Zigeunerweisen

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A Seijun Suzuki film

A Cinema Placet Production

Produced by Genjiro Arato

Screenplay

Yozo Tanaka

Cinematography

Kazue Nagatsuka

Music

Kaname Kawachi

Featuring

Yoshio Harada

Naoko Otani

Kisako Makishi

Michiyo Okusu

Toshiya Fujita

Directed by Seijun Suzuki

Did you say something?

No.

That's odd.

Didn't you hear that?

There was a voice.

That's Sarasate

on the record.

What's he saying?

So you don't understand.

Hey!

A dead body has washed up!

She was a fisherman's wife.

She fell in love with a traveler.

They ran away together.

But she ended up

holding him back.

So he pushed her into the sea.

They were last seen arguing

on the rocks last night.

Seen by the light of the moon.

Name and address?

Are you deaf?

No, I can hear.

Are you making fun of me?

No, that's your role.

You've got no reason to arrest me.

No reason?

You know perfectly well why.

No, I don't!

I want an explanation!

There's no escape.

Give yourself up.

Give up?

Enough!

Wait. Excuse me.

Who are you?

Here's my card.

"Military Academy..."

Professor of German.

Senior Professor.

This is my friend.

His name is Nakasago.

He was also a professor

at the academy.

A professor?

You can, of course,

make further inquiries.

That won't be necessary.

My apologies.

Please forgive me.

That wasn't very nice of you.

I invited you to come with me.

But you refused

and went off alone.

You did the same thing.

No. I wanted to go with you.

But you refused,

so I had to go alone.

I didn't expect

to run into you like this.

Six in all.

Six crabs crawled out

from her crotch.

They were red all over.

They ate her flesh.

That's why they were all red.

- What do you think?

- About what?

You think I killed her,

don%you?

But I didn't.

She killed herself.

I told her not to follow me.

She just went crazy.

It was suicide.

Still, you're partly responsible

for her death.

Hey!

The first and most important thing

Is that a man should not sleep alone

The written character

for 'man', perhaps

Shows two people sleeping together

As for the second point

What would they do

when they shared a bed?

That's enough!

I fancy some eel.

I'll eat you.

What about you, sir?

Any one will do.

Will she cook them?

Yes, she's very good.

Call a geisha.

Not a sourpuss,

one with some life.

I'm sorry, no geisha are available.

They're all busy.

- All of them?

- Yes, I'm sorry.

They're all attending a party

for the prefectural officials.

This is one big eel.

Eels are our local speciality.

It's O-lne. O-lne!

- Hey! She's a geisha!

- No, I'm sorry.

- She's not?

- Well, yes, but not today.

- Why not?

- Her younger brother just died.

We just held the funeral.

She's in mourning.

A geisha in mourning, eh?

That's interesting.

- Call her.

- But, sir...

His bones were red?

My brother poisoned himself.

When you take poison,

the stomach ruptures.

You normally writhe and vomit blood.

But he wanted to keep the room clean.

He died without spitting

a single drop of blood.

His face was all twisted

in agony and torment.

And then?

Then we cremated him.

His bones weren't any different.

Ordinary white bones. But...

When I brought the urn home

and lifted the lid...

Was it red?

A pale pink.

Like cherry blossom.

As if blood was seeping out.

That's strange.

The old folks say the blood

he didn't spit out stained his bones.

That he can never rest in peace,

and I must pray for him every day.

Red bones, eh?

Your bones are pretty

and delicate too.

I'm not weak, though.

I'd never take poison.

Sorry about all that.

Though hundreds of leagues

from the capital

I must tell you that

my member missed you so much

The redness

of your Gate of Heaven pulsates

A woman takes her pleasure

beneath her man's belly

Oh, how good it was

to share the same bed

No one thought

she would ever take another man

Why did your brother kill himself?

I really don't know.

Apparently he fell in love

with a married woman and was jilted.

Quite foolish of him.

Two men and a woman.

A triangle.

That's always dangerous.

Don't you agree?

Oh, the beggars?

A father and his children.

The battle between the sheets

has passed its climax now

She reaches down, rag in hand,

and wipes her twat clean

They're husband and wife.

Please take me in your arms

and do it again

I'll do my best to make it hard for you

The older man and the girl.

The young man is his student.

How do you know?

I should know.

They come here every year.

I'm afraid it takes much longer

To stand again the second time

If I can't get it up,

you'll have to sup

Stop it! Stop that!

Hello again!

- Did you eat the eel?

- Yes.

- But no liver, right?

- How did you know?

The cook takes all the livers home.

The cook at the inn?

She takes them to her sick husband.

He has TB.

Eel liver is good for that.

She makes him eat them raw,

from mouth to mouth.

She loves him.

She refuses doctors.

She even sleeps with him.

She really does love him.

The very same bed.

Delicious.

- That's strange.

- What?

You have a strong Tokyo accent.

You can tell?

I lived in Tokyo as a child.

And you became a geisha there?

My father had debts.

He sold me off.

Why did you come back?

I had to leave Tokyo.

I caused some trouble.

Man trouble?

You killed him?

Or just made him suffer?

A known killer, eh?

So you took to the road?

Hey, Speak up.

I'm no killer! I didn't expect you

to get drunk so easily.

I killed a woman.

It was two nights ago.

The police caught me yesterday.

That fellow there saved me.

I got away with murder.

That's not funny.

He is joking, right?

I wonder.

I wouldn't be surprised.

I pushed her off the cliff.

It looked to me

as if he were sucking out her liver.

It seems

their relationship has changed.

The old man looks really beat.

Ouch! That hurts.

- Time to go!

- Yes, master!

Let's part ways here.

You're not coming back with me?

I'm going to follow the beggars.

Something fun is bound to happen.

Hey, wait.

I envy you.

You're always so free.

Selfish too.

Hey!

Nakasago got married the next year.

His wife came from a good family

in western Japan.

Nakasago Residence

Ah, you're here.

Welcome.

My name is Sono.

They're alike, aren't they?

An incredible resemblance.

What's this secret you two share

about me looking like someone?

Who is she?

Please tell me.

Well...

Tell me.

Go on, tell her.

Please.

Sorry, no.

Why not?

I can't really explain.

This is delicious.

The beef is so good.

We're not trying to be mean

by keeping it from you. Right?

It's a geisha.

You look like a geisha

named O-lne.

Unlike you, she's a lousy cook.

She's a geisha after all.

- Pour me some sake.

- Right.

Did you say something?

No.

That's odd.

Didn't you hear it?

I heard a voice.

Sarasate's voice.

While he was playing

during the recording,

he said something.

It ended up

on the recording of the music.

At first they thought it was a glitch.

But that's what actually made

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