Kei must now give up becoming a music reviewer.
Kazuya!
Oh, sorry, Kei. Forget about it.
Well? The lyrics.
How're they coming along?
Don't think too much.
You've still got time.
It's not like you'll never see him again.
You'll both still be in the same country.
Don't waste your time worrying about what might happen.
Enjoy what you have now.
L...
That's not it.
It's not your fault, Kazuya.
I was just depressed because I don't seem to have what it takes.
You feel like going someplace higher?
Up there?
No, but higher than here.
Let's go together after school.
“No Students Allowed“
“The world is so filled with passion!"
“The world is so...“
Hey.
Every day'?
Yep. 'Cause flab's your worst enemy after quitting sports.
It's for your own good. I'll be your partner.
I want to go to Hokkaido University.
Sounds great.
I can't afford to take a year off to study.
I see.
I have to study now.
So... I'm sorry.
Right.
Hey!
I'll push.
No thanks.
You could use a hand there.
No, I'm fine.
Don't be so reserved.
I'm all right. Really.
You're stubborn.
I'll push this side, then. Okay?
Thank...
We're here.
See, I told you it was great.
Yeah.
I really wanted you to see this view.
When we first talked...
When we talked about music during cleaning time, I felt really good.
Kei, I felt that...
From that time on, I always
wanted to be friends with you.
Friends?
Yeah.
I was really glad to have become friends with you that day.
Friends?
We're not friends yet?
Sure we are.
Yeah.
We're friends.
I'm glad that I have a buddy to talk about music with...
Really
glad.
Huh? Hey, Kei?
Oh, sorry.
No, not sorry...
I'm going home.
Don't 90! It'll be awkward tomorrow!
I'm leaving.
I'll walk you home.
No.
It feels so much longer coming back.
Yeah.
I'm sorry.
No, don't be. It's not about you, really.
What's your girlfriend like?
What? Kaoru?
I don't know.
She always cuts practices and classes.
She's egotistical and stirs up the band.
But she's just naive.
Sorry. I'm talking too much.
Sweet rice cakes.
Good timing. Take some to Shima's.
They're your favorite rice cakes, Kei.
Sweet, sweet rice cakes.
So this is your house.
There's not much to look at.
Cool.
So, come see us play.
Yeah.
You'll really dig us.
Yeah.
Thanks, Kaoru!
Kei .
When Kaoru took me to the clubroom, she got an e-mail from her boyfriend
so we got excited and she told me stuff.
And I realized that he was Kazuya in your grade.
You could have told me.
No, I couldn't.
I couldn't just say to you, “He's my friend's boyfriend,"
“so keep your hands off.“
Shima, I...
Let's eat.
Yeah.
“My fingers don't reach“
“My fingers don't reach and are about to break"
“I don't have to grasp it"
“The world is so filled with passion"
Takeshi.
We need to talk.
“Subaru Festival"
Kayo.
Not one customer.
Did you study hard to enter Waseda U.?
I thought I'd drop dead from studying so much.
Awesome.
And you're gonna become a lawyer, right? That's amazing.
Not really...
Takeshi!
No, I failed the bar exam 10 times.
So you're gonna inherit that shop?
“Please don't limit my possibilities, Mr. Tanba,“ was it?
What? Takeshi's not singing anymore?
The world sweeps me away now
The light won't fade, even with closed eyes
Even with my arms outstretched
Tears ﬂow
I run and I run, but...
My fingers don't reach and are about to break
I don't have to grasp it, but
Whatever touches my outstretched fingertips
I'll chase it with all I've got
I might not make it,
but I'll take the entrance exams for university in Tokyo.
I promise I'll study.
The light is fading now
inhaling, I run up
My voice isn't loud enough and the wind erases it
It can be blown away, but
I'll chase that sound that keeps on ringing
I'll sing my sang that won't fade away
I want to keep running, I can't stop
Severing the darkness, my overflowing emotion
The world is so filled with passion
My fingers don't reach and are about to break
I don't have to grasp it, but
Whatever touches my outstretched fingertips
I'll chase it with all I've got
Kei .
Um...
That song. The one Kazuya sang just now.
You wrote the lyrics, didn't you?
What?
Those lyrics were amazing!
What?
That's all I wanted to say.
Thanks.
Kazuya!
You were really, really cool!
Thanks!
Examinee No. 1542. Not passed.
Examine-e No. 1542. Not...
Kayo. When are you leaving for Tokyo?
Probably the end of this month on a Saturday.
Oh. Good, that's after my local entrance exams.
I can see you off.
Yeah.
Well, I have to study now.
- I'll come with you. - No!
I want to study alone. It's better that way.
Sorry.
Of course you've passed all your entrance exams.
You did, too, right?
I've got one more left. I find out the results for my first choice later.
Oh. That's a bummer.
I feel like throwing up.
But no matter where I go, I'll just be doing one thing.
All I'm interested in is music.
Our school song is like a war song, isn't it?
"Ten-hut," like?
Yeah, "Ten-hut!"
Do you suppose we'll ever regret not having ever sung it through
at least once?
Why don't we sing it through tomorrow?
Yeah, let's sing it!
“Closed Temporarily“
Kayo, phone call from Tomizo.
Kayo.
Déja vu, huh?
I'm always out of breath, aren't I?
You're off to Tokyo come springtime, right?
Yeah. I'm moving tomorrow. Did you hear from Tomizo?
Yeah.
You're off to Hokkaido, right?
Yeah. Where it's even colder.
Here?
Yeah.
Bye.
You forgot this.
Thanks, Takumi!
Free at last! Farewell, exam hell!
You haven't found out yet.
I'm done.
We should have worn our uniforms.
Kayo. Can I go top speed with you?
Here goes.
Okay.
Oh, man.
Sorry, my legs gave in.
But it felt really good.
That sounds naughty.
I guess it does.
Kayo.
Let me touch your hair.
Okay.
This is...
This is the best I can do.
Yes.
Will you forget me when you go?
Yes.
That's so mean.
Yes.
Morning.
Here's a boiled egg.
And another,
and another...
And another.
Not funny, huh?
I don't know what to say.
Me neither.
L...
I tried hard to come up with something.
But it was no use.
I've got nothing cool to say.
Yeah.
I thought and
I thought
but nothing came to mind.
Only words
that prove I'm not over you.
So if that's the case,
then I might as well just say, "Take care," or something.
The train's leaving.
Take... care?
That's a question.
But I really have no clue.
I've never said good-bye to someone I love before.
I won't let go.
Tomizo.
I didn't want it to end.
I wanted to always be with you.
I really, really thought so.
Nana EIKURA
Mitsuki TANIMURA
Tasuku EMOTO
Hoshi ISHIDA
Naojiro HAYASHI (HIRAKAWACHI-ITCHOME)
Takashi HAMAZAKI
Masanori ISHII
Mami NAKAMURA
Jyunkichi ORIMOTO
Yasuo DAICHI
Executive Producers Keiko KUSAKABE Toru KENJO Fumihiro HIRAI lsao SAWAMURA Yukio TAKAMATSU Kiyoei SAITO
Planner I Producer Koichi KUSAKABE
Producer Mizuki KUROTANI
Original Story Miho TOSHIMA
Director of Photography Shigeru KOMATSUBARA
Lighting Akiyo MIYOSHI
Sound Recording Shinsuke NAGASHIMA
Production Design Toshiharu NAKAMAE
Musk: Mme KABASAWA
Editing Mototaka KUSAKABE
Screenplay I Director Yuki IWATA
©2007 “The Graduates" PRODUCTION COMMITTEE