In my 8th coIIege year, buying 3-coIour toothpaste
I thought couId spare me from my rock bottom situation.
Fumiya Takemura?
Excuse me.
ls it salty or does it taste like fermented soybeans?
lf you don磘 pay back your debt
some strangerwill push a sock into your mouth.
Can磘 you get 800,000 yen?
Peddle your ass?
Old fags will love you. How about 40 times 20,000 yen per session?
Your parents?
Don磘 have any. l was abandoned.
-A lousy lie. - l磎 telling the truth!
The Takemura磗 are not my real parents.
Still, they磖e your parents, aren磘 they?
l called your parents, but no answer.
Dad磗 arrested.
You磖e a piece of work.
lt磗 really, really true.
Whatever.
Darn. My sock has become damp.
Hey wait! Get off those...
Ouch!
Not very smart... Whatever.
l have your l.D. and driver磗 license. You have 3 more days.
Get the money by then. Please.
Don磘 run.
lt磗 useless.
I had a debt of840,000 yen.
Jagi, say my name.
BONUS POlNT
l made it.
We owe this to him.
Think so?
Good things happen, if you see actor lttoku Kishibe.
What?
lt磗 true.
- They磍l match. - lt磗 lttoku.
lttoku Kishibe.
lt磗 Kishibe power.
No, it磗 my power.
We can have a feast today.
Eat what?
-What do you want? - Korean barbecue.
Shin, the man who possesses the star, the star of Iove.
Is this how pathetic your resoIve is?
Not Korean barbecue.
Why?
-Want something less greasy. - Like what?
Think of something.
Do the thinking yourself.
Thank you very much.
Please donate forthe children of Afghanistan.
Why?
Many Afghan children cannot go to school.
And why must l donate?
Forget about it, sir.
How much do you collect in a day?
Oops.
Just curious how much you can make with these things.
Your shoe lace.
lt磗 untied.
Huh?
Thank you very much.
Please donate forthe children of Afghanistan.
Thank you very much.
Thank磗 very much.
A notice fromthe Jindai BotanicaI Park.
AII from Maruyama EIementary SchooI, pIease come to the Cactus Square.
PIease come.
Everyone from Maruyama EIementary SchooI, gather at the Cactus Square.
That happens to be my bag.
About a million in there?
No.
Let磗 see... Lots of Dharma dolls.
What磗 this?
A broken-off goblin-nose.
Must be that of the long-nosed goblin?
How do l look?
l don磘 look good with these.
You shouldn磘 steal other people磗 property.
You followed me?
Yeah. lt磗 fun to follow people.
l love insectivorous plants. lsn磘 it exciting to watch them?
Deadline磗 tomorrow?
Which do you like? Pitcher plant or Drosera rotundifolia?
ls working on tuna boats lucrative?
Have no idea.
You know, l found you a way to pay back your debt.
lf you agree to it, no more ass peddling to old fags.
lt磗 very simple.
But isn磘 it...
A crime? No breaking the law involved.
Here磗 a million. You can have this.
ln return, accompany me.
Accompany? To where?
Walks in Tokyo.
What?
Take walks to where l want to go. You come along with me. That磗 all.
You磖e conning me.
No. Foryour reference, the destination is Kasumigaseki.
No time limit. We walk till l磎 satisfied.
3 days... or it could be a month.
- But... -A million forwalking in Tokyo.
What d磞ou want?
Not a bad proposition. A million for just taking walks.
I had an awfuI feeIing about this.
Even past the designated time, he did not appear.
I guess he pIayed a joke on me.
lt used to be a better park.
Aren磘 you relieved l磎 here?
Not really.
l thought it was a no show.
Some things needed attention.
How do you like these shoes?
Frankly, they磖e corny.
创No haircut the day before a trip.创
Or 创Don磘 buy sunglasses during a trip.创
Whatever.
Chicken in places like this looks so tasty.
You won磘 get any. You already refused.
l don磘 want any.
But you know, the reality is, it磗 not that good.
l磍l give you one.
No. No thanks.
lf l eat alone, people might think l磎 heartless.
C磎on!
Okay. Shall we go now?
Oh, yeah. My name磗 Ai-ichiro Fukuhara.
创Adrift in Tokyo创 (Tenten)
Joe Odagiri
Tomokazu Miura
Kyoko Koizumi
Buy some oranges.
Written and Directed by Satoshi Miki -Why do you need to go to Kasumigaseki?
Not now. l磛e decided where to tell you.
Do you have the million now?
Here. The million.
You really do. Ah, one磗 about to fall off.
Don磘 bother.
lt makes me uncomfortable.
You磖e very fussy, aren磘 you?
Whetherto take my offer or not is up to you, but if you accept
there磍l be no backing out.
Why is it necessary to walk to Kasumigaseki?
All l can do now is to follow him.
You know 创crime for pleasure money创?
Like in the news. Rob to get money for pleasure.
l didn磘 understand what it meant
when l was a kid, but now l do.
You do, when you磖e a grown-up.
创Pavane pour une infante defunte创
by Maurice Ravel.
Mr. Fukuhara.
Stop ringing!
Th... this...
Hey, you...
Hey!
Say something.
lt磗 okay. l磎 all right. Don磘 worry...
What磗 with that hag?
Great piece, even by a bad player.
Hello?
Yes... ls that what happened?
l understand, but l folded my business yesterday.
Yes... l磎 sure that case has been resolved.
l磎 on a trip now, so you must allow me to hang up.
Folded your business? Quit the debt collector?
l quit something more precious.
What do you study in school?
l study law.
-What d磞ou want to be? -Nothing special.
As a kid, weren磘 you asked that?
What was your answer?
Prime Minister ofJapan.
What磗 wrong with you?
Things like that don磘 happen.
Moron, it did happen, didn磘 it?
l know. The fact is, l seem to attract misfortune.
You don磘 get it, do you?
Abandoned by parents and deep in debt.
You磛e had a streak of bad luck.
But meeting me may turn your life around.
l wonder.
lt磗 all about grabbing the chance.
That may be true, but...
Aren磘 you going to tell me why?
l murdered someone.
l said l murdered someone.
You磖e kidding.
You wanted to hearthe truth.
Who did you kill?
My wife.
Neverthought people died so easily.
What do you think?
Where did you kill her?
At ourflat.
Lost my temper and hit her. She died.
Then, it磗 not murder. lt磗 manslaughter.
Huh?
What difference does it make?
The issue is the fact that l killed my wife.
Understand why l磎 going to Kasumigaseki?
No.
You磖e not very smart.
l磎 actually giving myself up at the Metropolitan Police nearthere.
You can give yourself up at any police station.
l might as well go to the best.
But...
The fact is, you now know my big secret.
Why walk to it?
My wife and l loved to take walks in Tokyo
with no goal or destination.
So?
We talked about spending our old age that way
but we can no longer do that.
You want to walk where you have memories.
That, too.
Why did you pull me into this?
Probably to avoid loneliness.
Doesn磘 have to be me.
Look.
Who was he?
Look. That man.
Oh, him.
His name is...
- Don磘 point. -What磗 his name?
l don磘 know his name.
l磛e seen him.
He was doing something like this on TV.
These moves... l remember. He磗 lttoku Kishibe.
He磗 the one.
Friend of yours?
No, l heard seeing him is good luck.
Really?
l磎 not sure.
Let磗 follow him.
You should give yourself up soon.
lf arrested, can磘 plead extenuating circumstance.
What d磞ou mean?
You must give yourself up before the body is found.
Giving yourself up leads to a lighter sentence.
You磖e a law student all right.
So, you must hurry.
l don磘 care if they find the body or not.
l磎 not seeking a lighter sentence.
FUKUHARA
FUKUHARA -ABSENT
What磗 up with Mrs. Fukuhara...?
Mrs. F hasn磘 come today, either.
Yes. What happened to her?
ls she sick?
l wonder. Shall l give her a call?
What a day!
What磗 wrong?
A salesgirl told me the whorl on my head stinks.
Another joke?
No, she really said so.
Excuse me. May l?
Sure. Go ahead.
lt really stinks.
Really that bad?
What is this?
Not hairtonic?
Completely different. l know this.
Mrs. Sendai, would you smell it?
Please. l want to know what smell it is.
All right.
lt really stinks.
l know this smell.
- Told you. -What was this smell?
This is... l know it.
l know... l know...
lt磗... l got it.
Yes, Mrs. Sendai.
lt磗 the smell of a cliff.
Yes, that磗 it. A cliff. A cliff.
You磖e right. lt磗 indeed a cliff.
Cliff smell?
lt磗 mossy and smells like damp soil.
This is definitely the cliff smell.
lt sure is.
Told you.
Really? l磀 like to smell it, too.
lt磗 impossible.
No, no, wait a minute. Wait here.
All l need is a hose.
What for?
lf l have a hose, l can smell myself.
A hose. A hose.
Mrs. Sendai, help me find a hose.
Why me?
Weren磘 you saying something?
Was l?
Hurry. Hurry.
FUKUHARA -ABSENT
Oh, Mrs. F.
Your dad have another name for 创walks创?
What? Walks are walks.
That磗 not fun.
He磗 not my real dad.
l know, but some dads are interesting.
That磗 true, but...
ln my house, 创walks are called 创strait.创
创Strait创?
Here.
My old man loved walks.
ln my composition, l wrote
that taking walks was his strait.
创Strait创?
Wrong word.
What l really meant was 创trait.创
My Mom was impressed that her little son would
make such an amusing mistake.
You get what l磎 saying?
l do.
Anyway, we began using 创strait创 instead of创walks.创
Like 创l磎 going on a strait.创
Aren磘 there things only yourfamily understands?
No, there aren磘.
Why not?
l told you my parents abandoned me.
(10,000 YEN)
Excuse me.
Please return the ball.
ls there something special about that shrine?
My wife and l had ourfirst kiss there.
What磗 so funny?
Nothing.
Then, don磘 laugh.
When was yourfirst kiss?
ln elementary school.
Elementary school?
A girl said she liked me.
Bragging?
Are you bragging?
No, l磎 not. Besides, it was just a friendly kiss.
A real kiss was in high school.
Where did you do it?
ln a karaoke booth.
Hey, what was that for?
Such things get on my nerve.
- l know what you mean. - Thought you would.
Hey, this place hasn磘 changed much.
You often came here?
l came when l had a fight with my wife
to eat Aiyu.
What is that?
AlYU
Welcome.
Two Aiyu, please.
Very well.
-You came with yourwife? - Came here afterwe had a fight.
When you fight, both don磘 talk for a couple of days.
Can磘 apologize, so can磘 break the ice.
l see.
The ice broke, if one of us said 创let磗 go eat Aiyu.创
l see.
Why are you grinning?
Well, you said...
Hey, mom!
Yes, dear.
Come.
There are customers here.
Hurry up!
Here you are.
Yes, this is it. lt磗 still the same, isn磘 it?
Well, yes.
You hag, get your ass in here.
Take yourtime.
Could this be domestic violence?
Please. Keep your voice down.
Stop nagging.
Did yourwife...
l called you because there磗 something l want. What磗 keeping you?
No, not that.
Let go, you hag.
Where are you going?
Take yourtime.
Aiyu has a lemon flavor.
Yes, it does.
May not be there when l get out of prison.
Probably not.
Did you treat your mom like that?
No. My real mom disappeared when l was 3.
Mistreat my proxy mom?
Can磘 be angry at strangers for no reason.
You磖e strange.
You think so?
Let磗 go to your special place.
There磗 no such place.
Heads ortails?
-Heads. -Here goes.
Tails. Too bad. You lose.
lsn磘 there any place special?
Lived in Asagaya.
There you go. Let磗 go see where you lived.
Probably gone. Was a shabby apartment house.
Don磘 worry.
This way, then.
Why do office girls
hold up theirwallets like that?
They usually hold them up.
Say, who磗 the cutest?
No answer, no million.
Please...
- 2nd from the right. - Same as mine.
Great minds think alike.
Ah, this way.
A block from the main road... So quiet.
lt is.
With such varied scenery Tokyo磗 perfect fortaking walks.
Your 创strait创 dad say that?
Sort of.
As a kid, l always walked with him.
Wanted to do that with my wife when l got old.
She set out for adventures in Tokyo by herself.
l resented that.
What did she do?
She became a different person in search of herself.
Silly woman.
Mr. Fukuhara, may l ask you?
What?
Was it her infidelity that caused it?
Sort of.
She fished foryoung men in Shibuya and Shinjuku.
That磗 terrible.
l know.
As l thought, it磗 gone.
Was it here?
Yes, but l feel betterthat it磗 gone.
Why are those old men there touching their dicks?
Feels so good.
They certainly are.
What will this lot become?
A coin parking lot, l guess.
Half the memorable places in Tokyo have become coin parking lots.
Maybe l磍l work for a coin parking lot company.
You really hate memories, don磘 you?
l hate them.
When l enrolled in college, l burned all my photos l had.
- Even the school annual? -Yes, that, too.
lsn磘 there anyone you want to see here?
No, no one.
What about the girl who liked you in elementary school?
lsn磘 that 创friendly kiss创 girl here?
l don磘 know. lt was so long ago.
TATAMl STORE - Damn you!
You bastards...!
l磍l tell you about his old man.
l said stop.
His old man brought disasterto us.
What happened?
Of all things, his old man seduced my wife.
But that doesn磘 mean...
l磎 sorry. Are you all right?
Well, yes.
Really painful to be hit by a 创tatami.创
Yes, 创tatami创 can be a great weapon.
Found it. This is it.
When you see Naomi, tell herto wear proper clothes.
COSTUME PLAY NlGHT
Hey, what kind of costumes are those?
We磖e lmori and Tsube from Yoshiharu Tsuge磗 comics.
Oh, l see. Yes, you are.
You磖e a pretty aged Mask Man.
l磎 66. No age limit for costume play.
l磎 getting a towel from the locker.
Didn磘 ask you.
Long time, no see.
You asked for me?
Miss Naomi?
That磗 me.
Say, don磘 you recognize this guy?
You磖e...
Are you Fumiya?
Don磘 tell me... l remember. You磖e that Fumiya.
Lacoste polo shirt Fumiya.
When I was a 5th-grader, birthday parties were popuIar.
AII went to the parties with gifts.
Happy Birthday.
I usuaIIy was not invited to such parties.
Naomi was the first to invite me.
I was up in Heaven.
Naomi, Happy Birthday!
AIIigator-mark Lacoste poIo shirts were extremeIy popuIar.
GENUlNE LACOSTE GOODS
I decided to give her a Lacoste poIo shirt at any cost.
But Lacoste poIo shirts were too expensive.
Buying one with a chiId磗 aIIowance was impossibIe.
I had a pIan. Cutting out the aIIigator
from my sock, I pasted it
on a cheap poIo shirt.
This is foryou.
Thank you.
Naomi Ioved my gift.
As she spread out the shirt the aIIigator feII off.
At that moment, I seriousIy wanted to be eaten by an aIIigator.
That磗 a weird story.
lt is a weird story.
You were sweet those days.
l don磘 think so.
You know, you should磛e worn an alligator suit.
Give me a break.
Funny, isn磘 it?
lt isn磘.
Alligators are not for costume plays.
Think so?
They aren磘.
l磎 not an expert, but l think it has to be something more provoking.
lsn磘 it, basically, the wish to transform? My wife was that way.
When we married, l was the only man she knew.
As a supermarket part-timer she led a routine life.
She wanted to transform.
-Was yourwife into costume play? -No, she just wanted to be different.
And to the night spots?
Yes. Have you ever slept with a married woman?
Why ask me that?
l thought you might take afteryour old man.
A IittIe whiIe ago, I was in a bar.
The woman said she was Takako
and confessed that she was married.
What does your husband do?
He磗 in finances.
Do you know who her lover is?
No. Actually, she had quite a few.
Aren磘 you going to find out who they are?
Only interested in one.
Who is that?
Only one went
to a hotel with her and didn磘 sleep with her.
But my wife said she couldn磘 forget him.
Didn磘 sleep with her?
No, and she said he磗 the only one she couldn磘 forget.
l wish l can beat him up before l go to prison.
I was remembering an incident.
l磎 sorry. Can磘 we just part without doing anything?
Pardon?
l can usually handle this.
Don磘 worry.
l think l really like yourtype.
Have the same air as my husband many years ago.
l磎 so sorry. Treat yourself with this.
No, it磗 all right.
Suppose Takako was Fukuhara磗 wife.
Suppose he knewthat, and wants to take me down with him.
This couId be fataI.
What type of man was he?
Why ask me that?
Why?
No special reason.
What磗 up with Mask Man?
A little complication.
Catch him!
He磗 a locker robber.
So, that磗 the story.
Wait, Mask Man.
Naomi ended up going to the poIice, and our reunion ended.
But it was necessary for me to face the worst coincidence.
From the distance, traffic lights are so big.
That磗 how things are.
Mr. Fukuhara.
What?
Do you have yourwife磗 picture?
Why?
l want to see it.
Hearing about her, l became curious.
l磎 saved.
What?
She磗 very pretty. She磗 quite my type, you know.
What did you say?
FeeIing reIieved, I made
a sound I had never before made.
You moron.
ls anything wrong?
She磗 a pain in the ass.
Mr. Tanaka?
You are Mr. Tanaka. l knew it was you.
Recognized you from behind.
What a coincidence!
Miss Kaburagi.
I cIearIy heard her caII him Tanaka.
What do you mean Tanaka? Aren磘 you Fukuhara?
l am Fukuhara.
Did you lie about yourwife, too?
Let me explain. lt started with this job l did.
l posed as a fake relative at a wedding.
Fake relative?
There are such things.
When a person with no kin gets married
he hires fake relatives to look good before the spouse磗 relatives.
Are you serious?
l was hired by the bride.
She was the groom磗 sister.
She磗 a painter, and since l posed as a designer
she磗 been pestering me.
She wants me to see her paintings.
Long story but not much meat.
Let磗 go see the painting.
Ah... l磍l wait here.
Some buddy you are. Don磘 run away.
Why should l run now?
l磎 back.
l磍l call you.
Hey...
A soda tablet in a soda.
What磗 that?
What will happen...?
Ah! Mr. Kunimatsu, why such mischief?
This is terrible.
Why such a thing?
l don磘 know why.
Mr. Kunimatsu, that belongs to Mrs. F.
Does it? What shall l do?
Don磘 ask me.
Mrs. F is absent again.
Maybe she quit.
lf so, she磀 tell you.
Yes, she would.
You should be more confident.
l know l should.
D磞ou know?
Mrs. F was playing around with young men in Shibuya and Shinjuku.
Hell, no.
l did it... l knew you磀 take the bait.
l love such dirt.
Yumi the cashiertold me.
John Malcovich look alike?
She doesn磘 look like him.
Tell her l wet her sweatshirt.
Hello, Mrs. Fukuhara?
The answering machine.
Hello, Mrs. Fukuhara, if you磖e there, please pick up the phone.
Mrs. Fukuhara,
are you dead?
C磎on. She can磘 be dead.
Let me talk.
Sleeping too much will make you rot.
What a thing to say!
Don磘 you rot in there.
What does an artist substitute his feelings with?
You told me that was important, so l worked very hard.
What do you think of it?
See otherworks, perhaps?
BULLET NURSE
POWDERED PlANO
- 创What do you think?创 - 创What is this?创
- 创Powdered piano.创 - 创Powdered piano?创
创Ground a piano and made it into powder.创
- 创lt crumbled.创 - 创You pay for it.创
Good evening.
Fukuhara was not there.
The number you have diaIed is out of service, or the power is off.
He didn磘 answer his mobiIe.
I had not been this desperate for years.
It was since that day my dad disappeared.
EXPERT OPlNlON ON ANYTHlNG
SHlNJUKU MOM
MlSSlNG PERSONS SEARCH
WAlTlNG FOR SOMEONE?
- Bingo! -Hey, where were you?
You disappeared, not me.
Why didn磘 you call?
Battery died.
Then, recharge it.
l didn磘 want to miss the fun.
Where would you go when you磖e in trouble? l reasoned.
The result: Shinjuku Mom.
Don磘 play games with me.
What磗 wrong with you, anyway?
Still mad at me?
Yes.
How can you still be mad this long?
l hadn磘 been angry for so long. l don磘 know how to suppress it.
l sometimes rode the last bus on Sunday with my wife.
What for?
To be lonely.
You磖e so weird.
The last bus on Sunday is so lonely.
When you磖e IoneIy, you growfond ofthe other person.
We Iived together onIy by our Iove for each other.
But Iove can wear out. That磗 why.
THE BUS STOP
Even one Iike you, it wouId磛e been different, if we had a son.
Why did she suddenly leave the bus?
Maybe it was some sudden impulse.
Really?
When did you last cry?
Let me see...
l haven磘 cried for 7 or 8 years.
Why ask that?
l felt that you don磘 cry much.
Always been like that.
Ride the roller coaster.
What for?
Riding the roller coaster, pumps Endorphin into the blood stream.
They say this substance, Endorphin, excites people.
l磛e never ridden a roller coaster.
Why not?
My dad promised a ride.
But he disappeared before that.
Well, yes.
Okay. Let磗 go ride the roller coaster.
Not moving. lt磗 midnight.
Why not?
Because it磗 noisy.
l see.
If I rode with my dad,
wouId I be different?
RAMEN NOODLES
Was that 创ramen创 delicious?
Not to lined up.
l think so, too.
l was in Shimane the other day.
lt was a shabby fishing town.
lt was cold. l wanted to eat 创ramen.创
l asked and discovered there was a 创ramen创 shop.
l didn磘 expect much, but was amazed when l went.
There was a queue.
Sure. There are shops like that.
A hidden gourmet joint in some obscure place.
Delicious?
No. An old woman runs the place alone.
Since she磗 so slow, it takes forever
to make a bowl of noodles.
She was slow, people waited in line.
Look at that queue.
Let磗 say 创it磗 not worth it.创
Stop it.
Maybe l shouldn磘.
What磗 next? Go to Mrs. F磗?
Yes. l磎 worried about her.
What if she磗 murdered?
Was she murdered?
Of course not. l磎 kidding.
That wasn磘 nice. What if she was?
lf so, she can磘 complain, since
she磗 dead.
You磖e right.
What shall we take her?
Mixed spices?
Why spices?
They spice up things. Kind of exciting.
lsn磘 that good?
lt is.
You may think it磗 just deep fried pork in green tea.
You really like junk food like this.
You talk about artificial coloring and sweeteners
but since they were added to ourfood, our lifespan is longer.
What do you account forthat?
Well, l don磘 really...
Whatever.
What should be my last meal before l go to prison?
Really giving yourself up?
Of course, l will. Guess what l磍l eat?
Sushi.
No, that磗 what you eat when you磖e released.
Then... ramen.
Not ramen. lt磍l make me miss the outside.
Then, curry.
Bingo.
Curry before prison. That磗 super.
ls that so?
lt is. Curry. Curry.
PREClSlON WATCH STORE
Say...
Yes?
What do you think?
About what?
How does a small clock shop like this make ends meet?
- Doesn磘 it botheryou? - Probably sells watches.
Fool!
How many will buy a watch at a shop like this in a month?
Probably has many kinds.
Many kinds of what?
Merchandise.
When you speak, be precise.
l磎 so worried. How do they make ends meet?
Excuse me, sir. Are you the owner of this shop?
Forget about it Mr. Fukuhara.
No need to worry.
Tell me, sir. How do you make ends meet?
What?
lt磗 been bothering me from before.
How a small shop like this make ends meet?
You don磘 sell that many watches.
You bastard!
None of your business.
So sorry.
ls this some kind of joke?
A gloomy business.
You磖e asking for it.
Getting arrested will ruin your plan.
You磖e right.
Wait for me.
Wait... You bastard.
Hey.
What was that?
lt磗 because you have a big mouth.
Woah, he found us!
You bastard.
lt磗 none of your business.
Listen. lt磗 precisely 8:23. Don磘 you forget it.
What a waste of time!
lt sure was.
lt hurts so much.
Maybe this is a curse, because l killed her.
Laugh.
How can l laugh?
lt really hurts.
Go to hospital?
No, it磗 all right.
Must have it treated or it磍l swell tomorrow.
l know.
Let磗 go to my wife磗 place.
l磎 not going.
Why not?
She磗 dead.
Oh, we磖e going to the fake one.
When Fukuhara posed as a reIative at a wedding
that woman pIayed his wife.
BAR STATUTE OF LlMlTATlONS
Welcome.
Are you all right?
Sorry forthe intrusion.
Don磘 worry. Marilyn, please take over.
No problem.
Good morning.
Morning.
l see you slept well.
Eat your breakfast.
Hi.
That outfit.
Fits me?
Not at all.
That磗 about the only men磗 garment l have.
Delicious pickles.
Thought they were too pickled.
No, these are just right.
Fumiya, sit and eat.
Yes.
Call him Fumiya?
l just thought calling him 创Mr. Fumiya创 would be strange.
Looks good.
Ask for seconds.
l will.
What!
Tear down Tokyo Tower?
- Really? -Why?
lt磗 a joke.
Why do you tell such jokes?
There磗 something wrong with him.
l know that.
创His anus must be missing a crease.创
What磗 wrong with that?
Well... You know...
Don磘 you say 创your anus is missing a crease创?
AWAYAHOMES
FUKUHARA
Haven磘 seen Mrs. Fukuhara recently.
ls she all right?
Still hurt?
lt hurts.
Better stay in bed then.
l guess so.
What磗 taking her? Hey, what are you doing?
Wait a minute.
Women take time to prepare.
Can磘 be helped.
Sorry. One more minute.
You said that a while ago.
l really mean it this time.
What is this?
Must be Mr. Tea?
Mr. Tea? l see.
l磎 here. l磎 ready.
What could it be? Darn. l know it... l know it...
Oh, yes. There磗 one more thing.
What are you doing? You piss me off.
Ouch!... My neck.
lf you wear a wire hanger from the cleaner磗 like this
your head turns?
What?
Wearing the cleaner磗 wire hanger on your head like this
makes your head turn automatically.
l saw it on TV today.
l磎 ready now.
What took you?
l set the rice-cookertimer.
When did you say you磖e going?
Couldn磘 help it.
l hate waiting forwomen who take theirtime preparing to go out.
What? But you磖e not going?
No, l磎 not.
Why are you so angry?
Well, you say so, but...
Right?
Yes.
We碔I jump the vauIting box at the station.
Do l look like Mr. Fukuhara?
l磀 say your air ratherthan yourface.
Really?
l thought you were his son.
Please.
Because he told me before that he had a child.
He had a child?
Yes, it was a boy, but he died soon after birth.
He had a son.
The way he is, it could be a lie.
lt磗 possible.
Say, what goes through that pygmy hippo磗 mind?
Don磘 know.
Even if l reincarnate, l don磘 want to be a pygmy hippo.
l agree with you.
So many kinds of animals here.
Of course, there are. This is a zoo, isn磘 it?
l mean, more than l expected.
ls this the first time at a zoo?
Yes.
Didn磘 parents bring you?
No, my parent磗 abandoned me when l was little.
l had never been to a zoo nor ridden a roller coaster.
l does turn.
Why automatically?
Hello... Auntie, are you home?
Huh? Coming.
Coming.
Aren磘 you Makiko磗 husband?
Well, ah... yes.
How do you do? l磎 Fufumi.
Her husband... l knew it.
l磎 coming in.
Hey, wait...
This is you, isn磘 it?
Yes, it is.
Tell me about lstanbul.
Wait a minute. You were in lstanbul, weren磘 you?
ABUDULLAH THE BUTCHER
lt磗 a few grams more.
- Don磘 worry. - Okay.
Mr. Fukuhara磗 calling.
Hello?... What?... Oh, Fufumi磗 there.
Sorry about that. She磗 my sister磗 daughter.
My sisterwent to Australia... Yes.
That磗 right. l told heryou磖e my husband.
That you磖e captain of a ship.
Make believe we磖e married.
Let磗 tell herthat Fumiya is our son.
Yeah.
We磍l be heading home. See you later.
Korake磗 Karako磗 bed
It磗 a medaka
In the river
It磗 not very appeaIing
What磗 that song?
Don磘 know, but she always sings that.
She磗 pretty weird, isn磘 she?
By the way, why do l have to be a captain of a ship?
l never studied in England. l can磘 speak English.
l neverthought we磀 be passing notes like this.
Anyway, Fumiya, make sure you call us 创mother创 and 创father.创
- Got that? - She磍l know.
So, I ended up being a member ofthis fake famiIy.
Fumiya, egg?
Still have some, ma碼m.
Auntie, mayonnaise.
lt磗 in the fridge.
Okay.
You just said 创ma碼m,创 didn磘 you?
Did l say that?
lt sounds unnatural.
l磎 so sorry.
Karako磗 korake
This is mayonnaise
A medaka came out
There are ones like you who put mayonnaise on anything.
lt磗 delicious. Fumiya, do you want to try?
No thanks.
l think l磍l try.
Hey, it磗 not bad.
Told you.
lt磗 delicious.
Fumiya, try it.
No way.
Fumiya is a bit cowardly. you shouldn磘 be afraid.
You shouldn磘.
C磎on!
Try it. Try it.
Good gracious!
This is terrible. What is this?
ls it that bad?
- Over-reacting. - lt can磘 be that bad.
Uncle, you try it.
No thanks.
You criticize Fumiya?
Forget it.
Grown-ups don磘 need that.
It actuaIIy wasn磘 that bad.
I onIy wanted to exaggerate.
Do you know anything about ants?
No, l don磘, father.
Let me tell you this. Your 创father创 sounds extremely unnatural.
Because l never said 创father.创
lf that磗 the case, forget it.
Whateveryou say.
You磛e got to see what Fufumi taught me.
Looks like an ant, huh?
Stupid old man.
That sounded natural.
That磗 it. Call me 创old man.创
lt was so natural.
Was it?
Call me that.
Then, l磍l do that.
Old man, old man, old man.
So natural.
Old man.
l was thinking of advising him not to go to the police.
Old man.
Shut up. What time do you think it is?
- lt磗 this way. -No, this way.
Must be that way.
l think it磗 this way.
Seems so.
Mr. Tomobe, you磖e useless.
What was that?
l was in Nishi-Ogi the other day.
That磗 unusual.
Usually l shop at supermarkets.
l came across a great fish store.
l saw fresh clams in the front. You know, l love clams.
So, l talked to the owner.
The man kept talking non-stop.
Things like some parking lot, a condo that磗 going to be built.
But isn磘 that downtown communication?
Friendly chats and merchandise they take pride in.
A small fish store in the dusk.
Touching... Then you go home, prepare the clam soup and eat it.
Oh, there磗 sand in the clams. Didn磘 he get rid of it?
lf you have time to talk, clean the clams.
Clams must be sand free.
You磖e right.
Left at the street end.
l磎 home.
Welcome home.
lf you put a little salt in milk, it becomes cafe au lait, doesn磘 it?
Didn磘 know.
C磎on.
No, it磗 true. Just try it.
Ugh, what is this? lt磗 awful.
lsn磘 it?
Doesn磘 it get a bit sweet?
No.
Yourtongue must be funny.
Fumiya, can you get those carrots overthere?
Huh? What are you doing?
Curry. lf we start now, it磍l be delicious.
Curry?
Yes, Uncle insisted we make curry.
How much longerwill it take?
Let磗 see... about 2 hours.
Curry already?
Well, l somehow felt that it was time l had some curry.
C磎on.
Fumiya, don磘 you like curry?
Not really.
First time l met a curry-hater.
l see.
Anything the matter?
Ah, no.
Oh, my. We磖e out of chutney.
You need that?
Curry won磘 be good without it.
Fumiya, go buy some?
Okay.
Happiness creeps into you so quietIy that you don磘 notice
but misfortune arrives very abruptIy.
I was thinking of going away somewhere with this chutney.
Oh, here it is.
AwayaHomes. This is it.
Awaya (almost) Homes?
创Almost Became Homes,创 l presume.
They磖e not homes?
They are.
What did you think they were?
Which room?
417.
Nice number.
What磗 it to you?
Mr. Tomobe, say something useful.
lt磗 lttoku Kishibe.
-What? -He磗 sitting overthere.
Ah, l know him.
l磛e seen him. An actor named...
Told you he磗 lttoku Kishibe. Why is he here?
Shooting?
Of course. But why shoot here?
What are they shooting? Afilm? A romance?
No. Kishibe doesn磘 do romances.
Really? Then, what?
Probably a curse flick.
-What磗 that? - Someone curses someone.
Oh, that kind.
He looked. Kishibe looked this way.
-Want his autograph? -Hell no, he磗 not an idol.
Some space here.
Excuse me.
Yes? What is it?
We磖e shooting a film, and there are not enough extras.
lf time allows, can you help us?
Hey, we磖e leaving now.
We磖e leaving.
Coming?
Coming. Don磘 leave without me.
Would it be bad, if l kept the curry simmering?
That磗 terrible.
The house could burn down.
Even on low flame?
Go and turn off the gas.
Fish cake. l told you.
Two men on a roller coaster. lt磗 weird?
Yes.
They磛e never been on one.
Should磛e done it, when they were children.
They should磛e.
The curry磗 good.
lsn磘 it? lt磗 actually more delicious the next day.
lt is.
l once simmered curry for a month.
Really?
You磀 think it would be super.
Sounds delicious.
How was it?
When it was done, l tried it, but there was no taste.
How come?
The ingredients� taste and flavorwere gone.
So, that磗 how it is.
My conclusion: curry is best the next day.
Let磗 have curry spaghetti tomorrow.
What磗 that?
You pour curry on spaghetti. lt磗 awesome. Right?
What磗 the matter?
Well, it磗 so spicy.
That spicy?
Yes, it磗 spicy.
lt is a bit too spicy.
lt is pretty spicy, but is it something to cry about?
Put in...
an egg.
No. No thanks.
After supper on Sundays, the worst time arrived.
The cartoon磗 theme ended. Depressing time tiII Monday.
I feIt something was Iingering.
And I couIdn磘 do anything about the tears flowing.
This wraps up Mr. Kishibe磗 last scene. Thank you very much.
What shall we do about...?
Don磘 know.
He hasn磘 said anything yet.
You磖e right. Sorry. What did you want to say?
-About visiting Mrs. F. - Do it some othertime.
We磍l go, if she磗 still absent next week.
You磖e so easy-going.
I knewthis was going to be my Iast waIk with Fukuhara.
It wouIdn磘 be caIIed a waIk, ifthe destination was set, wouId it?
I wanted to teII Fukuhara that
but missing the chance, we just waIked.
Why don磘 you stay at Makiko磗 place for a while?
No, it磗 all right.
lt磗 my 创trait创 that people l want to be with disappear.
What磗 that?
You don磘 use 创trait创 like that.
Why not?
You just don磘.
Take a look.
lt looks good. The ingredients are well mixed.
Now, l shall sprinkle a little pepper.
How is it?
- ls it good? -Yeah.
Say...
ls prison out of range for mobiles?
l wonder.
When calling an inmate would a recording say:
创This number is out of service and cannot be reached创?
lsn磘 this terrific?
lt is but...
Now...
What磖e you doing?
l read in a comic book
that walking backwards makes people younger.
Why?
Walking backwards unwinds time.
-You believe that? -Why not try?
No thanks.
You磖e scared.
Why should l be scared?
- Sorry. - Don磘 worry.
l磎 really sorry, ma碼m.
Does anything good happen to you
walking backwards like that?
Makes us younger.
That磗 quite outrageous.
l don磘 want to become younger.
Oh, yes.
l forgot.
Was there something good these few days?
What d磞ou mean?
You said something good happens, if you see lttoku Kishibe.
l guess there was.
You could run, you know...
C磎on.
Fumiya Joe Odagiri
Fukuhara Tomokazu Miura
Makiko Kyoko Koizumi
Fufumi Yuriko Yoshitaka
EngIish transIation by Jeanette Amano
SubtitIe timing for this version by chochoc, famitsu1
SpeciaI thanks to koji
Written and Directed by Satoshi Miki
lt smells more like rubberthan a cliff.
lsn磘 the hose too long?
Hey, let me smell yourwhorl.
Well?
Smell it.
l smell rubber.
THE END