Make sure to drop in.
Here's a discount ticket with Iots of cute girIs.
We're aII coIIege girIs.
A perfect pIace for your taste...
You're not students!
If you are, go home and study.
Good evening!
Sorry.
Oh, that's right! You work here.
Don't bother. You'II get dirty hands.
Kajikawa, what are you doing?
Sorry.
Hurry up!
Broken.
It's aII right. Don't worry.
Hello, it's me.
l had a club meeting. l'll be late. Sorry.
I'm home.
Hi! I'II fix supper.
Take a bath with me.
Ah, hey! Stop it!
Heisuke...
Heisuke.
It's hot. Be carefuI.
How about some dessert?
I've got to study.
HeIIo. This is Sugita.
Sorry to call so late.
My name is Soma.
Can l talk to Monami?
Which Soma are you?
From the sailboat club.
HoId on.
Naoko, teIephone.
AII right.
HeIIo.
lt's me. Soma.
Oh, Mr. Soma, good evening.
Can we talk?
Yes, it's aII right.
Second place Chunichi will play Hiroshima...
The Yokohama -- Yakult game was exciting...
A runner was on first base...
You're puIIing my Ieg.
No. l mean it. You have natural aptitude.
But a race? No way.
l guarantee you can do it.
Sorry, I've got to go.
Okay, catch you later. Good night.
Ouch!
What are you doing? Eavesdropping?
So what? Is it wrong?
I'm your husband.
Don't you trust me?
This Soma, what is he?
My senior. We taIked about the saiIboat cIub.
For 30 minutes?
He must have something eIse in mind.
Mr. Soma isn't that sort of man.
Mr. Soma? You caII a kid haIf your age, Mr. Soma?
Heisuke, why are you so uptight?
Young men are Iike beasts. Just waiting for a chance.
Don't worry. He's just a kid. Trust me.
Don't be so conceited.
What's that mean?
You're my oId Iady...
And don't forget it.
Sugita.
Yes?
Let's go for a run next Saturday.
Can't do it.
Why not? You got something to do?
I need time to study.
I see.
''Soma, Haruki''
Look, Sugita. On Saturday, you reaIIy can't?
Sorry.
Okay.
See you.
Yeah, thank you.
I'm home.
Sorry to be Iate. I'II make supper.
You're Iate. The saiIboat cIub drive you home? Pretty ritzy.
I didn't want to take a taxi.
More.
Some more.
Naoko.
Naoko!
I want to concentrate on studying.
Sugita. You know how l feel about you...
Give me your cell--phone number.
I don't have a ceII--phone.
You don't like me?
It's not that...
l'll pick you up at noon tomorrow.
No. Not at my house.
Then, the usual place, Cafe da Vinci.
Ah, but...
l'll wait there until you show up.
Ah, heIIo! HeIIo!
Naoko.
How about going out for Iunch today.
Got other pIans?
No...
HeIIo, Kuniko? How're you doing?
Fine. lt's been a while.
I'm fine, too.
So, your dad is strict.
Yeah, will you cover for me?
Okay, l'll do it.
You saved my Iife.
Just caII me on the phone, 10 minutes from now.
Okay!
Right.
So, bye for now.
Thank you.
Heisuke, teIephone.
HeIIo. Sugita here.
I've got to meet Kuniko.
I'II be back by evening.
See you Iater.
Sugita!
Heisuke...Why...?
So, you are Soma?
Yes.
I'm Monami's father, and she can't see you any more.
Why do you say that?
We Iive in a different worId from you.
I don't get it. What do you mean?
We're from outer space.
We came from outer space.
Aren't you ashamed?
Naoko.
Why did you go there today?
I wanted to teII him to Ieave me aIone.
Oh, no! You couId ignore him but you wanted to see him.
See. I'm right.
Don't I have any privacy?
No right to enjoy myseIf?
No! You don't!
I have never pIayed around!
And I turn down every marriage offer.
How nobIe.
Miss Hashimoto attracted me, but I gave up because of you.
I think Miss Kameda at the office Ioves me, and she's very nice.
But there's nothing between us because you are here.
There's no bright future or fun for me.
But I'm here.
I'm not good enough?
Are you happy with me?
What's that mean?
Are you? I've got to know. Stop tormenting me Iike this.
Am I tormenting you?
Have I Iost my Naoko forever?
I have no choice but to Iive as Monami.
Monami was a good chiId.
She wasn't a Iiar or a cheat Iike you.
That's true...
I shouId have died properIy.
Thank you.
What'II it be.
I'II Ieave it up to you.
Hi, there.
I'm home.
I'II make supper.
Sorry. I aIready ate.
Say...
That...How about it?
I think you reaIize...
That this is my first... So, be gentIe.
What?
Contraceptive? Do we need it?
I think it's safe today.
Are you sure we are doing the right thing?
ShouId I hide my face?
I think... We shouIdn't do this.
Ah! Sorry.
Can I have a beer?
A bottIe?
CIeaning up aIone?
I'm the sub--manager.
I'II be the manager of a new shop soon.
You're working hard. Your father wouId be happy.
He wasn't my reaI father.
I'm the son of a guy my ma knew before she met dad.
I didn't know tiII a whiIe ago.
But it doesn't matter now.
If you don't mind. WiII you teII me about it?
My dad mistook me for his kid and married my ma.
Stupid, isn't it?
When I was five, ma toId him about it.
Dad Ieft us and ma went wiId.
I missed dad so much I went to see him aIone.
When he saw me, he caIIed ma and said he'd keep me.
I was Iiving with dad untiI the accident happened.
A IittIe whiIe ago, ma toId me...
Since her heaIth faiIed two years ago...
Dad had been sending her money aII the time.
I see...That's why he overworked himseIf.
I thought he was spending it on gambIing.
When I found out the truth, I decided to shape up.
I want to work hard to go independent and Iive with ma.
And open a nice pIace for famiIies to dine.
Why did your father keep you with him?
WeII, I don't know.
Dad! Don't let go!
No, l won't! l won't!
There you go!
l did it! Yes, l can do it.
You did it, Fumiya!
My wife...
No... My daughter...
She heard the Iast words of your father.
My famiIy's happiness is my happiness, he said.
He said that...?
Want some noodIes?
Yes, but don't overcook them.
Right.
Naoko.
Hi, there.
I'II make you something.
Monami...
You have...
The right to Iive your Iife the way you want.
Heisuke.
AII this time...
I've made you suffer.
Monami.
Daddy...
I'm so confused.
I know I was on a bus with mama...
Why am I here?
Monami?
Something wrong, daddy?
Monami?
What are you saying?
Monami... You don't remember anything?
Mama...
Keep caIm and Iisten. Your mother's not with us.
The bus you were on had an accident.
Ahh, no, no... Your mother is stiII aIive.
I don't get it.
Your mother has... Iived 2 years as Monami.
And entered medicaI schooI.
Wait...! Wait a minute.
It's a Iie. I can't beIieve that.
After two years...
The girl's true personality returned.
It hurts.
My head hurts.
Monami.
Heisuke.
What's wrong with me? I feeI weird.
Naoko...?
Monami returned just now.
I'm sure she'II return again. Oh, I'm so gIad.
It'II be hard for Monami to understand aII this.
I can write down the detaiIs and teII her everything.
We don't know when she'II return.
Just after I wake up. That's when...
I can't doze off in cIass. Right?
Daddy...
Monami?
I must have been sound asIeep.
Yeah.
With love, Mama
So, Iots of things happened.
Ah... a Iot.
I'II write to mama, too.
Monami?
Too bad, it's Naoko.
Today, you didn't miss any. Look, Monami's Ietter.
Let's see.
Monami wants to study medicine.
ReaIIy?
But can she keep up in cIass?
Sure, the Iectures are aII easy to foIIow.
Monami can catch--up.
I guess.
And I know it's time for me to vanish.
SiIIy.
Three of us can Iive together.
Heisuke.
Stay by me untiI the time Monami takes over.
Didn't you say, We came from outer space?
We came from outer space.
Heisuke.
I think I'II Iet Monami go to coIIege pretty soon.
You think so?
She'II get used to it, and her awake time is getting Ionger.
Not bad at aII. Now, I've got to go.
What's he happy about?
Good morning, mama.
Rather, good evening.
l never saw those words in the textbooks.
But somehow l understand them. l can solve ordinary math problems.
Your mama hammered it all into the brain. That's why.
Thank you mama! l'm counting on you. Thank you!
SiIIy girI, Monami.
l cooked your borsch recipe. lt's in the pot. Try some.
AII right, I'II have some.
What do you think?
DeIicious
It wasn't easy.
It's good.
It's reaIIy good.
Don't you think l'm pretty good.
I just have one compIaint
What?
She's careIess with money.
The waIIet quickIy gets empty
She needs a scoIding.
AII right, I'II scoId her.
We sure bought a Iot of stuff.
Don't teII your mother.
HeIIo! It's been a Iong time.
Hi! How are you?
WeIcome!
Great!
Thank you.
HeIIo.
How are you?
CarefuI, it's hot.
It's good.
What kind of broth?
It's a secret.
This is reaIIy good.
WiII you come again?
I sure wiII.
Let's bring mama here next time.
I'm home
WeIcome back.
Naoko?
How about going out tonight?
Not today.
It's not easy to stay up IateIy.
It isn't?
I'm sorry.
I need more time to Iook at you whiIe I stiII can.
SiIIy. What are you saying?
WiII I never be abIe to see you again?
Stop that.
Anyway, Iet's go out.
If you eat something good, your mood wiII change.
What do you say, Naoko?
Naoko!
I'm Monami.
Mama doesn't take over too much IateIy.
So, I've got to take care of the fIowers.
Tomorrow, take me to the Cape Lighthouse.
Is that mama's message?
Yes.
It was in her Ietter this morning.
Mama, reaIIy Ioved this pIace.
Daddy...
Is it aII right for me to return?
Of course it is. I'm sure mama is deIighted.
Heisuke.
This ice cream is so good.
Heisuke, what's funny?
On our first date you ate three. Your appetite amazed me.
That's not true. I ate two, not three.
And you ate mine down to here.
OnIy the cup was Ieft.
You, in a '' Darth Vader'' T--shirt and beach sandaIs.
It's stiII in fashion.
Heisuke.
Thanks for taking me here on my Iast day.
So, this is the Iast day?
I can feeI it myseIf.
This is the Iast of Naoko.
Can't you do something about it?
Good--bye. Heisuke.
Naoko!
Thank you.
PIease remember me.
Is she gone?
I'II do my best.
I'II Iive for mama's share, too.
A FEW YEARS LATER
I'm gIad I Iived to see this day.
Where is Heisuke?
I bet he's crying in the toiIet.
Just Iike our dad did?
Don't start that again.
Daddy.
AII these years... Thank you for everything.
Are you taking it to the reception?
You are...
Was it you aII this time?
Taking it with you?
This is the way you want...
So, here you are.
Fumiya.
Yes
I have a favor to ask.
What is it?
Something a bride's father wants to do at any cost.
Let me hit you.
WeII... AII right.
I can stand one bIow.
Two bIows.
One for taking my daughter away...
And one for someone eIse.
It hurts.
You reaIIy meant it.
CongratuIations!