The Many Faces of Chika (Mata no hi no chika)

SHISSO PRODUCTION

Chika.

Chika.

THE MANY FACES OF CHIKA

Chapter 1 Chika and Yoshio

June 15, 1960

Olympic Gymnastic selection tournament

Chika was the light of my life.

My existence was solely through her light.

My Chika.

- I'm back. -Hi.

Chika is back from Tokyo.

She's so beautiful now.

I bet you wish she'd move back here.

Chika.

Yoshio.

You look good.

I'm so pleased.

Well, I'm getting by.

I'm going to be a physical education teacher.

You're not staying on at college?

I wasn't selected.

I see.

There's always next year.

No, I've hit my limit.

I've been assigned to a school.

Yoshio.

I want you to come to Tokyo to be with me again.

You already know I'm not my father's daughter.

You know all about my mom and your dad.

I've been thinking...

...maybe you and I are half brother and sister.

That's not possible.

That's your imagination.

It doesn't matter to me.

When I think that maybe you are my brother,

I feel my blood boiling.

Chika...

I'm serious. I really do mean it.

January 19th, 1969

Rioting students occupy Tokyo University.

How come he has such a pimply face?

They're not pimples.

The nurse said they'll go away within a few days.

We'll name him Junichi.

Purity...

Hello.

Hi there.

These student protesters. The streets are full of riot police.

All Tokyo is on a high alert.

The TV people are calling it the "Tokyo War.“

That's why I said not to come today.

Yoshio, bring me some tea.

And you, Chika? D'you want coffee?

Tea for me.

He really should see a doctor.

It's the ones who give up athletics

who end up contracting tuberculosis.

Leave us be, Mom.

Go back to Niigata and be with Father.

I've just paid a fortune for that private nurse.

And besides, he doesn't even recognize me anymore.

You always hid your smoking from Father, didn't you?

He hates women who smoke, doesn't he'?

How dare you say that to me'?

It was you who up and left him.

Your punishment was having a Cesarean.

Don't say such a thing!

I felt great after having the operation.

But it's as if the baby rejected being born.

That proves he's my son.

You can't smoke in here.

Yes, yes, I know.

Thank you.

Koji Kondo?

So you're the new kid from Nagoya?

Pick up that trash.

Well, if you put it like that...

What did you say'?

Go on, say it again!

Watch yourself, boy!

Miss Chika!

Miss Chika!

Learned your lesson, have you?

Stop it, Mr Abe!

Don't interfere!

He needs to be properly disciplined!

He's the type who ends up starting riots.

He's my student, I do any disciplining.

Looks like you're lucky this time, boy.

Let me see.

Leave me alone.

Do as I say.

Miss, your breasts are leaking...

What a waste. Shall I suckle them?

Fool!

Day Care Center

Hello.

Hi, there.

Hello, little Mayumi.

Hello.

Hi, there.

Sorry, I'm late.

Good timing. He just woke up.

Did you miss your mommy'?

He's no trouble.

He's been good all day.

Are you hungry? Do you want to nurse?

Good, good.

Hello.

Hi.

Oh, by the way...

Next Sunday is your husband's turn. Can he make it'?

Of course.

Tomorrow is a bright day

Tomorrow will be a brighter day for us

Still, sometimes, we have sad days...

I'm home.

What's wrong'?

Nothing.

Are you alright?

While I was feeding Junichi...

...I suddenly started to lose consciousness.

I felt like I was being dragged...

...into dark, endless depths.

It was so weird.

You're just tired.

You once said that after having sex,

it was as if your spirit left your body.

You remember?

As if death was somehow approaching, you said.

I thought maybe what you felt was the same thing.

Did it feel good?

Or bad?

It's not that simple.

But having sex, and bringing up a baby,

are both threads to being alive.

So why do they remind me of death?

We are both young and little stars

There are no sad songs for us

See, he's asleep.

Wanna see the cherry blossoms?

Of course! Let's go.

It's been years since they've been this good.

Listen, Chika.

I didn't want you to worry...

About what'?

I had a chest x-ray.

I got the results today.

I'm infected with TB.