Game.
Even.
Odd.
I won.
This is my house! Move! Go away!
Are you still eating?
I told you to clean the house!
Little Seitaro, the master would like to see you.
You, clean up that mess!
Come with me, Seitaro.
How adorable you are!
From now on, you'll be my boy.
As long as you do as I say...
You and your sister can stay here.
Would that make you happy?
I'll buy you beautiful kimonos.
What are you doing?
Stay away from the master's room!
No!
Sir...
don’t you want to spend time with me?
Osei...
it's time to practice.
Sister...
what's wrong?
It's nothing.
Are you alright?
Aunt, do you have an umbrella?
Over there.
I'll go see what's happening in town.
Thanks.
Gramps, where's Pops today?
He has other business to tend to.
That lazy bastard?
Why do you work in this dump? No family to care for you?
That's right.
He took me off the streets and gave me a job.
He was good to me.
I'm thankful for all he did.
Better to beg than work in this dump!
Go out and sit on a straw mat and you'll make more!
5 and 1, even.
New game.
Objections?
What are you bastards doing here?
Pay up, if you want to gamble.
Watch it...
This was our turf first.
You making a fuss, bastard?
You looking for trouble?
Ginzo wants a showdown.
Stay back.
Wow!
Wait...
It's over.
That masseur...
Could he be Zatoichi?
And those geishas...
They must be from the Naruto family.
The Naruto heist...
How long ago was that?
10 years ago.
I see.
If the children survived, they would be of age by now.
I wonder...
That bodyguard...
Is he capable of defeating Zatoichi?
Where's Ogi?
Boss Ginzo himself!
How nice of you to come!
This way, please.
I hear your business is doing well.
I asked you never to come here.
Don't worry.
Funahachi is history.
We run the show now.
Only thing left to do is fill our pockets.
Clean this place up!
Big news!
They wiped out the Funahachi gang.
The Ginzo gang and their bodyguard...
They slayed every single one of them.
Really, that Ginzo hired one hell of a bodyguard!
Masseur, better stay away from town.
Shinkichi, is the bodyguard really that strong?
He's incredible.
If he and I fought at night, who would be stronger?
If it's pitch black...
Neither one of you would see anything.
You would probably be stronger.
What s so funny?
Let's see what you got.
I'll train you. Come on!
I'll teach you the art of combat.
Concentrate.
Let's begin.
Attack from any direction.
Not all at the same time!
Let's try again.
For safety's sake, let s plan the moves.
Listen up.
First, me...
Like this...
You strike here.
Then...
You!
And then, you.
Good.
Let s give it a try.
See?
See what you can do?
Now, faster.
Good. That's it.
Not like that!
That hurts, idiots!
Your lessons are over!
Assholes!
Stupid boy! Go home.
You fool. Go on home.
I’ll have a bath.
Me, too.
No! Men first.
I am a man!
Masseur...
I'm thinking of paying Ogi another visit.
I have to know if Ogi was one of the bandits.
The water's not hot enough. Heat it up!
Don't start! Bad enough, taking a bath in broad daylight!
Good-for-nothing!
It's no good cold. Please, heat it up.
That's what I'm doing!
I have to say it's incredible.
You really look like a woman!
Does make-up make men beautiful?
It doesn't work on everyone.
It depends on the face!
Welcome.
We would like to apologize to Mr. Ogi.
He hired us to perform, and we were very rude to him.
Really?
Could you send him our apologies?
Have a seat.
Ogi can’t hold his liquor. He probably forgot already.
Don't worry.
I hope you're right.
You two haven’t been around much lately.
Where have you been staying?
Mrs Oume's place.
Is the masseur with you?
You alright, Gramps?
Throw that out.
Have a drink.
Thank you.
Ogi teamed up with Ginzo. They must be up to something.
But their business doesn’t involve you.
Would you like another?
Not yet.
I'll go to Ogi's now. It will take a while.
Wait here, ladies.
Ogi says he's not angry at all.
He likes you two and wants to see you both now.
Thank you very much.
And thanks for the sake.
Good luck.
Where is everyone?
They all went into town.
What are you doing?
Are you crazy?
I want to be beautiful like Osei.
What a shock!
What's the racket?
Back again, stupid boy?
Where s the masseur?
Who are you?
We want the masseur.
He's not here.
You can't hide him.
But he's not here.
Then we II smoke him out.
Burn it down!
Stop!
Aunt Oume! There s trouble!
The house is on fire! Wake up!
There's trouble!
Let's go!
Hurry!
Who are those men?
Shinkichi!
Damn!
She's a very beautiful woman.
Woman?
Things aren't always what they seem, Inosuke.
Don't call me by my old name.
You never know who might be listening.
My name is Ginzo now.
What are you looking at?
Keep dancing!
We know everything.
You're the Naruto children.
Masseur!
Ladies, leave now!
Get the bodyguard.
Inosuke, where are you going?
- Where's the bodyguard? - At home.
Get him now!
Give me that sword!
Child turtle on its back...
Grandchild turtle on child turtle's back...
Great grandchild turtle on grandchild turtle's back...
If mother turtle falls,
child, grandchild and great grandchild turtles fall, too...
All the bandits are dead.
Except the Kuchinawa boss.
He must be pretty old by now.
He'll be dead soon enough.
Don't think of him. Better to think of your future.
You could settle down here.
You could become a man again.
This way suits me just fine.
Where did the masseur go off to?
He's off wandering somewhere.
But the festival begins today.
You found me out.
How did you know?
The stench.
Disguise yourself all you want...
Your rotten stench will never go away.
Stop blabbering, you blind bat!
I’m proud to let it be known that I'm the Kuchinawa boss.
A blind man like you...
You won't slay me easily!
What the hell?
You re not blind?
Not at all.
Why do you act blind?
Because the blind...
They sense people better.
I knew you could see!
I knew the first time you came here.
You're the one who killed my men.
Torakichi, too?
You killed the tavern owner?
He was just a street kid.
I took him in years ago.
I showed him the tricks of the trade so he could become my successor.
My whole gang destroyed...
By a wandering masseur like you!
How did you know I was the real Kuchinawa boss?
When you knocked down my cane...
To check out the sword.
You're the worst crook of all.
Is that so?
Not much more I can do.
The time has come for me to retire.
But I’ve lived a full life.
I have no regrets.
Go on. Kill me!
Death is too good for you.
Finish your life as a blind man!
Even with my eyes wide open...
I can't see a thing!
Executive Producer: Chieko SAITO
Based on a Short Story by Kan SHIMOZAWA
Producers: Masayuki MORI and Tsunehisa SAITO
Co-Producers: Masanori SANADA and Takio YOSHIDA
Music: Keiichi SUZUKI
Tap Dance Choreography: THE STRIPES
Costume Supervisor: Yohji YAMAMOTO
Zatoichi BEAT Takeshi
Hattori Tadanobu ASANO
Aunt Oume Michiyo OGUSU
Hattori's Wife Yui NATSUKAWA
Shinkichi GUADALCANAL Taka
Geisha Osei Daigoro TACHIBANA
Geisha Okinu Yuko DAIKE
Ginzo Ittoku KISHIBE
Ogi Saburo ISHIKURA
Pops, Tavern Owner Akira EMOTO
Cinematographer: Katsumi YANAGIJIMA
Lighting Designer: Hitoshi TAKAYA
Production Designer: Norihiro ISODA
Costume Designer: Kazuko KUROSAWA
Sound Designer: Senji HORIUCHI
Written, Directed and Edited by Takeshi KITANO
Subtitles: fusion