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A NIKKATSU PRESENTATION

Well, see ya!

VIRGIN BLUES

- Were you scared? - Huh?

- Were you scared? - I haven't eaten!

- I'm so hungry! - Well, over there they seem pretty full.

Hey, is that mole real?

Nah, I was playing around with eyeliner and I liked it.

- Oh, and y'know the old man I told you about? - Huh?

- Yeah? - You see...

Isn't that great?

- Hey, c'mere. - Huh?

The old man from last night, he was super lewd and sloppy!

- Did he do something to you, too? - It's not what he said...!

'Cause that old man, you know...

He said, "Why just him, let me do it too!"

- What a perv! - Right? That's what I said!

Cinematography: Shohei Ando Screenplay: Eiichi Uchida, Production: Ryoji Ito

Editing: Osamu Inoue, Lighting: Fumio Matsushita Recording: Ken'ichi Beniya, Art direction: Yoko Yoshinaga

Assistant Director: Akihiko Yamaki

Song: "Virgin Blues" by Akiyuki Nosaka Music: Mickie Yoshino, Yukihide Takekawa

Cast

Rie Shimizu, Kenji Takaoka Kumiko Akiyoshi

Yoshi Kato, Yukiko Matsuyama Yutaka Hayashi

Keiko Nakamori, Akiko Yoshii Aoi Nakajima, Naomi Shiraishi

Fudeko Tanaka, Nagatoshi Sakamoto

Miyoko Akaza Chieko Akanuma

Akiyuki Nosaka

Hiroyuki Nagato

Directed by: Toshiya Fujita

Ochanomizu Preparatory School Girls' Dorm

How are you feeling?

Hm, I feel like I'm better now, but...

- I ran out of medicine. - Here, a souvenir.

I bought this for you, Chiaki.

Thank you.

- This is the best medicine. - You sure get sick often.

When you fail your university entrance tests many years in a row,

it's only natural to get sick a lot.

- This is my fourth time already. - I wonder if the first year is still okay.

Your sickness, Mami, will be the Virgin Blues.

It's a type of sickness that afflicts people

who are virgins for as long as you.

Huh, is that so?

It sure is.

Well, I won't fall like that.

Don't we have any snacks?

Yes?

Oh, Ms. Hatake. So, this is where you were!

I came to visit you.

Today, y'see...

I got this from your family, your grandmother sent them.

I thought I'd come say my thanks.

I can't believe you can get so many of these beautiful grapes.

It must be great.

Muscat of Alexandria.

Yes, that's it.

We have a whole lot of them in our greenhouse.

Oh my, such a blessing!

Do your best, Ms. Hatake.

Yes!

- I don't like her! - Your family runs a drugstore, right?

Yeah.

Here's your snack.

Huh?

Let's see. C, A, A...

Huh?

"The love I found on spring has vanished by summer."

"It is now fall."

"And I'm alone. I love you."

"Now I'm waiting all alone."

"For this unkind fall to go away, and for the gentle spring to..."

"bring your love back to me."

- That's it. - Good!

The music set the wrong tone, maybe?

Right? I agree.

Mochita Chiaki, from Ota Ward, Tokyo.

- Well, thank you very much. And now... - Thank you.

We want to bring you another letter we got, so...

I'd like to read it now, okay? Here we go.

This is from Michio, in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo.

Please, then.

"Because I have no courage, I can't even express my love."

"Much less can I die for love."

"Because I have no courage and can't express my love,"

"that person ended up going further and further away."

- That's it. - Oh, thank you very much.

That was very short, but it had a very beautiful image.

It truly expresses the pain of being a young girl.

Very beautiful.

Since we still have time, let's read another one, Mr. Ita.

- Introduce the writer, please. - Okay.

- This is from Komori Teruko, in Sazamihara. - Okay.

"On the great blue sky, my small white memories"

"scatter away, carried by the wings of a red dragonfly."

"And I let the gentle breeze blow away the tears that roll down my cheek."

"Thus, I want to stay as an innocent girl forever."

"Just like a Mountain Hydrangea,"

"when I close my eyes softly, I see the bright radiance of the sun,"

"the open skies and your smile."

"I think I'm fall- falling in love",

"I whisper to myself."

"And you..."

Sagara Mi-

- Who are you? - Dammit.

Thief!

Who are you?!

Damn it!

Damn coward!

I overslept a bit.

Me too.

Was that a thief last night?

That's right. Y'know, I hate to lock the doors and windows.

You know that, right?

I think the window might have been open.

But anyway, he was an idiot.

He ran away without taking anything.

I was a bit scared.

He tried to steal the radio, but he messed up.

- What an idiot. - Right...

Hey, listen.

If I'd shown him my butt, he'd probably get spooked!

He left already? Are you kidding me?

I'm tired of waiting, and I'm super hungry!

You're waiting for delivery?

- We could've ordered together... - They're coming right now.

- You could order directly to them. - Yeah, how about you, Chiaki?

- What should I do? - I've arrived!

You took so long!

What are you doing? You should deliver faster, right?

I'm gonna order somewhere else next time!

Here, 360 yen.

Thank you for your business.

What should we do?

- Wait! - Wait? But he's gonna...

- It's okay, be quiet! - I'm hungry...

- Alright! - What's wrong?

Come with me, Mami. I knew he was taking too long.

I'll leave the money here.

Thank you very much! And thank you for waiting.

It was a Miso Ramen, right? Here, enjoy.

- Hey, mister. - Yeah?

You know that delivery guy? Since when did he start to limp?

Oh, that idiot? I think he got into a fight last night or something.

Usually he's a very docile kid, though.

Hello there, this is Sun Ramen!

Yes, yes. Oh, Mr. Yamada, right? Yes, yes.

Three ramen, and two servings of gyoza?

Okay, understood. Thank you for your order!

I want to talk to you.

Sure, what is it?

What happened to your leg?

- I don't know. - How do you not know?

I just don't know.

Huh?

Is that the end of our talk?

Wasn't it him? Did you get the wrong guy?

It's him!

So, what happened?

Do your best, huh?!

- I've no idea what's happe... - He knows! About that.

Huh?

Seems like he saw us one day, and last night he found my stash.

It's okay, though. He can't tell anyone.

- But it's not good at all. - It's okay, really.

But maybe we shouldn't do it today.

Yeah.

- Just for today. - I actually really wanted to go to that store, though!

Y'know, we're not highschoolers...

But we're not really college students either, right?

We're kinda like fake college students.

Yeah.

Hey, instead of Shinjuku, why don't we go to Yotsuya?

That seems like it'd be the best.

Hey, you all!

Stop right there!

- Let go! - Come here!

- What are you doing?! - Halt!

Ouch!

You too!

Stop right there!

C'mere!

You're not getting away! Come here!

Come on!

Hey, you! We know you're stealing stuff! Who do you think you are?

How many times have you done this? We've been onto you!

- Hey! - Come!

I didn't do anything! It was Chiaki, it was her idea!

It wasn't me!

Chiaki!

Chiaki! Chiaki!

Let's go?

Where?

Back to the dorm, where else?

There's really no meaning in keeping running away like this.

I'm not going back.

The police is gonna come looking for us. How humiliating!

Well, I'm not worried about that. It wasn't my idea, after all.

It doesn't matter! We're in it together, aren't we?!

You're right.

We do come from the same place in the countryside.

- And we're friends, right? - We can't go to college anymore.

- What's wrong? - Hurry up!

What's going on?

- We're being followed. - Huh?!

Here.

It seems like you remember me, after all, right?

Or have you forgotten?

Who is this guy? He's that sneaky dude we saw in Yotsuya, right?

Isn't that right?

Well, that was my first time meeting you.

Let's see... What was your name again?

Did you remember?

Yeah... From that time.

Are you still at the preparatory course's dorm? Or have you gotten into college?

Do you know him?

He's a bad person.

I was drinking at a mixer in Shinjuku when he started talking to me.

It was about this time last year.

Right when everyone was getting serious about studying.

I met this guy, and he made me drink a lot.

It's not like I forced you to.

After that, I went a bit crazy and failed again.

That's not... Well, isn't it okay anyway?

You were having more fun trying to get in than you would have in college.

- That's not true! - I guess you're right.

He's leaving a lot out of that story.

No, y'see... That was...

That's it.

I had just quit my job, and I was in trouble.

Cut it with the excuses.

Thank you very much! See you again.

Come on, eat all you want!

I hope we can forget about all that.

I meant no harm.

But I gotta say, I was really surprised when I saw you in Yotsuya earlier.

I even thought maybe you were there to go to my shop!

What kind of shop is that, anyway?

Oh...

It looks like that, but it's a proper chain store ramen shop!

It has a really cool sign.

The sign is really cool, but...

Huh?

It's just... A lot happened.

I'm actually broke because of my shop.

At that time I was still an office worker, right?

- You set yourself free, then? - Well, yeah.

The shop sure is much better.

Where's the toilet?

It's back there.

Ah, thank you very much.

She seems like a good kid.

- All yours. - Huh?

She's still a hopeless virgin.

Men and Women

Listen, can we spend the night at your place tonight?

Huh?

Or you'll be with that lady from the Snack Bar?

We have nowhere to go back to.

I don't either!

I don't like this place.

There's a first time for everything. This is a first for me, too.

Liar!

So, what will we do? Go in, or not?

- What do you think? - I'm going back.

Going back where?

To the dorm.

I don't know what'll happen, but...

Making me hang around this place is too mean!

Mean?

You're funny.

But if we go back to the dorm...

- Anyways, I'm going. - Shall I walk you?

No, thank you.

- I'm sorry. Thank you. - Oh, no, I'm sorry.

Oh, by the way.

Let me give you my secret phone number.

If you're ever in trouble, feel free to call me.

It's my way to atone for that time.

Let's see, it's 3454.

Huh?

Huh? What are you doing?

Shush!

Heh, did something happen?

Uh, no.

Huh?

Well, you see... We can't go back to the dorm.

How about you come to my place, then?

It's small and even the lights are naked bulbs, but it's good!

Okay?

Hey, that thing!

- I thought it was a clock. - Thief!

Huh? No, you're wrong.

It was expensive, but I bought it with my own money.

Right above us is the roof. Sometimes I like to go up there.

And I saw that the girls at the dorm always close their windows,

but yours were always open.

That's very careless!

You became my friend without even knowing.

- What a pervert. - You damn peeping tom!

Not like there was anything to see.

It's cold!

I'm cooling my head.

Having two pretty young girls like you here,

I don't know what I might do.

I run very hot.

And my blood is all up here!

Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!

Hello?

Huh?

Geez, you! I'm very busy, you know?

Come home and stay a bit, for a change! Instead of going out every single night.

Are you an idiot?

I'm not an idiot.

I came here because I had no choice.

First of all, trying to look good and quitting my job was my bad.

Even if I opened a shop,

it wasn't my plan for only you to work there!

That's right, yeah!

Even if I hire more people, I think it still won't make up for it.

Right. Well, yeah.

However! At any rate, for the time being, money is the issue.

I have to get more money.

Anyway, so, I won't come back for a while.

Huh? Hello!

A debt collector came? Huh?

He was there until now?

I see, so he was very persistent?

Damn it.

I'm... completely torn.

The check, please.

Say.

You're leaving this early in the morning?

It's still 8 o'clock!

Well... I'm busy with a lot of stuff.

What sort of work do you do?

Well...

I've been thinking of opening a huge integrated leisure Center.

At any rate, I gotta build a bigger shop!

I was trying to save little by little, even borrowing money, but

it's a lot of trouble.

In the end, if you don't have enough capital it doesn't matter

what kind of shop you open, it doesn't work out.

The issue lies in how much money you have in the beginning.

And how you get it.

I'll leave your allowance here. I'm sorry.

Thank you.

- Sorry about that. - Nah, it's okay.

Your loins did a lot of hard work, you deserve it.

And I'm not in that much financial trouble.

Eh! That's rubbish, but it was very cool!

No, really, I might say I'm broke but

it's not that bad.

Call me again, will you?

Of course.

What are you doing?!

Kinda feels like we're in prison.

I wonder if we'd see it better if we went to the roof.

Or should we not?

Hey, how about we call the dorm and ask how things are?

It's better if you don't.

Why?

You'll just be scolded, idiot.

It's like we're hostages!

Like we've been kidnapped by someone!

We have, by a thief.

Oh yeah, that's true.

But it's better than being caught by the police, I guess.

This is the police!

There you two are!

I'm glad, I'm glad. Here we go.

Here.

Here.

Is it okay if I eat it?

You two can leave your food to me.

I managed to get away from the shop for a while.

Twice a day is gonna be okay. I'll bring food over!

Is it okay?

I mean, you'll die if you don't eat. Eat it.

Eat.

Is it good?

Oh, that's right.

The old man will tear me a new one if I keep fooling around.

It's kinda bad, isn't it?

Well, it's free.

Thank you! Here is your change, 9120 yen.

Thanks for choosing us. Thank you very much.

Hello there, this is Sun Ramen.

Thank you for choosing us again! Oh, right, Mr. Meigetsu...

Oh, the one from Nichome! Yes, of course I remember!

Okay, sure, three katsudon and...

Okay, that's one fried meat meal, then!

And a fried bell pepper meal.

Oh, you bastard! There you are!

What do you think you're doing?

You think you can just put your mitts in my shop's profit?!

I noticed lately that something was weird!

The amount of deliveries wasn't matching the money coming in!

I knew something was going on!

So? Are you a damn thief?!

Isn't it okay if it's just a little?!

Maybe the old men in other shops wouldn't mind!

They might know and pretend they don't, or just look the other way, but...

I'm not that kind of person!

What's wrong with you, young people? Both men and women, everyone is full of shit!

You bastard!

You damn bastard!

If you wanna quit, just quit! Are you gonna quit?

Shut up!

What's that? You little...!

Take this, you scum! I'll teach you a lesson!

- Ow, ouch! It hurts! - Stay still, will you?

It hurts.

But we can't let it fester.

Dammit. Geez.

I'm sorry. It'd be better if we hadn't come here, right?

What are you talking about?

Are you going to quit?

- Not a chance in hell! - I see.

You two must be hungry.

Yeah.

I see... But today's...

It's okay. We're fine.

Alright, I'll try to bring something by, later.

Here!

Hey, where are you going?

- I'm sorry! - You can't leave. Thief!

- I'm just... I just... Have to pee! - Geez!

- Like hell you do! - I'm sorry!

Hey!

You two!

I'm sorry!

Hey!

Thief!

He's not here.

Well, he said he might be a little late.

I wonder what happened to everyone.

I think they probably pinned it all on us and got away with it.

That's why it's better if we don't go back.

Huh?

I'm sorry, sorry.

What's going on?

We haven't slept. We walked around all night.

Oh... That must've been hard.

- Mr. Hirata! - Yeah?

I need a favor! I wanna go back home, but...

The transportation money...

No, wait. Can you lend me money for

transportation, food, and some spending cash?

- Where's your home? - Okayama.

Chiaki's place is also nearby. It takes over one hour by bus.

- What does your family do? - Agriculture.

We grow grapes in a greenhouse, and also yams!

Oh, you grow yams? That's pretty good.

Can you sell me some for cheap?

You can make a lot of money from yams! You can sell and buy them back many times.

Hey, can you lend me money too? Just for transportation.

Hmm, can't!

You can't?

- Of course I can't! - Please!

Anyway, if you ask for it right now, there's no way.

The bank isn't even open yet.

And if you ask me to lend you money without any reason...

- Well, it's okay, then. - Huh?

If we tell you why, you'll lend us some?

Depends on the reason.

- What the hell? - Well, not gonna happen, then.

What in the world is going on? What happened? Come on, tell me.

- What do we do? - Can we trust him?

I don't know.

I've made up my mind.

Since I'm in a bit of trouble myself, I've decided to go with you.

You can rest easy.

This way, I'm just accompanying you two to the countryside.

So, I won't ask you why. Okay?

Depending on the bank, we can go right away.

Hm, let's see.

I have this one.

It seems I can withdraw 29,000 yen at once.

Oh, they have coffee. You want some?

I have to exchange this first, though.

I don't have any small bills.

Thanks. I'll give you whatever you pick up.

You two don't have any spending money, right? C'mon, pick them up!

Hey, you guys stay out of it!

I won't give you any! Get away.

This is much better than the bullet train, huh?

It's a pain to switch trains so many times,

but Japan is already so small, what's with the rush anyway?

That's right.

Japan nowadays is so small!

Too small, really. So, so small.

But during the war, even Manchuria was ours. The country was too big.

Geographers probably had a hard time back then!

Japan is better off being a small country. Small and narrow.

At a place like this? No way.

You like Mami better than me, right?

When we get to Okayama, I'll leave you two alone.

Really?

But she's a virgin, huh? I used to dream about that when I was younger.

Mami is not going to fall like that.

- Have some spending money. - Thank you.

You're not aiming to steal Mami's vineyard or anything, are you?

Of course not.

Throbbing, throbbing, our blood is throbbing,

The plum and cherry blossoms have begun to bloom

Throbbing, throbbing, our blood is throbbing,

The sheltered young girl has trouble getting to sleep

Her dreams have been pierced, By one of the missionaries' rifles, what a flashy show

For the first time, she finally had coffee at dawn, How did it taste like?

You're a virgin, I'm a virgin

Virgin Blues

Throbbing, throbbing, our blood is throbbing, It makes a sad, very sad sound

Throbbing, throbbing, our blood is throbbing,

The lonesome middle-aged man gets no sleep

Hibari and Keiko have been hired to play,

They flourish and get disheveled, what a flashy show

And after drinking, we will count our gains and losses,

Women and men keep fooling one another

You're a virgin, I'm a virgin

Virgin Blues

Okayama, Okayama!

The Kasumi Line train leaves from platform 7 at 11:59.

The Uno Line express train leaves from platform 10, at 12:37.

- That way. - Yeah. The Uno Line express train leaves from platform 10, at 12:37.

- That way. - Yeah.

The Tsuyama Line train leaves from platform 14, at 12:47.

Thank you.

Is this okay? You can get back?

Yeah. You don't have to worry that much.

From here, it's just two hours by bus and train.

Thirty minutes by bus, for me.

Mami, I'll see you.

- Thank you for all the food. - It was nothing.

Thank you.

Take care. See ya.

Ouch.

You're coming with me all the way home?

Yeah. D'you think I could spend the night?

That's pretty forward of you.

Huh? It's okay, isn't it?

Well, I did borrow a lot of money.

It's not like I'm trying to demand your gratitude, though.

What's wrong?

Huh?

Can you go check how everything is for me, please?

Huh?

If I come home all of a sudden like this,

don't you think mom and grandma will be shocked?

Yeah, well, there are extenuating circumstances though.

Alright.

It's that house with the straw roof?

That girl... She's probably fleeing somewhere, I think.

You know, Mami was never such a bad girl, no.

Right.

I'm, well, from Tokyo.

And I'm a cop, yeah. What did the police here tell you, ma'am?

"If she comes back, contact your local police box", they said.

Oh!

You didn't know that?

Well, anyway, me coming here

could make the police here look bad,

so I'd like to ask you to not tell them.

Oh, is that so?

Yeah.

I'm an old-fashioned person. If you say I shouldn't tell...

...then I won't tell, even if my mouth is cut open.

Hm, yeah.

C'mere.

What did you do?

Shoplifting.

Shoplifting?

You're kidding!

We were a gang! And we did it many times! We were hardened criminals!

I see.

So, it's okay.

Why?

Well, anyway, let's go back to Okayama.

Right?

- Hey. - Yeah?

How old are you?

I'm 43. But I don't look like it, right?

I'm in the prime of my beauty, I guess!

You're one year older than my mom. But you look so much younger than her!

When I was in school, y'see,

I used to practice this.

I even went far on tournaments! Maybe that's why.

I see!

- You don't believe me? - Yep.

Oh, I see.

Anyway, what will you do? Where should we go?

You don't have to decide right now.

Well, I can't stay here. There's a lot of people who know me around.

- Well, then, wanna go to Hokkaido? - That's too far!

Where, then?

I wonder what happened to Chiaki.

Mami.

Maybe I shouldn't tell you this, but...

Chiaki sold you.

Sold me? Chiaki did?

Yeah.

Practically as soon as we met.

You're lying!

Who are you calling, mom?

The police, of course! My daughter, leader of a shoplifting ring, has come home!

I have to report it!

Stop, mom!

The thief has come back?

How dare you do that to your parents!

Stop it, mom, dad, you idiots!

Ma'am! Ma'am!

Chiaki!

Miss!

Miss!

- Miss, your ticket! - Hey!

Hey!

Let's take our time and think.

You don't need to worry.

A teacher... Think of me as if I were one of your teachers from the prep course.

Right?

Hold this a sec.

My name is Akio Souko and this song was called "A Sleepless Night".

Next, we have this gentleman in the sunglasses.

My name's Akiyuki Nosaka. And this is "The Black Sea Shanty".

A man and a woman are divided

By a profound and somber river

This river is uncrossable for each and everyone

But heya, heave-ho, tonight I row my boat

Row and row, row and row

Never looking back, I row and row

Mami...

You are seventeen, and I'm nineteen

In this unforgettable river

Just the two of us and our pieces of a star

There were nights when we cried, drifting along

Row and row, row and row

Never looking back, I row and row

Ever since then, I rowed for many years

Rocking away by the largest and smallest waves

There were times when we could see into Heaven

And there were times when we could see into Hell

Row and row, row and row

Never looking back, I row and row

Even if the man is like an albatross

And the woman is like a seashell

Whenever the red tides rise up

They remember what they lost

Row and row, row and row

Never looking back, I row and row

Never looking back, I row and row

Mami?

Mami!

I thought you'd gotten lost!

Never looking back, I row and row

Hey.

Should we put the futon further apart?

- It's okay. - No, it isn't.

Sorry about that.

A virgin, huh?

Could you not say that, please?

Huh?

That doesn't mean anything.

Well, I guess you're right.

Can't sleep, is that it?

Shut up!

Children should be quiet and sleep!

Y'know, if you go out, you'll get caught by the police.

So, you've gotta stay here forever.

Chiaki.

This is because your father told me not to call the police.

You're really an idiot!

Please, don't sign our non-petition!

- Everyone, all you passerby! - Please! Please!

Please don't sign it!

We're not collecting signatures for a document, everyone!

Please!

Please, we're not collecting signatures now!

Please, don't sign this!

Don't sign it, please!

Please, we're asking you not to sign this!

Please don't sign our non-petition!

No, no, you don't have to sign it!

Hey! We're asking you not to sign it!

Please, don't sign this. Don't sign, please.

Please! Don't sign it, please!

By any means, do not sign it, please!

We're now not collecting signatures for a non-petition!

Please, join us!

Mami! If it isn't Mami?!

Who's that?

Alright, everyone, this is the end of the act!

C'mon everyone, he said it's over!

C'mon, everyone, help clean up now!

C'mon, it's over! Over! The end!

The crowd is getting in the way! Please disperse!

Okay, that's the end everyone!

Whoa, a shoplifting gang, huh?

- Don't say it that loud, Shoji! - That's great! You really did it!

Y'know, I went to Tokyo a few times,

because I had this illusion about it, but I ended up being disappointed by Tokyo!

And instead I came back to do my best here.

Did you go to Tokyo only to be disappointed by it too?

So? Did it change you?

By the way.

We're running a kind of boarding house at the former strip club we live in.

While we're doing the "Please don't sign it" act.

Mami, the past is the past, and the present is the present.

If you need a place to stay, you can come tonight.

- Really? - Yep.

This is the place.

Boarding House in Need of People!! Turning the Strip Club into a Den of Kurashiki's Culture! If you love our city, our rivers, our bridges, you have to come here!

What's with that guy? Are you with him?

I am, is that bad?

Not per Se, but I bet it's not a satisfactory relationship.

What do you mean, relationship?

Y'know, you really were changed by Tokyo somehow.

You're looking down on us now!

This is a distant cousin of mine, Shoji Akiyama.

Mami, if you need it, you really can come tonight already.

Okay.

Could you let me join you too?

Well, like it's on the pamphlet, it's open for anyone.

But there's no free meals.

Oh, I can pay.

An expected place...

is a place where everything is going on as expected.

For example, it might be a busy company, or maybe the front of a factory.

- Can you hand me that nail? - Sure.

Or perhaps it's a place in a full market that was unexpectedly empty at that time.

Maybe it's a corner of a prefectural road,

where you can't see even a shadow of someone!

Or perhaps even a nook of a dry riverbed, where all you can see are pebbles.

It can be anywhere.

All of those are "expected places".

The intent of our act is to take those expected places and...

...disrupt your expectations of that space.

Please, allow me. ...disrupt your expectations of that space.

- Hands off! This is my job. - Huh?

If it's my job, I'll do it myself!

Balance, I see.

We divide everything, and then we stick very strictly to it.

Don't you get a lot of free time, then?

There's a lot to do, so we're actually very busy.

I see.

Hey, Mami, could you come with me? I wanna talk to ya.

Okay.

Mami.

Don't worry! We're just gonna go talk a bit!

Let's go.

I'm telling you, our next subject should be vending machines!

Our next "don't sign it" act,

"Don't carelessly buy good stuff from vending machines"!

You put a coin and clank! Something comes out.

That's corrupting people!

"Don't put your coins in vending machines!"

"Let's defy their countrywide boom,

and remove all vending machines from Kurashiki!"

Let's go with that. What do you think, everyone?

- Mama. - Yes?

Here too, y'know! People who come here to buy beer

or juice, if they buy from a vending machine...

You don't see it, but it your profits go down!

Don't you agree?

You don't need to think about that, Shoji.

I'm rooting for you all as part of a splendid new culture

that is blooming in our strict city of Kurashiki.

That's right.

Don't go putting those weird statements into your art.

I think you need to be more candid with it, so we can enjoy more.

You're kidding me! To hell with being candid!

Oh, let me get you a glass.

- That's okay. - Well, well...

Next time, try to bring more cute actresses, so it can be more fun, y'know.

I'm not gonna just do what you want.

The only reason we're doing this much for you

is because we don't like how this city is now.

The only ones getting any money now are

the places that get tourists as customers. And that's just a small part of businesses.

But only the locals come to our place.

It's an opportunity!

I love disobeying people many times, too,

but that's just a hobby. I'm not actually some sort of debauchee.

Mami, let's go.

They're thinking of getting some young girls,

and reopening the strip club to make a profit.

They think if they get many good girls,

they can even turn the strip club into a brothel.

I'm not gonna do that.

I know that! I wouldn't make you.

But you could be a good sample.

Something like "this is the kind of girl we have", y'know?

So, you want me to be bait?

Well, I guess you could say that, but...

Think of it as a bonus!

I'm using those old guys like that.

I mean to gain a lot of favor from them...

And then, in the near future, I'll take this strip club...

...and steal it from them!

You can say some careless words!

Well, I guess I can't disagree, but

they come to us because they think we're young and know nothing.

They're trying to make fools out of us!

Those guys think they're using us.

But they don't know we're using them. Right?

Huh?

Who's there?

How about I join that rich quick scheme of yours?

You're clearly not qualified for that.

- Well, by the way I'm her... - Her what?

You're her sugar daddy, geezer?

Cut that out, Shoji, okay?

Who the hell are ya?

What's going on?

You see, it's my duty to protect the virgin!

Virgin?

Who?

Ouch, it hurts.

We have a problem.

What should we do, Ms. Divine Virgin?

You bastard!

I'm gonna put you in your place!

We have trouble!

- Hey, you okay? - Are you okay?

C'mon boss, stop! Cut it out!

- You're gonna see, you geezer! - Cut it out!

Stop it, boss, c'mon!

You guys, grab him for me!

Alright, lemme join in!

Stop it! Cut it out, Shoji!

Are you crazy?

Those fuckers...

Let's go to a faraway place,

And eventually...

These islands are well-known because of a dispute between pirates,

but their people were important to the marine transportation industry.

Half a month later

The marine transportation industry of Japan was developed a lot

by the people of this island.

The big island you can see to the right of this island

is Mukushijima, known for its rock formations.

Those rocks are eight meters tall,

and they resemble an elephant that's looking to the sea.

It has many good places to go to.

The one right across from Mukushijima is known for its songs.

If you stand at one of its edges in mid-summer,

the view of the Harbor right below you is very beautiful.

The hydroponic fields there

were very prosperous from the Edo period well until the half of the Meiji period.

Are you okay?

Mr. Iida! Mr. Kegawa!

Mr. Izuichi!

Thank you for waiting.

Balance: 0 Yen

It's me!

Hello? Hello?

Is everything the same? And the kid?

What?

What? I can't hear you.

Over? Just like that?

What?

What the...? I can't hear anything.

At any rate, I've been wandering through the mountains, y'see.

And I've been trying to persist, y'know.

But, y'know, in an emergency...

Hello? Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

C'mon, hurry up!

Take this thing down, let's go.

Come on!

We didn't win?

Yeah... We did.

- Mami. - Huh?

Let's eat something good tonight, for a change, huh?

Yeah! We gotta be nourished.

Huh, what's that?

I wonder what it is?

Huh?

Chiaki!

Mami!

Where do you wanna sleep tonight?

Anywhere is fine.

Yes.

Poor Chiaki.

Yeah.

It's shallow, after all.

Mami!

Hey!

Mami!

Throbbing, throbbing, our blood is throbbing

If it just can't be stopped

Throbbing, throbbing, our blood is throbbing

Put antiseptic on both sides

Even though nothing is permanent

A greedy old woman's desire is a flashy show

Whip it out, show it off, get it up

If it doesn't work properly then step on its shell and crush it

You're a virgin, I'm a virgin

Virgin Blues

Throbbing, throbbing, our blood is throbbing

How much further does this muddy swamp go?

Throbbing, throbbing, our blood is throbbing

I fondly remember my father's footsteps

Holding a lunch box in my hand

Where should I go next, what a flashy show

Marilyn Monroe no return

A fallen rose shall never return

You're a virgin, I'm a virgin

Virgin Blues

Goodbye, then!

THE END