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A NIKKATSU PRODUCTION

May 20th:

When I was arrested in downtown Tokyo,

I was using an alias: Nao Owada.

I was using so many aliases.

I can't remember them all.

Miyako, Haruko, Shizuka,

Sonomaru, Sadako, Haru, Okaru,

Ikuyo, Toki Ishii, Nobuko Yoshii,

Masako Yoshii,

Kazuyo Tanaka,

Kayo Tanaka,

Kayo Kurokawa,

... all my aliases.

When I worked at Kichi's shop,

I was called Kayo.

After he died,

I returned to my real name: Sada Abe.

SADA

SADA AND KICHI

SADA AND KICHI TOGETHER

THE TRUE STORY OF SADA ABE

You're turning me into a skeleton.

If it goes on like this, people will think we're migrants,

wandering from inn to inn.

SADA

Whatever happens to us...

I don't care.

What's the worst thing?

Only death...

Master...

Kichi...

Darling...

You're so nice.

The best man I've ever known.

Bite it.

More.

Harder!

More!

I'll never let you go.

Will you give them up for me?

Your wife...

Your shop...

Your children too?

I'll go to hell if you want me to.

Kayo...

I've never known a woman like you.

Master!

What cold hands!

I'm crazy about you.

You're late! Been playing around?

Don't. They'll hear us.

I don't care.

Tell me...

Did you visit your wife...

after you got a haircut?

Wait.

Wait!

Hold on!

Stop it. You still have the knife, then?

I hid it so the maid wouldn't find it.

Hey! Don't you know who I am?

I'm Koima, the most popular geisha in Yoshiwara.

Take a good look, everyone.

I'll even do this for my man.

I saw a scene like that in a play once.

I always wanted to do it myself.

You should be more dramatic. You should use a real sword.

You couldn't kill with that.

I could. It's very sharp.

Stop it.

Paint a picture with my blood, like in the play.

It's true... Maybe I will kill you.

I'll cut off your willy.

Then you can't screw anyone else.

You're crazy.

If the moon were a mirror,

It would reflect your face,

So I could see you every night

That's how I feel about you

Please don't forget me, darling

Don't forget me!

I think of you both day and night

My heart is always filled with you

Thoughts of you flow through my veins

That's how I feel about you

Please don't forget me, darling

Don't forget me!

Real lovers should eat only food...

that's been touched by their sex organs.

Come on, then!

I want some.

I won't let you sleep.

Please... I can't take any more.

Yes, you can.

You're tickling me. Stop it!

It's too much.

I'll tie you so you can't touch me.

Good. Tie me.

Tie it tighter.

Like this?

That's better.

I'll tickle you.

Kichi...

It aches again.

Probably stomach cramp.

SADA AND KICHI

Where you going?

Don't run away.

Maybe I'll nail the door shut.

I'm going to need that knife myself...

You had a bath when you got back.

You've been with a man!

I was afraid we'd be thrown out.

I had to make some money.

How did you get it?

Did you suck him off?

It's not like that.

He's a councillor.

A school principal, too.

A gentleman.

He really loves me.

Sometimes you're too affectionate.

Physical love is secondary.

It's the heart that matters most.

Learn to train your mind.

Then you can control yourself, even in bed with a man.

Tell me if you fall in love with someone.

If he's a good man, I'll help you marry him.

You're so kind to me.

You need money, don't you?

I'll give you as much as you want...

to help you better yourself.

Thank you.

A man is a man.

I'm not good enough?

You've nothing to be jealous of.

That hurt!

I love the taste of it.

More than I love you.

Leave them closed.

You need fresh air.

I don't want Kichi's smell to go.

The madame has prepared another room.

I must clean up.

Your bed is ready there, too.

I like it here.

This bed smells of him.

So... should I close the shutters?

Yes.

I don't like sunlight.

Shall I bring sake?

Yes. Make it hot.

Will you take this letter to an inn in Kanda?

To a Mr. Osato.

We've come so far.

I bet my family's making a fuss.

You're awake?

I dreamed I was at the market.

I hope it's good.

It was so cold there.

Master! Madame! It's terrible!

A terrible thing has happened! Come!

What's up?

What's going on?

It's the Imperial ordinance.

The Imperial ordinance has been issued.

You acted exactly as you were ordered by your superiors,

believing it was your duty.

If you continue to resist,

it'll be against His Majesty's will.

You'll be considered rioters.

Now that you know what you've done is wrong,

it's pointless to carry on...

Did you take my letter?

I left it at the inn.

The man was out.

Spends all day in bed. It's disgusting!

Close the window.

Your smell will go away.

Are you thinking of your wife?

Why think of her?

I'm not.

Yes, you are.

I once heard her say...

you're too fickle and cold-hearted to be a husband.

But she's silly to say things like that.

Hey... be careful!

Look! I really cut it off

You're crazy.

Feel good?

What's wrong? Don't you like it?

I might hurt you.

Don't mind about me. Shall I strangle you?

All right. Try it.

Stop! It tickles!

Shall I kill you so you can't screw other women?

I'd willingly die for you.

All right.

I'll strangle you with this.

Go on, then.

Your thing is jerking inside me!

Does... this... hurt too much?

For you, I can take it.

Do whatever you like to my body.

It's jerking!

I thought...

...you were really going to kill me.

Never!

You all right?

My neck feels hot...

Can you tell before I undress

How ardent and hot is my caress?

I've been wanting you forever

The time has come, it's now or never

You told me once that you loved me

How sad I'll be when you leave me

I won't know what to do, or where to go

- I'm sorry. I won't know what to do, or where to go

I won't know what to do, or where to go

Love is blind, even the moon is my foe

Can you tell before you kill me

How long my blood will flow?

I'll dress up, even in the depths of hell

So the ghosts of men can admire me as well

You can't tell before I die of madness

I'd kill myself on a rock in the wilderness

- Shall I send for a doctor? I'd kill myself on a rock in the wilderness

I'd kill myself on a rock in the wilderness

You'll be wearing a sash white as snow

Wind it tight around my neck; the sash I myself will sew

It'll take a few months.

Your veins are swollen. Stay in bed.

I told the doc you'd been in a fight.

He gave you tranquilizers?

Why borrow this? We have our own...

Your soup is ready.

Come in.

I got this from a place in Ginza.

Try some.

Want your medicine now?

You mustn't take more than three.

Three's not enough.

How can I go home like this?

Just wait a couple of months.

No. You've been kind enough.

I can't stand the maids staring at me anymore.

I have to go home sometime.

I feel ashamed.

But it's best I go home now. We can meet again.

Don't be jealous of my wife. Be patient.

No. I can't live without you.

I can't stand it!

My wife means nothing to me.

But I must think of the future.

Try to understand.

No! You can't!

Sleep if you want.

I'll be all right.

I'll sleep.

I'm so tired.

You sit up and watch me.

Are you going to strangle me again after I fall asleep?

Of course.

Then make sure you do it properly,

so I don't suffer anymore.

Rest in peace, my darling.

I won't let you go.

I can't do that.

I won't let your wife have you.

Forgive me.

Forgive me.

Dear Kichi...

It's so small.

You're thirsty?

Sorry.

SADA, AGE 5

So be a geisha, you slut, if you like men so much!

Forgive me!

Forgive me, father!

SADA, AGE 18

People really fall in love only once in their lives.

So it was with me and Kichi.

My parents ran a mattress shop.

They were too protective.

Things went wrong when I was 15. I was raped by a student.

I became a geisha when I was 18.

After that I sank to being...

a waitress, mistress, prostitute.

I was a call girl, too. I did everything.

I couldn't stand a day without a man.

Tokyo, Yokohama,

Osaka, Nagoya, Kobe...

I wandered all through Japan.

SADA, AGE 26

When I got the job as a maid at Kichi's shop,

I was 31 years old.

You won't leave me, will you Kichi?

Will you stay with me?

I won't let anybody hurt you.

Anybody.

Did it hurt? I'm sorry.

SADA AND KICHI

SADA

SADA

I killed him because I loved him

I cut off what made him a man

How stupid I was!

I thought...

anyone else would do the same

I did it because I loved him

I wrote down: Sada and Kichi together.

How stupid I was!

Nobody else...

would have done such a thing

I did it because I loved him

I wound his loincloth around my body

How stupid I was!

I thought...

anyone else would do the same

I did it because I loved him

I carried his penis with me

How stupid I was!

Nobody else...

would have done such a thing

About Kichi upstairs...

I'll be back soon. Let him sleep.

I'll bring you a present.

Will you connect me to Mr. Osato in Kanda?

Thank you for coming.

Did you read my letter?

I'm sorry. I was out then.

You've lost weight.

Stay here for a rest?

Mr. Osato...

You only bought me with money.

Tell that to your friends, clearly.

You've been kind to me. I'm happy.

What's happened?

I want to thank you.

The soap case you bought for me.

I keep it to remember you by...

...Even now.

Excuse me for saying this... but you smell odd.

It's true... we only fall in love once in our lives.

Women come to like what their men like.

A woman comes to like whatever food her husband likes.

All women do.

They hug their husband's pillows when they're away.

Women smell their lover's clothes.

Women even eat their lover's leftovers.

What's up?

It's not just me.

Any woman...

...Would do the same.

BIZARRE MURDER! MAID KILLS HER BOSS!

WHERE IS WITCH SADA?

HER NAME WRITTEN IN BLOOD!

SADA ELUDES DRAGNET!

Kichi...

Oh, Kichi...

You wanted me to kill you, didn't you?

I asked you first... Don't you remember?

I really loved you.

Now that you're dead, you are completely mine.

Soon, I will follow you to the hereafter.

Everyone's talking about her. She was seen in Osaka too.

I don't know. I only read the headlines.

Letters in blood on the sheet.

Sada and Kichi together.

She wanted people to know of her love.

Her desperate love.

She loved his cock so much, too.

It kept her going.

Sada and Kichi together...

Madame...

Excuse me...

The police are here to see you.

Really?

May I have your name?

Yes...

Yes...

My name is Sada Abe.

Caught with the evidence:

A cord, a knife, his penis

Producer: Yoshihiro YUHKI

Planning: Shigeru KURIBAYASHI

Screenplay: Akio IDO

Cinematography: Masaru MORI

Lighting: Hideyuki KOBAYASHI

Sound: Eiji KIMURA

Art direction: Gunji KAWASAKI

CAST:

Junko MIYASHITA

Hideaki ESUMI

Nagatoshi SAKAMOTO

Genshu HANAYAGI

Ikunosuke KOIZUMI

Yoshie KITSUDA

Ran OHIHAYA

Kiyoko OHTANI

Kyoji MIZUKI

Kosuke HISAMATSU

Saburo SHOJI

Bunta TANI

Directed by: Noboru TANAKA

THE END