Original subtitles

I will never forget that morning.

I'll regret the things I said to my mother...

for the rest of my life.

Shou!

Shou! Shou!

You're going to be late.

I thought that you would behave better when we got back to Japan.

But you're acting just like you did in the United States.

Shou!

Did you dry yourself off?

Did you shut off the shower? You always let the water drip.

Last night your teacher called from the Japanese class.

You haven't gone for two weeks.

Friends, friends.

That's burning.

Robert and Piggy?

It's not cool to spend all my time studying.

They'll go back to the U.S. someday.

But you're Japanese. You'll be here.

Yeah, yeah. I know.

- Shou! Where's your underwear? - Where's your bra?

Look how you treat me!

Will you please say something to him for me?

You're going away for the weekend again, right?

Yeah. That's burning.

Can you talk to Shou's Japanese teacher about transferring schools?

With you going back and forth to Tokyo...

I can't handle all these things by myself!

You don't understand how we feel.

If you can't get into a Japanese school,

you'll always be an outcast here.

That's not my fault.

It's my parents' fault.

Our fault?

It's all because Dad had to go to L.A.

Because of his job!

If Dad couldn't do anything, how do you expect me to?

What kind of child is this? Talking back!

I'm not going to Japanese class.

You old woman!

Get out! You don't ever have to come back!

Who would want to?

- Buddy! - Morning!

You know, I'm scared.

I feel like my son has left...

And will never return.

Young men grow up and test their limits.

Don't worry.

Someday he'll marry someone like you and forget us little by little.

He's still just a kid.

Just a kid.

Rain? Yes, rain...

It's raining in Tokyo.

It isn't yet?

It will be tonight.

Because I'm coming to see you.

Then I'll pick you up at the station. What time?

Yes. An umbrella?

I won't bring one.

I want to walk with you in the rain.

My parents are very fond of you.

They want us to visit them again.

Thank you.

I'll be a good wife to you.

Wait!

I'm sorry, I have to go.

See you tonight, my Rain Man.

Cool!

Now I feel like I'm really alone.

Shou!

It's all over now.

It's really over?

Telephone...

Yes, the telephone.

- You! - Buddy!

What are you doing here?

Yu wanted to play.

That's why Yu followed.

181 people, including sixteen teachers,

and the entire school has disappeared.

It's been concluded that this could be a time slip situation.

From Kobe University,

here's a geologist, Professor Jackie Yamatojiba.

Professor, can you briefly explain a time slip?

A time slip...

Not an easy concept.

It concerns the link between time and space.

If that balance is disturbed,

a time slip occurs.

Of course, currently, this is under investigation.

We can't say for sure...

I saw the news at the station.

I took the express train back.

I'm sorry. Are you alright?

It's my fault.

It's all my fault! My fault!

I'm sorry. It's chaotic here.

I'd like you to continue the point you were making.

Where do you think the school and the people went?

I don't know.

The only thing we know is this surviving child.

Yes, they're bringing her up now.

She got caught between space and time.

She has a flower in her hand...

I can't say any more.

I have no idea what happened to the others in the school...

Mother...

I don't know what happened to us.

We've gone through the day without knowing anything.

I want to go home.

I want to see my mother.

Mother...

Where is Yu?

I haven't seen him since last night.

Yu!

I wonder what that was...

I found this.

Don't come near!

Everything is mine.

Do you understand?

If you come any closer, I'll kill these kids.

It's their fault.

It's not my fault.

If I don't do this...

Eat!

Mother! Mother!

Shou!

Shou! He's alive!

Emiko!

Mother! Mother!

Hey! What are you doing here?

Ma'am!

He needs me! Let me go!

I must help him, please!

Emiko! Emiko! Calm down!

Let me go!

Wait!

Emiko!

Wait!

Emiko!

Mother! Mother!

He wants to kill me!

Emiko!

Shou!

My mother helped me.

He's alive!

My son!

- Thank you. - You're welcome.

There was a storm on the second night.

We didn't see any of the teachers.

Everybody was tired and went to sleep early.

The sound was a soft and gentle melody.

The scary monster was calmed,

because of Miss Midori's piano.

And that night, I lived to dream of my mother.

Where is my home?

Where am I?

Mom... I cannot...

Who is it?

Did you see?

Please don't tell anybody.

That's right.

Water is necessary.

This is our secret, okay?

Yeah.

- Promise? - Yeah.

I'm glad.

Everybody else should feel the same way.

Shou!

Shou, you're so cool.

Time passed like that.

Mother...

Under the sand, we found the monument.

We decided to keep it secret.

Some people need their dreams.

Shou...

You're not an adult yet.

You're not ready for the world.

We decided to take an expedition.

Everybody's fear has brought us closer together.

Fear has become such a strong power.

Mother...

We decided to take an expedition today.

I wondered what exactly we had stepped into.

If this is a dream, I hope everything is a dream.

I don't know why.

The air smells like home.

While we were on our horrific journey,

they were having a rough time at the school.

You guys must live!

Miss Midori!

Shou! Come back soon. Shou!

That tunnel... I wonder what it was.

There are many things I don't understand in this world.

Maybe the balance of nature has shifted...

We're back.

Welcome home.

What happened to everybody?

We've been waiting and waiting for you.

Every day we wondered where you were.

It's been a month.

A month?

We just left this morning!

A month?

Miss Midori...

Miss Midori became a monster.

I couldn't believe what happened in front of me.

But crazy things like that couldn't really happen.

No, Miss Midori was killed by a monster while saving us.

We decided to avenge Miss Midori's death.

Our strong anger gave us even more strength.

Shou...

We lost many in our group.

And its all my fault.

I wasn't the best choice for a leader.

You are courageous because you see your faults.

You are becoming a greater man and a leader.

I need your power.

I need your help, too.

You're very pretty, Ayumi.

Your tears are more beautiful than a lake.

Yu...

Yu can go.

Yu...

Do you want to see your mom?

Yeah.

Then go home.

Bye bye, Ya.

He's going home. Going home.

I know he is.

Yu is going home to his mom.

I can hear his mother's voice.

That's right.

Yu is going home to his mother.

Yu... He was too young to be here.

Welcome home.

Let's change your clothes.

You'll catch a cold.

Do you really think it was a time slip?

All I know is... they're gone.

And we were left behind.

Kids are always going someplace without telling adults.

Do you think...

Is that place far away?

That place is somewhere beyond time.

It could be very close.

But it can't mix with our time.

Could they have gone back to the time of the dinosaurs?

Does it have to be a scary time for them?

Children go to the future.

They always do.

That's a basic rule of nature.

If I continued to stand here, could the time slip appear again?

Could I go through it too?

Would I go to the same place?

We can't possibly go to the same time as children.

They have taken the love from their parents,

and they'll use it to create something greater.

Ma'am...

My son is there too.

A glimpse...

I'd just like a glimpse of my son as an adult.

That's all I want!

And then my buddy said they were going on a journey.

Do you know what a sand tunnel is?

My buddy wanted to see inside the tunnel.

That's why they went there.

Mother, how are you doing?

I haven't seen you for such a long time.

I remember when we were together, but now I have a new life.

I have become an adult now.

Thank you, Mother.

Thank you for all the wonderful memories.

I will take them with me forever.

Not only tomorrow, but for all time.

Because I am the seed born of your love.

We will recreate our earth in memory of you.

Please keep us in your thoughts forever.

Translation by Amy Asai and Thomas Weisser

Subtitles by tubesoda for Asian DVD Club