I Am Keiko (1997) - full transcript
Keiko Suzuki is a lonely waitress in Tokyo. Her father passes away of cancer and she becomes obsessed with the passage of time. And so, three weeks before her 22nd birthday, she decides to record this period of time in the most accurate way possible, regardless of how lonely or banal this record ends up being.
This film is dedicated to my
deceased teacher: Keiichi UCHIDA.
I am ...
Keiko desu kedo
(It's me, Keiko)
This film is finished within
1 hour 1 minute and 1 second.
The time this clock
is shwoing is...
Afternoon, 7:22
30 second ... 31 seconds ...
That means that this
film will be over ...
... at exactly 8:23 and...
31... 32 seconds.
Even now while I am talking...
... one second after
the other is passing by
Very soon I will be 22 years old.
That means I have
lived for 8036 days.
It also means I will
lived for 192864 hours.
But what should I talk about ...
... in just one of
these 192864 hours?
Or I could think that I have
only lived for 192864 until now.
Is it alright then to be
lazy for this single hour?
It must be possible to count a
person's life using a wristwatch.
It's possible that after
some 100 thousand hours ...
... I could be dead already.
And while I am out for luch ...
In this very short time ...
The clock's indexes keep moving.
And move around the
clock again and again.
Sometimes the time is chasing me.
Sometime the time ties me down.
Sometimes I feel
bored because of time.
But every kind of time keeps on
moving in a precise manner.
There are 60 minutes in an hour.
There are 3600 seconds in 60 minutes.
After 3600 seconds the lights in
this cinema will go on and ...
... it will be time for a break.
People will forget the time
while having a smole in the lobby.
Thats why the time can tie you down.
Or make you become
angry, impatient or bored.
Soon I will be 22 years old.
I want to make a precise record
of the remaining three weeks.
I want to record my own
time as precisely as possible.
As precisely as one hour
equates to 60 minutes.
For my life ...
For my death ...
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60 seconds passed by.
I am one minute
older than before.
I know that I am living while the
days are passing by until my death.
10 seconds passed.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye.
20 seconds passed.
Good morning. Good night.
Good morning. Good night.
Good morning. Good night.
Good morning.
30 seconds passed.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye.
I am dying for my life.
I can feel the days passing by.
One minute passed.
I've become two minutes older.
These are my father's bones.
He died one year ago
from stomach cancer.
I stole those secretly
from the crematorium.
My family doesn't know about it.
These are my father's bones.
This is the watch
my father used to wear.
These are the cigarettes
my father used to smoke.
This is the lighter
my father used to use.
This is the fountain pen my father
once gave to me as a present.
This is a letter my
father once wrote me.
This is a present my father
bought for me in Hawaii.
This is the daughter
my father gave life to.
Keiko SUZUKI.
Born on the 8th of december, 1973.
Sagittarius, blood type AB.
Born in the year of the horse.
Moles on the right knee,
the neck and the breast.
My skin becomes itchy...
... when I stay in the bath too long.
I have neurodermitis on my legs.
I am receiving treatment.
I am 155 cm tall.
My weight is 48 kg.
My size, from the top: 78, 56, 80.
I went to Seibo Kindergarten.
In 1986 I graduated
from Asahi Primary School.
In 1992 I graduated
from Johoku High School.
I work as a waitress.
From this, what can you understand?
I'm not sure.
I don't know. No idea.
Here we are in
Yamatocho in Nakano ward.
1-61, House No 4.
Hakuen Apartment, 2nd floor.
Winter. It's quiet outside the window.
Night.
Someone is sleeping at this time.
Or awake, crying.
Laughing.
Haying sex.
Me?
I'm here in this room.
The time is ...
... 11:22 and 54 seconds.
There is nothing in this room,
except me and my father's bones.
The wall is red.
The furniture yellow.
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Hi, this is Keiko.
I'm not at home right now.
Please leave your voice
behind after the peep-sound.
Here we go.
What a strange thing.
What a strange day.
I
I am
Just one more week until my birthday.
Good evening.
My name is Keiko SUZUKI.
Today is monday, the 3rd of december.
We bring you the latest news.
When I went out for dinner ...
... I went to a restaurant
called "Kobo" at the station.
They had a special offer tonight.
Tomato and cheese with rice,
or something like this ...
500 Yen per serving.
It was very delicious.
Because I went
out for dinner today ...
... I spent ...
Let's see ...
I spent 1540 Yen all together.
Normally I spend 1000 Yen a day.
So it was a bit too much today.
Tomorrow I will have dinner at home.
There's not much I can tell you ...
So I will say good bye for today.
Thank you for listening.
Good evening.
My name is Keiko SUZUKI.
Today is tuesday, the 4th of december.
The weather today ...
It was cloudy-
Today ...
... a present from my friend arrived.
A lamp shaped like a fish.
The light looks like from a candle.
I like it.
The number I called
on the phone today:
6 0 8 8
2 3 5 3
3 4 6 6
7 2
8 8
Occurences which I can remember ...
In the evening ...
I was walking in the street ...
There were a lot of ...
... cats.
A lot of kitten.
And sitting among them, their mother.
Now to my answering machine.
It's Keiko. I'm out.
That's it.
Thank you for listening.
Good evening.
My name is Keiko SUZUKI.
Today is wednesday,
the 5th of december.
Clear weather today.
The sky was very pretty today.
I went shopping
because of the good weather.
Here's what I bought.
This bracelet here.
This earring.
This strange kind of brooch.
Three things.
A bit flashy.
Today I called my
friend using this number:
3 3 8 0
9 0 4 6
3 3 3 6
2 0 7 0
0 4 5
9 8 4 6 3 5 5
0 4 5
9 6 1
3 3 8 0
That's it.
Now to my answering machine.
Because we have nice weather
today, I am going out.
Thank you for listening.
Right ...
That's right.
That's right.
Well then ...
I hang up.
Bye.
Today is thursday,
the 6th of december.
Clear weather.
Things I saw today on the train.
A very small and cute old granny.
And her grandchild.
This morning I had coffee.
Later I had the stuff
my boss cooked for lunch.
And spaghetti for dinner.
The number I called today:
Well ...
3 2 2 3
8 0 7 0
3 3 3 6
8 6 5 0
Now to my answering machine.
A cat - miaow! A cat - miaow!
A ca...
Do you like it?
See you again tomorrow.
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I was born on the
8th of december, 1973.
At 0:12 a.m.
And now it is the 8th of december.
Just after midnight.
In 12 minutes I will be 22.
I will have lived for 192864 hours.
When we add just one more second ...
... and I will have started
to live my life at 22.
22 years and one second.
22 years and two seconds.
It must be possible?
to live like this.
1973
The 8th of december.
Born at 0:12 a.m.
And now, at the 8th of december ...
... it has just become 0:01 a.m.
In 11 minutes I will be 22.
Me with 21, having
lived for 192864 hours...
... will be just one second away ...
... from turing 22.
I'll be reborn.
Tomorrow will be sunday again.
The next day will be monday.
Then tuesday.
The next day will be wednesday.
Me, Keiko SUZUKI, 22 years old.
With moles on my right knee, my
neck and my breast. Just like before.
I will be 155 cm tall.
Just like before.
I will live with my age of 22 the
next day, the following day and so on.
Today, the 8th of december. 0:02 a.m.
In 10 minutes I will be 22.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye. Hello.
10 seconds passed.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye.
20 seconds passed.
Good morning. Good night.
Good morning. Good night.
Good morning. Good night.
Good morning.
30 seconds passed.
Starring
Keiko SUZUKI
Camera
Onling WON
Light
Moriyaki NAGASHIMA
Sound
Daisuke SUZUKI
Production
Shunji YOSHIDA
Directed by
Sion SONO
This film is finished within
1 hour 1 minute and 1 second.
There are only 10 seconds left.
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Thanks!
deceased teacher: Keiichi UCHIDA.
I am ...
Keiko desu kedo
(It's me, Keiko)
This film is finished within
1 hour 1 minute and 1 second.
The time this clock
is shwoing is...
Afternoon, 7:22
30 second ... 31 seconds ...
That means that this
film will be over ...
... at exactly 8:23 and...
31... 32 seconds.
Even now while I am talking...
... one second after
the other is passing by
Very soon I will be 22 years old.
That means I have
lived for 8036 days.
It also means I will
lived for 192864 hours.
But what should I talk about ...
... in just one of
these 192864 hours?
Or I could think that I have
only lived for 192864 until now.
Is it alright then to be
lazy for this single hour?
It must be possible to count a
person's life using a wristwatch.
It's possible that after
some 100 thousand hours ...
... I could be dead already.
And while I am out for luch ...
In this very short time ...
The clock's indexes keep moving.
And move around the
clock again and again.
Sometimes the time is chasing me.
Sometime the time ties me down.
Sometimes I feel
bored because of time.
But every kind of time keeps on
moving in a precise manner.
There are 60 minutes in an hour.
There are 3600 seconds in 60 minutes.
After 3600 seconds the lights in
this cinema will go on and ...
... it will be time for a break.
People will forget the time
while having a smole in the lobby.
Thats why the time can tie you down.
Or make you become
angry, impatient or bored.
Soon I will be 22 years old.
I want to make a precise record
of the remaining three weeks.
I want to record my own
time as precisely as possible.
As precisely as one hour
equates to 60 minutes.
For my life ...
For my death ...
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60 seconds passed by.
I am one minute
older than before.
I know that I am living while the
days are passing by until my death.
10 seconds passed.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye.
20 seconds passed.
Good morning. Good night.
Good morning. Good night.
Good morning. Good night.
Good morning.
30 seconds passed.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye.
I am dying for my life.
I can feel the days passing by.
One minute passed.
I've become two minutes older.
These are my father's bones.
He died one year ago
from stomach cancer.
I stole those secretly
from the crematorium.
My family doesn't know about it.
These are my father's bones.
This is the watch
my father used to wear.
These are the cigarettes
my father used to smoke.
This is the lighter
my father used to use.
This is the fountain pen my father
once gave to me as a present.
This is a letter my
father once wrote me.
This is a present my father
bought for me in Hawaii.
This is the daughter
my father gave life to.
Keiko SUZUKI.
Born on the 8th of december, 1973.
Sagittarius, blood type AB.
Born in the year of the horse.
Moles on the right knee,
the neck and the breast.
My skin becomes itchy...
... when I stay in the bath too long.
I have neurodermitis on my legs.
I am receiving treatment.
I am 155 cm tall.
My weight is 48 kg.
My size, from the top: 78, 56, 80.
I went to Seibo Kindergarten.
In 1986 I graduated
from Asahi Primary School.
In 1992 I graduated
from Johoku High School.
I work as a waitress.
From this, what can you understand?
I'm not sure.
I don't know. No idea.
Here we are in
Yamatocho in Nakano ward.
1-61, House No 4.
Hakuen Apartment, 2nd floor.
Winter. It's quiet outside the window.
Night.
Someone is sleeping at this time.
Or awake, crying.
Laughing.
Haying sex.
Me?
I'm here in this room.
The time is ...
... 11:22 and 54 seconds.
There is nothing in this room,
except me and my father's bones.
The wall is red.
The furniture yellow.
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Hi, this is Keiko.
I'm not at home right now.
Please leave your voice
behind after the peep-sound.
Here we go.
What a strange thing.
What a strange day.
I
I am
Just one more week until my birthday.
Good evening.
My name is Keiko SUZUKI.
Today is monday, the 3rd of december.
We bring you the latest news.
When I went out for dinner ...
... I went to a restaurant
called "Kobo" at the station.
They had a special offer tonight.
Tomato and cheese with rice,
or something like this ...
500 Yen per serving.
It was very delicious.
Because I went
out for dinner today ...
... I spent ...
Let's see ...
I spent 1540 Yen all together.
Normally I spend 1000 Yen a day.
So it was a bit too much today.
Tomorrow I will have dinner at home.
There's not much I can tell you ...
So I will say good bye for today.
Thank you for listening.
Good evening.
My name is Keiko SUZUKI.
Today is tuesday, the 4th of december.
The weather today ...
It was cloudy-
Today ...
... a present from my friend arrived.
A lamp shaped like a fish.
The light looks like from a candle.
I like it.
The number I called
on the phone today:
6 0 8 8
2 3 5 3
3 4 6 6
7 2
8 8
Occurences which I can remember ...
In the evening ...
I was walking in the street ...
There were a lot of ...
... cats.
A lot of kitten.
And sitting among them, their mother.
Now to my answering machine.
It's Keiko. I'm out.
That's it.
Thank you for listening.
Good evening.
My name is Keiko SUZUKI.
Today is wednesday,
the 5th of december.
Clear weather today.
The sky was very pretty today.
I went shopping
because of the good weather.
Here's what I bought.
This bracelet here.
This earring.
This strange kind of brooch.
Three things.
A bit flashy.
Today I called my
friend using this number:
3 3 8 0
9 0 4 6
3 3 3 6
2 0 7 0
0 4 5
9 8 4 6 3 5 5
0 4 5
9 6 1
3 3 8 0
That's it.
Now to my answering machine.
Because we have nice weather
today, I am going out.
Thank you for listening.
Right ...
That's right.
That's right.
Well then ...
I hang up.
Bye.
Today is thursday,
the 6th of december.
Clear weather.
Things I saw today on the train.
A very small and cute old granny.
And her grandchild.
This morning I had coffee.
Later I had the stuff
my boss cooked for lunch.
And spaghetti for dinner.
The number I called today:
Well ...
3 2 2 3
8 0 7 0
3 3 3 6
8 6 5 0
Now to my answering machine.
A cat - miaow! A cat - miaow!
A ca...
Do you like it?
See you again tomorrow.
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I was born on the
8th of december, 1973.
At 0:12 a.m.
And now it is the 8th of december.
Just after midnight.
In 12 minutes I will be 22.
I will have lived for 192864 hours.
When we add just one more second ...
... and I will have started
to live my life at 22.
22 years and one second.
22 years and two seconds.
It must be possible?
to live like this.
1973
The 8th of december.
Born at 0:12 a.m.
And now, at the 8th of december ...
... it has just become 0:01 a.m.
In 11 minutes I will be 22.
Me with 21, having
lived for 192864 hours...
... will be just one second away ...
... from turing 22.
I'll be reborn.
Tomorrow will be sunday again.
The next day will be monday.
Then tuesday.
The next day will be wednesday.
Me, Keiko SUZUKI, 22 years old.
With moles on my right knee, my
neck and my breast. Just like before.
I will be 155 cm tall.
Just like before.
I will live with my age of 22 the
next day, the following day and so on.
Today, the 8th of december. 0:02 a.m.
In 10 minutes I will be 22.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye. Hello.
10 seconds passed.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye. Hello.
Good bye.
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Good morning. Good night.
Good morning. Good night.
Good morning. Good night.
Good morning.
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Starring
Keiko SUZUKI
Camera
Onling WON
Light
Moriyaki NAGASHIMA
Sound
Daisuke SUZUKI
Production
Shunji YOSHIDA
Directed by
Sion SONO
This film is finished within
1 hour 1 minute and 1 second.
There are only 10 seconds left.
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Thanks!