1 00:00:13,430 --> 00:00:15,265 [haunting music playing] 2 00:00:16,266 --> 00:00:21,604 HOKKAIDO MEIJI ERA (1868–1912) 3 00:00:33,533 --> 00:00:35,535 [narrator] Hidden somewhere in Hokkaido, 4 00:00:35,618 --> 00:00:39,372 there's a huge amount of gold that was hidden by the Ainu people. 5 00:00:39,456 --> 00:00:40,832 [solemn music playing] 6 00:00:41,416 --> 00:00:44,169 203 METER HILL 7 00:00:47,756 --> 00:00:49,841 I'm the Immortal Sugimoto! 8 00:00:50,592 --> 00:00:53,428 [narrator] After surviving the deadly Russo-Japanese War, 9 00:00:53,511 --> 00:00:55,263 Saichi Sugimoto heads to Hokkaido. 10 00:00:55,346 --> 00:00:56,681 Take… take care of her. 11 00:00:57,557 --> 00:00:59,642 Let's go to Hokkaido. [breathing shakily] 12 00:00:59,726 --> 00:01:03,188 Because… they still… have gold there. 13 00:01:03,271 --> 00:01:05,065 I have to do right by Toraji. 14 00:01:05,815 --> 00:01:07,859 I want Ume's eyes to work again. 15 00:01:08,693 --> 00:01:12,781 Let me tell you an interesting tale. It's related to the gold dust 16 00:01:13,281 --> 00:01:14,866 and the tattoos. 17 00:01:14,949 --> 00:01:18,953 [narrator] Sugimoto learns that the only way to find the hidden gold 18 00:01:19,037 --> 00:01:22,791 is to gather the tattoos of those who escaped Abashiri Prison. 19 00:01:23,291 --> 00:01:24,375 I've said too much. 20 00:01:26,544 --> 00:01:30,298 So this is why you knew so much about prisoners' tattoos. 21 00:01:37,305 --> 00:01:41,351 {\an8}[narrator] After collecting the tattoo from Goto, one of the escaped prisoners, 22 00:01:41,434 --> 00:01:44,604 {\an8}Sugimoto meets Asirpa, an Ainu girl. 23 00:01:45,688 --> 00:01:47,065 I'm Saichi Sugimoto. 24 00:01:47,148 --> 00:01:48,191 Asirpa. 25 00:01:50,026 --> 00:01:53,404 Hopefully, I'll find out why Aca had to be killed that day. 26 00:01:54,781 --> 00:01:56,699 What really happened. 27 00:01:56,783 --> 00:01:59,160 [Sugimoto] The one responsible is still in jail. 28 00:01:59,244 --> 00:02:03,123 If we find that gold, you can get revenge for your father. 29 00:02:03,206 --> 00:02:04,332 [tense music playing] 30 00:02:04,415 --> 00:02:07,627 [narrator] With their goals aligned, Sugimoto and Asirpa 31 00:02:07,710 --> 00:02:09,796 set off on a journey to find the tattoos. 32 00:02:09,879 --> 00:02:14,634 I heard… [scoffs] …there are 24 of us with these tattoos. 33 00:02:14,717 --> 00:02:16,386 [child in Ainu] Asirpa is back! 34 00:02:18,930 --> 00:02:22,475 [narrator] But Sugimoto and Asirpa aren't the only ones after the gold. 35 00:02:23,434 --> 00:02:26,437 [man] Are you planning to create another Republic of Ezo in Hokkaido? 36 00:02:27,272 --> 00:02:30,775 [narrator] Toshizo Hijikata is gathering the escapees. 37 00:02:31,734 --> 00:02:34,821 Our war is far from over. Do you understand that? 38 00:02:35,655 --> 00:02:38,366 [narrator] While the Seventh Division, led by Lieutenant Tsurumi, 39 00:02:38,449 --> 00:02:41,494 wish to establish a new military regime… 40 00:02:41,578 --> 00:02:44,664 [Hijikata] Let's see what the Seventh Division is made of. 41 00:02:44,747 --> 00:02:46,875 [Tsurumi shouting] Toshizo Hijikata! 42 00:02:48,710 --> 00:02:51,588 [narrator] …both factions are set on finding the gold, 43 00:02:51,671 --> 00:02:54,048 and thus begins their hunt for the tattoos. 44 00:03:04,976 --> 00:03:07,270 [Asirpa] He keeps going. He doesn't give up. 45 00:03:07,353 --> 00:03:09,272 He will find a way to survive, no matter what. 46 00:03:10,273 --> 00:03:12,150 That is why he's Immortal Sugimoto. 47 00:03:12,233 --> 00:03:14,736 I am Immortal Sugimoto! 48 00:03:20,867 --> 00:03:21,910 I'm with you 49 00:03:23,036 --> 00:03:24,120 until the end. 50 00:03:24,871 --> 00:03:27,123 We'll find the gold. I promise you. 51 00:03:28,124 --> 00:03:29,125 Right. 52 00:03:30,293 --> 00:03:32,545 [narrator] With the dangerous, tattooed prisoners 53 00:03:32,629 --> 00:03:34,756 scattered to every corner of Hokkaido… 54 00:03:36,925 --> 00:03:40,470 a fierce battle to collect all 24 tattoos 55 00:03:40,553 --> 00:03:42,513 is about to begin. 56 00:03:43,389 --> 00:03:45,225 [music climaxing] 57 00:03:48,353 --> 00:03:53,733 {\an8}GOLDEN KAMUY -THE HUNT OF PRISONERS IN HOKKAIDO- 58 00:03:53,816 --> 00:03:55,109 [music fades out] 59 00:04:04,911 --> 00:04:05,912 [gunshot] 60 00:04:08,331 --> 00:04:09,582 Not a great shot. 61 00:04:09,666 --> 00:04:10,583 Let's go. 62 00:04:20,677 --> 00:04:22,887 -[Sugimoto] We need to hurry. -Yes, we do. 63 00:04:22,971 --> 00:04:24,722 If it keeps running, the liver will go bad, 64 00:04:24,806 --> 00:04:26,391 and we won't be able to eat it. 65 00:04:26,474 --> 00:04:29,102 -Plus, the meat will decay. -That's not what I meant. 66 00:04:29,185 --> 00:04:31,980 The eyeballs and the brains should still be fine though. 67 00:04:32,063 --> 00:04:33,898 They'll still be good to eat. 68 00:04:38,778 --> 00:04:40,905 [dark mystical music playing] 69 00:04:42,365 --> 00:04:44,242 [Asirpa] Its footprints are messy. 70 00:04:44,325 --> 00:04:45,618 It must be getting tired. 71 00:05:01,718 --> 00:05:03,344 It's hiding in the trees. 72 00:05:03,970 --> 00:05:05,096 If we try to chase it, 73 00:05:05,179 --> 00:05:07,682 the deer will escape and disappear into the forest. 74 00:05:08,891 --> 00:05:12,395 Sugimoto, cut a wide path downwind, hide in those trees there. 75 00:05:12,478 --> 00:05:14,063 And be sure it doesn't see you. 76 00:05:14,147 --> 00:05:15,148 I got it. 77 00:05:16,774 --> 00:05:20,403 I'll finish this with one shot, so it's not in pain anymore. 78 00:05:21,029 --> 00:05:21,904 [gun cocks] 79 00:05:36,544 --> 00:05:37,420 [coughs] 80 00:05:40,673 --> 00:05:42,508 [music intensifies] 81 00:05:56,439 --> 00:05:57,857 [gunfire] 82 00:06:02,612 --> 00:06:03,821 [shrieks] 83 00:06:09,911 --> 00:06:11,621 [gunshot echoes] 84 00:06:13,456 --> 00:06:15,333 [unsettling music playing] 85 00:06:15,416 --> 00:06:20,755 {\an8}EPISODE 1 THE LEGENDARY BEAR HUNTER 86 00:06:20,838 --> 00:06:23,508 -[music fades out] -[man groaning softly] 87 00:06:33,851 --> 00:06:35,395 [tense music playing] 88 00:06:42,819 --> 00:06:45,613 [man 1] That's a Murata rifle. My Matagi father used one too. 89 00:06:46,531 --> 00:06:48,825 Only gives you one shot at a time. 90 00:06:50,493 --> 00:06:52,328 It's not what I would choose. 91 00:06:52,829 --> 00:06:53,663 It's outdated. 92 00:06:54,956 --> 00:06:57,291 [man 2] I didn't ask your opinion, soldier. 93 00:06:58,543 --> 00:06:59,460 Now hush. 94 00:07:01,087 --> 00:07:01,963 Ryu, go! 95 00:07:05,216 --> 00:07:06,926 [Ryu barking] 96 00:07:07,677 --> 00:07:10,221 You better kill it in one shot, or you're dead. 97 00:07:12,598 --> 00:07:14,600 [sound becomes muted] 98 00:07:21,149 --> 00:07:22,358 [gunshot echoes] 99 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:28,698 [man 2] See that face? 100 00:07:29,282 --> 00:07:33,244 That's the face of a bear that will attack humans. [grunts] 101 00:07:33,327 --> 00:07:34,954 How can you be so sure? 102 00:07:35,538 --> 00:07:38,291 Because the womb doesn't show signs of birth. Hm. 103 00:07:38,374 --> 00:07:40,084 This kind of bear 104 00:07:40,918 --> 00:07:43,087 gets more aggressive with time. 105 00:07:43,754 --> 00:07:48,968 Female brown bears are scarier than males. [chuckling] 106 00:07:50,136 --> 00:07:52,138 They're like humans in that way. 107 00:07:54,474 --> 00:07:57,977 [man 1] Back in my hometown, I heard rumors about this man, 108 00:07:58,060 --> 00:08:00,563 Hokkaido's legendary bear hunter. 109 00:08:03,733 --> 00:08:04,984 Tetsuzo Nihei. 110 00:08:06,110 --> 00:08:07,528 You're him, right? 111 00:08:07,612 --> 00:08:09,739 [somber guitar music playing] 112 00:08:13,451 --> 00:08:17,538 Tanigaki from the Matagi. You gonna keep following me? 113 00:08:18,039 --> 00:08:20,666 Just because I happened to save your life out there, 114 00:08:20,750 --> 00:08:23,044 doesn't mean I'm looking for a new lover. 115 00:08:23,711 --> 00:08:25,087 [Tanigaki] Don't mock me. 116 00:08:26,964 --> 00:08:28,508 You're after it too, right? 117 00:08:30,009 --> 00:08:31,427 The lone white wolf. 118 00:08:35,306 --> 00:08:37,975 {\an8}You've never fought against a wolf before, have you? 119 00:08:39,977 --> 00:08:41,604 Just look at you. 120 00:08:41,687 --> 00:08:44,857 With a wound like that, you'd be easy prey. 121 00:08:45,566 --> 00:08:47,985 What about you, then? You ever hunted one before? 122 00:08:48,069 --> 00:08:48,945 No! 123 00:08:49,779 --> 00:08:52,240 But I'll learn about the wolf by hunting it. 124 00:08:54,158 --> 00:08:56,244 As wolves attacked cattle, 125 00:08:56,327 --> 00:09:00,998 humans began to trap them, exterminating the whole species. 126 00:09:01,624 --> 00:09:06,003 And the last one who survived won the battle of wits in the end. 127 00:09:06,087 --> 00:09:07,255 [howling] 128 00:09:10,091 --> 00:09:12,593 [chuckling, laughing heartily] 129 00:09:15,221 --> 00:09:18,432 Oh, I feel the hunter in me rise! 130 00:09:18,516 --> 00:09:19,517 [gunshot echoes] 131 00:09:21,936 --> 00:09:23,187 What is he doing?! 132 00:09:29,527 --> 00:09:31,070 [deer grunting] 133 00:09:35,825 --> 00:09:37,785 Retar, hold it down right there. 134 00:09:38,286 --> 00:09:39,370 [sighs] 135 00:09:40,580 --> 00:09:42,123 [Retar snarling] 136 00:09:45,167 --> 00:09:46,627 Why didn't you shoot? 137 00:09:51,048 --> 00:09:54,719 I looked into its eyes and could see it wanted to live despite its wounds. 138 00:09:56,262 --> 00:09:57,597 I just froze. 139 00:10:00,725 --> 00:10:02,435 I understand what it's like. 140 00:10:09,442 --> 00:10:11,444 -[flesh squelches] -[animal shrieks] 141 00:10:22,246 --> 00:10:26,208 Either you take responsibility for its life or you don't shoot it. 142 00:10:31,672 --> 00:10:33,591 Go on, put your hand inside. 143 00:10:36,218 --> 00:10:38,012 -Inside? -Yeah. 144 00:10:49,899 --> 00:10:51,108 [flesh squelching] 145 00:10:53,152 --> 00:10:54,403 What d'you feel? 146 00:10:54,487 --> 00:10:56,364 [thoughtful music playing] 147 00:10:57,698 --> 00:10:58,699 It's hot. 148 00:11:00,368 --> 00:11:02,578 It's thawing out my numb hands. 149 00:11:04,330 --> 00:11:06,499 You see, the deer's warmth is transferred to you, 150 00:11:06,582 --> 00:11:07,958 which allows you to live. 151 00:11:08,459 --> 00:11:10,294 We eat all the meat of every animal, 152 00:11:10,378 --> 00:11:14,465 and then the remains give life to the trees, the grass, and the ground. 153 00:11:16,258 --> 00:11:18,803 That ensures the deer's life is worthwhile. 154 00:11:30,773 --> 00:11:31,774 Let's eat. 155 00:11:33,192 --> 00:11:34,360 Let's eat. 156 00:11:35,027 --> 00:11:38,072 -Sugimoto, hold the legs. -Sure. 157 00:11:43,619 --> 00:11:44,829 [flesh splitting] 158 00:11:46,330 --> 00:11:47,998 [Asirpa] Retar, this is for you. 159 00:11:55,339 --> 00:11:56,716 [Sugimoto] What's he doing? 160 00:11:56,799 --> 00:11:59,552 -[music fades out] -[Retar sniffing, grumbling] 161 00:12:01,470 --> 00:12:02,888 He senses danger. 162 00:12:03,389 --> 00:12:04,348 Someone's coming. 163 00:12:07,101 --> 00:12:08,519 The Seventh Division? 164 00:12:09,895 --> 00:12:10,771 Get going, Retar. 165 00:12:12,982 --> 00:12:15,234 We need to pack up what we can and get moving. 166 00:12:15,317 --> 00:12:17,695 He will come back later and eat the rest. 167 00:12:18,529 --> 00:12:20,114 -[Sugimoto] Right. -[flesh squelches] 168 00:12:20,197 --> 00:12:22,199 [dark minimal music playing] 169 00:12:36,714 --> 00:12:37,673 [sighs] 170 00:12:38,924 --> 00:12:42,845 That gunshot we heard was from the same kind of rifle I have. 171 00:12:43,512 --> 00:12:45,639 {\an8}[Nihei] Look, Tanigaki. 172 00:12:45,723 --> 00:12:48,017 {\an8}-These tracks are from a wolf. -[Ryu panting] 173 00:12:51,061 --> 00:12:53,981 [Nihei] I don't see any signs of the deer being devoured. 174 00:12:54,064 --> 00:12:57,234 Perhaps hunters came and snatched the wolf's kill? 175 00:13:00,279 --> 00:13:03,282 [Tanigaki] Footprints from military boots and deerskin shoes. 176 00:13:03,365 --> 00:13:05,117 The same ones we saw earlier. 177 00:13:06,702 --> 00:13:09,997 [Sugimoto] I can't see their faces, but one has a soldier's weapon. 178 00:13:10,581 --> 00:13:13,000 It doesn't look like they're following our tracks. 179 00:13:13,501 --> 00:13:15,419 They could just be hunters. 180 00:13:15,503 --> 00:13:17,755 [quirky dramatic music playing] 181 00:13:20,466 --> 00:13:24,470 Do you think it's the Ainu girl? From when you were attacked. 182 00:13:25,554 --> 00:13:28,557 I don't know why, but the wolf isn't wary of her. 183 00:13:29,183 --> 00:13:31,101 [groaning] 184 00:13:32,269 --> 00:13:35,815 I suspect that she left this meat behind for it. 185 00:13:37,817 --> 00:13:40,110 It'll be back soon enough to feed. 186 00:13:42,029 --> 00:13:45,991 I think it's time we also feed… and then we'll go. 187 00:13:46,075 --> 00:13:46,992 [music fades out] 188 00:13:48,285 --> 00:13:50,913 [Nihei] Ah, here we go! It's finally done! 189 00:13:51,705 --> 00:13:52,957 Nihei's special. 190 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:56,293 {\an8}Fresh grilled animal heart. [laughing] 191 00:13:56,377 --> 00:13:58,045 {\an8}[quirky percussion music playing] 192 00:14:01,215 --> 00:14:02,716 Mmm-hm-hmm! 193 00:14:03,926 --> 00:14:04,927 Good! 194 00:14:05,469 --> 00:14:08,097 You can taste the blood the more you chew. 195 00:14:08,681 --> 00:14:13,644 Eating a fresh heart is a privilege reserved for hunters! [laughing] 196 00:14:14,228 --> 00:14:16,897 Nihei's special! Blood sausage! 197 00:14:26,657 --> 00:14:28,492 [sighs, chuckles softly] 198 00:14:31,245 --> 00:14:33,080 You don't talk a lot, do you? 199 00:14:33,581 --> 00:14:36,792 You really are one of the Matagi, huh? [chuckles] 200 00:14:37,376 --> 00:14:39,378 Is it true that you're not allowed 201 00:14:39,461 --> 00:14:41,839 to cough or sneeze when you're in the mountains? 202 00:14:42,715 --> 00:14:45,801 The Matagi people don't talk about our ways with outsiders. 203 00:14:47,344 --> 00:14:49,513 I don't think that uniform really suits you. 204 00:14:52,433 --> 00:14:54,310 Why are you still with the military? 205 00:14:54,393 --> 00:14:57,021 Why not go back to the Matagi, Tanigaki? 206 00:15:03,027 --> 00:15:08,115 When I… joined the military, I had one goal. 207 00:15:11,285 --> 00:15:15,205 I wanted to leave my hometown of Akita behind. 208 00:15:18,542 --> 00:15:20,294 [ethereal music playing] 209 00:15:22,421 --> 00:15:26,967 [Tanigaki] But… coming back here, to the mountains, 210 00:15:28,552 --> 00:15:31,555 I could feel the poison of the outside world 211 00:15:31,639 --> 00:15:33,390 begin to drain away. 212 00:15:36,602 --> 00:15:37,519 [inhales] 213 00:15:38,479 --> 00:15:40,314 "Be born anew in the next world 214 00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:43,150 and hear only good things." 215 00:15:45,027 --> 00:15:49,406 These are the words that the Matagi chant to help a bear rest in peace. 216 00:15:52,952 --> 00:15:55,537 All those I killed during the war, 217 00:15:56,789 --> 00:15:59,541 I never once chanted it for any of them. 218 00:16:00,125 --> 00:16:02,378 -[muted sound] -[Tanigaki panting] 219 00:16:04,421 --> 00:16:05,547 [breathes shakily] 220 00:16:05,631 --> 00:16:07,174 [machine-gun fire] 221 00:16:14,890 --> 00:16:18,394 Now you're hunting this wolf? That's a sorry excuse, isn't it? 222 00:16:20,229 --> 00:16:22,648 You can't go back to the military, 223 00:16:23,857 --> 00:16:25,818 but you can't go home either. 224 00:16:27,027 --> 00:16:30,030 Your hunter spirit wanders Hokkaido's forests. 225 00:16:35,786 --> 00:16:36,996 Listen, Tanigaki, 226 00:16:38,956 --> 00:16:40,666 when this hunt is done, 227 00:16:41,667 --> 00:16:43,335 take the wolf's pelt 228 00:16:44,294 --> 00:16:45,838 and return to your land. 229 00:17:04,898 --> 00:17:06,233 [music fades out] 230 00:17:12,531 --> 00:17:15,117 [Nihei laughing heartily] 231 00:17:15,200 --> 00:17:16,660 Rising! 232 00:17:17,953 --> 00:17:20,748 -[scoffs softly] -[laughter continues] 233 00:17:21,457 --> 00:17:22,875 Hey, Tanigaki… 234 00:17:25,627 --> 00:17:27,254 shall we bathe together? 235 00:17:30,049 --> 00:17:30,883 [Tanigaki] Hm? 236 00:17:34,678 --> 00:17:36,972 [somber music playing] 237 00:17:39,266 --> 00:17:41,560 [music intensifying] 238 00:17:44,104 --> 00:17:47,066 -[music stops] -Whoa! You're finally here! 239 00:17:47,149 --> 00:17:49,443 -[sighs] It's just Shiraishi. -[Shiraishi laughs] 240 00:17:49,526 --> 00:17:52,362 [Asirpa] Did you get the information on the tattoos we asked for? 241 00:17:52,446 --> 00:17:55,282 Jeez, don't be in such a rush. Oh! 242 00:17:55,365 --> 00:17:56,992 Did you hunt a deer?! 243 00:17:57,493 --> 00:17:59,995 Looks like it's time to eat! [chuckling] 244 00:18:01,163 --> 00:18:03,665 Check it out! A souvenir! 245 00:18:03,749 --> 00:18:07,127 Nothing tastes as good with deer, as my sake! 246 00:18:07,211 --> 00:18:09,755 -Tonight, we're feasting! [laughs] -[Sugimoto] Hm. 247 00:18:10,589 --> 00:18:12,549 You really came at a good time, Shiraishi. 248 00:18:14,384 --> 00:18:15,260 Hm. 249 00:18:19,139 --> 00:18:20,724 [quirky music playing] 250 00:18:21,558 --> 00:18:22,601 [sighs] 251 00:18:24,269 --> 00:18:27,147 {\an8}Open wide. Brains for you. 252 00:18:31,527 --> 00:18:32,486 Hinna. 253 00:18:33,904 --> 00:18:34,863 [Asirpa] Shiraishi! 254 00:18:43,539 --> 00:18:45,874 Deer citatap is called sewri, 255 00:18:46,917 --> 00:18:48,836 and it uses the deer's trachea. 256 00:18:48,919 --> 00:18:49,920 [Sugimoto] Trachea? 257 00:18:51,004 --> 00:18:54,675 Uh, Asirpa… can we have meat? 258 00:18:54,758 --> 00:18:57,302 Shiraishi! Don't talk! Just hit it! 259 00:18:57,386 --> 00:18:58,762 [Shiraishi grumbles] 260 00:19:02,933 --> 00:19:04,768 No! That way is wrong! 261 00:19:09,314 --> 00:19:11,650 [Shiraishi] I just wanna eat meat. 262 00:19:12,151 --> 00:19:14,361 It's called citatap! 263 00:19:15,070 --> 00:19:17,364 Asirpa, it's too early to drink. 264 00:19:18,073 --> 00:19:22,077 Citatap, citatap, citatap, citatap, citatap, citatap… 265 00:19:22,161 --> 00:19:25,914 [Asirpa] Since Shiraishi is having a tantrum, I'll let you have the meat. 266 00:19:25,998 --> 00:19:27,833 This is the best part. 267 00:19:28,333 --> 00:19:33,172 I've salted it and grilled it a little, so maciya orunpe like you could eat it. 268 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:35,966 [Shiraishi] Mmm! 269 00:19:36,633 --> 00:19:38,302 -[Sugimoto] So good! -Mm-mm! 270 00:19:39,136 --> 00:19:41,471 [all laughing] 271 00:19:43,557 --> 00:19:44,766 Ahhhh! 272 00:19:44,850 --> 00:19:48,812 Hey, Sugimoto. Eat up, there's citatap leftover. 273 00:19:51,356 --> 00:19:53,442 -[Shiraishi grunts] -I can't eat anymore. 274 00:19:53,525 --> 00:19:56,195 Really? Oh my! 275 00:20:02,993 --> 00:20:05,704 Remember the deer running with all its strength. 276 00:20:06,205 --> 00:20:09,208 The warmth of its innards, this delicious feast. 277 00:20:09,917 --> 00:20:11,752 It's proof that this deer was alive. 278 00:20:12,753 --> 00:20:15,339 Eat everything and never forget it! 279 00:20:15,422 --> 00:20:17,132 [poignant music playing] 280 00:20:21,511 --> 00:20:23,388 If I die one day, 281 00:20:24,556 --> 00:20:28,310 will you promise me that you'll remember me too, Asirpa? 282 00:20:28,894 --> 00:20:29,811 Huh? 283 00:20:30,479 --> 00:20:32,564 Sugimoto can't die. 284 00:20:41,406 --> 00:20:43,325 Don't die, Sugimoto. 285 00:20:43,825 --> 00:20:46,328 Don't die! [sobs] 286 00:20:47,913 --> 00:20:49,581 What do you mean, I'm immortal! 287 00:20:50,082 --> 00:20:53,919 [Shiraishi] Did you hear that? He's immortal, Asirpa! 288 00:20:56,088 --> 00:20:58,340 Hey… hey, Sugimoto. 289 00:20:59,007 --> 00:21:01,885 I still have to tell you what I found out! 290 00:21:01,969 --> 00:21:03,553 -[music ends] -[inhales sharply] 291 00:21:03,637 --> 00:21:06,807 There was a fur dealer who said that 292 00:21:07,432 --> 00:21:11,812 a man was arrested for killing three people a few years back. 293 00:21:13,063 --> 00:21:15,649 He resurfaced in Otaru all of a sudden. 294 00:21:15,732 --> 00:21:16,817 [somber tone plays] 295 00:21:16,900 --> 00:21:19,611 He's a fellow prison breaker. 296 00:21:20,112 --> 00:21:22,406 -Tell me what he's like. -[Shiraishi chuckles] 297 00:21:23,365 --> 00:21:26,576 Well, story goes he was a great hunter. 298 00:21:26,660 --> 00:21:28,287 People would say… 299 00:21:28,370 --> 00:21:30,163 [unsettling music playing] 300 00:21:30,247 --> 00:21:33,959 …"Hibernating bears have nightmares of this hunter." 301 00:21:34,042 --> 00:21:37,713 And his name is Tetsuzo Nihei. 302 00:21:41,758 --> 00:21:42,926 [Tanigaki] That tattoo! 303 00:21:44,261 --> 00:21:46,138 You were also one of the prisoners. 304 00:21:46,221 --> 00:21:50,434 Hey, Tanigaki. Don't judge a man in the freezing cold. 305 00:21:50,517 --> 00:21:52,894 It's usually much more impressive. 306 00:21:52,978 --> 00:21:56,857 You would dare make jokes after killing so many Tonden soldiers? 307 00:21:57,524 --> 00:22:00,652 They were blinded by their greed for the gold, 308 00:22:00,736 --> 00:22:02,571 and they deserved what they got. 309 00:22:03,071 --> 00:22:05,073 I feel more guilt 310 00:22:06,033 --> 00:22:08,285 when I'm hunting wild animals. 311 00:22:09,494 --> 00:22:10,454 [somber tone plays] 312 00:22:10,537 --> 00:22:12,748 What now? Are you gonna shoot me? 313 00:22:14,207 --> 00:22:17,044 Skin me and run back to the military? 314 00:22:17,544 --> 00:22:19,546 Are you a soldier, Tanigaki? 315 00:22:20,881 --> 00:22:22,799 Or a Matagi hunter? 316 00:22:24,760 --> 00:22:27,054 Which man do you want to be right now? 317 00:22:27,137 --> 00:22:29,139 [unsettling music playing] 318 00:22:31,641 --> 00:22:32,851 [Asirpa] Tetsuzo Nihei. 319 00:22:34,311 --> 00:22:36,605 I think I've heard that name before. 320 00:22:36,688 --> 00:22:38,774 Ah, so you were listening. 321 00:22:38,857 --> 00:22:41,651 Long ago, a gang of bandits stole from the hunters. 322 00:22:43,779 --> 00:22:48,450 Until one day, they targeted those who must not be hunted. 323 00:22:55,207 --> 00:22:56,583 [music intensifies] 324 00:23:07,969 --> 00:23:10,764 [Nihei] I hunted down the men who tried to steal my prey 325 00:23:10,847 --> 00:23:12,349 and beat them to death. 326 00:23:14,601 --> 00:23:15,519 However, 327 00:23:16,353 --> 00:23:18,688 when I finally tracked down the last one… 328 00:23:20,023 --> 00:23:21,108 [sickening crunch] 329 00:23:21,733 --> 00:23:23,568 …I was caught by the police. 330 00:23:23,652 --> 00:23:25,487 [shrieks] 331 00:23:25,570 --> 00:23:28,073 So you were sent to Abashiri Prison. 332 00:23:28,824 --> 00:23:31,743 And then I escaped here to the mountains to die. 333 00:23:33,412 --> 00:23:34,538 After I'm dead, 334 00:23:35,705 --> 00:23:38,083 the animals will ravage my body, 335 00:23:38,166 --> 00:23:40,544 and the remains will be spread as waste. 336 00:23:40,627 --> 00:23:42,546 I will be one with the land. 337 00:23:44,673 --> 00:23:46,883 It's the perfect death for me. 338 00:23:49,344 --> 00:23:51,471 I know you understand what I mean… 339 00:23:56,226 --> 00:23:58,437 Tanigaki from the Matagi. 340 00:24:02,482 --> 00:24:04,192 [music fades out] 341 00:24:04,276 --> 00:24:05,360 [sighs] 342 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,115 Did you hear any other news? 343 00:24:10,198 --> 00:24:13,118 Eh? Uh… [kisses teeth] 344 00:24:13,201 --> 00:24:16,037 Well, since you brought it up, I guess… 345 00:24:16,121 --> 00:24:20,542 Apparently, he was asking the fur dealer how much they could get 346 00:24:20,625 --> 00:24:22,335 for a white wolf pelt. 347 00:24:23,837 --> 00:24:25,547 He wasn't after us. 348 00:24:25,630 --> 00:24:28,884 [inhales sharply] Retar is the wolf he's after. 349 00:24:28,967 --> 00:24:30,844 [unsettling music playing] 350 00:24:36,308 --> 00:24:40,353 If we leave it there, birds and foxes will feast on it. 351 00:24:41,146 --> 00:24:43,565 The wolf has to come back tonight for it. 352 00:24:44,065 --> 00:24:45,775 We'll watch in shifts. 353 00:24:48,778 --> 00:24:52,449 Ryu is so scared of the wolf, he's no help at all. 354 00:24:54,493 --> 00:24:56,953 [chuckles] That's a good boy. 355 00:24:57,454 --> 00:25:00,707 -[music fades out] -[wolf howls] 356 00:25:04,294 --> 00:25:05,212 [Shiraishi] Hey, 357 00:25:06,004 --> 00:25:08,840 remind me why I have to come with you? 358 00:25:09,341 --> 00:25:12,260 [Sugimoto] You're the only one who can identify Tetsuzo Nihei. 359 00:25:12,344 --> 00:25:16,097 Let's hurry. We'll keep Retar safe and capture the prisoner. 360 00:25:16,181 --> 00:25:17,224 [Shiraishi] Uh-huh. 361 00:25:18,642 --> 00:25:21,228 [Nihei chuckles] We were outsmarted. 362 00:25:21,311 --> 00:25:25,148 Wolf droppings kept the scavengers away. 363 00:25:25,232 --> 00:25:26,066 [Ryu whimpers] 364 00:25:26,149 --> 00:25:30,445 It looks like we were guarding wolf droppings all night, huh? 365 00:25:33,657 --> 00:25:35,158 Escort wolves. 366 00:25:36,243 --> 00:25:40,455 They're often said to track and observe strangers wandering in their territory. 367 00:25:41,289 --> 00:25:42,749 Seems it's true. 368 00:25:44,626 --> 00:25:47,921 They've been watching the two of us ever since we arrived here. 369 00:25:50,549 --> 00:25:54,135 Mmm. My spirit is rising! 370 00:25:56,137 --> 00:25:57,013 [match hisses] 371 00:26:00,100 --> 00:26:03,478 [Nihei] What else do you know about escort wolves? 372 00:26:05,021 --> 00:26:06,856 My father once told me that 373 00:26:07,357 --> 00:26:09,526 if you find you're being followed by wolves, 374 00:26:09,609 --> 00:26:12,862 leave something you're carrying behind, and they'll lose interest. 375 00:26:12,946 --> 00:26:16,157 -Really. -Wolves are very curious animals. 376 00:26:16,241 --> 00:26:18,827 They'll end up more interested in whatever you tossed aside. 377 00:26:24,916 --> 00:26:25,750 Ugh. 378 00:26:26,334 --> 00:26:27,252 [sniffing] 379 00:26:27,335 --> 00:26:28,378 It stinks! 380 00:26:29,379 --> 00:26:30,589 What are you burning?! 381 00:26:30,672 --> 00:26:32,382 {\an8}It's wolf droppings. 382 00:26:33,258 --> 00:26:37,429 {\an8}I want that wolf to know that we are unwelcome intruders. 383 00:26:40,348 --> 00:26:43,184 This is what true smoke signals look like. 384 00:26:43,685 --> 00:26:45,604 [dark rock music playing] 385 00:26:53,236 --> 00:26:55,405 That's where we caught the deer yesterday. 386 00:27:21,139 --> 00:27:23,600 The wolf is following Tanigaki. 387 00:27:23,683 --> 00:27:26,102 It's not aware of me yet. 388 00:27:54,464 --> 00:27:56,049 [music abates] 389 00:27:58,385 --> 00:28:00,679 [tense percussion music playing] 390 00:28:11,481 --> 00:28:12,691 [Retar growling] 391 00:28:12,774 --> 00:28:14,025 [Nihei] It's here. 392 00:28:14,109 --> 00:28:16,778 Come on, show me that face. 393 00:28:17,278 --> 00:28:18,613 [Retar growling] 394 00:28:22,492 --> 00:28:24,160 [music intensifies] 395 00:28:24,244 --> 00:28:25,161 [music stops] 396 00:28:31,626 --> 00:28:32,669 [Retar snarls] 397 00:28:32,752 --> 00:28:35,630 [tense music gradually intensifying] 398 00:28:38,591 --> 00:28:40,343 [muted sound] 399 00:28:46,099 --> 00:28:47,976 -[Sugimoto] Throw the gun over here. -[gun cocks] 400 00:28:50,770 --> 00:28:54,190 That's why the wolf was reluctant to come out of hiding. 401 00:28:55,150 --> 00:28:57,318 You've got a murderous aura. 402 00:28:58,862 --> 00:29:00,822 Are you sure this is the right guy? 403 00:29:02,323 --> 00:29:03,950 I'm definitely sure. 404 00:29:04,451 --> 00:29:06,077 That's Tetsuzo Nihei. 405 00:29:06,161 --> 00:29:07,412 Shiraishi? 406 00:29:10,415 --> 00:29:11,958 Now I get it. 407 00:29:13,001 --> 00:29:15,211 You're after my tattoos. 408 00:29:16,629 --> 00:29:19,507 [Sugimoto] In the time it takes you to load a single shot, 409 00:29:19,591 --> 00:29:21,760 I can fire five rounds at you. 410 00:29:22,802 --> 00:29:24,721 [Nihei] So it's a duel you want. 411 00:29:26,806 --> 00:29:29,684 So which one of us will end up surviving in the mountains? 412 00:29:31,478 --> 00:29:33,396 Who do you think if I'm immortal? 413 00:29:33,897 --> 00:29:34,939 [Ryu snarling] 414 00:29:35,023 --> 00:29:37,275 -[Shiraishi shrieks] -[dramatic music playing] 415 00:29:37,358 --> 00:29:41,529 -[Nihei] Well done, little coward! -[Shiraishi] Wow! Hey! Wait! [yelps] 416 00:29:45,867 --> 00:29:47,452 -[Nihei] Argh! -[music stops] 417 00:29:47,535 --> 00:29:48,828 [groans] 418 00:29:50,038 --> 00:29:52,248 [dark dramatic music playing] 419 00:29:57,754 --> 00:30:00,590 You'll be nothing but mere animal droppings by the end of this. 420 00:30:01,841 --> 00:30:02,717 Rah! 421 00:30:04,844 --> 00:30:06,304 -[Ryu barking] -N-- argh! 422 00:30:06,387 --> 00:30:07,347 No, no, no, no, no! 423 00:30:07,430 --> 00:30:09,015 Let go. [screams] Let go! 424 00:30:15,980 --> 00:30:17,023 [Nihei growls] 425 00:30:17,106 --> 00:30:18,233 [Tanigaki] Don't move! 426 00:30:19,651 --> 00:30:21,069 [music intensifies] 427 00:30:21,152 --> 00:30:22,195 [music abates] 428 00:30:24,656 --> 00:30:25,865 Let her go. 429 00:30:25,949 --> 00:30:29,035 -[Nihei groans] -Huh? Don't use that girl as your shield! 430 00:30:30,411 --> 00:30:31,788 [music reprises] 431 00:30:31,871 --> 00:30:33,081 Let her go! 432 00:30:34,082 --> 00:30:35,333 Don't! 433 00:30:44,133 --> 00:30:45,593 [Shiraishi] You coward! 434 00:30:46,302 --> 00:30:48,972 What kind of man uses an innocent girl as a shield? 435 00:30:49,055 --> 00:30:50,473 She's not innocent. 436 00:30:50,557 --> 00:30:53,434 The last time we met, this girl was hiding a tattoo. 437 00:30:53,518 --> 00:30:55,436 You can't fool me. I know she's with you. 438 00:30:56,229 --> 00:30:58,773 I don't hold the value to him that you think I do. 439 00:30:58,857 --> 00:31:00,400 He's going to shoot. 440 00:31:01,234 --> 00:31:02,235 Please, it's not worth it. 441 00:31:03,987 --> 00:31:07,699 Ignore her. Women can be scary, Tanigaki. 442 00:31:08,283 --> 00:31:10,910 Go ahead and shoot through her. I don't care! 443 00:31:10,994 --> 00:31:12,412 [music intensifies] 444 00:31:23,882 --> 00:31:25,425 [music fades out] 445 00:31:25,508 --> 00:31:26,342 Shiraishi. 446 00:31:27,427 --> 00:31:28,595 It's done. 447 00:31:29,262 --> 00:31:30,555 Let it go. 448 00:31:31,222 --> 00:31:32,265 Sugimoto. 449 00:31:35,059 --> 00:31:37,979 [quietly] This is why I didn't wanna come here. 450 00:31:39,731 --> 00:31:40,732 [Asirpa] Shiraishi… 451 00:31:41,232 --> 00:31:43,026 Just don't let Asirpa see this. 452 00:31:44,152 --> 00:31:45,653 Take her far away. 453 00:31:48,948 --> 00:31:50,116 That's fair. 454 00:32:02,295 --> 00:32:03,880 Get her out of here. 455 00:32:03,963 --> 00:32:06,507 Away from their screams of death. 456 00:32:08,092 --> 00:32:10,053 -[Tanigaki grunting] -[Asirpa] Stop it! 457 00:32:10,136 --> 00:32:11,554 Let them go! 458 00:32:12,055 --> 00:32:14,432 Sugimoto! Shiraishi! 459 00:32:16,309 --> 00:32:17,602 [Asirpa groaning] 460 00:32:28,154 --> 00:32:29,948 The Escape King. 461 00:32:30,615 --> 00:32:33,409 How could I have forgotten all about that? 462 00:32:33,910 --> 00:32:35,370 [Tanigaki grunting] 463 00:32:40,792 --> 00:32:43,336 [Nihei] Tanigaki! They got away! 464 00:32:43,836 --> 00:32:45,088 [Asirpa] Sugimoto! 465 00:33:06,234 --> 00:33:07,694 [Asirpa grunting] 466 00:33:09,278 --> 00:33:10,780 Hey, be quiet! 467 00:33:13,199 --> 00:33:15,493 Stop, don't go this way! There's amappo! 468 00:33:18,454 --> 00:33:19,831 [Tanigaki] Argh! 469 00:33:21,582 --> 00:33:23,001 [groans] 470 00:33:23,084 --> 00:33:26,170 Ainu set traps by the streams where the deer pass through. 471 00:33:28,965 --> 00:33:31,009 -Argh! [groans] -It's hopeless. 472 00:33:31,092 --> 00:33:33,511 The tip of the arrow is soaked in poison. 473 00:33:33,594 --> 00:33:34,512 [groans] 474 00:33:34,595 --> 00:33:36,889 We have to move quickly. You have to untie me. 475 00:33:40,518 --> 00:33:41,519 Hurry up! 476 00:33:46,065 --> 00:33:47,316 [Tanigaki groaning] 477 00:33:51,571 --> 00:33:54,907 Carving out the flesh around the wound is the only way to save your life. 478 00:33:55,533 --> 00:33:56,367 Yeah. 479 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:58,745 Do it, then. [groans] 480 00:34:01,622 --> 00:34:02,957 [flesh squelches] 481 00:34:09,047 --> 00:34:12,967 {\an8}[Shiraishi] Hey, wait, wait, wait! Wait! Stop! Hold on! 482 00:34:13,051 --> 00:34:14,135 Wait a minute! 483 00:34:14,218 --> 00:34:17,430 [gasping] There's no way we can beat these guys unarmed. 484 00:34:18,514 --> 00:34:19,682 We have to go. 485 00:34:20,308 --> 00:34:24,353 Hey! I don't think they're going to kill Asirpa! 486 00:34:24,437 --> 00:34:26,022 C'mon! Argh! 487 00:34:26,105 --> 00:34:27,732 [tense music building] 488 00:34:35,990 --> 00:34:37,408 [Asirpa] Let's end this now. 489 00:34:37,909 --> 00:34:40,078 We didn't come here to kill each other. 490 00:34:43,581 --> 00:34:45,500 Tanigaki, you stay there. 491 00:34:49,587 --> 00:34:50,838 All right, little girl… 492 00:34:51,339 --> 00:34:52,632 [music subsides] 493 00:34:53,841 --> 00:34:55,843 …call your wolf friend to save you. 494 00:35:01,224 --> 00:35:02,517 [Asirpa panting] 495 00:35:09,524 --> 00:35:10,775 {\an8}Listen to me. 496 00:35:10,858 --> 00:35:13,027 {\an8}Retar is the last of the wolves. 497 00:35:13,111 --> 00:35:16,155 D'you wanna cause the extinction of the horkew kamuy? 498 00:35:16,989 --> 00:35:19,075 The wolves are already extinct. 499 00:35:19,575 --> 00:35:21,786 Their numbers will never recover. 500 00:35:24,956 --> 00:35:25,873 {\an8}Perfect. 501 00:35:26,833 --> 00:35:28,918 {\an8}Here I can see everything around us. 502 00:35:30,545 --> 00:35:31,879 [unsettling crunch] 503 00:35:33,923 --> 00:35:36,259 [grunts angrily] Such a brave little girl. 504 00:35:37,093 --> 00:35:39,762 Can't let my guard down for even a second. 505 00:35:39,846 --> 00:35:42,765 [Asirpa] Destroying the wolves isn't worth the money. 506 00:35:43,516 --> 00:35:45,309 [Nihei] I don't care about money. 507 00:35:45,810 --> 00:35:48,521 I want to be the last hunter 508 00:35:48,604 --> 00:35:51,774 the Ezo wolf ever encounters. 509 00:35:52,441 --> 00:35:55,570 Retar is strong and wise. You won't beat him. 510 00:35:57,071 --> 00:35:58,906 I don't want Retar to become a wen kamuy. 511 00:36:02,910 --> 00:36:06,080 [Nihei] Is that when an animal becomes an evil god 512 00:36:06,164 --> 00:36:08,958 and goes to hell for killing a human? [chuckles] 513 00:36:09,709 --> 00:36:10,877 Not to worry. 514 00:36:11,377 --> 00:36:14,130 Humans aren't worth enough to spoil the animal's soul. 515 00:36:15,214 --> 00:36:18,759 {\an8}This is a battle between predators. 516 00:36:19,969 --> 00:36:21,429 And the victor 517 00:36:22,388 --> 00:36:23,806 will be me. 518 00:36:24,307 --> 00:36:26,309 [wolf howls] 519 00:36:26,809 --> 00:36:28,811 -[dramatic music playing] -[gasps softly] 520 00:36:29,437 --> 00:36:30,479 [Retar snarls] 521 00:36:52,668 --> 00:36:54,128 [music intensifies] 522 00:36:57,715 --> 00:36:59,842 You actually showed, huh? 523 00:36:59,926 --> 00:37:02,011 Come on, show me what you've got! 524 00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:06,224 [music intensifies] 525 00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:13,689 Ha-ha-ha-ha! Extraordinary! 526 00:37:14,273 --> 00:37:15,233 Retar, stay back! 527 00:37:17,276 --> 00:37:18,569 Come on! 528 00:37:22,823 --> 00:37:24,116 [music stops] 529 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:30,498 Argh! 530 00:37:31,332 --> 00:37:33,125 -[grunts] -[snarls] 531 00:37:33,209 --> 00:37:35,044 You lose, my friend. 532 00:37:38,089 --> 00:37:39,507 Argh! 533 00:37:39,590 --> 00:37:41,259 [music reprises] 534 00:37:54,605 --> 00:37:56,607 [music fades out] 535 00:38:01,153 --> 00:38:03,322 [panting wheezily] 536 00:38:08,744 --> 00:38:10,121 [wolves snarl] 537 00:38:14,166 --> 00:38:15,584 [poignant music playing] 538 00:38:15,668 --> 00:38:17,670 [wolves grumble softly] 539 00:38:20,131 --> 00:38:22,967 -[Ryu whimpering] -[breathing weakly] 540 00:38:26,220 --> 00:38:28,264 Good boy, Ryu. 541 00:38:29,098 --> 00:38:32,601 You're not such a coward after all. [chuckling] 542 00:38:35,021 --> 00:38:36,647 [wolves whimpering] 543 00:38:36,731 --> 00:38:38,566 [Nihei] They're a couple. [chuckles] 544 00:38:38,649 --> 00:38:40,192 In a woman's eyes, 545 00:38:40,860 --> 00:38:46,073 a battle like this between two men is really of no importance. [laughing] 546 00:38:47,450 --> 00:38:48,367 [gasps wheezily] 547 00:38:49,744 --> 00:38:50,745 [sighs softly] 548 00:38:53,414 --> 00:38:54,623 Women… 549 00:38:56,375 --> 00:38:59,754 truly are scary. [chuckling] 550 00:39:03,632 --> 00:39:05,593 [Sugimoto] Asirpa! 551 00:39:07,303 --> 00:39:09,388 -[Sugimoto panting] -[Asirpa] Sugimoto! 552 00:39:09,472 --> 00:39:11,307 {\an8}Asirpa! Are you okay? 553 00:39:11,390 --> 00:39:13,100 {\an8}[Asirpa] Retar's partner saved me. 554 00:39:13,184 --> 00:39:14,143 {\an8}[Sugimoto] Partner? 555 00:39:21,108 --> 00:39:22,735 [wolf howling] 556 00:39:22,818 --> 00:39:24,028 There's another one? 557 00:39:28,657 --> 00:39:29,992 [Sugimoto] There are cubs. 558 00:39:30,743 --> 00:39:33,496 Asirpa, Retar has puppies. 559 00:39:34,372 --> 00:39:36,248 [Asirpa breathing heavily] 560 00:39:38,793 --> 00:39:39,710 Retar, 561 00:39:40,878 --> 00:39:42,338 you're not alone. 562 00:39:48,969 --> 00:39:50,262 [music fades out] 563 00:39:55,643 --> 00:39:57,436 [subdued music playing] 564 00:40:11,033 --> 00:40:12,284 [inhales shakily] 565 00:40:24,255 --> 00:40:26,715 "Be born anew in the next world… 566 00:40:28,968 --> 00:40:31,095 and hear only good things." 567 00:40:34,890 --> 00:40:37,226 {\an8}[Ryu whimpering] 568 00:40:47,736 --> 00:40:49,029 [music continues] 569 00:41:08,591 --> 00:41:09,884 [music fades out] 570 00:41:21,562 --> 00:41:25,441 Washing the wound with an udo stem will help the infection. 571 00:41:25,524 --> 00:41:27,026 Good luck to you. 572 00:41:27,526 --> 00:41:32,239 I know other Ainu who went to war as part of the Seventh Division. 573 00:41:32,823 --> 00:41:35,201 If you're as strong as they were, 574 00:41:35,701 --> 00:41:37,328 you'll be just fine. 575 00:41:40,498 --> 00:41:41,790 [poignant music playing] 576 00:41:41,874 --> 00:41:44,043 -[man] Let's go for a walk. -[Ryu whimpers] 577 00:41:46,462 --> 00:41:48,172 [footsteps approaching] 578 00:41:49,465 --> 00:41:50,925 [men panting] 579 00:42:01,644 --> 00:42:03,729 {\an8}Asirpa, really? 580 00:42:03,812 --> 00:42:06,232 {\an8}You're not actually taking care of him, are you? 581 00:42:06,732 --> 00:42:09,109 {\an8}I can't ignore a person in need. 582 00:42:09,818 --> 00:42:13,697 [Sugimoto] Well, if my partner wants to help him, I won't stand in her way. 583 00:42:15,074 --> 00:42:17,243 And if it all backfires, 584 00:42:17,868 --> 00:42:19,870 I'll be the one to deal with it. 585 00:42:21,163 --> 00:42:22,706 [Shiraishi sighs] 586 00:42:24,667 --> 00:42:26,544 [in Ainu] Enjoy as much as you like. 587 00:42:28,754 --> 00:42:30,256 [Asirpa] This is salmon ruype. 588 00:42:30,339 --> 00:42:32,508 You can only eat it during the cold season. 589 00:42:32,591 --> 00:42:33,551 [Sugimoto] Ruype? 590 00:42:35,052 --> 00:42:36,762 Mmm! Mm-hmm! 591 00:42:37,972 --> 00:42:40,558 It's half-frozen but great texture. 592 00:42:42,268 --> 00:42:45,563 It melts in my mouth and becomes soft and smooth. Not bad! 593 00:42:46,272 --> 00:42:50,484 It's a traditional dish of raw meat or fish hung on a tree until frozen. 594 00:42:50,985 --> 00:42:53,070 Ruype translates to "thawed meat." 595 00:42:53,571 --> 00:42:55,447 -[Shiraishi] That makes sense. -[Sugimoto] Mmm. 596 00:42:55,531 --> 00:42:59,493 It's unique to these frozen areas. Where cold food is normal, huh? 597 00:43:01,996 --> 00:43:03,205 [moans with pleasure] 598 00:43:04,373 --> 00:43:07,710 [in Ainu] Thanks to the fish of the gods, 599 00:43:08,961 --> 00:43:12,923 we are able to live. 600 00:43:13,632 --> 00:43:16,552 But at some point, 601 00:43:17,720 --> 00:43:21,223 the fish of the gods stopped swimming upstream. 602 00:43:21,307 --> 00:43:27,146 It's because men defiled the river waters 603 00:43:27,730 --> 00:43:30,816 in their search for gold. 604 00:43:32,026 --> 00:43:33,444 What'd your grandmother say? 605 00:43:33,944 --> 00:43:36,280 It's an upaskuma about salmon. 606 00:43:36,363 --> 00:43:37,281 A legend. 607 00:43:37,364 --> 00:43:38,657 Many years ago, 608 00:43:38,741 --> 00:43:41,368 travelers searching for gold polluted our rivers. 609 00:43:41,452 --> 00:43:43,621 Which caused the salmon to stop swimming upstream. 610 00:43:43,704 --> 00:43:46,165 [Grandmother speaking Ainu] 611 00:43:47,041 --> 00:43:49,585 [Asirpa translating] "This went on for many years." 612 00:43:51,128 --> 00:43:54,965 "We were unable to fish, which made our lives difficult." 613 00:43:55,049 --> 00:43:56,216 [Grandmother continues] 614 00:43:56,800 --> 00:44:02,014 "This happened in Shizunai, Tokachi, Kushiro, 615 00:44:02,556 --> 00:44:04,558 and lots of other places." 616 00:44:05,851 --> 00:44:08,354 "The village elders collected all the gold, 617 00:44:08,437 --> 00:44:10,022 moving it to one location." 618 00:44:11,523 --> 00:44:13,108 [Grandmother continues] 619 00:44:13,192 --> 00:44:17,321 [Asirpa] "The Ainu discussed the issue and decided to cease digging for gold." 620 00:44:17,404 --> 00:44:20,866 "To keep the gold from creating conflict, it was hidden away." 621 00:44:21,617 --> 00:44:23,744 "Even speaking of it was forbidden." 622 00:44:27,956 --> 00:44:30,042 {\an8}"The villagers grew old." 623 00:44:30,834 --> 00:44:33,128 {\an8}"Finally, there was only one left 624 00:44:33,712 --> 00:44:36,423 who knew where all of the gold was hidden." 625 00:44:38,050 --> 00:44:40,678 I'm guessing that Noppera-Bo killed them. 626 00:44:42,638 --> 00:44:45,766 [Shiraishi] So that's the hidden gold we've been hearing about? 627 00:44:46,266 --> 00:44:49,103 It's the first time I've heard this upaskuma too. 628 00:44:50,104 --> 00:44:53,148 If the legend your grandmother just told is true, 629 00:44:53,232 --> 00:44:55,693 it backs up the story that I heard 630 00:44:55,776 --> 00:44:58,153 that old Noppera-Bo had 200 kan of gold. 631 00:44:58,237 --> 00:44:59,697 Those are the legends I like. 632 00:45:00,531 --> 00:45:01,699 You heard wrong. 633 00:45:02,324 --> 00:45:03,575 [somber tone plays] 634 00:45:04,284 --> 00:45:07,287 [Tanigaki] My first lieutenant was an intelligence officer. 635 00:45:07,788 --> 00:45:09,915 He studied this legend as well 636 00:45:09,998 --> 00:45:12,918 and calculated the exact amount of hidden gold. 637 00:45:13,001 --> 00:45:14,670 [Sugimoto] You mean Lieutenant Tsurumi? 638 00:45:15,671 --> 00:45:20,050 {\an8}Noppera-Bo spread false rumors that the gold was 200 kan. 639 00:45:20,968 --> 00:45:23,595 So how much is it really worth? 640 00:45:24,096 --> 00:45:26,181 Lieutenant Tsurumi thought it was higher. 641 00:45:27,307 --> 00:45:30,144 And he estimated 20,000. 642 00:45:32,896 --> 00:45:34,982 [gong chimes] 643 00:45:35,065 --> 00:45:36,650 [quietly] Twenty thousand? 644 00:45:37,317 --> 00:45:39,611 Twenty thousand kan of gold? 645 00:45:39,695 --> 00:45:44,408 [sighs] No wonder the Seventh Division and Hijikata's groups 646 00:45:44,491 --> 00:45:47,035 are desperately after the tattoos. 647 00:45:47,619 --> 00:45:49,830 This just got so much more intense. 648 00:45:50,706 --> 00:45:54,543 Hey, Noppera-Bo got caught in the end, didn't he? 649 00:45:55,043 --> 00:45:56,211 That's correct. 650 00:45:56,837 --> 00:45:58,630 He made it to Lake Shikotsu. 651 00:45:58,714 --> 00:46:01,675 He tried to escape on an Ainu boat, but it capsized. 652 00:46:02,176 --> 00:46:05,387 Rumor has it he was carrying some of the gold with him, 653 00:46:05,888 --> 00:46:08,056 and its weight caused the boat to sink. 654 00:46:11,518 --> 00:46:15,397 I don't know why the three of you are out here searching for the gold, but… 655 00:46:17,316 --> 00:46:20,194 {\an8}whatever your reason, it doesn't compare to the lieutenant 656 00:46:20,277 --> 00:46:21,945 {\an8}and the guilt that he carries. 657 00:46:22,029 --> 00:46:24,072 {\an8}-[bomb echoes] -[soldiers yelling] 658 00:46:25,032 --> 00:46:26,533 [machine-gun fire] 659 00:46:29,912 --> 00:46:31,121 [projectile whooshes] 660 00:46:32,164 --> 00:46:34,249 [unsettling music playing] 661 00:46:53,685 --> 00:46:55,687 [artillery fire] 662 00:46:59,817 --> 00:47:02,778 [soldier] Yes! Yes, yes, get 'em! Get 'em! C'mon! 663 00:47:18,794 --> 00:47:21,088 Charge! 664 00:47:21,171 --> 00:47:23,507 [Tanigaki] The Imperial HQ was pressing him for an early end 665 00:47:23,590 --> 00:47:25,300 to the siege of Port Arthur. 666 00:47:25,384 --> 00:47:29,137 Using our dying comrades as shields, the lieutenant and I pressed forward, 667 00:47:29,221 --> 00:47:33,851 destroying the enemy's weapons and finally occupying 203 Meter Hill. 668 00:47:42,860 --> 00:47:44,236 [music intensifies] 669 00:47:53,620 --> 00:47:54,705 [quietly] Yeah. 670 00:48:02,045 --> 00:48:03,255 [muted shouting] 671 00:48:10,470 --> 00:48:13,765 By the time 203 Meter Hill was captured, 672 00:48:14,558 --> 00:48:17,436 half of the 10,000 men in the Seventh Division 673 00:48:17,519 --> 00:48:18,854 lay bleeding or dead. 674 00:48:20,689 --> 00:48:22,566 And the rest of us 675 00:48:22,649 --> 00:48:26,069 were demoted and disregarded by those in the government. 676 00:48:26,570 --> 00:48:28,196 As if we didn't exist. 677 00:48:29,990 --> 00:48:33,493 Lieutenant Tsurumi was opposed to the reckless assault 678 00:48:33,577 --> 00:48:35,579 that was committed that day. 679 00:48:36,955 --> 00:48:39,374 But he had to follow orders. 680 00:48:42,210 --> 00:48:46,089 Lieutenant Tsurumi wants Hokkaido to be the seat of a new government. 681 00:48:46,173 --> 00:48:50,886 The idiots at headquarters had us using our comrades as human shields 682 00:48:50,969 --> 00:48:53,221 as we were rained upon by Maxim guns. 683 00:48:53,305 --> 00:48:54,890 It was the same for you. 684 00:48:54,973 --> 00:49:00,479 We risked our lives on the battlefield but returned home as vagabonds. 685 00:49:00,979 --> 00:49:03,065 And for what? We got nothing. 686 00:49:08,570 --> 00:49:12,074 -Shiraishi, which tattoos do we know of? -[dramatic string music playing] 687 00:49:12,157 --> 00:49:14,785 I did confirm that the creepy lieutenant has one. 688 00:49:16,119 --> 00:49:17,371 [solemn tone plays] 689 00:49:18,622 --> 00:49:23,168 [Shiraishi] Hijikata has teamed up with Ushiyama, another former prisoner. 690 00:49:23,251 --> 00:49:24,252 So that's two. 691 00:49:26,672 --> 00:49:28,173 As for us, 692 00:49:28,256 --> 00:49:30,425 we have the one Sugimoto first found, 693 00:49:31,009 --> 00:49:32,344 and we got Kasahara's. 694 00:49:32,928 --> 00:49:34,346 So, including the one from Nihei, 695 00:49:35,180 --> 00:49:36,181 and mine, 696 00:49:36,765 --> 00:49:38,433 that puts us at four. 697 00:49:38,517 --> 00:49:41,144 It seems that, for now, we're the ones in the lead. 698 00:49:41,228 --> 00:49:43,438 [inhales sharply] But if we're gonna crack the code, 699 00:49:43,522 --> 00:49:46,775 we need to find a way to steal all of the tattoos from the Seventh Division 700 00:49:46,858 --> 00:49:48,860 and from Hijikata. [kisses teeth] 701 00:49:49,444 --> 00:49:52,781 It truly is a life-or-death search for the gold. 702 00:49:53,281 --> 00:49:54,449 We'll be all right. 703 00:49:54,533 --> 00:49:57,285 We have someone who knows Hokkaido like the back of her hand. 704 00:49:59,204 --> 00:50:01,164 Plus, we've got Sugimoto, the Immortal. 705 00:50:01,248 --> 00:50:03,458 Don't forget the Escape King. 706 00:50:05,752 --> 00:50:08,046 So when all of this is finally over, 707 00:50:08,964 --> 00:50:10,590 the gold will be ours. 708 00:50:10,674 --> 00:50:12,426 [music intensifies] 709 00:50:40,954 --> 00:50:42,205 [music fades out] 710 00:50:43,498 --> 00:50:45,250 He would make our fifth tattoo. 711 00:50:46,418 --> 00:50:47,961 [man 1] I was right. 712 00:50:48,045 --> 00:50:50,422 You're my fate! 713 00:50:50,505 --> 00:50:52,424 Become a spy for us. 714 00:50:52,507 --> 00:50:54,384 [Sugimoto] There's no way I'm going to die yet. 715 00:50:54,468 --> 00:50:56,261 I will fight back with all my strength. 716 00:50:57,304 --> 00:50:58,847 [man 2] I want this man to kill me. 717 00:50:58,930 --> 00:51:01,475 Sugimoto! 718 00:51:01,558 --> 00:51:03,477 [Sugimoto] I am immortal! 719 00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:05,062 {\an8}[rock music playing] 720 00:53:01,428 --> 00:53:02,846 [music fades out] 721 00:53:04,055 --> 00:53:07,017 {\an8}THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION