"" "436)}Episode 6" "Misuzu-za" "That was so great!" "The audience really seemed to love it!" "You said it!" "Huh?" "Leaving already?" "Come to the after-party." "Kiku-san told me to go on without him." "at night?" "Yeah." "Is Kiku-san still in there?" "y'know?" "Tell him I'll talk to him later." "Hold it." "It's dangerous for you to be out at night." "I'll walk you home." "I'll see her to the station." "that's great." "You're surprisingly kind." "right?" "!" "To the success of the play!" "Cheers!" "you good-for-nothing." "Letting a woman walk home alone?" "What were you thinking?" "I don't need lectures from a bum like you." "You'd better make it up to her later." "either." "you." "Listen to what your older brother says!" "You're not my older brother." "I was apprenticed before you were." "I went through the gate first!" "hell." "We're having such a great time." "Let's not fight." "I see." "right?" "Getting such a great audience response..." "Well... you can never quit." "I came close to death a bunch of times." "but when I was doing rakugo for the soldiers" "I could see the way it filled them with joy." "and they were starved for entertainment so they were so happy to get it." "They looked just like the people today." "I love seeing faces like that." "And that's when I made up my mind..." "I was gonna do rakugo for the people." "What about you?" "He fell asleep..." "Why am I doing this?" "I've never even thought about it... that's right..." "I was always so frantic..." "It was the only way to find a place I could stay." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "Try to do it right." "ma'am." "once more." "but a boy can't be a geisha." "Doesn't he even realize that?" "That poor boy." "An injured leg?" "They say he can't even dance anymore." "I heard they're going to try to apprentice him out somewhere." "so he's being gracefully expelled?" "Poor little boy..." "If only he'd been born a woman..." "Young Master." "ma'am." "oil dig." "There you go again." "What is it?" "Oiled egg... boiled eggs." "You brought boiled eggs?" "Let me have some later!" "Why are you here?" "I came to praise you!" "why didn't you say so?" "Yotaro came here to praise us!" "Whom is my rakugo for?" "I never had time to think about that." "rakugo was the only thing I could do to survive..." "Garçon!" "Could you refill my water?" "Here you are." "You were so amazing in the play!" "You were beautiful!" "are you gonna do another?" "my dear ladies." "Thank you." "Wel..." "Good day to you." "I wanted to stop by early and see you." "dear..." "Are those girls all fans of yours?" "How should I know?" "It's clear as day." "They keep looking at you." "your Benten-sama was just wonderful." "I didn't know you were such a great actor." "I did practice quite a lot." "have you thought about becoming an actor?" "you said you weren't cut out for rakugo." "It's a joke." "I was just teasing you." "right?" "You do have charm!" "They couldn't take their eyes off you!" "I've never had a reaction like that from an audience." "If I could do rakugo like that..." "I just know it!" "I'm going to come watch your next performance." "what am I to do?" "I need a partner for a lovers' suicide but the poor man I'd choose..." "I know!" "That bachelor... the bookseller!" "practicing again?" "You sure must love it." "And I see you never get tired of rambling around town drinking like an idiot." "I'm not an idiot." "Kin-san!" "Thank you so much for coming." "I couldn't be happier." "sounding good!" "Is that "Shinagawa Shinju"?" "I thought I'd do it at the next study meet." "The audience'll love it!" "right?" "You're really cut out for that sexy stuff." "It's just like I told you back then." "I'll go to bed and get out of your hair." "Night!" "didn't he... right?" "So pick a story where you don't need one." "erotic stories." "sexy stuff." "Does that mean he figured it all out?" "he already knew?" "And that's when I made up my mind..." "I was gonna do rakugo for the people." "He's always ahead of me..." "What about you?" "Monthly Futatsume Study Meet" "I'll do my best today." "right?" "please teach me all you can." "do your best." "Sukeroku" "Here he is!" "a mere 100 mon was enough to have your sins forgiven 000 men." "people from all over the world flooded to the Zenko-ji Temple and every one of them went to Heaven." "Hell was in trouble!" "No new customers!" "They were on the verge of closing up shop!" "enter Ishikawa Goemon." "singing a dodoitsu and relaxing when he got an invitation from the King of Hell." "Goemon wore three layers of black kimono over a net undershirt." "straw sandals on his feet hair unshaven and wild as a thicket powerful strides." "Ishikawa Goemon humbly presents himself before you!" "eh?" "I'll cut to the chase." "I need you to steal the Heritage Stamp." "It is the only way." "I'll put you on Hell's executive board!" "sir!" "Yurakutei Sukeroku it shall be done!" "I'm counting on you!" "Rakugo for the audience?" "The audience's joy gives Shin-san more and more momentum..." "These are the parts of rakugo I hate the most." "Goemon was back in the mortal world." "He realized the Zenko-ji would be crowded during the day so he waited until night to appear." "he used techniques of the Iga Ninja..." "It's not a kind of rakugo that I can do." "0000 the more uncomfortable I get." "he saw a finely made box!" "he found an ink pot and the Heritage Stamp." "thank you!" "But..." "I have successfully infiltrated the inner recesses of the Zenko-ji and stolen the Heritage Stamp!" "my great wish is achieved!" "How grateful I am!" "How unworthy I am!" "as Goemon pressed the Heritage Stamp against his forehead he went straight up to Heaven on the spot." "Whom is my rakugo for?" "That's a little bit of comedy we call "Okechimyaku." "Never mind it." "I have my own rakugo." "Kikuhiko" "Yurakutei Kikuhiko" "Thank you." "I'm grateful to you all for coming out here today." "there was a geisha house called the Shiroki-ya." "There lived a courtesan of the highest rank named Osome." "Yurakutei Kikuhiko could not hold back the tide of aging." "Men would no longer gift her with new kimono to wear... she decided to commit a lovers' suicide." "Yurakutei Kikuhiko what am I to do?" "I need a partner for a lovers' suicide but I would feel awful doing that to any of the men I know... the bookseller!" "The reaction's changed... what is it?" "thank you for coming!" "Yurakutei Kikuhiko" "There's this little favor I wanted to ask you... of course!" "I'd do anything for you!" "Really?" "I'm so happy!" "You're the only one who treats me that way." "The audience's faces look totally different..." "The truth is..." "I've decided to kill myself." "I understand now!" "My rakugo wasn't for anyone else." "I've been doing it for myself." "1)}Yurakutei Kikuhiko" "Thank you." "What a good man you are." "please light a stick of incense for me." "To make a place for myself." "All right... then I'll die with you." "So that I'd feel comfortable staying here... then?" "Tonight?" "Th-That's a bit sudden..." "I would so like to be with you in the next world..." "And so they made their decision to die together the next evening." "Because she could not afford to have Kinzo run out on her" "Osome gave him the reception of a lifetime." "Kinzo was unsteady on his feet the next day" "Yurakutei Kikuhiko as he bought funeral clothing and cheap daggers for both of them then went to pay his final respects to a local mob boss who was a regular at his shop." "what do I say?" "I can't just tell him I've decided to kill myself with a woman..." "The nervous Kinzo rambled on until the boss began to realize that something was fishy." "even leaving the all-important daggers behind." "and knowing that he needn't worry about the bill and fell into a drunken stupor." "Kin-san!" "he's fast asleep." "He's even blowing a snot bubble..." "How slovenly he looks when he sleeps..." "And I'm pathetic for choosing to die with such a man... do I?" "It's not as if I can do any better..." "Kin-san!" "Kin-san!" "Wake up!" "Did you forget your promise to me?" "Weren't you going to die with me?" "H-Huh?" "What?" "Yurakutei Kikuhiko was I gonna die with you?" "you were!" "Did you forget?" "Osome finally got him awake." "They tried to cut their throats with a razor and couldn't go through with it." "Were you lying when you said you would die with me?" "n-no!" "No way!" "Of course not!" "Yurakutei Kikuhiko shall we jump into the sea out back?" "N-No way!" "I can't swim!" "but that's just perfect!" "What?" "Someone wants to pay for me?" "then." "you jumped too soon!" "That's what you get for jumping in so suddenly..." "You startled me so..." "Someone's paying for me now!" "but go on ahead of me!" "Yurakutei Kikuhiko goodbye!" "so Kinzo survived but hearing the talk between the young man and Osome he became angry." "Damn it!" "That bitch!" "I'll get her for this!" "Yurakutei Kikuhiko" "He managed to crawl out of the water and head to the mob boss's house." "and... bam!" "He pounded on the front door." "the boss was hosting a gambling session in his house." "the men panicked." "it was not the police his hair a mess." "Yurakutei Kikuhiko" "Boss..." "Good evening... aren't you?" "There was only one man among them hadn't batted an eye." "you are one cool customer!" "I was actually just paralyzed with fear..." "Yurakutei Kikuhiko" "So that I could be myself..." "Kiku-san." "What happened?" "You were incredible today!" "Did something change?" "Not telling." "Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju Episode 7." "We appreciate your continued support." "0000"