Toho Company
ONCE MORE [IMA HITOTABINO]
Producers ITO Motohiko MOTOKI Sojiro Adapted from the novel by TAKAMI Jun Screenwriter UEKUSA Keinosuke
Cinematography MIURA Mitsuo Editing MATSUYAMA Takashi Music HATORI Ryoichi
Lighting ONUMA Masaki Sound SONODA Houryu
Cast
Akiko TAKAMINE Mieko Nogami RYUZAKI Ichiro
Sakon TANAKA Haruo Kambara KITAZAWA Hyou Tanaka KAWAMURA Koji Kimura NAKAKITA Chieko
Directed by GOSHO Heinosuke
I've come back alive,
wishing to see her once more...
And waiting at the place...
...at the time we promised.
Could she have forgotten our strong compromise?
Wasn't it her who wanted...
to see each other again if I came back alive?
Is it possible that
she is no longer alive?
Let's meet
On sunday at this time.
Ok?
Agree?
At ten.
Sunday at ten.
Eh, Nogami.
I heard you have rejected the position
Why have you rejected it?. What a shame. You could have an office.
I'm going to work at the Township of Volunteer Doctors of Tsukishima.
Township?
At the Township...
Typical of you working for the poor.
Those are my beliefs.
Do you want to get into social movements?
No, it's not about that. I don't want to mix medicine and social movements.
I just want my medical knowledge...
...to help out the poor.
According to the press,
We're going straight to war.
War! How awful, the war.
The war in Manchuria extends to China.
We're going to be unhappy.
That's it.
I oppose to the war of imperialism.
Through the organ of the Youth League...
...we're trying to convince the workers of Keinkihan.
You, as a humanist,
- work well. - okay.
Work at the Township will be very harsh.
Finally we said goodbye.
Goodbye to the ginkgo grove.
- Mrs. Sugiyama Harue! - Yes!
This way, please.
Doctor, you have a call. It sounds like they're in a hurry.
- Kimura. - Yes?
- Finish it. - Yes.
I'm sorry I've made you wait.
Ah, it's you, Kambara!
Yes, yes.
How
A show?
I urge you to come
Yes, that's it.
Ah, one thing The takings of this show...
...are destined to... social activism in Tanaka.
Is Mr. Kambara in?
Mr. Kambara?
I think he's in the dressing room.
That way.
Nogami!
But, okay...
What an unpleasant environment...
There is only "good girls".
Is this play interesting?
I'm going to see Kambara.
Where are you going?
To the dressing room
whose dressing room?
Kambara's.
I want to see him.
Okay.
That door.
Toshiko!
LOBBY
You...
Don't pay me any attention...
Hamlet...
We must...
...be happy together for ever.
We should...
Well...
Kambara.
Kambara isn't in. Sorry.
Let's begin!
Hurry up!
Akiko, let's begin!
OFELIA'S WEDDING.
I hope she doesn't mess up
Akiko is very beautiful.
Indeed.
Ofelia...
Listen, Ofelia.
I was dreaming...
...of our wedding.
The joy...
...almost drove me crazy.
Ofelia...
Are you happy?
Hamlet...
Are you ready?
Don't move.
Now!
Thank you.
Let's toast!
Nogami, come up! We're making a toast.
No, I'm okay.
Don't be shy! And where is Tanaka?
He's gone already.
Mr. Kambara, let's make a toast.
come on, join us.
No, I'm staying.
Mr. Kambara, hurry up!
Akiko.
Is he a friend of yours?
Yes.
Why isn't he coming?
He is like that.
Really?
Cheers!
Guys!
To our youth and this wonderful night!
Let's have a good time!
Let's have fun!
Come on!
Let's sing!
See her again?
What for?
Just go see her.
Idiot!
He's a rich girl
Yes? Hold on.
- Doctor, it's Mr. Tanaka. - Coming!
It's me.
Than you for the day before yesterday,
even though I'm not an expert.
What? The takings?
Hasn't Kambara given them to you yet?
I need it now.
So... please, ask him.
Don't worry. I'll see him right now.
See you.
Doctor...
TSUKISHIMA POLICE DEPARTMENT
What do you want?
- Has somehting happened? - Nothing.
How is...
...life at the Township?
Nothing special.
You haven't seen Tanaka?
Not since we finished college.
I see.
- Are you going out? - No.
Eh, why don't you come?
Come on, leave.
I have to go before ten.
You are being so cold.
Truly.
I have told you several times.
It's not about my money.
It's not hard for you To lend me the money for a while.
Those are the takings of the play.
It's destined to somewhere else.
But you could help me.
Come on...
Please.
- Come on. - Are you there?
Kambara!
- Come on. - Hey!
- Go ahead! - Thank you.
I'm taking it.
- I'll give it back soon - No, you can't!
Sorry for the annoyance
See you.
- Who was that? - No... No one.
You are always like that
Men can love ten women at the same time.
Goethe also says that.
Goethe...
I think true love...
...is all about loving...
...one woman in a pure...
...and spiritual way.
In a pure and spiritual way...
You are not in the position to speak about modern love.
Love is about sexual desire.
That's the theory.
No!
True love is about getting better...
...and purifying, mutually.
How old-fashioned.
In the first place, modern women...
Ah, speaking about modern women, Tsuzuki Akiko...
- Tsuzuki? - Yes.
That night she asked about you.
- ¿Tsuzuki Akiko is the one from...? - Yes!
She played Ofelia.
She's a good girl.
She's naive and smart.
Also...
She's the most progressive of the entire group
She's doubting.
She might be a rich girl for you, but...
...she's not only someone rich. She's different.
She has no parents.
She seems to have a complicated family situaton.
Do you...
- ...like her? - Yes, I like her.
That girl has a special charm to attract all men.
Especially with those eyes.
In the cold stare...
...there is a flame of passion.
By the way, I come from Tanaka.
La recaudación...
¿Se trata de la recaudación?
The truth is it is not yet paid.
To judge by what we have talked on the phone, the negotiations with the strikers of...
...Keihin Electricity have broken.
That's why it is vital for the box of resistance.
- Then... - I understand. I'm sorry.
Hey...
- Can you wait two or three days? - Are you sue?
Don't worry. I'll send it.
Good. Please do.
- I'm leaving, then. - Wait, stay a bit longer.
- Let's go out together. I have to tell you something. - What is it?
It's that...
...we want to do a cultural talk with that group.
Can you handle it?
- Why don't you handle it? - I'm not very good at it.
Please.
You can do it by night. One or two times a week.
- Are they taking it seriously? - Yes.
Two or three are especially involved.
Tsuzuki Akiko is one of those.
Her too?
She's in the flower of life
Life glows out of youth.
Good!
Here! Here!
Hey...
That's the boy who played Hamlet, right?
His name is Sakon, and he is a noble's son.
Noble?
I can introduce you to him.
Hello, Sakon.
Hi, welcome.
- Thank you for the other day. - You're welcome.
- Hello, Mr. Kambara. - Hello. - Hi. - Hello.
May i present you my best friend, Nogami Tetsuya.
I am Sakon Masashiko.
A pleasure.
I am Nala Toshiko.
She is Tsuzuki Akiko.
We saw the other day.
Ah, it's true.
- We met in the hallway. - Yes.
Sorry for the other day.
Nogami is giving a cultural lecture soon.
A pleasure.
It's not about idealism.
We must look for...
...truth in life...
...free from every prejudice.
Our society holds injustice and contradictions.
Many people suffer poverty because of their bad luck.
Do you realize?
For example,
the hood of the settlement where I live...
...is destined for the poor...
...and unhappy.
My work in the settlement consists...
AGAINST THE WAR OF IMPERIALISM
Doctor!
- Welcome back. - Okay.
- Mr. Kambara called. - Oh yes?
He said he wanted to see you tomorrow at noon at the back of Seiroka.
- The back of Seiroka? - Yes.
Mr. Nogami!
- Have you been waiting for long? - So it was you.
Yes.
And Kambara?
Well...
This is the collecting.
I've come for that.
On behalf of Kambara.
- Has Kambara asked you? - Yes.
I have to go.
Could you come home the next sunday?
It's my birthday.
Oh your birthday!
That's right.
If you have time, please go.
Okay...
Akiko...
We're making another play.
How great.
How boring.
We're putting on jazz.
Let's dance.
Let's finish this song.
Akiko, let us finish the song
Are you bored?
No.
It's a very beautiful one.
Do you like it?
Yes.
It's very tranquil.
Yes, I like it.
- Thank you for coming. - Sure.
- Mr. Nogami... - What?
I...
What's the matter?
No, nothing.
The first night...
The night we met...
...you were standing, thick as a brick.
Oh yes?
Must be Sakon.
Mr. Hamlet has arrived.
Guys, now that Sakon is here, let's dance.
Dance with me.
Hold on.
Happy birthday.
This is for you.
Thank you.
How cute.
Gorgeous.
Do you like it?
Why don't you put it on?
But...
I can put it on you.
We're not capable of something so cheesy.
They're engaged.
Are they?
Come on, let's dance.
- Push the tables! - Sakon, come.
If you can't dance handle the music.
Handle it yourself.
What a bore.
Your attention please!
Mr. Kambara, can you stop the music?
What are you doing? No music, no dancing.
What happened?
It's about my brother.
Is he ill?
No, he's not.
- But... - Is he angry?
Well... yes.
What a bore.
Last year was a lot more fun.
Wasn't it, Sakon?
Why hasn't your brother gone to work?
I wish he had.
At home, if dad is in a bad mood,
my mother scolds him and throws him out of the house.
Has something occurred?
His brother is angry, right?
What happened to him?
Didn't you hear?
His office has problems with the strike.
Strike?
Strike!
So it is about a strike.
Now I remember reading it on the newspaper this morning.
It said there were fights between the police and the strikers of Keihin Electricity.
Man... I hate the proletariat!
They say a communist group is helping them.
And the thing is getting worse.
Akiko's brother is the president of Keihin.
Mr. Nogami.
I must leave.
The food is almost ready.
No, thank you.
It seems calmer.
It's okay.
Thank you. It happened so suddenly...
Let him sleep here tonight.
She can't move.
Where are her parents?
She only has a mother and she's still working.
Don't worry.
- We'll take care of her. - Yes.
You can go.
Don't worry.
It looks as if it's about to rain.
Take care of her, please.
As soon as her mother comes, I'll tell her.
She doesn't have to come.
Don't worry. You've got a lot of work.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Kimura, isn't it time for you to go to school?
- Yes. - Go. I'll handle it. - Yes.
Take an umbrella.
Alright.
- I'm off. - Okay.
Doctor...
- There is someone who wants to see you. - Who is it?
Didn't give me the name.
- Let him in. - Alright.
Doctor...
Doesn't want to come in.
Oh yes?
What's the matter?
What does he want?
Well...
I wanted to see you.
Come in, please.
Please...
What's wrong?
Do you want some water?
Shall I bring you water?
There's no need.
Are you in pain?
The fever is going to pass soon.
What do you want from me?
Nothing important.
I just...
Wanted to come here.
I wanted to see the settlement.
The place where you work.
Plus...
It's not a place for you.
Why?
I mean...
...not a place that can suit the curiosity of a rich girl.
Curiosity?
You're cruel.
As I thought,
you're angry at me.
No, that's not it.
I only regret going to your party.
Not the place for me.
I realized...
...you and I Live in very different worlds.
Totally different.
I hate...
...social malignancy,
evil and sassy people.
The poor, they work from Sun to Sun.
and they don't even have enough to eat. That's why they are at a strike.
Like that girl.
And the mother of that girl.
The world in which you live in...
...is completely different...
...from ours.
¿Do you mean...
...I'm your enemy?
Enemy?
I want to live in the right way...
...for the poor.
¿You...
...you hate me, right?
Do you hate...
...people like me?
Answer.
You do hate me, right?
What are your thoughts on me?
Listen..
Answer me.
I want to know.
Tell me, please.
Tell me.
Mr. Nogami!
Mrs. Tsuzuki,
don't come here.
Go, please.
The truth is...
...I came because...
...I wanted to tell you something.
I though you were...
...the only one who could understand my suffering.
Your suffering?
Yes.
I...
...am suffering.
Since I heard you...
...in your lectures, I began reading.
It makes me think a lot.
About the way I live...
...and the life of the poor.
It all seems opposite.
There is only contradictions.
I immediatly run upon them.
Listen...
Tell me.
Show me.
What I have to do.
What I need to do.
Mr. Nogami...
Tell me.
Mr Nogami.
Calm down.
TSUKISHIMA FREE DOCTOR
Here is good.
You'll have a lot of work.
There is a bus.
Okay. I'm leaving.
Take care of the patients
Take care of yourself.
You know...
I'd like to see you again. ¿How about...
...the next sunday?
Sunday?
Yes.
I'm eager to hear more.
What?
Many things.
I want...
...to know...
...the truth.
Mrs. Tsuzuki,
I advise you, don't walk around with that book.
- Why? - It's dangerous.
Today even carrying a tryptich is compromising.
Got it.
And it could also cause you troble if you come...
...to a place like this.
I don't care.
I...
Whatever it takes.
Let's meet at the front of the Gaien gallery.
At then.
- Sunday then. - Yes.
Sunday.
Don't forget.
- Bye. - Goodbye.
Go on. It's clear.
Where were you?
So, leaving your patients alone.
Lately...
I see you are quite uneasy.
Do you like...
...that girl?
What girl?
Come on.
Don't believe a rich girl.
That kind of girl cannot go serious with you.
She just wants to spend some time.
The kind of people who don't know how to waste their money and time.
She's bored.
No.
She's not that kind
Of course she is.
Listen, Nogami...
Here's an example.
Think of that girl
The money that...
...her mother makes in a month,
she wastes in a single day.
That's too general.
You don't know her!
To be rich,
she has a pure and candid heart.
Such a pure and candid heart...
But well...
A young scientist...
...talking about pure and candid hearts?
I can't understand how you are attracted to someone like that.
There is no reason.
You don't need one to love somebody.
But...
Have you lost your mind?
Maybe.
To tell you the truth,
I can't think of anything other than her.
Rationally, I despise her.
I try to hate her,
but she attracts me even more.
I can't do anything.
I critique myself,
but...
Understand me.
Do you understand, Tanaka?
Alright
I get it.
Got it.
So,
to put it simply, You leave everyone behind...
...and dedicate yourself to her,
or you quit her.
Choose one.
And the same, if she loves you for real, she must end that life
She must get out of that dollhouse
- Dollhouse? - That's right.
TO put it simply,
love is a malady.
Come on, doctor,
clear yourself up.
I don't think like that.
I love the truth.
Such a humanist.
But we can't get distracted.
THE GOVERNMENT REPRESSES IDEOLOGICAL ACTIVITIES A liberal teacher expelled
Extra, extra! Extra edition!
Extra, extra! Extra edition
THE DAY OF THE APPOINTMENT
AT THE HOUR OF THE APPOINTMENT
THE DETAINED LADY IS THE SISTER OF THE PRESIDENT OF KEIHIN ELECTRICITY
- Excuse me, can I have it for a minute? - Sure.
- It seems Keihin is holding on. - Yes.
KEIHIN STRIKE TAKES A VIOLENT TURN. POLICE CAPTURES A COMMUNIST YOUNG LADY
For me it was an unpleasant surprise.
My husband isn't home
Yes, he's gone to Osaka
It puts me in a bad situation that she is the brother of my husband.
I don't know why she was in Tsukishima, such a horrible place.
Lately I don't seem to understand her.
Neither do I.
She has become a different person.
They say she hasn't opened her mouth.
That's a bad image for the police.
It's possible.
She may seem quite calm, but she is very obstinate.
How dumb, insisting so much.
In her place, I would tell everything.
I hate proletariat.
What a shame she has become a communist.
She should think of our lineage.
I'm so ashamed I barely go out.
Go on.
I don't know what she wants after all that has happened.
But, she has all my respect.
If she spoke,
there would be more detained.
By protecting these people, she suffers alone.
She's having a bad time, the poor girl.
Akiko inspires you...
...so much respect.
¿What's it to you? None of your business.
Sakon...
Settle down.
Why is she protecting Nogami?
Have you ever thought about it?
Who is Nogami?
You remember her birthday?
There was a guy who seemed very serious.
What does he do?
He's the doctor of the Settlement
Lately, Akiko was very much into him.
No, that's not it.
Akiko wouldn't do that.
What a good person you are.
You would score a 10 in goodness.
YOUNG TSUZUKI DISAPPEARS
Any information as to where she is?
I don't have the slightest idea.
The Tsuzuki are moving everything to search for her
At the moment there's no hurry.
"Young communist disappears".
The truth is this is a bit alarmist
Why did she leave her house?
Maybe because she was detained
It seems after getting out of the police office her brother got very mad at her.
Also, she is not in very good terms with her sister-in-law.
Plus,
there is also this marriage with Sakon thing.
I see...
Hey,
Don't be so serious
You and I are unfortunate
I am right.
I don't know
Don't fool around.
The instinct of a man in love
...understands the feelings of those in love.
I have already renounced her.
But the one I pity is Sakon.
He's extremely sad,
not like Hamlet.
Akiko won't kill herself,
- right? - Impossible. She's not like that.
She's very strong.
Let's see, Nogami...
I have to confess something
What?
It's about the money from that play.
Truth is...
...I misappropiated it
And Akiko...
...restored it and took it to you personally.
Akiko payed it?
It's embarrassng but I asked her for a loan.
And she said she wanted to bring it personally.
I see.
She was a good girl.
Where could those beautiful eyes
...be at this moment?
It's useless to think about it!
Come on, let's drink.
Let's get drunk tonight.
Shit!
Let's go at once!
Let's go out.
Welcome back.
Doctor...
Mr Tanaka has been detained
Tanaka?
They say everyone has been arrested.
Are you sure?
I'm sure.
Don't worry.
Doctor...
You have a letter on the table.
I am serious when I say...
...I want to quit the fake life I have had until now
I want to live by my own earnings
I want it to be true and deserving for human beings.
However,
I'm suffering a lot.
I'm at a nurse house, in Boshu.
I want to see you.
Akiko.
OCHANOMIZU STATION
Platform 3 to Akihabara and Ryogoku.
Nogami.
It's been a while.
Akiko!
Nogami!
IN A GRAY CELL SHE BURIED HER YOUTH FOR A LONG TIME.
IN THE MEASURE THAT, IN VAIN, TIME PASSES THE LIBERATION DAY IS CLOSE.
EDITORIAL
While you were gone, everything has changed, right?
It happened just as Tanaka said.
The war against China has begun.
- The future is uncertain. - It's not good.
We have to contribute for a free and luminous world.
Ah, what a pleasure.
So long without a smoke.
I wish Tanaka could do it too.
How do you think he is?
He won't be able to get out in quite some time.
I am nothing but a journalist now.
The dream we had has vanished.
By the way, what happened to her?
Her? Whom?
Ah... Suzuki Akiko.
How is Akiko?
- She killed herself. - She killed herself?
Come on, tell me the details.
Details?
I don't want to.
I'll say it to you in a word:
- She married - Whom?
That boy.
Sakon Masahiko,
the fiancée.
- What a shame, that idiot. - So it's a lie she killed herself.
No, it's not a lie.
Her marriage is an act similar to suicide
Why did she marry?
Because he was her fiancée
And, she is a woman A woman gets married.
But why with Sakon?
Sakon convinced her with tears.
He told her "If you don't marry me,
I'll kill myself" That's how he begged.
Plus,
her brother and sister-in-law were pestering her.
So she was convinced in two years.
She married killing her feelings
Maybe women are like that
As Tanaka's phrase
"Dollhouse" in the end only the dolls live there.
Our failure was not taking part as Sakon did.
We're a couple of idiots.
And Akiko is the biggest idiot for marrying that imbecile Sakon
Well, let's go out...
...toast for your freedom.
Kambara!
Where can I find her?
Forget it.
Don't mess with a married woman.
Tonight I'll take you to an interesting place.
Listen...
There's a girl which looks a lot like Akiko.
She also has this melancholic gaze
And she's hot.
Idiot!
I envy you.
In a world like this,
you can only love one person.
However,
Akiko is already
I don't care.
I just want to see her.
Come on...
Tell me if you know.
Where is Akiko?
Kambara.
SAKON MASAHIKO EXPOSITION
It's been some time.
Are you doing fine?
Yes.
When did you..?
This morning.
Akiko!
Let me see the paintings
I'm ashamed.
I was weak...
...and a coward.
I didn't have a choice.
I picked the wrong path.
Had we seen each other at that moment,
this wouldn't have happened
Nogami...
Forgive me.
Forgive me, please.
Akiko, be happy with Sakon
Nogami!
Love is sad.
I wish...
...this feeling was beautiful.
This noble and sad love...
...has saved me from the decay of my generation.
The love towards this person...
...has never disappeared.
All this fills me with gratitude...
...and joy.
Does it hurt?
And here?
Nogami...
I have some doubts.
I suffer every day.
As time goes by.
My mistake seems bigger and grimier
I try so hard to let go of this horrible darkness.
Tell me how ...
...to love Sakon.
Akiko...
Akiko!
Akiko!!
Akiko!!!
I can't do it!
Why have I become useless?
Why are you here?
Go away.
You must be very tired.
Why don't you have a coffee?
Toshiko, for you too.
Here.
I don't want to. Go away!!
Go.
Your presence...
...makes me very nervous.
Come on,
you need to rest.
Don't talk nonsense.
If this year I get disqualified again,
I'll be a loser.
Don't get obsessed.
Shut up!
Hey, why don't you get angry?
Aren't you capable of being angry?
Don't you have passion?
You're very cold.
That gaze.
That cold gaze... Go away!
Akiko!
Yes?
Where is Nogami?
Where is he?
I'm asking you where is he!
It's done.
- Yes - Cover yourself up. - Yes.
Everyone's done, right?
- No one's missing, right? - No.
- Thanks. - You're welcome.
We're done.
Since you're here,
the town's health has been considerably better.
Doctor!
Doctor Nogami!
You have a visit from Tokyo.
Tokyo?
Sakon.
Well...
Sorry.
I was tired.
It's been quite some time.
Why have you come...
...to a town so hidden in a mountain?
It's a good place.
For a great solitude and passion.
I see now...
...why you work in a mountain town.
Looking good.
I envy you...
...that wholeness.
What's wrong?
Are you...
...sick?
Sick?
I'm useless.
At anything I attempt.
I'm no longer interested in anything
I have no strength left.
Why don't you tell me..
...I'm finished?
I see you're very tired.
I imagine it's been hard getting here.
Do you want medicine?
- Bring it. - Yes.
I'm not talking about that.
I can't stand Tokyo!
For me, Tokyo is hell.
I can't stand it anymore.
I can't!
I can't handle Akiko or marriage.
Akiko?
What happened?
My suffering
...is not that vain!
My suffering is artistic!
I don't care about marriage,
or about Akiko!
Listen, Nogami...
I can't paint anymore.
It's been some time...
...I haven't been able to paint.
I understand your pain.
You understand my pain?
Don't speak to me!
This comes from you...
No...
It's Akiko's fault.
- It's all her fault. - Akiko's?
I see your face changing.
You love Akiko.
Without a doubt.
I understand very well...
...your feelings.
I know that...
...you love Akiko.
And Akiko loves you.
Nogami,
I can give you Akiko.
What are you saying?
Measure your words.
Even if I measure them, reality won't change.
I can't stand...
...this girl anymore.
It's all her fault.
To not be able to paint... it's her fault
My disqualification... her fault.
And ending up having an affair with Toshiko... her fault.
Toshiko?
And why is that?
Why don't you appreciate your life?
Listen, Sakon...
Think straight.
As you suffer,
Akiko might also be suffering...
..about the same thing.
Listen, Sakon...
Why don't you try understanding each other...
...and taking care of each other?
How insignificant I am!
Listen...
Forgive me.
I have no right to be mad at you...
...because you love Akiko.
I dont have a right to insult her either.
I am an imbecile
An imbecile like me,
Akiko is too big a woman for that.
She's too smart.
That's the cause...
...of our disgrace.
Don't say that.
Don't hate yourself.
Listen, Sakon...
For your life to be happier,
you have to try harder...
...you and Akiko.
But...
Our life...
Sakon...
I want to work.
I...
What should I do?
I...
What do I need to do?
What's that?
What?
That sound
The sound.
- The sound? - Yes, that sound.
Ah, it comes from there
What a sound.
- Sound. - Sakon!
What a sound.
That sound has given you strength, right?
That's an estimulus!
How great.
I love it!
Be careful. Get away a little.
I want to paint.
I want to abstract myself once more.
Forget about everything.
Hey, Nogami...
What should I do?
Paint.
Paint something nice.
I'm sure you can do it well.
Trust yourself.
Above everything, trust yourself.
Do you understand, Sakon?
You're right.
I had forgotten about that.
trusting myself.
Hey, Nogami...
I have the feeling I can paint...
...and I possess the energy to do so.
Like you!
That sound...
I will prevail.
I will fight it.
I feel like I'm saved.
Akiko!
I can paint!
Akiko, I will paint!
I can... yes I can!
I...
Akiko!
Sakon!
Sakon!!
Sakon!!!
Haru!
Haru! Haru!
Yes?
Yes, it's me.
Yes, yes.
I'm listening, but... could you speak louder?
Yes.
Is it about Sakon?
Yes.
Thank you.
Who was it?
What's wrong?
Akiko...
The recent death of Sakon was very sad,
even if predictable...
...and full of a random negligence.
The best...
...would be to wait for you to arrive...
...so I can help you. But I will leave...
...without seeing you.
If I saw you...
...now,
I don't know what would happen.
I don't trust myself too much.
I think we owe...
...this, to Sakon's death.
I wish you surpass...
..this trance and...
...have enough strength to...
...start a new life.
TIME HAS PASSED
- Be good! - Same to you!
Kambara! Kambara!
- Good luck! - Be good!!
I hope you're back soon.
Wait, wait!
Nogami! Nogami!
Wait.
Don't leave just yet.
We must go on.
It's late. Plus, tomorrow you have to be up early
Let's not sleep, then.
Come with me.
It's closed now.
What a shitty bar, it's closed.
That's why I don't like war.
Come.
Look, that bar is lit, must be open.
See? It's open.
I don't feel like going in now. Let's go.
- I can walk you home. - Don't say that!
In the first place we can't say bye like this.
It could be the last goodbye.
I want us to say goodbye with heart in hand,
with joy...
...and laughter. You get it, right?
Yes, I understand.
If you understand, let's go in.
Today... for ever...
say goodbye...
Excuse me, we're closing.
Really?
I see there is still a client.
- But... - Sit down, sit down.
- Come, Yachan. - Yes.
Thanks.
Please, serve us something.
But it's time.
Please... Anything!
I beg you!
Please...
I only have this night to be in Japan.
Okay?
Do you understand how I feel?
But law is very strict. I don't know what the owner would say.
The owner? Okay, I'll negotiate with her.
- It's okay, let's go. - No, you sit down.
I'm going to negotiate.
Hey! Owner!
Mrs. Owner!
Where is she?
Wow... What a surprise
To end in a place like this
How long...
What a casuality.
Speaking about casualties
I have come with Nogami too
Oh yes? With Nogami?
Yes, that's it.
Hey, Nogami!
Wait, Kambara!
I beg you, I wan't you to see him.
But... in a place like this?
You must.
Cheer up and go see him.
Come on.
Please.
He's there.
Hey...
You're going to be amazed.
This is going to be the best night.
What's going on?
You're a lucky guy
Calm down.
Easy.
I see you looking good.
Same to you.
My minor love becomes painful.
Otomi, the one who everyone thought dead.
Not even Buddha would realize...
...she's alive in this place
- Kambara... - Nogami, sit down.
Akiko, you too.
So, to put it simply I am the Komoriyasu of this story.
I can't leave without having a drink.
Come on, Akiko
let's toast...
...for your reunion and my tropical expedition.
you're leaving for the tropic?
That's right. I was sent there.
I'm leaving tomorrow morning from Haneda.
We liberals can barely do something in such a dark world
Isn't that right, Nogami?
Cheers.
Joy and sadness I felt upon seeing
the crowds as if they were stars.
Everyone will disappear just as snow.
The world has changed, so have you.
The truth is I'm really surprised
...of you being the owner of this bar.
I had to earn life..
...in some way.
What happened to your brother?
I don't know anything about him
I never wanted to depend...
...on them, not even before...
...Sakon's death.
That's why you have managed.
But, how did it come to managing a bar?
I dind't expect it either
But at that moment, I thought...
...this bar...
...was going to be like the valley...
...of the city.
- Valley of the city?? - Yes.
I didn't have the courage...
...that he had: go to the mountain looking...
...for solitude.
Valley of the city...
Maybe you're right.
But as I imagined,
I can't really fit in.
Where do you work now, Nogami?
At the settlement.
I went back.
Plus,
he's still single.
Wow... are you alone?
He's still a weird guy.
Well, I'm leaving
- Already? - I have to wake up early.
Then I'm leaving too.
Stay. Don't worry.
No. I'll walk you.
That's why you're a mess.
No, you both are a mess!
I use this occasion to tell you something...
...with all frankness:
You and Akiko...
you two,
must be more courageous.
You must take seriously...
...your happiness.
And try harder.
Listen.
These are my words...
...of goodbye.
Akiko...
Do you understand...
...what I just said?
Nogami...
Listen!
I'm asking you for a last effort!
Be good.
I'm leaving.
Why don't you sit down?
Yes.
Do you want to drink?
It's a sweet liquor.
You like roses,
don't you?
How do you know?
I remember a rose you had...
...in the press office.
It was a white rose.
That's why I called this bar The "White Rose".
WHITE ROSE
To be sincere,
I'd prefer not seeing you...
...in a place like this.
¿Didn't you find...
...something better...
...for work?
Nogami...
¿do you despise...
...what I have become?
It's not about that
It's not like that.
I wouldn't be able to.
Whatever...
...you do,
be what you be,
I wouldn't be able to.
Nogami!
I have to...
Nogami!
I feel like...
...I'm starting to hate you.
How?
You too.
Yes...
You too...
...you hate me, right?
How absurd.
What are you saying?
I couldn't
I'm very sorry.
I couldn't help you in any way.
That's why...
...I...
...maybe...
...hate you.
No!
Akiko!
Mrs.!
Madam.
Alarm in the Kanto district
I'm leaving.
I'm worried.
Yes.
See you tomorrow.
Yes. Until tomorrow.
Welcome back.
The doctor is back!
Has anything in particular happened?
Doctor...
What's wrong?
An order of the army has arrived..
...for you.
For me?
In the end, it's my turn.
There's not much time...
...before you go.
It's so sudden.
Im sorry I made you wait..
As to what we have spoken about...
Is it true? You have been recruited?
Yes.
It has finally arrived.
Last night, as I came in to work.
My unit is in Kumamoto.
I have to get out of Tokyo by 5:00 PM.
by five?
It's already three
What?
Wow, my clock is belated
- Is it three already? - Yes.
Only two hours left.
Then we can't go to my house.
What a pity..
But now that you are here, we can spend them together.
Yes.
Akiko...
Do you remember that sunday we were supposed to meet...
...right here?
I remember at that time..
...you waited for long.
You were standing so much time, alone.
Without knowng you were detained.
It's always...
...the same thing.
And this time, too.
It's our destiny,
always this way.
At last we see each other.
Last night, out of excitment...
...I couldn't sleep.
This morning I got up early...
...and cooked for you.
Why don't you sit here?
Here.
Take it with you.
Thank you.
These are cigarrettes,
for you to smoke in the train.
Thanks.
I wanted you to drink at least a sip...
This coffee is so good.
Have this.
Ah, it's whisky.
Thanks.
I brought sandwiches.
They're really good.
Have some.
Come on, you too!
Yes.
I'm going to eat them.
It's so good.
What's wrong?
I'm sorry.
- I can't help it. - Don't cry.
But... I...
Hey, look over there.
I have to fix up my makeup.
Okay?
- Okay? - Yes.
I just remembered something...
...seeing you sit there,
thick as a brick.
As a brick?
Yes.
When I saw you...
...for the first time, in my dressing room,
you were thick as a brick.
Such a viper tongue you have, even if it doesn't look like it.
It's been so long since...
...I laughed like this
I have decided:
I'm leaving the bar.
And what will you do?
I want to be a woman...
...of whom you can be proud when you get back.
- I want to find that kind of job. - Which?
Like yours,
helping the poor and unfortunate people.
Akiko, do you promise?
Do you promise?
Yes.
I promise.
So please, come back healthy and alive.
However,
this war is unpredictable
Even Tokyo...
...could be involved.
Listen, Akiko,
we don't know what will happen to us.
No!
I will wait for you.
Will you wait for me even if you don't know whether I'm alive or dead??
Yes, I will wait.
I'll come back here.
At ten, on sunday.
Every sunday.
Will you remember? At then of every sunday.
What time is it?
- Four o'clock - four?
- Pick this. - Yes.
What's the matter?
It seems broken, It wasn't working very well lately.
That's an incovenient.
Why don't you...
...take mine?
I'll fix it when I'm in the unit.
Please, take it.
This way it'll be as if we're together.
Thank you.
Take mine, even if it's broken.
Yes.
I'll fix it.
I'll take care of it, as if it were you.
I will wait.
I'll come here.
Yes, at ten.
Every sunday.
Dr. Nogami!
Doctor!
I was sure it was you!
How good!
- Wow, it's you Kimura! - Such a long time!
Such a long time!
Yes.
How great!
What's wrong?
Listen, doctor...
Suzuki,
- Suzuki Akiko... - What's with Akiko?
Akiko asked me...
...to look for you,
to come here, every sunday.
But what happened to Akiko?
How do you know everything?
Akiko started working in our hospital.
She became a nurse.
- We were working together the whole war. - She became a nurse...
And now?
She's resting, she worked too hard.
She really wants to see you.
Please go see her.
Where is she?
At the sanatory of our hospital.
TOMIN HOSPITAL HAKONE SANATORY
Akiko.
I'm sorry I didn't come to the appointment.
I hope you get well.
Get well soon.
Alright, Akiko?
THE END