All language subtitles for Natsu no imoto

DEAR SUMMER SISTER
NATSU NO IMOTO

Screenplay by: SASAKI Mamoru
TAMURA Takeshi, �SHIMA Nagisa

Music by:
TAKEMITSU T�ru

Photography by:
YOSHIOKA Yasuhiro

Art Direction:
TODA Jusho

Sound Recording:
YASUDA Tetsuo

Sound Effects:
HONMA Akira

Editing by:
URAOKA Keiichi

Unit Management:
UEDO Takashi

With:

KURITA Hiromi - Sunaoko

ISHIBASHI Sh�ji - Tsuruo

Lily - Momoko

KOMATSU Hosei - KIKUCHI Kosuke

TONOYAMA Taiji - Sakurada

TOURA Rokko - Teruya

KOYAMA Akiko - Tsuru

SATO Kei - Kuniyoshi

Executive Producers: KUZUl Kinshir�
�SHIMA Eiko

Directed by:
�SHIMA Nagisa

I teach the Okinawan language.

Hello!

1000 yen per word.

Bye.

Once upon a time, Urashima Taro,

Invited by a turtle who owed
him his life

Went to the Dragon's Palace
under the sea.

There all was beauty and
legendary splendour.

Don't be so long! You even
washed your hair!

Want me to hop in with you?

No, I don't.

Then hurry up!

Here, in Okinawa,
I'm playing the lead!

Maybe you're...

...too nervous to meet OMURA Tsuru.

After all, you're daddy's fiancee,

and Tsuru is his old mistress!

Did you get her number?

Her office, not her home.

Shall we phone first,

or just drop in?

"Drop in"! With that dirty
hair of yours!

You can't come in!

It's Sakurada.

We are not dressed!

I'm all right now!

"All right", he says!

This room is too small for the two of us.

Not at all!

A hot bath sobered me up.

I feel tip-top.

I can show you around Okinawa.

You let me have one of your rooms.

I'd like to thank you.

That's right,

you've been on Okinawa before.

I've counted everyone
of her blackheads!

Blackheads?

I mean brothels.

Know what they are?

Sure I do!

Sakae-machi, Jukkanji,

Nami-no-ue, Koza-Yoshiwara...

When you were young, Tsuji was the place!

Your sister has taught you well.

Sister!

Get dressed.

I'll be downstairs.

I'm very sorry,

we're not ordinary tourists.

So you're extraordinary!

Tell me about it.

We're on a search!

Su-tan!

What a coincidence! So am I!

I get it!

You're looking for your old...

My old flame?

No, I've come here

to be killed.

Are you still drunk?

You laughed a moment ago

when I called you sisters...

So what are you?

I'll let you guess.

Don't be that way!

Women always complicate things

Let's be simple!

Su-tan!

I'm going sight-seeing with him.

Go there by yourself...
You're playing the lead!

Still daylight... I don't know
where to start.

I know where...

Southern Hotel?

May I speak to the manager?

It isn't Miss Omura anymore?

Three months ago?

She doesn't come in anymore at all?

Do you have her address?

Or her phone number?

What's wrong?

Nothing at all.

Let's go see the sights!

I'm looking for

Miss Omura, the ex-owner.

Oh, yes... Tsuru-san.

Where has she gone?

At the desk they don't know.

Yes, no one knows where she went
when she sold the hotel.

Well, since there's a new owner,

I'll just drop in and ask him!

I don't see a single soul...

...who looks like he could kill.

All gentle souls!

Well, you don't look like one.

Me? I look like a tenth-rater?

I'm the kind you kill, after all.

You want to be killed? Why?

The atrocities, you know...

You mean you killed women
and children here, too?

Oh, no, I consider a woman's life
as far too precious.

But on our side of the fence,

no one wants to be responsible,
either...

...to commit suicide or be killed.

You want to be the first of a long line?

Momoko-san!

I felt a little abandoned!

I know how you felt!

A girl... all by herself on Okinawa!

- Guess what?...
- Wait till we're alone.

But it's far!

I need food to build up my strength!

You got the address?

It's far? It wasn't that hotel?

It was sold 3 months ago.

Retired... an island off the coast.

An out-of-the-way place in the south.

Good thing I saw you!

Know how to find the house?

It's the Omura family's.

I'll let them know the "leading lady"
is on her way.

If it had been told to me
there was a phone,

I'd have made an appointment
here in town.

I hope you're talking about a man.

Sorry, it's a woman.

When will she be back?

Late this afternoon?

Yes, I'm an acquaintance of hers.

All I understood was

that she's off in a boat

and won't be back till evening.

Do we go out there and wait?

And hang around for 4 or 5 hours?

Let's go now!

We can tour the southern
battlefields by bus,

and be at her place just in time!

Here in Itoman,

we have a good example of sea-going folk,

who live mainly on fish.

Plying the ocean in light canoes,

they ventured far into the South Seas

and were faimed as dauntless
seafarers.

As the husband is often away,

the wife runs the home,
raises the children,

and makes the ritual visits.

Hence her reputation

for strength,

energy and thriftiness.

Once, a very special custom
was observed here:

husband and wife kept separate accounts;

the wife bought her husband's catch

and sold it at a profit.

Thus, there were rich women

whose husbands didn't even
have cigarette money.

Here are the family tombs
called Koji-hara-monchu.

In Okinawa, "monchu" means "clan",

and "hara" means "family"

There are 29 haras

and 42 monchus.

Each hara has its own tomb.

The four tombs in front

from the shiruhiroshi.

The one in back is called the tuchi.

When a clan-member dies

the corpse is put into the shiruhiroshi.

After 3 years, the body is taken out

and placed in the tuchi.

However, a confidential rule
among the villagers

provides that anyone over 80,

or who has brought honour to the clan,

shall be put into the tuchi immediately,

while anyone under 7 or who has

dishonoured the clan

shall not be burried in the tombs at all

In this cave-shelter was stationed
the "Unit of the Lily",

i. e. the nurses of the
3rd Medical Unit.

In this area there were four shelters

the CHQ, and the
1st, 2nd and 3rd Medical Units.

It was in the 3rd Unit's shelter

that the entire staff of nurses was
wiped out,

except for three survivors.

On the 18th of June,
Showa 20, 1945, the 1st Unit

learned the US troops were
only 60 yards away.

They contacted the 2nd Unit

and both shelters could be evacuated.

But the 3rd Unit was so isolated

that they were unaware of their
predicament till the next day.

Evacuation was set for
June 20th, at dawn.

On the last evening they
held the ceremony that

marked a unit's dispersal.

Each took part in an impromtu show

and at the end they sang
"Going Over The Sea"

That, however, was no longer possible.

The next day, they died.

Ready for another?

Su-tan!

I'm allowed to! I'm the lead here!

"The month of July, Showa 12,1937,
marked the begining

of the China Incident

which ultimately developed
into the Pacific War,

turning all of South-East Asia
into a battlefield.

Because of its strategic location,

Okinawa ws the theater
of crucial fighting.

The war ended

having taken a toll far heavier

than any war in history.

The war caused

many casualities

among civilians and soldiers

of Okinawan origin

The souls of those dead... "

"Little sister Sunaoko,

You may be annoyed by this letter,

thinking it is a declaration of hate.

But, it is my blood that speaks to you.

My name is OMURA Tsuruo

and the blood that flows in my veins

may well be that of your father,
KIKUCHI Kosuke.

I had always believed I had no father,

until one day I questioned my mother.

and she named two men,
either of whom may be my father.

One of the names was your father's. "

Sunaoko, stop!

"I went to Tokyo in March.

I gathered information about
your family,

but I didn't want to see your father.

In your garden, I glimpsed
my little sister...

Or, rather, a girl who might be her.

But seeing you rake the garden,

I felt sure that you,

Sunaoko, are my sister. "

Too bad, it was fascinating!

That's enough, Su-tan!

You're here now!

You'll see your brother!

"Sunaoko, little sister...

I see no point anymore in
blaming father,

mother, or their generation,
I only want to be able to

to call you 'llittle sister',

and show you all my affection
on my native Okinawa.

Wouldn't you like to spend
your summer vacation here?"

Sleep, Su-tan.

I'm not sleepy.

She won't be back for an hour or so.

Lie down.

My name is KOTODA Momoko.
I'm intruding...

You must be very busy,

but please let me talk to you.

I'm not so busy as all that,

but I'm no Good Samaritan, either.

I'm just in from Tokyo.

Thank you for the long journey...

That greeting's out of date, eh?

May I speak to you now... alone?

As you wish.

It's about KIKUCHI Kosuke...

Judge Kikuchi.

Have you any news of him?

I understand he lives alone
with his daughter.

Is it true that his daughter Sunaoko,

and your son Tsuruo
are brother and sister?

Does it concern you?

Tsuruo wrote Sunaoko

that he had seen her in the
Kikuchi garden.

Well?

"I want to call you little sister.

I believe that's what you are.

I want to show you my affection
on my native island.

Come spend your vacation here. "

Sunaoko is here now.

What of it?

The person he saw

in the Kikuchi garden

was someone else.

Was it you?

Yes.

Tsuruo thought you were...

Please, don't laugh!

Where did you

get to this over laughter or tears...
in Tokyo?

I... I...

Are you one of the family?

No... I mean, not yet.

Well...

Sunaoko knows nothing of Tsuruo's
misapprehension.

She must not see him.

I came to ask your help!

Just what you expect of me?

If Sunaoko asks for it,

don't give her his address.

I can't give what I haven't got.

Of course, I could get hold of it.

And Sunaoko apart,

don't you want to see him?

I understand.

You agreed for me to see her.

Find some excuse

and take Sunaoko home.

Don't bring her back too late.

And cut out the beer!

Beer's the least of our worries!

So you think we've been
double-crossed, too?

All that way for nothing!

Papa arrives tomorrow!

He phoned and left a message.

What's he coming for?

He said he'd come as soon
as he could.

Nobody told me!

Otherwise, I wouldn't have come!

Daddy wasn't to be in on the secret!

I see it all! You were spying
on me for him!

Don't be silly!

All right. I believe you...

But I won't be back tonight!

Go, go, drink!

But awamori's strong, isn't it?

So, we were double-crossed, eh?

It smells!

This whole business smells
to high heaven!

Going off to that island,
then come back

because of some phone call...
It's crazy!

Tsuruo is your affair...

But the mother! Didn't she have the right,

nay! the duty -

to see that lovely swan... or ugly
duckling, as the case may be?

Be careful!

You're supposed to sip that!

You up there!

How about a song?

Come on up!

Have a drink.

Now... what song first?

Let's start with a easy one:

Asatoya Yunta

We're not together.

What on earth is that?

The night of Ikebukuro

I don't know Okinawan songs.

You're from the home islands?

Maybe so.

You can still see the marks!

Who is that guy?

What a world!

I forbid you to hang around
with guys like that!

In my days,

an Okinawan had his dignity!

So did a Japanese, for that matter!

Okinawan girls, especially...

They were pure in heart.

Though a bastard like me
can only defile them

with statements like that.

Don't cry, please.

I'll start crying, too.

You're pure in heart, too.

But I guess I can't relive
those days with you.

Let's leave.

You won't find a taxi here...

Try down there.

You know...

You'd be better off back home
than loafing here.

Yes, sir.

Here's a song you know.

You and me, two cherry blossoms,

fellow classmates,

Blooming in the gardens

of the Sub-mariners' Training School.

Once they've bloomed,

They are ready to fall,

Let us be ready to fall gracefully

in the service of our country.

"Brother"?

"Little sister"?

"Father"?

"Affection"?

The word doesn't exist in Okinawan.

"Summer vacation"?

"Summer vacation"...

is "summer vacation"!

That means "see you soon!".

Too early for coffee?

Are you in room 715?

You have a letter.

Mis. Sunaoko Kikuchi

Tsuruo Omura

Who brought it?

I wasn't on duty,

but I can find out.

Don't bother.

Sunaoko, little sister,
you did come to Okinawa!

I only found out last night.

Good morning.

Good night.

Are you an early-bird?
If it's 9, meet me at Tsuboya.

If it's 10, on the cobbles at Kinjo.

If it's 11, at the Shurei Gate.

If we miss each other... then tomorrow.

I'm sleepy.

Who's there?

Is it you, OMURA Tsuruo?

Oh, it's you, Momoko!

Go to sleep, Daddy won't
be here till noon.

You can sleep till then.

I won't go!

You're not at home now!

You're so selfish!

Do you think I've come here to see Daddy?

I've come here to meet
OMURA Tsuruo!

Where are you off to?

Play around a bit... before noon!

Good! You should have some fun!

You're grown up now!

9 o'clock, at Tsuboya.

Are you asleep?

Or awake?

I'm asleep.

How come?

It's 9:40 already!

What else is there to do at this hour?

Do you know...

...this fellow?

He's not here.

What do you want with him?

I want his advice... I'm looking
for someone,

and that guy's my only friend here.

You're from Japan?

You don't frighten me.

Really?

You don't have to stare
at me like that!

I'm looking for my only
Okinawan relative.

A commonplace search...

You're searching, too?

You say my eyes frighten you?

You're very perceptive.

I'm looking for a Japanese who
deserves my killing him.

I'm going to the police.

Don't worry,
it's just to find my brother!

MISSING PERSONS - 1972

He wouldn't be in here...
He's not missing!

He left his mother's home
and can't be found.

So it's the right list.

Otherwise, there's "Suspicious Deaths"

or "Wanted Criminals".

My brother's no criminal! He's nice!

Send out a car with a loud-speaker:

"OMURA Tsuruo, son of OMURA Tsuru,
you're wanted!"

For you, it's easy! I'm in a hurry...

You're very amusing, young lady.

I feel more like crying.

OMURA Tsuruo, where are you?

Say that again.

But I didn't do anything!

Don't arrest me!

Have you said "Omura"?

Yes, "OMURA Tsuruo, son of OMURA Tsuru".

What's he to you?

He's my brother, I want to find him.

So you're Kikuchi's daughter?

I think I can put you in touch
with Tsuruo.

Thank you... but how?

Oddly enough,

I'm the other man who may be his father.

But my father is supposed to be...

I'm KUNIYOSHI Shinko

Have you never heard that name?

Never.

I'll explain over lunch.

But Daddy arrives at noon!

Good, I want to see him, too!

Sunaoko! Was it nice?

Tsuruo-san?

Pretty, wasn't it?

Tsuboya at 9,

Kinko at 10, and here at 11.

The best places in Naha!

You lay it on thick!

I'm sorry...

Let's have lunch.

I haven't time.

Then... when, Sunaoko?

Write me tomorrow like you did today.

I told your father

that Tsuru was my little sister.

It wasn't true, of course.

But can you understand

a man's wanting to say that about
a younger woman?

I think so.

So, naturally enough, your father
was drawn to Tsuru.

And as a result,

Tsuruo's father may be him, or me.

It all happened rather fast

Tsuru went right back to Okinawa.

You shunned responsability?

It was hot that summer

It's almost as hot in Kyoto
as it is here.

A student thinks he's already a man.

But "youth" it seems,

is synonymous with "irresponsability"...
isn't it?

Why did you come?

And Momoko?

It's me... Kuniyoshi.

I ran into your daughter.

I didn't let you know I was coming,
but I wanted to see you.

Tonight, then... Your hotel!

Hotel "Kowa", isn't it?

See you later!

How do you like Okinawa?

As you must know,
Koza's 60,000 inhabitants

depend for their livelihood

entirely on the U.S. base.

Koza is more American than Japanese.

Until recently, $10,000 worth
of marijuana

changed hands every day,
and a gun cost as little as $5.00!

Ever since the Reversion,

U.S. equipment is dirt cheap.

Interesting... Why don't I get out
and take a walk?

Anyway, this is an opportunity
for you!

Daddy is a very busy man!

He seldom has time for his family!

You can make this a dress rehearsall
for your honeymoon!

Of course, I'm under orders,

but I can get out, too.

She was joking... Please, go on.

This area has an English name:
Center.

It's a playground reserved for
Gls back from Vietnam.

We've counted 10,000 prostitutes
on Okinawa,

but the real figure is betgween
12 and 14,000,

for a female population of 500,000,

only half of whom are of suitable age.

Instead of spoating statistics,

tell us about what's happened
to the girls

in Koza-Yoshiwara.

There were some 3,000 prostitutes
in Kaza-Yoshiwara.

"3,000 beauties"! What a drawing-card for

tourists from the home islands!

The ban on prostitution frustrated
Japanese men.

And "away from home,
anything goes!"

The girls take $10 a time,

or $20 for all night.

Excuse me... your daughter...

Daddy, have you ever been with a whore?

Most of my friends have been.

Like Commissioner Kuniyoshi!

Daddy isn't very convincing,

isn't he, Momoko?

Indeed not.

What does it matter?

You make a lively family!

A judge's home-life must be

more democratic in the home islands.

Too democratic, sometimes!

His daughter spends her first
night out on the town!

His fiancee goes out at
dawn to play around!

And the judge means to find a whore!

Once upon a time, Urashima Taro

Invited by a turtle who
owed him its life,

Went to the Dragon's Palace under the sea

There, all was beauty and
legendary splendour

I'll be right down.

Me, too.

Su-tan, don't dress up...

Tonight, I'm the leading role.

Miss Kikuchi?

A letter for you?

Who is it from?

Mr Kuniyoshi.

Banzai, Su-tan!

Banzai, yoichi!

That means "brother" in Okinawan.

I'm meeting Tsuruo!

When?

He can only be found at night!

I'm not going to the dinner.

Tell Daddy...

Please, little mother!

I'm to tell him you're
seeing OMURA Tsuruo?

Of course not! That's our secret!

Tell him I've a stomach-ache,

tell him anything!

A stomach ache?

He'd send me to nurse you.

I'm late... excuse me.

I was up at the North Cape.

You still do get around, I see!

I hear a woman's with you...

Married again?

Not yet, but I plan to in the fall.

I caught a glimpse of her at the airport.
Is she coming?

You know how complicated
young people are.

Judge Kikuchi is famous even here.

Many of our local celebrities

would have liked to be here,
but I asked only friends.

This is TERUYA Rintoku...

He gives authentic renditions
of Okinawan songs.

War has changed the face of Okinawa;

only her songs and language
have been preserved.

Let us drink heartily!

Mr Teruya doesn't drink?

Never before singing.

And the rest of the time... like a fish?

Thank you for inviting me.

I'm sorry to be late.

My retirement has made me lazy.

It's me... Kikuchi.

Oh, excuse me,

I didn't think I was recognizable.

On the contrary!

It's been so long!

Indeed...

Commissioner,

Is this his first visit to Okinawa?

Who can say?

He does get around so!

It's the first time, I swear it is!

Children aren't allowed any further

I'll bring him out.

But last night I drank awamori there!

But Sakurada was with you.

Wait here for me.

But, if I stand here,
people will take me for...

For what you are and nothing else!

She's stupid! A "customer" already!

That was a narrow escape.

But she's so stupid!

So, nobody could take me for...?

No one would come up to Su-tan?

But someone did call me!

Me!... Su-tan!

Your name's Su-tan?

Yes... Sunaoko.

Sunaoko what?

Kikuchi.

What are you doing here?

Looking for OMURA Tsuruo.

Help me.

I've been told he's here,

and does the same work as you.

Momoko is looking,

but she's not reliable.

Who's Momoko?

She's daddy's fiancee...
and my watch-dog.

Your family's complicated, too.

I came after air.

Sunaoko stayed at the hotel.

This is Miss KOTODA Momoko,

my daughter's piano teacher.

I mentioned her before.

Make yourself comfortable...

Extend your legs

or you'll get cramps.

A massage?

Kikuchi, a song!

Huh? What song?

I'll sing!

I graduated from Kyoto U.

20 years ago, ho, ho!

Now I'm generalissimo

of all the masseuses, ho, ho!

If ever the need arises,

I have only to say the word, ho, ho,

and 50,000 masseuses

obey my every wish!

You haven't improved!

You want one, too?

It might suit a youngster.

I graduated from Kyoto U.

20 years ago, ho, ho!

Now here I am, in Tokyo...

I haven't improved either... eh?

No, that's not it!

It's as if you were marrying
your daughter!

My daughter's only fourteen!

Is she alone at the hotel?

Forgive me...

Sunaoko... is...

with a man...

here, nearby.

She's got a crush on him!

I couldn't do anything about it.

Who is he?

He may well be

one OMURA Tsuruo.

The boy's name is Tsuruo, isn't it?

Well, he is my son, isn't he?

I expected as much,

that's why I came!

How about a song?

Your chit-chat isn't a matter
of life and death!

The man with the silver mask

is the masked rambler

He leaves a silver trail

like a shooting star.

When you're sad,
you look for a brother,

a little sister...

Let's have the brother-and-sister
act in here!

We stop looking?

I've got to work... And maybe
we'll get a lead.

- Brother and sister?
- No!

It's just an expression.

What do we sing?

"Don't cry, little sister"

What's that?

You don't know...

"The Boulevard Of Life"

Sorry. Think it yourselves,
I'll follow along.

Don't cry little sister,
little sister don't cry

If you cry, what was the use,
when we were small...

Of leaving our native land...

On the road, gloomy and dark,

After the sun had set,

Big brother scolded you,

crying himself...

Have you already forgotten his voice?

His voice choked with tears?

Hanging out in a dump like this?!

What's gotten into you?

Neglecting your noble quest

to sing with this good-for-nothing!

Who are you?

It's all right!

You wanted to hear Okinowan songs?

My teacher sings tonight.

Let's go!

I'm not going.

Of course you are!

We're all a little related, aren't we?

"I count the days since
our wedding night,

I must go to war for our
country's sake,

Bying the most of our love... "

What do you grieve?

"A quicklier happy return,

of our frontiers. "

Wonderful!

Oh, bad news!

It's the dinner for my father!

It's your father?

Yes... and OMURA Tsuruo's father, too.

And that's your watch-dog near him?

Yes, that's my old Momoko.

I'll look some more.

But where?

Well, "he's a rambler", you know.

Wait!

Good evening...

Do you mind?

It's you!

You're so clean now!

Sakurada!

He's one of the men that kill!

And he's the kind that gets killed!

They were looking for each other.

My name is SAKURADA Takuzo.

TERUYA Rintoku.

We've plenty of time.

The singing is over.

Do you mind if we leave?

Tonight, you've got your family.

Let's meet again tomorrow.

Yes, indeed.

Daddy, introduce me to that woman!

I'm KIKUCHI Sunaoko.

You already know who I am, Sunaoko.

Your Honour!...

She must identify herself properly!

My name is OMURA Tsuru.

The defendant OMURA Tsuru

will tell the court why, having
loved KIKUCHI Kosuke,

she had to go and love
KUNIYOSHI Shinko too,

and give birth to an irrational child!

I don't know what to say!

Please excuse her!

I will apologise more for this
another time.

For tonight, allow me to retire.

We convene again tomorrow, August 3rd.

You'll be informed where.

Are we agreed?

Please rise and bow to the bench.

It feels good to get up early.

That's no way to bait a hook.

Oh, I came along to feed the fishes.

No catch, no breakfast.

Daddy, are you really going
to eat them?

I can't... I feel sorry for them.

Could you do it, Momoko?

Eat that?

You should know how to prepare fish.

Think I'll ever be able to?

You haven't caught a thing yet!

He'll be furious! Make an effort!

The mind a void, every thought banished,

not staring fixedly at the pole,

leaving the line slack on the water

A bite!

You're a great man!

Now, maybe he won't scold
us for yesterday.

The fish turns fisherman!

He's caught the pole!

Will he take it to the Dragon's Palace?

Take mine.

Do you really want to get one?

What else?

I've something to tell you.

You've got to listen.

Wait till we're back in Tokyo.

We're on vacation!

Go ahead!

Tell him! I won't listen!

I'd as soon be scolded here!

I want you to listen!

I can't hear a thing!

Back to port!

Scold me if you like,

but don't laugh at me.

It all began

when I was mistaken for Sunaoko.

There's lots of ways to tell a story!

OMURA Tsuruo

saw me in the garden in Tokyo
and mistook me

for Sunaoko.

He sent her a letter:

"Sunaoko, little sister... "

"Sunaoko, little sister... "

As soon as she got it, she wrote back.

I realized the mistake.

I intercepted the letter,

but, already, in the first
he had written:

"Come to Okinawa for the summer.

Big brother wants to show
you his affection. "

Yesterday morning, I went to meet Tsuruo.

Don't laugh...

I pretended I was Sunaoko.

Was he very affectionate?

No!

It's too long! I haven't been that bad!

As I told you,

Tsuruo has met Sunaoko

and realised his mistake.

They were friendly, but no more!

I don't think anything came of it.

But having gone so far,

and to clear everything up,

I'd like to go see Tsuruo this morning.

I'll eat them!

No matter who caught it,
a fish is a fish!

No matter what she eats,
Su-tan won't change!

Damn!

Wait, Sunaoko.

Here comes my bawling out!

Stop up your ears!

You're in touch with him?

Yes...

Then go on.

I want to see him, too.

Bring him to lunch.

Thank you, Su-tan.

It's ready.

Little sister!

But I...

Let's sit down.

"Seeing you rake the garden,

I was sure that you,

Sunaoko, were my sister.

Why did it have to...

Sunaoko,

I want to show you all my affection...

How?

Any way you like.

You were raking the garden.

Your hair,

your shoulders,

your hands...

Sunaoko!

Tsuruo-san!

We're brother...

and sister...

Beautiful...

Your mouth...

Stupid Momoko!

Moronic guitar player!

Instead of looking for Tsuruo...

Damn it!

Okinawa shouldn't have been
given back to Japan!

How old were you in 1945?

Eleven.

So your lily

was still only a bud.

And you?

I was full-grown!

You were in the "Okinawan Fixed
Byonet Squad"!

And a bayonet would have marked my grave!

I saw a man die with a hard-on!

What a beautiful death... like Benke's!

Despite his bravery,

I hear he was impotent.

He made it with his lord.

And his wife made it with
his enemy's lady!

And how old were you?

You are younger?

Your talk is flattering.

Please, go on.

In Tsuji there were amazing girls

whose whole bodies were sexy.

Be more specific!

As soon as I touched her,

it flowed down to her knees

I thought she was sick,

but the madam told me

she hadn't had sex in three days.

The eagerness of Okinawan women

isn't just physical,

it went much deeper.

They are not

making them like that anymore!

You've a true Okinawan right here...

We beg for a sample!

Good idea!

And the madams were marvelous.

I asked "how much?"

"Later", she said.

I assumed she meant tomorrow, but no:

she meant "after the war".

Whore nobles, eh?

Indeed.

The funniest part was that

everyday there were banquets

thrown for the officers
of the Governor...

So we had background music!

Since she turned down all
other comers,

while I was with her,

I felt I was in the Dragon's Palace.

I was ready to be a second URASHIMA Taro.

Got any "souvenirs?"

I was never healthier!

Oh my, it's all just a memory now.

Like URASHIMA Taro, I awoke...

with white hair, top and bottom.

Before such a master singer what

can I do?

Sunaoko, come here!

No, you bore me!

Does Miss Prosecutor

drop her charges?

Cut that out!

You are all liars, anyway!

I, for one, told nothing but the truth!

Then let him kill you!

What are you talking about?

And you went on about killing!

It's true...

You two act very strangely...

Yet, you don't seem queer.

What are you?

I promised to kill this man, that's all.

Then set a time for it!

There's a time for everything.

It seems to me it's pretty
late, we should go away.

I think there's still time.

Kuniyoshi told me everything.

But I'm not sure I can believe him.

This should be a good time

to confess our war crimes.

Quite right!

The soldiers' crimes

the magistrates', as well

You're joking.

I was in school at that time,
I still had my exams to pass.

Well, anyway,

I repeat:

I've never been here before!

Okinawa doesn't concern you.

I no longer care to sit here with you.

I have no reason to leave,

so you go buy your souvenirs,

and take the first plane out.

Daddy, tell him why Okinawa concerns you!

All right...

Wait a minute!

Go ahead!

You see, Kuniyoshi,

in those times

your Okinawan origins were an obstacle
between us.

But what about you?

What was your position on Okinawa;
return to Japanese suveranity

or independence?

When?

Around the time of the Peace Treaty
in 1951.

Kuniyoshi, to think of it,
how'd feel about it?

At the time it didn't occur to me
to wonder.

Answer him, please... for my education

I can't remember.

For real family reasons.

and provided there ie no security risk

for the Ocupation Forces,

"civilians may go to Japan".

Those were the conditions.

First, you had to have a
motive to go to Japan

then apply to the provisional govern

the Eighth Army GHQ in Japan!

It'd take from 2 to 6 months

before you had permission.

It was better to travel illegaly.

But all that, was before
you were born...

Nowadays,

we can go where we please,
so all's well.

So, Tsuru came to Japan.
You told Daddy: "She's my sister".

I hoped to prevent their having
fallen in love.

My behaviour had nothing to do

with your Okinawan origins.

It's normal to be drawn to
a friend's sister.

It may be normal, but the upshot
was an abnormal child

Tsuruo is a perfectly normal child!

Does he seem abnormal to you?

I don't know how to answer
to that yet.

Really?

Then why say he's abnormal?

He may be my father's son

or he may be Mr. Kuniyoshi's.

In a situation like that,

who'd be normal?

Tsuru...

I sincerely offer you my
belated apologies.

But now you tell the truth about

which of us is the father?

At the lavish feast of the Sea Princess

The sole and the sea-bream dance and sing

Everything is lovely and strange

Time goes by as in a dream

This is OMURA Tsuruo.

She's lying!

You'd found him

and didn't know it.

No kidding!

That guy's Tsuruo?

Really?

Yes.

Really?

Liars!

You're pulling me on!

I've never seen him before.

So, he's the child you had
by my father.

Or by Mr Kuniyoshi...

Sunaoko, don't say that to Tsuru!

And, you, don't take offence
at that introduction,

if, indeed, you are Tsuruo.

Everything was such a mess then,

that Kuniyoshi and I
had no chance to talk.

...Tsuru

he... the cage.

A cage at the Zoo

or a chicken coop?

It's true that I did a lot
of dumb things,

but lock my sister in a cage... never!

I was in jail behind the bars,
you understand?

You'd been bad!

It was still uncommon

to jail a student for political reasons.

He was serious-minded,

much more so than I was.

Actually, I was being pretty foolish!

But who did Tsuruo...

The day Kuniyoshi got out of prison

I did something to Tsuru

What did you do?

If I'd found out

from Kikuchi himself,

things would have been different.

But since it was Tsuru who told me,

I could only rape her myself.

Why?

I can understand that!

He had the right idea!

Make love with your pal's girl,

all the while keeping him in mind.

Stealing a woman:

The ultimate pleasure!

But in this case,

it was about getting even.

And even it was, wasn't it?

I was upset ...

.........might have...

So I wanted .....

to make sure we had a .....

Commissioner, I admire your attitude!

People used to say

he left only pregnant women
behind him.

They said that about

How romantic!

I feel so young!

The only trouble is that Tsuru
doesn't look sad.

It bothers me!

Sunaoko, you're wonderful!

Tell me: whose son is Tsuruo?

He's mine!

You're wonderful, too!

This guy can't be OMURA Tsuruo!

But he is!

You're lying! I saw you!

I saw you together!

I see...

Judge Kikuchi,

it seems your fiancee
likes mixtures, too.

Hey, you, the fake Tsuruo!

You want some, too?

I'm in no position to say that but

should they be left alone?

Why not?

After all, they are brother and sister,
aren't they?

Shall we take a little walk
over that way?

Actually,

there are only 2 species: man and woman.

You mean Japanese and Okinawans.

I'm not forgeting that, either.

You're the one who can play the guitar,

says he'll find Tsuruo then doesn't
come through,

does that with Momoko...

And then proves to be the fake Tsuruo.

So I want you to make Sunaoko a promise.

What promise?

Find the real OMURA Tsuruo
at all costs!

That's not easy... I haven't got
what it takes.

It just takes guts! Be a little serious!

For some, it's a life and death matter!

I'm not strong enough!

Try! I'm taking the boat tomorow.

Tomorrow morning?

Then, it's hopeless.

Don't follow!

When I came the sun was red.

The "killer" and his "victim" were
still drinking and singing.

Tsuru and Kuniyoshi were
talking in low tones,

but maybe it was just a business
discussion.

Daddy and Momoko
seemed to be quarrelsome

and tender, by turns.

I couldn't remember too well,

but it did seem to me

that my rescuer had stroked
me affectionately,

maybe even kissed me...

The next morning, I told Momoko

to go back with Daddy, by plane.

They were afraid I wouldn't come home.

What jerks! I'm not the one who lies!

I'm the real Tsuruo, you know!

Tell your lies in Okinawan!

I'll come back when I'm stronger,

and I'll find the real Tsuruo!

Those two!
Forever fishing and drinking!

THE END