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A WAKAMATSU PRODUCTION FILM

NAKED BULLET

PRODUCED AND WRITTEN BY KOJI WAKAMATSU

SCRIPT BY DERU DEGUCHI

CAMERA: HIDEO ITO

EDITING: KANSUKE GURYU MUSIC: YOTSUKI YAMASHITA TRIO

STARRING

KEN YOSHIZAWA AS KATSUICHI & SHO

MIKI HAYASHI AS AKEMI ERI ASHIKAWA AS MISAO

DIRECTED BY KOJI WAKAMATSU

Weather seems good today.

What are you reading?

The adverts.

The adverts?

I never miss reading them.

Are you going to go clean after this job and find real work or something?

Maybe, yeah.

It might be good to buy some land.

I'm not looking at anything like that.

Well what, then?

You know the ones saying things like: "father on deathbed"

or "don't worry, daughter, just come home"?

It's those.

I read them every day.

You find them interesting?

Don't know about that...

Don't cry!

You can't cry.

What if we get caught?

We won't get caught.

I won't hand you over to anyone. We'll get away no matter what.

Kachi...

I'm exhausted...

Hang in there just a bit longer.

Once it's dark we'll jump in a cab and make a dash for Ueno.

There's no way we'll be spotted in all those crowds.

I should have just gritted my teeth and slept with the boss, then you...

Don't be stupid!

Hold me tighter...

Old man!

What's up, old man?

Hurry up!

Katsu, come out, you bastard!

Katsu!

Come out!

Where are you hiding?

You won't be able to trade from tomorrow, old man.

Listen, you bastard.

We'll find you, even if it means knocking down this house!

Where the hell is he?

- Katsu! Come out! - Come out!

What are you hiding for?

Come out, Katsu!

Ready?

Where are you hiding?

We'll spare you so hurry up and come out!

Come out!

Hurry.

Hide for as long as you want but it won't do any good!

Come out, Katsu!

Where the hell are you hiding, you bastard!

You bastard, I'll kill you!

Stop, you bastard!

Katsu!

Which way did he go?

That way!

Stop, Katsu!

Hey, you bastard!

You won't get away with this!

- You bastard, wait! - Stop, Katsu!

Katsu! Stop!

Run all you like, you'll never get away from us!

You bastard, stop!

Taxi!

- Wait, you! - Wait!

Please hurry!

Are they here?

Yeah.

What shall we do?

- Hey, this... - What?

Look at this.

"Katsuichi, Misao, come home without fear,"

"we're all worried about you." No way.

Is this about us?

Seems to be...

What shall we do? What the hell is this?

The boss is asking us to come back.

Let's go back, Kachi.

But there'll be hell to pay if we go back.

But even if we go back to the country there's no one to help us.

We'll be in for a real punishment session.

No we won't. It says to come back without fear.

No, don't, no, no...

Stop it!

Please stop it!

lt's my fault! I apologize!

Please forgive me, Boss!

Boss, help me!

Please forgive us.

No! Let me go.

Please... Please, Boss.

It was all my idea. I was a kid trying to talk like a big guy.

What did you say, huh?

I said I could support her no problem...

I said I would support her with my own two hands...

I said that and then she really bought into the idea...

And these two hands of his, what are they like?

Take a good look.

He has the soft hands of a child.

You should at least be able to handle a gun

before coming out with lines like that.

Right. Do it.

Please. Have mercy.

This is not what you promised.

Please, don't you pity her?

Please forgive us.

- I beg you. - Stop.

Let this kid do it.

Aha! That's a good idea.

Hey, "big guy", did you hear that?

You're up.

Hurry up!

Please forgive me.

Stop dragging your heels!

Misao...

If you put on a good show, you'll be forgiven this once.

Do it!

Forgive me.

You idiot. Do you always do it like that?

Hurry up and do it.

We're not here to see your dumb ass.

You really are going to forgive us, right?

Yeah, if you put on a good show.

You'd better work hard for your pardon.

Damn it...

I'm going to do this... Anything for you, Misao...

I can't...

You idiot! Coward! And you reckoned you could rescue me?!

Please, take me!

Do it!

This is no good, Kachi!

Kachi, please, do it!

Kachi, what are you doing?!

You have to do it!

Get up!

Wake up!

Can you see this, Katsu?

You can't just leave the gang because you want to.

You should expect to be killed for this, really.

Count yourself lucky.

Let go!

I'll do it myself!

Watch carefully.

He did it like a man.

It's been five years, huh?

What was it like for you five years ago?

Why, all of a sudden?

Doesn't matter.

It wouldn't be bad at all

buying a plot of land somewhere quiet and living in your own home.

With a young wife.

Wonder if there's any cheap land anywhere, about ten million yen?

If we really can get twenty million yen each, that is.

Sure we can. This is the place where the deal will take place.

OK, l'll have some faith.

They're here!

They're here.

You both ready?

I will check it.

Please go ahead.

Definitely thirty million yen.

Don't move.

Put your hands in the air.

If you want to bail, you can.

Do you remember me?

That's too bad.

I don't... I don't know you!

Who are you?

What the hell's going on?

I've come to take that.

But five against one is impossible.

He's not on his own.

Unfortunately for you, eh?

Stand in a line facing the wall.

Do it!

It's you that switched it, right?

Where did you hide the loot?

Say it!

I don't know.

Shall we get it out of her?

All in good time.

We'll take the girl.

Ko.

Let's go.

It's been a while.

Katsu... you!

I haven't forgotten.

Who said I should come back

once I'd learned to handle a gun like a man?

Is the boss well?

Sudo, is he well?

Katsu. I'm sorry. I'm sorry for that time.

Forgive me...

First of all, what's your name?

Akemi.

You're Sudo's woman, right?

Who'd have thought a woman of Sudo's would do this?

I didn't know.

I was just made to bring it.

Then who switched the powder?

It's got to have been the boss.

Sudo wouldn't make such a blunder.

Sudo has his code of conduct.

And he knows how bad the consequences of messing up a deal can be.

I think so too.

- Yeah, but look at the evidence! - Never mind!

What are we going to do about the loot?

What do you think, Sho?

We can't just take half and withdraw.

OK, it's decided then.

Now it won't be just Sudo who'll be after you. Don't you get that?

You seem to think we're just run-of-the-mill yakuza!

Ko, what do you say to living with this lady once it's all over?

You're going to buy a quiet plot of land, right?

But she's quite the shape-shifting witch, this one.

Right, let's go!

Let's eat.

Help!

They're murderers!

No. You're going to let me go.

If you don't I'll kill myself.

I'll kill...

Let me go...

You don't care, do you?

How can you eat without a care after killing all those people?

There aren't many women who say things like that.

Does she think we live in order to eat or something?

Where would you find an idiot who does shootouts but doesn't eat?

It's not like we're enjoying ourselves here.

Where did you hide the loot?

Those three who started shooting outside...

were brought along by you to fox your counterparts, right?

Where's the loot?

I don't know.

We're not the type to get impatient.

There's still time.

If you don't return me to him you'll really be in for it.

What will he do to us?

How bad will it be?

The killers will come after you.

The killers, she says!

Are those guys still going?

They might be just around the corner!

Who are they after?

Who do they want to wipe out?

If the money and the drugs have gone... And you're gone too...

They'll kill me...

They'll kill me...

Our faces aren't known.

You seem to want to buy time, but...

isn't that like strangling yourself with your own hands?

I don't know! I was just made to carry it!

It's the truth!

It's the truth!

I'm just going to see what's going on outside.

Hey, do you work alone?

Something like that.

Have you seen this woman?

She's called Akemi.

Isn't she from Sudo's gang?

What about her?

We have our reasons for wanting to find her.

I'll let you know if I see her.

Call the Sudo office if you do.

- Will do. - Cheers.

Come with me.

Two for a quickie, five for overnight. I won't go any lower.

You're cheap.

Which do you want?

It's up to you.

I'll throw in plenty of extras.

Misao...

Misao.

You!

I thought you'd be doing something like this.

I don't want to hear your excuses.

It's not like that.

It's not like that.

There's a reason.

I can't breathe...

I can't breathe... Give me drugs.

Drugs...

Give me drugs!

I can't breathe...

- Hello. - Sudo's office.

Take me...

I feel I'm going mad with loneliness.

There's no denying you have a nice face.

And my body...?

Come on...

Wait.

I'm going to get killed either way.

So in that case...

I... I've been wanting to escape from Sudo.

That man is like a snake.

He's not young like you.

Let's see what I can do.

I'm so happy...

You're amazing...

You're amazing...

You'll do as I say.

You got me.

Now, stand up.

Shin.

Wake up.

She says to give up your gun. I fell into her trap.

Kick it over here.

What do you intend to do?

You're going to make a call. Come on.

You idiot.

4-6-3

2-5-0-0.

They've answered.

Sudo's office.

Hello.

Were you trying to have an orgy or something?

Something like that.

We wanted to test her.

Test me?

That's right.

Look. It's empty.

Damn it!

It's getting pretty busy out there.

I bet.

Shall we start?

Where is it?

I don't know.

Say it.

Say it.

Where did you hide it?

Where is it?

Say it!

I really don't know.

Say it!

Say it!

You're gonna say!

Say where you've hidden the loot!

I don't know.

You won't tell us?

Say it!

I've never seen a woman like this.

Well, she's got what it takes to be Sudo's woman.

Maybe she really doesn't know.

She knows that as soon as she talks she'll be done for.

What shall we do?

I'll explain later. We're getting out of here.

Hurry.

Sho?!

You're a real...

You'll never see me again.

Now that I have the big haul.

Who was it that said half wasn't enough?

I'll take it, of course.

Turn around.

Don't regret this will you, Sho?

You're not up to it yet.

I'll leave you the tools of your trade.

It'll be a 50-50 split, all right?

Word on the street is Sudo's hell-bent on finding you.

He's in a rage, saying he'll hound you down and really give it to you.

I know their ways very well. Something similar happened five years ago.

A gangster who tried to run away with a barmaid who knew nothing

fell for a newspaper ad and went back.

They were put through a punishment session

and he was made to cut off his finger.

And the woman plunged into a hell of drugs.

Is that what happened...

Look at this. It's yesterday's evening paper.

"Akemi, it's all settled. Rest easy and come home. Sudo."

What do you say?

You think we can escape from them?

It's not just the Sudo gang.

They'll chase us to the end of the world.

It was the same back then.

It's always the woman who starts whining, saying she wants to go back.

You don't mind being dragged into this?

You could end up dead.

Yeah, I could.

But... I kind of feel I've been living for this moment.

Where are we gonna go?

Two tickets to Nagano.

We've got them.

Your crossed eyes came in useful.

I haven't got crossed eyes!

Stop saying that!

I'm going to have a nap.

Wake me up when we get to Nagano.

They've gone! Wake up! Wake up!

What is it?

They've gone.

What? You idiot!

Tell me where we're going.

Seems we pulled that off.

Is this it?

We're going to a spa.

A spa?

Oh, right, so we're getting another train.

Let's lose them before we do that.

- They're not here... - We've lost them.

I was amazed you didn't confess even after everything we did to you.

I was just too frightened to say.

Usually women crack because of the frightening thing in front of them,

not the frightening thing that comes later.

I've been through stuff like that loads of times.

That's the kind of woman I am.

Does it sting?

Apparently the water here is good for wounds.

When this hurts I can't bear it.

I wish the spa water could make it grow back.

Don't think too much.

You should relax.

We can just stay here until things calm down.

I wonder how many years it's been since I last felt like this.

Akemi...

Forgive me.

What happened back at the flat couldn't be helped.

I love you.

Me too...

Sho...

Akemi, where's the loot?

Did you know?

They say that if you declare your love right here, it will definitely work out.

I feel like it's already worked out.

There's still unfinished business.

Right.

I was waiting for you to say something like that.

It will definitely double soon.

Where's the loot?

You do trust me, don't you?

it's weird that you've brought me to such a remote place.

I won't take this from you. You need to do better than this.

Did you see?

There's just one gun, he's a lousy shot.

Stay here, don't move.

Where are you?!

Come out!

No! Sho!

I've got the woman. Come out!

Let's do a deal.

Shut up!

Come on. You're just a killer hired by Sudo, right?

It'll be worth your while.

All right, you're gonna come out!

I want to kill you, because you've got a big reputation.

I'll give you three million yen.

Five million!

It's not money that I want!

You want a duel?

That's right!

Come out!

What are you, stupid? That's my line!

Look at this, Sho!

Next I'll do the bottom half.

Look what's happening to your darling wife.

Drop the gun!

Good, now come out!

Can you shoot with those crossed eyes?

I haven't got crossed eyes!

Stop saying that!

Drop your gun!

Where are you?

A gun silencer...

Your range has improved.

It's about 1,500 feet, maybe?

Shall I fire one into his ass?

Let him chase around for a bit longer.

We need to get rid of the bodies fast, or it'll get difficult for us to move around.

The least you could do is clap.

Do you think he'll run?

No. He knows us better than anyone.

He'll fight.

Because if he doesn't, it'll just add to our enjoyment.

We're going to split the loot 50-50.

How about the woman?

What?

What's that about a woman?

Are you saying I'm not a woman?

You're saying this is not a woman?

All right, all right.

We get it.

Sorry, lady.

Forgive me...

What's the matter?

Hello?

Put me through to Hotel Nakamatsue.

Room 65.

Hello?

Hello?

Damn it!

Who is it?

Who was it?

Hello?

It's me. Are you well?

So so. You?

We're both broke.

Are you coming to get the cash?

See you at the shrine at the top of the hill.

How's 7:00am?

Fine.

Bring the woman.

After all, she still hasn't told you where the loot �s, right?

I can see right through you.

What if I don't bring her?

Don't even try that. It'll only add to our enjoyment.

You wouldn't like to see what would happen to her.

I'm hanging up.

Who was it?

My dear friends.

That twosome, huh?

Run away. This is where my grave will be.

You coward!

I had a great time with you.

You've still only got half of what you want, right?

There is no loot.

I've known all along.

It was your way of dragging me in this far, right?

Is that what you think?

You're a frightening woman.

I'm actually even more frightening than that.

I knew from the start that things would end up like this.

The showdown between feuding friends. The stubbornness of men.

I'm not going to run away.

You're going to win, Sho.

You're going to kill those two, no matter what.

Then what?

I'll tell you where thirty million yen's worth of heroin is hidden.

But not until you win.

You have to win, no matter what.

- They're here! - All right.

You haven't given her a weapon, have you?

I wouldn't do anything like that.

Fine. She needs to get out of the way.

Whoever wins takes her.

The money and loot go without saying, but I also still have a bit of a thing for her.

You're not up to it.

What did you say?!

At 7:00am the temple's bell will toll.

We go on the third toll.

Sho!

Six.

Seven.

I've won.

Sho!

Shoot!

You didn't have the chance to reload.

I was counting.

Wait!

Come here.

I've kept him alive.

Because I want you to see.

Bitch!

Where did you hide the loot?

Say it.

Say it.

Say it.

I can draw all over your body, if you want.

Where did you hide the loot?

Say it!

There...

Inside that pine tree stump...

Here it is...

Damn it! That bitch!

Die!

Sho...

You used flour again, huh?

Damn it...

Sho...

THE END