Bon appetite!
Watch his nose!
We want something hot!
Dangerous Cigarette Smoking!
We'll light up with this huge firecracker.
Is it lit?
Time for Ziplock Zen!
Some plastic sheeting...
See you in space!
Have a safe trip!
Turn on the vacuum cleaner.
Air is coming out of the bag.
He's done it!
Back to earth!
Leave it for tomorrow.
Okay.
Goodbye, sir.
We're off tomorrow.
Are you free?
I'll be painting with friends.
Artist friends, how nice.
Can I come along?
We're trying something wild. It's too dangerous for girls.
How about tomorrow night?
Mie will pose for me, so I can do some figure painting.
What's that about?
I could pose for you.
Mie is just a model to me.
There's nothing between us.
How do you see me?
I like you.
Fine, then.
Check this out.
Put this on.
Itagaki, that's not art.
Sideways.
Sideways?
This way.
Photo time!
It's not intense enough.
We need more impact for action painting.
Do your parents have a car?
Why?
We can crash it and splash paint on the wall.
Why use our car?
Dumb ass!
It's for art's sake!
You're the only one with a car.
We'll do it tomorrow.
Kuramochi?
I got work at the factory.
Forget work, dumb ass.
Which is more important, the factory or art?
Can I put my clothes back on?
Yes.
You didn't really need me, did you?
Kuramochi.
Follow me.
This doesn't look too good.
CLOSEOUT SALE
It's a closeout, but you went too far.
It has more impact.
Impact is not the issue.
Flyers shouldn't look so sinister.
The clients were furious.
I'm sorry.
You've been acting strange.
Draw something normal.
Can I take the rest of the day off?
What's the matter?
I'm working on a project with my friends.
Art may be important, but you're paid to do a job.
We're not doing this for charity.
Cool!
Try other colors.
- Yellow! - Blue!
Try yellow and blue.
More! Now which colors?
- Green. - Orange.
Try green and orange.
The bicycle broke.
It broke?
Then carry it.
What colors?
Whatever.
Yeah, whatever!
Bicycle did well. You'll do better.
You think it's safe?
Car's safer.
- Don't worry. - Go on!
Right.
Show some guts!
Where's Machisu today?
His friend had an accident, so he took the day off.
Look at that. Is that me?
That's what he painted.
Does that look like me?
It's amazing.
Art is so deep.
Everybody laughed when they saw it.
It's so embarrassing.
The owner wanted to hang it.
Looks nothing like me, right?
You have to use your imagination.
Screw imagination.
I look like a meatball. I hate it.
I won't pose again.
Then I will.
I understand his art.
Want to try some?
What is it?
It gets you high.
No thanks.
Maybe I'll go to America.
Now that he's dead, I'll go back to my hometown.
The talentless pack up and go home.
Who knows when talent is unleashed?
Maybe it just hasn't awakened!
If it hasn't woken up by now,
it will never wake up.
Are you crazy?
I'm leaving.
We tried crashing the car to splash paint.
Art isn't produced by accident.
Famous artists can control chance.
Being famous has nothing to do with talent.
All this talk about art...
Go to Africa,
and show the starving a Picasso and a rice ball.
Everyone would choose the rice ball.
Art means nothing to a starving person.
You're no different.
- I'd choose the Picasso! - Don't be so naive.
Art is just one big hoax.
Room 1 02 Machisu and Sachiko Kuramochi
Machisu married an understanding partner.
I'm off.
Good luck.
You're copying Mondrian.
That resembles Klee.
I advised you to study, not imitate.
This is imitation.
Bad ones, at that.
Is that Miro?
Yes, it's Miro.
Whose next?
Hundertwasser.
Doesn't look like that.
That's even worse.
What's that?
I call it "Mr. Arakuma."
And?
I saw him in the street. Named him Mr. Arakuma.
A bit weird.
At least it's better than imitating.
I need money to buy paint.
Did the paintings sell?
What are these?
Mr. Arakuma's whole family.
Who's that?
Grandfather.
Not grandmother?
Who's that?
Father.
Not mother?
Who's that?
Big brother.
And that?
Younger brother.
And that?
Sister.
And that?
Cousin.
And that?
Second cousin.
It makes no sense at all.
They are all the same.
I say one good thing and this is how you react.
Too ordinary.
Try to be more experimental.
Try not using a brush.
You must think differently.
Machisu reached middle age. His paintings still didn't sell.
I'm home.
You're late.
I need help.
Okay.
- What are you doing? - I'm coming.
It needs to be done quickly.
Put this in.
Which color?
Put in the paint and I'll hit.
Mom, can I have some money?
We're not exactly rich. Can't do it.
I know. Thanks to your stupid art!
How long do I have to put up with this shit?
I'm the laughing stock in school.
What horrible parents make their daughters work?
Keep going.
Go on.
Go!
Slow and easy.
Good.
You're outside the line.
Get back inside.
Okay.
Come back.
Too slow.
A little more like this.
What?
You're moving onto the road.
Like this?
Yes.
You're wobbling. Nice and smooth.
One more time.
Watch out.
Once more.
- Over the white. - White?
- Where there's no color. - No color?
Watch for white areas.
That's good.
Nice and smooth.
Don't get off the bike.
Nice and smooth.
Watch out.
Stay off the line.
You better stay off.
Go over the edge.
Right there, quick turn.
Beautiful.
On your right.
Again!
Over the white.
What's this?
You just splashed paint onto canvas.
It's been done before.
Try something different.
You knew this guy, didn't you?
"New York Raves About Todd Sato, The Japanese Basquiat!"
It's not done with sprays, is it?
No, it's brush.
I paint with you at night,
and work during the day.
When will I sleep?
Forget it.
What the hell are you doing?
So you're the ones!
Repaint everything or come down to the station.
It's your choice.
Which is it?
We'll paint.
Thanks.
You almost done?
I'm done.
Will this do?
I guess it has to.
We're very sorry.
We would've been famous if we had finished.
They don't understand art.
Painting on storefronts?
The whole neighborhood is laughing.
It's so embarrassing.
Once more and I'm leaving.
What's this?
Self-portrait.
Who wants to buy a portrait of an unknown painter?
What's that?
I was going to paint a white rhino.
Why the white rhino?
Endangered species.
Great idea.
Making a statement with art.
But it's like advertising, not art.
More like a poster for an animal rights campaign.
Not bad. Art with a specific concept.
Excuse me!
Can you hammer over this house?
Sure.
That's enough.
I said that's enough!
Enough!
Stop it!
I gave you a little extra.
Enough ink?
Start walking slowly.
Leave your footprints clearly. That's fine.
Now go back.
Wait!
The other way around.
Turn around.
Don't tread over the others.
Where are you going?
What are you doing?
No. Go back.
They go all over. Go in one direction.
You stepped on a footprint!
Never mind.
I call it "Black Continent."
Africa, trampled by white men.
Sensational concept.
But that looks like African trampling.
You should have painted Africa black and the footprints in white.
Looks like African footsteps.
Africans trampling their own continent.
And barefoot?
White men would wear shoes.
Excuse me.
Can you drive over this?
What's that?
We want to paint your wheels to make red tracks across it.
That's disgusting.
It's inspired by an accident in which a car crashed into a line of kids.
We think this painting will help raise awareness on safe driving.
Don't remind me about that!
Who would help you?
Watch out, asshole!
Ambulance.
Wait, wait!
Hold this.
What do you think you're doing?
"Freaky Art Couple Sketches at Crash Site"
What's this?
I'm too embarrassed to go to school.
I'm leaving!
Mari!
Leave her alone.
She'll come back.
Don't worry about it.
See, we're almost there.
We are.
Getting original, but you need more madness.
Another's mortality is one thing. Confronting your own is something else.
Push yourself to the limit when you think.
Confront art in that state of mind.
Please start.
Please hit her a bit softer.
What happened?
Fight back.
Go.
You must fight back.
Body blow, please.
Fight, fight!
Hit him!
Here's your money.
Thank you so much.
Are you okay?
Yes.
My turn to push myself to the limit.
What will you do?
I'll hover between life and death.
Push real hard.
Lack of oxygen will really inspire me.
Then I can just paint.
- Let's start. - Okay.
Can you draw?
It's no good.
I need to get a little crazier.
You want me to push harder?
How's that?
It's not working.
Hold me down harder.
I have to be almost dead to get some great ideas.
Do it right.
I'll push harder.
It's not what you think.
I didn't...
I didn't do it.
Honey?
We should split up.
Huh?
I can't take it anymore.
Mari has left home.
We can't go on like this.
I want to think about my future.
You won't give up your art, will you?
No.
Wait there. This won't take long.
How may I help you?
I don't want anything.
What is it?
Lend me some money.
What?
I need money to buy paint.
What father would borrow money from his prostitute daughter?
Take it.
You're pathetic.
Some artist!
I can't stand it.
Take this and lighten up.
Thanks for waiting. Let's go.
Want to try me?
You've just hustled a client.
Huh?
You've hustled a client.
You new here?
Give it to me.
Give me the money.
No business here without my permission!
You do have the money, you bastard.
You have a lipstick?
Lipstick?
Honey, stop.
You're insane.
You've lost it.
Not even human.
You're not even human!
He's out of gas.
Fire!
Are you up?
Take care.
- Lots of stuff. - We could sell something.
We could.
What could we sell?
What's this?
200,000 yen for an old can?
It looks kind of cool.
Are you crazy? It's just garbage.
Is it?
I'll buy it.
Let's go home.
And so Achilles did catch up with Tortoise.
BEAT Takeshi Kanako HIGUCHI
Kumiko ASO Yurei YANAGI
Produced by Masayuki MORI and Takio YOSHIDA
Cinematography by Katsumi YANAGIJIMA Lighting Design by Hitoshi TAKAYA
Production Design by Norihiro ISODA Sound Design by Senji HORIUCHI
Music by Yuki KAJIURA Calligraphy by Kouji KAKINUMA
Written, Edited, Directed and Paintings by Takeshi KITANO