Good job.
Hey!
What?
Stop the silly competition and hurry and bring
those over, will you?
You don't understand.
Understand what?
You don't understand men.
I guess you can't help it since you're just a kid.
Excuse me for being a kid.
Did I say something bad?
Beats me. I'm just a woman that takes the good with the bad.
Did I say something to make them mad?
Beats me. But knowing you, you probably did.
Better not strain yourself.
What about you? For a former athlete, you're nothing special.
Welcome.
Two yakisobas.
That's 1,000 yen.
It's the minshuku inn right there. Why don't you stay with us?
Come again!
Why'd you do that?
When you get a couple, ask and see where they're staying!
Make conversation!
Have you always been this way?
That personality of yours.
Cheery and optimistic?
How should I describe it? Rude, noisy, irresponsible.
I get it. You shouldn't judge people by their looks.
I may not look it but I was a sickly child. Quiet, delicate and naive.
Don't stare.
I can see how you wished you were that way.
It's the truth. I was a negative kid. That's why my folks
put me in swimming.
Get it?
So swimming makes a person turn out like you?
I had to move around a lot because of my parents.
Did you ever have to change schools?
It's no fun.
It's the pits when you stand at the front of the class and the
teacher has to introduce you.
You have to start your relationships from scratch.
I see.
So it came to me one day...
Be a clown, talk everyone to death, bring down their guard
and barge into the group.
I may not look it but I'm always very sensitive to other people.
I wonder?
Hey girls!
Those look good! Where'd you buy that 3-piece set?
Maybe I'll buy one, too!
I always wished I could transfer to a new school.
Come again!
Telephone.
From who?
A woman that's not a kid.
That hurt.
What're you pouting about?
Can I do anything to help?
It's almost lunchtime.
We're counting on you.
Welcome.
One yakisoba please.
You're cute!
That's a cute swimsuit! Where'd you buy it?
Maybe I'll buy one, too.
For my mother...
You cheated, Mr. Masaru!
Give it back!
What're you doing?
Mr. Masaru cheated again.
You guys are so lucky not to have any worries.
It's me.
Oh, it's you? I'm busy here.
We need you, Fujiko.
I'll be right there.
I'm really sorry, Hiromi.
What're you talking about?
What was that about?
What did she say?
She hung up on me.
A guest. He was looking for this place.
Shimizu..?
You know him?
I guess so.
Did Fujiko tell you where I was?
My name..!
Isn't Shimizu.
Ever since that day... my name changed.
Do you know what they call me?
I don't know...
I'll tell you.
My name is...
Shimizu... the guy that got to go to the Olympics because
Sakurai got hurt.
Olympics..?
Got that?
Written by Okada Ewa
Theme "Forever" by Sorimachi Takashi with Richie Sambora
SORIMACHI Takashi
TAKENOUCHI Yutaka
HIROSUE Ryoko
YAMAMOTO Taro
Mike Maki
INAMORI Izumi
English Subtitle By NIPPON GOLDEN NETWORK
Why'd you get so drunk?
You knew?
About the Olympics?
When was it..?
When Fujiko came.
But you didn't tell anyone.
If he wanted to he'd have told everyone himself.
Men are funny creatures.
Isn't that amazing?
He was supposed to go to the Olympics? Isn't that amazing?
I remember seeing him swim in the pool at school.
He was fast. No wonder.
He always acts like he does... But the Olympics, huh?
I wonder if he was in the papers, too.
Don't make a big deal.
It's so hot!
I'm really sorry, boss.
What?
Nothing.
That face didn't say it's nothing.
How is he?
Asleep.
I forgot to go shopping.
I'll go now. Is there anything you need?
I'm done.
Wasn't Yuko here?
She was.
That's bad. If Yuko knows...
The whole town will know.
He's the one!
He's going to be in the Olympics!
He's so cool!
I'll be his fan!
What's going on?
Here you go.
Thanks a lot.
I threw this in for free.
Work hard.
Did you hear about Hiromi?
I was so shocked. He was one step away from the Olympics?
But he got hurt the day before the qualifying race.
He could've been a medal contender if he'd gone!
Aren't you supposed to be working?
I am but...
You don't even deliver one simple letter to me and
you're spreading gossip instead?
Don't say that.
Haruko is right.
That was good. Thanks.
What is it?
Why..?
Why didn't he tell?
Who knows..?
Maybe he thought it's cool?
***
Why..?
"Why" what?
Why is he living here?
Who knows…?
What about you, Kaito-san?
- Me? - Yes.
I've been thinking - that's strange. Why did you have to leave a first-class company?
Could it be because of those "sarariman's sorrows"?
- Look... - I know! You want to become a minshuku owner?
So, from now on, it's minshuku, isn't it?
Well, that's a little bit…
I don't think this minshuku will last for another twenty years…
Then… why are you here?
Maybe... I like it?
Ah, I've got it!
Feeling tired of a big city with it's concrete buildings…
…back to nature, self-perfection…
***
But…
This sportsman… Having such a dream, isn't it great?
Has he given up swimming?
Who knows..?
Where am I?
How can you say that?
Sakurai?
I remember. I drank too much last night.
And I ran into... what's-her-name?
Right, Fujiko.
So why'd you come here, Shimizu?
It's not Shimizu.
It's "Shimizu, the guy who got to go to the Olympics"
"because Sakurai got hurt."
Can you understand?
Can you understand how I feel when people say that about me?
Can't be helped.
Who're you?
I'm the daughter here.
I don't know all the details but I'm sure he didn't drop out
of the qualifying race because he wanted to. He got hurt.
Don't butt in!
Hold it a minute...
Never mind.
Look! This is what they're printing in the papers, too!
At the send-off party, all the big-wigs go up to each
athlete and wish them well.
I'm the only one whose name they couldn't remember.
There's more.
One of the female volleyball players said "I wanted to
go with Mr. Sakurai." Right where I could hear her!
Even in the athlete's village.
Who was that female German breast stroker we met
at the world competition..?
Never mind. She came all the way to the Japanese dorm
and asked why Sakurai didn't come. She was in tears.
Do you know how I felt?
Why'd I have to explain about how you got hurt, anyway!
Sorry.
Why are you apologizing?
You keep quiet.
I think that's how it is.
Who're you?
I'm an employee here.
I think it's the same way in any world. The end result is everything.
What's wrong? You got to go.
I heard Couch Bando invited you to coach a club team.
But you turned it down.
What about it?
I took the job.
Why? I went to the Olympics!
You didn't. So why did he ask you first?
And I only got it when you turned it down?
Must be an issue of character.
By the way, I own this place.
That's one way to think about it.
But it's also because you never produced a result.
It's true. I lost at the Olympics.
I didn't even make it to the finals.
But I swam my best time.
Yet everyone thinks if you'd gone, we'd have done better.
Why should a guy that got hurt and retired be a hero?
Why do I have to listen to them talk about me that way?
You ran away before you ever gave them an answer.
I'm starving!
Hey daughter! I'm hungry!
Dinner is over so we don't have anything.
I'll make something.
Let him be.
Sakurai's working at a minshuku inn, huh?
A rotten one at that.
Hey Mr. Shimizu, who got to go to the Olympics because
Mr. Sakurai got hurt but lost anyway?
What?
The bath is ready. Please go ahead.
Sakurai?
Shall I tell you why I came here?
Why?
I came to race you.
I came to put an end to it.
Let's find out who the real Olympian is.
Mr. Shimizu?
I told you, that's not my name.
You're so bent out of shape.
You would be, too. The Olympics was my dream.
Ever since I was a kid.
He...
What kind of swimmer was he?
What kind?
A good one.
I couldn't compete with him at all.
Shall I help?
Will you get the pepper?
Why don't you clobber that rotten guy?
Don't call him rotten.
I swam with him for years and he did represent Japan.
But it should've been you, right?
Makoto?
What?
You should drink more milk.
Why?
It'll make your breasts larger.
What is that!
He wasn't full of competitive fire.
He swam almost casually. But he was fast.
What I can't forgive him for is how he acted when
I went to see him after he got hurt.
He really looked like he didn't care. He really looked
like he'd be cheering for me.
I can't forgive that.
So what're you?
You don't look like you should be working at a place like this.
I'm just an employee.
Please use that towel.
You're playing hooky.
I'll have my usual.
Where's our guest?
I heard you're going to have a race.
How do you know?
Yuko came by telling everyone about it a little while ago.
So... are you?
Don't ask me.
I'm done.
What?
So are you?
I think he's serious.
I quit swimming.
So did Cupid bring you a letter?
Don't change the subject.
Good luck.
We'll be cheering for you!
Cheering for you?
I bet 4,000 yen on you.
World-class race today! Sakurai vs. Shimizu
I heard about you.
I thought you might be like me.
Like you, Hazuki?
I'm ill and you got hurt.
And we both had to give up on our dreams.
But you're all healed now, aren't you?
If so... I envy you.
It's not the same.
It's not the same as you, Hazuki.
Look at this. It's Yuko.
What'll Hiromi do now?
Tell him I'll be waiting.
I just don't like him.
Really?
Where's the high school?
Hurry! Hurry!
Where's Hiromi?
Shopping.
What's he going to do? Is he really going to race?
Let him if he wants to.
Here he comes!
I'm back.
Welcome home.
How many reservations do we have for tomorrow?
Tomorrow..?
Four!
I have to get the shop ready.
You guys are giving me the creeps.
Aren't you going? Everyone's waiting for you.
Yusuke!
You should go and beat him.
I quit.
But...
I... got hurt on purpose.
On purpose?
I got hurt on purpose so I wouldn't have to compete
in the qualifying race.
Why?
Swimming is...
It isn't my dream or anything.
If it was, I'd have competed even if my leg was broken.
But it wasn't. I just happened to swim since I was a kid.
And I just happened to have fast times.
I don't really love it.
Bearing the rising sun would've been too much for a guy like me.
So I retired myself.
It's not my dream.
That's the story. Sorry.
I feel sorry for him.
Now, I really do feel sorry for him.
He's sort of a rotten guy but I feel sorry for him.
Go on.
Go and make it a clean slate.
Go and become an ordinary fool.
You ran away before you ever gave them an answer.
I came to put an end to it.
Can he win?
Look at all those muscles.
He came.
Thank you for waiting!
The race will begin!
Listen Sakurai.
It's to be expected.
I've been training the whole time.
The whole time.
So it's only natural that I won.
See you.
Take care!
Mr. Shimizu, who got to go to the Olympics, because
Sakurai got hurt?
You can just call me Shimizu, now.
Please come again.
After you fix that personality of yours.
Get in.
Shall we go?
It was close, Hiromi.
It's good you didn't go to the Olympics.
Why?
Because you would've been representing Japan, right?
You would've brought Japan's reputation way down.
He may be right.
I may've said what I said but...
But I was really hurt inside.
I hurt so much I can hardly move.
You take the breakfast shift tomorrow.
Do a good job.
Stupid!
Is this where you were?
So what happened?
Thanks Fujiko. I owe it all to you.
Did I do good?
Come on, guys!
I get it.
What?
Nothing.
What!