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Winning nominee for the
Geijutsu Sai (Arts Prize), 1963
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Produced by Nikkatsu Ltd
and Ishihara Promotions
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Nikkatsu Productions Ltd
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ALONE ACROSS THE PACIFIC
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Produced by NAKAl Akira
Based on the book by HORIE Kenichi
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Screenplay by WADA Natto
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Cinematography by
YAMAZAKI Yoshihiro
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Art direction by MATS U YAMA So
Editing by TSUJII Masanori
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Original music by AKUTAGAWA Yasushi
and TAKEMITSU Toru
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Cast
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Horie Kenichi - ISHIHARA Yujiro
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Kenichi's sister - ASAOKA Ruriko
Master of shipyard - OSAKA Shiro
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Kenichi's senior - HANA Hajime
Carpenter - ASHIYA Gannosuke
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Kenichi's mother - TANAKA Kinuyo
Kenichi's father - MORI Masayuki
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Directed by ICHIKAWA Kon
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Lights!
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MAY 12TH 1962
NISHINOMIYA HARBOUR
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<i>Under Japanese law, no small craft
was allowed to leave the country.</i>
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<i>The only way to do it...</i>
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<i>...was in secret.</i>
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Hey, you're really going,
no matter what?
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Forgive me.
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Let's go.
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- Not a word to anyone about this.
- You don't need to tell me that.
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I don't want to make
any trouble for you two.
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Give it a week, then if anyone asks,
just say I've gone.
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<i>Now I was totally alone.</i>
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<i>I wasn't afraid... I felt good.</i>
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<i>For five years, I'd been dreaming
of this and now I was setting off.</i>
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<i>My greatest fear was being caught
In Japanese waters and forced back.</i>
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<i>Those two had probably gone home.</i>
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<i>All I wanted was to put Japan
behind me, yet there was no wind!</i>
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<i>10:00 pm. At last I had left
Nishinomlya Harbour.</i>
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1 hour 20 minutes to get
to the breakwater. Just 500 metres!
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Slower than swimming!
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<i>Dawn arrived and still not
the slightest breath of wind.</i>
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<i>I was still in sight
of the Nishinomlya lighthouse,</i>
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<i>and it was really starting
to get on my nerves.</i>
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Hey, is that yacht down there
the same one we saw this morning?
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What the hell's he doing?
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Just bobbing along in the same place
all day. He's in no hurry.
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<i>Yachts run on the wind,</i>
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<i>so what's the point
of fitting engines to them?</i>
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<i>I built my yacht so that
it couldn't take an engine.</i>
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<i>Divine retribution for being so awkward.</i>
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<i>As long as there was no wind,
there was absolutely nothing I could do.</i>
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<i>Even by nightfall, I was still
in the middle of Osaka Bay.</i>
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<i>I hadn't fitted any lights,</i>
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<i>so I hung a lantern to warn any other
boats that might collide with me.</i>
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<i>But I was scared of getting caught,</i>
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<i>so I was constantly hiding it
every time a boat drew near!</i>
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<i>What a palaver!</i>
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<i>I'd been manning the rudder 24 hours
and was exhausted and frozen.</i>
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<i>My feet were wet in the long boots,
but I just slept in the clothes I stood in.</i>
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<i>I left the lantern burning.</i>
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<i>As long as the authoritles
didn't find my food supplies,</i>
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<i>they wouldn't suspect anything.</i>
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I'm drifting eastwards.
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11:00?
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Right, then.
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I'll catch up on my sleep.
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Wind!
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A northerly wind.
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Let's go!
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Thank you! Thank you!
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<i>I'd counted on reaching</i>
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<i>the southern straits
of Tomoga Island within 10 hours.</i>
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<i>Now I was seeing them,
39 hours into my voyage!</i>
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<i>...a south-southeasterly wind.
Wind velocity: 6.</i>
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<i>Rain. 1002 millibars.
Temperature: 21 degrees.</i>
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<i>For Tori Island...</i>
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<i>Rain. 1000 millibars. 24 degrees.</i>
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<i>At Hachijo Island,
a south-easterly wind...</i>
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<i>...1003 millibars. 28 degrees...</i>
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I was right, it's safer having no light.
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Too many patrol boats in these waters.
Thank goodness for the storm!
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<i>But really I was praying that somebody
would come and rescue me!</i>
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Listen, I'm not telling you your business
because you're the expert,
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but this keel seems a little shaky.
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Why don't you just wait
until I've finished it?
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- it's a bit loose.
- Any complaints, speak to the guv'nor.
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The Kingfisher hull is small
but it's superbly designed.
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These are the blueprints I bought
in Yokohama for 10,000 yen.
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It's no good if you don't follow
the blueprints!
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I am following
the blueprints to the letter.
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I've never heard of lauan-wood masts.
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I promised you a hull for 200,000 yen,
so a lauan-wood mast will have to do.
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You're the one who came up
with the figure of 200,000 yen!
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I can't give you a penny more
so please be fair with me.
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You're always chopping and changing.
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If you don't trust us,
come in every day and supervise it.
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I will, then!
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Just look...
it's seeping in from all directions.
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Is there a single join that's safe?
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Hey, look... there are gaps everywhere.
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Every day I have to put up with this...
Enough!
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If you're only using 9-mm thick veneer,
you've got to make sure it's a tight fit.
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Boats absorb water when they're afloat.
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Wood expands when it's in water.
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I don't relish having to bail out
bilge water from the ship's hull.
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In a rocking boat, puking my guts up...
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Give me some room,
I can't do my work.
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If a yacht takes on too much water,
then it'll sink, simple as that.
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I guarantee the boat'll be fine
in the Seto Inland Sea.
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As long as you bail out water
faster than it comes in,
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the boat won't sink.
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<i>Nine days into my voyage now.</i>
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<i>Seems I've been drifting aimlessly
in the seas around Shizuoka.</i>
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<i>I'm halfway through my schedule
already.</i>
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<i>I allowed for being delayed
near the Japanese coast,</i>
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<i>but this was too much!</i>
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<i>It rained almost non-stop every day,
and pressure dropped in stormy seas.</i>
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What's the rest of the voyage
going to be like?
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Serves you right,
leaving the country without permission!
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Think bad thoughts
and you'll be sent back home!
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I don't care. Go ahead!
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Japan is such a closed country.
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I was fully prepared
and confident in my skills,
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but you wouldn't let me go.
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But the law is the law!
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It only allows things which are safe.
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But nothing is totally safe.
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Even battleships sink.
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I started this and I'll see it through!
I'll keep a watchful eye out!
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I have to say, right,
that you and me are the same person.
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Can I trust you?
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Just leave it to me!
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Really?
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You'll soon leave Japan behind you.
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Stop weeping and start singing!
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OK...
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"Reef"? What's that?
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Dictionary, dictionary...
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"Hidden reef, shore reef..."
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"To run aground on a reef."
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That's something I'd better avoid.
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"I shall walk
with my head held high"
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"So my tears won't fall..."
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<i>I discovered that crying can help
to maintain mental wellbeing.</i>
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<i>It feels good having a cry.</i>
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<i>You can bawl your eyes out,
no one's looking.</i>
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<i>I wept as though I was utterly alone
in this world.</i>
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If I say I'm not going, I won't go.
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Where the hell is it?
It should be put back where it belongs.
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- Listen, Dad...
- Go and ask your mother!
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Mum just tells me to talk to you.
I'm just going round in circles.
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This is where it's been left!
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Anyway, I've decided
I'm not going to university,
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but it'd make me feel better
if I had your consent, Dad.
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- Only because you want to go sailing!
- Guess so.
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Anyway, why can't you do both?
That's what you've been doing so far.
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I'll pay your tuition fees for you
whatever happens.
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Even if I wanted to go to university,
I'd find a way of paying for myself.
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Anyhow, I hate studying!
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- I didn't even want to go to high school.
- You can't sail yachts all your life!
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- I'll work.
- Where?
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Here. I can work with you, Dad.
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I don't want you to get into this
business. Go back to school.
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Doing the same as everyone else
doesn't interest me.
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Work isn't supposed to "interest" you,
you stubborn fool!
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You're the stubborn one!
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Why do you say that?
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I'm always easy-going,
everybody'll tell you that.
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You're going to university!
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No way!
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I'm just popping out.
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Have you finished that work
for Okazaki?
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Not quite,
but Yoshi said he'd finish it off.
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- Off to Nishinomiya again?
- That's right.
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Your mother tells me
you have a yacht now.
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A mate invited me into part ownership
with nine other guys,
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so I own one tenth of the yacht.
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A mate? What does he do for a living?
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Runs a clothes shop, a shoe shop,
a flower shop... This and that.
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So the yacht's his pastime?
He must be rolling in it, eh?
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He's not rolling in it at all,
that's why he asked me.
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It's 100,000 yen per person
to be paid in monthly instalments.
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Since I earn only 10,000 a month,
it's pretty tight!
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10,000 yen? I'm paying you too much!
I'll have to get you working harder.
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You said you didn't want me
working at the yard.
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You came here of your own free will.
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I never said that! I don't want
to inherit this place off you.
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I'm just hanging around here
so you'll get rid of me.
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Good-for-nothing!
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I'm 20 years old now.
I can take care of myself now.
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If you did your job properly,
I wouldn't have to discipline the others.
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Just tell them to ignore me
and get on with it. I'm off!
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What?
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Something you want to talk about?
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So you're leaving and going to work
somewhere else for a year?
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- I was going to talk to you about it...
- What's to talk about? You've decided.
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If it was a regular job, fine,
but it's only for a year!
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- I don't want to be an office worker.
- And after a year, then what?
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A mate put a good word in for me,
the salary's three times what I get here.
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It's a travel agency, providing services
for tourists travelling by boat or plane.
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I'll be a driver, taking passengers'
baggage to the airport.
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You'll upset your mother even more.
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Why?
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You tried to hide it from her,
but she realised all along
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that all you want to do
is sail off in your yacht.
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Hanako said as much...
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"The only books my brother reads
are ones about the sea,
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"about circumnavigating the globe
and diaries of castaways."
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What does Hana-chan know?
They're only books.
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It's only natural for someone
as wilful as you to run off to sea!
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Don't be so hard on me!
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You understand what it's like, Dad.
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Pushing and shoving through life,
trying to survive.
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To test yourself and your capabilities,
that's the best feeling, isn't it?
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You don't have to go to sea for that!
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I never said that.
I don't even have my own yacht.
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I know you well enough, you'll build one.
I expressly forbid it!
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I want you to give it up.
You're my only son.
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- You're too suspicious!
- Disobey me, and I'll cut you off!
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Well, there's nothing I can do about that.
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That's Tateyama?
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So, if Tateyama's at exactly zero...
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Precisely north!
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That's north,
so... zero, zero, zero... 180.
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All right!
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I'm good!
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So if my current position is here
and I maintain a course due south,
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then I should pass between
Hachijo Island and Mikura Island.
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After that, I hit the Pacific Ocean!
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What a great device you are!
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Good job I insisted on getting one.
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00:27:00,185 --> 00:27:02,745
With all those reefs
around the Izu Archipelago,
228
00:27:02,854 --> 00:27:06,756
you better show me you're worth
the 57,000 yen I spent on you!
229
00:27:06,858 --> 00:27:08,723
I'm relying on you.
230
00:27:15,734 --> 00:27:18,294
<i>On the front starboard side,
we have the moon.</i>
231
00:27:18,403 --> 00:27:22,499
<i>In the heavens, we have the Plough,
and at the side, the Pole Star.</i>
232
00:27:22,607 --> 00:27:25,770
<i>With my right hand on the rudder
and my left holding some cheese,</i>
233
00:27:25,877 --> 00:27:27,868
<i>I listened to music on the radio.</i>
234
00:27:28,847 --> 00:27:31,315
<i>I passed through the Izu Islands safely.</i>
235
00:27:31,416 --> 00:27:35,409
<i>I won't forget that sense of satisfaction
at my achievement.</i>
236
00:28:02,747 --> 00:28:06,547
<i>...133 degrees 45 minutes
of east longitude.</i>
237
00:28:06,651 --> 00:28:13,454
<i>985 millibars, a category-3 typhoon,
15 kilometres northeast...</i>
238
00:28:13,558 --> 00:28:16,288
It's hot but it's great weather!
239
00:28:17,929 --> 00:28:21,956
Just once... I'd love to sail in a typhoon.
240
00:29:14,619 --> 00:29:19,454
Me and my big mouth, talking
about typhoons! Now it's following me!
241
00:30:19,851 --> 00:30:22,319
With such a large hole in the boat,
242
00:30:22,420 --> 00:30:25,651
you have to drop the price
when the time comes to sell!
243
00:30:56,521 --> 00:30:57,852
Enough is enough!
244
00:30:58,590 --> 00:31:01,058
If you're facing certain death,
call out to me!
245
00:31:01,359 --> 00:31:04,920
Hail to the Mystic Law
of the Lotus Sutra!
246
00:31:07,832 --> 00:31:09,527
There as well?
247
00:32:34,485 --> 00:32:38,512
When you first started sailing,
you did nothing but complain.
248
00:32:39,157 --> 00:32:44,993
You were so tired when you got back
from school sailing trips, you just slept.
249
00:32:45,964 --> 00:32:48,933
I wish you'd given up sailing then.
250
00:32:50,034 --> 00:32:52,628
Listen, it's not that much fun even now,
251
00:32:52,737 --> 00:32:58,972
with all the research I have to do
in preparation for this crossing.
252
00:32:59,077 --> 00:33:01,671
The stress is making me sick.
253
00:33:02,947 --> 00:33:05,177
So why don't you consider giving it up?
254
00:33:07,552 --> 00:33:10,578
You have no real friends to speak of,
255
00:33:10,688 --> 00:33:13,714
and I appreciate how much
this yacht means to you.
256
00:33:13,825 --> 00:33:15,725
I have Pearl.
257
00:33:15,827 --> 00:33:17,158
Pearl?
258
00:33:18,596 --> 00:33:20,587
She's just a dog!
259
00:33:26,070 --> 00:33:27,731
I told you, don't worry.
260
00:33:27,839 --> 00:33:32,242
My yacht's been specially designed
to right itself from a 130-degree lean.
261
00:33:32,543 --> 00:33:35,774
- I'm home.
- How come you're back so early?
262
00:33:35,880 --> 00:33:37,871
Well, it's a holiday.
263
00:33:37,982 --> 00:33:40,917
- Is today Sunday?
- Wednesday.
264
00:33:41,652 --> 00:33:44,177
- A holiday on a Wednesday?
- I don't know!
265
00:33:44,288 --> 00:33:46,188
Nice to be so out of it!
266
00:33:46,290 --> 00:33:49,953
They're so easy-going
at that dressmaking college of hers.
267
00:33:50,061 --> 00:33:54,555
I'm talking about Hana-chan. She goes
into classes not knowing it's a day off!
268
00:33:56,601 --> 00:33:59,263
- Must be expensive, that yacht.
- Very expensive.
269
00:33:59,570 --> 00:34:02,061
You managed to save up for it.
270
00:34:02,173 --> 00:34:05,870
- I've been scrimping and saving.
- What scrimping and saving?
271
00:34:05,977 --> 00:34:08,946
You can save enough from your salary,
272
00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:12,813
but when it comes to shoes and shirts,
I have to buy them for you!
273
00:34:12,917 --> 00:34:16,045
You don't have to pay board and lodging
in this house!
274
00:34:16,154 --> 00:34:18,281
Please, Mum, no more ear-bashing!
275
00:34:18,589 --> 00:34:20,614
First you quit the travel agents,
276
00:34:20,725 --> 00:34:26,186
then spend every day down
at the boatyard building a yacht!
277
00:34:29,100 --> 00:34:33,969
Is there nobody that can talk you
out of this crazy idea?
278
00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:37,974
I'll be furious if you discuss
my plan with anyone else!
279
00:34:41,279 --> 00:34:43,144
Yes, but...
280
00:34:43,247 --> 00:34:46,239
I couldn't bear it
if you got angry and left home.
281
00:34:48,252 --> 00:34:51,653
Maybe I should go and talk
to your friends.
282
00:34:52,190 --> 00:34:53,885
Don't you dare!
283
00:34:55,159 --> 00:34:58,595
Even my friends have been saying
the same thing lately...
284
00:34:58,696 --> 00:35:01,096
"Don't mention crossing the Pacific
to Horie,
285
00:35:01,199 --> 00:35:04,828
"because the more you try to dissuade
him, the more he'll want to go."
286
00:35:04,936 --> 00:35:06,369
Yes, but...
287
00:35:08,906 --> 00:35:11,272
...you'll still go, even if I say nothing.
288
00:35:18,683 --> 00:35:21,049
What are you after, my dear?
289
00:35:23,221 --> 00:35:26,952
I'm sure I bought some tobacco...
but I can't find it anywhere.
290
00:35:40,771 --> 00:35:44,832
Your father won't even
discuss the matter with you.
291
00:35:44,942 --> 00:35:47,809
I know. it's the same with my friends.
292
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:51,781
Is there no way of stopping you?
293
00:35:54,719 --> 00:35:58,348
It's because you have no girlfriend.
294
00:35:58,656 --> 00:36:01,682
If you had, she'd soon stop you
in your tracks!
295
00:36:06,831 --> 00:36:09,163
Thanks for the food!
296
00:36:09,267 --> 00:36:13,727
Don't be so daft, Mum,
I don't need a girlfriend.
297
00:36:13,838 --> 00:36:18,673
And what money I do have, I spend it
on the yacht. So stop worrying!
298
00:36:18,776 --> 00:36:21,370
I'm not going anywhere
till I'm totally confident.
299
00:36:21,679 --> 00:36:24,341
How about going with a friend?
300
00:36:24,448 --> 00:36:26,712
You, who can't stand being alone,
301
00:36:26,817 --> 00:36:31,117
how can you spend all that time
by yourself at sea?
302
00:36:31,222 --> 00:36:35,215
Day in day out, seeing the same person,
even a lover, in a tiny boat...
303
00:36:35,326 --> 00:36:40,389
- it'd end in tears. Alone is best.
- You're just saying that out of pride.
304
00:36:40,698 --> 00:36:46,898
Mum! A couple of months without
company, I'm bound to get lonely.
305
00:36:47,004 --> 00:36:48,699
It can't be helped.
306
00:36:57,081 --> 00:37:00,141
Listen, it's tough luck
if you don't want me to go.
307
00:37:00,251 --> 00:37:03,880
I've made my mind up, I'm going!
You can't stop me!
308
00:37:03,988 --> 00:37:06,388
I'll let you know when I'm leaving,
309
00:37:06,490 --> 00:37:09,857
but if you keep nagging me,
then I'll just leave in secret!
310
00:37:15,099 --> 00:37:17,397
- Off to the boatyard?
- Yeah.
311
00:37:19,203 --> 00:37:20,830
Ken-chan...
312
00:37:23,975 --> 00:37:28,139
If you're caught in a storm and
facing certain death, call out to me.
313
00:39:12,583 --> 00:39:14,448
The wind's changed.
314
00:39:15,353 --> 00:39:17,253
I should get cracking.
315
00:39:18,622 --> 00:39:21,420
I've had enough of working all day.
316
00:39:23,060 --> 00:39:25,028
Now it's your turn.
317
00:39:29,100 --> 00:39:31,898
Don't just sit there, you lazy bastard!
318
00:39:32,970 --> 00:39:34,995
Why don't you get out there?
319
00:39:48,219 --> 00:39:49,914
Weird!
320
00:39:52,556 --> 00:39:55,320
Is that the first sign I'm going mad?
321
00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:58,885
Right, I'll do it myself!
322
00:39:58,996 --> 00:40:01,396
There's no one but me on this boat.
323
00:40:01,499 --> 00:40:03,330
No one but me!
324
00:40:23,554 --> 00:40:25,181
Only ten bags left.
325
00:40:26,257 --> 00:40:29,055
One bag is 3 litres,
so that makes 30 litres.
326
00:40:30,294 --> 00:40:33,286
This amount of water
should just about last two months.
327
00:40:34,598 --> 00:40:38,329
Plus 12 litres in cans...
No worries, eh?
328
00:41:01,358 --> 00:41:02,689
No way!
329
00:41:03,527 --> 00:41:05,495
Only three good ones.
330
00:41:06,464 --> 00:41:09,456
There was no problem
when I tried them out at home.
331
00:41:09,567 --> 00:41:15,130
I left water in plastic bags for a year
and there was nothing wrong with it!
332
00:41:15,239 --> 00:41:17,298
It didn't go murky like this!
333
00:41:18,609 --> 00:41:23,069
Never mind! Never mind!
I've got loads of canned fruit.
334
00:41:23,180 --> 00:41:25,614
The juice in them is just like water.
335
00:41:25,716 --> 00:41:27,741
And there's rainwater!
336
00:41:28,752 --> 00:41:31,016
If I can catch it, I can drink that.
337
00:41:48,739 --> 00:41:52,436
<i>However much I tried to laugh it off,
it was no good.</i>
338
00:41:52,543 --> 00:41:55,273
<i>It felt like I was caught
in a vicious circle.</i>
339
00:41:55,379 --> 00:41:58,348
<i>It wasn't just the loneliness.</i>
340
00:41:58,449 --> 00:42:01,782
<i>There was the exhaustion, cold,
lack of sleep and anxiety.</i>
341
00:42:02,086 --> 00:42:04,486
<i>I felt I was losing my sanity.</i>
342
00:42:04,588 --> 00:42:10,185
<i>As I wasn't taking in any water, I drank
a little alcohol to quench my thirst.</i>
343
00:42:11,128 --> 00:42:13,289
<i>I deliberately started mixing my drinks.</i>
344
00:42:14,498 --> 00:42:17,763
<i>I thought getting blind drunk
would help me.</i>
345
00:42:18,702 --> 00:42:23,366
<i>The physical pain would ease
my psychological pain, right?</i>
346
00:42:23,474 --> 00:42:25,669
I feel awful!
347
00:42:25,776 --> 00:42:27,539
Oh, that hurts!
348
00:42:59,543 --> 00:43:01,204
That's the lot.
349
00:43:01,312 --> 00:43:04,110
Do you know the easiest way
to travel abroad?
350
00:43:04,214 --> 00:43:06,114
Air travel's got to be the easiest.
351
00:43:06,216 --> 00:43:08,548
- I mean in terms of procedure.
- Procedure?
352
00:43:08,652 --> 00:43:11,553
- Know anyone who specialises in it?
- Nah.
353
00:43:11,655 --> 00:43:14,123
Isn't that your company's speciality?
354
00:43:14,224 --> 00:43:16,624
Only for legitimate clients.
355
00:43:27,805 --> 00:43:30,672
FOREIGN AFFAIRS SECTION
356
00:43:47,658 --> 00:43:49,649
Could you help me, please?
357
00:44:06,176 --> 00:44:08,667
- This won't do.
- Won't do?
358
00:44:10,381 --> 00:44:13,578
You're missing one document.
Fill it in and return it.
359
00:44:14,685 --> 00:44:18,177
These are the forms I got
from a travel agency where I worked.
360
00:44:19,690 --> 00:44:21,282
I see...
361
00:44:22,893 --> 00:44:25,521
How many days does it take
to get a passport?
362
00:44:26,697 --> 00:44:29,825
You only require an ID card
to go to Okinawa.
363
00:44:29,933 --> 00:44:33,494
But I need a document from you
that proves my Japanese nationality.
364
00:44:34,271 --> 00:44:38,230
You'll be notified within four to five
weeks to come and pick it up.
365
00:44:38,342 --> 00:44:39,707
That long?
366
00:44:39,810 --> 00:44:41,835
Okinawa's under US military jurisdiction.
367
00:44:41,945 --> 00:44:45,540
- Do you do a background check?
- How should I know?
368
00:44:45,649 --> 00:44:50,382
All we do is pass on your application
to the Southern Region General Office.
369
00:44:51,622 --> 00:44:55,353
So there's no way I can go to America
with my ID card, right?
370
00:44:56,226 --> 00:44:57,625
America?
371
00:44:59,430 --> 00:45:02,422
The counter for passport applications
is over there.
372
00:45:29,893 --> 00:45:31,918
What's up?
373
00:45:38,702 --> 00:45:41,466
No one'll come near me lately.
374
00:45:41,572 --> 00:45:45,269
At least it's better than being criticised
by everyone.
375
00:45:45,375 --> 00:45:49,971
I'm told Shikishima Cotton
will give you free sails.
376
00:45:50,280 --> 00:45:51,611
Really?
377
00:45:51,715 --> 00:45:55,242
The only condition is that you display
their trademark on the sail.
378
00:45:55,352 --> 00:45:58,583
It's like this,
in the shape of a mermaid.
379
00:45:59,923 --> 00:46:02,983
I heard you were hard up
for money, so...
380
00:46:03,293 --> 00:46:05,659
Not exactly hard up,
381
00:46:05,763 --> 00:46:08,994
but the yacht has cost me
70,000 yen more than I budgeted.
382
00:46:09,299 --> 00:46:11,893
Ask them if I can change
the boat's name to Mermaid.
383
00:46:12,002 --> 00:46:15,438
You sure you don't mind
advertising their brand?
384
00:46:15,539 --> 00:46:19,999
They're not likely to find that many
customers in the middle of the Pacific!
385
00:46:27,384 --> 00:46:30,353
There's a University Sailing Club
alumni meeting in May.
386
00:46:30,454 --> 00:46:34,823
I wanted to make it a send-off party,
but many members were against it.
387
00:46:34,925 --> 00:46:39,021
That's all right, who cares?
I might not even be in Japan by then.
388
00:46:40,531 --> 00:46:46,527
There's no need to be so arrogant
when you're talking to me.
389
00:46:46,637 --> 00:46:50,403
Sorry... You're my senior,
and I spoke out of turn.
390
00:46:50,507 --> 00:46:54,705
It's nothing to do with all that
"senior/junior" nonsense.
391
00:46:54,812 --> 00:46:57,781
What you are is a maverick.
392
00:46:57,881 --> 00:47:02,716
You always do exactly what you want,
and you do it your way.
393
00:47:02,820 --> 00:47:05,311
There's nothing wrong with that.
394
00:47:05,422 --> 00:47:09,483
When you're the only one you can trust,
you have to believe in yourself.
395
00:47:09,593 --> 00:47:15,657
Having said that, in order to protect
all that's important to you,
396
00:47:15,766 --> 00:47:18,792
surely you have to treat
those around you with respect.
397
00:47:18,902 --> 00:47:23,805
I mean, you might not see
eye to eye with everyone,
398
00:47:23,907 --> 00:47:26,899
but they're still
your friends and family, right?
399
00:47:27,010 --> 00:47:30,502
You are one man, and they are many.
400
00:47:30,614 --> 00:47:35,551
If they really want to, they can come
down on you like a ton of bricks!
401
00:47:37,788 --> 00:47:40,382
I've said too much. Forgive me.
402
00:47:40,490 --> 00:47:42,583
No, I'm not bothered at all.
403
00:47:42,693 --> 00:47:46,720
You don't get it, do you?
You should be bothered!
404
00:47:46,830 --> 00:47:53,463
Listen, it's nothing to do with us
if you survive or die in the Pacific,
405
00:47:53,570 --> 00:47:57,870
but just consider the position
you're putting everyone in.
406
00:48:09,019 --> 00:48:11,544
<i>It's almost like you want
to die out there.</i>
407
00:48:12,689 --> 00:48:14,122
I realise that, too!
408
00:48:25,002 --> 00:48:28,403
Total distance in a straight line
is 5300 miles...
409
00:48:29,506 --> 00:48:32,066
...adding on a third makes 7000 miles.
410
00:48:33,810 --> 00:48:39,646
At the Mermaid's average speed
of approximately 2 to 3 knots...
411
00:48:42,119 --> 00:48:46,818
...that's 60 days minimum,
120 days maximum.
412
00:48:48,592 --> 00:48:53,029
So, 0.5 litres multiplied by 120...
413
00:48:54,064 --> 00:48:55,656
...makes 60 litres.
414
00:48:55,766 --> 00:48:58,200
60 LITRES OF DRINKING WATER,
30 BREAD ROLLS
415
00:48:58,502 --> 00:49:00,197
5 BOXES OF CRACKERS,
5 KG OF HAM
416
00:49:00,504 --> 00:49:03,769
<i>Canned goods will be the staff of life,
whatever they taste like!</i>
417
00:49:03,874 --> 00:49:05,205
276 CANNED GOODS
418
00:49:05,509 --> 00:49:09,775
<i>2.5 cups of rice per day
multiplied by 120 days...</i>
419
00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:13,509
<i>I've put each portion in a plastic bag,
for convenience.</i>
420
00:49:13,617 --> 00:49:16,609
50 PACKETS OF MISO SOUP,
6 FLASKS OF SOY SAUCE
421
00:49:16,720 --> 00:49:19,712
1 MEDIUM BOTTLE OF KETCHUP,
1 LARGE BOTTLE OF MAYONNAISE
422
00:49:19,823 --> 00:49:21,916
5 BOXES OF SALT,
10 PACKS OF CHEWING GUM
423
00:49:22,025 --> 00:49:25,654
<i>I love sweet things so I'll pack plenty.</i>
424
00:49:25,762 --> 00:49:28,458
10 BARS OF CHOCOLATE,
3 BOXES OF BISCUITS
425
00:49:28,565 --> 00:49:30,533
2 CANS OF INSTANT CREAM,
1 TIN OF TEA
426
00:49:30,634 --> 00:49:34,934
<i>The onboard kerosene stove
always stays horizontal.</i>
427
00:49:35,038 --> 00:49:39,065
<i>I looked for a foreign-made stove
with a flame guard but couldn't find one.</i>
428
00:49:39,176 --> 00:49:42,612
<i>And I had a whistling kettle
specially made,</i>
429
00:49:42,713 --> 00:49:45,238
<i>so I can hear it when I'm above deck.</i>
430
00:49:45,549 --> 00:49:47,210
<i>Tin-openers: essential kit!</i>
431
00:49:47,517 --> 00:49:49,508
1 THERMOS FLASK,
5 SPOONS, 6 FORKS
432
00:49:49,619 --> 00:49:53,646
<i>I tried to source as much
as I could from home.</i>
433
00:49:53,757 --> 00:49:56,248
<i>Even so, I was still well over budget.</i>
434
00:49:56,560 --> 00:49:58,551
1 CHOPPING BOARD,
1 CLEAVER
435
00:49:58,662 --> 00:50:00,095
60 BOXES OF MATCHES
436
00:50:00,197 --> 00:50:04,566
<i>The red mermaid trademark was
too easily spotted, so I took it off.</i>
437
00:50:04,668 --> 00:50:09,901
1 MAIN SAIL, 1 STORM JIB,
1 CRUISING JIB, 1 COMPASS
438
00:50:10,007 --> 00:50:13,943
<i>There was a second-hand,
British-made sextant I really needed.</i>
439
00:50:14,044 --> 00:50:18,947
<i>It was 35,000 yen, but, after an hour,
I bartered it down to 25,000 yen.</i>
440
00:50:19,049 --> 00:50:21,745
1 ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE GAUGE
1 DIRECTION FINDER
441
00:50:21,852 --> 00:50:25,219
1 TRANSISTOR RADIO,
7 RADIO BATTERIES, 4 LAMPS
442
00:50:25,522 --> 00:50:27,786
<i>I'd use my life jacket as a pillow.</i>
443
00:50:27,891 --> 00:50:29,882
40 LITRES OF PARAFFIN,
6 BUCKETS
444
00:50:29,993 --> 00:50:33,053
<i>Two large buckets
I used for collecting rainwater,</i>
445
00:50:33,163 --> 00:50:35,154
<i>four medium buckets for bailing,</i>
446
00:50:35,265 --> 00:50:37,733
<i>and I tied a red ribbon
on the toilet bucket!</i>
447
00:50:37,834 --> 00:50:40,826
12 NAUTICAL CHARTS,
1 CONSTELLATION CHART
448
00:50:40,937 --> 00:50:43,929
1 BOOK ON BEACONS,
1 SET OF WATERPROOF CLOTHING
449
00:50:44,041 --> 00:50:46,032
5 STRAW HATS,
1 BASEBALL CAP
450
00:50:46,143 --> 00:50:50,978
<i>Exposure to direct sunlight causes
exhaustion, so five cheap straw hats.</i>
451
00:50:51,081 --> 00:50:54,073
<i>I need that many
because they'll get blown into the sea.</i>
452
00:50:54,184 --> 00:50:57,051
15 T-SHIRTS, 5 PAIRS OF TROUSERS,
7 SWEATERS
453
00:50:57,154 --> 00:51:00,180
<i>I bought 60 undershirts a few at a time.</i>
454
00:51:00,290 --> 00:51:04,192
<i>80 pairs of cheap shorts,
which I'd throw away after wearing.</i>
455
00:51:04,294 --> 00:51:07,263
12 PAIRS OF GLOVES, 3 SCARVES,
3 BELTS, 10 PAIRS OF SOCKS
456
00:51:07,564 --> 00:51:09,794
<i>There was mountains of stuff!</i>
457
00:51:09,900 --> 00:51:12,698
<i>I couldn't risk having
an overloaded boat in a storm.</i>
458
00:51:12,803 --> 00:51:15,863
<i>There was no end of things
to worry about.</i>
459
00:51:15,972 --> 00:51:18,839
<i>I took care not to go over
the maximum load of 500 kg.</i>
460
00:51:18,942 --> 00:51:21,843
1 MIRROR, 1 TUBE OF HAIR CREAM,
1 HAIR BRUSH
461
00:51:21,945 --> 00:51:25,904
<i>Also, a pair of tweezers
in case I got any splinters.</i>
462
00:51:26,016 --> 00:51:28,780
<i>And toilet paper: 1 batch, 1000 sheets.</i>
463
00:51:28,885 --> 00:51:33,618
<i>Tons of the stuff!
But best take it all, just in case.</i>
464
00:51:33,723 --> 00:51:37,784
12 PENCILS, 10 BALL-POINT PENS,
1 PENCIL SHARPENER, 2 RUBBERS
465
00:51:37,894 --> 00:51:42,729
<i>I needed so many books,
for reference and for entertainment.</i>
466
00:51:42,833 --> 00:51:45,768
<i>And I needed cushions
as I'd be sleeping on a board.</i>
467
00:51:45,869 --> 00:51:47,837
<i>They were so expensive!</i>
468
00:51:47,938 --> 00:51:51,169
4 BLANKETS, 1 JAR OF VITAMIN C,
STOMACH AND HEADACHE PILLS
469
00:51:51,274 --> 00:51:53,674
<i>Seasickness tablets
are bad for the stomach,</i>
470
00:51:53,777 --> 00:51:55,768
<i>so I planned not to take any.</i>
471
00:51:55,879 --> 00:51:59,042
2 PACKS OF EYE DROPS,
1 TIN OF MENTHOLATUM
472
00:51:59,149 --> 00:52:01,276
1 ROLL OF BANDAGE,
1 PACK OF GAUZE
473
00:52:01,384 --> 00:52:05,218
<i>I needed a calendar I could tear off,
otherwise I'd lose track.</i>
474
00:52:05,322 --> 00:52:07,847
<i>And there was a proverb for every day.</i>
475
00:52:07,958 --> 00:52:10,688
<i>It was easy to check, and I could
use old sheets to blow my nose.</i>
476
00:52:10,794 --> 00:52:12,694
<i>It would spur me on!</i>
477
00:52:12,796 --> 00:52:16,095
2 CHISELS, 1 DIVER'S KNIFE,
3 TYPES OF SCREWDRIVERS
478
00:52:16,199 --> 00:52:19,896
3 DRILLS, 1 MONKEY WRENCH,
2 FILES, 1 BOX OF NAILS
479
00:52:20,003 --> 00:52:22,995
1 SET OF NEEDLES,
50 WOOD SCREWS
480
00:52:23,106 --> 00:52:27,099
1 ROLL OF SELLOTAPE,
1 TAPE MEASURE, 1 WHETSTONE
481
00:52:27,210 --> 00:52:32,204
1 CAMERA, 3 ROLLS OF FILM,
2 UMBRELLAS
482
00:52:32,315 --> 00:52:35,307
1 SET OF FISHING TACKLE,
1 UKULELE
483
00:56:11,935 --> 00:56:13,334
A shark!
484
00:56:17,073 --> 00:56:20,565
If I'd bumped into that,
that would've been end of story!
485
00:56:23,880 --> 00:56:27,043
You pulled me away just in time!
486
00:56:28,351 --> 00:56:30,478
I thank you.
487
00:56:30,587 --> 00:56:32,555
I'll look after you.
488
00:58:40,083 --> 00:58:42,074
Simple as that!
489
00:59:22,258 --> 00:59:26,251
A real flush toilet. Simple as that!
490
00:59:34,704 --> 00:59:39,767
I'll have to do it in black ink
as I don't have any red... sorry!
491
00:59:47,517 --> 00:59:49,576
I can always see the positive side.
492
00:59:50,787 --> 00:59:52,778
Right, let's go for it!
493
00:59:54,157 --> 00:59:58,423
If I could sail at this speed every day,
I'd get to America in 50 days!
494
00:59:59,662 --> 01:00:01,823
Fly with the wind!
495
01:00:09,539 --> 01:00:14,238
<i>The water of the Pacific Ocean, even
on sunny days, is a cold blackish blue.</i>
496
01:00:14,344 --> 01:00:17,677
<i>That's because it's so deep
and absorbs the light.</i>
497
01:00:18,581 --> 01:00:22,142
<i>The boat caught the waves
and sped along.</i>
498
01:00:22,251 --> 01:00:23,809
<i>Yachts are so powerful.</i>
499
01:00:24,120 --> 01:00:29,353
<i>With her sailing in the wind like this,
I felt a renewed sense of trust.</i>
500
01:00:29,459 --> 01:00:31,188
<i>The ocean's so wide.</i>
501
01:00:31,294 --> 01:00:33,558
<i>People say that it's a small world,</i>
502
01:00:33,663 --> 01:00:37,155
<i>but I can feel
the true immenslty of nature.</i>
503
01:00:37,266 --> 01:00:39,894
<i>What a joy! Glad I came!</i>
504
01:01:27,550 --> 01:01:30,678
<i>On the 41st day,
I crossed the International date llne.</i>
505
01:01:31,320 --> 01:01:34,312
<i>I had covered three sevenths
of the distance.</i>
506
01:01:35,324 --> 01:01:37,554
<i>I was smack in the middle
of the Pacific Ocean!</i>
507
01:01:49,906 --> 01:01:51,806
Probably thought I was in distress.
508
01:01:51,908 --> 01:01:55,503
Don't worry about me!
Just go back to where you came from!
509
01:01:55,611 --> 01:01:57,806
Oh, no... they can't hear me.
510
01:01:58,781 --> 01:02:02,717
If I wave at them,
they might think I'm asking for help.
511
01:02:02,819 --> 01:02:04,753
Oh, yeah! My camera!
512
01:02:16,666 --> 01:02:19,692
No rush, there's plenty of time.
513
01:02:21,637 --> 01:02:24,629
Just look as if I'm leisurely
taking photos.
514
01:02:24,741 --> 01:02:27,437
Doesn't matter if they don't come out.
515
01:02:49,799 --> 01:02:53,758
<i>1000 kilometres due south of here
is the Mldway Sea.</i>
516
01:02:53,870 --> 01:02:55,997
<i>Exactly 20 years ago in June,</i>
517
01:02:56,305 --> 01:03:00,833
<i>many sailors lost their lives
in the immense naval battle there.</i>
518
01:03:00,943 --> 01:03:03,309
<i>No one there now.</i>
519
01:03:03,412 --> 01:03:06,404
<i>I offered them a silent prayer.</i>
520
01:03:17,760 --> 01:03:19,625
<i>Another plane.</i>
521
01:03:19,729 --> 01:03:21,629
<i>I suddenly felt nervous.</i>
522
01:03:21,731 --> 01:03:26,691
<i>These planes must be keeping me
under surveillance.</i>
523
01:03:26,803 --> 01:03:30,466
<i>Maybe they thought I was spying
on American territorial waters.</i>
524
01:03:30,573 --> 01:03:33,007
<i>But America was still far away.</i>
525
01:03:33,309 --> 01:03:37,575
<i>It'll be dark soon,
then I can sail off out of sight.</i>
526
01:03:55,631 --> 01:03:59,829
<i>This is "Pineapple Time"
on Radio KI KI, Hawaii,</i>
527
01:03:59,936 --> 01:04:04,600
<i>brought to you by the Shima Transfer
Company from Honolulu, Hawaii.</i>
528
01:04:04,707 --> 01:04:10,646
<i>It's Japan's hit parade, so let's kick off
with Murata Hideo's "Champion of Go".</i>
529
01:04:11,414 --> 01:04:19,082
<i>If the wind blows,
my go piece will fly away</i>
530
01:04:20,857 --> 01:04:28,957
<i>You may laugh at the years
I've devoted to go</i>
531
01:04:30,833 --> 01:04:39,104
<i>But the 808 bridges of old Osaka
where I was born...</i>
532
01:04:43,012 --> 01:04:46,607
If I substituted "my yacht" for "go",
533
01:04:46,716 --> 01:04:50,083
this could be my song!
534
01:04:55,057 --> 01:05:05,456
"If the wind blows,
my little yacht will float away
535
01:05:06,836 --> 01:05:15,835
"And you may laugh at the years
I have devoted to it..."
536
01:06:33,689 --> 01:06:36,123
The proverb for July 13th...
537
01:06:37,994 --> 01:06:40,622
"Whatever your aspirations,
538
01:06:40,730 --> 01:06:45,497
"they will amount to nothing
if you lack stamina and spirit."
539
01:08:31,607 --> 01:08:33,074
Good morning.
540
01:08:35,144 --> 01:08:38,944
It's morning once again, eh?
541
01:08:58,334 --> 01:09:01,360
An American ship...
Fancy meeting you here.
542
01:09:02,671 --> 01:09:05,640
Keep your cool!
Carry on as you were.
543
01:09:06,175 --> 01:09:08,268
They're not going to arrest me.
544
01:09:19,655 --> 01:09:22,351
Maybe my pronunciation's no good.
545
01:09:33,702 --> 01:09:35,101
Oh, food supplies.
546
01:09:36,105 --> 01:09:38,164
Do I look like a beggar?
547
01:09:38,274 --> 01:09:41,710
Could I have got this far
without my own supplies?
548
01:09:44,380 --> 01:09:46,211
I wish they'd get going.
549
01:09:52,154 --> 01:09:55,055
What? Am I all right?
550
01:09:55,157 --> 01:09:57,955
Bet he won't understand my Japanese.
I'm all right!
551
01:10:01,897 --> 01:10:04,024
Time to take my leave...
552
01:10:14,910 --> 01:10:16,901
Take care! Thank you!
553
01:10:18,380 --> 01:10:21,975
Ta! Cheers! Thanks!
554
01:10:26,956 --> 01:10:28,287
Passport?
555
01:10:29,391 --> 01:10:32,360
Why did she have to bring that up?
556
01:10:32,461 --> 01:10:35,897
Thanks for reminding me
of something else to worry about!
557
01:10:43,072 --> 01:10:46,769
Thanks for your kindness! Bye!
558
01:12:07,056 --> 01:12:09,149
<i>There'd been no rain for quite a while,</i>
559
01:12:09,258 --> 01:12:13,160
<i>so I boiled my rice in beer,
to conserve water.</i>
560
01:13:44,186 --> 01:13:45,983
INSTANT CREAM
BUTTER
561
01:14:19,555 --> 01:14:22,115
How is it? Pretty tasty, eh?
562
01:14:23,325 --> 01:14:26,021
I'd kill for some real shortcake.
563
01:14:26,128 --> 01:14:28,392
This stuff tastes awful!
564
01:14:28,497 --> 01:14:32,593
I'll just have to lump it.
Hmm... tastes good!
565
01:14:33,502 --> 01:14:35,493
Doesn't really, though.
566
01:14:38,440 --> 01:14:40,499
Good, good. Tastes good, right?
567
01:14:42,010 --> 01:14:44,001
How is it? Good, eh?
568
01:14:46,081 --> 01:14:51,451
Well... I guess... it's kind of tasty.
569
01:14:52,488 --> 01:14:54,251
Right?
570
01:14:54,356 --> 01:14:57,689
You're lucky to be eating
such delicious food.
571
01:14:59,428 --> 01:15:00,622
Tasty!
572
01:15:06,502 --> 01:15:11,235
<i>At least I took meals seriously!
Eating was relaxation for me.</i>
573
01:15:11,340 --> 01:15:17,040
<i>I had to work so hard,
I didn't have a moment to relax.</i>
574
01:15:17,145 --> 01:15:19,670
<i>I was plagued by a sense of unease.</i>
575
01:15:19,781 --> 01:15:24,184
<i>And I ate to forget my anxiety,
and so overate and made myself ill.</i>
576
01:15:24,286 --> 01:15:26,277
<i>And then, the wind dropped.</i>
577
01:15:30,058 --> 01:15:34,324
<i>In the Pacific Ocean,
when the wind blows, it really blows,</i>
578
01:15:34,429 --> 01:15:38,024
<i>and when it doesn't blow,
it's absolutely calm.</i>
579
01:15:38,133 --> 01:15:42,627
<i>After a week of being becalmed,
I started to go slightly mad.</i>
580
01:15:44,540 --> 01:15:47,236
<i>When I leapt into the ocean,</i>
581
01:15:47,342 --> 01:15:49,572
<i>...the boat would edge forward slightly.</i>
582
01:15:49,678 --> 01:15:53,079
<i>Maybe I could leg-kick all the way!</i>
583
01:15:54,283 --> 01:15:58,117
<i>If I kept going back and forth,
shoving it like a swing,</i>
584
01:15:58,220 --> 01:16:00,780
<i>the boat would be pushed forwards.</i>
585
01:16:05,527 --> 01:16:09,327
<i>I thought seriously of giving it a go,
as nobody was watching me...</i>
586
01:16:10,432 --> 01:16:15,096
<i>But I looked like an idiot,
so I just gave up on it.</i>
587
01:16:54,376 --> 01:16:57,368
I wonder if I'll ever reach America.
588
01:17:16,298 --> 01:17:19,131
<i>There was a cold current,
so the temperature dropped.</i>
589
01:17:19,234 --> 01:17:21,794
<i>That meant I wasn't far from land.</i>
590
01:17:23,271 --> 01:17:25,466
<i>I was scared of landing.</i>
591
01:17:25,574 --> 01:17:28,668
<i>I wouldn't know anybody,
and I had no passport.</i>
592
01:17:28,777 --> 01:17:32,474
<i>I had no money,
and I couldn't speak the language.</i>
593
01:18:13,321 --> 01:18:17,553
You couldn't have chosen
a worse day to leave in this rain.
594
01:18:20,696 --> 01:18:25,531
And while your father's away
in Tokyo on business, too.
595
01:18:25,634 --> 01:18:27,693
It's better that way.
596
01:18:27,803 --> 01:18:30,567
Your father will be so angry with me.
597
01:18:30,672 --> 01:18:36,269
It'll soon be too late. If I leave it
another day, the weather will be worse.
598
01:18:36,378 --> 01:18:37,743
You will come back?
599
01:18:37,846 --> 01:18:39,711
- Don't worry.
- Yes, but...
600
01:18:39,815 --> 01:18:42,807
Provided I arrive safely,
I'll either be chased away,
601
01:18:42,918 --> 01:18:45,614
or thrown into a detention centre.
602
01:18:45,721 --> 01:18:49,953
What? All this effort just
to get thrown into a detention centre?
603
01:18:50,258 --> 01:18:53,785
No, no, it's just something
that might happen.
604
01:18:56,798 --> 01:18:59,926
Please, give up this stupid trip.
605
01:19:04,639 --> 01:19:07,767
Others have made solo crossings
of the Pacific Ocean,
606
01:19:07,876 --> 01:19:09,741
but no one from Japan yet.
607
01:19:09,845 --> 01:19:14,009
Somebody will, sooner or later.
There's no reason for you to do it.
608
01:19:14,316 --> 01:19:17,410
For a sea-faring nation,
Japan's pretty pathetic.
609
01:19:17,519 --> 01:19:20,386
So nobody will be impressed, anyway.
610
01:19:21,957 --> 01:19:25,654
All that effort,
just to get thrown into jail!
611
01:19:31,500 --> 01:19:35,903
Mother, it won't be jail.
He said it'll be a detention centre.
612
01:19:37,038 --> 01:19:40,007
All I want is to cross the Pacific.
613
01:19:40,308 --> 01:19:42,435
I don't care if they arrest me.
614
01:19:42,544 --> 01:19:45,411
It's not like they'll kill me or anything.
615
01:19:56,525 --> 01:20:00,757
I'll be fine. I'll sell the yacht
and buy a ticket back home.
616
01:20:02,731 --> 01:20:06,565
- Do you have any money?
- Yeah... I've got 2000 yen.
617
01:20:26,421 --> 01:20:28,889
1000 YEN NOTE
618
01:20:33,495 --> 01:20:37,090
Well, I still have a few things to get...
so I'll take it.
619
01:20:46,875 --> 01:20:51,403
I should return within 120 days...
So you mustn't worry about me.
620
01:21:02,824 --> 01:21:05,657
I made it for you to take with you.
621
01:21:05,760 --> 01:21:11,392
You should've given it to me earlier,
then I wouldn't have had to buy any.
622
01:21:11,499 --> 01:21:13,933
Anyway, thanks so much.
623
01:21:14,035 --> 01:21:16,697
It's beautiful. Isn't it, Mum?
624
01:21:28,950 --> 01:21:32,681
I've carefully researched
everything that I possibly can.
625
01:21:32,787 --> 01:21:35,881
I'll just have to face
what Fate throws at me.
626
01:24:00,602 --> 01:24:02,035
Land!
627
01:24:10,111 --> 01:24:11,669
It's America!
628
01:24:20,555 --> 01:24:22,853
Have I really made it?
629
01:24:30,598 --> 01:24:33,066
<i>There was San Francisco,
right before my eyes.</i>
630
01:24:34,335 --> 01:24:37,168
<i>I imagined so many thoughts
would come into my head,</i>
631
01:24:37,272 --> 01:24:39,137
<i>but my mind was a blank.</i>
632
01:24:40,575 --> 01:24:42,668
<i>Around here,
the currents are strong.</i>
633
01:24:42,777 --> 01:24:44,938
<i>The seabed has tricky contours.</i>
634
01:24:45,046 --> 01:24:48,277
<i>If I wasn't careful, I'd come to grief.</i>
635
01:24:49,350 --> 01:24:52,979
<i>Other vessels were coming and going...
so, safety first!</i>
636
01:24:53,088 --> 01:24:57,081
<i>I kept watch outside the harbour
all through the night.</i>
637
01:24:57,192 --> 01:24:59,854
<i>It was cold... and I was tired.</i>
638
01:25:00,929 --> 01:25:03,955
<i>I changed my underwear
and had a shave.</i>
639
01:25:05,166 --> 01:25:10,832
<i>And then, in the morning, there it was,
the Golden Gate Bridge.</i>
640
01:25:12,240 --> 01:25:16,074
<i>And under the bridge and beyond
was San Francisco Harbour!</i>
641
01:26:06,761 --> 01:26:08,752
Mother!
642
01:26:08,863 --> 01:26:11,263
I made it!
643
01:26:12,834 --> 01:26:17,931
AUGUST 12TH 1962
SAN FRANCISCO
644
01:30:52,313 --> 01:30:55,282
You're all speaking English!
I don't understand!
645
01:30:56,551 --> 01:30:59,611
This is really America! San Francisco!
646
01:31:01,355 --> 01:31:05,052
I made it! I reached America!
647
01:32:20,234 --> 01:32:24,796
<i>For 94 days I'd been at sea,
and my legs were unsteady.</i>
648
01:32:25,106 --> 01:32:27,802
<i>It felt strange being on solid ground.</i>
649
01:32:30,478 --> 01:32:34,471
<i>The Japanese Consul came
to meet me and put me in his car.</i>
650
01:33:22,563 --> 01:33:24,531
I was so worried...
651
01:33:25,533 --> 01:33:28,661
Exactly six days
after my son departed,
652
01:33:28,769 --> 01:33:33,172
his pet dog gave birth
to a litter of five puppies.
653
01:33:34,408 --> 01:33:40,108
Taking care of the puppies took
my mind off worrying about my son.
654
01:33:42,249 --> 01:33:44,717
His friends were so anxious,
655
01:33:44,819 --> 01:33:48,516
that they launched a search for him
four days ago.
656
01:33:50,424 --> 01:33:54,554
Then I started to worry and worry...
657
01:33:56,864 --> 01:34:01,699
Really... I am just so grateful
that he's alive.
658
01:34:03,204 --> 01:34:07,197
Sir, you were against your son's trip.
You must be happy now, though?
659
01:34:08,476 --> 01:34:14,381
When we get him home, I'll make sure
he apologises to everyone.
660
01:34:17,184 --> 01:34:20,642
Never again
will I let him do such a thing.
661
01:34:20,755 --> 01:34:23,622
How does his sister feel?
662
01:34:23,724 --> 01:34:29,253
I knew from the very start
that my brother would be all right.
663
01:34:34,168 --> 01:34:39,731
We don't have any details just yet.
That's right, he did it alone.
664
01:34:39,840 --> 01:34:43,640
- Somebody get the door!
- I'll go!
665
01:34:43,744 --> 01:34:47,578
Horie Kenichi, from Osaka...
Osaka! Can you hear me?
666
01:34:50,418 --> 01:34:55,947
<i>So far, I seem to have been welcomed
as an object of curiosity.</i>
667
01:34:57,525 --> 01:35:01,518
<i>I think this house belongs to someone
who works at the Japanese Consulate.</i>
668
01:35:02,463 --> 01:35:06,194
<i>I think they'll let me stay here
for the night.</i>
669
01:35:06,300 --> 01:35:09,463
<i>I've no idea
what will happen tomorrow,</i>
670
01:35:09,570 --> 01:35:12,334
<i>but at least
I'm not in a detention centre.</i>
671
01:35:12,440 --> 01:35:14,635
<i>For that, I'm thankful.</i>
672
01:35:14,742 --> 01:35:17,506
<i>I finished what I set out to do.</i>
673
01:35:18,546 --> 01:35:20,571
<i>I'm tired.</i>
674
01:35:20,681 --> 01:35:22,945
<i>I really need some sleep.</i>
675
01:35:27,621 --> 01:35:30,988
Hello? I'll leave some pyjamas
here for you!
676
01:35:53,948 --> 01:35:57,816
Wow! What a sight!
677
01:35:57,918 --> 01:36:00,318
How embarrassing!
678
01:36:00,421 --> 01:36:02,514
I'd best wipe it with this.
679
01:36:02,623 --> 01:36:06,286
Must be a whole layer of my skin!
680
01:36:13,901 --> 01:36:16,461
Horie-san, telephone for you!
681
01:36:16,570 --> 01:36:19,368
An international call, from Japan!
682
01:36:19,473 --> 01:36:21,941
I think it's your family on the line!
683
01:36:24,712 --> 01:36:27,943
Right... I'm coming now...
684
01:36:29,316 --> 01:36:30,681
Coming...
685
01:36:39,693 --> 01:36:42,685
THE END
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