"A Yukisada Isao Film" "It's getting closer" "What is?" "The typhoon" "Typhoon?" "Typhoon #29" "Sweetie" "Will we make it?" "We'll make it" "I promise I'll take you there" " Saku!" " Sorry" "Morning" "Good morning" "Another all-nighter?" "You're part-time, right?" "Do full-timers work Saturdays, too?" "Listen," "Sakutaro is an odd name, no?" "Dad was a fan of the poet, Hagiwara Sakutaro" "He wrote Chiekosho?" "No, not that" "What, then?" "What was it..." "You don't even know" "Wow, some ugly weather" "The typhoon's getting close" "Typhoon #29 is currently at sea, southwest of Kagoshima, moving north slowly, at about 20 kilometers per hour" "We aren't seeing any rain yet, but thick storm clouds are moving in from the west, promising a torrent to come..." "Don't you have a girlfriend?" "I do" "So, go home, then" "What?" "The move" "I said, I'm fine" "You're the one I'm worried about" "It's lonely living alone in the city" "Listen, Dad, don't you have anyone special?" "Haven't you been lonely since I left?" "I'm not making fun of you, I'm worried" "It's not like I'm leaving the country" "I'll come back and visit" "I still had this" "Excuse me, do you have any Walkmen?" "If you wanted MD players, they're really compact now" "These here all take CDs..." "Excuse me, do you have a Walkman for playing cassette tapes?" "Cassettes?" "October 28th..." "I don't know why..." "I can't get to sleep" "I'm so afraid of tomorrow that I can't fall asleep" "I think..." "I'm going to die soon" "CRYING OUT LOVE, IN THE CENTER OF THE WORLD" "I'm going away for a while Don't worry about me" " Ritsuko" "...the super typhoon, #29, which struck Kagoshima, has maintained its ferocious strength, traveling north at approximately 15 kilometers per hour" "The atmospheric pressure at the center is 950hPa, the maximum wind speed near the center is 40 meters, and within the parameters 110 kilometers southeast and..." "Welcome" "Oh, it's you" "Helluva welcome" "I'm starving, Ryu" "Eat at home You've got a cute fiancée" "Whatever" "Shit" "I never should've introduced you to Ritsuko" "You're marrying her Better treat her right" "What?" "Ritsuko is gone" "Gone?" "She left a note, "I'm going away for a while"" "A note?" "That's bad, man" "You write a note if you're going to elope, man, or for a double suicide" "Double suicide?" "Suicide?" "No way" "You call her?" "No" "Call her" "Hurry up and call, her life's at stake" "Oh, all right" "Hurry ...this afternoon, many Kyushu-bound flights have been canceled, stranding more than 50, 000 passengers" "If Typhoon #29 continues its northerly course, it should hit Shikoku tomorrow afternoon..." "Hey, Saku" "That's..." "Ritsuko, isn't it?" "Why'd you hang up?" "But we can anticipate many more canceled flights, and disruption of travel plans That's all..." "That's all, from Takamatsu Airport" "What's Ritsuko doing in Takamatsu?" "Hey" "Hey, Saku!" "1986" "June 24, 1986" "Mayor, Onuki Shozaburo..." "Saku!" "Over here" "You're late" "Sorry" "Next, an eulogy from a Kobane High School student, who she taught" "Hirose Aki, 11th grade" "Yes" "To Principal Kunimura," "I offer my heartfelt condolences on your passing, and would like to take this opportunity to thank you for teaching me" "Teacher," "I wish I had no need to say these things" "I really feel great sorrow, at the sudden news of your death, and I can hardly believe that I have to stand here and speak these words, to a photograph" "I think of what you always said," ""Beginnings are just continuations of other things,"" "about the real meaning of those words" "Our memories of you..." "Hirose is amazing" "The other girls were just crying their eyes out" "She's like totally mature or something" "Sakutaro!" "Uncle Shige, you knew our principal?" "She was my first love" "I wanted a memorial photograph of her, but I couldn't even see her face" "No way, this was our principal?" "The war was over and we'd survived" "But I was starting over from scratch, lost my whole family, totally broke" "So," "I worked like a dog to win her" "I did everything but commit murder" "Like what?" "I can't tell you" "So I got things together" "But then..." "But then what?" "But then, she'd already married a man her parents had chosen" "But that's..." "Back then, that's how it was done" "Hey, Saku, there aren't any cute girls" "I like, like a girl who reads books on the train" "Who's like..." "What are you staring at, you lech" "What's that?" "Hey, hey, listen, listen!" "It's Tachi, the movie star!" " Tachi?" " Tachi Hiroshi" "It's a movie shoot, he's playing some cop" "Where?" "Where?" "Over there?" "Can you call that girl over?" "Hirose!" "Come here!" "Yes" "It's just a pick-up shot" "May we take your picture?" "Do you mind?" "I'll take your photo" "Hey, Tachi is gone" "Hey, isn't that Aki?" "Hey, that's Aki" "It's Aki, Aki!" "Why?" "Why?" "What?" "Her debut?" "Debut?" "Very nice" "Ouch" "I caught a fool" "Ouch, ouch, ouch..." "I caught a fool" "I knew you came to school on your motorbike" "I've seen you riding it before" "Are you going to rat on me?" "Hey, what's this?" "Here" "What?" "Hurry" "Hurry up" "Oh, well" "Don't hold on so tight" "Feel my breasts?" "Listen, Saku" "Please don't" "Don't what?" "Call me Saku" "Everybody calls you that" "Just the guys" "Well, Nakagawa's a girl" "She's not really like that, so it's okay for her, too" "Why not me, too, then?" "When you do it, I feel like you're teasing me" "I'm not teasing" "You're different from the other girls, Hirose" "I'm different?" "You're smart and you're a great athlete, and you're popular..." "You're going into show business, right?" "You're like, a little classier..." "It's like you're here" " What?" " Going home" "Aren't you riding with me?" "We live in opposite directions" "Then why'd you ask for that ride?" "That's a no-brainer" "How else could I talk to you?" "A score of 82, what a laugh" "If I get serious, I can do a lot better..." "Wait a second" "What?" "32,000 Yen, huh" "Expensive" "You win the same thing, if they read your postcard on Midnight Wave" "Midnight Wave?" "A late night radio show" "Hey, I'll race you!" "What?" "Let's both send postcards and see who gets the Walkman first" "I'm home" "Welcome home, Sakutaro" "You're late, was it a girl, Sakutaro?" "Shut up, ugly" "Shut up!" "Whether you're cramming, working or broken-hearted..." "This is it" "We're coming to you from FMKB" "So, another round of Midnight Wave, all night long" "Our first request comes from a listener by the pen name, Banana Boat" ""SOMEDAY" by Sano Motoharu" ""The passage year..."" ""The passing year"" ""The passing year is yet another traveling"" "So even amnesiacs can laugh at memories" "Hey, Saku!" "Hirose san" "Hirose san" "We've tallied up votes and" "Hirose Aki has been elected to play Juliet" "I wonder how Juliet felt when she woke up" "How it feels to have your lover die first" "Ask Uncle Shige" "Why?" "Between you and me," "Uncle Shige, who runs the photo studio, his first love was our principal" "No way" "They were planning to marry, but war came and prevented their union" "But it was all in his mind, really" "And he still loves her" "Fifty years is half a century" "I can't imagine dreaming of the same person for half a century" "It's lovely" "I'd like to hear Uncle Shige's story" "Are you nervous?" "With that face, you'll never get in anywhere" "Brighten up" "What kind of face should I make?" "I don't know how to smile" "OK, don't laugh" "All right" "Done" "Thank you" "Thanks again" "I don't mind telling you..." "But not for free" "I still say this is nuts" "You think?" "We could get arrested" "For what?" "I think it's romantic and lovely" "You think?" "It'll be so much nicer with Uncle Shige, than stuck in this desolate place" "Isn't that it?" "What's he going to do with her bones?" "Carry them to his grave" "Oh, right" "Uncle Shige can't share her grave" "Light up the inside" "Oh, sorry" "In a way, this is like finding eternal love" "But it's all over if you die" "Shall we ask?" "What?" "When you die, does love die, too?" " Does love die, too?" " Does love die, too?" "Over here, here!" "Someone's coming" "Watch your step, watch your step" "Listen," "I'm covered with bites" "Sit down" "This is the most beautiful place I know, so it's all for you" "It's a grave" "That's Johnny and Nakagawa" "No way" "So many mosquitoes" "They're dating?" "Who's there!" "Run!" "Run!" "Who's there!" "Saku?" "Saku!" "Hey" "Hey, Saku, man" "It's me, me" "Johnny?" "It's been so long, man" "How you been, man?" "So, you wound up taking over the temple?" "Yeah, well" "And what the hell are you doing here?" "Oh, nothing" "Not nothing..." "Is that Hirose?" "Yeah, well" "Right" "Hirose, huh" "She was amazing, Hirose was" "A great athlete, super smart, good at anything" "To someone like me, riddled with inferiority," "Hirose Family Grave she was like a stab to the heart" "She was so cool" "About twice a day, no more than an hour" "No more than an hour" "Oh, really?" "Hey" "Sakutaro!" "What, Sakutaro?" "Sakutaro?" "What are you doing back home?" "What about your job?" "Well..." "You must be busy with the wedding coming up" "Oh, this is perfect" "I want you to see the kimono I'll be wearing" "I can't outshine what Ritsuko is wearing, right?" "I'll lay it out downstairs, so take a look, OK?" "Found it" "This is Midnight Wave, coming at you all night long" "So, let's move on to our next postcard" "Pen name, Fried Noodle Bread..." "What!" "I'm writing today about a tragedy that befell my classmate, a quiet girl, with long hair" "Our class decided to stage Romeo and Juliet for the cultural festival" "She was going to play Juliet" "But she never made it onstage" "She had leukemia" "All her long hair fell out, and she grew unrecognizably gaunt" "I won, right?" "Hey?" "Were you asleep?" "I know, you're jealous" "Hey" "Yes" "The principal's bones..." "Hey, Aki!" "This is Aki" "If I see you in person," "I'm afraid I'll either snub you or slap you, so I decided to record this for you" "Please listen to this on the Walkman you won with your terrible lie" "Listen, Saku..." "The reason I was so furious with you today, was that I couldn't forgive the heartless lie you told" "I don't think you should tell lies like that" "Have you considered how sick people feel?" "What will you do if I die?" "Uncle Shige's love lasted this long, because it was never fulfilled" "When you're together, you see the other's faults" "That may even push you apart" "But I like to believe it only deepens love" "Um, I'm sorry" "I regret what I did" "You've got piece of rice stuck, there" "Oh!" "Disgusting!" "It's your turn next" "What?" "Record whatever you have to say on tape" "Then I'll answer you again" "It's 8 o'clock at night" "I just had dinner" "We had croquettes" "I like soy sauce with my croquettes" "Do you prefer soy sauce or regular sauce with your croquettes?" "What a ridiculous question" "Aki..." "I really don't know what to say, so I'll just tell you how I feel" "Being with you is fun, and time passes so quickly when we're together" "I know it's a little late, but..." "Will you go out with me?" "Don't laugh" "Sure" "July 14th" "And that's how, I, Hirose Aki, and Matsumoto Sakutaro, started going out together, but..." "Because you still know so little about me," "I thought I'd introduce myself" "Let's see, my birthday, is October 28th, 1969" "A Scorpio 1969," "November 3rd" "Scorpio" "My favorite color, olive green, forest green" "My favorite color?" "Blue" "My favorite food" "Simmered tofu, maple syrup, white rice with seaweed dipped in soy sauce" "Fried dumplings, shaved ice with green tea syrup, rice omelets" "My favorite things" "Cooking class, iced wheat tea in summer, white dresses," "smell of the beauty salon" "Swimming class, beetles in winter, milk bottle tops," "the end of school bells," "My favorite movies" "Melody," "Roman Holiday," "Ben Hur," "Fist of Fury" "The Right Staff" "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" "I'm getting sleepy" "I'm calling it a night" "Good night" "August 25th" "Going to Yume Island with Oki and the others, sounds OK to me" "I hope it'll be the perfect end-of-summer- vacation trip" "Say, Ryu" "You sure this is really OK?" "Sure, it's fine, leave it to me" "Hey, what about your girlfriend?" "She's off shopping right now, she'll come later with my brother" "Oh, I get it" "If summer ends with you this way, you'll stay platonic forever" "Is that what you want?" "What are you doing?" "What?" "Nothing" "Oh, look, a flying fish!" "They fly so high, beautiful!" "So, we're here" "After you" "Wow, smells like summer" "Oki!" "Happy memories!" "Saku!" "Oh, I'm sorry, sorry" "Wow, incredible" "What a wreck" "A total wreck" "Your bag" "Are we really staying here?" "What?" "Where else is there?" "Saku!" "What?" "Hey, hey, Aki, look" "At this" "What?" "Think it still works?" "Amazing camera" "What is this?" "Cut it out" "Get up there a second" "OK, Cheese" "No good, it's broken" "There's film in there, but..." "I feel like we've come very far, from our usual world" "Yeah" "There are just tons of places we've never been" "Ever since I was born," "I haven't been anywhere" "No, really?" "Don't make fun of me" "I'm sorry, sorry" "Actually, neither have I" "This may be the farthest I've ever gone" "So today," "I feel a little guilty lying to my parents" "You tried" "Were you trying to kiss me?" "I can't?" "Listen, Saku" "Kissing is what you do, when you talk about your dreams" "Dreams?" "I mean dreams..." "What are dreams?" "I won't tell" "No fair" "If we develop this, we might find amazing pictures" "It suddenly struck me, summer's almost over" "Yeah" "Who named you Aki, after the fall?" "My father" "Fall..." "Reading in fall, sports in fall," "fall appetites..." "Saku" "You think they named me after a season?" "They didn't?" "They called me Aki after," "Hakuaki" "Aki" "It's the geologic era, when the most new plants and animals emerged and flourished" "They named me Aki, hoping I would flourish, too, the way dinosaurs and ferns did" "Like a dinosaur?" "That's right" "Say, Saku" "Why did they name you Sakutaro?" "Because my Dad's a big Hagiwara Sakutaro fan" "Hagiwara Sakutaro..." "He wrote Chiekosho?" "No, not that" "What, then?" "What was it?" "You don't even know" "I'm wide awake, now" "You're late!" "Did you do it?" "I couldn't" "What a fucking moron" "After all the trouble I went to" "Saku!" "Oki!" "Aki!" "Sakutaro / Aki" "Hey, Saku!" "Saku!" "Aki!" "Hey, open the door!" "Are you OK?" "I'm so sorry" "Jerk!" "You OK, Saku?" "Aki." "Aki." "Aki!" "Ever since the day we went to Yume Island, my parents have been kind of upset" "But don't worry about it" "It's fun, isn't it?" "Like we're Romeo and Juliet" "It's 8 o'clock in the morning" "Usually, I'd have left the house long ago, but my uniform's still hanging up, and I haven't even had breakfast" "Actually, I'm going into the hospital today" "But please don't worry" "My feelings for you are the same" "I've left you proof at school" "How'd you like a little treasure hunt?" "Start outside the science lab," "at the end of the long, hushed hallway" "Go inside it" "Isn't there something exciting about a lab?" "As if there's some secret" "Beakers, flasks, microscopes, the smell of spirit lamps" "Look at the desk at the back, by the window" "Hirose Aki spent a drowsy lecture here - 1986" "Saku." "I love the gym" "The high ceiling, the light pouring through those big windows," "the waxed hardwood floor" "You can hear shoes squeaking" "Get up on the stage" "Graduation Ceremony" ""Farewell for today"" ""Until we meet again"" "I like this song" "Stand in front of the piano" "Close your eyes" "Are they closed?" "Ready?" "You can't open them until I tell you to" "Don't open them." "Aki." "Keep your eyes closed, OK?" "I haven't played since I was little, so I'm not sure how well I'll do." "I've never played for anyone." "This is a very big deal."