Sayonara Page #6

You have been watching me on the bridge.

Watching me dance...

watching me as l go back to the dormitory.

But l have been watching you, too...

and you have not looked like a savage.

And when Katsumi-san told me

how gently you kissed her...

the day she became a bride...

how tenderly you kissed

my sweet little friend...

l realized the hate was of my own making.

That is why l came...

to ask you to forgive me...

for what l have been feeling.

Gruver-san, will you forgive me?

You make me feel like

an awful fool, Miss Ogi.

l really feel that l ought to...

ask you to forgive me

for some of the things that...

l`ve been thinking.

l come from the north of Japan.

And my father was a farmer...

and there were nine children.

And we were very poor.

There are too many people

in my crowded country.

l took the examination at Matsubayashi...

and now l am first dancer of all.

When l am too old to dance...

l will become head teacher.

My life is planned.

l am dedicated to Matsubayashi...

as you are dedicated

to American military life.

l have never been in love.

But l have dreamed...

and thought about it...

and waited.

The danger that lies ahead of us...

we must face now.

The danger of discovery, for both of us...

danger of weakness...

when it is over.

l will never fall in love again.

But l will love you, Ace-san...

if that is your desire.

Hello, how do you do?

Miss Webster.

Hello.

-Mr. Nakamura, how nice of you to come.

-lt is a great pleasure.

And may l say that you look

especially beautiful today?

Thank you. l haven`t seen

this month`s kabuki program.

l know. You see, l have been waiting.

Eileen.

-Mother, you remember Mr. Nakamura.

-How do you do, Mrs. Webster?

Yes, of course. Now listen, you two...

this party isn`t given especially for you.

You`ve got to circulate around...

and do more

to cement Japanese-American relations.

Mother, that`s exactly

what Mr. Nakamura and l are doing.

Nakamura-san,

my little girl wants your autograph.

-She admires you so.

-Of course.

-Will you please excuse me?

-Yes, of course.

Has Lloyd come yet?

Mother, how many weeks

are you going to keep on pretending?

Lloyd is not coming.

l`m absolutely furious at him.

How can he ignore the General`s invitation?

l had it delivered personally to his office.

l`m stuck with that Farrington woman.

Can you help me out?

There`s Crawford. Whenever he shows up,

there`s always something.

Can l speak to you alone

for a minute, General?

Major, do you have that list of the....

l want to see if the Williams were invited.

Yes, they have.

Waiter.

The reason l took it up with you personally

is because it concerns Maj. Gruver.

Now, we think he`s hooked on

to a Japanese dame--

Sorry, General, but this thing`s got me

all riled up.

Do you realize what it will mean

to the enlisted men in this area...

if they find out that their big hero,

Ace Gruver, is out--

l`ve known Major Gruver all his life.

l`m a close friend of his father`s.

l`m sure you must be wrong.

He was seen going into that house.

My men have been watching

a troublemaker named Kelly.

-He shacked up with another native girl--

-``Shacked up,`` Colonel?

Kelly`s married to a Japanese girl.

Maj. Gruver was the best man.

Seems quite natural to me

that he`d visit them.

How am l going to handle the situation?

Don`t handle it.

l trust Major Gruver implicitly.

General, is it all right with you

if l post an order...

to keep these officers from being seen...

with indigenous personnel?

Then if they are seen,

there`s something we can do about it.

All right.

Lloyd.

Look at you, Hana.

No one saw you come?

No, there`s no military personnel

around here...

except me.

-We must go to the tea ceremony.

-Yeah, l know.

Good afternoon.

This getting up and down`s likely to kill me.

You make such a production of everything.

The pleasure does not lie in the end itself.

lt`s the pleasure of all steps to that end.

l see.

-That you, Ace?

-Yeah, Kelly.

Come on in here.

l can`t right now.

He`d be surprised you come in this way.

He`d faint.

Just a little lower, Katsumi.

You always seem to be a little above it.

Yeah, that`s it.

-Kelly-san, now you get in tub?

-Okay, all right.

ls Hana-ogi coming over tonight?

Yeah, if she can get away.

We`re going to cook up

some fine St. Louis goulash...

with a little Memphis greens in there.

What are you doing tonight after dinner,

when Hana-ogi goes back to the theater?

Nothing.

How about playing poker

with Katsumi and me?

l`ll be delighted

to take your money and your pants.

This is the life, ain`t it, Ace?

There you are.

How do you do?

Listen, l got one word for you.

-What is that?

-Food.

Sayonara

Japanese goodbye

Whisper sayonara

Lover, don`t you cry

No more we stop to see

pretty cherry bIossom

No more we beneath the tree

Iooking at the sky

Sayonara

Sayonara

Goodbye

That`s the cutest thing l ever saw, honey.

l must go.

Good eating.

Are you going back

to the officer`s quarters tonight?

No, l think l`m going to just

fool around here.

What will you do all evening?

What am l going to do?

l`m going to get some beer...

some pretzels, some girls up here...

and have a little fun, for a change.

Good.

l don`t like you to be lonely.

Take care.

Come on in, Katsumi.

l`m sorry, Lloyd, l had to come.

lt`s important.

Hello, Eileen.

How are you?

Listen, sit down, will you?

l`m taking this stuff out of there,

just getting a little....

Go on, sit down here.

How are you?

-They`re after you, Lloyd.

-Who`s after me?

There`s a colonel. His name`s Crawford.

l know him.

He`s the one who`s riding Kelly.

This is Kelly`s house.

Yes, l know.

-You want to hear this, don`t you, Lloyd?

-Sure, l want to. Of course l do.

l overheard Colonel Crawford say

that he`s been having this house watched...

hoping to catch Kelly

at something irregular, l suppose.

Anyhow, that`s how l knew where it was.

Then they....

-They see me coming in and out of here.

-Yes.

l just felt that l had to tell you.

-There`s something that l feel that--

-l must go, Lloyd.

l just wanted to warn you

to be particularly careful about....

About what, honey?

About sticking strictly

to military regulations.

Lloyd, they`ll do anything

to hang something on you...

to keep you in line.

After all,

you`re the Air Force`s pinup boy, you know.

Colonel Crawford sounded

as if he was after blood.

More than anything else l could--

l must go now, Lloyd. Good luck.

Wait a minute, let me help put that on.

-Eileen, l know--

-Lloyd.

Lloyd, you`ve really thought seriously

about what you`re doing, haven`t you?

l think l have.

l hope so.

You have a brilliant record in the Air Force.

More people depend upon you

than you`ll ever know.

Before you throw all that

you`ve worked for away, Lloyd, be sure.

Please, be sure.

l don`t think if l had a million years

l could tell you how all this happened.

l`d better go before l lose all my charm.

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