1 00:02:14,885 --> 00:02:19,372 Japan, 1904. The outskirts of Nagasaki. 2 00:02:48,335 --> 00:02:51,279 The ceilings and walls... 3 00:02:51,547 --> 00:02:55,132 ...all slide, giving the house... 4 00:02:55,133 --> 00:03:00,705 ...a different look, depending on your mood. 5 00:03:01,807 --> 00:03:04,058 Where's the love nest? 6 00:03:04,059 --> 00:03:06,544 Here, or there. 7 00:03:09,314 --> 00:03:14,386 Like a false-bottomed box! The living room? 8 00:03:14,987 --> 00:03:17,180 Outdoors? 9 00:03:22,619 --> 00:03:25,605 A sliding screen. 10 00:03:29,501 --> 00:03:32,879 I see. 11 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:35,339 -And this one-- -On runners. 12 00:03:35,340 --> 00:03:38,217 It's a house of cards. 13 00:03:38,218 --> 00:03:41,470 Solid as a fortress... 14 00:03:41,471 --> 00:03:44,708 ...from top to bottom. 15 00:03:44,766 --> 00:03:47,752 It would fold in the breeze. 16 00:04:04,953 --> 00:04:08,956 This is the maid... 17 00:04:08,957 --> 00:04:13,945 ...your bride's loving servant. 18 00:04:15,839 --> 00:04:18,617 The cook. 19 00:04:18,717 --> 00:04:21,427 The butler. 20 00:04:21,428 --> 00:04:25,097 They feel unworthy of such an honour. 21 00:04:25,098 --> 00:04:27,000 Their names? 22 00:04:27,267 --> 00:04:31,546 Miss Delicate Cloud. 23 00:04:32,814 --> 00:04:36,426 Light of Dawn. 24 00:04:36,902 --> 00:04:41,139 Breath of Scent. 25 00:04:53,877 --> 00:04:56,045 His Honour smiles? 26 00:04:56,046 --> 00:05:01,660 As the wise Okunama said, "A smile can banish care... 27 00:05:06,682 --> 00:05:10,268 ...release the oyster's pearl... 28 00:05:10,269 --> 00:05:15,773 ...and open Heaven's gate. 29 00:05:15,774 --> 00:05:20,887 A smile is the perfume of the gods, the fountain of youth." 30 00:05:31,790 --> 00:05:37,237 How that woman chatters. 31 00:05:39,131 --> 00:05:41,549 What are you looking for? 32 00:05:41,550 --> 00:05:44,995 Your bride. 33 00:05:47,806 --> 00:05:50,709 Is everything ready? 34 00:05:50,767 --> 00:05:54,212 You're a gem of a matchmaker. 35 00:06:04,489 --> 00:06:06,657 The guest list: 36 00:06:06,658 --> 00:06:09,577 the registry official... 37 00:06:09,578 --> 00:06:12,914 ...her family, your consul... 38 00:06:12,915 --> 00:06:15,082 ...and, of course, your bride. 39 00:06:15,083 --> 00:06:19,112 Once the contract's signed, the marriage is done. 40 00:06:20,339 --> 00:06:22,507 Does she have a large family? 41 00:06:22,508 --> 00:06:26,411 The mother, the grandmother, her uncle the priest-- 42 00:06:26,553 --> 00:06:30,097 --who won't honour us by his presence-- 43 00:06:30,098 --> 00:06:32,808 --the cousins... 44 00:06:32,809 --> 00:06:34,936 ...the in-laws and their families. 45 00:06:34,937 --> 00:06:39,674 Let's say a couple dozen. 46 00:06:42,236 --> 00:06:44,779 As for descendants... 47 00:06:44,780 --> 00:06:49,283 ...that depends on Your Honour... 48 00:06:49,284 --> 00:06:53,021 ...and the beautiful Butterfly. 49 00:06:53,247 --> 00:06:56,999 You're a gem of a matchmaker. 50 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:01,321 I'm sweating like a mountain climber. 51 00:07:03,674 --> 00:07:05,800 It's the consul. 52 00:07:05,801 --> 00:07:10,221 Oh, the climb! I'm exhausted! 53 00:07:10,222 --> 00:07:12,666 Welcome. 54 00:07:14,852 --> 00:07:18,771 Quick, Goro, something to drink. 55 00:07:18,772 --> 00:07:21,383 -So high! -But so beautiful! 56 00:07:26,947 --> 00:07:29,849 Nagasaki, the sea... 57 00:07:30,367 --> 00:07:32,894 ...the port. 58 00:07:36,331 --> 00:07:39,917 And a house I can change with a wave of a wand. 59 00:07:39,918 --> 00:07:40,960 It's yours? 60 00:07:40,961 --> 00:07:46,074 I've leased it for 999 years... 61 00:07:47,467 --> 00:07:52,330 ...but I can still back out anytime. 62 00:07:52,764 --> 00:07:55,667 In this country... 63 00:07:56,351 --> 00:07:59,713 ...houses and contracts are flexible. 64 00:08:00,856 --> 00:08:03,232 A man of the world manages. 65 00:08:03,233 --> 00:08:05,218 Of course! 66 00:08:28,008 --> 00:08:31,636 Around the world... 67 00:08:31,637 --> 00:08:35,097 ...the roving Yankee... 68 00:08:35,098 --> 00:08:38,851 ...mixes business and pleasure. 69 00:08:38,852 --> 00:08:42,672 He laughs at risk... 70 00:08:46,235 --> 00:08:51,514 ...weighs anchor wherever-- 71 00:08:59,331 --> 00:09:02,150 Care for a drink? 72 00:09:08,173 --> 00:09:13,453 --wherever he happens to be. 73 00:09:16,431 --> 00:09:19,559 Until one day a storm... 74 00:09:19,560 --> 00:09:25,924 ...tangles his sails and rigging. 75 00:09:30,737 --> 00:09:33,948 Life's not worth living... 76 00:09:33,949 --> 00:09:39,104 ...unless he can pick the flowers on every shore... 77 00:09:40,247 --> 00:09:44,401 That's an easy philosophy. 78 00:09:44,459 --> 00:09:49,531 ...and love a girl in every port. 79 00:09:49,840 --> 00:09:53,618 An easy philosophy... 80 00:09:53,844 --> 00:09:58,347 ...that makes life a delight... 81 00:09:58,348 --> 00:10:03,044 ...but leaves the heart cold. 82 00:10:07,858 --> 00:10:12,028 lf he's rejected... 83 00:10:12,029 --> 00:10:15,573 ...he plunges right in again... 84 00:10:15,574 --> 00:10:19,285 ...and finds somewhere else... 85 00:10:19,286 --> 00:10:22,497 ...to pursue the good life. 86 00:10:22,498 --> 00:10:26,834 And so I'll marry by Japanese law... 87 00:10:26,835 --> 00:10:32,073 ...for 999 years... 88 00:10:33,300 --> 00:10:37,803 ...and I can still back out anytime. 89 00:10:37,804 --> 00:10:42,417 An easy philosophy. 90 00:10:48,357 --> 00:10:52,928 "America forever!" 91 00:11:07,209 --> 00:11:09,861 Is the bride pretty? 92 00:11:10,921 --> 00:11:15,200 Like a garland of fresh flowers. 93 00:11:15,717 --> 00:11:21,122 A beam of golden starlight. 94 00:11:21,765 --> 00:11:25,293 For nothing! Only 100 yen. 95 00:11:25,644 --> 00:11:29,605 lf Your Grace is so inclined... 96 00:11:29,606 --> 00:11:32,775 ...I have a fine selection. 97 00:11:32,776 --> 00:11:35,178 Go bring her in, Goro. 98 00:11:56,133 --> 00:11:58,676 What's gotten into you? 99 00:11:58,677 --> 00:12:02,581 Are you really in love? 100 00:12:02,848 --> 00:12:06,459 Who knows? 101 00:12:06,977 --> 00:12:12,340 Either in love or insane. 102 00:12:13,192 --> 00:12:17,528 It may be just an infatuation. 103 00:12:17,529 --> 00:12:23,618 She's enchanted me with her innocent charms. 104 00:12:23,619 --> 00:12:27,830 She's as fragile as blown glass... 105 00:12:27,831 --> 00:12:31,818 ...so tiny and dainty... 106 00:12:32,044 --> 00:12:36,130 ...like a figure on a painted screen. 107 00:12:36,131 --> 00:12:40,301 Then suddenly she leaves her varnished perch... 108 00:12:40,302 --> 00:12:44,164 ...and, like a butterfly... 109 00:12:44,515 --> 00:12:48,476 ...flutters away, alighting... 110 00:12:48,477 --> 00:12:52,339 ...with such quiet grace... 111 00:12:52,564 --> 00:12:57,052 ...that I get a wild urge... 112 00:12:58,570 --> 00:13:01,489 ...to chase her... 113 00:13:01,490 --> 00:13:06,937 ...even at the risk of snapping off her wings. 114 00:13:11,166 --> 00:13:17,380 She came by the consulate the other day. 115 00:13:17,381 --> 00:13:21,743 I didn't see her, but I heard her speak. 116 00:13:22,219 --> 00:13:28,375 Something in her voice touched me. 117 00:13:28,475 --> 00:13:32,061 That's the way love sounds... 118 00:13:32,062 --> 00:13:34,714 ...when it is sincere. 119 00:13:35,148 --> 00:13:39,761 It would be a terrible sin... 120 00:13:39,903 --> 00:13:45,141 ...to break those frail wings... 121 00:13:45,325 --> 00:13:49,745 ...or crush that trusting heart. 122 00:13:49,746 --> 00:13:54,067 My dear consul... 123 00:13:54,543 --> 00:13:58,238 ...you've become sentimental... 124 00:13:58,380 --> 00:14:03,451 ...in your old age. 125 00:14:04,303 --> 00:14:08,848 There's nothing wrong... 126 00:14:08,849 --> 00:14:13,545 ...with wanting to teach those wings... 127 00:14:13,979 --> 00:14:19,509 ...the sweet flights of love. 128 00:14:34,208 --> 00:14:39,237 Here's to your family far away. 129 00:14:42,382 --> 00:14:47,704 And to the day I marry... 130 00:14:48,722 --> 00:14:53,084 ...a real American wife. 131 00:14:59,399 --> 00:15:01,526 They're here. 132 00:15:01,527 --> 00:15:06,139 You can hear the women chatter like wind in the leaves. 133 00:15:18,126 --> 00:15:23,073 So much sky! So much sea! 134 00:15:33,350 --> 00:15:35,977 Just a few more steps. 135 00:15:35,978 --> 00:15:38,187 -You're so slow! -Wait! 136 00:15:38,188 --> 00:15:43,843 There! We've reached the top. Look at all the flowers! 137 00:15:43,902 --> 00:15:48,974 A spring breeze... 138 00:15:54,329 --> 00:15:58,791 ...floats across the sea... 139 00:15:58,792 --> 00:16:03,280 ...and I'm the happiest girl in Japan. 140 00:16:06,008 --> 00:16:09,844 No, in the world. 141 00:16:09,845 --> 00:16:14,916 Love is calling, and I've come... 142 00:16:15,893 --> 00:16:20,005 ...to the place... 143 00:16:21,315 --> 00:16:26,861 ...that divides mere existence... 144 00:16:26,862 --> 00:16:29,514 ...from true bliss. 145 00:17:58,745 --> 00:18:01,940 Here we are. 146 00:18:02,374 --> 00:18:06,903 Here he is. 147 00:18:23,061 --> 00:18:26,131 May good fortune be yours. 148 00:18:26,231 --> 00:18:29,551 Our respects. 149 00:18:30,027 --> 00:18:35,682 Was the climb very tiring? 150 00:18:36,700 --> 00:18:42,480 For a well brought up bride... 151 00:18:42,789 --> 00:18:49,029 ...not as hard as the hours of waiting. 152 00:18:49,129 --> 00:18:53,366 What a splendid compliment! 153 00:18:56,011 --> 00:19:00,832 I know even lovelier ones. 154 00:19:02,518 --> 00:19:06,546 These women are unique! 155 00:19:06,939 --> 00:19:11,301 lf you'd like to hear some now-- 156 00:19:16,782 --> 00:19:20,101 Miss Butterfly. 157 00:19:20,410 --> 00:19:23,663 A lovely name... 158 00:19:23,664 --> 00:19:26,942 ...and so appropriate. 159 00:19:28,377 --> 00:19:32,797 Are you from Nagasaki? 160 00:19:32,798 --> 00:19:35,591 I am, sir. 161 00:19:35,592 --> 00:19:38,787 My family was wealthy once. 162 00:19:41,598 --> 00:19:44,376 Isn't that so? 163 00:19:44,476 --> 00:19:47,545 That's so. 164 00:19:48,355 --> 00:19:52,425 No one admits to being born poor. 165 00:19:52,651 --> 00:19:58,056 Every beggar will claim high birth. 166 00:20:01,577 --> 00:20:04,662 I have known wealth... 167 00:20:04,663 --> 00:20:09,484 ...but the typhoon can uproot even the strongest oak. 168 00:20:14,423 --> 00:20:20,161 We worked as geishas to survive. 169 00:20:24,933 --> 00:20:27,351 Isn't that true? 170 00:20:27,352 --> 00:20:32,090 I'm not ashamed. 171 00:20:32,983 --> 00:20:36,344 You laugh? 172 00:20:36,653 --> 00:20:38,821 Why? 173 00:20:38,822 --> 00:20:41,365 Life is like that. 174 00:20:41,366 --> 00:20:44,076 She's like a porcelain doll. 175 00:20:44,077 --> 00:20:47,246 She sets me on fire. 176 00:20:47,247 --> 00:20:50,583 Do you have any sisters? 177 00:20:50,584 --> 00:20:53,252 No, sir. 178 00:20:53,253 --> 00:20:55,922 I have only my mother. 179 00:20:55,923 --> 00:20:58,299 A most noble lady. 180 00:20:58,300 --> 00:21:02,871 But very poor. 181 00:21:06,016 --> 00:21:09,502 And your father? 182 00:21:10,437 --> 00:21:12,881 Dead. 183 00:21:20,197 --> 00:21:23,099 How old are you? 184 00:21:23,116 --> 00:21:25,535 Guess. 185 00:21:25,536 --> 00:21:28,980 -Ten. -Try higher. 186 00:21:29,122 --> 00:21:33,151 -Twenty. -Try lower. 187 00:21:33,377 --> 00:21:37,155 Fifteen exactly. 188 00:21:37,798 --> 00:21:42,077 I'm already old. 189 00:21:43,554 --> 00:21:46,248 Fifteen years old! 190 00:21:50,394 --> 00:21:53,338 -An age for toys. -And candies. 191 00:22:01,488 --> 00:22:05,850 The high commissioner... 192 00:22:06,034 --> 00:22:10,272 ...the registry official, the couple. 193 00:22:10,622 --> 00:22:12,857 Let's get it done. 194 00:22:28,348 --> 00:22:32,586 What a farce, this parade... 195 00:22:32,769 --> 00:22:35,672 ...of my new relatives... 196 00:22:36,773 --> 00:22:39,525 ...my temporary family. 197 00:22:39,526 --> 00:22:41,611 -Where is he? -There. 198 00:22:41,612 --> 00:22:44,739 That must be my mother-in-law... 199 00:22:44,740 --> 00:22:47,976 ...behind that purple veil. 200 00:22:48,827 --> 00:22:52,314 -Goro offered him to me first. -I'm sure of that. 201 00:22:52,331 --> 00:22:55,275 There's the drunken uncle. 202 00:22:55,542 --> 00:23:00,363 -Look, her beauty's already fading. -He'll divorce her. 203 00:23:01,089 --> 00:23:03,007 I hope so! 204 00:23:03,008 --> 00:23:06,828 Be quiet! Don't be rude! 205 00:23:09,681 --> 00:23:12,792 Where's the wine? 206 00:23:13,185 --> 00:23:16,588 Some is crimson... 207 00:23:16,980 --> 00:23:20,800 ...some the colour of tea. 208 00:23:38,085 --> 00:23:42,155 For goodness' sake, be quiet! 209 00:23:43,799 --> 00:23:47,702 Oh, my lucky friend! 210 00:23:48,220 --> 00:23:52,582 She's a flower in bloom. 211 00:23:55,310 --> 00:24:01,132 Her exotic fragrance makes my head spin. 212 00:24:03,360 --> 00:24:08,181 I've never seen such a lovely girl. 213 00:24:13,620 --> 00:24:18,358 This marriage is a game to you. 214 00:24:28,010 --> 00:24:31,705 Be careful! 215 00:24:32,097 --> 00:24:35,641 She believes all this. 216 00:24:35,642 --> 00:24:38,920 Mother, come here! 217 00:24:39,354 --> 00:24:42,507 Do as I say. 218 00:24:42,900 --> 00:24:45,401 Everybody ready? 219 00:24:45,402 --> 00:24:49,055 One, two, three. 220 00:25:14,348 --> 00:25:18,710 Come here, my love. 221 00:25:23,607 --> 00:25:27,469 Do you like our little house? 222 00:25:39,873 --> 00:25:43,026 Forgive me. 223 00:25:45,170 --> 00:25:51,451 I've brought a few woman's things. 224 00:25:52,928 --> 00:25:56,498 -And where are they? -Right here. 225 00:25:56,515 --> 00:25:58,959 You don't mind? 226 00:25:59,518 --> 00:26:04,464 Why should l, my beautiful Butterfly? 227 00:26:10,696 --> 00:26:13,431 Handkerchiefs. 228 00:26:14,158 --> 00:26:17,994 A pipe, a sash. 229 00:26:17,995 --> 00:26:20,746 A little brooch. 230 00:26:20,747 --> 00:26:23,817 A mirror. 231 00:26:25,669 --> 00:26:28,588 A fan. 232 00:26:28,589 --> 00:26:31,799 -What's that little jar? -Some rouge. 233 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:35,620 -For shame. -You don't like it? 234 00:26:37,890 --> 00:26:40,834 Then away with it! 235 00:26:42,978 --> 00:26:45,146 And that? 236 00:26:45,147 --> 00:26:48,149 Something sacred to me. 237 00:26:48,150 --> 00:26:51,011 Can I see it? 238 00:26:54,364 --> 00:26:58,059 We're being watched. 239 00:26:59,495 --> 00:27:02,898 Forgive me. 240 00:27:13,008 --> 00:27:17,287 It was the mikado who gave it to her father... 241 00:27:17,429 --> 00:27:19,847 ...who suggested.... 242 00:27:19,848 --> 00:27:22,099 And her father? 243 00:27:22,100 --> 00:27:24,836 He obeyed. 244 00:27:32,027 --> 00:27:34,638 The hotoke. 245 00:27:36,615 --> 00:27:42,103 What do you call these dolls? 246 00:27:43,622 --> 00:27:48,068 They are my ancestors' souls. 247 00:27:50,462 --> 00:27:53,782 My respects. 248 00:28:00,597 --> 00:28:06,102 Yesterday I went... 249 00:28:06,103 --> 00:28:11,258 ...secretly to the mission. 250 00:28:12,484 --> 00:28:17,806 With my new life... 251 00:28:18,073 --> 00:28:24,396 ...I can adopt a new religion. 252 00:28:27,749 --> 00:28:30,877 My uncle the priest doesn't know... 253 00:28:30,878 --> 00:28:35,407 ...nor does the rest of my family. 254 00:28:40,929 --> 00:28:47,294 I'll follow my destiny... 255 00:28:48,604 --> 00:28:53,383 ...and bow humbly... 256 00:28:54,610 --> 00:28:59,431 ...to Mr. Pinkerton's god. 257 00:29:00,949 --> 00:29:04,452 It is my destiny. 258 00:29:04,453 --> 00:29:09,649 Kneeling beside you... 259 00:29:10,417 --> 00:29:15,655 ...in the same little church... 260 00:29:15,964 --> 00:29:22,037 ... I'll pray to the same god. 261 00:29:24,765 --> 00:29:28,543 And to make you happy... 262 00:29:29,102 --> 00:29:35,508 ... I'll try to forget my people. 263 00:29:40,572 --> 00:29:43,850 My love! 264 00:29:54,878 --> 00:29:56,738 Silence, please! 265 00:30:00,259 --> 00:30:04,428 I hereby authorize... 266 00:30:04,429 --> 00:30:07,290 ...Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton... 267 00:30:07,975 --> 00:30:12,353 ...Lieutenant stationed on the gunboat Lincoln... 268 00:30:12,354 --> 00:30:18,927 ...of the United States Navy, North America... 269 00:30:23,991 --> 00:30:28,144 ...and Miss Butterfly... 270 00:30:28,412 --> 00:30:32,816 ...of the Omara section of Nagasaki... 271 00:30:33,208 --> 00:30:36,711 ...to join in matrimony... 272 00:30:36,712 --> 00:30:41,491 ...the former by his own will... 273 00:30:43,468 --> 00:30:48,931 ...the latter, with the permission of her family... 274 00:30:48,932 --> 00:30:53,253 ...who are here as witnesses. 275 00:30:54,104 --> 00:30:57,257 The bridegroom. 276 00:31:02,196 --> 00:31:05,974 Now, the bride. 277 00:31:10,746 --> 00:31:13,523 And everything's done. 278 00:31:29,139 --> 00:31:34,101 Madame Butterfly. 279 00:31:34,102 --> 00:31:39,299 Madame B.F. Pinkerton. 280 00:32:01,338 --> 00:32:04,173 My best wishes. 281 00:32:04,174 --> 00:32:06,910 Many thanks. 282 00:32:09,847 --> 00:32:13,099 Is the consul going back down? 283 00:32:13,100 --> 00:32:15,835 I'll go with you. 284 00:32:18,647 --> 00:32:21,049 See you tomorrow. 285 00:32:21,316 --> 00:32:23,677 Fine. 286 00:32:26,321 --> 00:32:28,114 Many children! 287 00:32:28,115 --> 00:32:30,392 I'll try. 288 00:32:36,623 --> 00:32:39,359 Remember! 289 00:32:48,844 --> 00:32:51,871 Now, politely... 290 00:32:52,723 --> 00:32:57,419 ... I'll invite my new family to go. 291 00:33:08,155 --> 00:33:13,143 Let's drink to our new ties. 292 00:33:40,979 --> 00:33:43,423 Cio-Cio-San! 293 00:33:44,316 --> 00:33:47,135 Cio-Cio-San! 294 00:33:47,319 --> 00:33:50,071 It's an abomination! 295 00:33:50,072 --> 00:33:51,405 My uncle! 296 00:33:51,406 --> 00:33:54,200 Damn that troublemaker! 297 00:33:54,201 --> 00:33:57,479 How do we get rid of him? 298 00:34:10,133 --> 00:34:12,593 Why did you go to the mission? 299 00:34:12,594 --> 00:34:16,222 -Answer, Cio-Cio-San. -What does this madman want? 300 00:34:16,223 --> 00:34:19,725 -What have you done? -Answer, Cio-Cio-San. 301 00:34:19,726 --> 00:34:24,063 So your eyes are dry? Is this how you were raised? 302 00:34:24,064 --> 00:34:26,675 She's betrayed us all... 303 00:34:30,362 --> 00:34:33,974 ...renounced her ancestral faith! 304 00:34:36,660 --> 00:34:39,312 Kami saruidasico! 305 00:34:40,372 --> 00:34:42,623 Your soul will be tortured... 306 00:34:42,624 --> 00:34:45,735 ...for all eternity. 307 00:34:46,128 --> 00:34:49,589 That's enough! 308 00:34:49,590 --> 00:34:52,258 Come, let's go. 309 00:34:52,259 --> 00:34:55,386 You've renounced us... 310 00:34:55,387 --> 00:35:00,250 ...so we renounce you. 311 00:35:03,854 --> 00:35:06,731 Get out of here now! 312 00:35:06,732 --> 00:35:11,803 I'll have no hocus-pocus in my house! 313 00:35:24,666 --> 00:35:27,193 Kami saruidasico! 314 00:35:31,882 --> 00:35:34,534 We renounce you! 315 00:36:14,716 --> 00:36:18,719 My sweet baby... 316 00:36:18,720 --> 00:36:23,166 ...don't let those croaking frogs... 317 00:36:24,518 --> 00:36:27,837 ...make you cry. 318 00:36:29,690 --> 00:36:33,260 They're still howling! 319 00:36:34,820 --> 00:36:40,976 That whole tribe of yours and all the priests in Japan... 320 00:36:42,911 --> 00:36:48,358 ...aren't worth one tear from your beautiful dear eyes. 321 00:36:55,757 --> 00:36:58,243 Really? 322 00:37:01,054 --> 00:37:04,457 Then I won't cry anymore. 323 00:37:04,641 --> 00:37:10,255 Your tender words are a comfort to me. 324 00:37:11,815 --> 00:37:15,343 I can even forget... 325 00:37:19,781 --> 00:37:24,978 ...they have disowned me. 326 00:37:27,539 --> 00:37:31,876 What are you doing? My hand-- 327 00:37:31,877 --> 00:37:36,990 I've been told that abroad... 328 00:37:37,591 --> 00:37:42,537 ...it's a sign of respect. 329 00:37:47,518 --> 00:37:50,670 What's that muttering? 330 00:37:50,854 --> 00:37:56,551 Suzuki saying her prayers. 331 00:38:18,257 --> 00:38:23,078 Night is coming... 332 00:38:23,262 --> 00:38:27,374 Bringing darkness and calm. 333 00:38:28,058 --> 00:38:31,962 ...and you're here alone. 334 00:38:32,813 --> 00:38:36,633 Alone and disowned! 335 00:38:37,568 --> 00:38:41,096 Disowned... 336 00:38:44,908 --> 00:38:49,521 ...and happy! 337 00:38:58,505 --> 00:39:02,117 Close up the house! 338 00:39:07,097 --> 00:39:11,084 Yes, we're all alone... 339 00:39:11,727 --> 00:39:15,338 ...and the world is shut outside. 340 00:39:16,064 --> 00:39:19,634 With that furious priest. 341 00:39:25,741 --> 00:39:30,103 Suzuki, my clothes. 342 00:39:43,509 --> 00:39:47,162 Good night. 343 00:40:26,176 --> 00:40:30,956 How I've longed to take off this sash. 344 00:40:33,225 --> 00:40:38,129 The knots are coming undone! 345 00:40:39,314 --> 00:40:44,511 To think this pretty little plaything... 346 00:40:46,029 --> 00:40:48,932 ...is my wife! 347 00:40:50,367 --> 00:40:53,728 She's so graceful. 348 00:40:57,541 --> 00:41:01,319 I'm blushing with shame. 349 00:41:03,672 --> 00:41:06,783 I'm on fire. 350 00:41:12,347 --> 00:41:18,128 I still hear that curse. 351 00:41:26,153 --> 00:41:29,097 Disowned... 352 00:41:40,334 --> 00:41:43,778 ...but happy. 353 00:41:52,888 --> 00:41:58,293 Pretty little girl with the bewitching eyes... 354 00:42:00,938 --> 00:42:06,384 ...now you're all mine. 355 00:42:07,236 --> 00:42:10,780 You're as pure as a lily... 356 00:42:10,781 --> 00:42:14,559 ...and your dark hair... 357 00:42:15,619 --> 00:42:19,898 ...sets off your pale face. 358 00:42:20,707 --> 00:42:26,112 I'm like the moon goddess... 359 00:42:26,296 --> 00:42:29,449 ...who at night... 360 00:42:30,926 --> 00:42:37,014 ...crosses the bridge from heaven... 361 00:42:37,015 --> 00:42:39,892 Ensnaring mortals! 362 00:42:39,893 --> 00:42:43,255 ...steals hearts... 363 00:42:44,481 --> 00:42:48,301 ...wraps them in a white cloak... 364 00:42:48,318 --> 00:42:53,515 ...and takes them to her realm. 365 00:42:58,579 --> 00:43:04,150 In all this time... 366 00:43:05,711 --> 00:43:10,240 ...you haven't told me you love me. 367 00:43:11,383 --> 00:43:16,496 Does the goddess know the words? 368 00:43:17,848 --> 00:43:23,003 She knows them but fears... 369 00:43:23,270 --> 00:43:28,341 ...saying them might bring death. 370 00:43:31,862 --> 00:43:37,559 Don't be foolish! 371 00:43:37,576 --> 00:43:42,647 Love doesn't kill... 372 00:43:45,959 --> 00:43:52,616 ...but brings life and celestial joy. 373 00:43:59,723 --> 00:44:05,211 I see it now in your eyes. 374 00:44:14,238 --> 00:44:18,808 Now, my love... 375 00:44:21,745 --> 00:44:25,331 ...you're like the sun. 376 00:44:25,332 --> 00:44:30,612 I liked you from the moment I first saw you. 377 00:44:43,350 --> 00:44:48,338 You're tall and strong... 378 00:44:49,106 --> 00:44:53,860 ...you have an open laugh... 379 00:44:53,861 --> 00:44:58,723 ...and you say things I've never heard before. 380 00:45:01,660 --> 00:45:05,730 I'm happy now. 381 00:45:36,612 --> 00:45:41,141 Love me... 382 00:45:44,203 --> 00:45:49,316 ...with a tiny love... 383 00:45:52,377 --> 00:45:58,450 ...like you would a baby. 384 00:45:59,801 --> 00:46:05,040 That's what I need. 385 00:46:22,282 --> 00:46:25,936 Love me! 386 00:46:29,998 --> 00:46:35,737 We are used to gentle things... 387 00:46:38,590 --> 00:46:43,870 ...to quiet pleasures... 388 00:46:43,887 --> 00:46:48,416 ...and tenderness... 389 00:46:49,685 --> 00:46:56,341 ...that's deep like the sea. 390 00:47:02,990 --> 00:47:08,562 Give me your sweet hands to kiss. 391 00:47:14,001 --> 00:47:20,407 How well named you are, Butterfly. 392 00:47:27,431 --> 00:47:31,042 I've heard that abroad... 393 00:47:31,310 --> 00:47:35,046 ...if a man captures a butterfly... 394 00:47:36,106 --> 00:47:41,052 ...he pierces it with a pin... 395 00:47:45,282 --> 00:47:49,644 ...and sticks it on a board. 396 00:47:52,456 --> 00:47:57,110 There's some truth in that. 397 00:47:57,169 --> 00:48:00,505 But do you know why? 398 00:48:00,506 --> 00:48:04,634 So that it can't fly away. 399 00:48:04,635 --> 00:48:09,664 I've caught you and I'll hold you. 400 00:48:10,766 --> 00:48:12,850 You're mine! 401 00:48:12,851 --> 00:48:16,671 Yes, for life! 402 00:48:16,814 --> 00:48:20,300 Come, come. 403 00:48:24,696 --> 00:48:28,699 There's no room for fear... 404 00:48:28,700 --> 00:48:33,980 ...in your new life. 405 00:48:34,873 --> 00:48:39,319 The night is so calm. 406 00:48:42,172 --> 00:48:46,117 Everything's asleep. 407 00:48:48,595 --> 00:48:53,500 Oh, sweet night! 408 00:48:56,895 --> 00:49:00,674 So many beautiful stars! 409 00:49:49,114 --> 00:49:53,534 They twinkle and shine... 410 00:49:53,535 --> 00:49:56,897 Come, you're mine. 411 00:49:57,122 --> 00:50:01,443 ...like the sparkle of an eye. 412 00:50:01,793 --> 00:50:06,031 Don't be afraid. 413 00:50:36,370 --> 00:50:40,482 I tremble when I hold you. 414 00:50:43,752 --> 00:50:47,989 The sky is full... 415 00:50:48,507 --> 00:50:52,244 ...of dancing eyes. 416 00:51:10,904 --> 00:51:17,602 Heaven smiles in an ecstasy of love. 417 00:52:37,699 --> 00:52:40,727 Three years pass by.... 418 00:52:42,788 --> 00:52:45,665 Despite his long absence... 419 00:52:45,666 --> 00:52:49,903 ...Butterfly still awaits Pinkerton's return. 420 00:54:39,154 --> 00:54:41,932 Oh, my head! 421 00:54:45,577 --> 00:54:50,523 All you gods... 422 00:54:53,126 --> 00:54:58,490 ...please let Butterfly cry no more. 423 00:54:59,800 --> 00:55:03,036 No more. 424 00:55:13,021 --> 00:55:17,842 Here, gods are slow to respond. 425 00:55:21,864 --> 00:55:26,977 I'm sure the American god... 426 00:55:31,165 --> 00:55:36,903 ...answers prayers more quickly. 427 00:55:37,212 --> 00:55:42,742 But I'm afraid. He may not know we're here. 428 00:56:02,571 --> 00:56:08,184 How long before our money's gone? 429 00:56:27,179 --> 00:56:30,415 This is all we have. 430 00:56:33,393 --> 00:56:35,545 That's all? 431 00:56:36,271 --> 00:56:39,257 Too many expenses! 432 00:56:45,197 --> 00:56:48,741 Unless he returns soon... 433 00:56:48,742 --> 00:56:52,270 ...we'll be in trouble. 434 00:56:53,455 --> 00:56:56,916 -He'll be back. -Are you sure? 435 00:56:56,917 --> 00:57:01,921 Why did he arrange for the consul to pay the rent? 436 00:57:01,922 --> 00:57:03,531 Answer that! 437 00:57:08,428 --> 00:57:14,392 Why did he fit the house with locks... 438 00:57:14,393 --> 00:57:18,380 ...if he never planned to come back? 439 00:57:20,482 --> 00:57:23,510 I don't know. 440 00:57:23,861 --> 00:57:27,013 You don't know? 441 00:57:27,406 --> 00:57:30,449 I'll tell you. 442 00:57:30,450 --> 00:57:34,620 To keep out mosquitoes... 443 00:57:34,621 --> 00:57:37,065 ...relatives... 444 00:57:37,416 --> 00:57:40,527 ...and troubles. 445 00:57:42,129 --> 00:57:48,451 And to jealously protect... 446 00:57:55,100 --> 00:57:58,461 ...his wife. 447 00:58:04,318 --> 00:58:07,762 Me! Butterfly! 448 00:58:10,115 --> 00:58:15,896 Have you ever heard of a foreign husband returning? 449 00:58:20,250 --> 00:58:23,528 Be quiet or I'll kill you! 450 00:58:24,004 --> 00:58:29,159 The day he left, I asked if he'd return. 451 00:58:40,813 --> 00:58:46,259 He smiled to hide his pain... 452 00:58:57,287 --> 00:59:01,233 ...and said... 453 00:59:05,712 --> 00:59:10,450 "Oh, Butterfly! 454 00:59:13,220 --> 00:59:18,583 Sweet little wife... 455 00:59:20,018 --> 00:59:25,173 ...I'll come back with the roses... 456 00:59:27,109 --> 00:59:32,305 ... in the spring... 457 00:59:33,532 --> 00:59:39,229 ... when the robin makes his nest. " 458 00:59:47,171 --> 00:59:50,047 -He'll return! -Let's hope so. 459 00:59:50,048 --> 00:59:53,593 Say it with me: He'll return. 460 00:59:53,594 --> 00:59:56,413 He'll return. 461 00:59:56,471 --> 01:00:00,208 You're crying! Why? 462 01:00:03,061 --> 01:00:07,173 Ah, you have no faith. 463 01:00:09,485 --> 01:00:12,804 Listen. 464 01:00:17,242 --> 01:00:22,522 One fine day we'll see... 465 01:00:25,292 --> 01:00:30,071 ...a trail of smoke rising... 466 01:00:33,550 --> 01:00:39,039 ...from the edge of the sea. 467 01:00:44,436 --> 01:00:49,925 And then the ship will appear. 468 01:00:55,280 --> 01:00:59,935 A white ship... 469 01:01:01,119 --> 01:01:07,067 ...enters the harbour... 470 01:01:10,003 --> 01:01:14,950 ...her guns thundering a salute. 471 01:01:16,176 --> 01:01:19,996 See? He's come! 472 01:01:25,811 --> 01:01:30,549 I won't go down to meet him. 473 01:01:32,943 --> 01:01:36,096 No, not l. 474 01:01:36,280 --> 01:01:41,768 I'll stand at the top of the hill... 475 01:01:42,161 --> 01:01:46,982 ...and wait a long time... 476 01:01:48,208 --> 01:01:52,988 ...but I won't mind the wait. 477 01:01:57,050 --> 01:02:02,872 A man will come out of the crowd... 478 01:02:04,349 --> 01:02:08,753 ...a tiny speck moving up the hill. 479 01:02:23,035 --> 01:02:26,287 Who can it be? 480 01:02:26,288 --> 01:02:29,373 And when he gets here... 481 01:02:29,374 --> 01:02:32,752 ...what will he say? 482 01:02:32,753 --> 01:02:37,616 He'll call to me from afar... 483 01:02:42,471 --> 01:02:47,918 ...but I'll hide... 484 01:02:51,313 --> 01:02:55,650 ...partly to tease him... 485 01:02:55,651 --> 01:03:00,722 ...partly so as not to die of joy. 486 01:03:05,953 --> 01:03:10,857 He'll be worried and call me again... 487 01:03:14,837 --> 01:03:20,033 ..." Little wife, fragrance of verbena." 488 01:03:23,762 --> 01:03:28,875 Those are the names he used to call me. 489 01:03:34,439 --> 01:03:38,718 This will happen, I promise. 490 01:03:40,112 --> 01:03:45,350 Be afraid if you like. 491 01:03:45,492 --> 01:03:49,145 I have faith... 492 01:03:50,831 --> 01:03:55,694 ...and can wait. 493 01:04:47,888 --> 01:04:52,959 Meanwhile, unexpected visitors come calling on Butterfly. 494 01:05:07,241 --> 01:05:10,477 There she is. Go ahead. 495 01:05:25,175 --> 01:05:27,494 Excuse me. 496 01:05:29,847 --> 01:05:31,764 Madame Butterfly. 497 01:05:31,765 --> 01:05:34,876 Madame Pinkerton, please. 498 01:05:41,775 --> 01:05:44,068 Oh! Mr. Consul, it's you! 499 01:05:44,069 --> 01:05:46,596 You recognized me? 500 01:05:46,989 --> 01:05:51,601 Welcome to an American home! 501 01:05:52,661 --> 01:05:55,021 Thank you. 502 01:06:06,216 --> 01:06:10,579 Your honourable ancestors are well? 503 01:06:11,388 --> 01:06:13,639 I hope so. 504 01:06:13,640 --> 01:06:17,043 -Would you care to smoke? -Thank you. 505 01:06:21,106 --> 01:06:25,760 -I've got-- -Isn't the weather nice? 506 01:06:27,571 --> 01:06:31,282 No, thank you. I have-- 507 01:06:31,283 --> 01:06:35,896 An American cigarette instead? 508 01:06:36,747 --> 01:06:38,356 Thank you. 509 01:06:40,626 --> 01:06:45,238 -I have something to-- -Here you are. 510 01:06:46,590 --> 01:06:49,884 I've heard from B.F. Pinkerton-- 511 01:06:49,885 --> 01:06:53,346 Really? Is he well? 512 01:06:53,347 --> 01:06:55,890 Perfectly. 513 01:06:55,891 --> 01:07:01,004 I am the happiest woman in Japan. 514 01:07:05,359 --> 01:07:09,012 May I ask you a question? 515 01:07:09,071 --> 01:07:11,322 Of course. 516 01:07:11,323 --> 01:07:16,561 When do the robins build their nests in America? 517 01:07:18,247 --> 01:07:20,122 What was that? 518 01:07:20,123 --> 01:07:23,167 Before or after they do here? 519 01:07:23,168 --> 01:07:25,612 Why do you ask? 520 01:07:29,550 --> 01:07:34,371 My husband promised me... 521 01:07:34,805 --> 01:07:39,376 ...he'd return in the season... 522 01:07:41,103 --> 01:07:45,257 ...when the robin rebuilds his nest. 523 01:07:46,191 --> 01:07:50,220 He's already done it three times here. 524 01:07:50,863 --> 01:07:53,932 Maybe there it happens less often? 525 01:07:54,533 --> 01:07:56,242 Who's laughing? 526 01:07:56,243 --> 01:07:58,035 Oh, it's Goro. 527 01:07:58,036 --> 01:08:00,246 An evil man. 528 01:08:00,247 --> 01:08:02,607 At your service. 529 01:08:04,084 --> 01:08:05,918 He dared-- 530 01:08:05,919 --> 01:08:09,698 No. First answer my question. 531 01:08:12,384 --> 01:08:16,288 I'm sorry... 532 01:08:16,388 --> 01:08:20,083 ...I never studied ornithology. 533 01:08:22,603 --> 01:08:25,062 So you don't know. 534 01:08:25,063 --> 01:08:26,898 No. We were discussing-- 535 01:08:26,899 --> 01:08:31,861 As soon as B.F. Pinkerton was at sea... 536 01:08:31,862 --> 01:08:35,156 ...Goro tried to tempt me... 537 01:08:35,157 --> 01:08:38,894 ...with one husband after another. 538 01:08:38,952 --> 01:08:41,913 Now he promises me treasures... 539 01:08:41,914 --> 01:08:44,566 ...on behalf of a fool. 540 01:08:44,750 --> 01:08:47,319 The rich Yamadori! 541 01:08:48,212 --> 01:08:54,200 She's destitute. Her family disowned her. 542 01:09:01,183 --> 01:09:03,877 There he is! Look! 543 01:09:17,741 --> 01:09:22,270 Yamadori... 544 01:09:23,664 --> 01:09:28,235 ...aren't you tired... 545 01:09:30,170 --> 01:09:33,949 ...of pining for love? 546 01:09:34,466 --> 01:09:39,663 Will you still slash your wrists... 547 01:09:40,139 --> 01:09:43,975 ...if I refuse you a kiss? 548 01:09:44,131 --> 01:09:48,535 I loathe pointless mooning. 549 01:09:51,555 --> 01:09:56,960 Even after all the wives you've had? 550 01:10:01,481 --> 01:10:04,259 I have freed myself of every one... 551 01:10:05,152 --> 01:10:07,194 ...by divorcing them. 552 01:10:07,195 --> 01:10:09,305 I'm flattered. 553 01:10:09,656 --> 01:10:12,408 But with you it would be forever. 554 01:10:12,409 --> 01:10:16,479 I fear this message will never be delivered! 555 01:10:18,248 --> 01:10:23,069 A palace full of servants and gold! 556 01:10:24,921 --> 01:10:27,381 I'm already committed. 557 01:10:27,382 --> 01:10:30,259 She still thinks she's married. 558 01:10:30,260 --> 01:10:33,262 I don't think so. I am! 559 01:10:33,263 --> 01:10:37,183 -By law-- -I know nothing about that! 560 01:10:37,184 --> 01:10:42,005 --desertion and divorce are the same. 561 01:10:44,066 --> 01:10:48,428 Maybe in Japan... 562 01:10:50,072 --> 01:10:53,491 ...but not in my country. 563 01:10:53,492 --> 01:10:55,701 And where is that? 564 01:10:55,702 --> 01:10:58,162 The United States. 565 01:10:58,163 --> 01:11:00,732 The poor woman! 566 01:11:02,209 --> 01:11:06,654 Here you can kick your wife out... 567 01:11:07,881 --> 01:11:11,201 ...and call it a divorce. 568 01:11:11,718 --> 01:11:16,581 But not in America. 569 01:11:20,352 --> 01:11:22,061 Right? 570 01:11:22,062 --> 01:11:25,022 Right, but-- 571 01:11:25,023 --> 01:11:31,012 There the judge asks the husband... 572 01:11:32,990 --> 01:11:36,768 ..."So you want to go? Why?" 573 01:11:38,245 --> 01:11:42,774 " I'm fed up with marriage." 574 01:11:44,584 --> 01:11:47,878 And the judge says... 575 01:11:47,879 --> 01:11:51,299 ..."Off to prison!" 576 01:11:51,300 --> 01:11:54,077 Suzuki! Tea. 577 01:12:08,775 --> 01:12:11,235 You heard that? 578 01:12:11,236 --> 01:12:14,905 Her blindness depresses me. 579 01:12:14,906 --> 01:12:18,226 Pinkerton's ship is on its way. 580 01:12:23,123 --> 01:12:27,418 When she sees him-- 581 01:12:27,419 --> 01:12:34,034 He doesn't want to see her. That's why I've come. 582 01:12:40,307 --> 01:12:43,376 lf Your Grace will allow me? 583 01:12:43,935 --> 01:12:47,422 What tiresome people! 584 01:12:51,318 --> 01:12:54,679 Farewell. 585 01:12:57,783 --> 01:13:03,855 I grieve for her... 586 01:13:07,167 --> 01:13:10,737 ...but I still hope. 587 01:13:20,889 --> 01:13:24,141 Ah, if only you'd-- 588 01:13:24,142 --> 01:13:29,005 The problem is I don't want to. 589 01:14:12,983 --> 01:14:18,680 Now back to us. Please have a seat. 590 01:14:18,739 --> 01:14:23,727 Can we read the letter together? 591 01:14:27,831 --> 01:14:30,333 May l? 592 01:14:30,334 --> 01:14:33,945 On my lips... 593 01:14:34,129 --> 01:14:37,657 ...over my heart. 594 01:14:38,342 --> 01:14:43,955 You're the finest man in the world. 595 01:14:45,641 --> 01:14:48,960 Please begin. 596 01:14:54,191 --> 01:15:00,263 " Dear friend, please go to that lovely child--" 597 01:15:00,822 --> 01:15:03,240 Does he really say that? 598 01:15:03,241 --> 01:15:08,521 Yes, but please-- 599 01:15:08,955 --> 01:15:12,400 I'll be quiet. 600 01:15:14,711 --> 01:15:21,117 "Three years have gone by since those happy days." 601 01:15:24,304 --> 01:15:27,056 He's been counting them too! 602 01:15:27,057 --> 01:15:33,380 " Butterfly may not remember me." 603 01:15:36,400 --> 01:15:38,693 Not remember him! 604 01:15:38,694 --> 01:15:42,263 Suzuki, you tell him! 605 01:15:45,033 --> 01:15:48,853 " May not remember me" ! 606 01:15:55,669 --> 01:15:58,238 Patience! 607 01:16:01,758 --> 01:16:05,704 " lf she still loves me... 608 01:16:08,390 --> 01:16:11,418 ...and is still waiting--" 609 01:16:12,185 --> 01:16:16,881 Oh, such sweet words! 610 01:16:19,943 --> 01:16:24,013 Bless this letter! 611 01:16:27,034 --> 01:16:30,395 "--I ask you... 612 01:16:30,704 --> 01:16:34,983 ...to prepare her..." 613 01:16:37,377 --> 01:16:38,753 He's coming back! 614 01:16:38,754 --> 01:16:41,005 " ...for the shock." 615 01:16:41,006 --> 01:16:43,007 When? Tell me, quick! 616 01:16:43,008 --> 01:16:45,243 This is unbearable! 617 01:16:54,811 --> 01:16:57,480 I'd better get it over with. 618 01:16:57,481 --> 01:17:00,592 Damn Pinkerton! 619 01:17:01,693 --> 01:17:05,638 What would you do... 620 01:17:07,908 --> 01:17:12,437 ...if he never came back? 621 01:17:25,592 --> 01:17:29,662 I could do one of two things: 622 01:17:30,806 --> 01:17:35,794 go back to singing for money... 623 01:17:40,524 --> 01:17:45,220 ...or, better yet... 624 01:17:45,362 --> 01:17:47,905 ...die. 625 01:17:47,906 --> 01:17:52,519 I hate to disillusion you... 626 01:17:52,536 --> 01:17:57,941 ...but you should accept... 627 01:18:01,628 --> 01:18:06,533 ...Yamadori's proposal. 628 01:18:08,552 --> 01:18:10,845 You? 629 01:18:10,846 --> 01:18:13,957 You, sir... 630 01:18:15,100 --> 01:18:18,503 ...say this to me! 631 01:18:21,273 --> 01:18:24,926 Oh, God, what can I do? 632 01:18:28,739 --> 01:18:32,475 Suzuki, come quickly! 633 01:18:33,493 --> 01:18:38,481 His Grace is leaving. 634 01:18:38,540 --> 01:18:41,250 You're throwing me out? 635 01:18:41,251 --> 01:18:45,739 Please don't insist. 636 01:18:47,424 --> 01:18:51,802 I don't deny I was brutal. 637 01:18:51,803 --> 01:18:56,624 You don't know how much it hurts. 638 01:19:05,901 --> 01:19:08,303 It's nothing. 639 01:19:13,784 --> 01:19:17,687 I thought I would die... 640 01:19:18,205 --> 01:19:23,318 ...but it's already passed... 641 01:19:23,961 --> 01:19:27,864 ...like a cloud. 642 01:19:33,929 --> 01:19:38,124 So he's forgotten me! 643 01:19:56,243 --> 01:19:59,020 And this? 644 01:20:15,137 --> 01:20:18,623 Can he forget this too? 645 01:20:22,561 --> 01:20:25,021 That's his child? 646 01:20:25,022 --> 01:20:30,593 Have you ever seen a Japanese child with eyes like that? 647 01:20:32,738 --> 01:20:36,683 His lips? His hair? 648 01:20:40,162 --> 01:20:43,940 Does Pinkerton know? 649 01:20:48,211 --> 01:20:53,283 The child was born after he left... 650 01:20:55,135 --> 01:20:59,122 ...for that great country of his. 651 01:21:00,223 --> 01:21:03,351 Write and tell him... 652 01:21:03,352 --> 01:21:08,506 ...that his son is waiting. 653 01:21:10,067 --> 01:21:14,095 Then tell me he won't come flying... 654 01:21:14,237 --> 01:21:18,725 ...across mountains and oceans. 655 01:21:26,041 --> 01:21:31,863 You know what this man thought? 656 01:21:48,647 --> 01:21:54,260 That I would have to carry you... 657 01:21:58,782 --> 01:22:03,728 ... through the streets in the wind and rain... 658 01:22:09,167 --> 01:22:15,323 ...begging for food and clothing... 659 01:22:18,844 --> 01:22:22,872 ...at the mercy... 660 01:22:23,890 --> 01:22:27,794 ... of people's sympathy... 661 01:22:31,815 --> 01:22:35,234 ...and crying... 662 01:22:35,235 --> 01:22:41,683 ... "Listen to my sad song! 663 01:22:48,915 --> 01:22:53,111 Have pity on a poor mother! 664 01:22:56,089 --> 01:22:57,965 And Butterfly... 665 01:22:57,966 --> 01:23:00,676 ... oh, horrible fate... 666 01:23:00,677 --> 01:23:03,955 ... will dance for you... 667 01:23:06,016 --> 01:23:10,712 ...as she once did. 668 01:23:11,271 --> 01:23:15,925 The geisha will sing... 669 01:23:20,030 --> 01:23:24,017 ...a merry song... 670 01:23:25,035 --> 01:23:29,606 ... that ends in tears. " 671 01:23:36,254 --> 01:23:40,075 No! Never again! 672 01:23:40,300 --> 01:23:44,371 That way leads to dishonour. 673 01:23:47,641 --> 01:23:52,645 I'd rather die. 674 01:23:52,646 --> 01:23:56,800 I'll never dance again. 675 01:24:23,510 --> 01:24:27,080 She's breaking my heart. 676 01:24:35,314 --> 01:24:39,050 I must go now. 677 01:24:39,234 --> 01:24:43,012 Will you forgive me? 678 01:25:02,966 --> 01:25:07,704 Give him your hand. 679 01:25:08,639 --> 01:25:12,584 What lovely hair! 680 01:25:13,268 --> 01:25:16,771 What's your name? 681 01:25:16,772 --> 01:25:21,885 Answer: "Today my name is Sorrow. 682 01:25:25,447 --> 01:25:31,728 But when you write to Daddy... 683 01:25:32,079 --> 01:25:36,941 ...tell him that the day he comes back... 684 01:25:46,510 --> 01:25:50,246 ...my name will be Joy!" 685 01:26:01,316 --> 01:26:06,012 I promise, he'll be told. 686 01:26:24,298 --> 01:26:26,299 Thus, hope and loyalty... 687 01:26:26,300 --> 01:26:28,551 ...protect tender youth... 688 01:26:28,552 --> 01:26:30,912 ...from slander and doubt. 689 01:27:07,466 --> 01:27:10,577 Viper! Toad! 690 01:27:17,893 --> 01:27:19,518 What's wrong? 691 01:27:19,519 --> 01:27:22,229 This evil man is spreading rumours... 692 01:27:22,230 --> 01:27:25,550 ...that no one knows... 693 01:27:26,526 --> 01:27:29,403 ...who the father of your boy is. 694 01:27:29,404 --> 01:27:32,657 I only said that in America... 695 01:27:32,658 --> 01:27:35,534 ...a child born out of wedlock... 696 01:27:35,535 --> 01:27:37,896 ...will always be an outcast. 697 01:27:39,748 --> 01:27:42,484 You lie! 698 01:27:48,674 --> 01:27:51,785 Say it again and I'll kill you! 699 01:27:53,303 --> 01:27:55,789 Go away! 700 01:28:16,201 --> 01:28:20,146 You'll see, my little love... 701 01:28:20,872 --> 01:28:24,526 ...my sorrow and my comfort... 702 01:28:27,379 --> 01:28:31,866 ...your father will come... 703 01:28:33,302 --> 01:28:36,012 ...and take us far away... 704 01:28:36,013 --> 01:28:40,333 ...to his country. 705 01:28:46,690 --> 01:28:49,676 The harbour cannon! 706 01:28:56,533 --> 01:28:59,394 A battleship! 707 01:29:01,788 --> 01:29:04,957 White! It's white! 708 01:29:04,958 --> 01:29:08,486 The Stars and Stripes! 709 01:29:16,053 --> 01:29:19,748 It's dropping anchor now. 710 01:29:26,938 --> 01:29:31,176 I want to read the name. 711 01:29:50,545 --> 01:29:54,616 It's the Abraham Lincoln! 712 01:29:57,719 --> 01:30:00,763 They all lied! 713 01:30:00,764 --> 01:30:04,626 Only I who love him knew. 714 01:30:09,398 --> 01:30:13,818 See how foolish your doubts were. 715 01:30:13,819 --> 01:30:17,472 He's come back! 716 01:30:18,907 --> 01:30:24,396 Just when everyone told me... 717 01:30:24,705 --> 01:30:28,650 ...there was no hope... 718 01:30:29,501 --> 01:30:33,446 ...my love has triumphed. 719 01:30:40,637 --> 01:30:45,458 He's come back and he loves me. 720 01:31:20,552 --> 01:31:25,123 And during this time, the child dreams.... 721 01:31:26,141 --> 01:31:30,227 Shake the cherry tree... 722 01:31:30,228 --> 01:31:31,937 ...and cover me... 723 01:31:31,938 --> 01:31:34,023 ...with blossoms. 724 01:31:34,024 --> 01:31:38,803 Let that fragrant rain cool my fever. 725 01:31:39,488 --> 01:31:44,351 Calm yourself. Don't cry. 726 01:31:44,534 --> 01:31:47,578 No, I'm laughing. 727 01:31:47,579 --> 01:31:52,442 How long will we have to wait? 728 01:31:53,251 --> 01:31:56,337 An hour, do you think? 729 01:31:56,338 --> 01:31:58,656 Longer. 730 01:32:00,092 --> 01:32:03,119 Two hours, perhaps. 731 01:32:03,428 --> 01:32:09,334 We must have as many flowers... 732 01:32:09,476 --> 01:32:14,589 ...as there are stars in the sky. 733 01:32:17,901 --> 01:32:20,845 Pick more. 734 01:32:23,949 --> 01:32:27,394 You want all the flowers? 735 01:32:27,953 --> 01:32:32,315 Yes. Peach blossoms, violets, jasmines... 736 01:32:32,666 --> 01:32:37,003 ...anything that's in bloom. 737 01:32:37,004 --> 01:32:41,157 The garden will look wintry. 738 01:32:42,009 --> 01:32:46,955 Fill the house with the scent of spring. 739 01:32:55,355 --> 01:32:57,424 More! 740 01:33:01,528 --> 01:33:07,892 You so often stood in the garden... 741 01:33:09,536 --> 01:33:14,482 ...staring sadly toward the horizon. 742 01:33:15,250 --> 01:33:20,739 The sea gave me what I wanted. 743 01:33:21,965 --> 01:33:27,912 I gave tears to the soil and it returned flowers. 744 01:34:00,963 --> 01:34:03,823 The garden's bare. 745 01:34:05,467 --> 01:34:09,428 -Come, give me a hand. -Here are roses. 746 01:34:09,429 --> 01:34:14,959 Fill the house with the scent of spring. 747 01:34:35,664 --> 01:34:40,193 Spread April all around! 748 01:34:58,353 --> 01:35:02,757 Scatter handfuls... 749 01:35:06,611 --> 01:35:10,348 ...of violets and tuberoses... 750 01:35:13,035 --> 01:35:17,063 ...showers of verbena... 751 01:35:21,126 --> 01:35:25,864 ...blossoms of every kind. 752 01:36:30,988 --> 01:36:35,809 Come, make me look pretty. 753 01:36:40,414 --> 01:36:44,275 No, first bring me the child. 754 01:37:01,101 --> 01:37:05,505 I'm not the same as I was. 755 01:37:09,109 --> 01:37:13,138 I've sighed too much... 756 01:37:19,786 --> 01:37:25,066 ...and stared too long into the distance. 757 01:37:33,884 --> 01:37:38,121 A touch of rouge. 758 01:37:41,016 --> 01:37:44,335 You too, my little one... 759 01:37:45,145 --> 01:37:49,549 ...because the long wait... 760 01:37:50,192 --> 01:37:55,013 ...has made you pale. 761 01:37:59,993 --> 01:38:04,314 Stay still. Let me fix your hair. 762 01:38:11,463 --> 01:38:14,548 What will they all say now? 763 01:38:14,549 --> 01:38:19,204 My uncle who damned me... 764 01:38:22,724 --> 01:38:27,629 ...my suitor Yamadori. 765 01:38:30,148 --> 01:38:34,302 Cruel, spiteful people. 766 01:38:35,779 --> 01:38:38,431 I'm finished. 767 01:38:40,993 --> 01:38:45,730 I want to wear the sash... 768 01:38:54,339 --> 01:38:58,660 ...I wore at my wedding. 769 01:39:08,061 --> 01:39:12,674 I want him to see me... 770 01:39:14,985 --> 01:39:19,723 ...just as I was on that first day... 771 01:39:28,540 --> 01:39:32,694 ...but with a poppy in my hair. 772 01:39:35,255 --> 01:39:38,116 Like that. 773 01:39:40,552 --> 01:39:45,806 Now we'll make peepholes... 774 01:39:45,807 --> 01:39:49,669 ...so we can watch... 775 01:39:50,270 --> 01:39:54,674 ...and be as quiet as mice... 776 01:39:56,234 --> 01:40:00,263 ...while we wait. 777 01:44:51,989 --> 01:44:55,141 The sun's already up. 778 01:44:59,788 --> 01:45:02,691 Cio-Cio-San. 779 01:45:08,505 --> 01:45:11,007 He'll come. 780 01:45:11,008 --> 01:45:13,551 He'll come. You'll see! 781 01:45:13,552 --> 01:45:18,097 Go rest. You're exhausted. 782 01:45:18,098 --> 01:45:24,212 I'll call you as soon as he comes. 783 01:45:28,567 --> 01:45:33,346 Sleep, my love. 784 01:45:40,621 --> 01:45:44,983 You with God... 785 01:45:45,167 --> 01:45:49,487 ...and I with my sorrow. 786 01:45:50,922 --> 01:45:56,536 Golden shafts of starlight... 787 01:45:59,473 --> 01:46:03,710 ...shine on you. 788 01:46:09,316 --> 01:46:13,678 Poor Butterfly! 789 01:47:06,832 --> 01:47:09,693 Who's there? 790 01:47:22,514 --> 01:47:25,583 Quiet! 791 01:47:29,062 --> 01:47:32,298 Don't disturb her. 792 01:47:32,566 --> 01:47:36,302 She was so tired. 793 01:47:37,154 --> 01:47:41,933 She waited up all night. 794 01:47:43,660 --> 01:47:47,163 How did she know? 795 01:47:47,164 --> 01:47:51,568 Every time a ship comes in... 796 01:47:51,585 --> 01:47:55,321 ...she scans the port... 797 01:47:56,506 --> 01:48:00,618 ...to see if its flag has stars. 798 01:48:04,431 --> 01:48:07,292 Didn't I tell you? 799 01:48:08,310 --> 01:48:10,670 I'll call her. 800 01:48:11,355 --> 01:48:13,481 Not yet. 801 01:48:13,482 --> 01:48:19,137 Look at the way she filled the room with flowers. 802 01:48:19,988 --> 01:48:23,616 -Didn't I tell you? -How terrible! 803 01:48:23,617 --> 01:48:26,994 Who's that out there? 804 01:48:26,995 --> 01:48:28,855 Who's that woman? 805 01:48:32,584 --> 01:48:34,377 -Shush! -Who is she? 806 01:48:34,378 --> 01:48:36,212 Tell her. 807 01:48:36,213 --> 01:48:38,547 -She's with me. -Who is she? 808 01:48:38,548 --> 01:48:41,326 She's his wife. 809 01:48:41,927 --> 01:48:45,789 O spirits, protect her. 810 01:48:46,682 --> 01:48:50,377 Her sun's gone dark. 811 01:48:58,944 --> 01:49:03,848 We came early... 812 01:49:06,660 --> 01:49:10,689 ...hoping to find you alone... 813 01:49:12,499 --> 01:49:15,985 ...so that we could ask you... 814 01:49:19,631 --> 01:49:24,244 ...to help her through this. 815 01:49:25,137 --> 01:49:28,081 What's the use? 816 01:49:42,571 --> 01:49:47,058 I know there's no consolation... 817 01:49:48,702 --> 01:49:54,065 ...for such terrible pain. 818 01:49:55,709 --> 01:50:00,405 But we must think... 819 01:50:02,466 --> 01:50:07,162 ...of the child's future. 820 01:50:11,141 --> 01:50:16,379 The bitter odour of these flowers... 821 01:50:21,568 --> 01:50:25,680 ...is like poison to my heart. 822 01:50:29,076 --> 01:50:34,105 You want me to ask a mother-- 823 01:50:42,297 --> 01:50:48,328 The room where we made love has the chill of death. 824 01:50:49,346 --> 01:50:52,457 That portrait! 825 01:50:55,268 --> 01:50:59,631 Three years have gone by... 826 01:50:59,773 --> 01:51:04,719 ...and she's counted every day and every hour! 827 01:51:06,655 --> 01:51:09,740 Every day and every hour... 828 01:51:09,741 --> 01:51:13,770 ...for three long years. 829 01:51:30,345 --> 01:51:34,015 Come, Suzuki, please! 830 01:51:34,016 --> 01:51:37,210 I can't stay here! 831 01:51:41,315 --> 01:51:45,343 I'll wait for you outside. 832 01:51:46,361 --> 01:51:48,613 Didn't I tell you so? 833 01:51:48,614 --> 01:51:53,184 See that she's taken care of. 834 01:51:53,660 --> 01:51:58,064 I'm filled with remorse. 835 01:52:03,920 --> 01:52:08,158 I warned you, remember? 836 01:52:08,300 --> 01:52:12,620 When she gave you her hand. 837 01:52:12,721 --> 01:52:17,391 "She believes all this," I said... 838 01:52:17,392 --> 01:52:21,129 ...and I was right. 839 01:52:22,397 --> 01:52:26,926 She was deaf to all advice... 840 01:52:27,110 --> 01:52:30,196 ...to doubts, to scorn. 841 01:52:30,197 --> 01:52:32,698 She waited... 842 01:52:32,699 --> 01:52:38,938 ...clinging stubbornly to her love. 843 01:52:39,414 --> 01:52:43,651 I see now it's all my fault. 844 01:52:47,547 --> 01:52:51,467 This terrible torment... 845 01:52:51,468 --> 01:52:55,622 ...will haunt me until I die. 846 01:53:09,903 --> 01:53:13,139 Go on. 847 01:53:13,198 --> 01:53:18,395 She must hear the truth alone. 848 01:53:31,300 --> 01:53:35,912 Farewell to this house... 849 01:53:37,889 --> 01:53:42,669 ...that was once filled with love. 850 01:53:46,398 --> 01:53:51,219 I'll see her face forever... 851 01:53:52,821 --> 01:53:57,475 ...torturing me for what I've done. 852 01:54:05,667 --> 01:54:10,321 Her trusting heart already senses the truth. 853 01:54:15,927 --> 01:54:18,846 Don't you remember? 854 01:54:18,847 --> 01:54:20,973 I predicted this. 855 01:54:20,974 --> 01:54:25,545 I can't bear the sorrow. 856 01:54:31,735 --> 01:54:35,263 I have to run away. 857 01:55:15,904 --> 01:55:18,932 You'll tell her? 858 01:55:22,536 --> 01:55:25,522 I promise. 859 01:55:28,000 --> 01:55:33,113 You'll tell her to give me the child? 860 01:55:38,260 --> 01:55:40,636 I promise. 861 01:55:40,637 --> 01:55:44,749 I'll raise him like my own. 862 01:55:44,808 --> 01:55:47,601 I believe you. 863 01:55:47,602 --> 01:55:52,590 But she and I must be alone... 864 01:55:56,194 --> 01:56:00,181 ...when I tell her. 865 01:56:09,082 --> 01:56:12,777 She'll cry so much! 866 01:56:30,729 --> 01:56:32,672 Where are you? 867 01:56:33,607 --> 01:56:37,635 Here. Praying, cleaning up. 868 01:56:38,070 --> 01:56:41,848 No, don't come out! 869 01:56:46,036 --> 01:56:49,647 He's here! Where is he? 870 01:56:51,708 --> 01:56:54,361 The consul! 871 01:56:55,253 --> 01:56:58,490 Is he hiding? Where? 872 01:57:10,811 --> 01:57:13,505 He's not here! 873 01:57:20,487 --> 01:57:23,390 That woman... 874 01:57:25,742 --> 01:57:28,853 ...what does she want? 875 01:57:30,956 --> 01:57:34,317 No one speaks. 876 01:57:40,507 --> 01:57:43,868 Why are you crying? 877 01:57:45,679 --> 01:57:48,998 No, don't tell me... 878 01:57:53,812 --> 01:57:58,550 ...or I might die right here. 879 01:58:18,211 --> 01:58:22,323 Suzuki... 880 01:58:22,716 --> 01:58:27,370 ...who's always so kind... 881 01:58:29,097 --> 01:58:32,542 ...don't cry. 882 01:58:33,268 --> 01:58:37,922 lf you really love me... 883 01:58:38,523 --> 01:58:43,678 ...just whisper yes or no. 884 01:58:48,033 --> 01:58:50,977 Is he alive? 885 01:58:52,454 --> 01:58:55,357 Yes. 886 01:59:00,462 --> 01:59:04,449 But he's not coming back. 887 01:59:04,716 --> 01:59:08,328 They've told you. 888 01:59:31,618 --> 01:59:34,979 Viper! Answer me! 889 01:59:39,751 --> 01:59:42,086 He'll never come back. 890 01:59:42,087 --> 01:59:45,657 But he arrived yesterday? 891 01:59:53,724 --> 01:59:58,670 That woman frightens me. 892 02:00:03,358 --> 02:00:09,180 She's the unwitting cause of your misfortune. 893 02:00:11,450 --> 02:00:14,853 Forgive her. 894 02:00:19,207 --> 02:00:22,527 She's his wife! 895 02:00:27,883 --> 02:00:32,370 My life is over. 896 02:00:32,846 --> 02:00:36,291 There's nothing left. 897 02:00:39,645 --> 02:00:42,547 Be strong. 898 02:00:51,490 --> 02:00:56,394 They want to take everything! 899 02:01:00,832 --> 02:01:03,417 My son! 900 02:01:03,418 --> 02:01:08,323 It will be better for him. 901 02:01:16,640 --> 02:01:20,835 But not for me. 902 02:01:27,150 --> 02:01:32,430 To give up my son! 903 02:01:49,381 --> 02:01:52,258 All right, then. 904 02:01:52,259 --> 02:01:56,579 I must obey him. 905 02:01:58,223 --> 02:02:02,335 Can you ever forgive me? 906 02:02:02,894 --> 02:02:07,716 You're the happiest woman... 907 02:02:09,276 --> 02:02:13,513 ...in the world. 908 02:02:17,326 --> 02:02:22,063 May you always be happy. 909 02:02:22,247 --> 02:02:26,192 Don't be sad for me. 910 02:02:31,673 --> 02:02:33,507 Poor thing. 911 02:02:33,508 --> 02:02:36,995 It's devastating. 912 02:02:37,721 --> 02:02:41,666 Will you give us the child? 913 02:02:42,309 --> 02:02:47,714 I will give him his son... 914 02:02:49,524 --> 02:02:54,554 ...if he comes to get him. 915 02:03:02,871 --> 02:03:07,192 Come back in half an hour. 916 02:03:39,491 --> 02:03:46,022 Her heart is beating wildly like the wings of a caged bird. 917 02:03:53,046 --> 02:03:57,133 There's too much light... 918 02:03:57,134 --> 02:04:00,453 ...too much spring. 919 02:04:00,595 --> 02:04:03,540 Close the screen! 920 02:04:35,505 --> 02:04:39,075 Where's my child? 921 02:04:39,509 --> 02:04:43,121 He's playing. Should I call him? 922 02:04:43,680 --> 02:04:47,208 Let him play. 923 02:04:47,517 --> 02:04:50,311 Go and keep him company. 924 02:04:50,312 --> 02:04:52,188 I'm staying with you. 925 02:04:52,189 --> 02:04:55,175 Go! I order you. 926 02:06:15,772 --> 02:06:20,719 "Let him die with honour... 927 02:06:21,069 --> 02:06:26,891 ... who cannot live with honour. " 928 02:06:50,265 --> 02:06:53,251 You! 929 02:06:56,229 --> 02:06:58,898 My little angel! 930 02:06:58,899 --> 02:07:01,718 My love! 931 02:07:02,527 --> 02:07:07,599 Lily and rose blossom! 932 02:07:08,283 --> 02:07:12,536 I pray you never know... 933 02:07:12,537 --> 02:07:15,398 ...that I died... 934 02:07:24,800 --> 02:07:29,496 ...so that you could cross the seas... 935 02:07:29,680 --> 02:07:32,999 ...never regretting... 936 02:07:36,979 --> 02:07:40,298 ...that your mother abandoned you. 937 02:07:46,113 --> 02:07:50,475 You, my son... 938 02:07:55,664 --> 02:07:59,693 ...were a gift from Heaven. 939 02:08:01,670 --> 02:08:06,741 Take a good long look... 940 02:08:11,388 --> 02:08:16,918 ...and remember your mother's face. 941 02:08:25,611 --> 02:08:29,806 Goodbye, my little love! 942 02:08:40,000 --> 02:08:43,778 Go and play. 943 02:09:55,200 --> 02:09:57,894 Butterfly!