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Nobusuke Kishi, the former prime minister
and chair of the funeral committee,
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will now share a eulogy.
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Mr. Yasunaga.
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Whenever there was trouble,
whether in Japan or elsewhere,
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leaders of all sectors
came to seek your guidance.
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Whenever you received them,
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you drew wisdom
from many eras and cultures,
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illuminating fundamental principles.
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That person is no longer with us.
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Where will Japan go from here?
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Step forward, please.
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Mr. Yasunaga!
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Please forgive me
for not being by your side, Mr. Yasunaga!
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Hey, we can't see anything!
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Mr. Yasunaga!
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As for Kazuko and Yasunaga's marriage,
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his family filed a petition with the Tokyo
District Court to have it invalidated.
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Through mediation,
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their marriage was voided
on his family registry.
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I'm going to bed.
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Okay, good night.
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But Kazuko continued to claim
she was Yasunaga’s wife,
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using it to bolster her own influence.
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GIVE BACK MY HUSBAND!
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After managing Chiyoko Shimakura,
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Kazuko was keenly aware
of what the media liked
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and how to bring them to her side.
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Sure enough,
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Kazuko Hosoki, a fortune teller
with a unique personal history,
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had caught the public's attention.
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HANSHIN AT THE TOP AFTER 21 YEARS!
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Since then, she predicted
two major events of public interest.
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Her spot-on predictions made her
a popular guest on variety shows.
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But for the most part,
her other predictions were incorrect.
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The bubble economy kept things lively.
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As Kazuko slowly built
her status as a TV celebrity,
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her fortune-telling books
began flying off the shelves.
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FIVE MILLION COPIES SOLD!
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MIREI SEI (77)
FORTUNE-TELLING MENTOR
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MET KAZUKO HOSOKI IN 1973
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Thank you for waiting.
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I only agreed because I thought
this was a continuation
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of that weekly magazine's interview.
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Did a weekly magazine interview you?
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They spoke of exposing
that woman's evil deeds.
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So,
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what would you like to ask me?
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I heard that you were
Ms. Hosoki's fortune-telling mentor.
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Is that what that woman said?
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Are you not?
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There was a time
when she frequently came for advice,
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and I did teach her the basics
of the Four Pillars of Destiny.
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But being called her mentor...
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To be quite frank,
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I find that disrespectful.
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I heard you lent her some books.
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Yes.
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But after 20 years,
she has yet to return them.
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Her first book was published a year later.
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If you wish to be a real fortune teller,
cheap tricks won't cut it.
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I told her to study at least
ten years before doing anything.
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She said Mr. Yasunaga taught her
the Four Pillars of Destiny too.
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Mr. Yasunaga specialized in I Ching,
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but he had not studied
the Four Pillars of Destiny in earnest.
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You'll probably write your book
to put her in a good light anyway.
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No, that's not my intention.
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May I ask you to leave now?
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One more question.
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What do you think
of the current Ms. Hosoki?
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Fortune-telling is a dangerous thing.
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Dangerous?
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One wrong step,
and you end up controlling people’s lives.
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Some will even take pleasure in it.
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In her current state,
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she acts like someone
who's in power, doesn't she?
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What's more,
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I feel a bit of pity for her.
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Pity, you say?
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Now that she has created
this false persona called Kazuko Hosoki,
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there is no turning back for her.
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She must continue living
as this false persona.
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It's like caking on makeup.
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One lie piled on top of another.
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Your book will likely apply
another layer of lies on top.
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That woman's luck
is set to decline gradually now.
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If I were to use
the words she so selfishly created,
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next year will be...
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Her Great Calamity Period.
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Ms. Hosoki herself will enter
the Great Calamity Period.
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No one can resist their fate.
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The fate of those in power
is a miserable one.
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It's only a matter of time.
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What are you making?
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A house.
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Who’s the house for?
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The ants?
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The ladybugs?
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It's a house for you and me.
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I think Mommy will stop writing her book.
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That's okay.
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Huh?
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You're okay with it?
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If I give up,
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we won't have a house for a while.
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It's okay. I'll build one for us.
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I see.
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Thank you.
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Hello?
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Mr. Teppei Yanagi?
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I got your voicemail.
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How'd you get my number?
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Someone connected
to the Edogawa-ikka family.
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Sorry for the sudden call.
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I heard you were
the right-hand man of Masaya Hotta,
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the head of the family.
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Would you be willing to talk
about Ms. Hosoki and Mr. Hotta?
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Can you come to Kashiwa City Hall
at 9:00 a.m. tomorrow?
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They get thrown into pigpen-like housing
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and get most of their welfare money
skimmed off.
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Is it a poverty business?
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That's a fancy way to put it.
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The yakuza way of living
couldn't survive past the '80s.
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Since the bubble burst,
we've been desperate to survive.
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So, what do you wanna know
about our boss, Hotta?
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Ms. Hosoki told me he was
the only man she truly loved in her life.
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But after hearing from others,
I believe they were actually...
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You think they were just tied by greed?
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Yes.
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Boss was an old-school yakuza.
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He sucked at making money,
so he relied on her income.
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The title of Edogawa-ikka family head
was a big draw for her.
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Just dropping his name
would make everyone bow down.
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She met big-time
yakuza bosses through him too,
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so now she acts like a fixer
who can call them up on a whim.
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Does she still have
connections with the yakuza?
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But in this day and age,
it's gotta be on the down-low.
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So, she actually wasn't connected
to Mr. Hotta out of love, was she?
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I didn't say that.
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What do you mean?
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When she saw the boss
on his deathbed, she--
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Wait.
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Didn't they break up
after what happened with Ms. Shimakura?
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The boss had terminal cancer,
so he went back to her.
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And she took him in without a word.
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Was it good?
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It tasted awful.
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If you can talk trash like that,
I guess you're not dying for a while.
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I'm gonna live until I'm 100.
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Give me another bite.
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That's what you'd call devoted care.
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The boss was completely at ease
with her around too.
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Like a married couple
who had lived their whole lives together.
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It's rare for a yakuza member
to have a happy ending like that.
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I don't know much about
love and romance or whatnot.
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But I guess it was their fate
to stay together until the end.
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Fate...
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You can't sum up a man
and woman's relationship in just one word.
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Have you seen Ms. Hosoki lately?
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Well, I get some side jobs here and there.
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What kind of side jobs?
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Doesn't matter, does it?
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She's fiercely loyal to her allies,
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but if you go against her,
she'll crush you without mercy.
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She's not some yakuza's woman.
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She's a yakuza herself.
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You'd better be careful too.
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Kawatani!
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What the hell's with your ghostwriter?!
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Well, you see,
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Ms. Uozumi isn't a ghostwriter,
but a respectable author.
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There are tons
of award-winning rookies out there!
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You can't call them a writer
if they can't even release a second book!
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The boss wants the writer
to go and apologize.
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Got it.
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Then fire her and get a new writer!
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Huh? Did you say "fire her"?
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Sir!
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This is gonna hurt.
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Oh.
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Did you hear that just now?
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Yes.
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You haven't been answering
Ms. Hosoki's calls lately, have you?
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She thought that was strange,
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so she paid the yakuza to look into you.
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The yakuza?
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Oh, their side jobs.
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- Huh?
- Never mind.
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She went way over my head
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and called the president directly.
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The department head panicked.
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You spoke with her brother
and Mr. Yasunaga's family?
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Did you hear some inconvenient stories
about Ms. Hosoki?
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Yes.
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And you came all this way to tell me?
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No.
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I wasn't sure
if I should keep writing this book.
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There's a rumor
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that a weekly magazine is preparing
a campaign to expose Ms. Hosoki.
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You know of it?
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Oh, jeez. Did your ex-husband tell you?
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Yes.
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He said she's making me write
a flattering book
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that would fight against the exposé.
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Is that true?
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It seems that's
what the higher-ups decided.
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So you knew all this, Mr. Kawatani?
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I thought this was your chance
to release your second book.
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I'm a fan of your book, you know.
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Well, I've only published one.
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I knew you'd write
without pandering to anyone.
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That's the kind of book I wanted to read.
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Why don't you pretend to play along
and write what you want?
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I'll protect you as much as I can.
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I might not be much help though.
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Or have you lost interest in the book?
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No, I'm dying to write about this.
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Oh, really?
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But I was fired, right?
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Um, forget what you heard earlier.
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Ms. Hosoki might be the one to fire me.
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Well, that's...
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She's hard to read.
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For now, I should go and apologize, right?
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Sorry.
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Good day, ma'am.
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Hello.
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Good day, ma'am.
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MS. KAZUKO HOSOKI
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Oh, Kawatani, you're here?
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Oh, um...
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I...
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Come in.
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What brings you here today?
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Ms. Uozumi would like to apologize to you.
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Apologize?
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Yes.
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I apologize for acting on my own
and not answering your calls.
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I wish you wouldn't betray my trust,
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sniffing around in secret like that.
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I don't care who you go and talk to.
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But Hisao is a disgrace to my family
who had two run-ins with the police.
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And Mr. Yasunaga's daughter
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is jealous that I took him away from her.
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I bet they filled your ears
with nothing but lies.
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Would you prefer if I stepped down?
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Don't be silly. What are you saying?
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Who else is gonna write it?
You're writing a masterpiece, right?
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But remember...
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don't write any lies
that would slander me.
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Got it?
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I understand.
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Come in.
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Sorry to interrupt.
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We're a bit short on time,
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so could we have our meeting first?
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Sure, we're done talking anyway.
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Oh, thank you.
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We'll excuse ourselves then.
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Hey.
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Since you're already here,
come watch the show before you go.
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Well then, we'll see you next week!
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Goodbye!
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That's a wrap! Good work everyone!
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Sorry about earlier, Ms. Hosoki!
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Let's go, Mr. HG.
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- Thank you.
- Good work.
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- Keep it up!
- Thank you.
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Hey, there's actually a guest today
who wants their fortune told by me.
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I'm not sure if you can air it,
but how about we record it?
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It'll be 30 minutes at most.
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A surprise is nice once in a while, right?
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Okay, let's do it then.
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All right.
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Is it okay, Mr. Yazawa?
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Yes, well, um...
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Well?
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Sorry, just one moment.
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Let's do it, Ms. Hosoki!
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Let's just go for it!
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Thanks.
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Is the camera rolling?
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Yes, we're rolling.
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Please stay with us
a bit longer, everyone.
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Come on up, Minori.
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What are you zoning out for? Hurry over.
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Your bag.
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Thank you.
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Miking her now.
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She's ready.
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Time to get started then.
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Let's do this.
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First, tell me your name
and date of birth.
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What?
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What? Are you nervous?
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Anyone would be,
getting called up like that, right?
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I guess that's to be expected
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when an amateur gets called up
on stage so suddenly.
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Well, you're the one
who called her up, aren't you?
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Sorry about this.
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Honestly, the way she pushes us around
has us at our limit too.
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What are you talking about?
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Well? Are you feeling more relaxed now?
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Yes.
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Then tell me your name and date of birth.
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Don't worry.
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They'll bleep out
anything you don't want aired.
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They'll even blur your face.
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I'm Minori Uozumi.
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I was born on July 12, 1969.
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And your profession?
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I'm an author.
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An author?
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I've never heard of Minori Uozumi.
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Only one of my books
has been published so far.
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So you're an unsuccessful author.
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Let's choose our words
a bit more carefully.
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Oh, sorry, it's a bad habit of mine.
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Oh, so you're aware of it.
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Right?
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You...
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were in your Great Calamity Period
until last year.
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Did you know that?
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Yes.
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You had bad luck with men, right?
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Yes.
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You've got a strike now.
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What?
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On your divorce history.
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Yes, I've been divorced once.
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I figured as much.
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You look gloomy
and completely unappealing.
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I'm not surprised men run from you.
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Your career’s stalled,
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and life’s been tough for you.
26:29.546 --> 26:34.843
You're probably in immense pain,
drowning in worry.
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Am I right?
26:37.554 --> 26:38.388
Yes.
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But it's okay.
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You'll meet someone who will save you.
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No...
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you've already met.
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That encounter...
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should be cherished.
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Can I ask about a problem I'm having?
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Sure.
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The problem I'm having
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involves a book I'm about to write.
27:22.891 --> 27:24.059
And?
27:24.893 --> 27:28.897
I'm conducting interviews to depict
a certain woman's life so far.
27:29.397 --> 27:31.191
But that protagonist
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is far more complicated
than I had expected.
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Sounds excellent.
27:37.155 --> 27:41.409
Much better than
a one-dimensional protagonist.
27:42.160 --> 27:43.078
Yes.
27:43.578 --> 27:46.998
She's a truly fascinating person.
27:48.083 --> 27:49.250
But...
27:51.878 --> 27:53.546
But what?
27:55.548 --> 27:57.467
She's lying to me.
27:58.385 --> 28:00.261
Oh, jeez...
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If I trust what she says,
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the protagonist was tossed about
by a cruel fate.
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She's a heroine who fought desperately
and came out on top.
28:14.109 --> 28:15.443
But she has two sides to her.
28:16.486 --> 28:22.450
She fooled people and pulled them down,
amassing great wealth and power.
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A rotten villain.
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And which one will you write?
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I'm going to write my own book.
28:35.714 --> 28:37.924
Your goal as an unsuccessful writer, huh?
28:39.926 --> 28:40.760
Yes.
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Sounds interesting.
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I'd love to read that book.
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SELF-PORTRAIT OF A WOMAN BY MINORI UOZUMI
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SELF-PORTRAIT OF MY FACADE
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HER ORIGINS
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When we were kids,
those days were miserable.
30:42.757 --> 30:45.176
We were always starving.
30:46.761 --> 30:50.682
That's why our generation
is greedier than others.
30:52.350 --> 30:56.062
Kazuko is a prime example of that.
30:58.398 --> 30:59.732
One time,
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Mom used her meager savings
to buy beer from the black market.
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But the bottles
were filled with barley tea.
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Kazuko figured that if we were conned,
we should just con someone else,
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and tried to sell it on the black market.
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Thank you!
31:15.874 --> 31:17.458
Thank-- Ouch!
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You tricked me, you damn punk!
31:21.880 --> 31:24.883
Well, it didn't work out in the end.
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Mom.
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Yes?
31:28.177 --> 31:31.055
The weak are considered prey, right?
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It's their fault
for being deceived, right?
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Deceiving people is wrong.
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Kazuko.
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People who do bad things
go straight to hell.
31:42.358 --> 31:45.445
In the end, she spent her whole life
going against Mom's words.
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Even now, every year without fail,
31:50.825 --> 31:54.037
she still visits Mom's grave
on the anniversary of her death.
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Early in the morning,
so that she doesn't run into us.
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It might be her way of atoning.
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The total cost was over ten million yen.
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Your son is a shut-in even in his forties.
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What's more, he's violent toward you.
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Yes.
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You'll be fine.
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Your hard work will surely pay off.
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First, do your ancestral rites properly.
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I didn't have a choice.
32:52.553 --> 32:56.933
Ms. Hosoki said
I hadn't done enough for my ancestors.
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Oh, this?
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It was my son.
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He's still a shut-in, the same as always.
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His violence has grown worse.
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But...
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I have faith it will get better.
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After all, Ms. Hosoki said so.
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And she's such a famous person.
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- Top-tier brandy!
- Yeah!
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- Richard Hennessy!
- Yeah!
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Thank you for your order!
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I have Ms. Hosoki to thank
for everything I am today.
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I followed what she had to say that night
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and broke things off
with my affair partner.
34:29.942 --> 34:32.487
My life changed completely.
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I met my current husband,
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was blessed with children,
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and started a small jewelry shop together.
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Thanks to that,
we have ten stores across Japan.
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If I hadn't met her,
who knows where I'd be today?
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Isn't fortune-telling wonderful?
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It has the power to change lives.
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Ms. Hosoki is like a god to me.
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Yes, that looks cute. I love it.
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That's good.
35:06.813 --> 35:08.523
Let's bring Tiara in.
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Oh my, Tiara is so adorable!
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- Thanks.
- Ms. Hosoki!
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Um, could you please shake my hand?
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Wait, really?! I can't believe this!
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Thank you.
35:22.537 --> 35:23.830
Oh, my God!
35:23.913 --> 35:25.748
- Can I have one too?
- Thank you.
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Oh, crap!
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- I'm sorry for being late.
- It's okay. Thank you.
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- Thank you.
- See you.
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Okay, let's go home.
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- Phew.
- Bye-bye.
36:12.670 --> 36:15.089
- Bye-bye.
- Take care, Reina.
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Don't catch a cold.
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- Bye-bye.
- Bye-bye.
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Come on, Reina, get in.
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Careful with the heavy rain.
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Okay, thank you again!
36:24.348 --> 36:26.851
- Hold on tight.
- Yay!
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Okay, okay! Fortune-telling fohhh!
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What do you think
of my swaying hips, Ms. Hosoki?
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Take a look, especially at my lower half!
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Oh, my.
37:38.089 --> 37:41.425
Instead of my palms,
can you do a hip reading?
37:41.509 --> 37:42.426
Good grief.
37:42.510 --> 37:45.721
Men should reserve their hip thrusts
for the bedroom.
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That's a "no" from me!
37:47.390 --> 37:50.977
That's not enough to stop me!
37:51.060 --> 37:52.019
I can't do this.
37:52.103 --> 37:53.521
- No!
- Stop this.
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Ms. Hosoki!
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Wait a second.
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Now, now. Let's take a seat for a moment.
37:58.359 --> 37:59.819
- Please.
- You idiot!
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Ms. Hosoki is a genius entertainer.
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She doesn't need direction from us.
38:06.409 --> 38:08.661
She knows how to entertain the viewers.
38:08.744 --> 38:09.787
Not through logic,
38:09.870 --> 38:12.039
but from pure instinct.
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Working in nightlife and fortune-telling
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had her dealing with people
face-to-face, right?
38:17.420 --> 38:20.423
I think she's drawing
from those experiences.
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Sorry that you got humiliated on camera.
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We're not gonna broadcast that, okay?
38:30.141 --> 38:32.310
I really hate that side of her.
38:33.019 --> 38:36.564
Maybe it's that strength
that comes from countless battles.
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Her words are convincing.
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It's all a bluff. There's no substance.
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Japanese people eat that stuff up.
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It makes me sick.
38:44.864 --> 38:46.365
Her scandals?
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Well, she may have had
some stuff in the past,
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but I haven't heard anything.
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That's a lie.
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Word's getting around
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about a weekly magazine
releasing an exposé.
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We'll just have to wait and see,
but the higher-ups are shaking in fear.
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- Have a good night!
- Have a good night!
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If necessary,
39:13.517 --> 39:16.854
they'll probably shut down the show
and find someone new.
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Besides, viewers are quick to forget.
39:20.566 --> 39:22.485
That's show business.
39:23.069 --> 39:27.323
Once you reach the top,
there's nowhere left to go but down.
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WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO KAZUKO IN THE FUTURE?
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EVEN HER OWN SIX-STAR ASTROLOGY
HAS NO ANSWER FOR THAT.
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I finished it.
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Excuse me!
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Even Mr. Kawatani hasn't read this.
I want you to be the first.
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Publishers and TV networks
are gathering here on Sunday next week
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for a party at my place.
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Can you come?
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I'll be there.
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I look forward to it.
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Please leave it to me.
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I'll take your bag.
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Oh, it's okay.
45:36.191 --> 45:37.609
Enjoy the party.
45:54.460 --> 45:55.836
It's good to see you.
45:55.919 --> 45:57.421
Hello.
45:59.673 --> 46:01.049
Ms. Uozumi.
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You're here.
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Are you alone?
46:05.721 --> 46:08.515
Yes, thank you for the other day.
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The guests here
are all bigwigs in the media.
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She really is like an empress, isn't she?
46:18.108 --> 46:20.444
- Oh, may I speak with you?
- Yes.
46:22.738 --> 46:25.115
Is the book going well?
46:25.199 --> 46:26.492
Yes, I guess.
46:26.575 --> 46:28.285
What will you write about?
46:28.368 --> 46:30.579
I can't say for certain.
46:31.079 --> 46:33.999
Seeing you two talk on stage
made me anxious.
46:34.082 --> 46:37.085
That wasn't something
the station could put on air.
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Maybe I shouldn’t say this,
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but I wouldn't write anything
that would anger Ms. Hosoki.
46:44.218 --> 46:45.469
What are you talking about?
46:45.552 --> 46:49.056
Oh, Ms. Hosoki!
No, we're just making small talk.
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Excuse me.
46:52.059 --> 46:54.436
Thank you for inviting me.
46:54.937 --> 46:56.814
Can you stay until the end?
46:56.897 --> 46:57.940
Yes.
46:59.358 --> 47:01.318
We've got a lot of good drinks.
47:01.401 --> 47:03.195
Enjoy yourself, okay?
47:30.347 --> 47:33.350
Crowds can be exhausting, right?
47:35.477 --> 47:36.854
I read it.
47:37.354 --> 47:39.106
Thank you.
47:46.989 --> 47:48.907
I enjoyed it.
47:51.201 --> 47:56.665
The way you use strangely big words
and add pretentious expressions
47:56.748 --> 47:59.042
is so typical of an unsuccessful author.
47:59.126 --> 48:02.212
Still, your writing was better than most.
48:09.511 --> 48:10.804
But...
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I can't let you publish this.
48:16.351 --> 48:17.561
Why?
48:17.644 --> 48:19.855
You know exactly why.
48:23.400 --> 48:25.819
You and I were a good match.
48:26.361 --> 48:28.614
I thought we understood each other.
48:30.032 --> 48:31.491
I felt the same way.
48:32.451 --> 48:33.869
But you let me down.
48:34.369 --> 48:36.496
These are all lies meant to slander me.
48:36.580 --> 48:37.831
That wasn't my intention--
48:37.915 --> 48:40.167
It's just like
a third-rate tabloid magazine.
48:40.250 --> 48:42.419
Books and tabloids are not the same.
48:42.502 --> 48:45.380
Whoever reads this
will see it as Kazuko Hosoki's life story.
48:49.092 --> 48:52.387
Deceiving Ochiyo and stealing her money,
48:52.471 --> 48:55.682
forcing Mr. Yasunaga to marry me
just to use his good name...
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They'll believe every lie!
48:59.561 --> 49:03.357
I can't decipher what the truth is.
49:03.982 --> 49:07.569
But I was captivated
by the protagonist's way of life.
49:09.071 --> 49:10.948
After a childhood of extreme poverty,
49:11.031 --> 49:15.410
she was deceived,
exploited, and controlled by men.
49:15.494 --> 49:18.330
She tried to make money,
even if it meant deceiving others,
49:18.413 --> 49:20.874
trying to become the one in control.
49:21.917 --> 49:27.172
When I wrote, the sheer magnitude
of her desire overwhelmed me.
49:28.423 --> 49:30.467
Some may disapprove,
but the readers will--
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I'm not asking you for that crap!
49:35.138 --> 49:37.766
Rewrite it exactly the way I say.
49:38.266 --> 49:39.810
I refuse.
49:40.811 --> 49:45.357
Then this book
will never see the light of day.
49:46.441 --> 49:49.277
I don't mind.
I knew that might happen when I wrote it.
49:49.361 --> 49:50.612
Is that so?
49:51.154 --> 49:53.323
Then this belongs in the garbage.
50:04.001 --> 50:07.713
Why did you want to publish
a book based on yourself?
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A publishing company asked me to.
50:14.302 --> 50:16.805
I heard that
a weekly magazine is preparing
50:16.888 --> 50:19.349
a campaign to expose your past.
50:24.521 --> 50:28.150
Are you scared of falling from the top
of the entertainment industry?
50:32.821 --> 50:34.364
What are you talking about?
50:34.448 --> 50:37.993
You wanted to use me
to fight against the weekly magazine
50:39.202 --> 50:40.328
by using my book.
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To me, books aren't
just a way to earn a living.
50:50.714 --> 50:52.758
They're why I exist.
50:53.258 --> 50:54.760
The very reason why I live.
51:07.022 --> 51:09.775
Don't you have any regrets in life?
51:12.778 --> 51:15.280
If I had to name one,
51:15.906 --> 51:18.533
it's that I didn't have a child.
51:19.493 --> 51:20.994
Anything else?
51:21.078 --> 51:22.537
Not a single one.
51:22.621 --> 51:23.497
Not one?
51:23.580 --> 51:24.748
Yes.
51:24.831 --> 51:26.333
Really?
51:26.416 --> 51:27.250
Yes.
51:31.296 --> 51:32.923
The protagonist in my book
51:33.006 --> 51:38.386
knew better than anyone
the pain of being deceived and preyed on.
51:39.721 --> 51:42.432
So when she begins to deceive others,
51:42.516 --> 51:46.520
she regretted it countless times
as the guilt tormented her.
51:47.145 --> 51:49.189
Time after time again.
51:50.232 --> 51:52.484
But there was no going back.
51:52.984 --> 51:55.946
She was held captive
by the magical power of money.
51:56.988 --> 51:59.991
She could only push forward
and seal her weak self away.
52:03.954 --> 52:06.039
Didn't you feel the same?
52:10.293 --> 52:13.588
I did whatever it took to make money.
52:14.256 --> 52:16.925
I did whatever it took to succeed.
52:17.008 --> 52:18.969
What's so wrong with that?
52:19.803 --> 52:21.304
I don't regret a thing.
52:24.724 --> 52:26.226
You know what?
52:26.726 --> 52:29.020
I will never forgive
anyone who slanders me.
52:29.104 --> 52:32.649
I will never lose to anyone
who tries to pull me down.
52:32.732 --> 52:34.609
That is my way of life.
52:34.693 --> 52:36.653
That is Kazuko Hosoki.
52:48.123 --> 52:51.168
I have nothing else to say to you.
52:52.878 --> 52:53.837
You can leave now.
52:59.885 --> 53:03.263
You said you enjoyed my book.
53:04.055 --> 53:05.765
Did you mean it?
53:10.562 --> 53:11.646
Yes.
53:14.191 --> 53:15.942
But that's because
53:16.735 --> 53:18.904
my life story is interesting.
53:20.572 --> 53:23.283
All you did was trace over it.
53:25.410 --> 53:29.331
I endured countless hardships until now.
53:29.414 --> 53:32.042
I've suffered pain beyond belief.
53:32.542 --> 53:34.920
But I never gave in.
53:36.046 --> 53:40.717
No matter what it took,
I opened a way forward.
53:41.927 --> 53:44.638
That's why my words have power.
53:44.721 --> 53:46.514
Why the people listen to me.
53:48.892 --> 53:51.728
Whatever story you create,
53:52.479 --> 53:54.689
will it have that kind of power?
54:02.614 --> 54:04.157
I don't know.
54:06.868 --> 54:08.912
But I'll write one someday, for sure.
54:10.914 --> 54:13.041
Then give it your best shot.
54:14.918 --> 54:16.002
I will.
54:21.424 --> 54:22.676
Minori.
54:25.637 --> 54:27.681
Real tears
54:28.181 --> 54:30.350
should be shed when no one's around.
54:37.190 --> 54:38.525
Take care.
54:39.150 --> 54:41.695
Because your Great Calamity Period
is about to begin.
54:44.739 --> 54:46.992
I don't believe in fortune-telling.
55:20.275 --> 55:21.735
Hello?
55:21.818 --> 55:24.487
Mommy, are you still working?
55:24.988 --> 55:26.281
I just finished.
55:26.990 --> 55:28.366
It's all over.
55:28.450 --> 55:30.243
Are you coming home now?
55:30.744 --> 55:31.578
Yeah.
55:32.495 --> 55:34.581
I'll hurry home, so wait for me.
55:34.664 --> 55:35.832
Okay.
55:36.333 --> 55:37.459
Bye then.
56:15.163 --> 56:16.081
Tiara?
56:18.041 --> 56:19.459
Tiara?
56:32.931 --> 56:34.474
Tiara?
56:38.144 --> 56:39.020
Tiara?
56:44.025 --> 56:45.402
Tiara?
56:52.117 --> 56:52.951
Tiara.
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Where did she go?
57:02.210 --> 57:03.378
Tiara.
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Tiara?
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Tiara.
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You're going straight to hell.
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I've seen hell many times.
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It doesn't scare me one bit.
58:23.875 --> 58:25.502
In 2006,
58:26.002 --> 58:31.007
Weekly Gendai published articles
against Kazuko Hosoki for 15 weeks.
58:31.591 --> 58:34.928
Kazuko's past scandals
were brought to light.
58:36.429 --> 58:39.891
Kazuko was forced to step down
from her regular TV programs,
58:39.974 --> 58:44.479
completely disappearing
from the limelight.
58:49.984 --> 58:51.444
However...
58:52.737 --> 58:55.823
she continued her work
as a fortune teller.
58:55.907 --> 58:59.035
She started a mobile website
on Six-Star Astrology,
58:59.118 --> 59:01.829
earning ten times more
than what she earned on TV,
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reaching over seven billion a year.
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She adopted her niece in her later years,
59:08.503 --> 59:12.715
living a peaceful life
surrounded by family.
59:13.508 --> 59:15.218
Kazuko Hosoki
59:15.718 --> 59:17.428
managed to get
59:18.179 --> 59:20.598
everything she wanted.
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KAZUKO HOSOKI
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DIED NOVEMBER 8TH, 2021
AGE 83
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Subtitle translation by: Chul Woong Kim