Ken Page #4

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We're burning with

The blood of youth

We're carrying

The fire of glory

It is endlessly stirred up

By the forest of our ideal

Hello guys!

I come to cheer you on.

I brought parcels for you.

Thank you.

Help yourselves.

I love this rustic place.

I could stay for a swim.

Eri, I want you to leave.

Why? Am I bothering you?

We're training hard.

Do you understand?

That's you alright.

Don't worry.

I had planned to leave soon.

I only wanted to see you.

Good luck.

Invite me to celebrate the victory.

You're leaving already?

- Stay a little longer.

- Come on!

Thank you! But...

I have to visit a friend.

Fall in!

Hurry up.

Come on!

Are you in love with him?

I'm sure nothing happened between them.

Think what you want.

Why do you say that?

Because Kokubu hasn't changed.

So, you're still not equal.

You're still behind him.

Win the championship!

Good luck!

What heat!

It's unbearable!

Only two days left.

Hey guys!

What about a swim?

Without Kokubu's permission?

The ship will be late.

No one will see us.

Water is in front of us!

It can only do us some good.

I can assure you.

I know you want to swim.

Are you so scared of Kokubu?

I'll tell you something.

You think Kokubu is a god.

But he's a man, just like us.

His asceticism, it's full of sh*t.

He put his hand under Eri's skirt.

That's Kokubu's real face.

That's why he chased her away.

Are you sure?

He has no right to lecture us!

Hasn't he?

You're right.

Let's go.

- Let's swim.

- To the water!

I don't have swimming trunks.

Swim with your briefs. It's the country here.

Hurry up!

What's going on, Mibu?

I'm staying here.

As you wish.

I want to bring Kokubu back to reality.

He must learn to manage the unexpected.

Remember that you're not Kokubu.

You're yourself.

Let's go!

Hello!

Here.

- It's for you.

- Thank you.

- Is everyobdy fine?

- Yes.

- No sick person?

- No.

Are you going to the temple?

Get in. I'm going there.

- Shall we get in? There's 1 km left.

- Ok.

Thank you sir.

Thank you.

No worry.

They're only swimming.

No.

Something is broken.

It's irreversible.

The master has arrived!

Already?

What are you doing?

I swam with you.

Mibu!

I couldn't stop you.

We're all responsible.

It would be weak of me

to play the model pupil.

I'd rather die than showing

myself like that in front of Kukubu.

What kind of training course is it?

Swimming?

Did you allow them to do it?

I had forbidden them.

I'm responsible. Forgive me.

It's me.

Why?

I thought...

They would like it.

Is that so?

Kagawa, go back to Tokyo immediately.

That's an order.

I'm taking care of everything with Kokubu.

Don't worry.

But you're not exempted of championship.

Don't forget it.

Until then, do some exercices

to keep in shape.

Anyway, go back!

Yes, I'm leaving.

All of you, get dressed.

Mibu?

Tell me, Mibu...

Did you swim with the others?

Yes.

Really?

Yes.

You too...

I'm proud of you.

You've been transformed

after only ten days of training.

Effort shows on your bodies.

I'm sure of our victory.

Are you, master?

But more importantly, don't

slack after the training course.

How to keep your condition?

Think about it individually.

Now let's have a toast.

Well...

Cheers!

Wake up! Kokubu disappeared!

Kokubu! Where are you?

He's dead.

Kokubu is dead!

It's the journal Kokubu

was keeping during the training course.

There's nothing in it

looking like a testament.

But he recorded his feelings

in writing before his suicide.

August 30th.

The day of my arrival.

The day when you went for a swim.

He doesn't mention it in his journal.

He only wrote at the end:

"I don't know how to be in charge.

"One has to be strong and upright,

or commit suicide.

"There is no other option."

I'd never have believed

he would commit suicide.

He was so strong...

Why did he give up?

And so easily?

Kagawa, you're the one who gave up.

When you talked about Kokubu and me.

Even so you knew.

You knew I was bluffing!

To tell the truth, he never touched me.

I was nothing to him.

But I loved him!

Kokubu didn't give up.

By killing himself,

he wanted to save his uprightness

and his strength.

I'm the one who lost.

He went too far,

I'll never surpass him.

I'm ashamed.

I wanted to become as strong as Kokubu.

But finally...

Finally...

No one ever understood Kokubu.

Not even me.

Kokubu lived in simplicity.

It was his ideal.

Why did we lead him to his death?

Why didn't we understand him?

Shame on us.

THE END:

CINEMA IS DAIEI!

A PASSIONATE YOUTH

DEDICATED TO PURITY

YUKIO MISHIMA'S WORKS

TRANSFERED TO THE SCREEN

KEN:

ICHIKAWA RAIZO:

FUJI YUKIKO:

Kiss me if you want.

You're cruel.

You're harsh with me.

You're harder than I am.

Stay with me for a little while.

You're a coward.

Who are you?

A FIGHT AGAINST SORDID REALITY

Kokubu is like a diamond

born from the sun.

This kind of man doesn't

exist anymore nowdays.

Don't lead him into it.

I know who you're thinking about.

Kokubu Jiro, your rival.

- He has no experience.

- Is he still a virgin?

We have to initiate him to sexual pleasures.

Hostility among young people

is a form of friendship.

You always say that adults world

is tainted with ugliness and corruption.

Someday you'll have to get used to this reality.

It's a relentless pursuit.

Did you pee?

Do you feel better?

I'm Kokubu of the kendo club.

You're a disgrace to our university.

Make room.

A KENJI MISUMI'S FILM

PHOTOGRAPHY:
MAKIURA CHIKASHI

Me too, I have hope.

But I dislike triviality.

Triviality?

Is thinking about the future trivial?

Yes.

So what's your goal in life?

Satisfaction of the present.

The sword.

AN UNUSUAL MASTERPIECE

ABOUT YOUTH:

With me there will be no mistake.

Those who believe in me can follow me.

May the others leave.

KEN:

SOON ON YOUR SCREEN

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