"You an artist, mister?" "Don´t I Look it?" "A Lot of artists come here to pai nt" "But you´re the first I ever saw come on a motorcycle" "Is that so strange?" "well, it sure ai n´t usual" "So is your pai nti ng." "It Looks too restless" "Mou ntai ns move" "Look closely." "They move" "You´re right, they´re movi ng" "Stupid!" "How can mou ntai ns move?" "your style is all new to me" "I pai nt what I feel ." "I don´t imitate" "Each has his own style" "Do you need somebody´s advice about maki ng love?" "That´s a good one!" "Which way to Kami noyu?" "Go straight ahead" "Turn north when you hit the bus route" "Is it far?" "Only a Iittle way" "A little way probably means over two miles" "Better take a bus" "It´s three hours till the next bus" "Leave your bag here" "I´II take it for you later I´m stayi ng there, too" "I Iike it here" "It´s too red." "The mou ntai ns i n´t that red" "Be quiet, will you?" "I see them as brilliant red" "So that´s how I´II pai nt them" "Is that the way artists work?" "Fey, if you wait, I´II give you a lift" "really?" "She´s Miyako Saijo the famous si nger?" "How thriIIi ng!" "She hates cameramen" "Who´s the guy?" "They took separate rooms" "She refuses to be photographed" "We know that" "That´s why we need your help" "I did my best" "We can´t go back empty-handed" "Ask her agai n" "She won´t agree" "If we stayed overnight..." "No money for it, h u h?" "I appreciate the lift It saved me long walk" "May I come i n?" "Sure, but I´m not dressed" "Neither am I" "You needn´t bother" "May I smoke?" "Aren´t you Miss Miyako Saijo?" "I couldn´t place you u ntil" "I heard the maids gabbi ng" "Big eyes!" "I´m Ichiro Aoye" "I pai nt" "Yes, now I remember" "I read about you i n a magazi ne" "About my bike?" "And how I copied VIami nck?" "Because they copy they thi nk we all do" "I Love the freedom a motorcycle gives" "I j ust Love freedom" "Did you come here for a rest?" "I n a way Thi ngs have become so hectic lately" "It´s the price you have to pay" "I hate gapi ng crowds" "It´s quiet here except duri ng the summer" "You mustn´t Miss this:" "There´s a small marsh nearby" "It´s emerald green" "Like a giant piece of jade" "See those trees over there?" "Beyond there...that dark wood." "See?" "What was that sou nd?" "A camera?" "Probably some newlyweds here" "Separate rooms, h u h?" "What a scoop!" "Buddy, this calls for a dri nk!" "It depends on her stud" "If he´s a nobody, we don´t have a scoop" "Like it was staged!" "The two towels are perfect" "It´s like a prop man h u ng them there" "What do you thi nk?" "I hate women who act i n nocent but turn out to be whores" "who´s her stud, though?" "I thi nk I´ve seen his face..." "Didn´t you check it out?" "He´s some ki nd of an artist" "A n ut with a motorcycle" "I know!" "He´s Ichiro Aoye" "Aoye?" "Is that good or bad?" "It´s champagne!" "Pri nt an extra 1 0,000" "Make it big:" "Si nger and Artist Drown i n Sex!" "Lust on Two Wheels!" "We could be wrong" "What of it?" "Right or wrong, the public will love it" "The picture proves it" "You know what the readers want:" "Photographic evidence" "MTYAKO SAIJ O´S SECRET LOVE!" "Read Amour" " December issue" "Passion on Two Wheels!" "Everybody, Do you know who is a passionate si nger" "MTYAKO SAIJ O´s lover?" "If you want to know this hot topic" "Read Amour" " December issue" "MTYAKO SAIJ O" "Amour, please" "Sold out." "Sorry" "Come and see!" "Ichiro Aoye!" "Nisshi n press?" "This is Amour, I nc" "Ru n off another 1 0,copies for us We´II supply the paper" "That´s right." "It´s okay, boss" "How about a big year-end party at a spa?" "How about our back pay?" "You´II get it pl us a bon us" "Thank my trusty Leica" "Why Look so depressed?" "will we be safe?" "Is what we pri nted the truth?" "You wrote it" "Because you forced me" "I dreamed up a story based on the photo" "When pri nti ng such stories the details don´t matter much" "They may complai n about it" "If so we´II ru n a small apology" "They may sue" "Great!" "We´II sell even more" "Come on, quit worryi ng" "It´s not our first scandal" "Has anyone sued us yet?" "Nobody´s even protested" "That´s true, but..." "Quit worryi ng!" "The dai nty ones we write about" "Are afraid to ru n to the Iaw... even when they have a case" "They j ust gnash their teeth at us and sulk" "Show me the magazi ne!" "Mister Aoye?" "please..." "Hey, serve us tea!" "Who´s i n charge?" "I am, sir." "I´m glad" "ARTIST SLUGS AMOU R PUBLISHER!" "The audacity!" "He hit me as I bowed to him" "Freedom of the press?" "Ha!" "I shouldn´t have done it" "But hitti ng is only one form of violence" "That story, is a much nastier form" "Writi ng filth for money!" "He´s j ust a poor Loser" "What he sows, he must reap" "I regret to say that I´m not Miss Saijo´s Lover" "The whole story is a lie" "Were it true would I hide it?" "My motto is to report the complete u nbiased truth" "Those who have any doubt" "A need only study that photo for evidence" "Five mi n utes after it was taken" "I was back i n my own room" "I di ned, bathed and went to bed" "That´s the entire story" "If you refuse to pri nt an apology" "I´II sue for damages" "Isn´t it odd, though?" "Only Aoye has any complai nts" "Miyako Saijo has any complai nts" "Evidently women are more honest when I it comes to Love" "Stop it, Mother!" "I´m sorry" "My own mother suspects me" "She believes that smut rather then her daughter" "I Know you hate gossip" "I wanted to protest..." "Enough !" "You´re too naive" "AII you can do is put up with it" "Fight agai nst viIIai ns like that?" "What could you do?" "The way I see it" "The only reason they´re brave" "Is their victims have been cowards" "That´s what encourages the bums" "Remember, we no Ionger Live i n caves" "We Live i n a modern society" "So what do you i ntend to do?" "I´II sue them" "It´s crazy!" "I´d never do that" "It´II mean more publicity" "It´II show people what they really are" "Why hesitate?" "We´re i n the right." "We´II wi n the case" "You scared of public reaction?" "Not at all" "Then why not take it to court?" "AII right, I´II do it alone" "I´m goi ng to fight this all the way" "I´II fight society too" "A one-man exhibition?" "Starti ng the 1 5th" "So Late i n the season?" "Like a clearance sale?" "Nobody ´II buy" "Why so discouraged?" "It´s not Like you" "I´m disgusted" "That scandal?" "What do you thi nk about it?" "About Miyako?" "She´s pretty" "I meant the scandal ." "Do you thi nk it´s true?" "Of course not" "After all, you´re not cut for scandals" "Maybe other people are" "But not you" "When I do the model" "you didn´t care" "Can I ask you, you didn´t sketch anymore or I lost this chance?" "No, it doesn´t matter" "When I born a baby, I become bad" "With new models artists tend to be demandi ng" "But" "I´m sure" "I´d get by" "That´s not how thi ngs are." "Don´t be silly" "I´m begi n ni ng to have doubts about n ude art" "We lack the tradition and the spirit behi nd n ude art" "Not only do our n udes lack proportion" "They lack spirit..." "I get it." "You say thi ngs like that" "J ust to save me embarrassment" "Take a break" "You´re a good man, I know that" "J ust remember, I´II always be your friend" "When you go to court call me as a witness" "I´II yell at the j udge:" "I believe this man is i n nocent!" "I know him well ." "I vouch for him" "He´s the only man who never Ieered at my n ude body" "Other artists get amorous, but" "The wi ndow!" "A man is peeki ng i n !" "He´s gone now." "He scared me" "OTOKICHI HI RUTA" "Attorney at Law" "Not a si ngle streetlight arou nd" "I stuck my foot i n a culvert" "Paradise for crimi nals" "Doesn´t it frighten you, madam?" "Don´t worry, I´m not his wife" "No, And I´m not "madam"" "Oh, I beg your pardon It doesn´t matter to me" "Your relationship is your affair" "I n other words I respect the privacy of people" "I can get highly i ndignant" "The recent trend is toward exposure of private lives" "The public enjoys seei ng people rui ned" "What´s the world comi ng to?" "Right and wrong used to be opposite" "Today they´re one i n the same" "Who can tell what´s right or wrong?" "Duri ng fifty years of Iife" "I´ve never seen a more confused era" "Oh, yes, Mr. Aoye" "Your attack on that publisher was great news" "It may have been iII-advised" "But ill- advised acts can be a godsend" "Who wants to be normal all the time?" "These confused times we live i n" "Make i ndiscrimi nation a very important factor" "I nvolvi ng delicate balance" "Take law, for i nstance" "What if the publisher sues you for assault?" "Even scum know the Iaw" "You´re i n danger" "Do you have a physician?" "Most people have a family doctor" "But few have lawyers they regularly consult" "J apan has only 5, lawyers" "A while America has 1 70, 000" "Only when i n legal trouble do J apanese seek cou nsel" "This may sou nd strange" "But a lawyer makes the worst ki nd of scou ndreI" "What is it you want?" "Yes, sorry" "Not at all" "My briefcase..." "Near the door" "I noticed that you plan to sue the publisher, right?" "That is correct" "excellent!" "Fifteen years ago a man was jailed for uri nati ng i n public" "The man sued" "I n the supreme court he won !" "Do you have a lawyer?" "No, not yet" "I´II take the case" "Honestly" "I was enraged after readi ng that story" "It´s pure slander" "Have people no basic rights?" "I´d fight this without a retal ner" "That´s how confident I am" "I refuse to recognize man like that as part of the h uman race" "They´re scum, they´re sneaky and, above all, they sti nk" "What´s wrong with the man?" "Talk about somethi ng that sti nks" "Did you get a whiff of his feet?" "Anyway, he makes sense" "That doesn´t prove the man is honest" "I hate his name, and I hate looks more" "I thi nk he has honest eyes" "I´d better see him" "The family makes the man" "You amaze me!" "You´d take him as your lawyer" "I haven´t any other lawyer" "Don´t say I didn´t warn you" "Dangerous?" "I´II say it is!" "OTOKTCHI HI RUTA" "BEWARE OF DOG !" "No dog here?" "Is Mr. Hiruta i n?" "He went to work" "No dog?" "You sure?" "It died three years ago" "But the sign keeps prowlers away" "What´s wrong?" "A cold?" "No, tuberculosis" "I´ve had it five years" "I´ve got used to it I´m not even bored anymore" "I keep busy imagi ni ng thi ngs" "Even this ti ny garden ..." "It has flowers, clouds overhead and birds..." "But now I have other thi ngs to see Open it" "Mother made it" "It´s mi ne to look at u ntil she delivers it tomorrow" "It´s beautiful !" "Even though it´s wi nter the bride who wears this" "Can imagi ne herself floati ng above a garden of flowers" "The weddi ng is this Su nday" "I hope it won´t rai n" "Hiruta´s office on the 5th floor?" "There is no 5th floor" "Appoi nti ng you as my legal cou nsel Details later" "No." "You can´t cancel your recital now" "That scandal was publicity It helped you" "Read these fan letters" "They´re spitti ng at me!" "To them I´m a disgusti ng immoral woman" "Anyway, your recital´s a sellout" "I don´t need that ki nd of popularity I´m no freak!" "That´s all you si ng si nce you got back" "What ails you?" "Read Amour, December issue" "ICHI RO AOYE ART EXHTBTTON" "Hey, Keep movi ng!" "Stay away from here" "Why should I?" "Why?" "well, because even though A you may not realize it you´re ridiculi ng people" "How is that?" "He´s too self-conscious" "It makes him seem guilty" "Dirty logic!" "He´s not a cad like you" "Scathi ng as ever?" "That pai nti ng of mou ntai ns is really dynamic" "It may be his masterpiece" "He must have been i nspired when he pai nted it" "When i nspired, a person is to fall i n Iove" "Somethi ng wrong?" "He´s still out there" "That story is maki ng your show a success" "A girl wanted my autograph" "Love on Two Wheels" "I´m closi ng the show" "Don´t be so irritable" "I feel I´m on display" "Pity my pal nti ngs!" "AII they want is more scandal" "No!" "It´s hardly that bad" "Want me to handle the busi ness end?" "It´s an easy job" "Don´t worry!" "J ust give me a cut on any sales I make" "It´s almost Christmas" "I need money to buy gifts" "They won´t buy" "If they won´t, too bad" "I´II take that mou ntai n scene i nstead of money" "Not that one I´m rather fond of that picture" "It´s not for sale" "fond memories, perhaps?" "It´s true!" "I can read it i n your eyes" "Quit stuffi ng yourself" "Any mi n ute you´II start eati ng the plate too" "By the way, how´s the lawsuit?" "It´s comi ng" "really?" "You gave the case to that crackpot lawyer?" "J ust remember I wouldn´t pay him a retal ner" "I won´t." "J ust 5, yen for transportation" "I give up!" "Whet made you do it?" "well, he needs the money" "A sick daughter" " I told you about her" "She´s a sweet kid" "One of God´s own children" "Pure as the stars" "I´d better visit her" "Si nce when is she handli ng the case?" "Her dad can´t be so bad" "You´ve heard of Henry Ford?" "I´m sure you have: the Auto Ki ng" "He, was a great man ." "When a journalist" "called him mentally retarded" "He took the case to court and won" "He collected?" "Cents for damages." "Only?" "Cents!" "The lawsuit cost him a fortu ne But he paid to protect his rights" "My client is a Iot like Henry Ford" "He rides a motorcycle" "With reckless abandon" "His headstrong nature will force this" "To the supreme court if necessary" "An odd man pressi ng an odd suit" "He demands recovery of all copies of that issue" "If It´s impossible, he demands million yen damages" "To you, it could mean bankrupt, toy" "The law protects the i n nocent" "Your rui ni ng people is" "Vile and u npardonable" "May I study it?" "He´II sue to regal n his honor or for damages, h u h?" "If she doesn´t sue, he´s out of I uck" "How can he do it alone?" "Vary easily" "Listen well ." "It´s part of our strategy" "Her testimony is the key to this case" "As a pial ntiff she couldn´t testify on her own behalf" "Therei n lies" "my strategy" "When Miyako Saijo slowly takes the witness stand" "Fighti ng her tears..." "How could any j udge not be moved by it?" "Hey, Asai !" "call Kataoka´s law office" "Have him drop i n here" "Oh, you know Dr. Kataoka, do you?" "He´s our legal adviser" "A Iot of people try to shake us down by threateni ng to sue" "I n court we´II really shi ne with this one" "We´II ru n a special edition" "will it sell !" "And now, Si nce you so ki ndly brought us good news" "How about a dri nk?" "Out dri nki ng agai n !" "You´re barely able to walk!" "Be quiet!" "She j ust went to sleep" "She has a fever tonight" "A present for you !" "A great big bear" "I always wanted to buy it fore you" "lots of other nice thi ngs too" "Mr. Aoye came here today" "He brought me those apples" "He kept teIIi ng me what a fi ne person you are" "But somehow deep down he seemed afraid... afraid you might become evil" "I Know now he feels Lyi ng here with this fever" "I see thi ngs so clearly it frightens me" "Father you´ve done somethi ng wrong agai n you´re acti ng so ki nd and gentle tonight" "Don´t deny it" "I can tell ." "You seem so sad" "I can sense the feeli ng weIIi ng up i nside of you" "That´s how you get A whenever you´ve done wrong" "It´s all right" "I appreciate your tenderness" "I Iove this bear" "Masako, I´m no good I´m a miserable snake" "No, you´re good" "No, your father is a sku nk" "Not even a sku nk" "I´m j ust a worm" "What made me come to this?" "There was a time when people always tricked me" "People jeered at me" "Somewhere along the way I got fed up with it" "To guard agai nst bei ng tricked I stared tricki ng others" "Father, we´ve u nderstand you" "please don´t tire her" "Mother, don´t worry" "Talki ng makes him feel better" "Yes, Masako is right about me" "U nless a person opens his heart to someone occasionally" "he´II fi nally choke to death on it" "Your mother always remai ns silent" "She never opens up to anyone" "I nstead of reveali ng now she feels she quietly sews" "Every stitch helps her to release the pressure of emotion" "But you father he hat to talk it out of his system" "I i nterrupted myself." "Where was I?" "You tricked others to avoid bei ng tricked" "Yes, now I remember extremely" "Man is an tragic creature" "And so weak" "Bei ng weak, he pretends to be strong That´s our trouble" "When I read about Aoye" "I felt sorry for the man" "I felt like someone had struck my own son" "It´s true." "That much is true" "I had no i ntention of imposi ng on him" "Then I meet this scou ndrel Hori" "What an absol ute swi ne!" "Every cent that pig earns is filthy!" "To relieve him of it would delight me" "Or so I felt, and that´s where I made my mistake" "Beyond all doubt, Hori is one of the vilest types on earth" "He´s a devoid of shame" "Every dirty trick that I know I should be usi ng" "to get ahead i n this world, Hori uses end the bum gets away with it!" "That´s what makes a true viIIai n" "He´s a horrible monster!" "But as horrible as the monster the viIIai n is" "He fi nally won me over" "He defeated me" "By the time I saw what had happened it was too late" "Mr. Hiruta!" "Telephone from Amour Publishi ng" "tell them I´m out" "Hey, I´m not you servant!" "They j ust left a message" "They´II be at the races" "Is Mr. Aoye here?" "No." "He never comes here" "That pai nti ng..." "the one of red mou ntai ns..." "It´s not for sale?" "I´m sorry, he won´t part with it" "He associates it with some fond memory" "Oh, you´re Miy ako Saijo!" "I couldn´t" "That would be too much" "We´II forget about petty amou nts if you do me a favor" "Remember" "I´m the cou nsel for the pial ntiff, not you" "Why should I?" "If we can settle out of court, fi ne" "It´II save work" "Aoye won´t look." "Like a fool ." "Why not take the easy way out?" "tell Aoye he can´t" "Do a thi ng without Saijo" "well, how about it?" "Oh, Mr. Hiruta agai n" "You´re so busy snoopi ng, aren´t you" "Cold, isn´t it?" "naturally!" "It´s wi nter" "You´ve prepared the case?" "well, you see, actually..." "Not yet, h u h?" "I discussed it with several colleagues" "And I decided we need Miss Saijo as co-plai ntiff" "I´II i ntroduce you to her" "Miss Saijo" "My attorney, Mr. Hiruta" "Miss Saijo came to see me" "Regardi ng a joi nt lawsuit" "For us, j ust celebrati ng" "please joi n us" "Come, Mr. Hiruta!" "SINGER AND ARTIST" "SUE PUBLISHER" "A FREEDOM OF PRESS OR TYRANNY?" "AMOU R FACES LAWSUIT" "It put me i n an embarrassi ng position" "It´s hard." "They trust me so" "That man Aoye, he´s" "Forget him!" "I care about me" " No more excuses!" "You weren´t paid for nothi ng" "We´II settle i n court" "Don´t forget you work for both sides now" "will it work?" "Fool !" "Why so timid?" "call Dr. Kataoka !" "Kataoka?" "You´re goi ng to retai n him?" "What if I do?" "We must get him!" "Or else we´II Iove!" "naturally as a member of the bar" "I can accept any case" "U nless the cause is rash" "They´re bei ng rash, not me" "I have every." "Confidence" "I´II defend our good name" "The basic issue will not be how it was reported" "If you can prove it did" "you can wi n the case" "If you can´t... it´s Santa claus!" "Miserable dog that I am!" "A wretched worm!" "You´II spoil her Christmas!" "What ails you?" "You´d never u nderstand." "You couldn´t" "Let´s get a dri nk" "No." "I´m a dog... a worm!" "I´II be with him." "Don´t worry" "Dance with me, pop!" "Order somethi ng!" "Don´t j ust dri nk your own" "I´m sorry." "Serve anythi ng" "Some turkey?" "Make it chicken" "On Christmas?" "You´re too you ng" "I n this place, turkey and chicken are identical" "Only the price differs" "Haven´t we met before?" "Friends!" "One more week and another year is gone" "One more week, and another year 1 950" "The h uman animal is i ncli ned to ignore the present" "This year is too late" "But 1 - that will be the year!" "That´s what keeps us goi ng!" "My dear friends!" "The comi ng year will be my big year" "I´II fight" "I promise!" "I´II build a ti ny house for my family and" "make thi ngs easier for my wife" "Yes, next year I´m really goi ng to do it" "It´s goi ng to be my year!" "Come, my friends, and joi n me!" "I´II fight" "I agree!" "You´re right!" "I ndeed!" "I´II be a now man" "This year I´II been a worm Next year I´II be a man !" "Now I´m a rat, but next year..." "That´s right!" "Why worry?" "Listen, I have one daughter" "A very nice girl much too nice for scum like me" "Her tender eyes..." "When those eyes look at me I feel ashamed of myself" "But next year even when she looks at me" "I´II have nothi ng to fear" "Let´s all si ng!" "Mr. Aoye" "please si ng with us" "Si ng for this filthy dotard!" "Come, my friends, and joi n our chorus!" "please si ng for us" "Merry Christmas" "It´s Miracle" "Merry Christmas" "Stars have fallen i nto the stagnant pool" "old One, life can be so touchi ng at times" "GIitteri ng stars amid all this reeki ng slime!" "An old viIIai n like you" "With refer to my Masako?" "Thank you !" "Thank you !" "Yes, she´s as lovely as those stars" "And I´m j ust a no-good bum" "Quiet!" "Someday even you may be a star" "You, may shi ne, too" "Merry Christmas Every Body" "What mortal can know what God holds i n store?" "Hey, where´s your Lawyer?" "What´s with him?" "Those robes went out years ago" "Prelimi nary heari ngs i n the Amour Iibel suit" "will now commence" "Who is this?" "Laughter filled the crowded court" "When the pial ntiffs´ cou nsel ..." "PLAINTIFF´S COUNSEL EIGHTS" "LOSING BATTLE" "PLAINTIFF´S CASE TORN" "TO BITS BY DEFENSE" "PLAINTIFF´S KEY cou nsel" "WITNESS MISSING" "I see him i n the mou ntai n" "I don´t know his name" "We mat i n the hills" "We´re Iooki ng for him" "The third day, DEFENSE WITNESSES TAKE STAND TODAY" "Has the pial ntiffs´ cou nsel discussed this?" "Yes, they both arrived on the motorcycle" "The lady was seated behi nd him on the I uggage rack" "Yes, they took separate rooms" "But don´t they all pretend to be strangers?" "She refused an i nterview" "I can see why" "They were sitti ng on the porch talki ng" "Seems they´d j ust bathed" "Their towels were h u ng up to dry like i n the photo" "Care to questions" "Your Honor, this is absurd." "I´II testify" "Quiet, please!" "COU RT IN U PROAR" "LAWYER HI RUTA DENOUNCED" "BY BAR ASSOCIATION" "I don´t want them!" "But you mustn´t..." "please let her alone." "She has a fever" "No, I don´t have a fever" "Go away, both of you" "Why so upset?" "Because I was away?" "I´m sorry, but the trial kept me busy" "I hate to ask you but please don´t come agai n" "Why not?" "The child suspects her father isn´t bei ng fair with you" "She´s very upset about it" "No, she´s convi nced that her father is up to somethi ng bad" "That he must be deceivi ng you i n some way" "And because of this your ki ndness upsets her all the more" "She´s torturi ng herself" "I Know now she feels" "After you leave" "She´II probably caress each of your flowers with love" "TearfuIIy, she´II caress them many times" "That´s how she is" "I won´t argue with you" "I too suspect that Mr. Hiruta is up to somethi ng" "He isn´t doi ng it because he´s evil He´s j ust weak" "But he won´t see it through" "I have faith i n him." "You must trust him too" "If I thought he was the sort who would cheat me" "I wouldn´t have hired him at all" "He´s all right." "Don´t worry" "Besides, we´re i n nocent" "How can we lose?" "We fou nd our witnesses, too not one but three" "We´II wi n !" "please don´t cry" "AMOU R TRIAL WITNESSES POUND" "HEARINGS RESUME TODAY" "Each will reply i n turn" "Read the oath and swear to it" "Come, come, read the oath" "Oath?" "What´s that?" "A promise to answer the questions honestly" "J ust a mi n ute!" "I´ve never been dishonest" "I sure do" "Ai n´t that why we came?" "Where did you meet them?" "At Kappazawa" "He was pai nti ng a picture of the mou ntai ns" "A fu n ny one, too" "Mou ntai ns ai n´t that red" "Only the person questioned will reply!" "I will conti n ue" "Were they together at the time?" "The lady - she come along later" "Ai n´t that right?" "Can you explai n how they got together on the same motorcycle?" "Sure thi ng." "It all happened like this:" "The lady there missed her bus and came on foot" "She was tired out" "The artist man felt sorry for her" "And said he´d carry her bag" "But si nce he was goi ng anyhow" "They decided to ride there together" "Quiet" "I have no further questions" "Has the defense any questions?" "No, Your Honor" "But I would have the pial ntiffs´ cou nsel" "clarify one poi nt:" "Why were such important witnesses" "And their only witnesses Not ready to appear earlier?" "It is claimed they could not be located" "You brought suit difficult to u nderstand" "Is this now one seeks j ustice?" "The plai ntiffs!" "cou nsel" "Can explai n perhaps?" "Smart lawyer!" "They´re trapped" "will the cou nsel reply?" "Now!" "It´II rui n the testimony!" "Not rui n, kill !" "The cou nsel has no reply" "Court is adjourned!" "The next session will be..." "I warned you" "You shouldn´t have no complai nts" "But what about Miss Saijo?" "I don´t mi nd" "That´s not so" "If that´s what you want, I´II be quiet" "What are you tryi ng to prove?" "What´s wrong with you two, anyway?" "If you don´t like what I´m sayi ng tell me so" "I was Iosi ng confidence I needed assurance" "Sorry I bothered you" "I´m truly sorry, for your sake What if we lose?" "We can take it to a higher court" "Sh ut the door." "It´s cold" "Somethi ng wrong?" "My Masako..." "little girl ... she´s dead ..." "Father..." "Mr. Aoye... will wi n ..." "He´II wi n the case!" "Those were her last words" "Then ... she was dead" "AMOU R VERDICT EXPECTED" "A NO HOPE FOR PLAINTLFF" "This court has heard from both parties" "And has weighed the evidence they duly submitted" "It is the i ntention of this court to once agai n review" "The claims of both parties" "Defi ne the issues, and deliver a verdict" "First, the pial ntiffs" "Has cou nsel anythi ng to say?" "No words from the pial ntiffs?" "Your Honor, may I speak?" "The proceedi ngs here have gone agai nst us" "The papers say our case is lost" "But to me this doesn´t seem possible" "We did nothi ng wrong" "Amour pri nted a total lie" "Dr. Kataoka´s clever maneuveri ng turned our own witnesses agai nst us by" "highlighti ng our ignorance of courtroom procedure" "However, if I´m wrong" "It´s for havi ng too much faith i n the Iaw" "I swear to you, we are i n nocent of any wrongdoi ng" "So I came u nprepared" "U nfortu nately we lack enough evidence to" "Back our claim of i n nocence" "AII I can do is offer myself and Miss Saijo" "Your Honor, study me" "Do I Iook like a man who´d deceive you?" "That´s enough" "Anythi ng else?" "will the co-plai ntiff speak?" "We will bear the defense" "Mr. Aoye´s words move the court deeply" "He spoke i n the spirit of a true artist I ndeed" "although his statement can not be ignored be seems confused as to the fu nction of this court" "But we shall overlook that part" "As cou nsel for the defense i n this case" "I have serious misgivi ngs about" "The plai ntiffs´ cou nsel" "A legal cou nsel representi ng his clients i n court" "naturally must assume Certai n responsibilities" "Therefore" "I questioned the pial ntiffs´ cou nsel regardi ng this poi nt" "U nfortu nately, we received no reply" "Moreover, the pial ntiffs mai ntai n they were victimized" "Mr. Aoye claims to know the truth" "Such statements lead nowhere" "The defendants too claims to be right" "Has anyone anythi ng to add?" "Yes, Your Honor" "Dr. Kataoka contends that his client is perfectly i n nocent" "But he´s wrong" "I have evidence to the contrary" "Your Honor as a witness for the pial ntiffs allow me to take the stand" "Any objections?" "You agree?" "For what reason?" "AII actions must be backed by a reason" "You have no objection?" "please take the stand" "This was secretly given to me by the defendant" "A check for 1 00, yen" "You wish to submit it as evidence?" "I will exami ne the witness" "Explai n the val ue of this check as evidence" "When questioned at a previous session" "I remai ned silent because of that check" "It caused me to neglect" "CaIIi ng the witnesses" "I defiled this court" "To you, Your Honor, and to Dr. Kataoka" "also to my clients" "I h umbly apologize" "The evidence which bares my own dishonesty proves Amour as guilty" "Is the defense i n accord?" "Yes, Your Honor" "tell us!" "How do you feel?" "well, of course I´m satisfied." "But..." "It won´t make a story" "tell us anyway" "We j ust saw a star bei ng born" "I can´t explai n" "You mean Hiruta?" "Exactly" "You call that guy a star?" "For the first time I saw a star bei ng born" "Compared to that our victory was nothi ng"