All language subtitles for Tsubaki.Sanjuro.1962.1080p.BluRay.AAC.x264-EbP

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A TOHO-KUROSAWA PRODUCTION

SANJURO

Produced by TOMO YUKI TANAKA
and RYUZO KIKUSHIMA

ScreenpIay by RYUZO KIKUSHIMA
HIDEO OGUNI and AKIRA KUROSAWA

Based on the NoveI Peaceful Days
by SHUGORO YAMAMOTO

Cinematography by
FUKUZO KOIZUMI and TAKAO SAITO

Production Design by YOSHIRO MURAKI
Music by MASARU SATO

Assistant Director SHIRO MORITANI
Production Manager HIROSHI NEZU

Starring

TOSHIRO MIFUNE

TATSUYA NAKADAI
KEIJU KOBAYASHI

YUZO KAYAMA
REIKO DAN

TAKASHI SHIMURA
KAMATARI FUJIWARA

TAKAKO IRIE, MASAO SHIMIZU
YUNOSUKE ITO

AKIRA KUBO, HIROSHI TACHIKAWA
YOSHIO TSUCHIYA

KUNIE TANAKA, TATSUYOSHI EHARA
AKIHIKO HIRATA

TORANOSUKE OGAWA
KENZO MATSUI, TATSUHIKO HARI

Directed by
AKIRA KUROSAWA

So Mutsuta refused?

Count my uncIe out.

I gave him our proposaI
to purge the cIan of corruption.

He just gIanced at it and said,
''I'm aware of the situation.''

- Then why does he do nothing?
- I asked him that.

''Why overIook the corruption
of your vice-chamberIain

and provinciaI steward
in the daimyo's absence?''

He smiIed and said,

''Perhaps I'm behind it.

You aII think I'm a good-natured haIfwit,
a scarecrow who'II do your bidding.

PeopIe aren't what they seem.
Be carefuI.

You'd never suspect
who the worst are. Be carefuI.''

Then he tore -
- He tore it up?

He reaIIy went too far.

And then?

I gave up on him.

I met with Superintendent Kikui,
as we pIanned.

What did he say?

He understood our position,
just as expected.

At first he seemed troubIed and said
he'd discuss it with my uncIe,

but when I toId him my uncIe's words,
he was shocked.

He thought about it and said,
''AII right. I'm with you.

I'd Iike to taIk with your group.
Gather aII your men quickIy.''

There you have it.

- Kikui's the reaI thing!
- We can reason with him.

He's extremeIy infIuentiaI.
He's no good-natured scarecrow.

Wait just a minute.

- That's quite a story.
- You heard us? Stop him!

ImbeciIe.

Do I Iook
Iike I'm going anywhere?

What the heII
are you doing here?

It's a free room for the night.

By the way,
you shouId be gIad I overheard you.

''The spectator sees more than the pIayer.''
He can judge the right course of action.

Listen.

If you ask me,

the chamberIain is the reaI thing,

and the superintendent
is a phony.

What? Such insoIence
won't go unpunished!

Don't get aII testy.

I haven't seen
either of their faces,

so I can't be fooIed
by their Iooks.

The chamberIain
is ugIy, isn't he?

I guess I must be right.

But judging from your story,
he must be a great man

who doesn't care
if you think he's a fooI.

But this Superintendent Kikui -

You say he's the reaI thing,
''just as expected.''

That must mean
he Iooks the part.

Am I right?

But peopIe aren't
what they seem.

Be carefuI.

Enough! What does
a worthIess ronin know?

I'm just repeating
what the chamberIain said.

Don't you get it?
His words were even more precise:

''You'd never suspect
who the worst are. Be carefuI.''

I may be wrong, but it sounds Iike
Kikui is the rotten one.

FooI!

Quiet down and Iisten.

What's the superintendent's job?

To quiet discord
in the ranks, right?

Instead,
he's inciting you to revoIt.

Don't you find that odd?

What's more,
he toId you to gather quickIy.

That's a bad sign.

If he's the mastermind,
he can kiII you aII in one feII swoop.

Don't do as he says.
Just watch and wait.

But we're meeting him
here tonight.

What?

I was right.
Take a Iook.

We're compIeteIy surrounded.

Not even an ant couId escape.

The fooIishness
never ends, does it?

Put your swords away.
This is no time to pIay war.

Shut up!
We're not Iistening to you!

Suit yourseIves.

I'm sure Kikui wiII be deIighted
to see you aII dead.

But... we're surrounded.

Just Ieave it to me.

Superintendent Kikui sent us.
Surrender!

You're surrounded!

Do not resist!

What a racket!
What do you want?

What do you think you're doing?

Take your shoes off
before you go in my room!

Who is this guy?

So... you wanna fight?

Watch out. You woke me up,
and I'm in a bad mood.

PuII back!

It's not him we're Iooking for.

Besides, disposing of this one
wouId take too Iong.

You're quite abIe.

If you wish to serve our cIan, come
see me at the superintendent's estate.

My name is Hanbei Muroto.

It's safe now. Come out.

We don't know
how to thank you.

No thanks needed,
but some money wouId be nice.

I've been starving for days.
A cup of sake and some food's enough.

This'II do.

See ya around.

But what wiII you do now?

You've opened our eyes.

We'II rush to apoIogize to my uncIe
and foIIow his instructions.

Very reasonabIe.
Good boys.

Wait. That won't do.

The chamberIain's
in danger now.

- The chamberIain?
- That's right.

If I were Kikui, I'd arrest him,

since he seems to know
that Kikui is behind the corruption.

- Where are you going?
- To my uncIe's.

So they can catch you?

They know you.
Show your face and you're finished.

But it's my fauIt.
If I hadn't been so stupid -

We're aII responsibIe.
You were just foIIowing our pIan.

But if anything happens
to my uncIe -

Idiot! Stop saying ''my uncIe''!

You can't just act
on your own whims.

That's right.

The nine of us
are in this together.

The ten of us!

I can't watch you
bIunder your way to your deaths.

It's quiet.
Everything seems aII right.

No, something's wrong.
The shutters are usuaIIy cIosed now.

Are there fish in this pond?

A Iot of big carp.

Must have been a fish.

Just as you suspected.
Those three are Kikui's men.

That's my uncIe's room.
He must be in troubIe.

Don't be hasty.
Let's wait and see.

We can't move Iike this,
Iike a centipede.

Is there somewhere
we can hide?

There's a barn just ahead.

Good. Let's go.

Koiso! What's wrong?

Master Izaka!

FooI! This is no time for tears.

My Iord is in terribIe troubIe!

CaIm down.
TeII us what happened.

The superintendent suddenIy
arrived with a host of men.

We were eating -
- Never mind that. Where's my uncIe?

Ten men took him away.

Where the heII were the guards?

They were taken by surprise
and Iocked up in the main house.

And my aunt?

I don't know.
ProbabIy under watch somewhere.

And Chidori?

I think she's with her mother.

- How many men are on watch?
- Fourteen or 15.

Then how did you escape?

The sentries asked me
to get some sake,

so I pretended to go
to the kitchen.

- Unaccompanied?
- A man foIIowed me the first time.

This time they Iet me go aIone.

Send her right back.

- Send her back?
- Yes, to Kikui's men.

Too bad,
since she managed to get away,

but they'II raise the aIarm
if she disappears.

Best to get them
drunk on sake.

Then we can rescue
the chamberIain's oId Iady and the girI.

I see.

Koiso, wiII you go back?

Yes, I wiII.

Now there's a samurai.

More reIiabIe than aII of you.

We're gratefuI,
but pIease watch your Ianguage.

CaIIing the chamberIain's wife
his ''oId Iady''...

And it's annoying to have you
decide our every move.

You want to rescue
the Iadies first,

but the chamberIain's safety
is more pressing.

Very weII.
Where is he then?

We can't rescue him
without knowing where he is.

What's the superintendent
pIanning to do with him?

We can't do anything
without knowing that.

Kikui must've toId the oId Iady
why he hauIed her husband off.

Don't you wanna ask her
what she knows?

Understand now?

Good. Now spIit up.

You three and I
wiII rescue the oId Iady.

The rest of you,
Iook for the chamberIain.

We'II meet in a safe pIace.
Is there anything around here?

We can't go far at night
with the Iadies in tow.

My house is cIosest.

Are you crazy?
You're next door to Kurofuji.

- Who's Kurofuji?
- One of the traitors. A vice-chamberIain.

Sounds Iike fun.
Let's meet there.

That's ridicuIous!

Were you born in the Year of the Ox?
You aIways fIy off the handIe.

Nobody thinks to Iook
right under his own nose.

There are three guards.

I'II knock one down,
and you two take him prisoner.

Don't kiII him.

He may teII us
where the chamberIain is.

WhiIe I do away
with the other two,

you rush in
and rescue the women foIk.

We'II meet back at the barn.
Got it?

Why are you Iooking
at me Iike that?

You want to draw your swords?
Forget it.

A stupid friend's sword
is deadIier than an enemy's.

I don't want to get cut to pieces.

That's the guardhouse.
Your pIan seems to have worked.

Now's our chance.

That was cIose.

They've changed the guard.

Muroto.
You just met him at the shrine.

He offered me a job.

What's he do for Kikui?
- Henchman and enforcer.

Let's go now. He's aIone.

Are you bIind?

Those three guards
are kitty cats.

He may be aIone,
but he's a tiger.

What's the heII's that racket?

The guards are drunk, sir.

Your faces are red.

Wash them in the pond.

Do it!

I'm going to the main house.
Stand guard.

Kikui said he arrested UncIe to stop him
from destroying evidence of corruption.

Is that right?

He thought of everything,
didn't he?

Who is that gentIeman?

It's hard to expIain. A strange series
of events has made him our aIIy.

Indeed, he saved our Iives.
- Is that so?

Thank you.

What's keeping those two?
It's dangerous staying here.

Yes, but I've never run so
in my entire Iife.

I must rest a bit
or I shan't even be abIe to waIk.

This is my first time here.

The hay smeIIs IoveIy.

I Iove this smeII.

We come here often,
don't we, Iori?

I'II find those two.

Why do you two come here?

It's so quiet,
even in the daytime.

You can Iean back in the hay
and feeI Iike you're fIoating.

EnveIoped in its scent,
you drift into a dreamy haze.

You know,

I even feII asIeep once
on Iori's arm.

Not very IadyIike.

But...

actuaIIy...

it does smeII nice.

No wonder they were Iate.

They were dunking his head in the pond
to make him spit out my uncIe's Iocation.

Stubborn bastard wouIdn't taIk.

- OnIy spat out water, eh?
- He may not know anything.

Why shouId I taIk?

Son of a bitch!

What do we do?

He saw our faces.
We have to kiII him.

That just won't do.

And you kiIIed
the other two as weII, didn't you?

I did it to rescue you.
I had no choice.

I hesitate to say this
after you so kindIy saved us,

but kiIIing peopIe
is a bad habit.

You gIisten too brightIy.

- GIisten?
- Yes.

Like a drawn sword.

A drawn sword?

You're Iike a sword
without a sheath.

You cut weII,

but the best sword
is kept in its sheath.

So what do we do with him?

Come with us, wiII you?

We won't harm you.

- Over here!
- What is it?

Hurry!
Over the rear waII!

That way!

Guard the front gate!

Hurry!

That may be easy for you,
but for us it's impossibIe.

Just try.

We can't.
Isn't that right, Mother?

Hurry!

Use me as a footstooI.

- No, I couIdn't.
- Never mind that.

But -

No buts. Your hesitation
wiII force me to kiII more men.

Hurry!

PIease forgive me.

PIease hurry.

We can't Iet
Kurofuji's men see us.

- I'm hungry. Get me some food.
- The servants are making rice baIIs.

Got any sake?

This is no time for drinking.
We need to pIan our next steps.

I'm smarter when I drink.

Sounds Iike Kikui pIans to pin
his crimes on ChamberIain Mutsuta.

They may even force him
to write a confession, and then -

And then what?

You can be frank with us.

They'II make him commit harakiri.

What shaII we do, Mother?

There's nothing to fear.

Your father is a shrewd oId fox.

It won't be easy to make him
commit harakiri.

Now, what do you gentIemen
intend to do next?

First we'II find UncIe
and bring him back. Then -

That's aII you need to do.

Pinning the bIame on your uncIe
is practicaIIy a confession of guiIt.

If we rescue him,
they're finished.

That's quite correct.

But can we get him back?

If not, we're the ones
who're finished.

WeII, then,
pIease do your best.

But pIease refrain
from excessive vioIence.

By the way,
may we know your name?

My name?

My name is...

Sanjuro Tsubaki...
(30-year-oId CameIIia)

though I'm now aImost 40.

You're a most interesting man.

Speaking of cameIIias,
those are truIy spIendid.

Kurofuji's estate has so many
that it's caIIed CameIIia Mansion.

Let's see
what they're up to.

Anything happening?

It's very quiet.

Who's there?

It's just the cameIIias.

Why don't you caIm down
and have another drink?

But Kurofuji,
what's going to happen?

I doubt Mutsuta wiII write
a confession so easiIy.

Leave that to Kikui.
Have a drink.

But Kikui's made
one bIunder after another.

ChamberIain Mutsuta
is making troubIe.

We underestimated him.
- You mean -

No, there's stiII a way.

We'II use his wife and daughter.

Who's there?
- Muroto.

Muroto's reporting
to Kurofuji right now.

TeIIing him he Iost my aunt
and Chidori, no doubt.

If he's taking
that report next door,

that means the traitors
are there right now.

The three of them
must be hatching a scheme.

If they're in that house,
my uncIe must be there too.

You idiot!
What were the guards doing?

Now what? We can't use
the women anymore.

ActuaIIy, we can.

Mutsuta doesn't know
we Iost them.

The probIem is,
they must be watching our homes.

They saw you enter.
They'II know we're here.

- We're in danger!
- Don't worry.

I sent messengers
to your homes as weII.

Something's fishy at Kikui's pIace.
A man just rushed in.

What?

There's a commotion at Takebayashi's.
A messenger just barreIed in.

It seems they're not together.

Then where's my uncIe?

They'II eventuaIIy have to meet
where they have him confined.

We must wait for now.

Don't just wait.
The chamberIain has disappeared.

Raise a stink so peopIe
demand to know why.

They want to kiII him
before that happens. Don't Iet them.

They'II panic
and have a meeting.

- The emergency drum!
- What's going on?

It's part of our pIan.

''We have found that ChamberIain
Mutsuta abused his authority.

Accused of maIfeasance,
he tried to destroy the evidence.

Therefore,

the eIders have sent a messenger
to Edo for instructions

and detained the chamberIain
as a precaution.

He seems to have
many foIIowers.

Remain caIm.
Do not Iet them incite you.

Superintendent Kikui.''

They beat us to the punch.

They're cIever enemies.

This is bad.

With the cIan on their side,
we can't do anything.

Whatever we do
onIy proves their cIaims.

MeanwhiIe, they'II have
time to carry out their pIan.

They won't make any rash moves.
- Yes, they wiII.

They don't know
there are onIy ten of us.

They said ''many foIIowers,'' right?

They can't sit idIy by.

At any rate, we've done
everything we could.

Relax, Takebayashi.

We must focus
on breaking Mutsuta down.

And his men?

Their hands are tied.

That's what worries me.
Desperate men wiII try anything.

They're too dangerous.
We must act.

Very weII.
Here's what we'II do.

We'II Iure them out
once again, and then -

How wiII you do that?

There's one way:

Let them know
where the chamberIain is.

As you said,

they're desperate and wiII try
anything to get him back.

We'II arrest them
when they arrive.

Idiot! Are you mad?

I was afraid it wouId come to this.
- Listen.

It won't be here, of course.

We can Iure them
to a pIace of our choosing.

We just Iet them know
where we'II be meeting.

- Never!
- Don't worry. There'II be no danger.

Our paIanquins wiII arrive
at the meeting,

but we don't have
to be in them.

They're finaIIy making a move!

I'II foIIow them.
TeII the others.

Kurofuji Ieft in a paIanquin.

Kurofuji's arrived
at Kikui's house.

- Kikui's house?
- That means -

Two paIanquins
have Ieft Kikui's.

- Two?
- Kurofuji and Kikui.

Where the hell are they going?

They've entered
Takebayashi's compound.

AII three in the same pIace?

- That means -
- Yes, it must.

Three paIanquins
have Ieft Takebayashi's pIace.

They took the Akamatsu road west.
- West?

Kurofuji's viIIa is aIong that road.

That's the pIace. Let's go!

Wait.

If their men see you,
you're in troubIe.

But there's onIy
one guard per paIanquin.

This is fishy. The ten of us
couId easiIy capture them aII.

Good idea!

Capture them,
then make 'em taIk.

FooI! Doesn't it seem
too good to be true?

And if it seems so,
it usuaIIy is.

But we can't
Iet this chance sIip away.

Let's foIIow them for now.

Circumstances wiII decide
whether we attack or not.

What do you say?

It's a stupid pIan, but some excitement
might keep me awake.

- Are they reaIIy inside?
- How shouId he know?

Are there any booby traps?

Idiot! That's even harder to teII.
What about hidden guards?

None at aII.

Good, Iet's attack.

QuickIy, before they enter the viIIa!

Wait.

I don't Iike the Iooks of this.

I toId you to wait.

Something's not right here.
- Shut up!

Suit yourseIves.
It isn't my probIem.

Let's go!

Pardon us.

These seem to be the paIanquins
of our cIan Ieaders.

We Iearned today
of the chamberIain's misdeeds

and that he has many foIIowers.

It's careIess to have
so few guards.

We offer you our services.

Surrender!

You're under arrest!

Under arrest?

Don't pIay dumb! Do you cIaim
not to be the chamberIain's men?

The chamberIain's men?
That's ridicuIous!

Your deniaIs ring hoIIow!
This is aII Lord Kikui's trap.

You foIIowed these decoy paIanquins
right to your own downfaII.

Wait.

I'm out of patience.
I've had enough of you idiots.

How did you get out?

I happened to sneeze IoudIy,
and the Iady heard me.

She Iet me out of the cIoset.

This fooI's wearing my best kimono.

I apoIogize.
She Iet me wear it.

But why didn't you escape?

It never occurred to the Iady
that I wouId, so I couIdn't.

AIso, I've overheard
your discussions since Iast night,

and they contradict
everything I've been toId.

I've Iearned a great deaI.

Now, if you'II excuse me.

The Iady is hopeIessIy naïve.

She's a IittIe sIow, that's aII.

So you mean the horsemen
weren't the conspirators?

Yes.

We know that...

because we reIeased them,
but they refused to go.

They even went to the estate,
demanding an expIanation.

Trapped by your own IittIe tricks!

You've made yet more enemies.

I wonder about that.

They were coming
to our defense.

If we expIain why we used the decoys,
they may agree to heIp us.

What do you think?

Indeed.
They're proud of their skiIIs

and wiII gIadIy
use them to aid us.

Good.

Add them to my roster
and send them here.

This isn't Iike you.
That wiII reveaI that we're here.

And why not?

It's time for a showdown.

We've come as far as we can.

Judging from those horsemen,

the cIan members
are aII on the traitors' side.

That's right.

We're as good as dead.

We don't stand a chance, do we?

It doesn't matter. Live or die,
the nine of us are together.

Ten of us.

I'II go see Kikui.

What for?

To offer my services.

Muroto kindIy offered me a job.

- Where are you going?
- After him.

- To see what he's up to.
- What if he betrays us?

Idiots!

Why teII us his pIan
if he intends to betray us?

Muroto's invitation aIIows him
to Iook around the grounds.

- I agree.
- Me too.