Throw Away Your Books, Rally in the Streets Page #2

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a new trend recently.

Young people leading a vagrant life.

They leave their parents and come together

to live in groups of five people.

They live together,

and they are their own parents.

They aren't looking for

anything in particular.

And they don't divide stuff

into mine and yours.

No matter if it's food or clothing,

it's all shared property.

Like a commune.

- Women too.

- But...

It's precisely because someone

interested in sports...

...can find his new home in the team.

That's why I'm urging you to join.

- And there won't be any jealousy?

- Jealousy?

For a guy, jealousy is a real problem!

"If the end of the world comes tomorrow,"

"I will plant an apple tree."

-Gheorgiu

In August 1970, a child was born to me.

Nobody gave me permission...

In August 1970...

I called it Jenla.

Nobody gave me permission.

In August 1970...

Another woman fell pregnant.

Nobody gave me permission.

In August 1970...

I thought of the name for this child.

Nobody gave me permission.

I'll teach you a new dance.

Come and dance.

It's so boring in this country.

Nobody wants to dance.

Do you want to know something?

- What's the best book?

- Come again?

- What's the best book you've ever read?

- The Bible, of course.

What part do you wash first

when you take a bath?

I start by washing the bathtub.

- Are you hairy?

- What?

- Are you on the hairy side?

- Yes, in parts.

What magazine do you like best?

"Playboy," I guess.

Are you tragic or comic?

Put some more feeling into your questions.

Don't just read them out.

- Can you laugh in English?

- In English?

It's the same as in any language.

- How often do you go to the loo?

- Go on... God alone knows.

How many men have you cheated?

Hey, wait a minute now, I'm serious.

What bad effects do books

have on people?

Bad effects?

Well, it's getting more difficult

to find men to collect the rubbish.

What's the best book to

read in the loo?

The Bible, probably.

I read it every day.

- What part do you hide when you're naked?

- When I'm stripped? Nothing

- Do you ever count the stars?

- At night, I haven't the time to count.

When can you count them?

The stars?

At night, when you put out the light.

Then you can see the stars a bit.

- How about Marx's "Das Kapital"?

- Come again?

- Marx's "Das Kapital"

- I don't know it.

Hey there, what are you doing?

You can see what I'm doing.

I'm eating a rice-ball.

Have you no family?

Yes, but I don't want to go back home.

Why not?

I've won the lottery.

The national lottery.

I bought it in front of the

Ikebukuro station.

I won five million yen.

But I've no one to leave it to.

I don't smoke Japanese cigarettes.

I had a son.

But he's dead.

And now I've got no one any more.

I'll give five million to anyone

who's kind to me.

To anyone who'd take good care of me.

Anyone who'd take care of

an old woman like me.

Ever since I was born, no one

has ever been kind to me.

I'd give five million yen just to be

treated with real kindness.

- Everyone was looking for you.

- Everyone?

But she has no family.

That's not true, she has a son

and two grandchildren.

I don't know them.

I don't know him.

Don't make a fool of me,

I'm Kin, your neighbor.

I don't know him.

She's won five million yen.

You're joking!

She made me kill a rabbit.

When no one talks to her,

she tells lies and steals.

At first when she was arrested,

we used to go along and bail her out.

But she enjoyed that.

That's why she stole things.

She'd steal tissues, ladies' shoes

or children's clothes.

She stole something again

only the other day.

It's no good, Grandma.

Cry "Wolf! Wolf!" and it will work

once, but not twice.

So this time she's cooked up another

story about winning the lottery.

She's a good-for-nothing old woman.

An old bag of bones.

A useless old grandmother.

A useless old grandmother!

A bag of bones.

I'm not going home.

I'm not going back.

- A noodle stall?

- That's right.

What will you do with it?

I want my father to go back to work.

With the noodle stall?

Yes. He used to push a stall around

selling Chinese noodles.

I'd like him to go back to it.

You'll find a stall easily enough.

You're very good to your father...

...buying him a stall with your money.

It's not out of affection.

I just want my father

to earn his own living.

I'm tired of having to

feed him like I do.

Wait inside, I'll just finish off.

Can I take a shower?

All the same, isn't it love?

I have nothing to do with my family.

I don't even remember them any more.

When the family fulfilled different

functions it still had some meaning:

Economic, hierarchical, educational...

...recreational, protective,

and religious.

But now the State and society

have taken over those functions.

All that's left is affection.

Blood ties are still at

the heart of it all.

They're the most clannish thing.

Maybe I'm not at the bottom line yet.

I still dream about my father.

You just need time, that's all.

What's up?

Nothing.

I envy you, Mr Omi.

Come over here. We'll make a threesome.

Come on.

- It's a present.

- Really?

- We're both going to fly.

- Where do you get on?

There, but don't tell Omi.

I've been in this plane before.

I've already flown in it.

Don't say a word to Mr. Omi.

- It won't fly.

- It will fly.

Liar! Liar!

I hope you can get me some nice soap.

Can anybody give me a towel?

No response at all!

Where did they all go?

What to do...

A scholar, a cute boy, a lawyer,

a driver... Just someone!

And even the owner here is gay.

How terrible!

Hey, shave me a bit, shave me!

Hey you, murderous little devil!

I am telling you, little murderer!

Come here and shave me!

699, 700...

I've got no razor.

Then get tweezers.

They've been taken away, too.

Oh poor me!

What are we gonna do then?

Maybe you'd better not ask about it.

You know, I am really good with cooking.

Don't tell me that's what you're gonna do.

Even reading books is better.

- Iwanami Library of Classics, you know...

- Iwanami?

I've been reading Snow White again.

Yeah, it's so close to your heart!

Mirror, mirror on the wall,

who's the fairest of them all?

Yeah, it's me!

Hey, tell me, what is

my fairest feature?

Didn't you promise to wash my

cute underwear in the bathroom?

Why didn't you?

Is our nuisance of a landlord spraying

insecticide again? That stinking bastard.

He killed them again.

How tragic.

Whenever my body enters warm suds,

I feel immersed in dazzling radiance!

There is no way to avoid it.

I've always kept an account

of all the fish I fry.

I've already fried...

...more then 700 of them.

Someone is calling again.

It can't be... A visitor?

What a surprise.

Is this kid a visitor? What should we do?

What should we do? Make him come over!

Does he even know where he is?

I hope he doesn't think

it's an educational institution.

He must have been in trouble

with the world.

I wonder if he wants us to use

our hands or our mouths?

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