"Asakusa Cinema Quarters, Tokyo,1933" "In the 1930s Asakusa was..." "Tokyo's busiest amusement hub" "It stood as practically the most... prosperous district in Japan and people from... rural areas... flocked to see movies and plays there" "In the 1930s, Japan's flickers became cinema art" "For the Japanese - no - all over the world movies were the king of entertainment" "What's your name?" "Here to see the movie or my face?" "Your face, of course!" "See Kamata's "Spring When..." "She Is 19" at the Imperial" "The manager wants you" "Why?" "I don't know" "I want to see the show" "You called?" "He's Mr. Ogura" "He directed the picture we're showing" "He wants to look at you" "It'll turn out well" "Mr. Ogura." "I'll order some coffee." "Your name is Koharu?" "Yes." "Koharu Tanaka" "Why not become an actress?" "The studio guys said there's a nice girl at the Imperial" "So I decided to come here to see you" "You look strong, you have a good voice" "We're going into talkies" "We need good voices" "When petals fall, humans weep" "Life can be so fickle" "But why is fate so cruel to her?" "Can she be a star?" "Not right now" "She'll start as a bit player, then work up" "It depends on how hard she tries" "What's wrong?" "Don't you want to be in the movies?" "Some problem?" "It's so sudden." "I'm shocked" "Her tears glittering" "She is only nineteen" "She even weeps the dew... which scatters as she gathers violets" "Executive Producer:" "Toru Okuyama" ""FINAL TAKE"" "Screenplay by Hisashi Inoue Taichi Yamada Yoshitaka Asama" "Photographed by Tetsuo Takaba Art Direction:" "Mitsuo Dekawa" "Music by Naozumi Yamamoto" "Kiichi Nakai Narimi Arimori" "Kiyoshi Atsumi" "Keiko Matsuzaka Chieko Baisho" "Sumakei Jun Miho" "Koshiro Matsumoto Kanbi Fujiyama" "Producer:" "Yoshitaro Nomura" "Written and Directed by Yoji Yamada" "Good Morning" "Your film?" ""Where Is Father?" Pure melodrama" "Tearjerker, huh?" "Naito Unit, due to rain, today's location shooting is cancelled" "Where Is Father?" "Silence." "Talkie" "Take!" "Final Take!" "Quiet!" "It's a talkie" ""Where Is Father?"" "Your startled me." "Not so loud" "Sorry" "Grasp the mood and do it" "Or you'll never make director" "Doctor" "My daughter..." "Hasn't she come yet?" "Good." "Next, a full shot" "Have you cleaned your house?" "Sure" "You're lying" "You all right?" "Father, it's me, Sumiko!" "He passed away" "It's 2:36" "Father!" "When I thought we could live together again..." "Why?" "Why?" "His hands" "There's something wrong there." "Where's the nurse?" "What's going on?" "We meant to use Otsune, but she's got a bellyache" "Borrow one from somewhere" "Odaka isn't using any extras and..." "Naito is using only kids" "Then put on a nurse costume..." "and stand there" "What's funny?" "!" "There's no hospital without a nurse" "And the patient is dying!" "What guys!" "Go outside and find one" "A noodle shop girl will do!" "We met at the Imperial, right?" "You came at a good time." "Be a nurse" "Give her a costume..." "and have her hair fixed" "What am I supposed to do?" "You saw the last cut?" "Just stand behind the doctor" "That's all" "Can I do it?" "Sorry, but hurry up" "I know, I know." "What a kid!" "Now..." "look this way" "Sorry" "You all right?" "Was she Sumie Kawashima?" "Ready?" "Test." "Once only" "What are you doing?" "Go away, or I can't act" "As she comes in, you step back" "Well, let's go for a take!" "Let's go!" "Nurse, why don't you cry?" "I'm a nurse, so..." "Nurses usually don't cry..." "at times like this" "I know" "In reality maybe that would be right" "But this is a real tragic scene and..." "that nurse has to burst out crying" "Keep your big mouth shut!" "..." "We're losing time" "You heard what I said" "Now cry" "Final take!" "Don't cry before the heroine does!" "Cut the nurse!" "Quit griping." "It's over" "It's your fault" "A cinema director or whatever he was you're stupid to be taken in by..." "a guy like that going down to Kamata Studio to work!" "You know in this world..." "things are not that easy!" "The doc said not to drink!" "But it's my only pleasure" "Stop it!" "Good evening" "What are you two shouting about?" "..." "I heard it clearly" "Hello ma'am" "Koharu, get a cushion" "How was it at the studio?" "It's a tale of woe" "She's just an amateur" "But they made her act right away" "She got nervous" "And they all snapped at her" "What a shame!" "And then, what did you do, Koharu?" "I quit" "Good for you." "Forget acting." "Marry a guy on a regular salary" "Stop it." "You're saying the same thing..." "over and over..." "And you used to be an actor yourself!" "Because I was..." "I know how hard it is to work..." "as an actress" "But you used to be a stage actor" "But I wanted to become... a moving picture actress!" "You just can't understand" "Listen, a moving picture... is just filming people amateurs moving..." "here and there" "Stage actors are different:" "The theatre is fully packed with people" "And Dong you get them excited!" "Or there's no money" "Since when can a bit player excite them" "Stop" "Fighting would only make..." "your mom sad" "Come to my place and take a bath" "Poor girl!" "Coming home disappointed like that" "Why couldn't you be nice..." "and speak kindly to her?" "S'alright..." "I could never become an actress..." "I'm only a bit player's daughter" "What?" "Some daughter!" "Kihachi, you're disappointed too, aren't you?" "Me?" "Hardly" "I wonder" "Well, I'll say good night." "Can't help it" "She quit on her own" "At Imperial, they said it was your day off" "What brings you?" "Yes, well..." "When you left yesterday" "The director really told me off" "He said letting you go home like that..." "was all my fault" "And I had to go after you and ask you..." "to come back to Kamata" "Well..." "That's it" "I'll do it" "The rain's let up." "I must wash, too" "You do it yourself?" "I'm boarding" "Daddy!" "He's from Kamata" "The studio?" "Then you bullied my daughter?" "I am very sorry." "I'm assistant director Shimada" "It was the climax scene..." "and the director was very nervous" "He found a discrepancy..." "Sentimental difference" "That's why he sent me here..." "to clear it up with her" "What's he saying?" "Difference of sentiment" "Difference of what?" "This is a gift for you" "Please take it" "Thank you" "May I take it?" "Oh, please, go inside!" "Father" "Drop in" "Never mind" "See you again" "What do you think he got?" "I bet it's sake" "Mr. Ogura said..." "Many girls want to become actresses... but not many that he wants to make into ...actresses" "He said that" "Well, I have to go now" "Remember the director sends his best" "Thank you for coming such a long way" "You really think I can be an actress?" "What do you say, mister?" "Mr. Shimada?" "Maybe... because you're pretty" "Imperial Army invades North China" "Saeki Group extras, hurry!" "You too?" "Do your best!" "No lines, though" "Final take!" "Don't cry yet" "Not yet" "The man's ship sets sail" "Cry!" "No good!" "Your hand's in the frame!" "Naito Group is leaving for location" "Hurry up!" "Run!" "Koharu, start at one o'clock" "Got meal tickets?" "You look well" "Not easy to find you" "Used to it?" "When can I work with Mr. Ogura?" "Pretty soon" "For you" "Ogura" "Is that the one..." "you found at the Imperial Theatre?" "Yeah, name's Koharu Tanaka" "I think it would do her a lot of good..." "if you were to use her once" "You here, Dad?" "Listen, I got dialogue" "What do you mean?" "A part with lines" "And the director is Ogata Yasujiro..." "The greatest director at Kamata Studio" "Did you hear, Kihachi?" "Koharu got a part with lines" "It's 10 years premature for her..." "to say dialogue" "Come on, sit down." "I'll make some tea" "Thanks for warming the bath water" "And what kind of a part is it?" "An Eel restaurant waitress" "The male lead is Koga Eiji" "He's in the room with a woman..." "and I open the door and come in..." "I say, "Welcome Sir"..." "and put the tea on the table" "And?" "That's all" "Only one line" "Goodness!" "Don't make light of any line" "Or you won't make a good actress" "I guess You're right" "To find out how important..." "one line dialogue really is..." "You really have to study it" "It's at a restaurant" "And a man has brought his lover there" "Then you, as a waitress, enter" ""Welcome Sir"" "Don't steal the hero's scence, but still..." "You must not be too discreet" "Consider your place" "If it's an elegant place..." "Then be elegant" "If it's an ordinary place..." "Act accordingly" "I see what you mean" "Is there so much difference..." "between places?" "There's a very big difference" "At a restaurant for the rich... waitresses act very decently" "They kneel on the floor..." "with clean hands on their knees" "So quiet and polite" ""Welcome Sir"" "But when it comes to those cheap..." "eel restaurants, they're a real mess!" "Their faces are fat..." "Like a wrinkled elephant" "And hips as big as millstones" "They stomp up stairs, carrying platters" "So they kick the doors open" "They drop the dishes. "Ah, I'm so busy!"" "You guys want to eat?" "..." "The best?" "The cheapest?" "You look like you want the cheapest" "I can even make it a lot cheaper..." "if you want to eat last week's rice" "Stop laughing and try" "What?" "To see how well you can really act..." "I'll check it out" "Just try it" "Is the shop ritzy or a sty?" "Just an average place" "Alright, that sliding door..." "open it and say "Welcome Sir"" "Excuse me, ma'am" "Do it right here?" "Go ahead, it's a chance to learn" "Try" "I'll be the guest" "What's going on?" "Just be quiet and watch" "Start, Koharu" "Welcome, Sir" "That's absolutely no good" "Why?" "The waitress is busy" "She has to rush around between..." "a lots of rooms" "No time to greet the guests probably" "Yet, it's part of their business." "They..." "can't afford to offend any customers" "So a kind of form is made up" "Acting is a way to portray it" "Acting is hard, isn't it?" "I didn't know that" "That's just the first step of acting" "My man's back" "Welcome, Sir" "Goodness!" "Huh?" "What's that?" "Here we go." "Action!" "Welcome Sir" "Open the door." "You see the man" ""Ah, he is a regular customer"..." "You think and it becomes a short pause" "Then you say, "Welcome Sir"" "I keep repeating this..." "But this pause you take... makes the audience realize he's a regular customer" "Look at the man..." "Soften your expression for a moment..." "and that's when you greet him" "Alright?" "Don't try too hard" "Do it naturally" "And that's when your normal good..." "features will come out" "Do it again" "How many takes?" "Twelve" "Keep number five" "Here we go" "It's only getting worse" "Koharu, go outside and..." "take a deep breath" "I'm terribly sorry" "Goodbye" "I hear you were in Mr. Ogata's picture" "Just for one cut but it took me until now" "But he said okay!" "I feel relieved" "That's great" "Good night" "Careful on the way" "On a back alley hidden behind..." "the main street" "In the second floor of a eel restaurant" ""Welcome Sir"" "Bring me the usual dish for two" "Do you come here often?" "You did well" "When I first met you..." "I hoped you wouldn't..." "become an actress" "Why?" "I'm not cut out for an actress?" "That's not what I mean" "Studios are crawling with bums" "Do you regret you're in the business?" "Why?" "You have that look" "What are you thinking all the time?" "I don't want to make mere flickers" "That's my ideal" "But Ogata is different" "He is a true artist" "The other directors are hacks" "A real film is... something that reaches down..." "to the inner emotions for people" "And has the power..." "to change their lives" "My dream is to make such films" "For example?" "The script I'm writing now" ""Caged Birds"" "When the prostitutes tried to sue..." "their employer... all the newspapers called it..." ""Caged Birds Case"" "It gave me a hint" "It starts with a poor farmer" "Cold weather damages his crops" "So he sells his daughter to live" "While working as whore at Tamanoi..." "She falls in love with a worker" "Tamanoi is not far from my house" "So you know" "And then, what happens to the two?" "Desperately want to marry..." "But they don't have the money..." "to pay off her debt" "So they run" "Trying to escape from..." "the pursuing gangsters..." "They take a refuge..." "in a young lawyer's house" "The lawyer fights in the court..." "to save them" "And Tamanoi, no, the whole country..." "Begins to give them their support" "And..." "The two win" "When will it be finished?" "I have to finish the script first..." "and submit it to the company" "The script department sees it..." "Then the Studio Chief decides... whether it'll be made or not" "I see..." "I hope it will" "Shimada" "Odagiri" "Been a long time" "I sent you a New Year's card..." "and worried when it came back" "It got unsafe there, so I moved around" "I hear you're at Kamata." "That's great" "Thanks, but the movie world is..." "a lot worse than I thought" "You've always been a complainer..." "Even on a date with such a pretty girl" "She's Koharu, an actress" "Odagiri, my school chum" "So you're an actress." "Very pretty" "Well, I have to go" "Stop complaining and..." "create something" "We live in critical times" "Sorry, sir" "Good morning, sir" "In whose group?" "Saeki's" "Is it a good movie?" "It's going to be great, sir" "Sure?" "I doubt it" "Where's Naito?" "The Script Department" "The slapstick king!" "Good morning" "Dammit!" "What's wrong?" "Just because of you, I was summoned..." "by the Ministry of Home Affairs" "They said to observe national policy" "Why, is it my fault?" "Because of that!" "I told you to make a real militant picture" "Using lots of military songs, but..." "You shifted it into a drunken men's story" "Do as I say and make serious stuff" "What are you thinking about?" "Know "All Quiet on the Western Front?"" "A war movie?" "The title will be "All Loud on the Eastern..." "Flank"" "The characters are maniacs" "Stupid, that's not funny" "Hot, isn't it?" "I read the script Shimada wrote" "What do you think?" "Well-written, but done in the wrong way" "What plot?" "A poor farmer's daughter is sold into..." "prostitution" "She falls for a young man, they elope..." "and wind up with a court case" "It has some appealing points for..." "the public but he overwrote it" "No omission, mushy dialogue..." "No tempo, no sense, no technique" "I think it's best to let Tamagawa Studio..." "handle this sort of story" ""Caged Birds?"" "Chief, Can I make it?" "Make it?" "How?" "It'll be "The Modern Caged Bird"" "About a brothel?" "No, not at all" "A jobless guy with lots of kids..." "to support" "All your stories are about unemployed..." "people." "Anyway, go on" "He makes baskets to live" "One day, he gets an order from a revue" "A revue?" "Those huge red and white balls..." "they use at sports meets" "And a revue needs one for their show..." "and it's an urgent order" "So, this guy works on it ardently" "And then?" "He works so hard that... he finds himself trapped in the ball" ""Let me out!"" ""No time, paste the paper on it"" "And he's the caged bird" "You're a genius" "What happens then?" "The revue opens" ""Dad!"" ""You're my daughter I sold off"" "Your friendly junkman buys anything!" "Anything to sell, ma'am?" "Mister, anything to sell?" "Leaky kettles, old newspapers..." "I buy anything useless" "Then buy me" "I'm the most useless thing around" "I only eat and move my bowels" "I know how you feel" "At the end of last year, I thought..." "I'd hang myself" "Why didn't you?" "For my last act, I went to see a movie..." "at Asakusa" "It was so funny" "While laughing, I forgot to die" "A flicker poster?" ""A Punk and Leg Lines"" "Darn it!" "I missed it" "You like flickers?" "You asked me that?" "What a question!" "I have no other hoppy..." "I have only flickers" "Come in" "Thanks." "Something to sell?" "Come on, have a drink" "Herb tea?" "Well, I'm not sick" "Ass!" "Sake" "Master, I appreciate it..." "but I have to work" "Don't say that" "Come on, drink" "You like flickers so much?" "I'm a flicker-bug" "You like samurai stuff?" "Kurama Tengu or the one-armed..." "samurai..." "I hate violence" "The ones I like are those..." "Shochiku Kamata makes" "Some more sake" "That's enough" "Yeah?" "Are Kamata flickers that good?" "They're witty and smart, you know?" "Ogura Kin-nosuke is..." "my favorite director" "Have more" "No, no thank you..." "Kamata's famous for good actresses" "Sure." "They're great" "Who are your favorites?" "First, Sumie Kawashima She's beautiful" "Yeah." "A real beauty, huh?" "A good lady" "And number two?" "Yaeko Sonoda." "No one can surpass..." "her playing a young Lady" "She's from a good family." "Number 3?" "Quite a few." "Sinobu Chigusa..." "Kaoru Kurenai..." "Veterans" " Yoshiko limura..." "Mitsue Yoshida..." "Kyoko Hanaoka" "May I have another?" "You got some nerve" "Only them?" "No others?" "Natsuko Kitagawa for good acting" "Yumeko Aibara for modern gals" "As a na?" "Ve girl..." "I forgot one" "Who?" "She's still very young." "You may not know her" "She's a good girl" "She'll be a big star" "What's her name?" "Better remember it:" "Koharu Tanaka" "Drink it all!" "It's only leftover" "When I met you at the well" "I felt something warm." "We'll get along" "And this, you want it?" "The brazier, the cushions, take them all" "Drink up" "Hold it." "That girl you named..." "I forgot the name..." "Let's see" "Koharu Tanaka" "Sure, Koharu Tanaka" "Is she that nice?" "She's great" "Plum blossoms in early spring" "She's like that" "She's sexy but nice" "Her posture is so elegant" "I'm sure she's still a virgin She doesn't know set yet" "I bet her neck smells nice" "I wish I could lay her." "Even once" "Hey, junkman" "She so good?" "Perfect" "You stupid!" "Gulping all my sake like that..." "without even asking me!" "Thief!" "You said to drink!" "Ass!" "What are you doing?" "I can't work today" "It's a Test!" "You like Kyoko?" "Don't just calm up, say something" "No good." "What are you doing?" "Don't pollute the beautiful scenery..." "with your foul acting!" "The audience will watch the landscape..." "not your hammy way of acting" "Don't disturb them" "Look that way." "Once again" "How should I feel?" "Who cares about it?" "What about the clouds?" "We'll manage" "He's a real dunce" "Don't look at us!" "Why didn't you bring her?" "Who?" "Koharu." "Who else?" "Koharu is working with..." "Ogasawara Group" "You're blushing, na?" "Ve boy" "They're calling you" "Kenjiro" "Yes, yes" "One "Yes" will do" "Go over there and do something" "Director" "Clouds are hiding Mt." "Fuji" "We can't do anything about it" "What's keeping them?" "Sumie's close-up after this" "All right, fine" "Sorry to keep you" "Koharu, you enter from here" "Igawa, follow her and speak there" "Sumie, you here" "Test" "Final take" "Final take, then" "Test" "Test!" "Only once" "Alright?" "Go" "Koharu, ready?" "Start" "Sis, he's here" "Yuriko" "Mother told me everything." "I've been deceived" "I can't blame her" "I'm to blame, because I trusted her" "A naval officer, but how foolish I was!" "Takeo, don't blame yourself too much" "What an empty line!" "Yes" "Take!" "Test" "No, Take" "No!" "We can't shoot it without a test" "When working, do as you're told" "Who cares?" "There is no great movie" "Because you star in it" "Who said that?" "You?" "Any beefs?" "Come down!" "I'll settle this" "Swellhead!" "Outside!" "Stop!" "My being the lead isn't good enough?" "Don't blame yourself..." "I'm tired of this." "I'll go" "Sumie, endure it" "Acting is something you can't do..." "unless you enjoy yourself" "This is ridiculous!" "I know." "But, please!" "No!" "What about Yokohama?" "Yokohama?" "We'll drink" "Me, too" "Get in" "Come on!" "Sit there" "See you tomorrow" "Koharu too, finally?" "You all right?" "You said the liquor was mild" "It was strong" "Stay in the breeze and you'll feel better" "How cold!" "Don't make light of me" "I'm used to rakes like you" "Want to hit me?" "Do it!" "I'll bite" "You hate me?" "When everyone's working so hard..." "I hate it when somebody says..." "they're doing it wrong" "Did I say something?" "Yes, you said" "It wasn't a great movie" "I regret that I got mad" "That's why I'm doing this" "That gaffer was right" "All the movies I'm in are just junk" "People don't see my acting" "They're just looking at my face" "They just want my face on the screen" "With my hair hanging down..." "I smile forlornly" "That delights the audience" "I'm no movie star" "I'm a Male Geisha" "Stop!" "I don't want to hear" "When I was working at the Theatre..." "I bought your picture and..." "kept it carefully" "I don't want to hear you say that" "Don't!" "You're a nice girl" "She's beautiful" "Actresses are merchandise" "And he touched them." "The rat!" "Who's the victim?" "Koharu" "That's a lie." "Koharu's not..." "that kind of a girl" "Stupid!" "You can't judge them by looks!" "He always get fooled." "He's easy" "Everyone, I would like you to make... movies that encourage the nation" "We'll start" "This is the final take" "The camera ready?" "The lights arranged?" "The rain ready?" "Make it a soft rain, like in spring" "Ready!" "Rain!" "Start!" "Through this soft rain a palanquin hastens" "It is just right for an evening in Kyoto" "But still..." "My dear Moon, the rain... scatters the cherry blossoms" "And wets sparrows' feathers" "Too much rain" "A Spring shower..." "Shall we go?" "I said it's too much!" "My eyelashes will come off" "Cut!" "Cut!" "What are you doing?" "I said a soft spring rain" "We'll do it again" "Good night" "Did you hear about Koharu and Igawa?" "Maybe it's only a rumor." "So don't blame Koharu, all right?" "A Turgenev short" "The chief wants to use..." "Sumie Kawashima" "Why don't you write the script?" "I'll try" "Chin up" ""My house is so small, but it's cozy..."" "Welcome." "A guest came" "He said he's your college pal" "I showed him to your room" "Sorry to bother you" "I was worried." "Glad you're all right" "I hate to ask you, but..." "Will you keep this?" "I have nowhere else to hide it" "I'm not forcing you" "It's alright" "I'm relieved." "Thanks" "I'll come for it in a week" "I'll be going" "So soon?" "Been a long time..." "I'll make some tea" "For a while..." "This will warm you up" "Thanks" "Looks good" "Let's eat!" "Who?" "No other exits?" "Good!" "Eat mine too" "You look pale" "Are you feeling alright?" "Sometimes I wish I'd get caught" "Hitler's Germany withdrew from..." "the League of Nations" "A horrible age" "Yet we still make stupid flickers" "I'm thinking of quitting... this totally hopeless Studio" "You work under Director Ogura?" "I wonder when it was..." "I saw "Where is Father?" somewhere" "I cried many times" "At that cheap movie?" "Partly because I'm weak now" "You worked on that flick, didn't you?" "Then don't talk like that" "The masses pay to see it and cry and laugh for it" "Be more considerate of them" "I should tell them to cry here, and laugh there?" "Those kind of films are good?" "That's not what I'm saying" "Consideration for the masses..." "What did you mean by that?" "You know little of the world" "Treat films more lovingly" "Every kind of film has its potential" "Trust films" "No, flickers" "You're doing a great job" "You never change" "Jean Gabin?" "Remember?" "How we used to..." "go Movie hopping" "We had many hopes... in those days" "You shouldn't use the word "hopeless..."" "Make movies to give people hope" "All right?" "Sorry I involved you" "You Odagiri?" "You come, too" "What charge?" "Shut up!" "Take him too!" "Don't resist!" "How cold!" "What does he do?" "He makes flickers" "Flicker-maker?" "Scum!" "He reads Marx" "That stupid fool!" "Marx has brothers?" "Everyone has brothers" ""The World of the Marx Brothers"" "Who's this woman?" "His old lady" "Some guy!" "Young man" "Come here" "Got any gift for us?" "Never mind" "He's a political offender" "Did you talk?" "I have nothing to talk about" "Great!" "Give him a smoke" "What's your racket?" "I'm in flicks" "You make flickers" "Do you talk with actresses?" "Sometimes" "Then you know Sumie Kawashima?" "Talked to her?" "Some guy!" "Quiet!" "CROWN PRINCE IS BORN December 231933" "KENJIRO'S PARENTS' HOME" "When did you come here?" "March of this year" "I see" "Do you see films..." "No, flicks?" "Yes." "My last day off" "Did you like it?" "You did?" "Let the guys eat while they can" "No time to rest at the year-end" "The master's meal is ready" "Otake" "It's snowing" "Sorry" "I'm glad" "I thought I'd never see you again" "You're back?" "To make flicks?" "A lot happened, and I thought..." "about many things" "I won't quit" "Really?" "I'm determined" "I'll make films - no - flicks" "He's back" "Sorry to have worried you" "Hey, the man with a conviction..." "has returned" "Did you write it?" "Turgenev." "Didn't you write in jail?" "I'll write it by the New Year" "Final take!" "If we fool around, we'll never finish" "Remember, it's summer and hot" "Sure the breath won't show" "Happy New Year!" "Good reviews and big box office..." "are the best" "But it never seems to work out that way" "A big box office, and we get..." "bad review" "Good reviews and nobody sees..." "the picture" "Right, Mr. Ogata?" "But the worse is "Bad reviews..." "no audience"" "What's funny?" "It refers to you" "Happy New Year!" "Gabbing about me?" "We're praising your "Maiden's Prayers"" ""Dreaming Maiden"" "Sorry" "How sarcastic!" "It's not fit for Ogura" "Your disciple's script?" "This time I think it's not bad at all" "Another leftist film?" "This time it has depth" "Turgenev?" "It's not my show" "Use Sumie Kawashima?" "I suppose" "Very well." "We'll decide on it and..." "make a fresh start" "I'll make a film critics will praise" "You shocked me!" "Don't even suggest it!" "SCENARIO DEPARTMENT" "KOHARU TANAKA:" "SEMI-PRIME..." "TO SUB-STAR" "She got promoted?" "She can't even act" "Happy New Year" "Congratulations on your promotion" "Thank you very much" "Do your best!" "SUMIE KAWASHIMA ELOPES..." "WITH LOVER" "KAMATA BEWILDERED" "Studio Chief" "What'll happen to..." ""The Floating Weed?"" "Is it true that you'll use a substitute..." "actress?" "I must find a substitute?" "There's no substitute for..." "Sumie Kawashima" "The heroine walked out on me" "As a director, I'm finished" "The studio chief wants you" "What a mess!" "If you need a substitute..." "What about Koharu?" "Idiot!" "Idiot!" "Idiot!" "Ogura, have you got any ideas?" "Sorry about this" "Forget it." "What's the solution?" "Who's your substitute?" "What about Chigusa?" "A typical pinch-hitter" "Let me tell you" "Don't use another studio's star" "Create your own" "I suggest... that we try Koharu" "You mean Koharu Tanaka?" "No kidding!" "This is our first big one for the year" "And you want to use a greenhorn?" "Are you nuts?" "No kidding!" "You're daft!" "I think I got fever" "Koharu?" "It might work" "Koharu Tanaka?" "A dark horse" "She'll make it" "I doubt it" "This isn't one of your artistic movie..." "We're in this to make money" "Koharu's out of the question" "Tomo" "Know Koharu Tanaka?" "Yes, sir" "What do you think of her?" "I like her very much" "She'll make a good actress" "Think so, huh?" "Is that so?" "I see" "KOHARU TANAKA SELECTED" "SUBSTITUTE FOR SUMIE" ""FLOATING WEEDS" GOES INTO..." "PRODUCTION" "Congratulations!" "Think I can do it?" "I'm positive you can" "Do your best!" ""FLOATING WEEDS"" "Story by I. Turgenev" "Screenplay by Kenjiro Shimada" "Directed by Kinnosuke Ogura" "He suddenly got religion" "Koharu will do well." "No need to worry." "I told him so last night too" "You look up in surprise" "A close-up of rain leaking" "The audience will laugh" "You're acting even when looking up" "Do it reflectively." "Return to yourself" "Koharu, after a beat you look up" "Don't do it too fast." "Take!" "Take!" "He's great" "Different from usual" "Shinkichi" "Busy?" "Let's take a walk" "Thanks for yesterday." "Dad was so happy" "Keep rolling" "Can't Koharu do any better?" "It's the climax" "But she's ruining the film" "All our effort will be wasted" "What should she do?" "If I knew that I'd tell her myself!" "I'm at a total loss what to tell her" "Let's do another test" "Do your best!" "Test!" "Yae" "We'll move to Tokyo" "I don't mind poverty" "Think" "Living in a slum..." "Slaving all day long..." "Do you think you can stand it... when you're heir to a fortune?" "I can, if you're with me" "No, you can't" "You may stand it for a couple of years" "But suppose we're still poor in 20 years" "One day you may think... that you had to end up poor..." "because of me and..." "Sorry" "She's done this almost 20 times, no wonder she's not with it" "Bring her some tea" "Inomata, the Studio Chief is here" "You haven't taken a cut since morning?" "Today's scene is the most important, so..." "I know, but he's not Ogata" "We won't be in time" "Stir them up and make it roll faster!" "All right?" "We're going to have a long day" "How is it?" "I got about 30 cuts today" "We'll be on the set next" "Working fast doesn't mean..." "you got good ones" "This one's not worth taking..." "too much time, huh?" "Living in a slum..." "The way you shook your head" "It looked like you hated him" "What counts most is" "You love him so much..." "And you're suffering" "Yes, I understand" "If so, what can't you do it?" "!" "You can't do it because..." "you don't understand it" "You don't understand it..." "in the bottom of your heart!" "And don't tell me you do!" "You all right?" "Please..." "I can't do it..." "Why don't we call it a day?" "Don't meddle!" "It's for me to decide" "Maybe the line's too long." "Shorten it!" "I can't." "It's the show's key line!" "Let's eat first" "No." "We'll finish this before supper" "Company's cat's paw!" "What?" "Say it again!" "You're the company's cat's paw!" "Stop it!" "Shut up!" "We'll call it off!" "Koharu, go home and rest" "Come again tomorrow" "We'll try again tomorrow" "You awake?" "Aunty told me:" "You drank again" "You shouldn't have" "Why are you here?" "Aren't you busy as the starring actress?" "I brought some sweet sake" "I'll warm you and help you to sleep well" "How's your work?" "Something wrong?" "You've been so blue?" "Aunty" "I feel like quitting movies" "Why?" "Mr. Ogura scolded me..." "because I couldn't act well" "What part?" "The daughter of an itinerant actor" "She falls in love with a rich boy" "One day, he asks her to elope..." "with him to Tokyo" "A love story, huh?" "A love scene" "And, what do you say?" ""No"" "Why?" "She says it purposely She really loves him" "But she doesn't think she can..." "get along with him forever" "So she refuses him" "Isn't that the scene?" "The director got mad" "He stopped shooting" "It'll be the same tomorrow" "What'll I do?" "I wish I could die!" "I can't do it anymore" "Do you know what'll happen if you die?" "Maybe you'd feel better dead" "But the show would be ruined." "How could you... apologize to the audience?" "Who cares about them?" "Ass!" "You call yourself an actress?" "Don't get mad." "Give her some advice" "You and her mother were on the stage" "Yes." "She was an itinerant actress, too" "She' the one who'd be the happiest... to know Koharu became a leading lady" "Your mom said "No", too" "When I tried to approach her" "No, she didn't say it" "She just shook her head" "Like this" "She did?" "It happened on the second floor of..." "a shabby inn by a river" "I'd fallen for her at a glance" "But she was the star of our troupe while I was just a bit player" "She had another man then" "But he was a fickle guy" "He ran out on her with another woman" "I felt sorry for her" "I bought her favorite food" "I told jokes to make her laugh" "In the meantime when we were alone together..." "at the inn" "I asked her... to marry me" "She did this" "So I asked her if she hated me." "Then... your mom shook her head again" "I remember well" "She looked down" "She did this with her finger" ""No."" "I said something again" "She said, "I mean it"" ""because I'm expecting"" "She blushed to her neck" "At that time" "I decided to take care of her all my life" "The child is...?" "You" "Don't you mind telling her?" "You promised you wouldn't" "Dad" "why did you tell me?" "You shouldn't have." "Fool!" "Sure, I'm a fool" "I didn't mean to tell" "But it's out now" "Maybe she's glad I'm not her father" "What a thing to say!" "Good morning" "Did you sleep well?" "Let's try" "Test!" "Give it a try!" "Roll it!" "Yae" "We'll move to Tokyo" "I don't mind poverty" "Think" "Living in a slum..." "Slaving all day long..." "Do you think you can stand it... when you're heir to a fortune?" "I can, if you're with me" "No, you can't" "You may stand it for a couple of years" "But suppose... we're still poor in 20 years" "One day you may think... that you had to end up poor..." "because of me and..." "If you repent it'll be harder on me than death" "Why... were you born in such a rich family?" "Why did I fell in love..." "with a man like you?" "Fool!" "You did it!" "Superbly" "Good!" "The take was good!" ""FLOATING WEEDS" starring KOHARU TANAKA" "Studio chief?" "Thank you very much... for making such a good movie" "Koharu was born among the masses" "She became a star and..." "returned to the masses" "I'm so glad!" "Yes, it's a full house" "I bought the tickets." "Let's go" "Have all these people come to see..." "Koharu?" "Of course" "You all right?" "Sure." "Thanks" "To give you pep..." "A KAMATA FILM" ""FLOATING WEEDS" A Film By KINNOSUKE OGURA" "Starring KOHARU TANAKA" "Look!" "Koharu's name." "Did you see?" "Ma'am" "Do you think Koharu will do all right?" "Sure" "But we're sitting here watching her" "Won't it make her nervous?" "It's a movie." "It's already finished" "Right!" "It's already finished" "Open your eyes and watch" "Story by I. TURGENEV Screenplay by KENJIRO SHIMADA" "Directed by KINNOSUKE OGURA" "You, too?" "He went to see his daughter's flicker" "He must be very happy" "With someone he likes, at that" "Don't gossip." "He'll get mad" "But they all say... he has no regrets" "Don't croak like that" "God forbid!" "Hello!" "I come for orders" "He's out" "I know" "The movie started today" "Wish I could see it" "Koharu was so good" "It was wonderful" "Kihachi, are you asleep?" "Mitsuo, go get someone!" "Kihachi" "You didn't see?" "Poor man!" "15TH KAMATA FESTIVAL" "Hello?" "What did you say?" "Sorry, I can't hear you" "What?" "Koharu Tanaka?" "Her father?" "Now, Koharu Tanaka's turn" "Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you very much" "Do your best!" "Let me sing my favorite song" "It's the "Kamata March"" "Mr. Ogura" "I hear that Koharu's father died" "I see." "At the theatre?" "He died while watching..." "his daughter starring?" "That itinerant actor" "Good, huh?" "Great!" "Good!"