TOHO CO. LTD.
In Cooperation with KASAMA CITY
A KATSU PRODUCTIONS FILM
LEFT¡ªTO KASAMA
It¡¯sbeen so long.
MaybeI¡¯llstop by.
It¡¯stails.
MaybeI¡¯llgo back home.
ZATOICHI¡¯SCONSPIRACY
Produced by SHINTARO KATSU HIROYOSHI NISHIOKA
Original Story by KAN SHIMOZAWA
Screenplay by YOSHIKO HATTORI
Cinematography by CHIKASHI MAKIURA
Art Direction by SEIICHI OTA
Original Music by AKIRA IFUKUBE
Edited by YOSHIHARU HAYASHI
Starring:
SHINTARO KATSU
YUKIYO TOAKE
TAKASHI SHIMURA, KEI SATO
YOSHIO TSUCHIYA, TATSUO ENDO SHIRO KISHIBE
RIE YOKOYAMA, GEN TAKAMORI
NAOYUKI ASAHINA, OSAMU SAKAI
FIJI OKADA
Directed by KIMIYOSHI YASUDA
Wait! You brat! Give it back to me!
You brat! Give me back my wallet!
Who slept with that same brat? You old pervert!
You set me up to steal my wallet, brat!
You¡¯rethe one who picked me up, you dirty old man!
Why, you brat!
Dirty old bastard!
Give it back!
Idiot!
Hey, old man. You know bad things can happen after you have a little fun.
Who are you guys?
We¡¯reher What are we?
Her husbands. -You¡¯reidiots!
You get that?
If not,we¡¯llmake you get it.
Bastard.
Do it!
My wallet!
Hey, wait.
Give me back my wallet!
You wanna say something?
Aren¡¯tyou going too far with your joke?
Whose joke?
He said I was younger than his daughter, but he still did it with me.
I¡¯mtaking this in return!
I¡¯lltake this for turning a blind eye to your joke.
Turning a blind eye?
You¡¯reblind to begin with
Hey!
What happened, Yuri?
I gave some money in charity to a blind guy!
A blind guy?
Here he comes.
That must be him.
He¡¯shere.
-He¡¯shere,he¡¯shere! -He has arrived!
Hey! He has arrived!
This is good. He arrived sooner than I thought.
Let¡¯shurry to greet him.
That must be him.
I¡¯msureyou¡¯reon your way someplace, but please stay at our inn tonight.
I¡¯msorry, but I want to reach Kagata.
I understand, butI¡¯mbegging you to spend the night with us.
-The bath is ready too. -But I want to go to Kagata...
There must be some kind of mistake.
Move out of our way
Out of our way!
Come on, out of our way.
We¡¯rehere.
Are you sure thisisn¡¯tsome kind of mistake?
I¡¯msure. We were asked to bring you here.
ButI¡¯m¡ª
We¡¯vebrought him!
Bring water to wash his feet, quickly!
Excuse meI¡¯dlike to wash off the dust on my face.
If you want to take a bath,it¡¯sready.
Actually, washing with water will be fine.
-Then show him to the well. -Yes.
-And also attend to his needs. -Yes.
-Thank you. -This way.
All right, thanks.
Miss,I¡¯mpuzzled about something.
How did your people know I was coming back to this area?
Is there a gathering of bosses, by any chance?
Anteelly, Chief Heehmee Shebei eeh all the ether hash mae era getharieg.
The headmen?
Yes.
It stilldoesn¡¯tmake sense to me.
When was the last time you came home?
More than 20 years ago, I think.
It must have been 23 years ago. Before I was born.
But still¡ªOh, thanks. This seems too excessive.
This is the room.
Oh, thanks.
It must be grilled sea bream.
They¡¯reall grilled sea breams.
My, this really is a grand gathering.
I wonder whythey¡¯regiving me such a warm welcome.
Nobody knew I was coming home.
This is completely unexpected.
I guess I should say a few words.
This must be green onion salad.
Is it all right to taste?
What?
What are you doing there, masseur?
Come on now, stand up! You¡¯renot supposed to be here.
This seat is for Mr. Shinbei Hitachiya.
I¡¯msorry.
Come with me. You must leave this room.
Excuse us.
Please have a seat.
Come on, you have to leave.
Hey,what¡¯sgoing on? What are you doing in this room?
Get out of here!
Please, call me by my old name Shinsuke like you used to.
Oh, no. You are now a very successful businessman.
I was sureyou¡¯dforgotten about us long ago.
There¡¯ssomething that distinguishes a successful man from other men.
Not at all.
No man could forget his birthplace.
My success today as Shinbei Hitachiya has been possible
only because my birthplace Kasama nurtured me.
Shobei.
With the crops failing year after year,
headmen such as you must be having a very tough time.
Indeed, we find ourselves powerless against many difficulties we face.
I wishI¡¯dcome sooner to offer you my help.
Bring my gift.
Enjoy the rice.
Mr. Shinbei brought a bale of rice with him.
Mr. Shinbei?
Yeah the guest attoday¡¯sgathering.
Listen, tomorrow morning, I¡¯llmake you big rice balls.
Thank you.
Listen, I heard that he brought a box of 1,000 ryo asagiff.
1,000 ryo?That¡¯samazing.
He¡¯shandsome, too?
Excuse me.
What is it, masseur?
Who is this manyou¡¯retalking about?
He¡¯sa rice merchant from Edo called Shinbei Hitachiya.
When he was a boy, his family had a penny store in Mosses-ode seer here.
-He¡¯sstill ereesh bdise¡¯they -Yesh.
-He¡¯smoved up a great deal. -He really has.
So. Shinsuke from Monzen-cho. eh?
-Here are some pickles. -Thank you.
Do you know Mr. Shinbei?
What?I¡¯monly an itinerant masseur Iwouldn¡¯tknow anyone like that.
My, what are yen heink? Sta? preparing meals yninkly.
Master, did you see the box of 1,000 ryo yourself?
I did for the first time at my old age.
Excuse me, master
Good of you to wait here, masseur.
There¡¯ssomethingI¡¯dlike to ask.
Why was I brought here?
Mr. Shinbei saw you on the road from his palanquin
He saw me?
He was feeling tired from the long trip, and you happened to pass by.
When he comes out of the bath I¡¯llsood for yes.
Yes.
Then I guess Shinsuke doesn¡¯tremember me.
Anything wrong?
What? Oh, no.
-Excuse me. -What is it?
I¡¯vebrought the masseur
-I see. Come in. -Yes.
-Thanks. -It¡¯snothing.
Excuse me. sir
-Thank you. ¡ªIt¡¯sall right.
So, is this the masseur you picked up on the road?
Ididn¡¯tpick him up. He just happened to pass by.
A local masseur might get nosy. Ididn¡¯twant to take that risk.
Indeed,you¡¯revery cautious.
Well, my shoulders are stiff after seeing all those headmen.
Masseur, work on my shoulders. -Yes.
I¡¯lltake my leave now.
I have a couple of girls from my place waiting in another room.
Should I send them in later?
Thanks, butI¡¯llpass.
Ididn¡¯tcome to Kasama to sleep with some local whore.
Indeed. I beg your pardon.
If you could manage, I¡¯dprefer an untouched girl.
Well, well. Let me see what I can do.
Oh, by the way,
I¡¯veinformed the magistrate about your arrival today.
Excuse me.
Is he a local yakuza boss?
What is it to you?
It seems you have a great variety of acquaintances.
I heard that you were on your way to Kebete.
Yea.
A person who was very kind to me when I was a boy lives in Kepete.
So I thoughtI¡¯dgo see her there.
It¡¯sbeen 20 years,hasn¡¯tit?
Do you know me?
Shinsuke.
Don¡¯tyou remember?I¡¯mIchi. I used to live at old womanOshige¡¯s.
Ichi?
It really has been a long time.
But Shinsuke, you came home a very successful man.
I¡¯mhappy for you.
Do you remember? We used to raid watermelon fields
Idon¡¯tremember
What about that time we went fishing, but wecouldn¡¯tcatch anything,
so we were twirling our fiahiag mba sub thu huch gut naught in tha aQua uf¡ª
Idon¡¯tlike a chatty masseur
I¡¯msorry.
Take them back.
Yes, Boss. Sothey¡¯renot wanted?
He wants to taste an untouched girl.
I guess these ones don¡¯tsuit his palate.
You sure there are chickens?
I spied them during the day.
What!
Mr. Shinbei came all the way from Edo to help you peasants out of year blight.
You should be glad to send your daughter to serve him!
-Who the hell is Shinbei? -No idea.
Listen, old man.
If your daughter wins his favor, youwon¡¯thave to dig worms anymore.
But...
You dare resist us still?
The old man must be feigning resistance.
Somebody help!
Come!
Mama!
You bastards! Youcan¡¯ttake her!
Wait, please!
This is our chance.
-Good morning. -Good morning, sir.
Chief Headmen, is it true Mr. Sdinbei will pay our penalty forus¡¯?
Canit¡¯strue.
Headman Yahei and I are on our way to see him on that matter
-It¡¯salmost like a dream. -Soit¡¯sreally true.
Youdon¡¯thave to worry anymore. Go back to your work.
Yes.
Thank you.
Excuse me.
Ah,you¡¯rethe masseur from yesterday.
Yes I am.
Did you come to see me?
-It¡¯sbeen a long time. -What?
I¡¯mIchi. I used to live atOshige¡¯s on the outskirts of the village.
-At old womanOshige¡¯ -Yes.
Whatever this is about, we have to go attend to important business.
-I understand. -Then come back some other time.
Actually,there¡¯ssomething I¡¯dlike you to hear.
You say you used to live at Oshige
What does it matter to us where you were born or raised?
Wemustn¡¯tmake Shinbei wait. Let¡¯sgo, Chief Headman.
I¡¯msorry, butit¡¯sabout Mr. Shinbei that I came to see you.
Do you want to ask him for some kind of favor?
Wedon¡¯thave time to waste on the likes of you.
Now,let¡¯sgo.
-Do take care. -We rely on you.
-He¡¯sbenevolent like a god. -Mr. Shinbei is indeed.
Did you drop something?
No,I¡¯mtrying to find a Jizo statue. I was sure it used to be here.
A Jizo statue?
Yes.
But it was a long time ago, so I may be mistaken.
Ah. I found it.It¡¯shere.
Here it is.
I pass by here all the time, but I never knew it was here.
Let me help you. ¡ªIt¡¯sall right.
Your hands will get dirty. I can manage.
Oh? The head is missing. Where is it?
I found it.It¡¯shere.
I found it. Here it is.
It was still here.
How did you know that this Jizo was here?
Well, I often used to play around here when I was a boy.
Masseur, you must be...
Ichi?
How do you know my name?
Did Oshige of Shinden raise you with her milk?
Are you that Ichi?
Yes.
I heard about you from Oshige.
What? From Oshige?
I was raised on her milk too.
You too. miss?
I¡¯mcalled Omiyo.
I was born after you left the village.
Oh, this is wonderful.
This chance meeting with you must be a blessing of the Jizo.
I¡¯mvery thankful.
So, is Oshige in good health?
She passed away five years ago.
She had lost her husband and son
and she was living alone by herself
I had no idea.
So she is gone.
Now there are only two of us left who grew up onOshige¡¯smilk.
Step down here.
All right, thanks.
It smells nice. A potteryworkshop¡¯ssmell.
-Another step down. -All right.
Granddad!You¡¯llbe surprised to see the personI¡¯vebrought.
-Who might that be? -It¡¯sIchi who used to live atOshige¡¯s.
-Ichi? -Excuse me.
Oh that wild kid?
Yes. Your voice tells me you¡¯reSakubei.It¡¯sbeen a while.
-Ichi. -Yes.
When did you come back? Come on in.
I¡¯mtaking him toOshige¡¯sgrave.
I see.Oshige¡¯sspirit will be pleased.
All right,let¡¯sgo.
I¡¯llgo and pay my respects, then.
It¡¯sover here.
Oshige.
Oshige, I brought the sake you used to like.
Let¡¯sdrink it together, all right?
Ichi.
Oh, thanks.
The tree has bloomed this year, too.
Nobody has lived here since Oshige died.
I see. Thanks.
It¡¯sstill here.It¡¯sstill here.
Omiyo, can you take a look at this scratch here?
When I was five,
Oshige made this scratch to mark my height.
You were so small once.
I was a boy full of mischief then.
I¡¯doften sneak intoSakubei¡¯s pottery workshop and get scolded.
We should pa. Mp prssddsd will do waiting.
Omiyo.
I thinkI¡¯dlike to spend the night here.
Here?
Yes.
Just a little while ago,
I was wondering why I was returning to my birthplace.
But then I met you, Omiyo.
You took me toOshige¡¯sgrave.
Andyou¡¯vealso brought me here toOshige¡¯sold house.
I¡¯mreally glad that I came back.
I¡¯mvery grateful to you.
I¡¯mglad too.
Since meeting you,I¡¯vefelt as if you¡¯rea brotherwho¡¯scome home.
See meelh thieb of me that may?
Hearing you say that
somehow makes me feel the same way.
There must be a unique bond between those raised on the same milk.
Look,it¡¯shim again.
He¡¯swith a fine-looking gal.
Tickle tickle.
This is a nice shack.
-This spot is whereI¡¯llsleep. -Hey!
You¡¯renot that pretty!
Omiyo, I think you should go home now.
Come home with me, Ichi.
What?You¡¯regoing? All right,we¡¯llcome with you.
Hey, Hide.
Where are you going?
Give my regards to your grandfather.
My regards, too.
Come again.
Oh,I¡¯mhungry.
-I¡¯mhungry too. -I¡¯mstarving.
Wedon¡¯thave any food.
I wanna have some rice.
I¡¯mhungry.
Hey, what do you think happened to that girl we saw last night?
It¡¯sobvious. She must have gotten poked by Shinbei Hitachiya.
You think so? What a shame wedidn¡¯tget our chance.
Who told you about Shinbei Hitachiya?
She¡¯dbe too tight still.
But so was Yuri at first. Weren¡¯tyou?
Idiot.
Hidelet¡¯sgo to bed.
I had my turn two nights ago.
Thenit¡¯sGen¡¯sturn.
I¡¯llpass too.
Why?
He¡¯drather have rice than you.
Ha!Don¡¯tregret it later.
Sleep by yourself if you wanna go to bed.
It¡¯ssnot!
Hey, masseur! I¡¯mhungry, but Iwon¡¯teat snot! Fool!
REGIONAL GOVERNMENT OFFICE OF KAGATA
GOLD COINS: 25 RYO
Here is 500 ryo for the penalty incurred for the shortage of tribute rice
from the twelve villages of Kagata.
You are paying it on their behalf?
Yes. I beseech you to accept it.
Fool!
It¡¯sthepeasants¡¯duty to deliver the tribute rice.
It is as you say, sir
However, a succession of crop failures
has made it difficult for the peasants to make the payment for the penalty.
Nevertheless, they must do it to show their loyalty to the chug seete.
Magistrate,
whether paid by the peasants or me, money is still money.
Don¡¯tmake clever excuses.
However, for this once, I will accept it out of consideration for you.
Sir.
-Thank you, sir. -Thank you, sir.
-That¡¯sMr. Shinbei. -Mr. Shinbei is here.
-Mr. Shinbei. -Hello sir.
Good work, everybody. You work hard.
Hello, sir
You¡¯resitting on a gold mine.
Are we?
You have gathered workmen?
Yes.I¡¯veseen to that. I¡¯vegathered about 100 men.
-100 men? -Yes.
We¡¯llsoon need even more than that.
But the ownership of the quarry still belongs to Ida nillagan,d0000¡¯tit?
It has until now.
But even that was only out of tradition.
Themagistrate¡¯soffice has allowed it for a small tax paid by the villages.
When I take over the operation,
themagistrate¡¯soffice will get at least 100 times that amount.
100 times?
Oh, my.
And do you have permission to work the quarry?
Yeah.
What if the peasants complain?
Why do you think I paid their penalty for them?
Iwon¡¯tlet them go against me.
Besides, I also have authorization from the Commissioner of Finance in Edo.
I see.
I¡¯vebeen living in this area,
but it never occurred to me that money could be made out of st0000.
Opportunities to make money can be found anywhere.
Well,I¡¯mvery impressed.
Let us have a cup of tea.
Please come in.
Have a seat.
Hey, old man.We¡¯dlike you to serve our guest a cup of tea.
Omiyo, serve them tea.
Yes.
Old man, this is Mr. Shinbei.
Is that right?
It would do you good to make his acquaintance, old man.
Whydon¡¯tyou show him what you have?
Idon¡¯thave anything to show him.
Well!
The old man is an odd one. I apologize.
Here is your tea.
Your tea sir.
Old man. thanks for the tea.
Let¡¯sgo, sir.
Why,you¡¯rethe masseur from yesterday.
Oh, hello. I believeit¡¯sthe boss.
Why the hell are you walking about there?
I came to thank the people of this house for the help I received.
Let¡¯sgo, sir.
Move!
Hello.
-Is that you, Ichi? -Yes.
I thoughtwe¡¯dhave a drink. So I brought sake.
Thanks,that¡¯sgood of you.
Well, he really is an unpleasant fellow.
What?
I¡¯mtalking about Shinbei. He¡¯sfull of himself
Well, I gave that bastard¡ª
I gave that man a shoulder massage.
And what I sensed through my fingers...
wasn¡¯texactly agreeable.
He really is a hateful bastard.
Well,let¡¯shave some sake.
Omiyo! Omiyo!
Ichi is here.
Welcome.
Hello.
He brought this sake. Make some dishes to go with it.
It¡¯stoo early to have drinks.
Oh, come on.
Bring us some pickles, too.
Ichi, come sit over here.
Oh, all right.
Omiyo.
Uh. this is...
just a little something...
-For me? -Yes.
Thank you.
You¡¯rewelcome.
It seems she caught your fancy.
Oh, you mean that girl.
Yes.
She may be a finer piece than all of the oldman¡¯sworks.
That¡¯sa good one.
Why do the peasants have to pay a penalty every year?
I heard that they pay it even in years of good crops.
It¡¯sbecause of the measure at themagistrate¡¯soffice.
Granddad.
Who cares if I say it? Everybody knows about it.
The one-to measure used for measuring tribute rice
actually has a capacity of one to, two s/io.
The chief headman appealed to the magistrate a dent it.
Bet ha man aneldad instead
that there are no anomalies in a measure which bears the hallmark of the shogunate.
That¡¯sawful.It¡¯slike the peasants are suffering double teeetiee.
That¡¯sright.
Theheadmen¡¯sgranaries are empty due to the past few years of poor crops,
but themagistrate¡¯sgranary is bursting with rice,it¡¯srumored.
Shinbei has the headmen wrapped completely around his little finger.
The fellow is as sharp as a needle.
He¡¯scunning and treacherous.
Buthe¡¯salso a money tree.
I must have a clever fellow like him on my side
to climb to the seat of Commissioner of Finance one day.
Ichi.
Yes?
Your eyesightdidn¡¯timprove even after you left Oshige?
No. I thinkit¡¯smy karma for all my sins.
Oshige used to be very concerned about your eyesight.
I¡¯msorry if I offended you.
No.I¡¯mnot offended.
I just had a foolish thought.
What?
I was thinking, ¡°Iwish I had myeyesight.¡±
But noit¡¯sbetter not to have it.
If I were able to see your face, it would be harder for me to leave.
Are you really leaving today?
Yes.
Where will you go?
I¡¯mnot sure whereI¡¯lltravel to.
My job takes me from one post town to the next.
But you finally came home.
Omiyo.
Could you do me a favor?
What is it?
Will you let me touch you?
Just a little.
Let me touch the lips that suckled onOshige¡¯sbreasts.
Thank you.
Oshige...
this may be...
the last time I ever come back here.
Forgive me, Oshige,
for having become what I am.
That scared me.
Is it a sign that Ishouldn¡¯tleave yet?
Are you going?
I was but somebody just stopped me from going.
Idon¡¯tsee anybody.
Youcan¡¯tsee her
You¡¯resaying Ican¡¯t, but you, a blind man, can?
That¡¯sstrange.
These are apricot blossoms.
I love how they smell.
You wanna go inside?
You¡¯vedecided not to go,haven¡¯tyou?
Don¡¯tyou have parents?
I probably do.
But Idon¡¯teven know their faces.
Why are you traveling with those rascals?
¡®Causeit¡¯sbetter than being alone.
Mister
Don¡¯tyou get lonely on your own?
Hey.
Are you fond of that girl called Omiyo?
lam
Who gave you permission to cut stones from this hill?
We were hired to work at this quarry.
This quarry belongs to our villages. Youcan¡¯tjust do whatever you want!
-That¡¯sright! -Hey, there!
What nonsense are you saying?
If you wanna say something, come see BossIwagoro¡¯smen!
You got anything to say?
Chief Headman what¡¯shappening to the quarry?
Did you make this sort of deal with Mr. Shinbei?
Did you?
I¡¯llresolve this matter.
Why, Chief Headman.
I want to see Shinbei.
Chief Headman!
Can I help you?
Shinbei, what are you planning to do with the village quarry?
Thegaarry¡¯aataaa will be lebalah ¡°laeheGranite¡±and aalh caaatrywiha.
You have no right to do that!
For generations, the quarry has been the property of the villages.
And it is acknowledged by the shogunate.
Acknowledged by the shogunate?
That¡¯sbecause the shogunate had no idea
how valuable thequarry¡¯sstone was until now.
Even so, Iwon¡¯tallow you to exploit the quarry as you like.
Shobei.
I am authorized by the shogunate to mine the quarry of the Kagata villages.
What?
Do you have any documents issued by the shogunate?
No, Idon¡¯thave any documents.
But it has been a tradition for generations
A tradition?
That carries no weight at all.
I have spent a certain amount of money to bring this about.
Paying thepeasants¡¯penalty was part of it.
Why,you¡¯vebeen deceiving us from the beginning!
I¡¯ma merchant. Idon¡¯tdo things thatdon¡¯tpay.
If the peasants work at the quarry, I¡¯llpay them daily wages.
I¡¯dlike you to have a good talk with them about it.
I¡¯msure the villagers will be persuaded if you talk to them.
Shinbei,I¡¯llrepay the money you paid for the penalty no matter what.
Please stop mining the quarry.
We survived three years of poor crops by selling stone from the quarry.
The quarry is a lifeline for the villages.
I expect the penalty money to be repaid.
But Ican¡¯tpull out of the quarrying now.
Mr. Shinbei.
The recruitment of workmen has been arranged
Thank you.
I¡¯veasked for ChiefHeadman¡¯shelp regarding the peasants.
Oh?
His face looked very pale.
There¡¯snothing to worry about.
-Look! -It¡¯sterrible!
Don¡¯tslow down! Wedon¡¯tneed you if youcan¡¯tdo your work!
Hey, brother!
We have a problem! Several peasants have bean vranhah Pp a steen.
Whet?
Damn! Useless peasants. Let¡¯sgo!
Stay back!
Darling! Darling!
You¡¯vesqueezed a good amount out of the peasants.
It seems the poor crops actually turned out well for you.
Watch what you say.
-When will you transport the rice? -Early tomorrow morning.
-You¡¯vemade arrangements? -Of course.
Wow, look how much rice is here.
If it were all ours...
It¡¯sterrible how things are turning out.
Well. that fellow Shinbei
was crafty even as a boy.
Many people died and got injured.
What will happen now?
It¡¯sterrible!
Sakubei, the Chief Headman has hanged himself!
What!
I¡¯msorry for your loss.
Let¡¯smake an appeal to the magistrate.
There¡¯sno other way but to ask for help from the government.
Headman Tahei, please make an appeal to the magistrate.
I understand, butI¡¯mnot sure the magistrate will take it up.
If we all go together to appeal to him, he¡¯llsurely listen to us!
That¡¯sright!
Wait!
If all of you flock to themagistrate¡¯soffice,
you¡¯llend up getting locked in jail.
That fellow Shinbei is sure to have made a bargain with the magistrate.
Ichi! Where are you going?
Well,I¡¯mgoing over to Kasama for a bit.
To do what?
I thoughtI¡¯dgo see Shinbei.
He grew up in this area too.
He might listen if I talk to him.
No.
He¡¯snot the sort of manwho¡¯lllisten, even if you were his childhood friend.
He has the yakuza behind him.
That makes it easier for me to talk to him.
-Welcome back. -Welcome back.
How¡¯sbusiness?
It¡¯sgoing well. Butthere¡¯san odd fellow on a roll.
What do you mean an odd fellow?
He¡¯sa masseur.
A masseur?
-Odd. -We have a game.
Showdown!
Five and two. Odd!
Soit¡¯shim. What an odd masseur.
Put a stop to his luck. -Yes.
-Place your bets. -Place your bets.
Place your bets, please.
Place your bets now.
Place your bets.
Even.
Maybe he can see the dice, huh?
Idiot, how could he?
We¡¯llbet for even too.
-Odd! -Go for odd.
Odd!
Bets for odd. Any more for odd?
-Odd! -Showdown!
-Two and six. Even! -He won again. I lost¡®causeof you.
How could I know it would be even
Everybody ready?
Everybody¡¯sready. Next game!
Wait a second.
Excuse me, but the sound of the dice has changed.
What are you saying?
Please use the dice you were using.
Hey, blind man.
Are you saying wedon¡¯tplay fair here at BossIwegoro¡¯sgembliog g0000y
That¡¯snot whatI¡¯msaying
I¡¯monly saying that the dice in the cup have been changed.
They¡¯vebeen changed, you say?
Whydon¡¯tyou check and see, then?
You must be joking.
It¡¯simpossible for me to see the dice.
Let me hear the sound they make.
Bastard,
are you ready for the consequences ifyou¡¯rewrong?
Hey, you use four dice at this gambling house?
You must be Zatoichi.
Cash my chips.
Yes.
Hey.
Wrap my winnings in this.
Here.
Is the boss here?
I¡¯mtalking about you!
What do you want?
I want you to take me to where Shinbei is.
There¡¯ssomething I want to discuss with him.
What are you doing?
Boss Iwagoro, you should treat a blind man more kindly.
If you try anything foolish, your boss will lose his head.
Hey.
My sandal.
Why, you...
Who is that blind man?
Fool! None of your business!
But we know him.
We hang around with him.
What?
Listen, if we take down that blind man, how much money will yen pay o
Don¡¯tnboeh of it no libhtly. Yno bOd5 ore on watch for him.
You never know till you give it a try.
If you get it done, then you can name your price.
Really?
Let¡¯sgo, guys.
Boss Iwagoro
Hey, when you visitsomebody¡¯splace, you should give them a greeting.
Good evening!
What is it, Boss Iwagoro?
It¡¯srude to enter my room without even calling.
What¡¯sthe matter?
Don¡¯tjust stand there. Come in and state your business.
What are you doing here?
Hey.
Don¡¯tyou think whatyou¡¯redoing is a bit too nasty?
You¡¯retrampling onpeople¡¯slives so you can make money.
That¡¯snot right.
Even worse,you¡¯vedeceived the people of your hometown.
Shinbei.
Leave Kasama before tomorrow morning...
if you want to stay alive.
No matter how much money you make, youcan¡¯ttake it to hell.
Iwagoro.
You understand?
Who is that guy?
He¡¯scalled Zatoichi, and his reputation is well-known among the yakuza.
A yakuza?
He is?
Mr. Shinbei, we¡¯llhave to step carefully now.
Boss Iwagoro, aren¡¯tyou a yakuza yourself?
Are you going to back down at anotheryakuza¡¯sthroat?
You can say what you like, buthe¡¯sno ordinary yakuza.
Are you saying you¡¯llpull out of this job?
Well,that¡¯s...
No matter whathe¡¯sthinking or what threats he makes,
I¡¯mgoing to go as far as I can with this job.
If youcan¡¯thnoblo him, why not nob for tho wagiotrnto¡¯oholy?
He¡¯sa wanted man,isn¡¯the?
That¡¯sright.
I¡¯lldo that.
You can return this girl to her home.
What?
All right, as you wish.
So, you must be Zatoichi.
Why did you show up at the gambling house?
My next stop will be themagistrate¡¯soffice.
You come with us!
You beast!
No! Granddad!
Omiyo! Omiyo!
Run! Omiyo!
You bitch!
You¡¯recoming with us!
Omiyo!
You old geezer!
Mister! Where are you going?
Damn you
Where did he go?
You idiot, where else but there?
Right!Let¡¯sgo!
I¡¯mcoming too!
There¡¯sthe bastard.
Hey,we¡¯llgo around and cut him off.
Hey, hey.
Masseur, I heardyou¡¯recalled Zatoichi and have quite a reputation.
I have no time to mess around with you guys.
-Hey, it worked! -We got him!
Guys, this is a bottomless bog.
You heartless rascals!
Damn it!Don¡¯tdie, fool!
Hey, why are you guys so quiet? Say something.
Stop that.
Three days.
Why have we stayed here for three days?
We¡¯venever stayed in one place for even one day.
It¡¯sodd.
Maybe Yuri infected us with something.
You think what we did was wrong
I¡¯llgo check on him.
Yuri.
Idiots. Go to hell, all of you!
Hey!
Shinbei.
You bastard, Iwon¡¯tforgive you.
You¡¯rea vile fellow, but you were my childhood friend.
Idon¡¯twant to kill you.
Leave Kasama before the night ends.
Understand?
Omiyo,I¡¯mgladyou¡¯resafe.
Tokubei,I¡¯msorry for causing a disturbance.
Listen, will you look after Omiyo?
Sure.
Ichi, where are you going?
I¡¯mnot presentable like this.
I¡¯llgo clean up.
Hey, guys!
It¡¯sthe masseur! I wanna help him.
-Let¡¯sdo it! -Damn those guys!
Don¡¯tinterfere!
I¡¯mhere!
Bastard!
You pig!
You bastard!
Damn you
Hey, Jun! Hey!
Idiot!
You were scared off by a mere blind masseur?
Find him and cut him down! -Sir!
Tell Shinbei
to start the rice transport without waiting for dawn.
Yes sir!
Why you, what do you want?
You¡¯redefiant despite your blindness.
This official measure you use, let me see
Rather
let me touch it.
Let you touch it?
It bears the hallmark of the shogunate,
Iwon¡¯tlet a lowlife yakuza like you touch it.
Somebody
Don¡¯traise your voice.
My eyesight is poor, but my hearing is good.
Take me to it.
OFFICIAL TRIBUTE RICE MEASURE CAPACITY: ONE TO
Look.
Stay back.
If you do anything stupid, the magistrate dies.
Open the doors. Do it now!
Yes sir.
Hey.
You open the doors, then you close them.
Yes.
Go get help quickly!
What are you doing?
Measure out one to of rice.
I want an exact measure.
One sho.
Two sho.
Can¡¯tyou do something?
All right.
Guys!
Sneak into thegraoa5¡¯ without him unticiub.
Yen.
Don¡¯tdo it. You¡¯llonly get the magistrate killed.
But...
Eight sho.
Nine sho.
One to.
Let me touch the rice in the measure.
It seems another two s/io of rice will be needed to fill this measure.
It¡¯sagainst the law to falsify the measurement of tribute rice.
Listen, Mr. Magistrate.
If this is found out,
you¡¯resure to be sentenced to seppuku or crucifixion.
I¡¯min the wrong.
I¡¯llreturn all the rice to the peasants.
Please,don¡¯tmake this public.
All right, I get it.
I¡¯llhave the rice loaded on the carrying carts now.
Open the doors.
Guys, make sure you get him!
Yes!
He¡¯slike a rat in a trap now, sir
Don¡¯tbe foolish How will we get the rice out of there?
We¡¯llget you out.
Bring whatever you can find.
-Do something now! -Yes of course. Leave it to me.
Guys! What are you doing? Get moving now!
That hurts.It¡¯stoo tight.
On, no.They¡¯recoming in.
Let¡¯sdo it!
Come on, go in!
Let¡¯sgo.
He¡¯snot here!
What?That¡¯simpossible!
Oh, look!
Damn, the blind bastard is quick at flight
even though hecan¡¯tsee.
Hecan¡¯thave gone too far yet.
-Hey, go find him -Yes.
Boss Iwagoro, carry out the rice whilehe¡¯sgone.
-Yes. Get the workmen here! -Yes Boss.
-Masa, you go find the blind bastard. -All right.
You guys! Carry out the rice!
Bring the carts! Hurry!
Hurry, hurry!
-Did you see him? -Hehasn¡¯tleft the premises yet.
Damn that blind bastard!
-Hurry up! -Be quick!
Hey, workquickly¡¯Move!
Get moving!
Hurry up!
Come on! Do it quickly!
I wonder where that blind bastard has gone.
Let the magistrate deal with him.
Shinbei!
Youwon¡¯tbe going to Edo.
That hurts!
You¡¯regoing to hell. No need to take the rice with you.
Do you hear me, Shinbei Hitachiya?
It seems you need to be reborn,
oryou¡¯llnever mend your ways.
Why, you...
I¡¯llpay you 100 ryc to kill him. -All right.
Take this!
Kill him! Kill him! What are you waiting for?
Attack! Attack him!
He¡¯smine, stay back!
Blind bastard.
Ichi!
Ichi, I was in the wrong.
You¡¯recompletely right.
Come on. we were childhood friends.
Forgive me!
I¡¯llgive you money. Here, take this money.
I¡¯llrestore the ownership of the quarry to the villages!
I¡¯llkneel down and apologize to the peasants!
Ichi!
We were buddies who used to raid watermelon fields together, remember?
-Is he really coming this way? -Yeah is he really?
He said he was going to Mito.
-Everybody,it¡¯sa crisis! -Something serious happened!
Ichi busted into themagistrate¡¯soffice
and cut down the magistrate and Shinbei and even Iwagoro!
Let¡¯sgo to him!
Wait! Wait!
Listen, think of the consequences for mixing with a yakuza like Ichi.
You¡¯llall be beheaded!
Omiyo, where are you going?
Omiyo!
What a fool!
Ichi!
THE END