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TOEI COMPANY, LTD. Presents

Please.

Feeling dizzy, aren't you?

Yes.

Any pain?

If I said no, I'd be lying.

Shall we hospitalize you?

Is it that bad?

Someone accompanied you here?

- Yes. - A relative?

She's been with me since I was a baby.

Like a parent to me.

Oh, that's good.

She can tell me about the A-bombing.

Please call her in.

ATOMIC BOMB VICTIM REGISTRATION CARD

February 26th - Kobe.

The day I've dreaded finally arrived.

The bomb.

Start thinking in terms of half a year.

Six months? She has only six months?

Perhaps not that long.

What we call leukemia is actually cancer of the blood.

And if she's hospitalized...?

We'll do everything in our power.

Ms. Nagai...

Yumechiyo!

I'm sorry.

Bringing you all the way to Kobe.

And not accomplishing anything.

Not at all.

Why not do as he suggests and enter the hospital?

If I go in...

I'll never return home.

Isn't that right?

I have, perhaps six months.

I want to be at home.

To be with you all.

If it is to be six months, there may be something...

Something...

Left to do.

Yumechiyo's Diary

Planning & Screenplay by: Akira HAYASAKA

Photographed by: Shohei ANDO

Art director: Tokumichi IKAWA

Music by: Teizo MATSUMURA

Edited by: Eifu TAMAKI

Starring

Sayuri YOSHINAGA as Yumechiyo

Yoshiko TANAKA as Scarlet Yoko NATORI as Rabbit

Eri SAITO as Dream

Miki SANJO as Yasue

Takeshi KATO as Fujimori Gin MAEDA as Kiura

Mayumi OGAWA as Leader Kiki KIRIN as Kikuyakko

Kinya KITAOJI as Munakata

Directed by: Kiriro URAYAMA

I'll get some water.

It's time for your medicine.

I'll wait till we get home.

You should take your medicine.

Is this...?

Chibitama. Yours, isn't it?

Is this yours?

Thank you very much.

Mamma.

Are we there?

We'll be able to ski.

Don't think I'll let you go skiing!

What happens if you go and break your leg?

You were talking in your sleep.

What'd I say?

"Customers are money".

Stupid!

Don't call me Mamma in public.

Call me "Leader".

Yes, Leader.

We will soon cross the Amarube Bridge.

135 feet high. 1,014 feet long.

Erected in 1912.

You saw her fall, didn't you?

Yes...

I saw it from here. Like this.

Did anyone else see it?

Yes.

Where has he gone?

Mr. Munakata?

Probably went to the toilet.

Yes, I see.

Yumechiyo, sure you didn't dream it?

Dream it?

We've called Amarube but nothing seems amiss.

No I saw her. Her hands together like this.

Tamae saw it, too?

The man behind me saw it.

Since it is you, we'll make an investigation.

I see, thank you.

They've found a handbag and shoes in the train.

Hey, Namura! Help Scarlet.

We'll put her on next year's posters.

- Yes. - Thank you.

Rabbit. Are you sure you can ski?

No, I'll just do a bit.

What a way to make money!

I'm frightened, too.

Dream, you look like a pro.

I've got a bad leg, so I'll go slowly.

This way. Over there.

On your marks!

Ouch!

Oh, dear.

Mummy! I'm dying!

It's dangerous.

Scarlet. Be careful!

What's she up to this time?

There's a cliff over there!

I hope she's all right.

Hey, stop!

Don't be so reckless.

Trying to kill yourself?

I'm sorry.

You took your time getting here.

It hurts...

Don't move.

I'm asking you.

You're persistent.

Think it's ready?

Right, let's go.

What's that for?

Hey, c'mon. Do the live show.

Can't you just leave it alone?

If you said yes, I would.

How much does it pay?

Just forget it.

Listen, Angel said she'd do it on stage.

That kind of thing will turn you into a whore.

A whore?

That's right.

Hello there, Asako.

Just come from the slopes?

No, from Kobe.

How was it at the hospital?

Same as always.

Lots of wild young skiers to satisfy.

So please put out.

The ocean side!

I don't mind them going skiing, but look at the mess.

Shall I prepare something hot?

Mother.

I have six months left.

Inspector, over here.

So she went into the river, eh?

It's open.

You came back?

I'm fine.

I'm terribly sorry.

We tried to avoid accidents...

Sorry to have injured one of your geisha.

I said I was all right.

Really?

Please come in.

Madam, how did it go in Kobe?

Same as always. They gave me some medicine.

That's good.

- Excuse the intrusion. - Please.

And we will, of course, cover all medical expenses.

Over and above that.

Who's going to pay for my wig?

Rabbit, Mr. Kiura from Osaka is waiting at the inn.

He's prompt.

I'll skip dinner.

Regular as clockwork, once a month. Wish I was so lucky.

I think a doctor should see Scarlet's ankle.

We shall certainly do that.

Madam, without his help, she would certainly have died.

Truly, how can I ever thank you enough?

As an employee, I was just doing my job.

And I am still on duty, so I'll take my leave.

Have just one cup of tea.

Dream.

Madam is looking better.

Be a dear and boil her an egg.

Who's that?

Hey, what are you doing?

Sakamoto!

Follow him.

Madam, are you sure you're up to it?

Dancing's better than moping in bed.

Please take care.

He insists on seeing the river by night.

Take care.

- Yumechiyo! - We're sorry to be late.

Didn't you go to Kobe?

Yes, we got back earlier.

Can I have a drink?

This is why I came all the way from Osaka.

So you came here to drink sake?

What?

This spa is good for fertility, that's why.

What?

Rabbit, be serious, I have something important to say.

This is something that I really want.

You'll do anything for me? Then stay under till I say so.

I'll do anything.

One... two...

She's the one.

Forty one, forty two...

Come up!

What's wrong?

I win!

I won!

What's the time?

Let's get back.

That's it!

They've arrived!

A girl?

No, it's a boy.

A boy, really?

- The troupe arrived today. - Yes.

"For one month we await your pleasure at the theater".

Be going every night again, eh?

I don't like the troupe leader. But I do love Chibitama!

Help!

Angel, you have no shoes on.

I ran away. Help me.

Angel, you do love taking your clothes off.

They wanted a live show.

Here she is!

Hey, take it off! Give us a look!

No way.

Forget it.

You'll end up scalding yourself.

What's a "live show"?

Doing it with a man.

Doing what?

Doing it with a man.

Oh, that.

In front of everybody?

Right.

You're damned. Scrub yourself clean.

I haven't done anything. That's why I ran away.

Is that right?

You'd better go to bed.

It's all right, I want to be where I can hear them all.

Well?

I've never seen him before.

They were both married with children and fell in love.

They ran away together last year.

Tried living together all over the place but it didn't work.

So they decided to commit suicide from the bridge.

That's his side of the story.

But why did he go back?

They always return to the scene of the crime.

But...

We did the postmortem last night.

She was pregnant.

He's lying. He wanted to go back to his wife.

But she didn't.

That's why he killed her.

You only consider the bad side.

If we didn't, the criminals would get away.

Yumechiyo, did she really have her hands together?

I think so...

You were positive before.

I ensure she was praying, but...

It was so quick.

It's rare for you to go to the theater.

Must be the change in the weather.

"I dreamed of our being together"

Is that Chibitama?

"The burden of a waiting woman"

"A blizzard strikes our northern port"

"And the pier is covered with snow"

"The boats are all put to sea"

"I no longer have my love to pine for"

"My lips are frozen and ache"

"The port is mantled with snow"

"Perhaps tonight I'll dream of him"

Over here.

Good show. Excuse us...

This is Yumechiyo, our Madam.

Sorry to disturb you.

Not at all.

Just thought we'd come and meet Chibitama.

He'll be here in a minute.

Let's go!

He's finished. Good show.

Welcome.

Isn't he lovely?

Such a stage-presence!

Go on, take it.

Thank you.

Go ahead.

We were on the same train yesterday.

The man sitting behind me...

Mr. Munaka... or was it Funakata...?

Munakata?

That's it. Where can I find him?

That's him over there.

Do you remember me?

Yes.

You saw her fall at the bridge, didn't you?

No.

But you said that you did.

No, I didn't see anything.

I thought she was praying when she fell. Is that right?

It's the difference between murder and suicide.

They've arrested a man.

If left like that, it'll become a murder charge.

Please leave me alone.

What do you think of my proposal?

I'll have to pass it on to Dream.

Usually, I wouldn't involve myself.

But he is such a famous man.

His works sell for fantastic sums.

Mr. Toso Yamashina. Surely, you've heard of him.

I know the name.

That's him over there.

That's him...?

If she's to enter the profession...

He's the man to deflower her.

Personally, I don't fully approve.

Geisha don't necessarily need to have a patron.

Madam, I beg your indulgence.

Does he know I'm crippled?

Yes, he does. But I still...

I want money.

The others are beautiful, they can sell their skills.

But I'm not.

Little Dream...

Her name is Dream. Please regard her with the utmost favor.

We shall treat her with the utmost care.

Take off the kimono.

My apologies, please undress.

What is the meaning...?

He wishes to draw her.

Please, take off the kimono...

Quickly!

Wait.

It's all right, Madam.

Your hands! Remove your hands.

Your undergarments, too.

I must draw her immediately! At once!

Please be so kind as to leave.

Suddenly, I've become lonely.

My loneliness is unbearable.

Do they know of my approaching death?

The wind is unbearably cold.

Truly beautiful.

You're alive...!

Rabbit, what's wrong?

Nothing. I'm just pregnant.

Whose is it?

It's Kiura's.

Kiura? Is it really his?

Yes.

You'll have it?

I promised to.

What do you mean, "promised"?

I'm renting my womb.

He'll pay me to have the baby.

How could you...?

Don't tell him, please.

Why?

I want to keep him in suspense.

I like him when he's so eager.

I'll have to give it up anyway.

But you'll still have it?

I don't want...

...any more abortions.

The act of paving a child gives her strength.

Mother...

You too were strong to have me, weren't you?

Please take your medicine.

It's no use taking it.

I was also A-bombed and I'm still alive.

So take your medicine, please.

Thank you, Tamae.

Mother knew Father would die in the war.

But she had me to perpetuate the line.

"Our loved ones all die". She said.

"Just do whatever you're able to do".

I'm a fool.

Truly a fool.

I killed the child within me.

I should have had the baby.

You feared the radiation deformities...

And couldn't marry him anyway, could you?

But I still should have...

So stupid.

I have nothing... Nothing to leave behind.

You like music, don't you?

Well, a little.

Excuse me.

Mr. Munakata. Please tell me.

She was praying, wasn't she?

I really don't remember.

I just went along with what you said, that's all.

Is that right?

I'm sorry.

Not at all.

Perhaps I was hallucinating.

I was thinking of death, so perhaps that's why...

Thinking of death?

It's nothing important.

Sometimes it comes upon me.

I'm only trying to help that man.

I cannot help you. I'm sorry.

"How to Write Your Will"

I'm back.

Must be freezing out there.

Yumechiyo, here's the latest development.

He's gone and confessed.

Confessed?

You made such a fuss, so it went this far.

It's murder.

We're transferring him to Headquarters.

Chutaro - My brother!

I was wrong. Pray forgive me.

I fain to meet my mother.

My presence will I conceal.

Mine eyes will I close.

To remember Mother as she was.

That will suffice.

Should I wish to see her, these eyes will I shut fast.

My beloved brother!

Chutaro, my son!

Mother!

Where are the actors?

They don't exit through here.

They go out through the back.

Out the back way?

Yes, out through there.

Something wrong?

No.

Take a hold.

Quickly.

I'm sorry.

Do I turn right here?

He came into my life unexpectedly.

His back radiated a fire.

Somehow I felt like a child, safe and protected.

How strange.

You must take care.

That's right. You must tell her, Doctor.

And no trips outside for a while.

Her temperature's not as high as I thought.

Is something wrong?

He's running a fever.

Sorry to burden you, Doctor.

Can you drop in at the theater on your way back?

The theater?

There's a man called Munakata there.

He's burning with fever.

Isn't that the man who brought you here?

Yes.

He's running a fever?

I was thinking of myself and didn't consider it at first.

His body was so hot, I thought.

What are you doing?

Nothing.

Hang on. Do you know a Mr. Munakata?

You're Munakata, aren't you?

What... Who are you?

A doctor. You're in bad shape.

No...

I can tell by your face.

You're shivering, man!

Let go of me.

Treating your temperature with snow, eh?

Keep that up and you'll die.

It always works.

Don't you care if you die?

If I do, it doesn't matter.

These traveling actors are a reckless bunch.

Did you say something?

I was singing. Should I stop?

A song?

I was getting bored.

Go ahead and sing. I want to hear.

Who taught you that old song?

My dead father.

And your mother?

She died.

And I want to send my brother to university.

Sing it once more.

If she runs out on me again. I'll beat her up.

I'll do it.

No, let her, she's been paid to do it.

Right folks, here's the live show.

I know, let's toss for it.

I've been bedridden since early spring.

And have yet to put away the Spring Dolls.

Seeing them makes me lonely.

Will I live to see the cherry blossoms?

Scarlet has left the house.

She's taken her ancestral tablet.

It worries me.

You suddenly came here for handouts.

Can I really buy a car with this paper?

If my check bounces in this town...

I'll put my head on the block.

I'll register the car in my name.

Why?

Why? I still haven't collected from you.

If you do right by me, then I'll change it.

Understand?

I understand.

How about here?

Looks good.

Then let's stay at the best hotel.

I have only a little money...

Don't worry about money.

I've got plenty.

Tomorrow, we'll go and stay at the finest hotel.

Why are you doing this?

It's okay. Because I love you.

I have a wife.

Say that again and I'll kill you.

Hello.

Come in.

Thanks for your assistance the other night.

I don't know if you'll like it...

Sushi made at our house.

Thank you.

I hope you've recovered.

The doctor said you had a raging fever.

I had a day off and I'm fully recovered.

Is that right?

I'm terribly sorry.

What for?

For pestering you about that woman.

If there's ever anything I can do for you...

Please excuse me.

What?

I'm over three months pregnant.

That makes it the end of last year.

So you've kept it from me?

I wasn't sure.

Finally! I did it!

Let me have a look.

There's nothing to see yet.

I'll know. Where?

Beautiful. A beautiful stomach.

I wanted to keep it a secret.

Is it really mine?

If you don't believe me, I'll abort it.

Stop it. That's my child, my jewel.

If you really have your doubts...

I won't have it.

I apologize.

If I believe you, will you have it?

Yes.

Really? Think you!

My line will live on!

That's great for you.

You know that I can't marry you.

I know that.

Thank you.

Must be great to have a child.

You don't have any children?

I had one. He'd have been older than Chibitama by now.

Died, did he?

No man wants to have a child by an old bag like me!

I've cleaned up the stage.

Good man.

I'm feeling ill, so I'll leave.

Dont say that.

A drink'll fix you.

I don't drink. Excuse me.

She wants to have a drink with you.

Don't be rude, have one.

Pour one for us, it's about time you did.

Thank you.

Well, excuse me.

Next to a fine man like you, I get shivers up my spine.

You're just catching a cold.

Up close, he's handsome, eh?

Then... He's your boyfriend?

I wish he was.

Never seen him with a woman.

Even if you order him?

He's been with us now for eight or nine years?

Seven years, eleven months.

Right, right. And never seen him with a woman.

Not once in seven years, eleven months?

No.

Please.

Is there something wrong with your equipment?

I know who he likes.

What was that you said?

I know who he likes.

Who?

I won't tell you.

Go on, tell us.

You know her well.

From the geisha house?

Who?

A wild guess, Yumechiyo?

Don't joke.

Yes, Yumechiyo.

Stop it, please.

Ah so? Yumechiyo...

Who is this Yumechiyo?

Anybody would fall in love with her.

I love her... But...

But what?

Her life is but fleeting.

What do you mean, "fleeting"?

She was A-bombed?

What's "A-bombed"?

When I think of her it makes me sad.

One day at a time.

She's wasting away.

She hasn't done one bad thing in her life.

So, that's who she is.

Never seems to stop.

Has something come up?

Yumechiyo, he's gone and changed his story.

Says he didn't push her.

She wanted to die and jumped.

The whole thing is driving me crazy.

So she was praying, wasn't she?

We're still not sure yet.

He's just trying to save himself by lying.

This man you say saw her fall.

An actor, at the theater, isn't he?

You saw her as she fell, right?

Yes, just.

What was her position?

Just as you saw it.

Her hands joined in prayer.

Is that true?

Yes.

Like this.

And you'll swear to that in court?

Munakata's your name, eh?

Real or stage name?

My real name.

I'm on.

He's not here?

Go and look for him.

Give the guest some tea.

Please forgive our rudeness.

He's not around the back either.

Look, you take his part.

You know the part, don't you?

Right, no problem.

He's disappeared?

He hates women.

Hates women?

First hint of love or marriage and he's out the door.

Take care with fire!

I'll take my picture now.

I don't want one of me when I'm close to death.

I don't have one that can be used at my funeral.

Mother! I'm frightened.

I don't want to die. Oh, Mother!

Who is it?

You saw?

Yes. Forgive me.

I came to say goodbye.

Goodbye?

Where will you go?

I don't know.

I'm just escaping.

Escaping?

Today, I told the detective how she fell.

Please help that man.

I can do nothing.

To tell the truth, escape is all I have left.

I'm very sorry.

I killed a man. I'm good for nothing.

Ah, Madam. I'm back.

I'm worn out.

Shall we go to the island?

Oki Island?

You know him?

Looks like someone.

We can go anywhere. Let's go far away.

You can drive.

No, I...

I'll give you the car.

I don't want a car.

I said I'd give it to you.

I don't want it.

Then I'll just drive it right into the ocean!

I love you.

That's the end of us.

I'm going back.

Mother!

You want to sit down?

I'll crack it.

Feed it to me.

I'll peel it for you.

I'll go take a leak.

You're Rabbit, aren't you?

Yes who are you?

I'm, Kiura's wife.

His wife?

What can I do for you?

Would you please stand up?

Is it true that you're carrying his baby?

Do I have to tell you?

Yes. I have a right to know.

Yes.

I'm carrying his child now.

Is it...

Is it really his?

...seems that you... can't bear a child.

Even though I can't. I'm his wife.

Please...

I have no intention of marrying him.

He's just asked me... To bear his child.

When it's born you can take it home with you.

I'm not a skilled geisha, that's why I'm having the baby.

Think of it as my song, my dance.

Please... Thank you so much.

I can't have children.

I think it's a girl.

If it is, please forgive me.

Please.

I beg you.

You've given me of your life.

That's why I could draw you.

Will you give me more?

He was that famous?

I didn't know that.

But there's nothing at all about Dream.

Of course, we geisha are shadow-people.

Can't print anything about us.

Dream, come here.

His wife is here.

Wife? There'll be trouble!

I'm frightened.

No! She was there when he bought Dream.

Welcome.

Thank you.

This money is for your trouble.

But we already received the money, didn't we, Madam?

His death has left a scar on your spirit.

To erase it, please accept this offering.

I understand.

Please have this picture as a keepsake.

Actually, we knew he had cancer and 3 months to live.

He met you as a painter.

And you inspired him in his final days.

My heartfelt thanks.

March 27th. I'm writing my will.

The geisha house and everything I own.

I'd like to give it to my girls.

I can feel the steady advance of my death.

The loneliness it brings.

But I have no one. No one to leave behind.

Koji Kimura.

Munakata's real name.

Mr. Munakata's real name?

He doesn't deserve any respect.

He's a murderer.

It's an old photo, so it's hard to tell.

But there's no mistake, it's him.

Killed his father?

Not your usual murderer.

He killed his father, then ran away.

A traveling actor.

Fitting job, eh!

May 19th, 1910.

At his home in Nagano prefecture.

He unlawfully killed his father and escaped.

1970...

Just 15 years ago.

If he's not caught before May 19th...

Statute of limitations expires.

Expires?

Right. Fifteen year limit.

Shit! He was right in front of me.

And he gets away.

Yumechiyo, have you any idea where he's gone?

No.

You're sure?

I really don't know.

He's bound to get in touch with you.

He was in love with you.

Heaven forbid you should get involved with a murderer.

Mother!

Why try to kill yourself?

It seemed the best thing to do.

I wanted to join my dead mother.

I'm sorry.

But you treated your life as a plaything.

That's unforgivable.

Madam!

Thank heavens someone found you in time.

I won't do it again.

I'm sorry I slapped you-.

But some who want to live are even now dying.

Scarlet, you've committed a terrible act on your being.

Madam, I saw Mr. Munakata.

Mr. Munakata? Where?

He got on a ferry going to Oki Island.

Scarlet, you mustn't...

Tell anybody else about it. I beg you.

I have to verify something I won't be gone long.

Let me go alone.

You can't.

I'll come back.

What should I do?

Welcome.

Where are you staying?

Have you seen this man in the last few days?

It's an old photo. He's 37 by now...

He hasn't changed.

This man... I saw him go up the mountain there.

Probably at the lookout.

The lookout?

I found you. I found you!

What's wrong?

Please don't exert yourself.

Coming all this way in your condition...

I had to see you.

Me, too.

Had to meet you and tell you...

Or it'd be too late.

Don't say that.

I never told you my name.

It's Sachiko Nagai.

Please wait.

First listen to my story.

Where can I start?

My father was born on this island.

Is that so?

Born on this small island...

He went away to the mainland.

I came to find out why he had to leave the island.

I understand.

He worked his heart out.

To buy a small farm of his own in Shinshu.

My mother died when I was 15.

I wanted to go away to Tokyo to work in a factory.

My father refused permission.

If I would've gone, he'd have been all alone.

Young as I was...

That isolated farm was so stifling.

No friends.

No young girls.

My only pleasure was...

Playing the trumpet.

What the hell are you doing?

I don't want this on the farm!

Hey, wake up!

I didn't mean to kill him.

At that moment, I hated him.

If he wasn't there, I could escape.

That's what I kept thinking.

So I ran away.

Never thought of giving myself up.

I faced hanging or life in jail, but I wanted to live.

So I ran for my life.

The statute of limitations is 15 years.

I kept out of trouble.

Never argued or fought.

Tried to avoid getting sick.

Didn't drink or make friends.

Who knows what I would've let slip?

And kept away from women.

All that to shield me from others.

So I hid and ran for these 15 years.

And now, another six weeks and the warrant will expire.

My real name is Koji Kimura.

Thanks for telling me all this.

How did you get that?

From Detective Fujimori... He knows.

That's how I was back then.

What was it you threw from the cliff!

A lock of his hair.

I brought it back to this... His island.

I'm so glad I met you.

After 15 years, I feel human again.

No friends... even afraid to assist anyone.

That's not living. It's like death.

I couldn't love for 15 years.

I love you.

I'm not worthy off love.

I don't have long to live.

Perhaps as little as a month.

I'm not worth loving.

But, I love you.

I love you.

Make love to me. Please make love to me.

I shouldn't, you're far too ill.

I... I want you...

I want you inside me, I want your spirit...

If he gives it to me, I have no time to savour it.

Call me Sachiko.

Are you all right?

Let's return.

I'll take you back home.

No! They'll arrest you.

I don't care.

I'll never leave your side.

No! Soon you'll be a free man.

Let's go. Let's go home.

Please, let me go back alone. Please go.

Until the nineteenth. I'll wait for you.

I'm through running.

Please, please leave.

Be strong.

Are you all right?

I'll never leave you.

She should go to the hospital in Kobe.

It's all my fault, I shouldn't have told her.

Don't cry.

It was something that she had to do.

Yes, she's had so much to bear.

You should try and get some sleep.

She's in a deep, stable sleep.

Will she really be all right?

Tamae.

Help me up.

I can't... can't see...

Dr. Inoue!

Stay with me.

Mr. Munakata.

My whole body...

So hot.. I'm burning...

The bomb.

Yumechiyo. Take my hand!

Tamae... my diary...

Destroy it when I die.

Yumechiyo, don't die!

Munakata's here.

I'm here, I'm with you.

I'm so happy... I met you.

Please be strong.

Munakata's here, isn't he?

Sit down... he's not going anywhere.

Please show a little compassion.

Everybody! She's awake!

What?

She's...

Dream...

Everything's bright red.

The bomb's exploding...

All of you... Thank you.

Thank you all so much.

Koji Kimura, isn't it?

We can do that outside.

After all, this is Yumechiyo's house.

Take off your coat.

I can somehow understand why you came back...