a production of BANDAI VISUAL, TOKYO FM, DENTSU,
TV ASAHI, SAITO ENTERTAINMENT and OFFICE KITANO
a fiIm by Takeshi Kitano
ZATOICHI
Kid. ..
Bring us that bIind masseur's cane.
We'II pay you if you succeed.
Be carefuI. Do it quietIy, so he won't hear.
Thanks.
Scram!
Beat it, brat!
Ichi!
Even you. . .
FooIed by an innocent chiId!
Even a master is powerIess
without his weapon.
REST STOP
Drink up!
What are you doing?
You were the Naruto famiIy's cIerk. Don t you recognize us?
The Naruto famiIy?
I'm the daughter!
What now? We aIready paid this month!
You didn t pay today!
Now you have to pay each time we come by.
- We'II have nothing to Iive on. - Stop compIaining!
Shut up and pay.
Things weren t this bad with the Funahachi gang.
The Ginzo gang makes Iife heII!
Damn you!
This must be quite a sight!
I'm guiding a masseur who's carrying my vegetabIes.
Wish I couId see that!
You did me a big favor.
Have some tea.
It's hot.
Thank you.
Without your heIp.. .
I wouIdn't have made it home.
Where wiII you sIeep tonight?
Must be your first time around here.
You're weIcome to stay here.
I Iive aIone.
Don't get any ideas.
I don t have any.
- Too hard? - No, it s just right.
I hate thinking the town is doomed.
Ginzo and Ogi have teamed up.
They're running the town at wiII.
You reaIIy have such crooks?
They buIIy the farmers around.
And the townspeopIe, too.
They demand protection money every day.
At this rate,
the more we work, the poorer we get.
You pay protection money daiIy?
Before, no. ..
We used to pay onIy monthIy.
Big difference between monthIy and daiIy.
ExactIy.
Are you aIright?
We'II stay here a whiIe.
I'II work as a bodyguard again.
You shouIdn't worry about me.
Don't do that kind of work for my sake.
I'II get an officiaI post again someday.
Stop worrying. You need rest.
Hey, Pops!
Where s gramps?
He s sick in bed. Won't be coming in today.
You work him too much.
Sorry.
Take better care of him.
The sake is horribIe as usuaI.
Can't get anything better.
Same story for 10 years!
Can you hand this to that guy over there?
I don't work for you!
What nerve!
Can't get it yourseIf?
Drink at the counter!
W- w-weIcome.
WeIcome, my ass!
Where's this month's payment?
PIease give me more time.
What a joke!
We don t wait!
I'II work things out.
My regards to your boss.
Your sake is disgusting!
Shut up!
What do you want?
Send a message to your boss.. .
SkiIIed ronin seeks position as bodyguard.
Samurai. . .
It's Iate.. .
The Ginzo boss may not come.
MasterIess samurai. . .
Are you the one?
The one who seeks work as a bodyguard?
Show me your skiIIs.
That's very good.
Not the cord.. .
Look at your foot.
Masseur, I m going to the fieIds.
TeII me, ma am.. .
Is there anything I can do to heIp?
Thank you for offering.
But I couIdn't ask a sight impaired man to chop wood.
Don t worry. ReIax.
Dear. . .
You returned Iate Iast night.
Did something happen?
I found a good job.
Another position as a bodyguard?
I beg you, not for my sake.
I beg you, pIease stop taking such jobs.
Don't be siIIy.
With money, you couId be cured.
TeII me. . .
Did you hire that ronin?
Yes.
We have two probIems to take care of.
We must destroy both cIans, the Izutsu and the Funahachi.
Then this post town wiII be yours, Boss.
Try not to be too rough.
Understood.
Don't worry.
By the way. . .
Any news about Heihachi's murder?
Some rumors. ..
They say a geisha kiIIed him.
That s aII we know for now.
Another bowI, masseur?
No, thanks.
I m fuII. Thank you very much.
Ma am, when I was chopping wood.. .
This guy ran around the house.
What was aII that about?
The neighbor's son. A certified idiot.
Pay him no mind.
He dreams of being a samurai.
He runs around Iike that aII day.
A samurai!
WeII. . .
I'm going out a whiIe.
For work?
Not exactIy.
For this.
What? You're going gambIing?
Better to stay away from that.
My nephew. . .
He s addicted to gambIing.
He refuses to work, pIays aII day.
Don't know. . .
He dropped out of sight.
For me, it's just a pastime.
Some pastimes can become too serious.
What do you think?
This sword cost me a fortune.
Yes, Mr. Ogi, it's a fine sword.
I'm giving it to Lord Sakai.
He'II be so pIeased that he'II do us business favors.
Of course.
ActuaIIy. . .
Try it out on the first beggar who comes by.
- Who? Me? - Yes, you!
Thanks, sir. But you go ahead.
Out of the question! I won't dirty my kimono!
You do it!
Why not hire a ronin?
FooI!
Hire a ronin just to test a sword?
- Do as I say! - But. . .
Someone's coming!
SIay that bIind man.
Hurry up!
Scared of a bIind man?
My. .. my sword!
I m so sorry!
You fooI!
Game!
3 and 1, even.
New game!
Any objections?
Ouch!
A bIind man?
Sit here, bIind man.
I'm a masseur.
Even.
Bets are pIaced.
Game.
3 and 2, odd.
I m out of Iuck.
New game.
Objections?
Odd.
Aren't you betting?
I II just watch for now.
Watch? But you're bIind.
1 and 1, even.
Boss!
The bodyguard is here.
PIace your bets.
Odd.
Even.
Bets are pIaced.
Game.
4 and 2, even.
Any objections?
Objections?
Is that them?
Yes.
Stop! PIease don't!
It's done. . .
Mr. Ogi's worries are over for now.
WeIcome.
Some sake.
Pops.. .
Can I have more sake, too?
Samurai. . .
Masseur. ..
Your cane! I m so sorry.
What a beautifuI cane!
WeII, masseur. . .
You're no ordinary masseur.
I smeII bIood on you, too.
It's a IittIe cramped in here.
No use drawing swords Iike that.
Dear. . .
Did you have to kiII again?
Idiot!
It's too earIy for this racket.
Go home.
BattIe time is over.
The masseur didn t come home Iast night.
Maybe he got Iucky.
OGI
Sir!
I'II take this to Lord Sakai.
Wait.
On your way back. ..
Treat yourseIf to something tasty.
Thank you, sir!
Next! Kaneko Heishiro!
Some ronin are very powerfuI.
Hattori wiII be the one to face them.
Coward!
Using sticks isn't the art of combat!
A true samurai wiII use his sword!
You, Yamaji Isaburo.. .
Yes.
And who are you?
Hattori Gennosuke.
I must sIay you to regain my honor.
Get your sword!
KiII me, if you want.
I don t have. . .
I have never had a sword.
Where is the gIory?
In kiIIing an invaIid Iike me?
Using sticks isn't the art of combat!
A true samurai will use his sword!
He's as good as dead.
Not worth kiIIing.
Hurry up!
Why such a rush?
Quiet! Show me what you have.
Isn't that better?
2 and 3, odd.
New game.
Objections?
PIace your bets.
What shouId I bet?
Odd.
Can I join you?
Odd!
Bets are pIaced.
Game.
4 and 1, odd.
Yeah! Over here!
Masseur. ..
It's fuII of fine women.
You Iook Iike a winner.
Thanks to this masseur, I hit the jackpot.
So why not buy a night with us?
Masseur. ..
shouId we have a IittIe fun?
I'II taIk to the Madam.
I'II find five or six geishas.
I'II take care of it, young master.
Stay here. I'II go.
Ouch! That hurts!
I'm not a bunny.
Don t puII my ears!
No need to get vioIent!
Don't be naughty!
So much? ImpossibIe!
Ouch! That hurts!
CouId I stand a smaII needIe?
No, the smaIIer the needIe. . .
The bigger the pain!
Very funny! Come over here.
- Have a drink. - Thank you.
ReaIIy funny! See that, Masseur?
I don't see much.
Osei, ready to dance?
Dance? Great!
Go on, dance!
Miss Okinu. ..
why did you Ioosen the strings?
Are you after our money?
And you, Miss Osei. . .
Aren't you a man?
You don't smeII Iike a woman.
The bIind. . .
They're sensitive to such things.
A hidden dagger?
What's aII this about?
Masseur. ..
You may think I m Iying. ..
But I wiII teII you the truth.
Our father. . .
He was a wealthy rice merchant.
Come and see Cotton.
Don't teII anyone.
Heihachi. ..
You have endured seven Iong years.
Heihachi, where is it hidden?
This way.
How many are there?
The Naruto coupIe, their two chiIdren,
three maids and four cIerks.
Tashichi, what did you find?
Eight strongboxes of money. They saved a fortune!
Inosuke, we're set for Iife!
Get the Kuchinawa boss.
Did you kiII everyone in the house?
What about the kids?
They're nowhere to be found.
FooI!
We re out of time. Let's go.
We tracked down Heihachi, the clerk. . .
What are you doing?
You were the Naruto famiIy's cIerk. Don t you recognize us?
The Naruto famiIy?
I'm the daughter!
As for the others, I onIy know names. . .
TeII me.
Inosuke and Tashichi.
They aIso spoke of the Kuchinawa boss.
That's aII we know.
And you' ve searched aII these years?
Even.
Wrong again!
I II try with my eyes cIosed. Like him.
How does he do it by Iistening?
I m so unIuck y!
One roIIed away!
That's the probIem.
Odd.
Even.
Odd.
I think I got it.
My senses are sharper with my eyes cIosed.
OK!
Shinkichi!
You're just sitting with your eyes cIosed.
Aren't you betting?
I'm Iistening.
What?
Sitting up front just to Iisten?
I have the right to Iisten.
Are you Iooking for troubIe?
Don't put on airs!
This dump needs aII the cIients it can get.
Bastard!
Easy, Shinkichi!
You can Iisten and bet at the same time.
CaIIing me by my first name?
That s no way to speak to a cIient!
A cIient?
You used to work for me.
Shut up and bet!
You asked for it.
The Iast sound was. . .
OK. . .
Odd!
Odd.
Game.
4 and 2, even!
So?
A message for your boss. ..
What?
Drop dead!
Is Mrs Izutsu in?
One moment, pIease.
May I ask what business you have here?
Your dead husband has gambIing debts to my estabIishment.
I'm taking your store.
You have three days to vacate.
Not one day more.
This is madness!
Shut up!
Don't interfere!
See those beauties?
- Know them? - Nope.
I wish! The one in red is hot.
More sake, pIease.
Osei. . .
ShouId we ask around for work?
Sir.. .
Do you know a pIace where we couId offer our services?
Business has been sIow and we're avaiIabIe.
Do you know of anyone?
You shouId try Mr. Ogi.
He runs everything now, thanks to Ginzo.
This Mr. Ogi. . .
Can you introduce us to him?
Pops, give those Iadies a hand.
Gramps, go and see Ogi.
Go yourseIf, bastard!
Stop expIoiting the oId man!
Hurry up!
Presenting the windmiII!
Watch it turn!
Boss!
The tavern owner recommends two geishas.
They're avaiIabIe this evening.
ExceIIent. Send them over!
You two, beat it!
Lord Sakai, we'II soon be in the company of two gorgeous women.
Hurry up.
What's next?
Even.
Even!
Bets are pIaced.
Game.
3 and 5, even.
A winner!
Ogi!
Must I watch this much Ionger?
Let s have some dancing!
Show's over! Beat it!
Time to dance, girIs!
Hurry up! Dance!
Odd.
Bets are pIaced.
Game.
4 and 1, odd.
Masseur, shouId we bet it aII?
New game.
Objections?
Hey!
The dice don't sound the same.
Damned masseur!
Master. . .
Some masseur is tearing up the gambIing house.
Boss wants you to go there.
A masseur?
PIease, sir.
You're coming with me.
Let me go.
Come on.
Do as he says!
Don't touch me!
You OK?
Watch your step.
Ouch!
Be carefuI!
What are you Iooking at?
Masseur. ..
Wait here. I II see what's happening.
Ouch!
Ladies, this way.
Hurry!
That Ogi is a horribIe man!
I hit him and we took off when the cIient tried to take Osei.
We ran into troubIe at Ginzo's pIace.
But the masseur fIoored them aII.
It was unbeIievabIe.
Who are you, anyway?
They'II track us down here soon.
We shouId go to my aunt's house.
ImpossibIe. Ginzo's men are everywhere.
That's true.
I have an idea. Okinu, do you have some make-up?
Sure.
Masseur, come here.
Don't move.
- What's that? - I'm drawing eyes.
Eyes for me?
Open up!
Who couId it be at this hour?
Who is it?
Your nephew Shinkichi.
Shinkichi?
He must have Iost everything again.
Come in.
Who are these peopIe?
CarefuI, Masseur.
- Masseur! - Yes, it s me.
UseIess fooIs!
What about the bodyguard?
It was aII over by the time he arrived.
The masseur had aIready run off.
Who is this masseur?
Don't know. Just some masseur.
He had that punk Shinkichi with him.
He's a reguIar at the joint.
He shouIdn't be difficuIt to find.
As for the masseur, we'II get him.
First, we must wipe out the Funahachi gang.
It can't be. . .
We found ourseIves traveIIing from town to town. . .
Tricking men and steaIing their money.
10 years of that?
Those bandits must be Iiving different Iives by now.
Wait. . .
Didn't Ogi settIe here 10 years ago?
That's right.
In fact, that Ogi. . .
There's something not right about him.
I saw his arm.
He has a snake tattoo.
Wait a minute. . .
Those names you mentioned. . .
Something about a Kuchinawa?
Yes, that's right.
Kuchinawa means rotten rope'' . . .
That couId mean a snake.
Right?
Masseur!
Don't make those eyes at me!
I heard about Iast night. ..
A masseur tore up your pIace.
That's right.
We rushed over with the bodyguard.
But we got there too Iate.
Ogi. ..
What were the women Iike?
Lord Sakai tried to carry one away.
But the other one hit me reaI hard.
Based on their moves. . .
They're no ordinary geishas.
Listen. ..
Find out everything you can about that masseur and those geishas.