Urutora Q (1965–1967): Season 1, Episode 17 - The 1/8 Project - full transcript
ULTRA Q
Please watch your step.
Please take all belongings with you.
Please watch all your belongings.
Please check both ways and board
through the least crowded doors.
Oh!
This is an ordinary city that exists
like any other on Earth.
However, in this city with the
world's highest population density,
a critical battle is just about to begin.
For the next 30 minutes, you'll
experience a parting of mind from body
and become swallowed
into this mysterious time.
THE 1/8 PROJECT
THE 1/8 PROJECT
THIRD OPEN APPLICATION
What's that?
"The 1/8 Project
third open application.”
I'm gonna go look.
Okay.
Wait for me.
Is it true you don't have to work
in Model District S?
Oh, that's guaranteed by
the country, so yes.
I heard you're even exempt
from paying taxes.
That's correct.
Then list my entire family
at District S13.
-Okay, how many in your family?
-So I just write it here?
Do you even take the elderly?
-We welcome you.
-Okay.
My husband does bonsai as a hobby.
Understood. We'll deliver them later.
Ah, thank you.
We came because we got married,
but we don't have a house.
Do not worry. This project was
created for people like you.
Um.
You have a question?
Yes, um... what about a baby?
You can have as many as you want.
The birth delivery costs are free.
Thank goodness.
How would you describe
Model District S in one word?
A paradise.
My!
Um, I heard you're exempt from
the citizen's three obligations.
Then what do you do every day
if you're a Model District S resident?
Whatever you like.
Such as drawing a picture or writing
a novel, or even academic research.
Wow.
Now, please. Please.
The 1/8 Project.
That's right.
A project to shrink to
1/8 of the current size.
Humans?
Yes.
That's inhumane to shrink humans.
Oh, don't worry. This is a countermeasure
taken in any highly populated country.
Isn't that right? If people became 1/8
the size, the amount of space multiplies.
But!
No, not just humans either.
Cities, houses, streets,
everything will be 1/8 the size.
Which means your daily life
won't change at all from before.
How about it? Would you like to
cooperate in The 1/8 Project?
No, I'm one who wants to become bigger.
Miss, this way please.
Here, please.
Please.
Hey, let's go.
Please.
DISTRICT S13 ONLY
Here, here. Please.
Now, this way.
Please. Go ahead.
C'mon, let's go.
Hm, what's taking her so long?
What a terrible woman to keep us waiting
when she asked us for a drive.
-Hey.
-Yeah.
Have you seen a woman with a camera?
Oh, that lady went to the elevator.
Elevator?
IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
DISTRICT S13
IMMIGRATION OFFICE
There are no problems.
Where am I? Who are you people?
Congratulations.
Welcome.
I am the mayor of District S13
where you'll be living forever.
We are welfare commissioners.
If you have any trouble,
you can talk to us.
Where are Jun-chan and ippei-kun?
You are part of a new society now,
so you must forget about the past.
The past?
Yes, the society you were just in that
was unequal with many problems.
I don't understand.
Well, you'll begin to understand.
See, you understand now?
What's this?
It's your citizen code,
which is your name.
Here, we call everyone by their number.
There are no same names,
so it's actually rather convenient.
But I'm not good with numbers.
It just doesn't grow on you.
One zero three nine two four.
It's like a phone number.
Your belongings.
My camera!
Mayor, why have my camera and pencil
gotten this enormous?
The camera and pencil are the same size.
You're the one who became small.
What?
You!
P103924.
-You're under arrest for trespassing.
-What's wrong?
You haven't undergone the proper route
and entered without a passport.
I accidentally went on the elevator!
Well, laws are laws.
We'll still have to detain you at the
Immigration Bureau's jail.
Hey.
C'mon, it's okay. It's okay.
Don't worry. We'll come
pick you up right away.
C'mon.
DISTRICT S13 COMMITTEE
Oh?
Oh, a meal!
Y-You are...
I need you to help me!
Help you?
Yes, I was accidentally
put into the model district.
I didn't even say bye to Jun-chan or
Ippei-kun, so they must be worried!
I don't mind helping you,
but I'm really hungry right now.
If you help me, I'll bring
lots of food on my way back.
Really? Will you bring me
a steak this big?
Yes, I will! So please help me!
Okay!
Why were you put in here?
I'm waiting for them to make a machine.
They said I'm too big
for the current one to handle.
I want to become small soon
and eat until I'm full!
I hope that happens soon.
Now, I'll tie this to the box and
I'll let you down through that window.
Now, hang on tight.
Help! Someone please!
-What's that? What is it?
-What is that?
-What a weird box.
-Where did it come from?
-What is it?
-Let's pick it up.
It looks heavy.
There's a strap on it.
Let me see. Let me see.
What's that box?
What's the matter, boys?
We picked this up.
Oh?
Let us see.
This came floating down.
Really.
Oh no, this box must be related
to The 1/8 Project.
I see, we must deliver it quickly.
Let's see inside!
We mustn't! Let's go.
Aww, how boring!
We picked it up!
What a mean old lady.
Where to?
District S13.
No, no! I want you to go
to Hoshikawa Airlines!
Hoshikawa Airlines?
Yes.
Please. Will you please
listen to my request?
My.
-How adorable.
-How adorable.
There's someone I really need to see.
Please! Please!
My... how terrible.
Senpai, help me out!
This is because you grabbed
some balloons like a kid.
It's the assistant's job to carry
the flyers. Hold them.
Tsk. Yes, yes. Hup!
Hup.
There we go.
If Yuri-chan were here,
I'd give her these balloons.
This girl was stubborn,
but she was a kid at heart.
Huh?
What's this?
Wow, there's even cute chairs in it.
"District S13 Committee."
-Senpai.
-Hm?
What's District S13 Committee?
No idea. Never heard of it.
Yuri-chan, I'll give you these balloons.
Ippei, don't talk about Yuri-chan anymore.
What?
Ippei... put that photo away.
You keep reminding yourself
because of that.
So what should I do?
Throw it out.
What?
But Senpai, the seventh day memorial
just passed. I'd feel bad for Yuri-chan.
Just do as I say.
Yes, this is Hoshikawa Airlines.
Hachijo Island?
Transport a patient.
Yes, understood.
Ippei, we got work.
Okay.
Yuri-chan, Senpai says all that,
but he actually...
Ippei! C'mon!
Yes, sir!
Ippei-kun...
Goodbye.
Hello? Is this Mainichi Shimpo Newspaper?
Um, can I talk to the boss?
Oh, Boss!
It's me, Yuriko!
I don't have time to talk to a ghost!
Boss! Boss!
GOODBYE
YURIKO
Senpai.
Hey.
Yes, sir.
Hello!
Hello! You're causing trouble.
You two cannot come in here.
Leave at once.
Oh, hello, hello. We're sorry.
We're looking for someone.
We'll leave as soon as
we find her. Thanks.
Yuri-chan!
Yuri-chan!
Ippei, watch out below.
Okay!
Yuri-chan!
Oh, Senpai, we can go through here.
Here?
Don't worry.
Here.
Be careful!
Oh! Oh!
-Stupid! Watch out!
-Yes, sir.
Oh! Now, I did it.
Sorry.
Yuri-chan!
Yuri-chan!
Yuri-chan!
Here we go.
Yuri-chan!
Yuri-chan!
Yuri-chan!
Hot! Hot! Hot!
What happened?
Uh, this.
Yuri-chan!
Jun-chan!
Ippei-kun!
Jun-chan!
Hm?
Oh! That window!
Yuri-chan!
Dammit, who the heck made
Yuri-chan into a little person?
Dammit!
Yuri-chan.
Yuri-chan, we came to take you back.
C'mon, let's go home.
C'mon, hurry, let's get home.
Please go home.
I'm a different human from you now.
It's fine. I don't want to see you
anymore, so go home.
Don't be stupid. Let's go home
and talk to Professor Ichinotani.
C'mon, hold on to my hand.
It's fine.
I'll stay and become a resident here.
I won't be lonely. Everyone's kind
and there are many good people here.
You don't need to worry,
so you two go on home.
Yuri-chan.
Go home!
What are you saying?
Even if my body had shrunk, I thought
everyone would welcome me gladly,
so I went out risking my life, but...
Everyone's terrible! So terrible!
Yuri-chan!
Yuri-chan!
Yuri-chan!
Yuri-chan!
RAILWAY HOSPITAL
It's only a light concussion.
Yuri-chan!
Hey.
Let her rest.
She must've been tired
to fall off the station stairs.
Wow, Jun-chan and Ippei-kun
both shrank too!
Thank goodness! I'm so glad!
I'm not lonely anymore!
Yuri-chan, what are you saying?
There was no need to be
sad in the first place.
Because if everyone else shrinks,
it'd be the same thing anyway.
But I'm glad. I'm so glad.
-Ippei
-Huh?
Call the doctor again.
Okay.
According to old records,
mankind of the Megalithic Era
were 18 meters tall and 5 meters wide.
Since when, by whose hands, and why did
modern mankind become so small.
It is still a mystery.
THE END
Please watch your step.
Please take all belongings with you.
Please watch all your belongings.
Please check both ways and board
through the least crowded doors.
Oh!
This is an ordinary city that exists
like any other on Earth.
However, in this city with the
world's highest population density,
a critical battle is just about to begin.
For the next 30 minutes, you'll
experience a parting of mind from body
and become swallowed
into this mysterious time.
THE 1/8 PROJECT
THE 1/8 PROJECT
THIRD OPEN APPLICATION
What's that?
"The 1/8 Project
third open application.”
I'm gonna go look.
Okay.
Wait for me.
Is it true you don't have to work
in Model District S?
Oh, that's guaranteed by
the country, so yes.
I heard you're even exempt
from paying taxes.
That's correct.
Then list my entire family
at District S13.
-Okay, how many in your family?
-So I just write it here?
Do you even take the elderly?
-We welcome you.
-Okay.
My husband does bonsai as a hobby.
Understood. We'll deliver them later.
Ah, thank you.
We came because we got married,
but we don't have a house.
Do not worry. This project was
created for people like you.
Um.
You have a question?
Yes, um... what about a baby?
You can have as many as you want.
The birth delivery costs are free.
Thank goodness.
How would you describe
Model District S in one word?
A paradise.
My!
Um, I heard you're exempt from
the citizen's three obligations.
Then what do you do every day
if you're a Model District S resident?
Whatever you like.
Such as drawing a picture or writing
a novel, or even academic research.
Wow.
Now, please. Please.
The 1/8 Project.
That's right.
A project to shrink to
1/8 of the current size.
Humans?
Yes.
That's inhumane to shrink humans.
Oh, don't worry. This is a countermeasure
taken in any highly populated country.
Isn't that right? If people became 1/8
the size, the amount of space multiplies.
But!
No, not just humans either.
Cities, houses, streets,
everything will be 1/8 the size.
Which means your daily life
won't change at all from before.
How about it? Would you like to
cooperate in The 1/8 Project?
No, I'm one who wants to become bigger.
Miss, this way please.
Here, please.
Please.
Hey, let's go.
Please.
DISTRICT S13 ONLY
Here, here. Please.
Now, this way.
Please. Go ahead.
C'mon, let's go.
Hm, what's taking her so long?
What a terrible woman to keep us waiting
when she asked us for a drive.
-Hey.
-Yeah.
Have you seen a woman with a camera?
Oh, that lady went to the elevator.
Elevator?
IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT
DISTRICT S13
IMMIGRATION OFFICE
There are no problems.
Where am I? Who are you people?
Congratulations.
Welcome.
I am the mayor of District S13
where you'll be living forever.
We are welfare commissioners.
If you have any trouble,
you can talk to us.
Where are Jun-chan and ippei-kun?
You are part of a new society now,
so you must forget about the past.
The past?
Yes, the society you were just in that
was unequal with many problems.
I don't understand.
Well, you'll begin to understand.
See, you understand now?
What's this?
It's your citizen code,
which is your name.
Here, we call everyone by their number.
There are no same names,
so it's actually rather convenient.
But I'm not good with numbers.
It just doesn't grow on you.
One zero three nine two four.
It's like a phone number.
Your belongings.
My camera!
Mayor, why have my camera and pencil
gotten this enormous?
The camera and pencil are the same size.
You're the one who became small.
What?
You!
P103924.
-You're under arrest for trespassing.
-What's wrong?
You haven't undergone the proper route
and entered without a passport.
I accidentally went on the elevator!
Well, laws are laws.
We'll still have to detain you at the
Immigration Bureau's jail.
Hey.
C'mon, it's okay. It's okay.
Don't worry. We'll come
pick you up right away.
C'mon.
DISTRICT S13 COMMITTEE
Oh?
Oh, a meal!
Y-You are...
I need you to help me!
Help you?
Yes, I was accidentally
put into the model district.
I didn't even say bye to Jun-chan or
Ippei-kun, so they must be worried!
I don't mind helping you,
but I'm really hungry right now.
If you help me, I'll bring
lots of food on my way back.
Really? Will you bring me
a steak this big?
Yes, I will! So please help me!
Okay!
Why were you put in here?
I'm waiting for them to make a machine.
They said I'm too big
for the current one to handle.
I want to become small soon
and eat until I'm full!
I hope that happens soon.
Now, I'll tie this to the box and
I'll let you down through that window.
Now, hang on tight.
Help! Someone please!
-What's that? What is it?
-What is that?
-What a weird box.
-Where did it come from?
-What is it?
-Let's pick it up.
It looks heavy.
There's a strap on it.
Let me see. Let me see.
What's that box?
What's the matter, boys?
We picked this up.
Oh?
Let us see.
This came floating down.
Really.
Oh no, this box must be related
to The 1/8 Project.
I see, we must deliver it quickly.
Let's see inside!
We mustn't! Let's go.
Aww, how boring!
We picked it up!
What a mean old lady.
Where to?
District S13.
No, no! I want you to go
to Hoshikawa Airlines!
Hoshikawa Airlines?
Yes.
Please. Will you please
listen to my request?
My.
-How adorable.
-How adorable.
There's someone I really need to see.
Please! Please!
My... how terrible.
Senpai, help me out!
This is because you grabbed
some balloons like a kid.
It's the assistant's job to carry
the flyers. Hold them.
Tsk. Yes, yes. Hup!
Hup.
There we go.
If Yuri-chan were here,
I'd give her these balloons.
This girl was stubborn,
but she was a kid at heart.
Huh?
What's this?
Wow, there's even cute chairs in it.
"District S13 Committee."
-Senpai.
-Hm?
What's District S13 Committee?
No idea. Never heard of it.
Yuri-chan, I'll give you these balloons.
Ippei, don't talk about Yuri-chan anymore.
What?
Ippei... put that photo away.
You keep reminding yourself
because of that.
So what should I do?
Throw it out.
What?
But Senpai, the seventh day memorial
just passed. I'd feel bad for Yuri-chan.
Just do as I say.
Yes, this is Hoshikawa Airlines.
Hachijo Island?
Transport a patient.
Yes, understood.
Ippei, we got work.
Okay.
Yuri-chan, Senpai says all that,
but he actually...
Ippei! C'mon!
Yes, sir!
Ippei-kun...
Goodbye.
Hello? Is this Mainichi Shimpo Newspaper?
Um, can I talk to the boss?
Oh, Boss!
It's me, Yuriko!
I don't have time to talk to a ghost!
Boss! Boss!
GOODBYE
YURIKO
Senpai.
Hey.
Yes, sir.
Hello!
Hello! You're causing trouble.
You two cannot come in here.
Leave at once.
Oh, hello, hello. We're sorry.
We're looking for someone.
We'll leave as soon as
we find her. Thanks.
Yuri-chan!
Yuri-chan!
Ippei, watch out below.
Okay!
Yuri-chan!
Oh, Senpai, we can go through here.
Here?
Don't worry.
Here.
Be careful!
Oh! Oh!
-Stupid! Watch out!
-Yes, sir.
Oh! Now, I did it.
Sorry.
Yuri-chan!
Yuri-chan!
Yuri-chan!
Here we go.
Yuri-chan!
Yuri-chan!
Yuri-chan!
Hot! Hot! Hot!
What happened?
Uh, this.
Yuri-chan!
Jun-chan!
Ippei-kun!
Jun-chan!
Hm?
Oh! That window!
Yuri-chan!
Dammit, who the heck made
Yuri-chan into a little person?
Dammit!
Yuri-chan.
Yuri-chan, we came to take you back.
C'mon, let's go home.
C'mon, hurry, let's get home.
Please go home.
I'm a different human from you now.
It's fine. I don't want to see you
anymore, so go home.
Don't be stupid. Let's go home
and talk to Professor Ichinotani.
C'mon, hold on to my hand.
It's fine.
I'll stay and become a resident here.
I won't be lonely. Everyone's kind
and there are many good people here.
You don't need to worry,
so you two go on home.
Yuri-chan.
Go home!
What are you saying?
Even if my body had shrunk, I thought
everyone would welcome me gladly,
so I went out risking my life, but...
Everyone's terrible! So terrible!
Yuri-chan!
Yuri-chan!
Yuri-chan!
Yuri-chan!
RAILWAY HOSPITAL
It's only a light concussion.
Yuri-chan!
Hey.
Let her rest.
She must've been tired
to fall off the station stairs.
Wow, Jun-chan and Ippei-kun
both shrank too!
Thank goodness! I'm so glad!
I'm not lonely anymore!
Yuri-chan, what are you saying?
There was no need to be
sad in the first place.
Because if everyone else shrinks,
it'd be the same thing anyway.
But I'm glad. I'm so glad.
-Ippei
-Huh?
Call the doctor again.
Okay.
According to old records,
mankind of the Megalithic Era
were 18 meters tall and 5 meters wide.
Since when, by whose hands, and why did
modern mankind become so small.
It is still a mystery.
THE END