"Why don't I have the courage to give it to him" "FIRST LOVE" "Mom." "Yes?" "What is it?" "Forget it." "I'm home." "Welcome home" "What's wrong?" "Am I wrong to say Welcome Home?" "Too bad, Mom, Dad finally lose his job" "Look at you..." "Are you ready?" "Yes" "Ready for what?" "You haven't told her yet?" "No..." "My mother was still here a while ago." "But now she becomes a patient." "Satoka, will you put this into the wardrobe?" "Sure" "Look at it..." "You still remember it" "It's just an ordinary checkup." "Right..." "Spring has not arrived yet" "My spring holidays began when I lose my love" "And when my mom's being hospitalized" "My dad also quit smoking in the same day" "Suddenly, my dad and I were left alone to live together" "Satoka, where's the bottle opener?" "Here" "Put the baked rice into the oven" "No need to wrap it for oven use" "Aren't you using the microwave oven?" "Dad, don't you want to eat it?" "I'll eat later" "Betty eat it while it's still hot" "The food prepared by Mom was finished in three days" "Great, Satoka!" "Strike!" "Keep it up!" "So lucky today" "It's the worst" "Why?" "I don't want to use up my luck here" "Don't worry" "Many guys are better than him" "Leave me alone" "Why don't we go on a trip together?" "You should change your mood" "I said I don't want to go" "But why?" "Mom's in the hospital" "Really?" "What's her problem?" "A cold" "Hey, it's my turn" "Shut up" "You did it!" "Satoka!" "Terrific!" "Miss Aida?" "Your mother has been home" "What?" "Welcome home" "I should welcome you home, Mom" "Wonderful, life becomes normal again" "Alright, what do you want to eat?" "It doesn't matter, you are so tired." "Let's order take-aways" "I'm OK." "There's nothing to do in the hospital anyway." "I want to eat the food you made, Mom." "See" "What's is the result of the check-up?" "Aren't you feeling OK so that you could be home?" "I need to go the hospital again next week" "What?" "Satoka..." "My ulcer is malignant" "Malignant?" "So, I need an operation" "It's better being cured as soon as possible." "How could you put such thing in the fridge?" "Look at you two" "Mom?" "Mom?" "What are you doing?" "Nothing special" "What's that?" "This one?" "It's a music box" "I don't know why, I suddenly remember an old melody" "It keeps running in my mind" "It happens to me sometimes too" "I think about it again and again, and I remember now" "That's it, but I can't find the key" "That's why I was upset..." "I know how you feel." "What's the title of the song?" "Let me take you to bought you the CD" "I forgot it" "You know the song?" "You sing so bad, I don't know what it is" "You naughty girl" "Right, come here" "Yes" "I want you to check this" "What is it?" "The Aida Family's treasure map" "It's so clearly stated here, should be no problem" "Temporarily correct" "You see, it takes me lots of time to write so much down" "Any other questions?" "Mom" "Yes?" "Oh yes, the garbage day" "When's the nonflammable garbage day?" "Garbage days are here" "Oh yes" "So, my life with Dad start again" ""To Mr. Shinichiro Fujiki"" ""From Shizue Nishimura"" "Nagano ken kamiina gun" "Mr. Fujiki, How are you?" "Today I've been to the Sakura wishing tree" "It blooms a little bit..." "Satoka..." "At least you should knock the door first" "Sorry" "What?" "Nothing." "I'm going to work now" "Then go" "Should we depart in such a way" "Please go to the Sakura Tree of Wishes" "I want to see you again" "When the sakura blooms" "2nd April, 1975?" "Signed:" "Shizue Nishimura" "24 years ago?" "A sealed memory" "An unsent letter" "A part of my mom I didn't know..." "Satoka" "A souvenir for you" "Thank you" "So?" "Nothing special, just checkup everyday" "Getting along with your father?" "Yes" "Need to drink something?" "No" "You're from Kami-ina, aren't you?" "Yes, although I came from there" "Since I came to Tokyo, I've never been back anymore" "I was at your age by that time" "What's up?" "Nothing, I just read it from the magazine" "How's that place look like?" "I wonder how it is now" "I have not been back for 17 years 17 years... you remember it clearly" "I went there when you were born" "As my honeymoon trip" "But that's just a home-visit trip" "Because we have no money at that time" "Why did you marry such a poor man?" "Except Dad" "Did you date someone else?" "Sure I did" "But you end up with him?" "That guy was handsome when he was young" "You just said "that guy", mom" "What?" "I didn't" "You did!" "No, I didn't say that" "Mom, when was your first love?" "Well..." "When was it..." "Why do you ask such a question?" "Nothing special, just want to ask you" "I think it was about 5th grade in primary school" "And then?" "What do you want to know?" "No, nothing special." "So?" "Nothing" "How lovely!" "Where is it?" "I think I am not seeing the Sakura this year" "Shinichiro Fujiki..." "He named Shinichiro Fujiki...?" "Excuse me..." "Yes" "Is there a Taka-something Village here?" "How to get there?" "Taka...?" "Ah, is it?" "You mean Takagi Village" "Yes, is there such a place?" "You could say so, or you could say no" "Is it far away?" "You want to go there?" "Excuse me..." "Yes?" "Is it still far?" "It could be far away, or could not be" "The meter isn't working" "You mean this one?" "It's broken" "I calculate the fare by distance" "Shirakawa..." "Shirakawa Taxi" "So it is..." "White?" "Unlicensed taxi..." "Here we are" "This is the Takagi Village" "No, this isn't the place" "I'm going to a place called Kuwana 41 District" "Kuwana?" "It would be difficult then" "Seems like I took the wrong car..." "Near that area" "Can you see it?" "There a hut above the hill on the other shore" "A hut?" "It's so small." "Hard to see" "Yes" "About one-third of the distance from here" "That's the Kuwana 41 you're looking for" "What is happening here?" "What?" "Didn't you know that?" "This dam" "So, the Kawa Village..." "Yes, right beneath it" "Sakura Tree of Wishes too?" "Sakura Tree of Wishes?" "I'm surprised you know about it" "The tree stood right at the middle of the dam" "But that Mr. Fujiki" "What is his relationship with you?" "Well..." "Nothing..." "Anyway, my brother work in the ward office" "Let me help you to ask him where he moved to" "Mr. Driver..." "Yes?" "It may sound strange to you" "OK, what do you want to ask" "Did you have a first love?" "First love?" "My home's pig has just give birth to 12 little pigs" "I'll give you one" "Oh thanks" "Want to eat?" "Thank you" "Mr. Shinichiro Fujiki?" "Here." "He moved to Tokyo" "Tokyo..." "This is..." "Right, the Sakura Tree of Wishes" "We transplanted it before the dam flooded the village" "Your mother's story reminded me something" "Before I got married" "I was engaged to another girl" "But it was during the war and we were young" "We didn't have time to love" "So after the war, I came back" "It was a mess everywhere, I don't know where she was" "Although I have tried to find her..." "I wonder what is she doing now" "I wonder if she's still alive..." "Does your wife know that?" "Of course not" "I will tell her when we both died" "I hope you can find him" "I'm home" "I'm home" "Welcome home" "Will you go to see your mother tomorrow, Satoka?" "Yes, I will" "When you go, will you take this..." "This is his new address." "Here" "Thank you" "Nice to meet you" "Above the stairs" "Stairs?" "The staircase over there, see?" "The staircase over there?" "Mr. Fujiki!" "Mr. Shinichiro Fujiki!" "Mr. Fujiki!" "Mr. Shinichiro Fujiki!" "Mr. Shinichiro Fujiki!" "Mr. Fujiki!" "You guy ride on such a big car!" "I will pay the repair cost" "I said I will pay you the repair cost!" "Repair for what, stupid!" "Don't be silly, you stupid thing!" "You're cute." "Want a job?" "Work for me." "You'll make a lot of money" "Don't go" "Who sent you here?" "Well..." "Who're you?" "Hmm" "I'm Shizue's daughter!" "So..." "Please come to see my mother" "What?" "I said please come to see my mother" "Is that why you are looking for me?" "You don't want to see her?" "What?" "I got a bad nose." "So what?" "It's all right, nothing wrong" "This photo..." "Remember now?" "Oh, give it back to me" "Wait, give it back to me!" "You are so noisy!" "Give it back to me!" "Give it back to me!" "Give it back to me!" "She's not mature yet, kick her out" "What are you doing?" "Give it back to me!" "Wait..." "Wait!" "Get out!" "What's up?" "What?" "I came to see you." "You look so tired" "Of course not, I feel good" "So lovely, what's up now?" "Dad brought this here" "Really" "Do you eat at home?" "Yes" "You should do some clean up sometimes" "Mom, I can manage" "Just leave the domestic things to me" "Satoka" "Yes?" "That music box" "Yes?" "Could you bring it here next time?" "I want to try to open it" "That music box?" "Shall I find someone to open it" "No, I want to open it myself, please" "All right" "I will bring it next time" "Dear Mr. Shirakawa:" "I still haven't found my mother' first love" "Mr. Shinichiro Fujiki" "Is that sakura tree blooming now?" "Maybe I can't find him before it blooms well" "You come again?" "Give the photo back to me" "Come in" "Hey, what are you doing?" "I was joking" "Do you really agree to see her?" "Sure" "Don't you mind to see her like this?" "Didn't you want me to see her?" "I did, but..." "So I am going to see her now" "No, not now" "Is Shizue so bad now?" "How could you say that?" "She's really ill?" "What's the problem?" "A cold" "Hospitalized for a cold?" "It's quite complicated" "All right" "I am going to see her now" "Let's go" "Wait!" "No." "Not ready yet" "Why?" "Her dream will fade..." "How come?" "Because you're so dirty and filthy" "You talk so straight" "For ex ample, when you see mom, what will you say?" "What do you mean..." "Hey, long time no see, how are you?" "So?" "Want me to see her or not?" "I want you to meet her" "But..." "Not now" "I don't understand what you want" "Anyway you like!" "That's it, also the old style..." "Got it?" "Poems starts from 5 notes" "Then change at some point" "Hey, what're you writing?" "A love letter" "What?" "Who's it for this time?" "Not you, obviously" "Ah" "Dear Mr. Shirakawa:" "There's news" "I found Shinichiro Fujiki finally" "But how's the Sakura tree of wishes now?" "Good morning!" "Morning?" "What time do you think it is?" "I came for you." "Let's go jogging" "What?" "You agreed to do anyway I like yesterday" "It's effective when you do exercise before you go to work" "But why must I practice jogging before I go to see Shizue?" "What?" "No" "You aren't ready yet" "Your life is so unhealthy" "Exercise and your skin be improved" "Who cares about a man's skin?" "We don't have time" "Today is 4th now" "4th?" "Hey!" "Wait a minute!" "What do you want me to do in fact?" "Stupid!" "What's this?" "To count your heart beat" "What's that?" "Put it into your nose" "Like this?" "I can't breathe" "Hey you, hey" "Not this way, to your ears" "Ear?" "Right." "You stupid thing, put into ears" "Good." "Thank you" "You are welcome, man" "Mr. Fujiki, you run so slow" "You are now walking now" "All right" "Better not to overdo it on first day" "First day?" "It's difficult to collect so many coupons" "Do you know... human being's energy has limit?" "Hey!" "Be stronger or you can't run from mobsters" "Why will I chased by the mob?" "Aren't you always run away from back street?" "Stupid, that's because you suddenly come..." "Overdue tax and national insurance fee" "So embarrassing, need to lend you some money?" "You can come out now" "Hey" "Yes, please come out" "What do you think?" "What could I think?" "Looks comfortable" "I want to try it, too" "Shall we change please?" "Please." "Yes" "Keep silent, could you?" "Face massage feels so good" "But do I have to do such thing?" "I want beer" "No." "Two tomato juices" "Hey" "Don't waste your hard work" "Training will start at 8am tomorrow" "You look fine originally" "Hey" "What?" "Are you still single, Mr. Fujiki?" "You fall in love with me?" "What are you talking about?" "You laugh too much." "Sorry to keep you waiting." "Look at you..." "What I have been doing are all told by you" "It's unfair" "In fact, you are asking me to do something for you" "Yes" "So, I could ask you to do something for me too" "What do you want me to do for you?" "So, are you going to do it or not?" "If you don't do it..." "I'll do it." "I will" "Please order me to do anything!" "Then, you go outside now" "Show me an pose of "Hei"" "Hei" "Haven't you seen the TV show? "Mr. Matsu's Hei!"" "Hei" "What is it?" "I can't do it" "Remember to show your teeth" "You will do it!" "What?" "Damn it..." "Hey!" "Fujiki!" "Don't be lazy!" "Thief!" "Ouch!" "What are you doing here again?" "I've said 8am to you!" "You suddenly ran away yesterday" "Please give me a break today" "Look at it" "Look at it" "I will be hospitalized before I go to see Shizue" "Look at it" "Take a break today, I will work hard tomorrow" "We don't have time to wait anymore" "This house stink!" "By the way, do you have a suit?" "I'll buy you a suit" "You will?" "Wear it when you see Mom" "Why?" "A monkey needs clothes too" "Who's a monkey?" "Ginza" "Ginza" "That's it!" "Ginza?" "Don't peek" "Then don't take it off" "Hey, this way" "What happen to that guy, he looks marvelous" "This is cool, fit me?" "Keep this one first." "Keep this?" "Anything to be wore in springtime?" "It's nice" "This is good!" "Give me this and that tie" "This one is enough" "I got it" "It's better with some print on it" "Why do I need two shirts?" "For change, I'll sweat" "No, I don't have money anymore" "All right, I'll pay" "Oh?" "Really?" "Shabu shabu?" "Liar" "Salmon." "Sorry to keep you waiting" "What's your dad like?" "An ordinary people" "How ordinary?" "He's ordinary, different from you, Mr. Fujiki" "I'm ordinary too" "No, you are not" "What do you mean." "Don't look down on what I am now" "I was once very efficient too" "Liar, you are still a bachelor after all these years" "I got married" "What?" "Really?" "So, why did you divorce?" "I don't know, she suddenly left" "I haven't seen her for three years" "You'd really haven't seen her anymore?" "What's the reason?" "I don't know" "Did you talk to her?" "Come on, maybe she want you to find her" "Nonsense!" "Not nonsense." "You don't understand women" "You are still too young to teach me" "Who need a young woman to buy a suit for him" "You are not keen in ex pressing yourself, Mr. Fujiki" "Hokkaido is far away" "Your wife is in Hokkaido?" "It's not so far if you travel by plane" "Look, this uni also comes from Hokkaido" "What happened to your finger?" "Eh?" "The bandage in your last finger" "A mantra" "Mantra?" "Yes, a mantra for better relationship with people" "What is it?" "Red String of the God of Love?" "What kind of eating method is it?" "The uni will be sad if you use it to dip the sauce" "Delicious!" "The mantra... does it work?" "Give me one more Hokkaido uni" "OK, one more uni" "You shouldn't rely those mantra" "Have you ex press your love to him?" "Please give me one more Hokkaido trout" "One more trout" "You can't ex press yourself too in important moment" "You dressed badly" "What?" "Deeper in the face is better" "Finished?" "It fits you" "You look cute." "It suit you" "Am I cute?" "It suits you" "Any jacket fit with me?" "It's not bad" "Beautiful!" "Really beautiful!" "Beautiful!" "What's up?" "Nothing" "I rode on a ferris wheel with Shizue before" "Really?" "In a playground in the countryside, very small one" "Shizue was as happy as you are now" "But she was prettier than you" "You stupid, stop it!" "Look at you" "Hey..." "Yes?" "Why did you leave my mom?" "I forgot" "Liar!" "I can say anything I like now" "But it does not mean it's true" "You should find your love as soon as possible" "I had been in love before too" "Love and adore is different" "He doesn't know if you just adore him" "Although you doesn't know whether he will accept it or not" "You never know if you never start it" "What?" "Are you drunk?" "Oh, you drank it all!" "You are so unbelievable" "It's blooming soon" "It'll be fine" "I'm home" "Welcome home" "I'm home" "You're so late" "Oh, my shirt!" "There's iron mark on it!" "No need to iron my clothes" "Satoka!" "Where have you been?" "Wondering around every day!" "I'm not" "Where were you then?" "What happen to your face?" "How many days you have not go to see mom?" "Don't talk big by doing a little bit of housework" "You'd never done anything" "I have my freedom to do anything" "I cleaned the house, and I have prepared dinner too" "Don't think that you are doing everything alone!" "Satoka, come on" "Good evening" "What happened?" "You come at this time of the day" "Nothing special, just want to see you, mom" "You fought with your dad?" "I've done nothing wrong!" "Want to stay here tonight?" "Yes" "I'll get you a towel, please sleep in the sofa" "Let me sleep with you" "I will wake you up" "I don't mind" "I have a lot to talk with you, mom" "I'll phone your dad first" "It's all right" "Don't worry" "Thank you" "Good night" "Satoka?" "So, you put on makeup now" "I have many things to talk to you too" ""Sender:" "Y. Shirakawa"" "Aida?" "You are doing part-time job here?" "How about school?" "So are you" "I heard you've done something funny in Shinzuku" "What?" "What are you doing?" "Do you know what is "Hei"?" "What "Hei"?" "Since vacation started, you've become weird" "Your mom's still sick?" "You must cheer up" "If there's anything I can do, just let me know" "Tataryo, You know a lot about music, right?" "Sort of" "Have you heard this music before?" "You sing so bad, I don't know what it is" "You're here, Satoka?" "Yes" "Dad will come soon" "Really?" "Make up with him?" "I will apologize to him tonight" "I have a gift for you, mom" "What gift?" "Something great" "What is it?" "Let's go to see sakura" "See Sakura?" "I found a good place, let's go tomorrow night" "Can you slip out?" "What?" "But I don't know whether I will be approved" "I will sort it out" "Not just seeing Sakura" "And there's an important guest" "Don't tell Dad" "Who are you inviting?" "A secret" "Tell me" "I brought strawberries, want to eat it?" "Not bad" "Don't pop in, stupid" "You have not locked the door" "The place is confirmed, it should be blooming now" "We will do it tomorrow, although it rain slightly today" "It will be a sunny day tomorrow" "Hey, wait" "Please ex plain it clearly" "What'll we do?" "A reunion with my mom" "This is the place" "Do you understand" "It's a place near where you lived years ago" "Succeed at last, a reunion after twenty-five years!" "Although it was earlier than expectation" "But if it was not bloom, then it will be meaningless" "At 9 tomorrow night" "I bought a bus ticket for you here" "Take it" "You must come" "If you arrive first, please hide" "I also brought... my favorite shampoo" "I'll clean this place for you specially today" "So, be sure to come" "Okay" "I'm coming in" "Does Shizue know I'm coming?" "Not yet" "A dramatic reunion will be better" "I'll leave you two alone" "You do not need to only talk about love" "A birthday present?" "Yes" "It's from me" "For whom?" "My daughter" "You have a daughter?" "She died" "I'm sorry" "It's alright" "It was five years ago" "This music..." "Will you leave for today?" "What?" "I promised to go tomorrow, don't worry" "I wonder what to say when I meet Shizue tomorrow..." "I want to think about it tonight" "Satoka..." "Yes?" "Why'd you want this reunion?" "Well..." "You are wondering" "Why hasn't Shizue send the letter" "I really want to receive it" "See you tomorrow" "Go home now" "Okay" "I am home" "Satoka" "I'm going to work" "Still sleeping?" "Dad" "Yes?" "When Mom's get well, let's go on a trip" "Sure..." "Take care" "See you later" "Hi!" "Long time no see" "Are you ok?" "If you are OK, you don't need to stay in hospital" "I..." "Please come in" "Here..." "I received something strange" "Spring has arrived" "It should be blooming now" "I guess so" "Sakura?" "It's very sad to see them alone" "Sound like asking myself, what have I done all this years" "I..." "Go ahead" "I've done nothing, either" "But..." "I survived" "The girl who gave me the letter bought me this suit" "Could you tell her I'll borrow it for a while?" "I planed to go to Hokkaido" "She'll understand?" "Yes" "Well then... take care" "See you" "See you" "Mr. Fujiki..." "Yes?" "This suit looks nice on you" "Thank you" "I mean it" "Yes" "I mean this too" "Thank you very much" "Here's 1,520 Yen" "Here you are" "Thank you very much" "Here please" "Sorry to keep you waiting" "Please get in" "Mr. Shirakawa, is the sakura still blooming" "No problem" "But the rain yesterday worried me" "Also the people come to see sakura..." "Remember my brother you met in the ward office?" "I made him to turn this place to a restricted area" "He still afraid of me at this age" "Seems you two are old friends" "It's so dark here" "Beautiful stars!" "It's really different from Tokyo" "Satoka..." "What?" "Did you make up with dad?" "Well..." "You're both too stubborn" "Mom" "Yes?" "How did you know Dad?" "A stalker" "What?" "He saw me somewhere and fell in love with me" "So he moved to the flat next to me" "How scary!" "I felt he was strange" "Even when I saw him by chance and greet him" "He just stood still silently" "One day... someone knocked on my door at night" "It was your father" "He had a big dish of sushi, and said to me" "I made too much, eat some if you don't mind" "It was 2am in the morning!" "He's cunning" "I was scared, so I took it and wanted to close the door" "Suddenly he said, "will you marry me?"" "What did you say, mom?" "I said, "Disgusting"" "It's definitely disgusting" "I asked who he was" "He said he was my neighbor, I knew that!" "After all, you married him" "You can feel his sincerity, and you can't hate him" "On the next day, we went to see sakura" "You were so brave, Mom" "Really?" "Then you married him?" "Of course not, it's after few years" "Our wedding was very simple" "He was moved and cried in the middle" "Dad did?" "However, after we married, I found his advantages" "When we first came to see the sakura" "Your father brought a pair of teacups for couples" "Use a pair of teacups for couples at first date?" "But my cup was broken" "It happened after we married" "You're careless." "Mom" "It's you" "Did I?" "I break it?" "I won't remember" "You were small" "The cup at my hospital is bought by Dad" "Oh!" "He should have come" "I wonder if he got lost" "It doesn't matter anymore, Satoka" "It couldn't be" "It doesn't matter" "Being able to see sakura with you, I am already very happy" "But..." "Satoka..." "Mr. Fujiki came to the hospital today" "Liar!" "Why?" "Mr. Fujiki looks more handsome than before" "He made me feel shy" "But it's not right to read others people's letter" "I'm sorry" "I'm just joking" "That letter" "I also planned to show you one day" "That was... my first love" "Not a single way love, but the first time we love each others" "So I think one day when you are really in love..." "Treasure every moment, step out bravely" "You will think of it when you succeed" "It all happened at that day" "What I have now is what I did before" "Just want to let you know" "This important moment must happen" "Oh!" "Here he comes!" "Here!" "Here!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "What?" "Dad..." "Why?" "Sorry, I thought I will not be late" "But finally I got lost" "A strange old man told me suddenly the road is blocked" "In such a place, if there is no light" "I will be unable to find it" "You okay?" "Aren't you cold?" "Dad, you still remember this place?" "This is our first picnic place after Satoka was born" "Really?" "Is it true?" "So that was a sakura tree?" "But it was late autumn" "I thought the tree was dead" "That reminds me" "Satoka never stopped crying, no one can help" "Did I come here years ago?" "You were just born, of course you can't remember" "It grow so much now" "So this is the tree" "And I've been here before" "Mom" "What?" "Tell me one thing" "Why didn't you send that letter?" "I wonder why" "Even if I send it and met him" "We might not depart after all" "But now, I don't know if it is right or not" "Satoka..." "The sakura in the past was no longer there" "But..." "I never think" "That my life is different from my ideal" "If I hadn't married Dad" "I won't have a daughter like you" "I mean it..." "Thank you" "Will Dad cry in my wedding too?" "He sure will." "Severely" "What are you whispering about?" "Nothing." "Dad, let's take the photo today together" "OK" "OK, listen, don't move" "How come?" "I forgot to bring the flashbulbs." "It will be a slow shutter" "Hold for 10 seconds!" "Come on, why does Dad stand in the middle?" "Didn't I say don't move?" "!" "Smile!" "Were you mom's stalker?" "What?" "Mom told me everything" "Mom!" "Don't move!" "I said it" "Look at you, you moved, one more time" "My camera's got a flashbulb" "Why didn't you say sooner?" "Stupid!" "It doesn't matter, do it again" "Don't move this time." "Remember" "That was the last time we viewed sakura together" "Dad, you will be responsible for this" "I got it" "Oh, don't you bring your coat, Dad?" "I won't need it" "Cherry-blossoms seasons are cold, Dad says it everytime" "All right" "Will this do?" "It made you look like an old man" "But even you don't wear it you are very old" "Tataryo, do I really look strange?" "No, no problem, you are still young, Dad" "Hey, that guy just called me Dad" "What's happening to you?" "Don't ask, take it" "Lock the windows upstairs" "I did" "Bye, John" "See you later"