July 27th, 1997 I have finally completed the brain secretion research.
It's the ultimate painkiller for human beings.
With this, the happiness of mankind will improve significantly.
We can now spend our days with feelings of blue skies and spring.
I will give it a name.
MY SON.
Yes.
What's the matter?
What made you come here?
Do you need pocket money?
Is that the new contraceptive?
Don't touch it.
Can I come and watch?
To see what?
The experiment.
I promise I won't be in your way.
I'm afraid that's not possible.
I can't allow strangers to sit in with the experiment.
Not even my son.
Mother, please. I'd really like to.
Yes.
Has everybody arrived?
I'll be right there.
I'm very pleased that you are interested in my work.
I'm sorry I can't help you.
I understand. Never mind.
Sorry...
Can I just relax a bit here?
I came all this way on my bicycle.
You can come when there are no experiments.
Next time I will.
Eiji, is there something I should know?
Huh?
It's that habit of yours.
You always twirl your hair like that when you're proud of something.
Really?
When you had an A for math...
...and when you made nitroglycerine from your chemistry kit.
I was a child then.
I have nothing to be proud of.
It's only the habit that's remained.
I see.
You'll be the first to know.
Department of Pharmaceuticals New Medicine Professor Yuki Kure
Everybody knows the population on this earth is a problem.
In the 21 st century we expect the world population to reach 10 billion.
We won't know how to feed them all.
Before it goes too far, we need to realize...
That contraception is the only way to save the earth.
The medicine that you will receive will be on the market next year.
Today's experiment is the final test.
I can guarantee it is safe. You can all participate.
Thanks to you, I have gathered useful data.
Here you are.
Thank you very much.
Thanks.
In one week, we'll look at the side effects.
I'll Contact you.
Thank you all.
Thank you.
I'm tired.
I'm hungry.
I'm starved, we didn't even have a lunch break.
Let's eat something.
I know a good place.
Let's go.
What about you?
I can't decide.
Let's go. We're in this together, so come with us.
Okay I'll come.
That's my girl.
No way. I can't believe it.
I read about it.
One in a million people are like that.
Since when?
Since 5th grade, after l started having my period.
So you don't sleep at all?
Not really.
My body just doesn't need it.
But how come?
The doctor says it was the shock of menstruating.
It blocked the sleeping cycle.
Doesn't it wear you out?
I don't know. To me it's normal.
Normal?
By the way...
What?
Don't get mad, but you seem a bit plant-like.
Plant-like?
Just my impression. Sorry. I'm talking nonsense.
Excuse me, I'd like some ham with melon and pudding.
Sure, I'll be right back.
Your going to eat more?
Eating gives me the ultimate joy.
Man was born for eating and will continue until he dies.
The best meal gives me the greatest pleasure.
You will become as fat as that actress' mother.
If that worries you, you'll never enjoy life.
I'd hate to get fat and ugly.
I'd rather starve and die.
My greatest happiness is to have a nice body and nice clothes.
You're strange.
No, it's you that's strange.
I'm home.
I'm sorry I couldn't let you watch the experiment today.
It's okay. It doesn't matter.
You've been working hard lately.
What kind of research are you doing?
What can I say?
It's a new kind of painkiller.
What kind?
When a person feels pain, his brain produces a substance like endorphin.
I want to increase this production to soften the pain.
That would be ground breaking medicine.
When do you expect to finish?
Not for a long time.
How wonderful. That's more then most 17 year old could do.
It's just what your father predicted.
Father?
Before you were born, your father said...
...you'd be a great scientist one day.
He would have been very proud of you.
I have succeeded in injecting MY SON.
Within 48 hours the drug will take effect.
I will observe the girls starting tomorrow.
I'm leaving.
What are you doing?
What?
You've been filming me.
With that camera. All the time.
Nonsense.
You're weird.
I saw you during the experiment too.
Well...
I saw your face.
Are you some kind of freak?
I'm her son.
The scientist in charge of the experiment... I'm her only son.
You don't look anything like her.
Whether I look like her or not, it's the truth.
Then why are you following me?
I'm not following you.
Then we will say good bye and I will never have to see your face again.
I've hated you from the moment I saw you.
I just don't know why.
I just don't like you.
I want you to dislike me as well.
I dislike you quite a bit.
You dislike me?
Yes, I do.
Good.
You're a stupid idiot.
So are you.
What are you going to do now?
Shall we go somewhere?
Where to?
A place you don't like.
Okay.
Is this the place you hate?
Yes.
Why, this is like...
Paradise?
To me it's too noisy.
Noisy?
I'm an insomniac.
I can't sleep because of a psychological shock.
My hearing has become extremely sensitive.
I can hear all small creatures very loudly.
Animals, plants, or insects.
All living things talk.
I don't understand the language, but still...
Even plants.
I'd like to let you hear the noise these flowers make.
You'd never call it paradise again.
That's why I hate living creatures.
But mostly I hate myself.
Sometimes I could kill myself.
Do you understand?
No I don't.
But I understand it is difficult for you.
Come with me.
I'll take you to the place I love most.
Only one side is a bit dull.
Oh my God...
What shall I eat today?
Sukiyaki, Steak, Sushi, Shabushabu...
No, today I'll eat delicious tempura.
Delicious tempura.
You're next, Mr. Squid.
Come in.
What is this?
This is my sleeping installation.
It's a special machine for people like me.
I put the goggles on and just sit and relax
You do this instead of sleeping?
If it works well, I can even experience something dream-like.
Dream-like?
The scenery of the heart.
I see visions from inside my brain.
It looks interesting.
What's with this cactus?
It's my own idea.
I feel as if I'm one with the cactus.
I thought you hated plants.
Not cactus�s.
They don't talk
Maybe they're always asleep.
I dream together with the cactus.
Would you like to try?
The cactus will show you the scenery of your heart.
I don't see anything.
You must empty your heart first.
Then entrust everything to the cactus.
Mother, what are you looking for?
Nothing.
My Son.
What is this?
I just wrote it down for fun.
It's just vitamins inside.
What a lovely color.
It's the color of the ocean.
I've been thinking about father lately.
Nobody took him seriously,
but he continued his research on his own.
Em...
Mother, what did you think of his research?
It's a shame, but your father was strange-
"Eternal Life"
it's all so far fetched.
Maybe it's possible.
Maybe father did see eternal life.
Let's change the subject-
We can talk about your father but not about his research.
Mother, you should have trusted him.
You should have trusted father.
You should have shared his dream.
He shouldn't have had to make the journey all by himself.
Life is light. Whether it's light of a candle or of nuclear fusion.
We will become light, and we're heading for the end of space.
We'll breakthrough time and space...
...and head for the kingdom of light.
Rika Mikami. Riki Mikami.
What should I believe?
Should I have shared his dream?
What is he talking about?
I think it's broken.
It is pretty old.
I've come up with a name for the baby.
How about Eiji?
Eiji? What does that mean?
Eternity's boy.
What if it's a girl?
It will be a boy.
He will look like me and become a great scientist.
I still have six months to go.
Daddy is a little impatient.
Eiji, can you hear me?
Come out and let Daddy see your face.
I'm very happy.
I hope it will last forever.
I just saw a flash of light.
I don't see anything.
I know it was there.
What was it?
I'll go and have a look.
It was nothing.
Don't worry. I'll be right back.
Eiji. Eternity's child.
What are you doing?
What's going on?
Help me.
I can't stop.
I don't know what to do.
What do you mean?
Explain it to me.
I feel great. The more wounds I make, the better I feel.
Tomorrow we'll go to the hospital.
I'm sure it's some sort of illness.
Rika, help me.
Be brave.
Miss Mikami, please come over right away.
I need to examine you.
I'll wait for you.
Mother...
Em...
I don't understand.
They both died.
The two girls in the experiment.
The drugs that I used had a strange substance in it-
I can't identify it.
Mother...
What?
What is it, Eiji?
Oh my God... you?
Em...
Good bye, mother.
What is this?
A human brain?
It's full of endorphin.
I wanted to make a drug for eternal happiness.
So pain becomes joy, and sadness becomes happiness.
That's all of it.
There's not a drop left.
My dream has ended.
It's not over yet.
It will continue inside of us.
Darling...
I've kept you waiting for so long.
But I'm here now...
...and we'll be together forever.
From now on, we will live forever.
Mama, where are you going today?
I think I'll go West.
It hasn't spread there yet.
Go for it.
Thank you, Eiji.
The dream has yet to end.
Cast:
Misa Aika
Mika Kirihara,Yumika Hayashi, Masumi Nakao,Tadashi Shiraishi
Seiya Hiramatsu (child),Tadao Abe
Executive Producer: Hirohiko Sato Producers: Ryuji Nakajima, Hiroshi Miyashima, Takahiro Hosoya, Kiyoshi Nakayama
Script: Ta ketoshi Wata ri Cinematography: Akiko Ashizawa Lighting: Sousuke Yoshikado
Makeup:Yuuichi Matsui Stunts: Masami Kobayashi Editing: Nobutake Kamitani
Original Music: Kimitake Hiraoka Assistant Director: Takashi Kajino Directing Aides: Kei Shichiri,Yukinori Satokawa
Cinematography Assistants: Yoshihito Takahashi, Shinji Suzuki Lighting Assistants: Koji Fukurnoto, Eiji Sasaki, Hiroshi Ohta
Makeup Aide: Tomo Yoshida Stunt Assistant: Yoshizo Miyata Editing Assistants: Takehiko Nakagawa, Ana Kondo Negative Editing: Masami Ohhashi
Aide: Tomoe Hamada Recording: Toshihiko Kaito Timer:Yasumi Inagaki EED: Ken Sugawara
Sounds: Kyouichi Sakuyama Effects: Yuji Tan
Still: Eitetsu Ohta Vehicles: Genichi Sato
Shin Kinoshita, Nobuhiko Ohkouchi Production Desk: Satomi Kneya Production Process: Chikako Nakabayashi
Jiro Ishikawa, Makoto Yamaguchi Production Management: Takashi Ikoma
Nippon Kodak, Cinematography Services, Right Brain, Highlight Yu, Take One Kyouei Arts, Kamekou-sen
Abe Insurance, Sato Location Service, Pial Belo Location Servic, Kinoshita Inc. Kamitani Editing, 4-chome Factory Eikou,Toei Chemical
Special thanks to: Hachiman AstrolO9Y. Mega Brain, Nippon Kouden, Carl Tsaris,
Shoufuen, KIM Japan, City of Narashino, Yaitu Rose Garden, Woodsock Hachioji.
Cooperation to the production: Algo Pictures Ben Juram
Production: Excellent Film Production:TM Project
Directed by: Hisayasu Sato
Copyright:199S Museum
This story is fiction. The names, places, and characters are not real.
This video is intended for personal use only. Public exhibition is prohibited.