"The tale of the Harimaya Bridge." "Do you know it?" "Everybody in Kochi knows that one, honey." "We sing about it during the Yosakoi dance." "# At the Harimaya Bridge, in Kochi, in Tosa... #" "Hello." "Oh, let me take your bag for you." "This one, then." "This way, please." "Look, spare us the song!" "This isn't a karaoke bar." "May I take your order?" "Yes, he'll have nabeyaki udon." "Zaru-soba." "The hamburger combo." "And I'll have tsukimi udon." "Yes, I understand." "Will that be all for you?" " Yes." " Coming right up." "This way!" "I'll show him how to use this." "" Like father, like son" doesn't apply here, huh?" "He just landed." "He probably feels awkward right now." "Awkward doesn't equal rude." "Here." "" Education Office"" " I'm back." " Thanks." "Daniel-san wants to take the paintings Mickey-sensei gave to us." "Daniel-san wants to know where Kubo-sensei is." "Well..." "I spoke to her father not long after she quit." "He said she moved away, but he didn't say why or where." "He wants us to call her parents, because they might have Mickey-sensei's paintings." "Well... it might not do any good, but I'll try anyway." "Okay, see you later." "Hara-sensei!" "Can you take these reports with you, too?" "Sure." "Principal, they're here." "Ah, here they are." "" Enjoy your life in heaven!"" "Please join me for tea after you're finished here." "Thank you very much." "You don't say that!" "What's wrong with you?" "!" "Get going!" "Excuse me, Hara-sensei..." "My name is Takeuchi." "I'd love it if you could introduce my student here to Mr. Holder." "Emi." "She was Mickey-sensei's favorite student in all the schools he taught at." "He said so himself." "And Mickey-sensei was the one who taught her to paint." "This is Emi." "Don't be shy." "Remember what Mickey-sensei taught you?" "Say " hello."" "Well, class is about to start." "Please excuse us." "Hara-sensei!" "Daniel-san!" "Go on." "Give them to him." "These paintings are very special to her." "She wants Daniel-san to have them." "Daniel-san says "Thank you."" "Emi, what did Mickey-sensei teach you to say when someone says "Thank you "?" "I'm sorry!" "We didn't mean to delay you." "Thank you, Takeuchi-sensei." "And thank you, Emi, for your gift." "I'm back." "Did you talk to Kubo-sensei's family?" "I called." "They don't have a single painting." "Her father got very touchy." "He wouldn't tell me any details." "And no singing!" "Daniel-san's had a very long day." "You just don't like people having fun, do you?" "I just don't like you having fun." "W" " Wait!" "Wait!" "Wait a second!" "Daniel-san, please don't do this!" "Yuichi, there's a black man here!" "Who are you?" "I don't want your kind near my house!" "You've caused my family enough shame!" "Get out of here!" "I'm so sorry!" "This is all my mistake!" "Who are you?" "I'm Nakayama, from the Tosa County Education Office." "I'm so sorry!" "The education office?" "!" "Please, Daniel-san, let's go!" "Your office and the Prefectural government will hear about this!" "I know important people!" "Just you wait!" "Beat it!" "Daniel-san, let's go!" "Please forgive us for disturbing you." "We're so sorry." "Please forgive us." "Please forgive us." "We're s-so s-s-sorry..." "Do you understand what you've done?" "!" "Do you understand your position as a representative of the government?" "!" "You completely lack common sense!" "What were you thinking, bringing this person to a private residence?" "!" "You caused a lot of trouble!" "And Inoue-san, you bear a heavy responsibility for this too!" "What kind of office are you running here?" "!" "I'm at a loss for words!" "I'm so sorry!" "Please forgive my lack of leadership!" "I deeply apologize!" "I'm sorry, please excuse me." "Pardon me." "Emi, could we talk to you for a minute?" "Emi, do you remember these paintings?" "My gift to Daniel-san." "Yep!" "He likes your gift very much!" "And he's very interested in this one." "The painting of Kubo-sensei and the little baby." "You wrote " Kubo-sensei and her baby" here, right?" "Why did you write that?" "It's okay, Emi." "Please answer." "It's a secret." "But you gave this painting as a gift to Daniel-san." "He doesn't understand, so why don't you tell him?" "It's okay, Emi." "You've done nothing wrong." "But now Daniel-san just wants to know if there's a baby, okay?" "Cute." "Emi, Daniel-san is interested in the color you painted the baby." "She's like Mickey." "Emi, do you meet Kubo-sensei sometimes?" "Emi?" "Can you tell us where Kubo-sensei and the baby are?" "Emi." "Do you see how you painted this baby and Mickey-sensei the same color?" "That means Daniel-san and the baby are connected." "And since he's connected to the baby, he's also connected to Kubo-sensei." "Other people were connected to Kubo-sensei." "But they talked like she was a bad person." "So she stays away from them." "But Daniel-san is different." "Why?" "Because he's Mickey-sensei's father!" "A foreigner!" "Nakasone-san!" "I wish he'd mind his own business..." "Are you on a pilgrimage?" "Kubo-sensei." "It's been a long time." "Hello, Hara-sensei." "" Kochi through the Eyes of Foreigners"" "Hello there!" "So sorry to keep you waiting, Hara-sensei." "I'm so sorry for taking you from your work." "Nonsense." "I always prefer coming here over sitting at my desk." "This is Mr. Holder?" "Yes." "Pleased to meet you." " Shall we go inside?" " Thank you." "It's a wonderful thing, isn't it, Hara-sensei?" "Because of the popularity of this show, the town's really doing well." "After 20 years... our museum has finally found its identity." "And now Mr. Holder will take Mickey-sensei's art..." "It's such a shame." "Hello?" "Mom..." "" Katsurahama"" "Has it really been that long?" "She was still crawling the last time I saw her!" "And now look at her..." "There was a black man who came to the house the other night." "He really upset your father." "He kept saying your name, over and over." "Who was he?" "Mariya's grandpa." "You were always the apple of your father's eye." "You were his precious little girl, and he tried to make sure you had a great life." "I'm sure he never dreamed I'd fall in love with a foreigner and have his black daughter, though." "I guess that's why we're not talking." "I'm not sure if it's that or not." "Yes, your father is old-fashioned." "Yes, if it was up to us, you'd have married a Japanese man." "But..." "I don't know, but..." "I think it was more the shock." "All of a sudden you were pregnant with a dead man's baby, you know?" "And then you said you'd raise her all alone." "I can't change what happened." "But I'm still here." "I'm still his daughter." "It's so horrible that young man was in an accident..." "His name is " Mickey."" "Mickey-san and his father never made up before his death." "I'm sure his father will always be haunted by that." "I don't want you, your father..." "or myself to ever know that feeling or Mariya, either." "Hello?" "Wow, that was fun, huh?" "I'm going to tell you a great story." "The tale of the Harimaya Bridge." "We sing about it during the Yosakoi dance." "# At the Harimaya Bridge, in Kochi, in Tosa... #" "Oh, what a great singer you are!" "You see, the Harimaya Bridge is in the middle of Kochi City now, but long ago, it was just a tiny little bridge used to cross a small stream." "One day, a new monk came to Kochi." "Not long after that, he came across a very beautiful, very elegant woman." "They struck up a friendship, and the monk began to go visit her every day." "And somewhere along the line, the monk fell in love with her." "Now, back then it was forbidden for monks to be romantically involved." "If people found out, he'd face a really, really harsh punishment." "Some monks were even put to death for it." "But this monk just loved the woman so much." "One day, as he crossed the Harimaya Bridge, the weight of his feelings became too great." "He decided he must tell the woman his true feelings." "So he went to a small shop near the bridge and bought a hairpin." "He gave her the hairpin as a gift, and confessed what was in his heart." "He was overjoyed to hear the woman tell him she felt the same." "But a village official who happened to pass by had witnessed it all." "He and the woman were banished from Kochi to live in separation." "And the two never saw each other again." "They were two people whom the laws of the time said weren't supposed to be together, that's all." "But you know, the important thing is true love." "Not the rules of the society you happen to live in." "I want you to understand that."