The Flower and the Angry Waves (花と怒涛)

THE FLOWERS AND THE ANGRY WAVES

Screenplay: FUNABASHI Kazuo, ABE Keiichi, KIMURA Takeo

Camera: NAGATSUKA Kazue Sound: NAKAMURA Toshio

Lighting: ONISHI Mitsuo Assistant director: KUZU Masami

Music: OKUMURA Hajime

Songs Hana to doto and Otoko hitosuji performed by KOBAYASHI Akira

Cast:

KOBAYASHI Akira Ogata Kikuji

MATSUBARA Chieko Kikuji's wife, Oshige

KUBO Naoko geisha Manryu

KAWACHI Tamio Hitman Yoshimura Kenji

TAKASHINA Kaku Inn Keeper Ihei

FUKAE Shoki - Sakurada Iwao, foreman of the Murata clan

MIYABE Akio Izawa Ushinosuke, boss of the Tamai clan

TAMAGAWA Isao Police Detective Tanioka

SAGA Senbei City Councillor Kuwajima Tatsujiro

Tattoos: ONAKA Yutaka Fight Choreography: TAKASE Masatoshi

TAKIZAWA Osamu Union President Shigeyama Otozo

YAMAUCHI Akira Murata Usaburo, Boss of the Murata clan

Directed by SUZUKI Seijun

Kikuji!

Idiots! Find them wherever they are.

Bring back my bride Oshige, or I'll lose face.

ONE YEAR LATER

Asakusa, Tokyo Early 20th century

Come inside, dear.

Ogata?

Ogata Kikuji?

Who are you?

Hey, what's happened to you?

He didn't pay me what I was owed.

Asai, you underpaid.

- What? - I'm owed 1 yen and 3 sen.

You gave 80 sen.

You forgot today is savings day.

That's not my idea.

I don't want to save.

If you don't like it, scram!

Get out of here.

Don't be so tough on me.

Show me the savings account.

You'll get it when you leave.

Number 34, 1 yen and 4 sen.

Next.

Number 15.

Here's 93 sen for you.

How about my dead friend's savings?

Shut up!

Be happy with what you get.

- Liar! - What's that?

No one who quit or died got his savings.

Insolent!

Complaining only gets you hurt. Take what we pay you and shut up.

Number 38. Who is number 38?

You? Here are 80 sen.

Only 80 sen? Not enough.

Sugihei.

You owe me more for today's work.

I wore myself out all day in the howling wind.

I want a little more pay.

Foreman Sakurada...

If you cheat us, you're not worthy of your job.

Watch what you say, rookie.

Whether you live or die, that's up to me.

I'm grateful that you took me on.

But this is a different matter.

Perhaps I'd better talk to the boss.

Are you okay inside?

IHEI'S INN

Why are you so attractive, Oshige?

You make feel like I want to eat you up.

You have someone?

- No. - Really?

I have no one.

I'll believe you.

Kikuji, what's wrong?

Oshige, I'll come again soon.

When did you return, Yoshimura?

The man with the golden arm.

You have feminine hands.

Now that you're in town again, I'll have my eye on you.

- Don't overdo it, inspector. - I'll nab you red-handed.

Keep trying.

Your fortune, sir.

"Great misfortune"

Oshige! Pour the new guy a cup of sake, will you?

Rookie, enjoy a cup from this beauty.

Oshige, come over here.

Kikuji.

Don't be rude and pour Oshige a cup.

There's a good boy.

She's a pretty girl, isn't she?

Is Ogata Kikuji here?

That's me, why?

For you.

COME AROUND THE BACK

Thank you so much.

I'm off.

Kikuji!

Kikuji!

What do you want?

Foreman Sakurada?

You were out of bounds back at the dorm.

Teach him!

Take this, punk!

Use this, lad. Good luck.

Thanks, miss.

Thanks a lot, miss.

Enough?

Wait a minute.

I haven't got a sen left.

Let's stake our clothes.

Our clothes?

Here we go!

Be round, be round and full...

There she is!

The moon has risen

When the full moon shines

On the Miike mines

But Kikuji!

- Thanks for your bets. - You can't be serious. What about us?

Let's get even.

You never give up?

Let's fight unarmed.

Fair enough.

You bastard!

Place your bets.

Here we go.

You again, miss.

Manryu, come sit with me.

Play for me.

- Another debt. - It feels good.

- Manryu! - Evening, boss Izawa.

Let's play!

Game on!

Six.

My win.

- No more bets. - Let's play!

Game on!

- No more bets. - Let's play!

Do I have a cherry blossom?

Yes, I do.

Sorry guys.

A woman touching a player's arm means bad luck.

Let's play!

Thank you for playing.

Thank you, sir.

Place your bets, please.

Pardon me. I was delayed by an urgent matter.

Let's play!

That rookie of the Murata clan won the lot.

Do they feast on your takings?

With all this rain, they need a diversion.

Manryu, thanks for lending me the pistol.

Not at all. I just wanted to help.

I got it to kill myself.

Did some guy turn you down?

Don't be silly.

Manryu has waited on fierce bandits over in Manchuria.

I'm not the type to be left behind heartbroken.

- You were in Manchuria? - Yes.

Where the crimson sun sets over the vast, barren steppes.

Utterly depressing.

One day a friend of mine was raped by a bandit...

...and when he was done, he killed her.

Life there was so fragile.

I owe you a great deal.

Goodbye.

- Must you leave? - Yes.

Would you join me and my friends?

Just a small token...

With compliments

You're really charming.

Thank you.

Welcome back.

Boss, Izawa is set to become leader of the Tamai clan.

Izawa? That figures.

Because Tamai got paralysed he had to appoint a deputy.

Well, well.

He might block us getting the contract for the Daito Power works.

Idiot!

Gambling is their racket, not running navvies.

Are the foremen here?

No more goofing around. This job must be completed in 10 days.

But boss, we're held up by the rain.

It's your job to make them work, come hell or high water.

Promise them we'll pay more.

Now get on with it.

Let's get going.

Sakurada, I've just inspected the site.

If your group fails the deadline I'll strip you of that foreman coat.

But, boss...

That Daito Power building contract.

- It's 99% sure that I'll get it. - Really? That's great.

Sake?

If you want money, go out and work!

Don't you want to earn money?

Pay is double when it rains.

So go out and work now!

- You'll pay us double? - Right.