It's the ring my mother gave me.
A man abandoned by his mother, and without a single relative, Okazaki Ritsu.
He was involved with the underside of society in Korea.
Are you Japanese? Please, help me.
There he met his destined person, Mita Rinka.
Satoru, you idiot!
Rinka was in a one-sided love.
Pull yourself together, Bokechin.
However...
Brother... Brother.
Gradually, your body will go paralyzing, and in the end, you will die.
Being given a short life's expectancy suddenly, Ritsu...
I made up my mind. I will look for my mother.
He returned to Japan and found his mother, however...
Who are you?
Stop! - Mother!
Don't let strangers in out house!
A man and a woman. A mother and a son.
The good and evil of people seeking love crosses paths,
and each person's fate started moving.
Thank you for being born, you are my treasure.
Thank you, mother.
Pull yourself together, Bokechin.
9th of July.
I met my mother.
My mother was celebrating the birthday of his son.
Another son, that's not me.
Hey, is that really my mother?
When Hyuga Reiko was young,
she had an affair with the world-famous conductor Kurokawa Tatsuomi and got pregnant.
Kurokawa promised he'd abandon his wife and children to marry Reiko,
but as it often happens, it was an empty promise.
Reiko didn't know what to do with the baby inside of her,
and it would also damage her career as pianist.
That's why she gave birth in secret and abandoned you.
When you were crawling on the ground in Korea, without having anything to eat,
that woman was living in that stupidly big house.
She loved your brother, giving all she had,
worlds apart from what she did to you, abandoning you.
Don't you want to take revenge?
I will disclose it in an article for a weekly publication.
If you come up as the illegitimate son,
the weekly publications will jump at it.
We'll smash that woman's pride.
Curry, curry! - Curry?
You ate it the day before yesterday too. - But it's fiiiine!
You seriously like curry, huh? - Yes!
Subs by glitterclouds @d-addicts. (Don't remove the credits)
How about a hot-dog?
Would you want one?
They are delicious.
Hot-dogs, they are delicious.
Wakana? - Rikkun.
What? You even have such business?
They are good. One for 200 yen.
Wakana and Sakana, "Kanakana-dog", huh?
I'll help you.
This... There is lettuce here...
I get it, I get it. I make them like this. - Yes.
Ah, use this. - Ah, you are doing this properly.
OK!
How about some hot-dogs?
They are delicious. Hot--
Sell me one, sis.
Wakana, isn't there like some sauce to put on them?
Hey!
Rikkun.
What are you doing?
Shut up. I paid for it, so leave us alone.
How much did you get?
2,000 yen.
Wait, wait... - Don't come here again, bastard.
Got it? - Yes.
Are you always doing this?
They insist... - Doesn't matter if they insist,
don't do this again.
Even if you sell hot-dogs, don't sell yourself.
Sakana?
Hey, Sakana! Hey!
Today's my treat, so no need to hold back.
Wakana, it's done, eat the meat.
What a delicious meat. Thanks, Rikkun.
Come on, Sakana, eat.
That's why I hate it.
What thing?
I hate all the men that get close to mum.
Hey, I'm different.
I don't know about that. - I am different.
Then, promise me you won't put a hand on my mum.
I promise. I won't put my hands on Wakana.
Definitely.
- Ah, we roasted a lot.
Come on, let's eat.
It's delicious. - Come on.
It looks delicious. Eat, eat. - So good.
Hyuga Satoru-san. - Yes.
You are often presented as Hyuga Reiko's son,
are you reluctant about that?
No, not at all. If I came this far, was thanks to my mother.
I respect her not only as my mother, but also as a pianist.
Then, your mother is an ideal woman, right?
Yes. Even if she's an ogre when it comes to the piano.
Hyuga-san, is there a woman you like now?
Yes, there is. Well, it's a one-sided love, though.
So is it? What a pity.
But being thought by you must make her happy.
Yes, I hope so.
Yes.
This is good.
Come on, don't drop the crumbs all over yourself.
Say, who is that man that came yesterday?
Eh? Ah... - He gave out scary vibes, though...
Yeah. - You met him in Seoul, right?
Did he hit on you?
There you go, Rinka!
Don't worry, this isn't a bad place.
Were you immersed in your memories?
It wasn't really like that.
There is somebody you like, you said? - Eh?
Who do you like?
Don't know, won't tell you.
How petty, tell me!
I won't. Ah, father.
About the CM I talked you about,
the filming day has been settled.
Eh? A CM is awesome! Father, he got an offer for a CM?
Yeah. - Why didn't you tell me?
I didn't tell you because I didn't know if I'll accept or not.
What are you saying? You should accept the CM.
No matter how talented a classic pianist is,
can't continue without popularity and fame. You have to do your best now.
But it's not like anything goes.
I don't have ability, I don't want people to think I'm trying to stand out.
But you have ability, so it's fine.
I forgot to mention it, the co-star has suddenly changed.
You'd appear with the sax player Furuzawa Touko.
Eh?
I'll do it!
What happens?
You work here?
I'm Hyuga Satoru's attendant, I'm even his stylist.
Well, I'm his person for everything.
And what did you want?
No matter how many times you ask me out, I will refuse--
That's not it.
Right, you said your mother is here in Japan, right?
Did you meet her?
I don't have a mother.
Ah, wait...
Hey, why did you come back?
Were you by any chance being chased?
No, it has nothing to do with those guys.
Do you have a place to live?
Hey.
Stop! - Mother.
Sleep, sleep and have good dreams~
Have good dreams~
Good boy,~
Sleep, sleep~ - You're so noisy.
I can't sleep.
Let's sleep.
- I told you I can't sleep.
To help my boy~
I can't sleep.
subs by glitterclouds
Ah, you here again.
Hey, hey, hey. Wait a moment.
If you have no job, should I introduce you?
You're going through many hardships, right?
Having returned to Japan, and not having anybody to rely on.
You clearly helped me when I was in danger in Seoul.
So I have to repay the favor.
Satoru is becoming popular and getting busier,
so Reiko-san said it was okay to hire a driver.
Uncle, you quit school in primary school?
Yes, I was in Korea since I was 10.
You are using nothing but hiragana.
I hate kanji.
They come up quickly if you look them up on the cell phone. I will write them for you.
Thank you. My, my, aren't you kind?
I want you to find a job quickly and leave.
What ya said? - Rikkun can't leave.
He will stay with us forever.
It's fine to use our address, right?
Yeah.
Hey, why won't you write your name?
Ah! I can write Rikkun's name.
Okazaki Ritsu, right?
When we found you,
you had this with you.
That's why we gave you the name "Ritsu".
Stop!
Give me that.
Okazaki Ryuu
Wait here a moment.
Come in.
Hurry up.
What's with this dirty handwriting?
Didn't you attend school?
But he has experience as a driver.
Rinka, come for a...
Come, come.
Excuse me, I'll be right back.
This is out of the question.
Did you really think I would hire you with such resume?
You are quite ridiculous.
Being a driver is a job consisting in transporting other's lives.
A small time yakuza like you...
I would never entrust you the life of my precious Satoru.
What? Do you have something to say?
Fucking hag.
Tsuneo-san called, he said he has another meeting,
and to go to the CM filming today alone.
My father can't bring the car today? - Yes, so I will go driving myself.
No, no, you can't do that. - But I will be meeting Touko.
Going there by train or bus would be so uncool.
Also, if I have a car, I can invite her for a drive after the filming.
It would put a strain on your body. It's dangerous. - It's fine.
Right, wait a moment. We actually have a driver.
I made up my mind, write it.
Just as I thought.
The tragic and miserable life of the son abandoned by a famous pianist.
This will sell well to the publications.
Revealing Hyuga Reiko's past will cause quite an uproar.
Write what you want.
What the hell with that woman?
Won't forgive her.
Hey, how was it?
Did she hire you? - No.
I see, so it went bad?
Reiko-san is a complicated person.
Thanks for everything.
Hey, I have a request. Just for today.
Can I ask you to work just for today?
Ah, hey, stop. Drop the speed.
Excuse me, Ryuu-san is it? You are good at driving.
Just normal.
What was good about Rinka?
I mean, you came chasing her all the way from Korea, right?
That means you really fell for her...
Don't get it wrong. I simply came back to Japan because here is where I was born.
So was it? You knew? - I knew.
Ryuu-san, what did you do in Korea?
Stop asking insistently. There may be things he doesn't want to talk about.
I was the driver of a gang. - Gang?
Ah, look, look. We are close. You can see the lake now.
Look, look. There.
Satoru-kun.
We meet again. - Yes.
Good morning. - Good morning.
You know each other?
Then, seems like today's duo will go smoothly.
Of course. Right? - Yes.
Then, I'll explain about today.
Ready, start!
How good.
Touko-san is great, as expected.
They suit each other, a first-class partner.
Splendid. Take a break to eat, and then we'll film inside.
Yes. - Yes.
The filming is going well, right?
Yes.
It's such a great scenery.
Yeah, really.
It may feel great going for a drive around here.
Then, let's go for a drive.
Eh? - I came by car.
So, if you have time after the filming?
Touko?
Ah, it's Shimada Kei.
Who? - You know nothing, huh?
He's a famous actor. He started on stage plays, relying on his acting skills.
It's been a while. - It has. What's this? Are you filming something?
A CM. And you, Shimada-san?
I have the filming of a drama later. I came driving myself and got here too early.
But I'm glad, this way I could meet you.
It's a surprise. I hadn't seen you since your wife's birthday party.
It's been around half a year?
Say, are you free tonight after this?
My filming will be over before dinner.
What about eating together?
What should I do? I have other plans.
Cancel them. For somebody as busy as us to meet,
it's a miracle.
Excuse me.
Touko has plans with me.
We are in the middle of filming, so if you could stop bothering her?
Who are you? Don't know you.
Hyuga Satoru is a pianist, not an actor.
Hyuga?
I remember. The one riding his mother's coattails... Do your best.
Then, call me later. Ah, right.
This is my new phone number.
Hey, what did you just do?
Leave Touko alone, please.
Wait... What are you doing?
Are you okay? - What? Wanna fight me, leech?
Wanna fight me? - No, no...
You two, stop. - Hey!
I told you to stop. - It hurts.
Hey!
What?
Stop. If you jump into such cold water... - It's fine.
What if you get a fit?
Satoru! Satoru!
Touko!
Satoru! Satoru, are you okay?
Are you hurting? - I'm fine, I'm fine.
Does it hurt somewhere? Thanks heaven, Satoru.
It was an exaggeration. It hurts, it hurts.
I was worried. Are you really okay?
I just had a palpitation, nothing serious.
Really?
You were with him, how did this happen?
You are a fail as an attendant. Falling into a lake, that's unbelievable!
I'm sorry. - Don't scold Rinka, mother.
I jumped on my own.
Even so, why did he fall in the lake?
He didn't fall, he jumped into it.
Yes, and then I almost drown.
Ryuu-san saved me.
Why are you here. - I'm sorry.
My father had an urgent business and couldn't bring the car,
so I asked him to replace him on my own judgment.
Why did you do that without asking? - Mother.
Luck was on our side. If Ryuu-san hadn't been there,
I may not have been saved.
You said you wanted to hire a driver, right?
Why don't we ask Ryuu-san?
Right?
They said Satoru won't be hospitalized and will leave today.
I see. - I'm relieved. Thank you.
What kind of person is that old woman?
That old woman... You mean Reiko-san?
She's a famous pianist. You don't know?
I see, you've been in Korea since you were 10, right?
Well, Reiko-san injured her left hand and she hasn't been able to play piano since then.
She's called a legendary pianist.
She got injured?
Well, rather than injured...
When she was in her thirties, she fell into a slump,
she tried to commit suicide, and as an after-effect...
Suicide...
She's pouring all the love she had for the piano into Satoru now.
That's why for Reiko-san, Satoru is her life.
Are you okay? - Yeah.
I'm fine, I'm fine.
Thank you.
He was saved thanks to you today.
Would you bring us home?
Then. - Wait a moment.
Let's play.
Is it okay? - It's totally fine.
I have nothing to do, keep me company for a bit.
Here.
I'll put you out of your misery.
Ready... Go!
What the hell?
You're good.
I am good at these things.
I couldn't play volley or baseball to not sprain a finger.
Basket and soccer were out of the question because they were bad for my heart.
Of course, swimming was forbidden too.
Since I was a kid, I had many things forbidden,
so I can't do any sport.
That's why I don't have many friends either.
Brother, I like you because you don't restrain yourself.
Don't say things like liking a man.
Thank you for everything, brother.
What happens?
Ah, nothing.
Isn't it fine? You can play piano that well.
Piano is the only thing I worked hard at.
It was the only thing I could do, after all.
My mother is a genius, but my case is different.
I came this far putting lots of effort. If I couldn't be a first-class pianist,
I thought my mother would abandon me.
So I desperately worked hard on it.
Will it be okay?
To hire that stranger as the driver.
Yeah, he probably isn't a bad person.
How do you know that? - Somehow.
He has no parents, so seems he grew up struggling.
There is no problem. Just to make sure, take it easy for 2 or 3 days.
Yes. I am fine.
Mother, you were invited as a guest for an FM broadcast, right?
Hurry up and go. - You can't force yourself.
I leave Satoru to you. - Yes.
Sensei, thank you as always.
Call me if anything happens. - Yes.
I want omurice for today's lunch. - Got it.
Coming!
Hello.
Is Satoru-kun well? - He's well for now.
This is a get-well gift, a melon.
I was so shocked yesterday.
His eyes rolled back and then the ambulance coming.
It was shocking, right?
It was because he suddenly jumped into the lake.
That was.. Because you jumped into it.
I can swim, but jumping into it not knowing how to swim...
That's so unbelievable.
But well, I think some of the fault was mine.
I came because I was worried.
Where is Satoruk-kun? It's a huge house, huh?
Satoru...
Satoru jumped into the water for you.
Even with his heart condition. - Heart?
His heart has been weak since he was a kid.
The doctor stopped him from making any hard activity.
And yet, to save you,
he got into that cold water.
He had a fit.
Really?
He really is a complete idiot.
But he likes you that much.
He is not like you.
Satoru is just one of your many friends, right?
In that case, don't lead Satoru on, please.
If you are not serious, don't come to visit him.
Stop!
Please, leave!
Touko! - Satoru, you have to sleep.
I am fine already, even the doctor said so, right?
This is a get-well gift.
Thank you.
Even though Touko took the trouble to come visit me,
what were you thinking, pushing her out, Rinka?
Touko, come in.
Is it okay?
What?
I didn't know you have heart problems.
It's not a big deal.
It's just that I was told to be cautious when I was a kid.
I have no problems now.
But...
It throbs when I'm with you, Touko.
Maybe my heart has problems after all.
Idiot.
You silly boy.
Rikkun, lunch is ready.
OK.
But this place is so narrow.
I have money, I found a job...
Shall we move to a better place?
Eh? But this place is fine.
In a narrow place, everybody is closer...
Don't get stuck to me all the time, that guy will scowl at me.
Look, he's scowling.
Don't scowl. And you don't stick to me.
Move away.
Thank you for the food.
Say, Wakana. - Yeah?
If you had a twin sister younger than you.
A sister? - Yeah.
And when the stork was carrying you and your sister...
The stork...
Yeah, look, they say a stork carries the babies, right?
Ah, yeah, that's true.
A stork brought me Sakana too.
Right, Sakana?
I don't know.
Then, at that time, the stork makes a mistake,
and you end up falling in a pile of trash.
Yeah.
Only your sister is brought to your mother,
and she is raised happily with her.
Yeah.
She has money, and a life with no hardships.
What would you think about your sister?
Hmm... I would be relieved.
Relieved?
But you are in a pile of trash.
Yeah, but my sister would be saved, right?
I would be relieved.
I see.
You think so, huh?
Yeah.
Yes!
It's fine, I'll go.
Rikkun, who's it?
Don't come, eat the lunch.
Give it a read. I tried making a manuscript of your story.
Let's bring it to the publishing company now.
Won't you wait for a while?
Wait? For what?
Let me think about it.
What the hell? This isn't what we agreed.
Could it be that woman loaded you with money?
No, it's not that.
It's just that before exposing her,
I want to know more about her.
Like how has she lived,
or why she abandoned her son.
What are you saying at this point?
I made an appointment and they are waiting. So let's go.
I told you to wait. - Let's go, come on.
I told you to wait!
What the hell?
Hurry up and leave.
Understood.
Yes.
This is Hyuga.
I wonder if you remember me.
Yes.
I have something to talk to you.
Excuse me.
Please, enjoy.
I tried to take another look at your resume.
You were in a gangsters organization in Korea, right?
Someway, there was a gunshot there,
and you ran away.
Am I fired?
No.
I didn't really want to hire you.
I can say you weren't raised decently just by looking at you.
Like a stray dog.
But you jumped into the lake and saved Satoru.
My opinion about you changed after that.
You could become Satoru's bodyguard.
These are troubled times.
Satoru has to go abroad for work too.
We don't know whether he'll be involved in terrorism in Europe or America.
If by any chance that happens,
I want you to protect Satoru with your own body.
In this world, there are lives with a high value.
Satoru is my treasure.
And also a treasure for this world.
Of course, I am asking you for something dangerous,
so you will be greatly compensated.
This is as gratitude for the other day, as well this month's part.
Isn't this a really good opportunity for you?
What happens, Bokechin?
Are you going home?
I'm not, I don't want to go back.
I want to go somewhere far away.
What a coincidence, me too.
Satoru, you idiot!
You are like a broken record, I heard you say so last time too.
Right?
I hope tomorrow I won't like Satoru anymore.
But...
But when I open my eyes in the morning, I like Satoru after all.
No matter how much he ignores me, even if he's into somebody else,
I can't stop looking at Satoru.
So I gave up.
I will probably be like this my whole life, yeah.
Maybe you and I are similar.
Eh? What part? What do we have in common, occhan?
Old man
Could it be that you've had one-sided feelings for somebody too, occhan?
Hey, occhan.
Don't call me occhan, call me oniisan or something.
That's gross. - Gross? What the hell?
If you don't like "Occhan", what about "Chan", like Leslie Cheung. That's cool.
Note that "cheung" and "chan" are pronounced the same.
Chan, pass me the shichimi.
What the hell? "Chan", isn't that from "Lone Wolf and Cub"?
What's "Lone Wolf and Cub"?
Ah, another super old thing, huh?
You are putting too much. - It's delicious!
Excuse me, we'll be closing soon. Can we settle the receipt?
Uncle, just one more cup!
Stop already. - Please!
What's with this cute ring?
Ah, that's it.
Something you got from a woman when you left Korea.
Like, don't forget about me.
Yes, that's it.
As I thought. Then you are unexpectedly popular, Chan.
Unlike you. - What?
You will lose it if you carry it around like that.
I will properly put it on you.
What? What? I will put it on you.
Hold on a sec.
Lend me that.
OK.
Good!
Here. - Thank you so much.
Hey, wake up!
Wake up. - Excuse me, it's almost time.
Hey, Bokechin. We're going home.
Hey, get up.
Not there, that way.
Wait, will take a pee.
Hey, what are you doing?
Don't move.
Stop it.
I'm a stray dog after all.
This is how dogs claim their territory.
Hey, what are you doing?
Why are you here?
Get away from him!
What? What is it?
Wait...
Go away!