"A Shochiku Production" "DOB ASHI SYSTEM SHOCHIKU PHONE" " ALL TALKING" "ÒMR." "THANK YOUÓ Based on a novel by Yasunari Kawabata" "Directed by Hiroshi Shimizu" "Cinematography by Isamu Aoki" "Sound by Haruo Dobashi and Kaname Hashimoto" "Music by Keizo Horiuchi" "Cast:" "Ken Uehara" "Takashi Ishiyama" "Einosuke Naka" "Michiko Kuwano" "Mayumi Tsukiji" "Kaoru Futaba" "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "THATÕS WHY PEOPLE CALL HIM ÒMR." "THANK YOU.Ò" """ Departure: 3 PM""" "Is that OK?" "No kidding!" "Are you really going to send your daughter to work?" "Poor girl!" "I feel sorry for her." "She canÕt stay home forever." "If she must go, she should leave before it gets cold." "I wish she could go by herself." "But this is her first trip, and itÕs a long way." "We wonÕt be able to see one another for a while." "So IÕll go with her as far as to the station." "Is she going to work as a maid for a rich family in Tokyo?" "Poor girl!" "I feel sorry for her." "Eat this food in the bus." "Oh, please donÕt." "Never mind." "You must cross two passes." "Eat it in the bus." "Thank you very much." "YouÕre so kind." "Well!" "Today itÕs Mr. Thank YouÕs bus." "My daughterÕs lucky to ride on your bus." "Take care on the way." "Mind you donÕt get sick." "The bus is starting, everyone." "Thank you." "Thank you very much." "If thereÕs good work, tell me." "ItÕll be the same everywhere." "Nothing good." "I think IÕll go now." "Madam, why not move to the front?" "ItÕs a better ride." "You have a long way to go." "Is that so?" "Thank you." "I meant to take an earlier bus." "But I heard the next oneÕd be yours." "So I decided to wait for you." "Goodbye." "Mister." "ArenÕt you taking that bus, too?" "Right!" "Hey, wait!" "DonÕt leave me!" "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "I wonder if they saw me." "If they did, IÕd be ashamed." "Thank you!" "How old is your daughter?" "Seventeen." "Seventeen?" "I see." "Years ago, girls married at seventeen or eighteen." "At that age, girls usually laugh so often." "But nowadays I never see girls laugh." "They say this yearÕs crop is very good." "But oranges are so cheap." "I canÕt even buy her a kimono." "YouÕre luck y that you have a daughter." "Take boys." "ThereÕs no work for them." "When they go fishing, they canÕt even catch small ones." "YouÕre fortunate sheÕs a girl." "Thank you!" "They must have come home after losing their jobs." "Nowadays many jobless people return to their villages." "TheyÕre lucky to have places to return to." "I wandered so long I donÕt even remember where IÕm from." """CAUTION - Many accidents happen here""" "They should have thanked us." "Thank you!" "Mister, donÕt you get off here?" "Mister!" "I know." "ItÕs though to be old, isnÕt it?" "Take care, maÕam." "You too." "Tokyo is crawling with badgers and sly foxes." "DonÕt be deceived by them." "Thank you." "Well, then, goodbye, everyone." "ThereÕs a badger here, too." "A badger with a moustache." "Must I wait for the bus to Shimoda?" "YouÕre IzuyaÕs son, arenÕt you?" "What happened?" "YouÕre from Shichikencho?" "Children can be hopeless." "He was so absorbed in playing, he was hit by a car." "ThatÕs awful." "I wish everybody drove like Mr. Thank You." "But they tend to be reckless these days." "ThatÕs true." "By the way, where are you going?" "Well, my daughter is moving to Tokyo, so..." "Tokyo?" "What for?" "There are many reasons." "LetÕs go." "Goodbye." "Say IÕm just going to visit relatives in Tokyo." "IÕm ashamed to tell them the truth." "Thank you!" "YouÕve been staring at me." "Is something stuck to my face?" "How rude!" "There sure is." "Your moustache." "My moustache?" "YouÕve been ogling that girl, too." "Is there anything on her face?" "Sure." "Eyes and a nose." "Without them, sheÕd be like an egg." "We crossed one of the passes." "WeÕre in Yugano now." "The bus is here, everyone." "Well, see you again somewhere." "Will you give me a cigarette?" "Thanks." "Miss, the seat here is open." "ItÕs better sitting in front." "Thank you." "But this is fine." "Are you going home now?" "Long tour, wasnÕt it?" "We meant to go home sooner." "But my daughter insisted on seeing many places." "Is that so?" "And while touring, I bought her bridal outfits." "IÕm glad I could find better clothes than in our village." "Really?" "ThatÕs very good." "And, where are you going?" "SheÕs going to visit our relatives in Tokyo." "Tokyo?" "I saw Taki Mizunoe there." "She looked great." "Talkies, too." "We could hear clearly." "You should see them, too." "Take care, then." "Goodbye." "WhoÕs Taki Mizunoe?" "A revue star who impersonates a man." "In talkies, you can really hear actors speak." "LetÕs go." "Hey, wait!" "DonÕt forget my gift." "I know." "They passed us again!" "Been a long time, Mr. Thank You." "Sorry to bother you, but will you give a message to my daughters who are coming later?" "To Kaoru and her sister?" "Yes." "Please tell them that I hear many guests are staying at" "Kawazu Spa." "So we should go there to work." "ItÕll take the girls a long time to cross the pass on foot." "I wish they could cross it in your bus." "Driver, donÕt let taking messages make us miss the train." "All right?" "What are you doing?" "You take messages even for those who never ride your bus?" "So kind!" "ItÕs just one of my duties." "If only I had talent!" "I couldÕve been a traveling entertainer." "Is someone sick again?" "SakuzoÕs wife is having another baby." "Again?" "In a depression like this, all we can get are babies." "There are many babies in any village." "ThatÕs right." "And when they grow up, boys become vagrants and girls are sold at cheap prices." "Nowadays when babies are born," "We cannot give congratulations so easily." "You bet." "Right." "You should offer condolences." "How true!" "Doc, itÕs already born." "Oh?" "A boy or a girl?" "I donÕt know." "It was twins." "Twins?" "This year, itÕs a bumper crop- persimmons, oranges and babies." "Thank you!" "Salute!" "One, two, three, thank you!" "Thank you!" "Mr. Thank You!" "Will you buy a record for us again?" "Which one this time?" "A popular song, definitely." "IÕll stay overnight and bring it tomorrow." "Messages, shopping." "ThatÕs enough." "ItÕll get dark." "Please bring it." "Sure." "YouÕre kind and good-looking." "I can tell why youÕre popular among the girls." "With only one record, all the village girls can get enjoyment." "Deep in the mountains, they have no other amusement." "And if they donÕt even know a popular song, theyÕll have to be ashamed of themselves." "Salute!" "Thank you!" "Poor man!" "He went insane after his girlfriend was sold." "He looks for her every day, coming and going on this road." "I wish I had that sort of man." "Obviously you donÕt." "And donÕt look at me." "Why should I?" "IÕve seen better." "What!" "?" "IÕll take a nap and dream of good man." "YouÕre crying again." "You made up your mind to accept it, right?" "Crying canÕt help anything." "You arenÕt the only one who goes to work." "ItÕs the same with all the other girls." "Watch out!" "That was close!" "Even Mr. Thank You does this once in a while?" "ItÕs like I did a stunt, right?" "I hear youÕre going to run your own business soon." "I can get a used Chevrolet at a low price." "Then, IÕll come home in your car." "Talking to the driver is dangerous." "Why move to the back when youÕre here?" "Can I have one more cigarette?" "When I came to that port town, I took your bus, too." "Do you remember?" "When I was bored with the long ride, you gave me a cigarette." "ItÕs nice to meet kind people when traveling." "Talking to the driver is dangerous." "WeÕre on a cliff." "See?" "ItÕs Mr. Thank YouÕs bus." "I won." "We bet whether it was Mr. Thank YouÕs bus." "I won." "You came earlier than usual." "We get kicked out everywhere." "So we had to shorten our itinerary." "Give them the message quickly!" "YouÕre to go directly to Kawazu Spa." "Is that so?" "Thank you." "Will you stay overnight?" "See you tomorrow." "IÕll give you another chess lesson." "Thank you." "WeÕve improved." "YouÕre done?" "LetÕs go." "See you tomorrow." "Be sure." "Bye." "Thank you!" "Hiking isnÕt easy, right?" "Thank you!" "HeÕs a hiker, too?" "I bet." "Thank you!" "That priest there, is he hiking, too?" "Looks that way." "That means St. Nichiren invented hiking?" "I think St. Kobo did." "You can see traces of him throughout Japan." "Mister, is "hiking" a word from the sutras?" "Quit bothering me and ask a travel agency about it." "Would you like one?" "Thanks." "Have one." "Thank you." "How about one, Mr. Thank You?" "Thank you." "ItÕll refresh you." "Madam..." "Thank you very much." "Are you forgetting me?" "DonÕt make me sad." "If you donÕt mind leftovers." "I just felt like saying it." "I donÕt like sweets." "How about a sip?" "Thanks, but not while driving." "That makes you the best driver on this route." "Have some." "Thanks, but I prefer sweets." "How about you?" "Thanks, but I like sweets better." "Sorry, I donÕt drink." "Thanks, but IÕd rather have sweets." "Are you all snubbing me?" "IÕm glad you donÕt drink." "This is something special." "My friends gave it to me." "You say you prefer sweets, but actually you donÕt want the sweets she gave you." "YouÕre a sharp girl." "Fine, IÕll have a sip." "Have some." "Thanks." "Liquor is best." "Thank you." "And you?" "IÕd like some, thank you." "Liquor tastes good whenever you get it." "IÕll drink, too." "Hey, you all drink, huh?" "This is rude to a gentleman." "Why not take another sip and sing?" "IÕll have another sip and sing." "Thank you." "One more." "Miss, why not sing for us?" "If I could sing, IÕd be a professional." "Driver, drinking and singing here are against the rules, right?" "DonÕt be difficult." "Have a sip." "Well, if you insist." "Just a drop." "That reminds me:" "drinking and singing in the bus are against the rules, right?" "His gold mine business failed, and ended up selling his two daughters." "Gold mines and salvage were the rage." "He still canÕt forget the mountain thatÕs a pile of junk." "HeÕs still daydreaming." "His daughters are the ones to be pitied." "Thank you!" "Mr. Thank You!" "LetÕs rest here." "Madam, why not get out and rest?" "Thank you." "Then, weÕll rest a while." "Your mother will miss you after youÕre gone." "You should write often to encourage her." "Will my letters be carried by bus?" "I hope itÕs always your bus." "Do you mind if I write to you, too?" "Of course not." "I can write letters, too." "Then, promise to write back to me." "YouÕd better take the front seat this time." "Thank you." "Hey, this isnÕt a picnic." "There are lots of seats in the rear." "Is the road construction over?" "Yes, IÕm moving to Shinshu to work on a tunnel." "I must say goodbye to you." "ItÕll be cold in Shinshu." "Actually, I have a favour to ask." "What favour?" "IÕll leave my father here." "If you pass his grave, will you offer him water and flowers?" "Of course." "My condolences." "I always wished this:" "after the road was finished," "IÕd wear kimono and take your bus." "But before we can walk on the road we built, we must go to the mountains to build another road." "IÕll take you to the station in my bus." "IÕll walk..." "together with my friends." "You will?" "Then, goodbye." "DonÕt forget flowers and water." "I wonÕt." "Goodbye." "Goodbye." "We only crossed the pass, but I feel IÕm in a different country." "This fall, IÕve already seen eight girls cross this pass to paper and spinning mills." "And to many other places." "Sometimes I think driving a hearse would be better." "DonÕt pull your moustache." "ItÕll come off." "Does he want to show off so much?" "His gold watch and chain must be phony, too." "HeÕs tired of trying hard to live." "HeÕs a fake loan salesman." "Salesmen need moustaches to foist dignity, right?" "IÕm not a salesman." "My moustache isnÕt a fake." "IÕm sorry, sir." "Hello." "Where are you going?" "WeÕll attend YoheiÕs wedding in Nirayama." "Really?" "Where is his bride from?" "Shuzenji." "SheÕs an innkeeperÕs daughter." "I see." "You should marry before long, too." "DonÕt you agree?" "Are you going to attend YoheiÕs wedding?" "No." "IÕll attend Mr. KimuraÕs wake in Nagaoka." "What?" "A wake?" "Riding with a man whoÕll attend a wake is bad luck." "LetÕs walk." "Must they walk because of me?" "I feel sorry for them." "Mr. Thank You, let me off." "IÕll walk, too." "Country people are so decent-minded." "ThatÕs why they live long." "Stalled?" "Serves them right." "Thank you!" "They wonÕt pass us for a while." "Mr. Thank You, let me off at the next stop." "Miss, thanks for everything." "See you again somewhere." "I hope so." "Goodbye." "DonÕt forget a gift for your woman." "Bye." "WeÕre all migrants." "WeÕll be able to meet again somewhere." "Migrants always return to their homes." "But the girls who cross the pass seldom come back." "I gave them only 1 yen as a tip." "But they thanked us so much I feel sorry for them." "You gave them that much?" "1 yen?" "50 sen would have been plenty." "Sorry." """Tokyo female kabuki troupe""" "Ladies and gentlemen, we are proud to bring you a special all-female performance." "The program:" "ÒThe Lives of Five Thieves.Ò ItÕs one of our best." "A speedy show without intermission from the opening to the finale." "Please ask your friends and neighbours to attend." "We would appreciate your patronage greatly." "ÒFive ThievesÓ?" "But theyÕre only four." "I couldnÕt be my fatherÕs side when he died, either." "Boy, why not sit here?" "I hope you donÕt get sick after IÕm gone." "Watch the road or you may do that stunt again." "Mr. Thank You," "Tokyo is crawling with badgers and sly foxes." "If you donÕt buy a used Chevrolet, that girl wonÕt have to be sold as a prostitute." "The girls who cross the pass seldom return." "Do you understand, Mr. Thank You?" "This road is only 80 km long, but a lot happens here." "I think anything can happen in the world." "NEXT D AY, A CLEAR SKY O VER THE RO AD TO AMAGI" "I think IÕll write to the woman I met yesterday." "as soon as I get home." "But you donÕt know where she is." "I want to thank her." "If sheÕs a migrant, sheÕll return." "She was such a nice person." "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "Thank you!" "The End A Hiroshi Shimizu Film"