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A Katsu Production Production

The boat is leaving!

Here! C'mon!

Oh, no! No, Mister Ronin!

You can't bring a cart like that aboard!

I shall not.

Well, fancy that!

Would you quit crying like a baby?!

You've got clothes... You'll eat fancy food, wear fancy outfits...

...and make a good living... How many times have I told you? Aren't I right?

Watch out! Forget it! You don't have anything worth saving anyway.

Forget it... Omatsu!

Thank you.

"Kozure Okami" "Lone Wolf and Cub"

"Shinikaze ni Mukau Ubaguruma" (Perambulator Against the Winds of Death) "Baby Cart to Hades"

Produced by Katsu Shintaro & Matsubara Hisaharu

Screenplay by Koike Kazuo Original Story by Koike Kazuo & Kojima Goseki

Director ofPhotography: Makiura Chishi. Sound Recording: Hayashi Tsuchitaro. Lighting: MimaHiroshi Art Director: Nishioka Yoshinobu. Music: Sakurai Hideaki. Main Theme: ToshibaRecords

Editing: Taniguchi Toshio. Fight Choreography: Kusumoto Eichi. Sound Effects: Kurashima Yo Script Supervisor: MatsudaMitsuko. Asst. Director: Nabei Toshihiro. Production Manager: �nagaki Toyohiko

Special Effects: Shishido Group. Props: Maki Kazuo Stills: Tsuzuki Terutaka Makeup: Yumoto Hideo & Tanaka Toshio Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratories

Starring:

Wakayama Tomisaburo as Ogami Itto

Kato Go

Hama Yuko

Yamagata Isao Mizushima Michitaro Nakatani Ichiro

Tomikawa Akihiro Kato Sayoko

HamamuraJun � Kusano Daigo �Wazaki Toshiya NawaHiroshi � Umezu Sakae Date Saburo � Yamatani Hatsuo � Otabe Michimaro Horikita Yokio � Sakaguchi Toru

Iwata Tadashi � Shiraha Daisuke � Akiyama Katsutoshi Ibuki Shingo � Ando Naoki � Ashizawa Takako Awachi Daisuke � Shiga Masaru � Terauchi Fumio Kikuno Masayoshi � Baba Katsuyoshi � Arakawa Kiroko

Directed by Misumi Kenji

Aw... shit! Don't classy women or young girls come this way at all?!

There's no need to be so impatient.

It's not like we're in a hurry...

Why don't we take our time, and get laid along the way?

Yeah, exactly.

Joy is to be found in the moments between jobs.

Once we're hired, though, we can't get away with much, you know.

But really... it sure is hot!

How about having a drink with us, Kanbei...? Well?

No thank you.

Don't say that.

Well? Why won't you join us, just for a drink?

Drink up!

You sure are a strange fellow.

You don't drink... and you don't go after women.

Why, then, are you a watari-kashi... what's in it for you? "Watari-kashi:" Samurai wihout a stipend, hired on a temporary basis.

Look... we watari-kashi are in the employ of...

...one Daimyo today, and another one tomorrow...

...we're just hired to guard them as they travel between Edo and their fiefs.

Nothing but a bunch of temporary hirelings.

Even if we wanted to gain a position as a normal samurai...

...the Daimyo are poor, and can't afford to give us a yearly stipend...

So we're only hired when they need extra men for special occasions.

It's a prestigious thing to be able to carry the two swords...

...but it doesn't mean you're better than anyone else...

You may have been a fine samurai before...

...but now you're just a watari- kashi, no better than us.

Why don't you try to take it easy, and have some fun?

You make it difficult for us when you act so stuffy.

Getting laid is just about the best part of being in our line of work.

If it weren't for that, we'd have thrown away our swords a long time ago.

Yeah, and the great thing is, with all the women out on the road...

...we can screw around as much as we want, and get away with it.

No matter what, every- thing is OK...

...once we're in the retinue of the Daimyo who's hired us.

Kanbei, why won't you join us?

Oh! "Fortune comes to those who wait!"

Oh!

Oh! Oh!

Wh... What do you want?!

We're watari-kashi...

W... Watari-kashi!

Yup. Watari-kashi is what we are.

If it's money that you want, I'll give it to you...

We don't want no stinkin' money.

We aren't bandits!

We aren't gonna steal anything. We just wanna screw you a little.

Stop!

It's not like you're gonna lose anything at all...

...on the contrary, the more you use it, the better it gets!

No!

No! It's like we're doing you a favor!

Somebody! Somebody, help!

Help! Mother!

I'll report this to the Deputy!

Oh, what's gonna happen if you report us to the Deputy?

'Cause, before you can do that, we'll be long gone.

So, "Deputy my ass," I say!

So come spend some time with us!

Help, somebody!

Why don't you just give up and let us do you?

Close your eyes for fifteen minutes or so... and it'll be all over!

Somebody, help! Let me go!

No! No!

Please, not my daughter!

No!

Let me go!

Let me go!

Let me go!

Help!

Help! C'mon!

Let me go!

How's this?

Why, you scum...

What the...?!

You scum! How could you do this to my lady and her mother?!

I'll slice you to death!

I'll kill you!

I'll kill you! W... Wait!

If something happens to us... do you know what will happen to you?

Exactly! We're employed by Lord Mizuno of the Kariya Clan in Sanshuu.

It's unforgivable! I don't care whether or not you work for Lord Mizuno...

I'll kill you all!

Stop! Stop!

K... Kanbei!

K... Kanbei! H... Help us!

Damn you!

Please, close your eyes.

K... Kanbei...

Y... You didn't have to kill them...

Y... You didn't have to kill them... This is awful!

Each of you, take one...

If you don't, I'll slay all three of you.

You'll die, Jukkan.

Wh... Why just me?!

You picked the short straw.

You'll be the thief who attacked a mother and her daughter...

...and their companion.

After killing the three, you were slain by the three of us...

...who happened to be passing by.

That way... the local officers will be satisfied...

...and all will be settled.

H... Help me!

I regret that you had to witness this horrible scene... Forgive me.

You act more like a true samurai warrior than a watari-kashi.

"Like a samurai?"

I was once in charge of the Okaga-Group of the Maruoka-Clan in Echizen...

My name is Magomura Kanbei.

If I may ask, what is yours?

My name is Ogami Itto.

Just as I thought.

You were once the Official Executioner of the Shogunate.

I recall seeing you this past year, inside the gates of Edo Castle.

I, too, recall hearing your name.

I understand that you're a matchless master of the Kage Style.

You're too kind, sir.

A fine warrior of your caliber...

...why are you a watari-kashi?

We need not concern ourselves with that.

For now, I'd like to request a duel.

For what reason?

As you've witnessed what I've done here, I must ask this of you.

Whether or not I'm a watari-kashi...

...as long as you know who's hired me...

...then I must protect my master and his Clan, like any warrior would...

...even if it means putting my life on the line.

That having been said...

...you must realize that I am following the Way of the Warrior.

And so, I am requesting this duel.

If I let you leave...

...if I let you... live on...

No... even if it was done to preserve my master's honor...

...by killing those innocent people, I have strayed from the Way of the Warrior.

Once again, please accept my challenge.

Hey, Kanbei is calling you out!

Why don't you have a duel?! Can't you even answer?!

Silence! He's not your opponent.

If, perchance, I should prevail... be assured that I will...

...take care of your son as long as I breathe.

I ask that there be no need for such concerns.

We... father and son... live the life of demons...

...we're prepared to cross to the netherworlds.

"Live the life of demons?"

I am inspired by your words.

If I am fated to die here, I shall do so without regret.

Well, then...

Let us begin.

This duel...

...we'll call it a draw.

For what reason?

You are a true warrior, one whom I hope will live on.

"A true warrior?"

Once again... I have lost a chance to die.

How is it, good?

I bet you've not had rice that often.

Women are flowers... and they ought to bloom.

Instead of scratching out a living as poor farmers, you, like a flower...

...ought to bloom, and bring delight to men. That'd be a better life, I'd say.

I bet your feet hurt... it's been a long trip, after all.

Alright, you just wait a minute...

When your feet are tired...

...at such times, applying salt, and then warming them over the fire...

...or rubbing it in real good will help a lot.

Here, shall we?

Let me see your legs.

C'mon, your legs!

Should you get too tired along the way and become unable to walk...

...I'll be in deep trouble! So, just be still...

It won't take long to make 'em better.

What's with this...?

Stop!

Be quiet!

Be quiet! No! Let me go!

No! Let me go!

I've bought you! You belong to me! No! Let me go!

I can do as I please... I can use you however I want to!

You got blood on you.

Room-lnspection!

Please excuse this rude interruption.

There's been a murder.

We're searching the rooms for a female culprit.

We must check this room, too.

Wait...

What if the culprit is not in here?

We're here to conduct an investigation. Do you wish to make a complaint?

This is not a complaint.

Even though this is an inn, as long as I've paid for this room...

...this is my home... this is my castle.

Officers or not, you must respect that.

That is what I am asking of you.

A damned ronin like you shouldn't talk like that!

What if the suspect is in there?

It's equally criminal to hide a suspect, is it not?

Exactly!

Allow me to check...

If she's not here... then you can have my head!

No complaints now!

W... What's this?!

He's in there because he was being a bad boy.

Your head... I'll claim it now.

Move it!

It's safe for you to leave now.

Thank you very much, sir!

We all walk along different paths in life.

For him, there's his way...

For you, there's a way that you must pave for yourself...

Go now.

Yes, sir.

Thank you.

Oh! There she is! Hold her down!

Wait!

This room belongs to the samurai. We must show respect.

We must not act so carelessly!

Yes, madam.

My name is Torizo, of the Koshiou Family.

We run the entertainment district that spans from here to Kariya.

We're the group known as the "Boohachimono..." "Boohachimono:" merchants specializing in various "adult" entertainments.

That girl was the property of our man, Monkumatsu.

We'd appreciate it if you'd hand her over to us.

I refuse.

Sir...

We are what the public refer to as "Boohachimono..."

Do you know just what that means?

The "Boohachimono" are those who have lost all traces of...

...8 things: Piety, respect, honesty, trust...

...justice, courtesy, uprightness, and shame.

In other words... we're a group of ruthless outcasts.

Win or lose, in the end opposing us is a fool's game.

In any case, you won't be dishonoring yourself...

...in the slightest by handing the girl over to us.

Therefore, I ask for your cooperation.

After all, she murdered Monkumatsu.

I said that I refuse.

Because of that memorial tablet you were carrying...

...this gentleman felt compelled to protect you.

Now, come with us.

Why can't you be more cooperative?!

If you persist in this folly... they... the samurai and his child...

...will have to die for you.

It is the code of the Boohachimono to not cause any harm to good people.

As you've been bought, you're one of us now.

Come, will ya!

If you won't hand her over to us...

Enough!

Enough! You don't seem to understand me!

This is what we get for being so polite...

You'd sacrifice both yourself and your child just to save a girl?

Why do you so insist?

We're bound by the evil of a memorial tablet...

Because of one such tablet we once had...

...we've lost much of what gave meaning to our lives.

That is the reason why.

Kill him!

Kill him! Wait!

You fellows are all dear to my heart...

...so I can't let you face such a master swordsman.

Sir... as Boohachimono, we have our pride, too.

We can't just leave, with things unsettled like this.

Yet, I can't sacrifice my men over a girl.

Let us do this...

"Joro:" an entertainer, almost always a prostitute. The girl becomes a woman when she serves her first customer as a "joro."

Her "debut," as we'd like to call it, will bring us a lot of money.

So, we can let her go, as soon as she completes this obligation.

Well?

I refuse.

If you find that unacceptable, there remains only one way.

She must complete her obligation by undergoing...

"Buri-buri:" the victim is swung on a rope and beaten until unconscious. ...the tortures of water and "buri-buri."

Though, this might kill her.

I'll endure the torture on her behalf.

But...

It's said that, to help a sick colleague...

...a joro would take over her responsibilities.

There's no rule that a substitute can't volunteer, is there?

What if... What if we decide to...

...kill you along the way... what would you do?

If that is to be my fate, only time will tell...

Life or death, only fate can decide this.

Begin!

Now... Buri-buri.

Sir!

I... I...

Pa...

He's not just strong... the guy's got real guts!

It was us who were scared, not him!

He didn't even let out one groan...

I didn't realize that there were still samurai like this in this world...

Right.

We've settled the matter of her becoming a joro.

But one thing remains... the fact that she killed Monkumatsu.

What is it that you want?

If you'd do us a favor, then we'll be square.

Sir Ogami...

While we were putting you through the Buri-buri, a rumor came to mind.

That the Official Executioner of the Shogunate had...

...after confronting the Yagyu Clan...

...been roaming the countryside as the assassin called "Lone Wolf and Cub."

This way, please.

The honorable Ogami Itto is here.

Help me get up.

I am Miura Tatewaki, the former Chief Vassal of the Kakegawa Clan.

To tell you the truth, I have been looking for you.

I'm sure that you remember...

You are the one who cut off his left arm.

The Official Executioner of the Sho- gunate, the honorable Ogami Itto.

Our Lord Miyake-Dewanokami Fujishige suddenly became demented...

...and went on a rampage. Many of my fellow vassals were killed...

...and therefore, the Shogunate officially ordered him to commit seppuku.

No! No!

I don't want to die!

Lord! Please remain quiet!

Lord!

Let me go!

That hurts! It hurts!

Now!

Now! Now!

P... Please... please... just... proceed!

No!

What is your relationship to Sir Miura?

I apologize for not mentioning this sooner...

I am... his daughter.

I'm Tori, the younger of twins.

Twins are undesirable, and are despised.

A certain woman with strong ties to the Koshiou Family raised me.

My sister had... served the Lord closely...

...and because she had learned some of his secrets...

...Chamberlain Sawatari Genba raped her to obtain them...

...and soon after... she committed suicide.

What is it that you want from me?

We want you to slay him...

Sawatari Genba, presently the Deputy of Tootoomi.

I ask that you tell me your reason.

Genba used our Clan as a pawn... and then destroyed us...

He's now the Deputy of Tootoomi...

...but he was once our Clan's Chamberlain...

...l'm sure that you understand.

For his own personal gain... he had the temerity to report, in secrecy...

...our lord's derangement to the Elder Itakura.

When our Clan fell, the Shogunate took control of our territory...

...and then, he was awarded the post of Deputy.

He's worse than a beast!

When I think about the four hundred samurai now without a master...

...as the former Chief Vassal, I feel so powerless.

I can't die even if I wanted to.

Please... I ask that you carry out our request.

I accept... for 500 gold pieces.

"Ri:" approximately 4 km. Tootoomi Springs: 1 Ri.

When Ogami Itto saw the demonic amulets we placed...

...he made these signs to guide us to the meeting place.

Our responsibilities are grave. Do you understand?

Our responsibilities are grave. Do you understand?

I am Officer Asada Juunai of the Tootoomi Deputy's Office.

I am Ogami Itto.

There is a matter which Deputy Sawatari Genba wishes to discuss with you...

...and I have been ordered to escort you to the Deputy's office.

That is why we're here tonight.

The Deputy wants to see me personally?

Yes, sir.

Please come with us.

Will he come?

We'll be in trouble if he doesn't.

If he doesn't... then we shall take the matter into our own hands...

If you'll permit me to explain, Honorable Elder.

If there exists a Clan Lord... one who is unable to govern his people...

...a Lord without a successor...

...furthermore, one who has murdered many...

If there is a Lord who is such a madman...

...how would you, Sir, or the Shogunate, handle such a case?

If... I tell you that it's possible for you to destroy such a Clan...

...what would you do, Honorable Elder Itakura Naizen-no-sho?

And the Clan is...?

That... I cannot reveal.

Fellow... just where do you think you are?

If it turns out that... what you're telling me is a hoax...

Sir, I will stake my life on it.

What is it that you seek?

The post of District Deputy...

...and... to have you, the honorable Elder, put that in writing.

You ask... but without proof...

You ask... but without proof... The proof, sir...

...that, I shall return with later, once I have your written guarantee.

Very well.

I'll be blunt with you...

I want you to kill the Elder Itakura Naizen-no-sho.

He'll be in this area any day now.

After all, it was I, the new Deputy, who extended an invitation to him.

500 gold pieces in advance.

And when you are done... 500 more.

It was Itakura Naizen-no-sho who allied himself with the Yagyu to topple you.

I am sure that you bear a grudge against him.

I personally believe that this is your chance for revenge.

Well?

Well? I must refuse.

Wait!

Now that you know our intentions, we cannot let you leave alive.

I shall return at a later date.

Why did you not slay him?

There were two of you. Why could you not kill him?

If I'd attacked him, his Dootanuki sword would've...

...pierced right through your heart, sir.

It would've been the same if Sir Kuchiki had fired.

Ogami's abilities are to be feared.

I wonder, however... why did he refuse?

He could've refused before being escorted here...

Why didn't he refuse until he met me?

Either the mention of Elder Itakura frightened him...

Itakura Naizen-no-sho...

...if he's after my life...

...if it's an assassination plot, then...

Huh?

He was a man who always carried a gun...

...on his person, at all times...

He even gave me one for my own protection.

I'm afraid this may be the handiwork of Ogami Itto.

Suiouryu - Horse-Slaying Technique...

So, it was Itakura Naizen- no-sho, after all...

He has hired Ogami to kill me!

Samon... can you kill him?

Using my Ichidenryu Style, Battoujutsu technique... "Ichidenryu Battoujutsu:" Tamiya-Traditional Style Sword-throwing technique.

...I'll stake my life on it.

Close all the roads, and find Itto at any cost!

Do not let him escape from our territory!

Yes, sir!

Yes, sir!

Yes, sir! Yes, sir!

Juunai...

Send a messenger out at once to Edo...

...to Lord Retsudo of the Yagyu Shadow-Clan.

Yes, sir.

For Ogami's head... the Yagyu will pay almost any price.

If we deliver it, they will be indebted to us...

...they who are the shadowy manipulators of the nation.

Then... being made a Provincial Officer or Commissioner would be a trifle...

...and the road to power within the Shogunate would be nicely paved.

For the late Master Ozunu... The Leader of the Kurokuwa Group!

Ogami Itto!

Kill him!

This is the work of Ogami Itto.

I am lkiji Samon, Tamiya Ichidenryu Style.

I am Ogami Itto, Suiouryu Style.

Juunai...

Juunai... Yes, sir.

Go and request assistance from the Kariya Clan at once.

Tell them that we request only the most able of their warriors.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir. One more thing...

Post public notices at all district offices.

Sir?

To lure Ogami Itto to Jizo-gahara.

Er... Anyone confident in his swordsmanship?

Well...? No one?

Just what's up?

Well, some assassin has entered the territory of an adjacent fief...

...and he's stalking their Deputy...

So we will be lending them a hand.

The pay will be good.

Well? Speak up!

What is the assassin's name?

That much I don't know.

Are you going or not?

Fine. I'll go.

H... Horrible! He doesn't stand a chance!

Why then, does he keep on going?!

He's not running away or trying to hide...

...even when so many guns and arrows lie ahead.

Daigoro...

We've entered the cross- roads to Hell...

Archers!

Daigoro!

Gunners!

Fire!

Charge!

How remarkable it is that you have triumphed here...

How remarkable it is that you're still alive, Ogami Itto!

However... you and your child will not live to see another sunrise!

There's no way you can get away from us... the Yagyu Clansmen!

Sir Ogami...

You are an assassin, one who receives money to kill.

I am... a watari-kashi, one who receives money to lend a hand.

What is the way of the "True Warrior" that you spoke of?

And, does such a being exist?

I want the answers, and for them I am prepared to stake my life.

I ask once again... a duel, please.

I accept.

Let us begin.

A moment...

There's one thing I'd like to know.

Speak.

It was this past year... when my Lord Munetada...

...who had been offered the post of Elder...

...was on his way to Edo...

We were attacked by a mob of ronin...

It was a plot by those who opposed my Lord's promotion to Elder.

As we were greatly outnumbered, in order to mount a defense...

...our best hope lay in a bold attack.

I ran out to slay them!

I fought with all my might, and drove our enemies away...

But, the fact that I... a guard... had gone ahead to slay them...

...leaving our Lord's side... was judged undutiful, unworthy of a warrior.

Before I realized it, I had become a disgrace to my Clan!

He to whom I had dedicated my whole life...

He whom I risked my life to protect... expelled me from the Clan!

What was the way of the True Warrior...?

To stay with my Lord, to die defending him...

...even when it was clear that it was hopeless?

The Way of the Warrior... is it not about how one lives, but...

...about how one dies?

Sir Ogami... will you tell me?

What is the true Way of the Warrior?

Sir Ogami...

What is the true...

The true Way of the Warrior is...

...to live to die.

"To live to die."

If I had been in your place, I would most certainly have attacked.

I am glad to hear those words from you.

Sir Ogami...

...can a lowly being such as I... request...

...that you, who was once the Official Executioner, be my second?

For those who know the true Way of the Warrior, rank does not exist.

I shall grant your request.

Finally, I can die...

...as a warrior... with no regrets!

I am ready.

No, Lady! You mustn't go!

Please don't go!

He isn't human!

He's a monster!

Lady!

Crows cried in the night...

Someone is going to die.

From the netherworlds come the Gods of Death...

The Wolf and his Cub...

The wolves... are coming...

Their footsteps... approaching...

The Wolf and Cub are coming...

... coming...

... coming...

"The End"