Fuji meets the owner who is looking terrified and he apologises for the other stars’ behaviour, since they had been threatening and looking down on her. As the bell for practise sounds, she follows him, saying she wants to see the practise. “To her, who had been at the receiving end of horrible treatment from the other stars, his polite demeanour was extremely welcoming to her. But she would come to know more fearful things than others’ jeering of her. It would be on stage that she would see it…. When he was receiving instruction for his character.”
He cuts his arm and blood drips on the floor, with him asking “how is this for intensity?” and saying that he felt it was best to cut his arm to make the scene. Since she tells him to get treatment, he says he will follow only if it is an ‘order’ since she has the right to do so, with him being under her charge. “Give me your order, owner… I will obey your words.” “With an expressionless face as blood dripped from his arm that hung by his side, he slowly pursued her. He was like a beautiful doll that moved, a nightmare. A theatre today, a department store tomorrow… At a time when Western culture flooded the city, this is the love story of young boys who shone as stars. Taisho Guuzou Roman, Teikoku Star, opens now!”