My brother committed seppuku to restore his honour. [...] In our society, that's suicide. And nobody will take a samurai woman in that's been cast out, the shame is too great. I am a stain on the honour of my family.
To feed us both, my mother took up work as a prostitute. She died in so much debt...
I can find a place, I'm sure, if I'm willing to cast aside my own morals. There are plenty of uses for a woman who can fight in all the wrong ways. But there is nothing else. Our society is too strict for a woman like me to be considered anything other than a reminder of great shame. No work for a woman like me unless it's of the most base kind. Nothing.
SEVENTH HEAVEN
My brother committed seppuku to restore his honour. [...] In our society, that's suicide. And nobody will take a samurai woman in that's been cast out, the shame is too great. I am a stain on the honour of my family.
To feed us both, my mother took up work as a prostitute. She died in so much debt...
I can find a place, I'm sure, if I'm willing to cast aside my own morals. There are plenty of uses for a woman who can fight in all the wrong ways. But there is nothing else. Our society is too strict for a woman like me to be considered anything other than a reminder of great shame. No work for a woman like me unless it's of the most base kind. Nothing.