[Tsuzuru laughing]
[Tsuzuru] Can we do this again mum?
This is a fun game! Whoo!
Oh, what I found? What is that?
- [Yae] Careful.
- [Tsuzuru] Hey, hey! [laughs]
- [Tsuzuru grunts and laughs]
- [Yae] I'm coming! I'll get you!
- [Yae laughs]
- [Tsuzuru] Yay!
All set.
Where are you? Where did Tsuzuru go?
Did you disappear? There you are!
[laughing] You scared me!
[Yae] Where are you?
Here you are! [laughing]
- What's that?
- Shoes.
- Purple.
- That's right. [chuckles]
What did you draw? The sun?
[Tsuzuru] An orange.
Huh? An orange? Yay! Nice.
I'm home.
- [Tsuzuru] Daddy!
- Hi!
- [Yukihito] How are you guys?
- [Yae] Hi dad.
[Tsuzuru] Daddy!
- Hi.
- [Tsuzuru laughs]
You got a lot of things.
I didn't know which ball he'd like.
- Come here, Tsuzuru!
- Look at you, you can't wait.
Show me daddy!
I'm gonna show you son. Now try this one.
- Kick it.
- Let me try.
- I know how.
- Cool. So go ahead, do it.
- [Tsuzuru] Next!
- [Yukihito] Now try this one.
♪ So far from home,
Where the ocean stood ♪
♪ Down dust and pine cone tracks ♪
[heavy breathing]
♪ Oh, we slept like dogs
Down by the fire side ♪
♪ Awoke to the fog where all around us ♪
♪ The boom of summertime, yeah ♪
[music fades away]
[slurps]
[sleepy piano music]
Kosshi, can you get me those Q-tips?
And Kosshi, pour me some coffee.
Here.
I need a copy of this,
can you take me there?
- Wait! Kosshi.
- You've got to stop it, okay?
You just got out of the hospital,
can't you rest at home?
Sitting is the most comfortable...
There's no paper. The printer is out.
Find me some.
So that Gokita who got arrested
apparently was in a ton of debt.
Really?
Evidently, he used company money
and eventually planned to take
their development data and run.
Seriously?
The woman you saved in the stairs
was that taxi woman from before, right?
Your first love who lost her memory.
No way.
How can you say "no way"?
You know that was her.
You risked your life to protect her.
After that she cried a lot, you know?
Non stop.
Why don't you try telling her?
About the fact that you truly loved
one another, huh?
That you had true feelings,
that you were... Wait, no!
What's the point in telling her now?
Who knows. That memory
might cause her further trauma.
And what's the point?
I can't do nothing for her.
- Aw! I can feel the pain. Its coming back!
- Just go home, please.
Ow [grunts] god.
[woman] Mr. Namiki?
[woman] Mr. Namiki?
Mr. Namiki?
[whispering] Haru!
[Yae whispering] Harumichi!
- Hey! Hey!
- Mister?
Well, someone just volunteered
for some special homework.
[everyone laughs]
Okay, may I have an answer
from Ms. Noguchi instead?
What changed their relationship?
I... I suppose it was when Mr. Darcy
confessed his love.
Very good.
Would you care to elaborate any further
on what you learned from the novel?
The initial result
may not have been brilliant but
Mr. Darcy's brave confession
changed everything.
Well, yes.
Thank you Ms. Noguchi.
Let's go on to the next chapter.
Page , please.
[yawns] Ow!
[everyone laughs]
- [school bell ringing]
- [indistinct chatter]
Um, you wanted to see me?
So tell me, Ms Noguchi,
Did you study abroad somewhere?
Um what?
I've never even left Hokkaido.
You must have had a good teacher then.
My dad gifted me Harry Potter.
When he worked abroad.
I read it every day
because it was entertaining,
and I eventually started understanding it.
That's how I fell in love with English.
[giggles]
No wonder you speak English so well.
There's a speech contest
after summer break.
I'm thinking of nominating you
as our school representative.
What do you think?
[grunts]
[sighs]
Ugh...
[Harumichi] Uh, um... What?
Well, from today
until you finish your rehab,
I will be your personal driver.
Literally consider me as your legs.
Oh, no. [laughs]
- I can't ask you to do that.
- Yes. Don't underestimate me.
Despite what you may think,
I'm one of the top earners
for our company!
I even earned the mark of excellence!
- Oh, that's cool.
- [Yae giggles]
That's not what I meant.
Oh! I looked it up earlier.
I found it's more comfortable to relax
in a sitting position after surgery.
With my taxi, it'd be door to door.
And transportation would be free.
This is the most economical
and physiologically sound option for you.
[sighs]
Listen, Noguchi...
Would you let me do you this favor?
I couldn't think of anything else
I could do in return.
Yes, you were just doing your job.
But you did indeed protect and save me...
and risked your life.
[Yae] That's why I want to show you
my gratitude just doing my job too.
Also...
Nothing. Um... Call me any time for a ride
or if there are any other services
I can do for you.
Alright. Please!
Please. Yes, go ahead.
Take all the time you need. [giggles]
- Where would you like me to take you?
- Um... at the Park Hotel if that's okay.
On our way there.
- Is it a date?
- No.
We are introducing our parents today.
- Feel free to use that.
- Oh.
Ugh...
Here's a charger.
Thanks a lot.
Oh, I got some of these too.
Oh, I have gum if you prefer that.
And Genji Pie cookies.
Oh, great.
I'll have one. [laughs]
Do you have a flashlight and a magnet
by any chance?
Oh, I do.
There you go.
[laughs]
- [Harumichi laughing] I'm sorry.
- Yeah.
- I'm always prepared.
- [laughing] I see that.
[Yae] Yes.
[melancholic piano music plays]
[piano music becomes cheerful]
- Sorry, I overslept!
- Hurry!
If we get on the bus at ,
we can take the train to Kushiro at : .
- W-Wait...
- There, we can rent bikes. Oh!
We'll get to Utoro by !
If we return the bikes by : ,
we can catch the : train.
- [Harumichi] Stop!
- [Yae yelling] Wait, wait for us!
- No, wait!
- Please.
- [Harumichi laughs]
- [Yae sighs]
Aah...
[Harumichi yawns]
When's the next one?
An hour from now?
Which means we won't make the change
at the Senmou line.
You're planning to skip town?
[sigh] We'd be in trouble
if it rains, right?
Also, I have magnets if we get lost,
a flashlight, bug repellent,
bear repellent
and emergency rations.
[laughing] Are you sure we
are just going for a picnic?
Or am I confused?
You always prepare
for the worst case scenario.
Here.
What happened with the speech contest?
I turned it down.
Really?
Why is that?
Is there a reason to turn it down?
Because there's no chance I'd win.
I never spent time abroad,
I'd just get laughed at.
Hmm...
My girlfriend's main flaw, you see,
is her serious lack of confidence.
"They are gonna laugh at me if I do that."
"I'm always a disappointment."
You're too smart, constantly
thinking too far ahead,
anticipating pit falls
and playing defense.
My dad told me the same thing.
If you were an outfielder,
the Golden Glove wouldn't just be a dream.
[chuckles] Don't you see him or what?
The last time I saw him
was maybe three years ago.
- Don't you wanna see him?
- My mom doesn't like it.
Okay.
- Let's go.
- To where exactly?
Your dad lives in Otaru, right?
If we go now,
we can make it back by the last flight!
- Flight? But our plans...
- You've got to go see him!
- Okay!
- No. No, no way!
- Wait, hold on.
- Let's go!
- Wait, for real? [laughs]
- [yelling] Let's go see your dad!
[sighs]
- Well, thank you so much.
- Take care.
[sighs]
[Harumichi] Ugh!
- Oh, Harumichi. Everyone's here.
- Sorry.
[melancholic piano music]
[beeping]
[Tsunemi] So my dad went to get a haircut,
but I think it's definitely a fail.
Alright.
Okay, all done.
This is the only one...
Listen, Dr. Togawa's wife
doesn't like sweets.
Oh. I'm sorry.
- Also...
- Yes.
Please pay the utmost respect
to Professor Okochi's beautiful wife.
She has strong connections
with Otaru Medical University.
Tsuzuru's future is very important,
so take care.
Yes.
- Tsuzuru, I have to clean up, so wait...
- And also...
I picked out an outfit for you upstairs
so please change into it.
Yes.
[Sonobe] How was Venice?
- It's a great place to go with your lover.
- [everyone laughs]
It's a romantic town after all.
- [Kinuyo] I'm jealous.
- Excuse me.
My, how lovely, Yae.
Is that a new Gucci item?
Ah... [giggles]
What Ivy League university
did you attend, Yae?
I attended Touou University,
but dropped out to have my son.
- Oh.
- [giggles]
- What do your parents do?
- My mother works at a local factory...
Your mother has a business
in the airport-related industry, right?
My, what a global family. Impressive.
Nice.
[everyone giggles]
[Kinuyo] Ms. Sonobe,
I heard your eldest son is in Boston.
- [Togawa] Yes...
- [Sonobe] Thanks to you and Dr. Okochi.
[Okochi] He had good grades.
[Kinuyo] Is that so?
[melancholic piano music continues]
[door opening]
[steps approaching]
[sighs]
- Welcome home.
- You could've gone to bed.
What about food?
I've already ate. [grunts]
- So your mom was seeing...
- I had three surgeries this morning.
Two brain tumors
and one cerebral aneurysm.
Then I had to get ready for a conference.
[sighs] Is the story of yours
more important than that?
I'm taking a bath.
[smooth blues music plays]
[huffs]
[sighs]
[Tsuzuru] Mama.
Sorry Tsuzuru, did we wake you?
Come here.
[smooth blues music fades away]
Awesome! We can get to Otaru before noon.
Really?
- Here.
- Thank you.
Whaa... This is so cool.
I went there a lot when I was little.
When I got a good score on a test,
or when my mom was in a good mood.
I would always get a cream soda
at the cafe upstairs.
Really?
Promise not to laugh.
I'd never laugh.
- Flight attendant?
- [whispering] Quiet!
That's great! It's a perfect fit for you.
Yeah. You can do it, Yae.
Yes, I really like it.
You can trust me on this.
- So you think...
- Mhm.
Alright.
["The Sea Within" plays]
♪ A wonder has come to life... ♪
[buzzing]
ONE MESSAGE FROM YAE NOGUCHI.
I WILL COME PICK YOU UP
AT THE SAME TIME TOMORROW.
♪ I live in the dream that speaks
Of supreme certainty ♪
THAT WOULD BE A HUGE HELP.
♪ Will you stay the night? ♪
♪ I think it's alright ♪
♪ A possible pair of socks ♪
[buzzing]
♪ At least no broken hearts... ♪
[Yae] What does it feel like
to fly on your own?
I heard at the hospital
that you used to be a pilot.
♪ ...The sunlight warmed my face ♪
♪ And I'll quietly... ♪
[Harumichi] Power set.
[copilot] Runway cleared for take off,
Carrier- .
Cleared for take off. Power set. .
[engineer] , , ,
almost set enough power.
Runway clear. Release brake now.
♪ Remember the sea within ♪
- [copilot] Seventy you have yoke.
- I have yoke.
[Harumichi] You can't redo a takeoff.
- [copilot] Go rotation.
- Rotate.
[Harumichi] No matter how many times
I experience it,
it's so exciting.
Gear up.
- [copilot] Obstacle clear. Confirmed.
- [Harumichi] Gear up.
[Harumichi] Though it's in the past.
Fog and clouds,
the wind and sunlight,
when you use your five senses
to the fullest and fly off the ground,
you're presented
with an indescribable scenery.
It feels like the world is welcoming you.
Drifting clouds,
the blue ocean,
the gradient of the endless horizon.
♪ So will you stay the night? ♪
[airplane whoosh]
♪ I think it will be alright ♪
♪ A possible pair of socks ♪
♪ Will turn into love and lust ♪
♪ And countless eyes will stare ♪
♪ At the hearts that we'll need to share ♪
♪ To quietly imitate ♪
♪ What time has washed away ♪
I WISH I COULD HAVE SHOWN YOU.
♪ So come and be with me ♪
♪ Now in an endless dream ♪
♪ Now in an endless dream ♪
[music fades away]
Noguchi Yae!
What about the friend who came with you?
He said he'd rather eat a sea urchin
and salmon roe bowl than eel.
Ah... But eel is for summer!
[Yae giggles]
Thank you for your patience.
Oh! It's here, It's here.
Wow, it looks so delicious!
- Thanks for the dish.
- [Akihiko] Thanks for this dish.
Mm, so good!
My cheeks are gonna fall off. Hmm...
The tail is the best part of the eel.
- Is that true?
- Yeah.
Some academic proved it.
Hm.
You always give me the best parts.
- Oh, yeah?
- Of course you do!
Crab claws, marbled piece of steak,
the cake's strawberry and more.
Hm. That's what parents do, you know?
- Is that so?
- It's how it is.
[smooth classical music plays]
Thank you.
I bought it to celebrate your admission,
but never got to give it to you.
[Yae] Ginza?
Open it.
Hm.
- A pen?
- Yeah. A fountain pen.
Oh! A fountain pen.
What worries made a young lady
call me at : a.m.
and come all this way?
I bet you didn't tell Kihako.
Hmm.
Is Tokyo really that nice?
Yes, it's wonderful.
It's a mess of contradictions.
The vulgar and refined,
depraved and wholesome, moral and immoral,
immutable and tapioca drinks.
- Like you and sincerity?
- Those don't contradict!
[both laugh]
Try it out.
Huh?
But what do I write?
You should decide a phrase
you'll use the rest of your life
to try out new pens.
That way, you'll know with certainty
which pen is the best.
Like what?
Hmmm... Oh. Anything really.
Like clear sky lucky day.
Or a poem by Basho!
Umm... Then, what do you write usually?
Um... Hm.
YAE NOGUCHI
My name?
The most beautiful word in Japanese.
Here.
HARUMICHI NAMIKI
- What's that?
- It's a secret.
- Who's that?
- I'm not telling.
Better not be some guy's name.
- It's fine, right?
- No way.
- You said it could be anything!
- No, it can't!
I definitely didn't get that pen for that!
No, no. Oh, come on now...
- [Akihiko] This is not happening!
- [Yae laughs]
So you're Uramichi, huh?
Harumichi.
Mm...
Let's see... Huh...
Let's hear why do you like Yae?
It's fate, you see.
No matter what anyone says,
nobody can change my mind.
Even her father.
Which is why...
I want to naturally be a good man for her.
To the person I love I want to give
the most beautiful part of what I have.
Though I don't have anything now.
Hm. Don't make her cry.
Right.
Is that a "look at this snob"
kind of look?
- Yes.
- Huh?
Wait. I mean...
- Yes.
- [laughs]
You smart little... Take this!
- [Akihiko laughs]
- Yes
[Harumichi] Your dad
is definitely a good guy.
[Yae giggles] He is kind,
very smart and a real romantic.
But also a liar.
Before I was even born,
my dad got another woman pregnant.
I think my mom got pregnant with me
to try to get him back, you know?
But in the end,
he didn't choose her or me, you see?
[girl] See you later.
"Let's meet again."
"Sometime soon."
"Let's go together next time."
He would always make promises
he couldn't keep.
Each time, I got my hopes up,
get disappointed,
and think about her again.
She's actually the one looking
at the beautiful stars and the world
he said he wanted to show me.
I already know that I better move forward.
But I'm scared of losing him some day.
I always try to stop myself
before I mess things up or get hurt.
[Harumichi] Just know this...
I won't go anywhere.
I'll always be on your side.
I'll never let you go.
I'm really sorry
we missed the last flight.
Harumichi, It's not your fault.
I'll let you rest.
[slow pace piano music plays]
You're sure?
- Welcome home.
- [Yae] Hi, mom.
I talked to Nonko's mom, how about that?
I'm sorry.
So where the hell were you
after lying to your mom?
[Kihako] Yae.
What did I say?
[Harumichi] I'm sorry.
I forced her to come.
No matter what,
I had to see the bear at Asahiyama.
You promised me, right?
- You know you are responsible every...
- It's not like that, Mom.
I'm truly sorry!
Get inside. Go inside I said.
- Mum.
- Enough. Hurry up, go.
[Harumichi] I'm sorry.
Let me open the door for you.
Thanks much.
Is the same time tomorrow
gonna be okay with you?
Yes.
Tomorrow's my last day of rehab.
Is that right? Okay.
I'm happy to hear about this.
There's somewhere
I'd like to stop by after.
Could I ask that of you?
Of course.
Great. Have a good night.
Good night. You take care.
Wow, amazing! Look at how tiny
the Diamond Princess looks!
[Yae laughs]
I'm sorry for making you
come all this way.
Mhm.
Have you been up Mount Tengu before?
Just a few times
to the base with customers.
[whispering]
What kind of high schooler were you?
I did a lot of stupid things.
- There was this girl I really liked.
- [Yae giggles]
Most guys at the school liked her.
Really?
[whispering] Tell me.
Did you end up getting her or not?
Of course. [chuckles]
I asked her like a man, you know?
- "Be my girlfriend." [laugh]
- [laugh] Are you serious?
[young boy] It's my first time.
- [young girl] Me too.
- Really? Same for you?
[young boy] Thank goodness.
[crowd clapping]
I have a dream.
But...
what world lies beyond that dream?
A street corner lit by a gas lamp?
Or a steam engine whistling
through an otherwise quiet station?
These may sound like fantasy worlds,
but no, I have seen them.
They exist in the world of books.
Shared with me by my father.
[dreamy slow instrumental music plays]
[sobbing]
[sobbing] I'm sorry. [chuckles] Surprise.
What is this? [chuckles] Ah...
This is, you know,
the type of tears you get
when you see videos
of dogs with their owner.
I've been so quick to cry lately. [sighs]
What about you?
Mm?
- What kind of student were you?
- Huh...
Huh...
I've already forgotten all that.
I don't even remember
what I had for lunch.
That's bad, right? [laughs]
I imagine you were radiant.
Like you are right now.
[chuckles]
[Yae] I'm taking my first steps
towards these dreams.
I'm going to run as fast as I can
with my arms wide open,
towards the glittering world
that awaits me...
Believing that,
some day,
I too will be able to fly.
[clapping]
[yelling] Perfect!
[yelling] Yae!
[yelling] Yae!
[giggles] That's my daughter.
My daughter.
I try not to think about it.
What my past was,
or what my future might be.
I gave up on my dream
and my life living with Tsuzuru
and that period of my life
when I accomplished nothing.
I'm not expecting anything from my future.
I'm certainly done
getting my hopes up for nothing.
But you see...
sometimes, very occasionally,
well, I get this
crazy inkling, like a fake sense,
in my dull and insignificant life,
deep down at its core...
that I've lost something
so critically important.
[announcer] Attention.
The next departure
will be the last of the day.
Please ensure you are on time
if you wish to board it.
The next train
will be the last train of the day.
I'm sorry.
Okay. Let's go.
[hopeful slow instrumental music plays]
[hopeful music fades away]
[melancholic slow pace music plays]