"My grandfather's dead." "Hasedera." "We will soon arrive in Hasedera." " Here." " Thanks." "Are you hungry?" "I am." "Thank you." "Do you have children?" "Yes." "In Korea." "Ben!" "Ben!" "Welcome." " Here." " Thank you." "Have some." "My grandfather... had a dying wish." "He asked me to return this hanging scroll." "I see." "And?" "Um..." "That's all he told me." "I don't know why he wanted me to return it." "He didn't tell me anything." "He just wanted this returned." "I have something to give to you as well." "Wait a moment." "I'll go and get it." "What?" "OK..." "Shall we go for a walk?" "What?" "The sunset..." "I don't mind, but your father..." "We'll come right back." "What's your name?" "Why?" "Why?" "What do you mean "Why?"" "What's your name?" "Hatsuko." "Yours?" "Junil." "What?" "Kang Junil." "That low mountain in the distance is Mount Miwa." " Miwa?" " Yes." "Never heard of it?" "Miwa." "Miwa." "Miwa." "It's the mountain of a divine spirit." "There's a scary spirit there." "A divine spirit." "Ever hear the story of the woman who married the spirit?" "No, how could she marry a spirit... they don't exist." "Never heard it?" "No, never heard it." "There was a couple, but the husband only appeared at night." "The wife was sad and wanted to know where he went." "So she attached a threaded needle to his clothes." "She found the needle, stuck in a branch of one tree." "And the two never saw each other again." "You think it's funny?" "Well, what can I say..." "It's cold." "It's gotten cold." "Let's go." "When I was a baby," "I spiked a fever once." "Your grandfather carried me to the doctor in the night." "My father told me." "In thanks, my grandfather gave him a scroll, the one you've returned to me." "Ah, That's something." "My father said the scroll depicts an ancient Korean king." "Your grandfather gave this fan in return." "Have you heard any stories about this fan?" " No." " From your grandfather..." "No, not at all." "It might be a fan from home... from Korea." "But I don't know." "You must be hungry after Hatsuko dragged you all around." " Eat up." " Thank you." "Eat a lot." "She's always like that." "No, it's OK." "I didn't mind going." " Really?" " Sure." "Dad, do you really trust me?" "Of course." "How can you answer so easily?" "I'm sorry, but can I say something?" "Sure, go ahead." "My parents and my grandfather never trusted me at all." "But they... covered for me." "I don't really like the word "trust."" "Sorry, I know it's not my place." "No, it's fine." "That's not what I'm saying." "Why didn't you hit me, get mad at me?" "There was no point in hitting you." "Don't cry." "Why cry over that?" "Anyway, I'll be going." "Thanks for dinner." "I'll be going." "You're going?" "Stay the night here." "Sleep here." "It's late." "Breakfast isn't breakfast, without pickled vegetables." "You have to have pickles with every meal." "You like them so much." "They're really good." "Try some." "Don't they make a great sound?" "That cruch... indescribable." "Your grandfather must have eaten hese pickles too." "I bet he did." "They're delicious." "Hatsukds not eating?" " Hatsuko?" " Yes." "I'll eat." "This is really steep." "Where are we going?" "Vegetables?" "This is my mother's garden." "She makes pickles from these?" "Awesome." "Leeks." " Leeks?" " The smallest ones are leeks." "Green onions, cabbage... radish, turnip leaves, potatoes." "What else?" "Spinach, shirona and crown daisies." "Give me your hand." " What?" " Your hand." "Why?" "I'll give you a gift." "It's okay..." "There you go." "This is my first gift." "What?" "Thanks." "A frog." "My father and mother are nice, aren't they?" "Were you surprised yesterday?" "I'd guess you were." "They're not my real parents." "So they're kind." "They never get mad, they let me do as I will." " The first prince..." " ...prince's spirit." "Written like your name?" "Yeah." "My father made it." "Don't." " What?" " No, don't." "If you break the branches here, you'll be cursed, they say." "Don't." "Cursed, huh?" "It's an expedition." "This is fun." "That scroll came from here, my father told me." "OK, I'll do it." "OK, I'll be serious, too." "You really want to see it?" "With my shoes off." "Really?" "Yeah, like on a stage." "The thread stretched on and on." "Winding it endlessly," "Like a spider spinning its web," "I made my way through the woods," "To a shrine at the foot of the mountain." "The thread stopped at the branch of a cedar." "What chagrin filled my heart!" "This was the one had vowed my love." "Three turns of the spindle of thread remained." "I'd better go." "Good-bye." "You know, I treasure Hatsuko." "What a day!" "Now I know why I came running here." "You hugged me like this, but I couldn't hug you back." "Then I remembered." "I have been hugged like this before." "Really tight." "You've been hugged like this too." "When you have been, you can do it too." "The sky's so blue." "I want to see your face." "Can I?" "The Line 1 train will arrive shortly." "Stand behind the white line for your safety." "Screenplayand Director KAWASE NAOMI"