Scene Two: Tanguera

Who Is Bad?

Jay Renhart: Asaji Saki

(former CIA agent, trouble-shooter for the American embassy in Argentina)

Alicia Fiorentino: Shiraki Ayaka

(a dancer at the tanguera)

Alexei Azimoff: Minoru Kou

(KGB agent, Jay’s ex-rival)

Carlos: Shibuki Jun

(guerilla)

Maltines: Emao Yuu

(guerilla)

Johanne McGuire: Tsukikage Hitomi

(secretary at the embassy)

Hume: Itsuki Chihiro

(chief of CIA’s Europe division, Renhart’s former boss)

Stewart Grenger: Natsumi You

(ambassador, Renhart’s boss)

Bruce: Ema Naoki

(Renhart’s associate)

Simone Grenger: Izumo Aya

(Stewart’s wife)

Romero: Chiaki Shin

(priest)

Jacket: Kanda Tomo

(assassin)

Kicho: Kozuki Wataru

(a fence)

Scene One: Opening

Renhart: Buenos Aires, an appropriate town for a fallen man.

A man alone in a spotlight.

: Here the things you yearn for and the things you’d stay away from live together. Like the hometown you’ve forgotten. I threw everything away and came here to start my life over again.

Dancers appear as he continues talking.

: What am I waiting for? This music seems to exude the secrets of the heart; it permeates my body.

A flashback to when he first arrived in Buenos Aires. His first trip to the tanguera, a bar where you could listen to music and dance.

: And that’s where she was. When I arrived in town, there she was, dancing like a mirage at the first bar I was lead to.

Their eyes meet.

: But there are old bodies buried in this town. The chains of someone who has lived as a spy for the CIA had already begun to hang about me and it was too late to untangle myself.

Scene Two: Tanguera

Renhart watches Alicia dance. She finishes, then invites him to dance with her with a gesture.

Renhart: No, I don’t really know the tango.

Alicia lets him go and leaves.

Johanne: That’s too bad. If you dance, you can get to know the woman.

Renhart: Ahaha.

Johanne: If you live in this country, you’ll learn to tango.

Renhart: I don’t believe it; you learned to dance?

Johanne: Yes, shall I show you some?

Renhart: No, that’s fine.

Johanne: Why?

Renhart: More importantly, will I be able to meet the ambassador tomorrow?

Johanne: Of course. Tonight was really sudden. He was suddenly called out to the presidential residence.

Renhart: I see.

Johanne: Hey, you really won’t dance?

Renhart: I can’t.

Johanne: It’s okay, I’ll show you.

Renhart: No…

Johanne: This is a country of individualism. So there’s nothing to be embarrassed about.

Renhart: Wait, McGuire-

Johanne: Call me Johanne.

Renhart: ……

He gets pulled out onto the dance floor.

: So it goes. The reception is nice, but I don’t remember requesting a dance partner. This is a second-class secretary. There’s a quarrel with the English, and it’s increasingly being said that the administration is unstable. This isn’t the time to dance, is it? Do your job! Your job!

They fade out as he speaks. In another place in the city, Mabel (an American tourist) appears.

Mabel: The police still haven’t come? You contacted them, right? The hotel has a duty too, so hurry up and call the police. Geez, what is going on in this country?

In various scenes around the stage, American tourists are getting into trouble (having their bags snatched, etc.).

?: Oh my god! The baggage that was sent ahead has all been opened!

?: Oh shit! Shit, that bastard manager took all the furniture and ran!

?: Unbelievable!

?: The police aren’t any use at all.

?: Oh my god.

?: They take bribes, they skip out on their jobs.

?: The arrogance of a military regime.

?: It’s terrible.

?: Dreadful politics of power.

?: Oh, terrible.

It’s not my country,

But there’s no moral righteousness or anything

(It’s true!)

All they’re interested in is profit for themselves

(It’s true!)

Everyone out for themselves alone

: Completely about the individual

: That’s a wonderful

: Mature country

: If this is how it is, let’s go to the embassy.

: That’s the only place we can trust.

: America’s power lives!

They all go and line up at the embassy.

Mabel: So naturally I went to the police. But all they said was that I was an idiot for being robbed.

Johanne: Well, for now let’s see what we can do about your passport.

Mabel: My jewels! What about my jewels!?

Date: 2015-02-16; view: 856