Original subtitles

Produced by Kiki Sugino and Koji Fukada

Directed by Koji Fukada

Cast

Kenji Yamauchi, Kiki Sugino, Kanji Furuta chi

Hospital it e

You're back

Yeah, just got here. Did you go on your lunch break yet?

Nope

Go ahead. I'll switch in

Great. I'll iust finish these

Man, it's hot in here You look kind of flushed

Really? Might just be ink on my face

-Hi. Welcome back

Anyway, don't push yourself too hard

Teacher, I want to go look for Pea!

Okay, but we'd better get changed first

I'm already changed!

Let's put on something more comfortable

Hi there.

Hello.

Were you at a memorial? That's right. For my father.

He passed away today?

Two years ago today

Wow, two years already It's all so fast.

Yeah.

Did you come by for something?

Is your brother in?

Sure, he's downstairs

Hello.

Oh, how's it going?

It's a neighborhood watch petition. - A petition, huh?

It's been a while

The chairman's got a lot of free time on his hands His wife won't give him the time of day

Oh, boy.

But, really, we all should be careful with prowlers and crime these days

All these foreigners around, too think it's dangerous

You think so?

Well, I don't know, but it seems like it. You should be careful

We're just a little printing shop

But you know, with children and all. You've got a little girl.

True.

Could you sign here and pass it on?

Where?

Right here. It's for the park beautification project.

With the homeless people coming in these days, we can't let our guard down

You bet.

I'll see you later.

Take care.

Bye

Seiko, see you at the meeting i tomorrow?

I heard A kie and her mom are coming

She's coming?

You went to school together, right? That'll be fun.

managed to get a lot of people in on it

Let's see, 20 people

That many?

- See you there - See you

Have a nice day

Good-bye

What was that?

We're going to walk around on neighborhood watch or something

You're actually going?

Well, she dragged me into it

guess they probably want to hear. about me moving back in and all

The color's wrong

What?

Pea doesn't look like this

" We lost our green parakeet "

I don't know. It looks like her to me

It's ready?

Yeah, what do you think?

Looks good. Here you go.

Thanks

Seem right?

No?

Oh, well, this is what we've got. The picture was dark, so the color looks dull

You're not good at taking pictures

What, I took this?

That's right.

You love Pea, right?

Yeah

Then she'll turn up.

Eriko, ask Seiko to go with you

Okay.

150 2 50 19.190 29 50

2 19.190- 29 50 50

150 2 50 19.190 29 50

Thank you, Seiko

No problem. You must be busy

Yeah, I can't really leave with all the printing orders

I'm the only one with nothing to do

I appreciate it

Thanks, Seiko

No problem

Let's see, 3000no, 2000 in 90 kg coating. Two colors on the front and one on the back?

Right.

Here's a little something for you.

Oh, these take me back! What's the occasion?

Just got back from Hiroshima yesterday I was just there for a day, though

Thanks

And here's your receipt

You're always so nice

Hello.

Hi.

Are you here for an order?

No, I'm here about the bird - The what?

I saw the flyer about the parakeet

Oh, thank you so much

Well, I didn't actually catch it.

But you've got information about it? - Hopefully

Seiko, this man just came in about that.

I saw the flyer

Eriko!

Teacher, did he see Pea?

I sure did.

Where?

You know, the trees by the station

The park?

Right, the park

When I saw the flyer. I recognized it right away

Thank you.

Isn't that great, Eriko?

I'll go with her.

Thanks

Bye

See you later

Taker care

She's really cute

Isn't she?

- You're teaching her something? Teaching?

She called you "teacher.

Oh, just some English

Hey, is that so? English That's really something

No, I just know enough to teach to kids

But you just can't get by without English these days

My name is Hana taro

Whew. It sure is hot today

Oh, let me get you some tea.

Sorry. Didn't mean to twist your arm. Thanks

I'm back.

This man came about the parakeet

That's great

Say, you're Mikio Kobayashi, right?

I thought this might be your store.

remembered when I saw that flyer

He's a friend of yours?

He's...

Come on, I'm Kagawa! Ichiro Kagawa's son.

Oh, okay! Sorry, I didn't realize

It's no wonder It's been a long time

How many years has it been? Eight?

I've told you, right? When I set up this shop,

there was that old fri eno of my dad's that helped fund it

This is his son.

Is that so? We really appreciate all your family has done for us

I'm flattered. You really do remember It seems like things are working out for you

Is your wife out today?

This is my wife

Uh... Oh, really? Pardon me.

It's just that she's so young

I didn't realize

You do this work with just the two of you?

The two of us and my wife We're really a small business

Seriously ; I'm impressed

My dad would be proud. What I do is practically nothing compared to this

What is it that you do?

Nothing.

I'm a slacker.

... see.

Mr. Yamaguchi!

Mr. Kagawa, you should stay back from the machines. It's dangerous

used to use one of these myself

Ma'am, you should get him some water.

Good idea.

Let me take a look

Mr. Kaga wa's here again today?

Is he going to work here?

Hmm.

What do you think we should do?

Seems fine to me, but it's your call

I think we should `keep him here He knows his way around the machine

Mr. Yamaguchi seems pretty worn out. so we could have him help for a while

Here you go

How is it?

I'd say I've gotten the hang of it.

He could start work today

Are you feeling better?

Yeah, I got a lot of energy back after taking yesterday off.

Sorry for the trouble

What's that machine for?

We have n't needed to use it too much lately

That's a shame..

If you just learn this one you'll be fine

We had more workers when my dad was running

but there are fewer orders now.

It's just downsizing to fit demand

My dad went a little over board

What are these?

They're pension envelopes for the labor department

Really?.

We get subcontracted for them here and there.

They print a lot of them so it works out well for us

That's great. - It's just enough to keep us in business.

No, this is perfect

Well, if you say so.

I'm heading out

See you.

Oh, Seiko

Do you mind putting these up?

No problem

But you're not coming, Natsuki?

I'll hold off this time

You might as well go once in a while

Sorry, it's just that there's still work to do.

It's okay. Anyway, ll hand these to everyone

What kind of group is it?

The neighborhood watch

Patrolling the neighborhood crime prevention, and all that

You know, if we don't take part in it. I'll never hear the end of it.

Oh, Mr. Kaga wa's work clothes are probably dry by now

I'll go get them

Your wife is very beautiful

You think so?

And young, too. I was surprised

Oh?

Well, you know. When you came by last time, it was someone different

Yeah, that's right

T hope you don't mind if I ask

It's fine

Did you split up?

Actually, she got sick and.

Seriously? I didn't know

That must have been so hard for you

Yeah, but it's been quite a few years now

Sorry about this

Since it was so sudden, we didn't have a uniform ready. Here, put this on

I need to step out

You're going out again?

Just to the bank. There's something forgot to take care of

She's always got something to do

Shiraishi?

Huh?

On the uniform

Oh, that was our previous worker's name

You had someone else?

Up until three months ago

He lived and worked here for a year until he quit

Young workers these days just don't know how to stick with a job

- So you've got a vacancy? A what?

An open room

I'm back

How was the neighborhood watch?

It was fine.

We just went on a little patrol and had some tea together.

You should see it, though

Information and watch reports are sent to your cell phone all the time

That's kind of scary

People have to be on their toes

The women there have been asking - if Natsuki wants to come to the meetings

Me? I don't know what I could do for them

It'd be fine

They'd be delighted to have some fresh faces in there

Nobody's forcing you, but you should at least drop by some time

We have to do business in this area after all

Oh, Natsuki. Can you give me English lessons some time?

O h, uh... Absolutely

What?

I've been trying to learn English

You? Are you kidding me?

What's that supposed to mean?

You said you want to study abroad,right?

That's right.

You really think you could?

It's not so hard to do any more

I'll go get changed

Did getting divorced throw her off kilter or something?

Oh, hey there. Welcome back

Uh... Hi.

Mr. Kobayashi, which futon should I use?

Here you go. I put a new cover on it

Thanks.

Is Mr. Kagawa staying over?

Actually, I hired him with room and board

That was awfully fast

Apparently he got evicted or something so he was looking for a new room

Something wrong?

No, but you could at least have asked me

I live here, too

Sorry about that

My room's already been taken over by Natsuki,you know

Look, how was I supposed to know you'd be back in two years?

Even so, if you're going to let some woman use my room, you could let me know.

She's not "some woman

And I gave you a room, right?

That's not the issue

Yeah, yeah.

Hello, Kobayashi Printing.

Oh, how are you?

Mr. Kobayashi's out right now

Really?

I'll let him know.

Take good care of yourself

They said. Mr. Yamaguchi needs to stay at the hospital today

He does?

Just to run some tests l hope he's all right

Me too

Oh, hey

Haven't run into you /in a while

didn't know you were back in town

How have you been? Pretty good

- You've got a kid Yeah

How old?

Nine months

Congrats

Thanks

You're by yourself today

Erik o's with me.

Hi, Eriko!

Go on. It's your mom, after all.

Come here

You guys should have dinner together

I'd love to It's been so long

Eriko, what do you feel like eating?

See you, then

Bye.

Natsuki.

Sorry about that.

Why are you apologizing?

Well, I kept you waiting

It was the first time you'd seen each other in a while, right?

You should have taken your time.

We've got nothing to talk about, though

Where's Eriko?

Oh, she went with her mom to get a bite to eat.

see.

Is Seiko taking a bath?

No. she said she'd be back late. It must be Mr. Kagawa

Hello...

Who was that?

Beats me!

No way! Did Mr. Kagawa call a...

You know, a call girl?

Are you kidding?

Actually, I wonder.

Oh, welcome home

I picked up some beer Help yourself.

Mr. Kagawa, um... - Hmm?

Is there a... girl here for you?

Oh, you ran into each other? Sorry about that.

meant to introduce you all myself

A friend of yours?

She's my wife.

a Now you've got the whole story Thanks for taking us in

I am... Annabelle. Pleased. make your acquaintance

I've got to say I'm surprised

Why'd you keep quiet about being married?

Oh, I didn't mean to

T If you'd asked, I would have told you

Pleased

Where did you meet your wife?

We were introduced and just hit it off, I guess

Where are you from?

From? Os hi age

Originally, I mean.

She says she's from Brazil.

I understand that much

How long have you been in Japan?

About five years I think

How long again?

Japan... How many... years?

She's working as a dance instructor over here

She teaches dances from overseas, like the samba

Salsa.

So, you speak English?

The thing is,

I'm not much good at speaking or listening. Or reading

But I mean, you're married.

Let me tell you, even without words

..what counts is right here It's all about heart

Don't you think so?

Well, I guess.

I'll have seconds!

Eriko must be back

Is that A kie?

I'll go say hi to Akie.

You're back.

Nice to see you.

Did you eat dinner? - I ate every bite!

- Noodles? - Yeah

To be honest, it's actually a phony marriage

Just kidding. Come on, it was a joke!

I'm sure we'll all get along just fine. We won't be any trouble

Give me a break.

So, after we ran into A kie today.

She said she was relieved to see you

She was worried I might be all alone

Why?

Why what?

Why would she be relieved?

Oh, you know.

With me raising Eriko after she left

I can't even cook

She felt bad about just taking off and leaving me with so much to handle

Shut up.

Huh?

Won't they shut up over there?

Yeah,

really.

Cut it out.

Stop it!

You're up early

I've got a part-time job starting today

You do?

Yeah, I have to save up to study abroad

What?

I have to save up to study abroad

You still haven't given up on that?

Is there something wrong with it?

Where is it you're planning on going anyway?

still deciding.

That's it?

You know, you'd think we ought to have a little money saved up by now

This again?

Look, was it wrong that I wanted to remarry?

I didn't say that

Oh, Natsuki Good morning

Good morning.

I'm heading out

Have a nice day

Oh, morning!

Good morning

Hello. I've got your order ready

Thanks

Sure is hot out!

I've got three cans of ink for you. Great.

just need your signature right here

Here.

Thanks so much. If you've got empties, I /can take them for you

Actually, I do

Here they are

I'll send you the data later so let me have a printed edition

. An edition? Right.

No problem

Can I get you anything else?

Actually

I'm almost out of cleaning fluid Let me get another can.

Certainly

One, two, three One, two, three

Eriko

Let's start our lesson.

Okay.

Bye.

How far did we get yesterday?

Did you get through "apple " last time?

Then let's move on to "dog

" Dog'

Good job. Let's write it out

Hello.

Hey there.

Where are you from? Your... country...

Bosnia.

Wow, you must l have seen some hard times

Ma'am, your laundry fell down

Oh, really? Whoops. Thanks for telling me

Eriko, hold on a second.

Let's try one more time, Eriko

Now,"bag

She asked how Mr.l Koba v as hi's wife passed away

Passed away?

Didn't she?

She just ran out on him

Really?

So you can speak English?

More than you can, it looks like

Where did they teach you that English anyway?

didn't say I was a teacher I'm just teaching a little kid.

Speaking of which, Mr. Kobayashi's sister seems really gung-ho about learning English

Yeah,she's been saying that

You should be careful she doesn't end up teaching you

Who cares? She's just all hung up on studying abroad with no reason at all

It's ridiculous

No,you're right She's just trying to get away from-reality

Seems like you've got a pretty good grasp of things

Boss,

can I have a moment?

What's up?

Something important came up.

Huh?

and I'd like to take some time off tomorrow

guess that's fine.

So you just let him take a whole week off?

He said he had

something important to take care of.

I have no idea what he has to do but taking a whole week off all of a sudden?

That seems pretty irresponsible

I guess so.

And his wife, Annabelle?

What about her?

She doesn't fit in around here

People are starting to spread rumors.

I hate to say it

but I think it'd be better if he quit

...or at least moved out.

How could I possibly say that to him after they've just moved in?

Annabelle seems like a decent enough person

There's something about this

What?

Have a nice day

I'm off.

See you later then

help something?

That's okay, thanks

Mikio

What?

We go.

What?

We.go.

Go? Where?

We're home!

Eriko, stay here for just a second

One, two, three One, two, three

Home sweet home.

You're pretty drunk

So? What's wrong with drinking a little?

Oh, Natsuki!

Working again?

What a trooper.

Seiko.

Are you okay?

You'll move up in this world..

Seiko, you forget to take your shoes off

I'll get you some water.

Seiko.

Are you asleep?

What is English?

And this?

Eriko,

..don't you want to go look for Pea?

Let's go, Eriko

See you later.

-Bye. - Bye.

Boss, do you mind if I go help them out?

Sure, why not? It's not too busy today

Let me see!

Do you always carry those around?

I'm something of a bird-watcher

Look! That might be her over there

Eriko, he might have found her

That might be Pea over there

Oh, it's our house!

Do you see something?

I sure do.

What is it?

This is great. Want a look?

Not really

Are you angry about something?

If you say iso.

Oh, do you mind if I ask you a question?

Go ahead

You're embezzling money, aren't you?

What?

I've been checking out the company bank books

but it just doesn't add up

Every month you come up about 100,000 yen short.

guess Mikio doesn't know You handle all the accounting after all.

I have no idea

Ma'am,

.there's someone you go out to meet sometimes, isn't there

What do you mean?

Oh, you know.

Takahiro Honma age 29. Unemployed

Criminal record for rape

Eriko, why don't you go play over there?

I need to talk to Mr. Kagawa

Just who are you?

No need to look at me like that.

I just had a friend of mine who's good at this sort of thing look into it

What are you after?

Money?

Huh?

I'm not here to extort money from you.

That's what this Honma is doing, right?

Is he your boyfriend?

What a situation. Anybody would think you're just cozying up to Mikio for his money

He's not my boyfriend and I'm not cheating on my husband

Then who is he?

It's got nothing to do with you.

Well, I'll find out one way or another

The company's money is disappearing and it's my duty as an employee to tell the boss

Don't tell him

That all depends on you

" Warning!'

Now, who is he?

He's...?

My brother.

What?

He's my brother.

So, you've got an older brother.

Does Mikio know?

No.

Why's that?

I'm ashamed

I can understand He's got'a nice record there

He's got nothing to do with me-Hmm?

My brother.

We had different mothers and we weren't even raised in the same place

He's got nothing to do with me

That's the way

The most important thing is honesty

That wasn't so hard, was it?

want to help you, I really do

Let's go.

Eriko, all by yourself?

Teacher said she had some shopping to do

Where's Mr. Kagawa?

I don't know

Jm

Oh, go ahead

Listen,

I don't want to pay any more

I'm sorry

Look, Natsuki. Don't say that

I feel bad about it, you know

Then don't contact me anymore

Fine. I'll stay away

Really?

But I'm short on cash and in debt

I'm sorry, but you're the only one I can turn to

Come on.

know... I'm making things hard on you

This is the last time

Just one last 100,000 yen

80,000 yen. I'll get by with 80,000

I only have 50,000 with me

That's fine. Plenty

Hold it! Stop right there

Who are you?

Natsuki's friend.

I'll handle things from here

Look Al don't know you I'm talking to Natsuki.

Just talk to me for a second

You won't regret it.

Ma'am, you can go home no w I'll take care of this

What the hell? Stay out of this!

Shut "your mouth!

You'd better listen if you want to live.

Hold on.

It's fine. i'won't hurt him

We're just going to go have a little talk

Hi.

Oh, hi.

- Something wrong? Not really

What's up?

Nothing much

Going to practice?

Yea h, I'm headed there now

Oh.

Here

What's this?

Tickets to our show You should come

Thanks. I'll see if I can

I'm home

Hey there

So

How was it?

Was what?

Work

Smooth as ever.

If we get the printing done today. everything should make it in tomorrow

That's good.

Hello?

Oh, just a second

Everything worked out just fine

In other words, I made him promise to sign an agreement

that he wouldn't hassle you for money

and would take care of his debt himself

You know, he turned out to be a pretty decent guy

It's fine. Anyway, that's that

Sorry I had to step out. Oh, no problem.

Oh, hello Are you here for an order?

Uh, no...

Actually, he's a friend of mine

He's out of work right now so I gave him a job

Huh?

This is the boss here at Kobayashi Printing

Nice to meet you

Just hold on here

Boss, I think you have something to tell me?

Huh?

Something you need to tell me.

What's that?

You slept with my wife, didn't you?

No, hold on...

Oh, you did it, all right

Some guy you are

But... That's not how it happened. She came on to me first

Do you think it matters who started it? You're an adult, aren't you?

What it comes down to is that you committed adultery with my wife

Adultery?

That's what happened, right?

I'm sorry.

You're trying to apologize?

I mean, I'm just

I'm... really sorry

Please don't tell my wife

Oh, well. Water under the bridge, I suppose

You have done a lot for us after all

The boss says you're hired!

Thank you for this opportunity.

Come on. Put some effort into it!

Thank you very much!

Okay! You'll start work tomorrow

You're going to have a lot to learn.

I'll give it my all! Sounds good

Want to get some food? Sure.

Hello.

How's it going?

Wow,you've got another new person

Hmm... I'll take 5 kg of black 2 of blue, and 2 of metallic red.

You need that much?

Sure, why not? We'll get more orders

Right, Boss?

One, two, three! One, two, three.

What'd she say?

The neighborhood watch lis about to hold another meeting

Oh.

You should go this time

I guess I could

It's always me or Seiko that has to go You've got to show your face once in a while

But.

Toshiko helped us quite a bit last year

That's why I'd like her to lead our executive committee

Are there any opinions on the matter?

I'm all for it.

She certainly did lend us a hand last year.

We'd all appreciate it very much

I'd be honored

Sorry I'm late.

So, they passed it

Passed?

Oh, with the park and-all

The park?

The beautification project.

We got the signatures'to evict all those

...people living in boxes around there

We can finally get moving on that

Well,there have been more tourists around lately

That must be why the district office didn't take as long as usual.

This is thanks to all of your efforts collecting signatures

Children were getting scared of the homeless people,

...so schools were very cooperative in giving signatures.

Natsuki

You're going home? -. Yeah.

Thanks for coming was surprised.

I was glad I got to see it. Thanks

I can give you a ride on my bike

Are you sure? Isn't there an after party?

No problem We do this all the time

can come back later anyway.

Come on.

Good morning

Morning

I'd say it's just about time.

Welcome to Kobayashi Printing

Hello.

Mr. Kagawa... here?

Mr. Kagawa? Just a moment

Oh, you're early Come on up

Mr. Kagawa, what's going on here?

Sorry about that. They're family of my wife, here sightseeing

wanted them to have a place to stay

Good day.

Mrs. Kobayashi

Sorry for all the commotion.

Well, that's fine, but

guess...we're'entertaining some guests

Mr. Kagawa? I'm coming in.

Oh, Mr. Kobayashi

Hey, Mr. Kagawa. What is this? Who are these foreigners?

Beats me.

Tell them to go away

Oh, don't mind them

Tell them to go

But they're family. Annabelle's family

What do you mean "family "? That's... that's ridiculous!

I'm telling you, they are

This is our house

That's right

It is our house

Enough already!

Hey, what's the big deal? They're Annabelle's friends, right?

You keep quiet.

Mr. Kagawa..

Listen, this house belongs to me in part

If I say they stay, then they stay

That settles it. All right let's all have a talk

Let's get everyone in here Annabelle and Mrs. Kobayashi, too.

We've got a lot to talk about.

Ma'am? Ma'am? I was just saying that we should all talk

Oh, she left. I'll go get her.

Listen, Mr. Kagawa...

I'm sorry, but could you give us some privacy tomorrow?

You're kicking us out?

No, just for tomorrow

It's Natsuki's birthday

Well, tell her to have a happy birthday

It's just that we always celebrate at home

This is'all kind of sudden.

The shower's inside on the left

All of you guys get in there and clean yourselves off

Here you go, Boss

What is all this?

We saved the paperwork for you

But what about.

Everyone, come on down here!

Here we are. Sorry to keep you waiting

Come on. Everybody's dancing!

You don't want to be the only ones left out, right?

What's going on here?

Are you all right?

Guess what.

Remember how I came home late earlier this week?

Yeah.

It was because I slept with this guy I know

Sorry.

Kagawa!

Everyone, stay right where you are.

Let me see your alien registration cards

Hey, just stay right there!

Just hang on Don't throw up in here!

Sorry, this guy's about to puke

Hold on until we get outside Do it outside

Now! Run for it!

Stop right there!

They're all gone.

Looks like it.

Thank goodness the police came when they did.

I was terrified. what with all those foreigners running wild

Sounds like that scruffy-looking guy was behind it

It's just despicable

The police are saying he was-trafficking illegal immigrants."

Did they catch him?

I heard he got away

Can't the police ever do anything right?

Oh, hello.

Quite the commotion

Yeah, well. Sorry for the disturbance

Listen.

Yes?

I want you to stop bad-mouthing our friends

Hello?

Natsuki?

I'm back.

Eriko? Anyone here?

Mikio?

you were out?

I went to get you..

Guess we just missed each other

You should have called me.

They took my phone and everything

Was it all right?

The investigation. They had you in there for a while

Yeah, they were really all over me

Were you okay?

It's fine

They just wanted the facts

That's a relief.

Where's Eriko?

Sleeping. She must be tired

Hey, you found it?

That's great It seems pretty healthy

I bought a new one. Same color.

You bought it?

Was that really the right thing to do?

I think so.

She'll forget about it anyway

How about you?

You okay with that?

No? Go on, say something

Ouch!

Should we start cleaning up?

All right.