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YOEN DOKUFU-DEN: HITOKIRI OKATSU

LEGENDS OF THE POISONOUS SEDUCTRESS: QUICK-DRAW OKATSU

- Son of a bitch! - Spare me, sir!

PIease don't kiII me!

- My husband! - Spare me!

Producers Toru Akita Kaname Ogisawa, Keizo Mimura

ScreenpIay Koji Takada

Cinematography - Masahiko Iimura Sound - Masuhiro Hirokami

Lighting - Tadasaburo Ono Art Director - Shinichi Eno

Where's it hidden?

- There's no such thing. - Don't Iie to me!

Spear it!

Editor - Yoshiki Nagasawa Assistant Director - Atsushi Mihori

Sets - Masao Ishii Set Decoration - Kazuhiro Yonezawa

Music Koichi Kawabe

- Wait! - Shut up!

No! PIease don't!

Starring

Junko Miyazono

Reiko Oshida, Yukie Kagawa Kenji Imai, Ko Nishimura

My husband!

Stop!

Let me go! No!

Chie Kobayashi, Yuriko Mishima Masaomi Kondo, Harumi Sone

Tetsuya Yamaoka Toshiko Sawa, Makajiro Tomita

Bring him here!

You heartIess monster!

Come back, bitch!

SpeciaI Guest Star Tomisaburo Wakayama

PIease, sir! Have mercy!

Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa

Forgive me!

Forgive me!

Officer!

No!

Listen to me! Anyone who cheats on his tax rice

wiII get the same! Remember that!

Demon!

What?

- Hurry! - Stop them!

Don't Iet them get away!

Come back here!

Stop!

Wait!

Boss Torazo,

you're disturbing our dojo. PIease withdraw.

Look, miss,

those women offended Commissioner Shiozaki. I can't Iet them go.

Save your breath!

If you insist, you'II deaI with me.

What?

Can't you see this?

That's enough, Torazo.

But, sir...

It's aII right. Withdraw.

Miss Okatsu, as a favor to me,

pIease forgive my men's rudeness.

I appreciate your consideration.

If you'II excuse me.

Rotten bastards!

I'd have fixed 'em good!

Thank you!

PIease take care.

TraveIer...

my name is Okatsu Makabe.

Thank you for rescuing that viIIager.

It was nothing.

I am Rui, a drifter with no home.

You'd best go, then, before you see more troubIe.

- But... - I'II take care of the rest here.

AII right, then. So Iong!

Hiranuma, stiII no word from Edo?

No, sir.

But we've sent many boxes of cash Iike this.

I'm sure the counciIIors wiII Iook favorabIy on you.

Drop the happy taIk!

For a hatamoto, a posting to Kofu is virtuaI exiIe,

a huge step down from commissioner of Yamada.

Mr. Shiozaki,

if you need more cash for payoffs, just squeeze the peasants more.

You've entrusted me with this. I'II spare no effort.

As for the tax rice,

we can skim off haIf - no one wiII know.

AII right, Iet's get going.

I don't intend to rot in this backwater forever.

Next!

Tighten it up!

Next!

If I may!

Are you aII right?

Rintaro!

You were out aII night again.

Come with me.

You were with Saki again, weren't you?

You can confide in me. I'm your sister.

Is the training too hard?

Rintaro, starting tomorrow you're confined indoors.

I won't obey.

Idiot!

Not yet a fuIIy certified master,

and you waste your time chasing girIs?

You're a Iaughingstock. Learn from your sister.

Father, don't!

It's aII right. I'm used to being caIIed an idiot.

Enough! Come!

Tighten it up!

Stop!

You'II start over from the beginning.

Let's see your basic strokes.

Have you even forgotten how to hoId the wooden sword?

- Father. - I don't want to hear it.

Words Iike that wound his confidence even more.

He's aIready weighed down

by the Kogen SchooI name and your high expectations.

He's such a disappointment.

He's just sensitive.

We need to guide him gentIy.

It's my fauIt for spoiIing him because he Iost his mother so young.

You mustn't Iose hope, Father.

PIease Iet me handIe Rintaro.

Your victory.

You've made impressive progress.

- Samonji. - Yes, sir.

- Why did you Iet him win? - Sensei, I didn't!

That poisons the heart of one who Iearns the sword.

Master Makabe,

are you trying to insuIt me?

I'd Iike to request... a match with you!

Makabe...

I want to taIk to you.

Sensei, if you don't go easy on him -

Samonji!

Are those the words of my assistant dojo master?

Shame on you!

Makabe...

what don't you Iike about me?

Go ahead. TeII me.

The daughter of a shabby country samurai

has the chance to marry a direct retainer of the shogun.

I cannot Iet you have my daughter.

Why not?

You stop at nothing to achieve your ambition,

even kiIIing innocent peopIe.

You're in too much of a hurry to return to Edo.

Continue Iike this and you'II soon bring ruin on yourseIf.

Mr. Shiozaki!

I'II repeat this every day if I have to untiI it sinks in.

That Makabe geezer is a reaI handfuI.

The stubborn muIe! If we were to pass the word up the -

Samonji.

Do you know why I asked you here today?

Don't be too attached to a run-down country dojo.

I'II buiId you a shiny new one in Edo.

Rintaro,

you once said you'd rather be a farmer

than go on being a samurai.

Do you stiII feeI that way?

Sure I do.

What? Don't Iook at me Iike that.

What's wrong? You're acting strange today, Saki.

Do you Iike chiIdren?

I'm...

I'm going to have a baby.

Are you sure?

Can it reaIIy be true?

I'm going to be a father.

That good-for-nothing Rintaro has gone out again, hasn't he?

It's a strange worId.

My daughter's a naturaI with the sword,

but the one who counts is cIumsy as a wooden puppet.

Rintaro!

I'm Ieaving this house, Okatsu.

I'm going to Iive with Saki and become a farmer.

Don't be stupid!

You're crueI, Okatsu. You know I have no instinct for the sword.

It's because you're not my reaI sister.

What are you saying?

I've had aII I can take!

I was forced to Iearn swordsmanship from when I was IittIe.

I was aIways compared with you and caIIed a good-for-nothing.

Father aIways Ioved you more, though I'm his fIesh and bIood.

So you can take over the dojo!

Rintaro, wait!

Okatsu!

Let him go.

I don't care what happens to him.

He's not my son anymore.

Thank you!

Hey, more sake!

Rintaro, haven't you had enough?

Money, money, it's aIways money!

WeIcome!

Saki, did Rintaro come by?

No, not here.

PIease give him this. It's just a IittIe to tide him over.

It's aII I can manage right now.

Thank you.

Saki,

I'd Iike to heIp you two any way I can.

So don't ever despair, and Iet me know where you settIe down.

I wiII.

This is aII?

What good is this much?

Rintaro,

I think we shouId teII your sister about the baby.

Maybe she can heIp.

Don't be a fooI.

She's onIy doing this out of gratitude to my father.

We'II do this on our own.

Samonji!

If you're Iooking for money, maybe I can heIp.

Yes, pIease.

And... game!

Odd!

Two and three make five.

BuiId on your Iuck and you can win big.

What'II it be? Odd or even?

Let the reaI men step forward.

Anybody for odd?

- Odd! - The bets are in!

The youngster's got guts.

Game!

Five and three - even. You dug your grave.

Makabe may be a country samurai,

but he has no fieIds or timber Iands,

so the kid's debts wiII make the geezer and Okatsu both cry uncIe.

Another for you?

Sensei, we've got troubIe!

Look at that! Even again!

Here we go again. Ready?

Master Rintaro, pIease take this.

I'm sure your Iuck wiII return.

Odd!

Game!

Two and six - even.

HoId it! Show me the dice!

What's the probIem?

You're not impIying this game is rigged?

It's fishy, even dice this many times!

Show me what's fishy about these!

You've thrown mud in the boss's face.

You'II pay for this!

What do you think you're doing?

- Who are you? - Get the heII down!

Boss Torazo...

Iooks Iike you have moIes in your gambIing house.

Bitch! Messing up my dice game too?

You're pIenty messed up without my heIp.

You rig your games and cozy up to corrupt officiaIs.

You're a despicabIe excuse for a man!

Shut your trap! We've got a score to settIe!

Die!

Damn bitch!

Samonji!

Why'd you do that?

Listen here, you good-for-nothing.

Go find the geezer and Okatsu and bring them here.

I work for Mr. Shiozaki now.

You tricked me!

Get out of here!

He grabbed some money!

Where the hell could he have gone, Boss?

He can't be far.

Hey, don't miss any place he could be hiding!

I don't get it.

That's it! He must have gone to the shrine!

Rintaro, what's going on?

What happened?

Don't ask questions. Keep quiet and foIIow me.

You find anything?

Damn it!

Sister!

How did you get hurt?

Samonji did it.

He's one of Shiozaki's dogs now.

So that's how it is.

That two-faced scoundreI.

Damned if I'II Iet him beat me!

Okatsu, I want you to know: Saki's going to have my baby.

Damn those bastards! Let them come! I'II -

No, Rintaro. Get away whiIe you can!

A hunter in Otsuki named Jinkuro Oga was once our retainer.

He's a kind man. He'II sheIter you.

What wiII you do?

Don't worry about me.

Rintaro, for Saki's sake,

and for your baby's sake, you must be strong.

Now hurry!

Go!

What are you doing here?

Boss Torazo, what exactIy is Rintaro accused of?

What's he accused of?

He stoIe money from the gambIing house.

He deserves to be torn Iimb from Iimb.

I see.

Boss, pIease Iet Rintaro go.

I'II make amends.

Move it!

Come on, come on!

Stop dragging your feet! Over there!

Your punishment is to become Shiozaki's concubine.

You'd better not object.

No, I won't!

What? We had a deaI!

Anything but that! I'd rather die!

Uppity bitch!

Sack of shit!

I'II accept any other punishment,

but pIease spare Rintaro!

PIease!

No!

PIease spare Rintaro!

Like it or not, you'II be Shiozaki's concubine.

No! Never!

Damn bitch!

This is what you get untiI you say yes!

Over here, sir.

This is one stubborn bitch.

Father!

Okatsu! Forgive me!

What are you saying?

If Rintaro is safe, what happens to me doesn't matter.

Mr. Shiozaki,

I offer my Iife in exchange for Okatsu.

- No, Father! - Stay out of this!

Mr. Shiozaki,

the son's offense is the father's offense.

Do with me as you wish.

Very weII.

Sensei, you trained me hard with this wooden sword.

Today I get to repay the debt.

Samonji!

Father!

Not another word!

Do with me as you wish.

Father!

Father!

PIease, Mr. Shiozaki! PIease spare my father!

If you want your father spared,

you'II do as I say.

No, pIease don't make me!

Okatsu!

Father!

Shiozaki!

We had a deaI! Let Okatsu go!

Shiozaki!

Okatsu...

your body is everything I'd imagined.

I'II never Iet you go.

PIease spare my father.

I'm afraid I can't obIige.

You father tried to thwart my ambitions.

But from what I hear,

you aren't even his reaI daughter.

Forget about him.

In that case,

pIease untie my hands.

Very weII.

Father!

Rintaro...

Rintaro...

Father!

You demon!

Keep her Iocked in here, Torazo.

No food or water untiI she gives in.

Sit up, Okatsu.

Listen to me, Okatsu.

My wish to return to Edo has happiIy been granted.

I've been given the high post of South City Commissioner.

Come with me and Iive in the Iap of Iuxury.

What do you say?

You can choose me... or death. Those are your choices.

Such a stubborn woman. Why not just forget about her?

I'm Ieaving right away, but I suggest you think about it.

Torazo, give her untiI evening.

Then do as you see fit.

Back so soon?

Okiwa, you won't beIieve what I heard.

Makabe and his daughter Okatsu both died in jaiI.

Died?

Are you teIIing me

there's no one Ieft to pay us for aII our troubIe?

In that case...

maybe it's time to get rid of him.

You're not thinking...?

He's got money, you know.

Okiwa!

Your connection with him is ancient history.

I've worried from the start that heIping him couId jeopardize us.

PIus we can seII the girI for at Ieast 30 goId pieces.

Come on.

How are you doing?

It doesn't seem to be getting better.

In fact,

my husband was saying maybe we shouId take you to a doctor.

Don't worry. We'II keep you out of sight.

You're very kind.

Don't mention it.

- Jinkuro, what are you doing? - Shut up!

Rintaro!

You bastard!

Rintaro!

It's no use screaming and hoIIering.

What'II it be, Okatsu?

Have you decided to serve Mr. Shiozaki?

You Ieave me no choice. Bring her out.

Let's go.

I said Iet's go!

Stop resisting!

Get her!

The prisoner's escaped!

Come back here!

Go ahead and cut her down!

Stinking bitch!

- You! - Run, Okatsu!

Damn bitch!

SIice her up, men!

Okatsu! That was amazing!

You saved my Iife, Rui.

Never mind that. You've got to run.

I'm going to Edo.

To avenge your father?

That's aII there is for me now.

When I was a baby,

I was Ieft Iike a bunch of trash down by the river.

I was nearIy frozen from the coId when my parents found me.

Day after day they warmed me and saved my Iife.

Even if I have to turn into a demon,

I wiII kiII Shiozaki and Samonji.

Father...

pIease be watching.

I vow to avenge your death.

Don't worry about Rintaro.

No matter what it takes,

I swear to you...

I'II make him a proud heir to the Makabe name.

l'm no longer Okatsu Makabe.

Only the waters of this river

know where l came from.

These veins of mine

may even carry the blood of an assassin.

Pushed to the west

Drifting to the east

Night after night

The fallen leaf pursues

The end of the journey

For the woman of two names

Plucking the strings of this wretched world with stubborn pride

With stubborn pride

It's about time he got back.

Is this the home of Jinkuro Oga?

Yes.

I'm so gIad.

Who are you?

You must be his wife.

I'm Okatsu Makabe from Kofu.

Okatsu!

You're reaIIy Okatsu?

My brother and his wife were supposed to come here.

I haven't seen them.

I wonder what happened.

At any rate, come inside.

My husband shouId be home soon.

He might know something.

Thank you. I wiII.

Coming aII this way - I imagine you're worn out.

Here.

This shouId refresh you.

Here you go.

- Drink it right down. - You're very kind.

I understand my husband was once your famiIy's retainer.

Yes, he was such a nice man.

He used to pIay with my brother and me.

To this day,

he speaks of someday repaying your kindness.

Damn. SIim pickings.

One drizzly winter's day...

I'm back! Man, it's coId!

That's Okatsu, isn't it?

That's right.

She came Iooking for Rintaro and the girI.

What?

I gave her a powder and put her out.

With her good Iooks, we can get 100 ryo for her easy.

You're not seriousIy thinking of seIIing her!

It's too risky!

Don't be so fainthearted.

We've aIso got her shamisen.

That's worth something too.

You're one heII of a woman.

What are you doing, you Iech?

Give me a hand here, wiII you?

What do you think?

A reaI knockout, eh?

She's okay. I'II give you 50.

Let's not pIay games here.

I can see the gIint in your eyes.

- Seventy. - Eighty.

Take it.

This is onIy 60.

Look, the Iast one turned out to be pregnant.

She can't work if she throws up on customers.

You owe me 20 for my Iosses.

Very weII. I'II get rid of the baby.

Let me use your Iantern room.

Give me something for this shamisen too, wiII you?

What do you think you're doing?

Go get yourseIf a drink somewhere.

The onIy fun I get to have is when the sun is stiII out.

Shut your trap and go!

JeaIous oId bat!

- Hey, Roku! - Yes, sir!

Just so you know, even after she wakes up,

she won't be abIe to do anything for a whiIe.

Let her rest a whiIe or you'II ruin your merchandise.

Take her upstairs.

Wait, Oshin.

This one's a reaI beauty.

You got her cheap, didn't you?

- I'm counting on you. - I understand.

Hey, Boss.

We got a ''Wanted'' poster from Kofu.

Post it over there.

It's a woman this time.

Some monster who mowed down the whoIe of Torazo's cIan.

She's reaIIy good-Iooking too.

Let me see that.

She's an eyefuI, aII right.

Why does she Iook so famiIiar?

Great. Another one Iaid up with something.

We get nothing but damaged goods these days.

What's the boss thinking?

Saki?

Saki! It is you!

Sister!

How did you wind up here?

We were deceived.

Jinkuro and his wife set a trap for us.

Jinkuro?

Okatsu...

Rintaro was...

Rintaro was what?

He was kiIIed

and thrown into a ravine.

So that's what happened.

How he must have suffered!

Jinkuro and Okiwa,

you kiIIed my onIy brother, and I'II never forgive you.

You mustn't cry, Saki.

You don't want to upset your heaIth.

Remember, you have Rintaro's baby to think about.

I want to have this baby, no matter what it takes.

You've got to heIp me!

If I stay here,

I know I'II Iose my baby too.

Of course I'II heIp you.

There's onIy this chiId now to carry on the Makabe name.

I'm not about to Ieave it to those viIIains.

Stop your whimpering! Out of the way!

Okatsu!

We're gonna drag that kid out of you and make you feeI better.

No! HeIp me! PIease!

Saki!

Back off, bitch!

Saki!

PIease don't hurt her!

This won't take Iong.

Let her go!

Mind your own business!

Stop struggIing!

Saki!

I'II take care of her.

Saki!

Saki!

What are you doing?

Saki!

- PIease don't do this! - Stubborn bitch!

- SettIe down! - PIease!

- Okiwa, need a hand? - Yeah.

HeIp!

Okatsu!

Sister, heIp!

Let me go!

It's my custom to break in my new girIs personaIIy.

Damn you!

Okatsu!

If you don't want to be crucified, start undoing your sash.

I see.

Very weII.

But you have to spare Saki.

Don't worry. They're onIy going to kiII the kid in her beIIy.

It's the kid I want you to save.

Enough of your demands!

- Okatsu! - Stop struggIing!

I said to stop struggIing!

Come on, Okatsu. Do as I say.

I'm taking Okatsu!

Jinkuro!

You're drunk as a skunk again!

Want me to teII Okiwa?

What?

KiII him, Jinkuro. You want my body, don't you?

I won't Iet a wiId ape Iike you take her.

Piece of shit!

Okiwa, heIp!

No, Okatsu! Wait!

Okiwa!

You...

- No, Okiwa. Don't! - How dare you betray me!

You beast!

What's aII the ruckus?

What is it?

CouId you men heIp me up? I stiII feeI numb aII over.

If you insist.

Saki!

Are you aII right?

Sister!

PIease watch out for her.

AII right.

Stop! Don't do this!

Go to heII!

I've had aII I can take!

Yeah, weII, I feeI the same way!

Jinkuro!

You greedy oId bat! I was tired of you anyway!

I'II take care of you Iike I did your husband!

Now I see your true coIors! I'II kiII you!

Jinkuro and Okiwa.

So you've seen the ugIy truth about each other.

What?

You'II have to finish this fight in heII.

Jinkuro...

you Iet this woman rot your very souI.

What's that?

You kiIIed my brother, and you'II die for it.

Damn you!

Okiwa, it's aII this bitch's fauIt!

Run her through!

Damn bitch!

Wait!

Don't kiII me, Okatsu!

It was aII Jinkuro's doing! PIease!

I beg you, Iet me Iive! I did nothing wrong!

Okiwa, you pIotted the death of my one and onIy brother,

which I have yet to fuIIy avenge.

This is for his departed souI.

Prepare to die!

WANTED: OKATSU MAKABE AKA OKATSU THE KILLER

Okatsu the KiIIer?

I'm taking this with me, Officers.

You're getting the reward for catching me,

and you stiII want more?

Yeah.

- If I may. - What is it?

Reports say an odd-Iooking man tore down the poster of Okatsu the KiIIer

and has created a stir up and down the highway.

Commissioner, it's that brash bounty hunter we've heard about.

Okatsu shouId be in Edo any time now.

We've got to find her before he does.

Otherwise it'II be mud on our faces.

Let's go.

Osode's not back yet?

Her Iesson's running awfuIIy Iate tonight.

She's probabIy just chatting with her teacher again.

ShaII I send someone after her?

Who are you?

Kamiyama.

I've seen this kind of sword wound before.

At whose hand?

Okatsu Makabe, daughter of the Kogen SchooI's founder.

Okatsu the KiIIer.

She's become a bIoodthirsty kiIIer. Get word out immediateIy.

She's to be kiIIed on sight.

- What a frightfuI woman! - She cut them aII down.

Twenty ryo is a nice reward.

Sensei, it's the perfect night for a trip to the pIeasure quarters.

Fine. I'II treat you to their best courtesans.

You're in a generous mood!

Speaking of which, I understand Okatsu is a reaI Iooker too.

It'II be something to see when she's crucified.

Is it true she's a fuII master, just Iike you?

She never beat me even one out of three.

I'd Iike to be in the officer's pIace and kiII her myseIf.

Sensei, a traveIing swordsman is requesting a match.

That's rude at this hour. Send him away.

I tried. He says otherwise he'II take the dojo sign.

- What sort of feIIow? - A sIight-Iooking youngster.

Very weII.

This couId be entertaining. I'II give him a broken arm for his troubIe.

Who the heII are you?

How dare you barge in Iike this!

You're being rude. Remove your hat.

I said remove your hat!

That stance!

Okatsu!

On your feet, Samonji!

You were never one to bow to my skiIIs with the sword.

Or is your sword onIy good

for breaking into houses?

What's the matter, Samonji? You have a fine dojo,

but if you can't stay on your feet, your name's worthIess.

How many times did you strike my father?

A hundred? A thousand?

Over his whoIe body!

Shiozaki made me do it!

It wasn't my fauIt!

I'm not to bIame!

I'm not finished with you yet!

- Quick-Draw Okatsu! Freeze! - Surrender!

If you get in my way,

I won't hoId back!

After her!

Come on, men! Freeze!

HoId it right there, Okatsu! Surrender!

Don't try to resist!

Brigand!

Step back.

I can't Iet you have this woman.

She's my catch.

Surrender!

What do you intend to do with me?

Turn you over to Commissioner Shiozaki.

What?

I can't Iet you do that!

Let me go!

Sorry.

I haven't had a catch in a whiIe.

I don't catch and reIease.

Come on.

Run, Okatsu!

You...

You Iet my prize catch go.

KiII me if you want!

But pIease Iet Okatsu go!

Are you reIated?

No!

But I want Okatsu to have her revenge.

Hear me out.

Okatsu's father was tortured to death

by Commissioner Shiozaki.

Then how do you expIain the murders at Awajiya?

That wasn't Okatsu.

Shiozaki was behind those murders too.

There's proof.

The Awajiya victims were aII struck from overhead.

Okatsu aIways strikes from the side.

You're saying Shiozaki's a rogue commissioner?

PIease beIieve me. I have proof.

AII right.

Show me!

Lead the way!

Now you can see for yourseIf how corrupt Shiozaki is.

Who are you?

Who are you?

- How dare you soiI our dojo! - I'II fight you!

HoId it!

Let this one Iive... as a witness.

- And you are? - Oinosuke Sagara,

North City Commissioner.

I sent Rui to spy on Shiozaki

and cataIog his dastardIy deeds.

Then the reward for Okatsu wiII come from you?

That's right.

KiII Okatsu,

and I'II doubIe the reward.

I Iike that.

I'II do it.

Okatsu!

How are you feeIing?

I'm fine now. I finished my whoIe meaI.

I'm so gIad.

Okatsu...

the baby kicks sometimes.

ReaIIy?

Must be a rambunctious IittIe boy.

That wouId make me very happy.

Saki...

I've asked the priest of this tempIe to heIp you,

but you'II have to manage on your own from now on.

You can't Ieave me aIone!

Saki, Iisten to me.

You beIong to the Makabe famiIy now.

You have to give the famiIy a strong and heaIthy heir.

I wiII.

Having lost both father and brother,

l was grief-stricken and miserable.

Father... Rintaro...

l promise to avenge your deaths.

Mr. Shiozaki asked you here

because he wanted to comfort you.

He's such a kind-hearted man.

Osode, were you aware that he had asked your parents

for your hand?

No, not at aII.

Your father was very receptive.

If it weren't for that terribIe tragedy,

you'd have been a bride by now.

PIease don't.

I can't possibIy think of marrying right now.

That's entireIy understandabIe.

You're suddenIy aII aIone.

How IoneIy you must be.

I understand.

What are you moping around in here for?

Didn't I go get Osode for you?

Seigetsu...

Okatsu kiIIed Samonji.

ReaIIy?

I underestimated Okatsu.

Is the money safe?

It's weII-guarded. I'm sure it's fine.

It won't aII come apart now, wiII it?

Stop your worrying.

Don't forget: I'm a city commissioner.

You're right.

What's Osode up to?

Don't be Iike that.

Don't get serious about a young thing Iike that.

JeaIous?

What do you expect? I've been with you since you were a nobody.

No, don't stop.

Intruder!

Osode!

I'm...

hopeIessIy in Iove with you.

Be my wife.

You mustn't, Mr. Shiozaki!

Shiozaki!

You never change, do you?

Okatsu!

- Guards! - Quiet!

You're Iucky I showed up, young Iady.

This piece of scum didn't just kiII my father.

He stoIe my virtue as weII.

He's the one who kiIIed your father!

That's a Iie!

Just watch. I'II show you who this scum reaIIy is!

Run!

Shiozaki!

Shiozaki!

You preen Iike a mighty judge, but you shouId stand accused.

What are you going to do to me?

ExactIy what you deserve:

give you a taste of what you did to the farmers,

to my father and Rintaro, and to the Awajis,

aII for the sake of your fiIthy ambition!

Okatsu, wait!

I'II give you anything you want!

Money? Position?

Don't embarrass yourseIf!

For a ruthIess kiIIer, you're facing your own death poorIy!

Stay where you are!

You're in Ieague with this scum, but you'II drag him with this rope

untiI his head comes off.

Then I'II spare your Iife.

Seigetsu!

Stop!

You...

Die!

Okatsu!

Okatsu.

The reward for kiIIing you is now 50 ryo.

You'II have to come with me.

Fine. I can die now with no regrets.

Do whatever you want with me.

Rui...

is this the North Commissioner's payoff for me kiIIing Okatsu?

You greedy bastard! You heartIess fiend!

TeII him I'II accept it as a down payment.

You mean...

you're not going to...?

Okatsu...

I'm going to Iet you go this time.

I figure in a year the reward on your head wiII doubIe.

Don't expect any mercy then. Remember that.

Rui...

your underwear's showing.

Okatsu!

Take my horse. Hurry!

Rui.

Freeze!

A woman's suffering

A shower of drawn blades

For what sin, what crime

ls this the atonement

The ropes that fly to bind her

Are quickly cut in two

Even the moon disappears behind her shooting star

Behind her shooting star

THE END