Banka
- Year:
- 1979
- 9 min
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~ BANKA ~
(Northern Elegy)
Producers
Jiro KAGA Yoshishige UCHIYAMA
Script:
Toshio YUKI and Shigeko YASUMI
Based on the novel by
Yasuko HARADA
Photo:
Junichi SEGAWADirected by:
Heinosuke GOSHOMusic:
Yasushi AKUTAGAWA- Cast -
Yoshiko KUGA
It's finally spring.
But the wind is still cold...
and my left elbow hurts.
Because of the inflammation...
it becomes all stiff and sore.
This old injury has started aching.
and now my heart has begun too.
Maybe like my elbow...
my heart will gradually harden too.
HYODOU:
Just now...
he's in my thoughts...
the man that day
on the mountain road.
Don't Neri...
- Neri! No! Hey...
Excuse us... I'm sorry.
This is Neri.
Could you help me with this?
Does it hurt?
Neri... he's never
bitten anyone before.
Well, no dog's ever bitten
me before.
They usually like me.
Do you like dogs?
- Yes
Neri...
Neri Neri.
For some reason...
I can't forget...
... this quiet man
with the serious look.
His name was Katsuragi...
I hadn't noticed before.
He offered to give me
one of Neri's puppies.
and even told me where he lived.
But that's not me.
I'm fine living on my own.
Are you hungry?
I made some rice cakes.
Where?
In the kitchen, in the cupboard.
Although we celebrate Ohigan here...
no one will visit your Mom's grave.
I feel...
so sorry for your mother.
Grandma, did you visit her grave?
I prayed for her and our ancestors
and asked for many things.
That Nobuhiko pass
his university exam...
and that your left arm...
becomes normal again.
- You're obsessed with that Gran.
What's the matter?
Does it hurt much?
Not really.
When did it happen?
I don't remember.
You shouldn't go around
Try to be a little refined.
It might be okay for a boy...
But not a young lady... you affect
your fate, and who you'll meet.
If your mother were alive...
Don't talk about Mom!
If Mom were here,
she wouldn't say that.
No.
You got back rather early today.
Dad.
Do you need anything?
Sit down.
Want one?
What is it?
Nothing really.
Reiko...
How old are you?
Ah, I know.
Arranging my marriage again?
Where this time?
- A Buddhist temple.
A new graduate...
from the Buddhist University.
So... clean long temple hallways
and wash the monks' asses.
And cook vegetarian meals?
I'd hate it.
I don't like veggies
and over-fried tofu.
I'd have to listen to
okyo prayers, right?
Dad, you should worry
about yourself more than me.
You're only 53 years old.
You should find a wife.
What are you saying.
If it were up to me,
she'd be mature and romantic.
Dad, really...
find yourself one.
If we get a new mother,
I'll marry too.
like this.
Look, Dad...
If my body were normal
you'd leave me alone.
But because of this stiff arm...
to get married.
I know...
you've grown up without a mother...
and are becoming
less and less a lady.
That's what worries me.
It's okay.
You can leave me alone.
There's no need to worry.
Mr. Ittsu, do you have an appointment?
- And you've got a class? - Yes
Welcome.
It's going to be very busy, eh?
- Yes
MIMIZUKU THEATRE OFFICE
Since I turned 25,
the reality of her own age.
Hey Rei...
can you help me
put up posters?
Sure, I wouldn't mind.
What happened to your hand?
- This...?
Oh, just a little problem.
Problem?
- It got burned.
Grandma was in a hurry
and overturned a saucepan.
Wow, that's dangerous.
We're going.
The second floor of that building...
It's my Dad's office.
I realized, then...
I could ask Mr. Katsuragi...
to buy tickets for Mimizukuza
Theatre Company's new play.
But really...
the tickets were
just an excuse...
to visit his house
at the top of the hill.
Well, Mr. Tatsumi...
Ms. Aiko...
Please...
go home tonight.
Mr. Tatsumi.
- I wont.
I'll see Mr. Katsuragi too.
What an idea!
Please go home.
KATSURAGI RESIDENCE
Do you know who it is?
Is Mr. Katsuragi in?
Mr. Katsuragi's out, but...
would you like to know who is?
I'm known to him.
Well, Mrs. Katsuragi just came home.
No, actually it's not that important.
- Please wait a moment.
Mama...
There's a visitor.
- A visitor?
She wanted to speak with Mr. Katsuragi.
- Ah...
Won't you come in?
It's no problem.
What... there's no one here.
Strange.
They've gone home.
What was she like?
- Young.
Really?
Hello.
Come on in.
How's your hand?
It's much better.
I waited.
But you didn't come...
so I gave the puppy
to another family.
It's okay.
I've been quite busy.
Actually, I've just come
from my father's office.
From your father's office?
- Yes, the office of Hyoudou Suisan.
So... you're the daughter
of Mr. Hyoudou.
So you drive a jeep.
I saw you the other day.
Really...?
Well, I used to drive trucks...
as a weapons engineer.
Did you go to war?
The strange thing is... men my age
haven't been to war.
Where did you go?
Hutuin... Malaya... Burma...
Must have been scary.
There were fun things too.
What kind of things?
My best memory...
was in Cambodia.
Where's Angkor Wat?
Long ago, the Khmer people
were great engineers.
It's one of the greatest ancient
architectural sites in the Orient.
You build buildings too, right?
Maybe not temples, but...
But you don't build houses
to last thousands of years.
That's what I think.
- Did you design your own home?
It's your own home...
where you, Kumiko...
and your wife live happily?
There's one more... my niece.
That's wasn't my point.
Do you live happily there?
That's what I meant.
Well...
You're cruel.
Why won't you tell me?
I can teach you about Angkor Wat
using the photos.
I saw your wife.
I went to your house...
yesterday evening.
Oh yeah?
I wasn't aware.
I was hoping to sell you
tickets for Mimizukuza's new play.
Mimizukuza?
- It's an amateur theater company.
- Not at all.
I just paint things on the set.
Right. Then maybe I'll buy some.
Even if I can't go, I can
give them to our staff.
Then five!
That's 350 yen.
I'd like to meet her.
I even told the press, but...
I didn't think so few
people would show up?
We made a loss. Better keep
singing and try not to think about it.
So you can still
be amused by it.
I suppose.
Take care of things for a while.
- Yes, sir.
"Almost, but not quite...
The production had charm,
but still the show flopped."
Welcome.
Two coffees.
- Yes, sir.
I'll take that for you.
- Thanks.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Shall I pour?
Please.
Thank you. Please come again.
- Thanks.
Rei, got a minute?
Just a sec.
Mr. Furuse.
Hello.
I hear you're doing well.
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