1 00:00:03,783 --> 00:00:09,279 SHOCHIKU FILMS LTD. 2 00:00:10,224 --> 00:00:14,719 Produced by: KOIKE KAZUO COMPANY LTD. 3 00:00:15,597 --> 00:00:19,693 Produced in Cooperation with: EIZO KYOTO COMPANY LTD. 4 00:00:58,946 --> 00:01:02,781 I am Ogami Itto, your official second. 5 00:01:43,396 --> 00:01:46,195 Have you any last words? 6 00:01:57,312 --> 00:02:06,245 I pray that I might tread bravely on the five paths... 7 00:02:07,191 --> 00:02:09,360 between heaven and earth... 8 00:02:09,360 --> 00:02:13,058 and that I may thus... 9 00:02:13,965 --> 00:02:16,456 attain salvation. 10 00:02:44,667 --> 00:02:51,972 LONE WOLF AND CUB: THE FINAL CONFLICT (Kozure Okami Sono Chisaki Teni) 11 00:03:36,860 --> 00:03:39,795 "I NAME HIM, DAIGORO" 12 00:03:46,004 --> 00:03:48,700 Look, he is smiling. 13 00:03:48,840 --> 00:03:52,878 Your father asks you to be brave and strong 14 00:03:52,878 --> 00:03:55,347 as you walk the five paths. 15 00:03:55,347 --> 00:03:57,646 Your name is Daigoro. 16 00:03:59,452 --> 00:04:02,822 When you grow up... 17 00:04:02,822 --> 00:04:05,485 what will you see with those eyes? 18 00:04:07,461 --> 00:04:11,364 What will you touch with these little hands? 19 00:04:15,671 --> 00:04:17,037 Let me hold him. 20 00:04:39,198 --> 00:04:41,928 Look! The carp are swimming upstream. 21 00:05:03,992 --> 00:05:05,893 Yagyu Kurando... 22 00:05:06,963 --> 00:05:08,897 Ogami Itto... 23 00:05:11,701 --> 00:05:13,101 Hear me! 24 00:05:13,404 --> 00:05:16,173 This year, the Shogun's heir, 25 00:05:16,173 --> 00:05:19,610 Lord Kinimatsu, turns six years old. 26 00:05:20,512 --> 00:05:23,913 The Yagyu and the Suio... 27 00:05:24,383 --> 00:05:29,789 will compete on his birthday, in front of the Shogun to determine 28 00:05:29,789 --> 00:05:35,490 which of these two schools of swordsmanship he will be trained in. 29 00:05:37,297 --> 00:05:40,859 Prepare yourselves! 30 00:05:43,171 --> 00:05:45,240 I do not deserve this great honor. 31 00:05:45,240 --> 00:05:47,436 I express my humblest gratitude. 32 00:05:50,980 --> 00:05:54,610 I undertake this task with deep respect. 33 00:06:06,164 --> 00:06:08,861 This contest should not take place. 34 00:06:11,236 --> 00:06:15,241 I opposed it in the Council, 35 00:06:15,241 --> 00:06:17,911 but Yagyu Bizen insisted. 36 00:06:17,911 --> 00:06:24,511 The Yagyu clan wants the post of Official Executioner. 37 00:06:24,685 --> 00:06:30,158 They are plotting to dominate the Shogun's Council... 38 00:06:30,158 --> 00:06:34,788 and control all the 60 provinces. 39 00:06:37,533 --> 00:06:42,405 Beside the Shogun, only you, as Official Executioner 40 00:06:42,405 --> 00:06:47,434 may wear the Tokugawa hollyhock crest. 41 00:06:48,011 --> 00:06:52,050 You must win this contest. 42 00:06:52,050 --> 00:06:54,382 You must win! 43 00:07:14,842 --> 00:07:23,182 I intend to stake even my head on this contest. 44 00:07:25,221 --> 00:07:29,492 There will be no better chance for the Yagyu clan 45 00:07:29,492 --> 00:07:31,927 to strengthen its foundations. 46 00:07:32,696 --> 00:07:36,598 Therefore, we must all act with our greatest resolve. 47 00:07:41,273 --> 00:07:42,535 Kurando! 48 00:07:43,174 --> 00:07:50,240 You will lead the Yagyu clan against Ogami Itto. 49 00:07:51,584 --> 00:07:54,577 Return glorious in victory! 50 00:07:58,225 --> 00:08:00,592 Retsudo... 51 00:08:01,029 --> 00:08:05,625 This will secure the future of our clan. 52 00:08:06,602 --> 00:08:12,708 There is no one in our clan who can stand alone 53 00:08:12,708 --> 00:08:17,703 against the Suio-ryu 'Water-Gull' technique he uses. 54 00:08:20,551 --> 00:08:25,682 Are you saying our Yagyu can't match the sword of Suio? 55 00:08:35,234 --> 00:08:40,901 Remember, that if we lose, the Yagyu clan will cease to exist. 56 00:08:43,043 --> 00:08:48,038 I am the only one who can stand against Ogami Itto. 57 00:08:57,360 --> 00:08:59,521 But you are a shadow Yagyu. 58 00:09:00,529 --> 00:09:05,229 No one can know your branch of the clan exists. 59 00:09:06,603 --> 00:09:10,267 Only the three of us... 60 00:09:11,109 --> 00:09:15,948 Kurando, Hyoga and myself... 61 00:09:15,948 --> 00:09:18,678 are officially members of the Yagyu clan. 62 00:09:18,784 --> 00:09:22,054 You and your sons, Benma, Tenma and Raima, 63 00:09:22,054 --> 00:09:25,115 can only work behind the scenes. 64 00:09:26,326 --> 00:09:31,560 The same is true of Nanao, your daughter. 65 00:09:34,769 --> 00:09:38,440 You cannot fight in this, my brother... 66 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:40,175 no matter what happens. 67 00:09:40,175 --> 00:09:42,769 Even if you know we will lose? 68 00:09:45,715 --> 00:09:48,951 Then we must be appointed... 69 00:09:48,951 --> 00:09:51,388 the young lord's teacher, without a contest. 70 00:09:51,388 --> 00:09:53,891 If the shadow Yagyu killed him... 71 00:09:53,891 --> 00:09:55,153 No! 72 00:09:55,893 --> 00:10:00,422 There is no one who could assassinate Ogami. 73 00:10:04,470 --> 00:10:08,274 Before the contest takes place, 74 00:10:08,274 --> 00:10:14,544 we will find a way to have him removed from his post. 75 00:10:15,849 --> 00:10:17,578 Nanao... 76 00:10:20,655 --> 00:10:23,146 Take a look around Ogami's estate. 77 00:10:26,562 --> 00:10:28,587 See if there is a shrine there. 78 00:10:58,698 --> 00:11:00,394 What's the matter? 79 00:11:12,881 --> 00:11:20,722 Isn't there any way you can withdraw from this contest? 80 00:11:23,994 --> 00:11:28,898 What harm would there be if the Yagyu won? 81 00:11:31,135 --> 00:11:35,937 Whatever we might lose, what harm would there be? 82 00:11:48,589 --> 00:11:53,788 I'm afraid that something terrible will happen. 83 00:11:56,731 --> 00:11:59,291 I'm worried about Daigoro. 84 00:12:02,972 --> 00:12:07,076 The house of Ogami has a tradition of swordsmanship, 85 00:12:07,076 --> 00:12:10,342 and a special place amongst the Shogun's retainers. 86 00:12:10,881 --> 00:12:13,679 As Official Executioner, I hold an important position. 87 00:12:14,218 --> 00:12:17,347 The Yagyu want it. 88 00:12:17,989 --> 00:12:20,458 I don't mind if they have it, 89 00:12:20,458 --> 00:12:23,028 but that would not be good government. 90 00:12:23,028 --> 00:12:26,486 It would weaken the Tokugawa Shogunate. 91 00:12:28,934 --> 00:12:30,197 Azami. 92 00:12:37,578 --> 00:12:39,637 There's nothing to worry about. 93 00:12:42,650 --> 00:12:46,951 All I want is for... 94 00:12:47,522 --> 00:12:49,922 the three of us to live happily together. 95 00:12:54,297 --> 00:12:57,232 That's all I want... 96 00:13:03,407 --> 00:13:05,239 Nothing more. 97 00:13:25,867 --> 00:13:27,494 Azami... 98 00:13:56,802 --> 00:13:58,235 Daigoro? 99 00:14:01,374 --> 00:14:02,739 Daigoro! 100 00:14:03,977 --> 00:14:06,207 Well... there you are. 101 00:14:06,512 --> 00:14:08,447 Oh... I'm sorry. 102 00:14:11,919 --> 00:14:14,445 Ah, a sachet. 103 00:14:15,223 --> 00:14:16,656 It's beautiful. 104 00:14:17,092 --> 00:14:19,260 Give it back, now. 105 00:14:19,260 --> 00:14:21,354 Don't trouble the lady. 106 00:14:21,964 --> 00:14:23,659 I'm sorry. 107 00:14:24,100 --> 00:14:27,236 All right Daigoro. Come on now. 108 00:14:27,236 --> 00:14:31,298 Oh, that's okay. I think he likes it. 109 00:14:31,875 --> 00:14:33,672 But it's so pretty. 110 00:14:33,977 --> 00:14:36,446 It's just something my father gave me. 111 00:14:37,148 --> 00:14:39,912 Your father must be very nice. 112 00:14:41,652 --> 00:14:45,589 This little one must have come out to meet his father. 113 00:14:46,425 --> 00:14:51,125 Daigoro. Daddy's not back yet. 114 00:15:02,343 --> 00:15:04,005 Three more days. 115 00:15:10,486 --> 00:15:12,681 Nothing from Bizen? 116 00:15:13,556 --> 00:15:14,682 No. 117 00:15:16,960 --> 00:15:20,293 Nothing unusual going on around you? 118 00:15:22,866 --> 00:15:24,266 Nothing. 119 00:15:26,037 --> 00:15:28,597 The Yagyu will try something. 120 00:15:29,841 --> 00:15:31,810 I'm sure of it. 121 00:15:34,847 --> 00:15:40,582 The Yagyu have always trampled on anyone in their way. 122 00:15:41,955 --> 00:15:48,122 But there is never any proof that they have done anything. 123 00:16:00,076 --> 00:16:02,745 If there was just some proof... 124 00:16:02,745 --> 00:16:05,476 I have heard rumors... 125 00:16:06,016 --> 00:16:10,350 That the Yagyu clan has a "shadow" branch... 126 00:16:11,288 --> 00:16:14,053 whose leader is Yagyu Retsudo. 127 00:16:19,265 --> 00:16:24,760 We could eliminate the Yagyu if that was true. 128 00:17:46,431 --> 00:17:48,092 Lord Yagyu! 129 00:17:49,802 --> 00:17:54,273 Early this morning, some men committed seppuku 130 00:17:54,273 --> 00:17:56,742 outside the Yagyu mansion. 131 00:17:57,477 --> 00:18:00,480 We are here because of accusations against you... 132 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:03,848 made in a letter one of them held between his teeth. 133 00:18:04,085 --> 00:18:05,780 Accusations? 134 00:18:10,325 --> 00:18:11,519 This is it. 135 00:18:16,565 --> 00:18:20,570 The written are three men of the fief of Ikama. 136 00:18:20,570 --> 00:18:24,769 You were second at the execution of their lord, Hirotada. 137 00:18:28,846 --> 00:18:31,145 "Denunciation" 138 00:18:40,660 --> 00:18:44,463 "Whereas the abolition of our clan, 139 00:18:44,463 --> 00:18:48,669 "and the suicide of our lord, reflect moral government, 140 00:18:48,669 --> 00:18:52,970 "we bear neither rancor, nor treasonous intent. 141 00:18:53,474 --> 00:18:56,144 "We denounce only Ogami Itto, 142 00:18:56,144 --> 00:19:01,208 "second at the seppuku of our Lord Hirotada. 143 00:19:02,351 --> 00:19:06,584 "Though, by the Shogun's grace... 144 00:19:07,290 --> 00:19:11,661 "he is Official Second at ritual suicides, 145 00:19:11,661 --> 00:19:15,199 "he has conspired with the lords of the West to make 146 00:19:15,199 --> 00:19:17,034 "this power his own. 147 00:19:17,034 --> 00:19:19,771 "He has sought, treacherously to 148 00:19:19,771 --> 00:19:24,936 "see the Tokugawa Shogun cursed and undermined. 149 00:19:25,277 --> 00:19:31,342 "Proof will be found in the Ogami family shrine." 150 00:19:36,690 --> 00:19:41,025 My duty is to search the shrine. 151 00:20:06,290 --> 00:20:12,594 This memorial tablet bears the revered crest... 152 00:20:13,966 --> 00:20:16,959 of the house of our Lord Tokugawa! 153 00:20:21,541 --> 00:20:25,846 What is the meaning of... 154 00:20:25,846 --> 00:20:32,013 this memorial to the Shogun's name? 155 00:20:35,223 --> 00:20:38,716 In this shrine... 156 00:20:40,730 --> 00:20:45,634 I pray for the Lords I have assisted in suicide. 157 00:20:46,170 --> 00:20:49,662 That Shogun tablet should not be here! 158 00:20:55,980 --> 00:20:58,916 As Inspector General, I will investigate. 159 00:20:59,485 --> 00:21:02,454 Ogami Itto, you are under arrest. 160 00:21:08,161 --> 00:21:12,767 Lord Yagyu, why have your men come dressed to fight? 161 00:21:12,767 --> 00:21:14,969 We thought we might have to! 162 00:21:14,969 --> 00:21:17,996 Then you would have come that way from the start. 163 00:21:18,340 --> 00:21:22,743 There would have been no need to hide under top coats. 164 00:21:23,312 --> 00:21:25,515 Behind all this, 165 00:21:25,515 --> 00:21:28,575 I smell the shadow branch of the Yagyu clan. 166 00:21:35,192 --> 00:21:38,286 What do you mean by shadow branch? 167 00:21:41,132 --> 00:21:43,468 Are you suggesting we have 168 00:21:43,468 --> 00:21:46,961 a secret and an official Yagyu branch? 169 00:21:48,374 --> 00:21:52,071 Yagyu Retsudo... 170 00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:55,573 His is the shadow clan. 171 00:22:01,322 --> 00:22:04,587 I have never heard of any shadow Yagyu clan. 172 00:22:07,296 --> 00:22:09,230 Need we say more? 173 00:22:30,355 --> 00:22:31,720 Please, wait! 174 00:22:31,890 --> 00:22:33,084 Azami! 175 00:22:33,158 --> 00:22:35,161 There has been some mistake. 176 00:22:35,161 --> 00:22:36,496 He was away... 177 00:22:36,496 --> 00:22:37,697 This does not concern you! 178 00:22:37,697 --> 00:22:38,698 Go inside! 179 00:22:38,698 --> 00:22:40,066 Ogami Itto... 180 00:22:40,066 --> 00:22:41,468 Take him away! 181 00:22:41,468 --> 00:22:42,867 Wait! 182 00:22:48,843 --> 00:22:50,105 No! 183 00:22:54,082 --> 00:22:56,483 Azami... Azami! 184 00:22:58,521 --> 00:23:00,489 Daigoro... 185 00:23:01,457 --> 00:23:03,187 Dai... 186 00:25:27,892 --> 00:25:29,325 Ogami! 187 00:26:17,615 --> 00:26:19,344 Get out! 188 00:27:08,540 --> 00:27:09,871 You wretch! 189 00:28:57,498 --> 00:29:00,092 No! The Suio Style has the advantage in water. 190 00:29:00,368 --> 00:29:01,836 Fall back Kurando! 191 00:29:01,836 --> 00:29:03,634 Fall back! 192 00:30:18,323 --> 00:30:22,158 Ogami Itto... you villain! 193 00:30:38,947 --> 00:30:40,506 Daigoro! 194 00:30:43,352 --> 00:30:44,876 Daigoro! 195 00:30:51,728 --> 00:30:52,922 Daigoro! 196 00:31:39,883 --> 00:31:42,512 These articles are evidence. 197 00:31:48,226 --> 00:31:50,162 Lord Suo... 198 00:31:50,162 --> 00:31:54,997 How will you justify these undeniable facts? 199 00:31:56,235 --> 00:31:58,431 What are you saying, Lord Bizen? 200 00:31:59,139 --> 00:32:01,408 Lord Yagyu, Inspector General or not, 201 00:32:01,408 --> 00:32:05,947 I cannot agree to you passing instant sentence, 202 00:32:05,947 --> 00:32:11,045 especially on Ogami Itto, the Official Executioner. 203 00:32:12,955 --> 00:32:16,152 There is some mistake here. 204 00:32:17,193 --> 00:32:21,331 I respectfully urge an investigation... 205 00:32:21,331 --> 00:32:22,992 to uncover the truth. 206 00:33:19,030 --> 00:33:21,522 Daigoro... 207 00:33:22,534 --> 00:33:25,671 From this day forward, 208 00:33:25,671 --> 00:33:28,903 your father will be a demon on the path of blood. 209 00:33:29,709 --> 00:33:35,273 I will expose the crimes of the Yagyu to the world. 210 00:34:10,322 --> 00:34:13,416 You will join... 211 00:34:14,126 --> 00:34:18,086 your mother in the realm of the dead. 212 00:34:19,332 --> 00:34:21,266 Do you understand, Daigoro? 213 00:34:23,738 --> 00:34:26,229 You are going to your mother. 214 00:36:07,389 --> 00:36:10,881 Azami! 215 00:36:21,839 --> 00:36:24,375 Hear this... 216 00:36:24,375 --> 00:36:28,046 Ogami Itto, military officer. 217 00:36:28,046 --> 00:36:31,416 Though serving as our Official Executioner... 218 00:36:31,416 --> 00:36:35,722 he has acted outrageously and is relieved of his post. 219 00:36:35,722 --> 00:36:40,293 His house is abolished, his name expunged... 220 00:36:40,293 --> 00:36:45,664 and he and his son Daigoro are to commit seppuku. 221 00:36:53,942 --> 00:37:00,041 How appropriate that the Official Executioner comes to us... 222 00:37:01,083 --> 00:37:05,714 wearing the white funerary robes. 223 00:37:08,191 --> 00:37:10,422 I'm glad to see you came prepared. 224 00:37:10,895 --> 00:37:15,834 I did not come here in these robes to disembowel myself. 225 00:37:15,834 --> 00:37:19,538 Today we are dressed in celebration 226 00:37:19,538 --> 00:37:23,771 as we set out on the path of blood. 227 00:37:39,561 --> 00:37:41,358 This is the Shogun's order! 228 00:37:42,564 --> 00:37:45,101 That is no more than a joke to 229 00:37:45,101 --> 00:37:48,332 one that will walk the path of blood. 230 00:37:49,072 --> 00:37:52,099 Ogami Itto has gone mad. 231 00:37:56,780 --> 00:37:57,916 Cut him down! 232 00:37:57,916 --> 00:38:00,518 To arms! Ogami Itto has gone mad! 233 00:38:00,518 --> 00:38:01,815 To arms! 234 00:38:16,837 --> 00:38:21,969 You unsheathe your swords before the hollyhock crest? 235 00:38:22,877 --> 00:38:26,348 Remove it! Remove that crest! 236 00:38:26,348 --> 00:38:27,440 Wait! 237 00:38:44,602 --> 00:38:48,334 I claim the right to a proper duel. 238 00:38:48,640 --> 00:38:52,007 The famous shadow Yagyu... 239 00:38:57,216 --> 00:39:00,311 Yagyu Retsudo... 240 00:39:02,256 --> 00:39:04,315 I presume. 241 00:39:06,026 --> 00:39:11,132 If and when you defeat the Yagyu... 242 00:39:11,132 --> 00:39:14,103 It matters not to me where you 243 00:39:14,103 --> 00:39:17,163 and your child go or how you live. 244 00:39:17,540 --> 00:39:20,634 As long as it is outside Edo. 245 00:39:22,145 --> 00:39:24,477 The Yagyu will say nothing. 246 00:39:24,715 --> 00:39:26,478 What?! 247 00:39:26,616 --> 00:39:28,346 The Yagyu are warriors. 248 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:33,357 One who lives by the sword is true to his word. 249 00:39:35,961 --> 00:39:41,923 Itto wants to expose the shadow branch of the family. 250 00:39:42,235 --> 00:39:44,871 Matsudaira is behind him. 251 00:39:44,871 --> 00:39:47,373 That makes it all the more important 252 00:39:47,373 --> 00:39:51,242 that the truth about our two houses remains unknown. 253 00:39:51,746 --> 00:39:56,150 Because it is hidden, our secret branch is powerful. 254 00:39:56,418 --> 00:39:58,784 Bizen... listen. 255 00:40:00,122 --> 00:40:04,856 I live by the sword. I will fight him. 256 00:40:05,495 --> 00:40:07,554 What are you saying?! 257 00:40:07,997 --> 00:40:09,488 That cannot be. 258 00:40:11,368 --> 00:40:14,171 Not even the Shogun knows our secret. 259 00:40:14,171 --> 00:40:17,242 The Yagyu are finished if the truth is revealed. 260 00:40:17,242 --> 00:40:19,176 Brother! 261 00:40:22,447 --> 00:40:26,407 Was it not your branch that raised us to these heights? 262 00:40:30,055 --> 00:40:31,148 Hyogo! 263 00:40:31,825 --> 00:40:33,122 You will fight him. 264 00:40:33,527 --> 00:40:35,518 On my honor as a Yagyu. 265 00:40:35,729 --> 00:40:38,324 Be sure of it! 266 00:40:55,618 --> 00:40:57,711 I shall avenge my brother. 267 00:40:58,823 --> 00:41:01,485 Father. He will fail. 268 00:41:01,725 --> 00:41:03,522 Hyogo... 269 00:41:04,028 --> 00:41:07,226 You have only just taken a wife. 270 00:41:08,567 --> 00:41:10,899 Think of how she feels. 271 00:41:12,839 --> 00:41:14,073 But father... 272 00:41:14,073 --> 00:41:15,370 Have children! 273 00:41:16,776 --> 00:41:20,008 Ensure that the Yagyu line continues. 274 00:41:22,382 --> 00:41:24,282 Father... 275 00:41:32,995 --> 00:41:35,088 Hyogo... 276 00:41:36,131 --> 00:41:39,624 There is one time that you might prevail against Itto. 277 00:41:39,870 --> 00:41:46,173 That is when the evening sun is at your back. 278 00:43:46,314 --> 00:43:47,440 Now! 279 00:43:53,288 --> 00:43:54,778 Remarkable! 280 00:44:42,378 --> 00:44:44,972 Why did you let him get away? 281 00:44:46,849 --> 00:44:51,549 He is the only one who knows of our shadow branch. 282 00:44:53,623 --> 00:44:55,353 We can't leave him alive. 283 00:44:56,527 --> 00:44:58,654 The word of a warrior. 284 00:45:01,400 --> 00:45:05,200 The shadow branch is not of the warrior class... 285 00:45:06,004 --> 00:45:10,237 so your 'word of a warrior' means nothing. 286 00:45:11,311 --> 00:45:14,178 That is the truth of 'moral government.' 287 00:45:17,084 --> 00:45:19,951 The Shogun receives me in audience. 288 00:45:21,455 --> 00:45:24,186 Have you ever met him? 289 00:45:29,765 --> 00:45:33,792 The shadow branch can survive only as assassins. 290 00:45:34,637 --> 00:45:38,509 You are to pursue Ogami Itto and kill him... 291 00:45:38,509 --> 00:45:40,909 even to the ends of the earth. 292 00:45:44,048 --> 00:45:47,745 Have you grown old, Yagyu Retsudo?! 293 00:45:50,589 --> 00:45:52,284 Don't fool yourself, Bizen! 294 00:45:52,691 --> 00:45:56,092 Who is it that put you in the Shogun's Council? 295 00:45:57,130 --> 00:46:02,158 Representing the Yagyu family, you have achieved the power... 296 00:46:02,669 --> 00:46:07,164 of a Shogunate Minister without soiling your hands. 297 00:46:09,544 --> 00:46:14,380 That has always been the dearest wish of all Yagyu. 298 00:46:15,784 --> 00:46:20,823 But it's always been the other branch, wretched, disowned... 299 00:46:20,823 --> 00:46:23,417 that has plied murder on murder. 300 00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:26,830 Striking from the dark, 301 00:46:26,830 --> 00:46:33,236 to shed blood and bury those that would oppose our clan. 302 00:48:23,664 --> 00:48:25,933 "One is for fig, two is for carrot, 303 00:48:25,933 --> 00:48:28,602 "Three is for pepper tree, four for mushroom. 304 00:48:28,602 --> 00:48:31,373 "Five is for burdock, six for barleycorn. 305 00:48:31,373 --> 00:48:34,076 "Seven for the seven herbs, eight for the eel. 306 00:48:34,076 --> 00:48:36,579 "Nine for cucumber, ten for green pepper. 307 00:48:36,579 --> 00:48:39,047 "Nine for cucumber, ten for green pepper." 308 00:48:39,449 --> 00:48:41,940 You missed! 309 00:48:46,357 --> 00:48:50,020 Dad! 310 00:48:51,196 --> 00:48:53,255 Dad... 311 00:48:54,165 --> 00:48:55,894 Dad... 312 00:49:08,882 --> 00:49:10,076 Ouch! 313 00:49:13,921 --> 00:49:15,115 Is it good? 314 00:49:20,896 --> 00:49:23,966 "One is for fig, two is for carrot, 315 00:49:23,966 --> 00:49:26,903 "Three is for pepper tree, four for mushroom. 316 00:49:26,903 --> 00:49:29,739 "Five is for burdock, six for barleycorn. 317 00:49:29,739 --> 00:49:32,943 "Seven for the seven herbs, eight for the eel. 318 00:49:32,943 --> 00:49:35,513 "Nine for cucumber, ten for green pepper. 319 00:49:35,513 --> 00:49:37,913 "Nine for cucumber, ten for green pepper." 320 00:49:41,119 --> 00:49:42,950 Dad! 321 00:49:56,236 --> 00:49:59,103 Look how he has grown... 322 00:50:00,141 --> 00:50:03,167 Look how he has grown... 323 00:50:17,594 --> 00:50:19,494 Mother... 324 00:51:00,209 --> 00:51:01,801 Sir Ogami Itto? 325 00:51:02,079 --> 00:51:04,206 He is in meditation now. 326 00:51:04,681 --> 00:51:08,173 I will speak to him, but whether he will answer... 327 00:51:19,498 --> 00:51:24,371 The Shogunate is mining gold on the Sugu River 328 00:51:24,371 --> 00:51:26,305 in Mutsu Province, as you know. 329 00:51:28,475 --> 00:51:31,779 This year the government says they 330 00:51:31,779 --> 00:51:34,680 will bring the gold through Tanakura. 331 00:51:34,982 --> 00:51:41,490 They will pass along the Mita road and across the lands 332 00:51:41,490 --> 00:51:43,857 of our Iwakidaira clan. 333 00:51:44,427 --> 00:51:49,990 Apparently, it's the order of General Inspector Yagyu Bizen. 334 00:51:50,400 --> 00:51:56,533 The Shogunate is after your 30,000-koku stipend. 335 00:51:57,374 --> 00:51:58,740 That is easy to see. 336 00:51:58,910 --> 00:52:00,309 I knew it! 337 00:52:02,113 --> 00:52:06,319 If anything happened to the gold in our territory, 338 00:52:06,319 --> 00:52:10,356 they would have an excuse to seize our property 339 00:52:10,356 --> 00:52:13,224 and destroy our clan. 340 00:52:14,595 --> 00:52:19,465 The Inspector will have the clan's shadow branch attack it. 341 00:52:19,867 --> 00:52:21,232 Yagyu shadow branch? 342 00:52:21,636 --> 00:52:27,337 So the rumors of the shadow Yagyu spies are true? 343 00:52:27,610 --> 00:52:32,674 That's why I am the shadow hunter. 344 00:52:37,954 --> 00:52:40,890 I will reveal their sins to the world. 345 00:52:41,525 --> 00:52:45,188 That is my mission in life. 346 00:52:50,802 --> 00:52:53,601 The gold reaches our land tomorrow at ten. 347 00:52:54,273 --> 00:52:55,934 Will you help us? 348 00:52:56,142 --> 00:52:57,404 I will. 349 00:53:09,624 --> 00:53:14,187 There is a cedar grove here, and a sacred tree here. 350 00:53:15,398 --> 00:53:19,095 This is the boundary. This side is Shogunate land. 351 00:53:19,869 --> 00:53:23,135 This side is land under our clan. 352 00:53:24,574 --> 00:53:29,842 This is the only road that goes to our castle town. 353 00:53:30,948 --> 00:53:36,683 We have to stop the gold shipment before it reaches here. 354 00:53:36,955 --> 00:53:39,446 If it gets to our land, we are lost. 355 00:53:40,292 --> 00:53:42,352 There is nothing we can do. 356 00:54:46,068 --> 00:54:49,367 Where is Ogami Itto? 357 00:54:49,671 --> 00:54:51,663 It's now or never! 358 00:55:16,269 --> 00:55:17,566 Hey! 359 00:55:20,507 --> 00:55:21,940 Watch the gold! 360 00:55:25,445 --> 00:55:26,913 Hold the horses! 361 00:55:30,518 --> 00:55:32,179 Watch the gold! 362 00:56:09,330 --> 00:56:10,524 This way! 363 00:56:10,631 --> 00:56:13,293 Keep together! Don't scatter! 364 00:56:15,537 --> 00:56:16,936 Hold the horses! 365 00:56:22,745 --> 00:56:24,736 Watch the gold! 366 00:56:45,704 --> 00:56:50,972 Who dares attack an official performing Shogunate business? 367 00:56:51,211 --> 00:56:53,736 The 'Lone Wolf'! Prepare! 368 00:56:54,281 --> 00:56:56,614 What? The 'Lone Wolf'? 369 00:57:30,088 --> 00:57:31,249 Put the fire out! 370 00:58:15,674 --> 00:58:19,132 Retreat! 371 00:58:31,859 --> 00:58:33,053 Dad! 372 00:58:35,430 --> 00:58:36,624 Dad! 373 00:58:41,070 --> 00:58:43,436 Sir Ogami! 374 00:59:09,135 --> 00:59:11,126 Don't worry. 375 00:59:12,739 --> 00:59:15,709 If he drinks this he will get better. 376 00:59:35,799 --> 00:59:42,102 Today and tomorrow are critical with a fever like this. 377 01:00:26,557 --> 01:00:27,591 Dad! 378 01:00:27,591 --> 01:00:30,185 You must not get up with that fever! 379 01:00:30,394 --> 01:00:31,930 Sir Ogami, where are you going? 380 01:00:31,930 --> 01:00:35,066 The bell is calling me... 381 01:00:35,066 --> 01:00:39,163 Daigoro... wait here. 382 01:00:40,673 --> 01:00:42,538 All of you, stay here. 383 01:00:52,420 --> 01:00:53,546 Dad! 384 01:01:29,996 --> 01:01:31,759 Ogami Itto. 385 01:01:37,037 --> 01:01:41,910 Tell Yagyu Bizen nothing happened in this fief. 386 01:01:41,910 --> 01:01:45,038 Your scheme has come to nothing. 387 01:01:45,413 --> 01:01:48,872 Itto! There is no water to help you on these stone steps! 388 01:02:30,632 --> 01:02:33,658 Nanao... kill him... 389 01:02:34,469 --> 01:02:35,595 Kill him! 390 01:02:36,873 --> 01:02:39,865 We are assassins, remember. 391 01:02:41,477 --> 01:02:42,637 Kill him... 392 01:02:59,131 --> 01:03:00,291 Dad! 393 01:03:05,739 --> 01:03:08,207 Now I see... 394 01:03:08,742 --> 01:03:13,771 It was you that hid Daigoro in the bath that day. 395 01:03:19,988 --> 01:03:21,319 Thank you. 396 01:03:33,070 --> 01:03:34,970 Abandon the sword. 397 01:03:36,574 --> 01:03:38,804 Marry and have children. 398 01:03:39,044 --> 01:03:41,604 Live your life as a woman. 399 01:03:43,115 --> 01:03:45,049 This is my fate. 400 01:03:46,953 --> 01:03:50,480 Is fate something you can avoid? 401 01:03:53,994 --> 01:03:58,727 A child must follow in the path of its father. 402 01:04:00,935 --> 01:04:05,838 I am still the child of Yagyu Retsudo. 403 01:04:50,826 --> 01:04:54,421 Is fate something you can avoid? 404 01:04:56,365 --> 01:05:00,768 A child must follow in the path of its father. 405 01:05:07,744 --> 01:05:10,407 We will catch a huge carp. 406 01:05:11,216 --> 01:05:14,310 Your father will eat it and get better. 407 01:05:16,088 --> 01:05:20,047 The Buddha's teachings can be taken in more ways than one. 408 01:05:20,159 --> 01:05:23,823 The five prohibitions, for example. 409 01:05:34,609 --> 01:05:36,474 Look! We got one! 410 01:05:37,312 --> 01:05:38,677 We got one! 411 01:05:40,549 --> 01:05:42,278 Daigoro! The basket! 412 01:05:44,254 --> 01:05:46,313 You are good at weaving. 413 01:05:47,991 --> 01:05:52,759 Three years ago, my husband died. 414 01:05:55,699 --> 01:06:00,364 We had been married just three months. 415 01:06:02,874 --> 01:06:06,212 I unravel what I weave, 416 01:06:06,212 --> 01:06:09,181 then weave what I have unraveled... 417 01:06:10,249 --> 01:06:15,517 Waiting for a tomorrow that will never come... 418 01:06:17,291 --> 01:06:21,752 Weaving, weaving, all day, every day. 419 01:06:24,032 --> 01:06:26,365 Then finally... 420 01:06:27,369 --> 01:06:31,237 on the night you recovered... 421 01:06:31,807 --> 01:06:34,538 I finished my weaving. 422 01:06:41,218 --> 01:06:43,743 The thread of my tears... 423 01:06:44,555 --> 01:06:48,492 is woven into the cloth of my prayers. 424 01:06:50,429 --> 01:06:56,767 I am Chizuro... 425 01:06:58,805 --> 01:07:04,142 wife to Yagyu Hyogo, who died by your sword. 426 01:07:55,236 --> 01:08:02,804 Here in this temple is the grave of Azami, your wife. 427 01:08:05,615 --> 01:08:10,053 I knew one day you were sure to come here... 428 01:08:10,854 --> 01:08:14,483 to pray for your dead wife's soul. 429 01:08:16,193 --> 01:08:18,992 I have been waiting for you. 430 01:08:22,267 --> 01:08:25,726 I know very well that your wife met her end... 431 01:08:26,172 --> 01:08:28,367 at the hands of the Yagyu. 432 01:08:30,510 --> 01:08:35,048 But a husband who has lost his wife, 433 01:08:35,048 --> 01:08:37,677 grieves no less than... 434 01:08:38,019 --> 01:08:40,613 a wife who has lost her husband. 435 01:08:43,024 --> 01:08:45,687 You must know that! 436 01:08:58,007 --> 01:09:00,306 May I challenge you to a duel? 437 01:09:23,303 --> 01:09:25,498 You may... 438 01:11:05,821 --> 01:11:10,282 You allowed her to strike one blow? 439 01:11:12,929 --> 01:11:18,163 I tried to tell her it would be futile to challenge you... 440 01:11:19,370 --> 01:11:22,237 but it seems she was bound to do so. 441 01:11:24,442 --> 01:11:29,709 Fate works in mysterious ways. 442 01:11:34,020 --> 01:11:39,721 To cut down an opponent who thinks they have won... 443 01:11:52,107 --> 01:11:54,777 So they die thinking they have succeeded... 444 01:11:54,777 --> 01:11:58,839 that is swordsmanship at its best. 445 01:12:58,950 --> 01:13:01,613 See how happy my wife is? 446 01:13:01,954 --> 01:13:03,615 Won't you agree? 447 01:13:04,490 --> 01:13:07,186 We will raise him to be a great warrior. 448 01:13:07,559 --> 01:13:10,961 Place your trust in me. Let us adopt him. 449 01:13:16,971 --> 01:13:21,271 As his father, you have to think of his future. 450 01:13:21,542 --> 01:13:25,104 I'm sure this is what his late mother would wish. 451 01:13:25,814 --> 01:13:27,042 Dad! 452 01:13:36,460 --> 01:13:37,586 Dad! 453 01:15:08,832 --> 01:15:09,924 Dad! 454 01:15:20,412 --> 01:15:21,640 Dad! 455 01:15:27,287 --> 01:15:28,413 Dad! 456 01:15:37,131 --> 01:15:38,359 Daigoro! 457 01:15:44,639 --> 01:15:45,936 Daigoro! 458 01:15:51,180 --> 01:15:54,343 Are you leaving? 459 01:15:59,756 --> 01:16:03,352 I won't let you... I won't! 460 01:16:06,231 --> 01:16:07,391 Dad! 461 01:16:46,010 --> 01:16:48,877 Chamberlain! 462 01:16:49,146 --> 01:16:50,409 It's Daigoro! 463 01:16:58,824 --> 01:16:59,984 Chamberlain! 464 01:17:00,993 --> 01:17:02,426 Dad! 465 01:17:02,662 --> 01:17:04,163 Careful! Don't move! 466 01:17:04,163 --> 01:17:05,365 Don't stand up! 467 01:17:05,365 --> 01:17:06,730 Don't move, Daigoro! 468 01:17:08,068 --> 01:17:09,296 Don't move! 469 01:17:09,503 --> 01:17:10,902 Quick, get him! 470 01:17:14,142 --> 01:17:15,336 Daigoro! 471 01:17:17,612 --> 01:17:18,773 Dad! 472 01:17:21,383 --> 01:17:24,580 The shadow branch has been of no use. 473 01:17:25,922 --> 01:17:26,956 I will handle it. 474 01:17:26,956 --> 01:17:28,014 Bizen! 475 01:17:30,393 --> 01:17:34,797 Face him with your official title if you think you can. 476 01:17:36,734 --> 01:17:39,670 But don't say we are of no use. 477 01:17:40,472 --> 01:17:43,675 We can't depend on the sword forever. 478 01:17:43,675 --> 01:17:46,144 Don't fool yourself, Bizen. 479 01:17:49,449 --> 01:17:52,748 Without the sword, what is left of the Yagyu? 480 01:17:54,922 --> 01:18:00,225 This is our weak point... our sorrow. 481 01:18:01,396 --> 01:18:06,231 I am the only one who can bring Ogami down. 482 01:18:07,737 --> 01:18:09,466 Do not interfere, Bizen! 483 01:19:11,643 --> 01:19:14,579 Hey! Don't do that off the bridge! 484 01:19:14,579 --> 01:19:16,514 Buddha will punish you! 485 01:19:17,249 --> 01:19:20,878 What do you think you are doing, you little brat? 486 01:19:21,053 --> 01:19:22,577 You little brat! 487 01:19:22,755 --> 01:19:26,283 Are you alright, brother? 488 01:19:45,281 --> 01:19:47,374 Hey, little guy... 489 01:19:51,322 --> 01:19:52,550 What is your name? 490 01:19:52,756 --> 01:19:54,087 Daigoro. 491 01:19:55,326 --> 01:19:57,419 I see... 492 01:19:58,163 --> 01:19:59,790 You are Daigoro. 493 01:20:04,069 --> 01:20:06,937 Are you Ogami Itto's son? 494 01:20:18,085 --> 01:20:19,420 Come on! 495 01:20:19,420 --> 01:20:20,614 Here I come! 496 01:20:22,524 --> 01:20:25,152 Well? Come on. 497 01:20:27,196 --> 01:20:28,397 Come on! 498 01:20:28,397 --> 01:20:30,524 Daigoro, what are you waiting for? 499 01:20:32,702 --> 01:20:34,431 What's the matter, Daigoro? 500 01:20:35,138 --> 01:20:36,339 Come on! 501 01:20:36,339 --> 01:20:37,363 Right! 502 01:20:38,074 --> 01:20:40,270 Down goes the old guy! 503 01:20:40,545 --> 01:20:42,775 Again! 504 01:20:43,481 --> 01:20:45,750 Come on! 505 01:20:45,750 --> 01:20:46,911 Here I come! 506 01:20:59,332 --> 01:21:03,497 Father, that child is... 507 01:21:16,752 --> 01:21:20,813 Dad come? One sleep, Dad come? 508 01:21:21,625 --> 01:21:23,752 Two sleeps, Dad come? 509 01:21:24,227 --> 01:21:28,166 One... do... three... 510 01:21:28,166 --> 01:21:31,329 Not 'do', it's 'two'. 511 01:21:31,469 --> 01:21:38,544 One... two... three... four... 512 01:21:38,544 --> 01:21:40,102 Five... 513 01:21:40,813 --> 01:21:42,577 Once more... 514 01:23:12,150 --> 01:23:13,311 Dad! 515 01:24:14,688 --> 01:24:15,849 No! 516 01:25:03,946 --> 01:25:05,777 We have got Daigoro! 517 01:25:15,191 --> 01:25:16,488 Raima! 518 01:25:41,421 --> 01:25:42,683 Can you? 519 01:26:19,464 --> 01:26:20,625 Dad! 520 01:26:32,446 --> 01:26:33,606 Dad! 521 01:27:07,186 --> 01:27:08,552 Nanao! 522 01:27:13,259 --> 01:27:14,521 Why? 523 01:27:18,532 --> 01:27:20,466 Father... 524 01:27:24,106 --> 01:27:29,812 Did you wish to put vengeance and wrath 525 01:27:29,812 --> 01:27:34,613 in the hands of a small child? 526 01:27:37,988 --> 01:27:41,355 What is it you would put in... 527 01:27:42,493 --> 01:27:44,758 the hands of your daughter? 528 01:27:47,365 --> 01:27:51,303 Yes, with the sword, 529 01:27:51,303 --> 01:27:56,400 the shadow Yagyu was strong... 530 01:27:58,412 --> 01:28:04,079 But what I wanted in my hands... 531 01:28:06,687 --> 01:28:10,145 was my father's... 532 01:28:11,126 --> 01:28:13,686 my father's love... 533 01:28:14,696 --> 01:28:17,324 my father's heart... 534 01:28:31,115 --> 01:28:32,447 Nanao! 535 01:29:28,815 --> 01:29:30,783 Nana... 536 01:29:52,675 --> 01:29:55,110 Lord Retsudo... 537 01:29:58,282 --> 01:30:00,910 You should guard your family name. 538 01:30:02,120 --> 01:30:05,715 How many of your family have you lost already? 539 01:30:06,891 --> 01:30:09,417 And none of them for the sake of your Yagyu clan. 540 01:30:09,828 --> 01:30:14,833 Do you not realize that you have been used by Lord Yagyu Bizen 541 01:30:14,833 --> 01:30:17,860 in his crazed lust for power? 542 01:30:19,539 --> 01:30:26,446 All the more so because the shadow Yagyu cannot reveal itself. 543 01:30:27,215 --> 01:30:31,516 Don't expect a warm welcome the next time you see Bizen. 544 01:30:32,521 --> 01:30:39,223 For your clan, Yagyu Retsudo is a liability. 545 01:30:46,203 --> 01:30:52,109 Nevertheless, I must bring this matter between us to an end. 546 01:30:53,845 --> 01:31:00,081 And that, too... is fate? 547 01:32:19,309 --> 01:32:21,039 Scary, isn't it? 548 01:32:25,049 --> 01:32:30,682 People that do bad things... 549 01:32:31,623 --> 01:32:33,488 go to hell. 550 01:33:09,066 --> 01:33:10,295 Does it hurt? 551 01:33:10,702 --> 01:33:13,432 It's alright. Don't worry. 552 01:33:17,643 --> 01:33:18,735 Dad! 553 01:33:20,579 --> 01:33:23,104 Excuse me for... 554 01:33:24,251 --> 01:33:26,344 sneaking into a place like this, sir. 555 01:33:29,055 --> 01:33:30,284 What's the matter? 556 01:33:31,559 --> 01:33:32,787 What's wrong? 557 01:33:44,340 --> 01:33:46,774 Daigoro, boil some water! 558 01:34:49,014 --> 01:34:52,245 It's dead, isn't it... again? 559 01:34:57,590 --> 01:34:58,921 Isn't it? 560 01:35:11,806 --> 01:35:14,366 It's a pretty little girl. 561 01:36:01,029 --> 01:36:03,396 Thank you... 562 01:36:05,001 --> 01:36:07,265 Thank you... 563 01:36:09,472 --> 01:36:12,374 Thank you, sir. 564 01:36:17,549 --> 01:36:21,679 She's probably the last gift the Gods will give me. 565 01:36:25,091 --> 01:36:28,458 There's no greater joy for a woman... 566 01:36:30,096 --> 01:36:32,691 than to bring forth new life at last! 567 01:36:35,302 --> 01:36:38,568 I have to think about her future. 568 01:36:41,275 --> 01:36:43,869 I don't want her to walk the street like me. 569 01:36:47,449 --> 01:36:51,853 Look... such tiny hands. 570 01:37:22,389 --> 01:37:27,453 Daigoro, where does the river flow to? 571 01:37:27,929 --> 01:37:29,055 The sea. 572 01:37:29,297 --> 01:37:32,858 When the river flows into the sea, it turns to waves. 573 01:37:34,503 --> 01:37:40,944 Big ones, small ones, they come in and go out, 574 01:37:40,944 --> 01:37:44,277 over and over again, forever. 575 01:37:45,582 --> 01:37:46,776 A wave! 576 01:37:49,387 --> 01:37:51,855 A life is like that... 577 01:37:52,390 --> 01:37:54,025 Just like these waves, 578 01:37:54,025 --> 01:37:57,484 You are born, you live, you die, then you are born again. 579 01:38:07,807 --> 01:38:10,044 One day, 580 01:38:10,044 --> 01:38:13,343 your father will fall, and speak no more. 581 01:38:14,749 --> 01:38:19,744 But just like the waves, life goes on forever. 582 01:38:20,355 --> 01:38:23,985 It is reborn, rolling forward again... 583 01:38:24,727 --> 01:38:26,991 Your life is the same. 584 01:38:27,764 --> 01:38:30,768 Our lives never fade away... 585 01:38:30,768 --> 01:38:33,134 they never disappear. 586 01:38:46,418 --> 01:38:51,982 And in the next life, your father will be your father. 587 01:38:56,496 --> 01:39:00,866 And in the life after that, you will be my son... 588 01:39:07,876 --> 01:39:17,309 And Azami will be my wife. 589 01:39:53,162 --> 01:39:54,424 Dad! 590 01:40:28,969 --> 01:40:30,061 Dad! 591 01:42:24,534 --> 01:42:25,593 Dad! 592 01:44:32,848 --> 01:44:35,551 You have fought well to be alive 593 01:44:35,551 --> 01:44:38,282 to face me now, Ogami Itto. 594 01:44:40,156 --> 01:44:44,389 You are truly a demon on the path of blood. 595 01:44:45,629 --> 01:44:50,123 There is no sword under heaven to match yours. 596 01:44:51,002 --> 01:44:56,634 Nor, is there a samurai to match you in chivalry. 597 01:44:58,778 --> 01:45:02,509 It is tragic, that you must die. 598 01:45:03,082 --> 01:45:08,214 Of the Yagyu clan which rules the 60 provinces... 599 01:45:08,989 --> 01:45:12,619 only Yagyu Retsudo remains! 600 01:45:19,702 --> 01:45:20,930 I will fight! 601 01:45:23,572 --> 01:45:28,670 As long as these arms and legs still move... 602 01:45:29,446 --> 01:45:33,110 as long as these eyes still see... 603 01:45:34,552 --> 01:45:37,350 as long as... 604 01:45:38,055 --> 01:45:42,288 the blood still flows... 605 01:45:43,862 --> 01:45:45,762 through this body. 606 01:45:49,235 --> 01:45:50,429 Prepare. 607 01:49:20,276 --> 01:49:23,144 That wonderful bare- handed grasp will not help. 608 01:49:23,514 --> 01:49:25,482 Die in peace. 609 01:51:17,410 --> 01:51:18,843 Remarkable! 610 01:51:19,647 --> 01:51:23,481 I was sure you had no strength left. 611 01:51:25,352 --> 01:51:29,084 But Daigoro's eyes said otherwise. 612 01:51:30,558 --> 01:51:35,998 His eyes were those of one who did not believe... 613 01:51:35,998 --> 01:51:37,989 his father would die. 614 01:51:47,779 --> 01:51:50,009 Dad! 615 01:52:28,057 --> 01:52:29,855 Dad! 616 01:52:39,804 --> 01:52:42,432 Dad! 617 01:53:36,502 --> 01:53:38,437 Drop it, Daigoro. 618 01:54:23,823 --> 01:54:26,451 Daigoro... 619 01:54:27,494 --> 01:54:29,689 Be strong... 620 01:55:12,379 --> 01:55:14,314 I beg leave to speak... 621 01:55:14,314 --> 01:55:17,084 Lord Yagyu Retsudo and Ogami Itto 622 01:55:17,084 --> 01:55:21,544 died this morning in combat on Nishiki-ga-hama beach. 623 01:56:08,543 --> 01:56:11,981 Don't lose your heart, though your father's skin burst 624 01:56:11,981 --> 01:56:14,677 and his blood spilled forth. 625 01:56:15,184 --> 01:56:18,348 Though his body fell, do not shrink back. 626 01:56:19,823 --> 01:56:21,347 Dad... 627 01:56:22,258 --> 01:56:24,283 Dad! 628 01:56:25,196 --> 01:56:28,332 Though his eyes are closed, 629 01:56:28,332 --> 01:56:31,324 and his mouth won't open, do not fear. 630 01:56:32,371 --> 01:56:35,932 Reborn in the next life, he will still be your father. 631 01:56:36,675 --> 01:56:40,669 In the life after that, you will be my son. 632 01:56:42,382 --> 01:56:47,688 Father and son we will be... 633 01:56:47,688 --> 01:56:50,350 for all eternity. 634 01:57:13,617 --> 01:57:15,415 CAST: 635 01:57:15,887 --> 01:57:17,718 "Ogami Itto" - TAMURA Masakazu 636 01:57:18,222 --> 01:57:19,985 "Ogami Azami" - KOTEGAWA Yuko 637 01:57:20,425 --> 01:57:22,257 "Ogami Daigoro" - SHODA Yushi 638 01:57:22,728 --> 01:57:24,593 "Yagyu Nanao" - WAKAMURA Mayumi 639 01:57:25,064 --> 01:57:27,625 "Yagyu Bizen" - HASHIZUME Isao "Matsudaira" - ISHIBASHI Renji 640 01:57:28,034 --> 01:57:29,899 "Temple Priest" - TANAKA Kunie 641 01:57:42,517 --> 01:57:44,280 FUJIMURA Shiho 642 01:57:44,753 --> 01:57:47,347 KAWARAZAKI Choichiro ORIMOTO Junkichi 643 01:57:47,789 --> 01:57:49,621 "Yagyu Chizuro" - IKEGAMI Kimiko 644 01:57:50,093 --> 01:57:52,186 IWASHITA Shima 645 01:57:52,662 --> 01:57:55,130 "Yagyu Retsudo" - NAKADAI Tatsuya 646 01:57:57,801 --> 01:57:59,928 STAFF: 647 01:58:00,370 --> 01:58:02,396 Produced by: KOIKE Kazuo 648 01:58:02,841 --> 01:58:04,866 Executive Producer: NISHIOKA Yoshinobu 649 01:58:05,310 --> 01:58:08,006 Producers: KUROKAWA Kanoko and ICHIKO Seichi 650 01:58:08,413 --> 01:58:10,439 Original Story by: KOIKE Kazuo 651 01:58:10,883 --> 01:58:12,908 Screenplay by: NAKAMURA Tsutomu 652 01:58:15,621 --> 01:58:17,385 Music by: KAWASAKI Masahiro 653 01:58:20,193 --> 01:58:21,922 Assistant Director: HANEISHI Ryutaro 654 01:59:37,915 --> 01:59:40,885 Special Thanks to "Batman" 655 01:59:43,755 --> 01:59:46,725 Directed by: INOUE Akira 656 01:59:47,126 --> 01:59:53,930 Subtitled and Mastered by Cannibal King