Koi wa go-shichi-go! (2005) Movie Script

TOHOKU

CINEQUANON

SDP

Hit it! Hit it! Hit it!

Come on!

The sky is blue

The curve on this ball

Is like that of shattered dreams

LOVE IS FIVE-SEVEN-FIVE!

Let's save Matsuo School!

We need your support!

We are against the closing

of the school!

Please support us!

Please take it.

Shove it up your ass.

Don't you care if our school

gets closed?!

- Please support us!

- So...

Haiku evolved out of haikai.

Haiku quickly became a separate genre.

Poet Masaoka Shiki...

...departed from the original haiku...

Could you be a little quieter?

- Takada-sensei!

- Yes?

I can't bear this.

When I look at how these kids

are trying to save the school...

...I feel such enormous pain.

I thought

our baseball team would do well...

...but it turned out I was wrong.

There are still two years left

until the closing.

Let's show everyone

that we're worth something.

Well...

Don't give in to despair.

Try to stay positive.

OK.

I'd like you to take part in this.

HAIKU CONTEST

Haiku contest?

And the name

That you make for yourself

Is like a cloud

That's not bad.

But...

Amakawa-sensei! Amakawa-sensei!

Please take care of it.

I want to talk to you

before the training begins.

The baseball tournament was really good.

You all did a great job.

Unfortunately our

baseball team lost,

but tomorrow we have to support

our football team.

Let's help our school make history!

Yes!

I can't hear you!

Yes!!!

Utsumi-san, stay.

- You know, Utsumi-san...

- What?

There have been complaints.

The players are saying that

you distract them and they can't focus.

So, as hard as it is for me to say this...

...but you're out. Sorry.

I'm really sorry.

Your giant boobs are so wobbly!

What do you want?

Get out of my way.

Who do you think you're talking to?

Take this!

Awesome! I'm in love.

Why?!

Assholes!

This is how you want the world

to remember you?

They will you if you end your life now.

I want to be reborn

As a ghost

Like in magic tales

What?

Wow! That's really dramatic.

My haiku?

Go out with a haiku.

I should do the same

when it's my time to die.

Here.

It was hard checking your work.

Apart from your name,

everything is written in hiragana.

If you stay in Japan not knowing

the hieroglyphs is going to be a problem.

Not at all. You can easily replace it

with hieroglyphs in an email!

- Really?

- Yes.

Here's something for you to

read over the holidays.

I don't know the hieroglyphs,

but I speak English very well.

Maybe you could give me

a pass without it?

I'd be happy to, but I can't.

Besides, I don't want other

teachers to frown at me.

This Japanese mentality!

You people are so stubborn.

I see you're very critical of

our culture.

It's not about being critical.

All the boys are so dumb and unattractive.

I think it isn't very good that you notice

only bad things about Japan.

You don't seem to notice

the Japanese spirit.

The spirit?

Here!

Which one do you choose?

Tsuchiyama-kun is the head of

the Takada photography club.

The meeting is starting.

Are you coming?

Sure!

I thought I was the only

one in the club.

Three people, then.

I'm glad you came.

For certain reasons, the photography club

will become the haiku club.

From now on.

What?

I'd like to join the club.

Haiku...

...consists of 17 syllables that are

divided in three lines like this: 5-7-5.

Each line has a deeper meaning.

Who cares?

What are we going to do?

Oh yes, excuse me.

For three days, starting from August 13...

...in Matsuma Himeken prefecture...

...will be taking place a haiku contest.

But August is holidays.

Give me a break.

Well...

In the contest, two teams of five

people each compete with each other.

One is red and the other is white.

They take turns to read their haikus.

After that, they are given 3 minutes

for comments or questions.

Excuse me, Takada-san! Is it possible

to take part with less than five people?

Well, no...

One, two, three, four...

Won't do.

Bye.

Wait!

- What?

- I want to take part!

But there are only four of us.

But I really want to take part!

I have tried so many times...

...but I never got accepted!

They keep crushing my dreams!

Or maybe you just don't know

how to write haiku.

Now what?

I want to take part too!

Wow...

And what about you?

Me... well...

Open your eyes!

Haiku sucks!

It's for old people!

It's totally not cool.

Why haiku?!

Haiku doesn't suck.

Quite the contrary...

...haiku rocks!

Your dumb face isn't convincing at all.

Dumb face?

Whatever.

Here you are! Senpai!

From now, I'll be following you

everywhere, Haruko-senpai!

What?

What are you all doing here?

Haiku.

Haiku as in Hiking?

No, that's not it.

Doesn't matter!

I'll go anywhere Haruko-senpai goes!

You're right on time.

Yes...

Hey, Pochiko!

Pochiko!

Grandpa, Pochiko died two

years ago.

That's right.

I'm taking part in a contest.

As a pitcher?

It's a haiku contest.

I swing my bat

Green summer grass

Covers the pitch

Pochiko!

Move.

Move!

Yu-chan! Turn this way!

Alright.

Why did you join the haiku club?

Because Tsuchiyama-kun said

my last words were good.

Your last words?

My farewell haiku.

Farewell haiku?

At that point.

But everything changed.

I will play

The lap guitar

In our club! Ta-da-dam!

Pi-chan, that's not haiku.

It's just a song done in 5-7-5.

But it's cute, isn't it?

It's not that simple.

Let me teach you the rules.

Rules?

Is there anything to teach?

First of all, you have to include

seasonal words.

What are those?

Those are words indicating seasons.

To give you a simple example...

...sakura indicates spring.

A handkerchief indicates summer.

The moon indicates autumn.

That's lame!

No shit.

That's what I told you yesterday.

Also there are cutting words.

What are those?

Do you know?

- What?

- What are cutting words?

Who are the words cutting?

Tsuchiyama-kun, do you know?

Know what?

- Cutting words.

- Cutting who?

What are all of you even doing here?

- Look what I've got!

- Great!

Teacher, tell us about cutting words.

Cutting words? Of course.

Cutting words are...

...for example 'and' or 'if'.

To give some examples

from well-known haikus...

The old pond —

A frog leaps in

And a splash

'And' is the cutting word here.

If it was 'In the old pond'...

Well that doesn't fit, but...

In short, a cutting word is a word that

separates one feeling from another...

...and helps convey the author's intention.

I see! So it's better to say

'And the old pond' than 'In the old pond!

Yes. You can almost see it,

can't you?

Even if we know the theory,

how do we go about it from there?

Still haiku sucks ass.

Not at all.

Haiku is the coolest.

Your dumb face isn't convincing at all.

Stop calling my face dumb.

Dumbface

Is now your nickname

That's it! Ta-da-dam!

'That's it' is the cutting word here!

This is not very reassuring.

Let's deal with the details later.

And now let's just try

to write a haiku together.

What's the topic?

A lemon.

OK!

Lemons are falling down

Like rainfall

It hurts

What are you up to?!

I'm writing a haiku.

Any good ideas?

What a load of crap.

Haruko-senpai!

What the hell!?

Stop it! Cut it out!

Wait!

You saw it just now.

You certainly saw it, right?

I didn't.

Liar.

Yes, I'm a liar.

When I came home that night...

...I fantasized and jerked off.

I couldn't help myself.

I love good literature,

stray cats in my neighbourhood...

...strong emotions...

...and Haruko Takayama.

Haruko Takayama.

I love Haruko Takayama.

No, not like that.

It was supposed to be

a haiku about lemons.

I'm sorry, Haru-chan.

Throwing a lemon up

Aiming at the sky

I think

That I'm making art

It used to be that one person

wrote a haiku in 5-7-5.

And then another continued

it in 7-7.

Liar!

Eventually only the original "5-7-5"

foot was left.

That's when the modern

haiku was born.

Anyway, you have to choose a

topic for yourselves.

I'd like you to write a haiku

with a hidden meaning.

With a hidden meaning?

Very well!

Sitting on the toilet

I hear the sound

Of lemon juice being poured. Ta-da-dam!

And where's the hidden meaning?

- Let me try!

- Go ahead!

Wind blowing outside

The smell of lemons

This must be love

I liked the beginning.

Can I?

I'm hurt

The lemon of my soul

Was gnawed on

And what does that mean?

It's about my feelings. You hurt me

when you said my face was dumb.

I see!

What do you got, Haruko-senpai?

I don't want to.

But you took the lemon!

Come on!

Fine.

The sky is so high

I throw a lemon up

During the recess

Not bad.

The color of the sky is opposite to

the color of a lemon. Good choice.

Really?

Tsuchiyama-kun, your turn.

Well...

Hurry up!

Well...

Hurry up!

Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!

- Hurry! Hurry!

- Listen...

I couldn't sleep last night.

So, I didn't write anything.

That's unfair!

Today,

I'd like you to look for inspiration.

Inspiration?

In other words, I want you to look around

and write a haiku based on what you see.

Well, let's begin.

Doesn't this bore you?

What exactly?

Writing haiku all day long.

What's wrong about that?

It's just lame.

Football players train all day too.

They have to train,

they have no choice.

But I can live without haiku just fine.

How is it going?

In progress.

Any problems?

No.

Over here!

Admit it, everything looks different now.

We're heading home

Thinking about the sea

That's always by our side

I keep on walking!

Where will this road

Lead me

I wonder?

Not bad.

When you're reading or

writing a haiku...

...you are in dialogue with nature.

The dialogue which is the extension

of the landscape around you.

The whole word stretching from

here to there...

...suddenly starts to bloom.

Well, good luck to you!

What happened?

A strange old man was

just talking to us.

A strange old man?

Pochiko!

Summer breeze

I keep looking forward

And running away

Have you heard the rumors

about Mako Utsumi?

What rumors?

She joined the haiku club.

Haiku?

That same haiku?

- That we were told about?

- Right.

- Yes.

- This must be a joke.

She must have lost her mind

after being kicked out of cheerleaders.

No one kicked her out.

Guys just complained about her.

Still, it's good that she left.

She was bringing everyone down.

But why haiku?

She must have realized she wasn't

good enough to be one of us.

I hate it when people are gossiping

about someone behind their back.

- You're stupid bitches.

- What?

Ones like you give Japanese

women a bad name.

Think before you say something,

you ugly gals.

Did you just call us ugly?

I did.

Hold it!

I heard you joined the club too.

Is that true?

- Well...

- That means yes?

- What the hell?!

- You all must be joking!

Haiku is for old people!

What's wrong with haiku?

Haiku...

Haiku what?

Haiku is a great art form.

- Haiku...

- Haiku what?

Haiku... rocks!

That guy

Is a demon

I'm possessed by him

My sweet demon

I'm a slave to his desires

He struck me

Right in my heart

I'm frozen to the spot

Ah, baby

My sweet lil' baby

My sweet demon

That day, I stayed in school after classes.

I was sitting on the roof and

watching the schoolyard as usual.

Haruko Takayama came out...

...and kicked a ball that someone

had left behind.

The ball hit a washbasin by the pitch.

The tap broke and water gushed up.

Under the sun rays, the fountain

turned into a rainbow.

When Haruko Takayama saw it,

she burst out laughing.

When I saw it...

...I had a boner.

Since then, all my thoughts have been

about Haruko Takayama.

There was nothing I could do about it.

Tsuchiyama-kun?

May I come in?

Tsuchiyama-kun

What?

Wow! This is beautiful!

Did you take all of these yourself?

Don't look!

And even more here!

- Not bad at all...

- Don't look!

This one is fantastic.

And this girl here...

Marvelous...

You know.

Maybe I'm wrong, but...

...I think photography

and haiku are quite similar.

If you can take a photo like that,

you can write a haiku too.

I know that.

I know how you feel.

Being in love can be painful.

I understand that.

Are you in love too, teacher?

Well... I'm not in love...

Who is she?

- Nevermind!

- It's okay, tell me!

No, no!

Good work today.

Yoko-sensei!

How are things in the haiku club?

Well...

We're doing our best.

But it's too early to tell.

I want to be more like Doraemon.

Doraemon?

In the 4th grade, we had a head teacher

who reminded me of Doraemon.

The likeness wasn't only physical.

He gave us guidance in

difficult situations.

Kids in high school may look like adults...

...but, deep down, they're still kids,

just like Nobita Nobi.

That's very true.

Is Haruko Takayama doing well?

Yes.

Good to hear that.

Good luck, sensei!

Yes!

Ah, yes...

Furuikei School where we're going now

is last year's winner.

Be nice to everyone.

The old pond —

A frog leaps in

And a splash

Pouring the hot day

Into the sea

Mogami River

We want to be prepared well, so

we need to practice. Am I right?

Yes!

Summer grass

All that remains

Of a Samurai’s dream

Majestic mountains

Above them only the blue dome

Of the sky

The old pond —

A frog leaps in...

Hello, Takada-kun.

I'm glad you came.

I'm sorry for the interruption.

It's fine. How about it?

Shall we compete in teams?

No! That wouldn't be fair.

Shall we improvise?

Wait!

What are you getting us into?

Well, let's try to improvise.

Right?

Furuikei School can start.

Raining out of the blue

On a summer day

The sky is high

Raining out of the blue

On a summer day

The sky is high

Matsuo High School, your turn.

Raining out of the blue

Only the sound of the wind

Heralded it

Raining out of the blue

Only the sound of the wind

Heralded it

Matsuo High School, your comments

about Furuikei School's haiku.

- May I?

- Go ahead.

I think that high sky looks beautiful.

Very beautiful.

Furuikei School, your questions

about Matsuo High School's haiku.

- May I?

- Go ahead.

All your haiku is saying

is that the sound of the wind

lets you know the rain is coming.

And that's it.

It has to convey some deeper meaning.

Let's go on.

Furuikei School, please proceed.

Out of the blue

Pouring down

Over the Roppongi bridge

Out of the blue

Pouring down

Over the Roppongi bridge

Now, Matsuo School!

Your turn, please.

I'm sorry.

It's all my fault.

We still have a lot of time

to practice before the contest.

It's no use.

I'm hopeless.

Don't say that!

I was on the baseball team for

three years, but I was terrible at it.

I was always sitting on the bench.

And I've never performed

in front of an audience.

I decided to take part in

the haiku contest...

...because I thought at least there

I could be the best.

But...

Listen...

Students of Furuikei School

are great at haiku.

But I don't think they enjoy

their practice.

I wouldn't like you to

train like that.

I want you to enjoy it.

Otherwise, it doesn't make sense.

You don't have to be able

to recite poems well.

But you have to recite them with pleasure.

Haiku recited with pleasure

gets the message across.

You'll get your chance to perform

in front of an audience.

There's still a week left before

the contest.

Tsuchiyama-kun

It's time you read your

own haiku.

I've had enough of this!

What are you doing?

Tsuchiyama, calm down!

Your smile

Is captured

On the photo paper

You're the one who makes

those clouds, right?

What clouds?

I used to think that smoke

became clouds rising up.

That's why I thought smokers made clouds.

I liked your haiku.

I wrote it thinking about you.

I... love...

What did you just do?

You sure you didn't do it?

I did nothing!

Liar!

It's true.

I'm a liar.

When I came home that day,

I thought about jerking off again.

But then, I felt it would be wrong,

so I decided not to do it.

The summer sky

Caught the glimpse

Of my first kiss

Here you go.

What's the topic?

Anything you want.

Masuo-chan!

We're out of paint.

Can you bring some more?

Of course.

Right away.

Tsuchiyama-kun, that's amazing!

Here, here!

Here you go!

At last!

Let's go home.

Look what you have done!

Why are you even here?

To fool around?

Sorry. I didn't mean it.

Masuo-san!

Why are you sitting here doing nothing?

Others have already started preparing.

Say, Masuo-san!

Maybe if we really try, we can make it?

Maybe.

No way.

There's no chance you can make it.

- Well there is some...

- No, there isn't.

- Even a small one?

- Not even a small one.

- Even a tiny one?

- Not even that.

- Even a microscopic one?

- No.

- And...

- Zero.

In terms of both preparation and experience,

we're on totally different levels.

You're nothing like us.

Just give up.

Nakamura-kun, mind your manners.

I apologize.

Takada-kun, you've done a great job.

Thank you.

- Enjoying this cool evening?

- Yes.

- Good luck.

- Thank you.

- If you do your best, you have a chance.

- Yes.

Well, shall we go then?

Yes!

The old pond —

A frog leaps in

And a splash

Pouring the hot day

Into the sea

Mogami River.

Summer grass

All that remains

Of a Samurai’s dream

They get on my nerves!

What arrogant pricks!

Exactly!

Shall we begin?

What's going on here?

FIRST ROUND

Let the 12th national haiku

contest begin!

First round. Group F.

Red team - Yojin High School.

White team - Matsuo High School.

Red team, please begin.

In the shade of hydrangeas

I roam around

Alone in the universe

In the shade of hydrangeas

I roam around

Alone in the universe

Oh, hydrangeas

I'm not the person

I was yesterday

Oh, hydrangeas

I'm not the person

I was yesterday

White team, your comments.

Well...

How should I put it...

Comparing hydranges...

...with the universe...

That seems a bit far-fetched.

Don't you think?

- May I?

The word "hydrangea" has

an "a" at the end.

And she said "hydrange".

Isn't that a childish mistake?

Judges, your decision!

White team, your haiku!

Is anything wrong?

White team! Your haiku!

Oh, hydrangea

The rain follows you

My love

Oh, hydrangea

The rain follows you

My love

Red team! Your haiku!

I admire

The beauty of lines

About hydrangeas

I admire

The beauty of lines

About hydrangeas

White team! Your comments!

Judges, your decision!

When leaving the garden

I cover the hydrangea

With black and white

When leaving the garden

I cover the hydrangea

With black and white

Enough!

Judges, your decision!

Yes!

A little bird

Comes to sing with me

The lap guitar

A little bird

Comes to sing with me

The lap guitar

SECOND ROUND

It was the day

That I remembered

For the bird's song

It was the day

That I remembered

For the bird's song

I don't see the connection...

...between "bird" and "song".

The ascending intonation...

...is meant to do that.

Judges, your decision!

Reaching us

A little bird

Alighted on the cross

Reaching us

A little bird

Alighted on the cross

A little bird

Alighted on

My aching heart

A little bird

Alighted on

My aching heart

The reference to your heart

seems a bit out of place in the haiku.

Well...

Judges, your decision!

The winner is Kirishu High School!

Furuikei School is through

to the next round.

Let me congratulate you

on reaching the next stage.

It was inevitable.

Inevitable.

You're probably expecting

to win the contest again.

Of course.

I'm sorry.

It's all my fault.

The old pond —

A frog leaps in

And a splash

Pouring the hot day

Into the sea

Mogami River

Summer grass

All that remains

Of a Samurai’s dream

Majestic mountains

Above them only the blue dome

Of the sky

That was a fantastic victory.

Beating that kind of opponent was easy.

Here.

What's this?

A consolation for the losers.

Let's go for a walk around

the town and think of haikus.

If something catches your eye,

just take a photo.

Let's do our best.

Enough already!

Teacher!

Let's just go home.

It's useless right now.

I'm tired.

And I'm hungry.

What are you talking about?

Losing means nothing.

But you have to keep trying.

Otherwise, everything we've

done was in vain.

I'm going home.

- Wait!

- Leave me alone!

- Hold on!

- Utsumi-san!

I said I'm going home!

It's easy for you, Haruko.

Haruko... Haruko...

You're pretty.

And slim!

And you can write haikus too.

But what about me?

What about me?

- Utsumi-san!

- Masuo-chan, wait!

Go get her.

Why me?

You still haven't understood?

Understood what?

Mako joined the club because

she's in love with you!

What?

Go! Hurry!

Takayama-san, haven't

you understood yet?

Understood what?

That...

...I keep on practicing haiku

only because of you!

Hold your horses!

Me, Pi-chan...

...I love Haruko-senpai!

Pi-chan, when I first saw you

I thought you were gorgeous!

Since we're on it,

I love Yoko-sensei!

Shut up!

Have you lost your minds?

Utsumi-san!

What do you think you're doing?

Take it easy!

I'm coming!

Stay away!

I told you to leave me alone!

I'm glad I joined the haiku club.

But I don't care anymore.

We're hopeless.

Hopeless.

Only a miracle can save us!

Is that all you have to

say to the world?

Is that all?

What?

Is that all you have to say to the world?

Even I have something to say!

I want to be reborn

As a ghost

Like in magic tales

Tsuchiyama-kun...

Was it too dramatic?

Me...

...I had fun!

At first, when I joined the club,

I was bored to death.

And I thought haiku was lame.

We've never believed in ourselves...

...but we had fun didn't we?

Even if these are our last lines...

...I really want to...

...us to write them together!

CONTEST AMONG THE LOSERS

In the temple of Matsuyama

In the west of the city

There's summer all year round

In the temple of Matsuyama

In the west of the city

There's summer all year round

It was our first visit to the temple...

...but we think it hasn't changed

since ancient times.

Power could be felt inside.

Seigei High School is next.

We look around.

And admire

The colors of summer

Let's go.

We look around.

And admire

The colors of summer

We just want to finish

and go home.

That's how we feel.

Matsuo High School is next.

The sunflower

Like us

Has a story to tell

The sunflower

Like us

Has a story to tell

You know...

I...

I thought that haiku was not cool.

But now I wonder if there's anything

that can't be expressed in 17 syllables?

I think

the structure of haiku is beautiful.

Our smiles are like sunflowers,

aren't they?

Writing our last haiku together...

...was a lot of fun.

The time has come to reflect

on what we heard...

...and choose the team that

will go through to the next round.

All of you were good.

There were a lot of haikus, so

it was hard to choose one team.

But we'd like to single out a team

that chose a great photo...

...and wrote a harmonious haiku.

It's Matsuo High School.

No way!

We did it!

Thank you! Thank you!

Thank you!

We did it!

SEMI-FINAL

This is 12th national haiku contest.

Second semi-final.

Red team - Furuikei High School.

White team - Matsuo High School.

Red team, you're first.

Bells in the wind

The fourth volume

Of Masaoka Shiki's works

Bells in the wind

The fourth volume

Of Masaoka Shiki's works

White team, your turn.

Face against the sun

My white shirt

Is blowing in the wind

Face against the sun

My white shirt

Is blowing in the wind

White team, your comments please.

What's wrong, Matsuo High School?

I have a question!

Well...

How many volumes are there

in Shiki's complete works?

There are 22 volumes.

Doraemon has 45 volumes!

Pi-chan!

Well...

Concerning the fourth volume...

...I'm not sure if such a controversial number*

is a good choice.

*In Japan 4 is the number of death.

References to Shiki-sensei's works

are a must in haiku.

And admiring the sound of bells...

...is a beautiful tradition.

It's sad that you're comparing it

with "Doraemon".

Red team, your comments please.

- May I?

Your haiku doesn't follow the

traditional rhythm.

I think it fails

to create the intended effect.

Well... erm... I think...

Doesn't the 'sigh of wind' feel better

with that kind of rhythm?

Not at all.

Following the right rhythm...

...is necessary for beginners like you.

Well...

I used to be on a baseball team,

even though I was mostly on the bench.

But I did play for the team once.

When you miss and then get in position

again, you feel a gust of wind.

I still remember that moment!

Judges, your decision!

Red team - 4 points.

White team - 3 points.

The winner is Furuikei High School.

Furuikei High School is ahead.

White team, your next haiku.

Breathing in

The summer breeze

I play the lap guitar

Breathing in

The summer breeze

I play the lap guitar

Red team, your haiku please.

An air balloon

Brings comfort

To the sky

An air balloon

Brings comfort

To the sky

Your comments, please.

Your haiku doesn't have any

deeper meaning.

It's very immature indeed.

I recited it in such a way as to suggest

light wind resembling of music.

I really like the lap guitar and

play it very well.

What?

Do you want to hear it?

Pi-chan!

Pi-chan, stop it!

Enough!

Your comments now.

An air balloon brings...

Comfort.

Comfort?

Is that a haiku at all?

What?

Haven't you heard about the

free-verse haiku?

You don't know that

you can leave blank lines?

A wandering poet looking at

beautiful landscapes...

...didn't try to fit what

he felt in 5-7-5.

He expressed himself freely.

The balloon flew away.

Someone lost it.

But it also brought the sky

a mysterious feeling.

It's both beautiful and painful.

Don't you understand?

I think I kinda got it.

Judges, your decision!

Red team - 6 points. White team - 1 point.

The winner is Furuikei High School.

Second round.

Red team, your next haiku.

Silver grass

Warns us

Of gale and storm

Silver grass

Warns us

Of gale and storm

White team, now your haiku.

Through tears

Of unrequited love

The smell of wind

Through tears

Of unrequited love

The smell of wind

White team, your comments.

I have a question.

Silver grass...

...is supposed to evoke grass

swaying in the wind, right?

But the hieroglyph!

What about it?

The hieroglyphs "gale" and "storm"

are very similar!

So what?

Well...

Actually...

It seems like you just added

one more similar word!

The fact that "storm" comes

after "gale"...

...means that the wind is getting stronger!

Red team, your comments.

I have a question!

The topic of unrequited love is chosen

when one has nothing else to say.

This is a haiku about my

unrequited love.

I was really hurting and crying.

But I knew that I had to come here.

If you only talk about

your own personal experience

and don't give others

the chance to feel it...

...there's no point in writing a haiku.

What do you know about it?

Maybe I'm wrong, but...

...the smell of wind when you're crying...

...a cool breeze, and the

sky over your head...

I think everyone has felt that.

Everyone, but not them.

This round will decide whether

Furuikei High School goes through.

Judges, your decision!

White team - 4 points.

Red team - 3 points!

Matsuo High School wins!

Yoko-sensei!

Matsuo School won.

White team, you're first.

A notebook

To practice hiragana

And a summer hat

A notebook

To practice hiragana

And a summer hat

Red team, your haiku!

Yielding to blue bamboo

Black wind

Recedes

Yielding to blue bamboo

Black wind

Recedes

A question!

I don't think a notebook for practicing

hiragana conveys any deeper meaning.

A note-book to practice hiragana.

Not notebook but note-book.

A "notebook" refers to something practical.

But a "note-book" brings a

lot of memories.

A summer breeze.

Rustling of pages.

Someone ran past on the grass...

...and lost their white hat.

The author is in love...

...with the owner of this hat.

Doesn't that make your

chest flutter?

A note-book to practice hiragana...

...brings back memories of primary school.

As for love, I don't know what kind

of image that conveys.

You guys don't understand

anything!

White team, your comments.

I think that your juxtaposition of

blue and black is very beautiful.

And what does the

black wind mean?

It's the wind on a cloudy day

of the rainy season.

The topic of this haiku

is the suffering of wet things

things meant to protect

you from the rain.

Why?

Why are you always writing about suffering?

What?

- Don't you enjoy it?

- What?

- You're like old people!

- What?

And it seems like you've never

felt it yourselves!

I think you just can't enjoy a full life.

What did you say?!

Masuo-chan told us...

...that haiku is pointless if

you don't enjoy it.

- But...!

- Enough!

Judges your decision!

Matsuo School wins!

Yes!

We'll have one more round!

The last round!

Red team, you're first!

Wind and snow inhabit

The ruins of the old castle

This spring

Wind and snow inhabit

The ruins of the old castle

This spring

In southern wind

The true me

Jumps for joy

In southern wind

The true me

Jumps for joy

The time is over.

Judges!

Your decision!

White team - 7 points.

The winner is Matsuo High School!

We won! We did it!

You did it!

Yoko-sensei!

I used to think that trying hard wasn't cool.

Hey, Pochiko!

Pochiko!

There you are!

I've been looking for you,

Pochiko!

I really have.

Autumn morning

Old man I'm walking along the shore

Carrying a cat in my arms

12th haiku contest.

Winner - Matsuo High School.

Matsuyama

And the summer prize

That I cherish

Yes!

Haruko-senpai!

Tsuchi!

Let's go home together.

Really?

Of course not!

The love of our youth

Picks up a brush

It's 5-7-5

CAST:

Megumi Seki

Kinako Kobayashi

Akane Hasunuma

Ryô Hashizume

Takahito Hosoyamada

Megumi Sato Maki Hamada

Shizuka Matsubara Yuta Minowa

Saki Takaoka

Yasuhi Nakamura

Kyûsaku Shimada

Masako Motai

Akira Emoto

Tetta Sugimoto

Written and directed by

Naoko Ogigami

Music by Hiroko Ide

Cinematography by Kôzô Shibasaki

Koi wa go-shichi-go! (2005) - full transcript