"Portrait of Madame Yuki" "Shintoho Company Takimura Productions" "Produced by Kazuo Takimura" "From the novel by Seiichi Funabashi" "Scenario:" "Yoshikata Yoda Kazuo Funabashi" "Photography:" "Joli Ohara" "Art director:" "Hiroshi Mizutani Music:" "Fumio Hayasaka" "Ken Uehara Michiyo Kogure" "Yuriko Hamada Yoshiko Kuga" "Eijiro Yanagi So Yamamura" "Shizue NatsukaWa Kumeko Urabe" "Directed by Kenji Mizoguchi" "Ata mi!" "Ata mi!" "You must be tired from the train." "Hamako, this is Seitaro." "He helps us at the house." "Pleased to meet you." "I'm going ahead of you." "I accepted your offer despite my inexperience." "Madame Yuki is very happy." "What's wrong?" "I'm just worried just thinking about meeting her." "In fact, she's away." "The day before yesterday there was a call from Tokyo." "Her father had an attack." "He's very old." "Hamako..." "Go take a bath." "It'll make you feel better." "Seiichi, show her where it is." "Come this way." "Thank you very much." "It's beautiful." "There's nothing like it in the country." "Take your bath." "The water's nice and hot." "Does Mme Yuki bathe here too?" "Yes." "Do you like Mme Yuki?" "I'd like to serve her." "She's very nice." "Finally I'm near her." "Such a thing was never permitted formerly." "Her father was the Viscount of Shina no, chief of our region." "Her name suggests she was born from the snow of the Shinano mountains." "How beautiful she is." "When I was in school, she got married." "All women are destined to marry." "But I was sad when I heard she was getting married." "That was the first time I saw her." "O how beautiful!" "O her face!" "This is madame's bedroom." "It smells good." "That's her incense." "Is has the same smell." "Even deprived of her title of nobility, she must be happy to live here." "You're mistaken." "She's not happy?" "Her husband keeps a Woman in Kyoto." "A cabaret singer." "He's debauched." "He doesn't come home?" "Yes, from time to time." "One night or two." "Don't say I told you." "The truth is she's in love with someone." "I was looking for you..." "You have to go to Tokyo." "Her father died this morning." "Sorry, but you have to go right away for the mourning clothes." "Where do I go?" "You're not going alone." "You'll find Professor Kikunaka at his lake-shore hotel." "I'll forewarn him." "You'll go with him to Tokyo." "He's the man I was telling you about." "Is that you, Hamako?" "I'm Kikunaka." "Let's go." "You're just coming from Shina no." "I often went to Mme Yuki's house with her husband." "So you knew the Yukis?" "I used to work for them." "When she was a child," "I took her to school, horse riding, tennis." "I was in her service." "I thought..." "What?" "That you were an actor." "Me, an actor?" "This is the first time anyone took me for an actor." "What do you do in life?" "I teach koto." "My father was a virtuoso koto player." "Contrary to my father," "I try to introduce western music" "And your wife?" "I'm not married." "So in that hotel..." "I'm alone." "After my courses in Tokyo, I go to the hotel." "I don't like life in Tokyo." "Take good care of Mme Yuki." "She's unhappy." "Go that way." "How can you dare decide without consulting the heir?" "According to the will..." "I'm the heir." "And you're the mistresses of my father-in-law." "Don't talk so loud." "Enough!" "What does Yuki say about it?" "It's for her to decide." "Yuki!" "What's going on?" "It's about... the inheritance." "You know about it." "He was suckered in by con-artists." "He invested in cosmetics and hotels." "Nothing worked." "His house, his land, everything was mortgaged and seized." "This land, his stocks, his property, it all went for taxes." "What's left to him is this house, the house in Atami, and a few antiques." "He wants to handle the liquidation all by himself." "Since he got here, he's screamed at everyone." "Yuki, hurry up." "You..., don't meddle in our affairs." "You're the sole heir." "You must not listen to the others." "You may go." "I ignore them all." "That's not possible." "You're plotting something." "You want me to fall." "You want to use this occasion to break the feudal bond that unites us." "Separate from me if you can." "Can you?" "Shame on you." "Your father's just died." "You'll beg me not to leave you." "I know you well." "My sincere condolences for your father's decease." "Thank you." "Hamako, Madame's calling for you." "In the pavilion." "Excuse me." "I'm Hamako." "You arrived this morning?" "You must be tired." "No." "I've brought you your clothes." "Thank you." "Have a glass." "Come on." "Obey as the Master says." "No, not this evening." "Is this what democracy is?" "Everyone behaves as they like!" "You do that very well." "You think so?" "Where did you learn how?" "When I worked at the station, I took a massage course." "What's become of the house I was born in?" "Government offices." "Really?" "You're already in bed?" "Pardon, I felt tired." "Hama, put away the futons." "No, leave them as they are." "I'm going to lie down too." "This is the new maid from the house in Atami." "My name is Hama." "Okay." "Bring me a glass of water." "No, stop!" "Stop." "This is not a day like others." "In front of the dead..." "I'm your husband." "There's no reason to be embarrassed." "Excuse me." "It's your water." "Come in." "Bring it here." "Fold Madame's kimono." "Here." "Do it here." "She really has to take notice." "Otherwise it's awkward for us." "Her husband is so unreasonable." "To dare to do that... in front of a young girl." "I can't understand Madame's behavior." "She lets her husband treat her like a pleasure girl." "There are limits to submission." "You again!" "You shouldn't hide and listen." "Go away." "I've made you wait." "Good morning." "Sorry to have made you come." "What's worrying you?" "What can I do?" "About the inheritance..." "Nothing remains to my husband and me, except this house." "The Shinano family is ruined." "I see." "Transform... this house into an inn." "An inn?" "You'll be the boss." "Would I be capable?" "Of course." "An elegant inn." "For a distinguished clientele." "I'll come live here, regularly, and give you a hand." "That will distract you." "You've had lots of guests before." "It'll be the same thing." "That would interest me." "What will my husband think?" "It's so you can stand up against him." "You have to be able to make money, to be independent." "You're suffering." "Your marriage was a mistake." "A marriage without feeling." "I know that in that era, one couldn't do otherwise." "The night of the wake," "What happened between Madame and her husband?" "Don't ask me that kind of question." "I don't know anything." "You're lying." "No!" "What are the professor and Madame talking about?" "I've no idea." "Strange is the love between a man and a woman." "My husband will never accept our divorce." "Why not insist, if you really want it?" "I'm not capable of doing that." "I know I shouldn't be like that." "Despite my feelings, my body accepts, against me, my husband's love." "A demon lives in the female body." "Each time I see him, the demon dominates me." "My husband knows it very well." "I hate him." "Or rather," "I hate my inner weakness." "Why was I born a woman?" "You have to be more rational." "You have to be firm." "What news!" "What?" "An inn's opening here." "An inn?" "Yes, so that Madame will be ready to leave her husband." "You've been listening in again on them." "Utsubo Inn" "5 beers." "2 packs of cigarettes." "You recommended them." "We expected clients more refined." "Sorry." "They're executives in a big company." "All they talk about are geishas and hostesses they visit." "Such talk!" "What's wrong?" "They're disgusting!" "3 sakes." "3." "Look!" "They're so dirty!" "It's no fun keeping an inn." "I was against it." "Look, Hama." "Shall I help you?" "Don't bother." "Hey... the vase has disappeared." "It's true." "Hama, go catch them." "They'll be at the station." "Let it go." "But Madame..." "We'll pay attention in the future." "I'll ask Masaya to reimburse us." "A telegram." "My husband's coming back." "Now?" "He'll have friends with him." "On the last train?" "There's not much time left." "Madame, what news." "He's with the lady from Kyoto." "In fact, it makes a beautiful inn." "Where is Yuki?" "One can see it was the Shinano family villa." "I'll bring you here when you want." "Welcome." "Where's Yuki?" "She's here." "In the pavilion?" "There is for the customers." "Where's her room?" "The old living room in back." "She's content with little." "I'm tired." "The Kokin room." "What a refined name." "Yuki has good taste." "She loves classical literature." "The bath is ready." "Are you taking one?" "No, you first." "Let's go, Aya ko?" "Welcome." "It's nice here." "Prepare us something good to eat." "And whisky and beer." "Understand?" "He goes too far, bringing his mistress here." "It's really too much." "Poor woman!" "This will end badly." "Madame won't stay silent." "They'll be a fight." "She's not bad, this woman from Kyoto." "You talk too much." "I have a desire to keep an inn like this." "You desire lots of things." "The other day you wanted to be an actress." "It's nice here." "I like it." "Let me take charge of it." "But it's Yuki's house." "That must be hard for your wife." "A daughter of nobles is not made for business." "She won't be able to go on." "Whereas I will do it best." "I'll find good customers." "You'll be my advisor." "Ayako has business sense." "It's a good idea." "Why doesn't Yuki come?" "What's going on?" "She has a migraine." "She asks pardon." "Is she in bed?" "No..." "Let her alone, if she doesn't want to come." "Tell me." "Where is she?" "In the pavilion." "Really?" "You're here." "You're not sick." "Why's he here?" "He's one of our clients." "You don't greet your husband's friends because of a migraine." "Say hello." "What are you doing?" "Madame, come here, please." "It's me, Ayako." "Enchanted to meet you." "I" "Thanks for your hospitality." "My name's Tatsuoka." "Pleased to me you." "I serve you." "Not you." "Are you drinking, Madame?" "We'll have a very good time." "You'll stay with us." "Quick." "Empty your glass." "Don't be embarrassed." "I know everything." "Let's drink." "One would say two sisters." "That's true." "Tonight everyone will sleep together." "Good idea!" "Isn't it, Madame?" "Hama," "tonight you'll sleep in my room." "To confront this encounter," "I was very tense." "Fatigue overcame me." "You have to go sleep." "You should take care of your wife." "She's so beautiful." "Good night." "You're awake at this hour." "You too, What are you doing?" "Madame disappeared." "She's in Master's room." "Really?" "I went out to close the gate, and I saw her going into Master's room." "I feared murder." "I went to watch at the door." "I heard Madame's voice repeating:" ""Don't leave me!" "Don't leave me!"" "She's badly treated, but she begs her husband." "Still, despite all that's happened, she's very in love with her husband." "Good bye, Madame." "Good morning." "Your husband's left?" "Did you speak to him?" "About what?" "About what we talked a bout yesterday." "What did your husband say?" "I am defeated." "I'm going to Tokyo today." "When will you be back?" "I don't know at the moment." "You're leaving right away?" "I have to stop at the lake hotel to get some things." "I'll come with you." "I'd like to admire the lake." "What can I do?" "I need help." "That's what I'm here for." "Not you." "Someone who'll free me from my husband." "That's not a solution." "You'll suffer just as much." "You mustn't count on others to escape." "Only will power counts:" "Determination." "Do you understand me?" "I know..." "I know." "But..." "Be courageous." "I'd like to die here all alone." "Don't be silly." "I'll go to Kyoto." "You'll congratulate me when I come back." "That's enough." "We're wasting our time." "You'll end up asking me not to leave you." "There's no use continuing." "I'm decided this time." "Give me my release." "Don't be stupid." "Let's drink." "That's enough." "No!" "Drink." "You don't come often to Kyoto." "Come in." "Yuki, the belles are here." "Come here." "Have a glass." "I've just had a phone call." "Madame Yuki's had an accident in Kyoto." "You have to go there." "It wasn't an accident." "She took too many sleeping pills." "How is she?" "Getting better." "The doctor left." "What an event!" "Is her husband here?" "He went with the doctor." "When she arrived, things didn't go well." "They fought." "Then it calmed down." "I thought it'd be okay." "What a time!" "Madame Yuki." "Why did I wake up?" "I wanted to go on sleeping." "Forever." "That'd be fine for you." "But what'd become of your entourage who count on you?" "It's your fault." "You got me into this state." "Some joke!" "It's cowardly to blame me." "Am I a coward?" "Don't say something so sad." "I've suffered so much." "You think only of fleeing." "You don't want to struggle." "If I were strong, I wouldn't suffer so much." "How can I get rid of the evil living in my body?" "Don't think like that." "You're human." "Have faith in yourself." "What should I do?" "You have to be strong." "I can't." "It's true." "Believe me." "I can't behave differently." "I wanted to suppress my body." "You're the weak one." "You order me to do what I can't do." "And you..." "I don't have confidence in you anymore." "Welcome." "Consider that I no longer exist." "Go back to Kyoto." "But I can't anymore." "I've too many debts there." "I want to entrust Ayako with the direction of this inn." "You'll agree." "I say nothing." "Don't come near me." "Me, I love you, as always." "Me, I hate you." "You're a beast." "Then you're a demon." "A demon of the snow" "I suffer not knowing how to possess you." "You're entranced" "When I see you." "You're satisfied." "Then I think you're mine." "To the contrary, you're already elsewhere with your smile." "At the bottom of your heart, you mock me." "If only I were that strong!" "God has foreseen everything." "A woman like you will be punished." "I'll teach you again how guilty you are." "Don't touch me." "Don't come near me." "Is this woman from Kyoto going to run the inn?" "Probably." "That's not acceptable!" "Nothing we can do about it." "He's trampling on all of us." "He takes all the money." "What will become of Madame?" "She'll leave the house." "I don't accept that." "It's Madame who got us into this situation." "How?" "Ask Master." "What are you doing?" "Who's there?" "I'll kill you." "Don't let him escape." "That's enough." "Go back to your rooms." "Go to bed." "You were involved with that kid." "You wanted to kill me." "Some woman!" "Who's the father?" "Masaya or that kid?" "What are you talking about?" "!" "Don't play innocent." "The doctor told me you're pregnant." "You wanted to kill yourself." "I'm pregnant?" "!" "The doctor said that?" "You didn't know?" "I didn't know." "Who is it?" "Say his name." "Who could it be but you?" "Liar!" "That's the truth." "I don't lie." "I can't believe it." "Think what you want." "So?" "She's not talking." "Is it my child?" "You're always like this." "There's no proof." "As long as she doesn't confess," "I can't get rid of her." "Tomorrow I'm going for Ayako." "You will convince Yuki about the direction of the inn." "I understand." "Have you agreed to the Kyoto woman taking over the inn?" "There's nothing to do." "Nothing to do?" "There are limits." "I'm at my wit's end." "I've no strength left to resist." "Ask the Professor for advice." "Do it." "I can't see him anymore." "Why not?" "I'm ashamed." "Is a woman destined to carry such a sin?" "How can I say I'm pregnant by this man I detest!" "Don't make fun of me." "I'm expecting a child." "You're pregnant?" "Can you leave for a few moments?" "Madame," "I understand you." "Madame, tell me the truth." "Tell me what you want to do." "I understand your situation very well." "Your husband's attitude toward you... is unsupportable for us all." "By the way," "I think his name is Masaya." "Don't speak of him." "He doesn't know any of this." "He'll be annoyed." "Don't you fell discomforted?" "Madame, be courageous." "No one will reproach you if you leave with your lover." "I don't want to see him." "I'd rather die than see him." "Master doesn't want to believe that Madame says." "Help her." "You're the only one Who can save here." "She's waiting for your help." "Now that she's pregnant, she must go back to her husband." "You're lying." "You're betraying your own feelings." "Madame will be disappointed by your words." "One can find a solution for the child." "Why are you meddling?" "We handle our own affairs." "Let us alone." "Madame shouldn't worry." "I give you back your husband." "You'll both be maintained." "You too, understand?" "From now on, I'm the boss." "If you're not happy, you can just leave." "I have been in service a long time." "I refuse to obey you." "I do not know you." "What did you say?" "Say it again." "I'll repeat it." "Kin!" "The Professor is here." "Masaya?" "He wants to see Master," "Where is he?" "The pavilion?" "Madame, your lover's here." "Love your wife." "Really love her." "Make her happy." "That's all I ask of you." "I refuse to talk with a drunken man." "Come back when you're sober." "I didn't dare come see you without the help of alcohol." "But" "What I'm asking comes from my heart in all frankness." "Get out of here." "Don't see my wife again." "Understand?" "Tatsuoka, take him home." "In such a state, it's impossible." "So let him sleep here." "Come on, you're going to bed." "Madame," "Master's waiting for you." "Go to him." "You're man and wife, finally." "It's you!" "Masaya!" "So that's it." "So then you a re..." "It's not true." "It's not true." "Don't take Yuki away from me." "I beg you." "Ayako," "I'll leave direction of the inn With my wife." "You'll go back to Kyoto." "Don't joke." "As you know, the house is registered in my name." "Be reasonable." "The house is mine." "But we'll take care of you, you and your wife." "You should be happy." "You're fucking me over, after all I've done for you." "Don't be violent." "Calm down." "I should explain my relations with her" "and ask your consent." "In any case, the house is in Ayako's name." "That is, it's practically mine." "I took the trouble to satisfy your demands." "It's normal that I receive this house." "He's right." "So I'm taking it." "Let's verify the account books." "You're quite early." "I wanted to see the lake at dawn." "The Professor's not with you?" "Make yourself comfortable." "I'll bring you a cup of tea." "Yes, this is the Utsubo Inn." "Master!" "Madame has..." "She threw herself into the lake." "Madame Yuki, woman without courage." "Without courage." "Without courage."