"Yo, yo, yonaka ni bakko suru chimi mouryou" "Marude ikaino ichimi routou" "Mitai na rhymer rhyme shini toujou" "Kikoetarou?" "Yamini hibiku oto" "Bibitte kyomi nai furi shiyouto" "Koukishin wa hini hini jyoushou" "Nara check shini ikou, here we, here we go ya'll!" "Ayashi ayaushi ma no chimi mouryou" "Tabun jigoku wa manpai" "Afure dashita renchuu ga dantai de retsu wo nashite" "Kono yo ni stand-by" "Yatsura no bun basho ga mazu tannai" "Dooride kisetsu towazu atsui hazu" "Aete heat up sasu ikatsui verse wo" "Kamashite ase kakasuzo" "Douse yakedaro kikasena gasshou wo yo!" "HA!" "Koitsuwa marude kajiba" "Sugee nekki tamacchimau shimaguni" "DANGER!" "Masu masu agacchimau COME ON!" "(Kono Jipangu mouchoi de panku!" ")" "HA!" "Koitsuwa marude kajiba" "Sugee nekki tamacchimau shimaguni" "DANGER!" "Masu masu agacchimau COME ON!" "(Kono Jipangu mouchoi de panku!" ")" "My name was Tsuruya Nanboku the Fourth." "The fictional drama I wrote, Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan, is finally coming to an end." "I curse you, lemon!" "Final Act" "Hello." "Has a hawk flown by this way?" "As a matter of fact, it's right here." "If it belongs to you, then go ahead and take it home." "I appreciate it." "But I'm afraid I may get lost if I make my way now, as darkness is approaching." "It can't be that dark outside." "Look." "How full the moon is tonight." "It's Tanabata." "Yes, of course." "So tonight is Tanabata." "Well, my lodgings are humble and I have little to offer." "But you're more than welcome to stay." "What would a respectable samurai want with a country girl like me?" "I'm a ronin now." "Moreover, I am bereaved." "Oh." "What happened to your wife?" "There was trouble, and she died in the end." "You're very beautiful." "Please don't toy with my feelings." "May I ask your name?" "Tamiya lemon." "And what is your name?" "Yes, well..." "My name is..." "The current flows across the rocks, then is divided by a waterfall, yet there is always a place where the waters meet again." "Tamiya!" "Where are you?" "Have you found the hawk?" "That's strange." "A light in an abandoned shack?" ""Across the rocks..."" "Your name?" "It's Iwa." "Oiwa..." "I curse you, lemon!" "We'll go to hell together." "Come with me, Tamiya!" "lemon!" "Are you all right?" "Get a hold of yourself!" "Mother!" "What is it, son?" "Damn." "I won't let that curse kill me." "The six o'clock bell has already rung." "It's always at this hour that lemon is ridden with fever." "A dream..." "I was only dreaming of Tanabata." "Oiwa!" "That child..." "I'll take care of him." "So, please!" "Rest in peace, Oiwa!" "Damn it!" "I only married Oume to win the trust of the Ito family, to gain favor with the Kira clan." "I am a loyal man!" "You're responsible for the deaths of Oume and Ito Kihei." "They died because of your curse!" "I am not to blame!" "Damn!" "Damn!" "Hey, Tamiya!" "Get a hold of yourself!" "You've completely fallen under the curse." "Chobei, remember the promise I made?" "I'm not counting on it anymore." "What are you doing?" "Boarding up a rat hole over here." "I've decided not to see you anymore." "That's what I came to tell you." "I see." "Genshirou." "Where's my son?" "lemon has gone outside." "Okuma." "After separating from me" "I heard you went to serve under the Kira clan." "That's right." "While knowing that I serve under Asano-Takumi-no-Kami!" "As we've separated, it's none of your concern." "Father." "lemon." "I've heard the rumors." "Is it true that you killed Oiwa?" "The people I killed were Ito Kihei and his granddaughter Oume." "What reason did you have to kill those two?" "It was..." "It was Oiwa's curse that forced me to!" "lemon." "I'm disowning you." "I understand." "My son..." "Don't let what Genshirou said bother you too much." "Damn!" "Damn it!" "lemon!" "Mother!" "Father!" "Chobei!" "I came for Osode's sister Oiwa and their father Yotsuya Samon!" "I, Yomoshichi Satou, shall seek revenge!" "So that's it." "Get out of the way, Yomoshichi!" "Damn!" "You bastard, Yomoshichi." "This was the ending to the version of Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan that was shown at Nakamuraza, in the 8th year of the Bunsei period." "Yes." "In the script that I'd originally written," "I revealed lemon's final demise, but not whether Oiwa's spirit had ever entered Nirvana." "Theater Museum of Waseda University" "The following year, the 9th of Bunsei, the story was renamed Irohagana Yotsuya Kaidan and the tale was staged once again, this time in Osaka." "But it had been rewritten that Oiwa's spirit entered Nirvana in the end." "And then in the 12th year of Bunsei," "I, Tsuruya Nanboku the Fourth, was said to have died." "Those involved with the staging of Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan, including myself, my son, and my daughter-in-law, up to 11 members of the production, had left the world within a span of 5 years." "So then, who is narrating this story?" "That will be explained a little later." "Theater Museum of Waseda University" "The Yotsuya Kaidan performances continued to sell out every time it was staged, even after my death." "However, many among the actors and stagehands sustained injuries." "Thus began the rumor that anyone who didn't go to Oiwa's shrine to get her blessing would be cursed." "(Lantern contraption)" "There were many contraptions used in the play, (Altar contraption) and these were probably to blame for the many injuries." "(Wall contraption)" "Yotsuya Kaidan was not only a play, but was also adapted into a popular storytelling format." "Ichiryuusai Teizan the 7th, (Mask used by Ichiryuusai Teizan) became famous for narrating the tale before the war broke out." "It is said that strange occurrences were not so rare, such as a lantern with his name on it falling near the stage without the wind." "He died in agony during the 41st year of the Showa period." "It is said that he muttered "Lady Oiwa" with his dying breath." "Once the movie era arrived," "Yotsuya Kaidan was adapted to film many times." "In the 13th year of Showa, on the second day of shooting "Kaidan Oiwa Yakusha", the director suddenly died, and a replacement was brought in." "Since then, performers have always been plagued with such things as swelling of the face and injuries to legs." "It is generally believed that Oiwa's curse still exists, affecting those that dare to perform her tale." "Does this curse still exist in the present?" "About 10 years ago, Yotsuya Kaidan was staged in Shibuya and was generously received." "But during one of the performances the producer committed suicide by jumping off a building." "It has been 180 years since I wrote this fiction." "Even with so many years having passed, could it be possible that Oiwa's curse lives on?" "I, Tsuruya Nanboku the Fourth, continue to exist through the story and the curse of Yotsuya Kaidan even though I am dead." "In the 12th year of the Taisho period," "I was said to have paid a visit to the novelist Akutagawa Ryunosuke." "Tsuruya Nanboku" "I mentioned before that my tale, Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan, was based on popular folklore and rumors that were told at the time." "Stricken by small pox, betrayed by her husband, and turning into a vengeful spirit," "Oiwa brought great misfortune." "Oiwa was also an example of a virtuous woman." "There are many other tales featuring a character named Oiwa." "Even though Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan is said to have been based on truth, the story and the characters, Oiwa and lemon, were created by me, and exist solely within my story." "If such a curse truly exists, does it originate from the historical Oiwa that actually lived?" "The curse that has lasted all these years only surfaces when the tale of Yotsuya Kaidan is being retold and brought to life in some manner to this world." "The tale of Yotsuya Kaidan has been retold many times." "Could it be that the story itself yearns to be retold?" "To take it a step further, could it be that the audience itself desires this curse of Oiwa to continue?" "Yes." "Since the first reenactment in the 8th year of the Bunsei period," "Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan has not simply remained a play." "Nor has it remained as a fictitious story created by people." "It has become the basis of the curse itself." "Fear has made it evolve into reality:" "the true nature of the curse." "You bastard, Yomoshichi." "I have killed lemon and avenged your deaths!" "Lady Oiwa." "lemon has been punished." "Does this not ease your vengeful wrath?" "Lady Oiwa, please forgive me." "Even though this is merely a story," "I've made you suffer such a horrible fate." "It's time for you to stop cursing others." "If you must, then curse me, Nanboku." "Let me tell you again." "As to the tale of Yotsuya Kaidan, such curses only exist because the audience desires them to." "And now you have seen all that there is to this tale." "The End" "Sora wo umeru hana no iro" "Utsuri ni kerina waga koi" "Yagate subete ga sugisaru atomo" "Anata dake wo omou" "Itsuka haruno yuumagure" "Hajimete kuchizuke shita" "Maboroshi no youna kaori no nakade" "Anata dake wo omou" "Anata no muneni kono mi wo makase" "Watashi wa shinde yukou"