An Inn at Osaka Page #2

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I don't feel like them.

How stingy.

Orika, Mr Mita is a real bore.

He's a certified cheque.

I wonder if he likes girls.

It's here!

Good night!

- Excuse me!

- A customer!

Mita!

Where is Mita?

Mita!

Mita!

Where is Mita?

Welcome, Mr Mita's room

is upstairs, number five.

All right.

Thanks.

So I'll go upstairs.

She is a geisha.

She wears a good kimono.

I wonder how much it costs.

Excuse me.

You have a visitor.

Good night.

- What are you doing here so late?

- Why haven't you answered me?

That's not kind,

is it, Tawara?

It's a good room.

You have found a good place.

Can you afford it with your salary?

Sit down.

Now and then I have to buy you a good sake,

so you stop worrying about your mother.

What a quite place.

Miss...

His mother...

...told me:
"My son moves to Osaka.

And that's why...

...I beg you to look after him.

Keep watch so that he

isn't forced to hang himself."

She begged me crying.

Enough.

You have a good mother.

You are her only son,

that's why she is so worried.

- Don't you think so, miss?

- Yes, I do.

Hey...

I've got neighbours.

I don't mind.

This isn't a place

for geishas.

I hardly ever see you

in a place with geishas...

- Right?

- I am no executive.

I don't like executives.

Nevertheless, I met you...

thanks to this executive here,

Mr Tawara.

- That's right. - But I don't feel

obliged to him for that favour.

Let's drink!

- Miss... - Yes.

- Bring us some sake.

- Not very hot.

- All right.

Miss, bring some glasses, too.

What's the matter, Tawara?

How awful.

I don't understand you.

What is this?

- A blanket.

- Did you buy it?

Anything wrong?

Just as...

I thought.

I'd like to tell you that

you have made a good purchase, but...

...it is identical to another with which

they cheated a customer of mine.

The same pattern

and the same brand.

Is it an imitation? They told me

that it was from England.

I am so sorry.

But no tears fall from my eyes

because of this.

You have been cheated.

This is a disgrace for Osaka.

They cheat people who come from so far,

from Tokyo. They've swindled you.

It doesn't happen only

in Osaka or in Tokyo.

Nowadays everybody lives

cheated by somebody.

My head starts aching. I don't understand

such complicated things.

But I am no swindler.

Who knows?

Are you serious?

Mita!

The other day you said

something to Tawara.

What?

That geishas are vain,

even if the aren't much worth.

What? Confess.

But you are a good man.

Excuse me.

Come in.

Ok.

Sorry that it has taken me

a bit long.

Can you cover him with my coat?

Come on, Mita, let's drink.

Forget about Tawara.

I'm going to drink.

And then you go home.

- I have to think about some things.

- No way! Drink once and for all!

Miss...

This person drinks too much.

Her name is Uwabami.

Miss Uwabami.

Nothing surprises him.

A geisha drinks too much

because she has a reason.

That's right.

There have only been

unpleasant jobs lately.

Besides, if we are drunk

it's impossible to seduce customers.

This is why I drink so much.

You see? It's hopeless.

I see.

Geishas suffer, too.

I am human, too.

Yes.

Why are you so astonished?

You are also human.

Yes, absolutely.

Executives are like us, too.

Yes, they are.

Drink once and for all like

a real man!

You have done well.

Come on, go home

as we have promised.

No, no, I don't want to.

Shut up and start thinking!

I am leaving!

Are you?

What about your companion?

I am drunk.

- Let her.

- Tawara.

That's right. Let me...

More sake, Miss.

What a racket

in Mr. Mita's room.

Where comes that geisha from?

From Kitashinchi.

How modern geishas

are nowadays.

More than in our time.

- This is the tip she has given me.

- Keep it, keep it.

Let's see, let's see...

One thousand yens.

How generous.

- How many jugs of sake have they

ordered? Get them another. - All right.

Give it to me.

- Not so much.

- Ok.

How bad this sake tastes.

- How is your son?

- He is fine.

He is already in secondary school.

Good.

Excuse me.

Before dying I would like to do

something big. Do you have any idea?

Find yourself a pretty girl.

You are right.

- You won't be able.

- Come off it!

Listen, Otsugi...

Why do you think Mr Mita

doesn't sleep with that geisha?

That's the good thing

about Mr Mita.

He is a serious man.

He is old-fashioned.

He is not my type.

Mr Noro!

Mr Noro!

Where are you going?

I'm going to meet a big boss

who has arrived in Osaka.

When you see him, tell him

that we'd like to win the lottery!

Oyone...

Wasn't the lottery

to be abolished?

Really? I'm against that. I want to

win two million yens.

I can't be always a maid.

Listen...

Is that guy Orika's boyfriend?

He's handsome despite being a cook.

Mita...

It seems that sale has been

in decline all these last months.

This year isn't different from others.

I'd like you to make an bigger effort,

it's a chance.

Tokumei Kumiai has lost his reputation.

It's an opportunity for us.

Business agents are

working well.

I doubt it.

Thanks.

- Has the boss said anything?

- Nothing unusual.

The boss doesn't like people

from Tokyo.

- Why?

- You'll see.

By the way, your grandfather

was a big boss of this firm.

Don't come to me with that now.

I don't like people

to talk about my grandfather.

Now everything fits.

That's why they didn't fire you,

although you slapped your boss.

If it would have been me...

It's good to have

a grandfather like this.

"Don't use imitations."

Uwabami

Welcome.

Gee!

What a good-quality blanket.

It must be very expensive.

You are a very lucky man.

- The geisha likes you very much.

- Do you mean Uwabami?

- She is a friend.

- A friend?

But she likes you very much,

that's why she comes here.

Why do you women always

take it this way?

I'm sorry.

But you haven't got so many

worries like us.

That's not true.

Why do you say that?

Orika!

Orika, they are calling you.

- Thanks.

- Welcome.

- I have washed your clothes.

- Thanks.

Anything wrong with Orika?

She has a boyfriend.

He just got fired and

is in financial trouble.

Really?

I also want to save five

thousand yens for my son.

But I don't have enough...

Here.

Thanks.

Mr Mita.

The bath is free.

You can take a bath now,

while it's clean.

- Will Ossan be there?

- Yes, he will.

So I was cheated, too.

What an imitation!

That girl.

I am going to complain.

It is not necessary.

I will go.

- It's my business.

- No, no, I will go, too.

Anyway, I will show you

where she lives.

I didn't think it was taken.

If you will excuse me...

That guy gets on

with our maid.

What an absurd fellow.

How painful to feel cheated.

Painful?

It's about confidence

in human beings.

Ah... Human beings...

So...

What was it about?

Ah... Confidence...

It's here.

- Wait a second.

- All right.

Can I help you?

What have you sold me?

What is this?

This is an imitation.

The man who has bought it

is there, outside.

Come here.

This is the girl.

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