The Long Excuse Page #5

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Have you ever thought...

...you hated your own genes?

G-g-genes?

What about Natsuko?

Didn't she want them?

No.

She wasn't good with kids.

She hated them.

Do you really believe that?

It's true.

I don't think so.

I think she really wanted your...

No no no no no!

What would you know about it?

What would you know?

What?!

Sure, at one time we meant to.

We were man and woman.

But relationships change.

Parents and children, husbands and wives, friends...

Yesterday's not today.

Things change, right?

So please...

...don't judge my happiness by your standards.

No way.

She wouldn't want a child of mine.

She died not wanting one.

What am I saying?

I think it's great.

It's great her parents will look after Akari.

Right, Ms Kaburagi?

Akari?

It'll be fun.

Right, Shinpei?

Sorry to spoil a day like this.

I guess I don't belong here.

I'm going.

You suit each other.

Do well by her.

What's going on, Sachio?

Well, I mean...

...you've done it with her, right?

Wait...what makes you say that?

I think it's great.

She's cute in her own way.

That's the best way to forget Yuki.

What's the problem?

It's better than me.

When Natsuko died...

...I was with another woman.

When the bus went off the cliff...

...and Natsuko was drowning in that frozen lake...

...I was having sex in her bed.

I was f***ing!

I'm not like you at all!

Yeah, that one!

I read your book.

Which?

The new one.

'Lost One'.

That was sh*t.

Pure sh*t.

Excuse me.

Your hair's in your face.

You know, it's kind of like...

So...that welt...

Careful!

Stop it!

You OK?

It's, like, you know...

...this chair needs more thought!

Missed Call

Shinpei

You can't do stir-fry.

Sure I can!

No, you can't. Let go!

You can't stir-fry vegetables.

You can't do it, Akari. Let go.

Stop it!

Aoba Tutorial...

This is Shinpei Omiya, 6th-year special course.

Omiya? Hello.

Um...

...I'm afraid I need to take this week off, too.

I see...and the test on Sunday?

I'll come for that.

And next week?

Next week I'll...

...talk to my father.

'The Lord is come, the Lord is come

'The Lord is come'

Shinpei?

Shinpei?

What's the matter?

Nothing.

Turn that off and get to bed.

I'm taking a break.

Then I'll get back to work.

I don't mean keep studying.

You'll get sick if you don't sleep.

I have my own pace.

Nothing'll go into your head at this hour.

Sure, I drive through the night...

...but I know when it's time to stop and go to sleep.

This isn't a truck.

It's not the same at all.

Try it sometime and see.

What?

I didn't hear you.

What did you say?

Does studying so hard make you talk to people like that?

Well, it's true.

What do you know about exams or this house from driving a truck?

You don't care.

It's just something I do.

I can go to cram school, or skip out.

And if I fail, you don't care.

And Mom's f***ing dead.

That hurts, but that's all.

Nothing changes.

Sachio's not coming back.

And my dad can't even talk!

There's no way

I want to be like you.

I never want to be like you!

And what does the prize-winning novelist Shinji Mitsu say?

Correct! He did it!

Hello?

Sorry to call so late. I'm a nurse at the Yagyu Public Hospital.

Yes?

Mr Sachio Kinugasa?

Speaking.

It concerns Mr Yoichi Omiya.

He's been in a traffic accident.

He's been brought here.

Hello?

Shinpei? It's Sachio!

It's been a while.

I need to apologize about some things.

Sachio...

...Dad hasn't come back.

It's all right, Shinpei.

Your dad's fine. Don't worry.

I said a few bad things to him.

Bad things?

OK. You can tell me when I get there.

Wait for me.

Wait, OK?

Morning.

Thanks.

You stay here.

Take care.

Off you go!

Sachio...

Did Dad really have an accident?

Sure he did.

He worked all night over New Year's.

Then when he ate something, he got sleepy.

I wondered...

...why it was Mom...

...after she died.

I wondered why it couldn't have been him?

I thought it would've been better if he'd died, and not Mom.

Well...

...I'm sure that's what your dad's thought, too.

And all the time he's been thinking that...

...he's been hanging in there, holding that steering wheel.

But it's a man's heart.

It's strong, but at the same time it's weak.

Sometimes it just breaks.

Even once you've grown up, once you're a father, too.

You two mean the world to him.

Don't worry, Shinpei.

People think a lot of things.

But...

...when someone treasures you...

...you don't just toss them away.

You can't look down on them, or disrespect them.

If you do...

...you end up like me.

Like me...

...with no one in your life to love.

You don't think you'll lose them...

...but they're gone in a flash.

Know what I mean?

So what you have to make sure you do is...

...to hold onto them tight.

OK?

Are you OK?

Thanks!

It's all yours.

Goodbye.

Life is Others

Come in.

Anyway, I felt validated.

I started to shake.

I knew I hadn't been wrong.

'The Long Excuse'

All those times

I'd said 'write it!'...

...I wasn't wasting my breath.

Maybe he wanted a bigger prize...

That was you!

Me? You wanted it.

Go for it!

No, I'm really happy.

Now a few words to celebrate this literary prize.

Shinpei and Akari Omiya, if you would.

Sachio, for your new novel...

OK?

Congratulations!

My father says he's not very good at speeches...

...so I will speak in his place.

Go for it!

My name is Shinpei Omiya.

This is my sister...

Akari Omiya, Grade 1B!

Straight ahead.

That's right!

KINUGASA Sachio

MOTOKI Masahiro

OMIYA Yoichi

TAKEHARA Pistol

OMIYA Shinpei

FUJITA Kenshin

OMIYA Akari

SHIRATORI Tamaki

KISHIMOTO Shinsuke

IKEMATSU Sousuke

FUKUNAGA Chihiro

KUROKI Haru

KABURAGI Yuko

YAMADA Maho

OMIYA Yuki

HORIUCHI Keiko

KURITA Kotoe

MATSUOKA Izumi

KUWANA Koichiro

IWAI Hideto

OSHITA Jun-nosuke

KAN Suon

TAHARA Naoya

TOTSUGI Shigeyuki

KINUGASA Natsuko

FUKATSU Eri

Presented by

KAWASHIRO Kazumi

NAKAE Yasuhito

OTA Tetsuo

NAGASAWA Shuichi

MATSUI Kiyoto

IWAMURA Takashi

Producers

NISHIKAWA Asako

YOSE Akihiko

Line Producer

ITO Taichi

Music Producer

ITO Hideki

Planning Associate

KITAHARA Eiji

Creative Director

USHIRO Tomohito

Director of Photography

YAMAZAKI Yutaka

Lighting

YAMAMOTO Kosuke

Sound

SHIRATORI Mitsugu

Production Design

MITSUMATSU Keiko

Editor

MIYAJIMA Ryuji

Assistant Directors

KUMA Shinji

KIKUCHI Seiji

Production Manager

SHIRAISHI Osamu

Costume Designer

KOBAYASHI Miwako

Make-up Artist

SAKAI Mutsuki

Casting Director

TABATA Toshie

Sound Effect

KITADA Masaya

Assistant Producer

IKENO Kana

International Affairs

YOSHIDA Kayo

Music

Shu limited

Composers/Arrangers

NAKANISHI Toshihiro

KATO Michiaki

Song

"Ombra mai f"

Singer:
TESHIMA Aoi

Ending Theme

"The Harmonious Blacksmith"

Piano:
TAKEDA Aoi

special thanks to

FUJIWARA Tsugihiko

Distributor in Japan

Asmik Ace, Inc.

Production Company

AOI Pro. Inc.

Film Partners

Bandai Visual Co., Ltd.

Aoi Pro. Inc.

TV TOKYO Corporation

Asmik Ace, Inc.

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