"(From Song of August by Koichi Iijima) To be a soldier at war:" "Oh, how joyful it is!" "(Voice:" "Tatsumi Hijikata) It is much better than toiling in rice fields" "Sergeant is our loving mother with a whip up his sleeve" "He who got his first pair of fine leather shoes" "Had half his head blown off" "It happened before my eyes in the heat of summer" "Staggering, hungry, relieved, anxious and pained" "Suddenly, I felt my body sway" "The world tilted, the sea swelled up on my right" "The sea of Leyte" "Sleep, oh, sleep on" "Oh, the sea of Midway, the sea of Solomon" "Sleep with the souls of my fellow men" "Here is a votive candle" "Here is a votive candle" "I offer it to the god of Oki Islands" "Patron of fishermen" "Oh, send a good, mighty storm our way, please" "Wars, wars, wars..." "Civil, foreign, otherwise" "You name it, and it's there for you" "Manchuria, Nomonhan, China" "Shanghai, Beijing, Nanjing, Singapore, Java, Borneo" ""Banzai" charge on Iwo Jima" "War is the dripping of blood" "Smelling of blood, visions of collective hunger" "The ultra-sexy, red-nailed Ruriko Asaoka" "Holding a cigarette" "In the smoke from her painted lips" "Hover the nightmares of the summer past" "Vanish!" "Oh, go away!" "Confused dreams of horror and greed!" "Oh, god of Takushi Shrine from Oki" "Please let us find a truly favorable wind" "Bless us with fruits of our sea and land" "With one thousand days of sunshine and peace" "With one thousand days of sunshine and peace" "With one thousand days of sunshine and peace" "With one thousand days of sunshine and peace" "After 1974, Hijikata never danced onstage himself." "The climate of his native region with its long lonely winters... and short splendid summers nurtured his unparalleled style." "In 1950, he left for Tokyo with his passion for dancing." "And he remained a revolutionary throughout his dancing career." "In 1986, on his death bed he was helped up by others." "And, in the face of all present, he danced his very last dance." "Performance of 1973 in Westside Auditorium, Kyoto University" "Performers:" "Tatsumi HIJIKATA" "Yoko ASHIKAWA, Saga KOBAYASHI Momoko NIMURA, Mana KATSURA" "Koichi TAMANO, Koichi SATO Yukio WAGURI, Ikkou AMEMIYA" "Ryuichi TACHIBANA, Naoto HANAUE Hiroshi OHNO"