1. The Toho CompanyCopy !req
2. A Tokyo Films ProductionCopy !req
3. 7th Year of Meiji EraCopy !req
4. Tokyo Prison,
Hachioji, Kanagawa PrefectureCopy !req
5. Yuki...Copy !req
6. You were born for vengeance.
Poor child...Copy !req
7. A child of the netherworld.Copy !req
8. Move it!
Out of our way, woman!Copy !req
9. Who do you think you are?Copy !req
10. Do you realise he's Genzo Shibayama,
the Asakusa Senryo Gang leader?Copy !req
11. - It doesn't matter! Just kill her!
- Bitch!Copy !req
12. - What are you, an assassin?
- Little bitch!Copy !req
13. Don't kill her.Copy !req
14. - Make her tell us who hired her.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
15. Who are you? Tell me!Copy !req
16. Who ordered you to come after me?Copy !req
17. Who are you?Copy !req
18. Revenge.Copy !req
19. For who?Copy !req
20. For all those helpless people
that have suffered thanks to you.Copy !req
21. Woman...Copy !req
22. Who the hell are you?Copy !req
23. Lady Snowblood.Copy !req
24. Produced by Kikumaru OkudaCopy !req
25. Original story by Kazuo Koike
and Kazuo KamimuraCopy !req
26. Cinematography by Masatoshi Tamura
Art Direction by Kazuo SatsuyaCopy !req
27. Snow falls like a funeralCopy !req
28. F or the dead morningCopy !req
29. Stray dogs howl in the distance
As she walksCopy !req
30. The sound of her 'geta'
Piercing the airCopy !req
31. Meiko KajiCopy !req
32. Toshio Kurosawa,
Masaaki DaimonCopy !req
33. Miyoko Akaza, Takeo Chii,
Noboru NakayaCopy !req
34. Justice and mercyCopy !req
35. Tears and dreamsCopy !req
36. Yesterday and tomorrowCopy !req
37. Words that have no hold
On her nowCopy !req
38. The woman who has immersed herself
in the River of VengeanceCopy !req
39. Gave herself up long agoCopy !req
40. Directed by Toshiya FujitaCopy !req
41. Chapter One."
Vengeance Binds Love and HateCopy !req
42. Over 20 years have passedCopy !req
43. European ideas of social progress
that once greatly unsettled the peopleCopy !req
44. are becoming widely acceptedCopy !req
45. Still, provincial disputes
continue unabated,Copy !req
46. as do unfair practices by mercenary
plutocrats and businessmen,Copy !req
47. and actions taken by corrupt officials
seeking only to benefit themselves.Copy !req
48. Self-indulgent, rich men and women
grow in number,Copy !req
49. while the pleas of poor peasants
remained unanswered.Copy !req
50. At this time, there lived
a woman of the netherworld.Copy !req
51. Everyone knew
of her flowery beauty,Copy !req
52. burned a raging desire
to hunt down her enemies.Copy !req
53. People say, what cleanses this world
of decay is not pure white snow,Copy !req
54. but the stained fiery-red snow
of the netherworld.Copy !req
55. Pardon me...Copy !req
56. I would like to see Lord Matsuemon.Copy !req
57. Where can I find Lord Matsuemon,
your leader?Copy !req
58. Come with me.Copy !req
59. Come on, come on!Copy !req
60. Pass it around!Copy !req
61. Pass it around! Pass it around!Copy !req
62. Anything that comes here
gets passed around!Copy !req
63. That's the law of our band!Copy !req
64. Pass it around! Pass it around!Copy !req
65. The goddess of sex
has arrived for us!Copy !req
66. You think you're tough?Copy !req
67. Kill this bitch!Copy !req
68. Stop!Copy !req
69. Stop! Stop it!Copy !req
70. Fool! Idiot!Copy !req
71. How dare you!Copy !req
72. How dare you act like
stray dogs in heat, you fools?Copy !req
73. - But, Boss...
- Idiot!Copy !req
74. This lady is
a very important guest of mine.Copy !req
75. As you know, that ruthless bastard
Genzo ShibayamaCopy !req
76. This lady is the one
who killed him!Copy !req
77. I was told that you make
your living as an assassin, Miss.Copy !req
78. Yet, looking at you,
I cannot imagine you hurting a fly.Copy !req
79. Tell me, Miss Shurayuki,
what is it that you seek?Copy !req
80. Lord Matsuemon...Copy !req
81. I would like to request your assistance
in finding these individuals.Copy !req
82. Banzo Takemura, Gishiro Tsukamoto,
Okono Kitahama...Copy !req
83. All three of themCopy !req
84. seem to be from the Koichi Village,
in Aimi, Shimane Prefecture.Copy !req
85. Now, Koichi Village...
that's where I grew up.Copy !req
86. It has taken me a whole year
to ascertain that very fact.Copy !req
87. But tell me why?Copy !req
88. You're familiar with the Blood Tax Riots
that occurred in the 6th year of Meiji?Copy !req
89. The Blood Tax Riots?
I can't say that I don't know of them.Copy !req
90. These three exploited that situationCopy !req
91. and swindled large sums
from the villagers of Koichi,Copy !req
92. by running a draft-exclusion scam.Copy !req
93. Then they disappeared without a trace.Copy !req
94. I do not know all the details,Copy !req
95. but I heard that
there were four culprits, not three.Copy !req
96. Yes, sir.Copy !req
97. Of the four, Tokuichi Shokei,
is now dead.Copy !req
98. He was killed.Copy !req
99. I beseech you, sir.
Please find those three men.Copy !req
100. I hear you, but without
knowing what they look like,Copy !req
101. That's not true.
I believe that you can do it, sir!Copy !req
102. It should be possible to find
many people who know of them.Copy !req
103. Your clan is spread widely
across the entire nation,Copy !req
104. and if you were to use your many
connections, I know you could succeed!Copy !req
105. I don't believe that it is impossible.Copy !req
106. But what exactly are you after?Copy !req
107. The 6th year of Meiji?Copy !req
108. I doubt that you'd even been born then.Copy !req
109. It can be said
that karma can stain the unborn.Copy !req
110. 'All young men of the nation,
as of their 17th birthday,Copy !req
111. "By November 10th,
all family heads must registerCopy !req
112. "their sixteen-year-old boys
with town officials.Copy !req
113. "Upon reaching the age of 20,Copy !req
114. "all such men will be inducted
into the military…"Copy !req
115. Going back over twenty years ago,Copy !req
116. in March of the sixth year of Meiji,Copy !req
117. the nation is first draft mandate
was enacted by the Cabinet.Copy !req
118. The new government sought strength
through militarism,Copy !req
119. believing that the modernisation
of Japan must be basedCopy !req
120. However, the peasants did not
consider it to be a reasonable measure,Copy !req
121. and soon their discontent
exploded in riots.Copy !req
122. The end to these uprisings
was nowhere in sight.Copy !req
123. Destruction, robbery, arson and other
acts of rebellion continued Without end.Copy !req
124. Many strange rumours circulated,Copy !req
125. the most famous being
about the "Men in White".Copy !req
126. These men in white were said to be
the pawns of the new government,Copy !req
127. who killed conscripts and collected
their blood for sale to foreign nations.Copy !req
128. This is where the first chapter
of the tragedy begins.Copy !req
129. 6th Year of Meiji Era ,
JuneCopy !req
130. Koichi Village, Aimi District,
Shimane PrefectureCopy !req
131. Shiro!Copy !req
132. Shiro!Copy !req
133. Let go of me! Mummy!Copy !req
134. Look at him, he's wearing white!Copy !req
135. - He's the new government man!
- Kill him!Copy !req
136. Don't be ridiculous, I'm...Copy !req
137. I'm the new school teacher,
I've just moved to this village!Copy !req
138. Shut up! Die!Copy !req
139. Dear!Copy !req
140. This is unthinkable!Copy !req
141. How could this be?Copy !req
142. Dear! Dear!Copy !req
143. Then you ought to go.Copy !req
144. There is nothing to pre vent you
from walking your path.Copy !req
145. ReverendCopy !req
146. I must thank you
for all these years of training.Copy !req
147. I am disheartened because
I have not been able to repay you.Copy !req
148. Don't be ridiculous.Copy !req
149. You have a destiny
that needs to be realised.Copy !req
150. Forget joy, forget sorrow,
forget love and hate,Copy !req
151. except for vengeance,
these must be forgotten.Copy !req
152. And thus, there should be
no sadness in you.Copy !req
153. A child of the netherworld
ought not talk like that.Copy !req
154. How many times you've scolded me
by calling me that!Copy !req
155. You are a child
of the netherworldCopy !req
156. You are not a being
of this earthly realm.Copy !req
157. A beast, a devil,
one whose disguise is human.Copy !req
158. One so evil that even
Lord Buddha cannot save you.Copy !req
159. Be strong, Sayo! Be strong!Copy !req
160. But I've never seen a birth
this difficult.Copy !req
161. If it goes wrong, Sayo could die.Copy !req
162. I... I don't care if I die!Copy !req
163. But at least save my baby!
Please, Otora!Copy !req
164. This isn't good. The baby's overdue
and it's twisted around.Copy !req
165. It doesn't matter!Copy !req
166. At least save my baby!
My baby!Copy !req
167. You don't even know
whose child you're bearing!Copy !req
168. Should my...
Should my baby be stillborn...Copy !req
169. if that should happen, Otora,
I'll kill you!Copy !req
170. But tell me, why did the four of them
commit such a hideous crime?Copy !req
171. For profit.Copy !req
172. "For profit"?Copy !req
173. They told the people that draftees
could be excused from serviceCopy !req
174. by paying them a sum of 270 yen.Copy !req
175. Thus the y swindled the villagers
out of tens of thousands of yen.Copy !req
176. After splitting the money
among themselves,Copy !req
177. they fled from the village
as planned.Copy !req
178. Shokei Tokuichi;
who desired my body,Copy !req
179. took me along with him
to Tokyo.Copy !req
180. In Tokyo, Tokuichi opened
a little restaurant.Copy !req
181. I did as I was told
and waited for the right moment.Copy !req
182. I killed Tokuichi.Copy !req
183. I was in the midst of hunting down
the remaining three,Copy !req
184. when I was arrested.Copy !req
185. Three more vengeances remain.Copy !req
186. But I've been sentenced
to life in prison.Copy !req
187. I can no longer exact my revenge
with my own hands.Copy !req
188. Then, you mean
for this newborn child to...?Copy !req
189. That's why you kept saying
you wanted a strong boy?Copy !req
190. Otora...Copy !req
191. But that's all right,
because it was true.Copy !req
192. Because I wanted a child so much...Copy !req
193. A I the women is prison in Ichigaya,Copy !req
194. and after I arrived here,Copy !req
195. I acted like a mad
bitch in heat.Copy !req
196. I wantonly seduced men,
one after another.Copy !req
197. I knew this made you look upon me
with disgust.Copy !req
198. For me, there remain things
left undone.Copy !req
199. My vengeance cannot be denied.Copy !req
200. So I must let this child
wreak my vengeance for me.Copy !req
201. I will die so my spirit
can be embodied in her.Copy !req
202. That's the only method
of vengeance I have left.Copy !req
203. Otora...Copy !req
204. I beseech you.Copy !req
205. Okiku, take care of this child.Copy !req
206. You were born for vengeance,
poor child.Copy !req
207. But, Yuki...Copy !req
208. you must avenge us
without fail.Copy !req
209. Your father,
your elder brother...Copy !req
210. and me.Copy !req
211. Yuki... my...Copy !req
212. - Sayo?
- Sayo!Copy !req
213. Some time later,
Otora Mikazuki was released.Copy !req
214. She took care of the baby
with the help of DokaiCopy !req
215. Being a child of the netherworldCopy !req
216. Yuki received severe training
from DokaiCopy !req
217. Weighing down her little shoulders
were sad thoughts of vengeance,Copy !req
218. but despite this, Yuki endured great
hardships and survived the training.Copy !req
219. 15th Year of Meiji EraCopy !req
220. AGE 8Copy !req
221. Stretch out your hands and feet.
Don't get thrown out, Yuki!Copy !req
222. - Yes, sir!
- Here we go.Copy !req
223. Yuki!Copy !req
224. Stand up! Stand up, Yuki!Copy !req
225. Yuki!Copy !req
226. Do it again!Copy !req
227. You must not become dislodged
until the barrel stops naturally!Copy !req
228. You were not born as a human child.Copy !req
229. You were born
a child of the netherworldCopy !req
230. devoting your own life
to avenge another's death.Copy !req
231. You must never forget
that this is your duty.Copy !req
232. Feel like a beast.
Become like a beast.Copy !req
233. What are you looking at?
Look into my eyes!Copy !req
234. You must look me in the eyes!Copy !req
235. Fool! Stand up!Copy !req
236. What's the matter with you?Copy !req
237. Come on now!Copy !req
238. Come on!Copy !req
239. What's that face for?
Step out! On your feet!Copy !req
240. A I long last.Copy !req
241. A I long last, I've managed
to come this far…Copy !req
242. dear mother.Copy !req
243. Though born and raised
as a child of the netherworldCopy !req
244. human compassion was
never absent from her heart.Copy !req
245. Unforgettable memories of her mother
overwhelmed her with sadness.Copy !req
246. Yet her journey of vengeance
was far from over.Copy !req
247. This day marked the 20th anniversary
of her mother Sayo's passing.Copy !req
248. Chapter Two-" Crying Bamboo Dolls
of the Netherworld'Copy !req
249. A few days later,Copy !req
250. Banzo Takemura, one of the villains
she sought, had been located.Copy !req
251. Forgive me, I'm always
making you work so hard.Copy !req
252. Not at all.Copy !req
253. There are so many orders,
I can't keep up with demand.Copy !req
254. Is that so?Copy !req
255. They're selling that well?Copy !req
256. - You saw me?
- Why...?Copy !req
257. It doesn't matter.
They won't sell anyway.Copy !req
258. I made it.Copy !req
259. Here.Copy !req
260. Kobue. Kobue Takemura.
Why?Copy !req
261. Goodbye.Copy !req
262. Here's your three yen, as usual.
Please count it.Copy !req
263. It's correct.Copy !req
264. Here.Copy !req
265. Take it.Copy !req
266. Your customer for tonight
is a prefectural officer.Copy !req
267. He's a very important client
of mine too.Copy !req
268. So we expect the best from you.Copy !req
269. I know that.Copy !req
270. Is that you, Kobue?Copy !req
271. - It's you fellows.
- Who did you think it was?Copy !req
272. You don't look too well.Copy !req
273. We're here today representing
the house of Hamakatsu.Copy !req
274. It doesn't look like
Kobue is home yet.Copy !req
275. She's out selling her wares.Copy !req
276. She's probably shopping
on her way back home.Copy !req
277. Look...Copy !req
278. Open your eyes, will you?Copy !req
279. Do you really think that people are
buying her bamboo basket dolls?Copy !req
280. You fool.Copy !req
281. Your daughter, you see, throws
everything she makes into the sea.Copy !req
282. Do you really want to know
where that money comes from?Copy !req
283. Eighty yen in all.Copy !req
284. The due date passed
a long while ago.Copy !req
285. You're kidding me?Copy !req
286. It's all your fault to begin with.Copy !req
287. You're forcing her to sell herself!Copy !req
288. Poor thing!Copy !req
289. She has to do it to pay for her
drunkard father's booze and medicine.Copy !req
290. Quiet!
Kobue would never do such a thing!Copy !req
291. Watch the dice.Copy !req
292. - Place your bets!
- Bets, please!Copy !req
293. Isn't that woman
the travelling gambler?Copy !req
294. Yes, sir. Apparently, she's from
Sanshu. An independent.Copy !req
295. She's known as Oyuki.
Lovely looking...Copy !req
296. - She sure gets me going.
- She's no ordinary wallflower.Copy !req
297. - It's number one!
- One!Copy !req
298. Number one!Copy !req
299. Banzo?Copy !req
300. - Deal me a card.
- Next round!Copy !req
301. Watch the dice!Copy !req
302. - Bets, please!
- Place your bets, please.Copy !req
303. - Number four.
- Four!Copy !req
304. Number four!Copy !req
305. Next game!Copy !req
306. Watch the dice.Copy !req
307. - Bets, please.
- All bets!Copy !req
308. Watch the dice.Copy !req
309. Next round!Copy !req
310. Watch the dice.Copy !req
311. Bets, please! All bets in!Copy !req
312. - No more bets!
- Score!Copy !req
313. Hold it!Copy !req
314. Takemura...
we need to talk.Copy !req
315. Forgive me.Copy !req
316. I can't do that.Copy !req
317. Spare me.Copy !req
318. There's no hurry.
First, we'll torture him.Copy !req
319. Please forgive me!
You can have Kobue.Copy !req
320. Too late for that!Copy !req
321. You bastard...Copy !req
322. Please wait.Copy !req
323. As a professional, it's my fault
for not detecting his cheating.Copy !req
324. - Allow me to pay compensation.
- It's none of your concern!Copy !req
325. Out of the way!Copy !req
326. What the hell's going on?Copy !req
327. What do you want, stranger?Copy !req
328. I beg of you, sir.Copy !req
329. I must ask you to spare this man's life,
no matter what the cost.Copy !req
330. Don't tell me
you knew he was cheating!Copy !req
331. Well, in any case...Copy !req
332. - Masa! Kame! Let him go.
- But Boss...Copy !req
333. We mustn't concern ourselves
with trivialities like this!Copy !req
334. Thank you, sir.Copy !req
335. You bastard!Copy !req
336. Next time you show up, forget about
being thrown into the sea,Copy !req
337. I'll out you up and feed you
to the pigs, you bastard!Copy !req
338. Oh?Copy !req
339. What brings you here?Copy !req
340. If something happens,
you should go to Tokyo.Copy !req
341. Okiku Tajire, who lives in Ueno,
can put you in touch with me.Copy !req
342. Thank you,
but I can't leave my dad here.Copy !req
343. You're still here?Copy !req
344. I owe you for what you did for me.Copy !req
345. But it wouldn't really matter anyway
whether I lived or died.Copy !req
346. If it weren't for my daughter...Copy !req
347. By the way,
why did you save my life?Copy !req
348. Because we have a little business
to settle, Banzo Takemura.Copy !req
349. Shall we go?Copy !req
350. Go? Where to?Copy !req
351. Who are you?Copy !req
352. I've come to take you
to where you truly belong.Copy !req
353. Come now, it's time
to start your journey of death.Copy !req
354. Who...?Copy !req
355. Who on earth are you?Copy !req
356. What do you want with me?Copy !req
357. Are you scared, Banzo?Copy !req
358. I bet you are.Copy !req
359. A man like you has memories
too gruesome to be able to forget.Copy !req
360. What are you talking about?Copy !req
361. A long time ago,Copy !req
362. you lived in the village of Koichi.Copy !req
363. You and Gishiro Tsukamoto,Copy !req
364. Okono Kitahama and Tokuichi Shokei,
the four of you,Copy !req
365. You raped his wife
for three days and nights.Copy !req
366. I know nothing!
I know nothing about it!Copy !req
367. Look closely at my face.Copy !req
368. Does this face not remind you
of a woman that you raped?Copy !req
369. My name is Shurayuki.Copy !req
370. There was a woman who died in jail,
died cursing you.Copy !req
371. I am the daughter
of Sayo Kashima.Copy !req
372. It was wrong!
It was wrong of me!Copy !req
373. I've never been able to forget it,
even to this day! Please!Copy !req
374. Where is Gishiro?Copy !req
375. Where is Okono?Copy !req
376. I don't know! I really don't know!Copy !req
377. Please forgive me!
Please spare me!Copy !req
378. I will neither forgive nor spare you!Copy !req
379. I beg you!Copy !req
380. Don't kill me. Don't slay me.Copy !req
381. I beg of you, don't kill me!Copy !req
382. I beg you!Copy !req
383. If I die...Copy !req
384. what will happen
to my daughter Kobue?Copy !req
385. Please!Copy !req
386. For Kobue's sake...Copy !req
387. All life is transitory,
but the virtues are eternal.Copy !req
388. The sea assaults the shore,Copy !req
389. as if reflecting
Yuki's innermost feelings.Copy !req
390. The path continues
on this journey of vengeance.Copy !req
391. Chapter Three." Umbrella of Blood,
Heart of Strewn FlowersCopy !req
392. It's just unfortunate.Copy !req
393. When we heard from you
that Gishiro had died...Copy !req
394. she didn't want to believe it,
no matter what I said.Copy !req
395. But now that she's seen
his tombstone with her own eyes,Copy !req
396. what else can we do?Copy !req
397. It's frustrating, isn't it?Copy !req
398. If only...Copy !req
399. If only we'd searched for him
much earlier...Copy !req
400. When did he die?Copy !req
401. Three years ago.Copy !req
402. It was said that Gishiro was involved
with foreigners smuggling opium.Copy !req
403. Yuki had just come to me then
for training in pickpocketing.Copy !req
404. The training I have received from
the Master and from you, Auntie,Copy !req
405. it's all so that I can personally
avenge my mother's death.Copy !req
406. Gishiro was the leader
of the four villains...Copy !req
407. killing him with the sword of vengeance
for my mother.Copy !req
408. OyukuCopy !req
409. Be strong.Copy !req
410. You still have one more wrongdoer
to face!Copy !req
411. Lord Matsuemon...Copy !req
412. I beseech you,Copy !req
413. please try to find Okono Kitahama
as fast as you can.Copy !req
414. I have my men working on it,
but there's only so much we can do.Copy !req
415. Looking for someone?Copy !req
416. We meet at last.
I've been looking everywhere for you.Copy !req
417. - What for?
- I'd like you to explain something.Copy !req
418. That tombstone, it belonged
to a Gishiro Tsukamoto, did it not?Copy !req
419. - There's nothing I can tell you.
- I doubt that's true...Copy !req
420. You shredded the flowers
left as an offering.Copy !req
421. Not something one would do
without good reason.Copy !req
422. You must have had something
against that man.Copy !req
423. - That is no business of yours.
- My name's Ryurei Ashio.Copy !req
424. I publish a cheap rag called
The People's Paper.Copy !req
425. I write novels too.Copy !req
426. If something catches my attention,
I'll sniff out the truth.Copy !req
427. If I find some leftover meat,
I'm doing well.Copy !req
428. Stop pestering me from now on.Copy !req
429. Why?Copy !req
430. Your curiosity might cost you
your life.Copy !req
431. - Is that a threat?
- Take it how you like.Copy !req
432. I'm known to people
as the "man of threats".Copy !req
433. I use my newspaper as a weapon
and I'm feared as a blackmailer.Copy !req
434. So when somebody threatens me,
that makes me even more curious.Copy !req
435. What is it that you want?Copy !req
436. Don't think
I'm trying to threaten you.Copy !req
437. I just seek the truth.Copy !req
438. Leave me alone.Copy !req
439. "SHURAYUKI-HIME"Copy !req
440. Long ago, in the 6th year
of the Meiji Era,Copy !req
441. a gruesome and hellish tragedy
befell an innocent family.Copy !req
442. They were victims
of a blood-chilling plot.Copy !req
443. Time has passed,
but who will exact vengeance?Copy !req
444. Time has passed, but what
dark deed remains unavenged?Copy !req
445. Whose soul is filled
with turbulent karma?Copy !req
446. Knowing neither forgiveness nor
compassion she seeks out her enemies,Copy !req
447. leaving their corpses
Without a second glance.Copy !req
448. Her name was Shurayuki,
the child of vengeance.Copy !req
449. Indeed...Copy !req
450. The person who told Ryurei Ashio
about you was certainly me!Copy !req
451. But why, sir?Copy !req
452. I just cannot understand
why you did that, Master.Copy !req
453. Don't you see?Copy !req
454. It's bait, to lure out the one villain
that remains: Okono Kitahama.Copy !req
455. Matsuemon's men are not
without their limits.Copy !req
456. However, should Ryurei's novel
become widely read,Copy !req
457. I'm certain that Okono will read it.Copy !req
458. And when she does,
she will surely take action.Copy !req
459. And that will be the moment
when you can destroy her.Copy !req
460. Besides,Copy !req
461. I've come to really like
this Ryurei fellow.Copy !req
462. He's using his talents as a writerCopy !req
463. to express his hostility and malice
towards the political system.Copy !req
464. He may be a rogue,Copy !req
465. but I feel he's the ideal man to write
your story, a tale of the netherworld.Copy !req
466. But will Okono Kitahama take action?Copy !req
467. Will she reveal herself?Copy !req
468. Wait and see. Be patient.Copy !req
469. Yuki, you must not rush things.Copy !req
470. If you must endure a moment
of peace and tranquilityCopy !req
471. when the winds of carnage do not
blow the snow of the netherworld,Copy !req
472. then Lord Buddha will not punish you.Copy !req
473. From Mount Kazusa,
looking deep into the valleyCopy !req
474. A little child picks up a pebble...Copy !req
475. Born to settle an old score.
Born to seek vengeance.Copy !req
476. Yet, listening to the children sing,
she could not he(0 but be moved.Copy !req
477. As she continued
on her lonely path,Copy !req
478. the glimmers of the past
grew fainter.Copy !req
479. This is fiction,
to make it interesting reading, right?Copy !req
480. No. I've written nothing
but the truth.Copy !req
481. - So it's the truth?
- The absolute truth.Copy !req
482. Then... Oyuki killed my father.Copy !req
483. Just who are you?Copy !req
484. I'm... Banzo Takemura's daughter.Copy !req
485. This is awful! Just awful!Copy !req
486. So now we have another woman
seeking vengeance.Copy !req
487. Born under unlucky stars.Copy !req
488. Both you and her.Copy !req
489. Wait!Copy !req
490. Wait!Copy !req
491. There's no way you could possibly
understand how I feel!Copy !req
492. I understand!Copy !req
493. I do understand.Copy !req
494. Are you Ryurei Ashio?Copy !req
495. Yes. What do you want from me?Copy !req
496. Because your Lady Snowblood
story seems so real,Copy !req
497. the people have become confused
and riotous, so we must question you.Copy !req
498. Accompany us to headquarters!Copy !req
499. - There's no way...
- Silence! Take him!Copy !req
500. Who's that?Copy !req
501. Kobue Takemura.Copy !req
502. Kobue? Takemura?Copy !req
503. You must be Banzo's...Copy !req
504. Then what brings you here?Copy !req
505. The authorities have arrested
Ryurei Ashio.Copy !req
506. I never knew there was
a police station there,Copy !req
507. inside a restaurant called Kagetsu.Copy !req
508. Wait! Wait a second! Wait, I said!Copy !req
509. Take that!Copy !req
510. You bastard! Get up!Copy !req
511. You scum!Copy !req
512. Come on, out with it!Copy !req
513. Where's Shurayuki?Copy !req
514. I spent a considerable amount of time
reading the story in your paper.Copy !req
515. Clearly, it's based on a real event.Copy !req
516. There's no way someone who didn't
know Shurayuki could've written it!Copy !req
517. So you've revealed yourself,
as expected.Copy !req
518. So the money you pocketed
from that ruthless murder 20 years agoCopy !req
519. has paid for this shady little hideout
of yours, eh?Copy !req
520. - How very nice for you.
- Silence!Copy !req
521. Tell me! Tell me!Copy !req
522. I don't know!
I'm not in touch with her.Copy !req
523. You stubborn fool!Copy !req
524. Don't hold back
when you beat this scum!Copy !req
525. We'll make you suffer a lot more!Copy !req
526. Suffer!Copy !req
527. That's enough.
Hold off for the time being.Copy !req
528. - But...
- He's no good to us dead.Copy !req
529. - We'll use him as bait.
- Bait?Copy !req
530. Exactly. No doubt
Shurayuki will show up soon.Copy !req
531. She's here!Copy !req
532. So you've come, Shurayuki.
I've been waiting for you.Copy !req
533. - We meet at last.
- That's right.Copy !req
534. I deliberately acted
just as you expected I would.Copy !req
535. A Thunder-sand bomb!Copy !req
536. Hold your breath!Copy !req
537. Okono...Copy !req
538. Has she escaped?Copy !req
539. It's all done now, Oyuki,
your vengeance, everything.Copy !req
540. It's all over. Forget it now.Copy !req
541. Can the netherworld's snow, soaked
in bloody carnage, regain its purity?Copy !req
542. You were born in a jail,
a child of vengeance-Copy !req
543. How can you live like
a normal human being, Oyuki?Copy !req
544. I do remember...Copy !req
545. from the moment I was born.Copy !req
546. I remember everything I saw.Copy !req
547. I can still picture it all
before my eyes.Copy !req
548. That's why my mother's vengeance
is my own.Copy !req
549. This revenge . . .is mine.Copy !req
550. Chapter Four...Copy !req
551. Just as I thought...
you're alive after all.Copy !req
552. I'd hoped that
I was only imagining it.Copy !req
553. Why?Copy !req
554. - Why did you fake your death?
- Who are you talking about?Copy !req
555. If you're talking about a wretch
named Gishiro Tsukamoto, he's dead.Copy !req
556. - He died in a shipwreck 3 years ago...
- Not true!Copy !req
557. Gishiro is alive.
He's here, right in front of my eyes!Copy !req
558. Yes, the boat you were on
did sink.Copy !req
559. However, as the police were
after you for opium smuggling,Copy !req
560. the shipwreck provided you
with a wonderful opportunityCopy !req
561. to fake your own death!Copy !req
562. You survived and continued
to engage in shady dealings.Copy !req
563. You haven't changed a bit since
you escaped my clutches 10 years ago.Copy !req
564. Why have you come here?Copy !req
565. To make you forget.Copy !req
566. To forget about Gishiro Tsukamoto,
and the man you now see.Copy !req
567. You must forget them all.Copy !req
568. Your story about Shurayuki
has come to an end.Copy !req
569. It's all over
with Okono Kitahama's death.Copy !req
570. Are you threatening me?
That's typical of you.Copy !req
571. No. Just giving advice.Copy !req
572. Let me tell you something.Copy !req
573. These days I'm mostly involved
in trading weapons.Copy !req
574. Even the government can't buy
weapons without my involvement.Copy !req
575. I believe that
Japan will soon be at war.Copy !req
576. Japan is preparing its forces
for conflict,Copy !req
577. I don't have time for some silly,
twenty-year-old tale of vengeance.Copy !req
578. The building where I conduct
my business is the Rokumeikan.Copy !req
579. It's supposed to be the place where
we negotiate with foreign powersCopy !req
580. and debate the use of Western ideas
to modernise our society.Copy !req
581. But what really goes on thereCopy !req
582. are nightly parties for
the elite members of our societyCopy !req
583. who indulge themselves
in self-gratification and hedonism.Copy !req
584. But society is changing.Copy !req
585. And I Will float with the tide,Copy !req
586. all the time harvesting
more money and power!Copy !req
587. It's fine to be concerned
with justice and upholding principles,Copy !req
588. yet it all amounts
to nothing more than empty words.Copy !req
589. Forget newspapers and all that!Copy !req
590. If you feel like it,
come and work for me.Copy !req
591. I severed ties to you
many years ago.Copy !req
592. Very well.
But let me say this...Copy !req
593. Don't stick your nose in places
where it's not welcome. Stay out!Copy !req
594. That's my final advice,
from the bottom of my heart.Copy !req
595. Ryu...Copy !req
596. - Gishiro is alive.
- What?Copy !req
597. He was just here.Copy !req
598. - That man in the rickshaw...
- Wait! Please wait!Copy !req
599. He won't get away.
I swear I'll finish him!Copy !req
600. And listen, there's one more thing
I have to tell you.Copy !req
601. Gishiro is...Copy !req
602. Gishiro Tsukamoto is...Copy !req
603. my father.Copy !req
604. When I found out that one of the scum
you sought was my own father,Copy !req
605. what kept me going was that
I thought he was dead.Copy !req
606. If it weren't for that, I couldn't have
written your story of carnage.Copy !req
607. However,
when Okono Kitahama was killed,Copy !req
608. That's why I couldn't tell you.
There was no way...Copy !req
609. I won't be writing
any more tales of Shurayuki.Copy !req
610. I can't write it anymore.Copy !req
611. However...Copy !req
612. Chapter Four.
The House of Joy, The Final Hell.Copy !req
613. Wait!Copy !req
614. Stay out! That's my final advice,
from the bottom of my heart.Copy !req
615. Damn it!Copy !req
616. That's typical of him.Copy !req
617. It doesn't matter if someone dies,
as long as his hands remain clean.Copy !req
618. No matter what happens,
he'll have his way.Copy !req
619. Ryu!Copy !req
620. Gishiro Tsukamoto...
I will kill you.Copy !req
621. It's all I've thought about
for these last twenty years.Copy !req
622. Yes. It's all about to end.Copy !req
623. Oyuki! Don't worry about me.Copy !req
624. Do it! Do it!Copy !req
625. Yuki! Hurry!Copy !req
626. Hurry!Copy !req
627. An eye for an eye!Copy !req
628. Snow falls like a funeralCopy !req
629. F or the dead morningCopy !req
630. Stray dogs howl in the distance
As she walksCopy !req
631. The sound of her 'geta'
Piercing the airCopy !req
632. She walks on,
Weighed down by karmaCopy !req
633. Her bull's-eye umbrella
Embracing the darknessCopy !req
634. The woman who walks this path in lifeCopy !req
635. Gave up her tears
Long agoCopy !req
636. The EndCopy !req