Rolling (ローリング)

A Team ARiN presentation

"Rolling" Production Committee: Poten Hit, Smile Jam, Colorbird, Magnetize

Filmed with cooperation from: Mito Planning Commission Ibaraki Social Entrepreneur Conference (ISEC)

Produced by: Poten Hit Distribution by: Magnetism

It's not a particularly riveting story,

but a student of mine stole my woman from me.

Don't sit, we gotta move!

Are you hurt?

This one is me.

That one is the woman.

I'm bleeding.

This one here is the student.

His delivers towels to various businesses.

You should also know... this is me today.

This is not a joke, or a lie.

You might wonder how I ended up like this.

I hope to explain that as clearly as possible.

Miura Takahiro

Yanagi Erisa

Matsuura Yuuya Isobe Yasuhiro Hashino Junpei Mori Reiko

Ihata Juri

Sugiyama Hikohiko Nishigiri Tamaki Fukaya Yurika

Takagawa Yuuya

Kawase Youta

It's time to go back to where you met us.

I'd done something rather embarrassing,

and we were being chased for it.

- Ouch... - And... up.

That stings.

Sorry about all this.

It's fine.

This was the first time we had seen each other in 10 years.

You can't use those.

Used towels are full of bacteria.

You have no idea who has been wiping what with these things.

We gotta disinfect it now.

Give me your foot.

Thank you.

Thanks.

Wait...

Aren't you Mr. Gondo?

I'm Kan'ichi. You were one of my teachers in high school.

Oh!

It's good to see you.

I knew it was you.

Oh... this is my job, by the way.

He got me out of a bind like a real escape artist.

There you are, Kan'ichi.

Hey, Yoko.

Have you seen Gondo?

You remember him, right?

What about him?

He showed up at my joint.

It's ridiculous!

He saw me and just took off.

Help me find him.

He and I have unfinished business about those hidden cameras.

For real, the hidden cameras?

It's been 10 years now. Isn't it about time to let it go?

Let it go? Do you think he can go back to a normal life after recording women in changing rooms?

I'm more than entitled to restitution here.

Because of that perverted prick--

At least lose the name calling.

He was a pretty good teacher.

I'm not interested in your mansplaining.

I've gotta get back to the bar.

Are you doing overtime today?

Yeah.

I should just call you if I see him, yeah?

Come by and have a drink sometimes.

Sure.

Teach...

You gotta watch yourself around here.

A bunch of those girls opened up shop together,

They're the queens around here now.

They have the support of other businesses, too.

You can't really stay under the radar here.

Who is she?

Name's Mihari.

Thinking back on it, I believe they fell in love at first sight.

She's my girl. I brought her with me from Tokyo.

I was too busy dealing with my own embarrassing past to notice, though.

Kan'ichi is... a funny name, isn't it?

You went to his house, too?

Well... I drove him there.

Wouldn't have guessed he lives here.

Not quite.

He said the school fired him,

and then he took off to Tokyo.

Should we go see how he's doing?

Sure.

We can have some drinks with him.

The girls will have to sit this one out.

No shit.

I bet you wanted to see them, anyway.

The ones with the girls.

Oh, the videos.

Let's get him to show us.

He recorded all the girls in the changing rooms, yeah?

Who do you figure he got?

All of them, no?

There was one big one.

Yeah, who?

The one in the solar panel commercials.

Figures you'd want that one.

Well, it's not so much that I want to see Tomomi changing.

Couldn't we squeeze some good money out of her video?

This little conspiracy eventually led to how you see me here,

but Kan'ichi was always on my side.

As long as we have the sun, we can keep ourselves warm.

Solar panels are the touch of magic that we need.

It's only natural that I would swallow my pride and ask him for help.

Teach!

You got a minute?

How do you know where I work?

I looked it up based on your uniform.

Oh... okay. What is it, then? My lunch hour is up soon.

Get me a job here!

What for?

I need some cash.

I've been looking for work.

I get that, Teach... but you're a teacher, aren't you?

There aren't any schools that will hire me.

Can you ask your boss? I can drive, at least.

Why are you in such a rush?

The settlements, man.

Did Yoko get her hands on you?

Since I can't pay her now,

Mihari started working for her.

That makes her a hostage.

Fine, I'll ask the boss.

Great... thank you.

Teach!

This might be the moment he felt an aura of danger around me.

How is your foot?

It still hurts.

I'm starting to wonder if it's infected.

With the intent to draw Mihari to him,

he saw her at work where she would be a captive audience

and where he knew I wouldn't be around.

You should break it off.

With Teach, I mean.

After that, you find someone else.

You'll be happier that way.

Kan'ichi, I'm getting the feeling you shoot to kill.

You're direct.

It's the exact opposite of Gondo-san.

I like that about you.

I don't wanna be compared to him.

What do you see in him?

I'm not with him for what I see in him.

He's just better than the ex.

It should be pretty obvious I'm better than him, too.

I thought you didn't want to be compared to him.

You wanna know what kind of teacher he was?

You said yourself he was a good one.

Can you forget I said that?

He said he liked you the most, Kan'ichi.

That's not what I want to know.

A lot of stuff went down, and I appreciate what he did for me. I can't just ditch him.

I'm a man, though, so I can't just coast through life on the generosity of women.

I didn't consider that he would be a threat.

- Hello. - Hello!

Kan'ichi! Hey, man.

You doin' this, too?

Aren't you looking for work, Teach?

I heard eel are here in droves this year.

I called up the fishing co-op and they gave me something to do starting today. Fishing, man! First a teacher, now a fisherman!

Wanna learn?

Go ahead.

I'm just a lowly teacher, after all.

People like me do the cleanup at nuclear disasters so the younger folk don't have to.

It's also up to teachers to elevate others to positions they themselves will never have.

Perfect. You just wait.

We'll get you some real good eel.

This is when we dropped the pleasantries and got down to business.

W-w-what is this?

Come on, man! What do you want?!

It's me, man.

You guys are pissing your pants!

I'll have the most realistic Halloween costume for sure!

Oh, I got most of this for cheap at auction. Wanna guess?

It was only 6,000 yen!

This was only 300.

Shit, that hurts!

Why hit me? I'm sorry!

Just get over it.

Were my students all morons?

Not as dumb as you.

Which university?

Me?

Why do you care?

You left for Tokyo to go to uni, didn't you? I can't ask you?

I didn't get in any of them.

I couldn't get a recommendation letter in time.

Hold on... is that my fault?

Is it because I quit the school without submitting your application?

I wasn't the only one.

What you did was bad for all of us.

I ended up getting into the local university. My parents were happy enough with that.