[Kumiko and Daniel catch up after seeing each other again at Tomi Village Green]
KumikoAfter graduation, I joined the Hijikata Tatsumi Dance Company and we traveled all around the world, Sydney, Paris, Singapore..
So you got your dream. That's terrific. You got a favorite place?
Kumiko
Hai, London.
Ah, let me guess, the tea.
Kumiko
[laughs at the English tea reference] No, I got to see the Cranberries open up for Radiohead; 1995, they played Zombie, Linger and Dreams.
[short pause] So when did you start teaching?
Kumiko
After I moved back to Okinawa, Aunt Yukie got sick, and this has always been my home.
I'm sorry to hear she passed. I know she was proud of you.
Kumiko
Arigato... although I know she wanted me to get married, I stayed - what was your word for it, a free agent?
Come on, I'm supposed to believe that a guy never got a ring on that finger?
Kumiko
Many tried, but... none of them fought to the death for me.
It's a hard act to follow!
Kumiko
Salut.
I'm sorry this is absolutely surreal. I feel like I haven't seen you in like five minutes, but its been over 30 years... [Kumiko nods in assent] 30 years!
Kumiko
Maybe if we had Facebook and Instagram back then, we would have never lost touch. [pauses] Why did you come back to Okinawa, Daniel-san?
I told you my business is, not bad..
Kumiko
No. Why did you really come back?
I got my dream too, you know. I have an incredible family. I have my own business, I should be counting my blessings, but so many things have been going sideways for me lately, everybody looks to me for answers, and I'm spinning around so much I can't tell which way is up.
Kumiko
I used to have this nightmare that I had to go on stage and did not know the choreography. I felt out of control.
Exactly. I used to go to Mr Miyagi for help, but you know, I'm the same age now as Mr Miyagi was when he met me. He had it all figured out, I wish he could be here to help guide me.
Kumiko
[face lights up] I think I can make it happen.
[At Yukie's old house, Daniel and Kumiko browse through Mr Miyagi's old letters to Yukie but Daniel looks at one particular envelope]
Kumiko
What is it?
This was... this was written the week Mr Miyagi died.
Kumiko
Do you like me to read it?
Kumiko
[translates Japanese text] "One umoyagawa, my sweetheart Yukie. I'm sorry it has been a long time since my last letter. I'm so happy to hear that Kanhizakura is in good health."
Kumiko
Kanhizakura is Okinawan cherry blossom. [reads letter] "I am sorry to tell you that I am back in hospital. Please do not worry. There is nothing to do except watch TV and think. Think about family. Think about us. Think about where I have been and where I am going. In life, I have always looked for signs to show me the right way, but I got lost. Until I met Daniel-san. [Daniel reacts at mention] His kind heart, strong chi, and loyalty and love for those around him is a guiding light to me. I am very proud for the man he has become even though he still has a hard head. [Kumiko sighs but her face changes as the gravity of the words hit her too] I never thought I would have a family again. Daniel-san has welcomed me into his family, and he has passed on what I teach him in Miyagi-Do to his daughter. Samantha... makes me feel like I'm her tanme."
Kumiko
Grandfather. [continues reading] "In life, we always lose our way, but it is people, not the signs, that guide us back to the right path. Do you like that, Yukie? I heard that in a car commercial. [Daniel and Kumiko laugh at the joke] Kanashii, love, Nariyoshi Miyagi."
[looks up after Kumiko puts the letter back in the envelope] Thank you Mr Miyagi. [to Kumiko] Thank you.
Kumiko
[presents him the letter] Arigato.
[Daniel meets Kumiko and is curious about her female companion]
Kumiko
Friend of ours.
WWoman
Don't worry it's been a long time since we met. I was a child then and it was during a typhoon.
[remembers the girl he rescued] Yuna?!?!
Are you kidding me?! How could I forget? [embraces her] Oh my God, how have you been? Your English is so perfect.
YYuna
Good, thank you. I work in international sales. Perfect English comes in handy. [nods to Kumiko]
Sales, wow that's great, same here. Well maybe not for much longer, but who do you work for?
What, you work for Doyona?
YYuna
Senior vice-president of sales for Doyona International.
Kumiko
[when Daniel looks at her, thinking she delivered for him again] Like auntie Yukie said, nan kurenai-sa- put good out into the world and good will come back to you.
Mr Miyagi was right for loving her. [Kumiko smiles at him. to Yuna] So Yuna, can I buy you a drink?
YYuna
I should hope so, Daniel-san. I'm about to save your business.
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