분야
hwp A story like mine should never be told.
For my world is as
forbidden as it is fragile.
Without its mysteries it cannot survive.
I certainly wasnt born
to the life of a Geisha.
Like so much in my strange life
I was carried there by the current.
The first time I knew
my mother was sick,
was when my father threw
the fish back into the sea.
That night we went hungry, to
understand emptiness he told us.
Mother always said that my
sister Satsu was like wood.
As rooted to the earth as a Sagura
tree. But she told me I was like water.
Water can carve its
way, even through stone.
And when trapped,
water makes a new path.
-These are the girls from Tanaka?
-Sisters, yes, from Yurida.
This one maybe, the other one no.
Show your respect for mother. You
must not speak, I will answer for you.
Kneel, and head down,
never look her in the face.
-How old are you?
-She year of the rooster.
Only nine...
Where is my sister?
Let me see those eyes.
Look at me.
-Too much water.
- But mother, a little water is good to guard against fire.
You wouldnt have to worry about the
okea burning, losing all your people, no....
These country girls! Too
late to send her back now.
Go.
Pumpkin, keep her quiet,
mother is downstairs
Let me go!
Let me go! Let me go!
-Mother will hear you! Shes got a bamboo stick.
-I want my sister. Satsu!
I cried too at first.
You know it is easier if you just forget
everything that happened before you came to the okea.
If you impress mother,
and do exactly as she says,
She will send you to
school to be a Geisha.
-A what?
-A Geisha, like Hatsumomo.
You will get to drink
sake, and sleep until noon.
-Where is my sister?
-Probably in another okea in Hanonoke.
Your family sold you to this
house, you live here now.
Outside you wear these, inside these.
We dont display our
naked feet like monkeys.
Its not flesh were selling here,
This is a Geisha house.
Remember to always honour this okea.
You listen, you learn, now get to work.
Be quiet Hatsumomo is sleeping.
-Pumpkin, when can I go outside?
-Outside the okea? You cant.
It not allowed.
How will I find Satsu?
You cant just walk out to
every house in Hanamachi.
Do you know how many there are?
Look.
Tighter!
Chiyo, Chiyo-chan
Come.
Two nights ago, Hatsumomo had to
stay at the Tea-house until dawn,
thats what she told mother.
But she was really here
with a man, the whole...
Why cant you be quiet?!
So, this is the new arrival.
A pity she still stinks of fish.
Stay out of my room.
Your fingers smell .I cant
have you touching my things!
Only reason mother tolerates Hatsumomo
is because she brings in good money.
Never forget it is Hatsumomo
who pays for your supper,
the clothes on your back.
By the time she was twenty, she had
already earned back her purchase price.
She has been the talk of
the Hanamachi ever since.
-These are all hers?
-Certainly not, they belong to the okea.
A Geisha needs an elegant wardrobe,
just like an artist needs ink.
If shes not properly dressed
then she is not a true Geisha.
-Nobody told me what a Geisha is.
-You will find out soon enough.
I have news for you child, mother has determined
that it is off to school with you.
You are to become Geisha!
Chiyo, Pumpkin!
Quick quick, dont be
late, and you will be late.
Go,go.
This way.
Pumpkin, Pumpkin
Im going to run, Im
going to find Satsu.
Not yet you dont.
You will ruin your own
chances, and mine too.
Please,stay with me.
Squid!
Look for your sisters name later!
You are late!
Chiyo, where is grannys food?
Where have you
been? It freezing cold!.
Close the window. Hai! (yes).
Chiyo, Chiyo, come quickly.
Hatsumomo is at the bath-house
-Here tidy up.
-But she told me to stay ... !
Hatsumomo does not run this okea.
Look whos in my room...
Did you touch this?
I can just hear the General now why
Hatsumomo, you used to smell of jasmine,
What this new perfume? Blowfish?
I told you to never to touch my
things. Can you understand why?
Because your general will
say, Hatsumomo you stink!
At least you dont smell as bad as
your sister.You know, she was here...
She came by looking for you.
What?
Was I wrong to ask her to leave?
Please, tell me where she is.
Only if you swear yourself
