Vibrator (2003) - full transcript

A Vibrator Production Committee Presents

March 14th? Japan's extra Valentine

Will your boyfriend
buy you chocolates?

The day for men to show their love

Don't be fooled by the hype,
you morons!

What did I come here for?
Wine?

White, white wine

Not French, but German
So sweet!

Wine, wine? So sweet, so fine!

Why is there no red German wine?

They must make it



But it's usually white
Almost always

Madonna, lovely Madonna

Why is there no red German wine?

They must make it

But it's usually white...

Shut up!

What must people think of you?

They can't think you're normal

A secretary after a party?

No, a secretary doesn't dress like this

Much too casual,
or am I worrying too much?

I want to touch someone

But sometimes I need a reason

I'm scared of people I can't touch



And I'm scared of people who
don't know how to touch

When I feel threatened
I become threatening

My self-defense instinct is so strong
I'm worried I might kill someone

What did I come here for?
Wine?

Booze is my friend

It helps me sleep

The voice of my conscience
or other people's voices...

They melt away when I drink

I fancy some aniseed vodka
but there's none

Alcohol and eating disorders are rife
but they're not in the magazines

Teenage gangsters?
That I can relate to

I knnow how the girls on smack feel

They're nno different to me
Even they want boyfriends

But what about me?
Am I completely alone?

You can feel it, can't you

Those subtle changes under your skin

Many women experience skin damage

But it isn't simply decay!
It's caused by an imbalance

It isn't your fault
You're not withering!

Oh, please!

"Are you tired?"
"Is your skin too dry?"

"Did you gain weight?"
"Are you losing weight?"

Look at the bags under your eyes

Frustrated?
Are you getting any?

You never hear men talking like this

Why do women have to
listen to this crap?

I don't care
I'm me

Maybe it's too late to do
anything about it

Let's get ice cream

Looks Like a fisherman
Tasty, though!

I want him
Good enough to eat!

I wonder what shampoo he uses
Smells nice

Take me, take me!
I'm still alive

Where are you?
I know it's you

Never mind whistling,
come and get me!

I have to go to him
I have to satisfy my appetite

Grab that handle

Welcome

Were you watching me?
From way up here?

Not all the time
I thought you weren't coming

Drink?
It's the hard stuff

Yes, please

Of course I want a drink
I can't do anything sober

Thanks

Can I open these?

They're good

How old are you?

31

Older than me, then

Isn't it obvious?
How about you?

28

I thought you were younger

You were buying wine and gin

Some friends are coming this weekend
But I don't need it yet

It's only Wednesday...

No, it's Thursday

Do you want to watch TV?

OK

I'm afraid someone complained about
the noise of your truck's engine

But it's freezing?
I suppose you can't turn it off

Is there a park or something near here?

I've got a morning delivery

Mr. Okabe?

How do you say your first name?

It's TAKATOSHI

It's a bit unusual

You can park behind the station
Do you mind moving?

OK

Thanks

So you get along with policemen

We're both just doing our jobs

How long have you been a driver?

About 7 years

And before that?

Building contractor's office

Then I bought my first truck, and now
I do pickups with this one

Pick ups?

Like freelance

But why be a truck driver?

I've got no diplomas

I hardly even went to junior high

So much for compulsory education

If I'd graduated junior high
I might have got a certificat e

But I didn t even attend the ceremony

When I first saw you...

I was really taken by your boots

It's always snowing in Niigata
so I need them

It only snows a little bit in Tokyo

What's special about Nigata?

There are lots of furniture factories

I go to Shizuoka too

But mainly Niigata

See that apartment under construction?
I'm delivering doors there

You leave the engine on all night?

Yep

Why not use a kerosene heater

It causes less oxygen here

Well, an electric heater
Or a heated rug

Then I'd need a generator

I want to touch you

Be my guest

I'm scared

Sorry, it sounds stupid

I worry someone I don't know
might turn nasty on me

I'm sorry
I don't know why

It's ridiculous
No one ever hit me

You must think I'm an idiot

I want to touch you

I want to touch you

Do you want to come closer?

There goes my contact lens

You're beautiful

Mr. Takatoshi Okabe
Do you want to know my name?

Just call me Takatoshi

Don't make me sad

REI. It's Rei Ha yakawa

You're beautiful

Call me by my name

Rei. My ray of sunshine
You're so beautiful

In what way?

Like a rosebud

Show me how you touch yourself

I can't do that

Go on, show me

Can you touch your breasts?

Suck it

I love you, I love you, I love you...

Have you got a condom?

Make love to me

If you do that, I'll come too soon

That's OK

Liquor and corn chips

Nothing else to puke up

Take me with you

With me?

Yep

OK

With a travelling companion
The world smiles upon you

Are we going to Niigata

No, Kawaguchi

Kawaguchi?

I have to load some tires
Can't run empty

Do you find the work yourself?

No, a company assigns it

I thought it was your own business

It's not like being an employee

But it's easier to get the right papers
if you sign on under a company

All of these?

Of course it's all of them

Here

Put this behind you

Show me your dick

No, it's soft

So what?

I'll show you when it's hard

Why?

To see it at its best

Hard or soft, it's still you

Are you serious?

Love me, love me, love me...

Are we off to Niigata now?

Yep

On the expressway?

No, we only use regular roads

If we use the expressway
we have to pay ourselves

I see

I know you said you want to
come with me...

Yeah...?

Actually, I'm married

So?
I don't care

But there was a little hesitation there!

I was once with a girl who ended up
nearly stalking me

In fact she's never given up

It's a bad situation
And she's so intense

What do you do?

Me? I write
Articles for magazines and stuff

Do you work for a company?

Freelance

A bit like me

So you only get paid if you write?

What's so good about truck driving?

It doesn't tie you down

Well, now the economy is in trouble

But before it was easy money

Freelance truckers used to carry
smack hidden in frozen tuna

You couldn't ask a big company
to carry stuff like that

The dirver must be someone you trust

They get to know you through
friends of friends

And they make sure you're
all above board

If not the goods could end up stolen

The stuff arrives frozen
somewhere in Kyushu

Even the sniffer dogs can't find it
when it's frozen

After it comes ashore
the dealers step in

By dealers I mean the Yakuza

And they tell me where to take it

They pay for the expressway
I got 500,000 cash

When I get to the drop off I hand the
stuff to the customer

Do they tell you what you carried?

Yeah, they say do you want cash
or do you want the smack

I took the cash
I don't do smack

Do some people choose the drugs?

Of course

A lot of the Kyushu truckers do

It helps them stay awake on the road

When did you get married?

3 years ago

Any kids?

Yep

Boy or girl?

Girl

Is she cute?

We're not so close
I'm hardly ever home

Is that so...

Not very often

Haulage jobs come one after another
so they clash with going home

You call it "haulage"

That, or "on the road"

If you make a round trip
you're in Tokyo half the time

Where do you stay?

There's a place at the company HQ

But I hardly ever go there
My truck is my house

What do you call this space?

That's the bunk

Can I try it?

If you want

You can really stretch out here!

It has to be big enough for me

I suppose your stalker knows
that you're married

Makes no diff erence, she's in a
world of her own

"I'm the only one who
understands you"

Who does she think she is?

Someone always on the move like me
can't figure out a person like that

I might meet someone really cool here
but then someone in Sendai

Then I might go to Kyushu
and meet an even better person

Can I use this?

Yep

An office worker gets married and
that's the only person they see

They start fooling around at the office
and thats called "an affair"

But they don't know anything except
work and home

I got a call from an ambulance
the other day

The stupid bitch had slit her wrists!

She said she wouldn't get in unless
the paramedics contacted me!

So I told her on the phone
"Go ahead and die"

To someone who just slit their wrists?

I was the victim!

I think she should have put her hands
in a bucket of water

That would finish her off quicker

Did you date her?

Of course not

Well, I gave her a ride in the truck
because she wanted to

I thought it might keep her quiet

But it made her worse, and she got
my phone number and address

After that she never stopped calling

I was furious so I called her old man

And he says 'I'm so sorry, you can
punch her lights out if it'll help"

But if I did that I'd get thrown in jail

Did you hit her?

Certainly did

With your fist

How else?

Where?

At her house

If you hate her why'd you go there?

Watch where you're going, asshole

With a travelling companion
The world smiles upon you

Mount Akagi...

Is this Route 17?

No, 353

Even at night Maebashi gets jammed
because of the traffic lights

So we'll go over Mt. Akagi
and avoid the crush

Any body listening, over?

Big Blue hearing you loud and clear

We're heading down 353 to Niigata
How's the snow looking?

Roads are iced over at Numata

Radio?

Yeah, I want to check the best route

This is Northland from Hokkaido

That's unusual

What?

It's hard to pick up signals from so far
when the weather's like this

Summertime is clearer because the
signals bounce off the ionosphere

It's amazing

They're so far, and yet right here,
entering our perception

If the signal's strong it sounds
even closer

And in a good location normal signals
can travel miles

I said "perception" but
he heard 'reception"

And if y ou ask "Who's out there? '

You get replies like 'Tokyo Buddy"
or "Off-Roader here" all at once

What's 'A offroder?"

Oh! "Off-Roader"

You can choose the strongest signal

So someone says ' Go ahead, Tokyo"
but there are loads of people

And you get a bunch of replies again
So you pick out the strongest signal

Hey! Narita Sightseer here

Good evening to you, Narita Sightseer
He's a radio buddy, another driver

Why "Narita Sightseer"?

It's his handle, a radio nick name

But he's a truck driver

Yep

Northbound on Route 17
Can you hear me, Minakami, over?

Merit 5 southbound on Rout e 17, over

But why does he use that handle?

Most peop e use illegal wavelengths
so they can't use their real name

Illegal?

Up to 0.5 watts is legal

Anything else is illegal
I use 2 kilo watts!

0.5 watts?

Like a walkie-talkie, and very weak
Most people use a booster system

What other kinds of radio are there?

There's Amateur and Personal

Such a lot of snow in Tokyo this year

It snowed again today

Amateur radio is called Ham, right?

Yeah, "CQCQ this is 1212" and so on

My truck's electrics packed up today

The lights, the heater, everythinng
I had to use the expressway

What does CQ mean?

Yeah, but they all start working
the minute you go to get them fixed!

Some people say it's short for
"Seek you"

Others say it means "Come Quick"
It's the code for finding a buddy

I was going to drive the Miitsubishi
but it isn't fixed yet

Mitsubishi?

Yeah, Mitsubish Fuso

That happened to me once
The ignition key causes a short

It's one of their weak points

I thought Fuso was
a separate company

No, it's Mitsubishi

Is this truck a Mitsubishi

No, Hino

Sightseer, it said there's a big party
near Akagi

Making a rocks lade barrier
You better hurry

A party?

Road construction

So it'll be down to one lane

More than likely

Do you only use the CB?

The CB is fun

In what way?

People strugging for a strong signal
It's a bit of a power game

Its not the same with Persona
Thats just like talking on the phone

Hey there, this is a rendezvous
with Narita Sightseer

Rendezvous?

Talking with 3 or more people

Who can I hear in the background?

Another channel
It's stronger than this one

They're not so close
but the signal's strong

Or we might be blocking them

Damn! I wish I'd brought a porno mag

That guy's a laugh!

There's a lot of stuff like that
Sounds lik e a drunken conversat on

I want to watch you

I don't want to go out for the bathroom

Just a second

Yeah, it's OK

It's OK, I was washing the dishes

Look, a boat

It's a Russian ship

Is this a port?

Yeah, I have to drop off the tires

It's still early
Let's get some sleep

My body was willing...

But my heart was holding back

All right then, do it yourself

You're wet enough
Why are you ignoring me?

He noticed

I can feel your asshole squeezing

I've got a lump in my throat

Just like when I throw up my food

It's freezing

When I worked for the Yakuza
I was the boss' assistant

I did all sorts of work for them

Answering the office phone
Checking up on the clubs

My pager would ring
and I'd go to one of the bars

Then I'd squeeze money out of the
drunken cust omers

How did you put the squeeze on them?

First I fooled them into thinking
they just needed to pay us of f

Then I d take their name card
out of their wallet

Take a few snapshots of them with
some hostess and demand 100,000!

Then next time they're out on the town

We make use of the photos

Threaten them to show the
pictures to other people

"We know where your family lives"

"We're not threatening you"
"500,000 will take care of it"

That s as far as we'd go

When did you leave the Yakuza?

I did it less than 2 years

It doesn t take long for me
to lose interest

Then I was a pimp for some call girls

That was boring, and we got caught

What for?

Prostitution

What kind of operation was it?

The punter sees a flier in a phone box
and they call us

We ask what kind of girl they want

'OK. Be waiting in the coffee shop'

Where we operated the coff ee shop
was the Half Moon

"The girl will have blonde hair"
' You'll soon recognize her"

Then they'd meet

Hello
Yes, thank you

You like her?
OK, we'll need a cash advance

Remember the time

If she's not back after 2 hours
we'll have to come and get her

We don't want that to happen, do we?

It wasn't me who was arrested
It was the person below

After that I was asked to run a bar

But I wanted a proper job

You were about 19 then?

You said you worked in a
building contractor's office

That was after leaving school

Maybe earlier
I wasn't at school much

Spent more time in hospital!

Did you never sell drugs?

No never

Did you ever do them?

Maybe once or twice

But they never did much for me

I was out of my tree on glue

Ah, a glue head!

It wasn't that I liked it
Just couldn't give up

At that age I had no money for drugs

We'd break into the rubber factory
and steal 2 or 3 drums of thinners

We could sell it for big money

You've done it all!

You never know what's interesting
if you don't try it

Mind you, doing glue is a fool's game

But I can say that because I tried it

What else have you done?

What else?

Nothing special

You're not exactly normal

And you?

What?

What did you get up to?

Only drinking and puking up food

Puking?

People who starve themselves
are called anorexic

And people who gorge themselves
are called bulimic

I interviewed one girl and she
described herself as "bulimorexic"

She would stuff herself and then puke

A combination of the two conditions

So I asked her why she did it

I suppose I have no self-confidence

I have a lot of stress and instability

That's why I overeat

But I don't want to gain weight
and be called fat

So I started making myself sick

I started thinking that if I vomited
it wou d be OK in the morning

I was so relieved
I slept like a baby

But I was fooling myself

I started drinking to help me sleep

That made me gain weight

So I started making myself sick

It was awful at first

But I really slept wel that night

You were insomniac?

The voice inside my head disturbs me

There are three advantages

You eat and it tastes good, then puke
You'll be slim and sleep well

It became a sort of hobby

You're strange

But I haven't puked since yesterday

Please wait at the Half Moon

You'll recognize the girl
She has bright red hair

So they meet
You like her? Great!

We'll need a cash advance

Excuse me, sir

I told you we'd come looking
if she didn't come back

You won't believe what he did

Oh yeah?

What exactly did you do to my girl?

We're not running an S&M club

What do you mean
It was hard for me too

She was saying "More, more!"
But you'd know about that

Give me the key to the handcuffs

This isn't violence

I have every right to do this

You didn't treat her nicely

You didn't keep your promise

You understand?

Fucking bastard

Do you want to go for desert?

I'm thinking of giving up the CB

Why?

I was asked to become
a local Club Leader

I've been doing it for years
and I have a lot of contacts

So why not do it?

The organizers are all Yakuza
It's such a pain

Can I have a smoke?

They like to all get together

Parties at hot springs

I can't be bothered

They ask "How's things in
your neck of the woods?"

Who cares? They think
they're in ' The Godfather'

If I did go I would borrow a truck

But they'd all be in Mercedes

Dressed in tasteless suits

"You look a bit out of place
What do you drive?"

' Actually, a truck"
"Oh! A trucker?"

I can't stand them
Let's buy a drink

In the summer they go to the beach

And the Club Leaders go round
letting people have a go on the CB

Why do the Yakuza get involved?

It's the competition for the airwaves

There's power struggles even with CB

There are all these fractions
And the strongest wins

The Yakuza like a finger in every pie
They're like leeches

Are they people not in the club?

Not for CB
You have to be a member

And everyone is in a different channel

People are friendly in my club
That's channel 15

Some channels, lik e channel 6,
have a kind of inner circle

Lots of hardcore members

Some people shoot up on the air

Their handles are strange too
"Nick the Needle" and stuff

Can you hear the police?

No

When I was in a bike gang we
stole one from a police car

That and a flashing light
We sold them to a Nationalist group

Hotplate check ahead

Thank s for the report
I'll make a detour

Hotplate check?

Weigh bridge checkpoint

This is a 4 ton truck but I m carrying 6

A report" means a checkpoint
We have to use code words

A speed trap is "S meter', a patrol car
sa 'panda", stuff like that

I see

Do you want to try?

Pretend you're me

How?

Use this and no one will know

What s this?

A voice converter

I don't really like them

It' s on permanent loan

Switch on and put together with the mike

But if they don't know who its
they'll be worried

They'll know by my handle
They'll think I'm fooling around

What's your handle?

"Storm"
Go ahead

This is Storm

I feel like I' ve disappeared

Hows it going?

Sorry, can't hear you!

He was still talking

Breaker, breaker

Can you hear a really faint signal?

What?

Can't you hear it?

Sorry, I can't

I've found a great bar
Anyone want to go?

Let's meet at the truck stop

Hawaii, Hawaiii

That girl was a bitch all right

I want to do it with your wife

What time?

I don't rennt out, you know

Tango alpha, queen, queen

11 o'clock? Oh God!

Are you on the expressway?

What time?

Now let's hear some e-mail messages
from our listeners

Did you turn the radio on?

Nope

Can I put it on?

If you want
The reception m ght be bad

With the CB there are pauses
I'm tired of waiting

I can hear my own voice

Mixed with the voice converter

Can I put FM on?

Yes. But a CD is be tter

No

It's the first time I've experiennced
love at first sight

But it was the same for mom and dad

And then we have the famous
Tennessee Waltz...

Is it raining?

A song

Let's see who our guests are next time

Next week we have a photographer

Annd the week after an actress

It's the first time to invite an actress

I look forward to seeing them here

There'll also be Miho
We were at a concert together...

There it is!

The voice I heard before

Did I hear the radio even though
it wasn't turned on?

Let's get changed
It's gym class next

Put your arms in the sleeves

Now stretch

God, it's so annoying

Yoshi can't think much of Kannako
if he's two-timing her

I think it's Ukai from basketball club

All of that part equals "x"

That girl really annoys me

Should we send her to Coventry?

Yeah.

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

I'm going to puke

What?

Be sick
I feel bad

A, B, C, D, E, F, G...

Why aren't you going to school?

I want to see a shrinnk

If you hate the school you can
move to another one

Maybe it's not the best idea

People would talk

You could stay with Grandpa

Why did I move to the country?

It's for your own good

What's more important,
your daughter or school?

What are you tryinng to protect?

I'm going to throw up

I feel awful

Hold on

When people rush to my rescue
at the drop of a hat I feel...

...so happy

It's the omnipotence of a child

What am I doing?
I'm 31 years old

I'm going to be sick

Listen, I'm not f eeling so good
so I'm signing off

Why did you do that?

To cut transmission

By whistling?

There are a lot of methods
It stops others from worrying

Are you OK?

Don't touch me!

Can't throw up. How come?

I feel like shit

I feel hypersensitive

So don't touch me

Please

I feel like shit

Stop it

I feel like shit

It's ready

Is it too cold?

Just right

I've got sensitive skin now
I can't stand hot water

I wonder...

Why this man...

Understands me

His kindness isn't just sympathy
It's the real thing

He's even kind when he doesn't
feel sympathetic

He touches soft things with care

Like you would handle a peach

Cold shoulders
We're like animals

Acting on instinct

Some people don't know how to
handle something softly

He's so nice

If I stayed with him he'd be mine

If I fall in love I'll cry

Don't be stupid
Who cares about his wife

I like him

Just let me drown

What are y ou doing?

Drown

Hit me

Why?

So I know how the stalker felt

I lust after the hand that smites!

I can't hit you
I can't hit someone I like

I have no idea...

...what you're talking about

Mother

I'll never understand you

You're quiet

Are you tired?

It's so bright

That pachinko parlour's closed down

Old men having their morning coffee

Jesus! Watch where you're walking

That was a bit of a shock

You should eat

You wouldn't want me to be sick again

As long as you're not sick in the truck

If you don't eat,
there's nothing to puke up

You're saying things like
"It's bright" or "This is route 5"

Looking at the people and saying

"The old men having morning coffee"

I know

You'd say those things even if
I wasn't in the truck

I suppose so

So I don't have to answer every time

No

You said you liked me

Yes, I like y ou

How about you?

Do you like me?

Yes, I do

You can stay with me if you want

Thanks

But there's a man waiting
in my apartment

I told him I was just going to buy wine

You're joking

He's been waiting all this time?

Yep

Wow, what a man

Well, I met you

I'm kidding
There's no man

You re the same, right?

You're not married, are you?

No

No wife, no kid, no stalker

I thought so

It's true

Do you want to drive?

Me?

You have a license don't you?

Yeah

You can drive a 4 ton with it

Are you sure?

Of course

I don't think so

Yes you can
You'll be OK

I'll keep an eye on you

You can start n second on the fat

It's got a lot of torque so second's OK

Give it some throttle
A bit more

Let in the clutch and shift up
And again

Throttle

Take that exit

Thats it, turn

We're OK, straight out

The landscape peels away before us
Our skin is chafed

Shall we pull in there?

Remember the position of the wheels
as you turn

A bit more, and more
Left hand winker

That's the exhaust brake
The winker is on the right

Start turning right now

A bit more right

Just do as I say

A bit more right
Then sharp left

Left, and down a gear
Bit of brake

Hard to the left

Don't touch the gears
Don't touch the throttle

And straight en the wheel

That was fucking brilliant!

Shall I drive us back?

The voices in my head have gone

I suppose they'll be back

But for now they're gone

He was good enough to eat
But he ended up consuming me

That was all

But...

I felt as if I'd turned into
something good

You say you want
to become something

I still love you even if you're no one

I say this to you
I who am no one

Shinobu TERAJIMA as Rei

Nao OHMORI as Takatoshi

Tomorrow TAGUCHI as Policeman

You say that
something is missing

Though your body is
bathed in light

Producer
Akira MORISHIGE

Screenplay
Haruhiko ARAI

Cinematographer
Kazuhiro SUZUKI

Music Producer
Hikaru ISHIKAWA

Sound
Akira FUKADA

Production Design
China HAYASHI

Based on a novel written by
Mari AKASAKA

The light of falsehood
cannot pierce the heart

Directed and Edited by
Ryuichi HIROKI

All rights reserved by
Vibrator Production Committ ee, 2003

English Subtitles by
Dean GASCOIGNE & spiral