1 00:00:03,371 --> 00:00:10,402 The Toho Company presents: 2 00:00:11,345 --> 00:00:17,250 A Tokyo Eiga (Films) Co. Production 3 00:00:50,818 --> 00:00:53,912 "Kashima Sayo" "Kobayashi Tora" 4 00:00:54,655 --> 00:00:57,522 "Priest Dokai" 5 00:01:08,102 --> 00:01:10,070 I'll kill you! 6 00:02:54,175 --> 00:02:59,044 On the behalf ofheaven, they attack injustice... 7 00:02:59,146 --> 00:03:04,083 ...they're our soldiers, the loyal, invincible and brave. 8 00:03:04,185 --> 00:03:09,020 Now it's time for them to leave the country of their parents... 9 00:03:09,123 --> 00:03:13,890 ...their hearts buoyed by encouraging voices. 10 00:03:13,994 --> 00:03:18,693 They are solemnly resolved... 11 00:03:18,799 --> 00:03:23,532 ...not to return alive, without victory. 12 00:03:23,637 --> 00:03:28,267 Here at home, the citizens wait for you. 13 00:03:28,375 --> 00:03:31,902 In foreign lands, the brave troops... 14 00:03:32,079 --> 00:03:36,743 In September, Meiji 38 (1905, the Russo- Japanese War came to an end. 15 00:03:36,850 --> 00:03:42,254 370,000 Japanese soldiers gave their lives to secure this tragic victory, which... 16 00:03:42,356 --> 00:03:48,727 ...ensured that capitalism would be the driving force of the Japanese Empire. 17 00:03:48,829 --> 00:03:51,627 However, the post-war inflation was very severe... 18 00:03:51,732 --> 00:03:56,294 ...and the people, as voiceless as ever, could only fume in silence. 19 00:03:56,403 --> 00:03:59,099 Around this time, one woman chose to ignore the nation's predicament... 20 00:03:59,206 --> 00:04:02,607 ...solely to continue her journey along the road of carnage. 21 00:04:02,743 --> 00:04:02,843 "Wanted for Murder - Kashima Yuki" 22 00:04:02,843 --> 00:04:08,145 "Wanted for Murder - Kashima Yuki" Her name was Kashima Yuki... known to some as Lady Snowblood. 23 00:04:08,315 --> 00:04:09,805 Lady Snowblood... Calmly surrender to us! 24 00:04:10,784 --> 00:04:12,274 Lady Snowblood... Calmly surrender to us! 25 00:04:17,858 --> 00:04:20,224 Men, don't let her get away! 26 00:04:20,327 --> 00:04:23,694 What's the matter, men?! She's only a woman! 27 00:04:23,797 --> 00:04:26,766 Attack! Go! 28 00:04:28,035 --> 00:04:31,004 Don't let her get away... no matter what! 29 00:04:55,229 --> 00:04:59,188 Stop! Stop! 30 00:07:30,184 --> 00:07:33,153 It'll heal in two or three days. 31 00:07:47,234 --> 00:07:50,203 Here... 32 00:07:59,246 --> 00:08:02,579 It's just a pine cone. 33 00:08:02,683 --> 00:08:06,642 Maybe it's your way, but if you don't relax you're gonna exhaust yourself. 34 00:09:27,301 --> 00:09:30,896 Executive Producer: Okuda Kikumaru 35 00:09:31,338 --> 00:09:35,297 Original Story by Koike Kazuo and Kamimura Kazuo Screenplay by Osada Norio and Ohara Kiyohide 36 00:09:35,776 --> 00:09:39,735 Photography: Suzuki Tatsuo Lighting: Ishii Chooshiro Art Direction: Higuchi Yukio 37 00:09:40,180 --> 00:09:44,139 Music: Hirose Kenjiro Sound Recording: Kamikura Noboru Mixing: Nishio Noboru 38 00:09:44,618 --> 00:09:47,587 Assistant Director: Matsuo Kazuo Still Photography: Hashiyama Naomi Editing: Inoue Osamu 39 00:09:48,021 --> 00:09:50,990 Fight Choreography: Hayashi lkushiroo Advisor: Toby Kadoguchi Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratories Production Manager: Hiroaki Tanno 40 00:10:12,446 --> 00:10:16,405 Lady Snowblood... we won't let you get away this time! 41 00:10:18,352 --> 00:10:21,321 Attack! 42 00:10:24,992 --> 00:10:27,324 Starring: 43 00:10:27,728 --> 00:10:32,358 Kaji Meiko 44 00:10:32,833 --> 00:10:37,463 Yoshio Harada 45 00:10:37,904 --> 00:10:42,534 Yoshiyuki Kazuko Kishida Shin 46 00:10:43,043 --> 00:10:47,639 Nambara Kooji Yamamoto Kiichi Abe Tooru 47 00:10:48,081 --> 00:10:52,711 Mizoguchi Haruaki Hamada Ryoo Hirose Masasuke 48 00:10:53,186 --> 00:10:58,488 Ishiya Masaru Hirose Shooichi Special Thanks: Wakagoma Productions Narrator: Suzuki Mizuho 49 00:10:58,925 --> 00:11:02,884 Itami Juzo 50 00:11:03,930 --> 00:11:05,966 Directed by Fujita Toshiya 51 00:11:05,966 --> 00:11:08,335 Directed by Fujita Toshiya Attack! 52 00:11:08,335 --> 00:11:08,892 Directed by Fujita Toshiya 53 00:11:09,236 --> 00:11:11,204 Attack! 54 00:11:58,719 --> 00:12:07,991 "Shurayukihime: Urami Koiuta" Lady Snowblood: Love Song of Vengeance 55 00:12:12,132 --> 00:12:13,700 Kashima Yuki, the accused... 56 00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:14,935 Kashima Yuki, the accused... 57 00:12:14,935 --> 00:12:19,998 ...you have willfully undertaken a series of assassinations... 58 00:12:20,107 --> 00:12:23,235 ...murdering a total of thirty-seven people. 59 00:12:23,343 --> 00:12:25,607 The crimes you have commit- ted are inhuman... 60 00:12:25,712 --> 00:12:31,673 ...and you lack remorse. These crimes are unforgivable by both gods and men. 61 00:12:31,785 --> 00:12:35,585 You are therefore sentenced to hang from the neck until you are dead. 62 00:12:35,689 --> 00:12:38,624 March 14, Meiji 39... 63 00:12:38,725 --> 00:12:43,662 ...Judge Tanno Seiichiro of the Supreme Court, presiding. 64 00:12:43,764 --> 00:12:47,723 Does the condemned wish to make a statement? 65 00:12:49,202 --> 00:12:51,227 No, I do not. 66 00:12:56,977 --> 00:13:01,073 This is a special prison that houses female criminals. 67 00:13:01,181 --> 00:13:06,141 It was behind these red brick walls that Yuki was born. 68 00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:10,151 "4-shaku:" about 4 feet. On a night when 4-shaku of snow fell on Tokyo... 69 00:13:10,257 --> 00:13:12,589 ...Yuki came into the world... 70 00:13:12,692 --> 00:13:16,651 ...a child expected to avenge her mother. 71 00:13:34,981 --> 00:13:37,973 The day of execution has arrived for Yuki. 72 00:15:30,196 --> 00:15:33,859 Why did you save me? 73 00:15:33,967 --> 00:15:36,936 Where are you taking me?! 74 00:16:09,169 --> 00:16:12,366 Lady Snowblood... 75 00:16:12,472 --> 00:16:16,602 ...beautiful and cold, as befits your name. 76 00:16:16,710 --> 00:16:19,941 I've abandoned the road of carnage. 77 00:16:20,113 --> 00:16:23,207 What's left for you in this life, then? 78 00:16:23,316 --> 00:16:27,275 Without blood, you would be merely snow... that melts into the dirt. 79 00:16:45,972 --> 00:16:48,736 Snowblood... 80 00:16:48,842 --> 00:16:53,370 Your life as a fugitive drained you, and made you forsake fighting. 81 00:16:53,480 --> 00:16:57,541 But there can be no such thing as peace for you! 82 00:16:57,650 --> 00:17:02,610 You're forever bound to live a life of inhuman carnage! 83 00:17:04,724 --> 00:17:07,693 Who are you? 84 00:17:10,897 --> 00:17:17,632 It doesn't matter who I am... only that I've saved your life. 85 00:17:17,737 --> 00:17:20,501 I will ask you to return the favor... 86 00:17:20,607 --> 00:17:23,576 ...with your skilled blade. 87 00:17:27,547 --> 00:17:34,214 I see... You don't seem to give a damn about your obligations? 88 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:37,915 I suppose nothing is wrong with that. 89 00:18:00,180 --> 00:18:05,880 Well, then... do you wish to leave now? 90 00:18:05,985 --> 00:18:09,716 I won't stop you. 91 00:18:09,823 --> 00:18:14,192 But, all you can look forward to is, once more, the life of a fugitive. 92 00:18:14,294 --> 00:18:17,923 The police, and assassins, will ceaselessly hunt you. 93 00:18:18,031 --> 00:18:21,990 You'll be forever on the run like a stray dog. 94 00:18:24,237 --> 00:18:30,198 And, once again... you'll stand on the gallows. 95 00:18:39,152 --> 00:18:42,918 A man named Tokunaga Ransui is our target. 96 00:18:43,022 --> 00:18:47,618 He is an advocate of anarchism, an absurd yet devastating idealism. 97 00:18:47,727 --> 00:18:51,094 I'd like you to watch him closely for a month. 98 00:18:51,197 --> 00:18:55,827 Also, there's an item that I'd like you to find, inside his house... 99 00:18:55,935 --> 00:18:57,596 ...a certain confidential document. 100 00:18:58,037 --> 00:19:02,167 Japan won! Japan won! The Russians lost! 101 00:19:02,275 --> 00:19:06,541 The Russian battleship was trashed! 102 00:19:06,646 --> 00:19:10,980 Japan won! Japan won! The Russians lost! 103 00:19:11,084 --> 00:19:15,350 The Russian battleship was trashed! 104 00:19:15,455 --> 00:19:19,516 Japan won! Japan won! The Russians lost! 105 00:19:19,626 --> 00:19:21,719 The Russian battleship was trashed! 106 00:19:42,215 --> 00:19:44,547 "Tokunaga Ransui" 107 00:20:15,381 --> 00:20:16,583 Darling? 108 00:20:16,583 --> 00:20:19,552 Darling? Uh-huh. 109 00:20:21,120 --> 00:20:22,889 Our maid is here. 110 00:20:22,889 --> 00:20:25,858 Our maid is here. Right. One moment, please. 111 00:20:32,832 --> 00:20:36,359 Hello. I'm Tokunaga Ransui. 112 00:20:38,371 --> 00:20:39,973 My name is Yuki. 113 00:20:39,973 --> 00:20:42,567 My name is Yuki. Well, as you can see, we're a poor family... 114 00:20:42,675 --> 00:20:46,236 ...and so common sense would tell us not to indulge in the luxury of a maid! 115 00:20:46,346 --> 00:20:49,247 However, the fact is that my wife is ill, so... 116 00:20:49,349 --> 00:20:51,283 ...well, I hope that we can all get along. 117 00:20:52,085 --> 00:21:06,261 Instead ofkindness from someone I do not care about... 118 00:21:06,366 --> 00:21:14,330 ...I ratherprefer selfishness from you... 119 00:21:18,244 --> 00:21:22,271 ...my beloved. 120 00:21:26,953 --> 00:21:30,480 Instead of... 121 00:22:28,948 --> 00:22:33,908 Aya... forget about everything in the past... 122 00:22:35,121 --> 00:22:39,080 I... want to bear your child... 123 00:24:12,785 --> 00:24:24,356 Oh, is the world a dream or an illusion? 124 00:24:24,464 --> 00:24:29,902 I am all alone in jail... 125 00:24:36,309 --> 00:24:39,073 Yuki... 126 00:24:39,178 --> 00:24:42,238 Hey... Yuki! 127 00:24:42,415 --> 00:24:43,473 Yessir! 128 00:24:43,649 --> 00:24:45,640 Water! Bring me water! 129 00:24:45,818 --> 00:24:49,151 Yessir! 130 00:24:49,322 --> 00:24:51,882 Looks like he likes you a lot! 131 00:25:00,700 --> 00:25:03,669 My, that was good! 132 00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:11,003 Well, I'm an anarchist, you see... 133 00:25:11,110 --> 00:25:14,477 ...but, I'm even more a satyr! 134 00:25:14,647 --> 00:25:17,616 "Sensei:" literally, "teacher," but often used to refer to any learned person. Sensei... 135 00:25:19,218 --> 00:25:28,092 La la la... 136 00:26:09,635 --> 00:26:16,006 "The So-Called Rebellion - One Year After. By Tokunaga Ransui." 137 00:26:30,089 --> 00:26:32,649 Oh, it's you! 138 00:26:32,758 --> 00:26:37,559 Well, you see... I tend to have... many what you might call enemies. 139 00:26:37,663 --> 00:26:41,622 Well, I apologize. No hard feelings, I hope. 140 00:26:45,104 --> 00:26:48,505 Oh, by the way, Yuki... I'm going out later. 141 00:26:48,608 --> 00:26:51,406 I'd like you to accompany me, if you could. 142 00:26:51,577 --> 00:26:53,545 Yes, sir. 143 00:27:02,221 --> 00:27:04,883 Sensei... we're being followed! 144 00:27:05,057 --> 00:27:08,254 The police are always watching me. 145 00:27:08,361 --> 00:27:11,330 Those dogs! 146 00:27:12,298 --> 00:27:15,233 Yuki... follow me. 147 00:27:46,732 --> 00:27:51,669 Tricking them is... one of the joys in my life! 148 00:27:53,105 --> 00:27:57,064 But, you see... the place we're about to visit... 149 00:27:57,243 --> 00:28:02,203 ...is somewhere I certainly don't want fellows like those to step into. 150 00:28:07,687 --> 00:28:11,020 This is the cemetery where my comrades are buried. 151 00:28:11,123 --> 00:28:14,092 After being arrested for carrying out acts of rebellion... 152 00:28:14,193 --> 00:28:16,889 ...they were brutally murdered last year. 153 00:28:25,504 --> 00:28:30,737 Actually, this place is supposed to be... a pet cemetery. 154 00:28:30,843 --> 00:28:33,641 My comrades were slandered, called insurgents... 155 00:28:33,746 --> 00:28:37,807 ...then buried here, like they were dogs or cats... without funerals, of course. 156 00:28:37,983 --> 00:28:41,384 Why did you bring me here? 157 00:28:41,554 --> 00:28:47,186 Because I wanted you to offer prayers also... Miss Snowblood. 158 00:28:49,729 --> 00:28:55,258 Your name is Kashima Yuki... known to some as Lady Snowblood. 159 00:28:56,535 --> 00:29:00,631 You've been desperately searching for something inside my house. 160 00:29:00,740 --> 00:29:05,404 You want a confidential document, dangerous to the government... 161 00:29:05,778 --> 00:29:09,805 ...and, possibly, my life. 162 00:29:09,915 --> 00:29:13,112 The man who forced you to do this is the head of the Secret Police. 163 00:29:13,219 --> 00:29:18,714 Kikui Seishiro, the top man in the govern- ment's intelligence apparatus. 164 00:29:18,824 --> 00:29:21,349 And what is the goal of the Secret Police? 165 00:29:21,460 --> 00:29:30,027 To eliminate insurgents who rebel against the almighty, divine nation that is Japan! 166 00:29:30,136 --> 00:29:33,833 They're... the shadow police... the shadow army. 167 00:29:35,508 --> 00:29:39,171 Why did you keep me so close to you... if you knew so much? 168 00:29:47,019 --> 00:29:53,185 "Rebel's Cemetery" 169 00:30:02,468 --> 00:30:06,666 That confidential document you're after... 170 00:30:06,772 --> 00:30:09,366 ...I most certainly am in possession of it. 171 00:30:09,475 --> 00:30:12,137 It's right here, as a matter of fact. 172 00:30:44,610 --> 00:30:47,670 Let me tell you a story about garbage. 173 00:30:47,780 --> 00:30:52,683 Once, around here, there lived a laborer named Yoshizawa. 174 00:30:52,785 --> 00:30:59,953 Young, poor laborers... are nothing but garbage in today's society. 175 00:31:00,059 --> 00:31:05,156 Paid but a pittance... yet, exploited from early in the morning 'til late at night... 176 00:31:05,264 --> 00:31:08,495 ...his life was just one shitty day after another, I'm sure. 177 00:31:08,601 --> 00:31:13,470 One day, he put all his anger and loneliness into a bomb. 178 00:31:17,977 --> 00:31:24,507 Last February, Yoshizawa got arrested for blowing up the Kagurazaka police station. 179 00:31:24,617 --> 00:31:29,714 People were shocked about this "Bomb- Devil..." but it was soon forgotten. 180 00:31:29,822 --> 00:31:32,723 But, Kikui of the Secret Police came up with a plan... 181 00:31:32,825 --> 00:31:35,623 ...to use this youth to his advantage. 182 00:31:35,961 --> 00:31:38,225 "What if," he thought, "the bomb incident was not the work of an individual..." 183 00:31:38,330 --> 00:31:40,764 "...but was a plot, carried out by the anarchists..." 184 00:31:40,866 --> 00:31:44,893 "...and furthermore, was a part of a plan to assassinate the Emperor?" 185 00:31:45,004 --> 00:31:48,770 He fabricated a plausible story. 186 00:31:48,874 --> 00:31:55,871 Then Kikui, and the Inspector General, Terauchi Kendo, spread these lies. 187 00:31:55,981 --> 00:32:00,543 They'd been waiting for the right moment to dispose of all the anarchists at once. 188 00:32:00,653 --> 00:32:04,783 Twelve of my fellow anarchists were captured. 189 00:32:04,890 --> 00:32:08,223 Without the benefit of legal counsel, they were unjustly tried... 190 00:32:08,327 --> 00:32:10,625 ...and immediately executed. 191 00:32:10,729 --> 00:32:14,392 And, Yoshizawa, the only one who knew the truth... 192 00:32:14,500 --> 00:32:17,867 ...was murdered by Kikui. 193 00:32:20,005 --> 00:32:26,240 Logically, they should have come after me as well. 194 00:32:26,345 --> 00:32:31,681 But, coincidentally, I was ill and home in the countryside recuperating. 195 00:32:31,784 --> 00:32:36,448 Fortunately... or unfortunately... only I survived. 196 00:32:38,824 --> 00:32:42,851 The crackdown gained Kikui his current post. 197 00:32:42,962 --> 00:32:45,055 Terauchi, too, was elevated to the post of Minister of Justice. 198 00:32:45,164 --> 00:32:47,689 But, Yuki... 199 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,564 ...someday, I'll bring them down! 200 00:32:50,669 --> 00:32:52,728 I may be a powerless nobody... 201 00:32:52,838 --> 00:32:56,365 ...but I do have a weapon, one and only one... 202 00:32:56,475 --> 00:32:58,568 This! 203 00:32:58,677 --> 00:33:01,407 A document that Yoshizawa left behind. 204 00:33:01,814 --> 00:33:03,679 He wrote down, in detail, the daily conversations between... 205 00:33:03,782 --> 00:33:07,684 ...Kikui and Terauchi... in a letter meant for his mother. 206 00:33:07,786 --> 00:33:11,415 If the "rebellion" is ever proved to be a fabrication... 207 00:33:11,523 --> 00:33:15,220 ...both Kikui and Terauchi will be finished. 208 00:33:17,129 --> 00:33:20,189 That's why, to them, the letter is... 209 00:33:20,299 --> 00:33:23,996 ...more powerful than any bomb. 210 00:34:17,189 --> 00:34:22,855 I see... She's betrayed us. 211 00:34:42,381 --> 00:34:47,284 I thought I understood her completely... that she was tired of being a fugitive. 212 00:34:47,386 --> 00:34:50,355 However, I must give Tokunaga Ransui credit. 213 00:34:50,456 --> 00:34:53,516 He has successfully made the fire burn stronger... 214 00:34:53,625 --> 00:34:56,492 ...the faint fire of vengeance that was still inside her. 215 00:34:56,662 --> 00:35:00,428 Kikui, events are not proceeding favorably. 216 00:35:00,833 --> 00:35:03,461 In three days, at Shiba Park... 217 00:35:03,569 --> 00:35:06,663 ...there'll be a rally of anarchists and proletarians... 218 00:35:06,772 --> 00:35:10,799 ...a joint national demon- stration and protest. 219 00:35:10,909 --> 00:35:14,902 Undoubtedly, Tokunaga Ransui will make the letter public at the rally. 220 00:35:15,013 --> 00:35:17,607 He will surely not squander such an opportunity! 221 00:35:17,716 --> 00:35:22,483 The press will jump right on it... and the people will riot! 222 00:35:22,588 --> 00:35:25,318 In the worst-case scenario, the uprising will become so uncontrollable... 223 00:35:25,424 --> 00:35:29,451 ...that the government will inevitably be crushed! 224 00:35:29,561 --> 00:35:34,260 Just exactly what... is the Secret Police going to do?! 225 00:35:35,367 --> 00:35:40,031 Your Excellency... there is nothing to worry about, sir. 226 00:35:40,139 --> 00:35:43,870 We can have Ransui detained, if we need to. And, that will be that. 227 00:35:44,042 --> 00:35:47,500 I doubt that he'll reveal himself anytime soon. 228 00:35:47,613 --> 00:35:52,380 We don't have grounds to detain him anyway. 229 00:35:52,551 --> 00:35:55,076 We do, sir. 230 00:35:55,187 --> 00:35:57,815 We'll just use the woman. 231 00:36:19,778 --> 00:36:23,544 Darling... please, be careful... 232 00:36:23,715 --> 00:36:25,979 Well, no need to worry about me. 233 00:36:26,084 --> 00:36:28,921 I've got Japan's best bodyguard at my side! 234 00:36:28,921 --> 00:36:33,654 I've got Japan's best bodyguard at my side! But... for days now, I've heard strange rumors... all about today's meeting. 235 00:36:33,825 --> 00:36:36,851 Oh? Rumors are already going around? 236 00:36:36,962 --> 00:36:38,793 Well, just look forward to reading the paper... 237 00:36:38,897 --> 00:36:41,661 ...because a wonderful bomb is about to explode. 238 00:36:41,767 --> 00:36:44,002 A bomb powerful enough to turn the nation upside down! 239 00:36:44,002 --> 00:36:46,493 A bomb powerful enough to turn the nation upside down! You can't be serious! 240 00:37:05,324 --> 00:37:07,815 I want you to hold on to it. 241 00:37:07,926 --> 00:37:11,225 Should something happen to me... 242 00:37:11,330 --> 00:37:13,764 ...I'd like you to deliver it to Dr. Tokunaga Shusuke... 243 00:37:13,865 --> 00:37:18,029 ...in Samegabashi, Yotsuya District. He's my brother. 244 00:37:18,203 --> 00:37:20,797 "Tokunaga Shusuke..." 245 00:37:20,906 --> 00:37:23,272 Understood. 246 00:37:25,477 --> 00:37:26,876 Greetings. 247 00:37:56,942 --> 00:37:59,536 Halt! 248 00:37:59,778 --> 00:38:02,975 Tokunaga Ransui, Kashima Yuki! 249 00:38:03,081 --> 00:38:04,776 You are both under arrest! 250 00:38:05,617 --> 00:38:07,983 "Under arrest?" 251 00:38:12,024 --> 00:38:14,492 Tell us, for what reason? 252 00:38:14,593 --> 00:38:17,221 I, Tokunaga Ransui, don't recall violating the laws of this glorious nation! 253 00:38:17,329 --> 00:38:21,265 Don't act like you don't know! Snowblood is the reason! 254 00:38:21,366 --> 00:38:24,961 You know damn well that she's Kashima Yuki, a condemned criminal... 255 00:38:25,070 --> 00:38:27,272 ...and you've harbored her! Arrest them! 256 00:38:27,272 --> 00:38:27,673 ...and you've harbored her! Arrest them! Yessir! 257 00:38:27,673 --> 00:38:27,739 Yessir! 258 00:38:27,739 --> 00:38:28,440 Damn it, what do you think you're doing?! Yessir! 259 00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:28,507 Damn it, what do you think you're doing?! 260 00:38:28,507 --> 00:38:28,907 Damn it, what do you think you're doing?! C'mon! Get off the cart! 261 00:38:28,907 --> 00:38:29,041 C'mon! Get off the cart! 262 00:38:29,041 --> 00:38:31,009 Give up! C'mon! Get off the cart! 263 00:38:31,310 --> 00:38:32,144 Pull 'em down to the ground! 264 00:38:32,144 --> 00:38:33,941 Pull 'em down to the ground! Sensei! 265 00:38:34,246 --> 00:38:36,077 Get off me! 266 00:38:36,815 --> 00:38:38,250 Yuki! Run! 267 00:38:38,250 --> 00:38:39,284 Yuki! Run! Don't let go! 268 00:38:39,284 --> 00:38:39,351 Don't let go! 269 00:38:39,351 --> 00:38:40,819 Yuki! Run! Don't let go! 270 00:38:40,819 --> 00:38:40,886 Yuki! Run! 271 00:38:40,886 --> 00:38:42,854 Yuki! Run! Take this! 272 00:38:45,624 --> 00:38:46,925 Never mind me! Run! 273 00:38:46,925 --> 00:38:48,126 Never mind me! Run! Sensei! 274 00:38:48,126 --> 00:38:48,193 Sensei! 275 00:38:48,193 --> 00:38:49,592 Yuki! Sensei! 276 00:38:56,134 --> 00:38:57,703 Halt! 277 00:38:57,703 --> 00:38:57,836 Halt! Halt! 278 00:38:57,836 --> 00:38:57,903 Halt! 279 00:38:57,903 --> 00:39:01,430 Don't let her get away! Shoot! Shoot! Halt! 280 00:39:04,009 --> 00:39:06,477 Shoot! 281 00:39:14,319 --> 00:39:16,651 Oh! Over there! 282 00:39:27,733 --> 00:39:30,964 During this period, three slums existed in Tokyo. 283 00:39:31,570 --> 00:39:34,505 Shingami in Shiba, Mannencho in Shitaya... 284 00:39:34,606 --> 00:39:36,801 ...and here, Samegabashi in Yotsuya. 285 00:39:36,942 --> 00:39:39,240 Hey, fellow, what do you want?! 286 00:39:39,411 --> 00:39:42,005 The inhabitants made their living at various menial occupations... 287 00:39:42,114 --> 00:39:44,844 Day laborers... rickshaw carriers... 288 00:39:44,950 --> 00:39:48,909 ...horse groomers... trashmen... and all sorts of criminals, outcasts and losers. 289 00:39:49,020 --> 00:39:52,683 This was a place where those left behind by the ecstatic post-war society... 290 00:39:52,791 --> 00:39:57,194 ...and other unwelcome lowlifes could live freely. 291 00:39:57,295 --> 00:40:00,628 While there was no end to their poverty and humiliation... 292 00:40:00,732 --> 00:40:05,567 ...they lived with tenacity and spirit. 293 00:40:05,670 --> 00:40:09,868 Some say this was a dark corner of society, where dust collected... 294 00:40:09,975 --> 00:40:13,274 ...where the police could rarely venture... 295 00:40:13,678 --> 00:40:17,079 ...a kind of lawless district, beyond the reach of the law. 296 00:40:23,388 --> 00:40:26,124 "Eatery" 297 00:40:26,124 --> 00:40:28,615 "Eatery" Satsuki! 298 00:40:31,396 --> 00:40:36,925 Say, Sekiguchi... what did you do with that gold medal you got? 299 00:40:37,102 --> 00:40:40,799 Got rid of it! It kept reminding me of the war, you know... so I sold it off! 300 00:40:40,972 --> 00:40:44,305 Why, you son-of-a-bitch... Oh, well... 301 00:40:44,409 --> 00:40:46,001 What about yours, Takichi? 302 00:40:46,111 --> 00:40:48,443 Huh? Mine? Well... 303 00:40:48,580 --> 00:40:53,313 It's in a safe place where nobody can find it. I figure it's a good memento. 304 00:40:53,485 --> 00:40:55,419 Where is it? 305 00:40:56,655 --> 00:40:58,390 You're always like that! 306 00:40:58,390 --> 00:40:59,914 You're always like that! Got me again! 307 00:41:00,025 --> 00:41:02,152 See? 308 00:41:03,795 --> 00:41:06,025 Take that! This is the real thing! The gold medal! 309 00:41:06,431 --> 00:41:11,130 Y'know, if our next blackmail venture works out... we'll be so loaded! 310 00:41:11,837 --> 00:41:15,170 Alright! When that happens, why don't we all go to Manchuria again?! 311 00:41:15,807 --> 00:41:18,343 That's a great idea! We'll eat well... 312 00:41:18,343 --> 00:41:20,178 That's a great idea! We'll eat well... ...and there's women all over the place! 313 00:41:20,178 --> 00:41:20,245 ...and there's women all over the place! 314 00:41:20,245 --> 00:41:20,512 Yeah! ...and there's women all over the place! 315 00:41:20,512 --> 00:41:20,579 Yeah! 316 00:41:20,579 --> 00:41:22,945 Yeah! We can fuck them with our medals! 317 00:41:29,387 --> 00:41:33,517 Please tell me... where Dr. Tokunaga Shusuke's clinic is... 318 00:41:43,101 --> 00:41:47,231 Where is... Dr. Tokunaga Shusuke's... 319 00:41:51,576 --> 00:41:54,568 Lady... what do you need to see him for? 320 00:41:54,679 --> 00:41:56,806 Oh! 321 00:42:01,820 --> 00:42:09,420 "Samegahashi Clinic" 322 00:42:38,290 --> 00:42:40,155 How are you feeling? 323 00:42:41,159 --> 00:42:43,024 You... 324 00:42:49,334 --> 00:42:53,998 Listen... you'll be fine, now that you've stopped bleeding. 325 00:42:54,105 --> 00:42:55,640 I doubt that you're gonna die! 326 00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:57,275 I doubt that you're gonna die! So, you are... 327 00:42:57,275 --> 00:42:57,342 So, you are... 328 00:42:57,342 --> 00:43:01,301 Yeah. I'm Tokunaga Shusuke. So, you are... 329 00:43:01,479 --> 00:43:03,572 Fate is mysterious, eh? 330 00:43:09,287 --> 00:43:14,315 Oh, the document? I have it. 331 00:43:14,426 --> 00:43:19,056 Oh, no, you don't. You shouldn't move yet. 332 00:43:19,230 --> 00:43:26,796 But... the police arrested Sensei Ransui. 333 00:43:26,972 --> 00:43:29,065 He should have been prepared for it. 334 00:43:29,174 --> 00:43:31,802 He lives to lead anti-government movements, after all. 335 00:43:36,314 --> 00:43:38,714 Does it hurt? 336 00:43:38,817 --> 00:43:42,776 You can't do anything in your condition. 337 00:43:42,887 --> 00:43:45,617 For now, just get some sleep. 338 00:43:45,724 --> 00:43:47,624 Just sleep... 339 00:43:48,627 --> 00:43:49,861 Hey, so what's the deal with that thing? 340 00:43:49,861 --> 00:43:52,022 Hey, so what's the deal with that thing? Well, wait a sec. 341 00:43:53,064 --> 00:43:54,899 C'mon, what does it say? 342 00:43:54,899 --> 00:43:57,697 C'mon, what does it say? Lemme see it! 343 00:43:58,737 --> 00:44:00,500 C'mon! 344 00:44:00,672 --> 00:44:01,406 Hey, Takichi... 345 00:44:01,406 --> 00:44:01,706 Hey, Takichi... Huh? 346 00:44:01,706 --> 00:44:01,773 Huh? 347 00:44:01,773 --> 00:44:02,040 Did you read it all? Huh? 348 00:44:02,040 --> 00:44:03,041 Did you read it all? 349 00:44:03,041 --> 00:44:05,475 Did you read it all? Well... 350 00:44:05,644 --> 00:44:07,578 This is one hell of a document! 351 00:44:07,679 --> 00:44:10,147 If we use it correctly, we could easily topple a government or two! 352 00:44:10,315 --> 00:44:11,475 Right! 353 00:44:11,583 --> 00:44:14,051 People are burning police stations and staging strikes. 354 00:44:14,152 --> 00:44:17,451 Little things can have huge consequences these days. 355 00:44:17,555 --> 00:44:21,389 This little piece of paper could set off a major riot! 356 00:44:21,559 --> 00:44:23,584 Oh? Is it that explosive? 357 00:44:23,762 --> 00:44:24,462 Yeah. 358 00:44:24,462 --> 00:44:26,031 Yeah. What're you gonna do, Doc? 359 00:44:26,031 --> 00:44:26,097 What're you gonna do, Doc? 360 00:44:26,097 --> 00:44:26,995 Ha! What're you gonna do, Doc? 361 00:45:00,131 --> 00:45:03,692 Tokunaga Ransui... why are you protecting Yuki?! 362 00:45:07,939 --> 00:45:12,308 Even if you starve and wither... you are a well-known activist, after all. 363 00:45:12,410 --> 00:45:16,005 No matter how much you oppose the authorities... and fight us like this... 364 00:45:16,915 --> 00:45:20,043 ...we know that you do it out of a sense of duty! 365 00:45:20,151 --> 00:45:23,609 But, not Yuki... she's just a murderer! 366 00:45:23,788 --> 00:45:25,847 You'll never understand... 367 00:45:25,957 --> 00:45:29,825 ...that, sometimes the act of murder is a just... 368 00:45:29,928 --> 00:45:32,522 ...and rational one. 369 00:45:32,630 --> 00:45:36,828 In your eyes... Yuki and I are... both vermin infesting society, aren't we? 370 00:45:36,935 --> 00:45:40,132 So what if we're vermin? We'll never betray each other. 371 00:45:40,305 --> 00:45:46,676 Why, you scum! You think you're funny?! You're a fool! 372 00:45:46,845 --> 00:45:49,439 No confession yet? He's a stubborn fool. 373 00:45:49,614 --> 00:45:50,548 Yeah. 374 00:45:50,548 --> 00:45:53,949 Yeah. If he's too much for you, we could take over... 375 00:45:54,119 --> 00:45:57,555 ...as my organization is more familiar with matters of this nature. 376 00:45:57,722 --> 00:46:01,317 But, sir! The Snowblood investigation was assigned to the police! 377 00:46:01,493 --> 00:46:03,518 I don't care what happens to Snowblood! 378 00:46:04,496 --> 00:46:07,556 What's important is the secret document he possessed! 379 00:46:08,466 --> 00:46:10,525 B... But... 380 00:46:10,702 --> 00:46:13,500 What should be your top priority is... 381 00:46:13,605 --> 00:46:16,870 ...not arresting one female assassin... 382 00:46:16,975 --> 00:46:20,467 ...but safeguarding law and order in our nation! 383 00:46:21,412 --> 00:46:24,313 If you want to hurt him, then do so until you're satisfied. 384 00:46:24,415 --> 00:46:27,316 So what if an activist is tortured to death? 385 00:46:27,418 --> 00:46:30,546 Nobody... will ever give a damn. 386 00:46:33,191 --> 00:46:34,988 Kill me, if you want! 387 00:46:35,093 --> 00:46:37,891 Because, I won't tell you anything... even if you're going to kill me! 388 00:46:38,062 --> 00:46:39,531 Fine! 389 00:46:39,531 --> 00:46:40,465 Fine! You asshole! 390 00:46:40,465 --> 00:46:40,532 You asshole! 391 00:46:40,532 --> 00:46:42,830 You stubborn fool! You asshole! 392 00:46:52,944 --> 00:46:56,380 Where is Yuki?! 393 00:46:56,481 --> 00:46:58,711 Where's Snowblood?! 394 00:47:05,190 --> 00:47:05,924 Tell us! 395 00:47:05,924 --> 00:47:08,119 Tell us! Where's Snowblood?! 396 00:47:10,528 --> 00:47:12,587 Where is she?! 397 00:47:41,125 --> 00:47:43,494 Go home... This is no place for you. 398 00:47:43,494 --> 00:47:46,019 Go home... This is no place for you. No! I'll stay here with you! 399 00:47:46,197 --> 00:47:51,066 Go home! These guys don't give a damn whether I live or die. 400 00:47:51,236 --> 00:47:53,805 Why... Is it because you let Yuki escape? 401 00:47:53,805 --> 00:47:54,405 "Police Superintendent" Why... Is it because you let Yuki escape? 402 00:47:54,405 --> 00:47:59,968 "Police Superintendent" 403 00:48:06,284 --> 00:48:08,377 All right. 404 00:48:11,155 --> 00:48:13,715 Is Sensei Ransui still being held by the police? 405 00:48:13,825 --> 00:48:15,093 Who cares? 406 00:48:15,093 --> 00:48:17,288 Who cares? Why don't you go and try to save him? 407 00:48:31,109 --> 00:48:35,478 What brings you here? What do you want from me? 408 00:48:35,647 --> 00:48:41,142 I know... that I shouldn't be visiting you, after all that's passed between us. 409 00:48:41,252 --> 00:48:48,590 But, you're the only one... that I can talk to... right now. 410 00:48:48,693 --> 00:48:54,131 Before I realized it... I was already on my way here. 411 00:48:54,299 --> 00:48:56,790 I hate to say it, but I don't think that I can help you with anything. 412 00:48:56,968 --> 00:49:03,703 That's not true... You can! You're the only one that can save him! 413 00:49:03,875 --> 00:49:08,437 What makes you say that? Are you telling me to take Yuki to the police? 414 00:49:08,546 --> 00:49:11,606 Did you come here just to tell me that? Huh? 415 00:49:11,783 --> 00:49:17,517 I didn't know that Yuki would be here... not in my wildest dreams. 416 00:49:17,622 --> 00:49:19,920 But... 417 00:49:21,025 --> 00:49:22,060 Forget it. Go home! 418 00:49:22,060 --> 00:49:25,086 Forget it. Go home! But... Why don't you help your brother?! 419 00:49:26,631 --> 00:49:28,963 I have no brother! 420 00:49:29,133 --> 00:49:31,931 You still have a grudge against us. 421 00:49:32,036 --> 00:49:34,163 You won't forgive us, will you? 422 00:49:37,842 --> 00:49:41,471 Forgive you?! Ha! What're you talking about?! 423 00:49:42,413 --> 00:49:45,348 Look at this place! Just look at it! 424 00:49:45,450 --> 00:49:48,180 Garbage! They're all garbage! 425 00:49:48,286 --> 00:49:50,754 And some of the garbage have their weewee's sticking out too! 426 00:49:50,855 --> 00:49:52,220 Yo, scum! 427 00:49:55,560 --> 00:50:00,429 It's so bad here... so bad that I don't give a crap about our past! 428 00:50:00,531 --> 00:50:02,658 All right? So, go home, will ya? 429 00:50:06,237 --> 00:50:10,071 I'm a kind of blackmailer. 430 00:50:10,174 --> 00:50:12,734 Your husband tried to... 431 00:50:12,844 --> 00:50:16,780 ...use that document in order to reform the nation. 432 00:50:16,881 --> 00:50:19,076 But not me! 433 00:50:19,183 --> 00:50:23,210 I'm gonna use it to swindle dough out of those rich, fat scumbags. 434 00:50:23,321 --> 00:50:25,755 With that money, we can eat and drink all we want, in style! 435 00:50:25,857 --> 00:50:29,293 Well? We'll all be happy that way! 436 00:50:29,460 --> 00:50:33,658 Oh... Don't you care what happens to him? 437 00:51:06,864 --> 00:51:08,166 Oh? Who's that?! 438 00:51:08,166 --> 00:51:08,533 Oh? Who's that?! Oh? What the heck is that?! 439 00:51:08,533 --> 00:51:08,599 Oh? What the heck is that?! 440 00:51:08,599 --> 00:51:09,233 What happened? Oh? What the heck is that?! 441 00:51:09,233 --> 00:51:09,300 What happened? 442 00:51:09,300 --> 00:51:09,700 What happened? What the?! 443 00:51:09,700 --> 00:51:09,767 What the?! 444 00:51:09,767 --> 00:51:10,835 Hey! What's going on? What the?! 445 00:51:10,835 --> 00:51:10,902 Hey! What's going on? 446 00:51:10,902 --> 00:51:12,170 Hey! What's going on? What the? What's going on here?! 447 00:51:12,170 --> 00:51:12,236 What the? What's going on here?! 448 00:51:12,236 --> 00:51:12,937 Hey, what's going on? What the? What's going on here?! 449 00:51:12,937 --> 00:51:13,004 Hey, what's going on? 450 00:51:13,004 --> 00:51:13,371 Hey, what's going on? Who is that? 451 00:51:13,371 --> 00:51:13,438 Who is that? 452 00:51:13,438 --> 00:51:15,429 What happened here? Who is that? 453 00:51:16,607 --> 00:51:19,132 Where did he come from? 454 00:51:20,211 --> 00:51:23,271 This guy doesn't look familiar... 455 00:51:24,515 --> 00:51:25,516 Hey! 456 00:51:25,516 --> 00:51:26,317 Hey! Oh! 457 00:51:26,317 --> 00:51:26,451 Oh! 458 00:51:26,451 --> 00:51:26,884 Hey! Oh! 459 00:51:26,884 --> 00:51:27,043 Oh! 460 00:51:27,218 --> 00:51:27,785 Who the hell are you?! 461 00:51:27,785 --> 00:51:29,275 Who the hell are you?! Don't run away! 462 00:51:29,687 --> 00:51:31,348 What the? Don't let him get away! 463 00:51:31,522 --> 00:51:33,683 Don't let him get away! 464 00:51:35,827 --> 00:51:37,954 After him! 465 00:51:40,798 --> 00:51:42,288 Hey, c'mon guys! 466 00:51:42,400 --> 00:51:44,561 Everybody, come out! 467 00:51:44,669 --> 00:51:47,866 Hey! You guys! What're you doing?! 468 00:51:49,440 --> 00:51:51,965 Hey, everybody, come out! 469 00:51:52,076 --> 00:51:56,103 Get him! But don't kill him! 470 00:51:59,717 --> 00:52:00,818 He's going that way! That way! 471 00:52:00,818 --> 00:52:01,519 He's going that way! That way! This way! This way! 472 00:52:01,519 --> 00:52:01,652 This way! This way! 473 00:52:01,652 --> 00:52:03,620 Get him! This way! This way! 474 00:52:09,961 --> 00:52:12,930 You asshole! 475 00:52:17,301 --> 00:52:19,531 All right! All right! Get him! 476 00:52:26,878 --> 00:52:34,114 ...87... 88... 89... 90... 477 00:52:34,218 --> 00:52:41,590 ...91... 92... 93... 94... 478 00:52:41,692 --> 00:52:49,258 ...95... 96... 97... 98... 479 00:52:49,367 --> 00:52:52,928 ...99... 100... 480 00:52:53,037 --> 00:53:00,000 ...101... 102... 103... 104... 105... 481 00:53:00,678 --> 00:53:03,044 Had enough yet?! Tell us why you came here! 482 00:53:06,017 --> 00:53:09,009 Move aside! Let me handle this! 483 00:53:14,091 --> 00:53:16,327 He's not breaking yet?! 484 00:53:16,327 --> 00:53:17,728 He's not breaking yet?! Very odd! 485 00:53:17,728 --> 00:53:17,795 Very odd! 486 00:53:17,795 --> 00:53:18,930 Such a stubborn fool! 487 00:53:18,930 --> 00:53:20,830 Such a stubborn fool! The guy's not saying anything! 488 00:53:21,799 --> 00:53:22,934 Now... 489 00:53:22,934 --> 00:53:24,629 Now... He's just unbelievable! 490 00:53:25,636 --> 00:53:29,128 ...do you want me to finish you off... you dog?! 491 00:56:45,069 --> 00:56:49,267 Darl... Darling! 492 00:57:10,761 --> 00:57:13,730 "Samegahashi Clinic" 493 00:57:30,915 --> 00:57:33,008 Who is it? 494 00:57:50,668 --> 00:57:53,637 Please... Please examine him! 495 00:57:53,737 --> 00:57:55,796 Please examine him! 496 00:58:12,022 --> 00:58:13,887 Sensei! 497 00:58:14,058 --> 00:58:16,185 Stay back... 498 00:58:20,831 --> 00:58:22,958 Move it, you bitch! 499 00:59:01,472 --> 00:59:02,540 What's going on, Doc? 500 00:59:02,540 --> 00:59:05,008 What's going on, Doc? Don't come near! Get outta here! 501 00:59:05,175 --> 00:59:07,234 Don't ever come inside here, you hear? 502 00:59:24,495 --> 00:59:26,588 The Black Death?! 503 00:59:26,764 --> 00:59:28,755 It's not the usual kind either... 504 00:59:28,866 --> 00:59:32,165 He was given an injection. 505 00:59:32,336 --> 00:59:35,305 The Secret Police must've injected him with the germ. 506 00:59:39,109 --> 00:59:42,272 They've commenced an attack upon us. 507 00:59:44,848 --> 00:59:48,306 Yuki... I ask you not to go inside, ever. 508 00:59:48,419 --> 00:59:52,082 Also... don't say anything about this to those guys... 509 00:59:52,189 --> 00:59:55,181 ...because if rumors start spreading... we'll be in big trouble. 510 00:59:57,494 --> 00:59:59,496 Can you save him? 511 00:59:59,496 --> 01:00:01,589 Can you save him? No. He can't be saved. 512 01:01:15,873 --> 01:01:19,934 Now, now, now... What do you think you're doing?! 513 01:01:25,182 --> 01:01:25,683 Kill her! 514 01:01:25,683 --> 01:01:26,116 Kill her! Why, you! 515 01:01:26,116 --> 01:01:30,883 Kill her! Why, you! Somebody... please... somebody... 516 01:01:30,988 --> 01:01:33,149 Kill her! 517 01:01:45,135 --> 01:01:48,229 Do it... Kill her... Kill her! 518 01:01:58,015 --> 01:02:00,074 Over there! 519 01:02:08,392 --> 01:02:09,882 What a shame... 520 01:02:10,861 --> 01:02:13,989 Is this something the police ought to do?! 521 01:02:14,164 --> 01:02:15,866 Damn it... 522 01:02:15,866 --> 01:02:17,067 Damn it... Shu... 523 01:02:17,067 --> 01:02:17,134 Shu... 524 01:02:17,134 --> 01:02:19,261 Don't talk, you fool! Shu... 525 01:02:23,674 --> 01:02:29,635 Shu... I don't have a chance... do I? 526 01:02:30,647 --> 01:02:35,710 Shu... or is there a chance... that I'll live? 527 01:02:39,423 --> 01:02:41,448 I don't want to die yet. 528 01:02:42,426 --> 01:02:47,056 I still have... a lot of things to do. 529 01:02:47,998 --> 01:02:51,957 Aya... Aya... 530 01:02:52,970 --> 01:02:55,029 ...I was wrong... 531 01:03:05,916 --> 01:03:08,976 Lady Snowblood... 532 01:03:40,184 --> 01:03:44,484 Just look at you two pitiful souls. 533 01:03:44,588 --> 01:03:48,217 Long ago, you betrayed and left me... 534 01:03:49,226 --> 01:03:52,662 ...but, now you've come to me again, looking like this! Fools! 535 01:03:56,200 --> 01:04:00,159 You did what you wanted to do, you got what you sought. 536 01:04:00,270 --> 01:04:03,569 In the end, you lived the way you wanted to live. 537 01:04:06,777 --> 01:04:11,476 Aya... you were once my wife. 538 01:04:12,883 --> 01:04:15,351 You were such a foolish woman. 539 01:04:15,452 --> 01:04:18,478 Just what did you ever see in him? 540 01:05:16,747 --> 01:05:21,707 When I was chasing all over Manchuria with only a gun in my hand, Aya... 541 01:05:21,818 --> 01:05:26,278 ...thoughts of you were all that kept me going. 542 01:05:26,390 --> 01:05:29,518 I thought that you were waiting for me back home. 543 01:05:29,626 --> 01:05:33,118 Until I see you again, I told myself, I won't die... I can't die! 544 01:05:33,230 --> 01:05:37,360 Those thoughts kept me alive, and so I made it back to Japan. 545 01:05:38,235 --> 01:05:40,260 But, my god! 546 01:05:41,004 --> 01:05:45,498 Why did you... Why did you have to? 547 01:05:45,609 --> 01:05:50,672 Since that day, I've had nothing to do with you. 548 01:06:13,136 --> 01:06:14,467 Doc! 549 01:06:14,638 --> 01:06:16,663 Don't come near! 550 01:06:27,851 --> 01:06:33,448 I've no intention of completing what you started! No way! 551 01:06:35,792 --> 01:06:40,923 I'll get what I want... by doing things my way! 552 01:06:44,167 --> 01:06:46,897 Let's see now... 553 01:06:48,138 --> 01:06:51,596 "To the people of Shinami, in Shiba..." 554 01:06:51,708 --> 01:06:56,907 "...50,000 yen in gold and 300 bales of rice." 555 01:06:57,014 --> 01:07:01,007 "To the people of Mannencho, in Shitaya..." 556 01:07:02,019 --> 01:07:05,511 "...30,000 yen in gold and 200 bales of rice." 557 01:07:08,058 --> 01:07:13,086 "To the people of Samegabashi... 50,000 yen in gold..." 558 01:07:13,196 --> 01:07:15,721 "...and 300 bales of rice." 559 01:07:15,832 --> 01:07:22,067 "In sum... a total of 130,000 yen in gold and 800 bales of rice." 560 01:07:24,641 --> 01:07:29,169 "In the event that you fail to pay up..." 561 01:07:29,279 --> 01:07:33,579 "...your heads will roll." Done! 562 01:07:34,451 --> 01:07:37,978 "Honcho:" literally, "True Leader." Man, do I sound like a "honcho" or what! 563 01:08:06,016 --> 01:08:09,508 You stopped being an assassin... 564 01:08:09,619 --> 01:08:13,282 ...and now you're an aide to a blackmailer? 565 01:08:14,825 --> 01:08:18,852 State your demands. What is it that you seek? 566 01:08:19,029 --> 01:08:21,827 130,000 yen, cash. 567 01:08:21,932 --> 01:08:28,337 And, 800 bales of rice to be distributed to the people in the slums. 568 01:08:30,440 --> 01:08:32,465 What if I refuse? 569 01:08:32,642 --> 01:08:36,442 The document that you seek will be sent to the press. 570 01:08:36,546 --> 01:08:39,037 All will become public then. 571 01:08:39,149 --> 01:08:42,949 It'll be the end for you and your superiors. 572 01:08:43,120 --> 01:08:49,616 Yuki... Have you any idea who you're dealing with? 573 01:08:49,726 --> 01:08:56,188 You're "a praying mantis battling a cart." You can't beat us. 574 01:08:56,299 --> 01:08:59,234 We know where those lowly maggot friends of yours are... 575 01:08:59,936 --> 01:09:03,872 ...and where you're hiding the document! 576 01:09:03,974 --> 01:09:10,004 If we wish... we can annihilate you all in an instant... with ease! 577 01:09:10,180 --> 01:09:14,082 Do it, then. If you're not afraid of the Black Death, that is. 578 01:09:14,251 --> 01:09:15,878 The Black Death? 579 01:09:16,052 --> 01:09:18,816 You shouldn't be surprised to hear of it. 580 01:09:18,922 --> 01:09:22,380 You're the one who sowed the seed, after all. 581 01:09:22,492 --> 01:09:25,757 My comrade is suffering from a severe fever... 582 01:09:25,862 --> 01:09:29,161 ...but he clutches the document in his trembling hands... and waits for me. 583 01:09:29,266 --> 01:09:33,930 Well? Why don't you go get it? 584 01:09:34,037 --> 01:09:37,404 Perhaps I'm already infected as well. 585 01:09:41,178 --> 01:09:46,707 Are you scared?! You keep calling people maggots... 586 01:09:46,816 --> 01:09:50,217 ...yet you're scared of contracting the Black Death, aren't you? 587 01:09:50,320 --> 01:09:52,311 I bet you are. 588 01:09:52,422 --> 01:09:56,358 To die coughing blood, and wracked with a high fever... 589 01:09:56,459 --> 01:09:59,690 Surely, you're too worthy for that! 590 01:09:59,796 --> 01:10:01,559 Too worthy! 591 01:10:04,668 --> 01:10:06,829 Kikui... 592 01:10:06,937 --> 01:10:10,236 We can finish our deal right here, right now. 593 01:10:10,340 --> 01:10:15,744 We'll trade all that you have for all that I have. 594 01:10:15,912 --> 01:10:17,743 What do you mean by that? 595 01:10:17,914 --> 01:10:23,147 You're right... I'm an assassin, no better than a maggot. 596 01:10:23,253 --> 01:10:27,849 Aside from my own life, I have nothing. But, you're different. 597 01:10:27,958 --> 01:10:32,827 You've maliciously exploited these so- called changing times... to obtain... 598 01:10:32,929 --> 01:10:38,731 Position... Power... Money. 599 01:10:38,835 --> 01:10:42,168 You wanted them so badly that you could taste it, didn't you? 600 01:10:42,339 --> 01:10:46,708 Wanna throw them all away? 601 01:10:46,876 --> 01:10:51,370 Fine... I'll do as you say. 602 01:10:51,481 --> 01:10:55,042 But, I'll need time to gather everything you want. 603 01:10:55,151 --> 01:11:00,214 I can't do it all by myself. Give me time. 604 01:11:01,558 --> 01:11:04,186 Just tonight... Tonight is all the time we'll need. 605 01:11:05,528 --> 01:11:10,693 I ask that you wait. Stay here in this mansion for tonight. 606 01:11:10,800 --> 01:11:13,098 Is that acceptable? 607 01:11:28,985 --> 01:11:33,251 We don't have any choice. We must do what they want us to do. 608 01:11:33,356 --> 01:11:36,018 Besides, it's only money. 609 01:11:36,126 --> 01:11:38,788 If we act foolishly and make matters worse... 610 01:11:38,895 --> 01:11:42,092 ...it would be like choking ourselves to death. 611 01:11:42,198 --> 01:11:45,429 It's a lousy 130,000 yen! It's cheap! 612 01:11:48,271 --> 01:11:51,604 Kikui! Just what are you? 613 01:11:51,708 --> 01:11:54,370 Forget it! I'll handle this. 614 01:11:59,049 --> 01:12:01,711 This is Terauchi. Connect me to the Cabinet Minister. 615 01:12:01,818 --> 01:12:04,116 It doesn't matter. This is an emergency! 616 01:12:04,354 --> 01:12:05,488 What are you doing?! Mind your manners! 617 01:12:05,488 --> 01:12:08,685 What are you doing?! Mind your manners! We mustn't comply with their demands, sir. 618 01:12:08,858 --> 01:12:10,126 But, we don't have any other options! 619 01:12:10,126 --> 01:12:14,688 But, we don't have any other options! We do, sir. We'll burn down the slums! 620 01:12:14,864 --> 01:12:18,322 If the document and everything else is reduced to ashes, then all will be well. 621 01:12:18,501 --> 01:12:19,832 How ridiculous! That's nonsense! 622 01:12:20,003 --> 01:12:22,938 How do you think the people will react?! What will the press say?! 623 01:12:23,106 --> 01:12:26,234 If we do it in order to prevent an epidemic of the Black Death from spreading... 624 01:12:26,343 --> 01:12:27,644 ...everyone will think we've done our duty. 625 01:12:27,644 --> 01:12:29,839 ...everyone will think we've done our duty. No! We can't possibly do such a thing! 626 01:12:30,013 --> 01:12:31,348 Why not, sir? 627 01:12:31,348 --> 01:12:36,308 Why not, sir? They may be slums, but there are hundreds of people living there. 628 01:12:36,486 --> 01:12:37,787 And you want to burn them to death?! 629 01:12:37,787 --> 01:12:40,915 And you want to burn them to death?! Have you ever considered them human? 630 01:12:42,359 --> 01:12:45,294 Why pretend that you're now a politician who cares about the people? 631 01:12:45,395 --> 01:12:47,263 Besides, you've done filthy things yourself. 632 01:12:47,263 --> 01:12:49,493 Besides, you've done filthy things yourself. Nonsense! 633 01:12:49,666 --> 01:12:53,067 Your Excellency... This isn't a simple matter of money... 634 01:12:54,404 --> 01:12:57,237 ...or of your personal safety, sir. 635 01:12:57,340 --> 01:13:01,902 Those scum have commenced an attack against the nation! 636 01:13:02,011 --> 01:13:06,948 As representatives of the nation, we must not yield, no matter what threat we face. 637 01:13:07,283 --> 01:13:09,513 That is the reason why... laws exist... 638 01:13:09,619 --> 01:13:11,985 ...and why we exist, sir! 639 01:14:22,792 --> 01:14:26,284 Daddy! Mommy! 640 01:14:42,846 --> 01:14:45,974 Daddy! Mommy! 641 01:14:58,261 --> 01:15:02,288 Shusuke! Are you all right?! Shusuke! 642 01:15:02,398 --> 01:15:03,956 Sensei! 643 01:17:43,026 --> 01:17:46,120 Snowblood! Looks like this is where your life will end. 644 01:17:48,131 --> 01:17:51,532 You've evaded execution once... but, you won't do so again. 645 01:17:52,635 --> 01:17:54,694 I will finish you... personally! 646 01:18:34,444 --> 01:18:38,039 Snowblood... 647 01:18:39,315 --> 01:18:41,283 Damn you... 648 01:19:02,105 --> 01:19:05,666 W... Wait... Wait! Wait! 649 01:19:05,775 --> 01:19:07,709 D... Don't shoot! 650 01:21:10,233 --> 01:21:13,691 Shusuke... Hang on! Shusuke! 651 01:21:16,138 --> 01:21:21,098 Everyone's dead... They were burnt to death. 652 01:21:25,514 --> 01:21:27,709 Shusuke... 653 01:21:29,252 --> 01:21:33,211 Yuki... will you help me stand up? 654 01:22:31,781 --> 01:22:36,684 It's such a beautiful day, worthy of celebrating Navy Memorial Day. 655 01:22:36,786 --> 01:22:39,550 And, as certain gloomy matters have been taken care of... 656 01:22:39,755 --> 01:22:42,189 ...you must be without a care in the world. 657 01:22:42,425 --> 01:22:46,521 Kikui... how can I thank you? 658 01:22:46,629 --> 01:22:50,793 I understand that you've reduced that document to ashes. 659 01:22:51,067 --> 01:22:55,367 Now, I can peacefully pay respect to the nation's great soldiers buried here... 660 01:22:55,972 --> 01:22:58,805 ...all thanks to you! 661 01:23:06,048 --> 01:23:08,073 Y... You! 662 01:23:30,706 --> 01:23:32,674 Snowblood! 663 01:24:08,744 --> 01:24:10,712 Go! 664 01:24:16,052 --> 01:24:18,421 Don't run away! Protect His Excellency! 665 01:24:18,421 --> 01:24:19,615 Don't run away! Protect His Excellency! Yessir! Yessir! 666 01:24:20,189 --> 01:24:20,623 Attack! 667 01:24:20,623 --> 01:24:22,147 Attack! Attack! 668 01:25:11,006 --> 01:25:12,974 Your Excellency! 669 01:25:41,337 --> 01:25:44,306 You... mad dogs! 670 01:26:30,119 --> 01:26:33,816 M... Mad dogs... 671 01:26:58,781 --> 01:27:01,477 Y... Yuki... 672 01:27:01,951 --> 01:27:03,919 ...Yuki... 673 01:27:06,555 --> 01:27:08,523 Me... 674 01:27:10,292 --> 01:27:14,524 Me... finish me... 675 01:28:37,079 --> 01:28:47,751 It was May, 1907. The holy era of the Meiji Restoration would soon end. 676 01:28:51,894 --> 01:28:56,831 The End