Paris International Fantastic Film Festival 1988 special entry
Cut the crap.
Let me down!
Geez!
Someone help me!
Let me down from here!
What are you thinking?
Help!
Monday, August 3, the end of the first week of my vacation.
I had a close shave on the reptile planet.
I guess my father was telling the truth.
This chastity belt detects evil intent.
Don't take it off. Much of the universe is still dangerous.
Don't stray too far.
I'm fed up with uncivilized planets.
Next, I'm going to go to Earth, where it is likely to someday become civilized.
This is no ordinary tooth.
Open up!
Wider!
Look, it's beautiful.
Not yet!
Oops, I forgot! You're done!
Get up! Quit monkeying around!
Don't forget your stuff!
- Get out! - I haven't paid.
It's free today!
I forgot my encyclopedia of insects.
It's over there! Take it and get out!
Leave the bib.
Get out! Go!
What the Hell?!!
Why is this happening to you?!
I don't know! What is that?!
Maybe it's chasing me.
You go that way.
Help!
Time to roll!
You need me to save you, don't you?
- Of course! - Then hold this.
I need to rescue someone.
I don't speak Japanese.
Darn.
I can only speak Japanese.
Use this.
- This, here. - Geisha girl?
- Are you a geisha girl? - Okay.
Great geisha girl.
Help!
Come this way.
She's a small geisha girl.
- Who are you? - Run away!
That hurts!
Are you all right?
Thanks.
A chastity belt?
That's right. It responds to evil intent and gives me superpowers.
Wow, was it made in Japan?
Something like that.
Jeepers, that's neat-o!
It's funny that it doesn't respond at all to you.
Aren't you interested in me?
What do you mean?
Don't you like girls?
What's with the third degree?!
Ooh, a bug!
It's a butterfly of the pieris rapae species.
They're usually not out this time of year.
Your smell must've attracted it.
I know more about insects than anyone at school.
He's a weird one.
I have to save him again?!
Help!
Where did you hide it?
I really don't know!
I don't understand what's going on!
Don't try playing dumb!
That's my dentist.
He's a confederate of mine.
He entrusted you with a small stone.
Tell me the truth!
I can't!
I'm telling you the truth!
I don't want to get rough with you.
Look, we're both Japanese..
and of the same blood.
You must be embittered by Japan's defeat.
Japan's defeat?
We lost to the US, remember?
The Great East Asian War.
- Oh, WWI? - WWII, idiot!
You're pathetic.
What I am going to show you is top secret...
Shocking, no?
This island has an underground fortress.
I've spent the 84 years of my life perfecting it.
It wasn't easy,
but I diverted the imperial navy's entire fortune to this island,
and gradually built it, through years of diligent work.
I see...
That's why Japan lost the war.
No, you imbecile!
Japan hasn't lost yet.
Haven't you read this scroll?
"When Izanagi and Izanami created Japan,
"the liquid that dripped from the tip of their spear...
"One drop did not become a part of Honshu,
but became a shining stone that sank to the bottom of the sea.
"The one who holds this stone will control all of the land."
You stole the stone that will be...
the trump card that will assure Japan's victory.
I really don't know anything.
So, you won't talk...
It's your turn!
Hold on!
Wait!
Help me!
Colonel Arashiyama!
What?
- We have an intruder. - Let me go!
How did you get here?
I brought this.
- Oh, my encyclopedia of insects. - Now I understand...
Frisk her!
- What are you doing?! - Frisking you!
Excuse me...
You care to confess?
No, I just think you should stop.
Shut up!
I tried to tell you!
Here you go.
- Let's go, Koh. - Don't move!
I shot him!
Are you all right?
Apparently so.
Let's go.
What a pain in my butt!
Tsutenkaku #1 activate!
Go get that boy's front tooth!
By any means necessary, but I want the girl alive!
Hurry up!
Wait!
Hurry!
Wait up!
He looks strong!
Ouch!
I doubt he can climb trees.
Run!
- Let's fly! - I can't fly!
- We can ride that. - We're saved!
Drat!
Give me a break!
Hey! Wait!
Hey, what are you doing?!
Why did you turn back?
That steel bikini is hot in the summer.
- It's hot today. - Just a second!
Which is more important, being comfortable or staying alive?!
We might be killed here!
Men shouldn't talk so much.
You could thank me for saving your life.
You're like a baby.
And my scooter was totaled, and it's humid out.
Whose fault do you think that is?
I didn't ask you to come here!
Coming to save me was your idea!
So that's how it is?
Then I won't ever save you again.
I don't care where you go.
Eek, a bug!
A butterfly!
You're weird!
What kind is it?
Wait up!
Wait!
You coward, running and leaving a girl behind!
- What a thing to say! - Get away from me!
- I'm doing my best! - What is that?!
- It's a dung beetle! - You can count me out!
It's huge!
- It's still alive! - No way! - It isn't possible!
What's wrong?!
Let's go!
What is this?!
It's spider silk.
I'll use my magnifying glass.
Hurry!
- Hurry! - Almost there!
Let's go!
It's fruit.
You never told me your name.
It's Eikojamanawatasan.
- What? - Just call me Eiko for short.
My name's Koh Abe.
- Koh Abe? - It's an odd name.
Just call me Koh.
Your front tooth is missing.
I must've lost my false tooth.
I must've lost it in a piece of fruit.
It was a false tooth?
It had a wire attached to it,
so it should be easy to find.
There it is.
Is it a bug again?
Let me go! Help!
Koh, help me!
Eiko!
Let go of Eiko, you bastard!
Koh! Koh!
Pull yourself together!
Koh!
Koh! Help!
It looks good on you.
- You dressed me like this? - Do you like it?
Where's Koh?
Koh!
This is where the fun begins.
What is it?
Isn't it wonderful?
I spent the entire 84 years of my life developing...
the robot Tanegashima #4 to attack Moscow.
Koh!
If I can use this to attack Moscow,
it will plunge the world into a nuclear war!
You'll die too.
Don't you understand that?
Actually, no I won't.
There's a power unit under the island.
Do you know why?
So the island can float in the air!
I will put a barrier over the Japanese archipelago.
I spent 84 years perfecting it.
Japan will be spared nuclear annihilation,
and I will be made king!
And you will be my princess!
I have plenty of money to make you my queen.
You will be my wife, won't you?
OK.
- Really? - I love millionaires.
That's good.
I'll buy you anything!
I'll be the king of the world!
There's just one thing...
What is it?
You're very old and lack vitality.
Don't worry about that...
I have spent 84 years perfecting...
the Super Drink 5.2.
Look, it's working!
Well, then...
I told you not to push yourself. Goodbye.
You bitch!
Are you OK?
- Eiko? - Get out of here!
A real man doesn't run!
- Go! - Yes! Yes!
Ouch!
Let me go!
- Eiko! - Koh!
- What are you doing? - He was here when I arrived.
I told him to fly the jet and he did.
He does whatever you tell him.
Hurry, escape!
We're in trouble!
It's an earthquake!
Look, we're descending!
Hey, what's happening?!
The earth is rising!
This is excellent!
This is the culmination of 84 years of work!
Let's go back to Japan.
I don't want to have anything to do with this island!
We have to stop this island!
I'm taking control of the jet. Hold tight.
We're off!
Watch out!
This will do it.
It's not working!
What about this?
Hand it over.
The stone will be lost!
- OK, let's go! - Hurry!
Drat, I have to do it all over again!
Colonel, let's just give up.
Good boys don't give up!
I had no idea you could fly so well.
Of course, I've piloted a spaceship so many times.
- What?! - Nothing!
Did you get here by spaceship?
- Are you an alien? - Nope.
Drive properly!
Are we out of fuel?
Out of fuel, ejecting.
We're lucky the jet had a boat onboard.
Hey, there's an island!
You're right, it's an island!
Come this way!
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Theme song, "Star Virgin" by Rieko Iwama
Featured songs: "Nonstop Dreamer" by Isao Sasaki
"Sex is my Energy" by Eiko Kuroki
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