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A TOHO-TOWA Presentation

ASankyo Film Corporation Production

Screened Out of Competition at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival

Red light district. Asakusa, Tokyo.

Just for five minutes? You would be the first one today

Come on, stop by

Come on, stop by Produced by: Yasuhiko Kawano

Produced by: Yasuhiko Kawano

Executive Producers Tokuhachi Shimada, Osamu Tanaka

You're half rotted.

Based on anovel by Mikihiko Renjo Script: Haruhiko Aral

Based onanovel by: Midhiko Renjo Script: Haruhiko Aral You're like a monster that fell into a pit of white powder. Byel

Based on a novelby: Mikihiko Renjo Seript: Haruhiko Aral

Based on anovel by Mikihiko Renjo Script: Haruhiko Aral You're awful. Goaway!

Youre aful Goaway!

Cinemato apher: Kimiaki Kimura Art Director: Yokoo Yoshinaga Lights: Kiyoshi Miyazaki

er: Kimiaki Kimura Art Director: Yokoo Yoshinaga Lights: Kiyoshi Miyazaki Recording: Tetsuo Sagawa Come on there, Mr. Gigolo.

Cin her: Kimiaki Kimura Art Director: Yokoo Yoshinaga Lights: Kiyoshi Miyazaki Re cording: Tetsuo Sagawa

Editing by: Akira Suzuki Ass. Director: Tetsutaro Hagiwara

Kenichi Hagi vara

Mieko Harada

Mariko Fuji

3

Yuki Ninaga Let's go back.

Yuki N a

Kanako Higuchi

Directed by: Tatsumi Kumashiro

D 1 1 u iro It's hot!

ected by: Tatsumi Kumashiro

I'm so hot!

Is it Sunday?

1923-T ho 12-

The soldiers are here, so it's Sunday.

How much longer are you planning to stay in this business?

How should I know?

Ah, I'm tired.

this is all the luck I have.

If my luck doesn't change it's no use.

It's the same how no luck comes to you.

How about one more time?

It's bad for business. Your boss will be upse

It's fine, Ido as

I ba for the ers

Stopl

- Ms. Minel - - Kato!

What are you doing in a place like this?

This is so embarrassing. My husband is here.

He doesn't even write poems any more.

I'm sorry 5,7,5,7,7 just can't capture reality

Im sorry 5,7,5,7,7 just can't capture reality

I'm part of a revolutionary group now.

h hat ha to

I'm stu writing. I'm risking my life to write about the change of course in history.

Does coming to a place like this help write poetry?

He drowns himself in saké, women, uness and poverty and writes about it.

n ap this n't do any ood

n here don't even count bjeo decadence.

This is just an outlet for sexual desire

Ms please take these!

Kato?

Ill definitely pay next month.

You say next month but it's been four months already.

Excuse me, I'm letting myself in.

A h, Mast ter..

...f you don't pay even just a little, Ilose face amongst other renters.

Are you making yourself suffer on purposeoo

...like that poetry by Takuboku: "I work and work and yet my life never gets easier?

ku shiaa (1886-1912), known for his free style poetry ...like that poetry by Takuboku: I work and work and yet my life never gets easier?

That ace you mika ita.

How much do those women there make?

It's 50 sen or 1 yen.

And it's more if you stay over.

But not even half of that makes it to the girls.

You're not planning to become one, are you?

A you alright?

- Please, call a doctor! - Alrig - hto

Is it the first time you coughed up blood?

When did it start?

Why didn't you tell me?

Iwas hoping it was contagious

Iwanted to get you sick.

Then you can writo about it, can't you?

Saké, women, poverty and ilness.

You would have it all Write a poem!

Not about flowers or scenery but about coughing up blood!

Please, try it again.

- Am I doing it fine? - You're very good.

Like this, like this.

Don't mind myf Just do as you wish, Master.

- Like this? - Yes, that's it.

- So, - it's just a repetition of this? - That's right.

Sonoda, when did you get here?

Mr. Sonoda, don't just watch, come and dancel

Hey, Gakuyo, you know how to dance, don't you?

Why don't you teach Kotoe how to dance?

You're dancing on a tatam?

- Is it alright ifi - Huh? It's find - et her hems dirty? - ?

m no go d.

It doesn't matter.

u show you. Let's dance.

Kotoe, what's the matter?

Just dancel

What are you embarrassed about? What a bore!

Do you not like me?

Put your left leg forward. Please, listen to me, Ma'am.

That's right.

Put your hips closer to mine.

You just follow me.

How interesting, this is.

I'm feeling jealous right now. It's something I haven't felt in a long time.

Dancing is something that helps enliven marriage life.

Ah, Master...

That's the blood my wife coughed up.

I'm sorry

Master, can I borrow some money?

I'm living in poverty.

...but I don't want to write about some disgraceful life style.

Even if I wanted to write about Suffering from an ilness...

...l'm completely healthy!

That's why I'm going on a journey.

Il go see for myself the graceful world you mention in your poetry

So, please...

.o.lend me some money!

Irefuse!

o use poverty as your advantage or disadvantage is all up to you!

Iunderstand.

Is turning your life..

...into a work fart...

...the ideal?

me right now, money is more important.

Please, help me!

- Pleasel - Let gol

Mr. Gakuyo.

For your wife.

Ma'am!

Please, let go.

Please, dance with me again.

Let g

Please, dance with me. I really like you.

ly by rai f someone, met

"Havent we Yama ma yet

She turns her pillow's vent,"

Watching with woman's eyes"

"In sudden grief we leant Closer and dloser to"

kutaro Hagiwara (1886-1942), atanka poet. That's a poem by Sakutaro.

? taro Hagiwara (1886-1942), tanka poet.

Ilong for you

It's about Hakushuu It's a poem about his eloping with a lover.

Hakushu Kitahara(188-1942, Has editor and atanka poet himself. ara's It's about Hakushuu It's a poem about his eloping with a lover.

Hakushu Kitahara (1885-1942), Hasiwara's editor and atanka poet himself.

HakushuKitahara (1885-1942), Hasiwara's editor and a tanka poet himself. Hakushu ended up in Jail and the woman divorced.

Hakushu ended up in Jailand the woman divoreed.

They both got married.

But that marriage didn't last long

Please, let me gol

It started raining.

A rain to keep you from going home.

I hope you're staying over

here when it reing

..the water that's usually stiu starts moving,

t's a canal, so it normally doesn't run like a river...

...but then it forms a current

le call it Modori-

Literally "Returning Riv " People call it Modori-gawa

- Modor - a? - Uh

Even if you eta oat go, for some 。

..it just comes back to where it started.

That's why it's called Modori-gawa.

Where is that?

a The in es an tiful there.

ing

"Don't bother fighting the current

Ifinished it

You like to draw?

Ilike Yume

mei Takehisa (18-193), us poet and painter. I like Yumejt.

(18-1934), mous poet and painter.

*umeiTaksa (18-194), amos poet and painter. But he doesn't draw men

m a woman, soIdraw men.

I like his poetry too.

"The consequences of my own doing"

"The truth is lonely"

"And yet / can't let my body go

Life is like wandering to and fro

Don't bother fighting the current

Does Modori actually exist? wa

Maybe you made it up just because it has the right number of syllables, you idiot!

Idiot! Why would I3

To burn oneself to live life to its limits!

The realization of life!

For the expo cel

You guys are a bunch of country bumpkin fags.

Hey!

What did you just say?

- Icalled you a bunch - You bastard!

Do you know "The Other and Self? "The Other and Self?"

It's one of Hakushu's poems!

hbe to o twosome is lonely

60 being alone is unbearable"

galon n

Don't forget it, you fags!

- Gakuyo? - What?

"Welcome those that come, do not pursue those that leave

Say, Master, what is the way of poetry?

How is it different from the way of the flower and tea?

- Isnt it the same? - What is happening here?

The same life stylel

The same way to recitate!

How is it different?

Judo for jujitsu. Kendo for sword fighting sku

Those are the kind of times we live in now.

It's unfortunate, Gakuyo.

Am I being banned?

*Tekkan sano (1873-1935) and Akiko Yosano (187-12), two fomous poets, husband and wife. Tekkan and Akiko's romanticism...

...Takuboku's self-ridicule...

Hakushu's sensuality, Mokichi's chaotic wayso

*Mokichi Saito (1882-1953), poet and psychiatrist. Hakushu's sehisuality, Mokichi's chaotic ways.

They were all eccentric in their own way.

But what do you think they all had in common?

What do you think it is?

It's something you don't possesso

They all got fame and praise.

- Gakuyo. - Huh?

You're just going back and forth between getting your name out into the world and whining

That's why your poems are empty.

After being banned, I don't have to take this from you.

It's simple. What they possess and you lack...

..is "venom!"

That's why your poems are transparent and boring. They're harmless.

Venom?

Venom that sells well?

You fooll

That's the effect.

Thank you very much.

Iwill consider it well.

Take this fart, eve

- Gakuyol - Have a pleasant time.

Oh, are you leaving?

Ma'am!

Iwant money and Iwant women too.

Ma'am, please wait!

Ple wait!

- ? - Wh - tare you doing? Stop!

Ma'am!

u iced coffe ate acafe me? vith me?

How about riding an elevator and watch Mt. Fuji with me?

- Get off! - Careful

Get out of the way!

-

- op! - Get out of here! Movel

Ple stopl Ouch!

I'm on y 。 Pu be getting on an elevator there.

?. 'm crazy about you!

t do you think you're doing in the middle of the street?

I'm crazy about you!

I was kicked out of your husband's group.

Kicked out?

Once... just once!

Please, let me be with you. Please! Ma'am!

Give that back!

lossoms, poetry book published in 1913.

- Blossoms, poetry - be - ok published in 1913 - It's Hakushu's "Kiri no hana. - Give that backl Give it back!

ry ished in 1913.

1 finally take the wrong path

n

"On that morning'sp

our

Ma m, this is Hakushu's "Adultery Poem."

3 fine lly take the wrong path"

T ter s gone bed aln ady

Is there something I can help you with?

ne

G night.

Good night.

Who is this?

Gal kuyo.

up.

e, go e? l call my husband.

I don't mi d.

Please, go home.

Don't make trouble for me.

Ibrought you the book by Hakushu,"Kiri no hana."

Please, open up!

That filthy book.. Please, throw it away!

Why do you..o

..call it filthy?

u ays have it with you when you go shopping.

My husband absolutely despises Hakushu.

Take it with you!

Yου betn your husband.

You love Hakushu's book...

...more t n your husband. I'm the samel

。 en up.

I may have betrayed him emotionally...

...but ? n't betray him physically.

'm not going to let you y him alone.

It's the same wi h mea

B des 。

...and my Ma ?

Open the door.

You're prepared..

.00 rth con quen 5 then?

ru come.

rll comel

rl comel

How dreadfull

Gakuyo... Gal yo...

I'm scared!

dom and love

Love and understand

die ex 。 you and l.

Follo ing my rationality and cou

?0 e to path.

You can't come in!

Stop, Mr. Sonoda!

Your wife at Shinagawa Station.

How do you know that?

e no ?

It was you all along.

Am I wrong?

Why did you come, hm?

Did you come to see the face of an idiot who was abandoned by his wife?

That's not it.

Then, what?

Do you want my approval?

It was just a one-time thing.

I have no interest in eloping!

So, please, go and get her.

I just wanted to write an amazing poem

That's alll

Why don't you write a poem about your true feelings too?

The feelings of having your wife stolen! Why don't you?

lu. u have you arrested for adultery!

Don't touch me!

It's hot in a place like this, no?

But I'm alright. It's just another month.

Please, eat this.

I didn't know what to bring

Iknow you don't like sweets...

..but I made ohagi.

*Red bean and mochi. ...but I made ohag

Forgive me.

I'm going to eat.

Delicious!

You're becoming a beautiful woman, being away from me.

Never mind about me

Goback to the hospital

Just forget about me.

I'm fine. I sleep better hese days...

..knowing exactly where you are and not fooling around.

Takeo Arishimg Double Suicide in Karuizawa. The lover was a journalist for "Fuin Koron.

Takeo Arishima (1878-1923), novelist. Takeo Arishim Double Suicide in Karuizawa. The lover was ajournglist for "Puin Korone

Fuin Koron, abi-weekly women's magazine. Takeo Arishima Double Suieide in Karuizawa. The lover was a journalist for "Fuin Koron

Fuin Koron, abiweekly women's magazine. Cremation in seven days.

Cremation in seven days.

An End in an Orderty Fashion.

Iwonder how Kotoe is doing

Ive heard that someone like her was seen in Asakusa.

It's just a rumor.

Asakusa?

At Jyunikai-shita.

I want to fuck!

Mr. Sonoda.

It's raining hard.

Thank you.

The rain has stopped.

Thank you.

You'd be the first one today

Wait, Master, Ill do a lot more than you bargained for.

Run!

Great Kanto Earthquake Taisho 12 (1923), September 1, 11:58 AM

Help!

Kotoe!

Kotoel

Somebody help! Somebody help!

Everyonel Please, do not worry!

The earthquake has stop ed!

There may be smaller aftershocks, but it wiu eventually die down.

Minel

Minel

Are you alright? Are you alright, Mine?

I'm sorry

I didn't even come see you when you were released.

Don't be ridiculous. Let's go to the hospital.

Idon't want to!

You just came back.

Do you want to be flattened under the house?

The fire is heading this way too.

But you finally came home.

Please, let me stay with you at least for today.

Nol I'm not Korean!

You're mistaken!

You're wrong!

- When - re you going - To the hospital!

- There was a hospital on the way here. - They rejected us.

She's not hurt!

She has pulmonary tuberculosis. Don't touch her!

That's weird.

What are you thinking, trying to check her into a hospital at a time like this?

Let me through! Did something happen?

Koreans! Koreans are bombing places and spreading the firel

K ns are cau ing chaos!

- It's got nothing to do with me. - What did you say? You scum!

State your address, name and occupation.

Το Ish ogame, 1 chome 40. Gakuyo Sonoda, I'm a poet.

What the hell is a poet?

1 Ja se poetry.

That's clever! A Korean wouldn't write Japanese poetry!

O yen 50 sen! O yen.

...50 en!

Try saying AIUE O!

AIUEO

Isn't that enough?

rs in ore er!

- Say it! - Try saying it!

Jinmu, Suizei, Annei, Itoku, Kosho, Koan, Korei, Kogen..

...Kai Sujin, Suinin, Keiko, Seimu

- What's the matter? - Keep goingl

- Just say it! - Have you forgotten?

- Hurry up! - Do it!

Chual, Ojin, Nintoku, Richu, Hanzel, Ingyo, Anko, Yuryaku..

...Seinel, Kenzo, Ninken, Buretsu.

He won't be abl to reci the names of the emperors.

- Who? - Mr. Kin.

He comes around now and then.

s g arrot candy ng and

The kids mimic him and follow him around when he comes.

He gives me a discount.

H ays tells me that it's going to make me feel better.

Jyunikai-shita is completely burnt down.

You're worried about her!

I'm sorry

Hold me! Just hold mel

e, he d me!

Come on, Mine

Hold me

Idon

Idon't want to go to the hospital.

Hang in there.

Everything crumbled to bits Heart breaking rumor

Of my love choosing to become a prostitute

Do you know where the women at Jyunikai-shita are?

Please, tell me.

Iknow.

Excuse me.

Won't you come with me?

- How much is it? - Idon't know.

Anything is fine.

That's no way to do business

Im new at this, soI really don't know. Anything is fine.

Follow me.

Please, in here.

Iu pay you after ??

Please, come again.

- Here! - W - wait

Wait!

Ma'am!

You were safel

It's my fault, isnt it?

Is this payback for what I've done?

It's not that abandoned you.

n your husband discu n ma tter.

I thought about you in jail

- It's - over! - No, it's not!

It's not over

Go Please, go home.

- While I was in jailoo - Let me go.

?00? was thinking about you.

ed u every

Ithought.

- .you d - ed.. - Don't touch me!

...that day

T of me did diel

I don't recognize your body anymore..o

...be Ive had so many men.

I beg you.

Stay at my house for a while.

Ibeg you, Kotoe.

I hate betrayal.

Iwas betrayed!

betr ayed.

...l lea ned what it's like for the first time.

- Ibeg you. - Just buy me, then!

。 e you no business here. ve

I have no business with someone who doesn't want to pay for me.

Don't come here anymore.

This place will be taken down and will be gone by tomorrow.

Hey you, why don't you stop by a glass of saké?

Hey there, Mister You came, after alll

Come on up

- Do you have money?

Come closer.

Hey mister, come on up

Come on, let's go.

Let's have lots of fun tonight.

Miss, let's play a lot, huh?

That's right!

Don't come near mel

u lick that filth off of you!

ru lick that woman filth!

NOn

Help!

You bastard!

What the hell are you doing?

Stop messing around!

Take that! You fooll

Do you want to die?

Let's die together!

"Even my thoughts are betrayed by poverty, as the autumn wind blows

"Why, there's a praise of my poetry, even though it's only two or three lines

1 ts' desperation, though it felt far fetched, seems closer to heart"

"How many times, how many times did I give in"

"And I regret it"

"Sake and women they destroy me

apers

They're azing! amazing!

to do? Car t you tell?

Don't die, please!

- Mind your business!

Stop it, please!

Stop it!

n ught to lif will of your own. without y

- Ill die whenever I want to! - stop!

who are you?

Fumiyo Katsuragi.

ve written you many times, but you never wrote back!

I'm not a star of any kind, you fooll

Go ho el I have nothing to do with someone like you!

Go homel

?

What? You know nothing.

All the poems here are by someone else.

Hurry up and go home.

You're what people call a golden opportunity...

..but I make it a policy not to deal with a piss stinking kid like yourself.

Hurry up and go home!

If you're not going, why don't you play some violin?

Iu die with some background music like a star

Can you play "The Canary?"

Hurry up and play!

Idon't want to.

If you're a fan, then do as I say!

- I don't want. - Play!

No, no! That hurts!

Play! Play

I don't want to!

Just play it!

Hurry up!

"The Canary!"

That's right.

Here I go.

Teacher!

1

Te er

T r!

n

- Te - her. - . - G - e

No, no, nol

No!

Die, die, diel

Diel Diel

ls it a funeral?

rOsugi and his family.

” ous anarchi 85-1923 Yes, for Osugi and his famil

ko Osugi (1885-1923), afamous anarchist.

d to your hand? nothing serious.

I was with them this morning.

T hem nd tool

s! 2 hey d are..

lie

T e np like this

Anarchists Sakae Osugi, Noe lto and thein nephew are killed by Martial Law Troops.

Anarchists Sakae Osugi, Noe Ito and their nephew are killed by Martial Law Troops. We're not going to remain quiet much longer.

sts Sakae Osugi, Noe Ito and their nephew are killed by Martial Law Troops.

Anarchists Sakae Osugi, Noe Ito and their nephew are killed by Martial Law Troops. What are you up to?

sts kae Osugi, Noe Ito and their nephew are killed by Martial Law Troops.

I finally see the light somewhat.

Beauty in disarray, huh?

Your typical interpretation!

- You knowI loved Mie? Take care of her! - ll never forget...

..that poem

Do you hear me?

The Canary...

79 come to deliver your on

Thank you.

Please, wait.

Do you do things like that to anyone, Teacher?

What thing?

Do you kiss just anyone?

Idon't kiss women Idon't like.

That doesn't even qualify as a kiss

A real kiss...

s m.

Teacher.

Iwant a "os nf

Well, pay up, will you?

T n P

- - I'm - rmy

Did you think you can g t aν ay without paying

Youve got some nervel

What do you plan to do?

You may think I'm a fool, but I wanted to save her.

1 n ed mon y!

Hoυ deal with this?

u pay, l'll pay!

You do that.

u go talk to him now.

Can you let me see her for just a bit?

Please, leave.

Accept this.

Is this payment to nev er

Yes, plea e

Mr. So da.

I'm Ayano, Fumiyo's sister.

On the 10th of next month, Fumiyo is going to Kyoto.

T a pe rmance for her music school

I'm going v th ras her gu

Can you please meet her there?

You're going to let me see her?

Please, promise me that you won't make her crestfallen.

She is crazily in love with you.

Idon't know what to do if...

4 t?

I got it! You're Ayano!

You'n woman who with the chauffer and survived!

Mrs. Ninomiya?

Idon't want her to follow th same fate as Idid.

bur lov r saw you covered in blood after you were hit by a train.

、 r ht you were dead and hastingly followed suit.

18 el

ou are Mrs. Ninomiya!

Mine, I'm going to do something that's going.

...to make me extremely famous.

Ah, I'm glad you came!

Pl clear a room in a minute.

I came to see Kotoe.

She's in the midst of business currently.

Hey, you can hear her, no?

Move!

What are you doing?

Am I not good enough for you?

Shut up!

Boss!

See you again!

Come back again!

Please, stop this!

How long are you going to stay in a syphilis laden place like this?

You came here when you're afraid of syphilis?

There's nothing..

00? ern ?...

.00 u.

Ive forgotten about you That's why l'm still alive.

- Hey, mister! - ？

- Do you have tangerines? - Ido!

n I have two? IPll send you the money first.

- e - e you go! - Thanks for your service!

Here they gol

going to die with nother wom ?.

to di of your shadow. n pursuit

o pre thy ?.

Did you want to have some fun?

me first if you want mel That's the rule!

If you still love me.o

.ooplease contact me...

at the hotel in Kyoto I'm staying in

Then, I'll reconsider.

"Kye oto."

An you threatening me?

NO, ng on ?!

This tangerine is really sweet.

Pll be waiting.

o ing for some e?

- I'm - yai - ng for a - nan.

You remind me that Gion poem from Master Yoshi.

*samu Yoshi (1886-1960), atanka poet and playwright. You remind me that Gion poem from Master Yoshii

atanka p nd playv

What time is mail delivery?

About now

If not, tomorrow around noon.

Is that it?

r

I'm waiting for a letter from Tokyo.

It won't come today.

u b git as soon as it arrives tomorrow. Please, wait.

- Do you want "osashimi, until then? - Relax and enjoy

going to kill t only myself...

...but a woman you don't even know.

You're going to kill a young won an..

0? Mha 3SOP .

.it shields her from any kind of filth.

Kotoe.

Taken by the ant, with no dest tion

Iburn the words Iwrote in a letter

Master, the woman you were waiting for is here.

Teacher!

Teacher!

Ithought of dying..

.ifI couldn't see you.

The wait before coming to Kyoto was so painful.

..that I thought about dying.

It's the truth.

It's really true.

able to et.

It's just for one night.

- Tomo - wtoo. - Really?

IfI can't see you again, I don't want to live anymore.

When I think about you...

..it's like a m

- A naked ma - a.

Iwas drawing your vagina. Your vagina over and over, like an idiot

We could die together. Do you understand?

Yes!

We may have no choice but to die together.

No!

No!

If you die, Teacher...

...will anyone cry for you?

no one.

IPu cry if you die. Iu be the one to cry!

If you were to die..

.l will cry too.

The one who should cry for you ends up dying too, right?

So, there's no one.

Be honest. You want it badly.

Yes, Ido.

Until today..o my damaged souL.

...my damaged soul.

I was wondering where to put it.

My brain going mad.

...and my body rotting with syphilis.

I thought that's what Iwanted!

But what I gained...

...wasn't syphilis. It was both my wife's illness...

...and. .

..criticism..

...from the world.

Like Isamu Yoshil...

...l can drink saké and have sex with women..

...and temporarily...

...forget my damaged soul.

But when rationality returns, what remains is only the sorrow.

Iwas just...

...mimicking Isamu Yoshil's poem

On top of that, I realized something comical

The damaged soul was in my heart all along.

I love you! I love you!

n stay beautiful

How about it?

will you not die with me anymore?

Nol I want to

Iwa ant to die!

Relax.

17 t wa up,

T no suff ing.

Give them to me with your mouth.

Teacher! We'll always be together!

I'm happy

er

I wonder if I can color your lips well

Thank you.

Coloring her with my finger

on her lips life

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Sonoda Double Suicide Attempt t Katsuragawa in Kyoto.

His Lo the Daughter of the President of the Fifth Bank.

Fou gawa yesterday morning. Was it Double Suicide with Drugs?

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to Back Young Couples Double Suicide in Spring.

Another couple found dead at Effect of "Katsuragawe etry

It's amazing how well your work is selling. Right, Master?

This is to celebrate the printing of the second edition, right?

My work is basically a way to look at things. It's useless poetry.

ople say that double suicides became popular..o

.. ause people were touched by my poetry

Sometimes I think that may be true, sometimes it feels like a dream.

So, you are untroubled by feelings of remorse after confusing young minds?

you have no intention of quitting being a poet?

Absolutely not! This is who I am!

t the So ety and the law...

...that is the problem.

I'm listening.

he cor of action Iv taken an obvious choice...

anyone in my shoes?

umiyo Katsureg is under heavier surveilance now.

What if you're able to see her? Would you commit double suicide again?

Ididn't commit a double suicide to make poems.

IfI can see her again..

.l'll kiss her...

..ask for fo .?

... and commit double suicide again.

Th woman you love ene e

ughter of the President of the ank Committed Suicide by hanging.

y ughter of the President th Committed Suicide by hanging. You tried to fulfl that love...

rof the President mmitted Suicide by hanging.

.0.? oring your Fumiyo's lips.

Discovered in a Tree in their Yard Late Last Night your Fumiy ips.

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Icannot...

...bear to see my Teacher this way.

So...

?00 on my m?

Don't throw it out yet.

That iris...

...has two buds on one stem.

one...

the second bud blooms.

That's why you can't throw it out yet.

Were you not going to be with me when I die?

But I'mg ad you were able to write good poetry.

Im glad your poetry was finally accepted by the public.

I'm still taken aback. I'm almost afraid.

Are you not able to make good poetry unless you experience something like that?

aPS

IfI die

?. vill you write poems about me?

A hundred of them?

Som thing even be than "Katsuragawa Poetry?"

Even two hundred.

Hey, wait.

Im ot going to live long even if I stay there. I might as well choose my own death.

It's either die or get killed. What am I supposed to do?

He killed Osugi!

He even killed an innocent child who had done nothing!

e promised revenge!

Do you have that right, dear?

You talk about revenge and revolution as if you're wonderful, but what about me?

You don't even think about me. I'd be left behind.

Please, let's go back to the hospital

Why did I have to work for you all this time?

You!

I for your success. I guess you can wor of art if you risk your life.

Did you really plan to die?

Of coursel

Iwr he poem because Ididn't die.

Your po ms are life's garbage!

No matter what you do, garbage is garbage!

The same thing applies to Osugi, whose colleagues were all persecuted.

Don't compare his death with your lousy songs of a failed suicide!

Osugi's neither a poet nor is he one...

...who conceals the possibility of taking his own life.

He's a true revolutionist

Iam a poet day and night.

It doesn't matter how I die. I rather not think about it.

re being a poet, we all human! Day and night!

Let me gol

Kato, are you thinking of dying?

You were once a poe Why don't you write before you die?

Shut up!

Someone once said.

eup on yesterday...

"...let go of today and think about tomorrow, will go out to sea.

I feel exactly the same.

You fooll

Your version of tomorrow is completely different from mine!

You just want to have your name recognized as a poet.

My tomorrow is.oo

...for Japan's revolution, for the anarchy of Japan!

Why don't you write about it?

Why don't you write about me?

I guess making money off someone who hung oneself...

...wouldn't look too good, huh?

I refuse.

Then, you can come to the funeral and pay your respe

Let go of mel

Who are you dying for?

Who am I going to live for?

Go home.

Just wanted to be happy with you.

You can't even make me happy!

Make me happy!

Go home.

We both make women cry

You should be persecuted.

- Let me - o - No!

Don't gol

Dear! Wait!

De r

Ibeg you!

I think I'm go mad. My head is aching, ad is aching.

to o e

ary dguar

Tar He's targeting the Army General

my ral

I'm about to go crazy

going d.

I'm about to go crazy!

You wanted to make him better

It hurts!

I'm sorry

He's an idiot. He doesn't even consider your feeling

I'm sorry

T fore was much better.

Ka is on the run with bomb. t's so much more serious than the others.

If he damages even one step at Sakuradamon, he'll be sentenced to death.

I want to find him before that happens.

You don't want him to be sentenced to death, do you?

- I'm sorry - Right?

You'll let me know if he stops by, right?

I'm sorry

Well put him in the Police Hospital.

I hear his illness has gotten worse.

I'm counting on you

r 3

I'm sorry.. I'm sorry

- I'm counting on - ?. - I'm sorry

Dear?

Is that you?

- Is that you? - Everyone's gone.

I went to spy on them.

The police came, right?

What are you planning to do? What are you planning to do about it?

- What's that? - It's a bomb.

ma to get one.

All you do is make me worry

Im a real coward.

I've been wandering all around Tokyo with a bomb...

..but I can't use it.

I thought..

..about getting rid of it a number of times.

I can't stand myself!

Iwant some saké.

Katol Dear!

- You're under arrest! - Run away!

Kato!

Run away!

- Hurry up - Kato!

Kato!

Don't dare to resist!

Kat

Don't come near mel

Dear! Dear!

D...Dear.

He doesn't even count as small fish.

W n

t's n rrassn

Dear!

No! Wake up!

up Wake up, yes?

Okay? Wake up at once.

Wake up, yes?

wake up. Let's wake up, yes?

A you ngto die?

ea y ne

There's no point in living.

l'm serious.

You're smiling, Gakyuo.

I'm serious!

I'm really going to die thits time with another woman.

Three people will die for your sake.

You're wrong,

That woman, Fumiyo..

...she died for you.

She died because she realized that I was in love with you. It's your fault.

It's all your fault.

If you had listened to me then, none of this would have happened.

What a selfish point of view.

You're crazy

I'm crazy

I'm crazy for you.

l be at a hotel that looks Chiyo ra Ri ar

I actually wanted to commita double suicide with you.

You should have been my way out.

hou d have died together.

You put on a lot of 。

0 b en living in th dark for so long,

I cant remember what my face looks like.

I try really hard to remember but...

1? nt a room facing e station

Why?

e one, but it's noisy with the train and such.

T ? ine. We're only going to sleep for a little bit.

Right?

Can I see the station from the room?

u ew of the station?

n see tho entire platform from there.

Th pla rm?

- This - room. - - l'm af - to - ?

Why 't you go ake a bath?

Right here.

Thank you.

Wil the sun hit the room in the morning?

It's raining today, but...

...on a sunny day, the sun comes in the room the morning. This is the only one.

I'm sorry for listening in

The other rooms face the river and face south.

What's the matter?

What's the matter?

I'm scared.

The second bud is wilting.

Ill change it right away.

Leave it be. Ilike dead flowers.

Why?

The first one dies and the second one blooms.

- I like flowers like that. - Why?

What's wrong?

You're quite odd.

What's wrong? Hey

But you're very kr

One time, Itried to discard an iris which had a wilted first bloom.

My wife scolded me, saying it would have a second bloom.

It was then I realized that a wilted flower could bloom once again.

Why?

- What's wrong? - Your wife is beautifu

- Thank you. - Why?

Take this.

Thank you very much.

The bath is nice.

You should go tool

What's the matter?

t's so quiet and such a nice place.

I should have come here many times.

Excuse me.

My companion has a stomach cramp.

He doesn't like shots.

I don't like them either.

Let me borrow this.

Behind the painting

A graffiti of a woman's name Afeeling of nostalgia

It was more hassle than it's worth in this rain, huh?

But I never know when it can happen again.

I feel like an idiot.

What happened?

You're all wet? What happened?

Hey!

Where were you? Hey!

What happened?

Tell me. What were you doing?

What happened? Tell mel

You had the runs, huh? Are you okay? I'm sorry

I'm sorry

Can you go give this back?

I'm sorry

Are we going to die even if it's raining?

When are we going to die?

T t

might ha e gotten pregnant that time.

Did you lose the wiu to die?

All this time, I may have been waiting for Kato to die.

The thought just popped into my head.

And now...

.oomy like l'm floating, o much lighter,

Are you not able to forget about Ms. Fumiyo?

t ?ri ht, you can tell me the truth.

Aml a replacement?

Th s right.

You're brutally honest!

to die th you, fte e u

You could be nice and tell me that you like me, no?

It's not you because you liked me th r

Do you really think that way?

You're awful

I followed you because I wanted to die with you!

ow.

...that I'm just a replacement for the Katsuragawa woman.

But even then.

...l wanted to die with you, that's why I came with you!

Tell me that you like mel

I was waiting for you to ask me to die with you.

Just tell that you like me!

I'm scared... I'm so scared.

Tell that you like mel

That you like mel

Say it!

Ithought I wasn't going to make it in time. The train ride was so long

I'm relieved.

Let's go home.

She's completely convinced.

..if you love me that much...

.if you're going to have a place for me.oo

...if you're going to bet on me for a second time...

.l thought I should believe in you again.

I feel bad for your wife...

...but I thought I would be with you.

Even if I have to live with the shame for the rest of my life.

Even if I'm criticized...

...about being a prostitute.

That's what I was thinking when I bought the ticket.

I made a mistake!

Why?

In the dimming light At a distant station

Steps out a shadow without an umbrella

Behind the painting

ofa won ?

Afeeling of nostalgia

A painting?

In the back of?

Graffiti?

Just like the apparition She cuts her hair

Adream oflife A wish to die as the woman now gone

She wishes to die as the woman now gone

As/sing and paint her lips As I did before

To light the path To the other world

In the shade of a blossom The warmth of hands clasped together

A fleeting life Again by the river bed tomorrow

A flower is reborn In the morning sun

You're coming back to life?

Youll dirty yourself

Stop! You'l become filthy like me! Please, stop!

Stop it.

I'm happy!

So happy!

You go back first.

You can go to my place.

The landlord lives next door

Ask him for the keys.

I can trust you, yes?

Idon't want to be abandoned again.

can't..

...stoop any lower!

I know.

This is not a river and yet there's a current.

Where does it lead to?

I'm afraid.

It's strange.

How foolish to be afraid of something when we're going to die.

Afraid... I'm afraid!

"A dedicated life..

Can you do it to my lips too?

To mine too?

w sto die as the woman now gone

A ? an As I did befor

Just do it! Hurry up!

Please, forget about that woman!

Gakuyo, I'm not letting anyone else have you.

Iam

fdy g!

But I'm also sick of being jealous!

Be only mine!

If not, youll die alone.

I love you!

To light the path To the other world

In the shade of a blossom The warmth of hands clasped together

Are you scared?

No.

But I feel like I want to live a little bit more.

I don't want to die with dirty socks.

The flower by the window...

...it had completely wilted.

Will a wilted flower bloom again?

- That would be a miracle. - That's right.

"A fleeting life Again by the river bed tomorrow

"Aflower is reborn In the morning son"

"A flower reborn", that means that you come back to life, right?

I was going to die without saying anything, but I saw your notebook.

What we hadn't yet done was already a poem!

You sneaky...

This double suicide will be unsuccesful as well!

You..

You cut your hair Just now!

I figured I'd do exactly the same as your poem.

Gakuyol You were fooling mel

I swapped the drugs.

That's right.

What you took earlier...

- - ..was the drug I brought. - Wait!

I swapped it with yours.

You fooll

We're going to diel

We're going to die!

- No! - Throw it up!

Do you really want to die that badly?

Throw it up!

No!

was able to foresee...

...your emotions..

...facing death...

...and I was moved.

No!

Gakuyo, the water is swirling.

The boat is going in circles.

In circles!

You tried to kill mel

So what?

We can't die here.

If we die here...

...it won't be at all like I wrote in my poems!

- Go away! - I want to be by your side!

You fooll

Gakuyo.

I don't have much strenght.

The drug is taking effect.

...at the people who made fun of my poetry!

And yet I couldn't let go of poetry!

Idid anything for poetry!

Deplorable character...

..decadent lifestyle.

But it didn't suit me I was stubborn

You have suffered.

Once I realized...

.l was sick of myself.

I can't seel

I was sick of myself and yet I couldn't do anything,

Gakuyo...

.l can't see well.

Itried frequenting brothels and prostitutes.

I even tried making my wife miserable.

Let's have sex.

Yes.

Get on top. My legs won't move.

Takuboku...

...Takuboku was poor

That's why he and his poetry were accepted.

I crea my poetry first.

..

Then, I made it happen.

It was easy to fool Fumiyo.

It was really easy.

But she died too!

Fumiyo...

...found out that she was a replacement for that woman...

..and died!

What woman?

The woman I committed adultery with.

The woman who came after you earlier

You knew?

Gakuyo.

It was a lie that you had a stomachache, right?

You wrote the graffiti behind the painting

Is the iris going to bloom again?

I can't let you die here.

Gakuyol Everyone will be amazed by your poem about rebirth.

Alright!

wiu you die with me?

l'm serious for the first time.

Gakuyo.

It's so dark. It feels like l've died already.

I'm sca I'm so

die together.

It's not a lie anymore.

I'm happy

I love you.

I really love you.

Can someone help us?

Ibeg you, help us!

Help her!

Even if it's just her!

Gakuyo.

Gakuyo.

Youve attempted double suicide in Kyoto before also.

That time, you both survived

This time, you're the only survivor.

Your companion died by slitting her wrist.

Were her socks clean?

What? Her socks?

Were her socks clean?

I'm not sure.

0

.o.did you kill that woman by pretending to commit double suicide?

Maybe, in the end, idid kiu her.

Then you slit her wrist?

Can you explain it in detal?

We just took pills together.

I don't know anything else.

That's strange, isn't it?

If he had been found a little later, he would have died too.

He was saved because of Modori-gawa.

I guess the drugs didn't work on the woman.

She must have woken up to find her lover unconscious.

She thought he was dead and killed herself. Isn't that it?

There's news.

Huh?

Another body was found in the river.

Where?

Near that same bridge.

A woman in Western clothing.

A double suicide and a suicide on the same day?

I hope the place doesn't become famous for such things. Well, take care of yourself.

How strange!

The second bloom is flowering again.

It was completely wilted.

As a fleeting life

wilts again tomorrow

A flower is reborn In the morning sun

I need you to take the remains. It's really a hassle.

Well, then.

Gakuyo Sonoda was one of the many talented poets of modern times.

In 1912, he published his first poem in a magazine called "Kurenai, and wrote 5000 poems thereafter.

In 1925, he ended his own life out of madnesso

His most representative works, ?? "Katsuragawa Poetry" and "Sosef"...

...are recognized as pinnacle examples of Japanese poetry and command an important place in its history.

Cast

Kenichi Hagiwara (Gakuyo) Mieko Harada (Akane)

Mariko Fuji (Mine) Kanako Higuchi (Kotoe)

Yuki Ninagawa (Fumiyo) Shino Ikenami (Chie)

Masaya Takahashi (Katsuragi)

- Toshio Shiba (Kato) -

Mariko Kaga (Ayano) Masakane Yonekura (Akimine Murakami)

Executive Producers: Yasuhiko Kawano, Tokuhachi Shimada, Osamu Tanaka

Directed by: Tatsumi Kumashiro

Lights: Kiyoshi Miyazaki Sound Technician: Tetsuo Sagawa