Silent Poor (サイレント・プア)

Drama 10

Community Social Worker.

For those suffering from poverty or isolation while being trapped in the gaps between institutions...

And if we could get the younger brother, Mitsuyoshi-kun, to come out...

...the situation would take a turn for the better.

...we search out those who don't have a voice to call out an SOS.

Our work is to make a support system for those in our region.

Eh?! A man living in Kawazu Park was trespassing into an apartment?

Seems he got into the apartment by going through the window.

My...

Discuss anything with us

The man was getting into the apartment complex next to Tago-san's factory?

Yeah.

Just when the furious landlord said he was going to call the police on him...

...that's when the man brought up Satomi-san's name.

She didn't even have time to warm her seat.

And though we went to the trouble of getting her a new cushion for it.

Geez, I really don't believe you.

Copying what she did before and coming in across the roof like that.

Because you came through the window of the room you had lived in before, but had left already...

...you were trespassing the minute you got back in here.

Yes... I'm sorry.

"I'm sorry"? Hey you!

You can't end this with just an "I'm sorry."

Geez Manager, you too! Do something as owner of that roof!

What's that about?

I'm truly.... sorry.

Why did you come back here?

Well...

Had you forgotten something?

No...

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Silent Poor

Third Sumiyo Villa

Kinoshita-san.

Episode 3: "The Last Happiness" (of 9 episodes)

First off, let me inform an acquaintance of mine that runs an NPO facility about you for tonight.

And then, once things have calmed down, let's look for a home for you.

And then, you just have to get a proper examination done at the hospital.

Your complexion is awful, you know.

No. With this I'll say goodbye...

Ah, wait Kinoshita-san!

Just a moment, please! We'll return to the park along with you.

Satomi-san.

Ah, I was under your care.

Kosumi Ward Office

Well... it's a problem, isn't it?

That neighborhood is a quiet residential area.

All of us built those homes at great expense in order to live in them, right?

Having a homeless person around is a great nuisance for us.

You're the Neighborhood Council Chief?

I want that homeless man to leave as soon as possible.

Among the residents as well...

...there are many of those sorts.

Their dissatisfaction is building and if something happens...

...even I won't be able to stop them.

And in the first place, as you are using nearly half of the Ward's budget...

...if you were to leave behind even one such of those people...

...that would be a negligence of welfare, wouldn't it?

First off, sending that bunch in was outrageous.

"Sending that bunch in"?

Those women with "CSW" written on the back of their jackets.

What business is the Section Chief for the Welfare Division here on?

Seems it's on that matter of the homeless man in Kawazu Park.

Hmm...

He's gone away?

Yes. There was that uproar over his trespassing.

After going to the facility for mediation, he disappeared.

That's bad as well, isn't it?

It would be trouble if he collapsed somewhere, making the situation even worse.

It'd be best if he just left this Ward?

Satomi is searching desperately for him right now.

Kondo-san.

There's just one thing I want to say.

The way the Social Welfare Council does things.... is naive.

Naive?

Anyhow, please earnestly urge Satomi-san to use caution.

That she not go to such lengths to assist him that she fires up the residents around the park.

There doesn't exist an inexhaustible amount of either love or budget to help everyone in this world.

Yamakura-kun.

You've changed quite a bit, haven't you?

When you were a rookie working under me long ago...

...you were exactly like Satomi.

Huh?

What you did in that same park back then is the spitting image of what Satomi is doing right now.

Section Chief, you too. What is it that you're afraid of?

That's impossible.

I guess he's not here, is he...

This is Satomi. How's it going over there?

He's not here at the station.

Where would he go in this wintry weather?

Contact Salon

Then, he's been unemployed all this time?

All I know is that he has been since at least a year ago.

He said something about being a craftsman or other a long time ago.

District Welfare Officers

Ah, yes, yes.

He lost the job at the place he had served a long time at.

I heard he wasn't able to get steady work at all after that.

I've been anxious about him because he's been in bad health for so long.

Ah, I'm sorry. Just a minute.

Hello?

Senpai! Kinoshita-san is living here.

Eh? Where?

Leave me alone!

Don't mind about me!

Like I said, you can't live at a place like this, now can you?

You'll have to be out in the wind and rain during the day and then outside again at night, won't you?

Because we will get you a firm place to live...

...please allow us to take care of you until we can find you a place to live.

Your health is poor and you should go to a hospital.

Just what kind of person are you?

I told you to just leave me alone, didn't I?!

Don't look down on me with such eyes!

No, I wasn't...

Niigata Prefecture Scenery of the Four Seasons

A photoalbum of Niigata, huh?

I heard Kinoshita-san was originally from Niigata.

I see. Looking at photos of his hometown, huh?

Ah... The weather tonight has become just like that of the northern countries.

I'm truly sorry.

It's not your fault.

What reason does he have for refusing both government aid and hospital care so much?

Section Chief Yamakura of the Welfare Division came here this morning.

It seems a complaint came in from the neighborhood association around Kawazu Park...

...to have him evicted.

What should we do from this point forward?

There's nothing we can do if he's disappeared from the park.

Urban isolation; people without relations...

Is there nothing to be done for them?

I guess I will go over to Kawazu Park.

Now?

Yes.

Hey, Satomi!

This umbrella's been in my locker all this time.

I was a big fool.

I special ordered it for the Summer Festival.

If you'd like, you could take this and give it to that man.

Thank you, Kuji-san!

And, well... Since it's you Satomi, I think you'd know this best...

But there are lots of people who just can't say what they need to others.

There are times when they can get seriously worried over things.

Yes!

Yeah.

Kinoshita-san.

I've brought some warm potatoes with me.

Please leave me alone.

If you don't want any, that's fine.

I only bought them because I wanted to eat them.

But on days such as this, these warm you up the best.

Ah... since I bought too many, could I give you a few of them?

Please leave.

Just you telling me to leave isn't a reason for me to go.

Hey you!

Yes?

You're persistent.

Yes. I am persistent.

Like I thought, these are delicious!

They're not soggy!

They're cooling down though...

How wretched I am...

Eh?

Kinoshita-san.

You were looking at a photo album of your hometown when you were in the library the other day, weren't you?

I came out of Kobe myself when I was fifteen.

People gather in Tokyo from all over.

Because this is that sort of place...

...when people find their lives turned inside out, they can't forgive this place for having done that to them.

But... I think that's mistaken of them.

Because this is the town we're living in now.

By thinking of this as our hometown...

...then all of us can help each other to live.

That's what I think.

This town has helped me out a lot, after all.

So Kinoshita-san, you can discuss anything with me.

How long have you been in Tokyo?

Ever since I left high school.

About the boss who taught me plastering...

I worked earnestly for him at plastering for forty years.

Is that right.

Because you're so young, you wouldn't know this.

But in Tokyo those days...

...concrete buildings were going up everywhere...

...and there was a huge demand for plastering work.

Even my boss praised me with, "You've got great skills, too."

You supported Japan's growth, didn't you?

It wasn't that great a thing.

The time when I was seriously injured while working on a site...

...and while I was recovering, the company went bankrupt.

Eventually my skills, too...

...didn't return to the way they used to be.

I didn't have any other merits about me.

I wasn't able to get any proper work after that.

We told you the other day too, didn't we?

"Please, get out."

How many times do we have to tell you, old man?!

What is this, you guys?

Huh?

Who are you?

Oi, oi, oi! What is this, old man?