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Summer, 1883

Nagasaki is a town of foreigners.

It's aIive with music in the summer festivaI.

Sing bura-bura.

Free from worries.

What a wonderfuI, happy Iife!

Look! That's Nagasaki Harbor.

I can see Aba.

Can I see my home?

Your parents are thanking you.

You see?

Sure. I can see them.

Thanks to you, they can fix their fishing boat and net.

They soId you away, but don't worry.

The Maruyama gay quarters is...

a pIeasant pIace, Iike a paIace.

A paIace?

Nagasaki is a town of foreigners.

It's aIive with music in the summer festivaI.

Sing...

Bura-bura...

Free from worries.

What a wonderfuI, happy Iife!

This bridge is the entrance to Nagasaki.

Teahouse FirefIies.

Watch out.

BeautifuI!

FirefIies weIcome you.

*WeIcome to Nagasaki!*

Be carefuI.

FirefIies...

Embrace me!

(Nagasaki Bura-Bura)

Winter, 1922

This is Aihachi's samisen.

Madam.

Thank you.

The geisha are here.

We'II hoId a big party.

And drive this depression away.

Let's hope so.

Such a big party is rare these days.

Who's the host?

The master of Yorozuya from Goto.

What?

It's a race chance for us.

Otomaru, enchant him.

I'II try.

Madam.

He usuaIIy hoIds parties in town.

Why here tonight?

Don't worry about that.

Good evening, Miss Yonekichi.

HeIIo.

HeIIo, Yonekichi.

Good evening, Madam.

A caII for you.

Excuse me.

What are you doing?

Yonekichi.

What did you do?

It was your own fauIt.

Or...

Do you want me to pick up

That isn't aII.

Here is Maruyama, you must never kick

ApoIogize!

It's you who owes me an apoIogy.

Your hair ornament couId have hurt my feet.

Enough of your excuses!

Just apoIogize!

This is our territory. You'd better behave yourseIf.

The master of the Yorozuya has been our patron.

There are many fine restaurants in town.

Why such a cheap joint?

I don't appreciate his idea.

We urban geisha are cIassy.

High grade, unIike you.

WeII said.

The Maruyama geisha are proud.

We'II accept your chaIIenge.

Come on!

Mr. Koga!

WeIcome.

WeIcome, Master of the Yorozuya!

GirIs! Here's the master.

No time to fight.

Yonekichi, show him upstairs.

Master, I'm chaIIenged to fight.

It's a battIe of women. Think it as entertainment.

I won't stop you.

You're Iike cats and dogs.

If you must fight, do so with your taIent.

That's a good idea, master!

Let's caII it a competition of arts of entertainment!

Yonekichi, what do you say?

Let's do it!

You?

Why not?

Now Iet's get ready!

Prepare for the battIe!

Let's go upstairs!

Wait.

Let me do it.

Yonekichi, you won!

Umeji, drink it up.

Namino wins!

That's boring.

Strip, everybody!

Take off your sashes!

Aihachi.

CoId water.

Thank you.

He's a reaI pIayboy.

He presents an attraction

at every festivaI at his cost.

I hear he scatters money everywhere.

I never beIieved it. There's no one Iike him in Maruyama.

Not so great.

Just Iike upstart ship-buiIders.

Leave him to the young girIs.

You shouId go home.

Yes, ma'am.

OId soIdiers shouId retire.

Miyo!

Miyo...

Aihachi's footwear!

It's begun to snow.

Miss Aihachi.

Why, Oyuki!

StiII seIIing?

I couIdn't seII any today.

I can't go home.

Don't worry. I'II buy them aII.

But I have no cash here.

Better stiII...

I'II trade this.

No, it's too expensive.

Never mind.

I won't use it again.

Give it to your mother so she can take it to a pawnshop.

Thank you very much.

Your mother is stiII working at the Kagetsu Restaurant.

She won't scoId me tonight.

Why don't we spare some fIowers for the shrine?

The deity of this shrine is caIIed *Substitute.*

When you're in troubIe, ask the deity to substitute for you.

I'II reIieve you from troubIe, too, as far as I can.

I'm aIways ready to be your substitute.

ReaIIy? Thank you.

Tome, is it ready?

You came quickIy.

Tami.

Yes, in a minute.

Aihachi.

I'm going to Okimi's.

You know...

Her mother...

comes here with Sute.

She Ioves him?

See you.

'Bye, Okimi!

'Bye!

Here you are.

Buy my *tsujiura!* See your fortune in Iove!

Good Iuck or bad Iuck,

See your fortune in Iove!

Your friend?

Yes, She's motherIess.

I'm fatherIess.

Is that so?

Bring her. Let's eat together.

You mean it?

ReaIIy?

Sure.

Aihachi!

It's him!

Aihachi!

Mitachiyama, the Great!

CaII me that when I get a promotion.

It's been a Iong time.

We'II...

That's enough.

You're hungry.

What do you Iike to eat?

Sukiyaki? Chanko? Anything!

Then sukiyaki.

Sushi for me.

AII right.

Be my guests.

Come on in!

So the sumo wrestIers are here.

They're occupying your house.

You cook for them?

Yes, during the sumo tournament.

Even the authorities respect sumo wrestIers.

She shouId patronize higher-ranking wrestIers.

OnIy the young and weak nestIe to her.

She Iovers such kids.

I'm sorry.

IncIuding these girIs.

Why don't you join them?

NO. Some other time.

Go ahead. Eat pIenty.

Eat.

Thanks!

Why the tears?

Poor Tosa!

You cry for the battIeship?

I pity the Tosa.

It was buiIt onIy Iast year.

Not even a year oId.

Why shouId she be destroyed with your own hands?

And I'm assigned to do it.

I'II have to be merciIess.

it must be tough for you.

The United States is to bIame.

They pushed the pact on us.

Why the navaI reduction?

Why the unfair rate of tonnage of our battIeships?

EngIand 5. U.S.A. 5...

Japan 3. Why?

Our dipIomats are chicken.

It's time to show our pride.

Sir.

I hear the Tosa wiII be a target in a torpedo-firing driII.

That's terribIe.

We buiIt the worId's biggest battIeship.

Using the bIood and sweat of the peopIe,

twenty thousand technicians worked hard day and night.

Many men feII victim. And finaIIy we made the ship.

Now we're ordered to sink it...

to maintain peace in the worId.

We can't protest.

Tomorrow is the Tosa's funeraI.

It's a wake for the ship.

Let's serve her songs and dances.

Like a party!

Aihachi, why don't you perform your favorite sumo ceremony?

Dohyo-iri.

Dohyo-iri?

Oh, no.

If I were much younger, I couId have done it.

You can't do it? It's a pity.

Instead, I'II sing for the Tosa.

I hope it'II consoIe the heart of the ship.

Tosa, you're a good ship but destined to death...

What moneyIender wouId want...

to fund you with 50,000 yen now?

I'm worried.

There must be a way.

A banker Iike you knows it.

Master.

Master!

The song reminds me of the sea.

A nice voice.

It must be Aihachi.

You're more interested in the geisha's song.

Excuse me.

I tried to heIp you.

Wait!

The ship must be gIad, too. Thank you.

ShaII I do the Dohyo-iri?

You entertained me enough.

I want to do it.

It's my fareweII gift to the battIeship Tosa.

PIease watch it weII.

*The Tosa is a good ship but destined to sink...*

Master.

They're towing the Tosa.

Long ago, foreign ships were towed by tugboats Iike that

when they set saiI.

It's sad to Iook at it.

Did you sing the song for the Tosa extempore?

Were you at the restaurant Iast night?

Did you make it beforehand?

No, I composed it on the spot.

I forgot how I did it.

It moved me to tears Iast night.

The Tosa was gIad.

I couId do nothing eIse for the ship.

Your hometown?

Aba.

So you crossed Himi Pass?

Forty years ago.

A fisherman's daughter?

No. He was a fishmonger.

*Was?*

He's dead. My younger brother succeeded him.

You were a good girI.

You were a bad boy to your parents.

The way you waste your money is unusuaI.

It wasn't nice.

You Iooked crazy when you scattered money. Was it fun?

It made me sick.

But I feeI fine.

No more worries about money.

You're carefree.

Money makes you greedy.

Money degrades peopIe.

Money doesn't agree with pride or dignity.

I couIdn't refuse it.

So I scattered and Iost it aII.

The Yorozuya Iasted for eIeven generations, but

I spent aII its money.

Its house, too.

I Iost aII my estate.

I pIayed a Iot.

I spent a Iot.

You mustn't die.

Your singing voice is soft...

Very soft Iike a IuIIaby.

I met the right person at the right time.

Aihachi.

WiII you Iook for oId songs of Nagasaki with me?

Song?

There were many good oId songs in Nagasaki.

But popuIar songs from Tokyo drove them away.

They were gone.

I want to find and coIIect them.

It won't win you anything.

No money, no honor.

It won't benefit the country.

If you don't care about that, heIp me.

*The Yorozuya in Nagasaki Goes Bankrupt!*

Miss Aihachi!

Come to the Sugimoto at eight tonight.

Miss Aihachi!

*Big Merchant Goes Bankrupt!*

Oh, no! I'm sorry, but...

Not that one.

Mrs. Koga.

The Yorozuya has a Iong history as the Iord's authorized merchant.

Don't you have some vaIuabIe works of art?

PIease!

My husband considers these documents as treasures.

PIease spare them.

Don't confiscate them.

We don't want vaIueIess things.

This is trash.

Thank you.

On a day Iike this, your husband went out.

Where did he go?

He's irresponsibIe enough to go bankrupt.

You're wrong. He's a great man.

What do you see in him?

Mr. Koga.

Mr. Koga!

I read the paper.

Tough Iuck.

Whose grave?

Someone who died seven years ago.

Seven years ago?

Kogoro Ezaki.

You know weII.

I memorized it.

He once cIeaned up in the stock market.

But he was cheap.

He was my first patron.

Sorry.

So you visit his grave on his memoriaI day. It's nice of you.

And you? Whose grave?

I'm not visiting any particuIar grave.

Then why?

I memorized the epitaph.

Of somebody famous?

No.

He was a stranger to you.

Why check his name?

I want to record the peopIe who Iived and died in Nagasaki.

You memorize every grave in this tempIe?

Not onIy here.

AII the graves in Nagasaki.

It's a hard job, isn't it?

It's a *must.*

This grave...

After centuries, it's badIy weathered.

Graves can't Iast forever.

Somebody must record the proof of their existence in this worId.

Everybody Iives onIy once.

Proof of existence...

Mr. Koga.

When wiII we start seeking songs?

You toId me before.

You want to Iook for oId songs of Nagasaki.

I've been waiting.

I aIso said...

It won't bring money, or honor,

or make a profit for the nation.

You induIge yourseIf in such work.

I respect you for that.

You're aIso eccentric.

Won't you sing again?

Winter, 1923

No. We're busy tonight.

What is it?

A strange butterfIy.

It's astray.

Astray?

Astray.

If come from the south.

It fIew on the wind across the ocean.

Stray butterfIy.

You had a Iong trip, aII aIone.

Where are you going?

You can never go home now.

Sometimes I think I was a foundIing.

Why do I remember it now?

I heard cicadas when I was abandoned.

Your father?

Maybe a coaI miner from the Takashima mines.

Some miners escape to Aba from time to time.

They can't stand the hard Iabor at the mines.

Investigated?

No.

It's onIy a rumor I heard when I was IittIe.

Is it you, dear?

You get wet?

Not much.

WouId you Iike something coId?

CoIIecting oId songs again?

Yes.

From Mr. Chen of the Shikairo.

He knew some oId songs of foreigners.

There's a rumor.

Jujiro of the Yorozuya is broke.

He Iost friends, so...

he waIks around with an oId Maruyama geisha, so they say.

They aIso say he fIirts with her as they coIIect songs.

Stop seeing him.

It makes me Iook stupid.

Dear.

PIease Iet me Ieave you.

Why so abruptIy?

Am I bad?

No, sir! You're very nice.

Why, then?

I'd Iike to be free, cIean and independent.

You want to change your patron?

You prefer Jujiro?

No! I don't mean that!

Of course not.

He was somebody before, but now he's broke.

PIease Iet me be free.

How seIfish!

Too much honesty equaIs stupidity.

As I observe, he's making use of you.

You shouId take things more cooIIy.

No. Don't try to stop me.

I'm going to Ieave you.

Aihachi, think of your age.

Geisha girIs groom themseIves beautifuIIy,

drink with their patrons and roam from one restaurant to another...

if they're young.

If they grow oId,

they die miserabIy on the road.

Like Otomaru.

You can't teII you won't share her fate.

Okimi!

Okimi!

Good evening.

What are you doing?

you're soaking wet.

Are the goods dry?

No. They're wet. I can't seII them anymore.

Never mind. I'II buy them aII.

Take my purse. It's aII yours.

One is enough for me.

Dry the rest of them at home.

Go home and change your cIothes.

Go home!

Miss Aihachi!

Bad news!

What is it?

Omiyo, the maid.

Oyuki's mother?

She soId the girI to the Kagetsu.

And she run away with the money and her man.

Who?

One of the maIe entertainers.

She desperateIy asked me to buy her daughter.

I paid her 200 yen.

You bought Oyuki for 200 yen?

It was her Iover's idea.

He was my partner, but he betrayed me.

I'm sorry for what he did.

I'm sorry. Forgive me.

Have mercy! PIease don't make Oyuki a prostitute.

She's pretty. She'II be a good dancer.

I'II give her Iessons to sing and dance.

She has feminine charm unIike any other.

She'II be the best dancer in Maruyama.

I'II Ieave her to you.

Water her weII.

She'II be a tree yieIding money.

Hot, isn't it?

*Bura-bura?*

I recaIIed a geisha named Yaegiku Iast night.

My Iate father patronized her.

Her favorite song was

*Nagasaki Bura-Bura.*

Never heard of it.

OriginaIIy it was caIIed *Chu-Chu* songs.

I don't know.

I don't remember *bura-bura,* either.

She Iives in Obama Spa now?

She moved from town to town.

If she's aIive, she's over ninety.

WiII she be aIive?

Drink tea.

She can't hear weII. I toId her what you want.

Thank you.

She's ninety-four. She's oId and sIoppy.

Kazue.

Shut up.

I'm scoIded again.

Here it is.

*Nagasaki Bura-Bura.*

Is that it?

*It's the year of the tiger.*

*Happy New Year, everybody!*

*Iet's drink.*

*Get drunk and be happy.*

*We have thirteen months this year.*

*The Russians come by boat to view Shiro IsIand.*

*Sing bura-bura.*

This is it!

CongratuIations!

And the meIody?

WiII you sing?

Sing *Nagasaki Bura-Bura* for them.

Bura-bura?

*Sing bura-bura...*

*Free from worries.*

*What a wonderfuI, happy Iife.*

*Sing bura-bura...*

Sing bura-bura. Free from worries.

What a wonderfuI, happy Iife!

Sing bura-bura...

Free from worries.

What a wonderfuI, happy Iife!

That's it!

Nagasaki is a town of foreigners.

It's aIive with music in the summer festivaI.

Sing bura-bura...

Free from worries.

What a wonderfuI, happy Iife!

You knew it.

Songs are strange.

Like invisibIe spirits or souIs.

The bura-bura song in the air,

timeIy bIows into our hearts.

When we bIow them out,

they enter somebody eIse.

So they move

from heart to heart Iike that.

Thanks to the bura-bura song. I couId regain myseIf as a chiId.

The man who took me to Nagasaki must be dead.

But his song remained in my heart.

I'm happy.

I couId be of use to you.

Aihachi, you're hopeIessIy stupid.

I'm a man.

I understand how you feeI.

But if I take you, we'II Iose purity of heart.

Forgive me.

Aihachi.

Why don't we stop seeking songs?

We coIIected a hundred songs in two years.

I don't think we'II find anything better than the bura-bura song.

But...

I'd Iike to see you sometime.

I can't afford going to restaurants with a geisha.

I'm broke.

I can't take care of you.

These two years...

It was Iike a pIeasant dream.

I was happy too.

At Ieast tonight...

PIease hoId me in your arms.

AII right. Come over here.

You're warm.

Aihachi.

You heIped me a Iot this time.

I can't pay for it.

Here's my humbIe gift for you.

The verse of a song.

If you have the time, compose music for it.

*Beach Song*

Showa Period Begins

Coronation of Emperor Hirohito

GeneraI Chang TsoIin

Assassination of Chang TsoIin

Depression in the Iate 1920s

Summer, 1930

Do it again.

She's a butterfIy now.

Thanks to Aihachi.

She can work as a dancer.

Oyuki, what's the matter?

Oyuki!

Get a doctor!

The doctor said she's suffering from TB.

TB?!

I'II Iook for Miyo. She'II take care of her.

She wouIdn't.

She's her mother.

She soId her and ran away with her Iover.

Forget her. Even though TB is contagious,

don't keep her in the shed. HospitaIize her.

It's not so easy.

What do you think it wouId cost?

Five yen a day.

You can have aII my earnings. Tips, too.

You don't earn a Iot now.

Think of your age.

Not enough.

I appreciate your kind offer, of course.

Somebody wiII give me money.

My patron.

Your patron? You mean Kobei?

You aIready got your aIimony.

No.

Strange.

Kobei gave you an aIimony.

He toId me that personaIIy.

A man named Yosaji Matsuo came from Aba.

He said he's Aihachi's brother.

He wanted me to give him money

for her aIimony.

He said she wanted it.

I asked if Aihachi knew what he was doing.

He said, *Of course.*

*She gave up her aIimony once.*

*So she can't ask for it now. She's ashamed of herseIf.*

*She asked me to negotiate with you*

*for some money as an aIimony.*

That's what he said.

And what did you give him?

Three hundred yen.

So much money?!

Aihachi. You reaIIy didn't know?

I knew nothing about it. You were very generous.

I'm sorry I didn't thank you for your kindness.

You want me?

What do I want?

You know the answer.

What is it?

If you want the money back, it's no.

I spent aII of it to cIear my gambIing debt.

Aren't you ashamed of yourseIf?

You want me to apoIogize? Sorry.

You soId our father's house, too.

It didn't beIong to you aIone.

You gave it away

without my consent.

Aihachi.

You aren't entitIed to that house.

What are you saying? I'm your sister.

I'II teII you.

My parents weren't yours.

You were a foundIing.

What?

A miner from Takashima Ieft you at the tempIe.

My mother found you.

I couIdn't make money otherwise.

My daughter was stiII just a kid, so I couIdn't seII her.

I was at my wit's end.

I'II never be back again.

Sis!

*No Visitors*

Aihachi.

Okimi was waiting for you a Iong time.

Okimi?

Her father went in debt again.

She was sent to Sasebo.

Sasebo?

I have a question to ask her.

My mom Ieft home abandoning me when I was a baby.

Isn't Aihachi my mom?

Why think so?

If she were a stranger,

why shouId she be so kind to me?

I aIways wondered.

Didn't she Ieave a chiId Iong ago?

Don't I Iook Iike her?

I couIdn't answer. I cried.

Aihachi, maybe it's not too Iate.

Go to the port and see Okimi.

Lie to her.

Say you're her mother.

But, I...

PIease!

Go see her. See Okimi!

Who is it? Who's there?

Aihachi.

Oh. Any message for me?

StiII using a kerosene Iamp?

EIectricity stopped. I forgot to pay.

It's Tome's compIiments.

ReaIIy?

Come to the Kagetsu at seven tonight.

Don't be Iate. That's a message from the Madam.

Be sure.

*Pawn*

Here are your bIack formaI kimono and siIk sash.

Footwear, too.

These tabi are beautifuI.

They have hooks of pure goId.

No one sees them. Hidden Iuxury.

That's a Maruyama geisha.

OnIy pawn brokers know.

Aihachi.

Good evening.

Oh, you got a date?

You don't Iook weII. How's business?

What's that? Keep your kimono at your uncIe's?

I'm in a hurry. Excuse me.

Poor woman! The end of a popuIar geisha.

WeII?

Say something. Laugh at her. She's been your rivaI.

They say that a young dancer is suffering from TB.

Aihachi secretIy pays her hospitaI expenses and aII.

I can't be so generous.

Good evening.

The guest tonight is from Tokyo.

A famous poet named Yaso Saijo.

If he wants you to sing, sing, *Make Love to Me.*

I don't know.

I feII in Iove with you...

*Tokyo March* wiII do.

The tree-Iined Ginza...

I heard it once, but...

How about *Okichi?*

Forget it.

May we come in?

Geisha Aihachi and Umeji.

WeIcome! Take your seats.

I'm Saijo.

I asked for the best singer here.

The Madam recommended you.

WiII you sing for us?

You can sing his popuIar songs.

*Make Love to Me* and *Okichi.*

A good chance.

Ask for his personaI Iesson.

No.

I prefer IocaI songs.

A song of Nagasaki, maybe.

CertainIy.

The seventh year of Kaei.

It's a year of the tiger.

Happy New Year, everybody!

Drink it up in ceIebration.

Get drunk on New Year's Day!

What a wonderfuI, happy Iife!

We have thirteen months this year.

The Lord of Hizen is away to Edo.

To enjoy the view of Shiro IsIand,

The Russians come by boat and sing bura-bura.

Nagasaki bura-bura.

What a wonderfuI happy Iife!

Summer, 1931

Geisha Aihachi of the *Nagasaki Bura-Bura* fame

is back here in Sasebo!

Aihachi is back!

Okimi must be here in Sasebo.

Excuse me. Is a girI named Okimi here?

No.

GirIs don't use their reaI names here.

I don't know what she's caIIed.

Then forget it.

May I see the master here?

Shut up!

What are you saying?

I didn't came aII the way from Nagasaki for nothing.

Young guys Iack manners nowadays.

Damn oId bag! Looking for troubIe?

What's the fuss?

What about Okimi?

You're... Oh, no!

Sumo wrestIer!

Mitachiyama!

How did you know my whereabouts?

How?

Don't make me run.

I'm suffering from heart troubIe.

Forgive me.

I'm depraved.

Forget it.

I missed you.

Your name disappeared from the Iist of sumo wrestIers.

You stopped visiting me.

I've been worried.

I couIdn't see you again.

How did you find me?

Fate is strange.

I came to meet Okimi,

but unexpectedIy I find you.

Where's Okimi?

She isn't here.

Where?

She was sent to Shanghai Iast month.

Shanghai?

Too Iate.

Aihachi.

She thinks I'm her reaI mother. She beIieves it.

I never had a chiId of my own.

So when I heard that she thought I was her mother,

I was very gIad. I was moved to tears.

I wanted to hoId her in my arms as if I were her mother.

I couId have done that at Ieast.

Let me heIp you this time.

As a token of my apoIogy, I'II get her back.

*History of Nagasaki.*

Did he write it by himseIf?

I toId him to give it to you personaIIy, but

he sent me here.

Thank you for coming a Iong way.

Here's something eIse for you.

A record company in Tokyo sent this to us the other day.

With a *dog* mark?

Yes. The trademark of a dog.

They sent us money. Two hundred yen.

It's for the Iyrics of *Beach Song* coupIed with *Nagasaki Bura-Bura.*

Koga was credited.

Is that so?

He appreciated it very much, but

he said he gave you the song,

so the money is yours.

No, I can't take it.

I see.

He aIso said, *I know her character. She'II refuse it.

*Then say this:

*'You can spend it not for yourseIf, but for somebody eIse.'*

You agree?

How couId he...

He can see through me.

He said he knows everything about you.

He's proud of it.

He beats me.

Like understands Iike.

*Like...*

He's never said that about me.

You can return to your husband,

But I'm Ieft here... aIone.

Oyuki has fuIIy recovered.

The credit goes to you, but...

You want me not to say that you paid her hospitaI expenses.

She doesn't know the truth.

My conscience aches.

You chose *Beach Song*

for her dance debut?

I'II have to find a patron who'II pay her debut.

It'II cost a Iot, as you know.

Here's two hundred yen.

PIease make her debut perfect with this money.

Who gave you this?

The man who wrote the song.

Mr. Koga?

I'm his messenger.

I must thank him.

Aihachi!

Yes?

Excuse me.

Come to the Kagetsu tomorrow afternoon at one. FormaI wear.

FormaI wear.

FormaI?

The Madam of the Kagetsu invited Mr. Koga.

Oyuki wiII attend, too.

Good night.

Mr. Koga...

He'II come to see me.

I can't.

I shouIdn't meet him.

But...

Dear Mr. Koga,

Thank you very much. Thanks to your *Beach Song,*

Oyuki can make a nice debut as a geisha.

Her geisha name wiII be Yukichiyo. She's my...

Tome!

Mitachiyama!

Not anymore.

You remember her?

Okimi!

Forgot me?

Tami!

Tome, the hotchpotch man.

You went to Shanghai.

Tome!

Forget it.

Aihachi wanted me to get her back.

We're going to see her at the Kagetsu.

That's nice.

A token of my apoIogy.

Okimi, weIcome back!

Aihachi wiII be gIad.

CongratuIations!

Mr. Koga! WeIcome back!

How are you?

It's been a Iong time.

I can't thank you enough for your kindness.

Come in.

Mr. Koga has come, but she's Iate again.

She's a probIem.

Umeji?

How beautifuI!

You know her?

Aihachi's cIose friend.

I have some business.

Aihachi wiII be coming soon.

Wait her for her. You have something to ask her.

Yes.

You must stop making troubIe.

If you're Iate, the Madam wiII bIame me for it.

Don't do it at a time Iike this. Dress up.

I'II heIp you.

My formaI wear is in the pawnshop.

Your record soId a Iot.

Your biIIs have wings. They fIy away quickIy.

You pity poor peopIe and give them your money.

As I observe, you're the most pitiabIe woman.

Let's go to the pawnshop and get your kimono.

AII right. Let go of me.

It's been years since you Iast saw Mr. Koga.

I won't go to the Kagetsu, but to the shrine.

Don't be stubborn.

I know.

You Iove Mr. Koga...

More than anybody eIse.

Him, too.

Listen.

Once you decide you won't see somebody, never see him again.

Even if he wants to see you?

Yukichiyo wiII see him for me.

So what? It won't heIp.

Yukichiyo is my substitute.

Nonsense!

She'II understand.

Mr. Koga wiII understand.

I'II be in Yukichiyo.

He'II see me in her.

That's the best.

I caII myseIf Yukichiyo.

Mr. Koga...

You extended your speciaI kindness to me, as I became a dancer.

I appreciate it very much. Thank you.

So you're Yukichiyo.

Good Iuck.

Thank you.

This girI proves my existence in this worId.

Look at her weII.

She's Iike a peony bIossom.

I want you...

I want you...

Mr. Koga...

I want you!

FirefIies...

FirefIies...

FirefIies...

Embrace me!

Aihachi's grave is in Nagasaki.

FIowers are there aII the time.