"THE GENJI STORY" "Producer:" "NAGATA Masaichi" "Screenplay:" "SHINDO Kaneto" "Supervision:" "TANIZAKI Jurichiro" "Camera:" "SUGIYAMA Kohei Sound:" "OTSUNO Masao" "Light:" "KATO Atsunoyuki Set:" "MIZUTANI Hiroshi" "Music:" "IFUKUBE Akira" "With:" "Prince Genji" " HASEGAWA Kazuo The Harima Priest" " OKOCHI Denjiro" "Lady Kiritsuba" " KOGURE Michiyo Lady Aoi" " MIZUTO Mitsuko" "Lady Awaji" " KYO Machiko Lady Murasaki" " OTOWA Nobuko" "Yoshinari" " HORI Yuji To no Chujo" " HONMA Kentaro" "Minister of the Left" " SUGAI Ichiro Minister of the Right" " SHINDO Eitaro" "Oborozukiyo" " HASEGAWA Yumiko Lady Kiritsuba" " SOMA Chieko" "The Emperor" " OZAWA Sakae The Concubine" " HIGASHIYAMA Chieko" "Directed by:" "YOSHIMURA Kimisaburo" "What's there to like in that woman?" "With her green face, like tree leaves, is there any trace of beauty in her?" "Her fragile and innocent looks have surely won His Majesty's heart." "His Majesty is, after all, the Emperor!" "Among all his concubines and damsels in-waiting, to honor this woman by making her his favourite, that really is extravagant!" "My Lady Concubine, my Lady in-waiting Kiritsubo is coming, summoned again by His Majesty." "Here she is!" "Again!" "Just a moment!" "Where are your feet taking you to?" "How can you put on such a calm countenance when you pass me each day and each night?" "Under the mask of a kind face," "I wonder what mischievous gossip you poison His Majesty with." "I've only... been sent for." "For a commoner it's only normal to ignore the rules of feminine decency." "Learn to be modest!" "Even if His Majesty summons you, you'd better show more reserve." "If His Majesty hadn't summoned you, you wouldn't be allowed in here." "Please, turn your steps backwards!" "My Lord, there is something I want to ask you." "Is it you, Kokiden?" "What do you wish?" "Kiritsubo must return to her family." "I can't take it any longer!" "Your request is painful to me." "The more so as this person is expecting a child." "I, for one, am determined." "Either Kiritsubo returns to her family, or I return to my family." "I'm asking you to make your choice this very day." "How can you say such an unreasonable thing!" "No..." "It isn't unreasonable at all." "You should make a clear choice." "Stop your crying." "You must not ruin your health." "Mother, please, let's go back home!" "I can't stay any longer in such a terrible place." "But... such a thing cannot be..." "Not at all!" "It is by my staying here that I embarrass him." "His Majesty has, in fact, loved me more than anyone else here." "And out of gratitude for his deep love I must leave from here!" "Mother," "let's go back home!" "That's where I'll have the baby prince." "If I stay here and worry, I'm not sure I'll be able to give birth to him safely." "Welcome." "It looks like you're having a lot of fun." "How's your mother?" "When mother looks at me, she can't hold her tears." "I wonder what's the matter with her..." "Really?" "Crying is all that she does?" "It is because you surely are the best of sons, Hikaru the radiant." "You've come just in time!" "I was just thinking about sending a messenger." "Is Kiritsubo..." "feeling that bad?" "She's alive..." "She's still alive." "I wanted you to see her while she was still alive." "Poor soul who unleashed Kokiden's wrath!" "I myself have been summoned yesterday to the Central Office and I've been stripped of my position with the Imperial Guard." "Well, that's harsh!" "It's all the concubine Kokiden's doing." "I'll go back to my home town and lead a life of leisure." " Madame!" " Yes?" "That'll do, mother." "Calm down." "Weren't you telling me right now that you wanted to live until Hikaru wore his male garments?" "Kiritsubo, you must hang on!" "You mustn't die!" "I can't go on anymore." "His Majesty has given me more love than I was able to take." "Whenever I'll die, I won't regret anything." "But there is his child, Hikaru the radiant." "Don't worry about him." "By making you his subjects, His Majesty set you free from the Court." "And by giving your son the name of Genji, he acknowledged him as the firstborn of his line." "Rest assured he'll keep his watch over him." "He's right." "You shouldn't worry about Hikaru's future." "What kind of a man will he become?" "What kind of a destiny will he be forced to follow?" "Born by a vain woman like me, won't he meet a dark and miserable fate?" "If only he could follow the shining path of hope..." "What a magnificent sunset..." "His Lordship is leaving!" "Prepare the carriage!" "Hey!" "This is prince Hikaru's convoy!" "It seems he's been appointed general..." "He's a special prince, everything works quickly for him." "I absolutely must see him today." "You can see his sleeve behind the curtain." " Really, the radiant prince?" " Yes, he's coming." " What should we do?" " I want to see him!" "Out of the question!" "Don't even think about it!" "Here he is!" "Stay calm!" "Ladies!" "Remain seated!" "You have classes!" "You are really impossible!" "How beautiful he is!" "Really!" "What elegance!" "How sweet he is!" "Like a painting..." "What's this commotion?" "It's prince Hikaru going to the palace." "Oh!" "The radiant prince!" "Enough with this nonsense!" "With such a low-born mother, how can he be radiant?" "But, aunt, prince Hikaru enjoys the Emperor's full favour!" "He will surely be a minister." "Not while I'm alive!" "But, aunt, why do you hate him so?" "He writes beautiful poems, dances wonderfully, and is handsome as a cherry branch flowering on a willow!" "Enough!" "Here he is!" "I want to see him!" "Wait, wait!" "On this memorial day of my mother's death I prayed on her tomb." "You did well." "I also wanted to go, but my body betrayed me." "Are you feeling very ill?" "No, it's not that serious it's just that I'm getting old." "It's very cold this year." "You should take good care." "Thank you." "It's troubling how, growing up, you look more and more like your mother." "Fujitsubo." "Sire?" "Bring forth his ceremonial robes." "Dame Fujitsubo, why won't you see me?" "May I visit you soon?" "Women really are strange creatures, elusive, they remain enigmatic." "Really?" "I find them awfully simple." "You're building too much of a mystery around them." "What do you think?" "Well..." "I wouldn't know what to say." "I don't know if they're enigmatic or simple, but it's certain that one can rarely find a kind one." "A perfect woman, one you can never forget, is very rare I've finally understood that." "A young girl, carefully brought up, looks well and seems perfect to our male eyes, who can't see beyond appearances." "Overestimating her, we can fall for her such deceptions, over and over again..." "Longing for something to fill their maidenly indolence they learn the harp or poetry and then show off their skills in such genteel arts." "But most of them have nothing but a thin veneer." "Generally, be it a man or a woman, the thinner the veneer, the more they show it off." "Women pretending to have taste are really obnoxious!" "But, then, are there really no worthy women?" "No, at least as far as I'm concerned." "After all, would a worthy woman be a commoner?" "Quite so." "Better a common woman when living in a cramped house." "Isn't pleasing her husband the most important thing for a wife?" "Too experienced in the soul's hazes, she might venture to quote poems out of place, which would be annoying." "But what good is a straight-forward wife, with her hair behind her ears and not too careful about her demeanor?" "If one can't talk to her openly, share joys and pains with her, one ends up by giving up and laughing all by oneself, at the risk of being asked:" ""Why are you laughing?"" "Being talked to by a stupid voice is equally pitiful." "The ideal woman is not of this world." "Take a celestial creature as your mistress and the incense fumes will bother you." "That's true!" "Little do matter the looks in a woman." "If she doesn't have a notorious foible, a serious and sweet woman can make a good wife." "It's the same with plants, it's enough to treat her right, to develop as she should." "Being common is being authentically beautiful." "Think about painting." "One can be astonished by the painting of a fish in a raging sea, or by one of a monster in China." "But if it's about a simple mountain, as we can see everywhere, one can really befriend her." "But it must really be better taking a beauty for a wife." "If she bears you a child, it'll be taken to serve in the palace, favouring your own career." "How easily you shift from desire to ambition!" "Speaking about common beauty tell me... what do you think about Dame Fujitsubo?" "Is she common?" "Of course not!" "She is special!" "If there is an exception in this world it is she, nobody can compare to her." "She has the firmament's beauty." "Don't you think so?" "I?" "Well  how should I put it?" "It seems she looks very much like your late mother." "Yes, that's what they say." "9, 10, 11, 12..." "that makes 26." "It looks like I've lost." "Moving the last piece was an error." "That's true." " It's getting late." "I think I'll retire." " Very well." " Such a heavy rain..." " True." "What are you doing here?" "Have a good night's rest." "Have a good night's rest." "You can't stay here!" "Lady Fujitsubo!" "Lady Fujitsubo!" "Since you've come here, replacing my mother, all I've been doing is languishing for your love." "You mustn't say such terrible things." "As I was searching in you the traces of my mother you became an unforgettable part of me." "Leave!" "You mustn't!" "Leave!" "Lady Fujitsubo!" "You seem very... stubborn." "Please!" "You'll regret it!" "I'll never regret it!" "Help!" "Have you called for me?" "Have you called for me?" "You are mine now!" "Oh..." "What mastery!" "Your husband truly is the foremost dancer at Court." "He really excels in the dance and in poetry contests." "He is an exceptional being who surpasses everyone in whatever he does." "But he has a lot of love interests, besides me." "Have you seen?" "Lady Aoi has come!" "They say she married prince Hikaru the day he put on his male garments." "She's very cold..." "but afire with jealousy." "He really is charming!" "How befitting the name "Radiant" is!" "Enough!" "Stop talking about him!" "You'll soon become lady in-waiting at my son's, the crown prince's, palace." "Still, even if only for once," "I'd like to speak to him so very much!" "¶ No clarity shines" "¶ Clouds cover the sky" "¶ Spring night" "¶ Shrouded moon like no other" "Messire Hikaru the Radiant" "Naughty." "You have drunk!" "You've got really drunk!" "What're you doing here with me?" "Won't concubine Kokiden scold you?" "I don't care!" "She can say whatever she wants." "A lady in-waiting at the crown prince's palace shouldn't be speaking like this." "Why not?" "Haven't ladies in-waiting at Court the right to be in love?" "Anyway you must never love with a frivolous heart." "That's not how I love you!" "I love you." "It's been a long time since I've been in love with you." "As for me..." "I love another." "The lady Fujitsubo?" "It doesn't matter." "It's all the same to me." "You can love whoever you want." "There is no doubt I love you." "If concubine Kokiden would see you like this what would she say?" "I don't care what she'd say!" "I love you!" "My Lord... are you going back home," "or to Lady Aoi's?" "You haven't see your wife lately..." "Let's go see her, then..." "Very well." "Hey!" "We're turning left there!" "Lady Aoi..." "Lady Aoi." "My Lord Hikaru has come to visit you." "When?" "Right now!" "Well..." "What time is it?" "It is the hour of the hare." "Seven o'clock..." "it is rather early." "Come on, my Lady, we must get ourselves ready!" "So early..." "as if he suddenly remembered." "This fickle man is surely on his way back from somewhere..." "What an uproar!" "Stop fretting like that!" "What do I hear?" "Is prince Hikaru here?" " Yes, he's just arrived." " So it's true..." "It's been so long since he came last..." "Aoi must be happy!" " Quickly, let's get ready!" " Yes." "I almost forgot." "My robes." "Come on!" "Hurry up!" "If you came only for the sake of my good reputation, you shouldn't have troubled yourself." "You must surely have many other obligations." "As soon as I get here, sarcasms pour over me." "These are no sarcasms." "I'm just telling you, you can do whatever you want." "I thought it would please you." "How cold you are..." "You really have no esteem for me..." "That's not how a married couple should behave." "I'm your wife in name only." "Oh..." "What a miserable world!" "Men can have as many wives as they want, and women live alone with their tears." "Welcome!" "Stop complaining!" "You'll end up angering prince Hikaru!" "Be more sweet and feminine!" "For you, father, prince Hikaru is more important than I!" "Stop!" "She's really impossible!" "No, it's me who's behaved badly." "It's been a long time since I've come here." "Not at all!" "Your position must keep you very busy, and you're not the kind of man who hides himself away with his wife." "That's what no-good men do." "Not at all..." "You make me blush with shame." "Well..." "my daughter is the way she is..." "Please, come and see her from time to time." "She has lots of shortcomings, but, for a father, she still is his cherished daughter." " When did you come?" " He's just arrived." "Father, what's the matter with Aoi?" "With a sour face like that, she's looking for quarrels with her maids." "I've crossed her." "What a friend you are!" "She's my beloved little sister." "You'd better spoil her, or else..." "I will." "You must lecture her too." "She totally lacks sweetness and femininity." "The problem is, she only has a veneer of poetry and is too proud about it." "By the way!" "I met Lady Fujitsubo yesterday." "Really?" "Absolutely by chance, in a palace corridor." "I could see her closely for the first time." "What an enigmatic beauty!" "Yesterday, my heart raced like mad the whole day!" "Come on!" "Don't you forget she's the Empress at the moment!" "Lady Fujitsubo!" "Here you are again!" "They'll see you!" "I don't care!" "I can't stand being away from you!" "You're frightening me!" "We can't go on erring!" "There's nothing wrong when people are in love." "Leave!" "Go back home!" "Lady Fujitsubo!" "I beg you!" "If you really love me, don't see me again!" "I'll never see you again, till my dying day!" "Fujitsubo, why are you crying?" "What happened to you?" " What a huge fire!" " Everything's burning!" "It's been like this every day lately." "Another bandit has set a fire!" "Streets are so unsafe at night that it seems, one can't go out anymore." "They say there're lots of corpses on top of Rasho-mon." " The fire has picked up again!" " It's close by!" "It's terrible!" "What'll happen to us?" "You must be tired." "No, I feel very well." "If the hermit on the mountain could see you now, he'd be surprised." "What happened was that we remained isolated until yesterday." "Anyway, we're completely healed." "Thanks to the hermit's exorcism, maybe." "I wonder..." "Anyway, we made good use of this mountain retreat." "This place is remarkable..." "It's pretty strange down here..." "If you please..." "Forgive me for asking you this..." "Who inhabits this house?" "An old nun who renounced the world." "Who is she?" "She's a relative of Lady Fujitsubo, the one who recently became the Empress." "Lady Fujitsubo!" "There also is Damsel Murasaki, the niece of the two other ladies." "Thank you." "You play very well!" "You must let me have this girl!" "I'll bring her up to be a perfect woman." "I am a nun who has renounced the world, but before that, I was married to an insensitive man." "This child's late mother asked me to watch over her future." "Rather than entrusting her to an insensitive man, she'd surely be happier as a nun." "And that's why I retired here with her." "You'll see whether I am insensitive or not..." "I made up my mind without fearing arrows nor shields." "We've agreed, haven't we?" "I'm taking her." "But it's too soon!" "This kind of business suffers no delay." " It's easy for you to say that..." " I'm taking her." "Wait, Lord Hikaru!" " Koremitsu!" " Yes!" "Are the horses ready?" "They're waiting outside." "You're moving into my mansion, starting tonight!" "Let's go!" "Don't worry." "You can trust me." "Aunt!" "You won't be unhappy." "Aunt!" "Murasaki!" "Welcome." "You know..." "Aoi is with child." "Her brother, To no Chujo, told me." "I've asked for some sutras to be recited so that all will end well." " She's in a little pain right now." " Is she?" "She's resting." "Thank you for calling on her." "It seems you are not well." "Take good care of yourself." "It seems you've brought a certain Murasaki to live with you." "You must be having a good time..." "I took Murasaki with me, wanting to make her my adoptive daughter." "If you took her to live with you, it's because you want to make her, one day, your lawful wife." "You're the same as always, seeing harm in everything." "Aren't you my lawful wife?" "In name only." "You don't love me." "You don't even try to love me." "I really don't want to bring your child into this world!" "One shouldn't say such a thing!" "It's too cruel for the baby to be born." "I've heard Lady Fujitsubo is also pregnant who is the father of her baby?" "What?" "Lady Fujitsubo?" "You wouldn't be her baby's father, would you?" "Lady Fujitsubo..." "Prince Hikaru wants to see you." "Tell him I won't see him." "Very well..." "My Lady says she doesn't want to see you." "I insist on seeing her." "One moment will be enough." "I want to ask her one question." "But... she doesn't want to see you." "I will see her!" "But... please..." "Lady Fujitsubo!" "Lady Fujitsubo!" "Lady Fujitsubo!" "Lady Fujitsubo!" "Lady Fujitsubo!" "There's something I want to ask you." "There is something I have to know!" "Lady Fujitsubo!" "Lord Hikaru." "What is the reason for calling on Lady Fujitsubo?" "You may very well be prince Hikaru, still you should be aware that this place is forbidden to men." "That is, if you don't have a special relation with Lady Fujitsubo?" "Oh..." "It was you..." "What do you want?" "It's been a long time ..." "I'm alone in my house tonight." "Won't you come?" "Oh, I understand..." "Come on, get out of here!" "It can't be!" "Come on, get out!" "I'm afraid!" "If I may..." "Your father has just arrived!" "My father?" "What's happening?" "Why are all the lights turned out?" "Where is she?" " Light us up!" " Very well." "Get out of there!" "What were you doing?" "What's the matter?" "Why are you in such a hurry?" "I wasn't doing anything special." "I'm sleepy!" "Who is back there?" "You're such a funny father!" "I was sleeping all alone." "Enough with your lies!" "The room reeks of perfume, there must be someone!" "But it's my perfume!" "Look, see for yourself." "Enough!" "Think about your indecent behaviour!" "Will I be able to go on as a minister?" "Well... how can you call me indecent?" "What proofs do you have?" "Here it is!" "I say prince Hikaru is here!" "And, aunt, you fought the rain to get here!" "Your older sister and I are worried about you!" "If your misbehaviour becomes known, our father will be brought down!" "Prince Hikaru is here, isn't he?" "Well no, he shouldn't be here, should he?" "Here you have that unwanted man before you..." "You behaviour, sir, is most rude." "You are aware of our position with the crown prince." "And your father-in-law is His Majesty's Minister of the Left." "Ever since I've been born by your rival, the Emperor's favourite, your fierce eyes have never shifted their gaze from me." "?" "Yes?" "I'll be right there." "You must be satisfied..." "You're at ease now." "You have at last caught me off-guard." "She gave you a beautiful child despite her failing health." "Aoi..." "If only they could save her!" "Prince Hikaru!" "Lady Aoi..." "Don't give up!" "Don't die!" "I was just a target for your sarcasms I'm sorry." "I only wanted one thing to capture your love and I could find no way to get a hold on." "So that's what it was!" "I've been a bad wife." "That's not true!" "Concerning the new-born prince I entrust him to you with all my heart." "Since she fell ill, there was nothing we could do." "She just waited to die." "With your prayers and exorcisms have you cured the illness?" "Have you stopped death?" "Too late?" "She's just given her soul to God." "I didn't arrive in time?" "And yet, I did everything I could!" "How peaceful she looks!" "Get thee behind me, evil demon!" "Stop it!" "That's enough!" "Stop!" "What good is all this?" "Have you ever brought a dead man back to life?" "That's enough!" "It never rains but it pours." "When it starts, everything goes astray." "Today I've been disposed as Minister of the Left." "For what reason?" "In my opinion, it was a calumny by concubine Kokiden." "The minister of the Right will preside the Supreme Council." "There are rumours going around about you." "You should go away for a while." "I have no reason to do that." "What can they do against me?" "I can't wait to see that!" "Be careful!" "You'd be doing exactly what they want you to!" "The Minister of the Right's power depends on Kokiden, that is as irrefutable as the rising sun." "If you stay at the Court of Kyoto, your life is in danger." "You'd better leave the capital, and wait for better times." "Why not go to Suma?" "Even among relatives bearing the same name or life companions, like implacable enemies," "there's always deadly in-fighting." "In Suma or in the devil's den, what matters is his fall." "That Genji will never again set foot in the capital." "What do you mean by that?" "Honestly..." "Really?" "Well?" "If I may..." "Lady Fujitsubo wants to see you." "What is the grudge that drives you to behave like this to Messire Hikaru?" "I'm going to ask you something crazy." "In your opinion, what is it that I did to him?" "He's asked His Majesty for leave." "Abandoning his position, he leaves for Suma." "Are you insinuating that this is my doing?" "I'm not stupid!" "I know you in and out!" "Lady Fujitsubo, in his case, as in the case of the Minister of the Left's dismissal, everything depends on His Majesty." "You, shut up!" "You're going far for Messire Hikaru..." "That's very strange..." "Might you be having a special reason?" "You'd better have your baby-prince in silence." "We'll have to stay apart for some time." "Are you really going to Suma?" "I'll be back soon." "Wait for me." " You should let me come with you." " I'm not going on a pleasant trip." "I care too much about you to take you to such a place." "Be a good girl and stay at home and watch over the house." "This house..." "will also feel alone." "You know very well that my heart is split, leaving you behind." "That's how it will be, then." "I'll be alone, waiting for you." "If you'll feel too alone, you could have the nun brought here." "No, I'd rather be alone." "I'll think about you day and night, and watch over the house." "I'll certainly be back." "You're impossible..." "really awful." "Why that?" "If you hadn't had that affair with Dame Oborozukiyo," "I wouldn't have had to know sadness." "When I think we almost separated because of that person," "I can only lament about a woman's share in life." "Forgive me, it is my fault." "No, that's enough now." "That's water under the bridge now." "For me it's enough to know that you'll be back one day." "¶ Growing, my love for the one going away," "¶ Coming-back tears, I envy you" "¶ Coming-back tears, I envy you" "My Lord!" " I'm back." "The Harima monk is there." " Is he?" "It's very well you've left the capital for a while." "You'll surely find this retreat satisfying." "After all, clouds don't last forever." "Still, when I ask myself if I'll go back one day, it wrings my heart at times." "In a long life, it's not bad to have a few moments of peace." "As a matter of fact, I wanted to ask you if wouldn't come to my house?" "Everything's ready for you and that's why I'm here." "Thank you." "You're not too comfortable here, and your safety is not assured." "Akashi is just a few steps away." " Please, accept to be my guest." " Very well." "Who's there?" "No wounds?" " He went that way." " Yes." "You were the target." "It was surely one of the Minister of the Right's men." "Well?" "Will you be coming to my house right away?" "Yes, I'm going to accept." "Really?" "You accept?" "Everybody at my house will be rejoicing." "Dame Awaji!" "The Master is back, accompanied by Prince Genji." "Look!" "Here he comes!" "He really is as handsome as a painting!" "What a beautiful house!" "I built it when I was governor of Horima." "Now I've become a monk, but I live with my daughter until she'll get married." "What a beautiful view!" "It's the Awaji island!" "In the evenings, it's even more exceptional." "I have a boat and will gladly invite you aboard." "Dame Awaji." " Offer some to Prince Hikaru." " Very well." "Thank you." "I'm in a trance." "Please excuse my clumsiness, but I'd like to play in your honor." "I'd be delighted." "¶ My thoughts drift to you" "¶ by little known dreams." "¶ Is this delirium?" "¶ How to separate dream from the night?" "¶ If one could be... ¶ with the one to speak in confidence" "¶ There is no example" "¶ for the confusion of my bed" "¶ Even the dream is powerless" "¶ The backward wind" "¶ May strongly blow" "¶ In sympathy" "¶ My sleeve remains wet" "¶ By the waves rocking you." "Haven't you gone to bed yet?" "No." "The moon was so beautiful..." "You were thinking about the sky over the capital..." "It's useless thinking about it." "I've left the capital myself  when you were still only a child." "Time flies!" "When I see how brilliant you are," "I feel tempted to renounce Buddha and put myself in your service." "When I see you like this, leading a peaceful life serving the Buddha," "I envy your fate." "You shouldn't say such timorous words" "You know very well no one's satisfied by the present political situation." "You surely are the one who will have to assume, one day, the rule of this country." "What are you saying..." "My daughter..." "I'd like to live like a monk, lost in one mountain or other, but my daughter's future worries me and I can't achieve enlightenment." "I'd like to marry her to someone honest and with a certain position." "So... please excuse me if I'm angering you," "but I'm asking you:" "Would you accept my daughter as your wife?" "I see..." "If you become her husband," "I'll be able to dedicate myself to my prayers with a light heart." "What do you think?" "Awaji!" "Awaji!" "Yoshinari!" "What are you doing here?" "The Master intends you to marry Prince Hikaru." "Is that all?" "Little does it matter what my father thinks." "For me you are..." "What?" "Haven't you gone to bed yet?" "There's a letter from the capital for Prince Hikaru." "Runaway!" "Let's elope together!" "That's impossible!" "I can't run away!" "As the letter says," "Lady Fujitsubo has born a son and everything went along very well." "As soon as the child was born, she gave up all her finery and became a nun." "I see..." "Lady Fujitsubo gave up her finery and became a nun?" "What are you doing here at this hour?" "I couldn't sleep." "It's really peaceful, isn't it?" "There's someone..." "Who is there?" "Help!" "Identify yourselves!" "Your names!" "Who sent you?" "Oh!" "You're bleeding!" "What are you doing?" "You mustn't!" "His Majesty has passed away." "The crown prince has succeeded him." "So..." "His Majesty is no more..." "As if following him, concubine Kokiden died shortly hereafter." "So many misfortunes one after the other!" "In his testament, His Majesty enjoined the new Emperor to recall prince Genji urgently to his side." "Prince, luck is turning on your side." "Go back to the capital right away!" "I'll feel quite alone in the capital." "Leave with me tomorrow for the capital." "I'm sure I'll be able to make you happy." "From now on I can but obey you..." "Don't talk like that..." "I feel like being accused." "Still, I have a request!" "It's granted!" "What is it?" "Well..." "I'd like Yoshinari to accompany us." "We were brought up together." "That's easy!" "If you want, I'll take him into the palace service." "Thank you." "It seems we'll be having a fine weather tomorrow." "I appoint Genji Minister of the Left, and To no Chujo Minister of the Right." "Put yourself in accord and wage a good policy." "His Majesty the Emperor is dead, and so is concubine Kokiden." "Fujitsubo renounced her finery and lives in a monastery," "We feel very much alone." "A lady-in-waiting!" "Yes, Your Majesty!" "Bring Fujitsubo's son and show him to Genji." "Yes, Your Majesty." "He's your living image." "Oh!" "Who is it?" "How soft these hands are..." " They should stay like this forever." " What an appalling man!" "You were surely thinking about some other woman." "You've lost some hair..." "Waiting for you exhausted me." "I've grown ten years older." "Come on, come on!" "Even if you've lost some hair, you've become ever prettier." "Sweet talk like always!" "You do the same with all the others." "Including Dame Awaji." "Tell me, Murasaki." "Awaji is at the moment in Atsura." "Couldn't we have her live here?" "You always come asking for my advice when everything's settled between you and your women." "Don't scold me." "There's nothing more difficult for me than seeing you pulling this face." "Winter comes, it'll be too cold in the Katsura mansion." "You can bring her here, if you want." "I thank you for your words." "Since you came back, you haven't paid your respects to Dame Aoi's family." "Her father must be really sad." "You should pay him a visit." "Murasaki you really are a decent person." "Never!" "Never leave me!" "You mustn't leave me either!" "Never leave me!" "Nothing has changed since the days you were coming here." "This is one of Aoi's old kimonos." "And that is the ink-stone you were using." "When one grows old, tears readily burst out." "After you've come to pay us a visit" "I have the impression Aoi is still with us." "It's useless knowing that death stalks the young as well as the old, we never fully understand how transient life really is." "Oh, you, the one that went away," "Even in the summertime my bed is damp from the mist" "Sleepless nights in the season of the rains" "Nights drenched in tears." "Here is your son, Yugiri, Night of Mist." "Please, take him in your arms." "He has your eyes." "Over the bay back home, is it the same crescent moon?" "On nights like these, the sea glitters and the Master's garden is even more beautiful." "I wonder how's father faring..." "Dame Awaji," "His Lordship is back." "Did you get used to living here?" "Yes." "If there is anything you need, don't hesitate to let Murasaki know." "She will take care of everything." "Tomorrow you'll enter service with the Imperial guard." "I've set everything up today." "I thank you for your kindness." "You'll start out with a lower rank, but if you put your heart to it, you could obtain an interesting position." "I thank you." "I've heard you are with child  is it true?" "Yes, so it seems." "Really?" "We should send a messenger to your home, to let your father know." " He will surely be pleased." " Yes." "My Lord!" "Just a moment, please." "What is it?" "What's the matter?" "Lady Fujitsubo is very ill..." "Send him in." "Pull up the blinds." "It's so dark I can't see his face." "Right away." "Dame Fujitsubo..." "It's been so long..." "That's true." "I've wanted to see you to much ...before dying." "The fault I committed I reap what I sowed by dying this way." "Lady Fujitsubo!" "Being a woman is sad..." "We can't die holding the hand of the one we love." "It's started raining again." "It was also raining that day." "It was a rainy day, do you remember?" "Mourn her with all your heart." "Offer her all the tears you want." "Dame Fujitsubo also had a heavy burden to carry." "Now that she's in the other world she must be relieved." "You can cry with all your heart." "Why are you crying?" "What's the matter?" "What happened?" "What is the reason for these tears?" "I've been deceiving you until now." "What do you mean?" "The child I'm carrying is not your prince-child." "What!" "You can do with me whatever you want." "Whose is it?" "Who is the father of this child?" "I am!" "I am the father of this child!" "Yoshinari!" "You?" "Is this the way you're thanking me?" "Awaji was mine!" "Your Lordship took her away from me!" "Dare say that again!" "I am!" "You took her away from me!" "I'm the one who betrayed!" "It's all my fault!" "Kill me!" "You did nothing wrong." "I corrupted you." "Wait!" " Wait!" " Let go of me!" " Forgive them!" " Let go of me!" "Yoshinari!" "Take a grip on yourself!" "Think about Lady Fujitsubo and yourself!" "What were her thoughts when dying?" "Could you already have forgotten?" "Forgive!" "Forgive them!" "Awaji!" "You should go back to your father's!" "Yoshinari!" "Make her happy!" "Thank you for your beautiful words!" "It is befitting that those who love each other should be together for life." "Be happy!" "Come on, leave quickly!" "Hurry up!" "Hurry up!" "Go back home!" "Dame Murasaki, be praised for ever!" "Please, be happy!" "Murasaki, it was a good thing." "I did it thanks to you." "Not at all, you have a generous heart." "Aoi is dead." "Lady Fujitsubo is no more, and now it's Awaji who is going away." "There's no one I can hold on to, but you." "From now on you are my only support." "Murasaki," "if I can lean on you, I'll be able to go on living." "Having you is the only thing I need." "Murasaki bring Awaji's koto." "Please." " THE END "