1 00:00:02,930 --> 00:00:10,930 The Daiei Company Presents: 2 00:00:13,970 --> 00:00:18,650 SLEEPY EYES OF DEATH 5: SWORD OF FIRE 3 00:00:18,770 --> 00:00:22,930 "Nemuri Kyoshiro Enjoken" Nemuri Kyoshiro Fire-Passion Sword 4 00:00:23,710 --> 00:00:28,520 Planning: Zaizen Sadao Original Story: Shibata Renzaburoo Screenplay: Hoshikawa Seiji 5 00:00:28,650 --> 00:00:31,600 Photography: Morita Fujirro Sound: Oosumi Masao Lighting: Fury Kenji 6 00:00:31,700 --> 00:00:33,730 Art Direction: Naitoo Akira Music: Saito Ichiro 7 00:00:34,060 --> 00:00:36,126 Set Design: Takachi Kan Asst. Director: Tomoeda Nengi 8 00:00:36,150 --> 00:00:38,066 Production Mgr: Oozawa Hiroshi Developing: Toyo Labs 9 00:00:38,090 --> 00:00:40,606 Editing: Select Kanji Fight Choreography: Miyauchi Shoohei Sound Effects: Kurashima Yoo 10 00:00:40,630 --> 00:00:41,900 Starring: 11 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:46,500 ICHIKAWA RAIZO as NEMURAI KYOSHIRO 12 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:51,760 Nakamura Tamao Michiko Sugata Nakahara Sanae 13 00:00:52,110 --> 00:00:57,780 Nishimura Ko, Shimada Ryuuzoo Mizuhara Kooichi, Kozakura Junko Yasube Tooru 14 00:00:58,110 --> 00:01:00,920 Hamada Masashi, Fujikawa Jun Takakura Ichiroo, Ooe Teruko 15 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,720 Date Saburo, Uenoyama Kooichi Morita Manabu, Kimura Gen 16 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:07,710 Itoo Yoshitaka - Miyama Shimpachi - Fujiwara Tamotsu - Kuroki Hideo - Rokui Kazuo 17 00:01:07,770 --> 00:01:10,920 Funaki Yooichi - Iwata Tadahi - Sengoku Haruo - Kikuno Kimiyo - Aihara Kooichi 18 00:01:11,110 --> 00:01:16,000 DIRECTED by: MISUMI KENJI 19 00:01:31,730 --> 00:01:34,030 He's killed my husband! Please help me! 20 00:01:34,180 --> 00:01:35,520 Is that true? 21 00:01:37,930 --> 00:01:41,690 Outta my way! If you help her, you'll be disgracing yourself! Beat it! 22 00:01:42,520 --> 00:01:46,350 My Clan has sanctioned my revenge. Please help me kill him. Please! 23 00:01:46,600 --> 00:01:51,240 Crazy woman... You've been most fortunate to survive so long. 24 00:01:51,570 --> 00:01:56,440 However, I am but a ronin... I won't risk my life to help anyone. 25 00:01:59,470 --> 00:02:02,840 I will give you anything you want! Please help me, sir! 26 00:02:15,570 --> 00:02:16,890 You fool! 27 00:02:32,670 --> 00:02:35,290 You've... Disgraced yourself... 28 00:02:52,460 --> 00:02:56,930 I am Higaki Nui... of the Todo Clan. 29 00:02:58,250 --> 00:03:04,660 Thanks to you, sir... I have avenged my husband! 30 00:03:29,260 --> 00:03:32,390 That man, Kaizuka Monnosuke, you said his name was... 31 00:03:32,740 --> 00:03:34,500 ...was he in love with you? 32 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:40,460 - Why, that's crazy... - Well, it just seemed that way to me. 33 00:03:40,840 --> 00:03:44,640 Three years ago, in the dead of night, he ambushed my husband. Higaki Seijuro. 34 00:03:44,990 --> 00:03:47,700 He was cast out of our Clan... and became the target of my vendetta! 35 00:03:47,870 --> 00:03:53,060 You will soon she the Chief Retainer... I'm sure that he'll explain everything. 36 00:03:55,060 --> 00:03:57,390 Speaking of which, he's certainly making us wait! 37 00:03:58,340 --> 00:04:00,370 It's been almost an hour! 38 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:06,770 I have not yet received... the reward you promised. 39 00:04:10,940 --> 00:04:13,540 You did say I could have anything that I wanted. 40 00:04:17,180 --> 00:04:19,260 As for your reward for saving me... 41 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,370 have me for one night, and only one night. 42 00:04:48,180 --> 00:04:51,870 "EXECUTION LICENSE" 43 00:04:55,450 --> 00:04:58,440 I take it that you killed him in a legitimate duel, correct? 44 00:04:58,680 --> 00:05:02,780 You didn't resort to dishonorable tactics, like killing him while he slept, correct? 45 00:05:03,130 --> 00:05:07,430 Correct, sir. Thanks to the assistance of this gentleman, Nemuri Kyoshiro... 46 00:05:07,870 --> 00:05:11,270 ...I was able to destroy him, abiding always by the code of the samurai. 47 00:05:12,970 --> 00:05:16,930 "Nemuri Kyoshiro" Now that's an intriguing name. 48 00:05:17,980 --> 00:05:21,170 I'm Atobe Shogen, the Todo Clan's Chief Retainer in Edo. 49 00:05:23,650 --> 00:05:26,170 I congratulate you on your victory. 50 00:05:27,060 --> 00:05:29,530 I will assist you in restoring the House of Higaki. 51 00:05:30,990 --> 00:05:32,250 Yes, sir... 52 00:05:38,860 --> 00:05:44,710 I'm sure my husband, Seijuro, can finally rest in peace. 53 00:05:47,910 --> 00:05:49,350 Honorable Chief Retainer... 54 00:05:50,770 --> 00:05:54,860 Why was this gentleman, Higaki Seijuro, ambushed in the middle of the night? 55 00:05:58,170 --> 00:06:00,580 It was Kaizuka's revenge. 56 00:06:00,770 --> 00:06:03,680 He had fallen in love with Nui, but it was Higaki who captured her heart. 57 00:06:04,270 --> 00:06:05,670 I see. 58 00:06:06,710 --> 00:06:09,200 These last three years must have been very difficult for you. 59 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:13,260 I shall arrange an audience for you with out Lord tomorrow afternoon. 60 00:06:13,750 --> 00:06:16,340 You may dress normally. Make up is allowed also. 61 00:06:23,020 --> 00:06:25,730 And for me, he has no words of gratitude, eh? 62 00:06:32,930 --> 00:06:34,490 Tonight at seven... 63 00:06:34,850 --> 00:06:37,320 Come to Jokanji Temple, in the backstreets of Yoshiwara. 64 00:06:37,610 --> 00:06:39,240 'Tis where I sleep. 65 00:06:44,590 --> 00:06:46,930 The last words of that pockmarked samurai... 66 00:06:47,630 --> 00:06:50,990 "If you help her, you'll be disgracing yourself!" 67 00:06:54,110 --> 00:06:55,880 What did he mean by that? 68 00:06:59,620 --> 00:07:03,350 Tonight at seven... I shall come to Jokanji. 69 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:11,270 However... no one must know of this! 70 00:07:16,430 --> 00:07:20,560 "NARUMIYA" 71 00:07:41,670 --> 00:07:45,260 Yes, I remember reading about this in a book, sir. 72 00:07:45,590 --> 00:07:48,580 The kind of copper bell-vase, made during the Tang dynasty... 73 00:07:48,990 --> 00:07:54,170 ...the story goes that it takes a thousand years for its true colors to shine. 74 00:07:55,060 --> 00:07:58,190 After being buried for several hundred years... 75 00:07:58,630 --> 00:08:01,160 ...its color changes from soft ones in the morning to... 76 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:06,320 ...what seems like the shimmer of a droplet of water in the afternoon. 77 00:08:07,190 --> 00:08:11,100 And, after another several hundred years under water... 78 00:08:11,310 --> 00:08:14,050 ...it'll become as beautiful as the finest of all pearls. 79 00:08:15,380 --> 00:08:18,450 Surely, the bare skin of this Chinese Bell is... 80 00:08:19,300 --> 00:08:22,050 ...simply splended, isn't it, Narumiya? 81 00:08:22,740 --> 00:08:25,140 A wonderful piece, indeed, sir. 82 00:08:27,760 --> 00:08:29,750 I shall give it to you. 83 00:08:31,020 --> 00:08:32,540 To me, sir?! 84 00:08:33,040 --> 00:08:36,390 Is it too low of a price... for your silence? 85 00:08:37,340 --> 00:08:41,090 Indeed... It is too low of a price. 86 00:08:41,410 --> 00:08:42,880 You jest! 87 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:48,970 Well? Will you take it? 88 00:08:54,170 --> 00:08:55,970 I shall accept it, sir. 89 00:08:58,110 --> 00:08:59,560 That is as it should be. 90 00:09:04,030 --> 00:09:07,330 Surely, your performance was most remarkable! 91 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:10,660 Even merchants such as myself could not bear taking such a chance. 92 00:09:11,200 --> 00:09:14,530 No, it was made possible only by your cooperation. 93 00:09:14,850 --> 00:09:20,720 Oh, no. I, Narumiya, only innocently prepared the ship... 94 00:09:20,980 --> 00:09:23,380 ...and before I knew it, I was embroiled in your plan. 95 00:09:23,620 --> 00:09:28,620 You comedian! You delight in saying delicate things one after another. 96 00:09:29,680 --> 00:09:33,820 But, remember, you too profit from this secret of the House of Todo! 97 00:09:36,370 --> 00:09:40,770 The Shogunate ordered the Todo to totally destroy the Toba Suigun... 98 00:09:41,120 --> 00:09:45,470 ...but your men diverted half the pirates' confiscated treasures to you, Sir Atobe. 99 00:09:45,910 --> 00:09:48,970 My profits, sir, are trivial compared to that. 100 00:09:50,370 --> 00:09:55,900 Still, regarding the issue of cleaning up loose ends, I thought that the pirates... 101 00:09:56,450 --> 00:10:01,340 ...their families, and all those with ties to them had been killed. 102 00:10:02,540 --> 00:10:06,850 Yet, I'm told that a few survived... and made their way to Edo. 103 00:10:07,530 --> 00:10:10,240 And I have heard that the Shogunate's Official Investigator... 104 00:10:10,500 --> 00:10:12,560 ...is secretly becoming involved. 105 00:10:16,550 --> 00:10:19,190 If words should travel from the pirates' mouths into the ears of... 106 00:10:19,230 --> 00:10:23,530 ...Shogunate officials, or our Clan Lord, Takaatsu... 107 00:10:25,180 --> 00:10:26,920 ...then it's this for us. 108 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:30,180 Before such evidence is uncovered... 109 00:10:30,450 --> 00:10:33,720 ...we must seek out these survivors... and permanently seal their mouths! 110 00:10:53,330 --> 00:10:55,630 Oh? You want to get right to it, eh? 111 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:58,200 How considerate of you. 112 00:11:12,850 --> 00:11:15,450 Give me what you promised. 113 00:11:16,660 --> 00:11:18,100 I advise you to submit. 114 00:11:18,140 --> 00:11:20,410 Know that I'm a man who knows how to take women. 115 00:11:48,450 --> 00:11:54,620 When I see a woman like you... it brings out my roguish desires! 116 00:11:55,390 --> 00:12:00,190 If you plan to kill me when we are joined... I will kill you first! 117 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,310 By tomorrow, I'll have lost all interest in you. 118 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:11,290 We'll be strangers after this. 119 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:28,140 Should I assist... I'd be disgracing myself, eh? 120 00:12:59,940 --> 00:13:02,200 Here, sir. A hot one! 121 00:13:04,380 --> 00:13:08,290 It seems as if it's gonna start snowing, doesn't it, sir? 122 00:13:09,200 --> 00:13:12,660 Say, old man, wanna tell me something interesting? 123 00:13:12,870 --> 00:13:16,340 - "Anything interesting...?" - Something worth living for. 124 00:13:16,470 --> 00:13:18,770 Here, sir. Have another. 125 00:13:19,670 --> 00:13:22,780 Sake is best enjoyed alone. You may leave. 126 00:13:34,730 --> 00:13:36,390 Wh... Who the hell are you?! 127 00:13:36,630 --> 00:13:41,360 P... Please... let me hide... I'm being chased! 128 00:13:41,830 --> 00:13:44,740 You're kidding me! I ain't gonna help a fugitive! Go away! 129 00:13:44,940 --> 00:13:47,870 I... I can't afford to die yet! 130 00:13:48,830 --> 00:13:51,800 Don't say a word. If you do... damned fools... 131 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:29,760 I don't wanna kill you! I just have a request! 132 00:14:29,950 --> 00:14:34,420 Knock it off. I can't stand such pathetic gestures. 133 00:14:34,660 --> 00:14:37,410 - Please! Sir samurai! - Knock it off, I said! 134 00:14:40,630 --> 00:14:43,030 This way... there's no point in dying. 135 00:14:44,900 --> 00:14:46,460 My daughter's gonna be killed! 136 00:14:48,020 --> 00:14:50,000 I abandoned her when she was little. 137 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:52,140 She's my only child. 138 00:14:53,510 --> 00:14:55,500 But if those bastards find her... 139 00:14:56,580 --> 00:14:59,300 I came to Edo to see her... after all the trouble it took... 140 00:14:59,830 --> 00:15:01,260 ...and this is what happens. 141 00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:05,140 Please help me, sir! This is what I wanted to ask you. 142 00:15:05,620 --> 00:15:07,610 - I was... a long time ago... - Not another word. 143 00:15:08,340 --> 00:15:10,450 Whatever you say, it has nothing to do with me. 144 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:11,820 Sir samurai! 145 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:15,340 Instead of babbling on like that, why don't you think of a way to escape? 146 00:15:17,260 --> 00:15:21,460 It's all over for me! I'm trapped in here. 147 00:15:23,670 --> 00:15:26,640 Outside, there must be a hundred men ready to kill me on sight. 148 00:15:27,900 --> 00:15:29,440 I'm finished! 149 00:15:31,340 --> 00:15:34,120 Please, Sir samurai! Please hear me out! 150 00:15:34,510 --> 00:15:35,950 Enough! 151 00:15:42,650 --> 00:15:46,520 Don't want to listen? But it's too late, now that we've had our talk. 152 00:15:47,590 --> 00:15:50,150 They'll think that you're my ally, they'll assume... 153 00:15:50,180 --> 00:15:52,480 ...I told you everything, and they'll come after you too! 154 00:15:52,530 --> 00:15:53,590 Say what? 155 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:56,630 The men outside... they're sure to come after you. 156 00:15:57,540 --> 00:15:59,770 They'll think I've told you things. 157 00:16:00,510 --> 00:16:03,340 If it's worth telling to me, then tell the authorities about it! 158 00:16:04,310 --> 00:16:06,010 But I can't do that. 159 00:16:06,580 --> 00:16:12,020 How could I possibly allow my one and only daughter to learn... 160 00:16:13,050 --> 00:16:15,580 ...that her father will be executed? 161 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:18,460 I don't understand... I don't know what you're talking about! 162 00:16:18,490 --> 00:16:21,490 So I'm sayin... listen to what I've got to say... 163 00:16:23,630 --> 00:16:25,460 Denkichi! Surrender! 164 00:16:28,130 --> 00:16:29,780 Hold it! 165 00:16:34,210 --> 00:16:39,150 S.. Sir samurai, I beg you... My daughter... My daughter... 166 00:16:43,570 --> 00:16:47,980 That was the wanted fugitive Denkichi, a homeless wretch. You are...? 167 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:49,600 A bar customer. 168 00:16:49,810 --> 00:16:52,010 If you suspect me, then do as you see fit. 169 00:17:35,820 --> 00:17:37,320 You! He told you, didn't he! 170 00:17:38,660 --> 00:17:40,040 Art thou samurai? 171 00:18:09,150 --> 00:18:10,740 Sir, all three of our men were slain! 172 00:18:10,910 --> 00:18:12,780 - What?! Slain?! - Yes, sir. 173 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:17,950 - The Shogunate Investigator...? - No. They fell to the "Full-Moon-Cut..." 174 00:18:18,380 --> 00:18:21,320 ...a technique used by a ronin... named "Nemuri Kyoshiro." 175 00:18:21,610 --> 00:18:23,840 - Oh, him... - You know of him, sir? 176 00:18:24,940 --> 00:18:26,960 Be assured, sir. I shall destroy him. 177 00:18:29,410 --> 00:18:35,410 If you go carelessly poking around, "the snake pops out of the bush." 178 00:18:36,650 --> 00:18:42,870 "Denkichi, a vagrant, was once a member of "Toba Suigun,"a pirate ban..." 179 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:47,080 - Hey! They say he was a pirate! - Oh? THAT guy...? 180 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,180 "NARUMIYA" 181 00:20:21,450 --> 00:20:23,480 So you're Narumiya. 182 00:20:23,740 --> 00:20:26,440 My name is Narumiya Tahei, sir. 183 00:20:27,060 --> 00:20:30,950 He who oversees the official rice reserves, and is renowned in the Yoshiwara? 184 00:20:30,980 --> 00:20:32,076 "Yoshiwara:" famous red-light district. 185 00:20:32,100 --> 00:20:33,730 I don't know what to say to that, sir. 186 00:20:33,980 --> 00:20:37,550 Narumiya... Do you know a man named Denkichi? 187 00:20:38,050 --> 00:20:41,410 - Denkichi? - The vagrant who just got executed. 188 00:20:42,020 --> 00:20:44,790 Hmm... Doesn't ring a bell. 189 00:20:45,730 --> 00:20:47,010 I see. 190 00:20:48,030 --> 00:20:50,730 So, anyway, what does a representative of the rice reserves... 191 00:20:50,830 --> 00:20:53,740 ...want from a petty ronin like me? 192 00:20:55,180 --> 00:21:00,630 Well, sir... it concerns this young lady, Kosasa. 193 00:21:01,660 --> 00:21:04,630 She happens to be the daughter of a very honorable family. 194 00:21:04,880 --> 00:21:07,470 For a year now, she has been an attendant at the Inner Court... 195 00:21:07,620 --> 00:21:09,710 ...but how should I put it... 196 00:21:10,290 --> 00:21:14,860 "In search of blossoms in the springtime, she found not... "perhaps? 197 00:21:15,030 --> 00:21:17,060 Why don't you just give it to me straight? 198 00:21:17,380 --> 00:21:22,320 To be less poetic... She knows nothing of the experience of love-making. 199 00:21:33,930 --> 00:21:35,580 Is she slow? 200 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:39,470 No. It's because of her pampered upbringing. 201 00:21:39,750 --> 00:21:42,080 So what is it that you want me to do? 202 00:21:42,770 --> 00:21:46,990 Rumor has it, sir... that your swordsmanship is unmatched. 203 00:21:47,190 --> 00:21:51,350 I'm also told that you have enjoyed the charms of an army of women. 204 00:21:52,310 --> 00:21:57,440 As I've always lived the life of a rogue, it will do me no good to deny it, eh? 205 00:21:58,220 --> 00:22:04,490 Thus, you must also be a master at, shall we say, "irrigating green young fields." 206 00:22:04,670 --> 00:22:08,220 Hey! Hey! We're not talking the way we should be... 207 00:22:08,540 --> 00:22:13,300 You, the merchant, waxing lyrical, while I, the samurai, utter vulgarities? 208 00:22:13,540 --> 00:22:16,460 Well... for that I apologize, sir. 209 00:22:18,950 --> 00:22:21,080 Will you accept my request, sir? 210 00:22:21,540 --> 00:22:23,340 Why don't you embrace her yourself? 211 00:22:23,440 --> 00:22:26,170 No, I don't have the confidence to do that, sir... 212 00:22:26,220 --> 00:22:28,380 ...not when the lady in question is of such high rank. 213 00:22:28,430 --> 00:22:31,590 You certainly look like a fellow who wouldn't have such qualms. 214 00:22:32,940 --> 00:22:34,060 Oh well... 215 00:22:34,620 --> 00:22:38,760 By the way... what is your reason for giving me this girl? 216 00:22:39,910 --> 00:22:41,500 I desire to sever my ill-fated ties... 217 00:22:41,800 --> 00:22:45,750 ...with Atobe Shogen, Chief Retainer of the Todo Clan, once and for all. 218 00:22:46,900 --> 00:22:48,430 What do you mean by "ill-fated ties?" 219 00:22:48,490 --> 00:22:52,260 - That... I cannot tell you, sir - Then I must refuse. 220 00:22:54,670 --> 00:22:56,090 But, Sir Nemuri... 221 00:22:56,850 --> 00:23:00,400 the Chief Retainer will be coming after you... wherever you go. 222 00:23:16,860 --> 00:23:19,240 To me, this is a very unusual request... 223 00:23:19,860 --> 00:23:23,700 ...but to you, as a woman, this must be horribly demeaning. 224 00:23:24,460 --> 00:23:26,520 Don't you have anything to say about it? 225 00:23:27,940 --> 00:23:30,460 To experience the joy of being a woman... 226 00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:33,780 Nothing is more worth living for. 227 00:23:45,090 --> 00:23:48,970 This is... not much, but... 228 00:23:50,290 --> 00:23:53,390 Oh? You're paying me on top of it all? 229 00:23:53,860 --> 00:23:56,990 Well, as she is from a noble family... 230 00:23:57,660 --> 00:24:00,400 ...please, I ask that you keep this matter absolutely confidential. 231 00:24:09,810 --> 00:24:12,210 Look... Why don't you knock it off already? 232 00:24:13,150 --> 00:24:17,980 You? From a blue-blooded family? Surely you're joking. 233 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:21,850 There's no way you're still a virgin! 234 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,360 What are you, Narumiya's lover? A concubine? 235 00:24:26,780 --> 00:24:28,070 Stand up. 236 00:25:52,450 --> 00:25:55,170 Splendid! This is indeed a breathtaking vision. 237 00:25:56,370 --> 00:25:58,860 As you make love the tattoo makes the skin blush... 238 00:25:58,950 --> 00:26:03,460 ...and the colors of the image become indescribable. 239 00:26:06,130 --> 00:26:09,650 Listen... we'll be heading out. Get dressed. 240 00:26:15,960 --> 00:26:18,900 Pardon me... but where are we going? 241 00:26:19,210 --> 00:26:21,230 Never mind that. Just follow me. 242 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:24,990 One, two... One, two... One, two... One, two... 243 00:26:25,150 --> 00:26:27,610 One, two... One, two... One, two... One, two... 244 00:26:27,750 --> 00:26:33,550 One, two... One, two... One, two... One, two... 245 00:26:34,990 --> 00:26:36,790 What should I do about our visitor, sir? 246 00:26:38,260 --> 00:26:41,290 - All right. Let him in. - Yes, sir. 247 00:26:45,850 --> 00:26:52,680 Permit me to thank you for your kind words the other day. 248 00:26:53,320 --> 00:26:54,790 - This is... - No need... 249 00:26:55,410 --> 00:26:57,560 My doorman told me about the matter already. 250 00:26:58,010 --> 00:27:03,870 Still, I find it hard to comprehend... why you'd offer the girl to me. 251 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:05,440 Explain yourself. 252 00:27:05,540 --> 00:27:07,580 It is a present in return, Chief Retainer. 253 00:27:07,940 --> 00:27:10,360 I don't remember doing anything to deserve such a thing! 254 00:27:10,410 --> 00:27:11,530 No need to pretend, sir. 255 00:27:12,450 --> 00:27:19,380 I was attacked by disguised swordsmen the other day... in front of a bar. 256 00:27:20,120 --> 00:27:23,820 Those, sir... were your men, correct? 257 00:27:25,250 --> 00:27:30,380 Let me make it clear... that this Denkichi fellow told me nothing about anything. 258 00:27:31,300 --> 00:27:33,930 I slew your men only because they attacked me. 259 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:36,550 No matter what anybody might do... 260 00:27:36,820 --> 00:27:40,750 ...I will not get involved, as long as my own safety is not at risk. 261 00:27:41,590 --> 00:27:45,550 That said, I ask that you put an end to all future assaults upon me. 262 00:27:46,820 --> 00:27:51,050 What does that... have to do with the girl? 263 00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:54,870 I do not wish to have any involvement with your Clan from now on. 264 00:27:57,280 --> 00:28:00,150 This girl, then, is a gift to you. 265 00:28:02,890 --> 00:28:06,990 On her body... not that I have tried it myself... 266 00:28:07,750 --> 00:28:10,410 ...is something both rare and absolutely extraordinary. 267 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:15,220 Whether or not you'd like to sample it, Chief Retainer... I leave up to you. 268 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:17,670 At any rate, she is yours. 269 00:28:36,770 --> 00:28:37,870 Wait! 270 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:40,220 What can I do for you? 271 00:28:41,280 --> 00:28:43,770 Your gift is most generous I will accept it. 272 00:28:44,620 --> 00:28:49,880 But, I must show you some hospitality. Please come this way. 273 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:53,630 No... I shall be leaving; your gesture is more then enough. 274 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:30,510 Todo Clansmen? 275 00:29:35,850 --> 00:29:37,290 My name is Kakurai Yozo. 276 00:29:39,070 --> 00:29:40,570 I'm here to take your life! 277 00:29:41,990 --> 00:29:44,060 I came here to state that I wasn't involved. 278 00:29:44,090 --> 00:29:46,020 No matter what your secret might be. 279 00:29:46,670 --> 00:29:48,140 And, you wish to kill me? 280 00:29:48,770 --> 00:29:49,770 That's right. 281 00:29:50,310 --> 00:29:52,040 On orders of the Chief Retainer? 282 00:29:52,350 --> 00:29:54,250 - That too. - You have other reasons? 283 00:29:54,380 --> 00:29:55,380 Indeed. 284 00:29:55,750 --> 00:29:58,910 What I'm interested in is... the Full-Moon Cut! 285 00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:01,890 - It isn't for show. - You're not leaving 'til you show us! 286 00:30:03,160 --> 00:30:05,690 Seems like you are quite skilled as well. 287 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,220 I won't leave without letting you see it. 288 00:30:09,280 --> 00:30:10,340 All right... 289 00:30:12,120 --> 00:30:15,460 - Observe my Full-Moon Cut. - We shall be watching! 290 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:19,280 This match won't be over 'til it's over. Do not interfere! 291 00:30:58,810 --> 00:31:00,970 Idiot! I told you not to interfere! 292 00:31:01,120 --> 00:31:02,750 - But... - Don't! 293 00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:25,110 You mustn't! 294 00:31:26,390 --> 00:31:28,790 Sir Kakurai, this duel must not take place! 295 00:31:28,930 --> 00:31:31,010 - What did you say?! - Sheath your sword. 296 00:31:31,240 --> 00:31:35,200 - Has the Chief Retainer so ordered?! - He says that you must retreat. 297 00:31:35,960 --> 00:31:37,080 Sir Kakurai! 298 00:31:41,070 --> 00:31:43,350 One of these days... for sure! 299 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:04,960 You lied, didn't you... about the Chief Retainer ordering them to retreat. 300 00:32:07,870 --> 00:32:08,870 Correct. 301 00:32:10,690 --> 00:32:11,690 Why? 302 00:32:13,460 --> 00:32:15,890 I do not wish you to be killed. 303 00:32:16,390 --> 00:32:18,720 The Chief Retainer is going to be very upset with you. 304 00:32:19,860 --> 00:32:20,880 It matters not... 305 00:32:26,170 --> 00:32:30,970 I am doing this so that you'll side with me. 306 00:33:01,070 --> 00:33:04,060 I enjoyed the feast of swords you sent me. 307 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:10,440 Chief Retainer... this Kosasa girl... is one of Narumiya's concubines. 308 00:33:10,780 --> 00:33:14,350 What?! Narumiya's...?! 309 00:33:17,190 --> 00:33:21,700 Summon your vassals, and you'll bruise the honor of the entire Todo Clan! 310 00:33:22,790 --> 00:33:24,190 Is that what you want? 311 00:33:41,290 --> 00:33:44,970 Narumiya... I'd like to know what your true intentions are. 312 00:33:45,900 --> 00:33:49,760 It seems that you intend that Atobe and I get into an awkward situation. 313 00:33:52,150 --> 00:33:57,900 Sir Nemuri... merchants, you see depend on profits for survival. 314 00:33:58,630 --> 00:34:04,220 Should I report Sir Atobe's crimes to the Shogunate, I'd be destroyed as well. 315 00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:10,270 Now, I... certainly wouldn't want to lose anymore then I already have. 316 00:34:10,480 --> 00:34:13,710 That is why I plotted to obtain your help, and take advantage of your abilities. 317 00:34:13,810 --> 00:34:16,860 And this you see... is the so-called "Businessmen's method." 318 00:34:17,430 --> 00:34:20,490 For having such fine business sense, I salute you. 319 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:26,360 If I say so. I too have come to admire your selflessness, sir. 320 00:34:26,860 --> 00:34:29,660 Again, are those words a trap... a scheme? 321 00:34:29,850 --> 00:34:32,070 Perhaps... they are. 322 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:36,140 I for one don't wish to get involved in complicated affairs. That's all. 323 00:34:36,320 --> 00:34:39,690 Alas... I believe it may be too late for that. 324 00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:44,930 You see, Higaki Nui is tasked with finding the Toba Suigun's surviving members. 325 00:34:45,350 --> 00:34:49,600 - The "Toba Suigun?" Pirates? - Yes, sir. 326 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:55,360 The daughter of their commander lives... quietly, in the outskirts of Shinagawa. 327 00:34:56,180 --> 00:35:00,150 - I beg you, please... save her. - "Save her?" 328 00:35:01,220 --> 00:35:07,250 Though they live quietly, Chief Retainer Atobe aims to kill them all. 329 00:35:07,730 --> 00:35:09,960 For us, this means nothing but trouble. 330 00:35:10,310 --> 00:35:11,370 How is that? 331 00:35:11,670 --> 00:35:14,136 "The weak may defeat the strong," as the saying sometimes holds... 332 00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:18,500 ...and if by chance the survivors end up telling their story to the Shogunate... 333 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:20,490 ...it'd mean the end for myself as well. 334 00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:23,440 This matter does not concern me. 335 00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:29,520 Sir Nemuri... you rescued Higaki Nui, did you not? 336 00:35:29,910 --> 00:35:31,900 That was your mistake. 337 00:35:32,310 --> 00:35:36,990 You helped a crooked woman, and killed a man much less villainous. 338 00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:42,170 Because of me, one who deserved death lives on... 339 00:35:42,820 --> 00:35:45,370 ...and one who deserved to live died instead? 340 00:35:50,550 --> 00:35:53,190 "If you help her... you'll be disgracing yourself..." 341 00:35:55,550 --> 00:35:57,380 "Disgrace..." Is this what he meant by that? 342 00:36:00,580 --> 00:36:05,540 Narumiya, the surviving pirates... where in Shinagawa can I find them? 343 00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:52,170 By the look of the flower patterns on your sleeves, yours is a Chinese garment. 344 00:36:53,840 --> 00:36:59,330 - You must be the descendant of a pirate. - What the...?! You suspicious fellow! 345 00:36:59,880 --> 00:37:01,810 That depends on your point of view, doesn't it? 346 00:37:01,970 --> 00:37:05,630 From my point of view, you're far more suspicious then you say I am. 347 00:37:08,260 --> 00:37:09,550 I'll kill you! 348 00:37:10,150 --> 00:37:11,620 And, if you fail? 349 00:37:12,050 --> 00:37:14,920 I'm not joking! One swing and it'll slash your throat! 350 00:37:16,830 --> 00:37:19,800 Based on your form, I take it that you've been in training for a long time. 351 00:37:20,000 --> 00:37:22,160 Yet, "even the monkeys can fall from the trees." 352 00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:23,740 Not me! 353 00:37:24,570 --> 00:37:28,170 But, what if you fail? Your body will be mine then. 354 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:37,510 All right... if I fail, then have your way with me! 355 00:38:38,400 --> 00:38:40,700 It's all right now. Get up. 356 00:38:41,710 --> 00:38:46,540 No! You've placed me under an obligation. I failed! 357 00:38:46,850 --> 00:38:49,240 So I'll... I'll keep my word! 358 00:38:53,060 --> 00:38:55,740 And, once I use your body... you expect me to leave? 359 00:38:56,950 --> 00:38:58,110 That's right! 360 00:39:24,540 --> 00:39:28,950 My granddaughter explained things... You must be quite a swordsman! 361 00:39:29,670 --> 00:39:33,900 I never expected to run into someone good enough to fend off her dirks! 362 00:39:34,390 --> 00:39:38,810 Do you plan to seek revenge against the Todo Clan for killing your comrades? 363 00:39:40,420 --> 00:39:43,570 What I truly despise is... the conduct of Chief Retainer Atobe Shogen! 364 00:39:44,270 --> 00:39:47,940 He stole what we risked our lives to obtain! 365 00:39:50,500 --> 00:39:53,320 But then, we were pirates, after all. 366 00:39:53,930 --> 00:39:55,990 Our just desserts, perhaps? 367 00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,170 The one who told me about your hideout... 368 00:39:59,770 --> 00:40:02,360 ...was the Chief Retainer's one-time accomplice, Narumiya. 369 00:40:02,590 --> 00:40:05,290 Now, apparently, he wants to save you all. 370 00:40:06,060 --> 00:40:10,700 He said that the chief Retainer's men will attack you today. 371 00:40:14,680 --> 00:40:18,050 Revenge seems so pointless to me... 372 00:40:18,450 --> 00:40:20,020 Is that what you've come to tell us? 373 00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:22,350 Consider it a whimsy of this suspicious character. 374 00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:26,700 Now that they've found out where we are... 375 00:40:28,330 --> 00:40:30,040 This must be the end! 376 00:40:30,290 --> 00:40:31,510 Are you preparing to die? 377 00:40:31,980 --> 00:40:34,450 I want to save my grand-daughter, at the very least. 378 00:40:35,140 --> 00:40:37,910 The blood of the General of the Toba Suigun runs in her veins! 379 00:40:38,750 --> 00:40:40,990 Her mother must be a foreign woman. 380 00:40:41,890 --> 00:40:44,220 When I saw that cross, that's what went through my head. 381 00:40:45,530 --> 00:40:48,330 As I'm sure that you can guess if you look closely at me... 382 00:40:48,630 --> 00:40:51,560 ...I am the child of a woman raped by a Christian missionary. 383 00:40:53,720 --> 00:40:58,380 Sajihei! Oryo! You've managed to survive this long. 384 00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:01,140 Take a boat and escape across the sea. 385 00:41:01,860 --> 00:41:03,060 No way! 386 00:41:03,780 --> 00:41:06,770 I'll give my testimony to the Shogunate even if it means my death! 387 00:41:07,340 --> 00:41:11,800 And in doing so, destroy your comrades, who sacrificed to earn peaceful lives. 388 00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:15,260 Alone, an old man and girl can't possibly retaliate. 389 00:41:15,400 --> 00:41:16,910 Abandon this selfishness. 390 00:41:17,530 --> 00:41:23,060 In the bay just behind us is a boat, ready for use in case of dire need. 391 00:41:23,150 --> 00:41:24,270 Grand-pa! 392 00:41:24,370 --> 00:41:27,340 Should the Shogunate or the Daimyo assault us... 393 00:41:27,850 --> 00:41:30,690 ...as we are as weak as bugs, we'll be easily squashed. 394 00:41:31,290 --> 00:41:35,690 And these bugs... Only a few have managed to remain unsquashed. 395 00:41:35,860 --> 00:41:37,800 Who are they? Who still survives in Edo? 396 00:41:38,770 --> 00:41:43,050 Denkichi, Kikuji... and Monnosuke. 397 00:41:43,300 --> 00:41:46,550 Monnosuke?! Does he have pockmarks on his face? 398 00:41:46,870 --> 00:41:48,360 You know him? 399 00:41:56,300 --> 00:41:57,860 They've come. Sajihei. 400 00:41:58,900 --> 00:42:02,600 The pockmarked man died, he was killed by a Todo woman. 401 00:42:02,890 --> 00:42:05,400 Also, I witnessed Denkichi being executed. 402 00:42:06,130 --> 00:42:08,100 Live on... Sajihei! 403 00:42:57,930 --> 00:42:59,040 Kill him! 404 00:45:01,980 --> 00:45:04,850 What?! Nemuri Kyoshiro did what?! 405 00:45:05,540 --> 00:45:07,880 How did Kyoshiro know they were there?! 406 00:45:08,330 --> 00:45:10,580 No idea, sir I have no... 407 00:45:11,710 --> 00:45:12,710 Nui! 408 00:45:13,680 --> 00:45:15,550 I have absolutely no idea. 409 00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:16,960 You fool! 410 00:45:17,250 --> 00:45:21,660 It was your responsibility, Nui, to find the remaining Toba Suigun Pirates! 411 00:45:23,360 --> 00:45:24,820 How could you be so careless?! 412 00:45:25,260 --> 00:45:27,660 No, the blame must be directed at me, sir. 413 00:45:27,900 --> 00:45:30,920 Thinking we faced but an old man and a girl, I did not prepare properly. 414 00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:33,920 I treated the matter too lightly. For that, I am truly sorry, sir. 415 00:45:37,020 --> 00:45:38,910 Torii, have your wounds treated. 416 00:45:39,210 --> 00:45:41,700 - Yes, sir. - Kakurai, you may withdraw. 417 00:45:52,930 --> 00:45:56,500 As for Oryo and Sajihei, I will send men to hunt then down and eliminate them. 418 00:45:57,530 --> 00:45:59,690 Now only one remains in Edo. 419 00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:04,090 Nui, you're sure about his hideout? 420 00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:05,630 Yes, sir. 421 00:46:07,050 --> 00:46:09,520 As soon as this mission is properly completed... 422 00:46:09,950 --> 00:46:12,990 ...I will fulfill my promise and reward you handsomely. 423 00:46:13,540 --> 00:46:15,670 I appreciate that, sir. 424 00:46:16,530 --> 00:46:18,550 - Chief Retainer... - Huh? 425 00:46:19,380 --> 00:46:22,530 Narumiya Tahei and Nemuri Kyoshiro. 426 00:46:23,290 --> 00:46:26,270 Is it possible that the two may be conspiring with each other? 427 00:46:28,000 --> 00:46:31,870 To determine this, I have some ideas... 428 00:46:32,750 --> 00:46:33,950 Ideas? 429 00:46:35,030 --> 00:46:38,230 I pledge to you... that Kyoshiro will be... 430 00:46:51,740 --> 00:46:56,540 Tasuke... you're looking distressed. Are you worried about something? 431 00:46:57,710 --> 00:47:02,820 Yessir... The truth is... I'm seriously in debt. 432 00:47:04,450 --> 00:47:06,110 Money, eh? 433 00:47:12,130 --> 00:47:13,900 Money! Money! Money! 434 00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:18,800 Every living soul is ensnared in a whirlpool of greed. 435 00:47:20,330 --> 00:47:23,130 But, on the surface, all is calmness, of course. 436 00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:22,570 - Careful! - Yes, sir. 437 00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:39,990 You saw it, didn't you! 438 00:48:40,570 --> 00:48:42,810 I couldn't help it. I have eyes. 439 00:48:46,330 --> 00:48:48,900 - Should I not have seen it? - No! 440 00:48:49,460 --> 00:48:51,830 You displayed it, but I shouldn't have seen it? What gives? 441 00:48:51,930 --> 00:48:54,390 - Come with us. - I refuse! 442 00:48:57,970 --> 00:49:00,940 I'll bet that you are all Todo Clansmen. 443 00:49:02,010 --> 00:49:04,610 Are you prepared to be slain now, without any regrets? 444 00:49:23,760 --> 00:49:25,010 Retreat! Retreat! 445 00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:45,460 Once again, you force me to help you, eh? 446 00:49:49,990 --> 00:49:52,790 To where shall I escort you this time around? 447 00:49:53,630 --> 00:49:58,370 To my... To the Higaki Mansion... please! 448 00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:15,090 "HIGAKI" 449 00:50:25,370 --> 00:50:29,450 A new husband was chosen for me, in order to restore the House of Higaki. 450 00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:34,480 When I refused to accept him... I was taken by force, just as you saw. 451 00:50:34,840 --> 00:50:36,350 And they took your kimono off? 452 00:50:37,070 --> 00:50:39,120 So that I wouldn't be able to run away. 453 00:50:41,790 --> 00:50:47,170 You go to great lengths to tempt me... You still want to kill me, eh? 454 00:50:51,740 --> 00:50:53,330 I've figured it out already. 455 00:50:53,780 --> 00:50:58,340 Well. I shouldn't bring down the curtain when your little show isn't over yet. 456 00:50:59,720 --> 00:51:03,680 It appears that the story about avenging your late husband, Higaki Seijuro... 457 00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:07,050 ...is starting to sound like some grand machination! 458 00:51:08,190 --> 00:51:12,110 Monnosuke, the fallen one, was one of the pirates. 459 00:51:12,310 --> 00:51:13,570 Sir Kyoshiro! 460 00:51:13,650 --> 00:51:18,690 And, you are... in charge of searching for surviving pirates. 461 00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:25,370 You sound as if you've figured out every little detail... 462 00:51:26,020 --> 00:51:30,880 ...but you do not know what is truly in my heart. 463 00:51:31,260 --> 00:51:34,320 I don't. Because women are devils. 464 00:51:34,610 --> 00:51:37,620 Correct. Women are devils. 465 00:51:38,940 --> 00:51:41,690 Keep your eyes open, and you will soon see Chief Retainer Atobe... 466 00:51:42,030 --> 00:51:44,590 ...become but a petty trinket in these hands of mine! 467 00:51:45,580 --> 00:51:50,340 As soon as I learn his every weakness... I will make him destroy himself. 468 00:51:50,830 --> 00:51:52,190 Destroy himself? 469 00:51:54,340 --> 00:52:00,010 What method will I employ... That's what you'd like to ask me, I'm sure. 470 00:52:02,870 --> 00:52:07,810 Even you, Sir Kyoshiro, can't be told that... yet I will dare to ask you. 471 00:52:09,310 --> 00:52:11,240 I am listening. 472 00:52:17,530 --> 00:52:21,910 Will you be... on my side? 473 00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:26,270 If you would but agree to this... 474 00:52:27,500 --> 00:52:30,740 ...mountains of treasures can be yours, as much as your heart desires. 475 00:52:30,960 --> 00:52:33,900 Try to get me in such a mood. 476 00:52:35,330 --> 00:52:38,300 - I will... - You will, eh? 477 00:52:39,760 --> 00:52:41,360 That's questionable. 478 00:52:43,080 --> 00:52:47,930 In that case... let me at least say this... 479 00:52:49,350 --> 00:52:57,320 I will make you side with me... then I plan to join hands with Narumiya. 480 00:52:58,410 --> 00:53:00,240 By betraying Atobe? 481 00:53:00,510 --> 00:53:05,180 After toppling the Chief Retainer and obtaining the treasure... 482 00:53:05,960 --> 00:53:08,330 ...I would next kill Narumiya. 483 00:53:09,630 --> 00:53:12,230 If only you would agree to help me, that is. 484 00:53:12,900 --> 00:53:16,130 Tis a dream that could so easily come true, isn't it? 485 00:53:17,840 --> 00:53:21,710 All along, all you've wanted was the money, eh? 486 00:53:23,590 --> 00:53:29,160 That and... you, Sir Kyoshiro. 487 00:53:29,950 --> 00:53:33,320 Passion and possessions... now that's much to greedy. 488 00:53:34,930 --> 00:53:39,260 Isn't that... what we human beings live for? 489 00:53:41,300 --> 00:53:44,250 You are but a hideous monster. 490 00:53:45,070 --> 00:53:47,990 You use your beautiful face and body... 491 00:53:48,990 --> 00:53:50,550 How despicable. 492 00:53:54,310 --> 00:54:02,310 Sir Kyoshiro... are you leaving me after this night is over? 493 00:54:03,740 --> 00:54:07,610 Shall we say, not until I grow bored, not until after I embrace a monster. 494 00:54:11,940 --> 00:54:14,040 I will bore you not... 495 00:54:15,610 --> 00:54:16,910 Me? 496 00:54:20,370 --> 00:54:21,630 Yes. 497 00:54:50,250 --> 00:54:52,610 To a woman such as you... 498 00:54:52,990 --> 00:54:56,040 ...your husband, Higaki Seijuro, was but an obstacle, wasn't he? 499 00:55:03,150 --> 00:55:05,480 As was Kaizuka Monnosuke. 500 00:55:06,630 --> 00:55:10,220 Your beauty beguiled the pockmarked man and clouded his mind, didn't it! 501 00:55:17,210 --> 00:55:21,700 I told you that I'd embrace your ivory skinned body for just one night. 502 00:55:27,440 --> 00:55:28,870 Sir Kyoshiro! 503 00:55:30,310 --> 00:55:31,750 You cannot go! 504 00:55:31,840 --> 00:55:34,310 For you... I would risk my life... 505 00:55:34,560 --> 00:55:38,290 I take it that your heart is set on risking your life to make me your ally. 506 00:55:38,910 --> 00:55:40,280 Prepare yourself! 507 00:55:46,880 --> 00:55:49,260 Higaki Nui! You've betrayed the Chief Retainer! 508 00:55:50,460 --> 00:55:53,120 - What are you talking about?! - I shall destroy you both! 509 00:55:53,680 --> 00:55:56,790 - Oh? Me too? - Prepare yourself! 510 00:56:02,260 --> 00:56:05,330 The moonlight that kisses my face... 511 00:56:06,270 --> 00:56:09,430 shall be the last sight in this world for thee. 512 00:56:39,480 --> 00:56:40,960 Sir Kyoshiro! 513 00:56:45,250 --> 00:56:48,460 One... Two... One... Two... One... Two... One... Two... 514 00:56:48,650 --> 00:56:51,950 One... Two... One... Two... One... Two... One... Two... 515 00:56:52,120 --> 00:56:57,320 One... Two... One... Two... One... Two... One... Two... 516 00:57:13,460 --> 00:57:15,666 Now that's a beautiful actress. Who is he? 517 00:57:15,690 --> 00:57:16,590 At this time, all Kabuki performers were male. 518 00:57:16,620 --> 00:57:19,780 Why, that's Morita Kikuya, of Kamigata, sir. 519 00:57:21,050 --> 00:57:22,230 Kikuya? 520 00:58:10,870 --> 00:58:13,000 Oh! Somebody! Somebody help! 521 00:58:19,070 --> 00:58:20,070 Help! 522 00:58:22,050 --> 00:58:26,850 Please have mercy! I'm not trying to go after anyone! 523 00:58:27,070 --> 00:58:29,626 You damn pirate! You thought you'd disguised yourself well, didn't you! 524 00:58:29,650 --> 00:58:31,050 W... Wait! 525 00:58:31,320 --> 00:58:34,190 Yes, I am a member of Toba Suigun... 526 00:58:34,460 --> 00:58:37,910 ...but I have no intention of doing you or your people any harm! 527 00:58:38,190 --> 00:58:39,970 Please have mercy... 528 00:58:49,840 --> 00:58:50,910 Kakurai! It's you! 529 00:58:53,740 --> 00:58:56,840 I beg you! I beg you... 530 00:59:08,110 --> 00:59:11,380 Hey! Does this hold any meaning for you? 531 00:59:13,150 --> 00:59:14,540 That's Lady Oryo's... 532 00:59:14,830 --> 00:59:18,200 Oryo is safe. She fled across the sea. 533 00:59:19,360 --> 00:59:21,730 Sajihei told me of a survivor named Kikuji... 534 00:59:21,840 --> 00:59:23,300 That's you, isn't it? 535 00:59:24,300 --> 00:59:28,390 We were the harmless ones who struggled to live on... 536 00:59:30,020 --> 00:59:32,710 Damn! Those devils! 537 00:59:33,160 --> 00:59:34,630 Hey! Hang on! 538 00:59:35,630 --> 00:59:37,100 Why did you go and visit Narumiya?! 539 00:59:37,800 --> 00:59:41,740 I wanted to see the sight... of Kayo, safe and well. 540 00:59:42,340 --> 00:59:43,270 Kayo? 541 00:59:43,360 --> 00:59:47,950 Yes... When I chanced upon Denkichi in Kamigata, I told him about her... 542 00:59:48,380 --> 00:59:55,440 ...that his daughter is... at Narumiya's... 543 00:59:56,570 --> 00:59:57,700 What?! 544 01:00:01,630 --> 01:00:03,290 ...working... 545 01:00:04,880 --> 01:00:09,410 ...a... as a maid... Kayo is... 546 01:00:10,680 --> 01:00:13,930 Hey! Hang on, Kikuya! Kikuya! 547 01:00:15,700 --> 01:00:20,460 When she was a baby... I used to carry her on my back... 548 01:00:21,300 --> 01:00:25,500 ...but eventually we drifted apart... and since then we've lost contact. 549 01:00:26,760 --> 01:00:29,730 She doesn't know, sir... about anything... 550 01:00:30,940 --> 01:00:33,900 ...not even what her father looks like. 551 01:00:43,500 --> 01:00:51,200 Please... let her be... She doesn't know anything... Please. 552 01:01:33,700 --> 01:01:37,560 Say... where can I find a maid named Kayo? 553 01:01:37,730 --> 01:01:39,470 Oh! Sir... Well... 554 01:01:39,740 --> 01:01:42,370 She's... inside cleaning now, sir. 555 01:01:43,180 --> 01:01:44,580 I see. 556 01:01:49,020 --> 01:01:51,250 Er, Sir... If I may... 557 01:01:52,320 --> 01:01:54,300 Sir? Sir? 558 01:02:07,830 --> 01:02:09,660 Oh! Good to see you here again, sir. 559 01:02:10,640 --> 01:02:12,440 Please. Come this way. 560 01:02:19,590 --> 01:02:25,360 Narumiya, it seems that one can buy one good woman after another if one is rich. 561 01:02:25,490 --> 01:02:29,190 Not so... You, Sir Nemuri, go far beyond that... 562 01:02:29,650 --> 01:02:33,780 Because you know how to make such beauties lie down for free. 563 01:02:34,090 --> 01:02:36,640 Usually, it's because they are after something... 564 01:02:36,750 --> 01:02:38,550 Like Higaki Nui, for instance. 565 01:02:39,220 --> 01:02:41,800 Oh, I wonder. 566 01:02:43,780 --> 01:02:44,910 Narumiya... 567 01:02:45,930 --> 01:02:48,490 If you dare to lay your hands on that maid, then you're finished. 568 01:02:48,530 --> 01:02:50,430 That'll be the end for you; remember that. 569 01:02:50,590 --> 01:02:53,550 Sir? Who do you mean by "that maid?" 570 01:02:59,180 --> 01:03:01,760 A representative of the official rice reserves and a mere maid?! 571 01:03:01,820 --> 01:03:04,420 Do you think that I'd stoop that low?! 572 01:03:05,190 --> 01:03:07,790 I cannot believe I'm hearing such words from you, Sir Nemuri. 573 01:03:08,850 --> 01:03:11,630 I see. In that case, let me enlighten you. 574 01:03:12,520 --> 01:03:15,280 The maid who at this very moment is in the kitchen, one Kayo... 575 01:03:15,430 --> 01:03:17,420 ...is the daughter of one of the pirates. 576 01:03:17,970 --> 01:03:18,970 What?! 577 01:03:19,900 --> 01:03:23,520 Did you know that? Or, did you not know? 578 01:03:24,120 --> 01:03:26,490 No, sir! Not at all. 579 01:03:27,760 --> 01:03:29,350 You really didn't know? 580 01:03:30,310 --> 01:03:31,310 That's right, sir. 581 01:03:33,560 --> 01:03:36,720 This world can be quite ironic, eh, Narumiya? 582 01:03:37,740 --> 01:03:41,770 But, the girl... why did she come here? 583 01:03:41,930 --> 01:03:44,700 No... she has no idea about any of this. 584 01:03:45,450 --> 01:03:46,570 Understand... 585 01:03:46,930 --> 01:03:51,900 If you tell her anything... I'll slay you without warning. 586 01:04:08,110 --> 01:04:09,300 Sir Nemuri... 587 01:04:09,760 --> 01:04:15,430 If the girl means so much to you, then I want your help, no matter what. 588 01:04:17,100 --> 01:04:22,370 If you refuse... Then I won't be held responsible for her fate. 589 01:04:22,740 --> 01:04:25,900 - Fine by me. - What do you mean by that? 590 01:04:26,240 --> 01:04:28,810 I can blabber about you as much as I want... 591 01:04:29,630 --> 01:04:32,710 ...about how you wanted to cut your ties with Chief Retainer Atobe... 592 01:04:32,850 --> 01:04:36,310 ...and used me to advance your dirty schemes. 593 01:04:37,110 --> 01:04:38,680 You'd tell that to the Chief Retainer?! 594 01:04:38,800 --> 01:04:41,370 He intends to have you killed in the end. 595 01:04:42,370 --> 01:04:45,740 Indeed... I'm aware of that, sir. 596 01:04:56,740 --> 01:05:00,160 Please... take a look at this. 597 01:05:09,720 --> 01:05:14,230 Sir Nemuri... surely you remember this. 598 01:05:17,220 --> 01:05:20,040 Why... that's Kosasa's... 599 01:05:21,750 --> 01:05:26,050 Chief Atobe's men... delivered something to me last night. 600 01:05:26,770 --> 01:05:29,530 - Kosasa's head, that is! - What? 601 01:05:30,850 --> 01:05:35,220 It's Chief Atobe's warning to me, that I'll end up just like her. 602 01:05:36,500 --> 01:05:42,170 Sir Nemuri... I must decide what steps to take from this point on! 603 01:05:43,550 --> 01:05:47,030 Atobe, you beast... how dare you do such a cruel thing! 604 01:06:56,310 --> 01:06:57,310 Hey! 605 01:07:04,440 --> 01:07:07,290 I'm hungry. I sure would love to eat some nigiri-meshi. 606 01:07:07,320 --> 01:07:08,010 "Nigiri-meshi:" rice-balls, a simple food. 607 01:07:08,040 --> 01:07:09,610 But you're an honorable samurai... 608 01:07:10,530 --> 01:07:12,596 "Onigiri:" another term for rice-balls. YOU want to eat onigiri?! 609 01:07:12,620 --> 01:07:14,820 Of course I do. Won't you make me some? 610 01:07:14,910 --> 01:07:15,910 Sure. 611 01:07:25,200 --> 01:07:27,400 Why don't I make some for you, sir? 612 01:07:27,890 --> 01:07:29,370 Kayo... right? 613 01:07:30,960 --> 01:07:31,960 Yes. 614 01:08:48,000 --> 01:08:49,790 "HIGAKI" 615 01:08:49,890 --> 01:08:52,540 Higaki Seijuro's funeral service, eh? 616 01:08:53,430 --> 01:08:56,580 I see. Where is the observance being held? 617 01:09:30,650 --> 01:09:31,670 Chief Retainer! 618 01:09:34,980 --> 01:09:37,850 It's nice of you to hold a funeral for your husband... 619 01:09:39,980 --> 01:09:44,380 ...but far more important then that is... before you burn the incense... 620 01:09:45,160 --> 01:09:48,200 ...you ought to first confess your sins. 621 01:09:50,600 --> 01:09:54,970 She, of all people, should know that is the proper thing to do. 622 01:09:55,600 --> 01:09:56,700 What are you talking about? 623 01:09:56,810 --> 01:09:58,470 It wasn't only about revenge! 624 01:09:58,960 --> 01:10:02,020 The one who had Higaki Seijuro ambushed in darkness... 625 01:10:02,400 --> 01:10:04,900 ...was his wife, Nui. That is my theory. 626 01:10:05,640 --> 01:10:06,830 For what reason? 627 01:10:07,660 --> 01:10:10,960 You seduced that pockmarked man with your beauty, clouded his mind... 628 01:10:11,700 --> 01:10:14,230 ...and made him kill your husband. 629 01:10:15,900 --> 01:10:17,840 All to feed your lust for money! 630 01:10:18,870 --> 01:10:21,300 Why, you! Such insolence! 631 01:10:21,540 --> 01:10:23,570 So you're a victim of seduction too, eh? 632 01:10:23,700 --> 01:10:25,430 - What?! - Kakurai! 633 01:10:28,370 --> 01:10:31,550 The pockmarked samurai was one of the surviving pirates. 634 01:10:32,210 --> 01:10:34,560 He should have fled to another province. 635 01:10:34,820 --> 01:10:37,170 But instead he chose to be with a beautiful woman. 636 01:10:38,450 --> 01:10:43,890 A nondescript ronin and a smart woman, claiming to be avenging her husband... 637 01:10:44,900 --> 01:10:46,420 For that fellow... 638 01:10:46,660 --> 01:10:50,270 it was most unfortunate that I happened to be passing by. 639 01:10:50,610 --> 01:10:51,610 Silence! 640 01:10:52,500 --> 01:10:54,710 No further words need to be spoken. 641 01:10:55,910 --> 01:10:57,790 Terminate this insolent intruder at once! 642 01:12:36,630 --> 01:12:40,330 Don't come any closer! I will slay Kyoshiro! 643 01:13:41,280 --> 01:13:44,370 The Full-Moon Cut?! It's overrated! 644 01:13:45,380 --> 01:13:47,000 I will put an end to this now! 645 01:13:49,360 --> 01:13:54,600 Once again... another perfected technique shall vanish. 646 01:15:22,820 --> 01:15:24,650 Withdraw! Withdraw! 647 01:15:30,280 --> 01:15:33,960 Nemuri Kyoshiro, is that your name? I am Takaatsu, Lord of the Todo. 648 01:15:37,980 --> 01:15:41,250 When I was on my way to go hawking, one Narumiya Tahei informed me... 649 01:15:41,340 --> 01:15:43,940 ...about chief Retainer Atobe's wrongdoings. 650 01:15:46,610 --> 01:15:48,090 As for Atobe's actions... 651 01:15:48,240 --> 01:15:50,890 they were not sanctioned by the House of Todo. 652 01:15:51,840 --> 01:15:54,010 Since this was a crime committed by Atobe on his own... 653 01:15:54,080 --> 01:15:57,040 ...all the treasure he accumulated will be surrendered to the Shogunate... 654 01:15:58,550 --> 01:16:01,340 ...and I am prepared to offer an apology to His Highness, the Shogun. 655 01:16:02,120 --> 01:16:04,250 Anything to protect your House, eh? 656 01:16:05,800 --> 01:16:10,190 Listen everyone! I've ordered Chief Retainer Atobe to commit seppuku. 657 01:16:10,810 --> 01:16:12,610 As for the others, they "died of a sickness." 658 01:16:12,670 --> 01:16:13,930 Yes, sir. 659 01:16:14,340 --> 01:16:17,036 Members of our House couldn't possibly be killed by a pitiful rogue swordsman! 660 01:16:17,060 --> 01:16:20,210 The deaths were from "sickness!" 661 01:16:22,760 --> 01:16:27,420 Kyoshiro... Keep this to yourself. If you do, you'll be rewarded. 662 01:16:28,890 --> 01:16:30,520 Such selfish nonsense! 663 01:16:31,350 --> 01:16:34,380 That's another reason why I can't stand Daimyo! 664 01:17:00,520 --> 01:17:03,010 Oh, Sir samurai! 665 01:17:04,420 --> 01:17:05,880 Hungry again? 666 01:17:07,420 --> 01:17:08,770 That's not why I'm here today. 667 01:17:09,930 --> 01:17:11,090 Oh, no? 668 01:17:20,400 --> 01:17:22,230 I've come to cause you pain. 669 01:17:25,570 --> 01:17:29,380 You don't know your parents' faces? 670 01:17:34,090 --> 01:17:36,060 They died... Both of them. 671 01:18:31,790 --> 01:18:34,920 Use this money and find a new job somewhere. 672 01:18:37,600 --> 01:18:41,630 I met your father... at an inn, while I was traveling. 673 01:18:42,930 --> 01:18:47,370 Being forced to abandon you because of poverty left him stricken with grief... 674 01:18:48,070 --> 01:18:50,650 ...and as he lay there mourning, he passed away. 675 01:18:51,870 --> 01:18:54,770 This is the money your father left for you. 676 01:18:57,530 --> 01:18:59,210 He was an honest man... 677 01:18:59,440 --> 01:19:02,490 a hard worker, well-liked by everyone. 678 01:19:19,840 --> 01:19:24,000 I see. My dad died. 679 01:19:27,800 --> 01:19:29,460 But he was well-liked... 680 01:19:32,390 --> 01:19:34,290 He was a good man, yes? 681 01:19:35,220 --> 01:19:38,360 Yeah, He was a good man. 682 01:19:47,120 --> 01:19:51,030 It's alright. I can survive on my own... 683 01:19:53,280 --> 01:19:54,930 ...by working as hard as I can! 684 01:20:09,970 --> 01:20:13,600 You may find me at Jokanji, in the backstreets of Yoshiwara. 685 01:20:14,210 --> 01:20:16,060 Thank you, Sir samurai. 686 01:20:27,520 --> 01:20:28,880 Sir Nemuri! 687 01:20:33,970 --> 01:20:35,370 Well, Sir Nemuri? 688 01:20:35,520 --> 01:20:37,686 Just when the Chief Retainer thought everything was going so well... 689 01:20:37,710 --> 01:20:41,580 ...my scheme wiped him out. I, for one, believe that it's wonderful. 690 01:20:41,980 --> 01:20:45,740 I don't wanna hear such things... nor do I want to see your face either! 691 01:20:47,640 --> 01:20:48,640 Sir Nemuri! 692 01:20:48,700 --> 01:20:52,540 Cease this! I'm in a good mood right now. 693 01:20:52,810 --> 01:20:55,910 Please wait, sir. I'd like to give you something, a token of my appreciation. 694 01:20:57,950 --> 01:21:00,380 In this world, as if it were a cult of greed... 695 01:21:00,530 --> 01:21:05,110 ...there grew a beautiful flower. Unbeknownst to any man. 696 01:21:05,800 --> 01:21:08,830 If you ruin what I'm feeling right now... I'll slaughter you! 697 01:21:15,700 --> 01:21:17,210 Narumiya! You're under arrest! 698 01:21:21,950 --> 01:21:22,950 Surrender! 699 01:21:26,770 --> 01:21:28,100 Take him away! 700 01:22:02,410 --> 01:22:03,470 Sir Kyoshiro! 701 01:22:19,890 --> 01:22:24,280 Sir Kyoshiro... Honestly... My... heart... 702 01:22:25,210 --> 01:22:26,700 ...still aches for you... 703 01:22:37,990 --> 01:22:43,400 THE END 704 01:22:43,530 --> 01:22:47,130 Subtitled By: venom10463@yahoo.com