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[dramatic music playing]

[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

I'm… the Immortal Sugimoto!

[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.

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.

You will make fake human skin.

With your excellent counterfeits, we will plant seeds of chaos.

[narrator] Sugimoto and his companions have six tattoos.

Hijikata's group also has six.

After getting his hands on Funabashi's tattoo,

Tsurumi and the Seventh Division now have two.

There are twelve remaining.

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 intensifies]

GOLDEN KAMUY -THE HUNT OF PRISONERS IN HOKKAIDO-

[music fades out]

It would appear one was left behind.

We must find a way to tell them apart.

[Shiraishi gasps]

Have I…

seen you… somewhere?

[tense music playing]

No waaay! I doubt you've ever met him!

This is Toshizo Hijikata!

Long time no see, Shiraishi.

[Shiraishi chuckles]

Thank you for that marvelous introduction.

[Shiraishi chuckling]

Was this guy the one who visited your village, Kiroranke?

[Hijikata] Her name is Asuko Kochobe.

Know her?

Yeah, that's right.

I've wanted to ask you this one thing.

Noppera-Bo, he's Ainu, isn't he?

[Hijikata] Oh!

So you put that much together already.

[subdued dramatic music playing]

Then, the real question is…

[Shiraishi] Hey! Wait!

…will we work together or kill each other?

You choose.

Any tattooed skins you currently have, we'll buy them from you.

No one will force you to join us in this fight.

You can choose to take the money we offered

and return home, fall in love, get married, and live a quiet life.

Though perhaps to the young, this sounds like a boring life, hmm?

[music intensifies]

[music fades out]

[stomach rumbling]

Some of my questions only Noppera-Bo can answer.

[rumbling continues]

Are you heading to meet him?

[rumbling continues]

[footsteps approaching]

[Ienaga] How about I cook something for all of us?

[Kiroranke] You're the one from the hotel!

Once you've had some food, then you can all finish this conversation.

[quirky percussion music playing]

[Ienaga] This dish is called nanko-nabe.

It's a local delicacy from the Sorachi region.

The coal miners recommended it.

It's made by stewing tripe in miso, like a motsu-nabe.

[Kiroranke] Mmm.

Ienaga… this isn't human meat, is it?

[music stops]

Such a silly question.

Nanko means "horse tripe" in the local dialect.

So that's what I used in the meal.

This is quite a collection of allies you have here.

That one over there, he worked under the Seventh Division.

Someone who betrays once will do it again.

[Ogata] Sugimoto.

You almost killed me the last time we met.

Lucky for you, I don't hold grudges.

[sarcastically] But know… your words cut through me.

Can't we just have one nice supper?

Shiraishi's right.

Everyone needs to appreciate what we have here.

[mystical music plays]

[Hijikata] Getting back to business.

None of us can leave Yubari

until we can confirm that Sergeant Tsukishima is in fact dead.

If they haven't found his body,

then we will know the fake tattoos are out there,

and we must discern between them.

I may… know someone who can help us.

A man called Choan Kumagishi.

Ah! I've heard of that counterfeiter!

[Ienaga] A few years back, an art dealer introduced us.

I was quite moved by his work.

Having created hundreds of counterfeits of different types of art,

he may be our best bet to differentiate between the real and the fake.

So, do you know where we can find him now?

He got locked up in Kabato Prison in Tsukigata.

[tense music playing]

EPISODE 7: FAKE

[Asirpa] Thanks anyway.

[man 1] Another accident.

-Can I check that real quick? -Yeah.

[man 2] Okay, let's go.

-[music intensifies] -[man 1] Let's head back in.

-[man 2] Right. -[man 1] At this rate, it'll take all day.

-[Shiraishi] That's not him. -Were any of them in military uniform?

[man] No idea.

-[Nagakura] Excuse me. Do you have second? -[man] Yes.

[Nagakura] Did you see a body in military uniform come out of the mine?

[man] Military uniform? Huh… not that I've seen.

[woman] We'll let you know if we hear anything.

-Thanks. -[woman] Good luck.

[Ushiyama] Thank you.

Something here may help us tell the difference

between the real and counterfeit tattoos.

-[glass shattering] -[music fades out]

[unsettling music playing]

[Ogata] Molotov cocktails.

Ienaga, stay in the house! It's not safe!

They've come back to destroy the evidence of their work.

There may still be some kibushi fruits inside Edogai's house.

-[quirky subdued music playing] -Huh?

It's the tannin he used for tanning.

Either way, we must destroy the evidence!

If Sugimoto's in there, I'll kill him with my own two hands!

Do you understand?

[comical twang, rasp]

Riiiight?

[comical rasp]

[Hijikata] If Lieutenant Tsurumi's minions are here to destroy this house,

it's safe to assume Sergeant Tsukishima got out of the coal mine alive.

[Ogata] I guess so.

All the windows on the first floor are closed.

The only way they're getting in is through the front door.

[gun cocks]

But just to be sure, I'll give them some incentive.

What's that?

Upstairs!

[dramatic music playing]

There's a blind spot under the awning!

We need to get inside. Break it open.

Oh!

[sighing] There's more of them than I thought.

Stay there. Step one toe outside the cover, and he'll shoot you.

[gunshot]

[Nikaido] Get in there!

[music intensifies]

Go, go! Second floor! Get up there and handle that sniper!

Bah!

Arggh!

[music fades out]

[apprehensive music playing]

[music becomes dramatic]

[Ienaga coughing]

[loud bang, debris falling]

So much strength.

Ienaga, run!

Mr. Ushiyama!

[music fades out]

[suspenseful music fades in]

Die, you traitor bastard!

[music stops]

[body thuds]

[scoffs] So what?

Waiting for a "thank you"?

We're not going to suddenly be friends.

Traitor.

[footsteps retreating]

[saliva splats]

[Nikaido groaning]

-[Sugimoto] Hijikata, where are you? -Huh?

[suspenseful music playing]

[Nikaido] Saichi Sugimoto!

Huh?

[Ogata] We need to get out of here. Hurry up.

[Sugimoto] Old man! We're going.

[music intensifying]

[music subsides]

[music fades out]

[Hijikata] This group is too big. We'll stand out. We need to split up.

Let's regroup at Kabato Prison, all right?

[Sugimoto] If we can't figure out how to tell the tattoos apart,

Noppera-Bo might be our last chance.

I'm sure he'll tell his daughter everything.

So you did know… that she is his daughter?

As long as I can get a small share of the gold,

I don't care what you do with the rest of it.

As for Asirpa, she's an honorable Ainu.

[ethereal music playing]

So if it really was her father who stole all the gold from her people,

she deserves to know the truth, no matter what it is.

[shrieks]

Here, Professor, try some of these woodcock brains.

Is it… safe for people to eat that?

Sugimoto, it's hinna, right?

Hinna, hinna!

Professor Penis?

You'll try it, won't you?

[quirky percussion music playing]

No!

Not hungry.

[music fades out]

Now we chop the organs into citatap together.

[Sugimoto] Citatap!

Chop it up!

"Citatap"?

[Asirpa] Citatap! You have to say it while you chop.

Professor Penis, that's our only house rule.

Citatap. Citatap.

Citatap, citatap.

Ci-- citatap. Citatap. Citatap. Uh, citatap. Citatap.

Citatap. Citatap. Citatap. Citatap. Citatap. Citatap.

Great! Your turn, Ogata.

This is a meal we all make together.

Hey!

Asirpa, Ogata's not saying "citatap" while chopping.

[Asirpa] Hmm.

Ogata…

what's wrong?

Ci-ta-tap. [blows softly]

Ci-ta-tap! [blows softly]

[chopping continues]

[quirky percussion music playing]

A perfectly stewed woodcock citatap ohaw.

Thanks for the food.

Mmm!

-This is hinna! -[Ushiyama] Hmm?

Hinna is a word to show appreciation, Professor Penis.

[Ushiyama] Mmm! This is delicious!

Hmm.

It's hinna. Hinna!

[laughing heartily]

Ogata, do you like it?

This is a spring ingredient that's easy to find.

It's called korkoni.

It can be eaten raw.

[Sugimoto] Mmm!

It's so fresh.

[Ushiyama] Surprisingly good.

Ainu children eat it as a snack.

But everyone always knew when you ate it, because it turns your mouth black.

[Ushiyama] Young lady, you are a wealth of knowledge. [laughs]

[Sugimoto] Do you think the others are having such a nice meal?

[Asirpa] They have Kiroranke with them, so they should be all right.

This is ichaniw that I seasoned with korkoni, pukusa, and a sprinkle of salt.

Of all the springtime soups,

this steamed ichaniw is the best ohaw there is.

[Shiraishi happily] Thanks for the food!

-[Kiroranke chuckles] -[Shiraishi blowing]

-Mmm! Hinna, hinna! That's good! -[Kiroranke chuckles]

Delicious! Even the Siberian onion became sweet.

It's been a long winter full of dry ingredients,

but now, all of the Ainu kotans can enjoy fresh vegetables.

-[Ienaga] Mm-hmm. -That's what makes it a happy season.

I thought the butterbur would be too bitter, but it's delicious. [chuckles]

Sweet and a little bitter, just like the season.

Here in Hokkaido, there's… no ally more reliable than the Ainu people.

So, then, how will you… contact Choan Kumagishi

while he's still in Kabato Prison?

Even if we visit, he'll be surrounded by guards anyway.

So it's not like we'll be able to show him the tattooed skins and ask his opinion.

[Kiroranke] We could use this opportunity as a dry run for Abashiri.

Shiraishi can sneak into the prison, locate Kumagishi, and make contact.

That's a piece of cake. Just leave it to me.

The Escape King rides again!

[Nagakura chuckles]

[Hijikata] No. Nagakura already has some connections in the prison.

[Shiraishi] Huh?

[Nagakura] Some time ago,

I taught swordsmanship to all the guards who worked at Kabato.

I should be able to arrange for us to be able to talk to Kumagishi.

[Shiraishi] Oh!

Crazy to think a former member of the Shinsengumi

would end up working for the new government

in such a prestigious role.

[Nagakura] It seems like such a long time ago,

but I swear you nearly gave me a heart attack the last time I was there.

Imagine finding out that you had been imprisoned there all that time too.

Shirosuke Inudo was the prison's warden.

His elder brother died fighting

for the new government in the Battle of Hakodate.

He hated me ever since that day.

It was only by chance that day that I learned that you were there.

I'd been visiting Kabato for nearly 20 years,

and Inudo never said a word about you.

The only reason I was able to speak with you once again,

was due to the kindness of one of the guards.

[poignant music fading in]

[Hijikata] Gamushin?

[Nagakura] I never expected

to hear that name again at this age.

[Hijikata] If memory serves, it was sometime in 1868.

The last time we met face-to-face.

During the Battle of Toba-Fushimi,

the Shinsengumi forces had been scattered.

I traveled back to Edo, where we had first met.

It was the first time I met Kondo as well.

He told me the only way to be a comrade was to be his servant.

Insult added to injury.

I gave up on the Shinsengumi… once and for all that day.

But I want you to know, Hijikata,

even though I was opposed to Kondo's leadership,

the reason I was able to give my all to the Shinsengumi

was because you were there.

[scoffs] What happened, Shinpachi Nagakura?

It sounds as if the years have made you soft.

[Nagakura] Not at all.

But if you hadn't protected me from Kondo,

I don't know that I would have been able to make it out alive.

It was your own fault.

You always played around with the women too much.

[chuckles] If I recall, I was simply following your lead.

[inhales deeply]

You always were an impulsive… idiot.

However, you had beautiful swordsmanship.

And beautiful things must be preserved.

It was that fight.

That was the reason we parted ways.

Were you trying to make me angry?

Just to protect me from what would be my inevitable death?

I've spent countless nights asking myself that question.

[gasps]

Was that it? [gasps]

Was that your way of looking out for me one last time?

[breathes shakily]

Was that it… Hijikata?

No.

Don't make so much of it.

You were just an idiot.

[Nagakura sobbing]

My last chance… to fight by your side has come at last.

I suppose, after everything, I still get an honorable death.

[Hijikata] We are not fighting to die.

This is a fight to live and see the future.

[music intensifies]

[Shiraishi farts]

[both chuckling]

[chuckling becomes laughter]

[music fades out]

I know what you're thinking, but even Ainu use guns to hunt nowadays.

The man who runs this shop is a friend of mine.

He'll give us a good price.

Hey, welcome.

Don't take this wrong, sir, uh, I've never seen an Ainu like you.

You in the military?

[Tanigaki] It doesn't matter. Do you have Murata rifle bullets?

Sure.

Oh, by the way,

there was an Ainu woman in here the other day.

She was asking if a blue-eyed Ainu girl lives in any of the nearby villages.

I thought I remembered there being a girl like that in your village.

Uh… who was this woman?

She had a fox scarf around her neck.

She claimed to be a fortune-teller.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Tanigaki] Shh.

[Great-uncle] We should take it down. Bring it back to the village.

Perfect, it hasn't noticed us yet.

Yes!

[child gasps]

-I was aiming for the neck, but… -You got a little distracted, huh?

Still, you took it down in one shot.

[Tanigaki] Is that kid from the village? I've never seen him before.

Yeah. His parents and his brothers all died.

The elderly of the village take turns caring for him.

-He's a strange one. -[flesh squelches]

Never plays with the other kids.

He does seem to be interested in hunting.

[Tanigaki] Quit hiding over there!

If you wanna watch, come over here.

Why was this yuk out here all alone?

The male deer leaves his herd when he's old enough.

Leaving his parents behind to start a family of his very own.

-A family of their own? -Yeah.

What's your name, son?

Cikapasi! It's a great name, right?

Cikapasi? What does it mean?

-It means "erect penis." Ha. -[comical twang]

[quirky string music playing]

You mean… "boner"?

You really do have a great name. Cikapasi!

[sighs]

Good name indeed.

Boner.

[music fades out]

[Great-uncle] That leg's healed up pretty well.

Tanigaki, what are your plans for the future?

Is there someone waiting for you back in your hometown?

[Cikapasi] Huh?!

[gasps]

[Inkarmat] It appears from this your younger sister

will leave her current husband.

Cikapasi, what's going on?

[Cikapasi] They say she's the best fortune-teller there is.

[Inkarmat] Goodness, who is this handsome nispa who's joined us?

I've always loved a man with a scar on his face.

Welcome. I am Inkarmat.

It means "the woman who sees."

Would you like to know your fortune, handsome stranger?

No. I'll pass.

Come.

Your younger sister has passed away.

[suspenseful music playing]

I am correct, then.

Sorry for your loss.

Who are you, really?

I'm just… a traveler looking for someone.

An Ainu girl who has blue eyes and who lived here in this kotan.

It was siratki kamuy who led me to this place.

[music becomes ethereal]

[Inkarmat] I met her not far from Yufutsu.

She said they were traveling to reach a goal.

She had three men traveling with her.

[Great-uncle in Ainu] Iput karanke Asirpa nukar.

Nepkakan ru suy pean kus omanan ari ye.

Nispa renturano apkas koranhawe ne.

She has no idea she's traveling with a man who will betray her.

A very dangerous man.

My bones never lie.

At this rate, something life-threatening may happen to Asirpa.

[whimsical music playing]

[Tanigaki] How's she doing? Is Huci all right?

[Great-uncle] She said she had a dream.

And within it, she was told she'd never see Asirpa again.

[Tanigaki] Is that why she's been sleeping so much lately?

[Great-uncle] We Ainu take divination and prophecy very seriously.

We've always been very sensitive to the bad omens surrounding us.

We pay close attention to things we hear in dreams.

They are considered prophecies.

That Inkarmat woman really got into her head, I think.

[Tanigaki sighs]

Though I will say her divinations are strangely accurate.

I'll do an epotara. Would you like to do one as well?

An epotara?

For purification.

[Tanigaki] Ah.

Mmm.

[Great-uncle chanting in Ainu]

[poignant music playing]

[chanting fades out]

ONE YEAR AGO

First Lieutenant Tsurumi, do you know what a kanemochi is?

The Matagi from Ani make it as emergency rations.

Kanemochi, huh?

I've never heard of it.

How's it made? Like a normal rice cake?

[Tanigaki] First, you soak the rice overnight,

then add miso or salt.

After grinding thoroughly, you wrap them in leaves,

then let them steam buried in the ashes of the hearth.

But to the Matagi of Tozawa,

adding miso to the kanemochi is not allowed.

So there are differences between the Matagi of different villages?

Yes.

I kept a secret from my father.

It's because he was a very strict man.

But… I always added different ingredients to the kanemochi I would eat.

Then, one day, a man from my village found out my secret.

How'd he know?

One day, we were out in the field hunting for antelope together.

Matagi hunt in groups by surrounding an area,

and everyone has a role to play.

I was still new to hunting and no good with a gun.

It was my job to charge through the brush, screaming and driving the animals out.

But one day, I was paired with an older man, Kenkichi Aoyama.

When we reached the top of the mountain, the weather suddenly changed.

-Are you okay? -Fine.

Kenkichi!

Right there. That way.

[Kenkichi] Ah, that way.

[Tanigaki] We found refuge in a cave in a rocky area

but were stranded there for days,

and we ate through all of the beans and rice that we had with us.

A kanemochi is like a final meal at times like that.

One small bite can fill a man's stomach.

Ke.

This may be the last meal either of us ever eat.

Speak for yourself.

I'll survive even if I have to eat you to get by.

[Tanigaki chuckles]

And so I shared my kanemochi with Kenkichi.

We laughed together, half-joking,

that if this blizzard didn't stop soon, it'd be our last meal.

Hm?

Hey, did you add some flavor into this kanemochi?

What am I tasting?

Wait! Let me guess.

Don't tell me.

Hmm.

Is it…

I know!

Walnut!

You put walnut in this, Genjiro!

[poignant music playing]

Right.

But please, don't tell my father.

Not long after that, Kenkichi married my younger sister, Fumi,

and became part of my family.

The day it happened, I had been baking kanemochi at home.

Suddenly, my elder brother rushed in.

He had this look on his face I had never seen before.

[gasping] Fumi!

[gasping frantically]

Kenkichi's house is on fire!

[Tanigaki] Fumi and Kenkichi lived a quiet life in a small hut in the hills,

just outside of the village.

By the time I arrived, the entire hut had burned to the ground.

Fumi was inside.

Her body had been consumed in the fire.

After examining it thoroughly, I found she'd been stabbed in the heart.

Next to her body, lay Kenkichi's woodcutting knife.

It is said the soul of a Matagi

can be found within the blade of his knife.

I searched for him, but Kenkichi was nowhere to be found.

Kenkichi!

I searched for him like a man possessed.

But he was gone.

Kenkichi! Get out here!

If you're here, come out, Kenkichi!

Finally, one day,

I heard a rumor that he had gone to Hokkaido

to join the Seventh Division.

[woman] Genjiro! [sobs]

[brother] Genjiro, wait! Wait! [groans]

[man] Stop, Genjiro! [grunts]

Don't throw away the Ani for revenge!

It's not worth throwing your life away!

How can you say my sister's death isn't worth it?!

The Matagi can go to hell!

I'm done with this place.

But I still couldn't find Kenkichi.

When I left for the front line,

the telegram came informing me of my mother's death.

Fumi's horrible death,

coupled with me abandoning my home and leaving for war,

filled my mother with dread.

It ravaged her body before death took her.

In my heart, I believed it was all Kenkichi's fault.

And I hated him for it.

I believed I could find him if I went to Port Arthur,

where the Tonden soldiers gathered.

And when I did,

I'd take advantage of the confusion and shoot him in the back.

Sitting on the corner of a trench, there was a worn-out man.

You couldn't tell if it was his blood or the enemy's.

But he was so drenched that you couldn't make out his face.

And then I saw that he was wearing a white sash.

And I knew immediately

that he was part of the previous night's suicide corps.

Do you have anything that I can eat?

Yeah.

I gave him the only food I had on me.

That kanemochi.

Ke.

Thanks so much.

Thanks for the food.

Mmm.

It's very chewy.

It's a rice cake? Tastes like miso.

An Akita delicacy?

How do you know it's Akita?

I knew I was right. You just said "ke."

That means "eat," right?

In my squad, in the First Division,

there's another private who was born in Ani, Akita.

He taught me some words.

You say "ke" when inviting someone to eat.

[tense music playing]

[Tanigaki] Finally, I'd found him.

Kenkichi didn't go to Hokkaido.

He'd gone to Tokyo and joined the First Division.

But in that place,

finding the time to look for Kenkichi was almost impossible.

Russian soldiers, who were slowly being pushed back,

would strap explosives to their bodies and run into our trenches.

Don't let him through!

No matter how many times we shot them, they would not stop coming.

[shrieks]

[distant boom]

Suddenly, a soldier jumped out from our trench behind me.

Kenkichi!

-[sound becomes muted] -[high-pitched tone playing]

[tone fades out]

The moment I had been waiting for was finally here.

Or so I thought.

Kenkichi was still alive,

but due to the explosion, he could no longer see or hear anything.

Hey, Kenkichi…

I've been looking for you.

Now I can rip your heart out.

Like you did

to my poor baby sister, Fumi.

Fumi…

[sighs shakily] Why…

Why did you kill Fumi, Kenkichi?!

I don't know who you are

but tell them, please.

They live… they live in Ani.

"Tanigaki," that's the family name.

One day,

my wife came down with smallpox.

-[poignant music playing] -[breathes wheezily]

[Tanigaki sighs shakily]

"If the village finds out someone in the Tanigaki family has smallpox,

then… my father and brothers may be expelled from the Matagi of Ani."

"Before someone comes to check on us,

you have to kill me

and run far away from here."

Those were her final wishes.

There was no way I was going to let her die alone.

I was prepared to die right there with her.

[breathing shakily]

But… Fumi wouldn't let me die.

You're not infected. You still look healthy to me.

You have to find a reason to go on.

Find your mission in this life.

Fumi…

I tried…

to make sure it was as painless as possible for her.

[emotionally] And I killed her.

As promised, I set fire to the hut. [wheezes]

And I left without telling Fumi's family about her death.

Carrying that guilt with me…

that I was never able to share until today…

It's all my fault.

But I promised her… what else could I do?

Because of that,

her family has suffered all this time.

And I hope this might

heal their pain even a little.

So, please…

tell them this story.

They live in Akita, in Ani.

Tanigaki family.

The Tanigaki's.

I beg you.

[shakily] Please.

[breathing shakily]

[Tanigaki sobbing]

[Kenkichi] Walnut.

Walnut!

Kanemochi.

-[Tanigaki sobs] -Is it you…

Genjiro?

[exhales]

[Tanigaki sobbing]

Kenkichi found his life's mission

and gave himself to it.

Every day since, I have wondered what my life's mission is.

I can't return to Ani anymore.

I could never… face my family again.

[tuts softly] Tanigaki…

what I need is a man just like you.

But before we do anything,

could you make me some kanemochi?

[music intensifies]

[music slowly fades out]

Grandmother.

I'm going to bring Asirpa back to you safely.

I shall make it my life's mission.

It's time I give back for once.

Ke.

It's a dish from my hometown.

I made it soft so you could eat it.

It will give you strength, so promise me you'll eat it.

Come on, Osoma. You have a gift for him, right?

[Tanigaki gasps softly]

[Great-uncle] She made you a tekunpe.

She was only able to finish one hand though.

When Ainu women find a man that they like,

they make him a pair of tekunpe.

Thank you, Osoma.

I'll come back as soon as I can, so please make the other one.

Yeah?

[in Ainu] Kamuyutar

Tanigaki nispa

epunkine wa unkore wan.

[rock music playing]

Do you want to know your fortune? Or I could tell you where to find Asirpa?

No, thanks. I'm not going because I believe in your visions.

But because Huci and the others believe they're true.

Well, let's go, Tanigaki nispa!

Why would I go anywhere with you?

A man with a rifle traveling on his own is suspicious.

But if people think we're a married couple,

no one would bat an eye at that.

[music fades out]

You can use the man named Tanigaki hiding in that Ainu kotan.

I have a feeling that leg of his has healed by now.

[rock music fading in]

It looks like I'm not the only one with eyes for you.

[Tanigaki] Cikapasi!

Go home before you worry everyone to death!

[music fades out]

My whole family is already dead.

I've got no one left back there.

We should let him come.

My siratki kamuy says we'll be lucky if we bring him on the journey with us.

No one is suspicious of a family traveling out in the world.

Really? We'll act like family?!

Then, Inkarmat, you're my big sister!

And you won't get mad even if I touch your boobs!

And Tanigaki nispa is the good-looking guy who lives next door!

Cikapasi!

That's not a family.

[dramatic music playing]

Hey, look! There's an Ainu kotan.

We're close to Kabato but we should ask them if we can rest here tonight.

[man] Hey, good afternoon.

What brings you out this way?

-[music ends] -We're travelers just passing through.

We were hoping for a place to rest and have some food.

We'll pay you, of course.

[man] That's all, is it?

[Sugimoto] Your Japanese is pretty good.

When I was young, I worked transporting goods to the Japanese.

I picked it up.

I'd deliver packages to the ethnic Japanese

who were panning for gold in the mountains.

I'd load up on lots of rice and salt and take it upstream to the river.

[Sugimoto] Ohhh!

I used to pan for gold dust too.

-Hold on, what is that thing? -[Sugimoto] Hm?

Oh, that's just a bear cub's cage.

[bear growling]

[Sugimoto] Huh?

[suspenseful music playing]

[music stops]

[Sugimoto] Shiraishi was caught?

[Ogata] As I thought, something's wrong here.

-[Asirpa] This man is Choan Kumagishi! -An escapee from Abashiri!

Where did you take Asirpa?!

[Hijikata] He's likely been taken to Asahikawa.

[Ogata] It may be a lie to buy time.

Our only option will be to meet Noppera-Bo with this man's help.

It's like dying.

Someone who betrays once will do it again.

[rock music playing]

THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION