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Memoirs of a Geisha Page #6
in Miyako?
If a tree has no leaves or branches,
can you still call it a tree?
With nothing but rubble at my feet,
can I still call myself a businessman?
I should have taken
better care of you.
Please, you saved my life.
I owe you so much in return.
The Chairman and I
need American financing.
There is a man,
...who has the power
to grant us a contract.
I showed him your picture.
He asked to meet you.
I am not a persuasive man, Sayuri.
But if you and a few geisha...
...would once again put on
your kimono and join us...
...we could show the Americans
how hospitable our country can be.
How I wish, Nobu-san.
But that was a long time ago.
I have no doubt, Sayuri...
...that you could still melt the heart
of any man.
No matter how resistant.
I am not accustomed to begging...
...but please know
that if you consent...
...the Chairman and I would be
most grateful.
One dollar. One dollar.
- What?
- One dollar.
But I was a far cry from the geisha
I had once been.
Hey, mama-san, let's step inside.
The secrets of our hidden world were
postcards now for girls back home.
Any streetwalker with a painted face
and silk kimono...
...could call herself a geisha.
I looked for the one person
who might help:
Mameha.
The war was written on her face.
Everything about her, not just
her home, was less than before.
Sayuri, when my poor Baron
filled his pockets with stones...
...I was desperate.
What could I do?
I sold my kimono,
I traded my jade combs for rations.
It was painful at first,
but I have made my peace.
Now, I make a small but tidy living
renting rooms.
I am not about to go
chasing the past.
It might do you good.
- How?
- To remind you that, once...
...with a single glance, you could bring
a man like the Baron to his knees.
Well...
...I did keep one kimono.
The Baron gave it to me
when he became my danna.
Thank you, Onei-san.
So tell me. What do we know
about entertaining Americans?
- Was she worth it?
- Hell, yeah.
- Come on.
- All right.
Chiyo-chan! Is that you?
I have no right to ask favors of you,
Pumpkin, I know that.
Guess what. I only smoke
Chesterfields now.
I have wanted to apologize to you
for so long about the okiya.
These soldiers, you know
who they've got me singing?
- It should have gone to you.
- Frank Sinatra and Dinah Shore.
If it is in your heart to forgive me...
Sayuri, don't.
The honest truth?
I'd rather chew sand
than go back to all that.
Then you are not angry with me?
Don't worry about me, chickadee.
I've got more clients
than I can handle.
You seem so at home
with these Americans.
They're bastards.
So who's this colonel?
Sounds like top brass.
He has the power to approve
American funding...
...for Nobu and the Chairman.
So is he willing to pay us
American dollars?
Cash?
Don't waste my time.
You think I'm a sucker?
I want 60 cases Lucky Strike...
...or I'm taking my business
to Sergeant MacPhee.
I had to become a geisha
once more.
Mother had reopened the okiya,
but my powder box was empty.
My charcoal had turned to dust.
And yet, it was my one chance
to see the Chairman again.
Would he notice
my weathered hands?
The threadbare silk?
See? You are yourself again.
The world had changed completely.
Had he?
And would I finally find the strength
to tell him all that I felt?
Just look at you, Sayuri.
It's as if the war did not happen.
I am so glad to see that
the Chairman is safe.
Accept my apologies
asking this of you...
No.
There is nothing I can do
to return your kindness.
- I've wanted to tell you that...
- Sayuri!
May I present Colonel Derricks.
My God, you're more stunning
in person.
This is my associate,
Lieutenant Hutchins.
It's an honor, ma'am.
Sayuri is one of the mysteries
of the Orient I told you about.
A mystery that perhaps
you can solve.
- Would you mind? Can we? Colonel.
- Yes, of course. Colonel.
Okay, sure.
Good.
All right, hold it. Beautiful.
Hey, who likes whiskey?
Look at this. We got a live one, sir.
Chairman, please don't tell me
you started the party without me.
May I present Pumpkin.
- Hello!
- Pumpkin! Over here.
One sec.
Okay! Gentlemen! Please.
- Oh, it's been a long time.
- Good to see you.
You haven't changed.
You look like a little boy.
This is a... My!
It's huge! Like an elephant.
Please, have a seat. Buckle up.
I'm excited, but I'm scared.
You're not going anywhere! Okay?
Good for him, not so good for us.
May we join you, gentlemen?
- Yes, please.
- Wow, I could get used to this.
Back home, a bath is nothing more
than a quick shower on cold tile...
...with a bar of lye soap, right?
But here, you make everything
a ritual, don't you?
That is the art of turning habit
into pleasure, colonel.
Spoken like a true geisha.
If we are in business together, then
perhaps we will visit you someday.
I'd like to see the United States.
I know a little game we can play.
I know this game.
Back home we call it "marriage. "
No, I'm serious. Now, listen closely.
- Sayuri know the rules.
- I never met a woman who didn't.
Each person says two things.
One is true, the other is not.
If you guess right,
the liar pays the price.
So it pays to lose.
There you go.
Okay, I'll go first. Let's see.
One day in Sapporo,
where I was born...
...a fisherman caught
a talking fish.
The other story is the true one.
And I haven't even heard it yet.
- How would you know?
- No, no. You drink. You drink.
- If I drown, it's all your fault.
- Nobu-san, your turn. Please.
I'm no match for these geisha.
They are experts in the art of deceit.
I'm an expert in one thing
and one thing only:
Sake.
Sayuri, the truest story you know.
Once, when I was a little girl...
...on the banks of the Sunagawa...
...a handsome stranger
was kind enough...
...to buy me a cup of sweet ice...
I think we have to stop the game.
If Pumpkin drinks any more sake,
she will pass out.
- That is a true story.
- Mameha. Sayuri. Everyone.
- I'm sorry.
- Okay.
So...
...what is the protocol?
Excuse me?
Suppose I wanted to see you
in private.
I beg your pardon, colonel,
that is not a geisha's custom.
Don't be coy. I mean,
if it's a question of price, I'm sure...
If there were a price,
I saw the two of you whispering.
You have arranged some kind
of tryst, haven't you?
- What did you promise him?
- Your company. Nothing more.
He seemed to expect a great deal!
If I had wanted a common whore,
What are you trying to say?
Just the idea of you with him,
with any man...
...you'd be dead to me!
Can't you see that I want you
for myself?
You have ruined me.
Before we met,
I was a disciplined man.
to come.
I should have listened to him.
I must beg your forgiveness,
Nobu-san.
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