"Nikkatsu Corporation Ltd." "Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc." "Based on a comic by Osamu Tezuka" "13th March, 1954" "SLEEPING BRIDE" "Teito News!" "RYUSEI AIRCRAFT CRASH" "A MIRACLE HAPPENED" "On March 13th, the crash of the aeroplane Ryusei caused the tragic loss of many precious lives." "The only survivor was Masako Iida from Tokyo, who was nine months pregnant." "sadly, Masako, too, died in hospital." "But miraculously, the baby survived." "She brought joy to the saddened family." "But since her birth, the baby has not woken up once in over two weeks." "I'm begging everyone." "Our baby..." "There should be a way to wake up our baby, Yumi." "please..." "Hajime Iida, the father, is considering offering a huge reward." "When will this baby awaken?" "25th March, 1961" "Hey, where did this boy come from?" "Want an apple?" "Come in." "Are you sleeping?" "Hey!" "Yuichi!" "What are you..." "See?" "I told you." "Come on." "Here." "I told you, no one should enter that room." "I didn't wake her up." "She wouldn't wake up." " She's a sleeping Beauty." " sleeping Beauty?" "That girl, Yumi, has never been awake since she was born." "She only sleeps." "That can't be true!" "It is true." ""sleeping Beauty woke up" ""when the prince kissed her."" "I'II wake you up." "Wake up," "I'm the prince." "Is it because I'm not a prince?" "I told you!" "You should stay in your room." "The doctor says you can get out soon." "Yumi won't wake up, even if you hold a festival in here." "Where's her family?" "She doesn't have one." " Ms Fukuhara!" " hello." "Thank you very much for all your care!" "well, he was worth looking after!" "Yuichi, you must be happy to get out before school starts." "Yes." "Wake up," "I'm the prince." "Wake up," "I'm the prince." "Wake up," "I'm the prince." "Wake up," "I'm the prince." "You are... not a prince." "We've done everything for her." "I even gathered information from abroad." "Whenever new medicine came out," "I always got a sample." "But she doesn't wake up." "well, all those things were possible, because of the money her missing father left for the hospital." "He still sends us a little bit, from somewhere in Japan." "And you... who do you pray to, when you kiss her?" "God?" "She's never been awake since she was born." "Do you pray to God, who gave her such a cruel fate?" "1 4th February, 1972" "Hey, Takashi!" "Hi." " Are you going straight home?" " Yes." "What shall I do..." "Where shall I drop by..." "Yuichi!" "Yes?" "What is it?" "We have a committee meeting!" "I have to leave early." "Stomach ache!" "Sorry!" "It's too obvious." "Go to the school nurse then." "Bastard." "No one would believe him being sick at the nurse's." "Keiko has to keep an eye on him." "Why do I have to keep an eye on him?" "well, because..." "Fight!" "Fight!" " Hi." " Hi." "Three more rounds." "Yuichi!" "Yuichi, you have nothing to do after school, right?" "You leave the committee work to Mizoguchi." " What?" " You're slow." "Kazuhiro is begging you to join the rugby team." "I'm not begging." "playing rugby is rough." "Not my kind of thing." "You're..." "Yuichi doesn't need to play rugby to attract girls' attention." "Is that what you're playing for?" " Of course." "Right?" " Right." "But Yuichi never told us who he fancies." " I've got it." " What?" "You fancy Mizoguchi, right?" " Because you Iike her..." " Stop it." "Keiko Mizoguchi..." " You often sit next to her." " Just by chance." "Do you fancy her?" "Just say so." "What's that for?" "If you have a steady girlfriend, he'II have a chance with others." "Then he won't have to ask you to join the rugby team." "Right, Takashi." "See you!" "Looking back on history..." "First, here's some archive news footage." "Teito News!" "On 13th March, the crash of the aeroplane Ryusei caused the tragic loss of many precious lives." "The only survivor was Masako Iida from Tokyo, who was nine months pregnant." "sadly, Masako, too, died in hospital." "But miraculously, the baby survived." "But since her birth, the baby has not woken up once, in over two weeks." "I'm begging everyone." "Our baby..." "There should be a way to wake up our baby, Yumi." "please..." "Hajime Iida, the father, is considering offering a huge reward." "When will this baby awaken?" "Even today, after 1 7 years, the girl is still sleeping." "medical science has improved, but there are still a Iot of things about our bodies we cannot understand." "AII this time..." "For 1 7 years..." "I..." "MUSASHIHARA HOSPITAL" "I am..." "Who is it?" "That stupid TV show..." "Excuse me..." "Is there a nurse called Ms Fukuhara?" " Ms Fukuhara?" " Yes, she looked after me." "I was here with asthma, when I was little." "Ms Fukuhara left, a Iong time ago." "Director!" "This is Mr Yamashita's test result." "shall we arrange to admit him with Dr Mori?" "Yes." "A further test is scheduled for next Monday." "Dr Hikawa..." "Director..." "I'm home." "Hi." "Have you had dinner?" "Not yet." "Shit." "You only cooked for one again?" "I don't like having leftovers." "It won't take long." "OmeIette and seaweed, again?" "It's nutritious." "Don't complain." "No, I don't want it." "What's the matter?" "Nothing." "Did you forget it?" "What?" "Your book." "How... could I forget?" "What?" "Wake up... ..I'm the prince." " Yuichi!" " Sorry!" "If you neglect friendships, you'II die early!" "Wake up," "I'm the prince." "Sorry!" "Wake up," "I'm the prince." "Wake up," "I'm the prince." "Wake up," "I'm the prince." "From next week, every Wednesday," "I'II be available for career guidance." "Come to me for advice on academic or career prospects." "Stand up!" "Bow!" "See you." "Yuichi!" "Yes?" "I told you to come to the committee today." "Did I say I would?" "You represent our class." "It doesn't matter if you feel like it or not." "But..." "Yuichi, you should listen to Mizoguchi sometimes." "Yes." "Don't you feel sorry for Keiko?" "But..." "Come on, Yuichi!" "Run away, Yuichi." "Don't listen to them." "It's none of your business." "Go away." "Come on, quickly." "I..." "Keiko, you have to drag him." "Go!" "They did it, didn't they?" "Just now..." "Yuichi and Mizoguchi... kissed!" " They did!" " Shut up." "Keiko..." "I'm sorry." "Are you OK?" "Mizoguchi..." "Was that a kiss?" "It wasn't." "You pushed." "Keiko!" "I..." "I'm going out now." "Wait!" "He begins to keep secrets from his mother." "Yumi, please." "Wake up." "I..." "I'm not a prince." "I'm Yuichi Nagasawa." "But I want to talk to you." "I want to be with you." "Yumi!" "Yumi!" "Both eyes are fine." "1 10 to 60." "Get out of our way." "No Babinski's reflex." "PupiIIary light reflex is normal." "Body temperature is 36.5 centigrade." "Heart beat 70." "blood pressure 1 10-60." " Is it stable?" " It seems so." "She's overcoming hypoxia." " How about the brain scan?" " We'II be ready by the morning." " Give me regular reports." " Yes, sir." "1 4th april" "The first day" "Can you get it higher?" "She finally woke up." "But she's become a guinea pig." "A guinea pig?" "20 years, huh?" "She's been sleeping there all that time." "She's awake now, so they should let her go out." "Are you OK?" "Shhh!" "Stupid, it's fine." "This is the only time I can smoke." "Just got dizzy." "Stand up." "Let's go out." "Are you OK?" "I don't know what you're saying, but you're happy, right?" "Have you been dreaming for 1 7 years?" "It's been a Iong time." "1 7 years." "Fresh air is so good, isn't it?" "What now?" "Do you want to get down?" "Yes, that's the real world." "No closer." "You'II fall." "What's wrong?" "What's wrong?" "AII of a sudden?" "Yumi!" "Yumi!" "Yumi!" "Oh!" "She's there!" "I'm back." "welcome home." "I'm home." "Anything else to tell me?" "What?" "It doesn't matter." "I don't want mother and son to become too close." "Like friends, who can talk about everything." " No problem, then." " Wait." "At least you could give me an excuse for staying over without telling me." "There were lots of reasons." "really." "1 5th april The second day" "Amazing learning ability." "It's like she's catching up with the lost 1 7 years." "Dr Hikawa!" "Excuse me, Yumi." "Look at this, sir." "She's amazing." "She can draw like this now." "It's impossible." "Anything wrong?" "She couldn't have seen him." "Who is this?" "Hajime Iida." "Yumi's father." "please think of some ideas for the school performance, by next week." "That's all for today." "Keiko..." "Noriko wants... to apologise properly." "Never mind about that." "I'm relieved." "Let's go shopping today?" "OK." "Yuichi!" "You've been waiting for him, haven't you, Yumi?" "Yumi has been waiting!" "You're speaking..." "I am speaking." "How did it happen, within a day?" "Even during her coma, her brain was developing." "That's the only way we can explain this." "Let's go, Yuichi." "To where?" "Watch out." "Are you OK?" "What is it?" "Bus." "Bus." "That's right." "A bus." "You'II get on that, when you want to go far away." "Bus!" "Yumi, bus!" "Wait!" "Yumi!" "Wait!" "Oh, I can't!" "Bye bye!" "Bye bye!" "We'II be back this evening!" "The world is very big, Yumi." "Yumi!" "I want to do that!" "Ouch!" "You!" "Yuichi!" "What bad luck." "Yumi, come on." "Excuse me." " Sorry!" " It's OK." "Yumi!" "I can feel it." "What?" "I'm feeling it." "I'm awake." "I'm awake everyday." "Yumi!" "What is it, Yuichi?" " Good morning!" " Good morning!" "16th april The third day" "This is a modern-day miracle." "We have a live report from Musashihara hospital." "The reporter is Mr Kanazawa." "You'II be late!" "How is it up there?" "I'm Kanazawa, at the hospital." "This hospital... ..that's where you stayed for your asthma." "Reminds me of those days." "The people are coming in and out..." "well, I've got to go." "See you." "I see... it looks like the doctors are coming out." "Can you interview them?" "Live from the hospital." "She was born from the mother who died in the plane crash." "She hasn't been awake for 1 7 years." "But Yumi suddenly woke up at midnight the day before yesterday." "The reason for this is unknown." "We will hear from the Director, Dr Hikawa, and Yumi Iida herself." "How does it feel to wake up after 1 7 years?" "I don't have any memory of sleeping." "So I feel like a newborn." "Have you been dreaming?" "How did you learn the language so well?" "I read a Iot." "And I talked with nurses and doctors." "But you were just like a baby, only two days ago." "She's awake... ..that girl..." "Do you feel any different from other people?" "What's your plan after leaving the hospital?" "What do you want to do when you are out of the hospital?" "Nothing..." "Mr Iida!" "You're over-boiIing the noodles!" "Do you know your father's missing?" "Don't you know about the plane crash?" " Your mother was..." " Yumi!" "Wait!" "What is it?" "A student?" " Yuichi?" " Don't worry about them." "Yuichi, do you think I'm strange?" "No, you aren't." "But there are things I can't understand." "Yumi, you haven't seen your father." "But you can draw him." "Father..." "It's still too cold." "cold." "coldness." "It gets even colder in winter." "Yuichi..." "Why are we born and why do we die?" "Happiness is not all about living a Iong time, is it?" "Of course not." "There are short but satisfying lives." "I've only got two days." "In two days..." "I'II fall again." "fall?" "What about two days?" "For two more days," "I can stay awake." "I'm allowed to be awake for five days." "What?" "What are you talking about?" "Five days?" "Who is it?" "Who decided such a thing?" "I can't remember... ..who it was." "while I was sleeping, I heard a whisper." "That's not true." "But I believe those words." "So I have to tell you what I feel now." "How you feel?" "My heart... hurts." "I... what's this feeling..." "That is... the feeling that you love someone." "Love." "I Iove." "But I'm scared." "I... when I think of Dr Hikawa, I..." "You are not a prince." "hello?" "What?" " Sorry to call so suddenly." " What is it?" "I saw it on TV." "When you appeared." "You looked so cool." "I suffered from asthma when I was a kid." "I was hospitalised for about a month." "In that hospital." "Yumi... she was sleeping then." "I was just a kid, so I believed it." " That if the prince kissed..." " well..." "well..." "About the other day... ..I don't think of it as a kiss." "What?" "When I was still in junior school, there was a guy I liked." "He kissed me on his graduation day." "That was my first kiss." "So, what happened with you..." "I just wanted to tell you, it was nothing." "What matters is... ..only one person." "So... you have to take good care of her." "Otherwise..." "Otherwise, I would feel" "like I was being made a fool of." "Oh, it's you." "Anything wrong?" "Dr Hikawa..." "What is it?" "Yumi loves you." "She's serious." "She says she can be awake only for five days." "Someone told her that while she was sleeping." "I don't believe it, but... please." "Get married to Yumi." "Make her happy." "Do you believe it?" "What?" "That she only has five days, such nonsense." "She also told me that she has five days." "But that is a kind of autosuggestion." "Something stimulated her during her sleep, and it took form as the words 'five days'." "Your attitude is confusing her." "Don't you love Yumi?" "Love?" "I'm telling you that 'love' or 'five days', don't mean anything." " Don't you care about her feelings?" " Stop it." "Yumi." "It's dangerous to leave her alone now." "Yumi!" "Yumi!" "Yumi!" "Yumi!" "Yumi!" "No!" "Why?" "Why do you do that?" "I'm falling..." "I'm falling again.... 1 7th april The fourth day" "You came all this way, but Yumi's in such a state..." "It was my fault." "The story you told me... ..it makes sense to me." "Yumi's fear of falling down, and the drawing of her father." "What do you mean?" "I mean..." "When I was looking after Yumi... ..I talked to her everyday." "Of course, it was because I wanted her to wake up." "especially after her father..." "He lost his business, after spending too much time on Yumi." "Then he stopped visiting her." "Yumi!" "Your father will come for you, someday." "Yumi listened to your words while she was asleep." "She saw her father's face, even with her eyes closed." "well..." "I know why Yumi... ..thinks she loves Dr Hikawa." "What?" "well..." "Yuichi..." "I know you visited her, even after you left the hospital." "And you... with Yumi..." "That was fine." "I thought it was lovely." "really..." "It was the genuine feelings of a child." "But.." "Even after you stopped coming... ..it continued." "What?" "I don't think he was serious... ..but Dr Hikawa... at nights..." "Dr Hikawa?" "To Yumi?" "I saw it..." "That was why I Ieft..." "Yuichi!" "..conscious disturbance during sleep." "And what about..." "You..." "I see..." "I'd Iike to read the thesis." "You weren't making fun of her, were you?" "will speak to you later." "You weren't, were you?" "How can you ignore her feelings?" "She's my patient." "I know her best." "You don't fool me." "What can you understand about her?" "She tried to kill herself because of you." "She was abandoned by her parents." "And... abandoned by God." "I was the only one with her." "But all my efforts were in vain." "I didn't want to admit I was useless." "That's why..." "So..." "Yumi?" "sleeping Beauty woke up when the prince kissed her." "I always believed that Dr Hikawa loved me." "Because..." "For a Iong time... ..I'd heard the voice of prayer, telling me to wake up." "along with that prayer..." "..there was... ..something that made me feel very warm." "Wake up." "Yuichi!" "I'm home." "Yuichi!" "Mum, I'm getting married tomorrow." "What?" "1 8 april The fifth day" "When he was hospitalised for his asthma... ..I knew he was visiting your room." "But I didn't want to... stop him." "I was a mother who let him do things on his own." "But please..." "..be with him forever." "Yumi." "The bride enters." "please welcome her, everyone." "Father..." "Yumi..." "will you now speak your marriage vows together?" "We take one another, as husband and wife, to hold from this day forth, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, and to be faithful forever." "The vows that you have spoken in front of everyone here," "God will make stronger." "God will fill you with blessings." "What God has joined together, Iet no man put asunder." "please exchange your rings." "congratulations, should I say?" "Five days, Yumi said." "Do you still believe it?" "I don't know." "I don't know what to think." "I told you, it was autosuggestion." "But for Yumi, it has become the reality." "It's a strange situation." "Today is the fifth day." "But what should I..." "A prayer, maybe?" "It's not a logical thing to say." "What else can you do?" "Go back to the bride." "The world is.." "very big." "You remember everything." "I'II be with Yuichi, forever." "It'II be fine." "I remember everything about you, even in my sleep." "This is your hand." "This is Yuichi." "I'II remember... ..your mother's voice..." "..your friends." "The song we heard in town." "Dancing in the rain." "I'II remember everything." "Yumi!" "Do you believe in God?" "If He's the one that allows you only five days," "I don't believe in Him." "I will tell God..." "I will tell Him something." "That the world is... ..very big..." "Yuichi..." "I'II thank God for you as well." "Because I couId meet..." "Yuichi." "Yumi!" "Yumi!" "Don't sleep!" "Won't you be with me forever?" "Yumi!" "I... am... happy..." "Yumi..." "Yumi..." "Yumi!" "7th August, 1999" "I'm home." "Wasn't it heavy rain?" "I didn't bring an umbrella, so I was in trouble." "Yumi..." "Shibata came today." "Remember him?" "Five years ago..." "Oh, it's been six years, already..." "He used to be in my research team." "He's married." "Oh, yes..." "He's got a kid." "He brought me the photos." "Look." "Isn't it cute?" "Yumi?" "Don't you leave me..." "It's not fair." "I sent Yumi... to have an autopsy." "When we opened her skull, we found her brain was beautiful and transparent, shining and clear, as glass." "Maybe her life was only five days long, but I believe she was happier than anyone else." "Yuichi!" "The world is very big, Yumi." "Yuki Kohara" "Risa Goto" "Directed by Hideo Nakata"