"This film was made with the help and friendship... of many friends and nameless young people." "Let us first introduce 3 young men... who participated in this film." "I'm Koichi Araki, production assistant and actor." "I'm Tsutomu Ota, assistant director and actor." "I'm Juichi Ito, an actor mainly." "We're amateurs and haven't done this before." "But we love movies." "We want to be directors some day." "In fact, there's a reason why we want to make movies." "Tsutomu's uncle is a stuntman for movies." "We're all very influenced by him." "Stuntmen take the place of actors, they're not allowed to show their faces." "But in this film, the stuntman is the star." "Stuntmen do their work in the shadows, but how do they live their daily lives?" "We're eager to show it... to the audience, through our experiences." "He's 42, the most dangerous year for a man." "He loves adventures." "He'd rush into a burning house to save people." "He hunts sharks with a rifle." "He has countless hobbies." "Nicknamed "Grumble"." "He looks like a monkey, so Tsutomu gave him this alias." "His real name is Taro Kuroki." "KUROKI" "TARO'S" "LOVE AND" "ADVENTURES" "Executive Producers Ryuhei Nishimura, Shozo Umamichi" "Produced by Yosuke Taga" "Based on the Novel by Shigeo Noro" "Photographed by Masahiko Murakami" "Music Masaru Sato" "Starring" "Kunie Tanaka, Mitsuko Baisho" "Nijiko Kiyokawa, Ichiro Zaitsu" "Shoichi Ozawa, Mako Midori" "Taiji Tonoyama, Kihachi Okamoto" "Hideko Okiyama, Mitsuru Mori" "Miki Sugimoto" "Harue Akagi, Shohei Hino" "Hisashi Igawa" "Yuichi Ito, Kiyonoki Ota" "Kenji Araki, Yoshiharu Katsuki" "Rentaro Mikuni, Junzaburo Ban" "Written and Directed by Azuma Morisaki" "Stop!" "This jeep!" "Stop!" "Roppogi Junction here." "There's a suspicious jeep." "It's heading towards the Soviet embassy." "Grumble's latest hobby is guerrilla game." "Soviet embassy patrol car here." "The jeep is heading towards the US embassy." "He found out that proud drivers.... are shocked by his jeep, and started this game." "In demonstration days, like today, he'd drive around... the district of the embassies and the Diet." "I saw the jeep!" "Get him at the back gate!" "That jeep just passed the US embassy." "It's heading the PM's residence." "High alert!" "High alert!" "A game of cat and mouse, played with the police." " What?" " Your licence!" "What's that for?" "To shoot ducks." "But there's none." "What's wrong?" "What's that?" "You don't know?" "The Japanese flag." "Why put it here?" "Why put it here, I said!" "Funny." "Why can't I put it on a Japanese car?" "Thanks." "This is 103." "Decoy operation of Defence Ministry is over." "Next, the Diet." "Yes, I've pulled the jeep over!" " Stop!" " All cars get ready." "Thank you." "What "Thank you"?" "Cat and mouse again?" "Don't overdo it." "You're not right wing, but you pretend to be left wing, one day you'll be..." "Hello there, madam." "Yes, you." "Just cross it." "The signal is broken." ""It goes without saying."" "Just cross it." "It's OK." "Now go!" "Look right." "That was left!" "Look right." "Now look left." "Then right again." "Raise your hand." "Now cross it!" "Yes yes." "You OK?" "Want to buy some souvenirs?" "I have some." "Here." "This thing." "I have this too." "It's funny." "It's delicious." "Want to try some?" "Look!" "Yeah!" "Responding to the situation, that is both the right and the left, are intensifying their opposition campaigns." "The authorities are determined to stop... the action against the Diet and the Soviet Embassy." "According to the latest news, a jeep from a right wing group, attempted to bomb the Soviet embassy." "This news comes from the security of the area." "The authorities has given the order..." "You're home." "Traffic is closed in the surroundings of the Soviet embassy." "Surrounded by the cheers of demonstrators, the embassy has a sense of tense..." "Coffee!" "Kids can't drink it!" " Sugar?" " You need it." "Grumble has taken out a 50 million insurance... for his wife and their beloved kid Shirayuri, in case something happens." "He neither drinks or smokes." "He's allergic to alcohol." "Tsutomu." " I'm home!" " You're home." " A gift." " Small Auntie brought you this." "It's good to see us off, but they started partying once they got on the train." "And became like that!" "We must be strange!" "Water." "This is Big Auntie." "Mother of Tsutomu." "She went to Manchuria to become a horse thief." "Grumble is her younger brother, and two sisters below him, Middle Auntie and Small Auntie." "Small Auntie has a geisha house in Yokosuka." "At 17, she jumped off the mast of a warship with a GI." "A double suicide." "She's been limping after that." "It hurts!" "This man is the boss of a nearby supermarket." "He claims he's energetic." "He's always here to spend the night." "He's Big Auntie's boyfriend." "Movie freak, come in." "You used to come every day, why stopped coming?" "I'm busy." "Lots of jobs." "When you're a director, film my dazzling beauty." " Beauty!" " Beauty!" "I'll get Tsutomu." "Boss!" "Get the luggage." "You're here, Tsutomu?" "Yes." "I'm home." "Souvenir." "It smells in here!" "I'm tired." "Too much hot spring." "Let me introduce." "Hamako Onishi." " Nice to meet you." " Welcome." "All-night mahjong again?" "Boss was drunk and wouldn't stop." "And I had too much hot spring." "You two go downstairs." "Juichi is here." ""ADULTS' TOYS"" "Oh!" "Gome!" "Feeling blues again?" "Hit me, Koichi!" "Hit him!" "Are you a man?" "Do it!" "Hit him!" "Hit him!" "Hit him!" "Bastard." "Kill me!" "Do it now!" "Kill me!" "Kill me." "I'll be killed?" "Bullshit!" "Here!" "Cut here." "Cut here!" "Cut here." "Do it!" "Do it!" "You won't?" "I... put my life in this job!" "You see?" "If you regret it, pay your gambling debts!" "Didn't you lose?" "Gome, calm down." "What?" "What's wrong?" "Koichi!" "Now!" "Any complaint?" "If you do, go to Grumble." "Bring a gun." "Down!" "You're down!" "I knew this man in my vacuuming job." "Grumble takes care of him." "He's Gome, gambling debts collector." "His liver is bad, there's water in his belly." "The doctor said, "One drop of alcohol and you're dead."" "He's timid, so before collecting debts, he would drink hard liquor to embolden himself." "Gome helped me to stay in this place for free." "I'll get the doctor." "Gome, if you run away again... and drink, you'll die." "You hear?" "You'll die!" "Of course not." "It's you who will die!" "Do you know, Koichi?" "Love is bitter, therefore it's sweet." "Wait for me!" "I know who you love, and for whom you suffer." "You suffer, so you did it with Emi?" "Forget Emi." "Emi slept with a TV staff to get a part." "She didn't get the part, and sold herself cheap." "She's not worthy of love!" "Liar!" "It's because you dumped her after one night!" "Hit me again!" "Hit me!" "Juichi." "Now hit me." "OK!" "I pitied Koichi, so I couldn't do it." "So strange!" "Taking a bath together!" " Not enough money?" " Yes." "I'm going to board somewhere." "I'll be staying at a friend's." ""Adults' Toys"." "Adults' Toys?" "Who is it?" "Kikumatsu Kikugawa." "You know him?" "He was a cop." " Cop?" " Yes." "Can you take us together?" "Together?" "Yes... we two." "To reconcile, and become brothers." "Please!" "I beg you!" "Wait." "Stay here." "Let's go." "She said stay here." "Wait for her." "Emi." "Get out." "You too." "Sit down." "How was it?" " Understand?" " Ah." "What "Ah"?" "You're not circumcised." "Have a woman together to be brothers?" "Don't fool around." "Do it seriously!" "This way." "Go!" "Push harder!" "Gome died the next day." "What's wrong with you?" "Gome." "Why?" "I told you!" "Gome!" "Fool!" "He ran away every night." "They told him he'd die if he drank." "But he had to earn money." "So..." "Kikugawa of Adults' Toys said," "Gome had a daughter who married a village barber." "She's very cash-strapped." "It's Gome who introduced me to Grumble." "And it's Grumble who got Gome this job." "So we two gave him the funeral, and brought the ashes to his daughter." ""It's our duty as Japanese," said Kikugawa." "He also told us not to be surprised when we got there." "Kikugawa drew us a map, and we went." "But the misery of Gome's daughter was more dire than we expected." "Excuse me." "We're coming in." "The worse thing is, Gome's daughter and her husband... are both deaf." "Thanks." "Oh really?" "You were both bitten?" "It'll be bad if the lice got in the ashes." "The lice there are special lice." "Yes." "They're black and moving everywhere." "It's disgusting." "Really?" "They're cat lice." " Cat?" " Upstairs... lives an old maid, she's a middle school teacher." "She has 20 cats." "The lice fall from the ceiling... onto the people downstairs." "You were lucky." "I was there once for a shave, I was shocked." "When she was shaving me, a lice fell on my nose." "I wondered what it was, and it circled around." "I thought I'd die!" ""It goes without saying."" "Of course business is bad." "They're not eligible for welfare." "Someday they'll kill themselves." "Didn't you sense that?" "Why... don't they kick her out?" "Don't drink it!" "You'll get rashes!" "They want to kick her out, but they can't." "She's a university graduate." "She's proud." "I caught 50 lice in a bottle," "I showed it to her," ""There's no lice in my room." She said." "Last month, the cesspool cleaner... was surprised by a cat." "It jumped on him." "He lost balance and fell into the cesspool." "He's still groaning in pain!" "The neighbours are distressed." "They asked the school principal to talk to her." "Do you know what she replied?" ""It's my personal freedom to keep cats."" "Freedom this and freedom that." "Cat piss attracts lice, which pests the neighbours." "It's a kind of disturbance." "Next, they asked the police to help them." "Didn't work either." "There's no law against cats." "It's a matter of hygiene!" "The clinic then!" "Then the barber's licence will be revoked." ""It goes without saying."" "Nothing they can do." "She argues her way out, this intellectual." "Whatever you say, she insists she has the right to stay." "Cats are the only thing she loves." "Of the 20 cats, she takes turns... hugging each of them when she sleeps." "It's like a widow's hysteria." "If her students forget their homework, she'll beat them up." "There are always students who go home crying." "Unforgivable!" "I want to stop this disturbance from spreading." "So I tried the extreme measure." "What extreme measure?" "The landlord doesn't care, as long as she pays the rent." "But any landlord wouldn't tolerate sabotage." "Then what?" "When she's not home, I went in and left..." " some souvenir." " Souvenir?" "I don't think there are gods in this world." "Why?" "It was eaten." "All of it." " What was eaten?" " The Souvenir." " Who ate it?" " The cats." "Democracy... all lies." "I could never save... this family of three from suicide." ""It goes without saying."" "Why?" "How can this woman bully this family?" "She doesn't mean to bully them." "She just has an excuse to stay." "The real reason to her hysteria... is her grudge against the world." "How?" "I heard that, in the summer before last, in a forest school," "she was gang raped." "She's a proud lady." "Some kids returning from the juvenile institution raped her." "The shock reversed her character." "When changed, it's changed for good." "The only solution is to do something to reverse it back." "Like, to rape her once more." "What?" "You want a pee?" "What is it?" "Where are you going?" "Taro!" "I don't know what you'll do, just don't do anything shameful as a Japanese." "Hey you." "Don't move." "I... won't kill you." "Calm down!" "Take a deep breath." "Do it standing." "Breathe in." "Or I'll shoot!" "Good." "Now exhale." "Breathe it out." "Or I'll shoot!" "Good." "Now inhale." "Out." "In." "Out." "Repeat it slowly." "Look at me." "Do I look like a killer?" "I'm not here to kill you." "But to save you." "If you aren't saved," "I'll renounce the world, like you." "I hate cats." "I'll shave my head and be a monk." "OK?" "You believe me?" "You don't?" "OK." "I'll show you." "You." "Get the cats in there." "Do it!" "Do it, or I'll kill them all." "Now!" "Go, Miko." "Go, Yuri." "Here." "Here." "Go." "Give me one of those." "Do it!" "Now!" "You." "I'm a god, determined to save a human being." "Buddha." "Nichiren... committed murder to save Japan." "Get naked in that." "Take it all off." "You don't understand?" "If you don't!" "Stop!" "Please stop!" "Do what I said." "Please." "I'll do what you say, please let the cat out." "He was one of the rapists." "He asked me to make you a gentle teacher again." "Tell me... aren't you itchy?" "Sure." "You're immune." "You don't get it." "Your students... only... want you to be gentle." "Not just outwardly, but deep down... to be loved as a human." "Every man in the world... wants to be treated by women gently." "And wants to treat women gently." "You don't understand." "You think sleeping with your husband means happiness." "If a stranger treats you well, you think it's the end of the world." "Is a stranger that bad?" "Pull the trigger." "It's lawful defense." "All of a sudden," "I don't want to save you anymore." "You're a senseless woman." "I don't want to save you." "That's how bad I am." "Instead of doing this," "I'll abandon you to your fate." "I'm bad." "Cicadas." "Do you know?" "Cicadas." "Male and female in one." "Together with crickets, they creak the love of Buddha." "Like me." "I.. have this." "Don't let it get infected." "And it'll stop the itching." "How was it?" "She gave me this." "Last night," "I was worried." "I was, too." "I was very careful." "But," "I met Buddha in Hell." "A real Buddha." "Her." " Ouch!" " She's waiting for you." "Ashtray?" "That side?" "Yes." "Wait." "Thanks." " No supper." " Eat at home sometimes." "Heat my bath water well." " We'll have lunch now?" " I'm going to the kindergarten." "Oh." "Half day today." "Go there on your way back." "He'll know where Taro is." "Adults' Toys." "Smells nice?" "Try one." "It's a toy!" "Adults' toy!" "Relax." "Have some tea." "Happens all the time." "Drunkards and perverts see this and get shocked." "Those are of your age." "In the war..." "They cut off and burnt the little fingers of the corpses... they left behind and gave the ashes to the families." "They still dream of little fingers." "You did that too?" "Little fingers?" "Where were you?" "Burma?" "The Philippines?" "I know!" "Guadalcanal!" "I got you, right?" "You're Juichi's Dad?" "I heard of you." "You were the only survivor... of a platoon." "You were the captain." "Where's Juichi?" "I'm worried about him, so I'm waiting here." "He's vanished?" "No." "To put it simply, he's now raping a woman." " Rape?" " Don't worry." "Taro's doing it." "When Juichi is in love, he's shy, he can't take action." "Juichi is admiring..." "Taro's stupid wife." "He can't get around her." "That's not ordinary." "Juichi said... she's warm at heart, like an angel." "I said, it feels warm to be stroked on the head." "He bumped into her, she yelled out, "You're from Adults' Toys!"" "She was so childish, and strange." "Hello." "Alone today?" "It's warm today." "Come in." "Yes?" "A visitor for you." "Please." "You look smart!" "Sorry I called you to come." "I'm the madame here, but I'm like a mother to Makiko." "She didn't tell me she got married." "I broke ties with her." "This is our first drink in 5 years." "Go." "Makiko, I'm leaving you alone." "But still... to cheat with this guy is so..." "Hi, Juichi." "Go bath." "You want something to eat?" "No." "I brought cup noodles." "I... want to sleep with you tonight." "Yes?" "You're also left-handed?" "He is too." "His mom said she'll beat him with tongs." "Is it true?" "Last night, you went with my husband to rape a teacher?" "My husband... brought a cat home today." "He said it's for all the cats that got killed." "I looked at the cat, and I wanted to leave home." "I took Shirayuri with me." "I thought of living and working here." "But no." "Madame likes cat." "If I cheat on him," "I'd forget about the cat, said Madame." "But me and Shirayuri... hate cats." "Sorry." "The room is occupied right now." "Oh no!" "It's not my husband." "Mrs. Kuroki." "Please!" "Don't leave him!" "But I did..." "He didn't do anything!" "But he said he did." "He threatened her with a fake gun and raped her." "And killed 13 cats." "He just made it up!" "It's a joke!" "No." "It's a dream." " A dream?" " Yes!" "A dream!" "Do you know?" "He always says he sees a saucer." "It's all dreams." "That's why..." "I hear him talk and sing in his dreams recently." "He said he dreamed... he was in a saucer, playing with some extra-terrestrial kids." "Mrs. Kuroki!" "Please believe me!" "He did nothing!" "He went there to deliver the ashes." "There's no woman teacher." "Juichi." "You said before..." ""If you tell a lie,"" ""commit harakiri."" "Said your father." "Today..." "I met your father." "Juichi." "You said before..." ""If you tell a lie,"" ""commit harakiri."" "Said your father." "Today..." "I met your father." "Gome!" "Get a grip!" "Hey!" "You're taking my things!" " What are you doing?" " Jerk!" "That's how you clean up?" "I'll give you more!" "Fool!" "Forget all this!" "He hates people that live in the sewers!" "When he sees something dirty, he must clean it up!" "It's dirty there!" "Jerks!" "Juichi." "Jerks... jerks!" "Jerks!" "I walked the whole night, then I reached... the place where my dad drinks." "Perhaps I wanted to know why... my dad wanted to see me." "No... it's rather that..." "I just want to see him." "What if he really did it?" "Fool." "You're also an alcoholic?" "That alcoholic... was an artillery captain." "Good!" "Take out 100 yen." "All of you too!" "I'll take your bets!" "Any more bets?" "What's the bet?" "To see if he'll do harakiri." "Who's he?" "That old man who was drinking." "He was an artillery captain in the war." "His platoon was all killed." "So he became an alcoholic." "Then someone said," ""If that's the truth, commit harakiri."" "He left without a word." "Want to bet?" "100 yen." " Who's that man?" " Hey!" "Are you drunk?" "What's wrong with that?" "Tell me where he went!" " Tell me!" " I don't know." "What?" "Did I win?" "He did it?" "Just then." "Where is it?" "Where?" "Where?" " Where?" " Stop it!" "You!" "Where is it?" "The temple." "MY LAST WORDS by Minato Morisaki" "Glowing yellow..." "On my collar" "Elite of the army," "Proud of themselves" "Elite of the army," "Proud of themselves" "We artillery soldiers..." "Protecting our country" "We artillery soldiers..." "Protecting our country" ""Emperor System and Modern Times"" "Going somewhere?" "I'm going to say goodbye... to Tsutomu." "He's not in, it seems." "It's late." " Have you eaten?" " Yes." "I'm home." " Hi." " You were together?" "Want some supper?" "He's going to Kyushu." " His father's home." " Oh." "With him too?" "Yes." "Bye." "Let's eat." "Come in." " How about the police?" " They scolded me." "They say they won't search... for a middle school at this hour." "Not enough men." ""Come back in a couple of days," they said." "In a couple days, she'll be sold... to a brothel!" "It'll be too late!" "They scolded me, that's it." "What is it?" "Big Auntie and Middle Auntie took Kazumi out today." "When she got home, Kazumi got beaten by her father." "Why?" "He said she's always sleeping out." "But she's just Grade 9?" "Her face was swollen." "He scolded Big Auntie," ""Don't take her out at night!"" "She slept upstairs until noon," "Big Auntie told her... to pack some clothes and come back." "But she didn't come back." "Hello." "Where are you?" "Kazumi?" "Where are you now?" "We're so worried!" "No need to say sorry." "Don't be worried?" "Come on!" "You're just Grade 9, and on your own!" "Not alone?" "Dorm?" "Where is it?" "But which dorm?" "You can't say?" "Hello?" "Kazumi?" "Must be the brothel dorm!" "Where?" "Benisuzume's dorm, near the crossing." "Hello?" "Police?" "It's about the missing girl Kazumi." "That's why I need you to help!" "What?" "Then we don't need the police!" "OK!" "Just forget it!" "Stealing our tax money!" "This kind of work drags down their figures." "So they avoid it." "If they go in without a warrant, and she's not there, they may get a complaint." "You know how they operate." "But I have a witness..." "Koichi, you really saw her there?" "When?" "Koichi!" "I saw Kazumi... walking with Emi." "Followed them?" "I can't imagine her doing such things!" "So I wanted to make sure." "Big Auntie." " The water is cold!" " Of course!" "Heater is off!" "No need to look for her." "I did it 20 times." "She's a girl!" "Just once, and her life is ruined." "Stop!" "Why?" "Just don't go." "Why?" "She may be had tonight!" "The strategy is... make friends with her, let her fall in love, then gang rape her and shame her into whoring!" "I'm sure that happened to Emi too." "And now, Kazumi." "She's a virgin!" "She blushed when she saw me in the bath!" "What if that happened to Shirayuri?" "Kazumi is your only niece!" "Aren't you worried?" "Not Kazumi... but you, that I'm worried about." "They won't kill her." "The Benisuzume chain... belongs to Akada Gang." "You can't fight them." "I don't care, I'll go." "You must?" "Let's do it." "But they're pros." "Now get proper." "Get proper?" "I'll dress like a gangster, in a suit." "Get dressed up." "Juichi, come with us." "Going out?" " A walk." " I get it." "All-night porns?" "May I go too?" "Don't be rash!" "OK." "Show us the way." "BENISUZUME" "What song is it?" "I forgot." "Wait here." "When I call you, bring the stuff in." "Fool!" "1 stick, 2 eggs." "Understand?" "Kazumi knows nothing!" "You're a slut!" "Hey you!" "Nice to meet you." "I'm..." "Mori, Sanyo Society, Hiroshima." "I'm Akada!" "What is someone from Hiroshima doing here?" " You didn't even take your shoes off!" " Shut up!" "What about you?" "You're whoring a middle school student!" "Rotten yakuza!" "I'll punch your chin!" "And I'll crush your rotten balls!" "What are you waiting for?" "Take her home." "The cops outside will take care of the rest." "What are you doing?" "No!" "Let go of me!" "Ouch!" "Hurry!" "Stop it!" "Who were they?" "Now say it!" "Say it!" " Yes?" " OK." "Too late for train, go there on a car." "Let's go." "You'll be in Yokosuka before dawn." " And you?" " I must hide the jeep." "And we shouldn't stick together." "Now go!" "Kazumi!" "I won't go!" "You think you'll be scolded?" "You won't." "Small Auntie will be waiting for you." "Why must I go to her?" "What?" "What... the gangsters will be coming!" "It takes an hour to get to Yokosuka by train." "Small Auntie has a geisha house, she's also..." " sheltering girls like you..." " But why must I be hiding?" " Why..." " What are you going to do?" "Shut up!" "What are you going to do?" "That's what I said." "And... what now, Kazumi?" "I'm going back to the dorm." "I see." ""It goes without saying."" "But Kazumi... then you're wasting their efforts." "I don't need their help!" "They grabbed me!" "Look at this cut!" "They'd never do such a thing." "They?" "The people there and their boss." "I like them!" "They won't hit people!" "Like you or Dad do!" "And they won't laugh at me, like they do in school!" "Today, they took me on a drive." "And took me to see the shop in Nagoya." "But what would you do in that shop?" "Waitress." "Just that?" "I was a cop." "So I know." "I may have to sleep with customers." "Even so, what's wrong with whoring?" "What's wrong with that?" "It's my body!" "No trouble to others!" "What's wrong with making money with my body?" "What's wrong?" "What's wrong... you're too green to understand... such things." "Green?" "Green means... a kid like you." "What's wrong with that?" "It's common to make money with your own body." "A kid can't do that?" "The customers are just ordinary people." "Like Uncle." "Juichi or Tsutomu." "I saw someone very much like Uncle." "Somebody tell me!" "Everybody is doing it, so why can't I?" "Why not?" "Am I not ordinary?" "An ordinary girl goes to school, not to a brothel." "I hate studying!" "I hate home!" "They're always bothering me!" "When I stay with them, I'm happy." "Like Yoko says," ""My family is relieved if I don't go home."" "So she said to me." "Work and be free." "Make money and buy your clothes." "Let's leave home together!" "I must go now, they're waiting." "Kazumi." "Last summer, at the camp, you promised me something." "I remember." "Say it." "I can pet with boys, but I won't take off my panties." "I've kept this promise." "Good." "There's one more." "If you want to run away," "I'll give you a test because I ran away before." "Yes?" "You broke it." "But to excuse you, how about... taking the test now?" "Good." "Sit down." "If you want to leave, show me if you have the will to live in the mean streets." "Yes?" "A finger." "I'm not kidding!" "Weak people... will suffer in the mean streets." "Yes?" "Do it." "Do it and you can go." "Yes?" "Your hand!" "What now?" "Do it now!" "Take the test!" "Were you lying to me?" "You can't?" "You don't have the will." "Then don't go into the mean streets!" "You see?" "Kazumi." "Don't say I'm mean." "Have I ever... been mean to you?" "Have I?" "It was almost dawn when we got to Yokosuka." "The first train is at 5." "I'll leave now." "Bye." "Remember?" "We've been here before." "When?" "Summer holidays." "Big Auntie scolded us." "We came here to throw away our dirty books, and saw some warships." "Bye." "Kazumi, work hard." "Your sacrifice may be in vain." "You helped me, but someday I'll run away and support myself." "Small Auntie!" " Where are you going?" " Home." "I'm seeing them home." "They came to you?" "I'm helping them out." " What happened?" " You tell me." "I'll tell Big Auntie that you got here safely." "I was going to call." "No." "She's at the hospital." "Small Auntie!" "Tell me!" "What happened?" "Was Uncle attacked?" "What happened?" "Big Auntie too?" "She's safe." "She called." "When he left Adults' Toys, he was stabbed." "Head and belly." "Is he dead?" "We don't know yet." "Now get off." "No!" "He shouldn't die!" "Shirayuri's dad shouldn't die!" "Kazumi." "It's OK." "He won't die." "But Small Auntie said he might." " I didn't." " You did!" "It's written on your face." "If he dies, I'm the one that killed him!" "Shirayuri, Auntie, sorry!" "Sorry!" "Don't worry." "Go to Small Auntie's now." "There's breakfast." "Eat it." "Go to a hot spring if you want a bath." "Take my pyjamas." "Listen." "No matter what, it's not your fault." "It is!" "If he dies, I killed him!" "Because of me!" "Enough!" "You're scaring Shirayuri!" "Now stop all this!" "I killed him!" "I killed him!" "Fine!" "It's your fault!" "So remember it!" "Get off the train." "Go!" "No!" "Don't let Uncle die!" "Don't let him die!" "Uncle!" "Don't let him die!" "MY LAST WORDS" "They say it'd be dangerous after an hour." "He was rushed to the hospital." "Don't die!" "Don't die!" "Don't die!" "Don't die!" "Keep your eyes open before I get there." ""He's dead."" "That thought is in my head." " Where's Taro Kuroki?" " 3rd room on 2nd floor." "2nd floor?" "Are you family?" "Only for family." "Brothers are the best." "They are linked by blood." "August 4th." "I wonder... how many are the old people... who lose their sons, who would be their sole support, in the war?" "The world won't cry with the parents who lost their sons." "The world is mean." "The wicked live well." "They benefited from the war and prospered." "The families who lost their sons, cry in secret." "This is unforgivable." "The nameless people who died like weed." "Their blood, tears and sacrifices... is the base of the "state"." "We're only living on top of their sadness and sacrifices." "If we don't respond to their misery, we'll win the most horrible lottery." "It'll be our turn next." "I must pay the price." "The dead who are in our hearts, thinking of them, I don't know what to do." "For this great war, so much blood and tears... have been shed." "But not just on the battlefields." "Old parents, sick wives, small kids." "Extra work, undernourishment, sickness." "The war is built on their tears and souls." "The souls who lived and died in tears, woke up because of the war." "I can never live... on top of their sacrifices." "I must die." "He stabbed his belly." "He cut his left artery, and stabbed his heart." "Formal harakiri." "MY LAST WORDS" "I don't want to see... this dirty world." "I'll die laughing." "I only want to see heroes." "Glowing yellow..." "On my collar" "Suddenly, I remembered." "This is the song that my dad sang to encourage me, who was so timid." "Song of the Artillery Soldiers." "Under the heavy enemy fire that wiped out his platoon, in a state of madness," "Dad kept on singing this song." "As they got wiped out, the platoon's singing of this song... can still be heard in spite of all the bombing." "Go, or I'll shoot!" "Don't stop, shake him off!" "Where's the phone?" "Faster!" "You saw it!" "It's lawful defense!" "Glowing yellow..." "On my collar" "Elite of the army," "Proud of themselves" "We artillery..." "Soldiers..." "Shoot!" "Shoot him!" "Protecting our country" "Swift winds and thunder..." "Shook heaven and earth" "Victories after victories..." "Built our country" "We artillery soldiers..." "Protecting our country" "The Yamato spirit..." "Fills our bullets" "Shoot into..." "The dawning sky of the world" "We artillery soldiers..." "Protecting our country" "I stayed in this jail until this spring." "Grumble and the man I stabbed survived miraculously." "It's been 6 months since they left hospital." "Tsutomu got married." "Koichi took over the family business." "Kazumi is training hard... at Small Auntie's geisha house." "After leaving jail, or shall I say university?" "I know I can now make a real movie." "THE END"