E24 - Girlfriend and Me

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[00:00] Chizuru
    I need to get to acting school.
    It's almost time for my lessons.
SIGN    Itabashi Third Hospital
[00:04] Chizuru
    Listen to the doctors and stay in bed, okay?
[00:08] Sayuri
    Thank you, nurse.
[00:12] Chizuru
    Sheesh.
SIGN    Rent-a-Girlfriend
[00:16] Chizuru
    Hello!
[00:18] Umi
    Oh, hey, Chizuru-chan.
[00:20] Chizuru
    Did we start already?
[00:21] Chizuru
    There are sixty-five students
    in this acting school.
[00:23] Umi
    Nope, just about to.
SIGN    Clown Wars
SIGN    Showing now to packed houses!
SIGN    Oh lord,
    they coming!
SIGN    Coming in
    2019
SIGN    Go back to
    your roots...
[00:25] Chizuru
    Only one or two get to sign
    with an agency each year.
[00:29] Chizuru
    And even fewer actually get work.
[00:33] Umi
    Chizuru-chan, do you want
    to get some grub with us?
[00:35] Chizuru
    Sorry, I've got rehearsals now.
[00:39] Chizuru
    Sorry about that!
[00:41] Umi
    Don't worry about it.
[00:42] Shiori
    Chi-chan's incredible.
[00:45] Shiori
    She never misses an acting lesson,
[00:48] Shiori
    and she goes to all the courses
    her agency signed her up for.
[00:51] Acting Student 1
    She visits her grandma in the
    hospital twice every day.
[00:54] Acting Student 2
    And she goes to rehearsals.
[00:55] Sayuri
    Oh, and she takes two auditions a week.
[00:58] Acting Student 1
    How long is her day? Thirty hours?
[01:00] Chizuru
    Acting school costs 24,000 yen per month.
[01:03] Chizuru
    Even that's pretty reasonable, comparatively.
[01:06] Chizuru
    Yikes! I forgot to go to the bank!
SIGN    Urk...
[01:08] Chizuru
    I gotta pay the fees this weekend, too.
[01:11] Chizuru
    This is a diet.
SIGN    Beckoning Cat Troupe
    Rehearsing
[01:14] Chizuru
    I learn a lot working with the troupe,
[01:17] Chizuru
    but you can find these
    small ones everywhere.
[01:17] Actor1
    Oh, how cruel!
[01:21] Chizuru
    Talent, luck, timing...
[01:24] Chizuru
    Without all of those,
    you're not going to stand out.
[01:29] Chizuru
    I'm sorry!
[01:31] Chizuru
    Did you wait long?
[01:32] Chizuru
    Rental girlfriend work is great.
[01:34] Chizuru
    It pays well, and it lets
    me choose my own hours.
[01:38] Chizuru
    I can use my free time for myself,
[01:41] Chizuru
    and it's great acting practice.
SIGN    "Girlfriend and Me"
[01:49] Doctor
    She hasn't been eating much lately.
[01:54] Chizuru
    I pretty much knew from the start,
[01:58] Chizuru
    from the moment I heard
    my grandma's diagnosis.
[02:01] Chizuru
    Movie roles aren't easy to land.
[02:05] Chizuru
    I knew I'd never make it in time.
[02:07] Chizuru
    That's exactly why I made sure
    I wouldn't have any regrets.
[02:11] Chizuru
    So that Grandma wouldn't have any, either.
SIGN    Obata-san
    Re: The BLB Movie Audition
[02:23] Chizuru
    There's no way she'll make it to release.
[02:26] Chizuru
    But if I can at least tell her I got picked...
SIGN    Obata-san
    Re: The BLB Movie Audition
[02:30] Chizuru
    If I can at least tell her
    that dreams do come true...
SIGN    The Big Love Bang
SIGN    Obata-san
    You didn't pass the BLB audition.
    Better luck next time!
SIGN    Obata-san
    You didn't pass the BLB audition.
    Better luck next time!
SIGN    Got it.
    Onward and upward!
[03:01] Chizuru
    I failed again.
[03:04] Chizuru
    What else can I even do?
[03:10] Chizuru
    Stop smirking and tell me,
[03:14] Chizuru
    Grandpa...
SIGN    m 0 0 l 86 0 l 86 225 l 0 225
SIGN    7
    Years
    Ago
[03:19] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    What?!
[03:21] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    You got into a fight with some boys because
    they teased you for not having parents?!
[03:25] Katsuhito
    Next time, tell 'em you've got a grandpa
    who'll run circles around their dads!
SIGN    m 0 0 l 200 0 l 200 100 l 0 100
SIGN    Ichinose Sayuri
    Age 70
[03:31] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    Listen up, Chizuru!
SIGN    m 0 0 l 216 0 l 216 60 l 0 60
SIGN    Ichinose Katsuhito (73)
[03:33] Katsuhito
    Your feelings will always get through!
[03:36] (Flashback) Chizuru
    Huh...
SIGN    m 0 0 l 130 0 l 130 155 l 0 155
SIGN    Seventh
    Grade
SIGN    m 0 0 l 130 0 l 130 155 l 0 155
SIGN    Ichinose
    Chizuru
[03:40] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    Are you even listening?!
SIGN    Chomping on
    that ice cream...
[03:44] Chizuru
    All men are idiots.
SIGN    Married 35 years,
    and still madly in love
[03:46] Chizuru
    They've got their heads in the
    clouds and can't face reality.
[03:46] Sayuri
    Say "ahh," Katsuhito-san.
[03:50] Chizuru
    They always put on airs
    and are cowards deep down.
SIGN    Your granddaughter's
    right here...
[03:54] Chizuru
    And they're optimistic to a fault.
[03:56] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    Listen here, Chizuru.
[03:57] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    Dreams always come true.
[04:00] (Flashback) Chizuru
    But Liu Bei died of illness in Baidi Fortress,
[04:03] (Flashback) Chizuru
    and his son Liu Shan got the whole dynasty
    wiped out by Sima Zhao of the Wei.
[04:06] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    Wh-What are you saying?!
SIGN    The Three Kingdoms
[04:07] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    Their dream was passed on and laid the
    foundation for the 160-year Jin Dynasty!
[04:16] (Flashback) Chizuru
    Huh... Sounds kinda forced.
[04:18] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    You're so cynical.
[04:21] (Flashback) Chizuru
    But I love this story.
[04:23] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    Oh, do you? I'm glad you get it, Chizuru!
[04:27] (Flashback) Sayuri
    I cut up some watermelon!
[04:30] (Flashback) Chizuru
    What? A hundred shrine visits?
[04:33] (Flashback) Chizuru
    That thing where you keep
    running up and down the stairs?
[04:36] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    Praying to the gods works!
[04:38] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    The night before I proposed to Sayuri,
[04:42] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    the gods took note of my raging emotions—
[04:45] (Flashback) Chizuru
    That's just superstition.
[04:48] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    Hey, Chizuru!
SIGN    chuckle chuckle
[04:49] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    Sit down! You need to learn a lesson!
[04:51] (Flashback) Chizuru
    What?
[04:52] Chizuru
    I loved books and movies even as a child.
[04:55] Chizuru
    I'd often go read in the
    library on my days off,
[04:59] Chizuru
    and I also saved up my pocket
    money to go the movies.
SIGN    ba-dump ba-dump
[05:04] Chizuru
    I'd heard that my grandma
    used to be an actress.
[05:08] Chizuru
    I'm not sure if that played a part...
[05:11] Chizuru
    But at some point,
[05:12] Chizuru
    I wanted to be like the people on the screen.
[05:17] Chizuru
    It was in ninth grade that I
    decided to be an actress for real.
[05:22] Chizuru
    I-Is this...
SIGN    s
    a
    n
    d
    
    C
    r
    a
    n
    e
    s
SIGN    Starring Otori Sayuri, winner
    of Japan's Rising Star Award
SIGN    One Thousand Cranes
    Japanese Drama
SIGN    Runtime
    105 minutes
[05:27] (Flashback) Sayuri
    Wow, this takes me back!
[05:30] (Flashback) Sayuri
    You want to watch it with me?
    How embarrassing!
[05:37] Sayuri
    What the hell would you know?!
[05:43] Chizuru
    Th-That's Grandma?!
[05:46] Chizuru
    She's a downright filthy liar!
[05:50] Chizuru
    Grandma was a prodigy.
[05:52] Chizuru
    Under the stage name "Otori Sayuri,"
[05:55] Chizuru
    she and her method acting, as they called it,
[05:58] Sayuri
    Give me back my son!
[05:58] Chizuru
    took the acting world by
    storm in her very first role.
[06:05] (Flashback) Sayuri
    You know, your name was taken from
    "Senbazuru," the title of this movie.
[06:12] (Flashback) Sayuri
    Your mother often used to say that,
    like a thousand folded cranes,
[06:17] (Flashback) Sayuri
    she wanted you to grant
    wishes and bring happiness.
[06:22] (Flashback) Chizuru
    My name...
[06:27] Chizuru
    That was when I learned that you don't
    "have" dreams, they take you over.
SIGN    One Thousand Cranes
[06:34] Chizuru
    Can I be like her someday, too?
[06:41] (Flashback) Sayuri
    You have rice on your face, Katsuhito-san.
[06:53] (Flashback) Chizuru
    I wanna be an actress.
[06:59] (Flashback) Chizuru
    An actress like Grandma.
[07:03] (Flashback) Sayuri
    Chizuru...
[07:05] (Flashback) Sayuri
    Chizuru, the world of acting isn't easy.
[07:09] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    Well said, Chizuru! Is that your dream?!
[07:13] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    You can do it!
[07:14] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    I'm sure you can be a wonderful
    actress like Sayuri!
[07:18] (Flashback) Chizuru
    Yeah!
[07:18] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    You can do it, Chizuru!
[07:20] (Flashback) Chizuru
    Yeah!
[07:21] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    You can do it!
[07:22] (Flashback) Chizuru
    Yeah!
[07:28] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    But still, Chizuru...
[07:29] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    You should go to college.
[07:32] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    The world's changing fast, and
    nobody knows what the future holds.
[07:37] (Flashback) Chizuru
    Okay, got it.
[07:39] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    That said, I'm so happy that you
    managed to say your dream out loud!
[07:45] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    And here I thought you
    were a cynical child...
[07:48] (Flashback) Chizuru
    Who? Me?
[07:49] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    If you keep dreaming and work hard,
    your dream will come true!
[07:53] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    You have my full support until it does!
[07:57] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    And I'm gonna see you perform on the
    silver screen just like Sayuri did!
[08:03] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    That's a promise, Chizuru!
[08:07] (Flashback) Chizuru
    Yeah.
[08:11] (Flashback) Chizuru
    Promise!
[08:12] (Flashback) Chizuru
    It's like the Oath of the Peach Garden!
[08:15] (Flashback) Katsuhito
    True!
SIGN    I'm off!
SIGN    Morning
    practice?
SIGN    I'll give you
    a ride in my taxi.
[08:17] Chizuru
    Thank you, Grandpa,
SIGN    Theater Club
[08:20] Chizuru
    for telling me I could do it.
[08:24] Chizuru
    I'm gonna do it.
[08:28] Chizuru
    I'll be an actress.
SIGN    Courses
SIGN    1 Course 12,000 yen
SIGN    2 Courses 18,000 yen
SIGN    4 Courses 24,000 yen
[08:30] Chizuru
    Like Grandma,
[08:33] Chizuru
    I'm gonna be an amazing actress.
SIGN    g
    l
    o
    o
    m
SIGN    BROKE
[08:35] (Flashback) Chizuru
    I can't afford that.
[08:36] Chizuru
    I'm gonna show you two how
    I look on the silver screen!
SIGN    Asuka North High School
[08:40] Chizuru
    You said dreams come true,
    that you'd support me....
[08:45] (Flashback) Girl
    Chizuru.
[08:46] (Flashback) Girl
    Mornin'.
[08:48] (Flashback) Chizuru
    Oh, good morning.
[08:53] Chizuru
    So thank you, Grandpa!
[09:15] (Flashback) Nurse
    The truck driver was distracted
[09:18] (Flashback) Nurse
    and jumped out on a red light.
[09:29] (Flashback) Sayuri
    Chizuru!
SIGN    Operating
[09:40] (Flashback) Chizuru
    Will Grandpa be okay?
[09:45] (Flashback) Sayuri
    We don't know...
SIGN    Operating
[09:57] (Flashback) Sayuri
    Chizuru?
[09:59] (Flashback) Sayuri
    Chizuru!
[10:03] Chizuru
    What? A hundred shrine visits?
[10:05] Katsuhito
    Praying to the gods works!
[10:08] Chizuru
    Staying in the hospital
    won't help save Grandpa!
[10:11] Chizuru
    What I can do for him right now
    isn't sitting there and crying.
[10:16] Chizuru
    You said it yourself, Grandpa.
[10:18] Chizuru
    That the gods are watching over us.
[10:21] Katsuhito
    If you keep dreaming and work hard,
    your dream will come true!
[10:25] Chizuru
    That you'd see me become an actress.
[10:29] Katsuhito
    Your feelings will always get through!
[10:31] Chizuru
    That dreams always come true!
[10:35] Katsuhito
    You can do it, Chizuru!
[10:38] Chizuru
    Tell me one more time, Grandpa!
[10:45] Chizuru
    Grandpa...
[10:50] Chizuru
    Grandpa!
[10:53] (Flashback) Doctor
    His brain suffered a lot of trauma.
    He isn't coming to.
[10:57] (Flashback) Doctor
    Tonight will be make or break.
[10:59] (Flashback) Sayuri
    I see...
[11:07] (Flashback) Sayuri
    Katsuhito-san!
[11:21] (Flashback) Sayuri
    Chizuru...
[11:31] (Flashback) Chizuru
    Remember what you said, Grandpa?
[11:34] (Flashback) Chizuru
    You said that you'd see me become
    an actress, that I had your full support.
[11:39] (Flashback) Chizuru
    Did you know?
[11:42] (Flashback) Chizuru
    My name was taken from a
    thousand folded cranes...
[11:46] (Flashback) Chizuru
    They make any wish come true.
[11:50] (Flashback) Chizuru
    So if I wish for it,
    it will work like a charm.
[11:56] (Flashback) Sayuri
    Chizuru...
[11:59] (Flashback) Chizuru
    You said it yourself, Grandpa...
[12:03] (Flashback) Chizuru
    That if you keep wishing for it,
    you can make any dream come true...
[12:25] (Flashback) Sayuri
    Katsuhito-san!
[12:25] (Flashback) Chizuru
    Grandpa!
[12:27] (Flashback) Doctor
    How are his vitals?
[12:28] (Flashback) Nurse
    No change!
[12:29] (Flashback) Sayuri
    Katsuhito-san! Katsuhito-san!
[12:33] (Flashback) Chizuru
    Grandpa!
[12:35] (Flashback) Kazuhito
    ...true.
[12:39] (Flashback) Kazuhito
    ...wish... true...
[12:46] (Flashback) Kazuhito
    If you wish for it...
[12:49] (Flashback) Kazuhito
    your dream...
[12:52] (Flashback) Kazuhito
    will... come true...
SIGN    Itabashi Third Hospital
SIGN    Itabashi Third Hospital
SIGN    Rent-a-Girlfriend
[13:28] Chizuru
    Say, Grandpa...
[13:31] Chizuru
    Did you lie to me?
[13:34] Chizuru
    Die you lie to me when you
    said dreams come true?
[13:39] Chizuru
    If you did,
[13:41] Chizuru
    that's fine.
[13:44] Chizuru
    I know some wishes don't come true,
    no matter how hard you try.
SIGN    Obata-san
    You didn't pass the BLB audition.
    Better luck next time!
[13:51] Chizuru
    So... So...
[13:55] Chizuru
    Please!
[13:57] Chizuru
    Stop telling me my dreams will come true!
[14:22] Chizuru
    Yes?
[14:26] Kazuya
    It's me.
[14:32] Kazuya
    Open up.
[14:33] Chizuru
    Wha?
SIGN    Ichinose
[14:44] Chizuru
    What is it? What do you want?
[14:47] Chizuru
    Hey!
[14:48] Chizuru
    Whoa, you can't come inside!
[14:50] Kazuya
    It's fine!
[14:51] Chizuru
    No, it isn't!
SIGN    This project hasn't launched yet.
SIGN    Making a Movie Starring Actress Ichinose Chizuru (Upcoming)
[14:52] Kazuya
    Look!
SIGN    What is crowdfunding?
[14:58] Chizuru
    Crowd...funding?
[15:03] Kazuya
    This is a, uh, proposal?
[15:05] Kazuya
    A request to the site admins
    to put up a project.
[15:08] Kazuya
    I looked into whether there were
    any ways to make a movie quickly.
[15:13] Kazuya
    And it's crazy!
[15:16] Kazuya
    People start crowdfundings project and make
    their own movies for, like, two million yen.
[15:22] Kazuya
    So many people do it!
[15:24] Kazuya
    It'd only take about a month to shoot, too.
[15:26] Kazuya
    That should be enough time, right?
[15:28] Chizuru
    W-Wait, calm down for a second.
[15:29] Kazuya
    I can't!
SIGN    Theater Rental
SIGN    Rent-a-Cinema
[15:31] Kazuya
    You can even, like, rent out a screen
    at a movie theater these days.
[15:35] Kazuya
    With this, we can show Granny Sayuri!
[15:38] Kazuya
    She can see you shining on the screen!
[15:43] Kazuya
    Remember, I'm majoring in
    business administration.
[15:46] Kazuya
    I'll get the funding,
[15:48] Kazuya
    so star in this!
[15:51] Chizuru
    I knew it.
[15:52] Kazuya
    Let's make a movie together!
[15:55] Chizuru
    Men are idiots.
[16:04] Chizuru
    Sorry.
[16:05] Chizuru
    I... need to think about it.
[16:08] Kazuya
    But we don't have time.
[16:09] Chizuru
    I know.
[16:11] Chizuru
    Just let me think.
[16:20] Kazuya
    I'm losing my mind!
[16:23] Kazuya
    But the clock's ticking...
[16:27] Kazuya
    What's Mizuhara doing?
    Is she racking her brain?
[16:31] Chizuru
    Oh, what should I do?
SIGN    What am I,
    in heat?!
[16:36] Kazuya
    Why? Why'd it have to be a shower?!
[16:41] Kazuya
    Of course she'd have to think about it.
[16:44] Kazuya
    All I've ever done is show
    her how pathetic I am.
[16:49] Kazuya
    Telling her I want to make a movie out
    of the blue can't sound too convincing.
[16:53] Kazuya
    But I did my research.
[16:56] Kazuya
    The cost for making your own movie
    depends on how ambitious you are,
[16:59] Kazuya
    but the equipment, manpower,
    editing, and other costs
[17:04] Kazuya
    total up around two to three million yen.
[17:06] Kazuya
    Campfire, a massive crowdfunding site,
    hosts around 200 similar projects per year.
[17:12] Kazuya
    Seventy percent of them reach their goal.
[17:15] Kazuya
    If you can make it to project
    launch, it's not impossible.
[17:18] (Flashback) Sumi
    Crowdfunding is, um... er...
SIGN    Sumi-chan Memo
    Crowdfunding is...
SIGN    Blush...
[17:23] (Flashback) Sumi
    Please Google it yourself!
[17:25] Kazuya
    That leaves the time problem.
[17:27] Kazuya
    Funding will take a month and a half.
[17:29] Kazuya
    Filming and editing should
    take another month, maybe?
[17:33] Kazuya
    Honestly, I don't know if
    Granny Sayuri has that long.
[17:38] Kazuya
    But...
[17:40] (Flashback) Chizuru
    So I at least want my grandma
    to see me performing on screen.
[17:46] (Flashback) Chizuru
    That's my dream.
[17:49] Kazuya
    We just gotta go for it.
[17:53] Kazuya
    Do you have any better ideas,
[17:57] Kazuya
    Mizuhara?
[18:00] Kazuya
    Mizuhara!
SIGN    Your Project
SIGN    Title (Required)
SIGN    Making a Movie Starring Actress Ichinose Chizuru
SIGN    Description
SIGN    Boasting breathtaking looks and incredible acting ability
[18:09] Kazuya
    What's a more professional
    way to say "I think"?
[18:13] Kazuya
    I don't know if I can do this...
SIGN    G
    U
    L
    P
[18:43] Kazuya
    S-Sorry I sprang that on you.
    I should've known it'd throw you off.
[18:48] Kazuya
    But it's your call, Mizuhara.
[18:50] Kazuya
    I'm not gonna force you.
[18:52] Chizuru
    Can you do it... really?
[18:58] Chizuru
    I don't want to waste the time I have left.
[19:02] Chizuru
    If you can't do it, or if you're
    going to give up halfway,
[19:06] Chizuru
    tell me right now.
[19:14] Kazuya
    I can do it.
[19:16] Kazuya
    I'll show you that I can!
[19:23] Chizuru
    Men really are such idiots.
[19:27] Chizuru
    They put on airs and have
    their heads in the clouds.
[19:31] Chizuru
    In this world, most dreams don't come true.
[19:38] Chizuru
    Then, please...
[19:40] Chizuru
    Help me make my movie.
[19:47] Chizuru
    So Grandma can see it.
[19:58] Kazuya
    You're on!
[19:59] Kazuya
    I'll do it!
[20:03] Kazuya
    I swear I'll see it through!
[20:08] Kazuya
    No matter what happens!
[21:48] Yoko
    Come on, it's fine.
[21:50] Kuribayashi
    You're coming, right, Kazuya?
[21:52] Kibe
    Not like you'll be the
    star of the show, though.
[21:54] Kazuya
    Some other time.
[21:56] Kurikibe
    And when will that be?
SIGN    Karaoke Village
SIGN    A Guide to
    Making Movies
[22:03] Ruka
    Hey, Kazuya-kun...
SIGN    Rich in Courage
SIGN    Nagomi Sake
[22:30] Mami
    Do I have no life?
[22:31] Nagomi
    That's my Sayutaso!
SIGN    Itabashi Third Hospital
[22:34] Nagomi
    Is that so?
[22:36] Sayuri
    Yeah, yeah.
SIGN    Café
    Kanoir
SIGN    Movin' and Packin'
[23:21] (Flashback) Kazuya
    Let's make a movie together!
[23:27] (Flashback) Chizuru
    Then, please...
[23:28] (Flashback) Chizuru
    Help me make my movie.
[23:33] Chizuru
    What kind of face was I making then?
[23:38] (Flashback) Kazuya
    I'll do it!
[23:44] Chizuru
    Damn it, that idiot.
SIGN    Enjoy the rest of this dream
    with Diamond