"She was a foundling." "There, there..." "Don't cry." "Her foster parents named her Nayoko." "When she was in junior high, they placed her in a geisha house." "A geisha's life isn't all glamour." "Are you prepared for that?" "Dad, Mom, thank you for everything." "Madam, I'm prepared." "Hips, your hips!" "Your foot!" "Play it again." "Sorry." "You're off key." "Good." "Now try." "Lift your skirt." "Higher." "Straighten the hems." "Now walk." "Don't tread on the sill." "Let your skirt down." "Don't step on the cracks." "Hold your hands to your chest." "Now sit and bow." "Put your hands down." "Reach out further." "Bow with your chest." "Don't show your back." "Now start again." "No!" "You mustn't rise with your hand on the table." "Stand in one fluid motion." "Very good!" "Sit again." "Stand." "Sit again." "Stand." "Soon she became a junior geisha." "At 18, she contracted to become an "Official mistress" of a patron." "He was 62, a Buddhist bishop." "Cook his rice soft." "My son has dentures." "Let the maid do all the housework." "He's not coming here to see some drudge with dishpan hands." "You're not his wife." "Don't let my son stay here overnight." "Send him home by midnight." "Another thing." "Don't wear too much perfume." "We don't want any lingering scent." "Open an account at Mr. Chijiwa's bank." "Your allowance will be paid into it." "Y es." "Her deflowering came." "As customary, she danced "A Shallow River"" "to reveal her legs to those present." "Please..." "Please..." "Life with her patron began." "You're fine." "So, how good is he?" "At what?" "Sex." "What else?" "Getting fondled with the lights on isn't really fun." "So that's what you do." "Poor little thing." "She doesn't know what a hard cock is." "She doesn't stiff enough to hang a kettle from." "Like this." "Hang a kettle on it." "You mustn't say such things to an old man." "Even if you hear them..." "Nayoko asked her patron to send her to junior college to learn secretarial skills." "It was school during the day and tending to him at night." "He started rising in the Buddhist hierarchy." "After 3 years he died." "This is a token of my son's love." "Here's the deed to this house." "Here's his will." "You treated him so well for someone so young." "Thanks to you he achieved the high rank he did." "Once he had you, he started climbing the ladder..." "My daughter-in-law and I are grateful." "But from now on, ' you re on your own." "Seize your own happiness." "You can do it, I know that." "You're an a-ge-man." "You'll make any man lucky." "So find the right one." "A-Ge-Man..." "Tales of a Golden Geisha." "A decade later..." "The right man hadn't surfaced." "Oops, my talisman." "Stop that!" "You creep!" "Let go!" "No!" "You've been feeling me up!" "Christ!" "Feel you up?" "He's a masher!" "Why feel up an ugly old maid?" "!" "With a diamond on her middle finger showing she's free!" "You're so frustrated you think every man is a masher!" "Let me out!" "Wait!" "Don't be too choosy or you'll end up with a loser!" "Thanks!" "Not at all." "He wasn't a masher." "His button was caught on your dress." "I saw it." "He was shrewd noticing your middle finger..." "My name is Kotobuki." "I'm engaged in this." "Computer Dating Service." "Computer matchmaking." "Our meeting like this is auspicious." "Let me help you." "Stop right here." "I work at this bank." "Take my advice." "What?" "Never lie to yourself." "You need someone." "You need a man." "Admit it." "How?" "Shout "I want a man!"" "How could I..." "Be brave." "Shout "I want a man!"" "I want a man." "I can't hear you." "I want a man." "That's better." "I want a man!" "I want a man!" "It makes me feel kind of good." "Do it again." "I want a man, I want a man, I want a man..." "Morning." "Sorry I'm late." "How's the boss?" "He's with Kikunojo, the kabuki actor." "And that man is waiting." "You're..." "Darling!" "Thank God, I'm on time!" "That parking lot guy is so dumb..." "What a tie!" "It's not the 60s." "God, you embarrass me." "Don't slurp!" "Heavy perfume!" ""Branch Manager."" "Mondo Suzuki, Manager..." "Sounds like a samurai." "You must ask for a transfer to Tokyo today." "Things don't work that way here." "But my father has already asked him." "Why do you keep doing things uninvited?" "Why do you always complain?" "Why can't you just thank me?" "You're the complainer." "When did I do that?" "Right now." "By saying I always complain." "OK, if that's how you feel..." "I wish you success in Paris." "Thank you so much." "Well, good-by." "Good morning." "Hello!" "How is your father?" "Always golfing, leaving everything to me." "Some other time." "Say..." "Y es, sir." "My wife found another bachelor." "He's an undersecretary, 45, with one child." "She's so thoughtful..." "I know you're not keen... but an a-ge-man's luck is wasted without a man." "Thank you." ""I want a man..."" "If a lady likes the candidate we choose... we have her meet him in Hong Kong." "Hong Kong..." "Yes." "Exotic food and superb shopping..." "They can relax and start knowing each other." "Oh, that's me." "Of course, they stay in separate rooms." "And a chaperone accompanies them." "If it looks promising, they go to Europe for ten days." "The chaperone also travels with them." "A touch of comedy..." "Traveling can be stressful..." "So they get to see the good and bad of one another." "If it doesen't work?" "We do it again." "How much?" "20million yen." "20 million!" "The wedding is extra." "Everybody wants a different wedding." "It's well worth the price for a lifetime partner." "Who pays so much?" "Rich people." "Successful people..." "But why do they need you?" "Successful people are too busy." "No time for spouse-hunting." "That's why we're here." "I could never afford 20 million..." "How about 200,000 yen then?" "Pardon?" "We have a "standard plan" for standard people." "Sometimes "deluxes" and "standards" get matched." "You don't have a boyfriend." "No." "You want a husband." "Y es." "But you're busy." "Y es." "Too busy to look." "Right." "Yet you run home from work like you're running away." "Isn't that right?" "Zenbu Okura..." "A big shot." "A grey eminence of the ruling party." "But..." "What is it?" "Did you think you'd get a white knight?" "Forget what you want." "We find what you need." "200 million?" "Please." "I beg you." "Get me Maruo the money lender." "Y es, sir." "That's Okura." "The groveling guy is Party Secretary Tsurumaru." "He's rumored to be the next premier." "It's me." "T oyotomi Corp.'s stock is moving oddly." "Who's the speculator?" "I see." "Buy 2 million Toyotomi shares." "The price will go up." "Sell when it's up 150 yen." "You'll make 200 million easily." "Thank you so much." "And now, I have one final request." "Are you all right?" "It's a good way to get rid of unwanted visitors." "Wonderful..." "Y es... you're a wonderful woman." "Wonderful." "Almost a madonna." "Thank you, Kotobuki." "Will that stock really go up?" "Yes, because of some foolish speculator." "We'll just take advantage of his scheme." "You have money?" "Very little." "I'll make it multiply." "Come live with me." "Well?" "Why me?" "I want to be a kingmaker before I die." "I need luck for that." "So I asked Kotobuki to fine me an a-ge-man." "You have the countenance of one." "Give me some of your luck." "Meanwhile, Mondo wasn't having any luck at all." "What?" "Bankrupt?" "I told you sure deals can ruin you!" "Too late to panic now!" "Sir!" "What?" "I'm busy!" "Mr. Yamada had his cash collection satchel snatched!" "The Assistant Manager just had a car wreck with a gangster!" "Some nut is demanding 10 million yen in one-yen coins!" "Hello!" "Hello!" "Unlucky with work, unlucky with women..." "What am I to you?" "My sweetheart." "So why ignore me?" "Hey, people watching." "A phone call for you." "It's a lady." "It's me." "I thought you'd be there." "I'm with a client." "You can make it?" "Make what?" "You forgot what today is?" "Today?" "Well, it's..." "You're really an ass." "OK, if that's how you feel..." "Oh, you mean your birthday." "I remembered, of course." "Liar." "You'd forgotten." "Of course I hadn't" "I already bought you a present." "Really?" "OK, you stay there." "I'll pick you up in 5 minutes." "Sorry, I must run." "I'll be right back." "Y es, sir." "Show me that jacket." "Right away." "Mr. Suzuki." "Long time no see." "Where've you been hiding?" "You're marrying a pretty lady, I hear." "You old rogue." "I'm a customer today." "I need a birthday present." "How muchis this?" "That's cheap. 600 thousand." "Half that?" "300 thousand?" "No way." "But..." "I'm in a hurry." "Say your body is 600." "So 100, 200, 300, how about around here?" "400 thousand?" "Sorry, some business has come up." "Will you go home now, sweetie?" "Are you OK?" "Good-by." "Don't be like that." "It makes me worry." "I'm all right." "Sure?" "Sure." "Right." "See you later." "I made this." "You knitted this?" "This goes through here." "It's lovely." "Good-by." "You idiot." "The Pacom chairman was here." "But you got so drunk!" "It was a golden opportunity!" "Can't you see I'm trying to help you?" "You're so stupid!" "What's gotten into you?" "You bumbler!" "Peasant!" "I can't introduce you to anyone!" "You're not a man." "You're just a helpless little boy!" "What's so funny?" "Now I know why your husband left you." "If that's how you feel, it's over." "Fine." "I'm tired of your possessiveness anyway." "Go get someone else to mother you!" "The waitress or the fur seller." "I know about them!" "I thought I might wear this when I took the trash out." "But no thanks after all." "Good-by." "And good luck to you!" "May I see the president?" "One moment, Please." "Manager Suzuki is here." "Get me my jacket." "Y es, sir." "Tea or coffee?" "Tea." "Yes, sir." "Two teas, then?" "Nothing for him." "What are you upset about?" "He broke up with Eiko." "Good!" "Behave yourself!" "Eiko's father wants to change banks." "He deserves a demotion." "What do you think of him?" "The No. 2 man type." "No. 3 types would try to usurp power." "But No. 2 does best under a strong boss." "So he could be my right-hand man." "All right." "Let's cross-examine him." "Let him in." "Say, Nayoko..." "Am I a No. 2 or No. 3?" "The worst type of No.3!" "Mr. Suzuki, come in." "Is he mad?" "You took your ring off." "I want to apologize to you." "Can I see you tonight?" "I'll call you later." "I was rude to you that morning." "No, I was rude to you." "This way." "Please." "Are you all right?" "Why?" "You look pale." "Are you sick?" "I'm feeling useless..." "I think I'll quit the bank." "Don't be silly." "You'll be president some day." "You're joking!" "The president is backing you." "He is?" "He said you'II be his right-hand man." "Congratulations." "On what?" "You're a free man again." "Huh?" "Oh, that." "Jesus, I really got bawled out by the president." "I'm happy for you." "You and Miss Eiko were an odd couple." "You were forcing yourself with her." "Really?" "Y es." "Nobody said that before." "But you're right..." "I guess you're right!" "I'm feeling better already!" "Good." "Cheer up." "It's your second prime." "What you said got to me, so I've had a match made." "What kind of a match?" "A wonderful man." "Have you decided?" "I can't." "Why?" "He's totally amoral." "If you're in doubt, you'd better not." "Is that right?" "You'll know when you meet the right one." "It hits you." "Is that how it works?" "Y es." "Look!" "I'II bet he'll wave once more." "Here we are." "Nobody live here now..." "There were once rows of bonsai here... and laundry drying... and wind chimes." "I was found deserted there." "Like this." "A young mother leaves her baby here." "The baby smiles." "The mother says, be happy, and stands up." "She walks to that corner and looks back again..." "No, stop it." "I can't stand those stories." "I think I'II turn down his proposal." "Will you come with me?" "So you want to decline." "I'm sorry." "You were so kind to propose." "I dreamed of you last night." "You were dead, and I unclothed you and shaved your pubic hair." "I wanted your luck... and I wanted your hair as a talisman." "I'm just a poor old man." "I'm sorry." "Is this the lucky groom?" "A banker..." "I want you to look at this." "That's 300 million yen gathering dust." "You want me to deposit it at your bank?" "On what condition?" "That you give Nayoko up." "How about it?" "No thank you." "You dare turn down Zenbu Okura's request?" "Sir, excuse me but you have no chance." "It's not your age." "You love her luck." "I love her." "If things don't work out, come back." "I'll be waiting." "I'm embarrassed." "Then just take off your bra." "See?" "I'm scared." "Don't be." "I'm not used to happiness." "Hold me tight." "Don't worry about a thing." "You'll have to leave by midnight." "Don't be silly." "You're so sweet... you're the last page of my life." "Suddenly, Mondo's luck improved." "Mr. Mondo Suzuki... is hereby named general manager..." "No!" "Just the paper!" "You'll head the Minatomachi branch." "It's a prime area." "But the employees there are just grazing." "Go jab them with an electric cattle prod." "Here's your goal." "Double the revenues in three years." "Y es, sir!" "If you succeed, we'll have our youngest director ever." "Sir!" "And I look forward to it." "There's little to look forward to at this age." "I hope you'll please this old man." "Thank you, sir." "I'm scared." "That's natural." "Can I do it?" "Of course!" "Really?" "Really." "You have the ability." "Well, I'd better go now." "Be careful of Hiruta." "He's a backstabber." "He badmouths... his men to his boss and his boss to his boss's boss." "He'll bitch about you to the president." "So watch him." "I see Thanks." "You'll do fine." "Do what you've always wanted to do." "If you fail... or get fired and become a pauper..." "I can support you." "General Manager Suzuki." "Who?" "I'm Hiruta, Sir." "As you told me, I got everybody together." "Don't gawp." "Go tell we're coming." "Bad mind, great body..." "See her boobs?" "Amazing." "I'm surprised you came the day you were appointed." "You're so hard-working." "At ten this morning..." "President Chijiwa appointed me general manager." "I'm Suzuki." "I know you're tired, so I'II make it short." "This meeting will last 3 minutes." "Most new managers... say they will follow their predecessor's policies." "But I don't follow the easy way." "I intend to implement my own policies." "And this branch will prosper." "Our bottom line will double or triple." "And then what?" "I'll tell you." "You get bigger bonuses." "You get bigger raises." "Promotions will be faster than at other branches." "What I want is for you to be promoted quickly and paid well." "But you must work harder." "So tomorrow we start an hour earlier." "What time have you been starting?" "8:00, sir, as I unlock the main vault." "I'll come in at 7:00 from tomorrow." "Good." "And you, Mr. Hiruta?" "Oh, I come in around 8:40." "Don't I, sweeties?" "What?" "!" "What did you say?" "!" "Er..." "I..." "That's no way to talk!" "Managers don't call employees "sweetie."" "Don't be fresh!" "But..." "Enough!" "Never forget courtesy." "No, sir." "I've looked at your performance ratings." "Of the five grades A through E... half of you are C or lower." "But I'm going to forget the past." "I believe all of you are A-grade employees." "Tomorrow morning marks a new era." "This meeting is adjourned." "Good night." "You're so clever." "You've already won their hearts." "Not that way." "Hold the brush at this angle." "That's right." "At your age one must brush 10 minutes a day." "Count five for each tooth." "1, 2, 3, 4, 5..." "Now the next tooth... 1, 2, 3, 4, 5..." "And lucky with work, lucky with women..." "Hey, you're heavier than before..." "Did you always weigh so much?" "Did you put on weight?" "Why?" "Last time you were on top..." "I put on weight because I'm happy with you." "I knitted something else." "One year later..." "Under Mondo's management, the branch proposed." "More to the right..." "There's an odd rumor going around." "They used to say I was a Young Turk branch manager." "But now they say I'm Chijiwa's protege... his right-hand man... or even a future president." "Nothing odd about that." "It is odd." "Rumors grow from kernels of truth." "I'm so happy." "I'm such a lucky man." "Everything seemed fine." "However..." "Hello, there." "You've done a good job." "Even better than I thought." "It doesn't look like it'll take three years." "You'll be at the head office soon." "As I promised, you'll be our youngest director." "Thank you, sir." "But one condition." "Sort out your personal relation- ships before the promotion." "Get rid of any women friends now." "Y es." "Eiko's father has asked me to tell you... he would consent to you two becoming re-engaged." "You don't mind, do you?" "Well?" "Whatever you say, sir." "Thank you, sir." ""Tired of waiting..."" ""For your late arrival..."" "No, no." "Father might still be up." "Oh, he's swimming." "Is that you, Eiko?" "Y es!" "It's him." "Hi." "Are we OK?" "Sure." "He never enters my room." "Fathers fear daughters' bedrooms." "How've you been?" "You're prettier." "You've had someone else?" "Oh, come on." "You're the one who's had someone else." "I know you have." "You're awful." "Why?" "You make me mad." "I was going to marry a better man to get back at you." "But there's nobody better than you." "Father?" "You have a guest?" "No." "Anything wrong?" "I'm going to see Chijiwa tomorrow." "They'll be our main bank again." "Good." "Can we announce your engagement?" "Y es, Father." "Please." "Are you mad, Father?" "Of course not... good night." "Good night." "Hi." "You must be tired." "Exhausted." "I had to go nightclubbing with clients." "You had a hard day." "I'll have a bath." "I feel much better." "How was work?" "You're drinking?" "Who did you sleep with?" "What are you talking about?" "Who was it?" "Nobody." "Get off my back." "I know you slept with someone." "You have to think?" "Say something!" "Answer me." "Don't play deaf and dumb." "Answer me!" "I don't know how." "You're a grown-up." "Face up to your acts, you coward!" "Fine, I'm a coward." "I'm no white knight." "Promise not to do it again." "I won't promise anything." "It's my life." "Don't be self-righteous." "When did I do that?" "You always are!" "And you're a spy, too!" "You're not my mother!" "Why should I be blamed?" "You're the cheat." "Who was it?" "1, 2, 3, 4, 5..." "Eiko?" "1, 2, 3, 4, 5..." "It was Eiko." "All right." "I was merely a convenience for you." "Some Aladdin's lamp to conjure up what you want when you rub it." "It'sbeen fun..." "It would have been more fun if you had been nicer to me." "Good-by." "So you left him." "Let's drink the night away." "I'd love to, Daddy." "Will you take care of me if I get too drunk?" "Sure." "Hey, watch your step." "Let's drink." "Drink up." "Daddy, am I a nag?" "Am I a wet rag?" "Of course not." "Am I self-righteous?" "Am I?" "Say, am I?" "There, there." "Go to sleep." "Let's drink." "Go to sleep." "Will you be nice to me, Daddy?" "Sure I will." "Will you take care of me?" "Certainly." ""Rockabye baby, in the tree- top..."" "That night Mondo dreamed..." "What's wrong, darling?" "A bad dream." "You're tired, poor thing." "I'll rub your back." "That dream... did it go like this?" "Mondo left Nayoko." "She left the bank and returned to the floating world of the geisha." "Wonderful!" "I feel like I'm back home." "This is where I belong." "Your sash..." "Put it there." "Let's see, the door prizes are ready..." "Here's your name cards." "What's so funny?" "You look the perfect geisha house proprietor." "Like you'd always been in the business." "We were lucky this geisha house was for sale." "I made you spend so much." "Never mind" "I always dreamed of being a geisha house proprietor." "I'll enjoy sending my little geisha out to entertain rich old men." "Aren't you jealous?" "No." "Because you'II bring home all they give you." "The jelly is ready." "Put it there." "And come help." "The Premier's leaving." "Let'sput our shoes on, sir." "Raise your right foot, please." "Thank you so much." "Hello." "What's the good news?" "The premier will resign in your favor." "On one condition." "What?" "After he steps down... he'll start an Environmental Institute... to continue to serve the motherland." "So..." "Money?" "He wants you to put up 1 billion out of the 10 billion needed..." "Bastard!" "He's selling the premiership?" "!" "You want to decline?" "Mr. Okura, please." "If I become premier..." "I shall do my best even if it costs me my life." "Make me a real man to serve the motherland." "Don't be melodramatic." "So you'll raise one billion for me?" "The best way is to grab it from a bank." "Sir, you can't." "Lucky they came into my hands." "I'm sure they're doctored prints from some cheap blackmailer..." "But you know how people love these things." "Is there any way to kill such a malicious rumor, sir?" "This is serious." "Your balls are shriveled." "By the way..." "Will you give Mr. Tsurumaru a one billion unsecured loan?" "One thing, though, it can't be recorded." "We don't want any record." "Oh, it's you." "Are you still twisting ladies around your finger?" "Mr. Okura!" "How good to see you." "So you're the president's right- hand man now." "You've done well." "Say, Nayokichi, here's your old sweetheart." "You still like him." "You're my only sweetheart, Daddy." "I'm Nayokichi." "Are you happy?" "Very." "Daddy is so nice to me." "And you?" "Bring your wife the next time." "I don't have one." "Not yet?" "What are you waiting for?" "Found another "last page of your life"?" "You obviously have." "I've had enough of men." "I don't need them." "Except for one-night stands." "You wand to be one some day?" "Hey, you geisha." "Y es!" "I'll be downstairs." "I'm Nayokichi." "This is Mr. Inukai." "He's second in line for the premiership." "Have some." "Thank you." "I fell in love with you at first sight." "You've so rash." "Seconds in line must be patient." "You must be popular with men." "You look it." "How about having my baby?" "Hey, she's my woman." "All attractive women are someone else's, so you have to steal them." "Attractive men are always someone else's, too." "That's life." "Oh, the jelly." "Daddy's favorite jelly." "She gave me the cold shoulder." "Will you bring dinner to my hotel?" "Dinner again?" "Think of a new excuse." "But that's all right." "I will." "Open your mouth, Daddy." "Let's walk." "With all those people I couldn't talk to you." "Do we have anything to talk about?" "Can't we start it over?" "I need you." "After we broke up, my heart bled." "I'm sorry." "But then it healed." "When it healed, it was like a rock." "Clatter, clatter." "That's my heart... heart of stone." "It never gets hurt again." "It's too late." "Because I'm healed already." "Well, I'm going home." "For good business." "For yours, too." "Bye!" "Here, the red pill next." "And this capsule." "Now for..." "The boil on your ass." "Oh, it's much better." "No need to tense up like that, Daddy." "It's only me." "Hello." "Just a second." "It's for you, Daddy." "Isn't it fun?" "Y es, it's me..." "What?" "I see." "I'll be right over." "Tsurumaru has been hospitalized." "Tsurumaru has cancer?" "You're sure?" "Terminal liver cancer." "Nothing we can do." "He has three months at most." "I see." "Lucky my kid brother is in charge." "Don't tell anybody about this." "T ake care, brother." "Your problem is you're too healthy," "You were quick." "How is he?" "Absolutely great." "What a fear- monger." "You're looking good." "It was fatigue." "This intravenous feed has cured me." "Want a bite?" "What is it?" "A melon." "I had it peeled whole for a change." "No thanks." "You almost gave me a heart attack." "I'm sorry." "You're soon to become premier." "I need you well soon." "Japan will depend on your decisions." "Healthy thoughts need a healthy body." "If your policies aren't healthy, I'll have to break you." "Don't be silly!" "I can't afford to die before I take office!" "Very good." "I'm glad I don't have to worry." "Why the urgent meeting?" "I wouldn't bet too much on Tsurumaru." "What do you mean?" "He'll never be prime minister." "He's your nemesis." "Even your a-ge-man can't help." "Where is she today?" "She's on her way." "What are you driving at?" "Old man, if you still want to make a king..." "You'd better change crown princes." "What are you saying?" "What's wrong with Tsurumaru?" "You want to know?" "I do." "Trade me you're a-ge-man for that information." "I need some luck now." "If you don't..." "You can commit suicide with Tsurumaru." "Well?" "OK." "Tell me." "Holy shit!" "Speaking of the devil..." "What are you boys up to?" "Your jelly, Daddy." "Say, Nayokichi." "Y es." "Your sweetheart has problems." "My sweetheart?" "That stud at Hitotsubashi Bank." "I beg your pardon!" "Never mind." "Did you know he loaned a billion to Tsurumaru?" "No." "Why should I?" "No reason." "But he'll never get it back." "Poor thing." "Your stud may get fired... or even jailed." "Why?" "Why should he go to jail?" "You want to know?" "I'll tell you if you bring my dinner to the hotel." "Never." "With you, dinners are dangerous." "Don't worry. "Daddy" will be there, too." "All right, I'll do it." "Daddy, are you going to be there?" "I'll be there before you." "Hello!" "Long time no see." "Fancy meeting you here!" "I'm seeing someone." "Where are you going?" "I'm delivering dinner to a customer." "Dinner to the hotel?" "It's Inukai, isn't it?" "You're inviting yourself to rape." "Be careful." "I'll be all right." "Daddy will be there, too..." "But..." "But what?" "You're sweet to worry about me." "Hey, don't." "Why?" "Are you ashamed of me?" "No, but apperances..." "Don't get uptight." "I'll be on my way." "And you?" "I have business here." "Why don't we get a room here and eat this dinner together?" "I can't." "I'm meeting someone." "I see." "I'm off then." "You're not stopping me?" "There's no reason to." "I keep out of others' love affairs." "So they'll keep out of yours." "I see!" "So that's why you're restless." "Have fun, little boy." "Good evening." "Hi." "Come in." "Come right in." "I'm so pleased you came." "I thought you never would." "I missed you so!" "Here, sir... your dinner." "Thanks so much." "Oh, where's Daddy?" "He had toleave for some business." "I must be going, too, then." "You can't do that," "I'm not for sale." "It's all right, I won't do anything." "I just want to talk." "Sit down." "I'm exhausted handling so many problems." "Comfort me." "Here we are." "Isn't it beautiful?" "It arrived from Paris yesterday." "Want to try it on?" "Here you are." "Dinner's ready." "Come here." "You're ruining my hair." "I'm going home." "But I haven't told you my secret." "It can save your lover." "So tell me." "Relax." "Be a good boy now and tell me." "Your sweetheart loaned money to a loser." "The poor kid thought Tsurumaru would be the next premier." "Buthe won'tbe." "Who will?" "Me!" "But I thought the premier promised him..." "Promises are promises, but..." "What do you mean?" "He couldn't keep his promise even if he wanted to." "Why not?" "First things first." "Come here." "Absolutely gorgeous." "Hold this bouquet." "How is it?" "With her height she looks terrific." "I must make a call..." "Please ring Mr. Inukai's room." "No!" "Stop it!" "This is wrong." "The phone..." "Let it ring." "This is more important." "No!" "You're ruining my kimono." "Nayokichi..." "Come on, Nayokichi..." "Ouch!" "Stop it or I'll scream!" "Nayokichi..." "Nayokichi..." "Go ahead and force me, but I'll tell everybody!" "Get madder." "Go on." "It makes your neck even sexier." "Please, let me go home." "Before hearing my answer?" "You want your stud ruined?" "You're unfair, taking advantage of me!" "It's unbecoming a future premier." "Let me go home." "Why go home?" ""Daddy" already sold you." "Where's home now?" "Nayokichi, I love you." "I'll tell you my secret now." "Tsurumaru has cancer." "What?" "Cancer of the liver." "He'll be dead in two months..." "or tomorrow." "How do you know?" "I'll show you something." "His medical record." "Does he know?" "Tsurumaru has... not an inkling." "The fool has no idea." "Just a token of my thanks." "I don't want it!" "I'm no whore." "Don't let me lose face." "Stop!" "Later, baby!" "You fucked him?" "Do you sleep with everybody?" "No." "It wasn't that..." "It wasn't what?" "What's this money?" "How could you..." "Are you a whore?" "You know better than anybody I'm not!" "What's this money then?" "You took money from Inukai!" "Pick it up." "You earned it." "You heel!" "You sold me!" "Don't play that old trick!" "What's wrong with you men?" "You're liars." "No sense of responsibility." "Cowards!" "Jellyfish!" "You think you're adults?" "You make me laugh." "I've had enough for you." "Stop it!" "Daddy, are you all right?" "My luck ran out... as soon as I sold you..." "I'll call an ambulance." "I already did." "I'm OK, the medicine is working." "I know my body best..." "Get me my stationery box." "What is it?" "My way of apologizing." "Tsurumaru bought the premiership for a billion yen." "Here's the receipt." "Tell him you'll publish it and he'll return the money." "Daddy, are you all right?" "We were having fun." "Why did you ruin it?" "Is politics so much fun?" "It's man's ultimate game... playing chess with human lives." "Paramedics!" "Where is the patient?" "Won't I see you again?" "That's no fun." "No fun at all..." "No fun..." "Get my talisman." "Right!" "Right!" "Sir, the billion yen you black- mailed the bank for..." "I want you to give it to me." "How dare you!" "No little geisha can blackmail me!" "So I'll take this receipt to the press." "Fool!" "You want to ruin our party?" "!" "Ruin us and you ruin Japan!" "Give it to me!" "Give it to me!" "I like you, but I'll kill you if you don't." "Give it to me!" "Wait, sir!" "What?" "You've always said you wanted to die a clean man." "So what?" "You have... cancer." "You won't live much longer." "And that paltry billion yen will stain you forever," "Is that what you want?" "I see..." "Cancer..." "I'm sorry." "It's all right..." "I saw a movie once." "There was a scene of a plane crash." "The pilot is badly hurt." "His buddy is beside him." "The pilot ways, "Will I live?"" "His buddy says, "No." "Your neck is broken..."" "Do you want me to stay with you."" "The pilot says, "No, I'd rather die alone..."" "Leave me alone..."" "Thank you for telling me." "I'll get you the billion for the sake of my next life." "But first, I must tell everybody I'm dying." "They all know already." "They do?" "The cuckold is the last to know..." "T oday our great island nation is rich." "Our capital surpluses are moving and shaking the world." "But no matter how loud we roar as an economic animal..." "We must value morality more than money." "Politics must be moral." "Without moral Japan has no future." "I, Kunio Tsurumaru, will... do my best to help establish morality in Japan." "With my blood, sweat and tears... and with my unconquerable resolve to..." "To what?" "!" "Go on!" "With my unconquerable... unconquerable..." "T surumaru died." "Darling, apologize to him." "You stay here." "No." "We're sorry to bother you." "Come on." "Apologize to him." "I'm very sorry, sir." "Is the billion lost?" "Please forgive me." "Idiot!" "No apology is worth a billion yen." "Excuse me, but that billion was..." "I apologize for him." "Please give him another chance." "Shut up!" "I loaned it for him at his own instruction." "What?" "!" "Don't blame your benefactor!" "Don't bite the hand that fed you!" "I was protecting you from a scandal..." "Shut up!" "My signature is not on the loan." "But yours is!" "Bullshit!" "What?" "You're rotten." "Our dirty work keeps you in power." "And if something goes wrong you cut and run." "You're no leader!" "Darling!" "Bittenby my own dog." "I should never have fed you." "I'm no dog!" "I don't wag may tail for bad master." "You're not worth serving." "I quit!" "Start smelling your own shit." "Think about your future." "You're ruining yourself." "Look at him." "A live corpse." "Decades of work to become this?" "I'm me." "I'll always be me." "I won't be a scapegoat." "I'll go to court." "You're a naive fool." "Go to court and you'll be jailed for embezzlement." "Don't underestimate me." "My friends at the Prosecutors' will arrest you." "You have no chance." "You'd better listen to Eiko." "It's only a lousy billion yen." "Leave it to me." "Father will fix it with Mr. Chijiwa." "Thanks, but no thanks." "Jail is better than being your lap dog." "If that's how you feel!" "Your well-worn last words." "But I won't hear them again." "Good luck!" "Wait!" "You're not leaving!" "Grab that thief!" "Call the police." "Don't let him go." "Honey!" "Honey!" "I have the billion!" "The billion?" "!" "Honey!" "Nayo!" "I've not been an a-ge-man for you." "You got fired and you lost your rich bride." "Nonsense." "I've never felt so positive in my life." "Being nothing again makes me feel great." "I'm born again." "I can start over again." "I'm starting my second prime!" "Good for you." "Do what you've always wanted to do." "If it doesn't work out, I'll support you." "Oh, I'll make a wish." "You're so pretty..." "Can I see you tonight?" "What's your phone number?" "You're beautiful." "And wearing a ring on your middle finger..." "Honey!" "That part of your second prime is history!"