Kamome shokudo Page #3

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very trying for you.

I was changing Dad's

diaper one day,

while Finland was on

the TV.

On the news?

Yes, an air-guitar contest.

I was really impressed.

What's an air-guitar contest?

Contestants pretend they're

playing imaginary guitars.

One becomes the champion.

And a "carry the wife" race.

Cell phone throwing

and sauna endurance contests.

I was so impressed that people

took such stupid games so seriously.

They all looked to be so carefree.

Free from the

bonds of this world.

They all looked so calm

and peaceful.

That's why I came.

No other purpose.

Masako, just take it easy

and do nothing while you're here.

But actually, it's difficult

to just do nothing at all.

It sure is.

We tend to get distracted.

Then why are the Finns so

calm and laid back?

I wonder.

The forests.

Forests?

We have our forests.

I shall go to the forest.

Thanks for the coffee.

Ready to go.

Here you are.

Please.

- Hello.

- Hello.

Welcome.

Hi there.

How was the forest?

I enjoyed it.

Did you get mushrooms?

Yes, I did.

I got lots of mushrooms.

But I lost them all.

You lost them?

They disappeared before I knew it.

I see.

Want something to eat?

Yes, I'll have rice balls.

Sachie, rice balls please.

Certainly.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

I enjoyed the food.

Me, too.

Welcome.

Sorry about

the other day.

Are you 0K now?

Much better, thank you.

Coffee and cinnamon rolls, please.

Certainly.

You're here, too?

Yes, I'm helping out.

I see.

Make yourself at home.

I have something to ask you.

Yes, what is it?

Do you cast spells in Japan?

Spells?

Yes, a way of cursing someone.

She's asking about curses.

Curses?

Nails in a straw dummy?

Make a dummy and pretend

it's someone you want to curse.

Then stab it with a

long, fat nail, or needle.

It's an old, traditional curse.

Have you ever tried it?

No, never.

No one does it,

right?

Closed

My little Kukka.

She died just after

my husband left me.

She so looked like...

Like what?

... like you.

Every time I saw you working

at the diner,

I thought about my dog.

I see.

But I must pull myself together.

That diner suits you very well.

Let's take a sauna later.

Want to go to a sauna?

Sauna?

Masako is really tough.

Over 20 minutes

in that sauna is a miracle.

You can enter the sauna

contest next year.

She says you should enter.

I was thinking about

the air guitar contest.

You?

Really?

Shouldn't I?

You'd make a cool air guitarist.

Maybe I'll try, too.

It's open.

You...?

He used to run a shop here.

He made great coffee.

You only came for

what is yours.

But why sneak in like a thief?

How are your wife and

daughter doing?

Everyone has problems.

I'm hungry.

What's that?

It's a rice ball.

Japanese soul food.

Make sure to take back

what is yours.

I partake.

I partake.

I partake.

Have you heard of the

"Phantom of the Coffee?"

"Phantom of the Coffee?"

A small animal

called a luak.

They choose to eat only

the sweetest coffee beans.

The beans are refined in their

stomachs and then excreted.

They make the best coffee beans.

But many luaks were caught

and they're rare now.

They're the

"Phantom of the Coffee."

I got some of those

precious beans from Matti.

Matti?

You mean the thief?

Let's try some.

Okay.

"Kopi Luak."

What's that?

A charm to make it

taste better.

What a beautiful fragrance.

You want coffee?

Thank you.

It really is delicious.

It's great.

I've long wanted to ask you.

Ask me what?

Why choose rice balls

as your main dish?

Because rice balls are

the Japanese soul food.

I lost my Mom early on,

so I looked after the house.

My Dad made rice balls

twice a year for me.

Why twice?

On sports' day

and school excursions.

He said they always taste better

when someone else makes them.

He never made anything else.

No pretty lunches like

all my friends.

Just salmon, plum

and bonito rice balls.

They were huge and

badly shaped.

But they were

so delicious.

Still no sign of my luggage?

What?

Good morning.

Good morning.

They found it.

My luggage finally turned up.

So maybe it's time for me

to go back to Japan.

Ever heard this?

"Hattivatit" needs electricity to live.

You didn't know, right?

Electricity, eh?

There's so much we

never get to learn.

All creatures need something

to live on.

Will Masako go back

to Japan?

That's totally up to her.

Either way,

we should be happy for her.

I agree.

Look, this may sound strange.

What?

If I decided to go back to Japan,

would you miss me?

Are you going?

No, only if I did.

I wonder.

I've been by myself

from the beginning.

You have your own life.

So you wouldn't miss me?

I didn't say that.

So you won't miss me?

Of course I'd miss you.

That's enough.

But, eventually,

everything must change.

Everyone will change.

I hope it's for the better.

Everything will work out.

Perhaps.

I hope so, too.

Something's wrong

with my luggage.

Yes...

...well, there's no doubt that

it's my luggage, no.

But somehow,

something is very different.

What's up?

A strange man gave me a cat.

So now I can't go home.

I think I'll stay here

for a while longer.

Can I continue to

help out here?

Of course, you can.

My best regards to you.

To you, too.

From me, too.

Thank you.

Hello.

Welcome.

Welcome.

Welcome.

Welcome.

Welcome.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

Thanks.

Koskenkorva, please.

Hi, there.

How are you?

Hello.

You look pretty today.

My husband suddenly

turned up.

He couldn't live without me

after all.

Sorry to have troubled you.

Rice balls, please.

Good.

Thank you.

The KAM0ME DINER...

... is full at last.

Did you notice?

Masako bows far too politely,

doesn't she?

Let me show you how.

Welcome.

See?

Is that too polite?

No.

Being polite is good.

But Midori's bow is

way too rough.

No, it isn't.

Let me show you how.

Welcome.

See?

What do you think?

It's alright.

It suits her.

Sachie's "welcome" is

very attractive, I think.

You reckon?

Indeed, it is.

Your "welcome"

is excellent.

C'mon, show us.

Don't start.

Why not?

Just a bit.

Stop it.

Hello.

Welcome.

Satomi Kobayashi

Hairi Katagiri

Masako Motai

Produced by

Hanako Kasumizawa

Executive Producers:

Seiji Okuda, Mitsuru Oshima

Masayasu Ishihara

Shuichi Komuro, Kumi Kobata

Producers:

Enma Maekawa, Mayumi Amano

Associate Producer:

Keiko Morishita

Music by

Tatsuro Kondo

Original Story by

Yoko Mure

Ending Theme Song by

Yosui Inoue

Written & Directed by

Naoko Ogigami

Stuart J Walton (Sprout)

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