Memories (1995) - full transcript
"Memories" is made up of three separate science-fiction stories. In the first, "Magnetic Rose," four space travelers are drawn into an abandoned spaceship that contains a world created by one woman's memories. In "Stink Bomb," a young lab assistant accidentally transforms himself into a human biological weapon set on a direct course for Tôkyô. The final episode, "Cannon Fodder," depicts a day in the life of a city whose entire purpose is the firing of cannons at an unseen enemy.
Wake up! You'll be late for school!
Yeah, Mom!
What? Is he still asleep?
Yes! He never listens to me!
I've told him he should wake up at
least 30 minutes before breakfast.
Ten-hut!
Hurry up!
Coming!
Hut-two! Hut-two! Hut-two!
Good morning.
Why can't you get up any earlier?
Isn't everybody else going
to morning training...
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday?
I know it isn't required,
but it affects your grades!
You'll really have to earn that
scholarship for next semester.
You know how your tuition goes up every
year and your dad's salary isn't following it.
Hey, Mom! Mom!
Can I have a Music Helmet?
I want a Music Helmet!
Those things were banned at
the last parents' meeting.
They're too dangerous.
But everybody has one!
Even the kid next to me in school.
You never listen to me. Your grades stay the same.
You don't go to training.
And you're too far behind to get a scholarship!
You can't expect us to buy you what you want!
Right, dear?
Huh? Oh, yeah.
Today's wind is from the west at force level five.
Okay, they're ready.
Here.
Here.
Hurry up, or we'll miss the number seven, Dad!
Hurry up! Hurry up! Hurry up! Hurry up! Hurry up!
I'm off to shoot.
Ready to fire!
Train to the number 17 cannon
now arriving on platform 1.
This is East 17th station.
This is East 17th station.
17th Cannon station. 17th Cannon station.
Shoot and blast with all your
strength for our nation.
Shoot and blast with all your
strength for our nation.
...then why was the 8" cannon's life
quality committee hauled up on charges?
I heard they were in bed with the higher-ups.
Five minutes to roll call!
Everybody come to the hall right now.
No discipline, no victory!
Every day we have to give it all we've got!
Shoot and blast with all your strength for our nation.
...and thus, we can calculate the theoretical location
of the target by using the trigonometric functions...
of Sine, Cosine and Tangent.
However, to achieve even greater accuracy...
we must take into account the external
factors which create aberrations...
weather factors such as wind speed and
direction which may affect the trajectory of the shot...
as well as the temperature and humidity...
which determine the condition of
the gunpowder's combustion.
This will be covered in your chemistry class.
Dispatch from H.Q., as of 09:20 today.
Target data follows:
Direction: 2 o'clock and 15 minutes.
Launching angle: 42 degrees.
Everybody in line. Roll call completed!
Begin loading cannon!
Bring in shells number one and two!
Lower the crane!
Lower the crane!
Lowering crane!
Hook attached!
Okay, everybody stand clear!
Raise the crane!
Raising crane!
Back up crane!
Backing up crane!
Lower the shell!
Lowering shell!
Detach hook!
Hook detached!
Loading car, forward!
Loading car, forward!
Load shell!
Loading shell!
Powder charge in loading position.
Back up loading car.
Lower powder charge!
Lowering powder charge!
Release hook!
Hook released.
Load powder charge!
Powder charge loaded!
Seal the breech.
Breech sealed!
Fire control, loading complete.
Roger. Commencing cannon alignment.
Increase steam pressure to 90%!
Increasing pressure to 90%.
Close valves five and six!
Valves five and six closed!
Fire control, steam pressure is now at 70%.
Thirty seconds to activation level.
All right, take us down to the cannon floor.
Descending to cannon floor, sir.
Turret operator, confirm the direction of the target.
Direction: 2 o'clock, 15 minutes.
Weather adjustment is minus 0.2 degrees.
Direction: 2 o'clock, 15 minutes. Adjustment:
Minus 0.2 degrees. Confirmed. Ready to rotate.
How's the steam pressure? You ready?
Yes, sir!
Okay! Begin rotation!
Launching angle: 42 degrees!
42 degrees, confirmed!
Weather adjustment: Plus 0.1 degrees.
Adjustment: Plus 0.1 degrees.
Ready to fire. Evacuate cannon floor!
All personnel, evacuate!
All personnel, evacuate!
Evacuate! Evacuate!
Ready for cannon ascension.
Is the pressure all right?
Yes, sir!
Hurry up!
Open valve number seven!
We are at pressure!
Thirty seconds to firing!
All personnel, take positions for shock wave!
Fire!
Cease work! Lunchtime!
Eat as quickly as possible and get back to work!
There is no lunch break in the enemy's attack.
We demand they use nontoxic gunpowder!
We deserve the right to work
under safe and healthy conditions.
However, the gunpowder we now
use contains harmful substances.
Here, take one.
The chief really did that?
That's right.
That's why he was transferred to this section.
I heard it was because his wife is
getting ready to have her baby.
It might end up with a mustache!
That's okay. His other kids don't
like anybody anyway!
I've never seen brothers as
unlike each other as that.
And besides that, his wife is unbelievable!
Yeah!
Barrel cleaning completed!
Get ready to load the third shell!
Lower crane!
Lowering crane!
Bring down the shell tip!
You idiot! What the hell are you doing?!
You must have forgotten to check something!
One little mistake will end in death!
Yes, Load Commander!
Your team is confined to the cannon floor!
Cannon now loaded.
All personnel, evacuate!
Hurry up!
Hurry up!
Ten seconds to firing.
All personnel, brace for shock wave!
Fire!
And now today's war report from headquarters.
Number of rounds fired:
Cannon 3: Three. Cannon 7: Three.
Cannons 8 and 10: One each.
Cannons 15 and 17: Four each.
Damage inflicted to the enemy's moving city:
Five major hits, seven medium,
one light, one unconfirmed.
Once again, we have inflicted
tremendous damage on them!
Our victory will soon come.
Shoot and blast with all your
strength for our nation.
Shoot and blast with all your strength for our nation.
The Cannon Family again?
Bang! Bang!
It's stupid.
You should go to bed. It'll be lights out soon.
Dad, can I ask you something?
Who are we fighting?
You'll understand when you get bigger.
Now go to bed.
Yes, Dad!
Fire!
All right!
Ten-hut!
Forward!
When I grow up, I want to be
the one who fires the gun.
Not just a cannon loader, like my dad.
Ten-hut!
Yeah, Mom!
What? Is he still asleep?
Yes! He never listens to me!
I've told him he should wake up at
least 30 minutes before breakfast.
Ten-hut!
Hurry up!
Coming!
Hut-two! Hut-two! Hut-two!
Good morning.
Why can't you get up any earlier?
Isn't everybody else going
to morning training...
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday?
I know it isn't required,
but it affects your grades!
You'll really have to earn that
scholarship for next semester.
You know how your tuition goes up every
year and your dad's salary isn't following it.
Hey, Mom! Mom!
Can I have a Music Helmet?
I want a Music Helmet!
Those things were banned at
the last parents' meeting.
They're too dangerous.
But everybody has one!
Even the kid next to me in school.
You never listen to me. Your grades stay the same.
You don't go to training.
And you're too far behind to get a scholarship!
You can't expect us to buy you what you want!
Right, dear?
Huh? Oh, yeah.
Today's wind is from the west at force level five.
Okay, they're ready.
Here.
Here.
Hurry up, or we'll miss the number seven, Dad!
Hurry up! Hurry up! Hurry up! Hurry up! Hurry up!
I'm off to shoot.
Ready to fire!
Train to the number 17 cannon
now arriving on platform 1.
This is East 17th station.
This is East 17th station.
17th Cannon station. 17th Cannon station.
Shoot and blast with all your
strength for our nation.
Shoot and blast with all your
strength for our nation.
...then why was the 8" cannon's life
quality committee hauled up on charges?
I heard they were in bed with the higher-ups.
Five minutes to roll call!
Everybody come to the hall right now.
No discipline, no victory!
Every day we have to give it all we've got!
Shoot and blast with all your strength for our nation.
...and thus, we can calculate the theoretical location
of the target by using the trigonometric functions...
of Sine, Cosine and Tangent.
However, to achieve even greater accuracy...
we must take into account the external
factors which create aberrations...
weather factors such as wind speed and
direction which may affect the trajectory of the shot...
as well as the temperature and humidity...
which determine the condition of
the gunpowder's combustion.
This will be covered in your chemistry class.
Dispatch from H.Q., as of 09:20 today.
Target data follows:
Direction: 2 o'clock and 15 minutes.
Launching angle: 42 degrees.
Everybody in line. Roll call completed!
Begin loading cannon!
Bring in shells number one and two!
Lower the crane!
Lower the crane!
Lowering crane!
Hook attached!
Okay, everybody stand clear!
Raise the crane!
Raising crane!
Back up crane!
Backing up crane!
Lower the shell!
Lowering shell!
Detach hook!
Hook detached!
Loading car, forward!
Loading car, forward!
Load shell!
Loading shell!
Powder charge in loading position.
Back up loading car.
Lower powder charge!
Lowering powder charge!
Release hook!
Hook released.
Load powder charge!
Powder charge loaded!
Seal the breech.
Breech sealed!
Fire control, loading complete.
Roger. Commencing cannon alignment.
Increase steam pressure to 90%!
Increasing pressure to 90%.
Close valves five and six!
Valves five and six closed!
Fire control, steam pressure is now at 70%.
Thirty seconds to activation level.
All right, take us down to the cannon floor.
Descending to cannon floor, sir.
Turret operator, confirm the direction of the target.
Direction: 2 o'clock, 15 minutes.
Weather adjustment is minus 0.2 degrees.
Direction: 2 o'clock, 15 minutes. Adjustment:
Minus 0.2 degrees. Confirmed. Ready to rotate.
How's the steam pressure? You ready?
Yes, sir!
Okay! Begin rotation!
Launching angle: 42 degrees!
42 degrees, confirmed!
Weather adjustment: Plus 0.1 degrees.
Adjustment: Plus 0.1 degrees.
Ready to fire. Evacuate cannon floor!
All personnel, evacuate!
All personnel, evacuate!
Evacuate! Evacuate!
Ready for cannon ascension.
Is the pressure all right?
Yes, sir!
Hurry up!
Open valve number seven!
We are at pressure!
Thirty seconds to firing!
All personnel, take positions for shock wave!
Fire!
Cease work! Lunchtime!
Eat as quickly as possible and get back to work!
There is no lunch break in the enemy's attack.
We demand they use nontoxic gunpowder!
We deserve the right to work
under safe and healthy conditions.
However, the gunpowder we now
use contains harmful substances.
Here, take one.
The chief really did that?
That's right.
That's why he was transferred to this section.
I heard it was because his wife is
getting ready to have her baby.
It might end up with a mustache!
That's okay. His other kids don't
like anybody anyway!
I've never seen brothers as
unlike each other as that.
And besides that, his wife is unbelievable!
Yeah!
Barrel cleaning completed!
Get ready to load the third shell!
Lower crane!
Lowering crane!
Bring down the shell tip!
You idiot! What the hell are you doing?!
You must have forgotten to check something!
One little mistake will end in death!
Yes, Load Commander!
Your team is confined to the cannon floor!
Cannon now loaded.
All personnel, evacuate!
Hurry up!
Hurry up!
Ten seconds to firing.
All personnel, brace for shock wave!
Fire!
And now today's war report from headquarters.
Number of rounds fired:
Cannon 3: Three. Cannon 7: Three.
Cannons 8 and 10: One each.
Cannons 15 and 17: Four each.
Damage inflicted to the enemy's moving city:
Five major hits, seven medium,
one light, one unconfirmed.
Once again, we have inflicted
tremendous damage on them!
Our victory will soon come.
Shoot and blast with all your
strength for our nation.
Shoot and blast with all your strength for our nation.
The Cannon Family again?
Bang! Bang!
It's stupid.
You should go to bed. It'll be lights out soon.
Dad, can I ask you something?
Who are we fighting?
You'll understand when you get bigger.
Now go to bed.
Yes, Dad!
Fire!
All right!
Ten-hut!
Forward!
When I grow up, I want to be
the one who fires the gun.
Not just a cannon loader, like my dad.
Ten-hut!