Original subtitles

NIKKATSU CORPORATION

Presents

Screenplay by Koji Toyoshima

Photography by Kurataro Takamura

Cast

Setsuko Ogawa

Hajime Tanimoto

Emi Hara

Miki Hayashi

Yoshie Kitta

Mamoru Kinatsu

Directed by Chusei Sone

HELLISH LOVE (Seidan: Botandoro)

We should go home

We shouldn't have come out

Wait till the rain stops...

Mistress!

I'm cold!

Young Mistress!

Please, use this...

Really...?

They're for an umbrella shop

She doesn't seem well. Better hurry home

You're very kind

Much too familiar for a stranger...

I don't want it!

Young Mistress!

IJIMA

I've brought your clothes, my lord

Let me help...I'll wash your back

Thank you

My pleasure

Your daughter's health is worse since the Mistress died

Is there anything I can do for you...?

Okuni...

My lord...

Okuni...! Not here!

I'm very lonely. You never seem to need me now

Okuni!

I'm sorry

I'm sorry

It's all right

When you gave me your love

...three years ago...

I told myself I was yours ...until I died!

Okuni!

When you feel better you pick flowers or play the Koto

Then you have a relapse, and I'm blamed!

- Mind your words! - You be quiet!

I'm in charge in this house

I hate this place

Someone put a needle in my tea

That's not true!

- And not my concern - Is that right?

You hate me...

because our lord favours me...

Okuni...!

The kimono shop man came

A new kimono for flower viewing...

Really?...I sent him away

I asked him here. Don't interfere

Don't spend money without asking me first!

Young Mistress!

Okuni?

Otsuyu...

Young Mistress!

Sir...Thank you for your help the other day

Young Mistress...?

Mistress?

Oyone, find out his name

Ask him, so we can return the umbrella

Young Mistress

Hurry

Yes!

You're late

I waited till they turned in

Old man Ijima dotes on you

I don't give myself to him out of love

It's for your sake

It's for both our sakes, Okuni... Remember that

If you're taken on...

we'll kill Otsuyu and her father...

Just think... a poor Hatamoto's second son...

will become a wealthy samurai?

First...

I'll have Otsuyu and Oyone, the maid, move somewhere else

The gate's open?

Didn't you open it?

No, I didn't

That's funny

Gambled and lost again?

I'll tell the master on you!

Leave it!

Drives me mad!

Oyone! Oyone!

Find out where he lives?

No...not yet

Brooding on him is bad for you

Oyone, if I die...

...can my soul fly wherever it wants?

Young Mistress!

Young Mistress!

Young Mistress!

I've seen him!

Where is he? Okuni...?

In the next room!

Young Mistress...?

Why did you bring him here?

But, Mistress...

Make him go

I'm frightened

What if he doesn't like me?

So what if he doesn't?

What'll happen?

I'll die

Don't worry

He'll never dislike you

Really?

Hurry, dress up for him

Oyone, am I pretty?

Yes, you don't seem ill at all

I am Shinzaburo Hagiwara

Please, don't be so formal...relax

We moved to Yanagishima only recently

We talk of you every day

Mistress...pour for him

Please, enjoy...

Thank you

Please

Trouble! Okuni's coming!

If she sees him, what'll she say?

Show him out the back way!

Sick, are you? Very sick, I must say

No wonder you don't want to live with us

I'll report this to your father

Otsuyu

Excuse me

- Shinzaburo!

Drinking sake with him, too!

You father will be furious!

I didn't do anything wrong!

Excuses are proof you're guilty

I apologise. It was wrong to ask you here

What's up? Coming in with your shoes on, like a thief

Young Hagiwara's odd! Lost in his thoughts

No wonder - he's a samurai ...with no job!

He's acting strange...

Really?

I wonder what's up?

I make umbrellas...

Her father's a rich Hatamoto samurai...

But how can I escape these feelings that torment me?

Listen...you seem troubled lately...

We should go fishing!

Yokogawa near Yanagishima's a good place

Yanagishima?

Yeah. Know the place?

Look...You've got a bite. Quick

A shame. It got away...

That Yanagishima over there?

Otsuyu

Otsuyu

I missed you very much

Many things happened

But now our days are peaceful

Young Mistress is madly in love with you

I beg you...

...be gentle with her

Otsuyu

Accept this as a keepsake

I will come for you, without fail ...on August 13th

Otsuyu! What's going on?

Please listen!

Quiet! Better here than with Okuni, you said!

But bringing in a man!

Please wait! I'm Shinzaburo Hagiwara!

A nobody!

How dare you seduce my daughter!

You disgrace me and my family!

I'll kill you both!

Father!

Samurai

Samurai!

Samurai!

What's up?

A nightmare?

Have a bad dream?

Tomozo, have you any sake?

A little left, I think

You need a pick-me-up?

Now what's going on?

You sleepy again?

Boatman, take me to Yanagishima! Hurry! Hurry up!

Samurai, is the Ijima place near here?

Yes

Excuse me...

Know where the Ijima place is?

Sorry...never heard of it

Samurai...

Watch out!

Woah!...that scared me!

Are you all right?

Miles away...

August 13th...

August 13th?

The Day of the Dead!

There's a lantern show outside

Come see the dances?

I'm expecting a visitor

A visitor?

A girl...?

Omine, he's not coming!

Hey...

It's really hot tonight

Come here...

All right

Otsuyu!

You're beautiful

You've changed since I saw you last

Please consummate our love

That's why we came

I feel like I've been waiting for this moment forever

You really mean that?

I wouldn't lie

I'm pleased to hear that

We had to move again...

far off...to a place called Sansaki village

What's that?

Sounds like...

a woman's voice next door...!

Can't be. He lives alone

Anyway, it's none of our business

Young Mistress, the night is ending

No! Please! Don't hurt me!

Hey!

What's up?

G-ghosts!

That's crazy

There are no ghosts

It's true! The young samurai has a ghost in his arms!

Rubbish!

Samurai!

Samurai!

Samurai!

Samurai!

Sir!

Wake up! Wake up! Come on...

Possessed by a ghost...

The shadow of death's on your face

Nonsense! I don't believe it!

A woman's spirit is calling you

I'm afraid she fell in love then died

Died?

A dead woman's spirit came here last night

Impossible

She was a samurai's daughter from Sansaki village

Sansaki village?

Know the place?

No. She just moved there

A cemetery...

It's just a huge cemetery

You'll find her grave there...

If that's true, I consummated ...a hellish love!

OTSUYU'S GRAVE

The priest lent me Buddha's image ...to ward off spirits

And here's a charm. Keep it 10 days and 10 nights...

...then you'll be safe

Hard to believe

It's all I can do for you

Even criminals want to live

Then there are those who want to live but can't...

Like Otsuyu...

Dying is easier than living

Whether you live or die...

the choice is yours

- Will they really come? - Be quiet, you fool...!

Do you want them to hear us?

Young Mistress, he's had a change of heart!

He's trying to keep you away

Do something, Oyone

I must get close to him

No, young Mistress

Why want a man who no longer loves you?

You're wrong. He's the only man I ever loved

He has an image of Buddha by him

We can't go inside

Young Mistress...?

Since you love him so much...

I will try to do something

That'll teach them!

His life's been saved

All right!

Stop that!

Tomozo...

Do me a favour, please

Remove that charm the young samurai has with him all the time

Certainly not! Then he'd...

And the image of Buddha too

I can't!

Go away, please!

Until you agree, I'll come every night to ask you

Every night? You must be mad!

You agree then?

Agree?

Pay me 100 ryo, then I'll do anything!

Really?

I never lie!

Very well...I'll bring you the money

100 ryo?

Fool. You fainted; how could you know?

I know...

A great samurai. I thought he was rich

I was disappointed too

You're a brave girl

His body's buried just under here

That's what really turns me on

Hear that...?

Maybe it's the old man...

Don't say that!

Again...?

You go to the toilet a lot

What's up?

I'm really feeling the cold tonight

What's up?

When I came in I thought I saw someone taking 100 ryo

You thought it was me?

Of course not...

What's mine is yours

Everything here is ours

Genjiro, you!

What's up?

I heard you're spending money on a Yoshiwara courtesan

Money's all you wanted

Made a fool of me!

Give back that 100 ryo!

100 ryo? Don't know anything about it!

You can't kill me off like you did old man Ijima!

What about that young guy making a new kimono for you?

That kimono's for you!

Liar!

We're both bad - it's 50-50!

Sweating like that in this heat, you'll hatch worms

How about a nice cool bath?

I mustn't wash

Why not?

Not for 10 days and 10 nights

To ward off a dead spirit

Rubbish! That's superstition

Omine will rub you down

Do as he says

But...

Oh, you stink!

Have a nice cool bath...

...you'll feel much better

What's up?

Don't get turned on looking at him

All I want's that 100 ryo

A charm...

No!

It'll get wet

That's right

I'll put it down here, all right?

Nice and cool...

It's them!

There, young Mistress...

You seem surprised to see us

Your change of heart saddens me

It's not that I betrayed you

But...

What?

I want to live

What about our vow?

It's still true

Then you haven't changed?

Omine, let's go!

With this we can do anything!

The gold! Where's the gold?

You!

Give it back!

You can't have it!

Hand it over!

I won't let you have it!

Give it here, you bitch!

It's mine!

It's mine!

Give it back...Now!

No! It's mine! You shan't have it!

It's mine!

You shan't have it!

It's my money!

It's mine! Come on... Spit it out!

THE END