01x13 - Imprint

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Heh-heh.
I can't wait.

Stranger. Is it true
you are all hung like horses?

Yes, he's had the taste
of our women.

And likes it!

Another dead one.

She's heavy as lead.

Maybe with child.

Rest in peace.

Goodbye.

Hey, you! You in
the fancy clothes!

Get out there!

Go! Go! Go!

To work!

Move it!

What are you?

Dutch?

English?

American!

Aha! I thought so!

Well, you'd better
get a move on.

Why, it will be morning.

What is done here is
best done in the dark.

Come to stick it between
the girl's legs, didn't ya?

- I'm looking for a girl.
- I have lots of girls.

No, no.
A very special girl.

Her name is Komomo.

Never heard... of a girl... called that.

She's not on this island.

Well, that being the case,

I'll be movin' along.

No no no.
Not tonight.

No boat until morning, mister.

You have to spend
the evening somewhere.

So... why not here?

Come in. Come in.

Come in...

I'll give ya good price.
And a better lady.

The one in the back.

Bon appetit.

Once upon a time,

I held a woman named
Komomo in my arms.

She was sad.
And so beautiful.

But more than this,
she truly was

an unfortunate woman,
who was the love of my life.

I had promised her that
I would come back for her,

and take her home to
America with me, but...

by the time I finally
got back, she was gone.

Sold off to some...

to a far-distant brothel
house, somewhere.

So I spent
my years wandering

all over this land,
searching for her,

following every clue,
every hint of a clue

in the process.

It's exhausted me.

So I'm tired.

Tonight,

I am yours.

You may do what
you wish with me.

Are you from America?

Why were you sitting so far
away from the windows?

Don't the women usually
call out to the men?

I'm afraid.

What are you afraid of?

The ones who grab my hands.

The lost souls.

Look!
They're here!

I've been cursed
from birth.

I feel closer to the dead
than the living.

The living are the ones
who really...

scare me.

Been my experience that the living

cause much more pain than the dead.

You don't think I'm strange?

You don't think...
I'm a freak?

I find almost everything strange.

You're looking for Komomo.

Do you know her?

If you find her, what do you plan to do?

Oh, I plan...

what I planned from the
first moment I saw her.

Take her to America.
Start both our lives

all over again.

Give to her the life
that she deserved.

I promised her that.

- Poor Komomo.
- Where is she?

She came here to the island
about half a year ago, but...

I'm sorry. She passed
away not long ago.

Oh, God...

God...

Damn!

What happened?

She hung herself.

Why would she do that?

She could wait no longer
for the man she loved.

You lie!

It's no lie.

She rests at the temple
on the bank of the river.

So you were that man.

Her special love.

Never mentioned a word to you
that I was an American.

I guess she just thought

"Just another god
damn lying Yankee!"

Never intended on coming back
for her in the first place.

Wait!
Don't go!

There's nothing
but cut-throats outside!

Ah God, God,
God damn!

This island isn't
in the human world.

Demons and wh*res are
the only ones living here.

I know you suffer.

But you can't change the past.

Komomo is gone.

You cannot bring her back.

Ohhh, God...

Oh, God. Oh, God.

What did you love about her?

Oh, so many things...

So many things.
So many things.

So many things.
So many things.

She reminded me of my sister.

My dead... little sister.

Oh...
Your sister?

Aw, I guess you think
I'm the strange one now.

I'm the last woman to judge any man.

Have some sake.

It's the best way to forget.

Oh, God...

Aren't you ever going to sleep?

Showing your sleeping face

is the greatest disgrace

for a lady in my trade.

It's hot.

But at least this keeps
the mosquitoes off.

Is something wrong?

Uh, maybe too much sake.

Good sir.

All of the men

rave about me being a fine fit.

Care to try?

I'll let you do anything.

Not right now.

I understand.

Who'd want to lay

with such an ugly
woman like me, huh?

Please don't
misunderstand me.

I find you...

very attractive.

It's just...

tonight...

Not tonight, no.

Not tonight.

Maybe...

you should just relax
and fall asleep.

Tell me a story.

Bedtime story,
about you.

Oh...about me?

I'm a journalist.

That's what I do.
I listen to stories.

But even if I wasn't,

I would want
to hear your story.

You are a strange one, mister.

Normally,

men don't wanna talk with me.

The place...

I was born...

is far away
from here.

A poor village, deep in mountains,

where life is tough.

My dadda
had a bad lung

and spent most of his
time laid up in bed.

You'll be all right!

My mama was a midwife.

It is a boy.

Delivering babies in the village

when she wasn't tending
to my dadda.

When I came along,

their lives got
even more difficult.

But they were happy
all the same.

None of the other kids
would play with me

because of my face.

I was all by myself.

Everyone in town detested me.

But a Buddhist priest

showed me kindness.

Pretty scary, huh?

These drawings were
made with real blood.

Listen to me now.

If you do bad things,

you go straight to...

Hell.

If you want to go to Heaven,

you must do all good things.

He didn't want to cause us
any more trouble.

Dadda died in the river.

No...

No!

My mama tried her best.
Mama!

But couldn't make a living
with a child around.

You're coming
with me!

You'll be happy!
I promise!

Always keep your
chin up!

Good luck!

From here, it's the same old story.

I was bought and sold
from place to place

and finally wound up
on this island.

Being a daughter of joy
is a living hell.

This place is something out of
the pictures I saw at the temple.

The pictures drawn in blood.

Don't show me your face!

- You sl*t!
- Oh!

It's delicious, Madam.

- Thank you.
- Hey, you!

Until you get a man in here,

you don't get fed.

All your parts are there and working!

If you can't get them
with your looks,

make them happy
with something else!

If you don't wanna
starve, get busy!

You make that p*ssy pay!

Please?

But only Komomo,
she was kind to me.

She had a heart of gold.

I wasn't sold into
this like other girls.

I have a man who loves me.

I'm waiting for him to come for me.

He promised to take me
away from here.

And I'm the Empress of Japan.

Komomo.

You a fool.

Your foster parents sold
you to cover their debts.

No! My family's wealthy!

If I was born in
another age,

I would be a princess.

What are you doing here, your highness?

Face it, Komomo.

You're a wh*re, just like
the rest of us.

No.

No, no.

I'm no wh*re!

Well, what kind of a princess

spreads her legs every night

for a few coins?

They know about you.

You're the only survivor
in a family suicide.

Your money-grubbing foster
parents told the madam so.

No. No!

My family's wealthy!

- Shut up, Komomo...
- Wake up. Stop it.

If that's what Komomo
thinks, then let it be.

Shut up.

Freak.

Maybe I'm a freak.

But I'm a better woman than you are.

Shall I make your face look like mine?

Komomo was the most
popular with the men.

She was so sweet and beautiful.

The older women were jealous,
and always out to get her,

one way or another.

My ring is gone.

My jade ring!

Someone stole my ring!

Who took it?

I found this on the floor

in my room.

That's Komomo's.

You always said
you wanted that ring.

- Right, Komomo?
- Yes, she did. Right?

Yeah, yeah...

Stop your lies. I never
heard anything like that.

Komomo?
Is this yours?

I don't know how this...

Why was it in my room?

I don't know.

That ring is far more
valuable than your skin.

I didn't steal it!

We shall see.

Take her out to the linen closet.

- Come on, come on.
- No! No!

Stop it! Komomo
isn't that kind of a girl!

Silence!

Stay still!

Don't touch her face.

Only the body.

But no real noticeable.

Shut up!

Don't leave marks!

She's valuable merchandise,

and my property.

No! No! No! No! No!

No! No!

Hip! Hip!

Hip! Hip! Hip!

Perfect.

Princess.

It was me.

I took it.

Where is my ring?

I don't remember.

Please don't k*ll me.

It hurts.

Stubborn little c**t.

In the end, they
never found the ring.

No matter how hard
they beat her,

she never talked.

I waited and waited
for you, Christopher.

Komomo,
I brought some wat--

You're a liar!

My Komomo would never
have done that.

She hung herself.

She's dead.

I understand...
that nothing you say,

nothing I do will
bring her back to me,

but I need to know the truth!

Of course you do.

wh*res never
tell the truth, do we?

Please tell me the truth.

I wonder why people always
want to know the truth.

Sometimes it's better
not to know.

Sometimes the lie is better.

Oh, no, no.

Please, please,
I'm begging you.

Please, I need to know
what happened!

Do you...

really want to know?

Ah hah.

Huh?

Where is it?

Damn it!
Damn it!

Excuse me, Madam.

What?

Do you know something?

When I was
cleaning up earlier,

I found this in the corner.

Komomo,
I've brought some water.

Komomo.

I brought some water.

Water.

Thank you.

I can stand any kind
of cruelty,

but what I can't take
is... kindness.

Maybe she wasn't a wh*re,

but a woman
with a lovely heart.

Even though her body was in Hell,

her mind was in Heaven.

Her soul wanted
to be there--

needed to be, Mister.

Her eyes were the most
beautiful I'd ever seen.

So... that's the truth.
You k*lled her.

You took a woman who was
so innocent, she was like a child,

never hurt a single person,

and then you k*lled her for a...

a trinket that you wanted.

That's why you k*lled my Komomo.

You don't understand.
I helped her get to Heaven.

I have never
decided one thing,

not a single thing,
by myself until then.

For the first time,
I took action by myself

and I'm going to Hell for it.

Oh, God,
I'm surrounded by madness.

Suppose I'm right, though.

What would the Devil think of her
having such an evil friend?

He'd think if they're friends,

then Komomo must be
a wicked person, too.

He would've sent
her to Hell.

So I aided Komomo.

Now I'm sure
she's in Heaven.

What could be more pitiful
to be strangled to death

by the one you trusted most?

I'm sure Buddha
grabbed her by the hand

and took her to Heaven.

Right, Sis?

You're leaving
something out.

You're not telling
me something!

What is it?

Oh, tell me!

What are you hiding?

Tell him the truth.

Tell him the truth.

No!

No!

You want to know.

No, no, no, no,
no, no, no.

I don't want to know!

I need to know!

Then I shall--

I will tell you my story.

My dadda and mama
were beggars.

They called no place home.

Wandering from
place to place,

they ended up in the poorest
village in the region.

Compared to that place,

this rotten island
is paradise.

Mama wasn't the midwife.

She worked with babies,

but she was more of
a specialist.

I'm sure you have the same
practice in America, right?

Ah, more sake.

With what money?

More sake.

With what money?

Sake.

No, no!
Look at me.

Aah!

No, stop!
No!

Okay! No, no!

No! Oh!

Aah!

Sake.

Sake.

Despite his cruelty
and drinking,

Mama did her duties
as a good wife.

She soon got pregnant with me.

You asked for the truth.

Yes, I was dumped in the
river and left to die, too.

But two days later, I was
still alive and kicking.

Mama made up her mind
to raise me.

As long as I can remember,

I helped Mama with her work.

Unh!

Dump this.

That hole is the one
that leads to Hell.

Pretty scary, huh?

If you don't do as I say,

you will go
straight to Hell.

And so this hole
leads to Hell, too.

Freak!

Baby k*ller!

Beggar!

Freak!

Freak! Freak! Freak!

Go away,
you little brats!

No! No! No! No!

No! No!

Stop! Stop it!

Aah! Stop!

Go on!

No!

Oh! No!

Stop this!

No, Sis.

Aah!

Sis!

Stop it, Sis.

b*tch!

My twin.

Have I got your attention, Mister?

Yes, I'm a twin

and this is my sister.

Nobody ever knew
about my sister.

Nobody...

Aah!

...except Mama.

Aah!

Oh, she knew.

Aah!

No!

Stop it, Brother!

Unh!

It turned out
that Mama and Dada

were brother and sister.

Sake.

People found out and
ran them out of town.

While begging their way
across the country,

they escaped to this place.

My sister and I were cursed

long before
coming into this world.

♪ Sleep baby ♪

♪ Hush-a-bye ♪

♪ Close your eyes ♪

♪ Over you ♪

♪ A watch I'll keep ♪

♪ A river so deep ♪

♪ Sleep baby ♪

♪ Hush-a-bye ♪

♪ Close your eyes ♪

♪ Over you ♪

♪ A watch I'll keep ♪

♪ To sleep
Don't you cry ♪

k*ll.

k*ll.

k*ll! k*ll!

No!

k*ll!

Die! Die!

Die!

I want it.

I want it!
I want it!

Give it to me.

I can't. I can't.

My sister always loved
pretty, shiny things.

I couldn't fight her.

When she wanted something,
she always got it,

no matter what.

But I was the one
who decided to k*ll Komomo.

All my sister wanted
was the ring.

Either way, we're stuck
with each other,

and we're both going to Hell,

right, Sis?

"I've waited and waited
for you, Christopher."

Komomo?

"Yes, your Komomo."

Oh.

Oh, I should never have come here.
This place...

This place is truly
a damned place!

No matter where you go,
your hell follows you.

I know what you did
back in America.

"You're hurting me!

"Stop it, Christopher!

"Why did you k*ll me?

"Why would you hurt me,
your own little sister?

"I did what you asked.

Why?"

You freak.
You freak!

Freak! Freak!

Okay, you win.

I'll give you
what you want.

I'm going send you both...
to Hell!

You can't do it.

You cannot k*ll us.

I waited for you.

Jesus, get a whiff
of that guy.

He's a m*rder*r.

He's that American
newspaperman

who k*lled that wh*re.

Yeah.

Hey, listen, we are going to
have some fun with you.

And death won't come soon.

This will be a living hell.

♪ Sleepy baby ♪

♪ Hush-a-bye ♪

♪ Close your eyes ♪

♪ And don't you cry ♪

♪ Over you ♪

♪ A watch I'll keep ♪

♪ Sleep away ♪

♪ For you won't
sleep deep ♪

♪ Sleepy baby ♪