Original subtitles

It's lunchtime, guys!

Hey, Yosuke.

Yosuke.

It's time. You can go home.

Go home.

Happy about the baby? Congratulations.

"Thank you!"

He's smiling!

Hello, little Dai. What a good-looking boy!

That smile!

I win!

No way!

Yosuke is back.

Hi, Yosuke, we came to see the baby.

Good for you.

I'm glad Dai can hear.

I'm so happy.

The whole day could go by watching a baby.

I have to go now.

-Thanks for coming. -Bye.

Mrs. Hirano!

Take some braised veggies.

And burdock!

"Hi, Honey."

"I was so busy that I couldn't change."

"Too much?"

"No."

"Get changed!"

"I want a bath."

"Wait."

"You smell fine!"

Not like that! This goes here...

No, it's this way!

But when I had Michiko...

That's wrong!

Trust me! It's like this.

Lay off!

Dai looks just like his father!

The eldest performs the rites...

What am I supposed to do?

Take the abalone.

Right... No chopsticks!

Move!

Eat this. It's delicious.

How about some beer?

Cry all you want!

A man's worth comes down to the size of his voice and weenie!

Got that?

That concludes the ritual.

What a happy day!

What a buffoon.

Move!

Never mind him!

Hope it works out...

They're not worried.

They'll need you.

If I lived closer, I'd be here every day.

You should be in the photo.

Come on, I'll take it.

-Why don't you do it? -Me?

Yes, you! Don't just sit there drinking!

Look up.

OK, here goes...

Give me a smile!

One more!

Not again...!

What's wrong?

What's the problem?

Your nappy?

Coming up!

He's been crying.

Oh dear!

Up you go!

Hey... Hey!

Keep an eye on him! It's dangerous!

"Do I look like Tomokazu Miura?"

"Who said that?"

"The Boss's wife."

"No, you don't."

"Her eyes must be bad."

"I don't think I look like him..."

"Someone else said that in high school."

"Go check the mirror."

"Eat it. Carrots are good."

"I don't want to."

"I love you so I'll give it to you."

"No."

"You eat it."

"Eat it."

"Eat it."

"Eat it."

Don't play with food.

Grandma, why don't you sign "carrot"?

I won't.

Why not?

It's too hard for me.

All those gestures, like this and this...

That's weird.

You punk!

-What's going on? -Sorry.

Yasuo's drunk.

You idiot!

Take off my shoes! Come on!

He's bleeding!

Leave me alone.

Hey...!

Shut up!

-Don't get up. -Shut up!

Leave me alone!

I was about to draw a winning tile!

The son of a bitch called "tanyaochu" and won!

The sly bastard!

I was so pissed that I bashed his head with a bowl.

Take the shirt off!

Come here!

Leave that alone!

There's no God!

Stop, Yasuo! Don't hit your wife!

Get off me!

Keep your nose out of my family business!

No Buddha will help you either!

It's time you woke up!

Drop dead, you idiot!

You drop dead!

"It's tugging!"

"A fish?"

It's kelp!

Kelp!

"How about dinner?"

"You can write very well."

What are you up to, Dai?

I'm a postman.

"The postman came."

"Thank you."

"I love curry."

"You received a letter, Dai."

Let's go shopping.

"Shopping."

"Let's go."

"Just a second."

"Let me do this."

"Thank you."

Hi there.

We're out of squid today. Sorry.

We have octopus though.

An octopus.

It's 500 yen.

It's 500 yen.

"It's 500 yen."

"Thank you."

Hey, you're an interpreter!

What a boy!

I'll give you a discount. It's 400 yen.

What a good boy!

"Hi, Dai."

"Tea?"

"Do your homework."

"Just wait."

"Homework first!"

"Just a bit!"

Hello. Can you get your mother for me?

Hello, ma'am. I'm from a company called Mutsuno Foods.

I brought our new line of supplements.

Have you heard of B-Carotene?

Everyone's talking about it on TV and in magazines.

Heard of it?

Right, I do the same!

I have to write down everything to make sense of it.

You're young but for me it's a sign of getting old!

Back to B-Carotene.

Red and orange vegetables have it.

Ma'am.

My mother can't hear.

-She can't hear me? -No

Okay...

I want your mom to look at this.

Ashitaba is very good for you.

It's native to Japan and...

Do you know this plant, ma'am? You know A-Shi-Ta-Ba?

I guess not. I'll come back again.

Good luck, you poor boy.

Bye.

Can I come to your place to play, Dai?

Sure.

Hello!

"Your friend?"

Hello.

"Hello."

"Wash your hands."

"Okay."

"Will you play here?"

"Here are some snacks."

"Help yourself."

Dai.

Why does your mom speak in that strange way?

What?

I mean...

The way she speaks is funny.

You think so?

Dai.

"Do you want to eat this?"

Grandpa.

Grandpa!

About Mom...

Can't she speak Japanese?

Huh?

She's different...

It's just that her education was bad.

We thought she'd eventually hear.

So we didn't enroll her in the deaf school.

We also thought

talking with gestures

would make her mute.

Get this.

Because she couldn't hear anything

she couldn't keep up with her classes.

She had no friends either.

That's why we...

Hiroko!

When did Akiko go to the deaf school?

When she was 14.

That's right!

I guess she started to cheer up after that.

With gestures!

"Parents Day. Come see the kids!"

"Hyoju's mother must be dead."

"She probably died craving eel."

"I shouldn't have let it loose."

Thank you. Yuki, turn around.

So Gon the fox is in the burrow, regretting his mischief.

Come on, Yuki.

-Happy to see your mom? -Yes.

Show her what you can do.

Why did the fox regret it?

I have no idea!

Did you hear her read it?

Hyoju's mother died, craving the eel.

So the fox felt guilty.

Yuki!

"You had Parents Day at school?"

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because..."

"I didn't want you to come."

"Because you can't hear."

"I can talk to him."

"And say what?"

"Not to make his mom sad."

"That's not it..."

"Go on, you eat it."

"Do I embarrass you?"

"Because I can't hear"

"I need sign language."

"Like you need Japanese."

"Without it, I can't communicate with anyone."

"I can't speak to you."

"It's very important to me."

"Because both your dad and I are deaf"

"I know it's hard for you sometimes."

"I know..."

-They're deaf. -Both of them?

I guess so. They're both doing it.

He's just a kid... It's amazing.

How do they learn?

It must be so hard.

I can hear.

"What's wrong?"

"Go ahead, eat it."

I like omelette rice.

Amazing! What else is there?

What's up?

Dai knows sign language.

What's that?

People who can't hear use their hands to speak.

For example,

"Good morning."

"It's nice weather."

This is "the sky."

You don't say it!

What else?

Here's one...

Get it?

-No! -What's that?

Hint, please!

OK, it's about ears.

-Fungi on your ears. -No!

OK, I'll say it.

"I haven't heard!"

The Dacho Club's gag!

What else?

-Is there anything else? -Yes.

What else... Okay.

"Like" and "Dislike".

Like, dislike.

You used that before...

Right! I said, "I like omelette rice."

This is fun!

Like, dislike! Like, dislike!

Like, dislike.

-Hey, stop teasing. -Like,

-That's lame. -dislike.

-Stop it. -It's funny!

-It's not. -Like

You're going overboard with it!

-Dislike. -Don't ruin it.

Can't you hear the bell, kids? Class is about to begin.

Back to the classroom, please!

Don't run.

Hi, Dai. You're back.

Can you come here?

Look at this!

And there's this one...

And that one.

See?

Can you see what happened? It's terrible.

It's inexcusable!

You know how Mrs. Hirano cares for her flowers.

This one's so expensive!

It's not easy keeping the bugs off it.

Mrs. Hirano is in shock and won't get out of bed.

Who would do this?

Would it be you, by any chance?

Why me?

No one else in the neighborhood would do it.

It wasn't me.

Can you prove it?

See? You're silent.

Let's go and apologize to Mrs. Hirano.

I'm glad I got to talk to you on your own.

Your mom wouldn't understand if I'd gone to her.

Let's go and apologize.

-Let me go! -Come on.

-Let go! -Come and apologize.

"What are you doing to him?"

Nothing...!

"You hurt Dai."

It's not what you think!

Dai knocked over Mrs. Hirano's flowers!

"I didn't do it."

"I swear."

"OK."

"Because I'm deaf"

"you bully my son!"

I don't understand what you're saying.

Hey! I spilt my tea!

Oh, what a big baby!

Do you have a hole in your mouth?

A mouth is a hole. And your ears and nose.

And your anus!

I won't mention other holes.

Who asked you to?

No lunch tomorrow.

"What?"

Why's it up to me to repeat things?

Why do I have to work to make it easier for you?

Speak in sign language!

What about you?

-Who is it? -Don't look!

Call her tonight!

Don't be creepy.

I'll go to a cram school.

If I get into Shiogama High

I get a PHS phone.

I already have a cell phone. Doncha know?

Doncha know?

A cell phone! Lucky you!

Don't touch my cell phone!

Hey, see you guys.

"Dai!"

"Say something!"

"Speak."

Like what?

"What's that?"

"A hearing aid, but..."

"Speak to me."

Doncha know?

"Again."

Doncha know?

"Once more?"

OK. Doncha know?

"What's it mean?"

"How much was it?"

"200,000 yen."

"So much!"

"Not so much."

"It is!"

"You don't even know what I'm saying."

"But I can hear your voice, Dai!"

A historic tour around beautiful Fukushima.

Shirakawa... Ouchijuku...

-"Is she coming?" -Hi, Dai.

Aizu-wakamatsu is nice...

Dai, we're planning a trip.

Why don't you use a glass?

We can go before you get busy

with your entrance exams.

Right?

"I want her to"

"stay home with Grandpa."

"I'll stay."

"But it's for you."

What was that?

I'm not going.

Come on, Dai!

You go. I'll look after Grandpa.

What's going on?

"Come with us!"

"No."

"Please come."

"Is Grandma going to meet the teacher?"

"Let me go."

"Don't bother."

"The teacher says it's OK."

"You get in the way."

"But it's an important meeting."

"You'll discuss your plans."

"You won't understand."

"What do you know about my plans?"

Don't look at me like that!

It's annoying.

You did well in the language component.

But in math... Can you try a little harder?

"Math, no good."

"What's that mean?"

"I'm an idiot."

Your scores are high enough for Nishi High but

if you worked on math, Shiogama High would be possible.

Nishi High is fine.

You still have 6 months.

Who cares what school you go to?

I didn't even finish elementary school!

If you're looked down on

stand your ground

and get on with it.

Back in Ishinomaki

people called me...

Get a tissue.

I thought it was the end.

What about Ishinomaki?

A man must have

one thing

that people respect him for.

That's all a man needs.

So what is it that you've got?

You know what it is.

Gambling.

People called me...

Snake Eyes.

You stole my line.

"I want to go to cram school."

"Great! Go for it!"

"Do you know what it takes?"

"Do you?"

"No."

"Deaf students had no options."

"But if there's a school you want to go to"

"I'm behind you!"

You just learned who and which clauses.

Let's see how these words function in sentences.

Here's an example.

When you want to add information to the original sentence

you use relative clauses.

You ate it all...

"It'll snow?"

"It will be freezing."

"Yeah, I know."

"Maybe I'll take a day off."

I'm done.

Are you full?

"Shiogama High: Admitted Applicants"

"I didn't get in."

"Don't let it get to you. You tried."

"You got into the other school."

"The expensive school for dumb kids."

"I was thinking I could get a part-time job."

"The supermarket was looking for staff."

"You can't."

"I'll be fine."

"How can you work?"

"You won't be able to hear the customers."

"You'll make trouble."

"You'll be bullied."

"When I needed help, you were never there for me."

It's irresponsible...

My friends

talk to their parents when they need help.

You've

never helped me, Mom.

I didn't...

choose to be born into this family!

It's all your fault, Mom.

It's tough growing up with disabled parents.

It's stupid.

"Dai wishes that he didn't have disabled parents."

"That hurts."

"Every family has their own set of problems."

"I guess..."

"Dai will be OK."

Mom.

We need to talk.

I'm really sorry.

Sorry...

The company.

The company didn't go bankrupt.

-I was... -I was...

I was laid off.

I was laid off.

What?

That day.

That day...

I was so angry...

I was so angry...

Hey! Stop interrupting!

You too, Mr. Yokota!

Sorry!

It's like I'm acting with you two!

Check the script.

"Sorry..."

When you're ready.

"Audition form"

-You live in Miyagi? -Yes.

-With your family? -Yes.

You're 20...

So what do you do?

Sorry?

Do you work back in Miyagi?

I work occasionally.

Occasionally.

What made you want to join our agency?

I was looking online

for an agency and yours came up.

Really?

The first one?

Maybe it was the 5th.

Last question.

Why do you want to be an actor?

"30,000 yen less pay?"

"No, 34,000 yen."

"We'll all get much less now."

"We can't live on that salary..."

"Tanaka and Ando are quitting."

"Next time you're in Tokyo,"

"go to the Fruit Parlor."

"In Tokyo?"

"I went there with your mom."

"You two went to Tokyo?"

"Yes, we eloped."

"Eloped!"

"Your mom and I met at the school for the deaf."

"We started dating."

"No one wanted us to marry"

"because we're both deaf."

"None of our parents agreed."

"So we ran away to Tokyo."

"Like a TV drama!"

"We arrived and"

"we were supposed to stay at a friend's"

" but he didn't turn up."

"We were in Shinjuku for 5 hours"

"and ate parfaits while we waited."

"These parfaits were so delicious!"

"And then what happened?"

"Our families gave in and let us marry."

"You should try their parfaits, Dai."

"Maybe I've had enough of Tokyo..."

"When I'm in Tokyo, I can be an ordinary guy."

"Ordinary?"

"No one thinks that I'm a poor kid with deaf parents."

"Are you a poor kid?"

"How's acting?"

"I wasn't serious about it."

"I was just trying to prove myself."

"I'll work here."

"It'll help with expenses."

"Go to Tokyo."

"No, I won't."

"Screw that! Go!"

Grandma, you called me.

I didn't call you!

I've had 3 silent calls from your telephone.

I didn't call you!

I got worried.

Don't worry! I wouldn't call you unless I had to.

OK. I've got to go. Bye.

"New Pachinko Machines!"

I'll be there.

Clean my ashtray.

Clean my ashtray.

You bastard!

Piss off!

What?

I left my tokens.

Fuck off, will you!

This is my machine!

You have an attitude problem.

They're my tokens!

-They're not! -They are!

You have a problem?

Yes! That's my 40 yen!

You cheap shit.

Money's money!

Step outside!

You step outside, asshole.

"May I help you?"

"You can sign?"

"Just a little."

"I want the chocolate on the left."

Can she have the chocolate on the left?

Oh, this one!

"Thank you. You saved me."

"This place sucks."

"I played for 5 hours and this is all I got."

"Save yourself from a loss."

"Did you say "loss"?"

"I meant to say "bankruptcy"."

"Bankruptcy?"

"This is "bankruptcy"."

"I only know what my parents taught me..."

"Which machine is the lucky one?"

"Tell me!"

"The one you were playing."

"That one?"

"Liar!"

Hello?

Hi, Dai.

See, it's you, Grandma!

I haven't been calling you. It was your mom!

Your number is on the wall.

She's been calling you, hoping to hear your voice.

I'll call her sometimes.

I told her not to call you anymore.

Work hard, my boy!

Hold on.

Is Mom there? Can you put her on?

Dai.

Can you hear me, Mom?

Dai.

It's me. Can you hear me?

Don't work too hard, Dai.

I'm OK! Don't worry about me!

Hello.

Sorry I'm late.

No problem. Sit down.

OK, good.

Thank you.

-I'm sorry. -No problem at all.

Let me read this.

Dai Igarashi.

You've worked in Tokyo for 2 years

at a pachinko parlor?

Yes.

But I don't intend to stay at that job.

How did you come to us?

By bicycle.

I meant, why did you choose us?

-reason. -My reason? Sorry.

I've always loved reading books.

You wrote that here.

What kind of books?

Like Harry Potter.

Harry Potter. I love those books, they are fun.

Ma'am...

Is it OK that I've had no editing experience?

Yes! It's not about experience.

You like writing?

Yes, very much.

Good.

That's good...

Thank you for this.

We'll make a decision and get back to you.

Thank you for coming.

Thanks.

Thank you.

Take care.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Shi-mi-zu...

Na-o...

...ko. My name is Naoko.

Sorry, I'm so bad at this.

My daughter's friend has a hearing impairment

and often visits us.

I'd like to communicate with her and

I've always been interested in sign language.

It's nice to be here.

"Applause."

Thank you very much.

Next person, please.

My name is Dai Igarashi.

Because both of my parents are deaf

I learned a little sign language.

Right. Nice to meet you all.

Thank you.

Let me start now...

This is a meeting place for anyone, not just for the deaf.

Let's review how to make sentences in the past tense.

What did you eat last night, Satsuki?

Last night...

Last night, I went drinking with my boyfriend.

I got so drunk that I don't remember anything.

You don't remember?

Have you ever done the same thing?

How about you?

Have you?

Don't lie! I know you have!

Raise your hands if you have.

Dai Igarashi doesn't have his hand up...

See? We're all in this together.

"Are you an only child?"

"How do you know?"

"Because I'm one."

"Obviously."

"What? How can you tell?"

"How do you say it's a lie?"

"It's a lie."

"You're from Tohoku?"

"Miyagi. How can you tell?"

"In Tokyo, this is lie."

"Oh!"

"Why did you move here?"

"I guess I wanted to get away from home."

"It's hard as a CODA, interpreting for your parents."

"CODA?"

"You don't know?"

"It means, Child Of Deaf Adults."

"They're called CODA."

"CODA..."

"There are more than 20,000 CODA in Japan."

"My turn?"

"How about the usual tavern?"

Pachinko...

Do you play yourself?

No, I don't.

-Slot machines? -Not them either.

He's ignoring my calls and emails, Kawai.

-Get something else. -OK.

There are all kinds of writers out there...

Pachinko...?

I used to play pachinko all day.

My grandpa was a yakuza gambler.

He called himself Snake Eye.

I quit pachinko because I didn't want to be like him.

Snake Eye!

That's badass.

How is he?

He died.

He hated my grandma's religion

but now he's in a shrine

and hears her chant every day.

That's awesome.

Can you start now?

Sorry?

Tidy up that desk before the vendor comes at 4.

Sato.

Yes?

What's your name?

Igarashi.

Can you tidy up here?

Put the magazines... on the sofa.

This too?

No. Just these.

"Idol Group Leader's Days of Sex and Drugs"

How's it going?

I can't tell what's intentional or a typo.

Dai.

It's yours.

The Most Horrific Juvenile Crimes That Shuddered the World!

Write it.

I can't...!

You have to do it all.

Right, Kamijo?

We do it all.

I know nothing about the topic.

When you get a job that's beyond your capacity,

it's an opportunity.

Seize it!

Right.

"My husband booked a nice hotel room for me."

"100,000 yen a night?"

"Don't ask!"

"Sorry, I'm late!"

"It's been two years and you're late!"

"I had work to finish."

"So you're too busy for us!"

"Hi, I'm Dai Igarashi."

"Sit down."

"Names please."

"I'm Hajime Yokota."

"I'm Junko Sakuragi."

"I'm Sanae Sasaki."

"Nice to meet you."

"We went to the same school for the deaf."

"Satsuki's husband is a womanizer!"

"Not that again!"

"Before her, he went after me and Sanae."

"He didn't even wait 2 weeks."

"That's right!"

"I asked Junko who his first choice was."

"From one girl to another."

"First Junko then Sanae."

"Now I'm stuck with him."

"He went, "How about a drink?""

"Good impersonation!"

"It's so him."

"He's cool."

"By the way, how's it going, Junko?"

"I mean... about what you told me."

"You want to order?"

Hello!

Here!

Coming!

"Tell me what you want."

"A lemon sour."

"Me too!"

2 lemon sours.

"I love their avocado sashimi."

1 avocado sashimi for her.

And 1 scallops and broccoli al ajillo, please.

That's all.

"Got a minute?"

"Thank you for taking care of us."

"It's nothing."

"But let us do the things we can do."

"Like call over a server and ask them to write down explanations."

"We can do that."

"I'm sorry."

"You always apologize!"

"Thank you."

"Shit, that's for us!"

Here you go, happy birthday!

"Thank you!"

So Igarashi...

You rewrote my piece without my approval.

I didn't get your permission but...

I made attempts to contact you...

I called and sent emails asking you to shorten it.

I told you I was busy!

He's not apologizing.

-Do you mentor him? -You want an apology?

Hey.

You sniggered.

No...

You did.

From my perspective...

I didn't have a choice.

The deadline was approaching so

I had to rewrite it.

What else could I do?

You're missing my point.

You sniggered!

I didn't.

Huh?

Don't mutter!

Maybe he was doing abdominal breathing.

That's not funny!

He's a parasite!

A bad writer who misses deadlines!

Don't say that!

I wish I bashed his head with a bowl.

What?

Did you have a rough childhood?

My parents are both deaf.

Really?

That makes you...

What's it called?

-What is it...? -What?

There's a word for kids with deaf parents.

Here!

My mentally impaired brother is like a 3-year-old!

Shut up, that's not funny.

Sorry.

I think you can survive anything.

Really?

But I don't have any particular goals.

I got here by sheer persistence.

-You think I'm pathetic? -No.

Find something to hang onto, Dai.

Is it straight?

On the rocks.

I need ice...

Rap... I need to rap.

Don't worry, you're rapping!

"Is this OK?"

"Yes, please."

"Tomoko."

"Do you have coffee?"

"You want some?"

"I'll put it in the curry for a richer flavor."

"Really? I'm pregnant though."

"Oops, sorry."

"Do you have miso?"

"In the fridge."

"Miso?"

"In curry?"

"Is he sure?"

"It's like miso soup."

"I didn't think it was rich enough."

"Don't be misled by cooking tips."

"Stop it!"

"You two are like siblings."

"My brother?"

"That doesn't make me happy."

"My sons only visit when they want money to buy things."

"They just speak to each other."

"I love watching you two."

"Did you tell them about the accident?"

"Of course not!"

"Who'd want to know that your mother"

"was hit by a car because she didn't hear it honk?"

"I'm deaf but I want no sympathy. I don't want to worry people."

"That's how life is."

"Write about me, Dai."

"Yeah, you should."

"No."

"Please."

"Do it for her."

"I'll think about it."

"Dear Dai"

"I hope life is treating you well, Mom."

Hi, guys.

Oh, boy...

What's wrong?

Kawai has split.

Split?

He's gone.

Was he OK yesterday?

Yeah.

"I'm truly sorry, guys. Kawai"

What?

Can't you reach him?

No, I've been trying...

He's split?

What do you mean?

I'll be in contact. Sorry to do this to you.

-Oh shit! -Sorry...

Yes.

Dai?

-I'll call you. -Can you go to

Nishi-shinjuku?

-Pardon? -I can't do this.

Me...?

A mother gave her autistic son my supplement

and his panic attacks stopped.

It made everyone so happy!

Everyone in the story is happy!

The kid and his mom are happy

and I'm happy that I sold the supplement.

And Igarashi, you're happy to hear this story.

It's a chain of happiness.

It's unstoppable.

So now write that down...

Happiness... The chain of happiness.

Happiness triggers happiness.

I like that. It's a chain.

Happiness, my ass!

I didn't tell him that

it was a pyramid scheme.

I remembered what Kawai said about seizing an opportunity.

Tamori said it.

Tamori, the comedian, said it.

Really?

OK, Dai.

See you.

Tamori said it...

No way...!

I'm Igarashi, a writer.

Thank you for coming.

Let me give you a tour around the factory.

This is the Sewing Department where we sew things.

Like corsets and hook and loop fasteners.

Anything that requires sewing.

This is the Assembly Department.

Corsets and shoes that require expertise aren't made here

but everything else is.

For example, we assemble prosthetic limbs here.

Is there much prosthesis research done in Japan?

Prosthetic technology has just been introduced in Japan.

You'll find that there's been more developments overseas.

Thank you.

"A subarachnoid hemorrhage."

We performed a surgical clipping.

When the patient wakes up, we'll convey the news.

"It's OK now."

I'm back.

Dai!

Did your busy life in Tokyo keep you away for 8 years?

You look skinnier.

Do I?

Is Grandma OK?

She's become frail.

I just happened to drop by on Sunday...

Your mom had just hung out the laundry.

Your dad was about to sit down with a cup of tea.

And then...

He held his head in his hands and fell.

I knew right away that he'd had a stroke.

Suddenly, right here! I was so scared!

Akiko screamed

like this.

I'd never heard her make that sound.

Toilet?

I can do it myself.

Dai.

There's something I've wanted to tell you.

What?

When Akiko was pregnant with you

your grandparents

were opposed to her having a baby.

They thought deaf parents couldn't raise a kid.

But

Akiko went ahead and had you.

Yes, you.

"You bought it half a year ago but haven't used it."

"It's set up."

"Thank you."

"The world's getting so convenient."

"How about work?"

"I'm doing OK."

"You're doing something that you want to do."

"Should I stay?"

"Grandma's getting old so..."

"It's hard for you."

"Did Grandma tell you something?"

"No."

"I'll be OK."

"I'm sorry."

"About what?"

"Things."

"What things?"

"You can go back now."

"Let me see you off."

"Give my love to Dad and Grandma."

"I will."

"I'll move to Tokyo."

"When?"

"Next week."

"For an acting role?"

"I won't be an actor."

"I'll think about what I want to do when I'm in Tokyo."

"Can't you do that here?"

"A suit!"

"What?"

"Do you think your dad looks like Tomokazu Miura?"

"No, I don't."

"I agree."

"You need a suit for work"

"and for formal occasions."

"I'd look like a club host."

"You'll look nice!"

"The tie's gaudy!"

"It isn't."

"No way!"

"Put it back!"

"How about you, Dai?"

"Maybe the squid ink pasta."

"Will it make your poo black in the morning?"

"Don't!"

"I'm kidding."

"I lost my appetite!"

"I'll have carbonara."

"I'll try the squid ink."

Excuse me!

I'll be with you.

1 carbonara and...

"You sure?"

Squid ink.

"Wait."

-"Spaghetti arrabbiata." -"Huh?"

The arrabbiata please.

How spicy would you like it?

"Do you want it spicy?"

"Mild."

Mild please.

Certainly.

"This is great!"

"Can I try it?"

"Yum!"

"It could be spicier."

"You said mild."

"I did but..."

"There'll be nice restaurants in Tokyo."

"You ate a parfait in Tokyo?"

"Dad told me."

"You eloped."

"He told you that?"

"It's embarrassing..."

"The strawberry parfait you and I ate"

"was so good."

"Did we eat strawberry parfait?"

"Don't you remember?"

"At a cafe."

"I don't remember that..."

"How about underpants and socks?"

"For me?"

"I'll buy them in Tokyo."

"How about the old rice cooker in the storage room?"

"No, thanks."

"Bedding?"

"I'm OK."

"Pillows?"

"I'll buy them."

"One acting agent"

"told me that my acting was dead."

"I asked him what he meant."

"He said my eyes were dead."

"I told him that's how I was born."

"What a rude man!"

"Can I see?"

"They look dead!"

"One more time."

"Again?"

"Again."

"That's enough."

"That's it."

"Your turn."

"I can't!"

"Do it."

"I can't!"

"Try it."

"Dai."

"Thank you."

"You signed to me in front of people."

"It made me happy."

"Thank you."

Living in Two Worlds

"How are you doing, my boy?"

"Everyone here's been just fine."

"Are you all settled in?"

"Eating well now?"

"I found a new job."

"Cleaning job at hospital."

"Though it's taking some time to get used to."

"Everyone's been good to me."

"That I'm really happy here."

"Just hoping that,"

"everything will be alright."

"How are you doing, my boy?"

"Everyone here's been just fine."

"The snow falls the first time this year today."

"How's it in Tokyo?"

"It must be warmer there."

"I'm sending you some food."

"Hope you'll eat your fill and healthy all the time."

"Is there anything you need"

"that keeps you warm?"

"Just hoping that,"

"everything"

"will be alright. Alright."

"How are you doing, my boy?"

"Everyone here's been just fine."

"Here they come and go,"

"cherry blossoms in spring."

"I know that time flies"

"Living just to get by."

"If you have some time to spare,"

"come and show me your smile."

"Just hoping that,"

"everything"

will be alright. Alright."

"Just hoping that,"

"everything will be alright."

"With you,"

"with you, with you."

Directed by Mipo O