Hotaru no hikari (螢の光)

Shochiku Oofuna Eiga

Hotaru no Hikari by Sasaki Yasushi

Michiko Kuwano Sanae Takasugi

Mieko Takamine Daijiro Natsukawa

Screenplay: Ryosuke Saito, Masao Arata

Director Yasushi Sasaki

Michiko Kuwano: Kawahara sensei Sanae Takasugi: Sanae Morita

Mieko Takamine: Mie Ishii Mitsuko Higashiyama: Mariko Tanaka

Daijiro Natsukawa: Kyoji Ariga

School.

On the way to School

On the way from school

Graduation will soon arrive.

Sanae, you are going, aren't you?

- Where to? - The party.

No, the trip.

With Kawahara sensei.

I see. Yes, I'll go.

Where should we go? Hakone or lzu?

Well, I don't know. Such matters are up to Mari-bo.

- Mari-bo. - What?

- Bad mouthing me again? - Don't be like that.

You are organising the thank you trip.

OK. But you must pay for it.

- Do you all agree? - Yes.

The thank-you-trip for Kawahara sensei.

Good.

I heard that Kawahara sensei will return to her home town after our graduation.

To get married?

At the end of last year she lost her mother.

Her father is living alone, so...

But, marriage is also possible.

Omie, what is marriage like?

Mariko, just look at your face.

Mountain and blue sky.

How about a photo as a souvenir?

Sensei, let's take one.

This way please.

Beautiful, Mt. Fuji.

Historic landmark Hakone no seki (checkpoint)

Now, please.

One more.

Will you come closer to sensei?

No good!

This is my first try.

I'm a beginner too.

No, you can't hit the red ball.

Why not?

I don't know why, but you can't.

OK. Then...

Move, quick.

Poor thinking is the same as sleeping.

Shut up.

The rise and fall of the empire is in this stone.

Listen, between us you can call me Shizue-san,

but not in front of people. I'm embarrassed.

Can I? Gee.

Then what can I call you?

Just say "oi!" or something.

Calling me Shizue-san is showing we're newly-weds.

I'd be embarrassed.

Try now, sir.

Oi.

Is that OK?

Yes, dear.

Hot news!

A newly-wed couple. Marumage hair style.

What happened?

I was annoyed by the hot couple.

"Between us you can call me Shizue- san, but not in front of people."

Look, they are coming.

What?

A tickling feeling.

Your mind is going straight to marriage?

Why should we hurry to get married?

I agree.

I don't want to spend a life in worthless marriage.

Better not to marry at all.

But to a woman, marriage is...

No, I insist.

I understand Taeko's opinion, but suppose

after a couple of years, all others get married except you.

- Then, you won't be so cool. - That's your opinion.

I can be cool.

Only for a year or so, can I enjoy the spring of life.

You know an old maid? My aunt.

She looks so lonely that it makes me sad.

Sensei, where have you been?

I just met a friend.

Sensei, please.

What's the matter? You are so quiet.

Oh no, sensei. We have a serious conversation once in a while.

You will be madam soon.

Won't you?

Time flies.

When I started my work as teacher and took charge of you,

you were in the third grade.

Third, fourth and fifth.

It feels like yesterday or the day before yesterday.

But, soon we'll all be parted.

It makes me feel sad.

But you will leave off your uniforms

and start a whole new life in the world.

Even if you are apart, please keep in touch with each other as you do now.

You have different circumstances or family backgrounds,

you will step out in many different ways.

Nevertheless, having classmates is a thing to be proud of.

You can always help each other.

I will return to my home town where my father lives alone.

But I will never forget you.

If you have something that you can't discuss with your parents

visit sensei any time.

I will help you if possible.

Tanaka-san, have you decided what to do?

- Yes, a field trip. - Field trip?

Watching the world as well as preparing for marriage.

I am going to get a job.

Good idea.

lshii-san, you are going to music school.

How about Morita-san?

Me, I will go to Kyoto.

Kyoto?

Good. Your fiancé is waiting for you in the old city.

No, it's not like that.

You don't need to hide it.

But I wonder where we'll be in five years.

Omie, you are in the spotlight on stage in front of lots of spectators.

I pray for you.

Sensei.

If it should happen, I will dedicate everything to my art.

Then I will encourage you with all my brothers.

Do your best.

Then, Sanae is walking along Kamogawa river,

holding a cute little baby.

Stop it.

Don't be so sentimental.

I feel cold.

Why don't we take a bath?

Before that, for the success of Omie's art,

we must listen to her music.

Good.

- This is the people's consensus. - No, it's not.

Whatever. Do it. Sensei?

Alright. Play the piano, lshii-san, we'll all sing together.

- Good. - Oh, no.

Look. The prince.

Who is he?

I've often met him at the station on the way from school.

- A prince? - Yes, a noble prince.

Sanae, it's suspicious. The prince looked at you.

You are suspicious, Omie. Have you met him secretly?

Stop kidding.

Whatever. You never talked about him at all.

He looked at me. Don't you know?

What are you talking about?

About studying...

Only two weeks to go before the exam.

Don't worry. I'm with you. Study together.

The feet of perpendicular D, E, F are in line.

See?

- Mari-bo, do you understand? - Yeah.

Say it.

Perpendicular DEF which were drawn down from a point P,

which is on circumscribed circle of Triangle ABC, to each side...

You forgot "feet".

The feet of perpendicular D, E, F are in line.

Feet, feet of perpendiculars.

Who thought out such a thing?

Simson. Simson sensei.

Omie, what time is it?

It's early. Still only 4:30.

Here you are.

Thank you as always.

You don't visit as often as before.

Now that Mie is with you she looks much happier.

I can see it very well.

When she was with bad friends she'd be in a bad mood for ages.

Enough, mother. Stop it.

But maybe we aren't good friends.

We'll do it.

As I've told you many times before,

she is the best on piano.

Genius?

It's not "so-called".

On my responsibility I ask you to support her.

If she's good, then yes.

If I listen once then I'll see.

If she's good, I can talk the baron into supporting her

for three or four years in Vienna or Milan.

The baron's support will be a promise of success as a musician.

No, it's not. It all depends on her talent.

The baron simply doesn't want to end her talent without a chance.

Hello. We met in Hakone a few days ago.

You were in group. A picnic?

We'll graduate soon,

so we invited our teacher on the trip.

Oh, you'll graduate.

Then, maybe we'll not meet on the train anymore.

Good-bye and good luck.

Suspicious.