The 47 Ronin v1.3 (c#1A72A6.fdr - Whoa is (Not)
The 47 Ronin v1.3 (c#1A72A6.fdr - Whoa is (Not)
The 47 Ronin v1.3 (c#1A72A6.fdr - Whoa is (Not)
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32.<br />
EXT. AKO CASTLE - COUNTRYSIDE - NIGHT<br />
Minoru leads Mika to a MOONLIT HILLTOP outside the castle. A<br />
gentle breeze stirs the branches of a lone CHERRY BLOSSOM<br />
TREE that grows there.<br />
Minoru sits Mika down.<br />
MIKA<br />
But where <strong>is</strong> my father?<br />
Minoru moves to the tree...and plucks a sakura BLOSSOM.<br />
Presses the delicate flower into her hands.<br />
MINORU<br />
Here.<br />
(beat)<br />
<strong>The</strong> sakura <strong>is</strong> the most beautiful of<br />
all flowers. It blooms for only<br />
three days, intensely beautiful,<br />
and falls at the height of its<br />
glory rather than withering away.<br />
(poignantly)<br />
It <strong>is</strong> the flower of the samurai.<br />
Mika stares at the tiny flower in her hand -- the poetic<br />
representation of the life of her father -- and allows<br />
herself to lose her grief in its beauty.<br />
MATCH BACK TO:<br />
INT. AKO CASTLE - CEREMONIAL CHAMBER - SAME TIME<br />
Asano sets the dagger down.<br />
O<strong>is</strong>hi.<br />
LORD ASANO<br />
O<strong>is</strong>hi leans close, where only he can hear the trembling in<br />
Asano’s voice.<br />
LORD ASANO<br />
I fear I will shame myself. If I<br />
should cry out --<br />
OISHI<br />
You will not.<br />
(then)<br />
You will not.<br />
<strong>The</strong> strength and assuredness in O<strong>is</strong>hi’s voice flows into<br />
Asano. With resolve, he again picks up the dagger.<br />
MUSIC RISES and we INTERCUT with MIKA staring at the cherry<br />
blossom in her hand. With ASANO opening h<strong>is</strong> robes to expose<br />
h<strong>is</strong> abdomen.
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