1 00:00:09,380 --> 00:00:16,660 A Kaijyu Theater production 2 00:00:20,330 --> 00:00:25,880 A film by Shinya Tsukamoto 3 00:00:29,210 --> 00:00:34,760 Sousuke Ikematsu 4 00:00:38,260 --> 00:00:43,810 Yu Aoi 5 00:02:42,510 --> 00:02:48,310 KILLING 6 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:45,600 Ichisuke! 7 00:03:46,390 --> 00:03:48,350 Last call for lunch! 8 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:52,100 Come now or you'll miss your chance! 9 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,820 Damn! Can we train after lunch, Mokunoshin? 10 00:05:00,260 --> 00:05:05,720 You should keep some of your strength for the harvest. 11 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:08,600 Here. 12 00:05:11,270 --> 00:05:14,890 Are you leaving soon, sir? 13 00:05:16,020 --> 00:05:18,360 Yes. I'm sorry... 14 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:23,650 It's okay. A samurai shouldn't worry about us farmers. 15 00:05:24,070 --> 00:05:29,330 You've helped us more than enough. We'll make do. 16 00:05:30,290 --> 00:05:35,170 We all get a day off tomorrow. I hope you rest well. 17 00:05:35,580 --> 00:05:38,420 Thank you for your help. 18 00:05:39,380 --> 00:05:42,920 Thank you for letting me stay. 19 00:05:49,680 --> 00:05:51,510 Off to Edo? 20 00:05:52,180 --> 00:05:53,850 I guess so. 21 00:05:54,770 --> 00:05:56,770 It's time I got on my way. 22 00:05:58,230 --> 00:06:00,020 Do you have to? 23 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:03,570 Yes. For 250 years us samurai have laid low. 24 00:06:04,400 --> 00:06:07,110 It's time for me to prove my worth. 25 00:06:07,570 --> 00:06:09,620 Ichisuke envies you. 26 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:13,700 He wishes he was a samurai so he could fight too. 27 00:06:18,750 --> 00:06:20,130 Will you die? 28 00:06:20,650 --> 00:06:21,650 What? 29 00:06:26,110 --> 00:06:27,240 No, I won't. 30 00:06:32,220 --> 00:06:35,520 Farmers don't fight in wars 31 00:06:35,640 --> 00:06:38,440 so don't mislead my brother. 32 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:42,480 I guess farmers might be drafted at the end of a war... 33 00:06:46,740 --> 00:06:48,910 There's a duel! Let's go and watch. 34 00:06:49,030 --> 00:06:50,160 I'll stay here. 35 00:06:50,280 --> 00:06:51,830 You should see it! 36 00:06:52,200 --> 00:06:54,290 Come on, before it ends! 37 00:09:14,050 --> 00:09:16,800 Ichisuke, we're going. 38 00:09:17,100 --> 00:09:18,260 Now! 39 00:11:09,500 --> 00:11:13,340 It's a ladybug's instinct to climb upward 40 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:18,800 until they reach the top, then they fly to heaven. 41 00:11:20,090 --> 00:11:22,600 It has 7 spots. That's rare. 42 00:11:23,220 --> 00:11:26,310 They're usually in grasslands. 43 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:31,100 A 7-spotted ladybug? What's it doing here? 44 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:33,400 It's you... 45 00:11:33,520 --> 00:11:37,240 I found one with 2 spots when I was a child. 46 00:11:37,950 --> 00:11:43,490 It was red, not one of those black ladybugs. 47 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:45,870 Maybe it was a dream... 48 00:11:46,540 --> 00:11:49,370 I saw your duel, sir. 49 00:11:49,620 --> 00:11:51,670 You were lightning quick... 50 00:11:55,210 --> 00:11:59,970 I am Jirozaemon Sawamura. I'm also a samurai with no master. 51 00:12:00,300 --> 00:12:02,930 I've been observing you two. 52 00:12:03,890 --> 00:12:06,970 Would you like to accompany me to Edo? 53 00:12:08,140 --> 00:12:12,480 I'm putting together a warrior squad to serve the Shogun. 54 00:12:12,690 --> 00:12:14,810 Two men went ahead of me. 55 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:21,150 I need at least 3 more men before we go to fight in Kyoto. 56 00:12:21,820 --> 00:12:23,740 We have no time to waste. 57 00:12:23,870 --> 00:12:25,490 Is it urgent? 58 00:12:25,620 --> 00:12:31,660 Yes. I spent too much time looking for good men. 59 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:39,710 I am Mokunoshin Tsuzuki. 60 00:12:48,180 --> 00:12:50,770 Good. So you're in. 61 00:12:59,940 --> 00:13:01,030 How about you? 62 00:13:01,490 --> 00:13:04,030 Me? But I'm not... 63 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:07,620 I judge people by their skills not by class. 64 00:13:07,740 --> 00:13:10,540 - Great! - Shut up, kid! 65 00:13:10,660 --> 00:13:12,790 You don't know who's fighting! 66 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:14,540 - I do. - Tell me then. 67 00:13:14,710 --> 00:13:17,840 It's that lord and... 68 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:19,550 I'll tell you later. 69 00:13:19,710 --> 00:13:21,800 Speak to your parents. 70 00:13:22,630 --> 00:13:25,050 But you're a reserve. 71 00:13:25,590 --> 00:13:30,560 If I can't find any more samurai I'll ask you to join us. 72 00:13:31,060 --> 00:13:35,140 If you spar with Mr. Tsuzuki, you must be good. 73 00:13:37,020 --> 00:13:39,900 Our job will be to maintain peace. 74 00:13:40,190 --> 00:13:44,780 Finally us wandering samurai won't be hungry anymore. 75 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:48,530 I can feed you all you want... 76 00:13:48,660 --> 00:13:52,040 I'll go look some more. 77 00:13:56,540 --> 00:13:58,630 But maybe I can 78 00:14:00,590 --> 00:14:02,170 call it a day. 79 00:16:14,810 --> 00:16:16,310 Will you die? 80 00:16:20,830 --> 00:16:22,250 No, I won't. 81 00:17:09,780 --> 00:17:11,530 Whoa, it's cold! 82 00:17:12,530 --> 00:17:14,280 If you intend to go... 83 00:17:16,950 --> 00:17:20,120 you need to do more work first. 84 00:17:20,830 --> 00:17:23,870 No, I'm good enough to be useful. 85 00:17:24,500 --> 00:17:27,130 I'm saying this for your benefit. 86 00:17:27,250 --> 00:17:28,540 Are you sure? 87 00:17:29,000 --> 00:17:33,130 Maybe you're ashamed of fighting alongside a farmer. 88 00:17:34,340 --> 00:17:36,300 That's not it. 89 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:24,870 What is it, Kahei? 90 00:19:29,710 --> 00:19:31,380 They're looking this way! 91 00:19:46,850 --> 00:19:51,900 They're bad news. What are the doing here? 92 00:19:53,060 --> 00:19:55,440 You'd better not make eye contact. 93 00:20:02,530 --> 00:20:03,620 Hurry! 94 00:20:32,060 --> 00:20:34,060 I am Mokunoshin Tsuzuki. 95 00:20:34,310 --> 00:20:37,570 And you're a samurai? 96 00:20:37,820 --> 00:20:40,990 I'm boarding with the farmers there. 97 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:42,990 What's your problem? 98 00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:47,580 The farmers need workers if that's what you want. 99 00:20:47,830 --> 00:20:50,160 They'll be harvesting soon. 100 00:20:50,290 --> 00:20:51,160 Don't be silly. 101 00:20:51,540 --> 00:20:56,840 Listen. We only make trouble for people who deserve it. 102 00:20:57,130 --> 00:21:02,170 So what is it about us that scares villagers? 103 00:21:04,590 --> 00:21:05,760 Your faces. 104 00:21:07,970 --> 00:21:12,940 If you looked friendlier, they'd welcome you. 105 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:49,560 There was a gang who threatened and stole from some townsfolk. 106 00:21:50,060 --> 00:21:56,900 So we decided to threaten the gang in turn and 107 00:21:57,020 --> 00:22:00,440 stole the loot they'd taken from the townsfolk. 108 00:22:02,690 --> 00:22:05,280 Then did you return it to them? 109 00:22:05,410 --> 00:22:07,570 Why should we? 110 00:22:08,070 --> 00:22:12,580 We didn't because we're not the authorities. 111 00:22:12,950 --> 00:22:14,200 Finders, keepers. 112 00:22:14,330 --> 00:22:18,130 I heard that the townsfolk were massacred. 113 00:22:18,290 --> 00:22:19,920 That wasn't us. 114 00:22:21,090 --> 00:22:23,210 That's so inhumane. 115 00:22:24,170 --> 00:22:28,260 A corrupt village headman had his house set on fire 116 00:22:28,430 --> 00:22:31,310 and all his harvest stolen. 117 00:22:31,470 --> 00:22:34,100 I don't remember that... 118 00:22:34,230 --> 00:22:35,600 Oh yeah 119 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:38,100 we did that! 120 00:22:41,150 --> 00:22:47,030 I told you! We only make trouble for those who do bad things. 121 00:22:47,700 --> 00:22:49,620 They should be arrested... 122 00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:55,080 Can't you stay until those men go away? 123 00:22:55,330 --> 00:23:00,130 We let you stay as protection against threats like this... 124 00:23:00,710 --> 00:23:04,420 And now our boy wants to go to Edo. 125 00:23:04,550 --> 00:23:05,880 I'm going! 126 00:23:07,430 --> 00:23:09,720 They're not that bad. 127 00:23:10,350 --> 00:23:13,810 Don't dismiss them if they approach you for work. 128 00:23:21,110 --> 00:23:22,440 It's me, Sawamura. 129 00:23:33,950 --> 00:23:36,750 We're leaving tomorrow at daybreak. 130 00:23:37,080 --> 00:23:40,580 I wanted more men but we're out of time. 131 00:23:42,460 --> 00:23:46,050 I want you to join us. Did you speak to your father? 132 00:27:43,990 --> 00:27:47,410 I appreciate all that you've done for me. 133 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:52,080 I wish I could have helped harvest the crop. 134 00:27:52,710 --> 00:27:54,920 You've done enough. 135 00:27:55,250 --> 00:27:59,260 Thank you for your help, sir. 136 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:05,180 I wish you well on your journey. 137 00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:06,560 Thank you. 138 00:28:41,260 --> 00:28:43,890 We'll leave tomorrow instead. 139 00:28:46,220 --> 00:28:49,720 He'll be fine if we take rests. Right? 140 00:28:49,850 --> 00:28:54,060 No. It wouldn't be good if he was ill on arrival. 141 00:28:54,190 --> 00:28:57,320 Let's play it safe. 142 00:29:08,850 --> 00:29:10,390 Why now? 143 00:29:46,870 --> 00:29:49,700 What's got you all agitated? 144 00:29:50,870 --> 00:29:53,460 The farmer's pretending to be a samurai... 145 00:29:56,500 --> 00:29:59,380 Hey, peasant! 146 00:30:40,290 --> 00:30:41,750 Take it easy. 147 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:46,760 Anywhere else hurt? 148 00:30:46,970 --> 00:30:48,590 It's bad enough! 149 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,760 They'll come back for more trouble. 150 00:30:52,220 --> 00:30:54,430 I wish they'd go already. 151 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:06,440 Ichisuke, you're one of my men now. 152 00:31:07,780 --> 00:31:11,950 I can't allow them to harass one of my men. 153 00:31:15,650 --> 00:31:18,500 Don't worry. I'll just take a look. 154 00:31:19,210 --> 00:31:21,960 Some of them may be good swordsmen. 155 00:31:28,510 --> 00:31:31,300 This is such a joke. 156 00:31:31,510 --> 00:31:36,520 You and my brother should be in Edo not lying in pain. 157 00:31:37,270 --> 00:31:38,980 What happened to Ichisuke? 158 00:31:39,350 --> 00:31:45,730 Those outlaws mocked him and pushed him in a paddy, so he fought back. 159 00:31:46,490 --> 00:31:47,690 So they 160 00:31:49,490 --> 00:31:50,740 beat him up. 161 00:31:51,450 --> 00:31:52,990 Is he hurt badly? 162 00:31:53,490 --> 00:31:56,830 If he was I wouldn't be here chatting with you! 163 00:31:58,500 --> 00:31:59,500 Good... 164 00:32:00,330 --> 00:32:01,580 Good? 165 00:32:02,590 --> 00:32:05,000 What are you saying? 166 00:32:05,130 --> 00:32:08,550 He was beaten up! What's good about that? 167 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:10,090 I see your point. 168 00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:15,560 If those outlaws were serious he would be dead. 169 00:32:15,770 --> 00:32:20,190 And I doubt that samurai. You know, Sawamura? 170 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:26,020 I was impressed when he said that he'd stand by his men. 171 00:32:26,650 --> 00:32:30,200 But then he talked about recruiting them. 172 00:32:30,820 --> 00:32:31,860 What's that? 173 00:32:59,930 --> 00:33:02,890 The samurai fought the outlaws! 174 00:33:03,940 --> 00:33:08,530 One escaped but he won't be able to do anything. 175 00:33:11,030 --> 00:33:13,110 We can sleep peacefully! 176 00:33:13,700 --> 00:33:16,160 I knew he was big time. 177 00:33:16,370 --> 00:33:18,410 He carried it off! 178 00:33:25,290 --> 00:33:26,040 Oh no... 179 00:33:28,780 --> 00:33:30,190 Oh no... 180 00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:32,150 Oh no... 181 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:39,600 Mr. Sawamura. We kept this rice for a special occasion. 182 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:41,980 Eat all you can. 183 00:33:42,850 --> 00:33:47,270 Thanks to you, we can work in the paddies without fear. 184 00:33:48,770 --> 00:33:52,320 It's almost frightening that you beat them! 185 00:33:52,820 --> 00:33:55,070 I wish I'd been there. 186 00:33:55,870 --> 00:33:57,200 Ichisuke. 187 00:33:57,950 --> 00:33:58,950 Ichisuke. 188 00:34:00,390 --> 00:34:01,220 What? 189 00:34:01,950 --> 00:34:03,960 Can you get his bowl? 190 00:34:04,080 --> 00:34:05,620 Do it yourself! 191 00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:11,840 When an official is sent to investigate, you'll be praised. 192 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:13,300 I'm so glad. 193 00:34:13,470 --> 00:34:16,800 I guess your search for other men is over? 194 00:34:17,680 --> 00:34:20,310 Why don't you stay over? 195 00:34:20,430 --> 00:34:24,270 No, thank you. I'm boarding nearby. 196 00:34:24,390 --> 00:34:26,770 Oh, what a shame. 197 00:34:30,860 --> 00:34:31,980 You're Yu? 198 00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:34,150 Yes. 199 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,320 How is Tsuzuki? 200 00:34:37,660 --> 00:34:41,700 Good... I mean, he still needs to rest. 201 00:38:15,710 --> 00:38:18,580 So there are more of them... 202 00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:22,210 I knew they were nothing but trouble. 203 00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:25,070 Damn... 204 00:38:26,180 --> 00:38:28,550 I recognized one of them. 205 00:38:29,350 --> 00:38:33,730 It was the survivor. He brought in other outlaws. 206 00:38:34,310 --> 00:38:37,730 He screamed, "Where is Sawamura?" 207 00:38:38,060 --> 00:38:40,900 "I'll kill anyone who hides him!" 208 00:38:41,690 --> 00:38:45,400 When they saw us I thought they'd kill us. 209 00:38:46,110 --> 00:38:49,820 They had a horrible look in their eyes. 210 00:40:00,650 --> 00:40:02,650 Avenge his death... 211 00:40:06,820 --> 00:40:10,660 Avenge his death! 212 00:40:12,550 --> 00:40:16,430 You made him think he was up to it... 213 00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:19,520 I'll go. 214 00:40:19,710 --> 00:40:23,380 No! I want him to go. 215 00:40:24,460 --> 00:40:26,130 Just him... 216 00:40:27,260 --> 00:40:31,590 While you were sleeping all day Ichisuke was... 217 00:40:38,270 --> 00:40:39,680 Avenge his death. 218 00:41:09,760 --> 00:41:13,890 I beg you not to pursue this any more. 219 00:41:15,220 --> 00:41:16,390 I beg you. 220 00:41:16,720 --> 00:41:17,810 What's that? 221 00:41:20,390 --> 00:41:22,810 You don't fight when you have to! 222 00:41:23,730 --> 00:41:28,400 You're going to Edo to kill people, aren't you? 223 00:41:28,900 --> 00:41:30,780 Is your sword decorative? 224 00:41:30,940 --> 00:41:33,200 We started the trouble. 225 00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:36,120 No, they harassed Ichisuke! 226 00:41:36,280 --> 00:41:37,990 That doesn't count. 227 00:41:38,290 --> 00:41:41,250 If we avenged his death they'd retaliate. 228 00:41:41,370 --> 00:41:43,500 We shouldn't do the same thing. 229 00:41:43,620 --> 00:41:45,210 But Ichisuke... 230 00:41:46,500 --> 00:41:50,760 What about him? And what about our parents? 231 00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:56,430 Their resentment will keep them from heaven! 232 00:43:19,510 --> 00:43:21,510 You should stay. 233 00:45:46,950 --> 00:45:49,990 Please don't do this. I beg you. 234 00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:58,460 Do you grasp the reality of our mission to Edo and Kyoto? 235 00:45:59,630 --> 00:46:00,500 Get ready. 236 00:46:12,350 --> 00:46:14,190 Show me your worth. 237 00:46:16,350 --> 00:46:19,360 Where did that samurai, Sawamura, go? 238 00:46:19,780 --> 00:46:22,440 Everyone's hiding him. 239 00:47:28,640 --> 00:47:31,800 Mokunoshin! What are you up to? 240 00:50:48,880 --> 00:50:51,230 Go on, finish me off. 241 00:50:51,670 --> 00:50:56,180 You'll soon bleed to death so reflect on your life. 242 00:50:56,380 --> 00:50:59,050 When you come to hell 243 00:50:59,550 --> 00:51:03,890 I'll give you time to reflect on your damn life. 244 00:51:37,510 --> 00:51:39,970 Reflect on your life a little. 245 00:51:48,690 --> 00:51:50,690 It fell... 246 00:52:01,490 --> 00:52:03,530 It fell again. 247 00:52:03,910 --> 00:52:06,040 I didn't expect it to fall... 248 00:54:59,880 --> 00:55:01,550 Mokunoshin Tsuzuki. 249 00:55:03,720 --> 00:55:05,550 You like him? 250 00:55:08,720 --> 00:55:13,520 He has a very important job to do. 251 00:55:19,060 --> 00:55:19,900 We must... 252 00:55:22,480 --> 00:55:27,030 We must go before we lose the chance... 253 00:55:44,170 --> 00:55:46,340 I can hardly move. 254 00:55:50,430 --> 00:55:53,680 I shouldn't have let them hurt me... 255 00:56:45,270 --> 00:56:46,320 It's me. 256 00:57:00,410 --> 00:57:03,170 We'll leave before it's too late. 257 00:57:03,710 --> 00:57:05,670 Tomorrow at daybreak. 258 00:57:08,130 --> 00:57:10,090 Count me out. 259 00:57:12,720 --> 00:57:14,430 I can't do it... 260 00:57:14,490 --> 00:57:15,620 No. 261 00:57:17,010 --> 00:57:18,220 You'll come with me. 262 00:57:20,350 --> 00:57:23,900 I'll come for you tomorrow morning. 263 00:57:25,020 --> 00:57:27,360 Forget what happened here. 264 00:57:27,980 --> 00:57:32,200 We're up against something far greater. 265 00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:34,990 If you refuse to come 266 00:57:35,890 --> 00:57:36,890 I'll kill you. 267 00:57:39,620 --> 00:57:41,250 Tell me... 268 00:57:46,710 --> 00:57:49,340 Mr. Sawamura, I don't get how you... 269 00:57:51,970 --> 00:57:53,970 kill so easily. 270 00:58:01,310 --> 00:58:03,060 How can you? 271 00:58:10,110 --> 00:58:11,900 I want to... 272 00:58:14,990 --> 00:58:17,570 I want to be able to kill. 273 00:58:20,950 --> 00:58:25,580 I want to be able to kill. 274 00:58:54,360 --> 00:58:57,200 I'll see you tomorrow morning. 275 01:02:09,410 --> 01:02:11,330 Hey, Tzusuki! 276 01:02:12,230 --> 01:02:14,310 Let's not go together! 277 01:02:15,650 --> 01:02:17,400 I'm going to kill you 278 01:02:18,730 --> 01:02:20,400 unless you kill me first! 279 01:02:22,320 --> 01:02:24,320 The first kill is the hardest. 280 01:02:24,490 --> 01:02:28,320 If you can't kill, your sword is worthless. 281 01:03:14,910 --> 01:03:16,540 You hear me, Tsuzuki? 282 01:03:18,080 --> 01:03:19,770 Go to Edo if you win! 283 01:03:20,840 --> 01:03:22,210 You hear me? 284 01:03:27,490 --> 01:03:28,820 Why? 285 01:03:30,890 --> 01:03:33,890 Why are you obsessed with him? 286 01:03:36,870 --> 01:03:38,080 Why? 287 01:03:45,240 --> 01:03:47,260 If he uses all his might... 288 01:03:47,780 --> 01:03:50,410 beating him will prove my worth. 289 01:03:50,570 --> 01:03:54,910 Then I could serve the Shogun with pride. 290 01:04:02,170 --> 01:04:04,800 Good. I'm better. 291 01:05:01,150 --> 01:05:02,400 I found it. 292 01:05:04,650 --> 01:05:06,480 Hey! 293 01:05:07,480 --> 01:05:09,150 Tsuzuki! 294 01:05:11,160 --> 01:05:12,910 A 2-spotted ladybug. 295 01:05:14,620 --> 01:05:18,410 And it's a red one... 296 01:05:41,850 --> 01:05:43,850 It's a ladybug's instinct 297 01:05:45,940 --> 01:05:48,690 to climb upward... 298 01:05:51,360 --> 01:05:53,610 until they reach the top, 299 01:05:55,950 --> 01:05:57,950 then they fly to heaven. 300 01:08:58,420 --> 01:09:03,930 Why this? What does it mean? 301 01:11:12,720 --> 01:11:13,850 Tsuzuki. 302 01:11:15,940 --> 01:11:17,190 Tsuzuki. 303 01:11:23,900 --> 01:11:25,700 Please don't... 304 01:11:30,200 --> 01:11:32,030 Please don't. 305 01:11:34,870 --> 01:11:37,370 Please stop! 306 01:11:38,330 --> 01:11:40,460 Please stop! 307 01:16:11,770 --> 01:16:19,110 Sousuke Ikematsu 308 01:16:22,780 --> 01:16:29,500 Yu Aoi 309 01:16:33,040 --> 01:16:35,690 Ryusei Maeda 310 01:16:36,760 --> 01:16:39,700 Shuji Otsuki 311 01:17:17,090 --> 01:17:22,070 Tatsuya Nakamura 312 01:17:23,350 --> 01:17:29,350 Shinya Tsukamoto 313 01:18:09,140 --> 01:18:16,090 Music by Chu Ishikawa 314 01:19:08,280 --> 01:19:15,290 Written, Produced and Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto 315 01:19:15,290 --> 01:19:17,290