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A Toho Presentation

ATokyo Film Production

Cast

Masao Kusakari

Janet Hatta Kaori Momoi

Yoko Takahashi Choichiro Kawarasaki

Shin Kishida Akira Nagoya

Meika Seri Junko Ogawa

Kenji Oba Chie Utagawa

Love In A Small Room

You don't like it when things end abruptly, do you?

What are you going to do?

One time will do.

You don't know how women are.

It's been exactly three years.

Since your girlfriend died.

She died in front of my eyes, collapsed into my arms...

...and grabbed me tightly.

I feel sorry for you.

You want to reset your life, don't you?

But I can help you.

It's painful for me to see you like this, Mr. Hirobe.

I knew that from the beginning.

That's right.

You knew that well from the beginning, Mr. Hirobe.

That's not important now.

What's wrong?

Are you going to cling to a woman like this?

Is this why you said it was not important?

But it doesn't mean that I like sleeping with you.

Get down.

Hurry u I Qkayyp'

You are not trying hard enough! That's why you keep failing!

Hurry up, will you?

Hurry UP~

Will you?

I can do the rest by myself. Go over there.

You are so kind.

H ey.

Hm?

Aren't you supposed to help me sit up?

Iam going to die.

Perhaps soon.

Iam going to die.

S ay.

Hm?

Washing my body with lukewarm water...

ls it better for me to die for you?

It's warm.

It's warm.

No!

It's... warm.

Eat the rest.

Wait a second. Can I get that?

Let me go back

What's up with you?

_ Say' _ Huh?

Come again tomorrow.

At what time?

Where are you going tomorrow?

Don't you want to go anywhere?

Rain...

What?

- It will rain. - Ah, it will rain.

You are supposed to eat that too!

Even ifl die, Iwon't separate from you

That kind of man promises

No! Stop!

I don't want to see your miserable face.

It can be contagious.

Why don't you make the bed and take a nap if you are tired?

It's very calming.

Don't look at me with those sorrowful eyes.

Dawn will come soon.

If you get scared...

...come to the lighted room on the first floor.

Knock on the window.

Thank you.

Well, then.

I'm leaving.

Don't put out the incense.

Earlier, I forgot to return this after I combed her hair.

Put it into the box.

You like this kind of stuff, don't you, Mr. Hirobe?

Mother

Mother

Ah, mother!

Mother

Ifl look at the sky, I find there

That on the rainy days you were an umbrella

"You too someday for the world"

"Be an umbrella", you taught me

It's been a year and half since l wrote you a letter. l have lost contact with men and friends alike. l have recently felt like seeing you again.

Hi.

Hello.

Long time no see.

After I left university...

...l hung out with four friends around barricades in Tokyo here and there...

...but I've realized that things don't go differently...

...just because the location changes.

After a few days...

...l realized that the democratic movement groups forced their way through.

Everyone got into a car one by one.

The guys on both sides asked me:

"Where do you want to go?" I didn't respond.

Then, they brought me somewhere far away from the university.

They left me at a station.

Were you tired?

I was really tired.

And, after that...

...the five of us felt discouraged.

Each of us quit university.

Finally, we became distant from the movement.

We had nothing else to do.

We gathered at a random place every day and wasted time talking.

But I am a woman.

So, I felt that I had become a nuisance to them.

And then, each of them tried to hit on me...

...when we were alone.

I heard a controversial rumor.

Hm?

About the four guys.

That you had relationships with the four guys.

Is it true?

Such a dirty rumor.

It's true that...

...l was treated like a girl shared by four guys at one point.

I mean, day and night.

They would take the key when I was absent without telling me.

I was taken for granted so much that they didn't even notice I was absent in the end.

So, what did you do with the four guys?

I don't like touching.

I don't like it. Don't touch me.

I don't like it.

Don't touch me.

I don't like touching. Okay?

Okay?

I don't like it. Hey.

What were you thinking earlier?

What were you thinking while you were having sex?

I thought that your face hasn't changed since I met you for the first time.

Have men been rough to you recently?

The guys from earlier?

Hm?

Yes.

The man next to you...

...in the hotel lobby...

...who didn't say a word...

...when we met for the first time, right?

Have you slept with him?

Three times.

- Only three times. - That hurts.

Is that true?

I was very drunk...

...when I had sex with him for the first time.

Why are you making excuses?

The next one...

...was more about giving him back...

...unfortunately.

In the end...

...l slept with him.

That hurts.

Until I was humiliated to an extent.

How about the chubby guy?

That one approached me...

...even ifl hardly did anything with him.

Ah, I remember you were laughing so hard.

I think he wanted to sleep with me.

But we didn't end up...

...sleeping together at all.

You... You look sad...

...because of the story I just told.

Iam a guy just like them.

Hey, you.

Hey, you.

Do you have a headache?

I can give you a pill if you want.

Do you want to go home?

Or do you want to spend the night like this?

That's right.

Iam fine with continuing like this though.

But your father will be angry with me.

That's... right.

I wonder what... he would say.

I haven't seen my father for almost a year.

I lied to him.

I told him that I was divorced, but I am not divorced yet.

I still live with my husband.

I just wanted to contact you.

You have been thinking about me.

However...

...you...

...you couldn't tell him about us.

Right?

Right?

I... tried... to tell him.

If we keep doing this, please do not ask me anything further.

We are not supposed to meet each other again.

If we keep doing this, please do not ask me anything further.

If we keep doing this, there won't be any meaningful outcome.

What does Yazawa do?

He teaches English at a university.

How about the money situation?

We cannot split the money.

Yazawa will pay me some money though.

Will it be enough for you to live on?

I have some translation jobs that will support me financially.

Now, it is more like I am supporting him financially.

You are very confident. Why?

Actually, Yazawa should find another woman for himself soon.

I didn't mean to lead the issue this way though.

So, he will get out voluntarily?

My father bought the house...

...so it's mine.

You seem very interested in my story.

This is not a comforting story. But he likes girls...

...so he always flirts with them.

I found out he had a lover about a year and half ago.

Yazawa confessed right away and told me that he wanted to divorce.

So, did things go smoothly afterwards?

Not a single bit.

Did he come back?

Well, about one month ago...

...Yazawa came back.

I think things didn't go well with the girl.

He has come home sometimes since you and I started to see each other.

The same kind of commotion again and again.

Again and again?

I rejected him twice, and he finally came back at his third attempt.

It doesn't make sense!

Cutting ties with a man just to be owned by another one?

- Have you slept with this man? - lfl said I haven't, will you feel relieved?

But I would never say such a thing.

Because I don't know what I will do if this man here keeps trying so hard to seduce me.

Whether I have slept with other men...

...is not relevant to our relationship in any way.

No.

I'll be leaving soon.

Don't enter.

You look like a man who has killed someone.

I do feel like killing someone.

Don't touch me.

Don't touch me.

Why don't you stay at a hotel with this money?

I don't know what kind of big fight you have had with her...

...but coming here is like betraying her love toward you.

If you want to have an affair, please do without getting me involved.

I will definitely pay you back next month.

Mr. Tabe?

This is Masako Yazawa.

I cannot take it anymore. Please.

I want to talk with you. Help me.

If the relationship between Yazawa and her becomes complicated...

...l am scared that our relationship will become sticky...

...while the divorce is not confirmed.

I know about that.

Yazawa's girl has another guy.

Their relationship has been going on in a unique way.

And the girl doesn't even try to hide it.

While the girl suffers because of Yazawa's jealousy...

...she is still obsessed with him.

And she is not cutting ties with the other guy either.

Lotte

Welcome. I haven't seen you in a while.

What have you been doing?

I have brought the thing we saw...

...when we separated in front of the station the other day.

I haven't talked with Yazawa at all...

...even though I've seen him around the foyer several times.

I called that man to come see me in order to disturb Yazawa at home.

Why do you have to consult him about Yazawa?

Because he will become the only witness to the divorce vow.

There is no other choice but to ask for his help.

Did you like him in the past?

No.

While he was drunk, his attitude became strange.

Then, I came up with a strange idea.

I never knew I could come up with that kind of idea.

What were you thinking?

Something despicable.

Something really despicable.

Basically, you came here to hear this.

You have to protect me against Yazawa.

One night, that man told me.

He was extremely drunk.

When I think about Masako staying alone at home...

...l just can't help it.

Sleep with me.

Please, sleep with me.

He tried to fuck me forcefully...

...but I thought I would just let him do it.

Hotel Meguro Emperor

ls it okay...

...for you to go home late tonight?

That sounds cruel.

I had no other choice.

Even after that, I had to put up with Yazawa. He was drunk.

Mother

Mother

Ifl look at the sky...

...I find there

That on the rainy days

...you were an umbrella

You met Tabe once or twice. I can accept that.

But the third time is not acceptable.

"Be an umbrella", you taught me

Your truth, your truth

Iwon't forget it

Mother

Mother

Ifl look at the sky, I find there

That on the rainy days, you were an umbrella

"You too someday for the world"

"Be an umbrella", you taught me

Your truth, your truth

Iwon't forget it

- No. - Mother

- Mother - Don't. No.

- Ifl look at the sky - No.

Ifl look at the sky, I find there

No.

That on the rainy days you were an umbrella

"You too someday for the world"

Woman...

...sighs

Even ifl die...

...I won't separate from you

That kind...

...of man promises

You are bleeding. Blood.

I believed

Go take a shower. Shower.

Are those the first words coming out of your mouth after waking up?

I believed...

...without knowing that...

...they were lies.

The night...

The night...

The night is crying

Blood stains.

You will get blood stains.

Blood stains.

I don 't understand

I don 't understand

I don't understand women

I am Matsuoka.

As I said over the phone, I came on Yazawa's behalf.

- Would you like to come up? - I have to take my bag.

Please do.

Are you here to persuade me?

You are correct.

I don't mean to preach, though. He just wants to use all of his options.

Iam just glad that I can help him, because he helped me in the past.

Ah, it's a big loss.

Uh?

- This. - Ah!

Do you like this kind of stuff?

Aren't you a longtime acquaintance of Yazawa?

- That's true. - Aren't you cold?

I'll do it, thanks.

- Are you sure? - Yes.

He is an eccentric man.

Actually, he is...

I'm sorry.

- Are you okay? - I am. Sorry about that.

Ouch! No! Stop! I told you to stop!

Hey! Stop hitting!

Other customers are watching!

You look like an idiot right now! Go away! Shoo!

Did you give "P7

But, she is a good girl.

How to put it... I don't feel any trace of negativity in her.

What an attitude she has.

She looks very innocent.

What happened with the discussion about the divorce?

- We're going to do it soon. - Well...

...l just wanted to remind you.

What are you talking about?

Do you have any idea of how this works?

Only famous actresses think about divorcing their husbands.

They bring the divorce papers and have the husband sign them.

But it is cruel to wait...

...until they cannot live together anymore...

...or one side sues the other.

Hey, hey, heY!

That's the problem with your thinking! Yazawa and his girl told me the same kind of thing.

"The couple hate each other. And that's the couple's final moment."

I think that's too coldhearted.

You don't understand the situation at all.

What do you want to say?

The two people in a couple should control their anger instead of directing it at each other.

Look. Look at this scar.

I was talking about a break-up calmly, while reading the newspaper.

Then, she suddenly attacked me.

I grabbed her with my right hand and protected myself with my left hand like this.

And then, she told me later that she didn't remember the incident.

She didn't remember it at all.

This is my personal story. Actually, she is older than me.

What I am saying is that you have to talk more with people.

The more you talk with people, the broader your thinking becomes.

Then, everything will go smoothly.

Don't you want everything to go smoothly?

My goal was already achieved when I met you. Make yourself comfortable!

Let me call... someone.

Get out.

I cannot live without you.

I don't care what you do outside. You don't have to prepare meals for me.

I will even try not to disturb you.

Just accept me when I want.

At least, let me hold you in my arms while sleeping.

Please, don't be scared of me.

I am too powerless to even force myself on you right now.

I am scared of other people.

I am scared of women. You are the only one.

However harshly you treat me...

...your existence itself is kind to me.

Become a lone woman in front of my eyes.

That's the best thing I can get from this world.

Would you pretend, once a month...

...to be a stupid woman...

...in front of me?

If you kindly tell me that you would console me...

...in a wayl like...

...l will never touch you again.

Are you going... to kill me?

Killing you?

I will never give you to anyone else.

You'll not be a wife of anyone else.

Girls will become free one day, anyway.

Do you want to call Hirobe?

That's impossible.

He is with Matsuoka right now.

He must be having fun with many girls. He must have forgotten about you by now.

Matsuoka just told me that over the phone.

Have you slept with Matsuoka?

Maybe with Tabe too?

Have you slept with them?

No.

No.

It's messy, isn't it?

Can I enter?

He will be angry if he finds out.

This is not my first time bringing a girl into my messy house.

Iam going to warm it up.

Wait a second.

Aren't you going to ask what has happened to me?

Yazawa has been disturbing me.

That's a bother.

I thought he was going to kill me.

I promised him that I would follow his orders...

...to let his strangling hands go.

It's not that I surrendered to his physical power.

Would you like to see how my back looks like now?

At that time, Yazawa told me...

...that you and Matsuoka...

...were drinking at a place where a lot of girls were entertaining you. Hadn't he told me that...

...l would've taken a chance to run away from the house.

So, that's what Yazawa told you? Hm?

Yes.

Check my back.

He told me that Matsuoka called him...

...telling that you two were having fun...

...and that you had forgotten about me.

I think I have been too serious about this because I am wicked and old.

Please, forgive me.

I've been waiting for you in the cold.

It looks like I intentionally came here to suffer.

Iam like a ghost.

I think I should be leaving soon.

Iam going back to the home where my father lives.

If we keep staying together every day, you are going to hate me eventually.

That's what I thought while you were warming up the kotatsu.

So, if your aversion to seeing my face disappears...

...just call me again.

I brought brandy because I didn't want to leave it at home.

It's not full because I drank a bit from it...

...since I had nothing to do while waiting for you outside.

H ey.

As soon as you enter this room, you become my woman.

Your woman? Me?

I saw you in my dream once.

By looking at your face...

I found out you were a yakuza.

It was a nightmare.

Is that so? Here.

If you don't want it, you can refuse it. At least, stay with me for a week.

While keeping you here...

...l will do something to Matsuoka.

What is that?

Here. Take it.

You see, when I'm dazed...

...l tend to sit on my big butt.

Listen.

Masako ran away after being strangled by Yazawa.

- Are you listening? - I can hear you.

Really? That's how it went.

"That's how it went?" Are you kidding me?

Did you try to distract me while you knew that he was planning to kill her?

Anyway, I am not going to give Masako to anyone.

Never!

Isn't it cold?

You never make me feel bored.

When people are sick, they are not supposed to stay bored.

But they might die as well.

You had the same experience with your late girlfriend, didn't you?

What happened? You are late.

It only took ten minutes longer than usual.

"You were sleeping in a comfortable bed." ls that what you want to say?

Walking in the rain...

...with a paper bag is way more comfortable than sleeping here.

And I tend to think about negative things in here.

So...

...my body...

...doesn't feel like mine anymore!

It feels hot...

...painful...

...and heavy.

What a shameless girl.

She treated you harshly until she died.

Can I sleep next to you?

Are you going to take care of me all night?

H ey.

Isn't it going to be like sleeping next to your late girlfriend?

I think it would feel like that.

How so?

If you call me Yasuko, I will reply to you.

Dead people are dead.

And I think they are stubborn.

I've decided to stay here.

As long as you want.

If I bother you...

...you can kill me.

Or we can die together.

What are you talking about?

I think that, even if we tried to commit suicide together, you would stay alive...

...three days longer to take care of me.

Wasn't this the reason why Yasuko died?

That's ridiculous.

I met her on New Year's eve. She was admitted to the hospital the next day.

And then she died ten days later.

But...

...you slept with her before she was sick, didn't you?

You never know what girls really think in their head.

I think I am going to get your full attention and care before leaving this house.

I think that's better than being taken care of after my death.

You must be Mr. Yazawa.

Ah, thank you for coming.

Is Masako doing fine?

Except that she spent a week in bed after the incident.

Ah, she tends to have fevers when she is psychologically unstable.

I'm sorry.

It's fine.

- Sorry. - No, I didn't mean to.

I think Masako has been raped.

Is that what she told you?

No.

But the scar on her throat.

I strangled her, but I didn't intend to kill her.

But it's not much different if you make her think she was going to be killed.

Masako forgave me.

That's why I didn't...

...complicate things even though I knew...

...she was with you.

This is the last issue I have to take care of. We used to be a married couple anyway.

I have a bundle of divorce papers.

Please, give this to Masako.

Actually, I'll be going on a trip for a while.

I will move out from the house when I get back.

Masako thinks you are going to kill her.

Iam not going to.

What a pleasant tree. No tree can enjoy the beautiful sky better than this.

Don't you think it can breathe in fresh air very well?

If every day was as pleasant as today, nobody would be depressed.

I have to leave because of the traveling schedule.

Is that so?

Well, see you.

Here.

You met Yazawa, didn't you?

He called me yesterday.

Why didn't you tell me?

It was more like a guy talk.

So, it's like he is officially giving me to you?

Don't say it like that.

I am somewhat scared.

Of what?

I don't know.

What is that?

I got scared out of the blue.

Is this about Yazawa?

I don't even know.

You scare me a little too.

You know...

...ah, I'm hungry.

This is a very crucial moment to me.

Why do you have to do it so perfectly?

I have to.

Why don't you eat out?

What?

Why don't you eat out?

Iam too hungry to walk.

H ey.

It must be difficult.

I get it. I will be waiting for you until you finish it.

This kotatsu is too hot.

- It will take a while. - That's fine.

The ashtray dropped.

Here.

Here.

Here.

Here.

Here.

Here.

How was Yazawa like?

He looked slightly drunk.

So, how was it?

Well, he was strangely positive.

He looked like he genuinely enjoyed the separation.

I think he is emotionally stable now.

Didn't he say anything else?

He told me that even if you looked crazy, he was the one who was actually crazy.

What does that mean?

I don't know.

Maybe he was talking about that night.

He stressed that he would never try to kill you.

That's right. I am still here anyway.

- Where did you meet him? - At a park.

The one near your house.

Did he appear groomed when he came to sort things out?

Did he tell you...

...what he was going to do with his stuff in the house?

What are you going to do?

Like this... Let's live together like this.

Do you have to do it now...

...no matter what?

I might get pregnant.

I don't care.

Where did you drop it?

I think it was over there.

Huh?

- Over there. - Yes.

Yazawa must have killed her.

You shouldn't say things without proof.

It doesn't matter who it is, does it?

What do you mean?

Ifl get pregnant because of this...

That will be my child.

No, it will be my child.

You are going to come back, aren't you?

Hey?

Production: Osamu Tanaka

Based on a novel by: Yoshikichi Furui

Script: Yasuko Ono, Tatsumi Kumashiro

Director of photography: Shinsaku Himeda

Art direction: Shigekazu lkuno

Lights: Shinji Kojima

Music: Hidenori Taga, Tetsuji Hayashi

Recording: Noboru Kamikura

Assistant director: Kazuo Suzuki

Editing: Sachiko Yamaji

Still photography: Takayoshi Nakao

Directed by: Tatsumi Kumashiro

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