"NIKKATSU CORPORATION Presents" "GATE OF FLESH" "Adapted from the novel by Taijiro Tamura" "Jo Shishodo Koji Wada" "Yumiko Nogawa Tomiko Ishii" "Kayo Matsuo Kuniko Kawanishi" "Misako Tominaga" "Isao Tamagawa Choko Roland" "Hideaki Ezumi Hiroshi Cho" "Keisuke Noro" "Mikiko Sakai Terue Shigemori" "Koji Yashiro Takashi Nomura" "Shinzo Shibata Kosuke Hisamatsu" "Akira Takahashi Jiro Hiratsuka" "Kuniya Mizukawa Hiroshi Takao" "Yoko Ogata Yoko Yokota" "Keiko Kitade Yoko Naka" "Megumi Wakaba Tamehisa Aida" "Akio Sawai Yoshiyuki Nemoto, Akio Fujii" "Directed by Seijun Suzuki" "Police raid!" "After the war, Tokyo was a jungle" "The weak went to the wall" "Every day was a fight for life" "Kill or be killed" "Watch out!" "There's a body coming through!" "Mr. Abe..." "What?" "Starved to death?" "Yup." "Times are tough" "A drink for luck!" "Two, since morning" "The Japanese have really lost heart" "Well, keep eating my sweet potatoes and you won't go hungry!" "And that's the truth, not the lies they told you in the army!" "These are Kintoki brand from Saitama" "Eat all you want, little sister!" "Hey!" "Stop her!" "You really that hungry?" "Eat all you want 100 yen." "You buy?" "OK?" "She's pretty, no?" "Very, very pretty." "You buy?" "Come back!" "I'm from Yoshino gang" "I can sort this out" "If I do can I have a fuck?" "All right" "Move!" "Out of the way!" "Excuse me!" "Know where I can find work?" "Ever been with a man?" "Who's she?" "Wants to join us" "Your name?" "It's Maya" "I'm Miyo" "I'm O-Roku - the idiot..." "At your service, Madam!" "It's hard work at first" "Watch us and learn" "Find a man and sell yourself" "It's as simple as that" "And there's no pimps to take your money afterwards" "You know those signs you see on fish shops?" "..." ""Direct from seller to buyer" It's the best way..." "Makes sense" "And remember - nobody'll protect you but us" "Don't forget that." "OK?" "And obey our rules" "Like from Yuraku-cho to Kachidoki Bridge..." "If you see a new girl, tell us..." "That's our territory!" "It's self-protection" "It's our right!" "The Yoshino gang help us out with things like that..." "Come over here" "Intruder!" "Another thing we never do is give it for free." "Understand?" "Selling our bodies is our business" "Bad for business to give it away" "We'll hurt you if you do" "Torture you till you're half dead!" "Get me?" "Hold on!" "Wait till I undress" "Go on." "I'll watch." "It'll wake me up" "You come in without being asked then leave  without a goodbye?" "Let me go!" "Leave your stuff and I will!" "Not even enough dough to pay her!" "Arsehole!" "Hang on!" "You made me lose business!" "Okay?" "That's for your trouble" "Fine" "Where you back from?" "Pacific?" "North" "Your boyfriend go south?" "My brother" "He was in Borneo" "A brother, huh?" "Hey, you want business?" "I'm no cradle snatcher...!" "Bastard!" "They're eager!" "Got to eat properly once in a while, huh?" "O-Sen, how about that fuck?" "All right, but no discount" "What?" "Going to charge me?" "Of course" "My body's not a sack of potatoes:" "Is it?" "It sure isn't" "O-Fuku broke our rule" "Went with a student  who was selling raffle tickets under the bridge" "She did it for free" "I feel sorry for her" "Sorry?" "Why?" "Her hair..." "Cutting off all her hair..." "You're getting soft..." "Eh?" "O-Machi?" "!" "That O-Machi is such a bitch!" "Thinks she's better than us" "Makes me sick" "She came about a month before you" "You want it?" "I saw her trying to pull a customer so I scared her off" "Then she started to cry  and, like a fool,   I fell for her sob story" "But I hate her." "She's so stuck up..." "Must you go now?" "Early start tomorrow morning" "Your wife's lucky" "Going all the way to Fukushima to see her" "Have to." "Her father would bawl me out..." "A kept man..." "It's nice to be a wife" "I wish I was one..." "Your husband was a teacher?" "Yes." "On the reserve list but sent to Iwojima" "I sometimes wonder  how he died" "It was awful!" "That last guy really stank!" "Now I feel like I do!" "Smell, O-Roku" "No thank you!" "Wash well, Maya." "Disease and babies are our enemies!" "Don't remind me!" "My mother  she drowned in the river" "With my little brother" "At Daichi." "He was only 7 years old" "Where were you?" "I was working at the factory" "Everyone who jumped into the river or got on boats died" "A Sumo man died hanging onto the side of the boat" "His wrists above the water were burned all black" "That's enough!" "We're all victims of the war!" "That's what we call  Persecution Complex!" "If my brother hadn't died in Borneo..." "Here we go again" " Maya and Borneo" "Let's call her Borneo Maya" "That's not a bad name..." "O-Roku, what was that thing you used to say?" "My curse?" "To spit in the eye of the world and his wife!" "Stuff them!" "A curse?" "Yes, a curse!" "Curse everything!" "Waifs, tramps, babies, workers, wives..." "Parents, grown ups..." "Buildings, trains, trucks..." "Realizing nobody would help us  made us know what to expect" "In order to survive, we stuck close together" "It was the will to live  that kept us going" "Listen, bitch, don't push me too far!" "This is our territory!" "Territory!" "?" "That's what made us lose the war!" "We're a democracy now!" "Democracy means fucking foreigners...?" "I don't think so!" "There's a difference between democracy and collaboration" "Hey, come on!" "Come on!" "Look here, O-Sen!" "You'll get us into trouble if you fight here" "So what?" "Why should we care?" "You men are soft!" "Like these stupid whores!" "What's that?" "You heard me!" "I'll show you who I am!" "LION HEART" "You've a nice body" "You'd look good tattooed all over" "I once saw a geisha with a spider tattooed on her thigh" "Stood out in relief  whenever she drank or got excited" "That tattoo made me want to take up this work" "Power!" "That's what I want!" "A power that'll make me invincible!" "I know..." "Like those people way back  who got tattooed to fight wild beasts" "What's up?" "An ex-soldier stabbed a GI!" "Scared the shit out of me, I can tell you!" "A fight?" "It was so quick." "I don't know..." "Seems the Japanese spirit lives on!" "Why don't you show some then?" "It's not so easy now:" "Democracy." "Everything's Democracy" "Over here, Maya!" "No business?" "I hate it when it's slow like this" "A bowl of noodles" "Women should be wives, don't you think?" "I remember my own childhood" "My parents loved each other and it was a peaceful home" "Then father strayed and left home" "But he came back" "It wasn't because of me" "But father couldn't forget her" "He couldn't forget her body" "You don't know what happens  do you, little Maya?" "When a man and a woman  have passed  through the Gate of Flesh" "You don't know the secrets of the flesh, do you little Maya?" "Don't call me little Maya!" "Maya's enough!" "Feeling lonely?" "Come on, let's go" "Got the money?" "Don't worry!" "Let's get it over with" "It's hot" "Japanese women are such sluts now!" "So?" "You men are to blame!" "You lost the war!" "What?" "Want to fuck me or not?" "Eh?" "Money first!" "Later, baby..." "He's gone" "There he goes!" "Come on!" "He escape...!" "He escape...!" "O-Machi's acting strange" "Never here these days" "Seems restless when she does come back" "Not her usual self" "Maya, what do you think?" "Well..." "She said she hated the work" "She can quit any time!" "Same as us and acting the lady!" "Her regular." "He had to move out to the country" "What's that...?" "Someone get me some sake!" "You're hurt?" "A scratch." "The cops are after me" "You're safe here." "Maya go buy some" "We meet again" "You stabbed that GI in the market?" "I had my reasons" "Not found him yet?" "It hurts?" "'Course not!" "Good as new in 20 days" "We're made that way" "You're a lucky man" "The rain's washed the blood away" "The cops have lost the trail" "You can rest up here!" "Can't he, Sen?" "What's your name?" "Ibuki Shintaro, a former corporal!" "Unemployed!" "This place is just like a field hospital..." "Your work's nobi?" "Katsuage?" "Haikuru, I reckon" "What you talking about?" "You don't know?" "Our words for housebreaking, blackmail or thief..." "Idiots!" "Talking tough..." "And you're only kids!" "Acting like grown ups" "Makes me laugh!" "You know nothing of life!" "You're a burglar!" "That's the coolest!" "I'm tired" "Soon as you're well, you're out:" "This is our place!" "I'll decide who goes!" "Just eats, so he has enough strength to fight" "I respected him" "In primitive life, the strongest becomes leader" "Soon Ibuki became the centre of our lives" "Say, is that rice ready?" "I lived through all the horrors of war!" "You lot think this is hard:" "That's a laugh!" "You're having a whale of a time, enjoying life!" "Can't tell who's the parasite now" "He's wild - been cooped up too long:" "Right?" "Be quiet!" "I'm off!" "Before we're shouted at again..." "Be a good boy!" "Look after the house for us" "Still here?" "Get to work!" "Here..." "This is for you" "You like pineapples?" "Sure glad to have these in the north China mountains" "Nothing tasted better" "Promised I'd stuff myself on them one day" "You like a treat?" "Sure:" "What's life besides food and sex?" "The noblest words mean nothing without them" "Yes, that's why we lost the war" "But the big shots still talk big!" "I'll never trust them again!" "Now I live for food and sex!" "Shin's touchy, but a real man" "Laughs like a little boy" "Just like my brother" "Be great if he stays with us" "Got any canned stuff?" "Pineapples?" "American" "Yes, how much 20 yen" "Don't get caught" "Hey you!" "You scared me!" "Sorry." "I want to talk to her" "Have you seen him again?" "Who?" "The guy who stabbed the GI?" "You were with him when the MP's came..." "Haven't seen him." "Don't know him" "Listen, Sen..." "Help me" "He scares me." "He's got guts" "He stole a load of stuff from Yokohama PX warehouse" "Got some buddies and a GI to help him" "Must have been that GI he stabbed" "Guess they quarrelled" "And if I find him?" "I just want to talk to him" "Do a deal with him" "You want the stuff" "We'll pay, of course it'll be a good deal" "If I see him, I'll tell him" "You do that" "You got some too?" "It's not pineapples!" "Say, sweetie..." "What's that?" "Pineapples" "Quick!" "It's pineapples!" "?" "Excuse me  but who are you?" "I'm staying here" "You one of them?" "Yes" "You're different" "Oh..." "Hello" "I can't stay..." "Say hello to the others for me" "She makes me sick!" "With Ibuki around  someone's bound to break the rule" "That's going to cause problems" "It's time to remind ourselves  how horrible the punishment can be" "O-Machi went and did it, Sen" "She broke our rule" "She did it for free!" "I never trusted her:" "I knew she'd betray us!" "Can we punish her, Sen?" "Yes, if there's proof!" "We'll do it!" "There's proof all right." "Last night, in the hotel..." "Here, this is for you" "No, please" "I don't want your money" "But that's..." "When we're together, I pretend I'm your wife" "When I'm with other men  I think only that I will soon be with you" "Then I feel better" "What's going on?" "Just wait and see" "What is it?" "You'll soon find out" "Hide!" "Are you alone?" " What's up?" " O-Machi!" "Take off your clothes!" "We'll punish you!" "What?" "I didn't...!" "Shut up!" "Strip, or it'll hurt!" "O-Roku heard it all!" "That's right!" "Now get them off!" "God!" "She's well stacked!" "Dirty slut!" "I don't even care if I kill her!" "On her backside!" "Sounds better!" "Come on!" "You've never loved a man!" "You're jealous  Because I know the secrets of the flesh!" "See, O-Machi!" "We sell ourselves for money!" "Doing it for free!" "You're a traitor!" "It's still not enough" "I've got it!" "Wait!" "I'll show you" "What'll you do?" "Just guess" "What a great idea!" "Now she won't flaunt her body!" "Stand up Machiko" "Careful or you'll get hurt" "What're you going to do?" "If I die, I'll come back!" "I'll haunt you!" "Haunt us?" "You don't scare us..." "Alright." "Stop this nonsense and let her go" "She's had enough" "This American stew's good!" "And cheap too" "What you smiling at?" "You remind me of someone" "When I went to grade school  my third year  a boy played a red demon in a play" "A cooper's son" "Dark skinned boy" "He looked cute  in the red paper demon's mask" "So I'm like a red demon?" "Not really..." "More like my brother" "The hero was a sumo wrestler's son" "Really stuck up." "I hated him" "The red demon was bad  but I felt I would like to be eaten by him" "You fancied him?" "Guess so" "After he moved away, I couldn't eat for a week" "How old are you?" "A wounded beast wants to return to his wild life when he's well" "Ibuki went out from time to time" "When you didn't come, I thought you'd left Tokyo" "I almost did" "Look after my gear for me" "I'll come back for it" "What is it?" "Not hot gear?" "'Course not." "I wouldn't put a friend's father in danger" "Don't do anything too silly" "You survived, remember" "Maybe you think it wasn't worth it" "But still  just think of those who didn't make it" "The problem's money:" "You can't do anything without it" "Shin, you know you can't go on like this..." "You might get caught" "I'll be gone before then" "That's not what I meant!" "If you want money now, how about that Yoshino deal?" "The occupation stuff!" "You hid it?" "Why not?" "Ah, yes!" "..." "The deal..." "Don't do it!" "You're better off as a thief:" "It's safer!" "Mr Ishii - the boss!" "Pleased to meet you" "I hear you got some  hot stuff?" "Penicillin." "Only 200 left:" "You want it?" "Can you guarantee it's  not fake?" "If you don't want it, others will" "These amateurs are touchy!" "All right..." "Pay him now" "I'll keep some..." "For my clothes" "Want a receipt?" "Don't be stupid" "If you cheat us, we'll find you" "Where's the stuff?" "When can you get it?" "Out past Matsudo" "Day after tomorrow, same time?" "OK!" "So what do you say?" "Could you really take a woman like me  as a wife?" "You ask that now?" "But it seems like a dream" "My father-in-law's slave at 40:" "I'm ashamed" "I want to be independent:" "Start again; you and me, huh?" "Wonderful" "You're really sweet, you know?" "I'm so happy" "Having fun?" "It's not like that" "How are the girls?" "Those pests?" "Who cares!" "Eating, sleeping in the dark!" "They're filth" "Aren't you  on their side?" "You joking?" "I hate them!" "I get sick watching them act big!" "I could kill them!" "Listen  are you free tonight?" "All right" "Wherever you want" "You don't know how I feel" "Machiko's a witch, making Shin her slave!" "I'll become a witch too!" "It's strange..." "What?" "For so long I've dreamed  of just being a wife again" "Why do I hesitate  now I have the chance to be one?" "Somehow, I don't know..." "It just doesn't seem important now" "You just have to go the whole way" "No use thinking and wavering" "Japan must go all the way too" "If she sinks, suffers, and starts over  she'll find a way to survive" "Who are you saying this for?" "Me..." "Or yourself?" "I'm just saying - rely on your own instincts" "Listen, want to live with me?" "Be serious!" "It was just a bit of fun" "So, Shin still hasn't come back" "He's never coming back!" "O-Machi did it out of spite" "His fault too!" "O-Roku, Shin's not to blame!" "It's Shin!" "What you gonna do with that?" "Eat it!" "I was a butcher in the army" "You lot need feeding up" "How'll we eat it?" "Kill it, of course" "Kill it?" "!" "That took time" "O-Miyo - you go shikiten" "Give me a smoke" "Shikiten?" "Keep watch" "Wipe yourself" "What's up?" "My cow's gone" "What?" "Cow?" "Gone" "It's not here..." "Stinks!" "What's up?" "Ibuki was here yesterday" "O-Roku!" "Go now..." "Now they want to close the market" "Is there any way...?" "Any way what?" "I have a problem..." "It was all my idea" "I can't cause the gang trouble" "What're you trying to say?" "Come on!" "Can the deal be dropped?" "Will he give back the money?" "What?" "Don't talk like a kid!" "Silly boy!" "It may be wood alcohol, but don't be scared!" "I'll drink it!" "Don't blame me if you die" "I'll haunt you if I do!" "Well, I drank the most of it!" "So I'll be dead too!" "I don't mind dying!" "Me neither!" "Meat costs 40 yen per pound?" "So do we." "Same price!" "It's true" "Human flesh same price as meat!" "That's funny!" "Don't you think so?" "Eat 40 yen meat, sell ourselves for 40 yen - what's the diff?" "Do we eat to sell or sell to eat?" "So what are we living for?" "Search me" "Stop this crap!" "We're alive, and we're eating..." "What more could we want?" "Nothing!" "Watching you getting that cow down those narrow steps" "Amazing!" "In the army I used to take donkeys over cliff roads, down ravines" "I'm an expert donkey trainer" "Must have been really tough..." "What would you know!" "I don't want your sympathy!" "OONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR OALL-UP" "GOOD LUOK ON THE WAY" "My brother took this with him" "Any donkeys in Borneo?" "In Borneo?" "I don't know" "Your brother died there?" ""Congratulations on your call up"" "Seems so sad..." "They all marched off to die" "Look lively, girls!" "I'll show you "The Heroic Landing"!" "Brother..." "Suicide?" "So they say..." "Look at you useless lot!" "Shin..." "Have a drink with me!" "Can't take any more" "Did you really sleep with O-Machi?" "Yeah." "So what?" "What a fool!" "With that slut..." "She's no slut." "She's a real woman" "I'm a real woman too!" "Aren't I, Shin!" "Aren't I?" "..." "Stay what you are:" "A tough, tattooed girl..." "Oh, Shin..." "Now go away!" "I'm sleepy" "You slob!" "Useless filthy crook!" "Get the fuck out of here!" "Stop it!" "What do you want?" "To kill you and die!" "Please." "Take me now" "I love you!" "I love you!" "Where you going?" "To sell the meat" "We can't eat it all" "I heard Sen last night  told you to get out" "What you going to do?" "It's time to go, anyway" "Shin!" "Explain something for me..." "For the first time I love a man, but I'll be thrown out" "The instant I become a woman  I'm rejected" "I'm cursed..." "I'll starve to death" "Being a woman means I can't live here" "I'm an outcast" "This is too deep for me!" "Listen..." "Want to get the hell out of here?" "Meet me at Hinode Bridge at 9," "Gotta clear up some business" "I'll be there" "I promise" "Understand?" "O-Roku, you tell Mr Abe" "Shin made us do it!" "Got to show him!" "He mustn't think we're in it with him" "Let's give O-Machi's treatment to Maya!" "Him and Maya, both just as bad!" "You're joking!" "..." "Aren't you?" "Why would I lie!" "Hurry!" "He'll skip with the Penicillin!" "Quick!" "Somebody tell Mr Ishii!" "Have him call the MP's!" "Damned Ibuki!" "I wasn't happy keeping it for you" "Afraid it might get lost" "I wish it had" "What is it?" "A friend's:" "All that's left of him now" "Be a shame to burn it" "Keep it to remind you" "Sorry I came so early" "Take care now" "Going?" "All right..." "You take care, too" "Be sure to write" "Marry a nice girl and settle down" "Wait" "For luck" "One!" "Two!" "Three!" "Pull!" "Shin..." "Come on!" "Quickly!" "Pull him out!" "Shit!" "This isn't penicillin!" "I'm an outcast" "And I'll live my life as an outcast" "I'll never change:" "Even if it takes me straight to hell!" "THE END"