Original subtitles

Co-produced by Office Den, Shochiku Co., Ltd.,

and Asahi Broadcasting Corp.

A SHOCHIKU FILM

9 YEARS AGO - 1971

A GROUP OF YOUNGSTERS

CROSSED THE SEA TO SADO ISLAND.

1972

"ONDEKO" FROM SADO ISLAND

"NOH" FROM SADO ISLAND

"BUNYA PUPPET SHOW" FROM SADO

Executive Producer: Tagayasu Den

Producer: Kogi Tanaka

Screenplay: Shigeo Nakakura

Cinematography: Keiji Maruyama

Sound: Hideo Nishizaki

Art Director: Chiyoo Umeda

Lighting: Masahiro Noda

Editor: Riichi Fuke

Music: Toshi Ichiyanagi

Art Supervisor: Tadanori Yokoo

Directed by Tai Kato

SUMMER OF 1980

JOINT RECITAL OF DOWN TOWN BOOGIE WOOGIE BAND

AND THE ONDEKOZA

Sado Steamboat Embarkation Area

1980

1979

1978

If he joins Ondekoza...

I mean my son...

If he can make it with Ondekoza,

that'll be fine.

But what if he fails?

What if he turns out no good?

That's why I keep opposing this.

What if my son...

Can't make a living?

Exactly.

If he goes with Ondekoza,

but can't make it

and comes back to me,

I won't accept him.

He should earn his keep

by doing whatever work he can.

I oppose his joining Ondekoza.

It'll be interesting

if masks and faces look the same.

The ones on the other days

looked too ordinary.

Masks should show more

expression, violent or stern.

That'd be more fun.

Carving isn't easy.

Sometimes carpenters do it.

But we should use clay.

Look at mirrors or your photos.

I look like a demon

when I'm running.

You look all right.

I won't need a mask, then.

Try to add more expressions.

How about this?

No good.

The eyebrows are all right.

I don't like the chin.

Wait a minute.

This note.

Here we go.

Sing louder.

Louder.

Not too long.

Tighter.

ONIKENBAI

YAGURA NO OSHICHI

1979

"SAKURA SAKURA" VARIATION

Where are you going?

Why not dance?

Where to?

I always remember it,

though anything can happen

in the future.

Not in my case.

We're already old maids.

But we don't realize it.

I think I can make it

if this stability lasts.

But if I get to feel

I'm growing old after all...

I wonder how to put it...

You'd better stay inside.

When I went out, my parents

and neighbors suggested I marry.

I had a marriage interview.

I didn't want one.

I was carried away because...

I was depressed then.

So you met the man?

So it seems.

I had someone else to love.

But I couldn't marry him.

That's also why.

So, I thought,

I should at least meet the man

they recommended.

But it's no good.

Now I realize it well.

I don't think about marriage.

I decided to forget it.

I just want to get old

doing what I like.

But I love children.

I wish I could have children.

But I want to use the time

to do something else.

That's how I feel.

You're in a dilemma.

Yes. I'm unstable.

You feel like you're sisters

when you grow up.

When I was in high school,

my mother was still young.

We often joked with one another.

Having children when you're young...

when you're young, and...

Growing with them?

Yes. I wish I could do it.

You still have time.

You were born as a woman.

You function to bear children.

Aren't you curious about it?

About when your belly

grows or something?

As for me, I'm not so healthy.

I'm rather weak.

I tried not to think about it.

That's why I'm like this now.

That's the reality.

They say

childbirth changes women.

Yes. Each time they have a child.

I heard that, too.

I wish I could have one.

They say men carry their past

on their backs, while...

Women are reborn each time...

they have a child.

It's only theory. We can't do it.

KAGURA

OODAIKO

To Sado Island, to Sado Island...

Even grass and trees are

inclined toward Sado

Is Sado Island such a

fine place to live?

Love songs are chanted for me

but how could I go to Sado?

Sado Island is too far away...

Far away across the sea

MONOCHROME I Composed by Maki Ishii

YATAI BAYASHI

1980

TSUGARU JONGARA BUSHI

TOSHIO KAWAUCHI

TOSHIO KAWAUCHI Born 1950 - Cancer.

TOSHIO KAWAUCHI

TOSHIO KAWAUCHI From Hongo, Tokyo.

TOSHIO KAWAUCHI

TOSHIO KAWAUCHI Wandered throughout Japan

TOSHIO KAWAUCHI

TOSHIO KAWAUCHI after dropping out of college.

EITETSU HAYASHI

EITETSU HAYASHI Born 1952 - Aquarius.

EITETSU HAYASHI

EITETSU HAYASHI From Tojo, Hiroshima.

EITETSU HAYASHI

EITETSU HAYASHI Wanted to be a graphic designer.

YOSHIAKI OI

YOSHIAKI OI Born 1951 - Pisces.

YOSHIAKI OI

YOSHIAKI OI From Meguro, Tokyo.

YOSHIAKI OI

YOSHIAKI OI Wanted to enter a university.

HARUMI SUZUKI

HARUMI SUZUKI Born 1947 - Taurus.

HARUMI SUZUKI

HARUMI SUZUKI From Tsuchiura, Ibaraki.

HARUMI SUZUKI

HARUMI SUZUKI Wanted to be a designer

HARUMI SUZUKI after resigning from a printing company.

HARUE YAMAMOTO

HARUE YAMAMOTO Born 1953 - Aries.

HARUE YAMAMOTO

HARUE YAMAMOTO From Aikawa, Sado, Niigata.

HARUE YAMAMOTO

HARUE YAMAMOTO Wanted to be a farmer.

TAKUMI TAKANO

TAKUMI TAKANO Born 1953 - Virgo.

TAKUMI TAKANO

TAKUMI TAKANO From Futami, Sado, Niigata.

TAKUMI TAKANO

TAKUMI TAKANO Wanted to be a fisherman.

YOKO UMEZAWA

YOKO UMEZAWA Born 1952 - Leo.

YOKO UMEZAWA

YOKO UMEZAWA From Shinjuku, Tokyo.

YOKO UMEZAWA

YOKO UMEZAWA Wanted to be a schoolteacher.

YOSHIKAZU FUJIMOTO

YOSHIKAZU FUJIMOTO Born 1950 - Capricorn.

YOSHIKAZU FUJIMOTO

YOSHIKAZU FUJIMOTO From Wachi, Kyoto.

YOSHIKAZU FUJIMOTO

YOSHIKAZU FUJIMOTO Was an apprentice hotel cook.

MASAFUMI KAZAMA

MASAFUMI KAZAMA Born 1956 - Libra.

MASAFUMI KAZAMA

MASAFUMI KAZAMA From Sumon, Niigata.

MASAFUMI KAZAMA

MASAFUMI KAZAMA Planned to work at a supermarket.

KATSUJI KONDO

KATSUJI KONDO Born 1958 - Aquarius.

KATSUJI KONDO From Inabe, Mie.

KATSUJI KONDO

KATSUJI KONDO Happened to tour Sado

KATSUJI KONDO while in high school, then...

KIYOKO OBATA Born 1957 - Capricorn.

KIYOKO OBATA

KIYOKO OBATA From Hirokami, Niigata.

KIYOKO OBATA

KIYOKO OBATA Was good at sports

KIYOKO OBATA

KIYOKO OBATA when in high school.

TOYOKAZU KAMATA

TOYOKAZU KAMATA Born 1954 - Libra.

TOYOKAZU KAMATA

TOYOKAZU KAMATA From Kobayashi, Miyazaki.

TOYOKAZU KAMATA

TOYOKAZU KAMATA Wanted to be a gym teacher.

KAZUAKI TOMIDA

KAZUAKI TOMIDA Born 1957 - Pisces.

KAZUAKI TOMIDA From Awaji, Hyogo.

KAZUAKI TOMIDA

KAZUAKI TOMIDA Wanted to be a stage actor.

CHIEKO KOJIMA

CHIEKO KOJIMA Born 1953 - Taurus.

CHIEKO KOJIMA

CHIEKO KOJIMA From Iwafune, Tochigi.

CHIEKO KOJIMA

CHIEKO KOJIMA Once sold stationery in a

CHIEKO KOJIMA department store.

MITSURU MORI

MITSURU MORI Born 1942 - Virgo.

MITSURU MORI

MITSURU MORI From Hongo, Tokyo.

MITSURU MORI

MITSURU MORI Wanted to express something

MITSURU MORI

MITSURU MORI using her whole body.

"Onikenbai" Director: Yukio Sekiya

"Oshichi" Choreographer: Teruna Hanayagi

Title Designer: Kiyoshi Awazu

Down Town Fighting Boogie Woogie Band

Directed by Tai Kato

THE END