Lear on the Shore (海辺のリア)

Nakadai Tatsuya

Kuroki Haru

Harada Mieko

Kobayashi Kaoru

Abe Hiroshi

A Kobayashi Masahiro Production

Lear on the Shore

Don't go.

Just wait here in case someone calls.

Don't go!

Get out.

Don't go!

You look awful.

You don't even look like a girl.

Cold, huh?

Pretty cold.

I can't believe this cold.

Why are you walking so slowly?

Are you a lover?

You of all people?

How could I be your lover?

Hey.

Hey!

Wait, how about a break?

Hey!

Water.

Give me that water.

Give it here!

You're so stingy!

That's just water!

You're acting like

that's sake or something!

What?

You're a prick.

You can't act like that

and call yourself a girl!

You're a joke!

How long are you going to follow me?

How far is far enough?

How far are you going?

Where?

Not sure.

I forgot.

In other words, you just don't know

where you're going.

Huh?

That makes me wonder...

Where did I come from?

Where was I before?

You?

What about you?

What?

- What about you? - What about me?

How about you?

I got off a train.

I found a pay phone.

I didn't have a dime,

so I put in a dollar.

I called you.

I called your cellphone.

Me?

You didn't answer, though.

There was no way to leave a message.

I don't really follow.

You don't have to.

It's totally fine.

Yeah, it is. I don't have to.

How about now?

Do you remember where you're going?

Nope.

You can't remember where you're going,

so you plan to just keep walking?

It's probably this way.

What is?

- You know-- - I don't!

What is "probably" this way?

I don't know.

We could just forget about him.

It'd be good for us.

For us?

Wouldn't it?

Do you think I don't see what's happening?

Who are you?

Who are you?

I'm hungry.

I'm so hungry.

Who are you talking to?

You.

Who am I?

You're you.

What do you have in there?

There could be some food in there.

So?

Whose is it?

You were dragging it along so it has to be yours.

Open it, then.

- You open it! - You do it!

A single towel

in a suitcase this big.

What are you up to?

I'm so hungry.

I'm running on fumes.

You don't know where you came from,

and you don't know where you're going.

You don't even know who you are!

You also don't know

who the girl sitting beside you is.

What's going on here?

The ocean sure is pretty.

He was gone when they checked on him in the morning.

He hadn't even changed his clothes.

The only things missing

are the suitcase he had when he was admitted,

his coat,

and a single towel.

In heat like this,

he puts on that thick coat.

It's basically his Great Escape.

They said we could involve the police,

but that it might also be bad for us.

The way things are these days,

you get more than just a report about an unidentified drifter.

They'll plaster his name and face everywhere.

It's your father, after all.

He used to be in movies.

He's a prime target for news reels.

That's why I said we should forget about him.

I'd feel a lot better

if he just keeled over and died.

You'd feel better?

Let's go home for now.

We need to get home and come up with a plan.

He might have just gone home, too.

He couldn't walk that far.

You can't be sure.

Some do-gooders might have given him a ride.

That wouldn't happen.

Okay, what about a train?

How many years has it been since he took a train?

- About 60 years? - Right?

I doubt he could even buy a ticket.

He hasn't even handled money himself in ages.

You did that.

All of that aside,

isn't our best move to go home and take stock?

We have no idea where he is.

We'll look for him.

I don't want to do that.

What if he really has keeled over and died?

I already said that if he has, that would be no problem!

You're a character.

I'm so hungry.

Go buy something.

Oh, but my cholesterol...

I could eat a steak this thick right now, though.

Don't be stupid.

Where?

Where is there a store selling that?

I just had it delivered from a restaurant when I was at home.

How nice.

All while abandoning your daughter and grandson?

Do you finally

remember?

What?

That I

am your daughter.

That I was the one

who loved you most?

I couldn't say it,

but it was always me.

I'm the one who--

I'm hungry.

Please go buy me something to eat.

Give me money, then.

Money?

All of my money

is handled by my daughter.

That said,

you...

don't actually know me, do you?

This was pretty recent,

I'm a retired actor.

I didn't use a stage name.

I used the name my parents gave me. Last name, too.

It's been with me since long before Mifune Toshiro acted in Yojimbo as a character with my last name.

Okay,

then what is your name?

I'm Kuwabatake Chokitsu!

I am the first born son

Chokitsu, of the Kuwabatake family!

I am

the first born son!

Kuwabatake Chokitsu!

Oh, my! Thank you, everyone!

You know, my journey will end soon.

Very soon.

I'm an old man with little time left!

My fire is sure to go out soon,

I'm still hanging on by a thread.

In the time I have left, I want to offer you my swan song!