Original subtitles

Ready.

Well?

They all have potential, don't you think?

Miyaji.

The director here,

in hiring this year's women, he selected those with track and field experience.

I'll be satisfied if one of them made it to the Mexico Olympics.

So-and-so from Kinoshita Electronics.

It'd be great publicity when the TV and papers cover her!

Luckily, Dr. Mineshige knows many members of the Japan Sports Federation.

And if a famed sprinter like you were to become their coach,

my plan will be a sure success.

What's the matter with Mr. Miyaji?

Top-tier sprinters tend to be odd.

Will he accept the coaching position?

Don't worry.

I'll convince him.

Kinoshita Electronics Tokyo Facility

- He's my friend. - Go ahead.

Let's talk...

In my clinic office.

This way.

There's three days' worth in this bag.

Take it three times a day, okay?

So how about it?

Will you accept the coaching gig?

The benefits aren't bad.

Your title will be assistant manager, but you won't have such responsibilities.

Salary is 100,000 yen a month.

Plus,

there'll be a bonus from the director's own funds.

It sounds like a good deal.

I want to decline.

What don't you like about it?

All of them are garbage.

They're shit!

You want me to coach them?

Me?

But, Miyaji...

This would be your last chance.

You shouldn't gripe about everything.

My last chance?

I'll bet.

I was kicked out of the Federation, my colleagues all hated me.

- It's your fault. - That's right.

I'm a roughneck, I'm unreliable, and I'm a skirt chaser.

I'm so poor, a bar hostess is supporting me.

That's why I'm telling you to coach!

But, Mineshige...

Why do you still put up with me?

Come to my place.

I'll show you the reason.

Why, they're all photos of me.

What is this?

We attended different colleges,

but we were rivals in the 100m race.

I could never beat you.

No matter how much I practiced.

I took all these photos,

so I could research why you were so quick.

So meticulous.

Makes sense you'd become a professor and a doctor.

Thanks for the hard work.

Miyaji.

Remember this race?

You clocked 10.4 seconds.

You were the second in Japan with that record,

and you towed me behind you, at 10.7 seconds.

It was 1938.

We were both freshmen.

Stop with the nostalgia. It's boring.

If the Tokyo Olympics were held in 1940,

you definitely would've won a medal.

You often ran a 10.3 at practice.

- If the war didn't-- - The war...

Don't remind me.

Your sprints were fantastic, Mr. Miyaji!

I was so enamored, watching from the stands.

You were an idol for us female students.

A hero, even!

Then, madam...

When I proposed to you,

why did you decline?

That's because...

You were so frightening, Mr. Miyaji.

Frightening?

How?

Because you're a true sprinter!

A beast of a man,

releasing all your energy in just ten seconds.

Compared to you...

I'm a normal guy,

a fake sprinter.

So the fake finds success in life,

- while the real guy falters? - Miyaji.

You're a running prodigy, appearing once in decades.

I don't want that genius to live a pathetic life.

Please.

Coach them!

I'm so grateful for my friend from the tracks.

I'll show my gratitude, and accept your pity.

Tonight,

I'm flying to Hiroshima for a conference.

I'll lecture on sports medicine,

and I'll be back in three days.

I'll go straight to the clinic at Kinoshita Electronics,

- and you should give me your response then. - Fine.

In any case, it's been a while.

Let's drink until your flight.

Alright, let's do it.

Hey Miyaji, remember this?

The Los Angeles Olympics.

It's the song for those Olympics,

when our runners and swimmers raised our country's flag many times.

We were so young!

It brings me back.

When we were so fixated on running.

It's such a nice song.

I love it!

♪ Run across the land ♪

♪ With all the strength you have ♪

♪ Swim vigorously ♪

♪ Splashing as you go ♪

♪ All your arms ♪

♪ All your legs ♪

♪ For our country ♪

♪ Noble arms and legs of Japan! ♪

THE SEX CHECK: THE SECOND SEX

SCREENPLAY BY Ichiro Ikeda

BASED ON THE STORY "Sprinter" BY Daikichi Terauchi

CINEMATOGRAPHY BY Akira Kitazaki

MUSIC BY Tadashi Yamanouchi

EDITED BY Tatsuji Nakashizu

CAST

Michiyo Yasuda

Ken Ogata

Mayumi Ogawa Asao Uchida

Yuzo Hayakawa Yusuke Takida

Fumiko Murata

Tazuko Niki Sachiko Meguro

Ken'ichi Tani

DIRECTED BY Yasuzo Masumura

Excuse me for being drunk.

Where's Mineshige?

He left for Haneda Airport.

Why didn't he wake me up?

You were sleeping so well, he told me to leave you be.

Always treating me like a child.

How pompous.

Madam.

You said you liked me?

What? No!

I liked you, too.

I loved you!

Hey.

Miyaji.

You came as promised.

How about it?

Will you become the coach?

Even if I said yes...

You won't permit it.

What do you mean?

Mineshige.

I...

I forced myself onto your wife.

That night...

Is that true?

I'm sorry.

I'll accept your punishment.

Do what you want with me.

Why?

Why did you do it?

It was the spring of 1939.

A track meet in America, do you remember it?

You must've been there, too.

So what?

They had a coach named Carter.

According to his theory,

10.0 seconds is the wall for the 100 meters.

It can't be surpassed by man.

To break it, become an animal.

- He said to become a wolf! - Miyaji.

- Don't tell me-- - I...

I became a wolf because I wanted to break that wall.

But the war!

I became a soldier.

I wasn't running 100 meter tracks.

They were the fields of war.

I wasn't digging into the earth with my track spikes,

I was stabbing foes to death with my bayonette.

Instead of crossing the finish line,

I was raping women!

I remained a wolf even after the war.

I became a womanizer,

an offensive slob!

You're blaming Carter for hurting Akiko?

No.

I'm a miserable man.

If I'm a failure anyway,

I thought I may as well ruin my precious friend and his wife.

That's why I did it.

Well?

You must be sick of me.

You can hit me.

Go and beat me to death!

Please leave.

I don't want to see you again.

Alright.

Basketball isn't rugby.

How many times must I tell you, you can't touch your opponent!

Are you listening, girl?

How dare you? I'm your coach!

You!

Stop fighting!

I can't handle it anymore!

Leave my basketball team!

That's good timing.

I'll take her from here.

Who are you?

I'm Miyaji, the track team coach.

Come with me.

Hey!

Move.

I don't care about your form.

Just run.

You have the basics down.

You competed in middle school?

Yes.

Good.

Go when I wave my hand.

Ready!

Go!

50 meters in 6.8 seconds.

Not bad.

As I expected!

What's your name?

Nagumo Hiroko.

Your age?

Eighteen.

Hey.

Will you run the 100 meters?

As long as you practice with me,

you'll become a first class contender.

You can go to the Olympics.

I'll do it.

- Take care. - Okay.

- Yamada. - Yes.

Mine.

I have a favor to ask.

Let me be the coach.

She's a natural born sprinter.

Look here.

At this ass!

At these legs!

Such powerful springs!

She's not trash.

She's the real deal!

Most of all, I love her attitude!

Reckless, and treats others like objects.

Perfect for winning the 100 meters!

Mine.

Let me develop her.

I'm sorry for what I did to your wife.

As an apology,

I'll abstain from women from this day forward.

I've ruined many things,

but I'm going to be reformed,

and I'll turn her into the best sprinter in Japan!

I'm...

I'm a drunken slob in his forties.

It's too late.

I can't race!

But...

The determination it takes to be a 100m runner,

I know it better than anyone!

I want to instill it into her, have her succeed where I didn't!

Have her realize my dream...

She'll run in the Olympics!

She'll win the medal in my place,

and raise the Japanese flag!

That's my ambition.

You understand how I feel, don't you?

That's enough. Be quiet.

So you'll let me be the coach?

Yeah.

But...

I'm resigning.

Well.

We start intensive training tomorrow.

It'll be fierce, but listen to me and don't complain.

It's all so you can compete in the Olympics.

Okay.

We'll celebrate in my room tonight.

Let's eat dinner.

Before we celebrate, I have a present.

It's a razor.

Shave your face with this.

Shave every morning,

and you'll start growing hair like a man.

I'm going home.

Hey!

Let me go.

What's the matter?

I don't want to become a man.

Hiroko!

You're supposed to do what I say.

Did you forget the promise?

But...

Listen.

11 seconds is the limit for the women's 100 meters.

To break that wall,

you need to awaken the man hiding inside every woman,

by becoming as much of a man as possible!

You're very feminine,

so I'll rebuild you into a man.

That's why I asked you to shave.

- But-- - Come on!

Stop that girly talk.

Use words like a man!

Take off your skirt, and put on some pants!

You're home so early.

What happened to the shop?

I had a headache, so I left early.

Who's this girl?

She's my new protege.

This is my apartment.

If you want to sleep with a woman, why don't you try a short-stay inn?

I'm done with women.

Nothing between me and her.

Don't make me laugh.

You'll go for any girl you lay your eyes on.

You go straight for them,

you're an expert at taking off their panties, aren't you?

Hiroko.

We've got an intruder.

Let's eat outside.

An intruder?

I feed you with what I earn at the bar.

Don't act so ungrateful!

She won't shut up, let's go.

Hey.

If you leave with her, you're never welcome back.

Fine.

I'll stay in our team's office at the company.

It'll be convenient for your training, too.

Hey.

You're leaving me?

Yeah.

It's the right time.

Thanks for all your support.

Movers will come for my things.

Let's go.

Damn you!

Alright!

Ready!

Your ass is too high!

Your arms are too wide.

One more time!

Listen.

The pistol will fire within 1.7 and 1.8 seconds.

Don't start when you hear it.

You notice the shot after you're running.

That's the goal.

Coach.

What should we be doing?

Make your own practice plan.

Don't rely on your coach, deal with it!

Let's go!

Ready!

Go!

Here.

Hiroko.

Start a personal log tomorrow.

A record of your three meals,

how many bowls of rice you ate,

how many times you used the bathroom,

everything you did, day and night.

Write it down on that paper!

Most important will be your temperature and weight.

Also your menstrual period.

How many days is your cycle?

I don't know.

What are you talking about?

Why don't you know?

I...

I don't have it often.

When was your first period?

Fourteen.

Well, it's better if you don't have them.

You'd slow down two or three days before it starts.

It's a pain in the ass.

Kinoshita Electronics Women's Dormitory

Hiroko.

Why don't you admit it?

What?

Something happened between you and Coach Miyaji, right?

What are you talking about?

You had relations with him?

He wouldn't take care of you like this if you didn't.

So what if I did?

I knew it.

You sure are something.

Nagumo.

You don't look good.

Tired, not getting enough sleep?

Don't think so.

How's Miyaji's late-night coaching?

Sometimes gentle...

Sometimes intense.

I see.

But be careful.

I hear he's good at seducing students, then dumping them when he's done.

Fall for him too hard, and you'll end up in tears.

Miyaji.

You're the track and field coach.

You need to look after everyone, not just Nagumo Hiroko.

The other athletes?

Hiroko's the only athlete.

All the other girls are just sports enthusiasts.

They're deadwood.

They're pebbles.

Still, stop giving preference to Nagumo.

It's causing problems within the company.

Director.

Why did you hire me as coach?

Was it to improve the quality of all of your employees?

Or was it to send an athlete to the Olympics?

Why, for the Olympics, of course.

Then please let me be.

A year or so until the Olympics.

We can't be casual about this.

I'll focus even more on training Hiroko alone.

You're stubborn.

We need to get her out of the women's dorms.

The dorm meals aren't nutritious enough,

and there's too much noise.

We should live in some apartment,

practice at all hours of the day.

Or she won't be ready in time!

Now wait.

That's unacceptable!

What do you think people will say, an unmarried couple living together?

Your reputation will only suffer!

After Hiroko enters the Olympics,

all the bad rumors will vanish.

And if she doesn't?

Then I'll gladly resign,

and I'll never be a coach again.

Hiroko's my last chance.

I'm betting my life on her.

Fair enough.

A company apartment is vacant, you can live there.

- Don't look for a room elsewhere. - That's fine.

But give me a million yen, as well.

I have to provide Hiroko hearty meals,

and I want her to wear quality, imported spikes.

She sure is costly.

It's cheap if you consider it an advertising fee!

Everyone, listen up!

From now on,

I'm not looking after you.

I'll let your manager and captain handle your training.

Do whatever you want!

I'll live in an apartment with Hiroko,

and practice with her alone!

Any complaints?

Speak up!

No complaints, then.

Then everyone head to the tracks!

Hiroko.

No complaints from you, either?

It's hard.

- They say things about me-- - Idiot!

100m sprinters...

In only ten seconds, they release all their concentrated energy.

You can't be thinking about others.

Become egotistic, think only of yourself.

- But-- - This is my conviction.

No laws, no ethics, no love.

The only existence is your own!

I...

I took everything I wanted,

and abandoned anything I didn't want.

Everyone...

They call me callous, a thug.

But, Hiroko...

That's how a sprinter lives.

To go to the Olympics, you should act like me.

Coach...

Believe you're the most important person on earth.

The rest of them are just bugs.

Whatever they say, ignore it.

Crush them and live as you please.

Act pompous as if you're the queen!

If you don't live with that intensity,

you won't have the explosive speed.

I got it.

Good!

If we're living together, I'll need your parents' approval.

Where are they?

They're...

Gone.

When I was a kid,

they both passed away.

Then who raised you?

My aunt and her husband.

In Izu...

They're fishermen.

We'll tell them.

Now, let's practice.

We'll train harder than ever.

Don't squeal!

Ready!

Go!

Ready!

Go!

Go!

Swing your arms more!

Let's go!

Swing them, more, more!

Come on!

Swing them further!

Faster, faster!

Too slow!

19, 20, 21...

30... good. One--

Good, good...

Straight ahead.

Lift your ass!

One two, one two-- don't rotate.

Straight upwards!

One two, one two--

You're too high, come on!

Faster!

Lift your legs!

Yes, good!

Let's go, last one!

Go!

Good!

Get up, Hiroko.

You're slacking.

Ten more sprints.

Kinoshita Electronics Tokyo Employee Dormitory

They sure are friendly together.

As if they're married.

They're lowering the morals of this dorm,

it sets a bad example for our children!

Yes...

Coach.

What?

Why must I run?

It's so agonizing.

You run because you want to run!

That's how a sprinter thinks.

When I'm angry, or feeling sorry for myself...

I run like hell!

The way you think...

I don't get it.

Then...

How about the joy from setting a record?

Breaking the wall at eleven seconds, which a woman can't surpass.

Records?

I don't care.

And the Olympics?

Winning a medal for Japan,

and raising our nation's flag.

For Japan...

Not just Japan.

People around the world will praise you,

and you'll have a place in the record books.

But...

Who cares?

Then, Hiroko...

Do you like me?

I don't dislike you.

What's that? Say it clearly!

I like you!

I knew it.

You don't seem to mind that I massage you, after all.

I like you too, actually.

I'm coaching because I like you.

How about it?

Why don't we become lovers?

Lovers?

Dummy!

I mean lovers in the non-physical sense.

I'm known as a womanizer,

but I won't try anything with you.

Besides,

I want to transform you into a man.

No way I'd sleep with you!

Then why...

Do we have to be lovers?

Unlike men, women don't know how to be independent.

Whether a lover,

a husband, or a father.

They need someone to lean on and support them to live.

Isn't that right?

Yeah.

So I'll be your lover.

In exchange,

you'll run to please me, your lover.

Do whatever it takes.

Got it?

Yeah.

Your training,

we've already passed its peak.

During your practice,

you hit 11.7 seconds three times!

You're almost there!

Don't give up and make it to the end.

Look.

I have to...

I have to make you into a top class sprinter.

I'm counting on you!

Japan Sports Federation Entrance Only

Track and Field

Hey, Sasanuma.

It's been a while.

Miyaji, it's you.

You've sure got an attitude, occupying such a big room.

So what?

I envy you.

We attended the same college,

joined the same track team, ate meals out of the same pot.

But now you're a committee executive.

And I'm just a mercenary coach.

You reap what you sow.

You're such a geezer now!

Huh?

You look ten years older than me.

Of course I do.

I don't spend my days loafing around like you.

I have so much to deal with.

The Olympics are approaching, and you can't find competent athletes.

It must give you headaches!

Shut up!

Their times are improving.

What about the sprinters?

The men seem okay,

but the women are hopeless.

The 100m Olympic standard is 11.5 seconds,

and not a single one of them has reached it!

Who knows if they can even break twelve seconds.

Miyaji.

Leave if you just came to chat.

I'm busy!

Actually, Sasanuma...

There's a girl who's been hitting 11.7 seconds here and there.

11.7 seconds?

Who's that?

Nagumo Hiroko.

Female employee of Kinoshita Electronics.

I coached her.

I don't believe it. A girl like that--

I know what you're really thinking.

Miyaji noticed the Olympics are close.

He's here with some weird ambition, trying to market himself, right?

You've always been a liar, after all.

Are the course lengths and time keeping accurate?

If you doubt me, why don't you test her?

Just put her in some event and let her loose.

But...

Hey!

Do you only care for the girls the federation spent money on?

If I trained her for free outside your organization,

will you ignore her, regardless of her talent?

Fine.

Then bring it on.

I'll go to the papers, and I'll start a fiasco!

Ruthless as usual.

I got it.

There's a track meet for sprinters on Saturday.

Let's put her in.

Certified Short Distance Track Meet

Once you're at the start line, all your opponents are trash.

Just imagine you're running all alone.

That's Hiroko.

The sole athlete I trained,

the one I trained so passionately!

She's attractive.

Did you lay hands on her yet?

Say that again!

I'll kill you.

On your marks.

Get set.

11.7 seconds...

How'd I do?

Poorly.

Your body was upright after 60 meters, and your speed fell like a rock.

Oh...

Hurry and take off those spikes, put your training shorts on.

I'm surprised.

It was really 11.7 seconds,

that's a tenth of a second from the national record.

It's an excellent time for Japan right now!

She'll grow even faster once she's trained this winter!

Before the Olympics next year,

she'll set a new national record!

But that girl...

Are you sure she's female?

What are you saying?

She's so good, it worries me.

You know it, too.

Whenever an outstanding female athlete appears,

first, you need to ask if she's actually a man.

We have plenty of past examples.

She's definitely a woman!

As coach, I know her better than anyone.

But you haven't really checked, have you?

As unlikely as it sounds, I hear you've been modest with her.

Sasanuma.

Do you mean to quibble about my Hiroko?

Hey, Miyaji.

Consider this.

Why don't you get her sex check taken care of?

She needs a certification for the national Olympics trials, anyway.

The testing in Mexico will be even stricter, I bet.

If they learn she's a man there,

it'll be a fiasco, and it'll be all over the papers.

- It'll ruin her life. - Fine.

Do a sex check or whatever you want.

She's a woman.

I don't think a pretty girl like her is a man, either.

But just in case.

Take her to the federation's facilities tomorrow.

Have Mineshige examine her.

Mineshige?

What?

You don't know about your old rival?

He's a contractor with us now.

You can be sure of his examination.

Promising Newcomer in Women's Track and Field

They say great players don't make great coaches,

but Miyaji's incredible.

He's broken the jinx and trained a top tier athlete.

You're praising him?

A man like him?

He's a jerk,

but I'm proud of him.

You approve of the man who raped your own wife?

- That's different. - Dear.

You still like him, after what he did to me?

You still respect him because he's a genuine sprinter?

Don't act foolish!

I detest him.

He's more important to you than me.

You don't care about me!

You're mistaken.

That man violated me!

Why are you letting me be?

Why aren't you angry, kicking and beating me?

Is it because I'm the daughter of the medical chief?

Is it because my father is your mentor?

Miyaji is guilty,

and it's not your fault.

Liar!

You don't love me, that's it.

Whatever I do, you watch from a distance.

That isn't love!

You don't know how I feel.

I don't care if you won't love me.

I'll abandon you, and live as I want.

Where are you going?

- Akiko! - Let go--

Don't touch me--

Madam.

Excuse me.

Hiroko, she's a visitor!

Serve her some tea.

Come in.

What do you need?

I...

I left my home.

I won't be going back.

Please let me stay here.

Here?

Mr. Miyaji...

You're the one I really loved.

I always loved you, since our college years.

You were so bold.

That night...

I reaffirmed that.

You're nothing like Mineshige.

No, he's a fine man.

- He's not a loafer like me. - I want to...

I want to leave Mineshige,

and be married to you.

Okay?

- I can't have that. - Why not?

You don't like me?

I loved you in the past...

But I dislike you now.

Then...

Why did you sleep with me?

- A spur of the moment-- - You're lying!

I know I felt--

Madam!

Sprinters like us...

We sleep with women whenever we feel like it,

and forget about her when we're done!

We don't fall in love with a girl,

to stick around and cuddle her!

I have no more interest in you, madam.

How cruel!

Mr. Miyaji...

Besides,

This is a training camp for me and her.

We can't have others in our way.

I'm just a stranger?

Right now,

this is my lover.

I'm devoting my life to her.

Go back to Mineshige, madam.

Go home.

Go on home!

Get out!

Mr. Miyaji...

Listen to her.

You should go home.

Coach.

You tricked and abandoned that woman, didn't you?

Don't act so smart.

You'll look after me, instead?

Don't be foolish!

I don't like her.

That woman.

Why?

I don't have a reason.

Hiroko!

We have to certify you're a woman tomorrow.

We'll go to the sports federation.

Female certification...

They'll examine you just as a formality.

Over in an instant.

Where are you going?

Bringing in the laundry.

Akiko!

I'm glad you came back.

Where were you?

I was worried.

What's wrong?

Feeling sick?

Hey, Akiko!

Akiko!

What are you doing?

Hey! Akiko!

Don't worry.

Soon enough,

you'll be the queen of the Japan Sports Federation!

Are you embarassed about the sex check?

How foolish!

Pretend you're a man, and take the exam with pride!

Sasanuma.

I brought her.

Now,

Have her prepped and examine her all you want!

Go straight to the medical room.

Mineshige's waiting with the women doctors.

Will someone show her the way?

- Take her yourself. - I shouldn't.

I don't want to meet with Mineshige.

Do you owe him money?

I'm not surprised.

Fine.

I'll call someone.

It's alright.

I'll go by myself.

Do you know the medical room?

It's on the basement floor.

You're Nagumo Hiroko, right?

Yeah.

A female certification...

I'm here to get one.

You can keep your shirt on.

Examine me carefully.

If I'm really a woman.

I want to know, too.

Go on, examine me!

Getting someone incredible like Nagumo Hiroko,

it's honestly a great relief.

It's been humiliating to go to the Olympics just to lose.

She'll definitely win.

Hey.

I'm tagging along as her coach, I hope you don't mind.

Well...

You're unaffiliated with the committee,

and your reputation is bad.

Will they all approve?

I'm the one who built up Hiroko.

I won't let a stranger lay a finger on her!

Besides, she won't run unless I'm at her side.

If they won't agree to it, I'll withdraw Hiroko!

Understood?

I got it.

I'll do my best.

It sure is a long examination.

Did that country girl get lost?

I'll go check it out.

So you were lost.

You're a handful.

I searched all over this building.

Did you finish? The sex check.

Yeah.

Great, then let's not stick around.

Let's go back and practice.

Alright?

There's no point.

Why should I run...

No point?

I'm...

I'm not a woman.

Mineshige told you that?

Yeah.

Hey, Hiroko.

My plan to turn you into a man,

it succeeded!

If it confused a doctor, that's the real deal.

Don't joke around.

Read this.

I opened it myself and read it.

"I declare that they are not authorized to participate in women's competitions."

Mine, damn him!

Writing such rubbish!

It's not rubbish.

I...

I had a hunch.

What are you talking about?

When I joined the company...

I found a boyfriend.

He...

He took me to a hotel.

He spent all night trying to make love to me,

but he couldn't.

At last, he said it.

"You..."

"You're not a woman!"

Fool!

All that means,

is the guy was new and bad at it.

It happens.

Only women have periods when they're fourteen!

That...

I lied.

I've never had it...

Not even once!

Ever...

It's never come!

Are you serious?

Yeah.

That's why,

when I see a normal woman,

I get angry.

I think...

I'm better off dead.

Wait, Hiroko.

Listen carefully.

This is a conspiracy!

It's all a ploy by a jealous faction,

working together with the doctor!

They all want to play dirty games.

When someone's ahead, they try to drag them down.

How can we lose to them?

I'll grill the doctor.

Go back to our room.

Be patient,

stay calm and wait for me there!

I swear I'll bring it back with me...

Your female certificate!

Mineshige!

Who asked you to write this bogus certificate?

Is it the committee heads, with a grudge against me?

Who is it?

Give me their names!

I don't write false reports.

So you're taking revenge?

Revenge?

As payback for molesting Akiko,

you took Hiroko down.

Do you hate me that much?

Stop being a fool.

Look!

I thought I apologized.

As atonement,

I've abstained from women.

Last night,

Akiko ran away to me, but I quickly sent her back.

So what's going on, this payback of yours?

I see.

So that's why Akiko...

That's why she took sleeping pills to kill herself.

Is she dead?

She was saved.

This is different!

If this certificate goes out,

Hiroko won't be able to enter the tryouts, let alone the Olympics.

It's all over for her as an athlete.

It can't be helped.

Mine!

That girl...

She's my jewel that I trained up.

No, not just mine,

but for our country's track and field hopes.

She's an irreplaceable sprinter!

And you want to ruin her because of some selfish grudge?

Miyaji.

Believe in a doctor's ethics.

I feel sorry for her,

but she's a hermaphrodite!

Don't lie to me!

She has both sex organs,

and neither are fully developed.

So she has both parts, but in sports, she can't compete as a woman--

How dare you!

I don't believe you.

It's only the truth!

Just face the facts.

Shut up!

Hiroko isn't a woman?

Bullshit!

She's more feminine than any woman, she's a real woman!

I'll prove it.

- Stop. It's pointless-- - Just you see!

I'll make her a complete woman before the Olympic tryouts.

And I'll make you write that female certificate!

Until then, keep today's examination a secret.

If you spread some funny rumors,

I won't go easy on you.

I'll beat you to death!

Hiroko!

Hiroko.

Where are you?

Hiroko!

Hey!

Answer me!

Shit.

Where did she go?

I don't want to run or be at the company any more

I quit -Hiroko

This is Fujimi Toge.

Thank you.

Come on board.

Alright!

Hiroko's not here. Please leave.

All the locals say they saw her!

No matter what they say, she's not here.

Please let me see her for a moment!

I followed all my leads, and finally made it here.

You're incessant.

If you don't leave, I'll call the cops!

Hiroko, come out! It's me!

Stop! The neighbors will hear you!

- It's me! Hiroko! - Stop it!

Hiroko!

Stop it, you hear me?

You're here.

I can finally see you.

Idiot.

Why did you come out?

You wanted me to get rid of him.

It's fine.

I'll talk to Coach at the shore.

See if I care!

Listen, Hiroko.

You're my last chance.

Everything's on the line!

If you quit running,

it's all over for me.

I'll finish my life as a drunkard,

known only as a womanizer.

Please!

Please come back and run!

Don't bother asking.

I won't run.

I'm not a woman.

Yes, you are!

I'm a vet when it comes to women.

I've had so many women,

I know them inside and out.

I know them better than the 100 meters!

And I guarantee it.

I'm sure of it!

But...

You know nothing about me.

You haven't slept with me.

You don't know about my body,

- so how can you say I'm a woman? - Idiot!

Once you're a womanizer like me,

it doesn't matter if you're naked or clothed,

I can see all there is to know!

I don't believe you.

I'm... sure I'm a man.

Go back to Tokyo.

You're sure of it?

Fine.

Then I'll prove it to you.

That you're absolutely a woman!

What are you doing!

I'll make love to you!

Coach.

What?

How was I?

With what?

Am I...

A woman?

You're a woman.

No doubt about it.

Except...

What is it?

Your body is a bit deceptive.

So it's not good enough.

I knew it.

However.

Something like this, it can be resolved quickly.

Liar!

Hiroko!

Do you want to become a woman, Hiroko?

I do.

When you're a woman,

will you still keep running?

Will you practice every day?

Yeah.

My dream, running in the Olympics,

will you raise our country's flag in my place?

Yeah.

But...

I can't become a woman!

I know it!

Will you do anything to become a woman?

Yeah.

Good.

Then I'll make love to you every night.

We're not just lovers of the soul.

We're men and women of the flesh, too.

I'll caress you through and through.

You'll be a woman in a month.

- Really? - Believe me.

I've been making you into a man,

but now it's the opposite.

I'll pour everything into making you a woman.

Make love to me the way a true woman would.

Can you do it?

I'll do it.

If it'll make me a woman!

Training camp in Izu for three months until spring,

so you want us to send you a million yen?

Now listen!

Isn't that too extravagant?

The money won't go to waste.

Olympic trials begin in the spring.

Hiroko will set a national record and the papers will be abuzz.

What great publicity for Kinoshita Electronics!

Thanks in advance.

I'll take these.

How much with the phone fee?

Living with that man in our annex?

Just how close are you two?

We're lovers.

Did you make a promise?

Promise?

To marry, become husband and wife.

Well, did you?

Yeah.

Then I'll let him stay.

But don't flaunt him, Hiroko.

My husband's away working and won't be back for a while.

Yeah, that's good.

My years of fooling around came in handy.

- Coach. - Yeah?

Am I pretty?

Yeah!

You're even more beautiful with the makeup.

What about...

As a woman?

First class.

- Don't flatter me. - Don't be foolish.

You're more attractive than any woman I've ever dated.

Now, come here.

Listen, Hiroko.

I'll make love to you at night, but it'll be different in the day.

You haven't practiced in a while,

so your body's become weak.

We have to work from the basics,

and build this back into shape!

We'll thoroughly tone your body.

Alright.

Fortunately, it's warm around here,

and there's good fish,

perfect for winter training.

Become an eager woman at night,

and train intensely during the day.

Do both of them passionately.

Like your life depended on it!

I'll do it.

I'll do anything!

You use more than your legs to run.

It's every muscle in your body.

Your upper body is weak, so we'll focus on that.

Climb this.

Go on, climb!

Nine.

Ten.

Eleven.

Twelve!

Thirteen!

Fourteen!

Fifteen.

Eighteen.

Nineteen.

Twenty.

28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33--

Do it right!

29, 30, okay!

One, two, three.

Let's go.

Spring back up!

Four.

Five.

Six!

Two.

Three.

One.

Two.

Hiroko.

If you only sprint, you'll last just 80 meters out of 100.

To conquer the last twenty meters,

you'll need power, stamina.

Climb until you pass out!

Now go!

Faster, faster!

Hiroko, faster!

Your torso's too low!

Three, four, five, six.

Be sure to spring forward.

Bounce!

Come on!

Bigger strides!

More!

Tilt your body forward.

That's it, good!

Come on, your ass is dropping.

Lift your legs!

Coach.

What is it?

How long...

How long will you sleep with me?

Until you're a woman, of course.

And once I'm a woman?

Then we'll go back to how we were.

Oh.

You still need more stamina.

Trail running today.

One two, one two...

Keep it up.

Keep going.

Hey!

You've only run for twenty minutes!

Twenty more, without stopping!

What's the matter?

You promised to put your life on this.

Run until you're dying!

Hiroko...

Hiroko!

Hiroko!

Where are you, Hiroko?

Hiroko, snap out of it!

Hiroko.

Hiroko!

Hiroko.

Hiroko!

Hiroko...

Coach?

Hiroko.

You're a true woman at last.

How do you know?

Feel this.

Menstrual blood.

It's not from a wound.

Are you happy?

Yeah.

I'm happy!

I love you.

I love you!

- I love you, Coach! - Hey!

Calm down, we'll fall into the sea.

I...

I'll never let you go, Coach!

Don't be silly.

We were to part ways once you became a woman.

I don't want that!

I want you, Coach!

No one else can have you!

Hiroko...!

Doctor.

Yes?

There's a man named Mr. Miyaji who wants to see you.

I'm not home.

Send him away.

But... he let himself in.

Hey, Mine.

It's been a while.

This is my house.

- Don't barge in here! - Listen...

I need you to examine her.

The result will be the same.

Just leave!

Happily, she had her period.

She's completely a woman now!

She's changed, so examine her.

Come on, Hiroko.

Take your clothes off.

Don't dawdle!

Hurry up and get naked,

and let the doctor examine you.

Stop it, Miyaji!

If you want her female certificate, go see another doctor.

- I won't do it. - Mine!

Did you forget?

I know I told you I'd make her a woman,

and make you write that certificate.

Come on.

Take a good look, and write it.

I want to make you write it.

I refuse.

Oh.

You won't examine her?

Fine.

I'll show you that she's a woman.

What are you doing?

We'll make love right here!

Mr. Miyaji!

Mr. Miyaji...!

It's me...

Hiroko.

Mine.

What's the matter?

Why won't you examine her?

You still can't write the certificate?

This isn't enough?

I got it.

I'll examine her.

♪ Run across the land ♪

♪ With all the strength you have ♪

♪ Swim vigorously ♪

Put your clothes on.

What do you say, Mine?

It's clear.

She's completely a woman.

So you'll write the certificate?

Of course.

I misdiagnosed her.

Pseudohermaphrodism.

Outwardly appears male and female,

but internally, she has a set of ovaries.

I knew it!

Hiroko.

Now you can proudly enter the Olympics.

Mine.

Guess I win, after all.

Miyaji...

Who's that?

It's Akiko.

She tried to kill herself so many times with pills,

she's gone crazy.

Is it my fault?

Miya.

If you expect your forceful ways to always work, you're wrong.

You'll face the consequences someday.

You might be right.

This time...

I'm really cutting ties with you.

I won't see you again.

♪ Run across the land ♪

♪ With all the strength you have ♪

♪ Swim vigorously ♪

♪ Splashing as you go ♪

♪ All your arms ♪

♪ All your legs ♪

♪ For our country ♪

♪ Noble arms and legs of Japan! ♪

Amateur Invitational Track Tournament and Preliminary Olympics Trials

The men's 200m, the results from the quallifying round...

Hiroko!

Run as freely as you can.

It's true, we endured the last year

just for this race.

For you and me both,

there's nothing left if we fail.

It's the last chance,

but forget about that and run like hell!

You'll surely end up at the top.

Sure.

It's the second race of the women's 100m qualifiers.

Our biggest hope,

your Nagumo Hiroko is running.

Mr. Miyaji.

She'll set a new national record?

Don't worry.

It'd be strange if she didn't.

After all, I taught her everything I know.

She's my reincarnation.

On your marks!

Set!

They passed her!

Hiroko's in fourth place!

The finals, then?

She didn't make it.

She lost in the qualifiers.

Her time?

12.5 seconds.

- Not good at all. - The Japanese record?

11.6 seconds.

Miyaji.

That's up 0.8 seconds from last year.

What happened?

I wonder.

We paid for the training camp in Izu, this is unacceptable!

What's the meaning of this?

You want to know?

I made her too much into a woman!

I should've turned her into a man.

What do you mean?

Women...

They erupt when they're miserable.

They exert themselves out of desperation,

but they're spent once they're happy.

They settle down with smiles on their faces.

What are you talking about?

You don't have to understand!

I'm quitting as coach.

Hey.

Sasanuma!

I'm saying farewell to this sport, forever.

Farewell to the Olympics, to the Japanese flag.

No need for track spikes or starting blocks!

That's right...

I'm not a wolf who goes around ravaging women anymore.

I'm a dog who protects one woman.

Even if I had to run...

I can't.

- Coach-- - Don't say a word.

It's all over.

They're all gone.

Except the woman called Hiroko.

Ready to go?

END