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[narrator] In the Meiji period,

there was a legend that the Ainu people hid a large sum of gold

somewhere in Hokkaido.

203 METER HILL

-[groans] I'm the Immortal Sugimoto! -[dramatic music playing]

[narrator] After surviving the deadly Russo-Japanese War,

Saichi Sugimoto heads to Hokkaido.

I have to do right by Toraji.

[narrator] Accompanied by Asirpa, an Ainu girl,

and one of the escaped prisoners, Shiraishi,

he begins collecting the tattoos.

We'll find the gold, I promise you.

Right.

Kiroranke nispa!

He was an old friend of Aca's.

It's about Abashiri Prison.

I know what happened.

Noppera-Bo is

Asirpa's father.

[Asirpa] I need to see Noppera-Bo first.

If Noppera-Bo is Aca, then I need to see for myself.

[narrator] Toshizo Hijikata, leader of the Hijikata group

and former member of the Shinsengumi,

and Tsurumi, leader of the Seventh Division,

are also chasing after the tattoos

in hopes of uncovering the hidden Ainu treasure.

After recovering the tattoo from Henmi in Otaru,

Sugimoto and his friends now have five of the tattoos.

With their copy of Shiraishi's tattoo, the Hijikata group has three tattoos.

While the Seventh Division has only one.

Sixteen tattoos remain unclaimed.

This is the tale of a grueling quest

to be the first to find and collect the 24 tattoos

and uncover the secrets of the hidden Ainu gold.

[music crescendos]

GOLDEN KAMUY -THE HUNT OF PRISONERS IN HOKKAIDO-

[music fades out]

[wind whistling]

[dark country music playing]

[loud clatter]

-[man 1] What do we do now? -[man 2] How should I know?

[man 3] I'll go to Sapporo and find a job. Lend me some money.

[man 2] I don't have money!

[music stops]

[wind howls]

Hey.

Give us everything you got. Or else

[dark rock music playing]

Don't you think you're too old to walk around playing samurai?

Give up, old man.

You should have walked away!

[music stops]

[men whimpering]

[Mexican folk music playing]

Listen, you brat.

Always remember that old men are survivors.

[whimpering]

[music fades out]

Are you Barato's yakuza?

The Hidoro clan recently acquired human skin with strange tattoos,

is that true?

Well, is it?

It's rude not to answer your elders.

[breathing shakily, swallows]

A gambler in debt.

He left it as collateral.

He said… it showed,

um, them the way to a hidden Ainu fortune.

We should have brought Ushiyama with us.

Instead of sending him off on unimportant errands.

The Hidoro clan is more than a small group running a gambling house

in a dusty old inn town.

Don't they outnumber us two to one?

[Hijikata] We have two Shinsengumi here.

That's more than enough. [chuckles]

[young man] The Hidoro clan's gone!

Worse… everyone died.

[apprehensive music fading in]

[Hijikata] There's no signs of a fight.

They were shot from a great distance.

[Nagakura] Executed with a single shot to the head.

Quite a skilled shooter.

Stay here.

[young man] Right.

[man wailing]

-[gunshot] -[wailing stops]

[music fades out]

[dark ambient music playing]

You're too late, my friend.

[Hijikata] Seventh Division. You're one of Tsurumi's men.

The lieutenant and I have since parted ways.

So I'm hunting the gold on my own now.

You could have killed us both.

A single bullet each would have done it.

[Ogata scoffs]

I doubt it'd be that easy with you two.

You are Toshizo Hijikata.

What is it you want?

Well, originally, I came here because I'd heard a rumor about the tattoo.

But on my way, I realized you were after this too.

So I waited.

[somber tone plays]

I think you could use a bodyguard.

Like me.

[music intensifies]

[music stops]

[whimsical music playing]

[Shiraishi groans]

We're finally here.

SAPPORO

[narrator] Sapporo was planned and built as a central city for the development

of the northern region.

And despite its small population,

the military demands of the Russo-Japanese War

greatly contributed to its development.

AKEBOSHI GUN SHOP

[man] You're looking for a good inn around here?

Haven't you heard about the fair

over at Nakajima Amusement World?

They're showing Hokkaido products as part of an exhibition.

So all of the inns are full.

[Sugimoto] Asirpa! You shouldn't touch that.

[man] Hey, you know… there is one inn.

It's on the outskirts of the city.

It's run entirely by one lady.

The prettiest woman I've ever seen.

Truly the talk of the town.

[quirky music playing]

[panting] Tell me what it's called.

I have to know.

[man] It's called the Sapporo World Hotel.

You're gonna love it!

SAPPORO WORLD HOTEL

It's a pleasure to host you at my inn. My name is Ienaga, the innkeeper.

-[quirky music playing] -[Ushiyama groans lustfully]

I'll show you to your room.

Are you here for work or fun?

Is it true you're a widow?

Yes. I inherited this hotel from my husband.

I heard it was run by an elderly couple until a few years ago.

Yes, my husband's parents.

If I may,

I am enjoying this view,

but it's your voice that truly pierces my heart.

I could listen to you whisper all night long.

That's kind of you.

Have you eaten already?

If you like exotic cuisine, how about some Chinese food?

Their way of thinking is quite interesting.

Have you ever heard the phrase, "Eat the same. Heal the same"?

"Eat the same. Heal the same"?

It's the theory that to heal an ailment within yourself,

you must eat the same part of another animal's body.

Like eating the eyes if you're blind or the heart if you have heart disease?

I knew an old man who spoke of that same thing.

I say an old man, but he looked quite young.

It seems he was a doctor.

They say he would kill his patients

and use their blood to keep him young forever.

Some body parts of his victims would also--

Sorry.

This is hardly the conversation to have with a lady.

"Eat the same. Heal the same."

No matter what you eat,

once it's inside you, it's all the same thing.

It really does work wonders.

Or so I've heard.

So then… what would you recommend I eat

if I'm lacking a sex drive?

Tell me.

That doesn't seem to be much of a problem for you.

Miss Ienaga,

let's have fun.

[Ienaga sighs]

You are so strong.

The arms of a beast.

Such a big strong man.

[playful piano music playing]

[music fades out]

[Sugimoto] Excuse me!

Is anyone here?

It seems I have some new guests downstairs.

If you'll excuse me.

[growls]

I shall be waiting.

[high-pitched tone playing]

[suspenseful music playing]

He didn't recognize me.

Is this a coincidence?

[music fades out]

[Shiraishi gasps]

It's a pleasure to welcome you.

I am the owner, Ienaga.

[Shiraishi gasps]

[whimpers]

Yoshitake Shiraishi!

I don't usually have girlfriends.

But for you… I'd devote myself.

[gasps]

Miss Ienaga, what's your full name?

Kano Ienaga.

-[quirky music playing] -Ka-- Ka-- Kano, you said?

It's such a beautiful name.

Let me guide you to your rooms.

[Shiraishi gasps shakily]

[music stops]

I can't get comfortable here.

Well, it's more comfortable than sleeping on pine needles in the mountains.

[Shiraishi squeals]

It's been too long since I felt this.

Shiraishi, women are meant to be thicker.

The more there is, the more to love. [chuckles]

I think Kano Ienaga

is the love of my life.

I must use all of my charms on her.

[Kiroranke] Just give it up before it's too late.

Your schemes never end well for anyone.

[Shiraishi] I can't give up. Miss Kano is my destiny!

I'm sure of it!

-Just wait-- -What do you see in her?

You're blind, man!

Why am I wasting time talking to you about this?

I need to figure out the best way to seduce Miss Kano.

-Ushiyama and Shiraishi are both here? -[Kiroranke] Where you going, Shiraishi?

-Coincidence? [gasps] -[Kiroranke] Just give up.

I'm not interested in Shiraishi.

But if he and Ushiyama run into each other here,

there could be trouble.

[grunting rhythmically]

Ushiyama has such a strong body.

With that body,

I would be so much closer to being the perfect human.

[grunting continues]

[footsteps retreating]

Hm?

[grunts]

[mischievous music playing]

Wow!

Miss Kano.

Apologies but I'm quite busy at the moment.

[Shiraishi] Let me help you.

[music accelerates]

[music stops]

[chuckling] What's this?

[tense harpsichord music playing]

Where'd you go?!

Kaaanooo!

Innkeeper?

Miss Kano?

Ah…

[playfully] Are you hiding in here?

Guess not.

[shouts] Innkeeper!

[gasps shakily]

[music intensifies]

What's this?

[Ienaga] Oh no. He'll find him.

Shiraishi's going to be found.

Hurry up and come to my room!

-Now! -[gasps]

[Asirpa] Can we get lunch soon?

Oh crap. Too late.

-Shiraishi. -[music ends]

[shouts] Get out! [echoes]

Is that Miss Kano?

He's hopeless. Kill him.

[shrieks]

[dramatic musical flourish]

[shrieks]

[wailing]

That huuuuurt!

[gasps] What… what is this?!

[dramatic music playing]

[music stops]

Tell me, how long will you tease me?

[gasps] Not while the other guests are in the hotel.

Please just wait a little longer.

[Ushiyama grunts]

Didn't you hear what I said?

[frustrated] She drives me insane!

[tense music fading in]

[growls]

Damn it!

I need to clear my head.

[retching, belching]

[metal clinks]

[groaning]

Whaaaaat? [tuts]

[sighs]

[groans] This is disgusting.

Whoa!

Hello.

Huh?!

What the…

[groans]

There is some crazy bastard in this hotel.

What is this?

[sighs softly]

[sighs]

[somber tone plays]

You're… a prisoner.

It took time to create the perfect hotel.

Multiple contractors working for months at a time…

to build the ideal hotel,

where only I know the true and complete floor plan.

All to create a place where I can steal from others what my body lacks.

[metal jingles]

-I don't want any parts of your body… -[manacle rasps]

…but we can still have some fun.

I'll separate your flesh from your bones, then dissolve all of you in chemicals.

Including the tattoo with the code to reach the gold.

However, before we start,

I need to get Ushiyama

and that other new guest.

Her eyes are perfect.

[music darkens]

[sighs euphorically]

[music fades out]

What?

[Sugimoto] Those are the so-called "judo ears."

You were a fighter, right?

Maybe it was just luck, but mine didn't get that way.

Oh… so you've had training?

[grumbles]

[bones crunching]

-[thunder rumbling] -[Ushiyama] Hmm?

[Sugimoto grumbles softly]

[suspenseful music fading in]

[music becomes unsettling]

[music becomes dramatic]

[music intensifies]

-[Ushiyama] Hmm. -[music fades out]

At this rate, one of us'll die.

I like you. Let's get drinks.

My treat.

[high-pitched tone plays, stops]

[Ushiyama] This is Ezo deer rice curry.

[quirky percussive music playing]

-Osoma. -[Sugimoto sighs]

Asirpa, I promise you can eat this osoma.

-[music stops] -[Asirpa whimpers]

[Sugimoto] What's wrong?

[Asirpa] It's too hinna, this osoma.

[men laughing]

Mmm. What's osoma, and why is it hinna?

It's hinna because it's good.

[Ushiyama] "It's hinna because it's good." [laughing]

You two, it's time for a Sapporo beer tasting.

Bring us another bottle!

[all] Cheers!

[music fades out]

[sighs]

Did you know a samurai by the name of Murahashi

was the one who constructed Sapporo's beer factory?

He was a member of the new imperial government.

Fought against Hijikata in the war.

Hijikata, that jerk.

Said it was a shame he lost the war.

But he couldn't deny the other guy made great beer. [chuckles]

Hijikata said that?

[Ushiyama grunts]

He probably would have if the old jerk wasn't already dead.

Mmm!

Ahhh!

[Sugimoto] Asirpa, are you sleeping?

No!

[quirky music playing]

-[Ushiyama] Oh! Uh… -[Asirpa groaning]

[Ushiyama] Ah! [chuckles]

Try all you want, but I'm not the lump-taken old man from the tales.

-[Asirpa groaning] -[Ushiyama] Oh! Oh!

[groaning continues]

-[Ushiyama] Oh! -[Sugimoto impatiently] Asirpa.

Everyone help!

[Sugimoto] Asirpa, that's enough. Leave his face alone!

-[Kiroranke chuckles] -[Sugimoto] Leave him alone.

Little lady… become a good woman.

I'll tell you how to choose a man.

His penis.

I'm not talking about the size.

What I mean is you need to decide if he has a gentlemen's penis or not.

It's amazing advice, Professor Penis.

-[Ushiyama] Mmm. -[music stops]

Innkeeper! Guess who's back?

Hmm.

Hmm?

Hmm. Hm.

Hmm!

Hmmmm. [woofs]

Hm?

Hmmm.

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Mm-hm-hm-hm-hmmm! [grunts]

[mischievous music playing]

Mmmm.

Mmm-mmmm.

[cackling]

[Shiraishi groaning]

C… come on.

Damn it!

-Oh! -[metallic click]

There it is. Just a little m--

[whooping]

Ushiyama?! What the hell are you doing here?

I don't care! Get over here and help me out!

That Ienaga is a crazy bastard! [gasping]

-Ienaga? -Yeah, the innkeeper!

It turns out he's one of the tattooed prisoners!

Come on. Hurry up. Get me out!

-Ushiyama?! Let go! -Ienaga!

-Wait, wait! Stop it! Stop it! Argh! Argh! -Ienaga!

-Ienaga! -Stop it! Get off!

Argh! Wait! Hold on a second! No! It really hurts!

-Argh! Let go! -[skin squeaking]

You're gonna rip my neck open! Someone!

-Someone help me! [yelping] -Ugh! It stinks! Ugh!

-[retching violently] -[gasps]

[sighs]

[footsteps echoing]

[chaotic music playing]

[Ienaga sighs softly]

-[metallic click] -Yeah!

-Ah! Woo-hoo! [chuckles] Yes! -[retching]

-[chuckling] -[coughing]

-[metal rattling] -Ha-ha!

Ushiyama!

-I just remembered that Ienaga is-- -[shouting] Innkeeper!

Come on, Ushiyama!

-Innkeeper! -Wait! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

[dramatic music playing]

Innkeeper! Innkeeper! Innkeeper! Innkeeper!

Innkeeper!

-Hey. -Innkeeper!

-Innkeeper! -It's not gonna open.

Let's make a hole in the ceiling and escape through it.

Innkeeper! Innkeeper!

Innkeeper! Innkeeper! [angrily] Innkeeper!

Innkeeper! Inn… keeper! Inn… keeper!

Inn…keeper! Inn… keeper! Inn… keeper! Inn… keeper!

Innkeeper! Innkeeper! Innkeeper!

-It's no good. -Innkeeper! Innkeeper!

-He's been blinded by lust. -Innkeeper! Innkeeper!

Innkeeper! Innkeeper! Innkeeper! Innkeeper! Innkeeper!

[rapidly] Innkeeper! Innkeeper! Innkeeper! [loudly] Inn… keepeeeer!

[roars]

Innkeeper!

[music fades out]

[ethereal music playing]

Perfect.

This beautiful delicate skin and glossy hair.

Nothing compares to those eyes.

Such a deep blue with just a faint trace of green in them.

Beauty…

[gasps]

[music becomes unsettling]

[music becomes frantic]

[music stops]

[Ienaga panting]

Were you trying to lick Asirpa's eyeballs just now?

I knew I shouldn't have lessened the gas just to keep the girl alive.

[wails] I would never lick someone's eye!

That's insane! You must be mistaken!

I noticed when you got back to the hotel that she seemed off.

I just came in to check on her!

[weeping insincerely]

-[urgent knocking at door] -[Shiraishi] Sugimoto! Hey, let me in!

This hotel is dangerous!

There are dead bodies downstairs! We gotta get outta here!

Ienaga's one of the tattooed prisoners!

He's that old doctor! He's nuts!

He used to lock up his patients and eat them!

So you're the geezer?

[unsettling piano music playing]

[Ienaga] All humans are innately greedy things.

We want what we don't have.

But look what I've done.

The truth is this.

To be young and strong and beautiful.

I was able to get everything by eating other people's bodies.

[Sugimoto] So you were planning to eat Asirpa's eyes to gain their beauty?

Eat the same. Heal the same.

Whatever I am lacking, I can steal from others by eating it from their bodies.

Nothing that convenient can be true. It's self-suggestion.

But you are right, humans are extremely greedy.

Because I'm planning to peel off that skin of yours for myself.

[music intensifies]

[music stops]

[Sugimoto groaning]

[dramatic music playing]

[gasps] Shiraishi! Ienaga just escaped!

What?! How? D-- No one came out this way!

[music intensifies]

Those damned brats. They've ruined everything!

[shrieks]

[gasping, whimpers]

-Innkeeper! -You walking hard-on!

Innkeeper!

Get up! Come on!

Wake up, Kiroranke!

We gotta get out of this murder hotel! Hey, wake up! Get up!

[screeching]

[Ushiyama groaning]

Innkeeper!

-Huh? -Innkeeper?

Innkeeper! [grunts]

Get back, you pervert!

[Sugimoto] Shiraishi!

[footsteps approaching]

[Ienaga panting]

[dark electronic music playing]

Miss Ienaga…

The other guest here tonight, he's also a tattooed prisoner!

[music intensifies]

This is Mr. Ushiyama the undefeated!

Innkeeper!

[music stops]

This hotel is done for. I need to erase everything!

["Habanera" from Carmen playing]

[Ushiyama chuckling]

[growls]

[echoes] Shhhhhh.

[breathes shakily, gulps]

[man wailing]

[chuckles]

[music intensifies]

[man wailing, whimpering]

[music becomes discordant]

[music accelerates]

[Ushiyama roars]

[music stops]

Shit.

I was just getting started.

[music reprises]

Your turn.

[man exhales wheezily]

[sobs wheezily]

[music climaxes]

[music stops]

Damn you, baldie!

[loud clattering]

[dramatic music playing]

Alcohol.

Sugimoto! I took care of Ienaga!

-Sugimoto! [grunts] -[music stops]

Shiraishi?

You're staying here too?

[high voice] Look who's finally back to his senses!

If you're here, that means one thing. The man earlier was the Immortal Sugimoto.

[dramatic music playing]

-Kiroranke. -Yeah?

-Asirpa's unconscious. -There's a fire downstairs.

-We need to get outta here! -Right.

[Sugimoto] Here we go.

Oh damn! We gotta get moving!

-Not yet. -What?!

Hand over the tattoo copy. That's the reason I came to Sapporo.

Also, the old man has a message for you.

"Don't think you can outwit me."

"I expect you to report your location at every stop."

So hand over the copy now.

[gasps] Oh, come on! We don't have time for that!

Hey, I swear. Tomorrow, we can meet, yeah?

[laughs nervously] So hot!

Let's go! Run, run, run, run!

Let's go! [laughing nervously] Run!

Let's go!

[dark electronic music playing]

Huh?

Wait…

I dropped the grenades.

[Kiroranke] Huh?

It's going to explode!

Hurry up! [screeches]

[music fades out]

-[Sugimoto] Huh? -Quit playing around.

-We need to move! -[music reprises]

[slow heavy footsteps approaching]

[music intensifying]

Ushiyama… [breathing shakily]

[music fades out]

Are you here for my tattoo?

[coughs]

[glass tinkling]

[distant explosion]

[Ienaga] If you don't leave, you're going to die too.

[coughing]

[poignant music fades in]

If anyone understands what I was doing, it's you.

[distant rumble, glass shattering]

When I was young…

I was strong and… and beautiful.

[inhales emotionally] I just wanted…

to be that perfect again one last time.

[music intensifies]

And you?

When were you perfect?

[breathes shakily]

[music intensifies]

[music stops]

[Sugimoto coughing]

[Shiraishi coughing]

[Asirpa coughing]

Where's Professor Penis?

[shouts] Professor Penis!

I'll tell you how to choose a man.

His penis.

I'll never forget.

That's just a… fishcake.

[Shiraishi inhales] What do we do now?

Ienaga and Ushiyama and their tattoos are still inside.

-[man 1] Hey! Over there! -[man 2] What happened there?

Hey…

-[man 3] What happened here? -[man 4] Did everyone get out?

We need to get outta here before the police arrive.

-We can come back tomorrow. -[Shiraishi sighs]

[man 5] Is everyone okay?

[birds chirping]

AKEBOSHI GUN SHOP

[ambient music playing]

[laughs] So you actually made it out?

-For you. A copy of Kazuo Henmi's tattoo. -Hmm.

Remind me how someone like you

could make a copy without Sugimoto noticing?

[sighs] Don't you know?

You shouldn't underestimate the Escape King.

This better not be a fake you made to deceive us.

Calm down, it's real.

After all, I'm still your spy.

[Ushiyama] Enough. Let's go.

[Shiraishi softly] Yeah.

Ienaga?!

He really survived?

Wait, is it even safe to be here like this?!

[Ushiyama] We're just borrowing the place.

No one has seen her tattoo.

Do you think it's worth it to let him live?

-[music stops] -[gasps]

Oh!

[chuckling]

Oh my God. [laughs]

-You're in love, aren't you? -That's nonsense!

A good doctor is hard to find.

Besides, saving her means I learned her secret.

Come on, Ienaga. Tell him what you told me.

A month ago,

there were two men who wanted to rent rooms at the hotel.

I chose the more attractive of the two and locked him in the basement.

As I went to take his blood…

What is this place?!

Hey, cut me some slack!

I don't deserve this!

Hey, what are you gonna do with that mask thing?

My grandpa told me not to mess with stuff like that.

[Ienaga] Among the many things

-the young man screamed… -I can give you money.

…there was one thing that caught my ear.

[both] The man who came with me

has the exact same tattoo that you do.

He's a prisoner who escaped from Abashiri.

[man groaning]

After killing the young man, I went back to check on his companion.

But the middle-aged man had left.

He'd noticed the disappearance. He sensed he was in danger.

[Shiraishi] Did you recognize the middle-aged man?

No.

And you have no idea where he went after he left the hotel?

The pretty young man said that

he and his companion were heading to Hidaka

to meet with an American who goes by Dunn.

[dramatic musical flourish]

-Why did you want me to hear this, huh? -[Ushiyama] It's your next errand.

I'll take Ienaga with me and return to Hijikata's place.

Take your friends and get me the tattoo of that middle-aged man.

You won't say no, right?

[dramatic music playing]

[sighs]

[music stops]

[Shiraishi sighs]

I heard from some curious onlookers. No bodies were found.

Not by police or firefighters.

[Sugimoto sighs softly]

[Asirpa] I know he's alive.

His penis. [echoes]

Professor Penis…

Get rid of that, okay?

Damn that Shiraishi. How dare he waste all my grenades.

Hey, where is he?

[Sugimoto] Susukino, I bet.

That horny bastard.

The Susukino girls gave me something.

Information on the whereabouts of another prisoner.

-Another prisoner? -Yeah.

They said that a middle-aged client had

the exact tattoos we're looking for.

[tuts] They said he was heading to Hidaka.

Hidaka?

[Shiraishi] I figured since we gotta avoid the Seventh Division

and we already plan on going to Abashiri from the south,

it's on our way, right?

There's no guarantee we're gonna even be able to see Noppera-Bo.

So we should get all the tattoos that we can.

It's not a bad idea to head there first.

[subdued rock music playing]

He's right. Let's go. To Hidaka.

If that's what you want, I'll go. I'll follow you anywhere.

[Kiroranke] There's one problem.

My money got burnt. Every bit of it.

Asirpa, lend me some?

I bet I could get us all we need if I gamble.

Idiot.

If you hadn't wasted all of Kiroranke's grenades,

she wouldn't have to spend all her money to replace them.

-[squeaks] -[Sugimoto] You're so annoying.

-[Shiraishi] Heh! -[Kiroranke] Let him be.

We can still hunt.

That's how we'll earn money.

We'll go to my great-uncle's kotan. Yufutsu, Tomakomai.

[music intensifies]

SAPPORO

YUFUTSU

[music fades out]

This is Huci's younger brother. The youngest out of six siblings.

He'll let us stay in this cise today.

[in Ainu] We've been getting some surprising visitors lately.

"Recently, a strange woman appeared in the village and has been staying here."

[man speaking Ainu]

"She can see the past and the future. And because of her… "

[speaking Ainu]

"…everyone in the village is going crazy."

[apprehensive music playing]

[speaking Ainu]

"This is her."

"Her name is Inkarmat."

[music intensifies]

[spiritual bells jingling]

[music becomes ethereal]

What brings such handsome nispa here?

[whooping, chuckling, clears throat]

[deep voice] Yoshitake Shiraishi. Currently looking for love!

How sweet.

Although, I actually have a weakness for men with scars.

Your soldier friend is very handsome.

Um… thank you.

[in Ainu] Sugimoto puts poop in his soup and eats it.

My! Isn't that smelly?

Asirpa, did you say "Sugimoto," "ohaw," and "osoma" in the same phrase?

No, I didn't.

[high-pitched tone fading in]

I get the feeling you came here from Otaru.

[gasps] How did you know?

I bet she heard Great-uncle telling someone he had relatives in Otaru.

That's all.

You're on a journey.

Searching for… someone or for something.

She's right-on! Amazing! You're so good!

Thank you. I have a knack for fortune-telling.

It's called niwok.

Ainu people use it to help them make their decisions

when they find themselves confused.

[Shiraishi] Eh?

The niwok's results are the gods' will

and should be followed without doubts.

[ethereal music fading in]

This is a siratki kamuy.

The skull of a fox used for fortune-telling.

This skull, the white fox, is said to hold much spiritual energy.

It has been in my family for many generations.

The jaw sits on the very top of your head.

You drop it and check the direction of the teeth to tell the future.

If the teeth point upwards, it's a good sign.

I'll gladly tell you if you'll find what you are seeking,

if you'll allow me.

[in Ainu] Swift god, mighty god.

I may be a woman of little worth,

but please guide me thoroughly.

[Inkarmat] The teeth are pointing downwards.

I fear this is an ominous sign.

It would be best to cancel your journey.

-[Shiraishi] No way! -She's only guessing. She doesn't know.

I won't follow any divinations.

Because I am a modern Ainu woman.

[music intensifies]

[music fades out]

Is that so?

By the way…

is it your father that you're looking for?

[ethereal music playing]

Of course, it's just a guess. So pay it no heed.

[music intensifies]

Inkarmat.

Incredible!

She's certainly… something.

An ikatkar cironnup.

What's that?

Cironnup means fox.

Situnpe kamuy is a black fox

A god that lives in the mountains and looks after the people.

The name for the red-haired fox is ikatkar cironnup,

the most deceptive of animals.

[music intensifies]

[music intensifies]

[music fades out]

[shrieks] It's a brown bear!

You guys go first. I'll hold it here. Outside is not the only dangerous place.

You maniacs led those things right to us.

[Inkarmat] Your eyes have the same beautiful color as your father's.

Princess!

[Shiraishi] One of these two is a tattooed prisoner?!

Winner takes all, got it? Make a bet!

-It's your fault! -[grumbles]

Oh, he's a prisoner!

[melodic pop music playing]

[music fades out]

THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION