Haiku reader Quotes in My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999)

[Nonoko went missing and has been found]

Haiku reader: Joyful laughter breaks the silence of an autumn eve.

[Takashi takes a picture of his family without them noticing]

Haiku reader: A lone figure / back turned / receding into the mist.

[Grandma goes to see a dying friend at the hospital]

Haiku reader: No sign of Death's approach in the cicadas' voices.

[Noboru receives a call from a girlfriend]

Haiku reader: The scent of plums / on a mountain path / suddenly dawn.

[Mr Yamada eats dinner while his wife watches TV]

Haiku reader: Turn towards me / I'm lonely too / the Autumn dusk.

[Takashi imagines that he is a hero]

Haiku reader: How cruel, / a grasshopper trapped / under a warrior's helmet.

[the Yamadas walk off into the sunset]

Haiku reader: The ocean in spring / the gentle rolling of the waves / all day long.

[the Yamada family meets Takashi on his way home and they return together]

Haiku reader: A spring shower / dressed for rain / talking as they go.

Haiku reader: Fleeting dreams / an octopus making its home in a trap / a summer moon.