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NORIKO'S DINNER TABLE

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<i>December 2001</i>

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<i>I tore off a thread that was
dangling from my coat.</i>

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<i>I had run away from home.</i>

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<i>I arrived at Tokyo Station.</i>

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<i>Female, age 17.</i>

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<i>Just a kid. That was me.</i>

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<i>I carried my big bag pretending
I'd just returned from a trip.</i>

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<i>Walked to Ginza.</i>

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<i>It was right before Christmas.</i>

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<i>Bright with neon lights.</i>

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<i>Everyone was better dressed
than me, and looked cool.</i>

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NORIKO

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<i>I had a father, a mother,
and a sister named Yuka.</i>

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I'm done.

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Eat, Noriko.

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When she has a problem, she
can't think of anything else.

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<i>I was 17. A junior in high school.
Always fighting with my father.</i>

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<i>He wanted me to go to a local
college, but I knew it would suck.</i>

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<i>I wouldn't find a boyfriend
or even a friend there.</i>

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<i>He peeled a tangerine and
put the peel in the ashtray.</i>

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Boys in Tokyo are worthless... and...

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<i>He hesitated to say.</i>

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<i>But I knew. My cousins.</i>

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<i>Sato and Kei got pregnant
while studying in Tokyo.</i>

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Taeko? Hello.

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Sato and Kei just came by.

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<i>Dad thought, girls go
to Tokyo, get pregnant.</i>

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<i>Boys are trouble...</i>

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<i>I watched the neatly folded peel
slowly return to its original shape.</i>

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<i>Tangerine, tangerine...</i>

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<i>Orange-colored tangerine...</i>

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<i>I had a friend named Tangerine
in elementary school.</i>

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<i>I thought people called her that
because her cheeks were orange.</i>

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<i>But my assumption was wrong.</i>

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<i>One day, when I was with Yuka,
someone stopped me on the street.</i>

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Norippe? Remember me?

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It's me. Tangerine.

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<i>I didn't recognize her at fir st.
It was Tangerine, now 17.</i>

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<i>What's up, Norippe?</i>

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<i>No one called me that
anymore. My name's Noriko.</i>

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Recognize this uniform?

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<i>I hadn't a clue.</i>

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Of course you wouldn't.
It's actually a costume!

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<i>It wasn't a school uniform.</i>

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<i>It wasn't a school uniform.</i>

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<i>After junior high,</i>

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<i>she became a sex worker
at this "image club."</i>

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I'm handing these out for work.

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"All-Girl Fantasy School"?
I've heard of this place.

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That's my "school" now
I was just on my way.

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<i>She told me why she was called Tangerine.</i>

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Okay, class. Who do you admire?

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Mom and Dad.

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<i>In 2nd grade, the teacher
asked, "Who do you admire?"</i>

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Tangerine.

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That's how I got my nick-
name. You didn't know?

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No.

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I don't know why I said that.
Maybe I really liked tangerines.

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<i>She laughed loudly.
She looked happy.</i>

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Gotta go to work.

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Nice seeing you.

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Bye.

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I still love tangerines.

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<i>She waved goodbye and left.</i>

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<i>On our way home, Yuka
and I talked about our lives.</i>

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<i>I was shocked that
Tangerine already had a job.</i>

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I admire Tangerine. She's independent.

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So am I.

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You don't understand.

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What?

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What it means to live as
a woman. She's living it.

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<i>All I did was skip class and read
novels intended for adult women.</i>

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<i>Tangerine was so inspiring to me.</i>

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Idiot.

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<i>Yuka called me an idiot.</i>

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She's a whore.

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You don't even like being a
woman. You wish you were a man.

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All I'm saying is, she's mature.

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Are you saying that 'cause Dad
is always telling you to grow up?

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Gotta go. Bye.

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<i>Grow up...</i>

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<i>Like my father...?</i>

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<i>He was a reporter for a local
paper called the Tiny Tokai Times.</i>

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<i>Didn't matter if there was a war
abroad or a massive earthquake.</i>

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Over here!

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Yeah, I'm coming.

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- It was a deer?
- Yes.

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<i>He wrote about deer
destroying rice fields...</i>

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Beautiful sky today!

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"Deer Rampage Continues"

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<i>Or about holiday shoppers.</i>

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"Shoppers Galore"

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<i>Just peaceful, trivial stuff.</i>

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You know I love this town...

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<i>I had no interest in his work.</i>

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<i>But I ended up writing
for the school newspaper.</i>

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<i>Published once a month.</i>

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<i>I was editor-in-chief,
always running around school.</i>

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Let's ask for more computer time.

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Pleased to meet you.
This is our new reporter.

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<i>I thought Dad's paper
was too complacent.</i>

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<i>So, by criticizing school rules,
I felt I was rebelling against Dad.</i>

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<i>For example, advocating
unlimited access to computers.</i>

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I think we should be able to use
the computers anytime we want.

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'Cause if we could, then
we'd get much more...

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...information.

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I think we deserve that.

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Yeah, but...

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The rules need to change.
We need information.

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<i>We only had one PC at home.</i>

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<i>Definitely not enough.</i>

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I'm still using it.
Come back in 2 hours.

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Cactus Park was fun, huh?
Let's go there again.

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Noriko angry because she can't
use the computer. It's a scoop!

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One more picture.

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Let's take a picture together here.

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Excuse me, would you mind?

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Let's go over there.

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<i>I was a teenage girl
stuck in the boondocks.</i>

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<i>I needed more internet access so
I can talk to girls all over the country.</i>

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Gotta get out of here.

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Go somewhere different.

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What?

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I'm definitely going.

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Am I crazy?

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Whatever.

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<i>I wanted to go somewhere different...</i>

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<i>...but I didn't know where.</i>

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<i>Stubborn, ditsy, rebellious,
reckless. I had to go forward.</i>

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<i>After a while, the teacher decided
we could use the PCs until 5 PM.</i>

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What's the verdict?

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You're good to go, Noriko.

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Really? Can I go use them now?

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<i>I had a favorite website.</i>

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<i>A strange name...</i>

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<i>It was called Haikyo.com.</i>

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<i>There, 16- and 17-year-old
girls talked about school and life.</i>

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<i>I quickly became a regular
member. My username - Mitsuko.</i>

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<i>The name of French perfume.</i>

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<i>When I became Mitsuko, I was
no longer a naive country girl.</i>

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<i>And I made some friends.</i>

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<i>Hello, Cripple

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"To Mitsuko: Hello."

145
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<i>Hello, Long Neck.</i>

146
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<i>Hello, Midnight.</i>

147
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<i>Hello, Broken Dam.</i>

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<i>"To Mitsuko: Hello."</i>

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<i>And Ueno Station 54...</i>

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<i>Hello, Ueno Station 54.</i>

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<i>"To Mitsuko: Hello."</i>

152
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<i>Whenever Ueno Station 54 showed
up, it felt like we all became united.</i>

153
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<i>Like we were all standing
on a taut guitar string.</i>

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<i>And the conversation would
begin, as if in Morse code...</i>

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<i>I'm walking... There's a
taut guitar string and...</i>

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<i>I'm on top of it.</i>

157
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<i>I was happy and surprised that
I found my best friends like this.</i>

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<i>They were girls in Tokyo.</i>

159
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<i>I had to go to Tokyo.</i>

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(Everything OK?)

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But you haven't even met Ueno in person.

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<i>I was about to tell him I'm not
going to Tokyo to get pregnant...</i>

163
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<i>...but to meet friends
that I can relate to, when...</i>

164
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<i>the blackout hit.</i>

165
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<i>Our house was old, and the
breaker was fickle this time of year.</i>

166
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<i>No big deal, they thought.
Mom slowly got up.</i>

167
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Must be the breaker again.

168
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<i>Yuka came out of her room.</i>

169
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Turn it back on, Dad.

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Taeko, everything OK?

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I reset the breaker, but...

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<i>Dec. 10, 2001.</i>

173
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<i>I had lived in Toyokawa for 17 years.</i>

174
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<i>A cold winter night.</i>

175
00:16:24,151 --> 00:16:26,709
<i>I was so cold and confused.</i>

176
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<i>In the dark...</i>

177
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<i>I packed my bags.</i>

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<i>Tokyo, Tokyo, Tokyo...</i>

179
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<i>I had no idea what was in
Tokyo, but I decided to gamble.</i>

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<i>I had to find out.</i>

181
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<i>I had to go for it.</i>

182
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<i>The important things... my diary,
money, necklace, favorite shirt...</i>

183
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<i>I tried to think what else.
Did I really need anything?</i>

184
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<i>Anything at all?</i>

185
00:17:00,019 --> 00:17:05,111
<i>I was born to breathe. I wasn't
breathing 'cause I was born.</i>

186
00:17:05,352 --> 00:17:09,945
<i>I inhaled oxygen and exhaled
carbon dioxide. I felt alive.</i>

187
00:17:10,518 --> 00:17:18,509
<i>I wanted to go somewhere
different, but I didn't know where.</i>

188
00:17:18,819 --> 00:17:28,776
<i>Female, 17, ditsy, stubborn,
rebellious. Just a kid. That was me.</i>

189
00:17:34,085 --> 00:17:38,815
<i>I realized I'm a virgin.
Never even had a boyfriend.</i>

190
00:17:39,019 --> 00:17:45,885
<i>I was worried about everything.
But I cherished this anxiety.</i>

191
00:17:46,885 --> 00:17:53,751
<i>Men, life, love, growing
up... It didn't feel real.</i>

192
00:17:54,218 --> 00:17:56,515
<i>Life didn't feel real.</i>

193
00:17:56,619 --> 00:18:04,019
<i>I wanted to tackle something. I
had to go somewhere to find it.</i>

194
00:18:05,019 --> 00:18:13,180
<i>I wanted to live, challenge,
wish, forget, learn, know, ask...</i>

195
00:18:13,619 --> 00:18:23,281
<i>...see, stare, under stand,
hear, listen, speak, meet...</i>

196
00:18:23,552 --> 00:18:25,416
<i>...and be there.</i>

197
00:18:25,885 --> 00:18:30,841
<i>I wanted to stand with my own
heart. To walk with my own feet.</i>

198
00:18:34,318 --> 00:18:39,911
<i>I had to talk to Ueno Station 54.
So I logged on to Haikyo. com.</i>

199
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<i>I knew she'd be there.</i>

200
00:18:51,418 --> 00:18:54,408
<i>www. haikyo. com</i>

201
00:19:01,085 --> 00:19:04,075
<i>To the message board.</i>

202
00:19:09,518 --> 00:19:13,542
<i>"Ueno Station 54? It's Mitsuko."</i>

203
00:19:15,452 --> 00:19:20,181
<i>"I finally ran away from
home and came to Tokyo."</i>

204
00:19:20,752 --> 00:19:26,344
<i>"I'm at an Internet cafe now.
I'll stay in a cheap hotel tonight.</i>

205
00:19:26,685 --> 00:19:34,847
<i>"Can we meet in person
tomorrow? I'm free all day."</i>

206
00:19:35,151 --> 00:19:39,744
<i>"Maybe I'll be free forever."</i>

207
00:19:41,452 --> 00:19:47,852
<i>"I've been pretending to be busy
until today. Now I feel naked."</i>

208
00:19:50,352 --> 00:19:56,343
<i>"Suddenly without restraint,
I feel kind of naked."</i>

209
00:19:57,485 --> 00:20:04,317
<i>"Like I'm walking around naked.
I'm a little self-conscious."</i>

210
00:20:05,619 --> 00:20:09,711
<i>"Today, I realized I'm still a virgin."</i>

211
00:20:10,185 --> 00:20:15,312
<i>"Maybe that's because I feel naked now."</i>

212
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I sound like any other girl.

213
00:20:37,452 --> 00:20:39,578
<i>Did I disappoint her?</i>

214
00:20:41,785 --> 00:20:44,979
<i>We met online this past summer.</i>

215
00:20:49,285 --> 00:20:56,946
<i>Ueno Station 54 had been a
moderator on this site for a long time.</i>

216
00:20:57,318 --> 00:21:01,308
<i>- "To Mitsuko: How are you?"
- "To Ueno Station 54: Fine."</i>

217
00:21:03,118 --> 00:21:08,381
<i>She replied to all the messages
from girls crying for help.</i>

218
00:21:08,985 --> 00:21:10,849
Hello, I'm Mitsuko.

219
00:21:15,585 --> 00:21:17,677
"You can do it!"

220
00:21:19,752 --> 00:21:21,446
<i>"Be strong, Mitsuko."</i>

221
00:21:22,385 --> 00:21:23,851
<i>"You have it hard, too"</i>

222
00:21:23,918 --> 00:21:28,477
<i>I became Mitsuko and tried so
hard to be just like Ueno Station 54.</i>

223
00:21:28,819 --> 00:21:36,810
<i>I wondered. Could Noriko
meet Ueno Station 54 in person?</i>

224
00:21:37,918 --> 00:21:43,909
<i>I'm not really Mitsuko.
Something obvious I just realized.</i>

225
00:21:45,051 --> 00:21:49,747
<i>I was afraid Ueno Station
54 wouldn't want to meet me.</i>

226
00:21:52,719 --> 00:21:56,208
<i>I received her reply.</i>

227
00:22:04,018 --> 00:22:07,508
<i>She wrote "I'll be at Ueno Station

228
00:22:10,884 --> 00:22:15,580
<i>I went to Ueno right away. Ueno
at night was eerier than Ginza.</i>

229
00:22:22,518 --> 00:22:26,007
SHIMABARA

230
00:22:48,251 --> 00:22:50,548
BARRELS

231
00:22:59,085 --> 00:23:02,678
<i>I set my alarm for 9 AM.</i>

232
00:23:07,719 --> 00:23:13,084
<i>I needed 2 hours to get ready.</i>

233
00:23:13,518 --> 00:23:19,747
<i>Breakfast, makeup... No,
just to be ready emotionally.</i>

234
00:23:22,685 --> 00:23:27,380
<i>I faded into darkness. But I was ripe.</i>

235
00:23:28,151 --> 00:23:32,084
<i>I was ripe for growth.</i>

236
00:23:40,951 --> 00:23:47,908
<i>I didn't dream. But when I
got up, I felt like I was in a dream.</i>

237
00:23:48,652 --> 00:23:51,619
<i>I was proud that I could do this.</i>

238
00:23:59,418 --> 00:24:02,385
<i>I was Mitsuko.</i>

239
00:24:09,585 --> 00:24:12,847
<i>Once again, I tore off a thread...</i>

240
00:24:13,251 --> 00:24:15,548
<i>dangling from my coat.</i>

241
00:24:17,051 --> 00:24:19,677
<i>I'd left home...</i>

242
00:24:20,418 --> 00:24:21,748
<i>I threw away the thread into the past.</i>

243
00:24:36,518 --> 00:24:41,474
<i>I didn't know what Ueno Station

244
00:24:50,018 --> 00:24:52,212
Where is

245
00:24:52,784 --> 00:24:53,944
I don't know.

246
00:24:54,818 --> 00:24:56,513
What's

247
00:24:57,151 --> 00:24:59,015
No idea. Sorry.

248
00:25:00,118 --> 00:25:02,051
<i>Almost 11 AM.</i>

249
00:25:02,818 --> 00:25:04,513
<i>I walked around the station.</i>

250
00:25:05,118 --> 00:25:10,177
<i>I should've left my luggage
at the hotel.</i>

251
00:25:25,452 --> 00:25:27,146
105.

252
00:25:29,884 --> 00:25:31,579
133.

253
00:25:33,218 --> 00:25:34,310
90.

254
00:25:36,251 --> 00:25:40,514
84,79,74...

255
00:25:40,818 --> 00:25:42,285
<i>Almost there.</i>

256
00:25:50,485 --> 00:25:51,951
54.

257
00:26:02,751 --> 00:26:05,446
Ueno Station 54?

258
00:26:08,018 --> 00:26:10,144
Jars?

259
00:26:13,352 --> 00:26:14,512
6 months later,

260
00:26:14,684 --> 00:26:15,844
at Shinjuku Station...

261
00:26:16,051 --> 00:26:17,245
the incident

262
00:26:17,452 --> 00:26:19,884
happened.

263
00:26:36,118 --> 00:26:43,348
54 high school girls threw
themselves in front of a train.

264
00:26:43,584 --> 00:26:48,847
- What were they thinking?
- They hide their inner selves.

265
00:26:49,251 --> 00:26:50,877
<i>"7:29 PM, Track 8"</i>

266
00:26:51,018 --> 00:26:54,179
<i>According to the police
report, the 54 girls were...</i>

267
00:26:54,285 --> 00:26:56,411
<i>According to an eyewitness...</i>

268
00:26:56,485 --> 00:26:58,610
Yeah, just ordinary girls...

269
00:27:00,551 --> 00:27:03,541
"TOGETHER WE'LL DIE."

270
00:27:05,651 --> 00:27:07,448
It's a tragedy.

271
00:27:07,884 --> 00:27:11,409
<i>According to the police report, the 54 girls...</i>

272
00:27:11,818 --> 00:27:14,785
<i>...were not all from the same school.</i>

273
00:27:15,151 --> 00:27:17,243
<i>No suicide notes were found.</i>

274
00:27:19,618 --> 00:27:22,779
<i>The platform was drenched in blood...</i>

275
00:27:22,918 --> 00:27:24,976
<i>"54 Dead at Shinjuku"</i>

276
00:27:35,951 --> 00:27:37,282
<i>I wanted to be silly.</i>

277
00:27:38,385 --> 00:27:42,216
<i>Just like all my classmates.</i>

278
00:27:43,884 --> 00:27:47,045
<i>Like all the girls my age...</i>

279
00:27:48,051 --> 00:27:51,506
<i>I wanted to laugh loudly and be silly.</i>

280
00:27:52,651 --> 00:27:56,516
<i>I hated crying. I didn't wanna cry.</i>

281
00:27:59,185 --> 00:28:00,845
YUKA

282
00:28:03,051 --> 00:28:05,483
Yuka, stop.

283
00:28:05,784 --> 00:28:07,910
Thought I'd jump?

284
00:28:08,318 --> 00:28:09,148
<i>Just kidding.</i>

285
00:28:09,851 --> 00:28:11,182
Ever considered suicide?

286
00:28:11,651 --> 00:28:12,311
Ever considered suicide?

287
00:28:13,051 --> 00:28:16,177
Maybe my sister killed herself.

288
00:28:16,985 --> 00:28:17,781
<i>Being silly.</i>

289
00:28:18,484 --> 00:28:21,384
You know the recent mass suicide in Tokyo?

290
00:28:22,218 --> 00:28:23,082
At Shinjuku?

291
00:28:24,018 --> 00:28:28,076
I hear most victims remain unidentified.

292
00:28:28,651 --> 00:28:31,482
They're still trying to separate the bodies.

293
00:28:32,451 --> 00:28:33,713
54 of 'em!

294
00:28:35,484 --> 00:28:37,678
<i>I hated being silly.</i>

295
00:28:40,085 --> 00:28:41,779
You sound amused.

296
00:28:43,018 --> 00:28:45,780
But I couldn't help it.

297
00:28:46,018 --> 00:28:48,985
They jumped so happily,
right? Maybe Sis was there.

298
00:28:49,417 --> 00:28:53,714
No, she just ran away.
Probably with some guy.

299
00:28:54,751 --> 00:28:56,581
You think so?

300
00:28:56,918 --> 00:28:58,748
Yeah.

301
00:29:01,085 --> 00:29:02,074
Maybe.

302
00:29:02,285 --> 00:29:04,115
What, you want her dead?

303
00:29:04,318 --> 00:29:09,274
<i>I understand, Sis. I know everything.</i>

304
00:29:10,285 --> 00:29:13,150
<i>I know you're alive somewhere.</i>

305
00:29:13,918 --> 00:29:16,942
<i>I hear your heartbeat.</i>

306
00:29:17,185 --> 00:29:21,550
54 girls from different schools.
How'd they manage to meet?

307
00:29:24,384 --> 00:29:26,113
I happen to know

308
00:29:26,584 --> 00:29:27,676
How?

309
00:29:30,718 --> 00:29:32,117
It's a secret.

310
00:29:32,618 --> 00:29:33,778
A secret?

311
00:29:34,818 --> 00:29:36,285
I know the secret.

312
00:29:37,218 --> 00:29:40,673
Hey, c'mon. Tell me, Yuka.

313
00:29:42,118 --> 00:29:45,778
Wait, Yuka. Tell me!

314
00:29:51,985 --> 00:29:54,508
Stop! Now check this out.

315
00:29:55,251 --> 00:29:55,945
What?

316
00:29:56,684 --> 00:29:58,651
The red dots are women.

317
00:29:58,718 --> 00:30:00,742
The white ones are men.

318
00:30:00,918 --> 00:30:01,885
Cut it out!

319
00:30:02,384 --> 00:30:03,942
Fine.

320
00:30:04,351 --> 00:30:05,409
What's this?

321
00:30:07,085 --> 00:30:11,609
The night before the mass suicide...

322
00:30:12,151 --> 00:30:15,640
54 new red dots appeared.

323
00:30:16,185 --> 00:30:18,651
It's a signal.

324
00:30:18,918 --> 00:30:19,885
A signal?

325
00:30:20,018 --> 00:30:21,212
For suicide?

326
00:30:21,551 --> 00:30:22,518
Yeah.

327
00:30:24,317 --> 00:30:25,477
Or maybe a threat.

328
00:30:25,584 --> 00:30:26,551
What's this?

329
00:30:26,818 --> 00:30:27,978
"Are you connected to yourself?"

330
00:30:29,551 --> 00:30:33,780
<i>Am I connected to myself, Sis?</i>

331
00:30:35,584 --> 00:30:37,312
Ueno Station 54?

332
00:30:38,985 --> 00:30:40,077
Mitsuko?

333
00:30:47,251 --> 00:30:49,308
Hi, I'm Kumiko.

334
00:30:52,218 --> 00:30:53,048
Nice to meet you.

335
00:30:53,851 --> 00:30:55,283
You too.

336
00:30:56,417 --> 00:30:57,577
This is my dad.

337
00:30:58,618 --> 00:31:00,710
Hi, I'm Kumiko's father.

338
00:31:01,218 --> 00:31:02,377
My mom.

339
00:31:02,618 --> 00:31:03,915
I'm her mother.

340
00:31:05,985 --> 00:31:08,214
I'm her brother.
Nice to meet you.

341
00:31:08,851 --> 00:31:10,216
Let's go, Mitsuko.

342
00:31:16,384 --> 00:31:17,681
<i>Dec. 2001.</i>

343
00:31:17,818 --> 00:31:20,649
<i>I wrote this on Haikyo. com.</i>

344
00:31:21,185 --> 00:31:23,708
<i>Are you listening, Yuka?</i>

345
00:31:26,417 --> 00:31:32,578
<i>"That day, I was suffering from
PMS, and rubbing my stomach."</i>

346
00:31:44,784 --> 00:31:54,773
<i>"I thought about my sister Yuka.
I knew she was worried about me."</i>

347
00:31:56,784 --> 00:32:02,945
<i>"We got in their van and drove
to Kumiko's grandmother's house."</i>

348
00:32:06,651 --> 00:32:08,016
Grandma!

349
00:32:08,851 --> 00:32:13,443
<i>"Her grandma came out and
hugged Kumiko's brother."</i>

350
00:32:13,985 --> 00:32:21,783
<i>"The grandma and Kumiko's
parents hugged, too. She was moved."</i>

351
00:32:22,584 --> 00:32:30,507
<i>"When Kumiko said, 'Hi,
Grandma,' she started crying"</i>

352
00:32:32,651 --> 00:32:37,209
<i>I wondered what Yuka
would think if she saw this.</i>

353
00:32:37,951 --> 00:32:42,146
<i>I kind of thought she had
been posting on the board.</i>

354
00:32:43,184 --> 00:32:47,982
<i>This girl "Yoko" sounded
like Yuka. Was it Yuka?</i>

355
00:32:50,451 --> 00:32:51,975
See ya.

356
00:32:52,118 --> 00:32:53,778
Wait. Hey, wait up!

357
00:32:55,417 --> 00:33:00,578
<i>I wondered what she'd think
if she found out about me.</i>

358
00:33:37,651 --> 00:33:43,107
<i>"Yuka, I'm good friends
with everyone on this site."</i>

359
00:33:46,217 --> 00:33:54,777
<i>"Surprised? We're both
here now, so be nice to me, OK?"</i>

360
00:33:55,317 --> 00:33:58,216
<i>"Under stand, Yuka?"</i>

361
00:33:59,217 --> 00:34:03,173
<i>"By the way, are you
connected to yourself?"</i>

362
00:34:04,250 --> 00:34:12,116
<i>"I wrote about Ueno Station 54
before. Ueno Station Locker

363
00:34:12,484 --> 00:34:16,713
<i>"When she decided to call
her self Ueno Station 54..."</i>

364
00:34:17,618 --> 00:34:21,676
<i>"that's when it all began."</i>

365
00:34:21,985 --> 00:34:25,782
I come here every night
at 8 to check on my stuff.

366
00:34:34,517 --> 00:34:39,610
Dad gave me this music box
for Christmas when I was 6.

367
00:34:41,584 --> 00:34:45,142
<i>"None of the stuff was actually hers."</i>

368
00:34:45,417 --> 00:34:48,976
Mom wore this to the hospital
when my brother was born.

369
00:34:50,618 --> 00:34:51,346
Cute.

370
00:34:51,517 --> 00:34:52,484
Yeah?

371
00:34:55,551 --> 00:34:59,109
I used this harmonica during
Game Day in kindergarten.

372
00:34:59,250 --> 00:35:04,650
<i>"She just collected a bunch of
stuff that people had left behind."</i>

373
00:35:05,217 --> 00:35:09,309
<i>"And made up her own stories."</i>

374
00:35:09,818 --> 00:35:13,148
These rain boots were the first
things I asked Mom to buy me.

375
00:35:19,584 --> 00:35:24,347
But it didn't rain much, so
I wore them on sunny days.

376
00:35:24,718 --> 00:35:32,140
<i>"She had no genuine memories.
She just didn't give a shit."</i>

377
00:35:33,684 --> 00:35:35,844
You wanna put a memory in here?

378
00:35:36,718 --> 00:35:37,685
Me?

379
00:35:48,784 --> 00:35:49,910
This.

380
00:35:51,551 --> 00:35:58,815
<i>"Ever since I met Kumiko, I've been
thinking that she and I are similar."</i>

381
00:35:59,451 --> 00:36:06,874
<i>"Maybe it means I'm fabricating
my past to become a new woman."</i>

382
00:36:08,050 --> 00:36:13,450
<i>"I'm no longer Noriko.
I'm Mitsuko, the new me."</i>

383
00:36:16,851 --> 00:36:17,840
What's this?

384
00:36:19,117 --> 00:36:22,084
Mitsuko's umbilical cord.

385
00:36:28,050 --> 00:36:35,678
<i>"I finally became the
person I always wanted to be."</i>

386
00:36:36,317 --> 00:36:38,443
Your umbilical cord goes here.

387
00:36:53,851 --> 00:36:57,908
<i>"Everything is our made-up story...</i>

388
00:36:59,050 --> 00:37:01,449
<i>...Isn't it wonderful, Yuka?"</i>

389
00:37:02,084 --> 00:37:04,074
"No End to Rash of Suicides"

390
00:37:05,451 --> 00:37:06,383
Let's go.

391
00:37:06,584 --> 00:37:07,346
Right.

392
00:37:08,117 --> 00:37:10,243
The pomelos are doing well this year.

393
00:37:10,384 --> 00:37:12,442
- What about damage from the birds?
- Well...

394
00:37:12,584 --> 00:37:15,050
Tetsu, the photo, please.

395
00:37:16,050 --> 00:37:18,176
Oh, right.

396
00:38:04,517 --> 00:38:12,110
<i>I decided to become Yoko,
and be connected to myself.</i>

397
00:38:12,883 --> 00:38:17,078
<i>A clue for Dad.
I wondered if he'd notice.</i>

398
00:38:26,517 --> 00:38:28,643
Free tissues.

399
00:38:49,751 --> 00:38:57,082
<i>I kept hearing my sister's voice,
like a radio that wouldn't turn off.</i>

400
00:38:57,883 --> 00:39:01,941
<i>My sister's voice...</i>

401
00:39:09,984 --> 00:39:12,110
Taeko. Taeko...

402
00:39:15,618 --> 00:39:22,142
<i>Dad was shocked that I
followed in my sister's footsteps.</i>

403
00:39:26,917 --> 00:39:28,747
Where are you?

404
00:39:28,984 --> 00:39:33,815
<i>It was a month after I ran away...</i>

405
00:39:34,084 --> 00:39:41,109
<i>...that Dad finally started
looking thoroughly for clues.</i>

406
00:39:43,117 --> 00:39:45,982
"Daddy"

407
00:39:51,351 --> 00:39:55,148
<i>He quit his job right after I left.</i>

408
00:39:55,484 --> 00:39:57,451
As of today...

409
00:40:00,017 --> 00:40:01,644
I will be resigning.

410
00:40:02,017 --> 00:40:09,746
<i>For a few weeks, he had
searched for me and my sister.</i>

411
00:40:10,117 --> 00:40:14,743
<i>But he lacked any
understanding of us.</i>

412
00:40:15,750 --> 00:40:22,775
<i>Finally, he started looking
for clues in our room...</i>

413
00:40:23,850 --> 00:40:29,250
<i>I stopped writing right
there. I was in class.</i>

414
00:40:29,950 --> 00:40:39,317
<i>I wondered, if I ran away like my
sister, what would the man do?</i>

415
00:40:40,618 --> 00:40:42,244
<i>What would he do?</i>

416
00:40:43,250 --> 00:40:52,809
<i>How would he know anything
about us? The clue I had left for him?</i>

417
00:40:53,850 --> 00:41:02,581
<i>Accidentally, Tetsuzo would find
it behind that poster in our room.</i>

418
00:41:04,417 --> 00:41:07,009
<i>"Yuka's handwriting," he'd think.</i>

419
00:41:07,351 --> 00:41:08,840
<i>"Ueno Station 54 Haikyo"</i>

420
00:41:09,317 --> 00:41:16,581
<i>A month later, Tetsuzo's
wife Taeko started to help him.</i>

421
00:41:17,317 --> 00:41:25,012
<i>They searched their daughters' room
and obtained pieces of information.</i>

422
00:41:26,351 --> 00:41:32,307
<i>They checked every website
their daughters had visited.</i>

423
00:41:33,451 --> 00:41:38,475
<i>"1. Noriko was friends with a
woman named Ueno Station 54."</i>

424
00:41:38,917 --> 00:41:43,748
<i>"2. Ueno Station 54 meant the
locker

425
00:41:45,284 --> 00:41:49,081
<i>Tetsuzo, a former reporter,
knew what he was doing.</i>

426
00:41:50,850 --> 00:41:57,773
<i>Meanwhile, he stopped
sharing information with his wife.</i>

427
00:41:57,883 --> 00:41:58,850
What's wrong?

428
00:42:00,817 --> 00:42:01,681
Nothing.

429
00:42:02,917 --> 00:42:08,510
<i>He thought what he discovered
was beyond her comprehension.</i>

430
00:42:09,284 --> 00:42:16,207
<i>Like saying aliens had
abducted Yuka and Noriko.</i>

431
00:42:19,583 --> 00:42:24,449
<i>If he was correct, he knew
he couldn't ever tell Taeko.</i>

432
00:42:28,484 --> 00:42:38,043
<i>As conjecture turned to conviction,
he knew that he was in over his head.</i>

433
00:42:39,817 --> 00:42:44,807
<i>He was afraid. He was staring
into a formidable mass of magma.</i>

434
00:42:45,583 --> 00:42:51,949
<i>He was sure that his wife
would ridicule him if he told her.</i>

435
00:42:57,917 --> 00:43:06,010
<i>"Suicide Club Exists." The tabloid
headline matched his conclusion.</i>

436
00:43:07,550 --> 00:43:11,109
<i>He knew the Suicide Club existed.</i>

437
00:43:14,783 --> 00:43:17,944
<i>He had been fooling himself that...</i>

438
00:43:18,084 --> 00:43:22,676
<i>...Toyokawa was some kind of paradise,
apart from the dangers of the world.</i>

439
00:43:24,451 --> 00:43:29,611
<i>But his cardboard Toyokawa had
suddenly become a bleeding corpse.</i>

440
00:43:30,417 --> 00:43:33,009
<i>The Suicide Club was confronting him.</i>

441
00:43:34,850 --> 00:43:40,784
<i>"What's your connection to
you, and to your family?"</i>

442
00:43:41,950 --> 00:43:49,907
<i>"How are you connected to yourself?"
Tetsuzo felt the club was asking him.</i>

443
00:43:50,984 --> 00:43:53,576
<i>Dec. 11, 2002.</i>

444
00:43:54,417 --> 00:43:57,474
<i>After 3 months of
investigation...</i>

445
00:43:58,084 --> 00:44:01,017
<i>he wrote the following:</i>

446
00:44:02,883 --> 00:44:05,475
<i>"1. The Suicide Club exists."</i>

447
00:44:09,017 --> 00:44:12,382
<i>"2. Members meet on Haikyo.com."</i>

448
00:44:15,217 --> 00:44:21,548
<i>"3. The dots on Haikyo.com represent suicides."</i>

449
00:44:22,516 --> 00:44:27,643
<i>"The white ones are men.
The red ones are women."</i>

450
00:44:42,516 --> 00:44:45,348
<i>What was I writing?</i>

451
00:44:55,050 --> 00:44:56,812
Where's Tangerine?

452
00:44:57,717 --> 00:44:58,877
I don't know.

453
00:45:04,117 --> 00:45:08,743
<i>On to the last scene. This
is where the trouble begins.</i>

454
00:45:09,750 --> 00:45:12,343
<i>What power is making the magma flow?</i>

455
00:45:13,483 --> 00:45:16,882
<i>Tetsuzo tried to speculate...</i>

456
00:45:18,650 --> 00:45:24,346
<i>But he reminded himself
to look only at the facts.</i>

457
00:45:25,351 --> 00:45:32,648
<i>He wrote so hard that he could
see his writing on the next page.</i>

458
00:45:33,250 --> 00:45:35,842
<i>Wait...</i>

459
00:45:45,917 --> 00:45:54,476
<i>What if I tore this page from
my notebook and went to Tokyo...</i>

460
00:45:55,217 --> 00:45:59,946
<i>Who would shade my blank pages
with a pencil to discover what I wrote?</i>

461
00:46:02,117 --> 00:46:10,108
<i>I managed to reach my sister's
heart. Would Dad reach mine?</i>

462
00:46:15,883 --> 00:46:18,850
<i>Nobody would care about my imprint.</i>

463
00:46:19,717 --> 00:46:24,650
<i>People vanish all the time.</i>

464
00:46:27,917 --> 00:46:31,078
<i>A beautiful day in Toyokawa...</i>

465
00:46:32,850 --> 00:46:36,942
<i>That was the last
time I saw the ocean.</i>

466
00:46:37,950 --> 00:46:43,179
<i>And the last time I
watched the sunset there.</i>

467
00:46:46,084 --> 00:46:47,948
KUMIKO

468
00:46:51,650 --> 00:46:53,708
What's wrong?

469
00:46:54,450 --> 00:46:55,439
Nothing.

470
00:46:57,416 --> 00:46:59,281
PMS?

471
00:47:00,450 --> 00:47:03,315
Kumiko... Ueno Station?

472
00:47:03,950 --> 00:47:06,008
Call me Ueno Station if you want.

473
00:47:06,617 --> 00:47:08,675
Real name?

474
00:47:19,850 --> 00:47:21,544
Here.

475
00:47:24,184 --> 00:47:24,741
Hello.

476
00:47:27,683 --> 00:47:30,514
Grandma, it's been so long.

477
00:47:32,316 --> 00:47:38,114
<i>The first day, we went to
Kumiko's grandma's house.</i>

478
00:47:38,316 --> 00:47:41,045
I'm almost done with
elementary school.

479
00:47:41,184 --> 00:47:45,674
Good for you. Maybe I
should give you a gift.

480
00:47:49,316 --> 00:47:56,149
<i>I wasn't related to them
at all, but I was there...</i>

481
00:47:56,850 --> 00:47:59,681
<i>...and it was cozy.</i>

482
00:48:04,416 --> 00:48:07,679
<i>They were the epitome of happiness.</i>

483
00:48:08,184 --> 00:48:12,049
<i>It was so great to see them.</i>

484
00:48:13,383 --> 00:48:20,783
<i>I had lived as a member of the
Shimabara family for 17 years.</i>

485
00:48:21,550 --> 00:48:27,848
<i>But we had been cold and
distant, hardly connected.</i>

486
00:48:28,783 --> 00:48:34,512
<i>The bonds holding Kumiko's
family together were like fat pipes.</i>

487
00:48:35,350 --> 00:48:37,544
<i>Each relationship an artery of happiness.</i>

488
00:48:37,650 --> 00:48:39,674
<i>Kumiko's happy family.</i>

489
00:48:41,017 --> 00:48:45,882
<i>I wanted so badly to be
a member of this family.</i>

490
00:48:51,084 --> 00:48:52,880
We'll visit again.

491
00:48:52,984 --> 00:48:57,849
<i>We waved and said
goodbye to Grandma...</i>

492
00:48:59,350 --> 00:49:04,215
<i>...and then left for another
grandmother's house.</i>

493
00:49:27,783 --> 00:49:29,579
Come on, Mitsuko.

494
00:49:59,783 --> 00:50:06,808
<i>The other grandmother also
gave us a hearty welcome.</i>

495
00:50:07,984 --> 00:50:09,780
How are you?

496
00:50:11,316 --> 00:50:13,112
<i>They greeted each other.</i>

497
00:50:15,116 --> 00:50:17,845
<i>This time I wasn't so
nervous for some reason.</i>

498
00:50:18,783 --> 00:50:21,147
<i>The conversation was
exactly the same.</i>

499
00:50:21,917 --> 00:50:23,975
This is my classmate Mitsuko.

500
00:50:27,783 --> 00:50:28,681
Thanks.

501
00:50:36,283 --> 00:50:41,683
<i>The most ideal
brother in the world.</i>

502
00:50:42,950 --> 00:50:47,280
<i>Kumiko helped her
mom in the kitchen.</i>

503
00:50:47,950 --> 00:50:51,314
<i>The perfect mother and daughter.</i>

504
00:50:56,984 --> 00:51:01,314
<i>Kumiko's dad gave Grandma
a shoulder massage.</i>

505
00:51:02,249 --> 00:51:06,580
<i>Could there be a more family-
like family anywhere in the world?</i>

506
00:51:08,416 --> 00:51:10,713
Make yourself at home, Mitsuko.

507
00:51:12,917 --> 00:51:16,042
<i>She called me Mitsuko.</i>

508
00:51:16,283 --> 00:51:20,842
<i>I, as Mitsuko, became
a member of this family.</i>

509
00:51:23,116 --> 00:51:32,949
<i>"The most important thing, Yuka:
You must be connected to yourself."</i>

510
00:51:33,450 --> 00:51:37,110
<i>"I'm connected to myself, Yuka,"</i>

511
00:51:38,917 --> 00:51:42,042
<i>"You understand, Yuka?"</i>

512
00:51:42,817 --> 00:51:49,740
<i>The members of Kumiko's family
were connected to themselves.</i>

513
00:52:17,783 --> 00:52:21,011
Wait 5 minutes,
then come inside.

514
00:52:22,883 --> 00:52:23,974
Okay...

515
00:52:54,583 --> 00:52:57,277
Grandpa.

516
00:52:57,917 --> 00:52:59,907
You're late, Mitsuko.

517
00:53:00,516 --> 00:53:02,073
Where were you?

518
00:53:02,917 --> 00:53:03,781
Mitsuko.

519
00:53:03,883 --> 00:53:06,974
Come see your grandfather.

520
00:53:09,316 --> 00:53:10,647
Mitsuko is here.

521
00:53:11,216 --> 00:53:13,376
Mitsuko...

522
00:53:17,016 --> 00:53:21,643
Come closer...

523
00:53:23,416 --> 00:53:24,973
Grandpa!

524
00:53:28,583 --> 00:53:30,140
Grandpa.

525
00:54:33,583 --> 00:54:37,107
The new girl is good.

526
00:54:37,483 --> 00:54:39,279
He likes you.

527
00:54:40,183 --> 00:54:41,741
Congratulations.

528
00:54:58,516 --> 00:55:04,177
You even change your
toothbrush to suit each client.

529
00:55:06,383 --> 00:55:07,748
Pick yours.

530
00:55:15,283 --> 00:55:16,648
I'll take this one.

531
00:55:31,016 --> 00:55:37,746
A great story can wake you
up. There's this one story...

532
00:55:40,416 --> 00:55:43,281
There was a baby
born in a locker.

533
00:55:45,049 --> 00:55:46,879
Born in a locker?

534
00:55:48,083 --> 00:55:54,949
Years later, the mother found out
the girl's whereabouts and went to...

535
00:55:56,416 --> 00:55:57,314
...see her.

536
00:55:57,516 --> 00:55:58,346
No way.

537
00:55:58,916 --> 00:55:59,747
They met.

538
00:56:00,416 --> 00:56:01,246
Really?

539
00:56:01,617 --> 00:56:09,483
Yeah, but the woman was a bad
actress. She sucked at playing a mother.

540
00:56:20,683 --> 00:56:29,946
Once upon a time, there was a
family. Parents and two daughters.

541
00:56:31,350 --> 00:56:36,874
They were seemingly happy.

542
00:56:37,983 --> 00:56:39,610
However...

543
00:56:53,716 --> 00:56:58,377
The mother was smart and polite.

544
00:56:58,916 --> 00:57:01,747
The father was hard-working.

545
00:57:04,049 --> 00:57:13,040
But he didn't try to understand
his daughters. Their individuality.

546
00:57:15,916 --> 00:57:18,008
That's why they ran away.

547
00:57:18,316 --> 00:57:21,908
<i>The first time in
Tokyo's Suginami Ward.</i>

548
00:57:22,617 --> 00:57:29,039
<i>Stray cats roamed the back alleys
like blood flows through a vein.</i>

549
00:57:29,650 --> 00:57:33,105
Stray cats form families instantly.

550
00:57:36,049 --> 00:57:44,381
No need to feel sorry for them.
They're tough. They own this town.

551
00:57:49,583 --> 00:57:56,005
We have to relate to each
other like stray cats do.

552
00:57:58,083 --> 00:57:59,947
We own Tokyo, OK?

553
00:58:01,483 --> 00:58:03,347
We do?

554
00:58:06,882 --> 00:58:08,213
Cool.

555
00:58:13,083 --> 00:58:17,073
<i>While I was chewing
gum, I thought...</i>

556
00:58:18,283 --> 00:58:22,682
<i>"Yes, we own Tokyo."</i>

557
00:58:46,916 --> 00:58:53,441
<i>A middle-aged man came out.
Unkempt hair. Unshaven face.</i>

558
00:58:57,083 --> 00:58:58,448
What are you wearing?

559
00:59:07,016 --> 00:59:08,381
Get in.

560
00:59:19,049 --> 00:59:21,278
<i>We went inside.</i>

561
00:59:27,450 --> 00:59:33,111
<i>At that point, I had no idea
what I was supposed to do.</i>

562
00:59:35,416 --> 00:59:38,349
<i>But I knew Kumiko would tell me.</i>

563
00:59:39,616 --> 00:59:40,981
This way.

564
00:59:44,450 --> 00:59:45,814
<i>I walked down the hall.</i>

565
00:59:48,516 --> 00:59:54,313
<i>I saw many mortuary tablets
placed on the family altar.</i>

566
00:59:54,816 --> 00:59:59,806
<i>Photographs. His family, probably.</i>

567
01:00:16,515 --> 01:00:21,211
<i>We went into the living
room and followed his orders.</i>

568
01:00:22,549 --> 01:00:23,675
Sit!

569
01:00:45,283 --> 01:00:52,274
<i>He lit a cigarette. I sensed
that he was my "father."</i>

570
01:00:53,383 --> 01:00:54,747
<i>I looked at Kumiko.</i>

571
01:00:55,515 --> 01:00:58,539
<i>She looked cute lost in reflection.</i>

572
01:00:59,283 --> 01:01:00,181
<i>She closed her eyes.</i>

573
01:01:00,515 --> 01:01:03,278
<i>I saw shiny droplets under her lashes.</i>

574
01:01:09,916 --> 01:01:11,281
Don't cry, stupid.

575
01:01:11,983 --> 01:01:12,950
But...

576
01:01:14,116 --> 01:01:19,311
I'm not a kid anymore.
Let me do what I want.

577
01:01:37,049 --> 01:01:38,346
Dad.

578
01:01:41,682 --> 01:01:42,979
<i>My turn.</i>

579
01:01:45,482 --> 01:01:51,007
<i>Dad looked at me with
teary eyes. I loved Dad.</i>

580
01:01:51,749 --> 01:01:58,581
<i>I was his daughter. He was
a lonely, stubborn man.</i>

581
01:01:59,515 --> 01:02:04,245
<i>Suddenly, I had a vision
of the Tiny Tokai Times.</i>

582
01:02:05,350 --> 01:02:07,816
<i>Headline "Dad is Lonely"</i>

583
01:02:08,749 --> 01:02:10,739
<i>No, not true.</i>

584
01:02:12,682 --> 01:02:14,672
<i>That wasn't my dad.</i>

585
01:02:15,716 --> 01:02:20,343
<i>My real dad was sitting in front of me.</i>

586
01:02:29,616 --> 01:02:31,606
<i>He looked depressed.</i>

587
01:02:31,949 --> 01:02:33,939
Ever since...

588
01:02:36,716 --> 01:02:42,275
...you girls disappeared,
Daddy's been...

589
01:02:50,782 --> 01:02:55,079
...thinking about you nonstop.

590
01:02:59,582 --> 01:03:03,879
I didn't forget for a moment.

591
01:03:06,316 --> 01:03:09,306
We shouldn't have come back.

592
01:03:13,016 --> 01:03:14,074
Wait.

593
01:03:14,315 --> 01:03:20,738
<i>We ran down the hall,
opened the door violently.</i>

594
01:03:21,515 --> 01:03:24,176
<i>I heard Dad sobbing behind me.</i>

595
01:03:24,849 --> 01:03:26,214
<i>I cried.</i>

596
01:03:26,983 --> 01:03:30,347
<i>I couldn't stop.</i>

597
01:03:30,882 --> 01:03:32,281
You crying?

598
01:03:32,782 --> 01:03:35,442
Let's go back, OK?

599
01:03:35,882 --> 01:03:41,782
<i>Slurring my words, I tried
to convince her. She smiled.</i>

600
01:03:46,016 --> 01:03:48,676
Let's go back.

601
01:03:50,682 --> 01:03:52,615
Yes, let's go back.

602
01:04:26,183 --> 01:04:27,649
Let's do everything over.

603
01:04:27,716 --> 01:04:32,445
<i>Can you hear me, Yuka?
Can you hear my voice?</i>

604
01:04:33,682 --> 01:04:37,672
<i>I cried with my face
buried in his chest, Yuka.</i>

605
01:04:39,415 --> 01:04:43,872
<i>I had never done anything like that.</i>

606
01:04:45,216 --> 01:04:47,183
<i>I was moved.</i>

607
01:04:47,849 --> 01:04:51,612
<i>Kumiko snuggled up to us and sobbed.</i>

608
01:04:53,482 --> 01:04:55,449
<i>We reconciled.</i>

609
01:04:59,149 --> 01:05:01,116
Eat all you want.

610
01:05:03,549 --> 01:05:05,516
Sorry it's not much.

611
01:05:06,183 --> 01:05:12,275
Next time I'll get more
food. A variety of dishes.

612
01:05:13,616 --> 01:05:15,583
It'll be fun.

613
01:05:17,882 --> 01:05:20,439
Your dad just won big on...

614
01:05:22,315 --> 01:05:23,907
...bicycle races.

615
01:05:24,882 --> 01:05:26,110
Awesome, Dad.

616
01:05:26,382 --> 01:05:27,246
Great.

617
01:05:28,949 --> 01:05:34,610
Horse racing, Pachinko...
Lately I've been winning them all.

618
01:05:36,716 --> 01:05:39,740
It's like a miracle.

619
01:05:40,116 --> 01:05:41,639
You're so lucky.

620
01:05:43,616 --> 01:05:47,413
So, with that money...

621
01:05:50,149 --> 01:05:52,809
I want us to start over.

622
01:05:58,682 --> 01:06:02,138
I won't cause you any trouble.

623
01:06:09,983 --> 01:06:15,076
Your mother is watching
over us from heaven.

624
01:06:18,782 --> 01:06:20,749
Just got kind of emotional, huh?

625
01:06:21,449 --> 01:06:25,177
Let's eat. We
have dessert too.

626
01:06:27,749 --> 01:06:29,716
This is a little too sweet.

627
01:06:44,649 --> 01:06:46,616
Time's up.

628
01:06:47,682 --> 01:06:50,911
Well... can we finish dinner?

629
01:06:51,115 --> 01:06:53,083
Time's up.

630
01:06:54,315 --> 01:06:55,805
You're right.

631
01:06:56,849 --> 01:06:58,816
Time just flew by.

632
01:07:06,083 --> 01:07:08,050
A little bit longer, Dad.

633
01:07:12,115 --> 01:07:14,082
Really?

634
01:07:16,882 --> 01:07:20,610
Yeah, you just got back, so...

635
01:07:22,949 --> 01:07:26,041
Don't leave again.

636
01:07:26,649 --> 01:07:27,741
Dad.

637
01:07:28,182 --> 01:07:30,149
Don't go. Please stay.

638
01:07:32,082 --> 01:07:35,516
Don't get carried away, asshole.

639
01:07:35,849 --> 01:07:40,612
Rules are rules, you fuck.
What the fuck is wrong with you?

640
01:07:45,549 --> 01:07:48,072
Let's get out of here.

641
01:07:52,349 --> 01:07:54,543
Get up.

642
01:07:55,816 --> 01:07:57,783
Get the fuck up.

643
01:07:59,849 --> 01:08:01,975
Wanna stay here forever?

644
01:08:18,515 --> 01:08:23,972
<i>"Yuka? By now, you know what we do?"</i>

645
01:08:25,415 --> 01:08:30,178
<i>"It's called 'family
rental.' You know it?"</i>

646
01:08:30,749 --> 01:08:32,477
That... that was fun. Very fun.

647
01:08:32,749 --> 01:08:39,376
<i>"Kumiko's birthday is coming up.
25 years since being born in a locker."</i>

648
01:08:39,782 --> 01:08:44,408
<i>"We're trying to decide
which family to celebrate with."</i>

649
01:08:46,816 --> 01:08:48,009
1 year later

650
01:08:48,682 --> 01:08:53,011
<i>In Tokyo, I was waiting for her.</i>

651
01:08:53,616 --> 01:08:57,447
<i>Kumiko, a.k.a. Ueno Station
54. I knew she'd be here.</i>

652
01:09:05,582 --> 01:09:09,413
Excuse me.
Kumiko, right?

653
01:09:09,982 --> 01:09:12,711
I'd like to talk to you about something.

654
01:09:12,916 --> 01:09:14,280
<i>An ordinary girl.</i>

655
01:09:14,616 --> 01:09:19,948
If you have any questions about
our services, please call this number.

656
01:09:20,248 --> 01:09:21,476
<i>What?</i>

657
01:09:22,048 --> 01:09:26,414
I can't explain anything
to you in person.

658
01:09:33,215 --> 01:09:36,148
<i>You can't run away from me.</i>

659
01:09:36,549 --> 01:09:38,743
<i>"Your support. Personnel
placement. We take all orders"</i>

660
01:09:39,315 --> 01:09:41,214
<i>I'll get you.</i>

661
01:09:53,415 --> 01:09:55,382
"...24 Dead..."

662
01:09:55,515 --> 01:09:56,675
"... Mass Suicide..."

663
01:10:08,148 --> 01:10:10,172
<i>They're late.</i>

664
01:10:13,048 --> 01:10:15,743
<i>Are they here?</i>

665
01:10:17,682 --> 01:10:20,910
<i>Who?</i>

666
01:10:28,282 --> 01:10:30,146
<i>That guy?</i>

667
01:10:32,948 --> 01:10:34,415
<i>Him?</i>

668
01:10:39,349 --> 01:10:40,816
<i>No.</i>

669
01:10:45,849 --> 01:10:55,838
<i>Be cool, be cool, be cool...</i>

670
01:11:00,349 --> 01:11:03,714
<i>They're not here yet.</i>

671
01:11:11,616 --> 01:11:13,082
Mr. Shimabara?

672
01:11:13,982 --> 01:11:14,608
Yes.

673
01:11:15,048 --> 01:11:17,038
What do you wanna know?

674
01:11:17,549 --> 01:11:18,243
<i>What?</i>

675
01:11:19,282 --> 01:11:20,942
I wanna know the truth.

676
01:11:31,816 --> 01:11:32,612
<i>Be cool...</i>

677
01:11:33,982 --> 01:11:34,677
<i>Be cool...</i>

678
01:11:36,682 --> 01:11:37,376
<i>Be cool...</i>

679
01:11:38,815 --> 01:11:39,510
<i>Be cool...</i>

680
01:11:41,449 --> 01:11:44,610
Are you connected to you, Tetsuzo?

681
01:11:45,349 --> 01:11:46,179
<i>What?</i>

682
01:11:47,682 --> 01:11:50,444
Are you connected to yourself?

683
01:11:52,315 --> 01:11:56,373
Yes. That's why I'm here.

684
01:11:58,449 --> 01:12:01,211
I know all about you.

685
01:12:03,015 --> 01:12:04,448
Good for you.

686
01:12:04,982 --> 01:12:06,949
I used to be a reporter.

687
01:12:09,449 --> 01:12:12,041
Is this Suicide Club's headquarters?

688
01:12:12,248 --> 01:12:16,443
Suicide Club? No such thing.

689
01:12:19,182 --> 01:12:25,275
Theories of cults and mass hysteria,
of cult groups embracing messiahs...

690
01:12:25,549 --> 01:12:28,641
...and the apocalypse, all
linked to a Suicide Club.

691
01:12:29,015 --> 01:12:31,312
Suicide Club this, Suicide Club that.

692
01:12:31,815 --> 01:12:34,408
It's even in the media.

693
01:12:35,915 --> 01:12:38,848
Don't pretend like you don't know

694
01:12:39,815 --> 01:12:46,147
But it seems like they've forgotten
about that incident at Shinjuku.

695
01:12:47,315 --> 01:12:51,248
54 people died there.

696
01:12:52,781 --> 01:12:56,010
But humans are forgetful creatures.

697
01:12:56,115 --> 01:12:58,775
People forget everything.

698
01:12:59,848 --> 01:13:01,611
There is no Suicide Club.

699
01:13:02,148 --> 01:13:03,012
<i>Be cool...</i>

700
01:13:03,148 --> 01:13:06,945
It's a product of your apathetic curiosity.

701
01:13:07,115 --> 01:13:07,979
<i>Be cool...</i>

702
01:13:08,349 --> 01:13:14,681
At best, one might call it
a "Suicide Circle" instead.

703
01:13:15,881 --> 01:13:19,542
It's a circle, you see.

704
01:13:20,182 --> 01:13:21,444
A circle?

705
01:13:21,881 --> 01:13:28,213
Anyway, imagine that the Sun
Goddess was born in a locker.

706
01:13:32,415 --> 01:13:39,712
The collapse of civilization began
at the

707
01:14:04,582 --> 01:14:08,572
<i>Ueno Station, locker

708
01:14:08,781 --> 01:14:13,272
She runs a family-rental
business called I.C. Corp.

709
01:14:13,449 --> 01:14:15,847
"Three-Day-Old Baby Found in Locker"

710
01:14:16,048 --> 01:14:22,004
When requested, they go
spend time with their clients...

711
01:14:22,582 --> 01:14:28,413
...and pretend to be
their family members.

712
01:14:28,815 --> 01:14:33,340
Sometimes for 10 years or 20 years.

713
01:14:34,048 --> 01:14:38,607
<i>What is he saying?
What is he talking about?</i>

714
01:14:38,881 --> 01:14:44,712
She has many companies, including
several masquerading as car rentals.

715
01:14:44,848 --> 01:14:47,042
Do you understand?

716
01:14:49,082 --> 01:14:50,344
What about the Suicide Club?

717
01:14:50,449 --> 01:14:51,847
What about it?

718
01:14:54,515 --> 01:14:57,777
It's the result of
Kumiko's grudge, right?

719
01:15:00,915 --> 01:15:05,610
What Kumiko wanted was...

720
01:15:05,781 --> 01:15:11,408
...to live a normal life and
be a normal girl, right?

721
01:15:11,848 --> 01:15:17,907
So she acted like a normal
girl in family-rental situations.

722
01:15:18,515 --> 01:15:21,539
But that wasn't enough.

723
01:15:21,948 --> 01:15:24,279
She wanted revenge.

724
01:15:25,349 --> 01:15:28,611
She wanted to turn
every kid into Kumiko.

725
01:15:30,248 --> 01:15:34,681
There's nothing more to tell you.

726
01:15:34,982 --> 01:15:35,812
<i>What?</i>

727
01:15:35,915 --> 01:15:38,746
I told you everything.

728
01:15:40,315 --> 01:15:46,374
Now everyone else is starting
to realize what they have to do.

729
01:15:48,382 --> 01:15:51,315
Don't you know?

730
01:15:51,748 --> 01:15:55,113
<i>Be cool, be cool...</i>

731
01:16:01,948 --> 01:16:07,507
You tried so hard
to figure us out.

732
01:16:10,382 --> 01:16:15,542
I know all about you.
But what do you know?

733
01:16:16,215 --> 01:16:22,274
You used to be a reporter. But
it's over and you can relax now

734
01:16:22,681 --> 01:16:24,308
<i>I want my daughters back.</i>

735
01:16:25,881 --> 01:16:26,677
"Missing"

736
01:16:28,349 --> 01:16:29,679
"Searching for Lost Puppies"

737
01:16:34,082 --> 01:16:39,448
It's time for you to
wake up to your role.

738
01:16:39,915 --> 01:16:41,246
Who are you?

739
01:16:42,182 --> 01:16:46,706
You said you were connected
to yourself, but are you really?

740
01:16:47,148 --> 01:16:50,637
You're not believable as a reporter...

741
01:16:51,715 --> 01:16:53,182
...or a father.

742
01:16:53,982 --> 01:16:59,938
The world is full of lies that people
can't play their roles convincingly.

743
01:17:00,082 --> 01:17:04,606
They fail as husbands, wives,
fathers, mothers, children, etc.

744
01:17:05,881 --> 01:17:10,678
So, the only way to
figure out what we can be...

745
01:17:11,215 --> 01:17:15,739
...is to lie openly and
pursue emptiness.

746
01:17:16,048 --> 01:17:17,413
Feel the desert.

747
01:17:17,982 --> 01:17:19,347
Experience loneliness.

748
01:17:19,948 --> 01:17:21,313
Feel it.

749
01:17:22,349 --> 01:17:23,713
Survive the desert.

750
01:17:25,449 --> 01:17:27,109
That is your role.

751
01:17:41,015 --> 01:17:44,107
<i>That night, I had a strange dream.</i>

752
01:17:44,881 --> 01:17:45,870
<i>The desert.</i>

753
01:17:46,648 --> 01:17:50,638
<i>Was this what he meant?</i>

754
01:17:52,415 --> 01:17:54,881
<i>I was in their hideout.</i>

755
01:17:55,748 --> 01:17:58,840
<i>Was this really their hideout?</i>

756
01:17:59,748 --> 01:18:03,182
<i>I sensed Noriko and Yuka were here.</i>

757
01:18:03,781 --> 01:18:05,214
<i>I knew they were alive.</i>

758
01:18:05,715 --> 01:18:08,080
<i>They were here.</i>

759
01:18:08,748 --> 01:18:13,943
<i>I felt their presence profoundly.</i>

760
01:18:16,514 --> 01:18:19,743
<i>Noriko... her voice...</i>

761
01:18:19,881 --> 01:18:20,870
<i>Yuka... 5 years old...</i>

762
01:18:21,248 --> 01:18:22,976
<i>running into the kitchen...</i>

763
01:18:23,748 --> 01:18:26,079
<i>holding the newspaper...</i>

764
01:18:26,781 --> 01:18:28,271
<i>They were alive.</i>

765
01:18:28,715 --> 01:18:34,512
<i>Why did Noriko run away from
home during a blackout in late 2001?</i>

766
01:18:35,982 --> 01:18:42,438
<i>Tetsuzo, what's your connection
to Toyokawa? To your family?</i>

767
01:18:42,915 --> 01:18:44,404
<i>To yourself?</i>

768
01:18:46,115 --> 01:18:48,082
<i>State it in 50 words or less.</i>

769
01:18:49,982 --> 01:18:51,108
Yuka.

770
01:18:51,414 --> 01:18:52,574
Yuka.

771
01:19:03,182 --> 01:19:04,671
Noriko.

772
01:19:16,681 --> 01:19:18,171
<i>I heard that guy's voice.</i>

773
01:19:19,648 --> 01:19:23,513
<i>Suddenly I was back in the desert.</i>

774
01:19:28,115 --> 01:19:32,571
<i>I had to go on and find them.</i>

775
01:19:35,248 --> 01:19:36,306
<i>I woke up.</i>

776
01:19:38,948 --> 01:19:40,505
TETSUZO

777
01:20:29,148 --> 01:20:30,115
Hello?

778
01:20:30,848 --> 01:20:32,815
Tetsu? It's me.

779
01:20:33,915 --> 01:20:37,076
I'm almost there.

780
01:20:39,148 --> 01:20:41,206
What story are you working on?

781
01:20:42,481 --> 01:20:45,039
I'll tell you later.

782
01:20:46,781 --> 01:20:49,373
OK. I'll see you shortly.

783
01:20:57,781 --> 01:20:59,146
<i>What would I say to Yuka?</i>

784
01:20:59,514 --> 01:21:00,879
<i>I wondered.</i>

785
01:21:01,514 --> 01:21:07,880
<i>What was she feeling when she wrote
this story? I couldn't bear the thought.</i>

786
01:21:13,314 --> 01:21:14,679
<i>She disappeared the next day...</i>

787
01:21:16,615 --> 01:21:19,741
<i>This was no hypothetical situation.</i>

788
01:21:19,948 --> 01:21:23,244
<i>She was clearly expressing anger at me.</i>

789
01:21:24,381 --> 01:21:28,280
<i>She wrote: "He quit his job
the day after she ran away."</i>

790
01:21:29,948 --> 01:21:31,312
<i>I didn't.</i>

791
01:21:34,348 --> 01:21:37,440
<i>I went to work like nothing happened...</i>

792
01:21:37,881 --> 01:21:40,110
<i>like when Noriko disappeared.</i>

793
01:21:40,915 --> 01:21:44,007
Is it OK like this?

794
01:21:47,348 --> 01:21:48,610
That's fine.

795
01:21:49,881 --> 01:21:53,178
<i>About the new Toyokawa history corner...</i>

796
01:21:53,548 --> 01:22:00,539
<i>The following day, our top story
was about Toyokawa's public library.</i>

797
01:22:01,481 --> 01:22:05,505
<i>It was 2 months later
that I finally quit my job.</i>

798
01:22:08,948 --> 01:22:12,006
<i>Because my wife killed herself.</i>

799
01:22:15,348 --> 01:22:17,077
May I take a picture?

800
01:22:19,481 --> 01:22:21,471
<i>I thought Yuka would be shocked.</i>

801
01:22:22,381 --> 01:22:26,178
<i>I was an even worse father
than she had imagined.</i>

802
01:22:26,448 --> 01:22:30,075
<i>I chose my career over my family.</i>

803
01:22:30,748 --> 01:22:37,739
<i>I took pride in my work because this
newspaper was a symbol of peace.</i>

804
01:22:51,414 --> 01:22:53,142
<i>The blue sky...</i>

805
01:22:54,214 --> 01:22:56,306
<i>the ocean...</i>

806
01:22:56,548 --> 01:22:57,708
<i>the harbor</i>

807
01:22:58,147 --> 01:22:59,876
<i>farms and mountains...</i>

808
01:23:01,815 --> 01:23:03,748
<i>Tokokawa was the perfect town.</i>

809
01:23:05,915 --> 01:23:10,848
<i>I wrote pastoral fluff pieces like
an artist sketching the blue sky.</i>

810
01:23:16,381 --> 01:23:21,644
<i>Inside this world lived
my wife, Noriko and Yuka.</i>

811
01:23:22,815 --> 01:23:27,748
<i>They were all residents
of this perfect little place.</i>

812
01:23:31,082 --> 01:23:33,639
Point at that thing.

813
01:23:35,048 --> 01:23:36,776
Look at Daddy.

814
01:23:37,448 --> 01:23:39,415
Let's take a picture.

815
01:23:39,548 --> 01:23:41,015
Picture time.

816
01:23:41,147 --> 01:23:42,842
Come on, Noriko.

817
01:23:43,314 --> 01:23:45,247
Right there.

818
01:23:46,615 --> 01:23:49,172
Point at that thing.

819
01:23:49,615 --> 01:23:51,081
Ready?

820
01:23:57,147 --> 01:23:58,614
Impressive.

821
01:24:04,081 --> 01:24:06,639
Come take a look at this.

822
01:24:07,214 --> 01:24:09,772
Noriko, Yuka, come on.

823
01:24:12,448 --> 01:24:13,938
Look.

824
01:24:16,114 --> 01:24:18,445
A happy family.

825
01:24:19,948 --> 01:24:24,608
<i>When my wife did a painting
based on that photograph...</i>

826
01:24:24,848 --> 01:24:28,713
<i>I failed to notice my
daughters' expressions.</i>

827
01:24:30,181 --> 01:24:38,309
<i>Yuka wrote: "All he understood was
that he didn't understand them at all."</i>

828
01:24:41,047 --> 01:24:44,879
<i>When I read that, I cried.</i>

829
01:25:15,214 --> 01:25:16,909
Fuck this.

830
01:25:17,114 --> 01:25:19,946
A bunch of crap.

831
01:25:26,214 --> 01:25:31,977
<i>I had all these notes
on the walls of my room.</i>

832
01:25:44,247 --> 01:25:46,805
Fuck all this.

833
01:25:48,915 --> 01:25:51,472
<i>A month later...</i>

834
01:25:54,014 --> 01:25:56,572
<i>My wife died.</i>

835
01:25:57,214 --> 01:25:59,772
<i>She was tired.</i>

836
01:26:00,781 --> 01:26:03,338
Taeko.

837
01:26:07,981 --> 01:26:12,073
<i>I read the notes repeatedly.</i>

838
01:26:13,047 --> 01:26:15,605
<i>Yuka saw right through me.</i>

839
01:26:17,314 --> 01:26:23,407
<i>She could simulate me, but I
couldn't simulate her actions...</i>

840
01:26:25,715 --> 01:26:28,272
<i>...or my wife's.</i>

841
01:26:36,914 --> 01:26:38,779
Right here.

842
01:26:44,648 --> 01:26:46,376
Here.

843
01:26:57,114 --> 01:26:58,547
I'm so sorry.

844
01:26:59,381 --> 01:27:02,939
It's all my fault.

845
01:27:04,014 --> 01:27:05,606
Had I been a good mother...

846
01:27:05,748 --> 01:27:06,737
they wouldn't have...

847
01:27:06,848 --> 01:27:08,905
What? Don't say that.

848
01:27:10,781 --> 01:27:13,247
It's not your fault.

849
01:27:13,381 --> 01:27:15,405
It's all right.

850
01:27:35,815 --> 01:27:36,906
Taeko.

851
01:27:46,181 --> 01:27:47,909
What are you still doing up?

852
01:27:56,348 --> 01:27:57,440
Taeko?

853
01:27:59,681 --> 01:28:01,272
Hey, Taeko?

854
01:28:10,514 --> 01:28:11,481
Hey...

855
01:28:32,847 --> 01:28:38,543
<i>While I averted my eyes from
the bloody stench of reality,</i>

856
01:28:38,914 --> 01:28:43,211
<i>my daughters disappeared from
this forced portrait of harmony.</i>

857
01:28:48,615 --> 01:28:49,274
Taeko!

858
01:28:50,814 --> 01:28:51,474
Taeko!

859
01:29:04,281 --> 01:29:05,339
Calm down.

860
01:29:23,481 --> 01:29:24,539
It's all right.

861
01:29:29,914 --> 01:29:32,643
<i>The red balloons were gone.</i>

862
01:29:33,681 --> 01:29:39,080
<i>I would've caught them if they'd
promised to take me to my girls.</i>

863
01:29:44,514 --> 01:29:45,572
Tetsu.

864
01:29:51,981 --> 01:29:52,913
How you been?

865
01:29:53,247 --> 01:29:54,305
Hey. This way.

866
01:29:55,880 --> 01:29:56,938
What's the hurry?

867
01:29:57,514 --> 01:29:58,242
Sit.

868
01:30:02,981 --> 01:30:05,539
You know the Suicide Club?

869
01:30:06,880 --> 01:30:08,744
<i>I started talking right away.</i>

870
01:30:09,081 --> 01:30:14,674
<i>A summary of my life in 30 sec.</i>

871
01:30:15,081 --> 01:30:20,037
<i>I then explained why I was in Tokyo.</i>

872
01:30:20,481 --> 01:30:24,244
<i>I then handed him my notes...</i>

873
01:30:24,448 --> 01:30:25,880
<i>and told him...</i>

874
01:30:26,114 --> 01:30:31,013
<i>...to finish what I had started,
if something happened to me.</i>

875
01:30:34,348 --> 01:30:36,905
I don't understand.

876
01:30:39,581 --> 01:30:42,877
Things have changed.

877
01:30:44,348 --> 01:30:48,713
After today, I don't
know if I'll be safe.

878
01:30:49,147 --> 01:30:53,842
You're the only one I can
trust with this information.

879
01:30:54,648 --> 01:30:56,171
What exactly do
you want me to do?

880
01:30:56,780 --> 01:31:00,214
If you disappear, then what?

881
01:31:00,680 --> 01:31:08,046
Suppose this Suicide Club exists.
What am I supposed to do with it?

882
01:31:09,448 --> 01:31:14,143
You'll know what to do.
It's right up your alley.

883
01:31:14,481 --> 01:31:16,209
I'm gonna go now

884
01:31:16,448 --> 01:31:18,540
Wait here for a woman, Kumiko.

885
01:31:19,014 --> 01:31:20,810
She'll be here in a minute.

886
01:31:21,181 --> 01:31:25,273
Tell her you want a family.

887
01:31:26,847 --> 01:31:28,439
This is the scenario...

888
01:31:29,348 --> 01:31:31,905
My daughters, Noriko and Yuka.

889
01:31:32,348 --> 01:31:37,372
They'll play your daughters.

890
01:31:38,680 --> 01:31:43,512
Kumiko will play your wife, Taeko.

891
01:31:43,780 --> 01:31:46,338
Noriko and Yuka will be called...

892
01:31:46,680 --> 01:31:49,909
...Mitsuko and Yoko, respectively.

893
01:31:50,281 --> 01:31:52,145
Their favorite aliases.

894
01:31:53,847 --> 01:31:56,905
Anyway, I have to go.

895
01:31:57,214 --> 01:31:59,272
I'll tell you more later.

896
01:32:41,514 --> 01:32:42,878
Yeah?

897
01:32:55,014 --> 01:32:56,379
You called us?

898
01:32:57,381 --> 01:32:58,313
Yes.

899
01:32:59,381 --> 01:33:01,075
We appreciate your business.

900
01:33:02,714 --> 01:33:04,079
Come on in.

901
01:33:05,081 --> 01:33:06,446
Come on in.

902
01:33:09,880 --> 01:33:11,245
Please sit.

903
01:33:12,014 --> 01:33:14,243
So, let's talk.

904
01:33:16,114 --> 01:33:17,479
You want to be the father, correct?

905
01:33:18,880 --> 01:33:19,676
Yes.

906
01:33:20,414 --> 01:33:24,006
You want a wife
and two daughters?

907
01:33:25,247 --> 01:33:26,611
Yes.

908
01:33:28,314 --> 01:33:33,975
Look through this photo
album and pick who you want.

909
01:33:43,981 --> 01:33:45,346
I like this girl.

910
01:33:50,513 --> 01:33:54,970
The older sister will be Mitsuko.

911
01:33:55,480 --> 01:33:58,936
The younger sister will be Yoko.

912
01:34:02,780 --> 01:34:05,941
And my wife...

913
01:34:21,281 --> 01:34:22,645
Hey, Sis.

914
01:34:24,780 --> 01:34:26,145
Sis?

915
01:34:29,914 --> 01:34:33,677
Mitsuko doesn't need
to act right now.

916
01:34:35,914 --> 01:34:38,313
No acting when
you have no role.

917
01:34:38,647 --> 01:34:40,012
<i>I was embarrassed.</i>

918
01:34:40,780 --> 01:34:45,645
<i>I knew she wasn't my
real sister anymore.</i>

919
01:34:46,214 --> 01:34:49,181
<i>I needed more practice.</i>

920
01:34:50,814 --> 01:34:53,281
You need more practice.

921
01:34:55,780 --> 01:34:57,338
You're Yoko.

922
01:34:57,780 --> 01:34:59,338
She's Mitsuko.

923
01:34:59,914 --> 01:35:01,313
Not Yuka, not Noriko.

924
01:35:01,447 --> 01:35:02,539
Not sisters.

925
01:35:04,381 --> 01:35:05,370
Forget that.

926
01:35:23,647 --> 01:35:25,205
Memorize this address.

927
01:35:25,714 --> 01:35:27,476
Study the area.

928
01:35:28,981 --> 01:35:31,948
Stores, banks, cigarette machines...

929
01:35:33,214 --> 01:35:36,408
Know where everything is.

930
01:35:37,780 --> 01:35:41,111
He wants to act like he's
been in this town for 20 years.

931
01:35:42,247 --> 01:35:46,373
So we have to act like
we've been here for 20 years.

932
01:35:50,981 --> 01:35:55,278
He wants us to be
his family members.

933
01:35:56,680 --> 01:35:58,045
I'm his wife.

934
01:35:58,647 --> 01:36:00,841
You're his daughters.

935
01:36:02,081 --> 01:36:08,106
This time you're sisters.

936
01:36:16,547 --> 01:36:19,673
This guy is your father.

937
01:36:20,114 --> 01:36:22,047
<i>They stared at the photograph...</i>

938
01:36:22,181 --> 01:36:24,545
<i>...closed their eyes,</i>

939
01:36:25,114 --> 01:36:27,580
<i>and imagined being his daughters.</i>

940
01:36:28,380 --> 01:36:31,677
<i>This helped the father
become flesh and blood.</i>

941
01:36:32,281 --> 01:36:34,747
<i>This helped the father
become flesh and blood.</i>

942
01:36:35,413 --> 01:36:37,642
<i>I stared at the customer's
face. Not to become his wife...</i>

943
01:36:38,181 --> 01:36:44,512
<i>...but to make sure it wasn't
the same guy from before.</i>

944
01:36:45,747 --> 01:36:50,044
<i>That guy I met-Tetsuzo.</i>

945
01:36:52,880 --> 01:36:57,870
<i>I knew for sure he
was behind this.</i>

946
01:36:58,380 --> 01:37:00,370
<i>Tetsuzo Shimabara.</i>

947
01:37:08,647 --> 01:37:10,637
Mitsuko.

948
01:37:11,447 --> 01:37:12,607
Yes.

949
01:37:14,580 --> 01:37:21,071
Do you still have the coat you
were wearing when you ran away?

950
01:37:22,214 --> 01:37:23,373
Yeah.

951
01:37:25,347 --> 01:37:28,803
You have it now?

952
01:37:31,214 --> 01:37:32,373
Yeah.

953
01:37:34,847 --> 01:37:37,837
Can I see it?

954
01:37:42,981 --> 01:37:44,141
Sure.

955
01:37:50,914 --> 01:37:54,711
I remember this.

956
01:37:55,047 --> 01:37:57,240
Can you put it on?

957
01:37:59,047 --> 01:38:00,207
Okay.

958
01:38:10,680 --> 01:38:13,875
Can you imitate
Noriko with this?

959
01:38:27,181 --> 01:38:33,137
I want you to wear
it today, Mitsuko.

960
01:38:34,047 --> 01:38:36,809
<i>Former sisters...</i>

961
01:38:37,447 --> 01:38:40,437
He's not a regular client.

962
01:38:42,947 --> 01:38:44,846
Be careful.

963
01:38:45,380 --> 01:38:48,370
<i>They weren't ready for this.</i>

964
01:38:51,014 --> 01:38:59,345
<i>People often came to
us to relive their past.</i>

965
01:39:00,047 --> 01:39:00,706
Business card.

966
01:39:00,880 --> 01:39:05,677
<i>5 years ago, I met someone who
claimed to be my real mother.</i>

967
01:39:06,014 --> 01:39:10,310
<i>She begged for a chance
to fix our relationship.</i>

968
01:39:12,347 --> 01:39:18,009
Sayuri Yoshida? You're
a "flower coordinator"?

969
01:39:19,180 --> 01:39:20,738
What's that?

970
01:39:23,081 --> 01:39:25,377
You read my letter?

971
01:39:26,513 --> 01:39:28,071
Yeah.

972
01:39:31,347 --> 01:39:34,110
I read it, Mom.

973
01:39:34,480 --> 01:39:36,038
<i>I tried calling her Mom.</i>

974
01:39:36,213 --> 01:39:37,771
Thank you.

975
01:39:39,880 --> 01:39:41,437
Mom.

976
01:39:43,347 --> 01:39:44,905
<i>Once again.</i>

977
01:39:45,413 --> 01:39:46,971
<i>Slowly.</i>

978
01:39:47,647 --> 01:39:48,739
Mom.

979
01:39:49,413 --> 01:39:50,971
Mitsuko.

980
01:39:51,547 --> 01:39:52,775
<i>An unfamiliar name.</i>

981
01:39:52,947 --> 01:39:54,039
Mom.

982
01:39:55,447 --> 01:39:58,175
You know how
much I missed you?

983
01:39:58,413 --> 01:39:59,971
I'm sorry, Mitsuko.

984
01:40:00,447 --> 01:40:02,380
<i>Who's Mitsuko?</i>

985
01:40:02,547 --> 01:40:07,674
I always think about you.

986
01:40:08,146 --> 01:40:09,704
Thank you, Mitsuko.

987
01:40:14,947 --> 01:40:18,175
Where's Dad?

988
01:40:19,347 --> 01:40:23,747
We're back together now

989
01:40:27,246 --> 01:40:28,235
And?

990
01:40:30,080 --> 01:40:33,844
God, you suck at acting.
You wanna switch?

991
01:40:34,347 --> 01:40:35,609
What do you mean?

992
01:40:35,880 --> 01:40:39,142
You want me to play
the mother's role?

993
01:40:41,047 --> 01:40:45,503
Now you listen to me.

994
01:40:46,513 --> 01:40:52,743
If you want, I can play
your mother, you bitch.

995
01:40:58,313 --> 01:41:01,838
A locker is my mother.

996
01:41:02,880 --> 01:41:06,870
<i>I told her a locker
was my mother.</i>

997
01:41:07,647 --> 01:41:14,843
<i>The woman cried and
screamed, but I didn't give a shit.</i>

998
01:41:15,180 --> 01:41:17,579
- You're so cruel!
- I'm cruel? Fine, then.

999
01:41:17,714 --> 01:41:25,273
<i>Even if she was my real mother,
she didn't convince me at all.</i>

1000
01:41:25,714 --> 01:41:27,271
Express more suffering.

1001
01:41:28,113 --> 01:41:31,103
<i>Just an amateur actress.</i>

1002
01:41:32,380 --> 01:41:34,404
<i>She couldn't play it well.</i>

1003
01:41:34,580 --> 01:41:36,774
Can't even cry well?

1004
01:41:37,013 --> 01:41:44,345
<i>I thought about showing her
how to play the role properly.</i>

1005
01:41:47,213 --> 01:41:50,874
I want to start over.

1006
01:41:51,246 --> 01:41:53,406
<i>Would Tetsuzo say that too?</i>

1007
01:41:53,580 --> 01:41:56,172
Practice with us.

1008
01:41:58,246 --> 01:41:59,440
I'll do anything.

1009
01:42:07,313 --> 01:42:10,872
She'll be training
as mother for us.

1010
01:42:12,213 --> 01:42:13,441
Sayuri.

1011
01:42:14,380 --> 01:42:16,370
I'll do anything.

1012
01:42:24,513 --> 01:42:26,377
Take her.

1013
01:42:37,714 --> 01:42:39,305
Wait.

1014
01:42:39,947 --> 01:42:43,380
Bring along your man.
We'll make him a "father."

1015
01:42:43,946 --> 01:42:46,573
He's here now

1016
01:42:49,246 --> 01:42:50,543
Where?

1017
01:42:57,580 --> 01:42:59,274
Mitsuko.

1018
01:43:00,814 --> 01:43:02,973
Take him too.

1019
01:43:03,747 --> 01:43:09,305
<i>Their daughter was
probably named Mitsuko.</i>

1020
01:43:18,946 --> 01:43:21,936
<i>Mitsuko...</i>

1021
01:43:28,046 --> 01:43:34,037
<i>A few years later, a girl
named Mitsuko showed up.</i>

1022
01:43:42,113 --> 01:43:50,605
If you do a good job tonight,
you'll finally become the real you.

1023
01:43:52,580 --> 01:43:54,069
OK.

1024
01:43:54,680 --> 01:43:56,169
Mitsuko?

1025
01:43:57,080 --> 01:43:58,570
OK.

1026
01:44:01,614 --> 01:44:07,104
But remember, you're not
real sisters. It's all acting.

1027
01:44:07,580 --> 01:44:10,944
The guy will play your father.

1028
01:44:11,380 --> 01:44:14,779
Don't let him confuse you.

1029
01:44:16,213 --> 01:44:17,703
OK?

1030
01:44:28,879 --> 01:44:32,835
<i>I had all the lights on.</i>

1031
01:44:34,280 --> 01:44:38,236
<i>I heard a car stop outside.</i>

1032
01:44:38,846 --> 01:44:41,972
<i>It was a gamble.</i>

1033
01:44:43,614 --> 01:44:47,570
They're here.

1034
01:44:48,080 --> 01:44:50,172
<i>What did I want?</i>

1035
01:44:51,347 --> 01:44:54,836
<i>To regain my pride and dignity?</i>

1036
01:44:55,580 --> 01:45:02,571
<i>No, I just wanted to show
them what I was capable of.</i>

1037
01:45:03,480 --> 01:45:05,470
<i>This was a party.</i>

1038
01:45:05,714 --> 01:45:07,976
<i>A surprise party.</i>

1039
01:45:10,246 --> 01:45:14,236
<i>I grasped my wife's knife
that I had in my pocket.</i>

1040
01:45:14,913 --> 01:45:16,608
<i>I suddenly regretted
my whole life.</i>

1041
01:45:17,413 --> 01:45:22,971
<i>Yet this sensation of
regret felt oddly dear to me.</i>

1042
01:45:24,213 --> 01:45:27,839
How was Hokkaido?

1043
01:45:39,313 --> 01:45:40,439
We're home.

1044
01:45:42,614 --> 01:45:46,944
<i>I had looked for a house
that resembled my own.</i>

1045
01:45:50,879 --> 01:45:53,676
This one's very similar.

1046
01:45:57,046 --> 01:45:58,411
You're right.

1047
01:45:58,614 --> 01:46:01,547
- Can we go look at it now
- Sure.

1048
01:46:01,813 --> 01:46:02,905
Thanks.

1049
01:46:03,180 --> 01:46:04,112
Here.

1050
01:46:04,246 --> 01:46:05,611
Great.

1051
01:46:05,879 --> 01:46:09,472
I think it meets your criteria.

1052
01:46:10,647 --> 01:46:12,011
Can we go inside?

1053
01:46:12,779 --> 01:46:13,802
Sure.

1054
01:46:15,447 --> 01:46:16,311
Be careful.

1055
01:46:16,580 --> 01:46:18,513
Put the cabinet in this room.

1056
01:46:20,413 --> 01:46:21,902
<i>I transported everything.</i>

1057
01:46:23,146 --> 01:46:30,410
<i>Furniture, Noriko's
stuff, Yuka's stuff...</i>

1058
01:46:32,647 --> 01:46:35,239
<i>Everything.</i>

1059
01:46:56,013 --> 01:46:56,945
We're home.

1060
01:46:59,246 --> 01:47:01,008
I'm exhausted.

1061
01:47:01,246 --> 01:47:02,110
Welcome home.

1062
01:47:02,680 --> 01:47:04,169
Hi, Dad.

1063
01:47:04,846 --> 01:47:07,473
I'm so tired.

1064
01:47:10,447 --> 01:47:11,936
I missed you.

1065
01:47:18,913 --> 01:47:23,142
<i>Noriko and Yuka carried
their big travel bags.</i>

1066
01:47:31,879 --> 01:47:37,074
<i>The first time in 2 years
seeing my daughters...</i>

1067
01:47:37,980 --> 01:47:43,004
<i>My heart was pounding. The
repressed emotions welled up.</i>

1068
01:48:23,246 --> 01:48:24,610
Mitsuko, Yoko...

1069
01:48:26,046 --> 01:48:27,411
Something wrong?

1070
01:48:37,913 --> 01:48:39,709
"How was Hokkaido?"

1071
01:48:39,879 --> 01:48:44,108
<i>Ikeda started a conversation.</i>

1072
01:48:44,779 --> 01:48:46,144
<i>I humored him.</i>

1073
01:48:46,980 --> 01:48:53,971
<i>Mitsuko, smiling, got
up and went to hug him.</i>

1074
01:48:54,380 --> 01:48:56,846
I missed you.

1075
01:48:57,447 --> 01:49:00,141
I missed you too.

1076
01:49:00,779 --> 01:49:03,144
It wasn't the same without you.

1077
01:49:03,579 --> 01:49:11,070
<i>Corny acting. Was this what their
lonely, desperate clients wanted?</i>

1078
01:49:12,080 --> 01:49:17,672
<i>But here I was, lonely
and hiding in a closet.</i>

1079
01:49:18,613 --> 01:49:20,978
I've prepared sukiyaki for you.

1080
01:49:23,313 --> 01:49:24,939
Wonderful.

1081
01:49:25,813 --> 01:49:27,371
Oh, no.

1082
01:49:27,513 --> 01:49:28,604
What?

1083
01:49:28,980 --> 01:49:31,537
Taeko, come here.

1084
01:49:32,113 --> 01:49:33,080
What?

1085
01:49:33,646 --> 01:49:34,511
Problem?

1086
01:49:41,380 --> 01:49:43,404
What's the matter?

1087
01:49:43,779 --> 01:49:48,042
I forgot to buy meat.

1088
01:49:50,813 --> 01:49:52,280
What was I thinking?

1089
01:49:53,180 --> 01:49:54,238
You're just tired.

1090
01:49:54,480 --> 01:49:55,969
It's all right.

1091
01:49:57,013 --> 01:49:58,980
I'll go buy it.

1092
01:49:59,713 --> 01:50:01,408
But you just got back.

1093
01:50:01,846 --> 01:50:02,710
It's OK.

1094
01:50:03,046 --> 01:50:04,512
I'll be right back.

1095
01:50:05,046 --> 01:50:09,002
Get me 3 packs of
Cherry Cigarettes, too.

1096
01:50:09,480 --> 01:50:10,174
OK.

1097
01:50:10,313 --> 01:50:12,677
<i>I needed to buy time.</i>

1098
01:50:14,246 --> 01:50:18,043
<i>Cherry Cigarettes
were hard to find.</i>

1099
01:50:20,280 --> 01:50:22,644
<i>Kumiko was gone.</i>

1100
01:50:22,813 --> 01:50:25,178
<i>I heard the door shut.</i>

1101
01:50:27,846 --> 01:50:32,802
Vegetables, shirataki noodles...

1102
01:50:34,746 --> 01:50:37,111
<i>Ikeda went back to the room.</i>

1103
01:50:45,380 --> 01:50:47,744
Put your bags in your room.

1104
01:51:26,313 --> 01:51:27,677
Sis?

1105
01:51:29,313 --> 01:51:30,280
Yeah?

1106
01:51:33,846 --> 01:51:36,211
Been a long day, huh?

1107
01:51:38,679 --> 01:51:40,044
Yeah.

1108
01:51:44,512 --> 01:51:46,877
Just like old times, huh?

1109
01:51:48,412 --> 01:51:50,175
Come downstairs.

1110
01:51:51,180 --> 01:51:52,510
Hurry.

1111
01:51:52,813 --> 01:51:53,711
OK.

1112
01:52:12,779 --> 01:52:16,304
<i>I didn't have much time.</i>

1113
01:52:17,347 --> 01:52:20,212
<i>I had to act efficiently.</i>

1114
01:52:20,980 --> 01:52:23,345
<i>My daughters were smiling.</i>

1115
01:52:24,280 --> 01:52:28,236
<i>They looked so lovely.</i>

1116
01:52:31,379 --> 01:52:37,177
<i>I'd made up my past and stuffed
it all into that cold, metal locker.</i>

1117
01:52:39,713 --> 01:52:44,669
<i>But reality is soft
like a cardboard box.</i>

1118
01:52:46,313 --> 01:52:48,280
<i>So fragile it would
dissolve in the rain.</i>

1119
01:52:48,412 --> 01:52:52,778
<i>An outline...
Humans have an outline.</i>

1120
01:52:55,512 --> 01:52:59,878
<i>I wanted to hem him
into a solid father.</i>

1121
01:53:01,579 --> 01:53:05,945
<i>It wasn't long ago that
Broken Dam was stabbed to death.</i>

1122
01:53:06,180 --> 01:53:07,544
Phone for you.

1123
01:53:08,713 --> 01:53:10,907
Hello?
Nice to hear from you.

1124
01:53:12,646 --> 01:53:13,442
What?

1125
01:53:13,679 --> 01:53:14,702
He wants to kill me.

1126
01:53:15,013 --> 01:53:16,275
You're gonna die?

1127
01:53:16,479 --> 01:53:17,878
Maybe. Could you leave?

1128
01:53:19,646 --> 01:53:25,739
<i>Cheerfully, Broken Dam
delivered her final lecture.</i>

1129
01:53:25,946 --> 01:53:27,776
I took psychology.

1130
01:53:29,046 --> 01:53:33,275
In class, a bully and
his victim reversed roles...

1131
01:53:33,613 --> 01:53:38,603
...and the bully felt the victim's
pain for the first time and wailed.

1132
01:53:38,779 --> 01:53:40,144
He what?

1133
01:53:40,312 --> 01:53:41,177
He wept.

1134
01:53:42,113 --> 01:53:45,103
- Sorry I'm late.
- Have a seat.

1135
01:53:46,213 --> 01:53:52,908
The bully learned his lesson
and never bullied again.

1136
01:53:57,080 --> 01:54:01,479
So, someone has to play
the role of a victim.

1137
01:54:04,013 --> 01:54:12,276
<i>Everyone wants to be champagne,
not the glass. A flower, not the vase.</i>

1138
01:54:13,713 --> 01:54:19,374
<i>But the world needs glasses and
vases. These roles need to be filled.</i>

1139
01:54:20,080 --> 01:54:25,308
Like a master/servant relationship.
Maybe that's how capitalism is?

1140
01:54:25,613 --> 01:54:28,444
<i>- What's capitalism?
- I'll tell you later</i>

1141
01:54:28,879 --> 01:54:32,937
Lovers, spouses, family members...

1142
01:54:33,512 --> 01:54:37,207
We all need to reverse roles and...

1143
01:54:37,579 --> 01:54:43,570
...figure out what each
of us is meant to be.

1144
01:54:45,679 --> 01:54:48,578
Survival of the fittest?

1145
01:54:50,180 --> 01:54:51,476
So cute.

1146
01:54:52,579 --> 01:54:55,808
We need rabbits.
Not just lions.

1147
01:54:56,746 --> 01:55:01,543
Rabbits and lions can't switch
places, but we human beings can.

1148
01:55:04,312 --> 01:55:08,211
<i>Some will kill.
Some will be killed.</i>

1149
01:55:09,013 --> 01:55:14,106
<i>That's the circle of life,
though there are contradictions.</i>

1150
01:55:15,080 --> 01:55:22,003
<i>There are no perfect circles
to be found anywhere in nature.</i>

1151
01:55:23,013 --> 01:55:29,310
<i>But if you draw a circle with
a compass and a big fat marker...</i>

1152
01:55:31,080 --> 01:55:36,172
...a thick outline will
make it seem perfect.

1153
01:55:37,546 --> 01:55:41,741
I'll give you a sense
of perfection, Tetsuzo.

1154
01:55:42,013 --> 01:55:47,106
You can be a lion.
I'll be a rabbit.

1155
01:55:48,013 --> 01:55:50,775
I don't need thick outlines.

1156
01:55:51,446 --> 01:55:54,208
My metal box is starting to rot.

1157
01:55:54,980 --> 01:55:58,811
I'm gonna go to a higher level.

1158
01:55:59,446 --> 01:56:05,607
A rabbit, a suicide, a killer, evil,
water overflowing from a glass..

1159
01:56:06,245 --> 01:56:09,872
I'll be whatever no
one else wants to be.

1160
01:56:10,479 --> 01:56:14,970
I'm sick of shameless out-
lines of people seeking happiness.

1161
01:56:15,579 --> 01:56:19,035
They don't wanna be rabbits.
They just wanna eat rabbits.

1162
01:56:19,212 --> 01:56:20,873
There's no such jungle.

1163
01:56:22,446 --> 01:56:25,504
While our club expanded...

1164
01:56:27,212 --> 01:56:32,874
Broken Dam, Cripple
Neck, Midnight... they all died.

1165
01:56:33,746 --> 01:56:38,577
Some killed themselves.
Some were killed.

1166
01:56:38,779 --> 01:56:44,269
<i>Broken Dam went to see a client
who hated his wife. I went along.</i>

1167
01:56:45,646 --> 01:56:47,011
<i>Red carpet in the hall.</i>

1168
01:56:47,746 --> 01:56:49,110
I'll turn it on.

1169
01:56:49,412 --> 01:56:51,242
You know what
song he requested?

1170
01:56:54,746 --> 01:56:56,576
- Some SMAP song?
- Nope.

1171
01:56:56,846 --> 01:56:57,642
What?

1172
01:57:01,479 --> 01:57:02,275
What?

1173
01:57:03,980 --> 01:57:05,947
Blood won't be noticeable here.

1174
01:57:06,980 --> 01:57:10,276
- I got it. "Wine-Red Heart"?
- Nope.

1175
01:57:11,079 --> 01:57:14,308
Just turn on the
radio in 30 sec.

1176
01:57:14,746 --> 01:57:16,713
OK.

1177
01:57:19,713 --> 01:57:22,475
Why weren't you
with me that day?

1178
01:57:22,813 --> 01:57:23,780
I'm sorry, sweetheart.

1179
01:57:23,980 --> 01:57:25,674
- "Bright Red Sun"?
- Nope.

1180
01:57:31,312 --> 01:57:32,279
Forgive me.

1181
01:57:32,646 --> 01:57:37,012
Why did you go see him?
You fuckin' love him?

1182
01:57:37,179 --> 01:57:40,078
I'm sorry I betrayed your trust.

1183
01:57:40,346 --> 01:57:44,712
<i>This next song is a request from
someone named... Broken Dam?</i>

1184
01:57:47,112 --> 01:57:50,341
<i>It's called
"Blossom of a Red Rose."</i>

1185
01:57:52,312 --> 01:57:53,677
Ah, "Blossom of a Red Rose."

1186
01:57:55,546 --> 01:57:58,013
It's your favorite.
Let's sing.

1187
01:57:58,112 --> 01:57:59,238
Shut up.

1188
01:57:59,779 --> 01:58:06,201
...a rose has bloomed...
...a bright red rose...

1189
01:58:12,412 --> 01:58:15,311
...in my lonely garden...

1190
01:58:20,245 --> 01:58:26,145
...one tiny rose...

1191
01:58:28,279 --> 01:58:31,178
...in my lonely garden...

1192
01:58:38,179 --> 01:58:45,238
...oh rose... little rose...

1193
01:58:48,379 --> 01:58:51,278
...just stay...

1194
01:58:52,512 --> 01:58:55,411
...in bloom...

1195
01:59:10,479 --> 01:59:13,378
Here. Thank you.

1196
01:59:16,546 --> 01:59:18,445
Thanks.

1197
01:59:21,979 --> 01:59:28,970
<i>A look of satisfaction on his big
fat stupid face. A happy murderer.</i>

1198
01:59:30,546 --> 01:59:35,673
<i>"Forgive me, sweetheart,"
Broken Dam said over and over.</i>

1199
01:59:36,346 --> 01:59:41,473
<i>"You deserve this,
you fuckin' whore."</i>

1200
01:59:42,512 --> 01:59:45,001
<i>The man stabbed her repeatedly.</i>

1201
01:59:46,312 --> 01:59:51,177
<i>Broken Dam played her
role and died happily.</i>

1202
01:59:56,379 --> 01:59:58,903
Did she really die?

1203
01:59:59,112 --> 02:00:00,079
Yeah.

1204
02:00:00,412 --> 02:00:01,538
That's amazing!

1205
02:00:01,912 --> 02:00:03,470
You're next.

1206
02:00:05,112 --> 02:00:06,739
I'll do my best.

1207
02:00:07,112 --> 02:00:14,103
<i>"Just stay
forever in bloom"</i>

1208
02:00:16,613 --> 02:00:23,604
<i>"A rose has bloomed
A bright red rose</i>

1209
02:00:24,813 --> 02:00:32,940
<i>"In my lonely gar den
A rose has bloomed</i>

1210
02:00:33,813 --> 02:00:41,372
<i>"Just one rose
A tiny rose</i>

1211
02:00:41,979 --> 02:00:49,744
<i>"My lonely garden
Is suddenly bright</i>

1212
02:00:50,112 --> 02:00:57,103
<i>"Oh rose,
oh little rose..."</i>

1213
02:00:58,179 --> 02:01:03,135
<i>Cripple
Neck, and Midnight...</i>

1214
02:01:04,145 --> 02:01:06,237
<i>...jumped off the platform.</i>

1215
02:01:06,845 --> 02:01:09,335
<i>I made Mitsuko witness it.</i>

1216
02:01:09,845 --> 02:01:17,803
<i>I wanted her to undertake a
task of such magnitude someday.</i>

1217
02:01:18,579 --> 02:01:24,069
<i>She was still seeking happiness.
She had come to Tokyo to be happy.</i>

1218
02:01:25,412 --> 02:01:31,004
<i>But I knew she'd transcend it.</i>

1219
02:01:46,312 --> 02:01:51,938
<i>"All of a sudden
The rose lost its petals</i>

1220
02:01:52,479 --> 02:02:00,436
<i>"My garden is lonely
Once again"</i>

1221
02:02:02,245 --> 02:02:07,042
<i>After I finished shopping,
I headed home, a happy wife.</i>

1222
02:02:15,679 --> 02:02:17,509
THE KNIFE IN MY POCKET

1223
02:02:28,479 --> 02:02:29,843
What?

1224
02:02:32,812 --> 02:02:34,177
Are you OK, Dad?

1225
02:02:42,579 --> 02:02:44,807
Something wrong, Dad?

1226
02:02:44,979 --> 02:02:51,436
<i>They kept saying "Dad." Was that
how they pleased all their "fathers"?</i>

1227
02:02:52,112 --> 02:02:59,137
There's someone I
want you to meet.

1228
02:03:00,412 --> 02:03:01,379
Who?

1229
02:03:01,713 --> 02:03:03,441
This is fun.

1230
02:03:07,945 --> 02:03:09,469
Come on out, Tetsu.

1231
02:03:16,145 --> 02:03:17,510
Tetsu.

1232
02:03:18,945 --> 02:03:20,310
Now

1233
02:03:51,712 --> 02:03:53,077
Hello.

1234
02:04:00,112 --> 02:04:03,307
He's been wanting to see you.

1235
02:04:07,712 --> 02:04:09,077
Sit down.

1236
02:04:12,712 --> 02:04:16,873
We're not gonna wait for
the meat. Right, Tetsuzo?

1237
02:04:17,945 --> 02:04:19,310
Come on.

1238
02:04:20,346 --> 02:04:21,710
Introduce yourself.

1239
02:04:22,678 --> 02:04:26,907
You want me to introduce you?

1240
02:04:30,945 --> 02:04:32,310
Do something.

1241
02:04:33,412 --> 02:04:34,776
You're their father.

1242
02:04:47,312 --> 02:04:48,676
What are you doing?

1243
02:04:52,412 --> 02:04:54,276
What's this guy's problem?

1244
02:04:57,479 --> 02:05:01,844
Mister, you're scaring Yoko

1245
02:05:02,712 --> 02:05:03,509
Mister?

1246
02:05:03,712 --> 02:05:08,611
This is Yoko.
You don't know?

1247
02:05:12,745 --> 02:05:14,110
By the way, mister...

1248
02:05:16,179 --> 02:05:22,306
I'll tell you my name.
My name is Mitsuko.

1249
02:05:22,878 --> 02:05:26,312
Can you remember that?

1250
02:05:27,112 --> 02:05:28,908
I'm Mitsuko.

1251
02:05:40,778 --> 02:05:42,745
I want to start over.

1252
02:05:43,446 --> 02:05:44,504
Noriko.

1253
02:05:44,878 --> 02:05:46,243
Yuka.

1254
02:05:47,712 --> 02:05:52,373
I'm your dad. Your father.

1255
02:05:55,045 --> 02:05:56,909
Tetsuzo, I'm leaving now

1256
02:05:57,312 --> 02:06:02,143
Noriko, Yuka.
Talk to your father.

1257
02:06:12,778 --> 02:06:14,370
Time's up.

1258
02:06:14,645 --> 02:06:16,737
Let's go.

1259
02:06:17,112 --> 02:06:18,669
It hasn't been an hour yet.

1260
02:06:19,545 --> 02:06:22,411
Who are you?

1261
02:06:22,979 --> 02:06:25,741
I thought you were my father.

1262
02:06:26,812 --> 02:06:29,574
Take this guy and leave.

1263
02:06:30,512 --> 02:06:38,469
Now Yuka, call him "Dad."
We don't have much time.

1264
02:06:41,878 --> 02:06:43,243
I'm back.

1265
02:06:48,612 --> 02:06:51,136
Hey, I'm back.

1266
02:06:55,845 --> 02:06:56,607
What?

1267
02:06:56,945 --> 02:06:57,604
Stop.

1268
02:06:58,712 --> 02:07:00,077
You're hurting me.

1269
02:07:28,979 --> 02:07:30,344
Stay out of this.

1270
02:07:40,346 --> 02:07:42,006
What is this, sweetheart?

1271
02:07:45,145 --> 02:07:46,509
Stop this stupid act.

1272
02:07:49,478 --> 02:07:50,467
What?

1273
02:07:52,645 --> 02:07:55,374
Stop this stupid act.

1274
02:07:58,245 --> 02:08:02,201
I'm the customer here.
You do what I say.

1275
02:08:02,545 --> 02:08:05,478
<i>Customer? I was confused.</i>

1276
02:08:07,245 --> 02:08:11,042
<i>Sometimes, I would
forget that I was Kumiko.</i>

1277
02:08:11,245 --> 02:08:12,143
Sweetheart?

1278
02:08:12,645 --> 02:08:18,307
No, I'm Ikeda.
I have no wife or children.

1279
02:08:27,411 --> 02:08:29,969
You come with me.

1280
02:08:31,511 --> 02:08:32,240
You come with me.

1281
02:09:07,145 --> 02:09:08,702
Mister...

1282
02:09:13,012 --> 02:09:15,002
Get out of here.

1283
02:09:35,511 --> 02:09:36,773
Noriko...

1284
02:09:39,245 --> 02:09:40,506
Noriko...

1285
02:09:42,045 --> 02:09:43,307
I'm Mitsuko.

1286
02:09:46,212 --> 02:09:47,473
I'm Mitsuko.

1287
02:09:50,212 --> 02:09:51,473
Noriko...

1288
02:09:53,245 --> 02:09:54,506
I'm Mitsuko.

1289
02:09:58,345 --> 02:09:59,607
I'm Mitsuko.

1290
02:10:56,745 --> 02:11:02,337
<i>I felt like I was back in 2002...</i>

1291
02:11:02,678 --> 02:11:04,736
<i>standing on that platform.</i>

1292
02:11:05,845 --> 02:11:08,176
<i>I tore off a thread that was...</i>

1293
02:11:08,345 --> 02:11:10,074
<i>dangling from my coat.</i>

1294
02:11:11,212 --> 02:11:15,736
<i>54 girls lined up on
the platform at Shinjuku.</i>

1295
02:11:16,745 --> 02:11:22,940
<i>I know, I'll open the
window. I need some air.</i>

1296
02:11:24,179 --> 02:11:29,237
<i>I walked past the
man to the veranda.</i>

1297
02:11:29,812 --> 02:11:34,575
<i>I opened the window. The
white curtains billowed.</i>

1298
02:11:35,311 --> 02:11:37,108
<i>It was snowing.</i>

1299
02:11:38,278 --> 02:11:42,178
<i>Saliva started to
flow in my mouth.</i>

1300
02:11:42,945 --> 02:11:45,309
<i>It might have been drool.</i>

1301
02:11:45,545 --> 02:11:48,103
<i>Cold drool</i>

1302
02:11:50,045 --> 02:11:53,944
<i>I couldn't breathe,
so I opened my mouth.</i>

1303
02:11:54,878 --> 02:11:57,072
<i>Drool dripped on the floor.</i>

1304
02:11:58,445 --> 02:12:03,640
<i>The table, reflected in the
window, seemed so far away.</i>

1305
02:12:14,845 --> 02:12:22,836
<i>Our men were beating up the
man, kicking and punching him.</i>

1306
02:12:49,812 --> 02:12:54,370
<i>I crouched down and
touched my own drool.</i>

1307
02:13:00,411 --> 02:13:04,503
<i>I was drooling,
and I wanted to pee.</i>

1308
02:13:09,012 --> 02:13:12,570
<i>Soon, everything turned white.</i>

1309
02:13:14,411 --> 02:13:17,708
<i>It felt like there was sand everywhere.</i>

1310
02:13:17,945 --> 02:13:20,878
<i>The floor seemed rough.</i>

1311
02:13:22,178 --> 02:13:26,669
<i>But I wasn't in the desert.
It was some nameless town.</i>

1312
02:13:26,878 --> 02:13:29,640
<i>I felt like I was back in 2002...</i>

1313
02:13:33,012 --> 02:13:34,876
<i>And I was talking to Tangerine.</i>

1314
02:13:35,445 --> 02:13:36,412
<i>Tangerine...</i>

1315
02:13:36,612 --> 02:13:40,238
<i>Round, orange tangerine...</i>

1316
02:13:40,878 --> 02:13:43,310
<i>She was standing in the snow.</i>

1317
02:13:43,478 --> 02:13:47,275
What's up, Norippe?

1318
02:13:50,012 --> 02:13:52,240
<i>Boys are trouble...</i>

1319
02:13:53,678 --> 02:13:58,907
<i>I remembered that we used
to walk to school together.</i>

1320
02:14:02,445 --> 02:14:05,571
Recognize my uniform, Norippe?

1321
02:14:06,612 --> 02:14:09,670
That's my "school" now
I was just on my way.

1322
02:14:10,045 --> 02:14:15,239
<i>It was a snowy night,
and Tangerine was there.</i>

1323
02:14:15,812 --> 02:14:18,041
I still love tangerines.

1324
02:14:22,078 --> 02:14:24,238
Tangerines.

1325
02:14:29,345 --> 02:14:30,710
<i>Yuka was crying.</i>

1326
02:15:14,178 --> 02:15:16,407
Mitsuko. Yoko.

1327
02:15:19,244 --> 02:15:20,370
Mom.

1328
02:15:20,878 --> 02:15:23,106
I got some meat.

1329
02:15:24,044 --> 02:15:25,067
What happened?

1330
02:15:25,912 --> 02:15:27,776
You must be hungry.

1331
02:15:29,011 --> 02:15:31,240
Let's eat.

1332
02:15:33,445 --> 02:15:36,844
Can you go get the portable
stove from the kitchen?

1333
02:15:39,612 --> 02:15:40,874
So cold today.

1334
02:15:41,244 --> 02:15:42,871
I know

1335
02:15:43,912 --> 02:15:45,071
Can you close the window?

1336
02:15:47,945 --> 02:15:50,173
Also, can you go get the pan?

1337
02:15:52,978 --> 02:15:55,207
My hands are numb.

1338
02:15:59,411 --> 02:15:59,878
What?

1339
02:16:00,278 --> 02:16:02,972
It doesn't work, Mom.

1340
02:16:05,745 --> 02:16:08,837
Where are extra gas cartridges?

1341
02:16:10,378 --> 02:16:11,743
He'll find them.

1342
02:16:12,111 --> 02:16:15,942
- Don't put it on the stove.
- Why not?

1343
02:16:16,378 --> 02:16:17,504
It's out of gas.

1344
02:16:19,378 --> 02:16:21,140
I'll put it here for now

1345
02:16:22,278 --> 02:16:24,643
- I'm so hungry.
- Me too.

1346
02:16:24,944 --> 02:16:28,139
Do we have extra cartridges?

1347
02:16:48,878 --> 02:16:55,641
Sweetheart, you wanted us
to die together tonight.

1348
02:16:56,845 --> 02:16:59,073
Didn't you?

1349
02:17:04,478 --> 02:17:05,570
Please.

1350
02:17:11,311 --> 02:17:13,244
Kill me.

1351
02:17:15,011 --> 02:17:16,944
Who's this man?

1352
02:17:17,845 --> 02:17:20,539
He's your father, silly.

1353
02:17:21,044 --> 02:17:24,909
Noriko, your father's
looking for gas cartridges.

1354
02:17:26,011 --> 02:17:28,240
Noriko?

1355
02:17:28,712 --> 02:17:30,940
Kill me now

1356
02:17:33,545 --> 02:17:35,774
Just kill me.

1357
02:17:36,645 --> 02:17:38,737
Then run away with
Noriko and Yuka.

1358
02:17:38,911 --> 02:17:42,538
No, I'm not Noriko.
I'm Mitsuko.

1359
02:17:50,778 --> 02:17:54,176
Don't make a face, Noriko.

1360
02:17:55,612 --> 02:17:56,601
No.

1361
02:17:57,712 --> 02:17:58,973
You're a girl.

1362
02:17:59,278 --> 02:18:03,712
No, I'm not Noriko.
I'm Mitsuko.

1363
02:18:04,044 --> 02:18:06,273
Girls shouldn't do that.

1364
02:18:06,678 --> 02:18:08,076
No.

1365
02:18:08,645 --> 02:18:10,373
Dear, don't you agree?

1366
02:18:10,712 --> 02:18:14,145
Mom, I'm Mitsuko.

1367
02:18:15,078 --> 02:18:17,307
We wanna avoid pain.

1368
02:18:19,411 --> 02:18:25,003
We just wanna avoid pain, right?

1369
02:18:27,645 --> 02:18:29,873
You, me...

1370
02:18:30,978 --> 02:18:34,673
We just wanna avoid pain, right?

1371
02:18:35,877 --> 02:18:38,435
We all just wanna avoid pain.

1372
02:18:56,278 --> 02:18:58,507
It's time to go, but...

1373
02:19:05,844 --> 02:19:08,073
Are we going?

1374
02:19:11,011 --> 02:19:13,240
Or staying?

1375
02:19:17,278 --> 02:19:21,712
What do you wanna do, sir?

1376
02:19:30,645 --> 02:19:32,873
I'm so tired.

1377
02:19:33,877 --> 02:19:36,709
Right, sir?

1378
02:19:41,612 --> 02:19:43,840
Sir?

1379
02:19:53,445 --> 02:19:58,901
Do you want more time?

1380
02:20:09,545 --> 02:20:11,773
I think...

1381
02:20:15,877 --> 02:20:18,640
Can I say what I think?

1382
02:20:24,345 --> 02:20:28,642
Is it OK, Mitsuko?

1383
02:20:40,445 --> 02:20:44,435
You all look like lions to me.

1384
02:20:50,178 --> 02:20:52,407
You all look like lions.

1385
02:21:11,811 --> 02:21:14,040
Let's be rabbits again.

1386
02:21:18,178 --> 02:21:24,601
Let's be rabbits again, OK?

1387
02:21:37,411 --> 02:21:44,572
I want to extend this session.

1388
02:21:54,611 --> 02:21:59,670
Let's extend it.

1389
02:22:13,911 --> 02:22:16,140
Mm, this is good.

1390
02:22:25,577 --> 02:22:27,340
Ow hot!

1391
02:22:28,545 --> 02:22:31,773
Home-cooked
meals are the best.

1392
02:22:32,044 --> 02:22:34,636
You have to eat
vegetables too.

1393
02:22:36,345 --> 02:22:38,573
Mom, can I have some meat?

1394
02:22:41,211 --> 02:22:45,644
- Get it yourself.
- You should get some, Sis.

1395
02:22:45,944 --> 02:22:48,173
I gave you vegetables, too.

1396
02:22:48,511 --> 02:22:52,376
- Want some meat, Dad?
- No, I'm fine.

1397
02:22:53,677 --> 02:22:55,906
It's delicious.

1398
02:22:59,211 --> 02:22:59,905
Tea?

1399
02:23:00,944 --> 02:23:03,173
Refill, please.

1400
02:23:04,011 --> 02:23:06,035
- Here. Yuka, you want tea?
- Please.

1401
02:23:06,278 --> 02:23:08,302
Honey, excuse me.
Oh, watch out!

1402
02:23:09,078 --> 02:23:12,307
There is no Suicide Club.

1403
02:23:15,078 --> 02:23:16,772
Warms you up, huh?

1404
02:23:17,278 --> 02:23:18,767
I know

1405
02:23:20,577 --> 02:23:22,135
You can eat more, right?

1406
02:23:22,311 --> 02:23:24,039
My face is burning.

1407
02:23:25,777 --> 02:23:33,268
The world is the Suicide Club, with
far more suicides than our circle.

1408
02:23:34,011 --> 02:23:37,240
Being close to death
gives living value.

1409
02:23:38,111 --> 02:23:42,567
Only a small fraction of our
members actually commit suicide.

1410
02:23:43,644 --> 02:23:46,975
Not all members commit suicide?

1411
02:23:47,311 --> 02:23:50,403
<i>It was a stupid question.</i>

1412
02:23:50,978 --> 02:23:57,071
Only the members whose roles
require them to commit suicide, do.

1413
02:23:57,544 --> 02:24:03,637
If you saw a lion eat a zebra,
would you call it a "Cannibal Club"?

1414
02:24:04,711 --> 02:24:09,407
Lions eat zebras.
Zebras eat grass.

1415
02:24:10,445 --> 02:24:14,536
The circle of life.

1416
02:24:26,777 --> 02:24:30,835
- Are you eating vegetables?
- Yeah, I even had seconds.

1417
02:24:31,144 --> 02:24:33,373
But there's still a lot.

1418
02:24:34,411 --> 02:24:36,968
'Cause you're only
eating meat, Sis.

1419
02:24:38,278 --> 02:24:39,505
Sorry.

1420
02:24:42,877 --> 02:24:45,106
I want...

1421
02:24:47,944 --> 02:24:52,741
I want to start over.

1422
02:25:00,777 --> 02:25:03,142
What are you talking about?

1423
02:25:03,278 --> 02:25:05,142
Listen to me.

1424
02:25:06,444 --> 02:25:08,207
Taeko.

1425
02:25:14,378 --> 02:25:16,401
I want to redo everything.

1426
02:25:16,644 --> 02:25:18,168
Starting now

1427
02:25:42,011 --> 02:25:44,240
But...

1428
02:25:45,577 --> 02:25:47,635
Don't you know..

1429
02:25:48,011 --> 02:25:53,672
We're all sick and tired
of your selfish ways.

1430
02:25:55,011 --> 02:25:57,240
Dad...

1431
02:25:58,811 --> 02:26:00,937
You've always been so selfish.

1432
02:26:03,178 --> 02:26:04,508
Noriko.

1433
02:26:04,811 --> 02:26:09,506
She had never said anything
like that to me in Toyokawa.

1434
02:26:10,544 --> 02:26:15,240
If she had, I probably
would've hit her.

1435
02:26:15,744 --> 02:26:17,973
I'm so sorry.

1436
02:26:18,644 --> 02:26:20,873
I was wrong.

1437
02:26:29,611 --> 02:26:31,840
So let's...

1438
02:26:36,211 --> 02:26:38,439
...make a fresh start.

1439
02:26:44,811 --> 02:26:49,403
Let's die once...

1440
02:26:49,944 --> 02:26:56,003
...and come back to life.

1441
02:27:11,310 --> 02:27:13,539
I'm done.

1442
02:27:13,777 --> 02:27:16,006
It was delicious.

1443
02:27:16,377 --> 02:27:19,435
- I'm full.
- Me too.

1444
02:27:19,644 --> 02:27:21,873
We finished it all.

1445
02:27:22,510 --> 02:27:24,875
3 hours had passed.

1446
02:27:25,310 --> 02:27:30,369
<i>The extension on my
time was about over.</i>

1447
02:27:31,111 --> 02:27:32,907
<i>I was happy.</i>

1448
02:27:37,277 --> 02:27:41,540
<i>I wanted to shout, "Happy!"</i>

1449
02:27:43,243 --> 02:27:47,007
<i>My dad... my sister...</i>

1450
02:27:47,944 --> 02:27:52,343
<i>...and Kumiko as my mother.</i>

1451
02:27:59,611 --> 02:28:01,078
Happy!

1452
02:28:02,677 --> 02:28:06,303
<i>I reminisced about...
Toyokawa, 10 years ago...</i>

1453
02:28:06,911 --> 02:28:11,571
<i>...the stuffed animal attached
to my sister's bag...</i>

1454
02:28:13,644 --> 02:28:18,203
<i>...memories... in rapid succession...</i>

1455
02:28:23,178 --> 02:28:29,543
<i>After dinner, my sister
and I took a bath together.</i>

1456
02:28:30,011 --> 02:28:31,204
<i>Sis.</i>

1457
02:28:31,744 --> 02:28:39,576
<i>We talked about our past...
when we were Noriko and Yuka.</i>

1458
02:28:39,911 --> 02:28:42,776
Remember when Dad got caught?

1459
02:28:43,243 --> 02:28:48,199
Yeah, I remember.
Dad was so embarrassed.

1460
02:28:50,410 --> 02:28:58,708
<i>I felt empty. I couldn't tell if I was
talking to Mitsuko or Noriko.</i>

1461
02:29:02,510 --> 02:29:04,500
You must be tired.

1462
02:29:04,811 --> 02:29:06,801
You must be too.

1463
02:29:08,277 --> 02:29:12,006
Mom, Dad.
Good night.

1464
02:29:12,377 --> 02:29:18,402
<i>I wanted the power to go
out before we went to sleep.</i>

1465
02:29:19,310 --> 02:29:26,506
<i>But the whole house remained
bright with fluorescent lights.</i>

1466
02:29:29,011 --> 02:29:31,705
I'm a little dizzy from the heat.

1467
02:29:34,243 --> 02:29:36,472
Early start tomorrow right?

1468
02:29:36,978 --> 02:29:40,411
- Gotta get some sleep.
- Me too.

1469
02:29:41,577 --> 02:29:42,544
G'night.

1470
02:29:42,777 --> 02:29:43,903
Good night.

1471
02:29:53,711 --> 02:30:02,509
<i>I wanted to thank my
father for setting this up.</i>

1472
02:30:03,444 --> 02:30:09,639
<i>That night, I thought I
could finally succeed my sister.</i>

1473
02:30:10,344 --> 02:30:14,641
<i>She had always said...</i>

1474
02:30:15,811 --> 02:30:21,608
<i>"Gotta go somewhere different.
Gotta get out of here."</i>

1475
02:30:22,078 --> 02:30:25,408
<i>I had laughed at her.</i>

1476
02:30:25,978 --> 02:30:32,343
<i>But I finally understood her.</i>

1477
02:30:38,110 --> 02:30:44,510
<i>I watched her sleep for the
fir st time in a long time.</i>

1478
02:30:45,344 --> 02:30:47,607
<i>She was moaning in her sleep.</i>

1479
02:30:50,143 --> 02:30:52,133
<i>Sounded familiar.</i>

1480
02:30:52,911 --> 02:30:54,434
<i>I was happy.</i>

1481
02:30:54,877 --> 02:30:56,400
<i>I wanted to tell her...</i>

1482
02:30:57,677 --> 02:31:00,008
<i>"Never stop acting,
even in sleep."</i>

1483
02:31:00,377 --> 02:31:03,344
I'm sorry, Sis.

1484
02:31:21,143 --> 02:31:26,236
<i>Then I quietly got out of bed.</i>

1485
02:31:26,644 --> 02:31:30,077
<i>Tiptoed down the hall.</i>

1486
02:31:32,043 --> 02:31:34,510
<i>Something I wanted to see.</i>

1487
02:31:40,777 --> 02:31:42,368
<i>Grinding his teeth...</i>

1488
02:31:42,611 --> 02:31:46,169
<i>talking in his sleep... as usual.</i>

1489
02:31:46,844 --> 02:31:49,811
<i>Thank you, Dad.</i>

1490
02:32:30,043 --> 02:32:33,010
<i>While I was putting on my shoes...</i>

1491
02:32:33,310 --> 02:32:35,800
<i>I almost sneezed.</i>

1492
02:32:36,444 --> 02:32:38,502
<i>I held it in.</i>

1493
02:32:56,977 --> 02:32:59,944
<i>I opened the door and went outside.</i>

1494
02:33:00,477 --> 02:33:03,444
<i>Fresh air greeted me.</i>

1495
02:33:05,177 --> 02:33:08,906
<i>6 AM. It was still dark.</i>

1496
02:33:10,077 --> 02:33:14,443
<i>I took a deep breath.</i>

1497
02:33:15,444 --> 02:33:18,411
<i>I inhaled deeply.</i>

1498
02:34:07,043 --> 02:34:10,807
<i>I started to walk down the street...</i>

1499
02:34:11,077 --> 02:34:13,340
<i>toward the center of the city.</i>

1500
02:34:13,510 --> 02:34:17,466
<i>I wanted to go somewhere
completely different.</i>

1501
02:34:17,876 --> 02:34:20,843
<i>I sneezed.</i>

1502
02:34:28,243 --> 02:34:33,904
<i>I'm walking for the first time.</i>

1503
02:34:35,277 --> 02:34:38,005
<i>I was through with Yoko.</i>

1504
02:34:38,577 --> 02:34:40,703
<i>But I wasn't Yuka either.</i>

1505
02:34:41,744 --> 02:34:43,869
<i>Just some nameless girl.</i>

1506
02:34:44,477 --> 02:34:46,205
<i>I started walking.</i>

1507
02:35:42,043 --> 02:35:43,839
<i>Your heart is a small glass.</i>

1508
02:35:44,277 --> 02:35:48,608
<i>If you pour too much emotion into it...</i>

1509
02:35:49,977 --> 02:35:52,342
<i>...tears will spill out.</i>

1510
02:35:55,644 --> 02:35:57,736
<i>But I wasn't Yuka either.</i>

1511
02:35:59,910 --> 02:36:03,309
<i>Goodbye, my adolescence.</i>

1512
02:36:03,977 --> 02:36:07,172
<i>Goodbye, Haikyo. com.</i>

1513
02:36:08,577 --> 02:36:11,544
<i>Goodbye, Mitsuko.</i>

1514
02:36:15,210 --> 02:36:17,336
<i>I am Noriko.</i>

1515
02:38:52,977 --> 02:38:58,638
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