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As Japan enjoys peace, the samurai era
is waning. But this calm is threatened
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by the growing power of Lord Naritsugu,
the Shogun's sadistic younger brother.
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Sir Doi realizes he will ruin the Shogunate
if he gains higher political standing.
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As Naritsugu's evil deeds are
quickly hushed up, Sir Doi must act.
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Offered above (to my lord).
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On March 5 of the first year of the Koka era (1844),
Akashi Clan House Elder Mamiya Zusho commits harakiri.
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To the Shogun, Mamiya's harakiri
was against Lord Naritsugu.
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Lord Naritsugu was born
with a vicious nature.
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His lust for flesh and dishonorable
conduct cannot be pardoned.
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What should we do?
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Shogun Council Elders,
Sir Doi has returned.
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The Shogun orders us to settle the
matter of his half-brother quietly.
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We blame those that named
Naritsugu an adopted Akashi son.
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This dilemma drove Mamiya to harakiri.
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- His appeal to us for action...
- I'm aware of that!
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But we must respect the Shogun's rule.
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His justice is sanctified by heaven's will.
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Arguing is pointless!
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Shimada Shinzaemon, I presume?
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In the flesh.
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You're a hard man to find.
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13 ASSASSINS
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Sir Doi.
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Sorry for the late hour.
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I've been a widower for years,
with few family obligations.
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Perhaps you've heard about the outrage.
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So...
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What do you make of Lord Naritsugu?
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Forgive my frankness...
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He is no worthy heir to
the noble Akashi Clan.
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With the Shogun's consent,
I suggest Naritsugu steps down.
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A more suitable heir is needed.
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The Shogun will not grant it.
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Why not?
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He has appointed Naritsugu
as his senior advisor,
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effective on Naritsugu's
next visit to Edo.
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The Shogun will allow that boy
to meddle in political affairs?
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Incidentally, I invited someone here.
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Speak with him.
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I'm Makino Yukie, a subject of Lord of
Owari. I serve the Agematsu in Kiso.
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I'm Shimada Shinzaemon.
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Kiso?
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I heard about an incident last year
between the Akashi and Owari clans.
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Rumors of a scandal...
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I'll tell you all.
I'll keep no secrets.
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In April of last year...
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Lord Naritsugu of the Akashi Clan...
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stayed overnight at Kiso.
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He is the son of the former Shogun.
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Nobility must be properly served.
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Our wives and daughters were
brought in for his full hospitality.
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Uneme.
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Father.
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- Is his feast in order?
- Yes.
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And the picture scrolls for his
entertainment.
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I'll fetch them.
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Have your wife get them instead.
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Chise.
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My son had married Chise
only two months prior.
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I ordered her to do this petty task.
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And I'll regret it to my grave.
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Who might you be?
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I belong to the Makino Uneme family.
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My Lord, please release me.
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Chise.
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Chise.
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Chise!
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Kiso women are such mountain monkeys.
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They defy me by scratching.
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Are you a monkey too, servant?
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Monkey necks can be so tough.
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That same night...
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Chise slit her throat in disgrace.
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My son and his new bride slain...
before my very eyes.
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This is torture.
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Rather than living in
disgrace I ponder harakiri.
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But I can't... I remember the
shame my Lord Owari has endured.
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Mock me for grumbling.
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I continue my worthless life solely to
remain a living witness to this tragedy.
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As the Council Elder enacting
the Shogun's justice...
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some things can do, others I cannot.
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If I turn my back on the Shogun
and find fault with his lineage,
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then his rule will spiral into
chaos and destroy years of peace.
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As the Shogun's senior
advisor, I cannot do it.
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Are you asking if I can do something?
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Since Mamiya's harakiri
protest three days ago...
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I've searched my soul for a solution.
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I have decided it's you.
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Who's the woman?
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Akashi lands were once most fertile.
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But Naritsugu's relentless land taxes
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made starving peasants hunger for revolt.
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This woman...
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is the daughter of the peasant leader.
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He did this...
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He cut off her limbs.
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And brought her to Edo as his plaything.
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But he grew bored with
her and cast her out.
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Is there no mercy?
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Shinzaemon, I need not
mention my honor and position.
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If this continues, chaos will ruin
our nation and the people will suffer.
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Poor woman... what of your family's fate?
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He cut out her tongue as well.
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TOTAL MASSACRE
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How fate smiles on me.
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As a samurai in this era of peace...
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I've been wishing for a noble death.
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Now fate has called me here.
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See, my hands...
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won't stop trembling.
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It's a warrior's battle shakes.
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I will accomplish your wish...
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with magnificence.
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Shimada Shinzaemon...
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with your gesture, you resolve
my official position.
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Sir Hanbei, thank you for coming.
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- Asakawa, where's Lord Naritsugu?
- In the banquet hall.
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The Mamiya?
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I told you not to
trouble the Mamiya family!
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I can't disobey Lord Naritsugu's orders.
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My Lord!
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Yes, Hanbei?
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Sir Doi has humbly requested that
you leave the Mamiya family alone...
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Governmental orders!
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Doi again! That
grumbling Shogun advisor.
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Lord Naritsugu!
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What makes a samurai warrior?
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You men mindlessly chant 'loyalty, duty'
like a Buddhist prayer.
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But if servants are spoiled,
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then one day, they forget
their duty to serve.
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Servants like Mamiya make light
of their master and revolt.
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Punishing one's servants, who are
the Shogun's certified property...
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Punishment is a master's duty.
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Dying for one's master is the way
of the samurai.
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Dying for one's husband is the way of women.
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We must protect these ways,
right, Hanbei?
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Yes.
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After debating for three days...
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the conclusion was 'no punishment
due to diminished responsibility'.
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I wish they would behead me.
I would like to experience that.
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The Tokugawa rule won't be long for
this world, will it, Hanbei?
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My Lord. Don't say such things.
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You know, I will be the Shogun's
chief of staff.
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They won't let him get away with it.
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Things worked out too easily
for our Lord, don't you think?
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He was given special treatment.
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Though born of a different mother,
he is still the Shogun's brother.
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So how will Sir Doi save face?
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As the man in charge of
the nation's justice...
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he must deliver a verdict to save
his honor in a scandal like this.
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So, Sir Doi is plotting something?
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Who goes there?
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Attendant Deguchi at your service.
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Gather men to spy on Sir Doi.
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Bribe the gatekeepers and servants.
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Get his list of visitors
since Mamiya's harakiri.
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We protect our Lord at all costs.
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Such is our duty.
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This is not the one.
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Hyoudou Genba, The Office of Carpentry.
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Makino Yukie of the Owari clan?
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Owari?
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Makino?
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Makino was present during our Kiso visit.
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So Makino met with Shinzaemon.
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Do you know this Shinzaemon?
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We attended the same school,
even trained in the sword at the same dojo.
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We were competitive classmates.
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Is he that skilled?
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He's not as shrewd, not as strong.
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But he never gives up.
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Backed into a corner, he won't
budge. Won't overplay his hand.
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He's a man who beats you in the end.
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If Doi has picked him...
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then we've drawn the worst luck.
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Impressive as always, Hirayama.
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I'm sorry for always borrowing
your dojo without permission.
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You honor me by using it. Your
spirit keeps the dojo alive.
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A match for old time's sake?
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Better to save our energy
for bigger tasks, right?
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There are no big or small
tasks. All are equally important.
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You follow me?
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Guess you still lack training.
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Since your teaching, I have been on
the path of the sword for ten years.
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As the months and seasons changed...
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I lived on the money you
gave me as a sword for hire...
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knowing that, one day,
I'dsurrender my life to you.
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I thought a time would
come when I could repay you.
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Yet I have no choice but to regret...
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I have not been able
to repay you, master.
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Your appreciation...
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My small contribution means so much?
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I thank you.
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What a rare samurai in these times!
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Oh, Kuranaga!
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Kuranaga Saheita, Team Leader,
from the Public Security Office.
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I am closely connected with Shinza
in a fateful bond.
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I have become a great fan of him.
Just like you.
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I am Hirayama.
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We can't waste his spirit.
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Have him join us.
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I chose five of my men.
They await you inside.
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Mitsuhashi, get
acquainted with Hirayama.
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I am Mitsuhashi, at your service.
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I present my subordinates,
Otake and Hioki.
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And my men, Higuchi and Horii.
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Hand-picked from hundreds.
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We are still so few.
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It's hard to find skilled
samurai in this day and age.
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Others are samurai of little worth.
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Our five lives are in
your hands, Sir Shinzaemon.
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I see.
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Then listen up.
By private order of Sir Doi...
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we've been assigned to take the life
of Lord Naritsugu of the Akashi clan.
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Next month, Naritsugu will
leave Edo for the Akashi domain.
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If he enters Akashi land,
we can't touch him.
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So we strike en route?
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That's the plan. It's absurd
with so little time and few men.
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But these days, how many samurai
use their swords in actual battle?
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Not them, not us. A real challenge.
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He who values his life
dies a dog's death.
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You've entrusted me with your lives.
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I'll spend them at my disposal.
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Now, we are nine.
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How many other true samurai are left?
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I'll take my leave.
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What was that meeting?
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Akashi samurai?
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Now you know!
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How dare you point your
sword at us, novice!
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Who are you?
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State your name.
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Hirayama. I'm a ronin.
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He killed our sword masters in one slice.
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I won't permit such blatant moves again.
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If Sir Doi decides to,
the coals we once cooled...
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will ignite into a blaze
burning down our clan!
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Forgive me for my thoughtless act.
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Now it's clear. It is Shinzaemon.
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Place your bets.
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Odd or even.
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Odd.
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Odd.
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Lady Luck is with you.
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Don't talk to me.
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What?
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Luck leaves when unlucky men talk.
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This isn't sake!
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Shogun retainer Shimada's third son.
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You make a lot of money.
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I thought Mizuno's reforms were finished.
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What a selfish jerk!
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Don't say such things.
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Samurai are always asking to borrow money.
255
00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,750
My shop is full of pawned swords.
256
00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:47,090
These days, swords are only
good for cutting radishes.
257
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:00,920
Well, hello Uncle!
258
00:32:03,770 --> 00:32:09,230
Womanizing at your age is
bad form, don't you think?
259
00:32:13,530 --> 00:32:18,180
Bravo Nephew! You young rogue.
260
00:32:22,110 --> 00:32:25,500
Sake bought with gambling
money tastes best.
261
00:32:26,300 --> 00:32:28,280
Spare me the irony.
262
00:32:29,180 --> 00:32:33,430
Gambling is the only time I feel alive.
263
00:32:34,380 --> 00:32:37,900
Samurai status doesn't suit me.
264
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:41,940
I too hated being a samurai,
but then I realized...
265
00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:47,180
I could never be a true
player by playing around.
266
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:51,570
A true player doesn't try so hard.
267
00:32:53,310 --> 00:32:55,480
I'm not trying too hard.
268
00:32:55,730 --> 00:32:57,110
I wonder.
269
00:32:59,590 --> 00:33:01,040
How's your girl?
270
00:33:03,980 --> 00:33:05,170
Well...
271
00:33:07,890 --> 00:33:10,170
she hasn't kicked me out yet.
272
00:33:12,230 --> 00:33:15,010
Be yourself. But don't overdo it!
273
00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:23,710
Lords are making their annual trips home.
274
00:33:24,290 --> 00:33:26,520
Shouldn't you be busy?
275
00:33:28,130 --> 00:33:31,700
Work is my excuse to gamble too.
276
00:33:34,170 --> 00:33:36,790
I'm on a mission, a long shot.
277
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:43,790
Will that gamble pay off?
278
00:33:43,990 --> 00:33:45,170
Pay off?
279
00:33:47,730 --> 00:33:50,270
It's like walking through
the eye of a needle.
280
00:33:51,710 --> 00:33:54,130
Quit while you're ahead.
281
00:33:55,380 --> 00:33:56,840
You're clever.
282
00:33:57,510 --> 00:34:02,790
But your uncle is a born fool.
I go for broke and bet it all.
283
00:34:06,210 --> 00:34:07,720
And if you win?
284
00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:12,860
If by chance, I win...
285
00:34:15,340 --> 00:34:17,610
in time, someone might appreciate me.
286
00:34:17,900 --> 00:34:19,530
Maybe.
287
00:34:23,660 --> 00:34:29,480
Betting on yourself is true
gambling. Who's overdoing it now?
288
00:34:34,660 --> 00:34:36,800
I'll say this, Shinrokuro...
289
00:34:37,660 --> 00:34:44,890
My gamble is more exciting
than yours, with the same odds.
290
00:35:18,510 --> 00:35:21,010
Give us the money in your pocket!
291
00:35:22,570 --> 00:35:25,550
I was hoping I'd met a ghost,
but you're just a robber.
292
00:36:03,250 --> 00:36:04,490
Help...
293
00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,550
Please...
294
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:12,460
Please.
295
00:36:15,170 --> 00:36:16,700
Pathetic.
296
00:36:39,130 --> 00:36:42,300
Shinrokuro, are you home?
297
00:36:51,490 --> 00:36:56,380
You tease. If you're here, say so.
298
00:36:59,910 --> 00:37:02,710
I'm neither here nor there.
299
00:37:04,300 --> 00:37:07,980
No teasing. You're right here.
300
00:37:12,780 --> 00:37:14,590
I saw my uncle.
301
00:37:16,290 --> 00:37:18,540
Sir Shinzaemon?
302
00:37:20,450 --> 00:37:21,770
Yes.
303
00:37:30,100 --> 00:37:33,630
What's wrong? Did something happen?
304
00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:42,250
Tsuya...
305
00:37:46,500 --> 00:37:47,640
No.
306
00:37:54,910 --> 00:37:56,150
Don't.
307
00:38:04,970 --> 00:38:06,330
Shinrokuro.
308
00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:08,560
I'll be gone for a while.
309
00:38:17,320 --> 00:38:20,880
When will you return?
310
00:38:23,250 --> 00:38:27,540
Soon. But if I'm late...
311
00:38:31,230 --> 00:38:32,990
I'll be at the Festival of the Dead.
312
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:39,620
Burn the honorary torch and wait.
313
00:38:52,530 --> 00:38:56,450
This is my one and only pupil.
314
00:38:57,090 --> 00:38:59,460
Ogura at your service.
315
00:39:00,790 --> 00:39:03,980
Are your parents still alive?
316
00:39:06,470 --> 00:39:10,970
Father died two years ago.
Mother passed when I was five.
317
00:39:12,750 --> 00:39:17,860
I come from a lowly family
serving a noble's concubine.
318
00:39:19,180 --> 00:39:23,140
Since deciding to live for the sword,
I've waited for this day...
319
00:39:23,240 --> 00:39:25,880
to use my skills for society.
320
00:39:28,630 --> 00:39:30,980
Allow me to join you.
321
00:39:31,900 --> 00:39:34,800
I request that you take him too.
322
00:39:35,820 --> 00:39:38,500
But he's too young.
323
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:45,520
Shinzaemon, you're wrong.
Devotion knows no age.
324
00:39:46,500 --> 00:39:49,510
A samurai's life isn't
measured in years, is it?
325
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:55,360
My logic was shallow.
326
00:39:57,380 --> 00:40:00,230
May we ask your help?
327
00:40:00,750 --> 00:40:02,310
Than you very much!
328
00:40:03,390 --> 00:40:06,070
I will surrender my life to serve you.
329
00:40:08,620 --> 00:40:11,190
And who might you be?
330
00:40:12,810 --> 00:40:15,800
Sahara, a lowly ronin...
331
00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:19,850
with no redeeming merit but my spear.
332
00:40:20,300 --> 00:40:22,230
I vouch only for his skill.
333
00:40:23,670 --> 00:40:25,860
Hirayama told me of your mission.
334
00:40:26,030 --> 00:40:32,080
Fighting a larger enemy is admirable.
I very much want to join but...
335
00:40:33,700 --> 00:40:36,080
One small request.
336
00:40:36,720 --> 00:40:37,960
Which is?
337
00:40:38,060 --> 00:40:41,030
Pay me 200 ryo up front.
338
00:40:41,210 --> 00:40:44,630
You're only joining for the money?
339
00:40:44,670 --> 00:40:49,520
Let me be clear. My sympathy with your
cause has nothing to do with money.
340
00:40:50,110 --> 00:40:55,960
With no relationship or debts to you,
do you expect me to work for free?
341
00:40:56,630 --> 00:40:58,860
How will you use the money?
342
00:40:59,750 --> 00:41:02,960
The first 120 ryo for lifelong debts,
343
00:41:03,570 --> 00:41:06,370
plus something nice for my relatives.
344
00:41:07,930 --> 00:41:11,040
Thirty ryo for a tomb for my wife,
who died from my hardships.
345
00:41:12,110 --> 00:41:14,210
Twenty for my preparations as well.
346
00:41:15,130 --> 00:41:16,540
And the rest?
347
00:41:17,180 --> 00:41:22,400
To experience the 'luxuries'
I never had in this life.
348
00:41:25,570 --> 00:41:30,800
My kind of man.
His spirit is a bargain at 200.
349
00:41:31,650 --> 00:41:33,510
Now, we're eleven.
350
00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:38,950
Our quality outshines our quantity.
351
00:41:42,700 --> 00:41:44,210
Shinrokuro is here.
352
00:41:56,520 --> 00:42:00,320
I'll take the odds on your big gamble.
353
00:42:00,980 --> 00:42:02,230
What do you wager?
354
00:42:02,580 --> 00:42:05,470
If it's a true gamble, there's
only one thing I can bet.
355
00:42:14,500 --> 00:42:18,840
If you refuse, start by killing me now.
356
00:42:31,420 --> 00:42:34,500
And now, we're twelve!
357
00:42:54,910 --> 00:42:59,640
No mercy! There's no samurai
code or fair play in battle!
358
00:43:06,260 --> 00:43:10,670
No sword? Use a stick.
No stick? Use a rock.
359
00:43:10,940 --> 00:43:13,860
No rock? Use your fists and feet!
360
00:43:14,330 --> 00:43:19,460
Lose your life. But make the enemy pay!
361
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:22,610
Horii.
362
00:43:24,610 --> 00:43:26,020
Higuchi.
363
00:43:27,090 --> 00:43:29,270
Train in explosives.
364
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:48,760
Rest in peace.
365
00:43:50,670 --> 00:43:53,200
I'll join you shortly.
366
00:43:56,430 --> 00:44:01,630
Hurry up with the
preparations. We depart soon.
367
00:44:21,700 --> 00:44:26,260
Sir Kito! The soldiers who can't get
home are starting to worry.
368
00:44:26,300 --> 00:44:30,020
Leave them. This isn't the usual
annual trip home.
369
00:44:30,720 --> 00:44:32,940
The enemy will also be getting
soldiers ready.
370
00:44:33,440 --> 00:44:35,640
It's not easy to defend the road.
371
00:44:35,970 --> 00:44:38,300
We can't take any that will hold
the others back.
372
00:44:39,660 --> 00:44:41,800
Use any means necessary.
373
00:44:42,180 --> 00:44:44,260
Be prepared for the unexpected.
374
00:44:46,380 --> 00:44:49,450
Lord Naritsugu departs tomorrow.
375
00:44:49,850 --> 00:44:51,560
Finally, he makes a move.
376
00:44:51,850 --> 00:44:55,790
So where's our best point of attack?
377
00:44:56,420 --> 00:44:58,990
How about the Toda boat crossing?
378
00:44:59,240 --> 00:45:02,540
They'll send half their men first.
379
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:06,540
The others will stand guard
while Naritsugu crosses.
380
00:45:06,900 --> 00:45:11,270
Their troops split...
Better to attack then.
381
00:45:11,340 --> 00:45:14,200
No, they'll be on full alert.
382
00:45:14,320 --> 00:45:16,250
Won't make any wrong moves.
383
00:45:16,750 --> 00:45:22,240
Let's keep them anxious and running,
never knowing where we'll strike.
384
00:45:25,330 --> 00:45:28,080
That's a good point to consider.
385
00:45:29,720 --> 00:45:32,400
Shinza? You here?
386
00:45:32,890 --> 00:45:35,560
It's Kito Hanbei of the Akashi Clan.
387
00:45:42,490 --> 00:45:43,610
Shinza!
388
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:55,240
Hanbei. I knew you'd come.
389
00:45:57,470 --> 00:45:59,150
Glad to see you.
390
00:46:01,920 --> 00:46:04,260
I thought you'd left already.
391
00:46:06,180 --> 00:46:08,730
If we had time, I'd enjoy a match of go.
392
00:46:09,140 --> 00:46:11,890
I still lead in wins.
393
00:46:12,460 --> 00:46:15,530
Leave our score aside
until we meet again.
394
00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:17,570
Again?
395
00:46:19,500 --> 00:46:23,690
For years I envied you: a man from
a good family, close to the Shogun...
396
00:46:23,690 --> 00:46:25,530
appointed to his elite guards.
397
00:46:26,250 --> 00:46:32,800
After you moved up, I
commanded the same post.
398
00:46:34,270 --> 00:46:38,960
To catch up, I joined Lord Naritsugu.
399
00:46:40,260 --> 00:46:45,770
He earned a fortune when he
was adopted by the Akashi.
400
00:46:48,100 --> 00:46:50,510
That led me into this situation.
401
00:46:52,610 --> 00:46:55,430
What an ill twist of fate.
402
00:46:57,310 --> 00:47:00,820
Perhaps we both embraced fate.
403
00:47:02,230 --> 00:47:04,380
A samurai leads a helpless life.
404
00:47:05,810 --> 00:47:11,510
Mamiya should've committed
harakiri in front of his Lord.
405
00:47:13,260 --> 00:47:15,170
I once had that intention...
406
00:47:16,270 --> 00:47:22,650
but I could not betray his
father, the former Shogun.
407
00:47:25,900 --> 00:47:28,350
I lost my chance to move ahead.
408
00:47:29,720 --> 00:47:32,560
I regret not beating you.
409
00:47:33,980 --> 00:47:36,990
I was unable to commit harakiri.
410
00:47:40,110 --> 00:47:45,000
As a samurai, I'll do what
must be done for the people.
411
00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:49,450
For the people?
412
00:47:53,510 --> 00:47:59,860
A samurai must do but one
thing. Serve his master, correct?
413
00:48:09,580 --> 00:48:12,000
What an ill twist of fate.
414
00:48:14,230 --> 00:48:18,640
It's a long road to the Akashi domain.
415
00:48:19,450 --> 00:48:21,040
See you there.
416
00:48:21,660 --> 00:48:22,870
Bet on it.
417
00:49:25,900 --> 00:49:28,420
Bring me two women tonight.
418
00:50:00,090 --> 00:50:03,090
EDO
419
00:50:44,680 --> 00:50:49,040
Uncle, three days have passed
since Naritsugu left Edo.
420
00:50:50,740 --> 00:50:54,200
Where do we make our stand?
421
00:50:58,100 --> 00:51:01,010
How will Shinza make his move?
422
00:51:28,960 --> 00:51:30,980
We kept you waiting.
423
00:51:33,180 --> 00:51:38,470
It's been decided. Brothers,
we take Lord Naritsugu at...
424
00:51:41,670 --> 00:51:45,170
Ochiai in the Mino province.
425
00:51:46,020 --> 00:51:48,080
OCHIAI
426
00:51:49,400 --> 00:51:54,540
Kiso is ruled by the Tenryo to the north
and the Owari to the south.
427
00:51:56,010 --> 00:52:00,420
The border lies on this river
between Fukushima and Kiso.
428
00:52:00,960 --> 00:52:06,350
Naritsugu offended the Owari
by killing Makino's son in Kiso.
429
00:52:07,760 --> 00:52:12,940
We can enlist Makino's help at Kiso.
430
00:52:13,640 --> 00:52:16,910
Ask him to sign a non-transit
act using Lord Owari's name...
431
00:52:17,420 --> 00:52:20,050
to ban Naritsugu from passing.
432
00:52:21,080 --> 00:52:25,920
He'll join us due to the murder
of his son and daughter-in-law.
433
00:52:26,990 --> 00:52:28,030
And then?
434
00:52:28,190 --> 00:52:31,920
The entourage will stall at the border.
435
00:52:32,440 --> 00:52:37,990
But stubborn Naritsugu won't
dare return to Edo.
436
00:52:38,790 --> 00:52:42,650
He'll avoid all Owari territories.
437
00:52:42,970 --> 00:52:47,520
Sending his entourage through
Owari land...
438
00:52:47,530 --> 00:52:51,650
Naritsugu and bis bodyguards
will take this route,
439
00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:55,250
travelling south to Iida.
440
00:52:55,430 --> 00:53:01,730
From Iida to Okazaki,
then boating up river...
441
00:53:02,460 --> 00:53:05,490
And meeting up with his
entourage here.
442
00:53:06,290 --> 00:53:08,170
Or so you would think!
443
00:53:08,750 --> 00:53:15,010
Don't overlook the Naegi Clan of Mino,
positioned between the Owari lands.
444
00:53:16,400 --> 00:53:21,570
Naritsugu has already sent word to all
the clans along his route.
445
00:53:21,750 --> 00:53:26,970
He'll be a laughing stock if he skips
the tiny Naegi Clan, as if on the run.
446
00:53:27,860 --> 00:53:33,150
Naritsugu's pride will be his downfall.
He'll take a boat up the Nakatsu River.
447
00:53:35,240 --> 00:53:38,020
There are only two possible routes.
448
00:53:38,260 --> 00:53:42,820
The Kiso Pass or the Kamizaka Pass.
449
00:53:43,780 --> 00:53:48,220
Either way, he must pass via Ochiai.
450
00:53:48,820 --> 00:53:53,170
We'll fortify Ochiai and strike hard.
451
00:53:54,920 --> 00:54:00,440
What if they forgo appearances and
don't pay respect to the Naegi clan?
452
00:54:00,700 --> 00:54:05,010
There's a chance they may not stop.
453
00:54:06,620 --> 00:54:08,880
But I wager they will.
454
00:54:11,880 --> 00:54:14,890
With twelve men challenging
a bigger enemy...
455
00:54:15,780 --> 00:54:21,570
no matter how much we plan,
we must have faith in luck.
456
00:54:22,060 --> 00:54:24,770
We choose here, and risk it all.
457
00:54:27,350 --> 00:54:32,700
With heaven's will, the dice say Ochiai.
458
00:54:38,240 --> 00:54:39,520
Interesting!
459
00:54:39,650 --> 00:54:44,490
Kuranaga, you're best suited
to get Makino's assistance.
460
00:54:44,710 --> 00:54:49,000
Leave it to me. I'll
get that road blocked.
461
00:54:49,100 --> 00:54:51,360
- Take Ishizuka with you.
- I'm grateful.
462
00:54:51,580 --> 00:54:53,030
Let's get moving.
463
00:54:54,440 --> 00:54:55,560
Excuse us.
464
00:54:57,910 --> 00:54:59,740
Mitsuhashi, ready the horses.
465
00:54:59,850 --> 00:55:02,100
Ready and waiting, sir.
466
00:55:02,350 --> 00:55:08,280
Go on ahead and negotiate
with the Mayor of Ochiai.
467
00:55:09,930 --> 00:55:13,310
Give him these orders from Sir Doi.
468
00:55:14,030 --> 00:55:17,690
Understood. How should I proceed?
469
00:55:18,220 --> 00:55:24,420
Ochiai has many inns. Buy them out
at 50 ryo each. 3,750 ryo in total.
470
00:55:24,760 --> 00:55:26,460
Buy them all out.
471
00:55:28,080 --> 00:55:29,020
Yes, sir.
472
00:55:31,020 --> 00:55:34,150
Get battle supplies for
our plan as well.
473
00:55:35,620 --> 00:55:39,670
I'll spend the money like
there's no tomorrow.
474
00:55:42,150 --> 00:55:43,740
See you there.
475
00:55:44,610 --> 00:55:46,210
I'll take Horii with me.
476
00:55:54,540 --> 00:55:55,640
Let's ride!
477
00:55:57,150 --> 00:56:00,700
Fast and hard to pass the enemy!
478
00:57:01,490 --> 00:57:03,370
I'm hungry.
479
00:57:03,660 --> 00:57:05,620
I want a bath!
480
00:57:05,720 --> 00:57:08,010
I want a woman.
481
00:57:45,760 --> 00:57:47,810
Are you Shimada Shinzaemon?
482
00:57:48,900 --> 00:57:50,230
In the flesh.
483
00:57:51,340 --> 00:57:53,170
Are you Akashi henchmen?
484
00:58:52,770 --> 00:58:54,350
Don't follow them!
485
00:58:55,650 --> 00:58:57,180
Anyone hurt?
486
00:59:00,870 --> 00:59:04,670
That Hanbei, he drew first blood.
487
00:59:05,510 --> 00:59:08,970
Probably put coins in the
hands of these broke ronin.
488
00:59:09,170 --> 00:59:13,650
Not a real attack. His aim
was to break our strength.
489
00:59:21,700 --> 00:59:23,520
First time you killed as well?
490
00:59:24,840 --> 00:59:27,520
I've fenced with real
blades many times but...
491
00:59:28,830 --> 00:59:30,800
killing a man is a first.
492
00:59:37,870 --> 00:59:41,920
There's only one road, but we
don't know where they'll strike.
493
00:59:42,660 --> 00:59:46,000
If they attack harder next time,
we could get hurt.
494
00:59:48,600 --> 00:59:52,570
Let's accept Hanbei's welcome.
495
00:59:56,590 --> 01:00:00,880
And we'll vanish as well.
496
01:00:39,060 --> 01:00:42,120
Hioki's got some new friends!
497
01:00:45,910 --> 01:00:47,050
Disgusting!
498
01:01:13,100 --> 01:01:16,480
We'll travel northwest along the
ridge, and cut through the valley.
499
01:01:16,730 --> 01:01:20,740
Over the mountain to Owari territory.
500
01:01:22,160 --> 01:01:26,760
I had strict monastic training
in the mountains when I was young.
501
01:01:27,920 --> 01:01:34,690
The mountain brings blessings but
it's true nature is fear itself.
502
01:01:35,860 --> 01:01:37,080
I see.
503
01:01:46,510 --> 01:01:50,120
We are nobodies.
504
01:01:52,740 --> 01:01:57,950
He's right. No titles,
no affiliations. Nobodies.
505
01:02:38,510 --> 01:02:40,150
A buyout?
506
01:02:40,380 --> 01:02:41,660
That is our wish.
507
01:02:42,690 --> 01:02:46,720
I won't go against Sir Doi's orders.
508
01:02:47,490 --> 01:02:51,540
But convincing the town will be hard.
509
01:03:05,680 --> 01:03:08,580
Our deposit. Not enough?
510
01:03:17,480 --> 01:03:19,810
The forest grows thicker.
511
01:03:20,930 --> 01:03:24,150
Hirayama, we're lost.
512
01:03:26,070 --> 01:03:28,520
Perhaps we should've
turned at that cliff?
513
01:03:28,540 --> 01:03:30,780
- That can't be.
- But...
514
01:03:39,660 --> 01:03:41,980
Who are you?
515
01:03:42,710 --> 01:03:46,010
A bandit? Or a raccoon goblin?
516
01:03:47,760 --> 01:03:49,600
Do I look like a raccoon?
517
01:04:01,620 --> 01:04:03,550
Couldn't lower me down...
518
01:04:05,210 --> 01:04:06,100
Idiot!
519
01:04:06,330 --> 01:04:08,520
At least thank me.
520
01:04:11,020 --> 01:04:13,160
Are you from these parts?
521
01:04:15,430 --> 01:04:17,500
- Do I look like it?
- Insolence!
522
01:04:32,490 --> 01:04:35,950
I ain't no ghost or bandit.
523
01:04:38,240 --> 01:04:41,060
I hunt beasts from mountain to mountain.
524
01:04:41,620 --> 01:04:42,790
Any men with you?
525
01:04:44,510 --> 01:04:47,980
Gone. 'Cause I laid my hands on Upashi.
526
01:04:49,020 --> 01:04:50,180
Upashi?
527
01:04:52,380 --> 01:04:54,060
The boss's woman.
528
01:04:55,950 --> 01:05:00,060
So he punished you. Fools
are the same wherever you go.
529
01:05:01,010 --> 01:05:02,300
Hold your tongue!
530
01:05:02,630 --> 01:05:04,440
Got a name, son?
531
01:05:07,300 --> 01:05:08,650
Kiga Koyata.
532
01:05:09,090 --> 01:05:12,240
My ancestors were defeated
warriors, legitimate samurai stock.
533
01:05:16,460 --> 01:05:17,940
What's so funny?
534
01:05:18,630 --> 01:05:22,760
The name's Shinzaemon.
And these are my men.
535
01:05:25,590 --> 01:05:27,780
What are samurai doing out here?
536
01:05:28,900 --> 01:05:32,220
A shortcut made us lose our way.
537
01:05:36,510 --> 01:05:40,420
I'll be your guide, if you've got food.
538
01:05:42,510 --> 01:05:43,660
Deal?
539
01:05:45,860 --> 01:05:47,080
Deal?
540
01:06:02,010 --> 01:06:03,300
What's that?
541
01:06:04,670 --> 01:06:06,960
Don't like bugs? Watch.
542
01:06:12,250 --> 01:06:13,940
Don't be a little girl!
543
01:06:15,110 --> 01:06:16,260
What?
544
01:06:24,980 --> 01:06:26,010
Let's go.
545
01:06:30,740 --> 01:06:31,940
What now?
546
01:07:05,560 --> 01:07:07,250
Leave the rabbit.
547
01:07:08,360 --> 01:07:09,940
We have important work to do.
548
01:07:11,820 --> 01:07:13,460
More important than roast rabbit?
549
01:07:18,220 --> 01:07:19,360
Sir Hanbei!
550
01:07:20,270 --> 01:07:21,410
What is it?
551
01:07:21,870 --> 01:07:22,910
Emergency.
552
01:07:22,950 --> 01:07:25,250
Lord Naritsugu's passage is banned.
553
01:07:25,270 --> 01:07:27,800
What? His passage is banned?
554
01:07:34,930 --> 01:07:36,150
What's the matter?
555
01:07:44,690 --> 01:07:49,450
You fools, will you stand idly by
at this humiliation?
556
01:08:01,660 --> 01:08:04,070
Lord Owari is from the top three clans.
557
01:08:05,050 --> 01:08:08,100
But I am the son of the former Shogun,
558
01:08:09,230 --> 01:08:12,020
and brother to the current Shogun.
559
01:08:13,180 --> 01:08:14,260
Cross over!
560
01:08:14,990 --> 01:08:16,490
Watch and learn.
561
01:08:16,540 --> 01:08:20,500
We must go through Owari land.
Can our Lord swallow his pride?
562
01:08:20,720 --> 01:08:25,510
Let's see if he gets his way
as he usually does.
563
01:08:30,610 --> 01:08:31,980
Who are you?
564
01:08:34,090 --> 01:08:35,400
Identify yourself.
565
01:08:40,060 --> 01:08:41,040
Out of my way.
566
01:08:42,810 --> 01:08:44,770
Or I'll kill you without mercy.
567
01:08:46,740 --> 01:08:48,480
Last April...
568
01:08:49,230 --> 01:08:52,440
in Kiso, you killed my son
569
01:08:53,550 --> 01:08:57,630
Makino Uneme and his
wife. I am Makino Yukie.
570
01:09:01,400 --> 01:09:03,560
Does daddy monkey have hard bones too?
571
01:09:06,890 --> 01:09:07,870
My Lord!
572
01:09:13,900 --> 01:09:14,900
Hanbei?
573
01:09:15,990 --> 01:09:17,080
Leave this.
574
01:09:17,730 --> 01:09:20,010
Let's go back.
575
01:09:30,520 --> 01:09:33,200
Owari only banned Lord Naritsugu.
576
01:09:34,300 --> 01:09:39,240
His entourage can enter.
They are Akashi members.
577
01:09:39,830 --> 01:09:41,090
I see.
578
01:09:41,700 --> 01:09:43,530
The rest will guard our Lord.
579
01:09:44,470 --> 01:09:47,790
Skip the Naegi Clan visit and
go to Okazaki.
580
01:09:48,200 --> 01:09:49,350
Sir Kito...
581
01:09:50,220 --> 01:09:53,570
If people hear Owari blocked us...
582
01:09:53,610 --> 01:09:57,980
If we don't visit the Naegi,
our Lord will be ridiculed.
583
01:09:58,010 --> 01:09:59,890
Let them laugh.
584
01:10:00,760 --> 01:10:04,040
Within a year, our lord will be
second-in-command.
585
01:10:05,120 --> 01:10:10,750
You risk his life and the Akashi
clan by visiting the Naegi.
586
01:10:12,880 --> 01:10:16,950
You seem most afraid of Shinzaemon.
587
01:10:17,180 --> 01:10:20,830
What can a weak Shogun servant do?
588
01:10:21,490 --> 01:10:25,420
Since paying off the ronin,
there's no sign of him.
589
01:10:25,890 --> 01:10:29,400
Perhaps he fears our clan and ran?
590
01:10:29,400 --> 01:10:33,730
Don't you see? He's the
one who blocked our passage.
591
01:10:39,550 --> 01:10:44,570
Do you cling to your life to
make me a laughing stock?
592
01:10:45,910 --> 01:10:48,480
Desperate times call for
desperate measures.
593
01:10:49,830 --> 01:10:55,650
I hear any samurai would chose death
over making his Lord a laughing stock.
594
01:11:07,600 --> 01:11:10,020
Choose the foolish path.
595
01:11:13,670 --> 01:11:15,710
It's more fun that way.
596
01:11:20,430 --> 01:11:22,860
Let's go, Hanbei.
597
01:11:23,730 --> 01:11:24,990
Move out!
598
01:11:33,321 --> 01:11:34,331
Join up!
599
01:11:36,120 --> 01:11:37,100
Move out!
600
01:12:37,890 --> 01:12:39,840
We've had enough.
601
01:12:55,410 --> 01:12:57,770
Oh, the road.
602
01:13:04,280 --> 01:13:06,630
The road!
603
01:13:06,910 --> 01:13:08,760
It's a straight run to Ochiai.
604
01:13:09,620 --> 01:13:12,760
Fast work, Mountain Man.
Much faster than I predicted.
605
01:13:12,890 --> 01:13:15,910
Koyata, thanks for leading the way.
606
01:13:16,930 --> 01:13:20,270
This... is for your help.
607
01:13:29,950 --> 01:13:33,440
I don't need anything, but could
you take me with you?
608
01:13:33,470 --> 01:13:34,880
What?
609
01:13:34,940 --> 01:13:38,200
You're not hiding.
You're hunting, right?
610
01:13:38,890 --> 01:13:40,020
Hunting?
611
01:13:40,280 --> 01:13:41,440
Am I wrong?
612
01:13:41,490 --> 01:13:43,860
It's not hunting. It's battle!
613
01:13:45,340 --> 01:13:48,500
Battle? That's great!
614
01:13:48,540 --> 01:13:49,540
Hey!
615
01:13:50,960 --> 01:13:52,040
What?
616
01:13:55,220 --> 01:13:56,410
What?
617
01:13:58,310 --> 01:13:59,840
What do you want?
618
01:14:01,060 --> 01:14:02,050
Hey!
619
01:14:05,230 --> 01:14:06,190
What?
620
01:14:07,180 --> 01:14:09,530
He's tough as steel.
621
01:14:09,620 --> 01:14:10,980
What do you want?
622
01:14:11,820 --> 01:14:16,860
He won't return to the hills.
How about getting his help?
623
01:14:18,290 --> 01:14:21,030
A man who has battled wild animals...
624
01:14:21,490 --> 01:14:25,680
might be more useful than any
unskilled samurai.
625
01:14:26,410 --> 01:14:27,710
I agree.
626
01:14:28,650 --> 01:14:31,760
He's tougher and smarter
than he looks.
627
01:14:31,910 --> 01:14:36,270
Without him, we might still be lost.
628
01:14:38,230 --> 01:14:40,050
Take me, Boss!
629
01:14:43,400 --> 01:14:45,490
I'm not the boss.
630
01:14:46,330 --> 01:14:47,910
Shall we take him?
631
01:14:48,600 --> 01:14:49,660
Wow, Boss!
632
01:14:50,050 --> 01:14:52,040
I said I'm not the boss.
633
01:15:06,380 --> 01:15:07,640
Welcome. Been expecting you.
634
01:15:07,690 --> 01:15:08,840
You've prepared well.
635
01:15:08,960 --> 01:15:10,860
Progress couldn't be better.
636
01:15:11,570 --> 01:15:13,350
Did it work?
637
01:15:13,450 --> 01:15:19,700
Makino stopped them perfectly.
Naritsugu diverted his troops.
638
01:15:19,770 --> 01:15:21,020
Well, well.
639
01:15:21,060 --> 01:15:23,030
Our long shot paid off.
640
01:15:23,670 --> 01:15:25,050
How many men with Naritsugu?
641
01:15:25,080 --> 01:15:26,220
Seventy men.
642
01:15:26,750 --> 01:15:28,990
And Makino?
643
01:15:29,780 --> 01:15:35,310
He left nothing to chance.
He chose the path of harakiri.
644
01:15:36,600 --> 01:15:40,980
He took full blame,
left no evidence behind.
645
01:15:42,510 --> 01:15:44,070
He was a mighty samurai.
646
01:15:47,570 --> 01:15:51,920
We must achieve our mission for him.
647
01:15:53,710 --> 01:15:55,630
Hey!
648
01:16:00,200 --> 01:16:02,250
Got dinner!
649
01:16:02,440 --> 01:16:04,190
Who is he?
650
01:16:05,440 --> 01:16:08,190
He dropped in when
we entered the forest.
651
01:16:09,160 --> 01:16:10,220
Dropped in?
652
01:16:24,070 --> 01:16:25,220
I'm...
653
01:16:26,000 --> 01:16:28,450
Oh, wrong side...
654
01:16:29,650 --> 01:16:33,670
I'm Tokubei, the mayor of Ochiai.
655
01:16:33,680 --> 01:16:35,150
Sorry for the trouble.
656
01:16:35,260 --> 01:16:43,450
No trouble at all. We're very blessed
to be receiving such money.
657
01:16:43,520 --> 01:16:46,160
I guess money talks wherever you go.
658
01:16:46,220 --> 01:16:50,800
Do as you please. Rip the town down,
burn it... it matters not to me.
659
01:16:50,820 --> 01:16:52,620
But then you can't live here.
660
01:16:52,730 --> 01:16:56,740
Once you've finished your business
here, you won't need the town.
661
01:16:56,880 --> 01:16:59,550
So we'll just rebuild.
662
01:17:01,220 --> 01:17:08,170
If you need anything in... the female
department, for an extra fee...
663
01:17:08,190 --> 01:17:09,570
Enough!
664
01:17:10,080 --> 01:17:14,920
We're gambling our lives for the
country doing important work.
665
01:17:15,450 --> 01:17:17,510
Please mind your manners.
666
01:17:18,250 --> 01:17:22,850
Me and my big mouth! Forgive
it as a rustic man's joke.
667
01:17:23,300 --> 01:17:27,080
We're only renting your inns.
Be gone when you're done.
668
01:17:28,580 --> 01:17:30,490
We don't require special attention.
669
01:17:32,700 --> 01:17:34,120
Men, rest up.
670
01:17:34,590 --> 01:17:36,560
Show me around.
671
01:17:37,430 --> 01:17:40,070
Hiroyama, Shinrokuro, follow me.
672
01:17:41,390 --> 01:17:44,070
Everyone, this way please!
673
01:17:44,560 --> 01:17:45,580
Hey!
674
01:17:50,610 --> 01:17:51,940
Any fine women?
675
01:17:51,970 --> 01:17:54,730
Very fine and young and...
676
01:17:55,920 --> 01:17:59,920
Please come this way!
677
01:18:04,850 --> 01:18:09,440
Set a trap here using this rock wall.
678
01:18:15,930 --> 01:18:18,460
This alley is a hard nut to crack.
679
01:18:22,610 --> 01:18:24,750
Shinrokuro, what do you see?
680
01:18:25,550 --> 01:18:28,010
Looks like an ordinary boarding town.
681
01:18:28,050 --> 01:18:29,050
It is.
682
01:18:29,400 --> 01:18:34,260
So we'll transform it
into a town of death.
683
01:18:34,860 --> 01:18:37,380
Mitsuhashi, get busy
with the preparations.
684
01:18:38,670 --> 01:18:41,310
Send Ishizuka to keep watch.
685
01:18:52,090 --> 01:18:53,360
Upashi.
686
01:19:18,980 --> 01:19:20,270
Miss home?
687
01:19:23,190 --> 01:19:24,970
I miss Upashi.
688
01:19:26,780 --> 01:19:28,310
Is she that fine?
689
01:19:30,650 --> 01:19:35,410
Like no woman you've ever seen.
690
01:19:38,320 --> 01:19:43,510
Soon, this quiet town
will become a bloodbath.
691
01:19:44,950 --> 01:19:46,960
Go home alive while you can.
692
01:19:49,980 --> 01:19:51,840
I've got no home.
693
01:19:51,900 --> 01:19:55,590
This is our fight. You're not a samurai.
694
01:19:59,550 --> 01:20:00,990
Don't trifle with your life.
695
01:20:01,350 --> 01:20:02,430
Got it?
696
01:20:06,530 --> 01:20:08,430
Damn samurai!
697
01:20:09,580 --> 01:20:14,000
You and your honor and causes!
698
01:20:16,160 --> 01:20:18,050
I'll show you!
699
01:20:51,270 --> 01:20:51,910
Otake.
700
01:20:51,930 --> 01:20:54,030
This is Hell.
701
01:20:54,620 --> 01:20:59,580
Otake, hang in there!
Are you all right?
702
01:20:59,800 --> 01:21:04,950
Hey, bring me another girl!
Get the money from Shinrokuro.
703
01:21:05,050 --> 01:21:07,980
I beg your pardon but that's
every girl here.
704
01:21:08,120 --> 01:21:10,250
You've wasted them all!
705
01:21:12,440 --> 01:21:17,040
Town girls are a bit soft.
They've got no endurance.
706
01:21:22,540 --> 01:21:24,490
Hey, you! One more time!
707
01:21:24,500 --> 01:21:28,930
She's dead tired! Please stop!
708
01:21:37,080 --> 01:21:39,950
What a splendid member...
709
01:21:44,660 --> 01:21:47,350
How charming.
710
01:22:14,110 --> 01:22:15,620
Upashi!
711
01:22:27,150 --> 01:22:28,120
Vanished?
712
01:22:28,660 --> 01:22:32,100
Lord Naritsugu passed through
Komagane along the Ina road.
713
01:22:32,800 --> 01:22:36,660
Then he vanished.
714
01:22:36,980 --> 01:22:39,170
Back to Edo?
715
01:22:39,420 --> 01:22:42,030
Not possible with Naritsugu in control.
716
01:22:42,680 --> 01:22:47,420
I'm concerned he'll cut through
to the Sanshu road and skip lida.
717
01:22:48,110 --> 01:22:50,220
Without visiting the Naegi clan?
718
01:22:52,870 --> 01:22:53,990
Stand down.
719
01:22:55,120 --> 01:22:56,820
Now, the playing field is level.
720
01:22:57,550 --> 01:23:00,990
Hanbei is trying to
ascertain our next move.
721
01:23:03,510 --> 01:23:06,080
We wait here. Prepare for battle.
722
01:23:12,240 --> 01:23:14,300
Batten down that side.
723
01:23:28,310 --> 01:23:30,100
Yes! Put it there.
724
01:23:56,650 --> 01:24:01,290
If they don't show today,
they must've gone to Okazaki.
725
01:24:01,830 --> 01:24:03,570
Another route?
726
01:24:04,690 --> 01:24:07,870
Waiting is killing our chances.
727
01:24:08,420 --> 01:24:11,490
Let's abandon Ochiai tonight.
728
01:24:11,840 --> 01:24:14,880
We can cross the pass
to the Sanshu Road.
729
01:24:16,740 --> 01:24:19,930
Shinzaemon, it's time to decide!
730
01:24:21,020 --> 01:24:21,780
Too soon.
731
01:24:21,810 --> 01:24:22,850
But...
732
01:24:24,560 --> 01:24:28,560
Do you know the secret to fishing?
733
01:24:32,220 --> 01:24:35,500
Wait till the fish swallows the hook.
734
01:24:35,670 --> 01:24:37,830
Reel it when it swallows. It's simple.
735
01:24:38,070 --> 01:24:46,510
But if you reel in too soon,
the fish will escape with the bait.
736
01:24:48,130 --> 01:24:52,010
So you're saying the Akashi are close?
737
01:24:53,880 --> 01:24:58,090
With Hanbei at Naritsugu's
side, there is a chance...
738
01:24:58,630 --> 01:25:00,770
They might skip the Naegi.
739
01:25:01,310 --> 01:25:03,530
Their numbers are not like ours.
740
01:25:04,160 --> 01:25:06,480
Even if they went off the road...
741
01:25:07,400 --> 01:25:12,880
seventy men cannot travel
without being noticed.
742
01:25:15,630 --> 01:25:20,980
They must be in one place,
awaiting our next move.
743
01:25:21,940 --> 01:25:24,220
And if this is so?
744
01:25:24,880 --> 01:25:28,310
They'll come if they think its safe.
745
01:25:29,890 --> 01:25:33,710
We wait until the
fish swallows the hook.
746
01:25:49,650 --> 01:25:50,910
They're here!
747
01:25:51,880 --> 01:25:53,210
They're here!
748
01:25:54,130 --> 01:25:55,360
They're coming!
749
01:25:56,410 --> 01:25:57,930
The Akashi men are coming!
750
01:25:58,000 --> 01:25:59,180
From where?
751
01:26:00,830 --> 01:26:05,520
Along the Ohira Road.
But there aren't seventy.
752
01:26:05,630 --> 01:26:06,420
What?
753
01:26:09,380 --> 01:26:10,550
Many more.
754
01:26:11,140 --> 01:26:12,620
Over two hundred!
755
01:26:13,090 --> 01:26:14,050
Two hundred?
756
01:26:32,440 --> 01:26:37,970
Hanbei! He bought time and
summoned troops from other areas!
757
01:26:39,140 --> 01:26:42,010
Twelve men can never defeat
two hundred.
758
01:26:44,840 --> 01:26:46,110
So what!
759
01:26:46,490 --> 01:26:50,030
As for the fish that takes
the hook... the bigger, the better.
760
01:26:57,400 --> 01:27:00,080
Heaven's will brought us all together.
761
01:27:09,360 --> 01:27:10,700
Thirteen.
762
01:27:15,340 --> 01:27:20,390
The time has come to lay down
your lives for the greater cause.
763
01:27:23,580 --> 01:27:24,750
Are you ready?
764
01:27:26,270 --> 01:27:27,790
Ready to die?
765
01:27:28,680 --> 01:27:29,700
Yes!
766
01:28:25,030 --> 01:28:28,550
Take your posts!
767
01:28:50,720 --> 01:28:52,310
Halt!
768
01:28:55,700 --> 01:28:57,110
Asakawa, wait here.
769
01:28:57,860 --> 01:28:59,040
Let me through.
770
01:29:35,340 --> 01:29:36,550
Move out!
771
01:30:26,460 --> 01:30:28,530
How much longer to Nakatsugawa?
772
01:30:31,100 --> 01:30:32,960
Tell me how far!
773
01:30:44,640 --> 01:30:46,090
What's the matter?
774
01:30:46,760 --> 01:30:47,960
Oh, no!
775
01:30:48,480 --> 01:30:49,810
My Lord!
776
01:30:55,570 --> 01:30:57,860
Turn back! My Lord!
777
01:31:36,430 --> 01:31:38,820
What fun. I'm going in, Hanbei!
778
01:31:41,820 --> 01:31:43,880
My Lord! Follow him!
779
01:31:49,070 --> 01:31:50,200
Hey!
780
01:31:53,050 --> 01:31:54,700
You can get past this way.
781
01:31:56,720 --> 01:31:58,890
This way, this way.
782
01:33:00,380 --> 01:33:01,510
Shinzaemon.
783
01:33:02,100 --> 01:33:07,990
I presume you are the Akashi
entourage of Lord Naritsugu.
784
01:33:10,770 --> 01:33:15,330
By the order of His Shogun's
subject Shinzaemon...
785
01:33:15,690 --> 01:33:19,580
we commemorate your passage with arrows!
786
01:33:22,410 --> 01:33:23,370
My Lord!
787
01:33:26,920 --> 01:33:27,870
My Lord!
788
01:33:30,000 --> 01:33:32,030
Leave the horses. Protect our Lord.
789
01:34:33,640 --> 01:34:34,540
My Lord!
790
01:34:45,330 --> 01:34:47,170
Come this way.
791
01:34:48,550 --> 01:34:49,770
Please wait.
792
01:34:50,630 --> 01:34:51,820
Secure the interior.
793
01:34:53,120 --> 01:34:54,530
Secure the interior.
794
01:34:55,380 --> 01:34:56,880
Hey, secure the interior.
795
01:35:45,990 --> 01:35:47,910
Enough petty tricks.
796
01:35:54,750 --> 01:35:58,010
Only 130 left!
797
01:35:58,810 --> 01:36:01,490
What you paid for my life...
798
01:36:01,910 --> 01:36:03,610
was a real bargain.
799
01:36:06,040 --> 01:36:09,100
The enemy is not large! Don't panic.
800
01:36:10,100 --> 01:36:12,670
Show them the spirit of Akashi samurai!
801
01:36:13,110 --> 01:36:17,850
Trade your lives to protect our Lord.
802
01:36:36,950 --> 01:36:37,960
My Lord!
803
01:36:39,590 --> 01:36:40,540
Lord!
804
01:36:50,060 --> 01:36:55,430
TOTAL MASSACRE
805
01:37:11,490 --> 01:37:14,440
Kill! Kill them all!
806
01:39:40,340 --> 01:39:41,440
Ogura!
807
01:40:01,020 --> 01:40:03,340
Fire? No, no!
808
01:40:46,920 --> 01:40:49,280
My Lord! I found a way out!
809
01:40:57,730 --> 01:41:00,240
No! It's a trap.
810
01:41:04,000 --> 01:41:05,130
My Lord.
811
01:41:13,790 --> 01:41:14,720
Come!
812
01:41:47,020 --> 01:41:48,060
Hioki!
813
01:42:01,110 --> 01:42:02,490
Go, go!
814
01:42:02,900 --> 01:42:04,330
This way, my Lord.
815
01:42:47,010 --> 01:42:48,140
Look.
816
01:43:14,100 --> 01:43:18,500
Ogura, kill the men that get past me.
817
01:43:19,640 --> 01:43:21,600
Don't leave one alive.
818
01:43:22,380 --> 01:43:23,620
Yes.
819
01:43:28,630 --> 01:43:30,060
Kill!
820
01:44:36,850 --> 01:44:38,270
Retreat.
821
01:44:42,490 --> 01:44:43,670
Ogura!
822
01:45:19,850 --> 01:45:22,170
Your samurai brawls are crazy fun.
823
01:45:22,550 --> 01:45:24,260
It's no brawl!
824
01:45:27,860 --> 01:45:29,860
Why are you samurai so arrogant?
825
01:45:33,250 --> 01:45:35,070
Why are you samurai...
826
01:45:35,130 --> 01:45:39,500
so arrogant!
827
01:45:50,470 --> 01:45:52,750
Higuchi, you okay?
828
01:45:54,730 --> 01:45:56,320
Thanks.
829
01:46:18,360 --> 01:46:20,270
Hioki!
830
01:46:58,950 --> 01:47:00,440
Hioki...
831
01:47:02,520 --> 01:47:06,030
You fought well. A true samurai.
832
01:47:10,450 --> 01:47:11,570
Shinzaemon.
833
01:47:15,030 --> 01:47:16,250
Higuchi!
834
01:48:00,840 --> 01:48:03,200
- Go!
- Finish the job.
835
01:48:04,550 --> 01:48:05,980
Ishizuka!
836
01:48:15,690 --> 01:48:17,370
Ishizuka!
837
01:48:25,290 --> 01:48:26,740
Otake...
838
01:48:28,830 --> 01:48:31,570
Our mission...
839
01:48:32,770 --> 01:48:35,920
finish it!
840
01:48:43,400 --> 01:48:45,000
Shinzaemon!
841
01:49:28,910 --> 01:49:30,120
Mitsuhashi!
842
01:49:41,360 --> 01:49:42,630
Damn!
843
01:49:49,950 --> 01:49:51,170
Mitsuhashi!
844
01:50:52,280 --> 01:50:53,820
You fool!
845
01:50:58,180 --> 01:50:59,300
Hanbei...
846
01:51:01,120 --> 01:51:04,270
You think the age of war was like this?
847
01:51:05,250 --> 01:51:06,770
Perhaps.
848
01:51:08,740 --> 01:51:10,730
It's magnificent.
849
01:51:14,260 --> 01:51:17,420
With death comes gratitude for life.
850
01:51:18,810 --> 01:51:23,540
If a man has lived in vain,
then how trivial his life is.
851
01:51:26,890 --> 01:51:28,890
Oh, Hanbei.
852
01:51:30,190 --> 01:51:32,190
Something wonderful has come to my mind.
853
01:51:35,100 --> 01:51:37,540
Once I'm on the Shogun's council,
854
01:51:38,450 --> 01:51:41,570
let's bring back the age of war.
855
01:52:29,180 --> 01:52:32,770
I'm Kuranaga Saheita.
856
01:52:33,920 --> 01:52:35,520
Lord Naritsugu...
857
01:52:36,190 --> 01:52:39,140
I've come for your life.
858
01:52:41,880 --> 01:52:43,280
Sir Hanbei...
859
01:52:44,510 --> 01:52:47,720
protect our Lord.
860
01:53:19,680 --> 01:53:21,070
Kuranaga!
861
01:54:10,430 --> 01:54:11,490
My Lord!
862
01:56:37,650 --> 01:56:40,400
Master...
863
01:57:06,120 --> 01:57:07,550
Who are you?
864
01:57:09,290 --> 01:57:10,920
Kito Hanbei.
865
01:57:50,130 --> 01:57:52,040
Who are you?
866
01:57:55,070 --> 01:57:56,970
You're no samurai!
867
01:57:57,170 --> 01:57:58,840
So what.
868
01:58:05,900 --> 01:58:08,030
Do only samurai matter in this world?
869
01:58:14,250 --> 01:58:16,580
I thought samurai would be fun...
870
01:58:18,370 --> 01:58:20,410
but you bore me.
871
01:58:21,310 --> 01:58:23,980
You're useless.
872
01:58:24,900 --> 01:58:27,050
Even more useless in great numbers.
873
01:58:47,540 --> 01:58:50,010
This man speaks the truth.
874
01:58:50,400 --> 01:58:52,960
His reward is my short sword.
875
01:58:54,910 --> 01:58:57,960
If we can get past that...
876
01:58:58,950 --> 01:59:02,810
Remain focused. Victory is ours!
877
01:59:03,220 --> 01:59:06,060
Keep our Lord safe. We'll win!
878
01:59:52,830 --> 01:59:54,030
My Lord!
879
01:59:55,400 --> 01:59:56,970
Let's run.
880
01:59:59,060 --> 02:00:03,210
Hanbei, victory is not yet ours.
881
02:00:18,260 --> 02:00:19,610
Shinza.
882
02:00:28,110 --> 02:00:31,470
Hanbei, I have no qualms with you.
883
02:00:34,140 --> 02:00:35,540
You will not pass.
884
02:00:36,700 --> 02:00:40,280
I'll trade my life to protect my Lord.
885
02:00:42,710 --> 02:00:45,230
I must do what must be done.
886
02:00:46,760 --> 02:00:51,360
Are you so hungry for my Lord's life?
887
02:00:51,360 --> 02:00:52,390
Yes!
888
02:00:54,610 --> 02:01:00,890
I gambled my life in this
senseless war of power and politics.
889
02:01:03,320 --> 02:01:05,510
If he joins the Shogun's council...
890
02:01:06,300 --> 02:01:12,630
you know disaster
will befall the people!
891
02:01:12,670 --> 02:01:13,760
Am I wrong?
892
02:01:13,760 --> 02:01:15,290
So what then?
893
02:01:16,990 --> 02:01:20,030
Both you and I were born samurai.
894
02:01:20,790 --> 02:01:22,720
Ours is not to wonder why.
895
02:01:22,760 --> 02:01:24,200
Ours is...
896
02:01:25,370 --> 02:01:28,170
to obey our fate and die.
897
02:01:30,280 --> 02:01:32,750
If you were my ally...
898
02:01:32,980 --> 02:01:37,040
if you were not an Akashi retainer...
899
02:01:38,890 --> 02:01:41,060
wouldn't our task be easier?
900
02:01:41,080 --> 02:01:42,610
Don't lecture me!
901
02:01:43,950 --> 02:01:47,570
No matter how low I go,
Hanbei Kito is a samurai!
902
02:01:48,570 --> 02:01:51,990
I won't hand over my
Lord's head so easily.
903
02:01:59,910 --> 02:02:01,340
Shinza...
904
02:02:03,530 --> 02:02:06,820
to pass, you'll have to kill me.
905
02:02:13,800 --> 02:02:16,000
That I shall do.
906
02:02:17,360 --> 02:02:18,820
Fight!
907
02:02:30,380 --> 02:02:33,190
Such elegance in
fighting one-on-one.
908
02:03:17,250 --> 02:03:19,940
How I missed crossing swords with you!
909
02:03:26,460 --> 02:03:27,950
Hanbei...
910
02:03:29,160 --> 02:03:33,100
in the dojo, we were an even match.
911
02:03:47,470 --> 02:03:48,870
Hanbei...
912
02:03:51,200 --> 02:03:52,980
see you in Hell!
913
02:04:27,920 --> 02:04:29,610
Some call it elegance.
914
02:04:30,260 --> 02:04:33,680
Some call it cruel and unfair.
915
02:04:35,060 --> 02:04:36,540
I like it.
916
02:05:06,710 --> 02:05:10,290
How could you kick his head?
917
02:05:11,890 --> 02:05:13,760
He gave his life for you!
918
02:05:15,720 --> 02:05:18,480
Kick my head if you want.
919
02:05:27,470 --> 02:05:33,130
For the Shogun, for the people,
for the many who died untimely deaths...
920
02:05:33,380 --> 02:05:35,680
for Makino Uneme and his wife...
921
02:05:35,760 --> 02:05:39,620
for his father Makino Yukie...
922
02:05:41,460 --> 02:05:44,830
and for my men scattering Ochiai.
923
02:05:45,940 --> 02:05:47,350
For that...
924
02:05:48,780 --> 02:05:51,830
innocent, nameless young girl...
925
02:05:52,960 --> 02:05:55,430
with severed arms and legs...
926
02:05:58,000 --> 02:06:00,750
I shall take your life!
927
02:06:02,430 --> 02:06:04,200
Ruling is convenient...
928
02:06:05,080 --> 02:06:07,820
but only for rulers.
929
02:06:09,080 --> 02:06:11,710
The people must live to serve.
930
02:06:14,370 --> 02:06:19,980
Even so, a time comes when servants
rise up against their masters.
931
02:06:23,720 --> 02:06:26,600
You're on top thanks to
support from the bottom.
932
02:06:28,000 --> 02:06:29,740
Don't you see?
933
02:06:38,410 --> 02:06:41,860
Your mistake is believing that
934
02:06:42,350 --> 02:06:45,150
your decorative blade
is not just for show.
935
02:06:47,280 --> 02:06:50,560
Nonsense. It's not for show!
936
02:06:51,560 --> 02:06:53,960
Decoration is for show.
937
02:06:55,780 --> 02:06:59,640
Be silent like the
decorative man you are.
938
02:07:02,500 --> 02:07:04,270
Servant!
939
02:07:09,050 --> 02:07:11,510
How is this for show?
940
02:07:37,550 --> 02:07:38,570
Uncle!
941
02:07:44,770 --> 02:07:45,920
Pain!
942
02:07:59,230 --> 02:08:00,450
It hurts!
943
02:08:03,830 --> 02:08:05,680
That's unexpected.
944
02:08:06,980 --> 02:08:09,360
Can you feel pain?
945
02:08:11,500 --> 02:08:14,230
Am I dying?
946
02:08:16,350 --> 02:08:17,530
Dying?
947
02:08:23,920 --> 02:08:28,260
I'm scared. So scared.
948
02:08:28,470 --> 02:08:29,620
Scared.
949
02:08:35,180 --> 02:08:36,640
I don't want...
950
02:08:39,630 --> 02:08:41,030
to die.
951
02:08:46,490 --> 02:08:48,090
I'm scared.
952
02:09:02,970 --> 02:09:04,640
My Lord...
953
02:09:05,390 --> 02:09:07,490
prepare yourself!
954
02:09:11,950 --> 02:09:16,260
So death comes for us all.
955
02:09:22,960 --> 02:09:28,040
Allow me to thank you, Shinzaemon.
956
02:09:38,220 --> 02:09:40,220
Of all the days of my life,
957
02:09:41,780 --> 02:09:44,510
today has been the most exciting.
958
02:09:48,830 --> 02:09:50,030
You're welcome!
959
02:10:02,140 --> 02:10:03,530
It's over.
960
02:10:09,210 --> 02:10:11,580
The big gamble paid off.
961
02:10:19,430 --> 02:10:21,040
Shinrokuro...
962
02:10:23,630 --> 02:10:25,640
being a samurai...
963
02:10:27,670 --> 02:10:31,620
is truly a burden.
964
02:10:38,130 --> 02:10:39,750
Do what you want...
965
02:10:42,690 --> 02:10:44,350
with your life.
966
02:12:22,620 --> 02:12:24,650
Are you immortal?
967
02:12:26,260 --> 02:12:29,220
You got the Lord's head without me?
968
02:12:30,970 --> 02:12:32,880
Our fight is over.
969
02:12:35,090 --> 02:12:36,680
That ain't no fun.
970
02:12:39,110 --> 02:12:40,520
You hurt?
971
02:12:43,300 --> 02:12:48,550
Compared to fighting a wild
bear, these wounds are nothing.
972
02:12:52,520 --> 02:12:53,810
All in all...
973
02:12:55,900 --> 02:12:58,040
I want my Upashi.
974
02:13:03,020 --> 02:13:06,040
I don't like towns
swarming with samurai.
975
02:13:07,300 --> 02:13:10,770
I'll go home, sweep
Upashi off her feet...
976
02:13:11,580 --> 02:13:13,820
and live far away!
977
02:13:15,470 --> 02:13:17,010
Live your life.
978
02:13:20,420 --> 02:13:21,870
Till the next life!
979
02:13:29,050 --> 02:13:30,540
What are you going to do?
980
02:13:34,150 --> 02:13:37,780
Whatever I want. Been
a samurai long enough.
981
02:13:39,910 --> 02:13:42,380
Become a bandit.
982
02:13:42,850 --> 02:13:48,520
The greatest bandit in Japan. Jump
ship to America, make love to women.
983
02:13:50,710 --> 02:13:52,280
Now you're talking.
984
02:13:54,530 --> 02:13:56,490
Say 'hi' to Upashi for me.
985
02:14:01,580 --> 02:14:02,840
Sure.
986
02:16:36,240 --> 02:16:38,410
In May 1844,
987
02:16:38,410 --> 02:16:43,390
it was reported to the
Central Government...
988
02:16:43,390 --> 02:16:46,510
that Lord Naritsugu fell ill and died.
989
02:16:47,890 --> 02:16:50,300
Some 23 years later,
990
02:16:50,300 --> 02:16:52,640
the Shogunate system was abolished.
991
02:16:52,640 --> 02:16:55,250
The modern Meiji era began.
992
02:17:07,560 --> 02:17:11,440
YAKUSHO Koji
993
02:17:11,540 --> 02:17:13,350
YAMADA Takayuki
994
02:17:13,450 --> 02:17:15,260
ISEYA Yusuke
995
02:17:15,340 --> 02:17:17,280
SAWAMURA Ikki
996
02:17:17,310 --> 02:17:19,180
FURUTA Arata
997
02:17:19,180 --> 02:17:19,220
TAKAOKA Sousuke
FURUTA Arata
998
02:17:19,220 --> 02:17:21,000
TAKAOKA Sousuke
999
02:17:21,150 --> 02:17:22,950
ROKKAKU Seiji
1000
02:17:23,170 --> 02:17:24,960
NAMIOKA Ikki
1001
02:17:24,970 --> 02:17:26,850
KONDO Koen
1002
02:17:26,910 --> 02:17:28,700
ISHIGAKI Yuma
1003
02:17:28,820 --> 02:17:31,080
KUBOTA Masataka
1004
02:17:31,160 --> 02:17:33,560
IHARA Tsuyoshi
1005
02:17:35,390 --> 02:17:37,720
MATSUKATA Hiroki
1006
02:17:39,480 --> 02:17:40,730
FUKISHI Kazue
1007
02:17:40,890 --> 02:17:41,950
TANIMURA Mitsuki
1008
02:17:42,080 --> 02:17:43,140
SAITO Takumi
1009
02:17:43,230 --> 02:17:44,230
ABE Shinnosuke
1010
02:18:05,090 --> 02:18:07,450
UCHINO Masaaki
1011
02:18:08,880 --> 02:18:12,690
MITSUISHI Ken
1012
02:18:12,790 --> 02:18:15,220
KISHIBE Ittoku
1013
02:18:16,630 --> 02:18:20,260
HIRA Mikijiro
1014
02:18:20,490 --> 02:18:23,080
MATSUMOTO Koshiro
1015
02:18:25,320 --> 02:18:27,780
INAGAKI Goro
1016
02:18:29,930 --> 02:18:32,290
ICHIMURA Masachika
1017
02:21:27,840 --> 02:21:37,040
Directed by MIIKE Takashi
1018
02:21:42,990 --> 02:21:49,310
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