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THE WOMAN WITH THE RED HAT

Distributed by: Wakamatsu Productions, Herald Ace

Year 1923

Year 1923, Munich

What are you doing?!

Let me go!

Let me... Let me go!

Let me go!

Let me go!

Thieves, thieves!

THE WOMAN WITH THE RED HAT

"Germany is in despair after losing the war and failing to complete the revolution."

"That’s why only freedom has spread across the nation like a popped blister."

"Because there is too much freedom, people speak differently."

"It is okay to speak like babies having tantrums nowadays."

"Proper conversations and promises are not required anymore. It’s like a paradise."

"Hey, why don’t you come here by train?"

"Even from an international perspective, there are so many opportunities in Germany nowadays."

"It’s like the history is napping naked."

He sent me a postcard to Paris from Munich. He has done that several times now.

How tenacious, he sent me a picture postcard with an airship floating in the sky.

"Everything is falling. Politics and culture are complicated right now."

"That’s why Germany is expecting something new."

"It is full of good stuff."

"I can even buy women for the same price as a pack of cigarettes in Japan."

"The value of deutsche mark has dropped significantly."

"The living cost rises every hour. Large bills are printed every day."

"They carry bills using a trunk instead of a wallet."

"Their value is like that of a small Japanese bill that I can hide in my palm."

Glory to Japan!

Don't you want to have a drink, Mister?

I don't speak Japanese.

What a pity!

French-speaking people and dogs are not allowed.

I won't be speaking French, then

France and Japan should be ashamed about defeating Germany.

I can't stand winners. I take sides with the losers.

- This here... it's mine! - No!

- It's mine! - No!

- It's mine! - No!

It’s really cold here.

I usually don’t like cold, but it somehow felt pleasant.

It’s good for health anyway.

What kind of woman is she?

I will treat you elegantly.

Elegantly.

There is no room for you.

I don't understand German!

This is my city.

This is my city.

To me, women are an important part of my live,

nevertheless, they are the source of all evil.

I made it. I got a leading part.

A leading part!

I'm going to become a movie-actor now.

I no longer have to play Brecht. I can't live off that in the long run.

And when I become famous at the movies,

I'm going to Hollywood.

I'm getting out of Germany.

I will get you later on, too.

And due to the shooting, I always need to get up early in the morning.

Therefore, it ain't much handy for me to be living here.

I found a very nice apartment close to the studio. I will be moving.

Everything is finished, anyway.

Who is that? A Lunatic?

I'm gonna chuck you out.

So you already choose differently?

I'm leaving.

It has been almost six months.

And we had a good time.

If platonic love ever existed,

I would be attracted to horses.

I caught a cold because of the night.

They are training for the Six-Day-Race.

They can make lot of money if they turn pro.

His dream is to become that good to stand a Ten-Day-Race,

he wants to reach his limit.

That's more important to him than money.

Hey, you! Come here.

You don't understand German? Come, take a ride!

Come on!

Oh no.

Is this woman his bicycle?

I rented this house with my money. I asked her to move in.

I entered the birdcage.

I am the real owner, but I am being neglected.

It's so sad...

However, the woman in my birdcage cannot go anywhere.

How many times...

No matter how many times they do it, it’s freedom in a birdcage.

The woman is in my reach.

I am relieved.

This is lame.

It doesn't make sense. I don't like that.

It doesn't make sense. I don't like that.

I am just happy that I can see you.

I am not happy.

Hey, my friend, were you bored?

I understand your heart.

I'm sorry to ask, but could you...

do the laundry for us, please.

Does this work differently than undressing?

This is romantic humiliation...

Come on.

I don't care sharing a woman with someone else,

but he can't be too close to me.

It would be better if he was a stranger.

Open up! It's me!

I'm not in favor of the Japanese. Open up!

Now this starts again.

It's all your fault.

It's your fault! All your fault!

Open up! It's all your fault!

A fly is flying in front of my eyes.

I'm feeling Munich’s summer fading away. I'm feeling the autumn.

I guess it’s a farewell.

I’m sick of flies in a town far from my hometown.

I received his picture postcard via Paris.

"I’m in the middle of an incredible experiment."

"I'm Genji Hikaru."

"I invited two youngsters in Munich."

"I'm going to give you the one who is less bright."

- Here? - Yes.

In here.

Hello.

I didn't really take care about you, I'm sorry.

Maybe you are feeling lonely? I brought someone with me for you.

You're doing something pretty redundant.

And by the way,

you're doing nothing for him.

Only for yourself.

Don't start anything with him while I'm away training.

And keep the door shut.

That's none of your concern.

It's my business.

I can't stand something like that.

I could get upset about that.

I do like you. It's only for your benefit. Try to understand.

I must do all things possible for me. I must!

If i win this race,

if I win this 10-Day-Marathon,

then I can go as a pro to Berlin.

To Berlin!

It's meaningless.

I'm giving back your woman.

And your laundry too.

Open up!

Open up!

He is a clever one. Open Up!

Life is like the Olympics, only managed by lunatics.

- That's my glass. - Shut up!

I am a fly!

You do nothing, you say nothing.

If you love me, then take me.

But you can't do it because you lack courage.

When he hugs me, you don't say a word.

Show me what you want to do with me?

You can’t do anything.

Anything!

You can’t do anything! You can’t do anything!

- I can’t do everything perfectly! - Weakling!

I just need you. No choice.

While living with the actor, I had an affair with the cyclist.

And then, as I was living with the cyclist,

I fell in love with you.

I don't fell comfortable like this.

The way I live doesn't satisfy me.

I guess she always does what she wants.

But I am being tortured by her image that keeps coming back to my head.

I love you.

She hasn’t come back ever since.

It’s been a week since she left.

One of the signs of a broken heart is getting surprised...

...by a face similar to hers.

Enough.

Don't leave, don't leave.

Ah, I'm exhausted.

Playing like a king is not necessarily fun all the time.

Tono-san!

Oh!

What, it's you? When did you come?

Huh? Did you arrive in Munich today?

Not today.

Looks like you didn't have the time to come earlier to me, huh?

Girls, it's finished for today. I'm pleased.

Nice that you are here. I didn't expect that you really would show up.

I am here now.

You bastard!

In this country, you must have girls. This is Weimar, after all.

You can make dreams come true. Look at that.

Girls would fuck me for the price of a bowl of gyudon.

Kaiser's plays are much more entertaining. Japanese kabuki is lame.

And me, as a future stage-author, what should I do, huh?

How pathetic. What should you do?

By the way, what happened to your novels?

Did you send them to Japan, huh?

Yes.

You've turned into a novelist! Right?

Show me, okay?

Whatever. I will see it later.

This is how Germany is. Have fun with them.

What, what, what, what? Do you have someone else you like?

You weren’t like this in Japan. What happened? Just enjoy.

Do you want to go out?

- Yes. - All right, wait a bit.

So, unethical people don’t know how to spend money the right way.

However, ethical people are coward or lazy.

That is me.

One of the unique characteristics of human beings...

...is making mistakes God would never make.

Most of human behaviors are not much different from animal behaviors.

How boring.

Hey, over here! All right!

Sit down.

Hey, here, here. Hey!

Did you say you got dumped by a girl? What are you talking about?

There are a lot of girls, huh?

Have fun! Join them!

Drink, drink! Cheers! Cheers!

All right! All right! All right! All right!

Hey, you!

Hey, you! Let’s do in the airship next time!

People will be watching from the ground!

We will do it in the flying airship!

The audience will be embarrassed! They deserve it, idiots!

We will gather a lot of people for the airship show! Right?

We will make a fleet of airships in the European sky,

an airship empire in the American sky,

and an airship empire in the Japanese sky!

Yes! I did it! I did it! I did it!

Hey, you. Hey!

You countryman. You countryman!

You look good! Huh?

Let me caress you!

Good! Good!

I came to pick you up.

What did you come back for? What is this about?

I'm really sick of it!

Giddyap!

As ridiculous as it sounds, I wanted to see her.

He is dead.

Dead?

Even though you had such big dreams, you died.

You wanted to rise...

But you didn't make it, even if you are dead.

Still no one does love me.

Take the body to the yard.

Come.

Come.

Come.

Come.

Come.

Come.

Forward.

Where are you taking us?

I'm starting to hate myself for doing as you please.

Do what you want.

I never ran after a man who doesn't love me.

Come on, go!

Welcome home, Miss.

How did you feel when you jumped off the coach?

You always let me decide.

I inherited this castle from my father.

I come from a noble family.

My father is dead,

so is my mother.

Just like the cyclist, who once tried so fast to reach the hereafter,

both of them died during the war, during the revolution.

Revolution?

Yes, although they never had anything to do...

...with the war and the revolution and that sort.

You have soft cheeks.

And I had two brothers, but they were thugs.

They were always different from the norm,

and migrated from Germany after the war.

To Chicago. That's where they established their names,

and got killed in a gang-shooting.

This happened six weeks ago.

I'm not familiar with Chicago,

but I like the city.

A cemetery for my brothers.

I like it. Talking with someone who doesn't understand me.

Maybe it's good,

not being understood.

Then, I don't have to answer any questions.

You are the first one I took to this place.

I feel good with a person like you.

In inner peace, you know?

I feel safe.

Otherwise, I can go nowhere.

I don't know where I would prefer to be.

I mostly prefer to be alone.

That's why... I like you.

Thank you very much.

I was in despair because I thought it had really ended.

But that’s not what love is.

After you came back,

everything came back to normal.

This feels almost unreal.

I'm relieved that the bond between us is strong.

I have been reborn as a stronger person.

Why are you so brutal to me?

What are you saying?

I am such a lucky guy. I am lucky!

What is that?

Is it something you use?

I'm not here anyway.

You're far too big for me.

You are never here...

Listen, we can't care less.

How many people we are.

Are your arms tired or what's going on with you?

Will you continue? Goddamn, what the heck is going on?!

Go on! Let's go! Crawl. You lazy bastards!

I am still here...

What's this, huh?

Crawl further!

Who has you?

Who else?

She gave the butler a week-long break.

I am having an exceptional weekend.

It feels like a kind of brief probation.

Destiny might be the son of regret.

Or regret might be the son of destiny.

I didn't do it on purpose.

I didn't do it on purpose!

I didn't do it intentionally.

I know.

A princess loves a carpenter.

She has his ears cut off,

but he says nothing.

She also... let cut off... his arms.

Why don't you do anything against the bleeding?

No, the bleeding has to stop,

or else I have to run away from here.

This is a kind of revolution the princess is having on her own.

This is more hellish than hell itself.

I won't untie myself.

If you don't do it,

I will stay seated here.

I could always be with you.

I'm glad.

What did you say?

I'm glad,

but,

it's no good.

What are you saying?

It's... no good.

It makes no sense.

No sense!

Why not?

It is no good.

Not good, not good.

You said you are glad.

Why did you do that?

Tell me!

It's abnormal.

I can't... see that.

Embrace me...

Hold me...

Embrace me with both your legs.

Did you do that...

...because you didn't want to hug me.

No.

I want all of that to start again from the beginning.

Just hold me!

I beg you, hold me!

Don't you understand? Stop.

Why do you want to untie me?

As you jumped off the coach, as you wanted to run away from me,

that's when I followed you, to not let you get away.

Now I have to put you to the test.

Test?

The butler came back unexpectedly after four days.

She called him to come back early.

Why are you so distinguished?

I didn’t know a beautiful woman like you lived in this town.

Countrymen with guns didn’t scare me,

but you scare me.

You are like a bridge shaking in a strong wind.

The shape of the clouds might change several times in one day.

But just try hard.

Don’t be complacent, but at the same time, don’t be servile.

Jump! You already did it once.

Jump! You already did it once.

She always searched for her dreams.

I was much more realistic.

I followed a woman who was always in search of herself.

Or did I follow a dream myself?

Or perhaps she was more realistic and I was the dreamer.

Or I might have been running toward the bottom.

Hello? Do you want to have fun?

Just my way, as a man.

All my letters and postcards were returned.

I didn't receive any more money. And without money, life is nothing.

I didn't hear anything more from Japan.

And Tokyo has been totally destroyed by the earthquake.

Maybe I have no one who will read my last letter.

Father, mother and brother, they are all dead.

Everything is destroyed and ruined.

This film includes a partial quote from “Words of a Dwarf" by Ryunosuke Akutagawa