"Michiyo's Apartment" " Morning" "23)}[various screenwriting tutorials]" "right." "Michiyo rides her bike she's had for ages." "Please do." "Thank you very much." "Welcome." "Will this be by regular mail?" "please." "no problem." "To the 23rd Drama Screenplay Awards at Touto TV" "It will be 540 yen." "Okay." "40)}Mabuchi Michiyo (34) 39.333)}Tendou Yoshimi (28)" "59.333)}Aso Kumiko 58)}Yasuda Shouta" "Winners of the first round of judging" " rejected in the first round " "2000)}The Workhorse 2000)}and" "2000)}The Bigmouth" "Garlic Spaghetti." "Coming right up." "it is good." "It's well written." "But this gets first place and mine doesn't pass first round?" "Right?" "Mabuchi-san." "I guess." "Don't get so depressed." "Your pasta will" "And the winner is 22!" "22!" "There's no point worrying about that." "Just do your best next time." "your pasta will" "Being rejected isn't that easy to deal with." "You wouldn't get it." "I was rejected too." "right." "you know?" "34. it's been 10 years since I was a writing student." "I guess I just have to go..." "Go where?" "Screenwriting school." "Again?" "I don't think you need to go after writing for this long." "That is true..." "But if I go" "I could meet directors or producers." "I guess it would be networking." "I understand that." "Do you need to go that far?" "I do." "Come with me." "I knew it." "Your pasta-- the most difficult obstacle needs to be introduced." "the climax." "and experience growth." "That's how it goes." "the important part is to introduce and define the conditions our protagonist lives in." "This curriculum is really the basics... the protagonist must quickly be introduced to smaller obstacles." "we would be defining the protagonist's goals and aspirations." "the second arc is where we introduce barriers to achieving those goals." "I'm not sure if it's that you're too diligent or too stoic..." "But you don't need to take this so seriously." "I spilled some." "It'll stain if you don't head home." "anyway." "since you're pretty you could use some better makeup and clothes." "I'd rather use the time writing." "You don't need to be so stoic." "What are you saying?" "I'll never pass first round like that." "I still have to keep being stoic." "For sure." "Uhhh..." "Yes?" "Did you.. did you just start this term?" "yeah." "okay." "I'm Tendou." "Tendou Yoshimi." "Are you a screenwriter?" "I'm not one yet." "so I thought I'd make my business cards." "You are..." "Mabuchi Michiyo." "Matsumoto Kiyoko." "then?" "Nice to meet you." "Matsukiyo"?" "have you two read the work that won the Touto TV Screenwriting Awards?" "more or less." "Wasn't that rough?" "It's hard to see why it won the award." "It's like something you've already read before." "It doesn't have any style." "all the judges are old so it seems like it was inevitable." "Don't you think you could have written that in 3 days?" "well... so I can't really say anything like that." "Seriously?" "You were rejected?" "You were rejected." "Uh..." "A ticket to Atami on the Shinkansen..." "We don't have any." "Boss!" "Good morning!" "I'm kidding." "It's a joke!" "Don't do that!" "Don't get so mad." "I think you should have a little fun." "how about going to a mixer?" "A mixer?" "No way." "Why not?" "Because I'm not interested and don't have the time." "And I'm 34." "34." "I guess so." "introduce me to someone!" "I broke up with my boyfriend recently." "There's no one I know!" "It's too late." "I just realized." "The one I love is.." "Maybe this is too much." "Haruna runs into the house." "Setting: kitchen at night." "Haruna runs to the kitchen." "She sees the familiar sight of fish simmering in the kitchen." "mom"." "Youko lets out a small laugh." "That's all." "thank you." "how is it?" "the expression "gives off a good aura when referring to their chance to start over seems to give me the feeling that they will have a very warm future." "It feels like a big miracle." "It feels like the parts about the fish and the kitchen are... meta... me... metapho?" "metaphor?" "are used as a metaphor." "it feels like it's written well." "But that" "Yeah." "But... good." "Overall." "I think it was well written." "Tendou-san?" "Well... it's corny." "Maybe it's like a collection of all sorts of things... or that there isn't any originality to it." "there may be people out there who want a story presented this simply." "But I don't." "but... that's all for now." "Yeah." "I think Matsumoto-san's story was wonderful in that it had natural conversations and a good tempo." "didn't properly achieve her goals." "your story will become easier to understand." "Thank you very much. Mabuchi-san." "Okay." "Farewell At the Last Train" "Setting: busy street at night." "I don't think you need to be so concerned with what the teacher says." "It doesn't bother me at all." "She's just a teacher." "She's a teacher because she couldn't become a good screenwriter." "But I think it was really good." "Your story." "It did feel a little like the protagonist was a little too similar to the heroine." "But the conversations felt real." "Like you really "get" it." "I think I'd have been able to give it a passing grade." "it seems like right?" "I always end up doing what suits my own tastes." "I haven't read any of your work." "You never bring any." "I always tell myself I'm going to write something but when I know it's just for homework I always come up with really bad ideas." "That's quite a thing to say." "Is it?" "Are you that far above everyone else? I feel like I can change the world." "Really now?" "right?" "you still say some pretty harsh things." "Is it harsh?" "I think it's just criticism." "Oh?" "then." "Really?" "You're curious about me?" "then?" "no need." "Oh." "Another day is fine if today doesn't work." "too." "I don't think I fit in with everyone." "What about with different people?" "no..." "But I have a lot of interesting friends!" "no." "But there's some cute guys!" "And a comedian." "And a director." "Huh?" "You know a director?" "Yeah." "Really now?" "Good work." "okay? but leave the director to me." "Counting on you!" "Um..." "Are you..." "Ma..." "Mabutsu-san?" "Huh?" "Mabuchi." "right." "Mabuchi-san." "What's with that?" "Sorry for the wait!" "She's my sister." "We're twins." "hello." "Sorry for making you wait." "Hello." "let's order something." "I want beef tongue!" "introductions should come first." "Right?" "I'm Tendou." "The genius writer!" "Kame-chan?" "You're always saying that yourself!" "You don't need to say it." "I'm a genius." "I want to be named the God of Cinema!" "Wow!" "the director." "okay." "I'm Kameda Daisuke." "I'm 26." "You're a director at that age?" "Wow!" "It's not that big of-- it's amazing!" "then." "I am." "Something pretty big has come in recently." "You only do the big projects?" "I'm sorry I had no idea." "but what kinds of projects do you work on?" "Well..." "It's been a lot of condos lately." "Condos?" "condos." "Most of them are condos." "He is a construction foreman." "He makes a lot of buildings." "Next is Wan-san." "Your name!" "Wan-san can't speak Japanese." "He says nice to meet you!" "Your faces are so similar!" "I wonder if... your... breasts are also the same size." "You're disgusting!" "I'm not!" "I'm not!" "Where did Mabuchi-san go?" "maybe?" "The toilet?" "Hasn't it been a while?" "What are you doing?" "An idea suddenly came to me." "but you don't need to be writing now." "Let's go back in." "Give me a minute." "Can you tell me your cup size?" "This again?" "you don't need to be so" "What were you doing?" "She was writing a screenplay." "That makes no sense!" "That's funny!" "don't you?" "Can't help that I'm coming up with dialogue." "You don't need to be such a workhorse all the time!" "I don't have that much freedom." "Tendou-kun?" "Have you written anything for the next class?" "I haven't." "I've been getting ideas." "Using them for class is a waste so I thought I'd submit one there." "maybe I can take top prize!" "I'll win just by submitting." "It's not a big contest." "It'll be a masterpiece." "it'll be amazing." "I might end up in cinema history!" "have you ever entered into a contest?" "not yet." "Then why do you think you can win the award?" "If you ask "why".." "if I write it I really do think it'll win." "Oh?" "But.. every contest has different preferred styles." "Without experience or a plan-- you don't need those trivial things." "have you ever won an award?" "no." "Passed the first round?" "No!" "You know that." "Right?" "So you don't actually know if we need those things!" "Practice doesn't translate to good writing." "You just have to write something that blows the minds of the people on the committee." "It's not that easy." "too." "But doing that isn't enough to win" "Maybe... but hearing it from someone who also hasn't won..." "I could be wrong but I am just telling how how I feel it really is based on all of my experience and failures." "But it's fine if you don't want to listen." "It's not that I don't want to hear it." "It just all sounds like excuses." "I think I'll go." "W-w-w-w-wait!" "If you don't want to hear it there's no reason to talk." "I do!" "I want to!" "Have a seat!" "Okay?" "Just have a seat!" "Cheers!" "Cheers!" "I'll just watch tv." "Hello." "You know right?" "It's fine." "It doesn't bother me." "Oh really?" "Thank goodness." "Mabuchi-san!" "Um..." "Director Uno is here!" "Huh?" "No way!" "easy to understand it can be difficult for the audience to follow." "It's not just "to a certain extent"." "It's pretty difficult for interpretive works these days." "Is that so?" "Even Western works don't have much of a chance to gain an audience anymore." "That's true." "What you should take away from this is" "Thank you for today." "no problem." "Will next year also" "I look forward to it." "excuse me." "Goodbye." "um..." "The conversation today has given me a lot of motivation." "Could I possibly ask you some more questions?" "that'll be fine." "it's good to include some kind of social commentary." "That is very closely related to what that I want to do." "Are you okay for time?" "so it's fine." "could we go get some food?" "sure." "Really?" "Hey!" "Want to come for food after this?" "sure." "want to grab some food?" "I'm coming!" "right?" "the one from before?" "It's good there." "what other kinds of things do you plan to write?" "I've been thinking about writing about a caregiver in a retirement home setting." "Really?" "That's good." "Really?" "It would be good if you can make it something that lets people laugh and cry." "Then I should prioritize that and write it?" "write it." "Okay!" "You should do some research and write it grounded in reality." "Okay." "let me read it." "You'll read it?" "Of course I'll read it!" "We have an opening in next year's plans" "I'll push for it." "Really?" "!" "Yeah." "Wow!" "shouldn't we move closer to the director and the producer?" "I'm fine here." "Sucking up to them is kind of lame." "Then there's no reason to be here." "I'm going to move." "Watch out for that." "Sorry it's been so long." "Same here." "Long time no see." "Right? I've been thinking about using a retirement home as the setting for a story about a caregiver." "I could do research for it where you work." "I see." "volunteering could help me learn." "What do you think?" "I see." "So that's why." "You're still doing screenplays?" "right?" "So?" "Think it'll work this time?" "I wonder." "It hasn't happened yet." "I see." "I think volunteering will be fine." "Really?" "But..." "I think it will be harder than you're picturing." "that's okay." "Uh..." "Could you keep it a secret from people at work that we used to be dating?" "It would be annoying." "Of course." "What are you writing?" "I'm practicing my signature." "You're not making money." "Why do you need to practice that?" "There will be people who want it soon." "I'm still going to hang out with you." "Can't you use that imagination on your writing?" "The hell is that?" "My first signature." "For Kame-chan!" "I don't need this!" "Write your screenplay!" "Good morning." "Good morning." "Yeah... there aren't a lot of people who come in the afternoons." "Everyone usually" "Hello." "and a lot of them can go home in the evenings." "for when things are a bit slow we have this room." "They come and go." "converse... it's a recreational room." "Okay!" "Matsuo-kun... a minute?" "Can you be a conversation partner for them?" "A conversation partner." "Okay." "right?" "Yes." "Hello." "Um..." "I'll be helping out starting today." "My name is Mabuchi Michiyo." "Nice to meet you." "let's do it." "it's off!" "let's have you sit." "okay." "1... 2!" "hold on." "This really is a lot of work." "Matsuo-kun." "I've come to respect you." "You're doing this every day." "I'm not that admirable." "I don't care for things like this." "there is rubber attached at both ends." "Okay." "Okay." "Pull it off quickly." "It's alright." "Sorry." "Did it go okay?" "You must be tired." "I'm fine." "Um..." "I will do my best." "Okay." "Do your best." "I'm going to drink with Emi-chan." "Seriously?" "You two?" "Yeah." "Next week." "Which one was Emi-chan?" "The older one." "the older one." "W-Which one was the older one?" "She had the... and her eyes" "They were the same." "I don't know." "The hell?" "Then what about you?" "How is it with Mabuchi-san?" "It seems to be going well." "Seriously?" "That has to be a lie." "it's going well." "too." "You liar." "I think she's falling for my talent." "I see." "really." "she invited me to a movie on the weekend." "I'm a little busy so I thought-- gyozas." "Listen to me!" "Okay." "Oh." "Hey." "I want to ask you something for my screenplay." "What?" "uh... right?" "That's why I want to ask you." "and? hypothetically." "Just hypothetically." "what would you do?" "Huh?" "who would go out with who?" "What I mean is you and I." "Not a chance." "it's just a hypothetical." "even hypothetically." "No way." "Not a chance." "Not a--"..." "Why not?" "Why"?" "there's no chance." "I see." "I got it." "Did that help somehow?" "Yeah." "Sort of." "Please head to the 4th floor." "Thank you very much." "Welcome." "One ticket for "To My Mother On That Day" "The 1:45 showing?" "Yes." "it'll be 1800 yen." "Welcome." "It is in theater 4." "Enjoy the film." "Director!" "Director!" "Director!" "Direc" "D" "let's introduce our guests:" "Director Uno Takehiro and the leading actress Matsuyama Sayaka-san" "I have a question for the director." "Okay." "Why was this film being planned for 10 years?" "that." "It sure did take a while." "Planning for 10 years would mean... you couldn't come up with ideas?" "it's not quite like tha-- would it not?" "well... if you're going to put it like that... you might be right." " I knew that had to be the case!" " What?" "Why?" " Thank you very much." " Hm?" "By chance." "a question for the leading actress." " By chance?" "by chance." " Matsukiyo-san said you would be here." " I see. - was there anything that made you nervous?" "Not really." "It doesn't run at all." "26)}[water] why are you sitting here?" "It's fine." " Sit over there." " What?" " Hey hey hey hey!" "how was the movie?" "It was good." "I cried a lot." "you did." "You should!" "Like the scene where the mom sees her off at the station." "You cried there?" "The writer obviously wrote it that way on purpose." "I felt the opposite." "Your viewpoint is getting cynical." "You're not clever at all." "I am clever!" "at the beginning the mother denying what the daughter wanted..." "She had no reason to object." "A mother objecting and then eventually accepting for emotional effect is completely stereotypical." "But something like that is on-- go over there." "They do that on purpose so it is easy to understand. but I don't like stories that anyone can write." "can you even write something like that?" "Of course." "Then write one." "There's no point writing something like that." "The theme was pretty lame anyway." "Watching it just made me" "Are you mad about something?" "Not really." "though." "I'm not close with her at all." "though." "I wasn't even close to overprotected." "I haven't seen the old lady in many years." "You reek of lies." "old lady" when friends are around." "What are you saying?" "I don't have any reason to be sweet to her in the first place." "What do you think her job is?" "She used to be a prostitute." "Seriously." "I was bullied as a kid because I had a parent working at a brothel." "It was seriously awful." "She's gotten older now and was told they don't need her." "So she works the reception desk there." "It's disappointing." "you know" "It's all fine now." "I don't see her." "What is it?" "no... that was it was... a joke!" "What?" "!" "Of course it's a joke!" "That's just something from a screenplay I'm planning." "And my mom is just a normal councelor." "Tricked you!" "Really?" "Yeah. but he's never written anything." "but he has a big mouth." "He's confusing himself for a genius." "Isn't that terrible?" "Where does all that baseless confidence even come from? you used to same the same kinds of things." "You'd say you're a genius or that your next one will be a masterpiece or "I'll win first prize for sure!" "Did I say that?" "You sure did." "I was young." "Probably." "right?" "More or less." "I'm a genius." "I'm a genius." "I'm a genius." "I'm a genius." "I'm a genius." "I'll refill your tea." "Excuse me." "Coming!" " Welcome." " Do you have a room for the next 3 days?" "we do." "Could you please write your name here?" "Are you on a trip?" "I live in the area." "I'm writing a screenplay." "I thought I'd write to completion starting today." "huh?" "I write screenplays for films." "huh?" "That sounds like rough work." "I guess so." "I'm planning to write to completion starting today." "I see." "thank you." "how is it?" "Are you learning?" "of course." "Really?" "thank you." "right." "I thought I'd give you this before I forget." "You've written it!" "It's only the first draft." "It's not even close to final." "I thought I'd have you read it first and hear your opinion." "Got it." "I'll give it a read." "though!" "It's still not perfect." "the protagonist is modeled after you." "That's embarrassing!" "But this is cool." "This means you're chasing after your dream." "It's not that big of... do you not think about aiming to be an actor again?" "I don't need to anymore." "Because..." "I don't have the talent." "You do have talent!" "I really like your acting" "It's fine." "There are people more talented than me who have that wish." "I still tried my best." "But that's how I realized." "But..." "It's really fine." "I don't have any more desire to be an actor." "And I'm keeping an open mind with my current work." "I see." "I'm rooting for you and your dream." "I'll do it." "Then..." "I'd like to pick your brain for my screenplay." "What is it?" "Um... hypothetically if I said..." "I... wanted to try again what would you say?" "Try what again?" "I mean uh... if I said I wanted... to try... with you again." "What is that?" "that's not" "It's hypothetical!" "It's strictly for my screenplay!" "I suppose it is." "I don't think I'd know unless it happened." "Yeah." "You wouldn't." "What?" "no setting]" "The Man Who Will Change History" "I can't run!" "I can't run!" "I can't run!" "I can't run!" "I can't run!" "I can't run!" "I can't run!" "I can't run!" "I can't run!" "Sorry for making you wait!" "It's okay!" "I have another meeting shortly so I don't have much time." "I've read it." "Thank you very much." "h" "How was it?" "I don't really want to flatter you or lie." "Okay." "Please say whatever you like." "this... doesn't really seem like a story about a caregiver." "it didn't seem like anything but a love story." "It didn't?" "then in the caregiving setting" "I think you have inconsistencies and conflicting points." "Also... isn't it?" "Is it?" "Using caregiving as the setting for a movie... might actually be too dark." "You said before that you want to make a movie with that setting." "people don't want to watch darker films." "I could see it. and that's why I added a little bit of love to the story." "I see." "I get it." "aren't I?" "I can revise it quickly." "Rather than revising... but maybe your style doesn't suit me." "really?" "Um..." "Is it... that I don't have the talent?" "no." "I can't tell. but maybe it suits someone else?" "Yeah." "slow times are usually slow." "Today has just become an ordeal." "Sorry." "It's okay." "we can take our time." "Okay." "Thank you very much." " I'll leave you here." "Thank you." " Okay." "Thank you." "Good work." "Shit." "Shit." "Shit." "Shit." "Shit." "Shit." "Shit." "Shit." "Shit." "Shit." "Shit." "Shit." "Huh?" "Mogi-kun?" "Yes?" "Wow!" "Long time no see!" "Hasn't it been like 10 years?" "Are you well?" "yeah." "Mogi-kun." "You've been keeping busy." "nothing overly-- you are." "All the good movies I've seen lately were written by you." "You're exaggerating." "but..." "Mabuchi." "Mabuchi-san." "Mabuchi-san?" "we went to a screenwriting school in Nakano." "in Nakano." "In Nakano?" "Yeah." " Long time no see." " Long time no see." "Did you have a meeting about a movie today?" "no..." "I'm not a pro or anything yet." "Today was just a small meeting." "Is that so?" "Yeah." "excuse me." "It closed." "It closed." "She's getting close.. her tits are so close." "Do you want to touch my breasts?" "Of course I do." "Go ahead." "Rub them gently." "then." "That's crap." "100 yen..." "Extraordinary title!" "Amazing Theme!" "Subject:" "God's Domain" "Are you okay?" "Tired?" "I'm alright." "I was revising my screenplay until I passed out." "But it's a lot better now than when I gave it to you." "Really?" "get a hold of Kanai-san." "no problem." "Manda-san." "Manda-san." "Please open your mouth." "You're okay." "calm down." "Please open your mouth." "Please open your mouth." "don't worry." "It's really fine." "are y-- you're in the way!" "You're okay." "Please calm down." "You're fine." "Nothing's scary." "Um..." "I'm sorry." "While I was sleeping..." "It's fine." "It's for your research." "right?" "This isn't a very forgiving place." "I didn't think it was... right." "My opinion of what you wrote." "I'm not sure if I should say it." "I thought that what you wrote washed out all the gritty details and just turned out shallow." "You've been having fun in training and following around caregivers but this is reality." "About your subject..." "I knew this was all for your writing. but I'm not the great person you think I am." "I think about leaving this work every day." "I'm always worried about the low salary." "The families do little more than piss me off." "I'm always conflicted because of those things." "I don't think it's a subject that works without all of that." "Sorry." "I didn't mean to..." "Don't worry about it." "I was a little annoyed." "have you brought anything?" "No." "Alright then." "It's unusual for you to be late." "I had a meeting run a little late." "A meeting?" "Yeah." "I'm writing a screenplay for a movie." "How?" "Why?" "right?" "Yeah." "I had him read my work and he seemed to really like it." "but he asked if I wanted to do the screenplay." "That's wonderful." "But... it's a late night "movie" about love between men." "It's not that special." "Love between men?" "Good for you." "You can do it." "I don't think I could." "I don't like it." "Love between men..." "A text from the producer." "Ma" " Mabuchi-san!" "What?" "Can I talk to you?" "I have this." "Here." "Thanks." "uh... writing a screenplay about caregiving?" "How's it going?" "Well?" "More or less." "Will you submit it when its done?" "I was thinking I'd submit to the CS Amateur Screenwriting Awards." "Oh?" "I was thinking the same!" "Oh?" "Are you really writing?" "I am." "What kind of story?" "What genre?" "Genre?" "It's a little hard to explain." "Are you really writing?" "Hard to believe it." "I am writing!" "So you can say what type it is." "it's hard to explain in words." "you know... complicated." "Compared to yours." "What?" "Are you trying to say mine are simple?" "That's not what I'm saying." "It sounds like you are." "Why do you seem like you're speaking down to people?" "You don't even write." "I just said I'm writing!" "Then what is it?" "Like I said!" "I can't explain it!" "I am making art." "I'm trying to create something that nobody else has ever done." "would understand." "writing with care based on personal experience in ways I've been taught." "That's just pretending you have talent. the things that you write are sugarcoated and don't face reality." "That is what it means to write by the rules." "Listen here." "I don't really want to hear this from someone who doesn't even write." "I said I'm writing!" "Then cough it up!" "I've been sitting here listening to you act so full of yourself." "Is something wrong with you?" "Hey." "What do you think you know about me?" "Do you know how hard I've worked to get here?" "I know I'm not talented without you telling me." "then?" "You don't realize your position in reality." "Running your mouth." "I'm amazing if I try"?" "I'll win first prize"?" "Anybody can say those things." "Everyone here thinks they are special when they first start." "You need to get a grip and learn your place. do it after you've written something that wins." "You haven't written anything and talking like that..." "Aren't you just an idiot?" "That's why" "So write it!" "Show me!" "Then talk!" "Hey!" "What is-- didn't you?" "!" "The hell..." "Tendou Yoshimi" " The Fool Who Thinks He's A Genius" "Um..." "It's Tendou." "I think... hearing those things from you brought me to my senses." "It's true that" "I've been running my mouth without having written." "There's really nothing I can say to that..." "So..." "I thought I'd put in the effort." "but..." "I've decided to write something." "So... next time." "Alright!" "I'm... really sorry." "Even though I brought it up myself..." "I've gone and ran away from it. too. how is your screenplay?" "I've decided to drop it." "I see. a person like me who doesn't really consider things can't work with that subject matter." "I see..." "Then... you're done volunteering?" "I'm sorry." "Even if you apologize..." "So... this is it." "Um..." "I'm... very sorry for causing you so much trouble." "Don't cry." "But... do it?" "I always count on you when things get rough." "I'm sorry." "aren't I?" "I don't really mind." "Liar." "We broke up because you didn't like it." "But I've really started to hate myself." "Those are thoughts you don't need to carry." "But I really have no idea what to do." "I'm an idiot." "Don't say things like that!" "There's also" "I don't have any talent at all as a screenwriter." "I've been chasing that dream like an idiot." "I actually had thought I wouldn't be able to achieve it." "I knew it." "You don't know that." "it's possible-- no..." "You know it's true." "But..." "I don't know how to get rid of a dream I've held so close." "Matsuo-kun." "You were chasing after being an actor." "And trying so hard." "You put... so much work into it..." "But you still managed to leave it behind without regret and live well." "I'm really nothing special." "I knew from the very start that realizing a dream is hard." "But giving one up... is this hard?" "But" "But I'll do my best." "I can't do anything else right now. is this okay?" "I'll fall for you again." "I'm sorry." "I really am... an idiot." "I'll go." "Watch it!" "S" " Watch it!" " Sorry." "Watch it!" "Watch it!" "Watch it!" "how did the movie go?" "It's finally settled down." "It was such a pain." "Movies are really difficult." "So they really are hard." "Yeah." "but everyone still has their demands." "But taking note of and coordinating all of those demands feels like accomplishment as a screenwriter." "I see!" "You seem like a pro now!" "not at all!" "Shinbashi-san says he can move ahead with funding and casting." "Then it's just waiting. how did it go with the one you handed in?" "Ma" " Mabuchi-san!" "What?" "Uh..." "I wrote a screenplay." "Oh?" "You managed to do it." "Yeah." "Thanks to you." "I barely made the deadline but I submitted it to CS Amateur Screenwriting Awards." "right?" "I actually stopped writing it." "Why? a lot of reasons." "Merichin" "I'm done." "How is it?" "It's... good." "Really?" "Yeah. but I think it's very good." "Seriously?" "My opinion of you has changed." "I didn't think you could do this." "I'm so happy!" "Because you're the one saying it. but I was anxious." "Thank goodness!" "right? there was something that bothered me. starts a Nagabuchi Tsuyoshi cover band." "It seems like you took this from something I used at school." "You wrote something like that?" "I did!" "My "Tsuyoshi Group" short story." "You even praised it!" "I don't really remember it." "it's fine." "But it's taken." "though! the story you wrote about going to Cambodia." "Jamaica." "Right!" "There's a scene in there where the protagonist gets confessed to on arrival." "Yeah?" "That's an idea I brought up when we all went out drinking." "it's not!" "That's something I partly wrote years ago." "There's no reason I'd have taken that!" "It's true!" "Forget it." "this idea isn't stolen!" "either." "Sorry. but we've ended up like this again." "I don't want to fight anymore." "With you." "Yeah..." "You're right." "Let's give it a rest." "though." "Really." "I'm happy you gave it praise." "You're a good person." "Thank you." "Well... it... really was good." "I hope you win." "The contest." "What is this?" "It's not food." "You opened it?" "That's the one I was giving to Chie." "The one I bought for us is here." "That so?" "Mom!" "Mom!" "what is it?" "Dad went and opened this up." "Could you wrap it again?" "Dad!" "right." "Mabu-tan." "What is it?" "has this relative..." "He's really handsome!" "A marriage interview?" "no." "dad?" "They're called pretty boys these days." "I'd lose out to them." "at least give it a look." "I'm fine!" "How can you say that?" "a screenwriter?" "You'll be single forever not knowing if you can even be one!" "You're annoying." "Just leave me alone." "are you going to stay here for a while?" "I'm heading back home after the wedding." "Oh." "You could take your time." "how about you just live here from now on? dad?" "but we'd be happy if you helped out with the inn." "I'm going to be a screenwriter so I am fine." "go ahead." "Okay." "Beyo" "Beyond that rainbow there is a colorful happiness waiting for us." "If we're together we should be able to get through anything." "Because our love is forever!" "Stay by my side!" "Winners of the first round of judging" "Hello?" "I uh..." "I'm Tendou Yoshimi." "I submitted a piece of work to your screenwriting awards." "Yes." "I couldn't find mine." "Yes." "Is it possible it was misdelivered so you never got it?" "No?" "It's really not possible?" "I didn't think Chie would take this long." "Yeah." "Didn't she seem like she'd be first to marry?" "She really did!" "right?" "What about Michiyo?" "How is it looking for you? I just don't want to get married." "I see." "What about her?" "She's a screenwriter?" "she's working." "and she's been busy." "It's not really time for marriage yet." "Really?" "But that's amazing." "If she's busy then she's doing well." "What type is she doing?" "let me know." "I'll watch it." "I'll definitely record it." "Does she have anything coming up?" "There's nothing worth bragging about." "right?" "Tell us!" "What has she done?" "She's... uhh..." "Lo" "Lo"?" "doing small movies about love between men." "Wow!" "Love between men!" "But being a writer sounds nice." "I wish I had talent like that." "Seriously." "It's not really about talent..." "You go straight to being modest!" "you're sweating a lot." "She is!" "Isn't this too much?" "Hello!" "Hello?" "Were you awake?" "Mabuchi-san?" "What's going on?" "Nothing much." "Not doing anything." "Are you drunk?" "Just a bit." "How about you?" "Are you well?" "I'm not doing well." "Why?" "that contest I entered before..." "I ended up rejected." "Oh..." "I see." "But" "I thought your story was good." "Thanks." "But" "I couldn't even pass the first round." "That so? I never get past the first round! I didn't think being rejected would hurt this much." "There's always next time. you go through this feeling every time and yet you keep writing." "For years?" "I've said so many very rude things to you." "Well..." "I'm sorry." "don't apologize." "Seriously." "I've come to respect you." "what are you..." "I'm... you know..." "I know I'm not talented." "I'm just chasing after I dream I can't let go of." "It'll never happen." "That is... I think the things you've said up to now were right on the mark." "No..." "Tendou-kun." "You've actually got talent." "That's not true." "I... was only able to write because you were around." "If you weren't..." "I'd have stayed how I was!" "too." "And cute." "You're not hopeless at all." "Thanks." "But you're the only one who will say that for me." "Thanks." "You've cheered me up a bit." "too." "dad?" "I'm fine." "Are YOU alright?" "I'm alright!" "you just have to do your best." "just come back and relax in our onsen." "Okay!" "right!" "Eat this before it goes bad." "thanks." "Then... next time I'll stay a little longer." "Bye." "You still can't drink black tea." "Why bring that up?" "I can drink it!" "I've never seen you drink coffee!" "I've drank it!" "But you're not!" "I drank one this big." "Liar!" "I've never seen one like that." "I just don't." "right?" "Yeah." "You just admitted it!" "Um..." "You two are getting along lately." " Not at all!" " We aren" "How's your movie?" "Has it started filming?" "No." "It might not happen." "Might not?" "Yeah." "he seems to be having trouble." "I see. but now he's not contacting me at all." "I think it'll just fizzle out on its own at this rate." "I see..." "But I asked around and it seems like stuff like this happens a lot lately." "didn't you?" "You need to bring that up!" "but..." "I didn't really do it for money." "And even if I said it..." "I don't think I'd get it." "That producer is terrible." "It's all wrong! I'm going to say something off the cuff." "22.25)}[he's implying they slept together]" "Did that producer trick you and run off?" "That's terrible!" "It's a joke!" "right?" "I was just asking as a joke." "It's just a joke." "It's obviously" "I'm seriously crushed by how badly rejection hurts!" "I'm not even eating!" "Haven't I gotten thin?" "I can't tell!" "You can't?" "Really?" "though" "I want to follow Mabuchi-san's lead because she never gives up." "You can stop saying things like that." "Kantou TV is doing a contest soon." "Will you try?" "I'll enter." "let's both do our best." "Yeah." "But..." "I think I'll give it up if I don't pass the first round again." "W-w-why?" "Well... this and that." "You never told me that!" "it's only if I don't pass the first round." "I don't plan to be rejected." "I... see." "why did you decide to be a screenwriter?" "Huh?" "Me?" "Yeah." "it's so stupid!" "I want to know." "Tell me. right?" "We did!" "right?" "Did we?" "I don't remember." "We did!" "so... 24.5)}[a folk story] nobody wanted to do it." "I was forced into doing it." "and something happened." "What what what?" "too." "and everyone just told me to do something about it." "I ended up copying things from other movies." "I reinvented it!" "An all new Momotarou was born!" "And it was surprisingly really popular." "Everyone loved it!" "And?" "that's all." "Wow!" "That alone can change your whole life?" "it really wasn't that big of a deal!" "it was remarkable." "New Momotarou was?" "it was awesome!" "Jaws came out from the sea!" "Something like Terminator was there!" "and it was like a light saber!" "And his last companion was E.T.!" "What's wrong?" "I'm not sure... but tears started coming out." "Mabuchi-san?" "It's not something to cry about!" "Right?" "Right!" "Mabuchi-san... you've been getting rejected" "and nobody would notice your work?" "That sounds pretty painful." "Yeah." "How have you been able to keep it up?" "How have you been able to not give up?" "Even if you ask me how..." "Maybe it was that giving up felt wrong or maybe..." "I just wasn't able to quit." "Movies and TV shows I watched as a kid were so interesting." "They seemed... bright." "I'll be a part of that world one day!" "was what I thought in my heart." "I've kept that childhood dream close to my heart." "Just... now I'm an adult." "But..." "I've started to not be too sure about things." "What is it?" "uh..." "Uh... uh..." "I" "What? I... about you..." "What?" "You're being weird." "We'll fall behind." "but..." "Hurry up." "Let's go!" "Quickly!" "26)}"Rewrite" by Asian Kung-fu Generation" "What are you doing?" "it has passed midnight so it's now Mabuchi-san's birthday!" "Happy birthday!" "but..." "A present from me!" "What is that?" "Thank you!" "I have something else that is like a present." "What is it?" "I wrote a song for you." "Have a listen!" "A" " A song?" "!" "hold the mic." "happy birthday!" "Thank you!" "congratulations!" "Thank you!" "That's enough!" "That's enough!" "let's do our best." "Yeah." "Bye." "Bye." "Later!" "Sorry." "It's alright." "I'm on lunch break." "Good." "Um... here." "and thought I'd give it to the people at the home." "Thanks." "No problem." "I'm really sorry." "I'm really dumb." "I don't think I'll cause you any trouble anymore." "Okay." "So?" "How's the caregiving story coming?" "I'm doing my best." "But" "I'm thinking that my next will be my last." "I see." "Yeah." "I thought I'd do something that leaves me with no regrets." "So what kind of story will it be? but I thought I'd do a story about myself." "It's like... someone like me struggling to become a screenwriter but still never being able to achieve it." "I see." "Yeah." "I thought I'd let everything out for the final one." "I think it's good." "Sounds like you." "Thanks." "I'm going to get going." "Uh..." "I... lied to you." "What was it?" "right?" "Yeah." "I still think about it a lot." "Really?" "Yeah." "I wonder if it would have worked out if I hadn't quit." "Or if maybe I still have a chance now." "I wonder every day." "I see... right?" "No." "I'll work hard at what I'm doing now." "Yeah." "Do your best." "Bye." "Bye." "Go ahead." "Go ahead." "Go ahead." "Go ahead." "Welcome." "Yoshimi." "How many years has it been?" "Are you well?" "More or less." "What?" "Do you want to play?" "That's not it." "I'm doing research." "Research for what?" "Like I said... I'm thinking about writing a story about a mother who works at a brothel and her unfortunate son." "The hell is that?" "You're smoking again?" "Stop that." "It's fine." "how's being a screenwriter?" "Slow and steady." "Let me know if your work ends up on TV or something." "I don't need any." "Who smokes and eats oranges at the same time?" "I'm sure being a screenwriter is difficult." "But you've always been a kid who gets what he wants." "Take it seriously." "I will without you saying that." "Eat." "To The Average Me" "Finish" "Finish" "Finish" "Welcome!" "Will this be by regular mail?" "please." "no problem." "Kantou TV Amateur Screenwriting Awards" "It'll be 540 yen." "Okay." "From 550 yen." "Kantou TV Amateur Screenwriting Awards Ceremony" "award winner Matsumoto Kiyoko-san please come forward." "Matsumoto-san will receive a certificate and an additional prize of 3 million yen." "000 USD]" "We would like to ask you to deliver a speech." "Thank you for this award." "I'm Matsumoto Kiyoko." "I was going through something very difficult." "I wrote it with that on my mind." "It ended up being a very personal piece of work." "That's something that" "The Smell of Your Back" "Letters In The Summer" "When Sunflowers Wither" "Right now..." "I'm climbing the stairs." "Yeah." "I'm here." "Where are you?" "Uh..." "I see a bridge." "There you are!" "I see you." "You're working hard." "What are you researching?" "I was looking into that guy." "What kind of story is it?" "Secret." "What's with that?" "Tendou-kun." "A lot." "I just thought I couldn't stay depressed forever." "That's true." "though." "now..." "That's the way it goes." "to be honest..." "I really thought yours would make it." "Yours was really good." "Thanks." "But... that's the way it is." "Are you really going to give it up?" "I guess so." "Are you really okay with that?" "You won't regret it?" "I don't know yet." "Then you can just give it another shot!" "Dreams come to an end when you give up on them. you don't know what will happen." "But dreams aren't something that every single person can achieve." "there are far more who gave up. but it seems I was wrong." "I'd be lying if I said I had no regrets but I feel somehow relieved. there's just more to life than becoming a screenwriter." "I thought I had to funnel my determination somewhere." "I wrote that story... and this is the result." "That's all there is to it." "don't make that kind of face." "Oh!" "Right!" "Come stay at my inn!" "If you get a girlfriend." "Well..." "I think it's time to go." "Hey!" "What will you do once you're home?" "I'll go home and help with the inn." "Then I thought I'd look into nursing care." "Like a workhorse again?" "I suppose so!" "Tendou-kun." "Give it your all." "You have more talent than I do." "You'll be able to achieve your dream." "Thanks." "There's something I'd like to run by you about my screenplay." "What is it?" "Well..." "Hypothetically." "Hypothetically speaking." "If I said go out with me"... what would you do?" "If I said what would you do?" "Sorry." "I don't think so." "But I'm happy." "Thank you." "H-h-h-hey!" "I mean... you know." "It's hypothetical!" "For my screenplay!" "I understand." "Well..." "I'm going to get going." "Bye." "What?" "I've come up with an idea for my next screenplay." "What is it?" "A story about a gifted writer who achieves his dream then goes to the countryside to get the girl he loves." "What do you think?" "Lame."