Scriptwriter: Kizara Izumi
To the truck driver before the police car: please pull over.
Horikita Maki
Mizobata Junpei
To the truck driver: please stop.
Yakushimaru Hiroko
Endo Kenichi
Wai-wai-wait? ah!
Look... can't I be fined by a prettier chick?!
Then I'll gladly pay the fine, you know...
We'd be upset if you paid gladly.
You'll have to be very resentful when you pay it.
After all, this is a penalty.
Please be sure to drive safely.
You're amazing, Dobuko.
How so?
You're resolute.
Well, you're too chicken.
I'll have katsu-don, please.
I think getting spooked is just normal. A lunch set, please.
You know, my father looks more threatening than you.
Your dad's so scary, Dobuko.
I'd never want to ask him to let me marry you.
Okay.
Which reminds me, I have yet to get you a wedding present. What would you like?
Ah, my wedding present, huh...
What? You're getting cold feet?
Ah... never mind, I don't need a present.
Why? Feel free to ask for anything.
- Can I really ask for anything? - Yup.
Here, your katsu-don and A lunch set. Thank you for waiting!
Okay.
Listen, about my wedding...
I don't want you to attend.
- Me? - Yeah.
Why?! I've already bought the dress!
You see, she doesn't want you to come.
- Who? - Well, the woman I'm marrying.
She doesn't want you to invite friends?
No, she said the others can come.
But she doesn't want you to attend, Dobuko.
That's weird, isn't it? It really is!
Wai-wai-wait! How come? We've never met, have we!
That's true, but it seems she heard you and I are good friends.
And?
And so, she started to really worry about you.
Women are just impossible!
Ah, you're a woman too, huh? But you're an exception, Dobuko.
You have a philosophical attitude. Women's jealousy is unknown to you.
What would that mean?
Well, anyways, we've been quarreling about you non-stop.
Got it. I'm not attending.
Sorry! I'm sooo sorry!
Never mind. Even if I don't attend your wedding, we're still friends.
We've been inseparable since elementary school, Masaru.
What?
Well, about our friendship...
She wants us to break it off when we get married.
Does that mean we'll stop being friends?
Yeah, I guess that's what it means...
Anyways, we'll stop from next week.
Surrender like a lamb!
Shut up!
Ah?
Ah! Why are you turning it off! Dad's on TV...
He won't appear anymore, they just killed him.
But he may appear as a corpse.
Ah, look, look! Did you see him?
He looked so bowlegged!
Maybe it's because Dad's always playing the villain...
What is?
The reason I'm disliked.
So people dislike you?
Ah, could it be a broken heart?
I've lost a friend.
Was it because of a quarrel?
Right. Usually it's because of a quarrel...
What happened?
He wants us to part 'cause he's getting married.
Getting married...?
Ah... Masaru-kun?
Well, I don't really mind anyway.
Ah! Today Dad's name is on the newspaper.
Onigashira Hayato.
Who's "Onigashira"?
You're just Marui Tadashi.
Crying would be weird.
So would getting mad, huh?
I'll never ever forgive the likes of you-ant!
Go-ant!
Ant! Ant! Ant!
I'm done for-ant!
Cut! Check!
- Are you okay? - Yup.
Ah, I heard your child was born. Girl or boy?
- A baby girl. - A girl, huh?
- Girls are troublesome. - Really?
Look, they suddenly start wearing a bra.
It happens out of the blue, when you're totally unprepared.
- That must be frightening. - Indeed.
Sorry for the wait. Let's move on to Cut 12!
No stereotyped acting, I want to see feelings.
- Ah, Giant Anteater X! - Yes?
Could you please wail more?
More?
I'll never ever forg...
- Something like that? - Ah, nice!
Okay, we're shooting!
Dad is an actor specializing in bad guy roles.
I'll never ever forgive you!
Ant!
Wait, you bastard! Dobunezumi!
Wait!
Kill me if you can!
Bring it on.
Not yet...
I'm not dead yet!
His biggest hit was the role of a thug
named "Dobunezumi", in a yakuza movie.
("Dobunezumi" means "brown rat", but also "a sly person", "a guy who bites the hand that feeds him")
That's why, in my elementary school days,
my nickname was Dobuko.
15 Years Earlier
- Mifuyu. - Mm?
Would you get mad if I called you
Dobuko as of tomorrow?
Huh? Why?
Well, I'm the only one in our class
who calls you Mifuyu.
Okay, call me that.
I'm so glad! See you!
Dad always gets stabbed to death in his movies.
Maybe that's the reason
I always get stabbed in the back.
Do
Oyaji no Senaka
Father's Back
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Ah! Giant Anteater X!
- Oh! - Beam, beam!
- Okay, okay! - Take that! Take that!
- Beam! Beam! - Giant Ant-kick!
- Beam, beam! - Ah! I'm done for-ant...
Hey, what are you doing?! I'm sorry.
- Thank you so much! - Bye!
How long are you going to die? We're leaving.
Okay.
All right!
Guess I'm number 1 among actors.
What, you're boasting?
No, I think I'm the one who looks at the sky the most.
That's because you're always playing the corpse!
Being a corpse is great!
When you lie on the ground, feeling as though you were dead,
greenery looks more vivid than usual.
You can feel people's footsteps throughout your body,
and realize that they're all alive.
You don't get it, do you? There's no way you could.
That just sounds like sour grapes to me.
Ah, nice weather.
- Is he going to be okay...? - Mm?
Masaru-kun left with a scary looking man.
Huh? Alone?
You know... I really think I've seen that face before.
- Oh! Come with me for a sec. - What is it?
- Just follow me. - Ouch, that hurts...
Ah? Looks like I'm about to remember.
That man forced him to go along...
That chicken, how dared he go alone!
Dad?!
- Ah! - Ah...
Dobuko!
- What're you up to? - Well, I just heard from Mom.
She said something happened with your best friend, so I sort of questioned him...
Also, we had a nice talk about the rules for marriage and so on, right?
Well, you talk with him now.
Hold it!
I'm sorry!
You're damn scary!
Wait!
I said I'm sorry! Ah!
- That hurts! Ouch... - I told you to stop!
Um, you're wrong! It's not what you think!
It's nothing. Please leave!
Please disperse, everyone!
Dad, get up. Get up, okay?
It's nothing. It's not what it seems, really!
Hey! I told you to get up!
I'm sorry, I forgot I was wearing the uniform.
- Give me a break. - Sorry.
Onigashira Hayato!
Onigashira Hayato...?
Onigashira Hayato?!
Ah...
- Have a nice evening. - You too.
Evening.
Forgive me. Mom was worried, so...
Was that a good reason to come to my workplace?
Well, but he just up and told you to break up, right?
- Huh? I don't give a damn about that. - If it ends like that, you won't be satisfied.
You should convey your feelings to him...
I said enough!
Venting my feelings on him wouldn't resolve anything!
If I did that, everybody would just think I'm a pain in the neck and dislike me!
So what? You won't speak your mind 'cause you don't want to be disliked?
- I think that's wrong? - Look, in the real world
if you're disliked, you're finished. Unlike you,
we're all trying our hardest not to be disliked!
Ah! Giant Anteater X!
- Beam! - Sorry, not now.
- Beam! - Okay, okay, fine!
Beam!
Oh? I'm done for...
- Are you all right!? - Leave him alone.
He's not going to die.
- Hang on in there! - Uncle, are you okay?
Dad...?
Marui-san! Can you hear me?
Marui-san!
Marui-san! Can you hear me?
Marui-san!
Excuse me, are you Marui-san's daughter?
We're going to check whether the aneurysm has ruptured,
so we need a written consent. Where is your mother?
She's not here yet. The aneurysm has ruptured?
Please inform me when your mother arrives.
Wait, you bastard! Dobunezumi!
Kill me if you can!
I'm not dead yet...
Ah, I'm sorry.
Ah! Where's Dad?
Still inside.
It's taking so long...
I wonder why...
I thought Dad would never die.
So did I.
He always comes back looking so carefree.
He'll die, huh...
One day, he will.
Oh, no! Not now!
It's all right.
He's going to come back.
- Mom? - Mm?
Why did you marry Dad?
After a while we'd started dating,
he suddenly gave me that look and asked:
"What is love in your opinion?".
Dad asked you that?
- So what did you answer? - Mm?
For instance, on the way back home,
you see your house lighted brightly and think:
"Ah, I'm about to get in there"
"and have dinner with everyone,"
"and talk about silly things."
"It looks like it's going to be so much fun!",
"I think that's what love is", I answered.
Then, all of a sudden, his eyes glistened with tears.
Back then Dad was pretty flamboyant,
so everybody said he'd dump me sooner or later.
Still,
when he heard I was pregnant with you,
he was awfully happy.
"Let's get married", he said.
I told him he'd lose his freedom,
and asked him if that was fine with him.
"I no longer need that lonely life", he answered.
"I'll play the villain,"
"and even the social outcast."
"I'm going to do anything,"
"I promise you we'll be all right."
"So let's live together, the three of us."
Since then, he's always played the villain.
He has regained consciousness. He's out of danger now.
I'll give you an account of his condition. Follow me.
'Kay... ouch...
'Kay! How about this? Does it look good?
To be exact...
Like this.
As expected, toy guns are light.
What cheek! Sorry it's just a toy.
Well, I've only ever used the real thing, Dad.
What d'you mean "the real thing"?
Making a toy look like the real thing is what being a pro means.
How about this?
Dobuko, I heard your dad collapsed. Is he okay now?
Yup. They say there won't be after-effects, either.
- I see. That's great. - Yeah.
What? You're acting so cold.
Well, weren't we supposed to stop being friends as of this week?
Ah, I see. That's right.
- So stop calling me Dobuko. - Yeah, I should.
Ah, but what's your name?
Find it out yourself!
Still, I'm so glad. Last time I met him,
your dad sort of confessed to me.
I even thought those might become his very last words.
He confessed?
Ah! He told me to keep that a secret.
- What is it? - It's a promise between men.
Want me to tell your fiancée?
- That you're still being friends with me! - Aaaah!
You're so mean, Dobuko!
What it is? Tell me.
Fine.
He said, "I've always been stabbed in the movies, but I did stab someone once".
What a lie! He's only ever played the villain who gets killed.
- Who did he stab? - Dunno.
You don't know?!
It's not my fault, you broke in upon us in the middle of our talk.
Yeah?
"...but I did stab someone once."
Marui-san, you should get ready to take a bath now.
- Okay, thank you. - Ah, your daughter's here today?
- Then, we'll ask her to help out. - Sure.
Huh? She'll help me take a bath? No way!
- Why? - What d'you mean "why"?
- Call Mom. - It's all right, I'll help you.
No way, no way, no way! Call Mom!
- Why? - Is she not here? - Not yet.
- What's up? - Ah, here she is!
- Thank goodness. - What's wrong?
- Nothing. - I've brought you bananas!
Voilà, they're ripe.
Also, some apples.
- Are you feverish? - I'm okay.
- Does it hurt anywhere? - Nope.
What's with that "Call Mom"?!
??...is painful.
("Hoshikage no Waltz", "Starlight Walzt", by Sen Masao. The single was released in 1966)
??But it can't be helped,
??It's for your sake.
??I'll sing a starlight waltz to bid you farewell.
??It's not because I'm cold-hearted,
??I don't have a heart of stone.
??I still love you to death.
Watch it, you son of a bitch.
Want me to beat you to death, you loser?
- How was it? - Just fine.
- Did I roll my r's properly? - You did great.
Want me to beat you to death, you loser?
Dad!
Mm?
So you stabbed someone once?
Huh?
Ah! Jeez, what a blabbermouth, that bastard...
Say, who did you stab?
Never mind, that person doesn't even remember anymore.
I do remember.
The one you stabbed
was me, right?
Look, look!
Yeah, I saw.
Dad, let's take a bath together!
- No, we won't. - Why not?
- Just because. - Then, how about tomorrow?
We won't tomorrow, either.
Why? Tell me, why won't we?
- Take a bath with Mom. - No, I'll take it with you!
- We won't. - We will.
??I'll sing a starlight waltz to bid you farewell
I was scared.
That one day you'd tell me "I don't ever want to take a bath with you again".
Huh?! That was the reason?
I'd always feared that eventually you'd say that, since the day you were born.
For real?
That's why I turned you down before you could.
I thought I had to do it.
- How petty. - Petty, you say...
Listen, that would've been like being stabbed in the back with one stroke.
Well, you're used to getting stabbed!
But you're different.
'Cause you're the real thing.
You see, I had so much fun taking baths with you.
You'd tell me scary stories, and sing with me.
I thought those days would go on forever.
But things always end out of the blue.
Even with Masaru...
I thought we'd frolic forever, staying friends and growing old together,
but he said "It's over".
And you, Dad. They kill you again and again,
but you always come back saying "I'm home".
So I was sure that would go on forever.
Yet, the other day,
I realized you'll die too, one day.
I wonder why...
Why won't the things I like
last forever and ever?
Well, kid...
That's because you're alive.
We can't be children forever.
And we were all born to die, eventually.
We're all changing. So are you, and so am I.
So is Masaru-kun. And so is the girl he'll marry.
All the people living here are changing too.
There's no use in being afraid to change just 'cause you don't want to.
Okay?
Letter of challenge
I'll be waiting at the park tomorrow morning at 7.
Mifuyu
DOBUKO??!
Do-D-Do?
Thanks for your hard work.
Ah, thanks for your hard work.
What is it?
That was dangerous!
I said I wouldn't attend your wedding, but
on second thoughts, I can't accept it at all.
Well, but... you told me you wouldn't attend.
I did. Still,
why do I have to be at your beck and call?
Well, I know what you mean, but...
If I lose, I won't attend your wedding.
Look, you already know I'm going to beat you.
Right, you took 3rd place in the prefectural kendo tournament.
See? You can't beat me.
So it's fine if I attend, right?
You kidding me?
Yaah!
- Are you serious? - I was stronger than you in middle school, wasn't I?
- That's because I was short. - But you quickly overtook me.
- Look who's talking. - What?
You suddenly grew prettier and prettier.
And you started dating that showy upperclassman.
That was... that was because I was bored!
It was you who left me behind to practice kendo!
- No, you left me behind. - Answer me, then.
- Why did you stop inviting me to eat junk food? - Huh?
Kushikatsu donuts!
(Kushikatsu is a Japanese dish of seasoned, skewered and grilled meat)
Ah, kushikatsu donuts, huh?
We always went to eat those together.
I couldn't eat that stuff now.
- Well, one donut must have been 1,000 kilocalories. - And I used to eat three at once.
- Without water, huh? - Yeah!
I have no idea how we could eat that stuff.
I'm not going to forget.
About the happy days I spent with you.
I'll never forget them!
Are you okay?
I've lost.
No. I'm going to die a little longer.
Did you know?
If you lie on the ground imagining you're dead, greenery looks more vivid than usual.
You can feel people's footsteps throughout your body.
And you realize everyone's alive.
Eh...
Sorry.
Bye-bye, my friend.
Bye-bye, my childhood. I thought nothing would ever change.
Onigashira Hayato-san has made his comeback today!
- Congratulations. - Thank you so much.
Thank you so much. Thank you!
Thank you so much.
Thank you so much!
Are you Dobuko-san?
Dobuko...?
Masaru calls you Dobuko, so...
Dobuko, huh...
- U-um? - What?!
Masaru's attitude has suddenly changed.
What happened?
There's no point in asking me...
He said he won't marry me if I ask him
to stop being friends with you.
Huh? Did that guy tell you that?
He said he's no longer confident that our relationship can last long.
What a huge idiot!
Look, he was lying.
He's going to marry you for sure.
Is that true?
Well, there's no doubt that he truly loves you.
I wonder...
There's no doubt, his best friend's telling you so.
Forgive me. How could I ask him to part from you...
You were scared, weren't you?
You just wanted your present happiness to last forever and ever.
Do it.
Be happy.
- Dad? - Ah, Dobunezumi!
Could I get his autograph?
My mother is a fan of Dobunezumi-san.
Who would have thought that Dobuko-san is Dobunezumi-san's?
Could that be the reason you're called "Dobuko"?
Right.
You said something great.
What're you talking about?
You said she just wanted to be happy.
That's true.
You stab someone in the back because you want your happiness to last.
- That's just how people are. - Oh, really...
In that case, my getting stabbed means that I'm accepting someone's happiness.
You're sugarcoating it!
Next time I'll get stabbed without running away.
I'll do it flawlessly.
??Parting from you is painful, but...
Dad's back looked too defenseless.
I thought I could never stab him.
??I'll sing a starlight waltz
??to bid you farewell.
??It's not because I'm cold-hearted,
??I don't have a...
Yet, maybe one day
I'll stab him mercilessly with one stroke.
??I still love you to death.
Congrats!
Congratulations!
Thank you so much.
Cut!
Dad finally got his first normal role.
He said he plays the bride's father.
Um... we don't need that many tears.
I'm sorry.
I was imagining the day when she'll get married
and couldn't help crying.
I see.
- Use this. - Thank you. I'm sorry.
A break...
Let's take a break!
Dad, I can't tell you this now,
but being called Dobuko
is not that bad, actually.
If I lose, I won't attend your wedding.
I'll never ever forgive...
Kill me if you can!
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