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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 10 00:07:10,666 --> 00:07:12,801 it was on my fourth birthday... 11 00:07:12,868 --> 00:07:15,102 When my aunt was reading sei shonagon... 12 00:07:15,170 --> 00:07:17,639 That I saw my father and his publisher together... 13 00:07:17,706 --> 00:07:19,908 For the first time. 14 00:07:19,975 --> 00:07:23,745 Though I'm certain that any clear understanding of what I had witnessed... 15 00:07:23,813 --> 00:07:26,380 Would have to wait until I was much older. 16 00:08:03,853 --> 00:08:06,654 17 00:08:40,322 --> 00:08:42,256 18 00:08:42,324 --> 00:08:45,326 19 00:08:58,841 --> 00:09:00,775 20 00:09:00,843 --> 00:09:04,345 21 00:10:08,611 --> 00:10:10,578 22 00:10:10,646 --> 00:10:12,580 on my sixth birthday... 23 00:10:12,648 --> 00:10:15,783 At the matsuo tiasha shrine in kyoto, 24 00:10:15,851 --> 00:10:17,785 Encouraged by my aunt, 25 00:10:17,853 --> 00:10:20,788 I vowed I would keep a diary. 26 00:10:20,856 --> 00:10:22,890 A pillow book of my own. 27 00:10:22,958 --> 00:10:25,459 28 00:10:34,703 --> 00:10:37,939 I would fill it with all manner of observations, 29 00:10:38,007 --> 00:10:40,508 Just like sei shonagon. 30 00:10:40,575 --> 00:10:43,277 Perhaps one day, like her, 31 00:10:43,345 --> 00:10:46,213 I could fill it with accounts of all my lovers. 32 00:10:46,281 --> 00:10:48,783 33 00:11:18,413 --> 00:11:20,414 34 00:11:54,616 --> 00:11:58,119 35 00:12:13,836 --> 00:12:16,337 36 00:13:16,098 --> 00:13:20,101 on the same day as I started to keep my own pillow book, 37 00:13:20,169 --> 00:13:23,671 I met my future husband for the first time. 38 00:13:23,738 --> 00:13:26,607 I was six. He was ten. 39 00:13:26,675 --> 00:13:29,043 We did not exchange a word. 40 00:13:29,111 --> 00:13:31,846 He had been handpicked by my father's publisher. 41 00:13:58,406 --> 00:14:03,711 like sei shonagon, my sense of smell was very strong. 42 00:14:03,778 --> 00:14:07,114 I enjoyed the smell of paper of all kinds. 43 00:14:07,182 --> 00:14:10,684 It reminded me of the scent of skin. 44 00:15:02,504 --> 00:15:04,638 45 00:15:07,276 --> 00:15:09,243 46 00:15:31,599 --> 00:15:34,368 my mother had taught me mandarin. 47 00:15:34,436 --> 00:15:36,737 When my father painted a japanese greeting... 48 00:15:36,805 --> 00:15:39,373 On my face on my birthday, 49 00:15:39,441 --> 00:15:42,843 She played her favorite chinese record. 50 00:15:42,911 --> 00:15:47,148 It had been popular when my parents had met in shanghai. 51 00:15:47,215 --> 00:15:51,185 52 00:16:19,948 --> 00:16:21,915 53 00:17:07,662 --> 00:17:11,365 54 00:17:37,325 --> 00:17:41,728 in remembrance of my father and in memory of sei shonagon, 55 00:17:41,796 --> 00:17:44,298 I was determined to take lovers who would remind me... 56 00:17:44,366 --> 00:17:47,301 Of the pleasures of calligraphy. 57 00:17:47,369 --> 00:17:50,704 I could not be sure which was more important-- 58 00:17:50,772 --> 00:17:54,241 An indifferent calligrapher who was a good lover... 59 00:17:54,309 --> 00:17:58,112 Or an excellent lover who was a poor calligrapher. 60 00:20:32,634 --> 00:20:35,369 61 00:21:28,055 --> 00:21:30,056 I became a wife. 62 00:21:31,859 --> 00:21:34,194 I married. 63 00:21:34,262 --> 00:21:36,630 I acquired a husband. 64 00:21:37,599 --> 00:21:40,100 Whichever way you say it, 65 00:21:40,168 --> 00:21:42,903 It was bound to end badly. 66 00:21:45,340 --> 00:21:48,642 I had a ceremonial wedding in style. 67 00:21:48,710 --> 00:21:52,946 68 00:22:20,241 --> 00:22:22,609 69 00:22:56,110 --> 00:22:59,079 70 00:23:16,598 --> 00:23:20,100 71 00:23:43,991 --> 00:23:46,593 separated from my parents and my aunt, 72 00:23:46,661 --> 00:23:50,464 I confided in my own pillow book more and more frequently. 73 00:23:52,166 --> 00:23:56,537 Like the pillow book of sei shonagon, it was full of lists. 74 00:23:56,604 --> 00:23:59,907 Unlike sei shonagon, all the lists were negative. 75 00:24:01,743 --> 00:24:03,744 76 00:24:10,084 --> 00:24:13,086 77 00:24:55,697 --> 00:24:57,664 78 00:25:10,712 --> 00:25:14,014 79 00:25:20,989 --> 00:25:22,956 80 00:25:26,027 --> 00:25:28,028 81 00:25:49,884 --> 00:25:52,352 82 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:48,134 that was the first fire. 83 00:27:48,202 --> 00:27:50,571 There was to be a second. 84 00:27:50,638 --> 00:27:53,406 Both fires marked a big change in my life. 85 00:28:39,353 --> 00:28:42,990 [man speaking japanese on p.A.] 86 00:28:53,334 --> 00:28:55,468 [woman speaking japanese on p.A.] 87 00:29:18,259 --> 00:29:21,394 when I first arrived in hong kong, I hid. 88 00:29:21,462 --> 00:29:25,866 I lived in kowloon city in the cheapest rooming houses I could find. 89 00:29:25,934 --> 00:29:29,102 I did not want to be found by my parents... 90 00:29:29,170 --> 00:29:31,137 Or by my husband. 91 00:29:40,381 --> 00:29:44,384 I tried hard to improve the chinese my mother had taught me. 92 00:29:54,963 --> 00:29:56,897 In the meantime, I was determined... 93 00:29:56,965 --> 00:29:59,466 To keep alive my father's tradition. 94 00:30:01,102 --> 00:30:05,038 I learned to type on my 21st birthday, 95 00:30:05,106 --> 00:30:08,141 I tried to give myself my father's blessing. 96 00:30:10,645 --> 00:30:13,113 97 00:30:20,688 --> 00:30:22,623 98 00:30:22,690 --> 00:30:24,691 99 00:30:48,049 --> 00:30:50,550 100 00:31:04,766 --> 00:31:07,200 101 00:31:12,206 --> 00:31:15,275 I found work in the offices of a japanese designer. 102 00:31:19,580 --> 00:31:23,550 And I was determined to speak english with an american accent. 103 00:31:24,652 --> 00:31:27,154 I was planning to go to california. 104 00:31:31,159 --> 00:31:35,328 Twenty meter of pale green organdy, pattern 14. 105 00:31:37,565 --> 00:31:39,900 A meter of type-b tulle. 106 00:31:42,636 --> 00:31:45,638 Uh, the small net size. 107 00:31:49,577 --> 00:31:52,212 The type-b tulle with the small net size. 108 00:32:06,060 --> 00:32:08,028 109 00:32:08,096 --> 00:32:11,331 we went to kyoto, back to japan, 110 00:32:11,398 --> 00:32:13,633 To work in the matuso tiasha shrine, 111 00:32:13,701 --> 00:32:16,369 Which sei shonagon had visited regularly. 112 00:32:18,606 --> 00:32:21,507 I couldn't give up such an opportunity. 113 00:32:21,575 --> 00:32:25,045 I was also a little homesick. 114 00:32:25,113 --> 00:32:28,648 We didn't finish walking the catwalk until midnight... 115 00:32:28,716 --> 00:32:31,651 When all the audience had gone. 116 00:32:31,719 --> 00:32:34,520 Sei shonagon had watched the moon rise in that garden... 117 00:32:34,588 --> 00:32:36,823 A thousand years ago. 118 00:32:36,891 --> 00:32:40,627 I could have walked up and down that path all night long. 119 00:32:45,299 --> 00:32:48,268 you are not in a position to preach clean living. 120 00:32:48,335 --> 00:32:52,338 oh, yes, I am. And in blood red. 121 00:32:52,406 --> 00:32:54,374 You could join us. 122 00:32:54,441 --> 00:32:57,343 I'm too beautiful... And too rich. 123 00:32:57,411 --> 00:33:00,914 What's wealth got to do with it? A great deal, I'd think. 124 00:33:00,982 --> 00:33:03,449 I design material. You can wear it. 125 00:33:03,517 --> 00:33:05,485 Frighten the buyers. 126 00:33:05,552 --> 00:33:07,520 Then I'd soon cease to be wealthy. 127 00:33:11,125 --> 00:33:14,360 You wouldn't need to be paid. You would do it for free. 128 00:33:14,428 --> 00:33:16,963 Oh, yeah? 129 00:33:17,031 --> 00:33:20,667 what else would you do for free? 130 00:33:20,734 --> 00:33:23,569 I've been waiting to waste my talent on your body... 131 00:33:23,637 --> 00:33:25,638 For a little reward. 132 00:33:27,541 --> 00:33:31,411 my search for the ideal lover-calligrapher continued. 133 00:33:31,478 --> 00:33:35,816 But it was becoming less and less likely that I would find him. 134 00:33:35,883 --> 00:33:38,785 If they were old, they were invariably in no position... 135 00:33:38,853 --> 00:33:42,122 To take advantage of what I had to offer. 136 00:33:42,190 --> 00:33:45,225 And if they were young, they were often easily distracted. 137 00:33:45,293 --> 00:33:47,294 138 00:33:56,804 --> 00:33:59,172 It's them! 139 00:34:12,753 --> 00:34:16,022 Don't look! Don't look. 140 00:34:17,624 --> 00:34:20,227 What are you doing here? Are you responsible for this? 141 00:34:20,294 --> 00:34:22,729 You shrimp! What do you think you're doing? 142 00:34:22,796 --> 00:34:24,764 Shut up! 143 00:34:28,970 --> 00:34:31,671 144 00:34:31,739 --> 00:34:33,773 145 00:35:15,616 --> 00:35:17,951 they were children playing a game. 146 00:35:20,154 --> 00:35:23,423 They used hoki, the japanese photographer from tokyo, 147 00:35:23,490 --> 00:35:25,525 As a pawn to find me. 148 00:35:25,592 --> 00:35:27,560 I want those photos. 149 00:35:27,628 --> 00:35:31,464 I had once kissed him on the cheek in a moment of happiness. 150 00:35:31,532 --> 00:35:34,401 You're a creep. I'm sorry. 151 00:35:34,468 --> 00:35:37,971 I have watched you, followed you everywhere. 152 00:35:38,039 --> 00:35:41,107 It's only too obvious. And I could help you. 153 00:35:41,175 --> 00:35:45,946 Oh? You haven't done too well so far. 154 00:35:46,013 --> 00:35:48,114 You are very beautiful. 155 00:36:11,872 --> 00:36:13,840 I employed a calligrapher... 156 00:36:13,907 --> 00:36:16,642 With an obsession for mathematics. 157 00:36:16,710 --> 00:36:20,080 While his wife sang and waited in the kitchen, 158 00:36:20,147 --> 00:36:23,916 This account clerk filled my back with additions, 159 00:36:23,985 --> 00:36:26,453 My front with subtractions. 160 00:36:42,669 --> 00:36:45,205 I contacted a magazine designer... 161 00:36:45,272 --> 00:36:49,542 Who insisted that I came back to his apartment in the new territories, 162 00:36:49,610 --> 00:36:53,179 Where he could show me off to his parents who wanted grandchildren. 163 00:36:54,515 --> 00:36:56,983 Write"dear nagiko." what? 164 00:36:57,051 --> 00:36:59,952 I took risks. Where? 165 00:37:00,021 --> 00:37:02,588 Here. I can't. 166 00:37:02,656 --> 00:37:06,493 Yes, you can. Who knows what casual meeting would produce a surprise. 167 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:09,762 nagiko? 168 00:37:10,998 --> 00:37:12,999 Some of the great japanese calligraphers... 169 00:37:13,067 --> 00:37:16,102 Were very modest and unassuming men. 170 00:37:16,170 --> 00:37:20,440 Humble clerks by day, daring poets by night. 171 00:37:22,109 --> 00:37:26,012 Good. Now write something else here. 172 00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:29,049 173 00:37:30,684 --> 00:37:33,153 174 00:37:35,089 --> 00:37:37,023 with great trepidation, 175 00:37:37,091 --> 00:37:40,160 I sought to move away from what I knew best. 176 00:37:40,227 --> 00:37:43,596 After all, there were other great calligraphic traditions. 177 00:37:43,664 --> 00:37:46,166 [man singing in foreign language] 178 00:37:56,677 --> 00:37:59,845 What have you written? That's for you to find out. 179 00:37:59,913 --> 00:38:01,881 How am I going to do that? 180 00:38:01,949 --> 00:38:04,984 You know, some cultures permit no images. 181 00:38:05,052 --> 00:38:08,188 Perhaps some cultures ought to permit no visible text. 182 00:38:08,255 --> 00:38:11,091 I need writing. 183 00:38:11,158 --> 00:38:13,759 Don't ask me why. Just take out your pen and, 184 00:38:13,827 --> 00:38:16,563 Please, write your name on my arm. 185 00:38:16,630 --> 00:38:18,764 Go on. 186 00:38:18,832 --> 00:38:22,168 I met an english translator at the cafe typo. 187 00:38:22,236 --> 00:38:25,271 He said he spoke four languages, including yiddish. 188 00:38:49,597 --> 00:38:52,064 I'll give you another chance. 189 00:38:53,234 --> 00:38:55,201 Write on my back. 190 00:38:57,471 --> 00:39:00,072 Well, what shall I write? 191 00:39:00,141 --> 00:39:02,108 Write... 192 00:39:02,176 --> 00:39:05,044 "we met for the first time at the cafe typo." 193 00:39:05,112 --> 00:39:07,079 Write in three languages-- 194 00:39:07,148 --> 00:39:10,183 Japanese, french and english. 195 00:39:51,992 --> 00:39:54,260 Waitress! 196 00:40:01,835 --> 00:40:03,836 197 00:40:06,707 --> 00:40:09,475 Are we going to do more writing? 198 00:40:09,543 --> 00:40:11,944 Perhaps. 199 00:40:12,012 --> 00:40:14,681 You smell strange. 200 00:40:14,748 --> 00:40:17,684 Do you use perfume? 201 00:40:17,751 --> 00:40:19,686 And your fingers. 202 00:40:19,753 --> 00:40:22,222 What's wrong with my fingers? 203 00:40:23,824 --> 00:40:26,693 I'll give you another chance. The last one. 204 00:40:30,897 --> 00:40:34,534 Write on my breasts. A little inappropriate. 205 00:40:34,602 --> 00:40:37,803 I'll decide what's inappropriate. 206 00:40:37,871 --> 00:40:40,840 Write in yiddish. What's yiddish for"breasts"? 207 00:40:40,907 --> 00:40:43,876 If you're a writer, surely you'd write on anything? 208 00:41:16,410 --> 00:41:19,479 This is not going to work. 209 00:41:21,982 --> 00:41:23,983 You're not a writer. 210 00:41:24,050 --> 00:41:26,952 This is not writing; it's scribbling. 211 00:41:27,020 --> 00:41:28,988 Distasteful scribbling. 212 00:41:31,091 --> 00:41:33,559 Get out. 213 00:41:33,627 --> 00:41:37,096 You're not a writer; you're a scribbler. 214 00:41:37,164 --> 00:41:40,466 I've watched you with your little typewriter go click, click, clack. 215 00:41:40,534 --> 00:41:43,603 Get out. Go! 216 00:41:47,073 --> 00:41:49,909 You could show me. 217 00:41:49,976 --> 00:41:53,145 Go on. No. I can't. 218 00:41:53,213 --> 00:41:55,815 How can I get pleasure writing on you? 219 00:41:55,882 --> 00:41:58,150 You have to write on me. 220 00:41:58,218 --> 00:42:00,753 Go on. 221 00:42:04,157 --> 00:42:07,893 Use my body like the pages of a book. 222 00:42:07,961 --> 00:42:09,929 Of your book. 223 00:42:21,241 --> 00:42:24,844 224 00:44:44,551 --> 00:44:47,252 not a special writing instrument at all. 225 00:44:50,156 --> 00:44:52,057 I began very tentatively, 226 00:44:52,125 --> 00:44:56,996 Thinking of sei shonagon's lists of anatomical comparisons. 227 00:44:57,063 --> 00:44:59,231 The thoughts were often hers, 228 00:44:59,299 --> 00:45:01,801 But the words were entirely mine. 229 00:45:03,837 --> 00:45:07,707 For my first experiment in using flesh as paper, 230 00:45:07,774 --> 00:45:12,678 I made a deal with an englishman who was entirely ignorant of oriental languages. 231 00:45:21,221 --> 00:45:24,524 Hoki, this is where you can prove you have my interests at heart. 232 00:45:24,591 --> 00:45:26,726 Come here quickly. 233 00:45:28,962 --> 00:45:30,930 234 00:45:36,837 --> 00:45:40,006 off you go. Beautiful photographs. 235 00:45:40,073 --> 00:45:42,909 And you don't get paid because you owe me. 236 00:45:54,655 --> 00:45:58,157 This is where I begin to do the writing. 237 00:45:58,224 --> 00:46:01,928 I'm now going to be the pen, not just the paper. 238 00:46:52,579 --> 00:46:54,546 I could help you. 239 00:46:54,615 --> 00:46:56,849 I think not. 240 00:46:56,917 --> 00:47:00,285 Why not? What's wrong with me? 241 00:47:00,353 --> 00:47:04,090 Because you are from kyoto, and you're young. 242 00:47:04,157 --> 00:47:07,426 And your handwriting is illegible. 243 00:47:07,494 --> 00:47:12,197 Besides, your skin does not make a good paper. 244 00:47:12,265 --> 00:47:14,266 Watch. 245 00:47:26,546 --> 00:47:30,816 You see? In my diary, I called you"the blotter." 246 00:47:30,884 --> 00:47:32,852 Hoki the blotter. 247 00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:42,194 I could help you. 248 00:47:45,832 --> 00:47:48,134 I think not. 249 00:47:48,201 --> 00:47:50,169 Why not? 250 00:47:53,439 --> 00:47:55,941 You're none too smart with compliments. 251 00:48:03,283 --> 00:48:05,250 let me try. 252 00:48:07,054 --> 00:48:09,021 Let me try. 253 00:49:17,624 --> 00:49:20,459 hoki set off at dawn for a foreign language bookshop... 254 00:49:20,526 --> 00:49:24,429 In kowloon city in a street full of restaurants. 255 00:49:24,497 --> 00:49:27,099 He finally gave the packet to some doorman. 256 00:49:31,838 --> 00:49:34,606 "we feel that we are unable to consider... 257 00:49:34,674 --> 00:49:37,609 "publication of this material. 258 00:49:37,677 --> 00:49:40,545 It's not worth the paper it's written on." 259 00:49:47,888 --> 00:49:50,722 So they're not satisfied with the quality of the paper. 260 00:49:53,593 --> 00:49:56,061 Perhaps it's not japanese enough. 261 00:50:00,100 --> 00:50:02,301 Try writing on me. 262 00:50:10,643 --> 00:50:12,611 Seduce him. 263 00:50:22,155 --> 00:50:24,156 264 00:50:43,043 --> 00:50:45,044 265 00:50:59,192 --> 00:51:04,129 266 00:51:04,197 --> 00:51:06,165 267 00:51:10,904 --> 00:51:14,573 268 00:51:19,246 --> 00:51:21,213 269 00:51:27,420 --> 00:51:30,422 270 00:52:13,366 --> 00:52:15,334 271 00:52:37,957 --> 00:52:41,226 272 00:52:43,429 --> 00:52:52,371 273 00:52:52,438 --> 00:52:55,039 274 00:53:14,627 --> 00:53:17,663 I met jerome in the cafe typo... 275 00:53:17,730 --> 00:53:21,232 And asked him for the services of a translator. 276 00:53:22,602 --> 00:53:25,136 He gave me a choice of six languages. 277 00:53:25,204 --> 00:53:28,774 They had increased by two. 278 00:53:28,841 --> 00:53:31,943 I talked to him and I flattered him, 279 00:53:32,011 --> 00:53:35,380 And I admired all the books he had yet to write. 280 00:53:35,448 --> 00:53:37,449 281 00:54:08,715 --> 00:54:11,483 you have to sign here. 282 00:54:14,721 --> 00:54:18,056 our first transaction was strictly financial. 283 00:54:18,123 --> 00:54:22,594 He wanted to pay the bill but had no money. 284 00:54:22,662 --> 00:54:27,632 He offered to write a check but had no checkbook. 285 00:54:29,335 --> 00:54:32,671 I volunteered the palm of my hand. 286 00:55:27,627 --> 00:55:30,829 If I could not seduce the publisher, 287 00:55:30,897 --> 00:55:36,668 Then perhaps I could seduce the publisher's lover. 288 00:55:40,940 --> 00:55:43,141 His writing, in so many languages, 289 00:55:43,208 --> 00:55:48,647 Made me a signpost pointing east, west, north and south. 290 00:55:49,849 --> 00:55:53,084 I had shoes in german, stockings in french, 291 00:55:53,152 --> 00:55:58,056 Gloves in hebrew, a hat with a veil in italian. 292 00:55:58,123 --> 00:56:03,528 He only kept me naked where I was most accustomed to wear clothes. 293 00:56:03,596 --> 00:56:05,597 294 00:56:22,882 --> 00:56:26,117 295 00:56:32,492 --> 00:56:36,728 Shut up. Go away. Go away. 296 00:57:25,678 --> 00:57:28,013 297 00:57:40,426 --> 00:57:43,428 298 00:59:44,483 --> 00:59:46,985 299 01:00:11,376 --> 01:00:16,181 I would like to honor my father by becoming a writer. 300 01:00:18,984 --> 01:00:22,620 I could help. 301 01:00:36,268 --> 01:00:39,070 I could learn new languages... 302 01:00:40,773 --> 01:00:43,541 To make you understood... 303 01:00:44,810 --> 01:00:47,278 All over the world. 304 01:01:41,600 --> 01:01:46,637 When god made his first human being-- 305 01:01:46,705 --> 01:01:50,008 He painted in the eyes. 306 01:02:24,710 --> 01:02:27,611 And lips. 307 01:02:38,190 --> 01:02:40,691 And the sex. 308 01:02:56,075 --> 01:02:59,577 And when god approved of his creation-- 309 01:03:00,679 --> 01:03:03,514 He was obliged to sign his name. 310 01:03:37,016 --> 01:03:41,219 There are so many publishers in the world. Why worry about this one? 311 01:03:43,022 --> 01:03:45,523 I have my reasons. 312 01:03:47,426 --> 01:03:50,694 I suspect it's because he rejected you so swiftly, 313 01:03:50,762 --> 01:03:53,031 And few people, if any, have ever done that. 314 01:03:54,033 --> 01:03:56,034 Perhaps. 315 01:04:00,339 --> 01:04:04,475 But... If you're so determined to be published by him, 316 01:04:04,543 --> 01:04:08,313 The publisher who rejects you and who loves me... 317 01:04:09,848 --> 01:04:12,417 Then I have a plan. 318 01:04:14,219 --> 01:04:18,289 I could be your messenger. You could write on me. 319 01:04:18,357 --> 01:04:22,226 And with your permission and, of course, your blessing, I could, um-- 320 01:04:22,294 --> 01:04:25,096 Pay your publishing friend a visit? 321 01:04:27,132 --> 01:04:29,300 A sacrifice? 322 01:04:29,368 --> 01:04:31,569 But not without pleasure for you? 323 01:04:31,636 --> 01:04:34,138 Perhaps. 324 01:04:34,206 --> 01:04:36,274 You could be jealous? 325 01:04:37,209 --> 01:04:39,110 Vtamo? 326 01:04:39,178 --> 01:04:42,447 327 01:07:24,909 --> 01:07:27,445 328 01:07:56,341 --> 01:07:58,409 329 01:08:00,812 --> 01:08:03,747 It's worked. He won't let me go. Wait for me. 330 01:08:03,815 --> 01:08:05,783 He's thinking of an edition of 3,000... 331 01:08:05,850 --> 01:08:08,152 If there are more, and there will be more, won't there? 332 01:08:08,220 --> 01:08:10,154 I'll see you this evening. Wait for me here. 333 01:08:10,222 --> 01:08:13,157 Hey, you are enjoying it too much. 334 01:08:13,225 --> 01:08:17,595 But with your permission. And only according to the quality of the writing. 335 01:08:17,663 --> 01:08:21,799 If you don't hurry it along, I'll be looking for someone else. 336 01:08:21,866 --> 01:08:23,834 You dare. 337 01:08:27,806 --> 01:08:29,740 338 01:08:29,808 --> 01:08:44,188 339 01:08:53,298 --> 01:08:56,534 [woman singing in french] 340 01:09:02,541 --> 01:09:05,276 He's making me wait. buy some new paper. 341 01:09:05,344 --> 01:09:10,381 Don't get so upset. you could use me. 342 01:09:10,449 --> 01:09:13,351 Give me two more of these and some more of this and some stuff for him. 343 01:09:13,418 --> 01:09:16,454 You could have babies. 344 01:09:16,521 --> 01:09:21,359 They're not bad-looking ladies. I need some skin, two meters and a half. 345 01:09:21,426 --> 01:09:23,461 Sorry? Back and front. 346 01:09:23,528 --> 01:09:27,598 I could give you three and a half. 347 01:09:27,666 --> 01:09:32,470 True, but the quality of the paper would not attract my fastidious publisher. 348 01:09:33,171 --> 01:09:37,375 Jerome! Jerome. 349 01:09:37,442 --> 01:09:41,679 Jerome! Jerome. 350 01:09:43,815 --> 01:09:45,816 Jerome! 351 01:09:52,857 --> 01:09:55,025 Jerome! 352 01:09:57,128 --> 01:09:59,563 Jerome! 353 01:09:59,631 --> 01:10:01,932 Jerome! 354 01:10:02,934 --> 01:10:05,002 355 01:10:05,069 --> 01:10:07,070 356 01:10:16,548 --> 01:10:19,149 357 01:10:21,420 --> 01:10:24,422 358 01:10:51,883 --> 01:10:55,085 I need you both. Come with me? 359 01:10:55,153 --> 01:10:57,855 I really do. It's like wild kingdom. 360 01:10:57,922 --> 01:11:00,658 361 01:11:00,726 --> 01:11:02,960 All right, you're gonna like this one. This one's funny. 362 01:11:03,027 --> 01:11:05,429 Okay. There are these two lesbians, all right? And one says to the other-- 363 01:11:27,018 --> 01:11:29,820 364 01:12:09,327 --> 01:12:12,262 [woman singing in japanese] 365 01:12:23,374 --> 01:12:25,476 366 01:12:30,348 --> 01:12:32,750 367 01:12:32,818 --> 01:12:35,820 Oh, keep going. Keep going. It felt good. 368 01:12:35,887 --> 01:12:37,888 It felt good, I swear to god. 369 01:12:37,956 --> 01:12:41,158 You know something? If you had a pair of tits-- 370 01:12:41,225 --> 01:12:43,995 Hey, you know something? They got a song about you in america. 371 01:12:44,062 --> 01:12:46,430 You know what it's called? It's called"the hokeypokey." 372 01:12:46,498 --> 01:12:49,600 You get it? "the hokeypokey." 373 01:12:49,668 --> 01:12:52,804 Ready? you put your right foot in you put your right foot out 374 01:12:52,871 --> 01:12:55,673 your put your right foot in and you shake it all about 375 01:12:55,740 --> 01:12:58,609 you do the hokeypokey. You turn your-- oh! 376 01:12:58,677 --> 01:13:00,778 Hello. Sorry. 377 01:13:00,846 --> 01:13:03,981 Americans always say they have nothing to hide. 378 01:13:04,049 --> 01:13:06,284 I can see that's true. 379 01:13:06,351 --> 01:13:08,485 Look what I got here? It is a menu. 380 01:13:08,553 --> 01:13:10,855 It's a menu to my very own restaurant. So you come on in. 381 01:13:10,923 --> 01:13:14,992 No, get off! Come on in. And you've known me a long time. I'll let you in free. 382 01:13:15,060 --> 01:13:17,061 Moo goo gai pan and all that stuff. 383 01:13:17,129 --> 01:13:19,697 You wanna come in? 384 01:13:19,764 --> 01:13:23,734 How 'bout a little kiss? How 'bout you kiss me in the hay? How does that sound? 385 01:13:23,802 --> 01:13:26,603 love me a long time, baby, love me a long-- 386 01:13:26,671 --> 01:13:29,207 387 01:13:46,892 --> 01:13:49,160 388 01:13:50,162 --> 01:13:52,663 389 01:13:55,133 --> 01:13:58,002 [continues in japanese] 390 01:13:58,070 --> 01:14:01,038 391 01:14:03,375 --> 01:14:05,676 392 01:14:40,545 --> 01:14:42,546 393 01:14:44,149 --> 01:14:46,717 394 01:14:46,785 --> 01:14:50,388 nagiko? C'est moi. C'est jerome. 395 01:14:50,455 --> 01:14:54,292 Nagiko? 396 01:14:54,359 --> 01:14:59,596 Nagiko! 397 01:14:59,664 --> 01:15:01,665 Nagiko-- 398 01:15:01,733 --> 01:15:03,667 399 01:15:03,735 --> 01:15:07,204 Nagiko! Nagiko! 400 01:15:07,272 --> 01:15:10,474 I know you're there! Let me in! 401 01:15:10,542 --> 01:15:13,744 Don't play games! I know you're there! 402 01:15:15,013 --> 01:15:18,449 nagiko! 403 01:15:18,516 --> 01:15:22,886 I met your friend. I met your fat friend. 404 01:15:22,955 --> 01:15:25,423 He was nice, huh? Was he nice? 405 01:15:25,490 --> 01:15:30,995 He was covered in my paint! My paint for my body! 406 01:15:31,063 --> 01:15:35,066 nagiko! Nagiko! 407 01:15:36,201 --> 01:15:38,336 408 01:15:39,338 --> 01:15:42,974 Nagiko! Nagiko! 409 01:15:43,041 --> 01:15:47,111 410 01:15:47,179 --> 01:15:50,681 Oh, my god! What have I done? What have I done? 411 01:15:50,748 --> 01:15:53,284 I'll make it-- make it up! 412 01:15:53,352 --> 01:15:56,620 413 01:15:56,688 --> 01:16:00,124 please let me in! 414 01:16:01,994 --> 01:16:04,595 I love you, nagiko. 415 01:16:04,662 --> 01:16:07,365 I love you. Talk to me. 416 01:16:08,766 --> 01:16:11,568 Nagiko! 417 01:16:11,636 --> 01:16:13,637 Please! 418 01:16:15,540 --> 01:16:17,741 I won't play games. 419 01:16:17,809 --> 01:16:20,677 let me in! Let me in! 420 01:16:20,745 --> 01:16:22,646 let me in! 421 01:16:22,714 --> 01:16:25,949 422 01:16:32,024 --> 01:16:34,025 423 01:17:03,955 --> 01:17:06,424 Hoki, why won't she talk to me? 424 01:17:06,491 --> 01:17:09,593 Nagiko, why won't she talk to me? I don't know. 425 01:17:09,661 --> 01:17:11,562 What do you mean, you don't know? Have you seen her? 426 01:17:11,629 --> 01:17:14,265 When did you last see her? 427 01:17:26,445 --> 01:17:28,412 Oi. 428 01:17:34,286 --> 01:17:36,420 Whiskey. 429 01:17:36,488 --> 01:17:38,822 Uh, whiskey. 430 01:17:39,891 --> 01:17:42,593 431 01:17:53,905 --> 01:17:59,276 She comes here, you know, to pick up her clients. 432 01:17:59,344 --> 01:18:02,413 She almost lives here. 433 01:18:06,551 --> 01:18:10,287 The waiters are all pimps. 434 01:18:10,355 --> 01:18:13,023 435 01:18:30,708 --> 01:18:35,879 She makes sure they are very smooth-skinned. 436 01:18:38,450 --> 01:18:41,152 You know? Between the legs? 437 01:18:41,219 --> 01:18:43,820 Her maid usually washes them... 438 01:18:43,888 --> 01:18:48,058 With lemon juice to make their skin soft... 439 01:18:48,126 --> 01:18:50,227 And smooth. 440 01:18:52,230 --> 01:18:54,998 But you could scare her. 441 01:18:55,066 --> 01:18:57,234 You are a writer, 442 01:18:57,302 --> 01:19:02,105 Like in romeo and juliet. 443 01:19:04,976 --> 01:19:07,778 Shakespeare? 444 01:19:24,529 --> 01:19:27,030 445 01:21:57,081 --> 01:21:59,616 446 01:23:50,528 --> 01:23:54,731 Jerome? Jerome? Jerome? 447 01:23:54,799 --> 01:23:57,634 Jerome? Jerome? I'm sorry. 448 01:23:57,702 --> 01:24:00,203 We can start again from where we left off. 449 01:24:00,271 --> 01:24:03,039 I was angry. You deceived me... 450 01:24:03,107 --> 01:24:08,378 With a man I detest, with a man who blackmailed my father. 451 01:24:08,446 --> 01:24:11,114 But... We can revenge him. 452 01:24:11,182 --> 01:24:13,183 We need to work. 453 01:24:43,147 --> 01:24:45,148 Jerome. 454 01:24:46,684 --> 01:24:49,219 Jerome? 455 01:24:49,286 --> 01:24:53,356 Jerome! Jerome! Jerome! 456 01:24:55,393 --> 01:24:57,394 Jerome! 457 01:25:07,739 --> 01:25:09,640 458 01:25:09,707 --> 01:25:12,208 459 01:25:41,906 --> 01:25:44,441 460 01:25:44,508 --> 01:25:48,078 461 01:26:49,974 --> 01:26:52,976 462 01:27:23,808 --> 01:27:25,909 463 01:27:36,187 --> 01:27:39,156 Jerome always wanted to be foreign, 464 01:27:39,223 --> 01:27:42,592 Though not necessarily oriental. 465 01:27:43,795 --> 01:27:46,029 English wasn't enough for him. 466 01:27:46,097 --> 01:27:48,832 He'd never have made a writer. 467 01:27:48,900 --> 01:27:51,001 He didn't have enough imagination. 468 01:27:51,069 --> 01:27:54,071 jerome was dyslexic until he was 12, 469 01:27:54,138 --> 01:27:57,874 Before it became fashionable. 470 01:27:57,942 --> 01:28:01,912 And he broke every pair of glasses I gave him. 471 01:28:01,979 --> 01:28:04,681 He hated wearing glasses. 472 01:28:04,749 --> 01:28:07,751 He was very good at breaking things, 473 01:28:07,819 --> 01:28:11,554 Especially relationships, just like his father. 474 01:28:11,622 --> 01:28:17,360 His father was a catholic convert, always experimenting with faith. 475 01:28:17,428 --> 01:28:20,864 We called our first son paul and our second jerome... 476 01:28:20,932 --> 01:28:25,401 After his father's confessor, who was a jesuit in singapore. 477 01:28:27,538 --> 01:28:30,240 Jerome never liked me. 478 01:28:30,307 --> 01:28:33,043 He preferred my sister, 479 01:28:33,111 --> 01:28:36,146 A little fool who was excited by modern literature. 480 01:28:36,214 --> 01:28:41,618 All swear words and scatology, before it became fashionable. 481 01:28:42,920 --> 01:28:45,588 I hear you're fashionable. 482 01:28:45,656 --> 01:28:49,192 I suppose that's what excited jerome. 483 01:29:01,405 --> 01:29:04,707 we burned an effigy of jerome's car. 484 01:29:04,776 --> 01:29:07,844 We didn't burn his books. 485 01:29:07,912 --> 01:29:10,213 They were too damp. 486 01:29:29,400 --> 01:29:32,102 [clears throat, speaks japanese] 487 01:30:13,177 --> 01:30:15,611 I burned my books... 488 01:30:15,679 --> 01:30:18,514 And my clothes and shoes... 489 01:30:18,582 --> 01:30:22,185 And the photographs and diaries. 490 01:30:22,253 --> 01:30:26,323 It was the second major fire in my life. 491 01:30:26,390 --> 01:30:29,792 The first fire had taken me out of japan. 492 01:30:29,861 --> 01:30:34,064 The second took me back. 493 01:30:47,845 --> 01:30:51,948 494 01:31:02,293 --> 01:31:06,062 495 01:31:13,371 --> 01:31:15,939 496 01:31:54,578 --> 01:31:56,846 497 01:32:43,627 --> 01:32:49,499 498 01:32:52,569 --> 01:32:56,506 499 01:32:59,510 --> 01:33:02,678 500 01:33:57,468 --> 01:33:59,536 501 01:34:35,172 --> 01:34:37,440 hoki wrote to me. 502 01:34:37,508 --> 01:34:41,644 Even after jerome's death, he was still very, very jealous. 503 01:34:41,712 --> 01:34:46,216 He wrote to tell me about the publisher's act of sacrilege. 504 01:34:46,283 --> 01:34:50,153 I had promised jerome 13 books. 505 01:34:50,221 --> 01:34:53,389 I could not now write them on jerome's body. 506 01:34:53,457 --> 01:34:57,059 I found substitutes in japan. 507 01:34:57,128 --> 01:35:00,096 I would write the books for the publisher as a bargain... 508 01:35:00,164 --> 01:35:04,400 For the return of the pillow book he had made of jerome's body. 509 01:35:10,341 --> 01:35:12,642 Now you've been signed by me, 510 01:35:12,709 --> 01:35:15,145 You can go and do my business. 511 01:35:25,422 --> 01:35:27,423 512 01:35:37,901 --> 01:35:39,902 513 01:35:51,882 --> 01:35:53,883 514 01:36:51,808 --> 01:36:53,943 515 01:36:57,114 --> 01:37:00,082 [yelling in japanese] 516 01:37:21,305 --> 01:37:24,474 [yelling in japanese] 517 01:38:24,868 --> 01:38:27,903 Excuse me. Can I see the manager, please? 518 01:38:27,971 --> 01:38:29,972 519 01:38:35,946 --> 01:38:38,448 520 01:38:39,583 --> 01:38:41,584 521 01:38:51,662 --> 01:38:54,163 Let's take another photograph. 522 01:39:03,741 --> 01:39:05,975 523 01:39:07,177 --> 01:39:09,211 524 01:39:11,147 --> 01:39:14,584 Excuse me. Give it to the manager and tell him we are here. 525 01:41:15,639 --> 01:41:17,707 526 01:41:21,011 --> 01:41:22,979 Mm-hmm. 527 01:41:24,882 --> 01:41:27,182 528 01:41:34,057 --> 01:41:36,158 529 01:42:09,059 --> 01:42:12,628 530 01:42:19,670 --> 01:42:22,137 531 01:42:42,626 --> 01:42:45,127 532 01:44:02,139 --> 01:44:04,874 533 01:44:52,422 --> 01:44:57,059 534 01:44:58,461 --> 01:45:01,563 535 01:45:01,631 --> 01:45:04,399 536 01:45:04,467 --> 01:45:08,637 537 01:45:12,542 --> 01:45:14,910 538 01:45:20,016 --> 01:45:22,251 539 01:45:22,318 --> 01:45:25,721 540 01:45:27,190 --> 01:45:30,392 541 01:45:46,309 --> 01:45:49,044 542 01:45:51,414 --> 01:45:56,585 543 01:46:21,043 --> 01:46:24,946 544 01:46:25,014 --> 01:46:28,016 545 01:46:55,345 --> 01:46:58,447 546 01:47:07,457 --> 01:47:10,259 547 01:47:58,874 --> 01:48:01,443 548 01:48:10,286 --> 01:48:13,154 549 01:52:17,333 --> 01:52:20,001 550 01:52:28,177 --> 01:52:31,780 this is the writing of Nagiko Yujikino, 551 01:52:31,848 --> 01:52:34,182 And I know you to have blackmailed, 552 01:52:34,249 --> 01:52:37,418 Violated and humiliated my father. 553 01:52:37,487 --> 01:52:41,723 I suspect you also of ruining my husband. 554 01:52:41,791 --> 01:52:45,126 You have now committed the greatest crime. 555 01:52:45,194 --> 01:52:48,730 You have desecrated the body of my lover. 556 01:52:48,798 --> 01:52:51,132 You and I now know... 557 01:52:51,200 --> 01:52:54,870 That you have lived long enough. 558 01:53:15,357 --> 01:53:18,192 559 01:53:37,747 --> 01:53:40,649 560 01:54:18,821 --> 01:54:20,822 561 01:54:23,626 --> 01:54:25,894 562 01:54:47,282 --> 01:54:49,818 563 01:55:14,844 --> 01:55:17,646 today, I am 28 years old. 564 01:55:17,713 --> 01:55:22,450 And on my 28th birthday I have experiences enough... 565 01:55:22,518 --> 01:55:24,619 To write my own pillow book. 566 01:55:24,687 --> 01:55:26,721 Think of that. 567 01:55:36,132 --> 01:55:40,068 The pillow book of Nagiko Kiyohara. 568 01:55:48,310 --> 01:55:50,679 I can now make my own list of things... 569 01:55:50,746 --> 01:55:53,148 That make the heart beat faster.37120

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