A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)

Kazuo Hasegawa: Mohei

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• Osan : How's your cold?

  Mohei : My cold? It was shocked and blew away.

• Sukeemon : What's with this seal on the blank sheet?

  Mohei : I need five kan for some urgent business. I want to borrow money with the master's name. I can pay it back within the month. Please turn a blind eye for 20 days.

  Sukeemon : What do you need it for?

  Mohei : Don't ask me that. You and I always accommodate five or six kan from Edo money orders, don't we?

  Sukeemon : I could pretend I didn't see it. But the master's seal on a blank sheet? You can't get away without explaining.

  Mohei : If I could tell you, I would've told you already. Please. Look the other way.

  Sukeemon : Okay. I got it. Write seven kan there. Two kan for my blind eyes.

• Osan : Mohei! Mohei! Why do you run from me? Why do you leave me alone? Don't you care about me?

  Mohei : Are you hurt? I'm causing you such hardship. I'm so sorry. Madam Osan. Please go back to the grand scroll master. The master will be happy to welcome you home. Please. Go home, please.

  Osan : Do you think I can live without you? You're not my servant anymore. You're my husband. You're my master.

  Mohei : I'm sorry. I was so wrong. I'm never going to leave you. Never again.

• Osan : It's all my fault. I've brought you here, to die for me. Please forgive me.

  Mohei : Please don't say that. I'm only happy I can die with you. Because these are our last breaths of life, heaven won't punish us. Please listen to my last words so I won't leave this world with regrets. I, Mohei... for a long time... have always been in love with you.

  Osan : What? With me?

  Mohei : Yes. Now please hold on to me tightly. Come on. Madam Osan, what is it? Did I offend you? I'm so sorry.

  Osan : With what you just told me... I can't die now.

  Mohei : What are you saying now?

  Osan : I don't want to die. I want to live. Mohei.