Kyôko Kishida credited as playing...
Woman
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: Living here is like building a house on water when a boat would make more sense. Such rigid thinking. It has to be a house or nothing at all.
- Woman: But don't you want to go home too?
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: That's different.
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: I don't get it. Doesn't all this seem pointless to you? Are you shoveling sand to live or living to shovel sand?
- Woman: I know it's not as fun as Tokyo.
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: I'm not talking about Tokyo!
- Woman: There's nothing for me to do on the outside.
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: You could walk around.
- Woman: Walk around?
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: Yes! It's great to walk around freely!
- Woman: Isn't it exhausting, just walking around aimlessly?
- Woman: I'm so frightened every morning when I go to sleep that I'll wake up alone again. That really frightens me.
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: Shall I - brush off the sand?
- Woman: But, aren't all the city girls prettier than me?
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: Nonsense! Give me the cloth.
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: This isn't funny! Even dogs go crazy chained up all day! And we're human beings!
- Woman: But you see, if it wasn't for the sand, no one would bother about me. Isn't that right?
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: How can you stand being trapped like this?
- Woman: This is my home.
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: Then demand your rights.
- Woman: But you do understand, don't you?
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: Understand? What's there to understand?
- Woman: But you know...
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: Where is everyone? Your family?
- Woman: I live alone. Last year a storm swallowed up my husband and daughter.
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: Swallowed up?
- Woman: The sand roared down like a waterfall. He went out to save the chicken coop.
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: And got buried?
- Woman: It was a horrible gale.
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: That's awful. That's really awful.
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: I failed.
- Woman: Shall I wipe you off?
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: I didn't know the geography, that's why.
- Woman: This village has real local spirit.
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: What kind of spirit?
- Woman: Love of our birthplace.
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: I see, a good thing, indeed!
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: Isn't my underwear dry yet?
- Woman: You shouldn't wear anything in bed.
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: Why not?
- Woman: You'll get rashes from the sand.
- Entomologist Niki Jumpei: Rashes?
- Woman: The sand draws moisture.