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

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

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

Original Story by: SHIMOZAWA Kan Screenplay by: TOJO Masatoshi

''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...

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

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

ZAITSU Ichiro

ZAITSU Ichiro ''BIue sky, white cIouds...

''BIue sky, white cIouds...

KURITA Hiromi EGI Toshio ''BIue sky, white cIouds...

KURITA Hiromi EGI Toshio

KURITA Hiromi EGI Toshio ''Red flowers bIown by the wind...

''Red flowers bIown by the wind...

''I thought the worId was dark...

USHIO Kenji HAYAKAWA Yuzo ''I thought the worId was dark...

''I thought the worId was dark...

HARA Seishiro ARIKAWA Masaharu KARASAWA Minken ''I thought the worId was dark...

''It is brighter and more fun...

FUKUSHIMA Hironobu MIKI Hiroshi KIKUNO Masayoshi ''It is brighter and more fun...

''It is brighter and more fun...

MITSUBOSHI Tomi IZUMI Haruko MIKAWA Reiko ''It is brighter and more fun...

''It is brighter and more fun...

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

Directed by: OTA Akikazu ''I feIt a joy, I feIt a warmth...

Directed by: OTA Akikazu

Directed by: OTA Akikazu ''Then I cried.''

''Then I cried.''

SAMURAI LULLAB Y (Ronin Komoritabi) ''Then I cried.''

SAMURAI LULLAB Y (Ronin Komoritabi)

- I can't beIieve it!

There are things that are acceptabIe and not acceptabIe!

There is heaven, the earth, and peopIe... and the birth of a chiId.

- I'm the third.

My oIdest brother can eat three bowIs of rice,

then the second one can eat two bowIs of rice.

I onIy can eat whatever is Ieft.

But I have to work the same amount as my brothers.

I'm so hungry.

- I'm the opposite.

These days, my parents want me to eat anything I want to.

- That's great.

- That's not great.

They did the same thing with my sister before she was soId.

- What wouId you Iike?

- Rice! Rice!

Rice, sak�, and botamochi! (rice wrapped with red bean paste)

- Yes.

- The sak� must be hot! - Yes.

- You're a boy!

A boy must not cry!

I'm changing you right now. Don't cry! Don't cry!

- May I have three rice baIIs, pIease?

- You're one fine boy!

- Thank you for waiting.

- Yes.

So disrespectfuI!

Is your son so important? Is he your onIy treasure?

He is here in this worId because of me, his father!

I cannot beIieve it!

- Thank you for waiting.

- I hope two rice baIIs are enough and he Ieaves one.

- I hope so, too.

- Excuse me, where is the bathroom?

- Yes, pIease go behind.

- Yes. Thanks.

- PIease give me tea! - Yes, yes!

- Is that masseur upset?

- Is he?

- Hey, this is a rough road. Hop in our basket!

- Oh, no thank you. We'II waIk.

- Wait! Wait!

- You guys are not married, eh?

Maybe you don't know how to be together!

I'II teach you how!

- Stop it! Stop it!

- Idiot! - Damn you!

What are you doing?

- Come here!

- Stop it!

- Wow! A bIind masseur!

- Hey, who are you?

- What is it?

- WeII, this is in the middIe of the street.

PeopIe are passing by, you know?

- What are you saying?

- Back off. Next time, I'II cut off your most important parts.

How was the rice baII?

- Thank you very much.

- WeII, where are you going anyway?

- We don't know where we are going yet.

But we're very happy being together.

- Yes.

- That's great.

But being happy won't bring food to your tabIe.

- I know that.

So, we're going to Edo someday.

- Make a chiId, make a son.

Every day, I was toId to have a son.

I have tried so hard every night for the Iast 15 years.

It was so painfuI.

FinaIIy you came aIong after many years.

SuddenIy, nobody cared about me.

I'm his father!

AII of the famiIy members go against me.

I don't think I can take it anymore.

I can't continue to Iive Iike this any Ionger!

- How couId he take my son without our permission?

- What kind of person is he!

- Kanpachi, I don't care about that son-in-Iaw.

But you must bring back my grandchiId!

- Don't Iet Giemon come back here!

- Yes?

- What are we going to do?

- Let's stay here.

- But.

- I'II take care of it.

- I hope he'II stop crying soon.

- I acknowIedge that!

Stop crying!

Oh, he never stops crying!

Hey, does anybody know how to take care of my son?

Hey, you! The masseur!

PIease take care of my son!

- Yes.

WeII, hey, hey, don't cry.

Don't cry, baby.

- Oh, you're so good with babies. Very good.

WeII, I'II hire you to be my son's nanny from now on.

I can match the amount you make as a masseur. I have money!

- Thank you very much,

- What did you do?

You shouId not...

You shouId return it.

- But, I cannot return the thing I stoIe.

- But... You shouId return it.

- Thank you very much.

- PIease come back. - Thank you.

- Thank you for your hospitaIity.

- Take care.

- Samurai-sama, good morning.

- Good morning!

WeII, it's a very fine morning!

- Yes, weII...

- Innkeeper. - Yes.

- I reaIIy Iike it here!

- Good morning. - Good morning.

I'II stay here for a whiIe. PIease prepare for that.

- Yes. But...

- You, come cIoser! - Yes...

- Come cIoser, more! - Yes.

- Do you know any dojo around here?

- WeII, there is one in Takeshima.

- Takeshima, right? - Yes.

- Then, I have to go out for a whiIe.

- WeII... how about the payment for Iast night?

- As I said, I'II stay here for a whiIe!

- But, we have to charge you day by day.

- Hey, nanny! Pay this man!

- Huh? - What?

- I shouId not be wandering around Iike a dog in this coId weather.

I'm from a very respectabIe famiIy with an honorabIe bIood Iine. I'm the head of a great cIan!

- How wonderfuI to hear about your famiIy.

But wouId you pIease reimburse me Iater for the money I paid at the inn?

- I know. I'II pay you back the money I owe you. - Yes.

- PIease don't mention money!

If my son hears about it, it wiII be a bad infIuence on his pure young mind.

Hey, nanny. - Yes.

- Wait here for a whiIe. - Yes.

- I'II be back right away. - Yes, we'II wait here.

- Excuse me!

- ProbabIy your father won.

CongratuIations! Thank you.

- Oh, thank you for waiting! Let's go.

- Yes, but...

- Once is enough.

What? I said Iet's go!

- Did you defeat him?

- WeII, he was very skiIIfuI for this kind of remote dojo.

Let's go!

- PIease. Wait. - What...?

- WouId you pIease hoId him?

We need money at Ieast for our hoteI payment.

- Where are you going?

- I'II take care of it.

- Are you going to give them massages?

- Excuse me...

You see. I got money for our hoteI.

Let's go!

- I'm so impressed!

- So, you can make money just by bringing back the baby?

- Of course, we can make a fortune from this if we pIay it the right way.

- Are they heading this way?

- The oId Iady of the cafe at Inayoshi saw them yesterday

I'm sure they are around here.

- Are they a rich famiIy?

- Brother, I know the way samurai famiIies think because I work for them.

They'II do anything for their name.

- I got good Iuck, too.

- I see.

- Oh, he came! He came!

- Who came to the dojo?

- The guy you're taIking about. The bIind masseur!

- Zato Ichi?

Yasu! - Yes.

-Yasukichi. - Yes! what is it?

- Zato Ichi came to the dojo today!

- I see! He showed up finaIIy!

- Zato Ichi's head beIongs to me, Boss Kyuzo of Shishido!

Get some men, right away! - Yes.

- Brother, how about my deaI?

- It's a smaII town.

Don't worry, I'II take care of both of them at the same time!

- It's getting difficuIt to return the waIIet.

- WeII, we'II return it.

- Hey, give us chazuke! (tea over rice with seaweed and pickIes)

I can't beIieve our boss is using a baby to make some money!

- That's right.

- Hey! Hurry up! - Yes, coming.

- Now, we can stay at the inn for a whiIe.

- Yes, you can. But, we cannot.

- WeII...don't worry about it.

- Oh, no. I cannot accept this.

- PIease, take it.

- No, it's not right. - PIease, it's aIright.

- WeIcome back.

- We're back.

As I said we'II stay here for a whiIe. PIease take care of us.

- Yes.

- WeII, pIease change our room to a better one upstairs.

- Yes.

- Mr. Nanny, I'II go upstairs now.

- PIease go ahead.

Now, I'm going to make some omou for him (rice water with sugar). Then, I'II come upstairs.

- PIease bring me sak�!

- LittIe boy. WeII, weII... your food is ready.

Let's eat!

LittIe boy? LittIe boy?

- What is it?

- Sir, the baby!

- What about it?

- He might have waIked outside by himseIf!

- Daiemon! Daiemon!

Where are you?

- Good! I won!

- Let's see. Wow!

- UncIe!

- Now, that samurai may forgive us.

- Yes.

- Give me the baby.

- Stop him from crying! Otherwise, they'II find us!

- He is hungry!

- You're a girI! Give him miIk!

- I can't!

- Then just Iet him suck your nippIe!

- Turn around!

- AIright.

How is he?

- Don't Iook at me!

- Can't you do something?

- My breasts don't have miIk.

- I don't understand! The baby can't waIk by himseIf.

- Are you sure you had the baby?

- Yes, I'm sure.

- He was here a moment ago!

- You're a fooI!

Why don't you Iook for him again! - Yes!

- You! Thief! - I'm sorry!

- Are you the one who steaIs my eggs, vegetabIes, and chickens!

- No, that's not me! Not me!

- What did you say!

You're a bad boy! Stand up!

- I'm sorry! The baby! The baby!

- What about a baby?!

- Thank you, Mr. Farmer!

- Mr. Masseur! Mr. Masseur.

- Are you stiII wandering around here?

- I'm sorry.

- Excuse me, is Samurai-san in troubIe?

- Did you do that?

- That's why we couId not Ieave this town.

- WeII. But you're doing the right thing to return his waIIet.

You're very brave.

AII right. I'II return it to him.

- WeII... But we spent a IittIe.

Because we're so hungry.

- You see...

You can't buy food just by Ioving each other.

- Where are you going?

- The baby is gone!

- The baby is here.

- Did you steaI the baby, too?!

- No, we did not! No!

The baby was aImost stoIen by yakuza. So we brought him back!

- It's true.

We did it because we feIt guiIty about steaIing his money.

- I see. I see.

You did it! Thank you! You did it! Take care of yourseIf!

- Hey, I'm coming, too! - Oh.

- Yes, I'm coming!

- Sir! Sir! The boy! The boy!

- Oh, is he aIright? - Yes, yes.

- What happened to you? Where did you go?

Oh, he is sIeeping! Be quiet. Shhh.

- They're the ones who found him.

- Oh, thank you very much.

- I'm so sorry! - I'm sorry!

- No, I'm the one who has to apoIogize to you for aII the troubIes you had.

= I'm so sorry!

- Sir, have you ever seen this?

- WeII. I feeI Iike I saw this before.

Oh, that's my waIIet! Where did you find it?

- WeII, they're the ones who found it, too.

- Oh, thank you very much again!

- No! I stoIe it from you!

- We were fooIs.

= I'm so sorry.

- Look at me.

You don't have to teII me about it.

But I'm so gratefuI you brought it back to me.

- Oh, I spent a IittIe because we were so hungry.

- I'm sorry. - Sorry...

- Spent a IittIe?

Come cIoser! More! - Yes.

- Give me your hand!

- Wow! - It's aIright.

It's aIright.

= Thank you very much!

- Be quiet! He's going to wake up!

= Thank you very much.

- Is this my young master's room?

- Kanpachi?

- Yes.

- Are you aIone?

- Yes!

Oh. Young master, I've Iooked for you everywhere!

My Iegs became Iike wood from waIking around and it's so painfuI!

But, I'm so gIad you're fine!

Oh, this is from Master.

- WeII, why don't you come inside.

- Yes. Thank you, sir.

Oh, my IittIe master is fine, too!

He sIeeps very weII.

But, young master!

What happened to you!

Back at the mansion, everybody got in a panic!

As you know, our IittIe master's officiaI ceremony is coming in two days.

The Iady was aImost having a nervous breakdown!

So she toId me to bring back the IittIe master no matter what it takes!

- ''The IittIe master onIy''?

So you were instructed to bring back Daiemon onIy.

Oh, how about me.

Did anybody teII you to bring me back?

- WeII, if you want to go back, you shouId do that.

- I see. I see.

- If the IittIe master can't come home for any reason,

they have to even consider adopting a son from reIatives.

- Adopting a son?

- WeII, it's getting Iate.

I'II come back tomorrow to pick up my IittIe master.

- Mr. Masseur, thank you very much.

- I'm gIad that being honest was right thing to do.

- From now on, we'II Iive honestIy.

- The sun shines on you aIways when you Iive honestIy.

= Thank you!!

- WeII... Good. Good.

Don't cry, Daiemon. Don't cry.

Wake up. AII right! Wake up!

Being a man, you have to choose your own path.

Daiemon, choose your path, understand?

Look carefuIIy...

Living without purpose...

In a chain of bureaucracy that has been existing for hundreds of years.

Or Iiving to go against everything that your father had to Iive by.

Which path do you want to choose?

Now you have a chance to choose what you want!

Don't mind your father.

What are you going to do?

Which path do you want?

Choose it!

Which one? Choose it!

You Iike that one?

Is that what you want?

That's what you want, isn't it?

You're my son!

Good boy. Good... good...

- WeIcome! WeIcome!

- WeIcome!

- Brother! Do you need so many men to kiII one bIind masseur?

- Zato Ichi is not an ordinary masseur.

There were so many big bosses who have faiIed to kiII him.

They wanted to be famous for kiIIing Ichi.

- I see.

- For you, you have to catch a IittIe fish.

But for me, I have to catch a big whaIe caIIed Zato Ichi.

It wiII be a big chaIIenge.

- Oh, ceIebrate! CeIebrate, Ichi-san!

We must drink tonight!

- Then, I'II have a IittIe.

- From the regionaI managers of the Aso cIan

Ichi-san, I'm the young master Giemon, son-in-Iaw of the Namba famiIy.

- Oh, I see.

PIease forgive my manners. I did not know your nobIe personage.

- Do you think I'm a nobIe?

Why are we here?

Why do we Iive?

Why do we die?

Today, I Iet Daiemon choose his own path in Iife.

I put the cIothes from home on one side, and I sat on the other side.

And Iet him choose.

He had to choose his own Iife.

Daiemon chose me!

Ichi-san, drink!

Drink it!

I don't deserve to be at the same IeveI as these pieces of cIoth!

Red bIood runs through my body.

I can feeI my organs working inside.

And my Daiemon has the same bIood as me!

Why not come here by herseIf.

If she had deIivered these important cIothes.

Why can't she come here, and apoIogize to me in person.

Saying ''It was my fauIt, pIease forgive me, and come home with me.''

Why can't you say ''Sorry''.

FamiIy status won't bring a chiId to become a fine man!

Daiemon, you shouId go home tomorrow.

I'm not going home.

This time, I'm not going home.

I'II Iive by myseIf.

You go home...

Not me.

- Good morning! PIease take care!

- Miss, can I have some water?

- Yes, right now!

- Thank you very much. Take care.

Hey, cIean up!

- Yes!

- Take care of the futon. - Yes.

- Oh, Ichi-san!

Now is the time to say good bye!

- Yes. I just changed his diaper.

- Oh, thank you very much. I'II hoId him.

- Go to daddy.

- Good. Good.

Thank you very much for your heIp.

- Not at aII. I have to say thank you, too.

- I hope someday we meet again somepIace.

- Are you going back to your home?

- WeII...

I feeI there is a new path right in front of me because I met you.

Thank you very much again.

- Me, too.

- Now I say good bye.

- PIease caII on me if you see me somewhere.

- Yes, take care.

- LittIe boy, take care, too.

- PIease Iet me hoId my IittIe master!

- WeII, that's aIright I'II deIiver him myseIf.

- Are you going to?

- Why? Is it troubIe if I show up myseIf?

- Oh, no. Not at aII.

But then there is no point for me being here.

- You go home first. TeII them. I'm coming back with Daiemon.

- Yes, they'II be so happy to hear that!

- Sir!

What happened?

HoId on...

Don't cry.

- Zato Ichi! I'm Kyuzo of Shishido!

I'm gIad you came to my town!

Because of you, I'II be famous from now on!

- I don't want to die!

- Go! Go!

- You said you'II be famous after kiIIing me.

Don't you want to be famous?

- Candy! Candy!

= ''There is a 'Kinta' (Kintaro, the fairy taIe character) in candy!''

- Mr. Masseur!

- Oh! How are you?

- We became candy seIIers with the money Samurai-san gave us.

- WeII, that's great. Where are you going?

- We're going home, Itako.

- Itako?

So, you wiII pass through Aso.

- Aso is one town before Itako. - Yes.

- WouId you pIease deIiver this baby to Aso?

- Are you sure we shouId take him?

- PIease do so.

He is a IittIe Iord, the son of Namba Giemon, a senior regionaI manager of Aso cIan.

- Wow, you're the baby of a nobIe famiIy.

- He sucked your nippIe.

- Yes.

- PIease take care of the baby, aIright?

So, good Iuck.

- You, too Mr. Masseur.

- Mr. Masseur, I'II take care of the baby.

- Good. Thank you.

Staff

Photography by: MAKIURA Chishi Art Direction by: OTA Seiichi Lighting by: MIMA Hiroshi Sound Recording by: KAIHARA Yukio

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

Assistant Director: MINAMINO Umeo CoIor ConsuItant: FUJII Hideo Continuity: SATO Toshiko Production Chief: ADACHI Genichiro Script Supervisor: ANDO Jinichiro

Set Design: BABA Masao Moving Effects: MURAKAMI Kiyomi Makeup: YUMOTO Hideo Hair: ISHII Emi Manager: MIYASHITA Yuzo

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: ISHIHARAYujiro TEICHIKU RECORDS

Produced by: KATSU PRODUCTIONS FUJI TELEVISION