1 00:00:00,801 --> 00:00:09,608 A NIKKATSU PRESENTATION 2 00:00:10,611 --> 00:00:13,714 FLORA ON THE SAND 3 00:00:13,714 --> 00:00:16,250 FLORA ON THE SAND In this painting of various squares, 4 00:00:16,250 --> 00:00:16,383 FLORA ON THE SAND 5 00:00:16,383 --> 00:00:21,956 FLORA ON THE SAND the translucent warm hues and orderly squares create an odd harmony 6 00:00:21,956 --> 00:00:22,122 FLORA ON THE SAND 7 00:00:22,122 --> 00:00:25,659 FLORA ON THE SAND and stabilize it like it's hanging in the air. 8 00:00:25,659 --> 00:00:26,093 FLORA ON THE SAND 9 00:00:26,093 --> 00:00:28,529 FLORA ON THE SAND But what chaos would appear 10 00:00:28,529 --> 00:00:28,629 FLORA ON THE SAND 11 00:00:28,629 --> 00:00:33,634 FLORA ON THE SAND if an intense striking red were thrown into this painting? 12 00:00:33,634 --> 00:00:33,734 FLORA ON THE SAND 13 00:00:33,734 --> 00:00:37,638 FLORA ON THE SAND Not only in the painting, but in the viewers' minds, 14 00:00:37,638 --> 00:00:37,738 FLORA ON THE SAND 15 00:00:37,738 --> 00:00:40,741 FLORA ON THE SAND how would the image fragments develop? 16 00:00:40,741 --> 00:00:50,740 FLORA ON THE SAND 17 00:00:52,820 --> 00:00:52,953 Clouds over Bor 18 00:00:52,953 --> 00:00:55,823 Planning: Shizuo Sakagami Original Story: Junnosuke Yoshiyuki Clouds over Bor 19 00:00:55,823 --> 00:00:55,889 Clouds over Bor 20 00:00:55,889 --> 00:00:57,925 Screenplay: Ichiro Ikeda, Akira Kato, Ko Nakahira Clouds over Bor 21 00:00:57,925 --> 00:00:58,292 Clouds over Bor 22 00:00:58,292 --> 00:01:03,526 Cinematography: Yoshihiro Yamazaki Lighting: Masahiro Takashima Clouds over Bor 23 00:01:04,164 --> 00:01:04,265 Fire Wind 24 00:01:04,265 --> 00:01:09,003 Art Direction: Yasuhiro Otsuru Music: Toshiro Mayuzumi Fire Wind 25 00:01:09,003 --> 00:01:09,703 Fire Wind 26 00:01:09,703 --> 00:01:14,641 Recording: Fumio Hashimoto Editing: Osamu Inoue Fire Wind 27 00:01:15,476 --> 00:01:15,609 Black Still at the Place 28 00:01:15,609 --> 00:01:18,646 Starring Black Still at the Place 29 00:01:18,646 --> 00:01:18,946 Black Still at the Place 30 00:01:18,946 --> 00:01:24,476 Noboru Nakaya Kazuko Inano Mieko Nishio Black Still at the Place 31 00:01:24,818 --> 00:01:25,052 Before the Snow 32 00:01:25,052 --> 00:01:29,823 Masaya Takahashi Kimiko Fukuda Teruko Kishi Before the Snow 33 00:01:29,823 --> 00:01:30,324 Before the Snow 34 00:01:30,324 --> 00:01:35,558 Setsuko Amamiya Reiko Tanigawa Kikuyo Suda Fumiko Arita Makiko Aoi Before the Snow 35 00:01:36,163 --> 00:01:36,363 The Place of the Twins 36 00:01:36,363 --> 00:01:41,235 Asao Koike Hiroshi Fujino The Place of the Twins 37 00:01:41,235 --> 00:01:41,635 The Place of the Twins 38 00:01:41,635 --> 00:01:46,664 Takashi Koshiba Tatsuya Hamaguchi Kinzo Shin The Place of the Twins 39 00:01:47,508 --> 00:01:47,675 Both Lost Their Way 40 00:01:47,675 --> 00:01:53,376 Directed by: Ko Nakahira Both Lost Their Way 41 00:02:00,254 --> 00:02:04,157 There's a narrow park by the water near the port. 42 00:02:08,295 --> 00:02:10,662 Ichiro Igi, cosmetics salesman. 43 00:02:14,735 --> 00:02:17,170 He is about to recall something. 44 00:02:20,607 --> 00:02:23,509 An idea for a mystery. Its prologue. 45 00:02:28,549 --> 00:02:33,920 "The Weapon." A dying man and his young wife who nurses him. 46 00:02:34,054 --> 00:02:39,118 Even after the man dies, he won't stop being the protagonist. 47 00:02:39,259 --> 00:02:42,593 His wife was always faithful to him. 48 00:02:42,730 --> 00:02:45,825 But the seams and gaps of her demeanor 49 00:02:45,933 --> 00:02:49,461 exude a warm sexuality like secretions. 50 00:02:49,570 --> 00:02:51,471 She might not realize it now, 51 00:02:51,572 --> 00:02:57,239 but the accumulation of cells glowing dim like lava will arouse her someday. 52 00:02:57,344 --> 00:03:02,112 The protagonist envies the man who will monopolize his wife. 53 00:03:02,249 --> 00:03:07,244 He begins to hate this man whom he knows nothing about. 54 00:03:07,388 --> 00:03:11,052 and he secretly swears revenge against him. 55 00:03:11,191 --> 00:03:16,027 Of course, revenge means killing the man monopolizing her. 56 00:03:16,130 --> 00:03:19,532 To do so, she must become the weapon. 57 00:03:30,978 --> 00:03:35,177 This prologue has a certain meaning for him. 58 00:03:43,424 --> 00:03:48,863 It's the relationship between him and his late father. 59 00:03:49,797 --> 00:03:52,961 Your father died how many years ago? 60 00:03:53,066 --> 00:03:56,366 I think it's been 22... no, 23 years now. 61 00:03:56,503 --> 00:04:01,066 Time flies. 30-something years was way too young. 62 00:04:01,275 --> 00:04:03,506 but he worked and lived it up, 63 00:04:03,644 --> 00:04:07,604 so he left nothing undone in his short lifetime. 64 00:04:07,748 --> 00:04:10,684 I hear he loved food and women. 65 00:04:10,784 --> 00:04:14,186 Yeah, he sure lived flamboyantly. 66 00:04:21,662 --> 00:04:25,429 Mr. Yamada, were my father and Emiko intimate? 67 00:04:25,566 --> 00:04:26,864 Emiko? 68 00:04:27,201 --> 00:04:29,363 You mean your wife? 69 00:04:29,503 --> 00:04:34,203 Well, she was stunning back then and he used to paint her. 70 00:04:34,374 --> 00:04:35,899 So did they have relations? 71 00:04:36,043 --> 00:04:37,102 Relations? 72 00:04:37,244 --> 00:04:38,610 Sexual relations. 73 00:04:38,712 --> 00:04:42,080 Are you kidding? She was just a kid. 74 00:04:42,182 --> 00:04:44,014 No, she was 17 years old. 75 00:04:44,117 --> 00:04:45,415 17 years old? 76 00:04:46,353 --> 00:04:51,417 I guess if she were a geisha, she'd be old enough to come of age. 77 00:04:51,658 --> 00:04:54,218 But Emiko was a proper young woman. 78 00:04:54,361 --> 00:04:57,559 Don't play innocent. It's no big deal. 79 00:04:57,698 --> 00:04:59,758 I just want to know the truth. 80 00:04:59,900 --> 00:05:03,860 I'm not. I've just never considered it before. 81 00:05:04,838 --> 00:05:07,103 So Emiko was 17... 82 00:05:08,408 --> 00:05:12,675 My father would have been 34 at the time. I was 14. 83 00:05:12,779 --> 00:05:14,372 I see. 84 00:05:15,249 --> 00:05:18,845 I guess he could have done it, but... 85 00:05:19,820 --> 00:05:22,312 How old are you now, by the way? 86 00:05:22,623 --> 00:05:24,114 I'm 37. 87 00:05:25,092 --> 00:05:27,425 My father died at 34. 88 00:05:28,462 --> 00:05:30,260 Oh, so... 89 00:05:31,565 --> 00:05:34,296 You're older than your father now? 90 00:05:34,434 --> 00:05:36,665 I guess you're right. 91 00:05:38,372 --> 00:05:41,934 So he was really sowing his wild oats. 92 00:05:54,021 --> 00:05:59,016 You're the spitting image of your late father. Exactly alike. 93 00:06:02,329 --> 00:06:05,731 It's been 23 years since you died, 94 00:06:06,767 --> 00:06:09,669 but you're still hanging around. 95 00:06:22,616 --> 00:06:24,778 This tower is 106 m high. 96 00:06:24,918 --> 00:06:28,013 The observatory is 100 m above ground. 97 00:06:28,155 --> 00:06:33,093 The Yokohama Marine Tower overlooks the ships and harbor. 98 00:06:33,260 --> 00:06:39,564 This tower was completed on January 15, 1961 to commemorate... 99 00:06:51,645 --> 00:06:55,741 Say something. Why don't you say something? 100 00:06:56,850 --> 00:06:59,183 The glitter is pretty like your eyes. 101 00:06:59,319 --> 00:07:02,187 The headlights are moving to and fro. 102 00:07:02,322 --> 00:07:04,120 They're lively like your mouth. 103 00:07:04,224 --> 00:07:05,886 I love nighttime. 104 00:07:06,226 --> 00:07:07,990 It's got a romantic air like you. 105 00:07:08,095 --> 00:07:09,791 I love romantic things. 106 00:07:24,845 --> 00:07:27,144 Mind your own business! 107 00:07:27,914 --> 00:07:29,348 It's uncalled-for. 108 00:07:29,716 --> 00:07:31,378 That lipstick is uncalled-for. 109 00:07:31,485 --> 00:07:32,544 Why? 110 00:07:32,919 --> 00:07:36,583 No man would approve of such garish lips. 111 00:07:55,208 --> 00:07:59,407 Nobody is usually here at this hour. Only you. 112 00:08:00,347 --> 00:08:02,009 Is that so bad? 113 00:08:02,115 --> 00:08:06,485 You shouldn't be here, yet you criticize me, so it's uncalled for. 114 00:08:06,853 --> 00:08:09,982 High school girls don't need lipstick. 115 00:08:10,190 --> 00:08:15,288 At the foot of the tower, I take out lipstick and slather it on. 116 00:08:15,429 --> 00:08:19,298 Then, I come up here and gaze at the city like this. 117 00:08:19,766 --> 00:08:24,033 I gaze at it knowing that I have bright red lips. 118 00:08:24,171 --> 00:08:27,608 So I'm wearing this lipstick for myself. 119 00:08:27,708 --> 00:08:30,109 That's why it's so gaudy. 120 00:08:31,378 --> 00:08:32,243 Why? 121 00:08:32,345 --> 00:08:33,745 No reason. 122 00:08:40,220 --> 00:08:43,384 Let's go dancing. Take me out. 123 00:08:43,557 --> 00:08:46,288 I can't dance. Let's go have coffee. 124 00:08:46,426 --> 00:08:49,396 I don't want coffee. Let's go drink. 125 00:08:49,896 --> 00:08:51,660 Let's go have drinks. 126 00:08:53,233 --> 00:08:55,395 You're a beautiful girl. 127 00:08:56,303 --> 00:08:58,329 Are you really in high school? 128 00:08:58,371 --> 00:08:59,964 I'm a senior. 129 00:09:00,574 --> 00:09:03,976 Oh, well. We'll go for drinks. 130 00:09:04,244 --> 00:09:07,078 What? You sound reluctant. 131 00:09:07,314 --> 00:09:09,715 Lots of men come after me. 132 00:09:09,850 --> 00:09:12,615 You must be glad to be with me, too. 133 00:09:13,153 --> 00:09:15,384 Just take off that lipstick. 134 00:09:15,522 --> 00:09:18,515 I should keep it on if we're drinking. 135 00:09:19,326 --> 00:09:22,194 Nobody brings suitcases to that tower. 136 00:09:22,796 --> 00:09:24,196 Were you traveling? 137 00:09:24,297 --> 00:09:25,458 No. 138 00:09:25,866 --> 00:09:27,425 What's in it? 139 00:09:30,036 --> 00:09:32,267 Tell me what's in it. 140 00:09:32,806 --> 00:09:34,001 Cosmetics. 141 00:09:34,141 --> 00:09:36,610 Cosmetics? Lipstick, too? 142 00:09:36,977 --> 00:09:38,570 I've got lipstick, too. 143 00:09:38,712 --> 00:09:39,975 What else is in it? 144 00:09:40,113 --> 00:09:44,141 Nothing else. It belongs to a cosmetics salesman. 145 00:09:45,619 --> 00:09:49,283 So you've got lots of lipsticks in there? 146 00:09:49,422 --> 00:09:50,651 I guess so. 147 00:09:50,791 --> 00:09:54,990 But you complain when I wear lipstick. How strange. 148 00:09:55,762 --> 00:09:57,788 This is starting to be fun. 149 00:10:09,409 --> 00:10:11,275 You're beautiful. 150 00:10:13,146 --> 00:10:15,081 And you're no longer a kid. 151 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:54,613 No. 152 00:10:57,557 --> 00:10:59,583 No... no... 153 00:11:06,099 --> 00:11:09,194 I'm scared... I'm scared... 154 00:11:29,890 --> 00:11:30,880 What's the matter? 155 00:11:32,292 --> 00:11:35,922 I don't know. It's different than usual. 156 00:12:05,926 --> 00:12:07,326 No way... 157 00:12:32,686 --> 00:12:33,585 I'm leaving. 158 00:12:34,287 --> 00:12:35,880 I should know your address. 159 00:12:38,892 --> 00:12:43,057 Then, should I tell you where I live? 160 00:12:43,530 --> 00:12:45,123 No, it doesn't matter. 161 00:14:08,915 --> 00:14:10,213 What do you want? 162 00:14:11,551 --> 00:14:14,578 I'm sorry. Wrong person. 163 00:14:20,160 --> 00:14:24,723 Oh, Igi? It's Imura. Kogure died. 164 00:14:26,266 --> 00:14:27,290 Was he sick? 165 00:14:27,467 --> 00:14:30,062 An accident. He died in the mountains. 166 00:14:30,570 --> 00:14:33,938 Tonight's his wake. Let's meet at Kogure's. 167 00:14:50,490 --> 00:14:51,389 Mr. Igi. 168 00:14:57,230 --> 00:14:58,926 My condolences. 169 00:15:01,568 --> 00:15:04,436 I'm his younger sister Yasuko. 170 00:15:05,071 --> 00:15:08,735 Yasuko? I didn't recognize you at all. 171 00:15:08,908 --> 00:15:12,811 I don't blame you. I've gained weight, haven't I? 172 00:15:13,146 --> 00:15:15,980 I'd heard that you'd gotten married. 173 00:15:16,149 --> 00:15:20,382 Well, yes, but my husband died two years ago. 174 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:23,183 Then, I suddenly began gaining weight. 175 00:15:23,990 --> 00:15:28,826 Anyway, it's been so long. Has it been, what, 15 years now? 176 00:15:29,329 --> 00:15:32,026 You're all middle-aged gentlemen. 177 00:15:34,501 --> 00:15:39,166 I'm shocked. You never know when or how a woman changes. 178 00:15:39,305 --> 00:15:41,797 But Yasuko's case is an exception. 179 00:15:41,941 --> 00:15:44,604 Her husband died and she got fat. 180 00:15:44,777 --> 00:15:47,747 It's as if she's filling up the house, 181 00:15:47,981 --> 00:15:50,143 so she must have been oppressed. 182 00:15:50,250 --> 00:15:51,343 Does it bother you? 183 00:15:51,451 --> 00:15:53,420 Of course. I had a crush on her. 184 00:15:53,586 --> 00:15:55,020 We all had crushes on her. 185 00:15:55,121 --> 00:16:01,254 But it doesn't look like her husband exerted too much control over her. 186 00:16:01,561 --> 00:16:04,395 In fact, their bond was probably weak. 187 00:16:04,531 --> 00:16:06,500 - You think so? - Yes, I do. 188 00:16:10,870 --> 00:16:12,168 Wake up. 189 00:16:12,705 --> 00:16:15,004 What's wrong with you? 190 00:16:15,141 --> 00:16:17,303 You're not dead, are you? 191 00:16:20,079 --> 00:16:21,069 Wake up. 192 00:16:23,650 --> 00:16:26,882 Emiko. You can tell me now. 193 00:16:27,187 --> 00:16:29,019 You slept with my father. 194 00:16:29,322 --> 00:16:32,781 Not that again. I keep telling you no. 195 00:16:32,992 --> 00:16:36,690 I don't mind. It doesn't matter if you did. 196 00:16:36,896 --> 00:16:39,229 I just want to know the truth. 197 00:16:39,899 --> 00:16:43,631 Don't be absurd. A policeman is here. 198 00:16:46,005 --> 00:16:47,906 You're Mr. Ichiro Igi? 199 00:16:48,942 --> 00:16:49,966 Yes. 200 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:55,070 What is it? 201 00:16:55,982 --> 00:16:57,712 Do you know Seiichi Imura? 202 00:16:58,451 --> 00:16:59,714 Imura? 203 00:17:00,787 --> 00:17:02,016 What about Imura? 204 00:17:02,522 --> 00:17:04,388 He's being kept in custody. 205 00:17:04,691 --> 00:17:08,958 He named you as his guarantor, so please come pick him up. 206 00:17:09,796 --> 00:17:10,729 What did he do? 207 00:17:10,930 --> 00:17:12,023 Attempted rape. 208 00:17:22,008 --> 00:17:25,775 I was unlucky. No, I gave in to an urge. 209 00:17:26,212 --> 00:17:29,273 Yesterday was the day Kogure died. 210 00:17:29,482 --> 00:17:31,144 It was? 211 00:17:31,417 --> 00:17:33,716 Maybe that's why. 212 00:17:33,886 --> 00:17:38,381 I recalled his wake last night. So it was his death day. 213 00:17:38,691 --> 00:17:42,924 I'd had a few drinks for work and was heading home. 214 00:17:44,030 --> 00:17:47,899 I thought about Kogure's wake, then about Yasuko. 215 00:17:48,001 --> 00:17:51,165 The slender, shy girl of 15 years ago. 216 00:17:51,771 --> 00:17:54,707 The memories flashed before my eyes. 217 00:17:54,941 --> 00:17:57,968 Before i knew it, I felt young again. 218 00:18:31,711 --> 00:18:35,045 I used to grope women when I was in college. 219 00:18:35,381 --> 00:18:39,978 I never told anyone, but those were my glory days. 220 00:18:40,119 --> 00:18:42,281 But you used to be so shy. 221 00:18:42,922 --> 00:18:46,484 Oh, you've never groped anyone before. 222 00:18:48,127 --> 00:18:51,825 Well, no. I've never done anything like that. 223 00:18:51,931 --> 00:18:54,457 I can understand. Gropers are shy. 224 00:18:54,801 --> 00:18:58,431 Groping is the culmination of smoldering emotions. 225 00:19:27,767 --> 00:19:30,066 It was the same as in college. 226 00:19:30,269 --> 00:19:34,934 Curiously, women don't avoid the palms that feel them up. 227 00:19:35,141 --> 00:19:37,474 But I used to be a virgin back then. 228 00:19:37,610 --> 00:19:42,776 My palm was loaded with longing, even plea, for the unknown. 229 00:19:42,982 --> 00:19:47,215 I tried to feel the existence of women in its entirety. 230 00:19:47,587 --> 00:19:52,457 I guess women could sense the earnestness of my longing. 231 00:19:52,625 --> 00:19:53,923 I see. 232 00:19:54,627 --> 00:19:58,587 But not all gropers are so serious, are they? 233 00:19:58,898 --> 00:20:01,094 There must be the casual ones. 234 00:20:01,267 --> 00:20:05,671 Sure, they existed. And some of them were masters. 235 00:20:06,806 --> 00:20:08,069 In a crowded train... 236 00:20:12,612 --> 00:20:17,448 She didn't collapse because it was packed, but some master made her limp. 237 00:20:17,617 --> 00:20:19,518 That's amazing. 238 00:20:19,685 --> 00:20:24,487 She was amazing, too. She just gave herself up and fell over. 239 00:20:28,361 --> 00:20:33,993 Such physical contact should only last until either of you get off, 240 00:20:34,200 --> 00:20:36,863 and the etiquette is to stop there. 241 00:20:36,969 --> 00:20:39,268 But I broke that rule yesterday. 242 00:20:39,605 --> 00:20:42,507 So I guess I was the one in the wrong. 243 00:20:55,855 --> 00:20:57,050 Help! 244 00:20:58,691 --> 00:21:01,661 This man is trying to rape me! 245 00:21:01,828 --> 00:21:03,421 That's preposterous. 246 00:21:03,729 --> 00:21:06,289 The woman called back in the morning. 247 00:21:06,599 --> 00:21:10,764 Said that she'd been so scared that she hallucinated it all. 248 00:21:11,537 --> 00:21:13,403 So they let me go. 249 00:21:13,606 --> 00:21:15,507 What a bitch. 250 00:21:15,708 --> 00:21:20,078 No, I thought about it overnight, and she was right. 251 00:21:20,780 --> 00:21:25,718 Such acts belong in adolescence as a twisted desire for women. 252 00:21:26,185 --> 00:21:30,589 A desire towards men exist in women's hearts, too. 253 00:21:30,690 --> 00:21:34,422 So these desires come together as if possessed. 254 00:21:35,161 --> 00:21:39,690 It's something that has to end when reality sets in. 255 00:21:41,501 --> 00:21:45,370 I felt so middle-aged when I realized that. 256 00:21:45,938 --> 00:21:48,237 Middle-aged, huh? 257 00:21:48,441 --> 00:21:51,707 You're all middle aged gentlemen. 258 00:21:54,580 --> 00:21:56,549 Baby's Breath Seeds 259 00:22:01,420 --> 00:22:06,586 Wow, you still have these? They bring back memories. 260 00:22:06,759 --> 00:22:09,661 They do, don't they? 261 00:22:10,830 --> 00:22:14,494 Flowers will cover our yard if you plant them all. 262 00:22:14,934 --> 00:22:19,463 Oh. It never occurred to me to plant them. 263 00:22:19,839 --> 00:22:21,535 I'm speechless. 264 00:22:23,142 --> 00:22:28,410 But our tiny yard overrun with cheap flowers isn't a bad idea. 265 00:22:30,449 --> 00:22:32,941 White baby's breath... 266 00:22:34,020 --> 00:22:36,319 The words are too small to read. 267 00:22:38,291 --> 00:22:39,782 Maybe my eyes are aging. 268 00:22:42,528 --> 00:22:46,021 Your eyes are aging? Wear glasses, then. 269 00:22:47,333 --> 00:22:49,199 Wear them on your nose. 270 00:22:55,308 --> 00:22:58,005 Botanical name, Gypsophila. 271 00:22:58,210 --> 00:23:03,171 Clusters of white five-petaled flowers form on hair-thin stems, 272 00:23:03,349 --> 00:23:07,946 resembling the lost veil or gossamer robe of a goddess. 273 00:23:08,120 --> 00:23:11,784 Called "mist grass" from its hazy appearance. 274 00:23:12,258 --> 00:23:18,129 An easy-to-grow annual plant often used as filler to flower bouquets, 275 00:23:18,264 --> 00:23:24,363 even the charming dahlia gives way to its elegance in the world of floristry. 276 00:23:24,604 --> 00:23:28,735 This is so out of touch with the times and graceful. 277 00:23:29,842 --> 00:23:32,539 The gossamer robe of a goddess, huh? 278 00:23:32,712 --> 00:23:36,444 How odd. Why is this so interesting? 279 00:23:36,549 --> 00:23:42,011 When to sow the seeds. Between the spring equinox to May. 280 00:23:42,421 --> 00:23:47,860 The language of flowers, "My heart calms naturally when I'm with you". 281 00:23:47,994 --> 00:23:50,054 What a long expression. 282 00:23:51,530 --> 00:23:53,089 Salvia. 283 00:23:53,232 --> 00:23:58,000 In the language of flowers, "Burning with expectation". 284 00:24:03,142 --> 00:24:05,407 Marigold. 285 00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:11,648 "Sadness of farewell". 286 00:24:14,654 --> 00:24:16,885 Spider flower. 287 00:24:19,091 --> 00:24:22,061 "Not as bad as expected". 288 00:24:23,529 --> 00:24:26,021 Cockscomb. 289 00:24:29,402 --> 00:24:31,997 "An affected snob". 290 00:24:35,041 --> 00:24:37,306 White moon vine. 291 00:24:41,714 --> 00:24:43,444 "Putting on airs". 292 00:24:44,083 --> 00:24:47,053 What are you doing? 293 00:24:55,061 --> 00:24:57,223 Zinnia. 294 00:25:00,733 --> 00:25:02,929 "Thinking of an absent friend". 295 00:25:03,069 --> 00:25:07,473 They won't take roof at all if you sow them like that. 296 00:25:09,041 --> 00:25:10,907 I wasn't sowing them. 297 00:25:11,744 --> 00:25:12,939 What, then? 298 00:25:14,480 --> 00:25:17,644 Hey, you slept with my father, right? 299 00:25:18,584 --> 00:25:20,553 Not that again. 300 00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:24,418 Breakfast is ready. You'll be late. 301 00:25:43,142 --> 00:25:45,134 I didn't think I'd see you today. 302 00:25:45,544 --> 00:25:47,604 You're still wearing lipstick. 303 00:25:47,780 --> 00:25:50,181 I'd been coming here every day. 304 00:25:50,349 --> 00:25:51,282 Why? 305 00:25:51,450 --> 00:25:53,612 I wanted to ask you a favor. 306 00:25:56,922 --> 00:25:57,912 Let's leave. 307 00:25:58,023 --> 00:25:59,082 No. 308 00:25:59,692 --> 00:26:03,356 Why not? You're the one who asked me out before. 309 00:26:03,462 --> 00:26:04,760 I don't want to anymore. 310 00:26:05,731 --> 00:26:07,131 Let's just leave first. 311 00:26:09,802 --> 00:26:14,035 No, I want to go home. Let me go. 312 00:26:14,840 --> 00:26:17,309 No, I said no! 313 00:26:23,449 --> 00:26:27,318 Why? You want me to do you a favor. 314 00:26:27,419 --> 00:26:29,115 This isn't what I had in mind. 315 00:26:31,190 --> 00:26:33,250 You don't have to cry. 316 00:26:34,460 --> 00:26:37,123 You've got such pretty eyelashes. 317 00:27:08,060 --> 00:27:09,358 Tell me your name. 318 00:27:10,830 --> 00:27:13,800 Today I want to know. I'm Akiko Tsugami. 319 00:27:15,100 --> 00:27:16,659 Igi. Ichiro Igi. 320 00:27:17,570 --> 00:27:20,734 Mr. Igi, you noticed, didn't you? 321 00:27:21,574 --> 00:27:23,304 That I was a virgin. 322 00:27:25,711 --> 00:27:30,046 It was a load on my mind. Kind of like your suitcase. 323 00:27:30,783 --> 00:27:35,016 I had a reason it was a burden. I wanted to lose it. 324 00:27:36,222 --> 00:27:37,190 What reason? 325 00:27:40,259 --> 00:27:44,754 I see. So that's what you wanted to talk to me about. 326 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:49,332 What do you want? 327 00:27:52,438 --> 00:27:55,840 I want you to seduce my older sister. 328 00:27:57,409 --> 00:27:59,537 I want you to hurt her. 329 00:27:59,712 --> 00:28:04,480 I want someone I know to hurt her. Then, tell me about it. 330 00:28:08,153 --> 00:28:12,113 The Steel Hammer 331 00:28:27,439 --> 00:28:29,704 This is The Steel Hammer. 332 00:28:30,609 --> 00:28:32,009 Kyoko? One moment. 333 00:28:54,133 --> 00:28:55,396 Hello? 334 00:28:56,001 --> 00:28:59,096 Oh, it's you, Akiko. 335 00:29:02,241 --> 00:29:04,642 Wait until I get home. 336 00:29:08,781 --> 00:29:10,579 Welcome. 337 00:29:14,153 --> 00:29:15,621 What's your name? 338 00:29:15,888 --> 00:29:18,585 I'm Kyoko. "Kyo" as in "Kyoto". 339 00:29:18,691 --> 00:29:20,159 No wonder. 340 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:22,389 You're refined. 341 00:29:22,528 --> 00:29:23,826 Oh my. 342 00:29:24,630 --> 00:29:25,825 What's your last name? 343 00:29:25,998 --> 00:29:28,695 Who cares about such a thing? 344 00:29:28,801 --> 00:29:31,669 What if it were the same as mine? 345 00:29:31,870 --> 00:29:33,429 What if it were? 346 00:29:33,572 --> 00:29:35,234 You'd be like my wife. 347 00:29:35,341 --> 00:29:36,502 Oh. 348 00:29:38,344 --> 00:29:40,472 So what's your last name? 349 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:42,771 Tsugami. 350 00:29:43,349 --> 00:29:47,150 It's not very common, so it couldn't be the same. 351 00:29:47,419 --> 00:29:48,717 What's yours? 352 00:29:48,821 --> 00:29:50,084 I'm Igi. 353 00:29:50,189 --> 00:29:52,886 What an unusual name. 354 00:29:52,992 --> 00:29:55,689 You'd never meet people by that name. 355 00:29:55,861 --> 00:29:58,228 No, I've never met anyone. 356 00:30:04,370 --> 00:30:06,202 The whites of your eyes are gray. 357 00:30:07,740 --> 00:30:10,608 The whites of your eyes are pale gray. 358 00:30:12,511 --> 00:30:16,346 Really? Is that off-putting? 359 00:30:16,749 --> 00:30:18,342 No, it turns me on. 360 00:30:18,817 --> 00:30:20,115 It does? 361 00:30:20,352 --> 00:30:22,753 It makes me want to hurt you. 362 00:30:30,229 --> 00:30:31,322 By the way... 363 00:30:31,430 --> 00:30:32,762 Kyoko. 364 00:30:34,433 --> 00:30:36,231 Excuse me. 365 00:30:43,909 --> 00:30:47,607 Like a steel hammer drowns in water, 366 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:54,787 drinkers shall drown in their liquor. 367 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:57,316 My sister is like my parent. 368 00:30:57,489 --> 00:31:00,550 She works at a bar to pay for my tuition. 369 00:31:00,692 --> 00:31:05,858 She keeps telling me that women should be pure and chaste. 370 00:31:05,998 --> 00:31:11,699 That's why I'd been careful about being around boys even in school. 371 00:31:11,804 --> 00:31:15,138 But she enters a motel with a man during the day 372 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:19,905 and still insists that I be virginal, thinking I don't know. 373 00:31:20,079 --> 00:31:23,572 So I wanted to get rid of it. No wonder, right? 374 00:31:23,749 --> 00:31:25,081 But... 375 00:31:25,451 --> 00:31:28,944 you only saw her enter the motel once, right? 376 00:31:29,121 --> 00:31:30,987 Once is enough, isn't it? 377 00:31:31,123 --> 00:31:33,456 Maybe it was her boyfriend. 378 00:31:33,859 --> 00:31:36,829 She can go to a motel with her lover. 379 00:31:38,030 --> 00:31:41,398 I couldn't interfere if she has a boyfriend. 380 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:47,632 On the other hand, if she were really sleeping around like you say, 381 00:31:47,773 --> 00:31:51,801 then it'd be meaningless for me to seduce her. 382 00:31:51,910 --> 00:31:56,439 I want you to hurt her. I want someone I know to hurt her. 383 00:32:10,529 --> 00:32:11,861 Is this a fetish? 384 00:32:12,431 --> 00:32:17,199 No. There's a guy who kisses me like a lunatic. 385 00:32:18,070 --> 00:32:19,003 Who is he? 386 00:32:19,438 --> 00:32:21,066 I can't say. 387 00:32:31,683 --> 00:32:32,742 Is he young? 388 00:32:33,118 --> 00:32:34,313 No, not young. 389 00:32:35,053 --> 00:32:36,043 Is he old? 390 00:32:37,189 --> 00:32:38,782 He's about your age. 391 00:32:39,691 --> 00:32:41,887 Is he the only one who does it? 392 00:32:43,962 --> 00:32:45,624 Yes. 393 00:32:47,099 --> 00:32:48,431 You sleep with anybody? 394 00:32:51,069 --> 00:32:54,005 You sleep with any man who pays you. 395 00:32:54,473 --> 00:32:56,601 That's why you're sleeping with me. 396 00:32:58,877 --> 00:33:00,402 You're just like a whore. 397 00:33:17,129 --> 00:33:18,722 These aren't hickeys. 398 00:33:22,401 --> 00:33:23,300 Liar. 399 00:33:25,070 --> 00:33:25,969 Sorry. 400 00:33:27,105 --> 00:33:29,734 Someone grabbed you like this. 401 00:33:34,213 --> 00:33:36,205 You begged him to do it. 402 00:33:36,882 --> 00:33:39,750 Do it harder, you said. 403 00:34:13,051 --> 00:34:14,314 Are you pregnant? 404 00:34:15,020 --> 00:34:16,784 No, I'm not. 405 00:34:17,489 --> 00:34:21,585 It always happens when I get really excited. 406 00:34:22,060 --> 00:34:23,824 It's just how I am. 407 00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:30,169 It's a white tear. 408 00:35:29,628 --> 00:35:31,153 This tasted different. 409 00:35:31,296 --> 00:35:35,631 You're done so I'll tell you, but it's a bit unusual. 410 00:35:35,767 --> 00:35:37,030 What is? 411 00:35:37,469 --> 00:35:42,737 This eel restaurant is a tiny place run by a brother and sister. 412 00:35:43,342 --> 00:35:47,973 They've nailed down the front door and all the windows. 413 00:35:48,080 --> 00:35:50,140 They're husband and wife. 414 00:35:53,018 --> 00:35:56,887 The kitchen's open, but they never let anyone in. 415 00:35:56,988 --> 00:35:58,650 They live by delivery only. 416 00:36:01,560 --> 00:36:05,292 And they refuse to serve the eel liver. 417 00:36:05,697 --> 00:36:09,498 They probably eat it raw all by themselves. 418 00:36:45,203 --> 00:36:48,640 Why did you want to meet in the park? 419 00:36:48,740 --> 00:36:50,902 I wanted to see the sunset. 420 00:36:51,743 --> 00:36:55,339 To see the sunset? How romantic. 421 00:36:55,580 --> 00:36:56,878 Yes. 422 00:36:57,549 --> 00:37:00,815 Today's sunset is romantic, all right. 423 00:37:01,586 --> 00:37:04,112 Your body makes it romantic. 424 00:37:07,492 --> 00:37:10,326 Whenever I see the red sunset, 425 00:37:10,695 --> 00:37:13,756 a feeling like pent-up anger wells up. 426 00:37:15,100 --> 00:37:17,262 That's frightening. 427 00:37:19,037 --> 00:37:21,233 Today's the first time 428 00:37:21,840 --> 00:37:24,639 the sunset looks so beautiful to me. 429 00:37:29,347 --> 00:37:30,645 It's a little cold. 430 00:38:13,091 --> 00:38:15,117 I want you to hurt her. 431 00:38:18,563 --> 00:38:20,532 I want you to hurt her. 432 00:39:07,512 --> 00:39:09,037 Tie me up. 433 00:39:10,815 --> 00:39:15,150 Tie my arms loosely. 434 00:39:17,956 --> 00:39:19,584 So you do have a fetish. 435 00:39:20,191 --> 00:39:22,422 No. But tie me. 436 00:39:59,464 --> 00:40:02,366 Oh, no. I forgot. 437 00:40:06,771 --> 00:40:08,103 Your lighter? 438 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:10,240 Your memo pad? 439 00:40:11,476 --> 00:40:15,345 I forgot to untie the knots in the belts. 440 00:40:15,814 --> 00:40:17,282 Oh, silly. 441 00:41:37,128 --> 00:41:39,654 The Igi Family 442 00:41:39,998 --> 00:41:43,491 Not that again. I keep telling you no. 443 00:41:51,109 --> 00:41:57,015 Black Still at the Place 444 00:42:18,703 --> 00:42:22,504 I'm sorry. I can't always come to you right away. 445 00:42:22,607 --> 00:42:23,575 Why not? 446 00:42:23,675 --> 00:42:26,270 He's one of our best customers. 447 00:42:27,245 --> 00:42:28,770 Akira Umemura, the actor? 448 00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:30,212 That's right. 449 00:42:30,615 --> 00:42:33,710 So celebrities come here, huh? 450 00:42:34,285 --> 00:42:36,220 Who else comes here? 451 00:42:36,387 --> 00:42:40,825 Well... the novelist Kotaro Hanada does. 452 00:42:40,959 --> 00:42:42,359 Hanada comes here? 453 00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:57,809 I've got one on this side, too. 454 00:43:05,383 --> 00:43:07,818 You can't play around for a while. 455 00:43:07,919 --> 00:43:11,788 No, not until this bruise disappears. 456 00:43:12,290 --> 00:43:14,156 And I have to wear kimonos. 457 00:43:17,595 --> 00:43:21,794 It's on fire. It's burning red. 458 00:43:24,102 --> 00:43:29,632 While the bruise is still there, it's always burning. 459 00:43:30,041 --> 00:43:32,135 Even if you're with another man? 460 00:43:33,211 --> 00:43:34,543 That's right. 461 00:43:35,079 --> 00:43:37,378 You think about the man who did it? 462 00:43:39,417 --> 00:43:42,148 Not that I think about him per se, 463 00:43:42,720 --> 00:43:48,682 but the trace of that person creeps into the burning feeling. 464 00:44:03,241 --> 00:44:07,406 Did you sleep with Akira Umemura? Did you? 465 00:44:09,647 --> 00:44:11,047 How about Hanada? 466 00:44:42,213 --> 00:44:45,581 Hey, Igi. You come here, too? Join us. 467 00:44:45,683 --> 00:44:47,208 Thanks for the other day. 468 00:44:49,554 --> 00:44:53,047 Oh, you two know each other? 469 00:44:53,157 --> 00:44:54,853 Yeah, we're old friends. 470 00:44:54,959 --> 00:44:56,689 He's a good friend of mine. 471 00:44:59,697 --> 00:45:01,097 What's wrong? 472 00:45:01,299 --> 00:45:03,097 Don't touch me there. 473 00:45:03,201 --> 00:45:04,726 Why not? 474 00:45:04,836 --> 00:45:06,566 Just don't. 475 00:45:07,672 --> 00:45:10,665 An erogenous zone or something? Weird. 476 00:45:16,481 --> 00:45:20,316 You look so handsome when you're smoking. 477 00:45:20,418 --> 00:45:22,319 That's what I always think. 478 00:45:28,092 --> 00:45:31,824 You probably smoke after you do it, don't you? 479 00:45:32,430 --> 00:45:36,663 I imagine that's what you must look like then. 480 00:45:36,901 --> 00:45:40,565 What a risky topic. We have a groper amongst us. 481 00:45:58,723 --> 00:46:02,956 A woman will be coming to this room shortly, 482 00:46:03,227 --> 00:46:06,061 and she's not a pro by any means. 483 00:46:06,798 --> 00:46:09,859 So please promise something. 484 00:46:10,201 --> 00:46:11,692 From tomorrow, 485 00:46:12,737 --> 00:46:17,175 even if you happen to see her around town somewhere, 486 00:46:17,275 --> 00:46:22,737 please don't ever talk to her. Thank you very much in advance. 487 00:46:36,461 --> 00:46:38,987 I understand how Imura feels. 488 00:46:39,297 --> 00:46:43,894 Kyoko got me back there. Maybe I'll go grope someone, too. 489 00:46:44,302 --> 00:46:47,431 You can't ask her out? That's not like you. 490 00:46:47,572 --> 00:46:49,837 And yet she says tempting things. 491 00:46:49,974 --> 00:46:53,843 Come to think of it, she has a sexy way of moving. 492 00:46:53,945 --> 00:46:58,474 She has a melancholy sex appeal. And she seems loose. 493 00:46:58,583 --> 00:47:00,848 Maybe she's sleeping with that actor. 494 00:47:00,952 --> 00:47:02,352 Really? 495 00:47:03,054 --> 00:47:04,522 It's just a hunch. 496 00:47:04,622 --> 00:47:06,284 When do squids lay eggs? 497 00:47:06,357 --> 00:47:08,792 - You mean firefly squids? - No, the big kind. 498 00:47:08,860 --> 00:47:12,058 When do the white clumps fill their bodies? 499 00:47:12,163 --> 00:47:14,962 That's from mid-March to end of April. 500 00:47:15,033 --> 00:47:16,160 Give me two more. 501 00:47:52,804 --> 00:47:55,035 I want to have sex with twins. 502 00:47:55,773 --> 00:48:01,974 The same faces and bodies on either side. Or on the top and bottom. 503 00:48:02,080 --> 00:48:03,343 Sounds like fun. 504 00:48:03,448 --> 00:48:04,848 Let's go be perverted. 505 00:48:04,949 --> 00:48:06,110 Go where? 506 00:48:06,217 --> 00:48:10,917 I found an interesting place. I want to share it with you. 507 00:48:11,055 --> 00:48:15,117 A wicked guy like you finds this place interesting? 508 00:48:15,259 --> 00:48:17,228 An underground film or show? 509 00:48:17,361 --> 00:48:19,489 Sort of, but it's a bit different. 510 00:48:19,597 --> 00:48:22,500 And that small difference is key. 511 00:48:22,500 --> 00:48:25,231 I know. Women and animals going at it? 512 00:48:25,336 --> 00:48:26,804 "Red and white", huh? 513 00:48:26,904 --> 00:48:30,864 The take that the small difference between human and beast is key. 514 00:48:30,975 --> 00:48:34,343 But no. Bestiality is pretty depressing. 515 00:48:34,445 --> 00:48:37,745 I've seen a few movies, but they suck. 516 00:48:38,449 --> 00:48:41,419 But I remember one good scene, though. 517 00:48:41,552 --> 00:48:45,421 A woman is luring a bulldog, but it doesn't care. 518 00:48:45,523 --> 00:48:49,961 Eventually, the dog looks back at the camera in a close-up, 519 00:48:50,061 --> 00:48:54,089 and it has this pitiful look on its fierce face 520 00:48:54,198 --> 00:48:57,635 Like it's saying, "Why must I do this"? 521 00:50:26,257 --> 00:50:28,988 That woman needs to show herself. 522 00:50:29,460 --> 00:50:35,161 She meets spectators, which means that we're already accomplices. 523 00:50:35,433 --> 00:50:37,925 No, maybe it means we're the victims. 524 00:51:50,775 --> 00:51:51,765 Tie me. 525 00:51:55,479 --> 00:51:56,970 Tie me up. 526 00:52:10,795 --> 00:52:11,990 Who's there? 527 00:52:59,110 --> 00:53:01,909 You've lost your appetite lately. 528 00:53:11,722 --> 00:53:14,089 Nobody nibbles at that like you. 529 00:53:40,618 --> 00:53:45,147 Mr. Igi, you're awful. You were supposed to tell me. 530 00:53:45,222 --> 00:53:49,318 It's you. But I didn't know how to meet you. 531 00:53:49,427 --> 00:53:51,953 I was at that tower every day. 532 00:53:52,229 --> 00:53:53,219 Oh. 533 00:53:53,497 --> 00:53:56,956 You didn't try to get in touch for two months. 534 00:53:57,101 --> 00:54:01,004 Oh. Two months has passed already? 535 00:54:01,105 --> 00:54:03,506 Yes, two months has passed. 536 00:54:09,980 --> 00:54:15,419 You said you saw Kyoko enter a motel. What did the man look like? 537 00:54:15,519 --> 00:54:17,044 I don't remember. 538 00:54:17,354 --> 00:54:18,822 How old was he? 539 00:54:18,923 --> 00:54:20,084 I don't know. 540 00:54:20,324 --> 00:54:22,088 Was he tall or short? 541 00:54:22,126 --> 00:54:23,617 I don't know. 542 00:54:23,661 --> 00:54:25,527 You must know that much. 543 00:54:33,237 --> 00:54:36,139 Don't wear lipstick with your uniform. 544 00:54:37,441 --> 00:54:38,534 Oops. 545 00:54:52,623 --> 00:54:54,387 So did you hurt Kyoko? 546 00:54:55,125 --> 00:54:56,491 Hurt her? 547 00:55:03,534 --> 00:55:06,197 Let's go to a motel. I'll hurt you. 548 00:55:07,805 --> 00:55:10,707 Such nasty eyes. I meant Kyoko. 549 00:55:11,809 --> 00:55:12,833 Let's go to a motel. 550 00:55:13,777 --> 00:55:17,305 What's wrong with you? Didn't you seduce her? 551 00:55:17,982 --> 00:55:18,915 Let's go. 552 00:55:19,049 --> 00:55:21,348 No, you're dirty. 553 00:55:50,014 --> 00:55:51,073 Like this? 554 00:55:52,416 --> 00:55:53,748 No lipstick. 555 00:55:54,084 --> 00:55:55,450 Oh. 556 00:56:05,396 --> 00:56:06,386 Like this? 557 00:56:08,032 --> 00:56:12,766 Naughty. It's been a week and you want me to wear this? 558 00:56:15,239 --> 00:56:17,071 No, don't. 559 00:56:17,174 --> 00:56:19,507 Who did you sleep with this week? 560 00:56:19,710 --> 00:56:20,769 Nobody. 561 00:56:20,878 --> 00:56:22,346 How many times? 562 00:56:22,446 --> 00:56:23,812 Not once. 563 00:56:38,495 --> 00:56:39,656 You're pregnant. 564 00:56:40,197 --> 00:56:43,531 No. I told you it's how I am. 565 00:56:44,101 --> 00:56:45,433 Don't lie to me. 566 00:56:46,203 --> 00:56:49,765 I'm not lying. My belly's flat, isn't it? 567 00:56:50,007 --> 00:56:53,171 Yeah, it's still flat. 568 00:56:53,477 --> 00:56:54,410 See? 569 00:56:54,878 --> 00:56:57,347 What were you doing this week? 570 00:56:57,748 --> 00:56:59,376 "You know what". 571 00:56:59,650 --> 00:57:01,710 You get it, don't you? 572 00:57:02,453 --> 00:57:04,945 Don't lie to me. 573 00:57:05,322 --> 00:57:07,985 Soon, you'll stop lactating. 574 00:57:10,928 --> 00:57:11,952 Whose kid is it? 575 00:57:13,831 --> 00:57:15,595 Whose kid is this for? 576 00:57:19,003 --> 00:57:19,993 Tie me. 577 00:58:30,974 --> 00:58:33,136 I love you, Mr. Igi. 578 00:58:33,644 --> 00:58:38,139 I love how you always seem to be struggling in the dark. 579 00:58:38,816 --> 00:58:43,720 After we parted the other day, I bled profusely at home. 580 00:58:44,154 --> 00:58:47,352 As I crouched down and bled, 581 00:58:47,458 --> 00:58:51,054 I kept thinking how much I love you. 582 00:59:21,992 --> 00:59:23,460 Mr. Yamada. 583 00:59:24,094 --> 00:59:26,859 Were my father and Emiko intimate? 584 00:59:27,631 --> 00:59:32,899 I really don't think there was anything between them. 585 00:59:33,170 --> 00:59:36,334 I would have known it if there were. 586 00:59:36,840 --> 00:59:39,469 He had other things to worry about. 587 00:59:39,643 --> 00:59:42,112 I heard there was a geisha named Chiyomi. 588 00:59:42,179 --> 00:59:44,307 Yes, he loved her very much. 589 00:59:44,414 --> 00:59:46,110 She had a baby girl, right? 590 00:59:46,884 --> 00:59:50,821 Oh, you knew about that, Ichiro? 591 00:59:50,921 --> 00:59:53,356 Poor things. 592 00:59:53,457 --> 00:59:57,258 They died in the bombing of Tokyo in 1945, right? 593 00:59:57,361 --> 00:59:58,920 Died? 594 00:59:59,029 --> 01:00:01,430 They didn't die? 595 01:00:02,699 --> 01:00:04,133 They're alive? 596 01:00:04,601 --> 01:00:08,732 Ichiro. I'd been meaning to tell you, 597 01:00:08,839 --> 01:00:11,206 but since we're on topic... 598 01:00:12,109 --> 01:00:13,099 They're alive? 599 01:00:13,210 --> 01:00:14,644 Yeah, probably. 600 01:00:14,745 --> 01:00:16,111 Probably? 601 01:00:16,947 --> 01:00:19,348 They didn't die in that bombing. 602 01:00:19,449 --> 01:00:22,419 They'd evacuated to rural Shizuoka. 603 01:00:23,320 --> 01:00:25,755 It was my hometown. 604 01:00:25,889 --> 01:00:27,790 Where are they now? 605 01:00:28,025 --> 01:00:31,757 I'll get to that. I'm getting old, 606 01:00:31,862 --> 01:00:35,924 so I wanted to make sure things were taken care of. 607 01:00:36,033 --> 01:00:39,629 So I sent them a letter, but it was returned. 608 01:00:39,670 --> 01:00:42,435 What do you mean, "take care of"? 609 01:00:44,074 --> 01:00:46,669 That's what I'm about to tell you. 610 01:00:47,010 --> 01:00:50,503 That girl is entered in my family register. 611 01:00:50,614 --> 01:00:51,980 In your family register? 612 01:00:52,082 --> 01:00:54,711 That's right. Your father asked me to. 613 01:00:54,952 --> 01:00:58,582 She would have become illegitimate otherwise. 614 01:01:00,924 --> 01:01:06,989 I think it means that your father cared deeply about Chiyomi. 615 01:01:07,097 --> 01:01:09,032 What an outrageous thing to do. 616 01:01:09,199 --> 01:01:10,861 Not necessarily. 617 01:01:11,001 --> 01:01:15,336 My late wife used to work in bars herself, so she understood, 618 01:01:15,439 --> 01:01:17,806 and we didn't have any constraints. 619 01:01:17,908 --> 01:01:21,367 Your father and I were really close like that. 620 01:01:22,112 --> 01:01:25,105 So he really imposed on you. 621 01:01:25,649 --> 01:01:28,141 I don't know if I should thank you. 622 01:01:28,218 --> 01:01:32,246 Anyway, so you have a half-sister. 623 01:01:33,123 --> 01:01:35,718 Your father named her Kyoko. 624 01:01:35,859 --> 01:01:37,088 Kyoko? 625 01:01:39,263 --> 01:01:40,891 What's the kanji character? 626 01:01:41,031 --> 01:01:43,227 "Kyo" as in "Kyoto". 627 01:01:44,468 --> 01:01:45,299 Kyoko? 628 01:01:45,402 --> 01:01:46,961 Is something wrong? 629 01:01:47,070 --> 01:01:48,629 No. So... 630 01:01:50,307 --> 01:01:52,742 what was Chiyomi's last name? 631 01:01:53,043 --> 01:01:56,275 I think it was Mizushima, 632 01:01:56,380 --> 01:01:59,214 but I heard she later got married. 633 01:01:59,883 --> 01:02:01,476 And her married name? 634 01:02:01,785 --> 01:02:04,016 I have no idea. 635 01:02:04,187 --> 01:02:05,678 Was it Tsugami? 636 01:02:05,789 --> 01:02:09,191 I don't know. Does the name ring a bell? 637 01:02:09,359 --> 01:02:11,988 No, not really. 638 01:02:13,230 --> 01:02:19,500 So this Kyoko that you're talking about, how old would she be now? 639 01:02:20,037 --> 01:02:23,997 I think it was the year he died... No, 640 01:02:24,107 --> 01:02:27,566 maybe the year before, so she's... 641 01:02:27,678 --> 01:02:30,807 23 or 24 years old? 642 01:02:32,849 --> 01:02:37,082 Such a coincidence is unthinkable. 643 01:03:00,744 --> 01:03:06,047 It's been 23 years since you died, but you're still around. 644 01:03:07,884 --> 01:03:11,343 What would you do in such a situation? 645 01:03:12,723 --> 01:03:14,385 What would you do? 646 01:03:30,140 --> 01:03:33,304 He'll leave soon, so wait a bit longer. 647 01:03:38,348 --> 01:03:40,510 This is The Steel Hammer. 648 01:03:41,251 --> 01:03:42,844 Yes, one moment please. 649 01:03:42,953 --> 01:03:45,149 Mr. Igi, it's for you. 650 01:03:50,227 --> 01:03:53,493 Hello? Mr. Igi, it's me. 651 01:03:54,564 --> 01:03:56,726 It's me, Akiko. 652 01:03:58,668 --> 01:04:02,230 Hello? Are you there, Mr. Igi? What's wrong? 653 01:04:02,472 --> 01:04:06,807 I get it. So it's you. What do you want? 654 01:04:07,244 --> 01:04:10,840 I want to know about Kyoko after all. You promised. 655 01:04:12,015 --> 01:04:16,077 She's acting strange lately. Tell me if you know why. 656 01:04:19,222 --> 01:04:20,554 Hello? 657 01:04:22,025 --> 01:04:23,857 OK. I'll tell you. 658 01:04:24,461 --> 01:04:27,863 But tell me one thing first. All right? 659 01:04:27,964 --> 01:04:30,126 What is it? 660 01:04:30,267 --> 01:04:33,635 Are you and Kyoko really sisters? 661 01:04:35,072 --> 01:04:36,506 Yes, we are. 662 01:04:38,275 --> 01:04:42,770 But we have different fathers. Hers died and then... 663 01:04:57,928 --> 01:05:00,921 Let's meet tomorrow. I'll tell you. 664 01:05:01,064 --> 01:05:02,965 Really, Mr. Igi? 665 01:05:03,333 --> 01:05:06,770 5 pm at that coffee shop. All right? 666 01:05:25,622 --> 01:05:26,954 Let's meet tomorrow. 667 01:05:28,892 --> 01:05:32,260 Where are you taking me, Mr. Igi? 668 01:05:32,429 --> 01:05:34,660 I'll tell you about her. Come on. 669 01:05:42,339 --> 01:05:43,272 What? 670 01:05:43,373 --> 01:05:45,365 I don't want to anymore. 671 01:05:45,475 --> 01:05:49,469 No, it's not that. You said you wanted to know. 672 01:06:11,001 --> 01:06:13,698 Akiko? Is that you? 673 01:06:28,218 --> 01:06:31,245 What's Akiko doing here? 674 01:06:37,661 --> 01:06:39,391 You're terrible, Mr. Igi! 675 01:06:40,063 --> 01:06:43,659 You accused me of not telling you what happened. 676 01:06:44,568 --> 01:06:49,063 You wanted to know why she was acting strange lately! 677 01:06:49,339 --> 01:06:52,207 I did ask you to hurt her, but... 678 01:06:52,342 --> 01:06:56,211 Asked him? She asked you to...? 679 01:06:56,379 --> 01:06:59,349 Yes. But I didn't ask him to do this. 680 01:06:59,449 --> 01:07:02,783 Of course not. Kyoko asked me to do this. 681 01:07:03,153 --> 01:07:05,645 I'm just telling you what happened! 682 01:07:07,023 --> 01:07:08,423 What are you doing here? 683 01:07:41,758 --> 01:07:43,021 What are you going to do? 684 01:07:49,032 --> 01:07:50,295 What are you doing? 685 01:07:50,800 --> 01:07:51,563 Lipstick. 686 01:07:52,035 --> 01:07:52,900 Lipstick? 687 01:08:06,383 --> 01:08:07,510 You broke up? 688 01:08:08,251 --> 01:08:09,082 Yes. 689 01:08:10,086 --> 01:08:11,315 Who was it? 690 01:08:13,890 --> 01:08:14,721 Who? 691 01:08:18,528 --> 01:08:19,587 Umemura? 692 01:08:20,096 --> 01:08:20,893 No. 693 01:08:32,676 --> 01:08:34,076 Don't! 694 01:08:35,178 --> 01:08:36,305 Don't do that. 695 01:08:36,413 --> 01:08:39,781 Why not? You liked wearing lipstick. 696 01:08:40,617 --> 01:08:42,916 No! I don't need to anymore. 697 01:09:09,446 --> 01:09:12,177 No! No! 698 01:09:17,520 --> 01:09:21,048 No... no... no... 699 01:10:08,705 --> 01:10:10,139 Don't do it here. 700 01:10:27,757 --> 01:10:29,589 See the way Akiko looks? 701 01:10:31,828 --> 01:10:33,820 Don't do it in this room. 702 01:10:34,864 --> 01:10:37,424 You look exactly the same now. 703 01:10:37,834 --> 01:10:39,427 Don't do it here. 704 01:10:39,569 --> 01:10:42,266 You and Akiko look exactly the same. 705 01:10:42,539 --> 01:10:46,806 You looked different, but now you look the same. 706 01:11:17,507 --> 01:11:20,671 Akiko looks the same as you now. 707 01:11:21,711 --> 01:11:25,910 When I look at Akiko and you, I see only your face. 708 01:11:28,151 --> 01:11:29,710 Mr. Igi. 709 01:11:35,592 --> 01:11:36,753 Don't do it here. 710 01:12:48,631 --> 01:12:51,692 I don't need to wear lipstick anymore. 711 01:12:54,103 --> 01:12:57,562 I feel so confused now. 712 01:12:58,408 --> 01:12:59,933 You should go home. 713 01:13:00,910 --> 01:13:01,843 But... 714 01:13:02,045 --> 01:13:03,775 Just go home for now. 715 01:13:04,380 --> 01:13:08,249 If I go home, then my sister will come home later on. 716 01:13:08,451 --> 01:13:10,920 Kyoko won't return until night. 717 01:13:11,421 --> 01:13:14,357 Take sleeping pills and fall asleep. 718 01:13:43,319 --> 01:13:45,049 That's everything. 719 01:13:54,764 --> 01:13:58,758 No, that's not everything. 720 01:14:07,443 --> 01:14:11,778 Oh, it's the ocean. Look, we can see the ocean. 721 01:14:11,881 --> 01:14:13,543 Really? 722 01:14:13,583 --> 01:14:18,146 I never noticed that we could see the ocean from here. 723 01:14:18,287 --> 01:14:19,755 What are you looking at? 724 01:14:19,889 --> 01:14:23,451 The ocean. I just told you so. 725 01:14:24,727 --> 01:14:28,391 - It's so red. - Indeed. 726 01:14:28,931 --> 01:14:35,269 I used to often see the ocean turned red when I was a child. 727 01:14:36,773 --> 01:14:39,800 A war between dolphins and fishermen. 728 01:14:40,910 --> 01:14:44,904 The ocean dyed bright red with dolphin blood. 729 01:14:46,649 --> 01:14:51,144 But the dolphins dragged up on the beach 730 01:14:51,888 --> 01:14:54,653 had really cute faces. 731 01:15:01,831 --> 01:15:05,700 You're so naughty. 732 01:15:07,036 --> 01:15:09,267 Naughty. 733 01:15:11,074 --> 01:15:13,976 So Akiko was first. 734 01:15:15,611 --> 01:15:18,445 You heard about me from her. 735 01:15:21,451 --> 01:15:26,685 Right now, your face looks cute like a dolphin. 736 01:15:28,257 --> 01:15:30,590 Dyed red in your own blood. 737 01:18:21,197 --> 01:18:24,929 Those seeds from the other day have sprouted. 738 01:18:34,877 --> 01:18:39,440 Fine, but are you OK? Lying around for 3 days straight. 739 01:18:39,715 --> 01:18:42,844 They're pretty hardy. 740 01:18:43,619 --> 01:18:46,714 Not properly sown, yet so fresh and green. 741 01:18:47,023 --> 01:18:48,355 Of course they are. 742 01:18:49,458 --> 01:18:50,585 Hey. 743 01:18:51,327 --> 01:18:52,522 Is that a flower? 744 01:18:56,799 --> 01:19:00,429 It's a flower. Come take a look. 745 01:19:00,836 --> 01:19:03,305 There's a plant that blooms so quickly. 746 01:19:03,572 --> 01:19:05,507 Mr. Yamada called last night. 747 01:19:06,676 --> 01:19:07,905 Yamada? 748 01:19:08,177 --> 01:19:10,976 He said he wanted to talk to you directly. 749 01:19:13,649 --> 01:19:17,416 Why not go today? Your hair's getting long. 750 01:19:22,925 --> 01:19:24,627 Bellflower. 751 01:19:24,627 --> 01:19:28,587 A typical biennial plant that will hardly bloom 752 01:19:28,698 --> 01:19:32,157 next spring if sown in mid to late September. 753 01:19:32,301 --> 01:19:34,930 Will bloom next year if sown in Spring, 754 01:19:35,071 --> 01:19:37,836 but is sensitive to heat and aridity. 755 01:19:41,210 --> 01:19:43,645 Mr. Yamada called last night. 756 01:19:52,621 --> 01:19:56,285 Why not go today? Your hair's getting long. 757 01:20:42,204 --> 01:20:46,198 She's acting strange lately. Tell me if you know why. 758 01:21:29,285 --> 01:21:31,447 The protagonist of this story 759 01:21:31,687 --> 01:21:36,455 is a dying man with a young wife who nurses him. 760 01:21:36,592 --> 01:21:41,997 Even after the man dies, he won't stop being the protagonist. 761 01:21:42,331 --> 01:21:45,893 His wife was always faithful to him. 762 01:21:46,068 --> 01:21:51,530 The protagonist envies the man who will monopolize his wife. 763 01:21:51,707 --> 01:21:55,667 He begins to hate this man whom he knows nothing about, 764 01:21:55,778 --> 01:22:01,115 and he secretly swears revenge against him. 765 01:22:01,350 --> 01:22:05,287 He becomes a corpse, then brittle gray ashes, 766 01:22:05,387 --> 01:22:08,755 is placed in a bisque urn and then buried. 767 01:22:08,891 --> 01:22:11,725 When the urn becomes damp, discolored, 768 01:22:11,827 --> 01:22:16,731 and covered in moss, his revenge will become complete. 769 01:22:17,066 --> 01:22:22,334 Of course, revenge means killing the man monopolizing her. 770 01:22:22,538 --> 01:22:26,202 To do so, she must become the weapon. 771 01:22:26,342 --> 01:22:30,837 The wife's unconscious motion will kill the other man. 772 01:22:30,980 --> 01:22:36,009 After setting her up to become a weapon, the protagonist dies. 773 01:22:36,418 --> 01:22:41,322 The prologue ends and the story enters the main stage. 774 01:22:45,027 --> 01:22:49,192 What were you doing? Neglecting me for 3 days after that. 775 01:22:54,737 --> 01:22:59,198 Seriously, what were you doing? Why did you ignore me? 776 01:23:02,077 --> 01:23:04,239 After what you did to me. 777 01:23:04,346 --> 01:23:08,807 Then, leaving me alone afterwards. You're awful. 778 01:23:10,152 --> 01:23:11,051 I'm sorry. 779 01:23:11,887 --> 01:23:16,188 You should have met me the next day after that. 780 01:23:33,742 --> 01:23:36,712 Do you remember that letter I gave you? 781 01:23:37,012 --> 01:23:38,207 Letter? 782 01:23:39,348 --> 01:23:44,548 Well, not letter, but that memo I wrote on a piece of paper. 783 01:23:45,588 --> 01:23:51,255 Sometimes, after I meet with you, I experience a lot of pain. 784 01:23:51,460 --> 01:23:54,157 But it's not a bad feeling. 785 01:23:55,598 --> 01:23:59,194 When I'm crouched down alone to bear the pain, 786 01:24:00,069 --> 01:24:05,098 I smell blood. Or rather, I start to taste blood. 787 01:24:06,575 --> 01:24:08,771 I like that feeling. 788 01:24:10,446 --> 01:24:13,041 I wasn't going to see you anymore. 789 01:24:15,417 --> 01:24:17,750 Why not? 790 01:24:20,222 --> 01:24:25,126 We get on so well with each other. Why do you say that? 791 01:24:34,970 --> 01:24:37,838 Why? Why do you say that? 792 01:25:31,527 --> 01:25:36,090 Where did you come from? You weak biennial plant! 793 01:25:48,177 --> 01:25:52,672 Hi. Had a feeling you'd come today. Heard you were sick. 794 01:25:52,848 --> 01:25:57,786 Yeah, but I'm fine now. You want to talk about Kyoko? 795 01:25:57,920 --> 01:25:59,616 Yeah, that's right. 796 01:25:59,755 --> 01:26:00,450 And? 797 01:26:00,589 --> 01:26:04,549 Well, I've got bad news, Ichiro. She was dead. 798 01:26:04,727 --> 01:26:05,524 Dead? 799 01:26:05,661 --> 01:26:10,429 Died 3 years ago. I used my day off the other day asking around. 800 01:26:10,566 --> 01:26:12,592 Kyoko was dead... 801 01:26:12,768 --> 01:26:15,966 She became a geisha like her mother, 802 01:26:16,138 --> 01:26:19,199 and then was kept as a mistress in... 803 01:26:44,466 --> 01:26:47,834 You look exactly like your father like that. 804 01:26:52,107 --> 01:26:54,736 Apparently, you'd gotten around, 805 01:26:55,477 --> 01:26:57,912 but I've lived longer than you now. 806 01:26:58,847 --> 01:27:04,013 If you stick around inside me much longer, you'll be sorry. 807 01:27:17,299 --> 01:27:20,531 Kyoko Tsugami 808 01:27:23,739 --> 01:27:25,105 Who is it? 809 01:27:25,607 --> 01:27:26,905 It's me. 810 01:27:27,276 --> 01:27:28,869 Oh, it's you. 811 01:27:30,679 --> 01:27:34,548 Were you asleep? Are you sick? 812 01:27:35,217 --> 01:27:39,382 No, I'm fine. Please come in. 813 01:27:48,597 --> 01:27:51,999 Hurry up and come inside. 814 01:27:52,301 --> 01:27:56,671 I'd like to, but... Why don't we go see the ocean? 815 01:27:57,239 --> 01:27:59,936 See the ocean? Why? 816 01:28:00,142 --> 01:28:04,375 No particular reason, but it'd be nice for change. 817 01:28:05,147 --> 01:28:06,547 Let's eat out. 818 01:28:07,249 --> 01:28:11,084 Eat out? All right. 819 01:28:12,221 --> 01:28:14,190 Let's go. 820 01:28:44,386 --> 01:28:46,287 Why did we come here? 821 01:28:47,956 --> 01:28:50,152 A flower bloomed in my yard. 822 01:28:51,126 --> 01:28:53,527 I'm not used to these places. 823 01:28:54,496 --> 01:28:57,193 But I didn't mean to make it bloom. 824 01:28:59,234 --> 01:29:00,793 Akiko moved out. 825 01:29:02,771 --> 01:29:04,239 She lived with you? 826 01:29:04,339 --> 01:29:05,705 Of course she did. 827 01:29:06,074 --> 01:29:08,270 I'd never considered that. 828 01:29:10,579 --> 01:29:12,946 Did you tell Akiko to die? 829 01:29:14,383 --> 01:29:15,146 What? 830 01:29:15,417 --> 01:29:19,980 How could you have mentioned sleeping pills at a time like that? 831 01:29:22,991 --> 01:29:24,425 I meant to be kind. 832 01:29:28,196 --> 01:29:32,258 Why did we come? I'm not used to these places. 833 01:29:34,136 --> 01:29:37,004 You should have just come inside. 834 01:29:37,306 --> 01:29:41,402 Wasting money on such an awkward... 835 01:31:12,067 --> 01:31:13,433 Door Close 836 01:32:26,475 --> 01:32:28,740 "Both Lost Their Way". 837 01:32:30,078 --> 01:32:32,912 Two people walk through chance. 838 01:32:33,115 --> 01:32:38,053 They walk through pale magenta and blue, but hit a dead end. 839 01:32:38,487 --> 01:32:40,786 The person walking ahead is red 840 01:32:40,922 --> 01:32:45,383 as if to show this person's mettle against chance. 841 01:32:45,494 --> 01:32:48,054 The other person is gray. 842 01:32:48,163 --> 01:32:50,962 He holds out his left arm as if to say, 843 01:32:51,366 --> 01:32:54,097 "This road hits a dead end over there". 844 01:33:32,207 --> 01:33:35,371 The End 845 01:33:35,477 --> 01:33:40,677 Translation: Mia Isozaki Transcription: polybar Proofreading and re-timing: kagetsuhisoka