1 00:00:10,453 --> 00:00:12,713 "Japan is really Mrs. Everyman... 2 00:00:13,013 --> 00:00:14,984 ...and her daughters, saving... 3 00:00:15,519 --> 00:00:19,215 ... Mr. Everyman by bursting the paper wall". 4 00:00:21,396 --> 00:00:23,231 Mr. Everyman explains how to... 5 00:00:23,690 --> 00:00:25,817 ... look like a Japanese and... 6 00:00:26,234 --> 00:00:28,737 ... thus impress those wild and not very... 7 00:00:29,154 --> 00:00:30,330 ... civilised people. 8 00:00:30,697 --> 00:00:33,324 Mrs. Everyman replies that... 9 00:00:33,783 --> 00:00:35,577 ... for savages, they look... 10 00:00:35,994 --> 00:00:38,038 ... remarkably civilised. 11 00:00:38,651 --> 00:00:41,849 Meanwhile, Mr. Everyman, seeing more people... 12 00:00:42,334 --> 00:00:44,753 ... looking even more Japanese,... 13 00:00:44,818 --> 00:00:46,643 ... is reassured. 14 00:00:47,255 --> 00:00:48,882 Mrs. Everyman sees... 15 00:00:49,257 --> 00:00:51,926 ... soldiers parading in European uniform. 16 00:00:52,260 --> 00:00:53,470 She smiles ironically. 17 00:00:53,887 --> 00:00:56,723 But now a number of typical Japanese... 18 00:00:56,823 --> 00:00:58,099 ... walk into the house. 19 00:00:58,405 --> 00:00:59,764 Her irony disappears. 20 00:01:00,325 --> 00:01:03,182 And Mr. Everyman is not ashamed to admit... 21 00:01:03,718 --> 00:01:05,171 ... he is mystified. 22 00:02:23,184 --> 00:02:26,271 This is Etienne Lalou speaking from Tokyo. 23 00:02:26,646 --> 00:02:29,315 The 18th Olympic Games began with a bow. 24 00:02:29,774 --> 00:02:33,236 Emperor Hirohito bowed to the flags of the nations. 25 00:02:34,529 --> 00:02:37,824 Japan was waiting for the Games in 1940. 26 00:02:38,199 --> 00:02:39,576 But not the same Japan. 27 00:02:39,951 --> 00:02:42,954 Japan did not make transistors then... 28 00:02:43,288 --> 00:02:45,582 ... and Emperors did not bow. 29 00:05:03,386 --> 00:05:07,265 Kumiko Muraoka, over 20, but less than 30... 30 00:05:07,682 --> 00:05:10,185 ... born in Manchuria, hates lies. 31 00:05:10,685 --> 00:05:13,188 Attended Franco- Japanese school. 32 00:05:13,521 --> 00:05:16,191 Hates electric typewriters and girl- chasers. 33 00:05:16,566 --> 00:05:19,986 Met her by accident in Tokyo during the games. 34 00:05:23,198 --> 00:05:26,908 Kumiko is not a typical japanese- if there is such a thing. 35 00:05:27,202 --> 00:05:29,871 Nor a typical girl, nor a modern girl. 36 00:05:30,205 --> 00:05:32,499 She is not an example of anything. 37 00:05:32,874 --> 00:05:36,044 Either class or race. 38 00:05:42,050 --> 00:05:43,885 Not like any other women. 39 00:05:44,260 --> 00:05:46,513 She is like women who are different. 40 00:05:46,763 --> 00:05:48,181 Which is something. 41 00:05:50,308 --> 00:05:52,018 She lives from day to day. 42 00:05:52,352 --> 00:05:54,854 She is amased to find herself starring in a film. 43 00:05:56,064 --> 00:05:57,482 She is well aware... 44 00:05:59,067 --> 00:06:00,902 ... that she won't make history. 45 00:06:01,408 --> 00:06:02,937 Nevertheless... 46 00:06:04,197 --> 00:06:05,198 she is history just like... 47 00:06:05,615 --> 00:06:07,242 ... you, me and the Pope. 48 00:06:11,413 --> 00:06:14,249 And Japan is all around her. 49 00:06:38,633 --> 00:06:40,775 Visitors to Tokyo for the Games... 50 00:06:41,317 --> 00:06:43,236 ... don't forget the Dreamland Fun Park. 51 00:06:43,570 --> 00:06:46,156 The big wheel and other sensations. 52 00:06:46,885 --> 00:06:48,950 Its picturesque European village. 53 00:07:00,879 --> 00:07:02,339 Tokyo, 11 October. 54 00:07:03,298 --> 00:07:05,725 The leading Tokyo gang leaders. 55 00:07:06,301 --> 00:07:07,344 ... have ordered their gangs... 56 00:07:08,011 --> 00:07:11,190 ... to cease all activities during the games. 57 00:07:25,445 --> 00:07:27,500 Harvard student Peter Kassovitz... 58 00:07:27,790 --> 00:07:31,409 ... is making a sociological study on Tokyo telephone habits. 59 00:07:31,826 --> 00:07:33,170 He wants to find out... 60 00:07:33,620 --> 00:07:35,914 How many 'phone kiosks there are? 61 00:07:36,206 --> 00:07:38,291 How many people use them? 62 00:07:38,792 --> 00:07:39,793 But above all... 63 00:07:40,126 --> 00:07:42,629 ... to whom they telephone? 64 00:07:47,258 --> 00:07:48,677 ... is making a survey... 65 00:07:49,344 --> 00:07:52,514 ... on photography in Japan. 66 00:07:52,806 --> 00:07:54,683 Her main headings are... 67 00:07:55,016 --> 00:07:56,810 The Statistical Institute... 68 00:07:57,352 --> 00:07:59,020 ... gives the results of a survey. 69 00:07:59,396 --> 00:08:02,607 To the question: "What makes life worth living?" 70 00:08:03,024 --> 00:08:05,026 8% replied: "Family life". 71 00:08:05,527 --> 00:08:06,861 24% replied: children. 72 00:08:07,195 --> 00:08:10,615 15%: work. 6%: earning money. 73 00:08:10,949 --> 00:08:12,575 4%: enjoying life. 74 00:08:12,951 --> 00:08:15,870 21%: LIFE IS NOT WORTH LIVING. 75 00:08:18,248 --> 00:08:22,085 Atheists were asked if religion was important. 76 00:08:23,086 --> 00:08:25,005 77% replied yes. 77 00:08:25,714 --> 00:08:28,508 Asked if they believed in afterlife... 78 00:08:28,842 --> 00:08:32,470 ... 20% replied yes. 59% replied no. 79 00:08:33,221 --> 00:08:37,017 9% did not know, and 12% were not sure. 80 00:10:00,558 --> 00:10:02,268 Tokyo, 17 October. 81 00:10:02,644 --> 00:10:04,688 9 students were arrested for protesting... 82 00:10:05,146 --> 00:10:08,692 ... against the visit of American atomic submarines. 83 00:10:09,067 --> 00:10:11,361 The Mainicht News reported that the demonstration was quiet. 84 00:10:13,149 --> 00:10:16,282 And did not attract much attention. 85 00:10:16,491 --> 00:10:19,494 People were watching the Games on TV. 86 00:10:22,747 --> 00:10:25,542 Japanese wrestler, Sunichi Kawano, 27... 87 00:10:25,959 --> 00:10:30,213 ... was run out of his village after losing against the Iranian Resa. 88 00:10:30,588 --> 00:10:33,883 Kuwano's manager accused him of lacking fight. 89 00:10:34,259 --> 00:10:38,513 Adding that his attitude was liable to demoralize the Japanese team. 90 00:10:49,274 --> 00:10:51,693 Between pictures, Kumiko and I talk. 91 00:10:52,068 --> 00:10:53,820 Difficult sometimes... 92 00:10:54,195 --> 00:10:56,239 ... if only because of her way... 93 00:10:56,656 --> 00:10:58,908 ... of speaking French. 94 00:10:59,242 --> 00:11:00,243 But we talk. 95 00:11:03,496 --> 00:11:06,624 You say you're not completely Japanese? 96 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:11,504 I am completely Japanese by race... 97 00:11:13,548 --> 00:11:14,924 ... and in spirit? 98 00:11:17,510 --> 00:11:19,346 I'm all mixed up. 99 00:11:20,180 --> 00:11:23,266 Much too much mixed up. 100 00:11:23,725 --> 00:11:25,602 What was the cause of that? 101 00:11:26,061 --> 00:11:27,896 Being born in Manchuria? 102 00:11:29,057 --> 00:11:31,526 In a sense, yes. 103 00:11:41,409 --> 00:11:44,287 At what age did you come to Japan? 104 00:11:45,060 --> 00:11:46,109 I was ten. 105 00:11:47,499 --> 00:11:51,252 I was quite a foreigner to the country. 106 00:11:52,212 --> 00:11:53,212 How do you feel now? 107 00:11:56,424 --> 00:11:58,510 You don't feel a foreigner any more? 108 00:12:01,054 --> 00:12:04,140 I must be Japanese now. 109 00:12:04,307 --> 00:12:06,935 I can't get rid of the Japanese spirit. 110 00:12:07,852 --> 00:12:10,188 What is the Japanese spirit? 111 00:12:11,398 --> 00:12:12,607 Japanese life. 112 00:12:13,108 --> 00:12:14,984 How d'you mean, Japanese life? 113 00:12:15,235 --> 00:12:17,320 I mean living as a Japanese,... 114 00:12:18,196 --> 00:12:20,073 ... living in Japan. 115 00:12:21,700 --> 00:12:25,620 How is that different from living in France, say? 116 00:12:26,121 --> 00:12:27,414 Or America? 117 00:12:28,873 --> 00:12:31,042 Well, first there's the air. 118 00:12:31,459 --> 00:12:32,877 What about the air? 119 00:12:33,294 --> 00:12:34,295 It's wet. 120 00:14:50,765 --> 00:14:52,976 Asahi Shimbun of 20 October... 121 00:14:53,435 --> 00:14:56,271 ... gave an article on ladies' dress shops. 122 00:14:56,688 --> 00:15:00,150 Visitors to Japan are always struck... 123 00:15:00,525 --> 00:15:03,486 ... by the models in shop windows. 124 00:15:03,862 --> 00:15:05,947 They all look like Europeans. 125 00:15:06,781 --> 00:15:09,659 The author denied this was aping the West. 126 00:15:10,076 --> 00:15:12,245 But failed to find a convincing answer. 127 00:15:12,704 --> 00:15:14,354 And the question remains: 128 00:15:14,820 --> 00:15:16,900 Why are Japanese dresses... 129 00:15:17,375 --> 00:15:19,169 ... shown on snub-nosed blondes? 130 00:15:21,504 --> 00:15:23,798 I don't trouble much about models. 131 00:15:24,299 --> 00:15:25,633 But some of them are white. 132 00:15:25,967 --> 00:15:31,723 Oh well, I suppose it's just to show off the dresses. 133 00:15:34,184 --> 00:15:36,978 Okay. But look at the magazines. 134 00:15:37,354 --> 00:15:40,273 Nothing but adverts for making eyes bigger... 135 00:15:41,066 --> 00:15:43,818 ... making noses narrower- and other things. 136 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:49,074 All that is not just to make you look Japanese. 137 00:15:50,033 --> 00:15:52,285 Well, I suppose it's the fashion. 138 00:15:52,660 --> 00:15:57,957 People in Japan no longer like completely Japanese faces. 139 00:15:58,833 --> 00:16:03,004 My face, for example, is completely Japanese, it's... 140 00:16:03,546 --> 00:16:04,564 Absolutely. 141 00:16:04,881 --> 00:16:05,912 Out of fashion? 142 00:16:06,341 --> 00:16:07,383 Very much so. 143 00:16:07,842 --> 00:16:12,555 I ought to have been born very much earlier... 144 00:16:12,915 --> 00:16:14,557 In the Helan period. 145 00:16:15,642 --> 00:16:22,357 Nowadays, in Japan, people like the sort of face that is funny. 146 00:16:24,859 --> 00:16:27,195 "Funny-face", they call them. 147 00:16:28,154 --> 00:16:30,031 I like them too, very much. 148 00:16:30,448 --> 00:16:32,534 Isn't your face funny? 149 00:16:35,453 --> 00:16:37,747 I don't know, but anyhow... 150 00:16:38,123 --> 00:16:39,791 Think it's serious? 151 00:16:41,626 --> 00:16:43,712 I don't, frankly. 152 00:16:45,296 --> 00:16:47,924 My face is very Japanese. 153 00:16:49,592 --> 00:16:51,636 Yes, no doubt about that. 154 00:16:52,345 --> 00:16:54,973 Haven't you noticed, when you smile... 155 00:16:55,348 --> 00:16:57,557 ... all that wrinkles up... 156 00:16:57,934 --> 00:17:00,228 ... at the same time. Did you know? 157 00:17:00,645 --> 00:17:01,645 Winkles? 158 00:17:02,122 --> 00:17:03,122 No! Wrinkles. 159 00:17:04,607 --> 00:17:06,192 Pretty wrinkles 160 00:17:11,281 --> 00:17:14,242 "General de Gaulle is continuing... 161 00:17:14,576 --> 00:17:17,287 And the Olympic Games... 162 00:17:17,712 --> 00:17:18,721 Interested? 163 00:17:19,205 --> 00:17:20,915 I don't know. 164 00:17:22,125 --> 00:17:23,710 Don't you read the papers? 165 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:29,632 Haven't you heard about Kruchev - the Chinese bomb? 166 00:17:30,383 --> 00:17:31,760 The elections in England? 167 00:17:33,678 --> 00:17:36,431 The satellite with three fellows in it. And everything? 168 00:17:37,682 --> 00:17:44,230 Oh yes, I know. There are a lot of things going on. 169 00:17:48,234 --> 00:17:50,820 And what do they mean to you? 170 00:17:52,614 --> 00:17:53,614 Nothing? 171 00:17:54,282 --> 00:17:56,868 For instance, when you heard Kruchev... 172 00:17:57,371 --> 00:17:59,412 ... had retired on account of ill health... 173 00:18:00,580 --> 00:18:04,334 ... were you amused- worried- interested? 174 00:18:05,210 --> 00:18:06,795 Or indifferent? 175 00:18:08,922 --> 00:18:11,966 I'm often surprised at things that happen... 176 00:18:12,801 --> 00:18:15,053 ... in Communist countries. 177 00:18:15,512 --> 00:18:16,721 Surprised? 178 00:18:17,097 --> 00:18:18,807 You're not the only one. 179 00:18:19,140 --> 00:18:21,434 The Vatican Council is continuing in Rome. 180 00:18:21,810 --> 00:18:26,106 Pope Paul VI has announced his intention of going to Bombay. 181 00:18:26,356 --> 00:18:27,982 It will be the first time a Pope has gone to Asia. 182 00:18:32,987 --> 00:18:34,823 What do you expect of life? 183 00:18:36,825 --> 00:18:41,938 It's difficult to say... 184 00:18:42,038 --> 00:18:45,500 The trouble is I want so many things- and so few. 185 00:18:47,877 --> 00:18:49,461 Begin with the few. 186 00:18:55,176 --> 00:18:58,221 Looking, getting to know, listening. 187 00:18:59,889 --> 00:19:00,889 So many things! 188 00:19:02,100 --> 00:19:04,185 So very many things! 189 00:19:05,311 --> 00:19:07,105 You want a lot in your head? 190 00:19:07,608 --> 00:19:10,191 Yes, but everything's all so mixed up! 191 00:19:11,818 --> 00:19:13,695 That's my great misfortune. 192 00:19:16,823 --> 00:19:20,035 A misfortune not to have an ordered brain? 193 00:19:21,911 --> 00:19:25,665 It's like a box of games, complicated... 194 00:19:26,166 --> 00:19:28,626 ... all in disorder. 195 00:19:29,210 --> 00:19:32,547 A few things- many things. 196 00:19:33,089 --> 00:19:34,341 Things, things, things. 197 00:19:36,843 --> 00:19:39,596 Aren't all heads like that? 198 00:19:41,139 --> 00:19:43,433 D' you know people with ordered minds? 199 00:19:44,642 --> 00:19:46,895 I don't think so. 200 00:19:49,147 --> 00:19:52,734 But nearly all people of my age... 201 00:19:53,485 --> 00:19:54,861 ... seem to be able to manage. 202 00:19:55,487 --> 00:19:58,114 Manage- or pretend to manage? 203 00:19:58,490 --> 00:20:01,326 Or do they manage because they don't worry? 204 00:20:01,743 --> 00:20:03,078 They've found the way. 205 00:20:03,578 --> 00:20:04,645 To what? 206 00:20:07,540 --> 00:20:10,043 Why- the way how to live! 207 00:20:11,336 --> 00:20:13,505 What I need is to live. 208 00:20:16,633 --> 00:20:18,635 And if I asked you why? 209 00:20:19,094 --> 00:20:21,596 Don't ask me why. 210 00:23:10,223 --> 00:23:12,142 Tokyo, 25 October. 211 00:23:12,600 --> 00:23:16,438 After a plucky fight, Gonzal�s was beaten by the Russian Lagutin. 212 00:23:16,771 --> 00:23:20,066 No gold medal for France this time. 213 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:23,028 A good thing we have a few horses. 214 00:23:23,361 --> 00:23:27,782 Tomorrow, all will be over. 50,610 visitors will leave. 215 00:23:28,074 --> 00:23:32,120 (as also will the Prime Minister, who has just resigned) 216 00:23:32,412 --> 00:23:35,415 And Tokyo will start recovering from the Games. 217 00:23:45,611 --> 00:23:47,396 I was the 50,610th. 218 00:23:48,928 --> 00:23:50,722 I returned to Paris... 219 00:23:51,056 --> 00:23:53,600 ... leaving a questionnaire with Kumiko... 220 00:23:53,975 --> 00:23:56,311 ... just on the off-chance. 221 00:23:56,770 --> 00:24:00,815 She replied- Japanese fashion- on recorded tape. 222 00:24:01,399 --> 00:24:05,445 Letters 35 min wide and 180 meters long... 223 00:24:05,779 --> 00:24:07,662 ... replying to all my questions. 224 00:24:11,493 --> 00:24:13,828 Why do some cats bow? 225 00:24:14,496 --> 00:24:16,206 I personally don't know. 226 00:24:16,581 --> 00:24:18,249 But you're asking me why. 227 00:24:19,084 --> 00:24:22,671 So I went and found a bowing cat, and asked him. 228 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:25,639 And this is what he said: 229 00:24:26,174 --> 00:24:29,427 "Where can you find bowing cats? 230 00:24:29,844 --> 00:24:31,036 I've never seen one". 231 00:24:31,513 --> 00:24:34,140 So obviously he doesn't know why. 232 00:24:34,683 --> 00:24:36,685 Do you like animals? 233 00:24:48,336 --> 00:24:50,375 I never hate animals. 234 00:24:51,429 --> 00:24:53,053 I get on well with them... 235 00:24:53,993 --> 00:24:56,204 ... providing they're not too big. 236 00:24:56,705 --> 00:24:58,206 Or too strange. 237 00:25:06,548 --> 00:25:08,299 Dogs are faithful- much too faithful. 238 00:25:11,428 --> 00:25:13,263 I like cats better. 239 00:25:13,596 --> 00:25:17,517 Especially when you look into a cat's eyes... 240 00:25:18,810 --> 00:25:21,021 ... they're so suspicious. 241 00:25:21,396 --> 00:25:26,526 And when I am not quite sure whether to be kind or cruel... 242 00:25:26,860 --> 00:25:28,361 ... my heart torn between them... 243 00:25:29,404 --> 00:25:32,949 ... I see the same doubt in the cat's eyes. 244 00:25:35,869 --> 00:25:39,832 When I was a child, I had some chicks.. 245 00:25:40,206 --> 00:25:43,669 ... a tiny hare that had lost its mother... 246 00:25:44,210 --> 00:25:47,589 ... and some white cats with blue eyes. 247 00:25:50,216 --> 00:25:52,758 The chicks ran too fast... 248 00:25:53,053 --> 00:25:56,222 ... following me through the garden. 249 00:25:56,598 --> 00:25:58,975 When night fell, they cried... 250 00:25:59,267 --> 00:26:01,895 ... with sadness at leaving me. 251 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:06,232 The hare drank the milk I gave him... 252 00:26:06,691 --> 00:26:08,109 ... and slept in my bed. 253 00:26:10,570 --> 00:26:13,239 They all trusted me very much... 254 00:26:14,028 --> 00:26:15,919 ... and I loved them too much. 255 00:26:19,329 --> 00:26:23,541 One morning, I found all the chicks were dead. 256 00:26:24,793 --> 00:26:28,129 They had frozen to death during the night. 257 00:26:31,549 --> 00:26:34,177 And the poor little hare! 258 00:26:35,553 --> 00:26:37,681 I killed him accidentally... 259 00:26:38,014 --> 00:26:40,100 ... by stepping on him. 260 00:26:43,061 --> 00:26:44,312 The cats died too. 261 00:26:46,272 --> 00:26:49,359 Never again will I live with animals. 262 00:26:55,156 --> 00:26:58,868 All the same, when cats rub against my legs in the street... 263 00:27:00,120 --> 00:27:04,332 ... or a black that looks at me through the window... 264 00:27:04,874 --> 00:27:06,376 ... perhaps she's thirsty. 265 00:27:07,210 --> 00:27:08,920 Or sometimes hungry. 266 00:27:11,339 --> 00:27:15,635 And one day, whern I came across a thin dog... 267 00:27:15,969 --> 00:27:18,138 ... I miouwed without knowing it. 268 00:27:18,471 --> 00:27:20,140 And he miowed back. 269 00:27:22,809 --> 00:27:24,310 I laughed so much! 270 00:27:24,978 --> 00:27:27,856 Do you see Japanese beauty as we do? 271 00:27:28,314 --> 00:27:29,399 And Japanese children? 272 00:27:39,743 --> 00:27:40,994 It's unbelievable... 273 00:27:41,661 --> 00:27:47,250 ... the violence and tenderness inspired in others by beauty. 274 00:27:47,876 --> 00:27:50,128 And I cannot imagine... 275 00:27:50,754 --> 00:27:54,799 ... how you see Japanese beauty- or Japanese children. 276 00:27:56,301 --> 00:27:59,888 Beautiful Japanese children are beautiful for me too. 277 00:28:00,555 --> 00:28:03,475 They may well represent Japanese beauty. 278 00:28:10,482 --> 00:28:14,527 But when I look at beautiful European children... 279 00:28:15,153 --> 00:28:20,283 ... I understand how it was you discovered angels. 280 00:28:20,909 --> 00:28:23,286 For that's exactly what they are. 281 00:28:24,496 --> 00:28:26,539 No matter how beautiful they are... 282 00:28:26,998 --> 00:28:29,876 ... Japanese children are never angels. 283 00:28:35,674 --> 00:28:38,593 It's the same with the eyes,... 284 00:28:39,052 --> 00:28:41,638 ... the timid Asian eyes... 285 00:28:42,222 --> 00:28:44,683 ... always trying to hide something. 286 00:28:45,266 --> 00:28:49,270 European eyes are like lakes. 287 00:28:49,688 --> 00:28:52,230 ... tempting and drowning. 288 00:28:52,857 --> 00:28:54,776 Each people has its beauty. 289 00:28:55,527 --> 00:29:00,699 How amazing it is that European eyes are usually coloured! 290 00:29:03,326 --> 00:29:06,621 I wonder who invented blue eyes. 291 00:29:10,041 --> 00:29:11,626 And Japanese men? 292 00:29:13,837 --> 00:29:16,631 Men were the mirrors in which... 293 00:29:16,965 --> 00:29:19,676 ... I could see my own face. 294 00:29:20,677 --> 00:29:25,140 I was astonished when I understood that I was living in their eyes. 295 00:29:25,515 --> 00:29:27,225 The witnesses of my life. 296 00:29:28,935 --> 00:29:31,146 They never criticise me... 297 00:29:31,563 --> 00:29:35,025 ... or look for the faults in my face. 298 00:29:35,525 --> 00:29:40,071 They seem to be looking at me through a frosted window. 299 00:29:41,531 --> 00:29:43,992 Why were they always so kind... 300 00:29:44,617 --> 00:29:47,120 ... and always so generous... 301 00:29:47,579 --> 00:29:51,708 ... whereas a real mirror never forgives me? 302 00:29:53,501 --> 00:29:55,003 There are myths... 303 00:29:55,337 --> 00:29:59,299 ... and the past in a mirror, and it is proud of them. 304 00:30:01,676 --> 00:30:04,471 It is cold and cruel... 305 00:30:04,888 --> 00:30:07,849 ... and it keeps silent forever. 306 00:30:12,354 --> 00:30:15,231 But men- those opaque windows... 307 00:30:16,524 --> 00:30:18,985 ... they are always speaking to me. 308 00:30:19,486 --> 00:30:21,946 They make dates with me. 309 00:30:22,572 --> 00:30:25,742 Then they ask for another date. 310 00:30:26,034 --> 00:30:27,869 I tell them proudly: 311 00:30:29,120 --> 00:30:32,165 "What about life? You talk too fast". 312 00:30:33,708 --> 00:30:37,837 But I was afraid- afraid all the same. 313 00:30:38,588 --> 00:30:41,091 Afraid of kindness... 314 00:30:41,424 --> 00:30:43,301 ... afraid of men... 315 00:30:43,593 --> 00:30:45,428 ... afraid of life. 316 00:30:47,138 --> 00:30:50,058 But I listened to them and smiled. 317 00:30:50,350 --> 00:30:54,020 I laughed in order to thank them. 318 00:30:54,312 --> 00:30:56,106 And I got tired of them. 319 00:31:07,867 --> 00:31:09,577 I've been to Japan. 320 00:31:09,915 --> 00:31:12,046 I've never been to Japan. 321 00:31:16,418 --> 00:31:18,294 I- like- Tokyo. 322 00:31:18,753 --> 00:31:20,422 Just a lot of barbarians. 323 00:31:20,755 --> 00:31:22,841 Tradition! Everybody has tradition. 324 00:31:25,927 --> 00:31:29,222 ... of the Samurai- the barbarians. 325 00:33:51,531 --> 00:33:53,950 According to the Statistical Institute... 326 00:33:54,284 --> 00:33:57,000 ... the Japanese are hard-working. 327 00:33:57,412 --> 00:33:59,914 polite, idealistic, frank, gay, 328 00:34:00,290 --> 00:34:01,416 rational and original. 329 00:34:01,833 --> 00:34:03,376 I saw myself quite... 330 00:34:03,793 --> 00:34:05,837 Just wait for the defects: 331 00:34:06,340 --> 00:34:08,923 Irritability, rapid loss of enthusiasm, 332 00:34:09,424 --> 00:34:12,249 Insular, love of imitation, 333 00:34:12,349 --> 00:34:13,875 Inplacability, meanness, 334 00:34:14,402 --> 00:34:15,402 Pride and cruelty. 335 00:34:21,603 --> 00:34:26,437 So part of the Japanese character is related to Sadism? 336 00:34:48,922 --> 00:34:52,175 These magazines and films full of tied up women... 337 00:34:56,846 --> 00:34:58,139 ... and violence for violence. 338 00:35:07,145 --> 00:35:09,434 Never a sign of love- only violence. 339 00:35:11,282 --> 00:35:13,988 The image of violence. 340 00:35:14,489 --> 00:35:18,493 That's something much easier for me to understand. 341 00:35:19,953 --> 00:35:23,665 Violence was born with the history of mankind. 342 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:29,170 It is bound up with the birth and life of humanity. 343 00:35:31,131 --> 00:35:33,800 It's a natural force. 344 00:35:34,175 --> 00:35:37,929 There is no need to make any effort about violence. 345 00:35:40,640 --> 00:35:42,517 It's a mere nothing. 346 00:35:42,851 --> 00:35:45,186 I'm not afraid of it. 347 00:35:46,062 --> 00:35:50,817 I would never be wounded by the thought of violence. 348 00:35:51,109 --> 00:35:56,072 I would merely die. If I didn't, why, I would live. 349 00:35:59,660 --> 00:36:00,660 Love and tenderness. 350 00:36:02,787 --> 00:36:06,166 They're intellect- and understanding. 351 00:36:07,375 --> 00:36:09,377 Something infinite- 352 00:36:10,712 --> 00:36:13,798 Severe and delicate like the feeling in your hand, 353 00:36:14,132 --> 00:36:16,801 which tells you you have nerve cells. 354 00:36:19,262 --> 00:36:23,391 They're something finer- and more profound. 355 00:36:23,892 --> 00:36:26,436 They're my only reason for living. 356 00:36:26,846 --> 00:36:28,313 The hope of my life. 357 00:36:30,065 --> 00:36:32,984 The only things worth dying for. 358 00:39:37,478 --> 00:39:41,047 Here is your horoscope. 359 00:39:41,464 --> 00:39:45,635 You will have lots of luck in life. 360 00:39:46,720 --> 00:39:49,014 But do not try... 361 00:39:49,347 --> 00:39:52,600 ... to get ahead too fast. 362 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,348 Above all, obey... 363 00:39:55,815 --> 00:39:58,758 ... your superiors. 364 00:39:59,733 --> 00:40:00,973 Never turn against... 365 00:40:01,465 --> 00:40:04,062 ... your superiors. 366 00:40:04,446 --> 00:40:07,991 I don't think that the Japanese of today believe in horoscopes. 367 00:40:09,451 --> 00:40:13,288 Then why do you see so many fortune-tellers? 368 00:40:14,414 --> 00:40:16,916 I suppose they act as a sort of catalyst... 369 00:40:18,877 --> 00:40:20,628 ... for talking with yourself. 370 00:40:21,629 --> 00:40:24,215 From time to time everybody... 371 00:40:24,924 --> 00:40:27,135 ... needs to talk to himself. 372 00:40:28,094 --> 00:40:31,136 Actually, fortune-tellers don't tell you anything. 373 00:40:31,890 --> 00:40:35,226 They ask questions, listen, and then speak. 374 00:40:36,311 --> 00:40:38,646 As for the older generation... 375 00:40:38,980 --> 00:40:43,109 ... who probably believed in horoscopes and so on... 376 00:40:43,443 --> 00:40:45,862 ... they all prayed to Gods they knew. 377 00:40:46,237 --> 00:40:49,157 They had trust in their wisdom. 378 00:40:49,449 --> 00:40:53,161 They asked God for an authentic sign. 379 00:42:41,061 --> 00:42:43,688 There still remained one question... 380 00:42:44,064 --> 00:42:46,274 ... to which Kumiko had started to reply... 381 00:42:46,608 --> 00:42:49,611 one night returning from Yokohama... 382 00:42:49,944 --> 00:42:52,280 ... with me in the driving rain. 383 00:42:53,114 --> 00:42:55,283 But what d'you think of... 384 00:43:01,498 --> 00:43:05,794 Did it have an influence on what could happen to you, Kumiko? 385 00:43:06,878 --> 00:43:09,798 Or did it all happen in another world? 386 00:43:10,173 --> 00:43:11,758 A world which was not yours? 387 00:43:13,927 --> 00:43:17,097 Oh no, it could happen to me too. 388 00:43:20,183 --> 00:43:24,145 It's like a wave. Like a wave. 389 00:43:24,479 --> 00:43:26,606 A wave rolling over the sea. 390 00:43:26,940 --> 00:43:28,817 The wave on the sea? 391 00:43:48,503 --> 00:43:51,673 Always, every day and every night... 392 00:43:52,048 --> 00:43:54,843 ... every morning, always... 393 00:43:55,218 --> 00:43:57,470 ... something is happening... 394 00:43:57,762 --> 00:43:59,848 ... it doesn't matter what. 395 00:44:00,265 --> 00:44:05,311 Things go on happening one by one, throughout the line of history. 396 00:44:06,187 --> 00:44:09,816 But for me, they're just the morning's rubbish... 397 00:44:10,191 --> 00:44:13,278 ... thrown out of the door. 398 00:44:21,329 --> 00:44:24,034 When I was a small child... 399 00:44:24,623 --> 00:44:27,041 ... I lived by what I tasted with my tongue... 400 00:44:28,044 --> 00:44:31,780 ... or by the pleasant odours which I smelt. 401 00:44:33,965 --> 00:44:39,304 At the very same time mankind was beginning to suffer. 402 00:44:40,388 --> 00:44:44,726 Men went off to war, and were made prisoners. 403 00:44:45,060 --> 00:44:47,729 They resisted and cried. 404 00:44:48,063 --> 00:44:51,565 They wept, and human flesh was mutilatted. 405 00:44:53,485 --> 00:44:59,074 And yet, when I learn about all this today, I am astonished... 406 00:44:59,407 --> 00:45:03,495 ... that I didn't know of it for a long time. 407 00:45:24,099 --> 00:45:26,267 I am surprised every morning. 408 00:45:26,685 --> 00:45:28,895 I am astonished how little I understand. 409 00:45:30,313 --> 00:45:32,440 I cannot speak about anything. 410 00:45:33,024 --> 00:45:38,363 But soon, the results of all these happenings will arrive. 411 00:45:39,364 --> 00:45:42,701 Like a wave rolling over the sea... 412 00:45:43,326 --> 00:45:46,955 ... when there has been an earthquake in the distance. 413 00:45:47,372 --> 00:45:49,416 No matter how far away it was... 414 00:45:50,333 --> 00:45:53,670 ... the wave advances bit by bit... 415 00:45:53,962 --> 00:45:57,215 ... until finally it reaches me. 416 00:45:58,049 --> 00:46:01,803 "It reaches me". That was Kumiko's last word. 417 00:46:02,470 --> 00:46:04,973 There are 50 million women in Japan. 418 00:46:07,308 --> 00:46:08,309 And one and a half billion in the world.