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Jiro Nakajima: [to Kiichi] You see, I obtained a Court Order forbidding disposal of our assets. Until the case is decided, we can't spend a yen. Yet you did this. And what you did was illegal. Your objection will be overruled.
Toyo Nakajima: But Father brought back the money.
Jiro Nakajima: Don't accept it.
[Sue throws a paper at Jiro. Jiro throws the paper back. Kiichi gets up and beats Jiro]
Jiro Nakajima: Wait! Wait, Father!
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Kiichi Nakajima: Please, I beg of you. Go to Brazil, I beg of you. All of you, as one family. You say I'm deluded. Maybe I am. But H-bombs really exist. War can break out any time. If it does, it will be too late; you can go nowhere then. We can still make it, let's flee why we can.
[He points to the baby]
Kiichi Nakajima: I must spare him. I can't let an H-bomb get him.
[He starts sniffling]
Kiichi Nakajima: I gave up hope once. I thought I wouldn't care about you. If I could save this baby at least, that's what I thought. But all of you are my flesh and blood. I can't leave you here! Please come with me!
[He gets out a letter]
Kiichi Nakajima: Look, he's written from Brazil. He kindly writes to me, "Come at once. I'll arrange your citizenship. Come to me, and leave this hell. Everything will be fine." Even a stranger is kind to us. I beseech you, come with me to Brazil. Please, I beg of you, on my hands and knees!
Toyo Nakajima: Please go with him. Father is begging you.
[She starts crying]
Toyo Nakajima: I'm begging you, too. Please go with him. You know, he's always been right. Father's always been a good planner, planning for all of you. Let's go, Ichiro. Jiro, let's go. Let's go, Yoshiko. Say something! Why are you so silent?
[Kiichi starts to get up. Sue stands up suddenly and clings to her father]
Sue Nakajima: I'll go with you, Father!
[She sobs into Kiichi's clothes. Kiichi collapses. Sue kneels down and shakes him]
Sue Nakajima: Father! Father! Father! Father! Father!
Akemi Negishi
Extended Reading
