Sayonara Page #10

And before l go, there was just...

one thing l wanted to know.

You remember one time you said to me...

that you could love me...

and be a wife, and a mother?

l remember.

You said that since you`d known me,

you`d been afraid...

of being a lonely old woman,

teaching dancing.

Remember that?

l remember.

Did you mean that

when you said it, Hana-ogi?

l meant it.

lt is already happening.

Love has gone out of my work, out of me.

Lloyd, please go now.

This will only bring pain and trouble.

You and l are going to have more trouble...

than we thought of having in our lives...

unless you`re absolutely honest

with yourself.

Please, Lloyd, can`t we talk about this later?

There isn`t going to be any later.

There`s only going to be right now.

Excuse me, Mother.

-l must return this robe.

-Listen to me.

l want to know.

Do you love me, or don`t you?

Because if you don`t...

then l`m going to have to find a way

to live with it.

-And if you do, then--

-Please, Lloyd.

Wait a minute.

l don`t want you to tell me anything more...

or anything less than you feel

in the very deepest part of you...

because what you answer to me now

is going to affect us for the rest of our lives.

Do you love me, Hana-ogi,

or don`t you love me?

l`m so frightened and confused.

l cannot think.

-l cannot even understand your thinking.

-l`m not thinking!

For the first time in my life,

l`m not thinking, and l don`t care.

-But, Lloyd, we must do the right thing.

-What are you talking about, the right thing?

We`ve been wasting two good lives

trying to do the right thing...

the right thing for Matsubayashi,

the right thing for my father...

the right thing for the military,

the right thing for Japanese tradition...

the right thing for the great white race.

-But we have duties and obligations.

-That`s right, we do!

We have duties and obligations...

and the first obligation we have

is to love each other...

to become man and wife,

and raise some clean, sweet children...

and give them the very best

that we know how.

And if we don`t meet that obligation,

we ain`t going to be any good to anybody.

We live in different worlds,

come from different races.

Honey, l want you to be my wife.

But what would happen to our children?

What would they be?

What would they be?

They`d be half Japanese, half American.

They`d be half yellow and half white.

They`d be half you, they`d be half me.

That`s all they`re going to be.

Hana-ogi, l want you to come with me now.

l want you to come with me now,

down to the American consulate...

here in Tokyo.

We`ll start filling out those papers,

`cause we`ve only got a few days...

to get this whole thing done,

get it out of the way.

Will you come?

l`m going to wait for you outside.

Did l tell you he`d be here?

Look at this crowd!

Look who`s here, our rivals.

-What do you know?

-You guys heard about it, too.

No secrets. No secrets in this country!

Hello, Major. What a coincidence!

You got a story for us, sir?

No. As a matter of fact, l don`t.

Major, you`re not going

to try to deny it, are you?

-Deny what?

-The story.

Why won`t you give us a story?

You`re big news now, sir.

l`m afraid l don`t know

what you`re talking about.

Here`s Hana-ogi. Maybe she`ll talk.

Come on, Hana-ogi, that`s not fair.

What did you say?

lt is very difficult for Japanese woman

to speak in public.

l have never done so.

But perhaps now it is the time.

Maj. Gruver has asked me to be his wife.

He knows there are many people

in his country...

who will be disturbed by this.

l know my people will be shocked, too.

But l hope they will learn to understand...

and someday approve.

We are not afraid,

because we know this is right.

l hope l can continue as a dancer.

And l hope, when l`m old...

l will be able to teach children to dance.

My own children.

Major? The big brass are gonna

yell their heads off about this.

The Japanese aren`t going to like it either.

Have you got anything to say to them, sir?

Yeah.

Tell them we said ``sayonara.``

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