Shogun's ninja (1983) - full transcript
A bitter rivalry between two Ninja clans has left countless dead over decades of fighting. During a critical point in their war with each other, one of the kings sends his commander in search of two mystical daggers.
-The Momochi castle
still stands.
Lord Oda's patience
is wearing thin.
You will have to do
something, Shogun.
Momochi is no raw recruit.
His ninja are the
best there are.
-Henshin!
We're meeting like
this in secret
because I have a
special mission for you.
Kill Momochi!
The three of us can
achieve anything.
I raised to myself.
I have taught them
to have no fear.
Chin is a mute, Hario
is deaf, together we
make an unbeatable team.
-Good Now do it!
-My Lord, we do
have other weapons
and techniques available to us.
We don't have to fight
with muskets and swords.
-The world will live in fear
when they learn how Shogun,
the chief of the Koga
Ninja has struck him down.
-I'm not ready yet for
the fame I may earn,
so I'll work in secret.
That way, I can serve
you more effectively.
NARRATOR: On March 15th
Lord Oda ordered Hideyoshi
to storm the Momochi
Castle in Iga Province,
and destroy the Iga Ninjas
down to every last man.
So massive was the
army, it exceeded
the entire population
of Iga province.
Lord Oda was
determined to eliminate
this thorn from his
side completely.
So intent was he on
revenge, he wanted nothing
less than total annihilation.
-Shogun, I am in your debt.
Nothing gives me greater
satisfaction than to hear
--[LAUGH] Lord Sendayu, I can
see his startled face even now
in my mind's eye. [LAUGHS] My
lord, let's plan our campaign.
[GROANS IN PAIN]
You traitor!
Shogun, you deceive me!
-Who are you're
calling a traitor?
You lost because your
arrogance betrayed you.
You know us ninja.
[LAUGHS]
-Damn you!
[GIVES BATTLE CRY]
-What's that?
-It's the lord!
-It's the lord!
-It looks like he's been killed.
Hey, look!
-Huh?
-Ninjas!
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
-Brother, I can't
find the sword.
-What's that?
The sword has a map which
shows where their gold mine is.
He must have it somewhere.
Search again.
-Sir.
-Sir.
[FLUTE PLAYS]
-My lady, the castle has fallen.
Our master has been killed--
[CHILD CRIES]
-By the chief of the Koga Ninja.
Shogun violently
betrayed your husband.
-Betrayed us?
-Yes.
He told the lord he
was siding with us,
but then he attacked
him, from behind!
-My husband would have been
ashamed to die like that.
This wolf proves that
you are the heir.
Guard it with your
life, my child.
Oroku, take care of my son.
-You must leave
with us, my lady.
-Leave me.
Now go!
Mother!
-No!
Takamaro, sometimes it's harder
to keep living than to die.
But you must live, your
defend your parents death.
The family name rests in you.
OKARU: Come back boy!
-Mother!
-Quickly boy, come quickly.
-Damn it, we're too late.
-I want that boy killed.
Kanazuki, see to it.
I want the Momochi
Clan annihilated,
down to every man,
woman, and child.
Yes.
-Kill, or be killed.
No quarter can be given in war.
There's no other way.
-Oh, Yatoshi?
YATOSHI: Yes, father.
-Oh, you're alive.
-Thank good you're safe.
I was beginning to give up hope.
-Here comes the boy, come here.
Give him to us. [LAUGHS]
[CHILD CRIES]
-Don't cry, Oto.
-Get down.
Quickly!
Quickly, run for your lives.
CHILD:Mommy, mommy, mommy!
Damn it!
Kill them!
Kill all of them.
-Show them no mercy!
NARRATOR: In June of
the following year 1582,
General Akichi turned against
his own master, Lord Oda.
Shogun had informed Hideyoshi
of Akichi's intended treason.
So, as Lord Oda
died, Hideyoshi was
ready to take power
for himself, and become
the effective ruler of Japan.
Hideyoshi then announced he
would avenge Lord Oda's death,
and defeated General Akichi
at the Battle of Yamazaki.
-Betrayed.
Doomed.
NARRATOR: General Akichi never
realized how he had been used.
In this way did Hideyoshi
unify the country,
and turn the Japanese
into one nation.
[SINGING IN JAPANESE]
-It's land.
Japan!
NARRATOR: Wanted, Ishikawa
Goemon the Phantom Thief,
for a multitude of crimes.
Five ounces of gold as
reward for information
leading to his arrest.
Ten ounces of gold to
whoever brings him alive.
-Aw, I could do with
money like that.
-Aw, what do you mean?
It isn't as if Goemon
steals from us, than is it?
When hasn't he split his
loot with us poor people.
-Come along, come
along, come along!
Feast your eyes on this monkey,
a most amazing little creature!
-Hey, what's so
special about him then?
-Don't worry-
-What's he do?
-Let's see him do something!
-Come on.
[CROWD CHEERS]
-See our lovely young girls
perform their dancing.
You've come to the
right place, young man.
Walk right in.
The Otsuya troop are
famed for their Kabuki.
Hey, stranger!
You come from China, don't you?
You've seen nothing
like this back home.
Another customer.
CROWD: [MUMMERS APPROVINGLY]
MALE SPEAKER: Take it off!
Take them off!
Come on!
Take them off!
Come over here.
Come on!
CROWD: [ANGRY SHOUTING]
Stop that!
-What's going on?
Oh, no, let go!
Let go of me!
Stop!
[BONES SNAP]
-Ow!
My arm.
No more!
Ow, ow, oh.
[BONES STOP]
MALE SPEAKER: Come on, stop it!
-Oh, my arm!
MALE SPEAKER: Come on, get him!
Hey, why you--
[WOMEN SCREAM]
-Get out of the way!
Come on, get out the way.
Hey, there's going
to be trouble.
Hey, hey, come on.
-Hey, let me through.
Hey, what the hell's going on?
-Hey, that guy there!
-[YELLS]
-Hey, look at this!
Hey, come on!
[CROWD SHOUTING]
-Uh?
-Hey, you see that?
-The Momochi sword!
-Come on!
MALE SPEAKER: Watch
out, here's the police.
MALE SPEAKER: Make
way for the police!
Out the way there.
Get back!
Get out of there.
Don't let the foreigner escape.
Arrest him!
-Chase him!
MALE SPEAKER: Chase him!
After him!
Don't let him escape!
Get after him!
Surround the building!
Ichi, come on.
NARRATOR: This particular
ninja was working
as a spy for Lord
Tokugawa, who plotted
to usurp Hideyoshi's
position as shogun.
[LAUGHS]
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[ALL LAUGH AND CHEER]
-You're back!
Master Takamaru.
-We managed the
float out to sea.
Luckily, a Chinese
merchant ship spotted us
and took us to China.
-Oh, that was lucky.
-How's Iroko?
-He's dead.
Seven years ago.
-Tell me, is Hatsu safe?
-We got separated from Hatsu.
We don't know what
happened to the poor girl.
We haven't seen her since.
-I see.
-By the way, we have
enough gold stored
to call the clan together again.
MOMOCHI TAKAMURA: Then
why live in this old ruin?
-This ruin is our camouflage.
-You must have heard of people
talking of Ishikawa Goemon who
robs from the rich
and gives to the poor.
-Right, it's right.
It's not you?
-We're no ordinary criminals.
-Our mission is to overthrow the
Hideyoshi government. [LAUGHS]
-We're so generous to the
poor, they all help us.
They're our private army.
-Ishima's information
and explosives.
I'm in charge of planning, and
Utsuke isn't the brightest,
but he can open
any lock in Japan.
-Who says, I'm stupid?
I can fight.
-Utsuke is as light
and as fit as a monkey.
-I help out in odd jobs,
though, if any animal
needs handling,
than I am the man.
-They seem to respond to him.
I don't know what it is,
because we're all animals.
ALL: Ishikawa Goemon!
-So you see, it's not just
one of us, it's all of us.
-Is that a fact?
-Come and have a look through
here. [SPEAKING JAPANESE]
This is just part
of our property.
-Oh, I--
-I remember you.
Ishima!
-Ishima!
This is our young
master, Takamru.
He's come back to us from China.
-So why doesn't he
go back there then?
He looks as if he'd
be more at home
there in that strange outfit.
-Ishima, you're out of line.
-If you don't like what
I say, than step outside
and I'll show you how to fight.
-Hey, hold on!
-All right, I'll go.
-Come on!
And I'll demonstrate
how to use Jujitsu!
-Hey.
You win, master.
[CHEERS]
ALL: [CHEER]
-Yashima's good, but he's no
match for the young master,
he's brilliant.
-Huh, you reckon he's
good enough to beat me?
-Go home!
-What's this?
-Huh, someone left this at
the temple as an offering.
-What do you mean, you stole it?
-Hey, up there!
-Huh?
-Huh?
-Welcome, Takamaru!
-Natoshi!
-[LAUGHS] Hey!
I've trained these ninja
to act like spiders.
As loyal Momochi,
we're at your disposal.
-I, Takamaru, [INAUDIBLE]
behalf of the Momochi Clan,
will kill Shogun and
charge Hideyoshi.
The Momochi clan
will rise again!
-Shogun!
-Yes?
-How is it you have caught that
thief called [INAUDIBLE] yet?
People will start losing
their fear of you.
After all, the is my
home town, so to speak.
-Forgive my failure, my lord.
I will get him for you.
--[LAUGHS] That's
what I like to hear.
But you are my
military advisors,
arresting criminals should
be your brothers job.
After all, he's been
appointed magistrate.
-I'll tell him of your concern.
I'm sure he can
solve this problem.
-Shogun, look!
-Sir!
-Our army is victorious!
Nothing can stand in their way.
Soon, all Korea will be our.
General Korodo and
Chimiso are here.
Geteral Kato is holding
the northern flank.
In fact, our armies are
doing so well over there,
I was thinking of possibly
invading China too.
-Congratulations, sir.
-War is so expensive, and
I'm running out of gold.
-I see.
-Shogun, do you
remember the Momochi
Clan, whom I had annihilated?
-Yes, I do.
Even now I'm hunting
down survivors.
Your orders were to
destroy all of them.
-If only I could
find out where they
have their secret gold mine.
I could be enjoying
this war so much more,
and I do enjoy it so much
when our side is winning.
Oh, Sutemaru [LAUGHS]
my son, come here!
Sutamaru, how are you today, eh?
That's a good boy.
Hey, come to see your father?
LADY YODO: That's enough.
-Eh?
-You'll spoil him.
Come along, Sutamaru, come.
Sutamaru.
--[LAUGHS] If a man's not
king in his own house,
how is he able the
rule a whole people?
-Silence!
I'm in charge of this country!
-Yatoshi, I'm sorry.
I'd hoped your
father would live.
We could come back together.
-I'll bury this keepsake
of his somewhere.
We are worse than outlaws.
We have no land to call our own.
Young master, restore
the Momochi clan.
With you, we are
ready to rise up.
None of us have
forgotten what they did!
-I'll try.
I won't let you down.
I intend to fight to the death,
until our clan is powerful
again.
-What did you do in China?
Was my father able to help you?
-He died when I was 14.
One day, when I'd
run out of money,
I was caught stealing food.
Could have been very bad,
but luckily I got away.
-Are you all right?
-Come here, damn you!
MOMOCHI TAKAMURA:
She's the daughter
of a Kung-Fu instructor.
Her name was Ai-Lian,
and I loved her.
I still miss her.
-Brother Hansu!
Welcome home.
-It's for you.
Open it.
-Thank you, brother.
Oh!
It's lovely.
It's beautiful.
Look!
BROTHER HANSU: It suits you.
-Really?
BROTHER HANSU: Makes
you look like a lady.
[CHUCKLES]
-You're joking.
[CHUCKLES] So, you
must be hungry.
I'll get a meal ready.
-Hatsu.
-Hm?
-Sit down.
-Yes, brother?
-Takamaru Momochi's
turned up in Kyoto.
He's a strong young men, now.
-Really?
Brother, I'm no longer
part of the Momochi clan.
This is my home.
You brought me up here,
and I'm your sister now.
-That's right.
So, you could do me a favor.
See Takamaru.
Take his sword away from him.
It's got the secret
of the Momochi
gold mine written on the blade.
-Master, as long as
you have the sword,
our clan will never
be short of funds.
-What do you mean?
What about the sword?
-On the blade, it is
written the secret map
of the Momochi gold mine.
My father told me as the castle
is being attacked, carry it
with you always, never lose it.
-There's only half.
Where's the other half?
[FLUTE PLAYS]
-Hatsu.
Hatsu!
-Takamaru.
-So you are alive.
-This flute has
brought us together.
-I remember, my
mother's keepsake.
Crybaby Hatsu.
-I've not wept a single
tear since that day.
-My mother and my father,
the flute and sword
remind me to avenge them.
Hatsu, all our friends
are still alive.
I met them soon after
I got back here.
I'm sure they'll be
pleased to see you.
-Another time.
-Oh.
Hatsu, where are you living now?
-A kind man took me
into his home in Osaka.
-Well, that's fortunate.
Yatoshi's with us, too.
Let's go.
-Good night.
-Are you sharpening
it to take revenge?
-What do you mean?
-I took the reward.
I talked to the police
about you and Takamaru.
I told them where to find them.
-What's that?
-You're safe.
You're safe with him.
I didn't mention you.
-Otsuya!
-Go!
Go ahead, kill me
if you want to.
I deserve to die, go ahead!
[SOBS] No!
No!
No!
Don't!
Kill me if you
want,. but don't go!
No!
-Let me go!
-Oh no!
-How can I betray
my own friends?
-It's too late!
Please!
Do you want your child
to be fatherless?
Get it?
-Huh?
-Yes.
Feel this.
It's ours, this baby
growing inside me.
Please, don't go!
You mustn't go.
You musn't go!
You musn't go!
Don't go!
[CHICKEN CLUCKS]
-Huh?
-Huh?
-It's a dead cock!
-Take that!
-Get back!
-[YELLS] After him!
-[YELLS]
-Shoot them out of the trees!
Yashima!
-Huh, what?
-Damn it!
-Leave them.
-Shogun!
You are Shogun!
-So, the Momochi son.
You have survived this far.
[LAUGHS] I don't want to kill
you too soon, so
hand over the sword.
-Takamaru!
-Otso!
Run for it!
-Talk!
Where's the gold mine hidden?
What's the secret?
What's written on the sword?
-TORTURER: Come on, Speak!
-Damn it!
How come they found
us? [INAUDIBLE] Kazuki.
-Right, 'cause that's
why he come back here.
-Quiet!
-[GROANS IN PAIN]
-Enough.
-It does show the gold mine,
but there is only half.
There must be another sword
somewhere that matches this.
-Who has got it?
-Hatsu, give me the flute.
-Brother?
-You have grown up with it,
it's part of you, I know.
But, as you're
playing it, you relive
your times with the Momochi.
But remember, love is the
strongest weapon you have.
-Love is my weapon.
-And don't forget
you're my sister.
[GASPS FOR AIR]
[BONES SNAP]
-Who are you?
I am Takamaru Momochi!
[YELLING IN JAPANESE]
MALE SPEAKER: Prisoner escape!
NARRATOR: The bandit Ishikawa
Goemon will be boiled alive,
in a cauldron on the 23rd of
the month, down by the riverbed.
[CROWD MURMERS]
-No!
No!
-No!
Not that!
No!
No!
No!
No!
No!
MALE SPEAKER: Get back!
-Let me through.
Out of my way!
Let me go!
Let me through here!
MALE SPEAKER: Stop that man!
-Let me through!
Let me go!
Out of my way.
MALE SPEAKER: Stop that man!
-Get out of my way.
Let me go!
-No!
No!
-I am Ishikawa Goemon!
Listen everyone!
You've got the wrong people!
I'm your man!
I can't let someone
else take my place!
I can't let innocent people die!
-Kazuki!
-Kazuki!
-Kazuki!
Kazuki!
-Kazuki!
-Stop her!
-Sakayuki!
MALE SPEAKER: Hey, look quickly.
-Don't move!
Get down!
I want to check you!
Heads up!
-Come here!
-No!
No!
No!
No!
No!
No!
-No!
No, no!
No!
No, please!
[SCREAMS]
-Takamaru!
Takamaru!
[CROWD SCREAMS]
-Hey, come on, quickly!
Get away!
Run away from here!
Run away!
[GUNS FIRE]
-Look there!
It's Takamaru!
-Here we go.
Follow me.
-Right.
-Yatoshi!
-Yatoshi!
-Young master, get away!
-Hey, get back!
-Yatoshi!
-Young master, get back,
get back there, quickly!
Young master you fool, you
must stay alive for me.
Stay back here!
[YELLING IN JAPANESE]
BOTH: Yatoshi!
[GUN FIRE]
[CROWD SCREAMS[
-Don't die!
No!
-Damn you, Hanzo.
[CROWD YELLS ANGRILY]
-Quickly, let's go.
Come on!
MALE SPEAKER: Make way.
[GUN SHOTS]
-Leave me!
Get away from--
-No!
-Come on No!
-Fushiki!
-Leave him.
-Leave him!
[CRICKETS CHIRP]
[YELL REVERBERATES]
[FLUTE PLAYS]
[SOBS] We're the only survivors.
-I lost.
I was defeated.
-Look!
Somebody's there!
-Huh?
-Huh?
-You aren't beaten, Takamaru.
But you will be unless you
pull yourself together.
-Do you know me?
-Of course, I do.
The sword is proof of
who you really are.
-I know you.
-Sazawa Hakamusi.
-Hakamusi?
-I will beat any defeatism
there is out of you.
Come!
[SINGING IN JAPANESE]
[YELLING]
-Konichiro!
Konichiro!
KONICHIRO: Help me!
-Be careful!
-Konichiro!
-Stop.
Let him crawl back by himself.
-But he can't.
You can't--
-He's a fool.
You have to learn in this
world you can't trust anybody.
A lioness is meant to
deliberately put her cubs away,
and only the ones that can
find their own way back to her
will become adults.
-Yes, master.
[SHIRINUI KIAIS]
SAZAWA HAKAMUSI: Oh, well done.
Fool.
Is this can in
reality been a sword
your hand would have been
severed right from your body.
Takamaru, if you wear
blades on your arms
than you could use
your arms like swords,
and you could move much faster.
-Kowochiro?
-Kowochiro!
-You're alive!
-You're alive! [LAUGHS]
-I made it.
-You made it!
-You made it!
-I made it.
-We're together.
-You've been through
a tough training.
You have mastered it all, the
secret arts of the Iga Ninja.
However, three is something else
before you can take revenge.
-What is it?
We're ready to learn.
-Later.
This swords was given to me to
keep in trust by your father,
now it's yours.
You've heard of the
Momochi gold mine,
the map of its whereabouts has
been engraved on both swords.
Only if you have
both of them can
you find the exact
location of the mine.
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
-Hatsu, tell me, why
did you steal it?
-Takamaru, please don't ask me.
-Hatsu.
Hatsu!
Hatsu, you must tell me.
Hatsu, I have to know.
How could you do this?
-Takamaru, please
don't make answer.
Go ahead, kill me for
the traitor I am, please.
I've betrayed our clan, but
I'm bound to another loyalty
as well, to my foster
brother, Hatori Hanzo.
-Hanzo?
Did he tell you to steal it?
-I can't stand
much more of this?
Why don't you finish
me off, Takamaru?
[LIGHTNING STRIKES]
-Hatsu, go back to him.
If he wants it, he
can come himself!
-Why don't you do
as the girl says?
She's admitted she
works for Hanzo.
Kill her.
-Takamaru, go and kill me!
-Right, he won't.
I will.
I'll do it!
-Hatsu, run!
-Stop it.
Out of my way.
-Run!
-Takamaru!
Run!
-Well done, Takamaru.
Remember, you can
use both your arms,
so you can fight
with two swords.
You'll be a mighty
warrior, remarkable.
-Master!
-Stay back!
Takamaru, you still lack
one vital ingredient.
Your heart needs to be
made of sterner stuff.
If you're to overcome
your enemy you
must learn to concentrate
your anger and hate.
Show no mercy.
Used our emotions like a coiled
spring, just as a wild beast.
-Like a wild beast.
-Behold!
The gods sent down
their thunderbolts.
Their lightning inflames
the earth with fear.
Takamaru, there's no
turning back for you.
You're now lord of the
Momochi clan to the end!
-Master!
-I'll say goodbye.
-Why can't you?
Why can't you do it?
Have you forgotten the code
of the ninja you swore.
-Hanzo, please help Takamaru!
He needs no help now that he's
got both swords to fight with.
-Takamaru isn't interested
in power or wealth.
He only wants to kill
his archenemy, Shogun.
It's the only reason
he's returned to Japan!
I beg you, you have to help him!
-I love him!
I love him with all my heart!
--[ROARS] Hatsu, is life
so precious to you?
-It is.
I want to live.
-Even I, the most
powerful man in all Japan
have no defense against disease.
--[CHUCKLES] You're not done
for yet, my lord. [CHUCKLES]
-I-- Shogun, come closer.
Leave me.
-Sir.
-[GROANS] No, let the child be.
I may be the ruler here,
but after I'm gone,
what power shall I have?
I must see my son,
Sutamaru, succeed me.
Shogun, I'm none too
confident of Ieyasu.
He plots and he
conceals his hand.
I can't be sure whether
he is in Echizen province
or he's staying with
his son, Hidiyoshu--
-Sir, what do you want me to do?
-(STRAINING TO SPEAK)
You are to deliver this
letter to Ieyasu
himself personally.
-Yes, sir.
Am I to wait for his reply?
-Of course.
Understand?
If we let this chance slip from
our hands, our clan's finished.
So we have got no
alternative, but act now.
-Yes.
On one condition.
If I succeed, appoint me
to be the boy's guardian.
-Appoint you?
-Yes, sir, appoint me
the boy's guardian.
I gather that Lord Maida
is expecting the post.
-Lord Maida?
-Yes, it's dangerous post.
These times are
fraught with peril.
Your son has many enemies.
I have worked hard
for you, all my life.
My lord, I am uniquely
placed to perform
this important role
on your behalf.
I'll guard his life
as if it were my own.
I ask nothing else.
-What's this?
I hope you are mad with pity.
[COUGHING FIT]
-Is it such a big thing to ask?
--[COUGHING FIT] All
right, but I want you
to deliver Ieyasu's
reply in person.
I will be awaiting your return.
MALE SPEAKER: General,
Shogun is leaving.
Call out the palace guard.
-Shogun!
Shogun, it's this way.
--[LAUGHS] Master Satamaru, you
keep a close eye on the lord.
-Right.
-[LAUGHS]
-Hatsu, Shogun is leaving Kyoto.
It's a perfect opportunity.
Tell Takamaru.
He's leaving the Fushima Castle
on the 17th of the month.
Here's a map of the route
he'll take to Echizen.
Deliver it.
-Brother.
-Ai-Lin!
-I've been waiting for you.
-Ai-Lin, why haven't
you gone back home?
-Everywhere's my home.
My home is wherever my love is.
I want to fight with
you by your side.
I can't live without you.
Please?
HATSU: Shogun leaves
Kyoto on the 17th.
He'll be taking the Nagasendo
highway, through the Wakihuru
pass, on his way to Echizen.
Takamura, here's the
chance you've wanted.
Don't miss it, you
may never get another.
-Hmph, how can we believe
ninja Hanzo's woman.
-I mean business!
Well, what I'm wondering
is, what's in it for you?
-Takamaru, you have to trust me.
-Well, I trust her.
Taka, I do trust her.
It's worth taking
the risk, isn't it?
-All right, yes.
-I've all ready sworn to
fight him to the death,
nothing's going to stop me.
We'll fight like animals.
We'll take him at
Washaki Mountain.
The road's steep there,
his men will be tired.
It's two days from Kyoto,
he's cut off from supplies,
and the forest either side
affords good protection.
-Are they flying
squirrels, I wonder,
or Momochi we've missed.
-Brother, ignore them.
Let's keep going, out
business is ahead.
-Halt the column.
We can't afford to lose our men.
Get off the road.
-Welcome, Shogun!
Here I am, the lord
of the Momochi clan.
You die.
-Archers, shoot him!
SHIRANUI SHOGUN: Shoot him down.
Fire at will.
Shoot him!
What are you waiting for?
Out of the way.
Musketeers, load up and fire.
-Sir!
-Damn him.
They're our own men.
SHIRANUI SHOGUN: Fire!
SHIRANUI SHOGUN: Hold
it, don't fire at random.
That's what they want us to do.
Kanazuki?
-Sir?
-Split up into 6 squads.
-Yes, sir.
-And each squad just
hunt down one man.
Beyond the forest there
are some dunes and swamps.
Drive them out towards the
open, where we'll cut them down.
We can rejoin the
road further up,
and don't give them the
chance to get around us.
Go!
-Sir!
-Sir!
-Any sign of them?
SOLDIER 2: Not yet, sir.
SOLDIER 1: Spread out.
SOLDIER 2: Over this way.
Pick up your boots.
Over here!
[INAUDIBLE]
-What's going on?
-We've done it!
We've done it!
-Damn you, Takamaru.
-Spread out!
-Oi!
MALE SPEAKER: [SCREAMS]
-Get her!
[SOLDIERS SCREAM IN PAIN]
Quick
-Come on!
Come on!
Follow me!
Come on!
[YELL OF SURPRISE]
-You can't catch me.
You're all going to die.
You can't catch me!
[GROANS IN PAIN]
-No No, you musn't die!
SOLDIER: [GIVES BATTLE CRY]
-Come on!
-Get in there!
SHIRANUI SHOGUN: Gunners!
Gunners.
Fire.
KONICHIRO: Takamura, come on!
-Konichiro!
-Oh
-Hanzo.
-Brother!
-Shogun, your days as
Hideyoshi's dog are over.
--[CHUCKLES] If my
time has come, you
can be sure death
has marked you.
-You have let power go
to you head, Shogun.
You no longer recognize
your own weakness,
that's where you've failed.
You're doomed.
--[LAUGHS] You have no idea
what real power can do.
-[CRIES OUT IN PAIN]
-Ai-Lian!
Ai-Lian!
Ai-Lian!
Ai-Lian?
-Taka, can I help you?
I have helped you.
Taka, remember.
-Ai-Lian.
-When first we met, all the
peach blossom was in bloom.
Taka, I love you, Taka.
Gunner.
-Ai-Lian?
Ai-Lian!
-Hey!
MOMOCHI TAKAMURA: Shogun!
-Go.
I'll take care of them, go!
-Hyah!
-Hyah!
Hyah!
Hyah!
-We've got him.
-Hyah!
Hyah!
[HORSE WHINNIES]
[GURGLES]
NARRATOR: Almost at
that same moment,
Toyatomi Hideyoshi died
at the ripe old age of 62.
Japan was about to have a
new shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu,
a ruler history would judge
as the greatest of them all.
HATORI HANZO: Give me the
swords, hand them over.
-I refuse.
-Out of the way.
[FLUTE PLAYS]
[SINGING IN JAPANESE]
-There is my answer.
-Well, maybe it's for the good.
still stands.
Lord Oda's patience
is wearing thin.
You will have to do
something, Shogun.
Momochi is no raw recruit.
His ninja are the
best there are.
-Henshin!
We're meeting like
this in secret
because I have a
special mission for you.
Kill Momochi!
The three of us can
achieve anything.
I raised to myself.
I have taught them
to have no fear.
Chin is a mute, Hario
is deaf, together we
make an unbeatable team.
-Good Now do it!
-My Lord, we do
have other weapons
and techniques available to us.
We don't have to fight
with muskets and swords.
-The world will live in fear
when they learn how Shogun,
the chief of the Koga
Ninja has struck him down.
-I'm not ready yet for
the fame I may earn,
so I'll work in secret.
That way, I can serve
you more effectively.
NARRATOR: On March 15th
Lord Oda ordered Hideyoshi
to storm the Momochi
Castle in Iga Province,
and destroy the Iga Ninjas
down to every last man.
So massive was the
army, it exceeded
the entire population
of Iga province.
Lord Oda was
determined to eliminate
this thorn from his
side completely.
So intent was he on
revenge, he wanted nothing
less than total annihilation.
-Shogun, I am in your debt.
Nothing gives me greater
satisfaction than to hear
--[LAUGH] Lord Sendayu, I can
see his startled face even now
in my mind's eye. [LAUGHS] My
lord, let's plan our campaign.
[GROANS IN PAIN]
You traitor!
Shogun, you deceive me!
-Who are you're
calling a traitor?
You lost because your
arrogance betrayed you.
You know us ninja.
[LAUGHS]
-Damn you!
[GIVES BATTLE CRY]
-What's that?
-It's the lord!
-It's the lord!
-It looks like he's been killed.
Hey, look!
-Huh?
-Ninjas!
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
-Brother, I can't
find the sword.
-What's that?
The sword has a map which
shows where their gold mine is.
He must have it somewhere.
Search again.
-Sir.
-Sir.
[FLUTE PLAYS]
-My lady, the castle has fallen.
Our master has been killed--
[CHILD CRIES]
-By the chief of the Koga Ninja.
Shogun violently
betrayed your husband.
-Betrayed us?
-Yes.
He told the lord he
was siding with us,
but then he attacked
him, from behind!
-My husband would have been
ashamed to die like that.
This wolf proves that
you are the heir.
Guard it with your
life, my child.
Oroku, take care of my son.
-You must leave
with us, my lady.
-Leave me.
Now go!
Mother!
-No!
Takamaro, sometimes it's harder
to keep living than to die.
But you must live, your
defend your parents death.
The family name rests in you.
OKARU: Come back boy!
-Mother!
-Quickly boy, come quickly.
-Damn it, we're too late.
-I want that boy killed.
Kanazuki, see to it.
I want the Momochi
Clan annihilated,
down to every man,
woman, and child.
Yes.
-Kill, or be killed.
No quarter can be given in war.
There's no other way.
-Oh, Yatoshi?
YATOSHI: Yes, father.
-Oh, you're alive.
-Thank good you're safe.
I was beginning to give up hope.
-Here comes the boy, come here.
Give him to us. [LAUGHS]
[CHILD CRIES]
-Don't cry, Oto.
-Get down.
Quickly!
Quickly, run for your lives.
CHILD:Mommy, mommy, mommy!
Damn it!
Kill them!
Kill all of them.
-Show them no mercy!
NARRATOR: In June of
the following year 1582,
General Akichi turned against
his own master, Lord Oda.
Shogun had informed Hideyoshi
of Akichi's intended treason.
So, as Lord Oda
died, Hideyoshi was
ready to take power
for himself, and become
the effective ruler of Japan.
Hideyoshi then announced he
would avenge Lord Oda's death,
and defeated General Akichi
at the Battle of Yamazaki.
-Betrayed.
Doomed.
NARRATOR: General Akichi never
realized how he had been used.
In this way did Hideyoshi
unify the country,
and turn the Japanese
into one nation.
[SINGING IN JAPANESE]
-It's land.
Japan!
NARRATOR: Wanted, Ishikawa
Goemon the Phantom Thief,
for a multitude of crimes.
Five ounces of gold as
reward for information
leading to his arrest.
Ten ounces of gold to
whoever brings him alive.
-Aw, I could do with
money like that.
-Aw, what do you mean?
It isn't as if Goemon
steals from us, than is it?
When hasn't he split his
loot with us poor people.
-Come along, come
along, come along!
Feast your eyes on this monkey,
a most amazing little creature!
-Hey, what's so
special about him then?
-Don't worry-
-What's he do?
-Let's see him do something!
-Come on.
[CROWD CHEERS]
-See our lovely young girls
perform their dancing.
You've come to the
right place, young man.
Walk right in.
The Otsuya troop are
famed for their Kabuki.
Hey, stranger!
You come from China, don't you?
You've seen nothing
like this back home.
Another customer.
CROWD: [MUMMERS APPROVINGLY]
MALE SPEAKER: Take it off!
Take them off!
Come on!
Take them off!
Come over here.
Come on!
CROWD: [ANGRY SHOUTING]
Stop that!
-What's going on?
Oh, no, let go!
Let go of me!
Stop!
[BONES SNAP]
-Ow!
My arm.
No more!
Ow, ow, oh.
[BONES STOP]
MALE SPEAKER: Come on, stop it!
-Oh, my arm!
MALE SPEAKER: Come on, get him!
Hey, why you--
[WOMEN SCREAM]
-Get out of the way!
Come on, get out the way.
Hey, there's going
to be trouble.
Hey, hey, come on.
-Hey, let me through.
Hey, what the hell's going on?
-Hey, that guy there!
-[YELLS]
-Hey, look at this!
Hey, come on!
[CROWD SHOUTING]
-Uh?
-Hey, you see that?
-The Momochi sword!
-Come on!
MALE SPEAKER: Watch
out, here's the police.
MALE SPEAKER: Make
way for the police!
Out the way there.
Get back!
Get out of there.
Don't let the foreigner escape.
Arrest him!
-Chase him!
MALE SPEAKER: Chase him!
After him!
Don't let him escape!
Get after him!
Surround the building!
Ichi, come on.
NARRATOR: This particular
ninja was working
as a spy for Lord
Tokugawa, who plotted
to usurp Hideyoshi's
position as shogun.
[LAUGHS]
[SPEAKING JAPANESE]
[ALL LAUGH AND CHEER]
-You're back!
Master Takamaru.
-We managed the
float out to sea.
Luckily, a Chinese
merchant ship spotted us
and took us to China.
-Oh, that was lucky.
-How's Iroko?
-He's dead.
Seven years ago.
-Tell me, is Hatsu safe?
-We got separated from Hatsu.
We don't know what
happened to the poor girl.
We haven't seen her since.
-I see.
-By the way, we have
enough gold stored
to call the clan together again.
MOMOCHI TAKAMURA: Then
why live in this old ruin?
-This ruin is our camouflage.
-You must have heard of people
talking of Ishikawa Goemon who
robs from the rich
and gives to the poor.
-Right, it's right.
It's not you?
-We're no ordinary criminals.
-Our mission is to overthrow the
Hideyoshi government. [LAUGHS]
-We're so generous to the
poor, they all help us.
They're our private army.
-Ishima's information
and explosives.
I'm in charge of planning, and
Utsuke isn't the brightest,
but he can open
any lock in Japan.
-Who says, I'm stupid?
I can fight.
-Utsuke is as light
and as fit as a monkey.
-I help out in odd jobs,
though, if any animal
needs handling,
than I am the man.
-They seem to respond to him.
I don't know what it is,
because we're all animals.
ALL: Ishikawa Goemon!
-So you see, it's not just
one of us, it's all of us.
-Is that a fact?
-Come and have a look through
here. [SPEAKING JAPANESE]
This is just part
of our property.
-Oh, I--
-I remember you.
Ishima!
-Ishima!
This is our young
master, Takamru.
He's come back to us from China.
-So why doesn't he
go back there then?
He looks as if he'd
be more at home
there in that strange outfit.
-Ishima, you're out of line.
-If you don't like what
I say, than step outside
and I'll show you how to fight.
-Hey, hold on!
-All right, I'll go.
-Come on!
And I'll demonstrate
how to use Jujitsu!
-Hey.
You win, master.
[CHEERS]
ALL: [CHEER]
-Yashima's good, but he's no
match for the young master,
he's brilliant.
-Huh, you reckon he's
good enough to beat me?
-Go home!
-What's this?
-Huh, someone left this at
the temple as an offering.
-What do you mean, you stole it?
-Hey, up there!
-Huh?
-Huh?
-Welcome, Takamaru!
-Natoshi!
-[LAUGHS] Hey!
I've trained these ninja
to act like spiders.
As loyal Momochi,
we're at your disposal.
-I, Takamaru, [INAUDIBLE]
behalf of the Momochi Clan,
will kill Shogun and
charge Hideyoshi.
The Momochi clan
will rise again!
-Shogun!
-Yes?
-How is it you have caught that
thief called [INAUDIBLE] yet?
People will start losing
their fear of you.
After all, the is my
home town, so to speak.
-Forgive my failure, my lord.
I will get him for you.
--[LAUGHS] That's
what I like to hear.
But you are my
military advisors,
arresting criminals should
be your brothers job.
After all, he's been
appointed magistrate.
-I'll tell him of your concern.
I'm sure he can
solve this problem.
-Shogun, look!
-Sir!
-Our army is victorious!
Nothing can stand in their way.
Soon, all Korea will be our.
General Korodo and
Chimiso are here.
Geteral Kato is holding
the northern flank.
In fact, our armies are
doing so well over there,
I was thinking of possibly
invading China too.
-Congratulations, sir.
-War is so expensive, and
I'm running out of gold.
-I see.
-Shogun, do you
remember the Momochi
Clan, whom I had annihilated?
-Yes, I do.
Even now I'm hunting
down survivors.
Your orders were to
destroy all of them.
-If only I could
find out where they
have their secret gold mine.
I could be enjoying
this war so much more,
and I do enjoy it so much
when our side is winning.
Oh, Sutemaru [LAUGHS]
my son, come here!
Sutamaru, how are you today, eh?
That's a good boy.
Hey, come to see your father?
LADY YODO: That's enough.
-Eh?
-You'll spoil him.
Come along, Sutamaru, come.
Sutamaru.
--[LAUGHS] If a man's not
king in his own house,
how is he able the
rule a whole people?
-Silence!
I'm in charge of this country!
-Yatoshi, I'm sorry.
I'd hoped your
father would live.
We could come back together.
-I'll bury this keepsake
of his somewhere.
We are worse than outlaws.
We have no land to call our own.
Young master, restore
the Momochi clan.
With you, we are
ready to rise up.
None of us have
forgotten what they did!
-I'll try.
I won't let you down.
I intend to fight to the death,
until our clan is powerful
again.
-What did you do in China?
Was my father able to help you?
-He died when I was 14.
One day, when I'd
run out of money,
I was caught stealing food.
Could have been very bad,
but luckily I got away.
-Are you all right?
-Come here, damn you!
MOMOCHI TAKAMURA:
She's the daughter
of a Kung-Fu instructor.
Her name was Ai-Lian,
and I loved her.
I still miss her.
-Brother Hansu!
Welcome home.
-It's for you.
Open it.
-Thank you, brother.
Oh!
It's lovely.
It's beautiful.
Look!
BROTHER HANSU: It suits you.
-Really?
BROTHER HANSU: Makes
you look like a lady.
[CHUCKLES]
-You're joking.
[CHUCKLES] So, you
must be hungry.
I'll get a meal ready.
-Hatsu.
-Hm?
-Sit down.
-Yes, brother?
-Takamaru Momochi's
turned up in Kyoto.
He's a strong young men, now.
-Really?
Brother, I'm no longer
part of the Momochi clan.
This is my home.
You brought me up here,
and I'm your sister now.
-That's right.
So, you could do me a favor.
See Takamaru.
Take his sword away from him.
It's got the secret
of the Momochi
gold mine written on the blade.
-Master, as long as
you have the sword,
our clan will never
be short of funds.
-What do you mean?
What about the sword?
-On the blade, it is
written the secret map
of the Momochi gold mine.
My father told me as the castle
is being attacked, carry it
with you always, never lose it.
-There's only half.
Where's the other half?
[FLUTE PLAYS]
-Hatsu.
Hatsu!
-Takamaru.
-So you are alive.
-This flute has
brought us together.
-I remember, my
mother's keepsake.
Crybaby Hatsu.
-I've not wept a single
tear since that day.
-My mother and my father,
the flute and sword
remind me to avenge them.
Hatsu, all our friends
are still alive.
I met them soon after
I got back here.
I'm sure they'll be
pleased to see you.
-Another time.
-Oh.
Hatsu, where are you living now?
-A kind man took me
into his home in Osaka.
-Well, that's fortunate.
Yatoshi's with us, too.
Let's go.
-Good night.
-Are you sharpening
it to take revenge?
-What do you mean?
-I took the reward.
I talked to the police
about you and Takamaru.
I told them where to find them.
-What's that?
-You're safe.
You're safe with him.
I didn't mention you.
-Otsuya!
-Go!
Go ahead, kill me
if you want to.
I deserve to die, go ahead!
[SOBS] No!
No!
No!
Don't!
Kill me if you
want,. but don't go!
No!
-Let me go!
-Oh no!
-How can I betray
my own friends?
-It's too late!
Please!
Do you want your child
to be fatherless?
Get it?
-Huh?
-Yes.
Feel this.
It's ours, this baby
growing inside me.
Please, don't go!
You mustn't go.
You musn't go!
You musn't go!
Don't go!
[CHICKEN CLUCKS]
-Huh?
-Huh?
-It's a dead cock!
-Take that!
-Get back!
-[YELLS] After him!
-[YELLS]
-Shoot them out of the trees!
Yashima!
-Huh, what?
-Damn it!
-Leave them.
-Shogun!
You are Shogun!
-So, the Momochi son.
You have survived this far.
[LAUGHS] I don't want to kill
you too soon, so
hand over the sword.
-Takamaru!
-Otso!
Run for it!
-Talk!
Where's the gold mine hidden?
What's the secret?
What's written on the sword?
-TORTURER: Come on, Speak!
-Damn it!
How come they found
us? [INAUDIBLE] Kazuki.
-Right, 'cause that's
why he come back here.
-Quiet!
-[GROANS IN PAIN]
-Enough.
-It does show the gold mine,
but there is only half.
There must be another sword
somewhere that matches this.
-Who has got it?
-Hatsu, give me the flute.
-Brother?
-You have grown up with it,
it's part of you, I know.
But, as you're
playing it, you relive
your times with the Momochi.
But remember, love is the
strongest weapon you have.
-Love is my weapon.
-And don't forget
you're my sister.
[GASPS FOR AIR]
[BONES SNAP]
-Who are you?
I am Takamaru Momochi!
[YELLING IN JAPANESE]
MALE SPEAKER: Prisoner escape!
NARRATOR: The bandit Ishikawa
Goemon will be boiled alive,
in a cauldron on the 23rd of
the month, down by the riverbed.
[CROWD MURMERS]
-No!
No!
-No!
Not that!
No!
No!
No!
No!
No!
MALE SPEAKER: Get back!
-Let me through.
Out of my way!
Let me go!
Let me through here!
MALE SPEAKER: Stop that man!
-Let me through!
Let me go!
Out of my way.
MALE SPEAKER: Stop that man!
-Get out of my way.
Let me go!
-No!
No!
-I am Ishikawa Goemon!
Listen everyone!
You've got the wrong people!
I'm your man!
I can't let someone
else take my place!
I can't let innocent people die!
-Kazuki!
-Kazuki!
-Kazuki!
Kazuki!
-Kazuki!
-Stop her!
-Sakayuki!
MALE SPEAKER: Hey, look quickly.
-Don't move!
Get down!
I want to check you!
Heads up!
-Come here!
-No!
No!
No!
No!
No!
No!
-No!
No, no!
No!
No, please!
[SCREAMS]
-Takamaru!
Takamaru!
[CROWD SCREAMS]
-Hey, come on, quickly!
Get away!
Run away from here!
Run away!
[GUNS FIRE]
-Look there!
It's Takamaru!
-Here we go.
Follow me.
-Right.
-Yatoshi!
-Yatoshi!
-Young master, get away!
-Hey, get back!
-Yatoshi!
-Young master, get back,
get back there, quickly!
Young master you fool, you
must stay alive for me.
Stay back here!
[YELLING IN JAPANESE]
BOTH: Yatoshi!
[GUN FIRE]
[CROWD SCREAMS[
-Don't die!
No!
-Damn you, Hanzo.
[CROWD YELLS ANGRILY]
-Quickly, let's go.
Come on!
MALE SPEAKER: Make way.
[GUN SHOTS]
-Leave me!
Get away from--
-No!
-Come on No!
-Fushiki!
-Leave him.
-Leave him!
[CRICKETS CHIRP]
[YELL REVERBERATES]
[FLUTE PLAYS]
[SOBS] We're the only survivors.
-I lost.
I was defeated.
-Look!
Somebody's there!
-Huh?
-Huh?
-You aren't beaten, Takamaru.
But you will be unless you
pull yourself together.
-Do you know me?
-Of course, I do.
The sword is proof of
who you really are.
-I know you.
-Sazawa Hakamusi.
-Hakamusi?
-I will beat any defeatism
there is out of you.
Come!
[SINGING IN JAPANESE]
[YELLING]
-Konichiro!
Konichiro!
KONICHIRO: Help me!
-Be careful!
-Konichiro!
-Stop.
Let him crawl back by himself.
-But he can't.
You can't--
-He's a fool.
You have to learn in this
world you can't trust anybody.
A lioness is meant to
deliberately put her cubs away,
and only the ones that can
find their own way back to her
will become adults.
-Yes, master.
[SHIRINUI KIAIS]
SAZAWA HAKAMUSI: Oh, well done.
Fool.
Is this can in
reality been a sword
your hand would have been
severed right from your body.
Takamaru, if you wear
blades on your arms
than you could use
your arms like swords,
and you could move much faster.
-Kowochiro?
-Kowochiro!
-You're alive!
-You're alive! [LAUGHS]
-I made it.
-You made it!
-You made it!
-I made it.
-We're together.
-You've been through
a tough training.
You have mastered it all, the
secret arts of the Iga Ninja.
However, three is something else
before you can take revenge.
-What is it?
We're ready to learn.
-Later.
This swords was given to me to
keep in trust by your father,
now it's yours.
You've heard of the
Momochi gold mine,
the map of its whereabouts has
been engraved on both swords.
Only if you have
both of them can
you find the exact
location of the mine.
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
-Hatsu, tell me, why
did you steal it?
-Takamaru, please don't ask me.
-Hatsu.
Hatsu!
Hatsu, you must tell me.
Hatsu, I have to know.
How could you do this?
-Takamaru, please
don't make answer.
Go ahead, kill me for
the traitor I am, please.
I've betrayed our clan, but
I'm bound to another loyalty
as well, to my foster
brother, Hatori Hanzo.
-Hanzo?
Did he tell you to steal it?
-I can't stand
much more of this?
Why don't you finish
me off, Takamaru?
[LIGHTNING STRIKES]
-Hatsu, go back to him.
If he wants it, he
can come himself!
-Why don't you do
as the girl says?
She's admitted she
works for Hanzo.
Kill her.
-Takamaru, go and kill me!
-Right, he won't.
I will.
I'll do it!
-Hatsu, run!
-Stop it.
Out of my way.
-Run!
-Takamaru!
Run!
-Well done, Takamaru.
Remember, you can
use both your arms,
so you can fight
with two swords.
You'll be a mighty
warrior, remarkable.
-Master!
-Stay back!
Takamaru, you still lack
one vital ingredient.
Your heart needs to be
made of sterner stuff.
If you're to overcome
your enemy you
must learn to concentrate
your anger and hate.
Show no mercy.
Used our emotions like a coiled
spring, just as a wild beast.
-Like a wild beast.
-Behold!
The gods sent down
their thunderbolts.
Their lightning inflames
the earth with fear.
Takamaru, there's no
turning back for you.
You're now lord of the
Momochi clan to the end!
-Master!
-I'll say goodbye.
-Why can't you?
Why can't you do it?
Have you forgotten the code
of the ninja you swore.
-Hanzo, please help Takamaru!
He needs no help now that he's
got both swords to fight with.
-Takamaru isn't interested
in power or wealth.
He only wants to kill
his archenemy, Shogun.
It's the only reason
he's returned to Japan!
I beg you, you have to help him!
-I love him!
I love him with all my heart!
--[ROARS] Hatsu, is life
so precious to you?
-It is.
I want to live.
-Even I, the most
powerful man in all Japan
have no defense against disease.
--[CHUCKLES] You're not done
for yet, my lord. [CHUCKLES]
-I-- Shogun, come closer.
Leave me.
-Sir.
-[GROANS] No, let the child be.
I may be the ruler here,
but after I'm gone,
what power shall I have?
I must see my son,
Sutamaru, succeed me.
Shogun, I'm none too
confident of Ieyasu.
He plots and he
conceals his hand.
I can't be sure whether
he is in Echizen province
or he's staying with
his son, Hidiyoshu--
-Sir, what do you want me to do?
-(STRAINING TO SPEAK)
You are to deliver this
letter to Ieyasu
himself personally.
-Yes, sir.
Am I to wait for his reply?
-Of course.
Understand?
If we let this chance slip from
our hands, our clan's finished.
So we have got no
alternative, but act now.
-Yes.
On one condition.
If I succeed, appoint me
to be the boy's guardian.
-Appoint you?
-Yes, sir, appoint me
the boy's guardian.
I gather that Lord Maida
is expecting the post.
-Lord Maida?
-Yes, it's dangerous post.
These times are
fraught with peril.
Your son has many enemies.
I have worked hard
for you, all my life.
My lord, I am uniquely
placed to perform
this important role
on your behalf.
I'll guard his life
as if it were my own.
I ask nothing else.
-What's this?
I hope you are mad with pity.
[COUGHING FIT]
-Is it such a big thing to ask?
--[COUGHING FIT] All
right, but I want you
to deliver Ieyasu's
reply in person.
I will be awaiting your return.
MALE SPEAKER: General,
Shogun is leaving.
Call out the palace guard.
-Shogun!
Shogun, it's this way.
--[LAUGHS] Master Satamaru, you
keep a close eye on the lord.
-Right.
-[LAUGHS]
-Hatsu, Shogun is leaving Kyoto.
It's a perfect opportunity.
Tell Takamaru.
He's leaving the Fushima Castle
on the 17th of the month.
Here's a map of the route
he'll take to Echizen.
Deliver it.
-Brother.
-Ai-Lin!
-I've been waiting for you.
-Ai-Lin, why haven't
you gone back home?
-Everywhere's my home.
My home is wherever my love is.
I want to fight with
you by your side.
I can't live without you.
Please?
HATSU: Shogun leaves
Kyoto on the 17th.
He'll be taking the Nagasendo
highway, through the Wakihuru
pass, on his way to Echizen.
Takamura, here's the
chance you've wanted.
Don't miss it, you
may never get another.
-Hmph, how can we believe
ninja Hanzo's woman.
-I mean business!
Well, what I'm wondering
is, what's in it for you?
-Takamaru, you have to trust me.
-Well, I trust her.
Taka, I do trust her.
It's worth taking
the risk, isn't it?
-All right, yes.
-I've all ready sworn to
fight him to the death,
nothing's going to stop me.
We'll fight like animals.
We'll take him at
Washaki Mountain.
The road's steep there,
his men will be tired.
It's two days from Kyoto,
he's cut off from supplies,
and the forest either side
affords good protection.
-Are they flying
squirrels, I wonder,
or Momochi we've missed.
-Brother, ignore them.
Let's keep going, out
business is ahead.
-Halt the column.
We can't afford to lose our men.
Get off the road.
-Welcome, Shogun!
Here I am, the lord
of the Momochi clan.
You die.
-Archers, shoot him!
SHIRANUI SHOGUN: Shoot him down.
Fire at will.
Shoot him!
What are you waiting for?
Out of the way.
Musketeers, load up and fire.
-Sir!
-Damn him.
They're our own men.
SHIRANUI SHOGUN: Fire!
SHIRANUI SHOGUN: Hold
it, don't fire at random.
That's what they want us to do.
Kanazuki?
-Sir?
-Split up into 6 squads.
-Yes, sir.
-And each squad just
hunt down one man.
Beyond the forest there
are some dunes and swamps.
Drive them out towards the
open, where we'll cut them down.
We can rejoin the
road further up,
and don't give them the
chance to get around us.
Go!
-Sir!
-Sir!
-Any sign of them?
SOLDIER 2: Not yet, sir.
SOLDIER 1: Spread out.
SOLDIER 2: Over this way.
Pick up your boots.
Over here!
[INAUDIBLE]
-What's going on?
-We've done it!
We've done it!
-Damn you, Takamaru.
-Spread out!
-Oi!
MALE SPEAKER: [SCREAMS]
-Get her!
[SOLDIERS SCREAM IN PAIN]
Quick
-Come on!
Come on!
Follow me!
Come on!
[YELL OF SURPRISE]
-You can't catch me.
You're all going to die.
You can't catch me!
[GROANS IN PAIN]
-No No, you musn't die!
SOLDIER: [GIVES BATTLE CRY]
-Come on!
-Get in there!
SHIRANUI SHOGUN: Gunners!
Gunners.
Fire.
KONICHIRO: Takamura, come on!
-Konichiro!
-Oh
-Hanzo.
-Brother!
-Shogun, your days as
Hideyoshi's dog are over.
--[CHUCKLES] If my
time has come, you
can be sure death
has marked you.
-You have let power go
to you head, Shogun.
You no longer recognize
your own weakness,
that's where you've failed.
You're doomed.
--[LAUGHS] You have no idea
what real power can do.
-[CRIES OUT IN PAIN]
-Ai-Lian!
Ai-Lian!
Ai-Lian!
Ai-Lian?
-Taka, can I help you?
I have helped you.
Taka, remember.
-Ai-Lian.
-When first we met, all the
peach blossom was in bloom.
Taka, I love you, Taka.
Gunner.
-Ai-Lian?
Ai-Lian!
-Hey!
MOMOCHI TAKAMURA: Shogun!
-Go.
I'll take care of them, go!
-Hyah!
-Hyah!
Hyah!
Hyah!
-We've got him.
-Hyah!
Hyah!
[HORSE WHINNIES]
[GURGLES]
NARRATOR: Almost at
that same moment,
Toyatomi Hideyoshi died
at the ripe old age of 62.
Japan was about to have a
new shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu,
a ruler history would judge
as the greatest of them all.
HATORI HANZO: Give me the
swords, hand them over.
-I refuse.
-Out of the way.
[FLUTE PLAYS]
[SINGING IN JAPANESE]
-There is my answer.
-Well, maybe it's for the good.