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The Participating Movie for the Cultural Affairs Agency's Art Festival in 1983

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TOEI COMPANY, LTD.

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We're arriving Takahama Harbor soon.

Fukui Transportation Bus is perfect for your summer vacation.

Hey, you must be Matsuno Udo.

Yes, I am.

Hey, move out of my way.

Thank you.

Someone should be inside.

Okay.

Hello?

I knew it was you, Matsuno!

I heard the motorcycle.

Sorry for not being able to pick you up.

We had an unexpected guest.

You must have been surprised seeing a stranger there.

Where is Masao?

He left as soon as we arrived.

Really? That wasn't very nice.

Sawa, this is Matsuno.

Please take good care of her.

Come in.

Thanks for coming.

We received all your belongings.

We will clean it up later. Let me introduce you to the head priest.

Thanks.

Take it easy.

I'm fine.

Is she the one?

Say hello to the head priest.

I'm Matsuno Udo. Thank you for having me.

She is such a nice girl.

You are our daughter now.

It's a temple, but it's completely normal.

Just make yourself at home and relax, okay?

Uta which school is she going to be attending?

She is transferring to amiddle school in Takahama.

I already registered her.

Thank goodness.

Not yet. Please hold it.

It's ready. Go ahead.

No? Don't push too much.

Push it slowly, okay?

Slowly, okay? Slowly.

Wow you are getting huge! You have a lot of energy today.

No.

Come on!

Hey!

Oh, my god!

Another jumper!

Someone jumped into the waterfall behind us again.

It's truly a suicide waterfall.

A body came up to the water surface.

It's a young girl.

Hey, don't hurt the body!

Find it!

Her partner should be there, too. Do you see him?

Hakujasho White Snake Enchantment

Starring

Rumiko KOYANAGI

Tetta SUGIMOTO Atsuko SENDO

Shinya OWADA Nana OKADA

Isao NATSUKI

Tomizaburo WAKAYAMA

Your mother died this past spring.

Where is your father? Did he die, also?

I think he is alive somewhere.

What do you mean?

He went away for work a long time ago and never came back.

I hear that a lot.

Are you from Kubo?

No, I'm from Mihama.

Just as I was thinking about going back to my son,

the head priest became ill last year.

Now, I'm not going to be able to leave here.

It's terrible.

Would you like to eat?

No thanks. I already ate.

Hey.

What?

Masao said he was a priest, also.

He was lying, wasn't he?

It's true.

He is going to be a priest soon.

Soon after he graduates high school next year, he will go

to the head temple tor training.

He has gone through a lot, so he will be a good priest.

Has he gone through a lot?

He has been very unfortunate.

The head priest didn't let his mother live in this temple

although she had his baby.

He always lived with his mother alone.

His mother died when he was in fifth grade.

The head priest was obligated to take him back.

How about his current wife?

I hear you are her relative, so I don't want to talk bad about her.

She is his wife, all right.

But they are not legally married

She just tumbled here under certain circumstances

starting two years ago. That's all.

Sawa.

Hey, guys.

Hello. Drink with us.

No thanks, I'm still at work.

Don't be so square.

Don't tempt me.

How is the head priest doing?

He is doing well. Thank you.

That's good to hear. He is healthier thanks to your hard work.

It's not like that. I can't do anything.

It looks good. Can I have some?

Mr. Murail Is Mr. Murai here?

He is.

Mr. Murai, the body was found.

Thanks for your hard work. I will be right over.

Something strange was found in the waterfall basin.

What is it?

We really don't know.

Please hurry to the site.

Wait, Masao!

I have a favor to ask you.

What is it?

Don't stair at me.

Don't peek into my room every night.

What's that?

Masao was there, wasn't he?

I don't care.

I'm happy to be able to satisfy you.

It's my life.

You are my life.

Uta, please...

Don't leave me.

Uta...

Sony.

You must be Matsuno.

How are you adjusting to life in the temple?

You came from Nakanosho, the suburbs of Obama, right?

The head priest's wife that you are depending on

used to be a bargirl in Kyoto. Have you heard about that?

She had a baby back then.

Didn't your late mother tell you?

She and your late mother were raised like sisters.

I thought you might have heard something.

I don't know anything about the head priest's wife.

I'm serious.

Why did the detective ask you?

Tell us!

He asked me about the head priest's wife.

I have no idea.

I wonder if she was involved in something bad before coming here.

She might have escaped from somewhere.

What are you talking about?

Don't play dumb. You really don't know?

Oh, my.

She came here alone two years ago and jumped into the waterfall.

The head priest saved her, and she started living there ever since.

She seduced him.

No way!

Don't be silly. Everybody here knows that!

No way!

You are lying!

Watch. Watch it.

Ma'am. I have something to ask you.

Ma'am.

About one month ago, your granddaughter was adopted

by the temple in Takahama, right?

The temple is called "Kejoji."

Sure.

About the head priest's wife...

Are you talking about Uta?

That's right.

About Uta Ishidate.

I heard you adopted her and raised her along with your own daughter.

Uta was bom here.

Back then this settlement was not like this.

There was a war in Korea.

They were able to sell any kind of wood from here.

So many brokers and others came in from random places.

There were many women, too.

Uta's mother was one of them.

So she was not from here?

No. She had Uta right here.

Who is her father?

I have no idea. I'm sure she knew, though.

She didn't tell you?

Of course, not.

She died right after giving birth to Uta.

I'm so jealous that you get to go to Kyoto.

A female employee is the same as an old female factory worker.

You will be able to find a nice husband there.

Please be happy in Kyoto.

T will try. I asked for my mom's help.

I should be fine.

Yasue, give Matsuno sisters and brothers.

Have more and more babies, okay?

You have to go.

I will never forget about today.

I brought these flowers for your mother.

But she won't get mad if I share some with you.

We only have old people here now.

We never hear babies' cries.

I'm home!

Oh, no! This is disappointing.

They looked so pretty.

I risked my life picking these from the waterfall.

You are exaggerating!

Why don't we put these in Masao's room?

Here you go.

I see. You love lilies, too, huh?

In exchange for the flowers, I have something for you, too.

Wow! Thank you!

Thank you!

It seems you suddenly became friends with Masao.

Are you hiding a secret with him?

I'm trying to act like your mother.

If something happens, tell me in private, okay?

Let's promise each other. Okay?

The phone is ringing.

Ma'am, it's from the police detective, Mr. Murai.

It's over there.

Thank you.

Why do you need to talk to me so suddenly?

Come in.

I'm a govermment employee.

I won't do anything to get myself fired. Please.

I heard in Kyoto that you were able to drink a lot.

Let's have a toast.

As we have a sick person at home, I must hurry home.

Please tell me what you needed to tell me.

Will you leave the temple and live with me?

I checked your background.

Your childhood was unfortunate.

After the rayon factory closed, I heard you went through a lot.

I heard about your reputation as a bargirl.

You always behaved well.

You fell in love with a bartender for the first time.

He was young but also had gone through a lot.

Everyone said you were a very nice couple.

You started a small bar on the fourth floor of

a multi-tenant building.

You spent all your savings paying for the lease.

You two lived in a room in the back of the bar.

Even so, many customers fell in love with you two.

I hear it became a pretty busy store.

However on New Year's Eve three years ago, a mahjong store

right below you started a fire.

Your husband ripped a bed sheet and made a rope.

He was able to lower you down safely.

Just as he was about to follow you, the blaze flamed up

and bumt the rope, right?

Your husband fell head-first right in front of you, right?

Please stop.

I have nothing that reminds me of my past.

I really don't even have a photo.

Everything in my past was destroyed in the fire.

I think I fully understand you.

So, I wanted to show you how I really am.

That's why I invited you to such a disgusting place.

I had to give all my money to my ex-wife.

This shack is the only thing I have left.

Detectives harass people.

We have to become the devil to do this job.

I scare myself sometimes.

So, I want a warmhearted woman like you.

I really need you.

Although you owe Kejoji's head priest for saving your life,

you've already paid for it in the last two years, haven't you?

Please come to me.

Thank you for the offer, but...

...please forget about me.

I am a dead woman.

Although you say you are dead,

you are becoming more and more seductive every day.

You keep telling yourself that you are dead.

But your body cannot lie.

Your body shows your desire of living with a real man again.

I fell in love with you two years ago when your body was removed

from the base of the waterfall while I was on duty.

I rubbed your body with my hands.

Your arms, hands, and legs...

I rubbed you so many times.

Your body was frozen at first.

Your blood started circulating little by little.

You were simply beautiful.

I can't stand it!

Thinking that the dirty old man's hands are all over

your fair skin every night...

Please give me your answer tomorrow.

Uta...

Hello, there.

Masao.

Where have you been?

You were with Murai, weren't you?

Please stop yelling.

What did you do with him? Were you hugging each other?

What are you saying?

Am I wrong? Am I wrong?

Get out of here!

Sir!

Get out of here!

What?

Okay, fine. I will get out of here if you want me to!

You want me to leave?

Is that what you said to my mother?

Masao!

You hang onto the woman every night.

You are not my dad! You are a dirty monk!

Stop it!

I said something terrible to Masao.

I'm the one who needs to leave!

When I became ill,

you wanted to leave me, didn't you?

But can you really escape from the waterfall?

Please.

Please don't go anywhere.

You are my kannon goddess.

You can't go anywhere...

...as long as I live.

Sir.

Uta!

Let's not do this today, sir.

Please don't do this today, sir.

Please forgive me, sir.

Shut up!

Excuse me. I'm from Kejoji Temple.

Okay, Masao went home earlier.

Matsuno? Did you find Masao?

Thank goodness. I'm so relieved.

Thanks. It's going to start raining soon.

Hurry up and come home.

Ma'am, Mr. Murai wants to talk to you.

I have something to show you. Please come with me.

When your husband died two years ago, you were pregnant.

What happened to the baby?

I heard you collapsed on the day of your husband's funeral

and were transferred to a hospital.

I lost my baby.

The hospital in Fushimi didn't say that.

A baby boy was bom prematurely.

He died on the third day.

I hear you ran away holding your baby.

What happened to your baby?

Which temple is he resting in?

In fact, at the bottom of this waterfall, something was

sinking for a very long time.

This was found during the search for the current suicide case.

Nobody cared at the police.

I was curious why this plaster chunk was wrapped with

a very long maternity belt.

I wondered if someone might have jumped into the waterfall

with this thing around her body.

So, I secretly cracked the plaster.

It was a beautiful body that looked like a wax craft.

I found it.

A baby with a very tiny penis.

Give him back to me!

I knew it was you.

This is critical evidence. I can't give it to you.

This can put you in jail for three years for vandalizing a corpse!

However, I can let you go depending on how you treat me.

What do you think?

I told you that a detective was a devil.

You made me a devil.

Give him back to me!

Please!

Give him hack to me!

No!

No!

Wait!

Someone will find him if we leave him there.

He was alive. He didn't die!

Thank goodness.

Oh, man!

Look!

This is terrible.

Did you see him? He must be so stupid.

Stop it.

Please forgive me!

Are you mad at me?

Hey, are you mad at me?

Why would I be mad?

It was meant to happen.

Let's get out of the temple. Come on. Let's get out of there.

We can't. We can't do that.

Why?

I don't want to be with my dad anymore. Let's live together.

No, we can't!

Didn't you like me?

You didn't care who it was?

Is it about the baby in the waterfall?

I heard your secret earlier.

I now know why you didn't run away from my disgusting dad.

You were going to protect your dead baby in our temple, right?

You should forget about your dead baby.

I will be your son.

I am your son. Right?

Why. Don't you take care of me?

I will be your baby

Masao, forgive me. Please forgive me!

Please forgive me for dragging you down such a path, Masao!

Why are you apologizing?

We both love each other. That's all that matters!

I wonder how deep my guilt became.

I can't face anyone!

To the head priest, to Matsuno, to your mother in the grave!

Matsuno!

The head priest was...!

I'm not going anywhere. Don't worry about it.

Please rest.

What took you so long?

We can't do this during the day. I told you!

Can you be more patient?

Why didn't you come out?

I told you we can't do this the other day.

Let someone else do that.

Come with me!

He is mad.

Come with me!

Stop it! I will be with you.

That's enough!

I don't care anymore!

Stop yelling! Wait, Masao!

I don't care!

Wait!

No.

Hey.

In your heart, you like Matsuno more than me, don't you?

Am I right?

Ouch!

You are a bad boy. Don't hide it.

She is just a kid.

All T have is you.

Are you serious?

Say it again.

Say what?

What you just said...

All T have is you.

Someone is there.

It must be Matsuno.

No way.

It has to be. Dam it.

He is dead.

We can't do this anymore.

When the seventh day after the head priest's death ends,

I'm thinking about going back to my son.

Are you quitting?

At this age, I don't feel like working for another priest.

Ever since that woman came to this temple,

everything went crazy.

What are you going to do?

I have no idea.

Will you please ask the new head priest of this temple to

keep a girl named Matsuno?

That's fine.

Thank you.

Anyway, Masao, you are staying here until you graduate

high school next year, right?

No, I'm moving out.

I'd like to attend the ascetic exercise halls in the head temple right away.

I will do my paperwork so that I can start as soon as possible.

But you are still in high school. Right?

Sure. The master priest was very close to your father.

He'd like to invite you to his head temple sooner or later.

He is even saying that he'd like to send you to college, too.

Thank you for thinking about me.

Please let me do what I want to do.

If you let me enter a monastery, I will focus on searching my soul.

I'm planning to spend the rest of my life as a priest.

If you are that determined, there is nothing we can do.

What are you going to do?

If you have nowhere to go, until you find a place,

I will have them prepare a room for you somewhere.

No thank you. That's not necessary.

I am planning to move out, also.

When I get settled, I will come pick up Matsuno.

That's fine.

Until the new head priest arrives, you must stay here

and take care of this temple responsibly.

Certainly.

Okay, we have to go now.

Matsuno! What are you doing?

Masao is leaving to Kyoto!

Aren't you going to say good-bye to him?

Matsuno! Please open it Matsuno!

Matsuno! Please open it.

Matsuno!

This train is to Osaka.

Masao, please wait.

It's Kyoto.

Thank you for choosing us.

Please don't leave anything behind.

Please let me know where you are.

Good-bye.

Ma'a m?

Ma'a m?

I brought your mail.

Thanks. Please leave it there.

Masao sent you a letter by express courier.

Calling is faster.

Writing a letter is disgusting.

Should I help you pack?

No thanks.

Did you decide where to go?

Not yet.

Then, why don't you stay here then?

People from the head temple said that was okay, right?

Or, is there a reason why you can't stay here?

Why are you talking to me that way? You are acting funny today.

Hello, it's Kejoji Temple.

It's mel Masao!

Did you receive my letter?

Did you read it yet?

Hello?

Why did you write this?

We promised to forget about everything, right?

I tried, but I can't.

Our fate brought us together although I had to kill my dad.

We are going to hell together anyways.

Who are you worried about?

Don't be stupid.

W_hy are you hanging up on me?

I love you. I love you so much.

You love me, too, right?

Am I right?

Right? You love me right?

Please say it.

Just say it.

If you say that to me, I will leave you alone.

Please say it. Please.

Please. Why aren't you saying anything?

Hello?

Are you there?

You are there, right? Hello?

Hello?

I didn't know.

This is true love.

From morning till night,

I feel you all day.

I feel you now, too.

I feel you.

See? Can you tell?

It's me.

This is me!

I can't do this anymore.

What do I do?

Help me! Help me, Mom!

Mom!

My baby. Please forgive me.

My baby boy.

My baby.

My baby.

My baby!

Hello, it's Kejoji Temple.

Matsuno!

You are going to the summer dance festival tonight, right?

Of course!

Hello?

Please forgive me.

Hello? Hello?

Are you joking around?

Is it Kejoji Temple?

Yes, it is.

You are the former head priest's wife, huh?

It's me, Murai.

I will come pick you up now, so please come with me.

Are you listening?

Listen, the doctor told me something strange.

When the head priest died, he had a head trauma.

As he had been bedridden, I thought it was very strange.

I'm trying to decide if I should ask you or go to Kyoto and ask Masao.

You'd come with me right?

Hello?

Thanks for coming with me.

You will make me forget about everything, rights?

What do you want to forget about?

Take me somewhere far away.

Somewhere far away, somewhere I can't come back from.

You are home! When did you come home?

Not too long ago.

Sony, I had no idea. I will make you something.

Don't worry about it.

But...

Don't worry. Please leave me alone.

Ma'am, what happened? Please tell me.

What are you talking about?

Don't play dumb and tell me!

Matsuno?

I'm not a kid anymore.

After the head priest died, many strange things happened.

As soon as I answer the phone, it cuts off.

Isn't that from Masao to you?

Why do you think that?

You...

You are in love with Masao, aren't you?

I haven't told you, but...

I...

I'm planning to go to Kyoto this coming Sunday.

You can't see him even if you go.

I really don't care even if I can't see him.

Even if she can't see him...?

Let me ask you again.

When you came the head priest was dead on his futon, right?

That's right.

Masao was sitting by his bedside.

That's right.

So, the wife only told Masao first.

I'm asking you a question.

Why didn't she wake up you and the old lady?

Because they are close, I guess.

What?

Masao and his wife are very close.

Hello, it's Kejoji.

Masao? Is that you, Masao?

What are you doing?

Why are you sneaking around behind our back?

Idiot!

Hey!

What kind of look is that?

I don't want to do this.

What

I don't want to do this. I don't want to do this anymore!

No!

No more!

Wait! Wait there!

Hey.

What are you trying to do?

Why did you run away from me last night?

Where have you been today?

You can't tell me?

I don't mind telling you.

You went to Kyoto, didn't you?

It was right on the mark, wasn't it?

Did you sleep with Masao, the priest?

I never would have guessed that you and Masao were together.

You are his stepmother for Christ's sake.

When did it start?

Not when the head priest was alive, right?

Don't ever tell anyone.

All of them are my babies.

Go pick it up.

Pick what up?

Go pick up my baby.

Hurry up.

Hold on.

Hurry up.

I will go with you.

Wait!

To tell you the truth,

in my stomach, my baby came back.

Hey! Hey!

Don't tell anyone. You can't, okay?

Masao!

Masao!

Ms. Uta left this morning and hasn't been back yet.

Where did she go?

I don't know. She didn't tell me anything.

Dam it.

Why are you running away from me?

What?

Ms. Uta may not come back tonight.

I bet she won't come back.

You said you didn't know earlier.

I think she went to see Mr. Murai.

Murai? The police officer?

Mr. Murai called her last night, too.

She came home in the morning.

Matsuno, if you say irresponsible things, I will hurt you!

Do you love her that much?

I...

I love you, too.

I will not lose to her.

She is pretty, but I'm a lot younger.

I will never lose to her!

What are you doing?

Don't be ridiculous!

I don't care. You can do whatever you want!

Idiot!

Masao.

Go back to Kyoto.

I will move out.

I will come with you.

You can't do that!

Why?

Why can't I come with you?

Is it Murai? Are you sleeping with him?

I sure am.

I will go see him now.

You are lying, aren't you? You are lying, right?

Please. Please go back to Kyoto.

Were you playing around with my feelings?

Dam it!

Uta! Where are you?

You can't come here!

Watch out!

Give that back to me!

Give it!

Throw it away!

Stop following me around and go back to Kyoto!

Go back!

I don't like you anymore!

Stupid Masao.

Stupid Uta.

Stupid Masao.

Stupid Uta.

I hate you, Masao.

No!