Sorry. No complaints.
Here.
Do we have a radio here?
Who cares what the news is?
I just thought maybe...
... we might want some music,
Traffic signals are out across the capital region...
... creating major gridlock in downtown areas.
All expressways In the region are closed.
Damn! I wanted to take this thing out on the highway!
The Tomel Expressway to Numazu, the Kan'etsu to Tsuklyono...
... and the Chuo to Katsunuma are all closed both ways to traffic.
The Tohoku Expressway is closed as far north as Utsunomlya...
What the hell?!
It's true!
This club's closed. Too!
I can't reach anyone!
I told you, didn't I? The city's blacked out.
I wanted to have fun one last time!
Onward!
What do you mean. 'One last time'?
Um.... you're crushing me,
These,
My breasts.
They're cutting them off tomorrow,
Breast cancer... that's what I have.
So for the last time I wanted to wear my favorite clothes...
... Have fun...
... and say goodbye to my breasts.
So where do we go next?
Let's go see something we can't see any other time.
There!
Ryotaro...
... what would you do if suddenly I was gone?
Why?
Did you go to the hospital today?
Before that. Why did you ask?
What did your father want?
Remember I told you my mother divorced my dad after I was born....
... and then died?
Yes.
That's not true,
It looks like they weren't married when she had me,
Sorry?
Meaning...
... my father was having an affair, and I was born illegitimate,
Wait...
So your father was married to someone else?
It blows me away. Too. I just found out today.
My father was serious about this other woman....
... so he divorced his wife. Took me and brought me up.
And...
... She's alive,
You mean...
The woman who had me married another man...
... had children. Grandchildren. And has lived a happy life,
I heard her voice for the first time today on the phone.
Why did your father tell you this now?
I guess he knows,
I haven't told you.
The other day the doctor said...
... he has less than three months to live.
Now he says...
... he wants to see her.
I've never seen my dad like that before.
Sorry,
Tonight? In the blackout?
If you don't go now, you might never go.
Hm?
Hang on!
Family? This way, please,
No, not me,
Me, neither,
What? That's not your baby?
She's just the woman I love...
I don't understand...
Will one of you come with me!
You lied.
About what?
You said that was just a decoration,
It is if you don't play it,
Even if you're a pro bassist?
I don't want to play it,
Then why do you look after it so carefully?
So it's ready to play,
I don't get it,
As you get older, things get harder to explain,
What a waste! And you made a record. Too.
Wait.... when did I tell you that?
I'm sorry. I saw the record.
Inside, too?
Kind of,
There was a plane ticket in it,
That's why I quit jazz.
Was the picture from New York?
Ten years ago, when I started earning a living playing bass...
... I had a chance to go to New York, so I jumped at it.
I was backing up a lot of different people....
... and I got a chance to record as the bandleader,
That's great!
No. It didn't sell at all.
But, to be honest, I was real, real happy.
And?
The ticket...
I sent the record and a ticket to a woman I'd broken up with...
... asking her to give it another try,
So why's the ticket here?
She sent it back,
She'd gotten married,
Stupid. Huh? I never even thought of that,
Suddenly I lost all my ambition,
Then things started going wrong,
I came slinking back to Japan...
... and became a bitter old jazz-bar owner.
Did you love her, Mr. Kido?
If I didn't. Would I have invited her to New York?
If you loved her. Why did you break up?
She might....
That's all I'm going to say.
Are you waiting for someone?
Here we go,
Slowly...
Watch the ceiling...
OK?
I'm fine,
A little further...
OK. We're going to lift you...
On 3...
1, 2, 3!
You're all right?
Yes.
Not hurt?
Blanket...
I'm sorry for all the trouble,
It was no trouble,
Are you staying here?
I can't leave the hotel now,
When the power comes back on, I'll get the first plane to Shanghai.
Yeah?
Don't tell her you were shut in an elevator with another woman.
No, I won't.
I'll get you a taxi,
No. I'll walk home.
I need some air,
When I get home, I'll run a hot bath and go to bed.
Well...
... good luck,
My name's Saeki,
Come in,
It's rude of me to have come so late...
Just like him,
Sorry?
Your voice.
It's just like your father's when he was young,
Come in,
You must hate me...
I won't make any excuses,
The fact is, I abandoned you.
Don't trouble yourself over it,
I was too young to remember.
I'm sorry!
Please! I haven't come here to criticize you.
Raise your head, please.
Please... Look at me,
Perhaps...
... if you'd like to see these...
My wife insisted I bring them.
I see... your wife...
Perhaps. If you'd allow it...
Yes?
I'd like to hold you in my arms again,
Only once did I have the chance...
... to hold you,
Would you....
... come see my father?
Last year you bumped into her?
In the train station.
What did she cry about?
Her husband cheating on her.
She said he made her feel like she wasn't needed...
... So of course she'd feel sad,
And it started again...
No! I haven't seen her since.
She just calls me up, and I listen to her,
She probably cried for the same reason when you broke up with her.
'He doesn't need me,' she thought,
She wanted to go with you.
Breaking up with her was a horrible thing to do!
Are you drunk?
Asking afterwards would be too late, Any fool could see that.
You don't drink?
No, I don't! So what?
I didn't know how it'd go, I couldn't drag her into that.
You're rationalizing. You just didn't want to be tied down,
You wanted to be free to do things your own way.
Sometimes that's the nicest way,
'Nice'?
Then why send a ticket later?
'It's all right now. You can come to New York'?
Did you ever think how much losing you would have hurt her?
Were you just feeling guilty?
No, I wasn't!
Why didn't you ask her when you went?
Excuse me.
You all right?
Are you sure this is OK?
No problem! This place is so old no one uses it any more.
It's beautiful!
It really is,
An observatory, right here in the city!
So this is where you look at stars...
I've never seen stars like this over Tokyo before...
You hardly ever can,
The buildings give off too much light,
The smog and dust people throw up hide the stars, too.
A true star nut...
I'm a satellite nut, actually,
That sounds even nerdier,
Satellites are gods,
Gods?
Yeah.
Look...
That looks like a shooting star. But it's a satellite,
People wish upon satellites without knowing it,
If your wish comes true...
... who cares?
There are almost 10.000 satellites going round the earth...
... And one great big one that no one knows who sent up,
It could be a secret American base, or an alien mother-ship...
There are lots of rumors. But no one knows,
Isn't that cool?
Its code-name is X00639...
... but we just call it 'God'.
It was visible over Japan tonight,
Part of it might have fallen off and landed here.
This blackout tonight just might be an act of 'God',
I saw that 'God',
Before...
... When we were on your bike, I was thinking.
If I had a baby, how would I feed it without any breasts?
But then I remembered I could always give it a bottle,
Don't!
Why are you talking like that?
Why are you crying?
I'm having the operation....
... Because I want to live.
Oh. It's you...
Yes.
It's so quiet...
I'm sorry,
A baby...
It's born!
A boy!
It's a boy!
Um...
Congratulations.
Thank you,
3800 grams, A fine baby boy,
Hold him.
Can I?
He's heavy...
He's moving his arm...
Do you have children?
Not yet,
Babies are wonderful.
Just looking at them you feel yourself being renewed,
Yes. You do,
Thank you, Gin,
So where's the father?
In Osaka on business.
I was a week early. He'll have a shock when he gets back,
What's he like?
He's very calm and quiet.
Like a ray of sun,
He sounds nice.
Yeah.
And he treasures me and Jinya,
Jinya? Your older son?
He's nearly five,
He's cute,
You're lying,
You look tired.
Yes. I've had a hard day,
So have I.
I realize we've only just met. But will you come for a drink?
I find myself in the mood for one,
If there's a place open, that is,
How about you?
Huh?
I appreciate the invitation. But my wife's waiting at home,
Well, that's important....
I'll give you a lift,
No, I'm fine,
I insist. It's a long night,
Well, there is one bar that's open.
Excellent!
Let's go there, then,
I'm sorry,
It's nice when someone tells you what they think.
There.
Oh. I can't drink any more...
No, that's a 'sober-up' cocktail. There's no alcohol in it,
My closing down tonight was kind of like a prayer.
I felt if I didn't do that then she'd never come,
And it looks like she isn't going to,
So let's shut it down,
I think she'll come,
So you have to stay open,
She won't come,
She might.
No way.
What do you bet?
Why should I bet on this with you?
I know... play your bass, For her.
That much I could do.
You promise?
There it is! Way down here!
I think I'd better not,
At least come in with me for a while...
Um.... are you going into that bar?
Yes, just for one.
Is it open?
You're welcome to join us if you'd like.
You don't mind? It's hard to go in alone.
Come on, then,
Hello.
Come in,
She's young!
Don't jump to conclusions,
Are you still open?
You're my first customers tonight.
Please,
Great!
Sit down.
Mr. Kido...
Isn't that her?
You think I was dating high-school girls?
What'll it be?
I'll just have one cocktail, A stiff one,
And you?
A single-malt scotch... and hot water,
And?
Water, I quit drinking,
Water...
May good things happen to you,
It's beautiful,
I made it, from melted-down stubs,
To get that color?
I love burned-down candle stubs,
There's a light in them new ones never have,
There you go.
It's snowing...
Cheers,
Are you celebrating tonight?
Does it look that way?
You look like you're enjoying the drink,
Well. I guess you could say there's been one bad thing...
... and then one good thing,
Water,
What's the good thing?
For the first time in decades I was there when a baby was born.
That cheered me up.
That's wonderful!
Excuse me, I have to go,
What? Hey...
Hey!
He's a strange one,
If I might ask...
... what was the bad thing?
Well, since it's a night like this, maybe I could tell you...
Hey!
Wait!
It happened before we were married, so I guess to someone else...
... it might even sound funny.
Well. I've got a funny story like that, too,
Oh? That's something I'd like to hear,
Will you laugh for me?
You look like you want to get it off your chest.
Since it's a night like this. Maybe I could tell you...
I'm home.
Shizue?
She won't come,
She won't come here, and she won't go with you.
She and her husband have accumulated a history...
... That you don't know anything about,
So she won't be coming,
At least, I hope not,
I'm being selfish. Aren't I.
I hope she comes.
I think everyone has a love they can never forget,
I understand that feeling....
... of knowing it'll never come back, but still wanting to see him again.
She's here!
Excuse me!
Mr. Kido!
You're here...
You must be hungry. I have some miso soup ready...
Go to him,
Go and see him.
Wake up!
Are you Santa?
Yep,
I wanted to meet you.
I wanted to meet you, too,
Will you come back next year?
Hello.
I'm back,
I'm being sent...
... away from Tokyo.
New York?
Nothing like that. To Sendai,
Oh?
I guess we'd better start packing.
It's a demotion.
Sendai's fine,
I've always wanted to go and live somewhere else,
We'll take your father, too,
Let's go home.
Thank you,
It's like you brought a lot of good things with you.
So it's goodbye to this bar...
I've quit the idea of quitting,
The bar's a dump, but the alley has a good feel to it.
This is for the candles,
I couldn't!
Call it wages for helping out here.
I can't pay you cash, This'll have to do,
New York's a great place to visit.
You mean this?
Go with a guy you like.
The lights!
They're back.
Coffee?
Please,
Did you know you can follow Santa Claus on the internet?
How?
The U. S, and Canadian militaries...
... track him by reconnaissance satellite.
And they call that work?
It's volunteers,
Isn't it cool that soldiers would help children to dream?
So when does Santa come to Tokyo?
Let me see...
Last night,
And he brought us a huge blackout? Some present that was!
Etsushi TO YOKAWA
Tomorowo TAGUCHI
Tomoyo HARADA
Koji KIKKAWA
Shinobu TERAJIMA
Haruka IGAWA
Tsuyoshi ABE
Kanata HONGO
Yu KASHII
Tomoko TABATA
Toru SHINAGAWA
Chikage AWASHIMA
Ken UTSUI
Executive Producer Yasushi SHIINA
Producer Miyako ARAKI
Screenplay by CARRUADES (Takashi MINAMOTO and Tomoko AIZAWA)
Director of Photography Tetsuo NAGATA
Music Naruyoshi KIKUCHI
Production Designer Yuji TSUZUKI
Lighting Yuji WADA
Sound Recorder Akira FUKADA
Decorator Takayuki SATO
VFX Supervisor Norio ISHII
Editor Terumitsu OKADA
Casting Director Tsuyoshi SUGINO
Music Producer Shin YASUI
Music Director Kazuki TAKAMI
Theme Song "Wait Until Dark" written & arranged by NARUYOSHI Kikuchi
Original Soundtrack, DAITEIDEN NO YORUNI ewe records/east works entertainment inc,
With Support from The Agency for Cultural Affairs
Special Support Blendy
Sponsored by ANA
Produced by THE GREAT BLACKOUT COMING Film Partners
Director Takashi MINAMOTO
Subtitles Ian MacDougall