Honey & Clover (2006) - full transcript

"To make a prairie
it takes a clover and one bee"

- Emily Dickinson

I love cherry blossoms

But for some reason,
I feel relieved when they've fallen

Just joking...

Takemoto's strange, isn't he?

Like his shorts?

He's like, too healthy

He's not unhealthy enough
Hardly the art school type

He's got zero fashion sense

This enough chives?



Sure, but that also
makes him appealing

Not as a boyfriend

Bet he's nice to girlfriends

Bet he's single

Maybe a good husband

- No girlfriend
- Nope

Don't put milk in there!

Sorry

I dreamed about a "Kazamachi Dori"
rice omelet last night - From Morita

Morita san?

Yeah, he's getting back soon

What's his deal, anyway?

To me, he's just
an annoying 8th year student

Excuse me



No, you're good

I'll start the grill!

It's time for the Hanamoto Lab
Junior Group Retreat,

meaning, a gathering
of Dr. Hanamoto's fans,

to begin!

Does everybody have enough beer?

Sorry, we need more here

Beer? There's another dozen
in the studio refrigerator

I'll get them

I'll go with you

The second floor's such a mess,
it's hard to find anything

For the first time,
I saw someone fall in love

Thing is, there's
some girl in the studio

Oh, right
I totally forgot

Um... that's my cousin's daughter,

Hanamoto Hagumi,
who joined my oil painting class

She's also staying here
Look after her

I know you hardly saw her

Yamada, your spine's crooked

I'll never forget...

this day, and everything this day
put into motion

I understand, see you later

I'm glad you came by, Takemoto
I've got to go see Dr. Koda

This is Hanamoto Hagu,
my cousin's daughter, you know

How much do I owe?

She can't eat out alone

So will you take my place?
I know it's a weird request

And this is Takemoto

Takemoto's amazing

He's the least arty student
at our school, a real find...

Thank you

All you have to do is just sit there
Please

She's in your hands

Hanamoto Lab

Amazing

Hey, did you paint this?

Morita san

Did you paint this?

I just got totally ignored

This is good, really good!
What's your name?

Hey, your name?

Your name?

What's that about?

Hagu?

Your name's Hagu?

Hagu's a really weird name

Whatever

Hey, Hagu!

Your painting's good, really good

Almost as good as me

Um, Morita san

What's your name?

I'm Takemoto,
your dorm neighbor

Morita san, when did you get back?

What? I thought you already
graduated, Morita san

What! I thought you'd died,
Morita san...

I heard you disappeared
on Mt. Chomolungma

I never heard you praise
anyone's work before

That's not true

Yes it is, that was a first

Yeah?

I think Picasso and Basquiat
aren't half bad

I have this sick feeling
you're serious

Of course I'm serious
I believe in recognizing talent

All right, ready?
It can be a smell or a voice

Not just your friend's face,
sitting next to you

Close your eyes, move closer

and make a picture of what you feel

OK?

Hagumi!

How do you write your name?

Like it sounds

Thanks for this

What's your name, again?

I'm Takemoto,
I live next door

Listen...

Takemoto...

Wow, it's like,

it's like bursting with energy

And is this right side up?

You're so easy to talk to

No one's ever said that

Really?

Want one?

Kids are so cool

If they want to, they can draw
smells and voices

We'll never be able to recapture
such invisible...

Hey...

Maybe some rare people can

Just joking...

Everybody!

Draw crazier paintings,
crazier than hers!

Takemoto

He really is amazing

I'm not amazing

What's amazing is the world

Flesh, blood, bone,

earth and insects,

they're all the real thing
You know?

You do?

When I don't know
what I'm talking about

Oh, I know

A souvenir

Just a leftover

It's so sweet

That's the crap that sells,
all over the world

Such an impure heart
making something so sweet

But I made it, so in 10 years
it'll be worth a lot

Use it to send your kids
to private school

Ten years from now...

I wonder what I'll be doing?

If he's going
to paint all his life...

What's this? Doraemon's
voice-over actress changed?

What are you talking about?
That actress changed before you left

Oh, yeah?

It's Morita san

Hey, Mayama!

Hey, what's this?

Aren't you going to ask,
"You were alive? Where were you?"

Be more interested in me

No souvenirs for you!

It's against the law
to stalk people, you know

That's not what this is

You may want her, but love means
she has to want you back

That's not what this is

I told a female cop she was cute

and got charged with
sexual harassment, get it?

I do

Why's that all you get!?

Sorry

How old is that lady?
A lot older than you

Have a normal, fun love-life

Oh, no, no, no

If I keep this up,
I really will get arrested

"Rika san's lip cream"

"Rika san's favorite perfume"

"Notepaper Rika san used"

"A straw Rika san used"

Thank you!
All you bumpkins!

Thank you, thank you

I'm grateful to be welcomed
home from my long travels

with such a modest party

I really am grateful, but...
Who are you?

Good morning

Good morning

Um, the thing is...

If you don't have anyone
to eat lunch with,

that is, if Dr. Hanamoto can't
make it to lunch,

would you consider
having lunch with me?

Really? See you at lunch
in the cafeteria

I'll save us seats
See you!

Um...

What, what, what?
You don't want to?

Thank you

Thank you

See the bulletin board?

It says, "Mayama, a senior
in Architecture City Design

"is late submitting
his senior thesis"

Exactly, I just can't decide

Having to condense
4 years of education...

Why not postpone
graduating a year?

Hey, that's great

Postpone it a year

Wow, I'm hungry
Want to get a bite to eat?

What? Eat something?

Yeah

You and me?

Well, yeah, sure

It's a bit of a walk but
how about Mediterranean?

It's 11AM, they're probably
open for lunch

Or someplace closer by...

Oh, sorry

Hello, yes

Right now?
Sure, within the hour

I'll be right there
Sorry, gotta work

I need more work
if I'm staying behind a year

That's not good
More work is not good

After finishing working at
the Harada Design Office,

I begin my surveillance at 1 PM
at the park

Fifteen minutes later,
I start tailing

And I follow Mayama

What a coincidence, totally
Mayama

Yamada?

Mayama?

Rika san?
What a coincidence

Let me introduce you two

This is Harada Rika, from
the design office where I work

This is Yamada,
a year behind me in art school

From Hanamoto's Lab?

No, Yamada san's in ceramics,
so not the Lab

Um, she's just...

an acquaintance from
the Hanamoto group

Acquaintance?

Lately, we all get together
and drink

at Dr. Hanamoto's,
once in a while

That's where...

And Rika, I mean, Harada san...

Rika?

Studied architecture
with Hanamoto san

He introduces me to gifted students
who work part-time for me

I'm not gifted, not at all

Mayama's in love

I hardly feel I'm worth paying...

You're definitely worth it

I knew it

I'm headed this way

I want to check out a store
that way

Later

See you

I'd heard about you...

You're Hanamoto Hagumi?

Why don't you submit your work
for a prize?

But there's one condition...

I'll go buy meal tickets
What do you want, Hagu?

The Stamina Lunch

There's the girl genius

Her? Up close,
she's pretty cute

Scholarship student

Not your average student
Explains her slightly suspicious look

The girl genius is upholding
our school's reputation

Lots of pressure

She's special

She's an "artist"

It's so crowded and noisy,
let's go somewhere else

I know, have you been
to "Kazemachi Dori"?

Their rice omelet's perfect
Just their rice omelet

I see, you're from Nagano

Nagano brings to mind...

The MATSUMOTO castle

The castle keep
is a national treasure

It's a five-tiered keep
so it's really imposing

Do you know a five-tiered keep?
Do you even know a castle keep?

Wait, do you even know
MATSUMOTO castle?

That's not right, Hagu

Born in Nagano and you've
never seen MATSUMOTO castle?

Castles are great, old buildings are
great, they're what men dream about

Did you know? In that giant structure,
there are no nails...

Ayu...

What? You know Yamada san
from Ceramics?

We're friends

Bye, I have to go to work

If it's all right,
maybe we could have lunch again

Meow-zaburo!

I'm here at your call

Red scarf, waving in the wind

Meow-zaburo's here to rescue

a shopping arcade in need of help

Meow-zaburo is
really into it today

Something good happen?

Something bad happen?

Want to hear?

No thanks, I'll pass

Right

What if you find
my story disgusting

Pisses me off

It doesn't suit you
to look so happy

Looking miserable suits you,
Yamada san

You got me back good

Harada, it's been 5 years
since you vanished,

Leaving a huge hole
in Rika's heart

But I can't fill that hole

Not me...

Oops

What, you're back?

Y es. You were out before
so I'm back to offer a greeting

Don't sound so formal,
I'm not even your instructor

Really?

I teach architecture

What's my major, then?

I know it's not architecture

You're right

What brought you back home?

Thought I'd have a solo show,
to kill some time

There's a gallery
that's been after me

Fujiwara Gallery, right?
They told me themselves

And after that?

Nothing

Still no plans to graduate?

I'm so in love
with the school and you...

A solo show at that gallery
to kill time and no plans to finish...

Just about your speed
Why don't you get serious, for once

Are they... That important?

Those fag brothers are?

Oops, I don't have time for this
I've got to go, Morita

Mind if I stick around?

Feel free

I know

A souvenir, sort of

What is this? It's cute

Oh, you're home

I'll fix dinner, now

We're having pasta tonight

Today, Dr. Koda said

I should apply to the Oslo
International something or other

The Biennale

Did she?

Sounds good, why don't you?

But not my usual paintings

Right, I guess she means no abstracts
I've heard that

They're bad?

Abstracts aren't hot now
They're not bad

You should paint the pictures
you want, however you like

It doesn't matter if
you win a prize or not

If you like it, you keep it

Thank you

There she goes

Amazing

Sorry to call you here

You're going to Morita's show?

Yes, I'd like to go to the opening

Is this already finished?

No, probably not
She hasn't signed it yet

If you're going, could you take
Hagu with you?

What? Aren't you going?

I'm going but I've got to
stop off somewhere first

Sure, I'm happy to...
As long as Hagu doesn't mind

Yamada said she's attending
the opening, so take her, too

Sure, sure, fine

Might as well invite Mayama
and have him drive

What do you say we pick her up
at home about Y PM?

First, I have to see
how Hagu feels about all this

So, where's Hagu today?

Oh, well, she's taking
an awful long break

I like that painting of yours

Your sculpture was better
a week ago

Busted, huh?

Yep, I screwed it up
I have to start over

Once you carve,
you can't fix it

Wood sculpture's tough

I can understand
why it's not cool

But it looks fun

It is

The world I could never see,
no matter how I strained,

unrealized dreams
and longings

I wonder how the world looks,
seen through their eyes

Hmm, it's lovely

I think it's really lovely

It's big

It's hard

It's curved

It's fine isn't it, Luigi?

It's more than fine, Mario

Do you get it, Morita?
This isn't about having fun

Right, this is business

Right, unfortunately,
before it's art...

Yeah, unfortunately,
it's a product first

Finish it

You're stubborn

Just have a normal, fun,
youthful love affair

I bet girls like you

If you just go for it

Hey, Takemoto

We're having a barbecue upstairs,
join us

No, I'll pass

No, hey
Did something bad happen?

Did something good happen?

Come eat
Honestly, it's beef, real beef

Real beef

It's good

Tastes awful

But it's good

About this meat, you know
the shopping arcade where I work

The young boss at Suzuki Butcher's,
even though the young boss is over 40,

he'd been set up on a date,

and he was all for it and
wanted to date her, but...

What's that paint smell?

I knew it was meat

It's not right, Morita san
The delicate aroma of this meat...

Mr. Cow?

Want some?

Sure I will, but...

Meat, I like meat

Meat, I just love meat

I'd had a bad feeling all day,
that day

Sorry

Why are you chasing me?

Because you ran away

I'm running
because you're chasing

Really?

So, what do you want?

Um...

You know

So, what is it?

Um, Yamada

Why me?

What are you talking about?

I doubt I'll change

Um, it'll be much easier
if you find another guy

I think you'd better stop
looking at me

Was I dumped?

I hurt Yamada

After which...

Um...

In other words, I'm fired?

To put it bluntly

Because I love you?

Forgive me
if I've misunderstood

No...

You're not wrong

This office is too small
for that sort of thing

I understand
I think you're absolutely correct

Thank you for understanding

Um, is that the only reason?

Yes

Your work was better than
any of my other workers

I'm relieved to hear that

I'll think up a new approach
and come back

Good bye

After which,
I got dumped

Getting dumped,

the feelings only grew stronger

I'm talking about Yamada, here

Hey,

Hagu, that's...

It's cute

Why did you start working
on such a large scale?

Honey, that's a wonderful question
Do you mind if I answer?

Compared to the size of his talent,
this is nothing at all

This isn't even relevant

He's heading off into the world

This is what it means
to live by your art

Morita san's like a celebrity

He feels so far away...
Is that a tuxedo?

I've never seen someone
wearing a tuxedo

And he even looks good in it

Hole-Ridden Tree
- Sold

This is...

I decided not to start over

This show needed
a giant piece of art to anchor it

I didn't have time to start over

The price is so high

We make the art,

and the gallery puts a price on it
That's how this world works

So I've done nothing wrong

Nothing wrong

You don't agree, do you?

I'll take a look around

Rika san!

Rika!

Oh, Hanamoto, darling
You've made my day

Thank you

It's been way too long, way too
meaningful, we're way too happy

Mayama

Oh, Rika san

Mayama, these are the Fujiwara brothers
They own the gallery

They were art school classmates
with Hanamoto and me

Despite their looks,
they've got great taste

Is this show Morita's?

He's been discovered
by some real operators

You're so mean!

Hana darling,
you finally caught Rika

How many times do I have to
tell you, it's never been like that

How can you say that, Hana darling

It's about time
you forgot about Harada, Rika

Hanamoto and I aren't involved

No, no

Yes, he did, he hit me!

Everything OK?

What?

That's that art critic...

We used to be like that, too

Don't you remember?

I forgot

What happened!

That man...

That pretentious guy?

That's Nagata Kei,
the art critic

He called the sculpture...

Did he bad mouth it?

He said, "It's only big"

That's why you hit him?

Yeah, for that she jumped him

What? Hagu did...

Yeah, and I was trying to stop her...

This is the legendary car
I've only heard stories about!

Nostalgic

It took me a year of fixing it up
to get it into driving shape

Amazing!

Hey

Let's go to the beach

The beach?

The beach

Now?

Yeah, now

Yes!
I want to go to the beach

Yes!

Let's go, c'mon, Hagu

Yeah

I want to go

All right, let's go

For real?

Yes, c'mon, get in

No, no, please don't drive,
Morita san

I'll drive, you don't have to drive

Get in

Morita san! Morita san!

Hey, hey, Morita san,
easy on the gas pedal there

Great, great, I love this
worn-out engine, I can't stand it!

Fantastic!

Ease up on the gas?

Worn-out?

I think it may smell smoky

Hey, Hagu, you're from Nagano?

I always wanted to ask
someone from Nagano

Is it true that 40 percent
of people

from Nagano
haven't seen the ocean?

Forty percent sounds too high...

Right, Takemoto?

Don't ask me

The ocean!

Ocean!

I'll scream, Takemoto

Sounds good, Morita san
You're on

I'm the best!

Youth is best!

When you say the word youth,
it's so totally earnest

Perfect

A photo of youth
to look back on in old age

The height of youthful folly

What do we do?

Shit, it's your fault for not
really fixing it, Mayama

You're the one that
raced it too hard

What, it's my fault?

What are you kicking?

Morita san

Oh, thank god
you're with them, Yamada

Please look after Hagu
You're my only hope, Yamada

Leave it to me... she'll be fine

You sound too scary,
Dr. Hanamoto

Mayama's boasting it'll be
an easy fix in the morning

OK, then
Good night

Pisses me off!

Yamada, got 100 yen?

I think you should stop, Morita san
You've already spent 2,000 yen

If you don't learn how to lose now,
your life will be a series of tragedies

Oh my, you're awfully insightful,
aren't you?

I was the only fool in love...

Did you already tell Hagu
how you feel?

You get right to the point,
don't you?

Of course not, huh?

Of course not, not yet

Better get it together or
you'll regret it the rest of your life

I mean both of us

The rest of my life...

Sounds unbearable

The person I love

chooses to love me
above all others

That's all it takes,

but I don't think
it'll ever happen

You kids think too much

Giving up...

How do you do that?

Just don't give up

That was a really good line

I can really do that?

Refuse to give up?

You're really in love...

Yamada,

you get me, like nobody else

I get you like nobody else does

In other words,

we're the best team
for getting each other

Like peaches and cream

Like sugar and spice,
no, like two peas in a pod

I get it, I get it

The best in the world!

The best team in the world!

The best team in the universe!

Hagu,

since you came to our school...

April, May, June, July,
August, September

It's been six months

So fast

It's been so fast

Time flies like an arrow
Or time is money,

Life is short...

So, um...

What I want to say...

I'll say it

I... feel about you...

What is this shit!

Because... mine's better

Since I was a kid,
I always wondered...

Why do people draw pictures?

Because we want to

Because we have to draw

That's...

Like asking people why they live

Quite an answer

Straight as an arrow, no doubt

I genuinely envy you

I think, from the first time

I saw your painting...

Hear, hear

You thought yesterday was
rock bottom... Wrong!

Say whatever you want

You can't wait to lose

Winning or losing,
that's not for me

So you don't even step into the ring,
just toss in the towel

It sure is safer

You're up against a tough rival

I have to agree

How's Hagu doing?

Haven't seen her recently

I see

The thing is,
Hagu stopped painting

Put simply, she's in a slump...
Something happen at the beach?

Gee, I don't know

Anything between
Hagu and Morita?

Why do you suspect
Hagu and Morita?

If anybody's going to get to Hagu,
it's Morita, is what I think

Not me, huh?

I'd be happy if it was you

Sorry, joking

Don't look at me like that,
your misery's contagious

Drop in on her
once in a while, OK?

Hagu, did you eat lunch?

You OK?

I can't...

seem to manage "like always"

You're not well

Listen, Hagu

If there's anything I can do...

I'm happy to...

Hey, part-timer!

Yes

Come here

Render this as a drawing

I want it done today, too

Yes

Takemoto!

Life is so hard

Getting right to the heavy stuff

How's things?

I'm on a losing streak

I want to be happy

I want to be happy, too

Maybe it's time to look
for a four-leaf clover

I'd look for it,
if it really exists

Don't tell me you've never
found a four-leaf clover

What? I thought they were
fairy tales

Like dragons and mermaids
and Bigfoot

You've led a life so unlucky
it's almost genius

Don't say that so intently

All right

Everyone! We're all looking
for four-leaf clovers

For this miserable young man!

Can't find any

Can't find any but it's still fun

It's fun to move around

Honestly, I'm not having much fun

I guess sulking
doesn't suit me

Say

Is my spine crooked?

Hard to tell

Sold

Rice omelet?

No, no, not so fast

Hey!

Hey, Morita

Oh, Yamada

Hey

What are you doing here?

Coincidence?

It won't shut

Oh, look at the time
Sorry, see you

No, this way

Mayama

Let's go

I never run into you,
even in the dorm

I'm busy, in my own way

Who knows where Mayama is

He's around
Only, you never see him

I haven't seen Yamada
since the beach

Yamada's doing her best
You just don't know about it

Huh, so everybody's doing
their best without me

Sounds a little...

What about her?

Who?

Don't tell me
you haven't seen Hagu, either?

Guess I haven't

In a word,

Hagu's in a slump

A slump?

Some kind of psychological shock

Don't tell me...

You know perfectly well

How much of a slump?

Worried?

Well, you know...

I'm worried

I'll start out like an intern

I'm barging in

And if I'm useful,
please let me work here

Why?

Please let me work here for you

It'll end the same way

I'll just...

I don't care if you hurt me

I won't get hurt

You didn't give up, Mayama

See you

I told you to avoid abstracts
this time, didn't I?

Why don't you take my advice?

If you just listen to me,

the Oslo International's
within your reach

But if you do what you

always do, you'll never
be competitive

I know Dr. Hanamoto
is well aware of that

I've seen so many
talented artists disappear

through recklessness and
willfulness

Our job as instructors

should be to minimize
such tragedies

At this rate, she'll be crushed,

by the weight of her own talent

At this rate, that's definitely
what will happen

Actually, I think
you already know that

Right, Hanamoto san?

Don't chase her, Morita!

Don't mess with her heart
on a whim

Please

You're absolutely right about
the role of instructors,

but once in a while
let them dream for all of us

So irresponsible

Hagu!

Sorry

That Hagu, not eating...

Sorry

You don't need to apologize

I guess Dr. Koda's prediction
came true

I was hoping she could push
through on sheer talent

She's got to crawl out
of this on her own

But...

All we can do is watch and wait

And I...

Was taken aback by
how very little,

I could actually do for her

Meet Morita Shinobu

Today's the opening
of his solo show...

How's this flyer
for our next Hanamoto party?

Hey, look, that's Morita

Morita san, Morita san!
What on earth is this?

Wait a minute!
Five million yen!

Does this price include taxes?

Taxes? You tell her

No, it's tax-exclusive

Tax-exclusive...

Do you have a girlfriend?

That question's so TV

Shall we recruit one?

I wonder
what's going to happen to us...

Oh! A commercial!

You shouldn't be
on TV now, Morita

What I can do for her...

So, that was our
"Hunk Hunter" section

By the way, this exhibition
is open all week

Thanks, OK

I'm sorry

What's with that guy?

Hey, Takemoto

What are you doing, Morita?

I was just being
hunted by a hunter

Hey, but what are you
doing here?

Do you know how bad Hagu is?

Yeah

Then why don't you do something?
Instead of going on TV

The person who can help Hagu now
isn't Dr. Hanamoto

and it isn't me,

it's you...

I think

There's nothing I can do, either

There has to be something,
if you think about it

I just can't think of anything,

but I know you can

Please look out for Hagu

Not that I'm
in a position to ask you...

That was all I could do
for her, then

Not so bad for being young

And then I ran away,

turning my back on
my entire past,

as though tumbling down

Yamada!

Tomorrow's party...

What?

Wow

That's a kashira rail, right?

Dates from the 15th century?

You know your stuff

Want to try?

I can?

Of course not

You're a pest, go away

Sorry

Before I realized,
I was racing,

intent only on pedaling

And...

I was remembering,

Morita san's irritating
loud laugh,

Yamada san's face,
trying not to cry

Mayama san's
surprisingly sweet voice

Your smile

I'll scream, Takemoto

Sounds good, Morita san
You're on

I'm the best!

Youth is best!

When you say the word youth,
it's so totally earnest

Where had the sparkling sea gone?

I can't run away

If I run now,
it erases everything,

even meeting you

Hello

What's with the vibe in here?

Amidst a certain sadness,
let's start the Hanamoto party

Does everyone have
something to drink?

A toast to Dr. Hanamoto's
scraggly beard

Cheers

No, no, that's not what I meant

So, which did you take first...

You seem a little strange today

I'm not strange

You're not strange...

Morita san

Mayama I'm borrowing
your car

You don't mind, the car?

I don't mind

How about you?

Mind your own business,

and do something about
that giant pickle

Watching you...

was like watching myself
It was painful

But eventually, being uncool,

or being stubborn

didn't matter anymore

What are you doing?

I'm sorry, Yamada

I still can't give up on her

Hey, you drooled

Mayama

I like you

Mayama

I really like you

Yeah

I love you

Yeah

Thanks

So this is how it feels

to burn your own work

How?

Like burning stacks of cash

Don't worry, it's only
money burning here

Stacks of cash

But not my work

At some point,
it stopped being my art

Can I say something
more embarrassing?

You're not alone

You've got Hanamoto san,
you've got me,

you've got Yamada
and Mayama

Takemoto's worried sick about you

So don't go off on your own

The reason I'm talking
like a teenager...

It's his fault

It's Takemoto's fault

Mr. Youth told me
to think it over

That I should be able to help you

Your ass is bleeding

Just joking

Want a ride?
There's room for your bike

I'm fine

Right

I get it

You're searching for yourself

No, I'm not

You don't have to hide it

I'm not hiding it

It's great to be young

Take this

Take this and go find yourself

Sawada Construction
Tel: 075-717-12XX

Thank you!

It never occurs to me
to help someone, seriously

So,

I couldn't figure it out,

and here I am

Am I helping you?

You are

Y es, you are

Thanks for...

Save your thanks for Mr. Youth

I'm leaving the country

That's what I thought you'd do

Someday I want to support you

I want to have the strength
to support you

But for now, I'll do what I can

Right now, I'll tell you
what I need to

Hagu

I...

Love you, Hagu

Thank you

How's your work, Takemoto?

Is it too hard?

Morita san had his first
solo show in New York

The reviews were not great
They just make him more passionate

Mayama was officially hired
at Harada Design

In love and in work,
he's hustling

Hustling?

Frankly, he can do
whatever he wants

Me... I'm laying low for now

Oh, right

Hagu finished a new painting

with that brush
you repaired for her

It's cobalt blue,

a shimmering, beautiful,

painting of the sea...

I think

Takemoto : Sho Sakurai

Hagumi : Yu Aoi

Morita : Yusuke Iseya

Mayama : Ryo Kase

Yamada : Megumi Seki

Dr. Hanamoto : Masato Sakai

Rika : Naomi Nishida

Restoration consultant : Shidou Nakamura

Executive Producers :
Yasushi Shiina, Noritaka Yamaji
Julie K. Fujishima, Yuji Shimamoto

Producers :
Shinji OGAWA, Takako Imamura, Maho Tada

Based on a Comic by Chica Umino
"Honey and Clover"
published by SHUEISHA lnc.

Written by
Masahiko Kawahara, Masahiro Takata

Director of Photography :
Keiji HASEGAWA

Lighting Director :
Kimihiko Yamazaki

Production Designer :
Momoko Nakamura

Sound Recordist : Makio Ika

Sound Mixer : Tadao Tasai

Editors :
Masahiro Takata, Rieko Akutsu

Music : Yoko KANNO

Music Producers :
Toyohiko Kanahashi, Hideoki Mogi

Decorator : Ayako OGAWA

Costume Designer :
Haruhisa Shirayama

Hair & Makeup : Lee Hyeon-il

Casting : TSUYOSHI Sugino

Assistant Director :
Masaya Takahashi

Production Coordinators :
Takashi Tsunoda, Shogo Ishizuka

Line Producers :
Yoshihiro Suzuki, Seiji Shirafuji

Associate Producer :
Keiichi Miura

Theme Song : "MAHOU NO KOTOBA"
Performed by SPlTZ
words and music by Masamune Kusano

Closing Theme : "AOZORA PEDAL"
Song by ARASHI
words and music by Shikao Suga

Original Soundtrack :
"Original Soundtrack : Honey and Clover"
UNIVERSAL MUSlC

Produced by
Asmik Ace Entertainment, lnc.
SHUEISHA Inc. / J Storm lnc. / DENTSU INC.

Production :
Asmik Ace Entertainment, lnc. / DENTSU TEC INC.

In Association with
Progressive Pictures Co., Ltd

Supported by JAPAN ARTS FUND

Directed by Masahiro Takata

English Subtitles : Linda Hoaglund

c2006 "Honey and Clover" Film Partners