Oh!
I'm sorry!
Oh, Doctor!
Oh, it's you, Goro
What a coincidence!
Where are you heading, Doctor?
To the barbar there
Oh I see, sorry again!
No problem, then see you!
See you!
..oh!
Yes?
I..
Regarding my daughter whom I was talking about..
Oh, Hotaru?
Yes!
She is finally going to graduate from nursing school in the spring
She will come to my clinic, won't she?
Yes!
I'm counting on her. Please give her my regards.
Sure!
Thank you so much!
Likewise!
Then, see you around!
You got ambushed again
So you saw that
He was waiting for you for more than an hour
I can tell he can't stop thinking about Hotaru
He wants her to come back as soon as possible
Yeah
Like always?
Yes
OK
I heard Goro recently became a carpenter apprentice
To master Kin Kano?
So I heard
I have no idea what crossed his mind at his age, but..
..two years ago, he started to take vocational training.
I heard that too. At that age! He is such a rare guy.
Morning..
What's happened?
Goro..
Yes?
See this..
You did this yesterday.
Yes.
You see the tiny space in-between..
Yes.
The two parts should fit more tightly..
Your cutting is not precise. Do it again.
Sorry
You said your son is in Tokyo, right?
Yeah
What's he doing?
He was changing his jobs one after another,
and now is working at a gas station.
Why?
Why asking me?
Never mind.
Osamu wants to go to Tokyo.
Is he gonna train in Tokyo to be a carpenter?
No.
He says he doesn't wanna become a carpenter.
But he is your heir..
He doesn't know what carpentry is about..
He cannot use a chisel or a plane properly,
and try to gloss over the faults with electric tools.
Then what does he wanna do in Tokyo?
I don't know.
When I ask him what he would like to do,
he says he hasn't decided yet.
Goro
Yes?
How about your son?
Does he have any particular vision..
about his future?
I don't know.
Akina, I'm home!
Here you are, I kept you waiting long, you must be hungry..
You'll get foods soon
Goro, long time no hear..
Sorry for the short notice, but I'm thinking to come over
with Daisuke and stay about three days from July 26th.
Would you mind if I and Daisuke stay at your place?
Sorry to bother you, but
would you call me to tell if you are available or not?
I'm always at home after 19:00.
Yukiko.
Yukiko? This is Goro
It has been a while! I received your letter!
I am so glad! You'll be welcome!
You'll be so welcome! I am so glad!
Although,
my last house collapsed from the snow,
so I'm living in Naka's warehouse.. So there is only one room.
No no no,
Really?
I see, I see, yes.
Yes, I'll be waiting you. I'll be waiting.
You know Akina, Aunty Yukiko will come! Akina! Aunty Yukiko!
You've never met her, right?
She is the younger sister of my late wife,
and she'll come with her child.
His name is Daisuke.
I wonder how old he is now,
five or six, I think.
They'll be staying here from the 26th.
I'll ask Hotaru to come back too.
Hotaru...
She doesn't come back at all.
Three days from the 26th.
Oh!
It's around the period of Heso Festival!
That's right, I'm going to finish my work before then.
Thank you as always.
No no, it's my pleasure.
Our head nurse also says
you shouldn't do things like this.
Don't worry, they are not for sale,
though they still are of excellent quality.
Do you want me to call the nurse station?
No no, she must still be at home. Besides,
I'll be scolded by her if she finds out I'm doing this.
Please let this be between us so she won't find out.
Thank you so much as always.
Thanks to you!
Hotaru?
It's Dad. Did I wake you up?
You were awake? Good, good.
How are you?
I'm calling you because
I learned that Aunt Yukiko will come
to Furano, yes,
three days from the 26th.
It's around the period of Heso Festival so,
I wonder if you can come back then, too?
OK? Really!?
I'm so glad.
Aunt Yukiko will be happy too.
Oh, by the way,
Why don't we go to see Dr. Zaitsu when you come back?
I run into him the other day, oh, totally by chance!
Dr. Zaitsu from Zaitsu Clinic.
He wants you to work there as a nurse.
That's what he said.
Yukiko!
There he is.
Yukiko!
I'm so sorry!
What a surprise. What happened all of a sudden?
Sorry, oh?
Daisuke, this is Uncle Goro.
Hello
You've grown a lot!
I called Hotaru, she was surprised, too!
She'll come to see us on the day of Heso Festival.
She'll graduate from nursing school the next year, and come back to Furano to work as a nurse.
She is already 19.
Can you believe it? She's grown so beautiful.
Goro is so ecstatic about her graduation.
He marks the calendar every day,
counting the number of days left.
He's just a doting parent.
Hey, I heard from Jun, but is it true that
Goro is building another log cabin?
That's right.
I don't know when it'll be finished.
It's been already two years since he started to plane logs.
You know, here we have troubles with the soil full of stones.
He carries thrown-away stones little by little with a wheelbarrow to the hill
and bury them to lay the foundation.
Gonna see moo-moos.
Do you wanna go see the cows?
Yukiko, have you heard about Sota?
What happened to Sota?
He will get married.
With them as go-betweens.
To tell the truth,
The bride is already like this..
Really?
I won't attend a wedding like that.
Mom, calm down.
It's already enough embarrassing with her belly starting to show!
But I'm not the one who is planning this.
It's the guys from Young Mens' Assosiation.
A wedding must be held in a proper place.
We are living in the country! In such a vast countryside!
Why bother going to a small hall in the town?
Sota!
Sota..
Goro is here
Goro, I told you not to come here!
Your face is not good for the unborn child.
Yukiko.
Hello.
Wow wow, it's you, Yukiko.
I learned you will get married. Congratulations!
You've heard that? Aiko, I introduce her to you.
This is Aiko.
Plain as she is, I decided to take her. It's charity..
Mating is already done.
This is Yukiko. I was in love with her but she turned me down easily.
Hello
Hello..
Well, is this your kid?
This is Daisuke.
Daisuke! We are expecting a boy, too.
Aiko, our kid can wear his outgrown-clothes, isn't that nice?
So you are a boy. Let me see your you-know-what.
Do you have one? Hey, let me see it!
Hey, you don't have to cry.
Don't cry, don't cry.
Daisuke! Don't worry!
He is always like this.
That's right, I'm always like this.
So don't worry.
Goro, thank you very much for bringing her.
I'll look after her from now on.
So you can go home now. Aiko, take care of the rest.
What about milking?
Milking?
You are right, I have to milk cows..
Oh no, she's changed me completely, Yukiko.
Now I'm totally henpecked.
Sota looks very happy.
He is in the seventh heaven.
Not only for the marriage, but especially for the baby.
Aiko had a tough time in the town.
To tell the truth,
Her doctor said she wouldn't be able to bear a child any more.
Because of that,
Sota's parents were reluctant about this marriage.
That's why when she got pregnant suddenly, Sota went into ecstasy.
Akina, I'm home!
With a guest..
Here he is.
Here you are, sweetheart.
You surprised me.
Did you think I live with Akina Nakamori (an actress)?
Go go, go inside.
Yukiko, here it is.
Good.
Come here.
What is this?
Eh? Oh,
Uncle is building a house all by himself.
I see.
How did you bring stones here?
With that.
Little by little. So I'm not making progress at all.
Amazing!
No, it's not.
Yes, it is! Besides, it's a breathtaking view!
The view is great, isn't it? It's thanks to Nakahata.
I'm renting land from him.
What is this?
That is the bath, Daisuke.
All I was thinking was to have a big bath where I can stretch my legs,
so now the bath is finished without anything else.
Daisuke, all right!
Do you wanna take a bath with me?
Wow, nice hot!
Nice hot, isn't it, Daisuke?
Stretch your legs.
Oh...
Feels so good,
doesn't it, Daisuke?
Feels so good, doesn't it, Daisuke?
I see. It feels good to you as well.
I see.
I'm really sorry.
There is only one room.
Don't worry.
Daisuke, come here. That is Uncle's futon.
Leave him there.
But, Goro...
I'll sleep with him.
He moves so much, you can't sleep.
Yukiko, please.
I want to
sleep with a kid.
Oh,
I see.
Then.
He...takes me for his Dad.
I wonder if I can give him a hug.
Yes, please.
How tender.
I wonder since when..
I'm so glad.
He must be glad as well
He is longing..
..for the cent of Dad.
It's been long time since he played around like today.
Yukiko.
Did something happen?
What made you feel like coming here all of a sudden?
Goro.
Yeah?
Which do kids..
..find happier?
To live with their Dad
or their Mom?
I wonder which..
I...
don't know.
I forced my way and
made Jun and Hotaru come with me,
but Jun resisted quite a lot.
He must have
hated me.
...for not letting him live with his mother.
How about
Hotaru?
She also...
probably...
I'm sorry
for asking you a weird thing.
Don't worry.
Does Hotaru often come home?
Yes.
I didn't go back at all to Furano,
though I would hear the voice of Dad
when he called me every once in a while.
But,
I almost never went back to Furano.
Are you still studying?
Yes.
A little more.
You work really hard.
Is it too bright?
No, I'm fine.
Although I didn't go back to Furano, I often passed there.
I absolutely cannot tell Dad
but I was at the Furano station many times.
I was in the station, but always on the platform.
I never
left the gate.
To go to Obihiro from Asahikawa,
one cannot avoid Furano to change the train.
I had a purpose to go to Obihiro.
In Obihiro, Yuji was living since two years.
Yuji entered Obihiro University of Agriculture two years ago.
So I often went to Obihiro to see him
while studying to become a nurse.
Every time I changed train at Furano station,
I felt tense and guilty.
I might have met someone.
Above all, I felt guilty about not going to see him,
who was right there.
I was always tormented by my conscience.
Still, I hid on the platform,
or huddled in the corner of seats
and never exited the gate.
When the train left the Furano Basin,
crossed the Karikachi Pass and entered Tokachi,
I always sighed in great relief.
As the train approached the center of Obihiro,
My sense of guilty would fade.
That was my
moment of liberation.
In Obihiro my youth was waiting.
I have to talk to you later.
About what?
About a serious topic.
What?
But a positive topic.
Tell me.
Not now.
You are being mean.
It could be nothing important.
Humph!
As Yuji was a member of the horse-riding club,
I always rode a horse.
Huh?
Wh...what?
I got along with other members of the club as well.
All of them were nice people.
Are you free at 28th?
28th?
The day of Heso Festival in Furano.
Ah, why?
Why don't we meet in Furano after a long time?
Really? I was also to go back to Furano.
My Dad called me the other day,
saying my aunt would come from Tokyo.
That's perfect.
I want to introduce you to a person that day.
Who?
A good person.
Don't be mean, who is it?
..!
Hey, who do you want me to meet?
My uncle I was talking about.
The head surgeon of a hospital in Sapporo?
He is coming to Furano for the Heso Festival with his family.
Actually I called him a few days ago
and asked him advice about what we were discussing the other day.
About your carrier after graduation.
He was of the same opinion as I.
You can do better than being an associate nurse.
You should become a registered nurse.
He also said,
to do that, you should find a job not in Furano
but in Asahikawa or Sapporo.
Hospitals in Sapporo like his
have a proper system for that specific purpose.
He said you can become a registered nurse in three years
if you work by day and go to school by night.
I know you are thinking about the promise
you made with your Dad
that you would come back to Furano when you graduate.
But
I think
you should think about the future..
Whether you should become an associate nurse for now
and go back to Furano to work there,
or you should study another three years in Sapporo
to become a registered nurse.
I know.
Hey..
Yes?
Can I ask you one thing?
What?
What will you do after you graduate?
You certainly won't go back to Furano, right?
In that case, where're you gonna go?
Tokyo?
Sapporo?
If I go to Sapporo, will you also find a job in Sapporo for sure?
Condemn the hand, not the person.
Ouch.
Oh, I gotta go.
Hurry up!
You can make it.
The train of 5:34 from Obihiro..
I always took that train.
Otherwise, I couldn't have made it home by the midnight.
I'm coming with you.
What are you doing?
No, I'm coming with you to Asahikawa.
It's leaving!
No! Please don't push!
Nooo
Why?
You should get off.
Then let's get off together.
Leave me.
No no,
I'll leave you when you get off.
No.
Then get off.
No, leave me.
Here, it's closing! Leave me!
I know you are thinking about the promise
you made with your Dad
that you would go back to Furano when you graduate.
I think
you should think about the future..
Whether you should become an associate nurse for now
and go back to Furano to work there,
or you should study another three years in Sapporo
to become a registered nurse.
If I go to Sapporo, will you also find a job in Sapporo for sure?
It's around the period of Heso Festival, so why don't you come back, too?
I heard the music they were practicing for the festival.
That's right.
It's almost the period of Heso Festival in Furano.
Dear Jun,
How are you doing?
It's almost the period of Heso Festival in Furano.
I imagine you can't make it for that.
Do you remember those days
when Dad would take us to the town
to see the Heso Festival.
Did you notice that
Dad was staring at Kogomi
among the other dancers..
Back then,
I was so nervous
about Dad paying attention to
anyone other than to us.
..about Dad
loving someone other than his family.
Jun,
we are so selfish, aren't we?
In those days I couldn't help but
have Dad all to myself.
But now I'm doing quite the opposite.
I have no hesitation in pouring love to someone else.
I...
Jun,
I...
Hotaru?
Shokichi?
Wh..what a surprise!
Why? Shokichi, are you in the Self-Defense Forces?
Yeah, I entered this spring.
Are you alone?
I'm so surprised!
I was thinking there was a beautiful girl standing.
Who would have imagined it's you.
Are you doing well?
Yes, how are you?
As you can see.
You look very fine, tougher than before.
Because I went through a lot.
How is your Dad?
As usual.
And Jun?
He is in Tokyo.
In Tokyo?
He went to Tokyo right after he finished junior high.
What is he doing?
For now he is working at a gas station.
So he finally made it to Tokyo!
I remember he badly wanted to go there.
And you? What are you doing now?
I'm studying to become a nurse
in nursing school.
Wow, you'll be a nurse!?
A nurse, you?
I always wanted to visit you when I would be settled down a little.
Now I've just entered the Forces and I'm undergoing training,
but I intended to visit you as soon as I had more time.
I'm deeply indebted to your Dad.
My Mom is also concerned about that all the time.
Is he living in that house like before?
That one collapsed because of the heavy snow in March.
Now he is living in a hut owned by Mr. Nakahata.
I see.
I burned down the log cabin, so...
Shokichi,
I have a favor to ask of you..
Please keep a secret from my Dad that we met here today.
OK.
Thank you.
Aren't you going back to Furano today?
I haven't been back to Furano at all.
I live in a dormitory in Asahikawa.
So is your Dad living alone?
Since when?
Since two years.
Is he alone this whole time?
You said, you haven't been back to Furano at all,
but today you were in Furano, weren't you?
I'm coming back from Obihiro.
I just passed Furano.
Since when have you not been back to Furano?
Haven't you seen your Dad at all?
Since when?
Since the New Year.
Even though you're living so close?
How about Jun?
So he hasn't been back at all, either.
I'll never tell your Dad
that we met here.
Hotaru!
Aunty Yukiko!
Welcome home.
Who do you want me to meet?
My uncle I was talking about.
The head surgeon of a hospital in Sapporo?
He is coming to Furano for the Heso Festival with his family.
Sota! Look, it's Sota!
Shokichi? Is that you, Shokichi?
It's been a while.
Is that you, Shokichi?
Long time no see.
Have you been doing well?
Hotaru.
It's been a while.
Likewise.
Come here, Daisuke.
Come on, Daisuke. You are a boy, aren't you?
Come here.
Please come here again.
It was such a fun.
Thank you so much.
I'll write you when I have time.
Yeah.
Hotaru, please look after your Dad.
Bye, Shokichi.
Daisuke!
Yukiko!
You really have grown a lot!
It's been quite a while. How many years?
It's been about 7 years.
I see.
What's wrong?
I'm sorry.
I gotta go tonight. I have to get up early tomorrow.
I thought you could stay tonight.
I'm sorry, but I cannot.
Shokichi came back, too..
Why don't you stay at least tonight?
You can't make it with the first train of tomorrow morning?
You always used to do that.
I'm sorry.
I see.
I'm sorry..
I said to Dr. Zaitsu that we would pay him a visit
tomorrow morning.
I'm sorry.
When will you come back
next time?
I'll definitely come back for the wedding of Sota.
I see.
It cannot be helped..
I'm sorry.
Bye.
Please keep the secret.
I know.
To Prince Hotel.
I was waiting for you. Uncle is drinking in the bar.
What's wrong?
This is really small.
There is literally nothing.
Ah...
I have a bottle of sake. I brought it..
hoping to drink with you tonight.
Oh...where are the glasses...
Oh.
I have only one.
Oh, I'm fine with this teacup.
This is good.
(singing) Is sake ..
.. a drop of tear ..
.. or a sigh of grief?
Uncle.
Yes?
I don't want you to get mad, but...
this...
Please accept this.
What is it?
Money.
Why are you
giving me money?
I'm not giving it.
I'm repaying it.
The money my Mom made you to pay
and
the compensation for the log cabin
burned down because of me.
This is very few.
From now on,
I'll be repaying you little by little.
Shokichi.
Please accept this without saying anything.
From now on,
little by little,
I'll come to repay you.
In that period,
you took care of me.
I consider myself as your son.
Shokichi.
Your Mom...
is she doing well?
She is getting by.
I see.
She is always concerned about you.
That idiot.
What is she
doing now?
Same old.
I see.
In Sapporo,
she is working in a bar.
Tell her
not to be concerned about me.
I'm so glad!
It would be perfect if the others were here too.
My other
son..
..I wonder how he's doing.
The other son was living without any purpose.
I wasn't doing anything I could talk about.
Since then, I rented an apartment
and changed job twice during these two years.
I've finally got used to Tokyo.
The less excited I was about Tokyo,
the more meaninglessly everyday passed.
Hello.
Hey.
That idiot is being caught today, too.
She is so hopeless, such a dummy!
Daru! Wash this car afterward.
They called me Daru..
because, they say, I always speak so sluggishly (darui)
My daily routine was simple.
Work and go home. That was it.
There was nothing more.
But,
I felt as if to accept that monotonous life
was a qualification to be a Tokyoite.
One of my few pleasures was a date with Rei.
Every Saturday, at 8'o clock,
we watched a movie together.
But not in a movie theater.
You know I'm in Tokyo,
and she is in Sapporo, across the sea.
So, we, in Sapporo and in Tokyo,
watched the same movie at the same time
so to share the experience.
But we could hardly watch new movies.
Because they were often out on loan.
So we used to watch old masterpieces others wouldn't watch.
In this way, we could almost always rent the same one.
After the movie, we chatted about random topics
over the meal.
Like that Audrey Hepburn was beautiful,
or that Gregory Peck was better in "To Kill a Mockingbird".
We talked about such trivial things.
Doing this, we felt as if
we were dating for real.
Rei seemed content with that.
But, to be honest,
I was getting tired of this kind of date, too.
Above all, she wasn't next to me.
Besides, it cost quite a lot to call Hokkaido.
Is this yours?
Yes.
Thank you.
Still, I continued to go to the video shop.
I liked American movie.
I love that.
I rented it yesterday.
Hello.
Ah...
Let her leave it here for a second.
OK.
Thank you.
Yeah, you can leave it anytime.
Thank you.
Did you watch the movie yesterday?
I watched it.
It's good, isn't it?
Yeah,
it was very nice.
See you..
No, it's not like that.
That was all.
This is for every one.
Thank you so much.
But...
gradually I'd come to be interested in her.
And one evening,
somehow I was out to check on her pizzeria.
What a blunder!
I'm sorry.
Where on earth did you bring it?
To Tanaka, Island Apartment 201.
I'm really sorry.
Oh, is this it?
You came here to see me!
Ah...
What time do you get off work?
I was so surprised!
Me too! I accidentally passed by there.
I had no idea that you were working there.
Oh.
I thought you came to see me.
Actually, it was by chance.
I just happened to be passing nearby.
I see.
You were being scolded, weren't you?
You saw that?
I didn't intend to see.
I'm used to being scolded.
I'm always told that I'm slow.
I knew.
How about "Graduation"?
Of course I watched it. Love that.
"American Graffiti"
I watched it three times.
Incredible.
I watched "God Father" five times.
Really? Five times?
Oh, have you ever watched "Lonesome Dove"?
No.
They are TV series with four seasons.
Starring Robert Duvall and Diane Lane.
They are awesome! Watch them immediately.
I will.
Born in Tokyo?
No, in Kagoshima.
Kagoshima.
You aren't from Tokyo as well, are you?
I'm from Hokkaido.
Hokkaido!
Yes.
Don't you have a boy friend?
Hasn't shown up..
I see.
How about you?
Me neither.
There is this friend of mine...
Uh-huh?
He has a girlfriend
who lives far away, so they cannot often see each other.
So they rent the same movie to watch it at the same time.
For instance,
let's say, at 8'o clock every Saturday,
both of them start to watch
"Limelight" or something.
Then they talk over the phone afterwards. They call it a date.
It's so sad, isn't it?
That's awesome...
Is that so?
Awesome!
So romantic!
I've never heard of that kind of way to watch movies.
It's only sad.
So I imagine.
Even if they watch it at the same time,
they have to be next to each other..
Why don't we watch a movie together next time?
At your place?
No, not at my place. My uncle is a strict person.
Neither at my place.
If I bring a girl to my room, I'll be banished.
Oh!
I might know a good idea.
What?
There is a good place to watch movies.
Where?
A love hotel in Maruyama, Shibuya.
Are you OK?
Yes
Listen,
they charge only 4000 yen from eleven to five during week days.
Besides, they have a great variety of videos
and you can order videos from the room.
Have you never heard of it?
No.
Why don't you go there together?
Dear Keiko,
Oh no!
I didn't even ask your name!
I'm Jun, Jun Kuroita.
Jun.
My name is Tamako Matsuda.
I was excited.
Dear Keiko,
actually,
Dear Sota,
I'm being seduced for the first time in my life.
If a girl ask a boy out to a love hotel,
clearly,
it means something, doesn't it?
As a matter of fact,
I had no experience about those things.
Now that I was in Tokyo,
I was hasty in becoming an adult.
That night,
after I parted from Tamako,
I rented a dirty video for the first time in my life
to...
...study about the basics.
That Thursday was such a sunny day,
and the city of Shibuya was really bright.
I would have preferred that it was a drizzling
unhealthy day.
Morning!
Morning.
Why are you with such a hat?
Nothing...
Let's go, let's go!
Oh, watch out!
First of all, we bought
a lot of hamburgers
and a large bottle of oolong tea.
She smiled, saying "it's economic, isn't it?".
Then...
After that...
Wow, so this is the place...
Let's go.
There is a discount, right?
It's 4000 yen from eleven to five.
I knew it! Good, good!
Ah!
Excuse me, we can watch movies in the room, right?
Yes, you'll find the list in the room.
Please read the manual and push the payment button.
Do you charge for movies?
Yes, it's 800 yen per one.
Oh, I see.
I understand, thank you.
Wow.
There is a swing!
Why?
Here are the videos!
Oh, this is the list.
Awesome!
Come on! This is awesome! So many great movies!
So many new ones, too!
Why?
Wow.
Aurora...
Beautiful!
Wonder what it's for...
Hey...
See this. Do you understand it?
Then, Tamako struggled with the manual,
called the front dest and finally got it.
While practicing how to watch the videos,
she told me to choose what to watch.
But I was so excited about something else
..Alright!
that I couldn't think about movies.
My heart was pounding so hard like a drum
that I feared that Tamako would hear it.
I got it! This is it!
I'm sure I got it. ..play, play...
It's playing! Success! Let's watch!
Let's eat hamburgers when we get hungry.
Yes.
What?
L...let's eat hamburgers.
It was
the weirdest two hours
in my life.
I couldn't understand the content of the movie.
I was constantly thinking
what would happen and what she would do
once we finished watching.
That was the longest and the most tiring movie
I'd ever watched.
It ended...
Jun.
However,
to my great surprise,
All right.
What're we gonna watch next?
What?
What do you wanna watch? Jun?
I...don't know...
Tamako started to choose the next movie
ignoring my expectations.
"The Story of Antarctic"
starring Ken Takakura.
I didn't care whether it was Antarctic or Arctic.
We were in Maruyama, Shibuya.
My nerves were about to go crazy.
It started!
Stop it!
No, stop it!
Don't do that! Are you that kind of guy?
Don't let me think you are such a guy!
OK.
I understand well.
From that moment,
it was like a hell.
I was feeling bitter against Ken Takakura
as well as Taro and Jiro (the dogs in the movie).
Are you mad?
Jun?
Are you mad?
Did you think I asked you out for that purpose?
I'm sorry.
It must be my fault.
Jun, please don't be mad.
Please.
I don't want you to hate me.
Please don't be mad at me.
Don't!
I love you.
Don't do that!
I love you.
Stop it!
No...
Don't!
I'm OK.
That was how
that afternoon
before the eyes of Ken Takakura
I became an adult.
Was that your first time?
Me too.
Since then,
once in a while
we "watched movies together".
When the summer ended
and roadside trees started to turn yellow,
we were still seeing each other every week.
We were absorbed in that kind of date.
Though I couldn't be absolutely sure
if I loved Tamako.
Certainly I had a gentle feeling about her.
But I might not have
loved her
like I loved
Rei.
Though I didn't love her,
I wanted to see her.
I was impure.
I was hopelessly
impure.
Dad.
I'm impure.
I've been
tainted.
It's been four years and seven months since I came out to Tokyo.
And now I'm so tainted that
I have no hesitation about doing things like this.
Dear Sota,
How are you?
I received the invitation for your wedding.
I'm afraid that I cannot come.
You're gonna have the wedding in Yahataoka, aren't you?
What kind of wedding will it be?
I am here alone
in Tokyo
imagining that.
OK, then. Let's do the final rehearsal!
Are you ready!
Sota, come on!
Come on!
Sota!
No no no no! How many times do I have to tell you!?
Music comes first.
Does it?
You don't understand at all!
I'm gonna give them direction.. Take, substitute for me.
But I'm the director.
OK... hey, someone else!
Hirosuke, play my role.
But, I can't ride a horse...
Just do it! Hurry up!
Hey, someone take him up there!
Take, music first.
Who is in charge of the music!
It's me.
Listen.
Play the music first.
And after one bar...
Wait a minute.
Who brought this?
The signboard of the last election is still on.
Your signboard is here.
Wedding of Kitamura family and Iida family
sponsored by the club "Youths Who Wanna Get Married" from Country Young Men's Association!
Sota.
They are getting Aiko dressed, but she cannot make it for the rehearsal.
Oh no! That's why I told them.
OK then, you play the role of the bride.
No, I'm your go-between. I'm supposed to come up from there.
Then who else?
Oh, Goro! Play the role, please.
Of what?
Don't mind. Hey, someone!
Put something on his head!
Here cames the TV crew.
So they came!
Potato Journal of UHB.
There they are! That's awesome!
Good job for P.R.!
Sota!
I think you should give up the idea of the bride on the tractor.
Don't worry, don't worry.
It'll be fine, Hotaru.
Hello, welcome!
We are just beginning the rehearsal.
Everyone, listen, I'm the director! Please follow my directions!
Let's enjoy! Please take your position!
Take your position!
Music, ready!
Oh, thank you so much!
We are so sorry for my son being stupid.
Sorry for my son being stupid. Thank you very much.
Please..
Ready,
go!
Sorry for him being stupid.
Sorry for our stupid son.
Come on!
Wait, wait..., the horse!
How stupid he is.
Come on!
Aiko, are you ready?
Wow!
Are you OK?
Yes.
Really?
Isn't the waist too tight?
No. I'm fine.
Mom, I'm going.
OK.
Kuma, drive it slowly. She is pregnant.
Yes, Mom.
Ladies and gentlemen,
We, the club "Youths Who Wanna Get Married" from Country Young Men's Association,
are going to hold the wedding of Sota Kitamura
and Aiko Iida
in this exceptionally unusual place.
Before we start
though unusual
the adviser of Young Men's Association
Shinkichi Narita gives an address.
Currently, rural areas like ours
are suffering a serious problem, the lack of women.
The number of our members who cannot get married though they want to
are increasing and now reached 30.
Idiots!
Three of them are about to turn 40.
But we should cheer up!
We are under the bright sun!
We are always lively
and healthy!
Today, let's hold this unusual wedding
the kind a city-dweller can never hold!
Without candle service or champagne cascade
even without a bouquet or special effects
but let's hold a real wedding!
I'm so sorry.
The whole thing of this wedding will be
broadcasted on UHB Potato Journal
from 4'o clock.
Everyone, thank you for your work!
Thank you for your work!
Then,
Now we start
the wedding
of Sota Kitamura
and Aiko Iida.
Slowly and calmly...
Call an ambulance!
So...?
Baby's gone.
How is Aiko?
She is fine.
Goro
..
My son is an incredible moron.
Considering she'd been pregnant for five months, you could expect this would happen.
But,
I couldn't say no to him.
Seeing them so ecstatic about a women coming to the village
first time in ages
seeing them like that
I couldn't say a word to them.
They are so stupid.
Sweating a lot,
struggling with the land
and suppressing the desire to flee to the city...
They are so stupid...
He is so stupid...
Can I
see them now?
Yes.
They are in the room.
The staircase is there.
Goro.
Are you OK?
I'm fine.
Goro.
Yes?
Please
console Sota.
Yeah.
He was
so ecstatic
about the baby.
He had
already
named the baby.
Sota.
Please don't say anything.
I you say something,
I'll tear up.
That Aiko is fine
is more than enough.
I'm really glad
that Aiko is saved.
Goro.
Yes?
Could you please make a coffin?
A coffin?
Yes.
One of this size
will be fine.
I wanna put him in a coffin.
He was a boy.
I had no idea
those things were happening.
At that time,
an event caused by the quirk of fate
was happening to me.
I'm missing.
Missing what?
That.
What is that?
I think
I got pregnant.
Oh...no...
My heart
started to pound loudly..
Translated by kameu & kumasan for d-addicts