Beautiful Days

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A SHOCHIKU FILM:

BEAUTIFUL DAYS:

Produced by

KOZO KUBO:

Screenplay by

ZENZO MATSUYAMA:

Cinematography by

TOSHIYASU MORITA

Production Design by

SHUKEI HIRATAKA:

Sound by

HIDEO NISHIZAKI:

Lighting by

MASAO KATO:

Music by

CHUJI KINOSHITA:

Starring

KEIJI SADA:

YOSHIKO KUGA:

ISAO KIMURA:

TOSHIKO KOBAYASHI

HITOMI NOZOE:

EITARO OZAWA:

AKIKO TAMURA:

AKIO SATAKE:

SADAKO SAWAMURA:

JYUNKICHI ORIMOTO

EIJIRO TONO:

Directed by

MASAKI KOBAYASHI

- Are you all right?

- Yes, I'm fine.

- Are you sure you're all right?

- It just startled me.

- Are you hurt anywhere?

- No, I'm fine.

I need to be more careful.

Let's take you to a doctor.

I'm not hurt. I was just startled.

- I don't want the pain to hit you later.

- I'm fine.

No, I must make sure you're fine.

Do you have to take me to a doctor?

It's the least I can do.

Please come with me.

Then please take me to my doctor.

What?

That should satisfy your concerns.

I've been meaning to see him anyway.

That's fine. Please get in the car.

Thank you.

Is Dr. Imanishi here?

Yes.

Please tell him Mrs. Tokioka is here.

He's in a meeting with the director.

Patients may not be able to pay for

their hospital stay and treatment up front.

But we can't tell them

to go elsewhere.

I understand

if it occurs once or twice.

But we don't give out

free medical treatment here.

I'm aware of that.

But time was of the essence

with that patient.

I approach it from

a doctor's perspective.

Everyone has their own perspective.

But you can't reserve a hospital room

or use the pharmacy on a whim.

Who's going to pay for all that?

You don't own this hospital.

I'm sure they treat you like a god.

It was a heroic act.

You must feel pretty good

about yourself.

Excuse me.

Wait.

You're not a full-fledged physician yet.

If you're feeling bad, just apologize.

Thank you for everything.

Hey, you.

Mr. Imanishi.

What is it?

I want you to examine me.

I just quit the hospital.

What? Did you get in trouble again?

Yes. It's aggravating here.

Don't be silly.

What exactly happened?

I'm leaving.

Mr. Imanishi.

- Is that your doctor?

- Yes. He's in trouble again.

I'm the one who's troubled.

Let's have you checked.

No, if Mr. Imanishi can't see me,

I don't want to be here.

Hey, ma'am...

Welcome back.

Hi, I'm back.

You're back late.

I was starting to worry.

I'm tired.

There was a kind man

who gave me a ride home in his car.

So I went to see Mr. Imanishi.

Is that right?

I was worried you might have been

hit by a car.

Your Grandma isn't senile yet.

Here's the payment.

- Thank you.

How's Mr. Imanishi?

I heard he's doing well at this job.

That's not the case at all.

He was in the middle of a quarrel

when I got there.

Why? What happened?

I don't understand him.

It's hard to find work out there.

He's a bit conceited.

Things don't always go your way.

- You can't say that about him.

- I can.

You need to tough it out

when you're young.

That's what builds character.

I wonder why he had to quit.

Welcome to our store.

Hey, Hakamada.

You have a phone call.

- Phone call for you.

- Thanks.

Hello.

Hello?

Oh, it's Imanishi.

What did you say?

Can you speak up?

I can go if it's around 8:00 p.m.

What? You quit again?

You fool.

Don't spend too much time

on a private matter.

Don't say that.

You'll understand when I tell you.

I'll see you later.

Mom, Hakamada is coming

so make us something good.

Do we have sake?

How can you be so nonchalant?

Are you still angry?

Of course I'm angry.

How many times

do you have to quit?

Your father

will be very disappointed.

Why don't you find a job

on your own for once?

You'll see how tough things are.

I'm aware of that.

I tried to put up with it.

But you couldn't.

All you do is talk big.

Doctors are not office workers.

I'm sure you know that.

You're just like your father.

Is that bad?

I feel sorry for whoever marries you.

I'm sure she'll suffer as well.

- You'll break it.

- You're really worked up.

Sakurako, turn off the radio.

He'll scare off the customers.

That's not nice to say.

You asked me to show you.

I'm impressed with the way you dance

even though you do that for work.

And all it gets me is 600 yen a night.

But you like your job.

I have to work to eat.

Don't try to fool us, Nakao.

You're just being lazy.

You have a college education.

Why are you playing the drums?

There's no other work out there.

Neither pan time nor full time.

I understand if you want

to be a career musician.

But you're still young.

Don't be so pessimistic.

I used to think you were

the most stable of all Yukio's friends.

I thought so, too,

until I went to war.

I never thought I'd be

beating a drum at a nightclub.

I wonder what my brother

would be doing if he were alive.

Looking for work.

I don't think so.

If he were alive,

he'd be sailing.

Everybody has changed.

Yukio, Imanishi, Hakamada and I

used to say we'd move to the tropics.

I remember hearing that from you.

Imanishi wanted to start an orchard.

But he's a doctor now.

Hakamada wanted to be a pilot,

but now he works at a factory.

And a would-be lawyer now

plays the drums at a nightclub.

Isn't life funny?

What's so funny about it?

We all work hard.

I work hard, too.

If you're working so hard,

why are you here to borrow money?

Today is special.

I always pay it back right away.

Of course. If you don't pay back

what you borrow, there's no more.

There you go again.

You're a nice lady as long

as you don't start lecturing.

You and Mr. Imanishi need

to experience some hardships.

You're very selfish. You think

the world revolves around you.

Okay. Okay.

Welcome.

Nakao, you better leave now.

Yeah, there's no end

to her lectures.

Grandma, I'll be leaving now.

Thanks as always.

Have a good day.

Take care of yourself.

- See you.

- Good-bye.

- Hello.

- Hello.

- Hello, Mr. Nakao.

- Hi.

Hey, Yumi.

Excuse me.

Eiko, dance with me.

Here's 5,000 yen.

No need to worry.

You can pay me back

whenever you can.

Thank you,

but I didn't mean it that way.

Don't worry.

The doctor I wanted you to meet

resigned yesterday.

I can ask him

to make a house call.

- You're doing too much.

- It's all right.

He's a buddy of mine

from middle school.

I don't know

how capable he is though.

That's very helpful.

I didn't know what to do.

My mother tells me not to spend

any money because it can't be cured.

Of course she'd say that.

She sees you struggling

to raise a child on your own.

I'm sure she feels bad.

I guess.

- Mr. Nakao.

- Hey.

So, getting any better at dancing?

Not really.

I don't have much rhythm.

I bet your mother's angry with me.

Why do you say that?

Why? Because I got you a job here.

You're wrong.

A woman like me...

needs to be out

in the world like this.

You used to be naive.

I was just foolish.

Lately, I think so even more.

Well, I've got nothing

to say about that.

But whatever the case,

you're alive and well.

As long as you're having fun

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