An Adolescent (Shôjo)

An EIJI OKUDA film

Based on a novel by MIKIHIKO RENJO

Good morning.

Screenplay by IZURU NARUSHIMA KATSUHIKO MANABE

Director of Photography HIROKAZU ISHII

Music by SHIGERU UMEBAYASHI

Art Director KATSUHIKO HIBINO

Starring: MAYU OZAWA AKIRA SHOJI

MARI NATSUKI

HIDEO MUROTA

Officer, remember the deal?

Deal? What deal?

The promise you made. Don't you remember?

What're you drinking?

Want some?

and EIJI OKUDA

What has a big fire above and lots of water below?

No, switch it.

What has lots of water above and a big fire below?

Bathtub.

Don't change the riddle.

Then what is it?

One-eyed goblin!

Hey, that was last week's answer.

So, I got it?

incredible. He can solve Tomo's whacky riddles.

Sukemasa, who told you the answer?

Tomo, you must be approaching his intelligence level.

Hey!

I'll be back.

Granny, how're you doing?

Huh? You kicked the bucket?

Life ends, doesn'tit? Life ends

Midori. Lupin. Cathy.

How've you been?

Good girl, Aja. Good girl. Good girl, Aja.

Be good. It won't be long.

Cathy, you're graduating today.

You're a good girl. Come here.

Okay, Cathy, it's graduation day.

You're going home.

What the hell do you want, you old bag?

Alright. I'll pay you later.

Hey.

Officer Dog is in trouble Bow wow. bow wow

Well, let's go.

CLOSED

Yes?

Cathy!

Where were you? I was so worried.

You found her so quickly.

I don't know how to thank you.

It's my duty to be at your service.

It's my greatest joy.

Won't you have something to drink?

I'm still on duty, ma'am.

Don't you agree, Cathy? Please. Please. Come have some tea.

Please.

Here you are.

Thank you.

You know, if she hadn't come back...

I might've died of a broken heart.

My god, talking such nonsense.

Ma'am... you're so lonely.

BEAUTY SALON SAKAE

Putting on lipstick, I think of what lie I shall tell

You are so sensuous You almost make me faint

Mr. Saito, about what we talked about the other day...

That deal... how about it?

That? Count me out.

I'm hopeless when it comes to drawing.

Don't be so humble.

If a master potter draws a picture for us

the newsletter will get more prestige.

I'll draw for you.

Don't be ridiculous.

We don't want your scribbling.

A picture by an eel restaurant owner?

Get me another beer.

I won an award in the Art Contest.

In the art world, Suzuki is a well-known name.

Won an award only once.

What?

What d'you mean, "what"?

Birthday's coming up.

Whose birthday?

You moron.

Your own daughter's birthday.

So you remembered it.

Of course.

If I forget, that brat will

kick me out of your house.

Thanks for all this.

Mister.

Mister.

POLICE SCANDAL

Mister.

Did you draw this?

Well... yeah.

Can I sit here?

This table's reserved for me... go ahead.

Are you an artist?

Well, in a way... I am.

You a high school student?

Say... mister.

Let's have sex.

What the hell are you saying?

So... how much?

Mister, how old do I look?

Let's see... 17 or 18.

Oh, damn.

What?

I thought I'd look older with make-up.

What's your name?

Guess.

Hiroko.

Akemi.

Keiko.

Not even close.

Names of your ex-girlfriends?

Mayuko.

Mayuko?

Hmm... I like that.

Why Mayuko?

Well... you have beautiful eyebrows.

Eyebrows?

I drew them.

How do you write "eyebrow"?

I don't get it.

I still don't get it.

I like this character.

Wait a minute.

Should make it a rule to get paid first.

Your trick could run off without paying.

I see.

Thank you.

You're a pretty strange one.

"I decided not to charge you anything."

These letters are used, for example, in English and French.

These letters are read "dog".

Let's compare them with "Kanji".

"Kanji" is originally hieroglyphic.

Tracing it back to its original form

it's the shape of a dog.

But the alphabet form "dog"...

Hello?

...will not inspire you to see the image of a dog.

Because only when the 3 separate letters, d, o, and g

are placed thus, do they mean "dog".

Compared to hieroglyph, alphabet letters have no meaning.

It is the same as one hydrogen and 2 oxygen molecules constituting water.

I have to go again.

Goodbye.

By the way, about this "dog"...

Reverse the order and

strangely, it becomes "god".

Yoko.

Brother, stop that.

That's about it.

SHO-UN-DO

What has a big fire above and lots of water below?

Weird riddle.

Big fire above...

Lots of water below...

What could it be?

EYEBROW

So you switched from married women to school girls.

ONE-WINGED BIRD

In Heaven it will be the Phoenix.

On Earth it will be whole.

Time in Heaven is eternal, but on Earth, it is limited.

The One-Winged Bird is a mythical bird

comprised of a male and a female

always flying united.

It is often used as a metaphor

referring to the bond between man and woman.

Tomo, you missed again.

Got it. Double score.

Something serious happen?

In this town?

At most, kids mugging an old lady.

But, uh...

What, weirdo?

High school girls are kids, too, and they certainty are delicious.

Suzuki, cut it out.

I'll tell your wife.

Come on, Nishi.

Well... it was only once.

Tell me where it was.

But we're police officers.

It's official business.

Her skin was so different.

When we took a bath together, her skin was so resilient.

Here, Tomo.

What's this?

The girl loved it.

It works miracles. It's incredible.

Who needs this?

You should be cautious. If you don't use it, that's fine.

But life's full of surprises.