Song of Love (愛の讃歌)

A SHOCHIKU PRODUCTION

SONG OF LOVE

Nobuko!

What're you doing, Nobuko?!

Let's go!

"I went to the market..."

"hoping to find a first rate dresser."

"I pulled the first drawer, from the outside."

"I pulled the second drawer, too."

"I even pulled the third one,"

"and the fourth one."

"I pulled them from the outside."

"Match."

"Memo."

"Memo."

Let's go, Fumiko.

"Match."

"Memo."

Fumiko.

And then?

Four times three is twelve.

Four times four is sixteen, right?

Four times four is sixteen.

Four times five is twenty.

Four times six is twenty-four.

Good morning!

Three times four is twelve, right?

Nobuko, make sure you answer the teacher when he asks, okay?

Yeah!

Carry me, sis!

Carry me!

Come on.

Directed by: Yoji Yamada

Doc, get yer glasses fixed at Tengando when yer done makin' the rounds.

Folks is gon' make fun if yer wearin' those!

Lessee, what else…

Gotcher tie on proper?

Hey, yer wallet!

Ye'd forget yer head if it weren't screwed on!

Yer wallet!

Doc, yer wallet!

Sheesh…

And why're ya wearin' boots in this weather?

Don'tcha think ya oughta be wearin' somefin lighter?

Don't come whinin' at me if the kids call ya a fancy lad again!

Hey! Wait!

Yer lunch!

Doc, yer lunch!

Ya forgot yer lunch!

Lunch!

Here.

Wait for me!

He wants to get on?

Cap, we leavin'?

We gotta wait for the quack.

You see him?

Yeah.

Hey, don't get too friendly with Haruko. Ryuta's gonna whoop ya.

Hey now!

Doctor! Someone spilled some oil on the pier. Watch out, okay?

There! Right there! Watch it!

Stand-by, Kiyoshi.

Sir!

Sorry, captain. Got an emergency over in Niihama.

Oh yeah?

Doctor!

Just leave it there.

Okay!

Thanks!

Hey!

Geez, no one asked for no damn concert!

Full speed ahead!

I'm tellin' ya it was wild!

So, how was Osaka?

Too many people, too many cars… It stinks, I tell ya!

D'you go up Tsutentaku?

Oh yeah. Just some big tower is all.

What about Osaka Castle?

Sure. Sennichimae, Dotonbori… You name it!

Did'ya see Kontora?

The hell's a Kontora?

Famous guy from Osaka, Torakichi Kondo.

Six foot tall,

round face,

small eyes,

bald spot.

Ya'd know if ya saw 'im!

Dunno.

Ya didn't, then?

Tellin' ya, didn't see no guy like that.

Maybe he died…

Such a nice fella, too.

Yo Bingoya, heard you had quite a time in Osaka!

Those Osaka strippers all they cracked up to be?

Will you shut up?

What's so funny, Haruko?

Osaka's boring, huh?

You're laughing now,

but Ryuta's still in Kobe, right?

You're not worried?

After all, he's a man, and there's a lot of cabarets in Kobe…

Oh, no need to worry for her.

Got a letter here for Haru.

"I'll be back the morning after next."

So…

Mailman!

Yes?

You can't just go around readin' other folks' mail!

I can't?

No way! It's illegal! Got a right mind to report ya to the cops.

Git outta here, ya slime!

Uh…

Bingoya, wait up!

I'm sorry!

Forgive me!

No way, buddy.

He mailed this on the 13th, so that means he's coming home today.

Said he'd be home in four or five days, though.

Fool.

Kiyoshi! Water's hittin' the keel.

Starboard, starboard!

Full steam ahead!

Full steam ahead!!

So, you plan on telling Haruko?

What if she cries?

I think you're making a mistake.

I mean, if yer not tellin' the old man,

it'd be better to not tell Haruko either.

Welcome home!

Where were you? Dad was worried.

Later, Ryuta!

Were you with Jiro?

Yeah.

Got ya some senbei.

Gone for an entire week… Hope ya had fun.

Haruko's been worried sick.

Jiro's cousin couldn't put us up any longer, so…

You still hangin' around with that deadbeat?

What's with you lately? It's like yer barely here.

Got yer head in the clouds all day…

What is it?

Don't tell me yer thinkin' of movin' to Brazil again or some stupid shit like that?

Haruko, come listen to this.

If that's really what's goin on,

I'm gonna smack it right outta that big head of ya!

Y'know back in the day, my dad...

used to kick my ass until I was 30!

Well that was then, and this is now.

Haruko.

If yer pop woulda smacked those rosy cheeks of ya more often when he was alive,

I wouldn't have to put up with ya talkin' back to me like that.

What are you laughin' at?!

Will you turn that thing off?!

Take it easy, general.

Ryuta's gotta spread his wings from time to time.

We all just wanna hang onto our youth some way or another.

When I decided I wanted to be a seaman when I was 24 or 25,

I got into a big fight with my old man.

A man of the seas, huh?

And that thing there's your mighty vessel, huh?

I see, I see.

What're you tryin' to say?

It's a miracle you stay afloat.

That thing ain't a boat, it's a big bath toy.

One bite from the sillago fish and that thing is goin' under!

Oh shaddap! If it weren't for that bath toy, we wouldn't be able to go anywhere.

Wastin' yer life away on this island like a grub stuck in shit.

Better'n boarding that floater!

Sure, why try 'n board anything?! Boats, cars… women!

What're ya sayin', you bastard?!

What's wrong?

Anything happen in Kobe?

I…

I think I'm going to Brazil, after all.

That's why me and Jiro went to Kobe. To arrange everything.

Passport.

Emigration permit.

Proof of vaccination.

I'm sorry for not telling you before, Haru.

Ah, doc.

They're upstairs right now.

Haruko and Ryuta.

Why'm I tellin' you?

They're old enough, so y'know.

Last summer, when you had to come back home

'cause the factory in Osaka closed, we all talked,

and father got so mad, saying over his dead body and such…

So, I thought Brazil wasn't an option anymore, right? Remember?

Dad just won't allow me to live my life.

So full of himself, thinks he knows best for everyone…

I wanna be my own person!

But… I just can't be honest with him.

It's tearing me apart.

So, please, understand.

Just once in my life, I need to do something for myself.

All my life I've put myself aside, so I can look after my pigheaded father…

What about… us?

Three… No, two years, and I'll come back.

That should be plenty of time for me to find myself…

They value people with skills there.