Sakuran

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Step right up!

Kiyoha!

A client!

Come on in...

Come on in...

Kiyoha, do you know

who that was?

Takao's man.

Some kind of tormented artist.

So that's who's taking her money!

No wonder the old lady's so pissed off.

Kiyoha!

What?

Shut up and behave.

You're far too picky

about clients, you are.

'Her heartless lover...

'...is now outside the Quarter,

in Mukojima.

'Alone, without a client,

she tilts at windmills.'

Get cute with me, will you?

You piss me off, you pig!

Let go!

Hands off!

Let go, I said!

Get your hands off me!

Just what is it

that bothers you, anyway?

This world is a vale of tears.

There's nothing in it

that doesn't bother me.

Is there anything

you like about it, Seiji?

Well? ls there?

Save that for the clients.

Ah, I love a good pipe.

You can smoke on your back

and the ashes don't fall on you.

SAKURAN:

The cherry trees

were so beautiful...

...I forgot I'd been sold.

Hurry it up!

Shut up and look at

the cherry trees.

What did you say?!

Hey!

Come back here!

Get lost!

Shut up!

Come here!

Bubbles! Bubbles!

All colors of the rainbow!

Hey! It's the Tamagikuya oiran!

I shouldn't...you always pay

more than the going rate.

I just give you

what the boss tells me to.

Here.

No, Miss Hamayu.

'Hamayu of the Tamagikuya'

died 20 years ago.

Tell the boss O-Ran said hello.

So you're the new girl?

Not bad at all!

You're pretty enough to train

for a courtesan.

Now, listen...

You belong to the Tamagikuya now.

You'll serve Elder Sister Shohi,

and she'll teach you lots of things.

Your name will be 'Kiyoha'.

'Kiyoha'?

It sounds like a plant!

I don't like it.

Ow!

I do not wish a filthy little

boiled root for an attendant.

Oh! She stinks!

My nose is about to fall off!

So that hick came back again?

Yes! I can't take him any more!

You look worn out!

He wanted it five times!

One after another!

Get him so drunk he passes out.

You're awful!

You'll burn in hell!

Women, women, women.

A worId of women.

The thought I'd become one of them

suddenly terrified me.

Hey, you little brat!

Watch where you're going!

Hey!

Come here!

Damn you! Let go!

Let me go!

Let go!

You can't leave here!

Even if you manage to get out,

it's no different outside.

Come on.

Cherry blossoms...

Why aren't there any in here?

There's lots outside the wall.

This is a cherry tree.

The day it flowers,

I'll take you out of here.

No, thanks. I'll take myself out.

You've been sold

to the Tamagikuya.

I'll teach you what happens

when you run away.

You can never get out of here.

I'll get out.

When the cherry tree flowers

at Inari Shrine, l'll be gone!

That tree doesn't flower.

It never will.

Get used to being here

in the Quarter.

No!

I can't stand it!

Shohi!

Shohi!

Shohi!

A goldfish...

Shohi!

If l stay,

I'll turn into a horrible oiran!

My goldfish...

You killed one of them.

Inside the bowl

it would have been fine.

Put a goldfish in the river,

and what you get is a carp.

They only stay beautiful

in their bowl.

Why would you jump...

...out of your bowl?

I don't want to be an oiran!

Most of the girls here

never become oiran!

Say that when you are one!

I don't want to be a whore!

And who's the girl

this whore's money feeds?!

You're a contrary little b*tch.

The clients won't want you around.

So where else can you go?

Go clean out drains

or toilets, then.

Earn your keep that way.

That'd suit you better.

You? Become a whore?

A stupid village girl like you?

You'll never make it.

Let alone an oiran.

Who are you calling stupid?

What do you know?!

I'll learn to play samisen and koto.

And poetry!

Then I'll become a 'new girl'.

Then a courtesan.

And straight on to oiran!

A whore can make a client

do what she wants him to.

For that you need

'the tricks of the trade'.

lf you ever want out of here,

you must rise through the ranks...

...and find a rich merchant's son.

You have this.

The more a girl is given things...

...the more the others hate her.

That's being an oiran.

And no one likes you, so it's perfect.

Wear it after your first time.

Good, firm flesh...

Good color, too.

Kiyoha...you really are

a goddess.

The kind you only see

once in ten years!

It's time you were put forward.

With that innocent way you have...

...and that p*ssy,

you'll make 'em weep for joy.

Then I shout out, 'Yes, there!'

and, 'Oh, that feels so good!'

Then bend backwards

and pant real hard.

No.

Kiyoha, you don't 'shout'.

Your voice 'seeps' out.

Mr Konoya's here.

Send Kiyoha instead.

Excuse me.

Come in.

Well! Who are you?

I wanted the oiran, not a new girl.

I'm here in her place.

My name is Kiyoha.

Whatever kind of plant you are,

I'm not your typical old fart.

Just being young isn't enough.

A girl's got to know something.

The young ones make a lot of noise,

then they get sleepy and hungry.

When they drink they get crazy.

Back home they say...

Stop it. I don't need to hear

all about you.

They say a man who teases a girl

is just a big kid.

What?

You don't like the young ones

because you love them so much.

'I don't like the young ones...

'...'cause I love 'em so much...'

You old bastard!

What did you tell the oiran?!

Takao is very, very jealous,

you know.

I told her how wonderful you were,

and how much I liked you.

It worked out better

than I ever thought!

F*** off and die!

Old Man Konoya for your first time!

You're so lucky!

Mr Konoya's been coming here

since he was a young man.

Nothing to worry about.

Just lay back and shut your eyes.

I'm only worried that...

...while my eyes are shut

he'll fall asleep.

Takao-oiran must like you,

though.

Letting you have

a regular client like that.

I wonder...

Mr Konoya seems to have been

very persistent.

So it's not her idea...

Watch out, Kiyoha.

Yeah!

Uh-oh!

Kiyoha, since all you've got

going for you is your looks...

...I'll let you in on something.

The old man likes them

meek and mild.

So just lay back and let him do

whatever he wants.

Oh yeah?

Ah, me!

You smell so good...

Kiyoha, you're so nice...

I am? You've said

nothing but bad things about me.

Don't be angry.

I'm goingto show you...

...just how nice you are.

Kiyoha! Kiyoha!

She drives me wild!

She's only 17!

Look how white she is!

She's every bit as beautiful

as Takao-oiran.

She'll be the next oiran.

Just you wait!

I'll be her first!

You're crazy! I will!

It's me!

Me!

Me!

Me!

It's you.

All her clients come back

before three days are out!

The girl's amazing!

The daytime's busy, too.

Maybe we should give her

her own room.

And triple her price.

Like butter wouldn't melt

in her mouth!

When did she learn

to make eyes like that?

Yeah! She's really good.

It drives me crazy!

Why have I worked so hard

all these years?

Maybe you should take lessons!

What a thing to say!

I can't explain why,

but I know exactly what to do.

How to tilt my head

and Look at them...

How to Linger on them,

how to move...

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