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Rhapsody of Mt. Nara
Why did you go to Arayashiki?
Tatsuheii.
Nothing special.
How is that elder doing?
Not too bad not too good.
Ryu, bring over the firewood.
Granny, how old are you?
Sixty-nine.
Granny, you have strong teeth,
you can even crack the pine cone and hard beans.
I never ate those kind of food.
Granny, you have 33 teeth.
Idiot, I only have 28.
Granny, you counted till 28
but you are supposed to have more!
Asakichi, shut up and go back to work.
Carrying the salt merchant Otori at the back,
up to the mountain we go on a snowy day...
Hurry, hurry, hurry.
That Stinky is still sleeping.
Risuke, Risuke.
Harumatsu is hungry.
You went to Arayashiki yesterday, didn't you?
I heard one of the man from the village
sneaking to the village to look for the she-dog.
I didn't go.
They treats that dog as their own daughter.
The ex-husband even beat a man to death.
I didn't go.
You are my brother.
If you do something shameful, I will lose face.
Stink to death, go over there and stop breathing.
Jinsaku, dad.
What's up? Why are you boiling the congee?
Granny is dying.
Granny Gogane...?
Mom, mom, the congee is ready.
Okin
It's too much to abandon a dead child on our field.
Dead child?
Your wife was pregnant not long ago, right?
No, it is not us.
I arranged a grave
and buried my in-law's dead child.
When?
Ten days ago, I did it personally.
Risuke, that dead child...
may be it's from Nakaya.
They also had a pregnant woman at home.
Is that so?
Risuke.
It's your family's turn to make a coffin.
My mom can't make it, thanks for helping.
Otsune.
You abandoned the dead child on my field, right?
Right! You stink so much
so if I throw it on your filed, it will deteriorate faster.
That's why I specially brought it here.
You should thank me!
I don't need those fertiliser!
Is this your brother?
I am not the one who gave birth.
I thought it was a woman
but it was a stinky man.
Idiot, you were supposed to be dead child.
Wasn't you too?
Who aren't in this village?
Stink to death!
If it's a boy again
I'll throw it to the stinky field again!
I don't want this kind of fertiliser.
salt merchant?
Long time no see granny Osuzu!
It's only been a year
and you have a cute grand-daughter.
But the child's mother,
Tatsuhei's wife Otake is...
I heard about it. She was so unlucky.
Not long after the child was born last year
while picking chestnuts, she fell from the cliff.
Come up and have some hot soup.
Is Tatsuhei out in the mountain working?
No, he is in the field.
But on my way here,
I think I saw him at the west mountain.
You saw Tatsuya?
Too far away. I couldn't see clearly.
May be I recognised the wrong person.
By the way, granny Osuzu,
I am here not for the other reason.
Isn't this salt?
We didn't decide yet to sell her or not.
I'm not here for business. Komehachi
of the front village asked me to bring this to you.
The front village?
She asked me to negotiate with you
about being Tatsuhei's second wife.
Freezing! Freezing!
It’s freezing!
Woman from the front village is coming to marry you!
Her name is Tamayan
She just became a widow and said
after 100 days, she'll come and marry you.
She is 8 years younger than you, 37 now.
So old? Not pretty at all!
Stinky! Stop come near me! Stinks like hell!
Risuke.
If he doesn't want you to come near, don't!
If Asakichi inherits this family from Tatsuhei,
he will be the head of the family.
Tatsuhei.
Did you go to the west mountain this morning?
No.
salt merchant said he saw you.
You look more and more like Rihe.
You mean to say he saw my father?
It’s not possible to be alive, disappeared for 30 years.
Must have recognised the wrong person.
Let's move.
Stop crying.
Mom.
You really don't know why dad disappeared?
You were 15 and Risuke 5 then.
It was bad harvest that year too.
We sold new-born daughter to the salt merchant.
Plus, your dad's mom,
she was 69, just like my age now,
age considered to be not suitable for working.
Because of continuous hardship,
and with Rihe's weak mind,
he refused to let his mom go up to the mountain.
But the rule is the rule.
We cannot just depend on the emotions.
It’s not only him who was sad but
he ran away.
It made village people laugh at me.
You are not thinking...
I am different, I am not like my dad.
Yes, you are right.
My mom sitting at the corner of a warehouse
counting, found she had 33 hair below.
Matsuyan, how many do you have down there?
How do I know!
I help you count them!
No, Asakichi.
Stop it.
Stop it...
Don't want to do it here.
Stop it, stop it.
Oh, my bracken...
Don't mind that.
A bit later,
I’ll help you pick more bracken than these.
And acutiloba bloom...
Little bloom...
and angelica buds...
I’ll pick a lot for you!
A lot!
It hurts.
Granny Osuzu sitting at the corner of a warehouse,
Granny monster counting her 33 teeth.
You come over to my place,
come and count how many teeth my mom has!
Tatsuhei, I don't mean to insult her.
I am just copying what Asakichi was singing.
Asakichi?
Yes.
Whoever it is, help me!
My son is a monster!
He doesn't feed me. He wants to starve me to death.
Who is there outside?
Dad!
He is Tatsuya from Neko family.
Is it?
My dad wanted to kill a chicken to eat last night.
Last time, one died just like this.
I want him to go up the mountain this winter.
He is already 70 years old.
Your mom is about that age too, right?
Neko family's Granny monster
sitting at the corner of a warehouse
counting her teeth realising she had 33
Asakichi, your granny's teeth are monster's?
Your granny loved you so much,
how can you do this... bastard!
No food for you!
I really envy you, Osuzu.
Why?
I cannot make it anymore.
Too healthy like me is also something to be ashamed of.
Eating food is also not less than other people.
I want to go up the mountain.
If not dead by illness,
I want to go up to the mountain and die there.
Isn’t it the same?
Our souls will all go up to the mountain.
We all will meet on the mountain.
Do you think we can?
Yes, your husband is waiting for you there.
I don't know about my husband.
I wonder where Rihe disappeared to.
He just left the gun at the west mountain.
He was dead.
He liked gambling and women.
He wasn't bit lack of decency but
he wasn't a bad man.
You can say that.
That means, you still like him a lot.
I don't know.
You also had a hard time.
Having hard time was nothing.
Losing face in the village was something.
Granny Gogane is dying.
When?
Looking at her, may be she can't pass tomorrow.
After two months,
bride is coming from the front village.
Then mom can be relaxed a bit.
Wait a moment.
That woman doesn't have to come here.
I want to get married, she doesn't have to come.
My wife can take care of Yuki.
Don't let her come.
What are you talking about?
Adding two mouths at one time
our family cannot afford it.
You idiot! No food for you!
He wants to marry Matsuyan from Ameya family.
You idiot! Keep your mouth shut!
Is it too big?
It is okay.
Even dead cats body swells up too.
This coffin looks good.
How is Granny Gogane?
Just dead.
Oh, we must hurry then.
Mom, you are not dead yet?
Not yet!
After having some congee, I am okay.
Good girl, good girl.
Oh, it is congee cake!
Granny monster! Idiot!
Good girl, good girl.
This autumn's harvest is not good either.
The stem pith grew too much.
Are you here to attend the memorial service?
Is this Tatsuya's place?
You are Tamayan from the front village?
My home also have memorial service,
but they told me to come here and attend.
They said I eat better here.
So I came walking the whole night.
Oh, you must be very hungry then.
Good girl, good girl, good girl.
Good girl, good girl.
Come on in.
You shouldn't have stayed outside
and came into the house earlier.
I was bit shy to do so.
My brother wanted to bring me here,
but he got drunk after the memorial service.
Salt merchant said you are a good person,
told me to go as soon as possible.
I should have gone there to pick you up.
I am so happy to be here.
I can take care of the child.
Did the salt merchant tell you about me?
I’ll go up to the mountain real soon.
You don't have to hurry!
No, better be quick with it.
The god of the mountain will praise me.
These fishes are the one I caught.
You can catch fish?
Nobody catches more than I do in this village
because I know where the fishes are.
I will teach you.
okay, finish off all these.
I still have a lot of dried fish.
I will go and call Tatsuhei over.
Don't mind it, eat them all!
What? Only two?
Risuke, don't tell anyone!
What did you pick up?
Nothing special.
Give it to me.
I said it's nothing.
Give it to me.
Stop bothering.
You Stinky!
Very smelly, smelly, smelly!
What kind of leek are you?
I am your uncle,
behave yourself!
Shit!
Eat slowly.
I will go and get Tatsuhei now.
Okay.
In my age, it's time to go up to the mountain.
My teeth are not strong anymore.
Okay, pull it up!
Hurray.
Neko family's Tatsuhei is very lucky.
October 10, he will have the second wife.
Lucky, lucky.
Asakichi, where is Tatsuhei?
Don't let go.
Jinsaku, Jinsaku.
Granny monster, Granny monster.
If bitten by her, you can never run away.
Neko family's granny Osuzu sitting at...
Will be eaten by the Granny monster.
Monster has 33 pieces of teeth.
Tamayan, Tamayan is getting married to Tatsuya.
Tamayan is substituting Osuzu.
Even she doesn't look pretty
but still a good daughter-in-law.
Good daughter-in-law.
Takeyan, Takeyan, after the memorial service,
go back to the mountain and have a rest.
Don't keep the anger in your heart.
You are doing better than the last one.
You too!
The god of the House is moving.
The god of the House?
I came to say hello.
Good girl, good girl, good girl.
Come over here.
Shiro, don't move! Shiro, don't move!
Stay still!
Kohe.
Kohe, you listen carefully.
Honey, I grilled the snake already.
This house is cursed.
Inuya had a warehouse.
That man made
the woman living in the warehouse pregnant.
So the elder in the house killed the man.
I am sick, I cannot die up in the Mt. Nara.
All cursed by the man who was killed
by the elder.
After I am dead,
you have to treat all the men in the village
as your one-night bridegroom.
Everyone?
Yes.
Then you have to worship the god of the House
and let those men worship the god too.
If it is not done this way,
this house will be cursed by that man forever.
Kohe, you listen carefully.
I beg you, you have to make atonement.
I beg you.
I understood.
Keep it up, I understood.
Please.
I will make atonement on behalf of you.
You are lying!
I am not!
Who did you hear from?
It was Arayashiki family's elder's
last word last night.
Who did he tell this to?
Of course, to Kohe!
How did you know?
This... I was passing by and heard them.
You Stinky, you went to play Shiro, right?
Idiot! I won't never do those things!
Stinky is mad, because he stinks so much
even Shiro doesn't want him, he is gone mad!
Gone mad, gone mad.
You are gone mad! Insane!
Bollworms!
Everyone is laughing at me.
The god of the Mountain, please cure my smell
and then... um...
Let Kohe's husband die soon.
And then...
You idiot! You tried to keep it from me!
I heard what happened last night.
You mean you heard I peeped you making love?
You peeped?
Oh, you mean mom's teeth?
Teeth?
Mom told me not to tell anyone.
I am talking about Shiro at Arayashiki.
You idiot!
What did you say about mom's teeth?
Tatsuhei.
You know
You can't run away from this by rolling on the ground.
Come, come with me.
You idiot, I will teach you a lesson.
How can you try to keep things from me!
Idiot! I won't never do those things!
Mom.
I love my mom the most.
The stone-like front tooth.
Bastard! Bastard!
Idiot!
Idiot...
Your brother is just like your dad,
beats up people when angry!
You've been beaten up before?
People who has no guts beat people up.
Am I smelly?
No.
Big brother also never said I was smelly.
It seems like the cart moving.
Did you see?
It came off!
Baby is getting big.
When will you give birth?
Next year.
After the baby is born,
I am the father, you are the mother!
My mom will say that this baby is
a "rat-baby".
Why is that "rat-baby" is not good?
You are not supposed to have baby too young.
Granny Osuzu will hate me,
just like the Granny monster in the story.
We can't do anything about it.
You come to have dinner tomorrow at my place.
Really?
We have to put more rice on our bowl first!
I think so too!
Matsuyan, you are good in those things but
cooking, you need to practice more.
I am sorry to let you have so much hard time.
Not at all, Neko family has a lot of these.
No
No, no!
No more next time!
Why did you let her go? Is it a right thing to do?
It’s a headache to have one more child but
I feel that he is my own reincarnation!
I don't hate him as much as people think I do.
Time to sleep.
Have to offer an apology to the god of Mt. Nara.
Where is Tatsuhei? Where is Asakichi?
Everyone's gone.
Gone where? To Ameya.
That's your house! You stay here.
Take care of Yuki.
I heard something while I was sleeping.
I found Ameya
stealing the beans I harvested 10 days ago.
I caught him at the spot.
So we must do according to the rule,
offering an apology to the god of Mt. Nara
Right!
Search the house!
I found it.
Jinsaku, no more?
No more.
Bastard!
How is it?
Too much!
Your field cannot even harvest half of these.
No wonder the potato harvest wasn't good this year.
You've digged out even they are not grown.
Look, here is such a small one.
Ameya's ex elder
also had offer an apology to the Mt. Nara.
Please let me go!
I have so many family to feed.
Many family? Who made them?
You still have guts for a complaint?
I am wrong, I know I did wrong.
Asakichi, Asakichi.
Asakichi, I beg you, Matsuyan is your wife.
Idiot, that's nothing to do with this!
Everyone's life is hard here.
Ameya's stealing habit is in their blood.
Two generation offering an apology!
I can't see Kohe.
This time, offering an apology is not enough,
we have to think of something else.
Kohe's husband past away just now.
Everyone share them equally.
I heard when steaming beans
if you eat more you will have more beans.
Eat the bean and you have more beans?
Then you don't have to plant beans anymore.
Why?
You just need to put them in the pot and keep on boiling!
Is it so?
I think she is not here to be Asakichi's wife
but was driven out of the house by her family.
The baby in the stomach is already 5 months old,
food for two...
Do you think we pass this winter?
We cannot just let Ameya go like this.
We need to come up with something soon.
Otherwise, we can't even sleep peacefully!
If we leave them, they will start stealing again.
What should we do?
We need to discuss this.
We are going to have a gathering at Teruyan.
You must come too.
I go and inform others too.
Please do so!
Tonight... that...
We need to be well prepared.
We decided to get rid of Ameya in roots.
No exception for Matsuyan too.
You have to be ready for this.
But she is already in Neko family and
also have Neko's baby inside her stomach.
No exception.
Tatsuhei, you are always like this.
That's why people say you are like Rihe.
It hurts!
You said I am like my dad?
It hurts.
Who said it?
It hurts!
Go and discuss with your mom.
I’ll come for a gamble tonight.
Idiot!
Divide them into 3 portion.
Understood?
Listen, one will lose.
No objection, right?
I won!
I will take this.
The long one, the long one.
I am sorry.
I wish it was a girl,
then we don't need to kill it.
We can even sell her.
Matsuyan, Matsuyan
Ameya don't have food tonight,
so you bring these to them.
You can also stay there tonight
and take care of them.
It’s done.
Tatsuhei, Tatsuhei.
Stinky, Risuke.
Asakichi, don't you come!
Why?
Nothing special.
Is it delicious?
Help!
Matsuyan, Matsuyan.
Dad!
Help!
No, Asakichi, Asakichi.
Wait! Matsuyan, Matsuyan!
Matsuyan!