The Mourning Forest (The Forest of Mogari / Mogari no mori)

THE MOURNING FOREST

As you can see, this is the time they all relax together.

To avoid the heat, we go walking earlier on.

Feeling stressed?

There are no formal rules here.

You alright?

Thanks for your help.

You're welcome.

Come rain

or shine,

It's always in my heart

My home country

A pumpkin.

My, it's heavy!

Look!

I can see. What is it?

Can you pick that for me?

It's easy.

Turn your hand like that,

then it's easy.

Machiko, do you like pumpkin?

Let's pick it later on.

I've finished the dishes.

Then, empty the residents' wastepaper baskets

and that will be all for today.

Warn them before you go in.

The Cuckoo

Am I alive?

Am I alive?

"To be alive" has two meanings.

The first:

eating. Rice or condiments.

So, tell me. Do you eat rice?

Yes, you do eat rice.

And condiments?

Yes, that's good. It's important.

There is another meaning.

Having the sensation of living.

Feeling alive.

"I don't understand the meaning of life. "

"I don't see the point of my life. "

It's not just about "eating and living".

That's why I said your question had two meanings.

Do you eat?

Yes, you eat, so you're alive.

That's the answer in most cases.

But as I said just now,

you don't feel alive.

I mean your heart, not your stomach.

Your heart has become empty.

- It's emptiness, not nothingness. - Emptiness?

Am I alive or not?

When you can't

answer that question yourself,

then it's the other meaning.

If you want to grasp this other meaning...

Miss Machiko...

take his hand.

Well? How is her hand?

Is Miss Machiko

transmitting her energy to you?

You feel the sensation of living.

Living is therefore sensations.

Say something nice to him.

Are you feeling well?

Yes.

Thanks to these words, you felt something.

By answering "Yes", you felt well-being.

Master...

I'd like to know...

how do you live when you're alone?

Well, that's the question.

You should know that a solitary life

is a situation produced by today's society.

So...

when you want to open up to others,

but you're not really able to,

what can you do?

MA-KO

MA

KO

MA-CHI-KO

MA-KO

MA-KO

Mr Shigeki, she's Machiko.

- Not true. - Not true? It's not true?

Really? She's Mrs Mako?

Not true.

Mako...

Mrs Mako is his wife?

- She's dead? - That's right.

How many years has it been?

How many years?

33 years, right?

33 years.

In that case,

this year will be

the 33rd anniversary of her death.

So,

as Mrs Mako died 33 years ago,

Mrs Mako...

will enter once and for all

the world of Buddha this year.

After 33 years, you become a buddha.

Consequently,

she won't come back down anymore.

The 33rd anniversary

is a memorable anniversary.

It's this year, then.

When you die,

there's the "other world".

It's bigger than the huge Earth.

It's an enormous, very happy place.

And there are lots of guys

and lots of women

who went before us.

"We were expecting you".

Before we were born,

before birth...

where were we?

I think we were

in our mother's womb.

When we die,

I sometimes think that we go up to heaven, dancing.

How can I put it?

I don't think about death.

That day,

why did you let go of our son's hand?

Why did you?

Why am I alive?

And why is he dead?

Tell me why.

Why is he dead?

I'm sorry.

What about you, Mrs Mitsuko,

what does it feel like to have lost a child?

I don't like to talk about it.

What I can say is,

when he died, I was told to keep a grip.

I cried so much

that the nurse started crying with me.

When she came to help me tidy everything away,

we cried together, holding hands.

You think about it every day?

I wish I hadn't brought him into the world.

I told him I was sorry.

I like to watch TV.

Do you like watching TV?

His birthday?

We could celebrate it later on.

Good idea.

Listen to me.

Today is Mr Shigeki's birthday.

We'll all celebrate it together.

Music, please.

Look at me and smile.

What can we give you?

What would you like?

Tell us what you'd like.

Is there nothing but your wife?

Mako.

She's dead.

Does he have children?

He doesn't?

I can't do it.

Mako.

Please excuse me.

Mr Shigeki,

I'm here to empty your bin.

What are you doing?

Do you want it?

Further?

Over there?

It's there.

Very good.

There you are.

Thank you very much.

Does it hurt?

I'm sorry.

Don't apologize.

Nobody did anything wrong.

What's the matter?

What about you, Wakako?

Aren't you in pain?

Me?

Yes, I am.

I am in pain...

Of course, at times.

Do you think I'll make it?

There are no formal rules, you know.

You'll make it in time.

Thank you.

You're welcome.