"That summer vacation in 1999 opened up a whole new world for me" "It was the hatching out of the shell of my ignorance" "It still lives in my memory that summer vacation as if it were only yesterday" "SUMMER VACATION 1999" "They've all gone back home" "Except for the three of us" "We've got no homes" "What's so nice about homes" "No fun being alone" "Lonely?" "You're always like that" "Like what?" "Like a grown-up... cold" "He's older than you" "Kazuhiko, it was you who made Yu" "Stop it!" "I'm going back" "Stop it!" "But" "Come on!" "I know it you'll come back someday" "Who is it?" "Help!" "Naoto!" "You scared me" "Shouldn't come here alone" "I wanted you to come with me, but you were with Kazuhiko" "I asked him" "He refused, didn't he?" "He should have come here first" "He will" "You always take his side That's because you like him" "No, stupid" "Let's pray together" "Look, do you believe he's dead?" "Three months now" "His body hasn't been found" "He chose the lake to sleep in forever" "You think it was suicide?" "Three for Naoto" "Two for me" "Two for Kazuhiko" "Funny." "Static?" "Morning" "Another dream?" "I forgot" "Already" "I'm sweaty" "A shower" "Hurry." "Norio won't wait" "I made it" "The pan was big and heavy, but I did my best" "He doesn't feel good today" "I'm sorry" "I know you don't like eggs" "But it was my turn to cook, and all I can cook is eggs" "It's good" "You don't have to eat" "A wasp!" "Don't move, or it'll sting you" "I'm scared" "Poor wasp!" "How could you do that?" "But you were scared" "You didn't have to kill it" "You could have let it go" "Right." "I should have" "But you were scared" "Don't blame me" "That's enough" "But, that poor wasp" "It was alive" "You killed it." "You did it" "Stop!" "I'll go clean my shoes" "You're mean" "I meant it" "It wasn't like you." "Cruel!" "Then you think so, too?" "That he killed Yu?" "No!" "Nice clouds" "That one looks just like you" "I'm always thinking of you" "Because, I..." "I don't understand, but" "Maybe I shouldn't have such feelings" "I don't know" "It hurts me" "It's hard to explain" "It hurts" "We should not talk to each other so much" "Wait." "Don't say that, please!" "Yu, here's my answer!" "No!" "I'm not a ghost" "Do I look that bad?" "You're alive, Yu!" "Yu?" "Who's that?" "We're going to be schoolmates" "I'm new here" "Something wrong?" "It's vacation" "I know that" "But my parents wanted to get rid of me" "So they sent me away to school here" "What's your name?" "Why are you asking me that?" "You look like him" "Who?" "He's dead" "He looked like me?" "You know Yu?" "No." "This is creepy" "I'm Kaoru" "I'm going to the school" "Kazuhiko" "I'm back" "Yu!" "My name is Kaoru" "Why do you know my name?" "You told me yourself" "You're creepy" "Not again!" "What?" "You're surprised to see me" "Where...?" "My room" "Who are you?" "Here." "Keep it, if you're in charge" "I heard we'd have a new student" "That's me" "Are you and Yu..." "Yu again!" "I don't know anyone named that" "It's all right, my coming so early?" "I have to let you in" "My room?" "Any room." "It's vacation time..." "Anyone I like?" "This one" "Why?" "The other rooms smell like they're lived in" "Not this one, like no one'd been here" "Who was here?" "Nice quiet boy" "And?" "He fell off a cliff and died three months ago" "Body's still missing" "That boy who killed himself" "Killed himself?" "Who said so?" "Kazuhiko" "Kazuhiko?" "He looks serious, but he tells too many jokes" "Not a suicide?" "An accident" "Really?" "Strange" "Come on in" "I'm not a ghost" "Yu's back" "No." "Stop" "He's the new boy?" "No." "I mean Yu" "He's not Yu" "He's in Yu's room" "He likes it" "Why did you do that without asking us?" "It doesn't matter" "You're really carrying on" "Yu gave me a record before he went away" "He said" "We're really birds." "We're being hatched" "We're struggling to get out" "Our egg is a world" "But if you want to be born you must break that world" "The birds fly to the god" "That's Hesse's Demian!" "He said that" "Then?" "I break the egg and I flap my wings" "Then I fly toward him" "Who?" "Listen to this" "The same music Yu gave me." "He is back!" "What?" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Did I do something wrong?" "Why hit me like that?" "Stupid!" "Sorry" "All done" "I'll be going" "Not yet" "Why not?" "We have rules about this" "That's stupid" "We live together, so we need rules" "I don't" "You going to hit me again?" "He's gone" "Let him" "Don't fight" "Let him alone" "Yu, stop!" "Did you kill him?" "Did you push that boy named Yu?" "No!" "Kazuhiko" "What is it?" "A bad dream" "You were groaning" "What's the time?" "Three." "Most people die at three" "Who is it?" "Standing there" "You're imagining" "Outside the door" "It's him" "He's there." "It's Yu!" "There's no one" "What's the matter?" "Get off my chest!" "Stop!" "No!" "Let go!" "Don't die" "Can you hear me?" "Are you Kaoru?" "Of course." "Who else?" "Why're you up?" "You, too" "Maybe you're a sleepwalker" "No" "I couldn't sleep, so I went to Naoto's room" "And?" "Nothing" "They wouldn't let you in?" "Come on in" "Tell me about Yu" "Yu liked Kazuhiko" "He's no good" "But Kazuhiko didn't like Yu that way" "Is that why Yu died?" "Who knows?" "Everybody likes Kazuhiko" "He's no good, but everyone likes him" "That's why I hate him" "You okay?" "Forget about him" "I want to go away" "Why?" "Sometimes I suffocate" "I hate being cooped up here" "This is like a safety zone" "So I hate it" "I want to knock down the walls" "You'd only find more walls" "All we can do is to find better walls" "I'm fine, Mom" "Let me tell you something about the school" "It's vacation time." "Only three students are left in the dorm" "No, we're all right" "They're named Kazuhiko, Naoto and Norio" "Two seniors and one junior" "Naoto is serious" "Kazuhiko is real temperamental." "Norio is still a kid" "Mom, what are you doing?" "I'm still sad about your getting remarried" "I still love you best in the whole world" "So I can't live in the new house you're going to build" "And I can't call that man my father" "I want to put my clock forward so I can grow up faster" "And I'll stop your clock so it won't go at all until I become an adult" "You'll be like the Sleeping Beauty and only wake up when I kiss you" "You know this one?" "No" "It's called horsemint" "You know a lot" "Here too" "Funny" "Static?" "Here" "No, here" "Is this all?" "Ham and vegetables?" "Yes" "And bread, milk and an egg" "Not enough for a meal" "They deliver food only once a week" "We have rations for three" "You're an extra" "Stopping?" "Changing." "Let Kaoru do it" "You play" "Yu was a good pianist" "Kaoru is better" "Yu wanted to be like Kaoru" "He was honest enough, but he wanted to be more selfish, free" "Did he?" "I think Yu is inside Kaoru" "Don't bother me" "I won't" "You are" "But it's fun" "This is no game" "You're bothering me" "I liked Yu better than Kaoru" "So what" "Yu was honest, true to himself" "He looked at Kazuhiko with love" "But Kaoru is selfish, gets in the way" "I wish Yu was like before" "I've told you I'm not Yu!" "Don't keep saying it" "I see." "Yu's dead after all" "Don't cry" "You cry so easily, I don't like it" "Stop crying" "Watching Kaoru?" "He's not Yu" "He isn't timid like Yu was" "Your type?" "He's okay" "I didn't like Yu" "He made me feel funny" "But when I see Kaoru I'm relieved" "What did you dream the other night?" "About Yu" " Naoto" " What?" "When I got a prize for that recitation" "Yu gave me a bouquet" "But" "Congratulations" "White flowers?" "For a funeral?" "Cut it out" "I tried to make him hate me" "But" "He just couldn't hate people" "I've been bad enough to go straight to hell" "You've got to forget it" "But I can't forgive him" "He should have hit me like Kaoru" "Then maybe I'd have liked him" "Sorry, you don't have to listen" "The problem's mine" "No." "Let me share it" "Go get it before it gets dark" "And in the forest flowers are blooming" "I got up early to pick some" "The same flowers you and I picked" "You painted a picture of them" "I liked it" "No, nobody's here" "I thought somebody was coming" "Who would come?" "It's midnight" "I played the piano today" "They were surprised how good I was" "Do you play sometimes?" "Just painting?" "As I played, I remembered how you sang with me" "I heard you sing" "The clock in my room shows 11:57 The hands don't move" "I won't let them move because you gave it to me" "I wished this vacation would last forever" "All I wanted was being near Kazuhiko." "I wanted to stop time" "But then Kaoru came and everything changed" "I got it!" "It's dead" "Of course." "It's the acid" "No!" "What?" "You're not Yu." "He was nice" "He'd never just kill a butterfly." "He couldn't" "I can." "I'm not Yu" "Get that butterfly" "I didn't ask you to break it!" "Sorry, I didn't mean to" "I wanted to kill it without hurting its beauty" "Hurt or not, death is death" "No sympathy for that life you destroyed?" "I don't like insects" "I wouldn't care if they all died" "If Yu died either?" "What do you know?" "The boy who looked like me lost his lover and died" "His friends say it was an accident" "Say it for your sake" "Friendship!" "I don't know why Yu felt that way" "I don't like myself" "I don't like you either" "But Naoto does, and Yu did" "Yet you refuse everybody." "Your heart's so hard" "Why?" "What for?" "Maybe because I'm weak" "A coward" "I'm afraid of showing what I am" "I've been living this way, only myself" "So you hated Yu" "You can accept Naoto's love He is like a big brother" "But if his love had been stronger you'd be afraid, and you'd have fought to keep him away" "Yet Yu dared to touch you, though hurt, bleeding" "You couldn't stand it" "He's dead now." "You must forgive him" "When Yu wrote that way to me" "I told him I didn't like it" "But he wrote again" ""I love you in my heart"" "I wouldn't allow him to" "I told him that I can only love myself" "More letters came" "But I didn't read them" "After the last letter he fell off the cliff" "It was selfish of him to die" "He won't let me forget him" "He went and put himself right in my heart" "He walked all over it." "With his boots on" "No, barefoot and naked" "He would never have done this" "How do you know?" "You never met him" "He's not a stranger to me anymore" "If you treated me that cold" "I would have felt like Yu did" "I understand him" "I can hear him whispering to me" "He offered himself." "He was refused." "So he died" "And his death is heavy on your heart" "I'm sorry, but you can't kill anyone already dead" "You can't run away from the love Yu left behind" "Yu!" "Just go away!" "I'm Kaoru, not Yu" "Yu, get out of Kaoru" "Yu's gone" "I know he didn't want you to forget him but" "But I'm not Yu" "He's dead" "You can't find him" "Kazuhiko, aren't you lonely?" "Always alone" "Why not kill him?" "It's Yu" "Yu liked Kazuhiko" "Naoto likes him, too" "Then Kaoru came" "This is me, left alone" "I'm always left out." "Nobody likes me" "Only Yu was nice to me" "But he's... dead" "They've gone." "Why?" "Kaoru's mother died" "He went home last night." "Kazuhiko went after him" "Was there a call last night?" "Kaoru took it" "I was up late last night." "The phone didn't ring" "You're hiding something" "Why?" "You lied." "You wanted to get rid of him" "Not him -- you" "Why?" "You're always complaining that nobody likes you" "It's disgusting" "Surprised?" "I was worried so much I had to come" "This studio's going to be sold" "So will all my mother's paintings" "This was where she worked?" "I loved my mother best in the world" "There was always plenty of sun" "We were alone with each other here" "Lots of memories then" "Tell me some" "I'm happy you feel this way" "How about your mother?" "I don't remember my parents" "They were killed in a power plant accident" "Then you grew up by yourself?" "But it didn't make me sad" "I don't have any memories" "So tell me about your mother I want to know how you feel" "Will you stay here with me?" "Why not?" "Let's talk all night" "Talk and cry." "You'll always remember her" "Kazuhiko, no!" "He's" "A dream" "What's the matter?" "Norio's gone" "I was bad to him." "He ran away" "We're through though" "Got to find him" "He can't be far away" "Maybe I've hurt him so much" "Maybe it's too late" "No" "Let's go!" "Hurry!" "Here he is!" "What's the matter?" "We've been looking for you" "Hurt?" "No." "But he has one of his legs broken" "Norio" "Are you all right?" "Yes" "He's so warm" "He's cute!" "I heard your mother died" "But I'm not alone anymore" "I'm sorry I was bad to you" "That's all right." "I found the rabbit limping" "So I stayed here with him all night" "I fell asleep." "He was like me" "All alone like an outcast" "You're not an outcast!" "Kazuhiko, you're nice now" "Stupid" "He's always been nice" "I got something good" "We'll do it tonight" "Summer will be over soon and autumn will come and go" "At the end of winter, all of them will leave" "They'll graduate" "I'll be here alone next summer" "I don't think you'll read this letter" "You'll tear it and throw it away" "Still I can't help writing" "It's my last letter" "I don't want anyone to read it" "I just want to talk to somebody" "I don't think my feelings about you are worth anything" "But I know they're true, sincere and they won't change" "If you'll always remember me if I can find a place in your heart" "I don't mind losing my life" "So I'm going to leap towards you" "And if, by any chance, you read this letter can you somehow forgive me?" "Crying?" "For Yu" "Why now?" "Why...?" "You died" "And came back" "As if you wanted Kazuhiko to love you" "But only as Kaoru could you make him" "That trick worked really well" "Right, Kaoru?" "I mean, Yu" "You're Yu." "Yu's mother was an artist, too" "You led Kazuhiko to her place, but she'd died long ago" "Kaoru, where are you going?" "Where are you going?" "Naoto hates Kaoru" "They're going to the cliff where Yu killed himself" "You did it here" "When I heard about it, I was more glad than sorry" "While he was alive he tried to make Kazuhiko like him" "He was always standing around wanting Kazuhiko... to look at him" "You wanted Kazuhiko for yourself?" "Yes" "After Yu died he turned to me" "He began to rely on me." "It made me really happy" "But later I realized something" "He was possessed by Yu" "By dying Yu won a place in Kazuhiko's heart" "Stop!" "I couldn't make Kazuhiko forget Yu, then you came here" "Jump!" "I'll watch" "I'll see to it." "You won't come back" "Now jump!" "Don't!" "Don't do it!" "Everybody's dying" "Everybody!" "What's happening?" "I didn't think you'd come" "But you did" "Ask Kaoru..." "I mean, Yu" "What happened?" "He's sick." "He's crazy" "He almost killed me" "What for?" "He loves you." "You know that?" "No" "You're blind" "Go to him." "He's suffering" "Only you can help him" "Just like Yu" "I love you, Kaoru" "I'm in love with you" "How much?" "I'd never been in love" "I was always on the safe side, like being locked up" "I was never in love." "I was afraid" "I was afraid of being loved" "So I refused Yu, and he died" "But when I watched you I knew how he felt." "I fell in love with you" "It was like a door opening" "I asked." "How much do you love me?" "Kazuhiko" "I'm Yu" "I'm just getting even" "I came back as the new boy and managed to win your love" "Now it's my turn to refuse you" "You never forgave?" "There's one way to forgiveness" "Tell me" "To die with me" "Die with me." "The best time of your life is when you're little" "Let's die and get born again, together" "Enjoy being kids over and over" "Die and get born" "Always as little kids" "All right." "Let's die" "No!" "Just like you said." "I'm Yu" "And like you said, I'll die here" "But not alone." "With Kazuhiko" "Kazuhiko!" "Kaoru!" "Don't die!" "No." "I didn't expect an ending like this" "I had a dream" "About Yu" "He forgave me" "I feel as if I were reborn" "We could only save you" "Yu?" "Kaoru?" "He's gone" "He really died this time" "When I was a child, I cried looking at the sunset" "I went catching cicadas." "My friends left me" "I was alone under that burning sky" "So terribly alone" "As if I were the only living being on earth" "All alone!" "The sunset was so beautiful" "Everything was glowing, all red and gold" "But there was no one to share this beauty with me" "I was so scared and so lonely" "I was helpless" "All I could do was cry" "I still dream about that sunset" "It was just like this one" "Forgive me, Kaoru" "Are you Yu or Kaoru?" "Neither" "But I know you" "That summer vacation in 1999" "Opened up a whole new world for me" "It still lives in my memory as if it were only yesterday" "Eri Miyajima as Yu and Kaoru" "Tomoko Otakara as Kazuhiko" "Miyuki Nakano as Naoto" "Rie Mizuhara as Norio" "Produced by Yutaka Okada and Eiji Kishida" "Written by Rio Kishida" "Photographed by Kenji Takama" "Art design by Shu Yamaguchi" "Music by Yuriko Nakamura" "English titles by Tadashi Shishido and Donald Richie" "Directed by Shusuke Kaneko"