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Those you saw yesterday,
you do not see today.
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Those you see today have no tomorrow.
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We may not know what tomorrow brings,
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but today we spend in sorrow.
:42:34
The proud 999 year-old tanuki, Hage...
:42:38
...claimed to have seen the Battle
of Genpei Yashima with his own eyes.
:42:44
He despaired over this world's future.
:42:46
So he said,
"This is the end. I shall leave."
:42:48
They stretched his privates to the limit,...
:42:53
I believe in Amitabha.
:42:54
...and, with a great heave-ho, turned
it into the legendary treasure-ship.
:43:00
It was loaded to the hilt
with exotic treasure...
:43:02
...lacquered handrails, ornamented
golden posts bound for Heaven and Hell.
:43:06
With voices ringing
and cheerful demeanor,...
:43:10
...the ordinary tanuki,
dreaming of their heavenly destination,...
:43:14
...boarded as though beginning a regular
voyage. It was such a sorrowful sight.
:43:22
Under the shadow of the moon,...
:43:24
...the treasure ship rocked and floated...
:43:27
...gently down Tama River.
:43:29
They were carried
along by the current,...
:43:31
...as if being pulled along a set of tracks.
:43:34
With the sail raised
and stretched taut by the wind,...
:43:37
...they boarded the ship
for Nigitatsu and waited for the moon.
:43:40
There was
much merriment onboard the ship...
:43:42
...as it was propelled along by the tide.
:43:48
Under the shadow of the moon, the
sounds of their beating belly-drums,...
:43:53
...bells, shamisen, flutes,
taiko, and tanuki merriment,...
:43:55
...continued throughout
that fantastic night.
:43:57
The ship of ordinary tanuki,
loaded with gold, silver and coral,...