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03:32Welcome, sir, welcome...
03:34We are pleased to have you select us from options.
03:37Do you happen to have an appointment?
03:39Madam Kaji is the proprietor here.
03:42I would like to see her.
03:44Madam Kaji's client's book
03:46at Monster Head.
03:47If you prefer older women, we cater to
03:50every taste.
03:51My taste is to be seen to be seen by Madam Kaji is to be seen by Madam Kaji is
03:54to be seen by Madam Kaji.
04:11You can't wait for you.
04:16You do have money.
04:33You do have money.
04:35Ringo, Ringo, this will be, you know, an apprentice should stay with his master.
05:03Ringo, this will be some time.
05:22Oh, bad boy.
05:26Oh, bad boy.
05:27Oh, bad boy.
05:33I asked for her.
05:35I asked for madam Kaji.
05:36I asked for madam Kaji.
05:37I asked for madam Kaji.
05:41I bought your contracts.
05:44Gave each of you a place here.
05:47Do you think you earned your place this week?
05:52Did you?
05:54Hands.
06:14To be alive is to wake up and do things you don't want to do.
06:19Or don't bother waking up.
06:27I like when you slap them.
06:31Someone wants to see you.
06:36I said no thank you to company.
06:39The gentleman asked for me.
06:44Madam Kaji.
06:45I understand not one of my girls caught the gentleman's interest.
06:49If it is boys he is after, he need only ask.
06:53Many famous samurai prefer the stamen to the pistol.
06:57Madam Kaji's tea house is known for catering to peculiarities.
07:02Nothing desired is peculiar.
07:05Any woman can study woodcuts and master the 12 and 20 positions.
07:09I offer what the rare heart hungers.
07:20Strong men come here to be weak.
07:23Uncentered.
07:24They make themselves fools.
07:27I hope the gentleman isn't one of those monkish samurai who cares only about the sword.
07:32Isn't it said?
07:34To master the way of battle, one must become acquainted with every art.
07:39Sex and art?
07:41Hmm.
07:43The gentleman was wise to seek me.
07:48Come.
07:54There is an art to sex, yes?
07:57Done correctly, it may be a form of worship.
07:59The bud honors God by blooming.
08:02Some bloom to sun, some to rain.
08:05Look.
08:07What is it?
08:09A window.
08:10A mirror.
08:12Desires beyond the need of my purpose.
08:14If you are only a sword, are you even a man?
08:17Or a mere demon.
08:24The floating world.
08:26That's what they call the pleasure quarters.
08:29Where one must travel.
08:31To reach heaven.
08:39One can only ascend if willing to rise.
08:43To deny desire is to cut out a corner of your own heart.
08:48To sever a limb and still expect to fight true.
08:54He was honest with his desire.
08:57That is a swordsman who knows the shape of his soul.
09:23Now tell me what you want.
09:29Nothing desired is peculiar.
09:31If the gentleman cannot state his desire, perhaps he prefers to write it.
09:55How do you know that name?
09:58Abijah Fowler.
09:59Peculiarities.
10:02Fowler's tastes are loathsome.
10:06Curating his entertainment requires a specialist.
10:10You have murder in your eyes.
10:12I see your desire now.
10:14His castle allows no one in.
10:17But you've sent your prostitutes to him.
10:20You've been inside.
10:22You've seen him.
10:26Enough times to know you never want to.
10:28He's a man who began life, taking pleasure in others' pain.
10:33Boredom has only made him experimental.
10:35Some men's eyes say plainly they've tasted human flesh.
10:40Raw.
10:41If you serviced him at his keep, then there's a way inside.
10:46You will tell me where it is.
10:48Why would I help you kill my customer?
10:51Because he deserves to die.
10:54If you killed every man I've seen who couldn't come till someone bled, you'd wear your blade to a stump.
11:01Hmm.
11:02The gentleman and I have no business.
11:06He is welcome to all the hospitality my tea house provides.
11:16Perhaps in your visits you met Heiji Shindo.
11:20Perhaps he laid a hand on you.
11:23If it was his right hand, consider yourself avenged.
11:28You provide services.
11:30Yes, so do I.
11:40Name your desire.
11:49Under the law, revenge is a luxury for men like you.
11:55Women like me must be practical.
11:58We must focus on our result.
12:01That gambling house belongs to Boss Hamata.
12:05Everything belongs to Boss Hamata.
12:09Him and his thousand-claw army.
12:24Half of what we make is his.
12:30At times, he asks for more.
12:40Anyone who challenges him, wakes to find a thousand-claw there, to destroy everything they love.
12:52Six months ago, Boss Hamata took Kinu-yo.
13:02I bought Kinu-yo from her father, who'd grown tired of abusing her.
13:07He knew nothing about his daughter except that she was deaf.
13:10And mute.
13:12He had no idea there was a world inside.
13:16He criticized him away, to die.
13:18On your own first pair and mind the doctor público was defiled.
13:19He always tried to heal his head and could unt Price Hamata山-
13:19On my own second pair went to Belinda
13:29and———————————————————
13:42In time, she grew to trust me.
13:53She told me she would rather die than be touched by a man again.
13:58I promised she never would be.
14:02But Boss Hamata likes to break delicate things.
14:06So, he took her.
14:11He took her from me.
14:14I promised her.
14:26There is only one way to spare Kinuyo.
14:30You want me to kill Boss Hamata?
14:32No.
14:34Her.
14:38They know my love for Kinuyo.
14:41If anything should happen to Boss Hamata or her,
14:44a thousand claws will come to my door and kill every soul in my care.
14:49It must look like an accident.
14:52It will.
14:53There can be no witnesses.
14:55I will be like smoke.
14:58Swear it.
15:00I swear.
15:06Then I will tell you what you want to know.
15:13You can rest here tonight until it's time.
15:16No eyes will watch you.
15:18Can I send you anything?
15:20Only privacy.
15:25Before you open the door to heaven,
15:28I want you to face Kinuyo and make the sign.
15:34She will know you are there as my hand,
15:37and she will be at peace.
15:55Please.
16:02Dringo?
16:04May I serve you?
16:05I said I don't want any company.
16:08Please.
16:09If you don't let me in,
16:11Madam will beat me.
16:25Time to ask.
16:25Time to ask.
16:50Akemi?
16:52How many days have you been a prayer?
16:54Don't exhaust the gods with your requests.
16:56Save something from when you need them.
17:02Be angry with me all you want.
17:04We're still going to Edo in two days.
17:07You need to be ready.
17:09To get married.
17:10And to be married.
17:12If your mother was here, she would have taught you what it is to be a wife.
17:15Now, to be clear, she was not ideal.
17:17She talked back often like you, but she knew how to please me.
17:25The 12 and 20 positions.
17:27A wife should be familiar with the 12.
17:29The 20 are for professionals.
17:31But you're marrying into the Shogunuts, so...
17:42Akimi, at some point you have to talk to me.
17:47Where would she have gone?
17:49I have no idea.
17:54Find my daughter!
18:11I've never seen him.
18:13Husband?
18:19Let's go.
18:20This place is too cheap.
18:22It's Mihodoseki.
18:23You said you wanted to work here.
18:25Don't you want to make more money on me?
18:27We can do better.
18:39We can do better.
18:46We can do better.
19:05We need to go, now.
19:06Okay, one more town.
19:08This way.
19:09I know it's good.
19:09Huh?
19:10Huh?
19:11Huh?
19:13Huh?
19:13Huh?
19:14Huh?
19:15Huh?
19:15Huh?
19:16Huh?
19:16Huh?
19:17Huh?
19:20No, no, no, no, that's the long way around.
19:22I'm the coast.
19:24We'll have good luck this way.
19:26I have a feeling.
19:29Oh, Tygen, where are you?
19:35He will hit you with a fist.
19:40He will hit you with a club.
19:44He will hit you with...
19:46A hammer.
20:00This is boring.
20:03I'm bored.
20:05I like it.
20:07You will tell me everything you know about Mizu.
20:16There's a reason I haven't been down here in a decade.
20:20I'm not waiting on you for supper.
20:28He humiliated you.
20:30He ruined your marriage into the Tokunobu clan.
20:33Why suffer so much to protect an enemy?
20:39He deserves better than you.
20:44He will cut you with a knife.
20:47He will cut you with a knife.
21:00This is my baby.
21:00I'm not getting anything to do.
21:00He is a daddy.
21:03It's my baby.
21:03I'm not going to scare you.
21:04I'm not going to kill you.
21:10I feel like I feel like I'm not going to kill you.
21:11It's normal.
21:12I feel like I'm not gonna do this right now.
21:17I never asked them to build this. They just assumed the white man required a chapel and put it by
21:24the dungeon.
21:26We're not friends. I haven't spoken to you in some time. Wouldn't do you the dishonor of asking for a
21:33favor.
21:36But I believe there's something I can do for you. They've been godless here as long as they've been. You
21:44saw what they did to your priests and faithful. Kicked out and crucified the word dead in their mouths, unspread.
21:53Heathen, surely he's Japanese. Lucky for you, their man in charge is greedy.
21:59I plan to cut that shogun's head from his shoulders and reimagine this nation more to my liking.
22:07Now, in normal days, I'd imagine you're indifferent to that outcome. Fair enough. Fair play. Same as me to yours.
22:14But I'll tell you this, though. If this all goes my way, I will go ahead and take it for
22:22a sign that you tilted the wind to my back.
22:26And I will, in kind, build into my new station a pulpit. I will send for your priests to bring
22:36them your word and hand you a nation of souls.
22:43My thanks, if you see fit.
22:47It's no matter to me either way.
22:52I've got, uh, no use for souls.
23:03Oh, this way, that way, nothing's good enough for her. Too wet, too dry, too smelly. Why do I listen?
23:10Most girls open a mouth and I pour in a drop of this.
23:13Oh, blessed silence. They wake up in their new home, and Goro counts as fortune. But for Akemi, only respect
23:21and restraint.
23:24Goro, forgive me. You know I'd be lost without you. Put a few more talents together.
23:30Come on, it's almost time.
23:33Keep up. I'm not missing the duel because of you. I want to see blood.
23:38A duel?
23:38A skinny guy and a big guy. I bet five more on the skinny one.
23:42Come on, he's got a face like a demon.
23:44A demon?
23:47This is our town.
24:02Aw, we missed the blood.
24:12Taigen.
24:13Taigen, that's his scarf.
24:18Demon.
24:38I found our brothel.
24:42Oh, no, no, no, no, no. Not Madame Kaji's. You should be with the courtesans. Elegance. They're known for peculiarities.
24:55Oh, no, no, no.
25:11Out, out, out!
25:13Oh, what kind of welcome is that?
25:16You're not welcome.
25:18Not since you sold us that poxy puss,
25:20Madame Kaji won't even look at a girl from you.
25:23Oh, she'll look at this one.
25:58Oh, she'll be a fortune for you.
26:01I always wanted to be rich.
26:02Can you imagine?
26:04What do you think it feels like?
26:08Like never thinking about how you're rich?
26:17Madame Kaji, may I...
26:19The last words I said to you, Goro?
26:22Speak to me again and I'll stab your nose.
26:24If you could put off violence a moment,
26:27may I introduce...
26:29Akemi.
26:31A revered courtesan from Gion.
26:33A castle topper if I ever saw one.
26:36Her feet alone.
26:37We already have a princess act.
26:39Oh, not like Akemi.
26:42Sings, dances, calligraphy, koto.
26:45Can debate the sutras like Takwan the monk.
26:50Not one of your usual wrung-out widows, nighthawks, and tea-steepers.
26:54Hmm.
26:56Your richest client's favorite position.
27:00Me, on top.
27:03Goro, one thing to credit you is you are consistent.
27:07You're an idiot.
27:08Every day of your life.
27:10You've been had.
27:11She's no more a courtesan than I'm a maiden.
27:14You're the real thing, aren't you?
27:16An actual princess.
27:18Bathed in milk.
27:20Virgin.
27:21You've barely seen two cocks your whole life.
27:26Hmm.
27:28But.
27:29Your inexperience may be a beauty mark, not a wart.
27:32If you want to work.
27:34I do.
27:35I will.
27:37This is no fancy pleasure house with hours of dance and witty conversation.
27:41What the geisha hopes to avoid at the end of the night is how we start the day.
27:45I don't pretend it is work any woman likes.
27:47But if you can survive it, you will be safe in my care.
27:51Goro, 50 rio for your virgin princess if she performs dissatisfaction tonight.
27:56A test.
27:57Come in the morning to collect your money or your girl.
28:02May the goddess Benzai-Ten guide your hands.
28:05And those feet.
28:07Yes, girl.
28:08Just like that, you've been bought and sold.
28:11Fast as a marriage.
28:12My name is Akemi.
28:14I'll bother to remember that if you're still here tomorrow.
28:18Your first test.
28:20Eat.
28:22Or be eaten.
28:31This is Akemi, an actual high-born noble.
28:34More than just powder and priss like Issei.
28:38Right now, she's regretting running away from her daddy's castle.
28:42Not at all.
28:44I'm eager to find a customer.
28:50Here, one of Issei's old ones.
28:52It's torn, but if you drape it, it hardly shows.
28:55Is that how they're wearing it now?
28:56It's the latest fashion in Kyoto.
29:00All of you finish preening and get out there?
29:03I counted four men still alone with their pants on and purses tied.
29:13I'm not taking that blue-eyed freak.
29:14Why do I always get the ugly ones?
29:16So far, he turned down everyone.
29:19Let him turn down me.
29:20And me.
29:21I'll take him.
29:28No one ever refuses me.
29:30May I, madam?
29:32Isn't Watari the walrus here tonight?
29:35Oh, my first night, you made me prove my skills under him.
29:38For six hours.
29:40Cracked two ribs.
29:41He's gotten so fat, he can't get it up anymore.
29:44I bet he'd give a big blubbery bonus if someone could make his little seal bark again.
29:49Hmm.
29:51Akemi will take Master Watari.
29:54You fail to make him rise and fall.
29:57You so much as wrinkle your perfect nose at him.
30:00You wait in the cold for Goro.
30:02First, I'd much rather...
30:04There is no end to that sentence that matters.
30:07We'll be watching.
30:16Oh, you are uncommonly delicate.
30:22Take off your kimono.
30:25Morisake?
30:33You can drink so much.
30:35I bet you were a mighty warrior in your day.
30:39Never won a fair fight.
30:41Come closer.
30:42If your sword isn't sharp, your wit is.
30:46I do enjoy the written arts.
30:49A fellow warrior of words.
30:51I knew it.
30:52Oh, you will read?
30:54Of course.
30:56I used to sneak books from my father's library and memorize all the poetry my tutors forbade.
31:01Really?
31:02And who's your favorite poet?
31:05Oh, so many.
31:07Shotetsu, Minamoto no Shige Yuuki.
31:10My favorite is this poetess, Ono no Komachi.
31:14Her words light a fire and fill me with smoke.
31:17Shall I recite?
31:19Hmm.
31:21I yearn for you most.
31:24On this moonless night, I lie awake.
31:28Hot.
31:29Embers of passion in my breast, setting my heart aflame.
31:34Oh.
31:35Oh.
31:36Oh, look who decided to join our party.
31:39Hello, old friend.
31:40I missed you.
31:44Do you enjoy Renga?
31:46You know Renga poetry, too?
31:50What's a party without Renga?
31:52You start with the haiku.
31:54I answer with two lines.
31:56Your breaststroke.
31:57My breaststroke.
32:00Hmm.
32:00Hmm.
32:02Oh.
32:02Drink streams from soft hand.
32:06It's taste bitter on my tongue.
32:09Soothing, Elixir.
32:12From soft hands also streams milk.
32:15It's taste sweet.
32:17Warm to my breast.
32:19Breasts like two full moons.
32:22Illuminate the dark sea.
32:24Envelop me with your lights.
32:27Hmm.
32:28Heavenly orbs you must drink from afar or scorch your skin.
32:34Show me your brushstroke.
32:42Fire cannot burn ice.
32:45It's torch makes it a hot spring.
32:48Sear me.
32:49I'll explode.
32:52No man can grasp the sunlight.
32:55Only worship leading rays.
32:57To the sun goddess, I give sweet, sweet.
33:07Sweet nectar of your body.
33:09A gift she declines.
33:20One thing no man can resist.
33:23Himself.
33:25Still half the night left.
33:27Any luck with blue eyes yet?
33:29He has to be alone.
33:30Thank goodness.
33:33No one refuses me.
33:47Thank goodness.
33:54May I serve you?
34:18your eyes
34:19whatever clever insult comes next
34:22is not as clever as you think
34:25they're beautiful
34:31a color i've never seen outside the sea
34:33and sky
34:36huh i see your madam explain how it is
34:40some essential part of the soul that
34:41draws men to brothels when it's only
34:44naked flattery do men usually fall for
34:46this the ones i've known yes
34:52i thought it was tea i don't drink
34:56madam thought you might prefer sake to
34:58help you relax
34:59maybe just a sip
35:01if you'll join me
35:02i have ugly business coming
35:10suddenly i'm glad for company
35:22to flattery
35:26hot
35:28where i'm from that's how the men prefer it
35:31kyoto
35:33i've only been there once recently
35:36beautiful isn't it
35:37dirty and crowded
35:40full of puffed up crows posing as swordsmen
35:44i beat the most ridiculous samurai there
35:47if you can call him that
35:49i cut off his shinion then he came chasing after me demanding a rematch
35:53saying i ruined his engagement
35:56i think he was angrier about his hair than his marriage
36:00what was his name
36:04i can't remember
36:07anyway he's dead now
36:09what oh yeah i killed him
36:21she's good
36:23get out
36:24let me go
36:24get off me
36:26you think i don't remember you
36:28princess akemi of the tokunobu clan
36:31you drug my cup
36:32i wish it was poison
36:35oh daigen
36:38oh shut up
36:39i didn't kill him
36:41i left him with his life and a contract to fight
36:45he's alive
36:46where is he
36:47you came all this way to save a doomed engagement
36:52your father probably lined up a nice young replacement lord to marry
36:58the shogun's son
37:01women in our world don't have a single good option
37:04except you
37:05like some magical forest creature
37:08you could have anything you want
37:10and then you beg to eat trash
37:20you got a girl
37:21a pretty girl
37:24wait
37:25how does that work
37:26she's not a girl
37:27she's a princess
37:29she's tygen's princess
37:31and she tried to kill me
37:34she screams
37:35kill her
37:36she moves
37:37kill her
37:39what
37:39i can't kill her
37:41what do you think an apprentice does
37:55do you have to stare
37:58sorry
38:08hamata's gambling house is filled with his thousand claws
38:11he never lets kinu out of his sight
38:13only when the moxa doctor comes each dawn
38:16to treat the sores hamata gave her
38:21even then his trusted bodyguard keeps watch
38:24even then his trusted bodyguard keeps watch
38:59enjoy
38:59to be with him
39:04of course
39:04to be there
39:05likely to see
39:05it's not enough to produce
39:05that's toohuselet
39:05but he's not going to do
39:10it's not going to do
39:11this is the two
39:11you can't do it
39:17of course
39:17it's not going to do it
39:18because it's going to be
41:38I'll protect you.
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