------------------------- Golden Boy ------------------------- Y'know, there're a lot of people who sing along with their Walkmans... ...and never realize how stupid they look. What a weirdo! Yeah, really! My name is Kintaro Oe. I'm a 25-year-old "freeter"... ...an easygoing guy who floats from job to job. Right now, I'm on my way to a new job. I wonder what it'll be like. Man, I can't wait! I knew I shouldn't have been listening to my Walkman. Are you okay? Bbboing... bbboing... bbboing... Are you hurt? Unbelievable! I'm fine! God! What a mess! I'd better clean this up... That's good. Good? Yeah, that's really good! Here, this is for any cleaning or medical expenses... ...and a new bike. Th... Th... This is... Ten thousand dollars! Well, I'm in a real hurry, so... Wait a minute! I can't take this! Keep your filthy hands off me. Yes, ma'am. Uh... yes? From now on, little boy, stay on the sidewalk. Yes, ma'am. Hey, what a learning experience. Got it. The pedal is bent. Hey, son, hold that side. Yes, sir. All right, it's fixed. Thank you. So how much will it be? It's all right. It wasn't that badly damaged anyway. But... It's okay. Just be sure to come to me when your kids need bikes. Thanks! Be careful, kid! Old man, did you get the money? Could I have just a little longer, please? Forget it! Those guys are...! Please, have a heart... I ain't no errand boy, gramps! Hey, don't be so rough. Hey! Didn't you hear me?! Stop that! Mister, we're businessmen, but you're trying my patience. Look, even Buddha can only be tried so far... ...and we've been more patient than him. I see, even Yakuza use proverbs. This is so educational. Excuse me... I'm Mr. Oe. I called yesterday. Oh, you must be the new one. Follow me. Okay! As you see, our company writes business application software. Wow, the wind that passes through here... ...smells like spring. What a refreshing place to work. Ms. President, this is the new guy. Nice to meet you, ma'am. I'm Oe, the new guy! That boing... boing... is... That scary woman is... The President?! Oh, I wanted to say thanks for earlier today... Oh, shit... Toilet cleaning. It's toilet cleaning for you! I wonder if the President hates me or somethg. I even studied computers for this, you know... But she's so awesome! I'm starting to feel a seriously deep admiration for her. She's so beautiful and her body is HOT. She smells good and she's got a brain to boot... She's obviously very talented, so aggressive and so rich... ...and she even drives a Ferrari and, oh God, I'm going to...! You must call me Mistress! Mistress! Please enslave me forever! Our beautiful President sits here and her assets are... Her ass-ets are... No! I mustn't think about things like that...! But... But my body... I can't help it! I can't control my body and... I'm going to rub against it and rub, rub, rub... Oh! How naughty! My Mistress showers me with her delight! What's this? Are you some kind of pervert or something? Oh! I'm sorry, my Lady! My Lady? What are you talking about? Oh, shit! She hates me now! This is terrible! I'm going to be fired! I'm sorry but... Our company and you... Oh! What a miserable existence this is! I was so excited about this job I even studied computers... ...all night, night after night. But all I'm ordered to do is clean toilets?! It's not fair! This was my destiny! I love computers! I really love computers! LSI... CPU... Simple yet complicated circuits printed on a micro world! I want to work! I want to write programs! Before you criticize me, at least test my abilities first! Go right ahead. All right! Okay! The time has come to show off my computer skills. Since I didn't have a computer, I made a keyboard out of paper. Ah, those were tough times. All of it, just for this moment! What's the matter? Hurry up! It's all ready. Oh... Check this out! What the hell is this?! Excuse me... Isn't this BASIC? You're totally lost, aren't you? We're professionals, you know. We don't use a beginners' programming language like BASIC. What?! Then what do you use? C, Assembler or maybe Smalltalk. C! C... C...? So... if "A" is for kissing... and "B" is for petting... Then "C" is for... C is... TELL ME !! Tell me! Tell me! What do you get with C?! No job for you! Someone as unstable as you isn't suited for our company. There is no longer any reason for you to be here. No... what a merciless look! I said to get out of here! Young men today are all talk, with no sense of responsibility. Wait a minute, Ms. President! It may not be today, but a beautiful sunrise lies just over the horizon. Sunrise? What do you mean? I'll tackle even the worst job head on with a great attitude! You don't even have to pay me! Please give me a chance! I'll have the patience of Moses! Don't you mean Buddha? Well, do whatever you want. But don't distract the others. Thank you. Excuse me, but could you tell me something about that "C" thing? Oh, sure. "C" is a fundamental computer language... ...which is closer to Assembler and machine language... ...than BASIC or Fortran and... I see... Nothing to do with sex, huh? Nothing! How educational! There. Smells like spring... It would be really tough to quit this job! Right? Do you like to watch? Am I bothering you? No. It's all right. I see. Here's your coffee. Thank you. By the way, exactly what were you talking about just now? Well, we were just saying that we need a new concept. This is delicious. For example, we need something that makes difficult things easier for kids. This is so educational. Our President is so fluent in English. Yes, the software we're writing now is for an American movie company. A venture company like ours... ...can only hope for a big break in places like America. What about in Japan? The scale is different. If the profit margins are the same... ...why not go for the bigger market? Working hard? Ms. President! Aren't you scared? No, not at all. I've worked as a window cleaner before. I see. Be careful. Boing... boing... Yes! It feels so good! Feels so good... I'll do a really good job! Study! La, la, la! Study! Life is one big classroom! This is... A black bra! Life is one big mystery. Time to learn more. Oh, really! You know, I heard about a really nice restaurant yesterday. Tell me! Where is it? Please don't let me get caught! But... This is so educational. Let's go home. Hey, this one is still on too. Let's see... no switch? I know... All I need to do is unplug it. Okay! We must not use energy when we don't need to. There are so many who don't care about company expenses, but you're different! You're the best! Well! Please, Ms. President, calm down! I can see your nipples... Just joking! Really! I can do that too? I hear the desperate cry of a lady! What happened, Ms. President? Who the hell pulled the plug out from the server?! Wow! Thank you for turning it off for me! YES! I DID IT! Why the hell did you do that?! Why did you erase software that took me three months to write?! The delivery date is tomorrow! Even if they give us more time, we won't get more than a week! What the hell are we going to do?! Didn't you take some notes? Look, I take notes about all kinds of important stuff. If you hadn't disconnected the electricity, the program wouldn't be lost! What did you do that for?! We lost a lot more than a stupid notebook! These notes are... These notes are... ...more precious than my life! No amount of money can buy information like this! Oh, shit! Get out... ...of my sight! I thought you had potential, but you're totally worthless. Please forgive me. Don't lose confidence in me. I can't leave after causing this much trouble. Only a real, mature, independent man can use words like that. I'll do anything. If you want me to lick your shoes, I'll do it. If you want me to wipe your ass, I'll do it. I know you don't have to worry about money... ...since you pulled that fake accident and got $10,000. I... I already spent the whole thing. You good-for-nothing bastard! Don't mess with me, you worthless little piece of shit! Please forgive me! This is no good. We're not going to make it. It took three whole months to create that program... Will our company suffer its first defeat? Ms. President! Ms. President! What are you yelling for? It's making my head ring. Everyone, come here! Please, take a look. What? This is... ...the program Kintaro erased. Why do we have it here? Did somebody make a backup? Not really... I just loaded a diskette Kintaro brought me. What?! I've got it! We were fooled by Kintaro! That punk intentionally pulled the plug out... After he downloaded the program! He must have been laughing his ass off... ...watching us struggle after we lost the program! It was just an act to trick us! No wonder he was so damn polite! I won't let him get away with this! Where is... Kintaro?! I saw him at the gate, cleaning... I'll kill him! Wait a minute, Ms. President! This program is different from ours, ma'am. What? Although it's different, all the client's requirements are met. Let me see it. That's right. It's different. This one is much more user-friendly than ours. It's so much fun... ...like the images were converted into forms... I didn't know you could do it this way... It's easy to understand, just by looking at it. I think even a novice could use this without a manual. This is an interesting idea. Look at the delete icon. The flower in the vase grows bigger when data is trashed. There's a wizard at the top, helping us with instructions! This makes a lot of sense. Who did this? Well, could this be by... Is she saying Kintaro did this? No way! He wasn't all talk, after all. This is great. I can't believe he did all this in one week. I remember he was a quick learner. Kintaro Oe, he was abused, acted foolishly and irresponsibly... ...and left without letting us know where he was going. But behind the mask, he was superior to any of us... ...a truly responsible and well-rounded man. Don't make me laugh! This is too incredible! This is too good to be true! Did you say he's at the gate? He has to prove it to me. He's not here. Excuse... Excuse me... May I help you? Is there a young man who wears a cap... ...and rides a mountain bike working at this company? That must be Kintaro. The other day, when we were in trouble, he loaned us $10,000... ...but he didn't leave his name or anything. Since then, I saw him go in and out of here, I thought... He gave the money to an elderly couple, just like that? Ms. President... Ms. President, where...? Please take care of things. Please? Ms. President! Kintaro... You're really... I can still make it. -Kintaro Oe, at the age of 25... -Study, study, study, study... left the Tokyo University Department of Law before graduating. However, it was a self-imposed leave of absence... ...as he had already finished all the required degree courses. Since then, he has changed jobs many times; by doing so... ...he continues to learn about life and the human condition. Riding his favorite bike, the Crescent Moon, he keeps moving. And perhaps, someday, he may save Japan, or even the world... JAPANESE VOCAL CAST Kintaro Oe... MITUO IWATA President... HIROMI TSURU Girl A... KIKUKO INOUE Girl B... JUNKO IWATO Girl C... MIKI TAKAHASHI Girl D... JUNKO SHIMAKATA Girl E... MIKA KANAI Bicycle Shop Man... TATSUYUKI ISHIMORI Bicycle Shop Woman... TAKUMI KUREBAYA Thug A... TATSUYA EGAWA Thug B... HAJIME KOSEKI Narration... GORO NAYA Closed-Captioned By Captions, Inc. Los Angeles Captions and Timing by... JANICE WILLIAMS DAN ROCKWELL