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Maestro...

What would you do?

Your legacy is dying.

It's burning and turning into ash.

I want to make films like yours and those of the masters.

I want to make my own films.

Cinema is already dying.

I need to make my films.

I want to survive.

- Shuji! What happened? - Hurry!

Nakamichi, come with me.

Why are you running?

Run! Come with me.

Nakamichi, run!

Seems like someone's always after you.

Debt collectors?

Today it's the police.

They disrupted my public talk.

You were probably shouting at the crowds.

Just discussing cinema!

You know, one day, you might really get into trouble.

You're not Yukio Mishima!

Times have changed.

The public and the police are not as forgiving anymore.

If not for tonight's screening,

I wouldn't have run away.

If you're arrested, there won't be a screening.

I've had it!

Wherever I go,

someone always wants to stop me with rules!

Why do I need a permit?

There's no place left for me to screen films.

Unbelievable!

Cinema will really die.

Damn those who destroy cinema!

Damn those who destroy cinema!

The artistic side of cinema is dying!

Most of today's movies are simply made to entertain!

Let's not forget the time when cinema was cinema.

We used to enjoy both...

the artistic and the entertaining aspects of a great movie.

Watch those classic films again, please!

Multiplexes are taking over.

It's time to take cinema back from those money-hungry jerks.

Surely only then

can the sparkling light of cinema be revived again to inspire us!

Let them die out. I don't care!

They have no right to extinguish pure cinema!

They shrink it, smaller and smaller...

Like a cricket in a tiny cage!

Waiting to be exterminated!

We must not forgive them!

Cinema must be free! As we must be in the world!

Pure cinema must be free.

Nothing

Hi, everyone!

Welcome to our 78th screening.

It's a bit windy tonight.

Despite the weather,

these films are worth it.

Tonight's films are silent.

I think the wind

will be a good sound effect.

I hope you agree!

As you well know,

we have no place to show films.

We moved our screenings

to my place a few months ago.

Thanks to the support of Tokyo Cinephile,

we can show these precious films here.

I am so thankful for their kindness.

So...

tonight, we have

a Buster Keaton silent movie from 1924

and a silent short by Hiroshi Shimizu.

These two movies were made nearly 80 years ago,

but their freshness is impressive.

We'll discuss them after the screening.

Enjoy!

Let's test the effect

of the wind on silent film!

Your brother...

Did you know he worked for us?

Did you know?

He always promised to clear the debt

after your films were sold.

But...

he never did. He just borrowed more for you

at high interest rates.

12 years.

Shingo was with us for 12 years.

He was like a son to me.

No matter what the job was,

he did it willingly for us.

I trusted Shingo.

But it's all the Big Boss' money.

Shingo knew that.

I did my best to buy him time.

Your brother left to make money elsewhere.

Without consulting me or the Big Boss,

he sold our turf to the Chinese.

He had to be punished.

Your brother was a debt collector, a professional.

He knew the rules.

Everyone here knows

what happens to guys

who don't pay back loans on time.

This is Shingo's debt balance.

12,540,000 yen.

I don't have such money.

I only have three films

made with the money my brother borrowed.

You have two weeks.

Two weeks to pay off his debt.

Remember,

interest rates do apply.

If you don't, the Big Boss will take action.

You could end up on a tuna boat,

or accidentally killed for insurance money.

This was your brother's bottle.

Tuesday, July 27. 11:27 AM

I can't seem to reach you.

I'm in trouble.

I was too ashamed to answer.

What will I do without you?

My brother...

Shuji! It's me.

- What do I do? - Speak to me!

I'm being followed.

Where are you?

Shuji, I'm out of time.

Where are you?

Shuji!

Seems like you're never home.

Call me back.

I'm in danger.

We must talk.

Did you bring the money?

Play another game!

Shut up, idiot!

- I'll lend you money. - No way!

You do know it isn't safe here.

This is the safest place for me.

Hiroshi!

Where's the Mahjong money?

Time's up.

I'll collect it tomorrow.

Listen up...

Don't let him in unless he brings money.

My Uncle, he's Shingo's brother.

I don't care. Kick him out.

If the Big Boss finds out, we'll be in trouble.

Here...

Some of what I owe.

Mess with the Big Boss,

and you'll meet the same fate.

Tell me where my brother was killed.

What would that change?

His blood remained on the window ledge.

I cleaned it.

What the fuck did you say?

Motherfucker!

The game isn't played that way.

You cheated!

Don't fuck with me, asshole!

Say it again, if you dare!

Spit out what you said!

How dare you!

Say it, motherfucker!

Tell me to my face! Understand, asshole?

You piss me off!

Fuck you!

Who's that?

Shingo's brother.

You, Shingo's brother!

You must leave now!

Let me buy you a drink.

Mr. Takagaki, please!

I'm Takagaki.

Masaki's pal, got it?

Yes.

I need money.

Give me a job, please.

A job?

What can you do?

Hey, what can you do?

I can do anything.

Anything?

Hey!

Go get that shit.

Bring it here, asshole!

Mr. Takagaki, he doesn't belong here.

Don't worry, dear Yoko.

Shingo's brother says he can do anything.

I'd like him to show us.

Hey you!

Put this in your mouth and pull the trigger.

What's wrong?

You said you could do anything. Give it a try.

Show me!

I won't die.

What the fuck are you talking about?

How do you know there's a bullet?

Maybe it's empty!

You're a filmmaker, right?

I like movies.

Isn't this just like a movie?

Go on!

Do it!

How much you pay?

Count it!

140,000 yen.

140,000. How's that?

Mr. Takagaki.

Shit!

Why no fucking bullets?

Take it!

Can I?

Yeah.

- Asshole! - I'm sorry.

Please put this toward my debt, too.

I'll get the rest.

Hiroshi!

Enjoyed the show?

He says he's Shingo's brother.

That motherfucker didn't put a bullet in the gun.

Wasting my fucking time!

Sorry, sir.

What's up, Hiroshi?

Got a problem?

This brother of Shingo...

Give him a punch!

Wake him up!

What do you mean?

Punch him and I give him 10,000 yen.

You want it, right?

10,000 yen for one punch.

Maybe too cheap for Shingo's brother?

Hey guys, you'll punch him too.

But for only 5,000 a punch.

Mr. Takagaki...

Punch me, please.

But...

where my brother was killed.

Go! Go!

Had enough?

How many more punches, champion Shimazaki?

He can't take anymore. Please stop.

Don't worry, dear Yoko!

He can take it.

He needs the money.

Good punch, man!

Throwing in the towel?

Screening 17.

Kenji Mizoguchi's UGETSU MONOGATARI.

Made in 1952.

33 in audience.

Screening 36.

Max Ophuls' LOLA MONTES.

Made in 1955.

18 in audience...

Screening 47.

Nagisa Oshima's BOY.

Made 1969.

30 in audience...

Go ahead.

As hard as you can, punch him!

What the fuck are you saying?

Take this!

Max Orphuls, Max...

Great punches! Much better!

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

Good job!

12 punches.

It's over.

How many punches before?

18 punches.

Total of 30. That's 150,000 yen.

Screening 12. Nicholas Ray's JOHNNY GUITAR.

Made 1954.47 in audience...

Screening 39.

Ermanno Olmi's IL POSTO.

Made 1961.

Screening 31.

Akira Kurosawa's THRONE OF BLOOD.

What the fuck is he mumbling?

No idea.

Over, finished!

Screening 12.

Nicholas Ray's JOHNNY GUITAR.

Not finished yet!

Punch me.

Have him punch me, please.

Mr. Takagaki, he wants you to punch him too.

630,000 plus 145,000...

A total of 775,000 yen.

My brother...

Did you know him well?

All you assholes who ruined cinema!

You idiots who tainted cinema with money!

You who cheat audiences for entertainment's sake!

Shameful idiots!

Shame on you!

Listen...

I can't help what that crazy Takagaki did.

Not my problem.

I don't give a damn how you pay your debt.

For me,

this is the only way.

But I say...

Don't do it here!

Do you get what the Boss said?

Not here!

If you want to be a punching bag,

there are such places,

go where they do that.

Put on some gloves.

If I can't do it here,

I don't care what happens to me.

Why here?

It has to be here.

My brother was killed in that toilet.

If it's there,

I don't feel the pain.

For my brother's sake,

let me do this here.

I'll remind you...

If you mess with the Big Boss like Shingo did,

don't count on me.

I understand.

Then go...

Go!

It'll be dangerous.

This time,

the risk is bigger.

How many days till the deadline?

With today, 11 days.

There's no way he can pay it back.

Please, I have a request...

I need money.

Instead of the punching bag,

punch my belly...

Won't you please?

1,300,000 yen.

UGETSU MONOGATARI

Shit movies!

Shit movies!

Shit movies!

Shit movies!

Who's next?

Stand up!

Stand back! Back!

Hit him!

Who's next?

Back! Get back!

Shit movies!

How many today?

Around 12.

Why don't you do it?

I've used all my money.

How much per punch today?

Yoko is raising the price.

Today it's 8,000.

Hiroshi,

why don't you punch?

I...

Just hearing the sounds is enough for me.

Shit films!

Welcome, everybody!

Tonight...

I was planning to show Carol Reed's THE THIRD MAN.

Carol Reed was a well-known English filmmaker.

In 1947,

he made ODD MAN OUT.

A great expressionist film.

I couldn't get the print.

So I'll get it for Screening 80.

Tonight I'll show you

Kaneto Shindo's NAKED ISLAND, made in 1960.

I consider NAKED ISLAND

one of the most important Japanese BW cinemascope films.

At that time, Japanese BW cinemascope films were admired worldwide.

We'll discuss that later.

I'll be here after for the QA.

Now please enjoy NAKED ISLAND.

Please support pure cinema!

All that remains is entertainment!

In the past,

cinema was both true art and entertaining.

Even today,

some filmmakers are creating pure cinema.

They think about what cinema really is.

Go and see their films!

There you'll find

truth, art and real entertainment.

You look like the father actor in all the Ozu films.

Ozu...

I've seen his films on TV.

Very moving.

Ozu is one of the greatest filmmakers ever to have lived.

Shuji!

Can I have a moment?

What is it?

Come over here...

Hiroshi is going to replace me.

Is that OK, Hiroshi?

OK by me, if you accept.

Yoko, listen...

I'll repay your kindness one day.

Does Mr. Masaki know about this?

In fact...

He's the one who gave me the order.

They're here.

Good.

I found some customers.

And even more

are on the way!

Screening 58. Yasujiro Ozu's LATE SPRING.

John Ford's THE SEARCHERS.

A masterpiece.

Two of cinema's most beautiful endings.

Screening 51. John Cassavetes' SHADOWS.

Made in 1958.62 in the audience.

Come on, come on...

A fight?

I fell down.

All that from a fall?

Really.

You went crazy and got in a fight, right?

No, I really just tripped.

I'm trying to believe you.

But you're pretty amazing.

Going on with the screening, even in that state.

It's the least I can do. I can't make a film.

This I won't give up.

And you, Nakamichi? How's the script coming?

Finished writing, been taking it around

but no one's biting yet.

I haven't made a film in three years.

I'm going crazy.

Shuji, how about you?

Still writing my script.

How's it going?

I'm giving it my all.

Hello?

It's me.

What do you mean?

Hey...

Hey!

Hiroshi, here's 30,000.

I'll bring him down.

The Big Boss doesn't want another dead man here.

Get out!

But then he won't be able to pay back the debt.

Who do you think you're talking to?

I must do it here.

Kill me if you must.

Then you rent the toilets at 100,000 per day.

Big Boss' orders. Non-negotiable.

You have three days to pay off the debt and the rent.

I'm leaving two men here.

You pay 40,000 for them and the car.

If you die,

they'll dump the body.

That this would happen

I knew from the beginning.

I warned you.

I'm sorry but,

nothing I can do for you now.

The deadline is near.

Just remember:

You can't trust the Big Boss.

It will be something new every time.

And you still want to do this here?

I will lend you the money.

So...

Put an end to this.

Repay me when you can.

If so,

for the amount you lend me,

punch me to the last yen.

I cannot punch you.

Just as you have your reasons for not punching me,

I have mine

for not accepting money without getting punched.

It's not about the money!

If it were,

I'd rob a bank.

Up until now,

Mr. Masaki,

I've caused you a lot of trouble,

and I'm terribly sorry.

You even went against the Big Boss to support me.

What's more,

in this bathroom,

you've allowed me to make money,

and I'm really grateful.

I paid the rent to those guys.

So today's earnings are less.

Tomorrow I promise

to make up the difference.

How much do we have?

330,000.

How many days left?

2 more days.

There's an extra 140,000 to pay too.

I must earn more!

I must earn more!

Hit me!

Hit my face!

My face is up for auction!

Hit my face!

Hit my face...!

I need more money.

Hit my face!

You cowards!

Hit my face!

I'll pay 30,000!

More! More!

35,000!

More! More!

Kill me! Kill me!

Kill me! Kill me!

45,000!

I'll do it!

47,000!

I'll pay 51,000!

More! More!

More, more!

That's not enough!

I'm alive!

I'm alive, dammit!

I'm alive!

I need money!

Hit me!

Hit me!

710,000 yen...

Not close to enough.

Hiroshi, Hiroshi...

How much have we made?

How much have we made?

710,000.

Not close to enough.

LAST 2 DAYS. 10,000 YEN PER PUNCH.

I won't die for 3,619,000 yen.

I want to live.

I want to make films.

I want to survive.

I want to make films.

I want to stay alive.

LAST DAY

"Tomorrow is the deadline. 3,619,000 yen.

"I decided to bet on myself.

"I am going to receive 100 punches.

"I don't know if I can.

"Being punched, I will remember the best 100 films of my life.

"100 films, 100 punches.

"That is all."

That's enough!

Cinema is not a whore.

Cinema is art.

Gentlemen,

shall we get started?

I've kept you waiting.

Please come this way. Come!

Shuji wants 100 punches!

Bet on how many he can take!

Punching is open to everyone!

Go!

Who's next?

Cinema as art is dying.

Those who make mega-budget movies...

Those who make superficial movies... They are killing pure cinema!

Multiplexes are taking over.

It's time to take cinema back from those money-hungry jerks.

Bring pure cinema back to life!

Make it happen by watching pure cinema!

In the past, cinema was both artistic and entertaining.

We knew how before!

We can do it again!

Today's multiplexes cater to trivial entertainment.

Entertainment movies can also have their place,

but we shouldn't lose the chance to see pure cinema.

We must not let this happen.

True cinema is not built on money.

True cinema is made of flesh and bones.

Its images are true, never fake.

Even today, some filmmakers are creating pure cinema.

They think about what cinema really is.

Go and see their films, please!

There you'll find truth, art and real entertainment.

Please support filmmakers by going to the cinema!

Please watch those classic films again!

Help bring pure cinema back to life!

Cinema must be free! As we must be in the world!

Pure cinema must be free.

Come on!

Come on!

Wait, wait!

Come on!

Come on! Come on!

That's enough!

Cinema is not a whore.

Cinema is art.

Nothing

"The debt is clearly repaid."

How about it?

Why not stay and work with us?

One more time,

please lend me money.

What was that?

What did you say?

How much do you want?

35,000,000 yen.

What for?

You just risked your life to clear a debt.

Why not ask the Big Boss?

Wait here.

Ready...!

Action!