Heaven's Bookstore (天国の本屋～恋火)

"Heaven's Bookstore" film partners presents

Yuko Takeuchi

Tetsuji Tamayama

Karina Hirofumi Arai

Teruyuki Kagawa

Yoshio Harada

Good work

OK, see you next week

See you at 4 o'clock

Yes, 4 o'clock

Be 10 minutes early

Yes

We won't be getting meals so eat beforehand

Sorry

See you then

Goodbye

Thank you

Mr. Machiyama

Yes?

You enjoy yourself?

Well, sure...

I tried explaining to you last time

But you don't get it, do you?

I'd like you to forget about next week

You understand

Don't you?

I'm getting fired?

Don't take it wrong

I like you as a pianist

But some people don't

What the hell?

What'd I do wrong?

Directed by Tetsuo Shinohara

Right, buddy?

Can't you say anything?

I should just quit...

Heaven's Bookstore

Where?

"Snakes"

You swallow my tail, I bite onto yours

Like two snakes forming a circle

Can't move

Something remains locked In the circle

Here's the picture

Read the next one?

"Laughing"

We laugh

Old people do nothing but laugh

Laugh while stretched out, peeling lychees

Laugh when you're feeling back pain

Laugh at the mediocre, and at the extraordinary

Laugh with no teeth

Here's the picture

You're up? You start today

Thank you very much

Where am I?

Heaven

This is Yui and I'm Yamaki, the owner

Wait a second, Heaven?

Start today?

Boss, you didn't explain anything?

OK, I'll explain about heaven

People have 100 years to live

But not all live to 100

Heaven's a place for the remaining years

So if you die at 80, you spend 20 years here

When the years total 100, your memory of heaven is erased

And you start a new life in the living world

I don't get it

No worries. You're not dead

Just a temporary job so relax

Not dead

Heaven?

Um, do I get paid for my work?

There's no money in heaven

Huh?

Here you are

Thanks

You're welcome

Don't just stand there

What do I do?

Please read this

Hey! Do you know a boy named Kaoru?

He's about your age

No, I don't

Me neither

Really

That bearded man will read for you

Yes

Where you going?

Shall we get started?

Puny car

You're the guy

The part timer

A pianist...

and popular with girls...

Hey! Who are you?

I'm Satoshi

A pleasure

I'm Yamaki's disciple

I can take you around here

Home, I wanna go home

Impossible. You're in heaven

Yamaki brought you without notice?

He handles human resources

He can travel both ways

You dead, too?

You bet. Have 71 years, 4 months and 9 days to go

How disgusting

Hello

Tomorrow I'll forget everything here today

and return back to earth

But I just can't believe I'll truly forget everything

45 years of life on earth

55 years of life in heaven

Now all of the memories

go through my mind like a kaleidoscope

I'll leave behind 100 years of memories here in heaven

And enter a new life in exchange

Tomorrow I'll be reborn

I'm grateful for my 100 years of life

and my days in heaven

And I would like to pray for everyone's future happiness

For the 100 years that end life

For the 100 years that bring new life

I thank you, I truly do!

Thank you all!

Thank you!

Thank you for coming. Thank you!

Thank you!

Would you like some?

Welcome

Have a seat

Order anything you like

Yes

You just get here?

Yeah

Everyone's a bit lost at first

Coffee, please

Right

What?

Young ones are tall recently

That's right

Wish my diet was more nutritious

Can't be helped. You were alive during the war

Ate nothing but potatoes

People here look like they did when they died

How about the inside?

That depends. It's up to the person to grow or not

People can fall in love but can't have children

Met each other here?

That's right. We met here

In heaven,

you can't meet people you were close to previously

Otherwise we'd have people dying to meet their families and lovers

It's good

Welcome back

Have fun skipping work?

I got a question

What?

My grandpa lived to 102

So what happened to him?

Easy. In that case he bypassed heaven

and was reborn to live on earth

If your grandpa was 102, he lived 2 years after rebirth

You understand?

No

You don't?

Homework

What, homework?

What's with him?

Why do you want to go back so much?

My video is overdue

Welcome

Boss!

A reading, please

Oh, hello

Welcome

Kenta! Do it

Me?

He'll do it. He's new here

Do it

"Two Blades of Grass"

Two seeds, two friends

Promised each other

They would be together

When they entered the wild

But when one reached the world

It couldn't find the other's shade

When the other came along

The prior grew too big

The tall blade of grass

Was blown by the autumn winds

To the left and to the right

While he looked for his friend

He did not know the little blade

Bloomed at his feet

"A Tree"

A small bird resting on a twig

A child on a shaded swing