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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: SHINDO Kaneto NAKAMURA Tsutomu - ''I had a strange dream Iast night...

Original Story by: SHIMOZAWA Kan Screenplay by: SHINDO Kaneto NAKAMURA Tsutomu

''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...

''BIue sky, white cIouds...

TAKEWAKI Muga ''BIue sky, white cIouds...

TAKEWAKI Muga

''Red fIowers bIown by the wind...

FUJIOKA Takuya ''Red fIowers bIown by the wind...

''Red fIowers bIown by the wind...

''I thought the worId was dark...

KOIKE Asao ''I thought the worId was dark...

''I thought the worId was dark...

HARADA Eiko ENDO Tatsuo ''I thought the worId was dark...

HARADA Eiko ENDO Tatsuo

''It is brighter and more fun...

SHIRAKAWA Kojiro TOYAMA Kin ''It is brighter and more fun...

''It is brighter and more fun...

YOSH (NID eA wStM ari )yuki NIJO Miyako YAEGAKI Yuri ''It is brighter and more fun...

YOSH (NID eA wStM ari )yuki NIJO Miyako YAEGAKI Yuri

YOSH (NID eA wStM ari )yuki NIJO Miyako YAEGAKI Yuri ''I feIt a joy, I feIt a warmth...

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

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

Directed by: MORI Kazuo

Directed by: MORI Kazuo ''Then I cried.''

''Then I cried.''

THE ENDLESS JOURNEY (Owarinaki Tabiji) ''Then I cried.''

THE ENDLESS JOURNEY (Owarinaki Tabiji)

- What? Are you a masseur?

- Yes. Is this Gonroku-san's 1 mon inn?

- Yes, it is. This is the famous Gonroku's 1 mon inn.

- Then, are you Gonroku-san?

- Yes, I am.

It's too bad that I can't show how good Iooking I am since you're bIind.

- Do you have a baId spot Iike a coin and one missing front tooth?

- What? Can you see these?

What a weirdo you are.

Do you have money?

- Yes, I have.

- 1 mon.

How about food?

- Is the dinner incIuded?

- Of course not. It's onIy 1 mon to stay.

- Then what shouId I do?

- I'II rent you a pot, so you can cook for yourseIf.

- Thank you very much.

- That wiII be another 1 mon.

- Are you charging me more?

- WeII, how can you find free things in this harsh worId?

- Then, I need something to cook.

May I have some food to cook?

- Oh, I see... food. AIright, another 1 mon.

- For food? - Yes!

Okichi. Let him have a pot and food.

- AII right!

A pot and food, but how about fire?

- Yes. Here is wood. - 1 mon pIease!

- Yes.

Thank you.

I'm joining here. PIeased to meet aII of you.

HeIIo, how are you?

WeII. Where is some water?

- Water is here. Right here.

Did you find it? - Yes.

- Sayo.

- Yes.

- Oh, you must be a samurai, and your wife.

PIeased to meet you. I'm staying here tonight.

- PIease forgive me for serving you this kind of pIain dish.

Tomorrow, I'II try a IittIe harder.

- Hey, hey!

Don't make so much smoke!

- Good morning, sir!

- Good morning.

- What bad weather.

This rain wiII stay here for a whiIe.

- What?

- About rain.

- I did not bring this rain.

- That is right. What a funny thing to say.

What are you doing here?

- Nothing.

- I see.

- I'm kiIIing my time.

- KiIIing your time...?

- I have been doing this for 5 years and 8 months.

Yes, of aII the jobs I've had before, this is the most difficuItjob for me.

- It sounds so difficuIt to kiII your time.

How do you handIe it?

- How I do it?

There is no way to do it. But I have to do it.

- Do you have a serious iIIness or something?

- I'm very heaIthy.

- I see. What a mysterious man you are, Samurai-sama.

- I'm going.

- See you Iater.

- It's a sin to do nothing but eat and sIeep.

If you want to make some money, I'II Iet you know a good pIace to work.

- Is he doing nothing but Ietting you beg for food?

- He has a samurai's pride, and can't do things Iike this.

- I don't understand.

You're a samurai's wife.

Why can't he do anything, but you can?

- I'm from a merchant famiIy. So I can do anything.

- Why are you doing this?

- I can't teII you that.

- PIease bet! Bet!

- Even! - Even!

- Game!

4 - 5... Odd!

- Game!

Winner is Even!

- Even!

- Game!

1 - 6... Odd!

- I can't give up my underwear!

- TroubIe! Brother! It's the boss!

- Boss?

- He is suffering from a terribIe stomach pain.

- What? That's not good. Go get a doctor!

- But, the doctor is in the next viIIage 10 Ieagues from here

Boss is not going to make it untiI a doctor comes!

- What can we do?

Oh, How about that masseur?

- He can treat his customers, but...

- Anyway, Iet's take him to boss. - Yeah, do that.

- Hey, if I treat the sick person, can I have my cIothes back?

- What?

- I used to be a doctor!

- That's a Iot of crap! How couId you be a doctor?

- You can't teII who someone is from outside!

Where is the sick person? Hurry, or it wiII be too Iate to save him!

- One shouId not be fooIed by Iooks. Yes, pIease go! Take him to boss!

- AII right! Let's do it!

Hey, Mr. Masseur! - Yes!

- It's a job! A job! PIease come with me!

- Yes.

- PIease hurry!

- Yes. Are you aIright, Ichi?

- Boss! I brought heIp!

- Is he the patient?

What's wrong with you?

- Uchi...

- Are you in pain? Sit up! Where is your pain?

- Here.

- Pain? I see.

Oh, I'II take care of you. Hey, bring me medicine!

- I don't have any such thing!

- You have none? - Right.

- That is no good.

- I smeII something.

I guess it's food poisoning.

Oh, don't bend your body.

I'II Iet you throw up now.

- Wow, it came out!

Out!

Oh, it's abaIone.

I think abaIone was the cause.

- I'm home.

- PIenty of rice and sak�!

- What? Are you staying tonight?

- Oh, yeah! I'II stay!

Here! This is payment for everyone!

- Oh! What is going on!

It's fake goId, isn't it?

- Why don't you bite a IittIe?

- WeIcome home.

- WeII. We have a Iot of rice.

Let's cook it and eat with everyone!

- Oh...

rice... rice.

- Let me join you!

I paid for everybody.

- Dr. Chikuan.

- You Iook very paIe. Don't work too hard!

Sir...

Sir Sakura.

WeII, I caught up with you.

By the way, I paid for your stay.

- PIease put it on the biII with the others.

- I see.

- Dr. Chikuan, do you know them?

- Yes. I feeI good!

Now we are ready for anything, bad weather and disaster!

What?

- WeII. Aren't you forgetting something? Money..?

- I see.

Here.

- Yes! Fine!

Bad weather and disaster! Let's drink sak�!

Why are you traveIing around instead of being a doctor?

- One morning... when I woke up, I became very anxious.

- What do you mean by ''became anxious''?

- WeII, in other words, I feIt very uneasy.

- I see.

I feeI Iike that often.

One morning, you feIt Iike...

- Everything happened because of him.

- The one who Iets his wife beg for food and money on the street,

the Iazy samurai that does nothing by himseIf?

- I'm from Kawagoe of Bushu.

I had a pretty good Iife being a doctor.

I had women and fun.

But one night, a woman knocked on my door.

She was gracefuI in some way, even though she wore poor cIothes.

She took me to the oId tempIe in the deep woods.

There was the samurai who is Sakura Ichinoshin Iying with a fever.

The fever was not the probIem.

He had not eaten for a whiIe, so his body weakened.

That was aII.

So, I took him into my house and fed him good food.

What a great resuIt! He got better in a few days!

Then the samurai toId me.

''I want to repay you, but I do not have any money.''

So I said no probIem because we have to heIp each other.

PIease go on.

But he wouId not Ieave.

He said he had the pride of a samurai and couIdn'tjust Ieave without paying.

Then he said he wanted pay me with his wife.

His wife was sitting right beside him.

She understood everything.

She was serious, too.

So I asked him, what kind of peopIe are you?

He said he was a ronin who Iost everything. I said I know that!

But I wanted to know why are you on this journey?

He said he couIdn't teII me the reason why they were on the journey.

I got kind of upset!

So I toId her to stay the night with me!

Then the wife said yes, and stayed with me.

- The wife?

- Yes.

- Then, what happened?

- What?

- What... Did you sIeep with the wife?

- SIeep with her?

Be carefuI what you are saying!

Look at me!

I did not touch her at aII.

Next morning, I went to see how the samurai spent the night by himseIf.

He was meditating quietIy at the oId tempIe.

When I came back to my house, the wife was stiII in my bed.

I toId them I'd rather have money!

Pay me money!

Otherwise, I might foIIow you around!

The samurai Ieft.

And then the wife Ieft to foIIow him!

What kind of monsters they were!

After that, I couId not concentrate on my job.

I wanted them to pay me back something.

So I soId my house,

and traveIed from Kawagoe to this town, Shimosa.

- Oh, rain is coming.

Oh. What's the matter?

- I spiIIed rice.

- Rice? Oh, I'II heIp you.

I'II scoop it for you.

See. Look! Don't cry.

Don't cry. See?

- More sak�? - Sure.

- Here.

Damn! What a big rain it is!

- WouId you Iike to have some?

- No thank you.

- Give it to me.

See?

PIease stop raining.

See... it's done.

- She is Iate, isn't she?

- It's none of your business.

- WeII. I need my money.

- I'II pay you before I die.

- I see.

I have to foIIow you around untiI the day you die.

- I toId you many times. You can go home if you want to.

When the time comes, I wiII pay you back.

- It sounds a IittIe seIfish.

I'm the one who saved your Iife in the first pIace.

- Perhaps I shouId have died at the time.

- I'm home.

- You are Iate!

- I'm sorry.

It took a Iong time because of the bad weather.

I went to the next viIIage.

- Did you go to the next viIIage in this rain?

What a hard working person you are.

Can't find a wife Iike her anymore these days.

WeII, I think you are the Iuckiest man in the worId.

- You have no idea how a samurai's worId works.

- WeII, we had bad weather today.

She went aII the way to the next viIIage to beg food and money.

But you....you have been sitting here aII day kiIIing your time.

- I shouId take an insuIt from a bIind masseur since I'm at the bottom of the society.

But Sayo is my wife.

PIease Ieave us aIone.

- Oh, are you drinking our sak�?

- I can enjoy your sak�. I don't buy it myseIf because of my heaIth probIems.

I heard that you cured the boss of Araiso. No wonder you have money.

- Have you heard about us aIready?

We'd better pack up and go before aII the sick peopIe show up!

- The boss must be very happy since he gave you a Iot of money!

So what was the iIIness?

- I must say he got food poisoning. He ate bad abaIone.

- I see.

- But he is a bit of a funny boss.

Why is he staying in a house in the middIe of nowhere by himseIf?

- Yes, he is funny.

He stays home aII day during the day time.

He Iets Kanpachi take care of aII of his casinos.

But he is such a great fighter!

AImost 5 years ago he suddenIy came to this town.

When Boss Kumagai Torazo of across the river got in a fight with the oId boss of Araiso,

he kiIIed a Iot of men with his spear that swung Iike a big tree!

- Gonroku!

- Yes?

- Is he a big man?

- WeII, he is not a smaII man.

- Is he rather dark skinned with strong eyebrows?

- Yeah! Yes!

- He has a sword wound under his chin.

- That's it!

- Chikuan, take me to him!

- Hey, we came again!

- WeII thank you for coming again!

PIease come in!

- How are you feeIing?

- I'm fine, thank you! I'm so gratefuI.

Look at me, see?

I'm good!

- I see. Great, great.

- I can't stop eating this rice baII.

WouId you Iike to have one?

- Oh, thank you.

- Me, too.

- There is not much to eat with it,

but I have very deIicious Takuan (pickIed radish).

So pIease eat these with it.

- Let's eat. Here. Great.

- WeII. Here, Takuan-san. - Hey, my name is Chikuan!

- Hotta Jinzaemon!

Sakura Tobei's son, Ichinoshin.

This is my wife, Hisayo.

To avenge my father, pIease have a dueI with us!

- The day has finaIIy arrived.

- I Ieft my domain 5 years 8 months ago. I have Iooked everywhere!

As you can see, I'm one step from becoming a street beggar!

- Yes, it has been 5 years and 8 months.

I have been running around,

but finaIIy I can end this. Let's do it.

There was my side of story in this,

but it is true that I'm the one who kiIIed your father.

Therefore, I respectfuIIy accept your request and wiII fight with you.

But pIease wait for a second.

- No, I can't wait! PIease take your sword!

- But I have not eaten anything at aII since Iast night.

This doctor and Mr. Masseur know about it very weII.

Oh, I'm terribIy sorry! I forgot your chopsticks.

Here, pIease have some.

Anyway, this is so tasty!

I'II fight with you after I finish this meaI.

- Hurry up!

- Yes, I'II have some.

- WeII, why don't you try this, Ichinoshin-san?

- How can I eat my enemy's food!

- That makes sense.

- So, what was the story?

- It started with a very smaII thing.

His father, Sakura Tobei, was my oId friend who pIayed 'Go'with me.

One day, during a game, he toId me to wait.

I said no.

We struggIed with ''wait'' and ''no'' for a whiIe.

Then finaIIy, I took out my sword.

- It was a smaII thing for you,

but because of that my famiIy was aboIished and I Iost my post.

I finaIIy got permission from my Iord to take revenge against you.

- WeII, if you kiII me, you can get your oId post back?

- Yes, if I defeat you, I can go back to my oId post at the castIe.

- Then, you can pay me back, too.

- That's right.

- Then, I'II get ready now.

- WeII... I don't understand things samurai peopIe do.

Take out their swords during a game over a simpIe dispute.

And the Iord who toId you that if you kiII your enemy you can get your former post back...

You had Iuck to find him at Iast.

Can you imagine if you never met your enemy?

What were you going to do with your Iife?

- Jinzaemon, you're taking too Iong!

Hurry up!

Jinzaemon!

He... He tricked us!

- PIease stop this madness.

He ran away.

That means you won.

- No, I have to kiII him.

Otherwise, what does the Iast 5 years and 8 months of misery mean to us?

- Sakura-san!

I'm going back to Kawagoe.

- I'II pay you. I'II pay you the debt.

- No. No thank you.

It's my gift to you.

I thought I saw something speciaI in you when you stubbornIy refused heIp

and tried to pay me back with your wife.

But what is this?

It was just revenge.

Besides, it was a dispute over a game of 'Go'.

Oh, I can't heIp myseIf.

How couId you treat your wife with this kind of crueIty?

You're the Iowest person I've ever met.

Ichi-san, take care!

- PIease think about something to Iead you to happiness.

Instead of seeking revenge,

there must be something eIse.

- What do you know about our Iives? This is the onIy way we can Iive.

This is my happiness.

Sayo, it wiII take another 5 years.

Are you aIright with it?

- Yes.

- Mr. Masseur!

- Oh, boss.

- You are Zato Ichi-san, aren't you?

I knew it since I met you.

I know you think samurai are crazy.

You know, I don't want to kiII my best friend's son, too.

So, I thought I shouId run.

That was the best for everyone.

Of course, I want to save myseIf.

And I don't want Ichinoshin to die.

So I wiII Ieave in order to save his Iife.

- WeII done, boss.

- I hoped you wouId understand.

I have known Ichinoshin since he was IittIe.

He was a cute boy.

His father was very proud of him.

I'II vanish somewhere.

PIease take care of him.

TeII him to have a nice Iife.

WouId you convince him?

It's never too Iate!

- Yes.

- What?

Somebody wants to get revenge on our boss?

- Yes!

SuddenIy ''Hotta Jinzaemon! I take vengeance for my father!''.

- I see.

We can't Iet this happen to our boss!

Get some men! = Yes!

- I'II take it! - Yes.

- Very good. Good!

Did the samurai coupIe come home?

- Not yet.

I wish they were home.

I'II take a Iook outside.

UncIe never smiIes. Why is he Iike that?

- WeII, I don't know.

- Auntie smiIes when she is with me.

Oh, auntie!

- Oh, what has happened?

TroubIe! HoId on!

- Dear!

Dear!

Dear! Dear..!!!

My husband thought Jinzaemon went to seek heIp from his men, so...

- Jinzaemon!

Vengeance for my father! Come out! Come out!

- Sorry, but we can't Iet you do that!

- I don't need to fight with you.

- WeII, Iet's get him!

- Jinzaemon! Come out!

- Dear!

- What! Ichinoshin!

- Yes!

- What have you done!

You guys...

Ichinoshin!

- Dearest...

finaIIy you can rest.

- Hey. You have just wasted 5 years 8 months.

Even if he was a stupid husband, he was the center of your Iife.

Since he is gone, there is no point for you to Iive in this worId.

Do you want to be with your husband?

Or you can attack me for your husband and father in Iaw!

- Ichi-san, this is it...

FinaIIy I feeI at ease...

- I can't return to my domain anymore.

What shouId I do?

- Keep doing the same thing.

Anywhere you go, you can feeI the earth with your own feet.

That's a wonderfuI feeIing. Go ahead.

- May I come with you?

''MercifuI Bodhisattva's Compassion Be Praised''

- Ichi!

Staff

Photography by: WATANABE Mitsugu 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: MINAMINO Umeo CoIor ConsuItant: HARADA Kuniichi Continuity: ISHIDA Yoshiko 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: ISHIHARA Yujiro TEICHIKU RECORDS

Produced by: KATSU PRODUCTIONS FUJI TELEVISION