1. A film byCopy !req
2. Presented by STEVEN SPIELBERG /
Amblin EntertainmentCopy !req
3. Produced by HISAO KUROSAWA
and MIKE Y. INOUECopy !req
4. Creative ConsultantCopy !req
5. Cinematography by
TAKAO SAITO and SHOJI UEDACopy !req
6. Production Design by
YOSHIRO MURAKI, AKIRA SAKURAGICopy !req
7. Music byCopy !req
8. Costumes byCopy !req
9. Chief Assistant DirectorCopy !req
10. Production ManagerCopy !req
11. StarringCopy !req
12. Special Effects byCopy !req
13. Written and Directed byCopy !req
14. I HAD THE FOLLOWING DREAM...Copy !req
15. “Sunshine Through the Rain”Copy !req
16. You can't go out today.Copy !req
17. The sun is shining,
but it's raining.Copy !req
18. Foxes hold their weddings
on days like this.Copy !req
19. They hate it if anybody watches.Copy !req
20. Terrible things
will happen if you do.Copy !req
21. You saw it, didn't you?Copy !req
22. You saw something
you shouldn't have.Copy !req
23. I can't have
such a child in my house.Copy !req
24. An angry fox
came looking for you.Copy !req
25. He left this.Copy !req
26. You're to atone
by cutting your belly open.Copy !req
27. Go quickly
and ask their forgiveness.Copy !req
28. Give that back to them...Copy !req
29. and beg for your life
on your knees!Copy !req
30. They rarely forgive
even trivial things.Copy !req
31. You must go prepared
to die for your sin!Copy !req
32. Hurry now!Copy !req
33. Until they forgive you,Copy !req
34. I can't let you back in.Copy !req
35. But I don't know
where their home is.Copy !req
36. Of course you do.Copy !req
37. On days like this
there's always a rainbow.Copy !req
38. Their home
is beneath the rainbow.Copy !req
39. I HAD ANOTHER DREAM...Copy !req
40. “The Peach Orchard”Copy !req
41. - Take this, big sister.
- Thanks.Copy !req
42. Weren't there six of you?Copy !req
43. There were six of you before,
so I brought six servings.Copy !req
44. You made a mistake.
Here, you have this one.Copy !req
45. I already had mine.Copy !req
46. That's strange.Copy !req
47. I'm sure there were six.
Did someone leave?Copy !req
48. No.Copy !req
49. There really was another girl here.Copy !req
50. Stop acting so strange!Copy !req
51. Now leave us alone.Copy !req
52. - She's there!
- Who?Copy !req
53. - I don't know who she is.
- No one's there!Copy !req
54. She was right there!Copy !req
55. Have you got a fever again?Copy !req
56. No!
Just tell me who she is.Copy !req
57. Are you all right?Copy !req
58. Wait!Copy !req
59. Where are you going?
You're not supposed to go out!Copy !req
60. Little boy!Copy !req
61. We have something to tell you.Copy !req
62. Listen carefully.Copy !req
63. We're never going
to your house again.Copy !req
64. Why not?Copy !req
65. Your family...Copy !req
66. cut down all the peach treesCopy !req
67. in this orchard.Copy !req
68. The Doll Festival
is also a seasonal festival.Copy !req
69. It's the festival
of the peach trees.Copy !req
70. We dolls are personifications
of the peach tree.Copy !req
71. We're the spirit of the trees,
the life of the blossoms.Copy !req
72. If you cut down the peach trees,Copy !req
73. how can you hold a Doll Festival?Copy !req
74. Those vanished trees
are weeping in their sorrow.Copy !req
75. It's too late for tears!Copy !req
76. Let us not blame the boy.Copy !req
77. He wept for us
as we were being chopped down.Copy !req
78. He even tried to stop them.Copy !req
79. Because he'd get
no more peaches!Copy !req
80. You're wrong!Copy !req
81. I can buy peaches at the store!Copy !req
82. But where can you buy
a whole orchard in bloom?Copy !req
83. I loved this placeCopy !req
84. and the peach trees
that blossomed here.Copy !req
85. I knew I would
never see them again!Copy !req
86. That's why I cried!Copy !req
87. Very well. We understand.Copy !req
88. He is a good boy.Copy !req
89. Let us allow him to seeCopy !req
90. this peach orchard in bloom
one last time.Copy !req
91. I HAD ANOTHER DREAM...Copy !req
92. “The Blizzard”Copy !req
93. It's getting dark.Copy !req
94. Is it night again already?Copy !req
95. Don't be stupid!Copy !req
96. It hasn't been that long
since we set out.Copy !req
97. But we set out late.Copy !req
98. We overslept.Copy !req
99. That can't be.Copy !req
100. It's only 11:00.Copy !req
101. Your watch must be broken.Copy !req
102. No.Copy !req
103. The hands are moving.Copy !req
104. The snow makes it seem dark.Copy !req
105. It's turning into another blizzard!Copy !req
106. Come on, let's hurry!Copy !req
107. Are we on the right path?Copy !req
108. Yes.Copy !req
109. We'll be out of this gully soon.Copy !req
110. We're almost
at the advance camp.Copy !req
111. Enough!
I'm sick of hearing that!Copy !req
112. I've had it!Copy !req
113. Get up!Copy !req
114. Get up and walk!Copy !req
115. You call yourselves mountaineers?Copy !req
116. A little storm like this -
aren't you ashamed?Copy !req
117. Little storm?Copy !req
118. It's been three days!Copy !req
119. It's never going to let up.Copy !req
120. Nonsense!Copy !req
121. It won't stop!Copy !req
122. It's waiting for us to die!Copy !req
123. All right.Copy !req
124. We'll rest a bit.Copy !req
125. Someone's coming!Copy !req
126. It's true.Copy !req
127. Someone's coming!Copy !req
128. No one's coming.Copy !req
129. You're hallucinating.Copy !req
130. Don't fall asleep!Copy !req
131. You'll die if you fall asleep!Copy !req
132. Get up!Copy !req
133. Stay awake!Copy !req
134. Get up!Copy !req
135. You'll die if you sleep!Copy !req
136. Wake up...Copy !req
137. The snow is warm.Copy !req
138. The ice is hot.Copy !req
139. Wake up! Are you okay?Copy !req
140. Wake up!Copy !req
141. Wake up!Copy !req
142. Wake up!Copy !req
143. Look!Copy !req
144. Our camp!Copy !req
145. It's our camp!Copy !req
146. I HAD ANOTHER DREAM...Copy !req
147. “The Tunnel”Copy !req
148. Private Noguchi!Copy !req
149. Yes, sir!Copy !req
150. You're -Copy !req
151. Sir, did I...Copy !req
152. did I really die in action?Copy !req
153. I can't...Copy !req
154. I can't believe I'm really dead.Copy !req
155. I was discharged and went home.Copy !req
156. I ate the sweet rice cakes
my mom made for me.Copy !req
157. I remember it clearly.Copy !req
158. You told me that once before.Copy !req
159. You were shot, and you fainted.Copy !req
160. As I tended to you,
you woke up and told me that story.Copy !req
161. It was just...Copy !req
162. a dream you had
while unconscious.Copy !req
163. It was such a vivid tale.
I couldn't forget it.Copy !req
164. But five minutes later...Copy !req
165. you really did die.Copy !req
166. Understood, sir!Copy !req
167. But my mom and dad...Copy !req
168. still don't believe I'm dead.Copy !req
169. That's my home.Copy !req
170. My mom and dad...Copy !req
171. are still waiting for me there.Copy !req
172. But it's a fact.Copy !req
173. You were killed.Copy !req
174. It breaks my heart...Copy !req
175. but I have to be blunt:Copy !req
176. You died...Copy !req
177. in my arms.Copy !req
178. Noguchi!Copy !req
179. Platoon...Copy !req
180. halt!Copy !req
181. Salute the company commander!Copy !req
182. Present...Copy !req
183. arms!Copy !req
184. Order arms!Copy !req
185. Third Platoon reporting, sir.Copy !req
186. All present and accounted for.Copy !req
187. Listen to me!Copy !req
188. I understand...Copy !req
189. how you must feel.Copy !req
190. Nevertheless...Copy !req
191. the Third Platoon
was completely wiped out.Copy !req
192. You were all killed in action.Copy !req
193. Forgive me.Copy !req
194. I managed to survive.Copy !req
195. I can't even look you in the face.Copy !req
196. The responsibility
for your deaths...Copy !req
197. rests with me!Copy !req
198. I could blame it all...Copy !req
199. on the absurdity of war,Copy !req
200. or the inhumanity of the military.Copy !req
201. But to deny my own mistakes
and indecisiveness would be cowardly.Copy !req
202. That said...Copy !req
203. I was taken prisoner.Copy !req
204. And life in that camp gave me...Copy !req
205. a taste of the agonies of death.Copy !req
206. And...Copy !req
207. now...Copy !req
208. as I look at you...Copy !req
209. I taste that same bitterness again.Copy !req
210. Compared to your own suffering,Copy !req
211. mine must seem trivial.Copy !req
212. But I tell you this honestly:Copy !req
213. I wished...Copy !req
214. I had died with you.Copy !req
215. Please believe me
when I say that.Copy !req
216. I understand your resentment.Copy !req
217. I really do.Copy !req
218. To die in battle...Copy !req
219. is to die like a dog!Copy !req
220. But listen to me.Copy !req
221. What good is it wandering
among the living like this?Copy !req
222. I beg you!Copy !req
223. Go back!Copy !req
224. Go back and rest in peace.Copy !req
225. Third Platoon...Copy !req
226. about...Copy !req
227. face!Copy !req
228. Forward...Copy !req
229. march!Copy !req
230. I HAD ANOTHER DREAM...Copy !req
231. “Crows”Copy !req
232. Hello.Copy !req
233. Do you know
where Mr. Van Gogh lives?Copy !req
234. If it's him you're after,
he crossed the bridgeCopy !req
235. and went that way.Copy !req
236. Thank you.Copy !req
237. Be careful, sir.Copy !req
238. He just got out
of the lunatic asylum.Copy !req
239. You're Vincent van Gogh,
aren't you?Copy !req
240. I HAD ANOTHER DREAM...Copy !req
241. “Mount Fuji in Red”Copy !req
242. What's going on?Copy !req
243. What's happening?Copy !req
244. Has Fuji erupted?Copy !req
245. This is terrible!Copy !req
246. It's worse than that!Copy !req
247. Haven't you heard?Copy !req
248. The nuclear power plant exploded!Copy !req
249. There are six reactors.Copy !req
250. They're exploding one after another.Copy !req
251. This is Japan.
There's nowhere to run.Copy !req
252. I know that.
We can't escape.Copy !req
253. But we have to try.
We have no choice!Copy !req
254. We can't go any farther.Copy !req
255. But...Copy !req
256. what happened?Copy !req
257. Where did all those people go?Copy !req
258. Where did they run to?Copy !req
259. They're at the bottom of the sea.Copy !req
260. Those are dolphins.
Even they're trying to escape.Copy !req
261. Lucky them.Copy !req
262. They can swim away.Copy !req
263. It makes no difference.Copy !req
264. The radiation will get them
soon enough.Copy !req
265. Here it comes.Copy !req
266. The red is plutonium-239.Copy !req
267. One ten-millionth of a gram
will give you cancer.Copy !req
268. The yellow is strontium-90.Copy !req
269. It collects in your bone marrowCopy !req
270. and causes leukemia.Copy !req
271. The purple is cesium-137.Copy !req
272. It accumulates in the gonads,
causing genetic mutations.Copy !req
273. There's no telling
what you'll give birth to.Copy !req
274. People are such fools!Copy !req
275. Radiation was dangerous
because you couldn't see it,Copy !req
276. so they found a way to dye it.Copy !req
277. But that only confirms
you're going to die.Copy !req
278. It's just Death's calling card.Copy !req
279. Now, if you'll excuse me...Copy !req
280. Wait!Copy !req
281. Radiation doesn't kill you
right away, so maybe -Copy !req
282. Maybe nothing!
A slow death is even worse.Copy !req
283. Death is one thing for adults
who've lived their lives.Copy !req
284. But children haven't even
begun to live yet.Copy !req
285. Waiting to die from
radiation poisoning isn't living.Copy !req
286. They told us,
“Nuclear energy is safe.Copy !req
287. The danger lies in human error,Copy !req
288. not in nuclear energy itself.Copy !req
289. We won't allow any mistakes,
so don't worry.”Copy !req
290. It's unforgivable!Copy !req
291. Those bastards better hang for thisCopy !req
292. or I'll never die in peace!Copy !req
293. Don't worry.
The radiation will see to that.Copy !req
294. Please forgive me.Copy !req
295. I'm one of those who ought to hang.Copy !req
296. I HAD ANOTHER DREAM...Copy !req
297. “The Weeping Demon”Copy !req
298. You're human, eh?Copy !req
299. What's the matter?Copy !req
300. Are you a demon?Copy !req
301. I suppose I am.Copy !req
302. But I used to be human.Copy !req
303. What a world!Copy !req
304. What stupidity!Copy !req
305. Long ago...Copy !req
306. this here was a field of flowers.Copy !req
307. But then...Copy !req
308. the hydrogen bombs
and missiles...Copy !req
309. turned it into this desert!Copy !req
310. But recently...Copy !req
311. mysterious flowers
have begun to bloom...Copy !req
312. in areas covered in fallout.Copy !req
313. These are all dandelions.Copy !req
314. Dandelions?Copy !req
315. Monster dandelions.Copy !req
316. This is a rose.Copy !req
317. But the stern grows
from the center of the flowerCopy !req
318. and has another bud
growing from its tip.Copy !req
319. The radiation
scattered all around here...Copy !req
320. has left all these flowers...Copy !req
321. deformed and misshapen.Copy !req
322. But it's not just the flowers.Copy !req
323. Human beings too.Copy !req
324. Just look at me.Copy !req
325. Human beings are such idiots.Copy !req
326. We turned the Earth
into a dumping ground for toxic waste!Copy !req
327. There's no healthy nature leftCopy !req
328. anywhere on the planet.Copy !req
329. No birds, no animals, no fish.Copy !req
330. Except...Copy !req
331. a while back...Copy !req
332. I saw a rabbit with two faces...Copy !req
333. a one-eyed bird...Copy !req
334. and a fish covered in fur.Copy !req
335. What do you do for food?Copy !req
336. There is no food!Copy !req
337. We devour each other.Copy !req
338. The weak ones go first.Copy !req
339. My turn's coming soon.Copy !req
340. There's a class structure
even among demons.Copy !req
341. Those like meCopy !req
342. with one horn...Copy !req
343. inevitably get eaten
by those with two or three.Copy !req
344. Those who seized power
as human beings...Copy !req
345. the cunning and the shameless,Copy !req
346. rule the demon world as well.Copy !req
347. Fine!
Let them have their way.Copy !req
348. Let them grow
all the horns they want.Copy !req
349. Let them look
like terrifying freaks!Copy !req
350. Such are the torments of hell.Copy !req
351. It's worse than death.Copy !req
352. But they couldn't dieCopy !req
353. even if they wanted to.Copy !req
354. You see, it's a demon's karmaCopy !req
355. never to die.Copy !req
356. They must suffer forever...Copy !req
357. tortured for their sins.Copy !req
358. But me, I'll be eaten soon.Copy !req
359. No!Copy !req
360. I don't want to be eaten.Copy !req
361. That's why
I'm running away like this.Copy !req
362. But...Copy !req
363. I get so hungry...Copy !req
364. and become disgusted
with myself.Copy !req
365. I was a farmer when I was a man.Copy !req
366. I dumped tank trucks of milk
into the river to keep prices up.Copy !req
367. Onions, potatoes, cabbage -
I bulldozed them all under.Copy !req
368. I was so stupid!Copy !req
369. Hear that?Copy !req
370. When dusk comes...Copy !req
371. those big-shot demons howl in pain.Copy !req
372. Their horns hurt
like cancerous tumors.Copy !req
373. Enough to make them yearn
for a quick death.Copy !req
374. But since they can't die...Copy !req
375. all they can do is howl.Copy !req
376. Come, I'll show you.Copy !req
377. I'll show you how they howl.Copy !req
378. My horn's beginning to hurt too.Copy !req
379. Go now!Copy !req
380. Go where?Copy !req
381. You want to become a demon too?Copy !req
382. I HAD ANOTHER DREAM...Copy !req
383. “The Village of the Water Mills”Copy !req
384. Good day.Copy !req
385. Good day.Copy !req
386. Ah, good day.Copy !req
387. What's the name of this village?Copy !req
388. It doesn't have one.Copy !req
389. We just call it “the village.”Copy !req
390. But outsiders call it
“the village of the water mills.”Copy !req
391. Do all the villagers
live around here?Copy !req
392. No.Copy !req
393. We're spread all around.Copy !req
394. You don't have electricity?Copy !req
395. We don't need stuff like that.Copy !req
396. People are suckers for convenience.Copy !req
397. They think,
“The more convenient, the better,”Copy !req
398. and they end up
throwing out what's truly good.Copy !req
399. What do you do for light?Copy !req
400. We have candles and rapeseed oil.Copy !req
401. Isn't it dark at night?Copy !req
402. Night is supposed to be dark.Copy !req
403. We'd be in trouble
if night were as bright as day.Copy !req
404. I don't want a night so bright
that I can't see the stars.Copy !req
405. You have rice paddies...Copy !req
406. but I see no tillers
or harvesting machines.Copy !req
407. We don't need such things.Copy !req
408. We have cows and horses.Copy !req
409. What do you use for fuel?Copy !req
410. Firewood, mostly.Copy !req
411. We feel bad
chopping down living trees,Copy !req
412. but there are enough dead ones.Copy !req
413. We mainly just chop those
into firewood.Copy !req
414. And if you make charcoal
from the wood,Copy !req
415. just a few trees give
as much heat as a whole forest.Copy !req
416. And cow dung
makes good fuel too.Copy !req
417. As much as possible,Copy !req
418. we try to liveCopy !req
419. the natural way,
like people did in the past.Copy !req
420. These days...Copy !req
421. people have forgotten
they're a part of nature too.Copy !req
422. They can't live without nature,Copy !req
423. yet they meddle with it
and destroy it.Copy !req
424. They always think
they can create something better.Copy !req
425. Especially scientists.Copy !req
426. They may be smart...Copy !req
427. but so many of them
are completely deafCopy !req
428. to the beating of nature's heart.Copy !req
429. They work so hard inventing
things that make people unhappyCopy !req
430. and then pat themselves
on the back for it.Copy !req
431. Even worse,
the vast majority of peopleCopy !req
432. look at those idiotic inventions
as if they were miraclesCopy !req
433. and bow down before them.Copy !req
434. They don't notice
that nature is being lostCopy !req
435. and that they're heading
for extinction.Copy !req
436. The most important things
for human beingsCopy !req
437. are clean air and clean water...Copy !req
438. and the trees and grass
that produce them.Copy !req
439. But folks pollute everything,Copy !req
440. and it's lost forever.Copy !req
441. The polluted air and waterCopy !req
442. go on to pollute people's hearts.Copy !req
443. On my way here...Copy !req
444. I saw children
placing flowers on a stone.Copy !req
445. Why did they do that?Copy !req
446. Oh, that.Copy !req
447. I heard the story
from my late father.Copy !req
448. A very long time ago...Copy !req
449. an ailing travelerCopy !req
450. fell dead on that spot.Copy !req
451. The villagers took pityCopy !req
452. and buried him
right where he died.Copy !req
453. They placed that rock there
as a kind of tombstoneCopy !req
454. and offered flowers to it.Copy !req
455. It became a custom
that continues to this day.Copy !req
456. It isn't just the children.Copy !req
457. All the villagersCopy !req
458. put flowers there as they pass...Copy !req
459. without even knowing why
anymore.Copy !req
460. Is there a festival today?Copy !req
461. No, that's a funeral.Copy !req
462. You seem to find that odd.Copy !req
463. But a funeral is actually
a joyous occasion.Copy !req
464. It's good to live well
and work hardCopy !req
465. and then be congratulated
on a job well done.Copy !req
466. We have no temple or priest,Copy !req
467. so all the villagers gatherCopy !req
468. and carry the deceasedCopy !req
469. to the cemetery on the hill.Copy !req
470. Of course, it's different
if a child or young person dies.Copy !req
471. You can't really
call that auspicious.Copy !req
472. But fortunately...Copy !req
473. the people here lead
a natural way of lifeCopy !req
474. and most die in the order
in which they were born.Copy !req
475. The lady being buried todayCopy !req
476. died peacefully at the age of 99.Copy !req
477. In fact, I must go now
and join the procession.Copy !req
478. Please excuse me.Copy !req
479. To tell you the truth,Copy !req
480. she was my first love.Copy !req
481. But she broke my heartCopy !req
482. and married another guy.Copy !req
483. By the way, how old are you?Copy !req
484. Me?Copy !req
485. One hundred plus three.Copy !req
486. A pretty good age
to leave the human race.Copy !req
487. Listen, people go on
about how hard life is,Copy !req
488. but that's just a lot of talk.Copy !req
489. Honestly, it's good to be alive.Copy !req
490. It's quite exciting.Copy !req
491. THE ENDCopy !req