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WHEN A WOMAN
ASCENDS THE STAIRS
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Produced and Written by
RYUZO KIKUSHIMA
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Cinematography by MASAO TAMAI
Production Design by SATOSHI CHUKO
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Music by TOSHIRO MAYUZUMI
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Edited by EIJI OOI
Costumes by HIDEKO TAKAMINE
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Starring
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HIDEKO TAKAMINE
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MASAYUKI MORI, REIKO DAN
TATSUYA NAKADAI
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DAISUKE KATO, GANJIRO NAKAMURA
EITARO OZAWA, KEIKO AWAJI
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KYU SAZANKA, JUN TATARA
YU FUJIKI, MASAO ODA
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KEN MITSUDA, CHIKAKO HOSOKAWA
SADAKO SAWAMURA
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NORIKO SENGOKU, KIN SUGAI
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Directed by
MIKIO NARUSE
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An afternoon in late autumn.
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Bars in the daytime
are like women without makeup.
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THE LILAC BAR
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Not like that!
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You got married in a church,
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so kiss like foreigners do.
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That's right!
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Hurry up.
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Not like that.
Try again.
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Stop teasing.
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He's sweating.
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I'm surprised Miyuki got married first.
She loved working here.
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Marriage is what
every woman wants.
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Not me.
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I'm going to save some money
and open my own place.
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Shall we cut the cake?
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Shouldn't we wait for Mama?
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Mama?
We're waiting for you.
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What?
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Well, please hurry.
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The owner's chewing out
Mama and Mr. Komatsu.
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Mr. Komatsu?
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I wonder why.
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It's obvious.
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“You're not making
enough money!”
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I guess it isn't easy
being a mama.
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Sales were down last month
and the month before.
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Why?
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Mama's doing her best.
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Isn't it because
Mr. Minobe stopped coming in?
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Sorry my phone call
took so long.
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Mama, do you know
where Mr. Minobe goes these days?
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Yuri's bar.
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The same Yuri
who worked for you.
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Minobe has contacts
at big companies.
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If you call him,
he'll come by.
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I wonder.
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Your job
is to make money for me.
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If sales are down again this month,
I'll replace you.
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Understand?
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Don't be so prim.
Yuri goes all out.
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He's trying to humiliate me!
Telling me to do such a thing!
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But business has plummeted.
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Even so, I won't call him.
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It's not just Mr. Minobe.
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I've never begged
anyone to come in.
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It's not pride.
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I hate doing that.
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I hate liquor,
yet I drink my fill every night.
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Isn't that “going all out”?
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Get your own place.
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Where would I find a million yen?
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Mama, don't worry.
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Any of the 700 bars
in the Ginza would hire you.
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What's that?
I hate that sound.
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I've got a bill to collect on.
Regards to Miyuki.
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- Mama!
- What happened?
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Suicide.
The Bluebird hostess.
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The fortune-teller was right.
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Fortune-teller?
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I took her to a fortune-teller
who predicted misfortune,
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and it hit her hard.
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Something awful's happened!
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I heard.
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I'm sorry I'm late.
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The Bluebird was
heavily mortgaged.
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- I heard it was a love triangle.
- Not debt?
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Her patron and her lover
had a fight.
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How old was she?
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Forty-three,
but she looked younger.
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- Aging's hard on a woman.
- I'd better save up for the old folks' home.
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Enough of that talk.
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Sing, somebody!
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We've got a train to catch.
Thanks for everything.
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I'll go see them off.
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He could at least buy
second-class tickets.
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Try to think more positively.
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It won't be easy!
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Be grateful you got
a chance to marry.
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Compared to handling drunks,
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his mother will be easy.
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Mr. Matsui,
take good care of her.
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We're not far.
Please come visit.
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Thank you.
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As the office girls
are leaving work,
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our work is just beginning.
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This is nice.
Or is it too plain?
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No, but it's a bit matronly.
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Really? I'd still like it.
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You sure?
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Twin matches - good luck!
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Stop acting
like a cheap cabaret girl.
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It's vulgar.
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You sure know how to eat.
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You just ruined the taste.
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- Other shops sell these for less.
- Ours are better.
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I'll take these.
How about a discount?
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You'll ruin me!
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How much is this?
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Don't say that.
Just come by.
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We haven't seen you
in so long.
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I'm lonely. I really am.
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Welcome!
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Don't bother.
He's from the savings plan.
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Sorry I'm late.
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So it's 100 yen from Sachiko,
and 200 from Kiyomi.
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It's all here, pops.
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Night fell...
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I hated climbing those stairs
more than anything.
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But once I was up,
I would take each day as it came.
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Mr. Minobe, welcome.
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You're quite a stranger.
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You called, so here I am.
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You'd completely disappeared.
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Pardon me a moment.
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Mr. Minobe's here.
Did you call him?
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I said it was the Lilac Bar calling,
not you.
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Same thing.
He's my customer.
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Don't meddle.
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It's business.
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Just don't.
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Do you like this tiepin?
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Very nice.
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You're not even looking.
I bought it for you.
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For me?
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Put it on.
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- No, give it to a customer.
- But -
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Good evening.
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They're cracking down.
It's harder to get the goods.
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- You mean Tetsu got caught?
- Yeah.
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Next time I'll be the one
sent to the slammer.
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You've got it good here,
surrounded by girls,
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and with a regular paycheck.
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That girl's crazy about you.
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- I'm not interested in the girls here.
- Really?
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You can't succeed as a manager here
if you fiddle with the goods.
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Maybe, but what a waste!
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Welcome.
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You've got new girls,
but this place is dead!
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That's because it's still early.
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Right, Mama?
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He's hinting
it's because he's been away.
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That's right.
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So come by every night.
- This place is so routine.
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How rude!
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You can't take him seriously.
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He'll always act mean
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and then turn on the charm.
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- Is that true?
- That's my... routine.
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But seriously,
I've run a lot of companies.
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Any place headed downhill
is always depressing like this.
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I see.
Is Yuri's place lively?
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You bet.
Not like here.
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Want to see for yourself?
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Please.
I could learn a lot.
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Welcome!
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Is this seat okay?
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Mari.
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Mr. Inagaki came by last night.
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Yuri worked for me
until last summer.
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She has a gift
for handling men.
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Forgive me
for neglecting you.
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Care for a drink?
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My stomach's been bothering me.
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- Swimming in dough, eh?
- Sure. Maybe I'll lend it out.
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Can you teach me
to calculate interest?
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Don't imply
that's my line of work.
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- It's great you're so busy.
- Thanks.
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Actually, I barely scrape by.
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Liar.
Didn't you buy a new car?
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A used one that barely runs.
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It uses so much gas
it drives me crazy.
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- Still, you're succeeding.
- See, she -
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Be quiet and drink.
Mama and I have a lot to talk about.
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Mama, that kimono is stunning.
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Those stripes really suit you.
I gasped when I saw you come in.
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Your dress is lovely too.
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Enough. I'm not paying
to listen to this chatter.
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Well, hello there!
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Hello.
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I used to see him
at your place.
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A brewery executive.
He's very nice.
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Mr. Minobe.
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Sorry I've been out of touch.
Busy as usual?
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Only at night.
Business is dead.
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Always the kidder.
Excuse me.
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He's president
of an appliance firm.
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I taught him how to use
a radio during the war.
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Now his company's thriving.
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Shall I introduce you?
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Yes, please.
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No problem.
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I'm leaving for Izu tonight
to go golfing. Come along.
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I can't golf.
What would be the point?
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I'll play the golf, okay?
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It's too sudden.
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Your place just phoned.
A guest...
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Thank you.
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I'll be going.
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I'll be here. Phone me.
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Leaving already?
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I'll drive you back.
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Don't bother.
Walking's faster.
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Please come again.
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Take care.
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Mama, scouting out the enemy?
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I know where you're going.
Please, go ahead.
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It's my first time here.
Yuri won't stop calling.
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I'll drop by later.
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Really?
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I'll be waiting.
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What were you and Mama
talking about?
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Gimme a refill.
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What to do?
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The time to decide was looming.
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I went to work at a new bar.
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Only a few leaves were left
on the sycamores.
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How nice to see you!
When did you arrive from Osaka?
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Last night. An emergency
shareholders meeting.
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I see. This way, please.
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- I had a hard time finding the place.
- Forgive me.
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I lost your map card.
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Welcome.
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He drinks Black & White with water.
Don't forget.
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- Nice place.
- Thank you.
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Making more than before?
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It's always money with you.
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That's the most important thing.
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Foreigners ask for the price list
before they even drink a glass of juice.
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And they pay up front.
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Did Mama give Minobe
the brush-off?
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Where'd you hear that?
Besides, how would we know?
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You're well trained.
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Is my face red?
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I may look sturdy,
but I can't drink at all.
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Then why come to a bar?
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I can't stand sitting at home
once the lights go on.
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But aren't you married?
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Not even close.
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Should I call Mama?
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That's okay.
I'm not her only customer.
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You're so nice!
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I'd like to marry a man like you.
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I'm honored.
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It's true.
Handsome men are conceited.
259
00:18:04,604 --> 00:18:06,971
May I have a drink?
260
00:18:07,473 --> 00:18:09,373
Sorry to neglect you.
261
00:18:09,575 --> 00:18:11,407
Yukiko, could you go to the bar?
262
00:18:12,812 --> 00:18:14,337
Have a drink on me.
263
00:18:15,147 --> 00:18:17,047
Thanks.
264
00:18:17,617 --> 00:18:20,814
Mama doesn't have a patron?
265
00:18:21,020 --> 00:18:23,717
No, she's too virtuous.
266
00:18:23,923 --> 00:18:28,485
She'll cave in eventually.
A woman's a woman.
267
00:18:29,295 --> 00:18:31,024
Want to bet?
268
00:18:31,230 --> 00:18:33,995
- On what?
- On who'll get her.
269
00:18:35,635 --> 00:18:38,536
All her regular guests are here.
270
00:18:39,038 --> 00:18:40,062
Let's see.
271
00:18:42,074 --> 00:18:44,372
That old man from Osaka
has the most money...
272
00:18:46,045 --> 00:18:48,241
but she likes the banker best.
273
00:18:48,447 --> 00:18:50,643
Odds are on him.
274
00:18:50,850 --> 00:18:52,716
What about the fat fellow?
275
00:18:52,918 --> 00:18:55,512
Not even in the running.
276
00:18:56,122 --> 00:18:58,056
Did you put on a little weight?
277
00:18:58,257 --> 00:19:00,783
Hardly, with all my debts.
278
00:19:00,993 --> 00:19:02,688
That can't be.
279
00:19:02,895 --> 00:19:06,422
Nothing's harder than
running a 30-man factory.
280
00:19:06,632 --> 00:19:08,100
Is that so?
281
00:19:08,300 --> 00:19:09,893
You're thinner.
282
00:19:10,102 --> 00:19:12,764
Am I?
It's stressful changing bars.
283
00:19:12,972 --> 00:19:15,566
- But even prettier.
- Thank you.
284
00:19:15,775 --> 00:19:17,869
- You like tempura?
- I love it.
285
00:19:18,077 --> 00:19:19,943
I'll treat you tomorrow.
286
00:19:20,146 --> 00:19:21,636
Can't.
287
00:19:21,847 --> 00:19:25,010
I have to see a customer off
at the airport.
288
00:19:25,217 --> 00:19:26,981
Some other time then.
289
00:19:27,186 --> 00:19:28,654
I'm sorry.
290
00:19:29,221 --> 00:19:31,087
Welcome!
291
00:19:34,827 --> 00:19:36,818
Did Mr. Goda arrive?
292
00:19:40,766 --> 00:19:42,461
Mr. Fujisaki's a regular too.
293
00:19:42,968 --> 00:19:43,958
Yes.
294
00:19:47,006 --> 00:19:50,704
That guest told me
to hold this for him.
295
00:19:50,910 --> 00:19:52,708
There's 500,000 yen inside!
296
00:19:52,912 --> 00:19:55,279
Don't fall for that.
297
00:19:55,481 --> 00:19:56,846
It's true!
298
00:20:02,421 --> 00:20:03,582
Silly.
299
00:20:03,789 --> 00:20:07,225
He's just trying to get you
to go out with him.
300
00:20:07,426 --> 00:20:09,952
It's just for show?
301
00:20:10,162 --> 00:20:12,221
Leave it with Komatsu.
302
00:20:17,236 --> 00:20:20,001
How about dinner tomorrow?
303
00:20:20,206 --> 00:20:23,176
- What time?
- Any time.
304
00:20:23,776 --> 00:20:25,904
I'll call you.
305
00:20:29,181 --> 00:20:31,650
Leaving so soon?
306
00:20:31,851 --> 00:20:33,546
Stay a bit.
307
00:20:33,753 --> 00:20:35,243
I have to meet someone.
308
00:20:35,454 --> 00:20:38,617
Keep the drinks flowing
for my men there.
309
00:20:51,737 --> 00:20:54,707
How about dinner tomorrow?
310
00:20:54,907 --> 00:20:58,343
Okay. I'll call you tomorrow.
311
00:21:02,348 --> 00:21:03,816
Take care.
312
00:21:20,733 --> 00:21:23,168
Between 11:30 and midnight,
313
00:21:23,369 --> 00:21:28,739
the Ginza's 16,000 hostesses
head home in droves.
314
00:21:29,909 --> 00:21:32,435
The best go by cab...
315
00:21:33,646 --> 00:21:36,581
the second-rate take the train...
316
00:21:37,750 --> 00:21:41,277
and the worst go off
with their customers.
317
00:21:41,987 --> 00:21:45,252
Junko.
318
00:21:51,230 --> 00:21:54,564
Tomoko, you'll miss the last train.
319
00:21:55,167 --> 00:21:57,363
Goodness! Bye now.
320
00:21:57,570 --> 00:21:59,095
You forgot this.
321
00:21:59,305 --> 00:22:03,003
Silly me! It's for my son's
school trip tomorrow.
322
00:22:03,209 --> 00:22:04,540
Good-bye.
323
00:22:05,077 --> 00:22:06,602
- Good night.
- Good-bye.
324
00:22:06,812 --> 00:22:08,007
Welcome.
325
00:22:08,214 --> 00:22:10,114
- Welcome.
- Thank you.
326
00:22:10,316 --> 00:22:13,342
The sign's still on outside.
327
00:22:13,552 --> 00:22:15,111
I'm sorry.
328
00:22:16,222 --> 00:22:18,213
She's drunk again.
329
00:22:19,124 --> 00:22:21,991
I'll take her to my apartment.
330
00:22:22,761 --> 00:22:27,130
Keiko,
isn't that kimono a bit plain?
331
00:22:29,835 --> 00:22:30,927
Is it?
332
00:22:31,470 --> 00:22:33,939
Wear something flashier.
333
00:22:39,078 --> 00:22:41,479
The Carton Bar.
334
00:22:42,548 --> 00:22:44,744
A call for you.
335
00:22:50,990 --> 00:22:52,321
What is it?
336
00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:58,428
No, we can't provide
geisha this late.
337
00:22:58,631 --> 00:23:03,432
Give them some sushi,
then kick them out.
338
00:23:07,840 --> 00:23:09,706
I'm busy, so I'll be brief.
339
00:23:09,909 --> 00:23:15,609
I paid the 170,000 yen
your guests owed at the Lilac
340
00:23:15,814 --> 00:23:18,511
so you'd be free
to work for me here.
341
00:23:18,717 --> 00:23:24,178
It's just a formality, but please
put your seal on this receipt.
342
00:23:24,890 --> 00:23:27,552
I'll collect the money soon
and pay you back.
343
00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:29,353
I'll be going.
344
00:23:29,895 --> 00:23:31,727
No need to see me out.
345
00:23:37,069 --> 00:23:39,538
Did the owner leave?
346
00:23:40,406 --> 00:23:44,502
I hate to ask, but could you
collect on bills again tomorrow?
347
00:23:46,979 --> 00:23:50,244
She'll probably
want interest too.
348
00:23:56,288 --> 00:23:59,588
I'll get a cab.
Will you bring Junko?
349
00:24:05,564 --> 00:24:07,032
Back home...
350
00:24:07,967 --> 00:24:11,926
I felt tired
and a little drunk.
351
00:24:16,909 --> 00:24:21,642
My rent is 30,000 yen,
a lot for one person.
352
00:24:21,847 --> 00:24:24,612
But for us Ginza hostesses,
353
00:24:24,817 --> 00:24:27,548
an apartment's
a fashionable accessory...
354
00:24:28,854 --> 00:24:31,949
just like expensive clothes
and perfumes.
355
00:25:17,469 --> 00:25:19,062
Junko!
356
00:25:43,796 --> 00:25:46,026
Oh, it's you.
357
00:25:48,300 --> 00:25:50,098
Mama wanted to come,
358
00:25:50,302 --> 00:25:53,465
but relatives
arrived from Nagoya.
359
00:25:53,672 --> 00:25:56,607
She asked me
to extend her apologies.
360
00:25:57,443 --> 00:25:59,275
I see.
361
00:26:00,012 --> 00:26:03,471
We'd appreciate
payment soon, sir.
362
00:26:05,984 --> 00:26:08,851
I've overspent this month.
363
00:26:12,057 --> 00:26:17,086
I'd prefer to pay
these two bills next month.
364
00:26:17,296 --> 00:26:18,695
I understand.
365
00:26:19,131 --> 00:26:23,967
But they're bills
from the old bar, so...
366
00:26:24,736 --> 00:26:27,967
Mama's having a hard time too.
367
00:26:28,507 --> 00:26:34,310
Yes, her aunt and uncle
just came from Nagoya.
368
00:26:34,513 --> 00:26:36,845
She asked me to apologize.
369
00:26:37,182 --> 00:26:40,174
Me?
I'm watching her place.
370
00:26:40,385 --> 00:26:45,789
But please do visit
our bar again.
371
00:26:45,991 --> 00:26:47,186
Okay?
372
00:26:47,392 --> 00:26:49,292
Good-bye.
373
00:26:52,331 --> 00:26:54,629
The man from Osaka was furious.
374
00:26:54,833 --> 00:26:55,857
Was he?
375
00:26:56,568 --> 00:26:59,503
It's still easier
than saying no to his face.
376
00:27:00,506 --> 00:27:02,065
You're right.
377
00:27:02,274 --> 00:27:04,743
I just learned a new trick.
378
00:27:05,844 --> 00:27:07,505
Mama...
379
00:27:07,846 --> 00:27:10,178
who's your favorite customer?
380
00:27:10,682 --> 00:27:12,081
I don't know.
381
00:27:12,851 --> 00:27:14,615
I do.
382
00:27:16,955 --> 00:27:18,684
Mr. Fujisaki?
383
00:27:20,125 --> 00:27:21,991
I don't dislike him.
384
00:27:22,294 --> 00:27:25,958
But in our business
385
00:27:26,165 --> 00:27:28,862
we have to treat
every man like a lover.
386
00:27:29,067 --> 00:27:31,593
You can't love just one man.
387
00:27:33,305 --> 00:27:35,330
Too bad.
388
00:27:35,941 --> 00:27:38,569
I could love
just one rich man.
389
00:27:38,844 --> 00:27:41,939
That 500,000 yen from last night -
I can still see it.
390
00:27:42,147 --> 00:27:44,741
Let's not talk shop.
391
00:27:45,350 --> 00:27:47,182
Here.
392
00:27:47,386 --> 00:27:48,854
Thank you.
393
00:27:50,689 --> 00:27:54,455
Your omelettes are as good
as a restaurant's.
394
00:27:55,928 --> 00:27:58,659
My late husband loved omelettes.
395
00:28:00,032 --> 00:28:02,296
I hate to cook.
396
00:28:04,303 --> 00:28:07,671
- Even rice?
- I use an electric cooker.
397
00:28:09,675 --> 00:28:11,666
I thought you'd say that.
398
00:28:11,877 --> 00:28:14,505
You still have to know
how to use it.
399
00:28:14,947 --> 00:28:19,475
You'll have a hard time
when you get married.
400
00:28:20,452 --> 00:28:22,614
I had it hard at first.
401
00:28:22,821 --> 00:28:24,448
At first?
402
00:28:24,656 --> 00:28:27,353
Oh, when you got married?
403
00:28:28,293 --> 00:28:32,526
I've always wanted to ask:
404
00:28:32,731 --> 00:28:35,257
What was your husband like?
405
00:28:35,901 --> 00:28:37,596
Handsome?
406
00:28:40,005 --> 00:28:43,737
There's a photograph
in the family shrine.
407
00:28:43,942 --> 00:28:45,774
May I?
408
00:29:01,059 --> 00:29:02,288
Isn't he good-looking?
409
00:29:03,462 --> 00:29:07,194
He's kind of chubby.
I'm disappointed.
410
00:29:10,235 --> 00:29:13,398
He wasn't really handsome,
but he was so kind.
411
00:29:14,339 --> 00:29:17,798
Maybe because he was
ten years older.
412
00:29:18,810 --> 00:29:21,711
I was just out of high school.
413
00:29:21,913 --> 00:29:24,541
I caused him such grief
with my selfishness.
414
00:29:25,317 --> 00:29:30,084
He died so soon.
I wish I'd been nicer.
415
00:29:30,689 --> 00:29:33,215
But he looked so healthy.
Was it illness?
416
00:29:33,425 --> 00:29:37,362
No, he got hit by a truck.
417
00:29:37,562 --> 00:29:39,360
Poor man.
418
00:29:41,133 --> 00:29:45,127
It's hard to forget someone
you lose so unexpectedly.
419
00:29:45,804 --> 00:29:47,363
Mama...
420
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:53,004
is it true you put
a love letter in his urn?
421
00:29:54,780 --> 00:29:56,839
Who told you that?
422
00:29:58,483 --> 00:30:02,716
Mr. Komatsu said you told him
once when you were drunk.
423
00:30:07,359 --> 00:30:12,160
It's a beautiful,
romantic thing to do.
424
00:30:13,532 --> 00:30:18,368
When I heard that,
I respected you so much.
425
00:30:22,507 --> 00:30:24,999
Silly girl. It's not true.
426
00:30:26,111 --> 00:30:28,102
That's Komatsu for you.
427
00:30:28,313 --> 00:30:31,010
It was in a novel I read.
428
00:30:31,216 --> 00:30:32,911
A novel?
429
00:30:33,118 --> 00:30:34,745
What a letdown!
430
00:30:35,687 --> 00:30:39,123
But my husband
was such a good person.
431
00:30:41,093 --> 00:30:43,960
Is that why nobody else
can win your heart?
432
00:30:45,664 --> 00:30:47,496
It's not that.
433
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:50,669
It just seems so dirty.
434
00:30:50,869 --> 00:30:53,031
It's not my way.
435
00:30:53,605 --> 00:30:56,575
If a woman does such things,
436
00:30:56,775 --> 00:30:58,743
her charm disappears.
437
00:31:00,645 --> 00:31:03,808
Aren't you lonely sometimes?
438
00:31:04,383 --> 00:31:05,817
Sure.
439
00:31:06,151 --> 00:31:08,677
But I have a brandy
and go to sleep.
440
00:31:08,887 --> 00:31:10,912
That kind of fever soon passes.
441
00:31:11,456 --> 00:31:13,481
You really have some self-control!
442
00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:20,792
I clench my teeth
so hard they hurt.
443
00:31:21,833 --> 00:31:23,631
Honest?
444
00:31:24,136 --> 00:31:25,535
You're so gullible!
445
00:31:25,737 --> 00:31:27,569
Oh, you!
446
00:31:30,942 --> 00:31:34,810
A woman shouldn't be loose.
447
00:31:35,514 --> 00:31:38,779
That's one rule I've followed.
448
00:31:39,918 --> 00:31:42,910
I'm not a prude,
449
00:31:43,121 --> 00:31:47,354
but if I let go once,
it'd be too hard to stop.
450
00:31:48,293 --> 00:31:51,024
Maybe I'm just a coward.
451
00:31:52,831 --> 00:31:56,290
Don't sit there thinking.
Your food's getting cold.
452
00:32:01,573 --> 00:32:02,938
Hello?
453
00:32:03,141 --> 00:32:04,631
Mother?
454
00:32:05,277 --> 00:32:06,540
Just a second.
455
00:32:06,745 --> 00:32:08,975
Junko, please get the door.
456
00:32:11,850 --> 00:32:14,080
What is it?
457
00:32:16,221 --> 00:32:19,714
30,000 yen?
This is too sudden.
458
00:32:19,925 --> 00:32:22,417
The kimono-maker's bill
is due today.
459
00:32:22,794 --> 00:32:27,425
Wait a couple days.
I'll send it with your monthly allowance.
460
00:32:27,632 --> 00:32:30,863
Listen, did you make
your pickled cabbage?
461
00:32:31,069 --> 00:32:33,800
Bring some when you come.
462
00:32:34,506 --> 00:32:37,567
Don't catch cold.
463
00:32:39,444 --> 00:32:41,640
Good morning.
How'd it go?
464
00:32:41,847 --> 00:32:44,544
Let me eat first.
I'm starving.
465
00:32:45,884 --> 00:32:48,182
Fujisaki finally paid,
466
00:32:48,386 --> 00:32:51,822
but Mr. Goda won't pay
unless you ask him personally.
467
00:32:52,023 --> 00:32:54,720
He flashed the money
but wouldn't hand it over.
468
00:32:54,926 --> 00:32:59,363
I'll go see him tomorrow.
The usual inn at Tsukiji?
469
00:33:02,300 --> 00:33:05,634
Won't he try to seduce you?
470
00:33:06,004 --> 00:33:10,805
They try all the time,
but it can only work if I let them.
471
00:33:12,577 --> 00:33:15,979
Famous last words.
472
00:33:17,415 --> 00:33:20,043
You've heard of
Nobuko at Club 8?
473
00:33:20,719 --> 00:33:25,885
She wouldn't even give in
to a cabinet member.
474
00:33:26,858 --> 00:33:30,453
But then she fell in love
with some down-and-out guitarist.
475
00:33:30,662 --> 00:33:34,121
Now she's a maid
in a love hotel.
476
00:33:34,633 --> 00:33:38,263
I started as a busboy
in the Ginza ten years ago.
477
00:33:38,470 --> 00:33:40,598
I've seen a lot like her.
478
00:33:40,805 --> 00:33:42,466
What's your point?
479
00:33:42,674 --> 00:33:44,642
Just sharing my experience.
480
00:33:45,277 --> 00:33:46,938
Good marmalade.
481
00:33:52,884 --> 00:33:54,978
Thanks for coming.
482
00:33:56,655 --> 00:34:02,526
Yesterday I had to take
five kimonos over to Yuri's place.
483
00:34:02,727 --> 00:34:04,456
Five?
484
00:34:04,663 --> 00:34:06,461
Her business must be booming.
485
00:34:06,665 --> 00:34:09,032
Care to buy any yourself?
486
00:34:09,234 --> 00:34:13,193
I just finished paying
for my last one.
487
00:34:13,405 --> 00:34:16,864
Pay whenever you can.
I trust you.
488
00:34:21,413 --> 00:34:25,372
Men are so strange.
You always rush off afterwards.
489
00:34:30,989 --> 00:34:33,651
It's bad manners,
especially the first time.
490
00:34:40,699 --> 00:34:43,964
Can't you stay another hour?
491
00:34:44,169 --> 00:34:46,604
Don't get lipstick on me.
492
00:34:48,640 --> 00:34:50,734
You're like a politician.
493
00:34:52,344 --> 00:34:54,972
You don't keep your word.
494
00:34:55,647 --> 00:34:57,775
“The girls in my care
495
00:34:57,983 --> 00:35:00,384
are precious goods
not to be touched.”
496
00:35:01,419 --> 00:35:05,219
That only applies
to women like Mama.
497
00:35:05,423 --> 00:35:08,017
Oh, that's nice!
498
00:35:08,226 --> 00:35:12,026
Fooling around with me
while going on about her.
499
00:35:14,566 --> 00:35:18,730
There aren't many
like her in the Ginza.
500
00:35:20,639 --> 00:35:22,767
Oh, I see.
501
00:35:24,442 --> 00:35:25,500
What?
502
00:35:26,344 --> 00:35:30,679
You did to me
what you couldn't do to her.
503
00:35:31,549 --> 00:35:34,951
Nonsense.
Hurry and get ready.
504
00:35:36,554 --> 00:35:37,851
Hand it over.
505
00:35:38,490 --> 00:35:40,515
- What?
- The money.
506
00:35:40,725 --> 00:35:42,921
You said you liked me.
507
00:35:43,128 --> 00:35:47,429
I'm a pro.
I charge the men I like too.
508
00:35:48,967 --> 00:35:53,029
It pays better than a normal job,
509
00:35:53,238 --> 00:35:56,264
but I have to spend
so much on myself.
510
00:35:56,474 --> 00:35:58,067
It's a vicious circle.
511
00:35:59,277 --> 00:36:01,371
It makes no sense.
512
00:36:01,579 --> 00:36:04,947
The owner takes it all anyway.
513
00:36:06,584 --> 00:36:08,416
How old are you?
514
00:36:08,620 --> 00:36:11,487
Don't ask. Old enough.
515
00:36:12,057 --> 00:36:13,923
Thirty?
516
00:36:14,526 --> 00:36:17,154
That's the turning point
in a woman's life.
517
00:36:18,396 --> 00:36:22,629
The time to decide
whether to marry
518
00:36:22,834 --> 00:36:25,201
or open your own bar.
519
00:36:27,539 --> 00:36:31,567
Tell me, would you like
your own place?
520
00:36:33,978 --> 00:36:35,639
You're joking.
521
00:36:36,448 --> 00:36:40,316
I'll consider it,
if that's what you want.
522
00:36:41,186 --> 00:36:42,813
I couldn't.
523
00:36:43,021 --> 00:36:46,548
Yes, you could.
You could make it work.
524
00:36:47,058 --> 00:36:50,688
How much would it take?
Give me a figure.
525
00:36:52,430 --> 00:36:57,459
Even tiny bars in the Ginza
cost over a million.
526
00:36:57,669 --> 00:37:00,366
Then it's no problem.
527
00:37:18,723 --> 00:37:23,627
Some money I lent out
came back before it was due.
528
00:37:23,828 --> 00:37:25,296
An honest fellow.
529
00:37:25,497 --> 00:37:28,194
See? In cash.
530
00:37:30,168 --> 00:37:32,102
Just a little windfall.
531
00:37:32,303 --> 00:37:36,831
My wife will grab it
if I take it home.
532
00:37:37,776 --> 00:37:42,043
And the banks only pay 6%.
533
00:37:42,981 --> 00:37:46,474
If you're serious
about setting up shop, take it.
534
00:37:46,684 --> 00:37:50,348
You'd lend it to me?
535
00:37:50,889 --> 00:37:53,984
Well...
536
00:37:54,192 --> 00:37:56,524
maybe even give it to you.
537
00:37:56,728 --> 00:38:00,596
I come to Tokyo
several times a month.
538
00:38:00,799 --> 00:38:05,202
It's a waste staying all alone
in a big room like this.
539
00:38:05,970 --> 00:38:08,564
Maybe we could...
540
00:38:09,474 --> 00:38:11,203
reach an understanding.
541
00:38:17,916 --> 00:38:20,681
I don't want to force you
into anything.
542
00:38:20,885 --> 00:38:22,375
Think it over.
543
00:38:24,856 --> 00:38:28,815
Ask yourself if you want
to spend your life working for others.
544
00:38:35,834 --> 00:38:37,734
Mama...
545
00:38:38,336 --> 00:38:40,668
come closer.
546
00:38:42,574 --> 00:38:45,305
Will you dine now?
547
00:38:45,877 --> 00:38:49,279
No, thank you.
I'm just leaving.
548
00:38:49,547 --> 00:38:51,379
I should be going.
549
00:38:52,083 --> 00:38:55,485
I'll have an answer
next time I see you.
550
00:38:59,657 --> 00:39:00,920
Hello?
551
00:39:01,125 --> 00:39:03,287
Komatsu?
552
00:39:03,494 --> 00:39:06,054
I'd like your advice.
553
00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,792
It's not a bad proposition.
554
00:39:12,737 --> 00:39:14,227
You approve?
555
00:39:15,740 --> 00:39:17,708
That's irrelevant.
556
00:39:19,711 --> 00:39:23,875
So you'll finally get
a place of your own.
557
00:39:26,284 --> 00:39:31,484
You were a cashier
when I recruited you five years ago.
558
00:39:33,524 --> 00:39:35,219
Time flies.
559
00:39:36,327 --> 00:39:40,821
Now it's either marriage
or my own bar.
560
00:39:42,267 --> 00:39:45,362
No respectable man
would marry me now.
561
00:39:45,570 --> 00:39:47,698
I've made up my mind.
562
00:39:49,107 --> 00:39:51,576
So you're giving in
to the old man
563
00:39:51,776 --> 00:39:53,938
after holding out for five years.
564
00:39:57,315 --> 00:39:58,976
What's so funny?
565
00:39:59,517 --> 00:40:03,545
If I was going
to do it that way,
566
00:40:03,755 --> 00:40:05,951
there are better men
than Mr. Goda.
567
00:40:07,225 --> 00:40:10,718
I'll solicit subscriptions.
568
00:40:10,929 --> 00:40:15,332
If ten men put up 100,000 yen each,
that would make a million.
569
00:40:15,533 --> 00:40:18,935
I'll deduct their drinks
from what I owe them.
570
00:40:19,337 --> 00:40:22,637
Now I approve!
Being a kept woman is stupid.
571
00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:25,036
I'll chip in too.
572
00:40:25,243 --> 00:40:27,109
You will? Thanks.
573
00:40:27,478 --> 00:40:30,641
But I don't want to burden you.
574
00:40:30,848 --> 00:40:34,944
Mr. Sonoda, Mr. Ito,
and Mr. Matsubara -
575
00:40:35,153 --> 00:40:37,713
they're good
for 200,000 yen each.
576
00:40:37,922 --> 00:40:41,881
That's 600,000.
The rest are small spenders.
577
00:40:42,226 --> 00:40:47,426
But Fujisaki's a banker.
He could put up 200,000.
578
00:40:47,632 --> 00:40:49,396
No, not him.
579
00:40:50,034 --> 00:40:51,502
Why not?
580
00:40:51,703 --> 00:40:53,728
No special reason.
581
00:40:54,539 --> 00:40:56,200
You feel awkward asking him?
582
00:40:57,241 --> 00:40:58,800
Something like that.
583
00:41:01,012 --> 00:41:03,538
I know a good bar for sale.
584
00:41:03,748 --> 00:41:05,876
- Where?
- Shall I show you?
585
00:41:06,084 --> 00:41:07,176
Please.
586
00:41:11,756 --> 00:41:13,349
THE CONGA BAR
587
00:41:13,558 --> 00:41:17,461
The down payment is cheap.
588
00:41:17,662 --> 00:41:21,189
Just one drawback:
You share the restroom
589
00:41:21,399 --> 00:41:23,367
with the sushi place downstairs.
590
00:41:24,969 --> 00:41:29,873
No pressure, but I've got
two other interested parties.
591
00:41:30,074 --> 00:41:34,136
- We'll talk it over.
- I'll be eating downstairs.
592
00:41:38,950 --> 00:41:40,418
Well?
593
00:41:40,885 --> 00:41:42,853
It needs some fixing up,
594
00:41:43,054 --> 00:41:45,648
but it's a good place to start.
595
00:41:45,857 --> 00:41:48,019
I'll be your bartender.
596
00:41:48,226 --> 00:41:52,254
- You're too expensive.
- Not at first.
597
00:41:55,800 --> 00:41:59,236
But sharing the restroom
with a cheap sushi place -
598
00:41:59,437 --> 00:42:01,667
would my customers come?
599
00:42:02,240 --> 00:42:04,834
They'll come to see you.
600
00:42:05,043 --> 00:42:07,842
Let's do a test run.
601
00:42:08,046 --> 00:42:10,037
Order something.
602
00:42:11,783 --> 00:42:13,751
A dry martini?
Coming right up.
603
00:42:25,763 --> 00:42:28,755
Komatsu, your secret's out.
604
00:42:31,903 --> 00:42:34,304
The lipstick on your shirt.
605
00:42:35,306 --> 00:42:36,705
Lipstick?
606
00:42:40,011 --> 00:42:43,970
Can't avoid an occasional smudge
with so many women around.
607
00:42:44,549 --> 00:42:46,313
So what do you say?
608
00:42:49,087 --> 00:42:50,919
Well...
609
00:42:58,663 --> 00:43:00,631
We can't quite decide.
610
00:43:00,832 --> 00:43:03,460
I've got nicer places.
611
00:43:09,507 --> 00:43:12,340
What a surprise.
612
00:43:12,944 --> 00:43:15,242
Long time no see.
613
00:43:15,746 --> 00:43:19,808
I'd like to talk to you.
How about some tea?
614
00:43:28,693 --> 00:43:31,492
Are you still angry at me?
615
00:43:32,797 --> 00:43:36,097
Angry at you?
About what?
616
00:43:38,836 --> 00:43:43,137
I want to apologize
for taking your customers.
617
00:43:44,342 --> 00:43:46,071
I'm sorry.
618
00:43:46,611 --> 00:43:50,104
It was the only way
to keep my place going.
619
00:43:50,314 --> 00:43:51,907
Don't worry about it.
620
00:43:53,384 --> 00:43:55,182
Minobe still comes?
621
00:43:56,420 --> 00:43:57,717
Yes.
622
00:44:08,766 --> 00:44:12,225
Maybe it's this light,
but you look thinner.
623
00:44:12,904 --> 00:44:18,343
Just between us, I'm deep in debt.
It's taking its toll.
624
00:44:18,876 --> 00:44:20,708
You must be joking.
625
00:44:20,912 --> 00:44:25,440
I heard you bought
five kimonos for Christmas.
626
00:44:25,816 --> 00:44:27,477
I don't have them anymore.
627
00:44:28,085 --> 00:44:32,079
I bought them on credit,
then pawned them for cash. Clever, huh?
628
00:44:32,990 --> 00:44:35,152
Isn't that risky?
629
00:44:36,961 --> 00:44:40,363
I sold my car
and put away my golf clubs.
630
00:44:41,165 --> 00:44:45,966
I borrowed so much to get started
that now I'm in a pinch.
631
00:44:47,104 --> 00:44:50,904
Don't laugh.
What'll you do?
632
00:44:51,108 --> 00:44:53,406
I've decided to die.
633
00:44:53,678 --> 00:44:55,476
Isn't that a great idea?
634
00:44:56,314 --> 00:45:00,182
They say sleeping pills
work quite well.
635
00:45:01,085 --> 00:45:02,348
Yuri!
636
00:45:03,854 --> 00:45:07,222
Just kidding.
It'll be a staged suicide.
637
00:45:07,992 --> 00:45:09,960
I won't actually die.
638
00:45:10,161 --> 00:45:14,098
I'll just fake it
to hold off creditors.
639
00:45:17,101 --> 00:45:18,432
Shocked?
640
00:45:19,604 --> 00:45:22,630
Not shocked. Impressed.
641
00:45:23,741 --> 00:45:25,971
I thought,
with your place doing so well,
642
00:45:26,177 --> 00:45:29,841
your view of the world
might be a little too rosy.
643
00:45:30,448 --> 00:45:34,009
But you've tasted struggle too.
I respect that.
644
00:45:35,086 --> 00:45:37,248
You're embarrassing me.
645
00:45:37,788 --> 00:45:39,984
What a strange conversation.
646
00:45:40,558 --> 00:45:42,890
Whatever happens,
don't give up.
647
00:45:43,494 --> 00:45:46,395
By the way,
I'm going to open my own bar.
648
00:45:46,864 --> 00:45:49,765
Really? That's wonderful!
649
00:45:49,967 --> 00:45:52,993
Let's drink to that.
650
00:45:56,474 --> 00:46:01,139
Women working in the Ginza
fought desperately for survival.
651
00:46:02,146 --> 00:46:05,116
It was a battle
I couldn't afford to lose.
652
00:46:10,121 --> 00:46:15,560
On my days off, I took my pledge book
from one company to the next.
653
00:46:16,627 --> 00:46:20,655
Some men promised
more than I expected,
654
00:46:20,865 --> 00:46:22,390
some less.
655
00:46:31,242 --> 00:46:35,941
But I didn't want to discuss money
with the man I really cared about.
656
00:46:37,214 --> 00:46:40,115
A pledge book?
Well, well.
657
00:46:40,685 --> 00:46:43,677
Your money will be repaid
little by little
658
00:46:43,888 --> 00:46:45,879
in the form of your bar tab.
659
00:46:46,090 --> 00:46:50,357
So we have to come drink
to get repaid? Smart idea.
660
00:46:50,561 --> 00:46:53,326
I'm not trying to coerce anyone.
661
00:46:54,165 --> 00:46:55,997
Joking aside,
662
00:46:56,200 --> 00:47:00,000
I'd like to help,
especially since it's you,
663
00:47:01,272 --> 00:47:05,209
but a bank can't lend 200,000
without collateral.
664
00:47:09,046 --> 00:47:13,950
However, I can put up
30,000 out of my own pocket.
665
00:47:14,151 --> 00:47:19,021
I may be branch manager,
but it's other people's money.
666
00:47:28,232 --> 00:47:30,326
May I speak to you, sir?
667
00:47:30,534 --> 00:47:32,002
Excuse me.
668
00:47:34,305 --> 00:47:37,832
I shouldn't have come.
669
00:47:46,384 --> 00:47:48,250
Collecting on bills?
670
00:47:49,153 --> 00:47:51,178
Depressed?
671
00:47:51,389 --> 00:47:53,016
I don't feel down.
672
00:47:53,691 --> 00:47:57,457
My client didn't pay,
but at least I ran into you.
673
00:47:58,262 --> 00:47:59,923
How about some tea?
674
00:48:07,471 --> 00:48:09,200
What a nice fragrance.
675
00:48:09,407 --> 00:48:11,774
What's your perfume?
676
00:48:12,276 --> 00:48:13,937
Black Narcissus.
677
00:48:14,145 --> 00:48:15,613
Must cost a lot.
678
00:48:16,280 --> 00:48:19,045
It's stronger here
than at the bar.
679
00:48:19,250 --> 00:48:20,376
Really?
680
00:48:21,519 --> 00:48:25,319
So you're opening
your own place?
681
00:48:26,357 --> 00:48:28,485
Has everyone contributed?
682
00:48:29,026 --> 00:48:31,859
Nothing but promises so far.
683
00:48:32,563 --> 00:48:34,861
I'm counting on you too.
684
00:48:35,433 --> 00:48:38,368
You're putting me in a spot.
685
00:48:38,936 --> 00:48:40,927
Why?
686
00:48:41,872 --> 00:48:43,499
Well...
687
00:48:43,707 --> 00:48:45,436
No, I'd better not.
688
00:48:45,643 --> 00:48:48,544
Come on. Tell me.
689
00:48:48,813 --> 00:48:50,178
All right.
690
00:48:51,882 --> 00:48:55,409
A bar is no place for you.
691
00:48:56,187 --> 00:49:00,749
I'd be happier
seeing you marry a good man.
692
00:49:03,694 --> 00:49:06,425
You're the first to say that.
693
00:49:06,764 --> 00:49:09,358
Everyone else encouraged me.
694
00:49:10,434 --> 00:49:14,337
It's not the money.
695
00:49:15,406 --> 00:49:19,900
But I always feel sorry
seeing you with drunks.
696
00:49:26,350 --> 00:49:29,581
I don't know how you got
into this line of work,
697
00:49:30,154 --> 00:49:33,215
but you belong
in a nice home.
698
00:49:34,525 --> 00:49:38,086
Don't be offended.
It's just my opinion.
699
00:49:38,462 --> 00:49:41,625
Put me down for 100,000 yen.
700
00:49:43,100 --> 00:49:44,932
Christmas time again.
701
00:49:45,970 --> 00:49:47,665
How depressing.
702
00:49:47,872 --> 00:49:51,740
I have to buy new clothes,
sell tickets.
703
00:49:52,343 --> 00:49:54,903
Well, well.
Long time no see.
704
00:49:55,579 --> 00:49:59,413
Kiyomi! How are you?
705
00:49:59,817 --> 00:50:03,082
I'm fine,
706
00:50:03,287 --> 00:50:05,551
but the Lilac is going under.
707
00:50:06,790 --> 00:50:10,818
Did you hear?
Yuri did a terrible thing.
708
00:50:11,795 --> 00:50:13,229
I know.
709
00:50:13,430 --> 00:50:15,990
You do?
She committed suicide!
710
00:50:16,200 --> 00:50:19,830
No, she was just faking.
711
00:50:20,304 --> 00:50:23,763
Can she fake being dead?
712
00:50:23,974 --> 00:50:25,237
Dead?
713
00:50:25,442 --> 00:50:29,436
Yes. I just got back
from paying my respects.
714
00:50:33,017 --> 00:50:36,681
She put sleeping pills
in brandy.
715
00:50:36,887 --> 00:50:41,620
Not too many,
but with that much alcohol...
716
00:50:56,807 --> 00:51:01,244
I'm sorry she was
so much trouble to you.
717
00:51:02,046 --> 00:51:04,310
Not at all.
718
00:51:04,515 --> 00:51:07,314
I just came
to offer my condolences.
719
00:51:07,818 --> 00:51:11,777
I only sold her
a slip and some panties.
720
00:51:11,989 --> 00:51:15,220
You can pay me in due course.
721
00:51:16,427 --> 00:51:19,658
I'll discuss it
with my relatives.
722
00:51:20,164 --> 00:51:23,395
If I'm not paid soon,
I'll be fired.
723
00:51:26,036 --> 00:51:27,970
We'll do what we can.
724
00:51:28,472 --> 00:51:29,962
Please.
725
00:51:30,174 --> 00:51:32,506
I'm very sorry.
726
00:51:44,521 --> 00:51:47,547
I should have stopped her.
727
00:51:47,758 --> 00:51:52,423
No, it was just her bad luck.
728
00:51:53,964 --> 00:51:56,990
One way or another,
729
00:51:57,201 --> 00:51:59,431
it would have come to this.
730
00:52:00,070 --> 00:52:02,505
Forgive me for saying so,
731
00:52:02,706 --> 00:52:06,404
but I told her from the start
not to work as a hostess.
732
00:52:08,245 --> 00:52:12,273
Besides, she was too young
to own her own place.
733
00:52:13,217 --> 00:52:18,986
Even a man who works his whole life
can't be sure of success.
734
00:52:20,357 --> 00:52:24,419
How much harder
for a woman on her own.
735
00:52:26,363 --> 00:52:31,130
Stretch yourself too far
and you're bound to fail.
736
00:52:34,571 --> 00:52:36,369
Excuse me.
737
00:52:40,644 --> 00:52:44,080
I've come on behalf
of Mr. Minobe.
738
00:52:48,519 --> 00:52:51,386
I'm Yuri's mother.
739
00:52:51,588 --> 00:52:55,081
I apologize for all the trouble
she caused you.
740
00:52:55,592 --> 00:52:58,789
I'm deeply sorry for your loss.
741
00:53:01,699 --> 00:53:05,727
It's very difficult
to have to say this,
742
00:53:06,870 --> 00:53:09,635
but selling the bar only covers
743
00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:14,573
part of the 1.5 million
that Yuri owed Mr. Minobe.
744
00:53:14,778 --> 00:53:20,308
He requests that you pay
the remaining 300,000 yen.
745
00:53:20,517 --> 00:53:26,650
I have the papers with me.
We need your seal.
746
00:53:27,124 --> 00:53:30,719
Must I do it today?
747
00:53:32,396 --> 00:53:34,592
Her funeral's not even over yet!
748
00:53:34,965 --> 00:53:38,959
I'm merely
Mr. Minobe's employee.
749
00:53:39,970 --> 00:53:43,964
Why do you think she died?
750
00:53:44,475 --> 00:53:46,842
You kept pressing her for money.
751
00:53:47,044 --> 00:53:50,014
She thought a suicide attempt
could hold you off.
752
00:53:51,615 --> 00:53:53,777
But instead...
753
00:53:53,984 --> 00:53:56,009
she really died!
754
00:54:05,763 --> 00:54:08,357
What do you need
200,000 yen for?
755
00:54:08,565 --> 00:54:10,897
Never mind that.
Can you get it?
756
00:54:11,101 --> 00:54:14,799
Ask the owner.
I can make a lot on the deal.
757
00:54:16,573 --> 00:54:19,736
It's a manager's duty to help.
758
00:54:20,677 --> 00:54:22,975
If you get the money,
759
00:54:23,180 --> 00:54:25,376
we can go
to the hot springs together.
760
00:54:25,749 --> 00:54:27,183
Forget it.
761
00:54:27,751 --> 00:54:31,710
You're in love with Mama,
aren't you?
762
00:54:42,833 --> 00:54:46,292
I don't normally tell
strangers' fortunes,
763
00:54:46,503 --> 00:54:49,473
but since you know
the lingerie shop owner...
764
00:54:50,307 --> 00:54:54,801
I see the word sake
in the back of your mind.
765
00:54:55,012 --> 00:54:58,209
Is there some connection
with your work?
766
00:54:59,449 --> 00:55:02,578
Yes. I work in a bar.
767
00:55:03,020 --> 00:55:06,615
That explains it.
What do you want to know?
768
00:55:07,791 --> 00:55:10,419
It's about starting
a bar of my own.
769
00:55:14,598 --> 00:55:17,067
Pick a card.
770
00:55:33,750 --> 00:55:36,776
Not for a couple of years.
771
00:55:40,757 --> 00:55:44,660
You'd be rowing a boat
772
00:55:44,862 --> 00:55:47,263
against the current.
773
00:55:47,464 --> 00:55:52,425
Time solves everything.
Wait patiently.
774
00:55:54,738 --> 00:55:57,901
You'll soon receive
a marriage proposal.
775
00:55:59,476 --> 00:56:00,773
A proposal?
776
00:56:10,721 --> 00:56:14,214
I came to work
and forgot about everything.
777
00:56:32,109 --> 00:56:33,838
Welcome.
778
00:56:34,044 --> 00:56:36,172
Don't you have
the wrong place?
779
00:56:36,680 --> 00:56:40,116
You're terrible, hiding out here
and not even calling me.
780
00:56:42,319 --> 00:56:47,314
This is Mr. Horiuchi.
He's with Asahi Steel.
781
00:56:47,591 --> 00:56:51,221
- Pleased to meet you.
- My pleasure.
782
00:56:51,962 --> 00:56:55,398
Even more beautiful
than I was told.
783
00:56:56,233 --> 00:57:01,171
He's a big shot in steel.
I thought you two should meet.
784
00:57:01,805 --> 00:57:04,502
I'm indebted to him.
785
00:57:05,108 --> 00:57:07,076
I see.
786
00:57:07,277 --> 00:57:10,577
You'd better be careful.
He's no good.
787
00:57:10,781 --> 00:57:13,216
Don't go telling him the truth.
788
00:57:14,017 --> 00:57:16,008
Poor Yuri.
789
00:57:16,219 --> 00:57:20,281
Yes. She should have
told me about her debts.
790
00:57:20,490 --> 00:57:23,391
It was only a million or so.
I could have helped.
791
00:57:23,794 --> 00:57:26,092
You sold her place.
792
00:57:27,698 --> 00:57:31,794
Squeezing her mother for 300,000!
That should be your condolence gift!
793
00:57:32,469 --> 00:57:34,062
What's your problem?
794
00:57:36,940 --> 00:57:39,910
Tomoko, get me a drink.
Straight.
795
00:57:44,114 --> 00:57:47,243
Don't worry.
I'll pay for it.
796
00:57:47,451 --> 00:57:49,510
You really can't hold your liquor!
797
00:57:58,061 --> 00:58:00,530
Mama, the manager
wants to see you.
798
00:58:08,939 --> 00:58:10,134
What?
799
00:58:10,340 --> 00:58:14,504
Don't be so nasty
to Mr. Minobe.
800
00:58:14,878 --> 00:58:18,246
You want me to flatter him?
Forget it.
801
00:58:18,448 --> 00:58:20,280
Customers pay for a good -
802
00:58:20,484 --> 00:58:22,350
I said forget it!
803
00:58:25,155 --> 00:58:28,489
I quit the Lilac
because of him.
804
00:58:29,726 --> 00:58:31,785
Who is he anyway?
805
00:58:31,995 --> 00:58:37,729
He drives Yuri to desperation, then
comes here like nothing's happened.
806
00:58:37,934 --> 00:58:40,335
I hate him!
He makes me sick!
807
00:58:41,071 --> 00:58:42,664
Not tonight!
808
00:58:43,440 --> 00:58:48,401
I can still smell the incense
from Yuri's funeral.
809
00:58:49,279 --> 00:58:53,147
Just being next to him
is an insult to her memory!
810
00:58:53,817 --> 00:58:58,084
There are limits,
even in business!
811
00:59:00,123 --> 00:59:01,784
Stop being so emotional.
812
00:59:01,992 --> 00:59:04,791
This is a bar.
People pay to have a good time.
813
00:59:05,395 --> 00:59:07,022
So what?
814
00:59:08,031 --> 00:59:09,829
Listen to me!
815
00:59:10,400 --> 00:59:15,634
You get paid
to show men a good time.
816
00:59:16,039 --> 00:59:18,667
If you don't like it,
take off that kimono
817
00:59:18,875 --> 00:59:20,866
and work in an office
818
00:59:21,078 --> 00:59:23,911
and starve!
819
00:59:24,114 --> 00:59:25,582
Shut up!
820
00:59:40,030 --> 00:59:43,022
Komatsu, Mama's
throwing up blood!
821
00:59:43,934 --> 00:59:45,629
Blood?
822
00:59:54,678 --> 00:59:57,375
Mama, are you all right?
823
00:59:57,781 --> 01:00:00,978
Call a doctor!
Get a cab!
824
01:00:01,852 --> 01:00:04,787
Sorry to bother you.
825
01:00:12,795 --> 01:00:15,526
It was a small ulcer.
826
01:00:16,132 --> 01:00:18,794
Four weeks passed.
827
01:00:19,002 --> 01:00:24,133
I spent both Christmas
and New Year's
828
01:00:24,340 --> 01:00:25,899
in bed,
829
01:00:26,109 --> 01:00:29,079
and the following week as well.
830
01:00:39,722 --> 01:00:41,622
Excuse me.
831
01:00:41,824 --> 01:00:43,588
Dad.
832
01:00:45,962 --> 01:00:47,430
May I ask your name?
833
01:00:52,135 --> 01:00:53,967
So good of you to come.
834
01:00:54,704 --> 01:00:57,071
I should have come sooner.
835
01:00:57,507 --> 01:00:59,635
But the holidays were so busy
836
01:00:59,842 --> 01:01:02,937
with the bar
and the place in Akasaka.
837
01:01:03,146 --> 01:01:05,171
I'm sorry I caused you
such trouble.
838
01:01:05,381 --> 01:01:09,375
I asked Komatsu about you.
You look well.
839
01:01:10,953 --> 01:01:12,580
Thank you.
840
01:01:13,156 --> 01:01:15,250
It's not serious.
841
01:01:15,825 --> 01:01:17,315
I see.
842
01:01:20,163 --> 01:01:23,098
I came across
some turtle soup.
843
01:01:23,299 --> 01:01:25,529
I thought it might do you good.
844
01:01:29,305 --> 01:01:32,707
Buy some fruit with this.
845
01:01:32,909 --> 01:01:34,308
Thank you.
846
01:01:35,611 --> 01:01:38,945
This is my first time
in these parts.
847
01:01:39,982 --> 01:01:44,249
You can still see traces
of the old Tokyo.
848
01:01:47,223 --> 01:01:52,024
This may not suit your taste.
Unfortunately Mother is out.
849
01:01:52,228 --> 01:01:53,957
You needn't have.
850
01:01:54,163 --> 01:01:56,097
Look what she brought.
851
01:01:56,299 --> 01:01:57,494
Thank you.
852
01:01:57,700 --> 01:02:00,226
Heat this for her tonight.
853
01:02:01,704 --> 01:02:05,800
Even turtle soup costs
a fortune these days.
854
01:02:06,409 --> 01:02:09,572
Thank you for this precious gift.
855
01:02:14,183 --> 01:02:16,151
Your brother seems nice.
856
01:02:16,352 --> 01:02:18,411
Yes, almost too nice.
857
01:02:18,621 --> 01:02:20,817
Is that his son downstairs?
858
01:02:21,023 --> 01:02:23,492
Yes. He had polio.
859
01:02:23,693 --> 01:02:26,685
Really?
He has such a cute face.
860
01:02:28,030 --> 01:02:30,158
Don't go far.
861
01:02:36,072 --> 01:02:38,370
He's starting school this year.
862
01:02:38,574 --> 01:02:42,977
There's an operation
that could help him, but...
863
01:02:43,980 --> 01:02:46,381
It must be hard on you too.
864
01:02:48,251 --> 01:02:53,189
What about your apartment?
- Junko's looking after it.
865
01:02:54,891 --> 01:02:59,351
Don't worry about the bar.
866
01:02:59,562 --> 01:03:01,860
Your health's more important.
867
01:03:04,967 --> 01:03:06,901
Well, I should be going.
868
01:03:08,171 --> 01:03:13,041
Taxes are coming due.
Could you do some collecting?
869
01:03:15,178 --> 01:03:18,842
I'm sorry.
I've been meaning to.
870
01:03:32,461 --> 01:03:34,555
Ah, it's you!
871
01:03:34,764 --> 01:03:38,359
I'm not supposed to let anyone in,
but you're all right.
872
01:03:44,040 --> 01:03:45,701
Nice place.
873
01:03:46,542 --> 01:03:48,704
The rent must be high.
874
01:03:48,911 --> 01:03:50,743
Is that a present?
875
01:03:51,214 --> 01:03:52,943
Thanks.
876
01:03:57,553 --> 01:04:00,818
So this is her bedroom.
877
01:04:05,795 --> 01:04:07,957
It's still warm.
878
01:04:12,735 --> 01:04:14,294
Put that down!
879
01:04:17,340 --> 01:04:20,366
- Is Mama out?
- She's in the hospital.
880
01:04:20,576 --> 01:04:24,809
And I came all this way.
Which hospital?
881
01:04:25,014 --> 01:04:27,881
- I don't know.
- Don't be ridiculous.
882
01:04:28,084 --> 01:04:30,576
She didn't tell me.
883
01:04:30,786 --> 01:04:35,121
Why not?
Is she trying to hide something?
884
01:04:35,324 --> 01:04:39,022
She's not that type.
There's nobody but you.
885
01:04:39,228 --> 01:04:42,027
The nerve!
Don't mock your elders.
886
01:04:42,632 --> 01:04:45,932
What are you doing here?
- Watching the place.
887
01:04:46,402 --> 01:04:50,862
This is a waste of time.
I'm going.
888
01:04:51,073 --> 01:04:53,201
Don't be so gruff.
889
01:04:53,409 --> 01:04:56,970
You can have some tea
even if she isn't here.
890
01:05:05,421 --> 01:05:08,083
Don't be naughty
891
01:05:08,291 --> 01:05:10,623
or Mama will scold you.
892
01:05:11,594 --> 01:05:13,062
Tea's ready.
893
01:05:17,967 --> 01:05:20,231
What were you doing?
894
01:05:20,770 --> 01:05:23,705
Checking to see
if Mama has a lover.
895
01:05:24,307 --> 01:05:26,036
Oh, you!
896
01:05:30,112 --> 01:05:33,514
You call this tea?
Tastes like medicine.
897
01:05:34,417 --> 01:05:36,511
You'd be hopeless as a bride.
898
01:05:36,719 --> 01:05:38,687
I don't plan to get married.
899
01:05:38,888 --> 01:05:42,518
- You want to stay single?
- You're so slow. I'm disappointed.
900
01:05:42,725 --> 01:05:44,591
What do you mean, slow?
901
01:05:44,794 --> 01:05:47,126
I mean dumb.
902
01:05:47,330 --> 01:05:48,764
You're the dumb one.
903
01:05:48,965 --> 01:05:53,232
I'm going to have
my own bar someday.
904
01:05:53,736 --> 01:05:55,534
That's my dream.
905
01:05:56,105 --> 01:05:58,096
Dreams are nice,
906
01:05:58,307 --> 01:06:00,332
but first take a long look
in the mirror.
907
01:06:00,543 --> 01:06:02,136
That's rude!
908
01:06:02,345 --> 01:06:06,509
Speaking of which,
Mama never replied to my offer.
909
01:06:06,716 --> 01:06:09,651
Did she say anything to you?
- No.
910
01:06:11,821 --> 01:06:13,915
Listen...
911
01:06:15,658 --> 01:06:17,786
What are you doing?
912
01:06:17,994 --> 01:06:21,055
I want my own bar.
913
01:06:24,000 --> 01:06:30,428
I feel my youth
fading by the day.
914
01:06:32,341 --> 01:06:34,833
Sick people always say that.
915
01:06:35,644 --> 01:06:39,808
Maybe I should go to the beauty salon.
It's been so long.
916
01:06:41,484 --> 01:06:43,384
Want a massage?
917
01:06:43,586 --> 01:06:45,020
That's all right.
918
01:06:45,221 --> 01:06:48,418
I don't have much to do.
Lie down.
919
01:06:50,793 --> 01:06:52,693
I hate to impose.
920
01:06:57,433 --> 01:06:58,832
Here?
921
01:07:00,469 --> 01:07:02,164
How's that?
922
01:07:02,772 --> 01:07:09,041
I used to give my boss massages
when we went on business trips.
923
01:07:11,013 --> 01:07:12,708
Brother...
924
01:07:13,149 --> 01:07:16,016
were you this kind
to your wife?
925
01:07:17,420 --> 01:07:19,855
Of course.
She was my wife.
926
01:07:21,490 --> 01:07:25,723
That's why she left you...
and her own son.
927
01:07:31,834 --> 01:07:33,359
I'm home.
928
01:07:35,371 --> 01:07:37,169
Welcome back.
929
01:07:37,373 --> 01:07:39,865
The owner came by to see me.
930
01:07:40,276 --> 01:07:42,108
Really?
931
01:07:42,711 --> 01:07:45,078
She gave me this.
932
01:07:45,347 --> 01:07:46,906
You take it.
933
01:07:47,116 --> 01:07:48,709
You sure?
934
01:07:48,918 --> 01:07:50,181
Thanks a lot.
935
01:07:50,386 --> 01:07:52,081
How did it go?
936
01:07:52,288 --> 01:07:54,256
Let me smoke first.
937
01:07:54,457 --> 01:07:57,654
Don't smoke the butts.
Take these.
938
01:07:59,028 --> 01:08:00,393
Thanks.
939
01:08:01,931 --> 01:08:08,064
Life now really makes me
long for the old days.
940
01:08:10,005 --> 01:08:14,704
Those were good times.
Your father had the fish market.
941
01:08:14,910 --> 01:08:17,675
We sent you
to a good school.
942
01:08:17,880 --> 01:08:20,406
What did my sister-in-law say?
943
01:08:22,284 --> 01:08:25,219
That she'd never return
to a family like this.
944
01:08:25,788 --> 01:08:28,485
That's how couples
are these days.
945
01:08:29,291 --> 01:08:31,521
You don't have to run off.
946
01:08:32,561 --> 01:08:35,053
Emiko asked about you.
947
01:08:35,264 --> 01:08:38,700
“How's his job
as an insurance salesman?"
948
01:08:39,235 --> 01:08:43,502
You've wound up like this
because you're too nice!
949
01:08:44,173 --> 01:08:48,041
You go to court again
next week, right?
950
01:08:48,711 --> 01:08:51,578
I ran into your lawyer
at the bus stop.
951
01:08:51,780 --> 01:08:53,942
Why didn't you say anything?
952
01:08:54,583 --> 01:08:56,517
I've troubled you enough.
953
01:08:57,119 --> 01:08:59,417
It's a little late for that now.
954
01:08:59,622 --> 01:09:03,058
Why'd you affix your seal
955
01:09:03,259 --> 01:09:05,751
to a receipt
you knew nothing about?
956
01:09:05,961 --> 01:09:07,929
Did you have to do
everything your boss said?
957
01:09:08,631 --> 01:09:13,193
That's right! I'm too nice!
I'm just a fool!
958
01:09:22,578 --> 01:09:24,808
They were selling
these sweet bean cakes.
959
01:09:25,014 --> 01:09:28,348
They're hard to find.
Have one.
960
01:09:28,551 --> 01:09:29,643
No, thanks.
961
01:09:29,852 --> 01:09:31,513
They're good.
962
01:09:31,720 --> 01:09:33,449
I said no.
963
01:09:34,123 --> 01:09:38,651
Fine. I won't force you,
but I got them just for you.
964
01:09:38,861 --> 01:09:42,661
I guess you only like
fancy things these days.
965
01:09:42,865 --> 01:09:46,631
It's not that.
I'm just not hungry.
966
01:09:46,835 --> 01:09:48,894
Fine.
967
01:09:49,104 --> 01:09:52,165
But you really can't afford
to be so extravagant.
968
01:09:53,309 --> 01:09:55,801
What do you mean,
extravagant?
969
01:09:57,112 --> 01:09:58,602
Aren't you?
970
01:09:58,814 --> 01:10:02,910
You keep a fancy apartment
instead of living at home.
971
01:10:03,385 --> 01:10:05,786
That's not an extravagance.
972
01:10:06,455 --> 01:10:09,550
Then what is it?
Tell me!
973
01:10:13,028 --> 01:10:18,489
Customers come to the Ginza
for a taste of luxury.
974
01:10:19,368 --> 01:10:22,895
Satisfying that craving
is what we're paid for.
975
01:10:23,973 --> 01:10:28,274
Apartments beyond our means,
taxis, expensive perfumes -
976
01:10:28,477 --> 01:10:30,946
it all serves that purpose.
977
01:10:31,714 --> 01:10:33,842
Men wouldn't be interested
978
01:10:34,049 --> 01:10:37,781
if they knew I lived
in a place like this.
979
01:10:38,487 --> 01:10:42,048
Somehow it would show,
no matter what I did.
980
01:10:42,591 --> 01:10:44,787
Isn't it a shame
you're stuck with us?
981
01:10:44,994 --> 01:10:49,556
Why even come home?
Go to some expensive hospital.
982
01:10:50,699 --> 01:10:51,860
Mother.
983
01:10:52,368 --> 01:10:54,029
Isn't it the truth?
984
01:10:54,236 --> 01:10:57,206
That would suit
your silk kimono better!
985
01:10:57,406 --> 01:11:01,274
Mother, how many times
must I tell you?
986
01:11:01,477 --> 01:11:03,343
Kimonos aren't a luxury for me!
987
01:11:03,545 --> 01:11:05,912
I know - it's business!
988
01:11:06,115 --> 01:11:09,176
That's right! Looking good
means good customers.
989
01:11:09,385 --> 01:11:12,184
In the Ginza,
appearance is everything.
990
01:11:12,588 --> 01:11:14,852
You wouldn't understand.
991
01:11:15,357 --> 01:11:18,054
I'm actually quite frugal.
992
01:11:19,061 --> 01:11:23,362
Flashy kimonos
would get more attention,
993
01:11:24,199 --> 01:11:26,293
but I can't wear them
in the daytime,
994
01:11:26,502 --> 01:11:30,302
so I buy plain ones instead.
995
01:11:30,506 --> 01:11:32,736
You have no right
to call me extravagant!
996
01:11:32,941 --> 01:11:35,467
I said I understood!
997
01:11:35,678 --> 01:11:38,045
Then stop saying it!
998
01:11:38,714 --> 01:11:41,684
Who'd ever want
to work in a bar?
999
01:11:42,051 --> 01:11:46,488
Drinking till I'm sick,
being a plaything for men.
1000
01:11:47,723 --> 01:11:52,854
I haven't enjoyed a single day
since I started.
1001
01:11:55,130 --> 01:11:59,692
Even lying here, thoughts of bills
torment my dreams.
1002
01:12:00,436 --> 01:12:01,926
I'm miserable!
1003
01:12:03,238 --> 01:12:08,642
But how else could I send you
20,000 a month?
1004
01:12:08,844 --> 01:12:12,144
If you can find a better job,
tell me and I'll quit!
1005
01:12:12,348 --> 01:12:16,649
Go ahead and insult me!
I'm a burden on you!
1006
01:12:16,852 --> 01:12:18,479
Just leave us!
1007
01:12:18,887 --> 01:12:20,548
Stop it!
1008
01:12:20,756 --> 01:12:22,815
Just go downstairs!
1009
01:12:32,101 --> 01:12:35,230
It's all my fault.
1010
01:12:35,437 --> 01:12:37,804
Keiko doesn't have to pay
for the lawyer.
1011
01:12:38,006 --> 01:12:40,566
I'll just go to prison.
1012
01:12:41,210 --> 01:12:42,905
Don't say that.
1013
01:12:43,746 --> 01:12:47,546
I'll ask again
when she's in a better mood.
1014
01:12:56,258 --> 01:12:57,589
Take this.
1015
01:12:58,293 --> 01:12:59,761
That's all right.
1016
01:13:00,596 --> 01:13:02,564
Don't tell her.
1017
01:13:05,200 --> 01:13:06,690
Excuse me.
1018
01:13:11,407 --> 01:13:13,000
My name is Sekine.
1019
01:13:14,009 --> 01:13:16,103
Mr. Sekine?
1020
01:13:16,311 --> 01:13:19,838
No, I'd be ashamed
if he saw me here.
1021
01:13:20,048 --> 01:13:22,107
Tell him I have a fever.
1022
01:13:22,651 --> 01:13:24,710
How can I do that?
1023
01:13:25,187 --> 01:13:27,178
Please just get rid of him!
1024
01:13:28,624 --> 01:13:31,650
I see. That's too bad.
1025
01:13:31,860 --> 01:13:36,525
I just had business nearby
and wondered how she was.
1026
01:13:37,099 --> 01:13:40,069
I'm sorry
she's not being more polite.
1027
01:13:40,269 --> 01:13:42,863
It's all right.
Please give her this.
1028
01:13:43,906 --> 01:13:45,931
It must be hard on you,
1029
01:13:46,141 --> 01:13:48,576
but please
take good care of her.
1030
01:13:56,819 --> 01:13:59,311
What a kind man.
1031
01:14:01,824 --> 01:14:04,225
How'd he find out I was here?
1032
01:14:04,893 --> 01:14:07,419
What does it matter?
1033
01:14:08,063 --> 01:14:11,693
Fat people are usually nice.
1034
01:14:11,900 --> 01:14:15,234
His wife is certainly lucky.
1035
01:14:16,805 --> 01:14:18,569
He's not married.
1036
01:14:19,541 --> 01:14:21,509
You don't say.
1037
01:14:22,811 --> 01:14:26,748
Doesn't he remind you
of Yasuo?
1038
01:14:30,352 --> 01:14:33,219
He was such a kind son-in-law.
1039
01:14:36,091 --> 01:14:38,856
I'm going back to work next week.
1040
01:14:40,095 --> 01:14:42,189
But you're not -
1041
01:14:42,865 --> 01:14:45,232
I have to.
1042
01:14:45,701 --> 01:14:48,398
That's why the owner came by.
1043
01:14:48,737 --> 01:14:50,171
I see.
1044
01:14:50,372 --> 01:14:54,809
Would you talk
to your brother's lawyer first?
1045
01:14:59,147 --> 01:15:04,176
Money will settle it.
Help him out.
1046
01:15:04,386 --> 01:15:05,876
No!
1047
01:15:06,555 --> 01:15:08,887
I have no money.
1048
01:15:14,096 --> 01:15:14,824
LAW OFFICES
1049
01:15:15,964 --> 01:15:20,834
Despite what I'd said,
I couldn't let my brother go to jail.
1050
01:15:37,619 --> 01:15:40,384
I'd only been away
from the bar a month,
1051
01:15:40,589 --> 01:15:43,923
but I couldn't get used
to being back.
1052
01:15:44,226 --> 01:15:47,355
Maybe because
Junko and Tomoko were away.
1053
01:15:52,568 --> 01:15:54,195
Whiskey on the rocks.
1054
01:15:54,836 --> 01:15:56,827
Without any water?
1055
01:15:57,039 --> 01:15:59,269
Same thing last night too.
1056
01:16:05,781 --> 01:16:09,240
Mama, do you still feel worn out?
1057
01:16:09,451 --> 01:16:11,351
A little.
1058
01:16:11,553 --> 01:16:14,682
Everyone's dressed so nicely.
1059
01:16:14,890 --> 01:16:16,654
All under 10,000 yen.
1060
01:16:16,858 --> 01:16:19,555
You're kidding!
That cheap?
1061
01:16:20,262 --> 01:16:21,627
It's true.
1062
01:16:21,830 --> 01:16:24,458
Miss Kiyomi sold them
to the girls before Christmas.
1063
01:16:28,670 --> 01:16:33,801
She bought the clothes
Miss Yuri had pawned,
1064
01:16:34,009 --> 01:16:36,740
then sold them to the girls here.
1065
01:16:36,945 --> 01:16:39,243
She must have made 300,000.
1066
01:16:40,916 --> 01:16:42,714
Very smart.
1067
01:16:43,218 --> 01:16:46,051
Smarter if she'd saved it.
1068
01:16:46,254 --> 01:16:51,385
She spent it all on that guy
who sells black-market whiskey.
1069
01:16:57,366 --> 01:17:00,165
Mr. Komatsu's
in Akasaka right now.
1070
01:17:00,369 --> 01:17:02,565
I'm here as a customer tonight.
1071
01:17:02,771 --> 01:17:04,899
White Horse. A double.
1072
01:17:08,677 --> 01:17:11,647
- It's been a long time.
- It has.
1073
01:17:11,847 --> 01:17:14,817
That's no tone
to use with a customer.
1074
01:17:15,017 --> 01:17:17,452
I quit the black market.
1075
01:17:17,653 --> 01:17:20,247
Next time
it would have been jail.
1076
01:17:22,157 --> 01:17:24,285
Don't be so stuck up.
1077
01:17:24,493 --> 01:17:26,791
I know you're lonely.
1078
01:17:26,995 --> 01:17:29,487
I've been thinking about it:
1079
01:17:29,731 --> 01:17:34,760
Give me a chance just once.
You won't regret it.
1080
01:17:37,673 --> 01:17:39,767
I'm a paying customer!
1081
01:17:55,390 --> 01:17:57,552
Oh, hello.
1082
01:17:57,759 --> 01:18:00,558
- Leaving?
- I was, but come up.
1083
01:18:00,762 --> 01:18:03,424
No, I'll drive you home.
1084
01:18:03,632 --> 01:18:05,964
You will? All right.
1085
01:18:10,238 --> 01:18:12,570
I'm glad to see you're better.
1086
01:18:13,108 --> 01:18:15,167
Thank you for calling on me.
1087
01:18:16,645 --> 01:18:18,807
You drive well.
1088
01:18:19,014 --> 01:18:21,813
I'm just a safe driver.
I don't drink.
1089
01:18:22,217 --> 01:18:25,414
Bars can't be much fun then.
1090
01:18:25,620 --> 01:18:27,918
I'm looking for a mistress.
1091
01:18:28,123 --> 01:18:30,148
Always joking.
1092
01:18:32,561 --> 01:18:35,724
I wouldn't date a woman
1093
01:18:35,931 --> 01:18:38,525
if I weren't considering
marrying her.
1094
01:18:54,082 --> 01:18:55,607
Thanks.
1095
01:18:58,720 --> 01:19:00,017
What?
1096
01:19:00,922 --> 01:19:06,258
Would you laugh
if I proposed to you?
1097
01:19:10,966 --> 01:19:14,061
I know.
No need to answer.
1098
01:19:14,269 --> 01:19:17,466
I just wanted to say it once.
1099
01:19:23,645 --> 01:19:25,477
Pretend I never said it.
Bye.
1100
01:20:07,923 --> 01:20:10,949
Oh, it's you.
What is it?
1101
01:20:11,860 --> 01:20:14,761
I waited here.
Better than going to your bar.
1102
01:20:15,564 --> 01:20:18,465
May I come in?
- Don't be so formal.
1103
01:20:23,972 --> 01:20:25,872
You must be tired.
1104
01:20:26,074 --> 01:20:29,009
What do you want?
Out with it.
1105
01:20:29,211 --> 01:20:31,612
The lawyer got me
a suspended sentence.
1106
01:20:31,813 --> 01:20:35,249
It's all thanks to you.
1107
01:20:35,450 --> 01:20:39,114
You needn't have come.
I already knew that.
1108
01:20:42,991 --> 01:20:45,153
So what is it you want now?
1109
01:20:46,962 --> 01:20:48,930
Money again?
1110
01:20:49,130 --> 01:20:50,996
It's not for me.
1111
01:20:51,199 --> 01:20:53,327
- Yoshio?
- Yes.
1112
01:20:54,069 --> 01:20:57,471
Dr. Murata said
if he operates now,
1113
01:20:57,672 --> 01:21:00,334
Yoshio will be walking
before school starts.
1114
01:21:01,643 --> 01:21:02,974
Without crutches?
1115
01:21:03,445 --> 01:21:08,713
Well, that'll take six months
of physical therapy.
1116
01:21:08,917 --> 01:21:11,978
But he can't go
to school as he is.
1117
01:21:17,659 --> 01:21:20,924
I know you'll say no.
It's a lot of money.
1118
01:21:21,129 --> 01:21:22,893
Then why come?
1119
01:21:23,098 --> 01:21:24,588
I'm sorry.
1120
01:21:24,799 --> 01:21:27,530
I've always been a coward.
I don't know why.
1121
01:21:29,204 --> 01:21:31,104
How much will it cost?
1122
01:21:31,306 --> 01:21:34,708
Never mind.
It's selfish of me.
1123
01:21:34,910 --> 01:21:38,175
I just thought maybe
you could ask the owner -
1124
01:21:38,380 --> 01:21:40,439
How much?
1125
01:21:40,649 --> 01:21:42,413
At least 70 or 80,000.
1126
01:21:42,617 --> 01:21:43,812
80,000?
1127
01:21:44,152 --> 01:21:46,382
It can be in installments.
1128
01:21:46,588 --> 01:21:50,923
Please help us.
I won't ask again.
1129
01:21:51,293 --> 01:21:54,319
That's what you always say.
1130
01:21:54,896 --> 01:21:58,730
I mean it.
I've made up my mind.
1131
01:21:58,934 --> 01:22:04,532
We'll cut our ties
as brother and sister.
1132
01:22:04,739 --> 01:22:09,040
I promise...
I'll never come here again.
1133
01:22:09,577 --> 01:22:13,536
This is the last time.
Please help.
1134
01:22:14,049 --> 01:22:16,643
For poor Yoshio's sake.
1135
01:22:16,851 --> 01:22:20,048
Please, I beg you!
1136
01:22:21,656 --> 01:22:23,624
That's right - take everything!
1137
01:22:23,959 --> 01:22:27,520
All of you!
Just prey on me!
1138
01:22:29,931 --> 01:22:32,298
Enough!
I don't want to hear it!
1139
01:22:46,982 --> 01:22:48,074
Come in.
1140
01:22:48,383 --> 01:22:49,873
May I?
1141
01:22:53,688 --> 01:22:55,315
Go home.
1142
01:22:56,091 --> 01:22:57,957
Think it over.
1143
01:23:07,535 --> 01:23:09,629
You sure it's all right?
1144
01:23:10,638 --> 01:23:16,042
I meant to give you
something earlier, but I forgot.
1145
01:23:16,244 --> 01:23:17,734
Here.
1146
01:23:18,713 --> 01:23:20,511
Open it after I leave.
1147
01:23:21,716 --> 01:23:22,979
Please don't go.
1148
01:23:24,552 --> 01:23:25,917
Stay awhile.
1149
01:23:27,055 --> 01:23:28,352
What's wrong?
1150
01:23:29,190 --> 01:23:31,124
Nothing.
1151
01:23:35,630 --> 01:23:38,099
May I open it?
1152
01:23:50,412 --> 01:23:52,608
Black Narcissus.
1153
01:23:52,814 --> 01:23:55,784
You mentioned you liked it.
1154
01:24:02,557 --> 01:24:03,524
Mama.
1155
01:24:17,272 --> 01:24:19,707
Why are you crying?
1156
01:24:24,279 --> 01:24:28,773
What's wrong, Mama?
1157
01:24:48,401 --> 01:24:50,870
I'll take this one.
1158
01:24:55,308 --> 01:24:58,938
Buying a present for someone?
1159
01:24:59,145 --> 01:25:02,410
I heard you received
a fine proposal.
1160
01:25:02,616 --> 01:25:05,950
I saw the fortune-teller yesterday.
She told me.
1161
01:25:06,152 --> 01:25:08,621
She's good, isn't she?
1162
01:25:17,197 --> 01:25:18,562
Well?
1163
01:25:18,999 --> 01:25:20,398
Very becoming.
1164
01:25:20,600 --> 01:25:22,068
Look.
1165
01:25:24,404 --> 01:25:26,634
I don't have the money today,
1166
01:25:26,840 --> 01:25:29,741
but I'll pay your hospital bill soon.
1167
01:25:29,943 --> 01:25:32,913
Thank you.
That's a huge help.
1168
01:25:33,813 --> 01:25:37,875
Don't talk like that.
We're not strangers anymore.
1169
01:25:39,786 --> 01:25:41,515
You're right.
1170
01:25:42,522 --> 01:25:45,856
I never dreamed
1171
01:25:46,259 --> 01:25:48,956
I'd become the wife
of a factory owner.
1172
01:26:09,883 --> 01:26:11,681
Hello!
1173
01:26:15,355 --> 01:26:17,153
You seem different today.
1174
01:26:18,558 --> 01:26:20,026
Do I?
1175
01:26:22,529 --> 01:26:25,226
Junko's waiting in back
to talk to you.
1176
01:26:25,432 --> 01:26:26,900
What about?
1177
01:26:27,100 --> 01:26:30,798
She's quitting.
At least she's giving notice.
1178
01:26:35,108 --> 01:26:37,008
Don't be angry.
1179
01:26:38,144 --> 01:26:41,546
So you're quitting?
Why?
1180
01:26:42,949 --> 01:26:46,943
I got Mr. Goda
to put up some money.
1181
01:26:47,153 --> 01:26:49,087
I'm opening a bar.
1182
01:26:49,622 --> 01:26:51,090
Mr. Goda?
1183
01:26:53,093 --> 01:26:54,583
Is that so?
1184
01:26:55,395 --> 01:26:57,887
Congratulations.
That's wonderful.
1185
01:26:58,465 --> 01:27:00,365
What a relief!
1186
01:27:00,567 --> 01:27:03,332
Did you find a place?
1187
01:27:03,536 --> 01:27:05,800
It's above a sushi restaurant.
1188
01:27:06,005 --> 01:27:09,964
We share the restroom,
but I don't mind.
1189
01:27:15,181 --> 01:27:16,671
What is it?
1190
01:27:17,117 --> 01:27:19,449
Nothing at all.
1191
01:27:19,753 --> 01:27:21,847
Congratulations.
1192
01:28:03,029 --> 01:28:05,623
Hello? This is she.
1193
01:28:07,233 --> 01:28:08,928
Mr. Sekine?
1194
01:28:09,135 --> 01:28:11,297
No, he's not here.
1195
01:28:12,138 --> 01:28:13,902
Who's calling?
1196
01:28:16,176 --> 01:28:18,577
Mrs. Sekine?
1197
01:28:19,546 --> 01:28:21,981
You're really his wife?
1198
01:28:22,715 --> 01:28:24,274
Yes.
1199
01:28:32,058 --> 01:28:34,356
Hello? Hello?
1200
01:28:50,109 --> 01:28:52,510
It's so embarrassing.
1201
01:28:52,712 --> 01:28:57,172
He may not look it, but my husband's
a hopeless womanizer.
1202
01:28:57,951 --> 01:29:02,616
He lures them in
with marriage proposals.
1203
01:29:03,122 --> 01:29:07,081
I can't count how often
I've had to straighten things out.
1204
01:29:09,596 --> 01:29:13,328
This time he borrowed
the neighbor's car
1205
01:29:13,533 --> 01:29:16,400
and hasn't been home
in a week.
1206
01:29:17,704 --> 01:29:20,867
I'm not even jealous anymore,
1207
01:29:21,074 --> 01:29:23,975
but our neighbor is angry.
1208
01:29:24,177 --> 01:29:26,646
He forgot his address book,
1209
01:29:26,846 --> 01:29:30,942
so I called
all the women in it.
1210
01:29:32,252 --> 01:29:37,918
He's not bad at heart.
He just loves to show off.
1211
01:29:38,291 --> 01:29:43,661
He lies and then begins
to think it's all true.
1212
01:29:44,063 --> 01:29:46,555
That's just how he is.
1213
01:29:46,766 --> 01:29:50,964
I'm so sorry
I had to call you like that.
1214
01:29:53,306 --> 01:29:57,573
A pretty woman like you -
1215
01:29:57,777 --> 01:30:00,337
you didn't fall for it, did you?
1216
01:30:32,412 --> 01:30:33,971
Fill it up.
1217
01:30:34,180 --> 01:30:36,410
Mama, are you all right?
1218
01:30:37,050 --> 01:30:38,779
I'm fine!
1219
01:31:03,376 --> 01:31:04,866
Welcome.
1220
01:31:07,947 --> 01:31:09,676
Welcome.
1221
01:31:12,085 --> 01:31:14,782
You look well.
I heard you were sick.
1222
01:31:15,555 --> 01:31:17,284
I'm very well.
1223
01:31:18,057 --> 01:31:22,494
See, it's really you that I love.
1224
01:31:23,663 --> 01:31:24,994
Oh, my.
1225
01:31:26,132 --> 01:31:27,861
Excuse me.
1226
01:31:29,102 --> 01:31:33,437
Mr. Fujisaki, who's she?
Introduce us.
1227
01:31:33,639 --> 01:31:35,164
You're drunk.
1228
01:31:35,375 --> 01:31:38,174
Mama, come here a moment.
1229
01:31:44,250 --> 01:31:46,082
Komatsu, keep an eye on her.
1230
01:31:46,986 --> 01:31:50,422
Leave me alone!
Let me go!
1231
01:31:50,623 --> 01:31:52,489
What do you plan to do?
1232
01:31:52,959 --> 01:31:55,451
Drink till I die.
1233
01:31:58,264 --> 01:32:02,462
Who's that geisha anyway?
Acting so prim!
1234
01:32:02,668 --> 01:32:04,830
I'll steal him back!
1235
01:32:05,538 --> 01:32:08,940
Stop it! I hate you!
1236
01:32:24,090 --> 01:32:27,924
- How's Mama?
- Mr. Fujisaki's taking her to a nightclub.
1237
01:32:28,127 --> 01:32:29,822
The geisha left.
1238
01:32:30,029 --> 01:32:31,656
She can't keep drinking.
1239
01:32:31,864 --> 01:32:36,097
Her guest wants her to go.
I can't stop her.
1240
01:32:59,092 --> 01:33:00,890
Mr. Fujisaki...
1241
01:33:01,627 --> 01:33:04,597
I'll go anywhere
with you tonight.
1242
01:33:06,165 --> 01:33:10,398
Or don't you want
a woman like me?
1243
01:33:10,903 --> 01:33:14,635
I understand.
But no more drinks.
1244
01:33:15,842 --> 01:33:17,606
Mr. Fujisaki...
1245
01:33:18,611 --> 01:33:23,674
I've heard you've had
a lot of women.
1246
01:33:25,118 --> 01:33:27,246
But I love you.
1247
01:33:28,688 --> 01:33:33,455
Women fall for your type.
You know that?
1248
01:33:33,659 --> 01:33:37,186
Yes, I know. Let's go home.
It's after 11:00.
1249
01:33:37,396 --> 01:33:40,491
You mustn't get sick again.
Let's go.
1250
01:33:59,952 --> 01:34:02,250
I'm so glad you're here.
1251
01:34:02,455 --> 01:34:04,480
The tax collector
is coming tomorrow.
1252
01:34:04,690 --> 01:34:07,660
Bring your books over tonight.
1253
01:34:07,860 --> 01:34:09,851
We'll fix them up.
1254
01:34:10,596 --> 01:34:12,257
I see.
1255
01:34:17,336 --> 01:34:20,101
Whiskey really
knocks you off your feet.
1256
01:34:25,678 --> 01:34:29,615
I'm sorry to bother you.
1257
01:34:29,815 --> 01:34:31,408
Do you feel ill?
1258
01:34:32,218 --> 01:34:35,119
- No, but I'm thirsty.
- Want some water?
1259
01:34:35,321 --> 01:34:36,447
Thanks.
1260
01:34:36,656 --> 01:34:38,681
Stop thanking me.
1261
01:34:49,468 --> 01:34:51,903
I drank so much.
1262
01:34:52,638 --> 01:34:54,902
Did I say anything?
1263
01:34:55,508 --> 01:34:57,374
No, nothing.
1264
01:35:20,299 --> 01:35:22,927
Thanks for everything.
1265
01:35:23,703 --> 01:35:25,364
Good night.
1266
01:35:30,076 --> 01:35:33,205
No, don't.
1267
01:35:33,512 --> 01:35:36,277
I love you!
I always have!
1268
01:35:36,482 --> 01:35:38,109
No, don't!
1269
01:36:09,548 --> 01:36:10,709
What's wrong?
1270
01:36:13,419 --> 01:36:15,183
I had a dream.
1271
01:36:16,389 --> 01:36:19,120
I was crying.
1272
01:36:20,359 --> 01:36:23,761
When I woke up,
I was really crying.
1273
01:36:24,397 --> 01:36:26,263
What was your dream?
1274
01:36:27,233 --> 01:36:29,702
It was about my late husband.
1275
01:36:30,770 --> 01:36:33,330
Even when a woman's
in your arms,
1276
01:36:33,539 --> 01:36:36,440
you can never tell
who she's really thinking of.
1277
01:36:40,513 --> 01:36:42,345
Light me one, please.
1278
01:36:43,949 --> 01:36:46,919
It was a strange dream.
1279
01:36:48,688 --> 01:36:52,352
He called to say he was
returning from a business trip.
1280
01:36:52,558 --> 01:36:55,528
I went to the harbor to greet him.
1281
01:36:57,029 --> 01:37:00,590
Strange that
he'd be coming by ship,
1282
01:37:00,800 --> 01:37:03,132
but that's how dreams are.
1283
01:37:04,370 --> 01:37:07,169
He stood on deck,
1284
01:37:07,373 --> 01:37:11,207
waving the presents
he'd bought me.
1285
01:37:12,845 --> 01:37:15,780
Guess what they were.
1286
01:37:16,982 --> 01:37:21,442
Potatoes, onions, and radishes.
1287
01:37:27,526 --> 01:37:32,726
We married just after the war,
when food was scarce.
1288
01:37:32,932 --> 01:37:36,459
He often brought vegetables
back from his trips.
1289
01:37:37,737 --> 01:37:42,971
Seeing those vegetables
in the dream made me sad,
1290
01:37:43,409 --> 01:37:45,935
so I started crying.
1291
01:37:47,780 --> 01:37:49,373
I see.
1292
01:37:50,282 --> 01:37:52,614
Was he a kind man?
1293
01:37:53,719 --> 01:37:55,847
I love you...
1294
01:37:56,322 --> 01:37:59,724
but I'd prefer a husband.
1295
01:38:00,025 --> 01:38:03,188
Someone always by my side.
1296
01:38:04,697 --> 01:38:08,895
I don't want to see you
just once in a while.
1297
01:38:14,106 --> 01:38:17,337
I'm happy now though.
1298
01:38:17,543 --> 01:38:21,207
Really?
You don't regret it?
1299
01:38:22,982 --> 01:38:24,916
No, I don't.
1300
01:38:25,951 --> 01:38:29,649
But I'm worried about one thing.
1301
01:38:29,889 --> 01:38:31,516
Worried?
1302
01:38:38,264 --> 01:38:41,996
When my husband died,
1303
01:38:42,201 --> 01:38:47,298
I placed my picture and a letter
in with his ashes.
1304
01:38:49,542 --> 01:38:54,708
I vowed I'd never love
another man.
1305
01:38:55,548 --> 01:38:57,846
I wrote that down
1306
01:38:58,050 --> 01:39:02,783
and asked the priest
to put it in with him.
1307
01:39:05,558 --> 01:39:08,323
I'm a strange woman, aren't I?
1308
01:39:11,530 --> 01:39:14,500
I have to go now.
1309
01:39:15,901 --> 01:39:19,735
No, stay a little longer.
1310
01:39:20,940 --> 01:39:22,704
I can't.
1311
01:39:23,976 --> 01:39:26,968
It's still early.
I'll make some coffee.
1312
01:39:27,179 --> 01:39:29,147
That's all right.
1313
01:39:39,625 --> 01:39:45,120
I meant to tell you last night,
but I couldn't.
1314
01:39:45,331 --> 01:39:47,629
I'm being transferred to Osaka.
1315
01:39:48,801 --> 01:39:52,533
When was that decided?
1316
01:39:54,874 --> 01:39:57,366
The end of the year.
1317
01:39:58,210 --> 01:39:59,769
I leave tomorrow.
1318
01:40:08,153 --> 01:40:12,613
I won't forget you.
Call me if you ever come to Osaka.
1319
01:40:18,030 --> 01:40:21,864
All I can do now is help
1320
01:40:22,067 --> 01:40:24,832
when you open your own place.
1321
01:40:25,204 --> 01:40:27,502
I promise you that.
1322
01:40:29,975 --> 01:40:33,536
Mr. Fujisaki...
1323
01:40:35,781 --> 01:40:37,715
I really do love you.
1324
01:40:37,917 --> 01:40:39,681
I love you too.
1325
01:40:42,821 --> 01:40:44,448
You do?
1326
01:40:46,258 --> 01:40:48,352
I love you...
1327
01:40:50,062 --> 01:40:53,123
but I don't have the courage
to break up my home.
1328
01:40:55,801 --> 01:40:59,465
It may be selfish of me,
but it's the truth.
1329
01:41:04,777 --> 01:41:07,439
I bought this stock cheap.
1330
01:41:07,646 --> 01:41:10,172
It's worth 100,000 now.
1331
01:41:10,382 --> 01:41:12,146
Maybe it will help.
1332
01:41:20,826 --> 01:41:25,024
I meant to leave it
last night and go.
1333
01:41:26,198 --> 01:41:31,534
A noble sentiment, but I was
too low to see it through.
1334
01:41:40,312 --> 01:41:45,045
I'll never forget
this brief time together.
1335
01:41:48,354 --> 01:41:50,254
Take care of yourself.
1336
01:42:39,672 --> 01:42:41,606
I just saw Fujisaki.
1337
01:42:46,445 --> 01:42:49,881
Why are you crying?
Did he jilt you?
1338
01:42:57,489 --> 01:43:01,687
I used to respect you.
1339
01:43:02,661 --> 01:43:07,724
I was amazed at how
you never gave in for five long years.
1340
01:43:09,001 --> 01:43:10,730
That illusion's gone.
1341
01:43:11,470 --> 01:43:15,338
Sorry.
I'm not that good.
1342
01:43:19,411 --> 01:43:21,243
Do you love him?
1343
01:43:24,016 --> 01:43:25,484
Why don't you answer?
1344
01:43:25,684 --> 01:43:27,516
I don't love him or hate him.
1345
01:43:27,720 --> 01:43:30,655
Besides, he's being
transferred to Osaka.
1346
01:43:30,856 --> 01:43:34,759
You fool! Why'd you give in
if you don't love him?
1347
01:43:34,960 --> 01:43:37,361
Aren't you ashamed?
1348
01:43:37,563 --> 01:43:40,464
Did you forget
your letter and picture?
1349
01:43:40,666 --> 01:43:44,830
- That was just -
- Liar! I looked into it.
1350
01:43:47,106 --> 01:43:53,512
I got drunk one day
and asked the priest about it.
1351
01:43:54,646 --> 01:43:56,705
Why'd you do that?
1352
01:43:59,551 --> 01:44:01,485
Why?
1353
01:44:02,688 --> 01:44:04,816
Don't pretend you don't know.
1354
01:44:05,324 --> 01:44:07,656
You know I love you.
1355
01:44:12,564 --> 01:44:17,502
But I never said a word.
I kept it locked up inside.
1356
01:44:19,104 --> 01:44:23,507
It became so unbearable
I even seduced one of our girls.
1357
01:44:24,143 --> 01:44:26,407
Some manager!
1358
01:44:27,980 --> 01:44:31,507
Last December it got
so I couldn't take it anymore.
1359
01:44:31,717 --> 01:44:33,879
I went to the temple
and checked.
1360
01:44:34,620 --> 01:44:40,024
It turned out to be true,
so I vowed never to touch you,
1361
01:44:40,225 --> 01:44:42,751
or let anyone else either!
1362
01:44:42,961 --> 01:44:46,898
But now you've turned
into a consummate pro!
1363
01:44:48,267 --> 01:44:51,237
Sorry to disappoint you.
1364
01:44:52,237 --> 01:44:55,263
But who told me
to act like a pro?
1365
01:44:55,607 --> 01:44:58,440
Who told me to flatter Minobe?
1366
01:44:59,077 --> 01:45:06,143
You told me never to go halfway,
to be a real pro!
1367
01:45:06,952 --> 01:45:11,947
Well, now I'm a pro,
and the customer's happy.
1368
01:45:12,157 --> 01:45:14,285
What's wrong with that?
1369
01:45:24,269 --> 01:45:26,135
No!
1370
01:45:26,939 --> 01:45:28,304
I love you!
1371
01:45:28,507 --> 01:45:30,236
Let me go!
1372
01:45:32,144 --> 01:45:34,806
Marry me.
I'm begging you.
1373
01:45:35,013 --> 01:45:37,038
Let's open our own bar.
1374
01:45:37,983 --> 01:45:41,419
Get out or I'll scream.
1375
01:45:42,888 --> 01:45:45,084
You hate me that much?
1376
01:45:46,391 --> 01:45:48,655
I don't hate you or love you.
1377
01:45:48,861 --> 01:45:52,320
That kind of marriage
would never work.
1378
01:45:52,798 --> 01:45:56,234
We know each other too well.
1379
01:45:58,537 --> 01:46:01,700
Please just go.
1380
01:46:03,108 --> 01:46:04,598
Go!
1381
01:46:07,246 --> 01:46:10,546
Please let me be alone.
1382
01:46:17,789 --> 01:46:20,724
You really love Fujisaki,
don't you?
1383
01:46:23,462 --> 01:46:25,123
I understand.
1384
01:46:27,099 --> 01:46:29,431
I'll never bother you again.
1385
01:47:11,610 --> 01:47:15,171
You'd be a great help,
1386
01:47:15,380 --> 01:47:19,010
but I could never
afford your salary.
1387
01:47:20,652 --> 01:47:22,313
I see.
1388
01:47:23,388 --> 01:47:26,050
Why'd you quit the Carton?
1389
01:47:26,258 --> 01:47:28,090
Have a fight with Mama?
1390
01:47:31,229 --> 01:47:33,755
I'm tired of that place.
1391
01:47:35,667 --> 01:47:38,295
I may go back to the Club 8.
1392
01:47:39,905 --> 01:47:43,307
I'll help out when you're busy.
- Thanks.
1393
01:47:45,210 --> 01:47:46,678
Good-bye.
1394
01:48:08,500 --> 01:48:10,434
Mrs. Fujisaki?
1395
01:48:10,635 --> 01:48:14,765
I'm Keiko from the Carton Bar,
and a customer of the bank.
1396
01:48:16,842 --> 01:48:20,369
You've been very kind
to my husband.
1397
01:48:20,579 --> 01:48:22,104
Not at all.
1398
01:48:22,314 --> 01:48:24,715
Congratulations on his promotion.
1399
01:48:24,916 --> 01:48:26,441
Thank you.
1400
01:48:27,452 --> 01:48:31,946
I borrowed this
from your husband.
1401
01:48:32,157 --> 01:48:34,785
I'd like to return it.
1402
01:48:36,695 --> 01:48:38,322
Is that all right?
1403
01:48:43,235 --> 01:48:46,227
If I need it again,
I'll borrow it directly from you.
1404
01:48:46,438 --> 01:48:47,872
I see.
1405
01:48:48,774 --> 01:48:52,210
Here's a little something
for the children.
1406
01:48:53,278 --> 01:48:54,302
Dear...
1407
01:48:55,614 --> 01:48:57,173
Thanks.
1408
01:48:59,484 --> 01:49:02,351
Please take good care
of yourselves.
1409
01:49:36,388 --> 01:49:37,856
She's beautiful.
1410
01:49:42,828 --> 01:49:45,661
Not at all like a bar hostess.
1411
01:49:47,732 --> 01:49:51,464
Mommy, what is this?
Can we open it?
1412
01:49:51,670 --> 01:49:53,468
Later.
1413
01:50:09,020 --> 01:50:13,321
It had been a bleak ordeal,
like a harsh winter.
1414
01:50:13,524 --> 01:50:17,518
But the trees that line the streets
can sprout new buds
1415
01:50:17,729 --> 01:50:20,198
no matter how cold the wind.
1416
01:50:21,532 --> 01:50:25,332
I too must be just as strong
1417
01:50:26,170 --> 01:50:29,333
as the winds
that gust around me.
1418
01:50:42,654 --> 01:50:45,123
Ah! Welcome!
1419
01:50:45,757 --> 01:50:50,422
It's been so long!
Welcome!
1420
01:50:55,767 --> 01:50:59,670
THE END