"Bobby, come here" "Here, Bobby" "Nothing can surpass clothes, when new" "Or friends, when old..." "So they say" "New clothes are good, but old friends are the best" "Sensei, how about a beer?" "No, no" "You lost weight!" "Because of problems with my husband" "Let's talk all about it later" "Yes, let's" "Hey, Habu!" "You haven't grown since middle school!" "You horny gorilla!" "You dirty pig!" "You, hurry up!" "Yonenaga, shouldn't we begin?" "And Tanigawa?" "Tanigawa's coming?" "He's here!" "Sorry, sorry" "You're late" "Ten thousand yen" "Our class president!" "The plane was late" "You have the nerve to say that!" "Now that everyone is here..." "Let's begin the reunion of" "Hiroseyama Middle School's Class of '67" "But before that, a moment of silence with respects to" "Koichi Kawada who died in a traffic accident last month" "Kawada died?" "To the memory of Kawada" "COQUILLE" "Sensei, here you are" "Kawada's third child was just born" "Hit by a truck while riding home on his bike" "Had too many drinks" "He's finally gotten a baby boy" "The poor fool" "Hey, Urayama Let me see that" "Thank you" "Here I am" "Which one are you, Michiyo?" "Here" "You were that thin?" "Like a different person" "Who's she?" "This one here" "I remember" "Naoko Hayase" "How've you been?" "Came in from Tokyo?" "From Kyushu." "Had business here" "A man on the go!" "Being a successful businessman is rough" "Always on the move" "And tonight, I'll be making the moves!" "Still the same" "Hi there, girls!" "Look good for the camera" "Right here" "In middle school, I had the time of my life" "But my son gets nausea when he goes" "He's being bullied" "That's not it" "His teacher makes him sick" "By the way... who's she?" "The one next to Mr Igarashi" "Naoko Hayase" "You forgot?" "You're awful!" "This is her first time here" "She came back to town recently" "Runs a bar called Coquille" "Oh, really?" "She's gotten sexier I heard she's divorced" "Divorced, with a child" "Tanigawa should know They were in Tokyo together" "In Tokyo together?" "We met a few times, but..." "See what I mean?" "You know her" "My old lady says communication with the kids is important" "Makes me take a bath with my daughter" "A six-grader" "I feel sorry for her" "You should feel sorry for me" "Her breasts are coming out" "I don't want her to see a naked man" "Next time I'm wearing swimming trunks" "Urayama, how's your old lady?" "She's a good wife" "I bet you're still having sex?" "Occasionally!" "I hate ones like you!" "What do you mean?" "Having it is normal" "You're still at it?" "Idiot!" "Everyone, Sakai here." "Manager of Maruhan Supermarket" "It's what you've been waiting for" "Cheek-to-check time" "Let's go back 30 years" "Run back to the memories you can't run away from" "How about a dance?" "With you, Tanaka?" "Well, OK" "Come on, Naoko" "Yonenaga, shall we?" "It's been a long time" "May I?" "Please" "You haven't changed at all" "Me?" "My kids tell me every day I'm getting older" "I heard you were in Tokyo" "I came back half a year ago" "I own a bar." "Drop in some time" "OK" "Do you still remember the day before graduation?" "Graduation?" "The day before." "Your last day of kendo practice" "I met you, on your way home" "Is that so?" "I waited until you came out of the gym" "That was the last time I saw you" "I went to Tokyo after that" "Urayama, get up and dance" "Shall we?" "I'm a bad dancer" "The truth is, at the time I felt like jumping off a cliff" "Did you say something?" "Sorry, I didn't hear you" "I can't hear out of this ear" "I had a bad fever when I was little My ear was damaged" "Speak into this ear" "What's wrong?" "Nothing, sorry" "You win" "What's with her?" "Sorry for waiting" "How're things between you two?" "After 3 years together, we're tired" "Lately, all we do is fight" "Closer you are, the more you fight" "No." "If it drags on like this, it's better to split" "Aren't you going to get married?" "Marriage isn't the reason I'm with her" "A man's got a responsibility" "This is different" "Your marriage was arranged." "You wouldn't understand" "What?" "See you" "Bye" "Urayama, how about a drink?" "It's been a while?" "What happened?" "First an organizer in the company union then a company offical" "Now I find myself head of Tokyo sales branch" "We go back a long way You're the only one I trust" "If anyone, it's you I'd take to Tokyo" "Well..." "I trained you for this, so you'd be useful in times like this" "Urayama our company's never been good at sales" "So why don't we fix that?" "That's what I intend to do" "Promise to stick with me to the end?" "Huh?" "Sure" "That's why I like you" "Sales is totally absurd" "So let's risk our lives for it" "It's easy to risk one's lives for something meaningful" "Let's die together in Tokyo" "Except you, everyone's an idiot" "I'll take you home" "Stupid." "You're not going home tonight..." "But on and on" "Wherever there're women Anywhere as long as there're women" "Here" "Wait, Kuroda" "Let's go here" "As long as there're women..." "Welcome" "Urayama!" "Excuse us" "This way" "Sit down" "He's in a good mood How about some water?" "Please" "Stupid!" "Water?" "Sake!" "Sake!" "I'll buy a bottle" "Really?" "Anything's OK" "The dawn is almost here The dawn is almost here" "Hey friends beyond this darkness is a bright new day" "Okabayashi was great, wasn't he?" "You really came" "What's this?" "A beauty" "Urayama!" "Remember those good old union days" "Let's go wild again, together" "Are you all right?" "Where's the men's room?" "There" "Let's go to the men's room." "Careful" "To the men's room" "Into the toilet bowl." "Into the toilet bowl" "I'm so sorry" "I don't know why we came" "Don't worry" "Could we have our check?" "You're leaving already?" "All we did was make trouble" "It's OK" "Next time, come alone" "Hey there!" "It's going to be lonely without you, Chief" "No one to listen to me bad mouth my wife" "I'll call Tokyo" "Your wife will beat you" "I'm so sorry" "Forget it." "Things like that happen after a few drinks" "I'm responsible for what happened to you" "I'm so sorry" "Boss?" "It's all my fault." "I'm sorry" "Kuroda, what happened?" "Don't know why he kept apologizing" "He should" "Tokyo branch is a garbage can for restrucuring" "No reason why you should go" "He has no confidence so he's dragging you down with him" "It boils down to his using you" "Don't make suppositions." "I've been with him a long time" "Nothing strange about going to Tokyo with him" "You're too nice, as usual" "Can I join you?" "Go ahead" "What do you mean?" "I can eat with my boss if I want" "Another fight with my mother" "Why do they rush daughters to marry?" "Cause you are wasting time" "You're the wishy-washy one" "Welcome!" "Excuse me" "It's OK" "Work shift A, B, C, D" "We rotate like this" "Not in a one-week period but an eight-day period" "No difference if it's Saturaday or Sunday" "That's right." "But that lifestyle is about to end" "Been transferred to Tokyo" "I'll be in sales." "Nine-to-five" "Like an average salaryman" "It's ironic" "All the time I was in Tokyo and just after I return and see you again, you're off" "An ironic switch" "A drink?" "I'll sit there" "Thank you" "Cheers" "The first time I met you was in third grade" "Elementary school?" "You don't remember?" "You helped me then" "I helped you?" "At Kurakake Bridge" "As I crossed the bridge, the wing blew off my hat" "I chased after it and fell into the river" "You saved me then" "That was someone else I wasn't so kind" "No, it was you" "You picked up my hat" "Come on" "Then you carried me back to shore" "I hoped that we'd be in the same class in middle school" "And we were" "But you were awful You didn't remember me" "Really?" "Yes" "I was always watching you then" "OK to come in?" "Please" "The customers wouldn't leave." "It's already this late" "This Kimie from next door" "Hello" "It's late." "I should be going home" "You'll come tomorrow?" "But from tomorrow the C shit starts So until the A shift..." "C, C, D, D, A..." "In five days" "That's right." "Good night" "Good night" "I'm sorry I interrupted" "Some sake, please" "Fried rice, OK?" "Yes" "I don't need any." "Dinner either" "You'll be late?" "Probably" "Tomoya, are you going to eat?" "Hey." "Turn off the CD and come eat" "I'll eat in my room" "Tea" "I've been transferred to the Tokyo branch" "I already heard" "What about Tomoya's school?" "I'm thinking of going myself" "By yourself?" "I asked the office You can all stay here" "It's already been 2 years since he ran out on me" "He found a younger women right away" "Before I could grab him, he took off with all my money and the girl" "It was terrible" "So you haven't heard from him since?" "Should I?" "At my age" "A woman working in a bar is like a piggy bank" "When it fills up, men start coming" "After they break me and empty me out, they run off" "I'm like a broken piggy bank with no use" "This happens to women who live on their own" "Over and over" "Naoko, I'm telling you, now is the time to act" "Look at me, a menopause old woman" "When I'm lonely, I'll even talk to rocks" "Ever had pomegranate wine?" "No" "That scared me." "Really scare me" "Please come again tomorrow" "Ok, here are the pickles" "Excuse me" "Coquille is closed" "Did you hear something?" "Closed?" "I wonder what happened." "You sure visit often" "Shouldn't chased her like that" "You've got a wife and kids" "In the end, it's Naoko who suffers" "Excuse me" "You waited after all!" "I'll open up" "Something happened?" "My daughter was injured at school" "Broke her right hand" "Is she all right?" "Yes." "A visit to the hospital fixed it" "That's no reason for closing shop" "I left her at my parents' house" "So, that was it" "Today, I won't open up" "How old is your daughter?" "Third year in middle school In Tokyo, she was often bullied" "And here?" "That's not only it" "She isn't bullied anymore and is doing better" "But, she thinks she no longer needs a mother" "She goes out a lot, often all night" "Oh..." "And when I warn her she makes a face" "Like today at the hospital" "She told me to go home" "She's trying to leave the nest" "Best to watch from a distance" "But I worry sometimes" "Being a single parent is difficult" "What about your children?" "My daughter's 19 and my son's 13" "There's a big gap" "There was one more in between but it died right after birth" "I'm sorry for asking" "That's all right" "Anyhow, since you started coming, running the bar has become fun" "Thank you" "T-h-a-n-k y-o-u..." "Don't thank me." "I visit because I enjoy it" "By the way, what does Coquille mean?" "It's French for sea shell" "Sea shell?" "My ear is a sea shell" "With the sounds of the ocean comes a longing" "The sea shell from that poem?" "Yes." "The Jean Cocteau poem" "That's why there's a sea shell picture in the bar" "May I rest my head on your shoulder?" "Thank you" "Bye" "Be careful" "I'm home" "Where've you been?" "Just out for a drink" "Stay there" "Since after 8, the factory's been calling" "Kuroda tried to kill himself" "Kill himself?" "I'll drive" "Slit his throat and wrists" "But it's not life-threatening" "You didn't notice anything wrong?" "Boss!" "I was happy then" "Those were happy times" "Kuroda!" "That's all he's been saying" "I took my parents' money and went down to Sasebo" "When the U.S.S. Enterprise entered port there was a thunderous roar from the crowd" "She came along too" "She was a sweet young thing" "Mrs..." "At the anti-airport demonstration at Narita, the police chased me" "I couldn't meet her at the promised time" "It was a cold day" "But she waited for me 4 hours on Hijiri Bridge" "That day, I was so happy" "You better be careful" "Lately your mind seems occupied" "It's nothing" "I feel sorry for his wife" "After he tried to throw his life away he's talking about the past, not her" "That's right" "His daughter left home what's going to happen to them?" "Chief" "It's cold, isn't it?" "You two, always together" "Hayase-san!" "Take these" "Thank you" "It's a waste to sell them You keep them" "Hello, Coquille" "It's been a while" "You're in town?" "OK" "I thought you weren't coming anymore" "I'm sorry." "A lot of things happened" "My family and I will be moving to Tokyo" "When?" "Early next month" "That soon?" "This is the pomegranate wine I mentioned" "I just got a call from Tanigawa" "He's coming soon" "Here?" "I... slept with him before" "I should leave" "Please don't go" "Stay" "I finally got the contract signed" "I can go back to Tokyo tomorrow" "I was invited out" "But I wanted to see Naoko" "Urayama, you come here often?" "Sometimes." "We're classmates, after all" "Honorable as usual" "Or is there some ulterior motive?" "What are you talking about?" "I asked him to come" "Are you taking advantae of former classmates?" "Just like the one in Tokyo" "Even the name's the same" "Could have at least changed the name" "Doesn't matter" "What do you mean?" "It's bad" "What are you going to do from now on?" "Leave me alone" "What's with you?" "I was worried about you That's why I came" "Drag others into your mess, then act like nothing happened" "Stop it, you're drunk" "What?" "How long are you staying?" "Go home." "Your wife's waiting" "Maybe so, but..." "Then why stick around?" "Urayama is a regular" "I don't believe it!" "You two...?" "Cut it out" "I don't care." "I'm going home" "Urayama, get me a taxi" "I'll phone for one" "It's faster to catch one." "Right?" "After you're finished, come over" "I want to end this" "Taxi's here" "I'll be waiting" "Let's go" "I'll see you" "when she was pregnant, her husband, a jerk, met another woman" "They'd started a coffee shop" "He ran off and left her with debts" "To pay them off, she turned it into a bar" "She's not cut out for running a bar" "She should remarry" "You've really fallen for her" "Well..." "Stop it." "Don't act like that" "See you" "Where to?" "Let me off here" "3,410 yen" "Asshole!" "Asshole!" "You're still doing kendo?" "Is something wrong with that?" "Just surprised" "Tanigawa said lots of things, didn't he?" "Well... but to tell you the truth, it didn't interest me" "I felt like an idiot" "I'm sorry." "There's nothing more between me and Tanigawa" "Is that why you came here?" "On your next day off, can we meet?" "I've got lots to do before moving" "I meant to ask you before..." "What did you say to me outside the gym that day?" "That day..." "Tomorrow at 3, come to Kurakake Bridge, I'll be waiting" "You looked so surprised that" "I thought you heard me" "I waited there for a long time" "A very long time" "And I never went" "I hadn't heard what you said" "I liked you so much" "But you never knew it" "Can you check out the new house in Tokyo?" "I don't think so" "I just want to know the layout" "Your towels and things are inside" "What's that?" "Wear you suit" "Strange, huh?" "You're in sales now You have to meet people" "Go get changed" "Thank you" "For what?" "For coming" "For Akaishizawa" "Hard to walk to those shoes?" "Not the shoes." "It's my age" "You're in good shape" "It's because you're here" "Come on!" "Good morning" "Good morning" "This is good" "This has fish, this, salted green and this, plums I picked" "Nice place" "We came here in 5th grade" "We did?" "We had lunch here" "You and the others climbed that tree" "That's right." "And the teacher scolded us" "Women remember well" "We do" "Chief!" "What are you doing here?" "Where's your family?" "Had to meet some people" "I'll see you" "Thank you" "That's not his wife" "An affair?" "He's not the type" "Then what?" "Thank you" "Let's take a look" "That's rude" "What do you mean?" "Men are sneaky." "Always at it" "So?" "Urayama's a man, after all" "Good?" "Kare Swamp Ubagami Waterfall" "There's a waterfall Let's go look" "You're OK?" "Yes." "Let's go" "It's beautiful." "Like flowers" "The truth is I wanted a flower shop" "But running a flower shop is difficult" "Your hands get chapped" "Unsold flowers are thrown away which is so sad" "Why did you separate?" "More like being abandoned" "Running the shop while caring for a child" "Before I knew it, all I had were debts" "To pay them off, I turned the shop into a bar" "And life's been that way since" "Are you all right?" "Hello!" "Wasn't it about this time when we had the school marahon?" "I always got depressed about now" "You were always first" "But not that 3rd year" "As usual I was last" "Even the boys who started later, had passed" "I was about to give up" "Then I heard footsteps behind" "Your shoulder was bleeding I was surprised" "At Akiba Shrine, racing against someone" "I ran into a road sign and fell" "Everyone has passed me The bleeding wouldn't stop" "I thought of quitting" "Then I saw you ahead of me still running" "I was happy" "As your footsteps approached, I could hear your breath" "Our hearts seemed to beat together" "You said, 'Hayase, don't give up.'" "It was because I was in pain and couldn't finish alone" "I fell and couldn't get up" "But you came back and got me and we finished together" "I couldn't have, alone" "With all my might, I got up." "And we ran together" "There was a burst of energy" "Our hearts were pounding, about to explode" "We ran as one and could have gone on like that forever" "Mr Igarashi came out to the slope in front of the school" "He shouted in his megaphone" "Go, go, Hayase." "Go, go, Urayama.'" "He did?" "I didn't notice" "When we entered the school yard, everyone cheered us o" "I only heard your voice" "Hang in there... '" "After finishing..." "I was flushed with happiness" "I felt as if I'd flown through the race" "They all made fun of me" "I was so embarrassed, I couldn't talk to you after that" "I thought you hated me" "I'm sorry" "You don't have to be" "I understand" "I'm just glad we could talk" "I'm glad I came" "I long wished for a day like today" "Well, we should be going" "It's that time already?" "This way is OK?" "A sign back there pointed this way, to the Akaishizawa Bus Stop" "Are you all right?" "Give me a hand" "How embarrassing!" "I'm OK" "Rear end's cold?" "I'm OK" "AKAISHIZAWA BUS STOP" "Wait" "No more buses" "That's right" "Let's go back to the place with lights" "How was your bath?" "Very nice" "I'll leave the rest to your wife." "Good night" "Thank you" "I cleaned most of it off" "Thank you" "Looks good" "Let's begin" "That poem..." "The one by Cocteau" "I'll pour myself" "I used to like it" "Probably because of my bad ear" "Cheers" "You remember that farewell party in our third year?" "My grab-bag gift was a sea shell... with the poem inside" "I picked it" "Who else?" "Of course" "If you hold that shell against your ear, you can hear the sea" "I know" "That face!" "Same as in middle school" "Silly" "Really!" "Good!" "Let's eat" "I want to start over again" "To go back to the very beginning" "Couldn't sleep?" "I slept very well" "I feel so good" "By the way, just one more thing..." "Well?" "I always wanted to try an outdoor bath" "How's it?" "It's warming" "That's all?" "That's more than enough" "I suppose so" "My ear is a sea shell" "With the sounds of the ocean comes a longing" "Got it right?" "It's fine" "When I get home, I'm going to tell my wife the truth" "Then what?" "I don't know" "But I can't leave it like this" "It's all right" "Let's leave it as it is" "You've always been special to me I won't do anything to hurt you" "What went on between us, long ago and now" "I will keep locked in my heart" "And the memories of it, will heal my past wounds" "We'll meet again We're classmates, after all" "We'll meet again at the class reunion" "I had a wonderful time" "Really" "I could finally love you" "To our chief, Urayam, Banzai, banzai, banzai" "This is too much." "It's embarrassing" "Stupid, this shows how popular father is" "Be careful" "One more time Banzai, banzai, banzai" "We went through all sorts of things here" "That's right" "From Yonenaga" "Hi!" "Aren't you early?" "Guess what?" "He came back My old man" "Now what is it?" "' I said" "Like a stray cat Says he wants to start over" "It's a good time I want to quit my job" "He says he will work this time" "That's good" "It's cold." "Aren't you going to lock up?" "Just going out to buy cigarettes" "You hang in there too!" "Mr Urayama" "For you" "Urayama's speaking" "It's been a while" "You could have at least called me" "Sorry, I was busy" "And Tokyo?" "How is it?" "Every day's a round trip, here and home" "Still the same." "You should spread your wings" "Tokyo can be fun" "I can't so easily" "Coffee for me too" "Oh, by the way, Naoko died" "You didn't know?" "Thought you'd be too busy to attend the funeral" "So I'd tell you when I saw you" "Happened one evening, a week ago" "Struck by a truck had slipped on the snow" "That woman had no luck" "Turns out that last time I saw her was the time I ran into you" "Did you see her after that?" "Yes" "Slept with her?" "Yes" "Lucky guy!" "A free ride!" "For her, anyone was OK" "Those bar hostresses are all the same" "You had the hots for her, didn't you?" "My deepest condolences" "Knock it off!" "Why are you so mad?" "At least you have some good memories" "Urayama-kun?" "Huh?" "Excuse me." "That's what my mother called you" "So you're Naoko's daughter?" "Yes" "How is your hand?" "Your mother said you broke it" "It's all right now" "May I offer my prayers?" "Please do" "What's this?" "It's from you, from the middle school farewell party" "She preciously kept it all along" "At the hospital just before she died she stared up in a daze and called your name" "She mumbled something else, but I couldn't understand" "We'll meet again" "We're classmates, after all" "I had a wonderful time" "I could finally love you" "Nothing can surpass clothes, when new, Or friends, when old..." "So they say." "New clothes are good but old friends are the best" "You haven't grown at all since middle school" "You horny gorilla" "You dirty pig" "You strawberry thief" "You watermelon thief" "Now that everyone is here..." "Let's begin the reunion of" "Hiroseyama Middle School's Class of '67" "But before that a moment of silence" "with respect to the late Naoko Hayase"