"A SIGLO Production 1998" "Sky without end" "Clouds without cloudiness" "Winds of the season" "Birds fly against a head wind" "Running through" "The city of the sun" "Rolling about" "In the bright light" "In the city brilliant with" "Brimming with" "Light and green" "Artists in Wonderland" "Nishinomiya City Hyogo Prefecture" "Suzukake Workshop's Drawing Club" "Shuji Takashi (Shu-chan)" "Supervisor Hata Yoshiko:" "They usually don't talk much." "At least, when they do you're not sure what they're saying." "Since it seems like nothing's going on inside you get this image that they are simple-minded people." "But when they draw all sorts of things come out." "The force of their expression is unusually strong." "It's like if they don't draw it right then it's gone," "Like it's out of sheer necessity." "I'm also an artist, so I was so surprised." "I've never drawn a picture like that." "I couldn't believe it." "It's like they took all this stuff inside themselves, and just threw it all up." "That was my impression." "Hata Yoshiko" "What next?" "Do you want to paint another one?" "Do you want to wash?" "Crayon." "What?" "Usually, with a flower you start there and work outward." "Using the bloom for balance, you draw the entire scene." "That's how we're trained to paint." "But there's none of that here." "They start with what left the strongest impression." "So that's what you get." "I sensed that within Shu-chan." "He had something far more interesting, and I felt like dragging it out." "So I tried provoking him by making the canvas big or small, or switching from pastels to charcoal." "I don't know what he thought at first." "But now he likes being challenged by me." "Color on Color" "Takemura Yukie (Yukie-chan)" "That's great, Yukie-chan." "Wow!" "Oh, he's using his hand!" "Stop that." "Stop that!" "You'll be in trouble!" "Hey!" "Shu-chan's doing it from behind!" "You'll be in trouble!" "OK, you want to do it?" "Go ahead." "Happy Plants" "Hiratsuka City Kanagawa Prefecture" "Girl high school student's miniskirts are great." "I like young girls." "That's why I like girls." "Girls are good." "So I like girl's miniskirts." "Female high school students..." "Male high school students..." "Boys and girls..." "I wanna be called "Shige-chan."" "because I like everyone." "Nishio Shigeru (Shige-chan) because I like everyone." "Nishio Shigeru (Shige-chan)" "Nishio Shigeru (Shige-chan) I want girls to call me "Shige-chan"." "I want girls to call me "Shige-chan"." "Lots of girl students are here today." "Shige-chan." "You made it." "I'm here, I'm here." "Lunch!" "It's not ready." "Masako, there's a cat." "Don't you like cats?" "Does Mi-chan like cats?" "Shige-chan Collection Swimsuit Series" "Studio Kai" "July 1 to August 31 :" "Swimming Season." "One..." "Piece..." "Oops, I forgot." "Swim..." "Suit." "See-Through..." "Swimsuit." "I'm done." "All done." "This is Sports Swimsuit." "School Swimsuit" "Junior Swimsuit" "See-Through Swimsuit" "Double-straps Swimsuit" "Strapless Swimsuit" "Bikini" "Beach Ball" "One Piece Swimsuit" "And next..." "Pool" "Ocean Swimming Beach" "And Tsujido Swimming Beach" "Kamakura Swimming Beach" "Zushi Swimming Beach" "Um, Zushi Swimming Beach" "Then Yuigahama Swimming Beach" "That's it." "Ah, young girls wearing in high boots." "I want help getting introduced." "To become friends and make secret promises." "I wanna be called "Shige-chan."" "Then friends." "Friends." "I wanna be introduced to 9,994 girls." "I want to turn their heads." "Please?" "Kawamura Noriko (Nori-chan)" "Different People" "I don't like it." "Please stop." "Tell me when you're OK so we can shoot again." "Why are you uptight?" "I want to talk to girls." "Do you know what you're doing today?" "Writing." "You don't have to if you don't want to." "I want to write, but..." "I want to talk, but..." "I hate pinching girl's arms." "Pinching, biting, hitting kicking..." "I hate it." "So I quit." "Are you OK?" "It's OK." "Why did I pinch you?" "Don't ask me!" "Were you sad?" "Why?" "'cause I got pinched!" "I want you to introduce me to girls." "I want to talk, so I want to be friends." "I want to be friends." "Don't be mad." "I want to be friends." "You're nervous again." "No, I'm not." "I'm OK." "OK?" "So I shouldn't blow my top?" "Why?" "It hurts if you don't think about pleasant things." "It'll hurt." "Hurt." "What should I do?" "What should you do?" "Oh, hey, I like girls!" "I'm Shige-chan!" "I wanted to meet you, Iizuka." "I like girls!" "I, Nishio Shigeru, want to be called "Shige-chan!"" "Such  Such Collection Studio Kai-6 Artist Exhibit" "Gallery Kaoru Harajuku, Tokyo" "This is the Nishio Shigeru Collection." "It's great." "The Shige-chan Collection." "Practice, and practice." "And then part-time work." "Then an employee." "I want to be a salaried employee." "You have a dream!" "Right, so I want a big salary." "Big salary!" "At Tokyo Mitsubishi Bank and Fuji Bank, Atsugi Branch," "I saved lots of 1 yen and 5 yen coins." "I don't drink coffee, so I can save a little." "I collect 1 yen and 5 yen coins for my savings." "Come to the exhibition." "Whoa!" "A skirt!" "A tight skirt!" "What's this tight skirt?" "You know, high boots..." "Girls..." "I love'em." "And then passersby." "Passersby and commuters." "Commuters and school commuters." "With long boots." "I like that." "I'm Nishio Shigeru." "Call me "Shige-chan."" "I wanna be called, I..." "Yeah, girls in high boots." "Please call me "Shige-chan."" "I love girl commuters." "Ah, I love girl commuters." "I like girl commuters' miniskirts." "Commuters' high boots." "Miniskirts." "High boots and short boots." "Girls, I like girls wearing high boots, short boots." "I like girls in high boots, even in department stores." "Shigaraki Shiga Prefecture" "Shigaraki Youth Dormitory" "Today, it's such a pity." "But it's Friday." "Ito Yoshihiko (Yoshihiko-san)" "You could call my idea a history guide." "With Kyoto Newspaper's introduction," "I enjoyed making this kind of pot." "With Kyoto Newspaper I looked deep inside myself." "And they asked me to make a history guide." "So I quietly made a history guide." "A history guide, and this peculiar human face." "Peculiar Human Faces" "Youth Dormitory Plastic Arts Study Center" "Matsumoto Takao (Matt-chan)" "Clock" "Lunchtime." "Such a pity." "Good night." "Thank you." "It's such a pity." "Thank you." "...and here's the sumo champion Takanohana..." "Ouch!" "Ouch!" "Such a pity." "It's such, such a pity." "It's such a pity." "It's such a pity." "Shiga, Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo." "It's such a pity." "It's such a pity." "See, it's such a pity." "A real pity." "Good morning." "Mornin'." "A bit of a pity." "Good morning." "Today we're shooting." "I'm full, it's a pity." "But we're out anyway." "Today, it's a real pity." "Again." "With a positive attitude, I try to correct my soul." "I keep a positive attitude, looking deep inside myself." "Basically, in order to make human's make you feel the peculiar human face" "Fun..." "I made this fun pottery." "Thanks to this, to this..." "Thanks to this" "I could, thanks to this..." "I'm pretty happy." "Today, thanks to what I've made," "I'm pretty happy." "I'm living happily." "My birthplace..." "I was born in Ashiya." "Ashiya City." "And my parents, too." "Both my Mom and Dad, and Some-san, too." "My father, lto Tsuguro and Koiso Ryohei..." "Koiso Ryohei and Ito Tsuguro." "They died last year." "The funeral." "Both mom and dad were sad and didn't get well." "And I didn't return home." "I'm always in the dorms." "In Kyoto." "In Osaka." "Like Kyoto and Osaka." "I ride the bullet train." "Sometimes, I go to Ikeda Taro's grave." "Youth Dorm's Lake Biwa Camp" "Summer paradise" "Bright red paradian" "A serious playboy" "Just decked out in red" "In a hot sea breeze" "Sleeping at the door A lesbian" "Cheerful Story Correct Person" "Tomizuka Yoshimitsu (Tomizuka-kun)" "Finished." "Amazing!" "Shu-chan's Koshien (High school baseball tourney)" "Will we eat together?" "Yes." "What about Toru?" "Hey, Shu-chan." "You're late." "Come on, Shu-chan." "Let's eat." "Do you want to go potty?" "Who did you give the present to?" "The present." "Who did you give it to?" "Workmate." "Who's that?" "Who did you give it to?" "The teacher?" "Your book on Koshien came." "Grandma, could you bring the book on high school baseball?" "Who won?" "What's that?" "Who won this year?" "Read it later." "After dinner." "Who won?" "Which school won?" "Chiben Wakayama." "Can't hear." "Chiben." "I can't hear." "Chiben Wakayama." "He's upset." "And second place?" "Heian." "Shuji Takashi Exhibition Happy Plants" "Gallery Arai Nishinomiya Koshiea" "Hello." "He's here!" "Shu-chan." "Everyone, let's look at the pictures." "Ma-kun, these are Shu-chan's flowerpots." "OK, give it to Shu-chan." "Shu-chan, Thank you." "You mean congratulations!" "I named today's exhibit "Happy Plants."" "Whenever Shu-chan paints, he has this happy face." "It's as if the plants he draws are happy because of his gaze." "So I gave the exhibition this title." "Thank you for coming." "It's very touching." "Shu-chan's on a roll." "Next time, he'll do something besides plants." "Everyone, let's have a toast." "Here's to Shu-chan's brilliant future." "Congratulations!" "Field kiln" "On its side is better." "Is here OK?" "Tomorrow or the next day." "They should turn out good." "It's pretty late." "It's pretty late." "It's late." "Dark." "Dark." "Add them slowly!" "Sit there." "Use the small ones, not big ones." "Small ones?" "It's hot!" "It's real hot!" "This kiln is so hot." "Field kiln." "It's hot." "So hot." "Let's look at the bottom." "They're pretty black." "It's all ash." "They turned out pretty well." "Good." "They're great." "Not bad." "Not bad." "Down at the bottom the color is blackish." "Blackish." "Hang on, lto-san." "Let's do it from this side." "Oops." "I broke it." "After making it and everything." "It broke." "It's such a pity." "Pitiful." "Take it." "Tajima Seizo-san." "A work I put my heart into." "A work...a person puts their heart into." "Tajima Seizo." "Put my heart in." "I did it right." "This year...good color." "Good color, this kiln." "It's still hot." "The ashes are still hot." "It's still a little hot." "Hot!" "Studio Kai" "Good morning." "I came today." "You sure did." "Good morning everyone." "You took off yesterday." "Yesterday, I went to a pop concert." "That's great." "Didn't you go to the concert?" "I was in Osaka yesterday." "I was in Osaka!" "I rode the 12-after bus." "I got on the 9:12 bus." "So you know how I want to be called "Shige-chan."" "I keep shouting it out on trains and platforms." "Sekiae Motoshi I keep shouting it out on trains and platforms." "Sekiae Motoshi" "Sekiae Motoshi You've always done that." "Sekiae Motoshi" "There's a good Shige-chan, and a bad Shige-chan, see?" "There's no "good" or "bad" Shige-chan." "No one knows your good side." "Factory manager." "President, too." "Can't be helped." "You walk down the street shouting." "I see." "I took it out on Kondo-san." "Yes, you did." "I see." "Satoe..." "Satoe-chan." "Satoe-chan..." "Satoe-chan." "She's not here today." "Too bad." "Satoe-chan." "Before, Satoe-chan lived in Yokouchi." "Once she went to Tokyo Art Museum, and didn't come in." "So I went to Yokouchi to shout my feelings." "Letters to Satoe-chan" "I write memos to Satoe-chan, right?" "And female junior high school students." "Girls." "And employees." "And then," "Female..." "Female..." "University..." "Women's junior college student." "Women's college student." "Women's vocational college student." "That, too." "Do you remember writing Satoe-chan every day?" "I remember." "Way back." "Right." "I 993." "But now she's not here." "Right." "It's like vacation." "Now her baby's kind of sick." "That's why she's off." "No, it's for childrearing." "Childrearing." "Satoe-chan's husband is working now." "Satoe-chan's husband." "Now he's working." "It's been a year since writing these every day." "We asked to exhibit this, and you said it would be fine." "Since then, you saw it covering all the walls, right?" "I saw." "I saw." "And what did you think?" "Great." "I liked it." "And then the very next day, I saw you." "You said "There's no more need to write memos."" "That's right." "Why was it no longer necessary?" "I wanted to quit." "Why?" "My hand hurt." "My hand hurt." "There's more." "You know..." "It was kind of tough." "8:54 Yokouchi, 8:54." "Yokou han." "For satoe-chan." "For S led, Shige-chan called, Shig ed.) Oct. 27th (Wed.) oct.2 ige Please call Shige Ple me. -chan at home. -chan 8:54 Yokouchi, 8:54." "Yokou han." "For Satoe-chan." "For S led, Shige-chan called, Shig ed.) Oct. 28th (Wed.) oct.2" "Upon an anonymous daybreak" "A dreamy bus leaves The streetcorner" "A young couple caught up in Themselves" "Start a secret journey On a cramped seat" "Countless kisses in the day" "Tired from wondering Where they're heading" "The bus wears out its tires All day long" "And there the couple finds Answers in the neon lights" "Nishio Tetsuo (Shige-chan's father)" "Today I'll introduce myself to a high school girl." "Today, I'll give her my card." "Right!" "I'll go to lsehara and give my card out." "I'm done." "Toilet cleaning is done." "Now I'll clean the tub." "Thank you very much." "Fish?" "I'll cook this salmon." "If I can't eat it all, I'll leave some." "That's fine." "I can only eat a little." "Today you didn't wash." "That's OK." "Huh?" "Today we have udon." "Delicious." "What?" "It's no good." "I'll eat it." "That's OK." "Dad." "Please, Dad." "Just udon." "You like it?" "That's right." "Dad, do you want lunch?" "I'll have it later." "What time?" "I ate late." "About 9:30." "I ate first." "How are the pickles?" "Delicious." "Delicious?" "Hold the bowl properly." "Why aren't you holding it these days?" "Say, Shige-chan." "You're just like your mother." "So methodical, aren't you?" "Mom." "Why did Mom..." "In January." "January." "January, 1993." "Did Mom think she would die?" "1993?" "Before she died in February." "Why did she think she's die?" "Because she thought so." "Why?" "She said it was odd." "What was?" "Your mom said so." "She didn't feel well." "What did she say?" "That she's dying?" "That she's dying right there?" "You heard it, too." "I heard it." "See?" "I see." "February 4th, wasn't it?" "I went to work, but I felt uneasy." "So I came back in the afternoon." "And at the hallway, the door was open a crack." "It was strange." "So I called, "Yoko!" at loud." "No answer." "So I ran upstairs." "And she wasn't there." "So I went to the shed." "But it was locked." "That was odd, I thought." "But the south window was open." "So I looked in, and ah..." "(She was hanging there.)" "They can't hear." "Is everyone happy?" "Now as loud as you can." "Sis!" "I'll introduce myself." "Sis!" "...ah, too loud for people." "Sis, I'm...it'll bother people." "I'll introduce myself." "Pleased to meet you!" "I'm Nishio Shigeru." "Please call me "Shige-chan."" "Watch out!" "The sea got me." "Today, there are girls here." "Today I came to Enoshima." "It's fun." "Fun." "Fun." "Enoshima." "I came to Enoshima." "Today, Kunimi." "Kunimi-san." "It's kind of a pity." "You've got no money, right?" "I've got no money." "Can we do Pachinko?" "Just once." "Just once." "Let's go." "Just one time." "This...this much." "We'll leave it." "We'll keep the balls and trade them for candy." "We'll leave a little and trade for candy." "You got something." "Let's stop and exchange them." "This is all we got." "This." "This is all we got." "Too bad." "Half for fun." "Just half for fun." "Half for fun, but too bad." "Just half for fun." "Excuse me." "Where is it?" "Where is it?" "Here." "Press here?" "Excuse me, it's not much, but could I have candy?" "One more, please." "You already have one." "Just one more." "One more please." "No more." "You have no balls." "No balls?" "Thank you very much." "Ah, no balls." "(Postcard invitations for lto's exhibition)" "Ito Yoshihiko Exhibition" "Gallery Ou Teamabashi, Osaka" "Everyone, thank you for your kindness at this busy ti me." "Thanks for coming all the way to Osaka at this busy time." "Sept. 13th, Monday." "Thank you." "This is a cute little paperweight." "If you'd like it, 500 yen is fine." "That's cheap!" "Something so wonderful should be 800 yen." "Thank you very much." "This is my face." "I made this pottery with all my heart and soul." "Thank you for coming." "Thank you very much." "I'm so grateful." "Your shirt's out." "Draw over here." "See?" "Right on the pumpkin." "Paint here, here, here..." "That's it." "Press hard." "That's it." "OK." "Are you done?" "Do you want to draw more?" "Producers:" "Yamagami Tetsujiro Sho Koshiro" "Director:" "Sato Makoto" "Director of Photography:" "Tashima Seizo" "Cameraman:" "Otsu Koshiro Sky without end" "Sky without end" "Sound:" "Kubota Yukio" "Sound:" "Kubota Yukio Clouds without cloudiness" "Clouds without cloudiness" "Music:" "Inoue Yosui Clouds without cloudiness" "Music:" "Inoue Yosui" "Winds of the season" "Subtitles by Abé Mark Nornes Winds of the season" "Winds of the season" "Birds fly against a head wind" "OK." "It's OK." "Let's finish." "Thank you very much." "And everyone on the film crew:" "You did a great job." "Now for going around with us," "Thank you very much." "I look forward to doing it again next year."