THE GENERAL AND HIS DECADENT EMPIRE
Directed by Ikuo Sekimoto
Stop!
You won't get away!
This is the temple.
This is the tomb of the previous Shogun. We can't go in there...
without official permission.
Wait, Tsuchiya! Leave me alone!
Why do you reject me?
We've been intimate ever since you were 14 years old...
Hoen.
I don't want to do this anymore, my Lord.
You will have to do it!
I have been educating you just for this purpose for 10 years.
I am going to enjoy every single part of you.
I will not leave you.
You are beautiful, a testament to the mastery of the creator's work.
You are the best perfume.
What?
I thought you were seducing a nun.
Instead you're trying to bugger a novice.
I don't care what you do.
Keep going.
An intruder?
Idiot! Who do you think you are?!
But seriously, what if this story were made public?
You, in love with a boy!
But, though I'm not a homosexual myself, I understand that you...
...are enchanted by him.
When you were seven years old, I was eight.
At the age of 10 I found my first love.
Come closer! Closer! And watch carefully.
Take your time.
You'd better enjoy it.
This is the last time we will be able to see her, so watch well.
"Okoyo goes away. We won't see her anymore."
It's a pity.
Okoyo!
It's six in the morning and I've already started working.
The men enjoyed my crying and yelling.
It was like a sanctuary, surrounded by thick scrubs.
Check this out.
You will enjoy being the first to see them.
That's Zenjiro!
I am a priest.
Don't make me laugh. Just because of that shaved head?
I should have disguised myself like Ryuzen.
Let's watch those two.
And eat the food.
I prefer to eat out women.
Feel free to eat whatever you like.
This is my home.
I want to stay here.
Don't be scared. See ya!
Okoyo!
Okoyo, wait!
Who are you?
Don't touch me.
Wait.
Look, Okoyo, I made all this in a single night.
Only 7 ryo?
I already spent 3 on food.
And you feel satisfied by just 10 ryo?
They are ryo!
Don't touch me.
Starting tomorrow, I will serve the Shogun.
The Shogun?
In his harem? - Yes.
If anybody's going to sleep with me, it's the Shogun.
Have you gone crazy, Okoyo?
They are coming for me.
Ryuzen...
Listen well.
While you were out committing adultery, I slept with...
...someone of high authority and he adopted me as his daughter.
You can keep your ryo...
my body is worth your 10 ryo multiplied by a thousand.
Okoyo, don't go!
I love you so much.
Bitch!
I give you Lady Kumemura, the mistress of the harem.
The ones most liked by the Shogun are those with waxen faces.
Like Lady Hatsuse?
He is brilliant in bed.
He has great technique.
So I will choose one with a beautiful body and talent for sex.
Get up and undress.
Undress!
Stupid whores!
Who was that young girl?
The one who undressed readily.
That's Okoyo. She was adopted by Yamamoto.
I want her as my chambermaid.
My Lord, hurry! Hurry!
My Lord...
Hurry!
No, not yet.
I like you so much...
tonight I am going to explore every part of you.
You have already filled me with your semen because I...
...already carry your son inside me.
You are pregnant?
Really?
I'm so happy.
Give me a son.
Your skin is smoother and more delicate than that of a woman.
Leave me alone.
You are already ready for me.
You seem to be on fire.
You want to consume me?
It's burning me!
I don't want to.
Hatred is a great sin.
Hoen...
if you hate me, I'll kill you.
I'll kill you if you don't want to be my sex toy anymore.
I've dreamt of you...
I'll kill you immediately.
You'll die quickly and without agony!
Murderer!
I am experienced and can do it quickly.
Murderer!
An earthquake!
You mistake me for someone else: My name is Minosaku.
No way, you must be Katsuyori.
You're confusing me with another person.
Katsuyori, don't try to hide your identity.
You don't understand.
Stop dreaming about this transient world.
Oh, Katsuyori!
It's a happy day.
The high priest took a trip to paradise.
Ryuzen, don't let them make so much noise.
The magistrate wouldn't like it.
I don't care.
The Shogun's women requested children.
The police watch the intruders.
They serve alcohol to the high priest.
You are beautiful, tonight you'll accompany me.
Wouldn't you rather have me?
Tonight I will be with him.
You've aroused me.
You were born for the delight of men.
I am your woman.
Shut up!
I'll go away with him.
How beautiful women are!
What bodies!
How smooth!
Third instruction: The truth is strong and universal.
The truth does not have form, but it is pronounced.
Fourth instruction: Nothing affects the supreme wisdom...
neither the ecstasy of the man nor that of his wife...
I am glad you have come for the Shogun.
You are called Hoen, right? - Yes.
You are young and you possess extraordinary beauty.
Is that bad?
The priest Hogyo practiced enchantments.
Could you make a demon possess somebody?
Or ruin somebody?
Or curse somebody to death?
I believe you are too weak to do those things.
Okoyo.
Kumemura was the Shogun's favorite in bed...
but then Hatsuse appeared, a rival, and she's pregnant now.
Kumemura wishes that the fetus would die from a curse.
That's the reason I came here.
Hoen, if you cannot cause the death with your curses...
let me at least enjoy the sexual ecstasy that you can offer.
Take pleasure in me, torture me.
It was not in vain.
I was close to being hanged.
You are before Lady Kumemura.
I will use this snake.
The toilet of this castle really smells...
how long will I have to stay here?
Until Hatsuse arrives... she alone uses this toilet.
This toilet is just for one single person?!
You are going to bite her until she's done for.
I hope to God that she doesn't defecate with too much force!
Beautiful!
Celestial!
What fragrance!
You have failed, Ryuzen.
I did not have the strength to do it.
What happened?
I don't know.
I became absorbed in thought.
Did I dream?
You did not dream.
Listen, Ryuzen...
You are underneath a woman's toilet.
If I want you to...
...you'll stay in there forever.
If you want out of there, go ahead. It's your choice.
You will die in here...
or earn 100 ryo.
Your decision.
Answer!
Understood!
Katsuyori, Katsuyori, Katsuyori!
Don't speak trivialities. I'm not the man you take me for.
Katsuyori, I am your woman; why do you pretend to be someone else?
What will the old women think of us? I will go away.
What happened?
You seem to be a man without a soul.
It's because they stole my spirit.
Who?
A woman.
One who defecated before my eyes.
Was she more beautiful than I?
Fuck off!
Your very presence offends her image.
If you want, I will show you how I leave!
Red, just like blood.
My Lord!
Life is transient like a river.
I am but a floating leaf that follows the current.
A floating leaf that follows the whims of men.
Wait, Lady Hatsuse!
You are entering the Shogun's chamber.
It doesn't matter; I want to show my beautiful baby to him.
Lady Hatsuse.
My Lord, here is your son.
My son?
I want to celebrate...
the birth of your son.
Look at that beautiful child.
Somebody!
Take Hatsuse away!
Remove her!
Can I come in?
So long as you take her away!
Hatsuse has gone crazy.
Remove that madwoman from my castle!
What beauty.
If we take her, something terrible will happen to us.
That doesn't matter.
A woman like that is a once in a lifetime chance.
Let's do it.
You are enjoying it?
Are you done?
I want to take my turn.
Delicious!
How much?
Aren't they like the throats of chickens?
Hurry, somebody's coming.
All of you?
Kumemura, you have gotten rid of your rival.
Yes, but...
The Shogun took a terrible hit from seeing that fetus.
He became impotent.
All the efforts of the women have been useless.
It's been like that ever since Hatsuse left.
There's a solution...
we must achieve the erection of the Shogun's member.
To do this, trying the nightly in-and-out game just won't suffice.
It's embarrassing...
but, nevermind how embarrassing and vulgar it may be...
it is our duty to make him erect.
Look, our Lord comes to this bath in order to be pleased.
Do you like my invention?
Wonderful!
It's a truly pleasing bath.
It's special soap from Holland.
My skin is becoming clean.
My energy is being restored.
I'm happy.
I'm starting to get an erection.
It's getting harder and harder.
My Lord.
Who are you?
Okoyo, Kumemura's chambermaid.
Your delicate skin sticks to mine.
I want to serve you, my Lord.
More, more! Harder! Deeper!
Beautiful words.
You are going to have sex with the Shogun.
You are not to show any signs of shame when you are with him.
By explicit orders from the Shogun, you are to assist Lady Kumemura...
in the acts of love.
Very well, I will ignore the common etiquette.
I'm coming!
I'm going to come!
Me too.
Let's come together!
I've done it, Ryuzen!
Now I am a made woman.
Your meal.
Not as good as that at the castle.
For you, all men are savage animals.
You are smiling.
Game!
Odd numbers.
Ryuzen smiles although he lost all the games.
He's changed since he brought that woman to the temple.
He's weird and doesn't touch her. He says she's a goddess.
Maybe he's impotent?
Sorry...
Can you do me a favor, priest?
I don't have any money.
Stop joking.
They give money...
to the Shogun and his court.
The collection box overflows with gold and money.
I can't help you.
What?
What are you talking about?
I'm a monk of the highest order.
It's of no importance to me.
So I'm inferior?
Who do you think you are?
Aren't you a fucking queer?
And implicated in a certain murder, too...
You can have whatever you want.
Yeah?
If you bring me Hatsuse.
Listen!
And don't forget this.
She is my goddess.
She's not available.
Disgusting monk!
I will get rid of you, Ryuzen.
You lack common sense and you don't fit into society.
You are hindering my tranquillity and my security.
You sent for me?
Do me a favor.
If you do what I ask of you, I will do what you ask of me.
What do you want me to do?
The sky has become cloudy. Soon it will begin to rain.
Speak.
What do you want from me?
Just a favor.
What favor?
What do I want?
Tell me.
Ryuzen...
I want you dead.
What did you say?
That I want you dead.
If I kill you, I will get Hoen.
I want to enjoy Hoen's body just once in my life.
I'm sorry.
Ouch!
Ryuzen, it hurts.
Who asked you to do this?
It had to be Hoen.
I can see his orifice!
It's like a flower the color of flesh.
Can you see it?
No.
It's gone.
It is growing dark. Things grow indistinct...
Kill me!
Kill me! Do it! Do it quickly.
This woman is in the ecstasy of pleasure...
she is crazy with happiness.
That's a lie, my goddess cannot enjoy something like that.
I'm going to please her in a big way.
You will see.
I don't want this!
I hate men!
Hate him.
Ryuzen. He's the one who dragged you into this.
He's a monster.
It was Ryuzen.
He used a snake and its bite caused your miscarriage.
He is your true enemy.
I will kill the degenerate!
Die!
Kill the degenerate?!
Don't look at me like that, Lady Hatsuse.
I regret what I did to you.
Forgive me!
To hell with you!
You piece of shit!
Die! Die!
The police!
Hoen and Ryuzen, you are under arrest...
...for illegal gambling and the abuse of women...
...within the sacred enclosure.
Don't move.
Who do you think I am? Go!
Let me go!
Kumemura, right?
How things have changed!
The great Lady Hatsuse is now the laughing stock of everybody.
She laughed at me.
Who is that?
Who are you?
I am Okoyo.
Of course, you don't remember me.
I used to be one of Lady Kumemura's chambermaids.
Okoyo is pregnant with the Shogun's child.
Once she gives birth, she will be the mother of the future Shogun.
It will be my duty...
to be her guardian.
The spring will bring us blessings...
don't you think so, Okoyo?
Beautiful!
Is this woman on display here?
In order to live, we all expose ourselves to this cruel world.
For that reason, I am not scared of being exposed in public.
However...
When I see the leaves fall from the trees...
...I seem to hear the weeping of the boy I have lost.
That scares me.
My beloved!
You are a made woman.
Protect me with your power, Okoyo.
Goodbye.
You give her up?
My love for her died... when she pulled the dagger on me.
My passion flowed out with the blood from the wound.
Your perfume...
I have wished to enjoy this fragrance again for a long time.
I was hunted by the police...
I barely managed to escape.
You were successful in deceiving even the Shogun.
You are wonderful.
I will give birth to his son and will be the mother of a Shogun.
I admire your cleverness. You have surpassed me.
Where are you going?
To take a piss!
Who are you?
Have you forgotten me?
I am Ryuzen, the monk of the Temple of Jumyo-in.
Shut up!
Shut the upper mouth and open the one down below.
I don't care about her.
You don't care?
Day and night you're with Kumemura. And you say you don't care?
Yes...
she's too sexual for me.
I want to live here.
You can't.
You wanted to come in and now you don't want to leave.
After the birth...
...you won't have a chance to leave the castle.
I can't take it!
It already grew.
Soon I will give birth.
Let me be your man.
Ryuzen...
What?
What do you say?
Speak!
If you reject me, I will go to Kamemura.
Stay.
You remember our last time?
What?
Idiot!
Whilst watching Hoen and Kamemura, we did what they did.
Then I felt an extreme pleasure.
Me too.
How much I enjoyed it!
It was the ultimate pleasure.
Okoyo!
What is happening to me?
It is going to be born!
It is a very difficult childbirth.
She suffers.
The mother is unimportant.
What matters is that the boy is born.
What's going on? Why does it take so long?
Does it take that long to give birth to a child?
Okoyo... I'm worried she might die.
In exchange for the boy...
...she might die.
It was born.
Lady Kumemura!
Okoyo gave birth to a healthy boy.
The heir.
But the mother... died.
She asked that we hire a servant. Someone called Ryu.
What are you doing?
I'll talk about it with her, of course.
Yes?
I will go see Okoyo, who is dying.
Impossible.
They will discover you and you'll be in trouble.
I will go see her in your name.
Wait!
Idiot!
You won't save her life by going to see her.
Damn you!
Ryuzen?
I remember the sound of the river...
The wind off the shore where we lived...
I feel it blowing on my body...
Ryuzen...
As a girl I used to say... I would be your wife.
Thus it has been.
The child that has been born...
...is yours.
We were doing it standing up in the temple's corridor.
It was then that I conceived.
The sperm of the Shogun...
...was weak and it did not survive in my belly.
Do you hear me? Ryuzen, it's yours, yours!
The boy I gave birth to was yours, yours!
Did you hear me?
I like this game very much.
You all want to get knocked up by my manly seed, huh?
My Lord...
...your heir was born.
What? My heir?
It happened just now.
What matters is my son...
there are so many women.
Who is it?
Are you the Shogun?
That's me.
The cause of the pregnancy and death of Okoyo.
I am the fourth Shogun, Ietsuna Tokugawa.
How small!
I will take revenge!
Somebody cut his dick off.
It was you, Ryuzen, right?
Why?
For Okoyo.
Because of Okoyo's death.
What?
That's ridiculous. Ironic.
Okoyo's child was yours.
You knocked her up in the corridor.
That's what she said.
You made a mistake when you castrated him.
Your son will be the next Shogun.
I can't refrain from laughing!
You will die here.
You will die in the toilet.
No!
I will eat...
I will have fun with Okoyo.
I will have fun, not you.
I pass the Shogunate to the next Shogun!
The toilet of the castle really smells.
How long!
Damn!
So many problems because of such a small piece of meat.
Translation by Kemushi Subtitled by Lord Restudo