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TOHO FILMS

VAGABONDS IN A COUNTRY AT WAR Sengoku Burai

Produced by TANAKA Tomoyuki

Original Story by INOUE Yasushi

Screenplay by INAGAKI Hiroshi & KUROSAWA Akira

MIFUNE Toshiro MIKUNI Rentaro ICHIKAWA Danshiro

YAMAGUCHI Toshiko ASAGA Shinobu

SHIMURA Ko TONO Eijiro KAGAWA Ryosuke AOYAMA Sugisaku

Directed by INAGAKI Hiroshi

AUTUMN IN THE FIRST YEAR OF TENSHO (1573)

On the shore of Lake Biwa...

the castle of Azai Nagamasa, the governor of Kotani, was surrounded...

by the large army led by the powerful warlord Oda Nobunaga...

and the tragic destiny of defeat was imminent.

Listen, it is your duty too.

Save the lady and her children at all cost.

Farewell.

Quiet! Quiet!

Hey, quiet! A notice from the castle!

What is it? What notice?

Notice.

We made an agreement with the Oda today...

and the agreement is as follows:

One, we will temporarily cease fire.

Stand down and do not make any moves.

Two, at dawn we will hand over Lady O�Ichi...

as well as her three daughters to the Oda.

At that point, the truce will end.

The battle tomorrow will be the last one for the Asai...

so please do your best.

Are you going to die for the castle?

This is your last chance to escape. Go.

After all this time, why would I?

Hey, how about you?

The castle is my only home.

Hey, and you?

What?

I owe my lord who's been generous to me.

Hey, what about you?

No question about it.

It�s your call.

Escape or die? Choose!

I�ll die in battle.

Hayate, what about you?

Me?

I don�t want to die.

What? Why is that?

Well, no specific reason.

I just prefer not to die if I could help it.

Even if people will laugh at your lack of conscience?

Yeah, I�m greedy.

To think my life was only what has been, I feel pity for myself suddenly.

Bastard!

Let me, Kagami Yaheiji, test you to see if you mean what you say.

Let's go!

Get lost!

What?

You�re a good fighter.

No wonder you feel it�s a pity to die with the castle.

Hurry and get lost!

Leave the castle now.

Tonight is the only chance you�ve got to escape.

I didn�t say I wanted to escape.

What?

I said I didn�t want to die.

If you stay, you should prepare to die for the castle.

Or would you rather be captured alive and endure the shame?

What are you going to do?

Me?

I�m going to die with the castle.

Unlike you, I�m indebted to the last three generations.

Tomorrow I will keep stabbing until the blade of my staff falls apart.

I envy you.

I feel jealous of your preparedness to die with the castle.

I wish I had a castle like that.

I wish I had a master for whom I�d be content to die.

All the more for that, you should escape at once.

Go and find a master like that.

But...

After hearing how you�re prepared to die, I don�t feel like escaping.

It�s quite strange.

Leave it.

We�re on different paths.

If you don�t feel like give your life away, you should live on.

Or, is there another reason why you don�t want to escape?

Is there?

It must be a woman.

Am I right?

What a fool.

Then, run with your woman.

It might actually be safer to travel with a woman.

I�m going.

There�s only one way to escape...

The dried up moat in the west.

You�ll die if you wait �til tomorrow.

Hey, why didn�t you kill Yaheiji?

I hardly could. He was about to kill me.

If you�re escaping, why don�t we do it together?

I don�t want to die for a castle.

But you...

Well, I declared I�d die just to fool him.

I see.

So, that�s your way of dealing with people.

In any case, it�s inconvenient for both of us that you didn�t kill him.

He has a petty mind. He hates those who survive.

He�s not!

Those who take advantage of the dead to escape are wrong.

That�s what he hates.

As a matter of fact, he told me to escape.

So, why didn�t you right then?

You�re a fool when you don�t even want to die.

Anyway, we both wasted some years serving here.

It�s another pawn to sacrifice.

I�ll meet you above the dried moat after everyone�s gone to sleep.

There�s no other opening to escape from.

Who�s there?

Oh, a woman, aren�t you?

Yamane at headquarters sent me on an urgent errand.

Where to?

To Mr. Satsuta Hayate-no-suke of Sir Wakizaka�s clan.

But I�m surprised you made it here.

I think the enemy is in the middle sector.

I came by way of Otaniyama.

Wow, what a strong-willed woman, despite her looks!

The Satsuta fellow is a lucky man.

I doubt he�ll let an unexpected gift like you go without a fuss.

Miss, are you prepared for it?

Let me pass!

Well, we�re not saying we won�t.

But this is the last day on earth for us.

Before we depart, would you drink with us?

Don't joke like that!

No, we�re dead serious.

It�s all right with us if you want to sleep with us.

Oh, our loss.

Open the gate!

Satsuta!

Satsuta Hayate-no-suke!

I�m here!

You have an urgent message from Sir Yamane at headquarters.

It�s a woman. Hurry up.

Well, it�d be a disaster to be late for the final battle tomorrow.

Let me rest.

Ms Kano.

What brought you to a place like this, on your own?

What are you doing here?

I don�t know.

It�s just that I�m scheduled to go to the Oda with my lady tomorrow morning.

So...

That�s good news.

Well, your life will be saved at least.

And you?

It won�t please my uncle but I don�t wish to die here.

I�ll fight as hard as I can tomorrow and escape if I can.

I feel relieved at last.

Well, it seems I was quite worried about you.

You were, about me?

I�ll quit. I won�t go to the Oda.

What are you saying?

I want to be here.

That�s ridiculous. - No...

I will die here with you.

I�m not saying I�ll die.

I'll live as long as I can.

Then, where to if the castle falls?

Where...

Perhaps run to Shinano.

I have an acquaintance at a temple in Suwa.

Shinano? You mean, the Takeda.

Yes.

When my duty is complete, I promise to go to Shinano.

Sir Hayate!

What happened? What is it?

It�s the end!

The enemy in the middle sector conquered Otaniyama!

What? You mean we can�t get to the headquarters?

Can�t go anywhere!

They�re going to strangle us to death.

It's the will of the Oda...

Yaheiji!

Yaheiji?

Hey!

Don�t panic, it�s me.

Hayate? - Yeah.

People will see you up there. Come down.

Let�s hurry. It�ll be dawn if we dilly-dally.

But where are we going?

I�ve got it all down.

There�s a secret passage on the west side of the moat.

But Yaheiji is guarding it.

What?

Ridiculous. It can�t be him.

I saw he was asleep.

But I saw him with my own eyes.

He ran past over there just now.

Damn it.

Then, we have no choice but to kill him and get out.

It�ll be possible with the two of us.

I don�t want to. - What?

I don�t want to kill him.

He�s a good fellow.

If you think like that, you�re just going to kill yourself.

Jurota.

What? - Do me a favor.

Will you take her and run?

If you take her with you, Yaheiji will think it�s me and let you go.

That�s the only way for both you and her to escape.

What are you going to do?

I can�t escape and leave such a good man behind.

Sir Hayate!

See you in Shinano, then.

Yes, in Shinano.

Listen, don�t say a word no matter what happens.

And don�t leave my side no matter what happens.

Who�s there?

I knew it was a woman.

Get out of here safely.

Are you with the Oda or the Asai?

I�m the Asai�s subordinate, Kagami Yaheiji.

Yaheiji!

Yaheiji!

Yaheiji, run! Run!

No, I won�t run!

Let�s kill him!

Don�t kill him! Don�t!

He�s old. Tie him up.

What?

Kill me! Slice me up!

Slice me! Kill me! Slice me!

Yaheiji, so long!

Thief!

Oh, Kano.

Kano?

Kano...

He won�t make it.

Hey, someone do him a favor and finish him off.

We can do more than just steal.

Show mercy.

I�m not going to die.

You still want to live in a state like this?

Leave me alone.

I�ll die anyway if I were to die.

Hey, hold it.

Dad, let�s take him back and see.

That�s tacky.

He ran this far with those wounds.

You never know, he might come in handy.

I suppose.

Shall we save him?

Hey, if we�re going to save him, let�s handle him with care.

He�s not a corpse.

It�s a close call.

We may end up hauling him off into the ocean on our way.

Well, you�re awake.

Hey, aren�t you glad they didn�t kill you?

Why are you staring at me?

You must be in a daze.

Where are you going to take me?

Well, leave that to me.

I took on your life.

I can do whatever I want to do with you.

Where are we going?

How annoying. Into the mountains of Hida.

What happened to all those men?

You talk so arrogantly.

They�re taking a nap on the island.

An island?

Where on earth are we?

Okino Island.

We went adrift because of a storm.

We've been waiting for the waves to die down for two whole days, you see.

Two whole days?

You must be hungry.

Eat.

You were asleep for three days in total.

It�s been three days?

I think they�re Oda men.

Who are the people singing?

Roaches that follow them everywhere they go.

They follow them to the end.

Thinking about Hayate again?

Forget him. He�s dead by now.

I shouldn�t have said goodbye.

I should have stayed with him to the end.

Stop it.

No use regretting about it now.

Sir Jurota, we will part ways here.

Parf ways? Why?

I have an acquaintance at the foot of Mt. Ibuki.

I will get there on my own.

That�s too risky.

Frankly, that�s inconvenient for me.

The Oda won't stop me because you�re with me.

Well, bear with me for a little while longer.

Here they come again. Let�s walk.

They�ll be suspicious if we stand here.

What can we expect from a monster face like this?

The Lord sure is fanciful.

Hey, stop being so stubborn and accept to be his subordinate.

Normally you�d have been killed...

but you were saved because of his fancy, not mercy.

Be grateful.

What�s so funny?

This face belongs to the Asai, to Otani castle.

I�d never.

Eat it.

All right, I�ll untie your hand.

Come on and eat it.

So, eating food is okay with you.

It�s not the Asai�s food.

I�m preparing for decapitation.

When you cut off my head...

I want it to fly with the force of my gushing blood.

Hurry and finish it.

Give me water.

Aren't you demanding.

What do you think you need the most in order to survive in the world?

First, courage.

Don't give me such a strange look.

The courage I�m talking about is slightly different from what you think.

Mine is the courage to...

be willing to do anything to be promoted to higher positions.

Courage to readily be a coward or a betrayer.

Courage to wag a tail like a dog for the strong...

and attack the weak like a wolf with fangs.

You don�t have it in you.

What?

You don�t have the courage.

I... I...

You�re all talk.

Here�s the evidence.

You can�t even reveal half of what you�re feeling.

I don�t think you�ll make it unless someone acts as a sponsor for you.

Say what you like.

I�ll let you as enterfainment for drinking.

Listen, it�s for your own good.

Forget an ambition that doesn�t suit you and work it the honest way.

If possible, give up the sword or the staff.

That�ll suit you better.

Just listen.

In this day and age, it�s hard not to have an ambitious goal.

But not everyone is made for it.

Only special ones among all the men can have true ambitions.

All right, if you say so, watch me.

In one year, let�s get together one year from now.

I�ll show you who Tachibana Jurota is!

How dreary, another war.

So, the Takeda are attacking Akechi�s castle?

No, I hear the castle has already fallen.

Oh, so now it�s going to be the Takeda against the Oda.

How terrible.

SPRING IN THE SECOND YEAR OF TENSHO (1574)

Hayate, what did you see now?

Now?

I was looking at the snow. - Don�t lie.

Lie? - Right.

You weren�t looking at the snow but something else.

Tell me. Just tell me.

Well, maybe it was Kano.

Fool! It wasn�t a woman.

Something more strange.

Something strange...

You�re right. It was a dream I just saw.

A dream?

A big dream.

Like what?

Well, listen.

Have you ever been up at the top deck of a castle?

Then, what about standing at the peak of a mountain?

I love standing on top of a mountain.

All right.

How do you feel when you�re on a high mountain?

How does it feel to look down at the mountains you always look up at?

I feel brave as if I�ve become a large hawk.

And?

I feel like screaming from the top of my lungs.

And?

I feel like opening my arms and flying.

That�s the kind of dream I was just having.

I see this Hida mountain is too small for you.

You�re planning to leave this mountain one day, aren�t you?

Don�t be stupid, ungrateful bastard!

Talking so selfishly.

You were dead.

Who saved you from the dead?

If you try anything stupid, I�m going to kill you, damn it!

If you want to leave the mountain so badly, go ahead.

We have a cerfain job and we�re leaving in the near future.

Leave with us and return here with us.

Damn you!

Most of the load from our last job has been sold.

I must ask you to get to work again.

Yes.

If Akechi�s castle has fallen, Takeda�s castle will be next.

If the Oda accept this fight, we�re in business.

Hayate, I want you to come with us this time.

Any complaints? Your wounds should be healed by now.

I don�t really want to help stealing.

What?

Why don�t you want to do it? Tell me!

I don�t want to steal.

You don�t like stealing but you like the war business.

You idiot!

How good are samurai?

They�re the big thieves who starf wars and steal from the county.

Hayate, you can�t disagree with Father.

Stay out of it!

Drop the staff and step forward.

Do you remember who saved you?

You forgot and have the nerve to say you don�t want to join us.

Damn bastard!

Hey, don�t interfere!

Father! Father!

Don�t stop me!

His life belongs to me!

I saved him. I won�t let you do as you please!

O�Ryo, why did you take my side?

Because you did, I can�t leave the cabin any more.

Hayate, do you have to leave here?

I do. I wanted to leave if I had to risk my life.

Fool. I�ll never let you leave.

O�Ryo... - What are you doing?

Hayate.

Hayate.

You came back?

Father isn�t going with them. He�s at the cabin.

I came to tell you that.

Does Toju want to do something to me?

Don�t run away until they�re back.

Hayate, I�ll give you my life.

Hayate.

Hayate.

Hayate, leave the mountain and don�t ask why.

I�m sorry but get out of here without asking why.

O�Ryo is desperately trying to cover for you...

and as a father I understand how she feels.

She�s dear to me.

But it�s simple because you won�t join us even if your life is at risk.

Our meeting was fateful but I suppose we weren�t meant to be.

Here�s a little travel money.

Take it and leave the mountain without question.

What�s that?

That�s O�Ryo�s comb!

Hayate, what�s going on?

Hayate, why are you being quiet?

Could it be that she...

Damn you!

Poor soul, Hayate.

That�s right. No one has ever disagreed with Chief and survived.

Ignorance is scary.

By now he must have been...

Shut up!

Oh, what�s that?

What�s that?

Are they Oda officials?

No, they�re not.

They�re pirates. - They�re robbers.

Idiot! We�re better as thieves.

Hey, quiet, all of you.

How many years have you been working around Lake Biwa?

But we�re out of our turf on the water.

Shut up!

Do you want to run away scared by dirty rats?

And you call yourselves Toju men? Idiots!

Boss, we�re sorry...

We didn�t realize it was roaming samurai we went after.

They were quite used to being on boats.

Only half of our boats and men survived.

You had the nerve to come back with that.

Well, Boss, they all sank to the bottom of the lake.

But we brought their leader here.

Why don�t you kill him?

It�s a woman, too pretty to kill.

You see, Boss, she was the leader of the samurai. What a joke.

I know you don�t like women but we wanted to show her to you before killing.

Hey!

Don�t just look at me. Show your face too.

I want to see which is handsomer...

the famous face of yours or that of a demon in hell.

Hey, what an outrageous woman.

She�s cut and still laughing.

Let her go.

Boss, you didn�t kill her?

Let her go. We don�t need her.

Boss has gotten violent, since that day.

What day?

Remember the day when the roaming samurai beat us up? Ever since then.

Wait.

I came to complain to you.

Hey, why didn�t you do me a favor and kill me then?

This gal is really strange.

Who complains about being spared?

Because you didn�t, I suffer sorrows of hell.

You�d suffer punishment in hell if you got killed.

Heaven doesn�t suit you at all.

Shut up! Stay out of it!

Get out. Get out now!

I�m not going home.

I�ll stay here until I�m done with my business.

I�m looking for someone.

Have you heard by any chance about a man named Hayate?

What? Hayate?

He�s my father�s enemy.

And he�s...

The porridge is ready. Do you want some?

Why do you hide your face?

It seems you�re really a nice person.

I won�t stay long.

I just have some questions.

The man you�re looking for...

Hayate, if I remember correctly...

You kept calling his name while you were unconscious with fever.

Yes. Hayate.

Hayate what?

Hayate-no-suke...

Satsuta Hayate-no-suke.

I thought so.

What, do you know him?

Where is he now?

That I don�t know.

I knew him a long time ago. He was a good guy.

Turn this way, and talk to me. Tell me about him.

You said he�s a good guy just now.

Do you really think so?

Yeah, he was a good guy.

EARLY SUMMER OF THE THIRD YEAR OF TENSHO (1575)

Soji!

Oh, you�re still alive.

Did you think I was dead or something?

Where�s Kana? - She went to Shinano.

It seems she just can�t forget about the man named Hayate.

Chasing after a dead ghost...

What a foolish woman. - You aren�t so bright either.

What?

You don�t look like you�ve been promoted.

Well, just watch me.

A samurai cannot receive promotions without wars.

You can�t pick up your sword without a master either, can you?

Some swords are just useless no matter how you polish them.

I�ll show you whether I�m dull or not.

Well, just don�t force yourself.

It�ll be all in vain if you die.

I won�t die even if all the others get killed in a battle.

That�s what everyone thinks.

Just watch me.

Hey, isn�t this the princess�s comb?

But where on earfh has she gone I wonder?

She comes suddenly and leaves suddenly.

Isn�t she a handful?

What?

You don�t even know if he�s with the Oda or the Takeda?

And you�re trying to find someone?

I�ve got to hurry. - I haven�t even told you his name.

It doesn�t help to hear it anyway.

There are a total of 38,000 soldiers in the Oda�s army.

Satsuta Hayate-no-suke?

Never heard of him. Which family is he with?

There are 35,000 men serving the Takeda alone.

Excuse me.

Come on, out of the way!

Are you new, too?

Me too. But I want victory in my first battle.

The sunrise of May 21 in the 3rd year of Tensho was beautiful as if a dream.

And...

Takeda�s attack that day was beautiful like the dawning sky and shorf-lived.

It resembled Hayate-no-suke�s dream in some way.

This is terrible, really terrible.

Takeda�s impossible dream.

They had not yet awoken from the dream.

That day Takeda Katsuyori kept dreaming...

the impossible dream until sundown.

What? The war�s over?

Yeah, it was a huge victory for our army.

Is that true?

Our Lord just received a message from Sakai�s unit.

Damn it!

Well, why are you angry to hear about our victory?

How could I be happy about it?

What have we done in this battle?

All we did was to follow the tail of Sakai�s unit...

going up and down the hills since last night and eating three or so rice balls.

Hey, where are you off to?

I�ll go looking for the enemy, for a general�s head.

I came to battle, not to eat rice balls!

Wait a minute. I�ll let you have my head.

Wait! Wait!

Chako!

Chako!

Can you go get Grandma for me?

I can�t seem to get a clean shave.

There�s nothing valuable whatsoever in our house.

No, I�m not a thief.

I was hungry so I helped myself to your water.

Oh, I see.

There should be something to eat in the kitchen.

See for yourself and eat what you want.

Granpa.

Can I help you shave?

Are you an Oda man?

No, my army lost.

I see, I�m sorry to hear that.

We want the wars to end as soon as possible.

The elder brother was drafted and died in the battle of Anegawa.

Then the younger one left home saying he�d avenge his brother�s death...

never to be seen again.

I guess he died in a battle somewhere.

Are you by yourself, grandpa?

There are three of us. Me, my wife and my granddaughter Chako.

The young ones go to war and die one after another.

Only old people, women and children are alive.

And crippled men.

You too are the kind who will die before your parents.

Do what you want, you�re young only once.

But you only have one life to live too, so you�d better be careful.

Grandpa, would you like a massage?

I wish my sons were alive.

Grandpa, take care of yourself.

I won�t die so easily.

Live long.

Where did the unit led by Sir Baba of the Takeda Clan battle?

You�re looking for someone. - Yes.

It�s no use looking.

The Takeda lost.

There are only corpses beyond this point.

Whoever survived ran away during the night.

The men we liked might be dead.

Find a new man.

I really liked that man.

Hey! I think this is enough!

All we need to do is to get the bodies.

Hey, where are you going?

You should help too.

Don�t be ridiculous.

I was supposed to be responsible for one grave...

and ended up digging graves for five or so.

You�re so calculating.

That�s right. I always get something out of a bad situation.

That armor belonged to the dead man from last night, isn�t it?

You�re going to sell it off somewhere, aren�t you?

You�re a bit slow, aren�t you?

Who�d carry around an armor that belongs to the dead if he wants to sell it?

I�m going to use the armor to sell myself.

I�m going to go to Niwa�s headquarfers...

and tell all kinds of stories about the armor, true and false, to promote myself.

Well, if you�re ever out of work, come to me at the Niwa Clan.

I�ll let you pull my horse as a fellow grave digger.

We meet again.

I don�t have any need to see you.

It seems you haven�t found the person you�re searching for.

Oh yeah, go straight down this road...

and you�ll find tons of nameless corpses buried in the ground.

Too bad. The one I�m looking for is alive.

I won�t let him die on me.

Hayate!

Hayate!

Hey, do you mean Satsuta Hayate-no-suke?

What? You know Hayate?

I do, except it was a long time ago.

I want to know where he is now.

But what on earfh is your relationship with him?

Life.

Life?

I can�t live without him. But I can�t let him live if I saw him.

Wait.

Let me ask you something.

What on earfh do women...

no, you find so attractive about Hayate?

I have no idea. It�s just that...

That?

When I look into his eyes, it makes me want to tie his hearf down.

Why?

He�s always looking at some faraway place.

Like his eyes are looking at beautiful clouds...

in a distance from the top of a high mountain.

I guess women long for them.

SPRING IN THE FOURTH YEAR OF TENSHO (1576)

You�ve made it quite big.

Looks like you worked hard at killing people in Nagashino.

You�re always so tough.

By the way, who do you work for now?

The Niwa Clan.

I see, Sir Niwa Nagahide.

They say it�s safer to be under a big umbrella...

especially with the recent construction of Azuchi Castle.

Isn�t it funny...

I couldn�t find a way to promotion in battle fields...

but then, as I piled the rocks for the stone walls, the way naturally opens.

It�s not really something to boast about.

No, it�s best to be promoted without having to kill people.

But you see, I�ll be joining the army at last, for a battle in Tanba.

Tanba?

The enemy is just the wild monkey of Tanba...

but I�m finally going to be able to prove my manhood.

So, which castle are you attacking?

It�s Yakami.

I guess it�s a fate.

What?

No, let me not get into it.

Nothing will change if I do.

Tell me. It�s about Kano, isn�t it?

I should�ve known better at my age to watch my tongue.

Tell me! Just tell me!

Where did Kano go?

I have no choice. Kano went to Tanba.

Tanba?

With a samurai from Yakami Castle.

It was three days ago.

A fellow sword sharpener who worked in Tanba for a long time came by...

and the topic of the samurai came up in our conversation.

There�s a good reason why they�re having difficulty conquering Yakami Castle.

Hatano has a group of fine samurai working for him.

Especially well-known among the bravest...

is a man who carries a banner that says "Hayate��.

When Kano heard this, she lost her cool.

Where are you going?

To Tanba.

Hayate! Hayate!

O�Ryo! O�Ryo!

What, Yaheiji?

Well, you were having a nightmare. That�s why...

You don�t have to tell me about my nightmare.

Whenever I sleep, I always have this dream.

In the dream Hayate falls down from a high place.

What�s wrong? Please stay.

I like you.

You�re always silent looking scary.

You�re just like a big rock.

When I was in the mountains...

I often used to sleep on a rock like that.

A big rock looks scary but it�s kind.

Oh, what happened, Sa�emon?

What happened, Sa�emon?

You wouldn�t believe, it�s a terrible storm out there.

What�s this?

It�s a woman.

Damn you! She�s mine!

No complaints, are there?

Stop!

What? You say you know me?

You don�t look familiar to me at all.

I think it was back then.

The night before Otani Castle fell.

What, at Otani Castle?

You know Sir Satsuta Hayate-no-suke, don�t you?

Hayate-no-suke?

Now you mention it, I remember a maid came to visit Hayate.

That was you.

I�ll never forget he said he couldn�t leave behind a fine samurai like Yaheiji.

He said that about me?

That�s why I ended up leaving the castle with Sir Jurota.

I see.

Looking back, it was a shorf-lived dream.

I miss the days gone by.

So, where�s Hayate now?

I heard through the grapevine that he�s in Yakami Castle.

What, Yakami Castle?

That�s a problem.

Yakami Castle will fall in the next few days.

Hayate is in danger.

O�Ryo!

O�Ryo! O�Ryo!

Everyone at this castle is drunk with the fog.

Surrounded by the fog...

they may be dreaming that the castle is the only world.

The fog is great. It covers up anything you don�t want to see.

Don�t be sarcastic.

We don�t think we can hold up the castle forever either.

We know hundreds of lives will be lost along with the castle.

But in this fog it only seems like a dream.

It wasn�t like this when Otani fell.

Each and every life in the castle went wild screaming.

It was truly a living hell.

But here everyone awaits his death as if intoxicated.

Even I could probably die dosing off with the castle as my pillow.

Gotta be careful.

Sounds like Akechi�s army is drunk with conquering of Tanba.

No, that�s Niwa�s army.

I doubt Akechi is in a mood for a song.

They sent Niwa�s army to back them up.

I can just see a bitter expression on Nobunaga�s face.

I suppose they�re going to give us one last push.

The last push.

Hey, you!

Where are you going?

To the castle.

What? The castle?

What are you going there for?

There�s someone I want to see.

Do you have any idea who we are?

You�re Sir Akechi�s samurai, right?

No, we�re the Niwa.

Do you dare pass through here knowing we�re enemies to Yakami?

Doesn�t matter to me.

I just want to get there. That�s all.

Are you mad?

What a pity. You�re beautiful but mad.

Wait!

Tachibana!

Tachibana Jurota!

I�m here!

Come to the main tent.

No need to accompany me.

He doesn�t talk at all lately.

He�s totally changed since he visited the sharpener in Sakamoto.

It�s a woman, you see.

I heard he went there hoping to have...

at least a wedding ceremony with her before coming out here.

Are you surprised, Tachibana?

So deep in the mountains, to have drinks with such a beauty by your side.

It�s an auspicious omen indeed.

This is a trickster fox.

Those tricksters of Tanba are good at turning into women.

I know this woman. - What?

All I meet are the ones I don�t want to.

Do you know why she roams around here?

She says there�s a man at Yakami she wants to see.

But I bet you don�t know who that man is.

You can�t be so relaxed if you knew.

Who is it?

Hayate.

You mean the famous brave one?

But he�s virfually killed at this point.

No way in hell you can kill him.

We�ll shoot him with rifles, using you as bait.

I�m sure Hayate will fall for the bait.

You should know this more than anyone else.

He flies off the mountain with no wings.

Damn you.

Hey!

What did you tell me in Nagashino?

You said you wanted to see Hayate...

but you couldn�t let him live if you saw him, didn�t you?

I�m granting you your wish.

It�s a message on an arrow!

A message on an arrow!

What was the commotion?

A message on an arrow.

What does it say?

It�s stupid.

You mean the message?

Is that another sentimental plea from Akechi?

It came addressed to you.

What? - Here it is.

Wait, I want to say something before you read it.

Do you know of a woman named O�Ryo?

It looks as if the Niwa�s captured her.

Even a fool can see they�re using her as bait to try to kill you.

I don�t know how the two of you know each other.

But if you two have such history that they decided to use her as bait...

I don�t believe she would want to see you get killed for her sake.

Don�t go.

I�m sure that�s her wish too.

Hayate, don�t read the message.

Hayate!

Satsuta Hayate-no-suke, come on out!

Hayate! Stop hiding! Answer!

O�Ryo! Are you there?

Uncover her mouth.

Hayate!

Is that you, O�Ryo? - Hayate!

Don�t come! Don�t come!

Hold on! I�m coming!

Do you have the rifle ready?

Listen, I�ll throw the torch at him.

Shoot at the torch. Understood?

All right, go.

Hayate!

Don�t come into the light!

I smell a rifle!

I already know they might have a gun.

Hold it! I�ll come out first!

Who are you?

Kagami Yaheiji!

Hayate! Hayate!

Yeah, I�m okay!

Get back! Get back to the castle at once!

What�s the matter? Can�t you see the ladders?

Hayate, hurry!

The enemy is on the move!

Yeah, I�m coming.

Wait! Wait! Wait!

Wait!

I won�t let you go.

I won�t let you go.

Gentleman of Yakami!

Would you consider giving up and doing without Hayate?

Yaheiji, what are you talking about?

Get away with O�Ryo. I�ll do the work for you here.

Yaheiji!

Get out of here now!

You get out of here. - Bastard.

Fool! You can�t make me owe you so much.

What?

You made me owe you first. I�m just repaying you now.

Damn it, don�t go!

Move!

The castle won�t last even if you stayed.

Go!

Miyoshi!

We don�t need any more men to die with the castle!

Miyoshi!

Miyoshi!

Hayate, we�re going to shoot flaming arrows into the hills in all directions.

They will shoot back at us if they�re there.

Listen, run to the hills where you don�t see any arrows.

You can�t make me do that!

Hayate! Hayate!

To hell with the castle. Hayate is mine!

I�m not going to let anyone have you!

Wait! Wait!

O�Ryo! O�Ryo!

Hayate!

Hayate!

Hayate!

Hayate!

This is it.

Miyoshi and his men won�t survive.

Gentleman of Yakami, farewell!

Hayate, what are you looking at?

I can�t see anything.

I�m listening to Yakami fall.

I want to fly to Yakami. I wish I had wings!

Hayate!

What�s wrong, O�Ryo?

O�Ryo, what�s wrong?

Someone�s coming.

We�re with the Niwa.

We�re guarding our wounded master to escape to Omi.

Let us pass.

We�re not your enemy. Let us pass.

What?

Get him!

Cowards!

Just as soon as they said they�re guarding their master...

they abandoned him and ran away.

One can�t say so much for a master who gets abandoned.

Oh, Jurota!

What? Jurota?

Jurota!

Hang in there.

Jurota, do you see me? It�s Hayate.

Hayate...

Jurota, your wounds aren�t serious.

O�Ryo, tear up a piece of cloth for me.

Damn you! - What are you doing?

What am I doing? What are YOU doing?

He got wounded by the shots that were aimed at you.

He used me as bait and tried to kill you.

What?

He should be left to die here! He deserves it.

Damn you, that isn�t enough.

What am I going to do about him?

Jirota, you haven�t seen the staff since Otani.

Take it! - Wait!

Wait a minute.

I love Kano.

I acted like a dog for her.

Laugh.

I�m a dog.

I�ll die as a dog at least.

Come on, kill me.

But, Hayate...

I�m going to die without telling you where she is.

Hey, Jurota! Jurota!

This is the death an immoral man deserves.

Jurota! Jurota!

Don�t panic. I know where Kano is.

What? You do?

Yeah, in Tanba.

Tanba?

Tanba is just a shorf distance away from here.

She�s in a village you can see from this peak if the fog clears.

Yaheiji, you took the woman Kano here, didn�t you?

Don�t be mad. It�s fate.

I�m not mad.

I�ve given up Hayate.

It�s true. But I�m dying of thirst.

You want water?

Remember there was clear water back there?

Please get me some.

Fool! Leave your staff.

How are you going to carry the water?

Hayate.

I have one question.

About Toju, right?

Listen, I wanted to tell you too.

That morning I was looking at your comb when he came in.

So, he stabbed himself.

But...

Stop! Say no more.

But I�m still your father�s enemy.

No, you�re my life.

That�s all.

I�m glad. I can leave with no regret.

What?

O�Ryo.

Hayate, you go to Kano!

O�Ryo, be careful! - Stay back!

You�re not the person in my dream.

I�m going with my dream about you.

No one can take my dream away from you!

Boss, where to?

We�re leaving! We�re leaving!

Translated by Ann Jiitsu Subtitled and Mastered by Cannibal King www.KuroTokagiGumi.com