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SWEET BEAN:

You Want to attend high school?

Studying doesrft put food on the table.

Hello?

We're eating dorayaki.

- Who is it?

-Dorayaki.

- Stop fooling around.

-I Wanted to talk.

Sorry, I've got noisy friends.

Whds noisy? That's mean.

- Keep it dovvn.

-Why should we?

Be quiet, really.

- I'm talking.

-She's blushing. Very fishy.

I'll call you back.

-It's an incident.

-it is.

Sorry. Bye-bye-

- She hung up.

-She'll call back.

I didn't hang up, stop.

She'll call back.

- Don't try to hide it.

-Fishy.

Very fishy.

- Our teacher?

-Why in the world?

I'm only interested in Sentaro.

- Did you date him?

-No Way.

That older boy?

- I didn't.

-But Sentaro is glum.

- On such a beautiful day.

-Hold it!

This is a cherry blossom.

There's a blossom in my dorayaki.

What have you done, Sentaro?

- A foreign substance.

-it's contaminated.

Awful.

I'll give you these, if you leave.

- Great!

-Thank you!

- Thanks.

-Cheer up!

'See you!

'BYE-bye!

- Bye, Sentaro.

-Oh, Wakana!

Hello.

Here you go.

Here.

Um...

Hello.

I see your notice for part-time work.

- Is there really no age limit?

-Yeah.

L...

Do you suppose I could?

I've always Wanted

to do this kind of vvork.

- Hov\/ old are you?

-I'm 76 this year.

We dorft pay much.

Just 600 yen.

300 yen an hour is plenty.

300 yen is fine.

BOQ yen?

'Yes!

Well...

I dorft think ifs possible.

My name is Tokue Yoshii.

You'd hurt your back.

It's harder...

it's harder than it looks.

Have one.

Ah...

it's on me.

Please.

Do you know...

this cherry tree...

who planted it?

I'm not from around here.

Thanks, I'll come again.

Sonny.

- The rejects.

-Thanks.

That part-time vvork,

could I do it?

Well, when you start high school.

I might not go to high school.

Please consider me.

Thank you.

No, Marvy.

You have to be quiet.

Hello.

What is it?

Hi!

This is how I write my name.

But I carft hire you. I'm sorry.

As you can see,

my hands are a bit crippled.

So,

it could be less, 200 yen is fine.

- For What?

-The hourly pay.

That's not the problem.

Do you make your own bean paste, sonny?

Well, that's... a corporate secret.

What do you mean corporate?

In this tiny place?

Well, l...

I tasted your dorayaki.

I thought the pancakes were not bad.

But

the bean paste was... not so good.

Bean paste is not easy.

Have you ever made it?

I've made it forever. For 50 years.

- Fifty years?

-Yes. A half century.

Bean paste is all feeling, sonny.

I carft hire you. I'm sorry.

Here, have a taste of this.

What is it?

What is this?

Chunky bean paste.

Excuse me.

Are you coming in?

Hello!

- Good evening.

-What?

Pardon me.

- You came to eat?

-Yes.

A bottle of beer and...

the tempura meal.

I'll have the tempura too.

Tempura.

And an ashtray, please.

Here you go.

Is he a friend?

Yes. He was in my club at school.

He's in high school now.

Here's your beer to start with.

The Woman who stopped by...

wanting to vvork...

She came back later.

She brought some chunky bean paste

that she made herself.

It was incredible.

I was surprised.

Why was that?

The taste. The fragrance.

Totally different from What I use.

You should let her try.

She Wanted to vvork.

Oh, hello.

Nice to see you.

The blossoms have all fallen.

Yeah, they have.

They're waving their hands.

Your chunky bean paste was delicious.

Oh, you tried it?

So,

if you dorft mind, could you help me out?

Have a seat.

Well, WOW...

Boss...

Wow, boss.

- Thanks.

-Not at all.

Please.

Can you lift the pots?

It takes strength to make bean paste.

I'll let you lift the pots.

That's right.

Sorry to ask,

but can you handle a spatula?

Yes, of course.

You said the other day,

your hands are a little...

They're not really a problem,

except how they look.

All I ask is that you make the bean paste.

Wow, really...

I'm going to be able to vvork here!

Thank you.

Write your phone number,

or your cell phone.

My phone...

I dorft have one. I get by with letters.

I vvorft be late for vvork.

I get up before the birds.

It's not that...

Well, then...

Thank you.

I was Wondering,

do you make your own been paste'?

Well, uh...

I tried many times.

But ifs hard to do.

It had a burnt taste, or it was thick.

It's hard for me.

For me...

The bean paste...

The shop opens at 11 :00.

I start preparing at 9:00.

And the bean paste...

What's this?

Bean paste?

-Yes.

This is it.

Bean paste.

What?

- Bulk order.

-Bulk order?

Why'? l-low could you'?

We've always gotten it this Way.

Always?

Bean paste is the soul of a dorayaki.

L-low could you treat it so lightly?

They deliver as soon as we order it.

You have to make your own bean paste.

If the shop opens at 11:00,

tomorrow morning we'll start preparations

before Mr. Sun shows his face.

Mr. Sun?

Yes, Mr. Sun.

Good morning.

There was a tree with tiny cherries.

Was there?

Do buses run this early?

It's OK. Dorft worry about it.

Well, then.

- Please.

-Thanks.

Here it is.

Oh, good.

Boss, did you look before you soaked?

At What?

The azuki beans.

Here, look.

Some are no good.

Like this one. See?

I'm sorry.

- Why do you apologize?

-I dorft know.

Good.

Pour them in the copper pot.

Look at the color of the water.

Really. A lot soaks out.

OK, good.

Pour them in the colander.

Straight in?

-Yes. Careful.

Yes, here.

I-lot, isn't it'?

Raise this. Drain them.

OK?

Hold it.

Rinse them. Like this.

You have to rinse thoroughly,

or the beans will be bitter.

Good.

Pour them back in the copper pot.

Now, water. Clean water.

Sorry.

That's right.

Pour this in?

-Yes, pour it in.

Slowly, gently-

Slowly. Not too much.

That's good.

Pretty soon now.

The scent of the steam has changed.

The scent of the steam?

Good.

We'll let them steam.

It's complicated.

We're hosting them.

Hosting?

Our customers?

No, the beans.

The beans?

They came all this way,

from the fields.

- Did it go Well?

-it did.

Put the copper pot in the sink.

The warm beans break easily.

Gently.

The harsh juices will run off the top.

Until the broth is clear.

Clear.

It takes so much time.

But

What do you see there?

Huh?

Putting your face so close...

What are you looking at?

What, you ask?

Oh, they're beautiful.

This is how they turn out.

Now we add the sweetness.

The other too.

That's right.

We Wait again?

It would be an insult

to cook it right away.

We have to let the beans get used

to the sweetness.

So,

ifs like a first date.

The young couple needs to get friendly.

L-low long clo we watch them'?

Oh, about two hours.

Two hours!

Two hours.

Here, this is critical now.

They'll burn in a flash.

Keep the spatula on the bottom of the pot.

If they burn now, they're ruined.

Keep it straight. Move it quickly.

Dorft stir it so hard.

The more you stir,

the more you crush the beans.

Move the spatula carefully.

That's it, dorft crush them.

Little by little...

Little by little, how much is that'?

Little... is little.

You dorft knead the paste,

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