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When people finish their day
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and hurry home,
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my day starts.
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My diner opens from midnight
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to seven in the morning.
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They call it "Midnight Diner."
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PORK MISO SOUP COMBO
BEER, SAKE, SHOCHU
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That's all I have on my menu.
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But I make whatever customers request
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as long as I have ingredients for it.
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That's my policy.
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Do I even have customers?
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More than you would expect.
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MIDNIGHT DINER
-TOKYO STORIES-
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SOUR PLUM & PLUM WINE
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That's so annoying.
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I love this.
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-Dark beer?
-It's black cider.
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A friend in Toyama sent it to me.
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It has a flavor of soy sauce
with a hint of pepper. It's pretty good.
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Thank you.
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Can you really make a living
by selling these items?
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Not so bad.
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What do you do during the winter?
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I sell some other stuff.
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Are you okay, boss?
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I'm okay. Thank you.
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What was wrong with him?
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He didn't look so sharp.
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Welcome.
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This is unusual.
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Here on a week night?
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I can't sleep.
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Shochu on the rocks, please.
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Anything to eat?
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Just... sour plum.
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Just one?
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Two.
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Here you go.
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Thank you.
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Mr. Hoshino owns a produce store
in this neighborhood.
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All the vegetables I use here,
I buy from him.
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It's just not right.
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What are you talking about?
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You bought this plum
from my store, didn't you?
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Yes. It's Nankobai from Kishu.
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Even if you use the same plums,
they're just not the same.
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What's the matter?
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My mother's sour plums finally ran out.
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I ate all of them.
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I see.
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When did she...
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pass away?
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Almost four years ago.
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That long?
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I knew they would run out someday
if I kept eating them every day.
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But when I'm drinking alone at home,
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I just get awfully lonely.
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I can't help eating one, or two.
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That's because I lived with my mother
for a long time.
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I pickle the plums myself every year.
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But they just won't turn out
like my mother's.
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Only your mother knows...
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just how much salt to use.
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The perfect amount.
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It's very important.
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When the sour plums ran out,
it really sank in that she was gone.
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That I really am alone now.
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These days...
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I feel that time passes faster
than before.
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Master,
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just one more.
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Are you sure?
You must wake up early tomorrow.
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Yes. Wake up at 4:30.
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Here you go.
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I heard the produce store owner
was hospitalized.
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Early stage diabetes.
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He has to be in the hospital
for two weeks.
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-Did you pay him a visit?
-Yeah.
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The owner of Kotodama
knew his hospital.
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Since his mother passed away,
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I bet he didn't eat too well.
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He never helped with chores.
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He said he feels like he's paying
for all the time he was being lazy now.
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Take care.
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Mr. Hoshino.
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Done with today's tests?
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Mr. Hoshino?
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An elderly woman always sat there
at this time of the day.
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Why isn't she here today?
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I think she is discharged
from the hospital.
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Why do we eat tokoroten with a chopstick?
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Is this some kind of superstition?
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I'm not sure,
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but this is supposed to be
the most fashionable way to eat it.
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In the old days,
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they ate it with a long toothpick
like eating sweets.
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In Kansai Region,
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they eat it with brown sugar syrup.
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Welcome.
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Hello.
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Master, thank you for visiting me
at the hospital.
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We all were worried about you.
How's your diabetes?
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It's under control.
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But recently I can't sleep well.
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It has been extremely hot, that's why.
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Well, that's one reason, but...
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You see someone die in the hospital
every day.
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I couldn't help thinking about myself
at night and got uneasy.
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I have no family.
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I must wonder who will take care
of my stuff after I die.
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When we die, we die.
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There is no point in worrying about
what happens afterwards.
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Why don't you get married?
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Find someone who is tough enough
to outlive you.
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-I can't take this.
-What are you talking about?
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After I die...
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all the porn DVDs I have stored away
will be found.
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Then throw them away.
You are not a teenager anymore.
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That's not easy.
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Some are very rare items.
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Listen Master,
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if you came to my store
and found me dead,
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will you sneak into my house
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and throw them away secretly?
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What?
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You're single, too.
You understand, right?
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Let's conclude a gentlemen's agreement.
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Master,
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please. I beg you.
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That's stupid.
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You can't get rid of your worldly passions
until you die, huh?
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Please open it.
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Who are you?
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Please open it.
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Please let me in.
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Yoichi...
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Mother?
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Please open it.
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Yoichi...
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please let me in.
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Mother,
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you are dead.
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I'm dead. That's why I'm asking you.
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Please let me in.
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Please.
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Mother,
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please rest in peace.
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Excuse me.
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Excuse me.
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Yes.
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I will take this.
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Isn't it damaged?
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Okay. This one, huh?
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Every night in the last few days,
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while I am asleep,
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my dead mother comes and calls me.
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"Please open it."
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"Please let me in."
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She talks to me.
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Boss, it must be your dream.
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As I cover myself with the blanket
and recite Buddhist scriptures,
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she becomes sad and says,
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"Please let me in.
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"I forgot something."
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Forgot something?
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She may be still keeping
her secret savings.
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I agree. She is worried about it.
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I don't think so.
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She put her entire fortune in a bag
and gave it to me
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before she died.
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Why don't you let her in?
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But...
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Even if she is my mother,
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she is a ghost.
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There is a line that shouldn't be crossed.
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-Good evening.
-Welcome.
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I thought that it might be ready.
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-I mean your plum wine.
-You are right.
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-Your plum wine?
-Yes.
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I make a big bottle of it every year.
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Summer is hot and I don't like it.
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But I can enjoy his plum wine.
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Who wants some? It's been aged
for a year. A perfect time to drink it.
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Yes!
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-Is your heart okay?
-It's not working.
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So she is worried about this, huh?
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My mother also made plum wine
whenever she salted plums.
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She loved it.
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I thought that she had finished it all.
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-Want a glass?
-No, thanks.
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-I don't want to upset your mother.
-Don't worry.
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I offered a glass of it at the altar.
Besides...
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today is the anniversary
of my mother's death.
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Please have some in her memory.
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Okay.
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I'll have just one glass.
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Then me, too.
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Then can I have, too?
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I love Master's,
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this one is also flavorful,
but mild at the same time.
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That's how
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they consumed all of it
after making an excuse.
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On that night...
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Yoichi...
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Yoichi...
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Yoichi...
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So it wasn't the plum wine?
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If it's not the plum wine,
then what else could it be?
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His mother wants to take him.
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If he crosses the Styx, he will be dead.
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What are you talking about?
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We're talking about
the produce store owner.
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A spirit of his dead mother
shows up every night
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and he can't sleep.
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I see. Does she have something to regret?
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We can't figure it out.
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Because of my trade,
I've seen a lot of ways to die.
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Die happily with nothing to regret?
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It's rare. Many have something to regret.
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But you all sound very unscientific.
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She forgot something
and wants to come in, right?
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Then it must be in the house.
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If that's the case,
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he should search the house thoroughly.
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-But that's not easy to do.
-Yes.
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Wait. We have a professional
household searcher here.
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Without libido, we are no longer men.
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But at the same time,
it's a hassle having it.
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It's not easy being a man.
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This one is as precious
as a national treasure.
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Wait.
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What is this?
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And found something?
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What is it?
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What the--?
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Shunga, another name for
Ukiyoe artwork on human Eros.
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Also called Funny Pictures,
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used as a talisman
to protect someone from evil.
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In the old custom, it was given
to a bride as an educational material
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to prevent her from being surprised
on her bridal night.
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I think my mother brought these
with her when she got married.
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This must be it.
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As soon as we found them, I took them
to our family temple for the service.
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Then her ghost never came back.
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Why did she remember them now
long after her death?
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That's because her son was worried
about his porn DVDs.
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That must have
reminded her about her own.
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My mother is like me.
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She can't throw away anything.
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It's our frugal mentality.
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She was worried about you.
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Your mother.
She saw you acting so lonely.
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So, she came back
to urge you to find someone.
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Whether she is in the afterlife
or in this world,
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she is your parent.
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And you are always her son.
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Have a drink, everyone.
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It's on me today.
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Lucky us.
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Hello.
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Welcome.
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You look great.
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Luckily, yes.
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I'm Okubo, the nurse.
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Right. Thank you for taking care of me.
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I didn't recognize you
without your nurse uniform.
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People tell me that a lot.
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How are you feeling?
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As you can see, I've gotten much better
like I was born a new person.
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What brings you here today?
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I wanted to see your store.
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Really? All the way to see the store?
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I have been worried about you.
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What do you recommend?
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Right. How about some okra?
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-Give me one.
-Just one?
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-Then two.
-Two.
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Here you go.
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Salt determines the flavor of sour plum.
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If you use coarse salt with bittern,
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not table salt, it enhances
the umami flavor in the plum.
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The plums in plum wine can be
eaten as is.
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You can also make jam and jelly out of it.
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That's it.
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Good night.
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Yoichi...
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You can rest in peace now.
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I've found someone special.
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Nice to meet you.
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I will take care of his health.
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I will take over making sour plums.
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And...
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I'll take good care of
your Shunga. Mother.
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-Rest in peace.
-Rest in peace.
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