Produced by DAIEI CO., LTD. DENTSU INC. KUROSAWA PRODUCTION
with Co-operation of TOKUMA SHOTEN PUBLISHING CO., LTD.
General Producers YASUYOSHI TOKUMA, GOHEI KOGURE
A AKIRA KUROSAWA film
"MADADA YO"
He's coming
Attention
Salute
Sit down
Someone smoked here
No smoking in the classroom
However...
It is difficult to get rid of smoking
I am not excepted either
When I hear the bell in the faculty room
I try to leave...
But then I get the urge to smoke
I light a cigarette
Soon I light another, then another
So you see, I am always 20 to 30 minutes late
But, professor...
What's with you today?
It is already 30 old years
Since I've been addressed as professor
During that time...
as if watching water running from an open faucet...
It is like that after water has passed
Students have drifted away in front of my eyes
It is impossible to remember each and very face
Ah, yes
There is one among them, though
that I remember clearly to this day
The face belong to one...
Who slept during class
with his eyes open
Hey, Takayama
That dozing expert was your father
By the way, gentlemen
Today is the last day for me
to be called professor
As of today...
I am resigning my professorship
My books...
have somehow become salable
I can live by writing
I must admit, I don't dislike teaching
But as the say
He who runs after two hares will catch neither
I have decided to quit teaching
Professor
Even if you quit
You are our professor
My father, too
was an schoolmate of this school
So were his friends
Even to this day, they call you professor
They also say...
You are solid gold
Solid gold
A lump of gold with no impurities
I means, you are the true professor
You are a German professor but...
You have taught us more
I feel...
You have taught us many precious things
Tokyo, 1 943
This is the house our professor moved in
After he quit school
Darling
Ma'am, put the professor away somewhere
He's in the way
Put that in the entrance hall
The entrance hall will be my study
At the same time, I will be the gatekeeper
To protect the house from invasion
by the naughty crowd like you
receiving days 1st & 15th month
visitors on other days prohibited
I hope it is all right
What is?
This house
The rent is cheaper than I expected
I knew there was something fishy
When I went to order noodles today
The shop lady told me
This house has been burglarized quite frequently
So none have settled down very long
And it was vacant for a while
The heck with burglars
There's nothing worth stealing here
Still I am somehow scared
Don't worry
No burglar will break in
Since I was a child
I've been so afraid of burglars
I've given much thought on how to prevent burglar
And I have hammered out a method to prevent them
Did you really, professor?
Yes, I did
1 o'clock
Bewitching hour for the burglars
I'll go over this wall and open the side door
Sneak in from here
Wait a minute
We're acting like thieves ourselves
We're only supposed to be checking his precautions
after what his wife said
The only way to check is to...
Sneak in like real burglars
Take a look at that, what a laugh
Don't worry he says
And he boasts about being an expert on burglars
Burglar's entrance
Burglar's passage
Burglar's rest area
Burglar's exit
That was a clean score
I had to steal this to get even
Isn't that the professor's hat?
He wore it when he was teaching Army people
He won't need it anymore
It'll be a memento a family treasure
What's we do with the side door?
What'll we do with the side door?
What about it?
It's unlocked
It has to be locked
You'd better go over the wall
It's not safe
Come down
What is it?
Someone's coming
Damn it, it's a cop
Can we leave the side door like that?
Sure, with those signs
nothing will be stolen
Our professor is something
Yes, he's a solid gold
Professor
We have happily come upon receiving your invitation
Come right on
We can't with you sitting there
You look like scribe or a fortune teller
Literary men somewhat are the same
This must be a defense measure
to keep away the visitors
Beside who wants to stay
If he's reading this kind of thing
BY SHOKUSANJlN (Haiku Poel)
Annoyance is to have visitors
Nonetheless this does not imply you
By the Host
Delight is to have visitors
Nonetheless this does not imply you
Hello
Come on in
Is it all right?
There aren't enough cushions
So I'll be the one to use it
I think that's rude to the guests
But, oh, well...
What do you mean rude?
You barge into my house remove all the sliding doors
Fine guests you are
Professor
It's not a visiting day
What's happening today?
It's a special day today
A special day?
It's the day I have become a genuine old man
It is my 60th birthday
I have become 60 years old
Is that true?
If we had known
We would have invited you to a great banquet
Come, come, don't say that
It's wartime now
Not a time for a grand celebration
I myself had completely forgotten
If not for some venison
My relatives back home sent me
I thought is was a good idea
to exchange drinks with you over some venison
We brought beer and sake we've gathered
I appreciate that
By the way, how many of you are here?
There's 1 6, sir
Do we have enough cooking stoves and pans?
If we don't, we'll go buy some
Gentlemen
Happy birthday, sir
Make yourselves at home
I sit this way because
It's comfortable for me
Please put the meat in
Ma'am
Ma'am, join us
Don't worry
She's never eat horse meat
Horse meat, sir?
Isn't this vension
We received bulk of venison
more than we two can eat
So I decided to invite you
But considering your appetite
So I decided to invite you
I realized that it's not enough for all of you
Venison stew is rare and grand
but adding horse meat
should make to interesting blend
Horse and deer mean stupid
I get it, sir
This means we are stupid
No need to be depressed
Beef, pork and chicken are hard to come by nowadays
I happened to hear horse meat was available
I thought of a good idea
of adding horse meat to the venison stew
I set out a butcher's quite distance form here
and bought a horse meat
Should bring ears to your eyes
For his loving student
an old man whipping his old bones to buy horse meat
Can you imagine that?
He's my beloved teacher
thinking of his debt to our teacher
Gentlemen
What is more, I feel myself
in an awl situation
The horse was at at the Air... Acade
where taught for some time
It stared at me with doubt eyes
As if saying
what in the world are you buy there, sir?
I was so embarrassed
I wanted to hide somewhere
By the way, gentlemen, I never realise
horse had such large eyes
Well, let's eat
The meat should be ready
You certainly make it easy for us to eat
with that story for us, professor
Imagine it's all venison
Beside, the two meats are mixed
You wouldn't know which is which
It's certainly delicious
If there is an air raid
this stupid stew will turn into blind stew
I hate the raids
I've been afraid the dark since I was a child
I can't sleep in the dark, either
Even now, sir?
Aren't you afraid of the dark?
Of cause not
We're grow-uns
What's so scary about darkness?
You gentlemen are impossible
Why is that?
Anyone unafraid of darkness
has a vital discrepancy as a human being
You lack imagination
A proper human being
even in the darkness
in their imagination of darkness
Which prevent you from seeing
Whatever in the dark
everything can be deadly
That's why we becomes scare
This is justified logic
In my case...
If I know it is here?
the neighbors hereby
Seems like badgers
Rather, I suspect
the badger have disguised as humans
This is the nature of Human beings
It may be natural for you
because you solid gold
To the solid gold professor
Cheers
Looking up to our teacher
Thinking of our debt to our teacher
Over the garden
Countless years have already passed
So fast is the passage of time
The years and the months
Our professor's house
was also burned down from the air raids
This is the professor's house after that
Ah, won't go in
Thank you very much
Here Okay?
Over here
Ma'am
Professor should love this
Indeed like rain in drought
Can I put the bag there?
Oh, that goes...
Are you coming in?
I'll help
There are too many people
Are you alright?
I can't budge
I now know
How canned sardines feel
Anything to put over here?
This, please
Please, yes, thank you
Watch your head
Ignore that head
Would you take this, too?
Ma'am, if you need anything, please tell us
Thank you very much, everyone
We trouble you all the time
I want an umbrella
Take this one, sir
Our bath room is...
that new building over there,
I doesn't have a roof
Therefore on rainy days such as today
We can't use it
What do you say?
To be honest
this place is terrible
Let's find someplace else
No, no...
coming across this house
which miraculously survived was mere luck
Besides, the owner
is a baron I'm acquainted with
A baron?
Peerage
Lived in this house?
Don't talk nonsense
This used to be an old worker for Noble
old garden keeper
On the morning when both the barcon's house
and my house were burnt down
The baron who come to
I found his estate
My wife and I found this shack
We were resting here
and asked him if we can rent here
He said: go ahead
We were very lucky indeed
You know this, don't you?
HOJl-Kl
Yes, sir
Books are heavy
I fled with only this book my favorite
The author of the book Kamomo chome
Iived the capital during the Heian Era
He experienced many disasters
such as wars, fires and famines
Iosing all hopes in life
be secluded himself in a mountain hermitage
I recently feel the same way
as Kamono Chone must have felt
For the time being, I intend to some down here
To live some days like
the hermitage he lived in
Well, gentlemen, I wish I can invite you in
but I'm afraid I can't
It's packed with my wife and I alone
Don't worry
Professor
Please
Many of the birds we kept were burnt
My wife instead on freeing them from the cages
If we couldn't take them
A bird treed from its cage at night
Would only fly into the fire
If they are going to be burnt anyway
they might as well meet their fate
in their familiar cages
We left them
A neighborhood child found this silver-eye
and gave it to us
It was fallen out of its nest
it was just tiny fledgling at first
Since she raised it from that time
my wife strongly insisted
and didn't let the cage go
We had no choice, but...
to escape with this little bird
The only resemblance this has
with the hermitage in Hoji-ki
is its smallness
and without elegance decoration
There is no sound of clear water from the mountains running from
bamboo pipes as at Chomei's hermillage
The only sound heard is
that of someone urinating against the clay wall
I wonder why people take the trouble
of always urinating at the same place
All people are the same
The sign of "No pissing" has no effect
Even a picture of a shrine seems ineffective
But I came up with a brilliant idea
I painted a special incineration
I'm sure it works this time
Go take a look at it
It's on the other side
It's ingenious
No pissing or cutting those committed
Clever indeed
Can't afford to get it chopped off
He's certainly a genius for such things
The rainy season may end
By the way how is the professor?
Where's the professor?
You see how it is
He's hopeless once it starts to rumble
That's why I must always keep ready
this incense against thunder
We owned so many thing
but none of them existed now
human beings accumulate
So many things during their life
Most of them were burnt during the air raid
But things have increase in this house again
I sometime hope the B29 will come pay us a visit
Still we're glad the war is over
Are you sure?
On the contrary
Life has become worse
During the war, we at least had food rations
without rations
We are reduced to live like beggars
Long ago when I was a small child
We used to Built huts
with bamboo and straw
in the open air behind our house
I often went to our little hut and sit inside
When my grandmother
caught me there. With tears she'd asked
What are you doing here?
He will surely grow up to be a beggar
She wept like a child
Indeed
My grandmother's prophecy come true
Professor
What are you saying?
You fancy yourself as Cheme?
Did you forget his spirit?
It's not like you
The river runs on and on
and the water is never the same
Bubbles diffuse and appear in the water
they never remain forever
In this world one's house
has come pass as thus
I see
Don't be grumbling like an old man
Let me apologize
We are here about that matter, sir
We can't have you living here forever
We plan to build a house for you somewhere
Nonsense, I won't let you
Not immediately, sir
By the 1 st Masshakai next year
We'll have a concrete plan
What is that? This Maadhakai?
The name of your birthday party
We've decided on that, since...
It's not likely you'd die soon
Mouii Kai? (ready)
Madadayo (not yet)
Maadha kai as in this
The characters are
Ma from the God's name
And A and Da from the Budda
Isn't it a great name?
Is that right?
Maadha kai
You're back
Here's a bottle of Jonney Walker
But the content is not real Jonney Walker
It's medical alcohol
I got it from a doctor I know
He made it by mixing tea and brown sugar
It tastes strange
But it's effective
I must say...
I'm beginning to feel good
Professor
When we were students...
we often drank with you
When we got drunk
you led us to a lot of muschied
We switched nameplates on houses
When you sobered up
You'd make us put them back again
Thank you, Ma'am
Professor
Do you want your new house
Japanese or western style?
As I already said...
I won't let you
Leave it to us, professor
Now that the war is over
major publishers are reopening
One of them has offered
to pay in advance for the right to publish your works
Leave it to us
There is a piece of and we are considering now
We can build a small garden
What kind would you like?
I'd like to have a pond
A pond?
A garden pond?
There won't be space for a big pond
but a small one will be possible
I don't want such a small one
I'd like to keep some fish
but fish swim in the same direction
If the pond is so small
they'd have to bend their bodies all the time
It'll be pathetic their back get bent
Fish's backs?
What about this idea?
The whole garden is a pond
That's a lot of construction work
Then make the pond circumference as large as possible
Build an island in middle
Make a doughnut-shaped pond
You come up with the weirdest ideas
You're beyond us mediocre men
He seriously worries about fish's backs
I must say, he's a genius
He's child, he never grows up
I got it
That's what turns you on
Don't be silly
Don't hide it
I realize
that's what we like in him, too
That's why it's fun to be with him
Isn't that right?
The moon is out
The moon is out...
Round, round, perfectly round
I love old songs
Like Henri Rousseau's painting
so innocent and honest
I love songs of the good old days
During the war
We had forgotten about such nice things like a moon
The moon is out...
Round, round, perfectly round
The moon is like a tray
Many houses were demolished by wars
Only the quiet places could remain
without dread
though small and poor
If offers a bed at night
and a seat in the day
What more can one ask for in a shelter
The 1 st Maadha Kai
To celebrate our professor's 61 st birthday
We will open the first Maadha Kai party
Due to the Ailied Occupation
food and alcohol is not easy to come by
Luckily, with the cooperation of all the members
We are able to hold this banquet
As the chairman
Let me voice our appreciation
to the officers who have done so well
Professor, please said something
and a large glass of beer
Please drink up in one breath
Then a toast in his honor
My friends and gentlemen
Thank you all for inviting me here tonight
Thank you for sparing time
thought some are not busy
from your busy schedule
to attend this wonderful gathering
Is this old goat still alive?
seems to be the motive of
the Maadha Kai and that
You all have the desire to ask me Maadha Kai (not yet?)
I have come to say Maadayo (not yet)
Though it may be against the principles
of this meeting ask me again next year and the year after
Please ask me Maadha Kai
I promise that I will some day
respond to you by saying Mouiiyo (I'm ready)
I assure you I am well prepared
The person to my right
has taken care of me for years
He is my physician Dr, Koobayashi
He will sign my death certificate
The gentleman on my left
is one of the alumni
He used to look after his family business
but now he is a priest of a temple
Sev kamevama will
hold the memorial meeting before I die
However
I will finish this beer at one time
this big glass of beer
even if I died
there was nothing for me to worry
Madadayo (not yet)
Cheers
Congratulations
Gentlemen, while you are still free
from the effects of the liquid
Everyone must say something
Make them short and simple
May the professor long life
That was so short
This is the best wish
It would be a lie if it is too long
I am deeply grateful to the professor
When we staged the opera Faust
In German under his guidance
I was given a wonderful role
I will always treasure that memory of sensation
Did you play Mephistopheles?
No, sir
I played the eternal virgin Faust
fall in love with Margerlia
I'm awkward with speech
I'll recall all the station name
from Hokkaido to
Are you catch the express train?
No, the normal one
This is a very special idea
Kushiro, Shin-Fuji, Ohtanoshige,Shero
Shiranuka, Onbetsu
Forget it, next
I don't understand
What today is an auspicious day
Probably because professor is still alive
I'm alive too, but there's...
I don't think it's auspicious
Master
This make me embarrassed
So, senior monk
Monk
It is so nice of you to call me that name
So I call you monk?
That is better off
How about your business?
Are you busy?
Very busy, thank you
That's why I'm not visiting you
I know I have to wait for a while
I don't mean it
You should be frank to say
How long could my life last?
Let me see
If you follow my instruction
I guaranteed
Shit
If he lived for so long
The men should be sentenced to death
Cheers, Professor
You're a executive
Yes
Have you ever thought of the meaning of killers?
Nothing special?
That would be troublesome
Even if we had the right to enforce the laws
It means the right to enforce, not to kill
It'd not be excluded, since you're a killer
This man is of no value
Must be excused
Have mercy on me, Sir
Now that me turn has come I would like to say...
I owe it all to professor
Thank you, professor
Professor, you have taught us to drinking
But some only got drunk...
and will given you trouble
Suo went wild
swinging beer bottles
When Komura got drunk
he'd hold and kiss anyone
Even kissed me
Shave off your beard?
Yes
Mustn't do such a thing
without telling us
Why not?
The beard was a part of your face for many years
We all recongnized you
It is because of your beard
Now it's gone
I didn't recognize you at first
Granted, the beard was yours, but...
I was also ours, so...
Mustn't shave it off on your own
Sorry, I'll grow it again
That won't do
If you grow it again
We won't recognize you
As you all know
professor is indeed well read
One time
he told us not to take for granted
that ears are attached to the head
Because Ampriobirs Spirias has ears on its feel
What?
What's Ampriobiris Spirias?
What is that?
It's Ampriobiris Apirias
Please, Sir
Gentlemen
Don't crowd me like this
I can't cope with you all by myself
Let's toast once again
and we all enjoy the party
Gentlemen, thank you
Congratulations
Thank you
Drinking parties are intersection
At one time, all the members
become intoxicated
It somehow reminds me
of water in a poor coming to a boil
That is why
I still feel I am his student
Be quiet, please
Tada, you turn
The professor is great
Right
I don't mean all the professors are great
but a great men could be a professor only
Professor is like the sun to us
Over statement
That would be an exaggeration
so I'll say he's like the moon
Exaggeration
Wait
There are half moons
Or one-third moons
Or at time no moons
Like professor's lessons
This is why I call him to the moons
The moon is the sun's sister
The moon turns into the circle
The moon turns into the bow
Spring, summer, autumn, winter...
she shines over entire Japan
The moon is out, the moon is out
Round, round, perfectly round
The moon like a tray
The moon is hiding, hiding
Behind black, black, jet black
Clouds like black ink
The moon is out once again
Round, round, perfectly round
The moon like a tray
Gentlemen
Remember...
One-two Mr., Pharmacist
Let's do that
One-two Medicine is the best in Japan
One, two
Buy One-two Medicine
One, two, one, two
The medicine cures... One, two
Pyrosis, stomach trouble, diarrhea
Dizziness before and after childbirth
Asthma, headache, influenza
From here is my original
Take the pace
Medicine can cure numerous illnesses
But no medicine can cure a fool
Foolishness is in heaps today
Japan is blooming with fools now
Suffer defeat held under occupation
But fools call it the end of the war
Right about
Advocating democracy loud and clear
Only crooks throw their weight about
Bribery and corruption currently pass with impunity
Brazen fair and square
Scandals, paradise, unfair judges
Those naughty fools never learn
Chirp and twitter all in unison
Chirp, chirp, twitter twitter
The end
The House, the Rock, the lsland
The lsland
We're arrived
What? Where is everybody?
I don't know
Have some more
Could that be me?
It seems like it
Maadha Kai (not yet)
Madadayo
Maadha Kai (not yet)
Professor's new house was completed
Only this pair for men
The rest are for women
My garden doesn't need to be that wide
You would be used to it
In order to build the pond
We have to make the house smaller
When you imagine a house of match box
This is indeed as big as a palace
Really?
Indeed it
We're flattered
I am also proud of this round fish pond
This idea is special
The Pacific may be vast...
But swimming straight...
you'll reach the shores of America
Swimming round in this pond
the distance is limitless
I want to keep carp in this pond
Big ones you only see in dreams
They could be as big as rowboats
That's impossible
Infinite this pond may be...
Like in the expression...
and end up motionless
Bad for their backs
I meant is as a figure of speech
Like in the expression...
gray hair 3,000-yard long in a Chinese poem
Imagine a carp the size of a whale
By the way...
The Golden Pavilion is built in a pond
and my house although small and
and not sparking is quite like it
So put this up
Kinkakuji ( guests forbidden)
This Golden Pavilion
forbids such boisterous crowd like us
I'll use it as my study
so I won't allow any guests
What do you think? Isn't this too small?
Could be worked out with the plan
It's 49.5
Land for sale
It's 53.5
Tea is ready
The man who greeted you who is he?
The owner of that land
He came the other day
to ask me if I'd buy that land
I don't have so much money
I have to refuse, but...
He was very courteous
Approaching me so polite
I find it hard to tell him
Seems he found the buyer
Yes, I'm glad
Are you keeping that cat?
I call it Nora
Because it's a nora neko (alle, cat)
My wife gave it dried fish
and it's lived here
Besides, it has good physiognomy
Cat physiognomy? Sound odd
How else can I say it?
But it does sound rather odd
Any way this cat has well cultured
Better mannered than you
Excuse me
It's the man from next door
He wants to pay his respects to you
Excuse me
What?
That's why I came to pay him my respect
But...
Rot the but
I bought the land
It's my land now
I can build whatever I like
That's true, but...
You must think about you neighbor
Building a 3-storey house
next to their fence is unreasonable
Unreasonable
The surveying proved the lot is smaller
Another floor must be added to
the 2-storey house I planned
If you do that
You'll be depriving them of the sun
So what?
That's none of my concern
Please wait
The negotiation is closed
Please wait
I've changed my mind
What?
I'm not selling
Don't be ridiculous
Now that the contract is made
I haven't signed it yet
It's still my land
I absolutely will not sell that land to you
Excuse me
I'm grateful to you for being so considerate about us
I can't thank you enough
But wouldn't is put you in a bad spot?
As for my house even though there's no sunlight
If that's the case...
But what...
Let's do it
Professor, I must say this cat has good qualities
The cat was angry at that blockhead
But that landowner...
seems to be a good man
Where does he live?
He lives in a shack at the base of that lot
We must be leaving
Stay a bit longer
I'm still upset
Let's drink
I've prepared some food and...
Sorry, ma'am
I must go
So must
Goodbye
Nanzanju
Professor, what does this Nanzanju mean
Long life of Nanzan
An express wishing long life
Should be read Nanzansu
I hung it up
Because I am reluctant to talk to visitors
Nanzansu is what you want
The Courtesan used this expression during the Edo Era
Of course, it's shed for nan-zamasu
It's prefect for that blockhead
Right
Nanzansu indeed
My god, he's annoying
I detest that dear man
Goodbye, sir
Goodbye
Something strange is cooking up
Why did they hurry off like that?
Good baby, good baby, dear Nora
Let me hold, too
Hey, let me
Come on
If you consent to it
Thank you
I can buy a small house with this
and send for my family
I don't know how to thank you
You can thank our professor
He truly is grateful to you
We understand how he feels
So...
If he finds out about this deal
it'll be awkward
I know
Please keep this secret from him
He'll know in time
but leave the lot as it is until then
You all are such nice people
You're a nice person yourself
But the best person is our professor
We try as best to imitate him
Goodbye
That was good
By the way
Nanzansu (what dear?)
Let's drink
Where shall we go?
To the professor's
Great idea
That's a charming idea
Professor's in trouble
What's wrong?
He isn't sick
The cat disappeared
Madam called me
Wants we to come
Professor hasn't stopped crying
since the cat disappeared
Dear
Please
We received a call from Madan
Are you all right?
Of course I am
Nothing more than a cat
I am alright
Beside this isn't the first time
Nora has disappeared before
He'll come back
Thank you for coming
I would be grateful you could spare time to eat with me
You'd do me a favor if you could
Since Nora disappeared
He's eaten almost nothing
You may think I'm stupid
No...
To be honest... I am stupid
I'm totally hopeless
Since Nora disappeared
I can think of nothing else
I can't do anything
I only think about Nora
Do you see that willow tree
Nora came through an opening
in the fence there
Since then he became a member of this household
Since Nora disappeared
I can't help...
Iooking at the opening
Nora might come through the opening
I want to see it
The other day...
I finished the lecture at Kaozhou
On the way back
Through the window
In the dark station, I saw Nora
It may sound strange, but...
I really saw it
I say the true
This makes me headache
When I reached Tokyo station
I called my house
As I thought...
That day... after nightfull
Nora wanted to go out
I picked him up and said
Stay home, it's late
He wanted to go out...
So I took him outside
Nora grew impatient and
wiggled until he slipped out of my arms
He went through the opening
After a while...
It began to rain
And later it began to pour
Nora probably couldn't return in that rain
On the bathtub cover
Is Nora's bed
My husband sometimes goes there
Looks at the cushion
He caresses it dearly and weeps
I really don't know what to do
Professor
I'm ashamed to show my miserable face
I may be...
sentimental
Or over reacting or weak willed
or whatever...
I just can't help it
I try to forget
but keep remembering Nora
Then I feel so much pain, I can't bear it
Professor, we'll find Nora
We'll organize search
to find Nora
So please, professor
That's a dog
we promised to find Nora, but...
We should try...
Searching places saved from fire
Why should professor suffer so much?
Our professor is very special
He's not you and me
His sensitivity and imagination are beyond us
When he thinks of Nora
he can picture every detail
What's why he suffers
Can't just sit and watch
You're right. Let's try
Dear Nora
This is our professor's diary
which he wrote about Nora with affection
Here
There are cats everywhere hundreds around
But simply has to be this cat
How come?
Do you have a brother?
Sure I do
He's still a baby
If your brother is switched with some other baby
That's terrible
This cat is my baby
I care for him like my child
That's why it has to be this cat
Tell me if you find him
What is look like is written here
and address is here, too
Children
Please find a cat named Nora
This cat seems to be around here somewhere
It's a male cat with brown and while coat
His tail is thick and twisted
If you touch it, you'll now
If you call out Nora
He will prick up its ears and stare at you
A reward will be given to whoever finds him
Please help us
Yes
Since then we received many phone calls
That they have seen a cat like Nora
But...
Professor eating much
I know
He eats and drinks very little
I can't sleep much either
That's terrible
Since Nora disappeared
He hasn't take a bath
Nora's cushion is on the top of the bath
I must use the public bath far away
Is it rain?
I used to love the sound of rain
Not any now
When I think of Nora
It's pain
How about making flyers to insert in newspapers?
I'll take them to the newspaper distributor
That's a good idea
I never thought of it
What a fool I am
I really am
Thinking of Nora's return
I wrote this announcement
I meaning Nora
I have been away for some time
and I have worried my master terribly
and given you a lot of trouble
I have safety returned
So please put your mind to rest
Seeing my face
My master burst into tear
I write this letter in his place
To celebrate my return my master
wishes to invite you all to a drink
Please feel free to
Waiting for Nora's return
Professor has a cloth ready specially
with their address engraved on it
But Nora still hasn't returned
I received a letter saying
I must wait eight months
a stray cat to return
This cat was in the letter
after eight months
We've received some calls
There're strange ones, too
The other day
a person asked me if Nora mevis
I said yes
Then he said doesn't he bark Hee, hee...
and hung up
Has your cat returned?
No
He might have been stolen
Ma'am, cats often get stolen
There're cat catchers
Catch cats and sell their skin
The prices aren't bad
Shamisen uses cat skin
You could be stolen
I'll check up on that
Good bye
Hello
Dear Dear
Dear, they found Nora
Nora was in such a place
It's Nora, it's Nora
Nora
Nora's friend, the fish manger's wife says
Must be true
Thank you
My wife will go, thank you
Hello, Takayama?
They found Nora, yes, that's right
It's positive
Can you tell the other?
I saw a wonderful dream
I dream of feeding Nora
Nora will return
I was going to tell you... and...
I bought Nora's favorite fish
Professor, congratulations
From my boss
Thank you indeed
Cat's do return
They were wrong
It wasn't Nora
I'll get it
Yes
That's right
Who the hell are you?
I'll smack you face
What's up?
Damn
Nora's gone
Already a Shamisen
Saying so...
He sounded the Shamisen
Come here
This was intended for Nora
But it's yours now
Go on, eat it
Is it good?
Like Nora, you seems to like baby macerate
That's a good cat
Professor seems to have recovered
Madam called
The cat...
Found Nora?
Relaz, it's not Nora
That black and white, black on white
White, black
You relax
Calm down
Give me water
That's why...
That's why what? Calm down
What's this black and white cat?
Oh, yes remember that cat?
The one madam was feeding?
It's there to stayed
Professor now picks it up
Kurz...
What's this Kurz?
Did you forget that simple German word?
Kurz it means short in German
It has a short tail
What tail?
The cat's tail
The black and white cat has a short tail
So professor named it Kurz
Even named it
He said he's okay
I'm glad to hear that
She wants us all to come tonight
I'll catch Kinyama
You fetch Sawamura
Phone them
Yes, the phone
The phone's here
Relax
Kurz...
You're a good baby
Leave it to my wife and Kurz becomes kuru
Kuru is not bad
It's easy to pronounce
Easy to pronounce
Let it be at that
I really went into piece over Nora
And troubled all of you
Because of that, I caused you so much trouble
I'm sorry
Where's Kurz?
Sleeping in Nora's bed
I was so angry to myself
And I felt very regret
Can you believe it? I still do that
Not mosquito repellent
Incantation to bring back missing cats
I still do such a thing
I'm disgusted at myself
But I'm all right now
I've always been a hare in the myth
Saved by the Harves God
Don't you all know
There was a white hare in lnaba
Raw flesh with skin peeled off
this song?
Carrying a large bag over his shoulder
Who can the Harvest God?
That's the fourth verse
This song has many verse
It's about an injured hare
saved by the Harvest God
I am that hare
And who can the Harvest God be?
It is no other than you all
As far as Nora is concerned
people who sent me kind letters
people who called me
all those who worried for Nora with me
The Harvest God is those people
Carrying a large bag over his shoulder
The Harvest God's large bag is
full of your kindness
That kindness
saved me from despair
Carrying a large bag over his shoulder
The Harvest God came around the road
There he sees the white hare of lnaba
Row flesh with skin peeled off
The Harvest God took pity on the hare
taught the hare to
wash itself in clear water
and wrap itself in reed mace cotton
As the Harvest God taught him
The hare washed itself in clear water
and wrap itself in reed mace cotton
He was once again the white hare
Gentlemen
Who could the Harvest God?
Towers in memory of Nora and Kurz
were erected in the professor's garden
Nora was never found
Kurz living a full life
sleep here
And the willow tree has grown to this height
The 17th Maaoha Kai party
I can remember the time
When I became 60 years old
At the time
I thought I had become a genuine old man
But now that I have turned 77 to celebrate
my birthday once again
I realize when I was 60
I was nothing more than a young punk
But now...
I have become a genuine old man
At one time, you confronted me with so many Maadha Kai calls
that in response
I thought of hanging myself
from the willow tree in my garden
So I can say Mouiiyo (I'm ready) to you
In fact, this tree
That tree was small and weak
It could not be hanged
But now
The willow tree has grown
It is good enough for hanging
But I am still here
I must ask your forgiveness
My good friends and gentlemen
Thank you for this occasion
According to our customs
I would drink this big glass of beer
This glass is smaller than last year's
Is this your idea?
The glass gets smaller and smaller
It's no longer a large glass
Even that is too big for you now
Don't complain and drink up
Madadayo (Not yet)
Let's toast for our professor
Congratulation
After we have finished the ceremony
We will start the celebration then
The celebration of 77th birthday
First, the presentation of flowers
They're your students' daughters
Next
A birthday cake from Maaoha Kai
Oh no
You'll have candles to equal my age
and I must blow them out
I can't do it
Mustn't treat an old man so cruelty
Since we can't have 77 candles
Only 7 candles
Even 7 candles may be a burden
Some of my teeth are missing
Much of the air leaks out
These children?
They're their grandchildren
How lovely they are
I feel like eating them
I want to give the cake
to the children who brought it
Come here, children
with the cake, there is something
I want to give you
Let me say this
Please find something you really like
Find something you'd able to reassure
When you find it
You must work hard
To remember it in heart
At that time
You will have the treasure
You must work hard for
And will you are a career
You put your heart into
That is yours treasure
Maybe it is too difficult
I'm sorry
Take it
Thank you
Now, all you grandpas and grandmas
Dads and Moms
Let's drink and have a good time
Professor
Let's do One-two again
As you say there is many things in the world recently
Many ridiculous things happened
Graft bribery are at large One, two
Let's go out dancing
Professor
As the professor's family doctor
I must say there is nothing to worry
It is just one of his chronic irregular pulse lits
I suggest he goes home
and rest for a while
I'm all right
Don't worry
Madadayo (Not yet)
We officers will escort professor to his house
Don't worry and
continue the party for his sake
Professor
My husband's cane
You don't look like to care about it
Damn monk
Don't worry, he's not ready for me yet
All right
Thanks
Looking up to our teacher
Thinking of our debt to our teacher
Over the garden of teaching
Years of time have already passed
So fast is the passage of time
The years and the months
Nothing to worry
If he rest well tonight, he'll be fine
I'm worry about those guys
They may cause trouble
Don't wake the professor
and have a drink
You're joking
We'll hit the sack
Don't wet the bed
That quack
Mattresses are in there
Shall l...
We'll do it, ma'am
There may not be enough
I hope it won't be cold
Don't worry
If we have a drink
That's good enough
But...
Like our student days
Remember his speech?
We'll soon be genuine old men, too
Thank you, ma'am
There's nothing
Thank you, ma'am
I'll sleep in the Kinkakuii
If anything...
Don't worry
It's Okay
You mustn't wake professor
Yes ma'am
Good night
It's great
What is it?
When we used to stayed over
He made us prepare for the lessons
No need for that tonight
No go to school tomorrow
We've passed all that
Madadayo (Not yet)
He's sound asleep
He must be dreaming
I wonder what kind of dream he sees
His dreams must be solid gold, too
Maadha kai?
Madadayo
Maadha kai?
Madadayo
Maadha kai?
Madadayo
Maadha kai?
Madadayo