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I'm cold

I'm hungry

I want something good to eat somewhere

What's that?

He's selling lunchboxes

Come all the way here for a lunchbox?

Why not?

One?

I want all the rest

All three for yourself?

And three's not enough

Here's your money

Oh, well, let's go home

Want a lift into town?

Oh, come on, ride with me!

Get the flags

Let me out over there

Thanks a lot

Mitsu, have him take you home

Oh, I can't do that

I have something to do

A date?

Maybe. See ya!

Oh, wait

What am I to do?

Never gone for a drive with a guy before?

Oh...

Have dinner with me?

Oh...

I'm starved. Come on

Just dinner. OK?

Oh, that was good

Do you sell lunchboxes there every day?

Looks like good business

It's just a part time job. Not much money in it

Don't you want a fulltime job?

I'm looking for a good company

I'm sure you'll find one

Why's that?

Why?

I don't know...

I just have a hunch

You're strange

What's your name?

Mitsu Morita. What's yours?

Tsutomu Yoshioka

Nice name. Like a movie star

You like movies?

I go every week

How about today with me?

Oh...

Why not?

Going alone would be no fun for me

Did you like it?

It was good

I'm thirsty. Let's get something to drink

Your first time in a place like this?

People from Okinawa hang out here

You come often?

Every other day

So often?

I work as a writer here too

Oh, really?

Have to work hard to make a living

What's wrong?

You paid for the movie. Let me pay my share

Don't be stupid

But won't you be sorry later?

Just put your purse away

I need to call Yoshiko. Where's the phone?

Back there

She's a cutie

You make a good couple

You want to have her later?

Then buy her one of those special cocktails

It'll make things easier

Then bring her one

Yes, sir!

So, bottoms up!

Bottoms up

This is fun

If Yoshiko were here, she'd be surprised

Bring us each one more

Yes. Sir!

I've never had a cocktail like this

Then drink it dry

Is the station this way?

No. Let's make one more stop

I have to go home

But it's still early

Let's go in

Oh, come on

I like you. Come on

I'm scared

I like you a lot

Oh, no!

Don't you like me?

I like you. Then prove it

Come on, please

Let's go home

Go home?

Oh, all right. I'm going home alone

You mad?

Sure, I am

Will you see me again?

No, stupid!

I'll never see you again

What's wrong?

It hurts

I had polio a long time ago

Ouch!

My right shoulder's twisted

And I have a bad leg

So girls never like me and I was lonely

Really?

How pitiful

I don't need your pity

Have you been places like that a lot?

Of course not

I thought you like me

So I wanted to go for the first time

Really?

In that case...

Then let's go there

Is it really OK?

I love you

Is this the first time for you?

Do you still feel lonely?

Let's go

Give to the Salvation Army

Jesus will bless you

May I have one more?

Thank you

Look here

One is for you

I don't want it

Take it

If you do, something good will happen

I'll take the train home

So long, then

When will I see you again?

I'll call you

Please don't forget

Shoei Spinning Mill

Have you heard from Yoshioka?

It's been more than 10 days

He's always out when I call

Strange

You have his address so go see him

3.9 kg

Excuse me. Hello

What do you want?

I came to see Yoshioka

You a friend of his?

Yes. Is he here?

As soon as he got a job,

he up and left

Didn't give any notice

Sorry

Where did he go?

I'd like to know that

Kids these days are really rude

Sorry

We will consider that carefully

How about one more?

Your car's here

Goodbye

Leaving so soon?

Please come again

Where's the car?

Thanks

Thank you. Come again

See you later

Yoshioka

I want to talk to you

Who are you?

Yoshiko

Mitsu's friend

Come here, Mitsu

What is it?

He's outside

Been a long time

I've worried about you

I work late every night

But I just started, so I can't complain

It's rough for you

I've worried about you, too

I'm sorry

Why doesn't anybody answer your phone

Our company went bankrupt

So we took jobs here

Why not go home?

It's better if I don't...

Why?

My dad remarried

His wife has 3 kids

I didn't want to be a burden on them

So I came to Tokyo

You're from Okinawa?

You've lived alone for a long time?

How do you know that?

I sensed it when we first met

You seem so lonely

I'm retracted

Retracted?

Not gentle like you

Is your mother well?

After Dad died...

She left me with her parents

She remarried and went to the States

When I was little

How sad

That's why you came to Tokyo?

No,

first I went to Kobe

Then Osaka...

I wandered around

You've had a hard life

Forget it

Just come over here

Does your shoulder still hurt?

Sometimes

How sad

Is your leg OK?

Not bad

I'm so happy

But it was hard waiting

I'm so glad we met

You're so silly

I don't care

Just hold me

Hold me tighter

Say you won't leave

Oh, don't leave me!

Oh, look

Come quick!

What is it?

Look

Though it's winter, a rose is blooming

It's so pretty

What's this?

Nothing. It's been there for a month

Did you see a doctor?

No. It doesn't hurt or itch

You have to see one soon

When can I see you again?

How about Sunday?

Come to my place?

Really?

Many people used to get this disease

But only a few these days

Half of them come from Okinawa

You don't see a case very often

Take a good look

It's an annular erythema

With dipgentation in the centre

It's entered a state of leucoderma

The surrounding dark red annulus

is from congestion

Get a good look

Can it be cured?

Can't tell until we make tests

I'm sorry

Sorry to keep you waiting

We have last week's test results

Any reaction?

None at all

What?

That's strange

You made the tests I ordered?

Well, sometimes there is no reaction

I'm leaving this patient in your care

I will take her

Yabe, his bag!

Sorry to keep you waiting

More tests need to be made

Please go here and have the tests made

I'll contact them to accept you

Doctor!

Am I to be hospitalized?

Yes, it's best

There's a patient to see you, Doctor

Wait a minute

Is it that bad?

It's just a precaution

What disease is it?

We can't tell yet

Anyway, go there as soon as possible

Take care

I'm so busy today

Sorry to keep you waiting

What's wrong?

I'm sorry

You never answer your phone

I went to your bar

but you had the day off

What's happened?

You don't want to see me anymore?

You don't like me anymore

That's it, isn't it?

It's not that

I love you. So, why?

It's because...

I'm sick

Sick?

They said to go to enter this hospital

What's the disease?

They won't tell me

Shinaien Sanitarium

It's one hour from the train station

It's pretty far away.

But what's your disease?

Not AIDS, I hope!

What kind of guys have you been sleeping with?

What do you mean?

Since you started working at the bar

I've slept with no one

Liar!

Isn't that why you got this?

But I've never slept with anyone but you

Come on! Tell the truth!

It's true. Believe me, it's only you

Oh, all right

I'm sorry...

To cause you trouble

It's all my fault

If only I hadn't gotten sick

It's not your fault

I've...

done nothing wrong

So why did this happen to me?

Forget it

Go home and get some sleep

Sorry to make you come out here

Don't get depressed

You'll get well.

They have good medicines

Take care

You too

Goodbye

Entrance to Shinaien Sanitarium

Let's go

Take care

Miss Morita

I'm Sister Yamagata

Sorry to keep you waiting

Come this way

There's nothing to worry about

This is Head Nurse Inamura

Happy to meet you

This is from the university hospital doctor

Thank you

Just relax

Please drink it while it's hot

We're like family here

Don't stand on ceremony

The music is to guide blind people

Here is your room

Your roommate is Ms. Kano

Ask her about the schedule

I'll see you later

You're Miss Morita

I'm Taeko Kano

Happy to meet you

If anything troubles you just tell me

Here's some tea for you

Feel any better?

The sky's so clear

I was the same way

I was afraid of seeing anybody

I always thought about

when I was still well

That's the way you are now?

I wanted to become a pianist

I practiced so hard back then...

I didn't leave the piano all day long

That was when I to give my first recital

I was supposed to wear an evening dress

But I got red spots on my arms

So mother took me to the hospital

And everything

cancelled

Cancelled?

Mother and the doctor

talked in the hall

When Mother came back her face was pale

Then I came here

It was a long time ago

Mother's dead now

I got well

but my fingers are paralyzed

But...

the pain

was not physical

It is because

no one will ever

love me now

Did you love somebody?

I was engaged

But in those days...

Nobody would marry a woman with this disease

I cannot blame or

hate anyone for it

But you will get well and all will be fine

What is that?

The children from the town. Let's go see them

I want to introduce you all

This is Mitsu Morita

She has come out of her room today

Congratulations!

Why, you cried in your room for 2 whole weeks

You did, you did

It was a whole month for you!

Right. Mitsu was fast

Hey, Mitsu's cheerful now!

Congratulations

You're OK now

You're all right

So let's go make some tests

Oh, Taeko... Come with me

Oh, you're spoiled

It was cold last night

Are you used to us now?

Let me have a look

Have you been ill during the past few years?

Nothing special.

Just a cold a month ago

You're very strong

I got well as soon as I took some medicine

They told you about your disease before, I believe

There's nothing to worry about

What disease is it?

Didn't they tell you?

No

Oh, I see...

They said it's leprosy

In the past, it was incurable

But now we can

cure it quite quickly

Just don't worry

Then why send her to a sanitorium?

There's

so few leprosy specialists in Japan

Of course, our doctor is one of them

So why not cure her here?

The sanitorium is more comfortable

So I thought it best for her

to get treatment

In a better environment

What do you mean by better environment?

Well, you see...

Just what're you saying?

Doctor

Please come with me

Wait just a minute

You know nothing

about this disease

Ask your parents about it

Are you still taking medicine?

Please, hold me

Hold me tighter

Say you'll never leave me

Don't leave me!

You look depressed

It's about her?

Yes, she's sick

So what's her disease?

Leprosy

Mr. Kamijo

Mr. Kamijo

Feeling good today?

He's been here for 80 years

He's our chief

He was brought here as a small child

The 5 o'clock train?

No, the 7 o'clock freight train

Freight train?

Sorry, but that's the way it is

Let's go

Masao!

Idiot!

Die!

Leper's Car

Thank you

More than 10,000 people have come down with it

And the law forced them to be isolated from society

Some objected and ran away

They were placed under

tight security

Many of them died

There're about 600 now

They live in Okinawa and on Inland Sea islands

Fifteen sanitoriums all together in Japan

Since it would be a burden on their families...

They make this their legal residence...

And change their names

You too...

Though we want to go home when we're cured...

But because of various problems...

There's nobody to accept us...

So we end up staying here

How awful

But now,

we're all linked together...

So we just stay here...

And share our pain

You know how happy they all were

when you came out

They're eager for you

to become one of them

This never happens in the outside world

You can find

a different kind

of happiness here

The graves of people who die here

without relatives

Ashes of those who no one claims

Some cannot go home even if they want to

Until they become ashes

These are the traditions among the patients here

They're such good people, so why must they suffer?

Why do they meet with such pain

Though they've never done anything wrong?

Long ago on my island

There were many with that disease

Twice as many in Okinawa as in the rest of Japan

Due to mistaken fear of contagion

Its victims were ostracized

Even one of my classmates had it

The teacher stood him in front of the class

And told him not to come to school anymore

He went into a sanitorium

But before long,

he disappeared

Now many who've been cured are out working in society

But there's still

prejudice against them

So many have left home

and come to the cities

I think I'll go visit her

It would be best to leave her alone for a while

It would be painful for her to see you right now

When she gets well, she'll surely come to you

How's this?

Looks good. Now some cream colour

Come right away

More tests?

No more test

Come on. Hurry

Come in

We have the results of the recent tests

They were most unexpected

You do not have leprosy

We tested three times to make sure

There is no reaction at all

Sorry to put you through so much trouble

I apologize for the mistaken diagnosis

Yoshioka

Congratulations. I'm so happy for you

I'm so sorry

What about?

I just feel bad about it all

Don't be silly. Just get ready to go

Mitsu

What is it?

I want you to have this

It's for me?

But why?

Mother gave it to me for my first recital

It was grandmother's.

I don't need it anymore

My fingers are paralyzed

And I've no daughter to pass it on to

Please take it if you will

Oh, I will

Such a precious treasure

I want you to have it

Are you going now?

Thanks for caring for me

I won't see you off

Goodbye

Goodbye

I'm no good

It's Mitsu!

Miss your train?

What happened?

I'm sorry. Just what has happened?

I came back

Why?

Just because

There's no place for you here since you're not sick

But you're here and not sick

I'm a nun, so it's my job to care for the sick...

All my life

Then I will care for them too.

Can't I work here?

Don't be silly!

It's just a whim.

You mustn't say such things

I'm sorry

If I can't stay, I'll go

It's not that you can't

How troublesome

Well then, stay tonight, and think it over

You'll see

it's just a whim

You'll go back to Tokyo tomorrow. Understand?

Where's Taeko?

Where is she?

She went to the forest after you left

I'm back

Listen you all! I'm back!

I'm staying

What happened?

It's Mitsu

I'm back

Oh, Mitsu!

You're in good spirits. I'm back

Taeko.

Taeko.

What happened? Why'd you come back?

Go home. You're not sick

I pray for your recovery

I'm sorry to be so late in answering the card

That you sent at New Year's to Miss Morita

Your message seems to indicate...

That you know nothing about what happened to her

As a result of further tests it was found...

That Mitsu did not have leprosy

A wrong diagnosis

is very rare

She went through

great pain over it

But she decided to stay here

She was determined to stay and work here

In the past, people with this disease

Were isolated by law

But last spring, after 90 years

This awful law was rescinded

But most of the patients

Found it impossible to revive relationships

With family and friends

Most of them are

still ostracized from society

And though they are free,

they can't go out alone

Most of them lack physical

and mental strength

Mitsu took them

on various trips

92 years old Mr. Kamijo wanted to see the ocean

Once more before he died

But it seems that Mitsu had deep problems

And she couldn't talk about them to anyone

On the afternoon of December 20th

We had her go to the town on an errand

She went to sell our hens' eggs for us

The money was to be

our Christmas spending money

Get a good price for them

Be careful not to break the eggs

Just leave it to me

We're off!

The police phoned us at five thirty

Mitsu had been in a traffic accident

She was crossing the street carefully carrying the eggs

And she was hit by a speeding truck

If she hadn't been carrying anything

She would've been able to avoid getting hit

But...

since she had both arms full of eggs

She got run over by the truck

The eggs, the eggs!

During the last 2 minutes before she lost consciousness

She only talked about the eggs

But though

she was unconscious after that

She opened her eyes just once

and shouted

It was because of

what she said

that I'm writing this

Goodbye

Yoshioka!

If God were to ask me

who I like most

I would immediately say,

A person like Mitsu

Mitsu,

I'll come again