1. That's good.Copy !req
2. How about using some more colors?Copy !req
3. Tony.Copy !req
4. Yes?Copy !req
5. Tony Takitani's real name was...Copy !req
6. It really was Tony Takitani.Copy !req
7. Tony's fatherCopy !req
8. was Takitani Shozaburo,Copy !req
9. a jazz musician.Copy !req
10. Right before the Pacific War began,Copy !req
11. Shozaburo caused some troubleCopy !req
12. and made his way
from Tokyo to China.Copy !req
13. Takitani passed the violent war years,Copy !req
14. breezily playing tromboneCopy !req
15. in a Shanghai night club.Copy !req
16. And when the war ended,Copy !req
17. his longstanding ties with
shady characters caught up with him,Copy !req
18. and they locked him upCopy !req
19. in prison for a long time.Copy !req
20. Most of his fellow prisonersCopy !req
21. were executed, one after another,Copy !req
22. with hardly any benefit of a trial.Copy !req
23. The executions always took place
at two in the afternoon.Copy !req
24. One day,Copy !req
25. without warning,Copy !req
26. they'd drag him to the courtyard, too,
and shoot him in the headCopy !req
27. with an automatic rifle.Copy !req
28. In that place, the boundary
between life and death...Copy !req
29. Was as slim as a single strand of hair.Copy !req
30. Takitani ShozaburoCopy !req
31. returned to Japan,
no more than a bag of bones,Copy !req
32. in the springCopy !req
33. of 1946.Copy !req
34. He found his homeCopy !req
35. had been destroyed
in the firebombing, and his parentsCopy !req
36. and his only brother,Copy !req
37. lost to the same fate.Copy !req
38. In other words, he was then...Copy !req
39. utterly alone in the world.Copy !req
40. Eventually,Copy !req
41. he married a distant relative
on his mother's side.Copy !req
42. A year after they were married,
they had a baby boy,Copy !req
43. and three days
after the child's birth,Copy !req
44. his mother died.Copy !req
45. Her death came abruptly,Copy !req
46. as did her cremation.Copy !req
47. An American Major,
a friend of Takitani's,Copy !req
48. consoled him for the loss
of his wife like family.Copy !req
49. And the Major said,Copy !req
50. "You should name your kid
Tony, after me".Copy !req
51. What with American influence
likely to endure,Copy !req
52. the idea of giving his son
an American name seemed...Copy !req
53. Not half bad.Copy !req
54. That's what Shozaburo thoughtCopy !req
55. Not half bad, Tony Takitani...Copy !req
56. Not half bad...Copy !req
57. And yet,Copy !req
58. because of that American name,Copy !req
59. whenever Tony introduced himself,Copy !req
60. people looked at him oddly...Copy !req
61. Some even got mad.Copy !req
62. Tony TakitaniCopy !req
63. was a boy who kept to himself
for this and other reasons.Copy !req
64. For as long as he could remember,Copy !req
65. his father was off touring
with his band.Copy !req
66. Spending time alone
was the most natural thingCopy !req
67. in the world for Tony.Copy !req
68. When he was young,Copy !req
69. a housekeeper looked after him,Copy !req
70. but once he started junior high,Copy !req
71. he cooked for himself,Copy !req
72. locked upCopy !req
73. and went to bed on his own.Copy !req
74. I'll take care
of my own supper tomorrow.Copy !req
75. I see, bye.Copy !req
76. Good night.Copy !req
77. Good night.Copy !req
78. I never thought
I was especially lonely.Copy !req
79. You need to do
Self Criticism on that.Copy !req
80. That's what you think,
and we're staying back, so we're fine,Copy !req
81. but who knows about next year...Copy !req
82. You're good,Copy !req
83. but I don't feel any warmth.Copy !req
84. That just makes you
a capitalist running dog.Copy !req
85. That's a little extreme, isn't it?Copy !req
86. That's flawed logic.Copy !req
87. What's flawed about it?Copy !req
88. Tony couldn't fathom
the value of the kinds of paintingsCopy !req
89. his classmates argued over,Copy !req
90. paintings
imbued with artistry or ideology.Copy !req
91. To him, such paintings
were just immature,Copy !req
92. and ugly.Copy !req
93. And inaccurate.Copy !req
94. Have you ever gone out
with a woman?Copy !req
95. I did,Copy !req
96. but we broke up.Copy !req
97. Ever considered marriage?Copy !req
98. Never.Copy !req
99. Right...Copy !req
100. Did Hayashida already go home?Copy !req
101. He left half an hour ago.Copy !req
102. I thought I'd have lunch with him...Copy !req
103. How's things?Copy !req
104. Oh, looks good, OK.Copy !req
105. Listen,Copy !req
106. the axis of an ellipse...Copy !req
107. Tony was best at drawing machines.Copy !req
108. His detailed renditions
of cars, radios, and enginesCopy !req
109. were more scrupulous
than anyone else's.Copy !req
110. That he became an illustrator...Copy !req
111. Was only natural.Copy !req
112. We're in the red for the second half.Copy !req
113. Yes, well, the price of paints rose...Copy !req
114. In paints and in paper,
our expenses have increasedCopy !req
115. along with our staff.Copy !req
116. From magazine covers
to advertising illustrations,Copy !req
117. Tony accepted any job
related to mechanics.Copy !req
118. The work was agreeableCopy !req
119. and the money was good.Copy !req
120. I'm off.Copy !req
121. Heading home.Copy !req
122. I'm sorry I kept you waiting.Copy !req
123. Come inside.Copy !req
124. Thank you.Copy !req
125. Here are the layouts you sent me.Copy !req
126. There's A, B and C...Copy !req
127. This one...Copy !req
128. is A.Copy !req
129. This one's B...Copy !req
130. and C's...Copy !req
131. Yes, thank you.Copy !req
132. - And there's D and E.
- Yes, I'll take them.Copy !req
133. You're new, right?Copy !req
134. Yes, I'm Konuma Eiko.Copy !req
135. It's nice to meet you.Copy !req
136. Oh, likewise.Copy !req
137. I'll look after these, then.Copy !req
138. She was like a bird taking flight
for a distant land...Copy !req
139. She wore her clothes naturally,Copy !req
140. as though enveloped
by a special breeze.Copy !req
141. She returned
to Tony's office several times.Copy !req
142. And one day, Tony asked her outCopy !req
143. to lunch.Copy !req
144. I've never met anyone
who inhabits her clothesCopy !req
145. with such obvious relish as you.Copy !req
146. I feel like clothes...Copy !req
147. That they...Copy !req
148. fill up...Copy !req
149. what's missingCopy !req
150. inside me.Copy !req
151. I'm self-centeredCopy !req
152. And I...Copy !req
153. love...Copy !req
154. to indulge...Copy !req
155. myself.Copy !req
156. So...Copy !req
157. I spend almost my entire salary
on clothes.Copy !req
158. I never spend money on anything
except paints and supplies.Copy !req
159. I think I've gone and fallen in love.Copy !req
160. I'm thinking about getting married
for the first time ever.Copy !req
161. So, what do you like about her?Copy !req
162. How can I put it...Copy !req
163. It's like she was born to dress up.Copy !req
164. That's great.Copy !req
165. Shozaburo and TonyCopy !req
166. only saw each other once
every two or three years.Copy !req
167. Once they'd settled matters,Copy !req
168. there wasn't much leftCopy !req
169. for the two to discuss.Copy !req
170. Takitani Shozaburo wasn'tCopy !req
171. naturally suited to being a father,Copy !req
172. nor was Tony TakitaniCopy !req
173. naturally suited to being a son.Copy !req
174. On their fifth date,Copy !req
175. Tony proposed to her.Copy !req
176. But she'd already been seeingCopy !req
177. another man for some time,Copy !req
178. and Tony was fifteen yearsCopy !req
179. her senior.Copy !req
180. That wasn't me, was it?Copy !req
181. "Please let me think it over",Copy !req
182. is what she said.Copy !req
183. Loneliness...Copy !req
184. is like a prison,Copy !req
185. that's how Tony saw it.Copy !req
186. If she says she won't marry me,Copy !req
187. I might just have to die.Copy !req
188. Tony wantedCopy !req
189. to make this clear to her.Copy !req
190. I'm sorry, out of the blue like this.Copy !req
191. There's no denying
there's 15 years between us...Copy !req
192. How lonely his life had been,Copy !req
193. how much he had already lost...Copy !req
194. And how meeting her,Copy !req
195. had finally made him recognize it.Copy !req
196. The lonely times were over
for Tony Takitani.Copy !req
197. As soon as he woke up,Copy !req
198. he sought her.Copy !req
199. When he saw her sleeping figure
beside him, he relaxedCopy !req
200. and became anxious at her absence.Copy !req
201. This lack of lonelinessCopy !req
202. felt ever so slightly odd to Tony.Copy !req
203. Because now that he wasn't lonely,Copy !req
204. he found himself constantly terrifiedCopy !req
205. by the possibility of being alone again.Copy !req
206. Sometimes, when he imagined it...Copy !req
207. It scares me so much
I break into a cold sweat.Copy !req
208. His terror lasted three months
after their marriage.Copy !req
209. And yet, as he grew accustomed
to his new life,Copy !req
210. his fear abated.Copy !req
211. - It has real personality, right?
- It's like a kid, right, a baby?Copy !req
212. There was not a single thing to castCopy !req
213. a dark shadow on their married life.Copy !req
214. She was a gifted housewifeCopy !req
215. and looked after the house briskly.Copy !req
216. But there was just one thingCopy !req
217. that bothered Tony.Copy !req
218. Which was...Copy !req
219. She buys an alarming number
of clothes.Copy !req
220. In the presence of clothes,Copy !req
221. she was almost entirely unableCopy !req
222. to restrain herself.Copy !req
223. In a flash, her expression alteredCopy !req
224. and even her voice changed.Copy !req
225. The problem escalatedCopy !req
226. after they visited Europe.Copy !req
227. During their travels,Copy !req
228. she purchased an astonishing volume
of designer clothing.Copy !req
229. As though bewitched,
she simply boughtCopy !req
230. every garment in sight,Copy !req
231. while Tony tagged along behind,Copy !req
232. picking up the tab.Copy !req
233. Once they returned to Japan,Copy !req
234. her fever did not subside.Copy !req
235. Day after day,Copy !req
236. she continued shopping for clothes.Copy !req
237. They had to orderCopy !req
238. several large wardrobes,Copy !req
239. along with shelves designedCopy !req
240. to accommodate her shoes.Copy !req
241. And when that still wasn't enough,
they had to convertCopy !req
242. one entire room into a closet.Copy !req
243. - Is this the only color?
- Yes, it only comes in white.Copy !req
244. Hello?Copy !req
245. Hi there, Dad.Copy !req
246. Yeah, it's been a while.Copy !req
247. I see...Copy !req
248. Please wait a minute
while we prepare your table.Copy !req
249. She's getting us a table.Copy !req
250. That's my Dad.Copy !req
251. You've never seen him onstage, right?Copy !req
252. Shozaburo was playing exactly
the same music he had always played.Copy !req
253. But his music was somehow differentCopy !req
254. from the way Tony remembered
his father playing.Copy !req
255. The difference may have been subtle.Copy !req
256. But to Tony,Copy !req
257. that differenceCopy !req
258. was crucial.Copy !req
259. Tony wanted to approach
his father onstage...Copy !req
260. What's so different, Dad?Copy !req
261. That's what he wanted to ask.Copy !req
262. What if...Copy !req
263. you cut back a little
on your shopping?Copy !req
264. I'm not just concerned
about the money.Copy !req
265. I'm happy you're getting
more beautiful.Copy !req
266. But... do you really need
all those clothes?Copy !req
267. I know I should.Copy !req
268. But even though I know better,Copy !req
269. I can't help myself.Copy !req
270. When I see beautiful things,Copy !req
271. I can't not buy them.Copy !req
272. I can't stop myself...Copy !req
273. from buying them.Copy !req
274. Like an addiction.Copy !req
275. But...Copy !req
276. she promisedCopy !req
277. to try to escapeCopy !req
278. from her obsession.Copy !req
279. For a week,Copy !req
280. she stayed at home,Copy !req
281. so as not to be tempted.Copy !req
282. But during that time,Copy !req
283. she began to feel
as if she was empty.Copy !req
284. She spent her daysCopy !req
285. in the dressing room,
staring at her clothes.Copy !req
286. She never ever tired
of looking at her clothes.Copy !req
287. And the more she looked,
the more she desired new ones.Copy !req
288. As soon as that desire arose,Copy !req
289. she lost control.Copy !req
290. I simply couldn't control myself.Copy !req
291. And yet, she truly loved her husband,Copy !req
292. and accepted the wisdom
of his objections.Copy !req
293. She only had one body.Copy !req
294. I really don't need...Copy !req
295. so many clothes.Copy !req
296. So she wentCopy !req
297. to her favorite boutique and askedCopy !req
298. if she could return
a recently-purchasedCopy !req
299. coat and dress.Copy !req
300. I'm sorry about it.Copy !req
301. Please come back.Copy !req
302. After returning the garments,Copy !req
303. she felt unburdened.Copy !req
304. ButCopy !req
305. as she waited for the light to change,
she could think of nothing,Copy !req
306. but the coat and dress
she had just returned.Copy !req
307. Of their colors,Copy !req
308. their design,Copy !req
309. and their textures.Copy !req
310. How much per false tooth?Copy !req
311. 70,000 yen.Copy !req
312. So, 280,000 for four?Copy !req
313. Oh, no...Copy !req
314. They're so expensive when
health insurance doesn't cover them.Copy !req
315. Hisako,Copy !req
316. I hear you quit your job?Copy !req
317. I just couldn't take it.Copy !req
318. How are you getting by?Copy !req
319. Waitressing at an Italian restaurant.Copy !req
320. I'm goingCopy !req
321. on a job interview after this.Copy !req
322. Take a look at this.Copy !req
323. Woman, size 7,Copy !req
324. approximately 165cm tall,Copy !req
325. and shoe size, 23cm.Copy !req
326. The qualifications are a bit strangeCopy !req
327. but I'm a perfect match.Copy !req
328. And...Copy !req
329. look at the salary!Copy !req
330. Maybe you should be careful.Copy !req
331. So pretty!Copy !req
332. From the thirteen women
who applied,Copy !req
333. Tony chose the woman
who most resembled his wife.Copy !req
334. Relax.Copy !req
335. Thank you.Copy !req
336. The job is really simple, actually.Copy !req
337. You're here from 9 to 5 every dayCopy !req
338. to answer the phone,Copy !req
339. and deliver my assignments,Copy !req
340. pick up materials,Copy !req
341. or make copies.Copy !req
342. Yes.Copy !req
343. But there's one condition.Copy !req
344. I just lost my wife.Copy !req
345. I've still got all of the clothes
she left behind.Copy !req
346. They're all practically brand-new.Copy !req
347. I'd like youCopy !req
348. to wear them as your uniform,Copy !req
349. while you're at work here...Copy !req
350. Every day...Copy !req
351. Your wife's clothes?Copy !req
352. That's right.Copy !req
353. That's why those sizes
were a job requirement.Copy !req
354. I'm sure it's a strange request.
I know thatCopy !req
355. but I have no ulterior motivesCopy !req
356. I just need some time to get used
to the fact that she's gone.Copy !req
357. If you are around,
dressed in her clothes,Copy !req
358. I know that the reality
of her being goneCopy !req
359. will sink in.Copy !req
360. Honestly,Copy !req
361. she really couldn't graspCopy !req
362. what Tony Takitani meant.Copy !req
363. And yet, he didn't seem
like a bad person...Copy !req
364. I think he's just a little out of it
from losing his wife.Copy !req
365. And besides...Copy !req
366. Her unemployment
was about to run out.Copy !req
367. She needed a job.Copy !req
368. I understand.Copy !req
369. I mean, actually...Copy !req
370. I don't really getCopy !req
371. what you're talking about...Copy !req
372. But I think
I can do what you ask.Copy !req
373. Oh, really? Thank you.Copy !req
374. Before I do...Copy !req
375. Is it possible...Copy !req
376. I could seeCopy !req
377. your wife's clothes?Copy !req
378. Of course.Copy !req
379. I just think
that I should try them on,Copy !req
380. to be sure they really fit...Copy !req
381. Of course.Copy !req
382. I'll wait outside.
Please try them on.Copy !req
383. She found row after row of hundreds
and hundreds of beautiful garments.Copy !req
384. She couldn't help imagining
how it must have been to dieCopy !req
385. and leave behindCopy !req
386. so many fabulous clothes.Copy !req
387. The clothing and the shoesCopy !req
388. fit her as perfectlyCopy !req
389. as if they'd been made for her.Copy !req
390. Are you all right?Copy !req
391. After a while, Tony Takitani
came in to see how she was...Copy !req
392. "Why are you crying?",Copy !req
393. He asked her.Copy !req
394. Are you all right?Copy !req
395. I'm sorry.Copy !req
396. I'm sorry.Copy !req
397. I just...Copy !req
398. don't really...Copy !req
399. understand...Copy !req
400. I guess...Copy !req
401. I've never seen...Copy !req
402. so many beautiful clothes at once.Copy !req
403. I think it confused me.Copy !req
404. I'm sorry.Copy !req
405. Go ahead and choose a week's worth
of shoes and clothing and take it.Copy !req
406. And then...Copy !req
407. "Just in case it cools down,Copy !req
408. "why don't you choose a coat, too,"Copy !req
409. said Tony Takitani.Copy !req
410. She chose a grey cashmere coat
that looked warm.Copy !req
411. It was as light as a feather.Copy !req
412. She had never wornCopy !req
413. such a coat in her entire life.Copy !req
414. Her clothes...Copy !req
415. seemed like
his wife's lingering shadows.Copy !req
416. These shadows,Copy !req
417. once infused with warm breath,Copy !req
418. had moved alongside his wife.Copy !req
419. Yet,Copy !req
420. what now confronted him,Copy !req
421. their vital roots severed,Copy !req
422. seemed a flock of shadows,Copy !req
423. withering with each moment.Copy !req
424. As Tony...Copy !req
425. Watched this happen,Copy !req
426. I gradually began to suffocate.Copy !req
427. I'm sorry, but things have changed.Copy !req
428. The things you took home
are yours to keep.Copy !req
429. Please just forget this entire episode.Copy !req
430. Please don't tell anyone about it.Copy !req
431. Morning.Copy !req
432. They have a terrible reputation.Copy !req
433. The stains never come out.Copy !req
434. You're wearing more designer stuff.Copy !req
435. It's silk wool.Copy !req
436. Looks pricey.Copy !req
437. Must have cost over 100,000 yen.Copy !req
438. Why? And how can you afford
so many expensive clothes?Copy !req
439. I can't tell you.Copy !req
440. And even if I could,Copy !req
441. you two would never believe me.Copy !req
442. What's that mean?Copy !req
443. Tony wound up contactingCopy !req
444. a second-hand clothes shop,
and they cameCopy !req
445. and took everything away.Copy !req
446. He left the barren,Copy !req
447. former dressing room
vacant for a long time.Copy !req
448. And even the emotionsCopy !req
449. he had once embracedCopy !req
450. gradually receded from his memory.Copy !req
451. His memory gradually shifted,Copy !req
452. like mist in the wind,Copy !req
453. growing dimmerCopy !req
454. with each change.Copy !req
455. Two years after his wife's death,Copy !req
456. his father, Takitani Shozaburo,
died of liver cancer.Copy !req
457. He left behind onlyCopy !req
458. his tromboneCopy !req
459. and a mountain of old jazz records.Copy !req
460. The records reeked with mold,Copy !req
461. so periodically Tony had to open
the windows of the dressing room.Copy !req
462. In this way... a year passed.Copy !req
463. However,Copy !req
464. the mountain of records
he had inheritedCopy !req
465. gradually began to burden him.Copy !req
466. Tony called
a second-hand record shopCopy !req
467. for an appraisal.Copy !req
468. Because many of the records
were rare,Copy !req
469. the appraisal came in quite high,Copy !req
470. but even that meant nothing.Copy !req
471. Once the mountain
of records vanished,Copy !req
472. Tony TakitaniCopy !req
473. was trulyCopy !req
474. and finally,Copy !req
475. completely alone.Copy !req
476. I'm going home now.Copy !req
477. Stick around.Copy !req
478. Something I want to ask you.Copy !req
479. All right.Copy !req
480. You're Tony Takitani, right?Copy !req
481. Yes.Copy !req
482. Nice crowd.Copy !req
483. The thing is,Copy !req
484. you may be shocked...Copy !req
485. I'm the guy...Copy !req
486. Eiko ditched back then.Copy !req
487. I hear the chick up and died.Copy !req
488. Wasn't that chick a pain?Copy !req
489. She was not a pain, and...Copy !req
490. I've forgotten.Copy !req
491. And stop calling her "that chick".Copy !req
492. So you are dull, after all.Copy !req
493. Just like your drawings...Copy !req
494. From time to time,Copy !req
495. he would recall the unknown woman,Copy !req
496. who had wept so,Copy !req
497. in the former dressing room,Copy !req
498. upon seeing the clothes.Copy !req
499. AndCopy !req
500. his memory would resurrectCopy !req
501. the sound of her sobs.Copy !req
502. "I've never seen...Copy !req
503. so many beautiful clothesCopy !req
504. at once"Copy !req
505. He didn't wish to remember it.Copy !req
506. And yet,Copy !req
507. even after he had forgotten
almost everything else,Copy !req
508. strangely, he could never shakeCopy !req
509. the recollection of that woman.Copy !req
510. Hey, say, gloves...Copy !req
511. I got two pairs of gloves.Copy !req
512. Oh, perfect. I'll give you one.Copy !req
513. - Which one? Purple or yellow?
- Either's fine.Copy !req
514. - But, no...
- It's up to you.Copy !req
515. You can't leave it up to me.Copy !req
516. But really, either's fine.Copy !req
517. Yellow, or purple...Copy !req
518. - You really sure?
- Yes, it's really fine.Copy !req
519. Oh, I know.Copy !req
520. You know the purple one's...
It's missing,Copy !req
521. there's only a thumb.Copy !req
522. It really doesn't matter.Copy !req
523. I really don't even want them.Copy !req
524. Hey, that's not very nice...Copy !req
525. Issey OgataCopy !req
526. Miyazawa RieCopy !req
527. Nishijima HidetoshiCopy !req
528. Based on "Tony Takitani" by
Murakami HarukiCopy !req
529. Sakamoto RyuichiCopy !req
530. Executive producer:
Yonezawa KeikoCopy !req
531. Ishida MotokiCopy !req
532. Director of photography:
Hirokawa TaishiCopy !req
533. Written and directed by:
Ichikawa JunCopy !req