House of Bamboo Page #3

Ah, so.

Nine thousand yen official rate.

I give you 10% more.

I come every week,

collect 9,000 yen for protection...

so nobody'll do to you

what I'm doing, okay?

Wake him up.

That's enough.

Who you working for?

Come on. Answer the man.

Answer the man!

Who are you working for?

Sp-Spanier.

Who's he?

Me.

And who else?

Eddie.

Eddie who?

Spanier.

I asked you who else

you're working for.

I told you.

Well, Griff, you had it figured right.

Our Chicago mob was coming in

to take over Tokyo.

Well, that's what happens

when you act like a hoodlum.

Selling protection.

You know, my pappy used to

tell me about that...

while I was on his knee.

Where've you been

the last 20 years, Eddie?

What museum did you crawl out of?

What's it to you?

I don't remember seeing you around.

You will.

Well, you might give me that

$50 you borrowed from my place.

Come on.

Give the man the money.

- Charlie.

- Yes, sir.

How many, uh, pachinko parlors

are there in Tokyo?

Over 3,000, the last count.

And more in Yokohama,

Kobe and Osaka.

You go and sell them protection, Eddie,

and stay out of Tokyo.

Now beat it.

Oh, pappy should have seen that.

A shakedown. Today.

Tokyo.

Give me a cup of tea.

Huh?

Good to see you.

Oh.

How about, uh, octopus?

No.

- What's he talking about?

- He says you stole his pearls.

That's crazy.

Come on. Search me.

Do you have your passport?

Yeah, I got my passport.

Yes, we got a record on Eddie Spanier.

Assault and armed robbery.

Sentenced three to five years.

Paroled after two years, eight months.

"Assault."

Hai.

I got it.

Thanks, Corporal.

The American army has quite a record

on you, Mr. Spanier.

- That action's over.

- Why did you come to Tokyo?

- Is there a law against it?

- No.

But we don't like

undesirable characters.

I served my time. My book's clean.

Check with immigration on my passport.

They confirmed you

had one when you docked.

- Do you have any friends in town?

- No.

What did you do with the pearls?

Do I look like a pearl diver?

You were identified

by the man as the thief.

The charge against you

has been dropped.

Am I supposed to

decorate somebody?

He just telephoned his shop.

The pearls are there.

He had forgotten to take them.

He's very sorry.

- Very sorry, huh?

- Yes, very sorry.

Hey, you.

Sandy told you

to stay out of Tokyo.

Did he tell you to bring me in?

He asked me. In case

I spotted you still in town.

Well, you spotted me.

Let's go.

Don't take any chances. You'd better

double-check those figures yourself.

- Yes, sir.

- Make sure the flowers are ready for tonight.

- Yes, sir.

- That's all.

Pachinko parlors paid for this place.

Used to belong to a baron.

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