- M – Bando Mitsusa
- S – Shirley Kazuyo Muramoto
- M
- Anyway, Japanese were always very clever, huh? (Big “otsukuni no wa”(?), ne?) The chimney wo base ni shite ne, then they would unwind the rope, and the shoe polish to make the black and make a wig. Japanese were very clever! (laughing)
- S
- Yeah, we found out that Matsui Suimin went to Amache (camp), so he helped another odori teacher do the same thing. And she said he had really bad arthritis.
- M
- Yeah! It’s a wonder he was able to do all that, though.
- S
- I think Mary said that he might have also been a “benshi”.
- M
- Yes, he was. Japanese movie was all silent, so Matsui Suimin would do the narrating, yes.
- M
- Matsui Suimin-san, that was his work, yo.
- S
- Oh, his main work was “benshi”?
- M
- Benshi, narrating for the Japanese silent movie.
- S
- Did he do that in Japan before the war, do you know?
- M
- That, I don’t know.