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Production: Suncent CinemaWorks Production Assistance: TAKI| Corporation

A Yoichi Sail Film

Cabbages!

Cabbages for sale!

Okay, okay!

They're fresh

There must be a reason.

My first husband died, and the second one disappeared.

The reason is you!

500 yen for a bag? Too much.

I'll buy two, so make it 400

My first husband

died before he knew I'd gotten pregnant,

after five years of marriage.

There must be a reason why bad things happen to me,

when I'm living so sincerely.

That's why you got a million yen ripped off by a fake medium.

You took your dead husband's brother is why.

'Cause you married your dead husband's brother.

You visit holy grounds everywhere by taxi to pray.

- Sure, you're out of cash - I drove, Ma-ma

Can't let a medium walk, Ma-ma.

Maybe I'll tag along. I might become well.

That'd be something. I'll pay anything!

Hey, Wakako.

I can think of something, too.

Everybody around me dies.

My baby died, too.

- I'm the only one left - You had a baby?

- Yeah. - Why did it die?

He's still around

You just said he'd died.

He's hiding somewhere

What do you mean? I don't get it.

He's here, but he won't come out.

Why? Why won't he come out?

I don't get it I don't get what you're saying at all.

Hi, Moto? The old man brought cabbages.

You want some?

They're fresh: top grade.

I paid 700 yen, but 600 is okay.

Come get them later on.

Shizu!

Shizu!

Come out!

I won't allow it!

I'll never allow it, Shizu!

My mother gave birth to five girls.

With her sixth pregnancy, my father fiercely rebuked her.

She took cold baths, drank lots of tea, jumped off stone walls,

and had me in a pigsty.

THE PIG'S RETRIBUTION

Okay, and now, at the top of the news...

It seems that early next year, Okinawa may be named America's 51st state.

No way!

This is the USA News and World Report ..

Don't be stupid!

Shut up!

No customers

Come to our shop.

Let's dance!

How about it, boy?

Your penis stinks!

Don't go, pigs! Come back, pigs!

Nooo!

What is this?!

Shokichi! Shokichi, get it out!

Get it out, Shokichi!

No!

Shokichi' Chase it away!

Hurry, hurry!

That way, hurry!

No! No!

No!

Chase it out! Shokichi!

Chase it out! Chase it out, Shokichi' Hurry!

That way!

- Not that way, Shokichi! - Chase it out!

Hey, get it out of the kitchen!

Get it out! Get if out!

Shokichi! Hurry, get it out!

Close the door!

Wakako?

Wakako?

Shokichi...

Wakako's lost her soul

Come back, come back, soul

Two went into 'Ruby' across the street.

But... no one lost her soul there.

It's not good when pigs come in.

Someone dies?

The pigs know, but you can't ask pigs.

It's gone before you know it.

See, right here...

The lost souls of ancestors,

retribution for sin in a former life, unconscious desires,

such things haunt you

Let's go see a medium.

What should we do?

I know a good medium, Ma-ma, a good one.

I wonder...

Ma-ma, I want to go to a beauty parlour.

Come inside.

Watch out! Come down, come down!

Grandpa will scold you. Eat the food.

Come down.

Don't do that

Why don't you ever call?

Oh, I'm busy at school.

What, do you study 24 hours a day?

I've sent you so many letters.

It's been 12 years since Shoji died

If you don't go to Majajima to collect his bones, who will?

He's been thoroughly exposed to the sea wind.

and longs to join the family grave.

Let's go get "removed".

What do you mean?

To go get saved. Pray at a holy ground...

In other words, without hitting it directly, you dodge it.

There might be a sin among the things

you've confessed to me recently.

Which holy ground?

Majajima Island.

Majajima? It's a promise, Shokichi

Ma-ma, Majajima. It's settled.

We could go and be back in a day.

What are you saying? The gods dislike impatience.

You have to stay overnight and pray sincerely. Right, Shokichi?

- We won't take a medium - Why not?

Shokichi will probably save us.

The gods will...

What are you going to confess, Ma-ma?

That's a secret.

Only before the gods of Majajima.

You'd feel better if you told us.

No, Yoko.

I'm suffering because I told my husband.

I'll go get some beer.

Ma-ma drove her husband to suicide.

- Why did he die? - I can't tell you.

- Wakako, I'll drink Shimazaki. - Over there.

Yoko says that her husband has left her,

but she's with him again.

Deserted and reconciled. Deserted and reconciled.

It's hopeless.

Wakako had an abortion.

She looks innocent, but she's fooled lots of men.

- We'll be punished. - Who cares!

Going forward!

Going backward!

Going forward!

Going backward again!

The islanders dislike outsiders praying here.

Why use their gods, they think.

So say you're a tourist if they ask.

No one will think we came to pray.

They think we'll steal their gods?

Wakako's greedy, so she'll hog all the good luck

Yoko's come to spread her bad luck everywhere.

Who's spoiling her life because she...

wants things that don't belong to her?

Hurry up. Walk. Hurry, hurry.

The bathroom

No air conditioning.

The woman and my husband were naked and grinning,

and wouldn't even get up

I looked for a knife, furious,

but it was under the dirty dishes and I couldn't reach it.

So I used a frying pan and beat the woman and my husband's...

boobs and butt and penis!

She was here, my husband was here,

they were trying to escape.

The woman was screaming and...

her white butt was black from the pan

My husband put on his briefs, grabbed me from behind,

and we went into the corridor. I was screaming and clawing

But the newlyweds next door had come

I told them they'd soon be like us,

and began to feel stupid struggling with him,

- so I quit. - You can't compete with a young woman, Yoko.

I love meat and boiled octopus.

Meat and boiled octopus, octopus.

Here you are: island octopus.

Too bad my husband isn't here.

Even such a man is missed when he's gone.

But Missus, not every day, right?

You don't need him every day.

She loves her husband; she's not like you.

You never know what they may be up to now.

How did you know he was Shokichi? Hasn't he changed?

His distinctive eyes are still the same

Only his eyes, Missus?

Only his eyes. He's grown this much,

his arms are hairy, and his voice has changed...

Do I resemble Dad?

Not very much

Shokichi, open up! Open up!

Let us in! Let us in!

We're too lonely to sleep!

Oh, really...

Shokichi,

when the moon is out, we get hot!

- We want blood. - Not blood,

something I can't say out loud!

Something we want in our mouths!

You're too loud!

Be quiet.

Hey, Missus,

- let's go drink. - Let's drink!

It's hot.

Shokichi...

Sorry, Shokichi. I'm so naughty.

Shokichi... let's drink.

You're so young.

Take me

It's hot.

Let's strip

We won't pay you.

Tomorrow's a rough day.

Go to sleep and trest

This party's over.

Shokichi,

let's do it.

Look, the moon!

Look, look. Come here

Come over here!

On a full moon, my tits grow bigger!

Let's do it, Shokichi

Hey, why?

Come over here! The moon!

The moon. A big moon!

Missus!

She fell!

Hello!

Sorry to bother you!

Hello! Is anyone here?

Okay, okay. Once is enough.

- Sorry. We phoned earlier. - Yes, yes. Come in.

I'll wait here.

Squeeze That's right

Okay.

Push.

Fine

Ouch, ouch! That hurts a lot!

Bruises. No big deal.

- Your bones are fine. - I'm hurting...

- I'm hurting a lot - Yes, yes

You can stay overnight.

It's Shokichi.. Shoji's son.

You've come hack home with women?

His wife, Doctor.

Big age difference.

He's with young ones, too.

It's Ma-ma she turns off the light

I can't sleep in the dark.

Drink this.. I sell it during the day.

Works wonders!

Tomorrow's a big day...

Right?

I can't sleep, so tell me a story.

Not there

This is a bedtime story!

- You said you couldn't - After |

sleep with you,

I'm going to have a nice talk.

I haven't for many years now.

My husband, when we got married...

we had sex, but we never talked

Talk to me, Shokichi.

What're you doing?

We leave early tomorrow.

Here you are.

Great

My wife's troubled you.

You were at a funeral?

A young one this year, but an old one last year.

They all die when they leave the island.

It's going to be lonely.

Fry it, make soup,

- use lots and do what you want. - Thanks.

Today's cancelled

Sir!

- I'm Shokichi, Shoji's son. - Yeah

- You came to visit? - Yes...

You came for his bones.

Shoji's soul has been wandering everywhere.

Without his bones collected, has Dad found peace?

I don't know.

- Where are they? - I've no idea.

I've been out at sea.

Cancelled due to the rain?

Yeah.

Tomorrow, then?

Yeah.

Eat, Shokichi.

How should I pray to the gods at the holy ground?

Like your own parents address them familiarly.

I don't have parents, so the way I talk to customers?

Sincerely, okay?

- Don't deceive them. - Hey!

We don't deceive our customers!

I've always been deceived!

I'd feel awful if I didn't get them back

Won't the gods listen if we deceive people?

When we "deceive", it's not like we hurt people.

We might lie about our ages, or say, "You're my only one"

We won't tell a bald man he's bald, or a fat man he's fat,

or a short man he's short.

Tissue.

Grandfather's pigs were seized for his debts.

Two nights before the auction,

he put a pig on a boat and left.

No one knows what happened to him.

- Get me a cassette from the mainland, Mom. - Yes.

I want a colouring book!

- I want a Rika-chan doll. - Barbie's better!

My oldest sister, Mother's favourite,

who made clothes from scratch,

and my second sister, a good cook,

now fie with Mother in the grave.

My other three sisters all went to Brazil, and never came back.

My stomach...

Shokichi, you're all right?

Food poisoning?

I'm sure it's the liver.

I thought it tasted different from usual...

You didn't eat any?

I did...

You didn't eat the liver.

This is the first time I've been poisoned like this...

It's coming again

- Use the toilet downstairs this time! - Not enough time!

Hello!

Hello!

Is the doctor in?

He's got diarrhea.

He ate the pig

Yeah... Did you?

Not very much. But the others...

Yeah. Pretty bad, huh?

Pretty bad How about you?

No, I didn't eat any.

You brought it.

It shouldn't have been after the funeral.

When I went to a relative's, two were dead.

So we butchered them.

- Were they sick? - Makiko was.

- Was that the pig's name? - Not the pig. The funeral.

Were the pigs sick?

I got one because they couldn't sell it.

- And your wife? - She's got it, too.

I'd looked forward to eating my fill tomorrow

This isn't a pharmacy. I can't prescribe medicine...

without seeing the patient.

One each, morning and evening

What's her name?

Miyo and

Yoko and Wakako

Three of them?

Why didn't you tell me?

Is this serious, Doc?

Will the police come, Doc?

We're almost like family, so...

These people are the problem. They're guests at the inn.

Doc, I'll pay for the medicine, so please...

Don't report this

I've no intention of doing so.

Excuse me

Tell you what...

I'll settle for half the guest fee,

so please don't...

Well, all right.

I'll make my wife thank you tomorrow.

Help!

I brought it to make everyone happy. The pig.

Everyone said it was great.

Too high

I can hear male voices.

From when we went to a picnic for the social union

They followed me then.

Not just one

A grown man and a small child

I couldn't have the baby.

There was no way! It wasn't my husband's child.

So I had an abortion.

Truthfully, [ wanted to have it. It was a boy.

The nurse wouldn't tell me, but...

I know for sure. It was a boy.

He was straining strongly with his arms and legs inside me.

You'll be tired.

Everything will be solved tomorrow, so let's go.

You know something, Shokichi?

Don't take this the wrong way, but when I see your shoulders...

I feel a longing in my heart.

My nipples get erect, too. I wonder if that's normal

I wish I could die on your back, Shokichi.

Go to sleep now.

- How old are you now? - What?

How old are you?

19.

It's been 12 years?

- Excuse me - Oh...

What?

You got it bad, too?

I was shocked! It was awful.

The doctor ate more than I did.

Why he's not so sick,

is probably because he took more medicine.

Who's taking care of you?

Will the doctor?

The doctor only gives shots

Oh, yeah, Shokichi..

Why don't you stay, if you're okay?

She's an important guest, right?

I can't spend the night with a woman...

I'm still single...

Who cares if you're single or what!

Will your husband stay?

No, he stayed last night.

It's all right, Missus...

If he and I spent the night together,

the others would be jealous.

Let them be jealous.

Shokichi, a young woman wouldn't be able to...

hold me and her up to sit on the toilet.

When I try to get down, my lower half hurts.

But diarrhea can't wait,

so I lay near the toilet for a long time.

She's had a hard time.

All right.

You've been great.

What is this?

Shokichi...

You put salt in this It's sweet.

- No, it's not - It's good

It's sweet!

When I recover, I'll take some fish soup to Ma-ma.

I'm going to stay at the clinic tonight

The missus says she needs help...

So, you're going to abandon two helpless women?

You're heartless, Shokichi.

Open it, Shokichi.

This is awful...

My back hurts and my stomach hurts...

Turn off the light

What is it? What is it?

Get out!

Get out!

- Shokichi! - Yes? - Get out.

You can't help it you're il.

Stink, stink, go away...

Shokichi!

Help her put on her underwear.

Hurry up!

My towel.

So much has come out already, but there's more

I wonder what's with the human body...

It was slimy and sticky.

I woke up...

I prayed that it was pee...

You can't help it; you're ill.

It had to be when Shokichi's here

Can't| fall in love with Shokichi anymore, Missus?

Shokichi!

Shokichi,

will you wash her underwear?

Someone might see it.

Ma-ma's worried

Nobody's here.

Shokichi, call the doctor and ask him to take this off.

It's still half-full.

He's drunk and asleep...

If you wake him, he'll be furious

I'll do it

Don't lock at the soiled items

Pinch your nose.

I can't pinch my nose and wash.

Promise me.

Fine

Shokichi...

Don't worry, Ma-ma, I don't mind at all

Go home.

Go home, do you hear me?

- It's midnight. - Go home.

Get out of my sight. I don't want to see your face.

What is it?

Missus, don't say anything

If you'd kept quiet, this wouldn't have happened.

So it's my fault?

You made Shokichi stay and take care of my lower parts

Then why did you okay it?

You okayed it.

- You shouldn't have told him to stay so much. - Why,

you said that you were going to show him everything,

and make him understand.

I'll go.

I'm your father.

Dad.

I saw It

What did you see?

Someone has died in this place.

- What happened? - A ghost

- Where's Yoko? - Asleep.

Didn't you tell her?

She won't believe me. She can't overcome sleepiness.

You know, Shokichi,

I thought my ancestor had come.

Once before,

I went to jump off Sezoko Bridge.

But it was so high, I couldn't do it. I went home shaking.

I was abandoned by a dental technician.

Because our baby died.

Poor me, right?

Actually, I'm not so badly off

That dental technician, he soon got married

and had a child, too

But his wife died in childbirth.

You probably think I was happy about that.

But don't you feel sorry for his wife?

I mean, if it had been him who died...

But you know, if he asked me to,

I'd go back to him.

I'd be willing to raise his child

Do you love him?

I wonder.

Isn't traveling with women a pain?

They're so troublesome

They wear makeup. Go to the toilet. Menstruate.

The only time they aren't in the way is at funerals

They keep quiet and don't laugh.

The crying can't be helped.

Eat, before it cools

Your mother's passed away?

They die one by one when they leave the island.

It'll be so lonely.

Everyone leaves the island once.

There's no crematorium.

And "wind funerals"?

As far as [ know, not once after your father.

Let's not talk about funerals while we're eating.

Are Dad's bones safe?

Well, he's passed away, so they're not safe.

Well, there were no dogs or cats then, so they're safe.

Do you know where they are?

Below the cliff, at the cemetery.

The location hasn't changed.

The islanders all know.

You came to collect his bones.

Here, someone who dies at sea can't enter a grave for 12 years

Shoji's soul has been wandering everywhere.

Whatever the cause, if exposed to the sea wind,

old bones will be like rock by now.

Like rocks on the beach

1"I collect Dad's bones.

In any case, I’ll think after I do it

Let's stay here, Dad.

What took you so long?

We argued about leaving or not.

These past few days were rough,

but you all did well

You'll be saved for decades.

Congratulations. Congratulations.

What happened, Shokichi?

Congratulations.

What happened?

I've had it.

Things have been awful here

Every day has been a bad day for me until now,

so from now on, each day has to be good...

for things to balance out.

Customers are waiting for me.

I have to hurry and pray and become pure,

and return to my place, Shokichi

Okay, let's go.

We have to be on the boat by this evening.

What's wrong, Shokichi?

The holy ground we'll go to...

is like a holy ground

but isn't like a holy ground...

Will you come?

What are you saying?

I came to collect bones.

What do you mean?

My dad died at sea.

Island tradition prevented him from being buried

I suggested Majajima when we were talking about the pigs,

so I could secretly collect Dad's bones.

And I found them, so I made a holy ground nearby.

Can you just create gods?

Someone created them at first.

Will gods come to this holy ground? Will I be saved?

I don't know if you'll be saved, but I want you to pray.

If you and I pray, my dad will become a true god.

My dad as a god could save you.

I can't save you, but Dad could.

This island has many religious sites,

so do as you please.

Standing, in this heat? Why not come inside?

Shokichi

I want to send a gift into the other world.

A gift?

She used to play with this.

Is it okay?

Sure

Thank you.

Still so playful

Only six years old

Her child with her first husband.

Why are you crying? Did you come here to cry?

You came to pray, right?

I wasn't going to cry, Ma-ma.

But the tears keep coming out.

Then, when I realise that I'm crying,

my chest tightens,

and I keep seeing my child's face.

And, although I tell myself no,

her face becomes clearer and clearer.

Because you're crying.

When you cry, you weaken.

In about an hour, you'll feel much better, Yoko.

If it was for a god, I would give my body as a sacrifice.

That's assuming a god would even want your body!

Hey everybody, if you get tired you should buy something to drink.

Yes, at a reasonable price.

Don't dawdle, keep walking.

Did you notice that she has a double eyelid on the right side?

She went to see a cosmetic surgeon, but after that the left one...

swelled up and ended up being a single eyelid.

- She shouldn't have gone to a cheap clinic. - It wasn't a cheap one!

Maybe she came to pray that her single eyelid would become double!

Says you! There's a lot of men who say that they find...

my unbalanced eyelids quite erotic!

It's a good day today.

The previous group that came from the sea chatted pleasantly.

Please feel free to talk amongst yourselves

The gods will descend to the earth to enjoy friendly talk

Yukiyoshi Ozawa - Shokichi

Michiko Ameku - Ma-ma Yoshie Hayasaka - Wakaka Mayumi Ueda - Yoko

Ittoku Kishibe Taeko Yoshida

Producer: Takenori Sento

Based on the Book by Eiki Matayoshi

Screenplay by Wui Sin Chong & Yoichi Sal

Cinematography: Yasushi Sasakibara

Sound: Masaiji Hosoi

Art Design: Toshihiro Isomi

Editor: Syuichi Kakesu

Script Supervisor: Atsumi Koizumi

Assistant Director: Takehiko Nakajima

Production Manager: Hideki Ujiie

Music: Wataru Ohkuma

Production Assistance: Bitters End

Directed by Yoichi Sai

English translation: Mia Suzuki Subtitles ripped/rettrned by lordretsudo