BITTER END OF A SWEET NIGHT
Script: Kijű YOSHIDA, Yôichi MAEDA
Cinematography: Tôichirô NARUSHIMA Set Design: Masataka YOSHINO
Music: Hikaru HAYASHI
Sound: Hiroshi NAKAMURA Lighting: Akio TAMURA
Editor: Yoshi SUGIHARA
Starring:
Michiko SAGA Masahiko TSUGAWA
Hiroko SUGITA Teruyo YAMAGAMI
Reiko HITOMI Osamu TAKIZAWA
Takamaru SASAKI Sumiko HIDAKA
Jun HAMAMURA Kei SATÔ
A film by Kijű YOSHIDA
What a blue...
That's really blue.
I wonder if the winter sky was ever that blue before...
It just seems like that.
I'm cold.
Aren't you cold?
Hold me closer!
We two are finished now.
Everything is finished.
Are you planning to go by foot? We have at least until tonight...
That's really stupid. Someone else is waiting for me.
I don't mind. I could stay a bit longer with you.
This isn't the moment for jokes!
I told you to step back!
It's dangerous! Stay away!
This really got me excited, seeing all those flames!
I'm sure I'll dream about it tonight!
We still can't pass?
It's already been an hour...
It just had to happen right here.
Well! We're not there yet...
What's up with you?
That girl... She is really beautiful.
You spot them right away, don't you.
So? Aren't you going to flirt with her?
You're so gifted, aren't you?
Aw! As you wish.
- A glass of juice, please. - Yes.
Isn't that a bit too easy as a pickup line?
- Are you a waitress? - Yes.
It surely isn't a lot of fun here.
Have you ever thought about going to the city one day?
You are a couple, you two, aren't you?
You couldn't say that, no...
He's depressed because I'm getting married.
Exactly!
- I made her dump me! - I'm not interested in leftovers!
Leftovers?
Right, leftovers.
- You could take me to my place! - No time!
Tezuka!
What are you doing?
Nothing... Nothing at all.
Don't make a face like that!
Do you have any money?
Clerk in a department store, that doesn't pay much.
You're such a drag! Come one, I'll invite you.
- Are you often coming here? - I've been here two or three times.
- The chief engineer took me here. - Long live the University...
Nothing to see. In the oil business, everything is automatised.
I just have to watch the machines...
SAWA
- What will you have? - A beer.
Isn't Misa here?
She quit. Should I call someone else?
No, she was the only one I knew.
You don't know a girl who would want to work here?
A pretty girl who would want to work here? No...
Not necessarily pretty. If she's got character...
Well, I know somebody...
Good evening!
- I have to go home... - What's up?
That's my boss, over there.
This bar belongs to his daughter.
She sometimes comes to the store where I work.
What's wrong with that?
- They don't know who you are... - That's for sure...
But it makes me nervous.
I can't believe it!
They look a bit small. You should try these here...
There, you wrap this up and then you bring it to the car.
- Excuse me... - What? - I know a girl...
...who would be happy to work at your bar.
- So you're an middleman, too? - That's not it...
She's pretty special, and she doesn't have any money...
- That's good. Take her to SAWA. - Thank you.
So, what did you do with it?
Don't you want to tell me?
How much do you think we earn a day?
Working hard at night,
and nothing but truckers.. That doesn't earn a lot...
The one who works hard is me! Not you, Mom!
Isn't it normal to work?
You are almost 18 years old...
So what? What did you do with it?
That's not the first time, by the way.
No wonder something seemed wrong with the accounts...
It's for a man, isn't it?
That's not your kind of business, that's for sure...
Tell me! To make fun of your mother like that!
So what? I just bought some shoes.
Shoes for 600 yen!
Where are you going? I've not finished talking to you!
- Can you hear me? - You are always telling me the same!
Let me go!
- Ah! Do you want to drive around a bit? - I don't have time!
Not very funny, your mother... At this hour, it's great!
Haven't you just been dumped?
I don't care about that girl. Come on, hop on!
We're going to make a quick spin around the corner!
How far do you want to go? I want to go back!
Stop it! You lied to me!
Let me get off!
You just have to jump off if you want to get off.
But I'm not sure if you want to do that!
Why are you bringing me here?
Let me go home!
So? Isn't this fun?
When I'm pissed off, I always come to this racing track.
So? Wouldn't you like to work down there?
It's a first-class bar!
I would a be a whole lot better than that shabby diner!
I'm sure that a girl like you is bound to be successful.
Nobody will say otherwise.
So? Answer me!
Good then!
I won't stop until you have said yes!
Get off.
That's my apartment.
I can't take you down there looking like that.
Go!
Here's a basin here. Wash your face.
Does it surprise you that it's so dirty?
In any case, I'm going to move out of here very quickly.
And you too. As soon as I earn 20,000 a month,
I'll move to the other side of the river.
Come on! Wash your face.
Come on in.
I told you to come in!
- Wash yourself! - That's good!
I can manage on my own!
Afterwards you're going to put some lipstick on your lips.
It wasn't cheap, that lipstick. I bought it just for you.
As if I would believe you!
Stop saying that.
I'm trying to make your life a little bit better.
In life, you need money. Or else everybody will make fun of you.
What do you hope to achieve with me?
If you believe that I let myself be owned!
You understand nothing.
Do you think I'm frustrated right now?
Don't make me laugh.
Poor people like you never try hard.
I'm going to make money by getting you into that bar.
Mister Oka, you drink too much lately.
- The evening has hardly begun. - It's alright. Give me another one.
I'm saying that because you're not the youngest anymore...
Sorry... So say, Sawako, "Sawachan"...
I held you in my arms when you were as little as that.
You often amuse yourself with my little Eiichi.
I remember. That's really sad for Eiichi.
To disappear so suddenly.
But no, the dead are often happier than the living.
To have to lead a business at my age!
Isn't the work going well?
Oh, no...
You could've come through the back.
Sorry.
Go through there.
That's her...
She doesn't look too convinced, but...
- Pretty girl. What's your name? - Harumi Nishimoto.
Harumi? "Harumichan"?
What a cute name! Come have a drink with me.
Mr Oka! I told you to calm down...
Mr. Oka! That's embarrassing.
Come on, get up, Mr Oka! If the other clients see you...
I'm taking him out into fresh air.
Do you want to bring him home? He lives at the Oka foundries.
He's the boss there.
Well. Mr Oka!
Let's go!
Simply put him in a taxi.
And her, she starts to work tonight.
But who are you?
- Where are you taking me like that? - I'm bringing you home.
Try to walk!
Because you know who I am?
The boss of the Oka foundries?
That's right! But there, I'm tired...
I've been drinking too much...
- There you go!! - Ah! Come on in!
- Are you fine? - It's best to let him sleep.
Go look for the futon.
I'm really sorry to be causing you trouble like this.
- You don't have to be sorry. - Have a tea before you leave.
- It's alright. Thank you. - But no, please stay.
His affection for alcohol poses some problems...
He's so old already... I'm always worried when he goes out.
- I understand you. - Do you work with him?
Me?
- I was just in the same bar. - Really?
Then I'm all the more grateful for your taking care of him.
Mr Oka just told me that his job is troubling him.
Ever since my husband disappeared,
he manages the company all alone, despite his age.
Mr Mishima, I'm sure that you're taking something.
Why, how would you think that?
Your swing is still the same and you're getting better and better.
I'm of the old school:
Nasty alcohol and hot-and-cold showers!
Hondo told me that there's nothing better than
to often take the train or bus
and to take a seat beside a young woman.
In his case, it's a bit special.
So there's really nothing to be done?
Looks like it...
In any case, he thinks too much about things like that!
- What are you laughing about like that? - That's a serious discussion.
- Still talking about work? - About women!
You're pretty cheeky in front of your daughter.
That's just how I raised her!
I'm going to present you to each other.
Harumi just arrived today.
A really pretty young girl... Come here!
- Where did you find her? - She's one of my employees...
I'm not like Hondô, but it is indeed very pleasurable
- ...to sit beside a young girl. - And what about me?
It's impossible to become attached to you: you make me afraid too much...
- Good evening! - What are you doing there?
Starting from today I live here.
- You live here? - I don't know any other place.
I told my boss that you are my cousin.
You're probably going to be alone with a man.
- As if you weren't content... - Asshole!
I'm warning you: There's only one futon.
No problem... Hey, tomorrow I'll accompany
my boss to her father's golf course.
There it is, you think you are a bourgeoise...
Golf, what you don't say...
Madame would like you to come to SAWA tomorrow.
- To do what? - She would like to thank you.
What's that shabby underwear?
I'm going to bring you some from work.
I'm going to take one...
Are you crazy? I haven't come for that!
Wait... I helped you, didn't I?
Don't touch me! You had your money, didn't you?
If you life alone with a man, you have to expect things like that.
I'm going to shout!
And your new settlement in the 4th district?
It's like with golf: It doesn't go as well as planned.
It is said that the steel companies own the city...
Indeed. But for you, in any case,
it's important that the population grows.
Don't you believe it:
For us, too, it's very important
that you are getting some exclusivity contracts again.
- All that is very difficult... - This will pass over time...
In business, contrary to golf,
I have the principle of never losing.
I trust you completely.
Trusting someone is a bit dangerous.
To me, it's more the money that's guiding me.
Fine then, I correct:
I trust your money completely!
Say, that's your daughter over there, isn't it?
But who's the other person?
Your fountain of youth.
My fountain of youth?
Father, you have to save yourself:
You're an old crate now.
Don't be so mean!
Mr Hondô, let me present to you Harumi, she's one of my employees.
- She is very cute. - I was sure you would say that.
With an old guy like me, it's a bit boring,
but... wouldn't you like to play a round with me?
Sure! If you want to teach me?
It is said that it's good for your health.
I will leave now if you allow me...
It's freezing!
Can somebody hand me a towel?
- She's impossible... - I don't mind!
I feel like someone who has to watch after children.
Isn't that just innocence? Say what you want...
Well, I will leave you two alone:
- I'm expecting a client from Nagoya. - I will go back with you.
- Are you staying a bit longer? - I will go back, too.
But no, please stay. My father would be very happy...
if you would make use of his cabin.
Very well then.
I'm freezing! I'm going to catch a cold! This bathroom is very strange!
Isn't the water hot enough?
It's not that! I have never used a shower before!
When I turned up one tap, I had to jump: It was burning hot!
And when I turned up the other, the water was freezing cold!
The others have gone back, but...
do you still want to stay a bit?
They have gone back?
The smell of a young woman's hair...
I feel like I was young again.
What a strange girl... Usually
they clearly say whether they like it or not...
- Did Sawako tell you to stay? - No.
So I don't disgust you?
I don't know.
You don't know, eh...
- No! - What's wrong?
I'm not asking for much. I'm old, you know...
Let me just hold you in my arms...
So it's a "no"?
You can come in.
- Is your day already over? - Yes.
You... have asked me to come.
Indeed. I wanted to thank you for that girl.
Hand me my purse, over there...
I wanted to ask you...
What is your relation?
Our relation? What are you saying?
She says you're cousins, but I don't believe that. Lovers?
Absolutely not...
When you are so sure of your charm,
you have to collect some adventures...
- You are wrong. - You know very well that I'm not.
I have nothing against pretension.
But don't plan to get rich like that here.
That's the last time. Come on, take it.
Your salary is already pretty decent, isn't it?
What are you looking at? You can go home.
Mrs Oka?
Ah! It's you?
Thank you again for last night.
- Are you looking for a cab? - Yes, but there's none available.
At this hour, it's a bit difficult.
That's annoying...
Do you want to have a drink somewhere around here?
It'll be a lot quicker to call a taxi company. I'll take care of it.
Here?
- Have you already eaten? - No...
Well then, just until the taxi comes.
Good evening. Over here.
What will you have?
What do you recommend us?
What about fried chicken?
- I will take that. - Me too.
We will also have some beer.
After the meal, please call a cab for us.
- I am really sorry. - But no, don't be.
- How is Mr Oka? - He's fine, thank you.
My father-in-law drinks a lot. It isn't easy.
The work is wearing him out...
With the new refinery, the foundries will have...
...even more work.
Indeed.
Excuse me, but may I ask what you are doing?
You and my father-in-law...
No.
As a matter of fact, we can't talk about business...
My parents died during the war,
and recently I had to...
In brief, I am trying to get into the real estate business.
- You are brilliant for your age. - Quite the contrary.
When I was young, I had to be defiant...
so I wasn't made fun of.
- You're already sleeping? - Stop it! You smell like alcohol!
So what! You look like you're in a good mod!
Come on! Get up!
I've had dinner with the widow of a CEO, me!
Idiot! You don't have any money.
Are you joking? I have a lot of money!
Actually, I had a lot of money. There's nothing left.
You're not going to save a lot of money that way.
Shut up! I'm not talking about 10 or 20 thousand yen!
No! What I envision is something much bigger...
Big like that!
Something that you've never have seen...
Well, today, at the golf course,
someone tried to kiss me.
- So what? - I pushed him away of course.
And so then he told me: "At my age I can no longer do anything."
"Let me just take you in my arms."
The poor guy! He looked like a good guy, though!
What was his name, that guy?
He said his name was Hondô.
Hondô?
Wait! That's a very important man!
He's the boss of the new refinery!
He's that important?
But he's the superstar of the city!
You fool! Take up with him!
You could have anything you want with that guy!
- So, let him kiss you! - I can't, he disgusts me.
But that's not so bad!
I'm telling you "Kyosaku Hondô", and you, you don't care a bit!
Whore!
If you listened to me,
you'd go directly to him!
Women, there's nothing you can do about it:
You just don't have any ambition!
You can stay silent for the rest of your life!
While I act like a fool for you!
Bitch!
Oh!
You can her me, don't you?
I don't want to her your drunk rambling!
Don't touch me or I'll shout!
I'm warning you, with those walls, everybody will hear me outside.
I really have to fine a house worthy of that name.
You, here..?
- It's just a small job. - In a big department store?
It's just something to get over the rounds.
To get over the rounds?
- That's a bit strange... - Not at all.
Madame! I'm sorry.
I admit it, I lied about the whole real estate business.
I'm nothing but a sales clerk in a big department store.
That's all? But what's so bad about that?
Clerk in a big department store is a very honorable position.
I didn't dare to tell you. I thought...
that you would contempt me. - Not in the least.
You don't have to worry.
- I'm sorry. - But then, the diner the other day
must have been an important expense for you.
- It was nothing special. - Oh yes, it was!
- The least I can do is to get even. - At the same place,
we can go out some time again.
You have a funny way of talking.
That's not what you think.
Okay, it's alright then, disguised as a repayment.
- Tomorrow, the store is closed. - So early already?
Please.
Alright. This city is a bit too noisy.
And if we go to Nagoya? It would be comfortable there.
Who's that?
Ah! Is it you, Madam?
It's not very clean in here.
- So you live together. - No.
- We just share the same room. - That's the same thing.
I came to talk to you about something.
You should have told me about it when we were in SAWA.
It's too delicate a matter to talk about it there.
What's it all about?
Mr Hondô, the other day at the golf course...
- It is said that he liked you. - That's what I was told.
Mr Hondô lives alone since the death of his wife.
He would like to take care of you, like you were his daughter...
- His mistress? - No...
More as some sort of accessory. He's very much alone...
- I refuse! - Why?
I don't know what you think of him, but he's a remarkable man.
He's got a magnificent apartment... You'd have everything you want.
That's out of the question.
All that because of your little clerk.
You should better leave him. There's no point in staying.
I will make it up to him.
This man is nothing for me.
Actually, he's not even my cousin.
He brought me to you without asking me of my opinion.
I don't have the money to get a room of my own.
That's why I'm here.
Your story isn't exactly credible.
It's the truth: every time he comes near me, I shout!
You are really a little girl!
You think you'll come far with your salesclerk?
As soon as he has what he wants, he will throw you out.
The Oka foundries have been existing since before the war...
- How is their business going? - The situation is a bit difficult.
My company has to come help them very soon:
They want the exclusive rights for the tanks in the petrol-complex.
- That's a huge contract. - I see.
What's up?
What do you have to do with all of that?
- Did you buy some bonds? - No.
I know the widow of the former director very well.
You?
You have something with that woman?
Hey! Stop making things up.
She's a little bit different than your usual girls from the store!
I'm not like you. My life isn't all predestined.
My future isn't already sure like yours.
I have to gain all that by my own means.
Is it that funny?
Laugh as much as you want...
It's your day off, isn't it?
- I'm going out. - Where to?
- You could take me out to cinema. - That's impossible.
I'm going to Nagoya with the widow of the president...
- The widow of the president? - That's right?
Finally! I've worked hard to get there.
Take an example of me!
You're ready to do anything to be successful?
Yes! I want money.
Everybody thinks like me.
I don't: Hondô wants to take care of me, but I said no!
- Kyôsaku Hondô told you that! - So what. I'm not...
...as greedy as you are!! - Stupid bitch!
- Why did you do that? - I do what I want.
You do what you want? With an attitude like that,
you'll stay a waitress in that shabby little bar forever.
- Come here! - What are you doing?
I'm going to teach you how to think a bit!
During the times when there were a lot of cycle races,
I came here very often.
After that I was broke, but while waiting,
I made them pedal: "Faster! Faster!"
From the seats I shouted at them:
"Bunch of assholes!"
I shouted like a madman!
- Do you understand what I want to say? - Not at all!
Get off! Get off, I say!
What are you doing?
I'm going to make my rounds until you understand! Got it?
- Well now, did you understand? - No!
Bitch!
- How about now? - No!
Bitch!
And now?
I'm sorry to bother you with the company of an old woman.
You don't have to...
What are you doing in life?
He manages his own real estate agency.
Is that so? I'd never have thought that.
After all, that's what he said. Do you mind if I tell her?
- About what? - No way.
Very well, I didn't say a thing.
- About what? Tell me! - It's too funny.
The manner in which we met us here!
Stop laughing! I don't understand a thing.
So, don't you want to get married again?
It's not that I don't think about it, but...
With the children around, I can't make up my mind about it.
That's not a reason to sacrifice yourself.
- Especially at your age. - It's not that important.
Actually, I have a little idea...
- What's your type of men? - My type of men?
I don't exactly have an ideal.
In school, you always liked the cute ones...
- You have changed a lot... - I'm not the same age any more.
I've already told someone of you. How about it?
- I never told you to do that. - You can at least meet him.
And especially don't talk about all that in front of Masae's father-in-law.
- That's alright! - I have to go now.
- Me too. - Don't you want to chat a bit longer?
I'm sorry: tonight I'm expecting old friends from high school.
I'm going to give you your present the next time.
Madam! I have something to tell you.
- To tell me? - If I can't speak to you,
- I won't be quiet. - Very well, I'll let you.
No!
Let me go!
I'll let you go when you behave quietly.
You have no idea what it meant for me...
...to be able to come to Nagoya with you!
I was so excited that I couldn't sleep all night.
- Old friends from high school! - Let me go.
I was stupid, really stupid!
- But this, this is too much! - Shut up!
You really don't understand anything!
- The people are looking at us! - So what!
You have really made fun of me!
What do you want? I don't understand anything you say.
It's okay! I won't meet my friends tonight! Let me go...
But what you're telling me now, that's bullshit!
Why's that?
Money! All that is important is money!
You think you're special because you're engineers in a refinery,
but you are being exploited yourselves
by those fucking monstrous machines.
It's really sad not to have any money!
You make nice speeches, but I won't be fooled so easily!
- That old drunkard! - Let him go!
That old fool is going to bite the dust pretty soon.
I won't be fooled....
Now I've really had enough of it! Old scumbag!
It's getting worse... Do you think it will sort itself out?
It always ends like this. It's tiresome.
Oka shouldn't let himself go like that.
He's in a bad mood.
As soon as he's drunk, he stays there to smile...
In any case, now he can't do anything about it anymore.
He should better accept the fusion.
You want to see me?
- Take it. - For what?
For leaving that girl.
- You're talking about Harumi? - Exactly.
That's not much of a problem fore. That girl means nothing to me.
This should help you anyway.
Come on, take it. I wouldn't want you to have any problems.
Pay a girl with that when you feel lonely.
In the parks, you can find many for a pretty low price.
Wait! Do you never say thank you?
Yeah! People change!
Get it?? Men are no longer men!
They are chickens! Chickens grilled by petrol!
Calm down!
Let me alone!
- Calm down. - Chickens, every one of them!
Please, I'm begging you! You have to go home.
Come on, Mr Oka! Let's go home.
Are you okay?
I'm going to accompany you to your house.
So who are you exactly?
You're also a pig!
Let's go.
Can you walk?
Mr Oka! Show some effort!
You, you are a good boy!
The future of this city depends on young people like you!
To make me come at this hour!
What's the chambermaid going to say?
Don't worry about that!
Look! While you stay at home, doing nothing,
the world around you changes.
Don't you see all those new factories?
You have to free yourself!
I'm afraid of that. I don't know if all that is really appropriate.
Of course it is!
Aren't we the innocence in person?
We have never even held hands.
There you go...
You are a kind of person that is very rare these days.
You're making too much up in your head...
Even when I sleep, the face of my husband...
Stop it! Let the dead be dead.
You have to think of yourself now!
That's impossible.
That's not true!
Don't fool yourself!
Ah! It's been a long time, hasn't it!
You have become incredibly seductive, my god!
Doesn't this pose a problem with work?
Don't worry, I'm on my lunch break.
So? How's it going with uncle Hondô?
He's very considerate. A real daddy from a foreign film.
Have you come to show off or what?
Not at tall! Do you want to have some fun afterwards?
I have to work!
The big stores don't need a salesclerk like you!
You said that!
You want to show off because you're in a good mood?
Whatever! Come on now!
Or is it because you miss me!
Didn't you say that you wanted to live on the other side of the river?
Other people's houses don't interest me!
No...
Let me get something out of your good mood.
Stop it! It tickles when you kiss me!
What does he tell you, Hondô, when he kisses you?
- What kind of question is that! - Come on!
- Come on, tell me! - Do you really want to know?
"Harumi!
"It takes nothing but holding you like that and I'm happy.
"The smell of a young woman's hair...
"Why is it so marvellous?"
That's too funny!
Just imagining his face when he says that makes me want to laugh!
I've never had a close look at that guy,
he seems to think of himself as pretty important!
So he talks like that?
"Let me smell your hair!"
A real masterpiece of poetry!
There, I want to as well, let me smell your hair.
What? What's up with you, looking at me like that?
What's gotten into you all of a sudden?
He's right.
It's marvellous, the smell of hair...
That may be him.
- Have you been with someone? - Yes.
One of Sawa's regulars. I met him while I was shopping.
As I was pretty bored all alone,
- I asked him to come with me here. - My name is Tezuka.
Please, don't let yourself be disturbed by my presence.
- I have to go. - But no!
Mr Hondô really appreciates the company of young people.
She's right about that. Please, sit down.
Harumi, pour us a glass of cognac.
Alright.
Don't you want to sit down?
What a luck to be so young.
If you knew how I envy you.
But, please, sit down.
Where do you work?
- Are you in the petrol business? - Yes.
I work at the Oka foundries.
I'm in charge of the technical questions.
"Oka"... as in Tokusaburô Oka?
He's got a lot of problems with his employees at the moment.
- Yes. - Stop talking about work!
You're right. I couldn't stop myself.
On the contrary...
That's a really remarkable quality.
Please, you're trying to make me leave.
Harumi! Why don't we invite this young man to our little trip tomorrow?
With "Papa" everything is too serious. It wouldn't be a lot of fun.
I'm not that stiff!
You can carry all that, can't you?
In this place, it must be nicer in summer than in winter.
- One should go swimming. - It's much nicer this season.
In summer, the tourists ruin the landscape.
I do agree with you.
But in summer, the young people can amuse themselves more easily.
To me at least, this seasons suits me better.
I can imagine you very well in summer...
Aren't you a little bit jealous?
You have guessed it! It's exactly that.
What was this young man's name again, from the Oka foundries?
- Tezuka. - Please, have a glass with me.
The Oka foundries?
This young man works there as an engineer.
Him?
Have you presented yourself like that?
You're a pretty big liar.
He's a salesclerk in my father's department store.
I... I'll work for the Oka foundries pretty soon.
That's why.
So that's it! It's true,
you're destined for more than being just a salesclerk!
- I'm going to talk to the president. - Calm down.
Harumi said that without any bad intentions.
Of course. It was a bit sad to say that he was a salesclerk.
But to persist in the lie is just like him
He, who would be so sweet if he spoke plainly.
You know very well that people don't like to reveal their secrets.
What a luck to be young and healthy!
Him? He just wants to look less ashamed.
Isn't that cute? Getting angry about something like that.
He's still a little boy.
- Are you going outside, Madam? - I've drunk a bit too much.
I'm going to have some fresh air for a few minutes.
- Aren't you cold? - I don't care.
Are you going to drive a bit with me? I'd like to feel the wind.
Are you angry?
Because of what?
For what just happened.
Well, you know,
I'm used to those kind of things.
- That makes you laugh? - Because of how you say that.
If you think that I don't understand.
You want to have money. You want to become like Hondô.
Don't you? It's written in your face.
What a pity! You're never going to succeed in anything.
Ah! What a pleasure!
Faster!
What's wrong with it?
You know about fixing motors, don't you?
A bit.
A bit, that's not enough!
Do you think it's going to start up again?
If it doesn't work, you will have to swim.
- Show some patience. - Patience?
Are you sure you know how to fix motors?
Just fix it yourself!
How dare you...
It was you who damaged it!
You did it deliberately!
No!
- You planned all of this! - Sit down!
- You're not looking good. - That's the car...
You can have your party:
- The bar is closed tonight... - Are you alright?
- It's nothing. - But you look feverish.
Get out.
You are pretty hard on those who are taking care of you.
Who told you to come in?
- Get out of here, both of you! - She's getting hysterical.
- Get out of here. - Just get out yourself!
- A man alone with a woman... - Get out of here.
Go! It's her who wants you to leave.
Ask her if you don't believe me.
Please, leave me alone.
Out of the question.
I won't let you throw me out like before.
You're really a brute.
Exactly!
A brute! And when I see you, I have absolutely no scruple!
Stop playing the smart guy!
You didn't look like you didn't enjoy what happened on the boat!
From now on, it's no longer like it used to be between us!
Stop making fun of me!
You're a coward. I will never let you boast about it!
- Go! - But I told you that it's closed.
- Madam is sick. - Something to drink!
Push me as much as you want, I don't care!
That's not the question.
But....! You are going to serve me, right?
- Bitch! - That's enough! Call Jirô!
Call whoever you want to, I won’t move!
- I won't budge an inch! - Jirô!
Jirô!
Mr Oka? Mr Oka!
- Mr Oka! - Don't move him.
Looks like a stroke.
Call an ambulance!
Hello? Is this the Oka house?
Could I talk to Mrs Oka?
Ah! Madam! It's Tezuka.
I'm in a bar called SAWA...
Mr Oka had a drink and fell on the floor...
Yes, we're watching him...
You know... I couldn't sleep at all tonight.
I thought about so many things...
That's not like you...
I'm a woman, you know...
I think I'm in love with you.
Don't you want to marry me?
Please... marry me.
I'm so alone...
I won't be a burden to you...
I can be a better wife than you can imagine...
Are you serious?
That's a bit coldhearted for an answer.
Alright, let's get married.
That's too funny! I could burst of laughing!
Are you talking seriously?
What nonsense! Don't make me laugh!
As if a woman could marry somebody like you.
Do you think I don't see that you're joking?
To be honest, you don't look like you're joking.
You seem pretty content: You're finally going to be rich!
Which woman could let herself by fooled by something like that!
Come on! I'll give you at least your pocket money.
Shut up!
What a child you are!
You'd better go looking for some work fast!
To make me come to a place like this...
And what if someone sees us? We agreed not to see each other
until my father-in-law is bedridden.
This thing between us won't go anywhere if we fear the looks of others.
We can't go back from now on.
Madam! Make a decision!
If you don't come to a decision,
I will leave you.
You always ask for the impossible!
What do you want me to do...
Tonight... Come with me to Yűnoyama Onsen.
Please! You're going to come, aren't you?
So what brings you here?
I was too bored, so I came here.
You have absolutely nothing to do here.
You're wasting your time. I will never go anywhere
where there's no point in.
You seem to be in a pretty good mood.
- Well, listen... - Have you met Madam again ever since?
- Yes, I have seen her again. - I was sure you would!
But considering the ridiculous amount of money I'll get out of it,
she won't be able to hold me back any longer.
How strange it is. Just until now you were always so shy in front of her.
She no longer plays the president's daughter in front of me.
I know...
The other day on the lake, something happened.
Yes, as a matter of fact, it did.
I managed to put her in her place!
What's that look supposed to mean!
Anyway, that woman doesn't matter anymore.
My dream will finally come true.
I'm going to be general director!
In the worst case, president of the factory.
Still that widow... You're still hanging on to that?
Yeah. I hang on to that very firmly.
That's my method.
The dreams of man, the bigger they are, the better.
And the poorer one is, the more appetite one has to have.
Why are you looking like that? Are you jealous?
Idiot. As if anybody could be jealous of you!
Well... You need to have more ambition.
Don't stay too long with Hondô.
You be better off if you dumped him.
- Find yourself a better husband. - Thanks a lot!
That's the last time I'm setting foot in here!
If you're looking for a place to sleep, don't hesitate to drop by!
I could never forget the first time
that I went with you to Nagoya.
The people were watching us.
Everybody was watching us!
The more you dragged me behind you,
the less I recognized myself...
They are really watching us.
Everybody is watching us.
And yet I'm all alone!
I feel like there was nobody.
I'm in your arms,
but it's strange...
Hold me closer!
Why are you so quiet?
How sad...
I'm talking all by myself.
I feel like you aren't really there.
It feels as if you were far away.
That's not possible.
I'm going to walk as far as I can,
as long as I can.
How sad!
How sad...
You're still sleeping! There's really nothing to do.
And you're sleeping at an hour like this!
Look! The sun will make you smile!
And you're making such a racket on a morning like this!
What's up? Has the store closed?
The store?
What do I need that for?
I'm a free man!
Get it?
I'm going to get married!
With the widow.
I'm going to climb the ranks at the Oka foundries!
Senior management, president of the factory,
and finally general director!
The last time,
Kyôsaku Hondô was sitting like this:
"Please, sit down.
"Harumi, you surely have some cognac here."
"Do you want to have a glass with me?"
And then he calmly laughed:
"I'm sorry, I can't talk about anything but work."
I'll be able to say anything I want!
I'll be able to do anything I want!
The success... What a great thing it is!
It's a very personal pleasure.
Yeah!
And a great pleasure.
Of great richness!
So? Are we going to have fun some place?
We have to celebrate that.
Well, it's been some days that I last came visit you.
Do you know why?
I told myself that I could marry you.
Marry me?
If I dumped him, Hondô would have given me quite a lot of money.
You are really similar, the two of you!
You! And the widow Oka!
The other grabs my neck, "Marry me! Marry me!"
I can tell you, I was really laughing hard inside!
I was so tempted to laugh out loud, I almost had to cry.
It's really too easy.
I never thought it would be so easy to reach my aims.
Now that that's been said...
if I can speak plainly to you...
getting married to you...
to get Hondô's money,
I'm not the slightest bit interested.
I have bigger ambitions.
Get out of here! Get out of here!
- You are jealous... - On the contrary! I hate you!
You make me want to vomit! I hate you! Piss off!
Give me everything!
Those are the last ones.
That's really worthy of you, to do it like this!
If you find that unfair, why don't you do it like that yourself?
Impossible... I couldn't do it...
The other time, for example,
I showed the president's daughter around the factory:
Just talking to her about machines made me already feel bad!
University, that leads to nothing!
But you, Tezuka, it's striking,
you have an inferiority complex against the rich!
- An inferiority complex? - Yeah!
What do I care if I have a complex or not?
Me...
I want money!
I'm not like you!
I have to do this.
If not, I'll be a salesclerk for the rest of my life!
All that I can do is believe in myself!
Ah, how great money is!
It's really great:
Whether you spend it or not, by the way!
Just having it...
What an extraordinary feeling...
The tiniest movement...
And you feel like you're free!
That's it, money...
- Let's go back! - No!
I'm going to give that guy a farewell gift!
You can't do that!
He's someone from your company...
How crude you are!
Go home!
Go home...
What are you doing here at this hour?
If I decided to leave you,
and I asked you for money, what would you do?
What an absurd question...
It's not absurd at all!
I knew very well that it would end like this.
- So? What would you do? - You are so impatient.
You haven't explained anything to me...
I'm sure you know Masae Oka,
the widow of Th president of the Oka foundries.
You're going to marry her, aren't you?
You women, you really have intuition, eh!
So you have to give me some money...
I'm going to give you something out of charity,
because you can't live but under the thumbs of women.
I don't care that the whole city knows about us two.
I'm not that cheap.
You're going to have your money anyway.
But not so that you don't talk.
I'm just giving you something out of habit.
Call it whatever you want, but give me plenty!
You are really an idiot!
You really think you'll get rich because of that marriage, don't you?
You should hurry to get married, too!
That's be less difficult than to stay to watch.
That's for sure... Do you want me to tell you an interesting story?
About what?
You know, Oka's company was fully bought up by the refinery.
Mr Hondô bought it back and took over all of Oka's numerous debts.
This means that his widow surely hasn't got the least yen left.
She had no other choice but to return to her parents with her children.
But even today, there are still remarkable young people around:
Marrying the widow of a ruined family just out of compassion!
Ah! Don't leave without your pittance!
It's great like this, how you did everything, isn't it?
But don't set foot in here ever again.
Neither into the store, because you just resigned.
Look at your current situation: You have no money.
That's not everything: You have an old man to take care of,
and also your children.
Nobody would ever think about getting married under those conditions!
By the way, I don't have anything myself as well.
I'm nothing but a salesclerk at a department store.
I can see very clearly what is awaiting us.
You're surely going to tell me that it's all about love.
But one still needs to have some money!
Those who don't have money, I despise them.
I've suffered to much because of that!
Absolutely!
The poor people, they don't even exist for me!
What are you doing here?
- I wanted to see you. - Get out of here.
I told you not to ever come here again.
Don't be so hard.
There, I bought this for you.
Don't look like that.
When I have money, I, too can...
Hey!
How about having fun somewhere?
Why don't you ask your rich widow?
Her, I dumped that one.
That's what you wanted, isn't it?
I have to go. Go back to your place.
- A date with Hondô? - No, somebody else.
Hondô has gone back to Tokyo.
Ah! He surely must be sad...
Did he gave you a lot of money?
You really can't talk about anything else. Go home!
- No, I won't go back there. - Well, then you will have to stay here.
Me, I'm going out with an engineer from the refinery.
- Who's he? - What's it to you?
In any case, a better man than you are.
Please! I'm begging you! Don't go there!
Huh? Stay here with me, just for today!
Huh? I don't know what to do.
I'm begging you! I blew everything!
I blew everything.
Anything I ever do, I always blow it.
Whatever I do, I blow it.
I can't.
I thought I could.
I could not not get there.
But I couldn't.
I can't.
Huh? Stay here.
I'm begging you, stay here.
You don't act like this usually...
I'm not the same guy as usually.
That's true.
I'm not the same guy as usually.
Come on, stay here!
- Just for today, stay here! - I've understood.
You're staying... You're really staying!
You say that because you want my money, Hondô's money!
I don't, I promise! I'm serious!
- You won't have me! - But I'm telling you!
That's just it! I know you!
Let me go!
That feels good!
When one is stressed out, the speed, it really does good!
You know, I once rode a motorcycle in a deserted racing track.
That was really great!
If you drive at high speed, you get the impression that you can her:
"Go! Go!" from the empty galleries!
I don't know how many rounds I did!
But racing tracks, they're not passionate.
You drive your rounds, that's everything.
Speed is good...
Really!
A car going on the freeway
got off track near the Kasado bridge:
The two passengers were instantly dead.
I was sure it was you. I knew that you would come.
Go home! I told you not to come back, didn't I?
You're drunk, aren't you...
Did you come to show your teeth? You don't scare me.
Or maybe it's because you're unemployed:
You have no more money left to buy more alcohol!
No!
You don't look as if you were in a good mood!
Ah! I got it!
It's because of the death of that girl:
- You're too sad about it! - No!
No? So then maybe you came to see me?
- You want to make up with me? - No!
Whatever I say, you answer with "No".
I wonder how I could be wrong.
You are wrong, that's all!
I never worried...
I was sure you would come back.
Obviously, since you want money!
What ever it takes.
You're lost without a woman that takes care of you!
Well, come here...
I'm going to give you your pittance, as you need it so badly!
Jirô! You are my little gigolo!
That's it, my little gigolo!
I'm going to take good care of you. You are going to be my pet!
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Translated by Kane32 for KG