Kurosawa Junichiro has holed up at Hotel Cardinal in order to finish writing the manuscript for his next highly anticipated novel. Ryu decides to finally accept Taizo's offer, but he has one condition that must be fulfilled first.
As the branches of the spring 
trees race to blossom
مثلما تتسارع أغصان شجر الرّبيع للتفتُّح
Im Frühling recken sich
die Äste der Bäume um die Wette.
Quando os galhos das árvores
primaveris despertam seu florescer,