"A PIA Film Festival Scholarship Fund Film" "DOWN THE DRAIN" "Executive Producer YANAI Hiroshi" "Co-Writers :" "SUZUKI TAKUJI NAKAGAWA Yasunobu" "Written and directed by :" "YAGUCHI Shinobu" "How Pretty ." "White petals in a swimming pool" "Cherry blossoms or chlorine ?" "Who wrote that ?" "Author unknown ." "Here ." "It's your turn today ." "yeah ." "Thanks ." "Got my driver's permit ." "Really ?" "Wow ." "Yeah, but my grades stink." "But you got it so fast." "You'll be driving next month." "No, you're just super slow." "Junco, you're the only one still stuck in Class 1." "Well, excuse me." "But then you're the only one who's also kept up your grades." "But if you're the only one left, you'll need your own pass." "I know." "I'm stuck." "Something'll work out." "So how are things with Iguchi?" "What things?" "Are you always like that, even with him?" "Yeah." "Why?" "Are you guys getting along?" "None of us dreamed Iguchi would ever go out with you." "I can't imagine you two as an item." "Beyond comprehension." "We're just average ..." "No big deal." "You guys hold hands on dates?" "Not that stuff.." "I can't believe you've lasted that way." "You sue about that?" "About what?" "You know, like kissing, or holding each other." "I mean, he lives alone, right?" "What is it?" "Tell me." "The train fare alone is high." "We all share one commuter pass so it's cheap." "At this rate, they may not let you graduate." "Don't worry." "My gades are fine." "Say, don't you have class today?" "Saturday." "No class." "You poor parents." "They're sending you to college but you barely study." "Who's talking?" "I'll be going now." "Want the pictures?" "Pictures?" "The polaroids." "No thanks." "Why not?" "Not interested." "There's no point in my keeping them all." "Wow, this is hot..." "All of them?" "I think so." "The thrill of carrying something realy naughty." "Who's gonna look in your bag?" "I know, but stil..." "She's got this weird habit." "When she solves math problems, she forgets everything else." "The odd mix of conscious and unconscious effort turns her on." "Sometimes she even drools, her mouth hanging open." "Like the realm of numbers makes her come." "Your ticket please." "Excuse me." "I'll pay extra, to Sagamidaira." "Let me have a look." "Is this your commuter pass?" "No." "Which one?" "This one." "I borrowed it from someone." "You can't do that." "I'm sorry." "Didn't you know ?" "No." "I'm sorry." "It won't happen again." "Where are you going?" "To Sagamidaira." "Where's the person who loaned you this pass ?" "What?" "Where does she live ?" "Sagamigahara." "She seems to commute." "Are you friends?" "I have some questions for you." "Follow me." "I'm really busy today." "It won't take long ." "Don't dawdle." "Folow me." "Is this yours?" "Yes." "Thank you so much." "I'm going now." "You can handle things." "Is Mom home?" "What did she say ?" "No...where was she going?" "No, don't bother." "Helo." "My name's Takagi." "I teach at lse High." "Do you have a driving student by the name of Suzuki Junco?" "Yes, please." "Don't bother." "Yes, yes." "Just a minute." "You got a pen?" "Excuse me." "No ink." "She's also one of ours." "Kawano, yes." "Can't you do any better?" "What do you teach these kids?" "I'm Suzuki Junco's mother." "I'm so terribly sorry." "You let you kids swap passes, and drive under-age?" "You need to wake up." "You need to earn your pay." "I'm sorry." "Of course we forbid it ." "It won't happen again ." "Suzuki san, what's going on here?" "It's so sad." "Why do you lie ?" "I beieve that we can't effectively teach your chicken unless you communicate with us." "But look at this mess." "Didn't we just discuss this?" "I run around on my own time, checking shopping arcades, but the whole community has to be involved." "If you only worry about your own family, there's no real community." "What's the point of all my running around ?" "Why do I even bother?" "I'm so very sorry." "Excuse me." "She has to write a letter of apology." "Tel her she needs to come back tomorrow." "I'm so very sorry." "I'll tak to her at home." "Here." "She dropped these." "Please take them ." "A Brief Excursion" "It's realy hard to sleep." "Yes." "I open the window because it's hot, only to let in bugs that hit my face.." "But it's muggy when I close it." "Usualy it wouldn't bother me." "It's best not to notice it." "The tiniest thing can weigh on your mind if you let it ..." "Are you taking a trip ?" "No, no." "Just going to see my newborn grandchild, at my son's house." "Are we in Fukushima yet?" "Where are you going?" "To Koriyama to see my gandmother." "It is summer vacation." "And I haven't seen her since I visited her last fall." "I was wondering how she was and decided to come see her." "Junco, you..." "You dummy." "Grandma died." "We're cremating her today." "The funeral's tomorrow." "You're coming with us." "Yoko." "I'm at grandma's house." "Junco was here." "We're picking Lp grandma's body." "Stay home." "Don't go anywhere." "Don't worry about that." "Ok ?" "Goodbye now." "Any good photos ?" "Hurry, Junco." "Are you hurt , too ?" "No." "It's from Dad's wound." "Not hurt anywhere?" "Dear, can you take grandma's ashes home for us?" "We can't leave here yet ." "You can wear my dress." "I'm in Hachioji ." "I should be there in about an hour ." "Try not to be too upset, dear." "She was getting old." "There's nothing we could do." "Tomorrow, I'll send a car to pick you parents up." "Sato Family Funeral" "He was too young to die." "Grandma." "When wil the deceased be cremated?" "Tomorrow." "After the final service." "Can you heat up the sake?" "Oh.no ." "It won't light?" "What's wrong." "What a shock." "Push it in and then turn." "I can't see very well ." "Can you take this?" "I'm sorry!" "If only it had burned in the fire." "Will this do ?" "I don't have anything else." "Thank you." "Ouch !" "What are you doing !" "You can cook up some food, right?" "I'm beat, lunch sucked, what a total waste." "How's that?" "Just stir-fry them ." "I like my rice soft ." "You'll manage?" "Bye." "I can cook the meal fine, but when's the last bus?" "Speaking of which, where are we?" "What's it called?" "Hey, it's a crime to steal someone's ashes." "If you run, I'll turn you in." "What, school?" "It's good to take some days off." "None of the hard workers ever make it to the top." "I don't want to make it to the top." "Something up at home?" "What could be so important you have to go home?" "OK." "You're in charge." "You do know how to cook?" "I do." "But I lost one of my contacts." "I can't see very well." "Oh ?" "Wait a sec." "Bad eyesight?" "Pretty bad ..." "Huh ." "These'll do." "OK then" "But what good are someone else's stolen ashes?" "I know, but." "Besides, they're managing." "Even without you and the ashes." "The funeral director's there." "That's how it goes." "That's how it goes...?" "This one's better." "Yours is hopelessly tacky." "Really?" "I kind of like it ." "That's not your color." "I used to be a styist." "I know this stuff." "I'll take a bath first ." "You'll be after me." "Hungry?" "Later." "The bath's yours." "You Play piano?" "A little." "What day is it?" "Um.." "Wednesday." "I thought so." "My lesson day." "Oh, who cares about one lesson." "Besides, you burnt your hand." "Don't get it wet in the bath." "Help yourself to the soap and shampoo." "Doing a laundry ?" "Go ahead and wash your underwear." "There's clean ones." "OK." "Thanks." "Oh, no." "The door's open" "Wow, I'm beat." "How strange." "Who are you ?" "Maki's friend?" "Hi, I'm visiting." "Hey!" "Hi .Where's Shoko?" "What?" "I thought you were Maki." "Who are you?" "Who are you?" "You're wearing my dress." "Hey, those are my glasses." "Um, Shoko loaned me them ." "Where is she?" "Shoko?" "Shoko san ?" "Shoko san!" "How dare you break in!" "Come, I'll turn you in." "She one of you?" "What the fuck!" "You old fart!" "Say that again!" "Shut the fuck up!" "Don't smoke!" "You're underage!" "Shut up you old geezer!" "Jerk!" "You watch it." "What dd you say!" "I said watch it, old man!" "I said stop smoking!" "What the fuck!" "Geezer." "Fucking asshole!" "Shut up, bitch!" "God-fucking-dammit !" "Go to school!" "Shut up bald man!" "He's cruising for a bruising." "How dare you!" "You're gonna pay." "Where's your money!" "How much?" "Hey, we got some money." "Let's party." "How much?" "Four thousand ." "Be strong ." "Hang in there, Junco." "Excuse me." "Oh, dear." "What happened ?" "What on earth?" "Where am I?" "You're deathly pale." "I got lost ..." "I need to rest ..." "I'll call an ambulance." "I just need a little rest." "I'll call one now." "You lie down." "They're coming." "Are you hungry?" "Here, eat this." "Tastes good." "They're here." "I'll go get them ." "What are you guys doing at a time like this ?" "Forget college." "You're such idiots." "And getting caught , is the worst ." "Do you have a clue!" "Wasting your future for nothing." "You're clueless." "Which is why you're sitting here." "What are we gonna do!" "We blew college." "Let's try apologzing tomorrow." "Useless." "Takagi was really pissed ." "Maybe mom'lll apologize." "What am I going to do!" "It's hopeless." "He said we were finished." "I'm going to go back and beg ." "He's still there." "Let's go." "Forget it." "Apologize to that jerk!" "I say we nab the jerk." "You mean Takagi ?" "No, you idiot!" "What matters is getting into college." "Forget Junco." "I Say no!" "She betrayed us." "Gotta get to her." "Thirty Three Days Later" "It had been a month since my sister disappeared with the ashes." "We worried and looked for her, but it was too much all at once." "Besides, Dad's arm wasn't healing from the accident, so his company decided to transfer him, to the Kagawa office." "This pissed him off." "He wanted to quit and he and Mom fought about it constantly." "Mom begged him to go, alone if necessary, because the family depended on his salary." "He relented ." "What a mess." "No time to track down a run-away." "Junco:" "Forget about Grandma." "Just call home." "Your Family" "For al his grumbling, my husband headed to Kagawa with a breezy sense of relief." "This pissed me off." "Why do women always get a raw deal?" "He can move away, forget about his famiy and get a break, while I'm stuck here, worrying about the kids and relatives." "What is this?" "The 20 years I've toiled, sacrificing all for my family, betrayed and flushed away by my family's selfishness." "How did things get this way?" "But perhaps I knew all along that things would come to this." "When the girls grew up and began going their own way, and I sadly realized how little was left to look forward to, my happiness was already slipping away." "But many have it so much worse." "I tend to take a dark view of things." "I should calm down and focus on the little things in life." "What this lonely apartment needs, are flowers to herald the seasons." "I'll take pictures to send to the family." "Right ... even to Junco." "How did things get this way?" "Tell them I fed you nothing ." "Otherwise, I'm in real trouble." "Here." "Go buy something in the store downstairs." "I'm counting on you." "How are you feelling?" "So so, I guess." "It was Salmonella after all." "Some day, the Health Dept ." "will inspect her place." "But you should've told us sooner." "Also, we've been calling your house but no one answers." "What's the number?" "What is your telephone number?" "044-922-7665." "That's what I have." "How odd." "Why don't you try?" "Any luck?" "The number you..." "No luck, huh." "... Out of service ..." "How wil you pay?" "Got any relatives you can call?" "You ran up quite a bil, that someone's got to pay." "You better find someone." "We don't run a charity here." "What is this?" "Why does everything happen to me?" "Please, not here." "Please try contacting this patient's family or relatives." "Land for Sale" "It was that accident." "He seemed so sweet at the time." "Said he was a musician ." "He kept insisting he was fine." "But to settle, he hired a lawyer, claiming outrageous damages for lost performance income." "I should have known." "He must be desperate, squeezing us for money." "But it was money we didn't have." "We had to sell the house and the land ." "Mom wanted me to join her, but I have to stay here, to settle the score with my sister." "She's the one who ruined my high school years." "Does Iguchi san live here?" "No, he doesn't." "Do you know him?" "He lived here until just recently." "I don't know." "I just moved in." "I see." "Thanks." "Excuse me, can I use your phone ?" "Sure." "Thanks." "Hello." "It's me, Junco." "Where are you?" "Where have you been?" "Are you back?" "It's a long story." "What about Mom and Dad?" "I see." "And Yoko?" "Just a minute." "Can I borrow a pen and paper ?" "Thank you." "Oh. hello." "Yes." "OK, I will." "What happened to the ashes?" "Thank you." "You know the guy who used to live here?" "Can you take him his letters?" "I don't know his address." "No point my keeping them." "From Itami Yayoi" "Is Yoko here?" "Who the fuck are you!" "Yoko!" "If it isn't Junco." "Kiriko..." "Hey guys, it's Junco." "Let's have her sit down and tell us all about it." "Kimie !" "Kawano!" "Yo, wait up!" "You're gonna pay." "DEATH TO JUNCO" "Fuck!" "Goddammit!" "Who are you ?" "Are you a friend of Iguchi's?" "Yes.." "I am." "Can you tell me his address ?" "I'm Suzuki." "I need to see him about something, but he moved." "Oh, I see." "He should be home soon." "Why don't you wait inside." "Help yourself." "How do you know him?" "We're in the same club at college." "And you?" "He was ahead of me in school." "He took good care of me." "He's very running." "He's awfully late." "He's always home by now." "I'lll go meet him." "I always do." "Make yourself at home." "What!" "Where were you?" "Why'd you run?" "Look who's talking." "Who's that girl?" "Jealous?" "That's not the point." "What are you doing here ?" "Whatever." "Why are you sitting here sipping tea?" "A lot happened after you left ." "So I see." "Don't "So I see" me." "What an attitude." "What happened?" "Nothing." "What?" "Really, what happened?" "I don't want to tak." "Be careful." "You salivate a lot." "Junco!" "It's your fault." "I don't need juvenile deliquents like you hanging around." "Cut it out." "Forget it." "I'm leaving." "Hey , it's Junco!" "GO. go!" "Sorry!" "You're useless!" "What are you doing !" "Hey, where's Junco!" "Want some snapper?" "I don't." "It looks realy lousy." "You need to eat to get better." "Have some cake." "I can't." "Butter cream makes me nauseous." "Why did you take off?" "It wasn't my house." "Didn't tell me." "Fine." "I will." "Who's house is this?" "Ueno Munemitsu." "Who's that?" "How should I know?" "But we're OK for 2 or 3 hours." "So make yourself at home." "Where's your house ?" "Don't have one." "Don't want one." "I want to live in my own house." "But you don't have one." "So stop complaining." "The Filton Hotel?" "Has Ueno san in room 3032 akeady gone?" "I see." "What time?" "I see." "Thanks." "Which means he'll be back early this afternoon ." "Clean-up time." "You help too." "How do you get that information?" "I used to be a stewardess so I know about travel." "I know what I'm doing." "We're checking out by noon." "Saito san!" "Are you out?" "How do we get in ?" "I knew it." "He just got divorced and transferred abroad." "This place is good for a year." "Find a locksmith in the book." "We're at Saito's, 2 Chome #9." "This'll do." "You want your own place, right?" "You can have it." "Make it yours." "I don't think you understand." "It's not a house I want, it's a family." "I want a home." "It's about how you feel." "When you feel warm, relaxed and at peace." "That's a home." "Without that, no palace could be my home." "That's asking a lot." "You see any "homes" around here?" "There aren't any." "You have to make one yourself." "No one's providing it anymore." "Those days are gone." "You need a new home." "You'll get used to it." "It's realy up to you." "You have to fight from the inside." "Fight who?" "You're already drunk." "Shopping Arcade" "Hi, welcome." "Coffee beans." "House blend?" "One bag of Hawaiian-Guatemala." "One of Mocha." "Two of Mountain High ." "One of Irish Cream." "All for you ?" "Yes." "Why?" "Just a minute, OK ?" "Oh, I know." "So you're the girl that came with Shoko?" "Like some cake?" "Not today." "I've got lots of shopping." "You should stay." "But you'll be back." "No money." "She's paid me." "Thanks." "Hi." "Junco!" "You live here ?" "Yeah." "Give your parents my best You shopping?" "For someone else." "I need river eel soup. fish liver soup, river eel casserole." "Two bottles of eel marinade." "What a weird shopping list." "Hey, Suzuki." "Don't you go to school?" "We don't want you here." "Next tine, I'll call the cops on you." "The Good Life" "Oh. hello." "Thanks for the other day." "What?" "I know." "That old man's a real pain ." "What?" "Well..." "I'll see how things go." "What?" "Hardly. time to retire." "No, for real" "This is what they mean by the good life." "That was delicious." "It wasn't much." "But it was our very best ." "Thank you." "Call me when it's over." "It's going to hurt a bit." "What the... !" "You didn't know ?" "I'll only hurt a little." "Shoko san!" "Didn't you know ?" "We get new girls every year." "Usualy they're over 20." "But you're still in high school ?" "I've seen you somewhere before." "What the hell !" "Ikeda san!" "Cut it out!" "Make her stop!" "Hey!" "Shit, she's useless." "Call an ambulance!" "No." "How will you explain the stabbing?" "I'll get a first Aid kit." "Greetings , shopkeepers." "I'm exposing the scandalous goings -on in this shopping arcade." "putting an end to the corruption ." "Shoko's taken off with the cash." "I've told the cops, so you're finished ." "You'll never get away." "You did this to yourselves." "Bye!" "And have a nice day!" "Closed" "Damn!" "Now I'l have to work." "Time to order coffee beans." "Hey." "Suzuki!" "You ruined my family." "We were fine 'til (until) you guys came." "Every family in the arcade's ruined." "It's all your fault!" "I hate my father." "But you're the worst." "You slut!" "Whore!" "Prostitute!" "Don't dare!" "Drop dead!" "Die in the gutter." "Go to hell !" "You slut!" "You're the worst!" "Go to hell and die!" "It's you fault if Dad ties!" "Actually, let him die!" "But not me." "I'll live long." "I'll live long and torment you!" "But you live long too." "We'll spend a century in hell." "I promise." "All your life your head will ache and you'll suffer." "But what if I die first!" "I have to watch my health to live long." "But if I die first, I'll put it in my will to my kids." ""Make Suzuki Junco suffer hell ."" "That way, you'll suffer 'til (until) you die and then go to hell ." "Feels great!" "Enough dammit!" "Brake!" "Off Limits" "A Sunny Lane" "Not here yet?" "They're coming." "How's it going?" "So so." "Are you going to school?" "Sure." "Interesting?" "Not really." "You better at least finish high school or you'll have it rough." "I know that." "I told you I'm going to school." "Aren't those the shoes I bought when you became a freshman?" "Still wear them?" "Yeah, so what?" "I don't have any others." "But the fact that you kept them.." "A beer, please." "How's Junco doing?" "She's looking well ." "We need to talk." "What?" "Send my monthly payments." "Take some responsibility." "Junco costs a lot of money." "Be serious." "I know." "Your turn this week." "There's counseling on Tuesday." "Don't forget ." "I know ..." "She's not getting better, is she?" "Stupid." "Don't say that!" "We want her to make her better." "Don't call me stupid ." "You don't plan to come back to me ?" "We've got to do something about Junco." "But..." "Junco threw up." "I knew it." "Knew what?" "Morning sickness..." "I thought so..." "Why ?" "No." "Really?" "What the hell!" "I never heard this!" "What's going on?" "You know what that means?" "Things used to be so peaceful." "Mom..." "I feel sick." "Do something." "Hey, she can talk." "I'm going out." "See you later." "English subtitles:" "Linda Hoaglund"