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TOHO CO., LTD.
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A KATSU PRODUCTIONS FILM
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Deserter Yuki,
by order of our lord we'll kill you.
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Prepare to die.
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Come on —
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Please.
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Kill Yuki.
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500 ryo for an assassination.
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LONE WOLF AND CUB
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BABY CART IN PERIL
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Produced by TOMISABURO WAKAYAMA
HISAHARU MATSUBARA
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Screenplay by
KAZUO KOIKE
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Based on the Manga by KAZUO KOIKE
GOSEKI KOJIMA
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Cinematography by
KAZUO MIYAGAWA
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Production Design by
SHIGENORI SHIMOISHIZAKA
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Lighting by
GENKEN NAKAOKA
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Sound by
TSUCHITARO HAYASHI
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Edited by
TOSHIO TANIGUCHI
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Music by
HIDEAKI SAKURAI
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Starring
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TOMISABURO WAKAYAMA
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YOICHI HAYASHI
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MICHI AZUMA
AKIHIRO TOMIKAWA
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ASAO KOIKE
TANAKA HIROSHI
TATSUO ENDO
ASAO UCHIDA
SHIN KISHIDA
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SO YAMAMURA
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Directed by
BUICHI SAITO
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When tattooing people,
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you use your left thumb like this
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and hold the skin down tight.
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You put in ink as you make cuts.
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We call this pricking sound
tohibiki or “distant echo.”
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It's a sweet sound for pros.
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Others say it gives them
chills and goose bumps.
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Talk about chills, though.
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Because of the ink in the tattoo,
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you feel twice as cold in winter.
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You need to wear cotton-padded clothes.
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It doesn't mean, though,
it cools you down in summer.
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Carrying a tattoo
means a lifetime of patience.
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What a fine woman she was.
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I've never inked such skin
before or since.
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When we tattoo artists say “a fine woman,”
it's all about her skin.
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She had such a fine figure, though,
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men would want to jump on her.
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She must have had an exceptionally
beautiful face, too.
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Was she hiding her face?
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Yes.
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She stood straight up right where you are.
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She didn't care what it was.
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Something surprising.
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She wanted tattoos
to knock the wind out of people.
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It could be something
so horrible and grotesque
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that it would make your heart stop.
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Or
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it could be something to drive men
insane with lust.
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She asked me not to hold back.
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She wanted something
on both her front and back.
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On her back, I tattooed
the Mountain Hag Devil, Yamanba
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and on her chest,
the baby Kintaro fondling her.
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Anyone would scream when I work
from her breasts to her belly.
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The pain runs from the tip of the toes
to the core of the head.
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A sharp, stabbing pain.
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However,
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she was a staggeringly strong woman.
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She didn't even moan, not once.
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Then I noticed something.
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At first, I thought she was a dancer.
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But, no.
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She had clearly been trained
with the sword.
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I hear daimyo lords take on besshiki-me
or “sword mistresses.”
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Based on her looks and her shape,
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I had a feeling she was one
of those sword mistresses.
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Maybe that was why
she didn't show her face.
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Anyway, she must've been
from a samurai family.
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Yet she now had two tattoos,
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a monster on her back
and a fondling baby on her front,
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to carry for the rest of her life.
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{\an8}TATTOO BY UNO
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I wonder what the idea was.
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For me, Unokichi the Tattoo Artist,
it's the masterpiece of a lifetime.
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But I've been worried, even to this day,
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it might bring bad luck.
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Who could you be?
Could you be the God of Luck?
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Who could you be?
Could you be the God of Luck?
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Who, who, who comes next?
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Dark in complexion and short in height
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- He he he
- Ha ha ha
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Who could you be?
Could you be the God of Wealth?
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Who comes after that?
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A long head and ample cheeks
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He he he
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Who could you be?
Could you be the God of Happy Long Life?
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Who comes after that?
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Could you be the round-bellied
God of Prosperity?
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Who comes after that?
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The one with a runny nose?
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Who could you be?
Could you be the God of Longevity?
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Happy day, sir.
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Go home now, boys.
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The show is over. Go home.
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Daigoro?
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Daigoro.
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Are you two beauties
the Goddesses of Fortune?
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- Look.
- Huh?
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Oops.
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Come on, son, we're going home.
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The fun is over.
Go home. It'll get dark.
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Scary monsters are coming. Go home.
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COLD NIGHT PRAYER
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Papa!
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Fitter patter, the rain is falling
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In a sad and cold rain
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His young head is freezing
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Waiting for his papa who's not coming home
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His papa is an assassin, they say
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His father often spent a night
in an old temple.
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The boy knew this very well.
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He also knew,
after completing an assassination mission,
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his father would invariably sit
before the Buddha.
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Why did his father head for an old temple?
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To talk with the child's mother
in the nether world?
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To soothe his head in the unblemished air?
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The boy didn't know why.
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Yet he searched for his father
on the ancient temple grounds.
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Those eyes...
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When a swordsman puts himself
between life and death
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and becomes one with nothingness,
he attains “Death Life Eyes.”
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The eyes belong only to those who have
survived death and carnage multiple times.
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No way a little child can have such eyes.
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Have my eyes been failing me?
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Be careful which way the wind blows!
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Okay!
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- We'll have good rice fields next year.
- Surely.
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- Setting fire!
- Fire!
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Don't get surrounded by fire!
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He'll be surrounded by fire.
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I can't just watch it.
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Yet what a rare chance
to test his “Death Life Eyes”?
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It appears my eyes were not failing me.
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He's surrounded by fire,
yet he doesn't call for help or scream.
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Young as he is, he has accepted
he can't escape, and he remains calm.
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How terrifying his resolve is!
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What a strange child I met.
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- Nice fire, wasn't it?
- Finally it's over.
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- Well done.
- We'll have a great year.
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Everybody, come here!
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What's wrong?
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It's a child!
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He was caught in the fire.
He needs treatment.
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Stop.
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That child?
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He got caught in the fire
and dug himself into the mud.
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He must be treated.
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He dug himself into the mud to survive?
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Yes, what a lucky child.
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He knew he could save himself.
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That's why he didn't call for help
and wasn't even afraid.
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Put him down.
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What are you doing?
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Why do you point your sword
at an innocent child?
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It's his eyes.
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His eyes belong only to those
who have killed hundreds of men
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and withstood the splatter of their blood.
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His Death Life Eyes.
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It's incomprehensible.
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It can't be true.
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His eyes betray no fear
when confronted with a sword.
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Anyone who pursues swordsmanship
strives to attain
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such a spiritual state
regarding life and death.
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His Death Life Eyes.
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What are you doing?
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I must test him.
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- Test him?
- I'll kill him.
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How can you?
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Step aside, or I'll kill you too.
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Suio-ryu Horse-Slayer!
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Could you be Ogami's child?
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Papa!
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Itto Ogami.
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Papa!
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You're Gunbei Yagyu, aren't you?
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I suspected you were alive.
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I defeated you.
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My Yagyu New Kage-ryu swordsmanship
thoroughly defeated your Suio-ryu.
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Yet you were appointed
Shogunate Executioner.
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At that time...
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The Tokugawa Shogunate took
an iron-fisted approach
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in controlling the daimyo lords
with their han domains within Japan.
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Any sign of disagreement could cost a lord
his title and his family land.
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The Kogi Kaishakunin,
the Shogunate Executioner,
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was tasked to be the condemned lords'
second in their seppuku self-execution
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and their final decapitator.
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The Shogunate granted the Executioner
the right to wear the Hollyhock Crest.
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Thus it was demonstrated to the public
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that it was the Shogunate
that was performing the decapitation.
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Fool!
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Get me Gunbei.
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Every second counts.
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The fate of the Yagyu clan
hangs in the balance.
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Idiot!
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The post of the Shogunate Executioner
will go to Itto Ogami.
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How can that happen?
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The tip of your sword dared
to point at the Shogun.
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What were you thinking?
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I hear Itto risked his life to block it.
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It may have appeared so,
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but Itto had no skills to parry my sword.
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He just happened to be there.
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Stupid!
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It may have happened by chance,
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but it still means Itto surrendered his life
to protect the Shogun from your sword.
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Gunbei, get up.
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Gunbei.
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I'll let you live only because
I value your skills as a swordsman.
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As of today, however, it'll be known
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you've committed hara-kiri
in penance for today's offense.
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Understand?
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Change your appearance.
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Leave for the north immediately.
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Summon Goroza the Kurokuwa face maker.
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Yes, sir.
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I am here, waiting for you.
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Goroza.
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Because you see Gunbei all the time,
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I assume you can copy his face.
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Please wait a moment.
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Good.
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It's all for the Yagyu clan.
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Will you die for us?
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Yes, sir.
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Commit hara-kiri.
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I, Retsudo, will be your second
and decapitate you.
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Pardon.
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Forgive me.
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The Yagyu sword, for all appearances,
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came in second to Itto Ogami.
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Henceforth, Ogami will be
the Shogunate Executioner.
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He will wear robes
with the Hollyhock Crest
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and send shivers down the backs
of the daimyo lords
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in 60 states and more across the nation.
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And his fame as a swordsman will rise.
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Compare that with us.
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The Yagyu clan will be made an example of
and criticized on every occasion.
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I shall take Goroza's head here
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and present it to the Shogun
and say falsely that it is Gunbei's,
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thus avoiding punishment for a while.
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Yet the root of the disaster
will linger for generations.
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Damn Itto Ogami!
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We need a scheme to make it appear
that he aims to destroy the Shogunate
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in order to eradicate his family name.
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The position of Shogunate Executioner
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must be regained by us.
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Had I stabbed you to death at that time,
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I wouldn't have lost my two brothers.
255
00:29:30,519 --> 00:29:33,272
I shall have my revenge
after so many years.
256
00:29:33,355 --> 00:29:35,065
Itto Ogami.
257
00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:39,904
The Yagyu clan has taken the position
of the Executioner.
258
00:29:40,696 --> 00:29:44,700
Everything will be over
once I kill the hunted dog that you are.
259
00:29:47,161 --> 00:29:49,330
Can you defeat me, Itto?
260
00:31:06,490 --> 00:31:07,783
Kill me.
261
00:31:10,869 --> 00:31:11,954
Why don't you?
262
00:31:12,037 --> 00:31:14,164
You died once before.
263
00:31:15,541 --> 00:31:18,585
It's no use killing a dead man.
264
00:34:59,556 --> 00:35:02,351
I address the Merciful Buddha.
265
00:35:03,644 --> 00:35:07,856
My son and I stand at the threshold
of the downward path
266
00:35:07,940 --> 00:35:10,817
through the Six Realms and Four Lives.
267
00:35:12,486 --> 00:35:14,821
When we meet parents, we kill them.
268
00:35:14,905 --> 00:35:18,075
When we meet Buddha, we kill them.
269
00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:10,247
Papa.
270
00:39:22,986 --> 00:39:25,989
There was a certain social class
at this time.
271
00:39:26,072 --> 00:39:29,910
They were street performers and were
considered to be outsiders and outcasts.
272
00:39:29,993 --> 00:39:31,745
They were called “Gomune.”
273
00:39:32,245 --> 00:39:34,915
Songstresses, street dancers,
traveling actors,
274
00:39:34,998 --> 00:39:39,169
street comedians, roadside minstrels
and street preachers were among them.
275
00:39:40,337 --> 00:39:44,341
They belonged under the command
of Jindayu Gomune,
276
00:39:44,424 --> 00:39:48,470
and their special network reached
into all corners of the nation.
277
00:39:57,812 --> 00:39:59,397
Who the heck are you?
278
00:40:00,565 --> 00:40:03,276
I wish to meet Master Jindayu Gomune.
279
00:40:04,861 --> 00:40:06,863
I'm Itto Ogami.
280
00:40:07,697 --> 00:40:09,366
This is my son, Daigoro.
281
00:40:09,866 --> 00:40:13,245
We won't let no hired assassin get O-Yuki.
282
00:40:13,745 --> 00:40:14,704
Kill him.
283
00:40:14,788 --> 00:40:16,540
Let's get him.
284
00:40:16,623 --> 00:40:18,291
I mean you no harm.
285
00:40:22,045 --> 00:40:23,046
Papa.
286
00:40:41,356 --> 00:40:43,733
What's with the kid? He creeps me out.
287
00:40:43,817 --> 00:40:45,819
Why don't you be quiet?
288
00:40:45,902 --> 00:40:47,904
You're being rude to our guests.
289
00:40:50,490 --> 00:40:52,534
I don't know who you are,
290
00:40:53,702 --> 00:40:56,788
but I'm Jindayu Gomune.
291
00:40:57,664 --> 00:40:59,583
I am Itto Ogami.
292
00:41:00,750 --> 00:41:02,752
I've come with a few questions.
293
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:05,547
Come this way.
294
00:41:05,630 --> 00:41:06,840
But, boss —
295
00:41:06,923 --> 00:41:08,425
Show him the way.
296
00:41:12,846 --> 00:41:17,642
Do you intend to find O-Yuki and kill her?
297
00:41:19,853 --> 00:41:23,064
An assassin would have no other purpose.
298
00:41:26,026 --> 00:41:29,154
Hunted by such a skilled swordsman
as you are...
299
00:41:30,905 --> 00:41:33,700
What a poor girl.
300
00:41:36,745 --> 00:41:39,164
Did Owari Domain hire you?
301
00:41:45,545 --> 00:41:50,925
What a foolish question to ask of one
who lives the way of the assassin.
302
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:53,178
Forgive me.
303
00:41:53,511 --> 00:41:57,098
Yes, O-Yuki was a Gomune woman.
304
00:41:59,059 --> 00:42:01,561
She practiced short swords from childhood.
305
00:42:02,062 --> 00:42:06,900
She made an art of her skills
and performed on the street.
306
00:42:26,419 --> 00:42:29,089
O-Yuki's skills with the short swords
307
00:42:29,923 --> 00:42:32,759
caught the eye of the Lord of Owari
308
00:42:32,842 --> 00:42:35,679
who was traveling incognito.
309
00:42:37,222 --> 00:42:42,560
The Lord of Owari had
a great passion for martial arts.
310
00:42:43,853 --> 00:42:46,606
O-Yuki was hired as a sword mistress
311
00:42:46,690 --> 00:42:51,986
and taught the short sword
to the women serving the domain.
312
00:42:52,612 --> 00:42:58,284
This is as much as I can tell you
as head of Gomune.
313
00:43:00,578 --> 00:43:03,081
But as to what happened
to O-Yuki afterwards
314
00:43:04,082 --> 00:43:09,379
and why she got herself tattooed
to pursue the path of slaughter,
315
00:43:10,130 --> 00:43:12,132
that is none of my concern.
316
00:43:14,467 --> 00:43:18,888
I only hear rumors,
and I've never confirmed them.
317
00:43:19,931 --> 00:43:23,476
On the other hand, even if I knew,
318
00:43:24,185 --> 00:43:26,438
it's not my place to talk.
319
00:43:28,314 --> 00:43:29,983
You're right.
320
00:43:31,651 --> 00:43:35,864
She's not a Gomune woman anymore.
321
00:43:39,784 --> 00:43:42,495
On the Kiso Highway, near Akasaka, I hear,
322
00:43:44,038 --> 00:43:47,208
there is a hot spring resort
called Tsuta-no-Yu.
323
00:43:48,752 --> 00:43:51,838
Those who wish to succeed on a quest
324
00:43:52,338 --> 00:43:56,801
visit this place and pray
at the Water Flower Shrine
325
00:43:58,094 --> 00:44:02,974
and purify themselves in the water
for seven days and seven nights,
326
00:44:03,057 --> 00:44:04,559
or so they say.
327
00:44:06,770 --> 00:44:11,483
Since you are on a quest,
you might as well visit there.
328
00:44:12,692 --> 00:44:14,110
Many thanks.
329
00:44:15,361 --> 00:44:16,362
Excuse me.
330
00:44:20,909 --> 00:44:21,910
Master Ogami.
331
00:44:25,371 --> 00:44:27,707
O-Yuki is my daughter.
332
00:44:52,357 --> 00:44:57,153
{\an8}TSUTA-YA INN
333
00:44:52,357 --> 00:44:57,153
Tsuta-no-Yu is at the top of that hill.
334
00:44:57,654 --> 00:45:00,657
But it's such a lonely place.
335
00:45:00,740 --> 00:45:04,285
No one goes up there much now.
336
00:45:15,713 --> 00:45:18,716
What a laugh.
You dare challenge me to a duel?
337
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:23,763
Shut up! I won't stop until I discover
the truth about your murderous illusion.
338
00:45:36,985 --> 00:45:38,611
What are you looking at?
339
00:45:39,445 --> 00:45:42,323
Stare at the flames and you will lose.
340
00:45:45,493 --> 00:45:46,995
Don't look at the flames.
341
00:45:47,787 --> 00:45:50,290
Be enchanted and you will lose.
342
00:45:52,417 --> 00:45:55,086
Don't get drawn into my illusion.
343
00:45:59,924 --> 00:46:01,301
Look at my eyes.
344
00:46:03,303 --> 00:46:04,804
Don't look at the flames.
345
00:46:05,638 --> 00:46:08,474
Look at my eyes and fight.
346
00:46:17,775 --> 00:46:20,194
My eyes. Look at them.
347
00:46:22,989 --> 00:46:24,490
Look at my eyes.
348
00:46:25,491 --> 00:46:28,119
My eyes. Look at them.
349
00:46:29,078 --> 00:46:31,414
Look at my eyes.
350
00:47:02,028 --> 00:47:04,072
What a beauty.
351
00:47:05,031 --> 00:47:07,700
You don't need to be a sword mistress.
352
00:47:09,953 --> 00:47:13,957
There's only one reason for a woman
to be passionate about martial arts.
353
00:47:14,499 --> 00:47:17,877
It's because she's too ugly
to get married.
354
00:47:34,769 --> 00:47:36,980
You woke up too late!
355
00:47:41,401 --> 00:47:44,070
You can bite off your tongue
when I'm done.
356
00:48:52,138 --> 00:48:53,139
Daigoro.
357
00:49:14,118 --> 00:49:18,164
He never knew his mother.
Please forgive him.
358
00:49:28,674 --> 00:49:32,386
Please, I beg you.
359
00:49:32,845 --> 00:49:34,889
Kill O-Yuki.
360
00:49:41,521 --> 00:49:43,064
Excuse me, sir,
361
00:49:43,856 --> 00:49:47,819
but Tsuta-no-Yu here is visited
by those who have an earnest wish
362
00:49:47,902 --> 00:49:53,658
to purify themselves and to pray
at the Water Flower Shrine.
363
00:49:55,284 --> 00:49:58,788
Do you have such a wish, too?
364
00:50:01,833 --> 00:50:05,419
It must be an assassin's wish.
365
00:50:39,245 --> 00:50:42,290
Deserter Yuki,
by order of our lord we'll kill you.
366
00:50:43,207 --> 00:50:44,250
Prepare to die.
367
00:51:16,949 --> 00:51:21,454
I heard you were after me.
368
00:51:24,540 --> 00:51:29,545
I have also heard your name —
the assassin Lone Wolf and Cub.
369
00:51:32,548 --> 00:51:35,551
You cut off the top-knots
of the Owari vassals.
370
00:51:36,969 --> 00:51:38,846
I want to ask you why.
371
00:51:39,597 --> 00:51:42,141
I am a deserter from the Owari Domain.
372
00:51:43,643 --> 00:51:48,648
Naturally, the Lord of Owari is furious
and sends men to execute me.
373
00:51:50,650 --> 00:51:54,153
If I cut off their top-knots
and send them back,
374
00:51:55,321 --> 00:51:57,156
in time,
375
00:51:57,657 --> 00:52:00,660
the object of my vendetta, Enki Kozuka,
376
00:52:02,328 --> 00:52:04,830
will be sent after me.
377
00:52:07,708 --> 00:52:08,751
That is why.
378
00:52:08,834 --> 00:52:10,461
Then I shall ask you this.
379
00:52:11,837 --> 00:52:15,341
Those who lose their top-knots
have their families abolished.
380
00:52:16,509 --> 00:52:20,513
Some family members have swallowed
their hatred and committed suicide.
381
00:52:22,515 --> 00:52:25,351
How do you answer their bitterness?
382
00:52:26,394 --> 00:52:30,606
You've involved others in your quest
to fulfill your wish.
383
00:52:31,857 --> 00:52:33,192
Now they too have wishes.
384
00:52:37,822 --> 00:52:42,451
I met your father — Master Jindayu Gomune.
385
00:52:44,161 --> 00:52:45,871
As we parted,
386
00:52:46,747 --> 00:52:50,209
he revealed to me
that you are his daughter.
387
00:52:51,377 --> 00:52:53,337
My own father —
388
00:52:58,884 --> 00:53:00,303
My own father...
389
00:53:03,431 --> 00:53:05,308
wishes for...
390
00:53:07,727 --> 00:53:09,895
my death, as well?
391
00:53:10,646 --> 00:53:12,982
Sometimes I wonder
392
00:53:14,150 --> 00:53:17,153
how lucky it would be
for a child to have a parent...
393
00:53:20,906 --> 00:53:22,908
who'd wish for his death.
394
00:53:39,258 --> 00:53:40,426
O-Yuki.
395
00:53:41,135 --> 00:53:42,678
Enki Kozuka.
396
00:53:43,971 --> 00:53:45,431
At last, you're here.
397
00:53:50,895 --> 00:53:53,898
You appear to have grown
even more beautiful.
398
00:53:55,107 --> 00:53:59,111
A Gomune woman looks better
dressed for the part.
399
00:54:03,449 --> 00:54:04,575
You have help?
400
00:54:04,658 --> 00:54:08,662
I don't need help to defeat
a sorcerer like you.
401
00:54:08,746 --> 00:54:09,747
Come on!
402
00:54:09,830 --> 00:54:11,832
It's different from the last time.
403
00:54:13,042 --> 00:54:15,544
This time, you must die.
404
00:54:35,272 --> 00:54:36,482
What are you looking at?
405
00:54:37,733 --> 00:54:40,111
I told you. Don't look at the flames.
406
00:54:44,824 --> 00:54:46,075
My eyes.
407
00:54:47,076 --> 00:54:49,286
Look at my eyes.
408
00:54:49,370 --> 00:54:50,538
My eyes.
409
00:54:51,163 --> 00:54:52,456
My eyes.
410
00:54:52,957 --> 00:54:55,960
Look at my eyes.
411
00:54:57,128 --> 00:55:00,172
My eyes. Look at my eyes.
412
00:57:08,842 --> 00:57:10,886
I'm not showing my skin...
413
00:57:13,556 --> 00:57:15,099
as I die.
414
00:57:22,982 --> 00:57:24,483
I'm glad.
415
00:58:09,194 --> 00:58:14,533
I won't let your body be exposed
to anybody's eyes ever again.
416
00:59:25,145 --> 00:59:28,148
For you to take the trouble
to bring her home —
417
00:59:29,358 --> 00:59:32,361
I don't know how to thank you.
418
00:59:36,156 --> 00:59:38,158
Let me ask you.
419
00:59:39,535 --> 00:59:44,498
Her end was not unsightly, was it?
420
00:59:45,499 --> 00:59:47,918
It was a magnificent end.
421
00:59:50,796 --> 00:59:51,880
Excuse me.
422
00:59:52,381 --> 00:59:53,882
Just a moment.
423
00:59:55,968 --> 00:59:59,388
You did her a service
by watching over her death.
424
01:00:00,889 --> 01:00:04,476
Would you stay with us
and honor her memory?
425
01:00:05,811 --> 01:00:07,813
Consider it fate.
426
01:00:08,856 --> 01:00:13,026
I wish you to tell me
about her last moments.
427
01:00:27,291 --> 01:00:32,337
You say he killed both Enki and O-Yuki?
428
01:00:33,088 --> 01:00:37,926
My men witnessed it with their own eyes.
429
01:00:38,427 --> 01:00:42,222
It turns out the rumor was true.
430
01:00:43,182 --> 01:00:45,976
It seems he means to defy,
431
01:00:46,685 --> 01:00:51,023
not only the Shogunate,
but you as well, Lord of Owari.
432
01:00:51,857 --> 01:00:55,360
Not only has he arrogantly
entered Owari Territory,
433
01:00:55,444 --> 01:01:01,366
but he has been staying with the lowly
and despised Gomune community.
434
01:01:01,450 --> 01:01:03,535
It is proof of his intentions.
435
01:01:03,619 --> 01:01:06,622
If you leave him alone,
436
01:01:07,331 --> 01:01:11,585
you will be the laughingstock
of the whole nation.
437
01:01:12,085 --> 01:01:13,587
Unforgivable.
438
01:01:15,881 --> 01:01:16,965
Damn!
439
01:01:28,811 --> 01:01:30,813
- Boss!
- Master!
440
01:01:31,146 --> 01:01:33,690
The Owari samurai are coming.
441
01:01:40,405 --> 01:01:42,115
Come out!
442
01:01:42,199 --> 01:01:44,493
Come out, all of you!
443
01:01:44,576 --> 01:01:46,245
What's going on?
444
01:01:48,413 --> 01:01:50,791
Who are you? We won't let you pass!
445
01:01:51,625 --> 01:01:52,292
Shoot them.
446
01:01:58,882 --> 01:02:01,260
They're here, boss.
447
01:02:01,760 --> 01:02:03,887
Out of the way!
448
01:02:03,971 --> 01:02:04,972
What the —
449
01:02:06,431 --> 01:02:08,934
Are you Jindayu Gomune?
450
01:02:09,810 --> 01:02:11,061
Yes.
451
01:02:12,104 --> 01:02:16,692
What is all this commotion?
452
01:02:16,775 --> 01:02:18,485
What is it?
453
01:02:18,569 --> 01:02:20,279
We have a report
454
01:02:20,362 --> 01:02:25,033
the former Executioner and assassin
Lone Wolf and Cub is in this village.
455
01:02:25,117 --> 01:02:27,369
Turn him over immediately.
456
01:02:27,452 --> 01:02:30,706
Otherwise, we have orders
to burn down the village
457
01:02:30,789 --> 01:02:33,125
and kill all of you Gomune members.
458
01:02:33,834 --> 01:02:35,502
I refuse.
459
01:02:35,586 --> 01:02:36,837
What?
460
01:02:37,963 --> 01:02:41,008
Do you want us to burn everything
and kill you all?
461
01:02:51,435 --> 01:02:53,395
It was about time to leave.
462
01:02:53,478 --> 01:02:56,023
You mustn't go, Master Ogami.
463
01:02:58,275 --> 01:02:59,776
Master Jindayu,
464
01:03:01,028 --> 01:03:03,906
I came here of my own free will.
465
01:03:05,240 --> 01:03:07,576
Let me go of my own free will.
466
01:03:07,659 --> 01:03:08,994
You mustn't.
467
01:03:09,745 --> 01:03:12,331
Do you intend to defy the Owari Domain?
468
01:03:12,915 --> 01:03:18,587
Master Ogami is a guest of Jindayu Gomune.
469
01:03:19,338 --> 01:03:24,009
Imagine if the Lord of Owari
had invited a guest.
470
01:03:24,509 --> 01:03:29,264
What would you do if we demanded
the guest be handed over to us?
471
01:03:29,348 --> 01:03:30,599
Fool!
472
01:03:31,600 --> 01:03:34,895
You're but a lowly and despised Gomune.
473
01:03:34,978 --> 01:03:36,855
Know your place.
474
01:03:36,939 --> 01:03:38,899
A word for you then.
475
01:03:39,900 --> 01:03:42,653
Your lord's tribute is 619,000 koku.
476
01:03:43,362 --> 01:03:46,949
He has about 4,000 vassals.
477
01:03:48,158 --> 01:03:52,704
Compare that with the Gomune members
under my command.
478
01:03:52,788 --> 01:03:57,626
They number 200,000 in more than
60 states across the nation.
479
01:03:58,627 --> 01:04:01,880
I am not comparing
our numbers or strength.
480
01:04:02,381 --> 01:04:07,803
I am talking about respect
as human beings.
481
01:04:08,303 --> 01:04:11,765
The Lord of Owari is human,
but we are human as well.
482
01:04:11,848 --> 01:04:15,519
We all eat and shit.
There's no difference.
483
01:04:16,228 --> 01:04:17,813
It's only natural for humans
484
01:04:17,896 --> 01:04:21,900
to value honor and extend courtesy.
485
01:04:23,068 --> 01:04:27,531
You use your force
and demand we hand over our guest,
486
01:04:27,614 --> 01:04:29,616
but we can't give him up.
487
01:04:30,993 --> 01:04:35,080
We have our pride as Gomune.
488
01:04:35,163 --> 01:04:36,665
Insolence!
489
01:04:41,545 --> 01:04:42,546
Are you mad?
490
01:04:42,629 --> 01:04:44,339
Boss!
491
01:04:44,423 --> 01:04:45,924
Bastards!
492
01:04:46,008 --> 01:04:47,509
Don't fight!
493
01:04:47,592 --> 01:04:49,094
You mustn't fight.
494
01:04:51,596 --> 01:04:53,598
Master Jindayu.
495
01:04:55,475 --> 01:04:57,185
Master Ogami.
496
01:04:59,271 --> 01:05:04,276
Take my head
and bring it to the Lord of Owari.
497
01:05:04,359 --> 01:05:05,527
And then...
498
01:05:07,863 --> 01:05:09,406
tell him
499
01:05:10,115 --> 01:05:14,619
I, her parent, asked you to kill O-Yuki.
500
01:05:18,707 --> 01:05:22,711
O-Yuki deserted the domain
and dishonored him.
501
01:05:23,837 --> 01:05:26,131
So, for the Lord of Owari,
502
01:05:27,507 --> 01:05:31,720
her parent had her taken care of.
503
01:05:33,055 --> 01:05:37,392
Then her parent died
504
01:05:38,101 --> 01:05:42,064
as an apology to him.
505
01:05:43,482 --> 01:05:45,317
Master Jindayu.
506
01:05:45,400 --> 01:05:47,027
The heart of a parent.
507
01:05:47,736 --> 01:05:50,238
The heart of a child, it must be.
508
01:05:53,450 --> 01:05:54,534
O-Yuki is —
509
01:05:57,746 --> 01:06:00,123
O-Yuki is saying,
510
01:06:00,624 --> 01:06:02,834
“Hurry and come over.”
511
01:06:04,169 --> 01:06:06,588
She is calling me.
512
01:06:08,924 --> 01:06:10,217
Boss!
513
01:06:10,717 --> 01:06:13,220
Damn it!
514
01:06:13,762 --> 01:06:14,763
Damn.
515
01:06:15,430 --> 01:06:17,933
- Boss.
- Damn.
516
01:06:23,563 --> 01:06:26,274
I'll have an audience
with the Lord of Owari.
517
01:06:28,068 --> 01:06:29,111
Lead the way.
518
01:07:05,814 --> 01:07:07,816
Lower your head. Show respect.
519
01:07:10,735 --> 01:07:13,071
A word for the Lord of Owari.
520
01:07:14,781 --> 01:07:17,492
I didn't come as a prisoner.
521
01:07:19,411 --> 01:07:21,413
I came of my own accord.
522
01:07:21,496 --> 01:07:22,455
What?
523
01:07:24,082 --> 01:07:29,462
It appears all this trouble started
with Enki Kozuka's misconduct.
524
01:07:31,006 --> 01:07:37,012
O-Yuki suffered a shame worse than death
at Enki's hands, and so she deserted.
525
01:07:38,346 --> 01:07:43,935
She killed Enki with her own hands
and avenged herself for her honor.
526
01:07:45,437 --> 01:07:50,233
I have presented myself here
to inform you of this account.
527
01:07:50,650 --> 01:07:52,652
Are you out of your mind?
528
01:07:53,612 --> 01:07:56,323
To whom are you telling such a tale?
529
01:07:56,406 --> 01:08:00,452
Jindayu Gomune has no association
with the Owari Domain.
530
01:08:01,661 --> 01:08:03,830
It's unforgivable you had him killed.
531
01:08:03,914 --> 01:08:05,582
Insolence!
532
01:08:05,665 --> 01:08:08,001
I'm Yoshinao Tokugawa.
533
01:08:08,501 --> 01:08:10,503
Where do you think you are?
534
01:08:11,671 --> 01:08:16,301
My son and I live
on the Demon Way in Hell.
535
01:08:17,636 --> 01:08:22,224
The Tokugawas, the Owaris and even
the Shogun's crest do not concern us.
536
01:08:23,058 --> 01:08:25,852
Kill him. Kill that idiot.
537
01:08:25,936 --> 01:08:27,145
Daigoro.
538
01:08:39,783 --> 01:08:41,284
Your life is mine.
539
01:08:41,785 --> 01:08:43,078
Don't move.
540
01:08:46,748 --> 01:08:48,833
If you dare to move an inch,
541
01:08:50,168 --> 01:08:54,798
the life of the Lord of Owari
and his domain will be lost in an instant.
542
01:08:54,881 --> 01:08:56,549
Is that what you want?
543
01:08:59,803 --> 01:09:02,013
Let me tell your Battle Minister this —
544
01:09:03,265 --> 01:09:06,893
my son and I shall hold the Lord of Owari
545
01:09:08,228 --> 01:09:10,355
until we have safely left this castle.
546
01:09:11,856 --> 01:09:13,275
Please stand up.
547
01:09:17,195 --> 01:09:18,947
Please lead the way.
548
01:09:23,952 --> 01:09:26,121
- Damn!
- Don't interfere.
549
01:09:26,204 --> 01:09:27,455
You mustn't interfere.
550
01:09:27,539 --> 01:09:29,040
Don't interfere.
551
01:09:31,459 --> 01:09:34,170
Master Ogami, please wait a moment.
552
01:09:39,718 --> 01:09:42,220
Wait a moment, please.
553
01:09:43,221 --> 01:09:46,099
Please take me with you.
554
01:09:47,934 --> 01:09:49,519
I humbly refuse.
555
01:09:50,020 --> 01:09:52,522
Then please spare our lord.
556
01:09:54,232 --> 01:09:55,734
Please don't worry.
557
01:09:57,068 --> 01:09:59,404
I'll return him safely.
558
01:10:43,198 --> 01:10:44,449
Hurry, my lord!
559
01:11:15,980 --> 01:11:17,190
Lord of Owari!
560
01:11:28,201 --> 01:11:30,161
Please lie down.
561
01:11:59,482 --> 01:12:00,608
Stop!
562
01:12:00,692 --> 01:12:02,193
- My lord!
- Don't fire!
563
01:12:06,990 --> 01:12:10,243
Daigoro, listen carefully.
564
01:12:10,743 --> 01:12:13,246
I'm entering the Demon Way in Hell.
565
01:12:13,746 --> 01:12:18,251
If I don't return, you die here too.
566
01:12:18,751 --> 01:12:19,752
Understand?
567
01:13:15,141 --> 01:13:17,143
- Attack!
- Yes, sir!
568
01:16:08,731 --> 01:16:10,733
Retsudo, here I come!
569
01:16:16,489 --> 01:16:17,990
Come on.
570
01:17:32,774 --> 01:17:37,320
Itto Ogami,
this blade comes from the Yagyu Clan!
571
01:17:39,989 --> 01:17:40,990
You dare...
572
01:17:58,382 --> 01:17:59,550
Papa.
573
01:18:03,888 --> 01:18:05,056
Papa.
574
01:18:14,816 --> 01:18:16,025
Papa.
575
01:18:27,745 --> 01:18:29,080
Papa.
576
01:18:42,134 --> 01:18:43,511
Papa.
577
01:18:51,143 --> 01:18:52,353
Daigoro.
578
01:18:53,271 --> 01:18:58,776
Pull the sword out of my back.
579
01:19:49,827 --> 01:19:54,832
Impressive how you lived though it,
Itto Ogami.
580
01:19:57,376 --> 01:20:00,713
Survive, no matter what happens.
581
01:20:02,214 --> 01:20:06,344
Neither Yagyus or Kurokuwas
shall defeat you.
582
01:20:06,844 --> 01:20:08,346
I shall.
583
01:20:09,680 --> 01:20:16,687
Live until the day I send you to hell.
584
01:21:08,990 --> 01:21:13,995
THE END