"TOHO VIDEO" "PCL Production" "PLC film production" "Recording Ekima Kagaku Kogyô" "Written by Mayam Sêka" "Tôchuken Kumoemon" "Directed by Naruse Mikio" "Cinematography Suzuki Hiroshi" "Recording Yamaguchi jun" "Art Director Kita Morio" "Editor Iwashita Hiroshi" "Music Itô Noboru PCL Orchestra" "Cast" "Tsukigata Ryûnosuke Hosokawa Chieko Chiba Sachiko Fujiwara Kamatari" "Itô Kaoru Mishima Masao Ichikawa Chôtarô Kosugi Yoshio" "Mohashi Kou Date Shinobu Sumikawa Hisashi" "Ozawa Sakae Maruyama Akiharu" "Kumoemon is really famous now." "I heard so." "I want to see him." "Yes, I do, too." "Shut up!" "You cannot sing in public with your voice." "Tôchuken, he took his name from a restaurant in Shizuoka." "They say that he couldn't stay in Tokyo, because of scandals with a woman." "Don't go back to Tokyo." "You will get in trouble, again." "When he left Yokohama with his wife, it seemed that they were sad." "It's their destiny." "No, it's his ability." "We will arrive in three hours." "In three hours, we will be in Tokyo!" "Do you forget that we stop at Kôzu today?" "Oh yes." "We stay at Kôzu to see his son and we go to Tokyo tomorrow." "Shizuoka?" "!" "Shizuoka?" "!" "Yes, it's Shizuoka, Shizuoka." "Yes, we left the train at Shizuoka." "Why?" "I don't know." "No, Master changed his mind and suddenly took off the train here ...and he hasn't come back yet." "If we cannot take the next train, it will be at 7:00." "Even Uncle Shôichi hasn't come back." "Where did he go?" "Genta!" "Couldn't you see him?" "No." "I don't know..." "We don't know where he is now." "He must just walk around." "He seems different since yesterday." "I don't know what he is thinking." "Tomorrow is a very important day for him." "Seihei, why can you read a book now?" "Why?" "Why?" "Can't you see that we got a problem?" "But, he is not here." "What can we do?" "When we noticed, he had already left." "Did you send a telegram at Hamamatsu, right?" "Yes." "To Where?" "To Kôzu." "To whom?" "To Sezaki Sentarô." "Do you know who he is?" "He is his son." "I've just heard about it." "Do you know what he wrote in it?" "He changed his mind and he won't get off at Kôzu, but at Shizuoka." "What?" "Why didn't you tell us that?" "Because he asked me not to tell you." "What are you thinking?" "It's strange if he asked you not to tell us." "Please calm down." "I cannot talk on the phone." "What?" "So, I asked his wife, but she doesn't know where he is." "What?" "He is here!" "Is it him?" "Ah, it's Mr. Honda." "How was it?" "I couldn't find him." "But his appearance is..." "Nobody saw him." "I don't know what to do." "I called Tokyo and they say they have sold many tickets for his show." "What will he do?" "As it's the biggest stage in his life, he must be afraid of it." "Did you tell him something?" "No." "After Nagoya, he seemed depressed." "Maybe, he doesn't want to go to Tokyo." "Do you know me?" "Yes, I do." "I do." "No, you don't know me." "If you really know me, I give you this ring." "I've seen you in a newspaper." "Not that one." "You really don't know me?" "Tôchuken is... in Japan..." "No, not that one." "I'm talking about my past." "Your past..." "Well... it was in a small theater ... the name was..." "Eiheitei..." "Do you know it?" "And the name of place was..." "Kogichô?" "Yes, it is." "It's more than 10 years ago." "You haven't change since." "You came to the waiting room of Eiheitei and talked a lot." "I'm so surprised!" "You are a son of that shop near the theater, right?" "I'm really surprised." "Don't you remember me?" "I recognized you when you came in." "Are you all right?" "We saw him in the waiting room..." "Yes, you are..." "Hahaha." "I wasn't well known at that time." "It's not true." "Yes, it was me." "At that time, I was just an assistant at the theater." "I separated with my dead brother there." "It's long time ago, but I remember very well." "Master, where do you go?" "Excuse me, are you Tôchuken?" "And you?" "I'm an officer of this city, Tomioka." "I'm your fan." "I'm promoting you." "We have a party here and there are many officers of this city." "I'll introduce you to them." "I don't care about it." "Don't you have real Geishas here?" "Because they don't know about you ... Anyway, let's drink later." "Where do you go?" "Bring me a sake." "Did you change rooms again?" "Ah!" "It's Shôichi!" "Yes, it's me." "Where is he?" "We were looking for you." "He won't come back." "Where is he?" "Well... he is in a bar with a big pound." "Pound?" "Ah, it's Fugetsu..." "Yes, it's Fugetsu." "It's the best bar in Shizuoka." "No kidding." "Is he drinking?" "Yes, he's called for a lot of geishas and is having a big party." "Why did you come back here alone?" "Because we don't have money to pay to them." "Tomorrow is a very important day for him." "Yes, that's why." "He goes to play in Tokyo." "I'm proud of him." "If you knew that, why didn't you take him with you?" "If he was a man who listened to me, he wouldn't be famous like now." "I don't know what he is thinking." "He has a son who has been waiting for him for a long time." "There are many people who are waiting for him in Tokyo, too." "She says he doesn't want to see his son, now." "No kidding." "Recently, he was looking forward to seeing his son and wanted his photo." "Did he say that he didn't want to get off at Kôzu?" "Hello, Madam." "Did he say something else?" "No." "Else..." "Give me a bag, please." "Let's go and get him." "If we can leave now, we can catch a train at 7:00." "Could you prepare for our departure?" "yes." "Why did you get off here?" "Ah, good timing." "We got trouble." "I'll talk with him." "He is not here." "He is drinking in a bar." "Madam, what happened?" "As I'm his friend, I took an day off and came to Numazu." "I'm sorry." "It happened suddenly." "Otsuma, I want to talk with you." "Uncle, wait a minute, I'll go with you." "But, I'm a bearer." "He will be angry at me, if I'm late." "You must know the reason why it happened." "Please tell me." "Yes." "He must be afraid of the big stage in Tokyo, right?" "He was not afraid, but he didn't want to stop at Kôzu." "Why?" "He has a son whom he had with his ex-wife in Kôzu and he left him with his father there 8 years ago." "Why doesn't he want to see his son?" "It's Sentarô and I take care of him." "He looks forward to seeing him." "When he was in Kyûshû, yes, he wanted to see him." "But, I don't know why, he changed his mind." "No..." "Everyone has one's own door in mind." "Even a wife cannot see inside it." "You are so timid." "Why don't you try to fight with him?" "You are coward, really." "Mr. Kurata..." "I'll tell you directly." "Only I can tell you and you can only accept it from me." "It's not because of Sentarô, that you don't want to go to Tokyo but because you have had a big scandal there." "You go back to Tokyo to see what you did 8 years ago." "There are people who are waiting for you to criticize what you did." "Wait!" "Let me go." "You cannot behave like this." "You have to be brave." "Even if he is an performer, they won't forget what he did." "You talk too much." "No, it's not too much." "Because of it, he could develop his performance." "I don't know." "Let me go." "He cannot live without his performance." "Let me go." "It's a problem between us." "I don't listen to what people tell us." "It's not a problem between you and him." "Yes, it is." "It's only between us." "I don't ask anyone." "It's only me who can console him." "Otusa..." "Don't come here." "It's between us." "Don't finish your story before the climax." "So, what did you do?" "No, you won't understand." "We are serious." "Hello." "What are you talking about?" "I began my old story again." "It's good." "So, about what?" "He used to be a strolling musician." "Yes, when he was young." "It was a hard period for him." "Shôhei, I don't want to go to Tokyo." "But..." "If it's possible, I want to stay like before." "I'll just work for other performers..." "You're kidding." "I'm serious." "My life changed suddenly." "What is Tôchuken?" "What is Kumoemon?" "My life was better when I was poor." "Please wait." "I'll ask him." "It's O.K. I've already talked with him." "Well, Uncle,..." "Tôchu..." "Your wife, she took care of me..." "Hello." "Tôchuken..." "And you helped her a lot." "Tôchuken..." "She always had a toothache." "However, you were always drunk and didn't take care of her." "Tôchuken, open this door!" "I was not kind to her." "I didn't have enough money to call a doctor..." "Tôchuken, why didn't you answer me?" "But, even you didn't care of her, she really loved you." "Don't tell me that." "They are waiting for you." "Let me introduce you to them." "Who are you?" "I'm your admirer." "They want to hear your voice." "Please come with me." "Please go away." "I'm talking with my Master." "Right?" "You cannot sing for officers?" "I promised them." "I'm a customer here." "Please go away." "You are just a performer." "You are too impertinent!" "You have to sing for them." "Come!" "Wait, wait!" "I'm famous Kumoemon." "I'm not a performer who sings for little money." "What!" "Wait, wait." "He isn't a bad man." "It is for you." "I won't forgive you if you don't sing." "I'll take you there." "Wait." "Stop." "Anyway, Kumoemon, why don't you drink with us?" "We shouldn't regret this later." "No thanks." "You cannot afford my performance." "It's much more expensive." "We welcome you, not as a performer, but as a gentlemen." "So, you can ask the Kumoemon whom you imagine." "It's not me." "You have to behave as a performer." "Excuse me." "You can do the performance because of us." "You have to think about that." "It's none of your business." "Now, I forget about Kumoemon and Tôchuken." "Why do you disturb me?" "We are sorry, really sorry." "Anyway, you will play in a big theater." "My masters will be surprised, if they know it." "I'm happy to see you and I appreciate that I'm still alive." "Uncle, let's go." "Master, you are drunk." "Why don't you have a seat?" "No thanks." "It's better for me like this." "Tôchuken!" "What will you do?" "What will you do tomorrow?" "Tell me!" "Are you such a cowardly person?" "What?" "Are you afraid of Tokyo?" "What?" "I'm not afraid of Tokyo." "So, why did you get off the train?" "You'll never know how I feel." "You say I'll never know?" "I'm Kumaemon." "I don't want to work for you." "I decided to go there anyway." "So, do you go to Tokyo, Tomorrow?" "I'm saved." "That's good." "And I want you to see someone." "Sentarô?" "Yes." "He came from Kôzu as he is worried about you." "Will you see him?" "Why did you change your mind?" "I didn't want to see him like this." "Will you see him or not?" "Sentarô is there." "Sentarô!" "It's your father." "Salute him." "Sentarô." "Do you remember me?" "Yes." "Do you?" "Yes." "I remember you." "Kurata." "I want to drink." "Let's drink until morning." "Sentarô." "I'll introduce her to you not today, but later." "Yes." "Otsuma." "I want to sing for him." "Could you play?" "Yes." "I haven't heard your song in such a long time." "I don't know whether I can sing well, as something is blocked here." "I should have gone to see her, if we had time." "Yes, they would have been glad to see me." "No way, if women see you, they would run away." "Sentarô, your father's body is full of scars, as his life was full of problems." "You cannot think me higher only by my reputation." "Sentarô, my father was a performer, Yoshikawa Hidekichi." "I'm his son." "Listen to my song." "Even though Kumoemon's body is full of scars, he will fight for his performance." "Did you hear about Kumoemon?" "He is so popular." "His performance was not suitable at all for a big theater before." "So he must have improved his performance a lot." "Admission fee is 1000 yen?" "I've never seen such an expensive performance of Naniwabushi." "So, it must be a good show." "You can take as much as you pick up by chopsticks." "Good evening." "Good evening." "It's all set." "Then, let's go home." "Go home?" "Yes." "What's your name?" "Chidori." "Chidori?" "Chidori..." "Your wife doesn't feel good recently." "You shouldn't make trouble with her." "When I see Chidori, my performance is better." "But, she stays there and as you are a famous person..." "I'll ask her to come to Shinbashi." "Master, there are birds over there." "I'll get them." "Master, don't' be too close." "As he cannot hit any, he gets close like that!" "I think I got one." "It's broken into pieces." "I need Chidori for my performance." "I can take her youth and innocence into my performance." "I make use of everything for my performance." "Master, look at this." "I'm home." "Hello." "How are you?" "Not as good as usual, but I'm all right." "I see." "Sentarô." "How's your school?" "Do you have friends?" "Yes." "If you need money to buy things for school, you can tell me anything." "Your father doesn't care about it." "Mother?" "Yes?" "I don't like his life." "You cannot say that." "You will understand it someday." "But you are..." "If it's for his performance, we have to accept everything." "Look at this." "They talk about him, again." "Where?" "A scandal of Rôkyoku's master." "What is it?" "No, it's nothing." "So, let me see." "Why do you get excited with this?" "No,..." "You are impudent as a pupil!" "Even a pupil reads a newspaper." "You are really impudent!" "Stop!" "Stop it!" "What are you doing?" "Mother!" "What's wrong?" "What is it?" "In that newspaper?" "No, it's not for you." "No!" "Chidori." "What do you think about me?" "What?" "Do you like me or not?" "Why do you ask me that?" "I always tell you that I like both you and your performance." "You are in a good mood." "Madam, recently, my performances have been very good." "Because you are with a young beautiful woman." "You have to be cherished by him." "I want to talk to you." "Chidori, could you leave us alone?" "For her debut as a geisha, it seems to cost a lot." "I don't care about money." "So, I'll begin to prepare for it." "Mr. Kurata has come to see you." "Kurata?" "Let him come in." "Hello." "Hello." "I came here to tell you something you won't like." "What is it?" "About Otsuma." "Otsuma?" "Why don't you think about Otsuma?" "If youleave her now, could you imagine how lonely she will be?" "She doesn't care about my lovers." "But, she is a woman." "She is a performer, too." "She will understand it." "Tôchuken, you try to evade her." "What?" "You don't want to see your past, right?" "I'm not such a coward." "It's not so." "Never." "Otsuma." "You missed twice today." "Was something wrong with my performance?" "I couldn't cry as I was playing." "Bring your shamisen here." "I won't." "You can ask that woman." "Otsuma?" "Yes?" "What do you think about my recent performance?" "I think I cannot play like before." "Even though I try hard, as I'm sick, I cannot play as I want." "I didn't think so." "Are you really a Master of Tôchuken?" "Even though you cannot complain to your wife?" "I cannot help crying as I see you like that." "Even if you are my wife, you cannot say anything about my performance." "You used to hit me when my shamisen wasn't good enough." "You loved me not as a woman, but as a performer." "You made use of everything for your performance." "You used to be a strong man who could forget everything for your performance." "Did you forget the time when we walked together in small towns in Kyûshû?" "Even though we were a couple, we were always rivals on the stage." "We improved our performance by competing each other." "I know what you mean." "When we had to leave Tokyo, our lives were much more dynamic." "Now, by coming back here, we lost that dynamism." "I miss it so much." "If your performance is getting worse because of that, your performance is not the real thing." "No." "The worse it becomes, the more people like it." "How old are you?" "Are you old enough to say that?" "I won't live long." "What did you say?" "I know it very well, because it's about myself." "But, if you are like now, I cannot die." "You made use of everything, even your women, even your wife." "Finally, you began to worry about your wife's shamisen." "It's enough." "Otsuma!" ""A Scandal Of A Rokyoku Master"" "Otsuma won't come back?" "You cannot do your performance without her shamisen, right?" "I'll ask to Uncle." "As she is sick, I have no choice." "Yes, she is sick, but she worries about your relations with Chidori, too." "I read it in newspaper." "She will never come back, if she reads this." "What do you think about my recent performance?" "What?" "I don't know." "If you think something, please tell me." "I don't know." "Please tell me honestly." "Well, as you don't know my performance in Kyûshû..." "What does Kurata say?" "Master?" "What do you think?" "Otsuma left home and hasn't come back for 3 days." "So, did you go there to ask about your mother's sickness?" "Yes." "What did her doctor say?" "It's not so serious, but she has a little problem with her bronchus." "I see." "Didn't you go to school today?" "No, as I didn't feel good today." "Your father is worrying about you as you look a little depressed." "As you are young, you have to be more active." "Yes." "Also, you are a son of Kumoemon." "You have to be strong." "When he was at your age, he was so dynamic." "Yes." "I cannot be like him." "Don't say like that." "You are too timid when you are with your father." "Father cares about the others, but never about his family." "You have to tell him whatever you think." "He will be happy about that." "It's hot!" "hot!" "Master wants to send someone to India." "India?" "For what?" "He says there is a big wooden gong which we cannot buy here." "He wants to have it." "But, he shouldn't send someone to India just to buy it, even though he collects them." "He decided to collect 1000 wooden gongs so as to not to forget the difficult life he lived when he was poor." "But, why is it a wooden gong?" "Because when he was poor,he couldn't buy a shamisen, he played with a wooden gong." "Please." "I will pay even if it's very expensive." "Really?" "Did you know this?" "This is from Mr. Okazono in Chiba." "What is it?" "Did you buy land in Shibakôen for 50000 yen?" "Yes, yes." "When I was drunk, I talked about that with him." "Please tell me when you do things like that." "When I get drunk, I always do something." "I don't want to do it, though." "You shouldn't talk a lot." "When you are drunk, you talk too much." "It always gives me a problem." "And a politician came to see you." "About Gifu industry company?" "There is no more space in your schedule." "It's a contribution." "Just for 3 days." "Could you manage it anyhow?" "Thanks to you, we got a good contributor." "I'm very close to him." "Even Mr. Ôkuma was so impressed by his performance." "His recent performance is excellent." "His performance is something instigative." "He is famous everywhere." "He would be a good politician." "Hello." "Where is your father?" "I don't know." "Really?" "You didn't go to school today?" "No." "Don't you like your school?" "Yes, but I couldn't sleep well last night." "Really?" "Even though you are still young?" "Father came home late last night?" "It was in the morning." "I don't know how he can continue like that." "Doesn't he ask about Mother?" "Mr. Isoda, why doesn't he come to see her?" "Did you think about that?" "I thought about that last night." "You shouldn't think about that." "Your father and mother have a lot of problems." "Don't think about that." "Where is Father?" "He is in the bathroom." "What?" "Do you want to tell me something?" "You can tell me anything." "Sentarô, do you want to go to Fukuoka?" "I know a good person who can take care of you." "Weakness is the worst thing about a man." "I could survive until now because of my toughness and patience." "If I didn't have them, I don't know where I would be now." "You are too weak to be a Master." "Your hands are too soft." "What's wrong with you?" "You have to tell me directly as you are a man." "You cry too easily." "I don't like a weak man." "It's about Mother." "What?" "Father, please don't see Chidori." "What?" "It's for Mother." "Please don't call Chidori here." "It's none of your business." "Don't tell me that." "She is here now." "Please ask her to leave." "Chidori!" "Father!" "Stop it!" "Father!" "At Shizuoka, I told you that I was full of faults, don't ask me to be perfect." "Master." "What happened?" "You have to leave!" "Leave!" "Don't you understand?" "Sentarô, do you disturb me?" "Please let her go, please." "What?" "Master, please stop it!" "Master!" "Don't disturb me." "Don't!" "It's he who disturbs my performance!" "Stop, stop it!" "If you want, you can hit me." "I don't care who it is." "I have to protect my performance." "Anyway, It's enough." "They try to see me as a perfect person, because of my success." "I want to be just a performer." "I have nothing and I'm full of faults." "I built up my performance through them." "However, even Sentarô tries to make me a perfect person, he tries to make me separate from my performance." "Yes, yes." "I take care of him." "He goes to school and he can study there." "I don't need anything." "I just want to be a performer." "If I'm a performer, it's enough for me." "You are all right as you have a house and live with Master, but please think about Otsuma." "I really don't know." "As she is sick, she must think ill of him." "I don't know what to do as he doesn't tell me anything about that." "She is a wife of a master, but she sleeps in a Futon where she spits blood." "So, I sent a new one to her." "Do you know what they say in newspapers?" "They can say what they want." "What?" "It's not me, but Master says so." "Don't you care what they say?" "They say that he is cold and cruel as he doesn't care even about his sick wife." "So, I always ask to go to the hospital." "But he says he cannot enter the hospital as he is sorry for her." "Did he come?" "No." "You didn't love me." "You just loved my shamisen for your performance." "No, no, I don't..." "Master." "Where did you go?" "Just around there." "Isoda, Otsuma won't get well.." "I know." "I know you go to see her so often." "Thanks." "It's all right." "Hello." "Master, a doctor called you yesterday." "And this morning, he was waiting for you." "I know." "Why don't you go to hospital?" "They think it's because of me." "Otuma must hate me now." "I went to see her 2 weeks ago." "Even at that time, I couldn't look at her face." "I thought she was a real performer, but now, at the end of her life," "I don't want to think that she is just a woman." "Even though she calls me hundreds of times a day, I don't answer." "Because I don't want to think that she is just a woman." "I want to keep her memory as a woman who lived only for a performance." "I don't care what they call me." "Just, I don't want to be sad more than now." "She curses me!" "She tries to kill me!" "Otsuma!" "Chidori." "You made a big mistake." "She became crazy." "What did I do?" "Whenever she sees that Futon, she becomes crazy." "Why?" "Doesn't she like it?" "It wasn't a good one." "I didn't think about that." "What was wrong with it?" "Its design." "It's with a cherry blossom and a strip paper written a poem on it." "When she reads that poem, she says She curses me!" "What's that poem?" "It's a poem from Chûshingura." "The one which a woman curses her lover's wife." "They say that it is a popular design of Yûzen, though." "But, I..." "Don't tell it to Master." "But, I don't know what to do." "Don't tell him." "Don't give him any more troubles." "It wasn't only Otsuma who suffers by it." "I do so also." "Please say so to her." "Yes." "It's not her fault." "It's our fault." "I kept it all of my life." "Please ask her to keep it and sleep quietly." "Osada!" "Uncle isn't here?" "Uncle, Master is waiting for you." "I got a problem." "What?" "Sentarô fought with his friends and he would not be able to stay at school." "Fight?" "They said that he swung around a dagger." "Really?" "He was so timid..." "I cannot tell it to him, as I'm sorry for him." "I am tired of that, father and son, Master and pupil." "I think we should live separately." "It's a good idea, if we can." "I'm serious." "Me, too." "You can go home today." "He is waiting for you." "Really?" "Are you leaving?" "Bye now." "Uncle, are you there?" "Was it true?" "Is he here?" "His principal scolded him and let him go to apologize to all of the students he fought with." "Did he?" "It's principal who forced him to." "Why didn't you take him here?" "He wanted to apologize, too." "I'll kill him." "But, his principal..." "Anyway, I'll kill him." "Ha, Kamata." "It's good timing." "Where is he?" "Where is Sentarô?" "I came here with him." "You cannot stay here." "It's all right I want to talk with him." "No, he says that he will kill you." "You cant's go." "I, I'll kill my son." "Wait, wait." "Let me go, Let me go!" "He is my son!" "If you hit Sentarô, I won't forgive you." "It's not because he fought with his friends, but because he didn't fight with his hands, because he was mean." "Master." "Do you know how he felt when he read your scandal in newspapers?" "Because he is weak!" "You cannot say that." "It happened because his friends insulted you." "He wanted to protect your fame by his dagger." "I'm not his father, as he is too weak." "I won't forgive you." "Hello." "Yes, it is." "Yes, Tôchuken." "Hospital?" "Yes." "So, you told her what he said?" "To sleep quietly?" "Did you tell her?" "She was glad to hear it?" "She said I found a way to be for the first time." "Otsuma won't die as a woman, but as a performer." "I'll die quietly." "Did she say so?" "Master!" "Master!" "Please hang up." "Hang up, please." "Please, please hang up!" "Otsuma." "Otsuma." "I'm sorry." "And thank you for everything." "Please leave me alone" "I want to stay with her." "Tôchuken, please cry for her as much as you can." "Otsuma." "Please listen my song, again." "Are you ready?" "I'll begin." "END" "(1936 Toho co." "Itd.)" "(1936 Toho co." "Itd.)"