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Here's a rogue!

Let me go please!

You must not enter!

Damn you, fool!

Shio!

Tominosuke!

Magistrate, please grant my request!

Shio is my fiancee. Please return her to me!

Look this man up!

Magistrate, please return Shio to me!

Tominosuke!

Shio, your fiance will stay in prison for the rest of his life.

You'd best do all you can for me if you want him to be released.

Shio, you were very beautiful in bridal dress.

I fell in love with you at first sight.

I'm sorry I'm late.

Don't be nervous.

Magistrate, I now know why you have a bad reputation.

- Who are you? - I'm "Blind Oichi"

What? Oichi?

I warn you! You must stop your cruel ways.

Retainers!

Keep still, or I'll kill you!

Come out, Shio.

Lead us to the prison.

Shio!

In you go, magistrate! Hurry!

Lock the door.

Leave quickly.

I wish you good luck.

Thank you.

Here, everyone! Get the intruder!

Don't kill her! Catch her!

Stop!

Catch her!

Arrest her!

CRIMSON BAT OICHI: WANTED, DEAD OR ALIVE

Produced by Akira Inomata Original Story by Teruo Tanaka

Screenplay by Koji Takada

Photographed by Masao Kosugi Art Direction by Chiyoo Umeda

Music by Takeo Watanabe

Cast

Yoko Matsuyama

Yuki Meguro

Meicho Soganoya

Reiko Oshida

Shigeo Takanatsu

Jun Tazaki

Shinji Takano

Reiji Shoji

Toshie Shoji

Maya Maki

Tetsuro Tamba

Directed by Hirokazu Ichimura

WANTED:"BLIND OICHI" MAGISTRATE, IORI YOSHIZAWA

100 ryo will be paid the person catching her.

100 ryo!

Damn! The reward is only 2 ryo.

But I can drink sake and sleep with a woman.

Jokai!

Oh, Jinbei!

Forgot that sneak! There's a 100 ryo job.

100 ryo?

The prey is on its way to Fukuda. Sankuro's catching it.

Good!

You appear to be blind.

Accept my small gift.

I'll have you know I'm not a beggar.

I'll return those.

Samurai, don't use your sword for fun!

Are you a bounty hunting rogue?

Don't try to catch me! You can't catch "Blind Oichi".

Now you reveal yourself!

For 100 ryo!

Sankuro!

What happened?

She escaped in the sandstorm!

Why didn't you wait for us? Let's give chase!

Wait!

Why?

She fights well.

She's so sharp she picked two coins up without difficulty.

- Outfight us? - No.

We can kill her, but we need a trick to catch her.

We must catch her to get the award.

Fukuda village is nearby.

It in your...

Yes, it is my hometown.

We will extend the dike...

...and reclaim the foreshore so that big ships can anchor.

They say the port will become large...

...so the village will thrive.

But we'll lose our jobs.

We'll have to kill ourselves.

Will we get compensation for being moved?

Isaku, you must not talk like that.

Kiyomatsu's already gambling, as he's sure he'll get compensation.

Damn! Building of the port causes us great loss.

Okon, hurry, hurry!

Where are you going?

Wait! You're fleeing, aren't you?

Did you forget Kamecho's word?

He said he would make sure we could make a living.

He's having a talk with Boss Nadaman now.

My foolish husband lost at gambling.

Shut up!

Kiyomatsu, you'd better think twice.

If one give up, the rest'll fall.

Let us protect our ancestral village.

Hey, are you opposing the authorities?

Of course we are not.

Then don't stop a man from leaving here.

Apologize!

Hey, he said, apologize!

You're pretty forward for a fisherman!

Take this compensation and leave the village quickly.

What's the matter? Take the money! Take it!

Do as we say!

We fishermen will remain here no matter what happens.

One ryo is far from enough.

Give us more! I beg you.

I'll give you more, alright!

Stop! Please stop!

We'll keep your wife till you evacuate.

Gontaro!

Oyuki!

Mother!

Damn!

Are you hurt?

Let me go!

Let me go!

Who are they?

They are Nadaman's men. Boss Nadaman is now the deputy sheriff.

Oh, thank you.

I know you very well. Don't stare at me like that.

I know you're a group of bounty hunters. Right?

You're Johei Kenninbo, a karate expert.

Jinbei Noro is a sickle and chain expert.

The young man is Sankuro Hoshi, an excellent swordsman.

And the prey you're seeking is that famous woman, "Blind Oichi".

Who are you?

My nickname is "Thorny Bear" I want to help you and get my share.

Did you say "bear"? Your face reminds me of a skunk.

That's a good one! You're very amusing.

I'll be of great use to you.

Help! Somebody, help!

Aren't you excited to hear their voices? Shall I caress you?

Don't!

Oh, you're beautiful!

Look what you did to a small child!

You bitch!

Landlady!

Please send for a doctor.

There's no doc around here.

Got one from somewhere. I'll pay the bill.

A poor child's been injured.

See she gets to a doctor's care.

Wait!

I'll do it.

My poor child! Bear the pain, will you?

The injury?

It's her arm.

The bone is cracked. I'll dress it.

Oh, please do.

It hurts!

It'll soon be all right.

A fisherman's girl must be strong. Be patient.

Sit down here.

Oichi, I must tell you this. I will not side with you.

You appeared before us to save the child.

I can't take advantage of that situation.

I'll let you off tonight.

But I'll get you later.

Do what you like. I'll never hide.

Why not?

I did nothing wrong. The magistrate erred in offering the reward.

But you are free to try to get it.

I'd have to be taken by surprise to be caught.

Will the girl's arm heal?

Can't you trust skill?

I can't bear seeing children mistreated.

Adults are different. It's natural that the strong survive.

If they don't want to be beaten, they must be strong.

But children...

...they are helpless end should be protected.

It is pitiful to see a child deformed by men.

Oichi!

You seem to have knowledge of medicine. Pity you don't use it.

I'm not in a position to preach to others.

But I think bounty hunting is a new job.

And the hunted is as low as the hunter.

Where are you going? You're still in danger.

To raise money.

Raise money?

I need money for your bill and other purposes.

I will take some from Nadaman who bullies the fishermen...

You're an extraordinary person.

Well, excuse me.

Wait! Are you really going?

Yes.

It's too risky. You may be killed.

Forget about those fishermen.

Do you really mean that in your heart?

Don't be so grave.

Stop staring.

I can see nothing. I have no idea what you look like.

But...

...I think I can see into your heart.

Are you ready? I see you're ready now.

Bet! Bet!

Go ahead!

Odd is short!

Odd!

Now we're ready.

5 end 2! It's odd!

Genji, that woman has been winning steadily.

Because she has no delusions.

Look carefully.

As soon as the box is turned down, she'll bet.

Even!

Vet!

Even!

Odd!

2 and 2, even!

Damn! Even won!

You'd better ask her to teach you how to gamble.

Shut up!

Boss Nadaman, I must again state that for only one ryo per family...

...I can't urge them to change their trade.

Please ask the magistrate to raise the amount to 10 ryo.

But, Kamecho, this was decided by the shogunate.

I heard fishermen in the Sagami district received 12 ryo each.

They are now leading happy lives as merchants and smiths.

Sagami is Sagami. This is Izu.

Sagami is directly ruled by the shogunate. But Izu isn't.

That's illogical. A fisherman's life is the same anywhere.

You're rich, so how can you understand the poor?

Poor men prefer 1 ryo today to 10 ryo tomorrow.

Not true!

Boss!

I'm sorry, but the bank needs money. Let us have some money.

You bunglers!

Who's winning?

It's a wonan.

Nadaman, this is more important than gambling.

That's enough!

If you worry about the fishermen, you can get nowhere.

You are the nincompoop!

What?

Here's 50 ryo.

Fortune has smiled on you.

Young woman, you've got a lot of money. What will you do with it?

I'd like to make the big bet.

Lend me 50 ryo.

All right.

Lady, I want to have one go with you alone.

Excuse me, everyone, please allow us one bet alone.

Excuse me.

Examine the dice.

Young girl!

Me?

Will you check on the dice for me please?

I'm blind, you know.

Blind?

All right, I'll act as your eyes!

Can't you trust us?

It pays to be cautious. And this is a large bet.

Go!

Are you ready?

Even!

Odd!

Wait!

Use these dice you hid in your hair! Don't use the loaded one!

Loaded dice? You bitch!

Stop! Shame on you! Do you want to incur further disgrace?

You're under arrest!

The boss of a crooked gambling den acts as a sheriff?

You must discipline your men first!

If people know they use daggers after cheating is uncovered...

...you'll be the laughing-stock of gamblers!

Shut up! You are a felon! Give yourself up quietly!

Nadaman, don't misunderstand me! This is my money!

Oichi, this way!

You let Oichi escape, didn't you?

I know nothing.

You helping a crook?

Don't accuse me falsely.

A big men like you need not help catching a crook, does he?

Set up roadblocks! Hurry!

Damn! They're still keeping watch.

If you stay a few days, they'll leave. Don't worry.

Boss Kamecho, I must leave, now.

Stop joking, Oichi!

If you go now, they'll surely catch you.

Yes, you'll be caught.

You are having difficulty negotiating with Nadaman.

If you are thwarted because of me, it is the people who will suffer.

I may be forward, but please use this money for them.

Then did you play that dangerous game for the fishermen?

Yes. But I have troubled you.

You are a wonderful parson.

I admire your generous motives. I'll use this money for them.

Please do so.

Leaving now?

I'll order a palanquin.

Don't bother. I will...

Leave this to me.

Wait!

Come out, Oichi!

What's the matter? You seem shocked.

Damn! Oichi fooled us!

Let's hurry! Or we'll miss her!

After her!

I'll take you in for the award.

You're Sankuro!

I didn't detect your presence over the sound of the waterfall.

Have a rice ball?

Eat rice! And then sleep!

I am a doctor. Do as I tell you.

How about the pain? Was it abated?

Why do you treat me with kindness?

If you die, we can't get 100 ryo. That is the reason.

What do you want to say?

I am the son of a poor fisherman in this village.

We couldn't even eat the fish we caught, we had to sell them.

This angered me, so I left home when I was 15.

Wanting to become a doctor, I went to Nagasaki to study.

I studied very hard.

But being poor, I was unable to get a license.

So I went astray.

I drank sake, fought and ended up in this trade.

You are a fool!

What?

You are really a fool.

Why don't you use your skill to help sick people?

Help people?

What have you become by helping men?

You've become a fugitive.

Are you satisfied with that?

Are you happy as a woman?

I don't know.

I don't aspire to such grant deeds as helping people.

But there are people who are bullied and trod on.

I've been bullied too.

Someone tries to kill me. My sword comes out by itself.

I feel warm blood on my skin.

I hear a thud when a body falls.

After that I feel nothing...

Oichi, you are foolish. You are a fool.

Don't you know a woman's warm blood runs in your veins?

Don't! Don't hold me.

No man who nears me can be happy.

Sankuro, I am destined to be such a woman.

You betrayed us!

Sankuro!

Oichi, hold on! I'll be down to help you!

Father, there's good news!

Nadaman's men failed to catch Oichi.

They were soundly beaten.

I'm glad to hear that.

Oichi is just great. I want to be like her.

You are nothing like her.

Well, after all, I'm your child.

Fool! You must be polite to your father!

A nothing female, you gamble and fight.

Look at your clothes! Can't you be more feminine?

I wish your mother were alive.

Don't say any more. I'm sick and tired of that sermon.

I'll catch a very handsome young man and surprise you!

You're the limit!

Are you Kamecho?

Arrest him!

What wrong have I committed?

You helped Oichi flee.

And you agitated the fishermen to oppose their removal.

Father!

I haven't seen a man like that.

I see. Thank you.

A terrible thing happened in Fukuda village.

There is trouble involving the fishermen.

And now Kamecho, head of the fishermen has been arrested.

I'm shocked! What is the charge?

They say he helped "Blind Oichi" flee.

They say a kindness is never lost but it's not always true.

Oichi, a terrible thing's happened! The magistrate arrested Kamecho.

I see you already know.

Poor Kamecho! Rest in peace.

Don't say such an ominous thing.

But no one has left that jail in safety.

Than do you admit you helped Oichi flee?

Yes, sir. I'm sorry.

But regarding removal of the fishermen...

Do you deny the charge?

Yes sir. The sum of money Nadaman mentioned is far less than that...

...given it other places.

Magistrate, would you appeal to the shogunate about this?

I've already done that.

Do you oppose the policy of the shogunate government?

No, sir.

I think you are a decent man. You can't be such a traitor.

By the way, what is the sum Nadaman mentioned?

Only one ryo per family, sir.

What? One ryo?

Ah, yes. That's the sum set by the shogunate.

Listen, Kamecho, I'll try my best again for your happiness.

Deliver my words to the fishermen and persuade them to move.

Otherwise you and the fishermen will be arrested.

Is it safe to release Kamecho?

Magistrate!

Carefully watch his every move!

Thank heaven for your safe return.

Father!

I'm sorry I caused you to worry about me.

Folks!

Listen to us!

Do you know a toad with 4 forelegs end 6 hind legs?

It is called a miracle toad.

We make a box with mirrors on all sides and a net on the bottom.

We put this toad in it.

The toad is greatly frightened by his own image in the mirrors.

It sweats grease from its pores.

We take the grease...

...and boil it down in a pot by burning willow twigs for 21 days.

This is the toad grease.

Ouch! You hurt me! Strike me more Gently, will you?

This is our business!

Everytime you say the word "toad", you strike me.

Folks, do I look like a toad?

You do! That's why they laugh.

Shut up!

You vile wench!

Someone help! Something terrible happened!

Ah, I'm going to die.

Now folks, I can easily cure this wound.

This toad grease will stop bleeding and allay the pain!

Only 24 mon for a bottle! Got it while you can!

Hey, who allowed you to set up shop here?

We are free to run our business in Fukuda village.

Kamecho is a very good man so...

You fool! Kamecho is nothing here!

You must pay a protection fee to Nadaman Group.

We'll take half of the sales.

It's outrageous!

Do you refuse?

I didn't say that.

You are too soft. Leave this to me!

Say handsome, close your eyes and ignore us, huh?

Let's beat them!

Don't! Please forgive us!

Oh, save us please!

You are very handsome!

Otoshi, stop it!

You are wonderful!

Thank you very much, sir.

What a handsome man you are!

This is the beginning of a romance! Oh, he makes me feel so warm!

Cut it out! We've only been married 3 months.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Did you happen to see blind woman?

Blind woman?

Did you?

I don't know any such woman.

I'm sorry.

Can't be helped.

If you make a direct appeal, you will be punished.

I know, but a man my age doesn't have long to live anyway.

But Master...

Listen, we can't trust in Nadaman and the magistrate.

They may be spots of the sane ink.

There is no way other than a direct appeal to the shogunate.

I'll go to Edo immediately.

Don't let Nadaman know of this.

Pretend you know nothing till I return. Understand?

Father!

Ohan, be as brave as before.

Take care.

Take care of yourselves.

We'll see you off.

Don't be silly!

That would be a certain tip-off to Nadaman's men.

Sagara, you are always drinking sake. Can I rely on you?

Oichi is still at large.

Do you trust in your swordsmanship?

Boss, ha claims to be an expert swordsman but how are we to know?

Boss!

The fishermen demand we free Kamecho.

Here's where you earn your pay.

I don't want to involve myself with mere fishermen.

Damn him! He's got a lot of nerve!

You must be unpopular, if the people side with Kamecho.

Please return our master, Kamecho, to us.

I beg you!

I haven't seen Kamecho for quite some time.

Go away! Quickly!

We won't! We won't leave till our master rejoins us!

He must be here.

Please let us see him!

I hear you speak ill of me.

But I am a deputy sheriff. I'm doing no wrong.

Please return my father to me.

I can't help you.

A man in the next village saw you capture my father.

Don't tell a lie!

Shut up!

Suppose he was arrested and is now in jail...

...we couldn't free him as he has committed a felony.

But if there is a reason to ask for mercy, it might alter the case.

For example, if you leave the village tomorrow...

I will make it appear his doing and void his crime.

That's one way.

We can't leave.

That's ridiculous!

Wait a minute!

A man's life is priceless. Don't you agree?

We must save our master at any cost. Right?

Listen! Don't be fooled by Nadaman's trick! It's a trap!

We won't be cheated!

We will kill you next time!

Where were you going? Speak up!

Did you mean to make an appeal?

The magistrate released you once, And now you betray him!

You must make the fishermen leave the village!

I refuse!

Until we receive reasonable compensation...

...we won't give away!

Then you and your daughter will be crucified.

I can't help that!

What colossal nerve! Thrash him!

Good evening!

Who are you?

I've come to get Kamecho.

Don't make a noise!

Koyata, open up!

Let Kamecho out!

She's marvelous!

We made it!

Go quickly!

Oichi, I'll arrest you this time!

Before you do, Nadaman, I will have your life.

Damn! Slay her!

Sagara, fight her for us!

Are you "Blind Oichi"? You are more beautiful than I expected.

Who are you?

I am Nadaman's bodyguard.

I can get 100 ryo and free sake for a year by subduing you.

For a Nadaman watch dog, you are a skilled swordsman.

A blind woman overrates me.

And Nadaman doesn't trust me. It in strange.

I believe in your skill. Now kill the blind witch!

Oichi, you heard what he said, Don't think ill of me.

Stay away!

I'll take care of her.

I know when I am truly defeated. Come on! Kill me!

I will not kill you.

I am inclined to have you.

Nadaman!

I will take her instead of the 100 ryo. Understand?

That's not our agreement! I can't approve.

You object?

Well, use her as you like but then...

...take her to the magistrate.

Oichi is mine. I take no orders from you.

You may follow us, but know it will cost you your lives.

Damn! After him!

Boss, wait!

We'd better stay away from Sagara.

But I need Oichi.

It's better to kill Kamecho than Oichi.

Look at this.

That's Oichi's sword.

Yes, and it gives me an idea.

Oichi! Don't try to flee!

What do you want of me?

Let me go! I beg of you!

Nadaman will surely kill Kamecho.

Do you wish to repay Kamecho's kindness?

It's not that. A samurai like you cannot understand how I feel.

Please let me go!

You're eager to go.

If I do and you sleep with me before you go. What will you do?

I will obey you.

Oichi don't you want to lend a quiet life as an ordinary woman?

Sagara, I am in a hurry! Please do as you like with me.

Nonsense! I can't embrace a woman under such conditions!

Let's decide this by tossing a coin.

If you win, you can go.

If you lose, you must give up.

Head is even, tail odd.

I'll toss it!

Even!

I lost the game. You won! Head come up!

No, it is the tail, isn't it? I lost.

You won the game.

I was off my guard for a moment.

You could've thrust the tong into me.

The win in yours.

Sagara!

Go quickly!

She is a fool.

You'd better go home, have a rest and then start for Edo.

This is urgent. The fisherman will be destroyed.

You must turn back.

Tell Ohan and the others I have left for Edo.

I know a secret path. I will not be caught like before.

Give my thanks to Oichi, will you?

Where are you going?

To make the village happy place to live in.

We can't permit that!

I will never die!

Versin like you can never kill me!

What are you doing?

The shogunate sent this for the 50 fishermen's families.

15 ryo for each, the total being 750 ryo.

I will hold this for you. I will give 50 ryo to the people and keep 200 ryo for myself.

Sand my 500 ryo to me later.

But you must hurry.

Edo and Osaka merchants are eager to open branches in the port area.

Magistrate, you will come into a great deal of money.

I will treat you well, so make them move out tomorrow.

Father, why did you die? Why father?

What pain you had!

How you must have suffered!

Call me Ohan once again, father!

How could she murder our master so cruelly?

Even demon Nadaman didn't take his life!

Damn "Blind Oichi"!

I don't need this dirty money!

How dare she urge its use for the village?

Ohan, is it true your father was killed?

How dare you come here?

Where is Ohan? Is it true? Kamecho was killed?

Don't act innocent!

You killed him! You killed our master.

What? I kill him? Don't be silly!

Murder!

Devil!

You're a criminal with a prime on your head!

What are you talking about? What did I do? I don't understand.

Then why was your sword thrust into father's back.

My sword?

Oh, this was...

Tell me, Oichi! Tell me the truth!

Ohan, how could I do such a thing?

I owed your father my life.

Being blind, you might mistake him for another.

I never make a mistake like that.

I left my sword at Nadaman.

Kamecho...

Let's take revenge!

Kill her!

Sit! Please wait! I know nothing! I did nothing to him!

There're officers over there!

Head for the beach!

I didn't kill him!

Wait! Wait, people!

Listen all of you!

It was not Oichi who killed Kamecho.

Don't interfere!

I was present at your pa's deathbed.

You left the village! And now you oppose us?

I'm sorry. Forgive us.

But the Nadaman Group killed him.

I saw! I saw them attack Kamecho!

How do you explain her sword?

That was a trick. They wanted to cause dissent among you.

It's a lie!

You can't get away with this!

You have no right to meddle in this!

Come quickly! It's terrible!

Nadaman's men are destroying our houses!

Leave the village at once! Or you will be killed.

We'll never leave here!

Hoodlums like you must leave!

Sankuro!

Folks, I will fight then on behalf of my village.

Please believe me, Ohan!

I am a fugitive from justice.

I killed officers as well as hoodlums.

But I've never killed a good man I owed a lot.

Let me take revenge, Ohan!

I must help Sankuro.

Please give my sword-cane back to me.

I don't care if you kill me afterwards with my own sword.

Kill me after peace returns here... peace your father wanted so much.

I don't know! I don't know what to do!

Oichi!

Wait a moment!

Ohan, you believe in me, don't you?

I want to.

Yes, I believe in you.

Thank you.

Sankuro!

Oichi!

Watch out, Oichi!

Sankuro!

You hurt!

It's nothing serious.

Sankuro, it is he who killed Kamecho with Oichi's sword.

You're the one?

I only did as my boss ordered.

Did you hear that, folks? Nadaman's Group killed Kamecho!

Oichi!

Sankuro!

Oichi, I am glad to see...

...they trust you again.

As you told me, my sword came out by itself too.

I was pushed too hard.

I couldn't allow these evil men's deads.

We are alike.

Our injuries are in our minds.

I wish we could live together, help each other.

Hold on!

I can feel the demon in hell, beckoning to me.

Curse him!

You're under arrest!

Nadaman, I've seen many wicked men in life...

...but none as low as you!

I am the law in this village. Surrender yourself obediently!

Damn! You cursed blind witch!

Nadaman!

I'll make you pay Kamecho and Sankuro!

I'll not fail!

Prepare to die!

You keep adding to your crimes!

Arrest her!

I cannot permit that!

Got the money box in the warehouse!

Oichi, stop.

Magistrate Yoshizawa!

I am Sagara, an inspector of the shogunate.

After making secret inquiries, I have uncovered your crimes.

You are under arrest!

I an innocent! I did nothing wrong!

Oichi, did you hear the sound of the gold coins!

They are for the fishermen.

Thank you, sir.

Your thanks make me little ashamed.

I didn't know there was a fine man like you among the samurai.

Don't be sarcastic!

Watch your tongue or I may put a prize on your head.

Sometimes the pursued is better than the pursuer, right?

Oichi, you can never be an ordinary woman.

Villagers! I'm sorry I could not settle this matter sooner.

The deaths of your compatriots shall not have been in vain.

Thank you very much.

"Blind Oichi" is the one you must thank.

THE END