Zigeunerweisen Page #3

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No, I didn't know.

I'm sorry.

He should've told you.

It's an imposition, isn't it?

No, not at all.

Please. Have a hold of her.

She's a big baby.

Yes, quite heavy.

Is Nakasago in?

Has he gone missing again?

He gives you a hard time.

Leaving so soon?

Yes. I have to go.

A little something for the baby.

Good bye.

The following year was marked

by the Spanish Fly epidemic.

Nakasago carried it home with him.

His wife soon became infected.

She died before

her baby was fully weaned.

I firmly believe that Nakasago

deliberately killed her.

In mourning

She said...

...just before she died...

"if Mr Aochi comes,

give him burdock root jelly."

And then she died.

Can Nakasago

really take care of a child?

He has a wet nurse, right?

She ran away, I heard.

When she was suckling the baby,

he came to her.

He wanted to suckle, too.

To remember the taste of milk.

He latched onto her breast.

Did he really?

Yes. Typical.

No wonder she ran off.

What's that you're eating?

A peach.

But it's rotten.

No, it's just on the verge of going off,

which makes it sweet, like honey.

You wouldn't eat it,

would you?

There's a stinging taste

in the sweetness, like poison.

It's really delicious.

But aren't you allergic

to the smell of flowers and fruit?

Strangely enough,

I'm not any more.

I've actually begun to love them.

Maybe my body has changed?

Did you ever visit...

...the hospital with Nakasago?

Which hospital?

Your sister's.

No, I didn't.

Did he say he went with me?

No.

So she did.

She just imagined it.

She isn't all there.

She sees things.

She can't tell what's real.

After all, she is very ill.

Look. A peeled peach is

all wet and slippery.

So is a skinned human being,

they say.

The inside of the spine is

like threads of burdock, they say.

Although maybe not to your taste.

Have Nakasago and my wife

visited again together?

Has Nakasago been here recently?

Na... ka... sa... go?

Who's that?

Don't you remember?

You said he came here

with my wife.

She licked his eyes...

Brother...

What?

Did you eat the cod eggs

I bought for you?

Yes. Thank you.

Nakasago invited me over,

saying he'd hired another nurse.

Hello, Mr Aochi. Welcome.

It's O-lne.

I thought she was a ghost.

This takes me back

to the night we all met.

She had come back from a funeral

and you forced her to dance.

I enjoyed that inn.

Those three blind beggars too.

Speaking of the beggars -

please, have some.

You followed after them, right?

So what happened in the end?

What was it between them?

Nothing happened to start with.

They just kept walking,

that way they did.

An interesting approach, right?

Neither could move around.

It's been a while

since I had that much fun.

They really tried to kill each other?

The three of them got married.

Who do you mean?

The three blind beggars.

Married?

The three of them?

The young ones got rid

of the old man first.

But they didn't know the roads.

The villagers beat them

and pushed them into the river.

So all three got married?

They had no choice.

How else could they survive?

Didn't they kill each other?

Yes, they did.

That's not what she's saying.

They beat each other to death.

The woman was swept away.

I saw it all.

- Which is the truth?

- Don't ask me.

Anyway, I'm glad.

The three of us drinking together again.

I feel a sense of destiny in this.

Well said.

We're man and wife now.

This is our destiny.

You two got married?

I should've brought a gift.

Married? She's joking.

She's only a wet nurse.

She's my nurse, housekeeper

and my geisha. She's convenient.

She just imagines

that we're married.

Let her have her dream.

I see.

I envy you.

I don't mind.

I consider us a couple.

Play the shamisen!

I haven't heard you play

for a while. Go on.

- It'll wake the baby.

- So what if she cries?

But...

...I left my shamisen at home.

Then send for the damn thing!

A geisha should have her shamisen!

You hear me?

Don't make me.

I'm no longer a geisha.

I gave it up.

You! Where are you going?

To meet my master

In spite of this cold weather

With all these attendants

Your attendants will surely be cold!

She's ruined the mood.

Let's go somewhere else.

We'll go find some other geisha.

All right, then.

I'll go by myself.

Being a man isn't easy!

I'm very sorry.

I wish you didn't have to see that.

- Devils out!

- Blessings come inside!

- Devils out!

- Blessings come inside!

I went to Hibiya

to the Heifetz concert.

I heard that he was going

to play Zigeunen/veisen.

But I was so disappointed.

He didn't even play it.

Blessings come inside!

No one can compare

to Sarasate's vision.

Blessings come inside!

Devils out!

Nakasago once again

went wandering.

We are many hundred leagues

from the capital

Life is hard here

in the wilds of Manchuria

The red skirts of the whores

are all we have to sate us

We pan' the skids

and take our fill

For on the morrow

we're off to war

And the bra vest of us all

to battle gird our loins

Their women will swoon

as we win our victory

The bravest of us are weary

and lay down our heads

A real devil just passed by.

I thought he was going to eat us.

Is he still there?

Still at it, is he?

It's almost noon.

It is noon.

Excuse me, sir!

A call for Professor Aochi!

Hello, Aochi speaking.

My dear, I'm afraid

I have bad news for you.

It's about Nakasago...

The poor man's dead.

They found the body...

They found his body

in the mountains.

Was it suicide?

According to the policeman, he was

messing around with narcotics.

He took an overdose and suffocated.

Accidental death, they say.

Where's the body?

At his house.

The wake is tonight.

You'll have to go.

Can you come home

as soon as possible?

I'm all alone here...

You're new here.

Are you waiting for someone?

Yes, the surgeon, Dr Amaki.

He called a little while ago.

He's running late.

That's him now.

Hello!

What's the time?

Five o'clock.

Shall we press on

or shall we turn back

Beneath the aurora lights

Russia is a northern country,

one that knows no bounds...

Are you busy?

Yes. I just finished an autopsy.

- Suicide?

- What?

- Your patient.

- No, it was a disease.

He died today at the clinic.

But it was unclear exactly why.

I had to do a complete dissection.

By the way, what brings you here?

That's OK.

Can you remove the skeleton

from a human body?

I have the body.

Remove the skin and flesh

and leave just the bones.

Is that possible?

Is this a joke?

No.

Can you do it?

Not a chance!

There's no medical basis for it.

Even if I could, I wouldn't.

Please forgive me.

I couldn't bring myself

to attend the funeral.

I couldn't watch him

turn to ashes.

I couldn't bear to see it.

I was a coward.

Forgive me.

That's all right.

He wouldn't have minded.

I'm sure he would have understood

how you felt.

Go ahead.

Please take a look.

I'm sure he'd want you to.

No, I have no right.

They were white.

Ordinary, dry, white bones.

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