1 00:00:01,460 --> 00:00:11,160 The Daiei Company Presents: 2 00:00:13,500 --> 00:00:18,210 SLEEPY EYES OF DEATH 3 "FULL CIRCLE KILLING" 3 00:00:18,230 --> 00:00:21,910 Nemuri Kyoshiro: Engetsugiri (Nemuri Kyoshiro: The Full Moon Cut) 4 00:00:22,780 --> 00:00:25,840 Based on the Novel by Shibata Renzaburo 5 00:00:26,080 --> 00:00:29,850 Music: Makiura Chishi Editing: Saito Ichirou Photography: Suganuma Kanji 6 00:00:30,090 --> 00:00:34,520 Fight Choreography: Miauchi Shouhei Period Music: Toshio Nakamoto Asst. Director: Yoshiyuki Kuoda 7 00:00:34,730 --> 00:00:35,490 Starring: 8 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,520 Ichikawa Raizo 9 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,820 Yuuko Hamada Azuma Kyouko Marui Tarou 10 00:00:42,100 --> 00:00:45,870 Narita Jun'ichirou, Uemura Kenjirou Date Saburo, Mizuhara Kouichi Sasaki Takamaru 11 00:00:46,100 --> 00:00:50,540 Nanjou Shintarou, Hara Seishirou Hamada Yuushi, Wakasugi Youko Mouri Ikuko, Tsukimiya Itome 12 00:01:00,780 --> 00:01:03,310 Directed by Yasuda Kimiyoshi 13 00:01:20,050 --> 00:01:22,540 Murderer! Everybody run for it! 14 00:01:22,650 --> 00:01:24,550 C'mon! Hurry! 15 00:01:36,700 --> 00:01:38,100 Splendid! 16 00:01:38,300 --> 00:01:40,250 A superb "Kikuichi-monji" Bizen-Norimune" bladel. 17 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,110 Kikuichi-monji Bizen-Norimune: a "chrysanthemum-crest" sword created 18 00:01:42,130 --> 00:01:43,900 for Emperor Go-Toba by Norimune of Bizen Province. 19 00:01:43,980 --> 00:01:45,110 Young Lord! 20 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:56,650 Father! 21 00:01:57,820 --> 00:02:00,380 Father! Father! 22 00:02:00,530 --> 00:02:03,840 S...Somebody! S... Somebody, please! 23 00:02:04,060 --> 00:02:06,400 Father! Father! 24 00:02:12,170 --> 00:02:13,370 Father... 25 00:02:14,230 --> 00:02:17,230 - Another man's been killed Otetsu! - Another one!? 26 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:21,170 We can't ply our trade here when something like this is going on! 27 00:02:31,550 --> 00:02:33,210 Father! 28 00:02:35,290 --> 00:02:41,420 Who... Who could have done such an awful thing!? 29 00:02:43,700 --> 00:02:44,790 Father... 30 00:02:48,500 --> 00:02:49,830 There's a samurai over there! 31 00:02:50,900 --> 00:02:52,300 He's the culprit, I'll bet! 32 00:02:54,410 --> 00:02:55,770 Dammit... 33 00:02:58,410 --> 00:03:00,310 No, Tajuu! This man had nothing to do with it! 34 00:03:00,380 --> 00:03:02,540 Who knows?! He could be an accomplice! 35 00:03:02,620 --> 00:03:04,480 Right! Samurai are all the same! 36 00:03:04,690 --> 00:03:08,730 If... If I had been here... my father wouldn't have had to die... 37 00:03:08,860 --> 00:03:11,490 Bastards! Samurai are all the same! 38 00:03:11,560 --> 00:03:15,470 Even our village deputy just sat and watched us poor farmers starve! 39 00:03:15,660 --> 00:03:19,050 Now we're refugees, not allowed to live outside the camp! 40 00:03:19,150 --> 00:03:22,470 That's the excuse samurai use to come here and test their swords on us! 41 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:24,620 They think that we're a bunch of maggots or something... 42 00:03:24,670 --> 00:03:26,700 This guy must've come here to kill us for the fun of it as well! 43 00:03:26,740 --> 00:03:28,640 - Let's kill him and cut his head off! - Yeah! 44 00:03:28,710 --> 00:03:30,200 Damn you! 45 00:03:37,380 --> 00:03:40,350 This is proof that I had nothing to do with it... 46 00:03:43,160 --> 00:03:44,540 It's a bamboo sword. 47 00:03:54,100 --> 00:03:55,870 He's not your average samurai! 48 00:04:31,070 --> 00:04:32,370 Withdraw! 49 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:44,410 My apologies... for not making it worth watching. 50 00:04:50,390 --> 00:04:52,290 Oh, it's good to see you again, sir... 51 00:04:52,660 --> 00:04:55,290 I hope the bamboo sword hasn't inconvenienced you, sir. 52 00:04:55,400 --> 00:04:56,690 - Are you finished? - Yes, sir. 53 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:14,750 You're the best swordsmith in Edo, after all... 54 00:05:14,790 --> 00:05:16,360 Good workmanship is no surprise. 55 00:05:16,550 --> 00:05:18,350 It is a fine, rare piece, sir... 56 00:05:18,420 --> 00:05:21,080 ...but I just can't force myself to like it. 57 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:26,100 It emanates evil... It's as if it is in the habit of killing. 58 00:05:42,610 --> 00:05:44,870 Oh... let me... 59 00:05:45,690 --> 00:05:49,030 It's alright. I'm no customer, you know. 60 00:05:49,220 --> 00:05:50,250 But... 61 00:05:50,350 --> 00:05:52,950 Okita... shall we call it a day? 62 00:05:53,220 --> 00:05:55,850 - Do you think we should, sir? - Don't you mind me. 63 00:05:57,220 --> 00:05:58,420 Don't be cruel! 64 00:05:59,590 --> 00:06:02,120 Oh, sir... why don't you relax here a bit. 65 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:04,630 Just speak the truth, Okita... 66 00:06:04,780 --> 00:06:06,810 I know I'm being a bother... It's written all over your face! 67 00:06:06,870 --> 00:06:08,530 - Oh! - I shall see you tomorrow. 68 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:09,800 Thank you so much... 69 00:06:21,550 --> 00:06:24,220 Why did you make me wait for you for three days?! 70 00:06:24,490 --> 00:06:25,680 Was that Gototei Kunisada? 71 00:06:25,710 --> 00:06:27,050 Gototei Kunisada: a famous painter and creator of woodblock prints. 72 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:28,820 A print of me will soon be completed. 73 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:31,060 You must be quite popular... 74 00:06:31,180 --> 00:06:33,600 Looks like you'll get around a lot more than when you were a geisha. 75 00:06:33,660 --> 00:06:37,380 I couldn't care less about that. What interests me is... 76 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:51,470 I've come under orders from Sir Katagiri Saburo Takayuki... 77 00:06:51,810 --> 00:06:53,580 My name is Konami. 78 00:06:54,180 --> 00:06:56,540 Would you please come with me? 79 00:06:57,420 --> 00:06:58,480 Sure. 80 00:07:01,220 --> 00:07:02,800 Kyoshiro... 81 00:07:03,860 --> 00:07:04,910 Don't worry. 82 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:07,610 I doubt it's anything erotic enough for you to be concerned about. 83 00:07:27,350 --> 00:07:28,840 If you'll excuse me now... 84 00:07:32,790 --> 00:07:35,810 Oh, sis! Are you done with your work? 85 00:07:41,300 --> 00:07:43,260 I must apologize to you about the earlier incident, sir. 86 00:07:43,360 --> 00:07:45,200 Please... follow me. 87 00:08:12,890 --> 00:08:13,930 Please sit... 88 00:08:21,540 --> 00:08:22,940 Nemuri Kyoshiro... 89 00:08:23,580 --> 00:08:26,170 Rumour has it that you're quite a swordsman. 90 00:08:26,910 --> 00:08:29,640 You guys could've ended up dead earlier. 91 00:08:29,780 --> 00:08:31,270 - Insolence! - Hayato! 92 00:08:32,910 --> 00:08:34,580 Have you been a ronin for a long time? 93 00:08:35,250 --> 00:08:37,080 I have never had a master. 94 00:08:38,620 --> 00:08:41,180 I might consider hiring you, if you'd like. 95 00:08:41,690 --> 00:08:43,850 That's a once in a lifetime opportunity for you. 96 00:08:44,290 --> 00:08:46,410 Sorry, but I'm not interested. 97 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:47,610 Watch your mouth! 98 00:08:49,530 --> 00:08:53,260 I won't permit you to speak like that to Sir Katagiri Saburo Takayuki. 99 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:54,700 Why not? 100 00:08:54,940 --> 00:08:57,000 He'll soon become the next Shogun! 101 00:08:58,470 --> 00:08:59,550 Yeah, I saw you... 102 00:09:00,010 --> 00:09:03,880 Two nights ago, under the Yanagiwara Bridge. 103 00:09:06,850 --> 00:09:08,250 What are you talking about? 104 00:09:08,450 --> 00:09:10,880 According to the criminal statutes of the Shogunate... 105 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:14,590 ...he who kills to test a sword shall be beheaded before the public. 106 00:09:15,290 --> 00:09:19,350 There'd be riots if people knew what you did, and you weren't punished. 107 00:09:19,710 --> 00:09:20,550 Wait... 108 00:09:24,340 --> 00:09:26,400 For a mere ronin, you seem to be carrying a fine sword. 109 00:09:26,420 --> 00:09:27,480 What kind of sword is it? 110 00:09:29,420 --> 00:09:30,450 A Muso Masamune. 111 00:09:30,470 --> 00:09:31,700 Muso: void of emotions. (Okazaki) Masamune: a famous swordsmith. 112 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:32,900 Let me see it. 113 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:38,120 Won't you let me see it?! I collect rare swords. 114 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:00,410 Sell it to me! I'll pay whatever price you ask! 115 00:10:01,420 --> 00:10:03,160 I'll give you my sword in return, as well! 116 00:10:03,900 --> 00:10:06,370 If you're trying to acquire the soul of a samurai... 117 00:10:06,870 --> 00:10:10,870 ...you shouldn't go around killing poor peasants like they're helpless ants. 118 00:10:16,050 --> 00:10:18,760 Is this how unacknowledged bastards of the Shogun act? 119 00:10:19,050 --> 00:10:21,450 The samurai of today have sunk low, low enough to... 120 00:10:21,590 --> 00:10:23,680 ...gamble, fight unnecessarily, steal, and murder. 121 00:10:23,790 --> 00:10:28,060 Your Shogun father Ienari sired dozens of children on his concubines... 122 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:31,000 ...and then there are the extra odds-and-ends like you! 123 00:10:31,300 --> 00:10:35,700 Some fools pimped their own wives to the Shogun in pursuit of favours. 124 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:39,270 Your mother was one of those wasn't she? 125 00:10:39,360 --> 00:10:42,290 - Shut your mouth! - Same to you. 126 00:10:43,270 --> 00:10:44,520 Young Lord! 127 00:10:50,520 --> 00:10:52,510 Please let me handle this, sir. 128 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:54,610 You want to challenge me? 129 00:10:57,550 --> 00:10:59,780 I'm Toda Hayato... Uragasumi lai style. 130 00:10:59,810 --> 00:11:00,730 Uragasumi lai style: the art of quick-draw sword fighting often from a seated position. 131 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:02,660 Lai? I'll fight you. 132 00:11:03,410 --> 00:11:05,310 - You would? In lai style? - Correct. 133 00:11:05,550 --> 00:11:07,560 Don't you know that Toda is a master of the lai technique? 134 00:11:31,550 --> 00:11:32,660 Kyoshiro! 135 00:11:32,790 --> 00:11:36,260 Your Muso Masamune... I will not rest until I have it! 136 00:11:37,930 --> 00:11:39,400 I'll keep that in mind. 137 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:45,440 I heard that his youngest daughter got kidnapped! 138 00:11:45,500 --> 00:11:46,970 Obviously, somebody's got a grudge against him! 139 00:11:47,040 --> 00:11:48,530 No doubt about it, I love this! 140 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:50,800 They say that the kidnapper walked with a limp. 141 00:11:56,540 --> 00:11:58,440 You really are a moron... 142 00:11:58,880 --> 00:12:01,280 What made you think of kidnapping a baby girl this time?! 143 00:12:03,220 --> 00:12:05,520 - Should I return her? - Hold on! 144 00:12:05,940 --> 00:12:10,040 If it's true that the samurai who killed your father is in love... 145 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,950 ...with the child's older sister, whom he made a housemaid in his mansion... 146 00:12:13,050 --> 00:12:15,610 ...then, this is the girl who'll be inheriting her father's estate. 147 00:12:15,680 --> 00:12:17,940 Looks like this is gonna get interesting! 148 00:12:18,100 --> 00:12:20,730 Over there at the House of Yamazaki, they must be worried sick! 149 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,370 I wanna go home, Mister! I wanna go home! 150 00:12:23,470 --> 00:12:25,370 You little brat! Want me to spank you?! 151 00:12:25,510 --> 00:12:27,600 Clear the way! Clear the way, will ya! 152 00:12:28,380 --> 00:12:30,810 Tajuu! That samurai form the other day is back again! 153 00:12:31,980 --> 00:12:33,890 What do you think you're doing?! Move it! 154 00:12:34,510 --> 00:12:35,880 Hurry up! 155 00:12:37,380 --> 00:12:39,290 - C'mon! Clear out! - What now?! 156 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:53,200 Wh... Why are you here?! 157 00:12:58,970 --> 00:13:01,440 I hear that you wanted to kidnap the older daughter... 158 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:05,300 ...but because she resisted, you ended up with the younger one instead. 159 00:13:05,370 --> 00:13:07,000 I don't know what you're talking about! 160 00:13:07,100 --> 00:13:08,900 The kid hasn't done anything wrong, has she? 161 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:12,950 You again is it? 162 00:13:19,660 --> 00:13:22,150 Wh... What's so funny?! 163 00:13:24,460 --> 00:13:28,060 I... want to challenge... the samurai who killed my father... 164 00:13:28,130 --> 00:13:29,970 ...in a man-to-man... duel! 165 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:33,470 How did you find out who he was? 166 00:13:35,010 --> 00:13:37,420 Me. I put him wise to it. 167 00:13:37,610 --> 00:13:39,880 He's a little slow, you see. 168 00:13:40,070 --> 00:13:43,560 Using a child as a hostage isn't a very bright idea. 169 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:45,480 Oh, you've got a better plan? 170 00:13:45,590 --> 00:13:47,420 Our enemy is a powerful man, after all. 171 00:13:47,540 --> 00:13:49,730 Katagiri Saburo Takayuki. 172 00:13:51,020 --> 00:13:55,280 So you know. You're just the same as him, aren't you? 173 00:13:57,030 --> 00:13:58,970 Where did you hide the girl? 174 00:13:59,170 --> 00:14:01,030 I don't know what you're talking about! 175 00:14:01,700 --> 00:14:03,530 Had you managed to snatch the older sister... 176 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:05,900 ...her lover Katagiri would have shown up right away. 177 00:14:05,970 --> 00:14:08,310 But the young one isn't much use to you. 178 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:10,840 Not necessarily. We're talking sisters here. 179 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:13,070 If the older sister, Konami, tells her lover about the kidnapping... 180 00:14:13,140 --> 00:14:14,740 ...then he will show up. 181 00:14:15,650 --> 00:14:17,280 You've figured it out nicely. 182 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:20,520 They were gambling the other night in one of the inner rooms of his mansion... 183 00:14:20,650 --> 00:14:22,820 ...and so I went there disguised as a seller of daifuku. 184 00:14:22,850 --> 00:14:24,140 Daifuku: rubbery snack made of rice with a sweet bean-paste core. 185 00:14:24,170 --> 00:14:26,760 I heard everything from the guy I screwed that night. 186 00:14:26,810 --> 00:14:27,840 I see. 187 00:14:29,630 --> 00:14:31,720 So you won't change your mind. 188 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:33,600 Could you sit still... 189 00:14:33,670 --> 00:14:36,690 ...if somebody killed your father... like he was some bug?! 190 00:14:36,770 --> 00:14:39,760 In this case, you're an ant going to war with an elephant. 191 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,370 On the other hand, it might be something worth watching. 192 00:14:43,210 --> 00:14:45,080 Are you gonna get in our way? 193 00:14:45,550 --> 00:14:47,450 Depend on it... Yes... 194 00:14:48,250 --> 00:14:49,910 Dammit! 195 00:14:58,930 --> 00:15:00,680 What's wrong, sir? 196 00:15:01,940 --> 00:15:04,230 - His Highness is in trouble! - The First Heir is in distress! 197 00:15:04,300 --> 00:15:05,990 It's an emergency! 198 00:15:12,270 --> 00:15:16,180 Sir Mizuno... is this a warning... 199 00:15:17,340 --> 00:15:19,360 ...in your capacity as an Elder of the Shogunate? 200 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:20,700 No... 201 00:15:20,890 --> 00:15:22,900 ...as an Official Guardian of the Shogunate's Sons. 202 00:15:23,770 --> 00:15:27,600 In addition to today's mysterious death of Lord Nariyoshi, the shogun's heir... 203 00:15:27,690 --> 00:15:31,020 ...in recent months, both Lord Naritomo and Lord Narimune... 204 00:15:31,070 --> 00:15:33,740 ...two other sons and heirs of the Shogun, have also met with... 205 00:15:33,860 --> 00:15:37,240 ...untimely ends, one after another! 206 00:15:37,680 --> 00:15:41,360 Then there is the matter of the violent conduct of your son, Sir Takayuki... 207 00:15:41,580 --> 00:15:47,410 ...and your blatant and imprudent remarks that he will be the next Shogun. 208 00:15:47,610 --> 00:15:50,070 Such things might excite unneeded suspicions in the public mind... 209 00:15:50,150 --> 00:15:55,110 ...and place your House under undesirable scrutiny. 210 00:15:55,190 --> 00:15:57,580 Out of concern, I wish to bring these matters to your attention. 211 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:03,330 I shall not obey anyone's orders regarding Takayuki. 212 00:16:05,460 --> 00:16:06,890 Honourable Elder... 213 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:15,060 I've raised Takayuki... to be a brave man. 214 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:19,790 Today, the world is full of samurai who've forgotten the way of the warrior. 215 00:16:20,070 --> 00:16:23,940 Such imperfect and mediocre men are all we see these days! 216 00:16:25,110 --> 00:16:27,880 If things continue, the Tokugawa era will soon be at an end. 217 00:16:28,850 --> 00:16:32,770 I've raised my son to be a true... a true warrior... 218 00:16:32,910 --> 00:16:35,310 ...and I understand that this means some will think he is violent. 219 00:16:35,410 --> 00:16:39,500 Yet, that very thing... is something that I am proud of. 220 00:16:40,420 --> 00:16:43,320 He who shall become the next Shogun... 221 00:16:43,460 --> 00:16:47,090 ...should not be anything like Lord Ienari. 222 00:16:50,300 --> 00:16:53,410 Am I not... correct? 223 00:16:54,510 --> 00:16:56,030 Lady Matsujo! 224 00:16:56,210 --> 00:16:58,300 I'm only telling you the truth. 225 00:16:59,980 --> 00:17:04,010 The Lord Shogun made me, the wife of Katagiri Geki, his liege vassal... 226 00:17:04,380 --> 00:17:08,440 ...and master of a 4,000 koku fief, bear Takayuki... 227 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:12,960 ...thus besmirching our reputation... and when my husband passed away... 228 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:16,890 ...he gave us this shadowy mansion and a stipend... 229 00:17:17,260 --> 00:17:21,130 ...in order to still the tongues of the mother and child. 230 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:26,100 But I won't tolerate this anymore! 231 00:17:27,310 --> 00:17:29,780 Just watch me, Honourable Elder. 232 00:17:30,530 --> 00:17:35,960 I will see to it that Takayuki escapes this... prison of a mansion... 233 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:39,210 ...and that he obtains the exalted rank... 234 00:17:39,950 --> 00:17:42,640 ...the post of Shogun! 235 00:17:57,440 --> 00:18:01,100 How is your collection of great swords coming along? 236 00:18:01,310 --> 00:18:02,940 I just saw an incredible piece... 237 00:18:03,140 --> 00:18:05,990 ...a Muso Masamune! I'll show it to you soon. 238 00:18:07,010 --> 00:18:08,540 'Tis a time of peace... 239 00:18:08,650 --> 00:18:12,380 ...so I'm sure it will be difficult for you to test it's sharpness. 240 00:18:23,130 --> 00:18:24,720 Elder, you are indeed sly! 241 00:18:26,900 --> 00:18:28,550 Oh, have you discovered Tsuru's whereabouts? 242 00:18:28,570 --> 00:18:34,260 Well, sir... my men, and the townspeople have been diligently searching... but... 243 00:18:34,710 --> 00:18:36,340 Konami, you saw the culprit, did you not? 244 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:37,380 Yes... 245 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,330 Initially, he came after me. 246 00:18:42,580 --> 00:18:45,780 He had a limp... and looked like a beggar. 247 00:18:46,850 --> 00:18:48,460 Any ideas? 248 00:18:51,060 --> 00:18:54,500 Sir Takayuki... Tsuru is Konami's sister... 249 00:18:54,950 --> 00:18:59,180 I would hope that you'd treat the matter as if it were Konami who was gone. 250 00:18:59,770 --> 00:19:00,990 I know that! 251 00:19:03,270 --> 00:19:06,040 I ask, Sir Takayuki, for your assistance... 252 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:09,170 ...in the recovery of my sister. - Please... 253 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:19,430 Such a nice breeze. 254 00:19:19,990 --> 00:19:22,020 It's a wind from the void. 255 00:19:22,570 --> 00:19:23,930 The plaintive voices of the dead... 256 00:19:23,960 --> 00:19:27,840 ...emerge from beneath the graves, and can be heard night after night... 257 00:19:32,490 --> 00:19:36,330 Oh please... You're giving me the creeps! 258 00:19:38,170 --> 00:19:44,580 You know... I can never figure out what's on your mind... 259 00:19:45,650 --> 00:19:47,380 Your husband, that's what. 260 00:19:51,020 --> 00:19:52,900 "Banzo" is his name, didn't you say? 261 00:19:54,190 --> 00:19:55,590 Please don't say it... 262 00:19:56,360 --> 00:20:02,870 I don't want to be called a "wife" anymore... you know that. 263 00:20:03,930 --> 00:20:04,960 I know. 264 00:20:10,440 --> 00:20:14,860 Right now... I'm happy beyond belief... 265 00:20:16,380 --> 00:20:18,760 Now that he's killed a man and been sent off to Sado Island... 266 00:20:18,790 --> 00:20:19,850 Sado Island: a penal colony. 267 00:20:19,900 --> 00:20:22,200 ...there's no way that he can come back alive. 268 00:20:23,780 --> 00:20:25,950 I can't continue to love a man... 269 00:20:26,990 --> 00:20:29,370 ...who is a good as dead. 270 00:20:30,180 --> 00:20:34,190 Am I wrong? Isn't that the truth? 271 00:20:37,330 --> 00:20:40,320 "Who can continue to love the dead...?" 272 00:20:42,500 --> 00:20:44,220 I know I cannot. 273 00:20:47,670 --> 00:20:51,540 And those buried out there agree with me, I'll bet. 274 00:20:59,650 --> 00:21:04,520 So the day will come... when I die... 275 00:21:14,230 --> 00:21:20,230 Hold me... please, hold me... hold me tight... 276 00:21:23,590 --> 00:21:30,430 ♪ "Walk on, walk folks, hey..." ♪ 277 00:21:30,940 --> 00:21:37,700 ♪ "What lane is this my friend?" ♪ 278 00:21:38,110 --> 00:21:44,080 ♪ "This is the lane to the Tenjin shrine." ♪ 279 00:21:44,790 --> 00:21:50,580 ♪ "Allow us to wend our way there." ♪ 280 00:21:50,960 --> 00:21:56,860 ♪ "Those without good reason may not pass." ♪ 281 00:21:57,200 --> 00:22:03,300 ♪ "When I celebrate my child's seventh year..." ♪ 282 00:22:03,570 --> 00:22:11,980 ♪ "...I'll be back to offer my thanks to you." ♪ 283 00:22:15,820 --> 00:22:18,220 Mister, I'm hungry! 284 00:22:18,450 --> 00:22:20,440 I... I know... 285 00:22:21,190 --> 00:22:23,660 I haven't eaten anything since breakfast either. 286 00:22:23,930 --> 00:22:26,490 But, I'm used to it so... 287 00:22:27,750 --> 00:22:29,140 ...here, take this. 288 00:22:31,230 --> 00:22:35,300 You're such a fool. What if they find you here? 289 00:22:35,440 --> 00:22:37,060 Well... B... But... 290 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:38,640 I know, I know... 291 00:22:38,740 --> 00:22:41,580 You wanna say how cruel it is to keep her inside, right? 292 00:22:41,680 --> 00:22:42,730 Yeah... 293 00:22:43,180 --> 00:22:45,740 - That's so like you. - Can we get her some... 294 00:22:45,820 --> 00:22:47,840 Aren't you hungry too? 295 00:22:48,050 --> 00:22:49,440 I'm fine! 296 00:22:52,290 --> 00:22:53,220 Here you go. 297 00:22:55,260 --> 00:22:56,560 Tajuu! 298 00:22:56,790 --> 00:22:59,430 Tajuu, c'mon! C'mon! C'mon! 299 00:23:01,430 --> 00:23:03,110 It's that Yakichi bastard! 300 00:23:14,940 --> 00:23:16,850 Good evening, officer. 301 00:23:24,350 --> 00:23:27,940 - Hey, where's Tajuu? - I wouldn't know. 302 00:23:28,490 --> 00:23:29,750 Sheesh! 303 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:33,400 Good evening, sir. 304 00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:42,410 Listen up! 305 00:23:42,540 --> 00:23:45,910 Because you're poor peasants, I've been lenient in the past! 306 00:23:46,010 --> 00:23:48,030 But before you do anything stupid... 307 00:23:48,100 --> 00:23:50,690 ...keep in mind that Ishikawa Island prison camp is a hell on Earth! 308 00:23:50,740 --> 00:23:52,820 Just remember that I can send all of you there to rot! 309 00:23:52,850 --> 00:23:55,220 Officer, why are you in such a bad mood today? 310 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:57,280 Oroku, what the hell are you doing in here?! 311 00:23:57,350 --> 00:24:01,590 Oh, please! You know damn well that we ply our trade here at the bridge. 312 00:24:01,660 --> 00:24:05,960 How creepy! It ain't dark enough yet for ogresses to be out and about! 313 00:24:06,060 --> 00:24:07,330 Move it! 314 00:24:24,300 --> 00:24:29,440 - Eat up, Mister. - No... it's all yours. 315 00:24:29,690 --> 00:24:31,720 No, no! I'm alright! 316 00:24:31,850 --> 00:24:34,790 I know you're hungry, Mister! Eat up! 317 00:24:41,930 --> 00:24:43,540 What's wrong? 318 00:25:05,070 --> 00:25:07,810 - Return the girl! - N... No! 319 00:25:07,970 --> 00:25:11,010 Return the girl, then challenge the culprit face-to-face like a man. 320 00:25:11,230 --> 00:25:13,940 I'll let you fight Katagiri Takayuki. 321 00:25:14,150 --> 00:25:17,480 You lie! S... Samurai say nothing but lies! 322 00:25:17,570 --> 00:25:19,970 - This isn't a lie. - Dammit! 323 00:25:20,900 --> 00:25:22,440 Stop! 324 00:25:23,370 --> 00:25:25,580 Hey, everybody! 325 00:25:28,310 --> 00:25:30,580 Hey, everyone, let's get him! 326 00:25:33,580 --> 00:25:34,610 Damn you! 327 00:25:34,780 --> 00:25:37,220 Wait, everybody! S... Stop! 328 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:40,450 S... Stop, everyone, please! 329 00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:43,030 Y... You're gonna hurt the kid! Stop! 330 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:45,770 Tajuu, go get him! We'll help out! 331 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:49,090 I... I'm giving up! 332 00:25:49,530 --> 00:25:51,000 I was wrong to do this. 333 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:54,590 It doesn't matter how much you want to get your enemy... 334 00:25:54,700 --> 00:25:56,500 ...you shouldn't use a child to do it. 335 00:25:56,770 --> 00:26:02,000 No matter who you are... there's love between every parent and child. 336 00:26:02,690 --> 00:26:06,300 Besides... this is horrible for the girl! 337 00:26:06,520 --> 00:26:09,880 Tajuu... it's good that you've come to understand this. 338 00:26:10,120 --> 00:26:12,880 Damn you... Just try returning the girl! 339 00:26:13,090 --> 00:26:15,490 If you do, then I'll go kidnap her again! 340 00:26:20,230 --> 00:26:22,100 Think you can do it? 341 00:26:23,870 --> 00:26:25,460 You think that I can't?! 342 00:26:31,470 --> 00:26:33,200 Isn't that enough yet, sir? 343 00:26:33,340 --> 00:26:37,160 It's not enough... after all, it's your heir's ransom. 344 00:26:39,620 --> 00:26:41,450 Then, how about a thousand ryo? 345 00:26:41,730 --> 00:26:44,610 "Can a Tsuru live on for a thousand...?" What a bad pun. 346 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:45,270 Tsuru: a crane. Cranes were thought to live 1000 years. Also, the name of the girl. 347 00:26:45,300 --> 00:26:46,310 3000 ryo. 348 00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:49,850 You fool! Why don't you try kneeling and begging?! 349 00:26:50,540 --> 00:26:53,340 Had you done that from the beginning, that's all it would have taken! 350 00:26:53,430 --> 00:26:57,630 But, you see, we merchants must negotiate the price of every deal. 351 00:26:58,120 --> 00:26:59,660 No matter what the treasure... 352 00:26:59,820 --> 00:27:01,880 or even in a matter concerning our own children... 353 00:27:01,970 --> 00:27:05,100 ...everything must be priced, and dealt with accordingly. 354 00:27:05,630 --> 00:27:08,020 I understand that because you are such a good supply of money... 355 00:27:08,050 --> 00:27:11,740 ...the Katagiri family continues to kiss your ass. 356 00:27:12,110 --> 00:27:13,480 Preposterous! 357 00:27:13,590 --> 00:27:18,090 Sir Takayuki is a very important person, destined to be the next Shogun. 358 00:27:18,530 --> 00:27:20,900 And he is exactly what you're after, isn't he, Yamazaki. 359 00:27:21,470 --> 00:27:24,770 You did say that everything must be priced and dealt with. 360 00:27:25,960 --> 00:27:27,770 Yes, I did, didn't I. 361 00:27:28,450 --> 00:27:31,440 You rice dealers spend your time cornering the market... 362 00:27:31,600 --> 00:27:34,090 ...then you create shortages to hike up the price. 363 00:27:34,600 --> 00:27:36,040 When bad harvests occur... 364 00:27:36,110 --> 00:27:38,970 ...the poor farmers, who can't even eat what they produce, starve. 365 00:27:39,430 --> 00:27:43,120 You're using these ill-gotten gains of yours... and your own daughter... 366 00:27:43,210 --> 00:27:46,070 ...to insinuate yourself into the Shogunate. 367 00:27:46,530 --> 00:27:49,330 Society is now in the hands of the commoners. 368 00:27:50,120 --> 00:27:54,640 The weak are ruled by the strong. It's just common sense. 369 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:57,490 A splendid ideology. 370 00:28:06,900 --> 00:28:08,230 Sir Nemuri! 371 00:28:09,270 --> 00:28:10,640 Follow me. 372 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:21,660 Oh...! 373 00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:26,570 Daddy! 374 00:28:31,180 --> 00:28:33,310 Thank you, lady! 375 00:28:36,650 --> 00:28:38,460 Go now! 376 00:28:38,690 --> 00:28:40,280 Good-bye! 377 00:28:41,650 --> 00:28:43,650 Tsuru! Tsuru! 378 00:28:44,180 --> 00:28:46,240 - Look! - Huh? Oh! 379 00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:48,600 Thank goodness you're alright! 380 00:29:04,910 --> 00:29:08,070 I, too... had a child like that. 381 00:29:10,450 --> 00:29:14,910 I felt sympathy... for the girl, you know... 382 00:29:18,630 --> 00:29:20,150 Oh, screw it... 383 00:29:22,130 --> 00:29:24,360 Better to forget about children and all that! 384 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:29,500 And I'll... cheat men as much as I can! 385 00:29:30,570 --> 00:29:33,100 "I tried to cheat, but instead was cheated..." 386 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:35,180 I heard that line in a song. 387 00:29:36,850 --> 00:29:38,180 How silly... 388 00:29:48,790 --> 00:29:51,160 So a man used you and then discarded you, right? 389 00:29:52,290 --> 00:29:54,560 I ended up giving birth to a child too. 390 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:56,360 Where is the child? 391 00:29:59,900 --> 00:30:00,940 Dead... 392 00:30:06,640 --> 00:30:09,210 That's enough! I can't take any more of this! 393 00:30:09,390 --> 00:30:11,110 Business! Back to business! 394 00:30:26,730 --> 00:30:28,270 Well, how about it... 395 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:32,420 Feel like spending money on me? 396 00:30:58,190 --> 00:30:59,250 No! 397 00:30:59,500 --> 00:31:01,360 K... Konami! 398 00:31:01,900 --> 00:31:03,660 No, Young Lord Takayuki... 399 00:31:04,420 --> 00:31:07,680 Don't you know... that we'll soon be husband and wife anyway! 400 00:31:07,940 --> 00:31:10,300 Until the day you become Shogun... 401 00:31:10,570 --> 00:31:12,910 ...I cannot seriously comport myself as your wife! 402 00:31:13,810 --> 00:31:17,150 "Seriously?" Don't you have faith in me? 403 00:31:20,380 --> 00:31:22,650 Damn you, Kyoshiro! 404 00:31:22,950 --> 00:31:26,510 I've been watching your lusty quarrel... It was a splendid sight. 405 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:31,920 Your sister, Tsuru, is back home safe. 406 00:31:33,060 --> 00:31:34,580 Y... You must've been behind it all! 407 00:31:34,660 --> 00:31:38,690 Silence! I'm not talking to you. 408 00:31:39,130 --> 00:31:40,230 Insolence! 409 00:31:44,210 --> 00:31:48,220 What's wrong with you? You're not your usual berserk self tonight... 410 00:32:07,630 --> 00:32:11,450 The Muso Masamune... when are you gonna take it away from me? 411 00:32:15,030 --> 00:32:16,330 Are you going to kill me? 412 00:32:18,560 --> 00:32:21,300 I don't slay anyone who's defenceless unlike some people I know. 413 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:24,860 - Intruder! - Intruder! Kill him! 414 00:32:24,990 --> 00:32:25,790 Kill him! 415 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:26,780 Go after him! 416 00:32:32,230 --> 00:32:33,210 Stop! 417 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:38,450 - Tajuu, get outta here! - Yup! 418 00:32:40,910 --> 00:32:42,890 - Intruder! - After him! 419 00:33:01,780 --> 00:33:03,790 Tajuu, try to return home without attracting their attention. 420 00:33:03,840 --> 00:33:05,980 Yeah, this time I won't goof up. 421 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:13,490 Two intruders, one of them a ronin called "Nemuri Kyoshiro" or something. 422 00:33:15,390 --> 00:33:17,480 How could you let them get away?! 423 00:33:24,020 --> 00:33:26,520 - Were you defeated? - Not at all! 424 00:33:26,650 --> 00:33:29,600 Really? Then, you're saying you were the victor? 425 00:33:30,190 --> 00:33:33,500 You let some ronin successfully invade our mansion... 426 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:35,380 ...and you were unable to apprehend him! 427 00:33:35,410 --> 00:33:36,610 This is pathetic! 428 00:33:37,230 --> 00:33:39,500 To be defeated is a shame far worse than death. 429 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:43,070 For you, nothing is impossible! 430 00:33:43,930 --> 00:33:46,900 Anything can be had if you want it enough... be it an enemy's head... 431 00:33:47,170 --> 00:33:48,570 ...or a woman... 432 00:33:56,550 --> 00:33:57,420 Dammit! 433 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:26,410 You swine! 434 00:34:27,050 --> 00:34:29,140 You speak as if you come from a samurai family. 435 00:34:29,750 --> 00:34:32,190 Hard to believe that you're merely a commoner. 436 00:34:33,290 --> 00:34:34,760 If I pull that rope... 437 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:38,020 ...you'll be spitted on the points of a dozen spears... 438 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:41,270 ...and this time for sure, you won't live to see another day. 439 00:34:41,460 --> 00:34:43,350 For a woman, you've got some nerve. 440 00:34:44,150 --> 00:34:46,910 "Woman..." "Commoner..." 441 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:52,470 A petty ronin such as yourself has no grounds to belittle me! 442 00:34:53,110 --> 00:34:55,420 Your infatuation with becoming the wife of the Shogun... 443 00:34:55,710 --> 00:34:58,650 ...is but a misleading pathetic dream! 444 00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:03,030 Each one of us finds peace in ourselves... that is what we call "happiness". 445 00:35:03,770 --> 00:35:05,480 Is it too audacious a dream, as you say... 446 00:35:05,530 --> 00:35:08,560 ...for a commoner such as I to aspire to sit at the top of society? 447 00:35:09,550 --> 00:35:11,540 For me, such aspirations pose no difficulties. 448 00:35:17,570 --> 00:35:19,250 I'm going to have you... 449 00:36:48,290 --> 00:36:50,720 Oh! I haven't seen you for a while! 450 00:36:51,200 --> 00:36:52,700 Are you here on official business? 451 00:36:54,010 --> 00:36:55,700 It doesn't matter, please go in. 452 00:37:08,390 --> 00:37:10,290 "Nemuri Kyoshiro?" 453 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:12,190 That is correct. 454 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:14,540 Why do you need him slain? 455 00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:18,530 I'd prefer if I didn't have to provide any details. 456 00:37:18,650 --> 00:37:20,610 You're saying that this is for the sake of the Katagiri family? 457 00:37:21,470 --> 00:37:22,550 Yes. 458 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:25,830 Very well. 459 00:37:27,230 --> 00:37:29,790 The late Sir Katagiri Geki did me a great many favours... 460 00:37:29,990 --> 00:37:32,750 ...and so I am eternally grateful and indebted to him. 461 00:37:33,170 --> 00:37:35,440 If you accept the request, Sir Yorii... 462 00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:40,280 ...the order to have you transferred to Kofu Castle as a guard... 463 00:37:40,420 --> 00:37:42,790 ...will be rescinded. 464 00:37:43,420 --> 00:37:45,740 Sir Takayuki will ensure this will happen. 465 00:37:46,390 --> 00:37:48,540 Why, I'd appreciate that very much. 466 00:37:49,430 --> 00:37:51,540 Even though I am and always will be a loyal vassal... 467 00:37:51,720 --> 00:37:55,170 ...given my tiny stipend and lack of official duties... 468 00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:58,700 ...if I'm sent to Kofu, it's unlikely that I'll return to Edo in this life. 469 00:37:59,140 --> 00:38:02,450 Sir Yorii, if a fine swordsman like you cannot live up to his potential... 470 00:38:02,570 --> 00:38:04,890 ...it is a sad loss for us all. 471 00:38:05,580 --> 00:38:08,140 I'm a fool who... still treasures the true samurai principles... 472 00:38:08,210 --> 00:38:11,260 ...which today's peaceful world has no need of. 473 00:38:12,860 --> 00:38:15,110 They say a hundred sho of rice will miserably feed six... 474 00:38:15,130 --> 00:38:16,000 100 sho = 1 koku = 180 litres = a little more than 5 bushels. 475 00:38:16,020 --> 00:38:18,170 Because my stipend is just thirty, barely enough to feed two... 476 00:38:18,210 --> 00:38:20,950 ...I've as yet been unable to afford a wife. 477 00:38:22,090 --> 00:38:24,470 As you can see, I must grow vegetables in my yard... 478 00:38:25,060 --> 00:38:27,360 ...to flesh out my meals. 479 00:38:35,300 --> 00:38:37,570 One... Two... Three... 480 00:38:43,380 --> 00:38:47,050 Little girl... would you please tell your daddy that Banzo is here? 481 00:38:56,560 --> 00:38:59,190 Boss, it was such a surprise! 482 00:38:59,570 --> 00:39:01,530 Just when I was about to be shipped off to Sado... 483 00:39:01,570 --> 00:39:04,940 ...I got released! Even my wildest dreams were tame in comparison! 484 00:39:05,510 --> 00:39:08,350 I cut a deal to get you out of jail... 485 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:11,370 ...but, officially you're still written up as "Exiled to Sado". 486 00:39:11,720 --> 00:39:13,820 If the constable sees you, all hell will break loose. 487 00:39:13,880 --> 00:39:16,710 - So you better be careful. - Yes, sir. I'll do that. 488 00:39:16,790 --> 00:39:18,700 You didn't get the nickname "Flying Squirrel" for nothing... 489 00:39:18,750 --> 00:39:20,550 ...so I doubt you're a careless fellow. 490 00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:22,930 Anyway, for the time being, here's a little something... 491 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:27,630 Once the job is done, you'll be handsomely rewarded. 492 00:39:27,730 --> 00:39:28,790 Yes, sir. 493 00:39:30,010 --> 00:39:32,920 The "job" you want me to do... is an assassination, isn't it? 494 00:39:35,990 --> 00:39:39,700 By the way... Boss, what's Okita up to? 495 00:39:39,850 --> 00:39:43,170 Oh, she's working at a tea house in Ryogoku. 496 00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:47,030 She's about to become Kunisada's poster girl... Talk about popularity! 497 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:48,330 Oh? Okita...? 498 00:39:48,650 --> 00:39:53,100 Banzo... it's her lover... that's who I need you to kill... 499 00:39:53,450 --> 00:39:56,930 - Huh...? - Nemuri Kyoshiro. 500 00:40:00,010 --> 00:40:03,070 I don't blame ya... for having a new man in your life. 501 00:40:03,660 --> 00:40:06,770 Okita... you're a very beautiful woman, after all... 502 00:40:07,230 --> 00:40:09,600 ...so it's only natural, the way I see it. I mean it. 503 00:40:10,240 --> 00:40:11,950 Forgive me... dear... 504 00:40:13,580 --> 00:40:14,800 Having said that... 505 00:40:15,710 --> 00:40:18,470 ...I wanna find out just what kind of man could steal your heart. 506 00:40:19,010 --> 00:40:20,680 I wanna see him with my own eyes. 507 00:40:21,550 --> 00:40:24,280 If I don't measure up to him... then I won't make a fuss. 508 00:40:26,190 --> 00:40:27,790 You'll let me see him, won't you? 509 00:40:30,890 --> 00:40:33,130 Okita? Okita? 510 00:40:34,900 --> 00:40:35,920 Hey! 511 00:40:37,230 --> 00:40:39,120 Oh! Okita! 512 00:40:39,630 --> 00:40:42,730 Oh, if it isn't you, sir. Welcome back. 513 00:40:43,890 --> 00:40:47,540 Say, Okita... You did read my letter from yesterday? 514 00:40:47,710 --> 00:40:49,940 You shouldn't kid around like that! 515 00:40:50,140 --> 00:40:52,620 I meant it... Okita! 516 00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:08,760 Oh, man! 517 00:41:10,230 --> 00:41:12,690 - Please, have a seat. - Don't mind me. 518 00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:20,100 Officer, would you like some tea? 519 00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:22,300 Sure. It's really pouring! 520 00:41:28,100 --> 00:41:29,620 Here you go, officer. 521 00:41:29,750 --> 00:41:31,380 Why... you're "Flying Squirrel" Banzo! 522 00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:33,380 - Boss! - Move it! 523 00:41:35,820 --> 00:41:36,820 Damn you! 524 00:42:02,950 --> 00:42:05,480 It seems that you've been following me for some time. 525 00:42:13,970 --> 00:42:16,160 Who ordered you to do so? 526 00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:19,590 I won't say. 527 00:42:20,230 --> 00:42:23,230 I have a pretty good idea. How much are you getting paid? 528 00:42:27,540 --> 00:42:29,060 I've received no money... 529 00:42:33,450 --> 00:42:34,880 It's a debt of honour. 530 00:42:36,170 --> 00:42:40,060 Oh? Now that's something I don't hear often these days. 531 00:42:58,730 --> 00:43:00,490 Don't you think it's foolish... 532 00:43:00,720 --> 00:43:02,780 ...to request a duel based on a debt of honour. 533 00:43:03,260 --> 00:43:06,390 Are you saying that for a samurai to repay such a debt is foolishness? 534 00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:09,530 A man like you, sir, is rare these days. 535 00:43:09,910 --> 00:43:11,660 As you know, today's samurai would rather... 536 00:43:11,710 --> 00:43:15,240 ...watch Gidayu than practice swordsmanship or study philosophy. 537 00:43:15,270 --> 00:43:16,270 Gidayu: an old term for "Bunraku" - theatre employing elaborate puppets. 538 00:43:16,300 --> 00:43:20,380 To tell the truth... I'm intrigued by your style. 539 00:43:21,230 --> 00:43:23,780 As you know, an opportunity to challenge an undefeated warrior... 540 00:43:23,900 --> 00:43:26,410 ...is a great privilege for a student of swordsmanship. 541 00:43:27,780 --> 00:43:31,050 While we were coming here, and now as well... I have noticed... 542 00:43:32,060 --> 00:43:34,890 ...your manners... your alertness... 543 00:43:35,860 --> 00:43:38,660 I believe that you are not merely an ordinary samurai. 544 00:43:39,850 --> 00:43:42,090 I'm sure that you've never been defeated either. 545 00:43:46,070 --> 00:43:49,580 - What is your style? - Maniwa-nen Style. I am Yorii Kanbei. 546 00:43:50,370 --> 00:43:54,110 Full-Moon Cut style. I am Nemuri Kyoshiro. 547 00:43:54,510 --> 00:43:56,060 The Full-Moon Cut style? 548 00:43:57,150 --> 00:43:59,740 After pointing my sword to the ground... 549 00:44:01,030 --> 00:44:03,100 ...I start drawing a circle. 550 00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:08,190 Before the circle is completed, the enemy is vanquished. 551 00:44:09,810 --> 00:44:13,610 No opponent has ever lived to see the circle completed. 552 00:44:14,460 --> 00:44:15,660 I shall challenge you! 553 00:44:22,660 --> 00:44:26,490 - Samurai are pathetic beings. - What? 554 00:44:26,960 --> 00:44:30,020 It's said that fireflies live for 20 days, cicadas for 3... 555 00:44:30,250 --> 00:44:32,510 There's no reason why you should die before your time. 556 00:44:32,780 --> 00:44:36,480 Debts of honour... allegiance... and swordsmanship... what nonsense! 557 00:44:37,090 --> 00:44:39,020 I value those principles. 558 00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:42,960 - Whilst living like this? - And, how do you make a living? 559 00:44:43,530 --> 00:44:46,090 If I'm broke, I make money by gambling. 560 00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:51,590 You will accept my challenge, will you not? 561 00:44:53,100 --> 00:44:55,960 You want to challenge me... no matter what? 562 00:44:56,610 --> 00:44:57,620 I do. 563 00:44:58,490 --> 00:44:59,690 Fine, then. 564 00:45:02,180 --> 00:45:05,010 There's not much left, but I'd like to... 565 00:45:05,080 --> 00:45:06,550 ...share a drink with you. 566 00:46:19,790 --> 00:46:23,050 - Are you alone? - As promised. 567 00:47:03,850 --> 00:47:06,000 You knew about this, didn't you? 568 00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:10,220 I choose to believe that it wasn't your doing. 569 00:47:13,070 --> 00:47:14,660 Prepare yourself. 570 00:47:46,540 --> 00:47:49,040 It's such a shame, because you're a fine swordsman... 571 00:47:49,110 --> 00:47:50,570 ...but you will die! 572 00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:57,120 I will see the circle of the Full-Moon cut completed. 573 00:49:09,930 --> 00:49:15,330 Now all the Shogun's eligible heirs are dead. Such pleasant news. 574 00:49:16,300 --> 00:49:19,830 The only one that remains is a 13 year old... 575 00:49:20,240 --> 00:49:24,670 ...a boy... a drivelling little idiot. No one else. 576 00:49:25,680 --> 00:49:30,050 I hear that Elder Mizuno has finally decided to schedule... 577 00:49:30,380 --> 00:49:34,190 ...an audience for Takayuki with the Shogun. 578 00:49:34,750 --> 00:49:36,620 Congratulations, madam. 579 00:49:38,810 --> 00:49:42,310 Konami... are you not pleased? 580 00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:46,870 Takayuki's fame reflects upon you as well. 581 00:49:48,470 --> 00:49:49,430 Yes... 582 00:49:50,360 --> 00:49:51,920 Are you feeling ill? 583 00:49:57,420 --> 00:50:00,040 You haven't been looking well lately. 584 00:50:03,610 --> 00:50:06,230 - You may leave us. - Yes, Madam. 585 00:50:18,690 --> 00:50:22,180 The wealth and power of the Yamazaki family shall influence us no longer. 586 00:50:23,030 --> 00:50:26,060 I cannot allow Konami's wilfulness to continue! 587 00:50:27,240 --> 00:50:28,730 I know that, mother. 588 00:50:29,130 --> 00:50:31,290 We're now in the crucial, final stages... 589 00:50:31,740 --> 00:50:34,940 We must eliminate anyone who interferes. 590 00:50:35,790 --> 00:50:38,450 Especially... that one name Kyoshiro... 591 00:50:39,580 --> 00:50:42,740 Masaki... you do know what to do, don't you? 592 00:50:42,940 --> 00:50:44,960 Yes, madam. He will be obliterated. 593 00:50:52,130 --> 00:50:53,790 The reason you want to say good-bye is... 594 00:50:54,390 --> 00:50:57,660 ...because your imprisoned husband is back again, isn't it? 595 00:50:59,750 --> 00:51:01,110 You know about that? 596 00:51:01,190 --> 00:51:03,350 What other reason could there be? 597 00:51:06,450 --> 00:51:10,330 I... don't understand myself anymore... 598 00:51:10,710 --> 00:51:12,680 He is your former husband, after all. 599 00:51:12,920 --> 00:51:14,220 Don't say that... 600 00:51:15,990 --> 00:51:19,350 It's strange how things are between men and women. 601 00:51:20,030 --> 00:51:22,770 Even if you were to betray me... 602 00:51:23,210 --> 00:51:25,890 ...if you did it for the sake of the man you used to love... 603 00:51:26,140 --> 00:51:28,530 ...then I wouldn't hold it against you. 604 00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:31,990 All I could do is remember you fondly. 605 00:51:32,270 --> 00:51:35,300 I'm... a horrible woman... 606 00:51:35,920 --> 00:51:37,750 ...a horrible woman! 607 00:51:40,050 --> 00:51:43,020 Say, sir, there's a boat that's been hanging around... 608 00:51:43,120 --> 00:51:45,810 ...but I know the guy in it, so... do you mind buying something from him? 609 00:51:49,820 --> 00:51:51,200 Sir Kyoshiro! 610 00:52:01,830 --> 00:52:04,270 - Look out! - Okita! Get away form him! 611 00:52:08,870 --> 00:52:12,430 - No... it's not what you think! - Go! 612 00:52:13,110 --> 00:52:15,030 Please... stop this! 613 00:52:24,160 --> 00:52:26,960 Sir Kyoshiro! Sir Kyoshiro! 614 00:52:27,520 --> 00:52:29,250 Sir Kyoshiro! 615 00:52:29,660 --> 00:52:31,460 Sir Kyoshiro! 616 00:52:32,110 --> 00:52:33,740 Sir Kyoshiro! 617 00:52:41,520 --> 00:52:43,620 I'm your husband, remember. 618 00:52:44,440 --> 00:52:47,770 Were you pleased that I was being packed off to Sado? 619 00:52:55,750 --> 00:52:59,260 Unless I... kill that Kyoshiro fellow... 620 00:52:59,420 --> 00:53:01,770 ...I can't walk around as a free man. 621 00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:08,500 Once I'm after something... I won't ever let it escape. 622 00:53:14,190 --> 00:53:15,550 Dear... 623 00:53:17,160 --> 00:53:20,130 I already have an idea... of where he might go. 624 00:53:20,380 --> 00:53:21,640 What...? 625 00:53:36,730 --> 00:53:38,420 You fool! 626 00:53:48,940 --> 00:53:50,900 Let's get him! 627 00:53:51,630 --> 00:53:53,330 Kill him! 628 00:54:43,620 --> 00:54:47,390 Why was I forced to slay... as fine a swordsman as Yorii Kanbei?! 629 00:55:10,850 --> 00:55:15,320 - Fellows, it's all on me. - No! 'Cause I'm w... 630 00:55:15,460 --> 00:55:18,550 'Cause you're working right? Oh, c'mon! 631 00:55:18,830 --> 00:55:20,130 Don't worry about it! 632 00:55:20,330 --> 00:55:22,300 Foremen like yours are always stingy anyway. 633 00:55:22,340 --> 00:55:24,210 You can't possibly earn enough to eat as much as you want. 634 00:55:24,250 --> 00:55:26,570 - Don't be modest, alright? - Why, thank you very much! - Thank you! 635 00:55:26,600 --> 00:55:28,500 Say... bring each of these guys a bottle of sake. 636 00:55:28,570 --> 00:55:31,460 - Certainly. - Here ya go. C'mon! Have a seat! 637 00:55:34,430 --> 00:55:35,730 Alright? 638 00:55:36,450 --> 00:55:38,140 That's pretty nice of you. 639 00:55:39,500 --> 00:55:42,590 I'll just have to screw an extra pervert, that's all. 640 00:55:49,230 --> 00:55:51,860 Tajuu... wanna come over here? 641 00:55:53,120 --> 00:55:56,010 Come on over, Tajuu. C'mon! 642 00:56:05,860 --> 00:56:07,350 I know how you feel... 643 00:56:07,460 --> 00:56:09,860 ...but you don't have a chance against your opponent. 644 00:56:10,680 --> 00:56:12,880 I'll... face him and show ya! 645 00:56:12,970 --> 00:56:14,900 I know it's hard, but you should forget it. 646 00:56:15,140 --> 00:56:17,670 You should value your own life a little more. 647 00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:22,090 We've never been... treated like human beings... 648 00:56:22,130 --> 00:56:23,340 anywhere we've gone! 649 00:56:23,410 --> 00:56:25,110 L... L... Look at this! 650 00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:27,460 That's awful! 651 00:56:30,300 --> 00:56:31,360 Who did that to you? 652 00:56:31,570 --> 00:56:34,840 At the village deputy's office... 653 00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:37,140 ...when I said to them... "please help us... 654 00:56:37,180 --> 00:56:38,880 we are starving to death..." 655 00:56:39,610 --> 00:56:40,980 ...this is what they did to me! 656 00:56:41,080 --> 00:56:43,880 Is this something that samurai ought to do?! 657 00:56:46,150 --> 00:56:48,380 Not all samurai are alike. 658 00:56:49,590 --> 00:56:52,680 You're wrong! Y... You've all got swords! 659 00:56:52,810 --> 00:56:57,370 Y... Y... You use the swords to... to kill us! 660 00:57:19,510 --> 00:57:22,600 Are you just gonna keep standing there? Sit down! 661 00:57:25,690 --> 00:57:28,180 You know, I'm a loser myself... 662 00:57:29,430 --> 00:57:32,690 Lately, It's been tough emotionally to accept a customer, y'know... 663 00:57:34,130 --> 00:57:35,900 If only I were a little stronger... 664 00:57:36,710 --> 00:57:38,520 Three years in Yoshiwara, Two in Oka-basho... 665 00:57:38,550 --> 00:57:39,580 Yoshiwara and Oka-basho: famous red-light districts in Edo. 666 00:57:39,600 --> 00:57:42,160 ...and the last 5 years, I've whored in the streets. 667 00:57:45,570 --> 00:57:48,010 What's wrong with you? C'mon, drink up! 668 00:57:48,050 --> 00:57:48,960 - Yeah! - Yeah! 669 00:57:49,010 --> 00:57:50,310 Hey, you guys! Let's drink up! 670 00:57:50,380 --> 00:57:51,850 Yeah, let's! 671 00:57:52,250 --> 00:57:54,550 Yeah, this one's on me! 672 00:58:26,530 --> 00:58:28,880 Who's there?! Come out! 673 00:59:24,780 --> 00:59:26,380 Okita is that you? 674 00:59:38,390 --> 00:59:40,030 You want me to hold you in my arms? 675 00:59:41,120 --> 00:59:44,890 No need for good-byes... we've already parted. 676 00:59:45,430 --> 00:59:47,470 I'm just offering to hold you. 677 00:59:48,770 --> 00:59:51,230 No questions asked. 678 01:00:02,880 --> 01:00:04,950 You're trembling like a leaf. 679 01:00:24,800 --> 01:00:26,600 Was that Banzo?! 680 01:00:33,530 --> 01:00:35,790 Why did you whisper... 681 01:00:36,410 --> 01:00:38,430 ...that he was hiding beneath me?! 682 01:01:27,470 --> 01:01:31,570 My karma is a bottomless pit of blackness. 683 01:01:33,100 --> 01:01:35,730 There must be some horrible devil living in me! 684 01:01:37,970 --> 01:01:40,880 We shall never... see each other again. 685 01:01:44,080 --> 01:01:45,240 But please... 686 01:01:46,200 --> 01:01:47,730 ...please remember once in a while that... 687 01:01:47,750 --> 01:01:48,770 there once was... 688 01:01:48,970 --> 01:01:50,460 ...a woman as sinful as I. 689 01:01:53,060 --> 01:01:54,140 Okita... 690 01:02:06,100 --> 01:02:09,550 "Five, Six..." 691 01:02:14,290 --> 01:02:15,840 Oh, mister! 692 01:02:30,630 --> 01:02:33,330 Gather around! Gather around, everyone! 693 01:02:33,430 --> 01:02:36,300 The Water Play is about to begin! 694 01:02:36,370 --> 01:02:39,230 Gather around, everyone! Alright! 695 01:02:51,250 --> 01:02:52,380 - Old man... - Welcome. 696 01:02:52,490 --> 01:02:53,780 - Two, please. - Certainly. 697 01:03:01,800 --> 01:03:03,360 I'm scared! 698 01:03:13,140 --> 01:03:15,540 Oh! Sis! Monsters pop out of there! 699 01:03:17,440 --> 01:03:19,170 You are ruthless... 700 01:03:20,060 --> 01:03:22,680 You've embarrassed me... saw my bare skin... 701 01:03:24,210 --> 01:03:26,090 For a woman, that is worse than death! 702 01:03:26,230 --> 01:03:27,680 Worse than death...? 703 01:03:28,240 --> 01:03:30,000 To endure my touching your body? 704 01:03:31,260 --> 01:03:33,320 I long to see you die! 705 01:03:34,430 --> 01:03:36,020 That day will come... 706 01:03:38,830 --> 01:03:40,010 Depend on it! 707 01:03:48,580 --> 01:03:50,070 Oh! Mister! 708 01:03:58,320 --> 01:04:00,480 What?! Konami...?! 709 01:04:00,790 --> 01:04:02,650 This time it's my other daughter! 710 01:04:02,820 --> 01:04:07,020 This is all the work of those who hold grudges against you! 711 01:04:07,240 --> 01:04:08,200 Why is that?! 712 01:04:08,280 --> 01:04:10,250 What Tsuru tells me is that... 713 01:04:10,430 --> 01:04:13,030 ...they're peasants who live under the Yanagiwara Bridge. 714 01:04:13,100 --> 01:04:14,430 - The refugees? - Yes. 715 01:04:14,580 --> 01:04:16,580 I'm sure that the peasants that you tested your swords on... 716 01:04:16,660 --> 01:04:19,180 ...are their relatives. It must be their doing. 717 01:04:20,040 --> 01:04:22,200 That bunch of maggots?! How ludicrous! 718 01:04:22,880 --> 01:04:25,860 Alright... They'll pay for this! 719 01:04:26,280 --> 01:04:30,070 Takayuki... I forbid you to enter such a place. 720 01:04:31,120 --> 01:04:33,430 - Why, mother?! - I will not permit it! 721 01:04:34,490 --> 01:04:37,930 You're a very valuable man, the one who'll be the next Shogun. 722 01:04:38,660 --> 01:04:41,130 Why make such a fuss about one silly girl? 723 01:04:41,200 --> 01:04:42,690 How can you say such a thing?! 724 01:04:43,050 --> 01:04:47,490 The House of Yamazaki has invested a fortune to support your ambitions! 725 01:04:47,580 --> 01:04:50,710 Are you saying that now you don't care what happens to my Konami? 726 01:04:52,470 --> 01:04:54,280 Lady Matsujo, please answer me! 727 01:05:00,730 --> 01:05:01,820 Young Lord Takayuki... 728 01:05:01,900 --> 01:05:03,910 You once thought of Konami as a part of yourself. 729 01:05:03,990 --> 01:05:07,180 And now you don't care what happens to her?! 730 01:05:07,750 --> 01:05:10,050 Alright... I'm going! 731 01:05:10,690 --> 01:05:12,680 - Takayuki! - Mother! 732 01:05:12,860 --> 01:05:16,390 Are you telling me to let that gang of vermin get away with this?! 733 01:05:40,220 --> 01:05:41,920 Let go of me! 734 01:05:48,430 --> 01:05:49,990 Damn you! 735 01:05:52,800 --> 01:05:54,460 Dammit! 736 01:06:05,250 --> 01:06:06,270 You scum! 737 01:06:06,780 --> 01:06:10,380 You've got some nerve, opposing me, a far superior being! 738 01:06:12,420 --> 01:06:13,580 I'll cut you into ribbons! 739 01:06:14,190 --> 01:06:15,620 Damn you! 740 01:06:20,720 --> 01:06:21,640 Wait! 741 01:06:23,400 --> 01:06:24,870 Don't come any closer, Kyoshiro! 742 01:06:28,340 --> 01:06:30,000 You want to rescue him? 743 01:06:31,610 --> 01:06:34,530 You want to save this fool's life? 744 01:06:36,680 --> 01:06:37,740 That's right. 745 01:06:40,950 --> 01:06:43,190 Even if you have to die to do it? 746 01:06:44,720 --> 01:06:45,880 If that is what you require. 747 01:06:51,390 --> 01:06:55,090 - No! Don't die just to save me! - Shut up you worm! 748 01:06:56,130 --> 01:06:59,900 Kyoshiro... I'll spare the life of this low creature. 749 01:07:01,300 --> 01:07:04,580 But there's something I want in exchange. 750 01:07:04,770 --> 01:07:05,740 What is it? 751 01:07:07,880 --> 01:07:09,360 The Muso Masamune. 752 01:07:11,770 --> 01:07:13,700 This is too great a sword for you... 753 01:07:14,100 --> 01:07:16,120 in your hands, the Muso Masamune would weep. 754 01:07:19,170 --> 01:07:20,730 Do you object to my terms? 755 01:07:22,480 --> 01:07:24,410 If you want it that badly... 756 01:07:24,890 --> 01:07:26,820 But, don't just leave him alone... 757 01:07:28,260 --> 01:07:30,630 ...stay away from all these people as well! 758 01:07:34,470 --> 01:07:35,530 Agreed. 759 01:08:01,160 --> 01:08:03,710 There's nothing in the world that I can't obtain if I desire it. 760 01:08:04,800 --> 01:08:06,270 The post of Shogun... 761 01:08:06,670 --> 01:08:09,260 And, Konami... you as well! 762 01:08:27,120 --> 01:08:28,180 Kyoshiro... 763 01:08:29,770 --> 01:08:32,320 I won't be satisfied just watching you die in a normal manner. 764 01:08:33,250 --> 01:08:37,770 In this cage... you will starve to death... 765 01:08:38,870 --> 01:08:42,720 ...ah... I wonder what that will do to a person such as you. 766 01:08:43,600 --> 01:08:45,000 How I'm going to love finding out! 767 01:08:45,610 --> 01:08:48,130 I must thank-you for the going-away present of flowers... 768 01:08:48,210 --> 01:08:50,510 ...before you proceed to torture me to death. 769 01:08:51,170 --> 01:08:52,770 Or perhaps, you want to stage a drama... 770 01:08:52,950 --> 01:08:57,480 ...a bitter legend of a samurai who saved a flower whilst starving to death? 771 01:08:58,620 --> 01:09:01,320 I wonder how long you can endure the production of that legend? 772 01:09:02,460 --> 01:09:03,930 How inventive! 773 01:09:04,860 --> 01:09:07,380 But, your bloated ego will eventually... 774 01:09:07,730 --> 01:09:11,850 ...spoil you, like thousands of others of the Inner Court. 775 01:09:12,100 --> 01:09:14,080 You'll live extravagantly... 776 01:09:14,570 --> 01:09:18,240 ...and fatten relentlessly, like a swine. 777 01:09:26,060 --> 01:09:29,550 Look at yourselves! 778 01:09:30,760 --> 01:09:34,120 Don' you care what happens to him?! 779 01:09:34,420 --> 01:09:37,270 But, they told us that if we get involved again... 780 01:09:37,420 --> 01:09:39,480 ...we'll be sent off to the camp on Ishikawa Island! 781 01:09:39,530 --> 01:09:42,160 They even ordered us to get out of here by tonight. 782 01:09:42,260 --> 01:09:43,290 Sheesh! 783 01:09:43,910 --> 01:09:47,490 I... I would sacrifice my life! 784 01:09:48,780 --> 01:09:49,970 I'll go rescue him! 785 01:09:58,250 --> 01:09:59,440 I am here today... 786 01:09:59,580 --> 01:10:04,350 ...with the news that you, Lady Matsujo, have so long waited to hear. 787 01:10:07,250 --> 01:10:11,150 The audience between His Highness, the Shogun, and Sir Takayuki... 788 01:10:11,230 --> 01:10:12,790 ...has been officially arranged. 789 01:10:14,060 --> 01:10:17,050 Lord Mizuno... is this truly so? 790 01:10:21,770 --> 01:10:25,670 I must warn you that the possibility exists there may be some interference. 791 01:10:26,010 --> 01:10:28,700 Sir Takayuki must not act recklessly. 792 01:10:28,840 --> 01:10:30,940 I would suggest that he employ great caution. 793 01:10:32,610 --> 01:10:35,510 This is a defining moment for us, after all... I will so instruct him. 794 01:11:31,650 --> 01:11:32,510 Kyoshiro... 795 01:11:36,040 --> 01:11:38,440 I hope that you're prepared. 796 01:11:39,550 --> 01:11:42,450 It will be interesting to see how you'll parry our spears... 797 01:11:42,590 --> 01:11:45,520 ...when you're trapped like a beast, inside this cage! 798 01:11:52,290 --> 01:11:54,350 This will be a bloody sacrifice to celebrate... 799 01:11:54,430 --> 01:11:57,680 ...the official presentation of Takayuki to the Shogun's court! 800 01:11:58,340 --> 01:12:00,270 Looks like the end of the world has come... 801 01:12:01,090 --> 01:12:04,280 ...if a unexceptional, dim-witted bully can become the Shogun. 802 01:12:04,540 --> 01:12:05,510 Silence! 803 01:12:09,840 --> 01:12:11,930 Is this a mother's love for her son? 804 01:12:12,640 --> 01:12:16,220 For the sake of your son, you abuse and victimize many others. 805 01:12:16,520 --> 01:12:17,530 You are a disgrace! 806 01:12:48,050 --> 01:12:50,210 Open the door! If you don't... 807 01:12:52,720 --> 01:12:53,950 Stand back! 808 01:13:39,530 --> 01:13:41,200 You despise me that much? 809 01:13:48,800 --> 01:13:50,690 You don't have any reason to despise me. 810 01:13:50,880 --> 01:13:54,030 - Don't let him get away! After him! - This way! 811 01:14:00,690 --> 01:14:02,190 Over this way! Don't let him get away! 812 01:14:02,210 --> 01:14:04,790 - Open the door! - That way! Go! 813 01:14:11,530 --> 01:14:14,680 - After him! He can't get far! - Yessir! - Yessir! 814 01:14:18,170 --> 01:14:19,040 Tajuu! 815 01:14:20,170 --> 01:14:21,160 Oh! 816 01:14:22,360 --> 01:14:24,390 - Did you come to rescue me? - Yup! 817 01:14:25,010 --> 01:14:26,840 You are a blithering fool! 818 01:14:28,750 --> 01:14:29,780 Let's go! 819 01:14:36,920 --> 01:14:39,610 Konami, did you... take the Muso Masamune?! 820 01:14:39,830 --> 01:14:42,540 Yes. It was I who took it. 821 01:14:48,020 --> 01:14:49,120 I had... 822 01:14:51,170 --> 01:14:52,300 ...let him... 823 01:14:54,470 --> 01:14:57,240 ...Nemuri Kyoshiro... have his way with me. 824 01:14:57,450 --> 01:15:00,720 What?! You've let him take you?! 825 01:15:02,150 --> 01:15:02,880 Yes. 826 01:15:04,050 --> 01:15:05,810 Takayuki... kill her! 827 01:15:07,790 --> 01:15:08,880 Destroy her! 828 01:15:24,870 --> 01:15:28,570 Oh! Young Lord! What's wrong, sir? 829 01:15:30,450 --> 01:15:33,940 We found this at the door... a request from Nemuri Kyoshiro for a duel! 830 01:15:34,050 --> 01:15:36,140 What?! Let me see it! 831 01:15:37,320 --> 01:15:41,880 "One ant's life is yours to take, under the Yanagiwara Bridge." 832 01:15:42,620 --> 01:15:45,180 "You may use any method you desire to take it." 833 01:15:46,600 --> 01:15:48,500 That damned ronin! 834 01:15:48,560 --> 01:15:50,830 - Masaki! Assemble the men! - Yes, sir. 835 01:15:52,930 --> 01:15:55,130 Takayuki, you must not go! 836 01:15:55,200 --> 01:15:56,570 Why not, mother?! 837 01:16:05,280 --> 01:16:06,470 Konami! 838 01:16:22,900 --> 01:16:24,570 Yakayuki! You must not go! 839 01:16:24,630 --> 01:16:26,910 Take your hands off me! Let me go! 840 01:16:28,600 --> 01:16:29,800 Takayuki! 841 01:16:29,920 --> 01:16:32,170 Can you not listen to what your mother has to say? 842 01:16:32,210 --> 01:16:33,340 Heed my words! 843 01:16:34,940 --> 01:16:39,150 Mother, you told me "One should always personally destroy one's enemies!" 844 01:16:39,310 --> 01:16:41,130 I must destroy Kyoshiro with my own hands, 845 01:16:41,210 --> 01:16:42,650 or I can't live with myself! 846 01:16:44,830 --> 01:16:46,100 Takayuki! 847 01:17:11,640 --> 01:17:15,180 No! I'm going too! It's my revenge! 848 01:17:15,350 --> 01:17:17,180 You'll only die if you go. 849 01:17:17,320 --> 01:17:18,880 I don't mind dying! 850 01:17:19,200 --> 01:17:23,260 Tajuu... on your behalf, I'll show them the strength of... 851 01:17:23,660 --> 01:17:25,860 ...a life that's been stepped on like an ant. 852 01:17:26,030 --> 01:17:27,480 What's wrong with that? 853 01:17:27,720 --> 01:17:32,210 B... But... you c..could get killed! You never know! 854 01:17:32,320 --> 01:17:34,390 I'll just have to do my best and see what happens. 855 01:17:37,600 --> 01:17:38,630 I... 856 01:17:41,040 --> 01:17:42,610 ...I love you, man! 857 01:17:44,280 --> 01:17:47,900 Tajuu... you're not the kind that belongs in Edo. 858 01:17:48,180 --> 01:17:49,910 Leave this town as soon as you can. 859 01:17:50,050 --> 01:17:51,780 Go back to you home in the countryside... 860 01:17:52,040 --> 01:17:54,840 ...and by tilling the soil, live life to the fullest. 861 01:17:55,520 --> 01:17:58,100 I'll... I'll go with you! 862 01:18:27,750 --> 01:18:29,060 Hey, he's here! 863 01:18:29,480 --> 01:18:30,430 He's here! 864 01:18:30,560 --> 01:18:31,890 He's here! 865 01:18:32,160 --> 01:18:33,630 Come on! Hurry up! 866 01:18:34,660 --> 01:18:35,820 Get on with it! 867 01:18:36,600 --> 01:18:39,000 Spread out! Hurry! Spread out! Hurry! 868 01:19:25,230 --> 01:19:29,020 Takayuki... it is commendable that you accepted my challenge. 869 01:19:29,830 --> 01:19:31,260 I applaud you for your courage. 870 01:19:31,600 --> 01:19:32,610 Silence! 871 01:19:33,070 --> 01:19:34,140 Kyoshiro! 872 01:19:34,590 --> 01:19:36,960 Your evil life will end tonight! Prepare yourself! 873 01:19:37,500 --> 01:19:39,830 Permit me to express the same sentiments to you. 874 01:19:40,440 --> 01:19:42,030 Young Lord! Young Lord! 875 01:19:42,740 --> 01:19:43,930 Attack! 876 01:19:57,540 --> 01:19:58,570 Go! 877 01:19:59,340 --> 01:20:00,650 The fire! 878 01:20:33,700 --> 01:20:35,890 Withdraw! Withdraw! Withdraw...! 879 01:20:48,260 --> 01:20:49,410 Shoot him! 880 01:21:09,880 --> 01:21:12,010 Young Lord! It's too dangerous! 881 01:21:34,800 --> 01:21:37,350 Young Lord... it seems as if we've succeeded! 882 01:21:38,990 --> 01:21:42,980 I must slay him... I won't be content... 'til my great sword drinks his blood... 883 01:21:43,300 --> 01:21:44,630 - Fetch my great sword! - Yes, sir! 884 01:21:44,680 --> 01:21:45,740 It's no use! 885 01:21:45,970 --> 01:21:48,880 Looks like... I've won this battle! 886 01:21:49,800 --> 01:21:50,660 Damn you! 887 01:22:07,650 --> 01:22:08,950 Takayuki... 888 01:22:09,720 --> 01:22:12,940 The Muso Masamune thirsts for your blood... 889 01:22:13,720 --> 01:22:14,590 Die! 890 01:23:07,640 --> 01:23:11,640 We've taken care of Sir Takayuki's vassals. 891 01:23:12,580 --> 01:23:15,830 Sir, we're in the employ of the Honourable Elder Mizuno. 892 01:23:16,720 --> 01:23:21,400 I'd guessed that such was the case. Fine... I'll fight you too. 893 01:23:21,760 --> 01:23:25,850 No. We have not been ordered to challenge you. 894 01:23:26,730 --> 01:23:28,980 Thanks to a statement written by a young woman named Konami... 895 01:23:29,020 --> 01:23:30,960 ...it was demonstrated that Takayuki and his mother were responsible... 896 01:23:31,030 --> 01:23:34,120 ...for arranging the assassination of the Shogun's heirs. 897 01:23:34,770 --> 01:23:36,670 - Konami...?! - That is correct. 898 01:23:37,220 --> 01:23:39,660 Matsujo has been sent into exile. 899 01:23:39,870 --> 01:23:42,960 - What about Konami?! - She has taken her own life. 900 01:23:46,210 --> 01:23:47,200 I see... 901 01:23:48,480 --> 01:23:50,150 Had I been defeated... 902 01:23:51,410 --> 01:23:54,370 ...then you'd have slain Takayuki. 903 01:23:57,590 --> 01:23:59,620 Such a fine, statesman-like manoeuvre. 904 01:24:00,030 --> 01:24:04,400 All is well now that I have slain your troublemaker. 905 01:24:05,380 --> 01:24:08,280 The Honourable Elder must have a big smile on his face. 906 01:24:10,520 --> 01:24:12,490 Such a pathetic fellow. 907 01:24:58,580 --> 01:25:07,210 THE END