E12 - An Important Job

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SIGN    Osada Hiroshi
SIGN    Two Poems
SIGN    I Will Take a Flower and Go to See You
SIGN    Life is One Day in the Forest
[00:07] Kamishima
    Excuse me!
[00:09] Kamishima
    Chairman?
[00:10] Miwa
    Grandpa?
[00:13] Taizo
    You're late!
[00:15] Taizo
    The general managers and
    board members already came to visit.
[00:19] Miwa
    We got here as fast as we could!
[00:21] Kamishima
    We heard that you collapsed.
[00:24] Taizo
    Oh, what? I was a little anemic
    and just got dizzy.
[00:28] Taizo
    Look at me now! I'm strong as an ox.
[00:31] Miwa
    Thank goodness.
[00:33] Taizo
    If you're satisfied, then
    hurry up and get back to work.
[00:36] Miwa
    Aww. One second you yell at us for
    being late, the next you tell us to leave?
[00:40] Miwa
    I shouldn't have been worried about you.
[00:42] Yukari
    Um, didn't you just call him "Grandpa"?
    Senpai, does that make you...
[00:47] Miwa
    His granddaughter.
[00:48] Yukari
    What?!
[00:49] Miwa
    Didn't I tell you?
[00:50] Yukari
    No, you didn't!
[00:52] Kamishima
    Oh, settle down. Let's head back.
[00:54] Kamishima
    Excuse us, Chairman!
[00:55] Miwa
    Anyway, try to get some rest, Grandpa.
[00:58] Taizo
    Sure.
[01:01] Nishizawa
    Chairman, do you think
    Sasakura Ryu will join us?
[01:07] Taizo
    I've done everything I can.
[01:09] Taizo
    The rest all depends
    on how he feels about it.
SIGN    Glass of God
[03:01] Staff
    Oh.
[03:03] Staff
    Is this garbage?
SIGN    Will
[03:06] Staff
    Huh?
[03:09] Editor
    Kurosawa-sensei, have you
    gotten adjusted to the hotel yet?
[03:14] Editor
    How's the writing coming along?
[03:16] Editor
    You know, people say that an author's
    first new work after winning an award
[03:20] Editor
    is what really cements their reputation.
[03:23] Kurosawa
    I apologize. I'm having
    trouble finishing it.
[03:27] Editor
    Kurosawa-sensei, what's crucial
    for a young author is speed! Speed!
[03:31] Editor
    You've got to finish your next work
    while the public is still interested.
[03:34] Kurosawa
    I know that.
[03:35] Editor
    You do already have
    the concept, though, right?
[03:37] Kurosawa
    The ending... isn't done.
[03:39] Editor
    But I'm sure you've started writing, right?
[03:43] Kurosawa
    Sure.
[03:44] Editor
    Then could you at least tell me
    the title for now?
[03:48] Editor
    I need it to write an
    announcement for advertising.
[03:51] Kurosawa
    The title is "Will."
[03:55] Editor
    Huh?
[03:56] Editor
    Sounds a little gloomy, but something
    unexpected like that might be good.
[04:01] Editor
    Well then, please have the
    manuscript ready by next week.
[04:05] Kamishima
    A novel manuscript named "Will," huh?
[04:08] Staff
    Yes. That made me worry a little.
[04:12] Kyoko
    If you mean Kurosawa-sama in room 1125,
    I do see him here often.
[04:17] Kyoko
    He says he's been holed up in the hotel
    and comes here to let off steam.
[04:21] Yukari
    Holed up?
[04:22] Kamishima
    It sounds like he's locked himself
    in a hotel to finish a manuscript.
[04:27] Yukari
    Does that mean he's
    a novelist or something?
[04:30] Miwa
    If it's Kurosawa Junichiro, then he's
    an author who suddenly became man of the hour
[04:35] Miwa
    after he won the Mystery
    Novel Award this year.
[04:37] Staff
    Oh, is that right? Then I'm sorry
    for jumping to conclusions.
[04:41] Kamishima
    No, I think you made the right decision.
    Thanks for speaking up.
[04:45] Miwa
    How often does Kurosawa-sama
    come to the lounge bar, then?
[04:49] Kyoko
    He comes every day.
[04:50] Miwa
    Every day?
[04:51] Kyoko
    Yes. He drinks here and then goes
    barhopping around town at night.
[04:56] Kyoko
    It's a daily thing for him.
SIGN    Ginza Shopping Center
SIGN    Ginza M's Building
[05:09] Miwa
    Sasakura-san, do you like reading books?
[05:12] Ryu
    Yes, quite a bit.
[05:14] Ryu
    I typically borrow them
    from the library, though.
[05:16] Miwa
    Not that you mention it, you had a
    library book with you when we first met.
[05:23] Ryu
    Oh, that's right. Thank you again
    for your help back then.
[05:27] Ryu
    Reading a variety of books gives me
    new things to talk about with my guests.
[05:31] Ryu
    I make a habit of checking out books
    that are currently popular.
[05:36] Ryu
    Out of what I've seen recently,
    Kurosawa Junichiro's book was quite interesting.
[05:41] Ryu
    He was apparently a corporate employee
    before becoming an author.
[05:44] Ryu
    He drew on that experience when
    writing his award-winning novel.
[05:48] Ryu
    Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to ramble.
[05:52] Ryu
    Did something happen?
[05:57] Ryu
    I see. He named it "Will"?
[06:04] Miwa
    He is a professional writer, so it was
    probably just part of a manuscript...
[06:14] Miwa
    This isn't exactly
    a pleasant thing to talk about.
[06:18] Miwa
    But I'm still a little worried about it.
[06:32] Kurosawa
    Whoa. Oof.
[06:35] Ryu
    Welcome. Please sit wherever you like.
[06:40] Kurosawa
    Thanks.
[06:46] Kurosawa
    I was walking around, lost in thought, when
    I saw a light coming from the basement.
[06:55] Miwa
    So it's true that he goes
    barhopping every night.
[07:00] Miwa
    But he doesn't seem to be drunk.
[07:03] Kurosawa
    Maybe I'll start off with a vodka cocktail.
[07:08] Ryu
    I'm very sorry, sir,
[07:10] Ryu
    but today, this bar has no alcohol
    that I'm able to serve you.
[07:18] Ryu
    If I said that to you, what would you do?
[07:22] Kurosawa
    Tell me one thing.
[07:24] Kurosawa
    If a man can't drink alcohol,
    what is he supposed to drink
[07:27] Kurosawa
    when he's given up on work and life?
[07:31] Ryu
    May I ask what you think is the most
     important job any person can perform?
[07:37] Kurosawa
    Good question. A pretender might answer,
    "making oneself useful in society."
[07:43] Kurosawa
    If he's trying to sound like a tough guy,
    he might insist it's making money.
[07:46] Kurosawa
    Getting famous and sleeping with all of
    the women in the world might also sound good.
[07:50] Ryu
    Those are all incorrect.
    None of those matter at all.
[07:54] Kurosawa
    Think so?
[07:54] Ryu
    Yes.
[07:58] Ryu
    The most important job
    that any person can perform...
[08:03] Ryu
    is simply living. To keep on living.
[08:07] Ryu
    A bar offers drinks to serve
    that one purpose alone.
[08:10] Ryu
    No person has the right to die.
[08:14] Ryu
    Because your life doesn't belong to you alone.
[08:18] Kurosawa
    So you're telling me it belongs
    to your parents or family?
[08:21] Ryu
    On occasion, it may also be
    in the hands of the bartender.
[08:30] Kurosawa
    Huh.
[08:33] Miwa
    I thought so.
[08:35] Miwa
    Sasakura-san also noticed
    that something isn't right with him.
[08:39] (Flashback) Kitakata
    When a man is considering suicide,
[08:42] (Flashback) Kitakata
    he'll choose one of two types of people
    to be his final companion.
[08:46] (Flashback) Kitakata
    One is the priest.
[08:47] (Flashback) Miwa
    And the other is...
[08:50] (Flashback) Kitakata
    The bartender.
[08:54] Kurosawa
    According to Bernard Shaw, there are
    apparently two tragedies in life.
[09:00] Kurosawa
    One is not to get your heart's desire.
    The other is to get it.
[09:06] Kurosawa
    But if you gain your heart's desire,
    you'll face other tragedies.
[09:09] Kurosawa
    I didn't realize that at the time.
[09:13] Kurosawa
    When I was bowing down to incompetent
    bosses every single boring day,
[09:17] Kurosawa
    the only chance I had to forget
    everything else and lose myself
[09:20] Kurosawa
    was when I was at home
    working on my manuscripts.
[09:23] Kurosawa
    Those were better days.
[09:25] Ryu
    Sir, do you know the difference between
    a professional and an amateur?
[09:29] Kurosawa
    Hmm? No.
[09:30] Ryu
    Years ago, when I was depressed
    from constantly making mistakes,
[09:33] Ryu
    my mentor told me this.
[09:36] (Flashback) Kase
    Ryu. Becoming a professional is simple.
[09:40] (Flashback) Kase
    The truly difficult thing is
    maintaining that professionalism.
[09:44] (Flashback) Ryu
    Maintaining professionalism?
[09:46] (Flashback) Kase
    Yes. You should drink this.
    I made this for that reason.
[09:54] Ryu
    When I drank that cocktail,
[09:56] Ryu
    I finally understood what it meant
    to maintain one's professionalism.
[10:02] Kurosawa
    Huh. You've piqued my curiosity.
[10:05] Kurosawa
    So what does it mean
    to maintain your professionalism?
[10:08] Ryu
    If you drink it, I'm sure you'll understand.
[10:12] Kurosawa
    Oh, nice.
[10:13] Kurosawa
    I'd like to know what kind of cocktail
    your mentor served you, then. Make me one.
[10:39] Ryu
    Here you are. A Sledgehammer.
[10:42] Kurosawa
    The name is a bit of an overstatement.
[10:48] Kurosawa
    It goes down easy but still packs
    a big punch. It really is a hammer.
[10:54] Ryu
    A sledgehammer is like a large mallet
    that you have to swing with two hands.
[11:00] Ryu
    It lets you break down walls. That's
    what maintaining professionalism means.
[11:05] Ryu
    I believe that's what my mentor
    was trying to tell me.
[11:08] Kurosawa
    Does that make this ice cube
    a chunk of that destroyed wall?
[11:12] Kurosawa
    But then, what makes you think
    I've hit a wall in the first place?
[11:18] Ryu
    The way you were walking.
[11:21] Ryu
    A bartender can learn a lot from the few steps
    a guest takes from the door to the bar.
[11:28] Ryu
    It's one thing if he's drunk,
[11:30] Ryu
    but when a guest has had nothing to drink
    and still can't walk straight,
[11:34] Ryu
    he's in danger.
[11:36] Kurosawa
    "In danger," huh? You sound
    like you've seen a lot.
[11:40] Kurosawa
    Are you speaking from your own experience?
[11:46] Ryu
    Anatole France is known for saying,
[11:49] Ryu
    "Dying takes a great deal of effort."
[11:52] Kurosawa
    So if it takes the same amount of effort,
    why not just live on?
[11:56] Kurosawa
    You sure can be preachy, you bartenders.
[12:00] Ryu
    Well, it's the life I chose.
[12:04] Kurosawa
    I guess it is an important job.
[12:13] Kurosawa
    I feel like I'll be able to
    write my novel now.
[12:17] Kurosawa
    For now, I'm imagining a story about a nosy,
    cocky, preachy bartender who...
[12:24] Kurosawa
    "Bang!" Gets murdered.
[12:27] Kurosawa
    When it's done, I'll let you read it first.
[12:31] Ryu
    Certainly. I'm looking forward to it.
[12:33] Kurosawa
    Your Sledgehammer was delicious.
[12:37] Kurosawa
    It feels like it gave me
    a good kick in the pants.
[12:40] Kurosawa
    I was lost, wandering around in the dark
    because I couldn't write a single word.
[12:47] Kurosawa
    But Edenhall...
[12:49] Kurosawa
    When my lonely soul felt like
    it was on the verge of death,
[12:53] Kurosawa
    it was saved in this underground paradise.
[12:57] Kurosawa
    I'll be back.
[13:00] Ryu
    Thank you very much.
[13:04] Miwa
    That's a relief.
[13:10] Miwa
    The Glass of God saved a guest's soul.
[13:16] Miwa
    Your drink did it this time, Sasakura-san.
[13:25] Ryu
    Thank you.
SIGN    Special Collection: The Soul of Japan
     The Four Seasons
SIGN    Contemporary
    French Literature
SIGN    Recommended
    French Literature
[13:38] Taizo
    You spend your days off
    reading library books?
[13:42] Taizo
    What an admirable bartender you are.
[13:45] Ryu
    Bartenders work for such little pay that
    I can't indulge in more expensive hobbies.
[13:50] Ryu
    How are you feeling?
[13:53] Taizo
    Quit treating me like a sick man.
[13:55] Ryu
    Of course. My apologies.
[13:57] Taizo
    Now that I think of it,
[13:59] Taizo
    this is the first time we've sat
    next to each other to talk.
[14:03] Taizo
    At Edenhall, we were always face to face.
[14:07] Ryu
    You're right.
[14:08] Taizo
    So, how about it? Wanna have
    a drink with me now?
[14:11] Ryu
    Shall we head to a bar somewhere?
[14:14] Taizo
    Oh, no need for that.
[14:17] Taizo
    I'll make you a drink here.
[14:22] Taizo
    British royalty sure were a playful bunch.
[14:26] Taizo
    When they were out hunting, they used to
    have a toast over the game they had just shot.
[14:30] Taizo
    See? I filled it with brandy.
[14:33] Ryu
    Thank you.
[14:36] Taizo
    Cheers.
[14:38] Ryu
    In a bar...
[14:39] Taizo
    Hmm?
[14:41] Ryu
    there are two things that the bartender
    cannot make, no matter how skilled.
[14:46] Ryu
    Do you know what they are?
[14:48] Taizo
    Some kind of riddle?
[14:49] Ryu
    Yes.
[14:50] Ryu
    The first is this cocktail.
[14:56] Ryu
    Here you are. A Nikolaschka.
[15:00] Ryu
    Named after the nickname of
    the last Russian emperor, Nikolai II.
[15:03] Ryu
    It was named that because it resembled
    the shape of the emperor's hat
[15:06] Ryu
    and because the emperor supposedly
    took brandy wherever he went.
[15:11] Taizo
    How are you supposed to drink it?
[15:13] Ryu
    Fold the lemon with sugar in half
    and put it in your mouth,
[15:17] Ryu
    and then pour the brandy in. It's like
    making a Sidecar inside your mouth.
[15:22] Taizo
    I see. There's no need for a bartender
    if you mix it in your mouth.
[15:33] Taizo
    It tastes very different from the kinds
    of cocktails you get at bars at night.
[15:39] Taizo
    And then? What's the second thing
    a bartender can't make?
[15:45] Ryu
    The mark that each guest makes there.
[15:50] Ryu
    After serving many different drinks,
[15:52] Ryu
    trying to make each one
    the ideal beverage for that one guest,
[15:57] Ryu
    the memories those guests have,
    and the marks they leave,
[16:00] Ryu
    become the history of the bar itself.
[16:04] Taizo
    And whenever you go to the bar,
    you can meet your old self again.
[16:10] Ryu
    Yes.
[16:11] Taizo
    Is that your condition
    for coming to work at my bar?
[16:15] Ryu
    Well, no. It's merely a request.
[16:17] Taizo
    Hmm.
[16:22] Taizo
    Come with me.
[16:24] Ryu
    Huh?
[16:32] Taizo
    Thanks for waiting.
[16:35] Ryu
    Why are you dressed like that?
[16:38] Taizo
    Makes me look young and fresh, right?
[16:41] Taizo
    I'll accept your condition completely.
[16:43] Ryu
    Will you really? Thank you very much.
[16:46] Taizo
    But in exchange...
[16:50] Ryu
    A glove?
[16:52] Taizo
    Spend a little time with me.
[16:57] Taizo
    It's brand new.
[16:59] Ryu
    I'm going to be your sports partner?
[17:02] Taizo
    I never got a chance
    to play catch with my son.
[17:06] Taizo
    It's my one and only regret in life.
[17:10] Ryu
    I never did with my father either.
    He was a very busy person.
[17:14] Taizo
    I see. So neither of us got a chance.
[17:19] Taizo
    I won't go easy on you!
[17:22] Ryu
    Please don't strain yourself.
[17:26] Taizo
    Here!
[17:27] Ryu
    Oops.
[17:31] Ryu
    Please try to throw it better!
[17:33] Taizo
    No, you need to catch it better!
[17:36] Ryu
    Oh boy. Here I go.
[17:39] Ryu
    There!
[17:41] Taizo
    Got it!
[17:46] Taizo
    Spring already.
[17:47] Taizo
    "On that spring day,
    I will go to see you," was it?
[17:52] Ryu
    Shouldn't that be, "I will take
    a flower and go to see you"?
[17:56] Taizo
    Oh, you know it?
[18:01] Taizo
    "On that spring day, I will go to see you.
[18:06] Taizo
    You are someone that I have lost.
[18:10] Taizo
    You are someone who is no longer here.
    I will go see you who are no longer here.
[18:17] Taizo
    With a glass of pure water
    and a lovely flower in my hands.
[18:22] Taizo
    'I am no longer here? That is not true,'
    the missing person says.
[18:29] Taizo
    'I am not nowhere. In fact,
    I am not going anywhere.
SIGN    Today Is
     We-skey
[18:35] Taizo
    I will always be here.'
[18:38] Taizo
    As the branches of the spring
    trees race to blossom
[18:42] Taizo
    and reach upward to grasp for the misty sky.
[18:47] Taizo
    On that spring day, I will go to see you.
[18:51] Taizo
    With a glass of pure water
    and a lovely flower in my hands."
[18:55] Ryu
    This isn't catch, this is chase!
[18:59] Taizo
    You're getting some good exercise, though!
[19:01] Ryu
    Oh, don't act so high-handed!
[19:07] Taizo
    All right, take this!
[19:11] Ryu
    Nice throw!
[19:12] Taizo
    Yeah!
[19:15] Ryu
    Here I go!
[19:18] Taizo
    What do people leave
    with others after they're gone?
[19:21] Taizo
    Only the thoughts and memories
    of the time they were alive.
[19:27] Taizo
    Will you hold on to that memory of me?
[19:31] Taizo
    Of the day you and I played
    catch together?
[19:42] Yukari
    The day has finally arrived.
[19:46] Miwa
    It's time to open the sealed door.
[19:49] Taizo
    It sure was a long road getting here, though.
[19:53] Kamishima
    I'm very sorry for all the trouble.
[19:54] Kamishima
    As you requested, I went and borrowed
    the exact sign from the door in Ginza.
[20:00] Taizo
    That was something I promised him.
[20:03] Miwa
    This marks the beginning
    of a new age for Edenhall.
[20:07] Ryu
    By the way, what does "Edenhall" mean anyway?
[20:11] Taizo
    It's from an old English tale.
[20:14] Taizo
    A long, long time ago, the fairies used to
    gather to drink and carouse every night
[20:18] Taizo
    at a mansion named Edenhall.
[20:21] Taizo
    But then, one day, they were
    seen by some humans.
[20:26] Taizo
    The fairies departed the mansion,
    leaving only one glass behind,
[20:31] Taizo
    saying, "If you knock
    over or break this glass,
[20:34] Taizo
    you will say farewell to
    the good fortune of Edenhall."
[20:39] Yukari
    So if we hadn't carried on the Edenhall name,
[20:43] Yukari
    we might have said farewell
    to its good fortune too.
[20:46] Taizo
    Yes, exactly.
[22:15] Ryu
    Welcome.