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Agency of Cultural Affairs
60th Art Festival participant
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Meiji, Taisho, Showa, Heisei.
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An individual who has lived through all four
periods has now fallen into eternal sleep.
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Here, please use these to collect the bones.
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Sis, you first.
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These things are meant to be done eldest first.
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What? Me?
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I'm the eldest daughter of your great-grandmother.
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You're her youngest great-granddaughter.
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So let's see her off together.
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Okay.
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- What were you saying?
- Huh?
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You were saying something
when picking up the bones.
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Tell me, I'm curious.
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I was saying goodbye.
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“Mother, thank you for all these years.”
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“The war is finally over, isn't it?”
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War? The one long ago?
The one with the atom bomb?
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Of course. The war that was
going on when I was your age.
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But the war ended 60 years ago.
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I wonder if that's so.
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What do you mean?
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Can you bring me that box over there?
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Sure.
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I bet a high school girl like you has no interest in these things.
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Is this you, Grandmother?
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Oh my.
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This is Great-Grandmother.
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So this girl in uniform must be...
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Yes, is it strange?
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No way! You in a school uniform!
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Of course.
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This is the last picture we took as a family.
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Mother had kept it all these years.
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There's something else in here too...
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A newspaper from 1945!
It's like a time capsule!
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What's this? A candy tin?
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What is it?
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Is that something to be so surprised about?
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Yes.
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What's inside?
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Something very valuable.
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Something valuable?
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- That summer, 1945...
- Natsu.{/i0}
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We lost so many things.
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War had burned away cities, people,
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and even our hearts.
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This is our family's sad and bitter war experience.
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September 1945 (Showa 20), Kobe
This is our family's sad and bitter war experience.
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This is our family's sad and bitter war experience.
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How strange... I heard he'd be here.
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How disgusting...
Can't you go somewhere else?
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The Americans are coming soon.
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What an embarrassment to have these types
in our stations. Go somewhere else.
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Excuse me? Do you know
someone named Yokokawa Seita?
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What?
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He's a relative. We heard
someone saw him around here...
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How would I know? Every
day, several tramps die here.
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He's a third year middle school student,
he wears a Kobe 1st Middle School hat.
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Has a sister this tall.
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Could that be last night's boy?
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He was just over there...
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This one's dead too.
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Wow, it's a Kobe 1st Middle School hat.
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How did a middle school student end up here?
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He must've stolen it.
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Yeah? I guess so...
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What's this?
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Don't bother. Just throw it away.
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Yeah, you're right.
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Mustn't think too hard.
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Did they die?
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Did Seita and Se-chan die?
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That can't be.
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They're alive somewhere, right?
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Say something, Mother!
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It's your fault!
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You killed them!
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Thank you...
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...very much. (Kansai dialect)
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Shh, you mustn't cry.
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Let me show you something cool.
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One, two, and three!
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Wow! Fireflies!
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They're pretty, aren't they?
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Brother, thank you.
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Come here, Setsuko.
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[Post-war 60-year Special Drama]
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Grave of the Fireflies
— Hotaru no Haka —
[Post-war 60-year Special Drama]
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Summer 1943 (Showa 18)
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Setsuko!
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Come here quick!
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Look, Setsuko!
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That's Father's ship.
It's part of the “Unified Fleet”. Isn't it great?
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Where is Father going on that ship?
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To defeat the enemy!
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Father is a naval colonel.
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America doesn't stand a chance!
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“Doesn't stand a chance!”
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Seita-san! Se-chan!
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Your father is leaving. Come back now.
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Okay!
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Hyogo prefecture, Mikage
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Father, I'm home.
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The naval colonel calls us!
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Wait outside, Setsuko.
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Why?
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Your brother and I have
something important to discuss.
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Se-chan, come here.
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Alright.
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You're a good girl! Let's have
some rice porridge with eggs.
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Sit down, Seita.
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Yes, Father.
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Hyogo prefecture, Manchidani
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Smells so good! Open it up!
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Wow, sekihan!
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We had it specially provided for us.
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Really?
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- Let's eat it quick!
- Yay! Sekihan!
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Such bad manners; they can hear us.
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But it's been so long...
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We've been having only
wheat or soup for so long!
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Come.
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Do you have any idea why
we're having sekihan?
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Of course.
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Because Father's going to into the army.
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Do you know what it
means to go into the army?
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To fight the enemy. BAM!
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You two are happy?
Father may die!
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Congratulations!
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Thank you for coming all this way.
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Such an accomplishment, to be going into
the army from an evacuated family.
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A truly honorable thing.
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Thank you very much.
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Please have sekihan with us.
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Thank you! I'm very thankful.
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Get your father.
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He knew we had sekihan.
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He goes around accepting food from
all the families with departing men.
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Shhh, just get your father.
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Sis.
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Te-chan is coughing again.
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Are you okay? Does it hurt?
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You don't have a fever, but
take some medicine anyway.
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He doesn't need medicine.
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What?
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- He's just exaggerating for attention.
- Now now.
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- Excuse us, we're here to celebrate.
- We brought a good luck belt.
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- I'll be right there.
- Congratulations...
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- Father's missing.
- What?
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Now that you mention it,
I haven't seen Brother in a while.
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Where could he be at a time like this?
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- I will be traveling out of the country today.
- Yes, Father.
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Do you know the state Japan is in now?
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I read in the newspaper, there was a
great victory in the Solomon Islands.
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Yes.
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Sorry for my impertinence.
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No, it's true that there was victory
in the Solomon Islands. However...
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At Guadalcanal and New
Guinea, we're almost wiped out.
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We're losing in the Marshall Islands too.
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This is not reported in the newspapers or radios.
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Then Japan!?
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Seita.
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Japan will win.
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No...
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Japan must win...
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after having suffered so many casualties.
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I am willing to die fighting
for the sake of this country.
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Do you understand what I'm trying to say?
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Once I'm gone, you are the man of the house.
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Your mother has a bad heart...
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and Setsuko is still little.
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Like I will be fighting for the sake of the country...
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you must defend your mother and Setsuko.
Don't ever yield.
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Yes. I will defend them with my life.
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Well said. That's how a
Japanese boy should be.
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Yes, Father.
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What are you doing?
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I'm fixing the leak.
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You don't have to do this on
the day of your departure.
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I won't be able to do it after I leave.
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“Hundreds of leagues from our home
country, in distant Manchuria...
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illuminated in the red evening sun...”
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Please stop. I can't have you get hurt.
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I'm a carpenter.
I won't fall.
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Mother, it's dangerous.
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- You better not fall!
- I'm going up too!
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No!
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Hisako...
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Please stop.
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What are you being so stubborn for?
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You can fix it after you return.
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I don't know if I will come back.
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You WILL come back.
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I wonder... If they're drafting evacuated country
folk like me, the situation can't be good.
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You WILL come back.
You will DEFINITELY come back!
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- Hisako!
- Mother!
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Be careful.
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Please, don't die.
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I don't need any merits or medals.
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Just come back safely, I beg you.
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Congratulations to Sawano Genzo
on his departure into the army! Banzai!
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Thank you very much. I, Sawano
Genzo, will go off to fight!
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- Get those American soldiers!
- Thank you! (Kansai dialect)
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I pray for your success.
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Dear! You mustn't cry at embarkation!
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He probably recalled his son who died in battle.
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That boy died for the sake of the
Emperor! Why are you crying?
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Sorry.
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Here, drink up.
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Come, let's celebrate with some great sea bream!
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What a spectacular sea bream!
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It's a bit thin.
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Hey.
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You're a naval colonel's wife.
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Have a good departure.
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Yes.
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Thank you for your trouble.
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Father...
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Setsuko.
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Father!
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Setsuko.
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My shoe broke.
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- Good luck!
- Banzai!
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- Teizo.
- Yes, Father.
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You're the eldest male.
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Don't be picky about your
food, and grow up strong.
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Yes, Father.
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Natsu, you're the eldest daughter.
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Help your mother and look after your brother and sisters.
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Yes, Father.
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Hana, stay your cheeky self,
but don't cause your mother any trouble.
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I understand.
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Yuki. I have high hopes for you, but don't leave your younger brother behind.
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Yes, Father.
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All right! Everyone's a good child!
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Yoshie, you be well too.
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Don't worry. I will protect
Sis and the children.
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Don't push yourself with that leg.
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More importantly, don't fall for
Hisako while I'm gone.
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Brother! Don't say such silly jokes.
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Hisako.
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Take care of everyone.
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Yes.
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Don't worry. I've always
been good at running away.
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I'll come back safe.
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Father!
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Father.
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Dear.
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Be careful, Setsuko.
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That looks good on you.
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Thanks.
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Mother, don't push yourself.
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Seita-san.
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From now on, I'm the man of the house.
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You will listen to what I say.
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My, how dependable.
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- My, how dependable.
- Hey!
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A train departed today too?
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The army needs soldiers in the South too.
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- Hisako-chan?
- Kyoko-san?
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The first time we met Seita-kun and Se-chan...
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was the day Father departed.
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My mother and Seita-kun's
mother were cousins,
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but they weren't that close until then.
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But by giving their husbands
to war on the same day,
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an invisible bond formed between them.
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It had been just about six months
since we had lost our home due to
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fire bombings by the Americans and escaped
to the evacuation point in Manchidani.
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It required courage to leave Tokyo, but
my in-law's house had been destroyed...
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and running away from bombings
was difficult with Teizo's asthma.
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Is that so... What trouble you've been through.
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Both your children seem healthy.
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You're in Kobe 1st Middle School so you're
going for Kobe 1st High School, right?
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I am thinking of going into the Naval Academy.
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I hate soldiers.
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They're always so arrogant.
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But it's the military that protects this country.
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Brother, don't argue.
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You're such a good girl, Se-chan.
Let me give you a treat.
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A treat?
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Droplets!
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Are you sure it's okay at a
time when there's so little?
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My husband's brother got some at work at Kobe.
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My children already got some.
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May I open it?
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Before that you have to thank her.
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Thank you very much. (Kansai dialect)
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You're such a good girl.
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- Huh?
- Give it to me.
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Wow. So pretty!
00:28:44,370 --> 00:28:46,770
This is strawberry... This is grape.
00:28:46,770 --> 00:28:50,070
What's this? Melon?
00:28:59,220 --> 00:29:03,420
I'm so glad I ran into you today.
00:29:04,420 --> 00:29:11,110
After I saw my husband leave,
I lost my strength.
00:29:11,110 --> 00:29:18,930
Me too. Just when I started to get used
to this place, my husband was drafted.
00:29:18,930 --> 00:29:22,510
I felt like crying, I was so lonely.
00:29:22,510 --> 00:29:25,510
Come quick! Fireflies!
00:29:27,050 --> 00:29:28,960
Wow!
00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:33,720
- Where?
- There, flashing over there.
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:37,880
- Wow, so pretty.
- It really is.
00:29:39,130 --> 00:29:42,320
You can't see fireflies in Tokyo.
00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:47,900
There are a lot of fireflies around
here because of the clear water.
00:29:49,950 --> 00:29:54,700
- There too!
- Over there!
00:29:56,840 --> 00:29:59,510
Hisako-chan.
00:29:59,510 --> 00:30:04,350
If you ever need anything, just ask.
00:30:04,350 --> 00:30:07,150
Kyoko-san.
00:30:07,150 --> 00:30:10,970
We don't know when Kansai will be bombed.
00:30:10,970 --> 00:30:17,450
If something happens, let's help
each other protect the children.
00:30:17,450 --> 00:30:19,130
Yes.
00:30:20,430 --> 00:30:27,060
Let's help each other as fellow
wives, and wait for our husbands.
00:30:27,060 --> 00:30:30,510
Yes, promise?
00:30:30,510 --> 00:30:32,600
Definitely.
00:30:37,250 --> 00:30:40,800
Besides the men having left for war,
00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:45,420
it was still a peaceful summer.
00:30:46,220 --> 00:30:48,580
March, 1945 (Showa 20)
00:30:48,580 --> 00:30:52,530
However, as it reached 1945...
00:30:52,530 --> 00:30:59,610
The Great Tokyo Firebombing on the tenth
of March left 10,000 people dead.
00:30:59,610 --> 00:31:07,880
Osaka and Nagoya and many
other cities also saw heavy bombing.
00:31:07,880 --> 00:31:11,950
Mother, are you okay?
00:31:11,950 --> 00:31:15,320
- I'm fine.
- Let's go.
00:31:17,790 --> 00:31:24,270
Kobe was no exception. On
March 17th and May 11th,
00:31:24,270 --> 00:31:31,410
two great bombings decimated
the west half of Kobe.
00:31:31,410 --> 00:31:41,060
4,000 killed, 200,000 displaced.
It was a devastating blow.
00:31:41,060 --> 00:31:43,850
Mother, are you okay?
00:31:48,260 --> 00:31:54,690
By this time, rations were almost non-existent.
00:31:54,690 --> 00:32:05,440
The civilians were beginning to
strongly feel the war's devastation.
00:32:06,970 --> 00:32:09,050
Quickly now.
00:32:09,050 --> 00:32:11,470
Umm... We have six people.
00:32:11,470 --> 00:32:18,440
Madam, please persevere.
It's better than what the soldiers get.
00:32:22,790 --> 00:32:23,190
June 5, 1945 (Showa 20)
00:32:23,190 --> 00:32:30,030
Then, that day... the fifth of June came...
June 5, 1945 (Showa 20)
00:32:30,030 --> 00:32:34,000
Stand by at home. You're dismissed.
00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:41,040
So hungry.
00:32:47,550 --> 00:32:49,670
Hello.
00:32:49,670 --> 00:32:51,600
- Who is she?
- A relative.
00:32:51,600 --> 00:32:53,870
- Really? Not a girlfriend?
- No!
00:32:53,870 --> 00:32:56,070
She's just a relative!
00:32:56,070 --> 00:32:59,960
The naval colonel's son has a girlfriend!
00:33:12,740 --> 00:33:14,850
It's been a while.
00:33:14,850 --> 00:33:18,880
There have been many bombings.
Is your mother and Se-chan okay?
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,620
Yes, and you?
00:33:21,620 --> 00:33:25,820
I'm fine. We haven't had any bombings yet.
00:33:25,820 --> 00:33:27,820
That's good.
00:33:29,820 --> 00:33:34,290
But... To tell you the truth,
00:33:34,290 --> 00:33:36,320
I'm worried.
00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:40,900
Father hasn't written to us,
and rations are getting smaller...
00:33:40,900 --> 00:33:46,610
Don't worry. My father said
Japan will definitely win.
00:33:46,610 --> 00:33:51,040
So don't worry.
00:33:53,150 --> 00:33:55,680
Is that so.
00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:57,980
Thank you.
00:33:57,980 --> 00:33:59,650
It's nothing.
00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:08,390
Please come visit us any time.
00:34:08,390 --> 00:34:10,690
Okay, till next time.
00:34:19,110 --> 00:34:21,130
Hurry, Mother.
00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:28,280
- Brother, this too.
- Sure.
00:34:31,190 --> 00:34:34,760
Mother, what are you doing?
I said go ahead to the shelter.
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:35,760
Se-chan.
00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:39,770
I'll take her.
You can't run so you must go ahead.
00:34:39,770 --> 00:34:43,000
- You're right.
- Hurry!
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:46,140
Sorry. Be careful, you two.
00:34:46,140 --> 00:34:49,740
Mother! Do you have your medicine?
00:34:49,740 --> 00:34:52,740
Thank you. Yes I do.
00:35:03,020 --> 00:35:04,540
Seita-san.
00:35:05,750 --> 00:35:08,270
You hold on to this.
00:35:08,270 --> 00:35:11,190
I got it, just go!
00:35:11,190 --> 00:35:13,260
I'll see you later then.
00:35:20,970 --> 00:35:23,270
- Setsuko, get on.
- Okay.
00:35:23,960 --> 00:35:25,720
Hold on tight.
00:35:25,720 --> 00:35:26,870
Yes, Brother.
00:35:35,220 --> 00:35:38,100
Brother, my doll.
00:36:38,380 --> 00:36:39,980
Brother!
00:37:07,120 --> 00:37:09,870
I can't do it. I can't get to the shelter.
00:37:09,870 --> 00:37:12,980
Like I will be fighting for the sake of the country,
00:37:12,980 --> 00:37:19,450
you must defend your mother and Setsuko.
Don't ever yield.
00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:12,670
Madam.
00:38:14,910 --> 00:38:18,830
Yoshie-san? Are you okay?
00:38:18,830 --> 00:38:23,820
It's no big deal. I just got sprayed by
some oil from an incendiary bomb.
00:38:23,820 --> 00:38:29,850
You work at the Kobe Customs.
Amazing you escaped.
00:38:29,850 --> 00:38:35,630
I can't fight the war like my brother, but
I must protect his family in his place.
00:38:35,630 --> 00:38:40,630
Oh, I just meant, this bombing
was worse than ever so...
00:38:40,630 --> 00:38:43,230
The sky was black with B-29s.
00:38:43,230 --> 00:38:50,030
“Black”...
Kobe is finally decimated.
00:38:52,710 --> 00:38:56,170
How is Kyoko-san's house?
00:38:57,980 --> 00:39:03,490
The whole area is destroyed by fire.
00:39:03,490 --> 00:39:06,490
“Destroyed by fire”...
00:39:30,750 --> 00:39:36,470
So this is the black rain
that falls after bombings.
00:39:36,470 --> 00:39:41,480
Are the B-29s gone?
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:48,070
Setsuko, are you okay? No injuries?
00:39:48,070 --> 00:39:53,470
I lost one of the my shoes.
00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:58,680
I'll buy you a new one, a better one.
00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:04,180
I liked that one.
Let's go pick it up.
00:40:04,180 --> 00:40:06,250
We can't now.
00:40:06,250 --> 00:40:09,130
Setsuko, wait here.
00:40:54,050 --> 00:40:57,650
It's all cleared away.
00:40:57,650 --> 00:41:02,170
Is our house burned down?
00:41:03,010 --> 00:41:04,570
I guess so.
00:41:04,570 --> 00:41:07,130
What are we going to do?
00:41:07,130 --> 00:41:09,930
Dad will avenge us.
00:41:09,930 --> 00:41:13,430
What about Mother?
Where is she?
00:41:14,690 --> 00:41:16,970
She's at the shelter.
Don't worry.
00:41:16,970 --> 00:41:25,690
Everyone, please evacuate to the
Mikage National School.
00:41:25,690 --> 00:41:28,570
Setsuko, let's go to the school.
Mother will probably be there.
00:41:28,570 --> 00:41:30,030
Yeah.
00:41:45,550 --> 00:41:47,850
Seita-san?
00:41:47,850 --> 00:41:50,250
Aunt Hisako.
00:41:51,690 --> 00:41:54,320
Se-chan? Are you okay? No injuries?
00:41:54,320 --> 00:41:55,670
Yeah.
00:41:55,670 --> 00:41:59,020
Do you know about my mother?
00:42:02,130 --> 00:42:06,400
She's inside. She's hurt.
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:09,030
Thank you (Kansai dialect).
Mother's inside, Setsuko.
00:42:09,030 --> 00:42:12,070
Wait, Seita-san!
00:42:12,070 --> 00:42:15,570
Leave Se-chan with me.
00:42:30,790 --> 00:42:34,630
- Seita-kun.
- Oobayashi-san.
00:42:34,630 --> 00:42:41,040
You're fine! I was looking for you.
How's Setsuko-chan?
00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:44,430
She's fine.
I heard my mother was hurt.
00:42:44,430 --> 00:42:47,340
Yes... Come.
00:43:00,860 --> 00:43:02,790
Over there.
00:43:31,850 --> 00:43:40,150
Two bombs fell into the shelter.
How unfortunate...
00:43:41,430 --> 00:43:44,960
Where's the doctor?
00:43:45,710 --> 00:43:49,390
Mother has a bad heart.
She needs to see a doctor quickly.
00:43:49,390 --> 00:43:51,970
Is that so...
00:43:53,380 --> 00:43:55,040
I'll get him.
00:44:14,010 --> 00:44:16,010
Mother...
00:44:17,390 --> 00:44:18,990
Mother...
00:44:20,100 --> 00:44:22,800
Answer me.
00:44:49,500 --> 00:44:52,340
Brother.
00:44:52,340 --> 00:44:54,840
Where's Mother?
00:44:56,740 --> 00:45:02,450
Mother went to the hospital for her heart.
00:45:02,450 --> 00:45:05,970
Yeah, to the hospital.
00:45:05,970 --> 00:45:09,060
I want to see Mother.
00:45:09,060 --> 00:45:13,160
Tomorrow. It's too late today.
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:20,730
Se-chan, come to my place tonight.
00:45:20,730 --> 00:45:24,450
Your mother said so too.
00:45:24,450 --> 00:45:28,470
Then let's go get my shoe.
00:45:28,470 --> 00:45:30,790
I said, “We can't now”.
00:45:30,790 --> 00:45:39,820
If we don't get it soon we might never...
Mother bought me that shoe.
00:45:39,820 --> 00:45:44,520
Be quiet! I said, “We can't now!”
00:45:55,830 --> 00:46:01,830
Your brother is acting as your father.
Please understand.
00:46:08,740 --> 00:46:11,510
It's okay, Seita-san.
00:46:22,550 --> 00:46:24,280
I'm home.
00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:27,290
Se-chan, we're here.
00:46:31,450 --> 00:46:33,940
Where's Seita-kun?
00:46:33,940 --> 00:46:37,430
He's staying at the school tonight.
00:46:46,650 --> 00:46:49,750
Se-chan, come inside.
00:46:53,130 --> 00:46:56,420
Do you dislike my home?
00:47:00,030 --> 00:47:02,900
Let's play with some marbles.
00:47:13,670 --> 00:47:15,200
Thank you.
00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:18,980
It's not “thank you”. (Tokyo dialect)
00:47:18,980 --> 00:47:22,180
It's “thank you very much”. (Kansai dialect)
00:47:23,420 --> 00:47:28,320
- Thank you?
- Thank you.
00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:30,160
Thank you.
00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:32,730
Good!
00:47:36,990 --> 00:47:38,990
Se-chan.
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:59,450
I'm sorry about your mother.
00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:08,760
Contact your father.
00:48:17,900 --> 00:48:20,880
Seita-san, Se-chan.
00:48:28,820 --> 00:48:31,820
My, how dependable.
00:49:42,920 --> 00:49:45,230
Mother?
00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:50,600
Where's Mother?
00:49:51,500 --> 00:49:54,480
Setsuko, Mother's still...
00:49:54,480 --> 00:49:58,450
Her heart still isn't well?
00:49:58,450 --> 00:50:03,910
Yeah, and she was hurt too.
Just a little longer.
00:50:06,230 --> 00:50:10,150
I want to see Mother.
00:50:10,150 --> 00:50:15,730
Oh yeah, Mother left this with me.
00:50:15,730 --> 00:50:18,330
She's giving it to you.
00:50:18,330 --> 00:50:21,380
Look, Aunt!
00:50:21,380 --> 00:50:24,240
Mother gave it to me!
00:50:24,240 --> 00:50:28,270
It's beautiful. Treasure it.
00:50:28,270 --> 00:50:31,400
I'm going to show the others.
00:50:38,620 --> 00:50:41,820
It must have been hard, Seita-san.
00:50:42,990 --> 00:50:46,480
Please don't tell Setsuko yet.
00:50:47,900 --> 00:50:50,430
You don't have to worry.
00:50:50,430 --> 00:50:54,280
May we stay here until
I get word from my father?
00:50:54,280 --> 00:50:57,230
Of course. You can go to school from here.
00:50:57,230 --> 00:51:01,370
No. I have to watch over Setsuko, so
I'm not going to school or the factory.
00:51:01,370 --> 00:51:07,380
- I'll watch over Setsuko for you.
- No, I mustn't trouble you.
00:51:07,380 --> 00:51:10,760
Don't be silly. You can trouble me all you want.
00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:14,520
I promised your mother.
00:51:14,520 --> 00:51:16,150
But...
00:51:16,150 --> 00:51:19,660
Now, come in.
Let's have dinner.
00:51:38,080 --> 00:51:39,910
What are you doing?
00:51:39,910 --> 00:51:42,710
How pretty! Is it real?
00:51:42,710 --> 00:51:45,930
- Of course.
- Wow!
00:51:45,930 --> 00:51:49,480
Here, Se-chan. Now you won't lose it.
00:51:51,020 --> 00:51:54,060
Thank you.
00:51:54,060 --> 00:51:56,030
- Good for you.
- It's so pretty.
00:51:56,030 --> 00:51:58,780
Let me see, let me see.
00:52:01,830 --> 00:52:04,840
Grace!
00:52:16,720 --> 00:52:18,760
You're not eating?
00:52:18,760 --> 00:52:20,920
No, I'm not hungry.
00:52:20,920 --> 00:52:22,390
Are you feeling ill?
00:52:22,390 --> 00:52:25,390
No, I'm fine.
Just a stomach ache.
00:52:35,230 --> 00:52:38,230
Greetings Father,
00:52:39,510 --> 00:52:44,010
I must report some sad news to you.
00:52:45,540 --> 00:52:51,510
Mother passed away in a bombing on June 5th.
00:52:54,950 --> 00:52:57,130
Setsuko and I are fine.
00:52:57,130 --> 00:53:01,490
We are staying at Aunt's house in Nishinomiya.
00:53:01,490 --> 00:53:05,400
Aunt Hisako is very kind to us.
00:53:05,400 --> 00:53:13,090
However, please tell us what our
next course of action should be.
00:53:14,210 --> 00:53:18,970
Please reply soon.
00:54:00,860 --> 00:54:03,420
Setsuko, I've got it!
00:54:03,420 --> 00:54:04,890
Wow! Eggs!
00:54:04,890 --> 00:54:07,720
I haven't seen eggs in so long!
00:54:07,720 --> 00:54:10,360
Butter too!
00:54:10,360 --> 00:54:13,960
Herring and dried bonito!
00:54:13,960 --> 00:54:15,900
This was given to executive
officers of the military.
00:54:15,900 --> 00:54:19,360
Amazing isn't it, Mother?
00:54:22,170 --> 00:54:25,930
So many things we haven't seen in months.
00:54:25,930 --> 00:54:30,770
- Aunt, make rice porridge with egg!
- Yes.
00:54:30,770 --> 00:54:35,810
- I want to eat quick! What's that?
- Salt! It's salt!
00:54:38,810 --> 00:54:44,710
“...a corpse awash.
00:54:44,710 --> 00:54:50,430
If I go to the mountain...”
00:54:52,090 --> 00:54:55,200
Brother, where are the fireflies?
00:54:56,610 --> 00:54:58,670
They're not here, I guess.
00:54:59,780 --> 00:55:04,580
How come there are no fireflies this year?
00:55:04,580 --> 00:55:08,580
- I wonder why...
- I wonder why...
00:55:09,650 --> 00:55:12,040
Oh yeah! Setsuko, close your eyes.
00:55:12,040 --> 00:55:13,030
Why?
00:55:13,030 --> 00:55:14,790
Just close them.
00:55:21,120 --> 00:55:23,540
Droplets!
00:55:23,540 --> 00:55:26,500
Your droplets were safe!
00:55:28,540 --> 00:55:32,110
I love you Brother!
00:55:32,110 --> 00:55:34,990
Droplets...
00:55:34,990 --> 00:55:38,320
My droplets!
00:55:46,410 --> 00:55:48,680
Are you alright, Setsuko?
00:55:52,650 --> 00:55:57,690
I dropped Mother's ring.
00:55:59,610 --> 00:56:01,340
Is that so?
00:56:07,060 --> 00:56:11,150
The eggs were sooo good!
00:56:11,150 --> 00:56:16,010
I guess the military is living
luxuriously even at times like this.
00:56:17,480 --> 00:56:20,810
Don't say it like that...
00:56:20,810 --> 00:56:26,470
I just thought, if only we
had an egg's worth of rice.
00:56:28,120 --> 00:56:33,060
You can go. You have volunteer
work tomorrow, right? Go to sleep.
00:56:33,060 --> 00:56:35,550
Right.
00:56:35,550 --> 00:56:38,550
- Good night.
- 'Night.
00:56:48,700 --> 00:56:51,050
I said, “You can go”.
00:56:52,760 --> 00:56:54,760
Oh, excuse me.
00:56:56,890 --> 00:56:58,590
Sis...
00:57:00,220 --> 00:57:03,190
Please accept this.
00:57:04,460 --> 00:57:06,830
Yoshie-san?
00:57:06,830 --> 00:57:12,030
Sorry for my disrespect but,
please use this to buy rice.
00:57:13,080 --> 00:57:16,650
You mustn't.
This is your hard earned money.
00:57:16,650 --> 00:57:19,570
But...
00:57:21,130 --> 00:57:28,440
Rations are little to begin with... and
now you have two more children to raise.
00:57:28,440 --> 00:57:32,750
Rations can't be enough.
00:57:38,330 --> 00:57:41,040
Please, don't worry.
00:57:41,040 --> 00:57:45,960
If I accepted your money, what would my husband say?
00:57:58,040 --> 00:58:00,180
Is this it?
00:58:00,180 --> 00:58:04,720
This time, we only got one
and a half cups per person.
00:58:06,390 --> 00:58:10,160
We have four children.
00:58:10,160 --> 00:58:13,070
You told me that before.
00:58:13,070 --> 00:58:14,430
Next!
00:58:14,430 --> 00:58:18,100
I'm housing two children
who lost their homes too.
00:58:18,100 --> 00:58:19,730
This won't even last three days.
00:58:19,730 --> 00:58:24,220
That's what you get for trying to look good.
00:58:24,220 --> 00:58:28,810
If you want more, you have to
buy it from the black market.
00:58:30,550 --> 00:58:32,010
Next!
00:58:42,330 --> 00:58:44,420
Is this it?
00:58:45,490 --> 00:58:49,580
The rations were smaller this time.
00:58:49,580 --> 00:58:53,920
Now, let's eat. Grace.
00:58:53,920 --> 00:58:55,960
Grace.
00:58:58,240 --> 00:59:00,780
I'm hungry from volunteer work.
00:59:00,780 --> 00:59:02,770
Me too.
00:59:02,770 --> 00:59:06,760
It can't be helped.
Everyone's in the same boat.
00:59:06,760 --> 00:59:14,020
No they're not. We're hungry
because we have more people.
00:59:16,860 --> 00:59:18,300
What do you mean?
00:59:18,300 --> 00:59:21,670
- It's because they came.
- Don't say that.
00:59:21,670 --> 00:59:24,370
But it's true.
00:59:24,370 --> 00:59:26,340
Teizo!
00:59:26,340 --> 00:59:28,950
Thank you, I'm finished.
00:59:42,050 --> 00:59:46,120
Setsuko, you mustn't cry.
You'll wake everyone.
00:59:46,120 --> 00:59:48,830
Mother.
01:00:18,990 --> 01:00:22,360
Setsuko.
01:00:22,360 --> 01:00:25,230
Mother.
01:00:34,530 --> 01:00:39,450
He's been getting sick often lately.
01:00:39,450 --> 01:00:43,380
He hasn't been getting much nutrition.
01:00:45,620 --> 01:00:48,520
It's alright.
Go to sleep.
01:01:18,110 --> 01:01:21,190
1 bottle of rice.
01:01:21,190 --> 01:01:23,390
1 bottle?
01:01:23,390 --> 01:01:27,060
Kimonos from Tokyo aren't worth much here.
01:01:27,060 --> 01:01:31,590
This was given to me by
my mother when I married.
01:01:31,590 --> 01:01:35,110
You don't have to accept the offer.
01:01:35,110 --> 01:01:38,230
We're giving rice out of good will.
01:01:38,230 --> 01:01:41,630
Why don't you lower the price a little?
01:01:41,630 --> 01:01:45,000
You're kind to pretty women.
01:01:45,000 --> 01:01:49,650
She's housing two extra children.
01:01:49,650 --> 01:01:52,290
About those two children...
01:01:52,290 --> 01:02:01,290
The boy is in middle school and he doesn't
do volunteer work, nor does he do firefighting.
01:02:02,630 --> 01:02:06,820
He lost his mother and has a little sister.
01:02:08,490 --> 01:02:13,770
He's not the only one to have lost parents.
01:02:16,000 --> 01:02:18,340
1 bottle is fine.
01:02:54,650 --> 01:02:56,450
Thank you.
01:02:56,450 --> 01:03:00,170
I was on my way to your house.
01:03:00,170 --> 01:03:03,620
Mine?
01:03:18,940 --> 01:03:25,840
I salute your husband's honorable
death as a Japanese man.
01:03:30,650 --> 01:03:32,650
Death...?
01:03:52,800 --> 01:03:54,700
Father...
01:03:57,040 --> 01:03:59,630
really died?
01:04:06,580 --> 01:04:08,970
It can't be.
01:04:08,970 --> 01:04:13,680
No... Father.
01:04:13,680 --> 01:04:16,120
Mother!
01:04:29,390 --> 01:04:33,830
How did Brother die?
01:04:33,830 --> 01:04:38,800
It says in the letter.
01:04:38,800 --> 01:04:45,670
The 47th regiment of the infantry...
01:04:45,670 --> 01:04:48,420
was ordered to charge,
01:04:48,420 --> 01:04:51,060
so they committed a suicide charge.
01:04:51,060 --> 01:04:54,350
Suicide charge...?
01:04:54,350 --> 01:04:57,890
“It was an honorable death”.
01:05:04,870 --> 01:05:08,070
I don't understand what's so “honorable”.
01:05:09,710 --> 01:05:13,230
How is dying “honorable”?
01:05:14,870 --> 01:05:16,750
Aunt Hisako.
01:05:19,860 --> 01:05:25,040
Uncle died an honorable death as a
valiant soldier of the Imperial Army.
01:05:25,040 --> 01:05:30,500
It's something to rejoice, not grieve.
01:05:32,100 --> 01:05:33,840
“Rejoice”?
01:05:33,840 --> 01:05:36,940
My father says, “Japan will win”.
01:05:36,940 --> 01:05:39,760
Uncle's death will not be in vain.
01:05:39,760 --> 01:05:44,450
As a naval colonel, he will avenge his death.
01:05:49,150 --> 01:05:54,430
I don't care if he's avenged.
01:05:54,430 --> 01:05:56,890
- Aunt?
- Seita-kun.
01:06:08,820 --> 01:06:11,080
I'm fixing the leak.
01:06:11,080 --> 01:06:12,350
Hisako!
01:06:12,350 --> 01:06:15,260
Please don't die.
Just come back safely.
01:06:15,260 --> 01:06:16,650
I beg you.
01:06:16,650 --> 01:06:22,320
Don't worry, I've always
been good at running away.
01:06:22,320 --> 01:06:26,590
I'll come back safe.
01:06:53,280 --> 01:06:55,390
Te-chan.
01:06:55,390 --> 01:06:57,710
Mother.
01:06:59,280 --> 01:07:01,680
Te-chan, here.
01:07:03,310 --> 01:07:07,320
Sis, the doctor won't come.
01:07:11,560 --> 01:07:14,190
Be strong, Te-chan.
01:07:23,100 --> 01:07:26,660
We can't go outside today, Setsuko.
01:07:26,660 --> 01:07:32,100
Mother.
01:07:34,100 --> 01:07:38,770
Seita-san, Teizo is not doing well.
01:07:38,770 --> 01:07:41,310
Could you please be quieter?
01:07:41,310 --> 01:07:46,210
I'm sorry. The leaking sound was bothering her.
01:07:46,210 --> 01:07:50,040
Do you have something to eat?
01:07:50,040 --> 01:07:52,670
She seems to be hungry too.
01:07:53,920 --> 01:07:56,390
Of course not, at this hour!
01:07:56,390 --> 01:08:00,140
What about the food I brought?
01:08:00,140 --> 01:08:02,830
We finished that ages ago!
01:08:08,200 --> 01:08:10,760
Mother?
01:08:12,300 --> 01:08:16,740
I'm going to the doctor's.
I'm going to beg again.
01:08:16,740 --> 01:08:17,850
But...
01:08:17,850 --> 01:08:21,330
I can't let Teizo die too!
01:08:28,250 --> 01:08:32,420
If you cry so much, you won't see Mother again.
01:08:32,420 --> 01:08:35,520
Mother.
01:08:35,520 --> 01:08:42,540
From this night on, Mother never shed a tear.
01:08:42,540 --> 01:08:46,340
The notice of Father's death
01:08:46,340 --> 01:08:50,070
made up her mind.
01:08:50,070 --> 01:08:57,210
I can never forget what
happened the next morning.
01:09:35,950 --> 01:09:37,920
Please.
01:10:01,630 --> 01:10:06,990
Well then. Grace.
01:10:06,990 --> 01:10:09,210
Grace.
01:10:14,900 --> 01:10:16,450
Brother.
01:10:17,630 --> 01:10:21,860
Mine doesn't have rice.
01:10:21,860 --> 01:10:23,900
Just eat.
01:10:28,990 --> 01:10:33,950
Teizo, I'm glad you're better.
Eat up and get nutrition.
01:10:33,950 --> 01:10:36,760
If you don't get nutrition,
your disease won't go away.
01:10:36,760 --> 01:10:38,820
Yes, Mother.
01:10:38,820 --> 01:10:41,120
I'm going to eat up too.
01:10:41,120 --> 01:10:45,620
Now that your father is dead,
I must stay healthy.
01:11:02,140 --> 01:11:05,770
I wonder why Father won't reply.
01:11:05,770 --> 01:11:07,510
Who knows.
01:11:08,930 --> 01:11:12,610
Yeah. Of course you wouldn't know.
01:11:12,610 --> 01:11:16,290
I'm hungry.
01:11:16,290 --> 01:11:20,050
Wait until dinner.
01:11:20,050 --> 01:11:23,820
We can eat more tonight?
01:11:23,820 --> 01:11:27,160
Of course.
01:11:27,160 --> 01:11:29,380
That's good.
01:11:42,250 --> 01:11:45,450
What's wrong, eat up.
01:11:45,450 --> 01:11:48,350
You're going to be a soldier right?
01:11:58,000 --> 01:12:00,370
Excuse me, Aunt.
01:12:00,370 --> 01:12:02,110
What is it?
01:12:02,110 --> 01:12:05,870
We haven't eaten properly in a while...
01:12:05,870 --> 01:12:09,270
How strange of you to say that,
I serve you food every day.
01:12:09,270 --> 01:12:11,840
Yes, but...
01:12:11,840 --> 01:12:16,490
You just give us the top part without any rice.
01:12:16,490 --> 01:12:19,730
That can't be helped, our rations have declined.
01:12:19,730 --> 01:12:22,850
But you do it just to us.
01:12:26,200 --> 01:12:28,880
Just to you?
01:12:28,880 --> 01:12:32,530
Do what?
01:12:32,530 --> 01:12:34,860
Nothing...
01:12:34,860 --> 01:12:39,670
If you have something to say, just say it.
01:12:44,980 --> 01:12:48,430
Air raid alert!
01:12:55,720 --> 01:12:57,550
Let's hurry to the shelter.
01:12:57,550 --> 01:12:58,850
Hurry, hurry.
01:13:19,050 --> 01:13:23,240
Are you okay, Na-chan, Hana, Yuki?
01:13:23,240 --> 01:13:26,210
Mother, where's Seita-kun and Se-chan?
01:13:26,210 --> 01:13:27,690
What?
01:13:30,340 --> 01:13:32,430
Is there something wrong?
01:13:32,430 --> 01:13:33,710
Our relative...
01:13:33,710 --> 01:13:37,710
You got separated?
Hope they haven't been hit.
01:13:37,710 --> 01:13:43,840
That can't be helped.
Maybe it's better for them if they died.
01:13:43,840 --> 01:13:47,530
- Don't say that.
- What a terrible thing to say.
01:13:47,530 --> 01:13:49,840
- But...
- What?
01:13:58,240 --> 01:14:00,040
Setsuko, we're going.
01:14:01,270 --> 01:14:03,070
Charge!
01:14:22,660 --> 01:14:25,810
We're safe here.
01:14:25,810 --> 01:14:28,730
It's so bright!
01:14:28,730 --> 01:14:32,340
It's kind of pretty looking at it from here.
01:14:32,340 --> 01:14:38,020
Like the fireworks we saw
with Father and Mother.
01:14:43,620 --> 01:14:48,260
Whoa! Setsuko look! Amazing isn't it?
01:14:48,260 --> 01:14:51,120
- Over there!
- Where? I can't see.
01:14:51,120 --> 01:14:52,600
Come here.
01:14:52,600 --> 01:14:55,220
Wow, they're so big...
01:14:58,770 --> 01:15:02,520
- Setsuko, look!
- So big!
01:15:15,160 --> 01:15:17,600
Don't separate from us like that!
01:15:17,600 --> 01:15:22,220
It was decided that we would to the
shelter with our Residents' Committee!
01:15:22,220 --> 01:15:23,750
Yes.
01:15:23,750 --> 01:15:29,260
You're not a child. You must start
thinking about helping others.
01:15:29,260 --> 01:15:34,400
My neighbors criticize me because
you don't help with the firefighting.
01:15:34,400 --> 01:15:39,170
I understand. But I can't leave Setsuko alone.
01:15:43,110 --> 01:15:46,950
Then I have something to say to you.
01:15:46,950 --> 01:15:50,090
Your mother's ring...
01:15:50,090 --> 01:15:55,120
Why don't you sell it for rice?
01:15:55,120 --> 01:16:01,530
Because you are not part of the
Residents' Committee, you don't get rations.
01:16:01,530 --> 01:16:08,000
Special aid is very small.
Even I sell my kimonos for food.
01:16:08,000 --> 01:16:10,140
But the ring is...
01:16:10,140 --> 01:16:14,760
With that ring, we can get
maybe 10 or 20 bottles of rice.
01:16:14,760 --> 01:16:18,630
10 or 20 bottles!?
That much?
01:16:18,630 --> 01:16:23,210
I don't want to say this but...
She doesn't need it anymore.
01:16:23,210 --> 01:16:27,530
Your mother would probably
be happier this way.
01:16:31,390 --> 01:16:34,290
I won't force you.
01:16:39,400 --> 01:16:41,850
I understand.
01:16:55,780 --> 01:16:59,510
Here, please.
01:17:01,920 --> 01:17:03,790
Alright.
01:17:05,320 --> 01:17:07,100
Then...
01:17:07,100 --> 01:17:11,610
No, it's Mother's ring!
01:17:11,610 --> 01:17:13,380
No!
01:17:13,380 --> 01:17:17,260
Setsuko, stop!
01:17:17,260 --> 01:17:23,900
- Let it go.
- It's Mother's! No! Mother!
01:17:42,200 --> 01:17:45,140
Let's have this for dinner tonight.
01:17:51,070 --> 01:17:54,470
Setsuko, look!
White rice!
01:18:01,180 --> 01:18:02,860
Setsuko?
01:18:11,460 --> 01:18:13,250
You smiled.
01:18:16,790 --> 01:18:21,630
- Stupid Brother!
- I give up!
01:18:21,630 --> 01:18:24,080
The “Battleship Yamato” is strong!
01:18:33,090 --> 01:18:35,890
Delicious!
01:18:35,890 --> 01:18:38,490
White rice is good.
01:18:38,490 --> 01:18:42,340
- It fills the stomach.
- More please!
01:18:42,340 --> 01:18:44,960
- Alright.
- Me too.
01:18:44,960 --> 01:18:48,240
- You still have some left.
- Oh right.
01:18:58,480 --> 01:19:02,140
Still haven't finished?
Could you please hurry?
01:19:02,140 --> 01:19:06,880
Everyone else has already
gone to school or volunteering.
01:19:08,480 --> 01:19:12,020
Umm...
01:19:12,020 --> 01:19:16,510
Can you boil white rice tonight?
01:19:16,510 --> 01:19:20,390
Setsuko doesn't like Kaoliang millet.
01:19:20,390 --> 01:19:25,410
You mustn't ask for luxuries.
Kaoliang is a valuable food too.
01:19:25,410 --> 01:19:30,530
You may be the son of an officer,
but you are a guest right now.
01:19:30,530 --> 01:19:34,070
But there should be some of that rice left.
01:19:34,070 --> 01:19:37,310
I'm saving it for emergencies.
01:19:37,310 --> 01:19:42,470
If rations ended, we'd still
have something to eat.
01:19:42,470 --> 01:19:47,470
But that's our rice.
01:19:51,490 --> 01:19:53,610
Are you saying I'm being unfair?
01:19:53,610 --> 01:20:00,130
No. It's just that the rice was
bought with Mother's ring.
01:20:00,130 --> 01:20:05,610
What about all the rice you
have been eating up until now?
01:20:05,610 --> 01:20:10,840
You can't ask for free food doing nothing all day.
01:20:10,840 --> 01:20:13,570
Natsu and Hana are off at volunteer work.
01:20:13,570 --> 01:20:20,210
Even little Yuki and Teizo are helping me in
the fields with our Residents' Committee.
01:20:20,210 --> 01:20:22,860
You're the only one doing nothing.
01:20:22,860 --> 01:20:25,220
I'm protecting Setsuko!
01:20:25,220 --> 01:20:29,220
My father is protecting our country
and I am protecting Setsuko!
01:20:29,220 --> 01:20:31,620
The military isn't protecting the country!
01:20:31,620 --> 01:20:37,160
They force people to fight who don't
want to and kill them like bugs.
01:20:42,440 --> 01:20:45,360
What's that look for?
01:20:48,880 --> 01:20:56,180
I understand. If you are that
dissatisfied, let's have separate meals.
01:20:56,180 --> 01:20:59,130
Then you won't have complaints.
01:21:08,580 --> 01:21:13,610
I wonder what happened to Aunt?
01:21:16,080 --> 01:21:23,660
Before, she gave me droplets and was so kind.
01:21:24,760 --> 01:21:26,130
Who knows.
01:21:40,290 --> 01:21:41,980
Brother!
01:21:47,020 --> 01:21:48,310
Here.
01:21:53,460 --> 01:21:55,720
Hold out your hand.
01:22:03,930 --> 01:22:06,030
No more...
01:22:09,430 --> 01:22:13,000
I'm sorry, Brother.
01:22:14,410 --> 01:22:16,910
It's okay. Let's go.
01:22:16,910 --> 01:22:20,420
One, two, three.
01:22:20,420 --> 01:22:24,960
“Coo, coo, coo. Cooing pigeon,
01:22:24,960 --> 01:22:28,920
do you want seeds? Then here you go!”
01:22:32,660 --> 01:22:41,110
You work like that and we won't finish by night.
01:22:42,270 --> 01:22:44,540
Work harder.
01:22:44,540 --> 01:22:50,880
By July, rations were sporadic.
01:22:52,090 --> 01:22:56,040
For people like us, who came to
evacuation points from Tokyo,
01:22:56,040 --> 01:23:00,910
we didn't have relatives or friends
01:23:00,910 --> 01:23:04,980
who could share food with us.
01:23:04,980 --> 01:23:07,890
Here, thank you very much.
01:23:07,890 --> 01:23:12,180
Here, good work today.
01:23:14,440 --> 01:23:16,420
What do you want with a stove?
01:23:16,420 --> 01:23:18,580
We're making meals.
01:23:18,580 --> 01:23:21,240
Your aunt makes you meals.
01:23:21,240 --> 01:23:23,410
We're doing it ourselves now.
01:23:23,410 --> 01:23:25,780
A knife and eggs too.
01:23:25,780 --> 01:23:30,090
Yourselves? That's impossible.
01:23:30,090 --> 01:23:33,600
It's just until Father gets back.
01:23:33,600 --> 01:23:35,430
How much?
01:23:35,430 --> 01:23:41,510
200 yen... actually 170 yen will do.
01:23:49,940 --> 01:23:55,040
I don't know what happened,
but don't be stubborn.
01:24:06,760 --> 01:24:10,330
We'll have good rice porridge soon, Setsuko.
01:24:10,330 --> 01:24:11,860
Ok!
01:24:14,340 --> 01:24:17,600
Time for dinner, come help out.
01:24:24,180 --> 01:24:26,680
It's because you were so harsh.
01:24:26,680 --> 01:24:29,910
I didn't say anything wrong.
01:24:29,910 --> 01:24:34,050
I just said we must help each
other out in times of emergency.
01:24:34,050 --> 01:24:37,880
They're the ones being stubborn
and trying to make us look bad.
01:24:39,030 --> 01:24:44,140
Setsuko, you don't have to eat so proper.
01:24:44,140 --> 01:24:47,460
Ah, so delicious.
01:24:47,460 --> 01:24:50,400
- Seita-san?
- Yeah?
01:24:50,400 --> 01:24:52,940
Bad manners.
01:24:54,470 --> 01:24:56,000
Yes.
01:25:16,300 --> 01:25:17,990
Seita-san.
01:25:19,190 --> 01:25:26,190
If you're going to live on your own,
you must provide your own water.
01:25:40,950 --> 01:25:44,230
- Brother?
- Yeah?
01:25:44,230 --> 01:25:47,430
Want me to help?
01:25:47,430 --> 01:25:51,040
You just hold the lamp.
01:25:51,040 --> 01:25:53,770
- Brother?
- Yeah?
01:25:53,770 --> 01:25:56,870
Isn't it cold?
01:26:01,270 --> 01:26:02,560
Brother.
01:26:02,560 --> 01:26:04,980
Be quiet Setsuko.
01:26:04,980 --> 01:26:06,970
Fireflies!
01:26:08,940 --> 01:26:10,980
You're right!
01:26:12,950 --> 01:26:18,430
So glad! The fireflies came back this year.
01:26:31,260 --> 01:26:33,600
Over there too!
01:26:49,190 --> 01:26:51,650
- They're pretty.
- Yeah.
01:27:00,270 --> 01:27:02,260
Over there too!
01:27:09,580 --> 01:27:12,140
- Amazing.
- Yeah.
01:27:24,010 --> 01:27:26,040
Brother...
01:27:26,040 --> 01:27:31,760
I don't like Aunt's place anymore.
01:27:32,870 --> 01:27:36,500
Then do you want to make this our home?
01:27:36,500 --> 01:27:41,170
No one will bother us.
We can do as we please.
01:27:41,170 --> 01:27:42,270
Yeah!
01:28:06,820 --> 01:28:10,390
Mother didn't say anything.
01:28:10,390 --> 01:28:15,560
And even though we knew what was going on,
01:28:15,560 --> 01:28:20,360
we kept quiet too.
01:28:20,360 --> 01:28:26,620
Thank you for keeping us.
We're moving elsewhere now.
01:28:26,620 --> 01:28:30,760
Where elsewhere?
01:28:30,760 --> 01:28:32,490
It's a nice place.
01:28:32,490 --> 01:28:36,700
There's plenty of room for sleeping
and playing and plenty of water.
01:28:36,700 --> 01:28:37,840
Right Setsuko?
01:28:37,840 --> 01:28:38,990
Yeah!
01:28:40,260 --> 01:28:44,730
Is that so, then no worries.
01:28:44,730 --> 01:28:48,140
What? Mother!
01:28:48,140 --> 01:28:49,300
Well, good bye.
01:28:49,300 --> 01:28:51,400
Seita-kun.
01:28:53,110 --> 01:28:54,540
Seita-kun!
01:29:09,120 --> 01:29:19,430
“The seagull sailormen all line up.
01:29:19,430 --> 01:29:23,750
Wearing white hats, white shirts, white clothes.
01:29:23,750 --> 01:29:28,040
Going ‘chop chop!’, they float on the waves.”
01:29:33,410 --> 01:29:36,070
This is the kitchen.
01:29:37,450 --> 01:29:40,090
This is the entrance.
01:29:40,090 --> 01:29:42,040
This is the living room.
01:29:42,040 --> 01:29:44,590
And that's Father's study.
01:29:44,590 --> 01:29:46,990
And that's Mother's...
01:29:46,990 --> 01:29:49,260
Brother.
01:29:51,860 --> 01:29:53,690
What about the bathroom?
01:29:53,690 --> 01:29:55,800
What do we do?
01:29:57,370 --> 01:30:01,110
Anywhere! I'll be with you.
01:30:01,110 --> 01:30:01,910
OK!
01:30:05,770 --> 01:30:08,280
I wonder where Se-chan went?
01:30:09,410 --> 01:30:12,850
- I wonder if they're okay.
- They said it's a “nice place”.
01:30:12,850 --> 01:30:15,600
How could it be a “nice place”.
01:30:16,490 --> 01:30:18,350
Welcome home.
01:30:19,390 --> 01:30:22,460
How can you be fine at a time like this?
01:30:22,460 --> 01:30:24,620
Are you hungry?
01:30:27,530 --> 01:30:29,400
Mother!
01:30:30,310 --> 01:30:32,940
Sis.
01:30:32,940 --> 01:30:37,510
Oh, you're back early.
01:30:38,710 --> 01:30:42,000
You're not going to go look for them?
01:30:45,490 --> 01:30:50,400
They left on their own.
I didn't kick them out.
01:30:50,400 --> 01:30:54,430
But two children can't live on their own.
01:30:54,430 --> 01:30:57,320
If they must, they will come back.
01:30:59,090 --> 01:31:02,540
- This is unlike you.
- Yoshie-san?
01:31:04,270 --> 01:31:07,560
Can you lend us some money?
01:31:10,880 --> 01:31:14,420
You may think, “How hypocritical,
after rejecting the offer earlier”.
01:31:14,420 --> 01:31:17,480
But there were no rations this week either.
01:31:18,810 --> 01:31:25,100
No more rice, no more soybean,
and no more kimonos to sell.
01:31:25,100 --> 01:31:29,070
We need to have you share the burden too.
01:31:29,070 --> 01:31:32,470
That's fine.
01:31:36,030 --> 01:31:43,300
You can't live off of petty ideologies anymore.
Pride and will can't feed you.
01:31:47,240 --> 01:31:49,240
Am I wrong?
01:31:54,820 --> 01:31:58,990
No, you aren't wrong.
01:32:13,930 --> 01:32:17,350
Setsuko, don't cry.
01:32:17,350 --> 01:32:19,070
Setsuko.
01:32:19,070 --> 01:32:21,510
Mother...
01:32:36,620 --> 01:32:38,490
Setsuko.
01:32:38,490 --> 01:32:41,570
Setsuko, open your eyes.
01:32:45,590 --> 01:32:49,520
Ready? Let me show you something.
01:32:49,520 --> 01:32:51,310
What is it?
01:32:51,310 --> 01:32:54,040
Just come over here and see.
01:33:09,710 --> 01:33:11,650
Ready?
01:33:11,650 --> 01:33:16,090
One, two, and three!
01:33:18,110 --> 01:33:22,010
Wow! Fireflies!
01:33:22,010 --> 01:33:24,790
Now we're not alone.
01:33:43,110 --> 01:33:47,560
Brother, thank you very much. (Kansai dialect)
01:34:02,780 --> 01:34:05,670
You used all your strength.
01:34:05,670 --> 01:34:07,740
Come here.
01:34:58,540 --> 01:35:02,940
The fireflies... they're all dead.
01:35:16,650 --> 01:35:18,520
Setsuko!
01:35:19,760 --> 01:35:21,630
Setsuko!
01:35:46,430 --> 01:35:48,960
What are you doing?
01:35:48,960 --> 01:35:54,550
I'm making a grave. A grave for the fireflies.
01:35:56,410 --> 01:35:58,890
You're so kind, Setsuko.
01:35:58,890 --> 01:36:03,140
We have to make Mother's grave too.
01:36:05,940 --> 01:36:08,440
I know.
01:36:11,780 --> 01:36:16,330
Mother died, right?
01:36:18,300 --> 01:36:24,300
She won't come back no
matter how long we wait, right?
01:36:34,150 --> 01:36:36,650
Setsuko.
01:36:38,150 --> 01:36:41,790
Sorry for not telling you.
01:36:43,350 --> 01:36:46,860
Mother, during the bombing...
01:36:48,720 --> 01:36:52,300
was burned by an incendiary bomb.
01:36:56,470 --> 01:37:01,010
Japan will win the war...
01:37:01,010 --> 01:37:04,640
and Father will come home...
01:37:04,640 --> 01:37:08,540
and we'll have a real grave made.
01:37:08,540 --> 01:37:13,800
Then, let's pray there, the three of us.
01:37:14,770 --> 01:37:20,270
It must have hurt Mother.
01:37:42,620 --> 01:37:45,420
Please use this.
01:37:50,820 --> 01:37:52,770
Thank you.
01:37:56,360 --> 01:37:58,890
I'm going now.
01:38:08,010 --> 01:38:10,310
You are really leaving?
01:38:10,310 --> 01:38:15,440
Yes, a coworker says I can stay with him.
01:38:17,030 --> 01:38:19,520
So suddenly.
01:38:19,520 --> 01:38:21,950
Brother has died,
01:38:21,950 --> 01:38:26,910
I can't stay here using my leg as an excuse.
01:38:30,400 --> 01:38:36,860
I don't want to see you changing more.
01:38:41,640 --> 01:38:45,960
Is that so? Then it can't be helped.
01:38:50,960 --> 01:38:54,480
No worries, I'm an adult.
01:38:54,480 --> 01:38:57,830
Please be well.
01:39:10,600 --> 01:39:13,870
Uncle Yoshie.
01:39:27,420 --> 01:39:29,880
Uncle!
01:39:38,420 --> 01:39:41,000
Mother you're terrible!
01:39:41,000 --> 01:39:45,610
You kick out Seita-kun and
Se-chan, and now Uncle Yoshie too!
01:39:47,470 --> 01:39:52,150
Uncle has a bad leg!
He finally found a job!
01:39:52,150 --> 01:39:55,470
You're too cold to throw him out on his own.
01:39:58,300 --> 01:40:05,230
All done. I've added more cotton so it
should protect against incendiary bombs.
01:40:06,900 --> 01:40:10,480
You can't bribe me with this.
01:40:10,480 --> 01:40:17,100
Whatever. I'm going to
get rice so come with me.
01:40:18,540 --> 01:40:21,940
I don't want to become like you.
01:40:25,230 --> 01:40:29,560
I don't want food if it means
I have to abandon others.
01:40:34,580 --> 01:40:39,500
Then I don't have to cook for you?
01:40:39,500 --> 01:40:42,950
I'm grateful.
01:40:42,950 --> 01:40:49,290
We barely have enough
rice and salt for five people.
01:40:49,290 --> 01:40:54,360
If we lose one person it'll
be better for the rest of us.
01:40:59,250 --> 01:41:05,570
You monster! Mother, you're a monster!
01:41:34,710 --> 01:41:38,950
10 yen!? 10 yen for just this?
01:41:38,950 --> 01:41:44,180
If it's too expensive, then don't buy it.
I didn't want to sell it anyway.
01:41:46,660 --> 01:41:48,660
You're not buying?
01:41:50,170 --> 01:41:52,970
With the rice and stuff,
01:41:52,970 --> 01:41:59,360
we spent a lot of Mother's
money. We should save some.
01:42:10,920 --> 01:42:12,100
Let's go.
01:42:35,070 --> 01:42:37,450
Brother?
01:42:38,780 --> 01:42:43,390
- Setsuko, wait here.
- Why?
01:42:43,390 --> 01:42:46,170
Just wait here.
01:42:57,330 --> 01:43:00,810
Hey, what are you doing?
01:43:03,210 --> 01:43:04,670
Setsuko, let's go.
01:43:09,710 --> 01:43:11,280
Seita-kun...
01:43:11,280 --> 01:43:14,350
You thief!
01:43:16,620 --> 01:43:20,820
- Mister, stop!
- Shut up!
01:43:26,860 --> 01:43:29,280
- Are you with him!?
- Huh?
01:43:29,280 --> 01:43:32,140
Are you with this guy!?
01:43:38,620 --> 01:43:41,770
Hey, stop!
01:44:48,870 --> 01:44:52,200
Where were you?
01:44:58,730 --> 01:45:01,970
I boiled white rice.
01:45:07,030 --> 01:45:10,060
Eat up today.
01:45:38,830 --> 01:45:45,030
From that point on,
I never mentioned
01:45:45,030 --> 01:45:48,590
Seita-kun or Se-chan.
01:45:51,020 --> 01:45:55,290
Don't go!
Our dinner escaped...
01:45:57,610 --> 01:46:02,880
Everyone was desperate to live.
01:46:02,880 --> 01:46:07,720
Everyone was losing themselves.
01:46:09,020 --> 01:46:16,810
Everyone was forgetting something important.
01:46:18,280 --> 01:46:21,550
Tomorrow, we may burn and die from a raid.
01:46:21,550 --> 01:46:27,090
Tomorrow, we may have
no food and starve to death.
01:46:27,090 --> 01:46:36,110
There's nothing greater than that fear and worry.
01:46:49,720 --> 01:46:52,450
Setsuko, dinner.
01:46:52,450 --> 01:46:54,610
I don't want it.
01:46:54,610 --> 01:47:02,550
You mustn't have likes and dislikes,
whether it be soybean or baby potato.
01:47:02,550 --> 01:47:06,220
Yeah, but...
01:47:06,220 --> 01:47:12,300
I have diarrhea.
01:47:18,770 --> 01:47:22,710
Setsuko, what's wrong? Setsuko!
01:47:24,150 --> 01:47:25,480
Setsuko!
01:47:26,860 --> 01:47:30,770
It's a weakening due to malnutrition.
01:47:30,770 --> 01:47:34,790
She hasn't eaten anything good for two weeks.
01:47:34,790 --> 01:47:38,210
The diarrhea and fainting are
also from the malnutrition.
01:47:38,210 --> 01:47:42,870
- Next.
- Wait, no medicine?
01:47:42,870 --> 01:47:47,420
She needs nutrition, not medicine.
01:47:47,420 --> 01:47:52,780
Nutrition? Like what!?
01:47:52,780 --> 01:47:58,780
Nutrition like white meat from fish or egg yolk.
01:47:58,780 --> 01:48:05,050
Oh, apples would be good for her too.
01:48:05,050 --> 01:48:09,280
Where the hell would I get that?
01:48:09,280 --> 01:48:13,260
If you're a doctor, tell me!
Where could I get them!?
01:48:13,260 --> 01:48:17,360
- Where? Tell me!
- Stop it!
01:48:46,780 --> 01:48:51,780
Oh no... We're even out of salt.
01:49:07,350 --> 01:49:14,270
I sure am hungry. What would
you like to eat Setsuko?
01:49:16,050 --> 01:49:18,850
Tempura.
01:49:18,850 --> 01:49:23,330
Tempura sounds nice.
01:49:23,330 --> 01:49:29,320
And sashimi...
01:49:30,780 --> 01:49:34,030
...and jelly.
01:49:35,370 --> 01:49:38,370
Anything else?
01:49:38,370 --> 01:49:42,600
Rice porridge and eggs...
01:49:43,740 --> 01:49:47,540
and...
01:49:47,540 --> 01:49:51,970
droplets.
01:50:48,370 --> 01:50:49,810
Eggs!
01:50:59,770 --> 01:51:01,200
What are you doing?
01:51:03,350 --> 01:51:08,920
You thief! After all our kindness.
01:51:36,480 --> 01:51:39,970
- I'm very sorry.
- Thanks for coming.
01:51:45,790 --> 01:51:49,920
You must be surprised to see how beat up he is.
01:51:49,920 --> 01:51:56,430
You have no right to complain.
Thieving during a raid is a serious crime.
01:51:56,430 --> 01:51:58,070
I'm very sorry.
01:51:58,070 --> 01:52:00,140
If apologizing was enough
we wouldn't need the police!
01:52:00,140 --> 01:52:05,140
Leave this to the police.
Be merciful. Merciful.
01:52:07,280 --> 01:52:12,850
It's woeful that a naval officer's son is stealing.
01:52:14,130 --> 01:52:20,750
If it happens again, you will take responsibility.
01:52:27,560 --> 01:52:31,340
Because of you, your aunt is in trouble too!
01:52:37,370 --> 01:52:40,950
I'm sorry to interfere, but...
01:52:40,950 --> 01:52:44,330
can you please take him back?
01:52:46,850 --> 01:52:53,070
There must have been problems, but
you don't want them to be tramps.
01:52:56,220 --> 01:52:59,970
You too. Bow and beg to be taken back.
01:52:59,970 --> 01:53:03,400
It's impossible to live on your own as children.
01:53:03,400 --> 01:53:10,110
Come on. It's not a shame.
Your sister's still little right?
01:53:10,110 --> 01:53:13,890
You have to have her feed you.
01:53:17,880 --> 01:53:23,570
Do you know why the kind
store owner got so mad?
01:53:25,160 --> 01:53:31,660
His son was also a naval officer,
01:53:31,660 --> 01:53:36,370
and on the coast of Malaysia,
he was killed in action.
01:53:38,670 --> 01:53:45,830
It's so depressing that a
naval officer's son is stealing!
01:54:20,430 --> 01:54:22,550
Um...
01:54:27,390 --> 01:54:29,510
I...
01:54:33,010 --> 01:54:33,980
I..
01:54:37,190 --> 01:54:42,190
- Setsuko is...
- You don't have to apologize, Seita-san.
01:54:46,850 --> 01:54:50,440
I can't have you apologize.
01:54:52,480 --> 01:54:57,650
I don't have food to provide for you if I forgive you.
01:54:58,960 --> 01:55:03,150
Even if I had more rice,
01:55:03,150 --> 01:55:10,330
even if it be one grain,
I'd give it to Teizo or Natsu.
01:55:11,840 --> 01:55:15,180
I don't despise you.
01:55:15,180 --> 01:55:19,470
I just can't let Teizo,
01:55:19,470 --> 01:55:24,770
Natsu, Hana, or Yuki die.
01:55:26,850 --> 01:55:31,900
Hate me all you want.
01:55:33,760 --> 01:55:38,520
Seita-san, this is what war is about.
01:55:40,030 --> 01:55:44,650
This is what it means to be at war.
01:55:46,370 --> 01:55:49,290
I have no intention of apologizing!
01:55:49,290 --> 01:55:54,390
I'm the first son of Naval
colonel Yokokawa Kiyoshi!
01:56:51,360 --> 01:56:53,870
Brother?
01:56:56,130 --> 01:57:03,140
Setsuko, sorry for being so late.
01:57:03,140 --> 01:57:05,670
It's okay.
01:57:07,880 --> 01:57:12,780
What happened to your face?
01:57:14,160 --> 01:57:21,650
Nothing, just got stung by a striped mosquito.
01:57:24,900 --> 01:57:30,390
Does it hurt?
01:57:30,390 --> 01:57:36,290
You have to call the doctor and get a shot.
01:57:38,370 --> 01:57:42,350
Don't say things like Mother.
01:58:28,810 --> 01:58:31,470
Brother.
01:58:38,000 --> 01:58:41,600
Setsuko, are you feeling better?
01:58:43,090 --> 01:58:45,910
Is that so! That's great!
01:58:45,910 --> 01:58:50,300
I got better after having a droplet!
01:58:50,300 --> 01:58:52,820
Droplet?
01:58:57,780 --> 01:59:02,470
Dummy! What are you eating!?
It's a marble!
01:59:06,880 --> 01:59:08,860
Setsuko?
01:59:08,860 --> 01:59:25,050
Brother, here. It's dinner.
Do you want a bowl?
01:59:27,070 --> 01:59:35,340
Let me give you some soybean pulp.
01:59:44,610 --> 01:59:47,580
Setsuko...
01:59:47,580 --> 01:59:51,460
You're not having it?
02:00:03,630 --> 02:00:06,880
Setsuko, wait here.
02:00:06,880 --> 02:00:10,050
Let me get you something
good with this bankbook.
02:00:12,340 --> 02:00:17,340
Brother, don't go.
02:00:18,350 --> 02:00:23,220
I don't need any food.
02:00:23,220 --> 02:00:28,810
I just want to be with you!
02:00:30,510 --> 02:00:32,170
Setsuko.
02:00:34,510 --> 02:00:37,070
But you need to eat.
02:00:37,070 --> 02:00:41,180
Let me buy eggs and make rice porridge with egg.
02:00:41,180 --> 02:00:44,880
Then I'll hold you, blow on
your food, and feed you.
02:00:44,880 --> 02:00:50,460
It's a promise.
This time for real.
02:01:14,260 --> 02:01:15,890
What is it?
02:01:18,750 --> 02:01:22,720
August 15, 1945 (Showa 20)
02:01:22,720 --> 02:01:30,810
(Radio broadcast of Emperor
Hirohito announcing surrender)
02:01:30,810 --> 02:01:32,960
What does it mean?
02:01:36,950 --> 02:01:39,300
Japan lost.
02:01:40,890 --> 02:01:43,670
The war is over.
02:01:43,670 --> 02:01:48,490
What? The war is over...?
02:01:48,490 --> 02:01:52,550
Then no more bombings?
02:01:52,550 --> 02:01:56,220
- I suppose so.
- No more B-29s?
02:01:56,220 --> 02:02:00,610
- Yes.
- Yay!
02:02:00,610 --> 02:02:04,630
- No more running!
- No more volunteer work, right?
02:02:04,630 --> 02:02:06,960
Of course!
02:02:06,960 --> 02:02:11,480
What's going to happen?
02:02:14,070 --> 02:02:16,330
Who knows...
02:02:19,950 --> 02:02:28,250
Dad died for this war...
How could they lose?
02:02:30,820 --> 02:02:34,470
What's going to happen to
Seita-kun and Se-chan?
02:02:34,470 --> 02:02:40,050
If Japan lost, then that must mean that
02:02:40,050 --> 02:02:42,310
Seita-kun's father also died.
02:02:42,310 --> 02:02:44,320
Time to eat.
02:02:44,320 --> 02:02:46,740
At a time like this?
02:02:46,740 --> 02:02:52,780
Regardless of Japan losing or what happens
to the country, the body gets hungry.
02:03:07,880 --> 02:03:10,060
Excuse me?
02:03:28,500 --> 02:03:32,030
- What's going to happen?
- How should I know?
02:03:32,030 --> 02:03:35,380
The devilish American
soldiers are going to come?
02:03:35,380 --> 02:03:39,870
Um... did something happen?
02:03:39,870 --> 02:03:42,490
We surrendered.
02:03:43,750 --> 02:03:46,370
Surrender? Japan lost?
02:03:46,370 --> 02:03:50,310
Yeah, “unconditional surrender”.
02:03:58,590 --> 02:04:01,910
Then what happened to the Unified Fleet?
02:04:01,910 --> 02:04:09,110
They were all sunk a long time ago.
02:04:12,660 --> 02:04:15,260
No way.
02:04:15,260 --> 02:04:19,540
Like I will be fighting for the sake of the country,
02:04:19,540 --> 02:04:25,930
you must defend your mother and Setsuko.
Don't ever yield.
02:04:27,370 --> 02:04:31,610
No way!
My father can't have died!
02:04:31,610 --> 02:04:33,710
What the hell.
02:04:33,710 --> 02:04:35,780
It can't be!
02:04:35,780 --> 02:04:41,650
- Idiot! Japan has lost!
- No way! No way!
02:04:45,690 --> 02:04:48,220
Stop!
02:04:48,220 --> 02:04:51,290
Seita-kun, are you okay?
02:04:53,300 --> 02:04:54,900
Seita-kun!
02:05:02,410 --> 02:05:07,810
Stupid, stupid Father!
02:05:38,300 --> 02:05:39,880
Sis.
02:05:43,180 --> 02:05:44,720
It's been a while.
02:05:44,720 --> 02:05:47,150
Yoshie-san!
02:05:49,910 --> 02:05:51,720
You were fine!
02:05:51,720 --> 02:05:53,720
Thankfully.
02:05:53,720 --> 02:05:57,720
I'm glad. Come in.
02:06:05,400 --> 02:06:08,100
What are you doing from now on?
02:06:10,050 --> 02:06:12,870
I don't know yet.
02:06:13,810 --> 02:06:19,580
I will be getting a ticket to return to Tokyo.
02:06:19,580 --> 02:06:21,600
Where are you going?
02:06:21,600 --> 02:06:24,630
I haven't decided.
02:06:24,630 --> 02:06:29,790
But there are no more air raids. I will be fine.
02:06:32,730 --> 02:06:34,900
I suppose.
02:06:40,380 --> 02:06:43,270
I saw Seita-kun.
02:06:46,960 --> 02:06:51,180
He was living by the river, he looked very thin.
02:06:54,540 --> 02:06:56,820
I'm sorry.
02:06:59,440 --> 02:07:02,350
Why do you apologize?
02:07:02,350 --> 02:07:05,960
I acted self righteous in front of you,
02:07:05,960 --> 02:07:09,050
but I too was too busy with my own business.
02:07:09,050 --> 02:07:13,110
and couldn't do anything for them.
02:07:16,030 --> 02:07:18,960
I didn't understand anything.
02:07:20,270 --> 02:07:25,050
Like my brother fighting on the battlefield,
02:07:25,050 --> 02:07:28,230
you were also...
02:07:28,230 --> 02:07:30,480
Yoshie-san,
02:07:34,190 --> 02:07:37,500
be careful.
02:07:39,560 --> 02:07:46,430
We may never see each other
again, but I pray for your well being.
02:07:54,130 --> 02:08:00,290
Give my regards to your children.
02:08:33,820 --> 02:08:36,060
Come on, now.
02:08:36,060 --> 02:08:40,630
You must hide it all.
If there's a riot, it'll all be taken.
02:08:40,630 --> 02:08:42,340
Yeah...
02:08:43,570 --> 02:08:47,140
There's nothing we can do
about the country losing.
02:08:49,030 --> 02:08:52,590
I'm sorry, we're closed for...
02:08:52,590 --> 02:08:56,430
You thief! Why are you here?
02:09:10,490 --> 02:09:13,060
Sell me rice and eggs.
02:09:13,060 --> 02:09:15,300
We have nothing to sell to thieves.
02:09:15,300 --> 02:09:18,660
My sister's sick.
02:09:18,660 --> 02:09:22,900
I don't care how many, please sell me some.
02:09:22,900 --> 02:09:24,650
Please.
02:09:24,650 --> 02:09:30,440
- He's gone mad!
- Go home, Japan's lost.
02:09:30,440 --> 02:09:33,460
That money's worthless.
02:09:33,460 --> 02:09:39,950
I don't care. Sell me eggs. Give me rice!
02:09:39,950 --> 02:09:43,960
Setsuko's going to die! I beg you.
02:09:43,960 --> 02:09:52,960
I beg you! Please! I beg you!
02:10:04,240 --> 02:10:06,250
Mother?
02:10:06,250 --> 02:10:12,140
I'm going.
02:10:12,140 --> 02:10:16,700
The war is over.
02:10:39,830 --> 02:10:42,470
Setsuko, I'm back.
02:10:44,120 --> 02:10:47,150
Look! Eggs and rice!
02:10:59,860 --> 02:11:02,030
Setsuko?
02:11:09,110 --> 02:11:12,650
Fireflies...
02:11:23,840 --> 02:11:27,860
Setsuko, I'll make congee
with eggs right away, okay?
02:11:33,030 --> 02:11:42,430
Brother, thank you very much. (Kansai dialect)
02:11:42,430 --> 02:11:45,540
Just wait.
02:12:11,730 --> 02:12:15,500
Mother's egg and rice porridge used to be so good, huh?
02:12:17,070 --> 02:12:22,300
The eggs were soft and the right saltiness.
02:12:22,300 --> 02:12:30,950
So good my tongue would melt.
Right, Setsuko?
02:12:57,740 --> 02:13:01,740
So stupid, Setsuko.
02:13:15,550 --> 02:13:22,550
The porridge was almost done.
02:13:24,580 --> 02:13:27,010
Setsuko...
02:13:35,120 --> 02:13:38,280
Setsuko!
02:13:38,280 --> 02:13:43,530
Why Setsuko? What am I supposed to do?
02:13:51,660 --> 02:13:53,610
Setsuko!
02:14:20,400 --> 02:14:22,400
Mother...
02:15:20,260 --> 02:15:23,660
Seita-kun, Se-chan!
02:16:18,000 --> 02:16:21,060
Seita-kun, Se-chan!
02:17:31,510 --> 02:17:33,950
Setsuko.
02:17:33,950 --> 02:17:36,330
I'm sorry.
02:17:38,190 --> 02:17:42,070
I couldn't find the other shoe.
02:17:44,130 --> 02:17:48,940
Mother will probably have it.
02:19:15,690 --> 02:19:23,300
Seita-kun put Se-chan's little
bones into the droplet tin,
02:19:23,300 --> 02:19:29,860
and left, never to return to Yokohana.
02:19:29,860 --> 02:19:34,010
Seita-kun died at San'nomiya Station,
02:19:34,010 --> 02:19:38,820
and was cremated with the other tramps,
02:19:38,820 --> 02:19:44,780
about a month after the war ended.
02:19:44,780 --> 02:19:53,390
It was the day after the law to protect
child war victims was passed.
02:20:22,370 --> 02:20:24,680
We're going.
02:20:48,800 --> 02:20:51,420
Wow, so pretty.
Setsuko, look!
02:20:51,420 --> 02:20:53,890
- Over there!
- Over there too!
02:20:53,890 --> 02:20:57,390
- ...rations are getting smaller...
- Don't worry.
02:20:57,390 --> 02:20:59,630
Here, Se-chan. Now you won't lose it.
02:20:59,630 --> 02:21:01,200
Thank you!
02:21:01,200 --> 02:21:03,300
Delicious!
02:21:25,790 --> 02:21:27,840
I...
02:21:29,020 --> 02:21:32,860
I don't want to live.
02:21:38,010 --> 02:21:40,820
...because...
02:21:40,820 --> 02:21:46,540
...we killed Seita-kun and Se-chan.
02:21:46,540 --> 02:21:49,280
We killed them!
02:21:50,460 --> 02:21:51,380
Ouch!
02:21:55,990 --> 02:21:58,560
Don't be stupid!
02:21:58,560 --> 02:22:02,030
The war isn't over yet!
02:22:02,560 --> 02:22:05,830
The real war starts now!
02:22:05,830 --> 02:22:08,740
If you die, you lose.
02:22:08,740 --> 02:22:12,070
If you die, it's over.
02:22:30,860 --> 02:22:34,090
If you die, it's over.
02:22:42,770 --> 02:22:45,170
Afterwards, Mother
02:22:45,170 --> 02:22:49,010
brought us back to Tokyo
02:22:49,010 --> 02:22:52,490
and raised us
02:22:52,490 --> 02:22:59,240
without a single tear or complaint.
02:22:59,240 --> 02:23:04,150
And until she died at the age of 95,
02:23:04,150 --> 02:23:10,690
she never mentioned the war.
02:23:20,610 --> 02:23:22,430
Here?
02:23:22,430 --> 02:23:30,850
This was our evacuation point, Manchidani.
02:23:30,850 --> 02:23:40,240
And over there, the entire
city of Kobe was in ruins.
02:23:44,760 --> 02:23:47,940
It has completely changed.
02:23:47,940 --> 02:23:52,050
Nothing remains of its past.
02:23:56,430 --> 02:23:59,270
This is the first time.
02:24:00,570 --> 02:24:05,850
This is the first time you spoke about the war.
02:24:05,850 --> 02:24:08,890
I didn't want to recall
02:24:08,890 --> 02:24:13,820
the war or the events that took place here.
02:24:13,820 --> 02:24:18,770
Even Seita-kun and Se-chan who died here.
02:24:20,820 --> 02:24:22,930
But...
02:24:22,930 --> 02:24:27,870
But Mother remembered...
02:24:27,870 --> 02:24:32,270
And every time she looked at this,
02:24:32,270 --> 02:24:39,750
she probably felt the weight of having survived.
02:24:39,750 --> 02:24:45,480
I guess the war isn't an old tale.
02:24:47,330 --> 02:24:51,500
It's because Great-Grandmother survived,
02:24:51,500 --> 02:24:55,400
that you survived, and Mother was born,
02:24:55,400 --> 02:25:00,260
and why I'm here.
02:25:05,400 --> 02:25:08,500
- Grandmother?
- Yes?
02:25:11,610 --> 02:25:17,280
I wonder how far this river flows...
02:27:50,240 --> 02:27:58,010
This drama is fictional. However, there are
many children worldwide like Seita and
Setsuko who are living in the fire of war.
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