1 00:02:09,570 --> 00:02:12,221 You little brats, beat it! 2 00:02:18,368 --> 00:02:19,371 Hey! 3 00:02:53,408 --> 00:02:55,536 It should have been me! 4 00:02:55,568 --> 00:03:01,451 I should be the one going to that Jap's house. 5 00:03:03,209 --> 00:03:05,210 You'll miss the train. 6 00:03:06,328 --> 00:03:07,409 Hurry. 7 00:03:15,369 --> 00:03:20,136 'PART ONE' 8 00:03:45,088 --> 00:03:47,136 'Kouzuki Noriaki' 9 00:03:55,168 --> 00:03:57,011 Go back to sleep. 10 00:03:57,048 --> 00:03:59,254 We're still far from the house. 11 00:04:39,006 --> 00:04:41,247 Pleased to meet you. I am Okju. 12 00:04:41,446 --> 00:04:43,289 This property has three buildings. 13 00:04:43,406 --> 00:04:45,453 A Western-style wing by an English architect 14 00:04:45,525 --> 00:04:48,529 and a Japanese wing form the main house. 15 00:04:48,767 --> 00:04:52,613 Not even in Japan is there a building combining two styles. 16 00:04:53,807 --> 00:04:59,257 It reflects Master's admiration for Japan and England. 17 00:05:00,647 --> 00:05:02,172 Next is the annex 18 00:05:02,407 --> 00:05:05,171 which Master had furnished as a library. 19 00:05:05,206 --> 00:05:06,731 Last, the servants' quarters. 20 00:05:06,926 --> 00:05:09,453 As the Lady's handmaiden, you won't sleep there. 21 00:05:10,127 --> 00:05:12,128 You may eat her leftover food, 22 00:05:12,326 --> 00:05:14,488 but tea leaves go to the kitchen girls. 23 00:05:14,926 --> 00:05:17,167 Used soap is for the steward. 24 00:05:17,486 --> 00:05:20,012 Anyone caught pilfering is expelled that day. 25 00:05:20,246 --> 00:05:22,327 I'm sure you wouldn't dare, Tamako. 26 00:05:23,005 --> 00:05:24,006 Huh. 27 00:05:24,525 --> 00:05:28,770 "Tamako" is you. Your name is Okju in Japanese. 28 00:05:28,846 --> 00:05:31,530 We live in the Japanese style here. 29 00:05:31,805 --> 00:05:35,446 Speak Japanese to the Master and Lady. 30 00:05:36,325 --> 00:05:38,805 - Call me Sasaki. - Yes, ma'am. 31 00:05:42,325 --> 00:05:45,729 I don't trust new servants. 32 00:05:45,847 --> 00:05:47,895 Even if they make a good impression, 33 00:05:47,967 --> 00:05:52,210 if the house burns down, they'll run away with a manuscript. 34 00:05:56,325 --> 00:05:58,134 The Lady's routine is simple. 35 00:05:58,165 --> 00:06:02,408 Taking a walk, or reading for Master. 36 00:06:03,726 --> 00:06:07,651 Among the richest men, Master is the greatest book lover. 37 00:06:07,686 --> 00:06:10,609 And among book lovers, he is the richest. 38 00:06:10,685 --> 00:06:13,893 His ties to the colonial government even let us use electricity. 39 00:06:13,924 --> 00:06:15,130 In such a home, 40 00:06:16,964 --> 00:06:20,092 you know what's expected of a maid like you? 41 00:06:24,005 --> 00:06:26,212 Don't be alarmed at the blackouts. 42 00:06:51,444 --> 00:06:52,605 I sleep in here? 43 00:06:54,484 --> 00:06:57,407 Miss Hideko wakes easily on account of her nerves. 44 00:06:58,003 --> 00:06:59,333 She's behind this door? 45 00:06:59,402 --> 00:07:00,405 Shh! 46 00:07:59,643 --> 00:08:00,929 Mother! 47 00:08:05,963 --> 00:08:07,408 Mother! 48 00:08:08,243 --> 00:08:09,608 Mother! 49 00:08:11,722 --> 00:08:12,803 Miss! 50 00:08:13,002 --> 00:08:14,972 Miss, are you alright? 51 00:08:15,564 --> 00:08:17,327 Junko! Is that you? 52 00:08:18,043 --> 00:08:21,683 Junko was kicked out, Miss. I'm the new girl. 53 00:08:21,722 --> 00:08:24,328 Seems you had a bad dream. 54 00:08:25,122 --> 00:08:27,807 You see that big cherry tree? 55 00:08:28,482 --> 00:08:32,280 My aunt went mad and hanged herself there. 56 00:08:33,722 --> 00:08:35,770 Sometimes on moonless nights, 57 00:08:35,842 --> 00:08:37,606 my aunt's ghost 58 00:08:37,682 --> 00:08:41,288 dangles from that branch. 59 00:08:53,843 --> 00:08:55,652 Here, drink up. 60 00:08:59,322 --> 00:09:04,805 When babies cry, my auntie feeds them a spoonful of sake. 61 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:13,447 Sweet bird, sweet bird 62 00:09:14,162 --> 00:09:17,165 My sweet bluebird 63 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:27,246 What scent is this that fills my nose? 64 00:09:27,639 --> 00:09:29,484 - What? - Coming back from the toilet, 65 00:09:29,641 --> 00:09:32,485 I saw a light going down the hallway. 66 00:09:33,041 --> 00:09:35,965 That's it! They're meeting in her room. 67 00:09:38,001 --> 00:09:40,572 Or else it's the ghost of the cherry tree? 68 00:09:55,680 --> 00:09:58,081 Those fuckers. 69 00:10:00,720 --> 00:10:02,289 This is Tamako. 70 00:10:02,439 --> 00:10:05,170 I am at your service. Miss... 71 00:10:17,079 --> 00:10:21,448 A reference letter from Lady Minami, my last mistress. 72 00:10:25,359 --> 00:10:28,092 So is this place to your liking? 73 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:33,085 The sun scarcely ever shines here. 74 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:35,208 Uncle won't permit it. 75 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:38,890 Sunlight causes books to fade. 76 00:10:39,878 --> 00:10:42,529 One could never grow fond of such a dreary place. 77 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:50,206 Not a good liar, are you? 78 00:10:52,078 --> 00:10:55,241 We look a bit alike. 79 00:10:56,078 --> 00:10:57,682 Are you also an orphan? 80 00:10:57,718 --> 00:11:00,288 - Uh... - I'll take my leave. 81 00:11:03,079 --> 00:11:07,129 Whereas in my case, my aunt and Mrs. Sasaki 82 00:11:07,359 --> 00:11:10,806 showed me how the love of a mother... 83 00:11:12,719 --> 00:11:13,959 isn't worth a thing. 84 00:11:23,999 --> 00:11:27,366 My head aches before every reading practice. 85 00:11:30,118 --> 00:11:31,643 Would you read it to me? 86 00:11:32,878 --> 00:11:33,765 Pardon? 87 00:11:43,478 --> 00:11:44,889 Oh, how kind of her. 88 00:11:45,038 --> 00:11:48,678 Lady Minami said such nice things about me! 89 00:11:48,837 --> 00:11:50,327 Is that so? 90 00:11:53,277 --> 00:11:58,158 Miss, you're a Japanese lady,< /br> why don't you speak Japanese? 91 00:11:58,637 --> 00:11:59,720 I'm sick of it. 92 00:11:59,879 --> 00:12:03,088 The books he makes me read are all Japanese. 93 00:12:04,078 --> 00:12:06,365 So read that for me. 94 00:12:17,998 --> 00:12:20,604 "Dear Miss Izumi Hideko," 95 00:12:21,198 --> 00:12:25,521 "Count Fujiwara said you're looking for a maid." 96 00:12:25,676 --> 00:12:28,077 "Maids are like..." 97 00:12:28,276 --> 00:12:30,085 "a spoon..." no... 98 00:12:30,796 --> 00:12:33,719 "... are like chopsticks..." 99 00:12:37,877 --> 00:12:40,164 Or is it a spoon? 100 00:12:49,437 --> 00:12:51,723 I don't know how to read, Miss. 101 00:12:54,276 --> 00:12:57,042 Not at all? What about Korean? 102 00:13:21,195 --> 00:13:22,879 This is your name. 103 00:13:23,075 --> 00:13:24,679 Can't you read it? 104 00:13:30,675 --> 00:13:32,839 Reading can be learned, 105 00:13:32,997 --> 00:13:36,638 and I don't care if you curse or steal. 106 00:13:43,915 --> 00:13:46,395 But don't ever lie to me. Understood? 107 00:13:48,474 --> 00:13:50,124 Yes, Miss. 108 00:13:54,756 --> 00:13:56,166 My mom. 109 00:13:58,515 --> 00:14:01,199 She's beautiful, quite the charmer! 110 00:14:01,714 --> 00:14:04,399 And me? Am I also "quite the charmer"? 111 00:14:06,593 --> 00:14:10,236 Everyone says I can't compare to my mother. 112 00:14:13,715 --> 00:14:16,116 Count Fujiwara said... 113 00:14:16,875 --> 00:14:18,718 So you've met the Count? 114 00:14:19,315 --> 00:14:20,157 Pardon? 115 00:14:20,315 --> 00:14:22,397 No, I never met him... 116 00:14:22,875 --> 00:14:25,923 My aunt! I heard it from my aunt. 117 00:14:26,074 --> 00:14:28,395 She was his nanny. 118 00:14:28,674 --> 00:14:31,076 What did the Count say about me? 119 00:14:32,755 --> 00:14:34,961 He said your face... 120 00:14:35,834 --> 00:14:37,962 Every night in bed he thinks of your assets... 121 00:14:38,154 --> 00:14:39,599 Your face. 122 00:14:43,193 --> 00:14:45,844 Why in bed, I wonder? 123 00:14:49,234 --> 00:14:51,123 What's with your foot? 124 00:14:57,393 --> 00:14:59,043 I've nowhere to go. 125 00:15:00,233 --> 00:15:03,157 I've just stayed in this house since coming to Korea at age 5. 126 00:15:05,473 --> 00:15:09,275 But in new shoes, even well-trodden paths feel fresh. 127 00:15:10,395 --> 00:15:11,441 The ones from here 128 00:15:12,594 --> 00:15:14,835 up to here should fit you. 129 00:15:18,353 --> 00:15:20,878 Why not the prettiest ones? Like these? 130 00:15:23,472 --> 00:15:25,522 Time for reading practice. 131 00:15:26,274 --> 00:15:27,685 I'll go alone. 132 00:15:27,754 --> 00:15:29,755 Miss? But rain is falling. 133 00:15:46,233 --> 00:15:49,476 At noon, come knock on the door. 134 00:15:49,833 --> 00:15:50,994 Promise? 135 00:15:54,193 --> 00:15:55,638 See you at... 136 00:16:33,871 --> 00:16:35,157 What's this? 137 00:18:18,830 --> 00:18:20,195 My new handmaiden. 138 00:18:21,790 --> 00:18:23,030 The snake, the snake! 139 00:18:29,788 --> 00:18:31,233 You mustn't pass that point. 140 00:18:32,310 --> 00:18:33,914 Be warned! 141 00:18:34,670 --> 00:18:37,479 The snake marks the 'bounds of knowledge'. 142 00:18:52,189 --> 00:18:55,796 He has the habit of licking his plume when he thinks, 143 00:18:55,989 --> 00:18:57,991 otherwise he's someone clean. 144 00:18:59,709 --> 00:19:02,792 What kind of servant would hog the umbrella like you? 145 00:19:02,949 --> 00:19:03,871 Pardon? 146 00:19:05,188 --> 00:19:07,429 Miss! 147 00:19:13,109 --> 00:19:14,156 Miss! 148 00:19:20,508 --> 00:19:22,670 These books make me sick. 149 00:19:24,747 --> 00:19:26,908 They bore me to death. 150 00:19:27,826 --> 00:19:29,990 Do you read so many books? 151 00:19:30,188 --> 00:19:32,998 You'll become a professor in no time then. 152 00:19:43,547 --> 00:19:45,390 I'm sorry. 153 00:19:45,867 --> 00:19:47,439 I won't do it again. 154 00:19:48,109 --> 00:19:49,190 Pardon. 155 00:20:12,947 --> 00:20:14,391 The Count? 156 00:20:15,066 --> 00:20:16,192 Today? 157 00:20:19,666 --> 00:20:22,236 That's why you insisted on a bath. 158 00:20:22,385 --> 00:20:24,958 My aunt, when she heard a guest was coming, 159 00:20:25,107 --> 00:20:28,270 dropped everything and bathed her baby, Miss. 160 00:20:28,587 --> 00:20:33,309 Nothing made her happier than when guests praised her baby's scent. 161 00:20:34,347 --> 00:20:37,715 You are my baby, Miss. 162 00:20:39,026 --> 00:20:41,916 Auntie gave the babies candy during baths. 163 00:20:42,066 --> 00:20:44,639 To teach them that bath time is sweet. 164 00:20:44,947 --> 00:20:46,437 What's wrong? 165 00:20:47,787 --> 00:20:51,472 One of my teeth is sharp. It keeps cutting me. 166 00:21:36,944 --> 00:21:39,072 So this was the scent. 167 00:22:37,344 --> 00:22:39,028 All smooth. 168 00:22:54,305 --> 00:22:56,034 Welcome, sir! 169 00:23:05,303 --> 00:23:09,352 You are too kind to greet me this way upon my arrival 170 00:23:09,502 --> 00:23:12,790 when the journey has left me so unkempt. 171 00:23:13,264 --> 00:23:14,504 Now your tedium is over. 172 00:23:14,664 --> 00:23:18,987 I'll ensure your painting lessons are stimulating. 173 00:23:22,062 --> 00:23:23,348 This must be Okju. 174 00:23:23,542 --> 00:23:25,943 At your service, milord. 175 00:23:27,061 --> 00:23:31,066 You know if you fail, it'll put me in an awkward position? 176 00:23:32,863 --> 00:23:35,867 A decent bone structure for a Korean... 177 00:23:36,783 --> 00:23:40,469 So, are you carrying out your duties faithfully? 178 00:23:40,623 --> 00:23:43,149 Thank you for your recommendation. 179 00:23:43,303 --> 00:23:47,990 You chose a perfect servant for me. 180 00:23:50,464 --> 00:23:54,070 You wouldn't want one who's too stupid. I did my best. 181 00:23:54,983 --> 00:23:58,225 Take good care of our dear Lady. 182 00:23:59,582 --> 00:24:00,583 Take this. 183 00:24:21,021 --> 00:24:23,991 Count Fujiwara requests Miss Hideko to kindly allow her maid Tamako 184 00:24:24,101 --> 00:24:27,662 to be sent to his Lordship for a brief errand. 185 00:24:36,262 --> 00:24:39,390 - Did you call for me, milord? - You may enter. 186 00:25:19,380 --> 00:25:21,428 Do you think you can fool me with this? 187 00:25:21,580 --> 00:25:23,070 Who do you take me for? 188 00:25:28,341 --> 00:25:33,221 You think I'm Tamako, a poor Korean handmaiden. 189 00:25:33,260 --> 00:25:36,628 But my real name's Nam Sook-hee. 190 00:25:36,780 --> 00:25:43,026 Raised by Miss Boksun, top purveyor of stolen goods. 191 00:25:43,100 --> 00:25:47,230 I was able at age 5 to tell a real coin from a fake. 192 00:25:47,499 --> 00:25:50,469 Then learned to forge stamps from Gugai, 193 00:25:50,499 --> 00:25:54,265 and studied pickpocketing from Kutan, 194 00:25:55,019 --> 00:25:58,466 but these babies will never learn such useful skills. 195 00:25:59,139 --> 00:26:01,346 Abandoned as newborns, 196 00:26:01,421 --> 00:26:04,789 we'll wash and feed them, then sell them to Japan. 197 00:26:05,141 --> 00:26:07,029 Such meaningful work. 198 00:26:07,060 --> 00:26:11,622 Instead of starving, they grow up gentlemen and ladies. 199 00:26:12,299 --> 00:26:17,509 Kutan only breastfeeds her own kid. I wouldn't be so miserly. 200 00:26:17,538 --> 00:26:22,467 I wish my breasts gave milk. I'd breastfeed all of them. 201 00:26:31,778 --> 00:26:33,348 Milord! 202 00:27:03,458 --> 00:27:06,780 I'll tell you the story of an interpreter, 203 00:27:07,698 --> 00:27:12,908 who bribed his way into translating for high officials. 204 00:27:13,257 --> 00:27:17,388 After helping Japan annex Korea, he got rights to a gold mine. 205 00:27:18,458 --> 00:27:21,461 Now he wants to turn fully Japanese. 206 00:27:22,377 --> 00:27:24,425 So he gets naturalized, 207 00:27:25,337 --> 00:27:28,739 marries the daughter of a fallen Japanese noble, 208 00:27:28,977 --> 00:27:33,062 and adopts his wife's family name Kouzuki. 209 00:27:33,697 --> 00:27:37,385 Ba... ba... bas... 210 00:27:38,219 --> 00:27:43,179 Bastard builds a mansion, fills it with books and antiques. 211 00:27:45,018 --> 00:27:48,863 He invites Japanese collectors to his library, 212 00:27:48,897 --> 00:27:53,220 holds readings of rare books, and auctions the books off. 213 00:27:53,296 --> 00:27:56,188 He loves books and paintings like his own flesh, 214 00:27:56,258 --> 00:27:58,147 but he can't help parting with a few. 215 00:27:58,178 --> 00:28:01,783 What to do, when he must sell, but can't bear to? 216 00:28:01,856 --> 00:28:03,745 He sells a fake. 217 00:28:06,576 --> 00:28:12,025 He seeks out a specialist to create intricate forgeries. 218 00:28:12,095 --> 00:28:14,099 Unlike him, this specialist... 219 00:28:14,137 --> 00:28:16,981 is a real Japanese, of noble birth! 220 00:28:18,777 --> 00:28:21,986 Count Fujiwara from Nagoya! 221 00:28:23,257 --> 00:28:26,578 So, who is this? 222 00:28:27,856 --> 00:28:30,826 It's the wife. His Japanese wife. 223 00:28:31,978 --> 00:28:34,742 - You'll seduce her... - Is she pretty? 224 00:28:34,777 --> 00:28:37,780 The Jap wife died ages ago with no children. 225 00:28:38,256 --> 00:28:42,864 But the dead wife's dead sister's living daughter 226 00:28:42,896 --> 00:28:44,386 performs those book readings. 227 00:28:44,456 --> 00:28:45,581 But is she pretty? 228 00:28:46,175 --> 00:28:48,905 An orphan. Her father was rich. 229 00:28:48,974 --> 00:28:52,867 Soon she'll fall in love with me, and we'll elope to Japan. 230 00:28:53,136 --> 00:28:55,058 After marrying her there, 231 00:28:55,135 --> 00:28:59,379 and inheriting her fortune, I'll declare her insane 232 00:28:59,495 --> 00:29:01,543 and lock her up in a madhouse. 233 00:29:01,855 --> 00:29:02,856 Right! 234 00:29:03,935 --> 00:29:10,866 Sook-hee will be my mouse, work as her maid, eavesdrop on her, 235 00:29:11,977 --> 00:29:17,107 stay by her side and gently persuade her to fall in love. 236 00:29:17,496 --> 00:29:18,543 Love? 237 00:29:19,296 --> 00:29:21,616 What does a crook know about love? 238 00:29:27,014 --> 00:29:30,225 What of her fortune? She's rich? 239 00:29:30,816 --> 00:29:34,706 Each night in bed I think of her assets. 240 00:29:35,134 --> 00:29:38,104 1.5 million in cash. 300,000 in bonds. 241 00:29:41,174 --> 00:29:44,575 The uncle is just a guardian. It's Hideko's fortune. 242 00:29:44,613 --> 00:29:48,415 That's why Kouzuki schemes to marry the girl. 243 00:29:49,215 --> 00:29:51,422 To his w... wife's niece? 244 00:29:51,455 --> 00:29:52,741 What a s... sick f... f... 245 00:29:52,775 --> 00:29:54,300 Right, a sick fuck. 246 00:29:56,055 --> 00:29:58,262 So what's our share? 247 00:30:00,054 --> 00:30:01,658 I'll share 50,000. 248 00:30:01,694 --> 00:30:03,742 Sook-hee gets the dresses and jewelry. 249 00:30:04,614 --> 00:30:06,617 I'll do it! Take me! 250 00:30:06,695 --> 00:30:10,096 My Japanese is better and I worked as a maid! 251 00:30:23,574 --> 00:30:25,338 On top of the fifty, 252 00:30:27,414 --> 00:30:31,338 I get dresses, jewelry and my own 100,000. 253 00:30:33,493 --> 00:30:36,622 B... b... beautiful! 254 00:30:36,773 --> 00:30:39,697 I'm flummoxed in your presence! 255 00:30:39,933 --> 00:30:44,259 If you stutter like that and make your face go red, 256 00:30:44,815 --> 00:30:47,135 those uppity bitches will feel superior, 257 00:30:47,294 --> 00:30:49,103 and then they'll open up to you, all right? 258 00:30:49,294 --> 00:30:51,865 Watch how to make your face blush: 259 00:30:52,014 --> 00:30:55,859 Breathe in deep and squeeze your stomach tight, 260 00:30:56,013 --> 00:30:59,016 lower your chin and contract your asshole, 261 00:30:59,172 --> 00:31:01,575 don't breath, and swallow your saliva ten times. 262 00:31:01,974 --> 00:31:03,021 Got it? 263 00:31:04,014 --> 00:31:04,856 Go ahead. 264 00:31:20,173 --> 00:31:23,256 The blue kimono with the white peonies, 265 00:31:23,413 --> 00:31:25,814 or the black one with the drawings of cranes? 266 00:31:27,413 --> 00:31:29,893 The shit-colored one with caterpillars, 267 00:31:30,053 --> 00:31:32,340 or the caterpillar-colored one with drawings of shit? 268 00:31:32,493 --> 00:31:33,574 Don't ask her opinion! 269 00:31:33,812 --> 00:31:36,292 Questions make her think. 270 00:31:36,852 --> 00:31:39,255 You're the one who should be thinking for her! 271 00:31:39,414 --> 00:31:42,303 That's how you dominate your mistress, got it? 272 00:31:42,773 --> 00:31:43,853 Yes. 273 00:31:48,292 --> 00:31:50,772 Here's the letter. Pay attention. 274 00:31:53,771 --> 00:31:55,693 "Dear Miss lzumi Hideko," 275 00:31:55,850 --> 00:32:00,813 "Count Fujiwara has informed me of your urgent need for a maid." 276 00:32:01,212 --> 00:32:04,454 "A maid is like a pair of chopsticks." 277 00:32:04,611 --> 00:32:08,775 "You hardly notice them, but their absence plunges you into disarray." 278 00:32:11,051 --> 00:32:14,976 Did my mom cry before they hanged her? 279 00:32:15,331 --> 00:32:16,937 Women who steal once 280 00:32:18,573 --> 00:32:22,099 and are hanged always cry. 281 00:32:22,412 --> 00:32:24,141 They even cry a lot. 282 00:32:25,932 --> 00:32:29,821 Your mother stole a thousand times, 283 00:32:29,970 --> 00:32:33,975 was caught just once, and died once. 284 00:32:35,652 --> 00:32:36,983 Did she cry? 285 00:32:41,371 --> 00:32:43,179 She laughed. 286 00:32:43,690 --> 00:32:46,216 Said she was lucky to have you before dying. 287 00:32:46,770 --> 00:32:49,340 That she had no regrets. 288 00:32:50,849 --> 00:32:55,015 Imagine what a good thief you'll become! 289 00:33:06,891 --> 00:33:09,177 It should have been me! 290 00:33:10,330 --> 00:33:13,778 I should be the one going to that Jap's house. 291 00:33:14,211 --> 00:33:16,373 What a pity... 292 00:33:27,489 --> 00:33:29,490 Everyone's talking about you in Eunpo. 293 00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:33,014 How you'll be an even greater thief than your mom. Hmm? 294 00:33:33,490 --> 00:33:35,935 Who believes the talk of a swindler? 295 00:33:37,849 --> 00:33:41,251 When I give the signal, "fully ripe," 296 00:33:41,329 --> 00:33:43,411 arrange for her and I to be alone. 297 00:33:43,489 --> 00:33:45,412 Then I'll gobble her up to the pit. 298 00:33:45,489 --> 00:33:49,735 She's so naive, even if a man pulls on her nipples 299 00:33:49,811 --> 00:33:51,142 she won't know what he wants. 300 00:33:52,891 --> 00:33:57,532 So it's your job to tell her that everything is because of me. 301 00:33:58,410 --> 00:34:01,140 "Oh my, since the Count arrived, 302 00:34:01,169 --> 00:34:03,933 your toenails are growing much faster!" 303 00:34:05,168 --> 00:34:07,375 That sort of thing, all right? 304 00:34:08,530 --> 00:34:10,100 Here, a gift. 305 00:34:21,848 --> 00:34:24,498 Oh, he's so thoughtful! 306 00:34:25,847 --> 00:34:28,898 That'll be mine when she goes to the madhouse. 307 00:34:29,729 --> 00:34:33,051 It pains my heart to see this poor girl. 308 00:34:33,089 --> 00:34:36,093 Have you ever seen sapphires so blue? 309 00:34:38,729 --> 00:34:41,732 Let's take a look... 310 00:34:43,368 --> 00:34:47,169 This isn't a sapphire, it's blue spinel. 311 00:34:49,769 --> 00:34:52,772 It's all right, Miss. Spinels are expensive, too. 312 00:34:53,568 --> 00:34:55,013 How do you know... 313 00:34:55,808 --> 00:35:00,290 Oh, my Auntie... I mean, Lady Minami taught me. 314 00:35:01,047 --> 00:35:02,537 But it's fine! 315 00:35:02,567 --> 00:35:04,172 No need to be ashamed at all. 316 00:35:04,248 --> 00:35:06,774 Your average fence can barely tell them apart. 317 00:35:06,848 --> 00:35:08,418 Is that so? 318 00:35:22,607 --> 00:35:25,613 Of all the things I've washed and dressed, 319 00:35:26,249 --> 00:35:28,615 has anything been this pretty? 320 00:35:30,568 --> 00:35:33,299 I'd like to show her to the people at home. 321 00:35:34,447 --> 00:35:35,528 What would they say? 322 00:35:38,286 --> 00:35:39,856 Probably this? 323 00:35:43,008 --> 00:35:44,009 Mesmerizing! 324 00:35:44,088 --> 00:35:48,058 S... s... spellbindingly beautiful! 325 00:35:54,446 --> 00:35:55,731 Shameless bastard. 326 00:36:00,607 --> 00:36:04,612 The Count kept pushing wine on me. 327 00:36:11,527 --> 00:36:12,528 Does it feel okay? 328 00:36:13,727 --> 00:36:17,048 It's suffocating. How do ladies wear such things? 329 00:36:17,846 --> 00:36:19,259 You think this is suffocating? 330 00:36:21,127 --> 00:36:23,175 Miss, you're killing me! 331 00:36:26,566 --> 00:36:29,456 Dressed up, you look like a lady, too. 332 00:36:34,165 --> 00:36:35,894 I think I know 333 00:36:37,364 --> 00:36:39,368 what the Count meant. 334 00:36:41,086 --> 00:36:42,849 Your face... 335 00:36:44,165 --> 00:36:46,054 Each night in bed, 336 00:36:47,165 --> 00:36:49,213 I think of your face. 337 00:36:52,645 --> 00:36:54,249 Don't be silly, Miss. 338 00:36:59,927 --> 00:37:05,217 Ladies truly are the dolls of maids. 339 00:37:05,846 --> 00:37:10,248 All these buttons are for my amusement. 340 00:37:11,124 --> 00:37:13,889 If I undo the buttons and pull out the cords, 341 00:37:15,246 --> 00:37:18,534 then, the sweet things within, 342 00:37:19,326 --> 00:37:22,056 those sweet and soft things... 343 00:37:24,004 --> 00:37:28,692 if I were still a pickpocket, I'd slip my hand inside... 344 00:38:01,764 --> 00:38:05,246 Miss, are you truly going to marry your uncle? 345 00:38:09,123 --> 00:38:13,493 That's what he raised me for, knowing he'd need my fortune. 346 00:38:14,164 --> 00:38:16,450 There's a famous collector in France. 347 00:38:16,483 --> 00:38:19,851 He'll be putting his entire library up for auction. 348 00:38:19,883 --> 00:38:22,887 The gold mine's proceeds won't cover the cost. 349 00:38:23,963 --> 00:38:29,129 If it were me, I'd sell books to buy gold, not the opposite. 350 00:38:31,125 --> 00:38:34,334 Did you ever think of marrying someone else? 351 00:38:34,485 --> 00:38:36,805 - Count Fujiwara for example... - You! 352 00:38:36,884 --> 00:38:39,808 You're quite curious for a servant. 353 00:39:07,441 --> 00:39:08,490 For now, 354 00:39:09,243 --> 00:39:13,805 the Lady needn't go read to the sick fuck who wants to marry his wife's niece. 355 00:39:15,723 --> 00:39:20,570 Instead the fake Count goes to the library to make fake books. 356 00:39:23,922 --> 00:39:27,769 The Lady waits for her 2 o'clock art class, 357 00:39:27,803 --> 00:39:29,248 and waits... 358 00:39:31,602 --> 00:39:33,809 Poor girl, 359 00:39:33,882 --> 00:39:36,692 losing her heart to a fake. 360 00:40:11,002 --> 00:40:12,413 Please, Count! 361 00:41:05,720 --> 00:41:07,051 Sorry to be late. 362 00:41:07,840 --> 00:41:08,887 It's no matter. 363 00:41:17,238 --> 00:41:21,484 Maybe I need more practice to give it dimensionality? 364 00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:24,085 Dimensionality... perhaps. 365 00:41:24,159 --> 00:41:28,130 Nonetheless, you have a vision that transcends mere skill. 366 00:41:28,159 --> 00:41:31,959 As if you see directly into an object's essence. 367 00:41:32,399 --> 00:41:37,532 For example, the fact that this peach contains a lot of water. 368 00:41:37,561 --> 00:41:40,087 I hesitate to stand before you 369 00:41:40,201 --> 00:41:42,771 for fear that you might read my thoughts. 370 00:41:57,560 --> 00:41:59,483 That's enough for today. 371 00:42:05,838 --> 00:42:07,283 Almost fully ripe. 372 00:42:08,718 --> 00:42:09,719 Already? 373 00:42:14,277 --> 00:42:15,360 Damn... 374 00:42:19,439 --> 00:42:20,645 Do you know what? 375 00:42:20,719 --> 00:42:24,360 Since the Count arrived, your cheeks have grown flushed. 376 00:42:24,399 --> 00:42:25,446 Have they? 377 00:42:31,998 --> 00:42:34,651 How did your mom die? 378 00:42:35,879 --> 00:42:40,964 When I was a baby, at a big house, she was hanged... 379 00:42:40,998 --> 00:42:44,969 - I mean, she hanged... - Hanged herself? Like my aunt. 380 00:42:45,518 --> 00:42:47,485 Well, pretty much. 381 00:42:55,078 --> 00:42:59,526 Still, while alive she hugged you a lot? 382 00:43:03,837 --> 00:43:07,808 My mother died giving birth to me. 383 00:43:09,077 --> 00:43:15,802 So it's as if I strangled her myself. 384 00:43:17,678 --> 00:43:20,488 I wish I'd never been born. 385 00:43:24,597 --> 00:43:27,645 No baby is ever guilty of being born. 386 00:43:28,276 --> 00:43:30,565 If your mother thought you could understand, 387 00:43:30,638 --> 00:43:33,164 this is what she'd have said. 388 00:43:34,158 --> 00:43:38,127 That she was so lucky to have you before dying. 389 00:43:38,316 --> 00:43:40,364 That she had no regrets. 390 00:43:46,995 --> 00:43:49,204 Wait here a moment, Miss. 391 00:43:50,157 --> 00:43:51,204 I'll go pick mushrooms. 392 00:43:53,557 --> 00:43:56,527 We'll have mushroom stew tonight, you like that. 393 00:43:56,557 --> 00:43:58,321 I'll go with you. 394 00:43:59,157 --> 00:44:00,647 I'll be quick. 395 00:44:01,517 --> 00:44:03,006 Before it rains. 396 00:44:12,196 --> 00:44:13,243 Good girl... 397 00:44:19,036 --> 00:44:20,447 What a coincidence. 398 00:44:21,035 --> 00:44:22,002 Indeed. 399 00:44:22,475 --> 00:44:24,079 May I sit by you? 400 00:44:51,116 --> 00:44:54,086 The lady sits, shy and trembling. 401 00:44:54,116 --> 00:44:56,800 The gentleman is persistent. 402 00:44:57,475 --> 00:45:01,479 The perceptive maid has stepped out for a moment. 403 00:45:02,554 --> 00:45:04,524 All is well, Sook-hee. 404 00:45:05,516 --> 00:45:08,678 Everyone's performing their roles so damned well. 405 00:45:10,395 --> 00:45:11,520 Fucking hell. 406 00:45:17,034 --> 00:45:19,764 You know servants can't use this entrance! 407 00:45:28,115 --> 00:45:29,276 Hey! 408 00:45:34,675 --> 00:45:37,245 I wish I'd never come here. 409 00:45:40,114 --> 00:45:42,117 It was wrong to come. 410 00:45:43,915 --> 00:45:46,918 Tamako, you brought watercolors, right? 411 00:45:47,514 --> 00:45:49,437 Of course, milord! 412 00:45:49,474 --> 00:45:50,964 Watercolour paints and brushes... 413 00:45:50,994 --> 00:45:53,076 Go and get the oils. 414 00:45:53,194 --> 00:45:56,720 A day like this demands oils, yes! 415 00:46:19,675 --> 00:46:20,836 Shit! 416 00:46:25,674 --> 00:46:27,244 Lady! 417 00:46:29,153 --> 00:46:30,803 Milord! 418 00:46:44,752 --> 00:46:46,197 Lady. 419 00:47:07,553 --> 00:47:09,793 A blackout! Bring a lantern. 420 00:47:28,711 --> 00:47:31,395 I need to think. 421 00:47:32,190 --> 00:47:34,399 I need to become rich, 422 00:47:34,432 --> 00:47:38,993 sail off to a distant harbor, eat food I scarcely recognize, 423 00:47:39,031 --> 00:47:42,114 buy my fill of glittering baubles, 424 00:47:42,191 --> 00:47:44,193 and not think of Hideko. 425 00:47:45,391 --> 00:47:47,519 Never think of Hideko... 426 00:48:15,191 --> 00:48:17,717 I returned and you didn't even come to me? 427 00:48:18,550 --> 00:48:21,394 It was late, I must have slept. My apologies. 428 00:48:23,030 --> 00:48:25,839 You know how hard it is to do those readings? 429 00:48:26,629 --> 00:48:30,033 Must I remove makeup and change clothes all by myself? 430 00:48:30,871 --> 00:48:33,477 I feel a nightmare coming. Sleep here. 431 00:48:58,910 --> 00:49:00,958 He proposed to me. 432 00:49:04,109 --> 00:49:05,792 Next full moon, 433 00:49:06,910 --> 00:49:11,631 when my uncle visits his mine, he wants to elope to Japan. 434 00:49:13,949 --> 00:49:15,951 What did you say? 435 00:49:18,629 --> 00:49:20,472 I said I wasn't sure. 436 00:49:20,509 --> 00:49:21,556 Why? 437 00:49:22,149 --> 00:49:23,639 I'm scared. 438 00:49:24,349 --> 00:49:26,274 Of your uncle's anger? 439 00:49:28,071 --> 00:49:30,038 Of the Count. 440 00:49:31,630 --> 00:49:34,634 What's to be scared of? He's so kind. 441 00:49:36,989 --> 00:49:39,832 I don't know, I just feel it. 442 00:49:43,228 --> 00:49:46,279 Like the reflex of pulling your hand from a flame. 443 00:49:49,669 --> 00:49:51,670 Tell me... 444 00:49:59,547 --> 00:50:01,788 What is it that men want? 445 00:50:05,189 --> 00:50:06,190 Pardon? 446 00:50:07,429 --> 00:50:11,229 I mean, after getting married, at night... 447 00:50:14,749 --> 00:50:17,718 How would I know? I'm practically a child. 448 00:50:17,788 --> 00:50:21,795 With no mother. No one here to... 449 00:50:27,708 --> 00:50:28,709 First, 450 00:50:31,028 --> 00:50:32,792 I guess they'd kiss? 451 00:50:35,787 --> 00:50:36,993 And then? 452 00:50:39,026 --> 00:50:40,792 They hug each other. 453 00:50:41,348 --> 00:50:42,713 Standing up? 454 00:50:43,668 --> 00:50:46,796 When there's no bed or they have to be quick. 455 00:50:46,947 --> 00:50:49,791 Normally one does it on a bed. 456 00:50:50,707 --> 00:50:54,632 Let yourself go without thinking. It'll work itself out. 457 00:50:54,787 --> 00:50:56,027 Without thinking? 458 00:50:59,709 --> 00:51:04,589 Are there girls who feel nothing 459 00:51:04,948 --> 00:51:08,998 like how blind people don't see? 460 00:51:10,947 --> 00:51:12,676 What the hell. 461 00:51:12,906 --> 00:51:15,147 I'll show her one thing, then put her to bed. 462 00:51:17,548 --> 00:51:18,549 Poor thing, 463 00:51:18,588 --> 00:51:25,435 alone in a strange country, reading those useless books, 464 00:51:25,946 --> 00:51:28,677 without learning a single useful skill. 465 00:51:46,227 --> 00:51:48,707 Why does the candy taste different? 466 00:51:49,947 --> 00:51:53,155 The bitter turned sour, 467 00:51:53,226 --> 00:51:56,709 the sour turned sweet, 468 00:51:56,787 --> 00:52:00,268 the sweet turned savory... 469 00:52:00,386 --> 00:52:02,354 How do you know all this? 470 00:52:03,386 --> 00:52:05,434 You must have experience? 471 00:52:07,706 --> 00:52:10,470 My friend Kutan taught me. 472 00:52:11,425 --> 00:52:13,472 Taught you? In words? 473 00:52:14,066 --> 00:52:16,114 Yes, only in words. 474 00:52:35,587 --> 00:52:37,588 So this is how it feels. 475 00:52:37,626 --> 00:52:40,277 That's what you will feel for the Count. 476 00:52:41,506 --> 00:52:42,507 Really? 477 00:52:43,026 --> 00:52:44,789 The Count, truly... 478 00:52:47,744 --> 00:52:50,554 He won't think he's making love to a corpse? 479 00:52:52,666 --> 00:52:54,828 You know about my cold hands and feet. 480 00:52:55,666 --> 00:52:56,666 Really? 481 00:52:57,585 --> 00:52:58,632 Here. 482 00:53:07,143 --> 00:53:08,872 Feels just fine. 483 00:53:09,503 --> 00:53:10,506 You like it? 484 00:53:12,345 --> 00:53:15,428 Do it to me. I want to know how it feels. 485 00:53:19,785 --> 00:53:23,755 I'm sure he'll want to do this too. 486 00:53:24,584 --> 00:53:25,585 And then... 487 00:53:32,705 --> 00:53:34,547 It's so cute. 488 00:53:37,144 --> 00:53:39,306 If the Count sees this... 489 00:53:49,344 --> 00:53:52,347 Will he really be so tender as this? 490 00:53:53,223 --> 00:53:54,463 Of course. 491 00:53:54,503 --> 00:53:57,552 And he'll touch you like this. 492 00:53:57,583 --> 00:53:59,585 And like this... 493 00:54:02,583 --> 00:54:05,553 Keep doing it like the Count would. 494 00:54:08,065 --> 00:54:11,034 And this is what he'll say. 495 00:54:13,784 --> 00:54:16,787 It's so soft, warm, 496 00:54:18,783 --> 00:54:20,784 wet and... 497 00:54:21,342 --> 00:54:25,747 s..s.. spellbindingly beautiful! 498 00:54:45,783 --> 00:54:48,024 Okju. 499 00:54:49,583 --> 00:54:52,587 Hideko. 500 00:54:55,463 --> 00:54:57,942 Mommy. 501 00:54:59,622 --> 00:55:01,784 Daddy. 502 00:55:03,504 --> 00:55:06,154 Now, the model must stay still. 503 00:55:06,982 --> 00:55:10,509 Okju. 504 00:55:14,782 --> 00:55:17,910 - Hideko... - Wait. 505 00:55:18,301 --> 00:55:19,586 Stop. 506 00:55:20,660 --> 00:55:24,462 ... doesn't like it, you damned scoundrel! 507 00:55:26,141 --> 00:55:27,267 Stop it! 508 00:55:27,301 --> 00:55:28,382 I can't do this. 509 00:55:32,541 --> 00:55:34,145 Come here, Tamako. 510 00:55:37,941 --> 00:55:39,513 Find some other job to do. 511 00:55:39,583 --> 00:55:41,267 You catch my meaning? 512 00:55:50,941 --> 00:55:52,909 I've no other job to do. 513 00:55:52,941 --> 00:55:56,228 My job is to look after the Lady. 514 00:56:07,660 --> 00:56:10,789 I spit it out without chewing! All because of you! 515 00:56:10,820 --> 00:56:12,821 She's fully ripe! Fully ripe! 516 00:56:12,859 --> 00:56:14,509 If I miss this fortnight, I'm finished! 517 00:56:16,059 --> 00:56:18,382 Can you feel it? How much I want it? 518 00:56:18,461 --> 00:56:23,069 After fighting so hard to escape my garbage heap of a life, 519 00:56:23,501 --> 00:56:26,710 you think I'll let you fuck it up, you bitch? 520 00:56:27,141 --> 00:56:32,226 Shall I tell the Lady you're nothing but a lowly pickpocket? 521 00:56:32,300 --> 00:56:35,909 Fine, I'll have something to tell her too. 522 00:56:35,982 --> 00:56:40,304 That you're nothing but the son of a lowly Korean farmhand and shaman... 523 00:56:40,340 --> 00:56:41,387 Sook-hee. 524 00:56:41,460 --> 00:56:43,667 Think of your family at home. 525 00:56:43,940 --> 00:56:47,786 Boksun raising babies with her bad back with those two halfwits. 526 00:56:47,860 --> 00:56:50,430 How will they feel if you go home empty-handed? 527 00:56:50,499 --> 00:56:52,422 Want to shit on your mother's legend? 528 00:56:52,459 --> 00:56:54,701 You should go home in glory. 529 00:56:59,779 --> 00:57:03,465 So don't push Hideko too hard. 530 00:57:03,539 --> 00:57:04,825 She's got no one on this earth. 531 00:57:04,899 --> 00:57:08,620 If you frighten her, she'll close up hard as a clam. 532 00:57:11,259 --> 00:57:12,590 And please... 533 00:57:14,301 --> 00:57:19,704 Don't ever again put my hand on your tiny joke of a cock. 534 00:57:28,178 --> 00:57:29,259 Oh, my. 535 00:57:29,818 --> 00:57:33,108 Your toenails have grown faster since the Count arrived. 536 00:57:33,180 --> 00:57:34,989 How curious. 537 00:57:35,980 --> 00:57:39,949 Miss, doesn't it bother you not to know? 538 00:57:40,978 --> 00:57:44,221 How many ships sail on the wide sea... 539 00:57:44,778 --> 00:57:47,303 People leaving, people returning, 540 00:57:47,697 --> 00:57:50,348 those saying "Farewell" or "Welcome back." 541 00:57:50,417 --> 00:57:52,865 What's the farthest you've traveled? 542 00:57:52,939 --> 00:57:54,509 The hill beyond the manor? 543 00:58:00,779 --> 00:58:05,181 My uncle would follow me to the ends of the Earth. 544 00:58:07,578 --> 00:58:10,060 I've always lived like this. 545 00:58:12,299 --> 00:58:16,508 I could be content here, if you were with me. 546 00:58:21,538 --> 00:58:24,381 We go for walks wearing new shoes, 547 00:58:24,657 --> 00:58:26,385 you tell me stories, 548 00:58:28,458 --> 00:58:32,463 and you massage my feet like that. 549 00:58:34,777 --> 00:58:36,745 You're fortunate, Miss. 550 00:58:37,137 --> 00:58:41,108 The man who loves you has the power to protect you. 551 00:58:41,137 --> 00:58:43,105 That's rare. 552 00:58:43,737 --> 00:58:47,744 But I'm not sure if I love him. 553 00:58:49,259 --> 00:58:50,829 You do love him. 554 00:58:54,138 --> 00:58:55,663 How do you know? 555 00:58:57,378 --> 00:58:59,744 You stare out the window all day. 556 00:59:00,577 --> 00:59:02,738 Turn in your sleep and sigh. 557 00:59:05,458 --> 00:59:06,823 And your toenails. 558 00:59:06,858 --> 00:59:08,940 Even if I say I don't love him, 559 00:59:09,818 --> 00:59:12,821 if I say that I love someone else... 560 00:59:14,416 --> 00:59:18,421 Me, who has no one on this earth... 561 00:59:19,216 --> 00:59:21,900 Do you still want me to marry him? 562 00:59:25,457 --> 00:59:27,459 You will love him. 563 00:59:42,456 --> 00:59:43,789 Miss! 564 01:00:31,096 --> 01:00:32,096 In the end, 565 01:00:32,135 --> 01:00:36,344 Hideko accepted the proposal, provided that I come to Japan, too. 566 01:00:36,574 --> 01:00:39,227 The Count, after feigning annoyance for a bit, 567 01:00:39,296 --> 01:00:41,060 nodded his head. 568 01:00:42,576 --> 01:00:44,623 On the day her uncle left to visit his mine, 569 01:00:44,735 --> 01:00:49,183 the Count pretended to go back to Japan and hid nearby. 570 01:01:02,375 --> 01:01:05,379 You'll have a week of freedom 571 01:01:05,855 --> 01:01:10,543 but always remember the basement. 572 01:01:56,495 --> 01:01:58,099 Miss! 573 01:02:58,972 --> 01:03:05,422 Thank you for travelling on our ferry today. 574 01:03:05,811 --> 01:03:11,262 We will arrive at Shimonoseki at 7:30 pm. 575 01:03:18,451 --> 01:03:20,021 Finally we're going home. 576 01:03:20,291 --> 01:03:21,816 It's been 3 years... 577 01:04:44,250 --> 01:04:46,298 To not steal... 578 01:04:46,850 --> 01:04:48,339 To not steal... 579 01:04:48,969 --> 01:04:50,300 To not commit adultery... 580 01:04:50,649 --> 01:04:52,731 To not commit adultery... 581 01:04:53,489 --> 01:04:55,298 To not lie... 582 01:04:55,609 --> 01:04:57,691 To not lie... 583 01:06:34,407 --> 01:06:39,448 Spider web around in my waist 584 01:06:39,768 --> 01:06:44,217 Strumming makes a zither sing 585 01:06:44,648 --> 01:06:47,651 Thousand woes 586 01:06:54,728 --> 01:07:01,371 Under the blue sky Only the crows cry 587 01:07:02,006 --> 01:07:10,288 How sorrowful my zither My beloved zither 588 01:07:21,127 --> 01:07:23,209 Did you sleep well? 589 01:07:33,407 --> 01:07:34,454 Excuse me. 590 01:07:35,047 --> 01:07:36,093 Sorry. 591 01:07:41,406 --> 01:07:44,569 The Count paid the innkeeper to spy on us, 592 01:07:44,686 --> 01:07:46,528 afraid we might run off. 593 01:07:46,885 --> 01:07:49,856 Why get dressed? I've nothing to do anyway. 594 01:07:52,366 --> 01:07:54,050 Things are moving too slowly. 595 01:07:54,085 --> 01:07:57,294 I fear Hideko might truly go mad. 596 01:07:58,365 --> 01:08:00,572 Shall we play 'maid', like before? 597 01:08:04,045 --> 01:08:08,257 From morning to night we see no sign of the Count. 598 01:08:08,287 --> 01:08:12,212 Certifying the marriage and converting the inheritance to cash 599 01:08:12,247 --> 01:08:14,248 require much work, he says. 600 01:08:52,965 --> 01:08:54,854 How cruel can you be? 601 01:08:54,885 --> 01:08:58,207 You plucked the flower, now re-plant it. 602 01:08:58,245 --> 01:09:00,246 What do you want? 603 01:09:00,404 --> 01:09:04,331 Hurry up and throw her into the madhouse! 604 01:09:38,283 --> 01:09:40,251 A week here... 605 01:09:50,244 --> 01:09:52,053 Then finally... 606 01:10:38,724 --> 01:10:40,134 This way. 607 01:10:46,442 --> 01:10:49,013 There are the doctors, you know what to say. 608 01:11:04,081 --> 01:11:05,446 Who is that person? 609 01:11:06,281 --> 01:11:08,170 The Countess Lady Fujiwara. 610 01:11:08,241 --> 01:11:11,245 Her maiden name was Izumi Hideko. 611 01:11:12,601 --> 01:11:14,171 And who might you be? 612 01:11:14,561 --> 01:11:16,133 I am the Lady's handmaiden. 613 01:11:16,723 --> 01:11:18,885 - Your name? - My name is Tamako. 614 01:11:20,122 --> 01:11:23,490 Then, what kind of treatment 615 01:11:23,522 --> 01:11:26,128 do you believe your Lady requires? 616 01:11:40,721 --> 01:11:43,963 She should be confined in a place 617 01:11:44,000 --> 01:11:49,961 where no one can harm her and where she can do no harm. 618 01:11:54,561 --> 01:11:59,488 Just a few tests then let's have lamb chops at the Peace Hotel. 619 01:12:16,081 --> 01:12:18,048 Almost there. Good work. 620 01:12:20,280 --> 01:12:22,169 Don't be frightened. 621 01:12:57,440 --> 01:12:59,602 Good day, Countess. 622 01:13:00,239 --> 01:13:01,764 Do you remember me? 623 01:13:05,558 --> 01:13:06,684 Countess? 624 01:13:15,998 --> 01:13:17,045 What is this? 625 01:13:17,438 --> 01:13:20,282 We mean you no harm, Countess. 626 01:13:20,718 --> 01:13:22,799 We're going to look after you. 627 01:13:23,997 --> 01:13:27,924 You've got the wrong person. She is the Countess. 628 01:13:28,479 --> 01:13:30,766 Tell them, Your Lordship! 629 01:13:31,999 --> 01:13:36,049 She still believes she's a Korean handmaiden. 630 01:13:37,439 --> 01:13:40,920 It's because her nanny was Korean. 631 01:13:41,638 --> 01:13:44,403 You scoundrel! 632 01:13:44,918 --> 01:13:47,160 Let go of me, you filthy bitches! 633 01:13:47,199 --> 01:13:50,645 We do not use such language here, your Ladyship. 634 01:13:50,718 --> 01:13:51,765 Miss! 635 01:13:56,518 --> 01:14:00,522 My poor Lady, she's gone nutty. 636 01:14:01,837 --> 01:14:04,159 If it's any help, 637 01:14:04,198 --> 01:14:09,044 this is from her mother, and she used to cherish it 638 01:14:10,557 --> 01:14:12,764 before going mad. 639 01:14:16,837 --> 01:14:19,522 Such a considerate maid. 640 01:14:21,557 --> 01:14:24,608 You thought Hideko a lamb. 641 01:14:25,559 --> 01:14:27,447 Lamb, my arse. 642 01:14:28,878 --> 01:14:32,564 I tell you, right from the start, Miss lzumi Hideko 643 01:14:35,237 --> 01:14:37,557 had always been... 644 01:14:37,916 --> 01:14:38,963 Miss! 645 01:14:39,836 --> 01:14:41,328 ... a rotten bitch. 646 01:14:47,557 --> 01:14:49,275 'PART TWO' 647 01:14:49,276 --> 01:14:50,437 'PART TWO' I'm not a rotten bitch! No! No! 648 01:14:50,438 --> 01:14:53,007 I'm not a rotten bitch! No! No! 649 01:15:00,557 --> 01:15:02,719 Put it in your mouth, Hideko. 650 01:15:05,757 --> 01:15:07,646 Hold out your hand. 651 01:15:26,076 --> 01:15:28,886 Next time you feel like talking back, 652 01:15:29,356 --> 01:15:32,837 remember the taste of this metal bead. 653 01:15:39,076 --> 01:15:42,204 You'll sleep alone from tonight. 654 01:15:52,195 --> 01:15:53,242 All right? 655 01:15:53,315 --> 01:15:54,476 Please give me a light. 656 01:15:54,915 --> 01:15:58,160 We've been ordered to save oil. 657 01:15:58,757 --> 01:16:00,521 You little brat. 658 01:16:00,557 --> 01:16:02,240 Speak Japanese! 659 01:16:04,756 --> 01:16:08,202 In there is a man the size of an ogre 660 01:16:08,795 --> 01:16:12,879 who can't stand the sound of girls screaming. 661 01:16:13,394 --> 01:16:16,957 If he hears you, he'll burst in through that door after you. 662 01:16:18,196 --> 01:16:19,924 And then? 663 01:16:22,954 --> 01:16:27,437 He'll smother you with his giant body 664 01:16:27,954 --> 01:16:29,955 so you can't make a sound. 665 01:16:44,515 --> 01:16:45,801 Aunt. 666 01:16:46,275 --> 01:16:48,083 My, my. 667 01:16:49,394 --> 01:16:52,639 Scaring a little girl like that. 668 01:17:42,353 --> 01:17:44,002 And me? 669 01:17:45,152 --> 01:17:46,802 Am I pretty too? 670 01:17:50,834 --> 01:17:52,563 Look closely. 671 01:17:57,432 --> 01:18:00,959 Everyone says I can't compare 672 01:18:01,752 --> 01:18:04,118 to my big sister. 673 01:18:06,871 --> 01:18:07,874 Day. 674 01:18:08,233 --> 01:18:09,234 Night. 675 01:18:09,593 --> 01:18:10,640 Day. 676 01:18:11,233 --> 01:18:12,439 Night. 677 01:18:13,193 --> 01:18:14,319 Man. 678 01:18:14,833 --> 01:18:15,834 Woman. 679 01:18:16,593 --> 01:18:17,640 Man. 680 01:18:18,353 --> 01:18:19,354 Woman. 681 01:18:22,832 --> 01:18:23,833 Eye. 682 01:18:24,192 --> 01:18:25,193 Nose. 683 01:18:25,994 --> 01:18:26,995 Mouth. 684 01:18:27,873 --> 01:18:28,840 Ear. 685 01:18:29,833 --> 01:18:30,833 Shoulder. 686 01:18:31,592 --> 01:18:32,593 Nipple. 687 01:18:33,192 --> 01:18:34,239 Navel. 688 01:18:34,832 --> 01:18:35,833 Eye. 689 01:18:36,272 --> 01:18:37,273 Nose. 690 01:18:37,872 --> 01:18:38,839 Mouth. 691 01:18:39,552 --> 01:18:40,552 Ear. 692 01:18:40,831 --> 01:18:41,957 Shoulder. 693 01:18:42,591 --> 01:18:43,637 Nipple. 694 01:18:44,030 --> 01:18:45,033 Navel. 695 01:18:48,592 --> 01:18:49,638 Penis. 696 01:18:50,351 --> 01:18:51,352 Vagina. 697 01:18:57,511 --> 01:18:59,513 Penis. 698 01:19:00,351 --> 01:19:01,841 Vagina. 699 01:19:37,949 --> 01:19:41,922 You think if you speak Korean, I won't understand? 700 01:19:44,071 --> 01:19:45,835 I was going a bit crazy, 701 01:19:45,911 --> 01:19:49,074 so I made them crazy too. 702 01:19:53,391 --> 01:19:56,712 When Mrs. Sasaki looked as crazy as me, 703 01:19:56,750 --> 01:19:58,798 life was more bearable. 704 01:20:17,068 --> 01:20:21,075 I know you are a bit insane. 705 01:20:21,790 --> 01:20:25,475 It runs in your mother's family. 706 01:20:25,989 --> 01:20:28,435 That's why I'm training you. 707 01:20:28,469 --> 01:20:29,800 To set your mind right. 708 01:20:30,189 --> 01:20:35,275 If I fail, there's a place called a "mental hospital" in Japan. 709 01:20:38,791 --> 01:20:41,760 Established by the rational Germans, 710 01:20:41,790 --> 01:20:45,237 it's very effective in treating lunacy. 711 01:20:46,110 --> 01:20:49,716 They dig holes in the dirt, put a patient in each one, 712 01:20:49,829 --> 01:20:51,398 and put lids on top. 713 01:20:51,428 --> 01:20:55,799 If patients improve, they get a leash, 714 01:20:55,830 --> 01:20:58,561 so they can crawl around like dogs. 715 01:21:25,349 --> 01:21:28,989 The cherry tree that came with me on the ship from Japan 716 01:21:29,028 --> 01:21:31,030 bloomed twice. 717 01:21:32,508 --> 01:21:35,592 "When Jinlian finally took off her clothes," 718 01:21:35,669 --> 01:21:38,831 "Ximen-Qing-examined-her-Jade-Gate..." 719 01:21:38,908 --> 01:21:42,913 "to-find-it-hairless-white-as-snow and-smooth-as-jade..." 720 01:21:45,428 --> 01:21:47,828 You must pause between words. 721 01:21:48,467 --> 01:21:51,515 Don't read like a dog lapping at his plate! 722 01:21:53,828 --> 01:21:56,797 Listen to your aunt read. 723 01:22:03,827 --> 01:22:08,355 "When Jinlian finally took off her clothes, 724 01:22:08,587 --> 01:22:12,355 "Ximen Qing examined her Jade Gate..." 725 01:22:12,549 --> 01:22:14,472 'Discovering the Secret Well' 726 01:22:14,549 --> 01:22:17,870 "... to find it hairless, white as snow," 727 01:22:18,468 --> 01:22:20,835 "and smooth as jade." 728 01:22:21,068 --> 01:22:23,832 "Tight as a drum," 729 01:22:23,867 --> 01:22:25,914 "and soft as silk." 730 01:22:26,906 --> 01:22:31,835 "Once he drew apart the curtains of flesh," 731 01:22:33,068 --> 01:22:38,835 "the scent of well-aged wine emanated from within," 732 01:22:39,866 --> 01:22:44,871 "and on fold upon fold of the red velvet interior," 733 01:22:45,345 --> 01:22:47,552 "beads of dew were forming." 734 01:22:48,347 --> 01:22:53,558 "Its center was dark and void," 735 01:22:54,387 --> 01:22:57,789 "yet as if it had its own life," 736 01:22:58,187 --> 01:23:02,635 "it twitched and twitched." 737 01:23:30,585 --> 01:23:32,747 Everyone wanted to cut it down, 738 01:23:32,825 --> 01:23:34,793 but my uncle refused. 739 01:23:36,825 --> 01:23:41,592 He said this tree from Mt. Fuji had absorbed my aunt's soul. 740 01:23:42,545 --> 01:23:48,156 The servants whispered it was due to the tree's high cost, 741 01:23:48,227 --> 01:23:51,230 but I think my uncle was right. 742 01:23:51,826 --> 01:23:54,636 You can tell from the cherry blossoms, 743 01:23:54,706 --> 01:23:58,231 which turned brighter and bloomed longer. 744 01:24:31,145 --> 01:24:33,466 "' 'Tell me, Juliette.' " 745 01:24:33,745 --> 01:24:40,470 " 'Do you wish this impetuous young knight to save you?' " 746 01:24:46,304 --> 01:24:50,195 "The duchess shook her head resolutely," 747 01:24:50,224 --> 01:24:53,467 "to my great disappointment." 748 01:24:55,863 --> 01:24:56,989 “ 'Now, 749 01:24:57,902 --> 01:24:59,986 "' 'my brave knight.' " 750 01:25:04,903 --> 01:25:06,985 Oh, it's a new customer! 751 01:25:10,663 --> 01:25:11,664 Now, 752 01:25:11,983 --> 01:25:14,145 my brave knight. 753 01:25:15,503 --> 01:25:21,706 When you see these old scars and the fresh pink wounds, 754 01:25:21,985 --> 01:25:24,146 what do you feel? 755 01:25:27,344 --> 01:25:29,744 I pity the poor woman. 756 01:25:29,823 --> 01:25:34,988 I wish to lick her and lick her, caress her and caress her. 757 01:25:36,062 --> 01:25:38,351 If you pity her so, 758 01:25:39,224 --> 01:25:43,626 why not take her place and let her whip you? 759 01:25:50,341 --> 01:25:54,710 "The duchess raised the whip high in the air, and then..." 760 01:26:02,423 --> 01:26:04,152 "And again..." 761 01:26:12,102 --> 01:26:15,108 "My cock became painfully erect." 762 01:26:20,742 --> 01:26:24,667 If she could be yours for 10 minutes, 763 01:26:24,782 --> 01:26:27,183 what would you give in exchange? 764 01:26:27,542 --> 01:26:30,908 Whatever your heart desires. 765 01:26:31,140 --> 01:26:34,191 Anything in this whole wide world. 766 01:26:35,582 --> 01:26:39,108 Once the duke untied me, 767 01:26:39,141 --> 01:26:43,191 "I sat on the chair, pulled her to me," 768 01:26:43,621 --> 01:26:48,149 "and slid my cock into her cunt." 769 01:26:53,183 --> 01:26:56,186 " 'Oh, Juliette, Juliette...' " 770 01:26:58,662 --> 01:27:03,542 "As I felt the duke approach from behind," 771 01:27:03,581 --> 01:27:06,186 "a rope slithered around my neck." 772 01:27:07,780 --> 01:27:10,911 "The duke slowly tightened the rope." 773 01:27:10,982 --> 01:27:15,669 "Like a drowning man grasping at straws," 774 01:27:15,701 --> 01:27:20,149 "I pulled the swirling currents of her hair." 775 01:27:21,340 --> 01:27:23,865 "Then the duke spoke," 776 01:27:26,139 --> 01:27:29,111 "' 'The 10 minutes are almost up.' " 777 01:27:39,141 --> 01:27:42,986 " 'Slowly, my dear,' said the Duchess." 778 01:27:43,740 --> 01:27:48,191 " 'I haven't yet fully savored his pain.' " 779 01:27:54,420 --> 01:27:58,106 " 'No,' the knight cried, 'don't stop!' " 780 01:28:00,060 --> 01:28:03,188 " 'Please let me die' " 781 01:28:03,219 --> 01:28:05,300 " 'in the midst of this pain.' " 782 01:28:05,980 --> 01:28:08,631 " 'In this suffocating pain.' " 783 01:28:52,098 --> 01:28:53,827 Is it Sade? 784 01:28:54,338 --> 01:28:56,579 It's Sade-esque. 785 01:28:56,658 --> 01:29:01,663 Believed to be the same Japanese man who wrote "The Lizard Skin." 786 01:29:02,419 --> 01:29:07,346 Acquired from a Japanese sailor on a ship from Hamburg. 787 01:29:16,978 --> 01:29:20,061 Poorly printed, on low-quality paper... 788 01:29:21,020 --> 01:29:23,306 used and torn, 789 01:29:23,499 --> 01:29:26,866 stained from food and human secretions... 790 01:29:28,698 --> 01:29:33,386 I have a predilection for this kind of little cherub. 791 01:29:34,578 --> 01:29:38,501 Can you imagine my joy when, 792 01:29:38,576 --> 01:29:42,947 after such a journey, it sat on my shelf with its brothers? 793 01:29:43,058 --> 01:29:47,506 An untouched 1st edition of Milton wouldn't satisfy me more. 794 01:29:49,497 --> 01:29:50,783 Yes. 795 01:29:51,137 --> 01:29:55,825 These are the babes to whom I feel the most affection. 796 01:29:57,257 --> 01:30:03,186 It used to contain an elaborate monochrome woodcut illustration, 797 01:30:05,538 --> 01:30:06,949 but as you can see... 798 01:30:07,058 --> 01:30:09,106 So unfortunate. 799 01:30:10,577 --> 01:30:15,298 If that were intact, you could've named your price. 800 01:30:16,456 --> 01:30:20,782 The author felt words alone could not fully describe the positions, 801 01:30:20,938 --> 01:30:24,544 and so included an illustration. 802 01:30:25,856 --> 01:30:29,497 In that regard, before we start the bidding... 803 01:30:30,056 --> 01:30:31,056 Hideko! 804 01:30:31,495 --> 01:30:34,260 Can you perform this scene? 805 01:31:12,054 --> 01:31:14,980 'Pain is a Garment' 806 01:32:37,654 --> 01:32:39,019 Beautiful! 807 01:32:45,492 --> 01:32:47,462 See you again. 808 01:32:48,254 --> 01:32:49,301 Yes, thank you. 809 01:32:50,454 --> 01:32:53,821 Today's reading was outstanding. 810 01:32:54,053 --> 01:32:55,464 Yes, thank you. 811 01:32:57,253 --> 01:32:59,062 Especially the puppet! 812 01:33:27,094 --> 01:33:29,095 You are of noble birth, 813 01:33:29,173 --> 01:33:33,575 yet you engage in the lowly work of copying paintings. 814 01:33:33,892 --> 01:33:37,101 There was a time when 815 01:33:37,172 --> 01:33:40,778 I dissipated my wit and skills on gambling. 816 01:33:40,851 --> 01:33:44,460 Imagine the torment of having so many women 817 01:33:44,533 --> 01:33:46,501 make advances on me, 818 01:33:46,533 --> 01:33:49,855 when I couldn't afford to buy them a glass of Burgundy. 819 01:33:50,453 --> 01:33:54,902 Do the women here advance on you? 820 01:33:55,413 --> 01:33:57,460 I look at women's eyes. 821 01:33:57,492 --> 01:33:59,221 Only the eyes. 822 01:33:59,372 --> 01:34:02,981 They turn their gaze away, 823 01:34:03,133 --> 01:34:05,374 but then they always look back. 824 01:34:05,973 --> 01:34:09,215 It's a kind of silent dialogue. 825 01:34:09,732 --> 01:34:14,613 If I were to slide under someone's covers tonight, 826 01:34:14,892 --> 01:34:18,861 only one woman here would refuse me. 827 01:34:20,292 --> 01:34:22,613 Does that include Mrs. Sasaki? 828 01:34:23,332 --> 01:34:25,493 Mrs. Sasaki... 829 01:34:26,891 --> 01:34:29,371 Is she not your former wife? 830 01:34:29,731 --> 01:34:32,735 You left her to marry a Japanese woman. 831 01:34:33,131 --> 01:34:37,341 But the servants tell me you still share a bed with her. 832 01:34:39,133 --> 01:34:41,898 Can I ask you a question? 833 01:34:44,812 --> 01:34:46,382 Go ahead. 834 01:34:47,372 --> 01:34:49,739 You went so far as to abandon your wife, 835 01:34:49,772 --> 01:34:52,377 why this urge to become Japanese? 836 01:34:54,770 --> 01:34:56,374 Because Korea is ugly, 837 01:34:56,890 --> 01:34:59,782 and Japan is beautiful. 838 01:35:01,052 --> 01:35:04,100 Some Japanese say Japan is ugly 839 01:35:04,171 --> 01:35:06,218 and Korea is beautiful. 840 01:35:06,290 --> 01:35:08,736 Beauty is cruel by nature. 841 01:35:08,770 --> 01:35:12,694 Korea is soft, slow, dull, and therefore hopeless. 842 01:35:14,089 --> 01:35:18,619 Tell me about this woman who would resist you. 843 01:35:21,931 --> 01:35:25,856 Does it include Mrs. Sasaki? 844 01:35:25,971 --> 01:35:27,780 Mrs. Sasaki... 845 01:35:30,251 --> 01:35:31,900 If I gave her the right signal, 846 01:35:31,930 --> 01:35:36,335 she'd knock on my door without her underwear. 847 01:35:43,930 --> 01:35:46,012 My thoughts exactly. 848 01:35:48,130 --> 01:35:49,938 Then who is it? 849 01:35:50,049 --> 01:35:52,938 The one who would deny you? 850 01:35:54,770 --> 01:35:57,774 I heard you own the highest quality 851 01:35:57,810 --> 01:36:01,734 antique bookmaking tools of East and West, 852 01:36:02,329 --> 01:36:04,058 but I don't see them here. 853 01:36:04,129 --> 01:36:06,575 I'll show them to you later. 854 01:36:07,649 --> 01:36:10,220 This woman... 855 01:36:12,129 --> 01:36:14,133 who is she then? 856 01:36:16,211 --> 01:36:20,932 I met Hideko's eyes by chance, but she didn't look away. 857 01:36:21,010 --> 01:36:24,456 Indeed it was I who shifted my gaze. 858 01:36:24,489 --> 01:36:31,578 Will she make an appearance in your lewd dreams tonight? 859 01:36:33,770 --> 01:36:36,818 Even if honored with such a visit, 860 01:36:37,289 --> 01:36:39,655 I don't think I could consummate. 861 01:36:40,248 --> 01:36:44,412 I would regret it as soon as I began. 862 01:36:44,688 --> 01:36:48,533 Because her body would be as cold as waterfowl. 863 01:36:53,129 --> 01:36:56,292 The result of long training. 864 01:36:57,289 --> 01:37:00,293 I heard you are engaged to her. 865 01:37:04,808 --> 01:37:10,657 If I'm not mistaken, you are yet to have intercourse? 866 01:37:11,569 --> 01:37:14,458 Her eyes have no desire. 867 01:37:14,768 --> 01:37:17,738 It means her soul is dead inside. 868 01:37:19,168 --> 01:37:21,569 You should go easy on her training, 869 01:37:21,688 --> 01:37:25,328 unless you enjoy making love to a corpse. 870 01:37:48,609 --> 01:37:50,498 Would you like a cigarette? 871 01:37:58,767 --> 01:38:02,657 How could a man with such refined tastes 872 01:38:02,726 --> 01:38:06,858 indulge in a pleasure as vulgar as a cigarette? 873 01:39:00,524 --> 01:39:04,372 My particular way of possessing beauty. 874 01:39:05,805 --> 01:39:09,252 Hideko, too, must have received painting lessons? 875 01:39:10,205 --> 01:39:16,815 In fact, I was too occupied teaching her to read with correct diction. 876 01:39:18,125 --> 01:39:19,206 Dear me! 877 01:39:19,485 --> 01:39:21,728 In England, where I studied, 878 01:39:21,807 --> 01:39:27,688 all ladies were expected to produce vibrant color and graceful lines, 879 01:39:29,166 --> 01:39:31,088 even in the less noble families. 880 01:39:50,364 --> 01:39:52,412 A phone call, sir. 881 01:39:53,243 --> 01:39:55,166 At this hour? 882 01:39:55,243 --> 01:39:57,293 It's the lwamura Bookstore. 883 01:39:57,925 --> 01:39:58,926 Is that so? 884 01:39:59,285 --> 01:40:01,287 Excuse me a moment. 885 01:40:11,284 --> 01:40:13,207 You are mesmerizing. 886 01:40:14,684 --> 01:40:16,370 Men use the word "mesmerizing" 887 01:40:16,406 --> 01:40:20,728 when they wish to touch a lady's breasts. 888 01:40:21,564 --> 01:40:25,614 I'm familiar with Western conversational etiquette. 889 01:40:27,324 --> 01:40:30,406 I do a bit of reading, you know. 890 01:40:30,883 --> 01:40:33,249 There was no calculation in what I said. 891 01:40:33,282 --> 01:40:38,415 It was a reflex, like pulling one's hand from a flame. 892 01:40:39,204 --> 01:40:40,534 I'm no flame. 893 01:40:41,043 --> 01:40:44,445 I'm cold as waterfowl, your Lordship. 894 01:40:50,443 --> 01:40:52,411 He will return soon. 895 01:40:52,443 --> 01:40:55,449 Mr. Lwamura only called with a frivolous inquiry, 896 01:40:55,525 --> 01:40:57,414 at my request. 897 01:40:57,445 --> 01:41:00,812 There's an issue regarding your future you should know. 898 01:41:01,164 --> 01:41:04,451 I'll wait by the stone lamp at midnight. 899 01:41:06,123 --> 01:41:09,604 That lwamura is a real fool. 900 01:41:15,444 --> 01:41:17,684 Good night, Miss. 901 01:42:28,683 --> 01:42:30,765 My maid is asleep in the room next door. 902 01:42:30,843 --> 01:42:33,368 I don't fancy being in scandalous rumors with you. 903 01:42:33,442 --> 01:42:36,730 I saw Junko go to the servants' quarters with her pillow. 904 01:42:36,802 --> 01:42:39,202 Consider your reputation as a nobleman. 905 01:42:39,681 --> 01:42:41,569 I'm no nobleman. 906 01:42:41,640 --> 01:42:43,165 I'm not even Japanese. 907 01:42:43,400 --> 01:42:46,326 Think it was easy for a Korean farmhand's son to reach here? 908 01:42:46,882 --> 01:42:50,852 Fifteen hard years in Japan before hearing about you. 909 01:42:50,881 --> 01:42:52,929 Another three years to prepare. 910 01:42:53,600 --> 01:42:56,888 I studied bookmaking and learned to paint forgeries. 911 01:42:57,400 --> 01:42:59,482 All so that I could meet you. 912 01:42:59,919 --> 01:43:01,444 To seduce and marry you, 913 01:43:01,479 --> 01:43:03,880 to possess your father's inheritance, 914 01:43:04,561 --> 01:43:06,609 and then probably to get rid of you. 915 01:43:08,361 --> 01:43:10,125 But I knew as soon as I met you. 916 01:43:10,361 --> 01:43:12,728 For a man to seduce you would be... 917 01:43:14,841 --> 01:43:16,331 Impossible. 918 01:43:17,761 --> 01:43:21,048 So in place of seduction, I decided to propose a deal. 919 01:43:22,480 --> 01:43:26,008 Most marriages are prison, but this one will free you. 920 01:43:26,721 --> 01:43:28,688 I'll rescue you from here, 921 01:43:28,720 --> 01:43:32,281 take you far away, and give you freedom. 922 01:43:33,720 --> 01:43:35,927 Of course, we'll split the money. 923 01:43:37,040 --> 01:43:38,768 Nonsense. 924 01:43:39,399 --> 01:43:43,962 Marrying an old man with a black tongue at your tender age makes sense? 925 01:43:44,040 --> 01:43:46,042 I won't marry anyone. 926 01:43:46,280 --> 01:43:47,883 What have you in mind? 927 01:43:51,759 --> 01:43:52,760 Mmm. 928 01:43:53,559 --> 01:43:55,084 That's not proper. 929 01:43:55,399 --> 01:43:56,810 There's no beauty in that. 930 01:43:57,359 --> 01:43:59,600 If you kill yourself, what of your fortune? 931 01:44:00,239 --> 01:44:04,963 That will be the sum of your efforts? Your fortune going to a pervert? 932 01:44:05,041 --> 01:44:09,170 So he can buy 10 little girls and teach them to read books? 933 01:44:10,520 --> 01:44:12,806 My uncle will find us somehow. 934 01:44:13,039 --> 01:44:14,563 Then he'll take us to the basement. 935 01:44:15,598 --> 01:44:16,724 Uncle. 936 01:44:17,598 --> 01:44:18,599 The basement? 937 01:44:18,838 --> 01:44:22,083 It says here when people are hanged, 938 01:44:22,360 --> 01:44:27,239 their tongues stick out and feces is expelled. 939 01:44:28,118 --> 01:44:31,964 But that day, Aunt's mouth was shut, 940 01:44:32,958 --> 01:44:35,005 and her bottom was clean. 941 01:44:36,437 --> 01:44:38,407 Want to go somewhere nice? 942 01:44:56,318 --> 01:45:00,244 I'll tell you in detail what I did to your aunt 943 01:45:00,319 --> 01:45:02,241 after I caught her running away. 944 01:45:02,518 --> 01:45:07,206 So don't you ever think of running, understood? 945 01:45:25,037 --> 01:45:27,244 That day I just watched and listened. 946 01:45:27,357 --> 01:45:30,964 But if I ever end up there again... 947 01:45:35,799 --> 01:45:37,483 Highly concentrated opium. 948 01:45:37,519 --> 01:45:39,805 Three drops will make you sleep all day. 949 01:45:39,838 --> 01:45:42,728 Five drops will knock down a horse. 950 01:45:42,798 --> 01:45:45,403 If you crave death within five minutes, 951 01:45:45,717 --> 01:45:47,481 drink it all. 952 01:45:47,517 --> 01:45:50,918 If you carry this, he can never take you to the basement. 953 01:45:50,956 --> 01:45:52,446 At least not alive. 954 01:45:53,238 --> 01:45:55,081 It'll be my wedding gift to you. 955 01:45:55,598 --> 01:45:57,441 It's more expensive than jewels. 956 01:46:09,035 --> 01:46:14,407 Bring a girl to be my maid. One who could disappear and not be missed. 957 01:46:14,437 --> 01:46:16,087 If a bit dense, all the better. 958 01:46:16,197 --> 01:46:20,282 We'll send her to a madhouse under my name. 959 01:46:22,597 --> 01:46:27,238 They say that the sick are buried alive in pits. 960 01:46:28,356 --> 01:46:31,202 I want my name to be buried there. 961 01:46:32,117 --> 01:46:34,404 I can find you a new maid, 962 01:46:34,477 --> 01:46:36,444 but what do we do about Junko? 963 01:46:42,356 --> 01:46:47,077 You really think I'm prettier than Miss Hideko? 964 01:46:48,634 --> 01:46:52,482 Sure, Hideko's pretty, and you're pretty. 965 01:46:52,796 --> 01:46:54,604 What? You speak Korean? 966 01:46:56,115 --> 01:46:57,526 You know... 967 01:46:58,555 --> 01:47:00,000 I learned it. 968 01:47:00,395 --> 01:47:03,160 To speak more easily with you. 969 01:47:04,315 --> 01:47:07,364 I really wanted to say this to you. 970 01:47:08,517 --> 01:47:10,007 You are just mesmerizing. 971 01:47:10,037 --> 01:47:11,323 Oh, my gosh! 972 01:47:13,516 --> 01:47:15,280 You little tart! 973 01:47:20,275 --> 01:47:22,276 I can't! 974 01:47:22,354 --> 01:47:25,278 If they catch me with a guest, I'll be thrown out! 975 01:47:26,436 --> 01:47:30,521 Forget this wretched place. Come live with me! 976 01:48:17,634 --> 01:48:18,998 Oh, fucking hell! 977 01:48:19,913 --> 01:48:20,993 Fucking hell? 978 01:48:21,072 --> 01:48:22,312 Fucking hell... 979 01:49:13,352 --> 01:49:16,116 The Count sent exactly what I ordered. 980 01:49:16,151 --> 01:49:18,597 Naive and a bit foolish. 981 01:49:22,433 --> 01:49:24,242 We look a bit alike. 982 01:49:25,193 --> 01:49:26,957 Are you also an orphan? 983 01:49:30,793 --> 01:49:32,363 Mother! 984 01:49:43,352 --> 01:49:46,356 Show Sook-hee your old clothes 985 01:49:46,392 --> 01:49:48,474 or jewelry at every opportunity. 986 01:49:48,552 --> 01:49:52,875 The material greed she got from her mother will make her more gullible. 987 01:49:52,911 --> 01:49:58,760 P.S. Don't worry if she reads this letter, she's totally illiterate. 988 01:49:59,152 --> 01:50:00,563 Would you read it to me? 989 01:50:01,191 --> 01:50:02,113 Pardon? 990 01:50:03,311 --> 01:50:05,154 "... said you're looking for a maid." 991 01:50:05,231 --> 01:50:07,677 "Maids are like" 992 01:50:08,191 --> 01:50:10,080 "a spoon..." No... 993 01:50:11,991 --> 01:50:14,358 "Are like chopsticks..." 994 01:50:18,313 --> 01:50:20,235 Is it a spoon? 995 01:50:20,512 --> 01:50:21,354 'Countess Fujiwara Hideko' 996 01:50:21,432 --> 01:50:25,357 'Countess Fujiwara Hideko' This is your name. Can't you read it? 997 01:50:29,630 --> 01:50:31,394 What's with your foot? 998 01:50:35,592 --> 01:50:36,798 Who did it? 999 01:50:37,232 --> 01:50:39,802 Who took Tamako's shoe? 1000 01:50:46,590 --> 01:50:48,876 Apologize before all the servants! 1001 01:50:52,109 --> 01:50:55,115 If she ever runs away because of one of you, 1002 01:50:55,151 --> 01:50:57,518 I'll strip you all naked and throw you out! 1003 01:50:58,711 --> 01:50:59,712 Fucking hell. 1004 01:51:04,551 --> 01:51:05,837 All smooth. 1005 01:51:12,791 --> 01:51:14,395 You like the scent? 1006 01:51:15,191 --> 01:51:16,601 Want to come in? 1007 01:51:16,790 --> 01:51:17,791 Pardon? 1008 01:51:38,349 --> 01:51:39,714 This must be Okju. 1009 01:51:39,949 --> 01:51:42,759 At your service, milord. 1010 01:51:43,709 --> 01:51:47,509 You know if you fail, it'll put me in an awkward position? 1011 01:51:52,391 --> 01:51:56,031 A decent bone structure for a Korean... 1012 01:51:59,549 --> 01:52:03,997 So, are you carrying out your duties faithfully? 1013 01:52:08,070 --> 01:52:10,835 Thank you for your recommendation. 1014 01:52:10,990 --> 01:52:15,630 You chose the perfect servant for me. 1015 01:52:16,548 --> 01:52:20,269 You wouldn't want one who's too stupid. I did my best. 1016 01:52:21,108 --> 01:52:24,554 Take good care of our dear Lady. 1017 01:52:24,867 --> 01:52:25,789 Take this. 1018 01:52:28,829 --> 01:52:31,594 There's no shame in being rewarded 1019 01:52:31,749 --> 01:52:35,674 for being a good companion to the Lady. 1020 01:52:38,229 --> 01:52:40,390 Isn't that right Ms. Hideko? 1021 01:52:42,188 --> 01:52:43,952 No need to be ashamed at all. 1022 01:52:43,988 --> 01:52:46,310 Your average fence can barely tell them apart. 1023 01:52:46,429 --> 01:52:48,511 Is that so? 1024 01:52:53,988 --> 01:52:56,150 Returning the earrings you loaned me. 1025 01:52:56,668 --> 01:52:59,716 A woman might wager her fate on such an exquisite pair. 1026 01:53:00,747 --> 01:53:03,319 I'm sure that Sook-hee will try her very best 1027 01:53:03,428 --> 01:53:08,115 in order to see herself wearing these in the mirror. 1028 01:53:08,627 --> 01:53:11,915 I'll tell you how to keep her from getting suspicious. 1029 01:53:12,107 --> 01:53:15,316 Keep her busy until the day of the wedding. 1030 01:53:15,827 --> 01:53:17,955 Make her spend all her energy 1031 01:53:17,987 --> 01:53:20,558 on making you fall in love with me. 1032 01:53:22,229 --> 01:53:26,075 In other words, don't fall in love with me so easily. 1033 01:53:36,306 --> 01:53:37,796 Mesmerizing! 1034 01:53:40,426 --> 01:53:41,509 Me? 1035 01:53:50,426 --> 01:53:52,827 Dressed up, you look like a lady, too. 1036 01:54:01,307 --> 01:54:03,116 Almost fully ripe. 1037 01:54:12,747 --> 01:54:14,987 How did your mom die? 1038 01:54:15,706 --> 01:54:19,155 That she was so lucky to have you before dying. 1039 01:54:19,987 --> 01:54:22,035 That she had no regrets. 1040 01:54:23,266 --> 01:54:27,316 Is this the companionship they write about in books? 1041 01:54:30,426 --> 01:54:32,076 I'll go pick mushrooms. 1042 01:54:32,106 --> 01:54:35,109 We'll have mushroom stew tonight, you like that. 1043 01:54:35,344 --> 01:54:36,550 I'll go with you. 1044 01:54:37,546 --> 01:54:39,628 I'll be quick. 1045 01:54:53,545 --> 01:54:55,834 What's wrong with her? Is it her period? 1046 01:55:04,186 --> 01:55:05,756 Men are disgusting. 1047 01:55:06,266 --> 01:55:09,030 How can they be so single-minded? 1048 01:55:09,624 --> 01:55:11,194 What's on my mind? 1049 01:55:12,064 --> 01:55:15,707 You don't really believe that I crave your body? 1050 01:55:17,426 --> 01:55:18,587 You do! 1051 01:55:18,666 --> 01:55:20,349 You read too many of those books. 1052 01:55:20,425 --> 01:55:22,552 If there's one thing I'm after, Miss... 1053 01:55:23,344 --> 01:55:28,429 It's not your eyes, your hands or ass, 1054 01:55:28,783 --> 01:55:31,263 it's your money, only that. 1055 01:55:31,943 --> 01:55:34,630 Of all that you have, money is the best. 1056 01:55:36,265 --> 01:55:39,474 Feels great being so rude to a noble lady. 1057 01:55:40,265 --> 01:55:42,074 What's with her? 1058 01:55:42,785 --> 01:55:46,949 Why does she stomp her feet, expressing her anger, 1059 01:55:47,025 --> 01:55:49,755 sit up in the middle of the night and sigh? 1060 01:55:51,104 --> 01:55:55,554 Every time she sees the Count, her eyes seem to say... 1061 01:55:56,065 --> 01:55:57,748 I despise you. 1062 01:55:58,624 --> 01:56:04,108 Try to bear it. Only if she sees this will she believe the proposal. 1063 01:56:23,063 --> 01:56:26,784 Think of me as that puppet, and I'll imagine another woman. 1064 01:56:27,383 --> 01:56:29,067 What woman? 1065 01:56:32,065 --> 01:56:34,066 The duchess Juliette. 1066 01:56:36,624 --> 01:56:37,625 Lady! 1067 01:56:38,904 --> 01:56:40,871 Milord! 1068 01:56:46,022 --> 01:56:47,308 Miss. 1069 01:56:52,783 --> 01:56:56,673 "The lady's emotions lay deep inside." 1070 01:56:57,022 --> 01:56:59,866 "Jinlian could not fathom their depths." 1071 01:57:01,622 --> 01:57:03,669 "Knowing this, Lady Sun" 1072 01:57:03,701 --> 01:57:07,788 "gave Jinlian four small silver balls." 1073 01:57:07,863 --> 01:57:12,471 "'These are minling, or bells of passion." 1074 01:57:12,503 --> 01:57:16,144 " 'Place two in the lady's Jade Gate,' " 1075 01:57:16,183 --> 01:57:19,346 " 'and the other two in yours.' " 1076 01:57:21,902 --> 01:57:23,984 " 'Spread your legs apart' " 1077 01:57:24,022 --> 01:57:26,630 " 'and like two scissors' " 1078 01:57:26,664 --> 01:57:28,950 " 'trying to cut each other, put them together.' " 1079 01:57:28,983 --> 01:57:32,031 " 'When the lips below rub against each other,' " 1080 01:57:32,102 --> 01:57:34,025 " 'you'll hear a clear ringing sound.' " 1081 01:57:34,102 --> 01:57:35,945 A blackout! Bring a lantern! 1082 01:57:36,302 --> 01:57:37,872 Yes, sir! 1083 01:57:38,102 --> 01:57:41,150 'The Sound of Bells on a Windless Night' 1084 01:57:43,020 --> 01:57:47,027 " 'When do I put this in?' asked Jinlian. 1085 01:57:48,102 --> 01:57:52,584 " 'Does the lady breathe deeply and swallow hard?' " 1086 01:57:54,061 --> 01:57:57,031 " 'Does she whisper sweetly in your ear,' " 1087 01:57:57,061 --> 01:57:58,825 " 'and kiss you?' " 1088 01:58:03,983 --> 01:58:06,065 " 'Does she embrace you tightly' " 1089 01:58:06,183 --> 01:58:08,503 " 'and caress your nipples?' " 1090 01:58:10,462 --> 01:58:12,749 " 'Does her secret part become slippery' " 1091 01:58:12,822 --> 01:58:15,472 "as she gently bites your shoulder?' " 1092 01:58:16,421 --> 01:58:20,345 " 'Does she press her legs between yours?' " 1093 01:58:20,540 --> 01:58:23,273 " 'And curl her toes?' " 1094 01:58:24,422 --> 01:58:27,584 " 'Then, put in the bells.' " 1095 01:58:32,420 --> 01:58:36,344 - Amazing! - Indeed! 1096 01:58:54,181 --> 01:58:56,421 It's so cute. 1097 01:59:01,741 --> 01:59:03,663 If the Count sees this... 1098 01:59:10,780 --> 01:59:13,669 Will he really be so tender as this? 1099 01:59:14,779 --> 01:59:15,860 Of course. 1100 01:59:15,939 --> 01:59:19,228 And he'll touch you like this... 1101 01:59:20,180 --> 01:59:21,670 And like this... 1102 01:59:29,779 --> 01:59:31,588 Tamako, keep doing it. 1103 01:59:32,779 --> 01:59:34,543 Like the Count would. 1104 01:59:37,141 --> 01:59:38,472 The Count... 1105 01:59:38,781 --> 01:59:39,942 The Count... 1106 01:59:40,581 --> 01:59:43,026 He'll go crazy over this. 1107 01:59:45,500 --> 01:59:49,265 And this is what he'll say. 1108 01:59:51,018 --> 01:59:56,948 It's so soft, warm, wet, and 1109 02:00:00,979 --> 02:00:05,302 s... s... spellbindingly beautiful! 1110 02:00:36,939 --> 02:00:39,942 Shall I teach you more, Miss? 1111 02:00:40,138 --> 02:00:42,106 Yes... 1112 02:00:43,098 --> 02:00:45,100 Teach me everything. 1113 02:01:29,178 --> 02:01:34,217 I wish that I had breast milk so I could feed you. 1114 02:01:48,817 --> 02:01:50,945 Do you like it when I do this? 1115 02:01:52,057 --> 02:01:53,547 Do you like me? 1116 02:01:55,417 --> 02:01:58,102 Can you promise that you won't betray me? 1117 02:01:59,817 --> 02:02:01,103 I'll never, 1118 02:02:01,536 --> 02:02:02,537 ever, 1119 02:02:04,056 --> 02:02:06,024 Miss... 1120 02:02:19,376 --> 02:02:25,736 Miss, how could such an innocent... 1121 02:02:26,056 --> 02:02:27,979 You must be a natural! 1122 02:03:23,895 --> 02:03:25,226 Stop! 1123 02:03:26,975 --> 02:03:29,899 I spit it out without chewing! All because of you! 1124 02:03:30,775 --> 02:03:32,140 She's got no one on this earth. 1125 02:03:32,455 --> 02:03:35,697 If you frighten her, she'll close up hard as a clam. 1126 02:03:35,974 --> 02:03:37,499 And please... 1127 02:03:37,934 --> 02:03:42,702 Don't ever again put my hand on your tiny joke of a cock. 1128 02:03:50,054 --> 02:03:51,544 You see? 1129 02:03:52,534 --> 02:03:55,264 If you don't give the impression you want this marriage, 1130 02:03:55,293 --> 02:03:58,616 she may throw another fit and refuse to go forward. 1131 02:03:58,694 --> 02:04:01,937 Be more convincing when you pretend to love me. 1132 02:04:01,974 --> 02:04:03,259 I can't do it. 1133 02:04:03,293 --> 02:04:04,374 What? 1134 02:04:05,013 --> 02:04:06,458 I want to quit. 1135 02:04:07,813 --> 02:04:10,020 What's with you all today? 1136 02:04:11,293 --> 02:04:12,704 Why then? 1137 02:04:13,453 --> 02:04:17,426 I hate all of you. My mother, my aunt, my uncle, you, and... 1138 02:04:20,175 --> 02:04:21,506 And? 1139 02:04:22,734 --> 02:04:24,145 I can't stand Sook-hee anymore either. 1140 02:04:24,214 --> 02:04:26,103 You feel sorry for her? 1141 02:04:29,253 --> 02:04:31,334 What is it with women? 1142 02:04:34,412 --> 02:04:38,385 You know what that poor Sook-hee said about your Ladyship? 1143 02:04:38,574 --> 02:04:42,180 That you're too dense to get it if someone pulls on your nipples. 1144 02:04:42,213 --> 02:04:45,182 That she was nice out of pity, but you ate it up. 1145 02:04:45,212 --> 02:04:46,896 That you were so gullible! 1146 02:04:47,132 --> 02:04:50,499 That naive servant's face... 1147 02:04:50,771 --> 02:04:53,058 Yes, you will love him. 1148 02:04:53,251 --> 02:04:56,621 If I say that I love someone else... 1149 02:04:57,613 --> 02:05:01,982 Me, who has no one on this earth... 1150 02:05:02,613 --> 02:05:05,014 Do you still want me to marry him? 1151 02:05:05,613 --> 02:05:06,614 Yes. 1152 02:05:18,172 --> 02:05:19,298 Miss! 1153 02:05:42,051 --> 02:05:44,941 I wish I'd never been born. 1154 02:06:16,691 --> 02:06:20,092 I wish I'd never been born. 1155 02:06:39,851 --> 02:06:40,932 Let go. 1156 02:06:43,570 --> 02:06:46,619 Miss, I'm sorry! 1157 02:06:49,211 --> 02:06:50,212 Let go! 1158 02:06:50,651 --> 02:06:52,618 I'm sorry, Miss! 1159 02:06:52,850 --> 02:06:54,614 Don't die. 1160 02:06:54,930 --> 02:06:56,614 I'm sorry. 1161 02:06:58,650 --> 02:07:00,539 What are you sorry about? 1162 02:07:01,649 --> 02:07:06,611 I tried to trick you into marrying that bastard. 1163 02:07:06,650 --> 02:07:10,654 I was going to put you in a madhouse and run off. 1164 02:07:11,369 --> 02:07:15,374 Don't die. Don't get married, Miss! 1165 02:07:17,529 --> 02:07:21,170 Sook-hee, are you worried about me? 1166 02:07:26,531 --> 02:07:28,215 I'm worried about you. 1167 02:07:33,690 --> 02:07:36,818 How do you know my name? 1168 02:07:37,689 --> 02:07:40,089 You think you're tricking me? 1169 02:07:42,488 --> 02:07:44,219 You're the one being tricked. 1170 02:07:45,490 --> 02:07:48,299 You're the one bound for the madhouse. 1171 02:07:50,049 --> 02:07:52,972 I was going to lock you up in there under my name, 1172 02:07:53,008 --> 02:07:56,535 then I'd become you and run far away, with him. 1173 02:08:01,207 --> 02:08:04,816 I won't say sorry, since you tried to trick me, too. 1174 02:08:12,129 --> 02:08:15,656 That fucking son of a bitch! 1175 02:08:16,768 --> 02:08:19,738 Oh, sorry, Miss! 1176 02:08:20,570 --> 02:08:24,972 "I hope this letter finds you well. This is Sook-hee." 1177 02:08:25,448 --> 02:08:29,498 "I'm writing to inform you of a change in plans." 1178 02:08:30,048 --> 02:08:35,008 "I decided to team up with the Lady Hideko." 1179 02:08:35,327 --> 02:08:38,489 "As such, I'm now in need of all your help." 1180 02:08:38,566 --> 02:08:41,651 "I'm enclosing an item as advance payment." 1181 02:08:41,688 --> 02:08:46,249 Always remember the basement. 1182 02:09:00,609 --> 02:09:02,815 You want to go somewhere nice? 1183 02:09:46,207 --> 02:09:48,778 You didn't teach me to read Japanese. 1184 02:10:11,085 --> 02:10:12,975 Did that bastard draw this? 1185 02:10:15,566 --> 02:10:20,526 Is this what you've been reading to that dirty old man 1186 02:10:21,085 --> 02:10:22,371 and those gentlemen? 1187 02:12:29,203 --> 02:12:31,444 The daughter of a legendary thief, 1188 02:12:31,522 --> 02:12:34,412 who sewed winter coats out of stolen purses. 1189 02:12:34,882 --> 02:12:38,090 Herself a thief, pickpocket, swindler. 1190 02:12:39,121 --> 02:12:41,886 The savior who came to tear my life apart. 1191 02:12:42,241 --> 02:12:43,927 My Tamako. 1192 02:12:44,643 --> 02:12:46,247 My Sook-hee. 1193 02:14:07,360 --> 02:14:09,044 How cruel can you be? 1194 02:14:09,240 --> 02:14:12,527 You plucked the flower, now re-plant it. 1195 02:14:12,559 --> 02:14:14,527 What do you want? 1196 02:14:14,759 --> 02:14:18,083 Hurry up and throw her into the madhouse! 1197 02:14:23,281 --> 02:14:25,045 You scoundrel! 1198 02:14:25,081 --> 02:14:27,527 Let go of me, you filthy bitches! 1199 02:14:29,001 --> 02:14:30,081 Miss! 1200 02:14:31,000 --> 02:14:32,286 Let go! 1201 02:14:34,240 --> 02:14:35,926 Miss! 1202 02:14:50,759 --> 02:14:51,964 I'm hungry. 1203 02:14:56,440 --> 02:15:00,967 The first month, I ordered a slim herringbone suit. 1204 02:15:01,639 --> 02:15:02,242 The next month, I wore it to dine at the Imperial Hotel. 1205 02:15:02,243 --> 02:15:05,438 'PART THREE' The next month, I wore it to dine at the Imperial Hotel. 1206 02:15:05,439 --> 02:15:05,530 'PART THREE' 1207 02:15:05,599 --> 02:15:08,682 Me, a colonial boy working as a tout at a brothel. 1208 02:15:08,759 --> 02:15:11,922 Some Englishmen who frequented the brothel recognized me. 1209 02:15:11,959 --> 02:15:15,602 I thought they'd call the maitre d' and kick me out, 1210 02:15:16,121 --> 02:15:17,531 but what do you know? 1211 02:15:18,120 --> 02:15:22,682 They were amused I'd spend a month's pay 1212 02:15:22,760 --> 02:15:24,284 on one dignified meal. 1213 02:15:25,119 --> 02:15:27,519 They started calling me Count 1214 02:15:27,598 --> 02:15:29,521 and taught me manners to go with the name. 1215 02:15:29,558 --> 02:15:31,927 Frankly, I'm not that interested in money itself. 1216 02:15:31,960 --> 02:15:34,611 What I desire is, how shall I put it... 1217 02:15:35,599 --> 02:15:38,330 The manner of ordering wine without looking at the price? 1218 02:15:38,359 --> 02:15:39,723 Something like that. 1219 02:15:51,679 --> 02:15:54,205 Fourteen hours by train from Vladivostok 1220 02:15:54,279 --> 02:15:56,520 is the summer home of a genuine Russian noble family. 1221 02:15:56,521 --> 02:15:58,362 The villa is entirely furnished. 1222 02:15:58,363 --> 02:16:00,885 The carpets are very soft. 1223 02:16:08,198 --> 02:16:09,963 Shall we marry there? 1224 02:16:15,118 --> 02:16:17,325 In a few days I'll hear from the hospital. 1225 02:16:19,278 --> 02:16:21,804 That my wife Fujiwara Hideko has died. 1226 02:16:23,997 --> 02:16:28,481 You didn't just ask them to keep her? 1227 02:16:29,478 --> 02:16:32,879 I doubt Sook-hee would want to live there very long. 1228 02:16:41,477 --> 02:16:43,366 Fuck! 1229 02:16:47,439 --> 02:16:48,804 Motherfucker. 1230 02:16:49,079 --> 02:16:52,878 I never pretended to be anything but a crook, my dear! 1231 02:16:54,198 --> 02:16:58,122 You will soon become the Korean servant Nam Sook-hee. 1232 02:16:58,597 --> 02:17:00,598 I'm a talented counterfeiter. 1233 02:17:00,716 --> 02:17:02,923 I arranged it with a photography studio. 1234 02:17:03,756 --> 02:17:07,240 From tomorrow, we'll give Sook-hee a new life. 1235 02:17:07,358 --> 02:17:08,848 I'm glad. 1236 02:17:09,038 --> 02:17:10,960 Marry me once again. 1237 02:17:11,717 --> 02:17:13,241 This time as Nam Sook-hee. 1238 02:17:15,156 --> 02:17:17,602 You want another wedding night? 1239 02:17:23,677 --> 02:17:26,840 I think I like you, slightly. 1240 02:17:30,157 --> 02:17:32,683 Poor Sook-hee, in a place like that 1241 02:17:33,797 --> 02:17:35,845 all by herself... 1242 02:17:37,836 --> 02:17:40,646 Did such a thought ever cross your mind? 1243 02:17:41,236 --> 02:17:43,763 Not at all. Why should I pity her? 1244 02:17:43,837 --> 02:17:46,919 Where I come from, it's illegal to be naive. 1245 02:17:47,156 --> 02:17:50,797 Where you come from, it's not naive to fall in love with a business partner? 1246 02:17:50,836 --> 02:17:52,838 Of course. It's illegal. 1247 02:17:53,316 --> 02:17:56,842 So even if my love for you leads me to ruin, 1248 02:17:57,275 --> 02:17:58,879 don't pity me. 1249 02:17:59,594 --> 02:18:00,802 Love? 1250 02:18:02,836 --> 02:18:04,884 What does a crook know about love? 1251 02:18:26,276 --> 02:18:28,040 What's that? 1252 02:18:28,836 --> 02:18:30,042 Fire! 1253 02:18:38,756 --> 02:18:42,726 C... c... come this way! 1254 02:18:42,755 --> 02:18:43,802 This way! 1255 02:19:53,555 --> 02:19:56,445 Because you desired me 1256 02:19:56,595 --> 02:19:58,596 and overcame all obstacles to reach me, 1257 02:19:58,674 --> 02:20:01,154 I have been born anew, it's true. 1258 02:20:02,434 --> 02:20:04,242 I'm grateful for that. 1259 02:20:06,273 --> 02:20:08,434 I'll allow a kiss. 1260 02:20:13,474 --> 02:20:14,635 No. 1261 02:20:14,674 --> 02:20:15,721 Why not? 1262 02:20:18,833 --> 02:20:20,834 I don't like kisses with conditions. 1263 02:20:21,032 --> 02:20:23,922 I never learned how to stop halfway. 1264 02:20:25,831 --> 02:20:31,044 After this I'll thrust in deep, to your navel. 1265 02:20:32,353 --> 02:20:34,037 Please do that. 1266 02:20:37,473 --> 02:20:39,555 Those aren't the eyes of one who wants it. 1267 02:20:39,673 --> 02:20:42,677 You know you can't deceive me in such matters. 1268 02:20:47,392 --> 02:20:51,557 If I could be yours for ten minutes, 1269 02:20:51,633 --> 02:20:53,635 what would you give in exchange? 1270 02:20:54,232 --> 02:20:56,599 Whatever your heart desires. 1271 02:20:56,632 --> 02:20:59,636 Anything in this whole wide world. 1272 02:21:23,911 --> 02:21:26,198 There's much I want to teach you. 1273 02:21:27,353 --> 02:21:30,516 You'll become a completely new woman. 1274 02:23:22,030 --> 02:23:24,714 It won't hurt. You know from those books? 1275 02:23:24,789 --> 02:23:28,713 In truth, women feel the greatest pleasure 1276 02:23:28,748 --> 02:23:30,716 when taken by force. 1277 02:23:31,028 --> 02:23:34,031 Now I'm going to rip your underwear. 1278 02:25:51,706 --> 02:25:54,470 Would you fetch those for me? 1279 02:26:03,905 --> 02:26:06,875 Okay, look here. 1280 02:26:06,985 --> 02:26:08,910 One, two, three! 1281 02:26:50,385 --> 02:26:52,387 Respected Uncle, 1282 02:26:53,505 --> 02:26:58,306 it always pained me to see you straining 1283 02:26:58,385 --> 02:27:03,265 to speak flawless Japanese before the Count from Nagoya, 1284 02:27:03,344 --> 02:27:06,474 and even to quiver your voice like a nobleman. 1285 02:27:08,664 --> 02:27:15,070 So I'm happy to inform you that you no longer need do so. 1286 02:27:16,024 --> 02:27:20,426 That man is the son of a Korean farmhand. 1287 02:27:21,422 --> 02:27:26,385 Oh, did my gift arrive safely? 1288 02:27:26,823 --> 02:27:30,270 Please tell this to my gift, in Korean. 1289 02:27:31,303 --> 02:27:33,112 I'm afraid that in real life, 1290 02:27:34,183 --> 02:27:37,710 no woman feels pleasure at being taken by force. 1291 02:27:37,783 --> 02:27:43,349 But, for sending me Sook-hee out of all the girls in the world, 1292 02:27:43,425 --> 02:27:45,870 I feel "slightly" grateful. 1293 02:27:59,182 --> 02:28:02,791 You wished to see my bookmaking tools? 1294 02:28:02,824 --> 02:28:06,828 Don't just look, experience them for yourself. 1295 02:28:07,462 --> 02:28:09,783 I'll choose five books that I cherish... 1296 02:28:09,862 --> 02:28:12,866 that I used to cherish more than anything. 1297 02:28:14,941 --> 02:28:15,942 Let's see... 1298 02:28:16,021 --> 02:28:16,988 First... 1299 02:28:20,183 --> 02:28:21,912 'Confessions of a Whip,' 1300 02:28:31,143 --> 02:28:33,031 'The Lizard Skin,' 1301 02:28:44,702 --> 02:28:47,706 'Decadent Girls Who Sell Lingerie,' 1302 02:28:57,982 --> 02:29:00,825 May I please smoke a cigarette, sir? 1303 02:29:01,701 --> 02:29:02,702 Sir. 1304 02:29:05,461 --> 02:29:07,748 'Bells and Balls,' 1305 02:29:11,181 --> 02:29:13,104 'The Mortician's Bedroom.' 1306 02:29:25,341 --> 02:29:28,185 How could you let a little girl fool you? 1307 02:29:31,380 --> 02:29:35,387 But don't worry. I'll catch them for you soon. 1308 02:29:41,140 --> 02:29:44,030 I'll bind two books with the skin of these bitches. 1309 02:29:44,180 --> 02:29:47,979 And you, you'll be the third volume. 1310 02:29:49,379 --> 02:29:54,831 I arranged so that no two girls traveling together can leave Kobe. 1311 02:29:57,541 --> 02:29:59,862 Please change the destination to Shanghai. 1312 02:29:59,901 --> 02:30:03,064 Changing two tickets, from Vladivostok to Shanghai. 1313 02:30:03,101 --> 02:30:04,910 Yes, that's correct. 1314 02:30:05,661 --> 02:30:07,344 Show me your passports. 1315 02:30:14,381 --> 02:30:16,303 Miss Nam Sook-hee? 1316 02:30:19,100 --> 02:30:20,989 Mr. Go Pan-dol? 1317 02:30:29,260 --> 02:30:31,786 You need to pay an additional three yen. 1318 02:30:32,180 --> 02:30:33,181 All right. 1319 02:30:37,699 --> 02:30:38,746 Hideko was 1320 02:30:40,059 --> 02:30:43,268 like a peach that I looked at on its branch. 1321 02:30:43,579 --> 02:30:46,185 I was content just imagining its flavor. 1322 02:30:46,699 --> 02:30:49,511 Should I have bitten into it? 1323 02:30:50,301 --> 02:30:51,348 No, no. 1324 02:30:52,301 --> 02:30:57,101 I'm just an old man who likes dirty stories. 1325 02:30:58,740 --> 02:31:02,982 Even listening to the same story, people imagine different things. 1326 02:31:03,018 --> 02:31:06,340 Peering into each of those fantasies 1327 02:31:06,378 --> 02:31:09,429 was this old man's humble recreation. 1328 02:31:09,980 --> 02:31:13,028 What to do, now that it's all over? 1329 02:31:13,699 --> 02:31:16,019 You should at least tell me your story. 1330 02:31:17,938 --> 02:31:21,419 How did that bitch Hideko taste? 1331 02:31:22,137 --> 02:31:25,427 Was she fully ripe? Tell me. 1332 02:31:28,059 --> 02:31:30,949 A cigarette might help my memory. 1333 02:31:31,459 --> 02:31:33,427 Right, right... 1334 02:31:34,619 --> 02:31:38,419 You have that silly penchant for cigarettes? 1335 02:31:55,458 --> 02:31:59,428 So how was Hideko? 1336 02:32:05,458 --> 02:32:09,462 You have no windows here? 1337 02:32:13,057 --> 02:32:16,300 Sook-hee could be listening in. Let's do our best. 1338 02:32:28,058 --> 02:32:29,867 That's it, good. 1339 02:32:41,818 --> 02:32:43,229 Why aren't you talking? 1340 02:32:43,498 --> 02:32:45,704 You can't stop there, dear fellow. 1341 02:32:45,937 --> 02:32:48,065 So, where did you touch first? 1342 02:32:48,856 --> 02:32:50,221 Her face? 1343 02:32:52,616 --> 02:32:53,902 Her breasts? 1344 02:32:55,455 --> 02:32:57,901 Or straight for her c... cunt? 1345 02:32:59,937 --> 02:33:01,462 Was it soft? 1346 02:33:02,297 --> 02:33:03,981 Did it tighten up? 1347 02:33:05,417 --> 02:33:07,499 Did it have many wrinkles? 1348 02:33:08,537 --> 02:33:10,460 Was it sufficiently wet? 1349 02:33:10,497 --> 02:33:13,864 The viscosity and transparency of her vaginal secretion? 1350 02:33:15,536 --> 02:33:18,189 Please, one more cigarette, sir. 1351 02:33:44,655 --> 02:33:49,980 Spider thread pulled into strings... 1352 02:33:51,895 --> 02:33:57,222 I dare say no book has ever described 1353 02:33:57,377 --> 02:33:59,379 such a ferocious wedding night. 1354 02:34:03,136 --> 02:34:07,424 I thought I heard a nightingale sing. 1355 02:34:41,615 --> 02:34:46,303 And the clear, bright crimson blood! 1356 02:34:55,775 --> 02:34:58,141 Thus the Lady became my wife. 1357 02:34:58,574 --> 02:35:02,260 Coy one moment, bold the next... 1358 02:35:06,213 --> 02:35:10,902 But how was she coy, 1359 02:35:10,974 --> 02:35:15,103 how was she bold, tell it to me in detail! 1360 02:35:15,773 --> 02:35:18,583 A story is all about the journey. 1361 02:35:19,053 --> 02:35:21,454 You should know. 1362 02:35:22,973 --> 02:35:24,702 Did she resist? 1363 02:35:25,813 --> 02:35:28,419 So did you pinch her ass as punishment? 1364 02:35:28,693 --> 02:35:32,620 Or did she spit at you in contempt? 1365 02:35:33,055 --> 02:35:34,704 Or else... 1366 02:35:35,414 --> 02:35:37,735 Did she beg you to do it? 1367 02:35:38,654 --> 02:35:42,055 Like the lady in 'The Widow's Lapdog?' 1368 02:35:45,652 --> 02:35:46,983 How dare you! 1369 02:35:47,012 --> 02:35:49,016 Hideko is my wife. 1370 02:35:49,454 --> 02:35:54,015 What kind of scoundrel rattles on about his wedding night! 1371 02:37:30,090 --> 02:37:31,137 It's odd... 1372 02:37:33,050 --> 02:37:34,654 Your smoke. 1373 02:37:37,369 --> 02:37:40,534 It's cold, blue, 1374 02:37:42,051 --> 02:37:48,058 and strangely beautiful. 1375 02:37:49,291 --> 02:37:56,219 You too have become soft, slow and dull. 1376 02:37:57,810 --> 02:38:00,974 Mercury is most deadly in its gaseous state. 1377 02:38:01,771 --> 02:38:04,091 One cigarette would have sufficed. 1378 02:38:07,810 --> 02:38:12,179 At least I will die with my cock intact.