Tokyo Oasis (東京オアシス)

Tokyo Oasis

Hello.

That'll be 350 yen.

Out of 500.

Your change is 1 50 yen.

Thank you.

A rolling receive.

Excuse me?

You did a rolling receive, just now.

What are you laughing at?

Don't play jokes.

That was dangerous.

Would you give me a lift?

Huh?

Could you give me a ride in this van?

Sorry. I was just trying to hitch a ride,

but no truck stopped.

This van's getting on the expressway from over there, isn't it?

That expressway over there.

Why do I have to give a stranger a ride?

At this late hour, give a woman in black who suddenly appears, a ride?

Besides, a woman who tried to die.

Is this a horror? It's terrifying.

It's not terrifying. Not at all.

I didn't appear suddenly. I was trying to hitchhike here before you came.

The black dress makes me unnoticeable. So, I tried to get some attention.

I wasn't trying to die.

I have to get on that expressway and go.

Aren't you afraid of me?

Doesn't getting a ride from a stranger scare you?

I may be a bad man.

No one with boxes of lettuce in a van can be bad.

Oh, Tokyo Tower.

It came up suddenly.

That was scary.

Is it because I saw something huge at night?

Don't you get scared when you see something huge at night?

Where's the funeral?

What's that?

Where's the funeral going to be?

Or, is it the wake?

Where are you headed for?

You're answering my question with a question.

I'm going as far as where I need to get off the expressway.

Then, please give me a ride to wherever that is.

You don't know where I'm getting off. Is that okay with you?

That's fine.

Thank you so much for giving me a ride today. I really appreciate it.

Did someone you love die today?

The person must mean much to you to rush over at night.

Yes, a person I loved dearly also died today.

In my daily life, it happens often that someone I love dies.

That sounds odd.

The way you said that is very strange.

Until a while ago, we were shooting near that convenience store.

Shooting a movie. Actually, it's still going on,

but I just slipped out.

Look,

with a pack of tea.

It's good to carry tea with you. Just say you're going on a break.

Shooting a movie?

At that time and place? How convenient for you.

When I first saw you, I thought for sure I met you somewhere.

Was it simply because I've seen you on TV?

It's a lie. I lied.

I'm a liar.

Every day, I tell lies,

and now it's become a habit with me.

I guess so.

It does sound phony.

What part of your story is the truth and what isn't?

On the top of that skinny tall building,

there's a lone signboard standing.

I bet it's an illuminated signboard though the lights're out.

It had illuminated message moving up and down, I guess.

It's completely dark now, but still interesting.

I like things like that.

I don't know why, but I really like it.

An airplane.

There's an airplane.

I wonder where it's going at this late hour.

When you see planes at night, aren't you tempted to go somewhere?

So, it's going to rain in Shanghai tomorrow.

Finally, we're back to the weather.

It'll be cloudy in NY, rainy in Shanghai,

and sunny in Tokyo tomorrow.

Now for the exciting Hot News.

That story about a housewife climbing a tall chimney alone was amusing.

The next is about marriage fraud.

We've always had marriage frauds for years.

But what's new about this guy is -- he's a "herbivore."

A "soshoku danshi" marriage fraud.

Cool. Fascinating.

He's clean-cut and looks great in striped shirts.

Yes, yes, yes. He only eats greens.

And he's an older-lady-killer.

His tracks disappeared after he tried to marry a woman 14 years older.

He appears mainly in Tokyo and around the North Kanto area.

His work varied from a plumber,

to an organic vegetable vendor to even a primary school teacher.

"What a fool I've been!" he exclaimed.

He tried to swim around inside the cave,

covering as much area as it would allow him.

When people are distressed,

they frequently pace around the room just in this fashion.

Unfortunately, the salamander's habitat

wasn't very large for swimming around.

It's Ibuse's novel.

Why did you change the channel?

About the marriage fraud,

that story of the marriage fraud was interesting.

I don't want to hear it.

Aren't you interested in it?

Because that marriage fraud is me.

That's why.

The order for kitsune udon.

Two bowls of kitsune udon are ready.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

Why kitsune udon?

I should be asking you that. There's plenty others on the menu.

Do you like udon?

Yes.

But my favorite noodle is himokawa,

about this thick. It's a local food in my hometown.

Is it something like kishimen or houto?

If I can be perfectly clear, it's nothing like kishimen or houto.

It's completely different from either of them.

By any chance, were you a volleyball player?

Yes.

I used to be a setter.

How did you know?

I knew it.

I was a volleyball player, too.

You did a rolling receive back there.

Back there?

If you insist, maybe I did a rolling receive.

They don't do that now.

What're you talking about?

Once I worked as a volleyball player.

After a funeral job, you took on a job as a volleyball player?

Long time ago, we used to do lots of rolling receives.

Didn't you do that, too?

No one does it anymore. It's outdated.

If you do that on the court, everyone will look and frown.

In fact, the other day,

I did it without knowing that.

That's why, back there, I had to tell you that.

Now, I see.

You must have been an attacker.

So you tried doing an A quick against the moving truck.

Here's a B quick.

Then, A.

One more time.

Okay, an A quick.

I hear waves.

The ocean must be in that direction.

It's too dark to see it, though.

Doesn't the sky over there look hazy?

It's a break of day.

It's daybreak for sure.

I'm getting off the expressway.

The exit,

there seems to be one.

A freight train.

A freight train is running on the tracks.

It's running alone in such darkness.

It's running all alone.

Great.

It's a long one.

How many cars are there?

It's before daybreak, but something's already started.

Yes, it's started moving.

Is that an exit?

We're getting off.

The sky, I didn't know it was so clear.

Where are you running off to?

You ran away from something, didn't you?

Yes, I did run away.

This is the place I wanted to come.

This is the place I really had to come.

This place?

I always flee.

But actually, I had never escaped at all.

Rather, the farther I try to go,

I always ended up where I started and then made fierce attacks.

Where are you escaping to?

I will not run away.

I just transport lettuces earnestly.

You're right.

So, are you fine here?

I'm fine here.

Okay.

Thank you.

What is it?

Money for the ice candy.

Ice candy?

At that convenience store, before you did your rolling receive,

before running after me, you dropped your ice candy.

The ice candy.