Original subtitles

Come on!

Kill that son of a bitch!

Hit that!

Come on, don't let him hit you!

Come on!

Hey Roy, what did I tell you?

Who did this fight right?

Go look at him!

God, damn!

Fight that son of a bitch!

It's beautiful!

Hit the body, hit the body, that's it!

That's it!

Beautiful!

This is my boy!

Beautiful!

Look at this son of a bitch!

We're not paying you to dance with my boy.

Don't stop it. Come on!

Let him break it up.

Open it up for him.

Love that song, don't you?

All right.

I kick in your gut!

You're friends of Koruko's...

...I have an appointment with him.

Right, looking good, hey!

His sampu is going to get him ready for...

...that lefty in Tokyo next week.

Look at those moves!

Beautiful!

Let's give 'em a little fight!

Show them what a fighter you were!

Why not!

Hey Murphy!

How do you like that, gook face?

Looking for a combat, round eyes?

Get off him, Murphy!

Come on, Murphy!

Get out of the ring, Murphy!

You know who you just knocked off his ass?

You!

You're fired!

Asshole!

Que pasa, Jack?

Nada, Jorge.

You want some help?

I don't think I waited for you to get home to pick this shit up.

You're not as dumb as you look, amigo.

Hey!

When you have 4 brothers and 3 sisters...

...you have patience.

Even when you want to take a tow.

I'll try to remember that.

Only six more.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

My name is Toshio Yoshida.

I'd like to talk business.

Business?

You got the wrong number then.

We were at the gym!

At your address.

Oh, I got it.

You're the Jap's lawyer.

Come on in.

Show you what you're going to get.

Place comes furnished.

Don't expect too much!

TV is mine.

Black & white, you don't get channel 11 and channel 9.

The refrigerator...

...I am not a lawyer!

I pay you this much!

Every day!

What for?

I've something of great value I'm taking back to Japan.

I need someone to help me bring it in.

You're not a lawyer and I don't smuggle dope.

Please, please, don't, don't, let me explain.

What did she say?

I said you're not the right man for the job.

I couldn't agree more.

So, why don't you and your friend here in the soap box derby leave me alone.

Mr. Murphy, let me explain.

What I am taking back is a sword.

It belongs to my father.

There are others who are interested in the sword.

It is one of the finest ever made.

Why you telling this?

He doesn't need to know any...

Quiet!

Excuse me.

The sword...

...means very much to my family.

We have to return it to its home.

We need your help.

Only a stranger can bring it in secret.

Why'd you pick me?

We came to see the other man...

...you won.

What's my risk?

No one knows you.

No risk.

Right, no risk.

You gonna pay me $500 a day...

...and fly me out around the world and there is no risk?

What's the deal?

You work 4 or 5 days.

Keep that!

First days pay.

You fly from here to Osaka, Japan.

Round-trip ticket.

I will be on the same flight with you.

Aikiko will fly earlier to...

...arrange things in Japan.

You'll pick up the sword...

...at my hotel in the morning.

Here is the address and room number.

I just stick the blade in my belt and carry it in?

The sword will be well concealed in the luggage.

When you arrive and clear customs...

...you'll take a taxi to Kyoto.

One hour away.

Show this to any airport taxi driver.

There are some Japanese Yen.

So.

So.

You got yourself a deal.

Any whiskey?

No.

What about cigarettes?

No, nothing.

Okay.

Don't try anything funny!

Unless you want your fucking head blown off!

Understand?

I'd like you to keep your hands visible...

...open the golf bag...

...and slide it towards me.

That's not it.

Oh, don't bullshit me!

So it's a phony!

You were set up to bring in a phone sword.

Where is the real one?

I don't know what the hell you're talking about.

Get in the van!

How do you like Japan so far?

Believe me, I know how you feel.

I come over here a couple times a year...

...and each time I understand less about these people.

Let me give you an example.

Two of you about to die over a sword.

A freaking antique sword.

Him I understand.

They're queer for swords over here...

...they figure you mess with somebody's blade...

...you're messing with his soul.

Am I right?

If you want to kill somebody...

...kill me!

He knows nothing!

That's what we're here to find out.

Please don't misjudge my fellow American.

I love somebody making his living...

...getting his brains kicked out...

...and learnt to mind his own business...

...when he is off duty.

I don't know from swords.

We have something in common.

I don't know from swords either.

But his uncle...

...my boss...

...and his father, his boss...

...have spent the past 35 years...

...searching for a sword.

A particular sword.

A sword that belongs to my father!

Memory building?

Where is the sword?

Flight...

...062

Pan American.

Two hours ago.

You were ten minutes late.

Of course...

You should know.

You were on the same flight.

Bullshit!

What are you grieving about, asshole?

He set you up, didn't he?

It just as easy could have been you out there on the road.

My friend.

We're gonna see my boss.

He's gonna be very upset.

And I have to give him something...

...to take out his frustrations.

That's you!

I let you know something else.

You know him back there?

He could be the lucky one.

Just keep on walking.

From here on you're property of Mr. Hideo.

What's he steal besides swords?

Mr. Hideo doesn't have to steal anything.

He already owns everything.

He's got shipping, real estate, race tracks.

He's got hotels,

...he's even got a...

...five fucking story cowhouse in downtown Bangkok.

The air you breathe, my friend...

...he's even got a piece of that.

You cannot even pee in this place...

...without someone seeing you on a monitor somewhere.

This is something, isn't it?

What is the man doing for a living...

...when he is not waiting for the sword?

Just chairing up the board here.

But that's no ordinary board, no.

The board runs the length of this building...

...and out the other far end.

Who's sitting on either side of that board...

...waiting for the good word from him...

The president of the next 50 biggest companies in Japan.

And you go below them...

...into the fine print you're looking for General Motors.

Do you recognize this?

Look... This is the brother of the sword I want.

Where is it?

The guy in the wheelchair said...

...it came out with an earlier flight.

He said that before your boy here...

...pushed him off the mountain.

I don't believe that.

I don't believe that Thoshio would allow...

...the sword to be out of his sight.

They are paying you to keep silent.

I will pay three...

...four times as much for the truth.

There's nothing better I'd like right now...

...then to tell you what you wanna know.

The return flight to the States...

You're not going anywhere!

Ando, please!

Perhaps our guest has had his head filled with lies.

I do not know what you have been told.

But the sword you've helped bring into this country is mine.

I earned it a long, long time ago.

If I had not been standing too close...

...to an incoming American artillery barrage in Okinawa...

...that sword still would be mine.

You see...

...when I woke three days later in a US field hospital...

I could see one of your medical corpsmen...

...trading my sword for a carton of cigarettes.

I am sure...

...that sergeant was very proud to take back his little souvenir.

For 37 years...

...I have searched for it...

...however...

...I underestimated my brother.

He traced it through four different owners to Los Angeles.

I was stupid.

You too...

...are very stupid!

Hello, Mr. Dustin.

No, it is not a rumor.

But I cannot help then.

I gave you no commitment.

Of course I would tell you.

I am offering 35 points per share to stockholders on record...

...as of closing time New York today.

Well.

Then make a better one, Mr. Dustin.

Mr. Dustin.

Be reasonable!

I do not mean to insult you, my dear friend...

...but if you were in my place...

...would you not do exactly the same thing?

Ha, ha!

Thank you for the compliment, Sir.

No.

I'm afraid not.

No way.

He's really very good, isn't he?

It could take your skin off layer by layer.

Is it at my brother's home?

If you wanna know a no-brainer decoy to bring a phony sword into the country.

Would you tell the asshole where the original is?

Very smart as you.

The boy here is right, I am dead meat.

I like that.

It makes sense.

Oh, Jesus Christ.

It's alright.

It's alright.

Just lie still now.

You've lost a lot of blood.

As much as guy you stuck back in the tracks?

You have a funny way of saying 'thank you' for saving your life.

If had known about this cure...

...I would have let the asshole shoot me.

We're drawing out the injury.

An old family recipe.

It stinks, too.

Where am I?

Where is this place?

It's my father's house in Kyoto.

Does this feel any better?

Oh, yeah.

Feels great!

I just almost been shot.

And slapped around.

And stabbed.

Up to my ass in fish guts.

Lost a lot of blood, just an open wound.

I don't trust somebody that nice.

You look like you're feeling better.

Oh, yeah.

As a matter of fact I feel good enough to leave.

Look, I...

...I want to talk to your daddy about something.

Him?

That's him?

Shit!

Can I talk to you a minute?

Just pay me what you owe me...

...and I get the hell out of here.

Hey, look man, all I want is what you owe me.

2,000 bucks.

I don't even charge you for the armored car to get me to the airport.

If that sword is where I think it is...

...you got your end of the deal.

My brother's ashes.

These guys are pretty good, hm?

Alright.

Is it okay if I sit down...

...or are you afraid you catch something too?

Here on the right.

What do you people do?

I mean, what is all this?

We train.

And meditate.

We wait for the battle.

Wow?

Good talking about who I think you are.

You don't fuck around.

You better have some heavy artillery stashed around here.

All our weapons are traditional.

They'll wipe you out!

Where are they?

In the air.

You people are crazy!

Killing each other for fucking war souvenirs.

I'll tell the master you're eager to leave.

Yeah, he owes me money.

I'll tell him that too.

Yeah, you tell him that too.

Take your shoes off!

Please.

Hey.

You're the gardener around here?

No.

Pretty handy with that rake.

I am here to learn the swords.

If they let me.

Oh yeah?

So how come you gotta rake?

Before you learn the sword...

...you must work long hard like this...

...long and many things...

What's your name, kid?

Jiro.

Jiro, hm.

Where did you learn to talk English?

School, where did you learn?

Are these your pets?

No.

Our dinner.

What are you cooking?

We don't.

Jesus.

Chew!

They taste best when they're fresh.

It's good. It's not bad.

Especially, if you don't let it touch your tongue.

What's that?

Dojo, a delicacy.

Oh no, not me.

No, no.

You must!

It would be impolite.

I can feel it wiggling around.

Easy, that's...

Sake.

Easy, easy.

That's strong.

No, no.

Never mind, this I can handle, this I can handle fine.

Hey!

Anybody got chicken fried steak?

Country gravy, hm?

Mr. Rick!

How about a chilly dog? I wanna have a chilly dog, hm.

Chilly dog?

You probably serve it to me raw.

Ooh, what's this?

What's this?

It's Octo... Octopus tentacles.

Well... shit...

Just bring it on, whatever you've got...

I don't care if it swims or crawls or...

...or flies...

I'll eat it all...

I'll eat it raw!

Thank you for getting me mixed up in your little war.

If somebody had bet me...

...a couple weeks ago...

I'd be sitting on a cold floor...

...with my legs falling asleep...

...eating food...

...that ain't quiet, that ain't quiet dead...

I'd lost my ass.

You'll stink.

I stink?

Listen to me.

I kick your ass, I kick your ass,

...I kick anybody's ass in this joint.

Alright?

You want to fight?

Shit yeah, I fight.

You will fight Kubo.

When it is over...

...we will give you your money...

...and you can leave us.

Weapons?

No weapons.

There is no dishonor if you refuse to fight.

You can leave unharmed right now.

Any rules?

One fights...

...to survive.

Come on, Kubo, let's get it on.

Hold it.

Miss, Miss.

You tell me if this...

That's ten bucks, right?

Okay, that's the deal, hang on.

Three drinks.

This is for you.

Take a week off.

Thank you, Sir.

Just a minute, Sir.

Cover charge, Sir.

You gotta be kidding.

What is this?

For music...

...and a seat with a nice girl.

No, I did not even sit with a nice girl.

The nice girl sat with me for about 2.5 minutes.

Please Sir...

...you must pay what you owe, Sir.

I tell you what I owe you...

I am very sorry, Sir.

Rick...

...come on over here!

Have a seat!

Sit down!

How'd you find me?

Only American wise guys with guilt end up in this bar sooner or later.

I am not really getting very good at this game.

They talk about drug deals...

...the scene is in Thailand.

What a drag this country is.

Now they wish they were home, a lot of bullshit.

If they had anything going on in the States...

...they'd be there taking care of it.

Man, I already told you about...

Let me tell you the good news,

...I've forgiven you.

Now, for the better news...

...you're going to be rich.

Very, very rich.

How?

Your head.

Losing IQ every time it connects with a punch.

How many times the head of yours gotta be punched...

...before it clocks up 15,000 bucks?

Ask yourself the question...

...while you still have the brain cells left inside to answer.

The old man who got the sword back...

...you figure you owe him anything?

You damn near died for him three times.

What'd he pay you for that?

You know everything how come you don't know that?

2,000 Dollars.

Rick, you're selling yourself short.

You did more than 2,000 Dollars worth of damage to my reputation.

You know what you gonna do turn your life around?

Just go back in there.

Tell him you want to study.

Grable around a bit.

They'll love that.

One day they'll leave you alone with the fucking sword.

I'll be waiting around the corner.

13,000 bucks.

So what happened to the other two?

Just slide it in your pocket old buddy,

...I trust you.

Why?

Cause you don't want to be a sack of guts they pull out of a river.

Tell him.

Tell him yourself.

If you mean it...

...he will understand.

You've seen me fight.

I... I've been beat before but...

...not the way your guy did it.

I wasn't even in the same league.

Please teach me, I do whatever you say.

You must kneel.

I don't kneel.

Anything else?

He says he will accept you.

Most students spend a lifetime...

...studying the master's way.

In your case...

...all that time will be not long enough.

It's rough.

Rough.

You gotta hang in there, you know.

Gotta pay your dues.

You know dues?

Hey, Jiro!

Come over here, let's talk.

Bring that stuff with you, come on!

Sit down here.

I know how you feel.

You and me, we're in the same boat.

Jiro don't like boat.

Yeah.

Rick don't like boat.

Jiro, how old are you?

Seven.

Seven, hah.

Well, you gonna find out...

...that there's a lot of things in this world...

...a man has to do you don't like.

You wanna be a warrior, don't you?

Jiro is no warrior...

Jiro is a disgrace.

What is this?

We'll see.

I heard Sensei say he thinks someday...

...you gonna be his best student.

Your a kid, I wouldn't lie to you.

He says...

...he knows a warrior when he sees one.

And I bet someday real soon...

...you'll be out there practicing sword with Sensei himself.

Me, I'll be washing your clothes.

All you need is patience.

Patience?

Yeah, patience.

Patience is like...

...it's just wanting something so bad...

...you wait as long as it takes to get it.

Patience.

Sensei teach you that?

No.

No.

No, it was a very wise man with six garbage cans.

Let me help you with this.

You got it?

When Rick washes Jiro's clothes...

...have patience.

What are you doing?

Just cleaning up after dinner.

You may continue with your work.

Good night.

Good night.

I am sorry.

You saw me the whole time.

Always I knew...

...you would take the sword.

What about if I just went ahead and ran?

I couldn't do it anyway.

Yoshida-San.

Sensei.

This is yours.

Please forgive me.

Please take me back.

You must prove yourself to him.

Then he will accept you.

You are crazy.

From now on... no food... no water... no shade.

Don't even think about your body.

Concentrate on other things.

Just stay in here as long as you can.

The stars at night...

...are big and bright...

...deep in the heart of Texas.

Reminds me of...

...the one I love...

...deep in the heart of Texas.

This is bullshit.

I am really a dumb shit.

Breakfast.

You changed the rules, Kubo?

Asshole!

The worms...

...crawl in...

...the worms...

...crawl out...

...the worms...

...they pain us so long.

Get out of here!

Get out of here!

Get out of here.

Water?

No.

You dig hole.

They made you a warrior.

Maybe Jiro dig too.

I wouldn't recommend it.

Maybe I dig hole next to you.

I love you kid.

Breakfast of champions.

Five days, five days.

How long did you last Sensei?

Five days.

Rick, Rick.

Sensei Yoshida wants to see you.

In Japan a duel is called "Kettou".

It is a fight to the death.

Only one can survive.

My father has just challenged his brother to such a duel.

My uncle... has just accepted.

It is Sensei Yoshida's duty.

The return of the sword to this house is his sole task.

It is worth living and dying.

To do otherwise would be disgraceful.

Waited a long time for this, Sensei.

In a duel...

...there are certain rules...

...so that neither side would suffer dishonor.

Each man will be accompanied by four of his followers.

Yoshida Sensei would like you to be one of the four with him.

It is an honour.

Thank you, Sensei.

Real convert.

You got that gung-ho spiritual look, Rick.

You just got it in time too because you're about to leave this world.

You see...

The sword is the only thing Hideo wants that he doesn't own.

Step back or I kill him, step back or I kill him.

Nobody is dying here today, you bring that sword to Hideo.

Take the sword out of your belt.

Do it now!

You...

Why?

Just do it, God damn it, do it!

Take it out and hold it in front of you!

Take it out!

I am ready to collect my pay.

Come up here and get the sword out of his hands.

Well, you're not the dumb schmuck I thought you were.

Sensei, excuse me.

Sensei, excuse me.

We can't fight guns with swords.

We were lucky today, just lucky.

You don't understand, they won't play by your rules.

These people will do what you tell them.

I mean you're going to get them all killed.

Sensei, is it worth it?

You don't know...

...about what happened.

My brother...

...Toshio...

...when you saw him murdered...

...he made me live the nightmare of the night...

...when the swords were to be given to my father...

...by my grandfather.

Even that was before I was born...

...he made me live that night with him a hundred times.

Swords were to be past from generation to generation.

In a ceremony...

...which hasn't changed in 500 years.

My father...

...my mother...

...my grandfather...

...and Hideo...

...some of the soldiers were all there...

Just as my grandfather handed my brother...

...the two swords to give to my father...

Hideo...

...grabbed them...

...cut him on the back with the sword...

...right across the spine.

There were gunshots.

One of the soldiers...

...with Hideo...

...shot my grandfather in cold blood.

My father ran to his own father.

My grandfather...

...cursed Hideo...

...he was dying.

Do you want me to surrender the sword...

...to this man?

This sword...

...with its equal...

...have been the sword of my families...

...honor...

...for generations.

I think I understand.

No.

You do not.

But I will teach you.

Why did your father teach you how to fight?

Cause he wanted to have another son.

My mother died trying to have another one.

She got me instead.

You do okay for yourself.

I am a woman.

That leaves me out of a lot of things in this world.

Who wants them.

You want the equals.

Don't you?

Sometimes I wish they disappeared.

Seeming bringing anybody only into the trouble.

For your sake I hope you're wrong.

Why's that?

I think he wants you to take them after he's gone.

There's no way.

Well, I though it would be Kubo.

But my father thought that he wanted me as much as the sword.

I've seen how Kubo looks at you, you're father is right but...

I am an American, it's impossible.

History of Zen!

Giving the greatest of gifts to the lowliest of creatures.

Thanks a lot.

And then again maybe he is just testing me.

My father never does anything directly.

Better get some sleep.

You gonna need it.

Please.

Rick.

Where is Sensei?

Not here, what happened?

Akiko is gone!

When? How?

Sensei left note for nobody to leave the compound.

Ask Kubo, he's at the front gate, he let her pass.

Stupid son of a bitch.

Asshole.

Why'd you let her go?

I am sorry.

Don't be sorry, kid.

Jiro.

No warrior.

Yeah, yeah you are... you are a great warrior, kid.

We are all warriors, even that bastard back there.

Only I guess he got a better offer.

Don't worry.

I got you.

Please.

He'll be alright.

We take care of him.

Yeah, yeah, sure you will, sure you will!

Till next time and then maybe next time!

And then what, Sensei?

You're all crazy!

You're all fucking crazy!

You know what's worse?

I am as crazy as you are.

Yeah.

It's me, Akiko.

Hi.

How's Jiro?

Better.

Misses you.

Miss him.

How about Yoshida?

He's still waiting for a day Hideo to come?

Like he's been doing for 37 years.

What do you think?

I try not to think.

Wanna drink?

Hm-hm, no thanks.

So.

You're on vacation or what?

My fathers says that the years I spent outside of school...

...ruined my mind.

Then why did he let you go?

Cause I brought him back news from the rest of the world.

He decided he didn't want any part of it.

He wants you to come back.

Your dad said that?

Yoshida...

...he sent you to get me back?

He doesn't even know I'm here.

Rick, I want you to come back.

Stay here.

Stay with me.

Akiko?

Akiko?

Akiko?

Akiko?

Akiko?

Akiko?

Akiko?

Akiko?

Where is your girlfriend, Rick?

I can't help you but I know who can.

Look up there!

See him?

Looks familiar?

He got a slice from the fish market.

You know what?

He's better with a rifle than he is with a knife.

Don't kill her!

I'm real glad to hear that it just wasn't a one-night stand.

His instructions are to follow her through the process until...

...she's escorted to a safe place.

Please don't kill her.

It's really up to you, Rick.

Now, if you can be a good boy...

...and hang out here for an hour or so...

...she's got a chance.

Take me.

Who wants you?

I doubt the old man will trade the sword for a round eyes.

Especially one who played hide the salami with his only daughter.

Anything fucking happens to her!

Worry about yourself, loverboy.

I will get Akiko and the other equal.

And then Hideo.

How?

I fight for them.

Sensei.

We will fight for them.

No we.

You have done enough.

I go.

You will never get out of this building alive.

Give me the sword.

You come and get it, asshole.

As you wish.