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RENTARO MIKUNI
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Directed by
MASAKI KOBAYASHI
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SOTO SAKURADA-MACHI, EDO
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OFFICIAL RESIDENCE OF THE IYI CLAN
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You were a retainer of the former
Fukushima Clan in Hiroshima?
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That is correct.
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My name is Hanshiro Tsugumo.
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Written with the character
tsu as in "harbor"
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and gumo as in "cloud."
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What is the nature of your visit?
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My master's house fell in 1619.
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I subsequently left the domain
and moved here to Edo,
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where I found shelter
in a back-alley tenement.
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While eking out a meager living,
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I sought connections
for employment with a new master.
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But try as I might,
we live in times of peace,
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and my every effort has been in vain.
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Failing to find employment
and with little to do,
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he finds himself in dire straits
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and believes
he can endure it no further.
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Rather than live on
in such poverty and disgrace,
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he wishes to die
honorably by harakiri
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and asks for permission
to use our forecourt.
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Such is his request.
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Not again.
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Will they never stop?
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How shall I respond?
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Fine. Show him in.