All language subtitles for Shabake_02_1920_1080 eng

His throat's been slit.

Young Master, we should hurry on our way.

What if that footpad finds us?

Yes. Right.

Young Master!

SHABAKE

MELANCHOLY

Are you sure I shouldn't
have called someone?

That man was already dead.

You verified that yourself.

So it won't do any harm for someone else
to discover him in the morning.

But his family must be worried about him.

Young Master, I'd be willing to bet

that the inugami and the hakutaku
are searching frantically for you by now.

Surely you don't want to delay your return
more than you already have?

The dead man was dressed
like a craftsman, don't you think?

Think no more of him.

Come. We should hurry.

Oh, um, there you are.

Mr. Inugami, Mr. Hakutaku,
it is a pleasure to see you again.

Don't call us that. You don't know
who might be listening.

My sincere apologies.

Sasuke. Nikichi. Did you come to meet me?

Where were you at this hour of the night?

Young Master, Sasuke is asking
the reason for your excursion.

Oh? Would you rather not say?

And why might that—

You smell of blood.

Little Ichitaro, are you hurt?

Aw, come on. I told you
to stop calling me that.

I won't be a child forever.

I'm not hurt!

I-If I may, the young master
has come to no harm.

We came across a murderer on the way here,
and the smell must have clung to him.

Wait, don't—

A murderer?

Thank you, Suzuhikohime. Now leave.

Of course.

Suzuhikohime.

I wouldn't have made it
today if not for you.

Why don't you say anything?
I was sure I had a lecture waiting for me.

You want us to gripe?

No, but your unnatural silence makes me
even more uncomfortable.

We can hardly give you a piece
of our minds out here on the street.

How did the two of them catch on?

Byobu Nozoki? So they caught onto you?

Did you think we hadn't noticed you were
trading places with him all the time?

Listen. Could you let him go?

I can't bear to see him like this
when all he did was what I asked him to do.

That's no excuse for letting you
go out onto the streets at night.

He has a bad habit of
reveling in breaking rules.

A few stern words won't
make him mend his ways.

Why don't we leave him tied up like that
and dangle him down the well?

A night hanging down there
should make him regret what he did.

Stop. He was made of paper to begin with.
He'll dissolve if he falls in water.

I'm sorry I went out without telling you.

And I feel guilty for making
Byobu Nozoki take my place.

So please.

You'll tell us all about your reason
for going out later.

But for now, Young Master...
You ran into a murderer?

Yes. I'll tell you all about it,
so please let Byobu Nozoki off the hook.

Oh, fine.

I'm sorry.

Now, Young Master, will you
tell us what happened in detail?

And you're certain the killer
who came after you was a man?

Yes. I could see how firmly built he was.

I think he was a townsman.

I'm amazed you could tell. Didn't you
say it was too dark to see clearly?

I mean, I was desperate.
He just wouldn't stop chasing me.

And he'd already killed someone
when he appeared before you?

I guess so.

He smelled of blood before that.
Suzuhikohime picked up on it.

That's bad. He may have seen your face.

What?

Listen, it really was dark.

Even with a lantern,
I could barely see the road ahead.

And I couldn't make out his face.

The man didn't have
a lantern of his own, did he?

Then, the one in your hand
was the only light.

You must have been
the most brightly lit thing there.

And your lantern said "Nagasakiya" on it.

I blew it out right away, though.

I wouldn't leave you on the loose
if I were the murderer.

So please do not leave the house
for any reason until he is captured.

What if he isn't captured?

In the meantime,
we'll look into it ourselves.

Try to be cautious for the time being.

Yes, I understand.

Don't worry. I'll stay put.

Then, enough about that murderer.

Well, good night.

Young Master, don't you have one
other thing to say before you go to sleep?

What were you doing out after dark?

I just wanted a break.

You haven't let me out since my last
sore throat because it's "still too cold."

So you went to Eikichi from
the Miharuya to eat warabimochi?

You're 17 now. Perhaps you asked him
to take you to Yoshiwara, too.

But we wouldn't pester you like this
if that were the reason.

Like I said, I wanted a change of pace.

I've never been for a walk at night before.

And you picked a deserted lane
by a temple to start?

It was my first time.
I didn't know which way to go.

Are you still up? You'll take ill
if you don't sleep soon.

You surprised us. I thought you'd
be in bed by now yourself, Dad.

I went to the outhouse
and saw the light in the annex.

Sasuke, Nikichi, don't you know
to get Ichitaro in bed sooner than this?

Our sincere apologies, sir.

You just got over
a long illness this past winter.

I'm begging you,
take better care of yourself.

Dad, that was three whole months ago.

I'm fine now.

You say that, but remember the illness
that nearly killed you last summer?

No one gets the measles twice.

Dad turning up got me out of that one.

I hear he got help from a furaribi.

Thank goodness he happened
to be in the right place for it.

But the young master can't count
on every spirit being on his side.

Ah, better a spirit than a human.
They scare me.

But nothing scares me more
than the inugami and the hakutaku.

True, true.

NAGASAKIYA
WHOLESALE MEDICINES

Mr. Higiri raced by toward Nihonbashi
just after we opened the shop this morning.

Did you hear?

No, not yet.

They say someone's been killed.

I couldn't help accosting Nikichi
and asking if you were really in your room.

After all, you were out all evening.

You knew about that?

Nikichi and Sasuke won't have told her.

Mom's always had a way
of finding things out.

Where did you go so late?

You know you have a weak constitution.

I'll worry myself to death
if you don't take more care.

I'm sorry, Mom. Don't look at me like that.

No one killed me.

Of course not. I couldn't
go on living if they had.

Mom and Dad worry about me
day in, day out.

Have they ever wished
I'd just die and get it over with?

Good morning, Young Master.

Good morning, Head Clerk.

Can we help you?

No.

What can they help me with
when no one will give me anything to do?

The business runs just fine
without me around.

And that's why I need a replacement.

I'm going to see Eikichi at the Miharuya.

The way is clear, Young Master.

I can get here on my own.
I'm not a child anymore.

Oh, Ichitaro.

Come in.

Hi, Eikichi.

Eikichi, please make sure you see
the young master home safe.

Sure thing.

We'll have a nice long talk
about last night when you return.

Oh. You remembered.

All different sizes, and the dough
isn't an even thickness, either.

Eikichi must have made these.

I think I'll have a daifuku mochi.

You got it! You've got good taste.

I made those myself,
and I'm pretty proud of them.

Oh, Ichitaro.

Please come inside. I'll make tea.

Thanks, Oharu.

This is from yesterday's shipment.

It's good stuff, so they asked me
to bring the Miharuya some.

Thanks for going to the trouble.

Wow. I might make yokan with this.

Better not. This is prime
white sugar from Sanuki.

That's why I want to try it out.

But the last time you made yokan,

no one could eat it because
it crumbled right off the skewers.

It would be a waste.

It'll come out right this time.

Eikichi, look at Ichitaro's face.

Oh, come on. They came out fine, didn't they?

Oharu is right.

See?

What? You too, Ichitaro?

Oharu, stop bugging us
and go mind the shop.

Yes, yes.

Make yourself at home, Ichitaro.

- Here.
- Sorry to make you do this, Eikichi.

You know, I went to the Azumaya yesterday.

Huh? You went all that way alone, Ichitaro?

Did you go there to see Matsunosuke?

Yeah, but I didn't get to.

Then last night, Nikichi and Sasuke
discovered I went out.

I bet they let you have it.

Yeah.

So how long are you gonna keep this up
without telling Nikichi and Sasuke?

They're both sharp.
They already know I'm hiding something.

I mean, they've gotta be worried.

Even I figure you've gotta be at death's door
if I go a month without seeing you.

That's harsh.

Living means a lot of things
not going your way.

What's gotten into you?
You're sounding weirdly wise today.

I ruined a whole pot
of rice-sugar yesterday.

I wanted to make candies from scratch.

First, my old man said
I didn't simmer it long enough,

then he said I didn't add the water right.

I couldn't do anything right.

And I ended up burning
the bottom of the pot.

I'm jealous of you, Ichitaro.

A guy with one foot in the grave?

Yeah, I'm green with envy!

A sickly heir is no trouble for
a big business like the Nagasakiya.

You have clerks to run the shop for you.

Your old man never gives you grief
for not working, does he?

Well, no.

I never used to worry.

Taking over the shop is my birthright,
so I didn't need to go apprentice anywhere.

But I can't keep a sweets shop running
if I can't even make rice-sugar right.

And it's not like I'm good at anything else.

What am I supposed to do?

You'll do fine.

Your dad's still young.
Just keep practicing at your own pace.

He has a point.

A lot of things aren't going his way.

See you around, Eikichi.

Right.

Welcome home.

Young Master, concerning yester—

Hey there, Young Master.

Chief Higiri.

I heard something dreadful
happened this morning.

You've got sharp ears.

It won't do to discuss such matters
at the shop entrance.

So, Chief, what can you tell us?

It's a gruesome business.

A local retiree found the body.

Apparently, he gets up early to
sweep around the temple every morning.

His piety earned him
one hell of a surprise.

The victim was a carpenter named Tokubei.

He had his mark on his coat,
so we identified him straight away.

Apparently, he led a six-man team.

They say he was a good carpenter,

but as of right now, we have no idea
why somebody would kill him.

Maybe he liked to gamble, or he had debts?

I asked his wife and apprentices
when they came running, but they said no.

Maybe he got into a fight over a woman?

He didn't seem the type
to get mixed up in amorous affairs.

He was older than I am,

and if he was up on a roof, you could
easily mistake his face for an oni tile.

He'd had his head cut off...

But even granting he wasn't his usual self,
he was a long way from handsome.

He'd been beheaded?

No, I know his head was on his body.

So did someone cut it off after I saw it?

Wh-What's wrong, Young Master?

Nothing. Chief, why would anyone
bother to cut off his head?

The constable on that beat thinks
maybe a samurai tested his sword on him.

Still, I wonder what a master carpenter
was doing in front of that temple after work.

Maybe he was on his way home
from meeting someone?

Neither he nor his wife has any relations
on the far side of Shohei Bridge.

If you'll excuse me.

Chief Higiri, your man Shogo
is here looking for you.

Whoops. Guess I stayed too long.

For your wife.

Sorry to trouble you so often.

Well, 'till next time, Young Master.

Please come again.

It sounds as though
he hasn't identified the culprit yet.

What's that thief-taker good for?

If all he can do is gobble
manju and take bribes,

we're better off without him.

Don't say that anywhere else.

I know. You don't need to worry.

I'm a clerk who knows his business.

So what does our wonder clerk want with me?

You almost never visit this shop, Sasuke.

I just received a message.

One of our ships, the Tokiwamaru,
put in at Shinagawa.

It's carrying that cargo.
You know the one.

Oh, the shipment from Nagasaki.

And? When will it get here?