kɛnˈɪʃɪz wˈaɪf ɹˈiː ʃˈɪnəbˌuː tˈɛɹədʒˌɪmə ɡˈɪvz ɡuːˈɪtʃi ɐ vˈɪdɪoʊtˈeɪp sˌoʊ ðæt ɡuːˈɪtʃi mˈeɪ lˈɜːn mˈoːɹ ɐbˌaʊt hɪz sˈʌn, wˌɪtʃ kəntˈeɪnz fˈʊɾɪdʒ ʌv lˈaɪ dʒˈaɪəmˌɪn, ɐn ˈɑːɹɾɪst ʌv njˈuːoʊ ˈɑːpɚɹə fɹʌmðə pɹˈɑːvɪns ʌv jˈʌnən ʌvðə pˈiːpəlz ɹᵻpˈʌblɪk ʌv tʃˈaɪnə, pɹˈɑːmɪsɪŋ tə pɚfˈɔːɹm ɹˈaɪdɪŋ ɐlˈoʊn fɔːɹ θˈaʊzəndz ʌv mˈaɪlz ɪn ɐ jˈɪɹ.
Kenichi's wife Rie (Shinobu Terajima) gives Gouichi a video-tape so that Gouichi may learn more about his son, which contains footage of Li Jiamin, an artist of Nuo opera from the Province of Yunnan of the People's Republic of China, promising to perform Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles in a year.