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