1 00:00:01,006 --> 00:00:02,834 GREENWICH MEAN TIME 2 00:00:03,008 --> 00:00:04,836 3:00 3 00:00:05,010 --> 00:00:06,838 NEW YORK 4 00:00:07,012 --> 00:00:08,840 22:00 5 00:00:09,014 --> 00:00:10,842 PARIS 6 00:00:11,058 --> 00:00:13,018 4:00 7 00:00:13,018 --> 00:00:14,846 MOSCOW 8 00:00:15,020 --> 00:00:16,848 6:00 9 00:00:17,022 --> 00:00:18,850 BRAZZAVILLE 10 00:00:19,149 --> 00:00:20,984 4:00 11 00:00:20,984 --> 00:00:22,812 BEIJING 12 00:00:23,028 --> 00:00:24,988 11:00 13 00:00:24,988 --> 00:00:26,816 SAIGON 14 00:00:27,157 --> 00:00:28,992 11:00 15 00:00:28,992 --> 00:00:32,243 JAPAN STANDARD TIME 16 00:00:37,459 --> 00:00:38,789 Thief! 17 00:01:04,444 --> 00:01:07,530 Hurry up! Take them off! 18 00:01:11,451 --> 00:01:13,990 What are you accusing me of stealing? 19 00:01:14,580 --> 00:01:16,906 Shut up, you son of a bitch! 20 00:01:17,416 --> 00:01:20,916 You must have something in mind. Tell me what I took! 21 00:01:21,086 --> 00:01:22,581 A plastic pipe. 22 00:01:22,713 --> 00:01:24,374 Take your pants off too! 23 00:01:24,506 --> 00:01:26,915 Fine, I'll take them off. 24 00:01:31,054 --> 00:01:32,680 Pull 'em down further. 25 00:01:32,806 --> 00:01:34,467 Wait a minute. 26 00:01:50,949 --> 00:01:53,524 You think I've got something in here? 27 00:01:54,953 --> 00:01:57,706 You wanna see what's inside? 28 00:01:57,831 --> 00:01:59,659 How about it? 29 00:02:01,251 --> 00:02:04,586 We're terribly sorry! Forgive us! 30 00:02:14,806 --> 00:02:18,508 This is Ali Baba 31 00:02:19,019 --> 00:02:22,222 Town of mystery 32 00:02:22,773 --> 00:02:28,480 Someone asks you 33 00:02:29,112 --> 00:02:32,565 Morning in the sea 34 00:02:32,824 --> 00:02:35,696 Noon on a hill 35 00:02:36,286 --> 00:02:39,158 Night in the river 36 00:02:39,331 --> 00:02:41,704 Who is it? 37 00:02:41,833 --> 00:02:45,702 Bero-bero, a little boy 38 00:02:45,879 --> 00:02:49,166 This is Ali Baba, town of mystery 39 00:02:49,341 --> 00:02:55,879 DIARY OF A SHINJUKU THIEF 40 00:02:56,098 --> 00:02:59,598 Even if we'll fade away... 41 00:02:59,977 --> 00:03:04,521 A SOZOSHA PRODUCTION 42 00:03:07,651 --> 00:03:09,526 Produced by MASAYUKI NAKAJIMA 43 00:03:09,695 --> 00:03:12,187 Screenplay by TAKESHI TAMURA, MAMORU SASAKI 44 00:03:12,322 --> 00:03:14,446 Cinematography by YOSHIOKA and SEIZO SENGEN 45 00:03:14,575 --> 00:03:16,817 Production Design by JUSHO TODA 46 00:03:21,707 --> 00:03:24,199 In Cooperation with KINOKUNIYA BOOKSTORE 47 00:03:26,837 --> 00:03:28,712 Starring 48 00:03:29,798 --> 00:03:32,041 TADANORI YOKOO 49 00:03:32,342 --> 00:03:34,051 RIE YOKOYAMA 50 00:03:34,887 --> 00:03:37,129 MOICHI TANABE 51 00:03:37,556 --> 00:03:40,048 TETSU TAKAHASHI 52 00:03:40,225 --> 00:03:42,552 KEI SATO 53 00:03:42,728 --> 00:03:45,397 ROKKO TOURA FUMIO WATANABE 54 00:03:45,564 --> 00:03:50,725 JURO KARA and the JOKYO GEKIJO THEATER GROUP 55 00:04:09,254 --> 00:04:14,416 Directed by NAGISA OSHIMA 56 00:04:14,593 --> 00:04:17,132 SHINJUKU 57 00:04:17,387 --> 00:04:19,761 SUMMER 1968 58 00:04:19,932 --> 00:04:22,424 SATURDAY 59 00:04:22,616 --> 00:04:25,140 5:30 P.M. 60 00:04:49,711 --> 00:04:53,876 This is All Baba 61 00:04:54,466 --> 00:04:58,251 Town of mystery 62 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:04,012 Someone asks you 63 00:05:04,476 --> 00:05:08,605 Morning in the sea 64 00:05:08,856 --> 00:05:11,727 Noon on a hill 65 00:05:12,109 --> 00:05:15,112 Night in the river 66 00:05:15,112 --> 00:05:17,948 Who is it? 67 00:07:08,100 --> 00:07:10,343 Sir, he's the one. 68 00:07:12,354 --> 00:07:15,107 And who might you be? 69 00:07:16,233 --> 00:07:17,728 I'm your employee. 70 00:07:17,776 --> 00:07:19,485 My employee? 71 00:07:20,279 --> 00:07:22,403 Well, never mind. 72 00:07:25,492 --> 00:07:27,153 - Jean Genet? - Yes. 73 00:07:27,327 --> 00:07:29,487 Diary of a Thief. 74 00:07:29,872 --> 00:07:32,031 Are we going to the police? 75 00:07:46,221 --> 00:07:48,844 - You're a fool. - Let me go. 76 00:07:54,354 --> 00:07:55,898 - Three times. - What? 77 00:07:56,231 --> 00:07:58,558 Before they take you to the police. 78 00:08:19,129 --> 00:08:20,506 See you tomorrow. 79 00:08:20,923 --> 00:08:22,418 How may I help you? 80 00:08:51,703 --> 00:08:53,662 Come on, let me do it. 81 00:08:54,414 --> 00:08:56,040 Come on. 82 00:08:56,917 --> 00:08:59,623 Come on. Why stay a virgin? 83 00:09:05,676 --> 00:09:07,135 I'll rape you. 84 00:09:08,178 --> 00:09:09,839 We can do it tomorrow. 85 00:09:09,972 --> 00:09:11,633 Tomorrow? 86 00:09:11,890 --> 00:09:14,217 Tomorrow, the day after, the day after that? 87 00:09:15,060 --> 00:09:17,054 Why not today? 88 00:09:17,646 --> 00:09:19,058 It's my first time. 89 00:09:19,189 --> 00:09:21,942 Think you can make me feel "the ecstasy blues"? 90 00:09:22,985 --> 00:09:25,228 - I know I can. - You sure? 91 00:09:35,103 --> 00:09:36,908 THE NEXT DAY, SUNDAY 92 00:09:37,082 --> 00:09:39,574 SHINJUKU 93 00:09:39,751 --> 00:09:42,243 5:30 P.M. 94 00:09:42,421 --> 00:09:45,257 UBU ROI HOMAGE TO CATALONIA 95 00:09:45,424 --> 00:09:47,252 ARRABAL 96 00:09:47,426 --> 00:09:49,965 THE SEXUAL LIVES OF SAVAGES 97 00:10:03,483 --> 00:10:06,022 ART FANTASTIQUE ART ABSTRAIT 98 00:10:12,910 --> 00:10:15,236 THE TEARS OF EROS 99 00:10:19,416 --> 00:10:22,252 NEKRASOV: RUSSIAN WOMEN 100 00:10:26,006 --> 00:10:31,049 ATLAS OF HUMAN SEX ANATOMY 101 00:10:42,439 --> 00:10:44,065 Three times, right? 102 00:10:45,526 --> 00:10:47,484 This is quite a selection. 103 00:10:47,653 --> 00:10:50,192 He warned me yesterday he'd strike again today, 104 00:10:50,322 --> 00:10:52,399 so I think it best to call the police. 105 00:10:52,991 --> 00:10:56,657 So yesterday was the warning, and today was the real thing. 106 00:10:57,871 --> 00:11:00,161 Are you a cinephile? 107 00:11:02,927 --> 00:11:07,047 - What's your name? - Do I have to say? 108 00:11:10,216 --> 00:11:13,462 I'm glad you like books so much, 109 00:11:13,929 --> 00:11:17,014 but these are merchandise. 110 00:11:17,683 --> 00:11:20,886 I'll give you mine, which isn't for sale. 111 00:11:34,491 --> 00:11:38,360 CONVERSATIONS WITH A NUDE STATUE BY MOICHI TANABE 112 00:11:41,206 --> 00:11:45,075 - My name is Okanoue (Hilltop). - That's an unusual name. 113 00:11:45,252 --> 00:11:47,376 Is this how you write it? 114 00:11:48,755 --> 00:11:49,919 That's right. 115 00:11:50,299 --> 00:11:52,292 Torio Okanoue. 116 00:11:52,676 --> 00:11:57,256 "Tori" as in "bird," "o" as in "man." 117 00:11:57,431 --> 00:12:01,299 At school we had a song called "Hilltop." 118 00:12:02,394 --> 00:12:05,100 The bird in the gingko tree 119 00:12:05,230 --> 00:12:08,066 Sings and sings 120 00:12:08,192 --> 00:12:09,984 I don't sing very well. 121 00:12:10,611 --> 00:12:12,853 I apologize. That's not my real name. 122 00:12:13,739 --> 00:12:16,824 - My real name is Gropey Shinagawa. - "Gropey"? 123 00:12:16,992 --> 00:12:19,864 Stop kidding around. Was it Vickers Hall...? 124 00:12:20,037 --> 00:12:24,201 He wants special treatment because you share an alma mater. I won't allow it. 125 00:12:26,296 --> 00:12:28,669 "Around the entrance to Vickers Hall, 126 00:12:28,798 --> 00:12:31,290 intertwined trumpet creepers. 127 00:12:31,467 --> 00:12:33,794 They make me sentimental. 128 00:12:33,970 --> 00:12:36,296 See how they still grow without withering. 129 00:12:36,639 --> 00:12:38,966 Clear bright skies of autumn, 130 00:12:39,434 --> 00:12:42,601 and the edge of the sea at Shinagawa Bay. 131 00:12:42,729 --> 00:12:45,303 I lean against the wooden fence 132 00:12:45,481 --> 00:12:47,641 and enjoy the view." 133 00:12:48,359 --> 00:12:52,524 I'd know that much even if I weren't from the same school. 134 00:12:53,823 --> 00:12:58,285 So that doesn't tell me whether you are or not. 135 00:12:58,453 --> 00:13:00,779 "Winter exams are close at hand. 136 00:13:00,955 --> 00:13:03,245 I can't understand a single line of French. 137 00:13:03,416 --> 00:13:05,623 Ah, to be 20 years old. 138 00:13:05,793 --> 00:13:07,538 I went to school for six years. 139 00:13:07,670 --> 00:13:10,376 Sake, song, tobacco, and girls -- 140 00:13:10,548 --> 00:13:12,791 that's all I ever learned." 141 00:13:13,009 --> 00:13:14,919 All I learned was shoplifting. 142 00:13:15,053 --> 00:13:17,046 If you're going to use a false name, 143 00:13:17,222 --> 00:13:18,765 you could at least use Haruo Sato, 144 00:13:18,932 --> 00:13:22,598 which would be easier to write in the dedication. 145 00:13:22,727 --> 00:13:24,768 But please take this. 146 00:13:28,383 --> 00:13:31,670 You seem oddly fascinated with him. 147 00:13:31,861 --> 00:13:37,236 Nobody else brings shoplifters to me like this. 148 00:13:38,368 --> 00:13:41,619 I'm fond of this store and of you, sir. 149 00:13:42,622 --> 00:13:45,956 You're embarrassing me. What's your name? 150 00:13:48,378 --> 00:13:50,039 Suzuki. 151 00:13:52,215 --> 00:13:53,710 Miss Suzuki... 152 00:13:53,883 --> 00:13:59,009 you needn't bring every shoplifter up here. 153 00:13:59,305 --> 00:14:00,682 I'm quite busy. 154 00:14:02,058 --> 00:14:03,637 Didn't he give it to you? 155 00:14:03,810 --> 00:14:06,931 I don't want to go to dinner with you. 156 00:14:08,856 --> 00:14:10,850 He told us to be friends. 157 00:14:11,317 --> 00:14:15,150 - There's no point. - I'll wait here until you're off. 158 00:14:26,058 --> 00:14:29,226 WASHINGTON -- SUNDAY 5:30 A.M. 159 00:14:29,379 --> 00:14:32,582 NEW URBAN CENTER SHINJUKU SUNDAY 7:30 P.M. 160 00:14:33,631 --> 00:14:36,123 I have a date with a man at 8:00. 161 00:14:36,301 --> 00:14:37,796 - To do what? - Sleep together. 162 00:14:37,886 --> 00:14:39,963 Is sleeping together that great? 163 00:14:40,513 --> 00:14:41,677 What are you doing? 164 00:14:41,848 --> 00:14:44,933 Your touching me like this feels better than sex. 165 00:14:45,351 --> 00:14:47,475 What does it feel like? 166 00:14:48,521 --> 00:14:50,598 I almost ejaculated. 167 00:14:55,653 --> 00:14:58,359 That only happens when I shoplift. 168 00:14:58,531 --> 00:14:59,991 Good-bye. 169 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:02,945 What about the money? 170 00:15:03,119 --> 00:15:04,780 I don't want it. 171 00:15:05,121 --> 00:15:07,115 How about 2,500 yen each? 172 00:15:07,457 --> 00:15:10,957 I said you can have it all. Use it for the hotel tonight. 173 00:15:13,087 --> 00:15:15,330 Mr. Birdman Hilltop. 174 00:15:15,465 --> 00:15:17,293 What? 175 00:15:17,800 --> 00:15:19,759 You're wealthy. 176 00:15:19,886 --> 00:15:22,460 You could buy any book you want. 177 00:15:22,805 --> 00:15:24,349 I'm poor. 178 00:15:25,242 --> 00:15:28,060 On a bookstore clerk's pay -- - You barely get by. 179 00:15:28,436 --> 00:15:29,718 That's right. 180 00:15:29,812 --> 00:15:30,727 Nonsense. 181 00:15:31,648 --> 00:15:34,650 - Those books you're holding -- - You can have them. 182 00:15:34,901 --> 00:15:38,069 The book the president dedicated to "Birdman Hilltop." 183 00:15:38,613 --> 00:15:41,650 There's a textbook on sex. It'll help you tonight. 184 00:15:41,824 --> 00:15:43,320 Take them. 185 00:15:44,327 --> 00:15:47,993 I get what you're feeling. - Like hell you do. 186 00:15:48,122 --> 00:15:50,697 "To Miss Whosit Suzuki." 187 00:15:57,966 --> 00:16:00,255 Pick them up. They're expensive. 188 00:16:24,450 --> 00:16:26,409 I feel humiliated! 189 00:16:26,536 --> 00:16:28,328 Then steal something. 190 00:16:28,496 --> 00:16:32,281 This is Ali Baba 191 00:16:32,542 --> 00:16:36,375 Town of mystery 192 00:16:37,005 --> 00:16:42,213 Someone asks you 193 00:16:42,719 --> 00:16:46,800 Morning in the sea 194 00:16:46,973 --> 00:16:50,260 Noon on a hill 195 00:16:50,435 --> 00:16:53,306 Night in the river 196 00:16:53,438 --> 00:16:56,012 Who is it? 197 00:16:56,566 --> 00:17:00,481 Bero-bero, a little boy 198 00:17:00,737 --> 00:17:02,730 This is Ali Baba 199 00:17:02,906 --> 00:17:04,484 Town of mystery 200 00:17:06,743 --> 00:17:12,948 An unsolvable solvable riddle 201 00:17:13,583 --> 00:17:18,744 Tonight the owl won't hoot 202 00:18:04,717 --> 00:18:06,094 Congratulations. 203 00:18:09,097 --> 00:18:12,763 Wait. You've got to see me in it. 204 00:18:12,934 --> 00:18:18,439 Like a camel's humps 205 00:18:18,690 --> 00:18:22,605 Or two gourds 206 00:18:22,694 --> 00:18:29,693 How mysteriously we resemble one another 207 00:18:30,326 --> 00:18:34,159 From the number of our hairs to what it looks like down there 208 00:18:34,330 --> 00:18:39,918 We even love the same guy 209 00:18:40,461 --> 00:18:43,796 We even say the same things 210 00:18:43,923 --> 00:18:48,385 In our sleep 211 00:18:49,679 --> 00:18:52,634 On a lonely night 212 00:18:52,807 --> 00:18:55,015 We embrace before a mirror 213 00:18:55,518 --> 00:18:58,935 Even a wilted pomegranate blooms 214 00:19:00,106 --> 00:19:02,775 A lonely winter's night 215 00:19:03,318 --> 00:19:05,774 We gouge out our Siamese cat's eyes 216 00:19:05,904 --> 00:19:08,360 And stuff them in our mouths 217 00:19:08,448 --> 00:19:12,660 The dead give birth in their graves 218 00:19:12,827 --> 00:19:17,075 As long as we 219 00:19:17,206 --> 00:19:19,745 Resemble each other so 220 00:19:19,959 --> 00:19:23,709 There's nothing at all 221 00:19:24,214 --> 00:19:26,254 In the world 222 00:19:26,382 --> 00:19:29,337 The whole world is quiet 223 00:19:29,510 --> 00:19:33,177 A pig's navel 224 00:19:35,642 --> 00:19:38,976 You should have told me before. 225 00:19:40,563 --> 00:19:42,723 So how was it? 226 00:19:42,899 --> 00:19:44,394 Not at all. 227 00:19:44,651 --> 00:19:46,644 I'm asking whether it hurt or not. 228 00:19:46,819 --> 00:19:48,352 Not at all. 229 00:19:48,547 --> 00:19:51,039 You actually enjoyed your first time? 230 00:19:51,241 --> 00:19:52,784 Not at all. 231 00:20:02,210 --> 00:20:04,038 Will you clean out my ears? 232 00:20:05,838 --> 00:20:07,038 Not at all. 233 00:20:08,091 --> 00:20:10,260 - Maybe the ear pick... - Not at all. 234 00:20:10,260 --> 00:20:14,424 enjoys it more than the ear... or not. 235 00:20:14,597 --> 00:20:17,516 My anger and frustration aren't going away at all. 236 00:20:17,684 --> 00:20:18,847 PARIS 237 00:20:19,018 --> 00:20:20,846 PRESIDENT DE GAULLE 238 00:20:21,020 --> 00:20:23,559 GREAT VICTORY 239 00:20:26,484 --> 00:20:29,486 - What was that? - Why's she doing that? 240 00:20:39,831 --> 00:20:41,456 Is she nuts? 241 00:20:54,304 --> 00:20:56,262 Hey, cut it out! 242 00:21:00,268 --> 00:21:01,847 Stop that! 243 00:21:01,978 --> 00:21:04,351 Stop that! 244 00:21:11,404 --> 00:21:12,780 Take her home! 245 00:21:14,324 --> 00:21:16,816 - Let's go. - You go! 246 00:21:18,536 --> 00:21:21,075 - Listen, you -- - Let me go! 247 00:21:22,874 --> 00:21:24,535 Let me go! 248 00:21:26,794 --> 00:21:28,254 No! 249 00:21:30,173 --> 00:21:31,917 Let me go! 250 00:21:40,850 --> 00:21:42,643 Shut up! 251 00:21:56,915 --> 00:22:00,368 SUMMER 1968 -- MONDAY UMEKO SUZUKI WAS HELD 252 00:22:00,536 --> 00:22:03,408 AT YOTSUYA POLICE STATION FROM 4:00 TO 9:00 A.M. 253 00:22:03,539 --> 00:22:07,372 MR. TANABE GOT UMEKO SUZUKI OUT OF JAIL. 254 00:22:07,543 --> 00:22:11,412 THIS WAS AT UMEKO'S REQUEST. 255 00:22:11,589 --> 00:22:14,757 I heard about you two 256 00:22:14,926 --> 00:22:16,754 from Mr. Tanabe. 257 00:22:16,928 --> 00:22:20,013 I think I understand a few things about you. 258 00:22:20,723 --> 00:22:22,847 My approach is very rigorous, 259 00:22:23,017 --> 00:22:26,719 so I'd like you to tell me 260 00:22:26,896 --> 00:22:29,684 a bit about yourselves. 261 00:22:29,816 --> 00:22:33,517 What I think is -- Sorry to do all the talking. 262 00:22:33,695 --> 00:22:36,068 Take off your jacket. It's so hot. 263 00:22:36,656 --> 00:22:39,113 We must gradually lift the veils. 264 00:22:39,576 --> 00:22:41,403 After all, a boy and a girl -- 265 00:22:41,786 --> 00:22:44,871 it's quite normal and natural. 266 00:22:45,039 --> 00:22:47,875 From what I've heard, my feeling is that 267 00:22:48,042 --> 00:22:52,456 the young man is too -- 268 00:22:52,589 --> 00:22:55,460 I'll put it this way: He's a pretty boy. 269 00:22:56,092 --> 00:23:00,257 The young woman is too proper and mature. 270 00:23:00,763 --> 00:23:03,302 That's the fundamental problem. 271 00:23:03,474 --> 00:23:06,429 Well, neither of you is very mature, 272 00:23:06,811 --> 00:23:09,105 but the young man -- 273 00:23:09,105 --> 00:23:13,602 Mr. Mountaintop? No, Mr. Hilltop, was it? 274 00:23:13,807 --> 00:23:17,806 You're still suckling at the breast. 275 00:23:18,781 --> 00:23:21,108 You're still a breast-feeding baby, so to speak. 276 00:23:21,409 --> 00:23:23,403 As for you -- Umeko, was it? 277 00:23:23,870 --> 00:23:28,747 You seem quite mature, but I don't think you really are. 278 00:23:28,917 --> 00:23:31,753 I don't think either of you really understands 279 00:23:31,920 --> 00:23:34,293 what's happening. 280 00:23:36,507 --> 00:23:41,633 I'd like you to look at some of Takehisa Yumeji's work. 281 00:23:41,930 --> 00:23:44,552 Have you seen shunga erotic prints? - Yes. 282 00:23:44,682 --> 00:23:46,759 - How about you? - No. 283 00:23:46,976 --> 00:23:49,053 You look at them first. 284 00:23:51,856 --> 00:23:54,182 Yumeji didn't do many shunga. 285 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:56,352 Yes, they're rare. 286 00:23:57,612 --> 00:23:58,941 This is quite -- 287 00:23:59,072 --> 00:24:03,402 Yes, please pass each to her when you're done. 288 00:24:08,289 --> 00:24:11,244 You too, look closely. 289 00:24:21,844 --> 00:24:24,514 This one kind of gets to me. 290 00:24:24,847 --> 00:24:27,137 - It makes you feel something? - Yes. 291 00:24:28,518 --> 00:24:32,267 So what she's saying... 292 00:24:33,523 --> 00:24:37,356 about this drawing seems to indicate 293 00:24:37,527 --> 00:24:40,066 that she has a desire for group sex. 294 00:24:41,990 --> 00:24:44,232 You also seem to have 295 00:24:44,367 --> 00:24:47,535 homosexual tendencies. 296 00:24:49,372 --> 00:24:51,449 Homosexual tendencies? 297 00:24:51,583 --> 00:24:53,872 Yes, a desire for women. 298 00:24:55,503 --> 00:24:58,042 People call it lesbianism these days. 299 00:24:58,464 --> 00:25:02,795 This drawing is of two women and one man. 300 00:25:03,011 --> 00:25:05,929 Since it made such an impression on you, 301 00:25:06,055 --> 00:25:08,132 I think you have such tendencies. 302 00:25:08,308 --> 00:25:09,803 As for you... 303 00:25:14,230 --> 00:25:16,224 I think you're -- 304 00:25:19,402 --> 00:25:21,111 You're still not being honest. 305 00:25:21,279 --> 00:25:22,988 You have to get naked. 306 00:25:23,573 --> 00:25:28,568 One can't become naked just by talking. 307 00:25:36,085 --> 00:25:39,040 There are still many veils. 308 00:25:40,632 --> 00:25:42,709 At least take off your tie. 309 00:25:45,261 --> 00:25:49,342 Come on. Make yourself comfortable. 310 00:25:49,724 --> 00:25:53,224 You still haven't bared your souls to me. 311 00:25:53,311 --> 00:25:54,890 either of you. 312 00:25:55,813 --> 00:25:57,937 I mean... 313 00:25:59,067 --> 00:26:02,353 your waist -- I mean your hips. 314 00:26:02,987 --> 00:26:04,103 they're wide for a boy. 315 00:26:04,781 --> 00:26:07,107 They're as wide as my chest. 316 00:26:08,284 --> 00:26:09,945 Exactly as wide? 317 00:26:10,954 --> 00:26:14,537 - Have you taken your measurements? - No, I haven't. 318 00:26:14,707 --> 00:26:17,413 But judging from my trouser size -- 319 00:26:17,794 --> 00:26:20,037 That's good. 320 00:26:20,213 --> 00:26:22,705 But at the same time, 321 00:26:22,882 --> 00:26:25,920 I think it shows a certain weakness. 322 00:26:26,094 --> 00:26:28,882 I don't mean to offend, 323 00:26:29,013 --> 00:26:32,846 but I feel you have many feminine elements. 324 00:26:34,394 --> 00:26:37,349 I want to see the two of you naked... 325 00:26:39,315 --> 00:26:41,143 in both body and soul. 326 00:26:41,317 --> 00:26:43,477 As for you, Umeko... 327 00:26:43,695 --> 00:26:47,480 I think your narcissism -- 328 00:26:47,574 --> 00:26:50,860 that is, loving only yourself. 329 00:26:51,160 --> 00:26:55,242 I think that deep inside you 330 00:26:55,623 --> 00:26:58,080 there are lesbian feelings, 331 00:26:58,209 --> 00:27:00,618 or you're susceptible to lesbian tendencies. 332 00:27:00,795 --> 00:27:05,008 Maybe it stems from your bond with your mother 333 00:27:05,174 --> 00:27:08,176 or some other woman. 334 00:27:09,053 --> 00:27:13,716 Then that turned into narcissism, focusing solely on yourself. 335 00:27:15,268 --> 00:27:17,842 That's why you won't get naked. 336 00:27:18,021 --> 00:27:22,185 I think you want to protect yourself. 337 00:27:24,819 --> 00:27:26,480 What do you think? 338 00:27:26,988 --> 00:27:30,239 I think both of you 339 00:27:30,575 --> 00:27:33,244 are wearing 340 00:27:33,369 --> 00:27:37,202 a kind of armor that's weighing you down. 341 00:27:39,667 --> 00:27:42,788 You're both basically incapable of anything. 342 00:27:42,921 --> 00:27:46,006 That's how I feel. I want you to undress. 343 00:27:46,174 --> 00:27:50,007 Could you get naked just because someone said to? 344 00:27:50,178 --> 00:27:54,924 If I'd been alone -- physically, personally, panhumanly-- 345 00:27:55,058 --> 00:27:57,764 I would have stripped naked right there. 346 00:27:58,394 --> 00:28:03,223 But it’s about whether she and I can bare ourselves to each other. 347 00:28:03,358 --> 00:28:05,268 Besides, she was a virgin. 348 00:28:05,401 --> 00:28:07,775 She left her cherry blossom on my sheets. 349 00:28:07,946 --> 00:28:12,407 "Not at all... not at all..." That's all she could say. 350 00:28:12,951 --> 00:28:15,787 For things to end that way with a girl like that-- 351 00:28:16,496 --> 00:28:19,830 If she pops into my head over breakfast one day when I'm 80, 352 00:28:19,999 --> 00:28:21,993 I think it would bother me. 353 00:28:23,169 --> 00:28:27,499 People say that without sexual liberation, human beings won't be free. 354 00:28:27,757 --> 00:28:31,044 If all the girls in the world stopped saying "not at all," 355 00:28:31,219 --> 00:28:34,055 the world would stay the same. 356 00:28:34,847 --> 00:28:37,719 I'm sure Professor Takahashi wanted us 357 00:28:37,892 --> 00:28:40,182 to take the first step by stripping. 358 00:28:40,311 --> 00:28:44,310 He told us to forget about the world and strip bare, 359 00:28:44,482 --> 00:28:46,392 but it was impossible. 360 00:28:46,776 --> 00:28:49,445 Mr. Tanabe's efforts were also in vain. 361 00:28:50,196 --> 00:28:53,115 It was a difficult discussion. I should have ended it. 362 00:28:53,950 --> 00:28:57,534 I didn't have to make such a big deal out of a cherry blossom. 363 00:28:59,289 --> 00:29:02,207 It's pretty vulgar of them to come ask us for sex advice. 364 00:29:02,375 --> 00:29:05,543 Yet we don't really have much choice 365 00:29:05,628 --> 00:29:07,373 but to try to respond. 366 00:29:07,839 --> 00:29:12,632 But nobody present tonight is really an authority on the subject. 367 00:29:12,802 --> 00:29:14,630 How would you know? 368 00:29:14,846 --> 00:29:16,389 That's insulting! 369 00:29:16,514 --> 00:29:18,342 No, it isn't. 370 00:29:18,808 --> 00:29:22,261 Nobody here has a great sex life. 371 00:29:22,395 --> 00:29:23,890 Nonsense! 372 00:29:24,981 --> 00:29:30,486 Okay, let's hear what the guy who said "Nonsense!" has to say. 373 00:29:30,820 --> 00:29:33,988 Do you have a solution to their troubles? 374 00:29:34,157 --> 00:29:36,150 Well, how do you define satisfaction? 375 00:29:36,326 --> 00:29:39,162 You're the only one here who's satisfied. 376 00:29:39,287 --> 00:29:41,197 No, I'm satisfied too. 377 00:29:41,456 --> 00:29:44,790 I'm not satisfied! Absolutely not! 378 00:29:44,918 --> 00:29:46,199 I am. 379 00:29:47,170 --> 00:29:48,665 I am too. 380 00:29:52,675 --> 00:29:56,840 Let's set all embarrassment aside. I'll be the MC, okay? 381 00:29:57,013 --> 00:29:58,722 Okay? 382 00:29:58,890 --> 00:30:02,474 I'll take the lack of clapping as consent. 383 00:30:03,353 --> 00:30:05,679 Rokko Toura... 384 00:30:05,855 --> 00:30:07,683 do you know anything 385 00:30:08,524 --> 00:30:10,233 about sexual fulfillment? 386 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:15,188 I do, but I -- You continue. 387 00:30:15,365 --> 00:30:19,198 Fine, I'll ignore Rokko Toura... 388 00:30:19,369 --> 00:30:21,742 and pan over to Masao Matsuda. 389 00:30:21,913 --> 00:30:25,912 Masao Matsuda, are you or are you not sexually satisfied? 390 00:30:26,084 --> 00:30:29,086 That's not the issue. Everyone here is sexually satisfied. 391 00:30:29,212 --> 00:30:32,380 - Are you sexually satisfied? - I'm having sex. 392 00:30:32,715 --> 00:30:34,424 And now, on to today's guest. 393 00:30:34,551 --> 00:30:36,544 Mr. Tadashi Yamazaki. 394 00:30:36,719 --> 00:30:39,508 Are you sexually satisfied or not? 395 00:30:41,224 --> 00:30:43,264 - Sex... - Are you getting any? 396 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,396 Having sex? I sure am. 397 00:30:46,813 --> 00:30:50,977 In other words, sex is not -- 398 00:30:51,150 --> 00:30:53,725 It's not a duty, is it? - It's -- 399 00:30:54,362 --> 00:30:57,364 Do you consider sex a duty? - No, I don't. 400 00:30:57,532 --> 00:31:00,487 Okay, let's say I tell you that I love a woman. 401 00:31:00,618 --> 00:31:03,288 Why do you think I'd say something so embarrassing? 402 00:31:03,288 --> 00:31:05,039 How should I know? 403 00:31:05,039 --> 00:31:08,207 Rokko Toura has announced that he loves a woman. 404 00:31:08,376 --> 00:31:10,204 I find that rather hard to believe. 405 00:31:10,378 --> 00:31:14,543 If I may be so bold what is love exactly? 406 00:31:14,966 --> 00:31:16,960 - Well -- - Please answer. 407 00:31:17,135 --> 00:31:18,678 Let's ask Kei Sato. 408 00:31:21,055 --> 00:31:24,390 Love? Love isn't something you talk about. 409 00:31:25,977 --> 00:31:30,474 Kei Sato on TV you look as if you've been 410 00:31:30,607 --> 00:31:33,478 bleached out psychologically. 411 00:31:33,693 --> 00:31:35,817 What's that like? 412 00:31:37,071 --> 00:31:38,187 Shut up, boy! 413 00:31:38,323 --> 00:31:40,731 What about it? - What about what? 414 00:31:41,659 --> 00:31:45,325 You're worse than a boy! 415 00:31:45,663 --> 00:31:47,624 I have my doubts. 416 00:31:47,624 --> 00:31:50,198 On TV, instead of playing a character, 417 00:31:50,376 --> 00:31:53,544 you look to me like you're simply being yourself. 418 00:31:53,671 --> 00:31:56,507 So when you appear as yourself, as Kei Sato, 419 00:31:56,633 --> 00:31:58,875 I'm not sure what to make of it. 420 00:31:59,135 --> 00:32:02,505 - Why? - It's just confusing somehow. 421 00:32:04,557 --> 00:32:08,390 - That's my intention. - That's your intention? 422 00:32:08,603 --> 00:32:10,980 What kind of woman do I love? 423 00:32:10,980 --> 00:32:12,606 That's an utterly trivial point. 424 00:32:12,732 --> 00:32:18,107 That's something you either just understand or you don't. 425 00:32:18,279 --> 00:32:21,780 One doesn't have to reveal everything about one's sex life. 426 00:32:21,908 --> 00:32:25,076 - You're being difficult. - I'm what? 427 00:32:25,411 --> 00:32:28,746 - Explain why you're being difficult. - How am I doing that? 428 00:32:30,416 --> 00:32:32,077 In various ways. 429 00:32:32,252 --> 00:32:34,126 You think I'm being difficult, 430 00:32:34,254 --> 00:32:36,294 but I don't think I am at all. 431 00:32:36,422 --> 00:32:37,372 Well -- 432 00:32:38,174 --> 00:32:41,425 You're being ridiculous, thinking that about me! 433 00:32:41,553 --> 00:32:44,720 Don't be absurd. You're damn annoying. 434 00:32:44,889 --> 00:32:48,722 When pigs fly! This is a waste of time. 435 00:32:49,060 --> 00:32:53,189 So, Kei, if your partner doesn't matter here, 436 00:32:53,356 --> 00:32:55,563 how is sex different from masturbation? 437 00:32:55,817 --> 00:32:57,561 Let me put it this way: 438 00:32:57,694 --> 00:32:59,853 As a phenomenon, 439 00:33:00,029 --> 00:33:02,189 or physiologically, 440 00:33:02,323 --> 00:33:04,898 during the act of coitus, 441 00:33:05,034 --> 00:33:09,532 you fall into the illusion of becoming one with your partner. 442 00:33:09,706 --> 00:33:13,918 But I think men and women experience that differently. 443 00:33:14,168 --> 00:33:15,961 Nonsense. 444 00:33:16,170 --> 00:33:18,081 - Why? - I think it's nonsense. 445 00:33:18,214 --> 00:33:20,884 - Why? - I'll explain. 446 00:33:21,050 --> 00:33:22,795 - Please do. - I'll answer. 447 00:33:22,927 --> 00:33:24,422 Answer, please! 448 00:33:24,554 --> 00:33:27,342 Yes, I'm getting to it. 449 00:33:27,515 --> 00:33:32,558 The question is "What is sex?" generally speaking. 450 00:33:33,313 --> 00:33:35,023 You mean for me? 451 00:33:35,023 --> 00:33:39,816 I mean, I want to answer the question "What is sex?" 452 00:33:40,403 --> 00:33:42,812 I'm thinking hard 453 00:33:43,740 --> 00:33:46,362 about what to say. 454 00:33:46,534 --> 00:33:50,118 But since it's not something I usually think about, 455 00:33:50,288 --> 00:33:53,243 I really have to think hard. 456 00:33:54,208 --> 00:33:57,246 For instance, 457 00:33:57,420 --> 00:34:00,256 when I feel it's "sex time," 458 00:34:00,423 --> 00:34:02,547 when I think "just now sex time" -- 459 00:34:06,262 --> 00:34:09,679 or her shoulder, or neck, or tits -- 460 00:34:09,807 --> 00:34:13,427 you usually don't see the nipples -- 461 00:34:13,603 --> 00:34:16,854 but even when I see the upper part, 462 00:34:16,981 --> 00:34:19,651 I think and think about it. 463 00:34:19,817 --> 00:34:22,570 So are a woman's arms 464 00:34:22,737 --> 00:34:25,406 simply there to allure men? 465 00:34:25,573 --> 00:34:29,489 Are they just for embracing men? No, they're not. 466 00:34:29,619 --> 00:34:34,615 Her arms are for washing cups, washing this, cleaning that. 467 00:34:35,124 --> 00:34:38,162 Clearly they're there for that as well. 468 00:34:38,336 --> 00:34:40,828 Simple example: During the Olympics -- 469 00:34:40,964 --> 00:34:45,093 Why is Toura explaining to everyone how he and his woman 470 00:34:45,260 --> 00:34:47,502 are getting so serious? 471 00:34:48,805 --> 00:34:50,597 My woman and I... 472 00:34:52,308 --> 00:34:54,136 are pretty deeply involved... 473 00:34:54,727 --> 00:35:00,103 but I doubt she's as hot for me as I am for her. 474 00:35:01,401 --> 00:35:03,560 I even doubt my own feelings. 475 00:35:05,113 --> 00:35:09,942 Because I feel this uncertainty, I want to go on living. 476 00:35:12,328 --> 00:35:16,161 If nothing's in doubt, I feel no desire to go on living. 477 00:35:16,416 --> 00:35:21,328 When we talk about sex, I want to talk about everything... 478 00:35:23,882 --> 00:35:26,338 about how best to live. 479 00:35:28,845 --> 00:35:30,126 That sums it up. 480 00:35:30,305 --> 00:35:34,635 I don't think sexual liberation is possible. 481 00:35:34,809 --> 00:35:38,393 In the end, it's up to each individual. 482 00:35:38,521 --> 00:35:42,686 It should be left at that. 483 00:35:42,901 --> 00:35:45,060 I find that much more beautiful. 484 00:35:45,236 --> 00:35:48,820 Things like that report by Masters and Johnson, 485 00:35:48,990 --> 00:35:53,949 all that information and statistics -- they mean nothing. 486 00:35:54,245 --> 00:35:55,657 So... 487 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,872 Okay... well... 488 00:36:04,047 --> 00:36:07,049 a man and a woman sleep together, 489 00:36:07,217 --> 00:36:10,053 and there's a result. 490 00:36:10,178 --> 00:36:14,342 I'm not talking about whether a child is born or not. 491 00:36:14,515 --> 00:36:16,059 I'm just saying... 492 00:36:18,895 --> 00:36:23,143 are they glad they had sex or not? 493 00:36:23,274 --> 00:36:24,900 That's the point. 494 00:36:25,068 --> 00:36:27,145 You're basically saying their enjoyment 495 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:29,812 depends on their partner's genitals. 496 00:36:29,989 --> 00:36:34,154 Earlier you were talking about the Olympics and arms and whatnot. 497 00:36:34,452 --> 00:36:37,371 You're just talking about parts and pieces. 498 00:36:38,081 --> 00:36:40,703 Whether her genitals feel good or not -- 499 00:36:40,917 --> 00:36:43,076 that's just something she was born with. 500 00:36:44,212 --> 00:36:45,956 You're talking nonsense. 501 00:36:46,089 --> 00:36:48,415 Don't you appreciate something that's well-made? 502 00:36:48,591 --> 00:36:51,593 That's irrelevant. Whether they're good genitals or not, 503 00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:55,848 good sex means making the best of them, understand? 504 00:36:57,433 --> 00:37:02,809 Even if they're not the best, even if they're awful... 505 00:37:03,773 --> 00:37:07,309 good sex means making them tasty. 506 00:37:07,443 --> 00:37:10,778 Okay, then just what is sex? 507 00:37:11,489 --> 00:37:14,361 "Sex" should end with an S. 508 00:37:14,534 --> 00:37:16,492 It's got to be plural. 509 00:37:16,744 --> 00:37:18,703 That is, a man and a woman. 510 00:37:19,789 --> 00:37:23,658 It can't just be masturbation. 511 00:37:24,711 --> 00:37:28,128 "Having another person watch can also be enjoyable. 512 00:37:28,298 --> 00:37:30,790 MAYOR OF THE NIGHT Then there was the 'kelp roll.' 513 00:37:30,967 --> 00:37:34,170 Explanation may be superfluous but I offer it anyway. 514 00:37:34,721 --> 00:37:37,557 Until around January 20th, geisha wear 515 00:37:37,724 --> 00:37:41,805 a long kimono decorated with a thick, heavy sash. 516 00:37:42,395 --> 00:37:46,014 They usually remove this sash after getting into bed, 517 00:37:46,149 --> 00:37:50,100 but in this case they leave it on -- thus becoming a 'kelp roll'-- 518 00:37:50,278 --> 00:37:54,656 which is considered lucky if done in the first week of January. 519 00:37:54,991 --> 00:37:58,657 When I heard that, I thought it sounded like fun. 520 00:37:58,786 --> 00:38:02,785 So I agreed. But that wasn't enough. 521 00:38:03,291 --> 00:38:05,119 So I made a suggestion: 522 00:38:05,293 --> 00:38:08,081 'I'll be the subject for an experiment. 523 00:38:08,213 --> 00:38:10,290 Let's have everyone hide and watch.' 524 00:38:10,465 --> 00:38:12,505 Everyone was sure to agree. 525 00:38:12,675 --> 00:38:14,669 So we arranged everything 526 00:38:14,802 --> 00:38:17,591 and called in a young geisha. 527 00:38:17,722 --> 00:38:21,721 The older geisha hid behind a shutter in the hall 528 00:38:21,851 --> 00:38:23,560 and held their breath. 529 00:38:23,728 --> 00:38:26,516 The young geisha was cuter than I expected. 530 00:38:26,689 --> 00:38:29,691 I felt it was a bit cruel, 531 00:38:29,817 --> 00:38:31,692 but I’d made a promise. 532 00:38:31,861 --> 00:38:35,907 Now it was my duty to put on a good show. 533 00:38:36,032 --> 00:38:36,157 To aid viewing, I pulled her out 534 00:38:36,157 --> 00:38:39,202 FIVE DAYS LATER, SATURDAY AGAIN To aid viewing, I pulled her out 535 00:38:39,202 --> 00:38:39,369 FIVE DAYS LATER, SATURDAY AGAIN 536 00:38:39,369 --> 00:38:39,494 onto the tatami. 537 00:38:39,494 --> 00:38:41,287 PARIS -- RAIN onto the tatami. 538 00:38:41,287 --> 00:38:41,454 PARIS -- RAIN 539 00:38:41,454 --> 00:38:43,206 PARIS -- RAIN She resisted, so I said, 'It's good luck,' and she was finally convinced. 540 00:38:43,206 --> 00:38:43,539 She resisted, so I said, 'It's good luck,' and she was finally convinced. 541 00:38:43,539 --> 00:38:45,291 SAIGON -- SUNNY She resisted, so I said, 'It's good luck,' and she was finally convinced. 542 00:38:45,291 --> 00:38:45,375 SAIGON -- SUNNY 543 00:38:45,458 --> 00:38:48,626 NAHA -- SUNNY AND 99 F She relented, but right in midcourse, 544 00:38:48,795 --> 00:38:50,623 SHINJUKU -- CLEAR someone in the hallway coughed. 545 00:38:50,797 --> 00:38:53,965 97 F, HUMIDITY 70% Panicking, I coughed twice as loud. 546 00:38:54,133 --> 00:38:55,961 DISCOMFORT INDEX: 85 We concluded without incident. 547 00:38:56,135 --> 00:39:00,597 After she left, we had a debriefing: 548 00:39:00,723 --> 00:39:02,717 'Which of you coughed?' 549 00:39:02,892 --> 00:39:06,428 The culprit didn't step forward. Our game had gone a bit too far. 550 00:39:06,604 --> 00:39:08,099 If she'd heard the cough, 551 00:39:08,273 --> 00:39:11,773 she might have complained about a violation of her human rights. 552 00:39:11,901 --> 00:39:13,694 Even the older geisha would be in trouble." 553 00:39:13,861 --> 00:39:16,947 A lonely winter's night 554 00:39:17,073 --> 00:39:19,482 We embrace before a mirror 555 00:39:20,076 --> 00:39:24,122 Even a wilted pomegranate blooms 556 00:39:24,497 --> 00:39:27,665 A hungry winter's morning 557 00:39:28,585 --> 00:39:31,919 We gouge out our Siamese cat's eyes 558 00:39:32,046 --> 00:39:35,250 And stuff them in our mouths 559 00:39:35,425 --> 00:39:39,506 The dead give birth in their graves 560 00:40:56,923 --> 00:40:58,917 There's a place across the river. 561 00:40:59,801 --> 00:41:02,008 It's called the Shower Inn. 562 00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:06,847 As it is with cars, so it is with relationships. 563 00:41:07,016 --> 00:41:10,718 There's an element of timing in starting the engine. 564 00:41:10,853 --> 00:41:13,310 When the timing is good... 565 00:41:14,774 --> 00:41:17,942 it suddenly begins to rain 566 00:41:18,653 --> 00:41:21,026 at exactly the right moment. 567 00:41:21,197 --> 00:41:23,736 See, when a man and a woman 568 00:41:23,866 --> 00:41:26,536 are caught together in the rain, 569 00:41:27,120 --> 00:41:28,698 it works out very well. 570 00:41:31,165 --> 00:41:32,791 In other words, 571 00:41:32,917 --> 00:41:36,583 if the woman says she has to leave, 572 00:41:36,713 --> 00:41:38,872 and it starts raining, 573 00:41:39,048 --> 00:41:41,208 especially if the rain starts 574 00:41:41,342 --> 00:41:44,178 when you're having trouble keeping up a conversation, 575 00:41:44,345 --> 00:41:47,513 you both suddenly feel very close. 576 00:41:48,391 --> 00:41:53,635 Everything at the inn is so well arranged 577 00:41:54,147 --> 00:42:00,019 for the man and the woman. 578 00:42:00,153 --> 00:42:04,234 The owners create an atmosphere of passion. 579 00:42:08,953 --> 00:42:11,326 They're very attentive to those things. 580 00:42:12,123 --> 00:42:16,204 They really do their best. 581 00:42:17,545 --> 00:42:22,339 If you can't close the deal in a place like that, forget it. 582 00:42:22,592 --> 00:42:25,261 That's how good it is there. 583 00:42:26,095 --> 00:42:30,011 As I said before, in front there's a little door. 584 00:42:30,183 --> 00:42:33,138 It’s like the door to a tearoom. 585 00:42:33,269 --> 00:42:37,054 You walk into an eight-mat room. 586 00:42:37,232 --> 00:42:40,483 Because of how tearooms are built, 587 00:42:40,610 --> 00:42:43,446 it looks larger than eight mats. 588 00:42:44,697 --> 00:42:47,367 Surprisingly, 589 00:42:48,117 --> 00:42:50,241 the entire floor 590 00:42:50,370 --> 00:42:53,039 is covered wall to wall with futons. 591 00:42:54,666 --> 00:42:59,376 It's-- how shall I put it? 592 00:43:00,380 --> 00:43:04,544 It arouses sexual desire as if by magic. 593 00:43:05,093 --> 00:43:07,964 If you go there and nothing happens, 594 00:43:08,137 --> 00:43:10,974 come back and we'll talk again. But go try. 595 00:43:26,072 --> 00:43:27,733 I stole this from Dr. Takahashi's place. 596 00:45:10,009 --> 00:45:11,125 Let's do her! 597 00:45:14,764 --> 00:45:16,674 Let's do her! 598 00:45:46,796 --> 00:45:48,339 Help! 599 00:46:19,454 --> 00:46:21,032 Help! 600 00:46:29,923 --> 00:46:30,754 Help! 601 00:46:31,925 --> 00:46:32,921 Don't kill me. 602 00:46:50,360 --> 00:46:52,567 Ali Baba 603 00:46:53,112 --> 00:46:56,198 Town of mystery 604 00:46:57,200 --> 00:47:02,077 Someone asks you 605 00:47:03,122 --> 00:47:05,449 Morning in the sea 606 00:47:05,625 --> 00:47:07,784 Noon on a hill 607 00:47:08,336 --> 00:47:11,623 Night in the river 608 00:47:11,756 --> 00:47:14,295 Who is it? 609 00:47:14,926 --> 00:47:18,841 Bero-bero, a little boy 610 00:47:19,097 --> 00:47:21,256 This is Ali Baba 611 00:47:21,432 --> 00:47:23,426 Town of mystery 612 00:47:24,561 --> 00:47:30,018 An unsolvable solvable riddle 613 00:47:30,358 --> 00:47:35,235 Tonight the owl won't hoot 614 00:48:05,491 --> 00:48:08,728 UMEKO SUZUKI WAS RAPED 615 00:48:08,897 --> 00:48:12,017 BY TWO MEN 616 00:48:12,233 --> 00:48:15,401 WHAT WAS BIRDMAN DOING? 617 00:48:15,561 --> 00:48:17,398 TOKYO, SHINJUKU: FAIR 618 00:48:17,538 --> 00:48:19,447 SAIGON: JAPAN-CLEAR SKIES 619 00:49:44,534 --> 00:49:46,195 I'm going. 620 00:50:54,812 --> 00:50:56,094 Birdman! 621 00:50:56,773 --> 00:50:58,102 BIRDMAN! 622 00:50:58,149 --> 00:51:00,568 UMEKO SAID TO BIRDMAN: 623 00:51:00,568 --> 00:51:02,070 "IS IT OVER?" 624 00:51:02,070 --> 00:51:04,562 OF COURSE, BIRDMAN DIDN'T ANSWER 625 00:51:04,739 --> 00:51:06,567 "LET'S DO IT." 626 00:51:06,950 --> 00:51:08,611 BIRDMAN: "..." 627 00:51:09,494 --> 00:51:10,360 Let's do it. 628 00:51:10,578 --> 00:51:13,117 SHINJUKU 629 00:51:13,915 --> 00:51:16,454 SUNDAY 630 00:52:10,054 --> 00:52:12,463 You wanna see the goods? I'll show you. 631 00:52:12,891 --> 00:52:15,727 Juro Kara, pretty boy of the Showa Golden Age, 632 00:52:15,810 --> 00:52:17,638 has a huge one! 633 00:52:17,854 --> 00:52:20,975 Dad and Mom embraced, and I was born from a peach. 634 00:52:24,569 --> 00:52:26,563 Wanna pay your respects? Hand over the fee! 635 00:52:26,905 --> 00:52:30,025 JURO KARA'S JOKYO GEKIJO PRESENTS SHOSETSU YUI 636 00:52:30,834 --> 00:52:32,859 Terribly sorry. 637 00:52:39,312 --> 00:52:42,813 We'll get you high. Midnight. 638 00:52:44,796 --> 00:52:47,212 Hanazono shrine. Come and you'll see! 639 00:53:07,163 --> 00:53:09,737 SHINJUKU MONDAY 5:30 P.M. 640 00:53:09,906 --> 00:53:12,398 BIRDMAN IS STANDING HERE. 641 00:53:12,575 --> 00:53:15,114 STANDING. 642 00:53:48,111 --> 00:53:49,736 What's Mr. Tanabe's extension? 643 00:53:50,113 --> 00:53:52,652 - His extension? - 2-0-0. 644 00:53:58,454 --> 00:54:00,448 Hello? Mr. Tanabe, please. 645 00:54:01,332 --> 00:54:03,160 This is Birdman Hilltop. 646 00:54:04,210 --> 00:54:06,003 Is this Mr. Tanabe? 647 00:54:06,546 --> 00:54:08,338 No, it didn't work. 648 00:54:09,465 --> 00:54:12,467 Yes, I'm here. Of course she's here. 649 00:54:16,180 --> 00:54:19,800 Mr. Tanabe said to meet him at the Capricorn at 8:30. 650 00:54:20,143 --> 00:54:21,009 8:30. 651 00:54:22,312 --> 00:54:27,224 For the longest time 652 00:54:28,318 --> 00:54:33,396 I was a barber 653 00:54:35,116 --> 00:54:38,403 In Shinjuku behind the Isetan department store 654 00:54:38,703 --> 00:54:42,951 My mama hustled up business 655 00:54:43,625 --> 00:54:50,672 It was a life free of want 656 00:54:52,008 --> 00:54:55,176 On Sundays not a cloud in the sky 657 00:54:56,012 --> 00:54:58,551 We'd get all dressed up 658 00:54:59,432 --> 00:55:02,351 And draw the housewives in 659 00:55:02,644 --> 00:55:09,098 And enjoy chopping off their heads 660 00:55:10,235 --> 00:55:14,529 Behold, behold 661 00:55:16,574 --> 00:55:21,403 How the razor dances! 662 00:55:22,622 --> 00:55:27,084 Behold, behold 663 00:55:27,919 --> 00:55:31,752 How the heads fly! 664 00:55:36,302 --> 00:55:38,675 "What a tranquil Sunday! 665 00:55:38,972 --> 00:55:41,345 The little birds are nibbling on scallions! 666 00:55:43,142 --> 00:55:44,686 Long live the barber!" 667 00:56:02,287 --> 00:56:03,486 I... 668 00:56:04,831 --> 00:56:05,781 was hiding... 669 00:56:07,083 --> 00:56:09,077 in the restroom. 670 00:56:40,575 --> 00:56:41,904 DIARY OF A THIEF 671 00:56:44,662 --> 00:56:46,407 I am Jean Genet. 672 00:56:51,085 --> 00:56:54,337 "Convicts' garb is striped pink and white. 673 00:56:54,797 --> 00:56:57,336 Though it was at my heart's bidding 674 00:56:57,467 --> 00:57:00,136 that I chose the universe wherein I delight, 675 00:57:00,303 --> 00:57:03,471 I at least have the power 676 00:57:03,640 --> 00:57:05,966 of finding therein the many meanings I wish to find: 677 00:57:06,142 --> 00:57:10,011 there is a close relationship between flowers and convicts." 678 00:57:11,814 --> 00:57:12,774 THE MYSTICISM OF SIMONE WEIL 679 00:57:12,774 --> 00:57:14,898 THE MYSTICISM OF SIMONE WEIL "The true witness is one 680 00:57:15,026 --> 00:57:19,523 who bears witness within the depths of poverty, misery, despair, and disgrace." 681 00:57:19,781 --> 00:57:21,940 COLLECTED WRITINGS OF SAKUTARO HAGIWARA 682 00:57:22,116 --> 00:57:24,075 "I'll tear up my miserable writings 683 00:57:24,202 --> 00:57:27,370 and throw the scraps into the Tone River. 684 00:57:27,497 --> 00:57:31,448 I'm as hungry as a wolf. I clutch at the railing and grind my teeth. 685 00:57:31,918 --> 00:57:35,502 But in vain! Something like tears flow down my cheeks. 686 00:57:36,005 --> 00:57:39,921 I've been contemptible all along! Men lead heavily laden horses past. 687 00:57:40,093 --> 00:57:42,585 On this cold day, the sky darkens over the plain." 688 00:57:43,513 --> 00:57:46,515 COLLECTED WRITINGS VOL. 3 "If it would serve to free the human race, 689 00:57:46,683 --> 00:57:49,886 I believe that even sex with animals, 690 00:57:50,061 --> 00:57:53,431 or copulation in public view, or incest should be encouraged." 691 00:57:53,606 --> 00:57:57,439 "But if I said here come Mr. Clay Mr. Tree, Mr. Fish, Mr. Bird, 692 00:57:57,569 --> 00:58:00,689 you would not know what color he is until you saw him. 693 00:58:00,863 --> 00:58:03,533 He could be Negro or white because the people put at 694 00:58:03,741 --> 00:58:06,494 two million Negroes as the Honorable Elijah Muhammad teaches us here 695 00:58:06,661 --> 00:58:08,489 are named after the masters when we were freed a hundred years ago." 696 00:58:08,663 --> 00:58:10,822 "My loneliness was clearly trying to move 697 00:58:10,957 --> 00:58:14,956 to a place where my soul couldn't follow. 698 00:58:15,128 --> 00:58:18,083 I could discern the reason I had to become angry 699 00:58:18,214 --> 00:58:18,298 in the shape of my loneliness." 700 00:58:18,298 --> 00:58:20,208 TAKAAKI YOSHIMOTO: POETRY in the shape of my loneliness." 701 00:58:20,383 --> 00:58:23,385 "When I grew up/Because my lover was a boy/I had to be a girl 702 00:58:23,553 --> 00:58:27,386 Because everyone except my lover/ Became a girl 703 00:58:27,557 --> 00:58:30,560 TAEKO TOMIOKA: GIRLFRIENDS I became a boy for everyone else 704 00:58:30,560 --> 00:58:30,894 TAEKO TOMIOKA: GIRLFRIENDS 705 00:58:30,894 --> 00:58:33,271 TAEKO TOMIOKA: GIRLFRIENDS Because I felt bad for my lover 706 00:58:33,271 --> 00:58:33,396 TAEKO TOMIOKA: GIRLFRIENDS 707 00:58:33,396 --> 00:58:34,522 TAEKO TOMIOKA: GIRLFRIENDS And because he wouldn't sleep with me, I became a girl." 708 00:58:34,522 --> 00:58:36,231 And because he wouldn't sleep with me, I became a girl." 709 00:58:36,566 --> 00:58:40,399 "The question of women in the collective farms is a big question, comrades. 710 00:58:40,570 --> 00:58:43,239 I know that many of you 711 00:58:43,406 --> 00:58:47,108 underestimate the women and even laugh at them. 712 00:58:47,243 --> 00:58:49,201 But that is a mistake, comrades, 713 00:58:49,370 --> 00:58:50,486 a serious mistake." 714 00:58:50,788 --> 00:58:54,040 "She takes out from her pocket the operating Gikuyu razor. 715 00:58:54,208 --> 00:58:57,875 With a stroke she cuts off the tip of the clitoris. 716 00:58:58,046 --> 00:59:01,747 As no other part of the sexual organ is touched, the operation is complete. 717 00:59:02,425 --> 00:59:05,628 In a moment each girl is covered with a new dress by her sponsor. 718 00:59:05,762 --> 00:59:07,506 At this juncture the silence is broken, 719 00:59:07,680 --> 00:59:09,888 and the crowd begins to sing joyously in these words: 720 00:59:10,058 --> 00:59:10,141 FACING MOUNT KENYA 721 00:59:10,141 --> 00:59:11,851 FACING MOUNT KENYA Our children are brave! Hurrah! 722 00:59:11,851 --> 00:59:12,433 Our children are brave! Hurrah! 723 00:59:12,936 --> 00:59:15,688 Did anyone cry? No one cried. Hurrah!" 724 00:59:15,897 --> 00:59:18,650 "We shouldn't have learned words 725 00:59:19,525 --> 00:59:24,023 Because we learned Japanese and a few foreign phrases... 726 00:59:25,281 --> 00:59:28,034 I stand still within your tears... 727 00:59:28,201 --> 00:59:30,286 TAMURA RYUICHI: POETRY 728 00:59:30,286 --> 00:59:32,163 TAMURA RYUICHI: POETRY and return home, all alone, in your blood." 729 00:59:32,163 --> 00:59:33,956 and return home, all alone, in your blood." 730 00:59:34,123 --> 00:59:36,912 "Not being a monk, I can't seek nirvana at will. 731 00:59:37,126 --> 00:59:40,212 Besides, I have a lust for life. So I ran away. 732 00:59:40,463 --> 00:59:43,465 That night I burned old letters from friends, 733 00:59:43,591 --> 00:59:46,261 picked up my son, and went with my wife to an inn. 734 00:59:46,386 --> 00:59:50,847 Within days rumors had spread that I’d been arrested or killed, 735 00:59:51,099 --> 00:59:54,136 but of Rou Shi there was almost no news. 736 00:59:54,310 --> 00:59:57,478 Some said the police had taken him to Tomorrow Books 737 00:59:57,647 --> 00:59:59,308 to see if he was an editor there. 738 00:59:59,482 --> 01:00:03,066 Others said he was taken to Bei Xin Books 739 01:00:03,194 --> 01:00:05,318 to confirm he was Rou Shi. 740 01:00:05,488 --> 01:00:08,988 Since he was handcuffed, his case must have been serious. 741 01:00:09,450 --> 01:00:12,785 Some said he might be released on bail, 742 01:00:12,912 --> 01:00:17,077 while others said he'd already been sent to Nanjing. Nothing was certain. 743 01:00:17,500 --> 01:00:20,953 More telegrams and letters arrived asking for news of me. 744 01:00:21,087 --> 01:00:24,006 Even my mother in Beijing fell ill from anxiety, 745 01:00:24,173 --> 01:00:27,259 and I had to answer every letter to quash the rumors. 746 01:00:27,385 --> 01:00:29,295 This went on about three weeks. 747 01:00:29,470 --> 01:00:31,298 The cold grew more bitter, 748 01:00:31,431 --> 01:00:34,552 and I wondered if Rou Shi had quilts where he was, as we did. 749 01:00:34,684 --> 01:00:36,678 Had the tin bowls reached him? 750 01:00:36,853 --> 01:00:39,345 But then we got reliable news: 751 01:00:39,480 --> 01:00:41,688 Rou Shi and 23 others, 752 01:00:41,858 --> 01:00:44,184 on the night of February 7th or the morning of the 8th, 753 01:00:44,360 --> 01:00:47,861 had been shot at the Lunghua Garrison. 754 01:00:48,031 --> 01:00:52,029 There were ten bullets in his body. So that's what happened. 755 01:00:52,160 --> 01:00:54,996 Late at night I stood in the courtyard of the inn, 756 01:00:55,163 --> 01:00:57,156 surrounded by piled-up junk. 757 01:00:57,290 --> 01:00:59,663 I felt deeply my loss of a good friend 758 01:00:59,834 --> 01:01:02,919 and China’s loss of a fine young man. 759 01:01:03,046 --> 01:01:05,538 When my sorrow and rage had calmed, 760 01:01:05,715 --> 01:01:09,381 force of habit reasserted itself 761 01:01:09,510 --> 01:01:11,504 and resulted in these verses: 762 01:01:12,180 --> 01:01:14,304 'Used to the long, sleepless nights of spring 763 01:01:14,432 --> 01:01:16,924 I flee with wife and child, my temples gray. 764 01:01:17,060 --> 01:01:21,272 In my dream a mother's tears, on city walls the banners of "great kings." 765 01:01:21,439 --> 01:01:23,729 I can only stand and watch as friends become ghosts. 766 01:01:23,900 --> 01:01:26,736 I angrily face a thicket of knives in search of verse. 767 01:01:26,903 --> 01:01:29,229 I chant my poem and look down -- such thoughts cannot be written. 768 01:01:29,364 --> 01:01:32,152 Watery moonlight shimmers on my jet-black gown.'" 769 01:01:32,742 --> 01:01:36,527 Her last name is Suzuki 770 01:01:36,955 --> 01:01:43,788 Her first name is Umeko 771 01:03:15,701 --> 01:03:18,028 Kinokuniya Bookstore. 772 01:03:19,080 --> 01:03:20,908 I'm on the second floor. 773 01:03:21,791 --> 01:03:23,950 I'm locked in and can't get out. 774 01:03:24,335 --> 01:03:26,293 Let's talk outside. 775 01:03:27,588 --> 01:03:29,083 Let's go outside. 776 01:03:30,383 --> 01:03:32,175 Let's talk outside. 777 01:03:36,389 --> 01:03:38,263 Come on, let's talk outside. 778 01:03:39,642 --> 01:03:41,267 We meet again. 779 01:03:41,394 --> 01:03:43,222 I think I've got the picture. 780 01:03:43,396 --> 01:03:46,267 I've never been averse to love affairs myself, 781 01:03:46,399 --> 01:03:48,606 so I've put up with you two this far, 782 01:03:48,776 --> 01:03:52,360 but let's bring our little drama to an end now. 783 01:03:57,201 --> 01:03:58,483 Pervert! 784 01:04:02,164 --> 01:04:04,407 "A real man is sexual, 785 01:04:04,584 --> 01:04:07,835 yet at the same time something more. 786 01:04:07,962 --> 01:04:11,546 But a real woman is nothing apart from her sexuality." 787 01:04:11,716 --> 01:04:13,341 Otto Weininger. 788 01:04:23,436 --> 01:04:26,936 Ms. Suzuki, you're acting strangely. You should stop there. 789 01:04:56,093 --> 01:04:58,632 I've done a lot of wild things in my time -- 790 01:04:58,804 --> 01:05:00,715 well, a few -- 791 01:05:00,848 --> 01:05:04,763 and I don't intend to pursue you two any further. 792 01:05:04,936 --> 01:05:06,265 In baseball, 793 01:05:06,395 --> 01:05:09,397 if you take it easy in the early innings, 794 01:05:09,565 --> 01:05:13,149 you'll find yourself losing in the ninth. 795 01:05:34,924 --> 01:05:36,004 Please buy this girl. 796 01:05:46,102 --> 01:05:48,345 That's enough. I get it. 797 01:06:14,213 --> 01:06:15,839 Please buy her. 798 01:06:16,716 --> 01:06:18,045 That's right. 799 01:06:18,217 --> 01:06:19,677 I'm a whore. 800 01:06:20,177 --> 01:06:21,673 A prostitute. 801 01:06:21,971 --> 01:06:23,556 A good-time girl. 802 01:06:23,840 --> 01:06:25,224 I was gang-raped. 803 01:06:48,080 --> 01:06:50,572 Your bodies make a nice composition, like a swastika, 804 01:06:50,708 --> 01:06:52,666 but I feel bad for the books. 805 01:06:52,835 --> 01:06:54,710 I am those books. 806 01:06:58,716 --> 01:07:00,342 Please buy her. 807 01:07:07,016 --> 01:07:09,060 The game is over. 808 01:07:09,060 --> 01:07:14,351 I knew from the start you were only pretending to be my employee. 809 01:07:31,123 --> 01:07:33,283 Umeko Suzuki has just been bought 810 01:07:33,584 --> 01:07:34,664 with this money. 811 01:07:34,794 --> 01:07:37,879 DIARY OF A SHINJUKU THIEF 812 01:08:02,905 --> 01:08:04,566 Now I've bought you. 813 01:08:16,669 --> 01:08:19,872 DIARY OF A SHINJUKU THIEF 814 01:08:27,805 --> 01:08:30,344 GOING HOME... 815 01:08:30,516 --> 01:08:33,008 THERE ARE ODIOUS THINGS IN THE WORLD 816 01:08:33,185 --> 01:08:35,678 THE NIGHT DEEPENS AGAIN 817 01:08:35,855 --> 01:08:39,189 AS I TRUDGE HOME 818 01:08:39,400 --> 01:08:40,895 One, two, three, four, 819 01:08:41,068 --> 01:08:44,818 five, six, seven, eight, 35, 46, 150, 1,000, 10,000 people. 820 01:08:44,989 --> 01:08:48,240 Everybody waiting, doing nothing but waiting, 821 01:08:48,367 --> 01:08:49,697 waiting to see the show: 822 01:08:49,869 --> 01:08:52,028 Juro Kara's Shosetsu Yui. 823 01:08:52,246 --> 01:08:54,572 Idiots. They could perform it themselves. 824 01:08:54,749 --> 01:08:56,742 "This is the office at the Hanazono shrine. 825 01:08:56,918 --> 01:08:58,876 Tonight's performance is canceled. 826 01:08:59,045 --> 01:09:00,955 Everybody please break it up." 827 01:09:01,088 --> 01:09:04,090 But Umeko and I can't break up. 828 01:09:04,216 --> 01:09:07,337 I have 30,000 yen. They say everyone leaves you when you're broke. 829 01:09:07,511 --> 01:09:09,304 I took Umeko's money for when I want to leave. 830 01:09:09,430 --> 01:09:12,598 We're not beggars. We're really thieves. 831 01:09:12,725 --> 01:09:15,513 Mr. Tanabe couldn't understand that. 832 01:09:15,686 --> 01:09:18,059 That's why he didn’t join us. 833 01:09:18,689 --> 01:09:22,688 I think Umeko wanted to steal Mr. Tanabe's manhood, 834 01:09:22,860 --> 01:09:25,648 and I wanted to steal sex from Umeko. 835 01:09:26,072 --> 01:09:27,900 He wanted no part of it. 836 01:09:28,032 --> 01:09:30,701 He taught us many things, 837 01:09:30,701 --> 01:09:33,028 but he might as well have taught us nothing at all. 838 01:09:33,204 --> 01:09:37,285 Normally we'd split the 30,000 so I could buy a girl for 15,000 839 01:09:37,416 --> 01:09:39,659 and Umeko could buy a boy, 840 01:09:39,835 --> 01:09:41,829 and we could break up. 841 01:09:42,004 --> 01:09:45,955 But rather than buy a girl, I wanted to become one, 842 01:09:46,092 --> 01:09:48,928 though I don't know if Umeko wants to be a boy... 843 01:09:55,268 --> 01:09:57,345 May I make an offering to the spirits? 844 01:10:01,941 --> 01:10:03,317 Why? 845 01:10:03,609 --> 01:10:06,066 Did you kill someone? - Not yet. 846 01:10:15,121 --> 01:10:18,870 I'd take one of these and whip it out. 847 01:10:25,047 --> 01:10:28,215 Or wear a woman's costume. - Are you an actor? 848 01:10:28,384 --> 01:10:31,920 Watching plays, acting in them -- neither is any fun. 849 01:10:32,346 --> 01:10:35,016 Then why'd you act like a bookstore clerk? 850 01:10:37,977 --> 01:10:41,145 Perfect fit, huh? - It's obscene. 851 01:10:41,314 --> 01:10:43,307 What are you looking to do? 852 01:10:44,609 --> 01:10:47,101 I want to try being someone else. 853 01:10:47,278 --> 01:10:49,437 - You mean it? - Yes. 854 01:10:50,489 --> 01:10:53,064 Then you can be Shosetsu Yui. 855 01:10:56,203 --> 01:10:57,948 Don't do it. 856 01:10:59,248 --> 01:11:00,708 There's something wrong with him. 857 01:11:01,417 --> 01:11:03,245 It's all lies. 858 01:11:03,836 --> 01:11:05,830 He's too spineless to play Shosetsu Yui. 859 01:11:06,005 --> 01:11:09,292 - Oddballs make better actors. - But he's a rank amateur -- 860 01:11:09,467 --> 01:11:12,422 I can see it in his eyes: the eyes of a thief. 861 01:11:15,640 --> 01:11:19,341 In 80 years of modern Japanese drama no thief ever became an actor. 862 01:11:19,518 --> 01:11:24,228 We can use that as a selling point on the marquee. 863 01:11:26,400 --> 01:11:28,727 The word "kabuki" comes from 864 01:11:28,903 --> 01:11:32,154 means "to act boldly and dramatically." 865 01:11:32,698 --> 01:11:36,033 The actors weren't the shogun's retainers but social outcasts 866 01:11:36,202 --> 01:11:39,370 chased into the riverbeds. That's what made them great. 867 01:11:39,872 --> 01:11:44,037 But I won't show you the trapdoor that leads to the riverbed, you hear? 868 01:11:44,877 --> 01:11:47,500 You have to find your own. 869 01:11:47,838 --> 01:11:49,417 If you don't find it, 870 01:11:50,341 --> 01:11:52,050 and people start praising you 871 01:11:52,218 --> 01:11:53,547 with terms like "underground" and "psychedelic," 872 01:11:53,928 --> 01:11:57,380 you'll start feeling you've made it before you really have. 873 01:12:01,394 --> 01:12:04,977 Head for sale! 874 01:12:05,815 --> 01:12:09,683 Head for sale! 875 01:13:22,391 --> 01:13:24,100 Who are you? 876 01:13:24,602 --> 01:13:26,263 Shosetsu Yui! 877 01:13:26,562 --> 01:13:29,434 Head for sale! 878 01:13:30,191 --> 01:13:31,734 Your head! 879 01:13:31,984 --> 01:13:35,187 - Give it here! - Get out, you crazy bitch! 880 01:13:35,404 --> 01:13:37,197 Get out. 881 01:13:39,575 --> 01:13:41,699 What a strange face! 882 01:13:49,835 --> 01:13:51,414 "I'm really getting it tonight." 883 01:13:56,509 --> 01:13:58,337 Why are you helping him? 884 01:13:58,636 --> 01:14:01,424 Who are you? Tell me your name. 885 01:14:02,431 --> 01:14:03,428 Shosetsu Yui. 886 01:14:03,599 --> 01:14:05,392 "It's not just the town that's crazy!" 887 01:14:05,476 --> 01:14:07,802 That's right. It's you and him and everyone. 888 01:14:11,774 --> 01:14:13,150 I know you. 889 01:14:13,484 --> 01:14:16,687 You ran away, didn't you? Coward! 890 01:14:16,862 --> 01:14:19,070 You're the one who killed your comrades. 891 01:14:19,198 --> 01:14:22,236 You watched as you had them killed. 892 01:14:22,410 --> 01:14:23,905 "You're the one who had your comrades killed!" 893 01:14:24,036 --> 01:14:25,911 "Don't confuse me with someone else, hag!" 894 01:14:27,456 --> 01:14:29,450 "Don't confuse me with someone else, hag!" 895 01:14:32,878 --> 01:14:36,046 Listen to the crow caw as it flies away! 896 01:14:37,300 --> 01:14:40,634 Call out his name once more! 897 01:14:41,429 --> 01:14:43,588 Once more! All together! 898 01:14:43,723 --> 01:14:44,922 Caw! Caw! 899 01:14:45,308 --> 01:14:46,507 Caw! 900 01:14:46,767 --> 01:14:49,094 "You dare call me a caw?" 901 01:14:49,437 --> 01:14:51,763 - You dare call me a caw? - What? 902 01:14:53,858 --> 01:14:55,686 Maruboshi, stand up! 903 01:14:59,530 --> 01:15:00,646 Wait a minute. 904 01:15:01,073 --> 01:15:03,067 Let me hear your name again. 905 01:15:05,036 --> 01:15:07,610 What did you say your name was? 906 01:15:08,581 --> 01:15:10,658 Shosetsu Yui. 907 01:15:12,710 --> 01:15:15,463 Yui: "Can anything compare with" Shosetsu: "Pure snow" 908 01:15:16,756 --> 01:15:19,592 That voice, those teeth, 909 01:15:19,759 --> 01:15:23,425 those big ears, that strong odor, 910 01:15:23,554 --> 01:15:26,223 that sash, that expression, those gestures, 911 01:15:26,349 --> 01:15:31,177 that way of adjusting his loincloth as he walks without using his hands. 912 01:15:33,564 --> 01:15:36,056 Shosetsu was raised by me, Yozakura. 913 01:15:36,233 --> 01:15:40,149 Impostor! You're not Shosetsu Yui. 914 01:15:40,279 --> 01:15:41,359 "That's right!" 915 01:15:41,572 --> 01:15:43,780 "Then who do you say I am, hag?" 916 01:15:44,075 --> 01:15:45,903 Who do you say he is? 917 01:15:50,122 --> 01:15:51,950 Stop! 918 01:15:56,712 --> 01:15:57,709 Get out of the way! 919 01:16:11,143 --> 01:16:13,220 Impostor! Shameless impostor! 920 01:16:13,354 --> 01:16:16,771 If you were Shosetsu, I'd recognize you. 921 01:16:19,860 --> 01:16:21,521 You senile old streetwalker! 922 01:16:22,029 --> 01:16:24,984 I'll strike your vital points! 923 01:16:25,366 --> 01:16:27,110 What the hell are you doing? 924 01:16:27,493 --> 01:16:29,036 A blow to your vital point! 925 01:16:33,332 --> 01:16:39,169 Pure snow... can anything compare? 926 01:16:43,342 --> 01:16:45,003 Stay away from her! 927 01:17:12,048 --> 01:17:16,659 JOKYO GEKIJO SPIRIT PERFORMANCE 928 01:17:16,834 --> 01:17:18,662 AUDIENCE: 929 01:17:18,794 --> 01:17:21,286 1,000 GIRLS 930 01:17:21,464 --> 01:17:23,292 AUDIENCE: 931 01:17:23,466 --> 01:17:26,669 10,000 POLICEMEN 932 01:17:27,803 --> 01:17:31,968 "A man should never leave his promises in a woman's hands. 933 01:17:33,893 --> 01:17:37,179 A man should only pass over a woman. 934 01:17:38,648 --> 01:17:41,436 A man should only pass over a woman." 935 01:17:42,610 --> 01:17:44,354 "Hurry up and pass over." 936 01:17:49,992 --> 01:17:53,243 "This is also true of that immense woman, the nation. 937 01:17:53,537 --> 01:17:55,448 Man must not serve woman. 938 01:17:56,457 --> 01:17:58,700 What is a woman?" - I am! 939 01:18:01,504 --> 01:18:04,838 "Chuya, women are a pitfall. 940 01:18:05,883 --> 01:18:08,043 Women do not wait for men." 941 01:18:11,806 --> 01:18:15,258 "Chuya, men are a pitfall! 942 01:18:15,810 --> 01:18:17,850 Men do not wait for women." 943 01:18:21,274 --> 01:18:24,477 "Women, Chuya, are waiting below 944 01:18:24,819 --> 01:18:26,978 at your feet... 945 01:18:28,114 --> 01:18:30,688 to swallow you up like an octopus trap. 946 01:18:31,284 --> 01:18:33,443 They just want you. 947 01:18:35,246 --> 01:18:38,912 They're like octopus traps that swallow men's dreams. 948 01:18:40,418 --> 01:18:42,707 Chuya, there are no women. 949 01:18:57,143 --> 01:18:58,638 Believe me, 950 01:18:58,811 --> 01:19:02,146 there's no such thing as a woman in this world!" 951 01:19:03,816 --> 01:19:05,976 - Hey! - I'm going to clean up. 952 01:19:07,695 --> 01:19:08,811 Wait. 953 01:19:08,988 --> 01:19:11,147 Excuse us. 954 01:19:12,033 --> 01:19:13,907 Hold on. What are you doing? 955 01:19:19,498 --> 01:19:21,622 I said wait a second! 956 01:19:25,004 --> 01:19:26,665 What costume do I wear next? 957 01:19:26,839 --> 01:19:29,508 Believe me, there are no women. 958 01:19:29,926 --> 01:19:32,797 Neither what you nor I imagine as a woman exists. 959 01:19:32,970 --> 01:19:34,300 Water sprite! 960 01:19:34,430 --> 01:19:36,424 Pay no attention to her. 961 01:19:36,641 --> 01:19:39,133 All we need do is close our eyes 962 01:19:39,268 --> 01:19:41,760 and pass over her like a breeze. 963 01:19:41,896 --> 01:19:45,681 But after all, Japan is an island nation. 964 01:19:45,858 --> 01:19:48,315 She keeps her legs crossed just like a woman 965 01:19:48,444 --> 01:19:50,319 for fear of attack from the outside. 966 01:19:50,488 --> 01:19:53,490 Europe seems so much better. 967 01:19:53,658 --> 01:19:56,576 Holland, Italy, Germany, Afghanistan -- 968 01:19:56,702 --> 01:20:00,831 they're all just whorehouses wearing goddesses' crowns. 969 01:20:01,624 --> 01:20:04,958 In the West, ten women wait for one man. 970 01:20:05,086 --> 01:20:09,749 But in this country, one woman toys with ten men. 971 01:20:12,718 --> 01:20:15,257 You're not Shosetsu anymore. Let's go. 972 01:20:16,222 --> 01:20:19,307 - Hasn't it stopped yet? - It's still dribbling out. 973 01:20:19,892 --> 01:20:22,680 Chuya, believe that there is no woman. 974 01:20:23,062 --> 01:20:25,636 Powerful men have always ruled this country, 975 01:20:25,773 --> 01:20:29,273 but in the end, the country raped all her rulers. 976 01:20:29,652 --> 01:20:33,318 Men today must raise themselves above the men of the past. 977 01:20:33,573 --> 01:20:36,528 No, pay no attention to her. 978 01:20:39,704 --> 01:20:41,282 Shosetsu... 979 01:20:42,081 --> 01:20:45,332 stop whining like a mistress's son! - Damn it! 980 01:20:48,129 --> 01:20:50,835 After all, here we have a fine woman named Ogin. 981 01:20:51,465 --> 01:20:54,004 With your arbitrary theories about women, 982 01:20:54,093 --> 01:20:57,095 Ogin won't know what to do with herself. 983 01:20:57,930 --> 01:21:02,593 Your ideas are just those of a bachelor's utopia. 984 01:21:02,768 --> 01:21:04,264 Weak! 985 01:21:04,437 --> 01:21:08,566 You're just an undernourished king of weak ideas. 986 01:21:08,691 --> 01:21:11,265 Oh, poor thing! 987 01:21:11,611 --> 01:21:14,103 Oh, poor thing! 988 01:21:14,238 --> 01:21:16,232 Since my family was poor 989 01:21:16,866 --> 01:21:19,405 I went to work in an oil shop when I was little 990 01:21:20,286 --> 01:21:22,992 They let me out once a year 991 01:21:23,331 --> 01:21:26,000 To go to the winter cherry market fair 992 01:21:27,084 --> 01:21:33,171 The boss's wife was a nasty woman 993 01:21:34,050 --> 01:21:37,716 Who suspected something between me and her husband 994 01:21:37,845 --> 01:21:41,345 I trembled in fear, year after year 995 01:21:42,308 --> 01:21:45,642 She shot sharp glances at me as I swept or served rice 996 01:21:45,811 --> 01:21:48,979 And of course when I looked at the boss 997 01:21:49,440 --> 01:21:53,190 She paid me so much attention that the boss started too as well 998 01:21:53,486 --> 01:21:55,526 One night, as I returned home from the baths 999 01:21:55,655 --> 01:21:58,194 He beckoned me from behind a trashcan 1000 01:21:58,658 --> 01:22:01,280 "Ogin, come here and show me your ass" 1001 01:22:01,452 --> 01:22:03,446 I didn’t like him, but I let him have his way 1002 01:22:03,579 --> 01:22:06,249 It didn't hurt but I pretended it did 1003 01:22:06,832 --> 01:22:08,826 In due course his wife found out 1004 01:22:09,210 --> 01:22:11,369 One night I wrapped my things in a bundle 1005 01:22:11,504 --> 01:22:14,707 And went to work in a bicycle shop -- - Poor thing! 1006 01:22:14,882 --> 01:22:17,208 The boss this time had palsy 1007 01:22:17,635 --> 01:22:20,423 No worries from him 1008 01:22:21,264 --> 01:22:25,594 But his idiot son Yochan 1009 01:22:26,519 --> 01:22:29,889 Came crawling under my covers every night 1010 01:22:30,022 --> 01:22:33,190 "Yochan, why do you bring your freezing feet into my bed?" 1011 01:22:33,359 --> 01:22:35,234 No matter how many times I refused, 1012 01:22:35,361 --> 01:22:37,236 Yochan would burst out laughing and say, 1013 01:22:37,405 --> 01:22:39,398 "Ogin, let me suck your 'winter cherries.' 1014 01:22:39,532 --> 01:22:41,572 Where did you pick them? 1015 01:22:41,742 --> 01:22:46,073 I'd like to buy some an suck them dry." 1016 01:22:46,247 --> 01:22:49,996 "Don't be silly! Like I'd ever be the plaything of an idiot like you!" 1017 01:22:51,085 --> 01:22:54,870 The shoji whooshed open, and who was there but the old boss. 1018 01:22:55,423 --> 01:22:58,045 With a pump in one hand, he screams, 1019 01:22:58,217 --> 01:23:00,341 "Where's the flat tire?" 1020 01:23:00,886 --> 01:23:04,932 He grabs my breast and tries to blow air into it, cheeks bellowing. 1021 01:23:05,308 --> 01:23:07,218 "That's no inner tube!" 1022 01:23:07,393 --> 01:23:11,439 Yet he keeps puffing furiously. 1023 01:23:11,564 --> 01:23:17,069 Stupid Yochan and his pathetic dad came to blows over whether... 1024 01:23:17,236 --> 01:23:18,815 How awful it must have been! 1025 01:23:18,946 --> 01:23:23,241 ...whether it was a winter cherry or a flat tire. What a fight! 1026 01:23:24,410 --> 01:23:27,079 Without a word 1027 01:23:28,080 --> 01:23:32,993 I fled into the night 1028 01:23:34,420 --> 01:23:36,746 And wandered down the road 1029 01:23:36,923 --> 01:23:39,759 Holding my sandals in one hand 1030 01:23:40,551 --> 01:23:44,846 Trudging along, where shall I go? 1031 01:23:47,266 --> 01:23:51,347 I asked the stars in vain 1032 01:23:52,730 --> 01:23:55,056 As the night quietly deepened 1033 01:23:55,191 --> 01:23:57,765 The quiet Edo night 1034 01:23:58,778 --> 01:24:01,186 I got soaked 1035 01:24:01,656 --> 01:24:04,195 In the evening dew 1036 01:24:05,952 --> 01:24:09,535 It was then that I learned 1037 01:24:10,081 --> 01:24:13,581 With a delighted laugh of recognition 1038 01:24:15,378 --> 01:24:20,041 Just how sad 1039 01:24:20,383 --> 01:24:24,796 A woman's fate can be 1040 01:24:26,055 --> 01:24:27,219 Woof woof! 1041 01:24:48,786 --> 01:24:50,578 What are you doing? 1042 01:24:56,043 --> 01:24:57,704 Shall we steal it? 1043 01:24:57,962 --> 01:25:01,047 DIARY OF A SHINJUKU THIEF 1044 01:25:01,340 --> 01:25:03,667 - It's all your fault! - I'm sorry! 1045 01:25:03,884 --> 01:25:05,166 Go find it! 1046 01:25:18,274 --> 01:25:21,442 Hanbei, call my name. 1047 01:25:23,279 --> 01:25:26,150 Didn't I tell you to tell me who I am 1048 01:25:26,866 --> 01:25:31,030 whenever I cut down somebody standing in my way? 1049 01:25:35,708 --> 01:25:38,377 You tell me to take off this mask. 1050 01:25:41,380 --> 01:25:43,339 My hands are too slippery with blood! 1051 01:25:47,720 --> 01:25:51,137 You tell me to show my face behind the mask. 1052 01:25:52,850 --> 01:25:54,393 My hands slip. 1053 01:25:55,645 --> 01:26:00,308 I didn't realize blood was this oily. 1054 01:26:02,860 --> 01:26:06,195 Head for sale! 1055 01:26:06,364 --> 01:26:07,527 That head is sold! 1056 01:26:10,743 --> 01:26:12,119 You want that head? 1057 01:26:13,079 --> 01:26:14,325 Or this one? 1058 01:26:18,000 --> 01:26:19,412 Which will it be? 1059 01:26:50,157 --> 01:26:51,238 I... 1060 01:26:57,873 --> 01:27:00,081 I'll have this head! 1061 01:27:04,338 --> 01:27:05,537 No! 1062 01:27:06,299 --> 01:27:09,254 What big, fluffy snowflakes! 1063 01:27:20,605 --> 01:27:23,144 I am Shosetsu Yui. 1064 01:27:33,075 --> 01:27:35,484 Please return my husband's head. 1065 01:27:47,423 --> 01:27:50,758 Juro Kara, it's my fault it was stolen. 1066 01:27:51,594 --> 01:27:52,674 So don't stop me. 1067 01:28:05,574 --> 01:28:08,488 DIARY OF A SHINJUKU THIEF 1068 01:29:39,118 --> 01:29:41,112 What's this? Where'd you get that scar? 1069 01:29:50,671 --> 01:29:54,540 This? I was about 18. 1070 01:29:55,134 --> 01:29:57,626 I was walking around Shinjuku 1071 01:29:58,137 --> 01:30:02,966 when a boy of about 14 1072 01:30:03,142 --> 01:30:05,385 started following me. 1073 01:30:05,561 --> 01:30:08,100 I didn't realize he was following me. 1074 01:30:08,272 --> 01:30:12,734 I just kept on walking, 1075 01:30:13,694 --> 01:30:15,439 and he suddenly ran towards me 1076 01:30:15,613 --> 01:30:18,105 He was probably disturbed. 1077 01:30:18,616 --> 01:30:23,991 He stabbed me and then ran off. 1078 01:30:24,163 --> 01:30:27,284 What did he stab you with? Did he attack from behind? 1079 01:30:27,416 --> 01:30:29,659 Yes. It seems it was a random attack. 1080 01:30:30,336 --> 01:30:34,999 But he quickly ran off, 1081 01:30:35,216 --> 01:30:37,174 so I couldn't tell. 1082 01:30:37,343 --> 01:30:41,591 Apparently he stabbed two or three other girls, 1083 01:30:41,722 --> 01:30:44,131 and he was caught soon thereafter. 1084 01:30:44,308 --> 01:30:46,302 I later asked the police. 1085 01:30:48,604 --> 01:30:51,772 It seems he was an American. 1086 01:30:53,109 --> 01:30:56,194 Did you realize right away you'd been stabbed? 1087 01:30:56,362 --> 01:31:00,361 Only when I started bleeding. 1088 01:31:01,033 --> 01:31:06,195 But since he was an American, 1089 01:31:06,372 --> 01:31:09,374 alone in Japan without his parents, 1090 01:31:09,542 --> 01:31:12,544 I think he just kind of cracked 1091 01:31:12,795 --> 01:31:17,956 for all sorts of reasons, and that's why he did it. 1092 01:31:18,134 --> 01:31:22,179 So I felt sorry for him and didn't blame him. 1093 01:31:24,724 --> 01:31:32,222 But I do feel something like rage toward nothing in particular. 1094 01:31:32,440 --> 01:31:35,358 After that... 1095 01:31:35,526 --> 01:31:40,355 did you perhaps, because of what had happened, 1096 01:31:40,489 --> 01:31:44,073 develop a phobia of men? 1097 01:31:44,577 --> 01:31:47,662 I don't think that had anything to do with it. 1098 01:31:48,414 --> 01:31:51,914 So it has no connection with sex? 1099 01:31:52,084 --> 01:31:55,170 No, there's no connection like that. 1100 01:31:56,213 --> 01:31:59,465 But actually... 1101 01:31:59,592 --> 01:32:02,547 I was afraid of men for about a month. 1102 01:32:02,720 --> 01:32:06,719 So you don't think that that scar was also a wound to your heart? 1103 01:32:07,767 --> 01:32:12,311 Well, it did have some effect on me. 1104 01:32:12,438 --> 01:32:14,182 Not a good one, I imagine. 1105 01:32:14,523 --> 01:32:18,190 Not a good effect, but it was a singular event, 1106 01:32:18,319 --> 01:32:22,234 so in terms of its place in my life, 1107 01:32:23,282 --> 01:32:26,948 I think getting stabbed was a big deal. 1108 01:32:27,119 --> 01:32:32,032 Well, in the case -- how should I put it? -- 1109 01:32:34,126 --> 01:32:36,167 Maybe you should treasure that scar. 1110 01:32:36,295 --> 01:32:38,870 Yes, of course. 1111 01:34:21,134 --> 01:34:24,743 Cops, go home!