Original subtitles

ART THATER GUILD OF JAPAN

Three... Four...

Sweet as sugar.

Sweet as sugar.

Sweet as sugar.

Leaps like a flea.

AN IMAMURA PRO, SOEI-SHA AND ATG CO-PRODUCTION

Leaps like a flea.

White as a rabbit.

Leaps like a flea.

Leaps like a flea.

Shines like an old man's bald head!

DIRECTED BY KAZUHIKO HASEGAWA

Light shines.

Light shines.

Shines like an old man's bald head!

I have to get my car from dad. I'll go right now.

Bring back some vegetables.

He'll give me hell.

I want a gun.

Don't quarrel. Pretend you're listening.

I have good ears, unlike your left ear.

My dad's stingy about the car.

But he made a down payment.

I'd steal it. You own the things your parents own.

Your mother hates girls like me.

You have an umbrella?

Only one for women.

"Holding an umbrella,

"Jack goes to a box with his balls."

- What's that? - A funny poem by a funny writer.

I'm uneducated, but I know these things.

It's about a man visiting his girl.

But I'll go to my old man and his wife.

Holding an umbrella Jack goes to a box...

YOUTH KILLER

No! No!

Damn that old man!

To hell with Mom!

Jun, what's up?

No! No!

Don 't! I don't like this!

It's silly!

Not here!

Stop it, Jun!

Leave on the light.

Jun, I want you to look at my body.

I've seen you.

Surprised to see me so well developed?

Your mom's smart.

She knows I've been in love with you.

- Say it. - What did you say?

Hell! I spoke into your deaf ear.

You know, I lost hearing, because I stole a fig.

A fig?

There was a fig tree by the back door of your old house.

You told that to my mom.

Did I?

Mother's an alcoholic now, but she was very strict back then.

She slapped me.

Did She?

That's why I lost hearing in it.

- I don't remember. - It's really true.

You didn't have to squeal on me about the fig.

If it's true, I'll have to apologize.

Don't. I don't want you to apologize.

Darling, come here!

Hey! Wait! Wait!

I'll hit you!

We've been waiting for you.

A trap. I shouldn't have come.

I didn't notice you took the key. You're a thief.

You're the thieves. You stole it from me.

Where's that girl?

She isn't with me.

He says she isn't here.

If Keiko was here, we could settle it right away.

That bitch! Is this her umbrella?

Don't! It's still usable.

Go hurry. I know how to get rid of her.

I'll handle it.

You may get mad,

but I had a private detective investigate her.

Your mother doesn't know.

You did the same thing to me.

Part with Keiko. At once.

In three months.

Do it now, or her body will bind you like your mother says.

It's not her body I love.

You mean you love her character?

If you don't leave her, I'll have to close the snack bar.

Why?

Did you hire me only to fire me?

You bought that car for me, didn't you?

You brought Keiko to me, didn't you?

Why do you change your mind now?

I'll gonna hate you, if you keep it up.

Don't get too worked up. There are knives around here.

I Said "if".

Do you know how Keiko lost the hearing in her left ear?

Her mom hit her.

Is that in the detective's report?

Why was she hit?

- Because of a fig. - Huh?

Years ago, she stole a fig from the tree near our house.

I don't remember any fig tree.

By the backdoor.

There was an azalea outside the backdoor.

Azaleas don't bear fruit.

Did Keiko say she stole a fig?

I told her mother that she stole it.

Are you sure you told her?

You'd believe anything a girl tells you? How gullible!

Was it really an azalea?

Why would a mother hit her child so hard she becomes deaf?

Better think about it.

What does the report say?

She was raped by her mother's lover.

But her mother thought Keiko seduced him.

Things like that sometimes happen.

She's lying to you. Can't you see?

You know where she's got that fig idea from?

A fig leaf is used for hiding a man's privates.

It's classic. The rapist was a foreigner.

Stop it!

Face it, she's the kind who'd lie when the truth wouldn't hurt.

It was a fig tree.

No!

I remember one.

Go ask your mother, then.

She knows nothing about the report.

Jun, eat supper before you go.

I'll start cooking.

Jun, I've bought vegetables for your snack bar.

I'm too good-natured. I complain about Keiko and still get stock for you.

Don't come in here.

What? What happened?

Don't look! Go away!

- Don't look! - What happened?

Don't look!

He's just stopped breathing.

Hospital...

Did you call an ambulance?

Isn't he breathing?

He stopped moving while I was looking.

Don't die, dear!

Don't die!

Don't die!

- Calm down. - You...

He's already dead. I killed him.

I stabbed him.

Stabbed...?

- With this. - With this?

- Don't you get it? - Get what?

- Maybe you don't get it. - Get what?

Darling!

There's so much blood.

We can never clean it all.

What did you say?

Jun, do you...?

It's still wet. Look at all this blood.

Fool!

Why did you take this thing?

- Why did you do it? - I wanted to shut him up.

Did he talk about Keiko? What did he say?

- I'll tell it to the police. - Huh?

I'll go later and give myself up.

Give yourself up?

Don't worry about it. I don't care.

I don't want you to go to the police!

They'll jail you!

I said, I'll go. Calm down.

Let's think about this.

You didn't hurt an outsider.

This is strictly a family matter.

No one is charging you with anything.

Can't you see? Your father wouldn't want you to be executed.

- I'll be executed. - I couldn't bear it.

Your father dead and you executed? It's too much.

It's for the state to decide.

- This doesn't concern the state. - The law!

The law is worthless! Don't let it destroy our family.

Forget about the law!

The state and the law...

Did you understand what I said?

- A little. - A little's not enough.

You must fully understand.

All this will only cause us a lot of trouble.

This doesn't concern anybody except us.

The law and the state don't matter?

- I'll close it. - What?

The shop.

Wash your face and hands.

We'll have to get busy. Pull yourself together.

- I forgot something important. - Okay, I won't go to the police.

Namu amide butsu.

- Namu amide butsu. - Hey!

Darling, please protect us.

If you have a soul, please give us your advice.

Help him when he's questioned by the police.

- If you still have a soul... - Stop it! You're foolish!

I'm praying for you. Don't you see?

I don't believe the soul lives on after death,

but I don't want him to punish you.

Punish me?

Let him do, if he can. I couldn't care less.

You should respect your dead father.

But it's worthless to pray for his help, if the police isn't even involved.

The blood's beginning to congeal.

What shall we do?

We have to clean it up.

Jun!

Let me do it.

- We have to get rid of him. - I'm a good-for-nothing.

A good-for-nothing. A good-for-nothing.

Oh, my! Stop acting hysterical!

Stop acting hysterical.

You look like you're going to burn down the house.

- Want me to? - Fool!

Don't even think about it!

- Come with me. - What is it? - Come!

I couldn't speak about it beside his body. - About what?

Jun, let's live together from now on. OK?

Let's pretend your father eloped with a young woman. Please.

That's nothing.

Frankly, I've been waiting for something like this to happen.

- His death? - Nonsense!

I've been waiting for this.

I was wishing that he would suddenly disappear,

so that I wouldn't have to handle truck tires anymore.

And I'd be relieved of the hard work.

I don't want to fix flat tires at age 45 any more.

Listen, let's sell this place.

The shop and the house.

We can get 25 million yen just for the lot.

Let's sell your bar too, and go to a town, where nobody knows us.

Where nobody knows us.

Let's buy a condo.

If we spend the money carefully, we can live several years without working.

We'll stay indoors and won't see anybody.

You'll study hard and try to go to college.

You'll Wen prep school, then to college.

Then you'll graduate,

continue studying and become a scholar.

- Yes. - And then...

And then, in ten years, you can marry a kind and decent woman.

Ten years?

The statute of limitations. After that we can relax.

For felony, the period is fifteen years.

Okay, fifteen years.

In fifteen years, you'll be almost forty.

But be patient as I'll act as your wife till then.

Do you understand what I'm saying?

Fifteen years...

You mustn't tell our secret to anybody until then.

- Can you do that? - Yes.

Everybody in the world is your enemy.

Do you really understand?

The person closest to you is your worst enemy.

You mean Keiko?

Yes.

If you're with her, you'll reveal the secret.

Even if you don't spill it, she'll sense, she'll know it.

Shut up! I'll leave her.

I'm so glad!

If you refused to leave her, I wouldn't know what to do.

Thank you, thank you.

- Stop it! I feel lousy. - Send her away somewhere.

Give her some money and send her to Hokkaido or Kyushu.

Don't give me orders! I'm no kindergarten kid!

But I have to plan everything.

Then think of how to get rid of the body.

I've already decided.

Look! We'll use this as a weight.

This weighs 20 kilos.

A weight? Into the sea?

Exactly. We'll call it a burial at sea.

Where?

The best would be a clean, deep spot far from shore.

Trouble is, it's hard to rent a boat these days.

What'll happen to the body if the water's dirty and oily?

It'll rot completely.

I'm sure about that.

Only his bones will remain, washed blank like shells.

An old rim rusts faster.

It won't last very long. We'll have to use a new one.

I think you've planned this for a long time.

A truck driver told me,

that it is the best way to dispose of a body.

You know a better way?

Let's think about it tonight.

- I'll get it ready for disposal. - Where are you going?

To the bathroom. It's the best place for it.

You can easily wash away blood there.

Let's work together. We'll do the dirtiest part first.

- Here. For you. - What for?

The smell of blood.

You take his feet. I'll hold his head.

Damn it! We're not moving some bedding.

- I'll do it alone. - But...

- The blood will make you slip and fall. - I don't care.

Jun! Not that way!

Shut up! Don't order me!

I did this, so I'll dispose him by myself.

I didn't expect it to be that easy.

His body slides on his own blood.

Stop it!

More gently.

Shut up!

Whether I handle him gently or roughly, it's all the same.

What's the difference?

This is a your coffin.

A polyethylene coffin.

Forgive us.

Be patient until we drop you into the sea.

We'll purify you with seawater.

- I'll put him in here! - Wait!

What will we do, if he hates the sea bed and surfaces again?

To prevent that we'd better use several wheels.

Darling, you liked the sea.

Right?

When you came here for the first time,

you were riding a bicycle permanently looking at the sea.

There were many people gathering shell fish.

"l like the sea.

"You can find sea shells if you dig into the sand.

"I'll stop peddling popsicles and live by the Seashore."

You said so, didn't you?

Are you done now?

What are you doing?

Darling!

You think he hates to be buried in the sea?

He shouldn't. He shouldn't hate it!

You remember, don't you?

Your bicycle had a flat tire and we couldn't go home to Tokyo.

So we spent the night on the beach,

watching the sunrise over the sea in the morning.

"Ah, this is the sea!" you cried out.

"I'll find a job around here!"

You repeated it over and over again, while I was fixing the tire.

You were looking up at my face from the beach and said:

"l have nothing but my two arms and two legs to work with."

"No, you're wrong!" I answered.

"If you're a real man, you have another leg in between."

You blushed, suddenly got up and said:

"l haven't used it for a long time, but it's still good."

- Answer it. - No!

Shut up! We're busy now!

If you're scared, why don't you cut the phone wire?

We can't. We mustn't act like criminals.

I'm already a criminal.

Come on. You're too weak.

You're wrong. My heart is...

I feel as if my heart's being squeezed by an invisible hand.

An invisible hand?

My heart's aching. It hurts.

Drink some whiskey.

I'll call a doctor.

No, better not.

Do you have a heart disease?

This is the first time that I feel this pain.

I'll go away.

I think it will be impossible to hide the truth.

I'll find a way to settle this.

You'd better find your own way.

Heave ho!

What do you mean by my own way?

What do you mean?

I have to put you in upside down. Forgive me.

Jun!

We'll need quite a few towels to clean up.

You're planning to run away from me.

If you don't intent to live with me,

why bother cleaning up here?

You're right.

I must be an idiot.

What's so funny? I know you'll leave me.

Running away without me. That's what you want.

You're innocent. You don't need to run.

Don't fool me!

You're planning to run off with her.

I didn't say that.

It's written all over your face.

You plan to put the blame on me and run away with her.

With all the money from the safe?

Huh?

If that was my plan, I'd be long gone.

You mean you don't know, where the key for the safe is?

Stupid. I wasn't planning to leave you.

You're laughing. I Know you're planning to cheat me.

Don't get so upset.

You're the one who's getting upset.

You're obsessed by her.

This slut has enslaved you with her body.

You killed your father.

And now you're going to leave me and steal my money!

I've slaved for that money for 20 years.

Shut up!

I'm not saying I'll run for my own sake.

You're even scared by the phone.

You won't be able to get away with this by lying.

Therefore you'd better tell the truth.

I got it.

Don't say no more.

I know I'd better die.

I got it.

I'll set fire to the house.

That's it...

They'll think I'd lost my mind and killed him and myself.

The whole thing will look more honorable that way.

Hey!

You can go... wherever you like.

Run away with your slut.

I don't care any more.

I'm fed up with it.

- What are you doing? - I want to dress up.

I want to wear my best Kimono when I die.

I haven't spent not even 1,000 yen for my own pleasure.

I've never been to a hotspring, never done anything.

I'm sorry.

But apologies won't help now.

Let's do it.

Okay?

Let's make love.

Beat it!

I'm hungry!

Let's finish the cleaning quickly, and think it over after eating.

Jun, use this sheet to wrap him up.

I don't need it any more.

What's this? What you are up to?

Stop it!

Idiot!

Die, before I kill myself!

You cheated me!

Beat it! Stop it!

Jun, I'll kill myself.

But we must all die!

Jun, you gonna...'?

I'll be killed like father.

No, you won't. On the contrary...

Tell me frankly.

You've planned this from the beginning.

What an ass I've been.

You and Keiko decided to kill me, if things went wrong.

I'm really stupid.

So I didn't realize it and talked about a new life...

What a fool I am.

Shut up!

I'm a fool and you're a fool. We're both fools.

Mother...

Prepare to die! Take it as punishment for murdering your father.

Jun!

Jun!

Please stick it in gently.

Don't hurt me.

Do it, quickly.

Gently.

It hurts!

It hurts!

Die!

Die! Die!

I'm dying!

Won't have to work any more.

No more hard work.

I'm glad.

Jun, my dear.

Go to... prep school.

Go to... college.

Take the postgraduate course.

Fifteen years.

You'll only have to hold out for 15 years.

Find yourself a woman.

A kind and decent woman.

OK.

I Will!

How stupid! I pinched my finger in the car door.

I'm all wet. I need underwear, a shirt and jeans.

Jun!

I'll close the shop.

Where are the vegetables?

No time to get them.

But you had the time to change your clothes.

Hurry! Pack your things.

This is new. You had a date with somebody?

I attacked my parents.

It must've been quite a battle. You got hurt, didn't you?

- You must be hungry. - Why don't you answer me?

You managed to get back your car?

Sometimes it's good to fight them.

Your parents are pretending to be virtuous.

They're always arguing.

My mother and I call each other names too.

I was the cause of your quarrel as usual, wasn't I?

Never mind. Forget it.

- But they don't like me. - It's finished. Let's go.

- Right now? - Yes, I have money.

I can't just leave. I have to cook for them.

- Ask them to leave. - But they're the Speed Demons.

I'll talk to them.

They're tougher than your parents.

They're real thugs, you know.

Sorry folks, but we have to close up shop now.

Damn it! What are you doing?

We're closing up now.

Like hell! We already ordered.

That's why I apologized. We have to close up now.

Ass! We eat first!

We won't leave even after we eat.

What's the deal?

Haven't we been friends for a long time?

- What happened? - I just want all of you to leave.

Jun, if you're sick, tell them.

I don't have to. And I'm not sick.

Damn you! Don't act big!

You want us to smash the place to bits?

Tear it apart. Wreck everything. I want to see that.

- Asshole! - Jun, don't!

Stop bullying him!

Destroy it!

This lousy shop!

You'll get a good salary.

A salary?

You mean I'll just be an employee?

A hired bartender?

You're wrong.

I'll cover all the initial losses. That's what I mean.

It's a token of my benevolence.

Mother is exhausted and I plan to close our tire business.

Business is getting slow anyway.

And I'm getting old and tired.

When your bar starts running, we'll open a restaurant.

Pretty good idea, huh?

You won't have to succeed in my business. Rather I'll succeed in yours.

You make it sound easy.

But I won't do it all my life.

A man should think that way.

I hate to flatter people.

So do I. You should always be honest about things.

- Sir. Mr. Saiki. - Why do you call me that?

I'm talking to a business associate.

- Mr. Saiki. - What is it?

Once you've given it to me, don't fire me.

- Why do you say that? - You sometimes act like that.

Whenever I was hooked on something you gave me -

You mean your 8 mm camera and the radio?

They distracted you from studying.

You locked them in the safe. I used to cry in front of it.

I can't hide a snack bar in the safe. It's too big.

Don't laugh, Mr. Saiki.

Stop this "Mr." ploy, will you?

You better draw a circle like a sumo ring.

A sumo ring?

OK. Let's sumo wrestle.

Don't kid around.

Let's go!

Stop! This is ridiculous.

I thought we'd do well, because only poor people fight.

You'd better not think that way.

Are you hating me?

What?

I didn't let you Wen college.

I forgot. That was four years ago.

A radical student was killed by members of a rival faction.

I was afraid that kind of trouble would continue, but I was wrong.

Afraid I'd be killed too?

No, afraid you'd become a killer.

Why?

I wasn't even wounded in the war.

I was confident my son wouldn't be killed in college fights.

Fuck your confidence!

Get angry, young bartender!

What makes you so happy?

This lot will develop into a business headquarters.

It's a gold mine.

- Don't you get that? - No, I don't.

Tens of thousands of people will use this airport.

I don't understand.

I don't understand it, so I want to remain a bystander.

You're strong.

Use that energy to run the bar.

- Am I capable of it? - You'll soon get used to it.

Don't ever come again! You pigs!

Jun.

Jun, how are you? Do you feel dizzy?

A little.

How does it feel? Does it hurt?

My brain's crushed.

Don't exaggerate. It's only a nosebleed.

Don't fight like this again.

I can't, even if I wanted to.

What?

You were supposed to work here for 6 months.

But we're finished now.

Jun, what happened? What do you mean by "finished"?

Go and get packed.

I'll pay your salary for 3 months.

I don't get it.

You want to fire me?

I'll go with you. I've been kicked out.

You must have put up a real fight.

What did your parents say?

Don't ask me.

I know anyway.

"Get rid of Keiko, or out you go."

Think whatever you like.

Jun...

What?

You fought for me and therefore you were fired, right?

Thanks for that. I didn't know you liked me that much...

I'll deliver your things to your home.

Jun, where are you going?

I haven't decided yet.

Shall I go see your folks?

Why? What for?

To beg their forgiveness. I'll say anything...

Forget it!

If we lose this bar, we can't be together.

I can't continue to work here.

If you order me to come with you, I guess I will.

- Order you? - Never mind.

I was supposed to work here for 6 months.

But I'll leave you after only 3 months.

I see.

You're treating it lightly.

Am I wrong?

Would you regret giving me up, even a little, Jun?

- Hey... - I won't kiss you.

That'll make it too hard to leave you.

I'll pack up your things.

We'll take a lot of baggage,

like we're going on a long journey.

Won't people think that we're running away from home?

Shall we go somewhere on a trip?

I don't like the idea of a final trip.

I'd rather shake hands and say good-bye in the street.

And just walk away in different directions.

Shake hands?

Are you getting angry with me,

because I don't cry and say that I feel sad?

No, I'm not.

Of course I feel sad, but I'm pleased, too.

As if I ate a lot of my favorite dish.

Like what?

You'll scold me, if I say it.

But I'll tell you frankly.

You know which was first part of you that I saw when I was little?

Can you guess? It was your Weenie.

It was thin and white.

You had something I didn't.

Idiot! Don't lie.

I'm not lying. I never told you, because I was ashamed.

- I wanted to have it. - Shut up!

Why do you look like that?

A guest. But it's okay. I turned off the lights.

Jun?

What are you doing?

Jun, you're an idiot! We have to break up.

Okay, okay, but let's do it later.

Idiot!

Saiki! Saiki! This is Miyata!

I forgot Mr. Miyata's wedding party. He came for the arrangements.

I don't care!

Jun! Idiot, stop it! Help!

Reiko, are you there?

What if they come in through the backdoor?

We'll do it in front of them.

Jun!

You're crazy!

Do it in front of them? Are you mad?

So what?

Mr. Saiki, we've brought the film.

No!

What happened? I heard voices.

- We're here! Wait! - Keep still!

Don't you like it that Mr. Miyata married his girl?

Why should I care?

Then why did you hurt me?

Taiki, shall we go to the back?

I'll open the door.

What shall I do? Send them away?

- Good evening. - Hello.

I guess we're intruding.

We were making love.

I was just joking.

Hey Saiki, are you sick?

We decided to close the place and go away. Hence...

Did you sell it?

Hence our strange behavior.

So, we can't arrange for the party?

Didn't you tell him to come today?

I forgot it. I'm sorry.

Let me introduce Hidaka to you.

This is Hidaka, who'll host the party. He's an 8th grader.

A 7th grader.

This is Saiki. He was my classmate.

I thought you were crying, but I was wrong.

Why do you think that?

The mood here makes me think so.

Please leave now, Mr. Miyata.

I understand. I'll come some other day.

Shouldn't we borrow the projector?

I'm sorry, I forgot to bring it along.

You're acting irresponsible. It's not like you.

Wasn't it your idea to screen it at the party?

We can get the projector from Saiki's mother.

Give her a call.

Alright?

He had a fight with his parents, so he can't...

That has nothing to do with this.

Though he was fool enough to fight with his parents.

I'm fool enough to get married.

And I want him to call his mother.

The world's full of coincidences.

That's true.

Whatever my own condition, the world keeps spinning.

Miyata, Ikuko, congratulations on your marriage.

I'm Jun Saiki. I'm speaking for your friends.

CRUCIFIXION AN ESSAY ON FAMILY IMPERIALISM

We produced this movie during our schooldays.

Written and Directed by Jun Saiki We produced this movie during our schooldays.

Written and Directed by Jun Saiki

Written and Directed by Jun Saiki I was both writer and director.

I was both writer and director.

Back then, Japan was a bit more interesting than today,

and students like us were called "high school kids".

There were troubles in many high schools.

There was trouble in our high school too.

When it was over, a student had died.

It was a suicide.

Soon afterwards,

we decided to shoot a movie, starring the deed student's girl friend.

The girl was Miss Ishikawa, the actual bride.

This is Miyata, the bridegroom.

These weird people are our fathers,

our mothers, and our teachers.

Back then, all of them were our enemies.

Miyata and Ikuko became close during the shooting.

Together they entered a college in Tokyo. And now they're married.

They decided to ignore the theme of this picture,

and to make their home together.

Congratulations!

By the way l...

By the way l...

Ah Jun, come right in.

- He's the tire dealer's son. - He used to live next door.

I remember Jun. He was a serious student in junior high.

He's still very serious.

Have a drink.

No, thanks.

You're operating a snack bar with her daughter Keiko.

Come on drink up!

Isn't Keiko with you?

- M'am, tell me, M'am. - What?

Did we have a fig tree?

A fig tree?

There wasn't any in this neighborhood.

Next to our backdoor.

That was an azalea. A really big one, too.

But someone dug it up and ran away with it.

What are you talking about?

- Hello, Keiko. How are you? - Fine. Some money.

Thank you very much.

Where did you put my cardigan?

- I don't know. - You should know. Where is it?

- I said I don't know! - I hate that!

Don't wear it without my permission. It's mine.

- Let's go, Jun. - Hey!

As head of the household, you must drink with me. It's a social custom.

You don't have to listen to my mother. Come on.

You're really a great match.

Are you angry because of them?

- Don't get mad at me. - Don't follow me!

What?

- Don't come near me. - Why? Do you want to leave me?

You'd better leave and don't come back to me.

No way.

I don't understand you.

Keiko! Keiko!

I killed my father and mother today.

Therefore I won't see you again. I can't!

What? What did you say?

Jun, I can't hear you.

You'd better not hear me.

Don't be mean!

Let go!

If you've got something to tell me, why don't you - '?

I...

Careful Jun! The boards are loose over there!

Jun!

Idiot! What are you doing?

Are you gone insane?

Indeed! That's why I told you not to come near me again.

Why, Jun? Why are you acting like this?

Jun, wait! Wait!

Jun, wait!

Wait for me!

Jun!

Haven't got enough rope.

And I need another sheet.

Jun.

I know you're here.

Where are you?

Jun.

You must be here.

Don't! Don't touch it!

I finished it!

What? What did you say?

I'll bring them to the sea later.

- To the sea? - Yes, I'll do it at dawn.

Damn! Blood everywhere.

Why did you do this terrible...'?

Shut up! It's none of your business!

Tell me why. Tell me!

Why did you come? I told you to stay away!

Because I don't have a place to go, but here!

Wash yourself!

Fool! Why do you continue scrubbing?

I told you to wash yourself! You've got blood on your face.

Jun, don't! Water gets into my ear!

No!

Look! The blood's gone.

I'm clean now.

It went smoothly.

Yes, I sunk them. I sunk both of them.

Just like that?

Should I've made a big splash?

Nobody saw you. You're safe now.

Nothing happened, tough I wish it would have.

Jun, drive carefully!

Are you afraid? Are you scared?

Guess I should change my looks.

I'll turn my hairdo into an Afro.

And I'll wear a couple of beauty spots.

How will you hide your deaf ear?

That's easy. I'll wear my hair on the left side.

Regarding the fig tree...

Oh, that fig tree?

Your mother said, there wasn't any fig tree.

Did She?

That's odd.

If there wasn't any, I wouldn't have been slapped, right?

Right.

I remember. I was thirsty after a long swim.

I'll have some.

No, don't tell anybody.

Don't!

I saw you! I saw you!

I wasn't on the beach.

Why not?

You just made up this story.

You know I lied?

When did you find out?

My dad hired a private detective.

Then you know about that man, my mother's lover, too?

Yeah. He raped you, didn't he?

You know everything. I didn't have to lie.

But there's something else, you don't know.

The time he raped me wasn't the only time.

After the first time, I asked him to do it more gently.

The more we did it, the more I liked it.

But I was afraid and stopped.

It's enough.

My mom hit me long after that.

He spilled it, while he quarreled with mom.

Stop! Enough!

I'll steal some.

She claimed that the Hg caused her deafness.

I don't think that she was raped at all.

I wouldn't be surprised at all if she seduced the man.

Her drunken mother and her stud were doing it every night.

Keiko sew them and heard them.

She wanted a little of his service, too.

He was her mother's lover.

He was like a father to her.

It's likely that she did something to lure him.

Jun!

Why...

...do you...?

Jun.

Jun, do something.

Else you won't be able to drive on.

Right.

What are you thinking about?

I'm too tired to think about anything.

Shall I get some drinks?

Or...

Or... Or...

Or... shall we take a rest at a motel?

Leave me alone!

I don't like the way you talk.

Are you mad at me, because of what I told you?

- That's not the reason. - That's not the reason?

Oh, I see. That's the reason.

I got it now.

What do you get?

Look! A man's surfing.

He's got on top of the wave. What an ass! He fell.

Your father hired a detective to check up on my past.

That's what you argued about.

We argued over your presence.

Liar! You killed your father, because of my past.

- It was only the trigger. - He's doing better this time!

You're nasty!

Do you think I'm responsible for all this?

You want to blame me?

Get lost!

You want to kill me? Strangle me?

Go ahead! Try. You'll find out that it's not so easy to kill me.

- Shut up! - Ouch! That hurts!

Fuck you! How mean!

You spoiled brat! Piss off alone and die!

Coward! Putting the blame on me.

You call yourself a man?

Shit, you once told me,

"it makes a difference, if you hate or if you kill someone."

You said it so proudly. Arrogant bastard!

Look at yourself now!

Now you're all upset, because I lied about that fig.

It's only a pretense! Keep me out of it!

Say something!

In your movie, those who killed their family members were crucified.

What'll you do to yourself?

If you can't blame it on someone else, you'll go mad, right?

It's so goddamn hot.

My dad used to peddle popsicles, ringing his bell.

I didn't know. He rang a bell?

It was the only job he could find.

He wanted to save up to start a business.

He even went to work without eating and drinking.

What an idiot!

Taking me by the hand,

we'd bring him his lunch every day,

meeting him at the beach.

Are you crying, Jun?

Idiot! Sweat ran in my eyes.

Jun, you're crying.

Don't cry, Jun!

It's sweat. It's only sweat, goddammit!

I should've declined it.

I wrestled with him before he built the bar.

Yes, I should've turned him down.

I shouldn't have taken anything from him.

But, having nothing for myself made me feel lonely, so I...

- I'll go to the bar. - What for?

I want to work there one more day, as if nothing had happened.

But if you go there, you'll be caught.

Do you want to be arrested?

Don't worry, Jun. It's just the riot squad.

They Search for demonstrators only.

Next! Stop here.

Where to?

I don't know.

We're going to our snack bar.

The keys.

- I put the bodies in here. - You put what?

The corpses. There may be bloodstains.

- Jun! - Don't talk nonsense!

He's a little out of his mind. I'm sorry.

- it's true! - You mean human bodies?

- My father and mother. - Look, dumbhead, we're busy.

Move on!

Wait! I really killed my parents.

He killed nobody. The heat made him insane.

What's on?

I killed my parents. Are you going to let me get away?

You're policemen, aren't you?

Looks like he's a little insane.

Let him go.

- it's okay to kill my parents? - Do whatever you like.

I killed them!

Kill them if you want. We don't care.

Out of gas?

I guess so.

Let's push it. I've got some gas at the bar.

Let's brace ourselves. One, two, three, go!

Jun, what will we do?

Didn't you plan to escape in this car?

I gave up.

Wait!

Yes, sir? What would you like to drink?

Brandy? Whiskey?

You seem a little tired.

So, you'd better have absinthe or vodka. Or maybe some gin.

Here you go. Enjoy.

- Fool. - What?

You're a fool!

Jun 's head is empty.

His stomach is empty.

His groin is empty.

We like rock candy.

Candy is sweet.

Sweet as sugar.

Sugar is white.

White as a rabbit.

A rabbit leaps.

Leaps like a flea.

Fleas are red.

Red like a winter cherry.

Winter cherry...

I'll get the car.

You'd better stay and take a rest.

Jun!

Are you desperate?

That's why you told it to those idiotic cops?

Jun, don't kill yourself! I don't want you to!

- Shut up! - No! No! No!

Shut up!

I can't kill myself with this.

It only hurts!

I'll die too. I want to die with you, Jun.

I wish I'd decided to die, after I slept with you last night.

Don't, Keiko! Stop it!

Tell me that you love me, Jun.

Please, Jun!

- Go away! - Jun!

- Go away! - What are you going to do?

- No! Don't! Stop, Jun! - Get lost!

- Don't treat me like this! - Get lost!

Jun! Jun!

Open up!

Please! Jun!

I'll burn this place!

Shut up! I'll kill myself!

I'll burn this place and kill myself.

Open up!

Open the door!

Jun! What happened to you?

Hey, Jun! What are you doing?

Open up!

Jun! Open up!

Please, open up!

Jun, what are you doing?

I'm a coward.

So I have to do this, to kill myself.

Let's go for it!

Shit, I can't stand it! It's too hot!

Jun!

Jun!

Open up!

Shit!

Damn!

It's so hot!

Get out!

Go away!

Go away, idiot!

Jun! No! Don't die!

Jun!

Jun, did you say something?

We're going to run away.

We are, right?

Right?

Jun?

Jun? Jun!

Yutaka Mizutani (as Jun)

Mieko Harada (as Keiko)

Etsuko Ichihara (as Mother)

Ryohei Uchida (as Father)

Adapted from the novel by Kenji Nakagami

Screenplay by Tsutomu Tamura

Photographed by Tatsuo Suzuki

Directed by Kazuhiko Hasegawa

THE END