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NEW ZATO ICHI (SHIN - ZATO ICHI)

Planning by: KUBODERA Ikuo NAKAMOTO Itsuro (Fuji TV) ARAI Chu (Fuji TV)

Planning by: KUBODERA Ikuo NAKAMOTO Itsuro (Fuji TV) ARAI Chu (Fuji TV) - ''I had a strange dream Iast night...

- ''I had a strange dream Iast night...

Producers: NISHIOKA Hiroyoshi SANADA Masanori - ''I had a strange dream Iast night...

- ''I had a strange dream Iast night...

Original Story by: SHIMOZAWA Kan Screenplay by: SHIMOIIZAKA Kikuma - ''I had a strange dream Iast night...

- ''I had a strange dream Iast night...

''I dreamed, I cried, and I woke up...

Cast ''I dreamed, I cried, and I woke up...

''I dreamed, I cried, and I woke up...

''BIue sky, white cIouds...

KATSU Shintaro ''BIue sky, white cIouds...

''BIue sky, white cIouds...

''Red flowers bIown by the wind...

TOAKE Yukiyo ''Red flowers bIown by the wind...

''Red flowers bIown by the wind...

TSUGAWA Masahiko ''Red flowers bIown by the wind...

TSUGAWA Masahiko

TSUGAWA Masahiko ''I thought the worId was dark...

''I thought the worId was dark...

EBATA Takashi ISHIBASHI Renji ''I thought the worId was dark...

''I thought the worId was dark...

IKEDA Shunsuke TSUDA Ayako EZAWA Moeko ''I thought the worId was dark...

''I thought the worId was dark...

HIRoTA Kazuhiko NAKANISHI Nobuo MIKASA Keiko KINoSHITA Sayoko

HIRoTA Kazuhiko NAKANISHI Nobuo MIKASA Keiko KINoSHITA Sayoko ''It is brighter and more fun...

''It is brighter and more fun...

''I feIt a joy, I feIt a warmth...

Directed by: INOUE Akira ''I feIt a joy, I feIt a warmth...

Directed by: INOUE Akira

''Then I cried.''

A PARTING FLOWER (Itako no Wakarebana) ''Then I cried.''

- How about that?

The next, coming over the end of the boat...

= Wow!

- See, see, see...

Just Iike that!

WeII, the next is... The crazy high performance...

Like that...

Yes, yes, yes, yes...

Yes. If you were entertained, pIease Ieave me a tip.

- It brings back memories of when I was a chiId.

- That was very entertaining.

- Thank you.

- Masseur... this isn't your Iine of business.

You stoIe my earnings.

- I'm sorry.

You were better than my husband, so he got embarrassed.

He's normaIIy a kind and nice man.

This way... be carefuI.

Dear!

Dearest...

- What is it?

- I feIt sorry for the masseur.

- What?

- You shouId have given him some.

- Don't be siIIy! He came out of nowhere!

I'm the one who got embarrassed!

- Stop acting Iike a chiId.

- Don't you feeI sorry for me?

What's so funny?

It's been a Iong time.

I've been meaning to visit you.

She's doing aII right, so...

I'II bring my wife sometime.

- Dear.

- She's my younger sister.

- Who are you?

- His wife.

Dear!

Dear! What happened!

- PIease forgive me!

- PIease forgive him!

- He's trying to take money from me!

- Give him the money, dear!

Murderer!

- Tae... Tae, I couIdn't save you.

Tae...

- You puII it Iike this. - I see.

- Caught any?

- None so far.

- ShaII I catch them for you?

- Yes.

- AIright.

I'm going to catch more!

EVER SINCE THE MORNING

- Excuse me... why is he pounding the drums?

- To rid eviI.

- To rid eviI?

I see. Thanks.

- They can pound aII they Iike, but that won't chase away the eviI spirits.

- Do you have any rooms?

- Thank you. PIease come again.

Masseur, stay the night. I have pretty girIs avaiIabIe.

I'II make it cheap for you.

PIease stay over.

Masseur, this way.

PIease go inside.

- Thank you.

- Work hard now.

- WeIcome.

- I'II be spending the night with you.

- You can't be caring for her for Iife.

- But Otae-san isn't in her normaI condition.

If she takes customers, she'II shorten her Iife.

I feeI sorry for her, so I'II take her pIace.

- But her case is different from yours.

- You know she's speciaI to me. I can't ignore her.

PIease. PIease, pIease, pIease.

- PIease heat me a bottIe.

- Yes.

- Are you sick?

- No.

- What is your name?

- My name is Tae.

- ''Tae...''

- Tae-san, I'II take over for you.

It's aII right. Go to the other side and rest.

Don't worry.

Excuse me. She doesn't feeI weII today...

so...

- I just need a pIace to sIeep.

- How dare you goof off.

You don't work... but you stiII eat.

- Don't be vioIent!

- Oh, shut up!

- She died.

- It doesn't concern you!

- This is no show! - Go back to your rooms!

- Even if she was useIess,

she won't find any peace if you don't pray for her.

- I onIy pray for the Iiving women.

- Oh, I see.

She was a good woman, I must admit.

Next time, get a woman with a samurai background.

- Nowadays, you can't teII whether the town girI is an amateur or...

a professionaI.

Whereas, samurai woman are so strict-mannered.

They have a naive side.

But if you make a wrong move, you couId get sIain for insoIence!

It takes skiII to know how far to go.

Otae was a divorcee... so she was easy game.

- Say...

Mind if I ask you something strange about Otae-san?

Did she have an oIder brother?

- I don't know. Why do you ask?

- About 3 months ago...

PIease.

- Oh... I'm sorry.

- No, I'II do it.

I met a ronin.

He mentioned something about his sister, Otae.

- What happened to him?

- Are you a IocaI?

About 3 months ago, did you hoId my hand and heIp me?

- Huh... No, I've been here for about 2 or 3 years now.

- Oen.

Oen.

- Sorry...this is aII I have today.

- Too bad about Otae.

We gave her a buriaI.

What's that Iook?

You make it seem as if I kiIIed her.

I didn't kiII her!

- Otae-san is... better off... dead.

She was worn out from this business.

She was Iiving in heII anyway.

- What's with you?

You're not going to end up Iike Otae.

You have me.

Isn't your customer waiting? Go on.

- Wait a minute.

- What is it?

- As everyone was saying...

Aren't you the one who brought Otae-san here?

- Is that what you were thinking?

It's not what you think at aII.

Otae asked me to find her a good paying job.

Out of kindness, I referred her to this pIace.

It's nothing Iike you think.

I didn't seII her off to this pIace.

Isn't your customer waiting? Go on.

- Dear...

- What?

- My customer today is... the masseur from that time.

- He's your customer?

- Otae-san must have caIIed him here.

- Did he say something?

Don't teII him anything now.

- I won't.

- We had fun that time.

I feeI miserabIe now... I'm Iike your pimp.

But I haven't given up on my dreams yet.

I want to Iive in a smaII house with you, and

run a smaII shop together.

We're going to Iive in happiness.

You're just not yourseIf today because Otae died.

Hang in there.

- Game.

4 and 6. Even.

- WeII...

PIease, pIease. PIace your bets.

PIace your bets - Even! - Even! - Even!

- No odd? No odd?

- What's the matter?

- Wait a second... Odd!

= Odd! Odd!

- Game.

- Odd.

- It's odd!

You bet on odd, too...

- What? A masseur?

- Yes. He's awfuIIy Iucky, too.

- Okin.

- Won't it affect your reputation if I throw the dice for a masseur?

- It's better than Iosing my money.

- I've never been so Iucky.

- I'II foIIow your Iead.

- If you'II excuse me...

I wiII purify the dice.

- PIace your bets.

- Odd? - Is it odd?

- It's going to be hard to figure out, because the sound of the dice changed.

I'm caIIing it a night.

- Wait a second, masseur. You don't Iike my dice?

- Not at aII. I can smeII how sexy you are.

I want to cash in my 30 ryo in chips.

Sorry about that... After aII, I can't see.

I'II be Ieaving first.

- Hey, hey, hey, wait up.

You're pretty damn Iucky for a masseur.

- Yes, thank you.

- How much do you charge for a massage?

- 16 mon.

- Haven't you made too much?

You're going to die young.

- I'II return some money.

- That's a good idea.

- PIease put out your hand. - AIright.

What's this? Eh?

- I saw him kiII a ronin before.

Even if it was by chance... It gave me the chiIIs.

- He sounds Iike an interesting masseur.

Why don't we have him as a guest?

- That doesn't sound good.

- Boss. He cIeaned us out at the gambIing den.

- You can't do much because you are too smaII-minded!

We can get him on our side, and put him to work.

Treat him with due courtesy.

- Thank you for the invitation.

- Thanks for coming.

Don't hoId back now.

My men have been taIking about you since this morning.

I heard you're awfuIIy skiIIed.

- Thank you for giving me that wonderfuI scent.

- I'm caIIed ''ButterfIy'' Okin. PIease caII on me, shouId you see me.

- Same here.

- I know this town Iike my own backyard.

Ask me for anything.

- Is that so. Thank you.

I made a Iot of money here.

AII these coins are chiIIing my stomach.

Can you exchange these for me?

- Exchange them? - Yes.

- Exchange them for what?

- Let me whisper it to you.

- A woman!

- Not so Ioud.

- Is she a woman from this town?

- Yes. - Huh?

- I want to free the woman caIIed Oen.

- Oen?

You have good eyes.

- What a way to put it, Boss!

- Sorry about that.

Hey! Bring it.

Hurry up!

WiII you accept a sakazuki cup from me?

- Boss, I'd be honored!

Thank you.

- Here is her contract.

- Thank you.

Not you. I want her to accept a drink from me.

- I have no appeaI as a man.

Accept a drink from him.

- Why, thank you.

- Wow.

Me, too.

- Thanks for inviting me.

- Wipe me off!

- Boss, just Iook at you! I'm disappointed in you!

- What shaII we do?

- That damn masseur!

- He saved our Iives.

I can't do that.

I just can't!

- He's a viIIain. He's kiIIed many peopIe.

He kiIIed Otae's brother. He's better off dead.

Just pass his cane-sword to me when he's asIeep.

Then I'II take that to the Boss.

We'II get paid for it.

We'II use the money to go somepIace new, buy a house,

and Iive together... running our own smaII shop.

We can have a happy Iife.

Now, now, now.

I'm not teIIing you to kiII him.

Nor am I kiIIing him.

Just give me his cane-sword so that I can take it to the Boss.

The Boss wiII kiII him.

You can avenge the death of Otae's oIder brother.

Oen.

Oen. Haven't you given up on our dream?

I know you did.

But our dream is within reach now.

We can grasp it, if you'II just make up your mind.

I know it's not right to kiII a man, no matter how eviI he is.

But if he's not kiIIed, I wiII be! Oen!

I want your chiId!

I want us to have our own chiIdren.

PIease bear our chiId for us.

PIease do it, Oen!

- Thanks for everything.

- Leaving aIready?

- Yes.

I have a favor to ask. WiII you hear it?

- Sure.

- PIease take out your hand.

- What is this?

Why, this is...

- PIease accept it.

- You're being nice to me?

You're bIind so you can't see what I'm Iike.

I'm not worth this.

- I know how you are because I can't see...

I can't continue my traveIs, Ieaving you Iike this.

PIease do as I say.

- I'm sorry. The truth is...

I used to work in Senju, before I came here.

I was born to Iive in this kind of business.

But I dreamed that someone wouId come for me...

so that I can have the chiId of the man I Iove.

That's when I met him.

- The man with the top?

So you are the kind wife who heId my hand, 3 months ago.

I can never forget that warmth in your hands.

- As Iong as you're aIive...

- I'm Ichi.

- Ichi-san... - Yes.

- That's so.

When he asked me to face hardships with him...

I was so happy!

He asked me to marry him.

That is why we came to this town together.

Up to that point, aII was weII.

But he got invoIved in gambIing.

You can figure out the rest, can't you?

- Oen-san. It's stiII not too Iate.

You can stiII grasp your oId dream.

- Ichi-san.

- Yes?

- This...

It went weII, Dear!

Ichi redeemed me. I can go off anywhere now.

Like you said, I want to have our own house.

We won't have to be bothered by anyone.

Let's open a smaII shop.

- That doesn't do me any good!

- This is aII we need, Dear!

That masseur isn't...

- FooI! - ... a bad man.

- Do you onIy care about yourseIf?

You don't care about what happens to me?

If he's not kiIIed, I wiII be!

I won't ask for your heIp anymore!

I'II kiII him myseIf!

- Dear!

- Don't get so irate! It's just a singIe masseur.

- Get off my case!

He's no ordinary masseur!

- Boss! Kisaburo escaped!

- What?

- He dashed out of Tamano-ya! He must've screwed up!

- He's got a Iot of nerve!

I've had it aIready!

Mataichi! - Yes.

- Where did Kisaburo run off to?

- In the direction of the cemetery!

- Say... say...

Thanks for being good to Oen. I can't thank you enough.

Thanks for heIping us in the past, too.

Ichi-san, now, Oen and I can get back on our feet.

I have a favor to ask you, Ichi-san.

I want to Iearn how to spin the top on the cane.

WiII you take me in as your apprentice and...

What's going on?

Did you stab me?

WiII you puII it out?

PIease.

It hurts!

PuII it out. I don't want to die...!

I...

don't...

- Masseur...

You can't Ieave this town aIive.

- The drum is sounding.

- The drum to rid eviI.

That is why I'm going to kiII you.

- I am not the eviI one.

Staff

Photography by: MORITA Fujio Art Direction by: OTA Seiichi Lighting by: NAKAOKA Genkon Sound Recording by: OSUMI Masao

Editor: TANIGUCHI Toshio Sound Editing: HAYASHI Tsuchitaro Sound EFFects: KURASHIMA Nobu Sword Fight Choreography: KUSUMOTO Eiichi

Assistant Director: OGURA Yoji Continuity: USHIDA Fumiko Production Chief: ADACHI Genichiro Manager: MIYASHITA Yuzo

Set Design: BABA Masao Moving EFFects: MURAKAMI Kiyomi Makeup: YUMOTO Hideo Hair: ISHII Emi

Set Decoration: KANSAI BIKO Wardrobe: KYOTO COSTUMES Wigs: YAMAZAKI WIGS FiIm Processing: TOYO LABORATORY LTD

Music by: MURAI Kunihiko

Theme Song: ''A Strange Dream'' Lyrics by: NAKANISHI Rei Composed by: MURAI Kunihiko HIDAKA Tomiaki Arrangement by: MURAI Kunihiko Sung by: ISHIHARA Yujiro TEICHIKU RECORDS

Produced by: KATSU PRODUCTIONS FUJITELEVISION