All language subtitles for Lone.Wolf.and.Cub.Baby.Cart.to.Hades.1972.Criterion.1080p.BluRay.x265-English

The Criterion Collection

Toho Company, Ltd.

Katsu Productions present

The boat is leaving!

Here! Come on!

Oh, no! You can't bring a cart
like that on board!

I shall not.

Fancy that!

Will you stop crying like a baby?

You've got clothes,

eat fancy food, wear fancy outfits
and make a good living.

Aren't I right?

Careful! Forget it!
You've nothing worth saving.

Forget it. Omatsu!

Thank you.

Lone Wolf and Cub

Baby Cart To Hades

Produced by Shintaro Katsu
& Hisaharu Matsubara

Original story by
Koike Kazuo & Goseki Kojima

Director of photography
Chishi Makiura

Music by Hideaki Sakurai

Fight choreography
by Eiichi Kusumoto

Starring:

Tomisaburo Wakayama
as Itto Ogami

Go Kato as Kanbei

Isao Yamagata, Michitaro Mizushima,
lchiro Nakaya

Akihiro Tomikawa
as the Child

Directed by Kenji Misumi

Don't you get any classy women
or young girls coming this way?

No need to be so impatient.
It's not like we're in a hurry.

Why don't we take our time and
find some women along the way?

Yeah, exactly.

Joy is to be found
in the moments between jobs.

Once we're hired, though,
we can't get away with much.

It really is hot!

How about having a drink with us,
Kanbei?

No thanks.

Don't be like that.

Join us, just for a drink.

Drink!

You're a strange fellow.

You don't drink,
you don't chase women.

Why, then, are you a hired hand?
What's in it for you?

Look, we hired hands are
in the employ of one lord today

and another one tomorrow.

We're just hired to guard them

as they travel between Edo
and their fiefs.

Nothing but a bunch
of temporary hirelings.

Even if we wanted positions
as normal samurai,

the lords are poor and can't afford
to give us a yearly stipend.

So we're only hired when they need
extra men for special occasions.

There's prestige in being able
to carry two swords,

but it doesn't mean
you're better than anyone else.

You may have been
a fine samurai before,

but now you're just a hired hand.

Why don't you take it easy
and have some fun?

You make it difficult for us
when you act so po-faced!

Chasing women is the best part
of being in our line of work.

If we didn't have that pleasure,

we'd have thrown away
our swords a long time ago.

And the great things is,
with all the women out on the road,

we can screw around as much
as we want

and get away with it!

No matter what,

everything's fine once we're in
the retinue of the daimyo who's hired us.

Kanbei, come and join us!

Oh! Fortune comes to those who wait!

What do you want?

We're hired hands.

Hired hands?

Yeah, that's what we are.

If it's money you want,
I'll give it to you.

We don't want no stinking money.
We aren't bandits.

We won't steal anything.
We just want to screw you.

Stop!

It's not like you're going
to lose anything at all.

The more you use it,
the better it gets!

- No!
- We're doing you a favour!

Somebody! Somebody, help!

Help! Mother!

I'll report this to the Deputy!

What's going to happen
if you report us to the Deputy?

Because before you can do that,
we'll be long gone.

So fuck the Deputy, I say!

- Come here.
- Help, somebody!

Why don't you just give up
and let us have you?

Close your eyes for 1 5 minutes
and it'll all be over.

Somebody help! Let me go!

No! No!

Please, not my daughter!

No!

Let me go!

Let me go!

Help!

How's this?

You scum!

You scum! How could you do this
to my lady and her mother?

I'll slice you to death!

-I'll kill you!
-Wait!

If you touch us, do you know
what will happen to you?

Exactly! We're employed
by Lord Mizuno of the Kariya Clan.

Your actions are unforgivable!
I don't care if you work for Lord Mizuno!

I'll kill you all!

Stop! Stop!

-Kanbei!
-Help us!

Damn you!

Please close your eyes.

Kanbei?

-You didn't have to kill them.
-This is awful.

Each of you, take one.

If you don't,
I'll slay all three of you.

You die, Jukkan.

Why just me?

You picked the short straw.

You'll be the thief who attacked a mother
and daughter and their companion.

After killing the three of them,

you were slain by the three of us,
who happened to be passing by.

That way, the local officers will
be satisfied and all will be settled.

Help me!

I regret that you had to witness
this awful scene. Forgive me.

You act more like a samurai
than a hired hand.

"Like a samurai"?

I was once in charge of the Okaga
Clan of the Maruoka Fief in Echizen.

My name is Kanbei Magomura.

If I may ask, what is yours?

My name is Itto Ogami.

Just as I thought.

You were once the Official
Executioner of the Shogunate.

I recall seeing you this past year
inside the gates of Edo Castle.

I, too, recall hearing your name.

I understand you're a matchless master
of the Kage Style.

You're too kind, sir.

A fine warrior of your calibre,
why are you a hired hand?

We need not concern ourselves
with that.

For now, I'd like to request a duel.

For what reason?

Because you have witnessed
what I've done here.

Whether or not I'm a hired hand,

as long as you know who's hired me,

then I must protect my master
and his clan, like any warrior would,

even if it means
putting my life on the line.

Having said that,

I am following
the Way of the Warrior.

And so, I am requesting a duel.

If I let you leave,

if I let you live on...

No, even if it was done
to preserve my master's honour,

by killing those innocent people,

I have strayed
from the Way of the Warrior.

Once again,
please accept my challenge.

Hey, Kanbei is calling you out!

-Why don't you have a duel?
-Answer us?

Silence! He's not your opponent!

If perchance I should prevail,

rest assured that I will take care
of your son as long as I breathe.

I ask that there be no need
for such concerns.

We, father and son,
live the life of demons.

We're prepared to cross
to the netherworld.

You live the life of demons?

I am inspired by your words.

If I am fated to die here,
I shall do so without regret.

Well, then.

Let us begin.

This duel...

...we'll call it a draw.

For what reason?

You are a true warrior,
one whom I hope will live on.

"A true warrior"?

Once again,
I have lost a chance to die.

Taste good?

I bet you've not had rice that often.

Women are flowers,
and they ought to bloom.

Instead of scratching out a living
like poor farmers,

Iike flowers, you ought to bloom
and bring delight to men.

That's a better life, I'd say.

Your feet must hurt.
It's been a long trip.

All right, just wait a minute.

When your feet are tired,

at such times, applying salt and then
warming them over a fire will help a lot.

Here we are...

Let me see your legs.

Come on!

If you get tired and become unable
to walk, I'll be in deep trouble.

So just be still. It won't take long
to make them better.

What's wrong with you?

Stop!

-Be quiet!
-No!

I bought you, you belong to me!

I can use you however I please!

There's blood on you.

Room inspection!

Please excuse us.

There's been a murder.

We're searching for a female culprit.
We must check this room, too.

Wait.

What if the culprit isn't found in here?

We're here to conduct an investigation.
Do you wish to make a complaint?

This is not a complaint.

Even though this is an inn,
as long as I've paid for this room,

this is my home, this is my castle.

Whether you're officers or not,
you must respect that.

That is what I am asking of you.

A damned ronin like you
shouldn't talk to me like that!

What if the suspect is in there?

It's equally criminal
to hide a suspect, is it not?

Exactly!

Allow me to check.

If she's not here,
then you can have my head.

No complaints!

-What's this?
-He's been a bad boy.

Your head....I'll claim it now.

Move aside!

It's safe to leave.

Thank you very much, sir!

We all walk along different paths
in life.

For my boy, there's his way.

For you, there's a way that
you must pave for yourself.

Go now.

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

There she is! Hold her down!

Wait!

This room belongs to the samurai.
We must show respect.

-Don't act so carelessly.
-Yes, madam.

My name is Torizo
of the Koshio family.

We run the entertainment district
from here to Kariya.

We're "Bohachimono", merchants
specialising in adult entertainments.

That girl was the property
of our man, Monkumatsu.

We'd appreciate it
if you'd hand her over to us.

I refuse.

Honourable samurai...

...we are what the public
refer to as "Bohachimono".

Do you know what that means?

The Bohachimono have lost
all traces of eight things,

piety, respect, honest, trust, justice,
courtesy, uprightness and shame.

In other words,
we're a group of ruthless outcasts.

Win or lose, in the end,
opposing us is a fool's game.

In any case, you won't be
dishonouring yourself in the slightest

by handing the girl over to us.

Therefore, I ask for your cooperation.

After all,
she murdered Monkumatsu.

I said that I refuse.

Because of that memorial tablet
you were carrying,

this samurai felt compelled
to protect you.

Now, come with us.

Why can't you be more cooperative?

If you persist in this folly,

the samurai and his child
will have to die for you.

It is the code of the Bohachimono
not to cause any harm to good people.

As you've been bought,
you're one of us now.

Come with us now!

If you won't hand her over...

-Enough!
-You don't seem to understand me.

This is what we get
for being polite to people.

You'd sacrifice both yourself
and your child just to save this girl?

Why do you insist?

We're bound by the evil
of a memorial tablet.

Because of one such similar tablet,

I have lost much of what
gave meaning to my life.

That is the reason why.

-Kill him!
-Wait!

You are all dear to me,

I couldn't let you face
such a master swordsman.

Honourable samurai...

as Bohachimono,
we have our pride, too.

We can't leave things
unsettled like this.

Yet I can't sacrifice my men
over a mere girl.

Let us do this...

The girl becomes a woman
when she serves her first customer.

Her debut, as we like to call it,
will bring us a lot of money.

So, we can let her go, as soon
as she fulfils this obligation.

Well?

I refuse.

If you find that unacceptable,
there remains only one way.

She must fulfil her obligation

by undergoing water torture
and beating.

Though this might kill her.

I'll endure the torture
on her behalf.

But...

It's said that
to help a sick colleague

a prostitute would take over
her responsibilities.

There's no rule that
a substitute can't volunteer.

What if...

What if we decide to kill you
along the way?

What would you do?

If that is to be my fate,
only time will tell.

Life or death,
only fate can decide this.

Begin!

Now, beat him.

Honourable sir!

Pa.

He's not just strong,
he's got real spirit.

It was us who were scared, not him.

He didn't even let out a single groan.

I thought real samurai like him
were no more...

...but they still exist in this world.

Right.

We've settled the matter
of her becoming a prostitute.

But one thing remains,
the fact that she killed Monkumatsu.

What is it you want?

If you do a favour for me,
then we'll be even.

Ogami-san...

While we were torturing you,

I suddenly remembered something.

That the Shogun's Official Executioner,

after confronting the Yagyu Clan,

was now roaming the countryside as
an assassin called Lone Wolf and Cub.

This way.

The honourable Itto Ogami is here.

Help me up.

I am Tatewaki Miura, the former
Chief Vassal of the Kakegawa Clan.

To tell you the truth,
I have been looking for you.

I'm sure that you remember.

You are the one
who cut off his left arm.

The Official Executioner
of the Shogunate, Itto Ogami.

Our Lord Fujishige Miyake
suddenly became demented

and went on a rampage.

Many of my fellow vassals
were killed,

and therefore the Shogunate
ordered him to commit seppuku.

No! No!

I don't want to die!

Lord, please remain silent!

Lord!

Let me go!

That hurts! It hurts!

Now!

Now! Now!

Please, please, just proceed!

No!

What is your relationship
to Lord Miura?

I apologise for not
mentioning this sooner.

I am his daughter.

I am Tori, the younger of twins.

Twins are undesirable and despised.

A certain woman with strong ties
to the Koshio family raised me.

My sister had served the Lord closely,

and because she had learned
his secrets,

Chamberlain Genba Sawatari
raped her to obtain them.

Soon after, she committed suicide.

What do you want from me?

We want you to slay him,

Genba Sawatari, presently the Deputy of Totomi.

I ask that you tell me your reason.

Genba used our clan as a pawn
and then destroyed us.

He's now the Deputy of Totomi,

but he was once
our clan's chamberlain.

I'm sure that you understand.

For his own personal gain, he had
the temerity to secretly report

our lord's derangement
to the Elder Itakura.

When our clan fell, the Shogunate
took control of our territory,

and he was then
awarded the post of Deputy.

He's worse than a beast!

When I think about the 400 samurai
now without a master,

as the former Chief Vassal,
I feel so helpless.

I can't die, even if I wanted to.

Please.
I ask that you carry out our request.

I accept, for 500 gold pieces.

Totomi Springs: 1 league

When Itto Ogami saw the demonic
amulets that we'd placed,

he made these signs to guide us
to the meeting place.

Our responsibilities are grave.
Do you understand?

I am Officer Junai Asada
of the Totomi Deputy's Office.

I am Itto Ogami.

There is a matter which Deputy Genba
wishes to discuss with you,

and I have been ordered to escort you
to the Deputy's office.

That is why we're here.

The Deputy wants to see me personally?

Y es, sir.

Please come with us.

Will he come?

There'll be trouble if he doesn't.

If he doesn't, we'll take the matter
into our own hands.

If you'll permit me to explain,
Honourable Elder.

If there existed a clan lord
unable to govern his people,

a lord without a successor,

furthermore, one who has murdered many,

if this lord were also a madman,

how would you, sir, or the Shogunate
handle such a case?

If I told you that it would be possible
for you to destroy such a clan,

what would you do, Honourable Elder
Itakura Naizen-no-sho?

And the clan is...?

That I cannot reveal.

Just where do you think you are?

If it turns out that what you're telling me
is a hoax...

Sir, I will stake my life on it.

What is it that you seek?

The post of District Deputy.

And to have you, the honourable Elder,
put that in writing.

You ask for this, but without proof.

I shall return with the proof, sir,
once I have your written guarantee.

Very well.

I'll be blunt with you.

I want you to kill the Elder
Itakura Naizen-no-sho.

He'll be in this region any day now.

After all, it was l, the new Deputy,
who extended an invitation to him.

500 gold pieces in advance.

And when you are done, 500 more.

It was Itakura who allied himself
with the Yagyu Clan to topple you.

I am sure you bear a grudge against him.

I believe that this is your chance
for revenge. Well?

I must refuse.

Wait!

Now that you know our intentions,
we cannot let you leave alive.

I shall return at a later date.

Why didn't you slay him?

There were two of you.
Why couldn't you kill him?

If I'd attacked him,

his torso-cutting sword would have
pierced right through you, sir.

It would have been the same
if Kuchiki had fired.

Ogami's skills are to be feared.

I wonder why he refused, though.

He could have refused
before being escorted here.

Why didn't he refuse until he met me?

Maybe the mention of Elder
Itakura's name frightened him...

Itakura Naizen-no-sho.

If it's me that he's after,

if it's an assassination plot...

He carried a firearm
on his person at all times.

He even presented me with one
for my own protection.

I'm afraid this may be
the handiwork of Itto Ogami.

The Sui-O School
horse-slaying technique.

So it was Itakura Naizen-no-sho
after all.

He has hired Ogami to kill me.

Samon, can you kill him?

Using my lchiden style
sword-drawing technique,

I'll stake my life on it.

Close all the roads
and find Itto at any cost!

Do not let him escape
from our territory.

Yes, sir!

Junai...

Send a messenger at once to Edo,

to Lord Retsudo
of the Shadow Yagyu clan.

For Ogami's head,

the Yagyu Clan will pay
almost any price.

If we deliver it,

those shadowy manipulators
of the nation will be indebted to us.

Then being made a Provincial Officer
or Commissioner would be a trifle...

...and the road to power
within the Shogunate would be open.

For the late Master Ozunu,
leader of the Kurokuwa group!

Itto Ogami!

Kill him!

This is the work of Itto Ogami.

I am Samon lkiji
of the Tamiya lchiden Style.

I am Itto Ogami, Sui-O Style.

Junai?

Request assistance
from the Kariya Clan at once.

Tell them that we require only
their most able warriors.

One more thing. Post public notices
at all district offices.

In order to lure Itto Ogami
to Jizogahara.

Anyone confident
in his swordsmanship?

Well? No one?

What for?

Well, some assassin has entered
the territory of an adjacent fief,

and he's stalking their Deputy,
so we're giving them some support.

The pay's good. Well? Speak up!

-What is the assassin's name?
-That much I don't know.

Are you going or not?

Very well. I'll go.

He doesn't stand a chance.

So why does he keep advancing?

He's not running away or trying to hide
from the muskets and arrows facing him.

Daigoro...

We are at the crossroads to hell.

Archers!

Daigoro!

Musketeers!

Fire!

Charge!

How remarkable that
you have triumphed here.

How remarkable that you're still alive,
Itto Ogami.

However, you and your child
will not live to see another sunrise.

There is no escape for you
from the Yagyu Clansmen!

Lord Ogami,

you are an assassin,
you receive money to kill.

I am a hired hand,
I receive money for my services.

What is the way of the "True Warrior"
that you spoke of?

And does such a warrior exist?

I am prepared to stake my life
in search of the answer.

Once again, I request a duel.

I accept.

Let us begin.

A moment...

There's one thing I must ask you.

Speak.

This past year,

my Lord Munetada had been
offered the post of Elder

and was on his way to Edo.

We were attacked by a mob of ronin.

It was a plot by those who opposed
my lord's promotion to Elder.

We were greatly outnumbered,
so in order to mount a defence

our best hope lay in a bold attack.

I ran forth to slay them.

I fought with all my might
and drove the enemy back.

But the fact that I had advanced
to slay them, leaving my lord's side,

was judged undutiful and unworthy
of a samurai.

Before I realised it.
I had become a disgrace to my clan.

I was dedicated to my lord,

I had risked my life
to protect him,

and he expelled me from the clan.

What was the way of the true warrior?

To die defending my lord,

even when it was clear
that it was a hopeless cause?

The Way of the Warrior,

it is not about how one lives,

but how one dies, surely?

Lord Ogami, will you tell me?

What is the true Way of the Warrior?

Lord Ogami...

...what is the true...?

The true Way of the Warrior is...
to live to die.

"To live to die."

If I had been in your position...

...I would certainly have attacked.

It heartens me
to hear those words from you.

Lord Ogami...

...would you allow a lowly being
such as myself...

...to request that you, once the Official
Executioner, act as my second?

For those who know
the true Way of the Warrior...

...rank does not exist.

I shall grant your request.

Finally, I can die...

...as a warrior with no regrets!

I am ready.

No, you mustn't go, my lady!
Please don't go!

He isn't human!

He's a monster! My lady!

Crows cried in the night

"Someone is going to die"

From the netherworlds
come the gods of death

The Wolf and his Cub

The wolves are coming

Their footsteps approach

The Wolf and Cub are coming

They're coming

They're coming

The End