"In loving memory of Shinji Nagashima and his work" "I was 8 years old when the war ended" "Having lost everything and mistrusting everyone, there was still one thing that inspired my friends and me" "That was manga" ""Lost World,"" ""Metropolis," "Tunnel."" ""Next World," "Jungle Emperor,"" ""Princess Knight,"" ""Astro Boy"" "YELLOW TEARS" "Late Spring, 1963" "I haven't been up this early in a long time" "Sometimes." "I go to sleep at this hour" "Dear Brother," "Thank you so much" "Mom was really happy, too" "Thanks to you." "Mom finally found the courage to get the operation in a hospital in Tokyo" "Mom said she couldn't bear to die in a strange place, but if the doctor's coming to pick her up, then she really has to go" ""Because I am no catch, '" ""I gave her up."" ""But still,"" ""I long"" ""for her"" "Stinks" "What is it?" " Cresol" " Cresol?" "It's the hospital smell, the doctor smell" "I found it in the toilet" "You're right, it stinks of disinfectant" "Yasuko" "Brother" "Mom, he's here" "You look much better than I thought" "The doctor came all the way to meet you" "Dr. Mukai from the Nitto University Hospital" "It's them" "Excuse me." "Which hospital are you from?" "We're interns at the Nitto University Hospital" "We're here to take a critically ill patient to our hospital" "Mommy" "Get me off this train, Eisuke" "Doctor!" "There's a special exit for emergency patients over there" "This way, please" "The ambulance?" "Right on time" "Mom." "We're almost there" "Let me die in Uozu" "Doctor!" "Doctor!" "I'll check her pulse" "Please" "Your pulse is normal" "You have no fever" "Where does it hurt?" "Right here?" "The pain will go away" "Just a little longer" "You can manage" "Fill in her diagnosis and sign it" "Yes" "Is that German?" "You need it in Japanese?" "No, that's fine" "Nitto University Hospital" "Hey, give it here" "Hey, you cheated!" "You cheated!" "I didn't really" "You can't get hung up on details" "Hey guys" "Thanks" "Is it over?" "We pulled it off" "See you" "I was a bundle of nerves in that ambulance" "Speaking of which, what did you write?" "The diagnosis, in German" ""Danke shen"" "Danke shen?" "It means thank you" "So here's your pay, as promised" "2.000 yen each" "Thanks so much." "Guys You really saved me" "Sure." "No sweat" "Tokie, 4 pork cutlet bowls" "Any money in the manga business?" "Maybe in porn, not in kids' manga" "It's even worse for oil painting" "Here you go" "I'm glad you found work" "Was this the place you tried to eat and run?" "Muraoka san covered for me" "And dragged him into the scheme" "Why did you ask me?" "I kept seeing you at the coffee shop" "You're always writing at The Ship, right?" "My novel It's kind of long" "You borrowed the paper from Chie, that waitress, and checked out the Help Wanted Ads" "I don't believe in full-time employment" "You're really going back to Hokkaido?" "Yeah" "I'll keep singing, because it's my life" "Come back" "I'll wait for you" "Hey." "Tokie" "Stir-fried vegetables and fried noodles" "Shoichi" "You'll write from Hokkaido, right?" "Sure." "I will" "I doubt we'll ever see each other again" "A singer, a painter, a manga artist and a novelist" "We're all going our separate ways" "But once we make it, we'll see each other on the Ginza" "Shoichi!" "Here's some eats for the train" "Rice balls" "They're still warm" "Let's see" "The perfect snack" "No you can't!" "Put them back" "It's all right Thanks, Yuji" "Twenty-five minutes..." "Your mother's hands were really warm" "I'll never forget" "Thank you, Mukai san" "I took care of your mother, as I couldn't for my own" "Thank you." "Shimokawa san" "Take good care of her" "Thanks, Shoichi" "Load up your things I'll take you to the station" "You don't have to" "I can't wait to hear your new tune" "I'm just a fan of your melodies" "See you" "Bye" "I'll write you" "Two Months Later" "Tokyo Books" "It's kind of halfhearted" "Well." "I guess it'll do" "OK, thank you" "Let's see." "That's 60,000 yen for 3 books." "Minus your 10.000 yen advance" "Thank you" "Now." "I can pay my mom's hospital bill" "Your mother's got it rough" "Oh, right" "Maestro Kajikawa praised your artwork" "Oh." "I see" "I have a Kajikawa script." "An action piece" "Want the job?" "I've got an assistant looking for work He can help you..." "Yamakawa" "Hello" "That's not my style, anymore..." "You're turning it down?" "Impressive" "Turning down a Kajikawa script" "Next year, the bullet train will start running" "We'll host the first Olympics in Asia, and Japan takes the stage as a world class country" "What our readers want now, are thrills, speed..." "And sex" "Enough of your pretentious literary crap" "Hello, everyone, throughout Japan" "We hope you'll enjoy our Amateur Song Contest this afternoon" "Today, Yamaguchi Toshio will be playing the accordion" "Now, let's start the contest The first contestant, please" "Song No. 1, "Your Mother in Kudan"" "Enough of your pretentious literary crap" "Goddammit" "It's open" "Hey" "I made it" "I finally made it" "What's up?" "Lugging all that stuff around" "Muraoka san" "Yes" "Phone call, from the police" "The police?" "Don't tell me it's about our little..." "Impersonating a doctor, lying to the station authorities." "And that ambulance..." "That was a full-fledged fraud" "It's too late for your chatter" "We have to vouch for his identity, so he can get out" "Two for Shinjuku" "Why'd you get arrested?" "I went to borrow some money, from Yamagishi san." "Who's a really cool guy" "But instead of money." "He gave me pictures" "Pictures?" "Oh." "Chie, no big deal" "Your boss misses you" "You think so?" "Sure" "He's swinging his finger He'll be crying soon" "Pictures." "You mean those..." ""Say." "Mister." "I've got some nice pictures." "What do you say?" "'" "'Special price of 1,000 yen per set"" "I've got my pride, and I tried to hold out" "There's a limit to how much experience a novelist needs" "But you did it anyway" "Hunger is the cruelest master" "I should've just asked you in the first place" "Hey, wait" "Wait, wait, not so fast" "I've got to think" "It's definitely time to think" "I'm talking about dinner" "So am I" "Will you open the closet?" "The closet" "Oh." "A fan" "Let's turn that into dinner" "Pawn Shop" "980 yen." "Huh?" "Sorry" "Here you thought could count on me" "But you can't" "You sound defensive" "Yeah" "We're not trying to guilt you about your mother" "What's this?" "Shoichi" "Hey, what's up?" "What are you doing here?" "It was so boring back home" "I came back" "You came back?" "Yeah" "Well." "Let's go" "Akebono Apartments" "Here you go" "We couldn't wait" "Tempura bowl" "It's been 2 months" "Wow." "There's 2 shrimp" "Didn't you say 4 tempura bowls?" "Tokie, come here" "Hurry" "See?" "Hey" "Tempura..." "You surprised me" "Don't shock me like that" "I want to give my music another chance" "Really?" "This time, for real" "You have my support" "Dinner's on me..." "Not for tonight" "But I..." "To celebrate your starting over" "OK?" "Sure" "It's great to be back in Tokyo" "He's a literary mouse" "He's so smart he's hard to catch" "Delicious" "This reunion calls for a sake toast" "Nice line." "But you're broke" "I've got a little cash" "Think the liquor store's still open?" "Hey." "Stray" "Getting enough to eat?" "How are you?" "You look skinny" "Muraoka san" "Kaoru?" "Are you married?" "Nowhere near" "There's a bookstore nearby" "I've seen all your work" "Here you are" "Let me know when you're leaving" "And you?" "Aren't you drawing?" "Nothing" "Because you married?" "I'm not talented" "Have you seen Maestro Samejima?" "Not at all" "I owe him too much money to visit" "I was happiest when we were his assistants" "After all." "We picked up all our bad habits there" "Drinking, smoking..." "It was the first time for both us" "Eisuke!" "Muraoka san!" "Did you find him?" "The Ship is closed" "He wouldn't run off with the liquor money" "I bet he got picked up for questioning by the cops" "In the old days, we'd be headed for Shinjuku at this hour" ""After it's exploded,"" ""a volcano is just a mountain..."" "Are you OK?" ""Look up at the sky"" ""and see all the stars"" ""They're just up there, beautiful,"" ""they're just up there, twinkling"" "'Dear shooting star." "Please"" ""wipe the tears from her face"" ""Just stay by my side"" ""a gentle smile on your face"" "Your songs are great." "Shoichi" "You're amazing, writing a song like that" "Truly incredible!" "What incredible talent" "Look at the 4 of us" "A singer with dreams of future stardom" "A manga artist with lyrical aspirations" "A Japanese Van Gogh" "And a future Nobel Prize winning novelist." "Mukai Ryuzo" "What's the big deal?" "Haven't you figured it out?" "The 4 of us are all artists" "Wrong!" "We're a bunch of country bumpkins" "Reality is harsh!" "But just you wait Things will change tomorrow" "That's right, tonight is a truly historic evening" "Tonight will be celebrated by future generations as the moment when great artists were hatched from this shabby little salon" "All right!" "Once again, celebrating this special night" "Cheers!" "Cheers!" "All right, singer Sing another song" "Go, Shoichi!" "Here goes!" ""Climb one mountain, up, over and away we go"" ""Climb the next mountain." "Up, over and away we go..."" "Shut up!" "Shhh" "Be quiet!" "Quiet!" "Up, over and away..." "What brings you here?" "I was hoping I could work on that Maestro Kajikawa script." "You mentioned the other day" "Listen." "A great opportunity like that gets snapped right up" "Some tea" "Yes" "And no advances" "We're not well off enough to loan money to people who don't draw manga" "Thing is, I just got..." "A roommate" " A girl?" " No." "No" "If it's pocket money you need, I have a lead" "I'll do it" "Samejima" "Maestro" "Hey, where have you been, Grand Maestro?" "It's been awhile" "You're going to be locked up here a long time" "You ready?" "I'll do my best" "Go Zero!" "Sakaeya" "Where's Tokie?" "She's on a delivery What about it?" "Oh." "Nothing" "No more orders until you've paid your tab!" "What are you talking about?" "You keep saying he's not there, but that's impossible" "This is a life or death situation here" "He's Muraoka Eisuke and he's been locked up working there" "I told you." "There's nobody by that name here." "Man." "You're stubborn" "Maestro!" "Maestro!" "Hello?" "Hello?" "Maestro!" "Are you OK?" "Hang in there, Maestro Samejima" "What's wrong?" "We've been up 72 hours" "I'd like to collapse, too" "Eisuke..." "It's in your hands now" "Maestro!" "Don't die now!" "Playing dead is an old trick of his" "It's our last resort" "Sorry" "Pawn Shop" "Thanks" "Shoichi san!" "Hey, Yuji" "How's your tune writing?" "Let me hear a new one" "Looking forward" "Sure" "Bye" "When you think about it, don't you think we'd make money faster with some part time job?" "No way" "It's decadent for an artist to work at anything other than art" "I agree" "This experience of poverty is just the food you need to sing with real soul" "Beautiful" "A beautiful painting" "It's yours" "When it's finished, I'll give it to you" "Please accept it" "Pachinko Hall" "Thank you" "Go for it again, today You'll hit the jackpot" "Hey, lady!" "Hey, lady!" "Stop banging the machine" "The balls are stopped here Fix it" "What did you buy?" "It's all from Pachinko" "Isn't tomorrow your day off?" "That's right, why?" "Want to go out on a date?" "I'd love to" "Where are you taking me?" "I packed us lunch" "I just sort of woke up early, this morning" "I'm Eisuke san's friend" "No, really, just a friend" "Eisuke san's under a terrible deadline" "Everyday, people from the magazines visit where he's staying," "and fight each other over Eisuke san's manga" "He's so popular" "I'm so glad it worked" "No, it is not" "It's not right" "You're right" "She looked really sick" "No doubt" "She was way too sick to operate on" "I hate hospitals" "I never even visited my own Mom, when she was hospitalized with a stroke" "If I hadn't faked being a doctor, I would've visited her myself" "That's right" "I feel ridiculous" "Why are we having a picnic here?" "Where are we?" "Itabashi" "Please do something" "The printer can't wait anymore" "I never imagined Maestro Samejima would really collapse" "A rice ball?" "What if we miss the printer's deadline?" "You're in the home stretch" "Maestro Eisuke, please!" "You're almost done." "Please" "Now's your chance!" "Go for it, Zero!" "Go for it!" "Go for it!" "Now's your chance, Zero!" "Go for it, Zero!" "I wonder how Mikako is" "She's so cute" "Her pale skin." "Her long hair, she's just perfect" "Now's not the time" "We're on the verge of starving" "Cut the crap." "This is hardly the time to drool over a girl" "Pork cutlet bowl" "Tempura bowl" "Chicken-egg bowl" "Eel-egg bowl" "Eel bowl" "Egg bowl" "Egg bowl sounds sort of pathetic" "Really." "That's all you got?" "My fountain pen..." "I'm sorry That's the best I could do" "Hey" "My painting?" "You thought I failed" "Here you go!" "10,000 yen notes!" "I'll take 5.000 yen as my commission" "So." "You painted that art?" "Very impressive" "I found a really great art gallery" "I figured I could get at least 30.000 yen for it." "But they paid 40,000 yen for it" "Fantastic" "We can eat our fill" "I can get my fountain pen back" "My guitar, the clothes." "The fan..." "Amazing" "I sold a painting" "Amazing" "Amazing" "I never knew the guy on 10.000 yen notes had a beard" "He's got a good face" "It's really impressive" "I hear Van Gogh didn't sell a single painting before he died" "In a sense." "You've surpassed Van Gogh" "Well, Van Gogh and I have slightly different styles" "Well, I'm off" "Sir, thank you so much" "I'll be right back" "Yamagishi san!" "Can you please tell me which gallery bought Kei's painting?" "Why do you need to know?" "Hey, kids" "What day is today?" "Yes." "Today is July 21st Summer vacation begins today" "Today!" "Two coffees, please" "Tasty" "Your pasta's delicious" "Thanks" "Sakaguchi's the best" "Says, 'All Japanese must be decadent"" "So cool" "Did you read it." "Chie?" ""On Decadence"" "The one about 10 idiots?" "Excellent!" "Chie, you're really funny" "You think?" "Your potato sandwich is perfect, too!" "You guys managed to waste close to 20,000 yen, in a week?" "We didn't just spend it on food and drink" "We got the fan, our pants and the guitar, back from the pawn shop" "Things just added up..." "We had to pay interest" "And our tab at The Ship" "A desperate struggle lasting 17 days" "My wages for working without sleep or rest" "Behold!" "One." "Two..." "Three" "Four." "Five" "Amazing, five 10.000 yen notes" "Plus 4.000 yen" "I've never seen so many 10,000 yen notes together" "If you add my wages to Kei's 16.000 yen, we've managed to get a hold of some real money" "I propose that as of tomorrow, we use this to start life over again" "No objections?" "No objections, but..." "It's a shame to be serious in the face of all this cash" "I say we head out to Shinjuku and paint the town..." "I hate to say this." "But you have no idea what it means to make a living" "Or about freedom" "Freedom?" "In any case, let's go to the bath" "I haven't had one in a week" "Muraoka." "Just because you made a little money." "Don't get carried away" "I agree" "I may not know about making a living but I certainly know about freedom" "All right." "Then tell me" "What?" "What is freedom?" "Freedom is doing what you please, as you please" "Eisuke does manga, Ryuzo does novels." "Shoichi does pop songs I do oil painting" "That's what I think freedom is" "I agree" "Therefore." "We can't have steady jobs" "I refuse to sell my body for money" "That's what I just did" "That's not true" "You're a manga creator so you went and drew manga" "You made an independent decision and choice" "No!" "You just don't get it" "Um..." "Ultimately, what was that..." "Starting life over?" "That's right" "Hey, Yuji" "Evening" "Going to the bath?" "You guys." "Too?" "Let's go together" "Sure" "Don't misunderstand me" "I take my freedom seriously." "Too" "But I want to feel genuine about the manga I create" "Right" "But the stuff I really want to create." "Doesn't sell" "And if I race around making money, there's no time left for my own work" "So the problem is simple" "Money solves everything, as long as you start out with it" "That's it" "If you have some real money to eat with, there's no problem" "We can make freedom ours" "This is our chance" "A friend?" "Sort of" "Even if it only lasts this summer..." "What we all need now." "Is to experience what it's like to commit ourselves to our respective creative pursuits, without worrying about money" "That's right" "I've got to totally dedicate myself to my music, and think of nothing else, but my music" "Shut up." "You literary mouse" "We've got 70,000 yen" "But it won't last all summer for the 4 of us" "The rest of this month, then August and September" "It won't last 8 weeks" "No way." "No way" "Not even if we survive on 2 meals a day" "But you can!" "Sure, you can!" "If you're serious." "And your wanting that freedom is straight from your hearts" "You can do it" "Sure you can" "Hearing what you all said, moved my heart" "Yuji" "If we cook, we might manage" "Cook?" "You've been eating out 3 meals a day?" "Us, cook..." "We have to" "We can't live like this!" "Get it together" "I will" "I'll get it together" "I swear I will..." "So here's your allowance until September. 5.000 yen each" "Here you go" "29.500 yen left" "I can keep it for you." "But can you really live on that to September?" "We've paid 3 months rent in advance, including the electric and water bills" "We can pay off our coffee tab here" "Please" "Speaking of which, here's 400 yen for today's meal 400 yen" "Thank you" "If you're going to cook, I assume you've bought rice and miso, at least" "You haven't?" "What are you going to eat?" "1,050 yen for 10 kilos of rice!" "Gotta chip in from our allowances" "Maybe later..." "Go for it, kid" "Shit" "I told you not to" "Life is tough, huh?" "Tough..." "We should've bought some meat" "Our first day..." "No supper" "Everybody" "Yuji" "The rice isn't exactly new, but it's still fine for eating" "Wow!" "Thanks, Yuji" "Thank you!" "Saved!" "A friend in need is a friend indeed" "Here you are" "Thank you" "Say" "Did Shoichi say anything?" "No, nothing" "How do we cook it?" "In this" "We'll put a cutting board on top" "You're hopeless" "Sorry" "Don't ask for more" "Yes, thank you" "Nothing beats the smell of cooking rice" "Hey, Shoichi" "Tokie said she, ll be waiting for you at 6PM at The Ship the night of the Star Festival" ""My star-crossed beloved,"" ""across the Milky Way..."" "Tokie can be so sweet" "Mommy, my allowance please!" "Cheapskate!" ""My heart feels"" ""like it's tearing apart"" ""It's filled"" ""with thoughts of you"" "'Wherever I go."" ""I always think of you"" ""Because I'm so..."" "Stray." "Are you getting enough to eat?" ""In love with you"" "Persecuted Christians?" "Tokie, this is on the house" "Enjoy" "Shoichi san's late" "But it sounds like an interesting theme" "They're having a special feature on Akira at..." "A swindler on the run." "Caught cheating at a gambling den, has his sister turn him in for being a Christian and he's imprisoned That's how the story starts" "He escapes the gangsters but won't he be crucified as a Christian?" "Didn't you know about the image of Christ?" "If you refuse to step on it in court, you're crucified, but if you step on it." "You're acquitted" "He steps on the image of Christ?" "That's what he thought" "But in jail, he meets a sweet Christian girl and falls head over heels, this swindler does" "What an idiot" "So." "He wagers with the girl They roll the dice over whether heaven really exists" "The swindler controls the dice, after all" "Exactly." "So for the sake of the girl." "He rolls the dice to come out for heaven" "Sartre's gamble." "Right?" "Exactly, existentialism" "Let me take a look" "'Apocalypse - the Image of Christ '" "What." "It's just the title page?" "One step at a time" "They're all waiting for a weird sound" "Here comes the weird sound" "You ditched Tokie?" "For me now," "she's a waste of time and money" "What's up?" "I brought sweet bean cakes for you" "So sweet." "Thanks" "I'd better go" "Why?" "You came all this way" "I'm going to Atami with my husband" "At this hour?" "It's late" "It's a quick drive" "We just bought a car" "Yeah?" "Take care" "Joji san" "I'm going to start over again" "Otherwise, I can't live with myself" "Will you wait for me?" "See you" "Akira!" "Akira!" "Tokie?" "You alone?" "You must be bored" "Let's go to Shinjuku" "There's this great place..." "C'mon" ""I've got nothing,"" ""I'm useless, '" ""But..."" "Deadline!" ""But my love for you..."" "Hopeless" "I can't do this" "Giving up already?" "I'll go play Pachinko" "Don't tell me you're spending our dinner money on Pachinko" "That's right, 'cause you can't make curry with 400 yen 100 yen to win the curry sauce and the pickles." "And if I'm on a roll, tomorrow's miso." "Sugar and soy sauce, and spend 300 yen on meat and vegetables" "Thanks for your hard work" "A talent put to good use" ""Figuring I'll grab one quick drink,"" ""I wind up pub-crawling,"" "'and find myself sleeping it off on a station bench '" ""This can't be good for my health"" ""I know that, but I just can't quit"" ""I know that, but I just can't quit"" "I'm struggling with the ending" "Welcome" "Welcome, please have a seat" "I'll have an ice coffee" "One ice coffee, please" ""I'm not saying this"" ""out of anger"" ""There're millions"" "'of girls like her"" "Hot!" "Get the rag" "What the hell!" "It was supposed to last us 3 days" "Too late now" "It's hot!" "Can we still eat it?" "Of course not!" "Wipe it up" "Hurry up!" "What are you eating!" "Wipe it off" "What idiots" "Welcome hello" "It's so hot" "Three days' worth?" "Got to shop ahead, holidays coming up" "Banana juice and a sandwich" "Stock up on food that won't perish" "Are you closing?" "I'll be here." "But Chie's visiting her folks, so I'll close the café" "Where are you from?" ""Odoma bon..."" "You're from Kumamoto!" "Can I join you?" "My parents would be shocked" "No, I'm serious I'd like to meet them" "You can't." "I'm meeting a potential fiancé" "They sent me his picture last month" "He's kind of cute..." "So, you're getting married" "I want my folks to stop worrying" "You really love your folks." "Don't you Chie?" "You think?" "Go shower your folks with love" "I will" "Nitto University Hospital" "She's got 2 months, at best" "Let her do whatever she wants" "Fishing Strictly Prohibited" "From Shimokawa Kei Akebono Apartments #203" "She refuses to spend the summer holidays in the hospital" "You'll get hungry" "Gee." "Thanks, man" "Can you get tickets now?" "You'll have to stand in line all night" "My sister wants to" "I understand" "It's my mother's last wish" "We'll wait together" "See you" "Going home" "Summer holidays and New Years." "Are rough" "Tomorrow's train tickets and express tickets are now on sale" "There's a limit of 2 tickets per person" "I never should have brought her to a hospital in Tokyo" "Mom said she's happy she came" "Really?" "She said she never imagined you'd look after her like this" "You know." "Mom and I both know..." "What?" "About the people, who helped get Mom from the station to the hospital" "Mom said, she found out from the nurses" "Mom wanted to thank them for their kindness and asked for their names" "The nurses said there were no such people" "Those people are all your friends, right?" "Mom... must've been mad" "No" "She said Eisuke's lucky to have such good friends" "Mom... was crying" "I see..." "Beach Blooms at Night" "On the beach at 2AM" "Surfing is all the rage now, after the Twist" "By day, they ride the waves, at night, the rhythms" "By 3AM, a daredevil fever sets the late night on fire" "It's not only parents who pray that this beachside fever doesn't spin out of control..." "Here you are" "Thanks" ""Life never deceives man '" "What?" "'Life has never deceived a man"" "What is that?" "Something a famous French guy said" "Welcome" "What'll it be?" "Hello, delivery" "Thanks" "Your rice." "Sir" "Tokie san's been scarce, these days" "Can you hand these to Tokie san?" "She loaned them to me." "Way back" "Not yet?" "How long do we have to wait?" "Enough already" "Sorry, sorry, just wait" "Yes?" "Who's there?" "Tokie's... visiting" "What do you want?" "Maybe Tokie, should go home tomorrow" "You got that right, baby" "Yes" "Welcome home" "I'm home" "Welcome back" "Breakfast will be ready soon" "Great" "Sorry." "Guys" "No big deal" "Sex is boring" "It's a letdown, afterwards" "I really did meet someone, in the Inokashira Park" "and drew her figure in this painting" "But that was someone else" "It's not you" "I just don't think it's you" "Unfortunately..." "Shimokawa san" "I don't mind at all" "Even if this painting isn't of me," "I'm not at all disappointed" "I doubt the woman in this painting actually exists" "If she does exist, it's only inside your heart" "She lives in the world of your sad imagination" "I sought you out, because this painting fascinates me" "Shimokawa san" "I've taken a job" "At a bar." "Called Olympiad, in Shinjuku" "Why don't you guys stop by sometime" "You've gotten so pretty, Tokie" "Take care" "Married?" "Yes" "To that woman who came to see you?" "Yes" "Actually, we were talking at The Ship this whole time" "And I realized that I need her and she told me that she needs me" "I figure I'll go for it" "Right" "Time for you to fly off" "In any case, I'll move out tomorrow and start a new painting in her country house in Karuizawa" "Karuizawa..." "Her country house..." "Looking back," "I wish I hadn't sold that painting Yamagishi san got 40,000 yen for" "Get her to buy it back" "Which gallery did he sell it to?" "I'll ask him, right away" "I'd appreciate that" "I hope the price hasn't gone up" "Not much, at least" "I can tell you now..." "What's that?" "A pawn tag?" ""Mr. Yamagishi"" "Yamagishi san didn't sell your painting to a gallery, he pawned it" "He can talk anybody into anything" "This'll be a bittersweet memory of my youth" "What a story" "Yes." "Who's there?" "You?" "You're all here" "What's up?" "Well..." "Shimokawa san, that woman you had that long conversation with..." "Yes, we're getting married" "Oh..." "You didn't know after all" "It's true she studied French literature at some first rate university, and it's also true her father was an admiral in the Navy" "After he died in the war, her family was reduced to selling off their large property piece by piece" "After her fiancé died on a snowy mountain, she's never been the same" "These days, she greets dejected young men at the train station at sunset, and offers to marry them" "I've... had it" ""The frog walked on, through the wind '" ""I've been wondering for the longest time,"" ""what is the purpose, '" ""of my life here"" ""I never knew"" ""Now."" ""Finally, I think."" ""I do"" "Wow" "This is the masterpiece you spent your whole summer on?" "I can't take on this kind of masterpiece" "If you keep on writing children's manga like this, you really will run out of work" "Hello" "Hey!" "Yamakawa" "Hello" "Already finished?" "Yes" "Oh." "Hello" "Get him some tea" "No." "Wait" "Would you prefer coffee?" "The gallies are in and everyone loves them" "Oh, really?" "Maestro Kajikawa's thrilled Wants to work with you again" "That's wonderful" "Let's see your new work" "What'll it be Ma'am?" "Two jam-rolls" "What are you writing?" "My will" "Your will?" "I'm stepping out" "He's been depressed ever since" "He hasn't touched his paints" "I wonder where he goes everyday" "Ryuzo, how much is your favorite fountain pen now?" "None of your business" "And you, isn't it about time you played us a zippy new song?" "A telegram for Eisuke!" ""Mother near death"" ""Come home now"" ""Yasuko '" "Olympiad" "Your friends still living with you?" "Yeah" "You're an odd duck" "Letting 3 grown men stay in that tiny apartment" "You'll run out of oxygen" "I'll ask them to move out before long" "Would you mind taking Shoichi?" "I don't care who." "Just find a lover" "No point being lonely together" "Isn't it easier being lonely alone?" "No?" "How's things, Tokie?" "Oh, welcome" " So?" " A beer" "Get me one." "Too" "She's right" "Maybe it's easier." "Being alone" "Thank you" "Here, sir" "Take this" "Thanks a lot" "There's no point" "in the 4 of us living together" "anymore..." "Please move out" "I'll say it" "Move out tomorrow!" "I'm serious" "Let me be alone..." "We packed your bag" "Your train ticket to Uozu, and a little cash" "If you hurry, you'll make the midnight train" "The Ship guy packed a sandwich for you" "I'm sure your mother's waiting" "Hurry" "Here, read this on the train" "Thank you so much for all you did" "I'll never forget, the summer we spent, in your place" "It's very sudden." "But I bid my farewell with this letter" "Do you remember?" "When you came back from your assistant's job in July?" "Back then, you asked us, "What is freedom?"" "I remember that I told you, freedom is doing what you please, as you please" "Eisuke does manga," "Ryuzo does novels," "Shoichi does pop songs" "I do oil painting" "Now summer's over, and I've quit painting" "just like Ryuzo's given up writing" "How ironic that our season of doing what we please has caused us to abandon just that" "We can't just live for paintings and novels" "If someone's there, we can't help but do something for them" "When we're alone, we step out to find company" "We're just weak willed, ordinary human beings" "We were just ordinary human beings" "There'll never be a summer like this again" "Never again, will we shed, the tears we cried this summer" "Never again" "In parting," "I'll let the French poet Ryuzo taught us about." "Express our words of farewell" "In the face of my life all I can do is panic, such is my useless and pathetic youth" "Now, what we acquire along with our first wrinkle" "is our trust in life, this consent." "And this smile which says," "Friend, I know all about you" "Looking back." "We will learn" "Life never deceives man" "Life... has never deceived man" "I say it again" "Thank you so much for all you did" "Thank you" "Hey." "Stray" "How've you been?" "See ya" "Come in" "This man came to see you last week" "When I told him you'd gone home to your sick mother, he said he'd be back" ""Nishigaki Tsutomu, '" "'Manga King?" "'" "How's your mother?" "She died" "Can't beat cancer..." "Evening" "Your sister?" "She'll move in with our relatives and go to a dressmaking school" "Your family's all scattering" "See you" "Thanks for this" "Nishigaki..." "I'm not saying this because my husband works there, but Manga King is a reputable magazine" "A series in that magazine, isn't something most people would turn down" "I know why you turned it down" "It bothers you." "Right?" "What kind of woman, would persuade her husband to give her ex-lover a chance?" "But for me, it's very clear" "I'm in love with my husband and with your talent" "Say," "I'll see you to the station" "The next contestant, please" "Number 13." ""Raining Again"" "Shoichi?" "What is it?" ""My heart feels like it's tearing apart"" ""It's filled"" ""with thoughts of you"" ""I've got nothing"" ""I'm useless"" ""But my love for you"" ""is stronger than anyone"" "Thank you The next contestant, please" "Do you really want to make it in manga?" "I want to have more faith in my own vision" "No," "I want to believe in manga" "It's funny." "Right?" "You think it's funny" "Your husband is an incompetent editor" "That's why I turned the offer down That's all" "Thank you You really sang your heart out" "Please tell us your name and where you're from" "I'm Kiyama Masako, from Saitama" "Saitama is a large prefecture Where exactly are you from?" "And now, finally, welcome the Japanese athletes" "The young Japanese athletes are proud and confident." "Their hearts set on glory" "This is the 18th Olympiad, in Tokyo, Japan." "In the name of peace, love and courage" "Two years later" " Summer" "After that, we only got together once" "We had a reunion" ""Private Party"" "I might be going to New York" "You're having a good time" "Ryuzo was an automatic doors salesman" "Nagashima san's pleased" "Which Nagashima?" "He plays for the Giants" "Kei manages a club in Akasaka" "What about you, Shoichi?" "I work for a construction company..." "Shoichi's in construction." "Building highways" "And Maestro Muraoka?" "Don't call me Maestro" "Are you still living there?" "There was just one surprising piece of news" "Yuji" "There's your Daddy" "Yuji and Tokie had gotten married" "Tokie was already a mother" "YELLOW TEARS" "KAZUNARI NINOMIYA" "MASAKI AIBA" "SATOSHI OHNO" "SHO SAKURAI" "JUN MATSUMOTO" "Yu Kashii" "Hanae Kan" "Mai Takahashi" "Kin Sugai" "Kotaro Shiga" "Hirotaro Honda" "Tomoko Tabata" "Chieko Matsubara" "Executive Producer:" "Julie K. Fujishima" "Producers:" "Hiroaki Miki Kazuteru Harafuji Taro Nagamatsuya" "Based on a comic by Shinji Nagashima" "Screenplay by Shinichi Ichikawa" "Cinematographer:" "Takahiro Tsutai" "Lighting Director:" "Yoshitake Hikita" "Sound Mixer:" "Junichi Shima" "Art Director:" "Norihiro Isoda" "VFX Supervisor:" "Nobuaki Koga" "Editor:" "Soichi Ueno" "Casting:" "Tsuyoshi Sugino" "Production Supervisor:" "Hiroko Nakamura" "Music Producer:" "Shin Yasui" "Music:" "SAKEROCK" "Theme Song:" ""NAMIDA NO NAGARE-BOSHI ' song by ARASHI written by youth case" "In Association with Johnny  Associates" "A Tiger Child Pictures (IMJ Entertainment Inc.) Production" "J Storm Presents" "Directed by Isshin Inudo" "English subtitles:" "Linda Hoaglund"