Teacher and Three Children (石内尋常高等小学校　花は散れども)

PRODUCED BY KINDAI EIGA KYOKAI

ISHIUCHI JINJO KOTO SHOGAKKO - HANA WA CHIREDOMO

A KANETO SHINDO FILM

Akira EMOTO

Etsushi TOYOKAWA

Naomasa MUSAKA

Maiko KAWAKAMI

Shinobu OTAKE

- AROUND 1923 - ISHIUCHI VILLAGE, HIROSHIMA PREF.

"ISHIUCHI JINJO-KOTO PRIMARY SCHOOL"

Wake up, Sankichi!

Sleeping in class? You have a lot of nerve!

Sorry, forgive me, sir.

I'll punish you.

Go stand with a bucket of water.

Yes Sir!

Yoshito.

Yes!

Am I right?

Yes, you're right.

Midori.

Yes!

State your comment.

Class is for studying, not for sleeping.

Sankichi, did you hear that?

Yes! I really appreciate her comment.

No need for appreciation.

I'm sorry.

I have something to ask you.

What were you doing last night?

Yes! I was harvesting rice from our mountain field last night.

The typhoon was approaching, so all my family worked, even granny.

I joined them as soon as I got home from school.

I had my supper in the field.

Did you have rice for dinner?

No, I ate wheat.

You worked all night, did you?

Yes! Grandma held the lantern for us.

What did you do?

I was cutting rice.

With a sickle?

Yes!

I'm sorry.

Go back to your seat.

Yes Sir!

When did you finish work?

This morning.

Forgive me, Sankichi.

I knew nothing about your situation.

I shouldn't have punished you.

Sankichi, sleep as long as you want.

Snore as loud as you want.

Farmers grow rice, but they eat wheat.

Hang on, red team!

Go, go, Ichikawa Sensei!

He's so slow! Hurry up!

Hang on, Sensei!

Quickly!

Quickly!

Go, Michiko Sensei!

All rise.

Attention.

Bow.

Be seated.

I have a major announcement.

Tomorrow I'm to be married.

You'll have a self-study day.

That's lucky, isn't it?

Let me take this opportunity to introduce my bride.

She must work at the school.

I bet it's Miss Michiko Hayashi.

I think it's her, too.

This is Miss Michiko Hayashi, my bride-to-be.

I'm Michiko Hayashi.

Congratulations.

Your Sensei is very self-motivated.

He was so persistent. In the end, I gave in.

How indiscreet!

I'm so embarrassed.

I am so angry.

What a wonderful wife, eh?

"SELF STUDY"

MARRIAGE

Yoshito Yamazaki, class president.

Yes.

Your teacher, Mr. Ichikawa, just called me.

He wants you to go over to his place.

Thanks for coming. Have some celebratory soup.

All right.

Oh, my. I'm busy as can be.

There are so many relatives to entertain.

We're having a big party.

So tomorrow will be another self-study day for you.

That will make the class very happy.

Come on. Everyone's waiting for you.

D'you want more?

No, I'm quite full now.

Sensei. - What?

Your hair shines like, a dragonfly's eyes.

Naturally, it's pomade, for the ceremony.

Tomorrow is also a day of self-study.

I saw something strange.

What was that?

He had his hair slicked back.

It was shining like a dragonfly's eyes.

Like a demon dragonfly.

He's a demon dragonfly.

I was so scared I couldn't look at his face.

What did the bride look like?

Strangely enough, I didn't see her at all.

How scary! How scary!

A scary dragonfly!

A dragonfly! A dragonfly!

She must have been sleeping.

I'm not tired at all!

I came to see if you're alright.

Tomorrow I'll come teach you.

I'll take Ichikawa Sensei's Japanese history class.

So read page 60 by tomorrow.

And we'll go over the school excursion.

Alright then. Continue studying quietly.

I'll go back to my wedding party.

All right.

I bet she'll keep Sensei in his place.

HISTORIC MT. MIKASA NARA PREFECTURE

When I look up at the vast plain of heaven...

Is it the same moon which rose on Mount Mikasa in Kasuga?

A scholarly man, Abe Nakamaro studied in China.

This is a poem he wrote about his hometown.

We stand on the very same ground where he once stood.

He talked of the moon in his poem.

The beautiful moon rising from the top of this mountain.

Sensei Hayashi, in which century did he live?

Hey, you school kids over there. Move! You're in our way!

What's that?

I bet they're shooting a film.

Hey, stop!

Let's start.

Hey, you! Stay back!

What's going on?

We're shooting a film here.

Don't. You're not allowed to watch.

FILM DIRECTOR .

FILM DIRECTOR Here we go.

SWORDFIGHT SPECIALIST

Ready! Start!

CINEMATOGRAPHER

We shall avenge our father's death!

What a laugh! I'll kill you both.

What's wrong with you?

I though he was dead.

Silly boy. It's only a story.

The Climax!

A handsome samurai appears.

I shall take up your cause!

None of your cheek!

Cut!

What the hell. That hat's in the frame!

Fool, idiot.

Imbecile!

Forgive me.

Forgive you my foot! You ruined our shot.

I'm terribly sorry.

You realize what this will cost you?

He apologized. You're also in the wrong.

Look at that.

Shut up, wench.

Hands off my wife!

Stop!

We have to re-shoot. What if it rains?

Get lost, you country bumpkin!

What did you say?

Country bumpkin.

You've insulted our beloved Ishiuchi school!

You can all bugger off.

Sensei, can you get up?

That finishes our morning program.

This afternoon, as planned, we visit Todaiji Temple.

First, carry Sensei back to the inn.

One, two, three.

Forward march.

What's the title of your film?

It's called "The Revenge of Sandogasa".

The people of Hiroshima will never watch your film!

Very impressive.

I need an actress like her.

I've had enough. Let's call it a day.

Yamazaki!

The entrance exam for junior high is being held today.

I didn't go.

Why not?

My mother told me not to.

We had to sell everything except for the shed where we live.

We have no money.

I must see your mother.

I'm really sorry.

I regret we have upset his promising future.

Yoshito, please forgive me.

Mrs. Yamazaki.

There's a 2 year advanced course.