All language subtitles for Abortion - v2

WAKAMATSU PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS

This film is a record of my
struggle as a gynecologist...

to deal with the problem
of modern sexual sciences.

A problem which I became aware
of looking at my patients.

Analysing this problem
in a scientific way...

... and summing up the results
in a scientific paper.

I am seperated from the
world, branded as mad.

Locked up in prison.

The people out there ... no ...
the people in charge of the law!

They think of my discovery
as a threat to mankind.

Not ready to accept it,
they had me arrested.

And put me into this
small, dark cell.

I'm frustrated and sad.

But to present my scientific
findings, the essence of my life...

... is my duty!

ABORTION

Produced By:
Koji Wakamatsu

Script / Music / Art By:
Masao Adachi

Cinematography By:
Hideo Ito

Cast:

Kimio Terashima

Reiko Ensho
Nami Katsura

Yuri Nishi
Shigeo Sone, Tatsuhiro Oka

Yoko Takeuchi
Hiroko Fuji

Kyoko Michi
Noriko Kaede

Directed By:
Koji Wakamatsu and Masao Adachi

Everyone would be
moved by this spectacle.

Seeing a new life born,
it always makes me think.

Does sex exist for love?

Or is it only there for making
mankind reproduce and prosper.

Well, I think both are
the purpose of sex.

Both make up its essence.

It's neither meant only
for love nor for reproduction.

The question of whether sex
exists for love and pleasure ...

... or only for reproduction ...

... makes many
women wonder and suffer.

That's it.

Noriko Sengoku, 20 years old.

She was one of those women.

Congratulations.

Pregnant in the third month.

Congratulations.

So it's true?

What can I do?

I'm sure you know
already, but...

Mitsuko!

Calm down.

You have to control your
emotions from now on.

So cute, and still a child.

And suddenly she had
a baby in her own body.

Going to be a mother...
what a shock.

They are only young,
occasional lovers for some time.

Maybe they only came
to me out of coincidence.

Nothing special here in my practice.

I used to leave cases
like this to my wife Mitsuko.

This girl's case turned into
something very important for me.

Mister?

Hey! Young dad!

What?

- What's up?
- I'll tell you!

Come with me!

Tell me... is anything
wrong with Noriko?

Nothing's wrong. She is
pregnant - third month.

She'll be a great mom.

Third month of pregnancy?

Now, come with me.

Noriko, what's wrong?

They say I am
going to have a baby!

Really? What a surprise!

Stop fooling around! Sit down!

I'm not fooling around.

It really is a surprise.

Noriko Sengoku, 20 years old.

- You're living nearby?
- Yeah...

Are you her husband?

Are you joking?

The "unoffcial partner" then.

- You are the child's father?
- Yeah...

Your name, address and age, please.

Oh no... It feels like I'm being arrested.

But you have no choice!

Do the two of you know what
it means to have a baby?

Of course I know that.

But...

Noriko said she knew
the calender method.

And she said it would be
fine... on that day...

So you are using
the calender method?

I don't know anything about it...

But I am in love with Susumu.

So I pretended I knew...

What's wrong with you?
You have no idea?

Aaah, sounds like trouble!

So you become pregnant
on the day of the festival?

Idiots! The two of you are so stupid!

Leave! I don't want
people like you to be here!

How slutty and unhygienic!

You are still kids!

What are you doing?

What kind of mother
and father are you?

I won't listen to that any more!

Okay, fine then.

Leave us alone!

Let's go, Noriko.

We'll make it somehow.

Wait!

I was rude to you.

Hear me out.

You have to stop crying...

... and pull yourself together.

You have to understand what is
going on in your body scientifically.

It's our job to make the patients
stop worrying about such things.

I will explain it to
you, from the basics.

It's not about "make it somehow"...

You need to hear the truth,
instead of useless 'support'.

Listen, think of this
as a woman's genitals.

This part is the womb.

Right after the menstruation,
hormones are produced.

They make a new egg develop.
The womb regenerates on the inside.

Then another hormone called
progesteron is produced here.

The egg ripens and passes...

... over the oviduct,
into the womb.

Then the sperm cells
come up this way...

... and fertilize
the egg cell in here.

So according to the Ogino-sheme,
the period when fertilization...

... is possible is 12 to 16
days before the regular menstruation.

So you shouldn't do it
within these five days.

The sperm cells are said
to survive for three days.

So one has to take three more days
before the normal time into account.

Three month's ago your
fertilized egg went ...

... into its place inside the
womb and started growing.

The fusion of the sperm and the
egg cell is called 'fertilization'.

The settling of the fertilized
egg cell is called "nidation".

And your egg cell keeps
growing bigger in here.

Noriko-san!

Now this baby inside your body
is nourished on your blood.

Step by step it will
become more like you.

It will grow for 4... 5... 6 months.

It will be born as a pretty baby
from your body after 9 months.

Until that moment the mother
coninues to nourish her baby.

It's the most glorious
exercise of a mother.

A baby - the greatest creation
of a mother and a father.

You and Susumu have to
make this clear to yourselves.

Thank you for teaching us.

I've got a better idea now.

That's good to hear.

You two are responsible
for the baby's development.

- Good luck!
- Thank you!

I knew a little about this from
school. But now, after you told me...

... I feel pride as a woman.

I am confident now.
I'll have your baby, Susumu.

No! Here she is again -
the old chatterbox!

Wait a moment.

Now you think that
everything will be fine?

Dear!

That same old story again?

You agree on
giving birth to the child?

Have you thought about
what that really means?

- No idea ...
- Not in front of the mother!

I want to talk to her too!

Listen!

Just a moment ago
you were very scared.

Your soul was affected by the
changes happening to your body.

And then my wife gave you a
little science lesson and told you...

... about the wonders of
motherhood. And now all is fine?

How can it be?

We are living in the space age
and sending sattelites up.

But the sex drive as the most
basic instinct is out of control?

The Japanese laws on
sexual issues state:

If mother or child is threatened by
a hereditary mental illness...

...if there is a risk
to their bodies...

...if there is a mental
illness or a weakness of will...

...if there is such a problem with
the mother or any close relative...

If there is the mere possibility
of such a problem...

...and the possibility that it could
be transmitted to the child...

...or if the mother or child could be
endangered during the birth...

...or if their lives
should be in danger...

...it is permitted to perform
an operation on the fetus.

In a case where this is impossible,
an abortion shall be permitted.

My place is just a normal
gynecology practice.

But I used to perform abortions
on two or three women every day.

I had been running my
practice for eight years.

How many abortions did I perform?

How many unborn lives
did I bring to an end?

Let's think of an average number
of three a day for eight years ...

That's 2920 days...

That means that I have
killed several thousand.

Several thousand!

Yes. I am a murderer.

But it's not because I like it.

It's because men and
women are practicing sex.

Without thinking about
the social consequences.

And when they realise their
mistake, they come to me.

And their number keeps
increasing. I'm wondering why.

Being involved in my work and
through the operations I perform...

... and through the
experiences of my patients...

... I started to research about this
topic which effects all human beings.

I decided to start analyzing
the modern sex culture first.

What role does sex play in the
lives of modern people?

How important and how
problematic is sex for them?

Like clutching at straws, I tried
to grab hold of such material's...

... knowledge, which does not seem
to deal with the real essence of sex.

So we must think of a scientific
solution or a good system of society...

... which would provide a
fitting and final answer.

It's an urgent issue.

Oh, Kurihara-san ...
When did you...?

It's so embarassing, doctor.

I've watched you sleeping.

I'm sorry about that.

What can I do for you?

Now I remember. I heard
that you had been hospitalized.

Are you alright?

Yes.

Thanks to your help I am
just the way I was before.

But my husband ran away...

What can I do now, doctor?

You know...

I am...

What's wrong?

Doctor, please hide me.

There's nothing to worry about.
It's just another patient.

To tell you the truth, I...

Dear, listen.

It's the police together with
a school girl who was raped ...

You take care of it. It's
a special case, isn't it?

Yes.

Thanks.

Hello.

Come out. Nothing to worry about.

Weren't you ...?

That's right.

I've run away from the ...

... mental home.

I just couldn't stand it anymore.

Well...

If they call me nymphomanic,
there's nothing I can do about it.

Doctor...

I'm fed up of seeing the
strange people who are there.

It's like a nuthouse.

You know yourself very well.

Once you see a man, you chase him.

That's why I need you to look at me.

I thought I could be
quiet for some time...

Doctor?

I'll have a look, but then you
must return to the hospital at once.

Hurry up.

Yukiyo Kurihara, 28 years old.

A wife living in the neighbourhood.

One husband is not enough for her.

So she had affairs: With the
cleaner, the noodle and sushi-man ...

... the milkman and even the gasman.

Her nymphomaniac behavior soon
became famous in the neighbourhood.

Then she seduced a high school
student preparing for his exams.

She was brought to a mental home.

I realised before that her longing
for a child was extremely strong.

But her husband was not
interested in her body.

He had no intention to have children.

And here?

So it's nothing...?

Here?

Her feelings of being
unsatisfied became chronic.

The symptoms of an extremely
insatiable polydepsia increased.

That was when she came to my clinic.

First she wanted a child
to get closer to her husband.

Then her desire became so large
that she would sleep with anyone.

It's a common case.

Controlling her eregenous zones...

... she can feel greater
lust than normal intercourse.

I guess she used to be a normal woman
having no special thoughts about sex.

Look at her pitiful situation.

The genitals are not the
only organs involved in sex.

The body parts shown in this figure
have sensory cells like the genitals.

They make it possible to
enjoy an orgasm here as well.

If those parts of the
body are stimulated ...

... the body shows arousal reactions
which can lead toward ecstacy.

It's only natural.

According to the modern
philosopher George Gurdjieff...

Human beings have centers for
instinct, sex, emotions, movement...

... and also for sexual lust.

Where this center is
located remains unclear.

But experiments show clear
evidence that the center ...

... for sexual arousal is not
identical to the genitals.

And this "sex center"...

...works independently
from the other centers.

Some people say that this
is the way to total freedom.

Such a poor woman.

Good afternoon.

It's alright.

Have a seat.

I've done an irrigation.

No bigger outer wounds.
I think she'll be fine.

So she has wounds in other places?

Is it very bad?

Just some scratches.
I made the bleeding stop.

Excuse me...
The irrigation...?

The greater amount of the seminal
fluid stays near the vaginal entrance.

But even a very small amount
of it can lead to pregnancy.

Sperm cells climb up the
uterus within minutes.

Washing out the rest
doesn't have a big effect.

That means...

That this girl could be pregnant?

Yes, it's certainly possible.

So the first guy would
be the biggest offender.

So there were several men...?

Three young men.

They attacked her in the street.

That's too much!

It's too much...

Yes, it's intolerable.

What a perverse act!

Well, the desire for
sex is very natural.

But both sides must consent!

What if she is pregnant?

They say they were out of their minds
because they wanted to have a woman.

Idiots, that doesn't matter.

It's unbearable.

Officer, there is a woman who
ran away from the mental home.

Take her with you.

Ran away?

Doctor, I feel very refreshed now.

Thank you very much.

Don't cry anymore.

Thank you for your kindness.
The hospital is in Nerima.

My pleasure...

Nobody will know what happened.

Okay?

I had enough of it.

Things like that happen because
prostitution is banished by law.

There are four million young
unmarried men in this country.

30% of them might be
lucky with their female friends.

And 20% might have enough
money to get what they want.

But what about the remaining 2 million?

How do they deal
with their sexual desire?

About half them is just
waiting for the right moment.

So about one million young men
could always turn into rapists.

The number of abortions I have
to perform is rising and rising.

What can I do?

I continued torturing
myself with these thoughts.

How could one seperate
the sex drive and sex?

Many people would
be saved from suffering.

Yes.

There must be a method to seperate
sex from the drive once and for all.

Seperate the genitals from the
mental center of sexual desire.

That would mean nothing else
that men and women could...

... take each others hands, embrace
each other nakedly ...

... and make love without limits.

There are enough beds ready.
I just needed a method.

There are more than 4000
places like this in the city.

They are called "guesthouses".

The energy created by the men
and women having sex here ...

... is supposed to be high enough to
produce a mountain of confetti ...

... as high as
Mt. Fuji in one evening.

But the people coming here ...

... all of them came to enjoy sex.

Nobody comes here to have a child.

However, some women become pregnant.

Condoms, jelly, coitus interruptus,
irrigation, coil etc. etc.

No matter what
method they are trying ...

... there are always failures
resulting in pregnancy.

Unwanted pregnancy.

I wanted to think one step ahead.

Let's seperate sex and reproduction.

In a time when artificial
fertilization has become normal.

There should be something
artificial on the woman's side too.

An artificial placenta
for growing the fetus.

This was a plan which could lead to
a solution of the basic sex problem,

A fertilized egg will
be conserved in a test tube.

The machine can be handled freely.
The egg is removed from the womb.

Then we can have children when
we want to and how we want to.

Women won't have to suffer anymore
from the hardships of pregnancy.

Not experience the
pain of giving birth.

Mankind will be redeemed from
the fear of pregnancy and birth.

These voices of joy.

People of ancient times
were able to experience...

the joys of sex as the
most natural way of satisfaction.

As a fundament for
their spirits...

What a great spiritual
time it must have been!

Now we discuss
war and peace.

The circumstances of
capitalism are getting worse.

With such a political
background a day when we can...

... talk frankly about
sexual experience won't come.

By that time, my wife
was already alarmed.

She thought that I was getting
too serious about my research.

But I ignored her
suspicion and rejection.

I continued my research.

It exhausted me though...

Dear!

Dear!

Dear...!

Hey...

Hey!

Eureka!

There are lots of egg cells wasted
at our hospital. Why not use them?

What are you talking about?

I've got all I need.

Clinic for Gynecology,
Maternity, Genital Diseases ...

Marukito

Marukito Laboratary
for Sexual Sciences

Early morning.

We are exposed to the
serious faces of our patients.

The problems we gynecologists
are confronted with ...

... are not only
symptoms of the body.

Well, of course these
are important issues as well.

But on top of that we are dealing
with severe mental problems.

Of course there are specialists
dealing with mental problems.

Psychiatrists and mental homes.

But the problems we encounter are
caused by changes of the body.

It's a matter of mental state,
morals, philosphy or religion.

We are dealing with
dramas involving the whole body.

Only the women themselelves
embody their fears and worries.

They appear like
naked body expressions.

In my job I'm always confronted with
issues not in the realm of my job.

But these personal
feelings of mine are ...

... put into question
by certain patients.

Shima-san, please!

Yes.

This woman:
Junko Shima, 31 years old.

Member of a dancing group.

After she had her first
abortion at the age of 19...

... she had seven more abortions.

Good afternoon, doctor.

Ah, it's you?

So, how do you feel?

No changes after you were here?

No, nothing.

Good.

So, what is it today?

Doctor, you know...
It's happened again!

What the...? Again?

No doubt about it.
The third month...

You can't be serious!
You've just had one!

Yes...
I'm very sorry about it.

It must have happened
right after that.

I must be extremely fertile...

I really hate it.
- What are you talking about?

You haven't given birth
to even one single child.

Right. Sorry...

Doctor...

I'm sorry to be back again,
but please do it for me.

We don't have a show today
so I came here to have it done.

Some sweets for you and your wife.

Listen!

Can you remember how
many abortions you've had so far?

Yeah, the other day
it was the 7th time.

Right, the 7th time.

You had 7 abortions already.

What do you think about that?

I've asked you a question!

What can I say...

I'm not talking about morals.

It's about your body.

Don't you care about
your body's health?

Tell me!

But there's nothing I can do.

I can't have a baby now.

I can see that.

You mean you are
living just for love?

Yes.

That's right.

So a baby ...
- You can't go on like this!

I'm talkin as your doctor.

Your life is in danger.

It's like you are
committing suicide.

But it just happened...

Just happened? That's
what you always say.

Again and again but you
never reflect on it at all.

Once the abortion is done
you find yourself a new man.

That's what I am scolding you for.

Don't you understand? Your
body is already ruined.

I am sorry. I'll be more
careful from now on.

Doctor...

Just one last time.

I've heard that before.

So what can I do?
- Forget about it.

But doctor...

That's so mean, doctor.

You want me to give up love?

That's impossible.

I haven't said that.

But as I told you last time.
There are many other...

A sterilization?

Never! No way!

I don't want such
a useless body.

Wait!

Oh dear...

When I hear her careless
talk, I can only be surprised.

No matter how often I tell her
about contraception methods...

... she shows no sign
of performing them.

People who are inflamed
in love might think of ...

... contraception as annoying.

Its a very careless
kind of romanticism.

Well, it's not that I
can't understand it at all.

No doubt. The third month.

Let's operate later.
- Yes.

Really?

You'll do it then?

I don't have a choice, do I?

But first I'd like to
talk to you again, okay?

Alright, doctor.

So you don't mind the abortion,
but are scared of a sterilization?

It's because you don't really
understand about these operations.

Well, have a look.

The belly method: The abdominal wall is
opened and the fetus is removed from there.

The vagina method: The fetus is removed
by entering the body through the vagina.

The belly method is normally only performed

when other gynecological operations
have to be done.

In case of the vagina-method
you only have...

... to open 2 or 3 centimeters
below the pubic region.

If only an abortion is performed, normally
the vagina-method will be chosen.

This charming woman.

Always falling in love.

But I knew that she had never
experienced greater sexual lust.

A strange woman who has never
become aware of her own body yet.

I will...

One day I will have a baby.

When I find a good man.

One.

One.

Two.

Two.

Three.

Three.

Four.

Fo...

Thinking of love and
marriage together.

I can't do that.

But I really want to
live a proper life now.

Look for a real husband.

You'll see: I'll have
a wonderful family.

So you want a third child?

Yes.

With an artificial fertilization
this august...

... I would have the baby
in spring next year, right?

I calculated that that
would be a good time.

I see.

Well then...

This woman:
Yoshie Suzuki, 32 years old.

Due to her husband's impotence
we obtained seminal fluid...

... from him and performed
a test-tube fertilization.

But there's also the possibility to
use seminal fluid of another person.

How about problems with
your unsatisfied sex drive?

Oh well...

You surely feel the desire to
have a man to make love to you.

Yes, but...

My husband is
ready to experiment.

So he pleases me
with all kinds of petting.

So you do feel satisfied.

Yes.

Fine then.

So there are people who seperate
sexual pleasure from reproduction.

People like her are the happy ones.

Every person's sex drive is different.

There are all kinds of neuroses
that can be caused by sex.

Frigidity, impotence or vaginismus.

Women long for, fear and envy the
male genitals which they don't have.

It's similar with men.

And if these latent fears become
too strong, such symptoms appear.

But this isn't the way to
a fundamental solution.

For those who stay away from sex as
they are scared of giving birth.

For those who are longing for
a child but can't have one.

Sexual lust had to be
seperated from reproduction.

I had to develop an artificual
placenta as soon as possible.

Me, a specialist for abortions, was
crazy about finding ...

... the ideal conditions
of giving birth to a child.

What irony!

How to make sure that his
ridge causes no injuries?

Yes! Turn around the
outer side of the container...

And connect it here.

But I never neglected
my professional duties.

Examinations in the morning,
operations in the afternoon.

Every free minute I found,
I went on with my research.

I had to fight severe exhaustion.

An invention fit for the atomic age!

An artificial placenta!
I was crazy about it.

There is the example of the
experiments of an Italian scientist.

He was able to keep a fetus
alive in an artificial surrounding.

Similar experiments were done
in the USSR and West Germany.

But all such experiments were stopped
under the pressure of...

... religious or human-rights groups.

It's done!

Now to the trickier part.

How to obtain an egg to put inside.

Dear, let's have dinner.

I'm coming.

Dear.

What are you studying at such a time?

There's some research I have to do.

Don't get any funny ideas.

Even without that there are
strange rumours going on.

I need a proper
egg cell as soon as possible.

Dear!

All is prepared.

The artificial placenta.
The nutrition-machine.

I only needed a fetus to put inside.

Dear, I'm a woman too.

Your wife.

Love me.

Let's make love.

Women during the day are enough.

But dear!

Okay okay.
I know what you want.

Yes, I decided to have the baby.

I'll bring it up, no matter
how hard it will be for us.

I've made up my mind.

I see.

And Susumu has agreed too?

I don't care about what he thinks.

It's what I feel like.

Then you will give
birth to a bastard.

Well, let's have a look.
- Yes.

Bend your legs.

Listen, something is wrong.

I can't feel the fetus.

Let's do a progesteron injection.
- Okay.

Ouch!

Fine, that'll do.

How strange...

I had found the perfect test object.

I guess God was still on my side.

It accomplished my plan to
obtain her fertilized egg...

... and transplant it
into the artificial placenta.

Mitsuko was out visiting patients,
so there was nothing to worry about.

Exposure to air or changes of
temperature must be prevented.

Good! The first step
was successful!

Now I had to ensure regular
nourishment and stable conditions.

Developing well.

The little one has been
alive for 5 months now.

My cute baby.

What an unbelievable child you are!

You're living in the greatest
invention of mankind!

The invention of an articifial
placenta, more important than

... space travel - a success!

The future...
The future of mankind...

Oh yes. Let's call you "future".

My child is the future.

Come back then.
- Yes.

Thank you.
- Good luck.

Next one.
- Noriko Sengoku!

Come inside.

I had my monthlies.

Menstruation? But you are ...!

I really did!

I don't know what's going on.

Is it possible?

That's impossible, right?

Go and have a look
at the patients' room.

Yes, but...

Just hurry up and go.

Yes.

Noriko, you might not believe it...

But it is possible.

There are reports on cases like this.

It's called a "phantom pregnancy".

I was suspecting it could be
the case... So I was right then!

So the baby of
me and Susumu...?

It was just a product
of your imagination.

It existed only in your mind.
In reality you were not pregnant.

Your body only showed
symptoms of what was on your mind.

Well, you should forget about it.

What a pity!

Well, there's nothing we can do about it.

It's like I was cursed by a fox.

You could say that.

A phantom pregnancy is mysterious.

It's like a neurosis of your will.

A neurosis? I am having very
strange dreams these days...

What kind?

When I go to the
toilet in the morning...

I realize that the baby has
disappeared from my womb.

While I was asleep the baby woke
up by itself and just went away.

Those kind of dreams.

Your mental state is related
to the phantom pregnancy.

It's a fact that a strong neurosis
can have such an impact on the body.

In your case you
got involved with Susumu.

The fear of becoming pregnant
caused your mental state.

That has made your
menstruation stop.

At such an early stage it's
impossible to get a definite result.

But think about it,
having a child at your age...

Isn't it better like this?

I knew it!

Oishi-san, please
come over right now.

The baby is pretty big.

This feels very eerie.

But I can't say what is
going on by myself...

Please come soon.

A placenta?

Madam!

This is a huge experiment!

But if the baby
grows more...

... society will oppose it.

What a research!

The whole world
might talk about this.

We must act right now.

So you were the first
who found it, madam?

Yes, I was shocked
and called Oishi-san.

Oishi-san is a friend
of Dr. Marukito's.

Yes, he's a researcher
at the university.

His wife is a patient here.

Your husband was
arrested this morning.

What is your opinion?

I really hope he'll come home soon.

But your discovery
led to his arrest...?

It had to be done.
Stealing someone's baby!

It's unforgiveable.

It's a real problem,
to what kind of deed...

... his everyday job
has led him too.

What did he say when
he was arrested?

All he said was: "Future!"

- Future? Madam, what does it mean?
- I don't know.

"Educational Guidance"

"Education Research Institute"

What stupidity!
What obstruction!

Future Marukito, my son
whom I had been raising...

... had been turned
into a freak show!

History is telling us:

Genius inventors are often not
accepted by their contempories.

I had been aware of that.

Those primitive quacks!

Those stubborn moralists!

Alarmed by my experiment,
they came with the authorities...

... agitated the totally
ignorant Noriko Sengoku...

... said that I had
stolen her baby...

... had me arrested, sentenced
guilty and thrown into this cell.

But do you think my
research was a waste of time?

It can't be! I made the greatest
invention of the 20th century!

My son, Future Marukito.

I don't know what happened to him.

But if he's still alive...

... he'd be 18 years old by now.

He'd have turned into a proper young
man and would be out there somewhere.

I believe the day will come when I
can present my research results...

... to you as an
academic research esssay.

THE END

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