A JOLLY ROGER INC. production
Geisha - the hostess who perform ''gei,'' performing arts.
But from the Age of Civil Wars to the Edo period...
learning, medicine, martial arts were also regarded as ''gei.''
Eminent swordsmen like Miyamoto Musashi, therefore,...
...were also ''geisha.''
GEISHA ASSASSIN
Why do you follow me?
l have no reason to become your enemy.
l see you're not just a geisha.
Who are you?
l'll avenge my father's death.
Don't tell me you don't remember!
Your father?
Let's see who it was...
l don't remember.
How dare you!
Absurd.
You can't kill me with your skill.
Wait!
l'll see you again, if you're alive.
We'll take care of the rest, sir.
Get out of my way! l don't want to kill you.
A mere geisha.
We're reluctant to kill a girl like you, but...
no choice.
You've got some skill, huh?
Damn, you!
l can't let you go.
Cut her down.
What's taking you so long?
l underestimated you as you are a geisha.
But not anymore!
Go!
Bitch!
You're pre_ good for a geisha.
So are you.
You'll be sory...
to have mocked us.
What will you do? Throw your sword?
That's it?
How disappointing.
l'll mess up your pre_ face!
You...
are really going down, now!
You beat those skilfull warriors?
lmpressive.
Next will be tougher.
You run away again?
See you again.
Wait! You coward!
l'm Go-an, the monk of Konji-in Temple.
l'll be the next.
Excellent for a woman.
You see me as a woman? Don't cy over losing to me.
You're big-mouthed...but just a woman aRer all!
l shouldn't have underrated you.
You've got any excuses?
As l thought...
the sword of Yamabe is......
The sword of Yamabe is what? What did you say?
Who is it?!
What? l just helped you since you'd passed out.
Here.
lt's yours, right?
Don't know what's going on, but l'm surprised, you know?
My name is Toji. l'm a charcoal burner.
You were groaning while sleeping.
Are you hungy? Then, eat this.
Here. You can eat this.
A rice ball. It's good.
Don't wory. You see?
No poison in it.
Here.
Come on, eat slowly.
Wow... It must be hard.
l really have to find the samurai.
l can't help you with that.
Oh, l heard some noise in the bamboo woods yesterday.
l thought it was just a boar but...
could've been a man.
Where was it?
Well, go straight this way...
and you'll see a chery tree.
About _o miles and a half from there.
Thank you vey much.
Well, l have to get up early, so l'm going to sleep.
Why?
Well done.
Why do you all stand in my way?
Well...
How do l put this?
For money, l would say.
Tell me the truth.
A mere chit of a girl... You talk too much.
Do you want to be...
finished o_?
What a smooth-talker...
Let's see how far you can go with that spiteful tongue.
Too easy.
ls that really so?
What did you do?
Now comes our real battle.
You're really persistent.
Which comes first... my death, or yours?
We shall see!
''Open your mental eyes. Hold your vital energy,...''
''or you shall enlighten yourself with pain...''
''Be determined and battle.''
You...
beat me.
Splendid.
Where's the samurai?
Huh?
Why do you inte_ere? Answer me!
Who are you people?
We are no one...
We just know you.
What do you mean? What are you talking about?
Dance...
Being a geisha isn't bad...
Kotono.
Hey! Hey!
How do you know my name?
Hey! Hey!
Father, l don't want to do this anymore.
Listen to yourself. You will take over the sword of Yamabe.
Why me, father? You have a lot of pupils.
Don't you see?
l'm not letting others take over it.
Please, father. l want to be a geisha.
l forbid you. A daughter of a samurai won't be a geisha.
Father......
lt's great you've come so far.
lt's a pity that they were beaten by a chick like you.
You must have used some dim tricks.
But not this time.
l'll chop up your lovely face.
What do you want?
Tear up your face... or your throat?
Which do you want?
Now you're talking.
Then l'll shut your cocky mouth!
You're a helpless little girl without a sword.
lt's too early to crow.
What?
l've said it many times.
Too slow!
There's no one but you to take over the sword.
You might think it's strict, but it's all for you.
You must excel myself.
Understand, Kotono?
''The point must be sharp, the sweep must be fast and lithe.''
''Step fo_ard on your tiptoe.''
Why, you're alive!
My compliments on your effort.
But evemhing ends here.
What's wrong?
Speechless?
l'll make you feel easy.
You can see your father soon.
l don't know who your father is, though.
Why...
did you betray him?
Katagiri Hyo-e.
You must be a daughter of...
Yamabe Shugoro.
Now you remember.
What's so funny?
You say it's a revenge... but you're no different.
What do you mean?
You've killed them, too.
Stop that evasion!
Cross swords...
with me, now!
Why did you kill him?
l didn't kill your father.
Don't lie to me!
l'm not lying!
What a shame...
You could excel your father in a few more years.
Why did you kill him?
Your father...
Yamabe Shugoro was...
l can't...
follow you anymore.
What do you mean, Hyo-e?
You are the successor.
But...l can't do that.
Why?
This sword is...
a deception.
What?
Once you know what it really is, it's just an ordinay swordplay.
Shut up!
Even if l master it, it will be just...
Just what?
Forgive me.
Good bye.
Hyo-e.
Wait, Hyo-e!
You were little back then.
So you don't understand the truth of it.
No more nonsense!
lt's not nonsense!
Answer me.
Why did you kill my father?
Killed him...?
Yes.
l saw it.
Hyo-e!
l've been looking for you.
Why do you torment me?
Please, understand. l can't take over your sword.
l understand.
This is my last wish.
l'll leave the sword of Yamabe to my daughter, Kotono.
Hyo-e.
Commit yourself to it... with death.
You've improved, Hyo-e.
Here we go.
Excellent.
Master...
Master.
Kotono......
Master!
l...
did not want to kill him.
Are you begging your life now?
l'm sick of your excuses.
l'll pe_orm the sword of Yamabe...
Take it!
Stop it!
We'd kill each other for nothing.
Please understand, Miss Kotono.
No, l won't!
Do you recognize people you fought with?
All of them used to be your father's pupils.
You remember?
We all respected him.
and were determined to devote our lives for him.
We believed him and worked hard at training.
However...
we learned from Master himself that...
actually...
it was a double-edged sword.
You're lying.
No, l'm not.
You must have been vaguely aware of it.
A double-edged sword......
We swore to eradicate the technique of the Yamabe...
if anything should happen.
But...
l didn't expect that...
he'd actually train little Kotono.
And l never thought...
that the resentment could make you this strong...
l'll ask you again.
Forget the sword......
Abandon the technique and live as a woman.
l don't care about the sword of Yamabe.
l just...
l'll just avenge his death!
Hyo-e.
Say your prayers!
All right, then.
ARer all...
it's just you and me who know about the sword of Yamabe.
The cursed sword...
How pitiful in the end.
Whatever happens...
we shall accept it.
Excellent...
Why...?
Was it compassion?
l feel bad to kill a child like you...
but l need your sword.
Don't take it personally.
What's wrong? Are you afraid?
Regret in the next world.
You got me.