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PRODUCTION 3 00:00:50,552 --> 00:00:53,263 MEIJI 7 (1874) 4 00:00:53,722 --> 00:00:57,225 TOKYO PRISON HACHIOJI BRANCH 5 00:00:57,517 --> 00:01:00,812 KANAGAWA PREFECTURE 6 00:02:36,115 --> 00:02:37,909 Yuki... 7 00:02:51,130 --> 00:02:54,259 You will live your life carrying out my vendetta. 8 00:02:54,676 --> 00:02:56,678 My poor child... 9 00:02:59,722 --> 00:03:02,225 you are an asura demon. 10 00:03:09,607 --> 00:03:14,696 LADY SNOWBLOOD 11 00:03:58,406 --> 00:04:00,783 SENRYO 12 00:04:05,246 --> 00:04:06,623 Step aside! 13 00:04:06,748 --> 00:04:09,167 Out of our way, woman! 14 00:04:12,128 --> 00:04:13,838 Who the hell are you? 15 00:04:13,963 --> 00:04:16,299 Don't you recognize Genzo Shibayama, 16 00:04:16,424 --> 00:04:18,760 leader of the Asakusa Senryo gang? 17 00:04:21,429 --> 00:04:22,889 Kill her! 18 00:04:23,014 --> 00:04:24,307 Bitch! 19 00:04:30,563 --> 00:04:33,107 - Are you an assassin? - Little bitch! 20 00:04:33,232 --> 00:04:37,320 Don't kill her! Make her spit out who hired her. 21 00:04:52,293 --> 00:04:54,087 Who are you? 22 00:04:54,253 --> 00:04:55,672 Tell me! 23 00:04:56,089 --> 00:04:57,924 Who hired you to kill me? 24 00:05:18,903 --> 00:05:20,363 Why? 25 00:05:21,656 --> 00:05:23,199 Revenge. 26 00:05:25,410 --> 00:05:27,286 For whom? 27 00:05:27,578 --> 00:05:30,957 For the powerless people you made suffer. 28 00:05:32,291 --> 00:05:34,002 Woman... 29 00:05:34,794 --> 00:05:36,963 who the hell are you? 30 00:05:37,255 --> 00:05:39,173 Lady Snowblood. 31 00:05:52,020 --> 00:05:55,481 Produced by KIKUMARU OKUDA 32 00:05:56,149 --> 00:05:58,401 Screenplay by NORIO OSADA 33 00:05:58,526 --> 00:06:01,320 Original Authors KAZUO KOIKE and KAZUO KAMIMURA 34 00:06:05,825 --> 00:06:08,870 Cinematography by MASAKI TAMURA 35 00:06:09,037 --> 00:06:11,039 Production Design by KAZUO SATSUYA 36 00:06:11,706 --> 00:06:16,878 The morning has died Music by MASAAKI HIRAO 37 00:06:17,503 --> 00:06:22,717 And the snow falls in mourning Edited by OSAMU INOUE 38 00:06:23,926 --> 00:06:29,223 A stray dog howls 39 00:06:30,516 --> 00:06:35,563 And her geta clatter beneath her feet 40 00:06:36,230 --> 00:06:39,317 She bears the weight of karma 41 00:06:39,442 --> 00:06:42,320 As she walks gazing straight ahead 42 00:06:42,695 --> 00:06:44,572 STARRING 43 00:06:45,239 --> 00:06:47,366 MEIKO KAJI Embracing the darkness 44 00:06:47,492 --> 00:06:51,621 With her umbrella-sword 45 00:06:51,746 --> 00:06:54,916 TOSHIO KUROSAWA MASAAKI DAIMON 46 00:06:55,083 --> 00:06:58,211 She walks the path dividing life and death 47 00:06:58,336 --> 00:07:00,755 MIYOKO AKAZA TAKEO CHII, NOBORU NAKAYA 48 00:07:00,922 --> 00:07:02,882 Having long ago dried her tears 49 00:07:03,508 --> 00:07:05,718 YOSHIKO NAKADA AKEMI NEGISHI 50 00:07:05,885 --> 00:07:08,054 KAORU KUSUDA SANAE NAKAHARA 51 00:07:09,222 --> 00:07:12,433 Duty and feeling 52 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:16,187 Dreams and tears 53 00:07:16,354 --> 00:07:20,191 Yesterday and today 54 00:07:20,358 --> 00:07:25,446 All these words mean nothing to her now 55 00:07:27,448 --> 00:07:30,409 Long ago she threw them all 56 00:07:30,535 --> 00:07:35,748 Featuring EIJI OKADA, KO NISHIMURA 57 00:07:37,959 --> 00:07:41,671 Into the river of vengeance 58 00:07:45,341 --> 00:07:49,637 Directed by TOSHIYA FUJITA 59 00:07:51,472 --> 00:07:53,891 CHAPTER ONE: VOW OF VENGEANCE 60 00:07:54,016 --> 00:07:56,811 A THREAD OF BLOOD CONNECTING LOVE AND HATE 61 00:07:57,436 --> 00:08:01,315 Over 20 years have passed since the Meiji era began, 62 00:08:01,524 --> 00:08:04,777 ending 300 years of peaceful Tokugawa rule. 63 00:08:05,194 --> 00:08:08,906 Prattle about "civilization" and "Western thought" 64 00:08:09,073 --> 00:08:11,617 has seemingly taken root in people's minds, 65 00:08:11,742 --> 00:08:14,745 yet factions of former clans still vie for power 66 00:08:14,871 --> 00:08:18,332 and greedy conglomerates abound, as do dishonest merchants, 67 00:08:18,499 --> 00:08:21,836 officials who care only about getting rich, 68 00:08:22,003 --> 00:08:26,132 and countless men and women living lives of debauchery. 69 00:08:27,133 --> 00:08:30,386 Meanwhile, the common people struggle in poverty, 70 00:08:30,553 --> 00:08:32,805 their cries unheard by heaven. 71 00:08:35,224 --> 00:08:39,353 Into this world an asura, or demigod, was born in female form. 72 00:08:51,032 --> 00:08:54,493 All could see her face as pretty as a flower, 73 00:08:54,619 --> 00:08:58,789 but none could know that in her fair and graceful breast 74 00:08:58,915 --> 00:09:02,084 there raged a desire to hunt down her enemies. 75 00:09:02,418 --> 00:09:05,922 People say you can't wash away the mud of this world 76 00:09:06,047 --> 00:09:08,132 with pure white snow: 77 00:09:08,257 --> 00:09:11,677 You need asura snow, stained fiery red. 78 00:09:30,238 --> 00:09:31,822 Excuse me... 79 00:09:34,325 --> 00:09:36,577 I'd like to see Mr. Matsuemon. 80 00:09:47,338 --> 00:09:50,258 Where is your leader, Mr. Matsuemon? 81 00:09:50,633 --> 00:09:52,927 Please take me to him. 82 00:09:53,135 --> 00:09:54,929 Come with me. 83 00:09:56,389 --> 00:09:58,015 Follow him. 84 00:10:18,452 --> 00:10:20,037 Pass her around! 85 00:10:20,162 --> 00:10:23,249 Pass her around! 86 00:10:26,460 --> 00:10:29,463 We share everything that comes here. 87 00:10:29,630 --> 00:10:31,632 That's our custom! 88 00:10:31,799 --> 00:10:33,676 Pass her around! 89 00:10:33,843 --> 00:10:36,637 Pass her around! 90 00:10:36,804 --> 00:10:40,016 The vagina goddess has graced us with a visit! 91 00:10:44,186 --> 00:10:46,814 - Now you've done it, bitch! - She got me! 92 00:10:47,565 --> 00:10:49,442 Kill the slut! 93 00:10:54,488 --> 00:10:56,157 Stop! 94 00:10:56,782 --> 00:10:58,993 Stop it! 95 00:11:00,119 --> 00:11:02,079 Fool! Idiot! 96 00:11:02,621 --> 00:11:04,498 Son of a bitch! 97 00:11:05,916 --> 00:11:07,668 Jackasses! 98 00:11:08,085 --> 00:11:13,632 Stop yowling like a bunch of stray dogs in heat! 99 00:11:13,799 --> 00:11:15,843 - But boss — - Shut up! 100 00:11:16,177 --> 00:11:20,723 This lady is a very important guest. 101 00:11:21,849 --> 00:11:27,521 You know that bastard Genzo Shibayama 102 00:11:27,688 --> 00:11:30,858 who tried to use his money to destroy our village? 103 00:11:31,817 --> 00:11:35,196 You know who hacked him to pieces? 104 00:11:35,363 --> 00:11:37,448 She did! 105 00:11:39,533 --> 00:11:44,080 You have the face of someone who wouldn't hurt a fly, 106 00:11:44,246 --> 00:11:46,999 but I hear that you kill for a living. 107 00:11:47,166 --> 00:11:52,213 Tell me, Lady Snowblood, what brings you here? 108 00:12:00,513 --> 00:12:02,264 Mr. Matsuemon... 109 00:12:02,431 --> 00:12:06,560 I humbly ask for your help in finding those individuals. 110 00:12:08,187 --> 00:12:10,231 Banzo Takemura, 111 00:12:10,398 --> 00:12:13,901 Gishiro Tsukamoto, Okono Kitahama. 112 00:12:16,570 --> 00:12:20,324 Aren't they all from the village of Koichi 113 00:12:20,491 --> 00:12:23,202 in Aimi County, Shimane Prefecture? 114 00:12:23,494 --> 00:12:28,165 That's where I was born! 115 00:12:28,791 --> 00:12:33,671 It's taken me an entire year to find you. 116 00:12:34,422 --> 00:12:36,799 But tell me: Why? 117 00:12:37,550 --> 00:12:42,138 Do you remember the Blood Tax Riots of 1873? 118 00:12:42,304 --> 00:12:44,432 The Blood Tax Riots? 119 00:12:44,557 --> 00:12:47,101 I'm not unaware of them. 120 00:12:47,268 --> 00:12:49,311 Some exploited the situation 121 00:12:49,478 --> 00:12:51,897 and made a lot of money 122 00:12:52,064 --> 00:12:55,818 by swindling the villagers with a draft-dodging scam. 123 00:12:56,610 --> 00:12:59,155 Those three fled with the money. 124 00:12:59,321 --> 00:13:01,866 I don't know the details, 125 00:13:02,116 --> 00:13:07,538 but I heard there were four of them, not three. 126 00:13:08,289 --> 00:13:09,623 That's correct. 127 00:13:09,957 --> 00:13:14,128 Of the four, Tokuichi Shokei is now dead. 128 00:13:15,463 --> 00:13:17,089 He was killed. 129 00:13:21,844 --> 00:13:23,721 I beg of you... 130 00:13:24,263 --> 00:13:26,474 please find those three. 131 00:13:27,683 --> 00:13:30,144 Even were I to try, 132 00:13:30,311 --> 00:13:32,605 I know only their names, 133 00:13:32,730 --> 00:13:35,149 not what they look like. 134 00:13:35,316 --> 00:13:38,068 If anyone can do it, you can. 135 00:13:38,444 --> 00:13:40,988 Many people must still know them. 136 00:13:41,155 --> 00:13:43,657 Your organization is nationwide. 137 00:13:43,782 --> 00:13:47,495 If you follow the leads, you're sure to find them. 138 00:13:47,661 --> 00:13:50,956 I'm not saying it's impossible... 139 00:13:51,457 --> 00:13:54,502 but what exactly are you after? 140 00:13:57,713 --> 00:14:03,052 I doubt you were even born back in 1873. 141 00:14:04,678 --> 00:14:07,056 Even before we enter this world, 142 00:14:07,181 --> 00:14:09,683 we are marked by karma. 143 00:14:21,070 --> 00:14:23,030 All young men of the nation 144 00:14:23,155 --> 00:14:25,699 must register for the draft by the age of 17, 145 00:14:25,824 --> 00:14:29,453 to be enlisted in time of emergency or external threat 146 00:14:29,578 --> 00:14:33,082 in either homeland defense or expeditionary forces. 147 00:14:33,207 --> 00:14:36,085 Family heads must register their 16-year-olds 148 00:14:36,210 --> 00:14:38,379 by November 10 of each year. 149 00:14:38,546 --> 00:14:40,548 At age 20, 150 00:14:40,673 --> 00:14:43,551 registered males will be inducted... 151 00:14:43,717 --> 00:14:48,055 Over 20 years earlier, in March of 1873, 152 00:14:48,180 --> 00:14:51,058 our nation's first draft ordinance had been issued 153 00:14:51,225 --> 00:14:53,394 by the Grand Council of State. 154 00:14:53,727 --> 00:14:57,147 The new government's intent to build a "rich country and strong army," 155 00:14:57,273 --> 00:14:59,525 a modern nation to rival Europe and America, 156 00:14:59,650 --> 00:15:02,987 was clearly reflected in that ordinance. 157 00:15:03,821 --> 00:15:07,992 But the peasants considered the measure unreasonable, 158 00:15:08,117 --> 00:15:12,037 and their discontent soon exploded in riots. 159 00:15:13,038 --> 00:15:16,000 There was no end in sight, 160 00:15:16,125 --> 00:15:19,920 with countless incidents of looting, arson, and vandalism. 161 00:15:20,087 --> 00:15:24,008 Many rumors circulated, particularly about "men in white," 162 00:15:24,133 --> 00:15:27,469 said to be pawns of the new government, 163 00:15:27,595 --> 00:15:32,474 who killed conscripts and drained their blood. 164 00:15:33,142 --> 00:15:37,438 This was the root of the tragic incident that changed everything. 165 00:15:39,440 --> 00:15:41,692 MEIJI 6 (1873) 166 00:15:41,984 --> 00:15:45,279 KOICHI VILLAGE, AIMI COUNTY SHIMANE PREFECTURE 167 00:16:26,945 --> 00:16:28,113 Shiro! 168 00:16:33,202 --> 00:16:35,371 Let me go! 169 00:16:35,496 --> 00:16:37,164 - Mommy! - Shiro! 170 00:16:45,005 --> 00:16:46,882 Let me go! 171 00:16:47,132 --> 00:16:48,550 Mommy! 172 00:16:54,139 --> 00:16:57,267 Look! He's wearing white! He's one of them! 173 00:16:57,434 --> 00:17:00,771 - He's a conscription officer! - Kill him! 174 00:17:00,938 --> 00:17:03,065 Don't be absurd! 175 00:17:03,232 --> 00:17:06,819 I'm the new elementary school teacher. 176 00:17:06,985 --> 00:17:09,029 Shut up and die! 177 00:17:10,948 --> 00:17:13,325 GISHIRO TSUKAMOTO 178 00:17:16,912 --> 00:17:19,373 BANZO TAKEMURA 179 00:17:25,963 --> 00:17:28,382 TOKUICHI SHOKEI 180 00:17:28,799 --> 00:17:30,426 My husband! 181 00:17:32,386 --> 00:17:34,805 OKONO KITAHAMA 182 00:17:35,723 --> 00:17:37,516 This is an outrage! 183 00:17:38,934 --> 00:17:40,728 Why? 184 00:18:15,429 --> 00:18:16,930 Darling! 185 00:18:56,762 --> 00:18:58,931 Has the time come? 186 00:18:59,097 --> 00:19:00,265 Soon. 187 00:19:00,432 --> 00:19:02,226 You should go. 188 00:19:02,392 --> 00:19:05,896 There's nothing more obstructing your path. 189 00:19:06,104 --> 00:19:10,484 Thanks to the many years you've spent training me. 190 00:19:11,360 --> 00:19:15,239 I have no way to repay you, and that saddens me. 191 00:19:15,364 --> 00:19:17,157 Nonsense. 192 00:19:17,324 --> 00:19:20,369 You've made an unbreakable vow. 193 00:19:20,786 --> 00:19:25,207 In the name of vengeance you must forswear all human emotions, 194 00:19:25,374 --> 00:19:28,836 all love and hate, everything. 195 00:19:29,545 --> 00:19:32,631 So set aside your sadness. 196 00:19:32,923 --> 00:19:35,217 Such words don't suit an asura. 197 00:19:35,717 --> 00:19:37,636 An asura? 198 00:19:37,761 --> 00:19:39,930 Master, how often you've scolded me 199 00:19:40,097 --> 00:19:42,099 by calling me that. 200 00:20:07,457 --> 00:20:12,754 SAYO KASHIMA 201 00:20:15,507 --> 00:20:19,845 TORA KOBAYASHI 202 00:20:20,220 --> 00:20:24,641 You are an asura, not a being of this realm. 203 00:20:24,933 --> 00:20:27,227 You are a diabolical fiend, 204 00:20:27,394 --> 00:20:30,856 one who walks the asura path in human form. 205 00:20:31,148 --> 00:20:33,775 Even the Buddha has forsaken you. 206 00:20:45,621 --> 00:20:48,957 Sayo, you have to hold on! 207 00:20:49,374 --> 00:20:52,085 Otora, what's taking so long? 208 00:20:52,586 --> 00:20:56,673 I've helped with a lot of births in this jail, 209 00:20:57,215 --> 00:20:59,968 but I've never seen one this difficult. 210 00:21:00,093 --> 00:21:03,096 If we force things, Sayo could die. 211 00:21:04,097 --> 00:21:06,433 Even if I die... 212 00:21:07,142 --> 00:21:08,852 save the baby! 213 00:21:08,977 --> 00:21:11,605 Please... Otora! 214 00:21:12,105 --> 00:21:13,857 Oh, no! 215 00:21:14,024 --> 00:21:16,652 It's a breech baby! 216 00:21:17,277 --> 00:21:19,029 I don't care! 217 00:21:20,072 --> 00:21:23,408 Just save my baby! 218 00:21:24,159 --> 00:21:27,245 You don't even know who the father is! 219 00:21:29,206 --> 00:21:33,460 If my baby is stillborn... 220 00:21:34,503 --> 00:21:38,507 I swear I'll kill you, Otora! 221 00:22:34,479 --> 00:22:39,026 But why did those four do such an awful thing? 222 00:22:40,986 --> 00:22:42,779 For the money. 223 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:45,073 The money? 224 00:22:51,538 --> 00:22:54,458 They told the people there was a rule 225 00:22:54,583 --> 00:22:56,418 that if you paid 270 yen, 226 00:22:56,585 --> 00:22:58,795 you'd be excused from service. 227 00:22:59,629 --> 00:23:03,675 They swindled the poor villagers out of tens of thousands of yen. 228 00:23:04,843 --> 00:23:07,387 They split the money equally 229 00:23:07,554 --> 00:23:09,556 and fled as planned. 230 00:23:10,724 --> 00:23:13,769 Tokuichi Shokei lusted after me... 231 00:23:14,686 --> 00:23:18,065 and took me with him to Tokyo. 232 00:23:19,900 --> 00:23:22,360 There he opened a little eatery. 233 00:23:23,945 --> 00:23:28,700 I did as he said, waiting for the right moment. 234 00:24:02,317 --> 00:24:04,694 I killed Tokuichi... 235 00:24:06,113 --> 00:24:09,866 and was hunting down the other three 236 00:24:10,033 --> 00:24:12,202 when I was arrested. 237 00:24:15,539 --> 00:24:18,250 Three of my enemies remain. 238 00:24:20,252 --> 00:24:24,256 But I'm in prison for life. 239 00:24:25,340 --> 00:24:28,802 I can no longer avenge myself 240 00:24:29,344 --> 00:24:31,805 with my own hands. 241 00:24:31,930 --> 00:24:36,518 So you intend for this child to — 242 00:24:37,102 --> 00:24:39,479 That's why you wanted a strong boy. 243 00:24:43,150 --> 00:24:44,860 Otora... 244 00:24:46,111 --> 00:24:49,030 remember how many times you said... 245 00:24:49,948 --> 00:24:52,784 "You're a nymphomaniac!" 246 00:24:53,076 --> 00:24:56,454 But it's all right. It was true. 247 00:24:58,874 --> 00:25:00,876 All I wanted was a baby... 248 00:25:01,751 --> 00:25:03,336 and so I... 249 00:25:17,851 --> 00:25:22,063 At the women's prison in Ichigaya... 250 00:25:22,355 --> 00:25:24,608 and later, when I arrived here... 251 00:25:24,858 --> 00:25:28,862 I acted like a mad bitch in heat. 252 00:25:29,070 --> 00:25:33,825 I seduced one man after another and had sex with them all. 253 00:25:35,285 --> 00:25:39,206 You all despised me. 254 00:25:40,665 --> 00:25:44,920 There are things I've left undone in the outside world... 255 00:25:46,421 --> 00:25:49,299 wrongs that must be avenged, 256 00:25:49,674 --> 00:25:52,135 even if takes seven lives. 257 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:58,225 So I'm passing on this vendetta to my child. 258 00:25:58,391 --> 00:26:02,562 I will die, and my spirit will possess her. 259 00:26:03,939 --> 00:26:07,984 That's the only way I can get my revenge. 260 00:26:11,071 --> 00:26:12,656 Otora... 261 00:26:14,282 --> 00:26:15,951 I beg of you. 262 00:26:18,161 --> 00:26:21,373 Okiku, look after her. 263 00:26:37,973 --> 00:26:40,267 You must bear this vendetta, 264 00:26:40,684 --> 00:26:42,686 my poor child. 265 00:26:43,561 --> 00:26:45,563 My asura. 266 00:26:46,147 --> 00:26:47,816 Yuki... 267 00:26:48,733 --> 00:26:51,278 do not fail to destroy our enemies — 268 00:26:51,903 --> 00:26:54,197 your father's... 269 00:26:55,156 --> 00:26:56,783 your big brother's... 270 00:26:57,951 --> 00:27:01,746 and mine. 271 00:27:04,624 --> 00:27:06,251 Yuki... 272 00:27:07,460 --> 00:27:09,254 avenge me. 273 00:27:11,548 --> 00:27:13,091 Sayo! 274 00:27:39,993 --> 00:27:42,620 Otora Mikazuki was soon released 275 00:27:42,787 --> 00:27:44,748 and took the baby 276 00:27:44,873 --> 00:27:48,501 to live under the care of Dokai, a priest and former vassal. 277 00:27:49,002 --> 00:27:51,379 An asura child needs discipline, 278 00:27:51,504 --> 00:27:54,674 and Dokai was a brutal disciplinarian. 279 00:27:54,924 --> 00:27:59,137 Her mother's vendetta and grief weighed on her slight shoulders, 280 00:27:59,346 --> 00:28:04,434 but young Yuki bit her lip and endured it all. 281 00:28:04,684 --> 00:28:08,021 MEIJI 15 (1882) 282 00:28:09,147 --> 00:28:11,983 YUKI KASHIMA, AGE 8 283 00:28:15,737 --> 00:28:17,739 Push hard against the barrel. 284 00:28:17,906 --> 00:28:20,533 Don't get thrown out. 285 00:28:20,700 --> 00:28:22,077 Yes, sir. 286 00:28:22,243 --> 00:28:23,912 Get ready. 287 00:28:46,434 --> 00:28:47,894 Yuki! 288 00:28:50,271 --> 00:28:53,024 Get up! On your feet! 289 00:29:09,624 --> 00:29:11,084 Again! 290 00:29:11,251 --> 00:29:15,213 You must stay inside until the barrel stops! 291 00:29:19,801 --> 00:29:23,096 You were not born as a human child, 292 00:29:23,346 --> 00:29:25,390 but as an asura, 293 00:29:25,557 --> 00:29:29,269 one who gives her life to avenge another. 294 00:29:29,436 --> 00:29:33,356 You mustn't forget that even for a moment. 295 00:29:34,607 --> 00:29:37,652 Feel like a beast! Become a beast! 296 00:29:44,159 --> 00:29:47,078 Where are you looking? Look me in the eye! 297 00:29:47,245 --> 00:29:49,414 You must look me in the eye! 298 00:30:07,307 --> 00:30:08,850 Idiot! Get up! 299 00:30:24,782 --> 00:30:27,202 What's the matter with you? 300 00:30:28,703 --> 00:30:30,330 Come on! 301 00:30:36,461 --> 00:30:38,171 Come on! 302 00:30:42,300 --> 00:30:43,927 What's that look? 303 00:30:44,511 --> 00:30:46,221 Climb out of there! 304 00:32:23,610 --> 00:32:25,528 At long last... 305 00:32:26,779 --> 00:32:29,699 At long last I've made it this far. 306 00:32:30,491 --> 00:32:31,909 Mother. 307 00:32:37,832 --> 00:32:40,001 Though born and raised as an asura, 308 00:32:40,126 --> 00:32:44,547 the warmth of human compassion never left her heart. 309 00:32:45,048 --> 00:32:48,968 Her mother's face, branded in her memory, filled her with grief, 310 00:32:49,135 --> 00:32:51,929 yet her journey of vengeance was far from over. 311 00:32:52,055 --> 00:32:56,184 That day marked the 20th anniversary of her mother Sayo's death. 312 00:33:01,397 --> 00:33:03,858 CHAPTER TWO 313 00:33:04,025 --> 00:33:07,820 BAMBOO WIVES AND TEARS OF WRATH 314 00:33:10,323 --> 00:33:12,075 Not many days later, 315 00:33:12,241 --> 00:33:15,495 a letter arrived from Matsuemon, leader of the beggar clan. 316 00:33:15,662 --> 00:33:18,706 One of Yuki's targets, Banzo Takemura, 317 00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:21,042 had been located. 318 00:34:27,316 --> 00:34:31,154 Dad, I'll go sell the "bamboo wives" I've made. 319 00:34:31,529 --> 00:34:35,074 I feel bad, making you do all the work. 320 00:34:35,241 --> 00:34:36,617 It's not your fault. 321 00:34:36,784 --> 00:34:39,704 There are so many orders, I just can't keep up. 322 00:34:39,829 --> 00:34:41,414 Really? 323 00:34:41,706 --> 00:34:43,750 They're selling that well? 324 00:36:26,477 --> 00:36:29,564 - Did you see me? - Why did you do that? 325 00:36:29,689 --> 00:36:32,233 They wouldn't sell anyway. 326 00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:43,327 Here. For you. 327 00:36:43,870 --> 00:36:45,580 I made it. 328 00:36:49,292 --> 00:36:51,502 What's your name? 329 00:36:51,627 --> 00:36:54,171 Kobue Takemura. 330 00:36:54,297 --> 00:36:55,882 Why? 331 00:36:58,467 --> 00:36:59,969 Good-bye. 332 00:37:06,684 --> 00:37:08,519 HAMAKATSU 333 00:37:10,062 --> 00:37:13,858 Here's your usual three yen. Please count it. 334 00:37:15,359 --> 00:37:16,652 It's correct, sir. 335 00:37:16,777 --> 00:37:18,529 One more thing. 336 00:37:19,238 --> 00:37:20,740 Here. 337 00:37:26,037 --> 00:37:27,622 Take it. 338 00:37:29,206 --> 00:37:32,251 Your customer tonight is a prefectural official, 339 00:37:32,418 --> 00:37:35,338 and one of my important financial backers. 340 00:37:36,088 --> 00:37:39,675 Please don't make any mistakes. 341 00:37:41,218 --> 00:37:43,346 I understand. 342 00:37:55,524 --> 00:37:57,234 Kobue, is that you? 343 00:38:03,824 --> 00:38:06,035 You two, eh? 344 00:38:06,494 --> 00:38:08,746 Who'd you think it was? 345 00:38:10,122 --> 00:38:12,416 What happened to you, Takemura? 346 00:38:12,792 --> 00:38:15,044 You're looking pale. 347 00:38:16,212 --> 00:38:20,049 We're here today representing the house of Hamakatsu. 348 00:38:21,884 --> 00:38:24,470 Looks like Kobue isn't home yet. 349 00:38:25,054 --> 00:38:27,598 She went out to sell her wares. 350 00:38:28,349 --> 00:38:31,394 Probably shopping on her way home. 351 00:38:33,980 --> 00:38:35,731 What's so funny? 352 00:38:35,856 --> 00:38:37,483 Listen... 353 00:38:38,275 --> 00:38:40,945 why don't you open your eyes? 354 00:38:41,278 --> 00:38:46,450 You think she's really selling those bamboo wives? 355 00:38:46,826 --> 00:38:48,953 Idiot. 356 00:38:49,328 --> 00:38:53,165 Your daughter throws everything she makes 357 00:38:53,332 --> 00:38:55,251 into the sea. 358 00:38:55,835 --> 00:38:59,130 But she brings home money. 359 00:38:59,296 --> 00:39:02,675 Want to know where that money comes from? 360 00:39:03,009 --> 00:39:04,552 Look here. 361 00:39:04,719 --> 00:39:06,804 Eighty yen in all. 362 00:39:07,138 --> 00:39:10,099 These loans came due a long time ago. 363 00:39:10,349 --> 00:39:12,101 That's bullshit! 364 00:39:12,268 --> 00:39:14,562 It's all your fault. 365 00:39:14,895 --> 00:39:17,023 You wound up selling her off! 366 00:39:17,523 --> 00:39:19,525 The poor thing. 367 00:39:20,609 --> 00:39:22,445 Has to scrounge up money 368 00:39:22,611 --> 00:39:25,573 to pay for her drunk dad's booze and medicine. 369 00:39:25,698 --> 00:39:29,076 Shut up! Kobue would never do such a thing! 370 00:39:30,161 --> 00:39:31,871 New round. 371 00:39:41,672 --> 00:39:43,466 Place your bets. 372 00:40:02,234 --> 00:40:06,155 Hey, is that woman the new traveling gambler? 373 00:40:06,322 --> 00:40:09,658 Yes, sir. From Sanshu. No gang affiliation. 374 00:40:09,825 --> 00:40:11,827 Said her name is Yuki. 375 00:40:11,952 --> 00:40:14,455 She's a real looker. Turns me on. 376 00:40:14,622 --> 00:40:16,665 She's not just some petty crook. 377 00:40:17,458 --> 00:40:19,168 We have a one. 378 00:40:20,044 --> 00:40:21,629 It's a one. 379 00:40:22,588 --> 00:40:24,215 Banzo! 380 00:40:30,638 --> 00:40:32,515 Next round. 381 00:40:37,603 --> 00:40:39,146 We begin. 382 00:40:43,609 --> 00:40:46,445 Place your bets, please. 383 00:40:52,576 --> 00:40:55,079 It's a four. 384 00:40:59,125 --> 00:41:00,751 Next round. 385 00:41:03,879 --> 00:41:05,131 We begin. 386 00:41:05,798 --> 00:41:08,342 Place your bets. 387 00:41:14,140 --> 00:41:15,766 We begin. 388 00:41:18,727 --> 00:41:20,229 Next round. 389 00:41:30,447 --> 00:41:32,158 We begin. 390 00:41:44,503 --> 00:41:46,672 Bets, please. 391 00:42:07,526 --> 00:42:10,154 - No more bets! - Score! 392 00:42:10,696 --> 00:42:12,198 Hold it! 393 00:42:17,995 --> 00:42:19,496 Takemura... 394 00:42:19,663 --> 00:42:21,916 may I speak to you? 395 00:42:32,426 --> 00:42:34,094 Please forgive me. 396 00:42:34,386 --> 00:42:36,222 I can't do that. 397 00:42:42,394 --> 00:42:44,230 Spare me. 398 00:42:44,563 --> 00:42:48,525 Let's roll him up in a bamboo mat and throw him into the sea. 399 00:42:48,651 --> 00:42:51,570 What's the rush? We'll torture him first. 400 00:42:51,737 --> 00:42:54,114 Please forgive me! 401 00:42:54,573 --> 00:42:56,700 You can have Kobue. 402 00:42:56,867 --> 00:42:58,827 Too late for that! 403 00:43:02,248 --> 00:43:03,582 Please wait. 404 00:43:05,584 --> 00:43:09,630 As the dealer, I should have spotted his cheating. 405 00:43:10,172 --> 00:43:12,049 Allow me to compensate you. 406 00:43:12,216 --> 00:43:14,718 This is none of your business! Get out! 407 00:43:20,391 --> 00:43:22,476 What's all the racket? 408 00:43:25,271 --> 00:43:27,231 What is it you want, stranger? 409 00:43:28,774 --> 00:43:30,734 For my own special reasons, 410 00:43:31,068 --> 00:43:34,780 I beg you to spare his life no matter what. 411 00:43:43,914 --> 00:43:47,960 I think you saw him cheating but pretended not to. 412 00:43:53,632 --> 00:43:55,426 Very well. 413 00:43:55,592 --> 00:43:57,636 Masa, Kame... 414 00:43:58,137 --> 00:44:00,180 - let him go. - Boss! 415 00:44:00,347 --> 00:44:03,350 It's no use getting worked up over everything. 416 00:44:03,517 --> 00:44:05,102 Thank you, sir. 417 00:44:05,269 --> 00:44:06,770 Son of a bitch! 418 00:44:06,937 --> 00:44:09,106 Show your face in here again 419 00:44:09,273 --> 00:44:13,360 and I'll chop you in pieces and feed you to the pigs! 420 00:44:27,166 --> 00:44:28,792 Oh! 421 00:44:31,587 --> 00:44:33,672 What brings you here? 422 00:44:38,177 --> 00:44:42,056 If anything should happen, you can come to Tokyo. 423 00:44:43,390 --> 00:44:46,352 Okiku of Tajire, in Block 7 in Ueno, 424 00:44:46,518 --> 00:44:48,562 can put you in touch with me. 425 00:44:48,687 --> 00:44:51,690 But I can't just leave my dad here. 426 00:45:26,975 --> 00:45:29,061 You're still here? 427 00:45:30,312 --> 00:45:32,773 I owe you one for earlier. 428 00:45:33,649 --> 00:45:37,277 But honestly, it was all the same to me 429 00:45:37,820 --> 00:45:40,280 whether I lived or died. 430 00:45:43,367 --> 00:45:45,702 If it weren't for my daughter — 431 00:45:48,914 --> 00:45:52,292 But tell me, why even bother with me? 432 00:45:52,751 --> 00:45:56,171 Because we have unfinished business, Banzo Takemura. 433 00:46:00,426 --> 00:46:02,094 Shall we go? 434 00:46:02,636 --> 00:46:05,264 Go? Where? 435 00:46:07,433 --> 00:46:08,642 Are you — 436 00:46:08,809 --> 00:46:13,272 I've been sent to escort you to where you truly belong. 437 00:46:15,607 --> 00:46:17,276 Come along now. 438 00:46:17,443 --> 00:46:20,279 It's time to embark on your final journey. 439 00:46:32,624 --> 00:46:34,293 Who are you? 440 00:46:35,878 --> 00:46:39,631 Who the hell are you? What are you gonna do to me? 441 00:46:40,549 --> 00:46:42,634 Are you afraid, Banzo? 442 00:46:43,385 --> 00:46:45,012 I bet you are. 443 00:46:45,262 --> 00:46:46,972 A man like you 444 00:46:47,181 --> 00:46:51,185 must have horrible memories he can never forget. 445 00:46:51,643 --> 00:46:53,687 What are you talking about? 446 00:46:53,896 --> 00:46:55,939 A long time ago... 447 00:46:56,148 --> 00:47:00,319 you lived in the village of Koichi. 448 00:47:01,570 --> 00:47:04,656 Along with Gishiro Tsukamoto... 449 00:47:05,115 --> 00:47:06,950 Okono Kitahama... 450 00:47:07,159 --> 00:47:09,411 and Tokuichi Shokei... 451 00:47:09,661 --> 00:47:13,165 in your scheme to swindle money from unsuspecting villagers, 452 00:47:13,332 --> 00:47:16,001 you mercilessly killed a man. 453 00:47:16,543 --> 00:47:19,838 You raped his wife for three days and nights. 454 00:47:22,007 --> 00:47:24,676 I don't know what you're talking about! 455 00:47:28,847 --> 00:47:31,517 Take a good look at my face. 456 00:47:32,518 --> 00:47:35,354 Doesn't it resemble... 457 00:47:35,812 --> 00:47:38,607 that of the woman you tortured? 458 00:47:46,323 --> 00:47:48,784 My name is Snowblood. 459 00:47:49,409 --> 00:47:51,537 I'm the daughter of a woman 460 00:47:51,662 --> 00:47:54,206 who died in prison cursing your name: 461 00:47:54,706 --> 00:47:56,291 Sayo Kashima. 462 00:48:07,719 --> 00:48:09,596 It was wrong! 463 00:48:10,222 --> 00:48:12,349 I was wrong to do it! 464 00:48:13,684 --> 00:48:16,186 They made me do it! 465 00:48:16,895 --> 00:48:20,649 Not a day goes by that I don't remember it. 466 00:48:20,816 --> 00:48:22,484 Forgive me! 467 00:48:25,612 --> 00:48:27,573 Where is Gishiro? 468 00:48:28,865 --> 00:48:30,784 Where is Okono? 469 00:48:31,201 --> 00:48:32,619 I don't know! 470 00:48:32,744 --> 00:48:34,538 I really don't know! 471 00:48:35,080 --> 00:48:37,583 Please forgive me! Spare me! 472 00:48:37,749 --> 00:48:39,751 I will do neither! 473 00:48:42,879 --> 00:48:44,381 Please! 474 00:48:46,550 --> 00:48:49,428 Please don't kill me. 475 00:48:51,388 --> 00:48:53,432 I beg you! 476 00:48:55,183 --> 00:48:56,727 Please! 477 00:48:57,561 --> 00:48:59,605 If I die... 478 00:49:01,273 --> 00:49:04,735 what will become of Kobue, my daughter? 479 00:49:05,527 --> 00:49:06,903 Please! 480 00:49:08,447 --> 00:49:10,324 For her sake — 481 00:49:10,449 --> 00:49:11,992 An eye for an eye! 482 00:50:03,919 --> 00:50:07,964 "Everything is transitory, bound by the laws of birth and death." 483 00:50:08,215 --> 00:50:10,467 With one of her enemies slain, 484 00:50:10,592 --> 00:50:12,678 it is now the break of dawn. 485 00:50:12,886 --> 00:50:15,514 The wild roar of the sea 486 00:50:15,681 --> 00:50:18,392 is like an echo of the feelings 487 00:50:18,517 --> 00:50:20,352 in Yuki's heart. 488 00:50:30,612 --> 00:50:35,158 The path of vengeance seems to grow ever longer. 489 00:50:40,372 --> 00:50:42,290 CHAPTER THREE 490 00:50:42,416 --> 00:50:45,711 BLOOD-SOAKED UMBRELLA, GRIEF SCATTERED LIKE FLOWERS 491 00:51:09,568 --> 00:51:15,574 GISHIRO TSUKAMOTO 492 00:52:36,988 --> 00:52:39,991 TAJIRE 493 00:53:00,387 --> 00:53:02,681 I understand how she feels. 494 00:53:03,181 --> 00:53:07,561 When we heard from you that Gishiro was dead... 495 00:53:08,895 --> 00:53:13,817 she didn't want to believe it, no matter what I said. 496 00:53:15,694 --> 00:53:20,282 But now that she's seen his tombstone with her own eyes, 497 00:53:20,740 --> 00:53:22,826 she has to accept it. 498 00:53:23,910 --> 00:53:25,871 Damn it! 499 00:53:26,204 --> 00:53:28,290 If only... 500 00:53:29,499 --> 00:53:32,460 If only I'd begun my search earlier... 501 00:53:36,214 --> 00:53:38,091 When did he die? 502 00:53:39,301 --> 00:53:41,052 Three years ago. 503 00:53:41,678 --> 00:53:46,182 Shipwrecked on a voyage to America, they say. 504 00:53:47,267 --> 00:53:50,729 People say he was involved with some foreigners 505 00:53:50,896 --> 00:53:53,565 smuggling opium. 506 00:53:54,900 --> 00:53:57,193 Three years ago? 507 00:53:57,819 --> 00:54:00,405 Yuki had just come to me 508 00:54:00,530 --> 00:54:02,782 to learn how to pick pockets. 509 00:54:03,575 --> 00:54:06,161 The training I received from the priest... 510 00:54:06,912 --> 00:54:09,080 and from you, Auntie... 511 00:54:10,040 --> 00:54:13,960 was all so that I could avenge my mother with my own hands. 512 00:54:14,669 --> 00:54:18,089 Gishiro was the ringleader. 513 00:54:20,175 --> 00:54:22,761 He was the one I most longed to strike down 514 00:54:23,595 --> 00:54:26,097 with the sword of my mother's vengeance. 515 00:54:26,264 --> 00:54:27,807 Yuki! 516 00:54:28,141 --> 00:54:29,809 Be strong! 517 00:54:30,852 --> 00:54:33,772 You still have an enemy left to face. 518 00:54:40,487 --> 00:54:42,322 Mr. Matsuemon... 519 00:54:44,032 --> 00:54:45,909 I beg of you. 520 00:54:46,451 --> 00:54:49,663 Find Okono Kitahama as quickly as you can. 521 00:54:49,829 --> 00:54:53,416 My men are spread out searching as we speak... 522 00:54:54,125 --> 00:54:56,836 but there's only so much we can do. 523 00:56:12,829 --> 00:56:14,748 Looking for someone? 524 00:56:23,757 --> 00:56:26,885 We meet at last. I've been looking everywhere. 525 00:56:28,553 --> 00:56:32,057 - What do you want? - I'd like you to explain something. 526 00:56:33,058 --> 00:56:34,851 That tombstone belonged 527 00:56:35,018 --> 00:56:37,896 to a certain Gishiro Tsukamoto, right? 528 00:56:38,313 --> 00:56:40,356 There's nothing I can tell you. 529 00:56:40,482 --> 00:56:42,400 I think there is. 530 00:56:42,567 --> 00:56:45,570 One doesn't chop up flowers left at a grave 531 00:56:45,737 --> 00:56:47,864 for no reason. 532 00:56:48,156 --> 00:56:50,533 You hated that man. 533 00:56:50,784 --> 00:56:52,619 It's none of your business. 534 00:56:52,786 --> 00:56:54,621 My name is Ryurei Ashio. 535 00:56:54,788 --> 00:56:57,207 I publish a rag called The People's Courier 536 00:56:57,373 --> 00:56:59,542 and sometimes write novels for fun. 537 00:56:59,709 --> 00:57:02,337 You might call me curiosity personified. 538 00:57:02,462 --> 00:57:06,800 If I catch a whiff of something, I start sniffing around. 539 00:57:07,258 --> 00:57:09,928 - Like a stray dog. - That's right. 540 00:57:10,178 --> 00:57:13,389 If I find some leftover meat, that's a good day. 541 00:57:13,556 --> 00:57:15,767 You'd best stay away from me. 542 00:57:16,726 --> 00:57:18,103 Why? 543 00:57:19,104 --> 00:57:21,564 Indiscriminate curiosity can kill. 544 00:57:22,107 --> 00:57:25,026 - Is that a threat? - Take it as you like. 545 00:57:26,778 --> 00:57:29,239 People call me an extortionist. 546 00:57:29,405 --> 00:57:32,575 My newspaper's a weapon. I find people's weaknesses 547 00:57:32,742 --> 00:57:35,120 and exploit them. I'm a dirty blackmailer. 548 00:57:35,453 --> 00:57:38,039 So when someone threatens me instead, 549 00:57:38,164 --> 00:57:40,458 it makes me even more curious. 550 00:57:42,252 --> 00:57:44,254 What are you after? 551 00:57:44,420 --> 00:57:46,673 I'm not trying to blackmail you. 552 00:57:46,798 --> 00:57:49,134 I just want to know the truth. 553 00:57:51,094 --> 00:57:52,929 Stay away from me. 554 00:58:51,279 --> 00:58:56,701 LADY SNOWBLOOD 555 00:59:03,875 --> 00:59:07,378 BY RYUREI ASHIO 556 00:59:13,384 --> 00:59:15,386 Back in 1873... 557 00:59:15,553 --> 00:59:18,097 a fate worse than hell 558 00:59:18,223 --> 00:59:22,477 befell an innocent family, victims of a blood-chilling plot. 559 00:59:26,981 --> 00:59:30,568 Many years have passed. 560 00:59:30,693 --> 00:59:33,571 Who's seeking revenge? And for what? 561 00:59:34,572 --> 00:59:38,243 Who cries a river of revenge, lost in a whirlpool of karma? 562 00:59:38,368 --> 00:59:40,453 Who kills without rules, 563 00:59:40,620 --> 00:59:44,749 knows no forgiveness, roams seeking her enemies, 564 00:59:44,916 --> 00:59:47,585 and leaves them dead without a second look? 565 00:59:47,752 --> 00:59:50,755 Her name is Snowblood, child of vengeance. 566 00:59:58,179 --> 00:59:59,722 It's true. 567 01:00:00,014 --> 01:00:05,311 It was I who told Ryurei Ashio about you. 568 01:00:06,479 --> 01:00:08,439 But why? 569 01:00:11,109 --> 01:00:14,654 I can't understand your intention. 570 01:00:14,946 --> 01:00:16,698 Don't you see? 571 01:00:17,282 --> 01:00:20,410 It's bait to lure out your one remaining enemy... 572 01:00:20,535 --> 01:00:22,829 Okono Kitahama. 573 01:00:24,664 --> 01:00:28,293 Matsuemon's search has its limits. 574 01:00:28,793 --> 01:00:33,381 But if Ryurei's novel becomes a hit... 575 01:00:33,965 --> 01:00:37,093 Okono will certainly read it. 576 01:00:37,593 --> 01:00:41,556 When she does, she'll surely make a move. 577 01:00:41,723 --> 01:00:45,560 On that day, you will attain your long-cherished wish. 578 01:00:48,730 --> 01:00:50,606 Besides... 579 01:00:51,190 --> 01:00:53,484 I've taken an odd liking 580 01:00:53,818 --> 01:00:55,820 to this Ryurei fellow. 581 01:00:56,738 --> 01:00:59,324 He's a talented writer 582 01:00:59,824 --> 01:01:02,285 who's full of hostility and hatred 583 01:01:02,452 --> 01:01:04,954 for the powers that be. 584 01:01:06,331 --> 01:01:08,333 He may be a rogue, 585 01:01:08,499 --> 01:01:11,169 but I consider him the ideal man 586 01:01:11,336 --> 01:01:14,756 to write your tale, the story of an asura. 587 01:01:16,674 --> 01:01:20,386 But will Okono really make a move? 588 01:01:21,012 --> 01:01:23,348 Will she really reveal herself? 589 01:01:25,350 --> 01:01:28,519 You must be patient and wait. 590 01:01:30,146 --> 01:01:33,358 Yuki, you mustn't rush things. 591 01:01:34,317 --> 01:01:38,404 If the winds of carnage that carry the asura snowflake aloft 592 01:01:38,946 --> 01:01:42,367 happen to give her a brief moment of tranquility, 593 01:01:42,658 --> 01:01:45,703 the Buddha won't punish her just for that. 594 01:01:47,872 --> 01:01:50,666 Going to Mount Kazusa 595 01:01:51,042 --> 01:01:56,339 And looking down on the valley below 596 01:01:56,464 --> 01:02:01,677 A child picks up a pebble 597 01:02:02,387 --> 01:02:04,680 She was born to settle a score 598 01:02:04,806 --> 01:02:06,974 and wreak vengeance, 599 01:02:07,225 --> 01:02:11,813 yet just hearing the children sing moved her to trembling. 600 01:02:11,938 --> 01:02:14,524 As she turned away to walk her path alone, 601 01:02:14,649 --> 01:02:17,235 her guiding light grew distant and faint. 602 01:02:33,334 --> 01:02:34,961 Please tell me... 603 01:02:35,920 --> 01:02:38,172 that this is all fiction. 604 01:02:38,339 --> 01:02:40,591 That you made it all up! 605 01:02:40,758 --> 01:02:42,343 No... 606 01:02:42,468 --> 01:02:44,679 I wrote nothing but the truth. 607 01:02:47,014 --> 01:02:49,225 So it's the truth? 608 01:02:49,851 --> 01:02:51,602 It's the truth. 609 01:02:51,769 --> 01:02:55,731 Then Yuki killed my dad after all. 610 01:02:56,357 --> 01:02:58,359 Just who are you? 611 01:02:59,193 --> 01:03:03,448 I'm Banzo Takemura's daughter. 612 01:03:07,785 --> 01:03:10,037 This is horrible! 613 01:03:21,507 --> 01:03:24,677 Now we have another girl seeking vengeance. 614 01:03:29,557 --> 01:03:32,059 The two of you were born... 615 01:03:33,186 --> 01:03:35,938 under unlucky stars. 616 01:03:40,818 --> 01:03:42,278 Wait! 617 01:03:42,904 --> 01:03:44,530 Wait a minute! 618 01:03:45,990 --> 01:03:49,577 You could never understand how I feel! 619 01:03:49,702 --> 01:03:51,245 I do! 620 01:03:52,580 --> 01:03:54,207 I understand. 621 01:04:03,424 --> 01:04:06,385 Are you Ryurei Ashio? 622 01:04:07,845 --> 01:04:09,722 Yeah. What do you want? 623 01:04:11,349 --> 01:04:15,478 Your "Lady Snowblood" story is so realistic 624 01:04:15,645 --> 01:04:19,524 that it has people confused and outraged. 625 01:04:20,316 --> 01:04:22,527 You're coming to headquarters! 626 01:04:22,860 --> 01:04:24,320 - This is absurd. - Quiet! 627 01:04:30,576 --> 01:04:32,036 Son of a bitch! 628 01:04:33,538 --> 01:04:35,373 Calm down! 629 01:04:37,041 --> 01:04:38,834 Get going! 630 01:04:56,060 --> 01:04:57,687 Who's there? 631 01:05:00,231 --> 01:05:01,774 Who are you? 632 01:05:01,899 --> 01:05:03,901 Kobue Takemura. 633 01:05:04,360 --> 01:05:05,861 Kobue? 634 01:05:06,779 --> 01:05:08,531 Takemura? 635 01:05:11,409 --> 01:05:13,369 You must be Banzo's daughter! 636 01:05:15,079 --> 01:05:17,915 - Looking for Yuki? - I never want to see her again! 637 01:05:18,082 --> 01:05:19,959 Then what brings you here? 638 01:05:20,167 --> 01:05:23,296 Ryurei Ashio got arrested by some cops. 639 01:05:24,005 --> 01:05:26,257 I didn't realize there's a police station 640 01:05:26,382 --> 01:05:28,342 in the Kagetsu restaurant. 641 01:05:28,467 --> 01:05:30,928 Wait! Just a minute! 642 01:05:33,264 --> 01:05:35,266 Take that! 643 01:05:38,561 --> 01:05:41,647 Son of a bitch! Gonna be stubborn, huh? 644 01:05:41,939 --> 01:05:43,608 Get up! 645 01:05:48,613 --> 01:05:50,114 Scum! 646 01:06:00,333 --> 01:06:02,293 Take that! 647 01:06:08,966 --> 01:06:11,761 Come on! Out with it! 648 01:06:14,472 --> 01:06:17,141 Where's Snowblood? 649 01:06:31,155 --> 01:06:35,117 I read the story in your paper very carefully. 650 01:06:35,493 --> 01:06:38,162 It's all clearly based on fact. 651 01:06:38,496 --> 01:06:40,915 You couldn't have written it without knowing Yuki! 652 01:06:44,502 --> 01:06:48,214 Okono Kitahama, you've revealed yourself, as expected. 653 01:06:50,508 --> 01:06:54,303 So the blood money you ruthlessly pocketed 20 years ago 654 01:06:54,512 --> 01:06:57,473 pays for this bizarre den of demons, huh? 655 01:06:57,640 --> 01:06:59,141 How nice. 656 01:06:59,266 --> 01:07:00,810 Silence! 657 01:07:02,478 --> 01:07:05,231 Tell me! Where's Yuki? 658 01:07:05,356 --> 01:07:07,191 Tell me! 659 01:07:07,817 --> 01:07:10,444 I don't know! I don't know her. 660 01:07:10,569 --> 01:07:12,154 Pigheaded fool! 661 01:07:12,279 --> 01:07:14,490 Beat him till he talks! 662 01:07:24,041 --> 01:07:27,294 I want to see you suffer! 663 01:07:29,714 --> 01:07:31,257 Suffer! 664 01:07:37,430 --> 01:07:40,391 That's enough. Leave him for now. 665 01:07:40,516 --> 01:07:41,851 But... 666 01:07:42,017 --> 01:07:44,228 He's no good to us dead. 667 01:07:45,229 --> 01:07:47,690 - He'll be our bait. - Bait? 668 01:07:47,815 --> 01:07:50,484 Yeah. Yuki's bound to show up. 669 01:08:45,331 --> 01:08:47,124 She's here! 670 01:10:18,841 --> 01:10:21,218 So you've come, Snowblood. I've been waiting. 671 01:10:23,220 --> 01:10:25,055 Okono Kitahama... 672 01:10:25,222 --> 01:10:27,224 we meet at last. 673 01:10:27,349 --> 01:10:30,227 That's right. I did exactly as you hoped. 674 01:11:14,772 --> 01:11:16,607 A sand bomb! 675 01:11:17,232 --> 01:11:20,152 - Let's get out of here! - Hold your breath! 676 01:11:20,402 --> 01:11:22,154 Be careful! 677 01:11:23,447 --> 01:11:25,449 Snowblood! 678 01:12:28,303 --> 01:12:29,888 Okono... 679 01:12:33,684 --> 01:12:35,352 Did she get away? 680 01:15:17,222 --> 01:15:19,266 It's all over, Yuki — 681 01:15:19,391 --> 01:15:21,476 your vendetta, your revenge. 682 01:15:23,270 --> 01:15:25,439 Can it really be over? 683 01:15:26,815 --> 01:15:31,236 - Is this how it ends? - Yes, it's all done now. 684 01:15:31,361 --> 01:15:32,863 Forget it all. 685 01:15:33,030 --> 01:15:36,909 Can the bloodied snow return to its gentle purity? 686 01:15:37,367 --> 01:15:39,620 Born in prison, a child of vengeance... 687 01:15:40,078 --> 01:15:43,457 can you return to a normal life? 688 01:15:46,168 --> 01:15:48,045 I remember... 689 01:15:49,338 --> 01:15:52,049 everything I saw... 690 01:15:52,633 --> 01:15:55,052 when I was born. 691 01:15:56,720 --> 01:16:00,015 I still see that scene before my eyes. 692 01:16:01,016 --> 01:16:02,643 That's why... 693 01:16:03,268 --> 01:16:06,230 my mother's vengeance is my own. 694 01:16:07,022 --> 01:16:10,776 Her revenge is my revenge. 695 01:16:28,669 --> 01:16:33,382 CHAPTER FOUR 696 01:17:27,769 --> 01:17:31,315 Just as I thought: You're alive after all. 697 01:17:32,649 --> 01:17:35,485 I hoped I was hallucinating. 698 01:17:37,321 --> 01:17:40,782 Why did you fake your own death? 699 01:17:40,907 --> 01:17:42,617 Who are you talking about? 700 01:17:42,743 --> 01:17:45,620 The petty crook Gishiro Tsukamoto? 701 01:17:45,746 --> 01:17:48,332 He died three years ago in a shipwreck — 702 01:17:48,498 --> 01:17:50,667 No, he's alive! 703 01:17:50,792 --> 01:17:53,170 He's right in front of me! 704 01:17:55,922 --> 01:17:58,717 The boat you were on was shipwrecked, 705 01:17:58,842 --> 01:18:03,513 but since the police wanted you for smuggling opium, 706 01:18:03,680 --> 01:18:08,018 the shipwreck was a perfect opportunity to fake your own death! 707 01:18:10,062 --> 01:18:11,813 You survived... 708 01:18:11,938 --> 01:18:14,524 to live a life even more crooked than before. 709 01:18:16,735 --> 01:18:18,862 You haven't changed a bit 710 01:18:19,029 --> 01:18:22,824 since you ran away ten years ago. 711 01:18:25,535 --> 01:18:27,579 Why are you here? 712 01:18:29,414 --> 01:18:31,875 To make sure you forget 713 01:18:32,376 --> 01:18:36,338 about Gishiro Tsukamoto and the man you think you saw. 714 01:18:36,546 --> 01:18:38,715 Forget about all that. 715 01:18:42,052 --> 01:18:44,888 Your "Lady Snowblood" tale is over. 716 01:18:45,097 --> 01:18:47,891 It ended with Okono Kitahama's death. 717 01:18:48,058 --> 01:18:50,394 There's nothing more to write. 718 01:18:50,560 --> 01:18:53,063 Is that a threat? How like you. 719 01:18:53,230 --> 01:18:54,523 No. 720 01:18:54,648 --> 01:18:56,733 Just giving you some advice. 721 01:18:57,567 --> 01:18:59,736 Let me tell you something. 722 01:19:00,570 --> 01:19:03,323 I'm now mostly in the arms trade. 723 01:19:03,573 --> 01:19:07,577 Even the government can't buy arms without my involvement. 724 01:19:08,078 --> 01:19:11,832 Japan's about to plunge into war. You hear the slogans: 725 01:19:11,957 --> 01:19:14,835 "Rich country, strong army." "Grow the military." 726 01:19:14,960 --> 01:19:18,088 I'm playing a role in expanding the empire. 727 01:19:19,423 --> 01:19:22,509 I have no time for some stupid 20-year-old tale 728 01:19:22,634 --> 01:19:24,553 of revenge. 729 01:19:25,429 --> 01:19:28,098 I spend most days at the Rokumeikan, 730 01:19:28,223 --> 01:19:30,600 where supposedly proposals are advanced 731 01:19:30,725 --> 01:19:33,437 to revise our unequal treaties with the West. 732 01:19:33,562 --> 01:19:35,355 The Rokumeikan: 733 01:19:35,480 --> 01:19:38,442 symbol of Meiji-era Westernization and European thought. 734 01:19:38,608 --> 01:19:40,777 What really goes on there 735 01:19:40,944 --> 01:19:43,655 is nothing but nightly parties for the elite, 736 01:19:43,822 --> 01:19:47,909 who indulge their desires and lust for pleasure. 737 01:19:48,118 --> 01:19:50,871 But all around them society is changing, 738 01:19:50,996 --> 01:19:53,623 and I intend to ride the waves of change, 739 01:19:53,748 --> 01:19:56,376 seizing ever more money and power. 740 01:19:58,962 --> 01:20:02,841 "Justice," "conscience," and "rebellion" are all well and good, 741 01:20:02,966 --> 01:20:07,304 but in the end they're just words here in this filthy hole. 742 01:20:07,804 --> 01:20:09,890 Forget your newspapers. 743 01:20:10,140 --> 01:20:13,310 If you want, you can come work for me. 744 01:20:15,645 --> 01:20:18,482 I severed all ties with you long ago. 745 01:20:19,983 --> 01:20:23,403 Very well. I'll just say this: 746 01:20:24,112 --> 01:20:26,239 Don't probe any further. 747 01:20:26,364 --> 01:20:28,116 Back off. 748 01:20:28,325 --> 01:20:32,287 That's my final word of advice. From the heart. 749 01:21:28,385 --> 01:21:29,886 Ryu... 750 01:21:42,649 --> 01:21:44,693 Gishiro is alive. 751 01:21:44,985 --> 01:21:47,195 He was just here. 752 01:21:48,238 --> 01:21:49,906 The rickshaw! 753 01:21:50,073 --> 01:21:51,491 Wait! 754 01:21:51,616 --> 01:21:53,994 He won't get away. I'll finish him off. 755 01:21:54,119 --> 01:21:57,330 Listen. There's something I have to tell you. 756 01:21:58,582 --> 01:22:02,085 Gishiro Tsukamoto... 757 01:22:03,753 --> 01:22:05,922 is my father. 758 01:22:11,595 --> 01:22:15,348 When I realized one of your enemies was my father... 759 01:22:16,766 --> 01:22:20,437 my only comfort was knowing he was dead. 760 01:22:20,604 --> 01:22:25,108 I wouldn't have been able to write your story otherwise. 761 01:22:25,942 --> 01:22:29,446 But when Kitahama was killed... 762 01:22:30,780 --> 01:22:33,825 at that moment I realized who killed her. 763 01:22:33,950 --> 01:22:37,287 That's why I couldn't tell you. I just couldn't. 764 01:22:50,008 --> 01:22:52,636 I've stopped writing "Lady Snowblood." 765 01:22:54,012 --> 01:22:56,139 I can't write it anymore. 766 01:22:57,307 --> 01:22:58,808 But... 767 01:23:27,837 --> 01:23:30,423 CHAPTER FOUR 768 01:23:30,548 --> 01:23:35,970 THE PLEASURE PALACE, FINAL SCENE OF CARNAGE 769 01:24:07,836 --> 01:24:11,381 ROKUMEIKAN CHARITY MASQUERADE 770 01:28:22,006 --> 01:28:23,967 Wait! 771 01:29:08,761 --> 01:29:10,346 Back off. 772 01:29:10,763 --> 01:29:14,851 That's my final word of advice. From the heart. 773 01:29:21,357 --> 01:29:22,942 Damn it! 774 01:29:23,526 --> 01:29:25,695 This is just like him. 775 01:29:26,362 --> 01:29:28,364 His hands are clean 776 01:29:28,489 --> 01:29:30,700 no matter who kills or is killed. 777 01:29:31,534 --> 01:29:35,371 His problems are solved either way. 778 01:30:47,276 --> 01:30:48,653 Ryu! 779 01:31:05,128 --> 01:31:06,963 Gishiro Tsukamoto... 780 01:31:07,088 --> 01:31:09,132 I'm going to kill you. 781 01:31:09,257 --> 01:31:13,594 It's all I've thought about these 20 years. 782 01:31:14,637 --> 01:31:16,013 Nothing else. 783 01:31:16,139 --> 01:31:17,974 That's about to end now. 784 01:31:18,099 --> 01:31:20,434 Yes, it's about to end now. 785 01:31:20,685 --> 01:31:23,771 Yuki, don't worry about me! 786 01:31:23,980 --> 01:31:25,148 Do it! 787 01:31:25,565 --> 01:31:27,024 Do it! 788 01:32:02,602 --> 01:32:04,729 Yuki, hurry! 789 01:32:04,979 --> 01:32:06,480 Hurry! 790 01:32:48,731 --> 01:32:50,608 An eye for an eye! 791 01:34:57,568 --> 01:35:02,865 The morning has died 792 01:35:04,200 --> 01:35:09,038 And the snow falls in mourning 793 01:35:10,039 --> 01:35:15,211 A stray dog howls 794 01:35:16,545 --> 01:35:21,634 And her geta clatter beneath her feet 795 01:35:22,343 --> 01:35:25,638 She bears the weight of karma 796 01:35:25,763 --> 01:35:28,933 As she walks gazing straight ahead 797 01:35:29,350 --> 01:35:33,145 Embracing the darkness 798 01:35:33,521 --> 01:35:38,609 With her umbrella-sword 799 01:35:40,403 --> 01:35:46,409 She walks the path dividing life and death 800 01:35:46,617 --> 01:35:54,166 Having long ago dried her tears 801 01:37:08,073 --> 01:37:13,454 THE END