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A Shociku Production

Gosha Productions - Eizo Kyoto

A SHOCHIKU FILM

DEATH SHADOWS

Producers: Kinen MASUMOTO Takeshi ENDO - Yoshinobu NISHIOKA

Hideshi MIYAJIMA - Yoshio TOKUDA

After an idea by: Hideo GOSHA - Kotaro MORI

ScreenpIay: Motomu FURUTA

Camera: Fujio MORITA

Art Director: Yoshinobu NISHIOKA

Light: Genkon NAKAOKA

Music: Masaru SATO Editing: Isamu ICHIDA

With:

Mariko ISHIHARA

Masanori SERA

Mari NATSUKI

Mio TAKAKI

Akiko KANA - Peter

Kenichi KATO Nagare HAGIWARA

Naoto TAKENAKA Junji TAKADA

Eitaro OZAWA

Tsuruko SHOFUKUTEI Shoji KOBAYASHI - Kenichi MATSUNO

Kyoichi SATO - Sotaro IBUKI Rikiya YASUOKA - Ryuji KATAGIRI

Takeo CHII

Takuzo KAWATANI

Tsunehiko WATASE

Directed by: Hideo GOSHA

''Edo's North Ward Magistrate Office''

''Record of CriminaI Cases''

''Otomatsu, a servant at the Ise-ya store in Shinbaba-mae, Shiba. ''

''Injured the store owner attempting murder out of personaI grudges. ''

''Sentenced to death. ''

''Kanpachi, a servant at the Nabeshima CIan's Edo Mansion. ''

''Robbed a house and committed murder. ''

''Sentenced to death. ''

''Yasuke, an assistant officer in Atago. ''

''KnowingIy aiding a criminaI,''

''and extorted part of his Ioot. ''

''Sentenced to death. ''

I've saved you from HeII.

OfficiaIIy, you're dead. So, it's easy for me to kiII you.

If you want to be usefuI, pick up those truncheons.

In return, your Iives wiII be saved.

Listen very carefuIIy. I'II be very cIear.

You have two possibiIities.

To either go back in HeII,

or become our shadow agents.

You're free to choose.

AIright.

From now on, you're not Iike the others anymore.

You're the shadow agents.

You'II punish eviI in the shadows.

You must never again show yourseIves in the Iight of day.

Starting now...

.. your voices beIong to me.

20 years Iater

Boss! The shadow agents!

Yasuke the viper!

Trash!

You... you are...

You are my daughter?

Astonishing.

We suspected merchants were connected...

.. with iIIegaI organizations, but not with samurai.

It's Kazue Iimori, adviser of the Hioki cIan,

and Sakyonosuke Tachibana and Jurozaemon Horiuchi,

vassaIs.

It's a serious matter.

The ones ordering this may get into troubIe.

Teaming up with Denzo, the criminaI manipuIating rice seIIers,

they pIanned on making a fortune on this market.

Gonza the Badger.

Genroku the Singer.

Long Neck Matsu.

They were in hiding since escaping from the isIand.

I don't care about this smaII fry. Where's Denzo?

He's nowhere to be found.

Yasuke the Viper has, then, missed his target.

Understand me.

I wanted to expIain you...

.. what I feeI.

Look at the face you're puIIing!

Ten years Iater you find your daughter in Denzo's gang.

Do you disIike it that much?

You Iook Iike your mother,

very much so.

And now, d'you want to brood over the past?

Listen to me.

It happened 20 years ago.

I had Iost my voice to stay aIive.

I had become a shadow agent.

At that time, I was tracking Kisaburo from Aioi,

suspected of running the prostitution on the boats.

He was a hatamoto's youngest son,

and the governor couId do nothing against him.

We knew his mistress was caIIed Osaki,

but I didn't suspect she was that young.

I feII in Iove with her.

I no Ionger feIt concerned by the Kisaburo affair.

I asked her to give up prostitution,

and to be my wife.

I gave her money,

and, moved by my sentiments, she reveaIed to me...

.. Kisaburo's hiding pIace.

It might Iook IaughabIe for a shadow agent,

but I couIdn't have been happier than with your mother, Osaki.

Time went by very quickIy.

I had totaIIy forgotten...

.. the mission I had been given.

Kisaburo from Aioi made an extraordinary escape.

He kiIIed three guards.

One of his men was an accompIice.

On a stormy evening, his boat got Iost in the dark.

You are the one best acquainted with his face.

My snitchers have pIaced him around Joshu. Go there.

I have a wife and daughter.

I want them to be happy.

Understand me.

For 10 years,

I Iet you dream on, without saying anything.

Understand me.

WouId you Iike to go on without doing anyting?

WiII you be back?

You'II be back one day, won't you?

It's over.

Everything's over.

Our story's over.

I stopped being a father.

Our happy Iife, for the three of us, is over.

My Iove!

My Iove...

I'd have Iiked you to see...

.. how my mother Iived after you went away.

But rest assured.

She didn't suffer for Iong.

She was dead Iess than an year afterwards!

I trained into kiIIing.

I wanted to be baIe to revenge her.

I wantd to kiII you with my own hands, when I'd find you again!

OnIy my desire for vengeance...

.. kept me aIive.

Forgive me, Ocho. Run.

What's the matter with you?

You're Ietting me go?

You who abandoned us?

You think you'II redeem yourseIf this way?

I don't have to foIIow your orders.

I onIy want your happiness. Run.

I...

.. am a beautifuI Iotus fIower...

.. bIooming in the mud.

I don't need anyone to survive!

PIease, run!

That's aIright, suffer.

For my mother and me, you're onIy a...

You're onIy a...

What is it that you want?

Understand me.

Don't ask me what's happening.

PIease, reIieve me of my duties.

PIease, Iet me go.

The Viper,

what's happening?

You Iet Denzo escape...

.. but you must have another reason.

If you don't work for me anymore,

you know what your fate is. You must die.

Yasuke,

wouId you Iike to drag your comrades into death as weII?

I don't want to know what's been happening to you.

But you are a shadow agent.

You no Ionger are a human being.

You must be a demon, Yasuke.

You must finish this Denzo off.

He's serving some big time criminaIs.

Your work has onIy begun.

Ocho, wait. Denzo is...

Ocho!

What's with this face?

Stop!

What's the matter with you?

She stoIe from you and you drove her away.

Now you're bringing her here again?

It moved me that she wanted to be back.

And then, she brought me an interesting piece of news.

What news?

It'd seem you're the onIy daughter of Yasuke the Viper.

Thinking about the attack of the agents,

I now understand who it was who couId have toId them...

.. about our meeting.

It was not me. I dind't betray you!

Liar!

I was waiting for you, Yasuke!

Easy.

Don't be so impatient...

.. if you want to save your daughter.

Listen.

The Viper,

you surprised us the other day.

But now,

we have the upper hand.

I've seen you with my own eyes.

You were taIking to her.

Come on!

Just Iet go of your precious bIack truncheons.

Let them go!

WeII, the Viper?

It's my idea.

D'you Iike it?

Then, it'II be your precious daughter's turn.

I beg you, spare my daughter!

She didn't betray you.

Take me in her pIace.

You can do with me whatever you want.

What're you saying? I don't understand anything.

You wanna dance for us?

I b eg you, spare my daughter.

AIright. Don't worry about it.

You'II die together.

It reaIIy is painfuIIy to watch you, Yasuke the Viper.

Come on, down she goes.

Daddy...

Forgive me, daddy.

I'm asking...

I'm asking for your forgiveness from the bottom of my heart.

Ocho, forgive me.

Ocho, forgive me...

Daddy!

Forgive me...

Look everybody!

It's Ocho, Sharp Fangs Denzo's mistress,

the criminaI running the underworId!

Here she is, right in front of your eyes!

Take a good Iook at her!

She's being taken to Kozukappara,

where criminaIs are crucified!

She'II go stright to HeII!

I don't want to die!

Spare me!

Spare me!

ReaIIy now... How undignified!

KiII her!

Butterfly Ocho,

you are supposed to have been executed.

Here's your father's truncheon.

You can succeed him and become a shadow agent.

He's dead because of you.

Why...

.. are you offering me this?

He wanted me to escape.

He had asked me to Ieave Denzo.

Had I Iistened to him,

he'd stiII be aIive.

But I...

I...

Yasuke must have feIt a Iot of remorse.

The one he was after,

was not this smaII criminaI, Denzo.

He was after the infIuent man behind him.

The Great Inspector, nor the governor can arrest him.

They need formaI proof.

WeII, Ocho?

I can't make you do it.

But wouIdn't you Iike to bring...

.. your father's work to an end?

That's certainIy heIp you to understand him.

You'II understand what he went through,

by Ieaving your mother and you.

In your veines...

.. fIows your father's bIack bIood.

This bIood,

you can't change it.

Take it.

Take it!

It's the onIy...

It's the onIy thing...

you can do for him.

AIright. I'II expIain the situation. Listen carefuIIy.

Genshiro Kanoya, in charge with coastaI navigation,

was, in fact, a Hamada cIan samurai.

He was assuring the Iiason between the Shogun and his advisers.

Matsudaira Suonokami, the Hamada daimyo,

excIuded him, charging him with an serious offence,

and decIared he'd never again be aIIowed to return in the cIan.

Suonokami had furnished him a fake exportation Iicence,

and had charged him with...

.. restoring the cIan's fiinances by way of iIIegaI trade.

Yes...

Suonokami runs one of the most important cIans in the country.

Four years ago, he entered the government.

He is head of shogunaI advisers.

He uses his power beIow the tabIe.

With the weaIth gathered through this iIIegaI trading...

.. he was abIe to buy a Iot of rice,

thus sustaining the market.

Ocho, you knew him very weII.

Denzo is one of his men.

There's onIy one way...

.. to bring down this powerfuI man.

We need...

.. formaI proof...

.. of this iIIegaI trading.

Do you understand, Ocho?

We must absoIuteIy act in secrecy.

It was the Iast stage of your father's mission.

Now,

it's up to you, his daughter, to fuIfiII it.

Don't forget, Ocho.

Your Iife is in my hands.

''FuneraI ceremony Kanoya famiIy''

Oh, the Iady is dressed in quite gorgeous cIothes.

I'm certain she'II go straight to heaven in peace.

Yes.

Though she was our maid, we Ioved her Iike our own daughter.

We were discussing her marriage arrangements when...

.. a sudden iIIness feII upon her.

We feIt so much for her...

.. that we wanted to treat her in the best way we couId.

So, we put on her the kimono and obi...

.. I brought with me when I got married.

I see.

WeII, weII, it's quite a generous gesture.

I'II be sure to pray for her most thoroughIy.

Idiot!

Did you aIso dressed her with the obi and the obi fastener?

Yes, she had no famiIy.

I wanted to do for her the best I couId upon her departure.

I know I was on the road, but without my consent...

What is it? Why are you so upset?

- What is it about the kimono? - I don't care about the kimono!

It's the obi fastener. In the fastener there was...

Get Sakichi here! Sakichi!

You Iet her do it? Idiot!

Get me a paIanquin!

No, it's useIess!

Genshiro! My dear, teII me what's going on.

Let go of me!

You'd better ask me for your forgiveness!

Genshiro!

Genshiro!

Look at this.

They're siIk embroideries.

The obi and its fastener are woven with goId threads.

The Iining is in crimson siIk.

Let's have a good price.

- 3 ryo! - 4 ryo!

- 5 ryo! - 6 ryo!

Any more bids?

10 ryo!

What do you want, sir?

The goId-threaded obi and the fastener that...

.. the dead girI wore!

You've soId them?

Yes, they were high quaIity.

Whom did you seII them to? TeII me who bought them!

HeIIo.

Where are the siIk embroidered kimono and...

.. the goId-threaded obi and the fastener you bought from the Shofuku tempIe?

WeII, sorry, those items are...

We sure did purchase them but...

Name a price. I'II buy them back!

I'II pay doubIe, tripIe! What's your price?

- But I don't have them anymore. - You've soId them?

Yes, to Ochika, singing teacher Hakusanshita.

had been asking for quaIity materiaI for a Iong time...

Sir? Sir!

Answer... Answer me...

Stop.

You're boring me with your questions.

It's nothing serious between us.

Oh, you're so coId.

But...

.. your coId side...

.. makes me furious and in Iove, at the same time.

Stop it now.

I'm not desperate enough...

.. to want an oId woman in heat!

What?

I'm sick to the head from...

.. the stink of your powder.

How mean you are!

It surprises you?

I know you're not that naive.

You're right.

I Iike it when you act bad Iike this.

I reaIIy do.

You're suffocating me.

- I'm going to kiII you. - You're suffocating me.

I'm going to kiII you.

I'm going to kiII you...

...and then I'II kiII myseIf.

Come...

.. Iet me die.

Let me die.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry for the bother, but it's urgent!

Open up!

I'm sorry for the bother, but it's urgent!

Open up!

Ochika!

There's an emergency.

Ochika!

I'm not a criminaI..

I have a favor to ask of you.

Open up!

Ochika!

HeIp!

''Kanoya famiIy''

Sir!

Madam has... Madam has...

Hanae...

Hanae!

What on earth happened?

After you Ieft,

she Iocked herseIf up in her room.

I caIIeed her, but she didn't answer.

I went in, to see what was the matter,

and she was aIready...

Why, Sanosuke?

I know what you did.

Why did you kiII her?

For what reason?

I kiIIed her because of you.

Because of me?

You paniced in front of your househoId staff.

Then someday...

She didn't know anything.

For the moment, she didn't.

But if she were aIive,

she'd have asked what you had done wrong.

And I know you'd have toId her one day.

- Sanosuke! - Stay caIm, Genshiro.

ProbIems must be deaIt with right away.

It's aII for the cIan, for the survivaI of the 65,000 koku Hamada CIan.

It must be our fate.

So?

You didn't get the obi fastener back?

How stupid!

It wasn't a good hiding pIace.

You shouId have toId me about that.

You wouIdn't have Iost your beIoved wife.

Sharp Fanged Denzo got kiIIed.

The agents are cIosing in on us.

- We must act. - I know.

I'II get back...

.. the fake Iicence.

What time was it approximateIy when you saw the man?

Btween 20:30 and 21 :00.

- That's strange. - What is?

The sign doesn't go away.

If she was kiIIed then,

there shouIdn't be any spot on her skin.

Meaning the murder took pIace earIier?

ExactIy.

KiIIing such a beautifuI woman...

.. what a pity...

Oren,forgive me!

Oren!

Oren... That woman wouIdn't Iet go.

There wasn't anytihng eIse I couId've done.

I don't care aout her!

I wanted the obi fastener you strangIed her with.

There was an incredibIe treasure, beyond...

.. your imagination buried inside it.

That's enough.

There's no use Iosing time with this bum.

The fastener is in the Hacchobori PoIice's possession.

- But, Sanosuke... - Listen!

Genshiro and me are the onIy ones...

.. to know what's inside.

It's not too Iate.

We must take it back,

no matter who has it,

and by aII means necessary.

Oren!

I'm with the poIice.

It seems your house is trapped!

Show yourseIf!

Nobody here?

Are you,

Oren the ThistIe?

Even if you're with the poIice,

you're not aIIowed to enter here without my permission.

You admit to running a brotheI for homosexuaIs.

In fact, you run an iIIegaI tattoo shop.

I don't mind turning a bIind eye.

Where's Sentaro?

Sentaro?

I made inquires.

I was toId that Ochika, murdered yesterday evening,

was oftenIy meeting with Sentaro here.

She was murdered?

And you think Sentaro is guiIty?

He strangIed her with this.

What a pity...

Such a beautifuI woman...

Where's he?

I have no patience.

Listen to me.

He's out of Iuck. He did it on my turf.

If you try to hide him, you'II be punished.

I'm not hiding him.

He hasn't been around IateIy.

Isn't he? If you say so...

You seem to ignore the fact that,

in the neighborhood,

they caII me ''The Demon''.

Let me know if you find out where Sentaro is.

Sorry to have bothered you.

Don't just hide there, come out!

Sir...

I have a favor to ask of you.

A favor?

Oh, your wife's memento?

Yes.

It was something she'd aIways cherished since we got married.

Then, whiIe I was away in Kansai,

my servants, not knowing it's sentimentaI vaIue...

I see.

I igored the fact that it had been bought at the tempIe.

But how did you find out...

.. that I had it?

I asked the second-hand deaIer who bought it.

Your story couId bring tears to someone's eyes, but...

I beg you!

I'm wiIIing to pay you any price.

Money...

Money?

Money, that's good...

I Iove it, I Iove it!

But,

something's been bothering me for quite a whiIe.

After the singing teacher in heat got strangIed,

someone tried to take this piece off her dead body.

WeII, I'm not saying it was you.

But the maid who saw him toId me what the guy Iooked Iike,

and you seem to fit the description.

There must be some compIicated story behind aII of this.

I wouIdn't mind seIIing it back to you,

but first I'II name the price once the inquiry is over.

- Sir... - Don't worry.

It's an important piece of evidence of a murder case.

I'II wear it right next to my skin untiI then.

It Iooks Iike a shower.

I guess I'II borrow an umbreIIa somewhere.

Don't draw it!

I've got eyes on my back too!

You're a samurai, aren't you?

It's the onIy one I've got. Look what you've done to it!

You're gping to pay for this!

Boss!

Boss!

Trash!

We couId say...

.. we're even.

It's becoming more interesting.

Sir...

Are you in, sir?

I'd Iike to have a drink with you.

WeII, come in then.

I know where Sentaro is.

He confessed the murder.

I deserve a reward.

I want to see him first.

I'II show him to you.

But,

before that...

Mister Demon...

.. you understand, don't you?

I'm in Iove with you.

You're in Iove with me?

I haven't had a woman in a Iong time.

I'm gonna catch up.

Set me free! PIease!

What a beauty, such a handsome boy...

Set me free! PIease!

- PIease. - AIright.

But, in exchange, you'II do what I say.

Move!

You just went to see the Demon, didn't you?

I know everything.

You want to be the successor of Sharp Fanged Denzo,

and take over as the head of his organization.

But I don't think...

.. the Hamada cIan is taking you seriousIy.

There sureIy must be a go-between.

I want to know who that is.

Speak!

The thing you're Iooking for, the Demon has it!

If you want to get it back,

you must pe prepeared to risk your Iife.

I,

I've Ioved Denzo sincereIy.

Don't forget that,

one day, we'II have to fight it out, the two of us.

It's you that made me come here?

Are you the Demon?

You're rather pretty.

It's Oren who sent me.

Is it about Sentaro?

Before, I have something I must ask you.

What?

If you arrest Sentaro,

you won't be needing the fastener anymore.

That fastener again?

Come on, give it to me.

You're right.

It'd suit you perfectIy.

But I can't give it to you.

Everybody wants it,

and I just don't want to Iet it go anymore.

I was sure.

You reaIIy are smart.

You embarass me.

Here's Sentaro, the one you're Iooking for.

It's the chance of a Iifetime.

Damn kid!

It's not true...

It's not true...

I'm not gonna die!

I'm not gonna die!

It hurts...

It hurts...

God! Damn bitch

Don't worry.

The Demon's dead. He no Ionger is of this worId.

I don't need you anymore.

I'II Iet you Iive.

Go wherever you want.

Who are you?

Oren?

I know this way of foghting.

It's you, Genshiro.

I've decided to team with you because of my daughter.

You've promissed me to give her...

.. haIf of what we're going to make.

Don't forget this promisse.

She's bIind, and when I think about her future,

I...

Parents wouId do anything for their chiIdren.

For her, I'II become a traitor.

You may Iaugh.

But I'm ready to sacrifice my Iife,

for my daughter.

Who has the other haIf?

Genshiro.

Oren aIso wants it.

The thing gets even more compIicated.

Don't worry about Oren.

She doesn't yet know...

.. about our deaI.

This bitch of Ocho has surfaced again.

She's mixed in Genshiro's thing.

It's because of her that Denzo died.

She must taste...

.. the fate awaiting traitors.

You're right.

After Denzo's death,

we've aII considered you...

.. as our boss.

We're at your disposaI.

Senzo, d'you have a probIem with that?

No. He speaks so good, he makesme cry.

My ears aren't used to it.

What?

You've just come from Kisaburo from Aioi's gang!

You can't understand the feeIings we had for Denzo!

Oh yes? UndoubtedIy.

Gin the Drinker,

you were arrested six moths ago...

.. for the murder of a waitress in Shinagawa.

So what?

Odd.

Why are you aIready out?

Is it that the agents set you free,

touched by the sentiments...

.. you had for your boss?

Oren, I am no...

BeIieve me. As a matter of fact, they...

A traitor deserves no mercy.

You shame us.

Isn't it so, Oren?

I don't want to see him anymore. Get me rid of him.

Yes.

We found him where our boss was kiIIed.

This is the bIazon of your house, isn't it?

Yes, it is.

It beIongs to our boss, Genshiro.

Very weII.

We can sureIy find a way out.

If you're generous,

we're ready to return it to you.

Give us 100 ryo.

We'II be waiting for you at Kuginuki Jizo at 18:00.

If you pIot against us,

if anything happens to us,

you'II have to deaI with our mates.

Excuse the bother.

I am Hanji from Naniwa! Don't underestimate me!

It's bad for our boss,

but we, we've struck goId!

Yes. We'II be abIe to drink,

and have aII the women we'II want!

He's in HeII, but we're in Heaven!

Bouddha, thank You for your mercy...

Such rotten Iuck...

Why did he have to Iose his case?

Don't worry.

I've hidden Genshiro in my trapped brotheI.

No one wiII find him there.

It's not onIy about him.

The agents...

.. wiII get here soon.

ShouIdn't we rather take care of these corrupt poIicemen?

They're not worth it.

Oren...

Won't you run away with me?

It's stupid risking our Iives...

.. for such an uncertain resuIt.

It's not too Iate.

We can steaI the money...

and take off together.

Are you Sanosuke Aikawa?

From the Hamada cIan?

KiII him!

Wait... Wait moment.

I've got nothing to do with him.

I've onIy been... I've onIy been hired...

.. by this man.

Wait!

Without me, you won't be abIe to find the prof.

I'm the one who's got it...

.. weII, haIf of it.

But I know where the other haIf is.

ShaII I heIp you get it?

What d'you think?

Even if you destroy this house,

this document can be your downfaII.

I'm right, true?

Pay me!

When we'II have the other haIf,

you'II onIy have to pay me.

My job forces me to Iive in hiding.

I'II keep siIent and I'II disappear.

''Offering''

WeIcome.

On the ex-voto hanging on Sentaro's neck,

there was a butterfIy, my avatar.

It was cut it haIf.

I understood you wanted to see me about the fake Iicence.

That's how Denzo used to communcate.

True.

Let me have it, then.

I have a question before.

Why did you think that,

cutting the card in haIf,

you'II point to it?

How did you know...

.. it had been cut?

I was right.

It's for you to give it to me.

I'm not that stupid to have it on me.

You're not too smart.

We know where you're hiding.

We've Iured you here.

What?

Yasu!

Spare me, pIease.

If iI die, my daughter Otami wiII be...

How wiII she be abIe to Iive on her own?

I beg of you, spare me!

Otami's waiting for you on the other worId!

Otami...

Otami...

He got what he deserved.

From now on, your fate...

.. is in our hands.

But it'd be a pity to kiII you right away.

You'II try one of the other traps in this house.

Have fun!

You'II suffer before being turnt into a mummy!

What is it?

As you can see,

the so much sought after fake Iicence.

But it's onIy the haIf Ocho had.

Rest assured.

We aIready have the other haIf.

When Ocho kiIIed the Demon,

wem managed to get it.

By now, Ocho must be tortured with regrets on the other worId.

Your Highness, the First Adviser,

Genshir Kanoya,

we have received the order to execute Sanosuke Aikawa.

The Kanoya house doesn't exist anymore.

ImpossibIe...

Working for the Hamada cIan,

you have gained enormous weaIth from iIIegaI trading.

You have no way out.

Have you heard?

Now that you've got the Iicence,

we don't need you anymore.

It's impossibIe...

I've aIways acted in the cIan's best interest!

Genshiro,

so that our cIan be above aII suspicion,

you have to die.

As foreseen,

we won't have any contact anymore.

We're going to keep siIent and disappear.

Yes, you're going to keep siIent.

What are you doing?

I was sure.

Away with it!

Oren!

Come, quickIy!

Why...

I acted in the cIan's best interest.

Why...

Hanae...

.. forgive me.

Hanae!

Ocho!

Stay caIm.

Your wound might reopen.

Why?

Why did you save me?

You took pity on me?

Or, then...

Even me, I don't know it.

I've seen you abandoned Iike a dog by your master,

whom you had dedicated your Iife.

I coIdn't heIp myseIf from savin gyou.

What is it?

We go separate ways.

Maybe I won't come back.

Take this and Ieave Edo.

Where're you going?

It's none of your concern

Youhave nothing to do with the Hamada cIan anymore.

Yes.

The cIan is aIIthat matters to me.

What're you taIking about?

They betrayed you.

- They've dumped you. - Don't say that!

I... I've sacrificed my Iife for them.

My wife's dead.

Without the cIan,

I no Ionger am...

If you stiII what that Iicence,

I'II stop you!

Get reaI!

Why d'you think I saved you?

I couIdn't stand seeing you Iike this.

I wanted you to start your Iife over again.

Ocho...

If you want to arrest me, go on.

You're not my enemy anyIonger.

You're dead for me.

Wait! Ocho!

KiII me before! KiII me!

Even if he brings backups,

he won't be abIe to do anything, without the Iicence.

3,000 ryo, Iike agreed.

Great show, the other day.

You shouiIdn't have underestimated us.

Listen to me.

For this Iicence,

we couId suck the Hamada cIan dry.

D'you want to mess with the strongest cIan in the country?

Yes, exactIy.

It'd be stupid.

Our cIan wouId win it right away.

Take the 3,000 ryo, give us the Iicence,

and go away without saying anything. It's a friendIy advice.

Oh yes?

Because you insist so much, I'II give it to you.

Here, take it.

You Iooked for it!

LittIe do we care about money!

We want to save our honor, in Denzo's name!

Come on, Senzo!

It was a good idea getting them aboard this boat!

They got what they deserved!

They're stupid.

A strong cIan my foot!

Come on, burn it!

You're aII going to die!

You're done for!

You'II end up in ashes.

Senzo!

Oren, quickIy!

Oren, now! QuickIy!

This time, I'm gonna get you.

Die!

Senzo, hang on...

Don't die...

Don't die...

Oren...

Give me back the Iicence.

If it faII sinto government hands,

the Hamada cIan wiII be...

Genshiro...

Give me back the Iicence.

Give it back to me!

if you reaIy want it, you'II have to kiI me first!

Genshiro!

Genshiro...

You've suffered a Iot.

I understand you.

Genshiro...

IncredibIe news!

Suonokami Matsudaira, the Shogun's Chief Advisor,

died whiIe having sex with Oyo, his mistress,

Iast night, around midnight, in his Shiba mansion!

Good work, Ocho.

With this, everything...

Is settIed.

Thank you, Ocho.

Here's your reward, Iike agreed.

Don't move!

you know too much.

For the government, for the peace of the government,

you Iose either your voice,

or your Iife.

Neither one.

I'm not an insect you squash!

I understand.

At Iast... now everything's cIear.

It's you who kiIIed my father.

My mother...

.. Otami and Genshiro...

.. you kiIId them aII.

My reaI enemy...

.. is you!

Song written and sung by: Masanori SERA

She sets...

Her baIck eyes FiIIed with tears,

On my back, heavy with sadness,

Who won't be coming back,

I wonder...

Why am I in such a hurry...

StiII, in our times,

Noting matters.

Long ago, we used to fight,

Between fiery friends

There's onIy that

That's worth.

I thought...

The road before me...

Was not for others,

But onIy mine to thread,

Against the wind

I hear the wind bIow

Against the wind

Give us who have no wings...

The strength to make this dream come true.

Against the wind