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A SHIOTA Akihiko Film
CANARY
That year,
authorities removed dozens of children
from the terrorist cult group, Nirvana,
into protective custody at a Child Welfare Center in western Japan
Raised in constant fear of attack from the outside world,
at first the children responded with ferocious defiance
Yet over time, as they adapted to reality,
they broke free of their parents' dogma
However, there was one boy,
who refused to abandon his rebelliousness,
the 12 year old, Iwase Koichi
When his grandfather visited Koichi after 2 months of confinement,
he refused custody of the boy, only taking his
8 year-old sister, tearing the two children apart
Koichi soon escaped from Child Welfare
Kyoto
Tokyo
You know the type that's so smug about not being a pain in the ass
That type totally pisses me off
Every living person's a pain in the ass
And it's even worse after they croak
Right? Take my Mom...
What?
Convenience store
Wanna stop?
Nope
When my Mom died,
her bones took forever to burn
The crematorium guys really had to work at it
"Damn, she's still a pain even though she's dead,"
that's how Grandma bitched about her. And then,
after awhile, Grandma kicked the bucket herself
And no matter how long they burned her, she just
stayed half-roasted, never turned to ash and bones. I mean, damn!
So when I die, I'm sure I'll be just the same
Hey, man, tell me your real name
How come?
No big deal if you don't want to
It's not that I don't want to...
After, OK?
Won't care, after
Listen, man, I only agreed to take a drive with you
I'm opening it
I'm... a police officer
Pull over, man I gotta pee
Can't
Why not? I can't hold it Stop!
I said I can't! Dickin' around with adults, you punks!
Why the fuck would I pay a kid 20,000 yen for taking a drive!
Stop...
The fuck I will!
Get the cuffs out Get 'em out and cuff yourself
Right wrist, too
Right wrist, too!
Is he alive?
Can't tell
Shit
Shit! This way
This way!
Fuck, I made it!
I thought I was dead meat
I feel kinda great... like this
Hey, you, hang on
Hey, you're that Nirvana kid, right?
Don't bother pretending I remember you from Child Welfare
Did you break out?
No, no, no... No
I just want to thank you
Hey, let go, ouch, ouch
That guy in the car was going to abduct and kidnap me
If you hadn't jumped out onto the road,
who knows what would've happened to me
Ouch, ouch
Can you undo 'em?
Thank you
Where are you headed?
Tokyo
Tokyo? What for?
Get my sister back from Grandpa
Get her back?
So you got cash?
No way, right? How are you going to get to Tokyo without cash?
Walk
You've got guts But that's what's called, Impossible
All right, then
I'll get you the money you need to get to Tokyo
Why?
A present, to thank you
I want to do something for you, OK?
You got a name?
Iwase Koichi
That your real name?
Huh
My name's Yuki
Sometimes I go by Aki or Miki,
but it's really Yuki, Niina Yuki
Hello? Oh, Mikari? You here?
We're in a car
What? Where?
Mikari!
Yuki, did your Dad beat you up again?
Yeah, something like that Did you bring what I wanted?
Yeah
Here
They're Mikari's brother's You'll get caught without a disguise
The cash?
This is it?
I planned to lift more from Mom's purse but it didn't work out
I don't know a thing about the details,
but if Yuki's up for helping you,
you must be all right I can't really help at all,
but I'll be rooting for you in my heart, OK?
Thank you
Keep the money I'll settle for your support
I've got other resources
Sir, it's me, Yuki, from Midori Elementary
Don't worry, nobody saw me
Sir, sir
Sir!
Sir! It's me
OK, sit, fast
His hearing's cool, but he has trouble talking
Right, Sir?
Soak in that hot bath 'til you warm up, OK?
And count to 500 real slow
Don't you dare get out 'til then Got that?
That'll be 10,000 yen, Sir
No touching You touch me, it's 100,000 yen
"On the long, long,
never-ending trail,
a winter storm
rages, but...
It's springtime in the valley,
and flowers bloom
Alone, alone
another day alone,
on the never-ending silvery trail"
Mom used to sing that in the tub
I just kind of picked it up
What happens once you've seen your sister?
Are you gonna go back to Nirvana?
I'll find somewhere to live
And then?
Bring my Mom back there
Where's your Mom?
I don't know, but I swear I'll find her
How about your Dad?
Dead
Right after my sister was born, he got sick and died
My family's really the pits, but yours totally sucks
There's no comparison
This is where we part
Don't lose that money I gave you
I swear I'll pay you back
Bye, then
Hey, wait!
I wanna go to Tokyo with you You wouldn't mind, would you?
I hate this town! I don't want to go home!
I want to help someone, make a difference
Can't I?
Can't someone like me have dreams?
You've got to make your own choices
You said it
You just said it
Don't you dare forget what you just said!
We take the train as far as we can from Ishiuchi station
After that, it's anybody's guess
I hope you're really ready to walk all the way to Tokyo
Hey
Hey! We've got to stop I can't walk anymore
A little farther
That's all you ever say and we never stop
This is all that's left
Aren't you eating?
Hey, wait, Koichi!
Hey, what's so wrong about shoplifting?
Tell me. I wouldn't bring it up if we weren't desperate
No money, nothing to eat How else can we stay alive?
If you've got a better plan, tell me!
When you steal from someone, their pain always comes back to you
What the hell is that?
That one of your teachings? Then, why'd you kill all those people?
Didn't you guys murder dozens of innocent people?
I may be an idiot but I watch the news
Why'd you guys murder people?
We didn't murder
If we did murder, there was a reason that justified it
What kind of reason?
What kind of reason justifies murder?
Hey, wait, Koichi!
You haven't given me any reason
If you can't explain the reason, you might as well not have one
Sorry, but it's time I was going home!
You're the one who wanted me to make my own decisions
You can go on to Tokyo by yourself!
Ouch!
Ouch! Ouch!
Koichi!
Cut it out!
Ouch!
Ouch! Ouch!
Cut it out
Ouch!
Eat up, you animals
Thank you
Don't mind him, it's just a habit
Oh, yeah?
Listen, are you guys really brother and sister?
Yeah, he's my big brother
But you probably thought I was older, right?
Most people think that What do you guys think?
I just don't believe you're related
Exactly. We actually have completely different moms and dads
But it gets so complicated when you try to explain,
so quit asking, OK?
What's up with you two?
Us? You saw us, back there...
Yeah, but I don't really get it
No, Yuki, you totally get it
"Your eyes deliver 10,000 Volts
You're the last angel who came down to earth
Your eyes deliver 10,000 Volts
You're the last angel who came down to earth"
I feel so clean
Angels in hell They're kind of weird, but...
I just washed my hair in the sink
I feel so much better
Hey, Koichi You should wash your hair, too
Hey
Don't touch me!
No thanks
I'm...
used to being screamed at
But, I'm so dumb,
half the time I can't figure out what I did wrong
That's the worst, for me
If someone touches your head, you lose spiritual energy
Spiritual energy? What's that?
The usual?
Teach me that stuff you're always chanting, too
Hurry, c'mon
No
It's not some joke
I know that, you idiot
I was just hoping we could make up Idiot
One time,
I really did think I'd kill myself
Once, after Dad hit me,
I said to him,
"You're not my father
You should've died instead of Mom, you idiot"
And he said back,
"How dare you, you twit
Your mother never even wanted to have you
It was too late, so she had no choice"
Didn't I even know that?
I knew that all along
But I didn't want to have to hear it from Dad
That night, I got a knife from the kitchen,
and planned to shove it into my neck
But then...
But then, I suddenly heard Mom's voice,
inside my head
Suddenly, she started singing
That song
My mom's favorite song
You know what I thought?
That after people die,
their spirits really do look out for you
That stuff really happens
What do you think of that story?
Do you believe me?
If you kill yourself, you go to hell in the next world
So you're telling me,
you go to hell for suicide, but heaven for murder?
You and I have the worst chemistry I'm getting cold,
and it's time for bed Bye
Iwase Michiko, joins the Order today with two others
"Upon joining the Order,
"I solemnly swear to the following:
"One, I donate all my assets
"and property to the Order
"Two, no matter what may happen to me after this,
"I have chosen that fate freely,
"and I will cause no trouble for the Order
"Three, if my body
"should perish during practice,
"it is my wish that the Order inter my body
"and the Master officiate at my funeral rites"
Iwase Michiko
Koichi
Asako
As you know, members of the Order live apart from their families
You may be lonely at first
But severing the attachments of love is the essence of our practice
We pray for the final day of your completion
Thank you
Hey, wake up Time for offerings, wake up
Hey, don't leave any of the offerings
Why not?
They contain the Master's energy
You can't leave any
Just eat it! Just eat it!
Idiot!
What did he do today?
Threw his offering on the floor
But we're full today
Bind him!
Listen...
I'll show you just how terrible your offense is
That offering was infused with our Master's energy
To refuse that offering is no less than to turn against the Master
Turn against the Master and your spirit will lodge in hell forever
Do you have any idea what hell is!
No, you haven't the faintest idea
If you had, you would never have thrown that to the ground
Never!
Do you want to go to hell!
Then go back to your room, pick up the offering and eat it
Speak your answer!
I'll pick up the offering and eat it
Listen closely Your ignorance is hardly a sin
Because you were never taught the real truth
But no longer
The gates of hell open for those who turn willfully against the truth!
Got that!
So, what does his teacher say?
Yeah,
yeah...
What are you talking about?
Stop it, that's not what I'm talking about
What does that have to do with him?
Please, we can discuss that some other time...
Yuichi is not your mother's son, he's mine
I bore him myself
Hurry up, put Yuichi on
Yuichi...
Speak to Mommy
If you're silent, I'll never know
Something bad happen at school?
Then, why won't you go to school?
Why not, Yuichi?
Then please talk so Mommy can understand
Otherwise, how will Mommy know what to do?
I want to see you! Mommy wants to see you, too
Why can't you understand Mommy?
Yeah, that's right
On your next vacation,
Mommy's promised Daddy to come visit...
Yeah...
Yeah
What?
I can't read your mind! If you've got something to say, spit it out!
I thought we were supposed to leave all that behind on this trip
My son has a problem
So fucking what!
Kozue!
What is this!
You don't think I can understand how a parent feels!
A pervert, a childless lesbian like me, can't understand a mother's feelings...
Kozue, shut up or I'll hit you
Fine, go ahead
I never wanna see your face again!
So don't ever look at me again!
Beat it
Shit, Kozue san's really going away
Saki san! Oh, no!
I'll go bring her back
We'd already decided,
to break up after this trip anyway
You're a solid young man, aren't you...
Don't need it
It's not for you, take it for my own sake
Please take it
Thank you
Tokyo, Central Station
Where's your sister?
With Grandpa
I know, where's he?
The zoo stop on the Keio Line
WANTED: Nirvana Members
Iwase Michiko, aka Lucia (39)
How are you today?
Vegetables prices are rising thanks to a long rainy season and cool summer
The fall may see...
Koichi
From this day forth,
you shall be called Ravana
How was Garusha? How did she seem?
The same
Right
Asako
Asako, you can't just sleep all the time Come play with me outside
Stop sucking on your clothes
She looked skinny
What?
Garusha
Really...
Hey, Ravana!
Mom!
Mommy!
Ravana
Hurry, take this child away
Mommy! Mommy!
Mommy!
Wait! Mommy, don't go!
Mommy! Mommy!
Mommy...
Mommy! Don't go!
Mommy, wait!
Ravana
I'll put it here
Asako
Ravana
Be strong
Koichi!
Ravana!
Ravana,
you were delivering Garusha's letters to Yoshioka, weren't you?
Hang him
Ravana! Chant the Akashagalva Mantra 10,000 times, now!
Ravana!
Can't hear you!
Ravana!
Let's hear it.
Ravana, let's hear it!
Ravana!
Like you mean it!
Louder!
Ravana!
Let's hear it.
Koichi...
Koichi, can you hear me?
Mother
You were so foolish
You're so impossible
Mother
Koichi
You're not the only one it's hard for
You're not the only one who's lonely
Mother...
can hardly bear being apart from you and Asako
But if you can just be strong now,
I promise we can all live together again someday
Koichi, we'll all die someday
We all do die, someday
You and I, might even die tomorrow
If I were to die now,
no matter how much I loved you and Asako,
I would never see you again
But listen, Koichi
That's not good enough for me
I want to be with you in the next world and the world after that, forever
If we follow the Master and practice,
and seek salvation in this life,
we will all be reincarnated together again
You understand, don't you?
I know you do Because you're my son
Koichi, I've been assigned a special task now
If I do it perfectly,
I know I'll win salvation
Then,
I can get you and Asako and we'll all be together
So, I know it's hard, but don't give up
If you give up now, what'll become of Asako?
So, please Chant the mantra with all your heart
"Your mother was a total failure as a human being"
That's what Grandpa said,
at the Child Welfare Center
So I lunged at him,
and tried to strangle him
While I was doing that, I...
I thought I had every reason to kill him
Tama Zoo
This the street?
Hey, wait There may be cops
I'll go scope it out
IWASE
Apologize!
Death Penalty
Parents are Culpable
Hey, what are we going to do now!
Find Asako
And just how are we going to do that?
Huh? Wander all over Tokyo without any money?
According to testimony by former members, the three additional Nirvana suspects
accused of three counts of murder and manslaughter, in addition
to the subway terror attacks,
are Nirvana's top leaders, Tsumura Yoshio, aka Junana,
Tsuji Shoichi, aka Ronchenva,
and Iwase Michiko, aka Lucia
Concerned that these desperate fugitives may attempt
further attacks, investigators have stepped up safety measures
They are also planning additional raids on the dozens
of Nirvana-affiliated sites throughout the nation
Hey, Yuki
I don't know what you're planning, but I'm against it
What's wrong is wrong
Yuki!
All right
Then, I'll steal
Steal today, steal tomorrow,
steal day and night, whenever you get hungry?
Besides, if you steal you'll go to hell, won't you!
Here's your lunch money
What?
Nothing
Hey, hey, what the...
Hey! What the!
"Alone, alone,
the never-ending trail,
is a long hard road
but take heart
Every steep climb
leads to a descent
Endlessly, endlessly
again tomorrow,
on the never-ending silvery trail"
Ravana!
Yoshioka!
Ravana
Koichi
Shuropa
Did you escape from Child Welfare?
Cosmo Recycling
OK...
We're almost ready
I'll help, too
Where's grandma?
Kimura san went to get her
Koichi,
I'm not Shuropa anymore
I'm Izawa Akira
That's true for all of us here
We're all former believers, starting over together
And Garusha?
She stayed with the Order
Koichi
Do you hate me now?
We'll get one of the old crowd to find out where your grandpa is
Make yourself at home here, 'til then You, too, Yuki
This is the Yuki I mentioned
Oh, Yuki?
Why, thank you
Yuki... such small hands
Thank you kindly
Ready?
- And up - we go
OK, OK
Thanks
Hey, wait, Koichi
OK? And up we go
Be careful, you two
Hey, don't overdo it
No sweat
Thanks
That's it
We're off
Off you go
Ready
Off you go
Koichi! I'll help you
Like this...
Thanks
Izawa san planned to swindle his Dad out of this place
and donate it to the Order
Lock his father up and steal the deed from him...
All so he could move out of the Children's Division to better work
It makes sense
All his younger recruits were promoted ahead of him
Take that old woman... Her daughter donated all the family goods,
so, essentially, she joined the Order because she was homeless
What the hell... were we thinking?
Yuki san, shall I make you some origami?
Grandma... you can make origami?
Sure, I can make you anything
Grandma, can you make a flying bird?
You mean a crane?
Like a crane, but different Its wings make this flapping sound
My Mom used to make them for me before she died
Oh... Watch carefully, now, Yuki
So?
Grandma, let me try
I'll go show Koichi
Yes, hello...
Where... are you now?
Tsumura...
Please call me Junana... Shuropa
Junana
Did you...
really do it?
Do what?
You want to make me to say it?
What difference would my answer make?
You'll just implicate yourself
In fact, you know very well
If you place your question within the Master's teachings,
the answer will reveal itself
Isn't that true?
At this time, I have absolutely nothing to fear
The police will never be able to catch me
It's impossible for them to catch me
Because the Master protects you...?
Because we are practitioners of the Truth
Because we offered our very selves in quest of absolute Truth,
beyond the logic of the material world
Authority and society function on the basest, human level
But we are different
We are devoted to Laws of Truth, beyond the human world
Even if such people managed to apprehend our physical bodies,
they would never capture or imprison our souls
That's absolutely impossible
You can't believe a word of that!
If you did, you wouldn't sit here and lecture me about it
You don't believe it, you just want to believe it!
Because unless you believe, you'll fall apart
I know that all too well...
Now, I do
You're the one who's lecturing
And you're the one who wants to believe... no?
It was a mistake to come and see you
I respected you
for first showing me the way, out of my unenlightened ignorance
What a shame
Can I ask you one last thing?
Yes
Can you contact Lucia?
What for?
Lucia's son is staying with me
His grandparents rejected him and he's adrift
I want to help him
I cannot contact Lucia
I cannot contact anyone
I understand
Isn't there anything I can do?
No
Thank you
It looks nice on her
Oh... good
I'm happy
Koichi, your grandpa's address?
Don't you lose that, now
And... would you, Kimura san?
It's not much, but it's a farewell gift from all of us here
You can pay us back once you start making a living
Thank you
Koichi
Koichi,
what did Nirvana mean to you?
For me, Nirvana was a dream
It was my future
I hoped that by practicing
at Nirvana, I would transform myself beyond recognition,
and then transform the world That's what I believed
But...
it was a colossal mistake
Nirvana was just another reality...
A reality exactly like this reality, just a different one...
Shuropa
I told you
I'm not Shuropa anymore
The Shuropa inside me is dead
Koichi
You're not a child of God
Nor a child of Nirvana
Koichi,
You're you You, yourself
You're not anything else
And so you have to decide for yourself,
exactly who you are
That may prove to be a harsh undertaking
You may not be able to stand just being yourself
But Koichi,
don't let that weight crush you
Just like I'm only me,
you can't buckle under the weight of just being yourself
You don't have umbrellas, do you?
When you go, just take one of those umbrellas
They've been forgotten here...
We interrupt our broadcast with this news flash
Shortly after 2PM, in an apartment in the North District,
6 bodies of Nirvana members wanted for terrorism were discovered
The bodies showed no external wounds,
and authorities are investigating the possibility of a mass suicide
The confirmed dead include, the Nirvana leader presumed
responsible for a terrorist attack, suspect Tsumura Yoshio, aka Junana
Koichi...
Likewise, suspect Tsuji Shoichi, known as Ronchenva...
suspect Iwase Michiko, known as Lucia,
and Nishioka Masato!
Koichi!
Don't, Koichi!
Koichi!
So what if your mom's dead!
What'll happen to your sister if you die?
What'll happen to that sister, who's waiting for you?
I'll go get her for you
And if I can't bring her, I'll die with you!
"On the long, long,
"never-ending trail,
"a winter storm
"rages, but...
"It's springtime in the valley,
"and flowers bloom
"Alone, alone
"another day alone,
"on the never-ending silvery trail"
"Alone, alone,
"the never-ending trail,
"is a long hard road
"but take heart
"Every steep climb
"leads to a descent
'Endlessly, endlessly
"again tomorrow,
"on the never-ending silvery trail"
Grandma
Koichi's...
he's doing just fine
No point talking to her
She can't hear a thing
Who are you?
I've come to take Asako to Koichi
Otherwise, I'll have to die with him
I see So, Koichi's still safe
Your name?
Yuki
Yuki... how old?
Twelve
Michiko was twelve when she learned to swim
Her mother and I took her to the sea...
She was so timid I had to scold her,
but...
she learned how to swim
You mean, Koichi's Mom?
This morning,
Michiko called
She demanded
I put Koichi on the phone, saying he must be here
I told her,
I had refused to take him
She went silent for a while,
and then said in a tiny voice,
"I couldn't
"save your soul, father"
That's all she said,
and then she killed herself
I can't let Koichi have Asako
Why not?
I'm starting over with Asako
I won't screw it up with her
I'll never screw up like that again
How dare you
You tear Koichi and Asako apart How dare you!
That's a huge screw up already!
Koichi and Michiko are the same It just won't do
What the hell is that?
That's no...
That's no reason!
Why is that?
Kids...
we can't choose our parents!
Can parents choose their kids!
I...
I finally get it
You're just like my father
You're human scum!
Koichi
"I...
"am...
"He who... forgives all..."
"What'll you do now?"
"Go on living!"
ISHIDA Houshi
TANIMURA Mitsuki
NISHIJIMA Hidetoshi
Ryo Tsugumi
MIZUHASHI Kenji TODA Masahiro
INOUE Yukiko
SHINAGAWA Toru
KODA Miyako
Executive Producers: SASAKI Shiro NAKAGAWA Shigehiro, KAWASHIRO Kazumi
Producer: MATSUDA Hiroko
Co-Producers: MIZOGUCHI Yasushi, KOHNO Satoshi
Director of Photography: YAMAZAKI Yutaka
Lighting Director: SATO Yuzuru
Sound: KORI Hiromichi
Production Designer: HAYASHI China
Costume Designer: MIYAMOTO Mari
Hair & Makeup: HOSOKAWA Masako
Editor: FUKANO Toshihide
Music: OTOMO Yoshihide
End Theme Music by MUKAI Shutoku and OTOMO Yoshihide
Screenplay / Director: SHIOTA Akihiko
English subtitles: Linda Hoaglund
(C)Produced by 'Canary' Film Partners
Although inspired by actual events, this film is entirely fictional,
and unrelated to actual persons or groups