Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated:
1
00:00:22,565 --> 00:00:29,698
TOHO CO., LTD.
2
00:00:30,782 --> 00:00:36,371
A TOKYO EIGA CO., LTD.
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
52659
Can't find what you're looking for?
Get subtitles in any language from opensubtitles.com, and translate them here.
Afrikaans
Akan
Albanian
Amharic
Arabic
Armenian
Azerbaijani
Basque
Belarusian
Bemba
Bengali
Bihari
Bosnian
Breton
Bulgarian
Cambodian
Catalan
Cebuano
Cherokee
Chichewa
Chinese (Simplified)
Chinese (Traditional)
Corsican
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
English
Esperanto
Estonian
Faroese
Finnish
Galician
Georgian
German
Greek
Guarani
Haitian Creole
Hausa
Hawaiian
Hebrew
Hmong
Hungarian
Icelandic
Indonesian
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Kazakh
Kinyarwanda
Kirundi
Kongo
Krio (Sierra Leone)
Kurdish
Kyrgyz
Laothian
Latin
Latvian
Lithuanian
Luganda
Luo
Luxembourgish
Macedonian
Malagasy
Malay
Maltese
Maori
Mauritian Creole
Moldavian
Mongolian
Myanmar (Burmese)
Montenegrin
Nepali
Norwegian
Pashto
Persian
Polish
Portuguese (Brazil)
Portuguese (Portugal)
Quechua
Romanian
Romansh
Russian
Samoan
Scots Gaelic
Serbian
Sesotho
Setswana
Seychellois Creole
Shona
Sindhi
Sinhalese
Slovak
Slovenian
Somali
Spanish
Tajik
Thai
Tigrinya
Tonga
Turkish
Turkmen
Ukrainian
Uzbek
Vietnamese
Welsh
Wolof