""Alcohol  Cigarettes"" "Should be a good day today." "How can it be?" "!" "It's 34ºC!" "not the temperature." "The roads." "you mean not so crowded?" "Do anything since quitting?" "Nothing at all." "She doesn't complain?" ""No problem."" "then... let's go." "You don't have to call home about arriving?" "What about you!" "She's already asleep." "It's only seven o'clock!" "Your place?" "My wife... isn't home yet." "You're a sore loser." "What's that mean?" ""Manuscript Pad"" "It's much cooler here." "" Out of Range"" "I thought so." "Signals don't reach here." "Did you say you're cold?" "Yeah." "Granny's clothes bring back memories!" "She sure collected a lot of tracksuits!" "Which primary school?" "Any one is OK." "You an Oke-Tani student?" "" Oke-Tani Primary school"" "And what are you?" "Wa-Sho Primary School?" "I don't know how to read it." "Then what..." "Kazu-Sho?" "Wa-Sho?" "Must be Wa-Sho." "Wa-Sho..." "Wa-Sho..." "The Two in Tracksuits Wa-Sho..." "Wa-Sho..." "The Two in Tracksuits" "The Two in Tracksuits It's gotta be Wa-Sho Primary School!" "The Two in Tracksuits" "The Two in Tracksuits Wa-Sho!" "?" "The Two in Tracksuits" "The Two in Tracksuits That's a terrible school name." "The Two in Tracksuits" "Somehow..." "What?" "I can't fall asleep recently." "You're not well?" "It takes time to fly..." "Some birds need a slow takeoff." "I see." "Like the albatross." "It's like that." "What is?" "Until I fall asleep." "Aren't you... calling home?" "It's too late." "Morning!" "When did you arrive?" "Last night." "Want some tea?" "Is your wife here?" "too busy this time..." "I'll make tea." "How long will you stay?" "Maybe three or four days." "Please come in." "Come and visit me sometime!" "Toyama-san?" "but..." "Said no again?" "Huh?" "Was she real?" "What are you saying?" "!" "it's already 35ºC!" "Temperature?" "Twenty... three degrees!" "Good!" "OK?" "Fifty centimeters." ""About" 50cm." "it'll be a mess." "Why?" "They'll drop if you try to carry them." "Really?" "Aim for between 40 and 60cm." "Whatever seems right." "Hello?" "I thought you'd be there!" "You found me." "Is it cool there?" "we put on tracksuits." "top and bottom." "With two stripes." "Hideous!" "Can you call me back tonight?" "Meeting him again?" "but you also meet." "Bye." "" Tomatoes 33 yen!"" "Good afternoon." "good afternoon!" "You can't sleep?" "Don't want to go back." "When will we go back?" "Anytime is OK." "Same for me. what do you do everyday?" "Browse magazines." "That's heavy." "Um..." "Please come in." "It's broken." "Can you take a look?" "Come in." "Oke-Tani School." "Is it near here?" "bottom of the reservoir." "Probably the shutter." "Can you fix it?" "I don't have my tools..." "I don't trust the local camera shop." "I'll try." "That's great!" "You can have these." "come and visit sometime." "Have some tea..." "You don't seem like father and son." "You're not like friends... or stand-up comics." "It's just weird." "Weird!" "Toyama-san is so reserved." "Really?" "She never comes in." "It's not really that..." "Somehow..." "Maybe she's a witch." "Huh? maybe she'll melt." "What...?" " Afternoon." " Afternoon." "I see... for the signal!" "Antenna only reaches here." "but... this spot gets all three." "Got it!" "Bear paw?" "!" "A long-handled one." "Somehow..." "To rake up the leaves." "Alright." "That's all?" "somehow..." "Something sweet." "We have chocolate." "but..." "Somehow..." "Red bean sweets?" "chocolate's fine." "Somehow..." "Like the Koala ones?" "What's that?" "A Koala-shaped biscuit with a chocolate filling." "Not that kind of thing." "somehow..." "More puffed-up." "Maybe a Giant Caplico?" "Giant...?" "Like a soft ice-cream cone... with air-filled chocolate at the top." "That'll do." "my..." "You've really grown!" "Been so long!" "Father OK?" "Wait a moment!" "Take these." "They're from our garden." "Here." "" Out of Range"" "Hello?" "It's me." "Well... right now..." "I don't want that." "too." "Do you think I want that?" "I don't mean that." "What?" "Just..." "Sorry." "When you... say child... you mean his?" "!" "" Caution Wild Boars in Area"" "Long time no see." "You don't remember?" "Made the cast iron bath." "yeah!" "You're..." "Okada-san!" "What happened?" "Got lost?" "for a second there..." "Just a moment. but now you're married." "How's your wife?" "She's fine." "Seems she's busier than me." "she just called." "how is she doing?" "Sounds like you're not close." "that's not so." "what'd she say?" "Asked how the novel's going." "You're writing a novel?" "I'm just a novice." "Why don't you call her?" "Now?" "Go ahead." "Don't mind us." "OK." "I've had enough tomatoes!" "How are things with your wife?" "That's a real mess!" "she found some guy." "She took off." "too." "Hello?" "It's me." "You OK?" "Yeah." "Is that so?" "It's about 20 here now." "You don't mean temperature?" "!" "Temperature." "I hate you!" "Writing your novel?" "Not at all." "No more tomatoes!" "How are you doing?" "Did you appeal?" "Make an appeal?" "Yeah." "About that." "I see." "Nothing can be done?" "it seems." "Use our phone." "it's OK." "I'm a bit cold." "You're cold?" "a bit." "What did your wife say?" "She didn't complain about you having left her behind in the heat?" "Which primary school?" "What's that?" "Lots of different ones..." "Look." "I see... no thanks." "I've got my own." "You do?" "Yeah." "Why?" "Because I do." "Really..." " May I?" " Help yourself." "Now I know." "Na-Gomu School." "You mean Wa-Sho?" "It's Na-Gomu." "Na-Gomu Primary School." "Still thinking about it?" "Want to head back tomorrow?" "anytime is fine by me." "Maybe we'll stay." "And the tomatoes?" "The tomatoes...?" "the tomatoes." "Is your marriage really OK?" "You suddenly quit your job." "That causes problems." "That's true." "I wasn't always responsible. it bothers me even now." "I saw her at the memorial." "Was she OK?" "Yeah." "I'm... having problems again at the moment." "Again?" "!" "Yes." "Another divorce?" "It's not that bad." "That's funny?" "Yeah." "Morning." "There's a place you can go to get a signal." "Can we go there?" "I found it!" "Found all three!" "All the antennas!" "It's the right spot!" "Hello." "it's early." "I just read your E-mail." "Please!" "Please!" "Anyway..." "let's head back." "What about these?" "It's too late to wash them." "Let's take them." "Seems best." "not Oke-Tani." "Somehow it seems... more exotic." "Really? on this road..." "I saw John Lennon and Yoko Ono." "You should've told me!" "Why?" "It would have changed everything!" ""Alcohol  Cigarettes"" "" One Year Later"" "What's this?" "B.L.T. sandwich." "What sandwich?" "B.L.T." "What's it mean?" "Maybe it's first letters?" "Of what?" ""B" of bacon." "bacon." "So "I" may be lettuce." "And "T" ?" "Tuna?" "There's no tuna in it." ""Tamago" ?" ""Tamago" is Japanese for "egg" !" "let's go." "What's that bump... on Miro's nose?" "that..." "Maybe cancer." "Cancer?" "Out of range?" "Yeah." "Use our phone." "I'm OK." "You've got one?" "!" "Since when?" "! what's "Re" mean?" "You can E-mail?" "!" "To who?" "Okada-san?" "What's "Re" ?" ""Re" ?" ""Re:" "Thanks for before."" "You mean the "Re" part?" "So what's "Re" mean?" "!" "It means it's the answer." "So what's "Re Re" ?" "The answer to your answer." "Maybe the first letters of "Response."" "You really know your first letters." "Come here." "What's she doing?" "I wonder..." "Maybe for good luck." "What?" "Don't treat me like I'm disgusting." "What about dinner?" "I'll make it." "Somehow..." "Something light." "I knew it!" "What?" "Father and son talk alike!" "You always say "somehow..."" "And after "somehow" comes something concrete." "Like "Somehow..." "I want some beer."" "Do I really?" "I feel a bit cold." "You're cold?" "I'll be alright." "I brought something to wear." "What's that?" "I bought it!" "Bought it?" "!" "It was cheap." "You spent money on that?" "Yes..." "We have some." "Lots of them." "I brought it." "Na-Gomu School." "Na-Gomu School." "How is that read?" "Tai..." "Sho?" "Tai-Sho." " Tai-Sho." " Tai-Sho." "I'm glad I bought this." "Three in Tracksuits" "Three in Tracksuits Tai-Sho...?" "Three in Tracksuits" "Tokyo is so hot." "she needs to work." "Because there's no signal..." "" One Month Earlier"" "?"" "Error"" ""April 21"" "You two didn't break up?" "Isn't this April of this year?" "You said it ended at New Year's." "Said he dumped you." "Didn't you?" "Give it back." "Please." "I treasure it." "Somehow..." "They go out when they get damp." "What about dinner?" "There's packaged curry." ""Welcome to our retreat."" ""How is everyone doing?"" ""I'm in our retreat in Gunma."" "it's comfortable."" "it's cool."" ""How about relaxing in the sunshine?"" ""A stream nearby beckons hikers."" ""Why not relax with a slow life on the terrace?"" "Wouldn't they say it's false if they came?" "They would." "too." "Tell the truth..." "No one will come." "The good things..." "What about summer school?" "She took a break." "Whenever Hanako... meets me she looks like she's going to laugh." "Just happy?" "that's not it." "Somehow..." "Looks amused." "Hanako..." "Somehow..." "Hanako!" "It's been a while!" "Long time no see." "You've grown." "Lots of stuff." "is there a video rental shop near here?" "Not exactly a video rental environment." "I'll watch 40 videos during the summer." "That's one a day!" "What?" "!" "What?" "!" "Wild boars." "A family." "I missed them! you're here!" "Good afternoon." "How's piano?" "It's OK." "that's "Kanosho."" "Right... come and visit sometime." "Toyama-san sounds "animato" when she talks." "What's that?" "A musical cue to be lively." "Really?" "how do I sound?" ""Lamentable."" "What's it mean?" "I won't tell you." "How about Dad?" "Our dad? "Ritardando."" ""Ritardando."" "Your mother?" "My mother is "legato."" ""Legato" !" "Somehow..." "Seems opposite." ""Somehow..." you don't get it." "I don't." "You're weird." "Somebody came?" "Toyama-san." "Was she really here?" "She was." "Said Miro has a "Kanosho."" " A medical term?" " Yeah." "A witch's hex?" ""Kanooshoo."" "Hanako..." "Somehow..." "Doesn't have many friends." "That's inherited." "Like going bald?" "Kind of." "Maybe she's bullied?" "She wouldn't tell us if she was." "True." "I put some clothes there." "right?" "Yeah." "It suits you." "Thanks." "You prefer those?" "Yes." "I found one!" "Hey?" "!" "Great!" "What is?" "Video rental." "I finally found one." "How far from here?" "About one hour by car." "Really?" "Dad... let's go!" "Let's go!" "Let's go!" "Do we have... a video deck?" "No." "What?" "!" "You said there was one!" "I did not." "You said so!" "I did not." "Not once." "You said so!" "I didn't say so." "you're going with us?" "!" "You'll get lost if you go ahead!" "There are boars!" "I got lost last year." "I know the way." "you've come here since you were a kid." "Signals reach here..." "You figured it out!" "I know that much." " Goodbye." " Goodbye." "got it!" "Been here before?" "when I was a kid." "I lost a towel here a long time ago." "It just slipped out of my hand." "It floated away so quickly." "Somehow..." "It was mercilessly fast." "Mom got mad about it. so she got more mad." "I can just imagine." "What'll happen with Mom and Dad now?" "They don't get along?" "They might not be getting along..." "I don't know." "I haven't lived with them." "I haven't a clue." "It's hard to know..." "Is it?" "Yes." "can I stay with you?" "Yeah." "No problem." "You have a video deck?" "too." "We're lost!" "What?" "I thought you knew the road?" "Not since the waterfall." "Really?" "Miro probably knows." "Maybe..." "Let's go where Miro takes us." "Miro!" "Miro!" "Go!" "This seems totally wrong." "I hope it's safe." "What?" "It's safe." "We saw the boars somewhere else." "You know where that was?" "more or less." "But you don't know where this is?" "No signal here." ""Hiking Course to Lake"" "Hello?" "We went all the way to the lake." "Thanks." "He'll pick us up soon." "at least this will be a memory of summer." ""Print club" photo?" "Show me." "No way." "Why not?" "!" "Show me." "No!" "No way!" "Come on." "Come on!" "I wanted to see it." "It's embarrassing." "too." "You really know a lot." "Yeah?" "Show me next time." "Yes..." "Yes." "thanks." "Can we go rent videos?" "Video deck?" "Toyama-san has one." "You called her?" "Yeah." "Said to come this evening." "Hope it'll be OK..." "What?" "Maybe it's for Beta." "She'd say if it's Beta." "is it OK?" "Our TV is worse." "It's good!" "the farmer." "He picked them just before the boars came." "Wild boars?" "the farmer below him... and they all relocated." "Saito-san saw a herd of them after picking the beans." "A herd?" "They blocked the road in front of his truck. but says there were 40." "Forty of them!" "We saw a boar family before." "Maybe they got separated from the herd? too." "Photographed boars?" "!" "He filmed them." "Wild boars?" "Hanako." "but he was a nature photographer." "Really?" "!" "did you really photograph nature?" "Yeah." "Why did you quit?" "you know..." "Because he broke his leg." "He fell while chasing a flying squirrel." "Flying squirrel?" "!" "What else?" "Let's see..." "Fish jumping in a rushing stream..." "Jumping fish!" "Wings of birds in flight..." "Birds in flight!" "With a zoom lens." "Zoom lens!" "And what else?" "How was it?" "How was it?" "it was good." "It was good." "What'll we watch next?" "It's bedtime." "What?" "!" "Hello?" "Yeah." "I understand." "Yes." "I understand." "Mikami-san passed away." "Who's that?" "Hanako's piano teacher." "What'll you do?" "Will you go to the funeral?" "I'll go." "Then you should go to bed now." "I had turned it down." "Huh?" "A job." "I'll do it when I take Hanako." "What?" "a job." "Even thoe it's summer?" "Yeah..." "Pin-up photos?" "Wildlife." "Are you OK?" "Strong enough?" "This way she won't be ashamed of my job." "Oh..." "Hanako? maybe she hasn't any friends." "She'll be OK." "You sound so confident." "though." "Yeah." "She'll be OK..." "Hanako." "What'll you do?" "About what?" "Will you come back with us?" "No..." "I'll stay." "Really?" "The roof too?" "I guess so." "then." " Hold it here." " Alright." "This part?" "keep it steady." " OK." "Be careful." "Miro!" "Morning!" "Good morning." "I was afraid you'd be sleeping." "These two head back today." "What?" "!" "Why?" "A funeral and other stuff." "Really?" "Thanks for the video deck." "I don't use it." "thanks to you." "I wanted to take your picture." "That's why you came?" "That's why you came?" "Yes." "Yes." "Not afraid of boars?" "too." "more." "A bit more..." "OK." "but you do look alike." "In what way?" "The way you stand." "Here goes." "It's "Kanosho."" "Ready?" "Here goes." ""Kanooshoo."" ""Kanooshoo."" "So small already." "Because she's... the "Ninja Town."" "One in a Tracksuit" "" The End"" "Oh..." "Good morning!" "Everything OK?" "Yeah." "But I was worried about that tree falling over last night." "I brought the photos I took." "Want some tea?" "Signal strength icon!" "That Kano-Sho tracksuit again." "What?" "Tracksuit?" "Kano-Sho." "Oh!" "Kano-Sho Primary School!" "There's a place called Kano." "Now I get it!" "right?" "But didn't you also think of doing the same thing?" "Address:" "Address:" "Dad" "Subject:" "Not Wa-Sho" "Subject:" "Not Wa-Sho Message:" "It's read Kano-Sho" "Masato Sakai" "Makoto Ayukawa" "Miki Mizuno Asami Tanaka Dankan" "Crowd Rie Kuwana Mio Mukaino" "Jun Matsumoto Takamitsu Nonaka Daisuke Hirakawa" "Michiyo Okusu" "Hiroaki Kitano" "Keigo Tanabe" "Associate Producer Akihiro Kajimoto" "Director of Photography Takashi Komatsu" "Lighting Director Yasuhiko Matsuoka" "Sound Director Yasuo Takano" "Art Director Emiko Tsuyuki" "VE:" "Keigo Kagamihara" "Editor Hideaki Ohata" "Composed by Yoshinori Ohashi" "Music Producer Tsugihiko Sasaki" "Casting by Toshie Tabata" "Original english subtitles by Paul Bryden and additions for this version by famitsu1 quaisnord" "Special thanks to Koji" "Written and Directed by Yoshihiro Nakamura"