Original subtitles

Many of us were burnt or cooked alive,

some escaped here

because we never wanted to make the sign of the cross with three fingers.

So they started to fish.

It was a time of trouble and wonders.

8 VIEWS OF LAKE BIWA Film by Marko Raat

When the Sun disappears,

five special Stars appear in the sky.

They are called Moons.

God didn't place them on one specific spot,

but they can move all around the sky and, depending on the direction,

display either hate or love.

When that special Star or Moon

moves towards the Sun from the West,

shielding the Sun,

then the eclipse shows God's rage against man.

When the Moon comes from the East,

it shields the Sun in a normal way.

Hanake...

You...

You write well.

Finish this class at last and continue your studies.

I don't want to.

I'm not going to make you re-do this class again.

You're almost a woman.

I am never going to grow up.

Be my guide in everything I do.

I can't abandon my evil thoughts.

But You threw Yourself to mercy.

Open Your merciful heart to me as well and take me in as I come to You.

Thank you.

But we don't want to eat fish every day.

Please don't bring any more.

1. Sunshine and Gust of Wind from Amazu

In the middle of a scorching day and with the gust of wind from Amazu,

there is a moment when the lake turns into a green pasture,

with cherry tree branches hanging over it.

One can step overboard and walk without sinking.

But it only lasts as long as the gust of wind.

Sora!

Sora!

And the mothers and fathers cried out endlessly,

like the seals in the salty sea in the fall.

Our school teacher screamed like a seagull.

But the lake did not release her husband Sora's body.

I...

I called the children back to the boat,

but they didn't listen.

Then the wind died down.

Kids are blind when they're playing, they pay attention to nothing else.

We trust everything into Your hands.

You are with us every day.

Thank You for that.

You cut, it hurts,

but You make us better this way.

But why did the lake carry you?

Tell me!

I can't.

Schoolmates who left us...

The fog will be your coats to keep the cold away.

The candles will warm you

and incense smoke shall be the path that leads you to God.

May I bring you fish now?

I'm with Sora's child.

It was Sora's last wish.

Should something happen to me, marry Onne.

And take care of my child.

Sat in the kitchen, drunk.

Looked at you and tried to be quiet.

It was hard to hold back.

I still don't know if it was the right thing to do.

What are you thinking? You asked.

Nothing, I lied.

You?

I'm not thinking about anything either.

Do you love me?

I do.

Tonight,

Under the gaze of heaven's holy angels,

Without evil,

Without jealousy, envy.

In the depths of my heart light a fire of love for my neighbour.

Give us our love.

Create affection in us.

No one is talking to me.

Do something that's necessary, but nobody wants to do.

Volunteer as a fireman.

Or...

Or Defence League

Keep watch at the shore

and, when the fishing inspector comes, alert the others.

Do something good.

Jesus, please don't summon my fish back into the lake.

2. To See Sailboats Returning to Yabase

I welcome you.

I love you.

I kill you.

I welcome you.

I love you.

I kill you.

I welcome you. I love you. I kill you.

I welcome you.

I love you.

I kill you.

Did the yacht sink?

Idiot!

I welcome you.

I love you.

I kill you.

Be merciful to me as always.

Lying emotionless on the ground

I shall wake up this morning, in the presence of holy angels.

May the sky open wide before me, above me and around me.

So that I might see my beloved.

The yacht came to our marina.

I welcome you.

I love you.

I kill you.

In his name I spray water

on everything in my yard.

I will love the first man I see on this boat.

Why? We weren't supposed to become grown-ups.

I will become one today.

I am dying of longing for a desire

that is impossible to fulfil.

Now we have to wait a little.

I heard in the village that you have crosses on your footboards.

So when you're raised from the dead you can pull yourself out of bed.

Not a bad idea.

To care for the old and feeble.

Guide me.

Lead my heart.

So I could finish what I've started with a sound mind.

I baptize you with washed fingers.

Nails clipped to the limit.

Platon invited me to go with them when they leave in the morning.

He wants me another hundred times. - Traitor.

Why so gloomy?

My bird died.

In my arms.

How did it die?

Of sadness.

Sing. The bird would like it.

I heard you, you sing well.

It wasn't me who sang, it was Seashell.

Take me back to shore.

He says you sing well. He wants you to sing to him.

May the raindrops fall softly on your eyelids

May the gentle wind entertain you

May the rays of Sun bring joy to your heart

May the burden of the day be light to wear

And may He take you into His loving arms.

Did you love the man you slept with for the very first time?

No.

You pretended to love him.

I will not pretend.

My love wants me a hundred more times,

but I'd rather know a hundred different men.

Darling, don't make me to pretend a hundred times.

I'd rather go to Tokyo's love market

where five thousand angels offer themselves up each night.

Tomorrow, I'm going to the city to work.

Well, I also started early.

3. To See Autumn Moon over Ishiyama

Hanake... - I'm sleeping.

I had a dream

that if I want to keep my job and authority on the lake,

then I have to love for three nights

a woman who hasn't seen the Sun or the Moon.

You want to get married again? - Yes.

I shall return in 100 days.

Where are you going?

To Kyoto, to construction.

And you?

To Tokyo, to dance.

My friend is here for the first time.

The lower hole is 50, the upper one is 30.

No need to use rubber.

I need her for three days.

That's a lot of money.

Can your friend be trusted?

Roman is a trusted municipal official, a fishing inspector.

He has all the power over sky, land and water in our village.

Are you sure this woman hasn't seen the Sun or the Moon?

I have carefully kept her here.

She has not seen the Moon or the Sun.

And, if you take her, you must keep her in the dark

or have her to get used to the light gradually.

What's her name?

Rabbit Eye.

Be careful with her...

nails.

I haven't cut them in a while.

She can scratch your face up like a cat.

Arkadi!

I need a painting of my new wife.

One in full length.

A gift for her.

And for me, to get used to her.

Change your clothes.

You still smell like a raccoon dog.

I've come to see your new wife.

Rabbit Eye.

Take off your clothes. The painter came to see you.

No need.

I know how to do the body.

I'll do that later at home.

Using icons.

I can see you are a city girl.

With a fair complexion.

Unscorched by the sun.

I seldom go to the city myself.

But my grandfather used to haul firewood to the city.

He was such a fine man.

He even took wood to the University of Tartu.

I'll have Rabbit Eye for three more months.

This is for one.

I don't have more right now.

She danced for young people who wanted to learn about love.

And lonely old people, crushed by the worries of life,

before they die.

She danced for the sick, students, craftsmen, noblemen and peasants.

And when the 100th night came and she finished serving God,

she escaped in the middle of the night, back home.

Change your clothes, you smell of raccoon dogs.

What did you say?

Change your clothes, you smell of raccoon dogs.

Hanake...

You look so bad.

I think you have an STD.

Or several.

Or all of them.

I'm sure she has, too.

All the old and noble ones.

Beautiful.

A lot more beautiful.

But not too beautiful.

Hanake.

I'll have one made for you as well.

I don't want anything.

4. To Observe the flight of Wild Geese in Katata

Think about it.

Maybe you do want a picture for yourself.

I want a painting that depicts the wild

geese over the lake as they fly away.

A specific tree and mountain in the background,

that can be found in Katata, so it forms a hieroglyph.

What kind of hieroglyph?

That I don't remember. - Then it's impossible.

Ask for something else.

Then I don't want a picture at all.

I'll paint the picture.

Dear Hanake,

I'm doing pretty well.

I sing on a ship and take part in a television singing competition.

Platon has helped me a lot.

Write to me about Tokyo. How did it go?

Seashell

Thank you for the fish.

But I guess you had something more.

I can't understand my daughter.

Hanake wants a painting

depicting the wild geese over the lake as they fly away.

A specific tree and mountain in the background,

that can be found in Katata, so it forms a hieroglyph.

How do you not get it?

It's easy!

I love you when I watch you go.

But you don't love me because you're leaving.

Hanake is just in love.

She's in love with a man who doesn't notice her.

So she wants that, when this man comes

to visit her, he would see the picture

then he... She would not need to say it herself.

Look, here are the branches of a twisted tree,

through the branches you can see the edge of the mountain.

On the backdrop to this mountain,

there is a long line of white and grey geese.

Flying in a jagged line.

The grey geese disappear in the dusk,

and the line is broken.

Whereas the white ones stand out against the evening sky

and form a written line.

Be praised.

My son came home at four in the morning.

Took away my sleep and went to bed.

I was sleeping well.

Now he is sleeping well.

I don't have too much else to give my son.

Now and forever.

What do they think about possible war in Japan?

Everybody is eagerly waiting.

Is Hanake back?

Hanake's back, too.

Kiri, put on a uniform when you go see Hanake.

Beautiful women like war.

Father...

Bless my flesh.

Father bless my soul.

Father bless my life.

5. To Hear Rainfall at Night in Karasaki

Lord, cleanse us from our sins.

Lord, forgive our transgressions.

Lord, have mercy...

Ruler, forgive our transgressions.

Lord, cleanse us from our sins.

Lord, have mercy...

You are idiots.

Didn't you see the reflection on the lake?

Of course.

I don't like it... when you... look at me... leave.

I won't look at you leaving either.

Do you want to come tonight and check the fishing nets on the lake?

For exactly a hundred times I have been admired by others.

I don't want to smile and hug unwillingly anymore.

Something is oppressing and tormenting me.

Always telling me to go against myself.

There are no celebrations today.

Why are the bells tolling?

I don't know.

True, no holidays.

It's the war.

It's not!

It's the war! - No, it's not the war.

I have to go back to the shore.

Please don't go, stay here on the lake with me.

But maybe I will be a hero?

Sure.

Sure you will.

A Turkish soldier usually fights for Turkey.

Romanian soldier usually...

A Belgian soldier fights for an ordinary Turkey.

Are Serbs usually in Turkey for Belgium?

The Netherlands and Portugal fight all the time.

Can I bring my own barrel?

You have to go to war.

I don't want to.

I am not a samurai.

Go my boy, war will make you brave and immortal.

Go yourself if you want to become immortal.

Kiri, go back to the lake, run away!

When you were born, the midwife said you'd always be safe in the water.

Kiri!

Stop! Hold it!

You're protected on the lake.

He goes to war.

And will return as a hero.

Before they only sang in the angels' language in the church.

Hallelujah, they sang.

Then Basileios came

and they started singing twice in the angel's language

and the third time in people's language.

They sang: hallelujah, hallelujah, and glory to God...

The saints liked it.

When we sing three times, but not four times.

Like those people sing.

God absolutely hates it:

hallelujah, hallelujah,

hallelujah,

and glory to You!

God detests it.

Wait.

Take this candle to Rabbit Eye.

She could see a little bit.

With one eye.

I think.

She sighed for the first time.

Then she said one sentence.

I know that sentence.

You smell of raccoon dogs.

Dear Hanake,

I hope you received the television.

Turn it on today at 6 and see the final of the singing competition.

Next month, I'll go to a long tour.

On the Narva-Vyborg-Sapporo cruise ship.

Write to me, I'm waiting eagerly. Seashell

Arkadi says Rabbit Eye could be the

patron saint of the blind and animals.

He said he'll fill out the application.

He thinks it's possible, because she has suffered enough.

Okuro, find the remote and pack it up.

I'm not crying

You shouldn't cry for me too.

6. To Hear the Evening Bell of the Miidera Temple

Good Almighty.

Take my son who died heroically in the war

posthumously to Yourself.

Dear Almighty, protect my son.

Protect the lake.

The president could bring his military medals. Or a minister.

And let the child come home when the time is right.

The boy next door had the celestial mark on his heart.

In his inside pocket, when he left.

Third night, fourth night... I'm waiting for you.

He's writing that the bullets fly past like little birdies.

But not one of them would touch him.

Don't let yourselves be disturbed in your prayers.

We're here for only a moment.

Listening to the night rain.

We're only sitting here for a moment...

Light us a candle. When its raining then we come to see you again.

Don't let yourselves be disturbed in your prayers.

We're here for only a moment, listening to the night rain.

7. To See the Evening Snow on Mount Hira

If you wouldn't close your eyes all the time, we'd make it much farther.

I have no one to sing for there. - So what?

There was one today. Listened and watched.

I'll leave the ship in the next port.

I need a chance to take care of someone.

But I'm afraid a pet would tie me down too much.

And I live away from my kids.

No, I remember, one of them lives at my house.

But the thing is I don't live at that home myself.

When I lived on my own for a while,

I tried to take care of myself.

But it wasn't quite the same.

It's easier taking care of you

You do everything yourself

You cook for me and do the laundry.

The captain would be honoured

to invite the artist up to the bridge

to take a look at the beautiful landscape.

We are approaching the world's biggest windfarm.

Be back in half an hour.

People here still want to listen to you.

Or just watch.

Break's almost over.

I have to go back to the stage.

May you have the endless calm of a wave rolling towards the beach.

May you feel the peace of the still air.

8. Red Dusk in Seta

Thanks to you, thousand ghosts.

Your temple is the only place where I can meet my dead lover.

And gain momentary peace of mind.

It wasn't me.

It fell on its own?

It happens.

It was pretty old anyway.

I come to this temple often,

as my friend was lost at a lake never to be found.

Exactly ten years ago today.

There's a head here made from a rock that reminds me of him.

Almighty Ruler,

banish from my lousy heart and blind

mind, with Your holy and mighty prayers

sorrow, forgetfulness and foolishness

and all evil and blasphemous thoughts,

extinguish the flame of my desires.

You look so much like my dead lover.

I don't want to know your name. And where you live.

And you shouldn't ask the same of me.

We won't set up a time to meet.

We leave it up to God.

If He wants our paths to cross.

Bless that which holds my hope.

Bless my mind and my purpose.

Bless my beloved partner in bed.

Grass I marvel at you

You are so pretty

So appeasingly tender

Living so softly in the brushwood behind my house.

A fish swam up against my foot.

Have mercy on us as good and loving people.

Think of those who have fallen asleep without knowing You and save them.

In which way You know best.

Please tell me that it wasn't the same man I met in the temple.

Dear God,

allow Your temple cat to open its eyes and look at me

if my lover and the man I saw with family are two separate men.

Open your eyes!

I'm going to lunch.

Okay.

But let me meet him one more time so I could be sure.

And when I have no doubts about it being my Sora,

May the lake spirit strangle me to death.

Stefanus!

Stefanus!

Stefanus!

Spirit of the lake,

please give me time to find the boy and say goodbye.

I have lived on the lake for ten years.

Hid myself.

I've watched you countless times through the window.

Put big fish on the boy's fishing rod under water.

Why, Andrei?

I wanted to do a good deed.

Like you wanted.

Kill the inspector who torments the fishermen.

It would have cleared me.

But it didn't work.

I am a fisherman and I don't know how to stab someone.

And I am still the murderer of school children.

You're not a murderer.

It was the sunshine

and the gust of wind from Amazu.

An accident.

It wasn't an accident.

I had a fight with Sora in the boat.

About you.

The boat tipped over.

The water was cold.

Only Hanake made it out. - You're lying!

Hanake didn't say anything

because she was afraid of me.

Did...

Did Sora drown?

No.

We swam together until our feet touched the ground.

And then?

Then I drowned him.

I'm gonna go look for Stefanus.

The boy is in his bed.

I came out from the reeds.

He saw me.

He was startled and fell into the water.

I went to save him.

But he had already drowned.

Caught in the fishing net.

Come.

Run away to Russia with me.

There's nothing keeping you here anymore.

Pack your things.

Wherever you place your head.

Wherever you press your forehead.

Mighty generous be the sky against you.

You were made on the lake with Sora.

And the lake took you back.

We'll take the boy with us and bury him at the lake.

Don't you touch him!

Nobody touch him until he is cold!

I waited...

for the boy to grow up.

So he wouldn't need you anymore,

because you promised me you love me.

When I told you I loved you,

it was only so you wouldn't hate Sora's child.

Grass...

Grass I marvel at you.

You are so pretty.

So appeasingly tender

Living so softly

In the brushwood behind my house.

But for one moment,

I really did see the cherry trees,

the dancing children,

and you came to meet me across the water.