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really is three cities running together.

There`s Kobe, Osaka, and Kyoto.

-They got kabuki there.

-What`s kabuki?

You never heard of kabuki theater?

-No.

-All men, no dames.

-That`s going to be dull, isn`t it?

-l don`t know.

lf it`s all dames you want,

l think we`re going to get there in about....

Yep. Look down there.

See that little park with the little lakes

around it? That`s Matsubayashi.

-Where?

-Right down there.

-You see it?

-Yeah.

The Matsubayashi girls

are the most famous girls in Japan.

You know, they sing, they dance,

they act all the parts, no men.

Katsumi knows all the actresses.

She`s a movie fan or something.

Listen, you`re just blowing your top

about seeing Katsumi, aren`t you?

-Carrying on.

-She`s my girl, Major.

-Well, G.G., good to see you.

-So long, Lloyd.

-Lots of luck to you.

-Good enough. Thank you. Bye-bye.

Lloyd, here we are!

-Come on.

-Hey, there!

-Don`t forget to act surprised.

-Yeah.

Hi, there! Hot dog!

Won`t he be surprised!

-Major?

-Yeah.

How about being my best man?

Now, listen, Kelly,

l told you that l`m against this marriage.

lt would mean a lot to me.

What do you say, Major?

Okay.

Consul`s office, 10:00, Saturday.

Well, come on, honey. Hurry up.

Well, hello! Come here, you!

-You`re good--

-Bless your heart!

Certainly good to see you.

Hi, sir. Nice to see you.

l was getting off the plane.

l said, ``There`s General Webster.

``But who is that good-looking woman?``

Listen, tell me about Eileen. How is she?

She finds Tulsa terribly dull

without you, Lloyd.

Well, you know,

l wish she could have come along.

-You couldn`t expect us to bring her here.

-l know that--

You`ll stay at the hotel with us at first.

Later, you`ll be stationed at the field.

l see.

Come on, let`s go. You get in first.

-No, you go ahead.

-You get in.

-No, you got--

-Go on. Get in!

Ladies first. What`s the matter with you?

Hi, Lloyd.

You devil.

Come here.

l`m glad to see you, darling.

l forgot what an ugly girl you got here.

Lloyd, she`s not ugly. She`s a beautiful girl.

What are you saying? She`s the ugliest girl

l ever saw. Come here, you.

And that dress, l think it`s terrible.

lt just goes in and out....

-That`s awful.

-lt`s meant to go in and out.

l go in and out.

Well, we`ll talk about that later.

Send Maj. Gruver`s luggage

up to his room, will you?

That`s beautiful, isn`t it?

-Are there any rules against it?

-There are no rules against it.

-lt`s understood--

-l thought the club would be honored!

Please, Mike, let`s go.

-What`s she doing here?

-Mother!

lsn`t she with that young officer?

You know, Kobe`s a recreation center.

That`s right, dear.

lt degrades the uniform.

lt`s out-and-out fraternization.

-Mother, she`s beautiful.

-All the more reason. Mark?

-Col. Crawford?

-Yes, sir?

-Let`s get out of this clip joint.

-Just a minute, Capt. Bailey.

What`s the trouble?

l didn`t mean to bother you

with this, General.

But Capt. Bailey here

is wanting to take her into the club.

General Webster, sir.

This young lady

is one of Japan`s most famous dancers.

She`s no ordinary....

Yes, l understand.

Even so, don`t you realize

this club is only for American personnel?

Now...

we`ve been pretty easy

about fraternization in this area...

even though there are

very strict orders against it.

But when an officer

who should be an example....

Am l to understand, sir...

that you personally refuse to allow me

to take this young lady into the club?

l understand how you feel, Captain,

and l`m very embarrassed.

-But l`m sorry.

-Thank you.

Thank you, sir!

Don`t you know that there`s such a thing

as insolence through manner?

Thank you, sir.

Well, come on in, boys.

Eileen has to change.

-Eileen`s taking you to the kabuki tonight.

-Good.

We met Mr. Nakamura, the head actor,

and he invited her to come.

lsn`t that the place

where there are no dames...

-and the men play all the women`s parts?

-That`s right.

The way they do at Princeton.

Come on, Mark.

Gonna be fun. Come on, baby.

You bring your lunch?

Miss Eileen Webster.

Who`d you find there?

That`s Nakamura. He`s the one l met.

He`s very famous.

-That Nakamura?

-Yeah.

lt`s about a lady who turns into a lion.

He`s going....

She`s going to turn into a lion right here?

l want to see that.

l love you, Lloyd. l love you terribly.

l always have, and l guess l always will.

l love you, honey.

Awful glad you`re here, too.

Everybody acting like

nobody ever kisses a woman.

She wouldn`t be half so ugly if she didn`t

stick her face in that flour barrel.

She?

Well, whatever it was.

You got me.

He`s a male actress.

lt says here

they`ve been trained since childhood...

to have the grace of a woman,

and yet the power of a man.

My word.

My lord, that`s my father!

ls he man enough now for you, Lloyd?

ls that the same fellow?

All right, boy.

l am sure it must be very difficult...

to enjoy theater so different from your own.

-We found it fascinating.

-l am glad.

Kabuki is very old, isn`t it?

Some 300 years.

l find myself becoming intrigued

by everything in Japan.

l should be happy to help you

know my country better...

if at any time l can.

You did not enjoy the evening so much,

l fear, Maj. Gruver.

Yeah, l thought it was a fine play.

l thought you could use a Marilyn Monroe

here and there, you know.

Unfortunately, Miss Monroes were barred...

from kabuki in the 1 7th century.

l didn`t mean to sound corny.

l just didn`t know what to say about it.

Please, do not apologize.

l am great admirer of Miss Monroe...

myself.

That`s two of us. That`s you and me, boy.

No, don`t do it to me. l did real good.

Thank you very much.

-Fine art.

-Let`s go and see the garden.

Okay, you go on. l`ll take this.

That`s fine. Fine cooking. Very good.

Here you are, honey.

-No, thank you.

-Don`t care for any?

-Sit down, darling.

-You look awful pretty.

l`ve been doing a lot of thinking

with you away, Lloyd.

Answer me one thing.

-What`s that, honey?

-Why aren`t we married now?

-lsn`t that a silly question?

-No, not really.

You do a lot of wondering in Tulsa.

l suppose the Korean War

might have a little something to do with it.

Wasn`t Korea maybe convenient, Lloyd?

-Convenient?

-What l really mean is...

do l mean everything to you,

as you do to me?

Of course you do--

You see, l went to visit your mother

before l came here, there in Richmond.

My mother?

l was appalled at the loneliness

in which she lives...

and the way your father is content

to go off...

and leave her walled up within a circle

of friends while he plunges off to the war--

Honey, now, you just hold on a second.

You got to remember something.

My father`s a general, honey.

And besides that,

my mother wants to live that way.

-Don`t be ridiculous.

-What do you mean? Don`t tell me--

No woman wants to live any way except

body and soul with the man she loves.

You`ll never tuck me away

in the corner of some little town.

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