Original subtitles

A Kindai Eiga Kyokai production

A Last Note

Starring: Haruko Sugimura

Nobuko Otowa

Hideo Kanze

Kyoko Asagiri

Toshiyuki Nagashima

Mitsuko Baisho

Yutaka Matsushige

Tomomi Seo

Katsumi Kiba

Koichi Ueda

Masahiko Tsugawa

directed by Kaneto Shindo

It's her.

You've grown big.

Such a long time!

Some shortcakes for you.

I'm out of breath.

It's cool up here.

Tokyo's hot, I bet.

Ma'am, may I leave?

Take care on the way.

Have some coffee.

No, thank you.

Why not rest?

We drove slowly, he rested then.

Didn't we?

When will you leave?

Maybe in ten days.

Goodbye, then.

I'd rather have water.

The water here is very good.

Something's wrong with me.

I tend to cry so easily.

When I saw you...

you were late, weren't you?

The police blocked the way.

The traffic was all jammed up.

It took us an extra hour.

Nice man, isn't he?

He joined our troupe recently.

I was surprised.

She used to be skinny, but not anymore.

How old is she?

Twenty-two.

I wish I could stay here and rest for two whole weeks.

What are they?

Columbines.

I want to forget about plays, films and TV,

and just eat and sleep all day.

I'll purify myself.

Thanks for minding this place.

It's thirty years old but still serviceable.

The altitude here?

1,500 meters.

That's why it's so cool.

I'm free from that awful air conditioner.

White birches are nice.

They remind me of Chekhov's plays,

like "the seagull."

White birches near the Moscow airport.

They're beautiful.

The garden here is full of weeds.

Hasn't Rokubei...

tended to it this year?

He's no longer among us.

It was last November.

He's dead?

He said he'd see a hundred.

He killed himself.

Why?

His last note.

What did it say?

"It's over."

What?

On the back of a bargain sale flier,

he wrote, "it's over."

A bargain sale flier? How old was he?

Eighty-three.

"It's over." only that? It's too short.

It was like him. He disliked talking.

Was he too poor to live?

He had money. 25 million yen in cash.

That much?

What was his problem?

He thought it was over.

He saved money working as a carpenter.

He hanged himself.

That's how oldsters do it.

He'd made his coffin himself.

He was a very thoughtful carpenter.

He left his last note on the coffin.

A rock was beside it.

A rock?

"It's over."

A rock from the riverbed. This size.

So big? What was it for?

That was a mystery.

None of us could find the answer.

If he thought it might blow away,

he'd have put it on the note.

Rokubei lived by himself.

His son and wife lived in a separate house

with their first-grader son.

The boy said the rock was for nailing the lid of his coffin.

All the grownups nodded agreement.

Yes, it was just like Rokubei.

Why?

We use only a small rock to drive the last nails.

His was such a big one. We were amazed.

So am I.

His last words, "it's over," were good.

So was picking such a big rock.

He died even more bravely than an old samurai.

His neighbors were impressed, not by the rock

but by the amount of money he'd had.

A rock, eh?

Where did he get it?

At token gorge, where the cuckoos chirp.

Is it near?

A ten-minute walk.

Let's go there.

They say he found it here.

How can they be sure?

His grandson said he came here with him.

How big was it?

Show me.

I'll keep this.

Plan to kill yourself?

To drive the last nails of my coffin.

You're very rational.

It's heavy, pleasantly so.

Carry it for me.

What happened to his money?

They bought a car.

Then what?

A new TV set.

And?

They bought new clothes.

And?

The whole family took a trip in their new car.

Telephone!

You take this.

She's a good girl.

Yes. I love her. I was thirty-eight when I had her.

It's for you.

I wonder who it is...

I must be old. My heart is weak.

Old people shouldn't panic and run.

Hello? Morimoto speaking.

Your name is Ushikuni?

Mr. Ushikuni?

Tomie's husband? I'm sorry.

You're at the station? No, I don't mind.

Tomie's with you? I want to see her.

Please come.

There are buses, but a taxi's better.

Just tell the driver "Morimoto." He will know.

I'll be waiting for you.

An old friend of mine is coming.

I wonder how many years it's been.

Will you cook something special for supper?

She was my fellow actress.

Mother, I think I'll go now.

Okay.

Goodbye, ma'am.

See you again.

What are you doing?

Fishing for trout. What are you doing?

I got all sweaty cleaning the house.

Show me.

Gee! Pit vipers!

A big catch. I'll eat their livers raw.

Silly!

Tomie!

She's not quite herself anymore.

It's miss Morimoto. You've missed her, right?

I asked at your troupe office.

They said I could find you here.

I was afraid our sudden visit might annoy you.

Not at all. Let's go inside.

We'll catch one later. Lots of dragonflies here.

She started to be like this five years ago.

She's been getting worse.

Sometimes she regains herself and acts normal.

At such times she remembers her past clearly.

Three days ago she announced the desire to see you.

The water here is excellent.

Tomie.

Tomie. Oh, I'm starting to cry again.

I'm sorry.

It's me, Yoko.

Yoko who shared the dressing room with you.

You know me. Sure you do.

We ate sweet-bean frappes there.

We baked rice cakes together.

We took double casting, too.

We competed, trying to memorize the lines of...

Chekhov's "the seagull."

Act four:

The ruined Nina comes back to Treplev.

"I thought you hated me. I was afraid of it."

We memorized the lines together.

"I have the same dream."

"You're looking at me but you don't recognize me."

"I'm a seagull."

"The two of us were caught in a swirl."

"Back then, I lived cheerfully, like a child."

"I'm a seagull."

"I have the same dream."

"I have the same dream."

"You're looking at me."

"You're looking at me."

"But you don't recognize me."

"But you don't recognize me."

"I'm a seagull."

"I'm a seagull."

Tomie.

I'm sleepy.

She's tired. Please let her rest for a while.

Set them free. Pit viper livers... disgusting!

No, they're good.

Dammit!

I lied. No pit vipers in it. It's a rabbit trap.

Fool!

It's too much!

Watch out!

Stop!

Boob! You're too much!

Watch your step.

Thanks for coming.

Why don't you quit working at that place?

I can't. We're old friends.

She asleep?

Yes. She falls asleep while I massage her legs.

You're so devoted to her.

We thought of going to an old people's home.

But government-owned homes don't admit married couples,

and we can't afford a private one.

What about your work?

I quit because there's no one else to take care of her.

It's hard on you, isn't it?

Tomie took care of me for forty years, so it's my turn.

Where do you live?

We were in Kyoto, but since I quit the Noh stage

we've been thinking of going back where...

we were born, near Naoetsu.

So you're both from the same town.

It's a village, not a town.

It's in a valley where it snows a lot.

Good morning.

Where are they?

They went for a walk.

Smoking's bad for you.

At my age, nothing worries me.

It'd be bad if we don't die suddenly and get senile.

Yes. I really feel sorry for Tomie.

It could happen to you, too.

And I have no one like Tohachiro.

What do you want for breakfast?

What do you think?

Don't ask me. You're the one to eat it.

Japanese food.

It's better for you. I brought some pickles.

I'm glad Tomie married Tohachiro.

He's a good person. I can tell.

She met him in Tokushima, Shikoku.

She was on tour there.

He was there to play Noh.

He's a Noh actor?

He fell for her instantly.

She hesitated, but after all they got together.

She looked the ideal housewife twenty years ago.

She told me how happy she was.

She still seems happy.

I know, but...

about being senile...

the patients don't know a thing.

Maybe they're happy, too.

Why did she miss me?

Sometimes she remembers her past.

She can't forget she was your close friend.

"The seagull" last night. I cried.

She remembered her lines.

How are you this morning?

You feel fine, eh?

Then, let's eat.

This rock is mine.

Want to do it yourself?

She's asking you to join her.

Thank you.

I've already eaten.

She's worried about others.

She won't start eating until I do.

Thanks for the meal.

Start!

For thirty years we've made it a practice...

to rehearse after breakfast.

Excuse us.

Rehearsal of a Noh play

no good!

No good!

Hands up!

Give me food, old witch! Make me rice balls!

Do it fast!

Water.

Make rice balls.

Water, you old witch!

Me?

Yeah, you!

Put down the gun.

Shut up or I'll shoot! Bring me water!

Snap it up!

Put it there!

Sit down, old witch.

Don't "old witch" me.

But you're an old witch.

Think so?

You sit down, too.

Not there! Here!

You're all fossils.

Nobody young here? I guess not.

We won't resist. Let us lower out hands.

Quiet! Keep your hands up!

Wearing that hood, you can't eat.

Mind your own business!

Don't touch me!

Pickles!

No! Cucumbers. Cucumbers!

Lower your hands.

I broke jail.

I snatched this gun from a cop.

Stupid cop!

Why were you jailed? You killed somebody?

I think I've seen you.

My kind of face is everywhere.

You look like...

your grandma?

I know! You look like that actress, Yoko Morimoto.

Quit giggling. You sound spooky.

Shut up, or I'll shoot!

What are you doing here?

We were eating breakfast.

That much I know.

Why are you here?

I work here.

Work?

Doing what?

I cook.

You're from here.

I get it.

From Tokyo? You're here for the summer?

That's about it.

You're bourgeois.

Bourgeois? Me?

That's a great honor.

Play croquet?

Croquet? Never.

All old men and women play it.

People who work don't have the time. I'm busy.

Liar!

You just loaf, playing croquet!

Whenever I watch them playing croquet,

I blow my top! I get boiling mad!

Man ought to try hard to live

as long as he's alive!

Aren't the police after you?

If you hang around here, they'll get you. Better run.

Quit gabbing, old witch!

I'm not gabbing, I'm warning you.

Shut up, hag!

We arrest you for escape and stealing a gun!

Ma'am!

Forgive him! Forgive him!

Take him away!

Evidence.

What's going on?

I'm sorry for this.

But we finally got him. Thank you.

That Kanzaki broke jail two days ago.

He ran this way with a stolen gun.

We've been after him ever since.

That's the story.

What had he done?

A group of oldsters were playing croquet at a river.

He attacked them with a baseball bat.

Croquet?

There's a hospital near there.

From the neurology section

you can look down at the river.

He watched them playing croquet every day.

He suddenly grabbed a baseball bat

and started clouting the old people.

As to why he did it, we're still trying to find out.

The brave action of you people impressed me.

I'll report what you did to the chief.

I'm so relieved it's over. I'm bushed!

We've been saved by a miracle.

I'll take a bath and go to sleep.

Hello?

I'm assistant inspector Tezuka.

I hear this is miss Yoko Morimoto's house.

Yes, it is.

Is miss Morimoto in?

I'm her.

I'm sorry. I didn't recognize you.

You come here every summer.

But I'm new, so I didn't know. I'm sorry for that.

I told the chief how much you helped us.

He said we should commend you.

It was my friend Tomie who grabbed the gun.

Then we'll commend you both.

He almost killed me. She saved my life.

So commend only her.

But Tomie is...

they should commend only her.

I'll go, too.

But please commend only Tomie.

Write it down.

Her first name is Tomie.

Her family name is Ushikuni.

When will the ceremony happen?

Maybe the day after tomorrow.

Can you make it tomorrow?

Very well. How about 1:00 PM?

Fine. Will you send a car for us?

Of course.

Thank you very much.

Listen, may I have your autograph?

I'll do it later.

I'll appreciate it. Goodbye for now.

My Tomie will be commended by the police?

This might produce a miracle.

Yes. A miracle.

She might regain her senses.

I'd better stay and look after the house.

Come. The more who go with her,

the more dignified Tomie will look.

Thank you for coming.

We shall now commend Mrs. Tomie Ushikuni

and others of the Morimoto villa.

Mrs. Ushikuni, please step forward.

Commendation:

The violent s. Kanzaki abruptly and viciously...

attacked with a baseball bat a group of...

senior citizens who were enjoying

a peaceful game of croquet.

He injured several of them,

then laughed loudly. Officers apprehended him.

But he duped one of out jailors

saying he wanted to go to a bathroom.

He knocked him unconscious

and stole his gun, then fled.

Getting word of his escape,

we put out an alert.

He stormed into the Morimoto villa and

tried to hide there. But thanks to...

the brave action of Mrs. Ushikuni and others,

the criminal was soon arrested.

So, we commend her and present her...

with money as a reward.

To Mrs. Tomie Ushikuni from chief Omaeda.

Please.

Receive it the way you take a diploma.

It's like a new year's gift.

Please.

Chief!

We got a reward, so let's splurge.

What would you like?

Your recommendation?

Today's special is trout, French style.

The trout came from a stream behind the hotel.

Meuni�re with our chef's special sauce.

What do you think?

Sounds good.

You must be tired of trout.

I rarely eat it cooked French style, so it's fine.

A boat ride.

We'll take a boat ride later.

Look at the price!

18,000 yen a person!

It's well worth the price.

Keep it. It's Tomie's money.

She received it representing us all.

Then I'll use part of it.

What a fat envelope!

It must be around 300,000 yen.

Only 10,000 yen?

I don't think they made a mistake.

It is 10,000 yen.

They wrote 10,000 yen here. Stingy cops!

That's how it goes.

Last year a kid fell into a river.

A fireman saved him.

He was commended for it.

His reward was only 10,000 yen, too.

But we had to face a dangerous criminal.

He almost murdered us.

What's funny?

Let's go.

Can we manage the bill here?

Don't worry. Miss Morimoto is rolling in money.

No, but at least I can pay the bill. Keep it.

No, no. Please use it, too.

Look. Not a bit left.

Better than a cat.

Gustatory art.

My heart almost stopped when you kissed the chief.

He blushed.

No, he paled. He nearly fainted.

I thought you'd regained your senses.

It's "the seagull."

In "the seagull." Nina tells her lover Treplev,

"no, please don't take me home."

"I can go by myself." Then she kisses him.

"Nina had left."

I thought you'd remembered Nina

and regained yourself.

A milk stand in front of our theater...

they played this "Barcarolle of Venice."

Right, Tomie?

We used to sing it...

in the dressing room we shared.

Let's dance, Tomie.

Spring is leaving as the lights fade away.

The oars are whispering to the ripples.

The boat is rocking and rolling,

loaded with heartbreaking elegies.

It seems to be recalling the farewell

which came much too soon.

Gold beetles are so rich.

They build a treasury and warehouses.

And they buy thick malt syrup at a candy store.

Gold beetles are so rich.

They build a treasury and warehouses.

And they help their children eat thick malt syrup.

Where's Yoko?

Taking a bath.

I think I'll take a bath, too.

You were the first to bathe.

You just finished with it.

Yes, so I did.

What a lovely evening!

The sun sets slowly over the mountains.

I'm Yoko.

I'm Tomie.

Please take a bath.

I'll bathe before I go to bed.

No more escaped prisoners?

That milk stand was Kobeya.

Yes. Kobeya. I'm glad you remember it.

The seagull died.

No, it didn't.

The seagull died.

Only the seagull in the play died. Not the real one.

No, it died.

Sorry to trouble you.

Not at all. I'm glad you're here.

I think we'll leave in the morning.

Stay as long as you like.

Thanks, but we just came to see you.

It seems Tomie was the happiest

while working with you at the theater.

She and I played Chekhov's "the three sisters."

I was Olya, Tomie was her sister Irina.

She was excellent.

Seeing you...

gave me an insight to her past.

I thank you for it.

Tomie mentioned your name quite often.

Maybe her wish has been granted.

You'll go to your home village?

Tomie wants to go there.

You plan to stay there?

No... yes.

In five or six days I'll go back to Tokyo for rehearsals.

Phone me anytime. I'll be glad to help you.

Thank you.

What's wrong?

My hair is dry.

Try to remember "the three sisters."

I'm Olya. You're her sister Irina.

"The band is playing so merrily, so strongly."

"Hearing it makes me want to live."

"My dear sisters, our life isn't over yet."

"We shall live!"

"The band is playing so merrily, so strongly."

"Hearing it, I feel"

"as if we'll soon know why we were born"

"and why we must suffer."

"Irina..." Tomie!

We'll pay for this.

We'll meet again.

The seagull can't die.

Tomie was such a cheerful girl.

I'm glad she married him.

Back to Kyoto?

Let's go back to Kyoto.

To our village.

I'll buy the tickets.

Grannie.

Hey!

Stop!

Water, please.

I've been too tense.

I must relax.

I don't think you can.

I'll take a nap. Don't wake me.

I don't think you can sleep.

I fall asleep easily.

Maybe not today.

You sound rather odd. What's the matter?

Since when do you smoke?

Since long ago.

You ought to quit.

You said smoking causes lung cancer, right?

My daughter Akemi is going to marry.

Congratulations!

Why congratulate it?

You really do sound odd.

What's wrong?

Her father is Saburo Morimoto.

What?

Her father is Saburo Morimoto.

But he's my husband.

That's right.

He died 10... no, 11 years ago.

That's right.

Nonsense! Stop joking.

I'm serious.

And Akemi is your daughter?

Yes, she is.

Is it true?

I'll go to our village.

You committed adultery!

We don't call it adultery nowadays.

An illicit affair, then.

Probably.

You had a husband, too.

He died 22 years ago.

And Akemi's...

twenty-two.

That's odd. Your husband died 22 years ago.

And she was born 22 years ago.

He'd been in a hospital for five years before he died.

Then you committed adultery... no...

had an illicit affair while he was hospitalized.

That's right.

Don't talk so casually. This is important.

I'm not talking casually.

How did it happen? I know you seduced him.

Mr. Morimoto came here to paint at the end of summer.

He was an amateur, he lacked talent.

One day, he caught a cold.

Enough!

Why did you have to start with this?

Akemi's going to marry, so I thought...

radishes, carrots, onions, beef, bean curd...

eggs, milk, canned beer. Still got rice?

Better bring two kilos of rice.

That's not necessary.

We're running low on it.

I'm leaving tomorrow.

Then you don't need this food.

You can have whatever is left.

I'll come for you this evening.

Akemi isn't affected by her mother's sin.

I don't feel sinful.

You're tougher than you look. I'm amazed.

How immoral you are!

We loved each other.

What melodrama is that line from?

It's not funny. I was serious.

So was my husband?

What's wrong?

Am I getting senile?

He was lonely. You were busy with the stage.

I doubt it.

To you, the theater was everything.

Wait here.

We'd like to stay for a night.

Give us your best room.

We have a special room. 50,000 yen per person.

Fine.

Let's go.

Then what happened?

You want to hear more?

I'm interested. He was my husband.

You slept in there?

I don't want to answer such indecent questions.

It was summer. Summer 23 years ago.

I was on tour. "the seagull."

The seagull's dead.

The way you talk! You're a real swellhead.

And after you stole my husband.

Apologize to me!

I see no need to.

Watch out. Put down that knife.

I really loved him.

I was very serious.

What a splendid room!

I've always wanted a room like this.

What about money?

Don't worry. I have plenty of money.

I know now why you came for his funeral,

when I hadn't told you about his death.

It rained hard that day.

I thought it was odd.

You started crying so loud in public.

Leaving tomorrow?

You needn't wash the dishes. I'll do it later.

Not coming tomorrow?

You don't want to see me anymore, do you?

Come to fix breakfast.

Very well.

To Yoko.

Your fee...?

It's sent to my bank every month.

You'd better not tell Akemi.

I can understand why you and

my husband got together.

But she doesn't know about him.

She might think yours was an indecent relationship.

It wasn't indecent.

It was!

Think so?

Betrayer!

Did I love the stage more than you?

Let's eat. It's your favorite fish.

The seagull...

...was happy to see Yoko.

Yes. She was very kind to us.

I'm glad you could meet her.

What's wrong?

To our village.

Yes, we'll go.

So, eat.

Haven't you gone yet?

I changed my mind. Nice place, isn't it?

What's that?

Water I washed rice with.

As fertilizer?

Where's Akemi?

Her part-time job.

All you give me is water.

You like it, don't you?

What is it?

About the secret of Akemi's birth...

you'd better tell her.

I came to that conclusion.

What are you up to?

I'm not up to anything.

It'll be bad if she finds out later.

She won't.

I might talk.

What for?

I came to this conclusion:

My husband's daughter is my daughter.

That's strange logic. I gave a birth to her.

My husband gave her to you.

He was my husband, not yours.

That's the point.

What if I resort to a lawsuit?

You'd be disgracing yourself.

Your husband had an affair.

The scandal would wipe you out.

Actresses and scandals go hand in hand.

The media would love it.

I doubt it. They'd only laugh at you.

All because of you!

I'm so sorry.

I'm all alone.

I'm beginning to feel as if she were my daughter.

How dare you say that. She's my daughter.

When is her wedding?

Next month. Tentative marriage the day after tomorrow.

Tentative?

A test to learn if a couple can marry smoothly.

A kind of formality.

They still do such things?

They decided to revive the custom.

The elders are all for it.

It's the same as marriage.

I suppose so.

Who's she marrying?

A local man.

I want to attend.

He's a nice, strong man.

We test a young man's strength.

"Power rocks" at the shrine.

The one who can lift the biggest...

gets first choice when picking a bride.

She's going to marry Daigoro.

Age 25. an expert at catching pit vipers.

He'll marry her and succeed me.

That's good.

Then your lineage will continue.

Will you invite me?

I wonder.

We're relatives now, aren't we?

Don't tell her anything.

Of course not.

Welcome! You still here?

She's attending your tentative wedding.

This is Japan's most backward village.

We still preserve stone age customs. Please come.

Congratulations!

"Stick it! Stick it there!"

"Stick it there! Just stick it!"

Good morning.

Thanks for the last evening. I was impressed.

Bread for breakfast?

Yes, with miso soup.

Vegetable juice and two fried eggs.

A good appetite.

Akemi made me feel power welling in me.

It's wonderful to be young.

I mustn't loaf like this.

I'll go back to Tokyo today.

I'll hurry and start rehearsals for my next play.

This quiet place will just make you senile.

You'd best go back to Tokyo.

That's what my husband always said.

You memorized it.

We're both too old to be jealous.

A person can be jealous anytime.

I shouldn't have told you about it.

I'm glad you did.

I now see why and how much he was frustrated.

You concentrated on the stage too much.

You've got to continue acting.

Thanks for saying that.

I'm glad it was you.

You had a good child by him. Thank you.

You mean that?

Isn't it part of your acting talent?

I wish you could look into my heart.

I'm such an innocent woman.

I doubt it.

I must be more wicked, or my plays will be boring.

Who's that?

Miss Morimoto?

Yes, I am.

I'm Naoko Yazawa, a reporter.

Have you read yesterday's paper?

We have no newspapers here.

It's Mr. And Mrs. Ushikuni.

They committed double suicide.

It's right here.

"Old couple commit double suicide"

look! It's Tomie!

They left their last note for you.

For me? What could have gone wrong?

Anyway, please come in.

I read about their last note.

I went to the Naoetsu police to check on it.

I was on my way to gather data anyway.

The note's address wasn't made public.

But I found it was you.

The note was written on the back of a hotel receipt.

It read, "thank you for taking care of us. Ushikuni couple."

The water here is excellent.

Why Naoetsu?

They said they'd go to their home village

and stay there.

I contacted your troupe office.

They told me you were here and

about the police commendation.

I decided to trace the Ushikuni couple.

I was fascinated by their three-day trip.

Their personal effects...

told me where they had gone.

Their hotel receipts told me quite a bit.

Hotel?

Yes. The highest class.

Highest class?

They took a train from here

and went to Asama Spa.

They took the best room. 50,000 yen per person.

That much? 50,000?

The desk clerk wondered if they could afford such a room.

The couple left early the next morning.

They took another train.

They got off at Nihongi.

I saw their receipt.

They went to their village.

It was in the afternoon.

Their taxi headed for Akagi village.

They left the taxi and walked along between two paddies.

They looked toward the village.

They came back as if trying to hide.

Then they went to Naoetsu.

I saw the taxi receipt.

He kept every receipt.

The taxi then headed toward the sea.

They asked the driver if there was an inn nearby.

He took them to a tourist inn on a hill overlooking the sea.

We'd like to stay for a night.

The rate was 3,000 yen per person.

They took a room upstairs.

They barely touched their supper.

They checked out at 9:00 the next morning.

They walked down the slope. It was the last...

the innkeeper saw of them.

There's a fishing village nearby.

A boy named Tamio lived there.

He'd gone to the beach to fish.

He saw the two walking into the sea.

They were the Ushikuni couple.

He didn't know what was happening.

As they sank under the water, he ran to tell people.

Tomie came to say goodbye to me.

What a tragedy!

Mr. Ushikuni withdrew most of his savings.

He had 560,000 yen in the bank.

In his pocket

he had only 20,000 yen and some change.

On his business card

he'd written to use the money for their burial.

He'd set out with his wife on a journey to death.

I want to see where Tomie died.

I'll take you there.

It was the only luxury in their lives.

I went to see if they were OK.

They wanted to see their village.

They had no home there.

They'd gone to the same grade school.

With hopes, they moved to Tokyo.

That way.

They couldn't enter the village.

Though they'd done nothing wrong.

They didn't want the villagers to see them.

That's why they left the taxi here.

When they'd finally returned home...

the grade school!

It was hard for them.

His wife was very tired.

She soon went to bed.

He wanted something delicious for dinner.

I told him I had fresh squid.

I served it sliced and raw. I made squid tempura, too.

But they barely touched their food.

For breakfast they ate miso soup with tofu, and rice.

Then they checked out.

I saw them walking down the slope.

Isn't anyone coming to get you?

No. I'll go by myself.

You're too old to travel alone.

Just call a car for me.

This is Morimoto.

Please send a car.

It's coming in five minutes.

Tomie went straight into the sea.

So will I... back to work.

Keep working till you die.

I wish I could die on the stage.

Good decision.

Did Akemi leave for her honeymoon?

They went by motorcycle.

Motorcycle?

To the airport.

They'll fly to Khabarovsk and take a train to Moscow.

That was their wish.

Did you tell Akemi?

Yes. Last night.

What did she say?

She laughed.

She did?

When I die somewhere,

drive my coffin nails with that rock.

Come again next summer.

It's nearly autumn.

It's followed by winter.

I'm depressed.

A magazine wants to take your pictures.

Executive producer: Jiro Shindo

Producers: Kiyoshi Mizokami & Yasuo Ibata

Music: Hikaru Hayashi

Cinematography: Yoshiyuki Miyake

Art director: Shigemori Shigeta

Lighting: Hiroshi Yamashita

Recording: Susumu Take

Editing: Yukio Watanabe

Written and directed by Kaneto Shindo

Written and directed by Kaneto Shindo