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Excuse me.
I'm home.
I'm back.
That was quick.
You want one?
A croquette.
They're piping hot.
He was here.
Who?
Hot.
Tell me.
- Who came? - That Kinoshita fellow.
I knew it was him.
So he came here, did he?
He even brought a gift.
But he didn't trust me enough to leave it.
It's all over between us, anyway.
He couldn't leave fast enough.
- Tell me. - What?
Is it tasty?
Don't eat standing up.
So what?
SUMMER'S END
- Hello. - Hello there, Mari.
Mari. Would you like a mandarin?
No thanks.
They're very sweet.
- How did it go? - Good.
It doesn't exist.
What?
No one's ever heard of Eiko Advertising.
- Ryota's employer. - Oh, him.
Maybe it's a small company, there's plenty of them.
No.
He's too old to start a new career, anyway.
How old is he now?
He's no spring chicken.
This one's sour.
It's never too late.
He should've stayed where he was.
May I borrow this?
- Sure, take it with you. - Thank you.
See you later.
I'm meeting Mr. Marume from Bungei Publishing.
A new book?
No.
I'm doing it for Fukiji, he needs the work.
- You remember Fujiki? - Yes.
An interesting fellow, talented, too.
He deserves a break.
I hope you shave first.
- Too tight? - No, it's fine.
I'll be back on Monday.
Don't catch cold.
You, too.
You needn't say it. I know I'm stupid.
Yes, you are.
Don't.
Come on.
COLD REMEDY
I'm sorry, but I really have to go.
llI be back on the 6th.
You're going home?
It's just a cold.
A good sleep will fix you.
Hello, Aizawa speaking.
Hello? Is that you?
Happy new year.
It's me, Ryota Kinoshita. It's been far too long.
Happy new year.
- Is something wrong? - Not at all.
Good. I hope everything is going well.
Yes, it is.
I'm glad.
I moved to Tokyo last month.
I did drop by, but you were out.
I'll come by again.
When?
- What? - How about now?
I couldn't intrude.
I'm ill. Seriously ill.
You're ill?
Yes. Come visit the sick patient.
Just for a while.
It's been ages since I've seen you.
Anyone home?
Here I am.
You're back?
I told you I would.
You look better.
You left me ill and all alone.
I paid you back.
I met up with Ryota.
I asked him here.
I was bored stiff, wasn't I?
I hate being alone.
Was it fun?
I thoroughly enjoyed myself.
The moth has six legs.
Each of them lined up in an orderly manner.
Its tactile antenna exploring the paper screen.
Slowly swaying as it examines the obstacle.
Where has it gone now?
The scent of illness, where is it now?
THE WEARING AWAY
The steady drip drip drip...
Let's go eat before you leave.
Well...
I always come back, you know that.
Let's go.
Was I wrong to ask you here?
No, my office is nearby.
What?
Does Mr. Kosugi pour your drinks?
Indeed.
I never pour for him, he pours for me.
Sometimes he serves me dinner.
He doesn't like me doing anything.
I think it's weird how his wife knows about you.
How long is it now?
Eight years. A long time, isn't it?
At home...
His reaI home...
Do you think he serves his wife, too?
I bet he does.
But that's not love, that's benevolence.
He doesn't want to get hurt.
A woman with a child once said that of me.
Were you dating her?
So you smoke now?
I never expected that of you.
I've changed, I'm not what I used to be.
All right, then.
See you.
Ryota!
MOMOTA FOR PARLIAMENT CAMPAIGN HEADQUARTERS
Mrs. Sayama?
Long time no see.
I got recruited, too. It's an education, he said.
Come in.
- I got the biggest one. - Good work, boy.
It's enormous.
IKUO MOMOTA FOR CONGRESSMAN
You must be Sayama's wife.
- How do you do. - Kinoshita mentioned you.
Kinoshita said, "She's wasted on Sayama. "
Don't say that.
He fancies you.
There, all finished.
Thank you.
Ikuo omota would appreciate your vote.
Please vote for r. omota.
He strives to serve the people.
Please give us your vote.
Please vote for Mr. Ikuo Momota!
Leave it there.
Coming for a bath?
No need, I didn't sweat.
How nasty.
Who's there?
- You're leaving? - Yes.
Stay over.
Why go back if he's not there?
It's my home.
It won't work.
You expect to keep this a secret?
What do we do now?
I deserve an answer.
Stop it.
Act your age. Some things are not said.
Don't look so miserable.
Is that what you think?
Do as you please.
So annoying.
I've found a nice house in Setagaya.
I don't want to go.
We'll be living in Tokyo this winter.
Daddy.
What?
What's wrong?
I'm sorry.
I love someone else.
Who?
Tell me his name.
Ryota.
Have you slept with him?
I know it's wrong.
You tramp.
I love him!
I can't help it!
What's wrong?
I wonder what Ryota is having for dinner.
Didn't his firm go bust?
- Shin. - What?
How long can we keep going like this?
I'd really like to talk to you.
How about we go out drinking tonight?
Yes, let's do that.
Really? You'll join me, will you?
I'm back!
PROHIBITED IMPORTS YOKOHAMA CUSTOMS
Where's Mr. Kosugi?
Still in line.
He's queuing for me.
- I left him to it. - I see.
I stayed with him last night.
Really? How come?
This early? No way I could have made it.
Of course.
It is weird, though.
While you were away, he kept asking me out.
We'd go out drinking.
Really?
How was it over there?
It was strange. I felt so lonely.
It was far too long.
Whenever I missed you, I'd call him.
Where did you get it?
The peach. I'm thirsty.
Alright, I'll get you some.
Please.
This makes me uneasy.
Only because you're so selfish.
That's so like you.
Please.
Thank you.
MANUSCRIPT FEE
For your wife?
Yes.
Here.
I'm always very careful.
I make sure he's wearing the same clothes when he goes home.
You don't mind?
Mind what?
Aren't you jealous?
It's not love anymore.
Then what is it?
Affection, I guess.
You can be so callous.
You looked so happy to see both of us there.
Then you go back with him.
But after I said goodbye in the Ginza...
you didn't even think about me.
- Listen to me! - Don't shout at me!
I waited for you.
Then you go off with him.
That's indecent. You're so immoraI.
Oh, I get it now.
Then all love is immoraI.
Good for you.
You don't know anything.
Why doesn't he divorce her?
I don't want him to!
We've shared a life together which doesn't include you.
Then what about me?
Is this just an affair?
- Let me go. - Is it? Tell me!
You made me say it.
You're pitifuI!
Stop it!
I'll get it.
Aizawa residence.
Oh, it's you.
No, she's here. I'll put her on.
It's Ryota.
Hello, it's me.
I can't...
...take any more.
This is driving me mad.
Please don't leave me.
Please let me see you sometimes.
I don't care if you hurt me.
You're drunk. I'm hanging up.
He sounded quite hystericaI.
He cried like that when he told me about his firm going bankrupt.
He said he wants...
He wants me to leave you and marry him.
I know.
Just ignore him.
It's so typicaI. He wants what others have.
He boasted about it to me once.
How he picked up his ex-wife in a bar.
She had a husband and a child.
He's unscrupulous.
Anybody home?
Hello Mari.
- Good day. - Come in.
Mr. Kosugi's not here today?
That's right.
What a mess.
Where's that book I was reading?
- Make yourself at home. - Thank you.
Can I look through these?
Sure.
Ouch!
TO SHINGO KOSUGI c/o AIZAWA
FROM MRS. YUKI KOSUGI
Habo is back, she sends her regards.
I do enjoy making dresses for her girls.
But she has such awful taste.
Yoko keeps trying to cut the cat's whiskers.
The cat gets very upset.
Can you bring home those same cakes as last time?
Is your cough better?
Take care, my dear husband. Yuki.
She writes like a schoolgirI.
The woman is so childish.
What does he see in her?
I just don't get it.
It makes me so angry.
Stop complaining.
I want you to leave.
I was drunk when I called.
Why shouldn't she write him? He's her husband.
I'm sick of it.
Sick of what?
Are you angry?
If you won't go, I will.
Where? Take me with you.
Hello! Excuse me.
Do you know where the Kosugi's live?
The wife is a dressmaker, or something.
So I believe.
That must be Yoko's mom.
KOSUGI DRESSMAKING
What on earth?
No one's home. Come on in.
They went off to Tokyo this morning.
I got lost. I walked past here twice.
I searched for over an hour.
Have a drink.
Toilet.
What now?
Let's go out.
Come on, please.
You can't leave them, can you?
Not now.
I came to ask her.
You're too indecisive, you'd never do it.
Shall we get a beer?
I'm sorry.
The thing is...
Ryota and I...
For a while now...
I'm sorry.
Do you love him?
I don't know. I'm so confused.
You need to get away. Take a trip.
It'll refresh you.
It won't. Nothing goes right for me.
Do something.
I'm sorry.
I'm sick of this.
I hate being like this.
I'll be at your place in two days.
On the 20th.
You must tell your wife I came to talk to her.
Yes, I will.
Promise me.
Sure.
Shin, wait.
What did she say?
I took the assignment.
I went to see the publishers today.
What assignment?
It'll keep me busy.
I start doing the research tomorrow.
What's it about?
A noveI. The Erotic Swordsman.
Surely not!
You said you'd never do that.
You hate that sordid genre.
I need the money.
That's a lie.
You're Iying.
The Full-Moon Stroke!
You're dead.
Listen.
Shin?
I can't write it.
How could I write such tripe?
I'm all washed up.
Sir?
You don't have to stay.
Is this why I abandoned my husband and child?
To pour drinks and empty ashtrays?
You're not wearing perfume?
I like that.
It's not what I expected.
I abandoned my child to become an artist.
Now I don't know what I want.
I was determined to do anything to realize my draem.
Pour me a drink.
You have no idea how hard it is for a woman alone!
Yes, sure. I read your books.
You listen to me.
You have a duty to keep on writing novels.
Do I indeed?
Get it all out!
You're more talented than all the rest.
Hello, Aizawa residence.
I have a call for you from Kamakura 2945.
Yes, put it through.
Hello?
Is this the Aizawa residence?
Yes.
This is rs. Kosugi. Is my husband there?
No, he left to do research the day before yesterday.
He's expected back tomorrow.
Would you mind passing on a message for me?
It's his niece, she's been hospitalized.
Can you ask him to send her a gift?
Yes.
Some cookies or a pretty nightdress will do.
- You think so? - Yes.
Are you there?
Yes.
y husband's not much good with addresses, would you mind?
- No. - Sorry to trouble you.
Yamagata City
Yamagata City. - Suehiro-cho.
- 246.
- Banchi.
- The Yuki Hospital.
- Yuki... - Yuki is written as...
...the fabric, no? - I'm impressed you know that.
Well...
Yes?
Are you s. Aizawa?
Yes, I should have said so.
I went to Shin's home.
And?
And what?
I assume it wasn't merely a sociaI visit.
I can't just leave him.
We've been together for eight years.
Habit is far stronger than any bonds of affection.
It's true.
I've finally realized that.
You've started smoking.
It's habit with him, too.
Marriage is an ingrained habit he can't break.
That's mean.
You said you don't know why you're still with him.
You said it was affection.
But you're just making excuses.
I don't want to see you again.
You're stifling me!
I can't breath here!
Are you here?
We're taking a holiday.
Go pack.
Do it!
Did you get my letter?
That's why I'm here.
How dare you use Ryota to break off with me?
I want to start afresh.
It's not about him.
I want to leave both of you and be on my own.
It would be much easier to just continue.
But that's a road to nowhere.
You know that, don't you?
I hate my life.
I'm sick of it.
I want to be someone.
Take a holiday.
With me.
Things will change.
Let's go.
Shall we go?
Did you ever consider that I might not come?
You told me you'd be here.
Are you asleep?
It'll kill me.
Staying with my wife.
Will you join me?
Just the two of us.
Well, then.
I'll be off.
Aizawa speaking.
How are you?
It's me.
I'm fine.
Are you at home?
No. I went out for cigarettes. I'm at the station.
I see.
Is everything okay?
How about you?
The same.
This is my new beginning.
I've decided to start building something that will last.
That's good.
I'd like to stop by sometime.
Then you should.
Alright then. I'll call again.
- Listen. - What?
I've got something on in Odawara tomorrow.
Odawara? I can be there. What time?
Welcome.
Welcome to our inn.
Your room is upstairs.
We're here.
Will you join me in a suicide pact?
It's what I wanted for such a long time.
I'm sick of it. Every damn thing.
Yes.
Why are you're laughing?
Why don't you ask your wife to die with you?
That would be... too crueI.
My wife always...
She tries so hard.
THE END