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NEW ZATO ICHI (SHIN - ZATO ICHI)

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

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: SATO Shigeko YAKAME Bunpei - ''I had a strange dream Iast night...

Original Story by: SHIMOZAWA Kan Screenplay by: SATO Shigeko YAKAME Bunpei

Original Story by: SHIMOZAWA Kan Screenplay by: SATO Shigeko YAKAME Bunpei ''I dreamed, I cried, and I woke up...

''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...

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

KATSU Shintaro

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

''BIue sky, white cIouds...

''Red flowers bIown by the wind...

OGATA Ken ''Red flowers bIown by the wind...

''Red flowers bIown by the wind...

MACHIDA Yoko ''Red flowers bIown by the wind...

MACHIDA Yoko

MACHIDA Yoko ''I thought the worId was dark...

''I thought the worId was dark...

NAKAI Keisuke TAKAGI Hitoshi

NAKAI Keisuke TAKAGI Hitoshi ''It is brighter and more fun...

''It is brighter and more fun...

SUDA Keiichi HARADA Riki (ChiId Actor) ''It is brighter and more fun...

''It is brighter and more fun...

MlYAMOTO Sachiko FUJlKAWA Jun HAMADA Masafumi ''It is brighter and more fun...

MlYAMOTO Sachiko FUJlKAWA Jun HAMADA Masafumi

MlYAMOTO Sachiko FUJlKAWA Jun HAMADA Masafumi ''I feIt a joy, I feIt a warmth...

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

Directed by: TANAKA Tokuzo ''I feIt a joy, I feIt a warmth...

Directed by: TANAKA Tokuzo

Directed by: TANAKA Tokuzo ''Then I cried.''

''Then I cried.''

MONEY AND HELL (Kane ga Mioku Jigoku-zaka) ''Then I cried.''

MONEY AND HELL (Kane ga Mioku Jigoku-zaka)

- Come out! Come out!

Come out Iike a samurai and say something!

How can you make me wait in this coId snow!

Return my hard earned money, wiII you!

PIease return it to me!

Are you teIIing me to die!

My famiIy wiII have to commit suicide!

Neighbors, I'm sorry for the noise I'm making.

But it's aII his fauIt!

He pIeaded with me to borrow some money...

so I Ient him everything I had on me!

It's haIf a month past the deadIine, but...

he hasn't returned a singIe mon to me!

You caII yourseIf a samurai at that!

Samurai-san, you kept me waiting in this coId for 2 hours...

Are you trying to freeze me to death!

- Why, you...!

- Are you pIanning to kiII me?

Just kiII me, if you can!

Think you can kiII me with that sword of yours?

Isn't it a bamboo sword?

Murderer!

- Are you aII right?

- Did you get him?

You came Iate! I was aImost kiIIed by him!

- We had to wait tiII he went vioIent.

Or we won't have grounds to arrest him.

- Take him away quickIy!

- Coward!

- PIease forgive us.

PIease wait a few more days.

- I want to coIIect on the interest, at Ieast.

- WiII you canceI the entire debt, with this?

- It wiII pay for this month's interest.

Where do you have your eyes on?

You're supposed to make way for the bIind!

Aren't you Gon-chan?

- Gon-chan...? Don't get friendIy with me.

- Aren't you the Gon-chan that I heIped before?

I Ient you money at gambIing before.

- Are you Ichi-san, who Ioves to gambIe!

- It's been a whiIe.

- It sure has been a whiIe.

- You seem to be doing weII.

- There are a Iot of poor peopIe here.

I can't ignore watching the poor in need.

Be carefuI now. There's a big rock ahead.

- One eye is stiII good, it seems.

- It's hard to waIk when you can see a IittIe.

Ichi-chan...

Come have a seat. - Yes.

- Sit down there.

Bring us some sak�. - Yes.

I'm sorry. I'II bring it right away.

- Come inside.

Come in, Ichi-chan. - Yes.

- Everything in this house beIongs to me.

Make yourseIf comfortabIe.

Didn't I succeed?

I used to keep the books for my boss before.

He used to do a Iot of viIIainous things.

I got disgusted with him.

It made me sick.

I reaIIy mean it.

But when I went on my own...

I found out that they were dirty!

To borrow money, they wouId even Iick my feet.

But when it's time to pay back, they are dirty.

Isn't my sak� ready yet?

- Sorry to keep you waiting.

- Ichi-chan, have a drink.

- I'II pour you a drink. - Okay.

You have good instincts, as usuaI.

But good instincts aren't everything...

Do you have chiIdren?

- I can't have chiIdren.

- Ichi-chan. Do you have a pIace?

- I'm aIways on the roads, so I can't have a house.

- You poor thing.

I feeI sorry for you.

Come visit my house Iater.

- I wiII.

- ChiIdren are adorabIe.

They can see with both their eyes.

They have nice, big eyes.

They're truIy adorabIe!

Ichi-chan, this way.

- Looks Iike a nice pIace.

- It's a humbIe pIace.

Hey! I'm home!

Ichi-chan, come on in.

- I'II be intruding.

- Ichi-chan, sit here.

He's my friend.

- WeIcome.

- She's my wife.

- I'II be intruding.

- Bring us sak�! - Yes.

- I used to have 3 or 4 women before.

She's the onIy one who got pregnant,

so I'm Ietting her stay here.

Where's Yoshimatsu?

- He was pIaying outside.

- I just got back from outside.

CaII him here!

- Yes.

- My son is adorabIe but my wife is useIess.

I'm sick of her.

Yoshi, are you here?

Have him wear this.

Is he wearing it?

- I'm putting it on him now.

- Hurry it up!

- He's wearing it.

- Doesn't he Iook Iike a young Iord? - Yes.

- Where's our sak�?

- Yes.

- Excuse me.

- Come on in.

- We'II be abIe to seII the goods we confiscated as coIIateraI today.

- Why, thanks.

- The boss wants to know if you'II Iend us a bundIe again tonight?

- Got a big customer coming?

- Yes, a few good customers.

- I'II deIiver 100 ryo. - Yes.

- He's the right-hand man to Boss Juzo in this area.

It's Iike I own him.

- Owning someone, Gon-chan...? You must be reaIIy big.

PIeased to see you.

- You say interesting things. PIeased to see you?

He Ioves to gambIe.

I used to Iose before.

I bet you've been gambIing since birth. That's why you have no eyes for it.

- We'II be waiting for you, then.

- Ichi-chan, shaII we go gambIing Iater on?

- Yes, I'd Iike to.

- Doesn't it smeII nice? It's made of cypress.

- It's been a month since I Iast bathed.

What's that around your neck?

- My Iucky charm.

It's my Iucky charm so that I can make it safeIy to Kyoto to become a high priest.

- GoId coins?

- I'm going to need a totaI of 719 ryo to become a bIind high priest.

And 300 ryo for bribes.

I'm determined to become one.

Ichi-chan. Now may be the onIy time you can taIk to me Iike this.

When I save another 500 ryo, I'II become a high priest.

- Gon-chan. - Eh?

- From what I hear...

It's a nightmare to see a masseur hoIding a Iantern.

- How cocky of him.

- The Iantern Iights up where you waIk, but...

up ahead is a cIiff.

- What are you getting at?

- That the future is bIeak.

- I'II take this as interest.

How is it going tonight?

- Quite weII, thanks to you.

- PIease Iend me some money.

- What's your coIIateraI?

- My wife.

- Isn't she in her 40's?

- Don't you have a nice Iooking daughter?

- Not her.

- I couId Iend you this amount for her.

- Sign the document for it. - Yes, yes.

- Thanks for coming by.

- How is he doing?

- Not good.

- No Iuck?

Good for him.

How dare he caII me Gon-chan, so friendIy!

- But he's Ioaded.

- He has money? - Yes.

- He's probabIy been up to no-good anyway.

- Game!

Even wins!

- You seem to be Iosing a Iot.

- I'm reaIIy unIucky.

- I have money.

I'II need a coIIateraI though.

- I onIy have my own body.

- Then you have none.

- I stiII have some money Ieft.

I'II just pIay with this.

Can you Iet me roII?

- Let you roII?

- He's my friend. Let him.

- Sure.

- Thanks.

I'II onIy bet on 3 odd.

- Any other odd is mine?

AII the even numbers wiII mean my win?

That's interesting!

FooIs!

I'm betting against him!

- One, two... Odd! - It's true!

- Gon-chan...

I made up my Iosses... and even more.

PIease divide this one ryo among aII of you.

- Did the dice ''1'' and ''2'' reaIIy show up?

- Yes.

- Ichi-chan, where are you?

Ichi-chan?

That's odd.

Ichi-chan?

Where did he go?

Ichi-chan.

- I'm right here.

- There's a good soba store up ahead. Let's go there.

- I made money today, so I'II treat you.

- It's aII right. I'II soon own that store anyway.

I usuaIIy carry a Iantern when I'm waIking in the dark,

so the others wiII step aside from me.

This reminds me of what you were teIIing me earIier.

- About a masseur carrying a Iantern?

There might be a cIiff up ahead.

- I can see, so I'II be fine.

Ichi-chan... You shouId be carefuI though.

It's that pIace.

What happened?

Did it go weII?

- They mistook me for you.

You shouId be carefuI.

- Sorry, sir!

- What an embarrassing sight you were Iast night!

How can you not kiII a singIe masseur!

I'II have to hire stronger men from now!

- I'm sorry.

- An apoIogy doesn't suffice!

I'm disgusted!

Why do you think I've been Iending you money untiI now!

To have you get rid of the peopIe that I disIike!

- He's no ordinary masseur.

- Oh yes, he is!

- In our fieId, his name wiII bring shivers to your spine!

- That Ichi?

- He's caIIed Zato Ichi.

His head is worth a Iot.

- Do you mean about 50 ryo?

- No, 500 ryo!

- 500 ryo!

I don't beIieve it.

Is that true? - Yes.

- Is his head worth that much?

- You get the money... I'II earn a name.

- Think of a good pIan.

I sure wiII.

I'm getting itchy.

When I itch, I get good ideas.

- Did you think of one?

- I'II use my son, Yoshimatsu.

- You'd use your own son?

- Just don't make him go through fright.

- I know. I won't put him through fright.

- Ichi-san. - Yes?

- I made you ricebaIIs.

- Thank you for being so kind to me.

I feeI bad about Ieaving without seeing Gon-chan,

but pIease send him my best regards.

- I wouId Iike you to stay Iong,

but being the way he is, you'II onIy go through unpIeasant times.

- Where's Yoshi-bo?

- He used to cry aIoud, when he was a baby.

But recentIy, he hasn't been taIking much.

- I'm amazed at how much you've endured.

- I have Yoshimatsu.

If I were to Ieave this house, and Ieave

Yoshimatsu with my husband...

I don't know how he'II grow up to be.

That thought scares me.

When Yoshimatsu was yet a baby,

I Ieft here once.

But the Shoki gang found us and brought us back.

I was stripped in front of everyone, and beaten up.

But that time, Yoshimatsu was stiII a baby...

so he couIdn't see weII. Thank goodness for that.

He's aIways been Iike that.

Every time he Iaughs, I feeI Iike something bad is about to happen.

- Sounds Iike a candyman.

What a noisy candyman.

Ma'am, what's wrong?

- Yoshimatsu is missing!

Yoshimatsu, where are you?

- Gon-chan.

- Ichi-chan.

Is something wrong?

Did something happen?

- Something awfuI happened.

- What happened? TeII me, Ichi-chan!

I wonder if it's something big.

From the time I woke up this morning,

I've had feeIings of anxiety.

- Your instincts were right.

- Onobu...

Onobu...!

What happened?

Hey, Onobu!

Onobu!

Onobu!

Onobu!

Where did she go?

Onobu!

Yoshimatsu! Yoshi!

Where did Yoshi go? Yoshi..!

Yoshimatsu!

- They were both taken away.

- What? Taken away? To where?

- Don't you know where?

- Of course not!

- Someone threw a stone in.

A note was attached to it.

- Read it to me, Ichi-chan!

- How can you teII me to read it?

- ''We have Yoshimatsu.

''If you want him back,

''bring 100 ryo to the back of Hari Shrine at 7:00.''

- You have good eyes.

- My son is my purpose in Iife!

What wiII I do if something happens to him!

How dare they pick on an innocent chiId!

Ichi-chan... Aren't you known as Zato Ichi?

I had no idea how great you were.

I heard you saved a Iot of peopIe.

PIease heIp me now.

I'm begging you.

- WiII you pay the 100 ryo on the note?

- For him, I wiII... Here.

- ExactIy 100 ryo.

You're weII-prepared.

After aII the suffering you've caused peopIe...

you need to Iearn how to shed reaI tears.

I doubt we'II meet again.

If you don't change that nature of yours,

we'II end up meeting in heII.

- What rubbish!

Why wouId I end up in heII?

- We're ready, sir.

- I finaIIy got him.

He's aIways gotten on my nerves.

He aIways acted Iike a good man.

I was sick of him!

Serves him right!

I'II sIice him up today.

He pIans to save my son and have me thank him.

He's got to be kidding!

Be sure to get him today.

Boss...

Boss? - Yes.

- How wiII you kiII him?

- Like this.

- Don't make a mistake.

I'm not Ichi.

Open your eyes and Iook.

I'm not Ichi.

I'm going to become a bIind high priest.

- Zato Ichi, did you bring the money?

- Is Yoshi-bo and the missus with you?

- Put the money down first.

- Ichi-san.

- Bring them both here.

- Ichi-san.

- Boss...

Staff

Photography by: MORITA Fujio Art Direction by: OTA Seiichi Lighting by: NAKAOKA Genkon Sound Recording by: KAIHARA Yukio

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

Assistant Director: KOBAYASHI Masao Continuity: NOZAKI Yaeko Production Chief: ADACHI Genichiro Script Supervisor: ANDO Jinichiro

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

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

Music by: MURAI Kunihiko Performed by: HIDAKA Tomiaki & FIRE

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