All language subtitles for Lone Wolf and Cub 1 - Sword of Vengeance - 1972 Engels MA

Toho Company, Ltd.

Katsu Productions present

Young lord!

Why do they have to be so cruel?

Lord, we will join you in death!

All of us will avenge your passing.
One day, for certain!

We understand the edicts,
but our lord is so young.

- Young lord!
- Lord!

Everyone, compose yourselves!

It is most unseemly of you
to behave in this manner!

For now, we must maintain
our composure...

...and witness his passing.

That is our duty...
as his vassals.

I am the Shogunate's
Official Executioner, Itto Ogami.

Please...

Please be merciful.

If you just hold this fan to your belly,
all will be well, young lord.

Do you understand?

This is how the ruler of a domain
must conduct himself.

This is the way
of the true samurai, lord.

The tokugawa Shogunate
imposed excessive taxes

upon the Daimyo.

The Shogunate freely exercised
its right to execute anyone

that allowed the slihgtest trace
of disobedience.

To implement the crule governmental
edicts of the Shogunate,

three groups were established.

First, the spies who were ever watchful
for the first signs of disloyalty.

Second, the assassins
who would kill any

who interfered
with the Shogunate's plans.

And third, the executioner
who acted as "Second",

beheading those samurai
who were ordered to commit seppuku.

The spies belonged
to the Kurokuwa clan.

The assassins belonged
to the Yagyu chan.

Finally, the post of Offichal Shogunate
Second belonged to one Itto Ogami,

who was specially authorised
to wear the sacred official robes

bearing the emblem of the Shogunate.

Lone Wolf And Cub

Sword Of Vengeance

Produced by Shintaro Katsu
& Hisaharu Matsubara

Original story by
Kazuo Koike & Goseki Kojima

Director of photography
Chishi Makiura

Music by Hideaki Sakurai

Fight choreographer
Eiichi Kusumoto

Narrator
Shoji Kobayashi

Starring:

Tomisaburo Wakayama
as Itto Ogami

Fumio Watanabe as Sugito
Tomoko Mayama as Osen the whore

Taketoshi Naito as Inspector Bizen
Akihiro Tomikawa as the Child

Yunosuke lto as Ichige

Directed by Kenji Misumi

Sui-O School of Swordsmanship.
Ogami and child: Expertise for hire.

What's that?

Let me see...

"Ogami and child: Expertise for rent.
Sui-O School of Swordsmanship."

Okami? "Wolf-sword"? What's that?

Not "Okami", it's Ogami.
That's the name of the ronin.

I understand hiring his "expertise",
but the child?

I wonder...

But that man looks like a wreck.
And he's got a child, too!

How can he make a living?

What an adorable child.

So adorable, it's pathetic.

Ohime!

No, Ohime!

Ohime, get back here!
What do you think you're doing?

Toramatsu!

- Ohime!
- Toramatsu...

No, Ohime, what are you doing?
That's somebody else's child!

I apologise for her rude behaviour.
Please forgive us.

I am truly sorry.

Pardon me, sir, but it says that
your child is for hire...

Can you really hire him out to us?

Toramatsu,
you must have been starving.

There you are.

There's your mother's milk.
Have as much as you want.

Daigoro...

Tastes good, doesn't it?

Tastes good...

Toramatsu...

There's a good boy.

Thank you very much, sir.

Good boy.

I'll come and see you again, Toramatsu,
when I save up enough money.

Just a moment, sir.
I hope this is enough.

I don't need your money.
The boy was hungry anyway.

I see. Thank you very much, sir.

She was deceived and
then abandoned by a man.

She gave her child
to another family to raise,

but the baby died from a fever.

Ever since then,
my daughter has been deranged.

She can no longer distinguish
between her child and those of others.

Damn, it's starting to rain.

Welcome home, dear.

What's wrong?
Why are you so pale?

Tell me, what's on your mind?

Very well.

Lately, I've been having
awful nightmares.

The voices may be the souls
of those you've beheaded.

They curse me from ponds of blood,
or mountains of spikes... ghastly places.

I can hear them as they send
chills down my spine.

They say they'll put a curse
upon the Ogami line,

and they repeat it over and over.

I'm consumed with fear
for our child's safety.

It's so unlike you, you're so strong.

You must be tired.

Azami, you do remember the reasons
why I named him Daigoro.

No matter how poor he may become,
he will never be grief-stricken.

No matter how rich,
he will never look down on others.

By reminding him of Buddhist hell,
ghouls, animals and evil gods,

and of the god-like beings,

his name will ensure that
he grows up stalwart and resolute.

I know.

Don't worry. He will become strong.
Strong enough to face anything in life.

Dearest...

Now that Daigoro is a year old,
I shall take him with me

to pay our respects to the souls
of those I have executed.

We'll pray at our shrine.

A mendicant monk passing?

Azami!

Daigoro...

Azami...

Who did this to you?

Who did this?

Whoever you are...

...l'll follow you
to the ends of the earth...

...I will find you
no matter what it takes.

I will have my vengeance!

Without fail!

Attention! The honourable Inspector
Bizen of Yagyu is here

on official business!

Inspector Bizen...

I was afraid that
it would turn out this way.

Meaning?

Before dawn, three men committed
seppuku at the gates of my house.

I rushed here immediately
after hearing their declaration.

Declaration?

"We hereby declare,

"in order to avenge
our Lord Hirotada's death,

"the household of the Executioner,
Ogami, must be put to the sword.

"While Itto Ogami is indeed
the sole official Executioner,

"we have discovered that
he abuses the powers of his position

"and is a traitor who blasphemes
the great Shogunate.

"The proof will be found
in the Ogami family shrine.

"Remembering our lord
who was executed

"by a traitor who spits
on the honour of the Shogunate,

"we thereby dedicate our lives
to the destruction of his line.

"As proof of our sincerity,
we will now join our lord in the void.

"Signed: Three ikoma clansmen,

"Hyogo Odai, Shichinosuke Atobe
and Gorozaemon Makijima.

"Sealed in blood."

As three samurai have paid with
their lives to present this declaration,

I must now exercise my official right
to inspect your shrine.

Ogami, take me to the shrine.

In order to pay respect
and offer prayers for the souls

of those I have been ordered
to execute by the Shogunate,

I have built this shrine.

That is most respectful of you.

I am moved.
It does you great credit, Ogami.

What's this?

What do we have here?

A death tablet bearing
the emblem of the Shogunate!

What's the meaning of this, Ogami?
Why a tablet representing the Shogun?

Answer me! Exactly what is it
that you pray for at this shrine?

I know nothing.

I know nothing about this tablet.
Who could do something like this?

What the men said
in their declaration was true.

I know nothing of this!
This must be...

How dare you presume
to talk your way out of this!

As Official Inspector,
I order you to accompany us.

Take him! Arrest Itto Ogami!

There's something not right,
Inspector Bizen.

What is the meaning
of these uniformed men?

Did you intend from the start
to take me away?

Naturally, in such an emergency as this!

If so, they would've come here openly.

Besides, there should have been
no reason to hide your uniforms.

And how do you explain the armour?

If you were in such a rush to get here,
how did you have time to don armour?

No more questions!
If you seek answers, then do it in court!

You planned all this!

This whole incident only makes sense
if it's a plot by the Yagyu clan.

You've lost your mind, Itto!

The suicide of the Ikoma clansmen
is inexplicable.

I know nothing about their claim.

But when seen as a plot to effect
my downfall, it all makes sense!

It's all too perfect.

For a long time now,

I've known the Shadow Yagyu clan
have coveted the post of Executioner.

That's why you plotted this, isn't it?

"Shadow Yagyu clan"?

What do you mean by "shadow clan"?

Are you saying that the House of Yagyu
has two faces, light and dark?

Indeed!

Munenori Yagyu's sons, Jubei,
Mitsuyoshi, Tomonori and Munefuyu,

rule what appears as the Yagyu clan,
but yet another child, Gisen,

also known as Retsudo,
forever lurks in the shadows!

Retsudo is your grandfather,

and it is he who is the master schemer
and Lord of the Yagyu clan.

I've long been aware of the existence
of the Shadow Yagyu clan.

You've secretly made arrangements
with the Shogunate

and managed to corrupt these men
from Investigator Kurokuwa.

And now, by plotting my downfall,

you seek to obtain the post
of Official Executioner!

That emblem of two umbrellas...

it fools the world into believing
you are Shogunate Arms Instructors,

ordinary members of the Yagyu clan.

But the Shadow Yagyu clan
has been using an emblem

inherited from
Ieyoshi Mimasaka-no-kami,

the burnet and sparrow emblem,
and that is the ultimate proof!

Well?

Brilliant as always, Itto Ogami.

I'm impressed by the depth
of your knowledge about my clan.

But, as things stand, I'm of the opinion
that you should die here and now.

It will appear as if Itto Ogami fought
against the Ikoma clan and was killed.

It has all been perfectly planned.

Now I see...

You forced those Ikoma clansmen
to write their declaration,

then you forced them
to commit seppuku.

You will use any method to destroy
those who stand in your way.

That is unforgivable.
Unforgivable as long as I live!

Kill him!

Get him!

No!

If you enter the water,

you'll fare even worse against
his Suh_O technhques.

Bizen, how couhd you be so foolish?

No, not the Suh_O
wave_slashhng stroke?

Retsudo of the Shadow Yagyu clan!

You naive fool!

You have resorted
to the most despicable tactics

to gain prosperity
at the expense of others.

Your actions are unforgivable!

The misery you've inflicted
upon my family

shall in turn be inflicted
upon the Shadow Yagyu clan!

The Shogunate endures,
and thus endures the Yagyu clan.

The Yagyu clan endures,
and thus endures the Shogunate!

Do not forget that we are
inextricably bound together.

No matter what you do
or how much you struggle,

your fate is already sealed.

Come and face me, Retsudo!

No. I will not fight you.

Now that Bizen is dead,

the Shogunate will officially
sanction our actions.

Wash your neck in preparation.
And await my return.

Wait, Retsudo!

Unforgivable! The Yagyu clan
shall never be forgiven. Never!

The line of the ordinary Yagyu clan
ended at the river's edge,

and the line of the Shadow Yagyu
shall end in the river of fire!

Between the fire and the water lies
the white road, and I shall follow it,

no matter where it takes me,

even if I am reduced to ashes.

I shall have my revenge one day!

What is it, sir?

He has come.

Two years ago,
after fighting the Yagyu clan,

the Official Executioner
simply disappeared.

The Shogunate's Official Executioner?

Then this Itto Ogami...

...is someone not even the very best
of the Yagyu clan could defeat.

So that's him...

The assassin who now calls himself
the Lone Wolf and his cub.

I'm sure you've heard
of his reputation.

Yes, sir.

But we have no idea
if he really is Itto Ogami.

Although he claims to be for hire.

But what if he turns out to be
the real Itto Ogami, Chamberlain?

When we left our home province,
we all pledged to give our lives...

...in the service of the Oyamada clan.

Yes, sir.

You are our clan's strongest men.

If he isn't Itto Ogami after all,
you'll be able to kill him.

I understand, sir.
The two of us will kill him.

Though, perhaps it's better
if we are the ones to die.

Chamberlain, we will gladly
give our lives for you.

I am Ichige Gyobu, the Edo
Chamberlain of the Oyamada clan.

I have sought a meeting with you

because it is rumoured that you are
Itto Ogami, former Official Executioner.

If so, I'd like to request
your assistance in a grave matter.

Please excuse my being so forward.

Tell me your business.

We would like to request...

...the deaths of a certain group
of four men.

For 500 pieces of gold,
your request will be fulfilled.

The number of victims is
of no consequence.

And one more thing...

...I ask that you tell me everything
related to this request.

Please examine these.

I'm listening.

Chamberlain Sugito is plotting...

...to assassinate our clan's heir,
Lord Noriyuki, who is in poor health,

and to install Lord Takemaru,
from a branch family, as the heir.

They would thereby gain control
of the Oyamada clan.

Lord Noriyuki will be leaving Edo
in two days' time,

making his first visit
to this part of the country.

Undoubtedly, the Chamberlain
will not miss this opportunity.

From what we've been secretly
able to determine,

he has gathered a band of ronin

and is waiting for our Lord to arrive.

Along the Nikko Road, several miles
before one reaches the city of lmaichi,

lies the Otawara mountain road.

There, in the outskirts
of the Oyamada domain,

is a bathing palace called Go-no-Mori.

Chamberlain Sugito is sure
to have his men there.

I have been informed

that our Lord will be visiting
the hot springs of Go-no-Mori.

The three of us were preparing to fight
Chamberlain Sugito and his men.

That's why we came here.

Following the orders
of Chamberlain Sugito

are three first-class swordsmen
known as the Oyamada Three.

Of these, Junah Matsukh,
who hohds the rank of Inspector,

Is an expert horseback musketeer.

We are no match for hIm In a fair fight.

Because of this, we had planned
to ambush him.

Use your skills and destroy
the evil Chamberhahn Sughto,

I beg of you.

From high up in the mountains,
if you shit a rocky turd

it'll be all covered in sand

it'll tumble down like a pebble

there goes one now

Here goes one now

there goes another one...

Daigoro...

Soon the Shogunate's men
will be arriving.

But your father intends to disobey
the Shogunate's orders

and flee from this province.

In order to avenge our family,
the household of the Executioner Ogami,

and to vindicate my honour,
I will abandon my samurai life,

and I shall become a true demon,
bound by no rules!

Hear me, Daigoro.

From now on, your father shall follow
a path strewn with blood and corpses,

as an assassin in a world of killing
without remorse.

By taking assignments as an assassin,

all our family's suffering can be
returned to the Yagyu clan!

Daigoro...

You alone shall choose
the path you will take.

If you choose this sword,

you will travel the path
of the assassin with me.

If you choose the ball, I will send you
to be with your mother.

Daigoro, of course
you do not yet comprehend...

...what your father is saying
nor what is about to happen.

But the Ogami blood flowing
in your veins will decide for you.

So... choose.

You must choose, Daigoro!

You would've been happier...

...if you'd chosen to join your mother.

You poor child.

So, an assassin with a child...

Do you understand, Daigoro?
This is our fate.

"By order of the Shogunate,
let it be proclaimed, Itto Ogami,

"that even though you are
the Shogunate's Official Executioner,

"you have dared to keep
in your own shrine

"a death memorial tablet
carrying the Shogunate's emblem.

"This is undeniably an act of ill will
towards the Shogunate,

"and as such
can not be forgiven.

"You are dismissed from your position,

"and your house will be abolished.

"You and your son, Daigoro,
are hereby ordered to commit seppuku."

I must commend you
receiving us here wearing death robes.

That is typical of you, Ogami, who
personified the office of Executioner.

You have prepared commendably.

I did not wear these death robes
in order to commit seppuku.

But rather to proclaim

that we, father and son, shall live
as demons from this day on.

These robes are to celebrate
our departure.

How dare you?
Are you disobeying an order?

Have you lost your mind, Ogami?

We, who have chosen to live as
demons, are no longer mere humans.

For us, then,
such an order is nonsense!

- Come out!
- Men, come out!

Can you cut me down...
with such slender arms?

Can you execute the Executioner?

How dare you spit on a direct order
from the Shogunate! Kill him!

What are you doing? Kill him! Kill him!

Itto Ogami...

Obey the order of the Shogunate,

and commit seppuku here and now.

I will stand in as your Second.

We, the Shadow Yagyu clan,
have replaced the Ogami family,

and have attained the post
of Official Executioner.

Therefore, observing all the proper
formalities, we shall take your head.

I refuse!

You used the most despicable
tactics to kill my wife.

Then you wrongly accused me
of treason. I shall have my revenge!

No matter where I choose to go, I will
not run till I have achieved my revenge.

It is ultimately a futile act,
playing at being the hero.

Not even your techniques
of the Sui-O School can stand

against the Yagyu's
wall of stalwart warriors.

Are you sure?

Itto, how dare you?

For 27 years,
I have served this sacred emblem.

You, for 64 years.

As long as every single subject
in the sixty domains

lives under and honours this emblem,

I cannot find it
to be totally without merit.

Observe!

The Yagyu clansmen, renowned
as invincible, are now as nothing.

Unless you strike
at this sacred emblem,

you cannot kill me.

Can you, Retsudo?

Pointing your swords at the Shogun's
emblem is disrespectful, surely?

Clear the way!

Wait!

Remove and hand over that robe
bearing the Shogunate's symbol.

Then, we Yagyu will challenge you
to a fair fight.

If you should win,

then you may go anywhere you wish,
live wherever you wish.

As long as it is beyond the borders
of the Shogunate's domain,

we will leave you in peace.

Well?

Very well.

Our warrior carries the sunshine
on his back,

while Itto Ogamh
carries a child on his.

Both men carry somethhng,

but the outcome of this challenge
is already determined.

If everythhng else is equal and fair,

he who has the advantage of
the ground, the advantage of Nature,

shall be the victor.

From high up on the mountahn,
if you shit a rocky turd

it'll all be covered hn sand

it'll tumble down like a pebble

From hhgh up on the mountain

if you shit a rocky turd...

LEFT TO IMAICHI
RIGHT TO OTAWARA ROAD

GO-NO-MORI HOT SPRINGS

Damn it!

What a rude fellow he was!

You with the little brat!

Want me to slash this rope
and let you drop?

If there's no other bridge
to the Otawara Road,

I believe that doing so
will inconvenience you as well.

What nerve!

Very well... cross!

A torso-cutting sword.

It won't get a nick,
even after slicing through bone.

A battle sword that you can use
effectively from horseback.

Nice piece you've got here.
I'll keep hold of it for you.

What are you doing here?

Must I have a reason
for wanting to take a bath?

You've come to bathe? Nothing else?

Are you suggesting that someone who
brings a child has some other purpose?

You're right.

But you two are unlucky...
you've chosen to bathe in hell!

Right, follow me.

One more thing.

If you try anything funny,

we'll slice you and your brat
into pieces!

Help! Someone, please help!

Stop! Father!

Help!

Can't let your brat see, eh?
Is that what they call fatherly love?

Stop! Okayo! Damn you!

You demons! I'll kill you!

Looks like she's dead, Onibi.

First you grabbed and squeezed her,
then force-fed her that giant of yours!

I didn't do her because I thought she
was too young! But she looks tasty now.

Why did you have to keep her
all to yourself?

- Who the hell's that?
- He's come to bathe with his brat.

He walked in here
with a torso-cutting sword,

but he's as meek as a mouse!

No wonder he's quiet.
He can do nothing but stand stock-still!

Haven't we met somewhere before?

No.

Your name?

Even if I told you,
it's an old name I no longer use.

Answer my question!

I am Tahei Onishi,
a ronin from the western provinces.

True, not a name I'm familiar with.

He shows up with a torso-cutting sword,

so I figured he'd be highly trained.

But he nearly fell
for the old sake-cup trick!

Listen well!

If you defy us in any way,

I'll throw these knives straight
into your throats, yours and the boy's!

Take them to the bathhouse.

Follow me.

That man is something.

What? Are you telling me
that he fooled me?

Even if he's as skilled as you, he can't
do anything with a child in his arms.

Besides, he doesn't look like a fool
who'd go up against this many of us.

All right, I'll find out just
how much of a man he really is!

Don't, Monnosuke.

No!

If he's no ordinary man,
as you seem to be saying,

then that means he's belittled
my knife-throwing skills.

I'm going to test him for real!

Are you coming with me?

That man...

I know I've seen him
somewhere before.

I'm sure you've guessed by now that
we've all got prices on our heads.

Don't be stupid enough to disobey us.

Come on out.
Show me what you're made of.

I'm telling you to step out
so that we can duel.

Are you deaf?

Why, you...

I guess you don't care
what happens to your brat.

Enough! What fool would dare
to challenge wanted men like you?

He'd just be throwing his life away.

What are you saying?

He may not have a master,
but he's still a samurai.

He's not going to beg for mercy
or ask you to spare his life.

That's why he chooses
to close his eyes like that, see?

Why not leave him alone?

I see what you're saying,
you're making sense.

For a whore and a bedroom pickpocket,
you make sense, Osen!

And you're nothing more
than filthy beasts!

What?

All right.

I'll let him off.

But in exchange,
you two must screw here in front of us!

Right here, right now.

Let us watch every moment of it.

- Now that sounds interesting.
- Get on with it!

No, I won't! Who would?

- It's despicable!
- I'd pay to watch, you know.

Besides, you sell yourself for a living.

On top of that, you then steal money
from your clients.

Show us that special technique
of yours and give us some enjoyment.

Damn you!

If you dare to defy me...

I'd rather die.

I see...

Then die you shall.

Wait.

You can't... You wouldn't...

Don't tell me that you'd?

If you don't mind a woman like me,
then I'm yours.

She looks like a little girl!

She probably thinks she's a Buddha
now that she's spared a soul!

A juicy Buddha, more like!

Merciful Buddha, merciful Buddha...

Merciful Buddha...

Silence, you lousy priest!

If you chant sutras at a time like this,

it makes us feel like we're already dead!

This is a living hell, in any case.

Before they leave here,
we'll all be killed.

- Merciful Buddha...
- We don't know that for sure!

Everyone else is hiding indoors,

but there are scores of people
in this village alone!

Nobody could be ruthless enough
to kill that many!

But the fact remains,

...unlike those people,
we're travellers.

If they let us live, then
their activities would become known.

- If that happens...
- Right! They'll kill us all for sure!

You're saying we ought to just sit
and wait to be killed?

Damn it!

Nothing can save us now,
no matter what we do.

They are animals.

Honourable samurai warriors...
please do something!

I don't want to die!
I don't want to be killed!

Please save us!

Enough! What do you expect
of a sick man?

It's the same story with that ronin.

One has to lose all sense of decency
to save oneself.

He has no shame,
that makes him a beast like them.

Without fangs, what use is he?

Quiet!

Who the hell do you think you are?

You're just a yakuza
and a travelling labourer!

I tried to bite my tongue earlier
in a suicide attempt.

But he understood that, so he shamed
himself and made love to me.

Isn't that sweet?

Just to save a woman like me,

he put away his pride and honour
which mean everything to a samurai.

What nonsense!

There's an army of samurai
who'll get it on with cheap whores!

So don't get any airs!

And will that "army of samurai" sacrifice
themselves just to save a whore's life?

He fucked you just to save his own skin!

Don't you understand?

Why don't you ask your little friend,
the one below your navel?

What the hell do you mean?

If you were scared out your mind,
begging for mercy,

could you make love
there and then?

Where are you going?

Are you not afraid of them?

If I am to die right now,
then so be it.

A woman like me can only sink deeper
into misery with each year's passing.

This hot spring is called Go-no-Mori.

But everyone calls it
"Hot Springs of the Bats".

Can you guess why?

Bats have wings, but they aren't birds,

and they have fangs,
but they aren't beasts.

Outcasts from society,
who are just like those bats,

come here in search of peace.

That's why it's called
"Hot Springs of the Bats".

But those scum are different.

They are beasts with fangs!

And you are a bird with wings.

What are you trying to say?

You show no fear of their fangs.

You have wings
and can fly away from here at will.

I can see it,

as one who's passed from the arms
of one man to the next,

I know what kind of wings you have.

Earlier this summer, in a town where
I was staying near Takato Castle,

four high-ranking samurai were slain.

Whoever did it was supposedly
a ronin with a child in tow.

And the slain samurai were said
to have been the best of their clan.

The investigators were very thorough,
so I remember.

The unknown pair were called
"Lone Wolf and Cub".

And they were available
for hire as assassins.

Or so the story goes.

By the afternoon of the day
after tomorrow,

his lordship will travel
along the Nikko Road,

then pass through here,
Jizogahara.

It's within the Shogunate's domain,
and an ideal spot to stage an ambush.

There'll be problems if we wait
until they enter the Oyamada domain.

Without fail, they must be killed here.
Is that understood?

Very well.

And what about the money?

500 pieces of gold.

The remaining 500 will be paid
upon completion.

We're counting on you, Kanbei.
There's no room for failure.

Leave everything to me.

Would you mind
if I had a look at that piece?

- That's a horseback musket, right?
- I refuse.

If you've got weapons like that,
why can't you kill them yourselves?

There would be traceable evidence.

Besides, we must be back at the castle
at the time of the attack.

I see, if you're lined up and
ready to serve at the castle,

there's no way
you can ever be suspected.

Exactly.

It will be reported that
Lord Noriyuki and his men

were attacked by a band of lowly ronin
and, alas, were slain.

Who could possibly suspect us?

We may be lowly ronin,
but you're a bunch of turncoats.

- Watch your tongue.
- Forget it!

At any rate, you must not fail.

I understand completely!

Everyone, come out! Out!

Hurry or we'll kill you all!

Come out!

Come out!

Out!

Hurry it up!

Everyone... we must thank you
for everything.

We are leaving now.

However, there is something
I must tell you first.

If any of you should say
anything about us...

...to any officers of the Shogunate...

...you will all die!

Is that understood?

However, this group
is to die right now.

For two reasons!

If I let you go, you will tell somebody
somewhere along the way,

and you know what we look like.

Secondly, you will be an example
to everyone in this village!

Consider yourselves unfortunate.
Your lives are over.

Please spare me! Please!
Don't kill me!

We won't ever tell anyone
anything about you!

Please, I beg you!

Please spare me!

First, let's have the samurai.

Pick it up.

Then fight me!

I'll let you die like a real samurai.

Master!

I am prepared.

But how can we fight,
when I am so weak from illness?

I will commit seppuku.

At least you can act as my Second.

Second?

Second...?

Merciful Buddha...

Ogami!

The Shogunate's Second!

Itto Ogami!

Where is he?
Where's that ronin with the child?

Just as I thought!

What's the matter?
You want to kill him and his brat first?

Wait! Leave that man alone!
Let him go.

What? What's wrong with you?

Do not attempt to do anything
to that man!

What are you afraid of?
How can you be scared of him?

You fool! Stop!

What's so special
about such a coward like him?

Monnosuke!

How... possible?

Horse-slaying technique
of the Sui-O School.

I know nothing!

Please spare me, I will tell no one...

...that you were once Itto Ogami,
the Shogunate's Second.

Please spare me.

You'll pay for this!

- Who are you?
- Damn you!

Who are you?

Greetings. I am the assassin,
Lone Wolf and Cub.

What?

Merciful Buddha...

It's true... the Lone Wolf and Cub.

Wait!

Wait!

The End