Original subtitles

(crowd chattering)

(man singing in Japanese)

(train bell chiming)

(people chattering)

(trains rumbling)

(traffic buzzing)

(man singing in Japanese)

(motor buzzing)

(bell dinging)

(man faintly shouting)

(motor buzzing)

(man speaking Japanese)

(man groaning)

(Ryuu speaking Japanese)

(supervisor sighing)

(supervisor speaking Japanese)

(Ryuu speaking Japanese)

(melancholy piano music)

(lighter clicking)

(crowd chattering)

(Ryuu slurping)

(dramatic beat music)

(men chattering in Japanese)

(faint Japanese music)

(thunder rumbling)

(man speaking Japanese)

(woman speaking Japanese)

[Woman] Bye bye.

(engine puttering)

(refrigerator humming)

♪ You and me ♪

♪ God knows that I have tried ♪

♪ To be ♪

♪ All you need ♪

♪ Look in my eyes and you will see ♪

♪ There is nothing I would rather do ♪

♪ Then spend my days and nights in love with you ♪

♪ Pray my actions and my words will show ♪

♪ Though my heart I want you to know ♪

(somber music)

♪ Can I share with you ♪

♪ A love that will outlast the sun ♪

♪ That warms the sky ♪

♪ On this vow you can rely ♪

♪ Can I share with you ♪

♪ A loving home where we can build a family ♪

♪ Take my hand and come with me ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Can't you see ♪

(faint guitar strumming)

(man faintly singing in Japanese)

(Ryuu sighing)

(trains whooshing)

(water trickling)

(faint woman moaning)

(woman sexually moaning)

(faint bed thumping)

(woman sexually moaning)

(train whooshing)

(train humming)

(electronic beat music)

(crowd chattering)

(exciting beat music)

♪ I hear you knocking at my door ♪

♪ Knocking at my door ♪

♪ I hear you knocking at my door ♪

♪ Knocking at my door ♪

♪ I hear you knocking at my door ♪

♪ Knocking at my door ♪

♪ I hear you knocking at my door ♪

♪ Knocking at my door ♪

♪ I hear you knocking at my door ♪

♪ Knocking at my door ♪

♪ I hear you knocking at my door ♪

♪ Knocking at my door ♪

♪ I hear you knocking at my door ♪

♪ Knocking at my door ♪

♪ I hear you knocking at my door ♪

♪ Knocking at my door ♪

♪ I hear you knocking at my door ♪

♪ Knocking at my door ♪

♪ I hear you knocking at my door ♪

♪ Knocking at my door ♪

♪ I hear you knocking at my door ♪

♪ Knocking at my door ♪

♪ I hear you knocking at my door ♪

(upbeat music)

(muffled man singing)

♪ You change my world, you change my world ♪

♪ You change my world, you change it ♪

♪ You change my world, you change my world ♪

♪ You change my world, you change it ♪

♪ You change it ♪

♪ You change it ♪

♪ You change it ♪

♪ You change it ♪

(exciting beat music)

♪ When I gave up on my love ♪

♪ You helped me ♪

(woman moaning)

(faint beat music)

(Ryuu speaking Japanese)

(exciting beat music)

(woman giggling)

(Ryuu sighing)

Ginger.

[Man] Ginger.

(crowd chattering)

(woman speaking Japanese)

(woman giggling)

(somber piano music)

So, can I have your name now?

Ah, so you speak English well.

Just a little bit.

Come on, I'm not stalking you.

I just wanna make conversation.

I'm Ryuu.

All right.

You know, Japanese people, when they learn English,

the adopt a Western name.

So I can give you Japanese name.

A Japanese name?

Yeah.

How about Hana?

No.

Yuri?

Yuri?

Yeah.

(Ryuu mumbling in Japanese)

How about...

Hope.

My name is Hope.

That's a lovely name.

Nice to meet you, Hope.

Nice to meet you too, Ryuu.

So where you from?

Around.

Around?

Yeah.

Here and there, all over.

So you're like a goddess.

Something like that.

You're Venus or Aphrodite?

Aphrodite.

The Greeks were so much more romantic than the Romans.

Really?

Yeah, Aphrodite was first.

Venus just a mere imitation

once the Romans conquered the world.

I stand corrected.

So are you living here or are you just visiting?

Neither.

(Hope yawning)

Where are you going?

Nowhere special.

My place is not far from here.

It's just, you know, a couple stops,

so if you need a place to sleep and just...

I'm fine.

Are you sure?

Look, Ryuu, you're cute

and what happened in the club was nice

but it was a one time thing.

Just, you know, I've slept on a train before and I,

trust me, futon is much more comfortable.

You promise not to try anything?

A man is nothing without his word.

- Okay but if you... - I promise.

(train bell ringing)

(train whooshing)

(birds chirping)

(man chuckling)

(man speaking Japanese)

Come in.

(closet door rumbling)

[Hope] Nice place.

Thanks.

A little small but it's a home.

Hey, nice suits.

[Ryuu] Thanks.

Tailored, like worsted wool.

Good quality.

You can tell.

[Hope] Salary man?

You can take the bed, I'm gonna sleep here.

I can sleep on the floor, this is your place.

You're my guest.

Exactly, which is why you can stay in your own bed.

Thanks.

(Ryuu sniffing)

You need this?

[Hope] Oh, thanks.

Goodnight.

Same to you.

("Red Bells Red Wine Red Lingerie" by Dontae Winslow)

♪ Soft light, soft music ♪

♪ Gets me in the groove ♪

♪ The wine and scented candles ♪

♪ Sets the mood ♪

♪ And you know ♪

♪ You love ♪

♪ Red lingerie ♪

(Hope knocking)

Ryuu.

♪ And you love ♪

Yeah?

♪ I know you love ♪

Can you hold me?

What?

Hold me.

♪ Red wine ♪

♪ And red lingerie ♪

♪ Baby, stay with me tonight ♪

(distant birds squawking)

(Ryuu sighing)

(birds chirping)

(Hope moaning)

Good morning.

Morning.

I'm gonna take quick shower,

so you're welcome to take one after.

- Okay? - Sure.

Thanks.

(shower spraying)

(Hope sighing)

(faint crowd chanting)

Whoa.

[Hope] You want some?

What're you doing?

[Hope] What?

That.

It's only...

I know what it is.

Just put it out.

Sorry.

Happy?

Thanks.

Is everything okay?

Mind if I watch?

[Ryuu] I'm almost done.

That's okay.

Can you hand me the towel?

Sure.

(liquid trickling)

(shower spraying)

Can I watch?

Sure, you can watch.

Okay, show's over.

Are you on the wagon?

Wagon?

Yeah.

Used to use and stopped?

Yeah.

I stopped.

Hey, it's nothing to be ashamed of.

Takes a lot of strength to break a habit.

Just one day at a time.

[Hope] Yep, that's what I heard.

So, what's your story?

My story?

Yeah.

There is something about you.

I'm impulsive.

Yeah, I can tell.

[Hope] You got a problem with that?

No, just curious.

Nice ink.

Thanks.

You too.

Thanks.

Are you hungry?

Yeah.

Okay, let's get something to eat.

(faint music)

So,

how long you been in Japan?

Too long.

What brought you here?

A plane.

I meant, why did you come here?

I know what you meant.

So you don't wanna talk about it.

I can't get anything past you, can I?

(faint Japanese pop music)

Decent coffee.

It's okay.

Look,

I'm not one of those open books kind of people.

I'm not gonna spill my life history

just because I got some decent dick.

(Ryuu chuckling)

What're you laughing at?

Decent dick.

You liked it.

Yeah.

I was just wondering,

how you feel about...

What, fucking in a club?

Have you ever before?

Have you?

Maybe.

(Hope laughing) - Maybe?

I knew you wanted it

after you were all up on me on the dance floor.

I just wanted to dance, okay?

All on my ass?

It's a nice a ass.

Thank you.

(Ryuu speaking Japanese)

You want some?

Yes, please, thank you.

Okay.

So, is this like our first date?

- First date? - Yeah.

I think we're just hanging out.

What's the difference?

Nothing, I guess.

Okay, so, I should ask you about you more.

Like what?

Like...

What's your favorite movie?

Hmmmm.

"The Notebook."

"Notebook?"

Okay.

(Ryuu chuckling) [Hope] Yes, "The Notebook."

You got a problem?

No.

It's not like I said "Citizen Kane" or something.

I know, I mean,

"The Notebook" is, you know, sweet love story

it's not a great cinema but it's enjoyable.

Okay, Mr. Film Snob,

what's your favorite?

"Breathless."

[Hope] "Breathless?"

Yeah.

It's a complicated love story.

A love story?

[Ryuu] Yeah.

What, and "The Notebook" doesn't count?

It's a different kind of love story.

Thank you.

(Ryuu speaking Japanese)

You wanna know a secret?

Secret?

What?

I'm psychic.

Psychic?

[Hope] Yes.

Okay.

See that waitress, there?

Yeah.

She's gonna be running in the next 30 minutes.

Is she?

Mm-hmm.

Okay.

I'll even bet you if I win, you have to sing a song to me.

Sing a song?

[Hope] Mm-hmm.

And if I win?

What do you want?

Tell me why you came to Japan.

Deal.

Deal.

So now you have 30 minutes.

I wanna ask you a personal question.

You wanna ask me a personal question but...

Okay, okay, okay.

I'll tell you one thing about me.

Okay, tell me.

I'm from Manchester.

I moved to the U.S. when I was like 15.

So you're British.

No, American.

Some habits are harder to break than others.

So, what's your question?

I noticed your arms, the scars.

[Ryuu] Yeah?

How long you been clean?

It's a little over six months.

[Hope] Six months?

Yep.

What made you quit?

(Ryuu chuckling)

I got arrested.

Well...

(waitress shouting in Japanese)

Oh.

I'm sorry, thank you.

Thank you.

I told you I was psychic.

You're right.

You owe me a song.

Okay, I owe you a song.

("Tokyo Vibration" by Shamanz)

You like strawberries?

[Hope] I love them.

They have the best strawberries here.

[Ryuu] Mmmmm.

Wait, what is the difference?

Which one?

- This one. - Okay.

("Tokyo Vibration" by Shamanz)

(Ryuu speaking Japanese)

(Grandma speaking Japanese)

[Hope] Konnichiwa.

[Ryuu] Have a seat.

[Hope] Nice to meet you.

She's asking you where you're from.

Ah, I'm from America.

Oh, America?

[Ryuu] I'm gonna wash hers and make some tea, okay?

Okay.

(Hope giggling)

[Grandma] America.

Yeah.

(Grandma speaking Japaneses)

(faucet spraying)

She said she used to have American boyfriend.

Oh, nice.

(Ryuu speaking Japanese)

(Grandma speaking Japaneses)

She said she was with him when she was 16, after the war.

Ah.

(Grandma speaking Japaneses)

(water spraying)

His name was William

and he was very gentle and a good looking guy.

Nice.

(Grandma speaking Japaneses)

(teapot whistling)

He dumped her at the movie theater.

Oh.

I'm sorry to hear that.

(Grandma speaking Japaneses)

(Hope speaking Japanese word)

Mm-hmm.

(Grandma giggling)

She said, you are kinda cute.

Oh.

Arigato, thank you.

(Ryuu and Grandma speaking Japanese)

[Hope] Thank you.

(pleasant music)

Aw.

You are too cute.

(Grandma laughing)

That is adorable.

(Grandma speaking Japanese)

(Ryuu speaking Japanese)

Your grandfather?

[Ryuu] Yeah.

You wanna meet him?

Yeah.

Come here.

(Ryuu speaking Japanese)

Hope, this is my grandfather.

(bell ringing)

(pleasant music)

[Hope] She is so sweet.

[Ryuu] Thanks.

[Hope] How long were your grandparents married?

[Ryuu] I think it's a little over 50 years.

[Hope] What?

That's a long time.

[Ryuu] Yeah.

[Hope] They were soulmates, weren't they?

[Ryuu] I don't know about that.

[Hope] You don't?

[Ryuu] You know how he proposed to her?

[Hope] Your grandfather?

[Ryuu] Yeah.

[Hope] How?

They went to a festival

and he was walking her home.

And he quietly asked her

if she can make morning miso soup every day

and she said yes.

And that's it?

That's it.

That was the romance for the time.

I'd like to still believe

there's a soulmate out there for me.

[Ryuu] Yeah, that's nice but I'm a realist.

I think every relationship we have will fail

until we have one that doesn't.

There is no other one but the one we choose.

And what about love?

I believe in love.

I just don't believe there's just one person out there

specifically for you.

So you do believe in love but just not the one.

Precisely.

You're cynical.

It's not cynical, it's honest.

Isn't that what women say what they want in a man?

Honesty?

Yeah, we want romance too.

I can be romantic.

That is chivalry.

That is not romantic.

[Ryuu] I could ask you to make miso soup every morning.

[Hope] Unfortunately, I don't know how to make miso soup.

[Ryuu] I could teach you.

I'm sure you could.

(traffic rumbling)

I wanna be like her when I'm her age.

She's so free and uninhibited.

[Ryuu] I don't know if I'll ever be that age.

You'll live a long life.

As long as you eat healthy and exercise.

Not slip up?

What makes you say that?

You know, it's a everyday struggle.

You're going to live a long life.

You're fortunate.

For a moment while I was in there,

it felt like she was my grandmother.

Yeah.

She has that effect on people.

I never knew my grandparents.

No?

I hardly knew my parents.

Grandparents would've been a luxury.

I've only seen pictures of my grandmother.

She's wearing this in one of them.

This is all I have of her.

I noticed that before.

I wanted to ask about it.

My mother gave it to me before she died.

Other than that, I don't know much about it.

It's an heirloom.

It's a beautiful connection to your past.

(train rumbling)

(pleasant piano music)

Peaceful.

[Hope] What did you wanna be when you was a boy?

[Ryuu] When I was a boy?

[Hope] Yeah.

[Ryuu] I wanted to be a yakitori shop owner.

You know those little...

- Yeah. - You know?

[Hope] I know what it is.

[Ryuu] Yeah.

When I was a boy,

my grandfather used to take me to Yakitori Track

owned by a man called Chan.

I used to think he was so cool.

You know, like, cooking yakitori on the grill

and he would always joke around.

Usually he gave us an extra one as a service.

That's sweet.

You know, when I looked into your eyes

in that picture of you,

you have all of this bright-eyed optimism.

Made me curious.

What would that boy back then say to you right now?

He would probably say,

what the fuck did you do to us?

Where did you mess up?

Everybody makes mistakes.

Not like me.

It can't be that bad.

When I was a girl, I wanted to be an artist.

I used to draw pictures of everything.

(Ryuu and Hope chuckling)

I studied art at high school.

I even considered going to art school.

Until my boyfriend told me I wasn't that good.

Then you quit?

I did.

Never to draw again?

Nope.

That's a shame.

[Hope] That's life.

You should draw again.

I don't know about that.

Come on.

Nothing to be afraid of unless you try.

What do you have to lose?

Nothing, I guess.

Right?

Okay.

If you ever want a model...

You'll pose for me?

I will pose for you.

Look.

This is my super cool look.

(Hope laughing)

And this is my seductive look.

And...

This is my sexy but disinterested look.

(Hope giggling)

How about that?

I'm sure you've used those looks before.

No, I'm just playing around.

But I will pose for you.

Be careful, I might take you up on that.

I like you, Hope.

I like talking with you.

I like talking with you too.

I want to spend time with you more.

What?

I know this sounds crazy, we just met,

but why don't you stay with me?

Look,

let's just enjoy today.

Okay?

(wind whooshing)

("I Want You To Know" by Marc Evans)

♪ Have I said to you ♪

♪ That I've never known a love ♪

♪ As wonderful ♪

♪ As the love you give to me ♪

♪ Have I said to you ♪

♪ That my life has changed since you ♪

♪ Have been right here ♪

♪ Sharing every day and night ♪

♪ With me ♪

♪ I want you ♪

♪ To know you mean the world to me ♪

♪ Have I given you ♪

♪ Each and everything your heart's ♪

♪ Been longing for ♪

♪ No one else can love you more ♪

♪ Have I given ♪

(train whooshing)

Do you like sashimi?

Of course.

Because I have a great piece of tuna at my place.

It's a shame to eat it alone.

Okay.

I'll cook for you.

Do you like wine or soki?

Wine but I thought you didn't drink.

I don't need to drink but

if that's something that you want I can just...

I want to do it for you.

Why?

Let's just say I need to give.

(bell ringing)

(ominous music)

That girl is staring at us.

Do you know her?

Just ignore her.

(ominous music)

Ryuu?

[Ryuu] Let's go.

(ominous instrumental music)

(woman speaking Japanese)

(woman groaning)

(Ryuu speaking Japanese)

I'm sorry you had to see that.

She must've loved you very much.

I was a different person.

It was never about love or feelings.

It's always about get the next high

and now,

it's like my past.

No matter how much I wanna put it behind me,

it's always staring me in the face.

Our past is only a part of who we are.

Maybe where you come from.

But here,

here is still your past, no matter your present.

Forget what other people think.

You've got to stop holding on to it, just let it go.

I'm trying.

It's strangling me.

Look, don't take this the wrong way.

What?

You need to stop acting like a bitch.

Whatever you lost and don't have anymore, it's gone.

So fuck it.

[Ryuu] Fuck it?

Yeah, fuck it.

(distant siren alarming)

Yeah.

Fuck it.

(somber music)

Now that you know my past love life,

I'm just curious, do you have a boyfriend?

[Hope] No, I don't have a boyfriend.

[Ryuu] Husband?

You have a husband.

[Hope] I don't have anybody.

[Ryuu] You don't?

[Hope] No!

[Ryuu] You're here with me right now.

[Hope] This is temporary.

After I leave,

I don't know if I'm ever gonna come back to Japan.

[Ryuu] When do you leave?

[Hope] Tomorrow afternoon.

(train whooshing)

(faint string instrument strumming)

♪ If I made a move ♪

♪ When you made a move ♪

♪ We'd stand here forever ♪

♪ What if I choose ♪

♪ To reach out to you ♪

♪ Could that change things for better ♪

[Hope] Smells good.

[Ryuu] Right?

♪ With nothing in return ♪

♪ What if you love ♪

♪ You're what I deserve ♪

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Kanpai.

Kanpai.

Wow, this looks delicious.

[Ryuu] Yeah.

[Hope] And what is this one again?

This is yudofu.

That's traditional food.

I have an uncle who eats it almost every day.

Every day?

Yeah.

It was his favorite dish prepared by my aunt.

After she died,

it was like his was of staying connected to her, I guess.

Well, you sure know your way around that kitchen.

What's the story?

Where you a chef in a former life?

No, far from it.

So, what then?

You're correct.

I was a salary man.

I used to have, it was a great job for the fashion industry.

I used to go to Milan, Paris, London every season.

It was my dream job

but I had a very heavy habit.

I worked long hours

and needed to stay on all day, every day.

Over time, it became a daily habit.

One day, I had a meeting with a major vendor

who could have given me a promotion in the company.

In the middle of the meeting, my nose bleeds,

and this vendor wanted to be polite.

Doesn't say a word

and when the blood drips down from my noise,

drips down to lips and suits and tie.

[Hope] Wow.

I was so high and in the zone, I never noticed.

Once I finished the presentation,

the vendor and his team excused themselves

and never came back.

What?

Just like that, they didn't say anything?

It's my fault.

The supervisor had me take a drug test.

They searched by desk and they found a small stash.

I was so stupid.

What?

They can't search your desk.

Do you know the Japanese word for privacy?

No, what is it?

Privacy.

Because there is no word in Japanese for it.

It doesn't exist.

("Til I Found You" by Lea Gilmore)

What is your happiest childhood memory?

[Hope] My mother.

♪ And watching ♪

She loved to dance.

She would dance anywhere.

Our living room, laundry room, in the supermarket.

I remember one day after dinner she turned on the radio

and her and my dad just stood up and danced.

Anyway, it was the first time that I'd seen

what it must've been like before I was born.

That's sweet.

Yeah.

(faint music)

What, what're you doing?

[Ryuu] May I have your dance?

Yes you may.

♪ Til I found you ♪

♪ Til I found you ♪

♪ You know the blue sky ♪

[Hope] This is nice.

Yeah.

I could dance with you for forever.

♪ There was no peace of mind ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah ♪

♪ I didn't start to live ♪

♪ Til I ♪

♪ I found you ♪

♪ You have made ♪

♪ Made my life whole ♪

♪ Hand in hand ♪

♪ Heart to heart ♪

♪ Soul to soul ♪

♪ I've left behind ♪

[Ryuu] How about this?

[Hope] What is it?

[Ryuu] This is sweet beans.

It's good.

[Hope] Okay.

[Ryuu] Wanna try, okay.

So this one.

[Hope] Oh, what is that?

[Ryuu] That's a cinnamon roll.

[Hope] That looks yummy, let's take one of those.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

[Ryuu] Okay. ♪ When I found you ♪

No, no, no, no.

- Oh, okay. - That's okay.

♪ Oh, til I found you ♪

♪ Oh, yes ♪

♪ Til I found you ♪

♪ You know the blue sky ♪

♪ Wasn't really ♪

♪ Really blue ♪

♪ The sun didn't really shine ♪

♪ There was no peace ♪

You hookah?

Yeah.

You wanna do it?

Yeah, let's do it.

Okay.

(upbeat music) (water bubbling)

Well, seeing as you can't get high,

I suppose this is the next best thing.

Yeah.

I love different flavors.

It's much more fun than cigarettes.

I'm not a big fan of cigarettes.

You smoke.

What're you talking about?

I'm more of a social smoker.

Yeah?

That's what they call it these days.

(Hope giggling)

Hey.

I wanna ask you a silly question.

What?

If you could be any superhero, who would you be?

[Ryuu] Superhero?

[Hope] Yeah.

I don't know.

Kinnikuman.

Who's that? (Ryuu laughing)

He's a wrestler and he has a superpower.

That's my, he was my dream.

I wanted to be him when I was a kid.

He's cool and he can fly.

[Hope] Okay.

[Ryuu] What about you?

[Hope] Me?

The Hulk.

[Ryuu] Hulk.

The Incredible Hulk?

[Hope] Yeah.

[Ryuu] All right.

[Hope] What?

Thought I was gonna say some chick?

[Ryuu] Kind of.

No, the Hulk, he gets his strength from his anger.

So the angrier he gets the stronger he becomes.

And then when he's not being the Hulk,

he's just like a highly intelligent scientist.

Okay.

Remind me to not get on your bad side.

I don't have a bad side.

(Hope giggling)

I like this bit.

You like this part?

Mm-hmm.

(Hope and Ryuu giggling)

[Ryuu] It's good, right?

[Hope] Mmmmmm.

(train rumbling)

(man shouting in Japanese)

(train whooshing)

Ryuu?

It's okay.

He just want money.

(man shouting in Japanese)

(ominous music)

(Hope screaming)

(train rumbling) - [Hope] Help!

(man groaning)

You okay?

Fuck!

(train rumbling)

(crickets chirping)

(Ryuu knocking)

[Risa] Ryuu.

[Ryuu] Bo.

(Risa speaking Japanese)

Bo.

(Bo speaking Japanese)

(faint beat music)

(Ryuu speaking Japanese)

(paper rustling)

(Bo speaking Japanese)

(Ryuu speaking Japanese)

Thank you.

[Bo] Ryuu.

[Ryuu] Just a moment, okay?

(Risa speaking Japanese)

No.

(Risa speaking Japanese)

(lighter clicking)

[Hope] You got a trash can?

Huh?

Do you have a trash can?

Thank you.

(distant siren alarming)

(Ryuu and Bo speaking Japanese)

[Ryuu] Let's go.

(traffic whooshing)

(muffled beat music)

Why are you doing this?

What are you trying to prove?

I just wanna make things right.

It's just a necklace.

It's not about the necklace.

(muffled rock music)

Stay here.

(Ryuu knocking)

(Ryuu speaking Japanese)

(exciting rock music)

(punches thudding)

(glass shattering)

(man groaning)

(muffled banging)

(distant dog barking)

Sorry.

He doesn't have the necklace.

(somber piano music)

(crickets chirping)

(man speaking Japanese)

Hey.

You're crazy.

Do you know what?

It belonged to your grandmother.

I know it's important to you.

That's sweet but you did not need to.

He deserved it.

No one steals from my girl...

my friend and gets away with it.

Anyway,

what's the story with your neighbor?

Is he like the resident lady killer?

He just moved in a few months ago

and there always a different girl every other night.

[Hope] He must be like a real lady's man.

These walls are thin.

You can hear everything.

Ah.

Ah, Ryuu!

Ah, God!

Yes!

Yes, Ryuu!

Oh my God, yes!

- Yes, baby, ah! - Yes, ah!

- Ah, ah, ah! - Oh, come on!

(Hope and Ryuu shouting) (neighbor banging)

(Ryuu and Hope laughing)

- Oh. - You are so funny.

Anyway.

Desert?

Mmmmm.

Our night of dessert misadventure.

[Hope] Yeah, it was.

[Ryuu] It sill tastes good.

Hmmm.

Mmmmm.

Sweet.

Yep.

What can I do to convince you to stay with me?

Seattle.

That's where you're from?

Yeah.

I can imagine you from New York or Chicago.

No, just a girl from Seattle.

[Ryuu] So why Japan?

I met Kouichi in Seattle.

He was an exchange student.

Met him on campus, I took him on a tour.

We started hanging out and dating

and then we stayed in contact

and he asked me if I could come and be with him in Japan.

He said I could get a job teaching English,

so I applied for a few places and I got hired.

He had gotten his own place by then so I stayed with him.

Then I realized he was obsessed and insanely jealous.

He told me that he would never let me go.

I knew I needed to get out of there.

Then I realized he had taken my passport.

One afternoon, when I was cleaning the apartment,

I found where he had been hiding my passport.

I purchased my ticket during my lunch break.

It was three days ago.

I got on a train to Tokyo.

I figured I could hide out here

until it was time for me to leave.

So tomorrow I got back home to Seattle.

To pick up the pieces.

(gentle piano music)

I'm so sorry.

I'm so glad I met you.

This is the first time I felt in control

of my life since I got here.

And as much as I would love to...

Kishi kaisei.

[Hope] Kishi kaisei?

Yeah.

Wake from death and return to life.

Like a phoenix?

Kind of.

When you leave,

you're gonna take my heart.

[Hope] It's always gonna be right here.

(Ryuu huffing)

Hope.

Do you trust me?

Yeah.

♪ Have I said to you ♪

♪ I've never known a love ♪

♪ As wonderful ♪

♪ As the love you gave to me ♪

♪ Have I said to you ♪

♪ That my life is changed since you ♪

♪ Have been right here ♪

♪ Sharing every day and night ♪

♪ With me ♪

♪ I want you to know ♪

♪ That you mean the world to me ♪

(Hope huffing)

♪ Have I given you ♪

♪ Each and everything your heart ♪

♪ Be longing for ♪

♪ No one else can love you more ♪

♪ Have I given you ♪

♪ Reasons to believe you can ♪

♪ Be secure with me ♪

(Hope moaning)

♪ Oh, God knows that I've tried ♪

♪ To be ♪

♪ All you need ♪

♪ Look in my eyes and you will see ♪

♪ That there's nothing I would rather do ♪

♪ All my heart I want you to know ♪

♪ Girl, I want you to know ♪

♪ I want you to know ♪

♪ I want you to know ♪

♪ To ♪

(crickets chirping)

(wind howling)

(birds chirping)

Good morning.

Morning.

What're you doing?

It's not finished yet.

He was wrong.

You do have talent.

Thank you.

It's yours.

[Ryuu] Mine?

Yeah.

Thanks.

I wanna take you somewhere before you catch your flight.

Sure.

And I want you to do me a favor.

(pleasant Japanese language music)

Before we pass on here, we should make a vow.

Okay.

(woman singing in Japanese)

We have to purify first.

You drank it.

(Hope laughing)

That's all right.

(metal clattering)

(train whooshing)

Thank you.

That's it?

Yeah, that's everything.

(woman singing in Japanese)

(train rails clanking)

[Ryuu] What're you gonna do after you get back home?

[Hope] I'm not sure.

Haven't made any plans.

[Ryuu] Me neither.

Maybe I'm gonna take my grandmother to somewhere.

She says she wants to go Kyoto.

[Hope] Maybe I should go next time I come here.

I'd like to do that.

[Ryuu] I thought you'd never come back here.

[Hope] I don't know.

All set.

All set.

Yeah.

Here.

What is this?

Open it.

It's for me?

Yes.

Wow.

Thank you.

Well, every man needs a power tie

and I want you to wear this in your first interview.

(chiming music)

(Ryuu chuckling)

You're gonna miss your flight.

(Hope giggling)

[Hope] Yeah?

[Ryuu] Thank you.

I should go now.

I gotta leave.

(dramatic guitar music)

(dramatic beat music)

♪ I don't understand ♪

(people chattering)

(crickets chirping)

(train rails clanking)

[Bo] Ryuu.

Bo.

(Bo speaking Japanese)

(Ryuu speaking Japanese)

Hmmmm.

(faint radio music)

(Bo speaking Japanese)

(Risa speaking Japanese)

(plates clattering)

(Bo speaking in Japanese)

(crickets chirping)

(man singing in Japanese)

(upbeat guitar music)

(man singing in Japanese)

(somber piano music)

(upbeat instrumental music)

(upbeat instrumental music)