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DEATH SHADOWS Jitte-mai

Cast

Mariko Ishihara

Masanori Sera

Mari Natsuki

Mio Takagi Akiko Kana Peter

Ken'ichi Kato Nagare Hagiwara

Naoto Takenaka Junji Takada

Eitaro Ozawa

Tsuruko Shofukutei Shoji Kobayashi Ken'ichi Matsuno

Kyoichi Sato Sotaro Ibuki Rikiya Yasuoka Ryuji Katagiri

Takeo Chii

Takuzo Kawatani

Tsunehiko Watase

Directed by Hideo Gosha

North Ward Magistrate Office

Record of Criminal Cases

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

Injured the store owner in an attempted murder out of personal grudges.

Sentenced to death.

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

Robbed a house and committed murder.

Sentenced to death.

Yasuke, an assistant officer in Atago.

Knowingly aiding criminals and extorted portions of their loot.

Sentenced to death.

You all have returned straight from hell.

It takes nothing to send you right back.

If you wish to live again and serve society, take these truncheons.

If you do, they'll save your lives.

Listen - as clear as a bell, this is your one last chance.

You only have two choices now:

To fall into hell again or join the shadow police.

Two choices only. Which will you choose?

All right.

As of this moment, you're human but not individuals.

You're the shadow police that'll vanquish great evil from behind the scenes.

From now on, you have nothing to do with the outside world.

I've got your voices in my hand now.

20 years later

Boss, look out! It's the shadow police!

Boss! Boss!

Damn you!

You... you're my daughter.

What a surprise.

We knew from our investigation that major merchants...

like Hizen-ya and Mine-ya are associated with that shadow organization.

But this is Limori Kansa, Advisor in Edo of the 1000 koku Hinoki Clan.

There are also daimyo Tachibana Sakyo-no-suke and Horiuchi Juroza'emon.

They won't be quiet about it.

They're the ones that'll be in trouble if this case is exposed.

They're in cahoots with Denzo the Fang...

a major criminal who controls appointed money exchangers...

for the Shogunate behind the scenes...

and schemed to make great profits by disrupting the rice market.

Gonza the Badger.

Koda Denroku.

Matsu the Snake Neck.

That bastard was keeping a low profile for a while since he broke jail.

I don't care about the small guys. What's the story with Denzo?

Yes, well...

Yasuke the Viper - it's unlike him.

Please understand how I truly feel.

I want to talk with you.

What's that look on your face?

You run into your daughter for the first time in 10 years...

and she's a member of Denzo the Fang's gang.

Does that bother you so much?

You look exactly like your mom.

After all these years, you want to rehash the past?

Well, just listen.

It was 20 years ago.

My vocal chords were cut and I lost my voice in exchange for my life.

I became a shadow cop talking only through sign language.

I was after a guy named Aioi Kisaburo suspected to be...

the chief of all prostitution boat owners.

The bastard was the second son of a 1000 koku daimyo...

untouchable by the town police.

I knew O'Saki was Kisaburo's lover...

but I had no idea how young she was.

I fell in love.

Frankly, I didn't care about Kisaburo any longer.

I asked her not to sleep with other men and be my girl only.

She wasn't doing it because she wanted money.

My earnest plea moved her and she told me where Kisaburo hid.

Looking back, it's laughable how a shadow cop like me could act like that.

But I was simply ecstatic to be with your mom O'Saki.

Time flies, and I completely forgot that I was a shadow cop.

They told me Aioi Kisaburo brilliantly escaped from the exile island.

He killed three guards.

It appears one of his men aided him.

He disappeared on a boat the man rowed into the dark on a stormy night.

You know what he looks like more than anybody else.

I got information they're hanging out in the vicinity of Joshu. Go there.

I've got a wife and kid.

Their happiness is my priority.

Please understand.

For 10 years, I let you have a good dream.

Please understand.

Do you still want to continue living an easy life?

Are you gonna come back to us?

Tell me you'll be back someday. Promise me you will.

It's over. It's all over.

Our marriage is over.

My tie with our girl is over.

The happiest time of my life is over too.

Darling!

Darling...

I wish I could show you...

how mom lived after you abandoned us.

But don't worry.

She didn't suffer too long.

She died in less than a year.

I trained hard to become a killer.

I promised myself I'd avenge her death by killing you by my own hands someday.

A young little girl managed to survive with the hope of that one promise.

I'm sorry, O'Cho. Please get out of here.

You've gotta be kiddin'. You're letting me go?

You abandoned me like a cat or a dog...

and this is the best you can do for me now?

I'm not gonna listen to you.

I want you to be happy. Please leave here.

Listen, though I grew in the mud I'm as pure as a lotus flower.

I've managed to lean on my own shoulder so far.

I beg you, please leave.

We suffered... both mom and I.

I won't let you... I won't let you...

What's this?

Please understand.

Don't ask me any questions.

Just abandon me.

Please let me go.

Viper.

What happened?

You let Denzo the Fang escape, but I suspect there's something else.

You know what'll happen to you when you quit.

Death is the rule.

Yasuke, you want to end your life so much that you're willing to abandon them?

I don't want to know what happened in your personal life.

But remember you're a shadow cop.

Human yet not a person.

Turn your heart into a rock, Yasuke.

Finish off Denzo the Fang and his gang.

There's a major criminal hiding behind him.

Your cleaning job hasn't even started.

Ms. O'Cho, give him just a moment. Right now, the boss is...

Ms. O'Cho.

What's that look on your face?

Stop it, already.

What on earth is going on here?

Are you letting back in the sneaky thief you once kicked out?

She may be a thief but I forgive her when she's back.

Especially when she brings with her a special piece of information.

Information? - Yeah.

I heard you're the only daughter of Yasuke the Viper.

When I think about it...

it was a total mystery how on earth the shadow cops learned about...

our meeting that day.

No way, I'd never betray you.

Don't make me laugh!

I was waiting for you, dad.

Oops, hold it, don't be impatient.

If you want your daughter to live...

listen, Viper, back then I was the one who got a surprise attack...

but from now on, I've got a better hand.

I saw it with my own eyes.

You were negotiating with her behind closed doors.

Come on, I want you to give up those powerful black truncheons.

Drop them!

What do you think, Viper?

I came up with this trick.

Do you like it?

Your dear daughter is next.

Please save her.

She didn't betray you.

Torture me instead. You can do anything you want to me.

What the heck is that? I have no idea what you're saying.

Are they hand movements in a dance or something?

Just save O'Cho.

All right, all right. No need to worry.

I'll kill you both, father and daughter. Right?

Look how helpless Yasuke the Viper is now.

All right, drag her down.

Dad...

Forgive me, dad.

From the bottom of my heart...

I ask for your forgiveness.

Forgive me, O'Cho, forgive me.

Dad...

Dad...

Forgive me.

Forgive me, dad.

Dad...

Forgive me, dad.

Come and see this everyone...

This is O'Cho the Flower Storm, the lover of Denzo the Fang who...

as the boss of the underworld, kept the great city of Edo in turmoil.

Truly, truly it's this woman.

Look at her well and look at her again.

She's bound for execution.

She'll be tied to a stake, decapitated in public...

then her head will be on public display.

This is her journey to hell!

I don't wanna die!

Spare me!

I don't wanna die!

Spare me! Spare me!

How distasteful of her to struggle at this point.

Stab her!

The woman named O'Cho the Flower Storm was executed today as scheduled.

This truncheon is his memento.

You'll now carry on as a shadow cop in Yasuke's place.

It's just as I killed my dad.

So why do you want me to do this?

Dad let a rotten child like me get away.

He warned me to leave Denzo.

Had I only listened to him, he wouldn't have had to die.

But I... I...

He must've died full of regret.

He wasn't after a small time criminal like Denzo...

but a high rank official in the Shogunate that's behind it all.

He's such a major figure that even...

the Magistrate or Chief of Justice can't touch him.

Unless they've got concrete evidence, that is.

What do you say, O'Cho?

If you don't want to be a shadow cop, that's fine.

But don't you want to finish the job Yasuke started?

You'll understand what he went through.

You'll understand the pain of a man who...

gave up his wife and daughter and lived his life as a shadow cop.

The same dark blood of Yasuke runs in your body.

It's not easy to wipe the stain off.

Pick it up.

Pick it up.

That's the only way...

only way left for you to console your dad's spirit.

Now, let me tell you what plan I have for you.

The merchant Kano-ya Genshiro was once a member of the 65,000 koku Hamada Clan.

He was an intelligent samurai who served...

as a counselor to chief of the clan, named Mukai Genshiro.

The chief of the clan, Matsudaira Suo-no-kami Yasutomo...

used a trivial mistake Genshiro made as an excuse to outcast him...

and declared he no longer had anything to do with the clan.

But in fact...

Suo-no-kami forged a trade license called the inspection exemption license...

and gave it to Genshiro.

He ordered Genshiro to take on the front of a trade merchant and...

engage in the crime of smuggling and support the clan's finance unofficially.

That's right.

Sir Matsudaira Suo-no-kami is the shogun's blood relation.

Four years ago, he ran up the promotional ladder to join the Shogunate...

and in a blink of an eye became Chief of Senior Advisors.

He's now the shogun of darkness.

With the enormous amount of money earned through smuggling...

he ordered the appointed money exchangers in Kuramae to buy up the rice...

in an attempt to turn the rice market upside down.

O'Cho, you know well about the scheme yourself.

Denzo the Fang worked for him.

The shogun of darkness has no match in power.

There's only one thing that'll cause his fall...

a piece of concrete evidence.

We need to obtain the inspection exemption license.

Do you understand, O'Cho?

There's no way to achieve this by playing it straight.

A shadow cop's check mate, a move Yasuke didn't get to make.

That's what you must accomplish.

Don't forget it, O'Cho, your life is in my hands.

Mourning

Oh, the lady is dressed in quite gorgeous clothes.

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

Yes. Though she was our maid, we loved her like our own daughter.

We were discussing her marriage arrangements when...

a sudden illness fell upon her.

We felt so much for her that we wanted to treat her in the best way we could.

So, we put on her the kimono and obi I brought with me when I got married.

I see.

Well, well, it's quite a generous gesture.

I'll be sure to pray for her most thoroughly.

Idiot!

Did you give them the obi and the obi fastener too?

Yes, she had no family.

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

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

What is it? Why 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!

Yes.

You were right there and... how could you...

Idiot! Call a palanquin.

Yes.

Dismissed.

My dear, tell me what's going on.

Let go of me.

Before you interrogate me, be ashamed of your own blunder.

Dear?

Dear!

Now, gentlemen...

They're silk embroideries.

The obi and its fastener are woven with gold threads.

The lining is in crimson.

I'll have to set a higher price for this set.

3 ryo. - 4 ryo.

5 ryo. - 6 ryo.

Any more bids?

10 ryo.

Out of the way! - What's wrong?

The gold-threaded obi and the fastener that the dead girl wore...

Where is it?

Did someone buy it?

Yes, it was quite high quality.

Who did you sell it to? Tell me who bought it!

Hello.

Where are the silk embroidered kimono and...

the gold-threaded obi and the fastener that you bought from the priest?

Well, sorry, those items are...

We sure did purchase them but...

How much are they? Well, the price doesn't matter.

I want to buy them back. Twice the price? Three times?

Tell me how much you're selling them for. Tell me.

Those items have already been...

Sold? - Yes.

A singing teacher named O'Chika in Hakusanshita...

had been asking for quality material for a long time...

Sir? Sir!

Hey... come on.

Oh, don't woo me so persistently.

It makes me feel guilty.

I want you to be clear this is nothing serious.

Oh, you're so cold.

But that's what I hate and love about you.

Stop it now.

I'm not desperate enough to have to play along an older lady's game.

What did you say?

I'm sick to the head from the stink of your powder.

Don't you have the nerve.

What's that look?

You aren't so na�ve that it surprises you to hear it.

You're right.

I like it when you act bad like this.

I really like it.

You're suffocating me.

Let me kill you, okay?

I'm suffocating.

I'm gonna kill you.

I'll kill you, and then kill myself.

C'mon, I want you to kill me.

Let me die. Okay?

Hello.

Sorry to call on you so late, but I have urgent business.

Please open up.

Sorry to call on you so late but I have urgent business.

Please open up.

Ms. O'Chika. Ms. O'Chika? I have urgent business.

Ms. O'Chika?

I'm not a criminal. I have a favor to ask of you.

Please open up. Ms. O'Chika.

Someone help! Somebody!

Master, madam has... madam has...

Hanae...

Hanae!

What on earth happened?

After you left, she locked herself up in her room.

We kept asking how she was and there was no answer.

We got worried and looked in the room, and found her this way.

Why did you, Sanosuke?

I'm not blind.

Why did you - no, need to kill her?

It's your own fault.

My fault?

You can't panic like that in front of others, or eventually they might...

She... she didn't know anything.

Not yet.

But if she were alive...

She wouldn't have let up asking you what it was that she did wrong.

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

Sanosuke! - Don't lose it, Genshiro.

We must take out any seed of trouble.

Completely.

It's all for the clan, for the survival of the 65,000 koku Hamada Clan.

Wasn't that our mission?

Can't we get the obi fastener back?

It was a mistake.

It was a clever idea to hide it in the fastener, but it wasn't well thought out.

If you'd just told me about it, you wouldn't have lost your beloved wife.

Now that Denzo the Fang has been killed, the police must be closing in on us.

If we leave things be... - I know.

I promise to recover the exemption license myself.

What time was it approximately when you saw the man?

It was later than 11:30.

That's strange. - What is?

Look.

It's not leaving an impression.

If she was killed later than 11:30...

pressing against her skin like this would leave the spot discolored.

Which means she had died much earlier.

That's right.

But how could one kill a sexy woman like this?

What a waste.

Damn you.

Sis... Sis, please forgive me.

Sis...

Sis, that woman was so persistent I didn't know what to do. Sis...

I don't care what happened.

I wanted the obi fastener you strangled her little neck with.

There was an incredible treasure beyond your imagination buried inside it.

That's enough.

There's no use torturing a little guy like him now.

The fastener is in the Hacchobori Police's possession.

But, sir, that's no excuse to...

Hold on.

Genshiro is the only person who knows what's inside the fastener besides us.

It's not too late.

We must take it back, no matter who has it, and by all means necessary.

Hey, madam!

It's the Hacchobori Police.

I was told this is the House of Tricks.

Will you come out?

Is anybody home?

Are you the one they call O'Ren the Thistle?

I know you're a cop, but you can't invite yourself into someone's private home.

Whoa.

Hidden behind the front of a male prostitute house...

you run an illegal business as a tattooist.

I think I'm giving you plenty of slack here.

Hand over the brat named Sentaro to me.

Sentaro?

I know what happened.

A singing teacher named O'Chika, who was murdered last night...

used to meet Sentaro here to fool around with him.

Murdered? Do you mean to say Sentaro did it?

Yeah.

He strangled her with this.

What a waste.

She was a sexy woman.

Hand him over.

I'm short tempered.

Listen, it was a big mistake for him to commit a crime in Hacchobori.

If you try to protect him in anyway, you'll get it too.

I'm not protecting him.

He hasn't been around lately.

Is that right. Okay.

By the way, since you don't seem to know, let me tell you something.

They call me Hell in this neighborhood.

Let me know if you find out where Sentaro is. Sorry to have bothered you.

Don't just hide there and come out.

Sir...

I have a favor to ask of you.

A favor?

Oh, your wife's memento?

Yes.

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

Then, while I was away in Osaka...

my servants didn't know.

Is that so?

I didn't know it was a post-funeral recycle item.

Anyway, how did you find out it was in my possession?

Yes, I asked the second-hand clothing merchant who bought it. That's how.

Your story could bring tears to someone's eyes.

I beg you please.

If money helps, I'm willing to pay you any price.

Money?

Money?

Money sounds good.

I love it, I love it!

But you see, something's been bothering me for quite a while.

After the singing teacher in heat got strangled...

someone tried to take this piece off her dead body.

Well, I'm not saying it's you.

But the maid who saw it told me what the guy looked like...

and you seem to fit the description.

It looks like this piece has some hidden value I'm not even aware of.

I wouldn't mind selling it to you...

but first I wanna find out what the value is before I name the price.

Sir... - Don't worry.

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

I'll wear it right next to my skin until then.

It looks like a shower.

I guess I'll borrow an umbrella somewhere.

Don't draw it!

I've got eyes on my back too!

You're a samurai, aren't you?

How dare you damage my best jacket.

Don't play me!

Sir!

Sir!

I'd call it a draw due to an injury.

It's becoming more interesting.

Sir?

I know you're home.

I wanted to drink with you.

Well, come on in.

I located Sentaro.

I got him to tell me where. Give me some credit, will you?

I won't buy it until I see his face.

You will soon.

So I thought, before you do...

Boss Hell, you know, don't you?

I've fallen for you.

You fell for me?

As you can see, I haven't had a woman lately.

I'll accept this treat.

Help me. Help me please.

A ladies' man's all messed up.

Save me. Sis, spare me.

I beg you. - I will save you.

So you've gotta do what I tell you.

There.

You befriended that Hell boy, didn't you?

I know what's going on.

You wanna take over Denzo the Fang's job...

and reign as the boss of the underworld.

Even so, I don't think the 65,000 koku Hamada Clan...

would directly deal with someone like you.

There must be a go-between.

I wanna know who that is.

Say it!

Hell has what you're after.

If you want it so badly, use your body to get it.

You see, I was honestly in love with Denzo.

Remember, I'll settle accounts with you one day.

Was it you who wanted to see me?

Boss Hell, I presume?

Aren't you a foxy woman?

Ms. O'Ren sent me.

It's about Sentaro, isn't it?

Well, before we go further, there's something I want to ask you.

What is it?

Once you catch Sentaro...

you won't need the obi fastener any more, right?

It's about this again.

Well, won't you give it to me?

I see.

I bet it looks good on you.

But I can't.

Everybody wants it so much that it makes me wanna hold on to it.

I knew you'd say that. You're a tough one to get.

It makes me blush.

Look, there's the one you're looking for - Sentaro.

You can take all the credit, Boss Hell.

You brat.

For real?

For real?

I'm not gonna die!

I don't die!

It hurts.

It hurts, it hurts.

Damn it! Don't be stupid!

Don't be so scared.

Hell's dead and is now a mere corpse.

Now, I don't need you anymore.

I'll spare your life.

Go wherever you wanna.

Who is it? Is it O'Ren?

I recognize the sword style.

You're Kano-ya, aren't you?

I decided to side with you because of her.

When you accomplish your mission and get your reward...

please remember your promise to give her half.

I'm worried about my blind girl's future.

They say love is blind, and that's true.

I'll even be your spy.

Please understand.

I'd gladly give my life for her.

By the way, who took the other half?

Kano-ya did. O'Ren's in the picture too.

Things are getting complicated.

Well, I can take care of O'Ren.

She doesn't yet know I'm working for you.

The bitch O'Cho has come out of hiding, connected our business with Kano-ya.

She killed Boss Denzo.

We've gotta make a traitor see what price she has to pay.

I know.

After Boss Denzo died...

we've all sworn to look up to you as the boss of the underworld.

Tell us anything you want us to do.

Senzo, you got a problem?

Well, his speech is so sentimental.

I'm so not used to it that it tickles me.

What!?

A newcomer like you who drifted from Aioi Kisaburo's family...

would never understand the way we feel about Boss Denzo!

I see. Is that right?

Gin, didn't you get arrested for killing a waitress in Shinagawa half a year ago?

So what?

Isn't that weird?

How did you come back out now?

Were the cops in Denma-cho so impressed by your loyalty...

that they decided to dismiss you with no charges?

Sis, I didn't do anything.

Please understand. The truth is I...

A spy must be punished.

You're a disgrace to Denzo's family.

Right, sis?

I don't even wanna see it. Get rid of him.

Yes!

I found it where Boss Kakizaki was killed.

This emblem is of Kano-ya, isn't it?

It sure is our emblem.

It belongs to the owner Genshiro.

That's the key.

Wait! That's why we wanna negotiate with you.

We're willing to let things slide depending on how you wanna play it.

Pack up 100.

We'll wait for you at Kakinuki Temple at 6 tonight.

Don't act stupid.

Our men are standing by, ready for action if anything happens to either of us.

Thanks for your time.

Don't underestimate me, Hanji from Osaka.

I feel bad about Boss Kakizaki...

but thanks to him, we've come upon a money tree.

That's right.

We can drink 'til our bellies are full, and sleep with women 'til we drop dead.

I feel bad about Boss Hell, but we're going to paradise.

Thank Buddha, thank Buddha... What a good fortune.

He really put his foot into it.

How could he lose the pill case?

Leave it to me.

I'm sheltering Genshiro at the House of Tricks in Aoyagi.

You don't have to worry about them ever finding him.

It's not his problem alone.

As the police investigation progresses...

this place will eventually be exposed.

By the way, are you gonna just ignore the low rank cops who came?

I have no time to be bothered by them.

O'Ren...

Do you wanna run away with me?

It's stupid to bet one's life on a future that's uncertain.

Before it's too late, we can take all the money from the safe...

and together we'll...

Aikawa Sanosuke, I presume.

You're from the Hamada Clan.

It's Master's order!

Wait a minute. Wait a minute now.

I have nothing to do with it.

I'm just... He... he hired me for money.

Wait a minute! If you kill me, you'll never get the exemption license back!

I have the paper... only half of it.

But I know who's got the other half.

I can get it for you.

So you killed this man...

but as long as the paper's floating around...

the clan will be in danger.

Am I not right?

Hire me.

I won't complain as long as I get paid when...

I get you both pieces of the paper.

I'm an underworld criminal who'll never be able to walk in the sun anyway.

I'll shut up and vanish from your sight.

Welcome.

The flower card hanging from Sentaro's neck had a butterfly on it, which means me.

The card was cut in half...

which means you wanted to negotiate with me for the exemption license.

Denzo the Fang used to use the riddle all the time.

You got it right.

C'mon, give me the license.

There's one question I wanna ask you, though.

How did you know to cut a card in half to mean the license?

How do you know it was cut in half?

That was a giveaway.

I want the half of the license you have.

How did you expect me to come carrying the license with me like a fool?

You're quite dumb, aren't you?

We already know where you live.

We lured you out here.

What?

Yasu.

Save me, please.

If I die, O'Tami will be all alone.

I beg you please. Spare me.

Your beloved wife's probably waiting for you in heaven by now.

O'Tami.

O'Tami.

How pitiful.

We can do whatever we want with you now.

But it's no fun to kill you too quickly.

I'll show you what kind of tricks this house comes with.

Have yourself a ball!

Squirm in pain and dry up like a mummy!

What is this?

As you see, it's the exemption license you were dying to get.

Except, it's only half of it that O'Cho had.

Don't worry.

The other half has already been in our possession.

When O'Cho killed the Hell Cop, we took it in the nick of time.

O'Cho is dead now, probably fuming in hell.

Senior Advisor.

Kano-ya Genshiro...

We executed Aikawa Sanosuke by the Master's order the other day.

Kano-ya no longer exists on earth.

You exploited your privilege as the appointed merchant for the Hamada Clan...

engaged in illegal trade of smuggling, and indulged in profiteering.

We know you're guilty. You cannot make any excuses.

Did you hear that?

Now that the license has been recovered, they have no more need for you.

I did it all for the clan, all for the clan.

Genshiro...

We must prove our innocence to the Shogunate. You must die.

As you promised.

We have nothing to do with you anymore.

I'll shut up and disappear.

Do shut up.

What the hell are you doing?

I figured it'd turn out this way.

What?

Guys, come on out!

Sis!

C'mon, hurry!

Hanae!

O'Cho.

Be still. Don't let the wound open up.

Why?

Why did you?

Out of pity, or...?

I really don't know.

You served your master loyally, putting your life at risk.

Yet he abandoned you like a dog.

I couldn't stand it.

What's that?

It's goodbye.

I may not come back.

Take it and leave town.

Where are you going?

It's none of your business where I go.

Your ties with the Hamada Clan are severed.

It isn't. The clan is all I've got.

You gotta be kiddin'.

They betrayed you. They abandoned you.

Shut up!

My entire life was devoted to the clan.

I even let my wife get killed for my loyalty.

If I lose the clan, what would I be?

If you try to obtain the license, I'll stop you even if I had to risk my life!

Don't be stupid!

What did I save your life for then?

I couldn't watch you die.

I wanted you to start a new life.

O'Cho.

Stop me if you want.

You're no longer my enemy.

You're as good as dead now.

Wait, O'Cho.

Kill me before you go! Kill me and you can go!

No matter how many samurai come...

they can't touch us 'til they get the license back.

Here's the 3000 ryo as promised.

You made quite a mess the other day, didn't you?

Don't underestimate us.

Listen...

We could use the license to suck the blood out of the Hamada Clan if we want.

Do you mean to say you want to...

become the enemy of the shogun's blood relations?

Yeah, you've guessed it.

That's a foolish act.

If we put our force together, you're nothing to be afraid of.

You'd be better off taking the money and handing over the license to us.

Really?

Since you're so puffed up, we'll let you have it.

Here, take it.

Serves you right!

It's not about the money any more.

We wanna show you the pride of Denzo's family.

Do it, Senzo!

Sis, our plan worked!

It was a good idea to get them up on a boat. Serves them right!

That's right.

The Hamada Clan, my ass.

65,000 koku, my ass.

Burn, burn! Die in the flame, all of you!

Serves you right!

You'll all turn into ashes.

Senzo!

Sis, hurry!

Sis, hurry now!

I'm gonna kill you this time around.

Die!

Sis, hang in there.

Senzo... Senzo...

Sis...

Senzo, don't die...

Give me back the license.

If the Shogunate gets it, then the Hamada Clan would...

Genshiro...

Give me back the license. Give it to me!

If you want it, kill me first.

You...

Genshiro.

It must have been hard for you.

I know how you felt.

Genshiro...

Genshiro...

Now, now, now, it's a big scandal!

The underworld shogun and Chief of Senior Advisors...

Sir Matsudaira Suo-no-kami, died a happy death lying on top of...

Lady O'Yo's in his Kaji Mansion in Shiba at midnight last night.

Good work, O'Cho.

It's over now, all of it.

Thank you, O'Cho.

I'll pay you as promised.

Don't fret.

O'Cho, you know too much now.

In order to protect the Shogunate, to protect its security...

you'll have to lose either your voice or your life.

I refuse either option.

I'm not some bug.

At last I've learned.

Finally...

Finally, I'm beginning to see the truth.

It's you who killed my dad.

And mom.

And O'Tami, and Genshiro.

You killed them all.

My real enemy...

is you!

Translated by Ann Jiitsu

Subtitled and Mastered by Cannibal King

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