"SHOCHIKU EIGA" "OKOTO AND SASUKE [OKOTO TO SASUKE]" "Directed by SHIMAZU Yasujiro Written by ONO Kinjiro Edited by KOMURA Settai" "Cast TANAKA Kinuyo TAKADA Koukichi SAITO Tatsuo FUJINO Hideo" "Thanks." "Thanks." " Thanks." " Thanks a lot." " Give me a cup of tea!" " Coming!" " Welcome!" " Excuse me." "Hello." "Business seems to be working, as always." "You look fine." " Kindon!" " Yes?" "Tell the master..." " ... that Yumehan has come from Goshu." " Yes." "Come in, please." "Go ahead." "Let me clean my feet." " An untimely downpour caught me on the road." " Really?" "You must be very tired." "I'll leave you for a moment." "Hello." "Is it ok like this?" "Sasuke, your father has come." "Really?" "Why should I lie to you?" "Check it with your own eyes." "The matter of the eyes is a taboo for you." "Stupid!" "I'm going to hit you!" "Rather me who would do that." "Hurry up." "You see?" "Put on these." "Sasuke!" "You look fine." "Do you perform your duties well?" "As I still haven't seen the owner," "I don't feel good about talking with you." "We can talk later in a more relaxed way." "Sasuke." "Your father still puts his hair up in that archaic bun." "When do you think he'll do without it?" "Goshu, if you visited my village, you could see many people with that bun." "But we are in Doshomachi, Osaka." "And besides, this is year 15 of Meiji era (1883)." "Even though it's an old village, that bun is old-fashioned." "You're so spiritless, Sasuke!" "You have watery eyes." "Your father, however, knows well how to liven up songs." "Oh yes, he does." " Doesn't he, Shozo?" " Yes, you are right." "Okajimaya!" "See?" "Take a look when you have the time." "Got it." "Yumehan...." "Things aren't going very well in Ibuki, are they?" "I haven't gone there yet but it's true that they don't have too many products." "It's what our master predicted." "Really?" "It's what the master said?" "Master does have good eyes." "He notices even a village hidden in the mountains." "Yes, it's true." "Hello." "How are you?" " You look fine to me." " Thank you." "Is your family all right?" "Yes, thanks to Buddha." "I appreciate very much your consideration to Sasuke." " He's fine, too." " Yes." " Have you seen him?" "Yes, a while ago." "After some time without seeing him you find him changed, don't you?" "He's grown a lot." "I hope he's doing good work." "Don't worry." "He's doing it well." "We've met outside the store." "And he's reminded me of myself when I was young." "Outside that store the former master scolded me." "I still remember him a lot." "Yes." "My predecessor was very stubborn." "Nonetheless," "I am very grateful to him now." "It's all engraved in my heart." "To keep doing business with you..." "My son having a job..." "All thanks to your charity." "You are a man with a strong sense of duty." "Come in and just have a nice rest." " I'll come back later." " Sasuke!" "Where is Sasuke?" "What?" "What do you want from him?" "Koi has come." "Why don't you tell Taizo to replace him today?" "All right." "His father has come from far away..." "Sir..." " Don't worry about me." " Of course I do." "Let someone else see to it." "Tell Koto." "I appreciate that." "My daughter is always asking Sasuke to do everything." "If it's like that, I don't mind." "Give me a minute, I'll go and get him." "No, no, leave him alone." "My daughter sees him every day." "But you don't see him often." "I am sure you have a lot to tell each other." "Don't worry." "I appreciate it very much." "Who can replace Sasuke?" "That's what I wanted to ask you." "A quiet person, and used to guiding me." "Bring them to me if you know someone!" "There's nobody!" "Go and get Sasuke for me!" "All right." "I'll go and get him again." "Sasuke!" " Sasuke!" " Yes." "The young lady is calling you." "Hurry up." "Miss Koto wants to go to the master's place." "Even though our master has said that Taizo should replace you...." "I don't mind going with her." "Kindon!" "Don't talk nonsense, she would scold me." " Come on, Sasuke!" "Hurry up." " Yes." "She has refused you." "Anyway, it's better to be a person than a walking stick." "Think of it that way." "Yes, but just imagine...." "The young lady's hands look very smooth...." "You can hold them." "I would die of joy." "I am sorry I've kept you waiting." " Sasuke." " Yes?" " Come with me to the master's place." " Sí." "I say!" "She's become such a beauty!" " Okimi." " Yes." "I told you someone else should go instead of Sasuke." "Well, yes." "But miss Koto has insisted on Sasuke going with her." "When she says something, she never gives way." " She's a headache." " I feel pity for her." " Don't worry about that." " Yes, but I regret that this compassion .maybe contributed to her character turning prouder." "Yumehan, it's what we parents feel." "Your daughter is intelligent." "You must be proud of it." "I don't like discussing this, but..." "How shall I put it...." "For her age she has a heart that's too sharp." "This creates many tense moments." "But recently she has become...." "Harumatsu Kengyo's favourite pupil." "Her progress in playing the shamisen is getting quite a reputation among the professionals." "Your daughter deserves it." "She worries us a lot." "We don't want people to talk ill of her." "We would like her to follow this artistic path." "Since she is blind, it will be complicated for her to access a normal married life." "To be honest," "I feel very sorry for her." "I wish she weren't!" "Yumehan, I dream a lot about it." "She seeing me with her eyes .and smiling at me." "Enough!" "This is not a tale by Sawaichi." "Don't get your hopes up." "If I am not mistaken, she turned blind when she was 9 years old, didn't she?" "Dread creeps into me by just remembering it." "She remembers very much her own image of that time." "That's why I feel so sorry for her." "It's very cold, isn't it?" "Yes, indeed." "Sasuke." "I'm cold." "Yes." "It's cold." "I'm cold!" "All right." "Excuse me." "Listen, Masakichi..." "I'm bold but..." " ..." "I feel embarrassed." " That doesn't suit you." "To seduce women you mustn't be ashamed." "That's why you attend harp lessons." "Well, yes." "To see Okoto, but..." "You have to be patient." "Leave it to me." " I'll make it work." " Really?" " You understand my attraction to her, don't you?" " Yes, I understand you." "There's no other girl as pretty as that around here." " But it's a pity she can't see you." " That's just it." " That's what's most attractive to me." " Is it?" "I've met lots of girls." " A girl like that attracts me because she's different." " Really?" "A puddle!" "I've almost trodden on it." "Please!" "Please!" "Welcome." "Come in." "I apologize for any inconvenience I caused yesterday." "As I told you," " I've come with my master." " Oh, all right." "Please come in." "I'll inform the master right away." "Thank you." "This is a token..." " ...of gratitude." " Thank you very much." "And this, too." "I appreciate it." " Come in, please." " Thank you." "Sir!" "Let's go in." " They're Okoto's, aren't they?" " Yes." "Come on!" "Don't be shy." "Hurry up." "You go in first." "Forgive me." "Thank you." "Allow me to introduce myself." "My name is Masakichi, from Nunoya Suigin." "My master starts his lessons today." "We are very glad to meet you." "I am Ritaro." "Pleased to meet you." "How do you do?" "Sir, you have to practise a lot." "I know." "Don't tell me a thousand times." "Sorry if I bother you, but..." "They say his lessons are very strict." "Is it true?" "Lessons have to be like that." "If you play badly, he hits you with his plectrum!" "Doesn't he?" " Is it true?" " Of course it is." "Sometimes there are people who fall from there." "It's like that, isn't it, miss?" "It's not true, is it, miss?" "Miss Koto." "She's so pretty!" "I want to hold her hand so much." "But she doesn't see your handsome face." "That's why she's not very friendly to you." "Even though she can't see me, she'll know by my voice." "She must be shy." "What are you saying?" "How is Ito?" "Is he recovering?" "He is still resting, just in case." "Well, well." "He told me your elder brother was coming back." "My brother sent us a letter." "He says Nagasaki is very interesting and he wants to stay there for another couple of years." "I imagine he's made much progress in his pharmacology career." "Yes." "My brother says that also." "The westernized ideas of nowadays may teach something to our pharmacy." "Very well." "Today you shall try to play the whole "Snow" theme." "How is that theme called?" "I don't know it." "Do you know?" " It's called "Snow"." " Isn't it "Rain"?" "It's called "Snow"." "You fool!" "He says it's "Snow"!" "It's a good theme." "And it's a difficult theme." "Listen..." "What a job you got yourself, eh?" "Every day you can hold Okoto's hand." "I feel so envious!" "Hey!" "There's no reason to flee like that." "What a silly apprentice." "I'd say one is sure to feel cheerful." "I wish I was also Mozuya's apprentice!" "Maybe he's not the apprentice, but her husband." "You think so?" "Who could that be?" "Is it you, Sasuke?" "Well!" "Whose shamisen is this?" "Mistress, please forgive me." "Sasuke..." "What are you doing?" "It's beginning to dawn." "You're so utterly foolish!" "I am very sorry." "I've been hearing night after night the sound of the shamisen." "It was you." "Yes." "You have bought it, right?" "With the savings of my wages." "Come on." "Let me see." "You are imitating Okoto, aren't you?" "As you are always hearing it, you learn by ear, don't you?" "How cold it is!" "Please come in!" "Do you understand me?" "You are only an apprentice!" "You've astonished me." "How are you going to apologize to the master?" "Such a lack of respect!" "If you do it again, I will never forgive you." "You know me well." "You know that I get angry for real." "Don't buy anymore this type of things!" "Understood?" "I am very sorry." "I am going to tell your father." "See what he says..." "I wonder when he has been learning." "Mother," "I would like to hear him and find out what he knows." "Yes." "How interesting!" " I am going to get him." " Or do you want to hit him?" "Right, Koto?" "No." "My soul is completely plunged in art." "So, if Sasuke.... ...plays well the shamisen," " I will listen to him seriously." " This way." "Nobody is angry." "Come on!" "Don't cry." "This way." "Sasuke." "Come in." "Since when do you play?" "I bought a shamisen this spring." "Since then you have been practising on your own?" "Yes." "When I accompanied you to the master's," "I heard you and learnt." "Sasuke." "Come to my room." "Play any theme." " I will listen to you." " Yes." "Sasuke." "Don't be ashamed." "Go." "We will all listen to you." "As Okoto says, go and play." "Yes." "I am very sorry." "Don't be sorry." "Play what you can." "Sasuke." "You're such an idiot!" "Why don't you play?" "Come on!" "Play!" "Sister, he'll play in the end." "Will he?" "Come on now!" "Sasuke." "It's "Kurokami", isn't it?" "Play something more difficult." "Yes." "How eager he is!" "How much he has learnt when he had so little time!" "It's true." "You need to practise this theme some five or six years." "How is the theme called that needs five or six years?" ""Chaondo"." "I see." "It's very complicated." "It would take me all my life." "I doubt that you will make it within your life time." "In the first place, you have no idea of the world of sound." "Haven't I?" "As I see you with other intentions," "I recommend you to visit the other teacher, in Iromachi." "Besides, there is an unpleasant rumour among my pupils." "That bothers me a lot." "What is this rumour about?" "Ask your heart." "I see." "Master, you think I am courting the Mozuya ladies, don't you?" "What nonsense." "No wonder these ladies are spreading that rumour." "They want a man." "These ladies have sent me a few complaints." "From today on I will give you no more lessons." "You won't?" "All right." "I won't come anymore." "But listen to me, master." "You don't mind how I behave outside this house, do you?" "Do you?" "What nonsense!" "Why don't you place this crossbeam higher?" "What was this noise?" "Was it you?" "Are you all right?" "I'm not all right." "What a pain!" "Does it hurt you?" "He has dismissed me." "Why?" "The young lady from Mozuya hasn't come yet?" "I don't know." "Sasuke..." "My master has appointed me "Shunkin"." "I could teach you lessons if you work hard." "I am very grateful but  I can't neglect work." "I can ask my parents on your behalf." "Let's fix the programme." "We can do lessons." "It's ok with me." "Maybe she becomes less strict this way." "That's also ok with me." "As I am teaching you lessons, you will have to call me master in return." "Yes." "Ok?" "Why are you crying?" "You don't have to cry." "It's not like that!" "No!" "Only twice." "No!" "No!" "It's not like that." "Only once here." "No!" "No!" "Idiot!" "Keep practising until you get it right..." "Even if dawn arrives." "It's nothing." "He's so clumsy!" "Continue where you were." "Idiot!" "This is basic." "How can you be so clumsy!" "Are you crying again?" "Even though he wants to learn to play the shamisen, the poor guy is getting such strict lessons every day." " I see." " But ever since the young lady has been giving lessons to Sasuke," " her fury has fallen only upon him and we've escaped." " True." "Such nonsense." "You are using the wrong finger." "Sasuke..." "Press this cord with that finger." "The lady is coming." " Miss!" " My mother?" "Has she come?" "I am going to receive her." " Remove the things." " All right." "She often visits me." "I appreciate it but..." "Welcome." "You must be tired." "Is everything fine?" " I am going to sleep here." "You may leave." " Yes." " Here you are." " Thank you." "Are you playing the innocent again?" "You astonish me." "Why aren't you helping in the shop?" "You can't stay like this when the young lady comes to Arima." "Well, well..." "Now I understand." "Don't be evil-minded." "It isn't that." "Don't get so serious." "At last they have given me permission to go to the Utsugo Academy." "I feel envious!" "But as far as I could see today, she doesn't look like she'll be able to teach any more lessons." "This is also one of your worries." "But the young lady's illness unsettles you more, right?" "A rumour says that the young lady is pregnant." "Nonsense!" "But the rumour has spread all over the village." "Well, it's a lie." "I imagine you know something." "I don't know anything." " No idea." " Really?" "But  every day you go with her everywhere  and you receive private lessons in her room." "It could turn into that." "The young lady is not indecent." " People talk about trivial things." " Trivial?" "It's something important." "Think of how people will frown upon a disabled girl having a child." " Don't talk ill about the young lady!" " Are you getting angry?" "Come on!" "Let's work." "So you're going to work?" "You're a lucky one!" "Your father...." "Listen, Koto..." "Ever since he learnt that you were pregnant, he's grown very thin." "Please." "Tell us who it is." "Koto..." "Why can't you tell?" " I need to know." " I can't tell." "I understand perfectly well that you are worried." "And I appreciate it." "But..." "We have promised not to say anything." "But it's the only thing that matters." "I can't return to Osaka until I haven't heard his name." "Come on, Koto!" "Tell me." "Please!" "Is it Sasuke?" "Pardon?" "Not at all!" "Impossible with that apprentice and me being his master." "Mother, has he mentioned anything?" "It can't be." "But I hope it will." "Besides, your father says he would accept Sasuke as your husband." "No..." "I don't want to." "Although I am blind, it's humiliating to marry a servant." "I am sorry for the child's father." "Don't be stubborn." "Think of the child's well-being." "He won't have a father." "We can't raise him." "Mother." "When he is born, look for someone who can adopt him." "I will always live as a bachelor." "Since I am blind, the baby would be a burden for me." "It's a lark." "It sings a lot." "It sounds as if many litters went past." "Seems to be someone important." "There are also many geishas." "Looks like a theatre." "Must be nice." "Yes, it is." "Thanks." "You've danced excellently well." "Stop these compliments." "You've done quite well." "Where have you learnt?" "By imitating you." " I don't dance so badly." " Really?" "Here." "You will all see that I dance better." "It's unique worldwide." "Do you feel like it?" "Thank you." "The truth is the sound of the Koto is nice, isn't it?" "The person playing must be very good at it." "Certainly a master from some school." "Maybe." "Pardon?" "It's the sound of the Koto." "Seems like it." "Where does it come from?" "Take a look." "The sound comes from the inn." "But you can't see it." "Master." "Doesn't it remind you of something?" "Of what?" "I mean to say that it's the young lady from Mozuya." "Well!" "Now I remember." "If I forgot about her, Buddha would punish me." "Are you courting someone else?" "You are such a womanizer!" "Take this!" "So you won't forget me!" "What a woman-chaser!" "How it hurts!" " Sadakichi." " Yes." " What if it's her?" "You're talking such nonsense!" "Girls!" "Let's dance!" "We have to accept that she had a child without knowing his father." "But I feel very sorry for the kid." "It's something I regret." "By accident, an acquaintance of Kawachi's wanted to have a child." "One month after the birth, he adopted him." "And although it was a good thing, it broke my heart." "I feel old." "You have done the best for your family." " But it was difficult for the young lady." " Yes." "Even though she is my daughter," "I don't understand what's on her mind." "After this she devotes herself more to art." "I can imagine that she has decided to live for it." "This makes me sad, too." "What with all the suffering for your daughter, and then you are as generous as to take care of my son Sasuke..." " I don't know if he deserves it." " Don't say that." "It's me who made him give up his job and told him to devote himself to art." "It's only natural that he obeyed." "He's a lucky boy." "He can live on what he likes and on top of it you treat him wonderfully." "I am very glad if you think so." "My daughter persists in concealing the name of the father." "As the child has already been adopted," "I have arranged a house for them in Yodoyabashi and I convinced her of letting Sasuke look after her." "You have taken a difficult decision in front of the other employees." "To be honest, I feel relieved that you think like that." "Yumehan, thanks a lot." "No." "I have to thank you." "I am still not able to really return the favour I received." "For the sake of my poor daughter or for the sake of the Mozuya House can you accept it?" "Master." "Sasuke's life can you leave it in my hands?" "Yes." "Do you agree?" "Yes." "Really?" "Thank you." "Thank you very much." "Yumehan..." "She is the lucky one." "The late master Kengyo appointed my daughter..." " ...his successor." " Oh, really?" "And she wants to set up her own school, calling it "Mozuya Shunkin", and attract pupils." "She really needn't work, but in order to make her happy I let her do whatever she likes." "I understand you." "I am very sorry to bother you." "Well, well!" "I didn't realize." "I'm sure you're cold, aren't you?" "Behave properly!" "Sasuke!" " Sasuke!" " Yes." "Why don't you keep quiet?" "I am very sorry." "Keep quiet, please!" "Otherwise my master will scold you." "It's so funny!" "I'm leaving." "I'm going with you." "Thanks!" "Sasuke." "Bye!" "Sasuke!" "Yes." "Right away." " I don't know why I'm laughing so much." " You have started!" "Now I recall." "When Sasuke plays the Koto, he closes his eyes like his master." "He's scared me!" "It's true!" "Why does he pretend to be blind?" " We'll ask him some day." " Don't talk nonsense." "If his master learns that, she will hit you as if you were her instrument." "Be careful." "Sasuke..." "I want you to behave during classes." "Yes." "I understand that it is fun for you to laugh with the girls." "But this would damage my dignity." "I am very sorry." "Okimi!" "These girls are so rude!" "I don't understand what they laugh about so much." "What do you wish?" " I'm off to teach my lesson." " All right." "Master." "Let's go first there." "Yes." "Come back soon." " I am so tired!" " Why has it taken you so long?" "Do you know what's happened to me?" "They didn't have bird food in the usual store." "I went to look for it everywhere." "I see." "Otherwise we would be in trouble." "True." "The nightingale is more precious than we are." "It's true." "Fortunately you found it at last." "What are you talking about?" "Welcome." "It's been a close shave." " The master just left." " Really?" "Poor me!" "Well, I'm going to wait for her." "Such bad luck!" "This way, please." "Not that way." "I am her special pupil." " But..." " Don't worry." "Mister!" "You can't." "Master will be angry at you." " You're so shameless!" " What?" " Have you come?" " Mind your own business." "That nightingale seems to be very glad to see me here." "Okimi." "Why are you standing there?" "Come here." "I don't like you." "I don't care." "I like you because you are always so smart." "Come here." "Can you tell me the truth?" "I'll give you many presents." "Why are you so curious?" "I won't be able to get it off my mind until I know the truth." "You are a weird guy." "Don't you think so, Oume?" " He is indeed." " Why?" "Why can't you tell?" " Well, there is nothing weird." " It's true." "Master calls him "Sasuke"." "And Sasuke replies saying "Master"." "I know that already." "What I want to know about is when they are together alone." "When they are alone, we can neither know nor see." "But haven't you heard anything accidentally?" "In the bathroom, in the toilet..." "They are always together, from morning to evening." "The master is blind, you know." "She needs Sasuke's help in everything." "That's it!" "That's what I want to know." "If I don't know anything about their relationship, I don't know how to behave with her." "But..." "I mean, are they having an affair or not?" "What nonsense!" "You must know." "The master sleeps here." "And Sasuke?" "He sleeps there." "Really?" "But the master is very sensitive to cold." "Don't say that, she will get angry at us." "Don't worry." "What happens then?" "Tell me." "Sasuke is very, very kind." "Nobody is as patient as he is." "He is indeed." "I would also be patient with the master." "Now I understand." "So for her he is only her servant and pupil." " Why?" " Think." "If they were a couple, the would be more daring when being alone." "The master doesn't seem to be too impressed by his kindness." "She only thinks he is useful." "Now I'm reassured." "Since Sasuke comes from Goshu," " he is very patient." " Maybe it's that." "And he is sly." "Hello!" "Excuse me!" "Somebody has come." "Listen!" "Nobody there?" "He seems very angry." "Come on!" "Get in!" "Welcome." "I want to see the master." "Don't you understand me?" "I want to see the master!" "Quickly!" "But she is not at home." "If you're lying, you'll see what happens." "Is it true that she isn't in?" " Yes." " All right." "We will wait for him inside, then." "Come on!" "Let's go inside." "You come with me." "Don't worry." "See where we can sit down." "Who is that man?" "Isn't he her boss?" "Very good." "And it's to my advantage." "Let go!" "Listen!" "Wait!" "Why do you run away from me?" "Even if one should practise, hitting with a plectre is not nice." "And besides my daughter sells her beauty." "She is a gheisha." "How are you going to make it up?" "Can you get back her face?" " I have nothing to do with this." " I see." "That's what the master did." "You are her boss." "So you are responsible." "Tell me." "What can we do?" "Come on!" "Say something!" "Father, you are wrong!" "What do you mean?" "What I'm saying isn't true?" "It's just that this man is her pupil." "Is it true?" "It's true." "I'd like to be her boss, but I'm not." "Master isn't here." "Listen to me, sir..." "The master hit her meaning well, so that she should learn." " Please understand." " No, I can't." "It can't be." "Please see what you can do." "I am Ritaro from Mineya." "I'm not telling you not to do anything." "But..." "My anger won't calm down until you talk with the master." "Please accept this and calm down." "I beg you to." "All right, sir?" "This way, my prestige will be saved." "Sir, let's have a drink one day." "You don't convince me, but I'll leave it for today." "I was going to sue her." "Poor girl." "She's blind." "Don't forget to tell her that she has damaged our product." "Ok, let's go." "Excuse me." "Goodbye." "Hurry up." " So lucky you were here." " Yes." "I appreciate it very much." "How your heart is pounding!" "You're so evil-minded!" "What nonsense!" "You're so weird!" "If master had been in, I wonder how this would have ended." "So good you were here!" "Sure!" "Thanks to me, nothing has happened." "They're back." "Welcome home." "Sasuke, haven't you come across them?" "Who?" "Thank God!" "It's been such a fuss." " What's happened?" " It's about the girl from Kitashinchi." "Her father just came and was very angry." "I've done nothing to upset him." "Fortunately Mr Ninoya was here." " He has talked him out of it." " Really?" " Is he still here?" " Yes." "He's waiting for you." "You've come home at a good moment." "I'm sorry to keep you waiting." "Was he so angry?" "Yes." "He looked very furious." "But I solved it." " I paid him 50 ryou." " What?" " 50 ryou?" " Yes." "Thus he left." "Why have you done anything like that?" "What a waste!" "That's not good." "His intention was obvious." "Even so, my school is famous for its strong discipline." "So I don't mind if she doesn't take up her lessons again." "That's what I'm going to tell him." "If you speak like that, it will cause a quarrel." "The truth is she usually pays the fees too late." "But I allowed it and wouldn't say anything because I thought she was a promising girl." "She has to accept it goodwillingly." "Listen, Sasuke." "You wouldn't have been able to settle it, but I..." "Yes, yes." "What matters is that nothing has happened to master." "Thank you." "Sasuke...." "Give him back the money I owe him." "What are you saying!" "I did it quite willingly." "Sasuke!" "Don't pay any attention to him." "I have caused you some trouble." "I should make it up." "Don't say that." "Don't talk as if we were strangers." "By the way, I'd like to ask you a favour." "What is it about?" "Can you listen to me?" "Master, the plum tree flowers are showing now their maximum splendour." "They look wonderfully in the Hagiya garden." "I would like to invite you." "Thank you very much." "Does that mean that you accept?" "Besides, there are lots of people who wish to listen to your okoto." "They insist on my inviting you." "Master, please..." "I beg you." "Master..." "All right?" "Hadn't heard it for so long." "She plays so beautifully, doesn't she?" "She deserves indeed to be the master number one." "Besides, she is a real beauty." "All men are stunned." "Indeed they are." "The master of this house is hung up on her." "Oh, really?" "Doesn't she have a fiancé yet?" "That's what they say." "But it is rumoured that she has some affair with that apprentice." "With that boy?" "With that average lad?" "Don't kid me." "Naiji..." "Despite her outbursts she is a woman." "Thing might happen." " It can't be, can it?" " It can't be." "It's a fancy." "Don't you believe it?" " Women's thoughts are amazing." " You are right." " Listen!" " Don't talk ill of women." "I haven't said anything bad." "Master." "Thank you very much." "I appreciate it." "You have marvelled.... ....everyone so much, that we are all at a loss for words." "Was it called "Shunnouten"?" "Yes, right." "You are flattering me too much." " I feel embarrassed." " Don't." "It's not fake." "It's my true feeling." "Come on!" "The meal is ready." "Let's go and eat." "Master, this way." "Sasuke..." "Accompany her." "Yes." "Please." "Master, I'll accompany you." "Sasuke..." "Yes." "Let's take a little walk around the garden." "I will be waiting for you." "Don't be long." "Ladies and gentlemen, this way please." "This way." "Touch it." "It's the plum tree." "I wish!" "Wish I was the tree!" "I am a tree." "Sasuke..." "What has this person done?" "Nothing special." "Buffoons do foolish things." "There is a bridge." "Sir." "Why are you so anxious?" "He isn't her boyfriend nor anything." "Don't say that." "Do your best, all right?" "Listen," " accompany the master." " All right." "This way." "Master." "Will you be fine?" "If anything happens, I'll call you." "Have a good rest." "I will leave, then." "Sasuke, your meal is all ready, in another room." "Don't be shy." "Well." "Thank you very much for your kindness." "I'll take the liberty of abusing your kindness." "This way." "Master, would you like one?" "Master." "Can I hold the bowl for you?" "I will take it." "Sasuke, this way." " Go ahead." " Treat him well." "Thanks." " Do you want one?" " Thank you." "Come on, take it." "No inhibitions." "The thing is I've come to accompany my master, so I can't..." " Don't be so stiff." " Come on, let's drink." "Please don't insist." "I will ask your master, then." "No, don't!" "Don't worry." "I will taste the food." "What are you talking about?" "It's so silly not to taste the sake." "No, seriously..." " What are you saying?" " But..." "Why isn't he drinking?" "Even if the master has told us not to give him much to drink," " you have to insist." " Really?" "Hurry up..." "One has to be so awfully patient..." "Can I take one?" "What are you doing?" "How quiet you are." "You want it hotter?" "I've had enough." "Thank you." "Master, do you want some more?" "Yes." "Thank you." "Bring it hotter." "All right." "Hurry up." "I can't anymore." " Don't be shy." " Come on, drink." "I have a responsibility." " We know even though you remind it to us." " I've drunk enough." " Seriously." " How strange you are." "Where is Sasuke?" "Master!" "Sasuke, is it you?" "Sasuke, let's go." "Get the hell out of here!" "Let's go this way." "What has happened?" "He is hurt." "Does it hurt you?" "Sure it does!" "Have you said to her anything inappropriate?" "I haven't done anything." "I just took her hand smoothly and she did to me this crazy thing." "With this?" "What a cheeky girl!" "It's all right, it's all right." "One day I'll take her down a peg." "At least it doesn't seem serious." "Shut up!" "We are talking about a man's forehead." " You are right." " What are you saying?" "It's none of your business." "All right." "This time set Nagareboshi and Makigumo free." "Both together?" "All right." "How they sing." "Are they flying very high?" "Yes." "Makigumo .is the one flying highest." "Really?" "He seems to be in a very good mood today." "When I hear them sing," "I forget about everything." "Even about what happened at the Hagi house." "Forget that stupid man." "Finally it will be good for you if he doesn't come to take classes again." "I don't wish to appear in public ever again." "I prefer being alone." "But listen, Sasuke." "Without your help, I couldn't do anything." "Poor me," "I am very fragile." "What are you saying." "Think always that Sasuke has been born to help you." "Recently I've been feeling very sorry for you." "That's not very much your style." "My pleasure consists of always seeing your wishes fulfilled." "Master!" "The lark has escaped!" "Escaped?" "Is it Makigumo?" "I can't see it very well." "It is Makigumo." "What a shame." "It's all right." "I wonder where it has gone." "Master!" "Master!" "What's happened to you?" "Master!" "What is the kettle doing here?" "What has happened?" "Listen!" "Master!" "Master!" "Is it you, Sasuke?" "Yes, it's me." "Master!" "Sasuke!" "I..." "Someone..." "My face..." "Master!" "Oh dear!" " Master!" " Keep away from me!" "I don't want you to see me!" "Don't worry, I can't see you." "Look..." "I've closed my eyes." "Don't worry." "Keep your eyes closed!" "I don't want anyone to see my dreadful face!" "All right." "I won't see you, master." "I won't see you." "Right now I am going to call the doctor." "Don't go away!" "Don't leave me alone!" "Master!" "Keep calm." "My face!" "Calm down!" "Master!" "Help!" "Somebody help us!" "Oume!" "Okimi!" "Okimi!" "Oume!" " Okimi!" " Yes?" "Hurry up!" "Come!" "What's the matter?" "Call the doctor." " What's happened to her?" " Don't come near." "Don't come in!" "Call the doctor!" "Hurry up!" "Yes." "Oume, I'm going to get the doctor." "Wake up!" "What has happened?" "I want nobody to see me." "Nobody." "Hold on a bit longer." "Resist." "Sasuke..." "I don't want to hear the nightingale anymore." "I'll take it somewhere else." "Master..." "It is not good for your health to be so nervous." "Take it away!" "Yes." "Why have you brought it here?" "It's what master has said." "All right." "Sasuke...." "Now that the wounds are almost healed, she is more nervous, isn't she?" "I can understand her." "But..." "I would like to heal the wound she has in her heart." "I feel very sorry for her." "It's true." "Sasuke!" "Sasuke!" "Yes?" "What were you talking about?" "Well..." "Nothing special." "I've heard you." "Sasuke..." "You were talking about my face." "No way!" "Yes." "That time you probably saw my face." "Not at all!" "You ordered me not to look at it." "I did what you told me." "Don't worry." "Is that true?" "Don't you remember that I have always obeyed you in everything?" "You don't have to worry so much." "When the wounds heal, it will be again like before." "Master." "What is the matter?" "Listen, Sasuke." "Shortly they will remove this bandage and the doctor won't come back." "So..." "I will show myself in front of all others, but you will see me, too." "I can't bear it." "I don't want you to see me." "I will have to show you my horrible face." "Only the thought of it makes me suffer." "I'm sad." "Master." "Sasuke..." "Don't look at me." "Please don't look at me." "Understood." "I will never see your face." "So calm down." "No.... ...I won't betray you." "Hello." " Master." " Welcome." " It's the doctor." "The weather is good." "Hello." "So good that there are still sunny days." "Thanks for coming." "Sasuke..." "Go away." "Yes, yes." "Okimi." "Master would like you to go to her parents' and see how her father is." "Really?" "She seems to be very worried." "Besides, Oume is not here." "Can you go right now?" "Really?" "I'll leave things like this, then, and go away." "I'm going." "Thank you." "Drive it into your eyes." "Become a blind man!" "Don't think it over." "May her beautiful shape rest in the bottom of your eyes." "Sasuke!" "The doctor is leaving!" "Tomorrow she can remove the bandage." "Tomorrow she can remove the bandage." "Sasuke!" "Come here." "Sasuke!" "Sasuke!" "Sasuke!" "Yes!" "Sasuke!" "Hurry up." "Yes." "Right away." "What's happened to you?" "Master." "Where are you?" "I'm here." "Master..." "I..." "I have become blind." "What?" "Blind?" "You have become blind?" "Yes." "I'm blind." "I see everthing in darkness." "Never ever will I see your face again." "I have driven a needle into my eyes." "Sasuke...." "Is it true what you're saying?" "Yes." "It's true." "Touch me." "Sasuke..." "Has it been painful?" "No." "In comparison to what you have gone through it's been nothing." "I am ashamed by the fact that this individual came in that night without my noticing anything." "The truth is that you suffer a lot and I am safe." "But... now I am exactly like you." "Master." "Master." "The only thing I can see in this darkness is the face that I've known for 20 years." "Being suddenly blind," "I don't think I will be able to manage so well." "But I would like to keep looking after you like before." "I want to." "Please, master." "I beg you." "Let me stay by your side." "What a decision you've taken!" "I feel so relieved." "Being honest with you, I'll tell you that this face," "this figure..." "It doesn't matter if all others can see it." "You are the only one I don't want to see me." "I was having a bad time." "The truth is that you have understood my pain." "Sasuke..." "Don't say anything." "Let's live for ever in our world." "Master!" "Sasuke shuts his eyes to reality." "He's jumped into a conceptual world." "His heart's eyes see the world of memories." "He practises and works even more than before." "His master Okoto gave him the name of "Shundai", which changed later into "Onikenkou"." "He lived to help Okoto up until the end." "THE END"