1 00:00:12,512 --> 00:00:13,680 [dramatic music playing] 2 00:00:13,763 --> 00:00:15,223 [narrator] In the Meiji period, 3 00:00:15,306 --> 00:00:18,476 there was a legend that the Ainu people hid a large sum of gold 4 00:00:18,560 --> 00:00:19,894 somewhere in Hokkaido. 5 00:00:20,478 --> 00:00:22,397 {\an8}203 METER HILL 6 00:00:23,231 --> 00:00:26,651 I'm… the Immortal Sugimoto! 7 00:00:26,735 --> 00:00:30,238 [narrator] After surviving the deadly Russo-Japanese War, 8 00:00:30,321 --> 00:00:32,198 Saichi Sugimoto heads to Hokkaido. 9 00:00:32,282 --> 00:00:34,659 I have to do right by Toraji. 10 00:00:34,743 --> 00:00:37,245 {\an8}[narrator] Accompanied by Asirpa, an Ainu girl, 11 00:00:37,328 --> 00:00:39,664 {\an8}and one of the escaped prisoners, Shiraishi, 12 00:00:39,748 --> 00:00:41,916 {\an8}he begins collecting the tattoos. 13 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:43,543 We'll find the gold. I promise you. 14 00:00:43,626 --> 00:00:44,544 Right. 15 00:00:44,627 --> 00:00:46,004 It's about Abashiri Prison. 16 00:00:46,087 --> 00:00:47,672 I know what happened. 17 00:00:47,756 --> 00:00:49,132 Noppera-Bo is 18 00:00:49,632 --> 00:00:50,884 Asirpa's father. 19 00:00:51,384 --> 00:00:53,011 [Asirpa] I need to see Noppera-Bo first. 20 00:00:53,094 --> 00:00:57,015 If Noppera-Bo is Aca, then I need to see for myself. 21 00:00:57,098 --> 00:01:00,310 [narrator] Toshizo Hijikata, leader of the Hijikata group 22 00:01:00,393 --> 00:01:02,812 and former member of the Shinsengumi, 23 00:01:02,896 --> 00:01:06,024 and Tsurumi, leader of the Seventh Division, 24 00:01:06,107 --> 00:01:08,318 are also chasing after the tattoos 25 00:01:08,401 --> 00:01:10,528 in hopes of uncovering the hidden Ainu treasure. 26 00:01:10,612 --> 00:01:12,572 You will make fake human skin. 27 00:01:12,655 --> 00:01:16,993 With your excellent counterfeits, we will plant seeds of chaos. 28 00:01:17,077 --> 00:01:20,413 [narrator] Sugimoto and his companions have six tattoos. 29 00:01:21,748 --> 00:01:23,666 Hijikata's group also has six. 30 00:01:24,876 --> 00:01:27,128 {\an8}After getting his hands on Funabashi's tattoo, 31 00:01:27,212 --> 00:01:30,632 Tsurumi and the Seventh Division now have two. 32 00:01:31,508 --> 00:01:33,510 There are twelve remaining. 33 00:01:34,427 --> 00:01:37,263 This is the tale of a grueling quest 34 00:01:37,347 --> 00:01:42,435 to be the first to find and collect the 24 tattoos 35 00:01:42,519 --> 00:01:45,980 and uncover the secrets of the hidden Ainu gold. 36 00:01:46,064 --> 00:01:47,232 [music intensifies] 37 00:01:52,028 --> 00:01:56,032 {\an8}GOLDEN KAMUY -THE HUNT OF PRISONERS IN HOKKAIDO- 38 00:01:56,116 --> 00:01:57,367 [music fades out] 39 00:01:59,369 --> 00:02:02,080 It would appear one was left behind. 40 00:02:04,541 --> 00:02:07,168 We must find a way to tell them apart. 41 00:02:07,252 --> 00:02:08,169 [Shiraishi gasps] 42 00:02:10,505 --> 00:02:11,506 Have I… 43 00:02:12,632 --> 00:02:14,300 seen you… somewhere? 44 00:02:15,051 --> 00:02:16,469 [tense music playing] 45 00:02:17,971 --> 00:02:21,349 No waaay! I doubt you've ever met him! 46 00:02:21,432 --> 00:02:23,601 This is Toshizo Hijikata! 47 00:02:25,270 --> 00:02:28,314 Long time no see, Shiraishi. 48 00:02:28,398 --> 00:02:29,399 [Shiraishi chuckles] 49 00:02:30,483 --> 00:02:33,111 Thank you for that marvelous introduction. 50 00:02:33,194 --> 00:02:34,821 [Shiraishi chuckling] 51 00:02:35,405 --> 00:02:39,325 Was this guy the one who visited your village, Kiroranke? 52 00:02:40,326 --> 00:02:42,954 [Hijikata] Her name is Asuko Kochobe. 53 00:02:43,037 --> 00:02:44,247 Know her? 54 00:02:45,707 --> 00:02:47,750 Yeah, that's right. 55 00:02:50,170 --> 00:02:52,547 I've wanted to ask you this one thing. 56 00:02:53,047 --> 00:02:55,508 Noppera-Bo, he's Ainu, isn't he? 57 00:02:59,220 --> 00:03:00,054 [Hijikata] Oh! 58 00:03:01,222 --> 00:03:03,558 So you put that much together already. 59 00:03:03,641 --> 00:03:05,268 [subdued dramatic music playing] 60 00:03:05,351 --> 00:03:06,978 Then, the real question is… 61 00:03:07,061 --> 00:03:08,730 [Shiraishi] Hey! Wait! 62 00:03:09,397 --> 00:03:11,816 …will we work together or kill each other? 63 00:03:11,900 --> 00:03:13,401 You choose. 64 00:03:18,156 --> 00:03:22,243 Any tattooed skins you currently have, we'll buy them from you. 65 00:03:23,161 --> 00:03:26,080 No one will force you to join us in this fight. 66 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,834 You can choose to take the money we offered 67 00:03:29,918 --> 00:03:33,880 and return home, fall in love, get married, and live a quiet life. 68 00:03:34,380 --> 00:03:38,218 Though perhaps to the young, this sounds like a boring life, hmm? 69 00:03:38,301 --> 00:03:39,761 {\an8}[music intensifies] 70 00:03:46,184 --> 00:03:47,477 [music fades out] 71 00:03:51,105 --> 00:03:53,816 [stomach rumbling] 72 00:04:01,574 --> 00:04:04,869 Some of my questions only Noppera-Bo can answer. 73 00:04:04,953 --> 00:04:07,664 [rumbling continues] 74 00:04:14,254 --> 00:04:15,922 Are you heading to meet him? 75 00:04:16,589 --> 00:04:18,758 [rumbling continues] 76 00:04:18,841 --> 00:04:20,426 [footsteps approaching] 77 00:04:20,969 --> 00:04:23,596 [Ienaga] How about I cook something for all of us? 78 00:04:24,889 --> 00:04:26,766 [Kiroranke] You're the one from the hotel! 79 00:04:27,350 --> 00:04:31,604 Once you've had some food, then you can all finish this conversation. 80 00:04:34,065 --> 00:04:36,442 [quirky percussion music playing] 81 00:04:37,110 --> 00:04:39,112 [Ienaga] This dish is called nanko-nabe. 82 00:04:39,195 --> 00:04:42,031 It's a local delicacy from the Sorachi region. 83 00:04:42,115 --> 00:04:43,992 The coal miners recommended it. 84 00:04:45,034 --> 00:04:47,829 It's made by stewing tripe in miso, like a motsu-nabe. 85 00:04:47,912 --> 00:04:48,746 [Kiroranke] Mmm. 86 00:04:48,830 --> 00:04:53,126 Ienaga… this isn't human meat, is it? 87 00:04:54,836 --> 00:04:55,670 [music stops] 88 00:04:59,215 --> 00:05:00,591 Such a silly question. 89 00:05:00,675 --> 00:05:03,386 Nanko means "horse tripe" in the local dialect. 90 00:05:03,469 --> 00:05:05,388 So that's what I used in the meal. 91 00:05:06,556 --> 00:05:09,684 This is quite a collection of allies you have here. 92 00:05:09,767 --> 00:05:13,229 That one over there, he worked under the Seventh Division. 93 00:05:14,439 --> 00:05:16,899 Someone who betrays once will do it again. 94 00:05:16,983 --> 00:05:18,401 [Ogata] Sugimoto. 95 00:05:19,277 --> 00:05:21,362 You almost killed me the last time we met. 96 00:05:21,446 --> 00:05:23,364 Lucky for you, I don't hold grudges. 97 00:05:23,448 --> 00:05:26,409 [sarcastically] But know… your words cut through me. 98 00:05:26,492 --> 00:05:28,911 Can't we just have one nice supper? 99 00:05:29,495 --> 00:05:30,705 Shiraishi's right. 100 00:05:30,788 --> 00:05:33,166 Everyone needs to appreciate what we have here. 101 00:05:33,249 --> 00:05:35,001 [mystical music plays] 102 00:05:38,129 --> 00:05:39,714 [Hijikata] Getting back to business. 103 00:05:39,797 --> 00:05:41,591 None of us can leave Yubari 104 00:05:41,674 --> 00:05:46,512 until we can confirm that Sergeant Tsukishima is in fact dead. 105 00:05:47,764 --> 00:05:49,974 If they haven't found his body, 106 00:05:50,475 --> 00:05:53,269 then we will know the fake tattoos are out there, 107 00:05:53,353 --> 00:05:56,064 and we must discern between them. 108 00:05:56,564 --> 00:06:00,985 I may… know someone who can help us. 109 00:06:01,486 --> 00:06:03,363 A man called Choan Kumagishi. 110 00:06:03,446 --> 00:06:06,699 Ah! I've heard of that counterfeiter! 111 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,869 [Ienaga] A few years back, an art dealer introduced us. 112 00:06:09,952 --> 00:06:11,871 I was quite moved by his work. 113 00:06:12,372 --> 00:06:15,625 Having created hundreds of counterfeits of different types of art, 114 00:06:15,708 --> 00:06:19,170 he may be our best bet to differentiate between the real and the fake. 115 00:06:20,671 --> 00:06:23,383 So, do you know where we can find him now? 116 00:06:23,466 --> 00:06:26,969 He got locked up in Kabato Prison in Tsukigata. 117 00:06:27,053 --> 00:06:28,304 [tense music playing] 118 00:06:28,721 --> 00:06:33,810 {\an8}EPISODE 7: FAKE 119 00:06:33,893 --> 00:06:35,103 [Asirpa] Thanks anyway. 120 00:06:36,187 --> 00:06:37,188 [man 1] Another accident. 121 00:06:37,271 --> 00:06:39,273 -Can I check that real quick? -Yeah. 122 00:06:42,235 --> 00:06:43,403 [man 2] Okay, let's go. 123 00:06:43,486 --> 00:06:45,446 -[music intensifies] -[man 1] Let's head back in. 124 00:06:45,530 --> 00:06:48,116 -[man 2] Right. -[man 1] At this rate, it'll take all day. 125 00:06:53,496 --> 00:06:56,040 -[Shiraishi] That's not him. -Were any of them in military uniform? 126 00:06:56,124 --> 00:06:57,041 [man] No idea. 127 00:06:57,708 --> 00:06:59,877 -[Nagakura] Excuse me. Do you have second? -[man] Yes. 128 00:06:59,961 --> 00:07:02,755 [Nagakura] Did you see a body in military uniform come out of the mine? 129 00:07:02,839 --> 00:07:05,758 [man] Military uniform? Huh… not that I've seen. 130 00:07:05,842 --> 00:07:07,635 [woman] We'll let you know if we hear anything. 131 00:07:07,718 --> 00:07:09,053 -Thanks. -[woman] Good luck. 132 00:07:09,137 --> 00:07:10,054 [Ushiyama] Thank you. 133 00:07:20,148 --> 00:07:22,900 Something here may help us tell the difference 134 00:07:22,984 --> 00:07:25,361 between the real and counterfeit tattoos. 135 00:07:25,862 --> 00:07:27,989 -[glass shattering] -[music fades out] 136 00:07:35,621 --> 00:07:36,956 [unsettling music playing] 137 00:07:37,039 --> 00:07:38,374 [Ogata] Molotov cocktails. 138 00:07:43,463 --> 00:07:45,923 Ienaga, stay in the house! It's not safe! 139 00:07:46,007 --> 00:07:48,968 They've come back to destroy the evidence of their work. 140 00:07:50,386 --> 00:07:54,348 There may still be some kibushi fruits inside Edogai's house. 141 00:07:54,432 --> 00:07:56,350 -[quirky subdued music playing] -Huh? 142 00:07:57,226 --> 00:07:59,520 It's the tannin he used for tanning. 143 00:07:59,604 --> 00:08:02,231 Either way, we must destroy the evidence! 144 00:08:03,858 --> 00:08:06,986 If Sugimoto's in there, I'll kill him with my own two hands! 145 00:08:07,069 --> 00:08:08,112 Do you understand? 146 00:08:08,196 --> 00:08:09,655 [comical twang, rasp] 147 00:08:09,739 --> 00:08:11,157 Riiiight? 148 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:12,074 [comical rasp] 149 00:08:12,158 --> 00:08:15,786 [Hijikata] If Lieutenant Tsurumi's minions are here to destroy this house, 150 00:08:15,870 --> 00:08:19,373 it's safe to assume Sergeant Tsukishima got out of the coal mine alive. 151 00:08:19,457 --> 00:08:20,374 [Ogata] I guess so. 152 00:08:20,458 --> 00:08:22,502 All the windows on the first floor are closed. 153 00:08:22,585 --> 00:08:24,795 The only way they're getting in is through the front door. 154 00:08:24,879 --> 00:08:25,796 [gun cocks] 155 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,508 But just to be sure, I'll give them some incentive. 156 00:08:39,602 --> 00:08:40,436 What's that? 157 00:08:41,020 --> 00:08:41,854 Upstairs! 158 00:08:41,938 --> 00:08:43,689 [dramatic music playing] 159 00:08:46,317 --> 00:08:48,027 There's a blind spot under the awning! 160 00:08:49,403 --> 00:08:51,781 We need to get inside. Break it open. 161 00:08:52,281 --> 00:08:53,115 Oh! 162 00:09:15,972 --> 00:09:18,975 [sighing] There's more of them than I thought. 163 00:09:23,312 --> 00:09:26,065 Stay there. Step one toe outside the cover, and he'll shoot you. 164 00:09:27,149 --> 00:09:28,234 [gunshot] 165 00:09:38,119 --> 00:09:39,579 [Nikaido] Get in there! 166 00:09:39,662 --> 00:09:41,330 [music intensifies] 167 00:09:42,039 --> 00:09:45,167 Go, go! Second floor! Get up there and handle that sniper! 168 00:09:45,668 --> 00:09:46,669 {\an8}Bah! 169 00:09:49,380 --> 00:09:50,214 Arggh! 170 00:09:50,298 --> 00:09:51,382 [music fades out] 171 00:09:52,508 --> 00:09:54,552 [apprehensive music playing] 172 00:10:04,604 --> 00:10:06,147 {\an8}[music becomes dramatic] 173 00:10:11,944 --> 00:10:13,821 [Ienaga coughing] 174 00:10:13,904 --> 00:10:15,906 [loud bang, debris falling] 175 00:10:20,202 --> 00:10:21,787 So much strength. 176 00:10:22,413 --> 00:10:24,248 Ienaga, run! 177 00:10:25,124 --> 00:10:26,292 Mr. Ushiyama! 178 00:10:27,668 --> 00:10:28,919 [music fades out] 179 00:10:34,467 --> 00:10:36,719 [suspenseful music fades in] 180 00:10:44,685 --> 00:10:46,395 Die, you traitor bastard! 181 00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:47,313 [music stops] 182 00:10:52,860 --> 00:10:54,153 [body thuds] 183 00:10:56,405 --> 00:10:58,658 [scoffs] So what? 184 00:10:59,492 --> 00:11:00,826 Waiting for a "thank you"? 185 00:11:01,410 --> 00:11:03,871 We're not going to suddenly be friends. 186 00:11:03,954 --> 00:11:04,914 Traitor. 187 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:07,500 [footsteps retreating] 188 00:11:09,001 --> 00:11:09,877 [saliva splats] 189 00:11:10,461 --> 00:11:12,546 [Nikaido groaning] 190 00:11:12,630 --> 00:11:14,882 -[Sugimoto] Hijikata, where are you? -Huh? 191 00:11:14,965 --> 00:11:16,967 [suspenseful music playing] 192 00:11:17,510 --> 00:11:20,137 [Nikaido] Saichi Sugimoto! 193 00:11:26,852 --> 00:11:27,687 Huh? 194 00:11:33,234 --> 00:11:35,695 [Ogata] We need to get out of here. Hurry up. 195 00:11:35,778 --> 00:11:37,446 [Sugimoto] Old man! We're going. 196 00:11:40,574 --> 00:11:42,076 [music intensifying] 197 00:11:46,580 --> 00:11:47,832 {\an8}[music subsides] 198 00:11:51,585 --> 00:11:52,628 {\an8}[music fades out] 199 00:11:58,551 --> 00:12:01,470 [Hijikata] This group is too big. We'll stand out. We need to split up. 200 00:12:02,972 --> 00:12:05,683 Let's regroup at Kabato Prison, all right? 201 00:12:06,434 --> 00:12:08,894 [Sugimoto] If we can't figure out how to tell the tattoos apart, 202 00:12:08,978 --> 00:12:10,896 Noppera-Bo might be our last chance. 203 00:12:10,980 --> 00:12:13,441 I'm sure he'll tell his daughter everything. 204 00:12:14,316 --> 00:12:17,486 So you did know… that she is his daughter? 205 00:12:19,739 --> 00:12:22,700 As long as I can get a small share of the gold, 206 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:25,494 I don't care what you do with the rest of it. 207 00:12:27,163 --> 00:12:29,623 As for Asirpa, she's an honorable Ainu. 208 00:12:29,707 --> 00:12:30,916 [ethereal music playing] 209 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:35,713 So if it really was her father who stole all the gold from her people, 210 00:12:36,839 --> 00:12:40,259 she deserves to know the truth, no matter what it is. 211 00:12:51,353 --> 00:12:54,607 [shrieks] 212 00:13:00,613 --> 00:13:03,991 Here, Professor, try some of these woodcock brains. 213 00:13:04,700 --> 00:13:08,245 Is it… safe for people to eat that? 214 00:13:08,329 --> 00:13:10,956 Sugimoto, it's hinna, right? 215 00:13:11,707 --> 00:13:13,292 Hinna, hinna! 216 00:13:15,544 --> 00:13:17,087 Professor Penis? 217 00:13:17,922 --> 00:13:19,507 You'll try it, won't you? 218 00:13:19,590 --> 00:13:22,051 [quirky percussion music playing] 219 00:13:33,854 --> 00:13:34,688 No! 220 00:13:35,606 --> 00:13:36,565 Not hungry. 221 00:13:36,649 --> 00:13:37,942 [music fades out] 222 00:13:42,780 --> 00:13:45,491 Now we chop the organs into citatap together. 223 00:13:47,076 --> 00:13:48,202 [Sugimoto] Citatap! 224 00:13:48,702 --> 00:13:49,870 Chop it up! 225 00:13:49,954 --> 00:13:50,871 "Citatap"? 226 00:13:51,497 --> 00:13:54,124 [Asirpa] Citatap! You have to say it while you chop. 227 00:13:54,208 --> 00:13:56,919 Professor Penis, that's our only house rule. 228 00:14:00,798 --> 00:14:02,800 Citatap. Citatap. 229 00:14:03,551 --> 00:14:04,969 Citatap, citatap. 230 00:14:05,928 --> 00:14:10,224 Ci-- citatap. Citatap. Citatap. Uh, citatap. Citatap. 231 00:14:10,307 --> 00:14:14,270 Citatap. Citatap. Citatap. Citatap. Citatap. Citatap. 232 00:14:14,353 --> 00:14:16,772 Great! Your turn, Ogata. 233 00:14:16,856 --> 00:14:18,941 This is a meal we all make together. 234 00:14:30,327 --> 00:14:31,412 Hey! 235 00:14:31,495 --> 00:14:35,124 Asirpa, Ogata's not saying "citatap" while chopping. 236 00:14:35,749 --> 00:14:36,709 [Asirpa] Hmm. 237 00:14:39,545 --> 00:14:40,629 Ogata… 238 00:14:42,381 --> 00:14:43,757 {\an8}what's wrong? 239 00:14:45,968 --> 00:14:48,721 {\an8}Ci-ta-tap. [blows softly] 240 00:14:49,221 --> 00:14:51,932 {\an8}Ci-ta-tap! [blows softly] 241 00:14:52,016 --> 00:14:53,934 {\an8}[chopping continues] 242 00:14:54,018 --> 00:14:56,395 [quirky percussion music playing] 243 00:15:01,650 --> 00:15:04,737 A perfectly stewed woodcock citatap ohaw. 244 00:15:04,820 --> 00:15:06,447 Thanks for the food. 245 00:15:10,743 --> 00:15:11,994 Mmm! 246 00:15:13,120 --> 00:15:15,164 -This is hinna! -[Ushiyama] Hmm? 247 00:15:15,247 --> 00:15:17,917 Hinna is a word to show appreciation, Professor Penis. 248 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,629 [Ushiyama] Mmm! This is delicious! 249 00:15:21,712 --> 00:15:22,880 Hmm. 250 00:15:22,963 --> 00:15:24,757 It's hinna. Hinna! 251 00:15:24,840 --> 00:15:26,592 [laughing heartily] 252 00:15:27,593 --> 00:15:29,261 Ogata, do you like it? 253 00:15:39,730 --> 00:15:42,107 This is a spring ingredient that's easy to find. 254 00:15:42,191 --> 00:15:43,275 It's called korkoni. 255 00:15:43,359 --> 00:15:44,902 It can be eaten raw. 256 00:15:50,199 --> 00:15:51,200 [Sugimoto] Mmm! 257 00:15:51,784 --> 00:15:53,535 It's so fresh. 258 00:15:53,619 --> 00:15:55,245 [Ushiyama] Surprisingly good. 259 00:15:55,329 --> 00:15:57,414 Ainu children eat it as a snack. 260 00:15:57,498 --> 00:16:02,002 But everyone always knew when you ate it, because it turns your mouth black. 261 00:16:02,086 --> 00:16:05,047 [Ushiyama] Young lady, you are a wealth of knowledge. [laughs] 262 00:16:05,130 --> 00:16:08,175 [Sugimoto] Do you think the others are having such a nice meal? 263 00:16:08,258 --> 00:16:11,178 [Asirpa] They have Kiroranke with them, so they should be all right. 264 00:16:30,030 --> 00:16:35,703 This is ichaniw that I seasoned with korkoni, pukusa, and a sprinkle of salt. 265 00:16:35,786 --> 00:16:37,705 Of all the springtime soups, 266 00:16:37,788 --> 00:16:40,457 this steamed ichaniw is the best ohaw there is. 267 00:16:40,541 --> 00:16:42,835 [Shiraishi happily] Thanks for the food! 268 00:16:42,918 --> 00:16:44,962 -[Kiroranke chuckles] -[Shiraishi blowing] 269 00:16:45,963 --> 00:16:49,133 -Mmm! Hinna, hinna! That's good! -[Kiroranke chuckles] 270 00:16:49,216 --> 00:16:53,053 Delicious! Even the Siberian onion became sweet. 271 00:16:53,137 --> 00:16:55,764 It's been a long winter full of dry ingredients, 272 00:16:55,848 --> 00:17:00,602 but now, all of the Ainu kotans can enjoy fresh vegetables. 273 00:17:00,686 --> 00:17:03,022 -[Ienaga] Mm-hmm. -That's what makes it a happy season. 274 00:17:03,105 --> 00:17:06,984 I thought the butterbur would be too bitter, but it's delicious. [chuckles] 275 00:17:07,818 --> 00:17:11,113 Sweet and a little bitter, just like the season. 276 00:17:13,365 --> 00:17:18,328 Here in Hokkaido, there's… no ally more reliable than the Ainu people. 277 00:17:22,708 --> 00:17:27,379 So, then, how will you… contact Choan Kumagishi 278 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:29,882 while he's still in Kabato Prison? 279 00:17:30,382 --> 00:17:33,594 Even if we visit, he'll be surrounded by guards anyway. 280 00:17:33,677 --> 00:17:38,390 So it's not like we'll be able to show him the tattooed skins and ask his opinion. 281 00:17:38,474 --> 00:17:41,810 [Kiroranke] We could use this opportunity as a dry run for Abashiri. 282 00:17:41,894 --> 00:17:46,190 Shiraishi can sneak into the prison, locate Kumagishi, and make contact. 283 00:17:46,273 --> 00:17:48,692 That's a piece of cake. Just leave it to me. 284 00:17:48,776 --> 00:17:50,444 The Escape King rides again! 285 00:17:50,527 --> 00:17:51,487 [Nagakura chuckles] 286 00:17:51,570 --> 00:17:55,407 [Hijikata] No. Nagakura already has some connections in the prison. 287 00:17:55,491 --> 00:17:56,408 [Shiraishi] Huh? 288 00:17:57,201 --> 00:17:58,577 [Nagakura] Some time ago, 289 00:17:59,078 --> 00:18:02,956 I taught swordsmanship to all the guards who worked at Kabato. 290 00:18:03,457 --> 00:18:07,086 I should be able to arrange for us to be able to talk to Kumagishi. 291 00:18:07,169 --> 00:18:08,045 [Shiraishi] Oh! 292 00:18:08,128 --> 00:18:10,547 Crazy to think a former member of the Shinsengumi 293 00:18:10,631 --> 00:18:12,549 would end up working for the new government 294 00:18:12,633 --> 00:18:14,551 in such a prestigious role. 295 00:18:15,052 --> 00:18:17,721 [Nagakura] It seems like such a long time ago, 296 00:18:17,805 --> 00:18:22,142 but I swear you nearly gave me a heart attack the last time I was there. 297 00:18:22,726 --> 00:18:27,815 Imagine finding out that you had been imprisoned there all that time too. 298 00:18:28,982 --> 00:18:32,361 Shirosuke Inudo was the prison's warden. 299 00:18:33,195 --> 00:18:34,988 His elder brother died fighting 300 00:18:35,072 --> 00:18:37,699 for the new government in the Battle of Hakodate. 301 00:18:38,742 --> 00:18:41,078 He hated me ever since that day. 302 00:18:41,620 --> 00:18:46,959 It was only by chance that day that I learned that you were there. 303 00:18:47,793 --> 00:18:51,004 I'd been visiting Kabato for nearly 20 years, 304 00:18:51,505 --> 00:18:54,716 and Inudo never said a word about you. 305 00:18:56,093 --> 00:18:59,680 {\an8}The only reason I was able to speak with you once again, 306 00:19:00,180 --> 00:19:02,975 {\an8}was due to the kindness of one of the guards. 307 00:19:03,058 --> 00:19:04,977 [poignant music fading in] 308 00:19:10,774 --> 00:19:12,109 [Hijikata] Gamushin? 309 00:19:13,902 --> 00:19:15,612 [Nagakura] I never expected 310 00:19:16,822 --> 00:19:19,324 to hear that name again at this age. 311 00:19:20,450 --> 00:19:25,122 {\an8}[Hijikata] If memory serves, it was sometime in 1868. 312 00:19:25,205 --> 00:19:27,082 {\an8}The last time we met face-to-face. 313 00:19:28,792 --> 00:19:31,003 During the Battle of Toba-Fushimi, 314 00:19:31,712 --> 00:19:34,673 the Shinsengumi forces had been scattered. 315 00:19:35,883 --> 00:19:39,136 I traveled back to Edo, where we had first met. 316 00:19:41,847 --> 00:19:44,766 It was the first time I met Kondo as well. 317 00:19:46,059 --> 00:19:49,897 He told me the only way to be a comrade was to be his servant. 318 00:19:49,980 --> 00:19:52,316 Insult added to injury. 319 00:19:53,817 --> 00:19:58,780 I gave up on the Shinsengumi… once and for all that day. 320 00:20:00,824 --> 00:20:03,118 {\an8}But I want you to know, Hijikata, 321 00:20:03,202 --> 00:20:05,704 {\an8}even though I was opposed to Kondo's leadership, 322 00:20:05,787 --> 00:20:09,166 {\an8}the reason I was able to give my all to the Shinsengumi 323 00:20:09,249 --> 00:20:11,043 {\an8}was because you were there. 324 00:20:11,126 --> 00:20:15,130 {\an8}[scoffs] What happened, Shinpachi Nagakura? 325 00:20:17,049 --> 00:20:20,636 {\an8}It sounds as if the years have made you soft. 326 00:20:21,470 --> 00:20:22,846 {\an8}[Nagakura] Not at all. 327 00:20:22,930 --> 00:20:25,682 {\an8}But if you hadn't protected me from Kondo, 328 00:20:26,808 --> 00:20:30,229 I don't know that I would have been able to make it out alive. 329 00:20:31,521 --> 00:20:33,148 It was your own fault. 330 00:20:33,232 --> 00:20:35,651 You always played around with the women too much. 331 00:20:35,734 --> 00:20:41,573 [chuckles] If I recall, I was simply following your lead. 332 00:20:44,034 --> 00:20:45,244 [inhales deeply] 333 00:20:45,869 --> 00:20:50,457 You always were an impulsive… idiot. 334 00:20:54,878 --> 00:20:58,215 However, you had beautiful swordsmanship. 335 00:21:04,179 --> 00:21:08,392 And beautiful things must be preserved. 336 00:21:12,896 --> 00:21:14,356 It was that fight. 337 00:21:15,607 --> 00:21:18,235 That was the reason we parted ways. 338 00:21:19,569 --> 00:21:21,905 Were you trying to make me angry? 339 00:21:22,406 --> 00:21:25,993 Just to protect me from what would be my inevitable death? 340 00:21:27,828 --> 00:21:31,790 I've spent countless nights asking myself that question. 341 00:21:31,873 --> 00:21:33,333 [gasps] 342 00:21:34,543 --> 00:21:35,627 {\an8}Was that it? [gasps] 343 00:21:36,211 --> 00:21:39,756 {\an8}Was that your way of looking out for me one last time? 344 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:41,008 {\an8}[breathes shakily] 345 00:21:41,091 --> 00:21:43,844 {\an8}Was that it… Hijikata? 346 00:21:46,638 --> 00:21:47,556 No. 347 00:21:49,057 --> 00:21:50,976 Don't make so much of it. 348 00:21:51,059 --> 00:21:53,020 You were just an idiot. 349 00:21:53,895 --> 00:21:55,355 [Nagakura sobbing] 350 00:22:08,744 --> 00:22:13,957 My last chance… to fight by your side has come at last. 351 00:22:16,126 --> 00:22:20,005 I suppose, after everything, I still get an honorable death. 352 00:22:21,923 --> 00:22:24,092 [Hijikata] We are not fighting to die. 353 00:22:27,387 --> 00:22:30,223 This is a fight to live and see the future. 354 00:22:31,850 --> 00:22:33,143 [music intensifies] 355 00:22:34,227 --> 00:22:35,312 [Shiraishi farts] 356 00:22:37,272 --> 00:22:39,274 [both chuckling] 357 00:22:42,694 --> 00:22:44,696 [chuckling becomes laughter] 358 00:22:46,531 --> 00:22:48,241 [music fades out] 359 00:22:53,622 --> 00:22:57,584 I know what you're thinking, but even Ainu use guns to hunt nowadays. 360 00:22:58,085 --> 00:23:00,462 The man who runs this shop is a friend of mine. 361 00:23:00,545 --> 00:23:02,255 He'll give us a good price. 362 00:23:06,426 --> 00:23:07,677 Hey, welcome. 363 00:23:14,976 --> 00:23:18,855 Don't take this wrong, sir, uh, I've never seen an Ainu like you. 364 00:23:18,939 --> 00:23:20,107 You in the military? 365 00:23:20,607 --> 00:23:23,735 [Tanigaki] It doesn't matter. Do you have Murata rifle bullets? 366 00:23:24,236 --> 00:23:25,070 Sure. 367 00:23:26,613 --> 00:23:28,740 Oh, by the way, 368 00:23:28,824 --> 00:23:31,326 there was an Ainu woman in here the other day. 369 00:23:31,993 --> 00:23:36,123 She was asking if a blue-eyed Ainu girl lives in any of the nearby villages. 370 00:23:36,206 --> 00:23:40,460 I thought I remembered there being a girl like that in your village. 371 00:23:40,544 --> 00:23:43,130 Uh… who was this woman? 372 00:23:43,630 --> 00:23:45,715 She had a fox scarf around her neck. 373 00:23:46,258 --> 00:23:48,343 She claimed to be a fortune-teller. 374 00:23:48,427 --> 00:23:50,429 [suspenseful music playing] 375 00:23:53,974 --> 00:23:55,142 [Tanigaki] Shh. 376 00:23:59,146 --> 00:24:02,607 [Great-uncle] We should take it down. Bring it back to the village. 377 00:24:04,192 --> 00:24:06,278 Perfect, it hasn't noticed us yet. 378 00:24:16,913 --> 00:24:18,582 Yes! 379 00:24:20,750 --> 00:24:21,751 [child gasps] 380 00:24:25,755 --> 00:24:30,135 -I was aiming for the neck, but… -You got a little distracted, huh? 381 00:24:30,635 --> 00:24:33,054 Still, you took it down in one shot. 382 00:24:33,555 --> 00:24:36,808 [Tanigaki] Is that kid from the village? I've never seen him before. 383 00:24:36,892 --> 00:24:40,687 Yeah. His parents and his brothers all died. 384 00:24:41,354 --> 00:24:44,649 The elderly of the village take turns caring for him. 385 00:24:44,733 --> 00:24:46,485 -He's a strange one. -[flesh squelches] 386 00:24:46,568 --> 00:24:48,320 Never plays with the other kids. 387 00:24:49,988 --> 00:24:52,282 He does seem to be interested in hunting. 388 00:24:54,618 --> 00:24:56,203 [Tanigaki] Quit hiding over there! 389 00:24:56,286 --> 00:24:58,330 If you wanna watch, come over here. 390 00:25:05,962 --> 00:25:08,590 Why was this yuk out here all alone? 391 00:25:08,673 --> 00:25:11,927 The male deer leaves his herd when he's old enough. 392 00:25:12,928 --> 00:25:17,265 Leaving his parents behind to start a family of his very own. 393 00:25:17,933 --> 00:25:20,852 -A family of their own? -Yeah. 394 00:25:21,978 --> 00:25:23,396 What's your name, son? 395 00:25:23,980 --> 00:25:26,650 Cikapasi! It's a great name, right? 396 00:25:26,733 --> 00:25:29,861 Cikapasi? What does it mean? 397 00:25:30,445 --> 00:25:32,822 -It means "erect penis." Ha. -[comical twang] 398 00:25:32,906 --> 00:25:34,533 [quirky string music playing] 399 00:25:34,616 --> 00:25:36,868 You mean… "boner"? 400 00:25:40,455 --> 00:25:44,125 You really do have a great name. Cikapasi! 401 00:25:44,834 --> 00:25:45,710 [sighs] 402 00:25:46,962 --> 00:25:48,755 Good name indeed. 403 00:25:51,758 --> 00:25:52,926 Boner. 404 00:25:55,595 --> 00:25:56,596 [music fades out] 405 00:25:57,597 --> 00:25:59,599 [Great-uncle] That leg's healed up pretty well. 406 00:26:00,517 --> 00:26:03,687 Tanigaki, what are your plans for the future? 407 00:26:04,229 --> 00:26:07,023 Is there someone waiting for you back in your hometown? 408 00:26:07,107 --> 00:26:08,066 [Cikapasi] Huh?! 409 00:26:08,817 --> 00:26:09,651 [gasps] 410 00:26:10,777 --> 00:26:13,280 [Inkarmat] It appears from this your younger sister 411 00:26:13,363 --> 00:26:15,323 will leave her current husband. 412 00:26:16,950 --> 00:26:19,286 Cikapasi, what's going on? 413 00:26:19,786 --> 00:26:22,706 [Cikapasi] They say she's the best fortune-teller there is. 414 00:26:24,624 --> 00:26:28,753 [Inkarmat] Goodness, who is this handsome nispa who's joined us? 415 00:26:29,754 --> 00:26:33,174 I've always loved a man with a scar on his face. 416 00:26:35,927 --> 00:26:39,014 {\an8}Welcome. I am Inkarmat. 417 00:26:39,097 --> 00:26:41,016 {\an8}It means "the woman who sees." 418 00:26:41,891 --> 00:26:45,562 {\an8}Would you like to know your fortune, handsome stranger? 419 00:26:46,896 --> 00:26:49,232 {\an8}No. I'll pass. 420 00:26:50,108 --> 00:26:50,942 {\an8}Come. 421 00:26:54,779 --> 00:26:57,490 {\an8}Your younger sister has passed away. 422 00:26:58,408 --> 00:27:00,410 [suspenseful music playing] 423 00:27:04,748 --> 00:27:06,207 I am correct, then. 424 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,752 Sorry for your loss. 425 00:27:09,794 --> 00:27:12,047 Who are you, really? 426 00:27:12,631 --> 00:27:15,717 I'm just… a traveler looking for someone. 427 00:27:20,138 --> 00:27:24,309 An Ainu girl who has blue eyes and who lived here in this kotan. 428 00:27:24,809 --> 00:27:28,480 It was siratki kamuy who led me to this place. 429 00:27:29,439 --> 00:27:30,857 [music becomes ethereal] 430 00:27:33,151 --> 00:27:36,029 [Inkarmat] I met her not far from Yufutsu. 431 00:27:36,112 --> 00:27:38,823 She said they were traveling to reach a goal. 432 00:27:39,491 --> 00:27:42,035 She had three men traveling with her. 433 00:27:44,245 --> 00:27:47,499 [Great-uncle in Ainu] Iput karanke Asirpa nukar. 434 00:27:47,582 --> 00:27:53,505 Nepkakan ru suy pean kus omanan ari ye. 435 00:27:54,464 --> 00:27:59,260 Nispa renturano apkas koranhawe ne. 436 00:28:01,096 --> 00:28:05,850 She has no idea she's traveling with a man who will betray her. 437 00:28:05,934 --> 00:28:07,686 A very dangerous man. 438 00:28:10,939 --> 00:28:12,565 My bones never lie. 439 00:28:12,649 --> 00:28:16,361 At this rate, something life-threatening may happen to Asirpa. 440 00:28:26,913 --> 00:28:28,915 [whimsical music playing] 441 00:28:35,088 --> 00:28:37,465 [Tanigaki] How's she doing? Is Huci all right? 442 00:28:37,966 --> 00:28:40,051 [Great-uncle] She said she had a dream. 443 00:28:40,135 --> 00:28:43,805 And within it, she was told she'd never see Asirpa again. 444 00:28:45,348 --> 00:28:49,185 [Tanigaki] Is that why she's been sleeping so much lately? 445 00:28:50,103 --> 00:28:54,065 {\an8}[Great-uncle] We Ainu take divination and prophecy very seriously. 446 00:28:54,149 --> 00:28:57,736 {\an8}We've always been very sensitive to the bad omens surrounding us. 447 00:28:58,445 --> 00:29:01,531 We pay close attention to things we hear in dreams. 448 00:29:01,614 --> 00:29:03,491 They are considered prophecies. 449 00:29:04,784 --> 00:29:08,037 That Inkarmat woman really got into her head, I think. 450 00:29:08,121 --> 00:29:08,955 [Tanigaki sighs] 451 00:29:10,248 --> 00:29:14,043 Though I will say her divinations are strangely accurate. 452 00:29:15,754 --> 00:29:19,132 I'll do an epotara. Would you like to do one as well? 453 00:29:20,425 --> 00:29:21,342 An epotara? 454 00:29:22,051 --> 00:29:23,553 For purification. 455 00:29:23,636 --> 00:29:24,804 [Tanigaki] Ah. 456 00:29:25,638 --> 00:29:26,473 Mmm. 457 00:29:26,556 --> 00:29:28,933 [Great-uncle chanting in Ainu] 458 00:29:57,253 --> 00:29:59,088 [poignant music playing] 459 00:29:59,172 --> 00:30:00,673 [chanting fades out] 460 00:30:06,596 --> 00:30:10,058 {\an8}ONE YEAR AGO 461 00:30:10,767 --> 00:30:14,813 First Lieutenant Tsurumi, do you know what a kanemochi is? 462 00:30:16,189 --> 00:30:20,151 The Matagi from Ani make it as emergency rations. 463 00:30:20,944 --> 00:30:22,195 Kanemochi, huh? 464 00:30:22,779 --> 00:30:24,489 I've never heard of it. 465 00:30:24,572 --> 00:30:27,951 How's it made? Like a normal rice cake? 466 00:30:28,827 --> 00:30:31,162 [Tanigaki] First, you soak the rice overnight, 467 00:30:31,246 --> 00:30:32,872 then add miso or salt. 468 00:30:33,456 --> 00:30:36,084 After grinding thoroughly, you wrap them in leaves, 469 00:30:36,167 --> 00:30:39,295 then let them steam buried in the ashes of the hearth. 470 00:30:39,963 --> 00:30:42,131 But to the Matagi of Tozawa, 471 00:30:42,215 --> 00:30:44,759 adding miso to the kanemochi is not allowed. 472 00:30:44,843 --> 00:30:48,304 So there are differences between the Matagi of different villages? 473 00:30:48,388 --> 00:30:49,305 Yes. 474 00:30:50,390 --> 00:30:52,851 I kept a secret from my father. 475 00:30:52,934 --> 00:30:55,395 It's because he was a very strict man. 476 00:30:56,229 --> 00:31:01,776 But… I always added different ingredients to the kanemochi I would eat. 477 00:31:02,986 --> 00:31:07,365 Then, one day, a man from my village found out my secret. 478 00:31:07,866 --> 00:31:09,075 How'd he know? 479 00:31:09,576 --> 00:31:14,789 One day, we were out in the field hunting for antelope together. 480 00:31:14,873 --> 00:31:17,458 Matagi hunt in groups by surrounding an area, 481 00:31:17,542 --> 00:31:19,544 and everyone has a role to play. 482 00:31:20,879 --> 00:31:23,715 I was still new to hunting and no good with a gun. 483 00:31:24,215 --> 00:31:29,262 It was my job to charge through the brush, screaming and driving the animals out. 484 00:31:32,599 --> 00:31:36,769 {\an8}But one day, I was paired with an older man, Kenkichi Aoyama. 485 00:31:36,853 --> 00:31:41,232 {\an8}When we reached the top of the mountain, the weather suddenly changed. 486 00:31:41,316 --> 00:31:43,151 {\an8}-Are you okay? -Fine. 487 00:31:44,068 --> 00:31:44,903 Kenkichi! 488 00:31:45,653 --> 00:31:46,905 Right there. That way. 489 00:31:46,988 --> 00:31:48,907 [Kenkichi] Ah, that way. 490 00:31:49,699 --> 00:31:52,577 {\an8}[Tanigaki] We found refuge in a cave in a rocky area 491 00:31:52,660 --> 00:31:54,829 {\an8}but were stranded there for days, 492 00:31:55,663 --> 00:31:59,584 {\an8}and we ate through all of the beans and rice that we had with us. 493 00:32:01,002 --> 00:32:04,923 A kanemochi is like a final meal at times like that. 494 00:32:05,965 --> 00:32:09,594 One small bite can fill a man's stomach. 495 00:32:10,887 --> 00:32:11,930 Ke. 496 00:32:16,017 --> 00:32:20,438 This may be the last meal either of us ever eat. 497 00:32:21,981 --> 00:32:23,483 Speak for yourself. 498 00:32:24,150 --> 00:32:27,362 I'll survive even if I have to eat you to get by. 499 00:32:28,237 --> 00:32:29,072 [Tanigaki chuckles] 500 00:32:29,155 --> 00:32:32,325 And so I shared my kanemochi with Kenkichi. 501 00:32:33,743 --> 00:32:35,662 We laughed together, half-joking, 502 00:32:36,454 --> 00:32:40,959 that if this blizzard didn't stop soon, it'd be our last meal. 503 00:32:42,377 --> 00:32:43,294 Hm? 504 00:32:44,504 --> 00:32:47,632 Hey, did you add some flavor into this kanemochi? 505 00:32:49,300 --> 00:32:50,468 What am I tasting? 506 00:32:51,761 --> 00:32:53,346 Wait! Let me guess. 507 00:32:53,846 --> 00:32:54,847 Don't tell me. 508 00:32:57,141 --> 00:32:58,142 Hmm. 509 00:32:58,810 --> 00:32:59,644 Is it… 510 00:33:01,312 --> 00:33:02,146 I know! 511 00:33:02,647 --> 00:33:03,564 Walnut! 512 00:33:04,357 --> 00:33:06,275 You put walnut in this, Genjiro! 513 00:33:06,359 --> 00:33:08,069 [poignant music playing] 514 00:33:08,152 --> 00:33:08,987 Right. 515 00:33:10,113 --> 00:33:12,573 But please, don't tell my father. 516 00:33:19,706 --> 00:33:23,418 Not long after that, Kenkichi married my younger sister, Fumi, 517 00:33:24,585 --> 00:33:26,254 and became part of my family. 518 00:33:30,133 --> 00:33:33,803 The day it happened, I had been baking kanemochi at home. 519 00:33:36,389 --> 00:33:38,766 Suddenly, my elder brother rushed in. 520 00:33:38,850 --> 00:33:41,769 He had this look on his face I had never seen before. 521 00:33:41,853 --> 00:33:43,354 [gasping] Fumi! 522 00:33:43,938 --> 00:33:45,523 [gasping frantically] 523 00:33:47,567 --> 00:33:49,360 Kenkichi's house is on fire! 524 00:33:51,404 --> 00:33:56,826 [Tanigaki] Fumi and Kenkichi lived a quiet life in a small hut in the hills, 525 00:33:56,909 --> 00:33:58,828 just outside of the village. 526 00:33:59,370 --> 00:34:03,791 By the time I arrived, the entire hut had burned to the ground. 527 00:34:06,210 --> 00:34:07,670 Fumi was inside. 528 00:34:07,754 --> 00:34:10,381 Her body had been consumed in the fire. 529 00:34:10,923 --> 00:34:15,053 After examining it thoroughly, I found she'd been stabbed in the heart. 530 00:34:15,595 --> 00:34:19,140 Next to her body, lay Kenkichi's woodcutting knife. 531 00:34:19,974 --> 00:34:21,934 It is said the soul of a Matagi 532 00:34:22,018 --> 00:34:24,353 can be found within the blade of his knife. 533 00:34:25,521 --> 00:34:29,358 I searched for him, but Kenkichi was nowhere to be found. 534 00:34:30,234 --> 00:34:31,402 Kenkichi! 535 00:34:31,486 --> 00:34:33,988 I searched for him like a man possessed. 536 00:34:34,072 --> 00:34:35,073 But he was gone. 537 00:34:35,156 --> 00:34:38,034 Kenkichi! Get out here! 538 00:34:38,618 --> 00:34:40,745 If you're here, come out, Kenkichi! 539 00:34:41,245 --> 00:34:42,455 Finally, one day, 540 00:34:43,331 --> 00:34:45,541 I heard a rumor that he had gone to Hokkaido 541 00:34:45,625 --> 00:34:47,418 to join the Seventh Division. 542 00:34:49,837 --> 00:34:51,631 [woman] Genjiro! [sobs] 543 00:34:52,965 --> 00:34:55,927 [brother] Genjiro, wait! Wait! [groans] 544 00:34:56,010 --> 00:34:57,929 [man] Stop, Genjiro! [grunts] 545 00:34:58,012 --> 00:35:01,057 Don't throw away the Ani for revenge! 546 00:35:01,140 --> 00:35:03,434 It's not worth throwing your life away! 547 00:35:03,518 --> 00:35:06,729 How can you say my sister's death isn't worth it?! 548 00:35:07,772 --> 00:35:09,732 The Matagi can go to hell! 549 00:35:10,233 --> 00:35:12,068 I'm done with this place. 550 00:35:14,904 --> 00:35:18,074 But I still couldn't find Kenkichi. 551 00:35:19,575 --> 00:35:21,244 When I left for the front line, 552 00:35:21,327 --> 00:35:24,163 the telegram came informing me of my mother's death. 553 00:35:25,706 --> 00:35:27,500 Fumi's horrible death, 554 00:35:27,583 --> 00:35:30,545 coupled with me abandoning my home and leaving for war, 555 00:35:30,628 --> 00:35:32,130 filled my mother with dread. 556 00:35:32,213 --> 00:35:35,341 It ravaged her body before death took her. 557 00:35:37,510 --> 00:35:40,388 In my heart, I believed it was all Kenkichi's fault. 558 00:35:40,471 --> 00:35:42,265 And I hated him for it. 559 00:35:42,807 --> 00:35:45,768 I believed I could find him if I went to Port Arthur, 560 00:35:45,852 --> 00:35:47,728 where the Tonden soldiers gathered. 561 00:35:47,812 --> 00:35:48,980 And when I did, 562 00:35:49,063 --> 00:35:52,066 I'd take advantage of the confusion and shoot him in the back. 563 00:35:57,446 --> 00:36:01,159 Sitting on the corner of a trench, there was a worn-out man. 564 00:36:01,909 --> 00:36:04,912 You couldn't tell if it was his blood or the enemy's. 565 00:36:04,996 --> 00:36:07,832 But he was so drenched that you couldn't make out his face. 566 00:36:07,915 --> 00:36:11,794 And then I saw that he was wearing a white sash. 567 00:36:12,295 --> 00:36:13,546 And I knew immediately 568 00:36:13,629 --> 00:36:16,465 that he was part of the previous night's suicide corps. 569 00:36:18,092 --> 00:36:20,094 Do you have anything that I can eat? 570 00:36:21,095 --> 00:36:21,929 Yeah. 571 00:36:22,763 --> 00:36:25,266 I gave him the only food I had on me. 572 00:36:26,225 --> 00:36:27,518 That kanemochi. 573 00:36:28,394 --> 00:36:29,312 Ke. 574 00:36:32,773 --> 00:36:34,150 Thanks so much. 575 00:36:36,235 --> 00:36:37,695 Thanks for the food. 576 00:36:42,283 --> 00:36:43,284 Mmm. 577 00:36:44,702 --> 00:36:46,204 It's very chewy. 578 00:36:47,914 --> 00:36:51,167 It's a rice cake? Tastes like miso. 579 00:36:51,751 --> 00:36:53,377 An Akita delicacy? 580 00:36:54,545 --> 00:36:56,505 How do you know it's Akita? 581 00:36:57,465 --> 00:37:00,426 I knew I was right. You just said "ke." 582 00:37:01,052 --> 00:37:02,470 That means "eat," right? 583 00:37:04,347 --> 00:37:06,515 In my squad, in the First Division, 584 00:37:07,099 --> 00:37:10,311 there's another private who was born in Ani, Akita. 585 00:37:11,229 --> 00:37:13,022 He taught me some words. 586 00:37:13,522 --> 00:37:15,691 You say "ke" when inviting someone to eat. 587 00:37:15,775 --> 00:37:17,193 [tense music playing] 588 00:37:17,276 --> 00:37:19,028 {\an8}[Tanigaki] Finally, I'd found him. 589 00:37:19,904 --> 00:37:22,114 {\an8}Kenkichi didn't go to Hokkaido. 590 00:37:22,198 --> 00:37:24,951 {\an8}He'd gone to Tokyo and joined the First Division. 591 00:37:27,328 --> 00:37:28,829 But in that place, 592 00:37:29,997 --> 00:37:33,751 finding the time to look for Kenkichi was almost impossible. 593 00:37:34,877 --> 00:37:38,005 Russian soldiers, who were slowly being pushed back, 594 00:37:38,631 --> 00:37:42,593 would strap explosives to their bodies and run into our trenches. 595 00:37:44,303 --> 00:37:45,805 Don't let him through! 596 00:37:46,389 --> 00:37:50,017 No matter how many times we shot them, they would not stop coming. 597 00:37:50,101 --> 00:37:51,310 [shrieks] 598 00:37:51,394 --> 00:37:52,311 [distant boom] 599 00:37:53,104 --> 00:37:57,275 Suddenly, a soldier jumped out from our trench behind me. 600 00:37:58,109 --> 00:37:59,402 Kenkichi! 601 00:38:14,250 --> 00:38:16,794 {\an8}-[sound becomes muted] -[high-pitched tone playing] 602 00:38:28,389 --> 00:38:29,598 [tone fades out] 603 00:38:30,599 --> 00:38:33,602 The moment I had been waiting for was finally here. 604 00:38:34,103 --> 00:38:35,438 Or so I thought. 605 00:38:36,605 --> 00:38:38,441 Kenkichi was still alive, 606 00:38:38,524 --> 00:38:42,278 but due to the explosion, he could no longer see or hear anything. 607 00:38:43,446 --> 00:38:44,655 Hey, Kenkichi… 608 00:38:46,282 --> 00:38:47,825 I've been looking for you. 609 00:38:50,828 --> 00:38:53,080 Now I can rip your heart out. 610 00:38:54,165 --> 00:38:55,207 Like you did 611 00:38:56,542 --> 00:38:58,502 to my poor baby sister, Fumi. 612 00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:00,546 Fumi… 613 00:39:04,008 --> 00:39:06,969 [sighs shakily] Why… 614 00:39:08,804 --> 00:39:11,474 Why did you kill Fumi, Kenkichi?! 615 00:39:13,893 --> 00:39:15,895 I don't know who you are 616 00:39:16,437 --> 00:39:18,022 but tell them, please. 617 00:39:18,856 --> 00:39:21,609 They live… they live in Ani. 618 00:39:22,109 --> 00:39:24,278 "Tanigaki," that's the family name. 619 00:39:26,364 --> 00:39:27,198 One day, 620 00:39:28,407 --> 00:39:30,743 my wife came down with smallpox. 621 00:39:30,826 --> 00:39:32,787 -[poignant music playing] -[breathes wheezily] 622 00:39:32,870 --> 00:39:34,163 [Tanigaki sighs shakily] 623 00:39:35,206 --> 00:39:39,960 "If the village finds out someone in the Tanigaki family has smallpox, 624 00:39:40,044 --> 00:39:46,175 then… my father and brothers may be expelled from the Matagi of Ani." 625 00:39:48,761 --> 00:39:51,514 "Before someone comes to check on us, 626 00:39:52,264 --> 00:39:54,558 you have to kill me 627 00:39:55,601 --> 00:39:57,603 and run far away from here." 628 00:39:57,686 --> 00:39:59,271 Those were her final wishes. 629 00:40:01,732 --> 00:40:05,694 There was no way I was going to let her die alone. 630 00:40:06,654 --> 00:40:09,490 I was prepared to die right there with her. 631 00:40:10,074 --> 00:40:11,367 [breathing shakily] 632 00:40:11,450 --> 00:40:15,413 But… Fumi wouldn't let me die. 633 00:40:23,754 --> 00:40:28,134 You're not infected. You still look healthy to me. 634 00:40:29,468 --> 00:40:32,513 You have to find a reason to go on. 635 00:40:33,848 --> 00:40:36,559 Find your mission in this life. 636 00:40:45,985 --> 00:40:46,944 Fumi… 637 00:40:51,657 --> 00:40:52,992 I tried… 638 00:40:53,784 --> 00:40:56,704 to make sure it was as painless as possible for her. 639 00:40:57,872 --> 00:40:59,540 [emotionally] And I killed her. 640 00:41:07,256 --> 00:41:11,469 {\an8}As promised, I set fire to the hut. [wheezes] 641 00:41:12,219 --> 00:41:17,850 {\an8}And I left without telling Fumi's family about her death. 642 00:41:18,392 --> 00:41:19,977 {\an8}Carrying that guilt with me… 643 00:41:21,645 --> 00:41:25,274 that I was never able to share until today… 644 00:41:25,357 --> 00:41:26,650 It's all my fault. 645 00:41:29,945 --> 00:41:33,240 But I promised her… what else could I do? 646 00:41:35,659 --> 00:41:36,952 Because of that, 647 00:41:37,661 --> 00:41:40,664 her family has suffered all this time. 648 00:41:41,832 --> 00:41:43,751 And I hope this might 649 00:41:44,710 --> 00:41:46,879 heal their pain even a little. 650 00:41:49,340 --> 00:41:50,841 So, please… 651 00:41:52,384 --> 00:41:53,802 tell them this story. 652 00:41:54,303 --> 00:41:56,514 They live in Akita, in Ani. 653 00:41:57,973 --> 00:41:59,433 Tanigaki family. 654 00:42:01,143 --> 00:42:02,645 The Tanigaki's. 655 00:42:03,812 --> 00:42:04,939 I beg you. 656 00:42:07,191 --> 00:42:08,275 [shakily] Please. 657 00:42:09,652 --> 00:42:10,778 [breathing shakily] 658 00:42:26,794 --> 00:42:28,337 [Tanigaki sobbing] 659 00:42:28,420 --> 00:42:29,797 [Kenkichi] Walnut. 660 00:42:30,881 --> 00:42:31,966 Walnut! 661 00:42:34,093 --> 00:42:35,594 Kanemochi. 662 00:42:37,471 --> 00:42:39,348 -[Tanigaki sobs] -Is it you… 663 00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:42,643 Genjiro? 664 00:42:51,318 --> 00:42:52,278 [exhales] 665 00:42:52,361 --> 00:42:53,737 [Tanigaki sobbing] 666 00:43:00,578 --> 00:43:03,414 Kenkichi found his life's mission 667 00:43:03,497 --> 00:43:05,082 and gave himself to it. 668 00:43:07,418 --> 00:43:12,131 Every day since, I have wondered what my life's mission is. 669 00:43:16,885 --> 00:43:19,179 I can't return to Ani anymore. 670 00:43:19,888 --> 00:43:23,767 I could never… face my family again. 671 00:43:24,852 --> 00:43:27,146 [tuts softly] Tanigaki… 672 00:43:31,066 --> 00:43:34,361 what I need is a man just like you. 673 00:43:38,282 --> 00:43:40,284 But before we do anything, 674 00:43:41,118 --> 00:43:43,495 could you make me some kanemochi? 675 00:43:49,543 --> 00:43:50,961 [music intensifies] 676 00:44:02,681 --> 00:44:04,683 [music slowly fades out] 677 00:44:22,993 --> 00:44:24,036 Grandmother. 678 00:44:25,037 --> 00:44:27,915 I'm going to bring Asirpa back to you safely. 679 00:44:29,208 --> 00:44:31,502 I shall make it my life's mission. 680 00:44:32,586 --> 00:44:34,588 It's time I give back for once. 681 00:44:39,885 --> 00:44:40,719 Ke. 682 00:44:40,803 --> 00:44:43,013 It's a dish from my hometown. 683 00:44:43,097 --> 00:44:45,140 I made it soft so you could eat it. 684 00:44:45,224 --> 00:44:48,477 It will give you strength, so promise me you'll eat it. 685 00:44:56,068 --> 00:44:59,738 Come on, Osoma. You have a gift for him, right? 686 00:45:01,657 --> 00:45:02,825 {\an8}[Tanigaki gasps softly] 687 00:45:03,409 --> 00:45:05,703 [Great-uncle] She made you a tekunpe. 688 00:45:06,495 --> 00:45:08,747 She was only able to finish one hand though. 689 00:45:09,665 --> 00:45:12,084 When Ainu women find a man that they like, 690 00:45:12,167 --> 00:45:14,420 they make him a pair of tekunpe. 691 00:45:17,423 --> 00:45:18,924 Thank you, Osoma. 692 00:45:20,634 --> 00:45:24,221 I'll come back as soon as I can, so please make the other one. 693 00:45:25,139 --> 00:45:25,973 Yeah? 694 00:45:31,311 --> 00:45:33,397 [in Ainu] Kamuyutar 695 00:45:34,356 --> 00:45:36,859 Tanigaki nispa 696 00:45:37,443 --> 00:45:41,280 epunkine wa unkore wan. 697 00:45:50,330 --> 00:45:52,332 [rock music playing] 698 00:45:58,422 --> 00:46:02,176 Do you want to know your fortune? Or I could tell you where to find Asirpa? 699 00:46:02,259 --> 00:46:05,804 No, thanks. I'm not going because I believe in your visions. 700 00:46:05,888 --> 00:46:08,766 But because Huci and the others believe they're true. 701 00:46:09,475 --> 00:46:11,977 Well, let's go, Tanigaki nispa! 702 00:46:12,811 --> 00:46:14,813 Why would I go anywhere with you? 703 00:46:15,314 --> 00:46:19,359 A man with a rifle traveling on his own is suspicious. 704 00:46:19,902 --> 00:46:22,196 But if people think we're a married couple, 705 00:46:22,279 --> 00:46:24,698 no one would bat an eye at that. 706 00:46:31,580 --> 00:46:32,831 [music fades out] 707 00:46:36,502 --> 00:46:39,880 You can use the man named Tanigaki hiding in that Ainu kotan. 708 00:46:40,756 --> 00:46:43,592 I have a feeling that leg of his has healed by now. 709 00:46:43,675 --> 00:46:44,885 [rock music fading in] 710 00:46:50,182 --> 00:46:52,935 It looks like I'm not the only one with eyes for you. 711 00:46:54,728 --> 00:46:56,355 [Tanigaki] Cikapasi! 712 00:46:56,438 --> 00:46:59,024 Go home before you worry everyone to death! 713 00:47:00,526 --> 00:47:01,610 [music fades out] 714 00:47:01,693 --> 00:47:04,238 My whole family is already dead. 715 00:47:04,321 --> 00:47:06,490 I've got no one left back there. 716 00:47:11,161 --> 00:47:12,788 We should let him come. 717 00:47:13,413 --> 00:47:17,709 My siratki kamuy says we'll be lucky if we bring him on the journey with us. 718 00:47:18,418 --> 00:47:22,548 No one is suspicious of a family traveling out in the world. 719 00:47:22,631 --> 00:47:25,050 Really? We'll act like family?! 720 00:47:25,133 --> 00:47:27,511 Then, Inkarmat, you're my big sister! 721 00:47:27,594 --> 00:47:30,305 {\an8}And you won't get mad even if I touch your boobs! 722 00:47:30,389 --> 00:47:34,309 {\an8}And Tanigaki nispa is the good-looking guy who lives next door! 723 00:47:34,393 --> 00:47:35,602 {\an8}Cikapasi! 724 00:47:36,186 --> 00:47:37,813 That's not a family. 725 00:47:37,896 --> 00:47:39,898 [dramatic music playing] 726 00:47:47,281 --> 00:47:49,908 Hey, look! There's an Ainu kotan. 727 00:47:50,784 --> 00:47:54,204 We're close to Kabato but we should ask them if we can rest here tonight. 728 00:48:01,670 --> 00:48:03,255 [man] Hey, good afternoon. 729 00:48:03,755 --> 00:48:05,299 What brings you out this way? 730 00:48:05,799 --> 00:48:08,385 -[music ends] -We're travelers just passing through. 731 00:48:08,468 --> 00:48:11,305 We were hoping for a place to rest and have some food. 732 00:48:11,388 --> 00:48:13,140 We'll pay you, of course. 733 00:48:13,223 --> 00:48:14,433 [man] That's all, is it? 734 00:48:15,767 --> 00:48:18,020 [Sugimoto] Your Japanese is pretty good. 735 00:48:18,103 --> 00:48:21,023 When I was young, I worked transporting goods to the Japanese. 736 00:48:21,106 --> 00:48:22,232 I picked it up. 737 00:48:22,900 --> 00:48:24,818 I'd deliver packages to the ethnic Japanese 738 00:48:24,902 --> 00:48:26,653 who were panning for gold in the mountains. 739 00:48:27,279 --> 00:48:31,700 I'd load up on lots of rice and salt and take it upstream to the river. 740 00:48:32,200 --> 00:48:33,535 [Sugimoto] Ohhh! 741 00:48:33,619 --> 00:48:35,704 I used to pan for gold dust too. 742 00:48:36,371 --> 00:48:38,749 -Hold on, what is that thing? -[Sugimoto] Hm? 743 00:48:39,416 --> 00:48:41,668 Oh, that's just a bear cub's cage. 744 00:48:41,752 --> 00:48:42,836 [bear growling] 745 00:48:43,629 --> 00:48:44,546 [Sugimoto] Huh? 746 00:48:45,255 --> 00:48:47,215 [suspenseful music playing] 747 00:48:52,387 --> 00:48:53,388 [music stops] 748 00:48:54,014 --> 00:48:55,390 [Sugimoto] Shiraishi was caught? 749 00:48:55,474 --> 00:48:57,601 [Ogata] As I thought, something's wrong here. 750 00:48:57,684 --> 00:49:00,437 -[Asirpa] This man is Choan Kumagishi! -An escapee from Abashiri! 751 00:49:01,104 --> 00:49:03,023 Where did you take Asirpa?! 752 00:49:03,106 --> 00:49:05,025 [Hijikata] He's likely been taken to Asahikawa. 753 00:49:05,108 --> 00:49:06,693 [Ogata] It may be a lie to buy time. 754 00:49:06,777 --> 00:49:09,363 Our only option will be to meet Noppera-Bo with this man's help. 755 00:49:09,446 --> 00:49:10,864 It's like dying. 756 00:49:10,948 --> 00:49:13,408 Someone who betrays once will do it again. 757 00:49:13,492 --> 00:49:15,118 {\an8}[rock music playing] 758 00:51:14,029 --> 00:51:16,948 THIS IS A WORK OF FICTION