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“SHOGUN” © 2003. Okihei Enterprise, Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Tribute to Richard Chamberlain |
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| Mariko:"Is something wrong?".
Blackthorne:"Nothing is wrong. At this moment, nothing in the whole world". Mariko:"Then shall we begin our lesson?" Blackthorne:"Thou art beautiful and I love thee". Mariko:"Love is a Christian word". Blackthorne:"Thou art beautiful and Christian and I love thee". Mariko:"I will take that as a compliment". Blackthorne:"Take it as I meant it. Mariko:"You seem very happy today. Blackthorne:"You know why. Mariko:"I know nothing, Anjin-san. Blackthorne:"Nothing. Mariko:"Why have you lost your smile? Blackthorne:"Because I don't understand. Mariko:"There is nothing to understand. Blackthorne:"What passed in the night then? Mariko:"I passed your door in the night -- when my maid was with you. Blackthorne:"What! |
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| Mariko:"Your consort and I thought she would
be a pleasing
gift for you. And she pleased you, did she not". Blackthorne:"It was no maid". Mariko:"It was. We annointed her with my perfume and instructed her not to speak -- only to touch". Blackthorne:"A joke concerning things of great importance is sometimes without humor". Mariko:"Things of great import will always be treated with great import. But a maid in the night with a man is without import. It is a gift from her to him and, sometimes, from him to her. Nothing more". Blackthorne:"Never?" Mariko:"Only when the woman and the man join together against the law. If a woman who belonged to a man, as I belong to Lord Buntaro -- if she joined with another man, that would be a serious crime. A crime punishable by death. |
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| Blackthorne:"Forgive me. I am a foo1".
Mariko:"There is no need to apologize, Anjin-san". Blackthorne:"How do I tell this 'maid' that I love her?" Mariko:"That would not be seemly, Anjin-san. It is our custom to make life simple. We admire simplicitym, so men and women can take pillowing for what it is". |
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| Blackthonre is on the veranda steps, oiling
and cleaning his pistol.
The gardener approaches with a timid smile. Blackthorne holds the pistol out to him. Blackthorne:"Go on. You can hold it". The gardener shakes his head. Blackthorne puts the pistol in the gardener's hands. The gardener stares at it with a happy grin - - then he bows and hands the pistol back to Blackthorne and bows again. |
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| Both sides of the road are crowded with villagers
- all bowing low -- as Toranaga and Buntaro ride at the head of a large
contingent of Samurai, all of them dusty and sweat-soiled.
Mariko and Fujiko are standing in the garden. The Gardener opens the gate and bows low - as Buntaro strides into the garden, his great bow over his shoulder, several Samurai following him. Mariko:"Tono, ogenki soode nani yori desu". Buntaro stares at her coolly. Buntaro turns -- as Blackthorne comes out of the house, onto the veranda. He stares at Buntaro -- and Buntaro stares back. Mariko looks from Buntaro to Blackthorne, both of them standing there, eyes locked. |
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| Mariko:"Please bow, Anjin-san. ( then) Please".
Blackthorne hesitates, then he bows. Butaro returns the bow but not quite as low. |
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