No no no…
With more conviction!
ECSTASY OF THE BLACK ROSE
OK.
Meiko, are you listening?
That's it. Now, from below.
Alright.
Are you filming here?
Enlightened.
OK Go ahead.
Show your face well.
Do you have his butt?
Film his face.
I want more...
- I can't take it anymore! - What is wrong ?
- This position hurts me. - Come on, a little more...
I want more! I'm going to break my leg!
Ok, come here. We will change.
Alright, change position.
Film them from behind.
I want more.
It hurts !
Why are you stopping?
What's wrong ?
I am pregnant.
- Tell them, you. - It's true.
It's normal, isn't it? It happens when we fuck.
But work is work!
- Come on ! - It's not that easy!
You don't care, you...
You understand nothing.
Idiot !
- What are you saying ? - Let go.
Yasu, let's take a break.
- Well, okay. - To the food!
Say, are you listening to me?
But we are listening to you...
I think it's not good for the child.
Tell them you.
We talked about it all night.
She didn't let me sleep.
Stop beating around the bush. Tell them.
- Come on, eat… - Good, I'm going to tell them.
It's not healthy for the child.
Enough to ?
You know it well.
I want to rest until delivery.
I'm sorry, but it's impossible.
What's wrong with working, tell me?
- It's for prenatal education. - Eh ?
Nonsense.
It does not exist. Eat.
For you, everything is simple, huh?
You never ask questions.
I think she is right.
So you're as stupid as her!
Listen to me carefully. We make artistic films.
Listen to him.
Japan is a sexually backward country.
We are all at risk of being arrested.
But it's not our fault.
It's the country that's like that.
Look at Sweden.
Sex movies are educational. Even children watch it.
You are the child with your reasonings!
I'm tired of listening to you.
I'm a woman. I follow my intuition.
My child wants me to stop. I feel it in my stomach.
It's totally irrational.
How can he talk to you? "Mom, stop!"
You idiot !
Don't say things like that! I feel it, that's all.
- Come on, stop, go… - I can't.
If we stop now, I lose money.
100,000 yen to be precise!
Nevertheless…
If she doesn't want to, don't force her. Point bar.
- Please… - Listen…
I promise you that after giving birth,
I will go back to work. - Help !
Screenplay: Giichi Fujimoto
Producer: Akira Miura
Cinematographer: Shinsaku Himeda
Directed by: Tatsumi Kumashiro
I can't take it anymore! I stop!
Bitch!
Come on, it's okay. Stop crying !
Enjoy your baby.
Oh hoist!
Yasu, you can never win against a woman.
Even less when she's knocked up.
Say, boys...
Ask them, you...
Say, guys...
Won't you come to our wedding party?
What next ? It already costs me 100,000 yen!
Come on, come on, what...
Alright, we'll come...
Oh hoist!
Does a dentist make a good living?
Not that much. Rinse.
THANKS.
Bye.
Good morning. You are welcome…
- How hot, isn't it? - In effect…
It's the first time I've seen you smile.
It took you three days.
Bye.
SHIBATA MAHJONG
24 hours a day.
Excuse me, I forgot something.
- You are welcome. - It must be the heat...
Sorry, I left my bag.
Sorry to bother you.
Sorry again. Thank you.
Hold it tight.
Give him a drink.
Rub his nose with it.
GOOD.
- Lets' go. - Where ?
We'll see.
Hey Meiko...
The movies we make...
- You listen to me ? - Yes I'm listening…
Sit down. Our job is not to win small.
16mm cameras are used. We do broadcast quality.
We also do transfers in 8 mm.
By taking the time, and with my common sense,
we could film great sex scenes…
We would have a slogan: "The fuck in beauty".
Fucking, there's more than that that excites people.
- I feel the baby move. - Stop a little !
When we fuck, we become beasts, gods!
- Men and women ! - Stopped…
We don't get serious
only in those moments, when we fuck.
How to say ? The curtain falls, you understand?
And the human being reveals himself.
That's the only thing I'm sure of.
I understand, but...
That won't take my mind off the idea that you're a pervert!
- Anything ! - The baby is moving, I tell you…
Stop a little !
I don't know what they say about me and my ideas...
But in any case, film
directors share my convictions.
Nagisa Oshima, Shohei Imamura…
I need your beauty
and your acting skills.
As the viewer, I am in search of beauty.
So come back to work.
Listen, I want to understand you...
but you're still weird… - You don't understand anything!
Since we need to be more clear...
I'm sweating… We'll talk about it again, okay?
Zebra, take 1.
Crowned crane, catch 4.
Crowned Crane. Go ahead.
Cheetah, take 3.
Sea lions, take 1.
Baby chimpanzee, take 1.
GOOD…
Look at this. The beauty of work.
It doesn't look easy, like work.
We too, artists, are drooling...
It's an interview with a sumo champion.
OK.
I will cut...
from there to there.
Take.
I managed to record this at a dental office.
Stop...stop...
It's almost over.
Open wide.
She must be 17 or 18 years old. A real doll.
- She can succeed me, then. - So…
Just enough to let the imagination do the rest.
I called this recording "The Lost Virgin".
This master tape is going to make us lots of little ones.
The master tape is the matrix of everything.
A strip sells for 7,000 to 10,000 yen.
This will be our most profitable business, you'll see.
Great idea, right?
You and your ideas...
You hurt me.
I'm in pain... I'm in pain...
What I'm trying to tell you is...
Trust me. Your body, I will make gold.
trust my wisdom
and my sixth sense for making art.
Together, we will make a masterpiece.
Listen to this.
I am happy to be close to you.
Kiss Me…
Sorry, but for me it doesn't change anything.
All right…
All right. But you really understand nothing !
I tell you that a God watches over me!
I am not a god.
It's even better than I thought!
- Well I'm leaving ! - Good luck.
Say, will you be there tonight?
You tell your wife it's for work.
She's there.
Take my marbles.
Good luck.
Pardon.
You allow ?
- How hot, huh? - Yes…
It makes me feel good, your fan.
- Where are you from ? - From Otemon.
- Where are you from? - From Hakata.
- Oh ! I would have guessed. - Really ?
I've only been here a year.
Actually…
to tell you the truth, I'm a private detective.
Private detective ?!
And what are you doing here?
I work for someone.
Dad… ?
I can't tell you who it is.
My boss ?
Mr. Hikoichi Ogaki?
I have no right to say more.
My job requires me to protect the identity of my clients.
I shouldn't tell you this, but I got you.
Once your appointment is over,
could you meet me in Shinsaibashi?
I have something to confide in you.
All right.
I am going to leave you.
Be careful not to tell anyone.
See you later.
Pardon.
Hikoichi Ogaki.
One of Japan's tycoons.
Okay, listen.
You should never give up.
Happiness is built through willpower.
I'm almost 33 years old...
and as far as I can remember,
I have always been a practicing artist.
Despite the pitfalls, I have always persevered.
I have always made sure to turn every
setback into an opportunity to rebound.
Madam ! Thank you for coming.
I have to talk to you.
I suspect that you will be reluctant
thinking of coming to my house.
Also, we could go and talk somewhere else,
if it does not bother you.
It's really despicable.
Follow me like this. It is unworthy of a man.
I am no longer a young girl.
I'm not talking about you, of course, but about Papa.
He knows how devoted I am to him.
I have nothing to hide.
Human relations are based on mutual trust.
Exactly.
I learned that from my job.
Cheer.
To doubt the other in love, there is nothing worse.
And how !
Where are we going now?
It's scandalous ! This is an attack on my personal freedom!
I thought it would do us good.
When you are at a turning point in your life, it
is good to come here to contemplate from the sky
the whole city of Osaka.
This is what I wanted you to hear.
"I'm happy to be close to you…"
But it's me ! At the dentist !
That's it. I recorded it yesterday.
But it's awful! Stop!
Say, will you be there tonight?
Hush! My assistant will hear you!
Stop that!
It's just for my job. Don't take it the wrong way.
- Madam ! Wait. - Leave me alone!
If he needs more proof,
I have pictures.
We make very good cameras, you know…
Stop! I need it for work!
Even at night, with a match, you can see everything as during the day.
Today, science and technology can do anything.
Are you going to give this recording to Dad?
Well yes.
So why make me listen to it?
You're covered in sweat...
Yes…
You have to say…
I haven't told you everything yet...
Are we going… somewhere else?
All right.
Stop…
In fact… I have several strings to my bow.
I am also a filmmaker. Go ahead, go up.
Since it doesn't pay much, I'm also a
private detective. It bothers me to tell you.
Follow me.
You are so beautiful that I
couldn't hide the truth from you.
How are you ?
With you, I could make a film as
good as Lady Chatterley's Lover!
- Excuse me if I disturb you. - I'm not telling you lies.
I really think so.
This man will tell you.
We had a company called Shimogamo.
She produced movies.
- But she went bankrupt. - It's true.
This man was my camera assistant.
Follow me, please. Let's go upstairs.
We are all film activists.
We are artists. We have a conscience.
But I digress...
I sometimes find it difficult to clarify my thoughts.
Say, Yasu, can you leave us alone for a while?
- We need to talk in private. - OK.
Alright, I'm starting...
I would like to ask you to purchase this recording.
How many are you asking for?
20 or 30,000 would be enough.
That's all ?
Isn't that too little?
I have plans for you.
Real artistic projects.
You could become an authentic Lady Chatterley.
If nothing prevents it, we could work together.
I have to call the office.
One last thing…
Women like you...
as discreet as they are beautiful… I love them like crazy!
Really !
That's what drives me to betray the office and my client.
Wait…
I'll bring you the money…tomorrow.
Be at the Gondola at 3 p.m.
- You go ? - See you tomorrow !
Madam !
Hey, that doesn't look like you!
Are you letting her go?
But you know women.
I know ! I already regret it.
And you don't run after him?
But that's what you usually do.
Well yeah, but there… pschitt…
I deflate...
I think I'm in love...
This woman has everything to be my Lady Chatterley!
Ah good ?
I feel the strength of human desire...
flock behind the beautiful mask that serves as its face.
That's really what draws me to her.
Artists, you see,
unlike ordinary people,
are excited about this stuff!
Her sighs are absolutely exquisite!
I do believe it is love.
If I lose her, I'll bite my fingers.
With her, we will shoot the porn of the century!
- Good for you. - Work aside...
I would love to put her in my bed!
- Go ahead, go ahead. - I want to sow it!
A good doggy style, oh yes!
Wait a bit, you'll see...
I'm going to do it!
Stop…
Stop, it's not good for the baby...
- What are you doing ?! - Oh, you're back.
The assembly is done.
Can you come back later?
Jerk ! Do you find it pro?
Does this fake tape turn you on or what?
Stop it, I'm going to lose the baby!
Aren't you ashamed?!
Come on, let's see, the chairs...
are made for sitting.
One last time.
You've been in there for an hour.
Aren't you fed up?
- No, I like it. - You're weird...
- Madam ! - You don't want to come?
Pardon. I ride.
Was it you yesterday?
I have the 30,000 yen.
I can give you more if you want.
For what ?
I only asked you for 30,000 yen.
Actually… I didn't really want to do that.
You probably won't believe me...
You don't have to believe me...
To tell you the truth, my wife...
has cervical cancer. And for the operation, I miss...
30,000 yen. - Really ?
But it gave me the opportunity to meet you.
Some silver lining…
Will your wife get over it?
Well, to tell you the truth...
She has already undergone two operations. We don't give him...
little more than six months to live...
I see…
So take them...
It must be hard on your wife.
We must not add to his misfortune.
love between a man and a woman
springs from the mind and heart...
But true love,
it is only sealed by physical union.
You may find my remarks indecent…
but isn't that, after all, the basis of our humanity?
Your words mean a lot to me.
Thank you so much. I thank you with all my heart.
Oh, please don't thank me so much...
I don't know how to express my regrets...
I'm sorry for threatening you
for money.
I would very much like to invite you to come to my house.
I have one more thing to give you.
What ?
- A movie. - A movie ?
A movie of me?
You were my saviour.
Taisho Street, please.
Madam... Madam!
Please... You're stepping on my foot.
Oh ! I'm sorry.
- What are you having fun doing? - It's good. Go for it.
They too suffer for their art...
Oh yes ?
So this movie?
This is a meeting between a man and a woman...
How to say…
It's a secret love scene filmed in secret.
As I live alone...
this place is a real souk! I am sorry for that.
Please… where is the movie?
Wait for me. I will go get him.
Movies don't lie.
They show reality as it is.
It is useless to try to make images lie.
It's like me.
How hot is it today...
Let's go.
What is this ?
What ?!
What do you want to show me ?
A movie you shot as a detective?
Do you also make erotic films?
I thought it was a movie that involved me. But not that...
Stop! Stop that! I prefer to leave!
Oh ! Please excuse me. It's not the right movie.
Don't want to watch?
Where did I put the other?
However, I have to tell you...
of all the movies I've done...
- This is my masterpiece. - Really ?
I shot it in Sweden.
Do you see the main actress?
Beautiful woman, isn't she?
To me, this woman is not a tramp.
- You think ? - The carnal act…
is the highest human achievement.
Ah good ?
Don't the plants give pretty flowers?
Why do you think they do it?
- Because plants fuck. - Ah good ?
That's why I make films.
Always more beautiful. Always more artistic.
- That's what I'm aiming for. - Ah good…
Our mission is to tell the world that there
is nothing more beautiful than a good fuck.
It is the source of all beauty in this world.
Without this awareness, the world will never be better.
You think ?
People who dare to say it's dirty are mistaken.
- Really ? - It's not by belittling sex
that our world will be better off.
What is beautiful is beautiful, and that is all.
Ikuyo…
You are welcome…
Do this for me...
Ikuyo… Please…
- Accept. - Nope…
When I said I filmed
you with the dentist, I lied.
But you knew it before I even said it.
I beg you…
Just once... For me...
Access my desire. Help me.
I beg you.
You may find it strange...
to hear me say that I love you.
But what I said at the Gondola was true.
How else to say it?
I love you. I love you madly.
Ikuyo, please...
- Do it for me. - Wait. Wait.
Wait till I take off my clothes.
You have magnificent proportions. I expected that.
And clear, silky skin.
Ikuyo…
Do you realize how immense your potential is?
Your ivory skin
already covered in sweat and fluids.
Like a film of love.
Such beauty is worthy of a dream.
Stop… stop.
I don't know... any other woman...
who reacts with such fervor...
Do you feel them?
Your body's responses are waves
coming from your breasts...
run along your belly...
and flow...
down to the hollow of your thighs...
Oh ! That's wonderful…
NOW…
The waves flow back in the opposite direction.
I like…
the heat rising from your crotch…
It drives me crazy.
You really have…
a treasure between the legs.
Now I feel the waves...
flowing under your Mount of Venus.
Like a slow rolling...
I can not find the words…
It's a subtle back and forth.
You have a mole there…
No ! Stop that! Stop!
Stop! Stop!
Ikuyo!
Do not be afraid.
No no ! Stop!
No !
No ! No !
We create art!
Ikuyo…
We create a work of art!
Stop!
Help me.
I beg you, help me.
NOW…
we really make art!
You... me...
the lighting designer and the operator…
All together we create something wonderful.
Words become… superfluous.
We are all united.
We are one.
We reach the highest peaks of art!
Yasu.
Film his face.
This face...
you have to grasp its full beauty.
It is the face of a goddess.
It is so beautiful…
Ok, we can stop.
It's perfect.
What happened ?
No but what have you done to me?
Hold on ! I did this out of pure charity.
Charity ? How dare you ?
It's true. By charity.
What do you say ? How could you?
That's enough !
You're being maintained by a mogul.
You're having an affair with a married dentist!
Do you realize what kind of woman you are?
And you, you are not married, perhaps?
Idiot ! It was a decoy! A white lie!
- Is it true ? - Don't talk to me like that!
- Do you really live alone? - Since I tell you!
Why would I lie to a woman
I've already made mine?
A woman who does not deserve me!
If you haven't understood yet, I can start from the beginning!
That's it ? Are you starting to hit?
I am happy…
It's the first time I've been loved like that...
Really ?
Is this the truth?
- Are you sure ? - But yes. Come on !
- Let's shoot again. - You then...
Stop! I don't want anymore.
Very good like that.
Won't you be jealous?
Jealous ? But of what ?
I feel real happiness, but...
I can't stop myself from…
But watch out, silly!
Listen, even if...
you're fucking with someone else, it's nothing personal.
Lots of directors
who married actresses
are not jealous of their sex scenes.
- I assure you. - Oh?
But if these directors are not jealous,
it's that actresses don't play real love scenes, right?
Stupid… We're not there anymore…
No no ! Yasu.
- More cables! - Sorry, sorry!
You are not a beginner. We start again.
Yasu pans out to sea.
Alright. Cut.
We are going to start.
- Pine, are you ready? - Yes.
I have to do it for real?
Of course. We don't cheat.
You have to satisfy the public.
Pardon…
Let's go ?
We start with the preliminaries.
Spread the legs.
Yasu, are you ready?
Come on.
A little lower, a little lower...
That's it.
Don't take that closed look.
Close your eyes... Like this...
You look too tense.
Let yourself go…
Think of something nice...
It's better.
Take a deep breath and relax.
It's good…
Relax…
It is very good.
It's already better. Get ready.
Over there.
It is very good. Your expression is perfect.
Start filming.
What a beautiful expression.
Hold back...
- Hold on… - Shut up!
Let go of me ! I'm talking to my boyfriend!
Yasu, step back a bit.
It is very good. Keep it up.
You bother me here.
Yasu, go around now.
- Pin, you mustn't… - Just shut up!
Go ahead. Give me more.
Pin, you promised!
Pine!
Keep on going.
- You have to hold back! - That's it. Hold back.
Pine, hold back!
Hold back.
Not yet.
Hold back.
Pine!
Pin, don't come yet...
Not yet.
Wait again...
Pin… You must not come!
A little more…
Not yet…
Like that, it's good...
Not yet…
Hold back again...
Again…
Not yet !
I'm coming !
Pine! Pine!
Imbecile! I said no orgasm!
No orgasm! Yet it was clear!
Damn… what got into you?
Sorry… Her pussy was really too good…
You bastard! You must not have enjoyed!
- And in front of me too! - I'm sorry…
- You're talking!
- Forgive me… - I don't want to see you anymore!
Idiot ! It was for work!
- I love only you ! - Stopped ! The baby !
It's too short and in addition, you're in the frame!
You should be ashamed, Juzo!
I couldn't hold myself back.
- Imbecile! - I felt jealous…
Forgive me, darling...
I enjoyed...
END
Adaptation: Robin Gatto & Masaya Yamashita