""New Broadway"!" "But this is no foreign land." "This is the Ginza, Tokyo's heart." "Behind these bright lights, another world takes shape one that is not Ginza in Japan but not of it:" "The "Tokyo Settlement"." "What happens here staggers the imagination." "Roulette, all kinds of gambling, drugs and the crime they spawn and the buying and selling of women from all over the world." "A telegraph office stands on what the locals call "Poker Street"." "Here pink cards are quietly placed on expensive cars." "These are promissory notes for the trade in flesh passports to "The Tokyo Settlement"." "Anyone who doubts what this story will tell should take a drive down Poker Street in a nice car." "You, too, may be blessed with that pink passport to the Tokyo Settlement." ""Wouldn't you like to meet a blonde beauty?"" ""Call 23-2235."" "FLESH PIER" "A Mitsugu Okura Production" "Written by Teruo Ishii, Akira Sagawa" "Starring" "Ken Utsui Akemi Tsukushi, Yoko Mihara" "Directed by Teruo Ishii" "Wait here, if you don't mind." "Sorry to keep you." "This way." "Is it safe?" "Don't worry." "We don't deal with anyone we don't know." "But..." "For example, we've checked you out." "You're in Room 4 at the Hotel Park." "You're Mr Keizo Yoshioka, manager of Minato Trading." "I see." "I'm here with the key." "Woman Found Dead In Bathtub!" "Was Man In Black Suit The Killer?" "She'd been dead several hours when she was found." "She was electrocuted." "Maybe they put her in the tub later." "Electrocuted, huh?" "Of seven known male associates of the deceased, Sally Saijo we're checking on the man in the black suit, and her boyfriend Saburo Nishida, 27, a bartender at "Arizona"." "The other five admit to knowing her but their alibis check out." "The deceased was contracted as a dancer at "Arizona" but had recently worked as one of the "call girls" that have emerged since the banning of prostitution." "And the organization she worked for?" "Unfortunately all the evidence on that has been destroyed." "Hello?" "Yes, this is Investigations." "What?" "!" "Nishida?" "!" "Nishida's committed suicide!" "Saito here." "Where?" "We're on our way." "There's other ways he could have used." "Hanging's pretty old-fashioned." "I know we shouldn't jump to conclusions, Chief but the idea that he killed Sally, then himself is a bit too pat." "So who's our suspect?" "The man in the black suit?" "That's jumping to conclusions, too." "We can't afford to do that." "Any prints?" "Not yet." "Thanks." "Mr Yoshioka?" "Who are you?" "Me?" "Reika." "Where are you headed?" "Back to Kobe." "Why do you ask?" "Who are you?" "You're going back to your office?" "Don't be silly." "Mr Keizo Yoshioka, murder suspect." "Entered the Osaka Police Academy in 1952." "In 1953 expelled for membership in an on-campus socialist group." "1954:" "Joined Minato Trading, where foreign-language skills brought promotion to manager in 1955." "Currently under investigation for embezzlement." "That's quite a resume." "I have great hopes for you." "I'm honored." "And what plans do you have for me?" ""Give and take."" "We'll talk later." "All right." "Let's work together." "I'm curious about exactly what your intentions are." "Oh?" "I'd like to get in on some of your business." "That's all." "So you used the pink card to get in touch?" "That's very indirect." "I just wanted to look into how your system worked." "But if they look into you on a murder investigation they might find other things." "I thought I'd wait till things cool down a bit." "That would be a shame..." "a man with your ability." "You don't have to leave." "We're ready to talk to you whenever you like." "Just come to Arizona." "I will." "Soon." "The organization that Sally Saijo worked for was about to send her to Hongkong as a call girl." "She was trying to leave the organization because she didn't want to go." "The organization was afraid she'd tell us about them so they put pressure on her boyfriend to kill her." "But Nishida left her body at the scene so they killed him and made it look like a suicide." "Then what about the man in the black suit?" "He had nothing to do with killing Sally." "The pimp had brought him to Sally as a customer." "But if he's not connected, why hasn't he come forward?" "You'll find out in a moment." "Come in." "Sorry I'm late." "We just started." "Keizo Yoshioka, head of the Osaka New Investigations Unit." "The man in the black suit." "How do you do." "The Academy "expelled" him as cover in a currency investigation." "His work in Hongkong led him to the call-girl operation here." "They know all our operatives here so Mr Yoshioka was planted in Minato Trading." "The Osaka Police have fixed up an embezzling charge to serve as a cover." "Mr Yoshioka..." "A call-girl system has evolved after the ban on prostitution that brings in women from abroad but involves trade between foreign and domestic rings." "Centered in Tokyo it has links in Manila, Macao, Hongkong, Singapore and Paris." "You all know that these transactions are carried out at the so-called "flesh pier" the night club "Arizona"." "Frequent raids have netted only underlings, while the leaders slip through our fingers and we learn nothing of the organization's structure." "Yoshioka will go undercover to check out this "flesh pier"." "Find out everything you can about Club Arizona." "We'll trace the organization through their secret contacts." "The Foreign Ministry tells us of Japanese women abroad in dubious occupations or seeking refuge in embassies from coercion into prostitution." "Call girls are recruited here and sent abroad for payment in U.S. Dollars." "This is big." "Their boss is sending in a new representative." "Get close to her." "A new one?" "Rose Rumi." "She'll take over from the Chinese woman, Reika." "Ladies and gentlemen presenting the star of Hongkong, Paris, New York and Macao Miss Rose Rumi!" "Chief the Grand Fashion Club is putting on a show..." "Let's arrange to go see it." "Come in." "Great dancing, Rumi." "Thanks." "How nice..." "You're my queen." "And you are?" "Your slave." "You'd think I was a germ!" "Yep." "Try that again, and I'll have Thompson sterilize you." "It's been a while." "Three years..." "since you vanished." "And now we meet again..." "Let's have a drink..." "for old time's sake." ""Memory..." ""..." "Is a music box..." ""..." "Playing a song..." ""..." "From the day we met."" "Why did you run away from me, Rumi?" "Where've you been since then?" "Don't ask." "Because there's no point?" "Maybe not." "We've gone our separate ways." "Dance with me." "It was foggy that night..." "just like it is now." "You wore a white sweater and a blue coat." "I wasn't much of a girlfriend." "I was too vain and showy." "I never saw you again after that night." "Keizo...forgive me." "I didn't see how good you were." "I let a jerk deceive me." "He put me through hell." "I guess I deserve what I've become." "But you've done well..." "I'm happy to see that." "Rumi don't envy me." "I live in this world, too." "I'm a horrible woman, Keizo." "I'm glad you're that kind of man." "You're awful!" "You're still mad, aren't you... about old times." "Let's drop the curtain on that." "There's a new play starting." "Do I have a part in it?" "We both do." "We do?" "Yours might be the lead role." "Do you forgive me?" "Tell me about your boss and how he buys and sells women from all over the world." "I want to strut my stuff on a brand-new stage." "Friends of Hope, Ltd." "Marriage Brokers" "Last year 11 couples married after meetings we arranged." "There's a basic membership fee of Y500." "Other charges vary with the services we..." "Look, I don't want anything that formal." "Wait..." "You young people are so impatient!" "Please, please... sit down." "So you want something that's not so formal, do you?" "OK." "Ten-minute break." "Do you need more film?" "No, not film." "It's not enough just to snap pictures when you're my age." "Oh, please!" "No, it's true!" "Can a bit more money get me something "special"?" ""Special"?" "Hmm..." "I can ask, if you like." "It's not cheap." "I said I'd be willing to pay more!" "A English paper..." "I'm Mariko." "I was afraid there wouldn't be any work today." "I just love older men..." "I find grey hair so romantic!" "I'm sorry." "I shouldn't call a customer an "older man"." "I don't mind." ""Mariko", was it?" "How old are you?" "17." "I'm cute, huh?" "I model for magazines." "And fashion shows." "You do?" "Shall we go?" "Where?" "Please!" "You shouldn't embarrass a lady!" "Mie!" "Mr Hayami's here." "Hello." "Mr Ono's upstairs." "Yeah?" "How's your mother?" "Better, thanks." "Oh, before I forget..." "are you free on Sunday?" "I'm not sure..." "Why?" "Mother says she'd like you to come over and visit." "I'll try to get it off, then." "Hi." "Find anything?" ""Friends of Hope" wouldn't bite, but there's still something fishy." "How about you?" "Mm..." "What would you like?" "Juice, please." "One juice." "The nude photography place set me up with a girl who's also a fashion model." "Linking the fashion and nude photo operations..." "If we can go through her and find where they dovetail." "Hey..." "Mie..." "Aren't you even going to say hello?" "But you're working..." "We were talking about you." "You weren't!" "Anyway, what are you going to do tomorrow?" "Try "Friends of Hope" again." "I'm going to a fashion show." "I don't get to many." "Make your bedroom a place of dreams and real repose..." "Nightwear designed with a touch of the romantic..." "Light, gentle on the skin the beautiful silhouette of this negligee is pure "chic"..." "That's the girl I recommend." "As light as springtime, this gorgeous negligee with the hint of tease to make you feel beautiful." "The model is Haruko Sada, of the Grand Fashion Club." "Family?" "Just a father." "Middle-class." "She's our best bet." "Bring her along tonight, then." "Next comes the slip." "Well-fitting undergarments are vital in the proper wearing of a dress." "Do you have a light?" "How's it going?" "I'll watch that girl Mariko a little longer." "I'm pretty sure that fashion club is part of the organization." "Kurokawa, the Arizona manager, was there." "Somebody from the club must have contacted him." "Notice anything?" "No." "Where was he sitting?" "Right up front." "Find out who it is that runs the fashion club." "If he's connected with Kurokawa he might give us a line on the organization." "Will you be at the usual place tonight?" "Yes." "See you." "You're doing well." "Care to take a break?" "Cash in." "The boss wants to see you." "You'd be perfect in France!" "Air France!" "The sky over Paris!" "The Seine!" "It's wonderful!" "Really?" "Wow!" ""Madame"..." "Care to dance?" "My, how you've changed, Mr Yoshioka." "You're that lady reporter from the Minato paper." "That's right." "We met in Kobe during that case in Motomachi." "So what's a lady reporter from Kobe doing way up here?" "So what's a cop from Osaka doing way up here?" "Shh!" "Something's going on." "I smell a scoop." "Read that later." "I got it from a Grand Fashion Club call-girl." "Thanks." "Don't do anything stupid and mess this up." "I won't." "Trust me." "I found something." ""Friends of Hope" sets up B-class call girls." "Well done!" "I'm meeting one tonight." "The Hotel Kurofune at 8." "That'll give us some proof." "Good luck." "Come in." "Sorry I'm late." "Mie!" "Wait!" "How could you?" "!" "Save your tears." "You're a disgrace!" "You knew I was a police officer yet you said you'd marry me!" "Mr Hayami there's nothing I can say." "I knew I could never ever become your wife." "I knew I should have stopped seeing you." "It's just that you were my only happiness!" "All I wanted was one more day one more hour." "So it just kept going on and on and on." "Forgive me." "Why did you have to do this?" "Why couldn't you talk to me?" "My brother wants to quit school." "He owes this year's tuition." "Mie..." "He says he wants to quit and get a job." "But I know he wants to continue with his studies." "He always says how he wants to become a great scientist." "I wanted him to graduate." "Mr Hayami what else could I do?" "Well!" "How did it go?" "Have a seat." "Sit down." "Here." "Mr Ono..." "I'm sick of being a cop." "I want to quit." "You what?" "!" "Why do you want to do that?" "I understand..." "Or I'm trying to." "But this is the most important time in your life, don't forget." "My father was a poor fisherman out in Chiba Prefecture." "From when I was small I had to go out on the boat and help him." "But I was scared of water and I couldn't swim." "So I wasn't much help." "Then one day he suddenly pushed me into the water." "I panicked." "I started thrashing around." "I thought I was dead." "I knew if I stopped struggling, I was going to drown." "But just as my strength ran out, suddenly I knew how to swim." "I understood what it meant, the pleasure of it." "Then after that I got good at it." "Your life is a sea, Hayami, you've just been thrown into." "Don't give up." "Thrash around." "Struggle, then struggle again." "When you get tired, suddenly you'll know how to swim." "How to swim in life." "OK, Hayami?" ""Memory..." ""..." "Is a music box..." ""..." "Playing a song..." ""..." "From the day we met."" "Kid..." "You look so serious, Rumi." "You used to look a lot nicer." "I'm not jealous, you know." "Love changes a person." "Things you used to understand get confused." "Things you didn't become clear." "What do you mean by that?" "Tell me." "I wonder if that Yoshioka guy isn't from the police." "I saw that model Haruko slip him a note." "But you won't believe that." "You can't see the truth!" "You're in love." "In love you understand things you didn't understand before..." "You said that, didn't you, kid." "Do you understand me now?" "Stop calling me "kid"." "I'm not a child." "The Grand Fashion Club, please." "Hello?" "Yes, this is the Grand Fashion Club." "Haruko Sada?" "One moment, please." "Where's Haruko?" "The swimsuit show." "Hello?" "She's at the Rondo Swimsuit Show." "May I take a message?" "No, thank you." "Put your best leg forward in a Rondo swimsuit." "Please choose the style you like by the number the model is wearing." "Which style best suits you?" "Bikini or one-piece:" "All our styles create a stir wherever you go." "We believe that a swimsuit's appeal lies in its chic elegance." "You asked to see me?" "I have someone who very much wants to meet you." "What do you mean?" "Oh, don't be so suspicious!" "I know what's going on." "That agency is no place for a beautiful girl like you." "My organization respects its women." "If you don't like someone, we'll turn them down." "And we pay three times what your club does." "Will you come and talk to us?" "You can always say no." "Sure!" "Where's Rumi?" "She's supposed to go on!" "From her reputation in Macao who knows what she's up to!" "Quiet!" "Don't let the manager hear that!" "Mr Kurokawa?" "That's not what you said before!" "I'm leaving!" ""Haruko", if that's your name..." "have you ever had a customer?" "You think a real call-girl can pick and choose her customers?" "Who sent you to spy on us?" "Haruko you'll stay till we get the truth." "I saw you at Arizona passing Yoshioka a note." "Forget it, kid." "She's either a journalist or a cop." "So you can see the truth..." "Take this girl and lock her in your room, will you?" "Let me go!" "Keep quiet, OK?" "Let go!" "Let me go!" "Quiet!" "I'm sorry, but you'll have to wait till we get back." "Where are you going?" "We've got to tell Mr Kurokawa!" "We're not telling him." "Why not?" "You're still stuck on Yoshioka?" "!" "Isn't it funny..." "In all the back streets of Macao, Singapore and Hongkong I've only found one dream, a guy named Yoshioka." "But he's a cop." "It won't work." "And are you going to betray your friends for him?" "Kid, Japan will sink into the sea before I ever do that." "So let me go, OK?" "No." "I won't!" "You've always done as I said." "Humor me, one more time." "Please!" "It's true." "You took me out of that dump where I was playing in Singapore." "But not this time!" "If I do that, you'll go to jail then get lynched when you get out!" "I don't care what happens to me." "Take the night plane to Macao." "I'll give you my ring." "It's worth enough to live on for five or six years." "Don't be stupid!" "That's not what I want!" "Don't say any more, kid." "Rumi!" "Rumi!" "Rumi!" "Rumi!" "There's the kid." "Just you?" "Where's Rumi?" "She found a patron." "What?" "Wait in the office." "Tell me where Rumi is!" "I want you to promise me you won't hurt her." "It's just a little fling." "Ignore it." "Come on!" "That Yoshioka's got her crazy." "Let's eliminate him." "Then Rumi..." "Are you in love with her?" "OK." "You do Yoshioka." "Can you?" "Have you ever killed a man?" "I'll do it." "OK." "But we've got to finish our deal." "With him." "Wait till that's done." "You keep the heater." "It's silenced." "It's from Macao." "Take care of it." "We'd better get going." "Once a woman goes strange, anything can happen." "Shut up and get five or six men ready!" "A man and a woman drink alone in a room." "They've done that many times, and still they're strangers." "Why?" "Shall I see if I can answer that question?" "The answer is this." "Criminals and cops carry guns." "I guess it all comes down to which one you are." "Which are you, Mr Yoshioka?" "Who is it?" "It's Teruo." "Has Rumi been here?" "The kid's OK." "I'll handle him." "Come in." "The manager wants to talk to Mr Yoshioka." "The manager?" "Cozy..." "I see you're as good with women as you are at business." "Then you'll overlook this?" "That I can't do." "I'm afraid you're to be shot with a silenced pistol." "Me?" "Why?" "I'm sure you realize that Rumi belongs to Thompson." "I see." "And Thompson's given you the job of shooting me with this silenced pistol?" "That depends on you." "Wait!" "We were just talking about exactly that." "And you have a plan?" "I'll tell you." "Could we three be alone for a minute?" "I didn't tell them about him." "Have you ever thought of striking out on your own?" "On my own?" "Too much of the money we risk our lives for goes to Thompson." "If Mr Yoshioka helps us take over the Macao route then we'll just need Hongkong to have it all." "But that's Thompson's route." "Yes." "We can only take it over if you're in with us." "Do we take 100 percent, or be happy with ten?" "Any child could answer that." "I'd hate it to be said that I was dumber than a child." "What's the split?" "50-50." "No we'll just take 40." "Done." "What do we do about Thompson?" "I'll handle that." "Let's call it a deal, then." "Thompson's taking 20 girls on the S.S. Cleveland from Pier 5 at midnight." "I'll take you there, and you two can do your part of the deal." "Pier 5 at 11:30, then." "The S.S. Cleveland." "You're leaving?" "Mr Kurokawa!" "Please!" "It's our last night in Tokyo." "We'd like to enjoy it." "Maybe I'll come, too." "Just to make sure no one changes their mind." "We're leaving at midnight on the S.S. Cleveland from Pier 5 in Yokohama." "Go back to my place, free that girl and call the police." "Then you catch the plane to Macao." "OK?" "Please, kid!" "Kid, if you really love me, you'll do this... all right?" "Shall we go?" "The kid's running an errand for me." "I need my jewelry." "I'm on your side!" "Get the police to Pier 5." "Rumi and Yoshioka are in danger!" "Teruo!" "You rat!" "Haruko!" "Run!" "Hello?" "Saeki here..." "It's Hyodo." "Rumi and Teruo double-crossed us!" "Yoshioka's a cop!" "Tell Kurokawa before they board the Cleveland!" "We'll get them at the gangway." "This wasn't the arrangement, Thompson!" "They don't put "cultural missions" down in the ship's hold!" "So what if we're going to Hongkong instead of France." "It's for the same thing." "What's that mean?" "Let me go!" "Let's go." "Please..." "Well, shall we get this part of the deal over with?" "You can stop playacting." "Quick!" "Rumi!" "Are you OK?" "!" "Rumi!" "Rumi!" "Rumi!" "Wake up!" "Rumi!" "Hang on!" "Keizo..." "Thank you!" "We got the Thompson gang!" "Rumi!" "Rumi!" "Thanks for all your help." "I might be down in Osaka on another case soon." "Anything I can do to help..." "Well, take care." "Good luck." "Thanks." "Mr Yoshioka!" "Oh, it's you..." "Is that how you say hello?" "Sorry." "Where are you going?" "With you." "Stop that!" "It's true!" "After my scoop my editor told me to "follow Yoshioka."" "Why?" "Where you are, there's likely to be a scoop." "So I'll always be following you." "And..." "And what?" "We might even end up getting married!" "Yeah, right!" "The End"