(NHK's Saturday Drama Special)
~...Profunda...~ (NHK's Saturday Drama Special)
~ Come il ciel, come l'onda...del mare ~ *As the sky, as the fathomless ocean*
Kabuki-za Theater, Tokyo (28 June, 1936)
~ Dammi ch'io baci le tue mani care. ~ *Give me your darling hands that I may kiss them*
("Madama Butterfly" Opera)
"World's Best "Chouchou-san" (Madame Butterfly) ...The triumphant return of Ms. Tamaki Miura..."
~ Mia Butterfly! Come t'han ben nomata ~ *My Butterfly! Aptly your name was chosen*
~ Tenue farfalla... ~ *Gosammer creation...*
~ Dicon ch'oltre mare ~ *They say in your country..*
~ Se cade in man dell'uom ~ *If a butterfly is caught by man*
~ Ogni farfarla da uno spillo e trafitta ~ *He'll pierce its heart with a needle*
~ Ed in tavola infinitta!... ~ *And leave it to perish!*
Tanigawa Isaku
"=Madame Butterfly= Featuring Tamaki Miura"
May I?
Oh. Sorry.
There's something about the Japanese prima donna...
Madame Butterly seemed so real.
- That's not Chouchou-san. - You knew her?
- When we were children. - In Nagasaki?
I just came from Nagasaki.
You came all the way from Nagasaki just to see this opera?
I run a shipping business in Nagasaki.
Tell me how is she different? The Chouchou-san of this opera...
...to the one you know.
Excuse me. But you're a foreigner...
You would not understand no matter how I explain.
My mother is Japanese...
Perhaps I can understand half of your story?
Well... do you understand 'bushido?'
The Way of the Samurai. Yes.
She was the daughter of a samurai.
=CHOUCHOU-SAN= ~ The Last Daughter of a Samurai ~
Part 1: "The Price of Pride"
Original Screenplay: Ichikawa Shinichi
Starring: Miyazaki Aoi
Ito Chou
Nagasaki (Spring, 1886)
Translation and fine timing: earthcolors
Spot Translator: danburi
Raw provider and retiming: furransu
Mother... Grandma...
At last, I finally arrived in Nagasaki.
Maruyama* (*red-light district of Nagasaki)
Ahh~... we've arrived.
Suigetsu-ro (a brothel)
Once you pass through this door,
...The poor samurai's daughter of Fukahori will be gone...
(Obayashi Genkuro - Uncle) ...The poor samurai's daughter of Fukahori will be gone...
(Obayashi Genkuro - Uncle) And in this town's meeting place, Suigetsu-ro, you will be reborn as the heiress and daughter.
Tome (Head maid)
Kinu
By the way, Kinu. Later, I want you to show her around the place.
Yes.
In 1874, Year of the Dog... ...during the famous Saga Rebellion...
Ohta Matsu (proprietess of 'Suigetsu-ro')
Her father, Ito Teinosuke offered his aid at the age of just 23 years old...
...to fight under the great Eto Shimpei...
...and somewehere in Isahaya...
...he was able to achieve a hero's death in a final battle.
("Book: "Encouragement of Learning" by Fukuzawa Yukichi")
- He was a rebel, wasn't he? - Eh?
You're bragging about it though he did defy the Imperial Court.
With regards to her family history...
...the wife of the feudal lord of Fukahori who is mediating this arrangement...
...has sent me a detailed family chart as well.
I can't go against her husband's arrangement.
But since I am her only relative, I have taken care of this...
...precious daughter of the Ito family...
...and now I have to give her up.
No need to worry about that. I'll make your time worthwhile.
I heard that she was orphaned and survived the cholera epidemic a few years ago.
Yes. Her mother and grandmother perished together that time.
So she was the only one who survived?
She surely owes her survival to her mother and grandmother.
We will return by suppertime, alright?
Keep practicing your flute.
Unfortunately, they were selling watermelons...
... in Takashima when they contracted cholera.
Instead of returning to Fukahori where she was waiting...
...they committed suicide in the boat.
I see...! They didn't want her to be infected with the cholera.
What they did was an admirable act...
It is a feat that only women of samurai class would do.
For us, it's more convenient that she has...
...no troublesome relatives. - Of course.
- Madam. - Yes?
- It's time for your medicine. - Alright.
Are you ill?
It's because I'm carrying this entire business on my shoulders...
Things are going wrong all over my body.
- Your name is Chou? - Yes.
From now on, you will be known as Ohta Chou.
You will be my successor as head of Suigetsu-ro...
At all times, I expect you to give me your full devotion.
Yes.
If I decided that you are not good enough, this adoption...
...will be nulled, you got that?
Pardon me but your breakfast is already served.
Ah, yes, yes...thanks for the trouble.
Sir, welcome back.
Yasuke (manservant of Suigetsu-ro)
Ohta Kisaburo (husband of Matsu)
More.
You're really fortunate.
You'll get to eat good food like this from now on.
What's happening?
I have decided...
..to adopt that girl.
Well, do whatever you like.
Genkuro-san, there are still some matters we need to settle.
Uh, yes. I'll be right there.
Ito family home in Fukahori (7 years ago)
Ito Yae (mother)
Here's your second helping.
Eat so you can grow strong.
Ito Miwa (grandmother)
Yes!
Thank you for the meal.
By the way, I heard she's a daughter of a Samurai.
- Really? Have you seen her? - Not yet.
It seems that Madam is really going to fight back.
A war in Suigetsu-ro will undoubtedly start.
- 'A war?' - Shh!
Hey hey, you can't afford to be leisurely... Go back to work!
They are the prostitutes owned by Suigetsu-ro. There are 15 in total right now.
I heard that this room was used by Madam...
...when she was younger.
- It's a lovely room. - Once we've placed chests and tools here...
...it'll become more comfortable so please bear with it for now.
- No, this is more than enough for me. - To attend to your needs...
...Head maid Tome, and myself, Kinu are at your service...
...have no fear in troubling us. - Thank you very much.
My parent was also from a poor Samurai clan from the Shimabara domain.
Samurai families should help one another.
Onii-san, come on in.
You want me to keep you company?
- It's only cheap. - Onii-san, you want to stay for the night?
Come in, come in.
Show the way for these 5 customers!
Welcome. Go right up to the second floor.
Welcome.
Madam. Thank you for your help.
Alright, good work. Continue to work hard.
Father.
Grandma.
Mother.
Thank you for coming with me.
"Heaven does not make a man above.."
("Encouragement of Learning" and "Hagakure" by Tsuramoto Tashiro)
"...the other, nor does it make him beneath."
"There-Therefore it is better for heaven to pro-..pro-?..."
"To produce." Do not be in a hurry, Chou.
Slow down and say each word clearly.
Yes, mother.
"Therefore, it is better for heaven to produce..."
"...count--... countless of people who have si--..similar standing?"
I heard that that book ' Encouragement of Learning" by Fukuzawa-sensei...
...will soon become a standard elementary textbook.
Is that true?
Chou, before you get admitted to school, be sure to read it carefully...
...so that you'll amaze your teachers.
So this is going to become a textbook.
Up to the time he died, my son had carried that book in his pocket.
Chou's father...
...had the foresight.
Chou, you must carry on your father's last wish.
- Yes! - Your father, just like Fukuzawa-sensei...
...dreamt of going to America. Chou, would you like to go there, too?
America?
- Do you remember the melody now? - Yes.
You try it.
Ready go~!
Welcome back.
Master, you came back early.
Such a nice sound in the middle of the day. Who is it?
Yes, it is the young mistress, Chou.
Well, that was fairly good.
I already made arrangements for your lessons on dance, and long epic songs with the shamisen (three-stringed guitar).
But as of now, I don't know where I can find a teacher who can train you with that Noh flute.
I will also train you on tea ceremony and flower arragement, alright?
Anyhow, I have to turn you into a proper young madam of Suigetsu-ro.
You will need plenty of education. So you have to prepare well.
What about 'Kassui'...?
'Kassui'... What kind of training is that?
- It's the Kassui Girls' School. - What do they teach there?
Teachers from America will directly teach me on how to speak English.
And how will learning English be useful to you?
Will you be going to America?
- No. - I won't let you go to America.
Yes.
How much is the tuition fee in that girls' school?
50 sen (half a yen).
It costs more than your dance lessons.
Well... alright.
Madam... thank you so much!
Oh... where will you take those?
Who knows, maybe we'll turn them into cleaning rags.
~ Dare ni mishotote... ~ *For whose sake...*
~ Beni kane tsukeyozo...minna... ~ *Did I redden my lips...everyone...*
Chouchou-san, I'll go ahead. See you soon.
Harukoma-neesan, have a nice day.
Kinu-san... she called you 'Harukoma'-neesan?
Huh? Is that what she said?
Harukoma*... (*rocking horse)
This is my second time to go up this hill.
What? Have you been to Nagasaki before?
This is my lucky amulet.
Mother? Mother?
Welcome back.
- I want you to take a look at this. - What is it?
When I went to her school to pay the tuition fee, her classroom teacher, Tashiro-sensei...
...cut this newspaper clipping for us...
...because he knows Chou loves English...
...and he wants us to send her to this place. - This place?
"Recently, at no. 13, Oura Kiritoshi-ue..."
"...a girls' school has been opened offering low tution rates..."
"...and English and regular Japanese subjects will be taught..."
"They are hoping interested females will attend their school."
I've already checked on the founders of that school...
They've sent American women who are church missionaries...
...and they seem to be decent people.
I see.. in this new era, she has to aim for that new school.
Yes. With this Chou will have a goal she could aim for.
So try to remember. That someday, if you'll come up this hill...
("Kassui Girls' School")
...you will enter this place.
From here, a woman will be able to have a future.
In other words, this scenery will be your outlook of the future.
Very soon, Chou-sama will be in there, too....
...the dream that your mother and grandma have entrusted in you will finally come true.
Once I'm in Kassui Girls' School... I will study English with all my might...
"...and then I'm going to America."
So it's true, people from Fukahori can speak English.
We learn English in elementary school.
You've been learning English when you were still in elementary school in Fukahori?
"Yes."
But I told a lie to Madam.
A lie?
I told her I'm not interested to go to America but...
...it was a lie. After I graduate from Kassui, I plan to go to America.
Oh, so you did lie.
As a samurai's daughter, shouldn't you not tell a lie?
- "Go ahead, gamble and lie" - Eh?
- That was from 'Hagakure.' - 'Hagakure' you mean...
...the book that tells about Samurai etiquette?
That book, 'Hagakure,' was a remembrance from my father. It says there...
..."A person who will not tell you seven lies while walking within a hundred yards..."
"...is useless as a man."
Amazing... you really do know the Samurai way.
- 'Hagakure,' I like it. - Yes.
Harukoma-neesan.
Your husband has escaped.
Oh? Or do you already know about it?
- I don't know anything. - Well, is that so.
Goda Hanbee (Detective)
Miura Kanji must have come and contacted you.
If you dare try to hide him, you can go to prison, too, you know.
Detective-sama, can we please not take this up for now?
Oh, that's right. Sorry to disrespect the young mistress of Suigetsu-ro.
But don't feel too relieved just yet. The authorities will always be watching your every move.
In time, we'll put the cuffs back on that husband of yours.
Sorry to make you feel scared.
I'm a dubious woman.
It was when I worked as a geisha from an 'oki-ya' (geisha house) called 'Sueishi...'
I seduced a respectable company employee and made him spend large sums of money...
...to pay off my debts but...
He was embezzling the company's money for it...
...and was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
'10 years...'
Thanks to him, I have regained my freedom but...
...in exchange, he had to go to prison for it.
I did apologize to him profusely...
...And before he got arrested, we got married and I have been his wife ever since.
Once we became a couple, I must wait for him no matter what.
No matter how long it takes, may it be 10 or 20 years...
...I will keep on waiting for that person.
But Inspector-san said he broke out of prison...
Why wasn't he patient enough?
I already told him I'll wait for him no matter how long it took...
- You have to escape. - Eh?
If your husband shows up...
...go and flee with him.
I will also help you out.
Chou-sama...
- Ready with the order from the Pine Tree Room. - Alright.
Sorry for the wait.
Hurry up. They're waiting.
Yes. I'm coming!
Faster, everyone!
(Foreign language) "Little girl! Don't run! Play with me."
Please return to your rooms!
Customer-san, please stop!
- Call the police! - Yes!
Master, your coat.
"The Way of the Samurai is death!" (*A quote from 'Hagakure')
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"What the--"
"Are you serious?"
"...You think you can really kill yourself?"
"What? What're you doing! Let go!"
You're so brave.
The only time women will pull this out...
...is to end her own life.
There is no other reason to pull this out.
I will teach you the way to do it.
You follow your Grandmother, alright?
Take it out of its casing.
Place its pommel on your left palm...
...And place the blade tip on your throat and stab at once.
This is just an etiquette you must learn as a Samurai's daughter.
You'll never need to use it in your life.
Well...I'm impressed.
Few days later
I came to see the face of a hero who chased the drunk away...
Obiya Soshichi (Pres. of Obiya Shipping Line)
...all by himself...
...But it was this lovely young lady...
...I'm astonished. - We at Suigetsu-ro are thankful...
...that we have such a brave successor.
Chouchou-san is from Fukahori, right?
- Yes. - I see... Fukahori, huh?
Since you are from Fukahori, I must reward you.
Chouchou-san, what is it that you wish?
It's alright, it's alright. If you can't think of one right now....
...I'll go ahead and decide for you. You'll be very pleased.
Kyaah~... What will it be? I'm looking forward to it, too.
See this? This is a 'denwaki.'
In English, it's called a 'telephone.'
Telephone.
Obiya Shipping main office
Well, it still has yet to be popular in Nagasaki.
Here in Obiya Shipping company, we negotiated with the Ministry of Communications...
...and used plenty of bribery, and finally able to get the permission...
...to build a private line between here and Yorozuya-machi branch.
- Master Obiya-sama. - Yes?
Your reward is to show this off to her?
Well, you are correct, generally speaking.
It's not worth the trip.
This is not all of it.
Just wait for a while.
Hello~! This is me.
Yes, President. That's right. We've been waiting.
Obiya Shipping Lines (Yorozuya-machi Branch)
Yes, I'll put him on.
You say 'Hello' to this part here.
Yes.
Hello.
Make your voice louder like this!
Hello! My name is Ito-- I mean, my name is Ohta Chou.
Chouchou-san?
This is Isaku. Tanigawa Isaku.
Tanigawa Isaku
Isaku-san? Are you really Isaku-san?
What are you doing?!
A Christian can't pass through a Torii gate of a shrine!
Zenchou Valley's 'Hidden Christian,' come here!
Come and get it!
Is Yuri-chan with you?
My sister's not with me but she's in Nagasaki, too.
Come on, Hidden Christian!
I want to meet with Yuri-chan and Isaku-san.
"Isaku? It's me."
She is the Chouchou-san you're looking for, right?
Ah? Your sister's the one looking for her? You don't need to make excuses.
You did good work, too. Alright, I'll hang up now.
That was your reward.
Thank you so much.
Chouchou-san.
Dejima Methodist Church
Tanigawa Yuri
Yuri-chan.
When I was working as a servant in the mansion of Obiya-sama...
I was sent to Higashi Yamate for some errands so on the way...
...my brother and I stopped here for some prayer.
After learning about our backrgound as Hidden Christians...
Pastor Davison and his wife took pity on her...
...after she told them of her story.
...so they've decided to adopt Yuri as their daughter. - I see. I'm happy for you.
It is surprising.
I now look like an American.
I'm jealous. It's like a fairy tale.
Also Chouchou-san, I had no idea...
...that you're now the adopted daughter and heir to Suigetsu-ro.
When we asked your relatives in Fukahori...
...they only told me that you left for Nagasaki.
We were looking for you for a long time.
I had wanted to enroll in Kassui Girls' School.
I also will attend Kassui this fall.
- We'll get to study together in Kassui? - Yes.
(This is 'Shoro Nagashi' = held every Aug. 15, people float 'boats' that are said to be carrying spirits of dead loved ones down the river)
Yasuke!
Call the doctor from the syphilis hospital. Hurry!
(7 days later)
Thank God we were able to finish with... (7 days later)
...the seven day-funeral without a hitch.
From now on, we must support Chou...
...and continue the successful business for Suigetsu-ro.
However, our successor is still too young.
She hasn't yet fully received...
...the training to be the Madam of the red light district.
However, the red light distrist particularly Suigetsu-ro...
...cannot survive without a Madam.
So well... until Chou comes of age...
I have decided to have someone fill in as our Madam for now.
- Father! - You're already here, Chiyo.
Yes, please come on in.
- Who are they? - His second home* in Kojiya Town. (*second family)
- That person used to be a geisha from Hakata. - Oh...
Chou, she will be the new Madam of Suigetsu-ro.
Greet her properly.
I am Chou.
My name is Taka. Looking forward to your cooperation.
Taka
However, my child, unlike you...
...is the Master's real daughter...
...Please don't be picking on her too much.
I'm sure we'll get along.
And Chou, please hand over...
...your seat* to Taka and Chiyo. (*Chou's 'seat' as chief mourner, being that she's supposed to be the successor)
What the hell was that about? Madam's death hasn't even reached 49 days yet...
...that concubine of his has already moved in.
- Didn't waste time, did she? - The nerve.
And why are they treating Chou-sama like that!
They're treating her so roughly.
I heard some rumors from the parlor.
About what?
That our late Madam...
...was being poisoned in small doses.
Eh? What do you mean?
In these times, there is this thing called arsenic.
If you give this drug to a person in continuous small doses, it would kill him.
Who would do such a thing?
It is better not to know. Besides, there is no evidence.
Scary!
It's nice and cold.
Anyway, here are your old clothes.
I thought you threw these away.
They're keepsakes from your mother and grandmother.
It would be a cruel thing to throw them away.
Thank you.
You mustn't give up.
Chou-sama must make her precious dream come true.
You must endure anything for that sake.
I will go and get the application for the Kassui Girl's School...
...while I'm on my errands, alright?
And then Yasuke-san got this huge bump...
...on his head. - I saw it, too!
These are for Madam and Chiyo-sama.
- Don't mix them with the others when you wash them. - Yes.
Don't take too long with it.
Leave this to Chou-san, and go clean.
Come on! Hurry up! What're you still doing here?
Back to your work!
- Chou-sama. - Yes?
A friend of yours wants to see you.
Alright.
- America? - It was decided so suddenly.
Pastor Davison and his wife have to return home...
...and I have to go with them.
What about Kassui Girl's School?
I will be attending a seminary in New Jersey.
- 'Seminary?' - It's a school for pastors.
So you'll become a lady pastor?
Chouchou-san, you must get into Kassui, alright?
I will study English in Kassui and then I will also go to America.
I will follow you to America.
I'll wait for you. Make sure you come. Promise me.
- What time will you leave? - Noontime on the day after tomorrow at Ohato Port.
I will go and say goodbye.
Chou-san. Chou!
Not even finished washing... Where did she go loitering?!
I'm leaving this with you. It's my most precious treasure.
Remember me with this.
Chou!
So then, I'll be going now.
("New Testament")
Yuri-chan...
'Parent?'
Yes, Sir.
May you please place here your parental seal of approval.
Are you way over your head?
But before Madam died, she said I could go to Kassui Girls School....
There's a mistake in this application.
Where is it?
- Right here, what surname did you use? - Ohta Chou.
- Isn't your name Ito Chou? - But now I'm Ohta...
You can't go around calling yourself an Ohta as you please, it's annoying.
You may think you were adopted but your name was never added to the family records.
Matsu was pampered since childhood...
That's why she was always a little absent-minded.
In order for you to be the heir to this place...
...she should've put your name in the family records...
So then, you have nothing to do with this Suigetsu-ro.
Well, that means... you can't go that girls' school either.
I understand.
It's good that you understand.
Then, I'll request to be excused.
That's what you may want but it doesn't work out that way.
Do you know about this?
It's a deed for your ransom.
Ransom?
It's a finder's fee. Your uncle Obayashi Genkuro...
...sold you for 100 yen.
I was... sold?
This deed is no different from a prostitute's contract.
So starting tomorrow, you can be in the prostitutes' rooms on the 2nd floor.
Or should we sell you off to Shanghai?
Which do you prefer?
You think you can cheat us on the 100 yen by escaping from us?
What're you looking at? Go back to work!
Ohato Port
- Nii-san, do me a favor for Chouchou-san. - Yes.
Please watch over her, alright?
Someday, I will go to America with Chouchou-san. Wait for us.
I will.
Yuri-chan, forgive me for not being able to see you off.
"Sound of Love..." (a Noh epic song)
Chouchou-san.
Isaku-san...
You want to borrow 100 yen?
So that you can pay for Chou's freedom?
In return, I will work with no pay for the rest of my life.
- So you are putting yourself as collateral. - Yes.
You really want to support her. You have that chivalrous spirit...
..so I could lend you 100 yen but...
Supposing you go to Suigetsu-ro with 100 yen...
...but you can't take Chou out of bondage?
You must have someone who knows the business as an intermediary...
...who will take the right steps to negotiate.
- Then what should I do? - Ah...
- I already made the arrangement. - Eh?
Before you came here, someone has already consulted me.
Come on out, Kinu-san.
Right now, she's the maidservant at Suigetsu-ro...
But not long ago, she goes by the name of Harukoma-neesan of Maruyama.
Your Master and new Madam...
...where are they? - Who are you may I ask?
What do you mean who am I? (Ko - the Madam of 'Sueishi' geisha house)
She is... the Madam of Sueishi.
- Huh, Yasuke-san? - What're you waiting for?
You fool, can't you see she's the Madam of Sueishi? Go. Hurry!
It is as what the rumors say... This place has indeed changed...
To sell a deed of 100 yen for 200 yen...
...nothing better than that, I suppose? - Certainly.
As the Madam of Sueshi geisha house, you made a great choice.
She had lessons for dance, shamisen, flute and taiko (drums)...
We have invested a lot in her...
...so she's properly trained even for a place such as Sueishi.
So starting tomorrow, she can already start as a maiko.
Ko-san, you are smart in your dealings.
Go ahead.
Tome-san.
I heard a rumor that the tea served in this house have...
...a special medicine from the European trade.
...Did you put some in this, too?
- Of course not. - Oh, that's too bad.
Well, no reason to stay here too long.
Chouchou-san, you can come out now.
From hereon, Sueishi will take custody of you.
President, thank you very much.
For the 200 yen that you lent me, please deduct it from...
...my wages starting today. Thank you.
I have known Ko of Sueishi for a long time.
No need to pay because I'm giving that money to Ko as 'consolation money.'
How is she going to use that money is none of my business.
Yes.
Chouchou-san...
...She will become a good geisha.
Chouchou-san will be a geisha?
They did not accept my application for admission?
Sueishi (Geisha House)
- Why? - I was told that...
'The school is a sacred Christian school for girls...'
'Anyone from the geisha world is not allowed...'
'..for admission. The school should not have associations with anyone from...'
'...the Maruyama (red-light district) that corrupts public morals.'
That's what they said.
If they don't accept you because you're from a geisha house,
...then you have to find a respectable household that will adopt you...
...then, you can try to apply in that school once again.
No... it's enough, Madam.
But to get into Kassui...
...that has been your dream since you were a child, right?
I'm relinquishing my dream to go there.
Madam...
Go ahead and make me into a maiko (apprentice geisha) of Sueishi.
You have to keep on learning English.
Work hard to become an English- speaking maiko.
Fukahori "Bodaji" Cemetery
Mother, Grandma, for my sake...
She has become skillful.
Mother, I feel a little nauseated..
Me, too.
Is this because of the cholera?
We mustn't infect Chou.
I'll take us far away from the shore.
Chou...
Mother, Grandma, please forgive me.
Spring,1889
I will live my life with pride.
"Maiko Haru-Chou" (Spring Butterfly)
Presenting Haru-Chou-san of Sueishi.
Haru-Chou! Haru-Chou!
Presenting Haru-Chou-san of Sueishi.
Haru-Chou! Haru-Chou!
American Navy Cruiser, "Port Hudson"
William Franklin (Naval Gunnery Officer)
Dr. John Sayre (surgeon)
Tough job you have, Mr. Gunner.
Not as tough as yours, Mr. Surgeon.
I've been wondering all day...
...have we changed course?
Our cylinders are out of order, and we have to head to the nearest port for repairs.
Where are we heading?
- Nagasaki... Japan. - Nagasaki?
Wonderful.
Here... read this before we get there.
"Madame Chrysantheme..."
...Pierre Loti?
A French naval officer who wrote about his experiences.
In Nagasaki, officers are not allowed to consort with prostitutes.
Well, of course not, we're officers.
But we are allowed to get married.
And what officer would marry a Japanese woman.
He did... A girl named O-Kiku.
So does the French navy allow taking wives on board then?
- Absolutely not. - So then what's the point of getting married...
...if you have to abandon your wife in Nagasaki?
- That is the point. - What is?
Only being married while you're in Nagasaki.
That's not marriage.
It's called a 'Nagasaki Marriage.'
A 'Nagasaki Marriage...?'
You hold a proper Japanese wedding ceremony. It's all quite legal...
...and practical. I'm thinking about doing it myself.
Excuse me, Doctor.
Anyway, read the book... you'll come around.
A 'Nagasaki marriage...'
Translation and fine timing: earthcolors
Spot translator: danburi
Raw provider and retiming: furransu
Next on ~ CHOUCHOU-SAN ~ Part 2: "Far-away America"
Original screenplay: Ichinikawa Shinichi
Music: Muramatsu Takatsugu
Producers: Sano Motohiko, Taniguchi Takukei
Director: Shimizu Kazuhiko
Starring:
'Ito Chou' MIYAZAKI Aoi
'Tanigawa Isaku' ITO Atsushi
'Franklin' Ethan LANDRY
'Matsu' TODA Keiko
'Kinu' TOMOSA Karie
'Ota Kisaburo' IWAMATSU Ryo
'Miura Kanji' KAZAMA Toru
'Ito Yae' OKUNUKI Kaoru
FUJIMURA Shiho as 'Ito ' ACHIWA Satomi as 'Tome'
YO Kimiko as 'Ko' HONDA Hirotaro as 'Genkuro'
TAKAHASHI Yumiko as 'Taka' Patrick HARLAN as 'Dr. Sayre'
and NISHIDA Toshiyuki as 'Obiya'