"Don´t I Look it?" "A Lot of artists come here to paint" "But you´re the first I ever saw come on a motorcycle" "Is that so strange?" "Well, it sure ain´t usual" "So is your painting." "It Looks too restless" "Mountains move" "Look closely." "They move" "You´re right, they´re moving" "Stupid!" "How can mountains move?" "your style is all new to me" "I paint what I feel ." "I don´t imitate" "Each has his own style" "Do youneed somebody´s advice about making love?" "That´s a good one!" "Which way to Kaminoyu?" "Go straight ahead" "Turn north when you hit the bus route" "Is it far?" "Only a little 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´ll take it for you later I´m staying there, too" "I like it here" "It´s too red." "The mountains in´t that red" "Be quiet, will you?" "I see them as brilliant red" "So that´s how I´ll paint them" "Is that the way artists work?" "Fey, if you wait, I´ll give you a lift" "Really?" "She´s Miyako Saijo the famous singer?" "How thrilling!" "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 again" "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 in?" "Sure, but I´m not dressed" "Neither am I" "Youneedn´t bother" "May I smoke?" "Aren´t you Miss Miyako Saijo?" "I couldn´t place you until" "I heard the maids gabbing" "Big eyes!" "I´m Ichiro Aoye" "I paint" "Yes, now I remember" "I read about you in a magazine" "About my bike?" "And how I copied VIaminck?" "Because they copy they think we all do" "I Love the freedom a motorcycle gives" "I just Love freedom" "Did you come here for a rest?" "In a way Things have become so hectic lately" "It´s the price you have to pay" "I hate gaping crowds" "It´s quiet here except during 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 sound?" "A camera?" "Probably some newlyweds here" "Separate rooms, huh?" "What a scoop!" "Buddy, this calls for a drink!" "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 ung them there" "What do you think?" "I hate women who act in nocent but turn out to be whores" "who´s her stud, though?" "I think I´ve seen his face..." "Didn´t you check it out?" "He´s some kind of an artist" "A nut with a motorcycle" "I know!" "He´s Ichiro Aoye" "Aoye?" "Is that good or bad?" "It´s champagne!" "Print an extra 10,000" "Make it big:" "Singer and Artist Drown in 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 SAIJO´S SECRET LOVE!" "Read Amour" " December issue" "Passion on Two Wheels!" "Everybody, Do you know who is a passionate singer" "MTYAKO SAIJO´s lover?" "If you want to know this hot topic" "Read Amour" " December issue" "MTYAKO SAIJO" "Amour, please" "Sold out." "Sorry" "Come and see!" "Ichiro Aoye!" "Nisshin press?" "This is Amour, Inc" "Run off another 10,copies for us We´ll 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´ll get it plus a bon us" "Thank my trusty Leica" "Why Look so depressed?" "Will we be safe?" "Is what we printed the truth?" "You wrote it" "Because you forced me" "I dreamed up a story based on the photo" "When printing such stories the details don´t matter much" "They may complain about it" "If so we´ll run a small apology" "They may sue" "Great!" "We´ll sell even more" "Come on, quit worrying" "It´s not our first scandal" "Has anyone sued us yet?" "Nobody´s even protested" "That´s true, but..." "Quit worrying!" "The dainty ones we write about" "Are afraid to run to the Iaw... even when they have a case" "They just gnash their teeth at us and sulk" "Show me the magazine!" "Mister Aoye?" "please..." "Hey, serve us tea!" "Who´s in 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 hitting is only one form of violence" "That story, is a much nastier form" "Writing filth for money!" "He´s just 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 unbiased truth" "Those who have any doubt" "A need only study that photo for evidence" "Five min utes after it was taken" "I was back in my own room" "I dined, bathed and went to bed" "That´s the entire story" "If you refuse to print an apology" "I´ll sue for damages" "Isn´t it odd, though?" "Only Aoye has any complaints" "Miyako Saijo has any complaints" "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" "All you can do is put up with it" "Fight against villains 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 in caves" "We Live in a modern society" "So what do you intend to do?" "I´ll sue them" "It´s crazy!" "I´d never do that" "It´ll mean more publicity" "It´ll show people what they really are" "Why hesitate?" "We´re in the right." "We´ll win the case" "You scared of public reaction?" "Not at all" "Then why not take it to court?" "All right, I´ll do it alone" "I´m going to fight this all the way" "I´ll fight society too" "A one-man exhibition?" "Starting the 1 5th" "So Late in the season?" "Like a clearance sale?" "Nobody ´ll buy" "Why so discouraged?" "It´s not Like you" "I´m disgusted" "That scandal?" "What do you think about it?" "About Miyako?" "She´s pretty" "I meant the scandal ." "Do you think 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 demanding" "But" "I´m sure" "I´d get by" "That´s not how things are." "Don´t be silly" "I´m begin ning to have doubts about n ude art" "We lack the tradition and the spirit behind n ude art" "Not only do our n udes lack proportion" "They lack spirit..." "I get it." "You say things like that" "J ust to save me embarrassment" "Take a break" "You´re a good man, I know that" "J ust remember, I´ll always be your friend" "When you go to court call me as a witness" "I´ll yell at the judge:" "I believe this man is in 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 window!" "A man is peeking in !" "He´s gone now." "He scared me" "OTOKICHI HI RUTA" "Attorney at Law" "Not a single streetlight around" "I stuck my foot in a culvert" "Paradise for criminals" "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" "In other words I respect the privacy of people" "I can get highly indignant" "The recent trend is toward exposure of private lives" "The public enjoys seeing people ruined" "What´s the world coming to?" "Right and wrong used to be opposite" "Today they´re one in the same" "Who can tell what´s right or wrong?" "During 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 ill-advised" "But ill- advised acts can be a godsend" "Who wants to be normal all the time?" "These confused times we live in" "Make indiscrimination a very important factor" "Involving delicate balance" "Take law, for instance" "What if the publisher sues you for assault?" "Even scum know the Iaw" "You´re in 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 in legal trouble do J apanese seek counsel" "This may sound strange" "But a lawyer makes the worst kind of scoundrel" "What is it you want?" "Yes, sorry" "Not at all" "My briefcase..." "Near the door" "Inoticed that you plan to sue the publisher, right?" "That is correct" "Excellent!" "Fifteen years ago a man was jailed for urinating in public" "The man sued" "In the supreme court he won !" "Do you have a lawyer?" "No, not yet" "I´ll take the case" "Honestly" "I was enraged after reading that story" "It´s pure slander" "Have people no basic rights?" "I´d fight this without a retainer" "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 stink" "What´s wrong with the man?" "Talk about something that stinks" "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 think 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´ll say it is!" "OTOKTCHI HI RUTA" "BEWARE OF DOG !" "No dog here?" "Is Mr. Hiruta in?" "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 imagining things" "Even this tiny garden ..." "It has flowers, clouds overhead and birds..." "But now I have other things to see Open it" "Mother made it" "It´s mine to look at until she delivers it tomorrow" "It´s beautiful !" "Even though it´s winter the bride who wears this" "Can imagine herself floating above a garden of flowers" "The wedding is this Sunday" "I hope it won´t rain" "Hiruta´s office on the 5th floor?" "There is no 5th floor" "Appointing you as my legal counsel Details later" "No." "You can´t cancel your recital now" "That scandal was publicity It helped you" "Read these fan letters" "They´re spitting at me!" "To them I´m a disgusting immoral woman" "Anyway, your recital´s a sellout" "I don´t need that kind of popularity I´m no freak!" "That´s all you sing since you got back" "What ails you?" "Read Amour, December issue" "ICHI RO AOYE ART EXHTBTTON" "Hey, Keep moving!" "Stay away from here" "Why should I?" "Why?" "Well, because even though A you may not realize it you´re ridiculing people" "How is that?" "He´s too self-conscious" "It makes him seem guilty" "Dirty logic!" "He´s not a cad like you" "Scathing as ever?" "That painting of mountains is really dynamic" "It may be his masterpiece" "He must have been inspired when he painted it" "When inspired, a person is to fall in love" "Something wrong?" "He´s still out there" "That story is making your show a success" "A girl wanted my autograph" "Love on Two Wheels" "I´m closing the show" "Don´t be so irritable" "I feel I´m on display" "Pity my paintings!" "All they want is more scandal" "No!" "It´s hardly that bad" "Want me to handle the business end?" "It´s an easy job" "Don´t worry!" "J ust give me a cut on any sales I make" "It´s almost Christmas" "Ineed money to buy gifts" "They won´t buy" "If they won´t, too bad" "I´ll take that mountain scene instead 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 in your eyes" "Quit stuffing yourself" "Any min ute you´ll start eating the plate too" "By the way, how´s the lawsuit?" "It´s coming" "Really?" "You gave the case to that crackpot lawyer?" "J ust remember I wouldn´t pay him a retainer" "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" "Since when is she handling the case?" "Her dad can´t be so bad" "You´ve heard of Henry Ford?" "I´m sure you have: the Auto King" "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 fortune 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 pressing 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 in nocent" "Your ruining people is" "Vile and unpardonable" "May I study it?" "He´ll sue to regain 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 plaintiff she couldn´t testify on her own behalf" "Therein lies" "my strategy" "When Miyako Saijo slowly takes the witness stand" "Fighting her tears..." "How could any judge not be moved by it?" "Hey, Asai !" "Call Kataoka´s law office" "Have him drop in here" "Oh, you know Dr. Kataoka, do you?" "He´s our legal adviser" "A Iot of people try to shake us down by threatening to sue" "In court we´ll really shine with this one" "We´ll run a special edition" "Will it sell !" "And now, Since you so kindly brought us good news" "How about a drink?" "Out drinking again !" "You´re barely able to walk!" "Be quiet!" "She just 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 things too" "Mr. Aoye came here today" "He brought me those apples" "He kept telling me what a fine person you are" "But somehow deep down he seemed afraid... afraid you might become evil" "I Know now he feels Lying here with this fever" "I see things so clearly it frightens me" "Father you´ve done something wrong again you´re acting so kind and gentle tonight" "Don´t deny it" "I can tell ." "You seem so sad" "I can sense the feeling welling up inside 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 skunk" "Not even a skunk" "I´m just 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 against being tricked I stared tricking others" "Father, we´ve understand you" "please don´t tire her" "Mother, don´t worry" "Talking makes him feel better" "Yes, Masako is right about me" "U nless a person opens his heart to someone occasionally" "he´ll finally choke to death on it" "Your mother always remains silent" "She never opens up to anyone" "Instead of revealing 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 interrupted myself." "Where was I?" "You tricked others to avoid being tricked" "Yes, now I remember extremely" "Man is an tragic creature" "And so weak" "Being 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 intention of imposing on him" "Then I meet this scoundrel Hori" "What an absolute swine!" "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 using" "to get ahead in this world, Hori uses end the bum gets away with it!" "That´s what makes a true villain" "He´s a horrible monster!" "But as horrible as the monster the villain is" "He finally won me over" "He defeated me" "By the time I saw what had happened it was too late" "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"