"Summer, 1883" "Nagasaki is a town of foreigners." "It's alive with music in the summer festival." "Sing bura-bura." "Free from worries." "What a wonderful, happy life!" "Look!" "That's Nagasaki Harbor." "I can see Aba." "Can I see my home?" "Your parents are thanking you." "You see?" "Sure." "I can see them." "Thanks to you, they can fix their fishing boat and net." "They sold you away, but don't worry." "The Maruyama gay quarters is... a pleasant place, Iike a palace." "A palace?" "Nagasaki is a town of foreigners." "It's alive with music in the summer festival." "Sing..." "Bura-bura..." "Free from worries." "What a wonderful, happy life!" "This bridge is the entrance to Nagasaki." "Teahouse FirefIies." "Watch out." "beautiful!" "FirefIies welcome you." "*welcome to Nagasaki!" "*" "Be careful." "FirefIies..." "Embrace me!" "(Nagasaki Bura-Bura)" "Winter, 1922" "This is Aihachi's samisen." "Madam." "Thank you." "The geisha are here." "We'II hold a big party." "And drive this depression away." "Let's hope so." "Such a big party is rare these days." "Who's the host?" "The master of Yorozuya from Goto." "What?" "It's a race chance for us." "Otomaru, enchant him." "I'II try." "Madam." "He usually holds parties in town." "Why here tonight?" "Don't worry about that." "Good evening, Miss Yonekichi." "hello." "hello, Yonekichi." "Good evening, Madam." "A call for you." "Excuse me." "What are you doing?" "Yonekichi." "What did you do?" "It was your own fault." "Or..." "Do you want me to pick up" "That isn't all." "Here is Maruyama, you must never kick" "apologize!" "It's you who owes me an apology." "Your hair ornament could have hurt my feet." "Enough of your excuses!" "Just apologize!" "This is our territory." "You'd better behave yourself." "The master of the Yorozuya has been our patron." "There are many fine restaurants in town." "Why such a cheap joint?" "I don't appreciate his idea." "We urban geisha are classy." "High grade, unlike you." "well said." "The Maruyama geisha are proud." "We'II accept your challenge." "Come on!" "Mr. Koga!" "welcome." "welcome, Master of the Yorozuya!" "girls!" "Here's the master." "No time to fight." "Yonekichi, show him upstairs." "Master, I'm challenged to fight." "It's a battle of women." "Think it as entertainment." "I won't stop you." "You're like cats and dogs." "If you must fight, do so with your talent." "That's a good idea, master!" "Let's call it a competition of arts of entertainment!" "Yonekichi, what do you say?" "Let's do it!" "You?" "Why not?" "Now let's get ready!" "Prepare for the battle!" "Let's go upstairs!" "Wait." "Let me do it." "Yonekichi, you won!" "Umeji, drink it up." "Namino wins!" "That's boring." "Strip, everybody!" "Take off your sashes!" "Aihachi." "cold water." "Thank you." "He's a real playboy." "He presents an attraction at every festival at his cost." "I hear he scatters money everywhere." "I never believed it." "There's no one like him in Maruyama." "Not so great." "Just like upstart ship-buiIders." "Leave him to the young girls." "You should go home." "Yes, ma'am." "old soldiers should retire." "Miyo!" "Miyo..." "Aihachi's footwear!" "It's begun to snow." "Miss Aihachi." "Why, Oyuki!" "still selling?" "I couldn't sell any today." "I can't go home." "Don't worry." "I'II buy them all." "But I have no cash here." "Better still..." "I'II trade this." "No, it's too expensive." "Never mind." "I won't use it again." "Give it to your mother so she can take it to a pawnshop." "Thank you very much." "Your mother is still working at the Kagetsu Restaurant." "She won't scoId me tonight." "Why don't we spare some flowers for the shrine?" "The deity of this shrine is called *Substitute.*" "When you're in trouble, ask the deity to substitute for you." "I'II relieve you from trouble, too, as far as I can." "I'm always ready to be your substitute." "really?" "Thank you." "Tome, is it ready?" "You came quickly." "Tami." "Yes, in a minute." "Aihachi." "I'm going to Okimi's." "You know..." "Her mother... comes here with Sute." "She loves him?" "See you." "'Bye, Okimi!" "'Bye!" "Here you are." "Buy my *tsujiura!" "* See your fortune in love!" "Good luck or bad luck," "See your fortune in love!" "Your friend?" "Yes, She's motherless." "I'm fatherIess." "Is that so?" "Bring her." "Let's eat together." "You mean it?" "really?" "Sure." "Aihachi!" "It's him!" "Aihachi!" "Mitachiyama, the Great!" "call me that when I get a promotion." "It's been a Iong time." "We'II..." "That's enough." "You're hungry." "What do you Iike to eat?" "Sukiyaki?" "Chanko?" "Anything!" "Then sukiyaki." "Sushi for me." "AII right." "Be my guests." "Come on in!" "So the sumo wrestlers are here." "They're occupying your house." "You cook for them?" "Yes, during the sumo tournament." "Even the authorities respect sumo wrestlers." "She should patronize higher-ranking wrestlers." "only the young and weak nestIe to her." "She lovers such kids." "I'm sorry." "including these girls." "Why don't you join them?" "NO." "Some other time." "Go ahead." "Eat plenty." "Eat." "Thanks!" "Why the tears?" "Poor Tosa!" "You cry for the battleship?" "I pity the Tosa." "It was built only last year." "Not even a year old." "Why should she be destroyed with your own hands?" "And I'm assigned to do it." "I'II have to be merciless." "it must be tough for you." "The United States is to blame." "They pushed the pact on us." "Why the naval reduction?" "Why the unfair rate of tonnage of our battleships?" "england 5." "U.S.A. 5..." "Japan 3." "Why?" "Our diplomats are chicken." "It's time to show our pride." "Sir." "I hear the Tosa will be a target in a torpedo-firing drill." "That's terrible." "We built the world's biggest battleship." "Using the blood and sweat of the people, twenty thousand technicians worked hard day and night." "Many men fell victim." "And finally we made the ship." "Now we're ordered to sink it... to maintain peace in the world." "We can't protest." "Tomorrow is the Tosa's funeral." "It's a wake for the ship." "Let's serve her songs and dances." "Like a party!" "Aihachi, why don't you perform your favorite sumo ceremony?" "Dohyo-iri." "Dohyo-iri?" "Oh, no." "If I were much younger, I couId have done it." "You can't do it?" "It's a pity." "Instead, I'II sing for the Tosa." "I hope it'II console the heart of the ship." "Tosa, you're a good ship but destined to death..." "What moneyIender would want... to fund you with 50,000 yen now?" "I'm worried." "There must be a way." "A banker like you knows it." "Master." "Master!" "The song reminds me of the sea." "A nice voice." "It must be Aihachi." "You're more interested in the geisha's song." "Excuse me." "I tried to help you." "Wait!" "The ship must be glad, too." "Thank you." "shall I do the Dohyo-iri?" "You entertained me enough." "I want to do it." "It's my farewell gift to the battleship Tosa." "please watch it well." "*The Tosa is a good ship but destined to sink...*" "Master." "They're towing the Tosa." "Long ago, foreign ships were towed by tugboats like that when they set sail." "It's sad to look at it." "Did you sing the song for the Tosa extempore?" "Were you at the restaurant last night?" "Did you make it beforehand?" "No, I composed it on the spot." "I forgot how I did it." "It moved me to tears last night." "The Tosa was glad." "I couId do nothing else for the ship." "Your hometown?" "Aba." "So you crossed Himi Pass?" "Forty years ago." "A fisherman's daughter?" "No." "He was a fishmonger." "*Was?" "*" "He's dead." "My younger brother succeeded him." "You were a good girl." "You were a bad boy to your parents." "The way you waste your money is unusual." "It wasn't nice." "You looked crazy when you scattered money." "Was it fun?" "It made me sick." "But I feel fine." "No more worries about money." "You're carefree." "Money makes you greedy." "Money degrades people." "Money doesn't agree with pride or dignity." "I couldn't refuse it." "So I scattered and lost it all." "The Yorozuya lasted for eleven generations, but" "I spent all its money." "Its house, too." "I lost all my estate." "I played a Iot." "I spent a Iot." "You mustn't die." "Your singing voice is soft..." "Very soft like a lullaby." "I met the right person at the right time." "Aihachi." "will you look for old songs of Nagasaki with me?" "Song?" "There were many good old songs in Nagasaki." "But popular songs from Tokyo drove them away." "They were gone." "I want to find and collect them." "It won't win you anything." "No money, no honor." "It won't benefit the country." "If you don't care about that, help me." "*The Yorozuya in Nagasaki Goes Bankrupt!" "*" "Miss Aihachi!" "Come to the Sugimoto at eight tonight." "Miss Aihachi!" "*Big Merchant Goes Bankrupt!" "*" "Oh, no!" "I'm sorry, but..." "Not that one." "Mrs. Koga." "The Yorozuya has a Iong history as the lord's authorized merchant." "Don't you have some valuable works of art?" "please!" "My husband considers these documents as treasures." "please spare them." "Don't confiscate them." "We don't want vaIueIess things." "This is trash." "Thank you." "On a day like this, your husband went out." "Where did he go?" "He's irresponsible enough to go bankrupt." "You're wrong." "He's a great man." "What do you see in him?" "Mr. Koga." "Mr. Koga!" "I read the paper." "Tough luck." "Whose grave?" "Someone who died seven years ago." "Seven years ago?" "Kogoro Ezaki." "You know well." "I memorized it." "He once cleaned up in the stock market." "But he was cheap." "He was my first patron." "Sorry." "So you visit his grave on his memorial day." "It's nice of you." "And you?" "Whose grave?" "I'm not visiting any particular grave." "Then why?" "I memorized the epitaph." "Of somebody famous?" "No." "He was a stranger to you." "Why check his name?" "I want to record the people who lived and died in Nagasaki." "You memorize every grave in this temple?" "Not only here." "AII the graves in Nagasaki." "It's a hard job, isn't it?" "It's a *must.*" "This grave..." "After centuries, it's badly weathered." "Graves can't last forever." "Somebody must record the proof of their existence in this world." "Everybody lives only once." "Proof of existence..." "Mr. Koga." "When will we start seeking songs?" "You told me before." "You want to look for old songs of Nagasaki." "I've been waiting." "I also said..." "It won't bring money, or honor, or make a profit for the nation." "You indulge yourself in such work." "I respect you for that." "You're also eccentric." "Won't you sing again?" "Winter, 1923" "No." "We're busy tonight." "What is it?" "A strange butterfly." "It's astray." "Astray?" "Astray." "If come from the south." "It flew on the wind across the ocean." "Stray butterfly." "You had a Iong trip, all alone." "Where are you going?" "You can never go home now." "Sometimes I think I was a foundling." "Why do I remember it now?" "I heard cicadas when I was abandoned." "Your father?" "Maybe a coal miner from the Takashima mines." "Some miners escape to Aba from time to time." "They can't stand the hard labor at the mines." "Investigated?" "No." "It's only a rumor I heard when I was little." "Is it you, dear?" "You get wet?" "Not much." "would you Iike something cold?" "collecting old songs again?" "Yes." "From Mr. Chen of the Shikairo." "He knew some old songs of foreigners." "There's a rumor." "Jujiro of the Yorozuya is broke." "He lost friends, so... he walks around with an old Maruyama geisha, so they say." "They also say he flirts with her as they collect songs." "Stop seeing him." "It makes me look stupid." "Dear." "please let me leave you." "Why so abruptly?" "Am I bad?" "No, sir!" "You're very nice." "Why, then?" "I'd Iike to be free, clean and independent." "You want to change your patron?" "You prefer Jujiro?" "No!" "I don't mean that!" "Of course not." "He was somebody before, but now he's broke." "please let me be free." "How selfish!" "Too much honesty equals stupidity." "As I observe, he's making use of you." "You should take things more coolly." "No." "Don't try to stop me." "I'm going to leave you." "Aihachi, think of your age." "Geisha girls groom themselves beautifully, drink with their patrons and roam from one restaurant to another... if they're young." "If they grow old, they die miserably on the road." "Like Otomaru." "You can't tell you won't share her fate." "Okimi!" "Okimi!" "Good evening." "What are you doing?" "you're soaking wet." "Are the goods dry?" "No." "They're wet." "I can't sell them anymore." "Never mind." "I'II buy them all." "Take my purse." "It's all yours." "One is enough for me." "Dry the rest of them at home." "Go home and change your clothes." "Go home!" "Miss Aihachi!" "Bad news!" "What is it?" "Omiyo, the maid." "Oyuki's mother?" "She sold the girl to the Kagetsu." "And she run away with the money and her man." "Who?" "One of the male entertainers." "She desperately asked me to buy her daughter." "I paid her 200 yen." "You bought Oyuki for 200 yen?" "It was her lover's idea." "He was my partner, but he betrayed me." "I'm sorry for what he did." "I'm sorry." "Forgive me." "Have mercy!" "please don't make Oyuki a prostitute." "She's pretty." "She'II be a good dancer." "I'II give her lessons to sing and dance." "She has feminine charm unlike any other." "She'II be the best dancer in Maruyama." "I'II leave her to you." "Water her well." "She'II be a tree yielding money." "Hot, isn't it?" "*Bura-bura?" "*" "I recalled a geisha named Yaegiku last night." "My late father patronized her." "Her favorite song was" "*Nagasaki Bura-Bura.*" "Never heard of it." "originally it was called *Chu-Chu* songs." "I don't know." "I don't remember *bura-bura,* either." "She lives in Obama Spa now?" "She moved from town to town." "If she's alive, she's over ninety." "will she be alive?" "Drink tea." "She can't hear well." "I told her what you want." "Thank you." "She's ninety-four." "She's old and sloppy." "Kazue." "Shut up." "I'm scolded again." "Here it is." "*Nagasaki Bura-Bura.*" "Is that it?" "*It's the year of the tiger.*" "*Happy New Year, everybody!" "*" "*let's drink.*" "*Get drunk and be happy.*" "*We have thirteen months this year.*" "*The Russians come by boat to view Shiro island.*" "*Sing bura-bura.*" "This is it!" "congratulations!" "And the melody?" "will you sing?" "Sing *Nagasaki Bura-Bura* for them." "Bura-bura?" "*Sing bura-bura...*" "*Free from worries.*" "*What a wonderful, happy life.*" "*Sing bura-bura...*" "Sing bura-bura." "Free from worries." "What a wonderful, happy life!" "Sing bura-bura..." "Free from worries." "What a wonderful, happy life!" "That's it!" "Nagasaki is a town of foreigners." "It's alive with music in the summer festival." "Sing bura-bura..." "Free from worries." "What a wonderful, happy life!" "You knew it." "Songs are strange." "Like invisible spirits or souls." "The bura-bura song in the air, timely blows into our hearts." "When we blow them out, they enter somebody else." "So they move from heart to heart like that." "Thanks to the bura-bura song." "I couId regain myself as a child." "The man who took me to Nagasaki must be dead." "But his song remained in my heart." "I'm happy." "I couId be of use to you." "Aihachi, you're hopelessly stupid." "I'm a man." "I understand how you feel." "But if I take you, we'II lose purity of heart." "Forgive me." "Aihachi." "Why don't we stop seeking songs?" "We collected a hundred songs in two years." "I don't think we'II find anything better than the bura-bura song." "But..." "I'd Iike to see you sometime." "I can't afford going to restaurants with a geisha." "I'm broke." "I can't take care of you." "These two years..." "It was like a pleasant dream." "I was happy too." "At least tonight..." "please hold me in your arms." "AII right." "Come over here." "You're warm." "Aihachi." "You helped me a Iot this time." "I can't pay for it." "Here's my humble gift for you." "The verse of a song." "If you have the time, compose music for it." "*Beach Song*" "Showa Period Begins" "Coronation of Emperor Hirohito" "general Chang TsoIin" "Assassination of Chang TsoIin" "Depression in the late 1920s" "Summer, 1930" "Do it again." "She's a butterfly now." "Thanks to Aihachi." "She can work as a dancer." "Oyuki, what's the matter?" "Oyuki!" "Get a doctor!" "The doctor said she's suffering from TB." "TB?" "!" "I'II look for Miyo." "She'II take care of her." "She wouldn't." "She's her mother." "She sold her and ran away with her lover." "Forget her." "Even though TB is contagious, don't keep her in the shed." "HospitaIize her." "It's not so easy." "What do you think it wouId cost?" "Five yen a day." "You can have all my earnings." "Tips, too." "You don't earn a Iot now." "Think of your age." "Not enough." "I appreciate your kind offer, of course." "Somebody will give me money." "My patron." "Your patron?" "You mean Kobei?" "You already got your alimony." "No." "Strange." "Kobei gave you an alimony." "He told me that personally." "A man named Yosaji Matsuo came from Aba." "He said he's Aihachi's brother." "He wanted me to give him money for her alimony." "He said she wanted it." "I asked if Aihachi knew what he was doing." "He said, *Of course.*" "*She gave up her alimony once.*" "*So she can't ask for it now." "She's ashamed of herself.*" "*She asked me to negotiate with you* *for some money as an alimony.*" "That's what he said." "And what did you give him?" "Three hundred yen." "So much money?" "!" "Aihachi." "You really didn't know?" "I knew nothing about it." "You were very generous." "I'm sorry I didn't thank you for your kindness." "You want me?" "What do I want?" "You know the answer." "What is it?" "If you want the money back, it's no." "I spent all of it to clear my gambling debt." "Aren't you ashamed of yourself?" "You want me to apologize?" "Sorry." "You sold our father's house, too." "It didn't belong to you alone." "You gave it away without my consent." "Aihachi." "You aren't entitled to that house." "What are you saying?" "I'm your sister." "I'II tell you." "My parents weren't yours." "You were a foundling." "What?" "A miner from Takashima left you at the temple." "My mother found you." "I couldn't make money otherwise." "My daughter was still just a kid, so I couldn't sell her." "I was at my wit's end." "I'II never be back again." "Sis!" "*No Visitors*" "Aihachi." "Okimi was waiting for you a Iong time." "Okimi?" "Her father went in debt again." "She was sent to Sasebo." "Sasebo?" "I have a question to ask her." "My mom left home abandoning me when I was a baby." "Isn't Aihachi my mom?" "Why think so?" "If she were a stranger, why should she be so kind to me?" "I always wondered." "Didn't she leave a child long ago?" "Don't I Iook like her?" "I couldn't answer." "I cried." "Aihachi, maybe it's not too late." "Go to the port and see Okimi." "Lie to her." "Say you're her mother." "But, I..." "please!" "Go see her." "See Okimi!" "Who is it?" "Who's there?" "Aihachi." "Oh." "Any message for me?" "still using a kerosene lamp?" "electricity stopped." "I forgot to pay." "It's Tome's compliments." "really?" "Come to the Kagetsu at seven tonight." "Don't be late." "That's a message from the Madam." "Be sure." "*Pawn*" "Here are your black formal kimono and silk sash." "Footwear, too." "These tabi are beautiful." "They have hooks of pure gold." "No one sees them." "Hidden luxury." "That's a Maruyama geisha." "only pawn brokers know." "Aihachi." "Good evening." "Oh, you got a date?" "You don't look well." "How's business?" "What's that?" "Keep your kimono at your uncle's?" "I'm in a hurry." "Excuse me." "Poor woman!" "The end of a popular geisha." "well?" "Say something." "Laugh at her." "She's been your rival." "They say that a young dancer is suffering from TB." "Aihachi secretly pays her hospital expenses and all." "I can't be so generous." "Good evening." "The guest tonight is from Tokyo." "A famous poet named Yaso Saijo." "If he wants you to sing, sing, *Make Love to Me.*" "I don't know." "I fell in love with you..." "*Tokyo March* will do." "The tree-Iined Ginza..." "I heard it once, but..." "How about *Okichi?" "*" "Forget it." "May we come in?" "Geisha Aihachi and Umeji." "welcome!" "Take your seats." "I'm Saijo." "I asked for the best singer here." "The Madam recommended you." "will you sing for us?" "You can sing his popular songs." "*Make Love to Me* and *Okichi.*" "A good chance." "Ask for his personal lesson." "No." "I prefer local songs." "A song of Nagasaki, maybe." "certainly." "The seventh year of Kaei." "It's a year of the tiger." "Happy New Year, everybody!" "Drink it up in celebration." "Get drunk on New Year's Day!" "What a wonderful, happy life!" "We have thirteen months this year." "The Lord of Hizen is away to Edo." "To enjoy the view of Shiro island," "The Russians come by boat and sing bura-bura." "Nagasaki bura-bura." "What a wonderful happy life!" "Summer, 1931" "Geisha Aihachi of the *Nagasaki Bura-Bura* fame is back here in Sasebo!" "Aihachi is back!" "Okimi must be here in Sasebo." "Excuse me." "Is a girl named Okimi here?" "No." "girls don't use their real names here." "I don't know what she's called." "Then forget it." "May I see the master here?" "Shut up!" "What are you saying?" "I didn't came all the way from Nagasaki for nothing." "Young guys lack manners nowadays." "Damn old bag!" "Looking for trouble?" "What's the fuss?" "What about Okimi?" "You're..." "Oh, no!" "Sumo wrestler!" "Mitachiyama!" "How did you know my whereabouts?" "How?" "Don't make me run." "I'm suffering from heart trouble." "Forgive me." "I'm depraved." "Forget it." "I missed you." "Your name disappeared from the list of sumo wrestlers." "You stopped visiting me." "I've been worried." "I couldn't see you again." "How did you find me?" "Fate is strange." "I came to meet Okimi, but unexpectedly I find you." "Where's Okimi?" "She isn't here." "Where?" "She was sent to Shanghai last month." "Shanghai?" "Too late." "Aihachi." "She thinks I'm her real mother." "She believes it." "I never had a child of my own." "So when I heard that she thought I was her mother," "I was very glad." "I was moved to tears." "I wanted to hold her in my arms as if I were her mother." "I couId have done that at Ieast." "Let me help you this time." "As a token of my apology, I'II get her back." "*History of Nagasaki.*" "Did he write it by himself?" "I told him to give it to you personally, but he sent me here." "Thank you for coming a Iong way." "Here's something else for you." "A record company in Tokyo sent this to us the other day." "With a *dog* mark?" "Yes." "The trademark of a dog." "They sent us money." "Two hundred yen." "It's for the Iyrics of *Beach Song* coupled with *Nagasaki Bura-Bura.*" "Koga was credited." "Is that so?" "He appreciated it very much, but he said he gave you the song, so the money is yours." "No, I can't take it." "I see." "He also said, *I know her character." "She'II refuse it." "*Then say this:" "*'You can spend it not for yourself, but for somebody else.'*" "You agree?" "How could he..." "He can see through me." "He said he knows everything about you." "He's proud of it." "He beats me." "Like understands like." "*Like...*" "He's never said that about me." "You can return to your husband," "But I'm left here... alone." "Oyuki has fully recovered." "The credit goes to you, but..." "You want me not to say that you paid her hospital expenses." "She doesn't know the truth." "My conscience aches." "You chose *Beach Song* for her dance debut?" "I'II have to find a patron who'II pay her debut." "It'II cost a Iot, as you know." "Here's two hundred yen." "please make her debut perfect with this money." "Who gave you this?" "The man who wrote the song." "Mr. Koga?" "I'm his messenger." "I must thank him." "Aihachi!" "Yes?" "Excuse me." "Come to the Kagetsu tomorrow afternoon at one." "formal wear." "formal wear." "formal?" "The Madam of the Kagetsu invited Mr. Koga." "Oyuki will attend, too." "Good night." "Mr. Koga..." "He'II come to see me." "I can't." "I shouldn't meet him." "But..." "Dear Mr. Koga," "Thank you very much." "Thanks to your *Beach Song,*" "Oyuki can make a nice debut as a geisha." "Her geisha name will be Yukichiyo." "She's my..." "Tome!" "Mitachiyama!" "Not anymore." "You remember her?" "Okimi!" "Forgot me?" "Tami!" "Tome, the hotchpotch man." "You went to Shanghai." "Tome!" "Forget it." "Aihachi wanted me to get her back." "We're going to see her at the Kagetsu." "That's nice." "A token of my apology." "Okimi, welcome back!" "Aihachi will be glad." "congratulations!" "Mr. Koga!" "welcome back!" "How are you?" "It's been a Iong time." "I can't thank you enough for your kindness." "Come in." "Mr. Koga has come, but she's late again." "She's a problem." "Umeji?" "How beautiful!" "You know her?" "Aihachi's close friend." "I have some business." "Aihachi will be coming soon." "Wait her for her." "You have something to ask her." "Yes." "You must stop making trouble." "If you're late, the Madam will blame me for it." "Don't do it at a time like this." "Dress up." "I'II help you." "My formal wear is in the pawnshop." "Your record sold a Iot." "Your bills have wings." "They fly away quickly." "You pity poor people and give them your money." "As I observe, you're the most pitiable woman." "Let's go to the pawnshop and get your kimono." "AII right." "Let go of me." "It's been years since you last saw Mr. Koga." "I won't go to the Kagetsu, but to the shrine." "Don't be stubborn." "I know." "You love Mr. Koga..." "More than anybody else." "Him, too." "Listen." "Once you decide you won't see somebody, never see him again." "Even if he wants to see you?" "Yukichiyo will see him for me." "So what?" "It won't help." "Yukichiyo is my substitute." "Nonsense!" "She'II understand." "Mr. Koga will understand." "I'II be in Yukichiyo." "He'II see me in her." "That's the best." "I call myself Yukichiyo." "Mr. Koga..." "You extended your special kindness to me, as I became a dancer." "I appreciate it very much." "Thank you." "So you're Yukichiyo." "Good luck." "Thank you." "This girl proves my existence in this world." "Look at her well." "She's like a peony blossom." "I want you..." "I want you..." "Mr. Koga..." "I want you!" "FirefIies..." "FirefIies..." "FirefIies..." "Embrace me!" "Aihachi's grave is in Nagasaki." "flowers are there all the time."