Woo La La/Transcript

The following is a transcript of the 2009 Universal animated film Woo La La.

Part 1: Prologue/Opening Titles
(Shows Universal Pictures logo)

(Shows Universal Animation Studios logo)

(Fades to black)

Amai: (off-screen) Have you ever felt like you were at a different country with a different culture, but on the same planet?

(The 2D anime-style hand-drawn animated opening sequence begins as the scene fades to the blue sky. The camera pans down to the city skyline of Tokyo.)

Amai: (off-screen) Like you had some good stuff in your country's culture to share with the world... if you could just get people to know them well?

(Pans to Amai's house on a hill near Tokyo where a 5-year-old Amai and his parents are having a peaceful day)

Amai: (off-screen) Then you know exactly where... and when... the story begins. Well, the story begins... at this small house on a hill near the city of Tokyo in Japan, and this story... is about me.

(Zooms in through the window to reveal young Amai watching TV with his parents)

Amai: (off-screen) My name is Amai. You may know me as the sweetest person in Japan, right? Yep, my parents were also sweet.

(Pans to Amai's parents)

Amai: (off-screen) They were a long-time couple a few years before I was born. However, this leads to a problem.

(Pans away from Amai's house and zooms into a building where a greedy collector Warui lives)

Amai: (off-screen) Where there are couples, there's this evil place, the place that comes with an evil person with an evil plan to get rid of romance and love.

(The camera zooms in through the window to reveal Warui. He is throwing darts at pictures of couples on the wall.)

Amai: (off-screen) That... is Warui, a haughty, evil, ruthless, and greedy collector who dislikes couples. He thinks couples, or groups of two lovers, are stupid and have absolutely nothing to do with life in Japan.

(Warui goes to his secret laboratory and visits the statue of a dragon in the statue room)

Amai: (off-screen) Whenever he sees a couple, he brings legendary creatures to life to track them down.

(Warui hits the gong releasing the giant powerful love-hunting red dragon imprisoned inside the stone statue. The dragon breaks free and flies off to track down Amai's parents. The scene cuts back to young Amai and his parents watching TV. The TV screen quickly went to static.)

Amai's Father: What the... what in the Sam Hill is going on here?

Amai's Mother: I don't know.

(The TV screen quickly switched to the news channel)

Japanese News Anchorman: この番組はNHKニュース7のニュースを壊すために中断します. 皆さんが知っているように、ワーイという貪欲なコレクターは、彼が見ているすべての恋人を追跡するために大きな赤いドラゴンを放つようになりました. ドラゴンがあなたを攻撃するため、ドアと窓をすぐにロックする必要があります. すべての定期的にスケジュールされたテレビ番組は、龍がなくなるまで戻らない. それは今のところNHKニュース7です. 良い一日を. (We interrupt this program for breaking news from NHK News 7. As you all know, the greedy collector named Warui has unleashed a big red dragon to track down every couple he sees. We ask that you must lock your doors and windows immediately because the dragon is coming to attack you. All regularly scheduled television programming will not return until the dragon is gone. That's all for now on NHK News 7. Have a good day.)

(The TV screen switched to the SMPTE color bars test screen)

Amai's Father: Oh boy, that's bad!

Amai's Mother: I know!

(Young Amai and his parents are worried about the dragon tracking them down. The scene cuts to the red dragon flying in the sky as he looks for Amai's parents. The dragon sees a house on a hill near Tokyo and flies over there. He then lands on the ground and finds young Amai and his parents. They see the dragon and try to hide, but the dragon busts down the door and is about to attack Amai's parents. His mother turns to her 5-year-old son.)

Amai's Mother: Amai, it's time for you go!

Young Amai: Why?

Amai's Mother: You must get out of this house... because...

Young Amai: Please tell me why you want me to go.

Amai's Mother: (takes a deep breath) It's because the dragon is going to attack me and your father! Amai, this is your chance to escape from that dragon. Now go, get out of here... quickly! Save yourself!

Young Amai: But Mom, I can't leave without you!

Amai's Mother: Amai, listen to me! You must get out of the house and escape from the dragon! It's your only chance to survive! Remember this, Amai! Just remember it! Now go, run away!

(Young Amai slowly walks back, turns around, runs out of the house, and hides in the woods as the red dragon eats his parents. They are never seen again and the red dragon flies away. Young Amai comes out of hiding and walks back to the house only to find out that his parents are slaughtered by the red dragon.)

Amai: (off-screen) The dragon...ate my parents!

(He sadly walks away and enters the city of Tokyo. The scene fades to young Amai sadly walking on the sidewalk.)

Amai: (off-screen) I walked away from the small house on the hill and entered the city of Tokyo where I spend the rest of my life there.

(Young Amai stops to see an orphanage in Tokyo. He slowly moves forward to go take a look at the orphanage. He then knocks on the door. A Japanese orphanage director walks to the front door, and as he opens it, he sees young Amai on the front porch.)

Japanese Orphanage Director: こんにちは. あなたはここで何をしているの？ あなたは紛失していますか？ (Hello. What are you doing here? Are you lost or something?)

(Young Amai nodded)

Japanese Orphanage Director: ああ！ 私はそれを聞いて非常に残念です. 心配しないでください！ 私はあなたを採用するために誰かを見つけるまで、私はあなたの良い世話をします. どうぞ入ってください. (Oh! I'm so sorry to hear that. Don't worry! I'll take good care of you until I find someone to adopt you. Please come in.)

(Young Amai enters the orphanage and the orphanage director closes the front door)

Amai: (off-screen) I went inside the orphanage shortly after the death of my parents. The orphanage director was taking care of me since then.

(The scene fades to the orphanage 2 years later where a 7-year-old Amai was adopted by a 36-year-old woman named Ying Yamada. The two got out of the orphanage and started walking to their apartment.)

Amai: (off-screen) Two years later, I was adopted by my new mother. Her name is Ying Yamada. She adopted me because she's the only person that really knows how to take care of me after my biological parents died.

(Cuts to Ying and her new 7-year-old adoptive son Amai walking on the sidewalk)

Amai: (off-screen) So, she decided to let me stay at her apartment, and she has been taking care of me ever since I was adopted. But there is one question that will change my life and my fate. Will the red dragon ever return if I have a girlfriend who is just as sweet and beautiful as me? No one would ever know... unless it's true.

(Pans up to the blue sky)

Text: UNIVERSAL PICTURES presents

(The text "OOH LA LA" fades in and freezes for 2 seconds. The word "OOH" from "OOH LA LA" is suddenly replaced by another word "WOO", thus creating the film's title "WOO LA LA". The opening sequence ends as the film's title fades away and the scene changes from 2D anime-style hand-drawn animation to 3D CGI animation. The movie begins as the camera pans down to the city skyline of Tokyo many years later.)

Text: 14 Years Later...

(Zooms in through the buildings and pans all the way down to the streets in Tokyo)

Part 2: Amai Goes to Work
(The scene cuts to Amai walking on the sidewalk. He is going to work at Seiko Express Co., Ltd., a Japanese package delivery service company. He walks into the building and puts the time slip into the slot for the time punch clock. It is 9:00 AM and Amai made it just in time for work. He goes inside the elevator and it goes up to the 20th floor of the building. Amai exits the elevator when he got to that floor. He then goes to his office, sits at his desk, and starts doing his work. A few minutes later, however, his boss, the manager of the company, gets inside Amai's office to see him.)

Seiko Express Manager: Hello, Amai. Um, can I talk to you for a second?

Amai: Sure, go ahead.

Seiko Express Manager: I just want to let you know that you...

Amai: Yes?

Seiko Express Manager: Well, you have been working so well, so quick, and... and so hard for the past couple of years. So, I think it's time that I am going to... promote you.

Amai: Wait, really?

Seiko Express Manager: Yes, Amai, really. I'm promoting you to "Supervisor of Package Sorting Department". That way, you'll get to be in charge of all the package sorting, and you'll get to be the boss of each... and every... single package sorter.

Amai: Wow! Really?

Seiko Express Manager: Yep, you're the new supervisor of the package sorting department.

Amai: Oh, wow! Thank you so much, boss. I will try my best to work harder than ever! I won't let you down, sir!

(Amai packs his office stuff and moves to a new, empty office where he became the new supervisor of Seiko's package sorting department. He then unpacks his office stuff, sits down at his new desk, and continues working. His boss enters Amai's new office.)

Seiko Express Manager: Oh, hey, Amai! I can see you like this new office, huh?

Amai: Yep.

Seiko Express Manager: Well, I forgot to ask you one more thing. Who is going to be the new supervisor of our company's package sorting department... without his secretary? (to the mysterious human figure outside the office) Okay, miss. I think it's time for you to come inside his new office.

(The door to Amai's new office mysteriously opens, and then, a curvaceous leg pokes out through the door frame, teasingly. Amai looks confused at first, but then, a beautiful woman steps into his office as the rest of her body belonging to the leg emerges. She walks over to Amai at his desk with the company's manager.)

Seiko Express Manager: Amai Yamada, this is Kireina Miyazaki, your new secretary for the package sorting department. (to Kireina) Kireina, this is Amai.

(Amai is having a crush on Kireina)

Amai: Hello, Miss Miyazaki.

Kireina: Hello there, Mr. Yamada.

Seiko Express Manager: Like I said, she will be your new secretary for the package sorting department, and she'll be on her desk outside of your office. Is that okay with you?

Amai: Uh... yeah, sure.

Seiko Express Manager: Okay then, enjoy your new office! Come on, Kireina, let's go.

(Kireina and the company's manager exit Amai's new office)

Amai: (sighs in relief) Phew! Finally, some peace and quiet.

(Amai went back to work and watches the security footage of the package sorters on the Sharp Aquos HDTV. The scene fades to the clock on the wall. It is 12:00 PM and the workers are having their lunch break. Amai gets up from his desk and walks out of his office. He then walks over to Kireina at her secretary desk.)

Amai: Miss Miyazaki, I'm going to be having a lunch break, so... I'm planning on going to the cuisine restaurant to eat sushi for lunch. Is that okay with you, miss?

Kireina: Well, I guess. By the way, you can call me Kireina.

(Amai and Kireina shake hands)

Amai: Nice to meet you, Kireina. Well, I better get going. I'll see you after lunch. Okay?

Kireina: Okay, I'll see you later. Sayonara!

Amai: Sayonara!

(Amai walked out of the package sorting department room and got inside the elevator. The elevator went down to the 1st floor. Amai exits the elevator and walks out of the building.)

Part 3: Amai's Lunch Break at Chez Sushi/Returning to Work
(The scene cuts to Amai walking on the sidewalk. This time, he's going to lunch at the cuisine restaurant called Chez Sushi. He enters the restaurant and walks over to the host at the front desk.)

Amai: Excuse me, sir. I'm on a lunch break, so... I'm going to be eating lunch... here... during my break.

Host: Okay, sir. Follow me.

(Amai follows the host as they enter the dining room. Amai goes to a table near the kitchen and sits there.)

Host: Okay, sir. Here's your table. Enjoy your meal, sir.

Amai: Arigatō! (Thank you!)

Host: Don't touch my mustache! Uh, I mean... sure thing. Anyways, enjoy your meal, sir.

(The host leaves the dining area to go back to the front desk at the waiting area. Amai takes out a Gabriel Garza manga and reads it while he waits for the waiter. A few minutes later, he puts away his manga as the waiter comes in and walks to his table.)

Waiter: Chez Sushiへようこそ. 魚、シーフード、寿司などの日本食を提供しています. 私はあなたの注文を取ることができますか？ (Welcome to Chez Sushi. Here, we serve fish, seafood, sushi, and other Japanese meals. Can I take your order?)

Amai: I would like to have some salmon sushi rolls, ramen noodles with soy sauce, and a cup of black tea, please. I'm on my lunch break.

Waiter: はい. すぐに来ます. (Okay. It will come soon.)

(The waiter walks away and enters the kitchen)

Waiter: Sensei, this man needs some salmon sushi rolls, ramen noodles with soy sauce, and a cup of black tea.

Sushi Chef: I'm on it!

(The sushi chef starts cooking and the waiter leaves the kitchen. The scene cuts to Amai at the table in the dining room near the kitchen. He is checking his watch while he waits for his food. The sushi chef walks out of the kitchen to Amai's table with his food. The chef then gives the food to Amai.)

Sushi Chef: Here's your food, sir. Bon appétit!

(The chef gets back to the kitchen while Amai eats his food. The scene fades to the front exterior view of the Chez Sushi restaurant 20 minutes later. After eating his lunch there, Amai goes out of the restaurant and starts heading back to work at Seiko Express. He walks into the building and goes inside the elevator and it goes up to the 20th floor of the building. Amai exits the elevator and walks to Kireina at her desk outside of his office.)

Amai: Hello again, Kireina.

Kireina: Kon'nichiwa, Mr. Yamada. What brings you here?

Amai: Well, I just got back from my lunch break after eating lunch at... Chez Sushi. Is that right, Miss Miyazaki?

Kireina: Well, yes.

Amai: Oh, thank goodness. Anyways, I'm ready to continue to work. I'll be at my office if you need me.

(Amai starts walking away but stops and looks at Kireina)

Amai: Oh, by the way, you can call me Amai. That is my given name, actually.

Kireina: Amai, such a nice name. Well, it's nice to meet you, Amai. I should probably get back to work. I have some papers to fill out.

Amai: Uh, yeah. Me too. I should head back to my office and get back to work. I'll see you after work is over.

Kireina: Okay. See you later.

(Amai gets inside his office to get back to work as a supervisor for Seiko's package sorting department. Kireina goes right back to work as Amai's secretary.)

Part 4: Amai's Apartment
(The scene fades to the clock on the wall. It is 7:00 PM and all the employees at Seiko Express are leaving the building and going home. Amai gets up from his desk and walks out of his office. He then walks over to Kireina at her secretary desk.)

Amai: Well, I guess it's time for us to go home. Right?

Kireina: Yes, Amai. I think it's time.

Amai: Okay, I'll walk you home.

Kireina: Wait, really?

Amai: Yes, Kireina, really.

Kireina: Oh, how sweet of you. Let's get going.

(Kireina gets up from her secretary desk outside of Amai's office and both she and Amai walked out of the package sorting department room and got inside the elevator. The elevator went down to the 1st floor. The two exit the elevator and put their time slips into the slot for the time punch clock. They then exit the Seiko Express building and start walking home. They go to the apartment complex building where Amai's apartment is on the 7th floor while Kireina's is on the 11th floor.)

Kireina: Thanks for walking me home, Amai.

Amai: You're welcome, Kireina. I'm always here to help.

Kireina: Well, I'll see you tomorrow. Oyasumi, Amai.

Amai: Oyasumi, Kireina.

(They go inside the apartment complex building. Amai goes to his apartment on the 7th floor while Kireina goes to her apartment on the 11th floor. The scene cuts to Amai inside his apartment. He is making sushi rolls for dinner. A few minutes later, he finished making sushi rolls and added them to his plate. He then takes out a cup and pours black tea to it. His dinner is well prepared and Amai goes to the dining room of his apartment. He eats his sushi rolls and drinks his tea. After he ate his dinner, he cleans up the table and puts the dirty dishes in the sink. He then sits down on the couch and watches the Gabriel Garza anime on TV. His adoptive mother Ying got home as she enters Amai's apartment.)

Amai: Hey, Mom.

Ying: Hello, Amai. How is work today?

Amai: It was good. Really good. I was promoted to "Supervisor of Package Sorting Department" at Seiko Express, and because of this, I have a new secretary with me.

Ying: Really? Well, congratulations, Amai! Keep it up!

Amai: Thanks.

Ying: Well, I'm gonna go to my room.

Amai: Oh! Okay. Well, good night, Mom.

Ying: Oyasumi, sweetie. See you in the morning.

(Ying goes to her bedroom to sleep while Amai continues watching TV. 2 hours later, Amai is feeling tired, so he turned off the TV and went to his bedroom. He gets dressed into his pajamas, gets onto his bed, turns off the lamp on the nightstand, and goes to sleep. The scene fades to Amai on a huge, empty white space in a 2D anime-style hand-drawn animated dream sequence. Amai looks around in the white space, but then, fog comes in and surrounds Amai. He ends up on a hill near the city of Tokyo where his old wooden house once stood.)

Amai: Okay, where am I?

(But then, Amai saw two black silhouettes of his biological parents on another hill)

Amai: Mom? Dad? Is that you?

Amai's Mother: Over here!

Amai's Father: Come, join us!

Amai: I'm coming, Mom and Dad!

(Amai runs to the other hill, but once he got there, the red dragon is behind Amai's biological parents. Amai gets scared and points at the red dragon.)

Amai: Uh, Mom, Dad, look behind you.

(Amai's parents looked at the red dragon behind them. The dragon raises his claw and hits Amai's parents which sent them flying and getting hit by a boulder on the mountain. It rolled down from there, fell from a cliff, and landed on the ground, crushing them both to death. Amai was shocked at the red dragon.)

Amai: Oh no! Not you again! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

(The dream sequence ends as the scene fades back to Amai having a bad dream and it changes right back to CGI animation. Amai wakes up from his bad dream and looks around in his bedroom.)

Amai: Oh, it's only a bad dream. I miss my old parents. I think I should go get a drink of water, and then I'll go back to sleep.

(Amai walks out of his bedroom and goes to the kitchen. He gets a cup and fills it up with water from the fridge. He drinks the whole cup of water and puts the empty cup back into the cabinet. He then walks out of the kitchen, goes to his bedroom, gets onto his bed, and goes back to sleep.)

Part 5: Taking Mr. Fazu for a Walk/Meeting Kireina Again
(The scene fades to Amai sleeping at his bedroom. The sun rises from the horizon and it shines in the morning sky. His pet Japanese raccoon dog Mr. Fazu walks to Amai's bedroom and gets on top of Amai's bed. He barks and Amai wakes up.)

Amai: Ohayō, Mr. Fazu. Didn't see you here.

(Mr. Fazu barks)

Amai: What is it, boy?

(Mr. Fazu barks again)

Amai: You want me to... what?

(Mr. Fazu barks to Amai that he wants to go for a walk in the park)

Amai: You want to go for a walk?

(Mr. Fazu pants for 2 seconds and then barks meaning he said "yes")

Amai: In the park?

(Mr. Fazu barks meaning he said "yes")

Amai: Okay. I'll go get ready.

(The scene fades to Amai, fully dressed, eating the traditional Japanese breakfast, which includes grilled fish, rice, miso soup, and Japanese pickles at the dining room. Ying walks out of her bedroom to say "good morning" to Amai.)

Ying: Ohayō, Amai. Did you sleep well last night?

Amai: Yep.

Ying: Good. So, what are you going to do today?

(The scene cuts to Amai at the table looking at Mr. Fazu, who is off-screen. The camera pans to Mr. Fazu, who is eating dog food and drinking water from separate dishes on-screen. The scene cuts back to Amai looking at Ying.)

Amai: Well, I was just going to take my dog... for a walk.

Ying: Oh! Well, okay. Good luck with that.

(Ying leaves the kitchen to watch public access on TV in the living room. Amai looks at Mr. Fazu, who has a leash on his mouth. The scene fades to Amai walking in the park with Mr. Fazu. He then sees Kireina on the bench.)

Amai: Kireina? Is that you?

Kireina: Amai? What are you doing here?

Amai: Oh, I was taking my pet dog for a walk in the park. I mean, why would I even bother to stop walking with my dog so I can talk to you? I mean, how can I continue walking with my dog while I'm still talking?

Kireina: I don't know. Wait a minute! Have we met?

Amai: Uh, yes, we first met at the Seiko Express building while we introduce each other yesterday.

Kireina: Oh! Well, I can see that. (stays silent for 3 seconds) So, what do you want to do today?

Amai: Well, I was wondering if either you can hang out with me at my apartment sometime or I can come over to your apartment and hang out with you sometime.

Kireina: Well, I think it's both. So, show me where your apartment is.

Amai: Okay. Follow me.

(Amai, Kireina, and Mr. Fazu exit the park to go to the apartment complex where their apartments are. The scene fades to Amai, Kireina, and Mr. Fazu at Amai's apartment.)

Kireina: Well, I must say your apartment is pretty good.

Amai: Thanks. By the way, that is actually my adoptive mother's apartment, and yes, it's good.

Kireina: Come, I want you to see what my apartment looks like.

(Fades to Amai and Kireina at her apartment)

Amai: It looks rather girly, but it is really good and luxurious.

Kireina: Thank you.

Amai: Wow! I wish I could just move in and stay with you here.

Kireina: Really? Well, I'm pretty sure you'll move in here to my apartment sometime, but not today. Maybe in the future, you will.

Amai: Right. Well, I gotta go now. See you later, Kireina.

Kireina: Sayonara!

(Amai exits Kireina's apartment on the 11th floor and goes back to his apartment on the 7th floor. The scene cuts to Amai in his bedroom. He is looking at the city skyline of Tokyo through the window. He sighs happily.)

Amai: I wish I could move into Kireina's apartment and be with her... together forever.

Part 6: Warui at his Hideout
(The scene cuts to the exterior view of the apartment complex where Amai's apartment and Kireina's apartment are. The camera pans to the building where the couple-hating collector Warui lives. The gray clouds are behind the building. The lightning bolt comes out of the cloud and flashes behind the building and then the thunder roars in the background. The scene fades to Warui watching the news on TV. Suddenly, the "COUPLE ALERT" alarm went off. Warui gets up, turns off the TV, and goes to the computer. He turns off the alarm and searches for a couple on his computer. He found the couple, which turns out to be Amai and Kireina, on the digital map of Tokyo on his computer.)

Warui: What?! Romance... is still alive?! All because of these two lovebirds?! (calls his henchmen through the intercom) Henchmen, I need you here... in my office!

(Fades to Warui and his henchmen at his office)

Warui: Henchmen, you won't believe what I just saw on the computer today. Only one couple has been formed, and... it's rather new... and it survives the fall of romance in Japan. I... still... want... romance... to be destroyed... immediately... for good! Now, I must find a way to stop it from rising and existing. Any ideas?

(Warui's henchmen raised their hands. An oni-like creature named Chani, who is the leader of his hench-oni team, steps forward to ask Warui.)

Warui: Yes?

Chani: I know that you like the onis as much as I do, but can you summon the ice troll to track down the couple?

Warui: Hmm, you mean the ice troll named Aisutorōru?

Chani: Yes, sir.

Warui: Well, I could do that, but it will take a lot of skill in ice sculpting to bring the ice troll to life so it can track down the couple.

Chani: Oh, yeah. I forgot. Well, maybe I can help you with that.

Warui: Well, okay. But don't sleep on the job. Okay?

Chani: Yes, sir.

(Chani exits Warui's office)

Warui: So, for the first half of my other henchmen, I want you to do some research and find out who this couple is.

Warui's Henchmen: Yes, sir.

(The first half of Warui's other henchmen exits Warui's office)

Warui: As for you, the second half of my other henchmen, please help Chani create the ice sculpture of the ice troll. Okay?

Warui's Henchmen: Yes, sir.

(The second half of Warui's other henchmen exits Warui's office. The scene cuts to Warui at his desk looking at the camera as it zooms into his face.)

Warui: Just you wait and see. I will find out who this couple is, and then after that, my henchmen and I will destroy it soon, when the time comes.

(The camera zooms into Warui's eyes as he laughs evilly. The scene fades to a montage of Chani and some of Warui's henchmen making an ice sculpture of the ice troll.)

More coming soon!