Magic

This is the fourth film in the BUNGO Japanese Literature Cinema (BUNGO Nihon Bungaku Shinema) series dramatizing short stories by the masters of Japanese literature. The original work was by Akutagawa Ryunosuke, and the film was directed by Kumakiri Kazuyoshi, who also directed NON-KO (Nonko 36 Sai ). One day, Sakurada Ryuichi (Tsukamoto Takashi) visits an Indian magician named Matiram Mithra (Murakami Jun). The magician tells Sakurada, who has asked to be taught magic, that in order to learn magic, he must rid himself of his desires. One month later, Sakurada has the chance to display his magic before his friends, but...

大正8年に書かれた短編小説。塚越老人は芸者富美子を妾にし、彼女の美しい足に接して悦びを感ずる。塚越はある時、美術学校の学生である宇之吉に、富美子をモデルにして絵を描くよう依頼する。宇之吉は絵を描き進めるうちに、富美子の足に幼い日の記憶を重ねていく･･･。病を得て臨終を迎えた時、塚越は「息を引き取るまで、ずっとお前の足で私の顔を踏んでいてくれ」と命じ、富美子の足の下で無限の歓喜のうちに死ぬ。

塚越老人納藝妓富美子為妾，能夠觸摸她的美腿讓老人感到十分愉悅。某天，塚越拜託美術學校的學生宇之吉以富美子為模特兒作畫。宇之吉在繪畫的過程中，因為看到富美子的腳而喚起了他的兒時回憶…。在塚越臨終時，他命令富美子說：「一直到我斷氣之前，請妳將腳踩在我的臉上！」在富美子的腳下，塚越在感到無限喜悅的情況下而死。