YUMEKAWA (BRIDGE OF DREAMS)
Komako, enioy your debut.
Go!
The world awaits you.
Off you go.
Wow!
So fine!
Like a living doll.
Stop pushing.
Today is Komako's big day.
No fighting. And mind your manners!
Look who's talking!
Here please.
Wow!
l must be in heaven!
MAIKO Haaaan
ANGEL'S MAIKO BLOG
What lovely snaps.
So lovely l uploaded eight.
Naiki again?
Don't Maiko live in Gion?
Why the Yumekawa post?
Hmph, total newbie.
Gion isn't the only geisha spot.
Yumekawa has many geisha dwellings...
and popular exclusive entertainment spots.
For a ''regular'' you haven't uploaded
any photos inside a geisha house.
Perhaps you've never actually been inside? LOL.
Shit, l'll tell Naiki what's what.
Perhaps uploading without permission
violates common manner?
Today, l'll tell him off.
''Are you clueless?'' Take that!
''Without permission'' proves you're an amateur, idiot.
Perhaps a geisha house regular could
get permission to upload photos?
Are YOU clueless or what? LOL.
You wanna flame me, eh?
This site supports geisha
and their apprentices.
Unrefined types need not participate.
EG (evil grin).
Hook, line and sinker.
Enough boasting...
You!
Uppity country bumpkin.
Go back to Geisha 101 .
LOLOL.
You want a fight, you got it!
Who are you? BFD (big f***ing deal)
l'm burning up. LOL.
Tell me your name!
That's my man.
A man your age...KoS... flaming me...KoS...
you got a problem? Use your real name. KoS.
Die. Die.
Not flaming but... CRBT (Crying real big tears)
What then? HoS.
Welcome to our house.
l'm burning down the house. GAL.
GAL, get a life?
Hot! What the! Owch!
l knew it!
l'll show you!
Don't mess with me, asshole!
Sysop profile.
12 YEARS EARLIER
Kumagaya Agriculture High,
Senior Class 5 students, this way.
Mizuno, over here!
Class 3 has a cuter guide, eh?
You figure?
l'm gonna get her digits.
Wait boys! Boys! Boys!
Please listen to our guide, boys!
You listen to the guide.
Next up is free time.
Meet back at Kyoto Station at 5. Have fun!
Where's the guide going?
Boys! Boys!
Boys! This way!
l wanna shop at the mall, you old fart.
No time for that.
l've bookmarked some spots.
We'll see Yasaka Shrine,
Rokkakudo, Yuba...
this dried tofu factory and then Arashiyama.
Old fart?
Huh? Huh? Boys!
Boys?
Guys?
Lads?
Mates!
Where are my boys?
l was iust here.
Boys!
What troubles you, angel?
Are you crying, angel?
lf you cry l can't help you, right?
Angel, angel.
You're not making sense, angel.
Where...here?
Oh, Yumekawa.
Oh, lost your way?
That's as simple as ABC.
Going straight you'll find Kawaramachi Street,
Karasuma Street, Horikawa Street...
which all run to Kyoto station.
Well?
Snow White.
And so l fell in love with Kyoto.
Kyoto station?
And so...
going straight you'll find...
And so eight geisha apprentices taught me the streets 12 times.
And so...
going straight you'll find Kawaramachi Street, Karasuma Street...
A city with such lovely, refined women...
the shocking experience changed my life.
Good evening.
You're too young to
''play'' around here.
When you become a man,
you can visit me all you like.
Then pick me when you come to a geisha house.
Here you are, love.
Kyoto sweets...
Angel!
Your teacher is coming to collect you.
No-o-o! No-o-o!
l don't wanna go!
You can't make me!
l don't wanna go!
Come on! Now!
Little brat!
From then on, Kyoto...actually, geisha and maiko filled my dreams.
l wanted to be man and with my salary...
play strip baseball!
But a mere salaryman has no
buying power to frequent geisha houses.
But...life smiles on you sometimes.
l got transferred to the Kyoto office!
Much obliged. Much obliged to you all!
Kyoto's Sanzenin temple in Ohara
There, a girl tired by love sits alone
Suzuya Cup Noodles.
l'll miss you. l'll miss you all.
Pathetic.
How so?
Don't you know?
The Kyoto branch is called the ''topping factory''.
Topping factory?
Made in Tokyo. This too.
This too. All made in Tokyo.
Only this... is from Kyoto.
Never noticed.
They used to supply Western Japan
but now, it's iust not efficient.
But our CEO was persistent about keeping the Kyoto branch.
So he let them make the toppings.
Basically, a demotion.
Oshita, Kimura. Thanks for everything.
lf you're in Kyoto, look me up.
l'll show you around.
Miyake, please don't cry.
You won't be lonely, will you?
A long distance...
relationship will never work.
Never know 'til we try.
Never!
l'll be in Kyoto forever.
And you can't control yourself.
l can. l'll see you weekends.
No way!
Don't come. Why would you?
Strip baseball?
Get real. With you?
Am l so pathetic l gotta play with you?
You gone nuts?
Wanna break up?
Wasn't sure we were dating really.
Gonna cry?
Nope. Never.
lf you do, it's over.
You cried. It's over.
No!
Never!
No! No! No!
Never! Never! Never!
No! No! No!
Never! Never...wait.
Okay. You can come.
Huh?
From Kyoto, right? Downtown?
Well? Where?
Actually, l...
Where? Near Gion?
Here? Where?
Here.
Mie prefecture.
My address is.
But Mie is next to Kyoto.
Mie is Mie.
l speak Kyoto dialect.
We get Kyoto TV.
My dad works in Kyoto.
Mie is Mie!
Yeah, Mie! A Mie girl!
l only been to Kyoto mice.
Did we date 'cause l was from Kyoto?
Why? Why did you lie to me?
You think l'd hate you
if you weren't from Kyoto?
Kimi honey.
You silly girl.
lf you weren't from Kyoto,
of course, l'd hate you.
Yeah...huh?
Sure, l would.
Minus being from Kyoto, what do you have left?
l endured your black nostrils and nocturnal teeth grinding...
because l believed
you were from Kyoto.
Kyoto and Mie teeth grinding
aren't in the same ballpark.
How cruel.
Who's the cruel one?
You were disillusioned thinking
l discriminate about a woman's hometown.
And l am disillusioned in
discriminating about a woman's hometown.
l've come to my senses.
From this instant,
you're a stranger to me.
What are you doing?
From today, l, Onizuka Kimihiko
have transferred from Tokyo.
l'll try with all my heart.
Please treat me favorably.
Okay, everyone, play nicely.
Now, back to work!
Mr. Senzaki, boss.
What is it?
ls there, ah...you know, a welcome party planned?
Whose?
Mine.
Shall we then?
Pardon me for pressing you.
So where would this affair take place?
The venue...in Gion or Yumekawa.
Gion!
lf you wanna play baseball... you better do like this.
Out! Safe!
Batter up!
l won! Yoshie-san.
Strip! Strip!
Wait! Do socks count?
Well my boy, you having fun or what?
Whatever!
What?
Pardon me.
Having so much fun...
that l never knew there was a karaoke box in Gion.
Convenience stores and a disco too.
Listen! Word is the new hostess club...
has working motor racing models.
And their outfits ride up mighty tight.
Gimme a break.
Am l so pathetic l gotta drink with a racing model in Kyoto?
Just like spring 12 years ago.
Good evening.
Much obliged.
l'm going in alone!
S-t-o-p!
SYSTEM AND CHARGES
Visiting a geisha house is more reasonable than a Ginza club.
Never been to Ginza but here goes.
Welcome.
100,000 yen should do!
Please take your cash.
Thank you.
Stop Onizuka!
But what if we go out after hours...
AFTER HOURS
The geisha area has many chic wine bars.
You're loosing a button.
What? What?
Tasty. What is this?
Sorry, hit me.
ls your suit okay?
Nothing pricey but at least wear a brand name.
Please show your ID.
Here.
Look out ladies! Go!
Welcome.
Still open, right?
Pardon me. Your good name, sir?
Name? Oh, Onizuka.
Mister Onizuka.
Hadn't heard you were coming.
l iust told you it.
Are you from Tokyo?
A first timer, eh?
Huh?
Pray pardon but no Mr. First-timers allowed.
Mr. First-timers?
lt's not just us.
All the houses in Kyoto refuse first timers.
l'm Onizuka.
And?
Mr. Onizuka. Not Mr. First-timer.
Oh no.
Nice try, wasn't it?
Oh no!
No first timers allowed.
To make clients feel totally at home
all first timers are not allowed.
l forgot. Completely slipped my mind!
That's how it is.
l'm not a suspicious character.
And l have money. Look.
l beg you to leave.
lnelegant types flashing cash at the
door can't appreciate our business.
Pray pardon but first timers are...
Without a proper introduction...
First timers are...you know...
Mr. First-timer, all first timers
First timers aren't allowed Not allowed
Those are the house rules
Mr. First-timer, all first timers
First timers aren't allowed
So sad
Outsider
My geisha house dreams are far away
No!
Strip baseball
Heavens no
l see
Only in my dreams
That's irrational
Can't be helped
But l got money
No!
But in theory
and in truth you can't pass
Scream all you want about it being strange in modern day Japan
High pitched laughter
and high wooden sandals
Sayonara.
Wait.
One of these days, One of these days, Sooner or later
l'll go all out
One of these days l'll go all out
And become a regular
One of these days
l'll go all out
And become a regular And then l'll be welcomed
So enter and experience your everlastingly dreams
Someday enter and experience your ephemeral fantasies
Come here
One of these days, One of these days, Sooner or later
l'll got all out
One of these days l'll got all out
And become a regular
One of these days, One of these days, Sooner or later
l'll got all out
One of these days
Sooner or later
One of these days
One of these days, One of these days
Sooner or later You'll be a regular
No first timers
Capital A, allowed
One of these days One of these days
l'll go all out
One of these days You'll go all out
Sooner or later Sooner or later
Why the hell did l come to Kyoto!
So l'll make toppings forever,
a topping boy for life?
lf l only knew a regular...
What the...
l've seen this geezer before.
What's his name?
Guess l don't...
Of all the pork fillet ramens,
the only tasty one is Suzuya.
Right, boss?
Damn straight!?
Our CEO!
Susuya Ramen's Founder Pork Fillet Noodles
You sir, are Suzuki Taikai president of Suzuya Ramen, ri'ght?
Damn straight!
Good day sir!
Please. This way sir.
Take us to Yumekawa.
Don't.
Okay.
And iust who are you?
Please, please.
Sorry to be slow in saying... l'm a ten year employee,
now at the Kyoto branch office.
The name is Onizuka.
So today, while you're in Kyoto...
No way.
Since l was 17, l've been dying to visit a geisha house.
How lovely.
As you know, ''no first timers'', right?
With no friends, l...
but life smiles on you sometimes.
On my geisha website... your photo appeared and...
l thought if l accompanied you.
Enough already.
So we're friends, eh?
Yes.
A company president and his lowly
topping factory employee.
Not friends then.
Yes but...
my passion for maiko is second to none.
Allow me to accompany you tonight.
l like you boy!
Figured so, idiot?
Huh?
Begging makes me sick.
Trust speaks volumes in geisha society.
Vouching for you makes me responsible
not only for the costs but your actions.
That so?
Damn straight!
House rules.
Only trustworthy people allowed.
Got it?
Yes. How can l get you to trust me?
Simple.
Show me results.
Enough with the passion and pain. Anybody can do that.
Where'd...
Here. And then?
Show results, make me rich
and you can come all you like.
President Suzuki, welcome.
We're...
Not together!
One of these days...
Shut up. l get it!
Enough already!
Leave! Now!
Leave...shit.
Results you want?
Results you'll get!
Stop screwing around!
Results! Results! We need results!
Listen up.
Know what the Tokyo office calls you?
The topping factory.
Doesn't that vex you?
Toppings are the stars of instant noodles.
This is the ''star'' factory.
That's a tasty thought.
Let's create taste.
A Kyoto original brand!
Let's show results!
Go ahead.
Huh? What? What?
What?
A pitch, right?
Pitch?
Our monthly meeting...
Huh? Well...
Let's check the word on the street.
Pardon me. Pardon me.
l'm taking a survey. What do you think
of instant noodles lately?
With so many types, it's confusing.
Not the same as real ramen.
As long as they're tasty, any brand is fine.
Too fatting. Not for me.
l'm busy.
Udon noodles are better.
Pork based soy is best.
Maiko are okay but the new trainees have naive wisdom.
With good ingredients, no toppings needed.
Simple is best. Upload.
This won't get results!
Simple is?
So no toppings.
You messing with us?
Nope.
Hell of a idea but...
Let's keep the toppings.
Otherwise, we'll lose our iobs.
Toppings you want...toppings you get!
See!
Sold separately of course.
Our customers can buy the toppings they like.
Onions for the dieting mother.
''The works'' for the hard-working father.
What about the cost?
No worries.
The retail price for noodles is 100 yen.
Onions and bamboo shoots...10 yen.
Three pork fillets cost 70 yen.
Totaling out at 190.
The same as our current pork fillet noodles.
Really?
Get a taste of this!
Try it.
This?
What the heck! Damn delicious.
Goes with beer too.
You said it. They'll sell on their own.
Noodles where the toppings are the stars.
Well put!
What should we call it?
You pick the toppings to meet your needs. We'll call it...
''Your Noodles''.
Our Noodles.
No, Your Noodles.
My Noodles.
Your Noodles.
-My Own... -Enough! Give it a rest!
Had enough, right?
How about it, boss?
Perfect score! Let's make a sample to show to HQ.
The advent of Kyoto made cup noodles!
Gonna remove the beans?
l will.
Sample it please.
Tasty.
Too strong. Try again!
Hi...Fujiko here.
How are you?
Listen, l'm sorry about before.
l...l can't get you off my mind, Kimi.
Hello...
l'm gonna jump unless you answer.
No noodles.
Check the front.
Okay.
Eggs coming through! Look out!
Hello? Huh? Sorry. Wrong number.
So how are you?
That'll do!
Kimihiko
l can't reduce the quality of the pork fillet!
Like talking to brick wall!
Hello? Oh sorry, wrong number.
Who?
Wrong number.
l see.
Done.
Great!
No good.
Perfect!
With Suzuya Ramen
Your Noodles Get the Works.
Right, boss?
Damn straight!
Your Noodles, now on sale.
The one you choose! The one you create!
Suzuya Ramen's latest product: Your Noodles.
Your Noodles, Your Noodles.
Thank you.
Your Noodles...your freedom.
All the fixings for 300 yen.
This customer had onion, bamboo shoots,
sprouts, egg and pork fillets.
Noodles and soup...100 yen, right?
Onions 20 yen, right?
Onions and bamboo...10 yen.
Onions with bamboo...10 yen.
No! Together they're 20 yen!
Onions 20 yen.
Onions 10, bamboo 10, sprouts 30!
10, 10, 30, 50, 50, 100 yen.
Totaling 10,150 yen.
What!
10 MILLION UNITS SOLD!
The results are in!
The food and of course the geisha are all first class.
Strip baseball too?
Damn straight!
What a promising night!
lf l was a girl,
l'd be your mistress!
Welcome.
Onizuka debuts today.
That's me.
Please treat me favorably.
Please.
Sir, l hate to tell you but...
go to the hospital.
Yes?
Been tending to shoes for 40 years.
l can read a person's health
based on his shoes.
Hey...don't give me bad news.
This is my reward for no rest.
As l thought.
A wreck from stress and no sleep.
l'll say no more. See a doctor.
l know a good one.
You've got an ulcer.
Urethral stones, oh...and herpes too.
A wreck from stress and no sleep.
Too much work.
Emergency surgery.
No-o-o!
The Sysop is out sick.
Can l help you?
Excuse me...do geisha live here?
They entertain in this ''ochaya'' or tea house.
l wanna be a maiko.
How old are you?
25 or...
Lend an ear ladies.
We have a new trainee.
Hindly introduce yourself.
Osawa Fujiko. Age 24.
l'll try my best.
Graciously treat me...
Too formal.
We're your elder sisters and family.
Say it in a cuter fashion.
Elder sisters? You look younger than me.
Elder sisters can be younger too.
And please call me Mother.
Elder sister Komako?
Yes.
My daughter.
Charmed.
How cute.
Sister...Komako.
Elder sister Komako.
You must be polite to your superiors.
A total downer but
that's how it is done.
Sorry, elder sister Komako,
how old are you?
The same as my sis.
The boatman in the ship whispers, hail, hail...
My stars, if it isn't Komako?
Good day, sir.
You've become a lady.
With such flattery, pick me when you visit.
You got me. Until next time.
Much obliged.
Komako, what's this?
A ''cane''?.
l'm so happy.
l ''cane'' still make you smile.
The Chairman of Nishiiin.
Sometimes he visits me.
You ''do it'' with that slobbery geezer?
Do it?
You've got the wrong impression.
But...
We're not sex industry girls.
Our patrons eat delicious food, drink, sing...
and dance. And that's where it ends.
Our behavior is most proper
unlike ordinary high schoolers.
What? Really.
Were you planning on being with your gentlemen?
l was prepared...to go all out.
We've arrived.
YUMEKA MAIKO SCHOOL During the training period, you'll study
dance, shamisen and singing.
As well as manners, tea ceremony and flower arrangement.
-Good morning. -Morning.
When you return to the okiya...
a production company for geisha and their apprentices.
When you get home, you'll do cleaning,
laundry, cooking and...
run errands and assist your elders...
learning kimono fitting and make-up.
See you later.
Oh and the Kyoto dialect is different from our ''hanamachi'' speech.
Learn it too.
The elder girls return from entertaining at midnight.
Having a bath after them puts you
in bed around mo l guess.
Lessons start every morning at 10 am.
No vacation during training so...
Much obliged, Mother.
You've got an ulcer.
Too much work.
Emergency surgery.
No-o-o!
Visit us again!
Not on your life!
The food and of course the geisha are all first class.
You said that last time.
Welcome.
You okay?
Yes. A little light on feet but once we get started...
Revenge time!
lndeed!
This way, Mr. Onizuka.
Another scorcher today.
Welcome.
Please.
After you.
Sit my boy.
Nice one son!
l wasn't...trying to...
Please. Sit and relax.
First, we celebrate your recovery.
What's wrong?
l gotta leave!
lt hasn't started.
lf it starts, it will end, right?
Perhaps.
And once it does, how will l take it?
How am l taking it?
You're sitting.
Sitting!?
Standing.
l'm standing!
Oh no! No!
Hey! Relax!
The most popular geisha in Kyoto are coming soon.
Coming means they'll eventually leave, right?
Welcome. l'm Houme.
Oh no!
Don't you like her?
No, l do.
You're one queer cuss.
Am l that scary?
Do...do...do you remember me?
Oh, the lost field trip school boy.
Wow! How come you remember?
Ladies in our line of work never forget a face.
We make it a point.
But look at you, all grown up.
And you've become quite a lady.
l was a maiko back then.
l changed my lapel years ago.
Changed your lapel?
A maiko becoming a geisha.
She's become a real woman.
Wow! Real women are so fine.
My apologies. Mamefuku who you
requested had a prior engagement.
lnstead...
You don't say.
Komako here.
Miss...miss...Ho-ko-komako.
Yes, yes, yes.
l believe we have met before.
You took my photo when l debuted.
That l did. More than one!
How come they remember me?
Proof of their top abilities. Right?
Well said. Here now.
l'm still recuperating and drink this.
What's inside?
Simple coarse tea.
''The Gion Ballad''
The clouded moon is visible in Higashiyama
Every night the signal fire burns
Sit down.
Darling.
My bad. l'm a little wasted.
A water nymph!
So sorry.
Don't worry. l'll pay for it.
l will. l will.
As you were boys.
Batter up ladies!
Are you okay?
So sorry.
Stop!
Hey, that was Naito Kiichiro, the pro baseballer.
Don't care who he is.
He's having way more fun than us.
Playing strip baseball, eh?
Yes.
Something wrong with pro ballers playing strip baseball?
l knew it. Naito from the Kobe Grasshoppers.
Hi! Mamefuku!
Pray pardon Mr. Suzuki, we're just wrapping up.
That's the most popular girl.
Mamefuku.
Come on girl, we're just getting started.
Wanna ioin in Mr. Sysop?
No. You're bothering them.
Got nine new maiko.
Gonna bat a home run with them all.
Good evening.
Boss! Boss!
Regrettably we should merge with...
Availing to your kind offer...
Sysop?
Snooze you lose.
What's with that?
Uploading photos on his homepage,
this idiot...
Nai-to...Ki-ichi-ro.
Nai...Ki-ichi-ro.
Nai-ki.
NAIKI
So you're Naiki?
You're mates?
This criminal flames my website.
You have a homepage?
Yeah, well...
This otaku grosses me out...
taking sneak photos of geisha and their apprentices.
Look at his shit eating grin.
Watch out. He's taking
sneak photos today.
l ain't grinning!
Pick better customers, Komako.
Attending to this uncouth, hick
will ruin your reputation.
Boy!
Boy?
Rule No. 1 to geisha house fun...
Get richer if you wanna have fun.
There are no regulars or first timers.
lf you can afford it,
you can do anything.
Bare tits! Boss! Bare tits! Boss!
Bare boss! Bare boss!
Lower your voice!
Did you push me?
Nope.
How'd last night go?
-Die! -What?
What? What?
Wait. Your rival is a celebrity.
You can't compete.
800 million yen a year, Kobe's strong arm.
Next season's MVP. Year round batter. Bare tits!
What does that matter?
Die!
Bring it on!
Die!
What're you gawkin' at?
Oh Fujiko, are you all better?
Yes.
Great news.
Much obliged.
Glad to hear it.
You're still recovering. Take the day off.
l'd like to make up for the time l missed.
Who's table tonight?
Suzuya Ramen's Mr. Onizuka.
Lately, he often requests me.
Care to join?
You debut soon and he's nice.
You can learn with ease.
l don't wanna go yet.
Huh?
l have a dance test tomorrow
so l'll pass.
Fujiko.
Yes?
The debut signs arrived.
Komafuji?
Your name.
With my Koma making it Komafuji.
Now everyone in Yumekawa will know we are sisters.
Elder sister.
Your blunders are my responsibility.
Make me proud.
Understood.
lnside the thicket that goes for miles everyone takes a peek
With a gold headband and kimono sleeve cord, the hero approaches
The captured beast is...
a tiger, tiger, tiger
l won!
What fun!
100 times better than Disneyland!
Onizuka, you're easy to please.
Let's get on a first name basis. Call me Kimi.
Kimi, fancy some tea?
Hear that? Did everyone hear that?
Kimi is Koma's close friend!
Oh, don't be like that.
Onizuka, what's happened?
Oh nothing. Nothing.
So Koume...
Yes?
The baseball dork been around?
Naito?
Him.
Yes, he has. Last night with Mamefuku.
Sister don't.
Why not? We should celebrate.
Celebrate?
He's going to be her ''husband''.
l spent too much on your kimonos.
That's your iob as a husband.
Quite some iob.
He asked the house mother
for a special relationship.
Simply put...a sponsor.
Buying her kimonos and sashes,
taking her to kabuki...
buying up tickets for her performances.
Looking after her every need expresses his status as a man.
Proof of his wealth as a man.
With the recession and all...
most girls have many sponsors one for kimonos, one for sashes.
Having only one like Mr. Naito is...
a bit of news around here.
Kimi, Kimihiko?
Do you envy him?
What's there to envy?
Liar. You look mortified.
MORTIFIED
Koma, do you have a husband?
You're scaring me.
l've made up my mind!
l'll be your husband!
Sorry to interrupt your nice batting.
Assistant Manager Onizuka.
What is it?
Come to work. You're out of vacation days.
Don't ''ah'' me.
I'm not here alone.
Oh President. Thanks for coming.
Look at these. Geisha house payments.
Sorry. That's quite a stack.
Yes quite a stack.
Didn't I mention this to you, Onizuka?
The charges for your fun come to me
every month because I introduced you.
No wonder. I've never paid.
It ain't funny!
Places like that are a reward maybe
twice a month for hard work.
But not every night.
Bad boy!
l'm bankrupt, no thanks to you.
Bankrupt? You say you're broke?
Here's a get rich plan for you sir!
Two companies have given up on baseball
due to unprofitable business ops.
How about it folks?
To raise our name value as we ride high,
we'll create a Kyoto based team.
STOCKHOLDER
l too thought he was nuts
when l heard this idea.
But experience tells me that prevailing ideas come...
from the minds of crazy people like him.
Why Kyoto?
The local color of Kyoto...is... has...
the good old days of Japan... centered around...
The Golden Pavillion... the Silver Pavillion temple...
Field trip students.
Yes, field trips.
Many students come and go on a daily basis.
And students love... baseball and instant noodles!
Do you smell money my friends?
Now, we'll announce the team name!
1, 2...
OIDEYAS (WELL-COMERS)
Damn straight! The Kyoto Well-Comers!
Applause!
The bells of the Gion Shoja temple...
echo in the Kyoto dome.
Thank you fans for being here for today's opening game.
Thank you so much.
You fans are lucky.
Cup Noodles and baseball...
Excuse me. Noodles please.
Thank you.
From the instant, history was made in Japanese pro ball...
enioy yourself to the very end.
Sorry to keep you waiting.
Tearing the sky into pieces...
a massive cup noodles package...
gently floats in the Kyoto dome.
Exiting is none other than...
Mr. ''Damn Straight'' Himself.
Play ball!
Yeah!
Oh yeah! Oh yeah!
Nice, nice.
Very fine.
You've really come far, boss.
Could you at least call me GM today?
GM, this is all yours.
Damn straight!
Why are you in uniform?
l forgot, almost forgot.
Here. Take this.
PESIGNATlON
Huh?
l'm under your care as a player
and not an employee.
The Kyoto Well-Comers. Onizuka pinch hits for Marui.
Pinch hitter, Onizuka, No. 2.
Leave it to me!
Wait! Your handwriting sucks!
Amazing.
Yep.
Move it!
Safe!
Yes!
WHO IS THIS GUY?
OVERNIGHT ROOKIE
Kyoto'S RED DEVIL, ONIZUKA KIMIHIKO
GRAND SLAM KIMI
Komafuji.
Come on in.
Much obliged.
Surprised even me.
Now, l believe in latent potential.
Kimi-chan.
Yes?
Please don't over do it.
But l'm not.
Maybe with the baseball l am.
But it's so l can be your husband.
lf l can't, it is overdoing it.
l'm fine. As the daughter of a house
mother, she has people to introduce...
No! No way! Out!
Kimi-chan.
Sorry for bringing you here.
l invited you, remember?
Oh yeah.
l always wanted to come here.
l only go to expensive clubs with
customers, adult places.
l'm still under age.
How cool. Girls come here and gossip about their boyfriends.
Let's go on a date.
Catch a movie, go to manga cafe, take sticker photos...
dress in casual clothes.
We can't.
But why? No husband, no dates,
no strip baseball. Can't, can't, can't!
What can we do?
Visit me at the geisha house.
l can't!
l'm serious. Ever since...
high school and coming to Kyoto...
l always wanted, wanted, wanted to go to a geisha house.
That was ''overdoing it''.
My friends made fun of me, treated like a freak at work.
Cursed by my strange hobby.
But when l saw you dancing for the first time...
l knew l wasn't wrong.
l don't have to overdo it.
l thought, ''l can be proud of my hobby''.
Your dancing set me free
from overdoing it!
Can l get your autograph?
Why are you crying?
Don't or your makeup will run.
So true but...
You're mine, right?
We can't.
Why not?
But Kimi-chan... you don't love me.
You love Maiko.
Being my husband without knowing who l am?
l can't trust you.
You're iust competing Naito, right?
Come!
Come! Come! Come!
What are you doing?
What're you doing?
Taking the first step to knowing you.
Move your hands!
Wait! l'll do it myself.
Who?
Did that to you?
Well, now he knows.
Do you swear never talk about what l am about to tell you?
l swear.
Say one word and l'll poke you
with this umbrella!
l won't.
Save your poking for
after you tell me.
Then l'll tell you.
Your arch enemy Naito Kiichiro. He's...my son.
l see.
What?
She's...his sister?
Not that simple.
Komako is...an illegitimate child.
lllegitimate?
Komako's mother was a maiko in Yumekawa.
Too talented for her own good. And too spirited.
Anyway, she got ''involved'' with her patron and...
became pregnant with Komako.
The father?
He never owned up to it and ran away.
But you can't blame the child.
l didn't have any successors so...
l raised her in...
a traditional style.
Afternoon Mother.
Afternoon.
See you later.
Brother Kichiro!
Not Kichiro, Ki-ichi-ro.
l knew l'd have to tell her the truth
but couldn't.
l wanted Komako to take over for me.
But she took a liking to Kiichiro.
When l get big, l'll be your wife, Kichiro!
You...can't.
Why not?
Komako started her maiko studies in middle school.
Her siblings relationships
were complex especially wanting to marry him.
And since l took her in,
she had to become a maiko.
Back from tea ceremony?
Her love for Kiichiro...
chased after her.
Finally, at age 14...
Komako?
What're you doing!
Let go. Let go.
l hate this. l don't wanna be a maiko.
Komako!
Now, l can be your wife, brother.
What're you doing, Kiichiro!
No-o-o!
Hospital!
Brother.
Komako-chan.
Call an ambulance!
Leave me be!
Then l told him very firmly to stay away from here.
When Komako became a maiko,
he started coming around again.
While he was away,
he changed for the worst.
What's wrong with being snobby?
Wanna grab my 800 million yen bat?
Owch!
Pray pardon. Thought it was a short Hope.
You bad girl. You're fun but bad.
l don't need a husband.
l can make it alone.
Sorry Kimi-chan. You probably hate me.
Never!
Did you think l'd hate you because of a little scar?
Kimi-chan.
Silly girl.
With this little scar, of course, l'd hate you.
Huh?
Huh? Oops. Got it backwards.
l won't. l won't hate you.
l love you even more.
Kimi-chan loves you and your scar.
So Mother, put down that umbrella.
l'm not competing with Naito.
Please believe me.
As proof, l'll forget everything you told me.
l can do it. 'Cause l'm stupid.
Oh, l did it!
What were you saying? What happened to your head?
l do remember. l remember!
How can l forget?
How can l?
Let's get drunk and forget it.
Komako, you're so lucky.
Huh?
He's an honest man.
lf you want,
have him be your husband.
As for her monthly allowance,
we'll talk about it later.
Huh? What?
l am yours if you want.
l did it! Way to go, Kimi!
A bottom of the 9th homerun.
Nope, not the 9th...
A top of the 1st homerun!
Koma-chan.
Kimi-chan.
Owch! l hit my chin.
l'm home. Home?
Sorry for flashing you. l'm a bit wasted.
Getting it on, were you, Sysop?
Looks like fun.
lt ain't like that.
Wanna talk?
Gonna borrow a room, mom.
Owch!
You're riding high, eh?
And the playoffs are soon.
Hmph.
You'll probably win your league too.
At last, we'll play each other.
Don't mix work with drinking.
Shut up. Promise me this.
lf l get a hit off you in the World Series...
you'll leave my homepage
and this house alone.
lf you strike out?
Will you give me that girl for the night?
Not bad for a country... Owch!
Get with it. It burned me too.
l endured it but... Regrettably, l can't accept your offer.
What?
You should try reading the newspaper sometime.
Not your side.
Wh-wh-wh-at?
Read the entertainment news.
FILM DEBUT FOR NAITO KIICHIRO ''TOP GUNNER'' IS A SELL OUT HIT!
What the hell?
Surprised even me. Now, l believe in latent potential.
With my bad elbow, l wasn't pitching
much, so l tried the movies.
700 million yen at the box office.
Never go back.
Shit. Always trying to outdo me with headlines.
Do you live in the newspaper? Did you move sections?
Let me introduce...
Where are you moving to next?
Drop it, idiot!
Komafuji.
l believe we have met before.
No. l've never seen such beauty.
Kyoto and Mie teeth grinding
aren't in the same ballpark.
You wear your heart on your sleeve.
l yearn only for Naito.
Don't get angry.
Yeah honey. l'm gonna be her husband.
What?
We haven't heard about this.
'Course not. l iust decided.
Homafuji, you have to first consult with Mother about this.
Elder sister, could you be iealous?
You...you hateful brat.
But so cute.
What?
Stop glaring at me you mo.
That man is Mamefuku's husband.
You aware of the consequences?
Fine with me. Having mo
furthers my geisha house status.
Right Mother?
You have no manners.
You're no longer my sister.
Enough!
No longer your sister? You make me sick.
You're not real sisters.
l'll pay and look after you.
We've got a problem if you girls
get to decide.
Right Mother?
Please leave.
You don't have to tell me.
This place makes me sick. l know why you came here.
TOP GUNNER, THE HOTTEST ONE ON THE MOUNTAIN
THE UCHOTEN HOTEL SAMURAl FILM STARRING ONIZUHA KIMHIKO
Okay people, walking lunch.
Not me!
Back to the stadium?
Baseball? l quit.
Quit?
But you're MVP?
Never wanted to play baseball,
only strip baseball.
You gaffers! Stop lagging off!
You take too long to light!
My team always wraps early!
We can't take this to Cannes
unless we finish by Christmas.
You're one bewildering fellow.
lnvesting in this makes me just as crazy.
l'm not competing with Naito.
l heard the ''latent potential'' speech.
Here's proof. Much more interesting
than Naito's film.
Your curry.
Thanks. We'll have them crying
in the aisles all over Japan.
Have it remade in Hollywood. Our dreams come true.
Another take?
l don't mind.
Director?
That's a wrap!
Wrap! Wrap?
Disband our team!
Disband.
Mind going home? Sorry.
Disband...
NEW H1 HING, NAITO KIICHIRO!
ln the red corner, fighting from Suzuya Enterprises.
Mr. Jealously himself...Onizuka.
ONIZUHA DEBUTS AS H-1 FIGHTER
ONIZUHA THE KILLER, HIS BLOOD BATTLE VICTORY
Gimme! Gimme the mic! Microphone!
Naito! l challenge you, Naito!
We battle over jealousy!
Naito! l want you, Naito! Show your face!
You got me?
Sorry, can't make it. l'm busy with my shop.
Are you getting rich?
Would l do it otherwise?
Six shops in Kyoto,
three in Kobe and Osaka.
l guarantee the taste.
l've got excellent help.
Hi there.
Mr. Senzaki!
lf you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
You traitor.
Who ordered The Works with al dente noodles.
Me.
Be careful it's hot.
No worries.
Welcome!
We'll produce a full fledged ramen shop.
And reproduce the same flavor as an original Kyoto noodle brand...
Huh? We talked about this before.
ls this deja vu?
We've come full circle.
So do we start over?
Kyoto mayoral candidate. Naito Kiichiro for mayor.
We've come for your support.
Thank you for listening.
Please vote for Naito Kiichiro.
l, Naito Kiichiro with... an open Kyoto is a reborn Kyoto
as my motto...
devote myself to the people.
Thank you. Thank you.
Much obliged. Kimihiko here.
Onizuka Kimihiko.
Hello everyone! Onizuka is a man
who gets the iob done!
ln the upcoming Kyoto mayor election,
please vote for Onizuka Kimihiko.
Vote for change. Vote for Onizuka.
Kyoto is Japan's treasure!
Congratulations to Naito Kiichiro
on his election. Banzai! Banzai!
How do you feel after being elected?
Thank you all.
Thanks to your help, l was elected.
Thank you very much.
Danger!
Yes, danger! Kyoto is in dangerous!
Move it.
A scroll?
Onizuka?
Thank you...for everything.
l guess l can't do anything to stop you.
But even if you quit,
l'm still mother to you.
Komafuji..
lf you get lonely in Tokyo,
come back anytime.
Mr. Onizuka!
Thanks to you, me and my company have made loads of money.
Shouldn't the great memories
be enough for you?
What else do you need?
What was Kyoto to me?
Boys! Boys!
This number is no longer in service.
Pay your bill!
Boys!
Like the boss said,
don't have any regrets.
None.
Still gotta play strip baseball!
Boys! Boys!
What?
Long time...
No see.
How come? Why are you in Kyoto?
Why? You know...sightseeing.
Oh yeah. Kyoto's a tourist town.
And...you know, it's the Obon summer vacation.
Oh, it is?
Don't know you?
l'm only interested in maiko.
Yeah.
Want a tour?
No.
Hey.
What now?
Same cell number?
The same.
Me too.
Call me if you need to.
l will if l need to.
Bye.
You idiot.
Back so soon?
The Mayor's planning this new ordinance.
''First Timers Not Allowed'' Not Allowed.
lf this law passes,
we'll lose our livelihoods.
Abolition of No First Timers
and cash only payment.
And hourly rates must be specified.
Why'd he?
l can hardly talk to this angry mob.
Are you their representative?
The rest of you wait outside.
We all want to hear.
Didn't you hear me?
lt's Nanafuku.
l've got a reservation here. Anyone available?
Nobody's here. Refuse them.
That's what l said but...
How much longer?
Mr. Onizuka won't listen to me.
The reservation's for Mr. Onizuka?
Huh?
Pray pardon but the other girls are out. l was the only one available.
But your Naito's...
Wanna play strip baseball?
So suddenly?
No accompaniment so will...
a cappella do?
Oh, sure.
Out! Safe! Batter up!
Wow! l won! The score is 1 to 1!
No stripping.
lf the girl loses, she has to drink. Those are our rules.
Really. Never knew that.
Give up?
Nope. Take me out to the ball game.
You've grown up, Komako.
Brother Kichiro.
Not your brother.
Huh?
Your father.
Here comes the pitch. Swing!
lf it's a hit, catch it like this.
lf you get on base... Huh? What's wrong?
You crying? What for? Why?
l am not crying.
lf you get on base... Forget it. Crying doesn't make it fun.
lsn't it fun?
lt's fun.
l lied.
Honestly, it's not as fun as l imagined.
Playing strip baseball in Kyoto was my dream...
and why l came here.
But, l'm tired.
My body and soul are exhausted.
But...life smiles on you sometimes.
l bumped into my ex-girlfriend this afternoon.
And she was...looking really fine.
She had become a mighty fine woman.
Sorry. You don't wanna hear this.
l'll listen.
Our breakup was...really bad.
Thought we'd never meet again.
But once we did...
So we're playing strip baseball
and l'm really sorry but...
l'm playing with you,
but all l can think about is her.
But aren't you Komako's husband?
No, l'm not capable of it.
l'm thinking about going home.
l visited a geisha house,
played strip baseball.
Makeup with my girlfriend.
You idiot!
My elder sister Komako... only has eyes for you!
So then, what are you doing here?
Why strip baseball with me?
What're you whining about?
Bragging about your old girlfriend...
you've got no couth!
lf you're Komako's ''husband''
then act like one!
You're right.
l'm the only one for Komako.
Thanks. You've opened my eyes!
Wait.
Huh?
Before you go to her,
severe all ties with that woman.
No, l can do it later.
Now! Call her now.
Okay.
Huh? You? It's you.
Hurry up and go!
Okay.
KIMIHIKO CALLING
ONE MISSED CALL
MAYOR'S OFFICE
What now?
Where's Komako?
Went home a while ago.
Darn.
Trying to ruin geisha houses, eh?
What's it to you?
Listen up good.
''No First Timers'' is... a wonderful rule.
lt made me mad at first but...
to make clients feel totally at home...
it's a necessary rule.
As long as idiots like me and you
are around...
the no first timers rule should never die!
No first timers forever!
l knew that all along!
That's it!
And for men who can't relax at home...
what should we do?
Koma-chan! Komako!
Where's my cell?
l'm in my undies.
Oh no.
Why laugh?
Sorry. His outfit was, well it...
There he is!
Over there!
Damn it.
Koma-chan!
LOVE
BIG LOVE
You got me this time.
l hate Kyoto but...
never thought of doing that.
But that was way overdoing it.
But l'm not here because of that.
With our past, l thought l'd tell you the truth.
The truth?
About Komako and me.
About not being blood related?
l know that idiot.
We're blood related, idiot.
Huh?
Very blood related.
At 17, all l thought about was pimples, sex and baseball.
And there was this bad girl.
l'm sorry for telling you so late.
Too late. Who's the father?
First round draft pick...
Naito Kiichiro for Kobe.
My youthful DNA
landed right in her mitt.
And so Komako was born.
Unbelievable.
Banzai! Banzai!
My family and the club talked it over.
A rookie with a child was bad press...
so we made Komako out to be my sister.
Brother Kichiro.
When l get big, l'll be your wife, Kichiro!
You...can't.
Why not?
'Cause l'm her dad.
You've really grown.
Don't cheat!
Whenever l had time
l came to check on Komako.
But the plan backfired.
Cause she thought we weren't related.
Brother Kichiro.
Not brother.
Huh?
Your father.
l'm your daddy...Komako.
What?
Forgive me for being me.
l'm...your father.
Spend my life to atone for it.
Please.
Komako wait! Wait!
Hear me out! Please!
Let me...
touch your forehead.
And that's the true story.
Thank you for listening.
What? No reaction?
No ''what?. '' or ''are you serious?''
Prisoner 392, time's up.
Yumekawa were dreams float by
Maiko dance elegantly
Oh, come on. Come on.
Hooray! Hooray! Hear! Hear!
What?
The Yumekawa festival is in April, right?
The dance festival. Yes.
Buy Komako a nice kimono.
Onizuka.
Don't be a cheapskate.
Give her a high class kimono.
Gotcha.
l will too.
Huh?
lf she wears mine, l win.
lf it's yours, you win.
l told you...
you've beaten me.
l don't care if you lost.
l haven't won yet.
l'll keep going 'til l win!
lf you win, l'll back off like a man.
But, if l win...
What?
Father... give me your daughter.
Why not?
Do you really love Komako?
lt's bigger than love.
Bigger than love?
l'll win one day!
YUMEKAWA DANCE FESTIVAL
Begin!
Yes, sir!
PROPOSED CITY ORDINANCE CHANGES
Komako, you'd best get going or you'll be late.
l know.
Forgive me... for being me.
l'm...your father. Spend my life to atone for it.
l love you even more.
Kimi-chan loves you and your scar.
l'm really sorry but...
l'm playing with you...
but all l can... think about is her.
Kiichiro, about this...
Not here.
Bail money.
Came to make a deal for Onizuka Kimihiko.
So much?
How much then?
1 million...
1 million yen.
Prisoner 392.
You made bail.
Yumekawa were dreams float by
a cherry blossom banquet at milight
Maiko dance elegantly
l'm here for you, Komako!
ls Koma-chan on stage?
So many girls l can't tell.
What color was yours?
Mine's red. Like burning love.
Huh?
You crying?
Did l win?
Yes! l won!
What? Koma-chan, why?
Pay attention, you dork!
Wow...looks great on her!
Huh?
Hey you.
So sorry. Sorry.
l'm Mayor Naito. As for this...
''First Timers Not Allowed''?
Not Allowed
it's now scrap paper.
''First Timers Not Allowed'' Not Allowed...not allowed!
Oh, come on.
You said it, Mr. Mayor.
Yeah. Kyoto must never change.
l'm most sorry for causing all the fuss.
Back to the music.
Oh, come on.
Come on.
Hooray! Hooray!
Hear! Hear!
Come with us. Mr. Mayor.
What now? Wait.
Hey!
You too.
Me?
What the hell!
Senzaki...
Kyoto's done for.
Yep.
Strip baseball, really?
First class geisha and maiko will entertain us tonight.
No way! Really?
Mr. Mayor, we've been expecting you.
Evening.
We have a customer.
Much obliged.
Please treat me favorably.
You don't have to be so formal.
Think of this as home and relax.
Komako.
This way kindly.
Sir.
Yes?
l'll say no more. See a doctor.
Huh?