Original subtitles

Lone Wolf and Cub

Edo

"The Path of Hakone can be crossed on a horse,

but not quite so with the Ooi River."

This Ooi River that is heard in this song

is located between the post stations of Shimada and Kanaya.

They're two of the fifty-three post stations of Tokaido.

During the Edo period, this river was used as a strategic post.

In order to prevent enemy attacks, the government

refused to place a bridge over this river.

Boats were not allowed to cross this river as well.

They enforced a system where people had to cross the river by foot.

And so, travelers had to rely on these men called hadakamushl

to get them safely across the river.

Secret Document of Yagyu

Miss, if you just keep leaning on one of the posts,

then I'm going to get really tired.

Try to relax by sitting closer to the center.

But...

Plus your body is shaking a lot because you're

sitting down all nice and neat.

You should just lift up your kimono and cross your legs.

What?

Miss, didn't I tell you that if you just keep leaning on

one of the posts, then I'm going to get really tired?

Now cross your legs!

Come on!

I'll give you a large gratuity, so please stop!

Thank you very much! But you see,

if you don't cross your legs, it's really hard for us to carry you.

Come on, miss! It's dangerous!

People who are used to this would cross their legs

without us telling them and let us have a view of their privates.

What?

This is one of the perks of working as a hadakamushi.

Now spread 'em!

Come on!

Stop! Please stop!

I'll give you one... No, I'll give you two percent in gratuities!

Are you sure about that?

All right then! Let's go!

Sir, that'll be two percent in gratuities.

What?

I saw what you were doing from the back! You brutes!

I'm going to report you all to the officers by the river and...

What are you gonna do?

You people are blackmailers!

You'll pay for your crimes!

He said he's gonna report us to the officers.

Do it if you like.

No matter what you say to the officers, they'll just let us go soot-free.

Listen up!

The job of those officers is to see that the official message boxes

containing government documents cross this river safely

and to make sure that they head to Edo.

We're the ones who carry that box.

If those officers complain to us,

none of us are gonna report to work.

That's right.

If they get us mad, then they won't get their job done.

So they will be disposed of.

If you think we're lying, then go ahead and try it.

They'll just ignore you and continue smoking their pipes.

Now just as the lady promised, let us have those gratuities.

That's two percent.

And since your husband complained,

we'll charge you a total of three percent.

Honey...

Thank you very much.

Miss, are you staying tonight at Shimada post station?

Will you be making sweet love to your husband?

Well, have a safe trip.

That hooligan! Look what he's doing!

He's trying to ransack our territory!

Wait!

He may be a hooligan, but he still has a sword.

But, Brother...

We'll just wait till he goes deeper into the water.

I see. If he's in the water, then we got the advantage.

Get him!

Yes!

Hold it!

You're not allowed to cross this river on your own!

You better go back and sit on our pedestal or shoulders to cross!

Hey, ronin. Don't tell me you don't have any money.

Just look at that fine-looking sword.

Just look at that fine-looking sword. Well, how about it?

Are you deaf or mute?

Why don't you say something?

I'm not trying to cross this river.

What?

I'm just trying to see if I can do your job as a hadakamushi.

What did you say?

Well?

Can ljoin you people?

What?

Are you serious?

I'm serious.

Please. I'm begging you.

But you're a samurai.

And you're willing to help farmers and townspeople cross the river?

I quit being a samurai a long time ago.

I need this job to survive.

Please.

Hey.

When was the last time you ate?

I believe it was around nine in the morning.

Hey, give that kid something to eat.

Sure.

Here. Eat this.

You must be starving if you only had breakfast. Eat!

Just as I thought.

Huh?

He's definitely a samurai's kid.

He's got guts and...

What was the other one...

He's well-disciplined as well.

Are you sure about that?

You're not a beggar, so you won't accept charity.

But why do you want to be a hadakamushi?

I already told you the reason why.

We need to work in order to eat.

And I'm saying that's not true!

The father may be able to control his appetite, but not quite so with the kid.

He's likely to eat it, but he hasn't even touched it.

Now tell me the real reason.

Let's hear it.

No matter how many times you ask, my answer remains the same.

We need this job in order to live.

There's no other reason.

Are you sure about that?

Fine! Then I want you to start working immediately!

Brother!

Brother! Shut up!

L, "Stomping" Karizo, said he's part of us now!

You got a problem with that?

Well, if that's what you want, then I have nothing more to say.

You boys are fine with this, right?

Yes...

Then it's decided!

He's my right-hand man, Tatsu.

That's Mats u.

Gon.

Jinroku.

And you'll get to know the rest gradually.

I'm...

No, there's no need for you to tell us.

Your name will be

Father-and-son.

You got that?

From today, Father-and-son is one of us.

I want you to teach him how this job is done real good!

We'll each take turns and take care of the kid.

Hey! Go ahead and eat.

You're one of us now. Don't hesitate.

Thanks.

Daigoro.

Unbelievable.

Discipline is a scary thing. He reminds me of myself when I was a kid.

You idiot!

Huh?

The sun is out, but it's starting to rain...

Ooi River's water level is about two and a half feet.

Horses are held up across if the water level goes above that by a foot.

And people are held up if it goes above by two feet.

If it goes much higher than that, then the river has to be closed.

However, the official message box that contains government documents

must go across the river.

No matter how high the water level is, the selected men hired to go

across the river must carry that box.

It's been four days.

Looks like Father-and-son is getting better.

Brother!

The water is up to his shoulders! He can't cross anymore!

Close the river!

Go tell the river officers!

Go tell the river officers! Sure!

I'm afraid we have no choice. We'll have to close down the river.

But a group of men is coming from the office of Kyoto tomorrow morning

carrying the official message box.

You'll have to get some skilled men to get that box

across the river no matter what.

Yes.

These boxes with the family crest of Tokugawa are

the official message boxes.

They contain the letters and post the deputy ruler of Osaka Castle,

Kyoto deputy, and several local administrators submit

to the government.

We've been waiting for you.

Boss! The officer is here.

Are you ready?

Yes!

Start moving the box!

Yes! Let's go, boys!

All right!

All right, grab on to it!

Be careful!

Father-and-son!

You're not ready for this job yet.

Do a good job!

Here we go!

We're going in!

Get it back!

What's going on?

Kill him!

Get him! Go get him!

Kill him!

Don't let him get away!

Don't let him get away! After him!

Bastard!

Daddy!

Boss!

Brother!

That bastard!

Don't do anything to him!

Don't do anything to him! But...

I don't know what kind of samurai you are and what you're planning to do.

But you don't look like a bad person to me.

Hurry up and get out of here.

Listen up! I don't want you following them, you hear?

Take a look!

Nothing happened in the river.

Lone Wolf and Cub

What? �to Ogami?

He used the Suio-ryu technique. It must be him!

What?

He disguised himself as one of the hadakamushi.

He's certainly a cunning fellow!

He's got some guts to steal the official message box!

We'll get him this time, no matter what!

He couldn't have gone far.

All right! Let's go!

Wait!

There's no need to rush.

What?

This is an opportunity for the men of Kurokuwa to get their revenge.

He has stolen the official message box.

It's a serious crime. We must take this opportunity!

Lord Nanjo, what's wrong?

Have you forgotten what ltto Ogami did to our men?

I have not forgotten!

After the death of our leader, we will only follow orders given by you.

Why aren't you doing anything?

If you won't do anything, then we will!

That's right!

Hold it!

What do we, the men of Kurokuwa,

think of our job as spies for the government?

Have you forgotten what our late leader Ozumi lwane said to us?

But in case of emergencies like this...

If they find out about the secret inside that box, not only will we be

finished, but it'll spell disaster for the Yagyu clan as well. We'll lose face!

Be quiet!

Our job is to confront our enemies without revealing ourselves at all times!

In other words, we're ninjas and must act like shadows.

We must also live and die as shadows.

L, Nanjo, will not allow any of you to do anything in public!

Shingo!

Yes!

Head over to Edo immediately and ask Lord Retsudo what his plans are.

Yes!

Open the gate!

Open the gate!

Who are you? Get off the horse!

We need to check who you are!

I'm a spy for the government. My apologies for not getting off the horse.

Men of Kurokuwa... What's going on?

Open the gate!

I'm a messenger, and it's urgent! Please open the gate!

Open the gate!

Words written by using the fluid from a luminous moss

can be visible in the darkest of nights if the moonlight is applied to it.

We're preparing to use this moss, and it's almost complete.

But the fact is it's still incomplete.

Hurry up and make it perfect.

Yes...

I will do it for the honor of the herbal squad of the Yagyu clan.

My lord.

A man from the Kurokuwa is here with an urgent message.

What?

Are you sure?

Yes!

So you're saying that one of the official message boxes was stolen by ltto?

Yes...

ltto Ogami was disguised as one of the hadakamushi,

and he attacked the men with the box at Ooi River.

Wasn't there anything you could do to stop him?

What were you men of Kurokuwa doing?

Unfortunately, we, men of Kurokuwa, are just a group of government spies.

I know that our leader, Ozumi lwane, tried to kill ltto but came up short.

But our job is to stay out of the public's eye.

That is what I have come here to tell you.

Enough!

Damn you, Mo...

Now that he has the official message box,

he must have found out about the secrets of our Yagyu shadow clan.

Yes...

Even if he has the official message box,

he won't be able to decipher it.

But we have no time to waste!

We must get that box back no matter what!

Yes!

If we don't act now, our Yagyu clan will be ruined!

Listen up!

Go and find �to.

Do whatever you have to and find him!

My lord! The Kurokuwa's messenger dove has returned!

Everyone!

We have located ltto's whereabouts! Get the horses!

Who are you?

Get off the horse!

Hold it!

I'm Retsudo Yagyu! I'm passing through!

Yagyu?

What is going on?

We already have ltto Ogami surrounded. He has nowhere to escape.

Good...

First, the men of Kurokuwa will launch an all-out attack.

Beginning with Ozumi lwane, those of Kurokuwa

have lost more than thirty men.

It is easy for us Yagyu to get out there and finish the job,

but then the men of Kurokuwa will lose face as government spies.

Listen up!

Now is the time for the men of Kurokuwa to stand up

and fight a decisive battle with ltto!

Go!

Yes!

Let's go!

Yeah!

Everything is set.

You're very cunning, �to Ogami.

You're trying to figure out the secret in that official message box

so that you can report it to the shogun.

But can you really solve the secret of that box?

You're ridiculous, ltto Ogami.

I can't believe you're using such

useless tactics to challenge the supreme Yagyu clan!

Lone Wolf and Cub

This ordinary letter was sent

from an official to the government.

The secret of Yagyu is concealed in this box...

Lord Suwa!

Forgive me!

Ogami, I'm mortified.

It is my fault for not being able to avoid that cane.

But it is clear that Retsudo feared that I might expose his plans

and came after me...

Lord Suwanokami.

What is the secret?

What is it all about?

The official message boxes.

The official message boxes containing messages

from the lords to the government.

Official message boxes?

Listen, Ogami.

Yagyu's secrets are contained in all of the official message boxes.

But I failed to reveal their secret plot.

However, I know for sure that they're using those official message boxes

for their own private affairs.

But since I found out what they were up to,

Retsudo attacked me at the duel.

Lord Suwanokami! What is this secret?

Please tell me.

Just tell me!

Inside those official message boxes...

Ogami, inside those official message boxes...

Lord Suwanokami!

Men of Kurokuwa?

You people are supposed to act as government spies.

But you're taking orders from the Yagyu clan.

You're going to do all the dirty work for Retsudo?

You're wrong.

You killed more than thirty of our men.

That's why we're not going to use any sneaky tactics.

We're here to fight you fair and square!

Don't be silly.

If you hadn't sided with the Yagyu,

then you could've avoided this confrontation.

No more talk!

You will pay for what you did to our brothers!

Daddy!

Damn!

You...

Damn it!

Why you...

The men of Kurokuwa showed themselves before an enemy

and fought him fair and square.

Fools!

Are we ready for the next plan?

Yes!

Attack!

Damn!

Split into two groups!

Yes!

Pull back!

He got away!

Damn!

Wait!

He went this way.

There's a cliff ahead.

Follow them!

Yes!

Daddy!

I'm definitely going to kill you today!

Your time is up!

Retsudo'.!

You used the men of Kurokuwa to attack me,

and then you got confused and sent your entire clan after me.

Is it because your box was stolen?

Shut up!

The secret of the Yagyu concealed in the official message box...

I promise you that I will find out what it is!

Die!

The box?

Yes.

Here it is!

�To has the document with him'.!

Go find Rio'.!

Capture Rio'.!

To be continued

Preview

Daigoro is saved by the father and son of lumberjacks,

and was able to escape from the hands of the Yagyu unscathed.

After shedding tears for the father and son who saved his life,

Daigoro wanders around.

At a certain village, Yabume tells him that he has the eyes of death.

Daigoro saves an infant from a blazing fire.

However, as Daigoro walks down a difficult path,

will he be reunited with his father?

Please look forward to our next episode, "Daigoro's Song."