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Hold your wife's hands.

No anesthetic?

Not for a scratch like this.

Oh!

So pained.

Keiko's all right. Nothing serious.

It only took two stitches.

She was impressed with your husband.

She seemed awfully pleased.

Young people!

Come here.

You say he was in prison with you?

He's a garbage man,

so we'll see a lot of each other.

You're afraid people will find out about your past?

About Keiko...

There's nothing between us.

I know that.

Is it bad to have such rumors about a guy on parole?

No, I'm more concerned about her feelings.

Has she said anything?

She wants to leave.

What? Quit working for me?

No, she wants to leave here and live at your place.

But she's reluctant to bring it up with you.

What a marvelous device!

That'll never attract UFOs.

What a fool!

What makes you think so?

One may come, maybe.

UFOs don't exist.

TV stations invented them to boost ratings

At his age he should know better.

I want to see his UFO.

Like a festival, isn't it?

Masaki really believes a UFO will come.

Why do you want to stay with me?

Because I've never met anyone like you before.

When I hurt myself...

No one's ever taken care of me before.

Never like that.

Going fishing tonight?

Yes.

I'll bring you some food.

A boxed dinner?

I'll be waiting for you

at the Sakura Bridge.

Here it is.

Any eels?

Probably.

Just a minute.

Two big ones.

They've started coming back.

Homing eels taste best, so they say.

They've fattened up for their long journey.

They're feasting on crabs and shrimp.

That's Masaki's house over there.

The UFO guy.

Isn't that Keiko?

A little rendezvous, huh?

No, not really.

So what's she doing there?

Don't stop the boat.

You sure?

That'll be 2,000 yen.

Thank you. Please come again.

Welcome.

I've been looking for you.

He is ...?

��I'm a friend of Keiko's.

Eiji Dojima.

Excuse me.

Could you leave us alone?

How are you, Mom?

The hospital was dreadful.

Everyone is completely crazy.

Really?

I like Akita,

but not the hospital.

Mom, wait.

You'll get lost again.

Is Dojima still with his wife?

He says he'll divorce her.

Now's a bad time for loan sharks.

I can help him out with some money.

Don't ever say that to him!

It'll make things worse.

In one gulp, great!

I can't do much for you...

only 10 or 20 million yen.

Really? That'd sure help.

The Carmen of Akita.

That's what they called me.

Mom, that's enough.

Mother, stop!

Wait.

Wait.

No, no!

Mama

Mum.

About Dojima.

The one who came today.

He wants a favor from Mother.

Your mother?

She's in a hospital in Tokyo.

What's wrong with her?

It's a mental thing.

I'll bring you another lunch box.

You'd better go home.

Do you know about Yamashita?

She's there again. What'll you do?

It's all we got today .

Three.

Take it home.

No, thanks.

Do you?

I don't eat eel.

They would die soon.

Take one.

No, really thanks.

Oh.

Then I'll take them all.

'I'll be free tomorrow.'

'Be at the floodgate at three o'clock tomorrow.'

'This is a warning.'

'You aren't reflecting on your conduct and

that's bad.'

'You're a murderer too,

but you're chasing that girl.'

'You haven't even visited your wife's grave.'

'Who do you think you are?'

'Every day I sit before the altar,'

'copying sutras, and praying for my dead wife'

'and mother-in-law.'

Takasaki quit the garbage company and went back home.

No. That's impossible.

His parole officer called to tell me.

He knew you two corresponded a few times.

He said it was a good thing,

it encouraged him to fit back in.

Parole officers know everything.

I'm no different to what I was in prison...

I'm back here

Where have you been?

I had something to do.

Three customers came. They'll be back.

Have you eaten?

Hmm.

I made some dinner.

I'll warm it up now.

I don't want anything.

You don't like stew?

You misunderstand.

Misunderstand what?

About me.

I'm not the man you think I am.

Because you were in prison?

You knew?

Who told you?

That garbage man who came by the other day.

Do you know why I was in prison?

I killed my wife.

That was a lie,

about us being divorced.

I stabbed her to death.

I'm a murderer.

I tried to forget,

but these hands can't.

The blade slashing her flesh...

Stabbing deep into her body.

How could I forget?

Why did you do it?

You surely had a reason.

I want to know everything about you.

It's not your concern.

Go home.

Leave me alone!

Morning sickness?

Knocked up by that wife-killer, are you?

No. Stop it!

What a view! You slut!

Don't be so smug, you filthy wife-killer!

Gynecology Clinic

How old are you?

I'm 34.

Your last period was in April?

Yes.

You're four months pregnant.

Too late for an abortion.

It's highly irregular...

��Please. I just can't have this baby.

I don't recommend one.

You should have it.

That turns me off.

I can't do it.

Should we send her back?

Let's wait a little longer.

But why?

Because you need her money?

Even with the money I send my wife,

she won't agree to a divorce

Yesterday, Mr. Mizumaki...

Your mother gave me a vibrator.

He introduced me to a creditor named Machida.

If I become his mistress...

he'll forget the 1 0 million you owe.

Then what?

He said you agreed.

Really?

How can I?!

I feel like giving Mother an overdose of sleeping pills.

And kill myself, too. I need some peace.

I'm scared that it's hereditary.

If I'm in the way, I'll kill myself!

Keiko, are you all right?

It's very late. Is it a nightmare?

I'm sorry. Yes, just a nightmare.

Is it about Mr. Yamashita?

No, it's nothing...

Excuse me.

Care for a nip?

No, I don't drink.

Come on!

Relax yourself.

Is Keiko taking a holiday?

Either that or she's quit...

They used to say there were no female eels.

Only males.

The females carry their eggs

2,000 kilometers or more, way down south.

They only lay when the salinity's right.

2,000 kilometers! That's as far as the equator.

The males follow behind.

Most of 'em die right there.

The tiny fry take up to six months to return to Japan.

Most of them die on the way back.

The ocean's full of dead fry.

I saw the paper on your door. It was that Takasaki.

It wasn't just a sutra.

It was dark, no one else saw it.

I don't trust him.

I ripped it down, anyway. So no one else would see it.

Is what he wrote true?

You don't have to tell me.

I couldn't forgive her...

Because... I loved her

I couldn't help myself.

I often wondered how I could kill the one I loved so much...

Think it over many times.

I cannot forgive that in any case.

Have another drink.

How?

How old is she?

Your dead wife.

How about kids?

None.

Though I want them very much...

What a pity.

All people are in sin.

We are all the same.

All dare to communicate with the others.

Become more and more coward.

And cannot step out the memory of the past.

Is that the despising?

Forget that.

We should face the future.

When I killed Emiko,

I died along withher.

Because of her defection.

I didn't want... I couldn't accept anyone else.

When I read that letter...

That letter?

I wonder who wrote it?

What did you do with the letter?

I threw it away.

Threw it away?

hrew it away...

hrew it away...

But when?

Where?

But maybe... there was no such letter in the first place.

Have you seen Keiko?

No.

She wasn't feeling well.

And she left this morning.

Have a seat.

She was always worrying about the shop.

We assumed she'd come here.

I thought she'd quit.

Why do you say that?

I told her about my past. She naturally ran off.

No. You've got it all wrong.

But it's only natural.

That's not it.

She loves you.

Thank you.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Mother, shall we go?

Thank you all for everything.

Where are we going?

A wonderful place.

Like Akita, but it's not a hospital.

Let's go.

Come on!

Wrong number.

Please pay by the end of the month.

Welcome.

Vice-president! Good morning.

Where are you now?

In Hachioji.

It's been such a long time.

You have Mother's bank book?

Yes, I think so...

Where's the president?

He's out on an appointment.

And Mizumaki?

He's with him.

Financial Consultants.

I'm sorry, he's out now.

Her seal, too.

Here you are.

Thank you.

Okay, carry on.

Hey, Yamashita.

The reverend and his wife came by. He asked me about your girl.

I said I didn't give a shit.

Did you read my sutra?

No, I threw it away.

Son of a bitch. I did it for your soul.

You also wrote I'm a killer.

For my soul, too?

You're supposed to read it!

Then you'd understand

It was the middle of the night.

No one else saw it.

I thought you went back home.

Why should l?

I hear you quit work.

My boss tried to stop me, but he was happy.

People don't like ex-cons.

Stop bothering me.

I've had enough of you.

Got any sake?

No.

Get out of here!

Did you know she's pregnant?

I saw her puking.

Morning sickness.

Got a kid on the way, have ya?

Get out of here!

Yeah, okay. Clean up your act!

I can't wait to see what the kid's like.

I bet it'll be like this.

You asshole!

I've been on parole for 3 years. I've had no luck!

I copied sutras every day and visited my victim's grave.

But it wasn't worth shit!

Of course. What good would that do?

You bastard!

You're only acting. It's not from your heart!

Bastard! What would you know about me?

In prison you were trained as a barber

Now you've got a shop, and a girl.

Fucking's better than sutras, huh?

She isn't my girl, you fool!

Fuck you! You're such a smart-ass.

You're the smart-ass. Those prayer beads! Just another act.

An ex-con with no job or no money needs prayer beads.

This is bullshit!

Praise Buddha!

Is this what you want?

You make me laugh! Your shit don't stink!

You make a slut pregnant! You're like a little schoolboy!

Why keep bothering me? I'm sick of you.

I get it. You must be lousyin bed.

What?

I said, you couldn't give a good fuck if you tried!

You found your wife with another man. That hurt!

You could only fuck her like a kid. You're a lousy lay.

You saw that guy fucking her like an expert,

it made you crazy, so you killed her.

You never fucked anyone but her, you little schoolboy!

Hey, Yamashita!

You think jealousy is wrong, don't you?

It's jealousy, no matter what kind of act you put on.

You're only human.

I'm a real man! I want to fuck a woman.

I hate this bullshit, schoolboy crap!

I'll rape some chick and go back to prison.

Reciting a sutra between the warm thighs of a woman.

So long, you little schoolboy fuck-up!

All praise to Buddha...

Sorry for just leaving. I had a lot to do.

-Sorry for the trouble. -Where have you been?

Come on inside.

I'm very sorry.

A man calling himself Dojima dropped by earlier.

He was looking for you. Some financial problem, he said.

He went to Yamashita's place.

Yamashita's place?

I'm really sorry for everything.

This is my mother's bank book and her seal.

Can you keep them for me?

We can do that, but how much is in there?

Thirty million yen.

It was outrageous of me, but it is Mother's money.

I'm vice-president, so I just took it. It's a fortune!

How is your mother?

She's going back to Akita.

Why throw her out?

But I didn't.

Did someone come to visit her?

Where is she now?

I don't know

Why throw her out?

But I didn't.

It's almost as if you did. This place needs Keiko.

Everyone knows that without Keiko

the service here is lousy.

Keiko broke into my office and stole 30 million yen.

Where is she?

We are asking him.

I wouldn't tell you if I knew!

This is serious business.

Where's Keiko? Bring her here!

We don't know where she is.

Yes, you do.

Masaki, go get the cops!

She stole my money. I want it back.

I don't know.

You're free to search the place, but she's not here.

Find her!

You go look out back. You go upstairs.

The thing is... I checked up on you.

You're on parole, aren't you?

This is my lawyer, Naito.

You shouldn't get involved in this kind of trouble.

You already served eight years.

You want to go back?

Are you threatening me?

It's in your best interests.

Come quick!

A man called Dojima barged into Yamashita's place.

I'd better go. I'll come, too.

I'm going, too.

I'll get the car.

Awano, take over here!

Yes.

She's not here.

Beat him.

We told you she's not. Now fuck off!

Get out!

Stay back!

Who are you?

I'm a friend of them both.

You bastards!

There's no need for violence!

I'll bring Keiko to court for theft.

You don't want any cops, do you?

I couldn't care less.

Hey, boss!

What are you doing here?

What are you talking about? You stole my money!

That money isn't yours.

It was to be invested in my new company.

I've got papers to prove it.You saw them.

It belongs to my mother.

So go ahead, sue me.

I'd love to!

Your loony mother will make a great witness!

We have power of attorney.

Return the money.

Why should I let you have it?

It's all she's got left.

Who gives a shit!

She's an investor.

I've got the papers!

Return those papers to her.

What's that?

Yamashita

No need to get involved.

Return the power of attorney.

Are you crazy?

Return it to her.

No way. What's it to be?

Yes, or no?

What's with you? She's only worth fucking!

You bastard!

You stay out of it!

Look carefully, officer.

It's me being violent.

Okay, stop it. That's enough.

Everyone, stop it! That's enough!

Where's my money, bitch?

Stop it!

It's all her doing!

Where did you hide my money?

Tell me the truth.

She threw herself at me, too.

You're both fucking crazy!

Don't stop me.

Damn you!

You bitch!

Yamashita!

Stop it! Stop it, I said!

Keiko's pregnant!

You're all fixed.

Pregnant with my kid?

No way! It's not yours!

Then, is it his?

Yes, it's mine!

Fuck you!

Stop it now!

What have I done! I'm sorry!

You mongrel!

Lady! That's enough!

Get out of my way!

It's my baby.

Police Station

How did it go?

The power of attorney has no signature.

The money belongs to your mother after all.

And Mr. Yamashita?

No charges against Takada.

But as for Yamashita, there'll be a parole violation hearing.

Too see if the parole will be cancelled.

He'll have to wait four or five days.

I'll be in touch.

I'm sorry. Does your head still hurt?

No, I'm okay. It doesn't hurt anymore.

I got you into this.

I did it on my own.

We decided to have a party tonight.

All of us?

To shed the bad luck and celebrate your lady's pregnancy.

Takuro Yamashita and Keiko Hattori are having a baby.

Celebrate my pregnancy?

Sorry. Everyone thinks it's yours.

It must bother you.

They'd decided anyway.

I just confirmed it.

I'll have an abortion.

Don't. Have the baby.

The reverend can sit in the middle.

Look.

Come on, Masaki!

Where are you going, Yuji?

Where are you going?

C'mon, applaud!

Mr. Yamashita, dance with me. Come on.

First a brat...

Next a murderer...

What a pervert.

There were no letters.

Jealousy made you hallucinate.

Finally I've become like you.

I'll raise a kid by some unknown father.

Your mother laid her eggs near the equator.

Anonymous sperm fertilized them to life.

Nobody knows the sperm came from which fish.

Nobody knows your father. But you're still a fantastic eel.

Sacrificing themselves, they escort the babies back to Japan.

Those who are born should be cared for, right?

Time to say good-bye.

Farewell.

My statement should carry some clout.

You'll soon be free again.

Thank you.

How long do you think?

About a year, I reckon.

Can we stop on the way?

Sure.

We'll wait here.

Can we borrow the flagpole?

Yes.

Thank you.

Take good care of yourself.

Can I wait for you?

Wait until you come back?

Take good care of the baby.

We'll both be waiting for you.

Did you know that eels travel far?

What's that?

They travel as far as the equator then return to the mud here.

They live in the places they like.

You think they'll come?

Who?

The flying saucers.

If you put your heart into it, I'm sure they will.