"Aki!" "Hey, open the door!" "Are you ok?" "I'm so sorry jerk!" "You ok, saku?" "Aki" "aki" "Ever since the day we went to yume island, my parents have been kind of upset" "but don't worry about it it's fun, isn't it?" "Like we're romeo and juliet" "it's 8 o'clock in the morning usually, i'd have left the house long ago, but my uniform's still hanging up, and i haven't even had breakfast" "actually, i'm going into the hospital today" "but please don't worry my feelings for you are the same" "i've left you proof at school how'd you like a little treasure hunt?" "Start outside the science lab," "at the end of the long, hushed hallway" "go inside it" "isn't there something exciting about a lab?" "As if there's some secret beakers, flasks, microscopes, the smell of spirit lamps" "look at the desk at the back, by the window" "hirose aki spent a drowsy lecture here - 1986" "saku" "i love the gym the high ceiling, the light pouring through those big windows," "the waxed hardwood floor you can hear shoes squeaking" "get up on the stage graduation ceremony" ""farewell for today" ""until we meet again"" "i like this song" "stand in front of the piano" "close your eyes" "are they closed?" "Ready?" "You can't open them until i tell you to" "don't open them aki" "keep your eyes closed, ok?" "I haven t played since i was little, so i'm not sure how well i'll do i' ve never played for anyone" "this is a very big deal" "i love you" "i love you, saku" "say yeah?" "How do you meet, when you meet by chance?" "Leukemia" "the name of my disease" "leukemia" "you got it because of that awful postcard i sent to the radio show that's not true but no!" "It s my destiny" "but i swear not to die i need you to believe it, too" "believe it" "thank you" "oh, hello, it's me did you find ritsuko?" "Not... yet i see listen, ryu" "do you remember much from high school?" "That's kind of sudden i can t believe i' ve forgotten" "so full of precious experiences what's up with you?" "I just... i saw aki" "what are you talking about?" "Get it together what'd you go there for?" "You went to find ritsuko, right?" "Remembering aki won't help she's not a memory!" "That day, 17 years ago, after typhoon #29 passed, aki died alone" "aki didn't... aki didn t want to see me at the end" "that's why, being here, i feel like aki's still alive" "have some coffee warm you right up" "thank you so much" "you know them?" "I owe so much to those kids the girl died right after i took that picture" "said she was afraid of being forgotten so i took their picture" "i... stole it away" "the promise they'd made... i stole it away" "they re ready the film was pretty old, but the pictures were fine" "where is this?" "Probably australia ever been there?" "Nope" "thank you" "hey there, ritsuko, don't run" "aki, sister, the pictures are ready really!" "Thanks" "amazing, right?" "Amazing" "amazing!" "Ritsuko oh, mommy" "i m sorry she's always pestering you oh, no, she's been doing my errands right?" "Right another whole night long with midnight wave let's move on to the next postcard it's from kobane cho, pen name, fried noodle bread i wrote once before, about a classmate who had leukemia i'm sending this postcard today to give you the latest news" "would you believe, she's completely recovered she's got all her strength back, and flies around the track at double, no triple her former speed she runs in the evening glow, after school is over," "just like the first time i saw her and she says, with that slightly triumphant smile of hers" ""i'm home..."" "i'm so glad to hear this so, here's a gift to your friend from me watanabe misato's "meeting you"" "romeo appears" "what?" "Weren't you asleep?" "What s wrong?" "I can't even get any sleep, with you showing up at the crack of dawn" "i m sorry, sorry" "say who delivers your tapes?" "Who knows no fair." "It bugs me say, how's school?" "The culture festival's over the play was horrific besides, you weren t there huh, i see" "in here, you lose all sense of time i feel like i m being left behind don't talk like that" "once you get better, you'ii catch right up sure" "look at these pictures from the undeveloped film on yume island look at what was there where is this?" "Australia, they say this is called uluru" "uluru is a place, that's sacred among the aborigines, australian tribal people they consider it holy" "so sacred, that even for me, it s the center of the world" "the center of the world?" "That's right i'd like to go there" "let s go let s go" "sure" "thanks a lot" "you know, saku, i realized something at this rate, i'll never make it to australia the thing is..." "i don't have a passport" "neither do i you take these balls and put them all in your left hand you mash them together, with both hands... hey, saku don't scare me what's all this?" "I m so bored, i decided to learn magic tricks show me no cheapskate" "listen, you need a picture to get a passport can you come have your picture taken?" "What?" "Don't worry, uncle shige's place is close sure" "aki kawano" "here you could see the trick" "hello" "hello dr." "Sudo was looking for you oh, shoot i forgot i had afternoon tests saku, can you wait?" "You're not getting any better at that i practice a lot, you know" "sorry i made you wait everything ok?" "Yeah, if they find out, kawano will cover for me what's with this " kawano this ' and ' kawano that'?" "What?" "Don't tell me you're jealous" "i m jealous of him" "i'm sorry" "let s go" "all right will the pictures be ready tomorrow?" "Yeah they re for our passports, you know yeah" "all right did you take all these?" "Yup beautiful" "i m afraid i ii be forgotten" "uncle shige, would you take a picture of me, now?" "A photograph lasts forever, right?" "Sure really?" "I owe you guys" "so?" "What s that supposed to mean?" "I'm going to the bathroom... uncle shige" "how do i look?" "Very beautiful thank you" "hey!" "Sakutaro!" "What the hell are you doing!" "I'll be right there" "i'll shoot, now" "this is fine yeah?" "Thank you see you" "saku!" "What s wrong?" "He s dead... kawano s dead" "kawano had leukemia, like me" "am i going to die suddenly, like him?" "I'm scared of dying parting here means parting forever" "i know you're going to forget all about me" "sterile area" "mother you should go home, get some sleep otherwise, you'ii get sick, too i know that no, you don t" "oh, i m fine i m going to sleep good night" "look at me now" "but don t you worry i'm fine" "what is it?" "Marriage license application" "let's get married" "i can t... do anything for her" "i can t do anything for her" "nothing... not a single thing... how are you feeling, aki?" "Your first birthday since we started going out you're almost 17 now" "i know it's last minute, but i want to take you to that place i promised you" "i'll pick you up tomorrow, at midnight" "you really came to get me" "of course i did" "listen to the wind" "it's getting closer" "what is?" "The typhoon" "the typhoon?" "Typhoon #29" "the super typhoon #29, which already hit kyushu, wreaking havoc and paralyzing traffic, is moving over the water south of shikoku, at 20 kilometers an hour the typhoon is expected to hit shikoku, with increased ferocity" "the rain will grow heavier this afternoon, and we are predicting as much as 200mm total precipitation, for some areas in kyushu, especially in oita, we've had many reports of flooding and landslides the islands around okinawa" "are already reportedly clear of the typhoon... say" "your birthday... is november 3rd, right?" "That's right" "my birthday... is october 28th, so... you haven't had even one second" "since your birth, when i wasn t here, too" "even after i go... your world will go on" "don t act so frail hang in there i never thought you'd nag me" "shut up this is an announcement from all nippon airways flight #327, scheduled to depart for tokyo at 6:55am, has been cancelled due to inclement weather we will handle flight re-assignments at counter 3" "what do you mean cancelled?" "We have to get to australia!" "We don't expect any flights to take off today don t give me that!" "We absolutely have to get there!" "It's got to be today!" "Please!" "C'mon!" "That's enough" "aki!" "Aki are you ok?" "Shall we go back?" "Can't we go?" "Sure we can next time" "there won't... won t be any next time" "i'm still fine" "i'm still fine" "i'm still alive" "i'm still alive" "aki" "Please help please help!" "Please help!" "October 28th" "i don t know why... i can t get to sleep" "i m so afraid of tomorrow that i can't fall asleep" "i think... i'm going to die soon" "ritsuko" "wow" "you see, i don't think we should see each other anymore" "the tiny bit of eternity i spent with you is the greatest treasure of my life" "i've been so happy with you" "that's ok, right?" "As of today, let's say goodbye you'll grow up," "get married, do your work," "and live into the future that's what i'm imagining," "as i fall asleep tonight" "hello ritsuko" "it was you, saku" "i knew i should ve given you, aki's final cassette" "but i never could" "i never even knew she d... died... i'm so sorry, saku" "ritsuko what's happened?" "Where are you, now?" "The photo studio" "sakutaro" "ritsuko?" "She went out" "uncle shige," "i m a terrible person" "i' ve... been running away from aki s death" "i can't get over it uncle shige," "i don't know what i should do" "it s a big deal, when someone dies" "memories, images," "of the happy times, linger like a stain" "heaven s just something invented by survivors" "my beloved is there someday we'll be reunited" "we want to believe that" "she asked me to give this to you" "i still can't let go of this world a survivor who keeps clinging to this world" "all anyone left behind can do," "is tie up loose ends, sakutaro" "flight cancellations the super typhoon, #29, which landed on kyushu last night, causing significant damage, hit shikoku shortly after 2pm the typhoon is moving from ehime to kagawa... excuse me the tokyo flight?" "I'm terribly sorry, we don't have an estimated departure time this is an announcement from ana flight #153, scheduled to depart for tok yo at 18:00, has been cancelled due to inclement weather" "that day..." "it was just the same" "they predicted typhoon #29 would hit shikoku" "my... school was closed," "and i went to visit my mom in the hospital" "staring out the window," "my heart raced at the typhoon s approach" "and that day, as usual," "i stopped to see the older girl who was always so nice to me" "i never, never believed," "aki's final tape would turn up" "and that's why... that's why i had to... give it to the man aki loved" "i m sorry, saku" "it took me so long i'm so sorry" "aki... wouldn't hold it against you" "because... it was because of you that aki and i discovered each other" "that day... she only made it this far" "someday... i promised her we'd get there" "time to tie up loose ends" "uluru" "when i close my eyes, i only see your face" "what i remember, is your big mouth full of fried noodle bread, and your face, crumpled up with laughter" "you puffed it up earnestly, then suddenly shifted and softened with a kind smile" "your sleeping face on yume island i wish it was near enough to touch, now" "when you gave me a ride on your bike, the warmth of your back, meant the world to me" "all the memories of time i spent with you, made my life sparkle" "thank you so much for being with me i'll never forget" "the precious time i spent with you" "i just have one last request please scatter my ashes on the winds of uluru" "and then, go on and live your life" "i'm so glad i met you" "bye bye" "coming here," "i feel like i' ve found the center of the world" "like magic just like aki... osawa takao" "shibasaki kou nagasawa masami" "moriyama mirai yamazaki tsutomu" "executive producer:" "Honma hideyuki producers:" "Ichikawa minami haruna kei based on the novel by katayama kyoichi screenplay by sakamoto yuji ito chihiro yukisada isao cinematographer:" "Shinoda noboru production designer:" "Yamaguchi syu recording:" "Lto hironori lighting:" "Nakamura yuki editor:" "Lmai tsuyoshi score:" "Meina  co." "Directed by yukisada isao"