"I'm cold" "I'm hungry" "I want something good to eat somewhere" "What's that?" "He's selling lunchboxes" "Come all the way here for a lunchbox?" "Why not?" "One?" "I want all the rest" "All three for yourself?" "And three's not enough" "Here's your money" "Oh, well, let's go home" "Want a lift into town?" "Oh, come on, ride with me!" "Get the flags" "Let me out over there" "Thanks a lot" "Mitsu, have him take you home" "Oh, I can't do that" "I have something to do" "A date?" "Maybe." "See ya!" "Oh, wait" "What am I to do?" "Never gone for a drive with a guy before?" "Oh..." "Have dinner with me?" "Oh..." "I'm starved." "Come on" "Just dinner." "OK?" "Oh, that was good" "Do you sell lunchboxes there every day?" "Looks like good business" "It's just a part time job." "Not much money in it" "Don't you want a fulltime job?" "I'm looking for a good company" "I'm sure you'll find one" "Why's that?" "Why?" "I don't know..." "I just have a hunch" "You're strange" "What's your name?" "Mitsu Morita." "What's yours?" "Tsutomu Yoshioka" "Nice name." "Like a movie star" "You like movies?" "I go every week" "How about today with me?" "Oh..." "Why not?" "Going alone would be no fun for me" "Did you like it?" "It was good" "I'm thirsty." "Let's get something to drink" "Your first time in a place like this?" "People from Okinawa hang out here" "You come often?" "Every other day" "So often?" "I work as a writer here too" "Oh, really?" "Have to work hard to make a living" "What's wrong?" "You paid for the movie." "Let me pay my share" "Don't be stupid" "But won't you be sorry later?" "Just put your purse away" "I need to call Yoshiko." "Where's the phone?" "Back there" "She's a cutie" "You make a good couple" "You want to have her later?" "Then buy her one of those special cocktails" "It'll make things easier" "Then bring her one" "Yes, sir!" "So, bottoms up!" "Bottoms up" "This is fun" "If Yoshiko were here, she'd be surprised" "Bring us each one more" "Yes." "Sir!" "I've never had a cocktail like this" "Then drink it dry" "Is the station this way?" "No." "Let's make one more stop" "I have to go home" "But it's still early" "Let's go in" "Oh, come on" "I like you." "Come on" "I'm scared" "I like you a lot" "Oh, no!" "Don't you like me?" "I like you." "Then prove it" "Come on, please" "Let's go home" "Go home?" "Oh, all right." "I'm going home alone" "You mad?" "Sure, I am" "Will you see me again?" "No, stupid!" "I'll never see you again" "What's wrong?" "It hurts" "I had polio a long time ago" "Ouch!" "My right shoulder's twisted" "And I have a bad leg" "So girls never like me and I was lonely" "Really?" "How pitiful" "I don't need your pity" "Have you been places like that a lot?" "Of course not" "I thought you like me" "So I wanted to go for the first time" "Really?" "In that case..." "Then let's go there" "Is it really OK?" "I love you" "Is this the first time for you?" "Do you still feel lonely?" "Let's go" "Give to the Salvation Army" "Jesus will bless you" "May I have one more?" "Thank you" "Look here" "One is for you" "I don't want it" "Take it" "If you do, something good will happen" "I'll take the train home" "So long, then" "When will I see you again?" "I'll call you" "Please don't forget" "Shoei Spinning Mill" "Have you heard from Yoshioka?" "It's been more than 10 days" "He's always out when I call" "Strange" "You have his address so go see him" "3.9 kg" "Excuse me." "Hello" "What do you want?" "I came to see Yoshioka" "You a friend of his?" "Yes." "Is he here?" "As soon as he got a job, he up and left" "Didn't give any notice" "Sorry" "Where did he go?" "I'd like to know that" "Kids these days are really rude" "Sorry" "We will consider that carefully" "How about one more?" "Your car's here" "Goodbye" "Leaving so soon?" "Please come again" "Where's the car?" "Thanks" "Thank you." "Come again" "See you later" "Yoshioka" "I want to talk to you" "Who are you?" "Yoshiko" "Mitsu's friend" "Come here, Mitsu" "What is it?" "He's outside" "Been a long time" "I've worried about you" "I work late every night" "But I just started, so I can't complain" "It's rough for you" "I've worried about you, too" "I'm sorry" "Why doesn't anybody answer your phone" "Our company went bankrupt" "So we took jobs here" "Why not go home?" "It's better if I don't..." "Why?" "My dad remarried" "His wife has 3 kids" "I didn't want to be a burden on them" "So I came to Tokyo" "You're from Okinawa?" "You've lived alone for a long time?" "How do you know that?" "I sensed it when we first met" "You seem so lonely" "I'm retracted" "Retracted?" "Not gentle like you" "Is your mother well?" "After Dad died..." "She left me with her parents" "She remarried and went to the States" "When I was little" "How sad" "That's why you came to Tokyo?" "No, first I went to Kobe" "Then Osaka..." "I wandered around" "You've had a hard life" "Forget it" "Just come over here" "Does your shoulder still hurt?" "Sometimes" "How sad" "Is your leg OK?" "Not bad" "I'm so happy" "But it was hard waiting" "I'm so glad we met" "You're so silly" "I don't care" "Just hold me" "Hold me tighter" "Say you won't leave" "Oh, don't leave me!" "Oh, look" "Come quick!" "What is it?" "Look" "Though it's winter, a rose is blooming" "It's so pretty" "What's this?" "Nothing." "It's been there for a month" "Did you see a doctor?" "No." "It doesn't hurt or itch" "You have to see one soon" "When can I see you again?" "How about Sunday?" "Come to my place?" "Really?" "Many people used to get this disease" "But only a few these days" "Half of them come from Okinawa" "You don't see a case very often" "Take a good look" "It's an annular erythema" "With dipgentation in the centre" "It's entered a state of leucoderma" "The surrounding dark red annulus is from congestion" "Get a good look" "Can it be cured?" "Can't tell until we make tests" "I'm sorry" "Sorry to keep you waiting" "We have last week's test results" "Any reaction?" "None at all" "What?" "That's strange" "You made the tests I ordered?" "Well, sometimes there is no reaction" "I'm leaving this patient in your care" "I will take her" "Yabe, his bag!" "Sorry to keep you waiting" "More tests need to be made" "Please go here and have the tests made" "I'll contact them to accept you" "Doctor!" "Am I to be hospitalized?" "Yes, it's best" "There's a patient to see you, Doctor" "Wait a minute" "Is it that bad?" "It's just a precaution" "What disease is it?" "We can't tell yet" "Anyway, go there as soon as possible" "Take care" "I'm so busy today" "Sorry to keep you waiting" "What's wrong?" "I'm sorry" "You never answer your phone" "I went to your bar but you had the day off" "What's happened?" "You don't want to see me anymore?" "You don't like me anymore" "That's it, isn't it?" "It's not that" "I love you." "So, why?" "It's because..." "I'm sick" "Sick?" "They said to go to enter this hospital" "What's the disease?" "They won't tell me" "Shinaien Sanitarium" "It's one hour from the train station" "It's pretty far away." "But what's your disease?" "Not AIDS, I hope!" "What kind of guys have you been sleeping with?" "What do you mean?" "Since you started working at the bar" "I've slept with no one" "Liar!" "Isn't that why you got this?" "But I've never slept with anyone but you" "Come on!" "Tell the truth!" "It's true." "Believe me, it's only you" "Oh, all right" "I'm sorry..." "To cause you trouble" "It's all my fault" "If only I hadn't gotten sick" "It's not your fault" "I've... done nothing wrong" "So why did this happen to me?" "Forget it" "Go home and get some sleep" "Sorry to make you come out here" "Don't get depressed" "You'll get well." "They have good medicines" "Take care" "You too" "Goodbye" "Entrance to Shinaien Sanitarium" "Let's go" "Take care" "Miss Morita" "I'm Sister Yamagata" "Sorry to keep you waiting" "Come this way" "There's nothing to worry about" "This is Head Nurse Inamura" "Happy to meet you" "This is from the university hospital doctor" "Thank you" "Just relax" "Please drink it while it's hot" "We're like family here" "Don't stand on ceremony" "The music is to guide blind people" "Here is your room" "Your roommate is Ms. Kano" "Ask her about the schedule" "I'll see you later" "You're Miss Morita" "I'm Taeko Kano" "Happy to meet you" "If anything troubles you just tell me" "Here's some tea for you" "Feel any better?" "The sky's so clear" "I was the same way" "I was afraid of seeing anybody" "I always thought about when I was still well" "That's the way you are now?" "I wanted to become a pianist" "I practiced so hard back then..." "I didn't leave the piano all day long" "That was when I to give my first recital" "I was supposed to wear an evening dress" "But I got red spots on my arms" "So mother took me to the hospital" "And everything cancelled" "Cancelled?" "Mother and the doctor talked in the hall" "When Mother came back her face was pale" "Then I came here" "It was a long time ago" "Mother's dead now" "I got well but my fingers are paralyzed" "But... the pain" "was not physical" "It is because no one will ever love me now" "Did you love somebody?" "I was engaged" "But in those days..." "Nobody would marry a woman with this disease" "I cannot blame or hate anyone for it" "But you will get well and all will be fine" "What is that?" "The children from the town." "Let's go see them" "I want to introduce you all" "This is Mitsu Morita" "She has come out of her room today" "Congratulations!" "Why, you cried in your room for 2 whole weeks" "You did, you did" "It was a whole month for you!" "Right." "Mitsu was fast" "Hey, Mitsu's cheerful now!" "Congratulations" "You're OK now" "You're all right" "So let's go make some tests" "Oh, Taeko..." "Come with me" "Oh, you're spoiled" "It was cold last night" "Are you used to us now?" "Let me have a look" "Have you been ill during the past few years?" "Nothing special." "Just a cold a month ago" "You're very strong" "I got well as soon as I took some medicine" "They told you about your disease before, I believe" "There's nothing to worry about" "What disease is it?" "Didn't they tell you?" "No" "Oh, I see..." "They said it's leprosy" "In the past, it was incurable" "But now we can cure it quite quickly" "Just don't worry" "Then why send her to a sanitorium?" "There's so few leprosy specialists in Japan" "Of course, our doctor is one of them" "So why not cure her here?" "The sanitorium is more comfortable" "So I thought it best for her to get treatment" "In a better environment" "What do you mean by better environment?" "Well, you see..." "Just what're you saying?" "Doctor" "Please come with me" "Wait just a minute" "You know nothing about this disease" "Ask your parents about it" "Are you still taking medicine?" "Please, hold me" "Hold me tighter" "Say you'll never leave me" "Don't leave me!" "You look depressed" "It's about her?" "Yes, she's sick" "So what's her disease?" "Leprosy" "Mr. Kamijo" "Mr. Kamijo" "Feeling good today?" "He's been here for 80 years" "He's our chief" "He was brought here as a small child" "The 5 o'clock train?" "No, the 7 o'clock freight train" "Freight train?" "Sorry, but that's the way it is" "Let's go" "Masao!" "Idiot!" "Die!" "Leper's Car" "Thank you" "More than 10,000 people have come down with it" "And the law forced them to be isolated from society" "Some objected and ran away" "They were placed under tight security" "Many of them died" "There're about 600 now" "They live in Okinawa and on Inland Sea islands" "Fifteen sanitoriums all together in Japan" "Since it would be a burden on their families..." "They make this their legal residence..." "And change their names" "You too..." "Though we want to go home when we're cured..." "But because of various problems..." "There's nobody to accept us..." "So we end up staying here" "How awful" "But now, we're all linked together..." "So we just stay here..." "And share our pain" "You know how happy they all were when you came out" "They're eager for you to become one of them" "This never happens in the outside world" "You can find a different kind of happiness here" "The graves of people who die here" "without relatives" "Ashes of those who no one claims" "Some cannot go home even if they want to" "Until they become ashes" "These are the traditions among the patients here" "They're such good people, so why must they suffer?" "Why do they meet with such pain" "Though they've never done anything wrong?" "Long ago on my island" "There were many with that disease" "Twice as many in Okinawa as in the rest of Japan" "Due to mistaken fear of contagion" "Its victims were ostracized" "Even one of my classmates had it" "The teacher stood him in front of the class" "And told him not to come to school anymore" "He went into a sanitorium" "But before long, he disappeared" "Now many who've been cured are out working in society" "But there's still prejudice against them" "So many have left home and come to the cities" "I think I'll go visit her" "It would be best to leave her alone for a while" "It would be painful for her to see you right now" "When she gets well, she'll surely come to you" "How's this?" "Looks good." "Now some cream colour" "Come right away" "More tests?" "No more test" "Come on." "Hurry" "Come in" "We have the results of the recent tests" "They were most unexpected" "You do not have leprosy" "We tested three times to make sure" "There is no reaction at all" "Sorry to put you through so much trouble" "I apologize for the mistaken diagnosis" "Yoshioka" "Congratulations." "I'm so happy for you" "I'm so sorry" "What about?" "I just feel bad about it all" "Don't be silly." "Just get ready to go" "Mitsu" "What is it?" "I want you to have this" "It's for me?" "But why?" "Mother gave it to me for my first recital" "It was grandmother's." "I don't need it anymore" "My fingers are paralyzed" "And I've no daughter to pass it on to" "Please take it if you will" "Oh, I will" "Such a precious treasure" "I want you to have it" "Are you going now?" "Thanks for caring for me" "I won't see you off" "Goodbye" "Goodbye" "I'm no good" "It's Mitsu!" "Miss your train?" "What happened?" "I'm sorry." "Just what has happened?" "I came back" "Why?" "Just because" "There's no place for you here since you're not sick" "But you're here and not sick" "I'm a nun, so it's my job to care for the sick..." "All my life" "Then I will care for them too." "Can't I work here?" "Don't be silly!" "It's just a whim." "You mustn't say such things" "I'm sorry" "If I can't stay, I'll go" "It's not that you can't" "How troublesome" "Well then, stay tonight, and think it over" "You'll see it's just a whim" "You'll go back to Tokyo tomorrow." "Understand?" "Where's Taeko?" "Where is she?" "She went to the forest after you left" "I'm back" "Listen you all!" "I'm back!" "I'm staying" "What happened?" "It's Mitsu" "I'm back" "Oh, Mitsu!" "You're in good spirits." "I'm back" "Taeko." "Taeko." "What happened?" "Why'd you come back?" "Go home." "You're not sick" "I pray for your recovery" "I'm sorry to be so late in answering the card" "That you sent at New Year's to Miss Morita" "Your message seems to indicate..." "That you know nothing about what happened to her" "As a result of further tests it was found..." "That Mitsu did not have leprosy" "A wrong diagnosis is very rare" "She went through great pain over it" "But she decided to stay here" "She was determined to stay and work here" "In the past, people with this disease" "Were isolated by law" "But last spring, after 90 years" "This awful law was rescinded" "But most of the patients" "Found it impossible to revive relationships" "With family and friends" "Most of them are still ostracized from society" "And though they are free, they can't go out alone" "Most of them lack physical and mental strength" "Mitsu took them on various trips" "92 years old Mr. Kamijo wanted to see the ocean" "Once more before he died" "But it seems that Mitsu had deep problems" "And she couldn't talk about them to anyone" "On the afternoon of December 20th" "We had her go to the town on an errand" "She went to sell our hens' eggs for us" "The money was to be our Christmas spending money" "Get a good price for them" "Be careful not to break the eggs" "Just leave it to me" "We're off!" "The police phoned us at five thirty" "Mitsu had been in a traffic accident" "She was crossing the street carefully carrying the eggs" "And she was hit by a speeding truck" "If she hadn't been carrying anything" "She would've been able to avoid getting hit" "But... since she had both arms full of eggs" "She got run over by the truck" "The eggs, the eggs!" "During the last 2 minutes before she lost consciousness" "She only talked about the eggs" "But though she was unconscious after that" "She opened her eyes just once and shouted" "It was because of what she said that I'm writing this" "Goodbye" "Yoshioka!" "If God were to ask me who I like most" "I would immediately say," "A person like Mitsu" "Mitsu," "I'll come again"