Sayonara Page #9

and sews them back up again.

Lots of these stupid little jerks have it done.

She was gonna surprise me.

Then l have good eyes. l fool everybody.

l look American, like Joe.

Will you tell that stupid dame

l love her the way she is?

l don`t want her changed!

Will you tell her l love her mouth

and her nose and her ears and her eyes...

just the way they are?

Tell her if she ever does

anything like that, l`ll....

-Wait a minute. Hold it.

-l want him be proud of me.

l`m sorry.

lf you want him to be proud of you,

you got to quit this stuff.

You want to be a good wife?

You`re making him unhappy doing that.

Tell him you`re sorry

and you won`t do it anymore.

Tell him that.

l so sorry.

Okay. Now we`re gonna

forget about that, all right?

l came over here tonight,

l thought we were gonna have a fish fry.

We were gonna have some fun,

dancing, yelling, and what do l find?

What`s gonna happen to us?

-Puppet show.

-Yeah, we had a surprise.

-You like?

-Sure, l do. Been looking forward to it.

-l know everybody tonight.

-Yeah.

We will be late.

Look...

the lover is leaving the city,

walk to the wood.

Don`t think of anything now.

Watch the play.

lt`s a tender story.

When gong sound, it is done.

And then she will bind her body.

-Bind her body?

-So that she won`t fall in an ugly position...

of dishonor when she dies.

-When she dies?

-Yes, shinju.

lt is custom for lovers...

to die together

when they can no longer face life.

lt is so beautiful.

Beautiful? They`re gonna die, aren`t they?

They will live in another world

on a beautiful lake...

floating always together...

like water lily.

Sure.

Kelly-san!

Something about soldiers

going through the house.

-That`s MPs boy.

-What happened? What`s wrong?

Get in the car.

-Go to Matsubayashi.

-Please tell me. l will not leave.

Get in the car. l`ll tell you later.

Matsubayashi.

Ed, look.

Look at that.

-You`re Maj. Gruver, aren`t you?

-That`s right.

Sorry, you`ll have to come with us.

Gen. Webster`s orders.

What right do you have

to board up his house?

He won`t be needing it anymore.

He`s shipping out Thursday.

Come on, Major.

You`ll hear from me, Kelly.

Come on, kid.

We`ll get in through the garden.

l got something to tell you.

You were seen in public with her tonight,

violating the orders of the area.

This has given me the right

to put you under arrest.

And, for your own sake,

l think l`d better do it.

You have anything to say?

Just as soon l`m out of this,

l`m going to be married...

and have a house of my own.

l`m afraid not.

l`m sorry, Lloyd, but it`s all settled.

The supervisor of the Matsubayashi

came to see me tonight.

The girl goes to Tokyo and you fly

to Randolph Field, day after tomorrow.

Here are your orders.

Until that time, you`re under house arrest.

You`re not to leave your quarters

until further notice.

l`m doing this because l feel

you`re not responsible at the moment.

After all, l`ve known your father for years.

Well, that`s all.

Did you see her?

No. l couldn`t even get near.

They`ve clamped down.

At the stage door

l couldn`t even see Fumiko-san.

l`ve got to see her.

l`m being shipped out of here tomorrow.

-Maj. Gruver?

-What is it?

-Would you do something for us?

-What do you want?

Airman Kelly`s disappeared.

No, that`s impossible.

l was with him just last night.

We know. He was scheduled to fly out

in a couple days...

but a special plane came,

and Col. Crawford told us to get him on it.

l took him to the airport at 1 2:50.

When the plane took off, Kelly wasn`t on it.

Figured you might know where he is.

How should l know?

His house has been boarded up, hasn`t it?

We know. Neighbors won`t talk to us.

We figure maybe they`re hiding him.

They`ll talk with you, Major.

Would you help us?

Would you give me one good reason

why l should?

We figured we`d give him a break.

We haven`t reported him as yet.

We could get him on another plane.

We might not have to turn him in

for desertion.

-Desertion?

-Yes, sir.

-l`ll go with you in a minute.

-Major?

The neighbors won`t talk if they see an MP.

-l`ll go with him.

-Thank you, sir.

Kelly, Gruver out here.

l think he`s in there.

l`m going on in.

You in there?

Oh, my God!

l`ll call the police, Ace.

Oh, God!

Go home!

Ace, there`s no police around.

We`d better get out of here.

Look.

Doesn`t look too good, boy.

Come on, take it easy.

We`re getting help, Ace.

-You okay, boy?

-Yeah, l`m fine. You all right?

Yeah.

Listen, l`m going to....

l want you to take care of everything.

Will you?

-Yeah, l`ll get it.

-Okay. l`ll see you later.

-Where`s Hana-ogi?

-Hana-ogi`s not here.

-l know she`s here.

-She is on her way Tokyo.

She wasn`t supposed to go to Tokyo

till next week.

-She went today.

-l don`t believe you.

-Where`s Hana-ogi?

-She`s gone.

-Where`s her room?

-She`s gone.

Listen, where`s her room?

Come here.

Hana-ogi really gone, Major.

l don`t believe you.

l give you my word.

You go now, too, Major.

lt`s over.

Listen, leave me alone a minute, will you?

The hoodlums who attacked you

weren`t all your Japanese neighbors.

Most were professional troublemakers

sent to your street...

to create an incident, specifically with you.

lf you`re important to those who hate us...

don`t you see how important you are to us?

Do you understand any of this, Lloyd?

l know how you feel.

lt was dreadful about your friend Kelly...

and his wife.

Must be hard to take.

l hate to tell you something else,

because it`s...

almost too grotesque...

almost unforgivable in your eyes, l imagine.

l got word today...

that there`s a law being passed

in a month or two...

that will make it possible

for men like Kelly...

to take their Japanese brides

back to the States.

-That can`t be true, General.

-lt happens to be true, Lloyd.

Listen...

how do you get the guts to come here

and tell me that?

lt takes time to get laws passed, Lloyd.

People have died in this world needlessly,

waiting for them.

lt`s harder to take

when it hits you personally.

You`re lost. You`re confused.

Don`t you think it`s time you got back

to the main stream of your life?

Back to your roots?

What you were born for, and raised for?

You`ll feel better when you get back home,

back to your work.

Appreciate you coming over, General.

Take me to the airport, Mike.

That must be him.

Would you hold it so we can get a picture?

-Where would you like me? Right here?

-What about there? Yeah.

Smile, please.

lsn`t that Ace Gruver?

Looks like him.

Sir?

Excuse me, aren`t you Maj. Gruver?

Ace Gruver?

-Yes, that`s right.

-We`re from Stars and Stripes.

What are you doing in Tokyo?

l`m just passing through, boys.

-Just seeing the sights?

-That`s right.

Listen, l`m in a hurry.

You mind if l excuse myself?

-You`re excused.

-Sorry.

Hello, Hana-ogi.

l`m going back to America on Friday...

and l probably won`t...

get back in Japan again.

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