Aoyama.
Aoyama!
I ain't got all day.
Whatever.
Quit fucking around.
Start her up.
Aoyama.
Come here.
Today's...your last day.
Found someone new to help out. Pack up.
Aoyama.
Here are your pay slips and the results of your physical.
Hang in there.
MASATO AOYAMA
Got any family?
Uh, no.
I see. You need hospitalization now.
Hospitalization?
There's a 12-centimeter tumor on your brainstem.
Around here...
About this big.
Due to its location, it can't be removed surgically.
Radiotherapy and chemo won't be effective either.
The prognosis is...not very positive.
Prognosis?
Not very positive?
What do you mean?
Hospitalization?
Give it to me straight.
You don't have much time left.
A week...maybe...3 days.
You could die any time.
If we assume that compromise is a necessity for man's prosperity...
and if we reject the medium of business then the only means left...
is war.
A society that goes to war over every scrap is destined to perish.
Money or war. Which will you choose?
The answer is obvious.
Money. Civilized society's noblest invention, the one and only power.
And only those resolved to the choice of producing...
shall be rewarded.
I've shown the path.
Now you must walk that road.
Makes zero sense to me.
Right now, sir?
Finish by noon tomorrow.
Sir...
Sorry. None of my business.
Is that it?
Won't open.
- Wrong door, kid. - What?
You sure? Thanks.
I'll open the door.
Excuse me.
What now?
Weekday visiting hours are 3 to 7 pm.
Weekend hours are 1 to 7.
Lights out at 9 pm.
Please finish washing up by then. This way please.
Here's your bed, Mr. Aoyama.
Mr. Suzuki, I'll take those empties.
Okey dokey.
Press the buzzer if you need anything.
Another newcomer, eh? This one looks healthy.
Hello. What's your name? Eh?
No smoking son. We're sick, you know.
You too, right?
I'll tell the docs.
Last week the guy in your bed died from alcoholism.
You'll die of lung cancer!
Fuck lung cancer; I have a brain tumor.
Only got a few days left so gimme a break.
What're you doing?!
What the hell.
Who was that brat?
Harumi. She's the boss 'round here.
Been here longer than any of us.
What the hell...
Hey...how do you light this?
Why steal it if you can't smoke it?
How old are you anyway?
Start puffing now and your lungs will turn black.
Doesn't matter anyway.
Congenital heart disease. Osteosarcoma too.
What's that?
Cancer.
They say I've only got a month left.
Disappeared.
Where's the lighter?
You too, eh?
You're...knocking on heaven's door too.
Heaven? Think there's one?
Sure there is.
How childish.
Shut up, kid.
Where's my lighter?
Heaven doesn't exist.
People buy into it 'cause they're scared of dying.
That ain't true.
Manna from heaven!
I'm Masato. Got a name, kid?
Don't call me "kid". Harumi.
Salt and lemons?
Tequila's best friends.
Salty yet sour...
Stop jabbering and look.
After dropping the car, guess we're taking the bullet train home.
That was the third time I met the boss.
You've been with him forever, eh?
I'm lucky to be driving this sweet ride.
I'm...quitting after my next paycheck.
Huh? No way!
Eyes on the road!
Only use a bit. The sweetness will shock you.
Really?
First, put the salt here.
And then 1, 2, 3.
Okay?
3.
Lemon, lemon.
Good, right?
You okay?
'Course I'm not!
My brain feels scrambled.
Awesome...
I never felt like this.
What the hell kid, you gotta try it before you die.
Smells like the ocean.
The ocean. That salty smell. Know it?
Nope.
Sitting on the beach, you can smell the breeze the waves carry in.
Your body feels free...liberated.
Over your head, eh kid?
Never been to the ocean.
What? Never?
Not even once?
Where you been living?
Haven't left the hospital since I was 7.
No, that's no good.
You're gonna die without ever seeing it.
Y' know what folks in heaven are always talking about?
The beach. The beach!
That's all they talk about in heaven!
They got no beach there, so they sit on the clouds...
talking about the beautiful water and the sunset.
Just talking about the beach.
That from a comic book?
Saw it in a movie.
If you never seen the beach you'll be "out of the club" in heaven.
What a pity. Dying without ever seeing the beach.
Feeling down?
Drank too much, eh?
Just try kicking me "out of the club"!
Wanna go?
Where to?
The beach.
Don't bullshit me. It hurts like hell.
You're fine. Nothing fractured.
Look again, you quack!
With all that blood?
Check the x-ray.
Wow, this feels great.
Hey, taxi!
Wow! Look! What a ride!
Beautiful. This is one pricy ride.
I wanna drive.
Slide over.
Get going!
Sweet. Carbon fiber steering wheel!
Carbon baby. You know what I mean?
What're you pushing?
Wow! How cool!
That's some button.
It moved.
Wanna hit the beach?
Go!
Guess this is "drive".
Faster! Faster! Faster!!
Where's the turn signal?
Oops! Wiper.
Didn't I park here?
To the beach.
And beyond!
Wait!
Stop!
Go!
I know an awesome beach. Way out West, kind of far...
Can't find her?
Where'd she go?
Full tank. 8,27 4 yen.
Uh...I'm...a bit light.
With a car like this?
Hello.
Hi...
I left my wallet at home. Pay you later.
Pay now if you know what's good for you.
I didn't mean it like that.
Want me to call the cops?
Now, hold on.
Search the car.
What's this?
What the hell!
A stick-up?
No, come on.
Is this a stick-up?
It's not...
A stick-up, right?
A stick-up?
Stick'em up!
God, no!
Wasn't planning to rob you but the cops mean trouble.
Hurry up and lend me the money!
Hey!
Shut up.
Gimme!
Okay!
I owe you.
What're you doing? Did you steal that?
Said he'd call the cops.
But why rob him?
If we get caught, we can't see the beach!
Just get in!
What're you doing?!
If we get caught, we're in big trouble.
How "big" can it be?
A robbery jail sentence is many years.
Jail sentence? Like I care.
C'mon, off to the beach!
Mail from my wife scares me.
You mean your ex-wife?
Told me not to come to our daughter's graduation.
Boss.
Oh that. Put it on my desk.
That tax office examiner tip-off case.
Just another hoax, Okoshiba.
It's Mikoshiba.
How about I just show up at the graduation?
Be careful. We've had 4 complaints this month...
about stalkers.
Stalker? C'mon, it's not like that.
Boss, here's the report on the gas station hold-up.
Oh really.
Only 30,426 yen stolen? Small change.
The felon was with a girl...in pajamas.
Pajamas?
Yes.
A kid?
World's gone mad!
It wasn't a stick-up.
It was! Looked like robbery to me.
I borrowed it. Couldn't help it. I was broke.
Borrowed it? You mean that?
So you'll pay him back?
Sure...
maybe.
Feel like a detour?
Boss!
Forgive me.
I'm sorry sir.
The car's heading for Tokyo.
Get the car and thieves.
What're you going to do to them?
Just bring them here.
How's it look?
Looks great on you.
Well...
Well?
Great.
Gotta get some cash.
Wait!
Excuse me.
Can I try this on?
Sure. Over here.
Oh, sorry.
What the...
Something wrong?
Just thought that jacket was cool.
What're you babbling about?
Sorry.
Think we'll really find them?
INSUFFICIENT BALANCE
Save the planet.
Thank you.
This looks great on you too. What do you think?
Pretty cute, eh?
What do you think?
We're going!
But I still can't decide.
Buy both. Take them both.
Excuse me sir.
Harumi! Grab whatever you like!
Huh?
This too!
This enough?
Sure but...
Keep the change. And these too.
I always wanted these.
Looks great on you.
Really?
Okay for the beach?
Definitely.
But my hair is...
Something happen?
Run! Come on!
What?
Bank robbery?
Actually, a post office robbery.
What's the difference!
But I didn't do anything...
just showed them this.
Put it away. It scares me.
I can't believe you!
What was a gun doing in the car anyway?
I dunno. Is it even real?
Let's turn ourselves in.
If we apologize, things might work out.
No, forget it. Let's hit the beach.
We can't now.
Don't say that!
They'll catch us before we make it.
I wanted to go too, but...
You're alive.
Better hurry or I might die before we get there.
Why do you want to go to the beach so badly?
You've been before, right?
I wonder...
I dunno, maybe it's...
the vastness of it.
So amazing...
So you know...
when the sun sets...
it's explosive.
Totally beautiful.
I can't really explain it.
I've...
never really "done" anything.
Just wanted to go out with some style.
That's all.
I get it.
Open it.
What's this?
Manjuu cakes?
Huh? No way!
Damn.
Manna from heaven again?
Wow. There's gotta be millions.
Awesome.
I don't get this guy.
Why the gas station? Why not rob the post office first?
Masato Aoyama. A lifetime part-timer.
Criminal record...2 counts of bicycle theft.
Bank robbery?
Post office robbery to be precise.
Abe!
Anything on the getaway car?
Registered to a K3 Holdings.
Reported stolen?
No. Plate was ID'ed at the gas station.
You!
Is this the pajamas girl?
Reported missing by her parents.
Harumi Shiraishi. Age 14, junior high student.
Disappeared from the hospital.
Hospital?
Has a congenital heart condition. Recently diagnosed with cancer too.
Why'd Aoyama kidnap this girl?
Parents celebrities?
Just an ordinary businessman.
Kishitani!
Get forensics to Aoyama's apartment.
I'm on it.
Abe, cover the hospital.
Got it!
Nakamura, canvas Aoyama's associates.
Yuzawa, find the car.
Kishitani!
This is your room.
Ain't this the life.
Wow, some room.
People actually live like this.
There's a syndrome for this. 3 letters. What's the acronym?
I dunno.
If you don't know, at least make up something interesting boy.
Follow-up exam?
Boss!
Look at these.
Same as your girlfriend's?
No way. This place stinks.
Rock and roll...get a life.
This kid's been taking the easy way out.
Hasegawa here.
Hotel? The what hotel?
Kishitani. The something or other hotel.
Yes. Yes, we'll be there.
OK. We're on it.
A lead?
They're close.
Mess this up and we'll lose more than our jobs.
What's that mean?
What did you say?
How many you write?
7. How about you?
20 or so.
What? With only days to live?
Shut up.
Show me your list.
No! Give it back.
Things to do before dying...
Give it back!
See the beach... Go to an amusement park...
Eat hamburgers at McDonald's. Buy stacks of comic books.
Wear a dress to a French restaurant...
Go to a nail salon...
Kiss a gorgeous boy!
Wow! A kiss?
Is that what kids want these days?
You never been kissed since being in the hospital. Pucker up.
Drop dead!
That ain't nice.
Shall I grant your wish?
You must be deluded.
I said gorgeous.
I meant a gentle prince charming, not a barbarian like you!
Guys like that don't exist.
Shut up!
You'd never understand.
What goes on between men and women is a mess; a sleazy fucked-up mess.
Horrible handwriting.
You just had a steak.
Hey now.
A strip club?
Play live at Tokyo Dome. Dream on.
So my dreams are futile.
Your list is more childish than mine. And you've lived twice as long?
Where's your mom?
Back home.
Haven't you seen her?
Left home saying I'd make it big. Haven't seen her in years.
Who'd want a son like me?
I never made it big.
...GO SEE MOM I never made it big.
...GO SEE MOM
All that got "big" was my tumor.
I...feel relieved being away.
From my mom.
She's always crying, "Poor girl, poor baby!" like a tragic heroine.
She's been so...annoying.
She's worried, that's all.
She'll be fine without me.
Remarried, with a new family.
So how about tomorrow?
Masato!
Masato Aoyama, age 28, wanted for robbery.
The suspect checked into a city hospital 2 days ago.
He escaped at early dawn and...
robbed a local gas station for 30, 000 yen.
Then held up a post office and escaped.
The police have connected him to both robberies and...
set up a criminal crisis center.
Believed to be involved in multiple robberies...
Aoyama is still at large.
From eye witnesses, a 14 year old girl from the same hospital...
Me?
Harumi Shiraishi was kidnapped...
and thought to be on the run.
Kidnapped? Why do they think that?
The police are after us.
The girl suffers from heart disease and osteosarcoma.
Leaving the hospital is dangerous for her.
We spoke to Harumi's parents.
Please return Harumi to us.
Bring Harumi back. Harumi!
Mom...
Shit.
Get to it.
Yes! Take the elevator!
I got the stairs!
We're going!
How many ways to the top floor?
5 guest and 3 service elevators.
And 2 emergency stairwells.
And the service elevators?
In the back.
Thanks.
Hurry up. Run!
Move it.
Excuse me. Officer.
This is our car!
And?
It was stolen 2 days ago; we just found it.
Be more careful!
Let's go.
What'll we do?
Beats me.
Hurry. Hurry.
Get in. Get in.
Huh?
He escaped in a squad car?
Enough pathetic excuses.
If you wanna cover your screw-ups, at least get more creative.
Contact traffic and inform them.
Outsmarted by the terminally ill.
Boss.
The tax office case.
Okoshiba.
It's Mikoshiba.
We're overloaded with the Aoyama case.
The earnings report didn't show anything but...
I found some odd transfers to K3 Holdings.
K3...
Where are my manjuu?
Manjuu?
Hey Masato?
Yeah?
All those healthy people.
Why do we have to die?
If I get to heaven, I'm gonna complain to God.
Masato...
ever wonder why you were born?
Never thought about it.
Almost there...
the beach.
You're...sopping wet.
Masato?
Masato!
Gimme the same medicine!
What?
You need a prescription.
No time for that. I need it now!
It's a dangerous drug. I can't just hand it out.
But I need it! If you want money, I've got plenty.
Money isn't the issue.
What's a child need with this medicine?
This is fishy. Where are your parents?
Stop joking, darling.
It's a toy, right?
Come on, hand it here.
Hand it over. Listen up!
If life happened twice, I would listen.
But this is the end so I can't!
Gimme the medicine now.
Harumi.
Am I still alive?
What? Be there in 30 minutes.
Kishitani! Keep the local police out.
Manjuu.
Have some Masato? They're going fast.
Feeling sick?
No. Tired I guess.
When I was a kid...
I was always running.
Always running and thinking...
a little further and I'll be fine.
But still I kept running.
Even when they said I was dying... But nothing's changed.
Maybe I'll stop and stay here.
No beach?
How can you say that?
You're the one who said we should keep running.
Better to die standing than to live on your knees.
We've got them.
Update?
They haven't moved.
Right through there.
What?
Gone.
Gone? You idiot!
Ouch!
Sorry...closing time.
Where's the criminal (hannin)?
Criminal (hannin).
Hannin?
What're you laughing at?
Nothing.
Huh?
Sorry.
Kokubo here.
Make it look like an accident.
Just retrieve the money.
We're monitoring police activity.
Sole custody?
Something wrong, sir?
Just my boring life.
Will he get caught in our net?
Not so easy to leave the state.
And that car sticks out like a sore thumb.
White bean paste?
I'll get you something else.
Forget it.
Whatta ya reckon?
That little girl...
holding up a drugstore to get Aoyama's medicine.
Probably Helsinki Syndrome.
What?
The bond between kidnapper and hostage.
Doesn't add up.
How beautiful.
Yeah, beautiful.
Feels great.
What? What's going on?
Something's coming!
Don't look at me!
Look out!
Hurry! Hurry!
I know.
This is all she's got!
Look out! Hurry up!
I know! Shut up!
CHECK POINT
Damn it!
A road block?
Harumi!
Hold on!
How 'bout that?
We're free!
Freedom!
Oh shit.
Go!
Here we go!
Turning now!
Go for it!
OK!
How should I know?
They can't have survived without a scratch!
Seal off the area!
Okoshiba! K3 again?
K3 falsely recorded consultant fees twice a year...
according to my informant.
If we search K3, we'll find evidence to book the Governor on...
3 counts of bribery. Hello?
Boss? Are you there?
Hello?
Boss?
Hello?
DEAR MOM...
Now all that's left is the beach.
We'll go tomorrow. It's getting dark.
Where are we going?
I'm going to the beach tomorrow.
You are?
It's near here, right?
Yeah. Right next to us.
Is it big?
Huge.
Harumi.
Choose your dream guy.
And kiss him.
A final memory before heaven.
You're kidding.
That's why I kept some money. Now pick your prince.
How about him? Looks like a prince.
Well now...
Time to hand over the money.
The money's gone.
Spent it all.
Like a couple of rats taking the cheese without asking.
Shoot.
Got a brain tumor so I'll die any second anyway.
Any second, eh?
Fine by me.
I'm not afraid.
She's dying too.
Your worthless existence weeded out in an instant by rational means.
The prime law of nature.
Boss!
That's enough, isn't it?
They're going to die anyway.
The poor things.
The money's gone. What's the point?
Wanna die too?
Sir.
You first.
Compassion?
Good will?
A most boring choice.
Now the fun starts!
You okay?
I smell the ocean.
We gotta go.
Hands up!
Mikoshiba!
Aoyama, right?
Harumi Shiraishi, right? Let's go.
Wait.
Masato didn't kidnap me.
Wait!
Stand up!
Don't touch him!
We're going to the beach, remember?
We're going together, right?
I don't want it to end this way.
What're you waiting for?
He's dying. Get an ambulance now!
Masato...
Masato?
Helsinki syndrome, my ass.
Nothing makes sense anymore.
Never stop running, kids.
Aren't you going?
I don't wanna die.
Don't be afraid.
Everything's okay.
Don't be afraid.
Masato Tomoya Nagase
Harumi Mayuko Fukuda
Kokubo Keishi Nagatsuka
Adachi Koji Ohkura
Mikoshiba Sohkoh Wada
Kishitani Masaya Kikawada
Henmi Min Tanaka
Hasegawa Tomokazu Miura
Executive Producers: Masao Teshima Chihiro Kameyama Julie K. Fujishima
Production Supervisors: Shinji Ogawa Takashi Ishihara Taro Nagamatsuya
Producers: Mitsuru Uda Daisuke Sekiguchi Kazuteru Harafuji
Associate Producers Til Schweiger Tom Zickler
International Coordinator Joe Ikeda
Original Screenplay by Thomas Jahn and Til Schweiger "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
Screenplay Mika Oomori
Director of Photography Takashi Komatsu
Lighting Design Yuichiro Makanai
Sound Recordist Hiroshi Ishigai
Sound Designer Mitch Osias
Production Designer Namiko Iwaki
Set Decorator Miho Matsuda
Costume Designer Rieko Katayanagi
Makeup and Hair Stylist Kaori Sakai
Script Supervisor Yu Takada
Editor Mutsumi Takemiya
Visual Effects Supervisor Shinji Ohagi
Casting Tsuyoshi Sugino
First Assistant Director Toru Yamamoto
Production Manager Asuka Matoba
Post- Production Supervisors Manabu Shinoda Kenichi Nakayama
Line Producer Yusuke Wakabayashi
Publicity / Marketing Keisuke Sakurakoji
Music Composed and Performed by Plaid
Featuring the Song "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"
Written by Bob Dylan Published by Ram's Horn Music
Japanese Lyrics and Performed by Angela Aki
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an Asmik Ace Entertainment production
Directed by Michael Arias
Subtitles by Christian Storms
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