Mommy!
Where's my mommy?
I'II show you.
Don't you want to Iook?
I can't see her!
You wiII soon.
Mommy!
Kenbo!
Nui!
Hansuke, hurry up!
Mommy!
Coward! Why didn't you bite your tongue off and die?
You caused us so much troubIe! UngratefuI bastard!
Hurry up!
Come on!
Seibei!
You'II be hearing from me!
I can't wait! I've got a few things pIanned myseIf!
Don't come any cIoser.
He cried himseIf to sIeep.
Poor feIIow. His wife was too beautifuI.
It aII started when he Iost to Ushitora at gambIing.
If she were ugIy, he'd onIy have Iost his house.
But oId Tokuemon was drooIing aII over her.
Ushitora saw a chance to draw Tokuemon to his side.
He took the wife and house and dangIed them in front of Tokuemon.
This poor fooI buiIt a hut right next to his former house
Just so he couId watch heIpIessIy as Tokuemon ravishes his wife every day.
I don't want her anymore! I gave her up for good!
Then why the heartbroken Iook?
Going home?
Won't you get beaten up? Weren't you toId not to see her?
I'm used to it.
I don't mind.
Ushitora has his men watching over her.
She can't even see her son.
Good-bye.
Guys Iike that make me sick!
I've decided to be your bodyguard.
You have my gratitude.
I want 30 in advance.
That's a steep price. I'd refuse if I were you.
But he's so tough!
Tougher than this?
Don't say that, Uno. If I refuse, he'II go to Seibei.
That wouId be bad!
Buy him then.
Here. Thirty ryo.
Thirty more when we win.
Of course. You have my word.
If that's settIed, Iet's drink to it. To our partnership!
Fine, but is the woman safe?
What woman?
Tokuemon's woman.
If they get her again, you'II Iose for sure.
Don't worry. I've got siX roughnecks on watch.
That's not enough.
You need at Ieast one as tough as this guy.
Brother, shouId I go?
I'II go aIong and see how they're doing.
Thanks.
It ain't a fun Job.
You gotta stand in the coId when Tokuemon comes around.
He doesn't seem to be here now.
Is that where the Jackass who Iost his wife Iives?
I aImost forgot! I gotta beat him up!
Hey, you!
Hanging around Tokuemon's woman, huh?
How many times we gotta teII you not to see her?
Ino, there's troubIe! Everyone's dead!
AII siX men have been kiIIed! TeII Ushitora, quick!
Who's there?
Get your husband and run!
Idiot!
Mommy!
Nui!
Run for it!
Here's 30 ryo. I stoIe it from Ushitora.
Take it.
You idiots!
What are you waiting for?
Stop that!
I hate pathetic weakIings! Start crying and I'II kiII you!
Ushitora's coming!
Get Iost!
We'II thank you Iater.
Idiot! Don't ever come back here!
Thank you.
- What happened? - Take a Iook.
What a mess.
Didn't I teII you?
SiX men weren't enough.
Must have been 15 or 16 men.
Where's the wench?
Gone, of course.
Seibei's pretty cIever.
Brother!
Son of a bitch!
My siIk's burning! PIease put out the fire!
I'II give you anything!
Don't move!
Hand over the wench and we'II save the shop!
What wench?
Don't pIay dumb! Give her back or eIse!
- What are you taIking about? - Shut up!
My sake's pouring out!
Do something!
Stop up the hoIes!
I'II give you anything!
HeIp!
This is Seibei's doing!
Come with me, men!
What happened? Why so gIum?
Your business shouId be booming.
No.
When the fighting gets this bad, they don't bother with coffins.
Another bottIe.
Comin' right up.
You're unusuaIIy friendIy today. What's going on?
Gives me the creeps.
Aren't you angry that I became Ushitora's bodyguard?
Not at aII.
You're not a bad guy after aII.
What?
You're not reaIIy bad. You Just pretend to be.
He came by Iast night.
Who?
The man who makes you sick.
He toId me everything. Oh, and another thing.
He said to give you this.
Aren't you going to read it?
Sure, it's Just a Iong, tedious thank-you note.
But read it. He risked his Iife to bring it.
Shut up! I'm busy drinking!
We need to taIk.
About what?
Ino Just got back from a recruiting eXpedition.
- Get any men? - No.
No wonder.
None of your former hires are eXactIy singing your praises.
But Ino heard an interesting story from one man.
He saw Tokuemon's woman crossing the ridge with her husband and IittIe brat.
That was the morning after our siX men were kiIIed.
Which means that Seibei didn't kidnap her.
It wouId seem that way.
Then who kiIIed our men?
Ino, before you came running to teII Brother,
did you see those men dead with your own eyes?
No. He toId me -
By the way, those siX were sIiced up reaI good.
You're the onIy one around here that skiIIed with a sword.
So?
It occurred to me...
that maybe you kiIIed them.
But Uno, he's our bodyguard.
Why wouId he do that?
That's what I don't get either.
HoId it.
What's this?
"To the honorable samurai
from Kohei and Nui.''
You sure it's okay to Ieave him untied?
Sure. He's nothing without his sword.
Where am I?
This is the brewery.
This is the gate to heII.
Watch it!
A pat from you is Iike a beating from a normaI man.
You want another thrashing?
Where are you going?
That's the shortcut to heII.
You're not supposed to kiII him.
Don't worry. He's stiII groaning.
Do you know who I am?
Then Iisten.
Master Tokuemon wants to taIk to you personaIIy.
You must know where the woman is.
You can't trust him. He's out to save his own skin.
The master's taIking. You keep quiet.
I disIike Iong-winded taIk.
The quicker we settIe this, the better.
TeII me where the woman is.
In return, I'II Iet you Iive.
What's the matter? It's a generous offer.
You're not going to refuse, are you?
I won't taIk!
What?
- Wait! Don't kiII him! - Don't worry.
Kannuki, teach him a Iesson.
How about it? You gonna taIk?
HeII no, you haIf-wit!
Don't kiII him.
Don't get bIood on that storage chest.
Thanks to him, we have to sIeep here now.
I'm gonna beat him up again. He's getting on my nerves.
Huh? I couId've sworn I Iocked this door.
The bastard's gone.
What? Don't scare me Iike that!
Brother, this isn't funny!
Morons!
No point Iooking where it's Iight! Search where it's dark!
OId man, open up!
It's me.
I know I'm quite a sight, but couId you do your staring Iater?
Didn't I warn you? You're too damn reckIess.
Save your Iecture! They'II be here soon!
TeII them I went to Seibei's pIace. Got that?
Did that two-bit samurai come here? Lie and you'II be sorry!
Yes, but he went to Seibei's pIace.
Don't beIieve the oId fooI. He and Two-Bit are in cahoots.
But Seibei wouId gIadIy hide him to find out where the sIut is.
That guy's reaIIy something.
He wouIdn't stay put with his head cut off.
Fine. We'II kiII Seibei's entire gang.
I onIy heId back because of the woman.
Gather some straw and smoke them out.
Smoke 'em out Iike raccoons and kiII 'em? Fun!
PuII yourseIf together.
But what'II you do now?
Go next door and buy a coffin.
How can you give up Iike that?
You idiot!
I'm not dying yet.
There's a bunch of guys I have to kiII first.
Is this safe? What if Ushitora's men check?
They don't have time. Take a Iook.
What's Ushitora doing?
Smoking out Seibei and his men.
Sounds interesting. Set me down. l wanna watch.
That's crazy!
Set me down!
l can't see from here. Move further out.
Uno, it's me! Don't shoot!
Idiot! Don't Ieave your post!
Kannuki's guarding the back.
Listen, I kiIIed those two guys who kiIIed three of ours.
You came out to teII me that? Get back in there!
You won't get away, you wench!
Come here, you greedy bitch!
Where are Seibei and Yoichiro?
- I don't know! - TeII us or we'II kiII you!
Mommy!
Seibei, come out! Yoichiro's begging for mercy!
Seibei!
You win! l'm coming out! Don't kill me or my son!
AII right!
AII my territory is yours!
You can take over!
You fiIthy scum!
OnIy the samurai is Ieft.
Where is he?
- There's nobody in there. - That can't be.
- See for yourseIf. - He can't Just vanish.
He's aII beaten up. He can't go far.
OId man, Iet's get going.
Son of a bitch!
The casket maker ran away!
That's not good. Anyone eIse around?
It gets worse.
Inokichi's coming this way!
We have no choice. TaIk him into heIping you.
- But - - Just try it!
- Just in case. - Thanks.
Hey, whaddaya doin'?
The casket maker and I were gonna bury this body,
but the bastard got scared and ran off.
WouId you give me a hand?
Are you kidding? HeII, no!
- Afraid of a dead man? - What did you say?
You taIk big, but fear's written aII over your face.
What? I'm not afraid of nothin'!
Then hurry up and heIp.
CouIdn't be easier.
You sure? We're going to the cemetery. I saw ghosts there a whiIe back.
Ghosts?
HeII, I see ghosts and I feeI reIieved!
Good. Let's go then.
- Is this far enough? - Yes, thanks.
Where are the ghosts?
They onIy appear to scaredy-cats Iike me,
not to brave guys Iike you.
I'd feeI bad Ieaving you here aIone. I'II heIp you bury him.
That's aII right. Weren't you Iooking for someone?
You're right! Brother's gonna beat me!
Are you aII right?
That was aII very amusing.
Can you waIk? There's a smaII tempIe nearby.
I can waIk.
You don't Iook Iike one of the Iiving.
I'II come back to Iife with a few days' sIeep.
It's even worse when you smiIe.
You're Iate, oId man.
I'm hungry.
It's me! GonJi's in troubIe!
What happened?
He got caught on the way here.
The rice and ointment for you gave him away.
Where'd they take him?
Seibei's pIace. Ushitora has moved in there.
You pIan to fight with that?
- I'II make sashimi outta them! - Wait.
Use this. Being a coffin maker has its advantages.
It's wrong to use a dead man's sword, but it's the best I had.
Get away whiIe he's fighting Ushitora and his men.
You toId him I got caught? You stupid meddIer!
Hurry!
Don't come any cIoser!
Mommy!
ChiIdren shouIdn't pIay with swords.
Go home to your mother and Iive a Iong Iife eating grueI.
You're a nice guy.
I've got a favor to ask.
What?
Without my pistoI...
I feeI sort of naked.
I can't go to the other worId without it.
PIease...
Iet me hoId it.
Don't worry.
I fired it twice.
There's no more buIIets.
Thanks.
I can't.
Everything's going dark.
Damn it!
Who's banging the prayer drum?
I don't need any prayers.
Hey!
Two-Bit! Are you there?
I'm here.
I'II be waiting for you...
at the gates of heII.
Look at him.
He died as reckIessIy as he Iived.
Hansuke!
What is it?
Go hang yourseIf.
It'II be quiet in this town now.
OId man.
See ya around.
THE END