"Ah, you are here." "I tried to call you again." "It's easy to say, but, it's not easy to catch and take a train." "Mr. Yoshikoka, you are such a man." "You don't need to take a train." "Why don't you take a cab?" "No way." "It's at least 200 ken long." "So, to make such an amount of money," "I have to invest at least 60000 yen in my business." "So, you mean, with this glass of whisky, you can buy a ticket from Tokyo to Osaka, and still you save money?" "It's not the same thing." "This is 'special.'" "You have another 'special,' don't you?" "What's that?" "It's Mitsuko." "I don't know." "I really don't know how I feel." "Actually, I called you to talk about Mitsuko." "About Mitsuko?" "When do you go back to Osaka?" "In a couple of days." "I thought so, that's why I was in a rush." "Mr. Yoshioka, do you know a guy whose name is Arita?" "Yah..." "I haven't seen him, but I heard about him." "Mitsuko is..." "That's right." "While that guy was stuck on her, I and my wife had nothing to do, even though we know how you feel about Mitsuko." "I know that, too." "However, Mr. Yoshioka, finally, you got a chance." "What happened?" "Arita found another woman." "Is that true?" "It is my wife who got this news and she is certain about it." "All right, but does Mitsuko know?" "I won't miss this chance." "My wife went to inform her." "Then, when Mitsuko gets angry, why don't you invite her for dinner or something to cheer her up?" "What do you think?" "But, I can't believe what you said." "Have I ever lied to you?" "I don't say it's a lie," "but I don't think it's such an important thing as you think." "That means, you have confidence?" "It's not confidence, but..." "That woman is just a news vendor." "She must not be such a woman." "No, I 'm not saying that." "I am completely devoted to him, seriously." "I would be better for him than any other women." "I know very well how much you are devoted. to him." "That's why I was really upset." "Well, it might sound strange, but he was really a little boy when we met." "He may be attracted by another woman just for a little curiosity." "...but I think he will know me better by seeing other women." "Am I conceited?" "But, I think a man who understands you will be someone who knows world well." "So, you mean, it's not Arita." "No, but, I think there will be a guy who understands you better." "It must be..." "He won't knock on the door." "Sorry, I am late." "It's OK, thanks." "Here you go." "Change..." "No, it's OK." "Thanks a lot." "Is that your dinner?" "Well, I have got to go." "Really?" "It's not such late." "I 'm sorry, but it seems that I came here to let you know something not interesting..." "No, it's OK." "But, it's because I think of you." "I know." "Your hands are always clean." "No, it's not so." "When you got drunk at my place," "I said to you "Your hands are always clean."" "Then, you said "They are not for housekeeping, but to caress guys. "" "Don't say that." "I do housekeeping, too." "You shouldn't do that." "It's your good point." "Well, by the way, Mr. Yoshioka is really pure man, in spite of his age." "He has never married." "Uh." "If you want to talk, don't think anything, just open this door, go down the stairs, cross the street, open the door and just call 'Kayo.' OK?" "I don't think that such a woman could love a guy like me but I don't know why, just I think about her." "It's not a big deal, I just want to make her happy." "She is such an intelligent woman." "She won't be with him for a long time." "Hello." "What happened?" "It didn't work." "She doesn't believe you?" "For her, it's beside the question." "Beside the question?" "She thinks it's just an inconstancy." "Isn't she jealous?" "I don't know what she really thinks." "She really loves him." "But, I don't think they will stay together for a long time." "They don't have a job." "They make money by selling Mitsuko's property." "If they are out of money..." "Anyway, I got a go now." "No, it's not such late." "Should I call Mitsuko?" "Well..." "No, it's OK for now..." "Someone will come to see me." "Could you ask her to wait for me here?" "All right." "Thanks." "That was Arita." "Uh..." "That was Arita, he looks so nice." "But he is a hooligan..." "I understand why Mitsuko loves him." "You shouldn't say that." "Mitsuko said to me that it was not a big deal, but, if she sees him..." "Certainly, they would have an argument." "Mr. Yoshioka, you cannot leave now." "I'll have another glass." "What's happened?" "You knocked on the door?" "Do you have a cigarette?" "Are you hungry?" "Yah." "It's already getting cold a little, or you want to go out to eat?" "I am not so hungry." "What's wrong?" "Why don't you have a seat?" "Well, I have something to talk to you." "I do, too." "What's that?" "You first." "No, you begin." "No, you should begin." "Maybe, what I want to talk would be the same thing as you." "Are you going out with a news vendor?" "How did you know that?" "Ah, it's that issue." "You looked so serious, so I thought it would be something important." "What does she look like?" "How old is she?" "Come on." "I don't mind, even if you have a little affair." "A little affair?" "Don't say like that." "We are serious." "Serious..." "I have never had such a feeling." "Since I have known her, I am always thinking about her." "I always want to do something for her." "Then I don't know why, but I became really serious and I am ashamed of my life." "Your life with me?" "It's not only that, but everything." "Now, I am looking for a job." "I want to work seriously, then..." "You can say directly that you are tired of me, but you chose a news vendor!" "It's too foolish for me to get angry." "Excuse me," "but I was asked to wait for Arita." "Well...have a seat and wait for him." "Thank you." "She looks good." "You cannot leave." "I'll have another glass." "I am sorry." "I shouldn't have said that." "It's OK, I was sorry, too." "We should break up now pleasantly." "I have known since long time that it would be over one day." "But, I, woman...tends to be confused in such a situation." "Now, I'm all right." "Do you remember this music?" "What?" "This is the music with which we danced together for the first time." "Could you dance for the last time?" "The night when we first met, it was my first night dancing at that hall after divorcing my second husband." "You just sat down in front of me, just drinking, looking at dancers, without dancing.." "Then, you gazed at me for a long time." "When this music began you came up to me and kept dancing together until the last number." "After that, we went around." "It was fun, really." "We went to Shimabara, to Hiraizumi..." "At that time, you had brilliant eyes, but you were really skinny." "You were very young and really interesting." "Then, we got used to going out together," "but you are not mine any more..." "Mitsuko." "I won't leave you." "I cannot go anywhere without you." "You shouldn't say that." "It's too late, Kiyoshi." "You shouldn't throw away your life because of your sympathy to me." "If you don't mind, I can accept any life with you." "Don't tell me such an absurd thing." "You have to profit by this chance." "With that woman, you should live a decent life." "I know how she looks." "If I could, I wanted to help you, but I couldn't." "Well, my life is almost at a dead end." "If you didn't ask me today, I would have asked you to finish it tomorrow." "Then, how will you live?" "I'll be all right." "You don't need to care about me." "I will make out anyhow." "But..." "In fact, I have already met someone." "Is that true?" "We really loved each other." "I got so much good memories." "But, we cannot live just with that." "We were not right for each other." "Finally, it didn't work." "Then, you found a right person and I did, too." "The only way to separate pleasantly is to celebrate our new lives, you know?" "Is it true that you found the right person?" "Yes." "It's true." "No, it's not true." "It's true." "Hello?" "Yes." "Hello?" "Where are you?" "I'm waiting for you for a long time." "You aren't sorry for me?" "What are you talking about ?" "Yes?" "For dinner?" "I'd love to." "I'm alone having nothing to do." "Could you come to pick me up?" "OK." "I'll wait for you." "What's?" "I'm Yoshioka, YO-SHI-O-KA." "Say good-by to me pleasantly." "Be happy." "You, too." "Bye." "What happened?" "I don't know." "Don't think anything, just open this door, go down the stairs, cross the street, open the door and just call 'Kayo,' that's it." "End"