"March 14th?" "Japan's extra Valentine" "Will your boyfriend buy you chocolates?" "The day for men to show their love" "Don't be fooled by the hype, you morons!" "What did I come here for?" "Wine?" "White, white wine" "Not French, but German So sweet!" "Wine, wine?" "So sweet, so fine!" "Why is there no red German wine?" "They must make it" "But it's usually white Almost always" "Madonna, lovely Madonna" "Why is there no red German wine?" "They must make it" "But it's usually white..." "Shut up!" "What must people think of you?" "They can't think you're normal" "A secretary after a party?" "No, a secretary doesn't dress like this" "Much too casual, or am I worrying too much?" "I want to touch someone" "But sometimes I need a reason" "I'm scared of people I can't touch" "And I'm scared of people who don't know how to touch" "When I feel threatened I become threatening" "My self-defense instinct is so strong I'm worried I might kill someone" "What did I come here for?" "Wine?" "Booze is my friend" "It helps me sleep" "The voice of my conscience or other people's voices..." "They melt away when I drink" "I fancy some aniseed vodka but there's none" "Alcohol and eating disorders are rife but they're not in the magazines" "Teenage gangsters?" "That I can relate to" "I knnow how the girls on smack feel" "They're nno different to me Even they want boyfriends" "But what about me?" "Am I completely alone?" "You can feel it, can't you" "Those subtle changes under your skin" "Many women experience skin damage" "But it isn't simply decay!" "It's caused by an imbalance" "It isn't your fault You're not withering!" "Oh, please!" ""Are you tired?" "Is your skin too dry?"" ""Did you gain weight?" "Are you losing weight?"" "Look at the bags under your eyes" "Frustrated?" "Are you getting any?" "You never hear men talking like this" "Why do women have to listen to this crap?" "I don't care I'm me" "Maybe it's too late to do anything about it" "Let's get ice cream" "Looks Like a fisherman Tasty, though!" "I want him Good enough to eat!" "I wonder what shampoo he uses Smells nice" "Take me, take me!" "I'm still alive" "Where are you?" "I know it's you" "Never mind whistling, come and get me!" "I have to go to him I have to satisfy my appetite" "Grab that handle" "Welcome" "Were you watching me?" "From way up here?" "Not all the time I thought you weren't coming" "Drink?" "It's the hard stuff" "Yes, please" "Of course I want a drink I can't do anything sober" "Thanks" "Can I open these?" "They're good" "How old are you?" "31" "Older than me, then" "Isn't it obvious?" "How about you?" "28" "I thought you were younger" "You were buying wine and gin" "Some friends are coming this weekend But I don't need it yet" "It's only Wednesday..." "No, it's Thursday" "Do you want to watch TV?" "OK" "I'm afraid someone complained about the noise of your truck's engine" "But it's freezing?" "I suppose you can't turn it off" "Is there a park or something near here?" "I've got a morning delivery" "Mr. Okabe?" "How do you say your first name?" "It's TAKATOSHI" "It's a bit unusual" "You can park behind the station Do you mind moving?" "OK" "Thanks" "So you get along with policemen" "We're both just doing our jobs" "How long have you been a driver?" "About 7 years" "And before that?" "Building contractor's office" "Then I bought my first truck, and now I do pickups with this one" "Pick ups?" "Like freelance" "But why be a truck driver?" "I've got no diplomas" "I hardly even went to junior high" "So much for compulsory education" "If I'd graduated junior high I might have got a certificat e" "But I didn t even attend the ceremony" "When I first saw you..." "I was really taken by your boots" "It's always snowing in Niigata so I need them" "It only snows a little bit in Tokyo" "What's special about Nigata?" "There are lots of furniture factories" "I go to Shizuoka too" "But mainly Niigata" "See that apartment under construction?" "I'm delivering doors there" "You leave the engine on all night?" "Yep" "Why not use a kerosene heater" "It causes less oxygen here" "Well, an electric heater Or a heated rug" "Then I'd need a generator" "I want to touch you" "Be my guest" "I'm scared" "Sorry, it sounds stupid" "I worry someone I don't know might turn nasty on me" "I'm sorry I don't know why" "It's ridiculous No one ever hit me" "You must think I'm an idiot" "I want to touch you" "I want to touch you" "Do you want to come closer?" "There goes my contact lens" "You're beautiful" "Mr. Takatoshi Okabe Do you want to know my name?" "Just call me Takatoshi" "Don't make me sad" "REI." "It's Rei Ha yakawa" "You're beautiful" "Call me by my name" "Rei." "My ray of sunshine You're so beautiful" "In what way?" "Like a rosebud" "Show me how you touch yourself" "I can't do that" "Go on, show me" "Can you touch your breasts?" "Suck it" "I love you, I love you, I love you..." "Have you got a condom?" "Make love to me" "If you do that, I'll come too soon" "That's OK" "Liquor and corn chips" "Nothing else to puke up" "Take me with you" "With me?" "Yep" "OK" "With a travelling companion The world smiles upon you" "Are we going to Niigata" "No, Kawaguchi" "Kawaguchi?" "I have to load some tires Can't run empty" "Do you find the work yourself?" "No, a company assigns it" "I thought it was your own business" "It's not like being an employee" "But it's easier to get the right papers if you sign on under a company" "All of these?" "Of course it's all of them" "Here" "Put this behind you" "Show me your dick" "No, it's soft" "So what?" "I'll show you when it's hard" "Why?" "To see it at its best" "Hard or soft, it's still you" "Are you serious?" "Love me, love me, love me..." "Are we off to Niigata now?" "Yep" "On the expressway?" "No, we only use regular roads" "If we use the expressway we have to pay ourselves" "I see" "I know you said you want to come with me..." "Yeah...?" "Actually, I'm married" "So?" "I don't care" "But there was a little hesitation there!" "I was once with a girl who ended up nearly stalking me" "In fact she's never given up" "It's a bad situation And she's so intense" "What do you do?" "Me?" "I write Articles for magazines and stuff" "Do you work for a company?" "Freelance" "A bit like me" "So you only get paid if you write?" "What's so good about truck driving?" "It doesn't tie you down" "Well, now the economy is in trouble" "But before it was easy money" "Freelance truckers used to carry smack hidden in frozen tuna" "You couldn't ask a big company to carry stuff like that" "The dirver must be someone you trust" "They get to know you through friends of friends" "And they make sure you're all above board" "If not the goods could end up stolen" "The stuff arrives frozen somewhere in Kyushu" "Even the sniffer dogs can't find it when it's frozen" "After it comes ashore the dealers step in" "By dealers I mean the Yakuza" "And they tell me where to take it" "They pay for the expressway I got 500,000 cash" "When I get to the drop off I hand the stuff to the customer" "Do they tell you what you carried?" "Yeah, they say do you want cash or do you want the smack" "I took the cash I don't do smack" "Do some people choose the drugs?" "Of course" "A lot of the Kyushu truckers do" "It helps them stay awake on the road" "When did you get married?" "3 years ago" "Any kids?" "Yep" "Boy or girl?" "Girl" "Is she cute?" "We're not so close I'm hardly ever home" "Is that so..." "Not very often" "Haulage jobs come one after another so they clash with going home" "You call it "haulage"" "That, or "on the road"" "If you make a round trip you're in Tokyo half the time" "Where do you stay?" "There's a place at the company HQ" "But I hardly ever go there My truck is my house" "What do you call this space?" "That's the bunk" "Can I try it?" "If you want" "You can really stretch out here!" "It has to be big enough for me" "I suppose your stalker knows that you're married" "Makes no diff erence, she's in a world of her own" ""I'm the only one who understands you"" "Who does she think she is?" "Someone always on the move like me can't figure out a person like that" "I might meet someone really cool here but then someone in Sendai" "Then I might go to Kyushu and meet an even better person" "Can I use this?" "Yep" "An office worker gets married and that's the only person they see" "They start fooling around at the office and thats called "an affair"" "But they don't know anything except work and home" "I got a call from an ambulance the other day" "The stupid bitch had slit her wrists!" "She said she wouldn't get in unless the paramedics contacted me!" "So I told her on the phone "Go ahead and die"" "To someone who just slit their wrists?" "I was the victim!" "I think she should have put her hands in a bucket of water" "That would finish her off quicker" "Did you date her?" "Of course not" "Well, I gave her a ride in the truck because she wanted to" "I thought it might keep her quiet" "But it made her worse, and she got my phone number and address" "After that she never stopped calling" "I was furious so I called her old man" "And he says 'I'm so sorry, you can punch her lights out if it'll help"" "But if I did that I'd get thrown in jail" "Did you hit her?" "Certainly did" "With your fist" "How else?" "Where?" "At her house" "If you hate her why'd you go there?" "Watch where you're going, asshole" "With a travelling companion The world smiles upon you" "Mount Akagi..." "Is this Route 17?" "No, 353" "Even at night Maebashi gets jammed because of the traffic lights" "So we'll go over Mt." "Akagi and avoid the crush" "Any body listening, over?" "Big Blue hearing you loud and clear" "We're heading down 353 to Niigata How's the snow looking?" "Roads are iced over at Numata" "Radio?" "Yeah, I want to check the best route" "This is Northland from Hokkaido" "That's unusual" "What?" "It's hard to pick up signals from so far when the weather's like this" "Summertime is clearer because the signals bounce off the ionosphere" "It's amazing" "They're so far, and yet right here, entering our perception" "If the signal's strong it sounds even closer" "And in a good location normal signals can travel miles" "I said "perception" but he heard 'reception"" "And if y ou ask "Who's out there?" "'" "You get replies like 'Tokyo Buddy" or "Off-Roader here" all at once" "What's 'A offroder?"" "Oh! "Off-Roader"" "You can choose the strongest signal" "So someone says ' Go ahead, Tokyo" but there are loads of people" "And you get a bunch of replies again So you pick out the strongest signal" "Hey!" "Narita Sightseer here" "Good evening to you, Narita Sightseer He's a radio buddy, another driver" "Why "Narita Sightseer"?" "It's his handle, a radio nick name" "But he's a truck driver" "Yep" "Northbound on Route 17 Can you hear me, Minakami, over?" "Merit 5 southbound on Rout e 17, over" "But why does he use that handle?" "Most peop e use illegal wavelengths so they can't use their real name" "Illegal?" "Up to 0.5 watts is legal" "Anything else is illegal I use 2 kilo watts!" "0.5 watts?" "Like a walkie-talkie, and very weak Most people use a booster system" "What other kinds of radio are there?" "There's Amateur and Personal" "Such a lot of snow in Tokyo this year" "It snowed again today" "Amateur radio is called Ham, right?" "Yeah, "CQCQ this is 1212" and so on" "My truck's electrics packed up today" "The lights, the heater, everythinng I had to use the expressway" "What does CQ mean?" "Yeah, but they all start working the minute you go to get them fixed!" "Some people say it's short for "Seek you"" "Others say it means "Come Quick" It's the code for finding a buddy" "I was going to drive the Miitsubishi but it isn't fixed yet" "Mitsubishi?" "Yeah, Mitsubish Fuso" "That happened to me once The ignition key causes a short" "It's one of their weak points" "I thought Fuso was a separate company" "No, it's Mitsubishi" "Is this truck a Mitsubishi" "No, Hino" "Sightseer, it said there's a big party near Akagi" "Making a rocks lade barrier You better hurry" "A party?" "Road construction" "So it'll be down to one lane" "More than likely" "Do you only use the CB?" "The CB is fun" "In what way?" "People strugging for a strong signal It's a bit of a power game" "Its not the same with Persona Thats just like talking on the phone" "Hey there, this is a rendezvous with Narita Sightseer" "Rendezvous?" "Talking with 3 or more people" "Who can I hear in the background?" "Another channel It's stronger than this one" "They're not so close but the signal's strong" "Or we might be blocking them" "Damn!" "I wish I'd brought a porno mag" "That guy's a laugh!" "There's a lot of stuff like that Sounds lik e a drunken conversat on" "I want to watch you" "I don't want to go out for the bathroom" "Just a second" "Yeah, it's OK" "It's OK, I was washing the dishes" "Look, a boat" "It's a Russian ship" "Is this a port?" "Yeah, I have to drop off the tires" "It's still early Let's get some sleep" "My body was willing..." "But my heart was holding back" "All right then, do it yourself" "You're wet enough Why are you ignoring me?" "He noticed" "I can feel your asshole squeezing" "I've got a lump in my throat" "Just like when I throw up my food" "It's freezing" "When I worked for the Yakuza I was the boss' assistant" "I did all sorts of work for them" "Answering the office phone Checking up on the clubs" "My pager would ring and I'd go to one of the bars" "Then I'd squeeze money out of the drunken cust omers" "How did you put the squeeze on them?" "First I fooled them into thinking they just needed to pay us of f" "Then I d take their name card out of their wallet" "Take a few snapshots of them with some hostess and demand 100,000!" "Then next time they're out on the town" "We make use of the photos" "Threaten them to show the pictures to other people" ""We know where your family lives"" ""We're not threatening you" "500,000 will take care of it"" "That s as far as we'd go" "When did you leave the Yakuza?" "I did it less than 2 years" "It doesn t take long for me to lose interest" "Then I was a pimp for some call girls" "That was boring, and we got caught" "What for?" "Prostitution" "What kind of operation was it?" "The punter sees a flier in a phone box and they call us" "We ask what kind of girl they want" "'OK." "Be waiting in the coffee shop'" "Where we operated the coff ee shop was the Half Moon" ""The girl will have blonde hair" ' You'll soon recognize her"" "Then they'd meet" "Hello Yes, thank you" "You like her?" "OK, we'll need a cash advance" "Remember the time" "If she's not back after 2 hours we'll have to come and get her" "We don't want that to happen, do we?" "It wasn't me who was arrested It was the person below" "After that I was asked to run a bar" "But I wanted a proper job" "You were about 19 then?" "You said you worked in a building contractor's office" "That was after leaving school" "Maybe earlier I wasn't at school much" "Spent more time in hospital!" "Did you never sell drugs?" "No never" "Did you ever do them?" "Maybe once or twice" "But they never did much for me" "I was out of my tree on glue" "Ah, a glue head!" "It wasn't that I liked it Just couldn't give up" "At that age I had no money for drugs" "We'd break into the rubber factory and steal 2 or 3 drums of thinners" "We could sell it for big money" "You've done it all!" "You never know what's interesting if you don't try it" "Mind you, doing glue is a fool's game" "But I can say that because I tried it" "What else have you done?" "What else?" "Nothing special" "You're not exactly normal" "And you?" "What?" "What did you get up to?" "Only drinking and puking up food" "Puking?" "People who starve themselves are called anorexic" "And people who gorge themselves are called bulimic" "I interviewed one girl and she described herself as "bulimorexic"" "She would stuff herself and then puke" "A combination of the two conditions" "So I asked her why she did it" "I suppose I have no self-confidence" "I have a lot of stress and instability" "That's why I overeat" "But I don't want to gain weight and be called fat" "So I started making myself sick" "I started thinking that if I vomited it wou d be OK in the morning" "I was so relieved I slept like a baby" "But I was fooling myself" "I started drinking to help me sleep" "That made me gain weight" "So I started making myself sick" "It was awful at first" "But I really slept wel that night" "You were insomniac?" "The voice inside my head disturbs me" "There are three advantages" "You eat and it tastes good, then puke You'll be slim and sleep well" "It became a sort of hobby" "You're strange" "But I haven't puked since yesterday" "Please wait at the Half Moon" "You'll recognize the girl She has bright red hair" "So they meet You like her?" "Great!" "We'll need a cash advance" "Excuse me, sir" "I told you we'd come looking if she didn't come back" "You won't believe what he did" "Oh yeah?" "What exactly did you do to my girl?" "We're not running an SM club" "What do you mean It was hard for me too" "She was saying "More, more!" But you'd know about that" "Give me the key to the handcuffs" "This isn't violence" "I have every right to do this" "You didn't treat her nicely" "You didn't keep your promise" "You understand?" "Fucking bastard" "Do you want to go for desert?" "I'm thinking of giving up the CB" "Why?" "I was asked to become a local Club Leader" "I've been doing it for years and I have a lot of contacts" "So why not do it?" "The organizers are all Yakuza It's such a pain" "Can I have a smoke?" "They like to all get together" "Parties at hot springs" "I can't be bothered" "They ask "How's things in your neck of the woods?"" "Who cares?" "They think they're in ' The Godfather'" "If I did go I would borrow a truck" "But they'd all be in Mercedes" "Dressed in tasteless suits" ""You look a bit out of place What do you drive?"" "' Actually, a truck" "Oh!" "A trucker?"" "I can't stand them Let's buy a drink" "In the summer they go to the beach" "And the Club Leaders go round letting people have a go on the CB" "Why do the Yakuza get involved?" "It's the competition for the airwaves" "There's power struggles even with CB" "There are all these fractions And the strongest wins" "The Yakuza like a finger in every pie They're like leeches" "Are they people not in the club?" "Not for CB You have to be a member" "And everyone is in a different channel" "People are friendly in my club That's channel 15" "Some channels, lik e channel 6, have a kind of inner circle" "Lots of hardcore members" "Some people shoot up on the air" "Their handles are strange too "Nick the Needle" and stuff" "Can you hear the police?" "No" "When I was in a bike gang we stole one from a police car" "That and a flashing light We sold them to a Nationalist group" "Hotplate check ahead" "Thank s for the report I'll make a detour" "Hotplate check?" "Weigh bridge checkpoint" "This is a 4 ton truck but I m carrying 6" "A report" means a checkpoint We have to use code words" "A speed trap is "S meter', a patrol car sa 'panda", stuff like that" "I see" "Do you want to try?" "Pretend you're me" "How?" "Use this and no one will know" "What s this?" "A voice converter" "I don't really like them" "It' s on permanent loan" "Switch on and put together with the mike" "But if they don't know who its they'll be worried" "They'll know by my handle They'll think I'm fooling around" "What's your handle?" ""Storm" Go ahead" "This is Storm" "I feel like I' ve disappeared" "Hows it going?" "Sorry, can't hear you!" "He was still talking" "Breaker, breaker" "Can you hear a really faint signal?" "What?" "Can't you hear it?" "Sorry, I can't" "I've found a great bar Anyone want to go?" "Let's meet at the truck stop" "Hawaii, Hawaiii" "That girl was a bitch all right" "I want to do it with your wife" "What time?" "I don't rennt out, you know" "Tango alpha, queen, queen 11 o'clock?" "Oh God!" "Are you on the expressway?" "What time?" "Now let's hear some e-mail messages from our listeners" "Did you turn the radio on?" "Nope" "Can I put it on?" "If you want The reception m ght be bad" "With the CB there are pauses I'm tired of waiting" "I can hear my own voice" "Mixed with the voice converter" "Can I put FM on?" "Yes." "But a CD is be tter" "No" "It's the first time I've experiennced love at first sight" "But it was the same for mom and dad" "And then we have the famous Tennessee Waltz..." "Is it raining?" "A song" "Let's see who our guests are next time" "Next week we have a photographer" "Annd the week after an actress" "It's the first time to invite an actress" "I look forward to seeing them here" "There'll also be Miho We were at a concert together..." "There it is!" "The voice I heard before" "Did I hear the radio even though it wasn't turned on?" "Let's get changed It's gym class next" "Put your arms in the sleeves" "Now stretch" "God, it's so annoying" "Yoshi can't think much of Kannako if he's two-timing her" "I think it's Ukai from basketball club" "All of that part equals "x"" "That girl really annoys me" "Should we send her to Coventry?" "Yeah." "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" "I'm going to puke" "What?" "Be sick I feel bad" "A, B, C, D, E, F, G..." "Why aren't you going to school?" "I want to see a shrinnk" "If you hate the school you can move to another one" "Maybe it's not the best idea" "People would talk" "You could stay with Grandpa" "Why did I move to the country?" "It's for your own good" "What's more important, your daughter or school?" "What are you tryinng to protect?" "I'm going to throw up" "I feel awful" "Hold on" "When people rush to my rescue at the drop of a hat I feel so happy" "It's the omnipotence of a child" "What am I doing?" "I'm 31 years old" "I'm going to be sick" "Listen, I'm not f eeling so good so I'm signing off" "Why did you do that?" "To cut transmission" "By whistling?" "There are a lot of methods It stops others from worrying" "Are you OK?" "Don't touch me!" "Can't throw up." "How come?" "I feel like shit" "I feel hypersensitive" "So don't touch me" "Please" "I feel like shit" "Stop it" "I feel like shit" "It's ready" "Is it too cold?" "Just right" "I've got sensitive skin now I can't stand hot water" "I wonder..." "Why this man..." "Understands me" "His kindness isn't just sympathy It's the real thing" "He's even kind when he doesn't feel sympathetic" "He touches soft things with care" "Like you would handle a peach" "Cold shoulders We're like animals" "Acting on instinct" "Some people don't know how to handle something softly" "He's so nice" "If I stayed with him he'd be mine" "If I fall in love I'll cry" "Don't be stupid Who cares about his wife" "I like him" "Just let me drown" "What are y ou doing?" "Drown" "Hit me" "Why?" "So I know how the stalker felt" "I lust after the hand that smites!" "I can't hit you I can't hit someone I like" "I have no idea what you're talking about" "Mother" "I'll never understand you" "You're quiet" "Are you tired?" "It's so bright" "That pachinko parlour's closed down" "Old men having their morning coffee" "Jesus!" "Watch where you're walking" "That was a bit of a shock" "You should eat" "You wouldn't want me to be sick again" "As long as you're not sick in the truck" "If you don't eat, there's nothing to puke up" "You're saying things like "It's bright" or "This is route 5"" "Looking at the people and saying" ""The old men having morning coffee"" "I know" "You'd say those things even if I wasn't in the truck" "I suppose so" "So I don't have to answer every time" "No" "You said you liked me" "Yes, I like y ou" "How about you?" "Do you like me?" "Yes, I do" "You can stay with me if you want" "Thanks" "But there's a man waiting in my apartment" "I told him I was just going to buy wine" "You're joking" "He's been waiting all this time?" "Yep" "Wow, what a man" "Well, I met you" "I'm kidding There's no man" "You re the same, right?" "You're not married, are you?" "No" "No wife, no kid, no stalker" "I thought so" "It's true" "Do you want to drive?" "Me?" "You have a license don't you?" "Yeah" "You can drive a 4 ton with it" "Are you sure?" "Of course" "I don't think so" "Yes you can You'll be OK" "I'll keep an eye on you" "You can start n second on the fat" "It's got a lot of torque so second's OK" "Give it some throttle A bit more" "Let in the clutch and shift up And again" "Throttle" "Take that exit" "Thats it, turn" "We're OK, straight out" "The landscape peels away before us Our skin is chafed" "Shall we pull in there?" "Remember the position of the wheels as you turn" "A bit more, and more Left hand winker" "That's the exhaust brake The winker is on the right" "Start turning right now" "A bit more right" "Just do as I say" "A bit more right Then sharp left" "Left, and down a gear Bit of brake" "Hard to the left" "Don't touch the gears Don't touch the throttle" "And straight en the wheel" "That was fucking brilliant!" "Shall I drive us back?" "The voices in my head have gone" "I suppose they'll be back" "But for now they're gone" "He was good enough to eat But he ended up consuming me" "That was all" "But..." "I felt as if I'd turned into something good" "You say you want to become something" "I still love you even if you're no one" "I say this to you I who am no one" "Shinobu TERAJIMA as Rei" "Nao OHMORI as Takatoshi" "Tomorrow TAGUCHI as Policeman" "You say that something is missing" "Though your body is bathed in light" "Producer Akira MORISHIGE" "Screenplay Haruhiko ARAI" "Cinematographer Kazuhiro SUZUKI" "Music Producer Hikaru ISHIKAWA" "Sound Akira FUKADA" "Production Design China HAYASHI" "Based on a novel written by Mari AKASAKA" "The light of falsehood cannot pierce the heart" "Directed and Edited by Ryuichi HIROKI" "All rights reserved by Vibrator Production Committ ee, 2003" "English Subtitles by Dean GASCOIGNE  spiral"