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SHADOW WARRIORS III (Kage no Gundan Ill)

TARAO Hanzo: CHIBA Shinichi

Ocho: SHIHOIVII Etsuko

Sasuke: SANADA Hiroyuki

Toramaro: KANIE Keizo

lnokichi: TACHIKAVVA Mitsutaka

Dairoku: SEIGC) Taishi Kobue: TSUKASA Rumiko Okimi: KURITA Yoko

JAC: KAI Michio INADA Tatsuo YANC) Kazuhiro

Orin: KIKI Kirin

HITOTSUYANAGI l\/Iiru KITAMACHI Yoshiro

NAKATA Hirohisa OKABE Ivlasazumi

KIDA Shinpei MATSUMURA Yasuyo MIZOTA Shigeru

NAKAMLJRA Kinji l-IIKITA Yasumori TAKAl-IASI-ll Toshiki OKAMIOl-ll Sen

ARISl-IIMA Junpei OKAMOTC) Masashi OYA Takanori Sl-IIMADA l-lideo

YOSl-IIDA Nobuo YAMADA Katsuji KAVVAKAMI Akane TAKEUCl-ll Ryuji Title Cooperation: KOZAK

Senshu-ni: KISHIDA Kyoko

IVIURAKAMI Shinpachiro: AIVIACHI Shigeru

Just one more...

The character for "o."

Think you can write it?

Don't slack off because my brother is not here.

I'll be his replacement today.

Don't be lazy now.

All right.

When you're done, Uncle lno will show you something fun.

I sure will!

Here you go!

I have terrible news!

Kanta's parents drowned in the river!

What?

This way!

Kanta!

Kanta...

Kanta!

Sensei!

Sensei!

Kanta...

Brother...

Brother...

Sensei...

They are clearly victims of moneylenders.

They were told the gracious money from the temple will

cure their illness right away.

Then they were charged five times the interest.

They're backed up by the rice brokers.

The officers have borrowed money from them, too,

so they look the other way.

This isn't right.

THE SHADOVVLESS MAN (Kage Naki Otoko no Kage)

The rice brokers in Kuramae are behind it.

Ever since they started handling the rice of the

daimyo, hatamoto, and gokenin (shogunate vassals),

they've become impudent.

They call it gracious money from the temples and shrines,

and lend it out to the poor people who live day by day

at high interest, and make excessive profits from them.

Already eight people have died as a result.

The money isn't coming from the temples and shrines.

They are merely receiving a nominal fee for it.

If we let those rice brokers in Kuramae get away with it,

the daimyo, hatamoto, and gokenin will be victimized.

As a matter of fact, they are already affected by it.

I'm counting on you, Hanzo.

Is something wrong?

I could care less what happens to the daimyo and hatamoto.

Hanzo...

However...

What is it?

I will not forgive the rice brokers who drove

those poor people to death.

Go to the police immediately!

Tell them we were robbed by the lnazuma Gang!

Gold coins!

Thank you!

Oh, Madam.

Don't get friendly with me.

Hovv long do you plan to stay here?

Han-san said I could work here.

He's just a worker, and I'm the owner.

You can't work here without my permission.

Get out!

But Han-san said... - Madam!

What's the big deal, anyway?

I want to take a break sometimes, too.

He's my assistant.

I'm not telling you to pay him. I'll pay him out of my cheap pay.

You needn't say "cheap." Don't regret it later.

Hovv can you take in someone questionable?

I know who he is.

He's a customer at Ocho's bar.

What is your relationship to Ocho, anyway?

She's an old lover of mine.

Cut out the lies.

Where did you go last night? You weren't in bed.

My stomach was acting up, so after I went to the bathroom,

I stayed here till morning.

Hovv stupid can you be!

Sitting on that when it's cold is bad for your health.

Oh, I didn't know that...

Han-sen!

What's up?

Rice broker lse-ya was robbed by the lnazuma Gang last night.

What?

Well, good for them! - Come!

What is it?

Tora-san and the others are the suspects for it.

What?

Are you sure it was him?

Yes, I'm positive.

I don't know this old man.

What is this?!

Isn't this a tool you use for robberies?

You are with the lnazuma Gang, after all!

They're guilty. Arrest them!

Stop! - Don't let them escape!

After them!

Who are you?

I run a school and umbrella repair shop.

I'm Ivlurakami Shinpachiro.

This is police business. Do not interfere!

Wait a minute. So the lnazuma Gang struck.

You should've told them that you were drinking with me,

then you would've been cleared immediately.

I completely forgot!

Yes, we were drinking sakA© with you.

If you can't trust me...

Then when the lnazuma Gang strikes again...

Look out for them, and all will become clear.

They really had nothing to do with it.

They're just ordinary street performers.

Will you apologize?

We're very sorry about that.

Sensei! Thank you!

I'm sorry for the trouble.

Stupid! Don't defy the police!

I'm very sorry about that.

Han-sen, hovv about a game of chess?

Sure!

Please come in.

Checkmate.

I lose.

Sensei, aren't you lacking sleep? Your eyes are red.

I stayed up all night to finish five umbrellas.

Were you up all night long, too?

Well, yes.

Isn't there a better paying job around?

I've been living as a ronin for a long time...

I didn't have time to acquire any skills.

Ronin? From when?

From when I was si>

Six'? - Yes.

Just the two of you, since then?

Han-sen, what did you used to do before?

I've always been a stoker.

I don't believe that.

Everyone has a past and a secret.

L won't PFY-

Oh, no. I stayed too long.

I'll come again. Bye. - I'll see you again.

You must be tired.

Get some rest. - Yes.

SHADOW WARRIORS III

Han-sen, I'm disappointed in you.

Hovv can you massage Okane, the notorious moneylender?

I'm shocked!

So there are a hundred rice brokers?

They're not located only in Kuramae.

Anyone who represents the hatamoto or gokenin

becomes a rice broker.

That's hovv it is.

Excuse me. This is for this month.

Is this all? You haven't paid the last two months.

I'm sorry.

Is there a boss?

Yes, Ogiya.

Ogiya?

RICE BROKER OGIYA

Who's there?

Please run away.

Usuke?

Usuke!

Hey! What happened?

Usuke!

Ogiya...

Usuke...

Brother...

I got Usuke killed...

I should've only asked for this, but...

I asked him to check into Ogiya's background...

He's been with us for 15 years since we left

the mountains of Kishu.

A red mark that looks like an insect bite...

The chief thinks that's what killed him.

There must've been poison coated on the tip of the blowgun needle or dart.

But there was no needle in him.

Nor was there any around his body.

Didn't he say "Ogiya" before he died?

Is it Ogiya, the rice broker?

I can't imagine him having any ties with Ogiya, though.

We should check into it.

Hovv disappointing...

With the rice brokers being targeted by the lhazuma Gang,

I was hoping to get myself a job as a bodyguard here.

I see...

So you already have one...

Clerk, would you hire my younger sister?

Wh at'? - Please!

That's for the master to decide.

Will you ask him, then?

We'll wait here for him.

Please ask him for us.

Do you understand?

Only those in collusion with me, Ogiya Tahei,

can operate as a rice broker.

I'm going to submit that request to the shogunate

so that the other rice brokers can't stay in business.

Men, what do you say?

We've got to hand it to you.

You're brilliant, Ogiya Tahei.

We must act quickly though.

We don't want to fall victims to the lnazuma Gang.

So they 're the villainous rice brokers.

Damn them...

We have to stop the delivery of it.

Yeah...

Are you the one who wants to work here?

I'm sorry for being rude and imposing.

I'm a ronin named Ivlurakami Shinpachiro.

She is my younger sister, Tae.

Please hire me.

OGIYA

Oh, excuse me!

KISHU CLAN'S MAIN RESIDENCE

Just re-vvrite the request.

EDC) Cl-IIEI: RETAINER SAKAKIBARA YASLJ IVIASA Just re-write the request.

Just re-vvrite the request.

They must've been lga ninja.

Are they the lnazuma Gang?

I don't know.

Ogiya, are you willing to become the target?

Target?

I'm going to lay a trap.

If they fall for it...

I'll get the shogunate to dispatch their rifle squads to shoot them,

be it the lnazuma Gang or lga ninja.

We risk the chance of losing everything, though.

But your money is like my money, anyway.

I made you into a rice broker.

You started off with my money.

That's true...

But you owe it to me 15 years ago,

that you can be the chief retainer of the 550,000-koku Kishu clan.

What?

Ogiya used to be a vassal of the Kishu clan?

Yes.

And he's still connected to the Edo chief retainer, Sakakibara?

Yes.

Usuke was killed with this by Ogiya's bodyguard.

Why, though? - I haven't a clue...

lno, will you go to Kishu?

Find out what happened between Sakakibara and Ogiya 15 years ago.

What is their relationship to Usuke?

Why are they trying to get close to Ogiya?

SHADOW WARRIORS III

You have no accent.

Yes.

I was still a baby when my brother became a ronin.

I heard you were a ronin from Kishu.

Why did you become a ronin?

Why do you want to know?

No special reason.

That's enough.

Please e>

Master...?

You have a cute face.

Will you become my woman?

If you do, I'll tell you everything.

What?

Ogiya Tahei is Tazawa Kijuro?

Ogiya Tahei is the name he used as a rice broker.

Tazawa was an accountant.

His superior back then is the present Edo chief retainer,

Sakakibara Yasumasa.

Why did he become a ronin?

When he tried to persuade a subordinate who embezzled clan funds

to commit hara-kiri, they got into an argument and he ended up killing him.

But, chief...

It was probably Sakakibara that embezzled clan funds.

What was the name of that subordinate?

Ivlurakami. - Murakami?

His wife, family and even servants were killed for it.

However, his two children managed to escape.

What is the name of the boy that escaped?

Ivlurakami Shinpachiro.

Ivlurakami Shinpachiro...

What is the name of the girl?

Tae.

Tae...

Chief...

Sensei and his sister are the siblings that escaped.

I get it now. They are seeking revenge.

That is why they approached Ogiya.

And they are part of the lnazuma Gang.

Inazuma Gang? - Chief!

I repair umbrellas.

I repair umbrellas!

Sensei!

You're working hard, I see.

So are you.

Please be careful.

Toramaro said he saw the sign of death on your face.

Oh, really?

That's right.

He's a healer, but he's also a fortune-teller.

Don't make any moves now.

According to Toramaro...

You should get Tae from Ogiya and leave Edo.

Then the death sign will go away.

Han-sen, why do you worry about me?

Because I was chased out of my homeland, like you.

TARAO RESIDENCE IN IGA

Hanzo! Wake up!

No matter what happens, don't come out!

My father Tarao Shirobei, a chief of the lga ninja,

was mercilessly killed by the shogunate,

because ninja were not needed in peaceful times.

My father was a merchant.

He failed in business and skipped tovvn.

L, who was left behind, was chased out of my homeland...

and drifted to where I am.

Hovv dangerous!

You're not an ordinary stoker, after all.

Didn't you say everyone has a past?

That's right.

All right.

I'll take your word of advice to heart.

Han-sen, thank you.

Tae...

Brother!

Ogiya is Tazawa Kijuro, after all.

He has a sword scar on his back that Father inflicted.

Tae...

Brother...

Were you all right in getting that information?

Yes, nothing happened.

Tae...

I'm sorry to put you through this... - Brother!

We can get our revenge for our father and mother...

Brother...

Tae...

Tae, are you all right?

Tae, I'm sorry...

Thinking it would be more convenient to find our enemy...

I made you join a gang of robbers.

Tae, please forgive me.

No, Brother...

Ogiya is a despicable enemy to me.

Being that it's his birthday today,

the workers will be served sakA©.

His birthday? - Yes.

Tonight is our chance.

Brother...

I'm going back to Ogiya.

Tae...

Tonight...

We'll do it tonight.

SHADOW WARRIORS III

Listen.

This is the lnazuma Gangs last job.

We're going to rob Ogiya Tahei, who collaborates with the shogunate

to suck the blood out of the people.

U nderstood? - Yes!

This is a map of Ogiya sketched by Usuke,

who was killed.

Remember it well.

Chief!

It's been 15 years since the previous chief took me in.

Thank you for respecting me as your chief all these years.

I thank you.

Chief...

A~ll the workers will be drinking sakA© to celebrate Ogiya's birthday.

So there couldn't be a better day than today.

It's a trap!

There's no birthday celebration for him.

It's a trap to lure all of you out and kill you.

Ocho, I know that.

I can't let him prey on Tae for another day.

So you know who our chief is?!

Please be careful of Ogiya's bodyguard.

And the shogunate's rifle squad.

All right!

Let's go!

Brother...

You must be the lnazuma Gang.

That's right.

My family was killed because of you...

I'm Shinpachiro of the Ivlurakami family!

Tazawa Kijuro, prepare to die!

We are the shogunate s rifle squad!

Submit to arrest!

Who are you?

The shadow warriors are here.

We are here to help him.

So you are...!

Leave this place to us. Go and get your enemy!

Hanzo, forgive me for going against your kindness.

Just go!

My body is iron...

My mind is empty...

Evil shall be destroyed!

Wait!

L'll give you all the money you want.

If you're a robber, just take the money!

I don't want your money!

No one becomes a robber because he wants to be one.

Tazawa, I'm taking your life.

Brother!

Brother! - Tae, give him the final blow.

Yes.

Brother...

Ocho, please take Tae with you.

I'm not going to let you die alone!

Go quickly!

You must live...

I've used you for the vendetta from the time you were si>

Your life is yours to live!

This is my final request!

Go quickly!

Brother!

Hanzo, I've taken my revenge!

Thank you for your assistance.

At this rate, we'll both die.

I'm going to die, anyway, so...

Shinpachiro...!

Go!

Hanzo, this is the end of the notorious lhazuma Gang.

Watch carefully!

Shinpachiro!

Brother!

Brother...!

I'm sorry to keep you waiting. Han-san is busy now.

Why does that nun want to see you?

She has no business with him.

Right here...

She's se> Isn't that creepy?

She sure is sexy.

Madam, I'm done here.

No!

Vvhy?

Nothing good happens when that nun comes.

You stay out late, and slack off at work.

That's suspicious.

Is she helping you meet women?

Of course not.

Are you meeting men, then?

The person that I love...

isn't that far away.

In fact, she's very close by.

Very close by?

Will you look at this fool?

What a misunderstanding!

Madam, aren't you misunderstanding, too?

Hovv can you say that?

This is too much!

What a happy-go-lucky person.

I'm sorry to keep you waiting.

Hovv are things going with Tae?

Lady Senshu-an has taken her in.

I see...

I'm glad to hear that.

I'm really glad...

Shinpachiro, you don't have to vvorry about Tae.

So rest in peace.

Directed by: SEKIMOTO lkuo

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