Golden Kamuy (2018–…): Season 3, Episode 7 - Meko Oyashi - full transcript
Sugimoto and his team are separated while traversing a brutal blizzard, but eventually find themselves sheltered by an elderly Russian couple who tend to an old lighthouse.
Toh! Toh! Toh!
Keep going!
The weather's turned bad suddenly!
We need to get somewhere safe now!
I can't even see anymore!
Ryu, what are you doing?
Stay in formation!
You don't think he's spotted something?
Ryu was never cut out to pull a sled!
He's a hunting dog!
Ryu!
Where are you going?
Go straight!
Henke says he see something!
Stop the sled!
The others aren't with us!
Sugimoto!
Was that a gunshot?
Did we get separated?
Where did the gunshot come from?
I think that way!
Did you hear something?
What?
It's no good!
We need to find shelter somewhere!
We need to at least... find a
place to get away from the wind.
What? We came all the way to the coast?
That's not good.
We need to do something...
Or we're dead!
(Golden Kamuy)
(Episode Thirty-One Meko Oyasi)
Damn it!
The ground... is frozen solid.
We'll just need to do something.
Destroy the sled.
Tsukishima, we're in real danger here!
Let's go!
We'll head to that building
they said they saw!
Yes!
Hey, what are you doing?
A sled's worth of firewood
won't last long at all.
But if we bury it,
it'll burn slowly in the Earth.
If we lie down on it, we can
stay warm a little longer.
That's right Tanigaki, you're a Matagi.
But the hole's not deep enough.
It won't serve to do much
but keep off the wind.
You guys! Come here!
It's a Karafuto dog blanket.
Will the dogs be okay?
They're fine. They handle the cold well.
The question is, how long will we last?
The sun will set soon.
There're cows here, Tsukishima!
Someone lives here!
Let's worry about finding the
person who lives here later.
For now, let's start a fire.
What about the others?
With Tanigaki with them,
they should be okay for a while...
Here.
There's not much,
but eating makes a big difference when
trying to maintain your temperature.
Open your mouth. Here.
I feel like I've had this before.
That's impossible.
This is a secret recipe for mochi
from the place where I grew up,
and I've also adjusted the flavoring a little.
Yeah?
That's strange.
I remember eating this...
Was that a gunshot?
Or thunder?
In the middle of a blizzard, you can be
shouting at each other and still get lost.
You can't trust your sense of direction here.
What's wrong?
What are you doing there?
The man who lives here?
Our friends are lost nearby!
Come with me!
This way! Hurry!!
This way! Hurry!!
We haven't used this for a while.
The inside is sooty, so wipe it clean.
What's this?
Being in this cold hole
reminds me of the trenches.
Don't go to sleep, Sugimoto.
You'll die.
Yeah.
It's cold.
It's cold, Toraji.
I want to go home, Saichi.
I want to go home.
...imoto.
Asirpa-san...
Sugimoto.
Light...
Hey, can you see that light?
Is it the moon?
No. It's been exactly two months
since we attacked Abashiri.
The moon shouldn't be that big.
It's shining...
That's not moonlight.
That's...
A lighthouse!
Lieutenant...
Lieutenant Koito.
Please don't wander around
in front of the lens.
You're blocking the light.
Tsuru
This "sushka" goes very well with tea.
I'd love to have Lieutenant Tsurumi try it.
This way.
The warmest spot in this
room is above the pechka.
The Russians sleep there, too.
They look like bugs.
You got lucky.
This lighthouse hasn't been used
since the Russo-Japanese War.
And if these people weren't here,
you'd be frozen solid right now.
Thank you!
Sorry for burning your sled.
You're done?
Wow, and you just made this
with what was lying around!
This is amazing!
Amazing, Henke!
Okay, now we can go!
Looking back, I think the reason
Ryu broke off from the line
was that he was trying to
stay with the other sled.
Sorry for doubting you.
You're a great dog.
You can be a great sled dog, too!
Tsukishima, the hammer froze to my hand!
That's what'll happen if you touch
metal bare-handed at this temperature.
If you try to rip it off,
it'll tear away the skin on your hand.
Somebody piss on it to melt it.
I can do it.
Show me your hand.
What's this soup?
It's bright red!
This is borscht.
The red comes from a vegetable called a "beet."
What's Russian for "yummy"?
Vkusno.
Vkusno!
Vkusno.
Vkusno!
It's normally just the two of them,
so they're happy to have the company.
You don't have any family?
Is that your daughter in that photo?
What's wrong?
The three of us lived here in peace,
watching the lighthouse, since before the war.
But one day, a Russian deserter
appeared and lived here for a while.
He took away their only daughter.
They searched for her, but didn't find her.
The military and government did nothing.
When the Japanese landed in Karafuto,
the Russian government had given them
explosives to destroy the lighthouse,
to keep it from being used by the Japanese.
But when the Japanese army came,
they were so angry at the Russian
government that they handed it over.
Later, another lighthouse
was built to the north,
and there was no need for this place.
But the two of them stay here and
wait for their daughter's return.
So because of what happened with
their daughter, the lighthouse remained,
and our lives were saved, huh?
Can I take a photo of your daughter?
What's her name?
Svetlana.
Thank you for everything!
Please!
Please find our daughter! Find Svetlana!
Hey, Sugimoto.
I know.
It won't take too much time
to ask around on our travels.
I can't leave without
doing nothing in return.
Ma'am, please put this photo
of mine in that empty frame.
If this Ainu girls comes by,
tell her that Saichi Sugimoto is alive.
Okay, go!
Toh! Toh! Toh!
(Golden Kamuy)
Asirpa.
Asirpa.
Never seen her.
Okay...
What about her?
Never seen her.
Sugimoto's group was staying at a
Karafuto Ainu village near Niitoi.
There were only 140 kilometers
left until the border.
Cikapasi, listen!
There was a meko oyasi sighted
in this village a while ago!
What's that? Is it scary?
A cat monster found in the
legends of the Karafuto Ainu!
Someone dropped all their stuff
on the beach and went to work,
and a meko oyasi appeared!
They fled on their ship, and a bunch
of the things appeared on the beach!
They were staring at the ship and howling!
A big cat the size of a dog,
with red and white spots!
A large mountain cat.
Sure it's not Ogata Hyakunosuke?
Why Ogata?
The child of a mountain cat
is a mountain cat.
What's that mean?
"Mountain cat" is slang for geisha.
It's a dumb joke the men in
the division used to tell.
That really is dumb.
Given his personality,
a lot of men didn't like him.
I hate him.
"Mountain cat" also means
to con or deceive somebody.
Sounds perfect for him, right?
Or am I wrong, Sugimoto?
What happened to the meko oyasi?
They came back later, and there were lots
of paw prints, and all their stuff was gone.
Their clothes, their shoes,
their bags, all of it!
They ate it?
Maybe.
Even their tobacco cases?
No. Those stink. They wouldn't
eat them, I don't think.
Scary.
If there's any lesson to be
had in that bizarre story,
it's that it's best to kill thieving cats.
What are these prints?
They're like a meko, but too big!
What's a meko?
A cat.
It means "those that die in cold."
You couldn't give them a cuter name?
Those are the prints of a mountain cat.
Is this a meko oyasi?
So this was the cat monster
Aca once told me about!
Their shoes, their clothes, their bags,
their ropes, it was all gone.
Maybe the meko oyasi ate it!
Even their tobacco cases?
Yeah. I hunted one with Wilk, just once.
We made a ton off its pelt.
What did it taste like?
Not good. Very gamy.
Your father seemed to hate it.
I see... so the cat monster
doesn't taste good, huh?
It's the first time I've ever
heard that story about Aca!
Do you want to know more?
There's a woman named Sofia
who knew the old Wilk well.
She was brave and well-educated. Our leader.
And very beautiful.
We both looked up to her.
Aca did...
I didn't know there was anyone like that.
I want to meet her.
Where is she?
Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky...
Ako.
Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky
also known as "Ako"
is a major city in the
Russian part of Karafuto.
Since 1858,
Karafuto was used as a place
to exile criminals from the mainland.
And Ako was the place they first landed.
Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky Prison holds, at the
height of its use, about 1,700 prisoners.
Male prisoners had half their hair cut,
and were primarily forced to do hard
labor in mining and construction.
Those who escaped would be
brought back and whipped.
Those who tried more than once
would be tied to a wheelbarrow
that would stay with them
even as they ate and slept.
Xopoшo!
They're kept in Ako Prison.
There's no evidence,
so they can't be executed.
But they're kept locked away in secret.
She was the one behind our plot
to assassinate the emperor.
You were too soft. I went to sleep!
Sofia Goldenhand.
She would commit crimes
to fund our activities.
So she was given the name
"Golden Hand" at court.
A woman?
Your boss was a woman?
Yeah.
She would know things
about Wilk that I don't know.
Ako Prison...
If we go there...
Ogata,
we're heading to Ako!
Was something there?
Let's go.
A female prisoner can
leave if she gets married.
You're young.
Find a man and get married, Svetlana.
You have a letter, Sofia Goldenhand.
Yulbars!
You've come back, huh, kid?
Next time "Manslayer"
Keep going!
The weather's turned bad suddenly!
We need to get somewhere safe now!
I can't even see anymore!
Ryu, what are you doing?
Stay in formation!
You don't think he's spotted something?
Ryu was never cut out to pull a sled!
He's a hunting dog!
Ryu!
Where are you going?
Go straight!
Henke says he see something!
Stop the sled!
The others aren't with us!
Sugimoto!
Was that a gunshot?
Did we get separated?
Where did the gunshot come from?
I think that way!
Did you hear something?
What?
It's no good!
We need to find shelter somewhere!
We need to at least... find a
place to get away from the wind.
What? We came all the way to the coast?
That's not good.
We need to do something...
Or we're dead!
(Golden Kamuy)
(Episode Thirty-One Meko Oyasi)
Damn it!
The ground... is frozen solid.
We'll just need to do something.
Destroy the sled.
Tsukishima, we're in real danger here!
Let's go!
We'll head to that building
they said they saw!
Yes!
Hey, what are you doing?
A sled's worth of firewood
won't last long at all.
But if we bury it,
it'll burn slowly in the Earth.
If we lie down on it, we can
stay warm a little longer.
That's right Tanigaki, you're a Matagi.
But the hole's not deep enough.
It won't serve to do much
but keep off the wind.
You guys! Come here!
It's a Karafuto dog blanket.
Will the dogs be okay?
They're fine. They handle the cold well.
The question is, how long will we last?
The sun will set soon.
There're cows here, Tsukishima!
Someone lives here!
Let's worry about finding the
person who lives here later.
For now, let's start a fire.
What about the others?
With Tanigaki with them,
they should be okay for a while...
Here.
There's not much,
but eating makes a big difference when
trying to maintain your temperature.
Open your mouth. Here.
I feel like I've had this before.
That's impossible.
This is a secret recipe for mochi
from the place where I grew up,
and I've also adjusted the flavoring a little.
Yeah?
That's strange.
I remember eating this...
Was that a gunshot?
Or thunder?
In the middle of a blizzard, you can be
shouting at each other and still get lost.
You can't trust your sense of direction here.
What's wrong?
What are you doing there?
The man who lives here?
Our friends are lost nearby!
Come with me!
This way! Hurry!!
This way! Hurry!!
We haven't used this for a while.
The inside is sooty, so wipe it clean.
What's this?
Being in this cold hole
reminds me of the trenches.
Don't go to sleep, Sugimoto.
You'll die.
Yeah.
It's cold.
It's cold, Toraji.
I want to go home, Saichi.
I want to go home.
...imoto.
Asirpa-san...
Sugimoto.
Light...
Hey, can you see that light?
Is it the moon?
No. It's been exactly two months
since we attacked Abashiri.
The moon shouldn't be that big.
It's shining...
That's not moonlight.
That's...
A lighthouse!
Lieutenant...
Lieutenant Koito.
Please don't wander around
in front of the lens.
You're blocking the light.
Tsuru
This "sushka" goes very well with tea.
I'd love to have Lieutenant Tsurumi try it.
This way.
The warmest spot in this
room is above the pechka.
The Russians sleep there, too.
They look like bugs.
You got lucky.
This lighthouse hasn't been used
since the Russo-Japanese War.
And if these people weren't here,
you'd be frozen solid right now.
Thank you!
Sorry for burning your sled.
You're done?
Wow, and you just made this
with what was lying around!
This is amazing!
Amazing, Henke!
Okay, now we can go!
Looking back, I think the reason
Ryu broke off from the line
was that he was trying to
stay with the other sled.
Sorry for doubting you.
You're a great dog.
You can be a great sled dog, too!
Tsukishima, the hammer froze to my hand!
That's what'll happen if you touch
metal bare-handed at this temperature.
If you try to rip it off,
it'll tear away the skin on your hand.
Somebody piss on it to melt it.
I can do it.
Show me your hand.
What's this soup?
It's bright red!
This is borscht.
The red comes from a vegetable called a "beet."
What's Russian for "yummy"?
Vkusno.
Vkusno!
Vkusno.
Vkusno!
It's normally just the two of them,
so they're happy to have the company.
You don't have any family?
Is that your daughter in that photo?
What's wrong?
The three of us lived here in peace,
watching the lighthouse, since before the war.
But one day, a Russian deserter
appeared and lived here for a while.
He took away their only daughter.
They searched for her, but didn't find her.
The military and government did nothing.
When the Japanese landed in Karafuto,
the Russian government had given them
explosives to destroy the lighthouse,
to keep it from being used by the Japanese.
But when the Japanese army came,
they were so angry at the Russian
government that they handed it over.
Later, another lighthouse
was built to the north,
and there was no need for this place.
But the two of them stay here and
wait for their daughter's return.
So because of what happened with
their daughter, the lighthouse remained,
and our lives were saved, huh?
Can I take a photo of your daughter?
What's her name?
Svetlana.
Thank you for everything!
Please!
Please find our daughter! Find Svetlana!
Hey, Sugimoto.
I know.
It won't take too much time
to ask around on our travels.
I can't leave without
doing nothing in return.
Ma'am, please put this photo
of mine in that empty frame.
If this Ainu girls comes by,
tell her that Saichi Sugimoto is alive.
Okay, go!
Toh! Toh! Toh!
(Golden Kamuy)
Asirpa.
Asirpa.
Never seen her.
Okay...
What about her?
Never seen her.
Sugimoto's group was staying at a
Karafuto Ainu village near Niitoi.
There were only 140 kilometers
left until the border.
Cikapasi, listen!
There was a meko oyasi sighted
in this village a while ago!
What's that? Is it scary?
A cat monster found in the
legends of the Karafuto Ainu!
Someone dropped all their stuff
on the beach and went to work,
and a meko oyasi appeared!
They fled on their ship, and a bunch
of the things appeared on the beach!
They were staring at the ship and howling!
A big cat the size of a dog,
with red and white spots!
A large mountain cat.
Sure it's not Ogata Hyakunosuke?
Why Ogata?
The child of a mountain cat
is a mountain cat.
What's that mean?
"Mountain cat" is slang for geisha.
It's a dumb joke the men in
the division used to tell.
That really is dumb.
Given his personality,
a lot of men didn't like him.
I hate him.
"Mountain cat" also means
to con or deceive somebody.
Sounds perfect for him, right?
Or am I wrong, Sugimoto?
What happened to the meko oyasi?
They came back later, and there were lots
of paw prints, and all their stuff was gone.
Their clothes, their shoes,
their bags, all of it!
They ate it?
Maybe.
Even their tobacco cases?
No. Those stink. They wouldn't
eat them, I don't think.
Scary.
If there's any lesson to be
had in that bizarre story,
it's that it's best to kill thieving cats.
What are these prints?
They're like a meko, but too big!
What's a meko?
A cat.
It means "those that die in cold."
You couldn't give them a cuter name?
Those are the prints of a mountain cat.
Is this a meko oyasi?
So this was the cat monster
Aca once told me about!
Their shoes, their clothes, their bags,
their ropes, it was all gone.
Maybe the meko oyasi ate it!
Even their tobacco cases?
Yeah. I hunted one with Wilk, just once.
We made a ton off its pelt.
What did it taste like?
Not good. Very gamy.
Your father seemed to hate it.
I see... so the cat monster
doesn't taste good, huh?
It's the first time I've ever
heard that story about Aca!
Do you want to know more?
There's a woman named Sofia
who knew the old Wilk well.
She was brave and well-educated. Our leader.
And very beautiful.
We both looked up to her.
Aca did...
I didn't know there was anyone like that.
I want to meet her.
Where is she?
Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky...
Ako.
Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky
also known as "Ako"
is a major city in the
Russian part of Karafuto.
Since 1858,
Karafuto was used as a place
to exile criminals from the mainland.
And Ako was the place they first landed.
Aleksandrovsk-Sakhalinsky Prison holds, at the
height of its use, about 1,700 prisoners.
Male prisoners had half their hair cut,
and were primarily forced to do hard
labor in mining and construction.
Those who escaped would be
brought back and whipped.
Those who tried more than once
would be tied to a wheelbarrow
that would stay with them
even as they ate and slept.
Xopoшo!
They're kept in Ako Prison.
There's no evidence,
so they can't be executed.
But they're kept locked away in secret.
She was the one behind our plot
to assassinate the emperor.
You were too soft. I went to sleep!
Sofia Goldenhand.
She would commit crimes
to fund our activities.
So she was given the name
"Golden Hand" at court.
A woman?
Your boss was a woman?
Yeah.
She would know things
about Wilk that I don't know.
Ako Prison...
If we go there...
Ogata,
we're heading to Ako!
Was something there?
Let's go.
A female prisoner can
leave if she gets married.
You're young.
Find a man and get married, Svetlana.
You have a letter, Sofia Goldenhand.
Yulbars!
You've come back, huh, kid?
Next time "Manslayer"