"Shochiku Presents" "THREE LOVES" "Produced by Kozo Kubo" "Photographed by Haruji Inoue" "Music by Chuji Kinoshita" "Starring" "Isuzu Yamada" "Keiko Kishi" "Ko Mishima, Yunosuke Ito" "Isao Yamagata, Shoji Mori" "Shinichi Himori, Yuko Mochizuki" "Mutsuko Sakura, Eitaro Shindo" "Ichiro Hosoya" "Written and Directed by Masaki Kobayashi" "In all ages, in all places, only people who live sincerely and seriously.." "will be granted supreme joy." "I wish to give praise, and sing a song of joy." "To the joy brought by the bitterness and sadness of life." "Are you cold?" "The wind is chilly." "Err?" "What's wrong, Fumi?" "If you're too sad, it'll be hard on Ikujiro." "I'm thinking of his dead father." "He loved Ikujiro a lot." "He gave Ikujiro that flute and taught him how to play." "He'd be sad to see Ikujiro being brought up by others." "Stop saying such things." "Everybody at the village is almost starving." "And you're on your own, with five kids to bring up." "Now you have one less mouth to feed." "Ikujiro, be a good boy and work hard." "I'll visit you from time to time." "Ikujiro!" "He's pretending to be strong." "That's what worries me." "There's nothing to worry about." "He knows what to do." "He'll make friends." "He'll get used to it." "Right, boy?" "Boy, you want a ride?" "Look." "He's of the same age as Ikujiro." "See?" "He's got a friend!" "Hey boy!" "Get on!" "Boy." "How old are you?" "Me butterfly!" "I'm butterfly!" "It's him?" "He looks smart" "Ikujiro, greet him!" "That's OK." "Madam." "This is the Matsuda family." "We'll treat him as family." "So don't worry." "Thank you very much!" "Sir, you promised... to send him to school, right?" "I'm a welfare commissioner." "Of course he'll go to school." " Don't worry." " Yes." "Ikujiro, it's what I said, right?" "We already have a lot of workers, he may be used as a boy." "Yes, I knew about that." "As long as he can go to school." "Yes?" "Ikujiro!" "Here!" " How was it?" " The teachers have gone home, only the janitor is in." " Found a place to stay?" " Yes." ""Are you the teacher from Tokyo?"" "You're like a kid!" "I loved this when I was a kid." " Come on." " Yes." " So you talked to the janitor?" " Yes." "He offered to take me there, but I said no." " You should let him." " He was chopping wood." "What's so funny?" "I wished you... had come with me." "What..." "What is me?" "Me butterfly?" "Me rabbit?" "I don't get you." "Now eat." "Cry." "Cry?" "A bird?" "It was flying on the hill?" "Horse!" "A horse?" " He rode." " He rode?" "Who did?" " Cried." " The horse cried?" "I got it!" " He played the flute?" " Flute?" "The flute." "Someone was riding a horse and played the flute." "Am I right?" "Me was flute today?" "Me flute!" "Mom is the horse." "Ride me." "♪ The sun sets... ♪" "♪ in the fields of rape blossoms. ♪" "♪ The faraway mountain... ♪" "♪ is deep in mist. ♪" "♪ The spring wind blows, ♪" "♪ and the sky is clear. ♪" "♪ The twilight moon... ♪" "♪ Is pale. ♪" "What are you doing?" "My flute!" "Give it back!" "Give it back!" "Give it back!" "Give it back!" "Heita!" "Heita!" "Heita!" "Where are you going, Heita?" "You look so horrible!" "You won't go to heaven with that look!" "What are you doing?" "It's my friend's grave!" "He won't go to heaven!" ""Grave of Starling." Oh." "All my friends are in heaven." "Sorry." "It's your friend's grave?" " Yes!" " I'm sorry." " You made all these?" " Yes!" "With Father Yasugi." "They aren't dead." "They're flying in heaven." "I see." "A lot of pigeons there." "I'll go there too." " You'll go there too?" " Yes!" "It's good you have a heaven." "If I do this, I can go." "Father Yasugi says so." " This?" " Yes!" "Tanaka." " What did the doctor say?" " It's nothing serious." " Nothing serious?" " I'm just tired." "I don't think so." " Nobuyuki." " I'll ask him myself." "Why didn't you tell me you're sick?" "And you keep on working!" "I don't want you to worry." "Why shouldn't I worry about you?" "I should be worried!" "You support me and ruined your health." "How thoughtless of me!" "I do nothing but paint." "All I can give you is "I love you"..." "But..." "I want you to paint." "I know." "I'm grateful." "But now you're sick." "I'm now... useless." "Don't be stupid." "Michiko, we're all alone." "We must help each other out." "I'll take a job." "You can be healed if you rest." "I can paint anytime." "When you get well, we can get married." " Congratulations." " Thank you!" " You're beautiful!" " Be happy!" " Be happy!" " Be healthy!" " Be healthy!" " You're beautiful!" "Be a good baby!" "Be quiet!" "What are you doing, Yasuko?" "Hey missus!" "Your kids are too noisy!" "I can't help it!" "Welcome home." "You shouldn't come here this late." "The fever is gone, so I feel well." "Good." " But take it easy." " Yes." "It's messy." "Of course, you've been working for a month." " Cushion." " Never mind." "I thought of stopping by your place, but I'm tired." "Here are some apples." " I don't need these." " It's good for you." "Thanks." "Have you eaten?" "Not yet." "Great." "I just made this." "Lunch box." "Thanks!" "I'm starving!" "I'll eat it now." " Have an apple." " Yes." "What are you looking at?" "You've lost a lot of weight." "No." "It's just the beard." " Now eat." " Yes." "And I've put on weight." "Thanks for everything." "I'm so glad." "Stupid girl." "Nobuyuki." "I'm going to Karuizawa." "Karuizawa?" "There's a vacant post there for a primary school teacher." "When did I ask you to do so?" "Sorry, I agreed to it without asking you." "The air is good and I can teach music." "I won't let you work!" "I can't let you work for me." "I'll work harder!" "I don't mean that!" "I know..." "I'm earning too little." "But I just want you to get well!" "I know!" "But please..." "I really want you to paint." "Really!" "This dream sustains our tough lives." "We must nurture this dream!" "I can't paint if you support me." "I can't stand to see... your room get so dusty and your canvas overturned." "Nobuyuki." "Please believe that having this dream of ours is what... makes us happy in this harsh world." "Nobuyuki!" "Nobuyuki!" "There was a wedding at the church over there." "The bride is so beautiful!" "She's like being born in flowers." "But it makes me sad." "You shouldn't run." "You must take care." "But..." "I want to try if I can run." "And school?" "From tomorrow" "Let's go to Asama from here." "Yes." "Oh!" "You were drawing!" "Michiko, listen..." "What is it?" "I'm leaving you." "On the way here," "I've been thinking, I can't make you happy." "I'm not finished." "Once I started working," "I knew I'd been crushed by life." "No matter howl paint, the world won't reward me." "These beautiful heights... make me see how miserable my life is!" "I can only think about your health in such a beautiful place!" "Nobuyuki, you're just tired." "That's why you forget the joy of painting." "No!" "I just can't forgive myself!" "In your head, I'm just a selfish man... who makes you work so that I can paint!" "Why blame yourself?" "I can only live when you're happy painting." "That's why we came here, right?" "This joy won't last!" "I'm making your burden heavier!" "You're be better without me." "Better doesn't mean happier." "Goodbye." "Nobuyuki, wait!" "Nobuyuki!" "Nobuyuki." "I no longer believe I can live." "Now I can see a tough life can wash away everything, even love!" "Even if you get well," "I've lost the right to love you!" "How could you think you'd be happy with me?" "It's love." "The joy of love." "One can't live on love!" "I can!" "Only with love..." "Now I can't!" "You live here?" "Me pigeon!" " You like pigeons?" " Yes." " Me too." " There's a lot of birds!" "Pigeon." "Big Pigeon." "This!" "Warbler." "This!" "What is it?" "Lark." "Robin." "Robin?" "All my friends." "Wow." "All your pigeons?" "I envy you." "You have so many friends." "Play" "May I?" "Please keep on playing." "Sorry for entering without asking." "This is a church." "All may enter." "Yes, but..." "Are you a tourist?" "Oh no." "I forgot to introduce myself." "My name is Michiko Satomi." "I'm the new music teacher at the primary school." "I see." "You play very well." "Well, not really." "I like this church very much." " Really?" " Yes, I like it a lot." "Heita, are you his son?" "No..." " Is this your home?" " Me pigeon." " He likes pigeons." " Yes, and he told me about birds." "He's good at bird calls." "He lets you see that too?" "Incredible." " He likes you very much." " Oh." "Just like that." "That pigeon can't move," "I told him not to bring those sick pigeons but he won't listen." "He's strange." "His father and I were school buddies." "During the war we were evacuated here and we stayed on." "Do you know about Heita?" "He needs special care." "How can I say it?" "His nerves are very sensitive." "His soul is only interested in nature." "When he's with animals and birds, he's the most honest and... beautiful being in the world." "Sachiko!" " Welcome home." " Don't let him roam around!" "Did he do something?" "He's playing with chickens!" "The villagers came and watched." "Don't let him play outside." "If you're naughty," "I won't let you play in the hills." "Be a good boy and stay home today." "Play with your friends here." "Set free to hill." " Can you change your clothes?" " I'm tired." "I'll have tea first." "Heita made you angry?" "Please be more gentle to him." " I know!" " Do you?" "Let's drop this." "Today, the school asked me to double my lectures to four per week." "That's unreasonable." "You're already so tired!" "I refused many times." "But the students want it." "It's difficult to refuse." " So you'll do it?" " Yes." "I'd love to be closer to my students." "And I've been thinking of moving to Tokyo." "Four lectures per week." "It's like staying in Tokyo." "And I can earn more." "But it's expensive to buy a house there..." "No." "If this translation gets published, we'll have the money." "And we'll sell this place." "Heita will come along?" "We can't leave him here." "Heita!" "Father Yasugi!" "Hurry!" "Pigeon." "Heita." "Are you hurt?" "Pigeon!" "Father Yasugi!" "You wanted that?" "The moving pigeon!" "My pigeon!" " You want it?" " Yes!" "Look." " The mother is crying." " Yes." "She said, "Heita, don't catch me."" "She cries again!" ""If Heita catches me,"" ""what would happen to my eggs?"" "What would happen?" ""Where's Mom?"" "They'd cry and stop moving." " Poor things." " Moving is good!" "When eggs become babies, they move." "Listen." ""When they can move, I want them to be Heita's friends."" ""I'm going to church so don't catch me."" " You see?" " Yes!" " Let's go." " Yes!" "♪ The larch wood, ♪" "♪ the birch hill. ♪" "♪ We walk on thatch and sing. ♪" "♪ The hill is a happy garden of love. ♪" "I'll be late for school." "Let's go." "Heita, do you like Father Yasugi?" " Yes." " I see." "You go to school, the star shines and Father Yasugi calls you." " You're happy?" " Yes." " The pigeon lady!" " It's Heita!" "Heita!" " You were happy with your mom?" " Yes." " Now go with us." " Yes." "Everybody, let's go." "Heita, you forgot this!" "Heita." " Now go." " Me go." "Heita." "♪ The larch wood, ♪" "♪ the birch hill. ♪" ""Going up and down, I took a breath and looked."" ""I was so happy and almost stopped breathing."" ""I held my breath and caught it."" ""The joy was immense."" " Do you understand?" " Yes!" "Heita, do you understand?" "Me pigeon!" "Ikujiro!" "Ikujiro!" "Why run away?" "They weren't laughing at you." "Go in." "Miss Satomi, I may quit school." "Why?" "What's wrong with Ikujiro?" "He missed a lot of classes." "He's often late." "I wonder why." "We're a member of the PTA." "That shouldn't happen." "It's a serious matter." "I'll take care of it at once." "Please don't scold him." "He's a good student." "I think there may be some reason behind it." "Reason?" "What reason?" "I don't know." "It's because they say..." "He's not my own son?" "Precisely that, please be more careful." "You got it wrong." "I treat him too well, so the other workers got jealous." "Ikujiro." "Who told you to do this?" "Go study." "Not sleeping?" "Your friends are all sleepy." "Set free to hill." "When you grow up, they'll all flee to the hills." "Say good night to Dad." "Let's go." "The hope of this world." "If it's revived." "If everybody wishes that the hope of this world... be revived," "Honey, Heita is here to say good night." "Good night." "Dad is busy right now." " Go to sleep." " Yes." "The light flickers..." "The light flickers..." "Father Yasugi!" "Yasugi is here." "It's easier for you to tell him about Machiko." "But..." "I must put Heita to bed first..." "Oh." "Where's Heita?" "He went to bed." "Say good night to him." "This is tricky." "I must jot it down before I forget." "The snow... that fell on the desert... was flickering." " Yes?" "Father Yasugi." " Yes, Heita." ""The soil was dug out."" ""Trucks took it away."" "Trucks are cars." "They took the soil away." ""The hill crows were scared."" "The crows are scared." "What's the matter?" "Sit down, and relax." "You found a cheap place in Tokyo?" "You who give up the world, think the world is easy." " Oh yes, we're cruel." " I envy you." "There's nothing to be envied." "Has Heita read this?" "Seton's Animals." "Oh I forgot." "You gave me this." "May be too hard for him." "Nothing is difficult for his age." "What do you mean?" "He'll understand it?" "He's sharp." "Sachiko read things to him even] night." "I gave it to you so that you could read it to him." "How sarcastic." "You didn't say so." "You're busy at school." "But please think of him." "Thank you for what you do for him." "But Heita being such a kid, draws me towards my students." "To compensate for my guilt towards Heita." "The students compensate for Heita." "A monk won't understand." " Be frank about it." " That's it for today." " Where to?" " Give it to Sachiko before you forget." "Wait!" "Actually..." "I visited Machiko." "She's ill." " So you told me to come." " Won't you see her?" "Yasugi." "She said she's so sorry she left you." "She wants to see you and say sorry." "What's the use?" "Shima." "Goodbye." "Yasugi." "Yasugi." "Yasugi, if you say so, then that's the end." "If you don't need an apology, then see her." "Forget the past." "You don't see me as a priest." "But as a human being, I can't see her." "Perhaps you can treat such things as "the past"." "But I... can't forget that night." "That night." "It sealed my fate as a servant of God." "I made up my mind to serve God all my life, so that I may forgive my wife for running away with a young man." "Yasugi." "I understand." "I intend to." "But within the withered body of Machiko, there is no more vanity and desire." "Only the purified soul is left." "She's so lonely and needs your love." "The love that you give to many people in the name of God." " Nothing more." " Don't blame me." "It's shameful to say this, but that night... is the only thing that keeps me going." "It's easy to see her." "It's also easy to forgive her." "But it's meaningless if it isn't from my head." "It'd be miserable... if I see her like this." "I want to forget." "You told Yasugi about Machiko?" "Yes." "He's asleep?" "Yasugi gave him this." "Mom." "I'm studying well." "How's Isao and others?" "Nobuyuki, why do you... blame yourself with such harsh words?" "Blaming yourself won't open up the road to my happiness." "It's been a month, have you been painting again?" "This is what I'm most concerned." "What should I do. .." "To you, who keeps on painting... in spite of the harsh reality... and gets his heart broken?" "Why must you travel the thorny road alone?" "Why is my love an obstacle?" "♪ Maya the Bee flew out of the castle... ♪" "♪ buzz buzz she flew ♪" "♪ The red roses outside the castle... ♪" "♪ were in full bloom. ♪" "♪ Mr. Chafer, good morning, ♪" "♪ let's play- ♪" "♪ Uncle Beetle, ♪" "♪ good day to you. ♪" "♪ Here I am, beneath the bell flowers, ♪" "♪ sheltering from the rain. ♪" "♪ Uncle Beetle, going too high, ♪" "♪ fell on his belly. ♪" "♪ Oh my!" "There's a Joro spider... ♪" "♪ in the strawberry field. ♪" "♪ Maya the Bee was stuck... ♪" "♪ By the cobweb. ♪" "♪ Uncle Beetle, please help. ♪" "♪ Thank you. ♪" "Me butterfly!" "Butterfly!" "Heita!" " What are you doing, Heita?" " Butterfly!" "Butterfly!" "What are you doing?" "Hey!" " Butterfly!" " Heita!" " Heita!" " Me butterfly!" " Ikujiro!" "Ikujiro!" " Heita!" "Sit down!" "I'll go." "Please look after them." "OK." "Heita!" "Heita!" "Heita." "Heita, sorry." "Heita." "Butterflies... set them free, Heita?" "Heita!" "Ikujiro." "Where did they go?" "I can't find them." "Good." "You look much better." "Sorry." "I caused you trouble." " You want some water?" " No thanks." "Heita was so sad." "Heita feels what the butterflies feel." "I imagine, if I can feel it too, what would it be?" "The bride I saw on my first day here..." "You were there?" "Yes." "Is she happy now?" "She must be." "Why mention her?" "At that moment," "I wanted to get married in this church." "You'll be a very beautiful bride." "Be bright and get well soon." "I can't." "I no longer believe... in my body." "How lean I am!" "Miss Satomi, sorry if I've hurt your feelings." "I've always wanted to know... what's the trouble in your mind?" "Father, I'm in pain." "I want a favour." "This is all I can do." "All I can do." "If so, please pray." "By praying, we weak humans can find our way into God's arms." "It's not to make your wish come true, but to ask for God to come to you." "Yasugi." "Machiko is getting worse." "Shuhei just sent a telegram." "They're all my friends." "Heita, you really want those pigeons?" "Father Yasugi says... once they've grown..." "I can catch." "Heita, I'll catch it for you." "Please." "Go see her." "Machiko is waiting for you." "If she can't see you... then..." "I don't expect this from you." "How could you be so cold to her?" "She betrayed love." "I think she knows it best." "That's why she wants your forgiveness." "That's... impossible." "Yasugi." "You preach that... repent, and God will listen." "Now Machiko is repenting before you." "She's now waiting for you." "Don't force me." "Pitiful me... serving God with the Bible in my hands," "I can only help those who are hurt" "But I don't want to be hurt" "If I don't forgive her," "God will." "Then it's too cruel for her!" "Her clock is ticking." "And she must bear this alone." "I... have been bearing it." "But she isn't asking for too much!" "I can swear to God... the love that I offered her... was true." "Yasugi, you do... love her." "Then why do you run away to God's altar?" "Why do you think this love is different from the love of God?" "You love her, but why refuse to see her?" "Please see her." "Hear her last words." "I can't." "I really can't!" "Without giving up your family, no one can reach God!" "This is... fate." "I might be wrong to wish this." "I've messed it up." "Father!" "She'll be very happy... if you see her." "Please see her!" "Machiko." "I love you." "Above everything." "Father Yasugi!" "Father Yasugi, pigeon!" "Heita." " How cute!" " Show it to Father Yasugi!" "He just left, he's taking a train." "Pigeon!" "Show him!" "Then rush to the station." "You may catch him." "I know where it is!" "Not that way!" "No, Heita!" "This way!" "It's too late." "The train!" "He must be on that train!" "He'll see you." "Be careful." "Father Yasugi!" "Pigeon!" "Father Yasugi!" "Father Yasugi!" "A moving pigeon!" " Father Yasugi!" " Father Yasugi!" "Father Yasugi!" "Father Yasugi!" "Pigeon!" "Father Yasugi!" "Pigeon!" "Father Yasugi!" "Hey!" "Aren't you the painter?" "You are." " Thank you, then." " Going to the school again?" " Yes." " Get on, we need company." " Get on." " OK." "It was exactly like this?" "Of course not." "The mistress isn't here, right?" "Hey boy." "How's Ikujiro?" "Is he fine?" "I'm going to see him." "He's doing fine." "He wrote this letter." "He wrote, "they're treating me well"." "He must have forgotten you by now!" "It's OK." "It's better for him to forget my dirty face." " Good for you." " Yes." "I miss him so much, and here I am to see him." " Are we there yet?" " Soon." "This kid is so envious of him." "He wants to come along." "Ikujiro will be happy to see you." "Who are you after, Painter?" "I left her here and she's now a teacher." "I think she's teaching Ikujiro as well." "Oh really?" "So you're dying to see her?" "Isao, look." "♪ Knowing that girl, ♪" "♪ I found joy. ♪" "♪ I also found sadness. ♪" "♪ I also found suffering. ♪" "♪ Picking flowers, ♪" "♪ I was thinking... ♪" "♪ of giving them to her. ♪" "♪ Those flowers have withered. ♪" "♪ This dream of love... ♪" "♪ that happened on a rosy cloud, ♪" "♪ has vanished into the night... ♪" "♪ without anybody knowing. ♪" "Heita." "How's the pigeon?" "His granny came here." "How dirty you are!" "Do you want to go home?" "With Mom?" "Heita." "Heita." "The pigeon will get well." "It will." "Then show it to Father Yasugi." "Ikujiro." "It's me." "Do you remember?" "Have you seen your mom?" "She came to see you." " Mom?" " She's waiting for you." "Go." "Ikujiro." "Nothing." "Now go." "Good night." "Heita is not here." "You must be lonely." "Sachiko!" "Sachiko!" " You are..." " I'm Satomi, Heita's teacher." "Oh yes." "Thanks for everything." " You're welcome." " Is my wife out?" "She's at the church." "I'll go get her." "Thank you for keeping house." " It's nothing." " And Heita?" " He's with her." "Michiko." "I missed you so much." "So I came." "You're a councilor and commissioner, but you tricked us!" "I'm most fair." "Please control your hysterics!" "He told me everything." " They're all using him for free!" " For free?" "Don't take the talk of a child too seriously." "We peasants are simple, and get cheated easily." "How can we talk when you get so excited?" "What a temper!" "Think about his future!" "I... love him very much." "I just want him to be happy." "Deep down, I'm so grateful," "I thank you day and night." "But you cheated us, don't you feel any remorse?" "So you're saying I'm evil?" "Great men have tough childhoods." "Yes, Ikujiro?" "Sorry, it's my fault." "I'm taking him back." "Fumi, how could you live on... with such a small kid?" "I'd rather see him starve than be bullied." "A lot of workers have passed through this house... and had bright futures." "You're giving it up?" "What a waste." "We'll get by if we work hard." "The gods will laugh at you!" "It's senseless." "He has no father." "Let me bring him up." "Ikujiro." "Ikujiro." "It'd be a small place." "It'd be cramped when the students come, but there's a bathroom." "A luxury these days." "Honey." "I need a favour." "What is it?" "I want you to let me and Heita stay here." "What?" "Heita doesn't want to leave here." "Before he came here, he's never been this happy." "He'll on] for sure when he leaves." "Honey." "I've found my meaning of life through him." "Nonsense." "Isn't he our kid?" " I want to be frank." " Be frank or not." "Before coming here, I only had you... and had no love for Heita." "Thinking back, that was horrible." " If he dies..." " Don't be stupid!" "This is real for me." "I'm a woman." "I'll never stop thinking about what would make him happy." "Now I know... how he feels." "That's my meaning of life." "In nature, his head is opened." "We don't know, but... a new world is born just for him." "If he leaves..." "I get you." "But shall I sacrifice my life as a teacher for him?" "Sacrifice?" "How mean." "Mean but true." "You think you know about the life of a Tokyo student." "But you don't know about real life." "Most students must take on jobs to afford college." "Instead of their studies, they're worried about making ends meet." "Thinking of those who admire my teachings," "I want to meet them as often as I can." "I'm fulfilling the wish of those who want to learn." " What about Heita?" " I do love him!" "So?" "What do you want me to do?" "Is there any meaning in that?" "He remembered to pray... so that the pigeons won't die." "He can only live here!" "Mr. Shima." "Telegram." "Mr. Shima." "Machiko is dead." "Heita." "Heita." "The pigeon isn't moving!" "It isn't moving!" "You wanted to show that pigeon to me?" "Oh?" "I'm glad." "But Heita," "But I wanted you to wait until it has grown... before you become friends with it." "Remember what the mother pigeon said?" ""He'll go to church when he grows up."" "Without love, I can't draw" "I want to make a real painting even if I must suffer." "I want you to love this miserable person, so I came." "I didn't know happiness is such a frightful thing." "You said we'll be happy no matter what happens." "Nobuyuki." "I want you to paint me with all your love." "With your love, your pigeon must have been very happy." "It must have tried to say..." ""I'm healed!"" "God knows it very well." "We were praying at its grave, right?" "At that time, saying "Thank you, Heita,"" "sent off by its mother," "It flew off to heaven." "Sorry." "What's wrong?" "I'm happy." "I can die now." "Michiko, let's get married." "Let's do it now, at your favourite church." "Let's go." "I just went to the pigeon's grave." "I'll ask Father Yasugi." "Let's play." "My name is Nobuyuki Nishida." "I'm Father Yasugi." " What's the matter?" " Yes... sorry to be blunt, but I'd like to get married here." "I mean now." "I know this is odd." "But if we don't do it now, I think we may never do it." "Perhaps it's just me..." "Will you two be baptized?" "Unbaptized people can't get married... in catholic churches." "It's the rule." "You can if you get baptized now." "But I don't go to church." "If I get baptized now," "Wouldn't it be blasphemy?" "But why do you want to get married here?" "It's nothing special." "I just want our poor wedding to be blessed." "Goodbye." "You butterfly?" "Look." "Butterfly." "Mr. Nishida." "You're marrying ..." " Michiko?" " Yes." "She likes this beautiful church." "We have no money but we want to get married here." "I understand how she feels." "But I think you know she's not well." " I do." " Then for her sake, get married later" "But that's precisely why I'm marrying her." "How could you?" "You don't understand the joy of love." "You only live in your religion," "You won't understand how I feel." "Nishida." "The road of love should be as long as possible." "A gentle head is joy itself." "In Michiko's soul, I feel the joy... of a love that surpasses the waning flesh." "Now I understand..." "Michiko can't live without my love." "Me too," "I can't live without her love." "This, I think, is true love." "Our bodies may be burnt to ashes, but the joy of love will surpass our flesh and burn forever." "Let's go." "Just a moment, Nobuyuki." "I'm so happy... that you know true love." "But my body..." " is failing." " Why say so?" "I'd be most happy if you can... live for something better than me." "To me this is the best thing right now." "With this," "I can keep on living happily, loving you... in my head." "No." "We suffer because we want to be together." "This joy belongs to us alone." "Let's go." "Nishida." "Nishida." "Maybe I shouldn't tell you, but the woman who was my wife died last night." "She betrayed my love and left me 10 years ago." "I can't stop hating her, but her death causes an unbearable sadness in me." "It's because I've always loved her." "Nishida." "The eternal joy of love that you mentioned..." "I understand." "That's why, I don't want you to experience this sadness of mine." "If you get married now, her health may fail and she may die." "Nishida." "Hear the wish of this awkward man." "Have this wedding of yours." "But let me take care of her." "You'll have her back in good health." "Father Yasugi, please baptize me." "Please." "Heita." "Get ready for a wedding." "Our pig just had 8 piglets." "They take one teat each and suck it like bees." " Yes, Isao?" " Yes." "Is he really coming home with us?" "Didn't we make up our minds, Isao?" "Isao, how about we come to the school again and see those pictures?" "What are those?" "Slide show" " Oh yes." " Mom." "You're silent." "What you just said, I fully understand." "Let's stay together and live on." "Send me away when there's no food." "Stupid." "It's for your own sake." "Isao, say something funny to your brother." "Say what?" "Say what?" "Whatever." "Oh yes, Ikujiro." "Tell me about your friendship with Heita." "Nobuyuki Nishida." "Do you, in accordance with church regulations, take Michiko Satomi... as your wedded wife?" "I do." "Michiko Satomi." "Do you, in accordance with church regulations, take Nobuyuki Nishida... as your wedded husband?" "I do." "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit," "I pronounce you man and wife." "Heita is a strange name." "I don't like it." "Isao, but his father is a university professor." "You don't have many friends either, Ikujiro?" "I want to go to school too!" "When life improves, you can go to school anywhere." "Is our family really doing bad?" "It sucks to be poor." "We'll sell the piglets." "Sorry, Ikujiro." "I was doing my best, but what I thought was best for you... landed you in the hands of bad people." "Sorry about that." "Now what?" "If I go home, we'll all suffer." "Ikujiro." "No parents want to leave their children." "My clothes are so bad." "They'll laugh at me." "Without me, it's best for Mom." " Best for us." " What are you saying?" "I don't want to go home!" "My home is over there!" "Why, Ikujiro?" "Don't you understand what I said?" "Isao, grab your brother!" " Get him!" " Ikujiro!" " Ikujiro!" " Ikujiro!" " Ikujiro!" "Heita." "Many times I've considered... leaving Heita in your care." "Would this be the best for him?" "I've asked myself many times." "But I can't." "When you offered to look after him," "I felt so confused." "Not just that, I felt..." "I couldn't live without him." "I asked Shuhei... to let Heita stay behind." "How can I leave him in your care?" "My head as a mother would not allow that." "A mother's love... isn't that cruel and senseless." "Mrs. Shima." "I keep on thinking... if it's best for me to take Heita in." "But I may have forgotten... what the most important thing is." "But without you around, it'd be most awkward." "Really?" "Moving to Tokyo will make Shusei satisfied." "But all I've been thinking... is the places that Heita could play." "Whatever it turns out... no, it really doesn't matter." "Be brave and move to Tokyo." "Then start a new life with Heita." "Yasugi." "I'll move to Tokyo with Heita." "Heita." "Set all your friends free." "To the hills." " OK to set them free?" " Yes." "Ikujiro." "Go there with him." "They'll all go to heaven." "Ikujiro." "Heita will be moving to Tokyo." "Now go with him to the hills." "Michiko." "We'll say goodbye here." "It's a long way from the station." "OK." "I'm OK." "I'm not sad either." "Take care." "You too." "Sachiko." "Sachiko." "Sachiko." "We're not going away." "They're so understanding and let me change my mind." "I'll keep this place." " But..." " Say nothing." "This is the right thing." "Thank you." "I'll find a cheap room there." " You're here?" " Yes." " Thank you." " I should thank you." "Where's Heita?" "The hills." "Are you coming?" "Yes." "Take me there." "Heita." "We'll set them free?" "Yes." "Pigeon." "Heita." "The baby is gone." "Pigeon." "Let's show it to Father Yasugi." "I want you to let it stay with its mother... until it's grown up." "I want it to be your friend and play with you." "Pigeon." "Return it to its mother." "What now?" "It's dangerous!" "Return it." "Return." " It's dangerous, Heita!" " Return it." "Heita, step on my back." "That hill." "He goes to such a place?" "Every day." "Nice view." "I never knew." "Your eyes have changed." "I got old?" " It's your head." " My age!" " Let's go." " Yes." "Heita, don't fall down." "Heita!" "Be careful!" "Heita... ah!" "Heita!" "♪ "Returning to the arms of God," ♪" "♪ "the dear friend of birds," ♪" "♪ "Heita Shima." ♪" "You too, Michiko." "Shima." "Mom!" "Mom!" "THE END"