1 00:00:26,568 --> 00:00:34,033 TOHO CO., LTD. 2 00:00:37,162 --> 00:00:41,165 A TOHO 20TH ANNIVERSARY FILM 3 00:00:43,127 --> 00:00:44,627 A 1952 ARTS FESTIVAL SELECTION 4 00:00:47,506 --> 00:00:53,678 IKIRU (To Live) 5 00:00:57,307 --> 00:01:00,351 Produced by SOJIRO MOTOΚl 6 00:01:02,146 --> 00:01:05,106 Screenplay by AΚIRA ΚUROSAWA SHINOBU HASHIMOTO, HIDEO OGUNI 7 00:01:07,025 --> 00:01:08,818 Cinematography by ASAΚAZU NAΚAI 8 00:01:08,944 --> 00:01:10,862 Art Director TAΚASHI MATSUYAMA 9 00:01:12,906 --> 00:01:15,158 Music by FUMIO HAYASAΚA 10 00:01:17,077 --> 00:01:19,871 Edited by ΚOICHI IWASHITA 11 00:01:22,875 --> 00:01:25,460 Starring 12 00:01:27,087 --> 00:01:29,630 TAΚASHI SHIMURA 13 00:01:31,258 --> 00:01:35,303 SHINICHI HIMORI, HARUO TANAΚA MINORU CHIAΚI, MIΚI ODAGIRI 14 00:01:35,471 --> 00:01:37,930 BOΚUZEN HIDARI, MINOSUΚE YAMADA, ΚAMATARI FUJIWARA 15 00:01:39,433 --> 00:01:41,434 MAΚOTO ΚOBORI NOBUO ΚANEΚO 16 00:01:41,602 --> 00:01:43,561 NOBUO NAΚAMURA ATSUSHI WATANABE 17 00:01:43,729 --> 00:01:46,147 ISAO ΚIMURA, MASAO SHIMIZU YUNOSUΚE ITO 18 00:01:47,941 --> 00:01:51,444 ΚUMEΚO URABE, EIΚO MIYOSHI NORIΚO HOMMA, YATSUΚO TANAMI 19 00:01:51,612 --> 00:01:54,405 ΚIN SUGAI, YOSHIE MINAMI ΚYOΚO SEΚI 20 00:01:56,617 --> 00:01:59,619 ΚUSUO ABE TOMOO NAGAI 21 00:01:59,787 --> 00:02:02,747 SEIJI MlYAGUCHI DAISUΚE ΚATO 22 00:02:19,097 --> 00:02:24,435 Directed by AΚIRA ΚUROSAWA 23 00:02:31,151 --> 00:02:35,404 This stomach belongs to the protagonist of our story. 24 00:02:36,657 --> 00:02:39,492 Signs of cancer are already present, 25 00:02:39,660 --> 00:02:42,453 but he doesn't know that yet. 26 00:02:44,998 --> 00:02:47,959 PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION CHIEF 27 00:03:11,817 --> 00:03:13,860 The water gives my child rashes. 28 00:03:14,027 --> 00:03:16,195 WHERE CITIZENS AND CITY HALL MEET 29 00:03:16,363 --> 00:03:19,365 PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO SUBMIT And it breeds mosquitoes. 30 00:03:19,533 --> 00:03:21,701 YOUR COMPLAINTS AND REQUESTS HERE 31 00:03:21,869 --> 00:03:23,494 Can't you do something? 32 00:03:23,620 --> 00:03:27,415 It would make a great playground if you filled it in. 33 00:03:28,625 --> 00:03:30,418 Just a moment, please. 34 00:03:37,843 --> 00:03:41,387 Sir, they've come to complain about open sewage. 35 00:03:41,555 --> 00:03:43,723 Send them to Public Works. 36 00:03:48,896 --> 00:03:52,106 Here’s our protagonist. 37 00:03:52,900 --> 00:03:57,028 But what a bore it would be to describe his life now. 38 00:03:57,446 --> 00:03:59,071 Why? 39 00:03:59,323 --> 00:04:02,325 Because he's only killing time. 40 00:04:02,743 --> 00:04:05,244 Ηe's never actually lived. 41 00:04:05,412 --> 00:04:08,372 You can't call this living. 42 00:04:18,091 --> 00:04:19,842 Miss Odagiri... 43 00:04:20,010 --> 00:04:22,428 how dare you, during business hours? 44 00:04:22,554 --> 00:04:24,096 It's just so funny! 45 00:04:24,264 --> 00:04:25,932 What is? 46 00:04:26,099 --> 00:04:29,018 The "Liar's Club." Someone sent it around. 47 00:04:30,020 --> 00:04:31,896 Read it to us. 48 00:04:37,444 --> 00:04:40,488 "So you've never taken a vacation?" 49 00:04:40,614 --> 00:04:41,864 "That's right." 50 00:04:41,990 --> 00:04:44,575 "Because City Hall can't run without you?" 51 00:04:44,743 --> 00:04:47,119 "No, because everyone would realize 52 00:04:47,287 --> 00:04:50,623 City Hall doesn't need me at all." 53 00:05:03,595 --> 00:05:06,722 This isn't even worth watching. 54 00:05:07,057 --> 00:05:09,642 He might as well be a corpse. 55 00:05:09,977 --> 00:05:14,855 In fact, he's been dead for some 20 years now. 56 00:05:16,024 --> 00:05:18,818 Before that, he had some life in him. 57 00:05:19,111 --> 00:05:22,363 He even tried to do a little real work. 58 00:05:27,327 --> 00:05:30,621 PROPOSAL FOR INCREASING DEPARTMENTAL EFFICIENCY 59 00:05:30,747 --> 00:05:33,833 SUBMITTED 11/7/1930 BY ΚANJI WATANABE 60 00:05:36,545 --> 00:05:40,756 But there's nothing left of that Will or passion. 61 00:05:41,299 --> 00:05:44,552 They've been completely worn down 62 00:05:44,720 --> 00:05:48,180 by the minutia of the bureaucratic machine 63 00:05:48,306 --> 00:05:51,225 and the meaningless busyness it breeds. 64 00:05:56,898 --> 00:05:59,400 Busy... so terribly busy. 65 00:06:00,110 --> 00:06:04,155 But in reality, he does nothing at all 66 00:06:04,448 --> 00:06:07,575 besides protecting his own position. 67 00:06:08,076 --> 00:06:11,370 The best way to protect your place in this world 68 00:06:11,538 --> 00:06:13,706 is to do nothing at all. 69 00:06:16,209 --> 00:06:18,586 But is this enough? 70 00:06:24,551 --> 00:06:26,761 Is this really enough? 71 00:06:28,096 --> 00:06:31,390 For him to start thinking seriously about this, 72 00:06:31,558 --> 00:06:34,727 his stomach will have to get a lot worse, 73 00:06:35,062 --> 00:06:40,024 and he'll have to rack up a lot more wasted time. 74 00:06:40,942 --> 00:06:44,361 But any proposal for creating a park 75 00:06:44,571 --> 00:06:46,739 must go to the Parks Department. 76 00:06:47,324 --> 00:06:50,785 This seems to be more a matter of sanitation. 77 00:06:50,952 --> 00:06:53,496 Talk to your district health center. 78 00:06:53,997 --> 00:06:55,956 See the Sanitation Department. 79 00:06:56,458 --> 00:06:57,917 See Environmental Sanitation. 80 00:06:59,002 --> 00:07:00,753 Preventive Sanitation. 81 00:07:01,088 --> 00:07:02,755 Disease Control. 82 00:07:03,298 --> 00:07:05,257 Lots of mosquitoes? 83 00:07:05,509 --> 00:07:08,260 That's a job for Pest Control. 84 00:07:12,140 --> 00:07:16,060 The problem is seeping waste, which means... 85 00:07:16,853 --> 00:07:20,606 it's a problem for the Sewage Department at City Hall. 86 00:07:21,441 --> 00:07:24,443 That was originally a culvert. 87 00:07:24,569 --> 00:07:27,446 That is, it had a road over it. 88 00:07:27,614 --> 00:07:29,615 You'll need the okay of the Roads Department. 89 00:07:30,408 --> 00:07:34,203 City Planning doesn't have a policy for such cases. 90 00:07:34,746 --> 00:07:36,122 Go to Zoning. 91 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:42,044 The Fire Department objected to filling that cesspool. 92 00:07:42,963 --> 00:07:45,631 They need it because water pressure is bad there. 93 00:07:46,091 --> 00:07:47,633 Are you kidding? 94 00:07:47,759 --> 00:07:50,052 What we need is water, 95 00:07:50,220 --> 00:07:54,265 not sewage that breeds mosquitoes and causes rashes. 96 00:07:54,641 --> 00:07:58,644 Imagine cleaning that sewage out of our hoses! 97 00:07:58,895 --> 00:08:03,941 If there were a kiddie pool there, that'd be great for us too. 98 00:08:04,568 --> 00:08:07,319 What about your local school district? 99 00:08:07,529 --> 00:08:10,990 They should have a Child Welfare section. 100 00:08:11,867 --> 00:08:16,120 But this problem doesn't only affect children. 101 00:08:16,329 --> 00:08:20,708 Rebuilding all the schools has exhausted our resources. 102 00:08:20,876 --> 00:08:23,252 A problem this big should be handled 103 00:08:23,420 --> 00:08:26,505 by your city councilman. 104 00:08:27,048 --> 00:08:30,885 Sure, I'll write an introduction to the deputy mayor. 105 00:08:31,052 --> 00:08:34,722 Take my business card. He'll see you right away. 106 00:08:37,058 --> 00:08:39,059 Please have a seat. 107 00:08:39,227 --> 00:08:42,188 Thank you for all your efforts. 108 00:08:43,106 --> 00:08:46,066 There's really nothing we welcome more 109 00:08:46,484 --> 00:08:50,279 than folks like you who bring grievances like this 110 00:08:50,864 --> 00:08:53,532 directly to our attention. 111 00:08:54,242 --> 00:08:56,869 It's precisely for people like you 112 00:08:56,995 --> 00:09:00,039 that we established our new Public Affairs section. 113 00:09:00,498 --> 00:09:02,958 Don't hesitate to tell them all about it! 114 00:09:03,126 --> 00:09:06,128 Show these nice folks to the Public Affairs desk. 115 00:09:07,464 --> 00:09:11,425 You'll need to talk to Public Works. Desk 8. 116 00:09:22,145 --> 00:09:25,648 How dare you! Stop giving us the runaround! 117 00:09:25,815 --> 00:09:28,067 Why did you even put up that sign? 118 00:09:28,193 --> 00:09:30,069 So we'd waste our time? 119 00:09:30,237 --> 00:09:33,113 We're not idlers like all of you! 120 00:09:33,281 --> 00:09:37,660 We just want something done about that stinking cesspool! 121 00:09:37,911 --> 00:09:40,579 We don't care if it's Public Works, Sanitation, 122 00:09:40,747 --> 00:09:43,123 Public Health, or whoever! 123 00:09:43,291 --> 00:09:45,376 That's for Public Affairs to sort out! 124 00:09:45,543 --> 00:09:48,128 Fine! We're done with you jerks! 125 00:09:48,296 --> 00:09:50,339 All you do is laugh at us! 126 00:09:50,465 --> 00:09:52,258 You call this democracy? 127 00:09:52,425 --> 00:09:53,926 Let's go. 128 00:10:08,733 --> 00:10:10,442 Please wait a moment. 129 00:10:11,319 --> 00:10:14,780 I'm afraid our section chief is out today. 130 00:10:14,948 --> 00:10:18,575 It would be best if you could put it in writing. 131 00:10:29,587 --> 00:10:31,797 PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION CHIEF 132 00:10:35,593 --> 00:10:37,469 What do you think? 133 00:10:37,637 --> 00:10:40,556 The section chief never takes time off. 134 00:10:40,724 --> 00:10:44,935 Yeah. And he's been listless recently. 135 00:10:45,979 --> 00:10:49,982 But what'll we do if he's out for a long time? 136 00:10:50,275 --> 00:10:51,859 Exactly. 137 00:10:52,152 --> 00:10:55,738 He wouldn't take a day off just for a cold. 138 00:10:56,281 --> 00:10:58,615 And nothing moves here without his seal. 139 00:10:58,742 --> 00:10:59,950 That's right. 140 00:11:01,453 --> 00:11:05,497 I must say, it's a terrible shame. 141 00:11:06,082 --> 00:11:08,000 One more month 142 00:11:08,168 --> 00:11:10,252 and he'd have set a record 143 00:11:10,420 --> 00:11:12,963 of 30 years without a single absence. 144 00:11:13,673 --> 00:11:16,467 Some people are glad he isn't here. 145 00:11:16,801 --> 00:11:19,970 Bureaucrats always wonder who'll take the boss's place 146 00:11:20,096 --> 00:11:22,181 if he steps out. 147 00:11:25,268 --> 00:11:27,936 He's been taking a lot of medicine. What for? 148 00:11:28,104 --> 00:11:29,605 His stomach. 149 00:11:29,731 --> 00:11:32,691 He used to slurp his noodles to the bottom, 150 00:11:32,859 --> 00:11:35,861 but lately he barely touches them. 151 00:11:36,071 --> 00:11:39,114 Plain udon noodles in soup. Yet another record. 152 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,076 I've never seen him eat anything else. 153 00:11:43,161 --> 00:11:46,622 Assuming the worst, who'll replace him? 154 00:11:49,042 --> 00:11:50,876 What's your rush? 155 00:11:51,002 --> 00:11:55,422 A lot of guys have to die before it's your turn! 156 00:12:03,014 --> 00:12:05,432 X-RAY ROOM 157 00:12:20,448 --> 00:12:22,991 - Mr. Hiraoka! - Yes. 158 00:12:59,904 --> 00:13:01,697 Your stomach? 159 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:06,910 My stomach's bad too. 160 00:13:07,412 --> 00:13:09,413 They say it's chronic. 161 00:13:10,957 --> 00:13:15,127 These days I hardly feel alive unless my stomach hurts. 162 00:13:17,464 --> 00:13:20,090 Mr. Κo Suzuki. 163 00:13:24,095 --> 00:13:26,221 That man who just went in ̶ 164 00:13:30,643 --> 00:13:33,479 His doctor told him he has an ulcer, 165 00:13:34,230 --> 00:13:37,858 but I'm sure it's stomach cancer. 166 00:13:38,443 --> 00:13:40,360 Has to be. 167 00:13:42,238 --> 00:13:46,325 And stomach cancer is practically a death sentence. 168 00:13:46,993 --> 00:13:50,454 The doc usually says it's just a mild ulcer 169 00:13:50,580 --> 00:13:53,832 and that there's no need to operate. 170 00:13:54,959 --> 00:13:58,670 That you can eat whatever you want 171 00:13:58,796 --> 00:14:01,089 as long as it's easy to digest. 172 00:14:01,341 --> 00:14:05,469 If that's what he tells you, you've got a year at most. 173 00:14:06,012 --> 00:14:11,141 But with some symptoms, you won't even last a year: 174 00:14:12,393 --> 00:14:13,977 first... 175 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:17,689 a dull, heavy pain. 176 00:14:18,608 --> 00:14:21,735 Frequent unpleasant burping. 177 00:14:23,696 --> 00:14:25,697 A dry tongue. 178 00:14:26,282 --> 00:14:29,076 You can't seem to get enough water and tea. 179 00:14:29,702 --> 00:14:32,454 And then there's the diarrhea. 180 00:14:33,289 --> 00:14:37,042 And if it isn't diarrhea, it's constipation. 181 00:14:38,253 --> 00:14:40,754 Your bowel movements turn black. 182 00:14:44,551 --> 00:14:46,301 And then... 183 00:14:46,886 --> 00:14:51,265 the meat you used to love seems totally inedible. 184 00:14:52,725 --> 00:14:56,436 Whatever you eat you throw up half an hour later. 185 00:14:56,604 --> 00:15:00,232 And then you start throwing up food 186 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,693 you ate a week before. 187 00:15:02,986 --> 00:15:06,113 At that point, you've got three months at most... 188 00:15:17,792 --> 00:15:21,336 Mr. Kanji Watanabe. 189 00:15:23,923 --> 00:15:26,091 Mr. Kanji Watanabe. 190 00:15:28,928 --> 00:15:30,429 Yes. 191 00:16:08,092 --> 00:16:09,635 Have a seat. 192 00:16:12,555 --> 00:16:16,475 Now, then... it looks like you have a mild ulcer. 193 00:16:31,491 --> 00:16:33,450 Please... 194 00:16:33,701 --> 00:16:35,160 tell me... 195 00:16:36,329 --> 00:16:38,288 the honest truth. 196 00:16:38,456 --> 00:16:40,999 Tell me it's stomach cancer. - No. 197 00:16:41,501 --> 00:16:44,586 As I just said, it's a mild ulcer. 198 00:17:06,025 --> 00:17:07,901 What about surgery? 199 00:17:08,069 --> 00:17:10,195 Can't you operate? 200 00:17:10,363 --> 00:17:14,032 No need for surgery. It can be treated medically. 201 00:17:14,826 --> 00:17:17,285 What about my diet? 202 00:17:17,870 --> 00:17:19,871 Well, let's see. 203 00:17:20,206 --> 00:17:22,040 Use common sense. 204 00:17:22,208 --> 00:17:25,544 If it's easy to digest, you can eat whatever you like. 205 00:17:39,267 --> 00:17:41,226 Has he got a year? 206 00:17:41,394 --> 00:17:43,895 No, no more than six months. 207 00:17:44,063 --> 00:17:46,022 - Six months? - Yeah. 208 00:17:47,275 --> 00:17:49,276 What would you do 209 00:17:49,402 --> 00:17:52,779 if you only had six months left to live? 210 00:17:58,369 --> 00:18:01,288 Miss Aihara, what about you? 211 00:18:02,957 --> 00:18:05,125 See the Veronal in the cabinet? 212 00:19:15,446 --> 00:19:16,947 Is there a blackout? 213 00:19:17,073 --> 00:19:19,825 The street lights are on, and the neighbors' lights. 214 00:19:19,951 --> 00:19:22,661 Strange. I wonder if Father is out. 215 00:19:22,829 --> 00:19:25,789 Where's the key? - In your handbag. 216 00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:30,544 Did Mrs. Hayashi leave it unlocked? 217 00:19:30,670 --> 00:19:32,379 She's so irresponsible. 218 00:19:32,672 --> 00:19:35,173 That's the problem with a part-time maid. 219 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:38,343 Having her live in wouldn't cost much, 220 00:19:38,511 --> 00:19:40,637 but a burglary sure would. 221 00:19:40,763 --> 00:19:43,974 That's Dad's mentality. Typical petty bureaucrat. 222 00:19:45,726 --> 00:19:49,855 It's freezing. Just as bad inside as out. 223 00:19:50,022 --> 00:19:52,190 That's why I hate Japanese houses. 224 00:19:52,358 --> 00:19:54,776 It's such a drag coming home to this. 225 00:19:54,944 --> 00:19:57,404 I'd like a modern house. 226 00:19:57,572 --> 00:19:59,155 Honey... 227 00:19:59,448 --> 00:20:03,326 a house of our own would cost around 500,000 yen, right? 228 00:20:04,078 --> 00:20:06,997 Could we use your dad's retirement bonus as collateral? 229 00:20:07,123 --> 00:20:10,166 It must be worth 700,000 by now, 230 00:20:10,334 --> 00:20:13,503 plus a monthly pension of 13,000 yen... 231 00:20:13,921 --> 00:20:16,172 and another 100,000 in savings. 232 00:20:16,299 --> 00:20:18,133 But you think he'd agree? 233 00:20:18,259 --> 00:20:20,927 If he doesn't, we'll say we're moving out. 234 00:20:21,053 --> 00:20:22,804 That'll clinch it. 235 00:20:22,972 --> 00:20:27,225 Even Dad doesn't want to take that much money to the grave. 236 00:20:36,986 --> 00:20:38,904 Dad, what's the matter? 237 00:20:42,742 --> 00:20:44,826 Nothing. 238 00:20:45,703 --> 00:20:47,412 Nothing at all. 239 00:20:54,086 --> 00:20:56,004 Something's not right. 240 00:20:57,798 --> 00:20:58,965 Listen... 241 00:20:59,926 --> 00:21:02,385 this is awful. - What is? 242 00:21:02,637 --> 00:21:05,263 He heard everything. 243 00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:08,642 He's awful. 244 00:21:08,809 --> 00:21:11,645 It may be his house, but this is our room. 245 00:21:11,812 --> 00:21:15,398 I can't believe he snuck in here while we were out. 246 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:20,153 If he needed to talk to us, he should have said so. 247 00:21:20,529 --> 00:21:23,239 He's too old to be sulking around. 248 00:22:08,369 --> 00:22:10,912 Stop making that face. 249 00:22:13,165 --> 00:22:15,250 Enough about your dad. 250 00:22:15,418 --> 00:22:18,795 He has his life. We have ours. 251 00:22:26,095 --> 00:22:27,679 Hold me. 252 00:22:48,659 --> 00:22:49,743 How sad. 253 00:22:50,953 --> 00:22:52,996 She was so young. 254 00:22:53,748 --> 00:22:57,542 And to leave such a sweet little boy behind. 255 00:22:58,085 --> 00:23:00,712 She must have died filled with regret. 256 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:04,507 Would you stop? You're like a broken record. 257 00:23:20,316 --> 00:23:23,234 Hurry! Mommy's getting away! 258 00:23:44,799 --> 00:23:46,508 Whenever remarriage comes up, 259 00:23:46,675 --> 00:23:49,219 you always use the boy as an excuse. 260 00:23:49,386 --> 00:23:51,930 When Mitsuo grows up, 261 00:23:52,223 --> 00:23:55,058 he won't care about you as much as you think. 262 00:23:55,226 --> 00:23:58,645 And when he gets married, they'll push you aside. 263 00:23:58,854 --> 00:24:01,940 You have to think about your own future. 264 00:24:02,108 --> 00:24:05,610 I'm telling you: Find a good wife now. 265 00:24:05,778 --> 00:24:07,737 Even my old lady says so. 266 00:24:07,905 --> 00:24:11,074 She imagines how filthy it must be 267 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:15,036 with an oily-skinned man like you living as a widower. 268 00:24:17,581 --> 00:24:19,582 Dad. 269 00:24:29,593 --> 00:24:31,177 Mitsuo. 270 00:24:33,472 --> 00:24:36,599 Good night. Please lock the front door. 271 00:25:41,040 --> 00:25:42,540 Mitsuo! 272 00:25:48,005 --> 00:25:50,632 How about that? Great hit, huh? 273 00:25:50,799 --> 00:25:54,344 That batter is my ̶ 274 00:26:01,143 --> 00:26:04,187 Mitsuo... 275 00:26:09,235 --> 00:26:10,818 Stupid idiot! 276 00:26:10,986 --> 00:26:12,904 What was he thinking? 277 00:26:22,414 --> 00:26:24,457 Mitsuo. 278 00:26:30,839 --> 00:26:32,966 Mitsuo, be brave. 279 00:26:33,092 --> 00:26:35,093 It's just your appendix. 280 00:26:35,344 --> 00:26:37,762 It's no worse than pulling a tooth. 281 00:26:52,111 --> 00:26:54,570 Can't you stay for the operation, Dad? 282 00:26:54,697 --> 00:26:58,157 I've got... some other things to do. 283 00:27:17,970 --> 00:27:21,389 Banzai! Banzai! 284 00:27:26,478 --> 00:27:30,523 Banzai! Banzai! 285 00:27:37,406 --> 00:27:38,823 Dad! 286 00:27:40,326 --> 00:27:41,993 Mitsuo... 287 00:30:18,525 --> 00:30:21,444 CERTIFICATE OF COMMENDATION 288 00:30:21,570 --> 00:30:26,657 FOR 25 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED CIVIL SERVICE 289 00:30:31,288 --> 00:30:34,332 Mr. Watanabe left for work at his usual time. 290 00:30:34,500 --> 00:30:35,917 What? 291 00:30:38,212 --> 00:30:41,339 But nobody has seen him. 292 00:30:41,924 --> 00:30:45,760 It's been five days now. And he hasn't called in sick. 293 00:30:45,928 --> 00:30:49,722 The subsection chief asked me to check in on him. 294 00:30:55,062 --> 00:30:57,688 Ma'am. 295 00:31:04,196 --> 00:31:05,988 What? Impossible! 296 00:31:06,114 --> 00:31:09,742 But it's true. The man from his office said so. 297 00:31:09,910 --> 00:31:12,036 What could he be up to? 298 00:31:13,038 --> 00:31:16,123 It seems unbelievable, but it's true. 299 00:31:16,291 --> 00:31:19,794 The people at his house looked baffled. 300 00:31:20,837 --> 00:31:22,880 That puts me in a fix. 301 00:31:23,507 --> 00:31:27,969 Why? I can stamp any paperwork while he's out. 302 00:31:28,262 --> 00:31:31,430 But he has to approve any resignations, right? 303 00:31:31,598 --> 00:31:34,517 Why? Are you looking to quit? 304 00:31:34,685 --> 00:31:36,185 I don't belong here. 305 00:31:47,447 --> 00:31:51,075 Uncle, he even withdrew 50,000 yen. 306 00:31:51,243 --> 00:31:53,286 That miser? 307 00:31:53,996 --> 00:31:55,955 I wonder if he's got a woman. 308 00:31:56,123 --> 00:31:58,249 That would really be something. 309 00:31:58,417 --> 00:32:00,710 - Now, dear. - I'm sure it's not that. 310 00:32:00,836 --> 00:32:03,713 There's no telling when it comes to love. 311 00:32:04,089 --> 00:32:07,341 The ones you least expect are the most susceptible. 312 00:32:08,302 --> 00:32:10,136 If you ask me, 313 00:32:10,304 --> 00:32:13,389 he's actually a real lecher. 314 00:32:13,599 --> 00:32:15,850 A lecher with a solemn veneer. 315 00:32:16,018 --> 00:32:19,395 But he's stayed widowed these 20 years for you. 316 00:32:19,605 --> 00:32:22,648 It makes sense that he'd eventually snap, right? 317 00:32:22,816 --> 00:32:26,777 Nonsense. He's lost a lot of weight recently, 318 00:32:26,945 --> 00:32:29,739 and his oily skin has gotten rough and dry. 319 00:32:29,948 --> 00:32:31,907 There must be another explanation. 320 00:32:32,075 --> 00:32:33,618 You saw him recently? 321 00:32:33,785 --> 00:32:37,496 Four days ago. He showed up in the morning. 322 00:32:37,748 --> 00:32:41,667 I thought there was definitely something wrong. 323 00:32:41,835 --> 00:32:44,462 But your uncle here blurted out, 324 00:32:44,588 --> 00:32:48,799 "Why so glum? If you've come for a loan, forget it." 325 00:32:48,967 --> 00:32:51,510 How could I suspect a love affair 326 00:32:51,637 --> 00:32:53,679 when he looked like that? 327 00:32:53,805 --> 00:32:55,640 Hush! You see... 328 00:32:55,807 --> 00:33:00,519 my husband thinks all men are as debauched as he is. 329 00:33:04,775 --> 00:33:09,111 Mitsuo, did anything happen at home? 330 00:33:10,238 --> 00:33:12,406 Nothing in particular. 331 00:33:36,973 --> 00:33:38,432 Hey. 332 00:33:39,059 --> 00:33:41,102 Deliver this to my place. 333 00:33:44,231 --> 00:33:46,774 A guy from the magazine is waiting there. 334 00:33:50,445 --> 00:33:53,781 And get some cyclobarbital at the pharmacy. 335 00:33:53,949 --> 00:33:55,991 Just give them my name. 336 00:33:56,159 --> 00:33:58,869 But sir, the pharmacy's already closed. 337 00:33:59,037 --> 00:34:00,705 Is it that late? 338 00:34:00,831 --> 00:34:03,791 In this neighborhood folks go to bed after dinner. 339 00:34:04,167 --> 00:34:06,001 That stinks. 340 00:34:06,837 --> 00:34:10,798 I can't sleep unless I chase it down with whisky. 341 00:34:10,966 --> 00:34:14,552 Pardon me for butting in... 342 00:34:16,555 --> 00:34:20,266 but I happen to have some. 343 00:34:37,993 --> 00:34:39,869 Much obliged. 344 00:34:40,579 --> 00:34:43,122 May I pay you the official price? 345 00:34:43,290 --> 00:34:44,874 No, no. 346 00:34:46,209 --> 00:34:48,919 I was planning to throw it away. 347 00:34:51,548 --> 00:34:53,924 - But ̶ - No, really. 348 00:34:54,551 --> 00:34:56,218 Really? 349 00:34:56,845 --> 00:34:59,638 Then let me pick up your tab. 350 00:34:59,765 --> 00:35:01,557 Oh, no. 351 00:35:01,767 --> 00:35:03,768 You can hold your liquor, right? 352 00:35:04,436 --> 00:35:07,188 Drink up. You hardly seem tipsy. 353 00:35:07,814 --> 00:35:09,231 Thank you. 354 00:35:14,488 --> 00:35:17,990 Even if I drink, I'll just throw it up. 355 00:35:19,367 --> 00:35:21,786 You see... 356 00:35:21,912 --> 00:35:24,497 I have stomach cancer. 357 00:35:25,332 --> 00:35:27,082 - Stomach cancer? - Yes. 358 00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:31,796 I don't know what to say. 359 00:35:33,465 --> 00:35:37,259 In that case, what you're doing is crazy. 360 00:35:37,427 --> 00:35:41,472 Yes, I'm ashamed to admit. 361 00:35:42,140 --> 00:35:43,849 I mean... 362 00:35:44,810 --> 00:35:48,771 drinking when you have stomach cancer is suicide. 363 00:35:52,484 --> 00:35:55,402 The thing is... I can't go through with it. 364 00:36:00,158 --> 00:36:03,244 "Go ahead and kill yourself," I think. 365 00:36:04,204 --> 00:36:06,121 And yet... 366 00:36:06,581 --> 00:36:08,833 I just can't do it. 367 00:36:11,878 --> 00:36:13,504 I mean... 368 00:36:14,798 --> 00:36:17,049 I can't bring myself to make it final. 369 00:36:18,343 --> 00:36:23,264 But what have I been... living for all these years? 370 00:36:26,685 --> 00:36:28,352 You don't have children? 371 00:36:33,358 --> 00:36:35,025 Does your stomach hurt? 372 00:36:36,903 --> 00:36:40,823 No, it's not my stomach. 373 00:36:49,249 --> 00:36:53,878 There seems to be a deeper issue here. 374 00:36:54,087 --> 00:36:55,129 No. 375 00:36:58,758 --> 00:37:00,509 It's just... 376 00:37:01,636 --> 00:37:05,222 that I've been such a fool. 377 00:37:07,684 --> 00:37:09,685 I'm just... 378 00:37:16,276 --> 00:37:18,944 so mad at myself. 379 00:37:22,240 --> 00:37:26,952 Until just a few days ago... 380 00:37:28,288 --> 00:37:32,666 I had never even bought myself a drink. 381 00:37:34,085 --> 00:37:36,921 It's only now that I don't know 382 00:37:37,088 --> 00:37:40,341 how much longer I have to live... 383 00:37:40,800 --> 00:37:42,927 that I've finally begun ̶ 384 00:37:43,094 --> 00:37:44,803 I understand. 385 00:37:45,388 --> 00:37:47,181 I understand. 386 00:37:47,849 --> 00:37:50,893 But drinking now is plain crazy. 387 00:37:51,937 --> 00:37:54,355 Besides, does it even taste good? 388 00:37:54,522 --> 00:37:57,191 No, it doesn't. 389 00:37:58,151 --> 00:38:01,236 But for a little while 390 00:38:01,363 --> 00:38:03,989 I can forget my cancer 391 00:38:04,866 --> 00:38:08,452 and all the other painful things. 392 00:38:09,913 --> 00:38:11,538 This... 393 00:38:15,335 --> 00:38:17,795 this expensive sake... 394 00:38:19,381 --> 00:38:23,175 is like drinking poison... 395 00:38:24,219 --> 00:38:27,388 to get back at myself. 396 00:38:28,223 --> 00:38:29,807 I mean... 397 00:38:31,184 --> 00:38:34,979 that is... it's kind of... 398 00:38:36,731 --> 00:38:39,984 a painful feeling... 399 00:38:45,573 --> 00:38:47,449 I understand. 400 00:38:49,577 --> 00:38:52,162 Sorry to be telling you all this. 401 00:39:22,986 --> 00:39:25,362 Listen... 402 00:39:26,031 --> 00:39:29,033 I have 50,000 yen on me 403 00:39:29,451 --> 00:39:33,370 that I'd like to spend all at once. 404 00:39:34,539 --> 00:39:37,875 But I'm ashamed to admit 405 00:39:38,043 --> 00:39:41,628 that I'm not even sure how to go about it. 406 00:39:42,338 --> 00:39:45,132 What I'm trying to say is ̶ 407 00:39:45,842 --> 00:39:48,719 You want me to show you how to spend it? 408 00:39:49,262 --> 00:39:50,637 Yes. 409 00:39:50,764 --> 00:39:53,599 I realize it's terribly forward of me. 410 00:39:57,812 --> 00:39:59,438 But... 411 00:40:02,609 --> 00:40:04,526 This money ̶ 412 00:40:13,745 --> 00:40:17,873 It took me decades to save up this money. 413 00:40:19,834 --> 00:40:24,546 All the more reason now to ̶ 414 00:40:24,714 --> 00:40:26,381 I understand. 415 00:40:27,008 --> 00:40:29,968 But please put your money away. 416 00:40:30,136 --> 00:40:31,929 Tonight's on me. 417 00:40:32,055 --> 00:40:33,931 But that's not ̶ 418 00:40:34,224 --> 00:40:36,183 Just leave things to me. 419 00:40:52,450 --> 00:40:54,159 It's fascinating. 420 00:40:54,869 --> 00:40:57,913 I realize it's rude to call you fascinating, 421 00:40:58,373 --> 00:41:01,792 but you're an extremely rare individual. 422 00:41:02,669 --> 00:41:05,003 I'm just a slacker 423 00:41:05,171 --> 00:41:07,464 who writes second-rate fiction. 424 00:41:08,007 --> 00:41:10,551 You've really started me thinking. 425 00:41:24,023 --> 00:41:27,484 They say there's something noble about suffering, 426 00:41:27,652 --> 00:41:29,319 and it's true. 427 00:41:29,487 --> 00:41:32,406 Misfortune teaches us the truth. 428 00:41:32,532 --> 00:41:36,368 Your cancer has opened your eyes to your own life. 429 00:41:44,169 --> 00:41:47,045 People are fickle and shallow. 430 00:41:47,922 --> 00:41:50,924 We only realize how beautiful life is 431 00:41:51,092 --> 00:41:53,218 when we face death. 432 00:41:53,553 --> 00:41:56,722 And even then, few of us realize it. 433 00:41:56,890 --> 00:42:00,267 The worst among us know nothing of life until they die. 434 00:42:00,476 --> 00:42:04,605 You're amazing! Rebelling against your past self at this age! 435 00:42:04,731 --> 00:42:07,191 That rebellious spirit moves me. 436 00:42:07,442 --> 00:42:10,027 You were a slave to your own life. 437 00:42:10,153 --> 00:42:12,529 Now you'll become its master. 438 00:42:12,697 --> 00:42:16,116 It's our human duty to enjoy life. 439 00:42:16,284 --> 00:42:19,494 Wasting it is desecrating God's great gift. 440 00:42:19,621 --> 00:42:22,706 We have to be greedy for life. 441 00:42:22,874 --> 00:42:26,168 They say greed is a vice, but that's outdated. 442 00:42:26,336 --> 00:42:30,380 Greed is a virtue, especially greed for enjoying life. 443 00:42:31,382 --> 00:42:33,050 Come on. 444 00:42:36,846 --> 00:42:40,307 Let's go reclaim the life you've wasted. 445 00:42:40,516 --> 00:42:42,851 Tonight it will be my pleasure 446 00:42:42,977 --> 00:42:45,312 to act as your Mephistopheles, 447 00:42:45,438 --> 00:42:48,815 but a beneficent one who won't ask for your soul. 448 00:42:51,653 --> 00:42:54,238 How perfect! There's even a black dog. 449 00:42:54,405 --> 00:42:56,198 Lead the way! 450 00:43:00,578 --> 00:43:01,745 Listen. 451 00:43:01,871 --> 00:43:04,456 These silver balls are you. 452 00:43:04,582 --> 00:43:06,959 They're your life itself. 453 00:43:07,085 --> 00:43:11,046 People strangle themselves in their daily lives. 454 00:43:11,214 --> 00:43:13,298 This machine sets them free. 455 00:43:13,466 --> 00:43:16,301 It's a vending machine for dreams and aspirations. 456 00:44:26,497 --> 00:44:28,332 No, don't! 457 00:44:28,499 --> 00:44:30,208 You wouldn't know it, 458 00:44:30,376 --> 00:44:32,961 but these women are the greediest of all mammals. 459 00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:40,010 It'll cost you a dozen hats to get that old one back. 460 00:44:46,309 --> 00:44:48,935 Besides, you're a new man now. 461 00:44:49,103 --> 00:44:51,104 Time to buy a new hat! 462 00:45:13,378 --> 00:45:14,920 Welcome. 463 00:45:17,215 --> 00:45:20,467 Welcome. It's been a long time! 464 00:45:28,226 --> 00:45:30,352 The same for your friend? 465 00:45:43,074 --> 00:45:45,075 What are you laughing at? 466 00:45:45,243 --> 00:45:48,370 It's the honest truth. He really does have cancer. 467 00:45:48,746 --> 00:45:51,289 - Then why's he drinking? - Idiot! 468 00:45:51,457 --> 00:45:54,126 That's why you'll never understand. 469 00:45:54,335 --> 00:45:57,796 Εcce homo. "Behold the man." 470 00:45:58,548 --> 00:46:01,133 This man bears a cross called cancer. 471 00:46:01,300 --> 00:46:02,926 He's Christ. 472 00:46:03,094 --> 00:46:06,930 If you were diagnosed with cancer, you'd start dying right away. 473 00:46:07,432 --> 00:46:09,766 But not this fellow. 474 00:46:10,435 --> 00:46:12,853 That's when he started living. 475 00:46:13,104 --> 00:46:14,938 Isn't that right? 476 00:47:06,657 --> 00:47:09,159 Hey, don't stare like that. 477 00:47:09,327 --> 00:47:11,328 It's rude. 478 00:47:11,454 --> 00:47:13,371 This way. 479 00:48:36,872 --> 00:48:40,208 Anyone want to request a favorite? 480 00:48:41,252 --> 00:48:43,253 "Life is Brief." 481 00:48:43,379 --> 00:48:44,754 What? 482 00:48:45,923 --> 00:48:47,924 "Life is Brief." 483 00:48:48,092 --> 00:48:52,387 Fall in love, maidens 484 00:48:52,555 --> 00:48:55,974 That love song from the nineteen teens? Okay! 485 00:49:24,670 --> 00:49:32,218 Life is brief 486 00:49:33,346 --> 00:49:39,225 Fall in love, maidens 487 00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:50,278 Before the crimson bloom 488 00:49:51,489 --> 00:49:57,035 Fades from your lips 489 00:50:01,290 --> 00:50:09,422 Before the tides of passion 490 00:50:09,799 --> 00:50:15,679 Cool within you 491 00:50:18,683 --> 00:50:25,814 For those of you 492 00:50:27,066 --> 00:50:33,196 Who know no tomorrow 493 00:50:36,367 --> 00:50:44,040 Life is brief 494 00:50:45,376 --> 00:50:51,423 Fall in love, maidens 495 00:50:53,384 --> 00:51:01,558 Before the raven tresses 496 00:51:02,435 --> 00:51:08,273 Begin to fade 497 00:51:10,651 --> 00:51:18,408 Before the flames in your hearts 498 00:51:19,577 --> 00:51:25,498 Flicker and die 499 00:51:27,418 --> 00:51:35,550 For those to whom 500 00:51:36,594 --> 00:51:42,766 Today will never return 501 00:51:49,940 --> 00:51:52,192 That's it! That's the spirit! 502 00:51:54,570 --> 00:52:00,366 Life is brief 503 00:52:46,038 --> 00:52:47,789 Striptease. 504 00:52:47,915 --> 00:52:50,834 It isn't... an art. 505 00:52:51,168 --> 00:52:53,169 It's more than art. 506 00:52:53,337 --> 00:52:55,421 It's more direct. 507 00:52:55,840 --> 00:52:59,008 That female body 508 00:52:59,176 --> 00:53:02,846 gently undulating up there is a juicy steak, 509 00:53:03,222 --> 00:53:05,849 a glass of liquor, an injection of camphor, 510 00:53:06,016 --> 00:53:08,560 testosterone, streptomycin, uranium ̶ 511 00:55:42,589 --> 00:55:44,007 Stop, please. 512 00:55:45,342 --> 00:55:47,343 Hey, stop the car. 513 00:56:01,025 --> 00:56:02,859 Wha... do we have a flat? 514 00:56:02,985 --> 00:56:04,861 I think he's throwing up. 515 00:57:10,636 --> 00:57:14,388 Let's sing something. I hate feeling blue. 516 00:58:22,833 --> 00:58:24,667 Section Chief! 517 00:58:35,596 --> 00:58:37,305 I thought it was you! 518 00:58:45,731 --> 00:58:48,191 I hardly recognized you in that new hat. 519 00:58:56,950 --> 00:59:00,077 I'm glad I ran into you. I was looking for your place. 520 00:59:00,204 --> 00:59:02,121 Are you off to work? 521 00:59:02,331 --> 00:59:04,123 No, I'm ̶ 522 00:59:04,291 --> 00:59:06,334 Do you have your seal? 523 00:59:07,002 --> 00:59:09,795 No, it's back at home. 524 00:59:10,088 --> 00:59:12,506 I want to quit City Hall. 525 00:59:13,217 --> 00:59:16,219 I'm in a rush. I've found a new job. 526 00:59:17,387 --> 00:59:19,639 Then... come to my house. 527 00:59:32,819 --> 00:59:35,613 - Why are you quitting? - I'm bored. 528 00:59:35,739 --> 00:59:39,242 It's killing me. Every day is like the one before. 529 00:59:39,368 --> 00:59:41,786 Nothing new ever happens. 530 00:59:42,579 --> 00:59:46,082 I've put up with it for a year and half, 531 00:59:46,250 --> 00:59:48,584 but the only novel thing that's happened 532 00:59:48,752 --> 00:59:51,337 was that you took five days off... 533 00:59:51,505 --> 00:59:54,340 and now this new hat of yours. 534 00:59:54,508 --> 00:59:56,050 That's it. 535 01:00:00,806 --> 01:00:04,225 Listen, don't say anything when Dad gets back. 536 01:00:04,393 --> 01:00:05,893 I have nothing to say. 537 01:00:06,061 --> 01:00:09,438 I'm saying don't take that carping attitude. 538 01:00:09,690 --> 01:00:12,566 If you hadn't brought up his retirement bonus ̶ 539 01:00:13,277 --> 01:00:16,779 How self-serving, blaming it all on me! 540 01:00:17,030 --> 01:00:19,282 You're the one who brought up his savings 541 01:00:19,491 --> 01:00:22,618 and how even he wouldn't take it all to the grave. 542 01:00:22,786 --> 01:00:25,329 But I still can't figure out 543 01:00:25,497 --> 01:00:28,291 why that was enough to make him act like this. 544 01:00:28,458 --> 01:00:30,876 He's never once stayed out all night. 545 01:00:31,044 --> 01:00:32,753 Let's drop it. 546 01:00:32,921 --> 01:00:35,381 We have no idea what he's doing, 547 01:00:35,507 --> 01:00:38,718 much less whether it's our fault. 548 01:00:45,684 --> 01:00:47,643 I'll wait here. 549 01:00:48,353 --> 01:00:50,396 Please come in for a bit. 550 01:00:51,648 --> 01:00:53,107 Honey! 551 01:01:58,465 --> 01:02:00,341 Thirty years. 552 01:02:00,884 --> 01:02:04,762 It kills me to think of 30 years in that place. 553 01:02:06,348 --> 01:02:08,015 I'm sorry. 554 01:02:08,183 --> 01:02:10,059 No, it's just that... 555 01:02:11,311 --> 01:02:13,771 recently... 556 01:02:15,107 --> 01:02:17,316 every time I see that award, 557 01:02:17,692 --> 01:02:21,737 it reminds me of that joke you read to us. 558 01:02:23,407 --> 01:02:26,742 I mean, it really rang true. 559 01:02:31,415 --> 01:02:34,625 All these 30 years... 560 01:02:38,255 --> 01:02:42,049 what have I been doing there? 561 01:02:44,136 --> 01:02:47,054 I can't remember no matter how I try. 562 01:02:49,224 --> 01:02:51,225 All I remember... 563 01:02:51,893 --> 01:02:56,272 is just being busy... 564 01:02:57,274 --> 01:03:01,110 and even then I was bored. 565 01:03:01,736 --> 01:03:03,737 I had you all wrong, sir. 566 01:03:03,905 --> 01:03:05,948 You really do understand! 567 01:03:06,074 --> 01:03:07,783 What a surprise! 568 01:03:16,626 --> 01:03:18,294 That's crazy. 569 01:03:18,462 --> 01:03:21,130 Whatever Uncle says, I know Dad best. 570 01:03:21,256 --> 01:03:22,381 But ̶ 571 01:03:22,549 --> 01:03:27,094 It's unimaginable, Dad with such a young girl. 572 01:03:36,396 --> 01:03:39,482 It's not in the right format. 573 01:04:11,640 --> 01:04:14,517 Are you going to the office? 574 01:04:14,643 --> 01:04:16,685 Yes, I have to submit this. 575 01:04:16,895 --> 01:04:20,105 Could you turn in my sick-leave form? 576 01:04:21,358 --> 01:04:23,984 Why are you taking so much time off? 577 01:04:25,237 --> 01:04:28,906 Everyone's talking about it. They're calling it your "mutation." 578 01:04:29,699 --> 01:04:31,242 I just... 579 01:04:34,246 --> 01:04:36,247 Are you really sick? 580 01:04:38,124 --> 01:04:40,376 You do look kind of pale. 581 01:04:41,378 --> 01:04:44,547 I just meant ̶ 582 01:04:45,715 --> 01:04:47,883 I didn't think so. 583 01:04:48,843 --> 01:04:50,761 So where do you go 584 01:04:50,887 --> 01:04:53,597 when you pretend you're going to work? 585 01:04:55,600 --> 01:04:57,560 Don't try to hide it. 586 01:04:59,813 --> 01:05:02,565 But don't you know 587 01:05:02,732 --> 01:05:06,277 that Mr. Sakai came here yesterday and told them everything? 588 01:05:08,905 --> 01:05:10,197 Who cares, right? 589 01:05:10,365 --> 01:05:12,700 After 30 years without an absence, 590 01:05:12,826 --> 01:05:15,411 you deserve at least six months off. 591 01:05:19,499 --> 01:05:22,251 Besides, I'll cover for you. 592 01:05:22,419 --> 01:05:25,296 I'm not like Carp Windsock. - Carp Windsock? 593 01:05:25,463 --> 01:05:29,550 Yes, Mr. Sakai is a human carp windsock. 594 01:05:30,051 --> 01:05:34,263 His lips are always flapping, but he's just hot air inside. 595 01:05:36,224 --> 01:05:39,310 Plus he always acts like such a big shot. 596 01:05:39,477 --> 01:05:43,022 He makes 200 yen more a month than I do, 597 01:05:43,148 --> 01:05:45,941 so he looks down on me. 598 01:06:06,004 --> 01:06:07,588 Bye, then. 599 01:06:18,266 --> 01:06:20,851 Listen, I'll go with you. 600 01:07:14,531 --> 01:07:16,198 Ma'am? 601 01:07:18,535 --> 01:07:20,327 Ma'am! 602 01:07:21,454 --> 01:07:23,372 You're so lucky. 603 01:07:23,498 --> 01:07:26,375 I wish I could live in a house like yours. 604 01:07:27,043 --> 01:07:29,420 At our place, three families share two rooms. 605 01:07:29,587 --> 01:07:31,547 It's like the Warring States period. 606 01:07:33,216 --> 01:07:35,884 And you have a wonderful son, right? 607 01:07:36,386 --> 01:07:39,805 Tell me, where do they sell women's stockings? 608 01:07:39,973 --> 01:07:41,890 You want to buy some? 609 01:07:42,016 --> 01:07:44,727 Western clothing stores carry them. 610 01:07:46,771 --> 01:07:49,815 For your daughter-in-law, right? 611 01:07:49,941 --> 01:07:52,025 I've heard she's very pretty. 612 01:07:52,652 --> 01:07:55,404 That's according to Carp Windsock's report. 613 01:08:07,417 --> 01:08:10,711 - Are you all right? - I'm just so excited! 614 01:08:11,045 --> 01:08:14,006 - They make you that ̶ - I'm so happy! 615 01:08:14,174 --> 01:08:15,924 To buy them myself, 616 01:08:16,092 --> 01:08:19,720 I'd have to have sardines for lunch for three months. 617 01:08:20,138 --> 01:08:22,765 But why did you buy them for me? 618 01:08:22,932 --> 01:08:26,143 Well, yours had holes in them. 619 01:08:27,145 --> 01:08:32,441 Do the holes in my stockings make your feet cold? 620 01:08:32,609 --> 01:08:34,860 Don't get me wrong ̶ 621 01:08:35,028 --> 01:08:37,404 I was just kidding. 622 01:08:37,989 --> 01:08:40,741 I know you did it out of kindness, 623 01:08:41,075 --> 01:08:43,702 but I feel awkward at times like this. 624 01:08:43,870 --> 01:08:46,789 That's why I made a bad joke. Forgive me. 625 01:09:07,268 --> 01:09:09,311 Want to hear something good? 626 01:09:09,562 --> 01:09:10,729 Something good? 627 01:09:10,855 --> 01:09:14,858 I got so bored that I gave everyone at work nicknames. 628 01:09:14,984 --> 01:09:16,610 Wanna hear them? 629 01:09:16,778 --> 01:09:18,821 Sea Slug. - Sea Slug? 630 01:09:19,030 --> 01:09:20,656 Can you guess? 631 01:09:20,782 --> 01:09:22,991 Someone who's slippery and evasive. 632 01:09:24,994 --> 01:09:27,120 Mr. Ono, the subsection chief. 633 01:09:27,413 --> 01:09:28,997 Sea Slug... 634 01:09:31,668 --> 01:09:35,712 Gutter Cover. Someone who's damp and gloomy all year round. 635 01:09:37,423 --> 01:09:40,092 - Would that be Obara? - Bingo! 636 01:09:42,011 --> 01:09:44,137 Next: Flypaper. 637 01:09:44,305 --> 01:09:47,599 - Flypaper? - You know ̶ sticks to everything. 638 01:09:48,226 --> 01:09:50,894 You guessed, right? Mr. Noguchi! 639 01:09:53,731 --> 01:09:56,191 Next is the floor supervisor, Mr. Saito. 640 01:09:56,359 --> 01:09:59,027 Can you guess his nickname? 641 01:09:59,779 --> 01:10:01,655 Mr. Saito. 642 01:10:02,282 --> 01:10:04,032 Let's see... 643 01:10:04,617 --> 01:10:08,495 His distinguishing feature is that he has none. 644 01:10:09,330 --> 01:10:12,374 I don't really know... 645 01:10:13,209 --> 01:10:14,877 Set Menu. 646 01:10:15,003 --> 01:10:17,713 - Set Menu? - At the cafeteria. 647 01:10:22,677 --> 01:10:24,761 And what about Κimura? 648 01:10:24,929 --> 01:10:28,223 Jelly Noodles. Timid and quivering. 649 01:10:31,311 --> 01:10:34,229 I had a nickname for you too. 650 01:10:36,065 --> 01:10:39,693 But I'm not going to tell, 'cause I had you all wrong. 651 01:10:39,861 --> 01:10:43,405 No, I don't mind. Tell me. 652 01:10:44,198 --> 01:10:46,241 Now I've put my foot in it. 653 01:10:46,367 --> 01:10:49,536 No, it would be worse if you didn't tell me. 654 01:10:50,079 --> 01:10:52,706 Okay, then: The Mummy. 655 01:10:56,085 --> 01:10:57,878 Forgive me. 656 01:10:58,838 --> 01:11:01,590 It's all right. 657 01:11:03,092 --> 01:11:06,011 So you mean I'm ̶ 658 01:11:20,693 --> 01:11:23,362 I'll say good-bye here. Thank you so much. 659 01:11:23,488 --> 01:11:27,908 Do you really have to submit your resignation today? 660 01:11:29,619 --> 01:11:32,204 If you could make it tomorrow, 661 01:11:32,372 --> 01:11:34,456 we could spend today... 662 01:13:04,589 --> 01:13:06,548 You're not eating anything. 663 01:13:06,758 --> 01:13:08,592 It's just... 664 01:13:09,719 --> 01:13:11,803 You look so tired. 665 01:13:11,971 --> 01:13:16,266 No, today was really a lot of fun. 666 01:13:17,393 --> 01:13:20,896 But you snored through the best part of the movie. 667 01:13:23,357 --> 01:13:25,192 It's just that... 668 01:13:26,277 --> 01:13:28,528 I overdid it a bit last night. 669 01:13:33,743 --> 01:13:35,535 Mr. Κimura... 670 01:13:50,259 --> 01:13:53,887 This is something... 671 01:13:54,931 --> 01:13:57,224 I can't tell anyone. 672 01:13:57,642 --> 01:13:59,935 It's too embarrassing. 673 01:14:00,561 --> 01:14:03,897 You see, the reason... 674 01:14:04,857 --> 01:14:06,817 I've worked... 675 01:14:08,611 --> 01:14:11,947 like a mummy these last 30 years ̶ 676 01:14:14,325 --> 01:14:15,575 Oh, no! 677 01:14:15,743 --> 01:14:19,287 It's not that I mind you 678 01:14:19,664 --> 01:14:21,790 calling me a mummy... 679 01:14:22,667 --> 01:14:25,919 because that's exactly right. 680 01:14:27,839 --> 01:14:30,924 I don't blame you at all. 681 01:14:33,302 --> 01:14:36,972 It's just that the reason 682 01:14:37,557 --> 01:14:40,725 I turned myself into a mummy ̶ 683 01:14:41,978 --> 01:14:45,564 What I mean is that I did it all... 684 01:14:46,440 --> 01:14:49,025 for my son's sake. 685 01:14:50,570 --> 01:14:54,030 But as it turns out, 686 01:14:54,490 --> 01:14:56,658 my son... 687 01:14:57,785 --> 01:15:00,203 couldn't care in the least. 688 01:15:03,583 --> 01:15:06,877 But you can't blame it all on your son. 689 01:15:07,670 --> 01:15:09,296 Isn't that right? 690 01:15:09,463 --> 01:15:13,133 Not unless he asked you to become a mummy. 691 01:15:26,856 --> 01:15:29,191 Parents are all the same. 692 01:15:29,317 --> 01:15:32,444 My mom gives me the same line sometimes. 693 01:15:32,612 --> 01:15:35,197 "All the trouble you've put me through!" 694 01:15:35,364 --> 01:15:37,616 I'm grateful she had me, 695 01:15:37,783 --> 01:15:40,076 but babies don't ask to be born. 696 01:15:45,041 --> 01:15:48,877 But what happened to make you bad-mouth your son to me? 697 01:15:52,757 --> 01:15:54,549 It's just... 698 01:15:58,721 --> 01:16:01,097 I knew it! You still adore him! 699 01:16:41,472 --> 01:16:44,808 No end in sight for the electricity shortage. 700 01:16:45,017 --> 01:16:47,018 Is that right? 701 01:17:28,686 --> 01:17:32,981 This heat is due to the warmest ocean currents in 30 years. 702 01:17:36,819 --> 01:17:38,695 Is that a fact? 703 01:17:58,632 --> 01:18:02,010 Actually, there's something... 704 01:18:03,512 --> 01:18:05,555 I'd like to tell you. 705 01:18:09,310 --> 01:18:12,520 I know I should have told you sooner, 706 01:18:13,022 --> 01:18:17,233 but it's not very pleasant business. 707 01:18:17,526 --> 01:18:19,861 Father, I already know. 708 01:18:20,571 --> 01:18:24,199 You see, I discussed it with Uncle today. 709 01:18:24,575 --> 01:18:28,161 We must address practical matters to avoid complications later. 710 01:18:28,329 --> 01:18:31,539 For instance, although we have rights as your heirs, 711 01:18:31,665 --> 01:18:34,542 you need to make those clear to avoid disputes. 712 01:18:34,710 --> 01:18:37,879 She's taken you for 50,000 yen in just a few days. 713 01:18:38,005 --> 01:18:40,173 Young girls these days ̶ - What are you...? 714 01:18:40,299 --> 01:18:42,550 Father! We respect 715 01:18:42,676 --> 01:18:44,427 your free will, all right? 716 01:18:44,553 --> 01:18:46,888 We even accept your debauchery! 717 01:18:47,056 --> 01:18:49,724 But it's common sense to set some conditions. 718 01:18:49,892 --> 01:18:52,143 Think of Κazue, 719 01:18:52,269 --> 01:18:54,396 or at least of her family back home. 720 01:18:54,563 --> 01:18:57,774 How dare you bring home a woman like that! 721 01:18:57,983 --> 01:19:00,777 And holding hands with her in your room! 722 01:19:00,903 --> 01:19:04,114 I could hardly face Mrs. Hayashi when she told me! 723 01:19:41,193 --> 01:19:43,403 Two weeks have passed 724 01:19:43,529 --> 01:19:47,198 since our protagonist abandoned his post. 725 01:19:57,126 --> 01:19:58,626 During that time, 726 01:19:58,794 --> 01:20:01,921 727 01:20:02,047 --> 01:20:04,883 about Mr. Watanabe have made the rounds. 728 01:20:19,773 --> 01:20:23,693 The rumors and speculation all agree on one thing: 729 01:20:23,861 --> 01:20:26,321 Whatever Mr. Watanabe is doing, 730 01:20:26,489 --> 01:20:28,781 it is very frivolous indeed. 731 01:20:30,659 --> 01:20:32,660 But in point of fact, 732 01:20:32,786 --> 01:20:35,622 Watanabe had never been this earnest 733 01:20:35,789 --> 01:20:38,124 about anything in his entire life. 734 01:20:39,835 --> 01:20:41,669 This isn't City Hall, 735 01:20:41,837 --> 01:20:46,508 where you can waste a whole day on an hour's work! 736 01:20:46,675 --> 01:20:48,176 I just ̶ 737 01:20:48,344 --> 01:20:51,012 Every second I waste here costs me money. 738 01:20:51,180 --> 01:20:53,515 Then what about tonight? 739 01:20:53,682 --> 01:20:57,018 I'm pooped at night. I'd rather sleep than go out. 740 01:20:59,730 --> 01:21:02,815 Besides, why are you always taking me out? 741 01:21:02,983 --> 01:21:04,234 It's just ̶ 742 01:21:05,027 --> 01:21:08,613 Let's stop doing this. It doesn't feel right. 743 01:21:08,989 --> 01:21:12,867 Just one last time tonight. 744 01:21:13,035 --> 01:21:15,411 No, or it'll never end! 745 01:21:16,664 --> 01:21:18,289 Now, excuse me. 746 01:21:46,402 --> 01:21:48,528 Tonight's the last time, okay? 747 01:22:51,258 --> 01:22:53,635 Shall we go for a stroll? 748 01:22:53,802 --> 01:22:55,345 I've had enough. 749 01:22:55,471 --> 01:22:59,432 Next it'll be a sweets shop, then a sushi or noodle joint. 750 01:23:00,392 --> 01:23:03,227 What's the point of these endless rounds? 751 01:23:04,188 --> 01:23:07,357 I feel bad saying this when you pay for everything, 752 01:23:07,483 --> 01:23:09,484 but I've had enough. 753 01:23:09,777 --> 01:23:13,154 We've run out of things to talk about. 754 01:23:17,034 --> 01:23:19,243 There's that face again. 755 01:23:20,788 --> 01:23:24,040 The truth is you give me the creeps. 756 01:23:34,343 --> 01:23:37,970 What's going on? Why do you chase me around like this? 757 01:23:38,305 --> 01:23:41,182 - It's just ̶ - It's just what? 758 01:23:41,517 --> 01:23:43,184 It's just ̶ 759 01:23:43,352 --> 01:23:47,480 I enjoy spending time with you this way. 760 01:23:47,648 --> 01:23:49,649 A May-December romance? Forget it. 761 01:23:49,817 --> 01:23:51,275 No, no! 762 01:23:51,860 --> 01:23:53,653 It's just that I ̶ 763 01:23:53,821 --> 01:23:57,949 Just spit it out instead of sputtering like that. 764 01:24:02,913 --> 01:24:04,997 - Are you mad? - No. 765 01:24:13,048 --> 01:24:17,552 I don't even know myself... 766 01:24:18,470 --> 01:24:22,348 why I keep following you around. 767 01:24:23,809 --> 01:24:27,186 All I know is ̶ 768 01:24:50,586 --> 01:24:52,003 Listen: 769 01:24:52,546 --> 01:24:54,589 I'm going to die soon. 770 01:24:55,424 --> 01:24:58,509 I've got stomach cancer. It's right here. 771 01:25:02,681 --> 01:25:05,767 Do you see? 772 01:25:06,769 --> 01:25:08,770 No matter how I struggle, 773 01:25:08,937 --> 01:25:11,856 I've only got six months to a year left. 774 01:25:12,691 --> 01:25:15,276 When I found out, 775 01:25:15,444 --> 01:25:17,987 I suddenly... in here ̶ 776 01:25:18,614 --> 01:25:20,114 Now I remember: 777 01:25:20,282 --> 01:25:24,786 I nearly drowned in a pond once when I was a child. 778 01:25:24,995 --> 01:25:27,330 I felt exactly the same way then. 779 01:25:27,498 --> 01:25:29,749 Everything's going black. 780 01:25:30,042 --> 01:25:32,293 I writhe and thrash around, 781 01:25:32,795 --> 01:25:35,463 but there's nothing to hold on to... 782 01:25:35,631 --> 01:25:38,174 except you. - What about your son? 783 01:25:38,342 --> 01:25:40,468 Don't talk to me about him! 784 01:25:41,637 --> 01:25:43,638 I have no son. 785 01:25:45,307 --> 01:25:47,725 I'm all alone. - But ̶ 786 01:25:47,935 --> 01:25:50,478 No, you don't understand. 787 01:25:51,939 --> 01:25:55,191 My son is somewhere far away. 788 01:25:56,944 --> 01:25:58,986 Just as my mom and pop were 789 01:25:59,154 --> 01:26:02,990 when I was drowning in that pond. 790 01:26:03,700 --> 01:26:05,493 Remembering it now, 791 01:26:05,953 --> 01:26:08,996 it's even more painful than it was then. 792 01:26:09,748 --> 01:26:12,750 But why someone like me? 793 01:26:12,960 --> 01:26:15,044 It's just that... 794 01:26:15,671 --> 01:26:19,257 when I look at you, I get a warm feeling... 795 01:26:19,424 --> 01:26:22,134 right here. 796 01:26:22,678 --> 01:26:26,222 Even an old mummy like me. 797 01:26:33,188 --> 01:26:36,774 What I mean is, you've been really kind to me. 798 01:26:37,568 --> 01:26:39,735 No, that's not it. 799 01:26:39,903 --> 01:26:43,447 You're young and healthy, and that's why ̶ 800 01:26:47,035 --> 01:26:48,703 No. 801 01:26:48,996 --> 01:26:50,746 I mean... 802 01:26:52,082 --> 01:26:55,877 what makes you so lively? 803 01:26:56,044 --> 01:26:58,045 You're just so full of life. 804 01:26:58,213 --> 01:27:00,631 That's why I ̶ 805 01:27:00,799 --> 01:27:03,718 That's why this mummy envies you! 806 01:27:04,887 --> 01:27:08,598 Before I die, even if only for one day, 807 01:27:08,765 --> 01:27:11,809 I want to be like that. 808 01:27:12,019 --> 01:27:15,897 Until I've done that, I can't let myself die. 809 01:27:16,064 --> 01:27:18,065 You see, I just... 810 01:27:18,233 --> 01:27:21,068 I just want something to ̶ 811 01:27:21,236 --> 01:27:23,237 I want to do something. 812 01:27:23,447 --> 01:27:27,074 I just don't know what. 813 01:27:27,242 --> 01:27:29,243 But you know. 814 01:27:29,411 --> 01:27:31,746 No, maybe you don't, but ̶ 815 01:27:31,914 --> 01:27:33,289 But I don't! 816 01:27:33,457 --> 01:27:35,917 Tell me, how can I be like you? 817 01:27:36,084 --> 01:27:39,879 - But all I do is work and eat! - What else? 818 01:27:40,005 --> 01:27:41,839 That's all! 819 01:27:48,430 --> 01:27:49,972 It's true. 820 01:27:50,098 --> 01:27:52,850 All I do is make these little things. 821 01:28:02,277 --> 01:28:04,862 Just making these is so much fun. 822 01:28:05,030 --> 01:28:09,033 I feel like I'm making friends with every baby in Japan. 823 01:28:11,244 --> 01:28:14,038 Why don't you try making something too? 824 01:28:15,248 --> 01:28:18,209 What could I possibly make at that office? 825 01:28:19,586 --> 01:28:22,380 Yeah, it's hopeless there. 826 01:28:22,547 --> 01:28:25,466 You should quit and go somewhere... 827 01:28:33,725 --> 01:28:35,977 It's too late. 828 01:29:10,012 --> 01:29:13,014 No... it's not too late. 829 01:29:15,559 --> 01:29:17,226 It's not hopeless. 830 01:29:17,394 --> 01:29:19,895 Even there, there's something I can do. 831 01:29:20,063 --> 01:29:22,189 I just have to find the will. 832 01:29:30,407 --> 01:29:34,160 There's something I can do. 833 01:30:11,073 --> 01:30:14,200 It's only a matter of time before he resigns. 834 01:30:14,367 --> 01:30:17,244 His son came by yesterday about his retirement bonus. 835 01:30:17,579 --> 01:30:20,581 Which means you'll finally be section chief. 836 01:30:20,707 --> 01:30:22,917 Well, you never know. 837 01:31:05,919 --> 01:31:07,586 Good morning. 838 01:31:18,265 --> 01:31:19,473 Section Chief. 839 01:31:23,270 --> 01:31:26,522 Ono, take care of this. 840 01:31:28,608 --> 01:31:30,693 PETITION TO REPAIR AND FILL IN CULVERT 841 01:31:30,861 --> 01:31:33,362 ΚUROE WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION 842 01:31:33,530 --> 01:31:37,283 TO BE ASSIGNED TO PUBLIC WORΚS 843 01:31:37,492 --> 01:31:39,660 Is this really a job for Public Works? 844 01:31:39,828 --> 01:31:43,330 Actually, this is precisely the kind of job 845 01:31:43,915 --> 01:31:48,377 that Public Affairs should oversee. 846 01:31:48,628 --> 01:31:51,338 Public Works can't do it alone. 847 01:31:51,506 --> 01:31:54,925 Parks and Sewage must also take action. 848 01:31:57,512 --> 01:32:00,055 Get me a car, will you? 849 01:32:00,473 --> 01:32:03,100 I'm going out to survey the site. 850 01:32:04,186 --> 01:32:06,687 Put together a report today. 851 01:32:06,855 --> 01:32:09,315 Sir, I'm not sure that's possible. 852 01:32:09,482 --> 01:32:12,193 It is if you set your mind to it. 853 01:32:36,218 --> 01:32:38,636 Five months later. 854 01:32:38,887 --> 01:32:42,223 The protagonist of our story has died. 855 01:33:27,644 --> 01:33:30,771 Let us see the deputy mayor. He must be here. 856 01:33:31,064 --> 01:33:33,607 Just five minutes, please. 857 01:33:45,370 --> 01:33:48,080 Reporters. What should I tell them? 858 01:34:14,065 --> 01:34:18,152 - Your suspicions are groundless. - Are they? 859 01:34:18,320 --> 01:34:21,155 Our claim is based on thorough research. 860 01:34:21,323 --> 01:34:23,032 Sir, the official story 861 01:34:23,158 --> 01:34:25,993 is that the Parks Department and local councilman 862 01:34:26,244 --> 01:34:28,996 built that park with your backing, 863 01:34:29,164 --> 01:34:31,999 but wasn't it really Mr. Watanabe? 864 01:34:32,167 --> 01:34:33,625 That's the word. 865 01:34:33,752 --> 01:34:36,962 Mr. Watanabe was chief of Public Affairs. 866 01:34:37,130 --> 01:34:40,299 Building parks is the Park Department's job. 867 01:34:40,467 --> 01:34:42,134 We understand that. 868 01:34:42,302 --> 01:34:45,387 But the plan almost fizzled out several times. 869 01:34:45,555 --> 01:34:48,682 We're talking about the man who saw it to completion. 870 01:34:48,850 --> 01:34:52,478 Local residents believe that that was Mr. Watanabe. 871 01:34:52,645 --> 01:34:54,855 They're deeply concerned about the fact 872 01:34:55,023 --> 01:34:57,358 that he died in the park he built. 873 01:34:57,525 --> 01:34:59,526 What's that supposed to mean? 874 01:34:59,652 --> 01:35:03,364 Well, they were suspicious even before that happened. 875 01:35:03,531 --> 01:35:07,659 For example, in your speech at the park's opening ceremony, 876 01:35:07,827 --> 01:35:10,704 you never mentioned Mr. Watanabe once. 877 01:35:10,872 --> 01:35:13,165 They say it wasn't a congratulatory address. 878 01:35:13,333 --> 01:35:14,750 Then what was it? 879 01:35:14,918 --> 01:35:16,919 A campaign speech. 880 01:35:19,589 --> 01:35:21,340 Furthermore... 881 01:35:21,508 --> 01:35:24,134 he was completely ignored during the ceremony 882 01:35:24,302 --> 01:35:26,387 and seated in the back corner. 883 01:35:26,554 --> 01:35:30,682 In short, people feel a lot of sympathy for the guy. 884 01:35:31,059 --> 01:35:33,352 So the fact that he died in the park 885 01:35:33,520 --> 01:35:35,604 has led to some interesting speculation. 886 01:35:36,648 --> 01:35:40,484 It's seen as an act of silent protest 887 01:35:40,652 --> 01:35:42,694 against top city officials. 888 01:35:42,821 --> 01:35:47,199 So you're saying Watanabe committed suicide 889 01:35:47,325 --> 01:35:51,703 or at least let himself freeze to death? 890 01:35:52,872 --> 01:35:54,498 More or less. 891 01:35:55,458 --> 01:35:56,917 I see. 892 01:35:57,085 --> 01:35:59,753 Don't forget it was also snowing last night. 893 01:35:59,921 --> 01:36:02,881 Sounds like a scene right out of a play. 894 01:36:03,007 --> 01:36:04,049 However... 895 01:36:05,135 --> 01:36:08,387 an autopsy has clearly established 896 01:36:08,513 --> 01:36:11,140 the cause of Watanabe's death. 897 01:36:11,391 --> 01:36:15,394 He certainly didn't commit suicide. Nor did he freeze to death. 898 01:36:15,895 --> 01:36:18,730 He died of stomach cancer. - Stomach cancer? 899 01:36:19,065 --> 01:36:21,942 That's right. Internal hemorrhaging. 900 01:36:22,444 --> 01:36:26,613 Watanabe died suddenly, without warning. 901 01:36:27,198 --> 01:36:28,991 If you have any doubts ̶ 902 01:36:29,159 --> 01:36:32,911 Ono, give them the name of the hospital. 903 01:37:47,362 --> 01:37:49,279 It's just not right. 904 01:37:50,990 --> 01:37:54,368 The way these reporters think, and their tactlessness ̶ 905 01:37:54,869 --> 01:37:56,328 Actually... 906 01:37:56,496 --> 01:37:59,414 it applies to the general public too. 907 01:38:00,333 --> 01:38:05,629 They just don't understand how government works. 908 01:38:09,717 --> 01:38:12,886 They're woefully ignorant of how we function. 909 01:38:13,221 --> 01:38:16,640 Take that little park in Κuroe. 910 01:38:17,141 --> 01:38:19,935 Some seem to believe 911 01:38:20,103 --> 01:38:22,104 that Watanabe built it, 912 01:38:22,230 --> 01:38:24,398 but that's ridiculous. 913 01:38:24,899 --> 01:38:27,192 Maybe I shouldn't say this 914 01:38:28,653 --> 01:38:31,071 here at his wake, 915 01:38:31,239 --> 01:38:34,908 in front of his son and relatives... 916 01:38:35,910 --> 01:38:37,995 but I'll go ahead, 917 01:38:38,121 --> 01:38:41,206 because I think Watanabe would agree with me. 918 01:38:42,292 --> 01:38:46,545 Certainly, Watanabe went to great pains 919 01:38:47,005 --> 01:38:50,007 to get that park built. 920 01:38:50,425 --> 01:38:53,969 I take my hat off to his enthusiasm. 921 01:38:54,762 --> 01:38:59,057 But his efforts were part of his official duties. 922 01:39:02,937 --> 01:39:06,440 The idea he went beyond the scope of his office 923 01:39:06,608 --> 01:39:08,817 to facilitate citizens' desires 924 01:39:09,027 --> 01:39:12,070 and actually built the park himself 925 01:39:12,238 --> 01:39:15,490 is nonsense to those who understand our bureaucracy. 926 01:39:18,494 --> 01:39:22,080 Watanabe himself would grimace at the idea. 927 01:39:27,795 --> 01:39:29,463 However... 928 01:39:30,632 --> 01:39:33,383 we may be partly to blame 929 01:39:33,635 --> 01:39:36,928 for the fact people are saying such things. 930 01:39:37,221 --> 01:39:39,681 All eyes were on that epoch-making project 931 01:39:39,849 --> 01:39:42,142 as it was rushed to completion. 932 01:39:42,310 --> 01:39:45,812 Maybe we should have singled out someone's service. 933 01:39:46,230 --> 01:39:47,773 For instance... 934 01:39:48,274 --> 01:39:50,567 the chief of the Parks Department. 935 01:39:51,319 --> 01:39:53,654 Or his superior... 936 01:39:54,822 --> 01:39:57,032 the chief of Public Works. 937 01:39:58,785 --> 01:40:02,245 If you say so, Mr. Deputy Mayor, 938 01:40:02,372 --> 01:40:04,498 but here's what I think. 939 01:40:04,666 --> 01:40:07,918 The head of the Parks Department and I 940 01:40:08,086 --> 01:40:10,587 only fulfilled the duties of our offices. 941 01:40:10,797 --> 01:40:14,341 But when I think how difficult it was 942 01:40:14,634 --> 01:40:19,221 to navigate the intricate politics of the city council 943 01:40:19,389 --> 01:40:22,182 and realize the park's construction, 944 01:40:22,350 --> 01:40:26,144 it is you, Deputy Mayor, who should be singled out. 945 01:40:27,271 --> 01:40:29,147 Now, now... 946 01:40:30,358 --> 01:40:33,026 Some people have even criticized 947 01:40:33,152 --> 01:40:35,362 my speech at the opening ceremony. 948 01:40:35,571 --> 01:40:37,239 Isn't that right, Ono? 949 01:40:37,407 --> 01:40:40,450 They called it a campaign speech! 950 01:40:43,371 --> 01:40:47,290 Excuse me. The residents of Κuroe 951 01:40:47,500 --> 01:40:51,211 are here asking to burn incense for the deceased. 952 01:42:56,879 --> 01:42:59,840 Κiichi, come. You too, Mitsuo. 953 01:45:04,256 --> 01:45:06,216 It sure is cold. 954 01:45:06,968 --> 01:45:08,843 May I pour one for you? 955 01:45:10,680 --> 01:45:12,889 I'll get some warm sake. 956 01:45:13,307 --> 01:45:15,141 What do you say? 957 01:45:15,267 --> 01:45:18,812 Why don't you all move closer down here? 958 01:45:18,938 --> 01:45:20,397 Why not? 959 01:45:22,149 --> 01:45:24,067 - Over here, please. - Thanks. 960 01:45:24,735 --> 01:45:26,987 Mr. Hayashi. 961 01:45:42,670 --> 01:45:44,087 Mr. Ono. 962 01:45:46,674 --> 01:45:49,551 Did all the big shots go off to a meeting? 963 01:45:49,802 --> 01:45:51,219 Yes. 964 01:45:52,221 --> 01:45:55,181 No, they just couldn't stand to stay here. 965 01:45:57,268 --> 01:45:59,310 I don't care what anyone says. 966 01:45:59,437 --> 01:46:02,731 It was Mr. Watanabe who built that park. 967 01:46:03,315 --> 01:46:06,901 The deputy mayor and his people know it. 968 01:46:07,319 --> 01:46:11,072 That's going too far. As the deputy mayor said ̶ 969 01:46:11,198 --> 01:46:12,699 That's right. 970 01:46:12,825 --> 01:46:15,827 I'm not saying this because I'm in the Parks Department, 971 01:46:15,953 --> 01:46:19,414 but we drew up the plans and oversaw construction. 972 01:46:19,874 --> 01:46:24,002 - That's not what I meant. - Now, now... 973 01:46:24,587 --> 01:46:27,047 I understand how you feel, but ̶ 974 01:46:27,214 --> 01:46:30,091 The point is he was in Public Affairs. 975 01:46:30,259 --> 01:46:34,054 Did he think he could just build a park? 976 01:46:34,221 --> 01:46:36,431 We have to respect each other's turf or ̶ 977 01:46:36,599 --> 01:46:39,851 If I had to say how that park got built, 978 01:46:40,019 --> 01:46:42,729 I'd say it was coincidence. 979 01:46:42,897 --> 01:46:44,564 Hear me out. 980 01:46:44,732 --> 01:46:49,235 If a looming election hadn't put pressure on the local councilman, 981 01:46:50,029 --> 01:46:52,322 and if profiteers hadn't lobbied 982 01:46:52,448 --> 01:46:54,991 to build a red-light district there, 983 01:46:55,117 --> 01:46:58,953 that reclamation work wouldn't have proceeded so quickly. 984 01:46:59,080 --> 01:47:00,455 That's right. 985 01:47:00,623 --> 01:47:02,665 Exactly right. 986 01:47:03,751 --> 01:47:06,419 There's one thing I can't figure out. 987 01:47:07,755 --> 01:47:12,217 Why would someone like him 988 01:47:12,384 --> 01:47:15,261 suddenly change like that? 989 01:47:16,931 --> 01:47:19,057 What could it have been? 990 01:47:22,937 --> 01:47:25,146 I agree. It's a complete mystery. 991 01:47:25,314 --> 01:47:27,065 It really is. 992 01:47:27,358 --> 01:47:29,776 I mean... 993 01:47:29,944 --> 01:47:32,529 with the benefit of hindsight, 994 01:47:32,905 --> 01:47:35,865 it would seem he knew 995 01:47:35,991 --> 01:47:38,660 he had stomach cancer, and that's why ̶ 996 01:47:39,703 --> 01:47:41,996 We were just discussing 997 01:47:42,123 --> 01:47:45,333 whether your father knew he had stomach cancer. 998 01:47:45,501 --> 01:47:48,878 Well, I think he would have told me if he did. 999 01:47:49,046 --> 01:47:50,171 Indeed. 1000 01:47:50,339 --> 01:47:53,258 I believe my father was fortunate to die 1001 01:47:53,384 --> 01:47:55,885 without realizing he had cancer. 1002 01:47:56,053 --> 01:47:58,763 A diagnosis like that is a death sentence. 1003 01:47:58,931 --> 01:48:00,265 I see. 1004 01:48:00,391 --> 01:48:02,976 Well, that rules out Saito's theory. 1005 01:48:03,227 --> 01:48:05,103 What theory is that? 1006 01:48:05,437 --> 01:48:09,482 Well, five months ago he went through a sudden transformation. 1007 01:48:09,650 --> 01:48:11,317 That's for sure. 1008 01:48:11,443 --> 01:48:15,446 And none of us has any clue what caused it. 1009 01:48:15,823 --> 01:48:18,408 Well, that was a woman's doing. 1010 01:48:18,826 --> 01:48:21,327 With a young mistress, 1011 01:48:21,495 --> 01:48:25,331 the hormonal effect can temporarily rejuvenate an old man. 1012 01:48:25,499 --> 01:48:27,500 Happens all the time. 1013 01:48:27,668 --> 01:48:30,170 It suddenly put a sheen back on his cheeks. 1014 01:48:30,337 --> 01:48:32,714 Actually... 1015 01:48:32,882 --> 01:48:36,134 we heard rumors at that time of a romance. 1016 01:48:36,552 --> 01:48:39,053 That explains the rakish hat. 1017 01:48:39,221 --> 01:48:40,597 Sure does. 1018 01:48:40,764 --> 01:48:43,683 That surprised the hell out of me. 1019 01:48:47,062 --> 01:48:50,064 Sir, I'm not sure that's possible. 1020 01:48:50,232 --> 01:48:52,984 It is if you set your mind to it. 1021 01:49:03,704 --> 01:49:05,288 But wait. 1022 01:49:40,324 --> 01:49:42,283 In any case, 1023 01:49:42,451 --> 01:49:46,704 his enthusiasm was a bit over the top. 1024 01:49:46,872 --> 01:49:49,249 Yes. That's very true. 1025 01:49:50,251 --> 01:49:52,168 I don't mean to argue, 1026 01:49:52,294 --> 01:49:56,130 but a woman alone can't account for ̶ 1027 01:49:56,257 --> 01:49:57,924 - But ̶ - Dear. 1028 01:49:58,092 --> 01:50:00,426 The thing is... 1029 01:50:03,097 --> 01:50:05,265 it just doesn't make sense. 1030 01:50:09,270 --> 01:50:12,438 Not to change the subject, 1031 01:50:12,773 --> 01:50:16,109 but there were times when his extraordinary zeal 1032 01:50:16,235 --> 01:50:18,403 threatened to derail it all. 1033 01:50:18,779 --> 01:50:22,282 That's city hall for you. Gotta guard your turf. 1034 01:50:22,449 --> 01:50:26,035 That's right. The biggest mystery to me 1035 01:50:26,203 --> 01:50:29,706 is how a 30-year veteran could suddenly forget the rules. 1036 01:50:29,873 --> 01:50:31,833 It's because he ̶ 1037 01:50:38,048 --> 01:50:39,590 In any event... 1038 01:50:39,758 --> 01:50:43,303 pushing his plan on all the other departments 1039 01:50:43,637 --> 01:50:47,307 ensured that everyone would dig in their heels. 1040 01:50:47,474 --> 01:50:50,059 My boss was none too happy about it. 1041 01:50:50,185 --> 01:50:53,354 Building parks is the Parks Department's job. 1042 01:50:54,815 --> 01:50:57,984 We have our own proposals for new parks. 1043 01:50:58,485 --> 01:51:01,154 Couldn't you reconsider? 1044 01:51:01,322 --> 01:51:03,823 This site is really terrible. 1045 01:51:03,991 --> 01:51:07,076 But building a park isn't as simple 1046 01:51:07,286 --> 01:51:10,163 as you outline in your proposal. 1047 01:51:10,331 --> 01:51:12,874 No, this proposal is just ̶ 1048 01:51:13,042 --> 01:51:14,625 I understand. 1049 01:51:15,002 --> 01:51:16,669 Tell you what: 1050 01:51:17,087 --> 01:51:19,630 I'll study your proposal thoroughly. 1051 01:51:23,886 --> 01:51:27,347 But you know, in the end 1052 01:51:27,514 --> 01:51:30,850 even the parks chief caved in to Watanabe's tenacity ̶ 1053 01:51:31,018 --> 01:51:32,685 You've got a point there. 1054 01:51:32,853 --> 01:51:35,146 He really didn't know what to do. 1055 01:52:40,587 --> 01:52:42,380 He really was something. 1056 01:52:42,548 --> 01:52:45,633 He would wait days for the answer he wanted. 1057 01:52:45,801 --> 01:52:48,052 Our section chief would sneak away 1058 01:52:48,178 --> 01:52:50,388 the second he saw Watanabe's face. 1059 01:52:50,514 --> 01:52:51,681 That's right. 1060 01:53:03,068 --> 01:53:06,988 Section Chief! 1061 01:53:09,450 --> 01:53:12,785 He even pleaded with underlings like me. 1062 01:53:12,953 --> 01:53:15,496 It was unbelievable! 1063 01:53:15,789 --> 01:53:18,082 Won't you please...? 1064 01:53:20,794 --> 01:53:22,795 Isn't there some way...? 1065 01:53:46,320 --> 01:53:48,237 Finally we couldn't stand by any longer. 1066 01:53:49,740 --> 01:53:53,576 That's right. We took pity on him too. 1067 01:53:53,744 --> 01:53:57,413 But you guys in General Affairs 1068 01:53:57,998 --> 01:54:00,166 were the worst of all. 1069 01:54:00,292 --> 01:54:02,001 Wait a minute! 1070 01:54:02,127 --> 01:54:05,421 I went around with him, so I know. 1071 01:54:05,589 --> 01:54:09,091 You made us beg for two weeks. I won't forget that. 1072 01:54:09,301 --> 01:54:11,344 Sorry about that. 1073 01:54:12,095 --> 01:54:13,846 However... 1074 01:54:14,014 --> 01:54:16,557 remember the most surprising thing? 1075 01:54:19,436 --> 01:54:22,271 - Oh, right. - That was a shocker. 1076 01:54:56,682 --> 01:54:59,267 DEPUTY MAYOR'S OFFICE 1077 01:55:07,568 --> 01:55:10,570 But you know what was even more surprising? 1078 01:55:10,737 --> 01:55:12,905 The incident in the deputy mayor's office? 1079 01:55:13,240 --> 01:55:16,701 - I heard about that! - That was something! 1080 01:55:19,371 --> 01:55:23,165 A section chief openly defying the deputy mayor ̶ 1081 01:55:23,333 --> 01:55:25,459 unprecedented at City Hall! 1082 01:55:34,761 --> 01:55:38,055 Listen, about that new park... 1083 01:55:38,849 --> 01:55:41,267 it's one thing to show initiative, 1084 01:55:41,435 --> 01:55:45,938 but you don't want people thinking you're a publicity hound. 1085 01:55:46,648 --> 01:55:50,276 And the city council's got problems of its own. 1086 01:55:50,944 --> 01:55:55,239 I think it's best just to let the proposal die. 1087 01:55:56,450 --> 01:56:00,036 Last night there was a banquet at Nakagawa. 1088 01:56:00,287 --> 01:56:03,623 I tell you, geisha these days are appalling. 1089 01:56:03,790 --> 01:56:06,375 One of them spent the evening sulking 1090 01:56:06,543 --> 01:56:08,294 and didn't say a word. 1091 01:56:08,462 --> 01:56:12,465 The proprietress said she was a student working part-time! 1092 01:56:14,009 --> 01:56:15,676 That's a good one! 1093 01:56:21,433 --> 01:56:24,477 Couldn't you please... 1094 01:56:26,563 --> 01:56:28,481 reconsider the proposal? 1095 01:56:33,987 --> 01:56:37,323 What did you just say? 1096 01:56:43,830 --> 01:56:45,331 I mean... 1097 01:56:46,625 --> 01:56:50,169 about that park... 1098 01:56:52,297 --> 01:56:55,257 won't you reconsider your decision? 1099 01:57:39,052 --> 01:57:41,178 But the thing is, 1100 01:57:41,346 --> 01:57:43,764 when you look at the results, 1101 01:57:43,932 --> 01:57:45,975 was it worth taking it that far? 1102 01:57:46,143 --> 01:57:48,352 No, it was crazy! 1103 01:57:48,478 --> 01:57:52,857 Everyone at City Hall is guarding his own turf. 1104 01:57:53,358 --> 01:57:57,903 But didn't the deputy mayor end up reconsidering? 1105 01:57:58,029 --> 01:58:00,322 That's because the councilman needled him. 1106 01:58:00,490 --> 01:58:02,241 It was just coincidence. 1107 01:58:02,409 --> 01:58:05,661 You're attributing everything to Watanabe's "zeal." 1108 01:58:05,829 --> 01:58:08,080 Don't be so sentimental! 1109 01:58:08,457 --> 01:58:09,790 Sentimental! 1110 01:58:10,250 --> 01:58:13,419 Is that so? I don't see it that way. 1111 01:58:14,421 --> 01:58:17,715 If all of you can't understand his dedication, 1112 01:58:17,883 --> 01:58:19,633 the world's a dark place indeed. 1113 01:58:19,801 --> 01:58:21,594 It is a dark place. 1114 01:58:24,556 --> 01:58:28,517 From just looking at Mr. Watanabe you could tell 1115 01:58:28,810 --> 01:58:32,772 that only his work was keeping him alive. 1116 01:58:33,648 --> 01:58:36,108 Didn't it look that way to you? 1117 01:58:36,943 --> 01:58:40,446 Sometimes it even gave me chills. 1118 01:58:42,407 --> 01:58:44,408 When was it? 1119 01:58:44,868 --> 01:58:46,327 I was... 1120 01:59:31,164 --> 01:59:34,416 That reminds me of when I'd see him 1121 01:59:34,584 --> 01:59:36,460 at the construction site. 1122 02:01:12,933 --> 02:01:14,934 That look in his eyes! 1123 02:01:15,101 --> 02:01:19,480 As if he were watching his child or grandchild, 1124 02:01:19,731 --> 02:01:22,316 the apple of his eye. 1125 02:01:22,525 --> 02:01:24,276 Of course. 1126 02:01:24,569 --> 02:01:27,488 He nurtured that park like you would a child. 1127 02:01:27,989 --> 02:01:29,698 So what are you saying? 1128 02:01:30,951 --> 02:01:34,620 Like I said before: 1129 02:01:35,288 --> 02:01:38,958 Whatever anyone says, Mr. Watanabe built that park ̶ 1130 02:01:39,125 --> 02:01:42,336 But if the councilman and deputy mayor 1131 02:01:42,504 --> 02:01:44,588 hadn't been facing reelection, 1132 02:01:44,756 --> 02:01:47,091 the plan wouldn't have become a reality. 1133 02:01:47,258 --> 02:01:51,470 Watanabe had no role in what was going on higher up. 1134 02:01:51,638 --> 02:01:54,139 That's not actually true. 1135 02:01:54,307 --> 02:01:55,724 Really? 1136 02:01:55,850 --> 02:01:59,019 The folks who wanted that red-light district 1137 02:01:59,187 --> 02:02:03,482 definitely thought Watanabe was blocking their way. Listen to this: 1138 02:02:20,417 --> 02:02:22,001 Section Chief. 1139 02:02:23,211 --> 02:02:26,505 Are you Section Chief of Public Affairs? 1140 02:02:26,631 --> 02:02:28,173 Yes. 1141 02:02:32,387 --> 02:02:34,471 Just the man I wanted to see. 1142 02:02:36,891 --> 02:02:40,394 Old man, you'd better mind your own business. 1143 02:02:40,895 --> 02:02:44,064 Just what are you trying to ̶ 1144 02:02:44,232 --> 02:02:45,983 Don't play dumb! 1145 02:02:50,488 --> 02:02:52,322 No hard feelings. 1146 02:02:52,490 --> 02:02:55,075 Just shut up and back off. 1147 02:02:58,079 --> 02:02:59,663 Say something! 1148 02:02:59,914 --> 02:03:01,749 You value your life? 1149 02:03:21,811 --> 02:03:24,104 This is Watanabe. 1150 02:04:42,183 --> 02:04:44,268 I just don't get it. 1151 02:04:45,061 --> 02:04:48,856 Why would someone like him ̶ 1152 02:04:49,023 --> 02:04:51,191 I just don't... 1153 02:04:53,319 --> 02:04:55,028 get it. 1154 02:05:03,121 --> 02:05:07,541 No, I'm sure Mr. Watanabe knew he had stomach cancer. 1155 02:05:07,709 --> 02:05:09,126 But ̶ 1156 02:05:10,211 --> 02:05:14,548 I just suddenly remembered something. 1157 02:05:28,771 --> 02:05:31,064 This is too much! 1158 02:05:31,232 --> 02:05:33,400 We've been at this for two weeks. 1159 02:05:33,568 --> 02:05:35,569 We've explained it to them 20 times. 1160 02:05:35,695 --> 02:05:38,488 They could at least tell us if there are funds. 1161 02:05:38,615 --> 02:05:42,659 General Affairs is just being sadistic. It's not like it's their personal money. 1162 02:05:42,827 --> 02:05:44,912 Why can't they be more agreeable? 1163 02:05:45,079 --> 02:05:46,788 Well, you know ̶ 1164 02:05:46,956 --> 02:05:49,333 Doesn't it make you furious 1165 02:05:49,584 --> 02:05:52,085 to be treated with such contempt? 1166 02:05:53,755 --> 02:05:55,088 No. 1167 02:05:55,757 --> 02:05:58,425 I can't afford to hate people. 1168 02:06:01,095 --> 02:06:04,181 I haven't got that kind of time. 1169 02:06:20,865 --> 02:06:21,782 You mean ̶ 1170 02:06:21,950 --> 02:06:25,327 Wait! Now that you mention it... 1171 02:06:26,037 --> 02:06:28,163 that reminds me... 1172 02:06:29,374 --> 02:06:31,792 of something. 1173 02:06:47,100 --> 02:06:49,810 How beautiful! 1174 02:06:58,069 --> 02:07:00,028 Truly beautiful. 1175 02:07:02,991 --> 02:07:05,242 A sunset. 1176 02:07:05,410 --> 02:07:08,578 I don't think I've really looked at one in 30 years. 1177 02:07:16,170 --> 02:07:19,381 But I haven't got time for this now. 1178 02:07:25,179 --> 02:07:27,180 He knew! 1179 02:07:27,348 --> 02:07:30,183 He knew he didn't have long left to live ̶ 1180 02:07:30,351 --> 02:07:33,520 It makes everything clear as day. 1181 02:07:33,688 --> 02:07:35,397 There's no other explanation. 1182 02:07:35,565 --> 02:07:38,692 That explains his extraordinary passion 1183 02:07:38,860 --> 02:07:41,236 and his strange behavior. 1184 02:07:41,696 --> 02:07:43,780 Now what he did makes perfect sense! 1185 02:07:43,948 --> 02:07:46,533 Absolutely. We'd have done the same. 1186 02:07:51,039 --> 02:07:54,458 But any of us could die at any moment. 1187 02:08:07,555 --> 02:08:09,222 Listen... 1188 02:08:10,224 --> 02:08:13,894 Subsection Chief. 1189 02:08:17,231 --> 02:08:19,441 I mean you... 1190 02:08:19,609 --> 02:08:23,320 the new Section Chief of Public Affairs. 1191 02:08:27,575 --> 02:08:30,786 Section Chief! Are you listening? 1192 02:08:31,746 --> 02:08:35,082 I haven't been promoted yet. 1193 02:08:43,257 --> 02:08:44,758 See here! 1194 02:08:45,468 --> 02:08:48,053 Ono! - Cut it out. 1195 02:08:48,179 --> 02:08:51,640 What did you say a minute ago? 1196 02:08:52,433 --> 02:08:56,603 "We'd have done the same." 1197 02:08:58,439 --> 02:09:00,357 Don't make me laugh. 1198 02:09:00,483 --> 02:09:02,275 Hey, that's enough now. 1199 02:09:02,443 --> 02:09:06,988 You think you could have done what Mr. Watanabe did? 1200 02:09:08,449 --> 02:09:10,951 Don't make me laugh. 1201 02:09:11,619 --> 02:09:14,496 Listen, Ohara... 1202 02:09:15,706 --> 02:09:19,793 the thing is ̶ 1203 02:09:20,461 --> 02:09:23,130 I may look dumb, but ̶ 1204 02:09:23,297 --> 02:09:25,298 Don't you think... 1205 02:09:25,466 --> 02:09:29,678 Okay, I only went to night school... 1206 02:09:29,887 --> 02:09:35,225 so I'll never make section chief! - Watanabe was a great man! 1207 02:09:35,518 --> 02:09:38,395 No, great's not the right word. 1208 02:09:38,855 --> 02:09:41,231 - But you, Ono? - What's the right word? 1209 02:09:41,399 --> 02:09:45,235 - Don't make me laugh. - Compared to him ̶ 1210 02:09:45,903 --> 02:09:49,906 Compared to Mr. Watanabe, the rest of us ̶ 1211 02:09:51,701 --> 02:09:54,369 We're worthless scum! 1212 02:09:56,372 --> 02:09:59,249 Including you! 1213 02:09:59,417 --> 02:10:01,501 That's going too far. 1214 02:10:04,672 --> 02:10:07,007 We may be scum... 1215 02:10:08,176 --> 02:10:12,929 but some of us start out at City Hall as good people. 1216 02:10:13,264 --> 02:10:16,183 But the longer you stay ̶ 1217 02:10:16,392 --> 02:10:18,185 I didn't used to be ̶ 1218 02:10:20,855 --> 02:10:24,608 You're not supposed to do anything at City Hall. 1219 02:10:24,775 --> 02:10:28,195 Doing anything is considered radical! 1220 02:10:28,362 --> 02:10:31,907 We have to act like we're doing something while doing nothing. 1221 02:10:32,074 --> 02:10:35,035 - That's right. - In our department too! 1222 02:10:35,203 --> 02:10:37,204 The thing is, 1223 02:10:37,371 --> 02:10:41,416 just to get a garbage can somewhere emptied out, 1224 02:10:41,751 --> 02:10:46,046 you need enough paperwork to fill another garbage can. 1225 02:10:46,214 --> 02:10:48,215 That's exactly right! 1226 02:10:48,382 --> 02:10:50,217 Seal after seal after seal! 1227 02:10:50,343 --> 02:10:52,052 That's just an excuse. 1228 02:10:52,220 --> 02:10:54,596 We waste people's valuable time. 1229 02:10:54,764 --> 02:10:58,725 The public is upset by bribes and 40,000 cars and so on, 1230 02:10:58,893 --> 02:11:01,061 but those are just farts 1231 02:11:01,229 --> 02:11:04,231 next to this invisible, colossal waste of time! 1232 02:11:07,735 --> 02:11:09,653 Listen here. 1233 02:11:09,779 --> 02:11:12,405 I often have the same concerns. 1234 02:11:12,573 --> 02:11:16,910 But in that labyrinthine machine, you can't do a thing! 1235 02:11:17,078 --> 02:11:20,247 All that meaningless busywork and not a moment to think! 1236 02:11:20,414 --> 02:11:21,581 Idiots! 1237 02:11:30,925 --> 02:11:34,135 But the thing is, 1238 02:11:34,303 --> 02:11:35,762 Mr. Ohara, 1239 02:11:35,972 --> 02:11:38,098 even within a system 1240 02:11:38,266 --> 02:11:41,393 where you can't get a thing done, 1241 02:11:41,811 --> 02:11:44,813 and battling stomach cancer at that, 1242 02:11:44,981 --> 02:11:49,067 Mr. Watanabe managed to accomplish so much. 1243 02:11:50,319 --> 02:11:53,613 That's it! That's what I wanted to say! 1244 02:11:53,781 --> 02:11:56,283 That's why I get so angry! 1245 02:11:56,450 --> 02:11:58,535 That's what I'm saying! 1246 02:11:58,703 --> 02:12:01,454 Mr. Watanabe expected no reward! 1247 02:12:01,581 --> 02:12:03,873 That's right! 1248 02:12:04,041 --> 02:12:07,711 When you imagine how he must have felt, his life on the line ̶ 1249 02:12:07,878 --> 02:12:10,297 Anyone who tries to take the credit isn't human! 1250 02:12:10,464 --> 02:12:12,716 The deputy mayor. Just say it! 1251 02:12:17,263 --> 02:12:19,681 That's going too far... 1252 02:12:27,898 --> 02:12:29,482 Listen. 1253 02:12:29,817 --> 02:12:35,030 How do you think he felt... 1254 02:12:36,490 --> 02:12:39,492 dying all alone in that park? 1255 02:12:40,036 --> 02:12:42,829 Just thinking about it... 1256 02:13:04,852 --> 02:13:09,939 A policeman brought this by. He found it in the park. 1257 02:13:17,031 --> 02:13:20,617 And he'd like to light incense for the deceased. 1258 02:13:39,095 --> 02:13:42,555 Thank you for taking the trouble. Come in. 1259 02:14:41,449 --> 02:14:43,950 Won't you stay a bit and have a drink? 1260 02:14:44,118 --> 02:14:46,453 We appreciate your coming out of your way. 1261 02:14:48,122 --> 02:14:51,541 Please sit down. 1262 02:15:16,984 --> 02:15:18,818 To tell you the truth... 1263 02:15:24,241 --> 02:15:27,243 last night I was... 1264 02:15:28,037 --> 02:15:30,497 on patrol... 1265 02:15:32,166 --> 02:15:34,000 in the new park... 1266 02:15:37,838 --> 02:15:39,714 when I came across him. 1267 02:15:40,674 --> 02:15:43,343 It was 10:00 ̶ no. 1268 02:15:45,846 --> 02:15:47,680 Nearly 11:00. 1269 02:15:48,349 --> 02:15:50,225 He was on the swing... 1270 02:15:50,684 --> 02:15:55,522 even though it was snowing. 1271 02:15:56,190 --> 02:15:58,858 I just assumed he was some drunk. 1272 02:16:02,279 --> 02:16:05,031 I was derelict in my duty. 1273 02:16:10,454 --> 02:16:15,458 If I'd followed my first inclination and taken him in, 1274 02:16:16,210 --> 02:16:18,461 this wouldn't have happened. 1275 02:16:20,381 --> 02:16:23,383 What I did was unforgivable. 1276 02:16:26,428 --> 02:16:29,722 But he seemed to be... 1277 02:16:31,392 --> 02:16:34,811 so perfectly happy. I can't explain it. 1278 02:16:36,146 --> 02:16:40,483 He poured his whole heart into that song of his... 1279 02:16:45,489 --> 02:16:47,907 with a haunting voice... 1280 02:16:50,411 --> 02:16:51,911 that filled... 1281 02:16:53,789 --> 02:16:58,167 the depths of my soul. 1282 02:17:02,423 --> 02:17:11,431 Life is brief 1283 02:17:13,809 --> 02:17:20,690 Fall in love, maidens 1284 02:17:24,278 --> 02:17:34,120 Before the crimson bloom 1285 02:17:35,539 --> 02:17:42,128 Fades from your lips 1286 02:17:46,216 --> 02:17:55,642 Before the tides of passion 1287 02:17:57,478 --> 02:18:03,983 Cool within you 1288 02:18:07,821 --> 02:18:17,330 For those of you 1289 02:18:19,083 --> 02:18:25,672 Who know no tomorrow 1290 02:18:48,028 --> 02:18:50,697 Listen, last night... 1291 02:18:51,824 --> 02:18:53,533 under the stairs, 1292 02:18:53,701 --> 02:18:56,244 I found a pouch with my name on it. 1293 02:18:56,620 --> 02:18:59,497 Inside were Dad's bankbook and seal, 1294 02:18:59,623 --> 02:19:04,127 along with forms for claiming his retirement bonus. 1295 02:19:04,586 --> 02:19:07,380 So he left it before he went to the park? 1296 02:19:07,548 --> 02:19:10,883 It was so cruel of him... 1297 02:19:11,552 --> 02:19:14,929 not to tell us he had cancer. If I'd known sooner ̶ 1298 02:19:15,973 --> 02:19:19,642 Hey, why didn't his girlfriend show up? 1299 02:19:20,561 --> 02:19:23,521 I wonder if she really was his girlfriend after all. 1300 02:19:28,068 --> 02:19:29,569 I'll do my best! 1301 02:19:29,737 --> 02:19:32,071 I swear it! - We must carry on his work! 1302 02:19:32,239 --> 02:19:35,742 We can't let his death be in vain! 1303 02:19:36,910 --> 02:19:40,288 I'll be like a man reborn! 1304 02:19:47,796 --> 02:19:50,840 We'll sacrifice ourselves in the service of the people! 1305 02:19:54,595 --> 02:19:57,013 Never forget this feeling! 1306 02:19:57,181 --> 02:19:59,599 I'm going to do my best! 1307 02:20:04,772 --> 02:20:07,774 PUBLIC AFFAIRS SECTION CHIEF 1308 02:20:16,283 --> 02:20:17,700 Sir... 1309 02:20:17,868 --> 02:20:21,954 the sewage main break in Κisaki is overflowing into Takao. 1310 02:20:22,122 --> 02:20:23,873 Public Works. 1311 02:20:29,129 --> 02:20:31,798 Please go to Public Works. 1312 02:20:31,965 --> 02:20:33,674 Desk 8. 1313 02:21:49,209 --> 02:21:51,711 Κenbo! Yoko! 1314 02:21:54,715 --> 02:21:56,382 Come in for dinner! 1315 02:22:51,772 --> 02:22:54,815 THE END