To all of you taking your tests today, good morning.
January "I, 1999... To a“ of you taking your tests today, good morning.
January 7, 1999...
Those with numbers 1 - 50 please line up on the left,
and those above fifty line up on the right.
Dear Mom: I'm spending every day studying hard
for my, third try at the entrance exams...
I spend most all of every day at the prep school.
I'm determined to pass this time.
I think this is the year I'm going to do it!
Of course, even at home I spend all night at my desk.
My part-time job is going well, too.
Not only do I direct the trucks,
but I help out on the construction site.
Everyone is grateful to me.
I'm also learning good social skills.
Here again?! Good grief!
I wonder what you're doing on your lunch break
and this is it? How can you write such lies?
You're really going to send this to your mom?
Oh... maybe I'll fake out the job bit...
That's not the point!
"Mom, I'm becoming quite a mature adult..." Yikes.
Don't eat parfaits! Men don't eat parfaits!
Who cares? I'm just a kid, really.
Anyway, I'm throwing this away.
Give it back! I shouldn't have shown it to you.
You quit school and haven't done a thing for a year!
Who cares? I'm no good at studying anyhow.
You should try it before you say that.
Working hard won't change results much at all.
You've never worked hard at anything!
Who cares? I'm pretty worthless.
That's not true.
I'll get married at 25 or 26, have a kid or two,
and die at 80. Just a normal old life.
That's enough happiness for most people!
You, who finished college and went straight to work,
you have no idea how a guy like me feels.
Maybe I oughta kill myself...
Such a pessimist?
From the minute you're born, your life is decided.
I've spent three years here in Tokyo
and I don't have a clue what I want to do or be.
I think I'm gonna go back home to Fukuoka for a bit
and tell 'em the truth.
You'll come back, won't you?
I'll throw myself at Mom's feet.
I guess working in our dumb little restaurant
is the best I can hope for.
Why"-
Asa to ?
Hang in there!
You should hang in there.
Thanks for these three years.
I won't forget you.
Listen, you're not planning anything strange, are you?
If I'm still alive, we'll meet again!
Shiro!
Shiro! Your shoelace!
What on earth...?
Here is your ticket to Fukuoka.
Thank you.
Thank you very much!
[ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH YOUR LIFE?]
Hey! Hold it!
Gotta problem?!
No! My mistake...! Sorry.
Look at that nose!
[ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH YOUR LIFE?]
Gimme a break...!
Extra! Yokohama Murder suspect arrested!
[ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH YOUR LIFE?]
Can you say you're happy now?
Huh?! Sorry, I'm, busy right now...
Hello! May I present my card...?
[ANGEL] Hello! May I present my card...?
Sorry, don't need one.
Amakasu Shiro! Born December 23, 1977
and now 21 years old.
Six months after you were born, your father died,
and since then, your mother has raised four boys
and showered them with love.
Ichiro, Jiro, Saburo all got into Tokyo University,
and much was expected of the fourth boy, but no!
He turned out to be a lazy bum!
What's this about?!
When you see your mother, she'll say:
Raising you by myself was not worth the effort!
And I'd agree with her.
Quit following me!
Your heart goes {fitter-patter for Koharu,
but she's got a little cold and stayed home from work.
But you, Amakasu Shiro! Twenty-one years old!
You've squandered all the tuition money
your mother worked her hands to the bone for!
You've frittered away these three years...!
What on earth are they doing...?!
Jeez! Leave me alone!
Gotta get outta here!
Goro, look after the place for me!
[ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH YOUR LIFE?]
Ah! I'll call the police!
Three years ago, on the platform at the station...
"Shiro, take this with you," your mother said
and handed you an amulet in which she had hidden
a ¥10,000 bill, which you still don't know is there.
"Are you satisfied with your life?"
Sit.
Did my mom ask you to do this?
I've never met your mother.
I am simply...
your angel.
Calm down and listen to me carefully:
I have come down from Heaven with specific orders.
Tomorrow, January 8, 1999, at 1:30 PM, you will...
Die.
Tomorrow, January 8, 1999, at 1:30 PM, you will...
Die.
Because you have wasted every minute of your life,
with "who cares?" this and "who cares?" that!
Everything negative and pessimistic!
Even today, you said you ought to kill yourself.
I got it.
You've never once considered really trying to live!
If you keep on this way,
your life will be meaningless.
I bet Asato called Mom.
But, you might be different inside!
You might really be an outgoing, positive person.
Now in an effort to get me to stay in Tokyo...
So, I have come to give you your last opportunity.
If by 1:30 tomorrow you've changed your outlook
and really, truly want to live, then I'll save you.
This will be your very last chance!
Huh? Hey!
Hey, listen to me!
How much did they pay you to do this?
Listen, suppose I am going to die tomorrow...
You were listening!
Suppose that bike represents death, okay?
Then whether I go straight or I go another direction,
sooner or later, I'll end up there. That's fate.
Wow! So negative!
You oughta come up with a little nicer story.
So, you don't care if you die?
Why not? If you've gotta die someday anyway,
who ca res?
There! The "Who Cares?" Man!
That's all you say!
I wouldn't walk over there if I were you...
Hey, I wouldn't walk over there..
I'm so sorry! Are you okay?
I thought I was done for!
Hm? Didn't you say you didn't care if you died?
How long are you gonna follow me around, you pest!
Pest?! Me, a pest?!
Keep your voice down.
Look at all I've done!
The electric news board the newspaper headlines,
the doormat you didn't even see!
You're not appreciating my work, here!
The ¥10,000 bill and the potted plant?!
I don't believe you.
You're not as hard core as you seem...
What are you doing here?
You like her, don't you? Tsuyuzaki Koharu, 20.
I'll go tell her...
Hey, Koharu!
Ooooh, creepy!
Will you quit fooling around?!
Dying is no fun.
You'll miss your chance with Koharu.
You always see her at the station, right?
It's just possible she's watching you, too...
"Who is he? Why does he make me feel hot...?
"I could give it to him..." You leech!
Drop dead.
Hey, that's no way to talk! I'm trying hard here!
Anyway, if you live, things might be fun...!
Come on, listen seriously!
It's not sure that you'll really die!
Let's give it a try, okay?
What are you so frantic about?
Stupid! I'm concerned about you!
Shiro! Wait!
Get outta the car! I won't say anything!
Please, let me have the taxi!
Certainly!
Sorry, but I've got a plane to catch!
Sorry!
Driver, get moving!
Sorry... GO!
How did you get in the car...?
Anyway, to Haneda Airport!
You've got no ambition, no guts and no compassion.
No one in Tokyo does.
People don't live alone. We're all connected.
Sir? How do I get onto the freeway from here?
Hey, you missed it!
I've only been doing this for three days. Sorry.
Anyway, just go straight.
Hey, apologize to the driver!
What for?
It's all right, sir.
His company went bust, and he lost his wife,
then at 55, he got a job with a taxi company,
and he's trying to support two daughters...
How would you understand how intensely he's living?!
How do you know all that?!
He's way more alive than you!
That was good! I'm just amazing.
I think I can use that one again...
Why are you coming in? You made me miss my plane!
Give me back my fare!
You still don't believe me?
How could I?! You come here saying you're an angel
and tell me I'm gonna die tomorrow!
Anyway. I'll be kind enough to stay with you till 1:30 tomorrow.
Kind enough?!
I'll be your guide, like a doraemon.
Show yourself the door.
Nope. Can't do that.
Suddenly you start acting silly.
You're some actor my mom hired, aren't you?
You still don't get it. Tomorrow you die.
Hey! Don't sleep there!
Oh, jeez...!
We interrupt this program with a news announcement:
Intra-Japan Air flight 499,
departing at 19:24 for Fukuoka
crashed into Tokyo Bay shortly after take-off.
It is believed that all 141 passengers and crew
are dead.
The cause of the rash is not yet determined,
and the runways remain closed...
Hey, he!!!
Gimme another five minutes...
Am I really gonna die?
Haven't I been telling you?!
What can I do to avoid it?
Well, the news...
I see!
Thank you! You finally do believe me! I'm so glad!
Let's give it a try.
Until 1:30 tomorrow, let's do our best!
Can I ask a question?
The folks on that plane, they lived for nothing?
No way! They lived, despite the number of years,
and died after fulfilling their own missions.
Not like you.
But aren't there lots of bad people
who deserve to die more than me?
Don't go off on a tangent! That's not your problem!
I'm not doing this because I want to!
There are tons of people who deserve saving
more than you do!
But who cares...
Look, you're afraid of dying, aren't you?
Well...
Do you believe me?
I guess...
You don't want to die, do you?
I guess not...
"I guess. I guess not...!" You make me nuts!
Anyway, if you, from the bottom of your heart,
want to live, then you won't die tomorrow.
I want to live.
What? That'll never do.
You're just moving your lips.
No, I really think so.
You're just wondering when I'll leave,
or whether dying hurts.
Right?
Now you're mad.
Anyway, let's give it a try. You don't want to die.
What's your name, anyway?
MY name?
Um...
Tendo.
Tendo?
Tendo Yoshimi.
I watch people die, so Yoshimi.
Sounds like a street gang.
Night!
Tendo the Angel...
Listen, Goro... He says I might die...
I can't look after you anymore...
Sorry I made you listen to all my complaints..
Sorry... At least you should go have a long life.
Bye.
Where have you been?
Wash your face. We're going.
Where?
To work.
Isn't that great?!
Asato got you a part-time job with his company!
Good. Now you'll rethink about leaving Tokyo.
Hold it...
What?!
If I'm gonna die today, why do I have to work?
I only have five hours left...
Only five hours, or at least five hours...
After all the hours of your life you've wasted,
now you can really live.
How those five hours end is up to you...
It's huge!
Truly. Our company occupies only one floor.
Our parent company is a huge merchandising company.
You know those catalogs? They publish those,
but those catalogs don't really mean anything.
Only a few items in them sell at all.
So, our job is to pick which items will be a hit.
What're you doing? This isn't high school!
Forget explanations! Have him make these copies!
That's our top selector. Mr. Samejima...
Are you still not finished?!
But, I'm new here!
That's why I picked you! Get these done!
What's going on here?
I thought trampolines might be the next boom,
and they send this huge sample!
Are you nuts?!
These won't sell! Send it back.
But you used to praise my ball-point pens...
That was long ago.
Mr. Samejima, if these don't get in the catalog,
my company is in trouble...
okay...
You'll put it in the next catalog?!
Make something that'll sell.
Mr. Owada, do something.
That's our pitiful section chief, Owada...
He plays computer games all day. He's a dead man.
Lend me that a minute...
"Lend me that a minute." He habitually says that.
Mr. Amakasu!
Yes, what is it, sir?
Go out and get me a can of iced coffee and cigarettes.
I'm out of change. Lend me that a minute...
You! From yesterday!
You followed me to my office!
No I didn't...
I should have known, sir!
Just a word from you last week,
and our whole offices performance has changed!
And our whole offices performance has changed! No, it hasn't...
No, it hasn't...
You're too modest!
It's certain who will be the best man to take over...
What're you doing, Amakasu?
I got you these...
Quit that! You're in the way!
Sorry. He's a part-timer.
And sir? Your son accompanies you today...?
It may be too early for him yet,
but I want him to study the busyness...
You amaze me!
Master Satoru graduated from a great university!
Surely, you don't have to study anymore!
My life Is study.
Satoru, don't pick things up.
Sure enough, a chip off the old block!
Father, I'd like to say hello to Mr. Harada...
Hey! High School!
Answer me when I call you.
Make 30 copies for my meeting at 1:00 PM.
Everybody! Lunch! I found a great new place!
Mr. Samejima hides it,
but sometimes his Tochigi accent appears...
Jeez! What a time for it to jam up!
Hey, kid! Running away again?
"To be or not to be!"
Even the face of death doesn't change you!
If I do nothing, then I die, right?
Fine. Then I'll do what I want until its time.
What is it you want to do?
Well...
Play video games in that stinking room of yours?
If so, then why not gamble on this last hour of yours!
Live it to the fullest! Escaping is no good!
No job is easy at the beginning!
There's a meeting at 1:00, right?
Maybe that's your chance!
I don't know what to do!
Time keeps passing doing these worthless things...
I'm scared! Scared of dying...
There is nothing in this world that is worthless!
If you don't make it, I'll take you up to Heaven...
I'm sure everyone knows about last year's hit:
the beauty roller was big among housewives...
It was our biggest seller. Now look at this one...
They're done!
Thirty minutes to go...!
I'll never ask anything again, Mr. Samejima!
Mr. Gondo, were in a meeting! Please leave!
High School! You jerk! Hurry and hand those out!
I'm sorry for the interruption...
Mr. Samejima, I'm so sorry about yesterday.
Mr. Gondo, please drop it.
Please! If we don't get in your next catalog,
"W company will go bankrupt!
I told you the deadline was yesterday at 6:00 PM.
We put in a new product.
I came here yesterday, but you had already left...
We can't do business if you can't keep a deadline.
But!
Please leave.
Let me go!
This company has no heart!
I'm sorry for the fuss, sir. That man doesn't give up.
Couldn't we have put him in the catalog anyway?
I guess so...
Please look at this:
this is a catalog from a competitor company...
Help! Mr. Gondo is on the edge of the roof!!
There he is!
Mr. Gondo!
Want to change with me?
Mr. Gondo, we must hold down the noise...
What? Who cares about noise?!
Mr. Gondo don't do it!
Come inside with us!
If you don't come in, everybody will know!
Who, cares! I'm gonna kill myself!
This will look bad for us if he kills himself...
Mr. Samejima, say something!
Back to the meeting, everybody!
He doesn't have the guts to jump.
Let's go.
He!!! Are you going back in...?!
I don't want to have to call the police.
Nakatsugawa, call the man's office.
All right.
I'll go with you. This is such an imposition...
Anyway, stop him somehow.
This happened because you wouldn't give him the cab.
You knew even then?!
I told you: all men live connected to each other.
1:18... twelve minutes to go.
Will he die first, or will you...?
How can you say that?
Just stop him! As your last gesture, just try!
Stay away! Stay away!
You're the one in the taxi last night...
About last night...
It's your fault! You'll kill me and my family!
Be careful!
Be careful?! I'm trying to kill myself!!
You don't have to do that!
Something good may happen if you stay alive...
What, good? Has anything good happened to you?
To me...?
No.
What?... Is that it?
Jeez, you can't do anything, can you!
Please. Help him.
Me? I can't help him! You're supposed to do it!
Hurry, time's running out!
I don't want you! I want Samejima!
Hey, you...!
If you come closer, I really will jump!
You idiot! What're you doing?!
Mr. Amakasu!
Mr. Gondo, from your office, is on our roof...!
Watch out!
If you walk there, you'll die!
That's fine. I'm gonna die anyway.
My life isn't worth anything anyway.
Jeez, an idiot!
I don't even know what I am.
Who cares, 'cause I'll never live up to my brothers.
Who cares, because I can't study.
Who cares, because I'll never get a good job.
If I die, nobody will even notice.
Who cares, because I'm a nothing.
But you're different.
If you live and try again,
you just might change your whole life.
And yet you want to kill your own chances.
Why would you kill your chances to change your life?
If you die, your life, and mine, will mean nothing.
I don't want that.
I want to live! I want to find my own dreams!
Help!!!
I don't want to die! I want to live!!
I told you to watch out.
What became of the man on the roof?
There's nothing to worry about...
Did something just go past?
No.
I don't believe it...
Cut!!
Good job! You said it!
From the bottom of your heart, you said it!!
You're still alive!
Gimme a break!
Hey, what about me?
Whether you live or die, you're not my client!
What? Dying looks sort of stupid. Forget it.
Are you all right?!
Whoa! That was close! Two seconds to spare!
Knock it off!
Here's the one who was the most put out, right, Goro?
You had him worried.
Sorry, Goro! I won't abandon you again!
I am saved.
Amakasu Shiro!
At 10:30 AM on January 15,
you will die.
What?
Didn't I tell you?
Until March 19th, you'll have ten trials,
and you must clear them all for you to keep your life.
You never told me that!!
If you mess up on even one... instant death!!
What the hell is all this?! Leave me alone!!
If you don't do his, I'll be in big trouble!!
Well, see you at home.
What are you?!