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Format: Layer, Start, End, Style, Name, MarginL, MarginR, MarginV, Effect, Text
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.36,0:00:19.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always wanted to have
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.30,0:00:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our own house.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.76,0:00:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I met John
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.64,0:00:57.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was the first\Nforeigner
Dialogue: 0,0:00:57.80,0:00:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I ever met in my life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.93,0:01:01.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was working for the
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.63,0:01:02.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Associated Press.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.90,0:01:04.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was a foreign\Ncorrespondent.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.07,0:01:09.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was writing a lot\Nabout Japan
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.37,0:01:10.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and about China.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.33,0:01:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day we heard
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.37,0:01:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that an old farmhouse
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.12,0:01:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was about to be\Ndestroyed.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.73,0:01:32.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When we got there,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.05,0:01:35.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's like being sent\Nby time machine
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.18,0:01:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back to 18th century.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.13,0:01:42.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John and I fell in love
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.09,0:01:44.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this farmhouse\Nat the first sight.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.58,0:01:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Japanese farmhouses
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.27,0:01:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are dark.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.53,0:01:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gradually you\Ncan start seeing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.00,0:02:00.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've never seen\Ncrossbeams like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.56,0:02:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wow, very spacious and
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.94,0:02:05.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,very high ceiling.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.93,0:02:09.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, this is great!",\NI thought.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.64,0:02:10.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just instinct.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.88,0:02:13.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The aroma of this house
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.45,0:02:14.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.72,0:02:16.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Smell of the earth,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.04,0:02:17.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,smell of the wood,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.10,0:02:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,smell of the smoke,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.11,0:02:19.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little bit.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.47,0:02:22.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt life,\Nvery healthy life,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.19,0:02:23.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,being led in that space.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.71,0:02:28.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I said: "We
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.02,0:02:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,should get this\Nfarmhouse and
Dialogue: 0,0:02:29.46,0:02:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,transport it to somewhere
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.40,0:02:33.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we can build\Nour own home."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.93,0:02:50.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, when I look at
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.54,0:02:51.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,these photographs,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.69,0:02:54.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,definitely it's not\Nyesterday.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.22,0:02:58.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's --\NIt's long ago.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.77,0:03:13.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the beginning I said:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.68,0:03:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let's talk for two days\NJapanese and
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.70,0:03:16.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for two days English."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.94,0:03:18.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we got exited
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.11,0:03:19.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we always ended up
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.22,0:03:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,talking English.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.99,0:03:27.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an old AP office.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.44,0:03:30.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He started to work\Nhere since 1959.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.20,0:03:32.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he had little
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.57,0:03:33.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mustache and
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.79,0:03:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he always enjoyed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.43,0:03:36.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a good cigar.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.66,0:03:44.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't know much\Nabout the countryside
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.15,0:03:45.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of Japan.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.62,0:03:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I took him to Gifu
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.60,0:03:51.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where my family is.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.44,0:03:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He became like a member
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.84,0:03:54.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of our family
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.60,0:03:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he adopted me
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.50,0:03:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as his son.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.22,0:04:16.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We got the house.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.27,0:04:17.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But no land.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.74,0:04:20.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we looked, looked
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.36,0:04:21.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and looked.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:21.73,0:04:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was either too far\Naway
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.07,0:04:26.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for him to commute\Nto AP office in Tokyo,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:26.22,0:04:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or too expensive.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.75,0:04:30.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We came up the hill.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.69,0:04:32.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We saw this view\Nof the ocean.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.94,0:04:35.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Breathtaking!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.18,0:04:37.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We must buy\Nthis property.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.64,0:04:46.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Moving old farmhouse
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.40,0:04:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come Kamakura
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.48,0:04:48.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a big undertaking.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.41,0:04:54.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This long beam is about
Dialogue: 0,0:04:54.59,0:04:55.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,50 feet long.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.37,0:04:57.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One piece of the wood.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.27,0:05:00.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As we come to the curve
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.39,0:05:02.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we moved the wood
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.34,0:05:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we gradually,\Ngradually
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.03,0:05:05.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,came up here.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.35,0:05:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John was very popular
Dialogue: 0,0:05:17.41,0:05:18.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,amongst not only
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.75,0:05:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,carpenters,\Nbut everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.70,0:05:23.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he made the people\Nalways laugh
Dialogue: 0,0:05:23.74,0:05:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within his limited\NJapanese.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.85,0:05:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was a very\Nexiting time.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:41.89,0:05:43.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see the formation
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.48,0:05:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the roof beams
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.65,0:05:47.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in this form\Nof prayer's hands.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.59,0:05:51.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Buddhism\Nwe pray like this.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:57.18,0:05:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When the roof\Nis completed
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.50,0:05:59.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we celebrate.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.58,0:06:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the whole idea is to\Nask God to descend
Dialogue: 0,0:06:04.74,0:06:08.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on this new house to\Nprotect the house,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.23,0:06:10.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,family,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.42,0:06:16.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and always with salt\Nand saké
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.17,0:06:17.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the sake\Nof this happy
Dialogue: 0,0:06:17.98,0:06:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,house: Kampai.\NEveryone drinks.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.07,0:06:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every day was\Na happy occasion.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.71,0:06:43.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We completed the house
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.47,0:06:45.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in June of 1967.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.35,0:06:48.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So 41 years we\Nhave been living here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.00,0:06:55.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Minka has a space
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.38,0:06:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is mysterious.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:58.16,0:06:59.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People come and
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.23,0:07:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't leave.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.11,0:07:07.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are close to nature
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.83,0:07:09.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Minka architecture,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.10,0:07:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:17.48,0:07:19.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Large post and beams.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:21.05,0:07:22.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we feel secured.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.77,0:07:45.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think,\Nthis Minka brought him
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.82,0:07:47.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a peace of mind
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.41,0:07:49.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in a way that this is
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.71,0:07:51.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his own home
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.76,0:07:54.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm here.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.69,0:07:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Before coming here
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.93,0:08:02.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was ready to go\Nto any part of the world
Dialogue: 0,0:08:02.21,0:08:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at any time when\NAP head office says.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:07.65,0:08:09.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the time went by,\NI think,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.02,0:08:10.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that this Minka made
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.82,0:08:12.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,him stay in Tokyo office.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:13.63,0:08:14.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He settled here.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:22.76,0:08:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you see?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.15,0:08:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John loved the people
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.20,0:08:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the story,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.50,0:08:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stories about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.01,0:08:51.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So this is a perfect\Nplace for
Dialogue: 0,0:08:54.79,0:08:56.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John to interview people.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.99,0:08:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Both private or public,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.50,0:08:59.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or whatever.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.80,0:09:01.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hmm.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:05.59,0:09:08.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He always liked red wine.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.15,0:09:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Big bottle.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.52,0:09:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He consumed sometimes\Nmany.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:12.76,0:09:14.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many empty bottles.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.00,0:09:18.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh gosh.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.61,0:09:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a short poem wishing
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.51,0:09:35.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the house\Ndoesn't catch fire.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.15,0:09:43.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Good day of June,\N1734.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.20,0:10:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I did this -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.63,0:10:13.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John's Minka -
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.13,0:10:14.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was not thinking of
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.34,0:10:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becoming an architect,\Nyet,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.68,0:10:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at that time.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.20,0:10:19.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Later,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.67,0:10:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I got clients for
Dialogue: 0,0:10:21.51,0:10:23.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this type\Nof architecture.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.47,0:11:25.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I see really good\Nhouses
Dialogue: 0,0:11:25.88,0:11:26.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when I fall in love
Dialogue: 0,0:11:26.98,0:11:28.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this Minka
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.11,0:11:30.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get this house\Ndismantled
Dialogue: 0,0:11:30.17,0:11:32.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and store\Nit in my storage
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.41,0:11:35.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for someone\Nwho might say,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.04,0:11:36.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I need a Minka."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.96,0:12:13.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Over here
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.38,0:12:14.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is my graveyard.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.86,0:12:17.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not mine,\Nbut Minka's graveyard,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:17.46,0:12:19.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for Minkas.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:21.78,0:12:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One day they\Nwill turn into earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.13,0:12:36.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The world of wood
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.55,0:12:38.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they are standing
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.77,0:12:42.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when they are\Nstanding
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.84,0:12:45.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the end as a house
Dialogue: 0,0:12:47.17,0:12:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and laying here\Nto be buried.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.79,0:12:54.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like many things
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.91,0:12:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there is always End\Nof Life
Dialogue: 0,0:12:58.76,0:13:01.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they have just\Nabout to finish it.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.34,0:13:54.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is an important
Dialogue: 0,0:13:54.41,0:13:55.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,photograph I took,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.84,0:13:57.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I said the farewell
Dialogue: 0,0:13:57.00,0:13:58.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,goodbye to John.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:58.34,0:13:59.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I always thought
Dialogue: 0,0:14:00.86,0:14:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was smiling at me.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:03.91,0:14:05.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when I enlarged
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.32,0:14:07.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this photo\Nand when I looked
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.03,0:14:09.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at him very carfully
Dialogue: 0,0:14:10.91,0:14:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I could see in his eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.08,0:14:16.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something much deeper.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.63,0:14:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time I come here
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.95,0:14:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to this room I greet him.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.52,0:14:27.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I say,\N"[speaking Japanese],
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.75,0:15:37.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm here, back at home."