Ice Cream and the Sound of Raindrops (アイスと雨音)

In March 2017, a play was going to be staged in a small town.

The young cast was chosen by audition. But the play was canceled.

Time heals everything

a broken heart, defeat, regret

time can heal them all.

That's why.

I just eat, bathe, breathe, and steep. That's enough.

But...

Why do you, and I,

Desperately ding to fleeting emotions?

Why?

Why?

Ms. Morita?

Sorry. I'm Kokoro Morita.

I'm so glad I passed the audition.

I'm a newbie, so I might need some help, but I'll do my best.

Thanks, Kokoro.

We'll create the play around our six actors.

Director?

It is about a girl whose friend is about to leave their small town.

It's her struggle to make it through a rough adolescence.

But the story's not important.

I want to show you all really living on stage.

So we'll use your own names for your characters.

Try not to get mixed up.

Thanks.

OK, let's start the read-through.

Let's do it. Ready, action!

When do you leave?

Friday.

By train?

Dad's driving me.

Is he sad you're leaving?

I guess. We had lunch and he couldn't say a thing.

He was lost for words.

So he told me to be nice to Mom 'cos she's so sad.

- No way. - Yeah.

- You in a dorm? - Yeah.

What's it like?

Horrible. The rooms look like jail cells with print curtains.

I'll visit.

I'll bring lots of booze and camp on the floor.

Cool.

It'll be crap here when you go.

Yeah.

Nothing to do.

There isn't now.

- This is for you. - Thanks.

- Where'd you get it? - It's my brother's.

He doesn't mind you taking it?

Yeah, probably. He loves it.

Seen Taketo recently?

- Last night. - How is he?

Unbearable.

I grind my teeth when I look at him so loud he hears it.

He asks me what I'm doing.

He stinks. I hate him.

- Say goodbye to him from me. - OK.

Hey, do you know what I'd like?

What?

An ice cream.

Oh, right.

Don't go. Stay here.

I'll go crazy if you leave.

- No you won't. - I will too.

So what?

It won't change my mind. I'm leaving no matter what.

It's awful.

The whole town stinks of sugar.

The stores are all ancient. The people are retarded.

There's no good stuff. Nothing ever happens.

Everyone except you is boring.

You are too, sometimes. No, most of the time.

Why don't you leave?

I can't.

Why not?

I'll follow you.

- You better not. - Then I'll make you stay.

How?

I'm not sure.

I'll work on it.

Thanks.

OK, that's fine for now. But from now on,

don't express your emotions so neatly.

Let them be messy and raw.

Try that from now.

- Understood. - That's all.

Let's take a 10-minute break. Thanks everyone.

Everybody hates me here.

They don't really. They think they do.

I sometimes get the feeling I was born in the wrong time.

I bet it was much better being alive eighty years ago.

What's your earliest memory?

Three weeks before opening.

Three weeks before opening Well, let's start from Kokoro and Taketo, Scene Two.

- I'd like to change my move at the end. - That's no good.

It doesn't feel quite right. Could I try changing it once?

- Just to try it. - OK.

- Excuse me? - He'll change the end.

OK, no problem.

Let's see what you can do.

OK, let's start. Ignore the spike tape.

OK. Action!

- You hungry? - Yeah.

- Shall I make something? - OK.

- What? - I don't know.

- Pasta? - No.

A sandwich? Or cereal, maybe?

What are you writing?

An essay.

You're in a bad mood.

- No I'm not. - Is it your mom?

- No. - Is it Reiko leaving?

No.

My parents will be late tonight.

Want to fuck?

No thanks.

We could use their room again if I get a blanket.

I said "no." Didn't you hear me?

Are you going deaf? You have your music too loud.

I do not.

What do you want from music?

It can't save you.

OK. It gets too gloomy if you just follow the script.

Try to defy your lines. Live in the moment as you perform.

"Live in the moment"...?

Live with a huge, burning passion.

From deep in your soul. Really deep!

Let's try it again.

What do you want from music?

It can't save you.

- Sorry, my bracelet. - Here.

Thanks.

I added a new shell. After our first time.

I just got it. Do you like it?

Look at that.

Whatever happens, I won't forget it.

Good.

This is our first kiss.

Our first date.

And our first fuck.

Aren't you a bit obsessed?

But none for when I first met you.

Why not?

Because I thought you were weird and horrible.

Liar.

I thought you were stupid.

You dyed your hair, and made funny, jerky movements.

After a few months, I was watching you in class.

You got angry talking about God or History or something.

I remember thinking,

I only get angry when my parents won't give me money, or I'm grounded.

It dawned on me.

That your view of the world.

Was so huge it blew me away!

And to my complete amazement,

I fell for you.

What are you thinking?

I'm trying to figure out if I've ever been more bored.

No, not bored. More nauseated.

Have you ever had that?

When someone says something, and just the thought of it makes you feel sick.

OK.

That was good, Taketo, A bit overdone, but I liked your moves.

So, Kokoro, were you responding?

Did you respond to Taketo's moves?

Think so.

No, you didn't. You played it all solo.

I've said it before, but it's really boring when you do that.

- Yes. - It's a team effort...

to create a huge life.

Live it!

There's no life in it.

That's all.

You OK?

Huh?

You're having a rough time.

Things alright?

Yeah, OK.

- Want to rehearse? - No thanks.

Do you mind?

I think what the director wanted to say was perhaps...

he wants your emotion, so if you can try to...

That's enough.

Two weeks before opening.

Kokoro, they're already in there.

Oh, sorry.

Kokoro's here.

OK, that's everyone.

We've got two more weeks, so let's give it the works!

- Here's to our company! - Cheers!

Cheers.

Happy Birthday.

Time sure flies. We'll be 29 this year.

Anyway, our last night out was huge.

One guy woke up without half his clothes.

What a laugh!

We really are lucky.

We've got big dreams, and pals to share them.

No girlfriends, but good booze.