Gate of Flesh Page #2

Disease and babies

are your worst enemy.

I know.

My mother and brother

died in the river.

At Daichigashi.

My brother was only seven.

He didn't have a chance.

Where were you?

At a factory in Osaki.

They say everybody

who jumped in the river died.

Even a sumo wrestler.

Died hanging onto a boat.

His hands were burned to a crisp

where they stuck out of the water.

Let's change the subject.

We all got hurt in the war.

That's what's called

the victim mentality.

When my brother

got killed in Borneo -

There goes Maya,

talking about Borneo again.

You should call yourself

Borneo Maya.

That's not bad.

Roku, what was that thing

you said before?

What I said before?

That you should hate everything.

Spit on everything.

Spit on it?

That's right. Spit on it.

We'll spit on everything -

street urchins, tramps,

babies, workers, housewives,

parents, bigshots,

buildings, trains and trucks.

Realizing nobody will help us

lets us know what to expect.

What do you think you're doing?

And so, in order to eat,

we tightened the bonds between us.

The instinct for survival

made it happen of its own accord.

- Can I have yours?

- Forget it.

Don't try to cross us, sister!

We're not like

the others you've seen!

We don't like people sticking

their noses in our territory!

Your territory? Backward thinking

like that lost us the war!

We live in a democracy now!

You think democracy means

sleeping with Gls?

Don't make me laugh!

We're sick of all that democracy

and brotherhood-of-man bullshit.

Keep hanging around here,

and I guarantee you'll regret it.

A**hole!

Run, Maya!

Run!

- No Yanks!

- Drop dead!

- Take that!

Let me through!

Cut it out!

Listen here, Sen!

We can't afford to have you

making trouble with Gls.

F*** the Gls! They're just men.

You're a man, too, aren't you?

Why suck up

to a bunch of GI whores?

- Who're you calling GI whores?

- You.

Trash!

Take a look at

who you're dealing with!

KOMASA OF KANTO:

What do you think?

It's a real piece of work.

Nice body.

You should get a full-body tattoo.

I once knew a geisha with a white spider

tattooed on her thigh.

When she drank

or strained real hard,

the white spider would

stand out real pretty.

In fact, that's what

got me into this line.

I just want power.

Awesome power, beyond my own.

I see.

Like people way back who tattooed

themselves to fight wild beasts.

Clear the way!

Move along!

It's not a show!

What happened, Mr. Abe?

Some crazy returnee.

Stabbed a GI just like that.

Were they having a fight?

It happened so quick,

I'm not real sure.

At least he showed

the Japanese spirit still lives.

You could show

a little more spirit yourself.

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