"VILLON'S WIFE" "Original Work by Osamu Dazai" "Written by Yozo Tanaka" "Takako Matsu" "Tadanobu Asano" "Ryoko Hirosue" "Satoshi Tsumabuki" "Joji..." "If you spin this prayer wheel and it comes back when it stops..." "Directed by Kichitaro Negishi ...you fall into Hell." "Don't spin it so hard!" "Come on, try it again." "Dec-46" "Otani, Joji" "Welcome home." "You're still up?" "The door woke me." "Have you had supper?" "There's some rice balls..." "Thanks." "How's the boy?" "He's got a fever." "Oh." "Take him to a doctor." "Um I don't have the money." "Oh, money..." "Didn't you bring any?" "Why would I?" "I thought since you'd finally come home..." "Hello?" "Hello?" "There's someone here." "Are you at home, Mr Otani?" "!" "Mr Otani?" "Mr Otani!" "Well?" "You know very well!" "What makes you steal when you have your own house?" "Stop playing bad jokes and give the money back." "Or we'll call the police." "How dare you." "You've no call to come here." "Go away!" "Or I'll file a complaint!" "Mr Otani!" "You certainly have your nerve, after you've stolen money." "I misjudged you." "It's blackmail." "Extortion!" "Get out!" "Come back tomorrow and complain." "Those are harsh words." "A scoundrel, that's what you are." "You leave me no choice but the police!" "As you like." "Welcome." "Would you be Mrs Otani?" "Excuse us for coming at this hour." "Oh no you don't!" "Let go of me!" "I'll stab you!" "Thief!" "Please!" "No!" "I'll take care of this." "Kichizo!" "Listen to her!" "I'm going to the police!" "I won't take this!" "I'm sorry!" "Please come in and tell me what happened." "The place is a mess, but..." "Come inside." "Come on." "Excuse us." "Come in." "The floor's cold." "Sit on these cushions." "I'm afraid I don't have any coals..." "How do you do." "It would seem that my husband has caused you trouble." "There is no excuse for his atrocious behavior no matter what may have happened." "I have no words to apologize." "Missus, might I be so bold as to ask your age?" "How old I am?" "I believe your husband is 30, is he not?" "Yes." "I am, uh, four years younger." "That would make you 26..." "That's terrible!" "So young and beautiful, dressed like that!" "I'm very impressed myself." "With a fine wife like you, why does Mr Otani act that way?" "He's sick, that's what it is." "He wasn't that bad before." "It's getting worse." "My wife and I run a small pub in Nakano." "Mr Otani first came to our place in the spring of '44." "I don't know where he heard we had it but he sneaked in the back door and asked for black-market liquor." "Yes, sir." "I wonder if that's how evil first appears in a house..." "So quietly, so diffidently..." "From that night on, our place was a regular stop for him." "Hello." "I was amazed." "He pulled out a hundred-yen note." "That was a lot of money then." "He pressed it into my hand." "A hundred yen!" "But instead of putting it down with a flourish he wore a nervous little smile." "So you're a novelist by trade, Mr Otani?" "Well..." "A publisher was in the other day." "He said you write things that no other man could." "That wasn't praise." "Certainly." "What's the time?" "Um..." "Your change..." "That's fine." "Oh, I couldn't!" "Keep it for next time, then." "I'll be back." "Missus that's the only time we've ever had money from him." "He just brushes us off." "In three years he hasn't paid a penny!" "Almost single-handedly he's drunk us dry!" "You can see why I'm fed up." "In fact, Missus tonight Mr Otani stole ¥ 5,000 from us and ran off." "¥ 5,000?" "!" "It's money we have to pay to our suppliers or we can't stay in business." "It's money we have to have." "One..." "Two..." "Three..." "Four..." "Five..." "Six..." "Seven..." "Eight..." "Nine...and ten." "Mr Otani?" "!" "Thief!" "At last we find his house stifle our feelings and ask politely for our money and what happens?" "He pulls a knife!" "It's an outrage!" "I'm sorry!" "What am I going to do?" "They're going to wait to go to the police and I'm to go and take them the ¥ 5,000." "But where will I ever get that much money?" "'On François Villon' by Joji Otani" "Free food distribution from the Allied Forces!" "Canned whale meat!" "Special today, ¥ 2.30!" "Get in line!" "Watch the money!" "¥ 2.30, ma'am!" "It's cheap!" "Canned whale, ma'am!" "It'll put meat on the boy's bones!" "Tsubakiya" "Um..." "Oh!" "It looks like I'll be able to pay you back all the money." "Tonight, or tomorrow." "But I know it's coming." "You don't need to worry." "Well!" "Isn't that nice..." "I'm to stay here as a hostage until it comes." "All right?" "Let me help you out here until the money comes." "Missus..." "Look, Missus..." "You haven't cleaned yet?" "I'll do it." "There." "Ah, you're back..." "I'm working as a hostage till your ¥ 5,000 gets here." "What's going on?" "She says someone's bringing the ¥ 5,000 later on today." "Missus you can never be sure of money till you have it in your hand." "No, this is for sure." "Please believe me and wait a day before you tell anyone." "I'll help out here until then." "All I care about is getting the money back." "There's still a few days till we close the books at New Year's." "Yes, and so I'll..." "You've got customers." "Welcome!" "Well!" "They've hired a beauty!" "Terrific!" "Hello." "A jewel in a dunghill." "The kitchen's not open..." "With her, we don't need your food." "Give us a drink." "Uh, yes..." "Coming right up!" "Don't steal her away." "I've got money riding on her." "A million-dollar horse?" "A mare goes at half-price." "Don't be modest." "Males and females are equal now." "Even horses and dogs." "It's love at first sight, honey." "But I see you've got a kid." "No, he's not hers!" "We've adopted him from a relative." "Now we finally have an heir." "And money, too." "And an affair, and debt." "There you go." "Honey!" "Over here!" "Coming!" "Excuse me." "Here you go." "What's your name, honey?" "Sachi." "'Sachi of the Tsubakiya'!" "Can we shake hands?" "Sure...if you don't mind chapped hands." "What?" "They're beautiful hands!" "Tell you what..." "Here's a tip." "Ten yen!" "I'm so glad!" "Thank you!" "Sachi!" "Don't be happy with chump change!" "You're worth more." "Sachi!" "Me, too!" "Thank you!" "How's your drink?" "Sachi!" "Come here!" "Thank you!" "Sachi!" "A token of my appreciation!" "Thank you very much!" "A tip?" "For me?" "Um..." "Should I be giving you these tips?" "Of course not!" "They're yours!" "That's wonderful!" "That's three, is it?" "Sachi!" "The tab!" "The tab!" "That'll be ¥ 35." "Thank you!" "Take care." "One more for me." "Miss?" "Welcome." "Would you like a drink?" "Is this 'Merry Christmas'?" "You look like you can drink more." "Could you call the proprietor over here?" "Certainly." "My husband's here." "He'd like to see you." "So he finally made it..." "Don't let on to the lady about me." "I don't want to embarrass him." "I know that." "Drink up!" "Drink up!" "It's Christmas!" "That's good!" "Sachi!" "You can drink!" "Have one on me!" "No, stop!" "I can't drink that much!" "One more!" "Missus, thank you." "The money's been returned." "It has?" "That's good." "All of it?" "Kichizo..." "All he took yesterday, yes." "How much does he owe you?" "At the least... ¥ 20,000." "Is that enough?" "At the very least." "I'll pay you." "Could I work here starting tomorrow?" "Let me do that." "I'll work it off." "Missus, you're drunk!" "Yes." "It feels wonderful!" "I can make you money." "Aren't you the loyal wife!" "Welcome home." "Joji..." "I'm scared!" "I'm scared stiff." "I'm scared." "Help me." "Help me!" "You didn't eat last night, did you." "That ¥ 5,000..." "I wanted to give you two a happy New Year." "I appreciate that, but you shouldn't go robbing people." "I was sure he'd go straight to the police." "I hated myself." "Suddenly I realized it was Christmas." "I was drinking whisky in a bar in Kyobashi giving money to all the girls as Christmas presents." "That's all I remember." "The Mama said I went out and got party hats and masks and even a turkey, and put on a banquet for everyone." "You don't remember that, either?" "Bits and pieces." "But I kept on drinking, so it all goes blank again." "Then how did you bring ¥ 5,000 to the Tsubakiya?" "The Mama wondered where I'd got the money." "I told her I'd stolen it." "She turned pale... 'lf you cause another scandal,' she said, 'you'll be a pariah." "'l guess there's no help for it." "Take me to this "Tsubakiya" place.'" "So she paid the ¥ 5,000?" "It looks that way." "Gigolo." "That's what they call them." "I'll see you." "I can't work at home." "As a gigolo." "Eat first." "Thanks." "I'm not hungry." "Here you are." "Careful, it's hot." "Sachi!" "Sorry." "Here you go." "You're lovely!" "Thank you!" "Welcome!" "Well!" "Hello!" "Why's it so busy in here?" "You hire a pretty girl, and no one cares about the food." "There you go." "Sake." "Chilled, or heated?" "I take my sake chilled." "Remember that." "That's Aki." "She comes here to meet Mr Otani." "He comes here that often?" "Enough to drink up ¥ 20,000." "I'm sorry." "There you go." "What about Mr Otani lately?" "What about him?" "Joji Otani, the writer." "You don't know him yet?" "I know him." "Has he been in?" "No." "Oh." "I'll wait." "Is that lady all right?" "There's a lot of people been left crying out in the cold after Mr Otani's reeled them in." "Aki there fell head over heels in love with him threw over a patron lost her money, and sold her kimonos." "Now she lives in a tenement." "Aki..." "Aki..." "Wake up." "Aki!" "Who are you?" "You're not Otani." "Where's Otani?" "He didn't come in tonight." "My bill..." "Forget that for now, home and sleep." "I've got money!" "I'll pay his bill, too." "OK..." "Aki!" "I'll take you home." "Let's go." "Take care of her." "Look!" "A hundred yen." "She's broke, but still she'll show off for Mr Otani." "Are you closed?" "We just closed up!" "Are you coming home?" "I wonder why I didn't do this from the start." "I'm very happy." "Women know neither joy or grief." "No?" "If you say so, maybe it's true." "Then what about men?" "Men know only grief." "They're always fighting fear." "Is that so?" "The three of us living together is enough for me." "The boss and his wife are very nice people." "They're idiots, those two." "Country bumpkins." "Mercenary, too." "They feed me liquor so they can profit off me." "That's business." "But that's not all, is it." "You had something with the Missus, didn't you." "Years ago." "Does the old man suspect?" "He seems to." "'An affair, and debt' he said, and sighed." "It sounds pretentious, but I really want to die." "All my life it's been on my mind." "It'd be better for everybody." "I'm sure of that." "But I can't make myself do it." "There's some strange, frightening God-like thing stopping me." "That's because you have your work." "My work is nothing." "It's how the public receives it that makes it good or bad." "It's no more than breathing in and out." "What frightens me is that there's a God in this world." "Isn't there?" "There is, isn't there?" "I wouldn't know." "Oh." "Here you go." "There." "A tip." "Oh!" "Thank you!" "Otani, too." "'l want to die,' he says, and his books sell." "When'll he do it?" "It's a pose." "Women love a sad face." "Now he's selling, he'll stop wanting to die." "I hope he doesn't, since we publish him." "That's for sure!" "How have you been?" "Sit down." "Sorry I'm late." "Thank you for coming." "Sake..." "Missus?" "Mrs Otani?" "Mr Yajima!" "Hello." "This is Mr Otani's wife, Sachi." "Missus, I hope you'll ignore what we were saying..." "Don't call me 'Missus'." "Here I'm 'Sachi of the Tsubakiya'." "'Takahashi'." "Thanks for your help." "I'm Hirano." "Furuta." "Sometimes I take his manuscript fee straight to his house so Mr Otani doesn't spend it first." "You're a great help." "I'm sorry...you wanted sake." "Pickles, please." "Just a second." "Good night, Missus." "Thank you." "I'm sorry." "Not at all." "Thank you." "Rain!" "Thank you!" "It's raining..." "Good night." "Sachi, take that old umbrella." "Thank you." "Mr Okada?" "No, I'm fine." "We can share one to the station, if you like." "Don't tell anyone about the boy, all right?" "Sure." "You're very young." "Are you a student?" "I'm a factory worker." "I run a lathe." "So my hands..." "Mr Otani has beautiful hands." "Very long fingers." "Do you know him?" "I'm a fan of his." "I've been going to that place wanting to meet him." "But every time he comes I tense up so bad I can't talk." "What's so good about his books?" "Mr Otani is sincere." "Oh?" "When?" "'I want to believe in a dandelion's sincerity.'" "When I read that line I knew I'd follow him forever." "'A dandelion's sincerity'..." "Does he have that, I wonder..." "There, there..." "It's been a while." "That's your son?" "Yes." "May I sit down?" "So what's happened to you?" "I passed the bar exam, and now I'm a lawyer." "Congratulations." "You studied very hard for it." "You're the one who encouraged me." "And smiled at the coffee-shop owner so he'd let me stay all day over one cup of coffee." "I really wanted you to succeed." "How old's your son?" "He's two." "So you've been married at least three years..." "You're her husband?" "Uh, no!" "I work at the Tsubakiya, in Nakano." "He's a customer." "I see." "I've opened an office in Ginza." "I can ever be of help..." "Thank you very much." "Kichijoji!" "Kichijoji!" "Keiichiro Tsuji" "Could I ask who that gentleman was?" "I'm sorry." "I shouldn't pry." "A man I was in love with." "I was caught shop-lifting something for him." "That's how I ended up marrying Otani." "It's embarrassing." "You and Mr Otani?" "Because you'd shop-lifted?" "I never meant to tell a soul about it." "I've had some sake tonight so I will but don't be shocked." "I come from a poor family." "But I fell in love." "With that lawyer?" "He was a poor boy then." "For years he'd failed the bar exam." "It was winter, and he didn't have a coat or a scarf." "He muttered something about wishing he had a scarf." "I was in a department store looking at some, and it was as if my hand moved on its own." "Stand back!" "Sit!" "Where'd you hide it?" "We caught her red-handed." "So you admit it?" "How many times?" "You've done this before." "Tell the truth!" "Will I be put in jail?" "That we'll find out." "I don't belong in jail!" "I'm not a bad person." "I'm nearly 22." "I've always been a good girl..." "I've always obeyed my parents." "I've never done anything blameworthy." "Mr Tsuji is a fine man." "Is that who you stole for?" "Mr Tsuji said he was cold." "I couldn't do anything to make him warm." "I wanted him to have a scarf." "What's wrong with that?" "My parents aren't well." "I've always supported them." "I work." "For 22 years I've worked." "And now with one wrong move of my hand that whole 22 years..." "No, my whole life!" "It'll be ruined." "I'm still young." "My life is in front of me." "I'll always be poor just like I am now." "So..." "Hey!" "I know this girl." "Let me in." "Who are you?" "My name is Otani." "She stole the scarf for me." "She said 'Tsuji'..." "That's because she didn't want me involved." "Um this gentleman has paid double for the scarf." "We can drop the matter." "But as police..." "My father is a member of the Aomori Prefectural Council." "I'm not just anybody." "Why did you lie to help me?" "I thought you were right." "I don't know how to thank you." "No." "I've been too forward." "Don't be silly." "My parents rent that horrible house there." "Where I live is worse." "Well..." "Uh..." "Are you in love with this 'Tsuji'?" "No." "Suddenly I can't imagine how I ever loved a man like that." "I see..." "Thank you." "That's quite the story." "It's embarrassing." "I should never have told you." "Please forget it." "Well, good night." "Musashi Koganei!" "Good night." "Take care going home." "Thank you." "Sachi, have you been cheating on me?" "Since you started working, you radiate this strange appeal." "You've had a kimono made." "You don't have a man there, do you?" "No!" "How could I do that, when the place is so busy?" "And the kimono is an old one of the Missus." "She gave it to me because I didn't have a decent one of my own." "'Distant, yet close, are man and woman.'" "Is there not a young man you leave with every night?" "Mr Okada?" "He lives out this way." "He's nice enough to come with me." "Why are you so suspicious?" "Why?" "Delusion." "I'm a writer, so I'm good at being deluded." "Seeing you, I get chills wondering when I'll become a cuckold." "What's a 'cuckold'?" "A sucker whose wife sleeps with other men." "Like me." "I haven't slept with anyone." "I want to take care of you." "To keep you safe from everything." "I think of you constantly." "If you're so suspicious of me, why did you help me that time?" "When I stole that scarf for another man." "You got me out of that police box." "Didn't you believe in me then?" "I want to believe in you." "In you as you were then." "But..." "Are you being serious?" "Hey, hey!" "Don't cry like that." "You look like a whore." "So I should quit work?" "Welcome!" "Welcome." "I finally found the place." "I'll have a drink." "Sit down here." "A shared table, I'm afraid." "What'll you have?" "Beer." "A beer!" "One beer!" "Someone's got money!" "The meat stew's good, too." "Meat stew?" "Dog meat, I'll bet." "Here you are." "There." "That's very good!" "Thank you very much!" "Finished already?" "Would you like some sake?" "Sure, why not." "Hot?" "One sake!" "Hot?" "Yes." "We move a lot of these, so it doesn't take long." "I met someone today about an arranged marriage." "Well!" "Congratulations." "It's not settled yet." "She's..." "Sachi!" "A refill!" "Two!" "Mark up two!" "I'm sorry." "What's she like?" "Her father's a bank executive." "A banker's daughter!" "Is she pretty?" "Yes...but..." "Sachi!" "Sachi!" "Coming!" "Have a drink." "May I?" "My tab." "Bill for the gentleman with the beer!" "I'm sorry we couldn't talk." "You see what it's like." "¥ 125." "Keep the change." "Thank you." "Come back again!" "Thank you." "All the time I was with her, your face wouldn't go away." "I didn't know why, but I wanted to see you." "That's all." "Bye." "Otani's suspicious." "Of you and me." "Good night." "Thank you." "Kokubunji!" "Mind the doors!" "Mr Otani?" "That's me." "You're Okada?" "Yes." "I can't believe how feeble I am." "This'll be the death of me." "Are you all right?" "No, I'm not!" "Where are you going down these tracks, anyway?" "My company dormitory's in Mitaka." "I'm walking back there." "Don't you live one station past Koganei?" "My wife said that." "Forgive me." "I lied." "Why?" "Because I wanted to be with her as long as I could." "Meaning you're in love with her?" "For the first time in my life." "Let's have a drink." "Let's drink." "If I'm not so drunk that my head's spinning I'm too shy to talk to people." "I know." "I know a lot about you." "Don't give me more credit than I'm worth." "Uh..." "I try as hard as I can." "I'm like the monkey who peels the onion till there's nothing left." "You understand that grief?" "'I turned out the light and lay on my back." "'Below me a cricket chirped for all it was worth." "'Under the floor mats it sang, directly below my spine... '...as if it were in my spine.'" "'Grasshopper', huh?" "I cried when I read that." "And your dandelion story..." "Please...don't say any more." "That's a desperate joke." "I can't even love a dandelion the way I should." "I want to pluck its petals, scrunch it in my fist stick it in my mouth..." "You said you love my wife." "Please give her to me." "There." "I don't understand her." "She's got this pliancy to her like water flowing downhill." "Maybe all women are born with it." "She's hiding something." "There's mud below it somewhere." "Sachi!" "I've brought company!" "Get up!" "I should go." "You've come all this way." "At least say hello." "Mr Okada!" "What's going on?" "It's late." "I'm sorry." "Mr Otani insisted I come." "Sachi this man sees you to Koganei then walks the two stations back to Mitaka!" "And why?" "Why?" "He loves you, of course!" "You're the first woman he's ever loved!" "You poor guy!" "I'm beaten." "I can't fight the purity of youth." "So he'll sleep with..." "With me?" "!" "Don't be stupid." "Okada and I will share a futon." "I'm sorry." "It seems that I've barged in on you." "I'll go." "The trains are running now." "No." "Stay here." "He'll think something happened if you're gone." "I see..." "Missus..." "Forgive me!" "Sachi-san would you come away with me?" "I'm a good machinist, if I say so myself." "I'll inherit my father's workshop." "My prospects are good." "I'll always treasure you, and make you happy." "Sachi-san..." "He was watching." "Otani was keeping watch on us." "Sachi-san..." "That was wrong of me." "You'll never see me again." "Goodbye." "Welcome." "Whisky." "You want to die again?" "Yeah." "Every year about this time things go bad, right?" "The rainy season?" "I hate the rainy season." "It's like someone's telling me to die." "Who?" "No one." "You know of anyone nice?" "I'm available." "You'll come with me?" "Sure." "Sometimes in the ruins of Ginza I want to puke blood everywhere and get run over by an American jeep." "Grasshopper" "'The tragedy of one who to serve us fell... '...without ever coming out of his shell.'" "Very good!" "Alone we might commit love-suicide, so I hope you'll stay." "Very well." "We'll have fun and keep the God of Death away." "'Following my parents... 'l boarded a ship on the Naniwa shore." "'My body wracked... '...with sad memories... '...in tears." "'At Akashi... '...awaiting a breeze...'" "This is fun." "It'd be a beautiful way to die." "'It chanced... '...that again... '...we met.'" "OK?" "Go in the bath with him so he doesn't catch cold." "He had an accident and got the floor dirty." "Did you pee on the floor?" "!" "I'm sorry." "Up we go!" "Up we go!" "Your dad's been gone three days." "Where'd he get to?" "Up we go!" "The druggists are careful these days." "I had a hell of a time getting these." "These will kill me?" "You don't have much resistance, so that'll be enough." "Give me some water." "They're so bitter!" "I wish we had some whisky." "Here." "You think of everything." "Service to the very end." "This'll be an easy way to die, won't it." "No, it isn't." "It'll be hard, dying this way." "Are you backing out on me?" "No." "Just making doubly sure." "This way, when the drug takes effect I'll slide down and hang myself." "Good-bye" "Up there!" "Hey, are you all right?" "!" "Careful!" "Hurry!" "Is there a Sachi Otani working here?" "Yes." "That's me." "Mrs Otani?" "Yes." "Come outside." "Joji Otani is your husband, is he not?" "Yes." "Has he done something?" "Love-suicide." "At Tanigawa Hot Springs." "How is he?" "He's alive, but the woman..." "I see..." "So he's alive..." "She's still touch-and-go." "He could be charged with murder." "Murder?" "!" "He's at Minakami." "May I use the phone?" "What's wrong?" "You're all pale!" "What happened?" "Is this Mr Tsuji?" "It's Sachi." "Sachi Otani." "What can I do for you?" "Love-suicide?" "My husband was saved but he's being held for murder at the Minakami Police Station." "Help me, please!" "My fee is quite high, you know." "I'll find some way to pay you." "Please, Mr Tsuji!" "Please!" "Please!" "I have to go get him out." "Yes." "What?" "!" "You can't take the boy and catch a night train now!" "Just get going." "You're his wife." "You won't have time to go home." "Take this." "Come on, boy!" "We're going on a choo-choo train!" "We'll take care of him." "He won't catch cold." "Go, and don't worry." "Minakami Police Station" "Should I congratulate you for staying alive?" "Or should I commiserate with you?" "I can't manage to die." "This time if it hadn't been for that water..." "What happens now?" "Will you come home with me?" "They're still investigating." "The woman woke up, but now they're saying attempted murder." "Who is the lady?" "No one you know." "Oh." "There's a lot that I don't know." "No." "What you don't know about me isn't worth knowing." "I don't believe that." "I was too proud of myself." "I thought you loved me." "But a love-suicide, and being lied to..." "Where's the love in that?" "What's a wife to do when her husband kills himself that way?" "You're afraid of being called a 'cuckold'." "What do you call a wife whose husband has been stolen by another woman?" "Is raving like some harridan all that's left to me?" "I feel wretched." "It's selfish to ask, but could you lay off right now?" "It's strange to say now but I feel I really could live." "Somehow I feel I can go on." "So sorry." "Forgive me." "I'm going." "I represent Joji Otani." "You came..." "You want to save Joji Otani, don't you?" "Yes." "I wonder what dying is like..." "What?" "I have a favor to ask." "Sell me that lipstick, please." "A Yankee gave it to me." "It's made in America." "Enter." "Come in." "I don't have any money." "You've forgiven me, have you?" "When you took that scarf, and went to the police box I was there." "But I ran." "I was afraid to get involved." "As a law student, I didn't want a stain on my record." "'Coward', huh?" "You did the right thing." "You've risen so far..." "Risen?" "Me?" "Because I'm marrying a banker's daughter?" "You'll rise in the world." "She's a fool who chases Gls." "One of them dumped her." "She's being pushed on me." "'Rise in the world'!" "It was only when I met this tart that I realized how beautiful you were." "I wanted you." "Why do I want you so bad?" "Good-bye" "When did you get out?" "This morning." "I couldn't bring myself to go home." "And no one would want to see me anywhere I went now." "Finally I ended up here." "Mr Otani..." "I'm glad you're safe." "Don't say any more." "I'm ashamed to be alive." "You'd probably like a drink..." "I'd love one." "Get me one." "A bottle." "No, a glass." "Look, they're bad-mouthing me again." "'A monster'." "Otani Attempts Suicide Again" "Where were you?" "Somewhere I can't tell anyone." "I see." "So I'm a cuckold..." "See how my hand's shaking?" "That's how hard a blow this is." "Even a monster has feelings." "I'm afraid to die, and I'm afraid to live." "But I'm most afraid of you." "Look after Sachi, please." "Hey, hey!" "I'm sorry!" "Sorry!" "Could you look after the boy?" "Give me ten minutes." "Joji..." "The Missus gave me these to give to the boy." "Like the lousy father I am, I'm eating them." "They're good." "Joji..." "What?" "Being a monster is fine." "As long as at least we're alive, it's just fine." "Takako Matsu" "Tadanobu Asano" "Shigeru Muroi" "Masato Ibu" "Ryoko Hirosue" "Satoshi Tsumabuki" "Shinichi Tsutsumi" "Produced by Chihiro Kameyama, Michiyo Yamada," "Kazumasa Tajima, Shigemichi Sugita" "Original Work "Villon's Wife" by Osamu Dazai (Shinchosha Publishing Co., Ltd.)" "Written by Yozo Tanaka" "Director of Photography Takahide Shibanushi (JSC)" "Production Design by Yohei Taneda" "Music by Takashi Yoshimatsu" "Kichitaro Negishi"