"AHyogensha-ATG Production" "Miss Tomioka?" "How's the script going?" "The suicide part is difficult" "The lovers' suicidejourneywill be through a graveyard" "You found a location?" "In a ravine near Mt." "Toribe in Kyoto" "It's full ofstrange headstones" "I think it's stale" "But it captures the space on stage, the nothingness" "There's something there" "A sort offetishism ofspace" "Thevivid contrast between that and the bodies ofthe couple" "Can I see the photos?" "." "A suicide sequence in Kabuki style won't do" "You have to pull them in" "It should be realistic" "It shouldn't be as beautiful as death is in Kabuki" "You don't have to follow the script forthat scene" "Thewords could be random" "The essential image needs to be captured" "Let's talk about it later." "No, I'll seeyou tomorrow" "I'll bewaiting." "Goodbye" "Directed by MASAHIRO SHINODA" "Story by MONZAEMON CHIKAMATSU" "DOUBLE SUICIDE" "Avow a month..." "The 29th time" "Though I vowed that I'd redeemyou" "The 30thwill come nextyear" "Nextyear?" "." "It's already December" "How longwill I have towait?" "." "Well..." "I don't know" "Areyou going to desert me?" "." "You despise me because I can't redeem you" "How could you say that when I loveyou so?" "." "jihei" "As a courtesan, I must entertain customers" "How I hate myself!" "." "You may think my promises to be a courtesan's silly talk" "No, Koharu" "Did I ever doubtyour love?" "." "Even as I seeyou" "I worry about money to seeyou again" "I want to takeyou as soon as possible, but" "I still can't redeem thewoman I love" "I fearyou won't love me any more" "The bodywas boughtwith money" "I've never hated it as much as I do now" "I'm bound by money from head to toe" "Who thought ofselling women as courtesans?" "." "I wish I could raise the money." "But I can't live withoutyou" "Neither can I. What shall we do?" "." "We can't run away together" "I want to stay with you like this forever" "So do I. But why doyou love me?" "." "Becauseyou're a woman and I'm a man" "I'm glad you're a woman" "But a courtesan must not fall in love" "You regret it?" "." "I want to die." "Can I diewith you?" "." "Can I?" "." "Jihei, what can we do?" "." "Meeting is joy and pain." "My Koharu!" "Good evening" "Koharu, we've been waiting foryou" "I'm so glad you agreed to come" "As the weather changes every day" "My mood often changes" "My customers always shout, "Bring Koharu!"" "Don't mention my name so loudly" "He's outside..." "The man I hate" "Koharu!" "It's nice to seeyou" "You stopped seeing me, so I missed you" "You flatter me" "HasJihei redeemed you?" "." "You're kind and pretty enough for me, Tahei" "Why bewith a poor man likeJihei?" "." "Soyou're spreading the false rumor" "False?" "." "You know it's true" "I don'twant to hear it" "Then doyou want to hear the sound of gold?" "." "You fell in love with thewrong man" "There are many men in Osaka." "WhyJiehi?" "." "He married his cousin, and has two children" "The paper business is slow and he's always poor" "How can he raise ten kan ofsilverforyou?" "." "He's asking too much" "That's none ofyour concern" "On the contrary, I have no family or relatives" "Maybe Jihei uses sweeterwords but, unlike me, he has very little money" "Is she going to meet jihei tonight?" "." "I'll pay twice as much as he pays for her" "There's nothing in theworld money can't buy" "Let's have some drinks first" "Her customertonight is a samurai" "Please go somewhere else tonight, Mr. Tahei" "Who's afraid ofa samurai?" "." "He may have swords but not many, only two." "Who's afraid?" "." "I'll buy the samurai togetherwith Koharu!" "I'm lucky to have met Koharu here tonight" "Maybe the priest I met has brought this luck" "I thank him" "Let's chant a sutra jihei, the paper dealer" "His clothes are made ofpaper" "His shop can't stand like paper" "He's no better than waste paper" "Oh, merciful Buddha!" "Speaking ofwaste, it's him" "What a costume!" "A hat at night?" "." "Waste paper, why the costume?" "." "Koharu" "I have no swords, but I'm armed with money" "It's stronger than swords... and much stronger than Jihei's waste paper" "How dare he!" "It's stupid." "Let's go to a better place" "Ifwe seeJihei, let's kick him" "No one knows thevalue ofmoney around here" "In thisworld, money is everything" "Remember it." "Let's go" "I'm sorry, Samurai." "They offended you" "Wait, Samurai." "Excuse me" "I'm glad you're not jihei in disguise" "I had to make sure" "Then, Koharu, have a good timewith him" "Please take care ofher" "You're still open in this cold?" "." "I can't live if I stop vending" "That's true" "What is it today?" "." "I just passed through the red light district" "I heard a rich man is going to redeem Koharu" "You alreadywent there?" "." "I mean I went there on business" "Koharu, the courtesan?" "." "Koharu ofthe Kinokuniya" "I'd like to be a woman in my next life" "Fool" "Koharu, you've lost weight" "Deep insideyou love me" "I'd like to elopewith you" "Wherewould we go to die?" "." "Umeda?" "." "Kitano?" "." "You examine me as if I were an animal" "I didn't come here to be insulted" "It's not easy to go out" "It's not easy to leave the palace," "But since I heard so much aboutyou" "I came here alone and asked the mistress to call you" "Forwhat?" "." "For a woman who looks so sad without a smile?" "." "I didn't come here to nurse a sick girl" "You're right, sir, but there's a reason" "Listen to me" "Koharu is in lovewith a man named Jihei" "It's alwaysJihei" "She accepts no one else" "But she's a courtesan" "She has no right to choose" "Much less to love" "It's bad for business" "It's the master's duty to stop her" "So he chose good customers..." "Likeyou, sir, for her" "You may not like it, but forgive her" "Now, Koharu, be bright and entertain him" "Which is more painful, hangingyourself or cuttingyourthroat?" "." "What areyou saying?" "." "You frighten me" "It's too much" "You shouldn't say that to a new customer" "Let's have sake and cheer up" "judging from your attitude you want to diewith jihei your love" "But take my advice" "Ifyou diewith him his familywill hateyou" "Ifyou have parents, they'll be sad" "You can't go to heaven nor hell easily" "Can'twe even go to hell?" "." "Although you're a strangerto me" "I can't justwatch you die" "Ifmoney can settle it, I'll help you" "You'd bettertell me the truth" "You're right." "We promised to die together" "Because I'm deep in debt to the master" "Redeeming me costs a fortune jihei told me he'd redeem me" "And threeyears have passed" "I don't want anyone else to redeem me" "But I'm not free" "I have no right to choose my redeemer" "What if a stranger tries to redeem me?" "." "We have no otherway than to die together" "Will it be today or tomorrow?" "." "But, thinking of my mother" "I'm her only child" "She's poor, living in a slum" "If I die, she'll starve" "I don't knowwhat to do" "You said you'd help me." "Did you mean it?" "." "Samurai don't lie" "You may laugh at me" "But, honestly..." "I don'twant to die" "I'm afraid" "Please be my customerfrom now on until next spring so he can't come and tell me when to die" "Ifhe gives me up he'll live and sowill I" "Koharu" "That's human nature" "I understand" "Let's get some fresh air" "Come over here" "I failed!" "Driven by jealousy, he draws his sword" "He's drunk." "Forgive him!" "No." "Leave him to me" "What happened?" "." "Here's a ruffian with a sword" "He should be tied up like this" "Please forgive him!" "Now, let's go to bed, Koharu" "Awild one." "It serves him right" "Leave it to me." "Gowith him" "Well, ifit isn'tJihei!" "I didn't seeyou around." "You're here" "I didn't knowyou were tied here" "You stole something?" "." "Areyou that poor?" "." "jihei, what did you steal?" "." "You thief!" "Robber!" "Here'sJihei, who stole and was caught" "The thiefis tied up here jihei, the love-sickthief!" "Why shout?" "." "Thief?" "." "Tell mewhatJihei stole" "How dareyou lie like that?" "." "jihei, stamp on him in punishment" "Not one ofyou raised a fingerto help me!" "I'll remember each ofyourfaces!" "You'll be sorry" "Everyone laughs" "'Catch him!" "Beat him!" "'" "'He's going thatway" "'Throw him in" "'Don't let him go!" "'" "jihei" "It'syou, Brother Magoemon!" "Your brother?" "." "What have I done!" "I'm ashamed ofmyself" "How could you cheat on me?" "!" "." "I should stamp on you beforeTahei!" "I hateyou!" "I heard all your dishonest appeals jihei, stop your nonsense" "Cheating is a whore's job" "Fool!" "You couldn't see through her" "I did, as soon as I met hertoday" "I'm ashamed" "I let herfool me so easily!" "How miserable!" "You're almost thirty, not a child" "You have a shop to run" "You have two children to raise" "Yetyou're in lovewith a courtesan." "And nowyou're ashamed?" "." "Then you didn't mean whatyou said?" "." "Listen!" "Osan, yourwife, is our cousin" "Her mother is our aunt" "Herfather is old and stubborn" "He saysyou fooled Osan" "He'll take her back and shameyou" "He's furious" "Her mother isworried" "Osan is sickfrom trying to protectyou" "How can I make it up to her?" "." "So she asked the master here to let me meetwith Koharu and find outwhat she's thinking" "Look at me" "As if I were in a parade" "Because of my stupid brother, a decent merchant like me became a two bit actor playing an incognito official" "This iswhat I wore my first sword for" "It's stupid of me even to be angry" "Too ridiculous to cry" "I'm sorry, Brother" "How I hate myself!" "I've been taken in by this wench foryears" "I left my family for her" "I even left my shop unattended" "Brother, I realize I was wrong" "I'll be through with her" "I'll break the promises, twenty-nine in all" "I'll return them to her!" "Take them!" "I was a fool keeping them close to me" "Brother, get my twenty-nine promises from her" "And burn them!" "Give them to me!" "Yes, I will" "One, two, three..." "Twenty-nine ofthem" "Awoman's letter." "What is this?" "." "It's important to me." "Give it back" "It's a letterfrom Osan to Koharu" "Koharu, I'll keep this" "I'll keep it for myself" "I'll burn it later" "Forget a samurai's promise" "This is a merchant's." "Trust it." "Understand?" "." "Thankyou" "Awoman's obligation will be carried out" "Who's talking about obligations?" "." "jihei..." "I don'twant to see her" "She's fooled me for threeyears" "I'll step on her" "I'd been in love for so long" "Even ifshe's a prostitute she cheated me badly" "This is my goodbye" "Stop it,Jihei" "Koharu!" "Near a shrine ofTenjin God" "Many trodded theTenjin Bridge" "The streetwas busy and bustling" "Therewas a paper shop run by a man" "Named Jihei and hiswife Osan" "Hewas honest by nature" "And his shop was reputable" "Osan" "It's cold today" "Otama is late." "What's she doing?" "." "I sent her on a simple errand, and this!" "It's suppertime" "Sangoro is gone, too." "Where is he?" "." "My child will catch a cold" "It's time to feed my baby" "Sangoro is an idiot." "So is Otama." "All fools!" "I'm hungry" "Kantaro" "Wherewereyou in this cold?" "." "Where's my baby?" "." "And Sangoro?" "." "At the shrine" "Poor boy!" "You're freezing" "Your hands and legs are cold" "Warm yourselfwith yourfather" "Sangoro!" "Fool!" "Where's my child?" "." "I lost her" "Somebody must have found her" "How dareyou!" "I'll kill you!" "Where did you leave her?" "." "Answer!" "Osue!" "You must be cold" "Shewas crying outside" "Sangoro!" "You came homewithout her?" "." "Look after her!" "You must be hungry" "Did Sangoro leaveyou?" "." "I'll feed you" "Otama, beat that stupid Sangoro" "We ate oranges at the shrine" "I've had enough" "No beating" "A fool trying to be funny!" "Otama, prepare supper" "Oh, madam..." "The fool almost made me forget." "Yes?" "." "I sawyour mother coming here with Magoemon, the flour dealer" "My mother and Magoemon?" "." "Why?" "." "They'll be here soon" "I must wake Jihei" "Is he still asleep?" "." "Please get up" "We're having guests" "It's a busy season" "Merchants can't take naps" "Wake up,Jihei" "I see" "My brother and aunt are coming?" "." "I see" "My brother and aunt are coming" "So busy!" "Sangoro, shut the back door" "Brother." "Aunt" "Welcome." "Come in" "Please come in." "It's cold today" "You look busy." "Good" "Warm yourselves" "Children." "Grandmother and uncle are here" "Greet them" "Get tea" "No tea ortobacco!" "I didn't come fortea" "Watch over him" "Let's go in" "Osan, even ifyou'reyoung you're a mother oftwo" "You should bewise" "It'syourfault that your man stays out" "He might go bankrupt" "Ifyou get a divorce, it'll beyour shame" "Osan" "Be stern and watch your husband" "Aunt, he even tried to fool his brother" "He won't listen to her jihei" "How dareyou fool me!" "Breakingyour promise so soon!" "You redeem Koharu?" "." "Stop pretending to be busy!" "You want to borrow money for Koharu?" "." "Give it to me" "You'rewrong, Brother" "You know, I went out only twice to the wholesale store and the shrine" "Redeem her?" "." "What areyou talking about?" "." "I didn't even think ofher." "Why?" "." "Don't give me that." "Don't act innocent" "We had a meeting last night" "We heard Koharu, the courtesan would be redeemed by a rich merchant" "The merchant loves her" "He says he'll redeem her any day now" "They say some rich men are really stupid" "Like the merchant" "But..." "Listen to me" "Gozaemon, my husband is very strict, asyou know" "He heard the rumor and thought the merchantwasyou" "You're my nephew, not his" "He loves Osan" "He said you'd sell her off to redeem Koharu" "Hewas furious" "Hewanted to get her before her clothes disappeared" "He started to come" "I stopped him, saying, "Check the rumors" ""beforeyou blameJihei"" "And I sent for Magoemon to come here" "According to Magoemon" ""Jihei isn't the man he used to be" ""He's become a good merchant" ""He's through with the courtesan"" "I didn't understand" "I came here and found out" "You're a lazyworm!" "But... jihei." "Yourfatherwas my brother" "Heworried aboutyou until he died" "Before he breathed his last breath he told me:." ""Take care ofyour nephew and son-in-law"" "I can't forget it" "I can't even keep my promise to him" "I understand" "The man redeeming Koharu isn't me" "Brother" "RememberTahei?" "." "You let me step on his face" "Hewanted to redeem Koharu but I stopped him" "Now that I'm through with her it's his chance to redeem her" "Aunt" "We're through." "Why should I redeem her?" "." "Don't believe the false rumor" "Mother." "I may be good-natured" "But I wouldn't help him ifhewanted to redeem her" "He's tellingyou the truth this time" "I'll stand witness" "You can't believe rumors" "Father is too hasty" "Since Osan says so, it must be true" "Theywouldn't take in a courtesan" "Would they?" "." "Mother is hasty, too." "Isn't she?" "." "All right" "Butyour fatherwon't be convinced so easily" "Let's make sure." "Give me a written promise" "Yes, as many as you wish, Aunt... since I'm to blame for all this" "I'm sorry I madeyou worry" "Mother, Brother-in-law, thankyou" "It's settled." "I'm so happy." "How can I thankyou?" "." "Itwas my fault, too" "He'll work hard from tomorrow on" "Osan is right" "You can do anything ifyou try hard" "I'vewritten it, Aunt" "Nowyour shop will prosper, won't it?" "." "We're all worried about yourfamily" "Becausewe loveyou all" "Becausewe're relatives" "It's settled." "Let's go, Magoemon" "I'll set my husband's mind at ease" "Hurry, Magoemon" "Osan, thewind is cold" "Don't let the kids get sick." "Take care, Osan" "Our ancestorswill help you." "Namu amidabutsu" "Take care, Mother" "Did Sangoro close the backdoors?" "." "Yes, he did" "We must pay our bills tomorrow." "Time flies!" "I must make a kimono for Kantaro" "I'm glad you gave up on Koharu" "Itwas hard to run the shop" "I'm so glad" "From tomorrow on, you'll run this place" "Awoman just can't do business like a man" "I needn't be jealous anymore" "What is it?" "." "Areyou crying?" "." "Why?" "." "Oh, no!" "Can'tyou give her up after all?" "." "You miss her so much?" "." "Why then did you promise?" "." "Remember?" "." "It was in October twoyears ago" "The last time we slept together I don't know whyyou hate me butyou stopped making love to me" "Today, at last you promised to give Koharu up" "I thoughtwe could live like a couple" "Butyou still love her" "It's cruel ofyou" "Ifyou miss her so much, cry hard" "Letyourtears fall into the river" "Koharu will drink it" "We have two children, but still no love?" "." "Can'tyou give her up?" "." "What have I done to deserve this?" "." "Pity the children" "Finallywe're together again" "I don't know anything anymore!" "Osan, you have the right to blame me" "Listen" "Tears ofsadness and tears of joy flow the sameway" "They flow from the eyes" "Iftears ofregret flowed from the ears you'd know the pain of my heart" "A man shouldn't cry for Koharu" "Listen to me" "She's a four-legged animal, not a human" "Why should I miss her?" "." "She lied to me" "She said she'd never let Tahei redeem her" "Ifher master insisted she'd kill herself" "She always said so" "Yet ten days afterwe parted she's alreadyyielded toTahei." "That tramp!" "Whywould I miss a courtesan like that?" "." "Osan" "Why should I cry for her?" "." "Then Koharu..." "Tahei spread theword:" "jihei can't even redeem a courtesan" "He said I was about to go bankrupt" "Wholesale clerks stare at me suspiciously" "I live in shame" "Osan" "I hate it!" "I hate it!" "I can't tolerate it!" "jihei, what'll I do?" "." "That'swhyyou're crying" "Then Koharu may die" "Terrible!" "She'll die" "What'll I do?" "." "She'll die?" "." "Osan" "You'rewise, butyou don't know theworld" "You don't know what a courtesan does" "It's herworkto fool men using hertricks" "Shewon't die" "You'rewrong" "You'rewrong this time" "I never meant to tell you this" "But I can't let her die for me" "She didn'twant to leaveyou" "But she acted as if shewere foolingyou" "What areyou saying?" "." "What did you do?" "." "You went to the pleasure quarters every night" "You neglected yourwork I didn't mind that butyou were desperate I thoughtyou'd diewith her" "Asyourwife, I can't watchyou die" "It made me so sad I couldn't bear it" "I wrote to Koharu asking, "Please save my husband's life"" "You may think I shouldn't have done that" "But I'm yourwife" "Koharu is a courtesan, but she's a woman too" "Even ifyou oppose it, she'll kill herself" "Even ifyou don't love me" "I will do anything foryou" "So Koharu..." "She accepted my request" "She answered she'd giveyou up" "But it's not easy" "I asked herto saveyou, and she agreed because she lovesyou" "I have her letter close to me." "Look" "She's decent, with a strong sense of duty" "She wouldn't break her promise toyou" "Least ofall, to letTahei redeem her" "Awoman in love is strong" "Shewon'tyield easily" "You see?" "." "She acted out ofregard for me" "You don't understand" "You only talkabout love" "What a man!" "At this rate, she'll die" "How can I let her die?" "." "We must save her life." "Save her!" "I rememberthe letter." "Brother read" "You wrote it?" "." "I see" "Koharu may die, then" "Out of my honor, I cannot let her die" "We must try to stop her." "Go to her" "But what can I do?" "." "I must pay her master a pile of money so he'll stop her from being redeemed" "I need 1 50 pieces of gold to keep her alive" "I haven't got that much" "We can't save herwithout money" "What'll I do?" "." "What can I do?" "." "It's no time for questions." "We must raise it" "Money?" "." "Eighty pieces of gold!" "How did you get it?" "." "I didn't know" "I'll explain later Koharu's life can'twait" "Itwas to pay for paper." "It's honest money" "I'll make up for it later with Magoemon" "We need seventy pieces more." "What'll I do?" "." "Osan!" "You can get seventy from the pawnshop" "Pawn my kimonos." "I don't need them" "You need yours to keep up a front" "Get the money and redeem her" "Beat the hateful Tahei with the money" "But, Osan..." "What if I redeem her?" "." "What will I do with her then?" "." "Keep her somewhere?" "." "Here?" "." "What aboutyou, Osan?" "." "I didn't think about that I was so worried about her" "What'll I do?" "." "Make her a nurse?" "." "Or a cook?" "." "I should be punished" "Byyou, ifnot by Heaven" "Forgive me, Osan." "Forgive me" "I'm a hopelessly selfish fool" "I madeyou raise the money for my courtesan" "Please forgive me, Osan" "A husband shouldn't ask that" "It's a wife's duty." "I'll sell my hair ifmy clothes aren't enough" "I paid for paper with my clothes too" "My closet is already empty" "But I've never regretted it" "It's too late ifshe dies" "Go quick" "Sangoro" "Take this bundle and accompanyyour master" "IsJihei in?" "." "Father!" "Why?" "." "Sit down jihei, my son-in-law" "You're dressed up" "Wearing a sword, you look like a rich man" "Going to the brothel?" "." "Every night?" "." "You need nowife" "Osan, he doesn't need you" "You mustn't go out in the cold" "I'll get tea foryou" "You must have heard from Mother" "She lectured my man today" "He promised he'd give up the courtesan" "Didn'tyou see the letter?" "." "You mean this?" "." "The worse men are, the more they promise!" "Look at him" "As I thought, he's a liar" "He even swore to the gods" "They must be amazed byyour selfishness just write her a letter of divorce instead" "You have every reason to blame me" "But I have no time to explain" "Have mercy on me" "Don't take her away from me" "Even if I become a beggar even if I starve" "I'll never make her suffer" "She won't have a hard time" "Because" "I can never return all I owe Osan" "I can't tell you why" "Please be lenient and let her stay" "Let me live with her" "There's a reason." "Be quiet!" "You're free to become a beggar or to starve" "But Osan will never be a beggar's wife" "Write her a letter of divorce" "I'll count her kimono and seal them first" "I'll check" "No!" "There's no need to do that" "You don't have to do that" "Well!" "It's empty!" "No clothes at all!" "All the clothes she brought are gone jihei, what'syour excuse forthis?" "." "What does it mean?" "." "What's that?" "." "Silk garments" "Lining cloth" "Even the baby's kimono!" "Formal wear!" "So many clothes!" "Even the boy's coat!" "Wereyou going to pawn everything?" "." "Well done!" "You've stripped your family" "All foryour courtesan!" "I'm amazed" "All you can do is make love?" "." "What a fool!" "You can't fool me." "You're nothing to me" "Osan, you're a fool, too" "You let him fool you" "Write a letter of divorce!" "I won't write it with a brush" "No!" "Don't be hasty!" "I'll explain to Father" "He'll understand" "He may be nothing toyou, but his children are your grandchildren" "Even ifhe agrees to a divorce I won't!" "Be quiet!" "Ifyou refuse towrite it" "I won't need it!" "I'll take Osan home with orwithout it!" "Comewith me!" "No!" "Why, when we don't want to part?" "." "Hewon't divorce me." "Why must I leave?" "." "What about my two children?" "." "No!" "I've never been away from them!" "I must take care ofthem!" "Whom will they sleep with?" "." "No, Father!" "I won't go!" "I'm not divorced jihei!" "Help me!" "What areyou doing?" "." "I won't go!" "Give the children their usual medicine" "And their candy too" "I don'twant to go, Father!" "Excuse me." "I came for Koharu" "I'm sorrywhen it's so late" "I came for Koharu" "She's staying tonight." "Kinokuniya?" "." "Rest a while" "It's all right then" "Be careful about her" "Tahei has redeemed her" "She's his now" "Don't let her drink too much" "I know she'svery important" "Please look after her" "Denbei, whowas it?" "." "Kinokuniya sent for Koharu" "Kinokuniya?" "." "Areyou going home now,Jihei?" "." "I'll get her jihei's leaving." "Get Koharu" "Don't call her" "Shewill ask me to stay till morning" "Send her back in the morning" "I must go to Kyoto on business" "I don't know if I can return within thisyear" "Pay the bill with this money" "Clear my debt to the geisha house, too" "Go to bed now." "I understand" "I'm in such a hurry, I forgot my sword" "I'm lucky to be a merchant" "Ifa samurai left it, he'd have to die" "I'm sorry." "I kept it" "Take care ofyourself." "Hurry home" "Excuse me" "IsJihei here?" "." "Call him" "He left just now for Kyoto" "He's gone" "Is Koharu of Kinokuniya gone?" "." "She's sleeping upstairs" "Who is it?" "." "Ifshe's here, theywon't die" "We'll seeJihei" "Going to Kyoto?" "." "Why?" "." "He doesn't know howworried we are" "Where is he?" "." "Sangoro." "Doyou know where he usually goes?" "." "I tried all the places I know" "I know!" "But I'm embarrassed" "You do?" "." "Where is it?" "." "Don't scold me" "I usually go to the barn on the northern bank with a whore" "Who cares whereyou go" "Keep Kantaro warm" "Let's search the new pleasure quarters" "I don't know the place." "Doyou?" "." "There are many places." "I didn't know" "Can I come with you?" "." "What for?" "." "To make love, of course" "Fool!" "jihei" "Koharu" "Finally!" "Finally!" "My brotherwent to theYamatoya" "Did he find you?" "." "No." "Koharu..." "I'm glad." "So am I" "We're in danger here." "Let's get out" "Jihei." "Koharu" ""Shijimi River to the west" ""They often trod Tenjin Bridge" ""The plum blossoms in the garden were sad" ""Umeda Bridgewas good" ""But Cherry Bridgewas out" ""Saddened by the parting."" "Koharu!" "My feet hurt" "Be patient" "Where arewe,Jihei?" "." "We crossed Ima Bridge" "Then your home is beyond the river" "Areyou afraid of death now?" "." "When we're together like this?" "." "No!" "Areyou afraid?" "." "Let's not complain anymore" "I've had all kinds ofhardship" "But I bore them all foryou" "Yourwife's letter pained me the most" "Forget it" "She didn't ask me to return you" "She asked me to saveyou" "Even if I'm a courtesan, even if I loveyou so much..." "Forget it." "We're going to die" "I wanted nothing but to bewith you" "I shouldn't fall in love" "Acourtesan must sleep with hundreds ofmen" "I believed itwas mywork" "I didn'twish to be a courtesan" "I'm a woman like any other" "Why can't I fall in love, like any other?" "." "But there's nothing I can do" "You're Osan's precious husband" "Why is it thatyou're going to diewith me?" "." "Why?" "." "Out of duty toyou" "My duty is to Osan." "We'rewomen butwe even forgot to be jealous" "Duty binds us all, notwomen alone" "I don'twant to die" "Why, when I loveyou?" "." "I don'twant to die, either" "Wewant to be together" "Hurry, or down will break" "Kill me here." "Kill yourself elsewhere" "Haveyou forgotten?" "." "Won'twe die together?" "." "But I couldn't face yourwife then" "I'd break my promise to saveyour life" "She'd think it a courtesan's lie" "Others may think so but Osan mustn't." "I'd be sad" "Osan, towhom you feel duty bound was taken away by herfather." "We're divorced" "You owe her nothing" "Even ifyou divorced her..." "You're my wife now" "No one will laugh" "I want to diewith you" "But I'm to blame for Osan leavingyou" "I caused herto suffer" "I caused all this" "Say no more" "Even when we die a woman only complains" "You do, too" "We may die apart and birds will feed on us but our soulswill be together" "Sowhat does it matter howwe die?" "." "Take me to hell orwherever it is!" "What haveyou done?" "." "With this hair, I'd be called Osan's husband" "But now I'm a priest" "I have no home" "Nor have I a family" "You're not dutybound to anyone now" "I'm a nun now, I owe no one anything" "That's the DaichoTemple gong" "We don't belong to the mundaneworld now" "We don't have to die together" "With the bridge between us me here, you there" "Dutybound even after you've become a nun?" "." "I won't be a courtesan in the next life" "You worry aboutyour children?" "." "Don't make me remember and cry" "They don't know their bad father is dying" "I'm a sinful woman." "Forgive me,Jihei" "It's the only thing that depresses me" "jihei, hurry and kill me!" "No one shall see yourtearful face" "Koharu." "Smile." "Smile for me" "No!" "No!" "I'm afraid!" "THE END"