Original subtitles

TO SLEEP SO AS TO DREAM

"You cannot escape!"

"Do not attempt to resist!"

"Release the Princess!"

"Release her at once!"

The mystery is... solved...

HOTSUKA DETECTIVE AGENCY

Kobayashi - my treat again.

Kidnapped?!

Please help us.

I will send someone to you.

You are the only one we can trust.

Who was it from?

I just wonder who.

THE ETERNAL MYSTERY - FINAL� -

The Black Mask is about to reveal the mystery.

What do you want?

Madame Sakura, that is, Madame Cherry Blossom...

of the Moon-Island Family. Greetings!

Your lovely daughter, Kikyo (that is, Bellflower),

who has not been home since yesterday,

is in good hands... ours.

You're the one who called?

We have a great favour to ask of you.

If you wish Kikyo to return...

we want one million yen to be...

handed over to us.

One million yen!

No, we will not be so inelegant.

Let us first ask you a little riddle.

Until tomorrow, Bellflower will be...

at the place I will now tell you of.

Will you please have one million yen delivered...

to the following place. Listen carefully...

The Star Wheel in the Flower where the General Tower is seen.

Understand?

Oh, what will become of our beautiful Bellflower?

From M. Path� & Co.

You know this 'M. Path� & Co.'?

So what should I do?

You want the riddle solved?

And Bellflower found?

You're joking!

What's the pay?

One million yen!!!

That's the ransom!

The rest when we've solved the case.

Where the General Tower is seen...

In the Flower...

Star Wheel...

Kobayashi!

Eggs...

General Tower!!!

Want me to go get more eggs?

But can he solve the riddle?

General Jintan Drops

Something for your trouble.

General...?

General Jintan...?

General... Jintan...

The General Tower...?

The General Jintan Tower!

Asakusa! Let's go!

You think this is it?

General Jintan Tower

Nobody's here.

What's that?

Something's turning...

It's the Flower House.

The amusement park?

Flower House... Flower?

Where the General Tower is seen...

In the Flower...?

Bellflower can't be here.

FLOWER HOUSE

If this is the Flower, then what is the Star Wheel?

Have you found her?

Don't you hear her?

The Stars Wheel!

Well done!

Did you enjoy solving our little riddle?

But Bellflower is not here.

She's with us, having a good time, singing away like this.

But...

Our M. Path� & Co. has...

since yesterday, grown more ambitious, and now...

wishes to ask you for a higher ransom.

Please be good enough to add to your one million yen...

another million yen,

and have it brought to us.

Our gyroscope will tell you where we are.

The time limit will be up tomorrow.

Our gyroscope spins the future.

The place to seek... where could it be?

Not going to get any sleep?

You want us to go on?

Bellflower's really safe?

At least till tonight.

What will we do?

Let's ask the gyroscope.

The Top Shop

Oh, a spinning top.

You find these at fairs.

There's a fair at Moon-Island Shrine.

Top Shop

M. Path� & Co.!

What are they up to?

M. Path� & Co. - Professor Jarowski from the British Empire

So this is called asking the gyroscope!

What's wrong?

It's too obvious.

Could it be a trap?

You follow those two.

I'll follow the box.

We'll meet back here.

How do you like our Path� gyroscopes?

Uotsuka!

You from Path�?

We have duly received the two million yen.

As we told you,

the gyroscope showed you where to go.

Sorry to have been rough, but...

it was the easiest way to bring you here.

Forgive us.

Hand over Bellflower.

We regret we cannot.

You mean she's...?!

Don't worry. She's in good health.

That song proves nothing!

Don't move. You're not going any place.

We're taking Bellflower to the next place.

If you want her back, Mr. Uotsuka,

your eagerness and another one million yen will be necessary.

Go to the next place.

It is...

No, this is the end!

Please hurry - solve the riddle and save me!

I've been here for 50 years of cherry-blossoms.

Soon, I will be asleep.

Please find me quickly.

Save me from this endless story.

Electric House

Found her?

M. Path� & Co...?

And the two million yen...?

They took the money and Bellflower.

Both?

'Electric House'?

Bellflower wrote this.

So you met her?

Yet another mystery word. I've had enough!

It's time to give this to him.

You want me to go on?

They're not after the money.

Use this if they're not after the money.

You know this place?

The Electric House?

There used to be a theatre called that in Asakusa.

It must be that. Asakusa?

Bellflower and the money will be saved...

if this whole thing isn't all just a dream.

The old lady at the comb shop seems to know everything.

Everything?

It used to be where they showed movies.

All old-time matinee-idols.

- Where was it? - Back there.

For your beloved.

Can't look for someplace no longer there.

There should be a clue around here...

Electric House

For one, 20 sen: 40 sen for two.

Where are we?

I don't know. Don't think.

The Acrobats

Movie: The Eternal Mystery

And now - the movie!

I wish to welcome you all here today.

Akagaki, your benshi, wishes to thank you. Thank you.

That's the Path� voice!

You are about to see our very first actress,

Miss Cherry Blossom, in The Eternal Mystery.

I will explicate the story according to its parts.

Miss Cherry Blossom!

Please enjoy it to the very end.

THE ETERNAL MYSTERY - FINAL� -

The Black Mask foresaw the Riddle of the Top.

He has now cornered the villains.

He is doing so in order to rescue the Princess Bellflower.

Right and left...

the White Masks and their Magical Swords.

Brave Black Mask fights bravely on.

Danger!

It's you!

"Stop fighting.

"If you want her back...

"pay us one million ryo more."

"Farewell."

"Wait!"

Black Mask has let the villains get away, but...

it was only so he could follow and find the Princess...

and the money.

This was his careful scheme...

to release both Princess and fortune.

"Ah, Bellflower, Bellflower, where are you?"

"One step more and you are dead men."

It's like lightning flashing...

Rolling thunder and then the roar of battle.

Feeling her beloved nearby...

Bellflower tries to tell him where she is.

She sings her song with all her heart.

"You cannot escape!"

"Do not attempt to resist."

"Release the Princess!"

"Release her at once!"

The mystery is... solved...

Stop the projection!

Stop production!

Central Cinema Control, Article 12...

Actresses are deleterious to public morals.

It is forbidden to produce or show such films.

Uotsuka...

Uotsuka!

This is only a pub.

Moon, bellflower, cherry blossom...

Where are we going?

To Cherry-Blossom's house.

But what about Bellflower?

Bellflower is there.

Arrange the flowers; important guests are coming.

This is going to be a most pleasant evening.

I don't need it; I feel quite calm.

Bellflower, no, Cherry-Blossom, you can stop now.

That's not your line!

Understand? Your line is...

"You cannot escape!"

Say it.

Action!

Good, you're doing fine.

"Do not attempt to resist!

"Release the Princess!"

Say it.

Cherry-Blossom, what do you want?

Clouds of blossoms swirl...

harbingers of joyful spring...

Spring, spring from the south...

Oh, sad destiny of captive Bellflower.

The Black Mask runs to rescue her.

His sword flashes in the dark...

The eastern mountains sleep in peace...

Clashing swords break midnight's silence.

"Release her at once!"

The mystery is... solved...

Now comes the climax of our story!

Last scene. Action!

Good!

Are you alright, Princess?

How long have I waited for the end of this story...

Finally, my first film,

50 years later, is about to be finished.

Bellflower will be rescued at the end, will she not?

Thank you, everyone.

Mr. Uotsuka, did Black Mask love his Bellflower?

Thank you. Now I am fulfilled...

I feel so well, as though I were dreaming...

I shall sleep now.

Cherry-Blossom!

Bellflower!

The End

Subtitles ripped & retimed by lordretsudo

Moe Kamura as Bellflower

Shiro Sano as Uotsuka Koji Otake as Kobayashi

Akira Oizumi, Morio Agata and Kazunari Ozasa as the three magicians

Tsuneo and Tatsuo Nakamoto as the White Masks Kyoko Kusajima as the Old Lady of the Comb Shop

Baiken Jukkanji, Kenji Endo, Tetsu Watanabe, Masahiro Kizawa

Takamori Doi, Goshu, Midori Sawato, Kazutoki Umezu

Akihiro Ishiwatari, Masaki Shinoda, Yoshio Anpo, Shinge Iguchi

Toshizaki Sugimoto, Katsunobu Kamo, Eriko Wakai, Kazuomi Fukuhara

Shunsu Matsuda as the Benshi, Akagaki

Yoshio Yoshida as Matsunosuke, the director

Fujiko Fukamizu as Madame Cherry-Blossom

Produced by Kaizo Hayashi & Takashige Ichise

Cinematography by Yuichi Nagata Editing by Tatsuya Osada

Art Direction by Takeo Kimura, Yoichi Sakurai, Koji Fujiki

Assistant Art Directors: Shiro Saito, Yuko Honda, Mariko Kaburagi, Hiroyuki & Masaaki Kaneshiro

Music by Hidehiko Urayama, Yoko Kumagai, Moe Kamura, Morio Agata

Assistant Directors: Yasutada Uemura, Kotaro Takagi Continuity: Hiroki Tanaka

Sound recording by Akihiko Suzuki, Shiori Kazama Swod fight supervision: Tsuneo & Tatsuo Nakamoto

Make-up by Mika Yoshihata Titles by Kiyoshi Nawa, Isao Yamada

Edited by Yuichi Nagata, Kaizo Hayashi

English translation by Donald Ritchie & Kazuko Shibata

Written & Directed by Kaizo Hayashi