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An ATG/Gentosha Production

Kanto Asahi Reform School

SÂDO [THIRD]

Reveille!

Planning by Kinshiro Kuzui Produced by Katsuhiro Maeda

Attention. Line to the left.

Written by Shuji Terayama after the novel by Haku Kenjo

Hirai. Don't you know your own number?

Takeo Hirai. 18. Nickname: Deaf-and-dumb. Charge: Rape.

Total, 23. Absent 2. At present: 21.

Good morning.

With Toshiyuki Nagashima, Tsuguaki Yoshida, Aiko Morishita, Akiko Shikata

Taketoshi Naito, Yuko Katagiri, Toru Minegishi

Sorry.

"One's friends seem always better than oneself."

Toshimitsu Nakazawa. 17. Nickname: Mr. Poetry. Charge: Robbery.

Tetsutomi Shinobu. 16. Nickname: Little Finger. Charge: Assault.

Keijiro Matsuda. 18. Nickname: Airplane. Charge: Assault.

Is Third up?

Isn't Akira here?

Why do they call Seno Third?

He used to play third base.

Really? Then he used to play at the Koshien?

Probably not.

Shinji Seno. 18. Nickname: Third. Charge: Murder.

Akira Shindo. 19. Nickname: Akira. Charge: Assault.

With Chiyoko Shimakura

Directed by Yoichi Higashi

Prayers.

Here's your food.

Prayers.

Let's eat.

It's been three days...

Third's been in solitary.

"Third" is Seno, isn't it?

Better not call him by that.

Why not? Third is Third.

He's not a very good mixer.

Akira's the same way.

Those two are bad influences.

So what should we do?

They're here. What can we do?

That fight was really something.

That? They went a little far.

Haven't had something like that for a long time.

Still, they had to.

Akira went too far.

And that would have been my soup.

Spitting in the soup.

That's it - spit-soup.

Imagine feeding anyone that.

It's good sometimes.

But I don't like Akira much.

Me either, but we're in the same room.

Hats off.

Bow.

Good morning.

Seno and Shindo are still in solitary confinement but...

I want you all to do your best today.

Bow.

I have bad dreams sometimes...

I'm Third Base...

Not that good, not that bad either.

They all run past me, hit all the bases...

All of them reach home base.

And then it's my turn at bat.

And I make a long hit and no one else is there.

And I run but there's no home-base.

And so I run around yet again.

I'm just running, a runner with...

No home-base.

Running, running - then I'm exhausted.

A home-base - what's that?

Seno, you've got a visitor.

Go on and eat.

You eat it.

You ought to call me Mother.

You just never change.

I'm finding a new job in town for you, so just don't you worry.

And you needn't be at all ashamed of working there.

How's Newspaper Club doing?

Newspaper Club?

That's her nickname. Came to the house once.

I don't remember her.

You said among the girls I knew she wasn't so bad.

You've been in solitary confinement?

We call it private retention here.

It's a room used for private meditation.

He's really a good boy. But he had such bad friends.

He always went to school, always helped at home.

Go home.

Just like I said, you must be careful choosing your friends.

But no matter how bad, you always said it wasn't your own fault.

I still don't believe you did that terrible thing.

Seno...

- Shinji Seno, right? - Yes.

You have killed a man, and the reason is...

Selling women, that is... procuring.

FAMILY COURT - JUVENILE DELINQUENT DIVISION

Of course, there may be extenuating circumstances...

It is determining these...

Discovering these, this discovery of cause...

In the service of humanity - this is our job.

But of course, there is a limit to what we can do.

I always worry about this - reform school or not.

Parole or reformatory... I must decide.

If it's reformatory, I don't sleep at night. I worry so.

For how long?

What?

For how many nights?

Oh, I know what you mean.

But I want to ask you something.

Have you ever thought of that dead man's family?

In any event, between judges and the judged...

There is always a human problem.

We must try to solve it together.

I always hope we will be successful in this.

I am sending you to the Asahi Kanto Reformatory.

Shall I cover up the handcuffs?

It's all right.

Say Murakami...

I've been working a year now. These handcuffs...

I wonder if they're really necessary.

This isn't a pleasure trip.

Why did you do a damn fool thing like that?

Well, everyone makes mistakes.

He's still young. He'll get along.

Tired?

It's a little farther.

Oh, it's a festival.

Shouldn't have come this way.

Wonder what this town's called.

Different from my old dead town.

Next year, September... I'll be running through this town.

I'll call it September Town.

You're new - why are you running faster than we do?

Speak up - and stop looking like that.

Say that again.

- What are you doing? - Nothing.

"They say it tastes of Mother..."

"But not all soup is good."

About today's incident, what do you think?

I think it was bad, but...

What does Seno think?

I think I was bad.

I think it was bad to fight, but...

- He deserved it. - I think so too.

No matter what, it is bad to spit in soup.

But then Seno wasn't very polite to Shindo.

True. Both were at fault.

So neither of them should have fought.

That's true. We must all live together. We shouldn't fight.

If two people fight, then it involves us all...

And that, I think, isn't a very good thing.

We talk about politeness, but I think that fights...

Sometimes can really lead to friendship.

That's a mixed-up way of thinking.

Nakazawa, what do you think?.

Nothing much.

Why's that?

I don't really understand.

- Solitary confinement? - That's a good idea.

All right, then they'll have time to think about this.

Well, it's their problem. Tomorrow the teachers will decide.

We'll tell them about this. They'll decide.

I made up a poem.

"Making fire flowers, I stop seeing."

That means if I get excited, it's no good.

Not very poetic.

The words are all right though.

I'm going to make a real model plane one day.

keep on talking and you'll have an accident.

I don't understand this.

You did it a bit too much here.

Do it lightly, like this.

Here, try this.

How's this?

A bit too much too.

He's going to work now. Please take care of him.

Like this, all four of them.

- That's not so. - You don't understand something that simple?

You don't look very lively.

I'm lively enough.

You want to fight with Third again?

Fight? Of course, I do, but it wouldn't look good.

- Then you won't fight again? - It's not that, but...

Why?

All right then.

- Hurry up and get out. - We're still washing.

Begin.

EVERYONE HAS HIS OWN VIRTUE

If you have a real reason for crying...

Then you and I should have a good long talk.

The best for you would be to get out and go home...

Live with your mother and do what she says. Right?

What are you looking at?

It won't come out.

"Again today, the solitary stain, the lonely emission."

And it'll happen tomorrow.

It's not all that easy - flying up there in the sky.

So many considerations.

To put together, before you can fly.

Everything is in order.

Again, the end of an empty day...

And everyone's still hungry.

I'm hungry too.

Men aren't saleable, but...

Their souls are worth about 500 yen.

I didn't go on to university...

My mother didn't make enough money for that...

And I was a great worry to her.

Depended on her. And I remembered the old song...

"The Motherless Child" - and I was happy.

Because I owed everything to Mother.

I'm really good at this sort of thing.

Mother's happy voice - poor, but happy.

And then, myself...

How do you feel, Hirai?

No pain anymore?

What happened? Is he sick?.

It's Mother's Meeting Day.

He always gets sick on that day.

He had a bad early life, but he's smart enough.

Everyone made such a splendid speech today...

We have understood how very hard you are all trying...

We are really happy to learn this.

Don't give in now. But try, try harder every day.

With healthy bodies, let us go forward.

There. That's all.

Attention.

Bow.

Sit.

And now the awards.

First: Shinji Seno's "Mother is the Whole Wide World!"

What a pile of shit.

SOCIAL WORKERS VISIT - SBC

Once, every three months, SBC...

I wonder why they come.

When I was little, my mother made sweet hot potatoes.

I can still see them. Do you remember anything like that?

My mother?

I can remember other women, though.

You have such long eyelashes.

No matter how bad the home-life...

A child is after all, still a precious child.

You ever had a child?

No, but someday I will.

"Mother listening to the old-time songs..."

"So lovely. Give her a flowering peach branch."

Oh, that's beautiful.

- You didn't write that, right? - Shut up.

Mother listening to the old-time songs...

I'll give you a proper funeral.

Wow. What's that? A poem should be pretty.

She's a good looking girl.

So? The one on second's best.

Second?

- The fat one in the yellow skirt. - Lots of places to feel up.

No, for big tits the one in the red sweater.

- Isn't the one on first best? - First?

You like that kind?

So now we know all about you.

Here's your shorts.

Your undershirt.

Akio Irokawa. 18. Nickname: II-B. Charge: Assault.

Which girl are you going to think about tonight?

Me, I'm concentrating on the yellow skirt.

Me, the red sweater.

No - she's mine.

Why not? We're all using her.

Why do you think I gave her the slow ball? She's mine.

Let's hurry up and decide.

"Kleenex - poor thing. Filled with young dreams..."

"Then tossed away..."

That's II-B.

And I was so happy that your bad friends had gone away.

He stole twenty-eight times. I'm so sorry.

He's still young. He'll reform.

He'll never listen to me.

I want you to be very severe with him, please.

Make them let me go. I hate it here.

- You know that cry baby? - Yeah.

- I used to work with him. - Work?. - Yeah.

What kind of work?.

That's all for today.

Would you explain it to me?

Can you do it?

- I'm the eldest girl at home. - Me too.

Really? Your parents must be strict.

Really strict.

They just won't let me do anything.

They call me "Newspaper Club", but I want to be an actress.

They call me "Tennis", but I want to be a fashion designer.

We're really something else.

Have to go to a bigger town for that.

You have to have money for that.

That's true. Got to have money.

Have to do part-time work of some kind.

How about the lottery?

We'd never win.

She talked like she was selling vegetables.

Why don't we just sell our bodies?

Yes. Let's.

Sell them? What do you mean?

That's all we got, right?

Next Saturday night, my parents will be out. Let's talk about it.

But, how do you go about selling it?

And I wonder why it's bad.

I'd do it fast enough, but...

You're just afraid to do it.

No, it's not that.

Then, what?

It's not whether I would like it or not.

What, then?

We don't know anything.

Know anything?

Stupid. We don't know anything about sex yet.

Then, you want to make a test?

Now?

Not here.

You going to do it?

Do it? You ought to call it "making love".

Will my back hurt?

Take off your clothes.

That's not very romantic.

You take yours off.

It's too tight.

Don't talk - do!

Don't do that.

So that's how it's made.

That's not very romantic.

Can I touch it?

Be careful.

What's the matter?

Where is it?

What?

Where shall I put it?

Don't ask me...

Is this your first time?

Don't ask things like that.

And I thought you knew all about it.

Isn't it around there?

MAUPASSANT - UNE VIE

What are you doing?

But, it hurt.

I came.

That's no fun.

They do this, don't they? Then they do it like this.

- You've been studying. - Yes, I know all about it.

You'll say it hurts again.

No, I've made up my mind this time.

- Wonder if someone will come. - It'll be all right.

No, not there.

Where are the hotels?

They're everywhere.

But we've got to decide which one.

- The customers will know. - What are hotels like on the inside?

You'll know when you get in.

Don't bring back anyone bad.

Excuse me, sir, but aren't you bored with your wife?

What's that?

How about a high school girl?

Only 20,000 yen.

I've got this cute girl here...

You got 20,000 yen?

That's a lot.

Bastard. Trying to make a fool of me?

Excuse me, but...

Aren't you bored?

Not especially.

I've got this girl, she's cheap.

Where?

- Really? - They're just kids.

- Only 20,000 yen. - They're high school girls - really.

No, they're just kids.

Come on, try them.

You a college student?

Yes, I am.

Want to try this high school girl?

How about it - a high school girl.

Only 20,000 yen. How about it?

- That's a difficult-looking book. - Huh?

Are you a teacher?

No.

How about doing it with a high school girl?

- You haven't got... - Really, I have her...

How about it?

Really?

Just 20,000 yen.

20,000 yen? That's too much.

I can get a better girl for that.

She needs it for school - help her.

- She's really a high school girl? - Yes.

A high school girl.

Wonder if I should.

- Why are you following us? - It's my job.

Makes me feel funny. Let's go.

He's still here?

Pay me first.

No, it's 20,000 yen.

Isn't 10,000 good enough?

No, it's already decided.

Pretty tough. Here.

I've only got these left. Why are you doing something like this?

My father's laid up after his accident.

And so my mother got worried, and became an alcoholic.

So I had to go to work.

That's tough. I'm in a hurry. Come on.

I'll undress myself.

What did your father do before the accident?

He worked at the ward office.

Come on, spread your legs.

Your legs - spread them.

- So, how was it? - Huh?

What did it feel like?

I don't know.

It sure took long enough.

Really?

Don't let it feel too good.

You jealous?

Not especially.

That's interesting.

- You're late. - I'm sorry.

How was it?

And you?

That's really something.

Let's go home.

- What's wrong? - Let's rest.

Feels funny.

I'll take care of the money.

We'll take care of it.

Shall I do it?

I'll do it.

Let Newspaper Club do it.

Will it be all right?

Leave it to me.

Shinji, finished? Dinner's ready.

Shinji, your mother's a woman too. Put something on.

Hey, let's take them.

- Who? - Baseball Third - he's nice.

- I don't like him much. - Don't say that.

Well...

They're with Newspaper and Tennis...

- I'll stop now. - No! Take some more!

- It wastes film. - You're always like that.

Thank you very much.

- You really in high school? - Yes.

Why are you doing this?

My father's laid up after his accident...

And my mother's an alcoholic. See?

If I didn't work, who would?

- Sing your school song to me. - I don't want to.

Are you a real high school girl?

I'll sing it.

I've heard that. It's no high school song.

My father used to sing it.

But you said he's dead?

Used to, before he died.

I'm hungry.

Huh?

No, nothing.

- It tickles. - You just put up with it.

Yoko, dinner's on.

- I like that one. - Which one?

- In the white suit. - He looks like a gangster.

It's all right. I like him.

How much further are you going?

You wait.

What happened?

She's not back yet.

Not yet? It's been three hours.

- He must be pretty tough. - Shut up.

Shouldn't we go and see?

Where is it?

Time's up.

Your time's all up.

Time's up.

I'm not done yet.

But it's been three hours.

I'll give you back your money, Stop it.

You killed him!

Let's get out!

Your diary is different from the others.

"The connection between a car and a spring..."

"Which goes around more?" What's this?

Should I answer?

If you want to.

A toy car.

When it runs, the spring goes around.

If you hold the spring, the car goes around.

Which is which - I wanted to know.

Ah, the theory of relativity.

So, the spring is juvenile delinquency...

And the toy car is society at large, then?

I'm talking about a toy car.

One of my relatives is in a reform school.

Family's rich, but he likes to steal. Can't stop.

Not like Robin Hood to give to the poor - just the opposite.

Why's he talking to me like this, this old man?

All this has nothing to do with me.

He steals from the blind - things like that.

I sat him down and talked with him once.

And at that time, he told me this...

After all, there's no equality in this world.

That word, it's just a notion to make people feel better.

There's no such thing, really.

And there shouldn't be. People simply rely on...

Equality, that worthless word.

He wanted to expose that word.

Murders are the same, he said...

Wars and executions, he'd never forgive

But the individual murderer, he would.

Official, anonymous murder is ugly...

But personal murder is beautiful.

He said that, then killed himself.

Have you ever thought of suicide?

No.

This tea...

Someone put soy sauce in it.

Turn to the left!

Hey, watch out.

Made another mistake.

- Didn't you say left? - No, he didn't.

I want you to help me.

How?

They're picking on me.

No, we can't help each other here.

You've got to help yourself.

Hey, you wait.

Give me a puff.

Makes you feel good, eh?

Really, really great.

Yes, making such a secret of it.

Wish you'd let me in on it.

Won't be enough for us all.

Bet it was good.

Found the cigarette while gardening.

Says you invented a way to light it.

Did you really?

Someone helped you, right?

You're going to have to do better than this.

Have to take care of yourself.

How did you get here?

I asked where you were.

What happened?

Newspaper Club went and got married.

I don't know what happened to the money.

What?

So, we four can't go out together anymore, to that town.

So I work in the supermarket now.

And I met this man I like very much.

He was one of the men we picked up.

He's a really nice man.

We're going to live together there.

Well - goodbye.

Shit...

She left me - Newspaper Club.

Shindo, Tanaka, congratulations.

You've done your best here...

So make your parents proud...

And never betray their trust. Congratulations.

My Statement of Promise. Akira Shindo.

I have long sought to subdue my violent nature...

I may still have a little of that violence...

When I leave I will continue my fight. The end.

That's a beautiful plane.

The folds are most important.

That looks funny, will it fly?

Just watch.

Listen to that.

Here we go.

"To show your anger is quite easy..."

"But I stand straight-faced..."

"And merely write poems."

That's not the way.

Do you have any hope?

Hope? I guess so.

My own hope begins to bore me.

My own hope begins to bore me.

Hey. But there's always this...

When I am in my cell, I think the world is beautiful.

But it always goes on like this: To be free again is to be bored.

What? It's just an earthworm.

There goes II-B!

To escape?

That would be good too

But where did II-B go?

If you runaway, you get caught.

They haven't found the other one yet.

Been three days.

He hasn't gone home either.

- Did he have a home? - Didn't you know?

His father is a president.

- Ah, really? - They say his house is like a fortress.

What are you talking about?

Boy, he's really got a hard punch.

But why did he hit him?

And where did the other one go to?

- Maybe to his girlfriend's. - He never said anything.

As though, he'd go to his girlfriend's.

He ran off to a better world.

Me, just the opposite. I want a home-base.

What I've just written are my favourite words from the Bible.

"Ask and you shall be forgiven, seek and you shall find. "

"Knock and you will be answered."

If you do not do something, you will receive nothing.

What you must first do is try as hard as you possibly can.

But is even trying enough? No, it is not.

And, then, well, the kind of person I think most highly of...

Is that Man of God, Dr. Albert Schweitzer.

And I remember well what he said...

"To be truly successful in an undertaking..."

"Use your hope, your dreams, but you must give up something important. "

This is what Dr. Schweitzer said.

Someone has just now broken wind, but...

Breaking wind is really rather amusing...

It's difficult to be angry.

If you've got stomach trouble, sometimes you can't break wind.

So some people can, frequently, and others cannot.

Why did you do that?

You acted like a child.

You've been funny these past days.

You weren't like this before.

Why are you burning them up?

Shut up.

Hey... Third...

Get a hold of yourself.

Got to calm down... Got to think...

I'm running, but in a different direction from his.

But I'm still a runner without a home-base.

September Town - that's not it.

A runner without a base can only run.

No home-base means only running...

Shall we go running, Seno?

You OK?

Run a little slower.

Run at your own speed.

Cinematography by Koichi Kawakami Art Direction by Ikuro Ayabe, Music by Michi Tanaka

English subtitles by Donald Richie and Fumio Mizushima

Transcription and Timing by gleemonex for ADC