Batsu-san takes too much time.
He may poo.
Why didn't he finish that before leaving?
How long have we waited?
We'll be late again.
I'll check him
Batsu-san! Time to go!
Time is up, Batsu-san.
Batsu-san? Batsu-san!
Matsui-san, call 911!
Batsu-san? Batsu-san!
Mother, Batsu-san vomited blood and fell down.
It's the story about a young screenwriter who is the sport of irresponsible people nowhere in Hokkaido.
It's fiction.
Inconvenient handymen
Episode 9
Batsu-san.
You didn't have to call 911.
But that blood was unusual.
You vomited blood, right?
Well...
Are you all right?
I'm fine. See?
Doctor, I'm a relative of Umemoto.
I told him that his condition wasn't good.
It's not good.
Is he sick?
His condition is worse than before.
Getting worse.
What's his symptom?
I can't tell you since he made me promise to keep quiet.
We can't.
What do you mean?
He doesn't want you to know that.
He doesn't.
Take care.
May I, Jun-kun?
Go ahead.
I have to adjust your jaw.
Umemoto-san.
Yes.
Here's your medicine.
Wait. I have to explain.
Wait! Since this is special medicine, I have to explain how to take.
Umemoto-san, please pay for that!
Well...
It's 1,370 yen.
Where's my wallet?
Is his condition really bad?
So a doctor said.
Since when?
I have no idea.
I think that it's been a while.
That was why he really wanted to meet his son.
When he realized that he'd die soon, he wanted to meet his son.
You may be right.
I want to give a helping hand to him.
What do you do?
I ask Jun-kun to identify himself as a son.
Jun-kun says that he isn't Batsu-san's son.
I know that.
But Batsu-san will die soon, right?
Then, even though Jun-kun isn't his real son,
I want Jun-kun to act like a real son.
If I may say so,
Batsu-san is really a mysterious man.
It's true.
He seems to have something to do with Yakuza.
You're stubborn.
What do you want?
Until when do you intend to follow me?
It's a mystery
It's a mystery.
By the way, why does he stay at Ma-chan's place?
Well...
2 years ago
Excuse me!
Hello?!
What's wrong?
I'm looking for a place to stay.
Is there a hotel in this area?
This hotel is the only one.
There's no other hotel in this town.
Ah, but there's a cottage in the mountain.
I'll take you there.
Do you?
Please hop in.
Thank you.
The train stopped for a snow storm.
And I couldn?t grab a taxi either. I was wandering around the street.
You saved me.
Traffic regulation is held almost every day these days.
Where did you come from?
From Abashiri.
I don't think that you came here for sightseeing.
I want to meet somebody by any means.
I came here to look for that person.
But I have no idea where to look for.
It's reckless, isn't it?
Looking for somebody?
Yes.
No vacancy?
No, I'm sorry.
I use this space as my office.
It's not really clean.
I'm sorry to cause you trouble.
Do you do a handyman business?
Yes, I do.
But all I get in winter time is the ploughing or walking a dog.
May I ask you to search for someone?
Yes, since I say that I do anything.
If so, can you find her?
I'm looking for a woman whom I separated from more than 20 years ago.
What? More than 20 years ago?
Yes.
Well...Ah, if that's your request, I'll do.
But since I do everything by myself, it may take time.
On top of that, I have to plough every day.
Then, I'll help you.
What?
I'll help you ploughing.
So, please find her.
Well...Do you help me? If you do, I may be able to take your request.
Are you sure?
Yes.
Thank you.
Ah, you're welcome...
I was looking for a job too.
Did you find that woman?
Even though it took a lot of time, we found her.
But she wasn't in this town.
She was in Tokyo.
Various things happen in her life since it's been 23 years.
Didn't you go to Tokyo to meet her?
I pulled back at the last moment.
So, I wrote a letter instead.
You told her that you'd like to meet a son.
You believed that your son would visit you some day.
And when I came here by accident, you thought that I was your son, right?
That's right.
It's getting chilly, isn't it?
Are you all right?
I'm fine.
Why were you not able to meet them for 23 years?
Why?
What did you do before having come here?
I was in jail.
Jail?
That's right.
I was there for 25 years.
It was a long time.
Were you in jail for 25 years?!
That's right.
Really?
Seriously? Wow, really?
Really?!!!
He is a dangerous man...
I can't say such a lie.
A necessary lie is harmless.
Please help us to make Batsu-san happy.
I think that you should find his real son instead.
You're right, but...
Even though we send many letters, he doesn't reply.
That means that he doesn't want to meet Batsu-san, right?
If you explain him the situation, he may understand.
We don't have much time, right?
That's right. Batsu-san will die soon.
He may die tomorrow.
It's true that a huge amount of blood was in the toilet.
Vomiting blood is unusual.
That's right.
I understood.
A doctor said that his condition was very bad.
Are you all right?
Yes.
Does a doctor usually tell a patient that his condition is bad?
No.
Doctor's job is to put patients or the family members at ease, right?
But if a doctor told a patient that his condition was very bad...
He may be past cure.
I think so.
No doubt.
Jun-kun,
You've only been here a short time.
You help me a lot.
Thank you.
What's wrong? Why do you suddenly become polite?
You're our colleague.
What's your point?
You know a motto of our business, right?
We do anything you ask.
For people,
That's right.
in general.
For Batsu-san,
Can you lie to him?
Why don't we make Batsu-san happy and say good-bye?
What do I have to do?
Father!
What?
All you have to do is call him Father.
Father...
Mother, I just realized that I've never said Father since I didn't have a father.
Father, it's a strange word for me.
But it may be the word that I always wanted to say.
Welcome back.
Ah, I'm back.
How do you feel?
I'm fine.
Don't push yourself too hard.
Oto...(Fath...)
Oto?
Otofu! (Tofu, soybean curd)
You should eat tofu. It's good for your health.
What? Don't we have tofu?
Why tofu?
What?
Why do you want to eat tofu now?
Why? Well...I don't know...
Did I eat already?
Oto...
What's wrong?
Otoire? (Go to washroom)
I'm picking up firewood.
I see.
You're strange.
I'm fine.
I can't say that.
Does it have to be Oto-san?
But no PAPA either...
Oyaji (Father)? Not good either...
Is Oyaji the easiest?
Oyaji!
Oyaji! Oyaji! Oyaji...Ji...Ji...
How did you know that?
What? What are you talking about?
In the first place, you started calling me Son, right?
Don't tell anybody.
What?
Yes.
What?
Is Umemoto-san here?
What do you want?
It's been a long time since I last saw you.
What do you want?
I'm sorry that my young man stalked you.
They're obviously Yakuza people.
Thank you for your hard work.
What? It's Batsu-san.
What? Couldn't you say Father to him?
It's not so easy.
Father! Father! Father!
It's easy.
I tried to say so, but then there was a visitor for him.
A visitor?
People who looked like Yakuza visited him.
I saw them too.
Well...Should I tell you this?
What about it?
Batsu-san was in jail.
Jail?
Didn't you know that?
No! He's never told me that.
What did he do?
I didn't ask that.
He's been in jail for 25 years.
That's awful.
That's not good.
25 years? It's been a long time.
He must have murdered at least a person.
Murdered?
Otherwise, he wasn't in jail for 25 years.
He is such a nice man.
I think that Batsu-san used to be Yakuza.
Those Yakuza are his followers.
He had a girlfriend and had a baby. I don't know if they actually got married or not
They must have been since a nickname Batsu-san came from 3 divorce histories, right?
You're right.
They tried to live happily. But he committed a murder during the Yakuza war.
He was arrested and served his term of imprisonment.
After having released from jail, he came to this town to look for her.
But she's already gone.
I see.
At the same time,
He was diagnosed as having an incurable disease.
That's why he wanted to meet his son before dying.
Just when he was about to look for his son, Yakuza organization found where he was.
That's them!
They didn't think that he hid in such a rural town.
They took time to find him.
I see.
Another Yakuza war occurred. They want to win.
Then, they remembered the legendary hitman, Umemoto.
The legendary hitman?
That's right.
Batsu-san ventured into the enemy's territory alone with a Tokarev (a gun).
He heard that there were only two people in that Yakuza office.
But in fact, there were 10 Yakuza in there.
And?!
He punched 2 of them.
From the third man, he used Tokarev and shot them.
They were very young Yakuza.
Their parents are in good health and they have a chance to start their life all over.
Batsu-san wanted to kill only a big boss.
He isn't wasteful of life.
He is a real man!
He knocked them down and only a big boss and his body guard are left.
A bodyguard took his gun out for protecting a big boss.
Batsu- san also put his finger on the trigger.
But he realized...
About what?
He only has one bullet.
There were 2 enemies.
So what did he do?
Batsu-san went around quickly and found the spot that 2 enemies overlapped one another.
And he pulled the trigger.
A bullet penetrated bodyguard's shoulder.
A bodyguard dropped a gun.
And that bullet shot big boss's temple.
He is the legendary hitman.
Yes, he is.
That Yakuza organization came here to look for the legendary hitman.
They begged him to come back to their Yakuza organization and worked with them.
It's been a while since Batsu-san left them.
But since he knew that he was going to die soon, he decided to shed blood for them.
Why he did that?
It's too sad!
Because he realized that he wouldn't be able to meet his son.
A guy who came here by accident wasn't his son.
He had to give up.
It's your fault!
Do you mean that Batsu-san is ready to die?
Either way, he is going to die soon.
That's not good.
No way! We can't let him die!
We have to stop him.
But how?
There's only one way.
What?
It's his son. Only his son can dissuade him from dying.
You mean...
Yes.
I'll save Batsu-san even though I have to lie to him.
Thank you!
Leave this to me.
What happened?
I have to go to Manabe residence to walk his dog.
Batsu-san, I couldn't say it at all before,
What about it?
It wasn't by accident that I came to this town.
You were stuck by a snow storm, right?
That was by accident.
I came to this town to meet somebody.
Who?
My father.
What?
I grew up in a fatherless family.
Mother told me that my father died from an accident.
I see.
But that wasn't true.
What?
My father is alive.
What?
Batsu-san,
It's you.
You're my father.
What are you talking about?
You've denied all the time.
You're weird.
Father.
Hey!
Father.
Stop it.
Father.
Stop it. You're weird.
Father!
Stop it!
Father!
Stop it!
Father!
Stop it!
Did he run away?
Why did he run away?
I have no idea.
He kept saying that you were his son, right?
When you actually told him that you were his son, he refused it.
What's wrong?
His condition may be much worse than we think...
What do you mean?
He wanted to meet his son because he was going to die soon.
But when he faced the reality, he thought how his son felt about father.
What do you mean?
What happen to his son after he dies?
He has to carry the sorrowful remembrance of father for the rest of his life.
Ouch.
When he thought about that, he chose not to identify himself as his father.
Ouch.
You may be right.
It's a real parental feeling.
Batsu-san is a real man.
Batsu-san.
Everybody is here.
It's a good timing.
I have something to tell you.
It must be his sickness.
Or may be Yakuza.
As you know, he is my son.
What?
He confessed that to me a while ago.
But you ran away, didn't you?
I was really surprised since you told me that suddenly.
How can I say? I felt embarrassed.
I ran away because I was too shy to stay there.
Umemoto-san!
Don't forget to use your cream!
Who the hell are you?
You should...Ah...
You should use that cream every day.
Use a cream?
I know.
Don't worry, it's not a shameful thing.
It's a disease.
Hemorrhoids isn't uncommon.
Hemorrhoids?
I knew that this happened.
Why did you say that in front of everybody?
Batsu-san, are you Hemorrhoids?
What? Didn't you vomit blood?
It was bleeding hemorrhoids.
What?
Then, won't you die soon?
What are you talking about?
Then what about the legendary hitman?
What are you talking about?
Umemoto-san.
You again?
I'm not pleased if I don't do anything.
No! He has a gun!
What's going on?
Batsu-san who makes an honest living refused their offer.
They came here for killing him in retribution.
What?
Please take this money.
You saved my life.
That was my job.
After having ventured into the enemy's territory alone with a Tokarev and killed a big boss,
they tried to kill me.
What? That sounds familiar.
And you saved me many times.
It wasn't funny if you'd kill each other in jail.
And that was my job.
No, you're my lifesaver.
Please take this money.
You're stubborn.
Hey!
I just served a term as a correction officer.
I got a pay. It wasn't a volunteer work.
A correction officer?
Yes, I was.
Really?
Then, when you told me that you were in jail for 25 years, it meant...
As a correction officer.
In Abashiri?
A correction officer at Abashiri Prison.
Ouch.
Can you leave now? I'm not a correction officer anymore.
Got it?
I understood.
Let me say one word.
Thank you for all your help.
You're welcome.
That's enough.
Please raise your head.
Please.
If possible, never come here again.
Please don't come here.
It's all right.
You gave us a false alarm. Were you a correction officer?!
That's right.
Bullshit! Isn't it natural for us to think that you were a prisoner,
When we heard that you were in a prison for 25 years?
Don't judge me by my appearance!
Why did it turn out like that?
It's Jun-kun's fault. He added much content.
Because I heard that you were in a prison for 25 years and those Yakuza people visited you...
You have a too rich imagination.
That's a would-be screenwriter!
I'm not a would-be! I've already been a screenwriter!
That's enough! A problem was solved!
Let's cheer for reunion of father and son!
Wait! You misunderstood.
Don't be shy.
I'm not!
Are you not with Katsura-san tonight?
We had a fight.
A fight?
Because nothing has happened between us even though we've been dating for a while.
What should happen?
Isn't it the time that such a thing happens?
What's "Such a thing"?
Are you all right?
What's "Such a thing"?
Oh my god!
Blood!
Batsu-san?
What? Batsu-san?
Momo-chan!
Coming.
You're bleeding.
Really? Bleeding? Oh, right.
He fell down in a washroom because he saw blood.
Batsu-san!
Morning.
Good morning.
What's wrong?
My cell phone is missing.
I have it.
Why?
You kept saying that I wasn't your father all night.
I thought that you'd run away from me soon.
Your cell phone is a hostage.
Why do you do that?
As you know, I was a correction officer.
I never allow the jailbreak.
This is the inspection for the revitalization of this town.
I've been here before.
I have an idea.
It's impossible to attract attention if a town doesn?t have either the name recognition or money.
I want to get out of this town as soon as possible.
The reality is always sudden and unreasonable.
Take care.
Go now!