A Story from Chikamatsu (1954)

Eitarô Ozawa: Sukeemon

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• 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.

• Ishun : Come here. Come. Come closer. Listen. Go to Katata now. Find their corpses. The deputy, Lord Umegaki, gave me some news. They drowned themselves in Lake Biwa.

  Sukeemon : Double suicide, is it?

  Ishun : I'm going to visit the deputy and ask him to stop the rumor. If you find them, separate Osan's body. We can't have their bodies floating in each other's arms. Got it? Then go. Hurry.