Sayonara Page #5

how come you go out with Mike on dates

and fool around?

lt is very bad of me...

but l cannot help myself.

He`s so tall!

He`s a big boy, all right.

l mean, there`s no fooling about that.

But listen...

what l really want to know is...

does this Hana-ogi ever go out on dates,

like you and Mike and....

No.

She is number-one girl.

Must be specially careful.

l want you to do me a favor. Will you do it?

When you go back

to the dormitory tonight...

l want you to tell Hana-ogi...

that Maj. Gruver would like

to meet her and....

Wait. Just a minute.

l just want to talk to her for a little while.

Will you do that for me?

Never happen!

Hana-ogi-san never speak men...

and with American, never happen.

Well, honey, l am here to tell you...

that it`s going to happen.

Pardon me, Miss Ogi.

l wonder if l could have your autograph?

Thank you very much.

How do you do, Miss Ogi?

Hi, Major.

l`ve been looking for you.

Hello, Mr. Kelly.

Wife says to be at the house tonight.

Now listen, l`ll tell you, boy, l`ve got a....

l have an engagement this evening

with a friend of mine.

Be there, bub. Hana-ogi`s coming.

Sir.

-Kelly!

-Be there early.

Hello.

You know where Joe Kelly lives?

Over there? You show me, will you?

How do you do?

-Hi, Ace.

-Kelly, is that you?

How are you, Alice?

How are you, Ace?

Nice to see you. Come in the house.

Wait a second.

Let me just take a check here.

-Did she come yet?

-No, not yet.

What did she say?

-Don`t ask me, son.

-Off with the shoes.

-You don`t wear shoes in a Japanese house.

-Okay, coming off. What about pants?

The room on your right.

-Where, here?

-That`s it.

Watch your head, Ace. This is it.

Listen, this is all right, boy.

This is cute. This is nice.

Sit down here. That`s the place of honor

in a Japanese house.

What`s this thing?

-This is an armrest.

-Armrest?

lt will be even better

when the rest of the chair gets here.

Hi, Katsumi darling. How are you?

Yeah.

lt is very nice to have you...

among us.

lt`s very nice to be among you, too.

l brought you a little couple of things

you can stick around the house.

Yeah, flowers.

You`ve made her very happy, Ace.

What has she got here?

We going to eat this or wear it? What is it?

This is a little towel that they serve

before a meal or a drink...

just a little refresher

for your hands and face.

That`s a good idea.

Wash them up.

Okay, clean ears. Do l pass, teacher?

Just dump it in the basket.

Yes, sir.

What`s this, an eyecup?

We`ve got to wash our eyes out, too?

No, that`s a cup for sake.

That`s a wine made out of rice.

-Rice? No fooling?

-Yeah, no fooling.

-Okay, l`ll try it.

-Taste it, you`ll see.

Feels warm.

That`s right, we heat it up before we serve it.

Katsumi, here`s to your health.

And Kelly, the very best to you.

-That`s all right, boy. Not bad.

-Told you, it`s wonderful.

-Aren`t you going to have anything?

-l was just going to say, you know...

there`s kind of a polite thing you do.

You take the cup

and you swish it around in the water...

and you pour some sake in it for her.

-Okay.

-That`s right.

-lt means, ``A little bit.``

-Little bit, all righty.

Hold on now, wait.

See? Didn`t hurt.

She`s going to get me under the table here

in five minutes, if she`s going like this.

She`ll keep pouring all night.

Katsumi, l pour for Gruver-san now.

You excuse me? l finish cooking.

You go ahead, darling. Go right ahead.

Okay.

-Present. Whiskey.

-Whiskey?

All right, darling.

Listen, boy, she`s just as cute as a bug.

You ain`t going to lose with her.

See what l mean, Ace?

l`m the happiest guy in the world.

You want to see the rest of the house?

Come on, l`ll show you.

This is the garden. Katsumi,

l`m showing him around the house.

The bathroom is back there.

We got a couple of extra rooms in here.

Would you like to see them?

What have you got here, boy? Oh, Lord.

We haven`t done anything with these yet,

but maybe someday, if we expand.

Listen, it`s really working out for you,

isn`t it, boy?

Everything perfect, except for

that rat of a colonel l`m assigned to.

You wouldn`t be talking about

a fellow named Crawford, would you?

That`s the guy.

He rides every guy around here...

who`s married to a Japanese girl.

Extra duty, everything.

He`s a rough carver.

There`s no getting around that.

So what do l care?

l come home to my girl and l forget it.

-Let`s go.

-Wait, listen, l forgot to ask you.

Does this Hana-ogi speak any English?

Because l`m going to be--

l don`t know.

Those girls sing in a lot of languages.

l guess she`ll be able to catch your drift.

You nasty boy, you.

Wait a minute, l`ve just got

to take a look at my grass, now.

l want to know. Are we going to be....

Are all four of us going to be together

all evening long?

Take it easy, Ace.

You`re going to blow a fuse.

Might be.

-Lord, what is wrong here?

-Watch your head, Ace.

Wonderful house, Kelly.

-Katsumi, you ready?

-Stoop-shouldered.

ln here? You`re going to have to change....

Hana-ogi-san.

This is a great day for our house.

How do you do, Miss Ogi?

Where are you going?

l`ve got to help Katsumi with the....

lt looks as though everybody`s run off

and left us alone here.

lt certainly was nice of you

to come over here this evening, Miss Ogi.

l was just tickled to death

when they told me you were coming over.

l`ll just sit down here.

Miss Ogi...

let me fix you a little drink.

To you.

That`s good.

Now, don`t tell me.

l know you`ve

got to slosh this around a little...

and get the dribble off,

and give it right back to you.

See, now you take that. Skoshi?

All right.

You know, l was surprised to find

they make that stuff out of rice.

We have rice back home in America.

Of course...

we just make rice pudding out of it.

We don`t drink it.

This is the first liquid rice l ever ran into.

Did anyone ever tell you, Miss Ogi,

that you`re a fine-looking woman?

l mean, real fine.

You`re even better looking

off the stage than you are on.

That`s true.

You get up there,

sing, dance, act, everything.

You`re all-around great.

l wonder, where did him and Katsumi....

l`m getting kind of hungry in here.

Look, Miss Ogi...

l`m not up too good

on Japanese ways of doing things...

and maybe l`m saying the wrong thing.

l mean, maybe my American manners

are embarrassing.

But l figure,

if you`ve come over here tonight...

maybe you were interested a little bit

in meeting me, too.

Now, maybe l`m wrong, but if l`m wrong...

then you`ve got to tell me.

Where do we go from here?

Because l don`t know what to say.

l`m running out of things to say.

My father was killed...

by American bomb dropped on my country.

You have been my enemy.

l have hated Americans.

l have thought they are savages.

There has been nothing but vengeance

in my heart.

There were an awful lot of Americans

that were killed, too.

l think it would be best

if we forgot about that.

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