"Oh, sorry." " I told you to be careful." " Sorry." "Daddy." "Welcome, sir." "How many in your party?" "Bring your futon." "Quickly." "Love Motel Ryusui" "Apparently, he wears a wig." "That's why his hair became thicker recently." "He uses hair tonic, I heard." " Hello." " Hi, there." "Be quiet." "We have customers." "Hello." "Hello." "Cut it out!" "Grow up, boy." "Stinky." "I farted." "Aunty, are you going, too?" " Hey!" " I'm only 13 years old." "You're old enough." "What's your name?" "You have no name?" "How avant-garde." "When you ask for someone's name, give yours first." "I'm Mika." "So you're Mika." "How do you do?" "Where are you headed?" "To Asyl." "Let's go!" "What's Asyl?" " A liberated zone." " Liberated zone?" "It's our liberated zone." "The 17th PFF Scholarship Film" "ASYL" " PARK AND LOVE HOTEL" "Hey." "Hey." "Hey!" "This is a 'love hotel,' isn't it?" "That's right." "Isn't the owner mad at you?" "No problem." "She approves of it." " You greeted her, too." " What about the noise?" "Her only private space is in the loft." "Not many customers come to this shabby dump, anyway." "Do you want to play Cockroach poker?" "No, thanks." "We are closed" " Hello." " Hello." "Thanks for all your help." "Thank you very much." " Goodbye." " See you." "Don't fall down the stairs." "No, I won't." "Everyone, that's all for today." "Time to go home." "How come?" "It's way too early." "Don't be nasty." " Are you Dracula?" " Why say that?" "A human being goes home when the sun sets." "Goodbye." "I'll be Dracula, then." " I'll be Dracula, too!" " Me, too." "Go on." "Be Dracula if you can!" "Do as she says." "Let's go home." "I'm sorry they're being so childish." " Did that white-haired girl leave already?" " I guess so." " Think she'll come again?" " No idea." "Her name is Mika." "Offering us a place causes lots of problems, too." "Why?" "Anyway, good work." "Good work." "Everyone, time to go home." "Goodbye." "What are you doing here?" "Give that to me." "No, not like that." "What do you mean?" "You've misunderstood me." "How did I misunderstand you?" "Give it to me." "What's going on?" "No, I won't!" " Give it to me!" " No way!" "I said give it to me!" " It's nothing to do with you." " No, you're wrong." "Who do you think cleans up the mess?" "What?" "Do it someplace else." "Come on." "Apologize to me." "I'm sorry." "Hopeless girl." "That's a big bag you're carrying." "Will you have dinner with me?" "Answer me!" "I don't need food anymore." "Grandma, why did you make a park on your rooftop?" "Grandma, do you live alone?" "Yes, I do." "Grandma, are you married?" "Stop calling me Grandma." "I don't like you saying it." "I'm only 59 years old." "You're old enough." "You'll be 59 someday yourself." "Why did you try to kill yourself?" "I mean..." "I've lived long enough." "Have you really?" "Well, I envy you." "Why?" "Well, you're so stable, you've experienced so much." "I guess so." "That's unfair." "Look, being a grandma is also quite tough." "You just admitted that you're a grandma." "Bleaching your hair like that really pisses me off." "How come?" "What a waste!" "Imagine if I turned up dead with white hair..." "They'd want to know why my hair was white." "They'll think I saw something scary before I died." "Think about the ones left behind." " I'm still eating." " You want more, don't you?" "Your pickles are really good." "Good bye" "Can I sleep in the red one?" "Sure." "Grandma." "Does your bedding smell like your Husband?" "Pretty considerate for 13 years old, right?" "How did he smell?" "You're very concerned with smells." "Do you want to know the meaning of my name?" "Not really." "Listen to me." "It means 'beautiful fragrance.'" "How did you get it?" "On my Father's first visit to my Mother's place, he was charmed by the fragrance of the flowers there." "You can't express fragrances in words or pictures." "So easy to forget, but always true." "He said that's true about everyone." "How was your Husband's smell?" "I forget." "It was a long time ago." "Do you remember your Father's smell?" "No, I don't." "How did you know?" "Good night." "Good night." "To Grandma, Thank you very much." "I wish you a long life." "Mika Hasegawa" "P.S. I have no intention of dying." "Sorry to have troubled you." " Good morning." " Good morning." "How are you doing?" "I'm having fun." "I see." "Wait a moment." "I'm leaving now." "Take care." "I'm off now." "Hello?" "Yes?" "Do you have enough money?" "Yes." "Be careful." "Hot Springs can be dangerous places." "Why is that?" "I meant be careful, watch out for accidents." "See you." "You take care, too." "Hey, Mika." "Call me anytime you need me." "I'll be there." "Call me tomorrow, too." "I'll be back home tomorrow." "I meant call me when you get back home." "Sure." "Good bye." "Alright..." "Mika?" " Hello." " Hello." "I'm leaving." "I know." "I read your message." "I came to say thank you before I leave." "Good bye." "Will you have dinner with me?" "Mom is waiting for me." "Good bye." "I insist." "What will you do?" "Hey, wait." "I may look like an old woman to you." "But I'm far too immature to be called 'Grandma.'" "I hear Matsuo has fallen in love." "What's her name?" "Her name is Ai." " Finally, it's time to grow up." " Shut up!" " Way wrong!" "She was just a kid." " Shut up." "See you, Mika." "Goodbye." "I went to see my Father today." "I saw his new family." "They all seem very nice." "His new Wife and children are getting on well." "I mean, it all seems very natural." "Now he has a good family." "Did your Father look happy?" "You stepped back, didn't you?" "I'm all alone." "Everyone's the same, I guess." "Now you're a respectable grandma." "We'll be waiting for you." " Good morning." " Good morning." "So all that I wanted was your sperm." "I know that, but still..." "You're running late, aren't you?" " Beat it!" " Give me your number." "E-mail address will do." "I lost my cell phone." "Hey, excuse me." "Excuse me." "Sorry to be rude." "But can I borrow your cell phone?" "I'll pay for it." "Just for a few minutes." "Thank you." "Thank you very much." "No need to pay." "I'll call in 'anonymous' mode." "Hello, Kamimura speaking." "Please get me Mr. Matsuo." "Good morning." "Sorry, but I'll be a little late for today's meeting." "Excuse me." "Excuse me!" "Your waist pouch is open." "Thank you." "Do you know where you dropped it?" "Like I told you, I've looked everywhere for it." "I see." "It's more of a pocketbook, it's smaller than a notebook." "Do you think someone will hand it in?" "I must find it!" "Your cell phone is ringing." "Hello." "What's up?" "Sorry to be late, but I've lost something." "I'm on my way to the police box." "You lost your purse?" "My notebook." "Your notebook?" "Sorry, but buy something for your breakfast." "The 2nd part starts at 2 p.m." "Hey, hello." "Hello." "It's the first time I've seen you at this hour." "That's right." "What happened?" "I lost something rather important." "What was it?" "My notebook." "What notebook?" "Sorry, I shouldn't have asked such a thing." "No, not at all." "Sorry to have worried you." "I'm Tsuyako Tamaki." "Sorry." "My name is Tsuki Sawamura." "You name means 'the moon'?" "Yes." "It's strange, but we didn't even know each other's name." "Yet we've seen each other for such a long time." "Indeed." "Hello, Tsuyako." "Drop by if you have time, Miss Moon." "I don't think I will, but..." "Come on." "I like this place." "Especially this time of day." "But soon it'll get noisy." "The kids will return from school." "An open rooftop must be rare." "I really love this place." "I wrote down the number of steps in my notebook every day." "Sixteen years ago, my Husband bought this pedometer for me." "So I'd lose weight." "You're thin enough." "I was fat at the time." "It's a lie." "You haven't changed a bit." "Thanks for watching me all these years." "Your Husband doesn't know that you walk every day?" "Of course, he knows." "I began walking the same year you started running this hotel." "You built it 16 years ago." "I remember you were cleaning very dilligently." "I thought she also started something new." "Was I wrong?" "Actually, my Husband built it." "That was just renovations." "Is that right?" "My Husband disappeared 20 years ago." "I used to help out but I knew nothing about business." "I didn't know what to do." "But I had employees to look after." "So I really had no choice." "When I had problems," "I used to imagine what my Husband would do." "I talked to him more than I did before he disappeared, I guess." "We are closed." "Good morning." "Thank you very much for yesterday." "Drop by again any time." "Thank you, I will." "Well..." "Can I work here?" "You don't have to pay me." "Please." "It's harder than you imagine." "Thank you!" "I'll be back as soon as I get changed." ""Our hotel is only for resting, not overnight stays."" "Only for resting..." ""The room charge is 2500 yen for 3 hours."" ""Any extension is an extra 900 yen per hour."" ""The rooms are..."" "Welcome." "Where's Grandma?" "You mean Tsuyako?" "She's cleaning the rooms." "Who are you?" "Sorry for not introducing myself earlier." "I'm Sawamura, I started working here today." "How do you do?" "Resting, Ma'am?" "That's right." "That's 2500 yen." "I'll clean here." "Clean the bathroom instead." "What?" "Lunch tastes better when you eat with someone, doesn't it?" "You reckon?" "You're treating me colder than before, aren't you?" "What's the point of being nice to your employees?" "That's tiring." "That's all for today." "Go home if you're human." "Everyone, go home now." "Hundred, thousand, ten-thousand, million, ten-million... 156,398,513." "Some kind of curse?" "Where did you pick it up?" "On my way." "In front of the 'love hotel.'" " I know!" " What?" "The frequency of intercourse." "I wonder if I'll be like him someday." "Impossible." "Actually 100 million women are too many." "Two would do me." "That's also impossible." "I think it's a kind of curse." "Come on." "Go home now." " I picked up a cursed notebook." " A cursed notebook?" "This one?" "No, not that!" "Ouch!" "Yes, it's a cursed notebook." "You know about it?" "What?" "You guys don't?" "No, we don't." "It's quite a famous story, actually." "Then what are the numbers in the notebook?" "That's the number of steps to the moon." "The number of steps?" "To the moon?" "You know the steps?" "There was a strange woman who tried to walk to the moon." "The number of steps?" "The moon never shows its other side to anyone." "Did you know that?" ""Everyone's a moon, and has a dark side never shown to anybody."" " Mark Twain?" " That's right." "And she tried to see the dark side of the moon." "Now I remember." "I've heard it before." "Liar." "But rumor has it she's still alive." "No, it's a made up story." "Don't believe her." "You could enjoy your life believing such things." "She's still alive." "Yesterday's date is in here." "That's right." "What do we do now?" "Let's hide it somewhere." "No, I'd rather cancel the curse." "Throw water on the fire when you finish." "Are you sure about that?" "No one is waiting for me on the other side of the moon." "You're fired, Miss Moon." "Be sure to clean up the mess." "I'm back." "Welcome home." "Marika, do you know the 'Grandma effect'?" " The Grandma effect?" " Yes." "What's that?" "Women who reach menopause are biologically useless." "because they can have no more children." "That's very discriminatory." "But there's an interesting theory." "There are more kids in the country, with more grandmas." "Really?" "According to the theory, women in the regions with more grandmas produce more offspring because they pass on all the living wisdom including how to raise children and other cultural matters." "That's a doubtful theory." "Really?" "I was rather moved by it." "Were you really?" "Man is a stallion all his life after all." "This one has been here for a while." "What?" "Another curse?" "Maybe it's all the accumulated grudges from this building." "What do you mean?" "Well look, it's a 'love hotel'." "I see." "Billions of sperm have been expended here on selfish desires." "Hi." "Welcome, Ma'am." "It's 2500 yen for a 3 hour rest." "And an extra 900 yen per hour afterwards..." "You don't have to repeat the same thing over and over." "I see." "You've been reading the same book for 6 months." "I've been deliberately enjoying it." "The back room on the 2nd floor." "Take your time." "The Grandma effect, eh?" "What?" "Hey, Marika!" "What do you want?" "What do you think this is?" "What?" "Which one?" "This one." "It's the result of a repeatedly enhanced entropy." "What's that?" "What are you carrying that for?" "Marika is studying "cells which are in love"." " Shunta, hold it." " What are "cells which are in love"?" "This is normal saline." "Saline?" "Idiot!" "She means water." "Look at this carefully." "This is enhanced entropy." "Here, work it out yourselves." "Thank you very much." "I've always wanted to ask you something." "Why did you buy those swings and the slide on the roof?" "My Husband bought them for the child." "So you're married?" "There were no open spaces around here." "So he did it for the child." "What a meddlesome man!" "You mean your child?" "So you have a child?" "I guess your child was ashamed of the business you're in." "You shouldn't talk!" "What do you know about me?" "One, two, three, four..." "Diet!" "Two, two, three, four..." "Diet!" "I'm sick of going to cram school." "But we'd better go or they'll tell our parents." "Or better yet, let's quit school." "Let's do it." "But primary school is compulsory." "I know." "What's up?" "The sun is saying, "Good bye"." "Go home if you think you're human." "Do it again tomorrow." "Come on." "That was Marika, for sure." "I'm sure it was her." "Obstetricians and gynecologists are for having babies, right?" "Does that mean she'll become a Mother?" "Yes, that's a maternity clinic." "Will she really?" "Which one can be her Husband?" "Maybe the man she was with today." "No, he couldn't be." "That one who looked like a gangster." "To tell the truth, it's me." "Are you all idiots?" "Why say that?" "She's not having a baby, she's aborting one." "Not me, you." " No, I didn't." " Wait a minute." " What do you mean?" " You don't know?" "Hey, give me a key." "Why look at me like that?" "Please leave." "When did you start choosing your customers?" "Stop it." "What do you think you're doing?" "There are lots of other hotels." "I'm free to choose any hotel." "Because of you," "I have to start praying for your unborn babies." "What?" "You irritate me." "How annoying." "Quickly, take it." "It's from a loan shark, anyway." "Beat it now." "Go on ahead of me." "Hello." "I'm Watanabe from the City Welfare Office." "Is Mrs. Tsuyako Tamaki there?" "She's out right now." "I see." "Will you tell her to call us as soon as possible?" "What for?" "May I ask who you are?" "I'm the one who supports her." "I can take a message for her." "I called her the other day, too." "We're still holding her Husband's body." "What?" "I mean we still have her Husband's corpse." "We want her to identify it and receive it." "But she hasn't turned up yet." "Sorry, but can you ask her to call us right back?" "Why don't you ask their son to do it?" "I don't believe they had children." "Can you clarify your relationship with her...?" "Ring the bell if you need us." "Arakawa Detective Agency" "Case File." ""The whereabouts of Shuzo Tamaki is as follows."" ""Shuzo lives with his son..."" "Let's get off the see saw." "After you." "Ouch!" "Are you OK?" "Excuse me." "Will you play Shogi with me?" "No, I'm no good." "I'm not that good, either." "Miss Marika Muraki:" "17 years old." "Test results:" "Oviduct sterility." "Did you see it?" "You showed me because you wanted my sympathy." "I thought it wasn't fair." "Here." "Throw it away for me." "Do it yourself." "You don't have a child, after all." "You just misunderstood." "You misunderstood me, too." "My Husband went and bought all these swings and the slide." "He spent a fortune on that." "Things don't go well in my life." "Why not throw it away?" "Even if I did, I can't escape from it." "I must face reality." "Listen, Grandma." "I'm still only 59." "You're old enough." "So what?" "What?" "What will you do?" "What do you mean?" "I got a call from Welfare about you." "I read the private detective's report, too." "Sorry." "I see." "By the way, Shuzo was really something." "He was unfaithful." "He was a hopeless man." "What will you do now?" "Waiting for him has no meaning any more." "Twenty years passed while I sat and watched." "I don't remember exactly, but long ago," "I decided not to live for others anymore." "I decided to lead my life like I want to." "Otherwise, I thought I could never be myself." "That's why you made a park on the roof?" "I wonder if I was right." "When I heard about his death, I became very unsure." "You analyze other people quite well." "But you don't see yourself at all." "You've waited for him without being aware of it, haven't you?" "You built the park to mask your pain." "Why didn't you go and bring him back?" "Did you feel inferior?" "It's you who defines your actions as right or wrong." "You must decide what to do from now on, too." "Everyone does that all the time." "We are closed." "From Mika Hasegawa" "Good morning." "Good morning." " Good morning." " Good morning." "I told you, didn't I?" "But I have to see the rooftop for myself." "Then go and see it someday." "You can't change so easily, can you?" "Same to you." "What?" "Yes, you're right." "Hey, I'm curious." "About what?" "What's in your case?" "This one?" "That's right." "Sperm." "Why do you collect such things?" "Because I..." "I want to be a sperm." "Sperm cells are so single-minded." "A 300 million-fold battle to fertilize an egg." "Why do you think they do that?" "What?" "For love?" "Then what is the egg's criteria to accept a sperm?" "For affection?" "Both are just like you." "Yes, this is the Shinjuku Ward Office." "My name is Tamaki." "Can I speak to Mr. Watanabe in Welfare?" "Certainly." "Just a moment." "Application to participate in..." " That's "entry"." " Yes, you're right." " Can you read that?" " Sure." "Entropy is the amount of energy transferred, divided by the temperature at which..." "It must be "the process takes place."" "Thus, entropy has J K-1 energy units per Kelvin." "If the process takes place over a range of..." "It has to be "temperatures"" " Do you understand?" " Of course." "...by adding various entropies at various temperatures." "This sum can take the form of integration if the temperature varies continuously." "No, I don't get it at all." "No, damn it!" "It makes me sick!" "What happened between you and Ai?" "No, you misunderstand." "No, I don't." "Hey, you're being led by the moon." "Go home now if you're human." "No way!" "That's all for today." "Time to go home now." "Hey!" "Go home now." "Too early!" "Too late!" "Time to go home." "Come again tomorrow." "No more!" "Go home." "Come on, everyone." "Come on." "Go home." "Whose is this?" "Go home." "Don't forget this." "Goodbye." "No, I want to stay." "Goodbye." "Goodbye." "See you tomorrow." "See you." "I'll be back again tomorrow." "Goodbye." "Let's go." "Shall we meet here tomorrow, too?" "Put them away." "These chairs, too." "Give me your hand." "This one, too?" "Of course." "No, don't." "Go home after you finish that." "Move." "How did my bag get so filthy?" "This one, too." "And this one, too." "Quickly." " How about this one?" " Cut it out!" "Goodbye!" "Goodbye." "Written and directed by Izuru Kumasaka" "Produced with the support of a PFF Scholarship." "English Subtitles by Sprout"