The Man Who Left His Will on Film (1970) Movie Script
A co-production of ATG and SOZOSHA
Pruduced by SOZOSHA productions
Co-produced and distributed by
THE JAPAN ART THEATRE GUILD
THE SHIBATA ORGANIZATION INC.
Presents
THE MAN WHO LEFT HIS WILL ON FILM
Conceived by
OSHIMA NAGISA and TAMURA TSUTOMU
Scenario by
HARATA MASATAKA and SATAKI MAMORU
Music by
TAKEMITSU TORU
Director of Photography
NAISHIMA TOIJIRU
Art Direction by
TODA JUSHO
Sound by
HIDEO NISHIZAKI
Edited by
URAOKA KEIICHI
Assistant Directors
YAMANIKI YUJI and SASAKI BUNICHI
Cast
GOTO KAZUO as Motoki
IWASAKI EMIKO as Yasuko
FUKUOKA SUKIO and FUKUDA KEIICHI
ISOGAI HIROSHI, HASHIMOTO KAZUO
HORIKOSHI KAZUYA, OSHIMA TOMOYO
Produced by
YAMAGUCHI TAGUCHI
Directed by
OSHIMA NAGISA
You should have brought it
back by this morning
What are you taking?
There's nobody here.
We have something
more important to film
Don't touch that! You don't even
know how to use it
Give it back! We're
goin' to use it today!
What are you taking?
You could take landscapes anytime
What are you trying to do?
Give it back!
Where are you going?
Wait a minute! Wait!
Give the camera back!
Damn it! Where are you going?
Wait! Give it back!
Give the camera back!
Damn! Wait!
Where are you running?
Give back the camera!
You trying to commit suicide?
Hey, wait! Wait!
It's my camera! Give it back!
We're holding you as a witness!
Give it back!
He's coming around
Motoki, you all right?
You don't have to get up
I have to get the camera back
Sorry, if I hadn't fallen just then...
The camera...
The cops won't give it back
It wasn't broken?
What was on the film?
Have the cops developed it?
We've got no idea
The cops just keeping
talking about evidence
A Bolex is really fragile
I wonder if it was alright when I fell
The cops don't know the
first thing about cameras
They've probably popped the
lid and exposed all the film
They stole the film for evidence
They have enough sense not to ruin it
Let's at least go and protest
That's why we've been
waiting for you to get up
All our talking couldn't wake you
You were out like a light!
We thought you'd never get up
I'm up now. Let's go!
We've got to get my camera
Your camera?
I mean...
So that's the way you feel
You've still got the idea
of personal property
You needn't get upset
Did Motoki go after the cops...
...because he wanted to
resist repression?
Or was he only trying to
protect his property?
This is an important question
But you can't blame him
Motoki really cared
about the equipment
When I've got the camera, I
feel like it's mine, too
When the cops closed in, I
tried to protect my camera
Because I was thinking
about the camera...
...I tripped and fell
Materialistic bourgeois consciousness
Ownership is a betrayal
of the proletariat!
If I'd lost the camera...
It's my fault too
Bourgeois materialism
personal ownership, betrayal!
Yazawa, you talk big...
But would you have run after
the cops like Motoki?
That's irrelevant
Mindless activist!
Dogmatist!
Stop that! The question is...
...the anti-imperialist anti-Stalinist line
I'm only a drop-out dogmatist anyway
Stop posing
But look, we've go to think
about what Yazawa says...
Even if he always ends up name-calling
Yes, but the guys in the University
film club believe...
That proletarian consciousness can
produce proletarian films...
And they're morally bankrupt
Where are you going?
The police...
If we're going to attack,
all of us have to go
Mindless activist!
Sakamoto's probably got a bomb
ready to blow up the police
Motoki isn't up to it yet
I just sprained my ankle, but
Motoki was badly beaten
He'd better stay in bed tonight
There's no sense in
dragging him out now
Let's go back and discuss
our strategy
And we'd better start writing
our appeal
Yasuko, get Motoki to tell
about the situation...
...and report back to us...
Let's go
Yasuko, read him a Troyakyst
bedtime story. It might help
It'll only make him worse
Are they gone?
I'll bet you're hungry.
Coffee will be ready soon
Are you going to the police?
No, I'm going to talk things
over with the others
I was worried. You ran after the
cops and out of sight
I was sure you'd had it
with the cops...
...and you'd been arrested
I didn't know what to do
I'm relieved, that you were not arrested
by the cops.
I'm going back
I guess you're not up to it yet
If you tell me about it
I'll talk to them
Crap!
They're probably building
a wake for him
Tomorrow is the funeral
The funeral? Whose?
His funeral
Whose funeral?
His funeral
So whose?
The cops were going to
get his camera...
...so I grabbed it and ran,
but I got caught
You mean Endo. There's no
wake or funeral for him
All he did was sprain his ankle
You shouldn't talk as if...
...he was killed in the Tokyo war
Was his name Endo?
Stop kidding
Kidding? He jumped off the
top of the building
He just sprained his ankle?
Endo did that? When?
This afternoon
Wake up! Endo was with us all day...
...filming a documentary of the struggle
A documentary of the struggle?
Don't be ridiculous,
He committed suicide...
...right before my eyes,
in broad daylight
Enough of your nightmares
What we want to know is
what happened...
...after you took off after
the cops
Cops?
Let me go over everything
that happened today
We met in front of Sendagaya
station at 3:00...
In order to film the April 28
Okinawa Day unity meeting
We all gathered near the red post box
The post box...
The shields of the riot
police were lined up
They were inspecting our baggage
Everybody cooperated so nicely,
it drove us crazy...
There were so many cops...
That some were free to play
with the children
The children...
When we got to Meiji Park...
... things were quieter than
we had expected
Sakamoto was grumbling...
... about the uselessness of
popular demonstrations
The antiwar high school
students were...
... getting excited all by themselves
You were watching
What were you thinking about?
About what happened last
October and November?
You used to put on a white
Chukaku Faction helmet...
... and mix with the antiwar
high school guerrillas
And then you quit Chukaku...
... as if you were all worn out
The plaza was filled with
different flags
Flags with cartoon characters...
Cartoons...
As soon as it got dark,
the place went crazy
The Kakumaru Faction
tried to invade our assembly
They had staves and were itching
for a fight
It looked like there
was going to be...
... a war between the factions
The riot police stepped in...
... and the Kakumaru was forced
to go away
I said, that if both
factions get together...
... we could outflank the police
But you only laughed
and said:
"That's what Kakumaru calls
an illicit union"
After that, the demonstration
started for Hibiya Park...
... just as we were passing
the baseball stadium...
... we heard them announcing the score
Then we switched from zig-zag
to French-style formation
That was when we got separated
from Takagi's camera group...
... and were isolated with Endo
The loud commands coming
from the armored car...
... echoed across the broad avenue
It was really weired
Then the riot police
attacked without warning
They were out to get us
no matter what
We used all the film we'd
brought taking that scene
You were the first one to
notice the plainclothesmen
You tried to warn us
They were after the camera
Suddenly, Endo tripped and fell
You blocked the cops, grabbed
the camera, and ran
The riot police ran after you
They grabbed your camera
and jumped into a car
It was a camouflaged
patrol car
You ran after that car...
... screaming and demanding
the camera back
Do you remember now?
You ran after that car
I want to know what
happened after that
I ran into a tunnel, on and on
He committed suicide
The film became his last
will and testament
Do you still believe that?
Today we...
I opened his hand to get
the camera back
He slipped away
I grabbed his arm
He knocked me down
and ran off
It was early and the
streets were still empty
Then he jumped off the
top of that building
Where were you then?
Your lover committed suicide
Where were you?
What were you doing?
I... we were taking scenes...
...of the Okinawa Day
demonstrations
Were you wasting your time
with that nonsense?
Go to his house this minute
and ask him to forgive you
Motoki
Where are you going?
I'm going to go tell
them what you said
What are you doing!
How long are you going to
keep up this nonsense?
Making film into a weapon
While you were busy with
that, he killed himself!
I agree that you can't
participate in the struggle...
...by making films. That it's
a rationalization
That's no excuse!
Wait a minute. Not here.
Your room
All right
That's right, you are his girl
Why do you...
Stupid! Now you've been
raped by another man
Stop it!
Is this the film he left?
That's no way to talk, he
is your lover, isn't he?
This is the film my lover
left
The cops gave it back after
concluding it was suicide
What's this? This is an
awfully slow testament
A sake shop. Maybe he
bought his liquor there
But he really wasn't much
of a drinker
Maybe he was after the
shopgirl
You're goin' to hurt
Yasuko's feelings
Isn't that the bookshop
you use a lot?
Maybe, I can't really tell
But what was he thinking
when he shot this?
Is this the kind of thing
you take before you die?
Maybe he really was mad
There must be something here
How can you say he
was nuts...
... when you don't even watch
the screen?
Hard as you look, though...
... there doesn't seem to
be anything there
It's getting on my nerves
Watching this is a waste
of time
He was bankrupt, both
politically and artistically
Maybe he was figuring that by
linking meaningless shots...
... he could create meaning
by paradox
That's what you call
bankruptcy
When he first joined us...
... his sense of image was
a lot sharper
He had a sense of self that
could relate to reality
You want to see the rest
of this?
Here's what I think:
As Yazawa said...
... when you're bankrupt
politically and artistically...
... all experience loses meaning
Like the recanting Communist
before the war
The only difference is...
... he received the blessing
of modernity
You get stuck in the
muddy mixture...
... of the feudal and the
modern that is Japan
And you slip deeper
and deeper
Into the fetishes of youth
and childhood
It's beginning to scare me
This is the end of a
petit-bourgeois...
... unable to achieve proletarian
consciousness
Turn it off
I'll turn it off, then?
Wait! He tried hard
to shoot this film
He fought alongside us.
We ought to see it through
You should have returned
it by this morning
What are you filming?
There's nobody here!
We have something more
important to film
Don't touch that! You don't
even know how to use it!
Give it back! We're going
to use it today!
What are you filming?
You could film landscapes
anytime
What are you trying to do?
Give it back!
Wait! Where are you going?
Wait a minute!
Give the camera back!
Damn idiot! Where are you going?
Hey wait!
Wait! Where are you going?
Give the camera back!
Damn! Wait!
Where'd you running?
Give back the camera!
Is that all you shot?
Ours was much better
I told you to get nearer
to the demonstrators
Motoki, were you here, too?
Are you all right?
Yasuko says that...
...you haven't been able to carry
on a decent conversation
If you couldn't even
communicate with Yasuko...
...you must have been
pretty badly beaten
Tell us what happened
We're going to launch a
recovery struggle
Here are the handbills and the
appeal to the intellectuals
Recover? Recover what?
The film the cops stole
from you
We already got it back.
We just saw it
That was Takagi's film
The authorities aren't about
to give it up so easily
Motoki, you're still not
your usual self
We understand you feel
responsible for losing the film...
...but this is a problem we
ought work out together
Don't get so upset
Motoki, let's go on
I've made up a list, and...
...I think we'll be able to get
Nagisa Oshima and...
Masahiro Shinoda
Urayama and Seijun Suzuki
will help us too
Yoshida's all tied up with
the freedom of expression
So I'm sure he'll help, too
Then there's Shohei Imamura,
Tai Kato, and Matsumoto
Individuals are fine, but...
...then, there's the Directors'
Association...
...the Scenario Writers' Guild...
...the Critics' Council and the
Technicians' Association
We've got to broaden
our range...
...and develop the movement as a
joint, intensive struggle
Kokugakuin University took a
similar course to court and won
The System will do anything
not to lose again
It's all right to appeal to
the intellectuals, but...
...then we'll be reduced to the
lowest common denominator:
The freedom of expression
The University film clubs
are already bankrupt...
So we have to develop a
unique movement of our own
It's time to go and
distribute handbills
I guess we start by
distributing handbills
If you're looking for his
film, it's here
What's wrong? Don't look like that
You saw that film
What could he have been
trying to say?
You know, don't you?
You're his girl
What did he want to do
with this film?
To make it his testament
Would he take something
so meaningless?
But he did take it
Maybe he's...
Maybe what?
No, it couldn't be.
I saw him die
That's right. He left
this film and died
He insisted on borrowing
the camera
What was he trying to do?
Don't you want it?
Why did he commit
suicide?
Sorry, I thought you
were somebody else
Did you see a man about my
age turn this corner?
No man
What's wrong?
You...
Are you looking for somebody?
I...
I don't want it!
You keep it
He never existed
The idiot who made this idiot
film never existed!
What are you looking at?
Something that bothers you?
It's nothing
Stop it! He never
even existed!
What's wrong?
I see, it's that time of month
I'll be nice to you
It'll be all right, when I start
feeling hot. I'll stop
I'm his girl
It's no joke
Oh, come off it!
You're taking liberties with
somebody else's girl
Stupid, I said he never existed
Then, what were you
looking at?
Who were you searching for?
That was nothing
I may have said some
strange things...
...but I was upset after being
beaten by the cops
Don't take it so seriously
Let's be together just as
we were
Now stop it!
What's this then?
What do you think?
This is the film he took
It's the film he took as his
testament
Yasuko, stop it!
I just made him up.
He never really existed
Then what about this?
That? You just picked
it from the studio's bin
It's just a waste film spool
Then can I show it?
Sure, go ahead
Stop being difficult!
Stop it!
What's this?
Is this your lover's
testament?
That's right. This is his
testament
Your lover made a habit of...
...splicing pieces of waste
film together, is that it?
No!
Why? Then what's this on
the screen? What is it?
See, you don't know
So stop being so
difficult!
You've got to hand it to
Akiko through...
...splicing all this just together
That morning...
...he silently embraced me
Yes, that morning he
embraced me in silence
Then walked out of the
door
Yasuko!
There is no such person!
Wait
Stop it! He never even
existed!
Don't you understand?
He never existed!
Motoki, what have you been
doing lately?
Takagi went to your place
looking for you, but...
...the door was locked,
and nobody answered
Were you there?
What were you doing?
How's Endo's ankle?
It's bothering him, but he's
hopping around all night
But you haven't called in.
What have you been doing?
Not much
Yasuko said she hadn't
seen you since then
Sakamoto says you're become
an opportunist
It's he who believes you're
unaware of...
...the situation we're in
We're about to hold the
first public discussion...
for our film recovery struggle
We haven't reached the point
of mass action
- That's why we work so hard
- Are you still feeling badly?
No, I feel okay, it's just...
Let's see to that.
It's my penchance for...
...getting so involved with
that silly idea
What silly idea?
The action of a guy,
who never existed
He existed!
No, it was all an illusion
Is that the way you
want it?
A fiction, a fantasy
From fiction to reality.
From fantasy to science
From words to life
You're not the only one...
...with the illusion that revolution
will grow out of...
armed insurrection even
without mass support
It doesn't help, if your bark
is worse than your bite
Like Matsumura was
saying...
...today all mankind is being
oppressed
What is necessary, to break
through that oppression...
...is imagination
That's why we're making
films
I've been staying away
for no reason, but...
The recovery struggle is more than
just getting the film back
It's a matter of resisting the
oppression of creativity
From now on, I'll be
more positive
Is that all?
And what about his death?
What's wrong, Yasuko?
Nobody feels as bad as Motoki
Yasuko, leave him alone
He's just beginning to develop
new interest in our work
Motoki's even better than Yazawa...
...and he's only been working
with us for six months
I'm more of a theoretician
Motoki's better with the
equipment
Watching the way you
handle the film...
...it's like you were making
love to it
I used to take part in
street demonstrations
It was last autumn
But I had the awful feeling that...
...we were just moving
side by side with history
I don't remember the battle,
but I saw a documentary...
...made by an independent group
It was really good!
The camerawork was fantastic!
It illustrated history
What do you mean?
It seems like history is
moving outside of our lives
But the camera makes it
seem familiar, personal
That's in the way you felt
about film process that...
...your street demonstrations
were bankrupt
You joined our group
in order to...
...use film as a means to
launch a new struggle
Well, maybe...
Then the idea, that film
illustrates history...
...doesn't stand up
You use film as a medium
for confronting reality...
That's how films become
weapons
It's a question of the extent
to which film creates...
...a new relationship between
reality and the creative self
The reality and the creative self
combine in mutual criticism...
...and film acts through both
reality and creativity
That's right
That's what film means
But the image on the film
will still be descriptive
Then the ideal film would be of
a gracefully dancing couple
Your theory disregards the
creative autonomy
It's him! He took this!
That bastard, he even took
landscapes like this!
What is it? Did you find
a good shot?
This is just a waste
film clip
No! He shot it!
Who shot it?
He did! He did! Your...
He doesn't exist, he doesn't
What are you talking about?
Takagi shot while he
reloaded the camera
He didn't have to use up
this much
Takagi was just wasting film
It's junk
Yasuko, what's this all about?
I don't know. Motoki says
that he never existed...
It's getting all tangled!
It's not like you to be
so careless
He died
Make me your girl
No, he's...
Aren't you going
to show it?
Turn off the lights
Do it yourself!
Turn them off!
What's wrong?
Turn them off
Turn on the projector first
You always turn the lights
off first
No, you go first
Just flick the switch
Why don't you just flick
the switch?
What's wrong?
Hurry up and turn it on
Hurry up
When he decided to shoot this
and commit suicide...
...did he say anything?
How should I know?
You are his girl, of course
you should know
I wouldn't tell you
if I knew
Tell me. Please. Tell me
He didn't say anything!
Is that the truth?
He left his testament: He didn't
need to say anything
What did you get from it?
What did you get from it?
I don't know. That's why
I want to see it again!
You think you'll
understand this time?
How about it?
Just turn off the lights!
Hurry up and turn them off
Turn them off!
What's wrong? I turned
off the lights
Turn on the projector
He really didn't say anything?
You're sure?
That morning, he embraced me
Without speaking,
he simply embraced me
He embraced you. Like this?
No, he was more gentle
Like this?
No, it was completely different
It was like the wind blowing
Like water flowing
Like clouds were racing by
The sun was shining.
It was dazzling
You were embraced in broad
daylight, under this window?
When was this?
No, it is getting hazy
Where is this street
with all the signs?
Then everything goes blank
Look! Where is this?
He doesn't exist
Yes, he existed
That morning
he embraced me in silence
He never existed.
I just invented him
He's there. He's watching us
from behind the screen
That's why I'm asking
you where that is
I don't know
It's a place like a million
others, but...
...you were his girl you should
know where it is...
Then maybe, I don't remember
Try to remember why he
filmed this place
If we go there, maybe
we'd understand
But I don't know
He didn't say a thing
about his testament
That morning he just
embraced me in silence
Then how did he embrace you?
I didn't really embrace him and...
...he really didn't embrace me
Maybe it's just that I felt
I had been embraced
Who is he?
I don't know. I don't know
There is no such person
It's just that that morning
he embraced me in silence
Always?
Yes, always
Liar. He said something, didn't he?
It doesn't matter when he said it,
tell me what he said
Without speaking, he just...
The wind was blowing?
Water was flowing?
And the sun was shining?
Yes, that's right
Who is he?
What do you want me to say?
He was always silent, and...
Don't keep repeating
the same thing!
It's too beautiful
Then what do you want
me to say?
The wind doesn't blow.
Water doesn't flow
Does the sun shine?
Don't make me laugh!
Who is he?
He's the one, who made this
filthy film and died
It's not filthy. He shot it
before he died
Look, what beauty is there
in this?
What is it?
What does it show?
It's a miserable landscape
A filthy landscape
like any other!
No, there must be something
better there
You just can't see it
You're the one who
can't see it
It's a street of broken
down signs
Bent and twisted guardrails
A mailbox, weathered
and pealing
It's just junk and more junk
And then?
A cigarette stand
with an old lady
And then?
Then there's a greasy old
public telephone
And then?
Do you understand?
That's the film he took
Do you understand?
This is all he was capable of
That's wrong
You don't understand
Why he left this film
and committed suicide...
You just don't understand
You're the one who's filthy
I hate him. I can't tell you
how much I hate him
I'd like to tell him, how
much I hate him, but he...
The wind doesn't blow
water doesn't flow
The sun doesn't shine
This is him?
Yes, we're going to narrow
him down
Where do we begin?
From here
And so we open our siege
WAR OF LANDSCAPES
No, this isn't it
This isn't it either
Wait, there's somebody
watching
Watching?
We're getting closer
This way!
This is it!
Really?
Wait a minute.
I'll ask
Was anybody taking a movie
around here recently?
A movie?
Yes, a guy about my age
and appearance
I don't think so
A neighbour was taking some
pictures, is that what you mean?
Silly, those were still pictures
I see. Thanks anyway
What happened?
It's him
I'll get him!
He...
After him
What is it?
Did you see him?
Yes, it was a week ago
or maybe ten days
Kenchan came by
Who's Kenchan?
He's a man...
He used to come and buy
cigarettes for his father...
...but then he suddenly
stopped coming
He said, he wanted to
take my picture
Why did he want to take
your picture?
I said, that there wasn't...
...any point in taking a
picture of an old woman
But he got a camera for his
12th birthday...
...and was so happy!
Did you notice my friend?
He must have taken five
or six pictures, but...
...he still wasn't satisfied
He...
The wind was blowing
Water was flowing
The sun was...
He just passed
Like the wind?
Like water flowing?
Like the sun?
No, nothing...
Really?
One more left
The last one must be
around here
Here. He went in here
MOTOKI
I'm sure. You saw him, too
Let's go in
What's wrong?
That's all for today
Why?
I said, that's all for today
UNILATERAL WITHDRAWAL
Stop it!
But isn't it the truth?
FILM SEIZURE: FIRSPUBLIC DISCUSSION
You left in the middle
of the discussion
You were irresponsible
You were smart to run off
That meeting today was terrible
We didn't have enough time
to publicize it
Maybe the intellectuals
don't come...
...unless your slogan is
"Freedom of Expression"
As we expected, no one
came from the film clubs
Of course not
There's no point in
carrying on like this
We've got to take concrete
action with concrete support
But this proves, that they're
totally bankrupt
Never mind about others
Those able to struggle must
do so
Maybe the situation has
reached that stage now
It's just sad to realize we're
the only ones left...
...with the ability to build
a cultural front
But maybe that's the only way
What are you doing?
Are you crazy?
You were supposed to report on
the present situation
You are like a cultural
commissar!
It's no joke!
Don't move! The lens
will fall off
It's no time for that
sort of thing
But we've only got one
camera left
We have to be careful
with this one
Endo, where is the zoom
lens?
It's at home
Bring it back
Why?
Bring it back, please
Motoki, you handle the
equipment...
...as if you were going to
shoot a new film!
Motoki, first you disappear from
this meeting, and now...
...you want lenses. What
are you going to do?
You want to make a new film?
If I did, would you
lend me the camera?
We've got only one...
...and it's hard to tell how our
struggle will develop
I'll return it
It's not a matter of
returning it
It's your whole attitude
You of all people should be
involved in solving...
...the problem of the stolen film
helping to establish our cultural front...
...but you're no help at all
Then you won't lend it to me?
That's not the point!
Describe the film you want
to make
If you convince us,
we might help
You can't. It's too personal
She's right. We should be concerned
with our own films...
...and not Motoki's personal problems
Can we see the rough cut?
We've got better things to do
Editing can't save bad
films
What do you mean?
If you don't want to watch, don't
Turn off the lights
Making militant films doesn't
mean you're part of the struggle
Be quiet and watch
Takagi, did you take this?
Yes, but there was a cop
across him and me, so...
...it's out of focus
I should have changed
the angle
Opportunist!
You were with me, you
should know how it was
The question is, how to
conclude the film
How to express the realities of the
state's seizure of our film
Point the camera and the film
into the sky...
...and they are lost in the sun's glare
Then there's halation and
the scene goes white
What's the sunlight represent?
State power
That's not new.
We've seen that before!
I thought it was your brother
What have you been doing lately?
You ought to visit more
frequently
There was a riot again
the other day
I hope you aren't involved
anymore
Aren't you feeling well?
Anything to eat around here?
Are you hungry? I'll fix
something in a minute
Is my brother using my room?
Your room gets more sun...
...but he says he's used to his
old one
Do you stay?
You'll stay for supper, won't you?
I'll fix whatever you'd like
I don't care
Your brother's been asking for
Bamboo shoots. Will that do?
You haven't said anything
since you arrived
Try to be nicer when you visit
You've started
What are you going to take?
You know as well as I do
Tell me
You know it
Can't you say it?
The same landscape he shot
The same way he did?
Why?
Is that the way to beat him?
Can you kill him that way?
Yes. If I take the same landscape
the same way he did...
...he'll disappear
That way I'll be him
Really?
Sure
If you become him,
he'll survive in you
Am I wrong?
Good luck
Yasuko, get out of the way
Excuse me, I have to get
the mail
Please move, it'll only take
a second
You're in my way here
I can't get her
out of the way!
Over here, young lady
I've got her, hurry up!
Fine... yes, fine... yes... fine... fine
Say it again
Yes, fine
Yes, sure, fine. It's all right
with me
Yasuko!
What? Yes, it's fine with me
Why don't you get out
of the way?
Yes, of course. Yes, fine
Yes, that's fine
That's all right
That line's dead!
It's okay with me
I said it's dead!
What'd you say...
You're trying to put me on?
I see...
Fuckin' bitch!
Damn idiot!
It was her!
You were over the center line!
Wait a minute!
What d'you want?
I'm sorry!
You trying to kill somebody?
Keep this for me, will you?
Yasuko!
I won
I won. I beat you,
and I beat him
How do you know?
Because I didn't see
anything
I didn't see his landscapes
So you think you won?
You saw it, didn't you?
You saw it
You see it, now
No, I didn't
You had your eyes open
Saw what? The landscape
So, you couldn't beat him
No. The landscape I saw in
the car wasn't his
Look he wasn't anywhere near
the road we travelled
He wasn't here either
I didn't see him anywhere
Yasuko
There is no such thing
as his landscape
All landscapes are the same
He's in every landscape, and...
...he's missing from every
landscape, too
Give the camera back!
When did you become a thief?
It's communal property!
We can lend it to you again later
if you really need it
How did you know I was here?
Give it back
You asked Yasuko
Just give it back
What are you trying to do?
Give it back!
Where are you going?
I...
Are you still here?
Pruduced by SOZOSHA productions
Co-produced and distributed by
THE JAPAN ART THEATRE GUILD
THE SHIBATA ORGANIZATION INC.
Presents
THE MAN WHO LEFT HIS WILL ON FILM
Conceived by
OSHIMA NAGISA and TAMURA TSUTOMU
Scenario by
HARATA MASATAKA and SATAKI MAMORU
Music by
TAKEMITSU TORU
Director of Photography
NAISHIMA TOIJIRU
Art Direction by
TODA JUSHO
Sound by
HIDEO NISHIZAKI
Edited by
URAOKA KEIICHI
Assistant Directors
YAMANIKI YUJI and SASAKI BUNICHI
Cast
GOTO KAZUO as Motoki
IWASAKI EMIKO as Yasuko
FUKUOKA SUKIO and FUKUDA KEIICHI
ISOGAI HIROSHI, HASHIMOTO KAZUO
HORIKOSHI KAZUYA, OSHIMA TOMOYO
Produced by
YAMAGUCHI TAGUCHI
Directed by
OSHIMA NAGISA
You should have brought it
back by this morning
What are you taking?
There's nobody here.
We have something
more important to film
Don't touch that! You don't even
know how to use it
Give it back! We're
goin' to use it today!
What are you taking?
You could take landscapes anytime
What are you trying to do?
Give it back!
Where are you going?
Wait a minute! Wait!
Give the camera back!
Damn it! Where are you going?
Wait! Give it back!
Give the camera back!
Damn! Wait!
Where are you running?
Give back the camera!
You trying to commit suicide?
Hey, wait! Wait!
It's my camera! Give it back!
We're holding you as a witness!
Give it back!
He's coming around
Motoki, you all right?
You don't have to get up
I have to get the camera back
Sorry, if I hadn't fallen just then...
The camera...
The cops won't give it back
It wasn't broken?
What was on the film?
Have the cops developed it?
We've got no idea
The cops just keeping
talking about evidence
A Bolex is really fragile
I wonder if it was alright when I fell
The cops don't know the
first thing about cameras
They've probably popped the
lid and exposed all the film
They stole the film for evidence
They have enough sense not to ruin it
Let's at least go and protest
That's why we've been
waiting for you to get up
All our talking couldn't wake you
You were out like a light!
We thought you'd never get up
I'm up now. Let's go!
We've got to get my camera
Your camera?
I mean...
So that's the way you feel
You've still got the idea
of personal property
You needn't get upset
Did Motoki go after the cops...
...because he wanted to
resist repression?
Or was he only trying to
protect his property?
This is an important question
But you can't blame him
Motoki really cared
about the equipment
When I've got the camera, I
feel like it's mine, too
When the cops closed in, I
tried to protect my camera
Because I was thinking
about the camera...
...I tripped and fell
Materialistic bourgeois consciousness
Ownership is a betrayal
of the proletariat!
If I'd lost the camera...
It's my fault too
Bourgeois materialism
personal ownership, betrayal!
Yazawa, you talk big...
But would you have run after
the cops like Motoki?
That's irrelevant
Mindless activist!
Dogmatist!
Stop that! The question is...
...the anti-imperialist anti-Stalinist line
I'm only a drop-out dogmatist anyway
Stop posing
But look, we've go to think
about what Yazawa says...
Even if he always ends up name-calling
Yes, but the guys in the University
film club believe...
That proletarian consciousness can
produce proletarian films...
And they're morally bankrupt
Where are you going?
The police...
If we're going to attack,
all of us have to go
Mindless activist!
Sakamoto's probably got a bomb
ready to blow up the police
Motoki isn't up to it yet
I just sprained my ankle, but
Motoki was badly beaten
He'd better stay in bed tonight
There's no sense in
dragging him out now
Let's go back and discuss
our strategy
And we'd better start writing
our appeal
Yasuko, get Motoki to tell
about the situation...
...and report back to us...
Let's go
Yasuko, read him a Troyakyst
bedtime story. It might help
It'll only make him worse
Are they gone?
I'll bet you're hungry.
Coffee will be ready soon
Are you going to the police?
No, I'm going to talk things
over with the others
I was worried. You ran after the
cops and out of sight
I was sure you'd had it
with the cops...
...and you'd been arrested
I didn't know what to do
I'm relieved, that you were not arrested
by the cops.
I'm going back
I guess you're not up to it yet
If you tell me about it
I'll talk to them
Crap!
They're probably building
a wake for him
Tomorrow is the funeral
The funeral? Whose?
His funeral
Whose funeral?
His funeral
So whose?
The cops were going to
get his camera...
...so I grabbed it and ran,
but I got caught
You mean Endo. There's no
wake or funeral for him
All he did was sprain his ankle
You shouldn't talk as if...
...he was killed in the Tokyo war
Was his name Endo?
Stop kidding
Kidding? He jumped off the
top of the building
He just sprained his ankle?
Endo did that? When?
This afternoon
Wake up! Endo was with us all day...
...filming a documentary of the struggle
A documentary of the struggle?
Don't be ridiculous,
He committed suicide...
...right before my eyes,
in broad daylight
Enough of your nightmares
What we want to know is
what happened...
...after you took off after
the cops
Cops?
Let me go over everything
that happened today
We met in front of Sendagaya
station at 3:00...
In order to film the April 28
Okinawa Day unity meeting
We all gathered near the red post box
The post box...
The shields of the riot
police were lined up
They were inspecting our baggage
Everybody cooperated so nicely,
it drove us crazy...
There were so many cops...
That some were free to play
with the children
The children...
When we got to Meiji Park...
... things were quieter than
we had expected
Sakamoto was grumbling...
... about the uselessness of
popular demonstrations
The antiwar high school
students were...
... getting excited all by themselves
You were watching
What were you thinking about?
About what happened last
October and November?
You used to put on a white
Chukaku Faction helmet...
... and mix with the antiwar
high school guerrillas
And then you quit Chukaku...
... as if you were all worn out
The plaza was filled with
different flags
Flags with cartoon characters...
Cartoons...
As soon as it got dark,
the place went crazy
The Kakumaru Faction
tried to invade our assembly
They had staves and were itching
for a fight
It looked like there
was going to be...
... a war between the factions
The riot police stepped in...
... and the Kakumaru was forced
to go away
I said, that if both
factions get together...
... we could outflank the police
But you only laughed
and said:
"That's what Kakumaru calls
an illicit union"
After that, the demonstration
started for Hibiya Park...
... just as we were passing
the baseball stadium...
... we heard them announcing the score
Then we switched from zig-zag
to French-style formation
That was when we got separated
from Takagi's camera group...
... and were isolated with Endo
The loud commands coming
from the armored car...
... echoed across the broad avenue
It was really weired
Then the riot police
attacked without warning
They were out to get us
no matter what
We used all the film we'd
brought taking that scene
You were the first one to
notice the plainclothesmen
You tried to warn us
They were after the camera
Suddenly, Endo tripped and fell
You blocked the cops, grabbed
the camera, and ran
The riot police ran after you
They grabbed your camera
and jumped into a car
It was a camouflaged
patrol car
You ran after that car...
... screaming and demanding
the camera back
Do you remember now?
You ran after that car
I want to know what
happened after that
I ran into a tunnel, on and on
He committed suicide
The film became his last
will and testament
Do you still believe that?
Today we...
I opened his hand to get
the camera back
He slipped away
I grabbed his arm
He knocked me down
and ran off
It was early and the
streets were still empty
Then he jumped off the
top of that building
Where were you then?
Your lover committed suicide
Where were you?
What were you doing?
I... we were taking scenes...
...of the Okinawa Day
demonstrations
Were you wasting your time
with that nonsense?
Go to his house this minute
and ask him to forgive you
Motoki
Where are you going?
I'm going to go tell
them what you said
What are you doing!
How long are you going to
keep up this nonsense?
Making film into a weapon
While you were busy with
that, he killed himself!
I agree that you can't
participate in the struggle...
...by making films. That it's
a rationalization
That's no excuse!
Wait a minute. Not here.
Your room
All right
That's right, you are his girl
Why do you...
Stupid! Now you've been
raped by another man
Stop it!
Is this the film he left?
That's no way to talk, he
is your lover, isn't he?
This is the film my lover
left
The cops gave it back after
concluding it was suicide
What's this? This is an
awfully slow testament
A sake shop. Maybe he
bought his liquor there
But he really wasn't much
of a drinker
Maybe he was after the
shopgirl
You're goin' to hurt
Yasuko's feelings
Isn't that the bookshop
you use a lot?
Maybe, I can't really tell
But what was he thinking
when he shot this?
Is this the kind of thing
you take before you die?
Maybe he really was mad
There must be something here
How can you say he
was nuts...
... when you don't even watch
the screen?
Hard as you look, though...
... there doesn't seem to
be anything there
It's getting on my nerves
Watching this is a waste
of time
He was bankrupt, both
politically and artistically
Maybe he was figuring that by
linking meaningless shots...
... he could create meaning
by paradox
That's what you call
bankruptcy
When he first joined us...
... his sense of image was
a lot sharper
He had a sense of self that
could relate to reality
You want to see the rest
of this?
Here's what I think:
As Yazawa said...
... when you're bankrupt
politically and artistically...
... all experience loses meaning
Like the recanting Communist
before the war
The only difference is...
... he received the blessing
of modernity
You get stuck in the
muddy mixture...
... of the feudal and the
modern that is Japan
And you slip deeper
and deeper
Into the fetishes of youth
and childhood
It's beginning to scare me
This is the end of a
petit-bourgeois...
... unable to achieve proletarian
consciousness
Turn it off
I'll turn it off, then?
Wait! He tried hard
to shoot this film
He fought alongside us.
We ought to see it through
You should have returned
it by this morning
What are you filming?
There's nobody here!
We have something more
important to film
Don't touch that! You don't
even know how to use it!
Give it back! We're going
to use it today!
What are you filming?
You could film landscapes
anytime
What are you trying to do?
Give it back!
Wait! Where are you going?
Wait a minute!
Give the camera back!
Damn idiot! Where are you going?
Hey wait!
Wait! Where are you going?
Give the camera back!
Damn! Wait!
Where'd you running?
Give back the camera!
Is that all you shot?
Ours was much better
I told you to get nearer
to the demonstrators
Motoki, were you here, too?
Are you all right?
Yasuko says that...
...you haven't been able to carry
on a decent conversation
If you couldn't even
communicate with Yasuko...
...you must have been
pretty badly beaten
Tell us what happened
We're going to launch a
recovery struggle
Here are the handbills and the
appeal to the intellectuals
Recover? Recover what?
The film the cops stole
from you
We already got it back.
We just saw it
That was Takagi's film
The authorities aren't about
to give it up so easily
Motoki, you're still not
your usual self
We understand you feel
responsible for losing the film...
...but this is a problem we
ought work out together
Don't get so upset
Motoki, let's go on
I've made up a list, and...
...I think we'll be able to get
Nagisa Oshima and...
Masahiro Shinoda
Urayama and Seijun Suzuki
will help us too
Yoshida's all tied up with
the freedom of expression
So I'm sure he'll help, too
Then there's Shohei Imamura,
Tai Kato, and Matsumoto
Individuals are fine, but...
...then, there's the Directors'
Association...
...the Scenario Writers' Guild...
...the Critics' Council and the
Technicians' Association
We've got to broaden
our range...
...and develop the movement as a
joint, intensive struggle
Kokugakuin University took a
similar course to court and won
The System will do anything
not to lose again
It's all right to appeal to
the intellectuals, but...
...then we'll be reduced to the
lowest common denominator:
The freedom of expression
The University film clubs
are already bankrupt...
So we have to develop a
unique movement of our own
It's time to go and
distribute handbills
I guess we start by
distributing handbills
If you're looking for his
film, it's here
What's wrong? Don't look like that
You saw that film
What could he have been
trying to say?
You know, don't you?
You're his girl
What did he want to do
with this film?
To make it his testament
Would he take something
so meaningless?
But he did take it
Maybe he's...
Maybe what?
No, it couldn't be.
I saw him die
That's right. He left
this film and died
He insisted on borrowing
the camera
What was he trying to do?
Don't you want it?
Why did he commit
suicide?
Sorry, I thought you
were somebody else
Did you see a man about my
age turn this corner?
No man
What's wrong?
You...
Are you looking for somebody?
I...
I don't want it!
You keep it
He never existed
The idiot who made this idiot
film never existed!
What are you looking at?
Something that bothers you?
It's nothing
Stop it! He never
even existed!
What's wrong?
I see, it's that time of month
I'll be nice to you
It'll be all right, when I start
feeling hot. I'll stop
I'm his girl
It's no joke
Oh, come off it!
You're taking liberties with
somebody else's girl
Stupid, I said he never existed
Then, what were you
looking at?
Who were you searching for?
That was nothing
I may have said some
strange things...
...but I was upset after being
beaten by the cops
Don't take it so seriously
Let's be together just as
we were
Now stop it!
What's this then?
What do you think?
This is the film he took
It's the film he took as his
testament
Yasuko, stop it!
I just made him up.
He never really existed
Then what about this?
That? You just picked
it from the studio's bin
It's just a waste film spool
Then can I show it?
Sure, go ahead
Stop being difficult!
Stop it!
What's this?
Is this your lover's
testament?
That's right. This is his
testament
Your lover made a habit of...
...splicing pieces of waste
film together, is that it?
No!
Why? Then what's this on
the screen? What is it?
See, you don't know
So stop being so
difficult!
You've got to hand it to
Akiko through...
...splicing all this just together
That morning...
...he silently embraced me
Yes, that morning he
embraced me in silence
Then walked out of the
door
Yasuko!
There is no such person!
Wait
Stop it! He never even
existed!
Don't you understand?
He never existed!
Motoki, what have you been
doing lately?
Takagi went to your place
looking for you, but...
...the door was locked,
and nobody answered
Were you there?
What were you doing?
How's Endo's ankle?
It's bothering him, but he's
hopping around all night
But you haven't called in.
What have you been doing?
Not much
Yasuko said she hadn't
seen you since then
Sakamoto says you're become
an opportunist
It's he who believes you're
unaware of...
...the situation we're in
We're about to hold the
first public discussion...
for our film recovery struggle
We haven't reached the point
of mass action
- That's why we work so hard
- Are you still feeling badly?
No, I feel okay, it's just...
Let's see to that.
It's my penchance for...
...getting so involved with
that silly idea
What silly idea?
The action of a guy,
who never existed
He existed!
No, it was all an illusion
Is that the way you
want it?
A fiction, a fantasy
From fiction to reality.
From fantasy to science
From words to life
You're not the only one...
...with the illusion that revolution
will grow out of...
armed insurrection even
without mass support
It doesn't help, if your bark
is worse than your bite
Like Matsumura was
saying...
...today all mankind is being
oppressed
What is necessary, to break
through that oppression...
...is imagination
That's why we're making
films
I've been staying away
for no reason, but...
The recovery struggle is more than
just getting the film back
It's a matter of resisting the
oppression of creativity
From now on, I'll be
more positive
Is that all?
And what about his death?
What's wrong, Yasuko?
Nobody feels as bad as Motoki
Yasuko, leave him alone
He's just beginning to develop
new interest in our work
Motoki's even better than Yazawa...
...and he's only been working
with us for six months
I'm more of a theoretician
Motoki's better with the
equipment
Watching the way you
handle the film...
...it's like you were making
love to it
I used to take part in
street demonstrations
It was last autumn
But I had the awful feeling that...
...we were just moving
side by side with history
I don't remember the battle,
but I saw a documentary...
...made by an independent group
It was really good!
The camerawork was fantastic!
It illustrated history
What do you mean?
It seems like history is
moving outside of our lives
But the camera makes it
seem familiar, personal
That's in the way you felt
about film process that...
...your street demonstrations
were bankrupt
You joined our group
in order to...
...use film as a means to
launch a new struggle
Well, maybe...
Then the idea, that film
illustrates history...
...doesn't stand up
You use film as a medium
for confronting reality...
That's how films become
weapons
It's a question of the extent
to which film creates...
...a new relationship between
reality and the creative self
The reality and the creative self
combine in mutual criticism...
...and film acts through both
reality and creativity
That's right
That's what film means
But the image on the film
will still be descriptive
Then the ideal film would be of
a gracefully dancing couple
Your theory disregards the
creative autonomy
It's him! He took this!
That bastard, he even took
landscapes like this!
What is it? Did you find
a good shot?
This is just a waste
film clip
No! He shot it!
Who shot it?
He did! He did! Your...
He doesn't exist, he doesn't
What are you talking about?
Takagi shot while he
reloaded the camera
He didn't have to use up
this much
Takagi was just wasting film
It's junk
Yasuko, what's this all about?
I don't know. Motoki says
that he never existed...
It's getting all tangled!
It's not like you to be
so careless
He died
Make me your girl
No, he's...
Aren't you going
to show it?
Turn off the lights
Do it yourself!
Turn them off!
What's wrong?
Turn them off
Turn on the projector first
You always turn the lights
off first
No, you go first
Just flick the switch
Why don't you just flick
the switch?
What's wrong?
Hurry up and turn it on
Hurry up
When he decided to shoot this
and commit suicide...
...did he say anything?
How should I know?
You are his girl, of course
you should know
I wouldn't tell you
if I knew
Tell me. Please. Tell me
He didn't say anything!
Is that the truth?
He left his testament: He didn't
need to say anything
What did you get from it?
What did you get from it?
I don't know. That's why
I want to see it again!
You think you'll
understand this time?
How about it?
Just turn off the lights!
Hurry up and turn them off
Turn them off!
What's wrong? I turned
off the lights
Turn on the projector
He really didn't say anything?
You're sure?
That morning, he embraced me
Without speaking,
he simply embraced me
He embraced you. Like this?
No, he was more gentle
Like this?
No, it was completely different
It was like the wind blowing
Like water flowing
Like clouds were racing by
The sun was shining.
It was dazzling
You were embraced in broad
daylight, under this window?
When was this?
No, it is getting hazy
Where is this street
with all the signs?
Then everything goes blank
Look! Where is this?
He doesn't exist
Yes, he existed
That morning
he embraced me in silence
He never existed.
I just invented him
He's there. He's watching us
from behind the screen
That's why I'm asking
you where that is
I don't know
It's a place like a million
others, but...
...you were his girl you should
know where it is...
Then maybe, I don't remember
Try to remember why he
filmed this place
If we go there, maybe
we'd understand
But I don't know
He didn't say a thing
about his testament
That morning he just
embraced me in silence
Then how did he embrace you?
I didn't really embrace him and...
...he really didn't embrace me
Maybe it's just that I felt
I had been embraced
Who is he?
I don't know. I don't know
There is no such person
It's just that that morning
he embraced me in silence
Always?
Yes, always
Liar. He said something, didn't he?
It doesn't matter when he said it,
tell me what he said
Without speaking, he just...
The wind was blowing?
Water was flowing?
And the sun was shining?
Yes, that's right
Who is he?
What do you want me to say?
He was always silent, and...
Don't keep repeating
the same thing!
It's too beautiful
Then what do you want
me to say?
The wind doesn't blow.
Water doesn't flow
Does the sun shine?
Don't make me laugh!
Who is he?
He's the one, who made this
filthy film and died
It's not filthy. He shot it
before he died
Look, what beauty is there
in this?
What is it?
What does it show?
It's a miserable landscape
A filthy landscape
like any other!
No, there must be something
better there
You just can't see it
You're the one who
can't see it
It's a street of broken
down signs
Bent and twisted guardrails
A mailbox, weathered
and pealing
It's just junk and more junk
And then?
A cigarette stand
with an old lady
And then?
Then there's a greasy old
public telephone
And then?
Do you understand?
That's the film he took
Do you understand?
This is all he was capable of
That's wrong
You don't understand
Why he left this film
and committed suicide...
You just don't understand
You're the one who's filthy
I hate him. I can't tell you
how much I hate him
I'd like to tell him, how
much I hate him, but he...
The wind doesn't blow
water doesn't flow
The sun doesn't shine
This is him?
Yes, we're going to narrow
him down
Where do we begin?
From here
And so we open our siege
WAR OF LANDSCAPES
No, this isn't it
This isn't it either
Wait, there's somebody
watching
Watching?
We're getting closer
This way!
This is it!
Really?
Wait a minute.
I'll ask
Was anybody taking a movie
around here recently?
A movie?
Yes, a guy about my age
and appearance
I don't think so
A neighbour was taking some
pictures, is that what you mean?
Silly, those were still pictures
I see. Thanks anyway
What happened?
It's him
I'll get him!
He...
After him
What is it?
Did you see him?
Yes, it was a week ago
or maybe ten days
Kenchan came by
Who's Kenchan?
He's a man...
He used to come and buy
cigarettes for his father...
...but then he suddenly
stopped coming
He said, he wanted to
take my picture
Why did he want to take
your picture?
I said, that there wasn't...
...any point in taking a
picture of an old woman
But he got a camera for his
12th birthday...
...and was so happy!
Did you notice my friend?
He must have taken five
or six pictures, but...
...he still wasn't satisfied
He...
The wind was blowing
Water was flowing
The sun was...
He just passed
Like the wind?
Like water flowing?
Like the sun?
No, nothing...
Really?
One more left
The last one must be
around here
Here. He went in here
MOTOKI
I'm sure. You saw him, too
Let's go in
What's wrong?
That's all for today
Why?
I said, that's all for today
UNILATERAL WITHDRAWAL
Stop it!
But isn't it the truth?
FILM SEIZURE: FIRSPUBLIC DISCUSSION
You left in the middle
of the discussion
You were irresponsible
You were smart to run off
That meeting today was terrible
We didn't have enough time
to publicize it
Maybe the intellectuals
don't come...
...unless your slogan is
"Freedom of Expression"
As we expected, no one
came from the film clubs
Of course not
There's no point in
carrying on like this
We've got to take concrete
action with concrete support
But this proves, that they're
totally bankrupt
Never mind about others
Those able to struggle must
do so
Maybe the situation has
reached that stage now
It's just sad to realize we're
the only ones left...
...with the ability to build
a cultural front
But maybe that's the only way
What are you doing?
Are you crazy?
You were supposed to report on
the present situation
You are like a cultural
commissar!
It's no joke!
Don't move! The lens
will fall off
It's no time for that
sort of thing
But we've only got one
camera left
We have to be careful
with this one
Endo, where is the zoom
lens?
It's at home
Bring it back
Why?
Bring it back, please
Motoki, you handle the
equipment...
...as if you were going to
shoot a new film!
Motoki, first you disappear from
this meeting, and now...
...you want lenses. What
are you going to do?
You want to make a new film?
If I did, would you
lend me the camera?
We've got only one...
...and it's hard to tell how our
struggle will develop
I'll return it
It's not a matter of
returning it
It's your whole attitude
You of all people should be
involved in solving...
...the problem of the stolen film
helping to establish our cultural front...
...but you're no help at all
Then you won't lend it to me?
That's not the point!
Describe the film you want
to make
If you convince us,
we might help
You can't. It's too personal
She's right. We should be concerned
with our own films...
...and not Motoki's personal problems
Can we see the rough cut?
We've got better things to do
Editing can't save bad
films
What do you mean?
If you don't want to watch, don't
Turn off the lights
Making militant films doesn't
mean you're part of the struggle
Be quiet and watch
Takagi, did you take this?
Yes, but there was a cop
across him and me, so...
...it's out of focus
I should have changed
the angle
Opportunist!
You were with me, you
should know how it was
The question is, how to
conclude the film
How to express the realities of the
state's seizure of our film
Point the camera and the film
into the sky...
...and they are lost in the sun's glare
Then there's halation and
the scene goes white
What's the sunlight represent?
State power
That's not new.
We've seen that before!
I thought it was your brother
What have you been doing lately?
You ought to visit more
frequently
There was a riot again
the other day
I hope you aren't involved
anymore
Aren't you feeling well?
Anything to eat around here?
Are you hungry? I'll fix
something in a minute
Is my brother using my room?
Your room gets more sun...
...but he says he's used to his
old one
Do you stay?
You'll stay for supper, won't you?
I'll fix whatever you'd like
I don't care
Your brother's been asking for
Bamboo shoots. Will that do?
You haven't said anything
since you arrived
Try to be nicer when you visit
You've started
What are you going to take?
You know as well as I do
Tell me
You know it
Can't you say it?
The same landscape he shot
The same way he did?
Why?
Is that the way to beat him?
Can you kill him that way?
Yes. If I take the same landscape
the same way he did...
...he'll disappear
That way I'll be him
Really?
Sure
If you become him,
he'll survive in you
Am I wrong?
Good luck
Yasuko, get out of the way
Excuse me, I have to get
the mail
Please move, it'll only take
a second
You're in my way here
I can't get her
out of the way!
Over here, young lady
I've got her, hurry up!
Fine... yes, fine... yes... fine... fine
Say it again
Yes, fine
Yes, sure, fine. It's all right
with me
Yasuko!
What? Yes, it's fine with me
Why don't you get out
of the way?
Yes, of course. Yes, fine
Yes, that's fine
That's all right
That line's dead!
It's okay with me
I said it's dead!
What'd you say...
You're trying to put me on?
I see...
Fuckin' bitch!
Damn idiot!
It was her!
You were over the center line!
Wait a minute!
What d'you want?
I'm sorry!
You trying to kill somebody?
Keep this for me, will you?
Yasuko!
I won
I won. I beat you,
and I beat him
How do you know?
Because I didn't see
anything
I didn't see his landscapes
So you think you won?
You saw it, didn't you?
You saw it
You see it, now
No, I didn't
You had your eyes open
Saw what? The landscape
So, you couldn't beat him
No. The landscape I saw in
the car wasn't his
Look he wasn't anywhere near
the road we travelled
He wasn't here either
I didn't see him anywhere
Yasuko
There is no such thing
as his landscape
All landscapes are the same
He's in every landscape, and...
...he's missing from every
landscape, too
Give the camera back!
When did you become a thief?
It's communal property!
We can lend it to you again later
if you really need it
How did you know I was here?
Give it back
You asked Yasuko
Just give it back
What are you trying to do?
Give it back!
Where are you going?
I...
Are you still here?