"Produced by "Locomotive Teacher" Production Committee and Wizard Pictures" "Dear Principal Sako," "I'm writing to you from Hokkaido." "where snow still remains." "I guess it's already spring on your Hana Island." "It's been almost thirty years since I left it." "But I still clearly remember the beauty of the Seto island Sea in spring mist," "I suppose that... the camphor tree's still on the hill reaching toward the sky." "My son Seigo is going to teach at your grade school." "that makes me happy." "Seigo lost his voice in an accident at a kendo match." "He has never taught since," "Maybe Seigo thinks this will be his last chance to teach." "You kindly offered him a post as assistant teacher." "I never imagined he would take the job." "He can't talk." "I wonder how he'd respond to the island where I was born." "I hope it can help him take a fresh start." "I shall be most grateful for your kindly guiding him well." "KIKANSHA SENSEI" "Who's that man?" "He's big, isn't he?" "Is he a wrestler?" "Look." "Is he the new teacher the principal told us about?" "He's the Prince Charming of my dreams." "Dreams?" "Again!" "You say you saw a flying saucer or a man walking on the sea." "You always tell lies." "Don't talk like that about Yoko." "I don't think she's lying." "That's where you're wrong." "Wise people must think more scientifically." "Mitsuru!" "Let's spy on him." "I've been expecting you." "I'm glad you decided to come to such a small island as this." "I guess you're tired after your trip." "Please make yourself comfortable." "Have a seat." "I was delighted to receive your letter saying you decided to come here." "Ours is a small school." "Your mother Fumiko studied here." "Please... do your best." "Hey!" "Who's there!" "He just nodded to whatever the principal said." "Didn't he talk?" "Nope." "He nodded as the principal greeted him." "He nodded at the sofa." "He nodded each time the principal spoke." "Looked scary?" "Not at all." "Didn't he sound scary?" "The new teacher didn't talk." "He didn't?" "Why not?" "I don't know." "He didn't talk?" "But he was big and looked strong?" "He's like a locomotive!" "Locomotive Teacher!" "Yeah!" "He looked as powerful as a locomotive." "Let's call him Locomotive Teacher." "Dr. Abe." ""Yone Abe." "M.D.." "Gynecologist"" "I brought him." "Dr. Abe." "Yone!" "Shout louder!" "Yone the hag." "Yone the hag." "Are you in?" "Don't say that!" "Yone the hag." "You have guests." "Shuhei!" "You talk too much." "Shall I sew your lips?" "No thanks." "Dr. Abe. meet..." "I know who he is." "He's Seigo. right?" "He resembles Fumiko." "His eyes, in particular." "That's convenient." "So he'll live at Dr. Abe's place?" "Don't you know what Yone the Hag is?" "When drunk. she turns to a tiger." "From a human to a tiger." "Nonsense!" "Locomotive's no match for Tiger." "From Mom." "One for each." "I'll turn it on." ""Moonlight Mask" " Episode 1"" "Mr. Yoshioka's father Tatsuya and I were... classmates at Uratsu High School." "We lived at the same boarding house." "I introduced your mother Fumiko to him." "She was a beautiful woman." "All the men here were crazy about her." "I guess they fell in love at first sight." "A mainland guy took her away." "The island men were shocked." "Have more sake." "He says he can't drink." "He can." "He never drank before. that's all." "Do you like this island." "Mr. Yoshioka?" "You do?" "That's good." "Let's drink to it." "You keep out of this." "Oh, my... the older this hag becomes." "the more cynical she gets." "Hey. who's a hag?" "Who is?" "Is there a hag here, Mr. Yoshioka?" "You drink up, too." "Principal." "Fumiko's son came all the way to this island." "She was your first love. wasn't she?" "Yone!" "Here he comes!" "A new teacher came all the way from Hokkaido." "Let me introduce him;" "Mr. Seigo Yoshioka." "What's with everybody?" "The cat got your tongue?" "Say hello to him." "Hello." "Mr. Yoshioka." "Say it together." "Hello." "Mr. Yoshioka." ""My..." ""name is..." ""Seigo..." ""Yoshioka." ""I'm..." ""afraid..." ""I..." ""cannot..." ""speak." ""I'll work hard..." ""together with you. "" ""Please cooperate with me. "" "Locomotive Teacher!" "What did you say." "Mihoko?" "He looks as powerful as a locomotive." "So we nicknamed him that." "That's rude of you." ""Thanks for calling me Locomotive Teacher. "" ""Thank you very much. "" "I'm Taeko Iguchi." "I'll be 12 years old in June." "I like singing most." "I don't like snakes crawling into my place." "I want to be a music teacher." "Mitsuru..." "I'm Mitsuru Mimasaka." "I'm 10." "I like reading books and watching TV." ""Moonlight Mask. " eh?" "Shut up." "My father is a fishermen's boss." "I want to be a scientist." "I'm Shuhei." "I'm 9." "I like baseball. but I hate studying." "My dad is the best fisherman around." "I want to be a pro baseball star." "I'm Yoko Okano." "I'm 9." "I like paintings... flying bicycles, talking raccoons and singing flowers." "She's always dreaming of such stuff." "I'm not." "I want to make illustrated books." "Yoko drew that." "I wish I could use more colors and paint a real landscape." ""I..." ""like..." ""this..." ""picture. "" "Welcome back!" "Dad..." "Hi!" "Have you grown bigger?" "Not in two months." "Here." "From mom." "Do you still play baseball?" "Sure." "I do." "Stretch your elbow." "Welcome back." "How nice!" "It's been some time." "How's school?" "Don't worry." "I'm studying all right." "You sure?" "He's a bright kid. unlike you." "You have such a bright kid." "I envy you." "My boy's no match for him." "Big catch. eh?" "Dad's the best around." "Thanks." "You okay?" "Give me that." "Hold onto me." "Is something wrong with my face?" "Yoshie... why do women put on makeup?" "Because they want to be as lovely as those flowers." "Will I look lovely. too?" "Sure. if you wash your face every day." "Really?" "Why not?" "How come you're so early?" "Aren't you with the kids?" "I wanted to give these flowers to my teacher." "I picked them for him." "Teacher?" "That's right. you have a new teacher." "Locomotive Teacher" "I hear he's a good teacher." "He's my Prince Charming." "It's finished." "It'll hold together." "Thanks." "Don't rush or you'll fall again." ""Good morning. "" "For you." ""For me? "" "Let's sing "Moonlight Mask. "" "Hyoemon..." "The class will end soon." "I'll introduce you to him in the faculty room." "You came to see him. right?" "I don't think so." "He's Hyoemon Kodama." "Your grandfather." "Did your mother tell you about him?" "Don't slip." "Don't run." "Be careful." "Go slowly." "It was after Tatsuya graduated from a navy school." "He came to this Hana Island." "He proposed to Fumiko. your mother." "Hyoemon. her father, was... a very patriotic man." "He was delighted to see Tatsuya wearing... a navy uniform." "But..." "That night, Tatsuya and Hyoemon ended up arguing over the Manchurian Incident." "Tatsuya said that... if Japan fought America and Britain." "she would lose, owing to different national strength." "Tatsuya was an honest man." "His statement enraged Hyoemon." "He told Tatsuya never to come to the island again." "In summer of that year." "Tatsuya and Fumiko left." "They took a boat from the island." "They were determined never to come back..." "How was it today?" "This is Mr. Yoshioka." "He's Fumiko's only child." "He's Sakuzo." "He used to work for Hyoemon." "He was the one who took your parents in his boat when they left." "What happened then was... a secret between Sakuzo and me." "I was the only one who saw them off." "Tatsuya told me;" "Someday, there'd be a time with no wars." "Then. education would make a new Japan." "Children would carry Japan's future." "Then I heard Tatsuya was killed in action." "The news enraged me." "But who could I complain to?" "I hated the war." "Look!" "A ship!" "Goodbye." "Mr. Yoshioka!" "Did the education committee send us a dumb teacher?" "You're taking it wrong." "Mr. Mimasaka." "Taking it wrong?" "It's fact he can't talk, eh?" "What's his name?" "Yoshioka." "It's true that he can't talk." "Still. he can teach the children well." "How can he teach?" "Because he couldn't teach, he was sent here. right?" "Are you making fools of us islanders?" "Why not come to our classroom?" "See how he teaches." "You'll understand." "Well said!" "I'll remember what you said." "Goodbye." "He's the fishermen's boss." "So... his position forced him to talk like that." "Don't mind what he said." "What's wrong?" "Why look so blue?" "She's Fumiko." "She took them when she met your father." "She'd go up the hill whenever something ailed her." "Mr. Yoshioka..." "How can I live without my boat?" "Look." "Jiro..." "Why not give all your catch to me?" "Then you can go fishing as usual." "But. boss..." "I'm thinking about letting you join my fishing fleet." "We could confiscate your boat at any time." "Remember that." "I'll pay." "Please wait a little longer." "He's Mr. Yoshioka. the new teacher." "Her name is Yoshie." "I'm Keiko's aunt." "Thanks for teaching her." "What a big fish!" "Sakuzo caught it." "He brought it for Mr. Yoshioka." "Give me some sake." "Cold sake will do." "He's the best fisherman around." "Mr. Yoshioka's the handsomest man around." "Come every day and eat my food." "Don't set your sights on him." "Yoshie." "Why?" "A man and woman." "anything can happen to us." "Don't you think so?" "She was punished." "She left the island." "She eloped with an outsider." "So she was punished." "Stop it." "Soppei." "Are you trying to ignore me?" "If you can't talk." "Let's settle it with this." "Don't do that!" "Fight outside." "That's enough." "Soppei." "We won't let you act big on this island." "I wonder how you teach the kids." "I'd better take a look once." "Goodbye." "He's too sarcastic." "Don't worry." "Just teach as usual." ""Good morning. "" "Parents. we are grateful that you could attend despite your being busy." "Let me introduce you our new temporary teacher." "Mr. Seigo Yoshioka." ""A Camphor and Ibun. "" "Once upon a time... there was a huge camphor tree standing on a hill on an island in the southern sea." "Ibun, a boy, couldn't talk with islanders." "But he could talk with birds. animals." "and the huge camphor tree." "One day. an elder wished to catch even more fish." "He planned to make a big boat using the camphor tree." "Ibun objected to it." "He insisted the tree was important for the island." "He tried to stop him." "Just then, dark. ominous clouds spread." "The camphor tree said to Ibun;" ""A tsunami is coming." ""Use my ivy and tie the islanders to me. "" "Ibun told the islanders what the tree said." "They knew a disaster was coming." "They did as Ibun said." "They tied themselves to the camphor tree." "The tsunami passed them by." "Thanks to Ibun." "the islanders were saved." "But after the storm had passed." "there was no sign of Ibun anywhere." ""Do you know what this story means?"" "Did Ibun die?" "The tsunami killed him." "Yeah." "The sea is risky." "Ibun's not dead." "He went somewhere else." "A legend of this island." "I heard it years ago. too." "I heard it from my grandpa." "So did I." "Mr. Yoshioka heard it from Fumiko." "What a depressing story!" "Let's go." "Dad..." "Let's move the desks back." "Touch the camphor tree and wait." "You can hear its voice." "I'd do that often, too." "I'll join the baseball club in junior high." "I'll be a pro in the future." "Try to be a big star." "I will." "I'll buy you a glove." "You mean it?" "You promise?" "But where's the money?" "Don't worry about that." "I'll catch twice as many fish." "But..." "I'll buy you something. too." "I don't want anything." "Just come home alive." "That's enough." "Don't you try too hard. either." "Silly!" "We're the best fishermen here." "Off we go." "Shuhei!" "Do as mom says and be a good boy." "Dad!" "Don't forget your promise!" "You can't beat your opponent." "Next." "Mitsuru!" "Swing it higher." "Next!" "Here's your lunch." "Stop!" "Thank you very much. sir." "Did you cook these?" "Sure." "Junzo... you've improved since you got in junior high." "Not so much." "Mr. Yoshioka..." "He was the best one... among my students." "He's one of the best students at Uratsu Junior High. too." "I hear you play kendo." "The Principal said you were good." "Did you hear that?" "Locomotive's good at kendo too." "Silly." "I don't believe it." "When he can't even talk..." "Mieko..." "Rice balls!" "He's Mr. Yoshioka." "He told us that story." "Nice to meet you." "I like that "Camphor and Ibun" story, too." "My father doesn't know anything but school." "He'd wear winter clothes all year if I didn't help him." "I always tell her not to bother about me." "But she's grown into such a shrew..." "No one would marry her." "Why don't you find someone nice to marry?" "Nonsense!" "Stop it." "With you staying like this." "I can never marry." "Actually. she's a teacher. too." "I teach handicapped students." "At "Zelkova School. "" "its principal is my friend." ""They are all good children. "" "Do you know sign language?" "Of course." ""My father still thinks..." ""I am a mere child. "" "What did you say to him?" "Guess what." "The boss stopped searching for my man's boat?" "I don't know what's happened yet." "Yet he'll start fishing again?" "That's not fair." "Matters of the sea are for men to decide." "Women mustn't interfere." "My man's in debt." "So he tried too hard." "Don't think that way." "Fujio and my man are the only two missing." "They're both in debt." "Don't think too much." "Just go on waiting." "this is the fishermen's union." "We received news." "the Coast Guard reported that a typhoon struck the East China Sea." "It sank two boats in the fishing fleet." "the Coast Guard reports that something like broken pieces of two boats were found at" "3:07 p.m. today in the fast China Sea." "Latitude 32 degrees 40 minutes north." "Longitude... ," "Mom!" "Apparent if the two boats separated from the fleet." "the search for them continues, the typhoon, this year's fist." "is moving north..." "Pray properly or your dad can't go to Heaven." "Dad isn't dead." "Stop this funeral!" "Why did you leave dad behind?" "Because you didn't go to help dad. he's gone!" "Shuhei!" "If caught by the storm, his boats would have sunk, too." "No fisherman on this island abandons fellow-fishermen." "Dad isn't dead." "He'll live. even if you abandon him." "I'll look for him myself!" "Then become a good fisherman like your dad." "Dad!" "Dad!" "Come home!" "Dad isn't dead. is he?" "He'll come home, Locomotive?" "You're lying!" "You're lying!" "You're lying!" "You're lying!" "He's the strongest fisherman on the island." "I don't believe he's dead!" "Dammit!" "Dammit!" "Dammit!" "My daughter helped me find a good job in Uratsu." "We'll work hard. pay our debts and come back to the island." "You mustn't try too hard." "I'll tell the boss to wait." "Thank you very much." "Goodbye. then." "This is my bamboo sword." "It's old but Mr. Yoshioka fixed it." "It's for you." "Junzo." "Thank you. sir." "He says... use all your might... then you can destroy mountains too." "Junzo..." "Be proud that you were born on this island. and live." "The children of the island will follow you." "Yes. sir." "The boss said he'd take Fujio's orange groves if he couldn't pay his debts." "That damned boss did?" "He even said. if Fujio couldn't pay his debts, he'd sell his daughter to a brothel in Uratsu." "That made Fujio really mad." "I guess." "Give me more sake." "Yoshie..." "That's enough." "You drank more than two liters of sake." "Think only two liters can do something to me?" "You think." "I'm so drunk I don't know what I'm saying?" "Now you see?" "Just one bottle. okay?" "Not a small bottle." "I want a big bottle." "Sorry." "I don't have any big bottles." "Shall I use a two-liter bottle?" "You're such a good woman, Yoshie." "We meet again." "What do you want of my companion?" "You've been here. too?" "You guys go to the inner room." "Move!" "Bring some sake, quick." "It's bad!" "It's Locomotive Teacher!" "Come quick!" "Let's go." "I'm warning you." "Outsiders can't act big on this island." "What's funny?" "Come on!" "Get me!" "Come and get me." "I said!" "Locomotive!" "Locomotive!" "Knock him down!" "They're rooting for you." "Come on!" "Get me!" "What are you waiting for?" "Ass!" "What's wrong." "Locomotive?" "Coward!" "Don't make light of us!" "Step aside!" "Dad would have beaten him to jelly." "You're a weakling." "Locomotive just let him kick him." "isn't he a good kendo player?" "Yeah. he is." "That reminds me:" "I've never seen him hold a bamboo sword." "That's a lie." "He isn't a good fencer." "I knew he wasn't - from the beginning." "It's not a lie." "Let's start!" "This was Mr. Yoshioka's idea." "We decided to join the Uratsu Creative Art Contest." "We'll enter your pictures." "He bought the colors for you." "He ordered them from Uratsu and paid for them himself." "You can't buy us with this." "No. you can't." "Then give them back to him." "No." "That's another thing." "We'll all go to Uratsu." "We'll see the contest together." "That's our plan." "I have nothing to draw." ""Kosei-maru Fishing Boat"" "That's Shuheis dad's boat. isn't it?" "It's gone." "How can I draw it?" "What?" "He says the boat is in your heart." "He says, "Close your eyes and you'll remember it. "" "Even if I remember it." "Dad won't come back." "Locomotive's cheating you all." "Yeah!" "He's a coward." "I had to let many of my students... go to war." "And..." "Too many of them died." "Mitsuru..." "Why do wars take place?" "Shuhei..." "What will you do if someone throws a rock at you?" "I'll throw it back at him." "I'll throw two rocks!" "What if he throws four rocks?" "What will you do then?" "I'll throw eight rocks." "Why will you do that?" "Because I hate him." "You hate him?" "Of course!" "That's how... wars begin." "Wars...?" "It may look like countries are fighting each other." "But actually wars begin in people's hearts." "I hope you'll all grow into... persons with patience." "Then wars will never take place." "Whatever you say," "I still don't want to be a weakling." "Thanks." "Chocolate!" "Thanks!" ""Uratsu City Children's Creative Art Contest"" "Which way?" "That way!" "My picture!" "Mine too." ""Kosei-maru Fishing Boat, by Shuhei Nishimoto"" "Locomotive, where's Yoko's picture?" "There it is!" "It's Yoko's picture!" ""First Prize." "Congratulations to Yoko Okano! "" ""Moonlight Mask" " Episode 7"" "It is true?" "No mistake." "The Uratsu Education Committee phoned." "Is Mr. Yoshioka to leave after the lantern festival?" "Yeah. he is." "Because your dad complained about him!" "Why must he quit because he can't talk?" "I want him to stay." "What should we do?" "Can't we ask someone?" "Mitsuru's dad decided it." "He's top man on the island." "Watermelons." "Wait a minute." "There's one." "There's just one person greater than Mitsuru's dad." "Can't we do something?" "People who come eventually leave." "That's how life is." "If you're determined to have him stay." "there's one way." "What way?" "Tell us." "That ashtray." "Do it harder." "Taeko." "Tell me." "Old Yone." "More!" "A wife." "A wife?" "That's right." "Get him a wife." "Then he'll stay on this island." "A wife for Mr. Yoshioka?" "A man who drifts to an island will stay only... if he falls in love with an island woman." "There's no such woman here." "Are you blind?" "There is one." "Where?" "Right here." "I'd be happy to marry that teacher." "You?" "No way!" "Don't worry." "I'm joking." "This is no time for jokes." "I was half-joking." "Old Yone!" "Yoko?" "What's up?" "You alone?" "You wanted to talk to me?" "Will you make me up?" "You're an odd girl." "Ma'am..." "Yes?" "I like you." "You do?" "Thank you." "I like Locomotive Teacher too." "Him too?" "So... will you marry him?" "Is that wrong?" "No." "It's not wrong." "He's such a nice person." "I'd be happy if I could marry him." "It's okay then?" "But Locomotive Teacher and I can't get together." "How come?" "He's way beyond my reach." "Beyond your reach?" "You'll know it... when you become an adult." "Are you leaving?" "Come see me again." "Here." "Eat these." "Shuhei... that eatery lady didn't okay it." "She's pretty." "I thought she'd be right for him." "We still got the Principal's daughter." "You mean Mieko?" "She's the last resort." "Or Yone will take him." "No." "She's a tiger." "She'll do anything." "Will Locomotive Teacher stay here if he marries Mieko?" "Yeah." "You sound odd." "You dislike him. don't you?" "Yeah." "I do." "Then why are you trying so he'll stay here?" "Your dad and some other guys are bullying him." "That's why I'm standing by him." "The kids lured me here." ""They lured me too. "" "They did this because they like you." "Please forgive them." ""I'm not angry at all. "" "I believe..." ""Believe what? "" "The students at my school have a greater burden than normal people." "Instead, they are gifted with something rich and warm." "You can't speak." "That's a fair wind for you;" "You can attend to your students more tenderly than us." "Mr. Yoshioka..." ""Yes?" "What is it? "" "Will you go on living by yourself?" ""As a matter of fact..." ""I was thinking that teaching here would be my last." ""And that I'd quit teaching after that. "" ""But I'll return to my former school." ""I'll resume teaching there." ""That's what I'm thinking now. "" "I hope you'll become a good teacher back in Hokkaido." "The Principal told me;" "When you were younger than me... your dad went to war and never returned." ""For Tatsuya Yoshioka, my dad"" "The tide will take it away soon." "Mr. Yoshioka..." "Will my lantern get to where my dad died?" "Mr. Yoshioka..." "Where do people go after they die?" "Do they become stars?" "In my heart?" "I don't understand." "Please cooperate about Mr. Yoshioka." "The children will be glad if he joins the tournament." "Whatever you say, I can't let an outsider represent us." "Give it more thought. please." "Boss..." "A newspaper reporter's here to interview you." "A reporter?" "Okay. send him in." "That's how it is." "Excuse my sudden visit." "I'm from the Daily Setouchi." "My name's Mizoguchi." "Can you tell me something?" "Something about what?" "I pay my taxes regularly." "I've done nothing illegal." "The Setouchi Area Kendo Tournament is coming up." "I hear Mr. Yoshioka will join it." "No." "I don't think he will." "No use playing dumb." "He isn't a secret weapon anymore." "We know what he did." "What he did?" "Mr. Yoshioka won the All-Japan Kendo Tournament when he was a college student." "Rumor has it that the trophy may come to this island." "He's the talk of the town." "There was no one that didn't know about him in the kendo world back then." "He's very strong." "He may stop his opponent Takumi from winning again." "Principal!" "Wait a minute!" "I want you to join the tournament, before you resign." "Give the islanders the confidence that they can cope with outsiders." "I'm sorry I sent your application without telling you." "But..." "I'd like you to do as I say this time." "You still don't agree?" "During a match your opponent's frontal thrust damaged your vocal cords." "You've never played kendo since." "That's what Fumiko wrote in her letter." "If you decide to join the tournament." "it'll certainly please Fumiko too." "I thought so." "My interference... may have hurt you." "If so, I apologize." "Shuhei!" "Locomotive Teacher isn't joining the tournament." "Of course he isn't." "Or everyone will know he's a coward." "That's not true!" "What's with you?" "He's not a coward." "Shuhei!" "Locomotive. join the tournament." "Show us fatherless children can be strong. too." "Some islanders look down on you." "Show them what you can do." "Okay, Locomotive?" "You're so timid." "You're a coward." "Take care of yourself." "Through already?" "The kids..." "They like you." "Don't betray... their expectations." "Start!" "Sorry to be late." "Takumi's strong. isn't he?" "Yoshioka may lose the final." "Is he that strong?" "Yeah." "But..." "There's one solution." "Like what?" "Write off Shuhei's dad's debts." "And give Fujio's orange groves back to him." "That's too much!" "Will he really win?" "Mr. Yoshioka, I'll marry you, if you don't mind." ""Takumi Hiroshima"" "Hang in there, Mr. Yoshioka!" "Hang in there." "Takumi." "Beat Yoshioka!" "Go, Yoshioka!" "Start!" "Is he trying frontal thrusts because he knows what happened to Mr. Yoshioka?" "Defense is a good tactic." "That's mean!" "Coward!" "It's bad." "His arm seems hurt." "Why is he just trying to blow on the head?" "Why not aim at the torso or forearms?" "Then he'll win." "Mr. Yoshioka wants to play fair and win." "Not in a tricky way." "Seigo Yoshioka wants to fight in his own way." "He wants to win that way." "Once more. and he'll lose." "Mr. Yoshioka!" "It's his arm." "Locomotive!" "No time left." "This way. he'll lose by a decision." "Listen..." "Take a good look at Mr. Yoshioka." "Keep an eye on him... whether he wins or loses." "Then you'll never forget him." "Do you think why and how you won?" "Our Hana Island is famous for its brave naval forces of ancient Japan." "Mr. Yoshioka is their blood descendant." "He's our hero." "We're all proud of him." "The boss will pay for this." "Drink up." "Did I say I would?" "Soppei may be a bad kid but I helped deliver him." "Will you forgive him?" "You're so stupid." "I'm sorry." "Is it drawn well?" "It's Locomotive." "Hyoemon brought some sake for you." "This is it." "Hyoemon..." "Look what I did to your mother thirty years ago..." "Hyoemon came to see your match today." "You fought well." "Then, will you excuse me?" "Come with your mother the next time." ""Thanks for everything. "" "Locomotive Teacher's leaving the island today." "You sure?" "He'll take Sakuzo's boat." "Why?" "I don't know." "Your dad kicked him out." "I don't think so." "He always said he wanted Locomotive Teacher to stay." "Does he hate us?" "He didn't tell us he'd leave." "It's awful!" "It's about time to go." "Hurry and take the boat." "or you'll miss the train." "What are you doing here?" "Mr. Yoshioka's waiting." "Go to the school quick." "I won't go." "He's abandoning us." "He's betraying us." "That's enough!" "For teachers... their students are their children." "You're all Mr. Yoshioka's children." "He's a father." "Why should he forget his children?" "Go quickly." "I'll go to the school." "I'll say good-bye to Locomotive." "I'll go. too." "I'll go!" "Let's go." "Shuhei." "I'll go." "Me too." "Me too." "Mitsuru..." "Okay. you stay." "Let's go see the teacher." "Yoko." "Wait a minute." "Sakuzo..." "Will you take the same course as thirty years ago?" "Mr. Yoshioka insists on it." "He says he wants to view the landscape Fumiko saw." "Very well." "Thirty years ago..." "Fumiko sat on the seat next to yours." "I wished someone would sit there this time, too." "Well." "Mr. Yoshioka..." ""Give my best... "" ""To Fumiko. "" ""Thank you for everything. "" "Locomotive!" "Mr. Yoshioka!" ""I had no time to say goodbye to you." ""I must leave the island like this." "Forgive me." ""I came to this island..." ""because I wanted to live where my mother once lived." ""I was thinking about quitting my job to teach..." ""when I came here." ""I can't talk." ""I thought it was a handicap for a teacher." ""I accepted the job..." ""because I wanted to end teaching where my mother lived. "" ""But. while I was studying with you children." ""I took to..." ""thinking that I shouldn't give up teaching yet. "" ""That was because you gave me..." ""a language. "" ""How I wish I could stay" ""and continue being with you!" ""That would be wonderful. "" ""But I'm afraid I can't do so." ""Because..." ""I have something to do in Hokkaido, my hometown. "" "I'll go see him off!" "Will we make it?" "Sure." "Let's go." ""I'll take home the language you gave me." ""and return to the school in Hokkaido." ""I'll share with Hokkaido children" ""the courage languages can't give them." ""I'll work hard in Hokkaido to become a better teacher." ""Then I'll come back to Hana Island to see you again." ""Goodbye until then." ""I'll look forward to the day I can see you as grownups." ""I shall never forget you." ""Thank you." ""From Locomotive Teacher. "" "Where's Locomotive?" "I'm sure he started at Hana Beach." "He'll pass around here." "Has he gone already?" "Will he come?" "He will." "Here he comes!" ""Thank..." ""You..." ""For..." ""Every-..." ""thing. "" "He said. "Thank you for everything. "" "Let's say. "Thank you." "Locomotive. "" "Don't cry." "Yoko." "Mr. Yoshioka is smiling." "Goodbye." "Mr. Yoshioka!" "Locomotive Teacher!" "KENJI SAKAGUCHI" "MITSUKO BAISHO" "YUU TOKUI" "SHINOBU TERAJIMA" "MASAMI SATOU" "MATSUNOSUKE SHOUFUKUTEI" "NENE OOTSUKA" "MASATO IBU" "MASAAKI SAKAI" "Supervising Producer:" "HIRO HASEGAWA" "Planned by HIRO HASEGAWA/SEIICHIROU ISHII" "Executive Producers:" "CHIAKI NAGUMO/MASAHIRO TANAKA" "YOSHIO TAN/TOYOJI SUZUKI" "Producers:" "SEIICHIROU ISHII NAOYA NARITA/YOSHIHISA YAMAMOTO" "From a book by SHIZUKA IJUIN" "Screenplay by MASATO KATO/SYOUTAROU OIKAWA" "Cinematography by KAZUHIRO SUZUKI" "Lighting by TOSHIATSU KOUZUMA" "Art Direction by SHIGEMORI SHIGETA" "Sound by AKIRA FUKADA" "Edited by JUNICHI KIKUCHI" "Music by RYOUICHI KUNIYOSHI" "Directed by RYUUICHI HIROKI"