"Artist Film and Nikkatsu Present:" "UA" "ASANO Tadanobu" "Hikaru" "OGAWA Mayumi" "Music by KANNO Yoko" "Producers:" "KAI Naoki NEGISHI Hiroyuki" "Director, Writer, Editor:" "SUGIMORI Hidenori" "WOMAN OF WATER" "Ryo..." "Ryo..." "All done" "One, two, three" "Never fails" "Never fails" "It never fails" "Never fails to what?" "Rain..." "She's having a wisdom tooth pulled today" "She a Rain Woman?" "It always rains, whenever something important happens to her" "Her name's Shimizu Ryo, means Cool Clear Water" "On top of that, she's a Pisces, rain can't stay away from her" "Hop, hop..." "Ouch!" "You've been a wonderful father..." "Not right..." "I'll always be your daughter..." "Doesn't sound very broken up..." "Engagement Gift" "We've been in the same class since kindergarten, like a sister to me" "I felt sorry for her" "If she came, it rained on every field trip and sports meet" "The kids were always blaming her" "Need an umbrella on every date?" "I'm used to it now" "Actually, it's hard to get in the mood..." "when it doesn't rain" "Wow, man..." "That's really cool" "Besides, you got all the luck working for her bathhouse" "Get to sit at the register all day, getting paid to peep at chicks" "Wish it were me" "I'm not sitting at the register I'm in the back, in the boiler room" "You nuts!" "That's still a great job" "You rode with a biker gang Never cut out to be a damn cop" "Right, so this is our last ride together..." "It's really starting to pour" "Here i t comes..." "What do you want?" "Can't you leave me alone?" "Comforting me?" "Thank you..." "Temporarily Closed Hikari Bath House" "Don't play with that Give it to Ryo" "Oh, thanks" "It's only an estimate, so the figures aren't definite" "But my husband says your property is worth a lot, especially now" "Listen, don't get mad, OK?" "I'm only saying this Beause it's you" "What?" "Sorry, if it upsets you" "So, what is it?" "In a certain way." "you're really free now" "No family, no fiancé All alone in the world" "But you've got absolute freedom" "Do whatever you want, go anywhere you please" "Nobody to tell you what to do Absolutely free" "It's like starting your life all over again" "See?" "Have a good trip" "To Mount Fuji" "Where in Kansai?" "I wonder" "Name?" "What?" "Your name?" "Listen, honey" "If you wan't to get along with strangers" "Don't ask questions" "Who cares about names and history and all that" "In a village in India, there was a couple renowned for their love" "The secret of their love?" "The husband made the most important decision, and the wife decided everything else" "But actually, the wife made all the decisions" "Buying the car and the house, choosing schools for the kids" "A friend said, "Hey, you're just a henpecked husband"" ""Your wife makes all the decisions"" "The husband retorts, "No, not at all"" "So the friend asks, "What's that most important decision?"" ""Whether or not there is a God"" ""That, I refuse to let her decide"" "Strange couple, right?" "Yeah" "Oh!" "This is it..." "What are you doing?" "It's here, here!" "I swear I've been here before" "You don't remember?" "I see it all the time in my dreams" "Déjà vu?" "Hey, are you crying?" "Why?" "It just started to pour" "I'm sorry" "What are you sorry for?" "You're weird" "We'll name the baby Ryo" "Whether it's a boy... or a girl" "I'm home..." "Who are you?" "Hey, those clothes!" "Hi, Mom" "Thanks, as always Come on in" "Mom, I'm sorry The bath is closed today" "Mom, you've hurt your finger" "Wait a minute" "Show me your finger" "Mom, I've been thinking about selling this place" "Sell it and start all over again" "Do you mind?" "But it'll mean you can't use the big bath anymore" "Thank you" "I'll start on this side, you start on that side..." "Thanks" "I thought you couldn't talk" "Hadn't..." "What?" "I hadn't talked to anyone in a while" "You got anywhere to go?" "Take that umbrella" "No..." "No..." "Don't!" "Stop it!" "Hot, hot!" "What the hell" "That's hot!" "That was hot" "That's Acala" "Huh?" "That's the God of Fire" "See all the flames around him?" "Right" "He looks really frightening, but he's not trying to scare us" "He wraps himself in flames, to scare away the devil in our souls" "You sure know a lot of useless stuff" "Whenever I see fire, I wonder" "Is it burning to burn itself up, or burning to burn up every thing around it..." "When I was little, we'd have bonfires in our yard, at the beginning of each winter" ""I'll start on this side, you start on that side"" "My Mom and I'd rake up all the fallen leaves" "Wind up with a huge mountain of leaves" "Then, we'd call Dad, who'd set it on fire" "We'd stand around the big fire, roasting potatoes and chestnuts" "Can't remember how they tasted, but I sure remember the fires" "I'd just stare into the flames" "Kinda... calmed me down" "I could stare at it forever" "Made me feel so happy" "But nobody has bonfires anymore, and you can't find big fires anywhere" "At my place you could see one everyday" "My house is a bathhouse" "You need a really big fire to heat a really big bath" "Wanna come?" "It's time for cleansing, for washing each other's backs" "Fewer bathhouses, means less Chivalry" "Less Chivalry means fewer bathhouses" "Fewer bathhouses means less compassion" "Less compassion..." "Fewer bathhouses" "Presidents and beggars, monks and..." "Yakuza, granddads and babies..." "We're all the same in here" "All just bodies needing to be cleansed" "No differences at all" "When we're stripped to our bodies we feel each other's souls all the more" "Looking after each other" "Getting a long with each other" "We don't owe this to schools or laws" "Because, schools only teach you knowledge" "Can't teach you about life" "Laws can only teach you common sense" "Can't teach you about life" "Which leaves the bathhouse the perfect place for learning about life" "The bathhouse, the bathhouse, this is where we are" "The perfect place for learning about life" "It's Japan's number one..." "Dojo..." "Thanks for a nice bath" "Good night" "Here, I'll start on that side, and you start on this side" "Use all the water you want" "It all comes from our well so don't worry" "Ryo san, thank you" "How did you know my name?" "I heard the customers calling you" "Huh" "My name..." "Don't tell me" "Actually, I..." "Don't tell me I don't want to know" "If you want to get along with strangers" "Don't ask questions" "Use anything you like" "Dad took care of his things" "There must be some left from when he was young" "You may not want to wear a dead man's clothes" "I don't mind I'm already dead anyway" "Wow!" "This one's great" "It suits you" "It's so high up" "Yeah" "Ever been up?" "Nope" "Wonder what the view's like" "It's about time you changed the lightening rod, and gave it a new paint job" "The next time, then?" "Sure" "Here" "Thank you" "Ever seen the real Mount Fuji?" "Nope" "I saw it for the first time, the other day" "Someone there told me..." "It rains a lot on Mount Fuji, right?" "Know where all that rainwater goes?" "The surface of the mountain's all gravel and volcanic rock" "The rainwater seeps down through all that, to settle in the heart of the mountain" "It takes that water, about a hundred years," "to flow out again from the foot of the mountain" "Kinda..." "Kind of like human beings, no?" "I'm thirsty" "Take whatever you want from the refrigerator" "This is really nice It looks great on you" "A present from someone?" "It was my mom's" "She died instead of me..." "Mom did..." "Huh" "You know what this stone is?" "No" "It's called Moonstone" "You smell like soap" "Hey!" "Cut it out!" "What happened?" "You OK?" "You OK?" "Feels good, right, Mom?" "All I can really do for you... is wash your body like this" "I hired someone He's a good kid" "He really helps out" "Means I can keep the bathhouse going now" "All our customers are happy, too" "Dad always said" ""Happiness isn't about how much you have," ""it's about how much you give"" "I'm sure Dad's happy in heaven, too" "What?" "We look alike?" "It's true We sure do" "She go home?" "Yeah" "Why don't you live together?" "Um..." "She's your mother" "Not really" "Huh?" "She's not my mother" "It was the year before last" "She was wandering around" "Hadn't bathed in ages, dressed in rags" "Before we opened, when the bath was empty," "I called her in and washed her back" "Then she started dropping by" "After that, before long, in her mind," "I'd become her daughter" "I've heard that she went mad, after her child drowned in a river" "She was in a hospital over the mountain" "But she ran away" "Not really" "What?" "I don't really think that's true" "The earthquake" "She lost every thing in that earthquake we had" "She had a perfectly good home and family" "Her husband..." "was maybe a college professor" "They had one daughter, who was training to be an opera singer" "That day, their happy life together, changed forever" "That place is hell" "Her ruined home, her family trapped beneath" "Her town, gone in an instant" "But the real hell came in the emergency shelter" "An elementary school gym" "Every night, there was stealing, violence, and rape No one tried to stop it" "She was in shock" "She had nothing and no one left to trust" "After 5 days, she escaped from the shelter" "She kept walking Away from the ruined town, across the river, along the road" "She walked forever and ever" "And finally, she came to this town" "She isn't crazy She just acts crazy" "It was the only way she could keep on living" "How come you know?" "I just have a feeling" "I don't care... which is true" "Therapeutic Bath Today" "Oh, no!" "Was it today?" "You can't forget the anniversary of your own mother's death" "I'm sorry Go around the front, I'll unlock it" "Never fails, another sunny anniversary" "Beautiful Weather!" "Who is it?" "Gramps, the painter" "The painter?" "Every year, he repaints Mount Fuji for us in memory of Mom" "I'll help you, Gramps" "No, don't bother Just found an assistant" "On rainy nights" "I can't help missing you" "Wandering wet pavements" "With no place to go" "Now there's Pop Art for you" "5O years of painting Mt." "Fuji This maestro, has been doing Keith Haring for half a century" "Amazing, no?" "Huh" "So, you own a bathhouse, huh?" "Yeah" "Great job" "You think?" "Nothing to make, nothing to leave behind" "Just wash away people's filth" "Wash it all down the drain Back to zero" "But everyday you make people happy, grateful" "That's amazing The best" "Thanks" "You're so happy" "Found yourself a good guy, too" "Don't bother It's written all over your face" "We only were together once, but I can tell that you love him" "All it takes is one look" "You really look beautiful now" "Thank you" "Why?" "That day..." "I really wanted to die" "But the minute I saw your face, the feeling vanished" "Thanks to you, I've finally found my maestro" "I swore I would thank you" "And today we got to meet again It's a miracle, it really is" "Just a minute ago, I told God..." ""I don't mind believing in you today"" "See you next year" "Next year" "Good evening" "Good evening" "Hey, Ryo, how are things?" "Fine, thank you" "I've got another one" "Can I put it up?" "In the usual place?" "Sure" "Thanks" "One milk" "Mt." "Fuji's beautiful" "Just had it redone today" "Oh, wonderful Here you are running the bath again" "Everything's working out" "Oh yeah, I hear" "You got the Association to find you a new boiler man" "Wonderful" "I know it's not easy, but you hang in there, you hear?" "You got that?" "OK, see you then" "Bye bye" "Bye bye" "Wanted:" "Multiple Arson Miyazawa Yusaku" "Miyazawa..." "Yusaku" "Discount coupons" "They look good?" "Yeah" "I can scratch my itchy eyes" "Wonder where the moon is" "It was shining over our bath last night" "In my dream, I mean" "You're kidding" "Was I scrubbing my body over and over?" "So I made it rain, right?" "Thanks" "So pretty, isn't it?" "1.OOO years ago, people must've watched beautiful sunrises just the way we are" "Hi." "Hi, good morning" "Hi, wait a sec" "Morning!" "Smells good, right?" "I love the smell of fresh cut trees" "Take whatever you want" "Thanks, always" "Trees are great" "All they do is drink water" "But they keep on churning out oxygen" "Turn into houses and chopsticks Never even complain" "What is it?" "Do it..." "Here..." "I'm sorry" "I, love..." "Rain..." "Look, they're happy, too" "Drink!" "Drink up, guys!" "Hello" "Oh, that one" "That's mine!" "Thanks, sorry" "Oh, hello, it's me" "What do you mean "fuck you"!" "What the hell are you doing!" "I gave you the house, the car, the furniture" "My comic book collection You've got my sunlamp" "I gave you that, too I even gave you pubes!" "Hey!" "Hey!" "Louis, you say something" "You listening?" "You listening?" "Every month, I send you child support" "Even sent a birthday present" "Right?" "Then why the hell... do you still turn up in my dreams!" "Cut it out!" "Stay out of them!" "You got that!" "Stay out of them!" "I won't let you!" "Why do you..." "Why do you turn up in my dreams?" "Why do you..." "Why do you..." "Turn up in my dreams?" "Hey, I'm crazy, aren't I?" "Sick, right?" "All done?" "Yeah All the customers went home" "I feel so calm here, I just do" "You can stay here forever... and ever" "Liar" "What?" "There is no forever Not in this world" "What's wrong?" "I..." "Scare myself" "A tiny thing will just set me off" "I don't even know where it comes from" "The only thing that calms me is sitting here this way" "You can stay here, just the way you are" "I can't..." "It's too late" "Human beings aren't clean" "We're all filthy" "Our bodies get dirty all by themselves" "If only we could... wash away names and pasts like we wash our bodies" "Let's go I'll wash your back" "Mom?" "Mom!" "Mom!" "Hey!" "Mom!" "Don't!" "Perfect..." "I was just getting tired of this place..." "What are you doing?" "I'm not your child!" "Crazy bitch!" "Come..." "Come..." "Harder... harder..." "English subtitles by Linda Hoaglund"