In memory of Hiroyuki Nasu, Film Director
Original story: Kazuo Umezu
My little brother has a power...
Sou, what's wrong?
Sou...
In his dreams he has the power to foretell...
people's evil intentions.
No!
You poor thing!
You're all dirty.
There, there... who could have thrown you away?
I'll make you pretty again.
Don't!
Watch it, will you?
I'm sorry.
Sou?
No! Don't go that way.
No!
No! Stop!
Wake up!
Sou?
No!!!
Sou, What's wrong? Sou?
GOD'S LEFT HAND, DEVIL'S RIGHT HAND
- Izumi?! - What is it? - Help!
What's wrong?
- Oxygen! - Yes!
Hang in there.
Sis...
- I'm going to die soon. - Die?
Sou, that's not funny.
I'm not kidding - I saw it in a dream.
But there's a way you can save me...
Sou! Hold on!
Sou! Sou!
Hang in there!
I want to save you. How do I do it?
I'm not sure...
the red cell phone's important.
"The red cell phone"? What are you talking about?
I don't know.
But sis, promise me you'll save me, OK?
Sure I will. I'll protect you, no matter what.
Don't forget... the red cell phone.
Sou...
Everything's fine but the brain scan.
No!
- Sou! - Sou!
Sou!
Hi, Papa!
- Sorry I'm late. - You were working late?
That's right.
I bought you all these, because you love cakes so much.
- Thank you. - And...
a new book.
I stayed late finishing it.
You did? That's great!
Read it to me, Papa! Right now!
OK, OK. Don't be in such a rush.
I want to see it right now, Papa!
It makes me really happy that you like my books.
My pictures aren't very good, and my stories are weird...
No - I like your books the best.
They're so exciting!
All right... I'll read you the picture book I did.
- Wow! What's this? - A doll.
'Once upon a time, there was a very sweet doll...
'The doll was waiting there... '
No, don't pick that up.
- Why not? I want it. - No. Put it back.
- But, Mom... - No!
'Day in, day out...
'the doll sat waiting by the side of the road.
What was she waiting for?
'She waited, hoping some nice person would come and find her.
- What's that? - Eh?
It's a filthy doll!
- Hello. - What are you doing?
You're awful!
'And then, one night by the side of the road...
'she finally met someone.
'A kind-hearted young girl.
'The doll was very happy.
'She loved the girl...
'very much.
'So the doll, because she loved the girl...
'killed her!
'The End. '
" Killed her"?
She picked up the doll.
Yeah...
Wasn't it interesting?
What? Sure it was!
But you're so quiet...
No, no! It was great.
It was so powerful it took my breath away.
My hands are all sweaty.
Yes! How interesting was it?
Very. This doll...
looks just like me.
It's like I'm the heroine.
I'm glad. I'm really happy when you praise me.
Draw me another book right away, OK Papa?
What? I've just read you this one.
No! I want a new one right away!
But my pictures aren't good...
No! I want a new one!
OK, OK, I'll do you one.
Yes! Yes! Yes!
No!
Sou?
Sou! Sou?
No! No!
Sou!
You're having another nightmare...
Sis...
promise you'll save me, OK?
I'll protect you. I swear.
Who's there?
Sou?!
Sou!
Wait! Sou!
Sou?
No Entry
Sis?
Sou?
Don't forget...
the red cell phone's important.
Izumi?
You spend too much time here. You'll get sick too.
May I have a word?
Again? What is it, Detective?
I just find it hard to believe...
But it's true! His neck just split open...
and then, all that blood...
I'm sorry, Izumi...
I'd like to believe you, but I just can't.
His neck just burst all by itself?
No adult will believe that.
But... it's true.
Sis, promise you'll save me, OK?
Sou... what should I do?
Don't forget...
the red cell phone's important.
It's not here...
You shouldn't be in here!
I'm sorry.
Hello?
Hi, honey.
I can't hear you. Hang on.
Just listen, will ya? So what?
Cheating on you? We just had dinner!
What do you mean, "I know"?
A man's got to get out, damn it!
What?! Who's an asshole?
I'm getting a divorce!
It's broken.
Hello? Hello?
Hello?
Sis?
It looks like my dreams and that broken cell phone...
are connected somehow, in the next world.
I want to help you. What should I do?
Save the girl who's trapped.
" The girl who's trapped"? Who's that?
I don't know, but a bad man has her and she can't get away.
So, by saving her, I save you?
Hurry, Sis.
Take the yellow train, right to the end of the line.
That's the town he lives in.
OK, Sou, I'm here.
Now what?
Oh, man!
Into the shower!
Come on, you two. You'll catch a cold.
Off you go.
Then it's your nap time.
Come on, hurry!
I'm saying it's a bad influence on the children.
I know that...
but Ayu's gone missing - I can't act like nothing's wrong.
Look...
I realise that you and Ayu are very close.
But finding her is a job for the police.
It's not up to you.
Your job is...
to act normal, so that you don't worry the children.
All right?
Yes.
The only one there when Sou's neck was cut was your daughter, Izumi.
It's hard to believe she did it. I don't believe it myself.
But now she's disappeared.
All I can think is that she's running away.
That's not true.
I promise I'll find her.
Thank you.
Other children might be in danger.
What did you dream about last night?
Last night I dreamed you go off to a town far away.
Without you?
Yeah. I'm in a hospital, badly hurt.
And I leave you and go away?
No...
you go there to save me.
Save you? But aren't you in a hospital?
You go there to destroy a demon.
Your dreams are all over the place!
And then you meet a blue girl there, with a blue cell phone.
The blue girl takes you to a white house.
And then you save me.
A white house? A hospital?
No.
But in my dream...
I'm a little girl in bed there, with broken legs...
who can't get away.
What an awful dream!
But you come, and then you save me.
- Me? - I was really happy,
because you saved me in desperation.
Excuse me, here...
Please take one.
Please...
Thank you.
And then...
you meet a blue girl there, with a blue cell phone.
Please...
Missing
Hello?
My brother seems to have been a little girl in his dream.
Ayu, maybe...
Maybe.
And then...
If we can save Ayu from the white house she's trapped in...
We can save my brother.
All right. Let's find that white house together.
So you believe this crazy story?
I have dreams every night, too.
" Save me! Save me!", I hear Ayu crying out.
In our dreams, she's calling to us, wanting us to save her.
You'll get diabetes, Mr. Kubota.
My daughter loves cakes.
Oh, you have a daughter?
Why, yes.
I've never met your wife.
It's just the two of us now.
Oh? In that big house?
- How old is she? - Seven.
Bring her some time!
- Her legs are bad. - Her legs?
She can't walk.
I live here.
What a cute store!
- Say hello for me. - I will.
- I'm back. - Hi!
Hello, Mr. Kubota.
- Hello. - A friend?
Could she stay over?
I'm Yamanobe Izumi.
If you don't mind the smell of cake...
I love it.
Yoshiko, lend her that jersey, hanging upstairs.
Dinner's not for a while. We'll have some cake.
- What's wrong? - I can't go any further!
- Wimp! - Aren't you hungry?
Let's go into town and eat.
Is this thing leaking? It's empty.
Really? I drank all mine.
Do you smell something?
- That's the smell of cake! - Let's go!
Kie! It's coming from in there.
It doesn't look like a store...
Yeah, but " any storm in a port"!
" Any port in a storm".
- Whatever! - OK.
Is anyone home?
Hello?
It doesn't look like anyone's there. Let's go in.
Yeah. Even just for some water.
Cakes!
I bet we could eat one or two and no one would even notice!
- I dunno... - Sure we could!
- You think so? - It'll be fine.
- We could pay later... - Sure! Let's eat!
This is good!
I wonder who made these...
- Yeah, they're great! - Yeah.
- Which one next? - Hmmm...
Oh! Uh.. we're sorry.
It just looked so good that we...
- Didn't it? - We'll pay you if you like.
Sorry!
We're sorry. We were out walking and we hadn't eaten...
We didn't think anyone was here, so we just...
I'm sorry. We helped ourselves.
I'm really sorry. I really am.
Actually...
she's a senior of mine in school. It was her idea.
No! Help!
I can't eat any more.
I can't. I really can't. Please forgive me!
He's late, he's late, he's late!
Sorry, Momo...
I'm late.
I'm sorry.
But the reason I'm late...
What?
I went out to think about a new book to read to you.
Really?
Yes. And I thought up a really good story.
What's it about?
I'll stay up tonight and work on it,
- so go to sleep now. - No way!
Tell me more about it, Papa, even just a little bit.
Oh, well... OK.
I'll give you a tiny preview of the story I'm thinking of.
Great!
This story...
is about something you love.
It's filled with tons of cakes!
Great! I really want to hear it!
OK, then. You get to sleep.
I can't draw if you don't.
All right. Good night.
Good night.
Morning, Papa.
Morning, Momo.
- Papa, were you up all night? - Yeah.
So you finished the book?
No, I'm sorry.
- It's the faces. - The faces?
Yeah. I couldn't draw them right.
Oh dear...
I'll finish it as soon as I get home, so just wait a bit longer... OK?
Good morning. Did you sleep well?
Yes.
Yoshiko! Izumi! Breakfast!
Are they still asleep?
Excuse me...
We open at 10...
- I'm Furukawa. - Yes?
This girl's here...
Excuse us.
- Sou! - Hey! Sou!
No!
Sis! Sis!
Hurry! Hurry!
Wake up!
Sis! Hurry!
What's wrong?
Quick! It's someone who eats lots of cake!
Sou? Sou?
Someone who eats lots of cake? Where?
I know someone who eats lots of cake.
You do?
Mr. Kubota.
That man?
I'll finish it as soon as I get home, so just wait a bit longer.
I can't wait.
I want a peek at your new book. Just a little one.
Slow day, huh?
- Fujimoto... - Yes?
Do you think I could go home?
- I'm worried... - You're kidding?
I think I forgot something.
It's my quitting time...
Please!
I'm so tired... I'll drink some water.
Water...
Don't open it!
Who's that?
Who are you?
It's all right. We won't hurt you.
- You screamed... - Go away!
Don't be scared...
No! Get out of here.
What's that behind you?
Stay away!
Can't you walk?
We're here to help.
Is your father... scary?
Papa's...
he's nice! He's kind!
I'm back!
I'm back.
Are you awake, Momo?
I came home early to finish the book.
Momo?
Huh?
Momo - there was someone here while I was gone, wasn't there?
I don't know, I don't know!
Momo, why are you afraid?
Has Papa ever been angry at you?
Papa's not even a tiny bit angry.
So, look at me.
OK?
Tell me what happened while I was out?
Tell me!
They just came in - two big girls! They just came in!
It's true! I told them not to, but they just came in.
And where are they now?
I don't know! I don't know!
I can't walk. I don't know anything!
Are you OK?
You got excited...
drink this.
Sister...
Hmm. It would seem they aren't far away.
No!
It's all right...
I'll just punish them a little for being bad.
No! No!
Papa, don't!
Calm down.
That's Ayu?
He might have heard. We should go.
Izumi, run!
- He'll come up. - No!
Hide!
Well, well... the cake store girl.
How did you know to come here?
I wonder if you're alone...?
Open this.
You were with a friend, huh?
It's just me.
Mr. Kubota Koichiro?
Where does he live?
Straight up that road, and on up the hill.
It's a big white house, right at the end.
'So the two girls who loved cake so much...
'ended up becoming cake themselves.
'And because they didn't need to eat cake any more...
'they were very happy.
'The End'.
Was it boring?
No... it was really interesting. Really.
Yeah? Great!
But the next story's going to be really good.
It's almost finished.
It's about two bad witches...
who come to kidnap a princess.
What?!
To punish them for trying to kidnap his precious princess...
the king puts them in a dungeon and kills them.
I haven't quite worked out the ending yet,
but it's going to be great!
You mean those two big girls?
Big girls?
Who do you mean?
Anyway, you go to sleep.
I'm going to work on my book.
Good night.
Help! Somebody help!
Room 402! Yamanobe Sou's not here!
- Izumi? - No! - It's all right.
Detective!
What's going on here?
Damn these things!
Right!
Now let's get to the main story.
My problem now is to finish off you two witches.
What should it be? It's your story...
Let's make it a great ending.
The poor witches, decapitated with a hacksaw...
The hanged witches, swinging like pendulums...
The witches spanked a hundred times with a paddle...
I know! We'll do it like this.
Our theme will be the witches... hung on a cross with nails.
You killed Ayu, and now us. You don't deserve to live!
'The witches cursed him for all they were worth...
'but the king didn't care at all.
'For trying to kidnap the princess... '
Stop it!
'He had decided the penalty would be death. '
No!
'The two bad witches were nailed to a cross.
'At last they died...
'happily ever after. '
'In punishment, the two bad witches...
'had nails driven into them on a cross. '
- Welcome! - That's very good.
No, it's just fiddling around.
Please...
Do you have a daughter?
I can tell from your drawings.
That's 550 yen.
- You want to make her happy. - Uh, yes...
I draw too. I know how you feel.
Don't worry - she'll be delighted.
She'll love her father.
So, make it good, OK?
Thank you.
Momo... Momo, wake up.
Papa...
Ta-da! I've finished my new book.
See? I told you.
The two bad witches get punished for trying to kidnap the princess.
I worked real hard to make it a story you'll like.
Look!
'And so the two bad witches who tried to take the princess away...
'invited the king's wrath.
'So they'd never wake up again...
'he drove lots of nails into them...
'and crucified them on crosses.
'The End'.
Well? Was that interesting?
You... killed them, didn't you?
What? It wasn't me, it was the king who killed the two witches.
Papa, all your stories, every single one...
really happened, didn't they?
You did terrible things.
You're a very, very stupid little girl.
Papa...
You still don't understand?
All the girls in these books...
they were all you!
This one!
Help me!
No! No! No!
And this one!
Don't!
And this one!
Every single one of them! They were all you!
Papa, stop!
This one, too! For you...
I wrote lots and lots and lots of stories!
Why won't you ever understand?
Somebody help me! My papa's gone crazy!
And it looks like you never will understand!
OK, Momo, here's a new book...
'Once upon a time...
'there was a very cute little rabbit.
'The rabbit lived together with a wolf... '
There aren't any pictures there.
'The rabbit always wanted picture books reading to her.
'The wolf was at his wit's end. '
There aren't any pictures there.
'And then one day...
'the rabbit found out who the wolf really was. '
Stop it, Papa!
'And so the wolf...
'finally...
'made up his mind to eat the rabbit!'
Momo... I'll save you.
Momo...
No!
Don't!
Papa, stop it!
Papa - snap out of it! Please!
No!
Papa, stop!
No!
Help!
Sis!
Momo... run!
Your story is over!
Sis!
Momo!
Help!
Momo!
What the...?!
My left hand...
is the left hand of God, restorer of justice.
My right hand...
is the demon-destroying Devil's right hand.
Perish!
Papa!
Stop! Help!
Yamanobe Sou
Yes, yes...
and like in all your dreams, when you move your right hand...
all the evil ones die.
And when you move your left, all the good ones come back to life, right?
God's left hand...
And Devil's right hand.
You have such great dreams!
It's not a dream, I told you!
Mom, Dad - they're calling you.
You watch Sou then, OK?
Why won't they believe me?
It wasn't a dream. It was real.
It wasn't a dream; I know that.
But grown-ups, you know... they'll never understand.
Will we turn into grown-ups, too?
Sou...
Sis.
Where's Momo?
Momo!
Are you OK? I'm Sou.
I kept seeing you in a dream.
A dream? A dream?
Papa?
Papa? Where are you?
Hey, that's Papa's picture book.
Papa...
I thought all the stories in your books were real.
You were someone in them, weren't you?
- Help! - Momo!
Momo!
- You don't mind? - No.
Subtitles by Lord Retsudo for ADC
CAST: Izumi - Asuka Shibuya
Sou - Tsubasa Kobayashi
Yoshiko - Ai Maeda
Momo - Momoko Shimizu
Kubota - Tomorowo Taguchi
Customer in store - Kazuo Umezu
Screenplay - Yoshinori Matsugae
Directed by Shusuke Kaneko