Executive Producer MORIHIRO KODAMA
Producer YASUHIRO MASE
OriginaI Story KEIGO HIGASHINO
Music RYUDO UZAKI
ScreenpIay HIROSHI SAITO
Starring RYOKO HIROSUE
and KAORU KOBAYASHI
Director YOJIRO TAKITA
Lots of snow!
Terrific! Not meIted yet!
We came for a memoriaI service. Not to go skiing.
Mama, you aIso want to ski, right?
Oh, I want to ski! I'm dying to ski!
I can't wait to see Yoshimi.
Spring vacation's great. No homework.
I thought you grew out of that.
My Iucky charm.
It's so cute... Give it to me.
Nope.
Look out!
Heisuke Sugita Naoko Monami
Rescued passengers are badly injured.
Most in critical condition.
The latest report...
Regarding the mother and daughter in the hospital...
They have been identified as,
Mrs. Sugita and her daughter.
The two women brought to this hospital...
Have been identified.
Their family name is Sugita.
We'II be going now.
Try to shave cIean.
Bye, now!
I'm Sugita. Where's my wife and daughter?
Sugita? The trauma section upstairs.
The trauma section.
Heisuke!
I don't know what to say...
If onIy I hadn't asked them to come...
Doctor, doctor...
Mr. Sugita?
Yes.
WiII they make it?
I'm afraid it's very criticaI.
You mean my wife... or my daughter?
Both of them.
Doctor, the mother's VF!
Bosumin!
HoId on! What?
What?
Monami?
Don't worry.
She's right next to you.
Nurse... HeIp me.
Naoko!
HoId on!
Naoko!
Mama...
This way pIease.
Naoko...
Monami...
Monami.
You're awake...
What?
Am I...dead?
Monami.
You're aIive!
I'II get the doctor!
Wait, Heisuke.
It's me, Naoko.
What?
What are you saying?
Monami.
Heisuke...
I'm Naoko.
-- H i m i t s u --
What are you saying?
Are you aII right, Monami?
No. I'm Naoko.
Can't you see?
No! It's impossibIe.
I can't beIieve it myseIf.
But it's true.
Now, don't kid daddy.
I'm not.
No.
Then, teII me about the first date we had.
We ate ice cream at the Cape Lighthouse.
And then?
We went to Chinatown.
You ate 5 dishes of noodIes in soup.
Different kinds of noodIes.
AIso fried noodIes.
And do you remember the night you spent at my pIace?
Yes,
It was winter.
WhiIe we were doing it you were so cIumsy.
You had a Ieg cramp. A big commotion.
TeII me, are you stiII aIive?
Naoko...
Naoko?
Does it mean that Monami is the one who is dead?
I took over Monami's body.
If it's possibIe to bring Monami back...
I'II do whatever it takes.
For now...
Better not teII anyone.
Heisuke...
What'II I do now?
I'm home.
Wow, what a mess.
Heisuke, open the window.
It's pretty awkward.
Heisuke, did you water them?
Sometimes.
I knew it.
They're withering. The poor things.
Drink Iots of water.
There!
Come on, pep up!
Now you'II revive.
Heisuke, come and heIp me.
Heisuke...
Am I in a dream?
WiII you be aII right aIone?
I'II be fine.
You missed some.
So, you're Naoko.
See you Iater.
I'II see you Iater.
A IittIe bIand.
But chief, we thought a miId fIavor wouId seII better.
Chinese noodIes must taste good from the first bite.
So--caIIed miId soy sauce contains a Iot of saIt.
Yes...
It has a good broth fIavor.
A IittIe more effort.
And the noodIes.
I'm confident of that.
I think the chief Iooks pretty weary.
After what happened, of course.
Come on! Get up! You'II be Iate.
5 more minutes.
No! Get up!
No! I want to sIeep more
Get up right now. You hear me?
Stop it!
I'II sIeep with you.
Research of possession phenomenon,
By religion, natural science and psychology,
continues extensively...
There is an interesting case.
lt happened to a girl in France.
She had smallpox...
And was in a state of suspended death...
She recovered with another person's personality.
A woman who died at about the same time,
Was believed to have possessed the girl.
It's green! Look! Look!
The girl knew everything about the dead woman.
Her condition lasted for two years.
Then, the girl's true personality returned.
I'm home.
She must be Naoko
Monami...
It's me, Naoko.
Hi, there.
What in the...?
Look Iike a teenager?
Maybe the skirt is too short?
No...
Stop staring, Heisuke.
Cut it out!
I can't heIp it.
Heisuke!
Stop it...
See?
Heisuke.
You know what I think?
I shouId be Monami when we're outside the house.
It's an idea...
We don't have a choice.
Being your wife in the house won't change.
Right.
I can't keep wearing this ring.
From now on this wiII be my wedding ring
I'II keep mine on.
That's nice of you.
But...
You're over 40, can you be a high schooI girI?
I can...I can!
That's aIready out of date.
You've got to get busy with a Iot of catching up.
Now, go to sIeep.
We're a reaI weird coupIe.
Ah, shut up.
This sure brings back memories.
Monami!
Why, heIIo.
Are you aII right now?
Kuniko?
Gee, you grew up.
Same cIass?
What's with your skirt?
What?
It's too Iong.
Are you feeIing better? Just take it easy, okay?
SmiIe.
Yeah, thanks.
Let's go.
She's gone through this terribIe trauma...
She forgets faces and names.
I see...
She might find it very hard to keep up in cIass.
A new term is starting.
She's a good student. She'II be fine.
No, I don't reaIIy think so.
I'm sure she can't even sociaIize with anyone.
Don't worry about her in schooI.
Yes...
Good morning.
Monami!
You're...Odajima, right?
Ah, yes.
I'm gIad you're with us.
Me too.
I sure am gIad.
Why'd you bother with him?
He was a cIassmate before.
So, you taIked to him?
CouId you ignore him?
I guess not.
Monami!
Long time no see.
The second function...
f (x) equaIs...
a x squared pIus...
b x pIus c...
Find the vaIue of the constant a, b, c.
I give up.
HeIp me, Monami.
Anyone have the answer?
Miss Sugita.
You mean... me?
Yes.
I'II wash your back.
No thanks.
Why?
It's just...
Come on, I aIways do.
Yeah, right.
You're Naoko, yeah.
How's schooI?
Exhausting.
Kids are aII around me.
That's naturaI.
Something's weird.
What?
I thought math was beyond me compIeteIy,
But it's easy to come up with answers.
The conscious mind is yours, but the brain is Monami's.
The brain determines taIent and abiIity.
You and Monami have the same thought patterns.
Maybe that's it.
Finished.
Get in the tub.
Thanks.
Hey!
Don't be shy.
Cut it out.
Regarding indemnity...
Depending on the victim's sex and age...
The sum wiII differ from 50 to 80 miIIion yen.
Can't you get at Ieast 100 miIIion?
That's too cheap.
Is Iife that cheap?
Give my son back!
AII of you have a document...
That caIcuIates the formuIa for indemnity.
You appIy it to figure out the amount.
So, the amount can be roughIy decided.
My two sons who just started work were kiIIed.
They're not the same as somebody's wife.
200 miIIion yen each!
WeII...
Do you know the cause of the accident?
Yes.
The bus company admits it was the driver's fauIt.
After a thorough inquiry?
It won't bring back the dead!
Demand a thorough check of the accident.
It's what the peopIe who died want to know.
Very weII.
The issue of overwork of the driver...
And other factors to be doubIe checked.
WiII be demanded from the bus company.
PIease do that.
I wiII.
Money is the Ieast concern.
It's not the money...
One more thing.
The driver's son, Kajikawa, is here.
He wishes to make an apoIogy to everyone.
Is it aII right?
Then, Kajikawa, pIease.
PIease accept...
I'm sorry...
That's no way to apoIogize.
How many peopIe are dead?
Be more sincere.
Who do you think you are?
Your father did it!
My dad's not a murderer!
What's that?
Come back here!
Wait a minute.
You were pretty rude.
He's the one.
He caIIs every night.
Saying my dad's a murderer.
I recognize his voice.
No compassion for the victim's famiIies?
I feeI sorry for them.
For you too.
But my dad didn't cause the accident on purpose.
The bus company puts aII the bIame on him.
You have other famiIy?
No. That's why I came.
Wait...
He has an attitude.
He's having a hard time.
He's going to coIIege?
Who knows?
If he worked overtime for the tuition...
The victims can't rest in peace.
Who worked overtime?
The driver.
I heard him taIking on the bus.
Kajikawa, it's your turn.
Yeah, sorry.
Are you aII right?
I didn't sIeep Iast night.
Driving a truck again?
You're risking your job.
But driving is the onIy work I can do.
Isn't moonIighting hard?
Not too bad.
It means happiness to my famiIy. That's what.
Maybe he dozed off at the wheeI.
I'II do the indemnity negotiations.
So, forget about the accident.
Monami!
Pass it on!
Pass! Pass the baII!
Miss Sugita.
Yes.
Catch you Iater.
How do you feeI?
I'm fine.
Take care of yourseIf.
Yes.
That girI's worrying about me makes me tired.
Don't be ungratefuI. She's a fine teacher.
You're taking her side.
SiIIy.
But you know...
She's aIways watching me.
It suffocates me. Maybe she's suspicious.
About what?
That I'm not Monami.
SiIIy. She's worried about you, that's aII.
That sure is a pretty heavy meaI.
I want to eat soIid food, 'cause I'm young.
Young. I see.
Heisuke, what about it?
What?
Sex.
Heisuke, shame on you.
Why sex, out of the bIue?
WeII, we taIked about my teacher, Miss Hashimoto.
That's irreIevant.
WeII, what'II you do?
What'II I do?
What can I do?
To my own daughter?
You think I can make Iove?
I guess not.
Mr. Sugita?
Yes?
It's been a whiIe.
Yes, it has...
A medicaI schooI?
Yes.
It wiII be hard on her, changing her subjects.
Why in the worId?
You have any inkIing?
No.
ShaII we sit down?
Thank you.
I didn't know we were neighbors.
I Iive further down the road.
AIone?
Yes, that's right.
Is that so...
WeII, now...
What's she up to with Heisuke?
WeII, I must be going.
Thank you.
Say heIIo to Monami.
Yes.
Good--bye.
I caught you.
You startIed me. Were you Iistening?
Wipe off the grin.
Who, me?
She's your type aII right.
What's that mean?
You're nuts!
Ouch! Ouch!..Ouch!
I want to study cerebraI medicine.
I want to discover what happened to me.
I thought so.
But can science cure it?
Maybe not, but I want to try.
Just Iiving and feeIing skepticaI isn't easy.
I guess not.
One other thing...
I don't want to waste reIiving a Iife.
With Monami's body, I want to do what I want.
For Monami's sake too.
I feeI Iike I'm being outstripped.
No good?
I'II back you up.
I can stiII work for 20 more years.
Hey!
What?
Is your skirt shorter?
This is normaI.
Come on. You're over forty.
You hear? Naoko!
Naoko?
Famous foreign Iiterature,
ToIstoi, ''War and Peace''.
Hey.
Naoko!
Look! Look!
Hey!
Naoko!
Be quiet!
I'm starving!
Lots of pickIes,
Here! Here!.
Not me!
So, the test is tomorrow.
No probIem.
That's good.
Here's something we put aII our energy in.
PIease.
''CONCENTRATlON''
If you don't pass, there's aIways next year.
And another year afterwards.
If I didn't pass, then no one passed.
You're amazing.
Look! There it is!
Where? Where?
0705
7 0 5 Na--o--ko!
Oh, I see it.
Thanks to my noodIe power.
Yes? Yes!
One order of Sushi.
Right!
We haven't been here for awhiIe.
Yeah.
Here...
It's my happiest time to be with you Iike this.
Yes, it is.
Say, Heisuke.
If you fancy that girI...
GirI?
The teacher, Taeko Hashimoto.
That kid, Taeko?
Now's the time to make a move.
I've got you, Naoko.
Thank you.
You missed some.
Cut it out.
Here. Herring.
You aII right? Here...
It might heIp if I hide my face.
And I'II be quiet.
It just isn't right to do it to Monami's body.
I can use my mouth.
Don't say that with Monami's face.
AII right.
WeII...
I'II sIeep in Monami's room from tomorrow.
I guess you shouId.
Maybe we shouId have done that sooner.
Can I sIeep here just for tonight?
Yeah.
For Monami's entering medicaI coIIege!
Bottoms up!
CongratuIations!
Daddy! Hurry up and come here!
Here.
I promised Monami before.
Right?
You said you wanted to eat grandpa's noodIes.
Oh, yes, I was dying for it. and I Iove this.
Yes, yes!
DeIicious.
I'm sorry.
My mother reaIIy Ioved grandpa's noodIes.
Tasty!
ReaIIy good.
Monami, do you have a boyfriend?
Why...
No way!
Why not?
Over my dead body.
That's 'father--taIk', Heisuke.
She'II find a nice guy and get married before you know it.
The day you got married to Naoko...
Our dad cried his eyes out.
He said he wanted to hit you, Heisuke.
Nonsense.
But you cried.
That never happened.
He reaIIy said that.
Where's your dad?
In the bath.
That's nice.
It feeIs stiff here.
You can teII?
Yeah, dad, you aIways feeI stiff right here...
What?
I mean, my dad gets a stiff back too.
He does?
You rub his back too Iike a good girI.
Monami.
Yes?
You've grown up now.
So, if your dad finds a suitabIe Iady...
Let's give him our bIessing, aII right?
Yeah.
Monami...I wonder where she is now?
Damn it aII!
Damn it!
Thank you for waiting. This way pIease.
Here's the menu. PIease take you time.
I'II be back in a moment.
WeIcome. How many in the party?
Ah, just a second.
What the...?
What's wrong?
Guess I Iost my waIIet.
Come on, dad, you've got to watch over me.
I'II pay.
AII right?
Thank you.
AII right?
Thanks.
Heisuke...
It can happen to anyone.
Hi.
HeIIo.
The money I owe you.
You came aII the way here to pay me back? Come in.
I've got to go.
Thanks anyway
Thank you.
Are you getting worker's compensation?
No.
The company found out dad was moonIighting.
I see...And how about your coIIege?
I quit.
I got a job in a noodIe shop.
You did? Where?
In Yotsuya.
Yotsuya? That's near my company.
Do you know the ''Kouya''?
Yes, it's catty--corner from a sushi shop.
And the ''AvaIanche'' noodIe shop nearby...
You wanted to know the cause of the accident.
I think my dad dozed off whiIe driving.
He was working reckIessIy.
And it was aII for you.
Maybe.
Our Iife was never easy.
Maybe he had a gambIing debt.
He Iiked to gambIe.
What sick peopIe need, is not famous schoIars.
They need good cIinicians.
This is the basic doctrine of our schooI.
Never Iet it fade from your mind...
During the 6 years you wiII study here.
For the many patients and their famiIies you'II meet,
Do become good doctors.
Join the saiIboat cIub?
I'II be busy studying.
Anyone who onIy studies won't make a good doctor.
PhysicaI stamina is vitaI for doctors.
WeII... No thank you.
Doctors need stamina!
One two! One two!
Doctors need stamina!
One two! One two!
I'm scared!
Sugita! PuII!
PuII!
PuII the jib!
Stay cooI!
Stay put!
Look forward!
Let go of the jib!
Loosen the sheet!
Don't stand up!
We'II capsize!
Stay cooI!
I'm trying my best!
SaiIboats?
Stamina is vitaI for doctors.
Risky?
They're aII experts.
And they are...men?
A German farmer wanted to hunt badgers.
So, they crossed a dog with a strong jaw and...
A dog with short Iegs, and that made dachshunds.