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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: NAKAMURA Tsutomu from the HASEGAWA Shinwork ''Tanomare Takuzo'' - ''I had a strange dream Iast night...

Original Story by: SHIMOZAWA Kan Screenplay by: NAKAMURA Tsutomu from the HASEGAWA Shinwork ''Tanomare Takuzo''

Original Story by: SHIMOZAWA Kan Screenplay by: NAKAMURA Tsutomu from the HASEGAWA Shinwork ''Tanomare Takuzo'' ''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...

Cast

Cast ''BIue sky, white cIouds...

''BIue sky, white cIouds...

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

''BIue sky, white cIouds...

''Red flowers bIown by the wind...

HARADA Yoshio ''Red flowers bIown by the wind...

HARADA Yoshio

HARADA Yoshio ''I thought the worId was dark...

''I thought the worId was dark...

ENAMI Kyoko ''I thought the worId was dark...

''I thought the worId was dark...

OKI Shoji SHIN Kinzo ''I thought the worId was dark...

OKI Shoji SHIN Kinzo

OKI Shoji SHIN Kinzo ''It is brighter and more fun...

''It is brighter and more fun...

SHIBATA Akihiko TANAKA Hiroshi TOYAMA Kin ''It is brighter and more fun...

''It is brighter and more fun...

NARUo Yoneko HIRoTA Kazuhiko NoGAMI Tetsuya SHIMoMoTo Toshiyo ''It is brighter and more fun...

''It is brighter and more fun...

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

Directed by: KUROKI Kazuo ''I feIt a joy, I feIt a warmth...

Directed by: KUROKI Kazuo

''Then I cried.''

THE GHOST THAT CALLED TO ICHI (Yurei ga Ichi o Maneita) ''Then I cried.''

- ''Ichi-san...''

''Ichi-san...''

She was caIIing him with a sad voice around midnight (the hour of the rat).

- What did she Iook Iike?

- WeII, since she was a ghost, she had to be very paIe.

I suspect she wants to say something.

- Ichi-san...?

It must be Ichinojo, or Ichinoshin.

He must be a good Iooking feIIow.

- That's right. He breaks women's hearts.

But it's so weird that a ghost wouId show up at the same time as the fIower festivaI.

- PIease make yourseIf comfortabIe.

- Thank you.

- Right here.

- Thank you very much.

Oh, I'm sorry.

I did not know you were there.

The hostess brought me to this room. I'II ask her to change rooms.

Sorry.

Miss! Miss!

- Yes, what is it?

- WouId you pIease change rooms?

I thought this was a private room. PIease change it.

Any kind of room is fine. I can't reIax sharing a room with a Iady.

- There is nobody in this room.

- But she is there.

PIease change rooms.

- Nobody is in here!

- Hey, Priest!

I can't stand that chanting! WouId you pIease do it somewhere eIse?

- What are you doing?!

I work for Buddha!

Stop it! Stop it!

- Hey, did you Iook at me?

Yes! You gave me a Iook!

- Why don't you hide your face if you don't want to be seen.

- Shut up!

- I did not give you a fataI wound.

Why don't you pour sak� and put tobacco ashes on it.

You'II be fine in a few days!

- Han (odd).

- PIease bet! PIease!

Anybody, odd? Odd?

- PIease bet! Anybody, cho (even)? Even?

- Even

- Even! - Even!

- Hey! Hey!

Odd! It's going to be odd!

Your Iuck is not going to Iast forever, fooI!

Odd! Odd!

- I got it! - Game!

- Two - six, even!

- Wow! I got Iucky for the fifth time. Thank you very much!

- You're the god of gambIing!

- Oh, no... no...

It was a coincidence.

I was surprised myseIf!

- Let's go to the next one! Next!

- Mr. customer, wouId you pIease take a break?

My eyes are not bIind.

You've been cheating more than you think.

- Mr. customer, pIease forgive his rudeness..

- PIease bet!

- Are you Isazo of Shimotsu?

- If I were, then what?

- I've heard your name everypIace I go.

You are famous for beating the heII out of whomever gets in your way.

- So what!

- You see, you did it now. You fight with everyone.

But isn't there somebody who it wouId be impossibIe for even a man Iike you to beat?

- ImpossibIe? There isn't.

- Then, how about someone who is equaIIy as good as you?

- There isn't one! Shut your mouth!

- Odd! - Even!

- Even! - Even!

- Game!

- Even wins!

- Hey, brother. WouId you move over a IittIe?

- I'm Ieaving right now, fooI!

- I see. Great. Thank you.

- That's good.

- What are you doing?

- Not moving!

Because you said something I don't Iike.

I'm not Ieaving!

- I see, fine. Do whatever you Iike!

- You Iook Iike her.

- Your pick up Iine is too oId.

- No. Not at aII!

She is nothing Iike you, bitch!

- Hey!

- You're the one who said I Iook Iike her!

So, who do I Iook Iike?

Hey...

- Don't touch my back.

She is Iike a twin.

- You're a fooI!

- Have you seen Isazo of Shimotsu? Or have you heard of him?

- WeII... Neither one...

- He said ''Isazo''.

I better go somepIace as far as possibIe from him.

- Hey!

Hey! Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait!

Zato Ichi!

- Yes.

How have you been?

- What are you taIking about!

You were so Iucky Iast night at the casino, eh?

- Oh, thank you very much.

I did bet everything against your pick and made decent money.

- What a fooI!

You're so annoying every time I see you!

The way you taIk... taIk! The way you waIk! Everything annoys me! FooI!

- I'm sorry.

You don't have to worry about me, since you are so strong.

I hear about you every pIace I go.

- Hey! Wait! Did you grin?

- What?

- What? I asked if you grinned?

When you said ''I hear about you everywhere,'' then you grinned!

- Oh, pIease.

How can I see if I grin or not?

You can see your face's expression in a mirror when you smiIe or cry.

But I have no idea what my face's expressions are.

Now I'm worried about your being here, so my face is probabIy showing...

- I don't Iike it!

- Look, I'II hide my face. Sorry.

- I don't Iike it!

You're stiII annoying even if you hide your face.

- You shouId not fight in the middIe of the street.

- Take out your sword.

- We don't have to do this.

Let's have a drink!

- Hey! Ichi! You're a bastard!

I'm not trying to impress you!

- What is it! You sneaked into my room Iike a stray cat!

What did you do?

If you want 'One-Thousand-Ryo' Otomi you shouId come back another day!

- If you are trying to embarrass Isazo of Shimotsu, you'II regret it!

- Isazo?

I don't give a damn about your stupid name.

But if you think you can have me easiIy, you're dead wrong about it!

AII men are fooIs!

- I can't stand your Iooks!

- It's none of your damn business what I Iook Iike!

- Shut up! Bitch!

Get away from me!

- I couId not beIieve it!

Because they were fighting with swords.

Then, the big man won the battIe.

After that, he enjoyed smoking tobacco.

He was some kind of man!

- Hey, the man who smoked tobacco.

Did he have kind of a dark skin and Iooked Iike a stray dog?

- I don't know what you are taIking about?

- That's fine. But was he a good Iooking man?

- Give me the biII! - Yes.

- Thank you. I'II Ieave the money here!

- Thank you!

- Isazo of Shimotsu is beating the heII out of everybody.

- Hey, bring three hot sak� for us! - Yes!

- Mr. Masseur!

- Yes.

- Do you know Isazo?

- Isa-san? Who is it?

- WeII. Isazo-san of Shimotsu.

You know him, don't you?

- No, no. I don't know anybody with that name.

- But you said ''Isazo of Shimotsu.''

- No... I don't think so.

I don't know. No.

I don't know why you are after him.

But if you want to meet him, don't foIIow me.

Because I'm going in the opposite direction from him.

- Hey! Wait a minute!

- Isazo!

- Oh, heIIo Isazo-san.

- Hey, you!

- What's that mean, ''heIIo''?

Did you caII me ''Isazo'' instead of ''Isazo-san''? Who gave you permission to caII me Iike that?

- Isazo-san, can I teII your zodiac year?

Were you born in the year of the dog?

- How did you know?

- Because it seems that you can foIIow a scent Iike a dog!

- A dog! I knew it!

Because I'm the year of the monkey! ( dog and monkey cannot get aIong)

- Wokee, wokee, a monkey!

- What did you say?

- Hey, you!

Did you Iaugh at me again?

- What are you guys arguing about Iike girIs?

If you want to taIk, you shouId taIk to me first!

- Hey, Ichi. Let's meet again somewhere without this monkey!

- What did you say?

Wait a minute! Hey! Stray dog!

- What are you doing? Get out of my room!

- I'm not going anywhere.

- I have nothing to do with you.

Why are you here?

- Can't you see it? FooI.

Isazo-san. Why are you chasing Ichi-san, and not me?

- Shut up! Don't mention him!

- You don't Iike him, do you? - Of course not! You're a fooI!

- This is my first time taIking to you.

- I don't know him.

- Did you faII in Iove with me?

- What?

- Do you Iove me?

- When did I faII in Iove with you, huh?

I never faII in Iove with women. Besides, never with a woman Iike you, a monkey!

- Stray dog!

I knew everything!

It's so obvious.

There is someone deep in your heart.

I know that!

But if you are running away from a reaI woman, what makes you a reaI man?

- I'm not running away from anything.

You are foIIowing me.

Damn it! Go home. Go, go.

- I'm not going anywhere.

WeII, I'II get a hot sak�.

Wait for me, aIright?

Wait for me.

- Hey, come out! FooI!

Let's fight! Come out!

- Why don't you come inside?

It's so coId being outside, isn't it?

- What did you say, fooI?

Of course, it's damn coId!

It's winter, you idiot!

Come out!

- You wiII end up catching a coId.

- Don't treat me Iike a fooI.

Shut up! It's none of your damn business! Come out!

Now he pretends to be asIeep. He's so annoying.

I see. FinaIIy you came out.

Since you came out.

Let's do it.

Let's finish it! Damn!

You.

Are you reaIIy serious?

AII right If you are serious, I'II take it seriousIy, too.

I'm becoming dead serious now, too!

I took mine out aIready!

You can't see it, can you?

I have to teII you one thing.

Don't cut my back, I'II be very upset!

I couIdn't forgive you.

I won't attack your back, either!

I'm coming!

Hey, those men were after my head.

Damn! It's none of your business.

- WeII... I see.

I thought they were after me.

- No, no!

That was my fight. You stoIe it from me.

I'm not happy.

- I'm so sorry. Sorry about that.

WeII, Isazo-san.

It can't be heIped that you Iove to fight with everyone.

But between you and me, we have no reason to fight each other.

Why do we have to fight each other?

- If I want to fight, I wiII make it into a fight at any time, anywhere.

- I understand. But you see...

When I hear somebody's footsteps,

I can't reIax because I wonder if it's your, Isazo-san's, footsteps or not.

So pIease, wouId you pIease forgive me, now?

- As I said.

If I want to quit fighting,

then I can quit fighting.

- Yes? - I'II quit.

- ReaIIy?

Then, Isazo-san, Iet's agree on it.

- Yes, aIright.

So... Let's agree on it. - Yes.

So, it's agreed.

- I feeI Iike an object that has been stuck in my throat finaIIy went down. Ichi-san.

- Yes?

- I have been waiting to taIk to you for a Iong time.

It took aImost a year! A year.

Oh, so good.

- There is nothing as great as simpIe rice baIIs.

- I never had such good rice baIIs.

- WeII, Ichi-san...

- Yes?

I don't know how to bring it up.

- What is it?

- WeII... I'II show you this because of you,

I have something precious for you to see.

- Oh, come on. For me to ''see''?

It's your true nature to be naughty.

- Oh, I'm sorry.

Then, you can touch it.

I've never aIIowed anyone to see it, or touch it.

- What is it?

- OnIy you, Ichi-san.

Wait for a second.

Now I'm ready!

So, touch my back!

- Huh? Touch your back?

Do you want me to give you a massage or what?

- Just touch it.

PIease do it. Do you feeI it? Do you?

- It's a tattoo.

What kind of tattoo is it?

- A woman.

- A woman?

I see. Is she your wife?

- She was Iike that.

Her name is Oshige.

- Oshige-san.

Thank you very much.

Is she doing weII?

- No.

She died three years ago.

- Died.

- Yeah, it's a compIicated story.

- That's why.

Oshige-san Ioves you very much,

I can feeI the energy right around here. So warm.

I guess she was a beautifuI woman, but what did she Iook Iike?

- WeII, do you remember the woman who was born the year of the monkey?

She just Iooks Iike my Oshige! But onIy Iooks.

- I see.

Now I know.

You feII in Iove with the woman.

- What are you taIking about?

Ever since I had the tattoo in my back, I don't want to sIeep with anybody.

It's true.

- Yes, I know it's true.

You are an honest person.

That is your virtue.

But once you put her on your back, you cannot see her often.

WeII, Isazo-san.... I'II Iet you see Oshige-san right now.

- What?

- Don't worry.

Face that way.

See. Take a good Iook at your Oshige now. Right here.

- Thank you, Ichi-san.

I shouId have compIeted my tattoo Iong ago.

Maybe next month, I wiII go back to my home town to finish it.

- What?

- Shimotsu of Nakatone is my home town.

There is a tattoo artist caIIed Chushichi.

I'II finish my tattoo at his pIace.

Why don't you come?

- Oh. WeII, it wiII be the fIower festivaI around that time.

- Yes! March 18th wiII be the festivaI.

Come to visit me on that day. AIright?

I'II be waiting!

- Then, I shouId visit.

Excuse me.

Is this the residence of Chushichi-san, the tattoo artist?

- Yes. Who is it?

- I made a promise with Isazo-san of Shimotsu to meet him in here today.

Is he here?

- What? Isazo?

He cannot come back to this town.

WeII... PIease come in and sit.

- Thank you very much.

- I wonder why he changed his mind about coming back here.

- He has a tattoo of Oshige-san on his back.

He said he must compIete his tattoo.

- Oshige was my daughter.

She was engaged to Isazo, and soon to be married to him. But...

It sounds a IittIe Iike bIuster from her own father.

But she was so popuIar and Ioved by everybody.

Then soon Boss Hachomatsu feII in Iove with her.

He forced her to be his woman.

After her innocence had been taken by the boss,

she feIt so ashamed and threw herseIf into the river.

Isazo became insane and kiIIed Boss Hachomatsu for revenge.

Then he asked me to put Oshige's face on his back.

He wanted to Ieave this town with her.

It was aImost three years ago.

Oshige wiII come back with Isazo.

I feeI uneasy about them coming home.

The brother of Boss Hachomatsu

has taken over the famiIy and became the new boss of our town.

- The festivaI in my town is awesome!

I'II finish my tattoo before the festivaI.

So, wouId you drink with me aII night the day of the festivaI?

Oshige wiII be very happy.

- WeII, pIease come inside.

PIease come.

- Thank you very much.

Thank you.

- If Isazo says so, he wiII come back.

He is that kind of guy. He is a man of his word.

I'II finish you.

I've kept my daughter's portrait with me since her death.

It has been a whiIe to hoId my needIe.

Let's get ready.

PIease be comfortabIe.

- Ichi-san... Ichi-san...

She is caIIing his name with a very sad voice around midnight (hour of the rat).

I guess she wanted to say something.

- WeII. Now it's the hour of the rat.

I'm Ichi.

Are you Oshige-san?

What can I do for you?

Isazo-san...

You came home.

How vexed you must have feIt.

I wiII avenge you.

- Wow, that's him!

- Who are you?

- Are you the new boss?

- If so, what does that have to do with you?

- Yes, I'm a friend of Isazo. I came to this town.

Yes. Because I promised Isazo to drink with him on the night of the fIower festivaI.

- Isazo? - Yes.

But poor Isazo.

I don't know why he got ambushed.

But I heard that he can't have a drink with me.

- Who toId you that?

- I heard it from a ghost.

- A ghost?!

Do you want to be a ghost, too?

- WouId you drink with me the night of the festivaI?

- Oshige-san, now you can stay with him forever.

There is no man Iike Isazo-san who is so honest.

But, Oshige-san, pIease heIp him about his bad temper.

Staff

Photography by: WATANABE Mitsugu 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: MINAMINO Umeo CoIor ConsuItant: ANDO Munetaka 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: 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