Sing a Song of Sex (Nihon shunka-kô / 日本春歌考) (日本春歌考)

A SHOCHIKU FILM

SING A SONG OF SEX

Produced by MASAYUKI NAKAJIMA

Original Compilation of Songs by TOMOMICHI SOEDA

Screenplay by TAKESHI TAMURA, MAMORU SASAKI,

TOSHIO TAJIMA, and NAGISA OSHIMA

Cinematography by AKIRA TAKADA

Production Design by JUSHO TODA Music by HIKARU HAYASHI

Ass't Director OSAMU YASUI Ass't Producer TAKUJI YAMAGUCHI

Starring

ICHIRO ARAKI

AKIKO KOYAMA KAZUKO TAJIMA, JUZO ITAMI

KOJI IWABUCHI KAZUYOSHI KUSHIDA, HIROSHI SATO

NOBUKO MIYAMOTO HIROKO MASUDA, HIDEKO YOSHIDA

Special Appearances by HIDEO KANZE, YOSHIYUKI FUKUDA

HOSEI KOMATSU, and FUMIO WATANABE

Directed by NAGISA OSHIMA

Got a match?

Want one? - I have my own.

It's No. 469.

Couldn't keep my eyes off her during the exam.

If I fail, it's her fault.

You've found yourself a good excuse.

You had your eye on her too.

Ladies and gentlemen,

please support our campaign against the Vietnam War.

We must bring peace to Vietnam.

Please join us in opposing the Vietnam War.

Thank you very much.

Please sign here.

X FUJIWARA

Thank you very much.

You two sign too.

You can't possibly be for the war.

AYMA JOKE

GUY HU-SUX

Hey, cut the crap!

Hey, Nakamura and Ueda, how'd it go?

A couple more years of study won't kill you.

You must be relieved the exams are over.

Look at me.

I keep taking the exams just for that feeling.

Where are you going now?

Wanna go to the Lawrence in Shinjuku?

Come to the Lawrence.

Pig!

What's the Lawrence?

Hey, Hiroi!

Cut it out!

The Lawrence? He wants to fool around with a widow?

I saw a nice girl at my school too. Her number was –

We have No. 469. Forget yours.

Does he mean the Lawrence of Lady Chatterley's Lover?

Don't bother figuring it out.

He's always saying stupid stuff.

I'm sure No. 469 isn't married. She's a virgin.

I'm not so sure about that.

She is, I tell you. Really good-looking too.

No. 469. Was she that good?

Of course. No one else like her.

I should've taken the exam for your university.

Did he mean the movie Lawrence of Arabia?

Use your head. It's got nothing to do with heroism.

The bastard said it in a really lascivious way.

What's "lascivious" mean?

It has to do with sex.

Lustful.

Like us.

- What's the name? - Lawrence of Arabia?

No, her name.

- Fujiwara. - First name.

Fujiwara, No. 469 from Tokyo.

- Who are they? - I don't know.

What's in that box?

Probably nothing.

"One day I looked up

and saw a black flag waving high in the sky.

It waved so high

I couldn't hear its sound.

I tried to bring it down,

but without a rope there was nothing I could do.

The flag just kept on waving

as if flying off into the depths of the sky...

as if flying off into the depths of the sky."

ABOLISH NATIONAL FOUNDATION DAY

Aren't you going to say anything?

Abolish National Foundation Day!

- Long live the Lawrence in Shinjuku! - Long live No. 469!

Hey, look.

- What? - He's with a woman.

- Who is? - Our teacher.

- Ueda, go after her. - Why me?

- Just do it. - You go.

You go.

- What about you? - I think I'm catching a cold.

Go on.

Excuse me.

What is it?

You've been following me, haven't you?

- We're his students. - "His"?

I see. And?

Nothing.

Forgive me.

What's wrong, Nakamura?

Did you see that mocking look on her face?

- Yeah, full of contempt. - Is that all?

- Why'd she make that face? - Maybe they'd fought.

- Is she his girlfriend? - Probably his plaything.

Dyed hair doesn't make her a prostitute.

She is a prostitute.

Does he hold her with that same solemn look?

"Hold me tighter, baby."

Think she undresses by herself?

There are all types.

What would I do if a girl said, "Help me undress"?

No girl's ever gonna say that to you.

That woman undresses on her own. She just seems the type.

She isn't my type, I'll tell you that.

Otake doesn't base his choices on your type.

He sure seems to know what he's doing.

You look up to him?

No. 469. Right, Nakamura?

Damn it, let's go find her.

- Should we call her? - You know her address?

No, but the university does.

Hello.

I took my exams today.

Can you give me the name of another examinee?

No. 469, a female.

Not allowed?

They can't do it.

Miss Sanae of Maebashi?

- Miss Tomoko of Maebashi? - Miss Satoko Ikegami?

Miss Sanae Satomi?

This is shameful. Let's go.

Miss Sanae?

Miss Tomoko?

Miss Sanae, No. 469?

Miss Sanae, No. 469?

Miss Tomoko, No. 469?

Hey, what high school is your date from?

Tell these idiots your appointment isn't a date.

- No imagination. - Don't worry about that.

- We're going to see the teacher. - Otake?

Better stay away from him.

Sure, he's good-looking and lives in Tokyo.

How about coming to the Lawrence?

Don't be so crazy about Otake.

- We could go to graduate school too. - Sure you're smart enough?

Otake's sleeping with someone.

We saw him walking with an ugly woman.

We don't need you following us.

Today we fly to Kasumigaura

A great cloud of hope wells up

If you boys want to go home now, feel free.

Maruyama, have some.

I'm fine.

Stop it.

Sir...

I want to live in Tokyo. Should I rent an apartment?

- Yeah, you should. - One with no lock.

That's not for me to say. It's up to you.

And I want to read Henry Miller.

- His descriptions are so – - Nakamura, stop it.

Mr. Otake, of Sexus, Nexus, and Plexus –

You wouldn't understand any of it.

What time is it?

Mr. Otake...

may I have some too?

Of course.

Sir, do you always go drinking at restaurants like this?

You go to bars too, right?

Come on. Finish eating already.

There are trains at 7:36, 7:58,

8:26, 8:38 –

Let's all take the 7:36.

What's the rush?

We all just finished exams.

You may have to retake them next year.

I've been watching all of you,

and boys and girls really are different.

What do you think of the examination system?

Sir, don't men and women sometimes go to protests together?

Yours had nice legs.

They didn't do anything special when they parted.

Sir...

I peeled this shrimp for you.

Sir, I'll have some too.

Thanks for the meal.

Let's begin with the first case, ho, ho!

Doing it with an only daughter, ho!

Ask her parents' permission first, ho, ho!

Let's go on to the second case, ho, ho!

Quiet, everyone!

Doing it with two sisters, ho!

Take the older one first, ho, ho!

Let's go on to the third case, ho!

Doing it with an ugly girl, ho!

Cover her face with a wrapping cloth, ho, ho!

Let's go on to the fourth case, ho!