Tsugaru Folksong (津軽じょんがら節)

Koichi Saito Production and ATG Present

You're still thinking about him?

Is he your husband?

We were to get married...

but we didn't.

How old was he?

25.

That's all I know.

He's not from here.

It's no use to think of him.

You better forget him.

TSUGARU FOLK SONG

Written by Takehiro Nakajima Koichi Saito

Historical Consultant and Drawings Shinichi Saito

Photographed by Noritaka Sakamoto

Produced by Akihiko Shimada Yosuke Taga

Music by Chikuzan Takahashi Goro Wakamiya

Juko Narumi Gunbachiro Shirakawa Doshuso Wadadumi

Starring

Kyoko Enami Akira Oda

Mihoko Nakagawa Ko Nishimura

Hideo Sato Minori Terada

Hawks Yoda Emiko Azuma Masako Tomiyama

Directed by Koichi Saito

This was my home.

Mom gave it to her debtor.

Brings back old memories!

Oh no...

They live here!

Waki Sugimoto Fumie Sugimoto Yuki Sugimoto

Who are you?

Why are you peeping into my house?

Granny

You don't remember me? I used to live here.

I'm Isako Nakasato.

- Isako? - Yes,

daughter of Ichijiro Nakasato.

Oh, his daughter.

Oh yes, his daughter.

Oh yes. You ran away with Tsukamoto's son...

to Tokyo, didn't you?

You came back for rituals?

No... not really

Ichijiro's daughter...

she's back.

Granny you're home.

I'm home.

Honey let's go.

This is the only house. Some mending and it's OK.

I thought I could live in my old house.

Of course not.

It's not yours anymore.

But why let them live there'?

They're tenants. They pay rent.

She has two sons who died in the war.

The war pension is good enough.

Like it?

Living with a lover, any house is good enough.

Yes?

You like it?

No!

There's nowhere else.

You can stay at an inn.

I want a proper place.

That's why I don't like this place.

You're wrong.

You don't have a hometown. You won't understand.

How beautiful!

Great!

Better than Tokyo!

Tetsuo?

You dropped this!

Long time no see!

Your Supper?

You can't have fun when hungry

Hey... Thank you.

I'm back now, please look after me.

Let's get together sometime.

Looks like we just got married.

We'll eat something better tomorrow.

So childish.

In that sea,

my father and brother died.

Sea is wild in February

They went out for spiny dogfish.

Can't even find their bodies.

Some days later,

a broken piece with that boat's name got washed on shore.

Some fishermen picked it up and gave it to us.

Mom cried like a mad woman.

When she died,

I put that broken piece...

in her coffin.

When I'm here,

I'll make them a nice grave.

Your turn.

You won't understand.

You've never left Tokyo.

The previous tenants here...

moved to the city The whole family

Damn!

Had a good sleep?

Morning.

Yutaka, can you seal this up?

Sure.

I'll make breakfast now.

Isako, hand me that.

What is it?

- That guy... - He's just helping us.

- This. - Yes.

- That one too. - Yes. And'?

This...

- How much is this? - 1,500 in total.

Here's 1,500.

Thanks.

Thanks.

Thank you.

I want to play pachinko!

Go to Goshogawara.

A bowling alley too.

How far by bus'?

2 hours.

What?

2 hours for pachinko!

Here.

Honey!

You must be kidding! Why must we do this?

Why not'? No one's looking.

Even if there is, it's nothing shameful.

Everyone gets firewood like this.

Honey

Accept this.

Until that thing gets forgotten, you're not going anywhere.

We have no money left.

What to do?

It's hard to earn money in such a stormy place.

Just enjoy yourself. I'll think of something.

- Where are you going'? - Never mind!

Who are you? What are you doing'?

Don't get my boat dirty with your shoes.

Get off.

Get off!

What?

Fishing?

I can't on my own.

No one to go with you?

Young men have gone to the cities.

Tourists like you have no respect.

What can be caught?

Clams.

Clams?

Hey! Fishing?

Hey?

You can't see'?

You're fishing even though you can't see'?

Are you a tourist?

No.

On business?

Yes.

You can't see at all?

That's inconvenient.

You came alone?

I know the way

Where are you from?

Guess.

Tokyo?

You can't see it.

There's a 20,000-ton ship over there.

Very big Ship-

I'm on that ship.

Can a ship that big come in here?

I've never heard about it.

Sure!

Our ship is the first.

Why is it here?

Simple. To get water and supplies.

I can't hear a thing.

We arrived at night.

It's stopped.

We're leaving tonight. For USSR.

- USSR? - Yes.

To Nakhodka.

Nakhodka'?

We're getting timber and other things there.

- You're a sailor? - Yes.

1st class sailor.

1st class sailor?

Want to come with me on the ship?

No.

Come. Don't be shy

If I go away

Granny will be angry

It's OK.

I'll show you around.

Don't miss this chance.

Come.

Come.

Come.

A boy and a girl holding hands.

Your hand is soft.