Original subtitles

Under the seven stars shining in the sky,

a dreadful assassination art lay hidden for 1,800 long years

in the darkness of history.

Living in history's shadows, concealed in history's darkness,

it's an art that moved through the ages.

And its name is...

A BETTER TOMORROW

Yo, let's take a break.

I'm so hungry, I can't move.

Don't you have any more food?

I gave you the last of it.

Damn, if you say so.

Crap, he noticed.

Huh?

What's that?

Go, go, go!

Come on, run!

You better pick up the pace, or we'll run you over!

It's over, gramps!

I need to get these rice seeds back to the village!

What?

Once the grain is ready,

we'll share the harvest with you.

Please just wait until then.

I searched a long time for these seeds,

and I haven't eaten a thing on my weeklong journey home.

Now I wanna munch on those seeds even more!

Please, I'm begging you. Let me go.

Hey, let's leave. We should stay outta this.

You idiot!

You. What're you trying to pull?

Hey, baldy.

Who the hell are you?

Let the old man go.

Can't you see I got a crossbow here?

Stand down.

Your arrows are just floating sticks to my Hokuto Shinken.

It's assassination art passed through the generations.

I'm a professional fighter.

You can't kill me.

What's that? The Hokuto Shinken?

What a moron. Die!

I'll give you another chance. Aim carefully.

If you miss, I'm taking your right eye.

Shut up!

Hokuto Shinken: Two-Fingered Air Stopping Snatch.

S... Spade!

Dammit...

Those guys are...

The seeds...

Please take them... to the village.

Those guys are with King!

The vicious gang that controls this whole area.

This isn't good.

These are rice seeds.

Yeah, we heard you.

But why aren't you eating them?

It's all for nothing if you die.

No, our current rations won't last forever.

But...

As long as we have these seeds, we can grow rice.

We can harvest more year after year.

So that all of us, now and in the future, can keep on living.

Then no one will need to steal food anymore.

We can rid ourselves of fighting.

Rather than today, we must think of tomorrow.

I searched high and low for half a year,

and this is all I managed to find.

Please...

Take this... to the village...

What are you doing?

You're not serious, are you?

Come, mister. Let's go to your village.

Come on, tell me why.

Why're you doing all this?

Don't you get it, Ken? Those King guys are seriously bad news.

They're not like those stupid bandits.

They don't just loot food and water.

They snatch people away to make huge cities.

And they call their boss "King."

They say no one knows his real name.

Oh, yeah. Why were you even roaming around the wastelands?

And you have that crazy martial art.

Back at the village, you said you're going "nowhere in particular."

But that's bull, isn't it?

Who the hell are you?

Where are you trying to go? What's your end game here?

Hey, you can tell me, can't you?

Your cute little companion wants to know.

So, that's how it is, huh?

Man, what's going on in that head of yours?

And you know what?

Picking a fight with King and returning that gramps to his village...

Why're you doing all this for that raggedy old man anyway?

I can't wrap my head around it.

We must think of tomorrow. - Huh?

I feel like he's the first human I've met in a while.

Human...

This will rid us of fighting.

Hey, we almost at the village yet?

How long is this gonna take?

I'm sorry

for having you carry me the whole way.

I really am sorry.

It's fine.

Spade...

Unforgivable.

I'm gonna massacre them!

Oh! There it is!

What's this?

Isn't that Old Man Misumi?

You're kidding! He found some?!

I brought rice seeds!

That old man really did it.

I can't believe it.

The old man did it! He's back!

He found rice seeds?

And he even got back to the village safely!

Hey!

You did it, old man!

The village is saved! Now we don't have to worry about food!

Thank you! - Old Man Misumi did it! Banzai!

Thank you.

I bet we're gonna get a big reward for this.

Right? Huh? Wait, what?

You're leaving?!

Spade. That man's leaving the village.

All right! Let's get this started!

What the hell are you thinking?

Man, after all that...

This is bad.

They're back for revenge.

That's why I told you not to get involved!

The village!

We found you, gramps!

I have a request to make.

Hmm?

Please stop your attack on the village right away.

If these seeds grow, we can all survive.

All of you, too.

There's no point in fighting.

The looting and killing can finally end.

I couldn't care less!

Not this. Anything but this.

Rather than today, we must think of tomorrow.

Die, gramps!

Tomorrow...

Our tomorrow...

Mister!

You're here!

I'm gonna send you to hell, too!

You came back for us?

It seems this is the end for me.

But please, my one wish

is for these rice seeds to grow.

P... Please...

He finally croaked!

You bastards have no right to live today!

Get him!

This guy's...

Jeez, what the hell is Ken thinking?

What a mess.

You fell right into my trap, you moron!

Do it!

We got him now!

How's that? Now you can't move your arms or legs.

Like I said.

You lowlifes can't kill me.

I'll kill you and splatter your brains everywhere!

Oh, no!

You're challenging me to a battle of brawn?

What a foolish brat.

Humans can only use 30 percent of their hidden potential.

Hokuto Shinken holds the secret to using the remaining 70 percent.

What? You can't be serious!

Stone Mountain Splitting Slash!

STONE MOUNTAIN SPLITTING SLASH

You bastard!

The hell are you all doing? Get him!

We're gonna kill you!

Die!

Wow.

He's taking out the King squad, all on his own!

Don't mess with me!

What's wrong, baldy?

Is that all you've got?

Hokuto Fist of Penitence!

This is Toi, one of the 708 Hidden Channeling Points.

When I release my thumb, you'll die in three seconds.

No way...

Use those three seconds to recognize the weight of your sins.

Wait, please!

No...

I don't want to die yet! I don't want to die!

I don't--

Run!

Mister...

Rather than today, we must think of tomorrow.

Hey, get a grip!

We gotta hurry before backup gets here.

King's not a half-assed gang.

You're in for a rude awakening if you think Spade's their leader.

There's no way those will grow there.

They'll grow.

That elderly man is resting down below.

Stop slacking!

Keep those hands moving!

Be grateful we aren't killing you,

you pathetic bugs!

Bad news! It's Spade!

Spade was...

King, bad news.

They killed Spade!

Spade?

And you came running back here, did you?

Hmm?

Please forgive us. - King...

Spare us...

What now, King?

Should we track them down?

That won't be necessary.

Sooner or later, he'll be the one looking for us instead.

SUBTITLE TRANSLATION BY CHUL KIM