Little flower.
I don't want...
my New Year gift anymore.
So please, let my mom come back.
Oto.
I am Sugihara Oto.
Nice to meet you.
Starting from today, you are Hayashida Oto.
You are my child now.
Okay.
Grape flowers taste like grapes.
Banana flowers taste like bananas.
That's what my mom used to tell me,
but is it true?
Fix your Kansai accent.
It's white!
It's so white!
What is this?
(Fall, 2009)
(The 447th business is confirmed to be the object of classification.)
Ren.
Did you have another bad dream?
If you managed to take time off,
you would be having paid leave now.
I'm going to take the crowded subway.
Are you letting me leave without saying anything?
Take care, Kiho.
(Let's go out for a drink sometimes.)
Is that girl just now your girlfriend?
You thief!
Here. I just came back from Hokkaido.
(Marimo Jelly)
Haruta.
You stole my money last time, didn't you?
It was in here.
The money I put in here.
But we are friends.
I'll be staying here while I'm in Tokyo, okay?
I didn't have money to come back.
Did you steal this?
No, I didn't.
Someone dropped it on the floor.
There were only 2,000 yen inside.
Even so, you can't just take it away like this!
So, you hand it to the police when you found money?
I can't believe you actually have a girl staying here.
This place looks like the world's biggest spider's coming out anytime.
You...
Don't look down on the world's biggest spider!
It's too big.
- There is no elevator over there. - Really?
Yes.
Here.
Hold on.
Here, one more.
I'm sorry.
Excuse me.
- Are you holding it? - Yes.
- I'll lift it up then. - Okay.
Okay, let's go.
Hang in there.
Come on, push. Push.
Amazing!
I got the tip.
- Really? - Yes.
- Let's go for a drink. - Shall we?
Sure.
Load those boxes into the truck.
Okay.
Right.
Ma'am.
I feel like...
some sort of fees were deducted...
from my wages this month.
It's savings.
It's for your future.
I see.
(Morita Laundry Service, Hayashida Oto)
(To Oto.)
Hey, wake up!
Where did you steal this?
Hey! This...
This is important to this person!
You can't do this.
Do you hear me?
Haruta, wake up!
(Morita Laundry Service, Hayashida Oto)
(Tohoku Expressway)
(No entry)
(Authorized personnel only)
Grape flowers taste like grapes.
Banana flowers taste like bananas.
Peach flowers taste like peach.
(Love That Makes You Cry: Episode 1)
(Welcome to Hachibane)
Is there any repair center nearby?
There's one 10km ahead,
but they are closed today.
Thank you.
It hurts.
(Morita Laundry Service, Hayashida Oto)
I'm coming!
Welcome.
Do you have your receipt?
No.
I'll have your phone number if you forgot it.
It's not it.
Well,
I'd like to ask you something.
Okay.
Do you know this person?
Ms. Hayashida Oto?
Ms. Hayashida Oto...
had passed away.
She died.
From the shock of having her money stolen.
She hated the person who robbed her.
Well?
Where is...
her grave?
(Morita Laundry Service)
Yes?
Who are you?
I came from Tokyo.
Tokyo?
Why are you looking for Hayashida Oto?
-To pass this... -Thief!
No, it wasn't me!
2,060 yen.
There was...
2,060 yen inside, right?
Did you use it?
Come with me.
Let's go to the police.
No, it wasn't me!
I only came here to return this.
It was someone else who stole it.
I'm Hayashida.
That Hayashida whom 2,060 yen...
was stolen from.
Isn't she dead?
Do I look like a dead person to you?
How about the grave?
Seems like you still don't get it.
Nice to meet you.
Here.
2,060 yen.
Did you really come from Tokyo, just to return this to me?
Were you really not the one who stole it?
Yet you still came here?
Eat that.
There's one more thing!
I came...
to return this as well.
Did you read it?
I'm sorry.
But,
after I read it, I thought I had to return it to its owner.
This person...
must have read this more than hundreds of times.
This must be...
this person's source of strength.
I'm returning this to you.
The letter from your mom.
Just throw it away.
- But it is important to you... - Thank you.
(Violet)
I'm home.
Uncle, the flowers from the corridor...
Shirai is here.
He even set up BS satellite channel for us.
How is it?
It is amazing.
How many inches is this?
It's 42 inches.
Good evening.
Young man from Tokyo,
are you an acquaintance of Oto?
Didn't I tell you? They met at the laundry.
That won't do. Oto already has a good man.
- She is getting married soon. - What?
Young man, do you have money?
- Do you have a horse? - Shirai.
Would you choose me instead before it's too late?
Why would he choose an old woman like you...
when he can marry a girl who is 25 years younger than him?
Hayashida has got himself a nice business.
He took a girl with no relatives as his daughter.
Now she is marrying a rich man.
I heard that Hayashida and Shirai agreed on the marriage...
without even asking for Oto's opinion.
What a dramatic reversal for his life.
Thank you for setting BS up and even buying this for me.
It looks good on you.
Thank you.
Here. Sorry for keeping you waiting.
I'm sorry, we are only able to serve you these.
- Serve the tea. - Okay.
The wedding ceremony would be on early next year.
But the registration of marriage could be done now, right?
You will be short handed without me at the store.
Where would the house be?
I am thinking to build a new house on the hillside.
I see. It's just like...
the kind of house where two generations live together.
With two kitchens...
- It has two kitchens - It hurts.
and two bathrooms.
It sounds great!
Right.
That girl's mom...
got herself pregnant before marriage...
so she didn't know any basic manners at first.
Is that so?
I was the one who taught her...
how to wash a toilet from the beginning.
Your heart will become clean as well after the toilet is cleaned.
I see.
I have worked hard in raising her, so I expect her to obey...
and respect me in the next 20, 30 years.
Come on, eat up.
I'm Kiho.
Are you asleep now?
I'll call again tomorrow.
To delete this message...
Thief!
I'm not a thief!
You are indeed a thief!
I'm not a thief!
I am a mover!
Moving Guy.
Do you have an apple?
Why?
No.
Why do you keep shaking your head?
Hold your neck.
It's the station where Shinkansen stop, right?
- Yes. - Do you live there?
No, I live in a place...
called Yukigaya-Otsuka.
Yukigaya-Otsuka?
Is it famous?
What's inside?
Canned peaches.
You're the first person I've seen with this many canned peaches.
I'm sure someone would love you as much as these canned peaches.
Is it true that you can walk from one station to another in Tokyo?
It's true.
You're lying.
I can walk for around three stops.
Stop lying.
You would be an athlete if you can walk for three stops.
I'm not an athlete.
Then you were in a race.
It's not a race.
There is no such race where you walk for three stops.
Eat the candy.
What were you doing?
Nothing.
Take care. I'll get going.
You sure walk fast.
I do.
Just like your mom.
You know it because you read that letter.
Did you throw it away?
No, I have it with me.
I'll bring it.
Then you throw it away yourself.
Just throw it away.
No, I couldn't.
I couldn't throw away something like that.
Are you coming?
A dam was supposed to be built here.
If it had been built,
this town would probably be flooded...
into the bottom of the lake now.
But because of money and environmental issues,
the residents had a protest against it.
So ten years ago,
the construction was stopped midway.
Sit.
I was a little kid at the time...
but I was really disappointed that the construction was stopped.
I thought...
that a town like this deserved to be flooded into the lake.
When the siren is sounded,
everyone would run from this town together.
Everyone would be gone.
Only one big lake would remain.
I was always imagining that.
Marriage.
What?
- Can't you reject it? - What?
Are you a detective?
I'm a mover.
A mover doesn't do a background check on someone else.
Right.
You had fried noodles, right?
How do you know that?
Of course, I do.
There are no unfamiliar faces in this town.
Nor unfamiliar roads, or even manholes.
Rumors are everywhere.
The cabbage in the fried noodles was really tough, wasn't it?
I heard that your foster dad...
arranged a marriage for you.
People in Tokyo might think...
that one should only marry out of love.
But it's normal in here...
for the parents to decide such things.
In your mom's letter...
Important things will only become a burden.
Sugihara Oto had already drowned in my imaginary lake.
I'm now Hayashida Oto.
Meeting familiar faces...
on familiar streets,
stepping on familiar manholes,
spending the rest of my life in this town.
Stop pushing yourself so hard.
Aunt?
Just bury me in a potter's field.
I'm sorry.
We'll try to fix it before evening.
Then I'll leave it to you.
Oto, do you know Ms. Itou?
- The single mom. - I do.
She hasn't come to pick up her clothes for three months.
Can you send them to her house?
Okay.
Ms. Itou.
Haruna.
Ms. Itou.
(Please pay the monthly rent as soon as possible.)
(Eviction notice)
(Morita Laundry Service)
Turn around.
It's Pronovias wedding dress.
It costs as much as a car.
Are you surprised?
Well...
Try it on.
Could you lend me some money?
Could you lend me 32,000 yen?
You know Ms. Itou, right?
Haruna's mom.
Her gas and electricity supply had been cut off.
She will be kicked out from her apartment if she can't pay the rent.
I don't want to hear such a heavy topic now.
I'm sorry.
You don't have to lend me 30,000 yen.
Just a little will do too.
I can't pamper someone like her who gave birth to a child...
without considering the consequences.
Thank you.
Take care.
Well, today.
Yes?
I went to Imura's next door.
I see. Is he doing well?
The slippers he gave me at the entrance...
were from Japan Airlines.
- Japan Airlines? - Yes.
He bragged to me that he went to Hawaii.
Really?
Do you want to go to Hawaii?
Why don't you ask Shirai?
Didn't he already set up the antenna for you?
I'm passing my 21 years old daughter to him.
He can at least take us to Hawaii.
- Uncle. - What?
I...
Yes?
I'm very grateful to you and Aunt.
I would like to pay back your kindness for the rest of my life.
- Then you should go... - But...
I only have one request.
So...
Well...
I do not want to marry a man I don't love.
I will work hard.
I don't know when will it be,
but I will work hard to make enough money to travel.
Please.
I want us to continue living like this.
The three of us living together in this house.
What do you mean the past 50 years has no meaning at all?
What an ungrateful person.
Aunt.
What's wrong?
Are you all right?
She is in stable condition now.
Get lost.
She is fine now.
Thank you.
I'll send you home.
Can I not go home?
Where do you want to go?
Family restaurant.
What should I do? It's beyond my expectation.
- The family restaurant? - Yes, it's my first time here.
So I'm quite excited.
What should I do? I don't know what to eat.
What should I get?
Maybe this one?
Okay, I will have this then.
But which one should I choose, mashed carrot or tomato sauce?
Let's order one of each then.
So, we order different ones and share them?
That's a good idea.
I should press this, right?
Right.
It rang!
- I'll take your order. - Well...
This and this, please.
We'll share them.
- I got it. - Okay.
Grilled chicken sandwich.
Pork chop and mushroom cream sauce.
Do you often go to family restaurants?
Not really.
Do you have a girlfriend?
Yes, I do.
Really? What's she like?
She is a company employee.
So, do you stand on the both sides of the ticket gate...
and promise each other you will call later?
What?
Do you go and watch the fireworks?
Do you go to furniture stores together?
No, we don't.
Furniture stores in Tokyo...
must be really huge.
You could get lost inside, right?
- Wearing high heels? - What?
I mean your girlfriend.
Right. Yes.
What kind of clothes does she wear?
- Clothes? - Yes.
Clothes...
Different than what I'm wearing, right? Look.
She is more stylish.
- Hey, you. - Yes.
I care about fashion too.
No, that's...
That's...
That's not fashion. It's to keep you warm.
If you look at it that way, all clothes keep me warm.
Then the most fashionable one would be a sheep.
- A sheep? - A sheep.
I don't think so.
I used...
to date someone before too.
What was he like?
It was Hori from the Meteorology club.
We dated from the third year of junior high school...
to the third year of high school.
I liked him very much.
What did you like about him?
When his eyes looked down.
What do you mean?
Don't you know?
It's like when your eyes are looking down...
unexpectedly, like this.
Don't you know?
No, I don't.
- Try it. - No, I can't.
Yes, you can. Come on.
You are just looking down.
Well...
So you liked him just because of the way his eyes looked down?
When he was reading a book,
I would ask him, "What are you reading?"...
and secretly take a peek.
Also, do you know those thermometer screens in the courtyards?
The boxes with thermometers that look like small houses.
Hori would go there during lunch break.
I would look at him and say, "So you're having fruit sandwich today."
It's amazing, isn't it?
That person you like,
you don't see him because he comes,
he's just there when you look.
For example, in the classroom...
Right.
How is he...
doing now?
He went to university in Sapporo.
A friend of mine ran into him once...
and told me he is doing well.
It's really a good idea to order different ones and share them.
Triple berry parfait.
You'll find...
someone you love again.
Belgian chocolate pudding.
That's right.
You'll be with someone you love.
So, you're saying the most fashionable one is a sheep.
Thank you for waiting. Here's your hamburger set.
Enjoy your meal.
Thank you.
I decided to marry Shirai.
I made that decision earlier at the hospital.
Thank you...
for bringing me the letter.
Just like what you said,
it was my source of strength.
I'm really happy to get it back.
I can get married now.
Moving Guy.
Yes.
You looked good when you were looking down just now.
Thank you.
Let's eat.
So delicious!
Take an umbrella.
Why did you come all the way from Tokyo to return the letter to me?
I'm the same as you.
I don't have parents too.
I have a source of strength as well.
Take an umbrella!
It's fine.
I'll run home through the rain.
I drove them home.
Thank you.
Now I know why you refused to tell me the truth.
I talked to your uncle.
I asked him to teach his daughter...
not to play the field.
Uncle.
You're back.
There's a landslide in front and a gas pipe is cracked.
You need to detour if you want to take the national highway.
All right.
Junior high school students caused an incident again.
What a dangerous world.
Hey, Oto.
Do you know Yamagawa's son?
I heard that he got divorced.
He's over 50 years old now, so quite old though.
What do you think?
So?
What do you think?
I'm fine with it.
Really?
Yes, it's fine.
Really? That's good.
Vanish.
Yamagawa owns...
a land in front of the train station.
- There are even parking lots. - I don't need it.
That land that he owns...
I don't need it.
Vanish.
Oto.
Leave.
Leave here...
and go to a place you like.
Oto. You brat.
Wait there!
Hey! Come back!
Oto! Come back!
- Are you going to watch us die? - Shut up!
Moving Guy.
Get in the car.
Where are your shoes? And your luggage?
I don't need them.
I don't need anything.
To Oto.
It's 2am in the midnight now.
I'm thinking maybe this is my last chance...
so I asked the hospital staff for some paper and a pen.
It's been a long time since I wrote something,
so don't make fun of me if I didn't write well.
If you hold this paper up to the light,
you would see small flowers.
It's beautiful, isn't it?
Oto.
I'm leaving you soon.
The time we've spent together...
is too short.
I haven't done anything for you.
I can't die yet.
But now,
you will be left all alone.
Oto.
I regret so many times...
for not letting you feel a dad's love.
I fall sick.
So, I can't tie your hair for you anymore.
But I'm still glad...
that I gave birth to you.
You were such a curious child.
Why can water wet things?
Why does hair keep growing...
but eyebrows only stay a certain length?
Why do we feel lonely?
You didn't need a picture storybook.
You would make up your own stories and read them to me.
Then you would slowly fall asleep.
When I was walking too fast.
you would cheer yourself up...
and catch up to my step.
You are young but so strong.
Every time I look at you...
I always thought...
that my child has the strength to start her own life.
Oto.
You will meet many people.
Look freely.
Talk freely.
Live your life the way you want.
I think that's a precious gift...
you were born with.
I wonder when will you go to school...
and meet new friends.
When you become a junior high school student,
then a high school student.
Will you fall in love with someone?
What kind of love will it be?
Falling in love...
is not always happy.
It can be painful sometimes.
I'm sure the reason we feel lonely...
is for us to meet with the significant other.
(Oto, let's take the entrance exam for Sapporo University together!)
(If you have time,)
(let's look at the materials in the classroom tomorrow.)
Sometimes, life is tough.
But you will eventually forget about it when you are in love.
Do fall in love and I hope someday...
you will meet that one person who belongs to you.
I'm sure he will have answers...
to all of your questions.
He will listen to your story.
He will be grateful to God that you were born.
Grape flowers taste like grapes.
Banana flowers taste like bananas.
Love will only exist...
when it connects one heart to another.
When Oto is laughing,
I am laughing too.
When Oto is running,
I am also running.
My beloved daughter.
My beloved Oto.
I love you.
Please be happy.
Love, Mom.
A tavern?
Yes.
A friend of mine works there.
I'm going to ask her if I can stay with her for a while.
Right.
Maybe it's better to go empty-handed than to gift something like this.
Thank you.
I'll be right back.
Ren.
Konatsu.
Ren.
I'm sorry.
Since that day,
I've never met him again.
It's been a year since I came to Tokyo.
Unfamiliar city,
unfamiliar streets,
and unfamiliar faces.
I could walk around the city all day...
and not meet anyone I know.
Cheers!
Moving Guy.
Where are you now?
Hey, do you want to have some?
January 2011.
I'm now...
living in Tokyo.
(Next Episode)
I haven't met him yet.
Oto, I think the young master has a crush on you.
Love is something that happens only when you couldn't see each other.
I would die if even you abandoned me.
Moving Guy, where are you now?