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Dainichi Productions Present

A Nikkatsu Production

In association with Hori Productions

Produced by Hideo Sasai, Michio Iwazawa, Takeo Mashita

Screenplay by Shuichi Nagahara & Tatsuya Asai

Cinematography by Kenji Hagiwara

Music by Hiroki Tamaki

Cast:

Meiko Kaji, Tatsuya Fuji, Yoshio Harada

Takeo Chii, Michiko Tsukasa, Eiji Go

Bunjaku Han, Soichiro Maeno, Rikiya Yasuoka

Directed by Toshiya Fujita

Papa, get up!

Papa, get up!

Papa, get up!

Oh, be quiet.

Your dad's over there!

Papa, get up! Get up!

Get up!

Brat can't even tell who his father is.

Maybe brats can't tell. Is that what they're like?

Makes no difference anyhow.

STRAY CAT ROCK: BEAT '71

Wait, Furiko!

Furiko!

Right...

Ryumei!

No, Ryumei. Piranha will get angry.

Piranha's Piranha, and I'm me. I won't let him complain.

Let go of me!

What are you doing? Leave him!

Ryumei!

Ryumei!

You fools!

Ryumei...

Are you taking him with you, Boss? He just killed him...

I know that! Nothing can be done about it.

I'm leaving. You take over here.

Ryumei!

- Leave me alone! - Little bitch...

You fool!

Furiko!

- Furiko... - Don't come near me!

I hate you!

Mappo, stop her, quickly!

Mappo!

Hey, Furiko!

Stop it!

Hey, Furiko, stop it.

Drop the knife.

Stop it!

TWO MONTHS LATER

WOMEN'S REMAND CENTRE PRIVATE - KEEP OUT

Hurry!

Come on, quick!

I'll just have a piss here.

Said the princess to the crown prince in front of the lavatory...

"My turn now, your highness!"

My piss is over!

Just shut up!

Sis, why do you have to go alone?

You mustn't, it's too dangerous.

If you go, I'll go with you.

Listen, Aya, just go where I have friends.

All right?

Get off at Shinjuku.

SHINJUKU STATION

SHINJUKU CENTRE

Let me.

This ain't the real stuff, you know.

It's not marijuana.

So what? He thinks it is.

Patience, man.

Marijuana has a special smell, doesn't it? That's what I heard.

And the next thing that I...

I'm learning a lot.

Is he your son?

Well, it looks like it.

But, as I'm not in possession of a womb,

I don't know for sure if he actually is my son.

Ma Boy.

That's Cemedine, right?

What is it?

It's an exceptionally strong binding agent.

Er...is that a real gun?

It's a toy, of course!

Right, then... shall we start the main event?

Please do.

You really want us to take everything off, Piranha?

Of course, of course, everything.

Ready for it?

I guess that should be enough.

Show's over!

Fabulous show. Thanks a lot, everybody.

- It should make big news. - Good for you.

And now pay us.

Sorry for taking up your time, everybody.

- Hang on a second. - Something wrong?

Take this back. And don't write about us in any article.

- We can't pay very much... - Hands up!

I'll take this as a fee for the show. Thanks very much.

Thank you so much!

And now, everybody, we have a little problem.

Turns out that Furiko's run away from a remand centre.

Do we just watch her follow Ryumei to her home town, or do we...?

- Let's go and help the poor girl. - Not me.

I don't know how it happened, but she's gone too far, killing a man.

My sister didn't do it!

She told me all about it.

He was already dead when she stabbed him.

How can you say that? We all saw her do it.

If Furiko didn't kill the guy, then who did?

- Her boyfriend. - Ryumei did it?

That reminds me, it was Ryumei's knife that she had in her hand.

My sister took the blame.

All for that Ryumei's sake.

That Ryumei's a little shit.

Maybe they forced him to return home.

Even so, the least he could've done was told us.

Furiko's stupid to go chasing after his type.

I'm worried about my sister, being in that town with such awful men.

Please, I'm begging you to help her.

We should help her.

There's not much going on here at the moment,

and there's the sea and mountains where Furiko's gone.

The fresh air will do us good.

Right, then, troop. Shall we give it a go, sink or swim?

That's the problem we face today. What shall we do?

That's how it is...

Very well, the men will think it over tonight.

Then we'll decide.

Don't sing to me

About my love

What can we do? What can we do?

I just don't know...

- Papa! - Some more?

- He eats a lot, this kid. - He's taking after you, isn't he?

- Who? - Ma Boy.

I'm talking about Ma Boy.

The mother's father offered me 300,000 yen, so I said I'd raise him.

- But I never fucked her. - Cut it out.

Listen, I don't intend to burden you with him, so don't worry.

My seed or not, he's my son.

The four of us were supposed to have fucked her in turn.

But I couldn't get it up!

- So that means... - It just means be kind to the boy.

But don't take my words too much to heart.

I wouldn't ever take your words to heart anyway.

The kid's gone.

The little bastard's far too friendly.

Now then, about our "problem"... What shall we do?

Well, now... Beats me. What shall we do?

Eh? Me?

Eh? Masaki's changed to Masaaki.

Hang on, Ma Boy.

Where are you off to?

Go on, let me have a little go.

Hey, Nekuro, you've been fasting. Don't overdo it!

Feels nice!

Hey, Nekuro!

Nekuro, what's up?

Stop joking around, Nekuro.

What's up?

He's dead.

Papa, wake up.

Papa, wake up.

Why won't he wake up?

Piranha, you're his father from now on.

All right?

Let's get out of this town.

So let's go where my sister is. Right? Let's do it.

Papa, pee-pee!

Stop, will you?

Wait, don't wet yourself. I'm hurrying...

Faster!

Shit! You've bust the gasket!

I'm sorry!

Who are they?

Near here, they took over a mine to produce Westerns.

- I read it in the papers. - Sounds fun.

Let's visit it.

No way. We're heading straight on!

It was six months ago...

...that I left my home town of Kurumi,

in order to convalesce in a hospital in Tokyo.

Having made a complete recovery, I returned home.

As my father's heir,

I shall endeavour to continue his many business undertakings.

He can then devote his full attention to politics.

Forgive me for having caused you any worry.

My father's election is approaching,

and I respectfully ask for your support.

You needn't worry about my election prospects, Tadaaki!

Please relax, gentlemen.

So, raise your head, Tadaaki, and show us a cheerful face.

You're an up-and-coming businessman. Congratulations.

You're well now, so you're bound to succeed.

Please drink.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

The Chief of Police urgently requests to speak to you, sir.

The Chief? Show him in.

That's bad for you.

Don't lecture me. I've had enough.

Go away.

I was told to have a talk with you.

- I'll leave. - Wait!

I'm sorry. Please stay with me.

In that case, I'll say it again.

I understand how you want to drink, but alcohol's bad for you.

Ayako...

Make no mistake, she was seen by three or four of my people.

She's trouble.

She ran away to come here and see your son?

Exactly.

She's called Furiko. It'd be easy to have her arrested.

However, what if she becomes defiant

and then says that my son killed the man?

No one here knows yet.

If worse comes to worst, she'll have to be silenced.

A murder suspect's father can't run in an election.

This is very troublesome.

Troublesome indeed. A scandal would be detrimental to your election.

What do you suggest?

I'd shut the woman's mouth.

How?

Let me see...

I'd let my brothers deal with it.

It's a small town. They'll find her faster than the police could.

Make it so.

But there must be nothing linking this to me.

I understand.

This way!

What are you looking at?

Any news?

They've not seen, heard or know of any woman called Furiko.

They're wondering why we're here. That's it.

- And Ryumei's address? - I forgot to ask that!

You idiot. I'll go and ask.

Hello.

Hello.

Could you tell where Ryumei Araki's house is?

I heard that Ryumei's father was the mayor of this town.

Who are you?

A friend of Ryumei's.

Please tell where the mayor lives.

Please tell me.

Oh, yeah?

Thanks so much.

You're Takaaki's...?

Go to him, Furiko.

He'll be surprised.

Run away together. That would be best.

Ryumei!

Ryumei!

You bastard!

- It's my sister, Furiko! - Shit!

Move!

KURUMI CITY COUNCIL MEMBER

YOSHITARO ARAKI

- Where are they? - I don't know. Disappeared.

- Is this Ryumei's house? - I think so.

Wow, it's cool.

I wonder why Ryumei ran away from all this.

You're such an idiot. Ryumei hated his life here.

One ring is sufficient. What's your business?

Business?

Hello. We'd very much like to see Ryumei. Is he at home?

- Takaaki's out. - Oh, is that so?

- When will he be back? - I don't know.

- Who are you? - Just friends.

- Friends from Shinjuku? - That's right.

I'll let him know when he returns.

Fucker...

Where will you be staying?

Where? Oh, we'll be around...

All right, troop...

The electricity, gas, water, they've all been cut off.

Looks like the villa's owner has been away a while.

That's good.

Let's hope he stays away till we can save Furiko.

It's a weird town. Gives me the creeps.

And as for Ryumei... what the hell's happened to him?

Ryumei, you bastard!

Don't look away, Takaaki. Why don't you answer the woman?

"Ryumei" the loser died long ago.

You're Takaaki Araki now, a promising young man.

Tell her!

I think I spoiled you, my only son.

When you left home and joined the hippies, I'd hoped you'd die.

But you managed to straighten yourself out.

You will be my successor and serve this town.

In time, you'll go to Tokyo and work for the progress of our people.

And what do we do with the girl?

Well, what shall we do?

She's a killer and a runaway.

We have every right to get rid of her.

- You mean, kill her? - I didn't say that. Just a thought.

One thing's clear, though: we mustn't allow her to leave this town.

I was the one who killed him!

Ryumei, you dumb bastard.

Mr Gonba's baby caught a terrible cold

Mr Gonba's baby caught a terrible cold...

- Papa, milk. - What?

- Papa, milk. - Milk?

I bet he wants breast milk!

Why's he asking me?

Nekuro always used to let him suck her nipples.

That makes me sick!

Ma Boy, come here and you can suck mine.

- No, don't like! - Oh? This is the real thing!

- They're too puffed up. - What an insult!

Hanako, take Ma Boy outside.

All right. Too exciting for him?

Leave him! Don't hide it from him, let him watch.

That's a bad education!

Well, I disagree.

It's better to let him see what's going on. It'll educate him.

If your father says so, Ma Boy.

We're going to kill him. So watch closely.

Where's Furiko?

At Mayor Araki's mansion.

There's a surprise! At Ryumei's house.

- Is he at the house? - Yes...

But Takaaki's changed.

His future is decided as his father's successor.

- He's no longer one of you. - Another surprise!

Why did you kidnap Furiko? What will you do to her?

How do I know? Ask someone higher in rank.

Right, that's enough. He can go home.

Nice, eh? He's letting you go home.

Stand up.

It's an exceptionally strong binding agent!

Shit!

It's your arse that'll be the problem, though.

Please, do something!

Yes, of course.

- What are you going to do? - Keep still...

Townspeople of Kurumi, we abhor violence!

There's a reason that we were forced to do this.

It's because Araki is the mayor in name only.

He's worse than Al Capone! He, his men and his cowardly son!

They abducted and locked up our sweet friend, Furiko,

a young woman who lives only for love.

Help us get her back!

Help us get Furiko back!

How can you be so rude in front of the Mayor's house?

You'll be punished!

You don't belong here! Get out of our town!

Ryumei, you coward! Come out!

Ryumei, you coward! Come out!

Return Furiko to us!

Return Furiko to us!

Look at them, Takaaki.

It's all that the worms can do.

You have a future ahead of you. Be ambitious!

THE MOPS - KINGS OF ROCK

We're leaving!

Good luck, you guys.

And buy our record!

- Who were they? - No idea.

Tell them, dear...

Hey! We won't sell you a single thing from our shop!

So just get out!

Don't mind him. Keep stocking up.

What? What are you doing?

- Stop it. - I won't sell you anything!

- And we're not buying anything. - Don't be funny!

Don't be funny!

Who'd buy anything here? We're taking it all.

Try and sue us if you can. All right?

He's agreed.

You'll feed us while we're in town. Remember that.

Let's move! Don't forget anything.

Having yourselves a good time?

We might not look as sharp as you...

...but at least we're not watchdogs like you. We do as we like!

Beggars!

Beggars?

Nah...we're thieves.

Get out of town.

Right now.

We'd be glad to, soon as you hand over Furiko.

Forget her and get out.

Or else you'll see whether we're just watchdogs or not.

Hey, hippies! Get lost!

Get lost!

This is no place for stray dogs!

We're stray cats, not dogs!

- Are they the bike gang? - No, I don't think so.

- They're townspeople. - What now?

They may try to kill us.

Be prepared to die.

Don't scare us like that. Surely they won't go that far?

Yume!

- Was it the bikers? - Maybe it was the cops.

Shit... Targeting a woman!

Go!

Stop!

We'll trade Ryumei for Furiko.

Shit!

Stand up!

I'm used to getting beaten up.

So, go ahead and beat me.

Yume, I want you to hit him.

See if you can break his fucking head open.

I was brought back here and beaten up.

To straighten me out, they said.

Violence wins, right?

So...go ahead, flog me.

MAYOR'S OFFICE

An emergency's been declared.

As it stands, this handful of desperadoes will ruin our town.

They should be chased out.

A lot of people in the town hold hunter's licences.

We can get the fire-fighters and the youth groups on our side.

But we're worried about putting Takaaki in danger.

Guns are all well and good,

but I want to get rid of them by lawful means.

We're not that weak that we have to resort to illegal methods.

- What do you mean? - In my opinion...

- Sorry I'm late. - You must be busy.

It's an emergency, I need your help.

They're coming!

- Furiko? - It's the cops!

It's a dirty trick.

Will it be a shoot-out against them?

It's no joke. Cops nowadays are trigger-happy.

They think nothing of shooting people dead.

Don't fraternise with them.

We have an injured woman, too.

Don't worry about me.

What do we do?

You people in there, I'm the Chief of Police of Kurumi.

Return Takaaki Araki to us at once.

You're trespassers, kidnappers,

you're confining a man illegally.

Come out immediately!

- It's a flag, sir. - A flag? A white flag?

No, it's a black flag.

They're taking the piss!

Stop where you are!

What the hell?

I'm glad you're safe, Takaaki.

Come over this side, hurry!

Do it!

Ryumei...

You'll make a fine mayor just like your father.

You can be arrested for kidnapping and trespassing!

I should arrest you, but Mr Araki is safe, so I won't.

I'll report that the police didn't see or hear anything.

- So just leave town at once. - Chief?

Our friend Furiko's locked up in Araki's home. What about her?

Well, that's what you claim,

but we've checked it out and there's no evidence she's there.

Do you have any positive proof?

We have more than enough proof.

We saw her being kidnapped.

And the guy who did it confessed to us.

You're all in cahoots with the mayor!

This woman Furiko is the one I want captured most of all!

She's an escaped murderess.

She's not. It was Ryumei who killed him.

Oh, that's news to me.

I'll ask Furiko when I find her.

Aya, give up, it's no use talking.

Look at him, he's got a face like a monkey.

Let's get our baggage in order.

How the young err.

Something must be done

before Furiko really begins to plague us.

Right, Fukazawa?

Are we just going to turn tail and run?

So, what shall we do?

Yume, you go home.

- You take her. - Yeah, but...

Take her!

You're injured.

Get well first, then we'll see. Don't worry about Furiko.

Please...

Hey, where to now?

TAIJIN MINE

My sweetheart left me

It often happens, you see

The world changes from day to day

People's hearts change too

They change and don't remain true...

Takaaki, it's your future that I'm thinking of, son.

Back straight, chin up, be strong!

Boss!

- Have they left town? - Well, they're holed up in Gold Town.

Gold Town? They're stubborn as mules.

We should've destroyed the old mine years ago.

The place is a slag heap now.

It's just a place where freaks gather now. No need to worry.

But the place is full of dynamite!

It's in the refinery, they won't notice.

- Boss! - Takaaki?

Furiko, get out!

Hurry!

Takaaki, how could you?

Hands up! You too.

Open the gate.

Don't move!

Kill me before you go, then, Takaaki.

Don't give me orders!

I'll decide howl live. Isn't that right, Father?

Shoot anyone that moves.

Kill him, kill him!

Wait, don't kill him!

Don't kill him! Understand?

Don't kill him!

Piranha! Mappo! Where are you?

Lemon, it's me!

- Furiko. - Sister!

What's going on...Takaaki?

In the gang, out of the gang, now in again...

Presenting us with a gift doesn't get you in again, you bastard.

You're out!

Idiot! It's not a game!

Save the bullets.

- Bullets! - There are none.

Off home?

- Somebody come with me. - Right...

Cover us. Shoot me if you doubt me.

Over here.

- You two take it. - And you?

Don't worry about me.

Let's go.

Be careful. Don't get blown up.

Shit!

Where are they?

- And Takaaki too? - Of course.

The girl's with them, too. And he got the dynamite.

There's a bulldozer and twenty men with guns.

Ryumei's father is there as well.

Mr Araki, it's too dangerous. Please move back.

Takaaki, it's me!

Don't stay in there, come on out!

If you do, I'll let them all go! They can leave town!

You're surrounded, so this is the only way!

Are you listening, Takaaki?

We're not asking to escape!

We'll leave when we want to!

- We don't pay lip service! - Answer me, Takaaki!

Fireworks.

Move it!

Out of the way!

Mayor, out of the way!

Shit!

- The war's over. - What?

I'll end this war.

I'll end it.

Ryumei, wait!

- Ryumei, stop! - Watch out.

Don't shoot, it's me. Stop!

This all started because of me. I'm solely responsible.

If I return home, everyone will be safe.

Please, leave town!

Ryumei, come back!

- Takaaki... - Don't move!

Everyone put down your guns till they're out.

He's smart.

No fun, though.

I'll do it.

Shoot him.

Shoot him...

I won't allow you to double-cross us.

No, Furiko!

Ryumei!

What's wrong? Aren't we going to kill them all?

Sister...

It'll all be over soon.

Kiss me.

THE END