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A Nikkatsu Presentation

The Key

I begin writing here the things
I've never dared to tell her...

...about our intimate relations.

Writing about my intimate relations
with a woman is not at all shameful.

The things I'll be putting on paper
might hurt her.

But she'll understand
right away my meaning.

She's of a very special
woman beauty...

...that she hides behind a pretentious decency
and an artificial refinement.

I've just turned 56.

That doesn't yet mean I'm
going downwards.

It's just our sexual relations
are beginning to exhaust me.

To be honest,
I do it once a week.

More exactly,
once every ten days.

Even if she doesn't have a strong heart,
she takes it on well.

The needs are pathologically intense.

Our recent encounters, have left me so
powerless, on the verge of losing my humanity.

I understood her special side
among the other women.

She has an extremely rare organ.

Had she been sold in a red-light district,
like Shimabara, she'd have been famous.

It's enough imagining her physique
to get my jealousy aroused.

I'm sorry.

Sir... They're here.

Thank you for waiting.

If another man would be aware
of her perfection...

Next one, please !

This thought makes me uncomfortable.

Not raising up to
her physical perfection.

The reproaches I'm saying to myself
are unbearable.

Please...

Come...

Come now, I beg you.

When I shut my eyes and
she kisses my eyelashes...

...I feel an intense pleasure.

Go on.

I know she likes to be kissed
on her armpits.

Please, stop.

That wouldn't do.

I adore watching your armpits.

Please, stop !

Tomorrow night
we'll be celebrating New Year.

My wife loves traditions.

She won't forget organizing
a proper celebration.

I'm ashamed to so confess on this
new year beginning, but I have to.

My wife knows me.

I have a foot fetish.

No, that's dirty.

Not at all !

These are your feet

- You know I love them.
- You mustn't.

- It's not decent.
- I'm asking you.

Let yourself go.

I am a decent woman.

They have a wonderful shape.

That's gross...
One shouldn't touch those parts.

Please, stop...

Please,
shut off the light.

Who cares?

I love you above anything else.

Please,
shut it off !

She stubbornly clings to her
womanly pleasure.

I can't fulfill her exigences any longer.

I'm worn out.

I see myself weakening.

You still aren't satisfied.

Stop making excuses.

Still...

...you have so much stamina.

You'll do it tomorrow.

Your libido makes you too demanding.

That's not true.
That's not how I am.

That's the truth.

If you'd show more passion,
I wouldn't have any problem.

Don't blame me.

You've never skipped one
of my invitations.

You scare me with your needs.

I am not letting you see
my passions.

All you are interested in
is your own pleasure.

And the way you do it, too...

...is way too routinely.

Too traditional.

Too formalistic.

Devoided of all surprise.

For the usual stuff,
you are passive...

...very laid back.

And in bed...

...you become insatiable.

We've been married for
20 years and...

...it's always the same reactions.

Always the same posture.

That can't satisfy.

There, always the routine.

And still, with your lust...

...so often repeated...

...you totally scare me.

Obsessed by your senses..

...you are like a gourmand waiting.

You don't love me half as much
as I love you.

I am just an utilitarian
object for you.

And besides,
you think I am not perfect.

I don't want to.

You should rather make the offer to my
mother, not to me.

Madam, please.

Here's my glass.

Ikuko, you are not used to this.
You are drinking more than we use to.

It's the first time
you've drunk so much.

It goes well with the salmon roe.

I'm honored you like it.

But we, men, we know when
we must stop.

Kimura,
you know not to exaggerate.

Thank you.

That's not how I let
people see me.

But with Mr. Kimura near...

You risk committing a blunder.

If you'll excuse me.

Good night.

Alright, I'll be leaving, then.

Won't you stay a little longer?

Let's continue this nice moment.

It's the first time we've
had the opportunity.

Alright.

I'm jealous on him
and accepting this exacerbates my passion.

I need this jealousy to go further
in our room.

Here.

I know how important being
jealous of Kimura is.

That's how I manage to satisfy my wife.

I'll go to sleep now.

Excuse me.

What's the matter with her ?

Don't worry.

She has her moods.

It's my fault.

I feel emptied.

It becomes embarrassing.

What are your intentions
with my daughter ?

Can I hope ?

What do you feel for her ?

Of course, if your daughter
consents to this marriage.

I am ready.

I totally approve you.

Otherwise, you risk falling
in love with her mother.

Not at all.

Your wife should have been
back by now.

I'll go see.

My wife is a John Lennon fan.

And Kimura.

He looks like John Lennon.

Miss ?

Please, come,
because it's strange.

What's the matter ?

It's puzzling. I don't seem to be able
to find your mother anywhere.

My wife is always watching over
these two people.

As a matter of fact,
I think she's in love with Kimura.

Professor, your wife was taken ill
in the bathroom.

Mother...
Mother, aren't you feeling well ?

Mother,
you can't sleep in here.

Mother ?

I'll make her bed, anyway.

- Help me, will you ?
- Of course.

- We have to dry her quickly.
- Yes.

- Otherwise, she'll be sick.
- Yes.

In these circumstances I didn't
forget to use Kimura.

Kimura...

I forced him to help me.

I watched him attentively.

- Dry her arms on the inside.
- Yes.

I'll put a hot water bottle
in her bed.

It's really strange.

There's no cerebral hemorrhage.
Don't worry.

- Good night.
- Thank you.

Knowing her personality,
I was wondering...

...if she was really asleep...

...or was faking it.
I wasn't at all sure.

Even if she faked it...

that didn't mean anything to me.

A lot of husbands know everything
about their wives' body...

...down to the smallest detail,
to the number of wrinkles on their soles.

My wife has never wanted
to reveal herself to me.

Even when we lost ourselves to each other,
I've never seen her naked.

I am overwhelmed.

A husband who is offered the surprise,
after 20 years of common life...

...to discover his wife's beauty...

...to see the purity of her
complexion.

It feels like he's
entering into a new marriage.

She looked like waking up.

Actually, coming round,
would confuse her.

She'd be very embarrassed to have
revealed herself in her nakedness.

She'd find it difficult to pretend
she isn't conscious.

Kimura!

Kimura!

Kimura!

I'm sure she's said "Kimura".

Will she always seem to be wanting to sleep
with Kimura and to end my obscene games?

Or tell me: "if only it could be
like this with Kimura."

I do wonder what she wanted to
make me understand.

- Have the bath ready for the next days.
- Yes

Welcome home, sir.

I have to go to sleep.

Excuse-me...

We were very pleased
by your visit.

It's a pleasure seeing you go.

- It's fine.
- Yes.

Kimura...

You can go leave.
We're okay!

What a lewd geezer!
What a lewd hag!

Kimura...

Kimura...

The most extraordinary
thing is that...

...my wife said the same
incoherent words.

But, again, the name "Kimura"...

...got out of her moth
last night.

Please, let me leave
the house.

What's wrong ?

When do you want to leave ?

To go where ?

I'd like to study.

At my French teacher's beginning
next week.

So I could help her
with her sick husband.

Are you sure ?

Talk to your father.

If your father agrees....

...I will too.

- Thank you very much.
- Thank you.

Have you bought a Polaroid ?

Yes.

Shall we have some tea ?

With pleasure.

I've asked him what
his feelings are for my mother.

Kimura gave no answer.

I can only imagine them.

Professor, I've borrowed
a Polaroid camera from a colleague.

Would you want to try it ?

- Do you advise me to ?
- Yes.

I am happy to have a
camera lent to me.

Has Kimura guessed my
intentions ?

Will you go shopping ?

I will.

Mother ?

I am moving out today.

Already ?

Mother, father will kill you.

Why are you saying that ?

Deep inside myself...

...I have no intention
of marrying that girl.

May I ?

I've brought you the camera.

I'll put it here.

Perfect !

Since Toshiko left...

...there's no reason for
me to trouble you.

But the professor called
and was insistent.

Kimura...

We see you already
as part of our family.

Not yet.

I want it as soon as possible.

I am happy you've dropped by.

- Thanks for coming.
- Anything to help you.

My first goal with these photos...

...is the pleasure I have
from taking them.

Secondly...

...putting these photos in my diary...

...so that my wife sees them
for certain.

My third reason is that,
this way, my wife...

...will understand the pleasure I take
in contemplating our naked bodies.

She'll be touched to know...

...that her nakedness bewitches me.

I heard my wife saying Kimura's name
three more times during those days.

The most important goal remains...

...offending her modesty in
the highest degree...

...to see until which point...

...is she able to fake sleeping.

Forgive me.

I try being a good wife.

I have to obey
my husband's orders.

I've been taught it's my duty,
however repugnant I find it.

Everything will be alright.

I'll take care of it.
You can go.

Good night !

What an old geezer!

Kimura...

Right now, when I stay at home,
my wife doesn't go out much.

It's not good for her.

Take her out to the movies
on Sunday.

Thanks in advance.

- We'll be leaving now.
- Alright.

I guess my daughter is thinking:

"I'll sacrifice myself for mother"
or "I'll keep her company".

- Do you think the same ?
- No.

It is obvious my wife
has feelings for Kimura.

But I can't know
the truth about his.

It's a plus not having
to develop these photos.

But I prefer a classical camera.

Could you deal with them
at your place ?

Why shouldn't I develop
them at your place ?

Kimura must suspect
the content of the photos.

Kimura, I don't want
them developed at home.

I don't understand
what you mean.

Kimura...

You know what photos
I'm talking about.

I am not a professional.

I have no other solution.

Alright...

I'll develop them.

- Shall I come for the negatives ?
- Yes.

Please,
buy some saké too.

Can you go back home ?

If my wife reads this diary.

My beloved wife could think
I am lying.

I've come to learn to use this stimulant
called Kimura.

Even if I feel that
it's hastening my end.

In the meantime I must
thank Kimura.

I feel myself besieged by
extraordinary desires.

This passion rests on
my jealousy of Kimura.

And on the sight of
my wife's naked body...

...my sexual drive accelerates.

This ecstasy....

...can't last long and will soon enough
lead me to my demise.

What happened to you ?

Nothing... it's gone.

Darling...

- I'm worrying about your future.
- You shouldn't.

Could it be that your present stamina
was an error?

Now, when I am blooming ?

If I am not wrong,
I could help you.

Stay calm.

I can't but admit the happiness I feel,
night after night...

...finding myself immersed in an ecstasy that,
before, I couldn't even have dreamed of.

This happiness can't go on forever.

I've touched my limits.

I am scared of sickness.

I can no longer stop.

Mother.

I'd like to speak to you.

About what ?

Yesterday, at Kimura's...

...I've seen some photos.

What photos ?

Mother.

Come what may,
I am on your side.

Tell me the truth.

I dropped by Kimura's, yesterday...

...because he had promised to lend
me a French book.

As I said...

...Kimura was absent but I came in.

I took this book
from his bookshelf.

Inside there were
some small photos.

Mother!

What does that mean ?

There's something I
don't understand.

What are you hiding from me ?

Well.

What can I say?

If there are photos with me in
shameful circumstances...

...I've been ignoring the fact
until you told me about it.

If these photos exist...

...they were taken by your
father while I was asleep.

Kimura only developed them
at his request.

Between me and Kimura...

...there is no relation.

Why did your father
make me sleep ?

Why did he take such photos ?

Why did he give them to Kimura
to develop ?

I leave those answers to you.

It's very hard for a mother to talk to her
daughter about such things.

I won't say more.

All I did was obey my
husband's orders.

I think it's my duty as a wife to be loyal to your
father no matter where that might lead me.

That's why...

Please, believe me. I did it out of duty,
even if it was against my wishes.

You might find it
difficult to understand.

But, brought up traditionally,
I can't do otherwise.

If a naked photo of your mother
makes your father so happy...

...your mother will model,
notwithstanding her shame.

Mother ? Are you serious ?

I am !

I despise you, mother.

Mother...

You are the role model for a
virtuous woman.

But why did father ask
Kimura to develop the photos?

I don't understand it too well.

He tried to humiliate you.

Is that really so ?

He's solely torturing Kimura.

Toshiko...

My girl, you shouldn't get
involved in such things.

Your father still loves
me passionately.

Taking photos of my naked body.

He must have wanted to make sure
through another man that...

...notwithstanding the years,
my body had remained young and beautiful

These sentiments might have
something morbid...

...but I've ended up
understanding him.

But, I'm wandering,
if that's all he wants.

Father knows very well
what Kimura thinks of you.

Then,
he does a bad thing.

Kimura loves you.

It's sure only inadvertently...

Kimura must be thinking
about something.

Nobody leaves such photos
carelessly laying in a book.

He wanted me to see them
and tell you about them.

I think he's obsessed by you.

That's what Kimura
wanted me to understand.

I've said nothing until now.

I've asked her if she had a photo
with me and my husband having sex.

I almost thought he had
told Kimura.

She must be secretly in
love with Kimura.

So...

...I've understood she became
hostile towards me.

And here we are, thank you !

I thought my wife had left
to meet Toshiko.

Has Kimura gone with them ?

- Good evening.
- Please.

Have you bought cognac ?

I don't know.

When I came back,
I found this bottle.

I thought Kimura had
taken care of it.

It was not me.

It surely must be the Professor.

It can't be anyone else.

It's a very meaningful joke.

If it's Dad, let's treat ourselves.

It wasn't you, was it ?

No, I wouldn't lie to you.

Will you give us a brandy ?

- It's the first time.
- I think so.

For you, mother.

Thanks !

It's too late for going
to the cinema.

I'll be right back.

Mother,
I'll set the bath today.

Kimura!

Father, can you come ?

Where ?

Sekiden-Cho.

Mother fell in the bathroom
in Sekiden-Cho.

Should I get the doctor ?

Who is with her ?

Kimura's at her side.

I'll explain later.

I think she needs an
injection quickly.

Father, if you can't come,
I'll call doctor Soma.

No need to bother, I'll do it.

You can ?

Have you left them alone ?

I looked 30 minutes
for a taxi.

My wife was sleeping peacefully.

She only had her shirt on.

I noticed her hair was loose, hanging
in disarray, wet.

When she fell at home,
her hair was in order.

That is, maybe,
the way Kimura likes it?

Forgive me the trouble.

When she fell in the bathroom,
I brought her here with your daughter.

Should we let her sleep here?

I'll take her back.

I'll carry her.

Kimurra...

Professor, you should trust me
about what happened tonight.

Your daughter knew everything.

- Can I leave ?
- Yes, thank you.

And Toshiko ?

She has already left.

Good night.

Seeing the circumstances,
Toshiko must have been the instigator.

Is she in love with him ?

She must've dawdled even more pretending
she had difficulties finding a taxi.

Kimura...

Kimura...

I must have left them alone
almost an hour.

What happened in that room?

Anything could have happened
between Ikuko and Kimura.

I could see everything.

I became extremely jealous.

Ikuko wasn't stammering any more.
It was a groan, a shout, a passionate call.

Kimura...

In one night my wife changed,
becoming very bold.

When I ask if it was Kimura who changed her
into a lascivious and eager woman...

...I resent that violently.

But I'm also grateful.

Kimura!

Kimura!

Kimura!

Kimura!

Kimura!

In that moment, I felt like entering
into a parallel universe.

I saw myself up to the
seventh heaven.

All past is but an illusion.

That was the real life.

My wife and I...

...were totally embraced.

I was, maybe, going to die,
but I'd live for ever.

I was on the lookout, but, little
by little, I relaxed.

My suspicion was disappearing.

Between Kimura and Toshiko,
I didn't know...

...if everything had been
decided beforehand.

Still...

...I can't deny...

...I was waiting what would happen,
hoping it.

Your cerebral arteriosclerosis
provokes dizziness...

...and you risk losing consciousness
if it gets worse.

You have drunk and injected
too much hormonal drugs.

You should rather take medicine
too lower your blood pressure.

As for the bed,
I advise you to abstain yourself.

Well...I have to tell you the truth.

In fact, your blood pressure is so high,
it couldn't be measured.

You must stop working
and rest totally.

Three months have gone by since
New Year.

I am astonished by my resistance in this
match with my wife with so ardent desires.

I hope she'll understand
how much I love her.

Will she be impressed ?

Will she see the truth through
these written words ?

I am sure she will now.

But what will happen then ?

How will I be able to satisfy
her lust even better ?

I don't doubt my
wife's fidelity.

I placed them in a situation
where adultery is unavoidable.

What shop is she going in ?

Is it to please Kimura ?

I was waiting for you.
Come in !

Ikuko's behavior is changing
every day.

Almost every day, she goes out
alone in the afternoons.

She's absent for more
than four hours.

She comes back for dinner
in the evening.

She must be meeting Kimura
somewhere.

Darling ?

I'm going out.

I'll be back in the evening.

Toshiko is here.

If you want, you can
eat together.

What about you ?

I'll have dinner too.

But, if you want to wait for me...

...we'll have dinner together.

I'll have dinner earlier.

You can go out for dinner.

Take your time.
It doesn't bother me.

The Professor wasn't satisfied
with the Polaroid.

For a better quality,
he preferred using his reflex...

...to make pictures of
every part of your body.

But, what he really wanted,
was to torment me.

He asked me to develop them
just to excite me even more.

I had to put up with everything
without yielding to temptation.

Seeing my sentiments
mirrored in you...

...knowing you were suffering
as much.

All this fills me with joy.

At my age, I can't reproach you
exquisite things

I who climb down the mountain
with my Shimosaka sword.

Are you still there ?

You know I can have
dinner on my own.

Mother said I could keep you
company for once.

I seldom have dinner
without your mother.

Your presence increases the
sensation of void.

Really ?

Dad.

Do you know where
mother went ?

Do you hear me ?

I don't know such a thing.

And I don't want to know.

Mother is in Hamaotsu.

In Hamaotsu ?

Yes, it's possible.

From Sanjō Station...

...you get to Hamaotsu in 20 minutes
with an express train.

50 minutes walking distance
from there...

There's a hotel there.

Do you want to know
the details ?

I don't want to hear anything
about such things.

How did you find out ?

It's I who told
him about that place.

Because in Kyoto,
one can see you easily.

There are places not far
away from Kyoto.

At least that's what Kimura
asked me.

Dad.

Do you want some ?

Not intending to butt in...

...but what do you think,
father ?

What do I think ?
What do you mean ?

When mother will say
she isn't cheating on you...

...will you still trust her ?

Have you told your mother
about this ?

Mother didn't tell me anything.

It's Kimura who did.

He told me that mother...

...was still being faithful to you.

At least, that's what he said.

I can't be made to believe...

...such nonsense.

Believe it or not,
that's your problem.

But you, father ?

I still trust Ikuko.

Even if I was told Kimura dishonored
Ikuko, I wouldn't believe it.

Ikuko is a woman who can't
cheat on me.

Admitting she wasn't dishonored...

...there are worse ways of
being defiled...

...if mother felt any pleasure.

Shut up, Toshiko!

Enough with these impertinences!

There are things you can say to your
parents, and others you can't.

You must be scum
to say something like this.

I don't need you.
Get lost !

I am leaving.

Has Ikuko given herself entirely to Kimura?
That's what I am afraid of.

Did Ikuko use Toshiko
as a go-between ?

Did she put the words in
Toshiko's mouth?

And what I wrote in my diary...

...I'm now thinking about it.

"She has an extremely rare organ."

I shouldn't have written that.

She has probably read this diary.

How long did she resist the possibility
of trying her physiological qualities...

...with a man other than
her husband ?

It was nine in the morning when
my wife got back home.

My beloved wife.

I feel my mind is going away.

Since New Year...

...I've abandoned everything...

...so I could devote myself
only to our pleasure.

I'm totally obsessed by it.

Sexual desire it's all I am now.

Nothing else comes to my mind.

Lying in bed, I am not able
to do anything else.

I daydream.

I am sorry I'm intruding.

You'll be fashionable now.

I'll put on these European clothes.

Forgive me for disturbing you.

I'll be going now.

It suits you great !

It was the first time I saw her
in this perspective.

She only used accessories with
Japanese clothes.

So, it was only a rehearsal.

I've tasted all your
woman's body...

...except the most important part.

You have reached the peek of your
fidelity to the professor.

Your body thanks me totally.

But it refuses the irreparable.

But, I'm getting near to
the woman.

I will relax your erotic nerves.

I know the technique very well.

I'll heal you in three sessions.

Starting tomorrow,
you'll be very excited.

Ikuko, what are you thinking of ?

Nothing special.

I understand.

You're thinking about the professor.

I saw his face.

I wanted to drive it away
with all my forces.

I don't know why...

...but I was also
thinking about him.

Bring us what's left.

Sorry.

My darling!

Darling!

Darling!

Darling!

Darling.

Darling.

Darling!

Darling!

Darling.

Darling...

I can't die without
being sorry for my wife.

It's for her that I staged all
these situations.

Certainly...

...after my death...

...what my beloved wife will do...

...I wouldn't like to see it
with my own eyes.

Ikuko, we are living together,
the three of us.

In order to keep up
appearances...

...it's better if I marry
your daughter.

Please, do that.

- THE END -