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Japanese is subtitled in yellow.
Korean is subtitled in grey.

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You little brats, beat it!

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Hey!

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It should have been me!

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I should be the one
going to that Jap's house.

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You'll miss the train.

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Hurry.

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PART ONE

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Kouzuki Noriaki

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Go back to sleep.

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We're still far from the house.

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Pleased to meet you. I am Okju.

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This property has three buildings.

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A Western-style wing by
an English architect

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and a Japanese wing form the main house.

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Not even in Japan is there
a building combining two styles.

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It reﬂects Master's
admiration for Japan and England.

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Next is the annex

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which Master had furnished as a library.

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Last, the servants' quarters.

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As the Lady's handmaiden,
you won't sleep there.

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You may eat her leftover food,

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but tea leaves go to the kitchen girls.

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Used soap is for the steward.

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Anyone caught pilfering
is expelled that day.

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I'm sure you wouldn't dare, Tamako.

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Huh.

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"Tamako" is you.
Your name Okju in Japanese.

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We live in the Japanese style here.

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Speak Japanese to the Master and Lady.

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- Call me Sasaki.
- Yes, ma'am.

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I don't trust new servants.

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Even if they make a good impression,

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if the house burns down, they'll
run away with a manuscript.

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The Lady's routine is simple.

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Taking a walk, or reading for Master.

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Among the richest men,
Master is the greatest book lover.

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And among book lovers, he is the richest.

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His ties to the colonial government
even let us use electricity.

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In such a home,

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you know what's expected
of a maid like you?

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Don't be alarmed at the blackouts.

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I sleep in here?

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Miss Hideko wakes easily
on account of her nerves.

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She's behind this door?

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Shh!

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Mother!

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Ah!

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Mother!

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Mother!

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Miss!

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Miss, are you all right?

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Junko! Is that you?

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Junko was kicked out, Miss.
I'm the new girl.

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Seems you had a bad dream.

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You see that big cherry tree?

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My aunt went mad and hanged herself there.

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Sometimes on moonless nights,

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my aunt's ghost

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dangles from that branch.

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Here, drink up.

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When babies cry, my auntie
feeds them a spoonful of sake.

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<i>Sweet bird, sweet bird</i>

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<i>My sweet bluebird</i>

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<i>What scent is this that fills my nose?</i>

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- What?
- Coming back from the toilet,

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I saw a light going down the hallway.

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That's it! They're meeting in her room.

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Or else it's the ghost
of the cherry tree?

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Those fuckers.

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This is Tamako.

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I am at your service. Miss...

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A reference letter
from Lady Minami, my last mistress.

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So is this place to your liking?

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The sun scarcely ever shines here.

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Uncle won't permit it.

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Sunlight causes books to fade.

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One could never grow fond
of such a dreary place.

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Not a good liar, are you?

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We look a bit alike.

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Are you also an orphan?

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- Uh...
- I'll take my leave.

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Whereas in my case,
my aunt and Mrs. Sasaki

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showed me how the love
of a mother...

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isn't worth a thing.

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My head aches
before every reading practice.

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Would you read it to me?

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Pardon?

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Oh, how kind of her.

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Lady Minami said such
nice things about me!

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Is that so?

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You're a Japanese lady,
why don't you speak Japanese?

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I'm sick of it.

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The books he makes me read
are all Japanese.

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So read that for me.

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"Dear Miss lzumi Hideko,

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"Count Fujiwara said
you're looking for a maid.

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"Maids are like

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"a spoon..." No...

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"Are like chopsticks..."

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Is it a spoon?

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I don't know how to read, Miss.

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Not at all? What about Korean?

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This is your name.

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Can't you read it?

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Reading can be learned,

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and I don't care if you curse or steal.

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But don't ever lie to me. Understood?

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Yes, Miss.

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My mom.

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She's beautiful, quite the charmer!

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And me? Am I "quite the charmer"?

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Everyone says I can't compare to my mother.

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Count Fujiwara said...

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So you've met the Count?

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Pardon?

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No, I never met him...

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My aunt! I heard it from my aunt.

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She was his nanny.

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What did the Count say about me?

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He said your face...

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Every night in bed he
thinks of your assets...

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Your face.

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Why in bed, I wonder?

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What's with your foot?

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I've nowhere to go.

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I've just stayed in this house
since coming to Korea at age five.

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But in new shoes,
even well-trodden paths feel fresh.

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The ones from here

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up to here should fit you.

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Why not the prettiest ones?
Like these?

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Time for reading practice.

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I'll go alone.

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Miss? But rain is falling.

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At noon, come knock on the door.

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Promise?

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See you at...

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What's this?

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My new handmaiden.

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The snake, the snake!

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You mustn't pass that point.

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Be warned!

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The snake marks the bounds of knowledge.

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He has the habit of licking his plume
when he thinks,

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otherwise he's someone clean.

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What kind of servant would
hog the umbrella like you?

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Pardon?

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Miss!

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Miss!

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<i>These books make me sink.</i>

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They bore me to death.

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Do you read so many books?

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You'll become a professor
in no time then.

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I'm sorry.

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I won't do it again.

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Pardon.

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The Count?

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Today?

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That's why you insisted on a bath.

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My aunt, when she heard
a guest was coming,

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dropped everything
and bathed her baby, Miss.

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Nothing made her happier than
when guests praised her baby's scent.

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You are my baby, Miss.

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Auntie gave the babies candy during baths.

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To teach them that bath time is sweet.

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What's wrong?

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One of my teeth is sharp.
It keeps cutting me.

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<i>So this was the scent.</i>

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All smooth.

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Welcome, sir!

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You are too kind to greet me
this way upon my arrival,

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when the journey has left me so unkempt.

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Now your tedium is over.

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I'll ensure your painting lessons
are stimulating.

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This must be Okju.

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At your service, milord.

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You know if you fail,
it'll put me in an awkward position?

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A decent bone structure for a Korean...

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So, are you carrying out
your duties faithfully?

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Thank you for your recommendation.

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You chose a perfect servant for me.

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You wouldn't want one who's too stupid.
I did my best.

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Take good care of our dear Lady.

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Take this.

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Count Fujiwara asks Miss Hideko
to kindly allow her maid Tamako

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to be sent to his Lordship
for a brief errand.

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- Did you call for me, milord?
- You may enter.

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Do you think you can fool me with this?

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Who do you take me for?

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<i>You think I'm Tamako,
a poor Korean handmaiden.</i>

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<i>But my real name's Nam Sookee.</i>

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<i>Raised by Miss Boksun,
top purveyor of stolen goods.</i>

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<i>I was able at age five
to tell a real coin from a fake.</i>

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<i>Then learned to forge stamps from Gugai,</i>

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<i>and studied pickpocketing from Kutan,</i>

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<i>but these babies will never
learn such useful skills.</i>

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<i>Abandoned as newborns,</i>

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<i>we'll wash and feed them,
then sell them to Japan.</i>

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<i>Such meaningful work.</i>

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<i>Instead of starving, they grow up
gentlemen and ladies.</i>

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<i>Kutan only breastfeeds her own kid.
I wouldn't be so miserly.</i>

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<i>I wish my breasts gave milk.
I'd breastfeed all of them.</i>

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Milord!

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I'll tell you the story of an interpreter,

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who bribed his way into
translating for high officials.

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After helping Japan annex Korea,
he got rights to a gold mine.

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Now he wants to turn fully Japanese.

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So he gets naturalized,

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marries the daughter
of a fallen Japanese noble,

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and adopts his wife's family name Kouzuki.

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Ba... Bas...

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Bastard builds a mansion,
fills it with books and antiques.

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He invites Japanese
collectors to his library,

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holds readings of rare books,
and auctions the books off.

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He loves books and paintings
like his own flesh,

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but he can't help parting with a few.

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What to do, when he must sell,
but can't bear to?

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He sells a fake.

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He seeks out a specialist
to create intricate forgeries.

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Unlike him, this specialist

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is a real Japanese, of noble birth!

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Count Fujiwara from Nagoya.

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So, who is this?

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It's the wife. His Japanese wife.

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- You'll seduce her...
- Is she pretty?

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The Jap wife died ages
ago with no children.

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But the dead wife's
dead sister's living daughter

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performs those book readings.

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But is she pretty?

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An orphan. Her father was rich.

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Soon she'll fall in love with me,
and we'll elope to Japan.

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After marrying her there,

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and inheriting her fortune,
I'll declare her insane

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and lock her up in a madhouse.

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Right!

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Sookee will be my mouse,
work as her maid, eavesdrop on her,

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stay by her side and gently
persuade her to fall in love.

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<i>Love?</i>

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<i>What does a crook know about love?</i>

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What of her fortune? She's rich?

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Each night in bed
I think of her assets.

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1.5 million in cash. 300,000 in bonds.

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The uncle is just a guardian.
It's Hideko's fortune.

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That's why Kouzuki
schemes to marry the girl.

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To his wife's niece?

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What a sick...

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Right, a sick fuck.

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So what's our share?

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I'll share 50,000.

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Sookee gets the dresses and jewelry.

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I'll do it! Take me!

252
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My Japanese is better,
and I worked as a maid!

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On top of the fifty,

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I get dresses, jewelry and my own 100,000.

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B- b-beautiful!

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I'm flummoxed in your presence!

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If you stutter like that
and make your face go red,

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those uppity bitches will feel superior,

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and then they'll open up to you, all right?

260
00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:58,051
Watch how to make your face blush:

261
00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:02,046
Breathe in deep and
squeeze your stomach tight,

262
00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:05,204
lower your chin
and contract your asshole,

263
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:07,761
don't breath, and swallow
your saliva ten times.

264
00:30:08,160 --> 00:30:09,207
Got it?

265
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:11,042
Go ahead.

266
00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:29,443
The blue kimono
with the white peonies,

267
00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:32,001
or the black one with
the drawings of cranes?

268
00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:36,080
The shit-colored one with caterpillars,

269
00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:38,527
or the caterpillar-colored one
with drawings of shit?

270
00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:39,761
Don't ask her opinion!

271
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,480
Questions make her think.

272
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,441
You're the one who should be
thinking for her!

273
00:30:45,600 --> 00:30:48,490
That's how you dominate your mistress,
got it?

274
00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:50,041
Yes.

275
00:30:54,480 --> 00:30:56,960
This is the letter. Listen closely.

276
00:30:59,960 --> 00:31:01,883
"Dear Miss lzumi Hideko,

277
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:07,001
"Count Fujiwara said
you're looking for a maid.

278
00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,643
"Maids are like chopsticks."

279
00:31:10,800 --> 00:31:14,964
"You hardly notice them, but their
absence plunges you into disarray."

280
00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:21,165
Did my morn cry before they hanged her?

281
00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:23,124
Women who steal once

282
00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:28,287
and are hanged always cry.

283
00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:30,329
They even cry a lot.

284
00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:36,011
Your mother stole a thousand times,

285
00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:40,165
was caught just once, and died once.

286
00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:43,171
Did she cry?

287
00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,369
She laughed.

288
00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:52,406
Said she was lucky to
have you before dying.

289
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:55,531
That she had no regrets.

290
00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:01,204
Imagine what a good
thief you'll become!

291
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:15,367
It should have been me!

292
00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:19,967
I should be the one
going to that Jap's house.

293
00:32:20,400 --> 00:32:22,562
What a pity...

294
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:35,682
Everyone's talking about you in Eunpo.

295
00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:39,204
How you'll be an even
greater thief than your mom. Hmm?

296
00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,126
Who believes the talk of a swindler?

297
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:47,442
When I give the signal,
"fully ripe",

298
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:49,602
arrange for her and I to be alone.

299
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:51,603
Then I'll gobble her up to the pit.

300
00:32:51,680 --> 00:32:55,924
She's so naive,
even if a man pulls on her nipples

301
00:32:56,000 --> 00:32:57,331
she won't know what he wants.

302
00:32:59,080 --> 00:33:03,722
So it's your job to tell her
that everything is because of me.

303
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,331
"Oh my, since the Count arrived,

304
00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:10,125
your toenails are growing much faster!"

305
00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:13,567
That sort of thing, all right?

306
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:16,290
Here, a gift.

307
00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:30,691
Oh, he's so thoughtful!

308
00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:35,089
<i>That'll be mine when
she goes to the madhouse.</i>

309
00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:39,242
<i>It pains my heart to see this poor girl.</i>

310
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:42,284
Have you ever seen sapphires so blue?

311
00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:47,924
Let's take a look...

312
00:33:49,560 --> 00:33:53,360
This isn't a sapphire, it's blue spinel.

313
00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,964
It's all right, Miss.
Spinels are expensive, too.

314
00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:01,205
How do you know...

315
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:06,483
Oh, my Auntie...
I mean, Lady Minami taught me.

316
00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:08,730
But it's fine!

317
00:34:08,760 --> 00:34:10,364
No need to be ashamed at all.

318
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:12,966
Your average fence
can barely tell them apart.

319
00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:14,610
Is that so?

320
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:31,804
<i>Of all the things
I've washed and dressed,</i>

321
00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:34,807
<i>has anything been this pretty?</i>

322
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:39,491
<i>I'd like to show her to the people at home.</i>

323
00:34:40,640 --> 00:34:41,721
<i>What would they say?</i>

324
00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:46,050
<i>Probably this?</i>

325
00:34:49,200 --> 00:34:50,201
Mesmerizing!

326
00:34:50,280 --> 00:34:54,251
Spellbindingly beautiful!

327
00:35:00,640 --> 00:35:01,926
<i>He's shameless.</i>

328
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:10,805
The Count kept pushing wine on me.

329
00:35:17,720 --> 00:35:18,721
<i>Does it feel okay?</i>

330
00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:23,242
It's suffocating.
How do ladies wear such things?

331
00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:25,451
You think this is suffocating?

332
00:35:27,320 --> 00:35:29,368
Miss, you're killing me!

333
00:35:32,760 --> 00:35:35,650
Dressed up,
you look like a lady, too.

334
00:35:40,360 --> 00:35:42,089
I think I know

335
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:45,562
what the Count meant.

336
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:49,044
Your face...

337
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:52,249
Each night in bed,

338
00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:55,408
I think of your face.

339
00:35:58,840 --> 00:36:00,444
Don't be silly, Miss.

340
00:36:06,120 --> 00:36:11,411
<i>Ladies truly are the dolls of maids.</i>

341
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:16,443
<i>All these buttons are for my amusement.</i>

342
00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:20,085
<i>If I undo the buttons
and pull out the cords,</i>

343
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:24,728
<i>then, the sweet things within,</i>

344
00:36:25,520 --> 00:36:28,251
<i>those sweet and soft things...</i>

345
00:36:30,200 --> 00:36:34,888
<i>if I were still a pickpocket,
I'd slip my hand inside...</i>

346
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:11,442
Miss, are you truly
going to marry your uncle?

347
00:37:15,320 --> 00:37:19,689
That's what he raised me for,
knowing he'd need my fortune.

348
00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,647
There's a famous collector in France.

349
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:26,048
He'll be putting his entire library
up for auction.

350
00:37:26,080 --> 00:37:29,084
The gold mine's proceeds
won't cover the cost.

351
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:35,326
If it were me, I'd sell books
to buy gold, not the opposite.

352
00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:40,529
Did you ever think of
marrying someone else?

353
00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:43,001
- Count Fujiwara for example...
- You!

354
00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:46,004
You're quite curious for a servant.

355
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:14,687
<i>For now,</i>

356
00:38:15,440 --> 00:38:20,002
<i>the Lady needn't go read to the sick fuck
who wants to marry his wife's niece.</i>

357
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:26,767
<i>Instead the fake Count goes
to the library to make fake books.</i>

358
00:38:30,120 --> 00:38:33,966
<i>The Lady waits for her 2:00 art class,</i>

359
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:35,445
<i>and waits...</i>

360
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:40,007
<i>Poor girl,</i>

361
00:38:40,080 --> 00:38:42,890
<i>losing her heart to a fake.</i>

362
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:18,611
<i>Please, Count!</i>

363
00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:13,251
Sorry to be late.

364
00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:15,087
It's no matter.

365
00:40:23,440 --> 00:40:27,684
Maybe I need more practice
to give it dimensionality?

366
00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:30,286
Dimensionality, perhaps.

367
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:34,331
Nonetheless, you have a vision
that transcends mere skill.

368
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:38,160
As if you see directly
into an object's essence.

369
00:40:38,600 --> 00:40:43,731
For example, the fact that this
peach contains a lot of water.

370
00:40:43,760 --> 00:40:46,286
I hesitate to stand before you,

371
00:40:46,400 --> 00:40:48,971
for fear that you might read my thoughts.

372
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:05,683
That's enough for today.

373
00:41:12,040 --> 00:41:13,485
Almost fully ripe.

374
00:41:14,920 --> 00:41:15,921
<i>Already?</i>

375
00:41:20,480 --> 00:41:21,561
<i>Damn...</i>

376
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:26,846
Do you know what?

377
00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:30,561
Since the Count arrived,
your cheeks have grown ﬂushed.

378
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:31,647
Have they?

379
00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:40,851
How did your mom die?

380
00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:47,166
When I was a baby,
at a big house, she was hanged...

381
00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:51,171
- I mean, she hanged...
- Hanged herself? Like my aunt.

382
00:41:51,720 --> 00:41:53,688
Well, pretty much.

383
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:05,729
Still, while alive she hugged you a lot?

384
00:42:10,040 --> 00:42:14,011
My mother died giving birth to me.

385
00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:22,004
So it's as if I strangled her myself.

386
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:26,690
I wish I'd never been born.

387
00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:33,849
No baby is ever guilty of being born.

388
00:42:34,480 --> 00:42:36,767
If your mother thought
you could understand,

389
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:39,366
this is what she'd have said.

390
00:42:40,360 --> 00:42:44,331
That she was so lucky
to have you before dying.

391
00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:46,568
That she had no regrets.

392
00:42:53,200 --> 00:42:55,407
Wait here a moment, Miss.

393
00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:57,407
I'll go pick mushrooms.

394
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:02,730
We'll have mushroom stew tonight,
you like that.

395
00:43:02,760 --> 00:43:04,524
I'll go with you.

396
00:43:05,360 --> 00:43:06,850
I'll be quick.

397
00:43:07,720 --> 00:43:09,210
Before it rains.

398
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:19,447
Good girl...

399
00:43:25,240 --> 00:43:26,651
What a coincidence.

400
00:43:27,240 --> 00:43:28,207
Indeed.

401
00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:30,284
May I sit by you?

402
00:43:57,320 --> 00:44:00,290
<i>The lady sits, shy and trembling.</i>

403
00:44:00,320 --> 00:44:03,005
<i>The gentleman is persistent.</i>

404
00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:07,685
<i>The perceptive maid
has stepped out for a moment.</i>

405
00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:10,728
<i>All is well, Sookee.</i>

406
00:44:11,720 --> 00:44:14,883
<i>Everyone's performing
their roles so damned well.</i>

407
00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:17,726
<i>Fucking hell.</i>

408
00:44:23,240 --> 00:44:25,971
You know servants can't use this entrance!

409
00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:35,481
Hey!

410
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:43,451
<i>I wish I'd never come here.</i>

411
00:44:46,320 --> 00:44:48,322
<i>It was wrong to come.</i>

412
00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:53,124
Tamako,
you brought watercolors, right?

413
00:44:53,720 --> 00:44:55,643
Of course, milord!

414
00:44:55,680 --> 00:44:57,170
Watercolor paints and brushes...

415
00:44:57,200 --> 00:44:59,282
Go and get the oils.

416
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:02,927
A day like this demands oils, yes!

417
00:45:25,880 --> 00:45:27,041
Shit!

418
00:45:31,880 --> 00:45:33,450
Lady.

419
00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:37,010
Milord.

420
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:52,405
Lady.

421
00:46:13,760 --> 00:46:16,001
A blackout! Bring a lantern.

422
00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:37,605
<i>I need to think.</i>

423
00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:40,607
<i>I need to become rich,</i>

424
00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:45,202
<i>sail off to a distant harbor,
eat food I scarcely recognize,</i>

425
00:46:45,240 --> 00:46:48,323
<i>buy my fill of glittering baubles,</i>

426
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:50,402
<i>and not think of Hideko.</i>

427
00:46:51,600 --> 00:46:53,728
<i>Never think of Hideko...</i>

428
00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:23,926
I returned
and you didn't even come to me?

429
00:47:24,760 --> 00:47:27,604
It was late, I must have slept.
My apologies.

430
00:47:29,240 --> 00:47:32,050
You know how hard it is
to do those readings?

431
00:47:32,840 --> 00:47:36,242
Must I remove makeup
and change clothes all by myself?

432
00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:39,686
I feel a nightmare coming. Sleep here.

433
00:48:05,120 --> 00:48:07,168
He proposed to me.

434
00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:12,004
Next full moon,

435
00:48:13,120 --> 00:48:17,842
when my uncle visits his mine,
he wants to elope to Japan.

436
00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:22,162
What did you say?

437
00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:26,683
I said I wasn't sure.

438
00:48:26,720 --> 00:48:27,767
Why?

439
00:48:28,360 --> 00:48:29,850
I'm scared.

440
00:48:30,560 --> 00:48:32,483
Of your uncle's anger?

441
00:48:34,280 --> 00:48:36,248
Of the Count.

442
00:48:37,840 --> 00:48:40,844
What's to be scared of? He's so kind.

443
00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:46,044
I don't know, I just feel it.

444
00:48:49,440 --> 00:48:52,489
Like the reflex of pulling
your hand from a flame.

445
00:48:55,880 --> 00:48:57,882
Tell me...

446
00:49:05,760 --> 00:49:08,001
What is it that men want?

447
00:49:11,400 --> 00:49:12,401
Pardon?

448
00:49:13,640 --> 00:49:17,440
I mean, after getting married,
at night...

449
00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:23,930
How would I know?
I'm practically a child.

450
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:28,005
With no mother. No one here to...

451
00:49:33,920 --> 00:49:34,921
First,

452
00:49:37,240 --> 00:49:39,004
I guess they'd kiss?

453
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:43,206
And then?

454
00:49:45,240 --> 00:49:47,004
They hug each other.

455
00:49:47,560 --> 00:49:48,925
Standing up?

456
00:49:49,880 --> 00:49:53,009
When there's no bed or
they have to be quick.

457
00:49:53,160 --> 00:49:56,004
Normally one does it on a bed.

458
00:49:56,920 --> 00:50:00,845
Let yourself go without thinking.
It'll work itself out.

459
00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:02,240
Without thinking?

460
00:50:05,920 --> 00:50:10,801
Are there girls who feel nothing

461
00:50:11,160 --> 00:50:15,210
like how blind people don't see?

462
00:50:17,160 --> 00:50:18,889
<i>What the hell.</i>

463
00:50:19,120 --> 00:50:21,361
<i>I'll show her one thing,
then put her to bed.</i>

464
00:50:23,760 --> 00:50:24,761
<i>Poor thing,</i>

465
00:50:24,800 --> 00:50:31,649
<i>alone in a strange country,
reading those useless books,</i>

466
00:50:32,160 --> 00:50:34,891
<i>without learning a single useful skill.</i>

467
00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:54,920
<i>Why does the candy taste different?</i>

468
00:50:56,160 --> 00:50:59,369
<i>The bitter turned sour,</i>

469
00:50:59,440 --> 00:51:02,922
<i>the sour turned sweet,</i>

470
00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:06,482
<i>the sweet turned savory...</i>

471
00:51:06,600 --> 00:51:08,568
How do you know all this?

472
00:51:09,600 --> 00:51:11,648
You must have experience?

473
00:51:13,920 --> 00:51:16,685
My friend Kutan taught me.

474
00:51:17,640 --> 00:51:19,688
Taught you? In words?

475
00:51:20,280 --> 00:51:22,328
Yes, only in words.

476
00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:43,802
So this is how it feels.

477
00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:46,491
That's what you will feel for the Count.

478
00:51:47,720 --> 00:51:48,721
Really?

479
00:51:49,240 --> 00:51:51,004
The Count, truly...

480
00:51:53,960 --> 00:51:56,770
He won't think he's
making love to a corpse?

481
00:51:58,880 --> 00:52:01,042
You know about my cold hands and feet.

482
00:52:01,880 --> 00:52:02,881
Really?

483
00:52:03,800 --> 00:52:04,847
Here.

484
00:52:13,360 --> 00:52:15,089
Feels just fine.

485
00:52:15,720 --> 00:52:16,721
You like it?

486
00:52:18,560 --> 00:52:21,643
Do it to me. I want to know how it feels.

487
00:52:26,000 --> 00:52:29,971
I'm sure he'll want to do this too.

488
00:52:30,800 --> 00:52:31,801
And then...

489
00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:40,763
It's so cute.

490
00:52:43,360 --> 00:52:45,522
If the Count sees this...

491
00:52:55,560 --> 00:52:58,564
Will he really be so tender as this?

492
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:00,680
Of course.

493
00:53:00,720 --> 00:53:03,769
And he'll touch you like this.

494
00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:05,802
And like this...

495
00:53:08,800 --> 00:53:11,770
Keep doing it like the Count would.

496
00:53:14,280 --> 00:53:17,250
And this is what he'll say.

497
00:53:20,000 --> 00:53:23,004
It's so soft, warm,

498
00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:27,002
wet, and

499
00:53:27,560 --> 00:53:31,963
spellbindingly beautiful!

500
00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:54,241
<i>Okju.</i>

501
00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:58,804
<i>Hideko.</i>

502
00:54:01,680 --> 00:54:04,160
<i>Mommy.</i>

503
00:54:05,840 --> 00:54:08,002
<i>Daddy.</i>

504
00:54:09,720 --> 00:54:12,371
Now, the model must stay still.

505
00:54:13,200 --> 00:54:16,727
Okju.

506
00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:24,129
- Hideko...
- Wait.

507
00:54:24,520 --> 00:54:25,806
Stop!

508
00:54:26,880 --> 00:54:30,680
<i>Leave Hideko alone.</i>

509
00:54:32,360 --> 00:54:33,486
Stop it!

510
00:54:33,520 --> 00:54:34,601
I can't do this.

511
00:54:38,760 --> 00:54:40,364
Come here, Tamako.

512
00:54:44,160 --> 00:54:45,730
Find some other job to do.

513
00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:47,484
You catch my meaning?

514
00:54:57,160 --> 00:54:59,128
I've no other job to do.

515
00:54:59,160 --> 00:55:02,448
My job is to look after the Lady.

516
00:55:13,880 --> 00:55:17,009
I spit it out without chewing!
All because of you!

517
00:55:17,040 --> 00:55:19,042
She's fully ripe! Fully ripe!

518
00:55:19,080 --> 00:55:20,730
If I miss this fortnight, I'm finished!

519
00:55:22,280 --> 00:55:24,601
Can you feel it? How much I want it?

520
00:55:24,680 --> 00:55:29,288
After fighting so hard to escape
my garbage heap of a life,

521
00:55:29,720 --> 00:55:32,929
you think I'll let you
fuck it up, you bitch?

522
00:55:33,360 --> 00:55:38,446
Shall I tell the Lady
you're nothing but a lowly pickpocket?

523
00:55:38,520 --> 00:55:42,127
Fine, I'll have something to tell her too.

524
00:55:42,200 --> 00:55:46,524
That you're nothing but the son
of a lowly Korean farmhand and shaman...

525
00:55:46,560 --> 00:55:47,607
Sookee.

526
00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:49,887
Think of your family at home.

527
00:55:50,160 --> 00:55:54,006
Boksun raising babies with her bad back,
and those two halfwits.

528
00:55:54,080 --> 00:55:56,651
How will they feel
if you go home empty-handed?

529
00:55:56,720 --> 00:55:58,643
Want to shit on your mother's legend?

530
00:55:58,680 --> 00:56:00,921
You should go home in glory.

531
00:56:06,000 --> 00:56:09,686
So don't push Hideko too hard.

532
00:56:09,760 --> 00:56:11,046
She's got no one on this earth.

533
00:56:11,120 --> 00:56:14,841
If you frighten her,
she'll close up hard as a clam.

534
00:56:17,480 --> 00:56:18,811
And please...

535
00:56:20,520 --> 00:56:25,924
Don't ever again put my hand
on your tiny joke of a cock.

536
00:56:34,400 --> 00:56:35,481
Oh, my.

537
00:56:36,040 --> 00:56:39,328
Your toenails have grown faster
since the Count arrived.

538
00:56:39,400 --> 00:56:41,209
How curious.

539
00:56:42,200 --> 00:56:46,171
Miss, doesn't it bother you not to know?

540
00:56:47,200 --> 00:56:50,443
How many ships sail on the wide sea...

541
00:56:51,000 --> 00:56:53,526
People leaving, people returning,

542
00:56:53,920 --> 00:56:56,571
those saying "Farewell" or "Welcome back."

543
00:56:56,640 --> 00:56:59,086
What's the farthest you've traveled?

544
00:56:59,160 --> 00:57:00,730
The hill beyond the manor?

545
00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:11,403
My uncle would follow me
to the ends of the Earth.

546
00:57:13,800 --> 00:57:16,280
I've always lived like this.

547
00:57:18,520 --> 00:57:22,730
I could be content here,
if you were with me.

548
00:57:27,760 --> 00:57:30,604
We go for walks
wearing new shoes,

549
00:57:30,880 --> 00:57:32,609
you tell me stories,

550
00:57:34,680 --> 00:57:38,685
and you massage my feet like that.

551
00:57:41,000 --> 00:57:42,968
You're fortunate, Miss.

552
00:57:43,360 --> 00:57:47,331
The man who loves you
has the power to protect you.

553
00:57:47,360 --> 00:57:49,328
That's rare.

554
00:57:49,960 --> 00:57:53,965
But I'm not sure if I love him.

555
00:57:55,480 --> 00:57:57,050
You do love him.

556
00:58:00,360 --> 00:58:01,885
How do you know?

557
00:58:03,600 --> 00:58:05,967
You stare out the window all day.

558
00:58:06,800 --> 00:58:08,962
Turn in your sleep and sigh.

559
00:58:11,680 --> 00:58:13,045
And your toenails.

560
00:58:13,080 --> 00:58:15,162
Even if I say I don't love him,

561
00:58:16,040 --> 00:58:19,044
if I say that I love someone else...

562
00:58:20,640 --> 00:58:24,645
Me, who has no one on this earth...

563
00:58:25,440 --> 00:58:28,125
Do you still want me to marry him?

564
00:58:31,680 --> 00:58:33,682
You will love him.

565
00:58:48,680 --> 00:58:50,011
Miss!

566
00:59:37,320 --> 00:59:38,321
<i>In the end,</i>

567
00:59:38,360 --> 00:59:42,570
<i>Hideko accepted the proposal,
provided that I come to Japan, too.</i>

568
00:59:42,800 --> 00:59:45,451
<i>The Count, after feigning
annoyance for a bit,</i>

569
00:59:45,520 --> 00:59:47,284
<i>nodded his head.</i>

570
00:59:48,800 --> 00:59:50,848
<i>On the day her uncle
left to visit his mine,</i>

571
00:59:50,960 --> 00:59:55,409
<i>the Count pretended to go back
to Japan and hid nearby.</i>

572
01:00:08,600 --> 01:00:11,604
You'll have a week of freedom,

573
01:00:12,080 --> 01:00:16,768
but always remember the basement.

574
01:01:02,720 --> 01:01:04,324
Miss!

575
01:02:05,200 --> 01:02:11,651
<i>Thank you for traveling on our ferry today.</i>

576
01:02:12,040 --> 01:02:17,490
<i>We will arrive at Shimonoseki at 7:30 p.m.</i>

577
01:02:24,680 --> 01:02:26,250
Finally we're going home.

578
01:02:26,520 --> 01:02:28,045
It's been three years...

579
01:03:50,480 --> 01:03:52,528
To not steal...

580
01:03:53,080 --> 01:03:54,570
To not steal...

581
01:03:55,200 --> 01:03:56,531
To not commit adultery...

582
01:03:56,880 --> 01:03:58,962
To not commit adultery...

583
01:03:59,720 --> 01:04:01,529
To not lie...

584
01:04:01,840 --> 01:04:03,922
To not lie...

585
01:05:40,640 --> 01:05:45,680
♪<i>Spider web around in my waist</i>♪

586
01:05:46,000 --> 01:05:50,449
♪<i>Strumming makes a zither sing</i>♪

587
01:05:50,880 --> 01:05:53,884
♪<i>Thousand woes</i>♪

588
01:06:00,960 --> 01:06:07,605
♪<i>Under the blue sky
Only the crows cry</i>♪

589
01:06:08,240 --> 01:06:16,523
♪<i>How sorrowful my zither
My beloved zither</i>♪

590
01:06:27,360 --> 01:06:29,442
Did you sleep well?

591
01:06:39,640 --> 01:06:40,687
Excuse me.

592
01:06:41,280 --> 01:06:42,327
Sorry.

593
01:06:47,640 --> 01:06:50,803
<i>The Count paid the innkeeper to spy on us,</i>

594
01:06:50,920 --> 01:06:52,763
<i>afraid we might run off.</i>

595
01:06:53,120 --> 01:06:56,090
Why get dressed?
I've nothing to do anyway.

596
01:06:58,600 --> 01:07:00,284
<i>Things are moving too slowly.</i>

597
01:07:00,320 --> 01:07:03,529
<i>I fear Hideko might truly go mad.</i>

598
01:07:04,600 --> 01:07:06,807
Shall we play maid, like before?

599
01:07:10,280 --> 01:07:14,490
<i>From morning to night
we see no sign of the Count.</i>

600
01:07:14,520 --> 01:07:18,445
<i>Certifying the marriage
and converting the inheritance to cash</i>

601
01:07:18,480 --> 01:07:20,482
<i>require much work, he says.</i>

602
01:07:59,200 --> 01:08:01,089
How cruel can you be?

603
01:08:01,120 --> 01:08:04,442
You plucked the ﬂower, now re-plant it.

604
01:08:04,480 --> 01:08:06,482
What do you want?

605
01:08:06,640 --> 01:08:10,565
Hurry up and throw her into the madhouse!

606
01:08:44,520 --> 01:08:46,488
<i>A week</i> here...

607
01:08:56,480 --> 01:08:58,289
<i>Then finally...</i>

608
01:09:44,960 --> 01:09:46,371
This way.

609
01:09:52,680 --> 01:09:55,251
There are the doctors,
you know what to say!

610
01:10:10,320 --> 01:10:11,685
Who is that person?

611
01:10:12,520 --> 01:10:14,409
The Countess Lady Fujiwara.

612
01:10:14,480 --> 01:10:17,484
Her maiden name was lzumi Hideko.

613
01:10:18,840 --> 01:10:20,410
And who might you be?

614
01:10:20,800 --> 01:10:22,370
I am the Lady's handmaiden.

615
01:10:22,960 --> 01:10:25,122
- Your name?
- My name is Tamako.

616
01:10:26,360 --> 01:10:29,728
Then, what kind of treatment

617
01:10:29,760 --> 01:10:32,366
do you believe your Lady requires?

618
01:10:46,960 --> 01:10:50,203
She should be confined in a place

619
01:10:50,240 --> 01:10:56,202
where no one can harm her,
and where she can do no harm.

620
01:11:00,800 --> 01:11:05,727
Just a few tests, then let's have
lamb chops at the Peace Hotel.

621
01:11:22,320 --> 01:11:24,288
Almost there. Good work.

622
01:11:26,520 --> 01:11:28,409
Don't be frightened.

623
01:12:03,680 --> 01:12:05,842
Good day, Countess.

624
01:12:06,480 --> 01:12:08,005
Do you remember me?

625
01:12:11,800 --> 01:12:12,926
Countess?

626
01:12:22,240 --> 01:12:23,287
What is this?

627
01:12:23,680 --> 01:12:26,524
We mean you no harm, Countess.

628
01:12:26,960 --> 01:12:29,042
We're going to look after you.

629
01:12:30,240 --> 01:12:34,165
You've got the wrong person.
She is the Countess.

630
01:12:34,720 --> 01:12:37,007
Tell them, Your Lordship!

631
01:12:38,240 --> 01:12:42,290
She still believes
she's a Korean handmaiden.

632
01:12:43,680 --> 01:12:47,162
It's because her nanny was Korean.

633
01:12:47,880 --> 01:12:50,645
You scoundrel!

634
01:12:51,160 --> 01:12:53,401
Let go of me, you filthy bitches!

635
01:12:53,440 --> 01:12:56,887
We do not use such language here,
your Ladyship.

636
01:12:56,960 --> 01:12:58,007
Miss!

637
01:13:02,760 --> 01:13:06,765
My poor Lady, she's gone nutty.

638
01:13:08,080 --> 01:13:10,401
If it's any help,

639
01:13:10,440 --> 01:13:15,287
this is from her mother,
and she used to cherish it

640
01:13:16,800 --> 01:13:19,007
before going mad.

641
01:13:23,080 --> 01:13:25,765
Such a considerate maid.

642
01:13:27,800 --> 01:13:30,849
<i>You thought Hideko a lamb.</i>

643
01:13:31,800 --> 01:13:33,689
<i>Lamb, my arse.</i>

644
01:13:35,120 --> 01:13:38,806
<i>I tell you, right from the start,
Miss lzumi Hideko</i>

645
01:13:41,480 --> 01:13:43,801
<i>had always been...</i>

646
01:13:44,160 --> 01:13:45,207
Miss!

647
01:13:46,080 --> 01:13:47,570
<i>...a rotten bitch.</i>

648
01:13:53,800 --> 01:13:55,519
PART TWO

649
01:13:55,520 --> 01:13:56,681
PART TWO I'm not a rotten bitch!
No! No!

650
01:13:56,682 --> 01:13:59,251
I'm not a rotten bitch!
No! No!

651
01:14:06,800 --> 01:14:08,962
Put it in your mouth, Hideko.

652
01:14:12,000 --> 01:14:13,889
Hold out your hand.

653
01:14:32,320 --> 01:14:35,130
Next time you feel like talking back,

654
01:14:35,600 --> 01:14:39,082
remember the taste of this metal bead.

655
01:14:45,320 --> 01:14:48,449
You'll sleep alone from tonight.

656
01:14:58,440 --> 01:14:59,487
All right?

657
01:14:59,560 --> 01:15:00,721
Please give me a light.

658
01:15:01,160 --> 01:15:04,403
We've been ordered to save oil.

659
01:15:05,000 --> 01:15:06,764
You little brat.

660
01:15:06,800 --> 01:15:08,484
Speak Japanese!

661
01:15:11,000 --> 01:15:14,447
In there is a man the size of an ogre

662
01:15:15,040 --> 01:15:19,125
who can't stand the sound
of girls screaming.

663
01:15:19,640 --> 01:15:23,201
If he hears you, he'll burst in
through that door after you.

664
01:15:24,440 --> 01:15:26,169
And then?

665
01:15:29,200 --> 01:15:33,683
He'll smother you with his giant body.

666
01:15:34,200 --> 01:15:36,202
So you can't make a sound.

667
01:15:50,760 --> 01:15:52,046
Aunt.

668
01:15:52,520 --> 01:15:54,329
My, my...

669
01:15:55,640 --> 01:15:58,883
Scaring a little girl like that.

670
01:16:48,600 --> 01:16:50,250
And me?

671
01:16:51,400 --> 01:16:53,050
Am I pretty too?

672
01:16:57,080 --> 01:16:58,809
Look closely.

673
01:17:03,680 --> 01:17:07,207
Everyone says I can't compare

674
01:17:08,000 --> 01:17:10,367
to my big sister.

675
01:17:13,120 --> 01:17:14,121
Day.

676
01:17:14,480 --> 01:17:15,481
Night.

677
01:17:15,840 --> 01:17:16,887
Day.

678
01:17:17,480 --> 01:17:18,686
Night.

679
01:17:19,440 --> 01:17:20,566
Man.

680
01:17:21,080 --> 01:17:22,081
Woman.

681
01:17:22,840 --> 01:17:23,887
Man.

682
01:17:24,600 --> 01:17:25,601
Woman.

683
01:17:29,080 --> 01:17:30,081
Eye.

684
01:17:30,440 --> 01:17:31,441
Nose.

685
01:17:32,240 --> 01:17:33,241
Mouth.

686
01:17:34,120 --> 01:17:35,087
Ear.

687
01:17:36,080 --> 01:17:37,081
Shoulder.

688
01:17:37,840 --> 01:17:38,841
Nipple.

689
01:17:39,440 --> 01:17:40,487
Navel.

690
01:17:41,080 --> 01:17:42,081
Eye.

691
01:17:42,520 --> 01:17:43,521
Nose.

692
01:17:44,120 --> 01:17:45,087
Mouth.

693
01:17:45,800 --> 01:17:46,801
Ear.

694
01:17:47,080 --> 01:17:48,206
Shoulder.

695
01:17:48,840 --> 01:17:49,887
Nipple.

696
01:17:50,280 --> 01:17:51,281
Navel.

697
01:17:54,840 --> 01:17:55,887
Penis.

698
01:17:56,600 --> 01:17:57,601
Vagina.

699
01:18:03,760 --> 01:18:05,762
Penis.

700
01:18:06,600 --> 01:18:08,090
Vagina.

701
01:18:44,200 --> 01:18:48,171
You think if you speak Korean,
I won't understand?

702
01:18:50,320 --> 01:18:52,084
<i>I was going a bit crazy,</i>

703
01:18:52,160 --> 01:18:55,323
<i>so I made them crazy too.</i>

704
01:18:59,640 --> 01:19:02,962
<i>When Mrs. Sasaki looked as crazy as me,</i>

705
01:19:03,000 --> 01:19:05,048
<i>life was more bearable.</i>

706
01:19:23,320 --> 01:19:27,325
I know you are a bit insane.

707
01:19:28,040 --> 01:19:31,726
It runs in your mother's family.

708
01:19:32,240 --> 01:19:34,686
That's why I'm training you.

709
01:19:34,720 --> 01:19:36,051
To set your mind right.

710
01:19:36,440 --> 01:19:41,526
If I fail, there's a place called
a "mental hospital" in Japan.

711
01:19:42,680 --> 01:19:43,681
Um...

712
01:19:45,040 --> 01:19:48,010
Established by the rational Germans,

713
01:19:48,040 --> 01:19:51,487
it's very effective in treating lunacy.

714
01:19:52,360 --> 01:19:55,967
They dig holes in the dirt,
put a patient in each one,

715
01:19:56,080 --> 01:19:57,650
and put lids on top.

716
01:19:57,680 --> 01:20:02,049
If patients improve, they get a leash,

717
01:20:02,080 --> 01:20:04,811
so they can crawl around like dogs.

718
01:20:31,600 --> 01:20:35,241
<i>The cherry tree that came with me
on the ship from Japan</i>

719
01:20:35,280 --> 01:20:37,282
<i>bloomed twice.</i>

720
01:20:38,760 --> 01:20:41,843
"When Jinlian finally took off her clothes,

721
01:20:41,920 --> 01:20:45,083
"Ximen Qing examined her Jade Gate

722
01:20:45,160 --> 01:20:49,165
"to find it hairless white as snow
and smooth as jade..."

723
01:20:51,680 --> 01:20:54,081
You must pause between words.

724
01:20:54,720 --> 01:20:57,769
Don't read like a dog lapping at his plate!

725
01:21:00,080 --> 01:21:03,050
Listen to your aunt read.

726
01:21:10,080 --> 01:21:14,608
"When Jinlian finally took off her clothes,

727
01:21:14,840 --> 01:21:18,606
"Ximen Qing examined her Jade Gate..."

728
01:21:18,800 --> 01:21:20,723
Discovering the Secret Well

729
01:21:20,800 --> 01:21:24,122
"...to find it hairless, white as snow,

730
01:21:24,720 --> 01:21:27,087
"and smooth as jade.

731
01:21:27,320 --> 01:21:30,085
"Tight as a drum,

732
01:21:30,120 --> 01:21:32,168
"and soft as silk.

733
01:21:33,160 --> 01:21:38,087
"Once he drew apart the curtains of flesh,

734
01:21:39,320 --> 01:21:45,089
"the scent of well-aged wine
emanated from within,

735
01:21:46,120 --> 01:21:51,126
"and on fold upon fold
of the red velvet interior,

736
01:21:51,600 --> 01:21:53,807
"beads of dew were forming.

737
01:21:54,600 --> 01:21:59,811
"Its center was dark and void,

738
01:22:00,640 --> 01:22:04,042
"yet as if it had its own life,

739
01:22:04,440 --> 01:22:08,889
"it twitched and twitched."

740
01:22:36,840 --> 01:22:39,002
<i>Everyone wanted to cut it down,</i>

741
01:22:39,080 --> 01:22:41,048
<i>but my uncle refused.</i>

742
01:22:43,080 --> 01:22:47,847
<i>He said this tree from Mt. Fuji
had absorbed my aunt's soul.</i>

743
01:22:48,800 --> 01:22:54,409
<i>The servants whispered it was
due to the tree's high cost,</i>

744
01:22:54,480 --> 01:22:57,484
<i>but I think my uncle was right.</i>

745
01:22:58,080 --> 01:23:00,890
<i>You can tell from the cherry blossoms,</i>

746
01:23:00,960 --> 01:23:04,487
<i>which turned brighter and bloomed longer.</i>

747
01:23:37,400 --> 01:23:39,721
"'Tell me, Juliette.

748
01:23:40,000 --> 01:23:46,724
"'Do you wish this impetuous
young knight to save you?'

749
01:23:52,560 --> 01:23:56,451
"The duchess shook her head resolutely,

750
01:23:56,480 --> 01:23:59,723
"to my great disappointment.

751
01:24:02,120 --> 01:24:03,246
“Now,

752
01:24:04,160 --> 01:24:06,242
"'my brave knight."'

753
01:24:11,160 --> 01:24:13,242
Oh, it's a new customer!

754
01:24:16,920 --> 01:24:17,921
"Now,

755
01:24:18,240 --> 01:24:20,402
"my brave knight."

756
01:24:21,760 --> 01:24:27,961
When you see these old scars
and the fresh pink wounds,

757
01:24:28,240 --> 01:24:30,402
what do you feel?

758
01:24:33,600 --> 01:24:36,001
I pity the poor woman.

759
01:24:36,080 --> 01:24:41,246
I wish to lick her and lick her,
caress her and caress her.

760
01:24:42,320 --> 01:24:44,607
If you pity her so,

761
01:24:45,480 --> 01:24:49,883
why not take her place
and let her whip you?

762
01:24:56,600 --> 01:25:00,969
"The duchess raised the whip
high in the air, and then..."

763
01:25:08,680 --> 01:25:10,409
"And again..."

764
01:25:18,360 --> 01:25:21,364
<i>"My cock became painfully erect."</i>

765
01:25:27,000 --> 01:25:30,925
If she could be yours for 10 minutes,

766
01:25:31,040 --> 01:25:33,441
what would you give in exchange?

767
01:25:33,800 --> 01:25:37,168
Whatever your heart desires.

768
01:25:37,400 --> 01:25:40,449
Anything in this whole wide world.

769
01:25:41,840 --> 01:25:45,367
<i>"Once the duke untied me,</i>

770
01:25:45,400 --> 01:25:49,450
<i>"I sat on the chair, pulled her to me,</i>

771
01:25:49,880 --> 01:25:54,408
"and slid my cock into her cunt."

772
01:25:59,440 --> 01:26:02,444
"'Oh, Juliette, Juliette...'

773
01:26:04,920 --> 01:26:09,801
"As I felt the duke approach from behind,

774
01:26:09,840 --> 01:26:12,446
"a rope slithered around my neck.

775
01:26:14,040 --> 01:26:17,169
"The duke slowly tightened the rope.

776
01:26:17,240 --> 01:26:21,928
"Like a drowning man grasping at straws,

777
01:26:21,960 --> 01:26:26,409
"I pulled the swirling
currents of her hair.

778
01:26:27,600 --> 01:26:30,126
"Then the duke spoke.

779
01:26:32,400 --> 01:26:35,370
"'The 10 minutes are almost up.'

780
01:26:45,400 --> 01:26:49,246
"'Slowly, my dear, ' said the Duchess.

781
01:26:50,000 --> 01:26:54,449
"'I haven't yet fully savored his pain.'

782
01:27:00,680 --> 01:27:04,366
"'No, ' the knight cried, 'don't stop!

783
01:27:06,320 --> 01:27:09,449
"'Please let me die

784
01:27:09,480 --> 01:27:11,562
"'in the midst of this pain.

785
01:27:12,240 --> 01:27:14,891
"'In this suffocating pain."'

786
01:27:58,360 --> 01:28:00,089
Is it Sade?

787
01:28:00,600 --> 01:28:02,841
It's Sade-esque.

788
01:28:02,920 --> 01:28:07,926
Believed to be the same Japanese
man who wrote The Lizard Skin.

789
01:28:08,680 --> 01:28:13,607
Acquired from a Japanese sailor
on a ship from Hamburg.

790
01:28:23,240 --> 01:28:26,323
Poorly printed, on low-quality paper...

791
01:28:27,280 --> 01:28:29,567
used and torn,

792
01:28:29,760 --> 01:28:33,128
stained from food
and human secretions...

793
01:28:34,960 --> 01:28:39,648
I have a predilection
for this kind of little cherub.

794
01:28:40,840 --> 01:28:44,765
Can you imagine my joy when,

795
01:28:44,840 --> 01:28:49,209
after such a journey,
it sat on my shelf with its brothers?

796
01:28:49,320 --> 01:28:53,769
An untouched 1st edition of Milton
wouldn't satisfy me more.

797
01:28:55,760 --> 01:28:57,046
Yes.

798
01:28:57,400 --> 01:29:02,088
These are the babes
to whom I feel the most affection.

799
01:29:03,520 --> 01:29:09,448
It used to contain an elaborate
monochrome woodcut illustration,

800
01:29:11,800 --> 01:29:13,211
but as you can see...

801
01:29:13,320 --> 01:29:15,368
So unfortunate.

802
01:29:16,840 --> 01:29:21,562
If that were intact,
you could've named your price.

803
01:29:22,720 --> 01:29:27,044
The author felt words alone could
not fully describe the positions,

804
01:29:27,200 --> 01:29:30,807
and so included an illustration.

805
01:29:32,120 --> 01:29:35,761
In that regard, before
we start the bidding...

806
01:29:36,320 --> 01:29:37,321
Hideko!

807
01:29:37,760 --> 01:29:40,525
Can you perform this scene?

808
01:30:18,320 --> 01:30:21,244
Pain is a Garment

809
01:31:43,920 --> 01:31:45,285
Beautiful!

810
01:31:51,760 --> 01:31:53,728
See you again.

811
01:31:54,520 --> 01:31:55,567
Yes, thank you.

812
01:31:56,720 --> 01:32:00,088
Today's reading was outstanding.

813
01:32:00,320 --> 01:32:01,731
Yes, thank you.

814
01:32:03,520 --> 01:32:05,329
Especially the puppet!

815
01:32:33,360 --> 01:32:35,362
You are of noble birth,

816
01:32:35,440 --> 01:32:39,843
yet you engage in the lowly work
of copying paintings.

817
01:32:40,160 --> 01:32:43,369
There was a time when

818
01:32:43,440 --> 01:32:47,047
I dissipated my wit and skills on gambling.

819
01:32:47,120 --> 01:32:50,727
Imagine the torment
of having so many women

820
01:32:50,800 --> 01:32:52,768
make advances on me,

821
01:32:52,800 --> 01:32:56,122
when I couldn't afford to
buy them a glass of Burgundy.

822
01:32:56,720 --> 01:33:01,169
Do the women here advance on you?

823
01:33:01,680 --> 01:33:03,728
I look at women's eyes.

824
01:33:03,760 --> 01:33:05,489
Only the eyes.

825
01:33:05,640 --> 01:33:09,247
They turn their gaze away,

826
01:33:09,400 --> 01:33:11,641
but then they always look back.

827
01:33:12,240 --> 01:33:15,483
It's a kind of silent dialogue.

828
01:33:16,000 --> 01:33:20,881
If I were to slide under
someone's covers tonight,

829
01:33:21,160 --> 01:33:25,131
only one woman here would refuse me.

830
01:33:26,560 --> 01:33:28,881
Does that include Mrs. Sasaki?

831
01:33:29,600 --> 01:33:31,762
Mrs. Sasaki...

832
01:33:33,160 --> 01:33:35,640
Is she not your former wife?

833
01:33:36,000 --> 01:33:39,004
You left her to marry a Japanese woman.

834
01:33:39,400 --> 01:33:43,610
But the servants tell me
you still share a bed with her.

835
01:33:45,400 --> 01:33:48,165
Can I ask you a question?

836
01:33:51,080 --> 01:33:52,650
Go ahead.

837
01:33:53,640 --> 01:33:56,007
You went so far as to abandon your wife,

838
01:33:56,040 --> 01:33:58,646
why this urge to become Japanese?

839
01:34:01,040 --> 01:34:02,644
Because Korea is ugly,

840
01:34:03,160 --> 01:34:06,050
and Japan is beautiful.

841
01:34:07,320 --> 01:34:10,369
Some Japanese say Japan is ugly

842
01:34:10,440 --> 01:34:12,488
and Korea is beautiful.

843
01:34:12,560 --> 01:34:15,006
Beauty is cruel by nature.

844
01:34:15,040 --> 01:34:18,965
Korea is soft, slow, dull,
and therefore hopeless.

845
01:34:20,360 --> 01:34:24,888
Tell me about this woman
who would resist you.

846
01:34:28,200 --> 01:34:32,125
Does it include Mrs. Sasaki?

847
01:34:32,240 --> 01:34:34,049
Mrs. Sasaki...

848
01:34:36,520 --> 01:34:38,170
If I gave her the right signal,

849
01:34:38,200 --> 01:34:42,603
she'd knock on my door
without her underwear.

850
01:34:50,200 --> 01:34:52,282
My thoughts exactly.

851
01:34:54,400 --> 01:34:56,209
Then who is it?

852
01:34:56,320 --> 01:34:59,210
The one who would deny you?

853
01:35:01,040 --> 01:35:04,044
I heard you own the highest quality

854
01:35:04,080 --> 01:35:08,005
antique bookmaking tools of East and West,

855
01:35:08,600 --> 01:35:10,329
but I don't see them here.

856
01:35:10,400 --> 01:35:12,846
<i>I'll</i> show them to you later.

857
01:35:13,920 --> 01:35:16,491
This woman...

858
01:35:18,400 --> 01:35:20,402
who is she then?

859
01:35:22,480 --> 01:35:27,202
I met Hideko's eyes by chance,
but she didn't look away.

860
01:35:27,280 --> 01:35:30,727
Indeed it was I who shifted my gaze.

861
01:35:30,760 --> 01:35:37,848
Will she make an appearance
in your lewd dreams tonight?

862
01:35:40,040 --> 01:35:43,089
Even if honored with such a visit,

863
01:35:43,560 --> 01:35:45,927
I don't think I could consummate.

864
01:35:46,520 --> 01:35:50,684
I would regret it as soon as I began.

865
01:35:50,960 --> 01:35:54,806
Because her body
would be as cold as waterfowl.

866
01:35:59,400 --> 01:36:02,563
The result of long training.

867
01:36:03,560 --> 01:36:06,564
I heard you are engaged to her.

868
01:36:11,080 --> 01:36:16,928
If I'm not mistaken,
you are yet to have intercourse?

869
01:36:17,840 --> 01:36:20,730
Her eyes have no desire.

870
01:36:21,040 --> 01:36:24,010
It means her soul is dead inside.

871
01:36:25,440 --> 01:36:27,841
You should go easy on her training,

872
01:36:27,960 --> 01:36:31,601
unless you enjoy making love to a corpse.

873
01:36:54,880 --> 01:36:56,769
Would you like a cigarette?

874
01:37:05,040 --> 01:37:08,931
How could a man with such refined tastes

875
01:37:09,000 --> 01:37:13,130
indulge in a pleasure
as vulgar as a cigarette?

876
01:38:06,800 --> 01:38:10,646
My particular way of possessing beauty.

877
01:38:12,080 --> 01:38:15,527
Hideko, too, must have
received painting lessons?

878
01:38:16,480 --> 01:38:23,090
In fact, I was too occupied teaching
her to read with correct diction.

879
01:38:24,400 --> 01:38:25,481
Dear me!

880
01:38:25,760 --> 01:38:28,001
In England, where I studied,

881
01:38:28,080 --> 01:38:33,962
all ladies were expected to produce
vibrant color and graceful lines,

882
01:38:35,440 --> 01:38:37,363
even in the less noble families.

883
01:38:56,640 --> 01:38:58,688
A phone call, sir.

884
01:38:59,520 --> 01:39:01,443
At this hour?

885
01:39:01,520 --> 01:39:03,568
It's the lwamura Bookstore.

886
01:39:04,200 --> 01:39:05,201
Is that so?

887
01:39:05,560 --> 01:39:07,562
Excuse me a moment.

888
01:39:17,560 --> 01:39:19,483
You are mesmerizing.

889
01:39:20,960 --> 01:39:22,644
Men use the word "mesmerizing"

890
01:39:22,680 --> 01:39:27,004
when they wish to touch a lady's breasts.

891
01:39:27,840 --> 01:39:31,890
I'm familiar with
Western conversational etiquette.

892
01:39:33,600 --> 01:39:36,683
I do a bit of reading, you know.

893
01:39:37,160 --> 01:39:39,527
There was no calculation in what I said.

894
01:39:39,560 --> 01:39:44,691
It was a reflex, like pulling
one's hand from a ﬂame.

895
01:39:45,480 --> 01:39:46,811
I'm no flame.

896
01:39:47,320 --> 01:39:50,722
I'm cold as waterfowl, your Lordship.

897
01:39:56,720 --> 01:39:58,688
He will return soon.

898
01:39:58,720 --> 01:40:01,724
Mr. lwamura only called
with a frivolous inquiry,

899
01:40:01,800 --> 01:40:03,689
at my request.

900
01:40:03,720 --> 01:40:07,088
There's an issue regarding your future
you should know.

901
01:40:07,440 --> 01:40:10,728
I'll wait by the stone lamp at midnight.

902
01:40:12,400 --> 01:40:15,882
That lwamura is a real fool.

903
01:40:21,720 --> 01:40:23,961
Good night, Miss.

904
01:41:34,960 --> 01:41:37,042
My maid is asleep in the room next door.

905
01:41:37,120 --> 01:41:39,646
I don't fancy being
in scandalous rumors with you.

906
01:41:39,720 --> 01:41:43,008
I saw Junko go to the servants' quarters
with her pillow.

907
01:41:43,080 --> 01:41:45,481
Consider your reputation as a nobleman.

908
01:41:45,960 --> 01:41:47,849
I'm no nobleman.

909
01:41:47,920 --> 01:41:49,445
I'm not even Japanese.

910
01:41:49,680 --> 01:41:52,604
Think it was easy for a Korean
farmhand's son to reach here?

911
01:41:53,160 --> 01:41:57,131
Fifteen hard years in Japan
before hearing about you.

912
01:41:57,160 --> 01:41:59,208
Another three years to prepare.

913
01:41:59,880 --> 01:42:03,168
I studied bookmaking
and learned to paint forgeries.

914
01:42:03,680 --> 01:42:05,762
All so that I could meet you.

915
01:42:06,200 --> 01:42:07,725
To seduce and marry you,

916
01:42:07,760 --> 01:42:10,161
to possess your father's inheritance,

917
01:42:10,840 --> 01:42:12,888
and then probably to get rid of you.

918
01:42:14,640 --> 01:42:16,404
But I knew as soon as I met you.

919
01:42:16,640 --> 01:42:19,007
For a man to seduce you would be...

920
01:42:21,120 --> 01:42:22,610
Impossible.

921
01:42:24,040 --> 01:42:27,328
So in place of seduction,
I decided to propose a deal.

922
01:42:28,760 --> 01:42:32,287
Most marriages are prison,
but this one will free you.

923
01:42:33,000 --> 01:42:34,968
I'll rescue you from here,

924
01:42:35,000 --> 01:42:38,561
take you far away,
and give you freedom.

925
01:42:40,000 --> 01:42:42,207
Of course, we'll split the money.

926
01:42:43,320 --> 01:42:45,049
Nonsense.

927
01:42:45,680 --> 01:42:50,242
Marrying an old man with a black tongue
at your tender age makes sense?

928
01:42:50,320 --> 01:42:52,322
I won't marry anyone.

929
01:42:52,560 --> 01:42:54,164
What have you in mind?

930
01:42:58,040 --> 01:42:59,041
Mmm.

931
01:42:59,840 --> 01:43:01,365
That's not proper.

932
01:43:01,680 --> 01:43:03,091
There's no beauty in that.

933
01:43:03,640 --> 01:43:05,881
If you kill yourself, what of your fortune?

934
01:43:06,520 --> 01:43:11,242
That will be the sum of your efforts?
Your fortune going to a pervert?

935
01:43:11,320 --> 01:43:15,450
So he can buy 10 little girls
and teach them to read books?

936
01:43:16,800 --> 01:43:19,087
My uncle will find us somehow.

937
01:43:19,320 --> 01:43:20,845
Then he'll take us to the basement.

938
01:43:21,880 --> 01:43:23,006
Uncle.

939
01:43:23,880 --> 01:43:24,881
The basement?

940
01:43:25,120 --> 01:43:28,363
<i>It says here when people are hanged,</i>

941
01:43:28,640 --> 01:43:33,521
their tongues stick out
and feces is expelled.

942
01:43:34,400 --> 01:43:38,246
But that day, Aunt's mouth was shut,

943
01:43:39,240 --> 01:43:41,288
and her bottom was clean.

944
01:43:42,720 --> 01:43:44,688
Want to go somewhere nice?

945
01:44:02,600 --> 01:44:06,525
I'll tell you in detail
what I did to your aunt

946
01:44:06,600 --> 01:44:08,523
after I caught her running away.

947
01:44:08,800 --> 01:44:13,488
So don't you ever think of running,
understood?

948
01:44:31,320 --> 01:44:33,527
That day I just watched and listened.

949
01:44:33,640 --> 01:44:37,247
But if I ever end up there again...

950
01:44:42,080 --> 01:44:43,764
Highly concentrated opium.

951
01:44:43,800 --> 01:44:46,087
Three drops will make you sleep all day.

952
01:44:46,120 --> 01:44:49,010
Five drops will knock down a horse.

953
01:44:49,080 --> 01:44:51,686
If you crave death within five minutes,

954
01:44:52,000 --> 01:44:53,764
drink it all.

955
01:44:53,800 --> 01:44:57,202
If you carry this, he can never
take you to the basement.

956
01:44:57,240 --> 01:44:58,730
At least not alive.

957
01:44:59,520 --> 01:45:01,363
It'll be my wedding gift to you.

958
01:45:01,880 --> 01:45:03,723
It's more expensive than jewels.

959
01:45:15,320 --> 01:45:20,690
Bring a girl to be my maid.
One who could disappear and not be missed.

960
01:45:20,720 --> 01:45:22,370
If a bit dense, all the better.

961
01:45:22,480 --> 01:45:26,565
We'll send her to a madhouse
under my name.

962
01:45:28,880 --> 01:45:33,522
They say that the sick are
buried alive in pits.

963
01:45:34,640 --> 01:45:37,484
I want my name to be buried there.

964
01:45:38,400 --> 01:45:40,687
I can find you a new maid,

965
01:45:40,760 --> 01:45:42,728
but what do we do about Junko?

966
01:45:48,640 --> 01:45:53,362
You really think
I'm prettier than Miss Hideko?

967
01:45:54,920 --> 01:45:58,766
Sure, Hideko's pretty,
and you're pretty.

968
01:45:59,080 --> 01:46:00,889
What? You speak Korean?

969
01:46:02,400 --> 01:46:03,811
You know...

970
01:46:04,840 --> 01:46:06,285
I learned it.

971
01:46:06,680 --> 01:46:09,445
To speak more easily with you.

972
01:46:10,600 --> 01:46:13,649
I really wanted to say this to you.

973
01:46:14,800 --> 01:46:16,290
You are just mesmerizing.

974
01:46:16,320 --> 01:46:17,606
Oh, my gosh!

975
01:46:19,800 --> 01:46:21,564
You little tart!

976
01:46:26,560 --> 01:46:28,562
I can't!

977
01:46:28,640 --> 01:46:31,564
If they catch me with a guest,
I'll be thrown out!

978
01:46:32,720 --> 01:46:36,805
Forget this wretched place.
Come live with me!

979
01:47:23,920 --> 01:47:25,285
Oh, fucking hell!

980
01:47:26,200 --> 01:47:27,281
Fucking hell?

981
01:47:27,360 --> 01:47:28,600
Fucking hell...

982
01:48:19,640 --> 01:48:22,405
<i>The Count sent exactly what I ordered.</i>

983
01:48:22,440 --> 01:48:24,886
<i>Naive and a bit foolish.</i>

984
01:48:28,720 --> 01:48:30,529
We look a bit alike.

985
01:48:31,480 --> 01:48:33,244
Are you also an orphan?

986
01:48:37,080 --> 01:48:38,650
Mother!

987
01:48:49,640 --> 01:48:52,644
<i>Show Sookee your old clothes</i>

988
01:48:52,680 --> 01:48:54,762
<i>or jewelry at every opportunity.</i>

989
01:48:54,840 --> 01:48:59,164
<i>The material greed she got from her
mother will make her more gullible.</i>

990
01:48:59,200 --> 01:49:05,048
<i>P.S. Don't worry if she reads this
letter, she's totally illiterate.</i>

991
01:49:05,440 --> 01:49:06,851
Would you read it to me?

992
01:49:07,480 --> 01:49:08,402
Pardon?

993
01:49:09,600 --> 01:49:11,443
"...said you're looking for a maid.

994
01:49:11,520 --> 01:49:13,966
"Maids are like

995
01:49:14,480 --> 01:49:16,369
"a spoon..." No...

996
01:49:18,280 --> 01:49:20,647
"Are like chopsticks..."

997
01:49:24,600 --> 01:49:26,523
Is it a spoon?

998
01:49:26,800 --> 01:49:27,642
Countess Fujiwara Hideko

999
01:49:27,720 --> 01:49:31,645
This is your name.
Can't you read it?

1000
01:49:35,920 --> 01:49:37,684
What's with your foot?

1001
01:49:41,880 --> 01:49:43,086
Who did it?

1002
01:49:43,520 --> 01:49:46,091
Who took Tamako's shoe?

1003
01:49:52,880 --> 01:49:55,167
Apologize before all the servants!

1004
01:49:58,400 --> 01:50:01,404
If she ever runs away
because of one of you,

1005
01:50:01,440 --> 01:50:03,807
I'll strip you all naked
and throw you out!

1006
01:50:05,000 --> 01:50:06,001
Fucking hell.

1007
01:50:10,840 --> 01:50:12,126
All smooth.

1008
01:50:19,080 --> 01:50:20,684
You like the scent?

1009
01:50:21,480 --> 01:50:22,891
Want to come in?

1010
01:50:23,080 --> 01:50:24,081
Pardon?

1011
01:50:44,640 --> 01:50:46,005
This must be Okju.

1012
01:50:46,240 --> 01:50:49,050
At your service, milord.

1013
01:50:50,000 --> 01:50:53,800
You know if you fail,
it'll put me in an awkward position?

1014
01:50:58,680 --> 01:51:02,321
A decent bone structure for a Korean...

1015
01:51:05,840 --> 01:51:10,289
So, are you carrying out
your duties faithfully?

1016
01:51:14,360 --> 01:51:17,125
Thank you for your recommendation.

1017
01:51:17,280 --> 01:51:21,922
You chose the perfect servant for me.

1018
01:51:22,840 --> 01:51:26,561
You wouldn't want one who's too stupid.
I did my best.

1019
01:51:27,400 --> 01:51:30,847
Take good care of our dear Lady.

1020
01:51:31,160 --> 01:51:32,082
Take this.

1021
01:51:35,120 --> 01:51:37,885
There's no shame
in being rewarded

1022
01:51:38,040 --> 01:51:41,965
for being a good companion
to the Lady.

1023
01:51:44,520 --> 01:51:46,682
Isn't that right Ms. Hideko?

1024
01:51:48,480 --> 01:51:50,244
No need to be ashamed at all.

1025
01:51:50,280 --> 01:51:52,601
Your average fence
can barely tell them apart.

1026
01:51:52,720 --> 01:51:54,802
Is that so?

1027
01:52:00,280 --> 01:52:02,442
<i>Returning the earrings you loaned me.</i>

1028
01:52:02,960 --> 01:52:06,009
<i>A woman might wager her fate
on such an exquisite pair.</i>

1029
01:52:07,040 --> 01:52:09,611
<i>I'm sure that Sookee will try her very best</i>

1030
01:52:09,720 --> 01:52:14,408
<i>in order to see herself
wearing these in the mirror.</i>

1031
01:52:14,920 --> 01:52:18,208
I'll tell you how to keep her
from getting suspicious.

1032
01:52:18,400 --> 01:52:21,609
Keep her busy until the
day of the wedding.

1033
01:52:22,120 --> 01:52:24,248
Make her spend all her energy

1034
01:52:24,280 --> 01:52:26,851
on making you fall in love with me.

1035
01:52:28,520 --> 01:52:32,366
In other words,
don't fall in love with me so easily.

1036
01:52:42,600 --> 01:52:44,090
Mesmerizing!

1037
01:52:46,720 --> 01:52:47,801
Me?

1038
01:52:56,720 --> 01:52:59,121
Dressed up, you look like a lady, too.

1039
01:53:07,600 --> 01:53:09,409
Almost fully ripe.

1040
01:53:19,040 --> 01:53:21,281
How did your mom die?

1041
01:53:22,000 --> 01:53:25,447
That she was so lucky
to have you before dying.

1042
01:53:26,280 --> 01:53:28,328
That she had no regrets.

1043
01:53:29,560 --> 01:53:33,610
<i>Is this the companionship
they write about in books?</i>

1044
01:53:36,720 --> 01:53:38,370
I'll go pick mushrooms.

1045
01:53:38,400 --> 01:53:41,404
We'll have mushroom stew tonight,
you like that.

1046
01:53:41,640 --> 01:53:42,846
I'll go with you.

1047
01:53:43,840 --> 01:53:45,922
I'll be quick.

1048
01:53:59,840 --> 01:54:02,127
What's wrong with her?
Is it her period?

1049
01:54:10,480 --> 01:54:12,050
Men are disgusting.

1050
01:54:12,560 --> 01:54:15,325
How can they be so single-minded?

1051
01:54:15,920 --> 01:54:17,490
What's on my mind?

1052
01:54:18,360 --> 01:54:22,001
You don't really believe
that I crave your body?

1053
01:54:23,720 --> 01:54:24,881
You do!

1054
01:54:24,960 --> 01:54:26,644
You read too many of those books.

1055
01:54:26,720 --> 01:54:28,848
If there's one thing I'm after, Miss...

1056
01:54:29,640 --> 01:54:34,726
It's not your eyes, your hands or ass,

1057
01:54:35,080 --> 01:54:37,560
it's your money, only that.

1058
01:54:38,240 --> 01:54:40,925
Of all that you have, money is the best.

1059
01:54:42,560 --> 01:54:45,769
Feels great being so rude to a noble lady.

1060
01:54:46,560 --> 01:54:48,369
<i>What's with her?</i>

1061
01:54:49,080 --> 01:54:53,244
<i>Why does she stomp her feet,
expressing her anger,</i>

1062
01:54:53,320 --> 01:54:56,051
<i>sit up in the middle of the night
and sigh?</i>

1063
01:54:57,400 --> 01:55:01,849
<i>Every time she sees the Count,
her eyes seem to say...</i>

1064
01:55:02,360 --> 01:55:04,044
I despise you.

1065
01:55:04,920 --> 01:55:10,404
Try to bear it. Only if she sees this
will she believe the proposal.

1066
01:55:29,360 --> 01:55:33,081
Think of me as that puppet,
and I'll imagine another woman.

1067
01:55:33,680 --> 01:55:35,364
What woman?

1068
01:55:38,360 --> 01:55:40,362
The duchess Juliette.

1069
01:55:42,920 --> 01:55:43,921
Lady!

1070
01:55:45,200 --> 01:55:47,168
Milord!

1071
01:55:52,320 --> 01:55:53,606
Lady“.

1072
01:55:59,080 --> 01:56:02,971
<i>"The lady's emotions lay deep inside.</i>

1073
01:56:03,320 --> 01:56:06,164
<i>"Jinlian could not fathom their depths.</i>

1074
01:56:07,920 --> 01:56:09,968
"Knowing this, Lady Sun

1075
01:56:10,000 --> 01:56:14,085
"gave Jinlian four small silver balls.

1076
01:56:14,160 --> 01:56:18,768
"'These are minling, or bells of passion.

1077
01:56:18,800 --> 01:56:22,441
"'Place two in the lady's Jade Gate,

1078
01:56:22,480 --> 01:56:25,643
"'and the other two in yours.

1079
01:56:28,200 --> 01:56:30,282
"'Spread your legs apart

1080
01:56:30,320 --> 01:56:32,926
"'and like two scissors

1081
01:56:32,960 --> 01:56:35,247
'"trying to cut each
other, put them together.

1082
01:56:35,280 --> 01:56:38,329
"'When the lips below
rub against each other,

1083
01:56:38,400 --> 01:56:40,323
"'you'll hear a clear ringing sound."'

1084
01:56:40,400 --> 01:56:42,243
<i>A blackout! Bring a lantern!</i>

1085
01:56:42,600 --> 01:56:44,170
<i>Yes, sir!</i>

1086
01:56:44,400 --> 01:56:47,449
The Sound of Bells on a Windless Night

1087
01:56:49,320 --> 01:56:53,325
"'When do I put this in?' Asked Jinlian.

1088
01:56:54,400 --> 01:56:58,883
"'Does the lady breathe deeply
and swallow hard?

1089
01:57:00,360 --> 01:57:03,330
"'Does she whisper sweetly in your ear,

1090
01:57:03,360 --> 01:57:05,124
"and kiss you?

1091
01:57:10,280 --> 01:57:12,362
"'Does she embrace you tightly

1092
01:57:12,480 --> 01:57:14,801
"'and caress your nipples?

1093
01:57:16,760 --> 01:57:19,047
"'Does her secret part become slippery

1094
01:57:19,120 --> 01:57:21,771
"'as she gently bites your shoulder?

1095
01:57:22,720 --> 01:57:26,645
Does she press her legs between yours?

1096
01:57:26,840 --> 01:57:29,571
And curl her toes?

1097
01:57:30,720 --> 01:57:33,883
"'Then, put in the bells."'

1098
01:57:38,720 --> 01:57:42,645
- Amazing!
- Indeed!

1099
01:58:00,480 --> 01:58:02,721
It's so cute.

1100
01:58:08,040 --> 01:58:09,963
If the Count sees this...

1101
01:58:17,080 --> 01:58:19,970
Will he really be so tender as this?

1102
01:58:21,080 --> 01:58:22,161
Of course.

1103
01:58:22,240 --> 01:58:25,528
And he'll touch you like this...

1104
01:58:26,480 --> 01:58:27,970
And like this...

1105
01:58:36,080 --> 01:58:37,889
Tamako, keep doing it.

1106
01:58:39,080 --> 01:58:40,844
Like the Count would.

1107
01:58:43,440 --> 01:58:44,771
The Count...

1108
01:58:45,080 --> 01:58:46,241
The Count...

1109
01:58:46,880 --> 01:58:49,326
He'll go crazy over this.

1110
01:58:51,800 --> 01:58:55,566
And this is what he'll say.

1111
01:58:57,320 --> 01:59:03,248
It's so soft, warm, wet, and

1112
01:59:07,280 --> 01:59:11,604
spellbindingly beautiful!

1113
01:59:43,240 --> 01:59:46,244
Shall I teach you more, Miss?

1114
01:59:46,440 --> 01:59:48,408
Yes...

1115
01:59:49,400 --> 01:59:51,402
Teach me everything.

1116
02:00:35,480 --> 02:00:40,520
I wish that I had breast milk
so I could feed you.

1117
02:00:55,120 --> 02:00:57,248
Do you like it when I do this?

1118
02:00:58,360 --> 02:00:59,850
Do you like me?

1119
02:01:01,720 --> 02:01:04,405
Can you promise that you won't betray me?

1120
02:01:06,120 --> 02:01:07,406
I'll never,

1121
02:01:07,840 --> 02:01:08,841
never,

1122
02:01:10,360 --> 02:01:12,328
ever...

1123
02:01:25,680 --> 02:01:32,040
Miss, how could such an innocent...

1124
02:01:32,360 --> 02:01:34,283
You must be a natural.

1125
02:02:30,200 --> 02:02:31,531
Stop!

1126
02:02:33,280 --> 02:02:36,204
I spit it out without chewing!
All because of you!

1127
02:02:37,080 --> 02:02:38,445
She's got no one on this earth.

1128
02:02:38,760 --> 02:02:42,003
If you frighten her,
she'll close up hard as a clam.

1129
02:02:42,280 --> 02:02:43,805
And please...

1130
02:02:44,240 --> 02:02:49,007
Don't ever again put my hand
on your tiny joke of a cock.

1131
02:02:56,360 --> 02:02:57,850
You see?

1132
02:02:58,840 --> 02:03:01,571
If you don't give the impression
you want this marriage,

1133
02:03:01,600 --> 02:03:04,922
she may throw another fit
and refuse to go forward.

1134
02:03:05,000 --> 02:03:08,243
Be more convincing
when you pretend to love me.

1135
02:03:08,280 --> 02:03:09,566
I can't do it.

1136
02:03:09,600 --> 02:03:10,681
What?

1137
02:03:11,320 --> 02:03:12,765
I want to quit.

1138
02:03:14,120 --> 02:03:16,327
What's with you all today?

1139
02:03:17,600 --> 02:03:19,011
Why then?

1140
02:03:19,760 --> 02:03:23,731
I hate all of you. My mother, my aunt,
my uncle, you, and...

1141
02:03:26,480 --> 02:03:27,811
And?

1142
02:03:29,040 --> 02:03:30,451
I can't stand Sookee anymore either.

1143
02:03:30,520 --> 02:03:32,409
You feel sorry for her?

1144
02:03:35,560 --> 02:03:37,642
What is it with women?

1145
02:03:40,720 --> 02:03:44,691
You know what that poor
Sookee said about your Ladyship?

1146
02:03:44,880 --> 02:03:48,487
That you're too dense to get it
if someone pulls on your nipples.

1147
02:03:48,520 --> 02:03:51,490
That she was nice out of pity,
but you ate it up.

1148
02:03:51,520 --> 02:03:53,204
That you were so gullible!

1149
02:03:53,440 --> 02:03:56,808
That naive servant's face...

1150
02:03:57,080 --> 02:03:59,367
Yes, you will love him.

1151
02:03:59,560 --> 02:04:02,928
If I say that I love someone else...

1152
02:04:03,920 --> 02:04:08,289
Me, who has no one on this earth...

1153
02:04:08,920 --> 02:04:11,321
Do you still want me to marry him?

1154
02:04:11,920 --> 02:04:12,921
Yes.

1155
02:04:24,480 --> 02:04:25,606
Miss!

1156
02:04:48,360 --> 02:04:51,250
<i>I wish I'd never been born.</i>

1157
02:05:23,000 --> 02:05:26,402
<i>I wish I'd never been born.</i>

1158
02:05:46,160 --> 02:05:47,241
Let go.

1159
02:05:49,880 --> 02:05:52,929
Miss, I'm sorry!

1160
02:05:55,520 --> 02:05:56,521
Let go!

1161
02:05:56,960 --> 02:05:58,928
I'm sorry, Miss!

1162
02:05:59,160 --> 02:06:00,924
Don't die.

1163
02:06:01,240 --> 02:06:02,924
I'm sorry.

1164
02:06:04,960 --> 02:06:06,849
What are you sorry about?

1165
02:06:07,960 --> 02:06:12,921
I tried to trick you
into marrying that bastard.

1166
02:06:12,960 --> 02:06:16,965
I was going to put you
in a madhouse and run off.

1167
02:06:17,680 --> 02:06:21,685
Don't die. Don't get married, Miss!

1168
02:06:23,840 --> 02:06:27,481
Sookee, are you worried about me?

1169
02:06:32,840 --> 02:06:34,524
I'm worried about you.

1170
02:06:40,000 --> 02:06:43,129
How do you know my name?

1171
02:06:44,000 --> 02:06:46,401
You think you're tricking me?

1172
02:06:48,800 --> 02:06:50,529
You're the one being tricked.

1173
02:06:51,800 --> 02:06:54,610
You're the one bound for the madhouse.

1174
02:06:56,360 --> 02:06:59,284
I was going to lock you up
in there under my name,

1175
02:06:59,320 --> 02:07:02,847
then I'd become you
and run far away, with him.

1176
02:07:07,520 --> 02:07:11,127
I won't say sorry,
since you tried to trick me, too.

1177
02:07:18,440 --> 02:07:21,967
That fucking son of a bitch!

1178
02:07:23,080 --> 02:07:26,050
Oh, sorry, Miss!

1179
02:07:26,880 --> 02:07:31,283
<i>"I hope this letter finds you well.
This is Sookee.</i>

1180
02:07:31,760 --> 02:07:35,810
<i>"I'm writing to inform you
of a change in plans.</i>

1181
02:07:36,360 --> 02:07:41,321
<i>"I decided to team up with the Lady Hideko.</i>

1182
02:07:41,640 --> 02:07:44,803
<i>"As such, I'm now in need of all your help.</i>

1183
02:07:44,880 --> 02:07:47,963
<i>"I'm enclosing an item as advance payment."</i>

1184
02:07:48,000 --> 02:07:52,562
Always remember the basement.

1185
02:08:06,920 --> 02:08:09,127
You want to go somewhere nice?

1186
02:08:52,520 --> 02:08:55,091
You didn't teach me to read Japanese.

1187
02:09:17,400 --> 02:09:19,289
Did that bastard draw this?

1188
02:09:21,880 --> 02:09:26,841
Is this what you've been reading
to that dirty old man

1189
02:09:27,400 --> 02:09:28,686
and those gentlemen?

1190
02:10:23,080 --> 02:10:24,081
Ah!

1191
02:11:35,520 --> 02:11:37,761
<i>The daughter of a legendary thief,</i>

1192
02:11:37,840 --> 02:11:40,730
<i>who sewed winter coats
out of stolen purses.</i>

1193
02:11:41,200 --> 02:11:44,409
<i>Herself a thief, pickpocket, swindler.</i>

1194
02:11:45,440 --> 02:11:48,205
<i>The savior who came to tear my life apart.</i>

1195
02:11:48,560 --> 02:11:50,244
<i>My</i> Tamako.

1196
02:11:50,960 --> 02:11:52,564
<i>My Sookee.</i>

1197
02:13:13,680 --> 02:13:15,364
How cruel can you be?

1198
02:13:15,560 --> 02:13:18,848
You plucked the ﬂower, now re-plant it.

1199
02:13:18,880 --> 02:13:20,848
What do you want?

1200
02:13:21,080 --> 02:13:24,402
Hurry up and throw her into the madhouse!

1201
02:13:29,600 --> 02:13:31,364
You scoundrel!

1202
02:13:31,400 --> 02:13:33,846
Let go of me, you filthy bitches!

1203
02:13:35,320 --> 02:13:36,401
Miss!

1204
02:13:37,320 --> 02:13:38,606
Let go!

1205
02:13:40,560 --> 02:13:42,244
Miss!

1206
02:13:57,080 --> 02:13:58,286
I'm hungry-

1207
02:14:02,760 --> 02:14:07,288
The first month, I ordered
a slim herringbone suit.

1208
02:14:07,960 --> 02:14:08,563
The next month, I wore it to
dine at the Imperial Hotel.

1209
02:14:08,564 --> 02:14:11,759
PART THREE The next month, I wore
it to dine at the Imperial Hotel.

1210
02:14:11,760 --> 02:14:11,851
PART THREE

1211
02:14:11,920 --> 02:14:15,003
Me, a colonial boy working
as a tout at a brothel.

1212
02:14:15,080 --> 02:14:18,243
Some Englishmen who frequented
the brothel recognized me.

1213
02:14:18,280 --> 02:14:21,921
I thought they'd call
the maitre d' and kick me out,

1214
02:14:22,440 --> 02:14:23,851
but what do you know?

1215
02:14:24,440 --> 02:14:29,002
They were amused I'd
spend a month's pay

1216
02:14:29,080 --> 02:14:30,605
on one dignified meal.

1217
02:14:31,440 --> 02:14:33,841
They started calling me Count

1218
02:14:33,920 --> 02:14:35,843
and taught me manners
to go with the name.

1219
02:14:35,880 --> 02:14:38,247
Frankly, I'm not that interested
in money itself.

1220
02:14:38,280 --> 02:14:40,931
What I desire is, how shall I put it...

1221
02:14:41,920 --> 02:14:44,651
The manner of ordering wine
without looking at the price?

1222
02:14:44,680 --> 02:14:46,045
Something like that.

1223
02:14:58,000 --> 02:15:00,526
Fourteen hours by train from Vladivostok

1224
02:15:00,600 --> 02:15:02,841
is the summer home of
a genuine Russian noble family.

1225
02:15:02,842 --> 02:15:04,683
The villa is entirely furnished.

1226
02:15:04,684 --> 02:15:07,206
The carpets are very soft.

1227
02:15:14,520 --> 02:15:16,284
Shall we marry there?

1228
02:15:21,440 --> 02:15:23,647
<i>In a few days I'll hear from the hospital.</i>

1229
02:15:25,600 --> 02:15:28,126
That my wife Fujiwara Hideko has died.

1230
02:15:30,320 --> 02:15:34,803
You didn't just ask them to keep her?

1231
02:15:35,800 --> 02:15:39,202
I doubt Sookee would want
to live there very long.

1232
02:15:47,800 --> 02:15:49,689
Fuck!

1233
02:15:53,760 --> 02:15:55,125
<i>Motherfucker.</i>

1234
02:15:55,400 --> 02:15:59,200
I never pretended to be
anything but a crook, my dear!

1235
02:16:00,520 --> 02:16:04,445
You will soon become
the Korean servant Nam Sookee.

1236
02:16:04,920 --> 02:16:06,922
I'm a talented counterfeiter.

1237
02:16:07,040 --> 02:16:09,247
I arranged it
with a photography studio.

1238
02:16:10,080 --> 02:16:13,562
From tomorrow, we'll
give Sookee a new life.

1239
02:16:13,680 --> 02:16:15,170
I'm glad.

1240
02:16:15,360 --> 02:16:17,283
Marry me once again.

1241
02:16:18,040 --> 02:16:19,565
This time as Nam Sookee.

1242
02:16:21,480 --> 02:16:23,926
You want another wedding night?

1243
02:16:30,000 --> 02:16:33,163
I think I like you, slightly.

1244
02:16:36,480 --> 02:16:39,006
Poor Sookee, in a place like that

1245
02:16:40,120 --> 02:16:42,168
all by herself...

1246
02:16:44,160 --> 02:16:46,970
Did such a thought ever cross your mind?

1247
02:16:47,560 --> 02:16:50,086
Not at all. Why should I pity her?

1248
02:16:50,160 --> 02:16:53,243
Where I come from,
it's illegal to be naive.

1249
02:16:53,480 --> 02:16:57,121
Where you come from, it's not naive
to fall in love with a business partner?

1250
02:16:57,160 --> 02:16:59,162
Of course. It's illegal.

1251
02:16:59,640 --> 02:17:03,167
So even if my love for
you leads me to ruin,

1252
02:17:03,600 --> 02:17:05,204
don't pity me.

1253
02:17:05,920 --> 02:17:07,126
Love?

1254
02:17:09,160 --> 02:17:11,208
What does a crook know about love?

1255
02:17:32,600 --> 02:17:34,364
What's that?

1256
02:17:35,160 --> 02:17:36,366
Fire!

1257
02:17:45,080 --> 02:17:49,051
Come this way!

1258
02:17:49,080 --> 02:17:50,127
This way!

1259
02:18:59,880 --> 02:19:02,770
Because you desired me

1260
02:19:02,920 --> 02:19:04,922
and overcame all obstacles to reach me,

1261
02:19:05,000 --> 02:19:07,480
I have been born anew, it's true.

1262
02:19:08,760 --> 02:19:10,569
I'm grateful for that.

1263
02:19:12,600 --> 02:19:14,762
I'll allow a kiss.

1264
02:19:19,800 --> 02:19:20,961
No.

1265
02:19:21,000 --> 02:19:22,047
Why not?

1266
02:19:25,160 --> 02:19:27,162
I don't like kisses with conditions.

1267
02:19:27,360 --> 02:19:30,250
I never learned how to stop halfway.

1268
02:19:32,160 --> 02:19:37,371
After this I'll thrust
in deep, to your navel.

1269
02:19:38,680 --> 02:19:40,364
Please do that.

1270
02:19:43,800 --> 02:19:45,882
Those aren't the eyes of one who wants it.

1271
02:19:46,000 --> 02:19:49,004
You know you can't
deceive me in such matters.

1272
02:19:53,720 --> 02:19:57,884
If I could be yours
for ten minutes,

1273
02:19:57,960 --> 02:19:59,962
what would you give in exchange?

1274
02:20:00,560 --> 02:20:02,927
Whatever your heart desires.

1275
02:20:02,960 --> 02:20:05,964
Anything in this whole wide world.

1276
02:20:30,240 --> 02:20:32,527
There's much
I want to teach you.

1277
02:20:33,680 --> 02:20:36,843
You'll become a completely new woman.

1278
02:22:28,360 --> 02:22:31,045
It won't hurt.
You know from those books?

1279
02:22:31,120 --> 02:22:35,045
In truth, women feel the
greatest pleasure

1280
02:22:35,080 --> 02:22:37,048
when taken by force.

1281
02:22:37,360 --> 02:22:40,364
Now I'm going to rip your underwear.

1282
02:24:58,040 --> 02:25:00,805
Would you fetch those for me?

1283
02:25:10,240 --> 02:25:13,210
OK, look here.

1284
02:25:13,320 --> 02:25:15,243
One, two, three!

1285
02:25:56,720 --> 02:25:58,722
<i>Respected Uncle,</i>

1286
02:25:59,840 --> 02:26:04,641
<i>it always pained me to see you straining</i>

1287
02:26:04,720 --> 02:26:09,601
<i>to speak flawless Japanese
before the Count from Nagoya,</i>

1288
02:26:09,680 --> 02:26:12,809
<i>and even to quiver your voice
like a nobleman.</i>

1289
02:26:15,000 --> 02:26:21,406
<i>So I'm happy to inform you
that you no longer need do so.</i>

1290
02:26:22,360 --> 02:26:26,763
<i>That man is the son of a Korean farmhand.</i>

1291
02:26:27,760 --> 02:26:32,721
<i>Oh, did my gift arrive safely?</i>

1292
02:26:33,160 --> 02:26:36,607
<i>Please tell this to my gift, in Korean.</i>

1293
02:26:37,640 --> 02:26:39,449
<i>I'm afraid that in real life,</i>

1294
02:26:40,520 --> 02:26:44,047
<i>no woman feels pleasure
at being taken by force.</i>

1295
02:26:44,120 --> 02:26:49,684
<i>But, for sending me Sookee
out of all the girls in the world,</i>

1296
02:26:49,760 --> 02:26:52,206
<i>I feel "slightly" grateful.</i>

1297
02:27:05,520 --> 02:27:09,127
You wished to see my bookmaking tools?

1298
02:27:09,160 --> 02:27:13,165
Don't just look,
experience them for yourself.

1299
02:27:13,800 --> 02:27:16,121
I'll choose five books that I cherish...

1300
02:27:16,200 --> 02:27:19,204
That I used to cherish more than anything.

1301
02:27:21,280 --> 02:27:22,281
Let's see...

1302
02:27:22,360 --> 02:27:23,327
First...

1303
02:27:26,520 --> 02:27:28,249
<i>First of all.</i>

1304
02:27:37,480 --> 02:27:39,369
<i>The Lizard Skin.</i>

1305
02:27:51,040 --> 02:27:54,044
<i>Decadent Girls Who Sell Lingerie.</i>

1306
02:28:04,320 --> 02:28:07,164
May I please
smoke a cigarette, sir?

1307
02:28:08,040 --> 02:28:09,041
Sir.

1308
02:28:11,800 --> 02:28:14,087
<i>Bells and Balls.</i>

1309
02:28:17,520 --> 02:28:19,443
<i>The Mortician's Bedroom.</i>

1310
02:28:31,680 --> 02:28:34,524
How could you
let a little girl fool you?

1311
02:28:37,720 --> 02:28:41,725
<i>But don't worry.
I'll catch them for you soon.</i>

1312
02:28:47,480 --> 02:28:50,370
I'll bind two books with the skin
of these bitches.

1313
02:28:50,520 --> 02:28:54,320
And you, you'll be the third volume.

1314
02:28:55,720 --> 02:29:01,170
I arranged so that no two girls
traveling together can leave Kobe.

1315
02:29:03,880 --> 02:29:06,201
Please change the destination
to Shanghai.

1316
02:29:06,240 --> 02:29:09,403
Changing two tickets,
from Vladivostok to Shanghai.

1317
02:29:09,440 --> 02:29:11,249
Yes, that's correct.

1318
02:29:12,000 --> 02:29:13,684
Show me your passports.

1319
02:29:20,720 --> 02:29:22,643
Miss Nam Sookee?

1320
02:29:25,440 --> 02:29:27,329
Mr. Go Pan-dol?

1321
02:29:35,600 --> 02:29:38,126
You need to pay an additional three yen.

1322
02:29:38,520 --> 02:29:39,521
All right.

1323
02:29:44,040 --> 02:29:45,087
Hideko was

1324
02:29:46,400 --> 02:29:49,609
like a peach that I looked at
on its branch.

1325
02:29:49,920 --> 02:29:52,526
I was content just
imagining its flavor.

1326
02:29:53,040 --> 02:29:55,850
Should I have bitten into it?

1327
02:29:56,640 --> 02:29:57,687
No, no.

1328
02:29:58,640 --> 02:30:03,441
I'm just an old man
who likes dirty stories.

1329
02:30:05,080 --> 02:30:09,324
Even listening to the same story,
people imagine different things.

1330
02:30:09,360 --> 02:30:12,682
Peering into each of those fantasies

1331
02:30:12,720 --> 02:30:15,769
was this old man's humble recreation.

1332
02:30:16,320 --> 02:30:19,369
What to do, now that it's all over?

1333
02:30:20,040 --> 02:30:22,361
You should at least tell me your story.

1334
02:30:24,280 --> 02:30:27,762
How did that bitch Hideko taste?

1335
02:30:28,480 --> 02:30:31,768
Was she fully ripe? Tell me.

1336
02:30:34,400 --> 02:30:37,290
A cigarette might help my memory.

1337
02:30:37,800 --> 02:30:39,768
Right, right...

1338
02:30:40,960 --> 02:30:44,760
You have that silly
penchant for cigarettes?

1339
02:31:01,800 --> 02:31:05,771
So how was Hideko?

1340
02:31:11,800 --> 02:31:15,805
You have no windows here?

1341
02:31:19,400 --> 02:31:22,643
Sookee could be listening in.
Let's do our best.

1342
02:31:34,400 --> 02:31:36,209
<i>That's it, good.</i>

1343
02:31:48,160 --> 02:31:49,571
<i>Why aren't you talking?</i>

1344
02:31:49,840 --> 02:31:52,047
You can't stop there,
dear fellow.

1345
02:31:52,280 --> 02:31:54,408
So, where did you touch first?

1346
02:31:55,200 --> 02:31:56,565
<i>Her face?</i>

1347
02:31:58,960 --> 02:32:00,246
Her breasts?

1348
02:32:01,800 --> 02:32:04,246
Or straight for her cunt?

1349
02:32:06,280 --> 02:32:07,805
Was it soft?

1350
02:32:08,640 --> 02:32:10,324
Did it tighten up?

1351
02:32:11,760 --> 02:32:13,842
Did it have many wrinkles?

1352
02:32:14,880 --> 02:32:16,803
Was it sufficiently wet?

1353
02:32:16,840 --> 02:32:20,208
The viscosity and transparency
of her vaginal secretion?

1354
02:32:21,880 --> 02:32:24,531
Please, one more cigarette, sir.

1355
02:32:51,000 --> 02:32:56,325
<i>Spider thread pulled into strings...</i>

1356
02:32:58,240 --> 02:33:03,565
<i>I dare say
no book has ever described</i>

1357
02:33:03,720 --> 02:33:05,722
<i>such a ferocious wedding night.</i>

1358
02:33:09,480 --> 02:33:13,769
<i>I thought I heard a nightingale sing.</i>

1359
02:33:47,960 --> 02:33:52,648
<i>And the clear,
bright crimson blood!</i>

1360
02:34:02,120 --> 02:34:04,487
<i>Thus the Lady became my wife.</i>

1361
02:34:04,920 --> 02:34:08,606
<i>Coy one moment, bold the next...</i>

1362
02:34:12,560 --> 02:34:17,248
But how was she coy,

1363
02:34:17,320 --> 02:34:21,450
how was she bold, tell it to me in detail!

1364
02:34:22,120 --> 02:34:24,930
A story is all about the journey.

1365
02:34:25,400 --> 02:34:27,801
You should know.

1366
02:34:29,320 --> 02:34:31,049
Did she resist?

1367
02:34:32,160 --> 02:34:34,766
So did you pinch her ass as punishment?

1368
02:34:35,040 --> 02:34:38,965
Or did she spit at you in contempt?

1369
02:34:39,400 --> 02:34:41,050
Or else...

1370
02:34:41,760 --> 02:34:44,081
Did she beg you to do it?

1371
02:34:45,000 --> 02:34:48,402
Like <i>the lady in
The Widow's Lapdog?</i>

1372
02:34:52,000 --> 02:34:53,331
How dare you!

1373
02:34:53,360 --> 02:34:55,362
Hideko is my wife.

1374
02:34:55,800 --> 02:35:00,362
What kind of scoundrel rattles on
about his wedding night!

1375
02:36:36,440 --> 02:36:37,487
It's odd...

1376
02:36:39,400 --> 02:36:41,004
Your smoke.

1377
02:36:43,720 --> 02:36:46,883
It's cold, blue,

1378
02:36:48,400 --> 02:36:54,407
and strangely beautiful.

1379
02:36:55,640 --> 02:37:02,569
You too have become soft,
slow and dull.

1380
02:37:04,160 --> 02:37:07,323
Mercury is most deadly
in its gaseous state.

1381
02:37:08,120 --> 02:37:10,441
One cigarette would have sufficed.

1382
02:37:14,160 --> 02:37:18,529
At least I will die with my cock intact.

1383
02:44:01,160 --> 02:44:05,370
<i>I hear a sound in the distance</i>

1384
02:44:05,440 --> 02:44:09,650
<i>that sounds like the steps of my love</i>

1385
02:44:09,720 --> 02:44:13,930
<i>An echo that makes my heart</i>

1386
02:44:13,960 --> 02:44:17,282
<i>Skip a beat</i>

1387
02:44:18,120 --> 02:44:22,603
<i>But I wait all through the night</i>

1388
02:44:22,640 --> 02:44:26,247
<i>And my love never comes to me</i>

1389
02:44:26,880 --> 02:44:31,124
<i>There is no end to the heartache</i>

1390
02:44:31,160 --> 02:44:34,846
<i>That grips me in this hour</i>

1391
02:44:35,440 --> 02:44:39,206
<i>Waiting for the footsteps of</i>

1392
02:44:39,640 --> 02:44:42,883
<i>My dear love</i>

1393
02:44:44,000 --> 02:44:47,800
<i>Waiting for the footsteps of</i>

1394
02:44:48,200 --> 02:44:52,046
<i>My dear love</i>

1395
02:45:09,680 --> 02:45:13,890
<i>But then in my waiting heart</i>

1396
02:45:13,920 --> 02:45:18,209
<i>Suddenly happiness overflows</i>

1397
02:45:18,280 --> 02:45:22,490
<i>There you are in the distance</i>

1398
02:45:22,520 --> 02:45:26,320
<i>Coming to me</i>

1399
02:45:26,800 --> 02:45:31,044
<i>Filled with dreams of a new life</i>

1400
02:45:31,080 --> 02:45:34,926
<i>Filled with happiness</i>

1401
02:45:35,400 --> 02:45:39,246
<i>Inside my waiting heart</i>

1402
02:45:39,680 --> 02:45:43,401
<i>Flowers start to bloom</i>

1403
02:45:43,960 --> 02:45:47,760
<i>Come my lover, come to me</i>

1404
02:45:48,200 --> 02:45:51,727
<i>I missed you so</i>

1405
02:45:52,520 --> 02:45:56,081
<i>Let's dream of happy times</i>

1406
02:45:56,760 --> 02:46:00,890
<i>Like long ago</i>

1407
02:46:18,200 --> 02:46:22,410
<i>Filled with dreams of a new life</i>

1408
02:46:22,440 --> 02:46:26,286
<i>Filled with happiness</i>

1409
02:46:26,800 --> 02:46:30,600
<i>Inside my waiting heart</i>

1410
02:46:31,040 --> 02:46:34,806
<i>Flowers start to bloom</i>

1411
02:46:35,320 --> 02:46:39,120
<i>Waiting for the footsteps of</i>

1412
02:46:39,600 --> 02:46:43,082
<i>My dear love</i>

1413
02:46:43,920 --> 02:46:47,561
<i>Waiting for the footsteps of</i>

1414
02:46:48,200 --> 02:46:52,285
<i>My dear love</i>


