Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (46-okunen no koi / 46億年の恋)

Love of 4.6-Billion Years Production Committee Shochiku Co., Ltd. Eisei-Gekijo (Satellite Theatre) Co., Ltd. Maki Production Co., Ltd.

If you view the Earth from a light year away...

...you will see it as it was a year ago.

If you watch from 1000 light years away, you will see 1000 years into the past.

When light hits something... it refracts, it reflects diffusely...

Somewhere, there is a point in space...

...where looking forward, you can see a year into Earth's past.

If you look to the right, you can see the Earth as it was 100 years ago.

If you look to the left, you peer 1000 years into the past.

And if you look behind you, the Earth of 10,000 years ago appears.

At such a point, you must close your eyes, and listen to the light...

...as it strikes the back of your head from all directions.

And deep in your belly, below even the entrails...

...you can smell the subtle sounds you have heard.

You can take the color you have smelled...

...and knit it into a semi- transparent veil.

Now use the veil, and cover Tokyo as it is in 2005 A.D.

At this point, the numbers carved into calendars lose all meaning.

“Oblata“: an ellipsoidal capsule of medicine made of very thin paper. The veil melts softly like a moist oblata, and the familiar landscape gradually changes.

It becomes covered by a dreamlike haze, as if it were a memory from a distant, distant past.

As some things disappear from view, your perception of what remains grows deeper.

Slowly open your eyes.

There you'll find the stage for this play.

There you'll find the melancholy young men...

...young men from a time in which something has been lost.

And so, in such a place, our mystery unfolds.

The Tropics

The Tropics

What kind of man do you want to be?

Who in this village would you emulate, other than your father?

Go to the beach at sunset.

He's waiting for you there.

Tonight, you must undergo the rite of passage to manhood.

So that you can become a strong man, like him.

When you reach the shore, purify your body in the ocean.

As for what you must do next...

...he will tell you.

Eventually, he will...

...release the essence of manhood toward your throat.

Since time immemorial, this is how we have become adult men.

Valorous strength is thus handed down to the young.

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

I...

I...

I...

...did it.

The name of the assailant is Ariyoshi Jun.

Assailant: Ariyoshi Jun. Victim: Kazuki Shiro. The name of the assailant is Ariyoshi Jun.

Assailant: Ariyoshi Jun. Victim: Kazuki Shiro.

Assailant: Ariyoshi Jun. Victim: Kazuki Shiro. The name of the victim is Kazuki Shiro.

The name of the victim is Kazuki Shiro.

Stop!

Both victim and assailant had been convicted of murder.

Both victim and assailant had been convicted of murder. Both victim and assailant had been convicted of murder.

Both entered the prison on the same day.

Both entered the prison on the same day. Both entered the prison on the same day.

The murders were unrelated.

The murders were unrelated. The murders were unrelated.

I did it.

It was mere coincidence that they arrived on the same day.

It was mere coincidence that they arrived on the same day. It was mere coincidence that they arrived on the same day.

It was mere coincidence that they arrived on the same day.

What kind of murder was the assailant guilty of?

What kind of murder was the assailant guilty of? What kind of murder was the assailant guilty of?

What kind of murder was the assailant guilty of?

He worked at a gay bar before he got convicted.

On December 24...

...he was taken to a hotel by a regular customer, a man in his forties.

He was sexually assaulted, then retaliated and killed him.

However... the damage to the body of the victim was so severe...

...that it could not be considered self-defense.

Estimated time of death: between 10 PM and 12 midnight.

From then until the discovery of the crime at 8 AM...

...the assailant repeatedly mutilated the corpse.

This time... is there any chance it could be self-defense?

Probably not.

Prison

Prison

This is where you will pay for your crime.

As you must pay for the crime of murder...

...don't think it strange if you're treated with extreme severity; remember that.

How you do your time...

...is entirely up to you.

It's his first time. Show him how it's done.

What are you doing? Hurry up and strip.

Want me to do it for you?

What's there to be shy about?

Hey... why don't you strip too?

Don't be silly.

Excuse me.

I'm here to organize the equipment.

We're conducting a body-cavity search.

Come back later.

Please excuse me.

First, I'll show you your cell.

When the warden returns, you'll go and introduce yourself.

Make sure you're polite to him.

Understood?

Say something.

Hey you! Get him!

“Cell Number 57" “Cell Number 10"

Inside.

They're newbies.

Those two are available.

Take your pick.

What a stench!

Where're you from?

Huh?

I didn't fucking ask you.

Hey, where're you from?

Hey fatso. It stinks in there. Clean it up.

What?!

What?! Hurry it up.

Hurry it up.

Huh?! Hurry it up.

Huh?!

Huh?! Dumbass, newbies do the cleaning!

Assholes!

Guard!

Guard! Guard!

Guard!

Kazuki!

Solitary is fine by me.

Cell Number Five

Why can't I get solitary?!

The warden decided.

He said he wouldn't do any favors for a newbie troublemaker.

Ariyoshi, you're coming too! He has returned. Go introduce yourself.

Here are the new inmates.

Kazuki Shiro and Ariyoshi Jun.

I am Warden Takatsu.

I am also a newcomer here.

Since we're all newcomers...

...let us establish a good relationship.

I would appreciate that.

Both of you are still young.

If you want to build a new life...

...that possibility is open to you.

Of course... you cannot change the past.

You cannot erase your past mistakes. Nonetheless...

As to why they cannot be undone... do you understand the reason?

It is because the past is the past.

Because your crimes are pan of your history you can't do anything.

You can commit similar crimes in the future.

But you cannot commit the exact same crimes again.

Both of you...

...have no choice but to live in the present...

...for now, at least.

Will you do your time here only so you can commit slightly different crimes?

Or will you do your time learning how to be members of society?

Or will you do your time in a way that precludes both possibilities?

'Up-

...wish that you will reform, and become proper members of society.

That is what I hope you will do.

Kazuki, you've got farming detail.

Ariyoshi, you're in charge of laundry.

Come.

Has anything important happened in the outside world?

They don't let us read papers or magazines or watch TV or get any news at all.

I'm totally clueless about what's going on in the world.

Nothing really.

There's nothing special.

It's supposed to be really ancient or something.

They say if you climb to the top, you can find your way to heaven.

Or something like that.

Wherever will that thing go?

No way.

No way. Huh...? Where was it? Polynesia?

I heard they have fabulous customs like that in the Southern Islands.

That's great.

That's great. I think it's a gay thing, maybe.

That's great. I think it's a gay thing, maybe. No kidding?

You said you wanted to drink a lot.

You said you wanted to drink a lot. I'd fancy drinking some more.

I'd fancy drinking some more.

Of course I want to drink some more. I'd fancy drinking some more.

Of course I want to drink some more.

Of course I want to drink some more. I want to drink some more too.

I want to drink some more too.

Drink a big one. I want to drink some more too.

We're closing now.

We're closing now. It's closing time.

Closing?

Closing? You're closing?

You're closing?

I haven't had enough yet! You're closing?

I haven't had enough yet!

I haven't had enough yet! I want to drink more!

I want to drink more!

We're closing, I'm so sorry. I want to drink more!

We're closing, I'm so sorry.

We're closing, I'm so sorry. Oh yeah?

Oh yeah?

What do you mean you're closing? Oh yeah?

When I came to my senses...

...I realized I'd been locked up.

I'd been locked up.

Hey... I told you to bring it to me first.

Hey. You listening?!

I'll take your hand and...