about?

Who made it possible for you to buy such a nice car?

It's because you sold off our ancestor's farm land.

What did you say?

Calm down, honey.

Hiroshi, we didn't have fun when we were young.

So be more cooperative.

Why do I have to explain myself to my own children?

Hiroshi, family money won't last forever.

If you don't go to college now.

Don't expect me to pick you up.

That's all for today.

Just a minute. Something I want to say to you.

You've been coming home very late recently.

I'm sorry.

Do you have a girlfriend?

No.

There is nothing to hide. It's written all over your face.

Well, all kinds of things happen when you're young.

See you later.

It's pouring.

Look at those fools studying.

You don't have an umbrella?

No.

You can share with me.

I'm exhausted. I can't take it anymore. Let's walk.

Shotaro, look! There's Yosuke.

What?

The peasants are working in the fields.

It must be nice for you -

you can be farmers instead of going to college.

Don't pay attention to those idiots.

Who is Yosuke?

That's the leader of the gang I told you before.

Oh, Mitsuko's boyfriend.

There's a future for us

since we aren't going to agricultural school.

Nowadays if you don't go to college,

you'll just be a farmer all your life.

You peasants! You peasants!

Oh, no!

Keep your pace steady!

It's a shortcut, a shortcut!

This way!

So Yosuke and you were friends when you were kids?

The last year of junior high

they had a big fight over something stupid.

What was it?

Yosuke didn't return Shotaro's favorite computer game.

You're right. That is stupid.

It's not as bad as leaving the band

just to take extra classes for college exams.

Hey, watch what you say, Akira.

Do you want to become a math whizz

just so you can become a working class!

Where's your dream?

Yeah, but you can't live like a rolling stone all your life.

That's why people say you act like an old man.

If you don't have fun it's all a big loss.

We only live once.

Damn it!

It must be great to live like that.

We can't live like we really want to.

Anyway, we're all going to graduate

and go our separate ways

and that will be it.

That's not true.

Hey, Shotaro.

What?

Yesterday...

We made it!

Wow! Look at that!

Hey, I wonder if this wood is rotten.

It's okay, don't worry.

What's the matter, Hiroshi?

What's the matter, aren't you coming?

Oh, yes, you were trying to tell me something.

That's right.

Look, it's still here.

When we came here in sixth grade,

Hiroshi couldn't make it across.

You carved that then?

You're always carrying that thing around with you.

It doesn't seem like I'll need it much around here.

That's a pretty cool knife.

Hiroshi still can't do it.

Where did he go?

Yeah, what Hiroshi did in sixth grade again?

Hiroshi!

There's Hiroshi!

Hey, look at you!

Go for it!

It must be cold, hang in there!

Hang in there, Hiroshi!

It's just one of the rivers you're going to cross!

You did it!

Mitsuko!

Hiroshi! What are you doing in the cold? Are you crazy?

All high school kids are crazy.

Sorry to ask again, but please drive us to the club tonight.

Not that club again!

You must be kidding. Who do you think I am?

Am I your chauffeur?

This is the most important time for me.

If I don't study, my whole future will be ruined.

What do you think you're doing,

asking me to take you to that stupid club?

In this world, if you don't go to college,

you can't survive.

Even the money we have, it won't last forever.

Do you want me to become a dumb pig?

Who would want their kid to turn into a dumb pig?

Do you always drive this fast?

I'm in a "so what" kind of mood.

What do you mean by "so what"?

Let me read some of the postcards I received.

"Hi, I'm a sixteen year-old girl."

"There's a guy at school I've admired since high school."

Just a little kiss.

Love needs to be expressed physically, too.

But there is so much to talk about.

- I want to get to know you better. - I feel the same way, too.

But I want to talk to you lovingly.

But not like this.

I want to become a big artist.

If I do, you'd be happy, too, won't you?

For that, I need to experience all kinds of things.

There isn't much chance to experience things out here.

"...and suddenly, my boyfriend kissed me violently."

"He put the car seat down and I escaped from the car."

"The good impression I had of him was ruined!"

I don't think you understand girls.

"...Yes, I agree with you."

"There are so many stupid guys"

"that think if they can get a girl in a car"

"they can try anything they want!"

Grandpa! You're not supposed to take the cow out of the barn!

Hiroshi, don't you feel sorry for the cow

having to stand in a little shed all day?

It's good to take her for a walk.

See you. Bye bye!

That son of a bitch!

What are you so upset about?

How dare you put me in a sweat!

You're only a freshman and already making me worry -

while you have a good time!

I'm going to kill that boyfriend of yours!

Hiroshi, what are you doing here?

Are you alone?

Akira is running an errand. He'll be back.

An errand?

Thank you. Put it down there.

Here's some spending money.

How was your date, Hiroshi? Did you do it?

How did you know?

There's no one in this town who doesn't know.

But it looks like it didn't work out.

Same as me, huh?

It's good to have some company, isn't it Shotaro?

Are you still upset about Mitsuko?

Since then he's been drinking every day.

Hiroshi is lucky.

At least he got a kiss.

I did not!

Hey! You guys are friends,

so why don't you console each other instead?

Good evening.

Hi. How are you?

How's business?

Same as usual. I deal with kids all the time.

Who's that lady?

It's Mika's mother, the owner of Kanadu.

Here you go.

Akira, come over here for a minute.

For a young person of today, he seems very mature.

Yes, isn't he cute?

Thank you.

You haven't accounted very accurately this month.

There are a lot of expenses in the end of the year.

Akira, could you massage my shoulders?

Okay.

Me next.

Okay.

Eiji! I'm glad you came.

Sit down. Let's have a drink!

Hey, what happened? You're barefoot.

Do you have a fever?

You probably just need to get laid.

So everyone is here.

Whiskey is good for forgetting about women.

Even with Mitsuko it's not helping at all.

Okay!

What? What?

Let's go sneak into bed with someone.

Who?!

Mitsuko, of course.

Akira, we're leaving.

What's going on? You're no better than...

In all my eighteen years,

I never knew the life of a gigolo was so wonderful.

I'm going to feel wonderful, too!

You asshole!

Mitsuko! Let me do it to you!

Hey, Hiroshi and Akira! Don't you forget I'm first.

You talk about love, but what is this?!

We're here. We're here. One more for the road.

I'm first. I'm going first.

Go on, but get a hold of yourself first.

Mitsuko! I'm coming!

I have to find a stone.

Hey! Who is it?

Not bad, Shotaro.

I told you I was first, didn't I?

Why did you break the window?

What a dumb ass.

What happened?

Sh! Get down.

That car...

What? It's too dark to see anything.

I think they're fucking.

Hiroshi, what's wrong?

Are you thinking about last night?

I've forgotten about it. I feel great today!

You're obnoxious.

Let's play the song dedicated to Mitsuko.

What? Which song dedicated to Mitsuko?

Do we have a song like that?

Maybe I'll dedicate it to my mother, too.

Dedicate it to my sister, too.

Oh, today they're playing "See Me Standing."

What, what do they think school is all about?

What do you think you're doing,

making all that noise?

- This is our club activity. - Stupid! This is only noise.

Downstairs everyone is studying hard.

Unlike you lazy hums everyone is serious, studying.

Eiji, I thought you weren't school today.

I'm not going to that study hall.

Is that the way you feel? You'll be sorry.

Anyway, I don't care whether you pass or not

but don't disturb the other students!

If you want to play that badly go home!

Just go home.

Do you understand?

It's a drag to be told off by a math teacher

who's done the same thing over and over all his life.

Good bye.

Wait, just wait a minute.

Didn't you hear him say good bye to you?

I'm in a hurry.

Who are you going to do it with today?

I bet it's hard to study and fuck at the same time.

It's okay to sleep around,

but stop doing it in the car like you did last night.

We could see everything.

Cut it out, you bitch!

Everyone talks about me,

but you've got it all wrong.

I really love him.

What's happening? What's going on?

Oh, oh. It's Kondo.

Did I hear someone crying?

Hiroshi, did you do anything to her?

It's nothing. Don't worry about it.

That Mitsuko is a strong lady.

No one will want to marry her.

Don't be so old fashioned.

We still haven't played a set straight through.

I think there is something about us.

What?

I don't know...

There's no reason to get that depressed.

What's taking him so long?

It's taking him all night to open the damn door.

Hey, Hiroshi!

It's open!

Just kidding!

Oh, you scared me.

What do you think you're doing?

I wanted to contemplate death.

Death?

I guess this thick rope really would hurt.

Maybe not.

You wouldn't be here anymore so it wouldn't matter.

You wouldn't feel any fear.

But I wouldn't want to feel any pain.

If you were contemplating death,

why would you have katsup dripping out of your mouth?

Akira, do you believe in fate?

I believe in fate,

but you can change it with willpower.

Willpower?

For example, say you want to make money.

The stronger the will to make money,

the more money you make.

Okay, I heard every word you said.

What do you mean?

Okay, let's use our willpower to make lots of money.

Then we'll go to all the massage parlors in town.

That's the spirit.

But how?

We're going to put on a concert.

A concert! That's it!

Where?

There's a place somewhere.

Mika's coffee shop!

That's it!

You can't do it here.

If you put on a concert in this small place,

not enough people will come.

You want to make money, don't you?

Don't think so small.

Why don't you rent a big place?

That's true.

Let's make it a big event.

Let's do it!

Why can't we rent this? It's not booked anyway.

You are high school students, right?

I can't rent it to you unless it's a school event.

Now go on home!

City Hall is not available for profit making ventures.

Why don't you go home and study?

Ridiculous schemes!

Why doesn't he mind his own business?

There isn't another place for a big concert.

Yes there is. Right here.

What a great idea to have an outdoor concert.

And you don't need no car rent.

??? was that?

No, of course.

Leave it to a city kid.

How was it, Eiji?

It's not going like I thought.

Why can't we get any other band to join?

We have to try harder.

How?

Why don't you use your head?

You have to do some promotion!

The Rolling Rock Band concert will be on December 4th!

What are you doing?

I want to talk to you.

I went to your school today.

We talked to Mr. Kondo about your future.

Why did you do that?!

Because it's important!

It seems like you're up to no good recently.

If this continues, we won't know what to do.

Think about how we feel.

We talked this over with the teacher, too...

If you really hate studying that much,

we won't force you to go to college.

We thought maybe you'd like to get a job instead.

What is this?

The president of this company is a friend of your uncle.

The company rewards met ??? and not college diploma.

It's a company with a good future.

Calm down and think it over carefully.

I'm the one who do concern for you.

I wonder if this will make him want to study?

Yosuke!

What are you doing, you guys?

You assholes got your words the other day.

Shut up! Like I said, you are a stupid pleasant!

What did you say?!

What is this "Village Rock Festival"?!

Well you can just forget about it!

Hit me all you want!

But no matter what you do,

we're going to play this concert!

It's so cold! What if nobody shows up?

Yeah ???

Hey ???

What?

??? again

Hey, Eiji.

Some guys want to do a comedy before our show.

That sounds good to me.

Let's tell them it's okay. Who are they?

It's two guys from our class, Kinta and Ginji.

What?! Then forget about it!

Where are they?

Over there.

Hey, Eiji. We stayed up all night to make these shirts.

Sorry, guys, but this is a real concert.

I don't think it would work out.

Oh, all right, big brother.

And another thing. Keep your hands off my sister.

We sure are getting into a lot of fights lately.

Thank you!

Hiroshi! Hiroshi!

I thought about what happened the other day and talked to my friends.

It seems that's just the way boys are.

Anyway, please read this.

Hey, look at that crowd!

Ladies and gentlemen! It's the "Village Rock Festival"!

Wow, this is great!

We'll probably make over two thousand dollars!

Two thousand dollars! Far out!

That son of a bitch! I'll get him back!

Cut it out! Not here!

Oh, it's okay. Let them stay.

Thank you for coming.

It means a lot to us.

I hope you enjoy listening to the Rolling Rock Band!

This is the Board of Education.

This concert has not been approved as suitable for young people.

Therefore, we order you to cease these activities at once.

Daddy!

What do you think you're doing?

Are you resisting?!

Hiroshi!

This is our concert! Leave us alone!

Is this one of your students?

Yes, I am sorry to say...

I want you to listen to what he is saying and stop this!

It won't do you any good to put up a fight!

Daddy!

Mistuko, what are you doing here?!

Why shouldn't she be here?!

Hiroshi! Watch what you're saying!

I'm not saying this just to be mean.

I am thinking about your future.

Why can't you just leave us alone!

Watch it! You can get expelled for talking like that!

You...!

Stop it!

Why should I!

Whose side are you on, anyway?!

Dad, I know you don't approve of this

but no one's doing any harm!

I want you to go home!

I don't want you to have anything to do with this.

Please return to your homes!

Do you want to end up just like me?

Don't you touch me!

I can't stand to watch some jerk like you

trying to take an innocent person's freedom away.

I am not a student, so you can't do anything to me!

Too bad about that!

Way to go!

We didn't make any money after all!

You've lost your chance again.

Here. You want to blow off some steam, don't you?

Is it really okay?

Wow!

You're going too aren't you, Eiji?

Me, too.

Not you. Akira doesn't need that anymore.

How about you, Hiroshi?

Come on, Hiroshi, let's go.

What's the matter with you, Hiroshi?

Something's wrong with him lately.

Hurry up, the massage parlor will be closed.

See you later!

Let's go, Akira!

Where?

Let's drive around for a while.

It's boring to be an adult.

Not if you don't become a boring adult.

It all depends on how you look at it.

I'm sorry about what happened.

But you were great.

No one has ever talked to my father like that before.

But I still couldn't do what I wanted.

That's for today.

I... like to think of myself at the center of the universe.

Hey, didn't you just kiss him?

Of course not. You're the only one. Let's go.

You want to see something funny?

It was just ten years ago.

This is the priest.

So young!

- That's before he shaved his head. - How weird!

The priest can't even dance a few steps.

Those were the days!

Huh?

Let's play at the coffee house tonight!

Let's go meet Shotaro and Eiji at the station!

Okay!

What happened to Hiroshi?

It was his idea in the first place.

I used to come here often when I was in high school.

I thought about running away.

But I always came back.

I couldn't do anything on my own.

I wasn't very independent after all.

Independence.

I wonder what happened to those two.

They had a lot of energy to release.

Who is smoking up there on the roof?!

It's me, a senior, Hiroshi Kitajima!

Listen, Hiroshi, I will not let you get expelled.

If you get expelled it's my failure, too.

So hang in there.

Stick with it to the end!

There are only three months until graduation.

Three months compared to the rest of your life is nothing!

Hiroshi, please recite all of the conjunctions.

It's a review from your freshman year.

What are you doing? I'm against violence!

I am a bird!

Huh...?

I am going to cut class now.

Hiroshi! Where are you going?

Good bye, Mr. Kondo!

Hiroshi, what's the matter?

Do you have any money?

Money? What are you going to do?

I'm leaving home.

Just loan me some money.

Leaving home? Where are you going?

I haven't decided yet.

Could you take my jacket and bag home?

Hurry up. Give me some cash.

But...

Are you serious?

Hiroshi, give it back to me tomorrow.

I have to buy a school book.

I'll give you my car instead.

Give me a ticket to as far as this will take me.

Tell Mika good bye from me.

Okay.

You'd better take a jacket.

It's going to be cold.

Freedom is a lonely thing.

So long.

He's really serious.

He can't be serious. He has my money.

He'll be back when he gets hungry.

That stupid idiot. Is he really serious?

Where did Hiroshi go?