"Several days later... "
"The place is now Yotsuya... "
Yes, I'm glad you granted my request.
A blessing from the gods.
Since then, I became a priest and have spent my time serving the gods.
But I never forget my lord's revenge.
Enya's old retainers loiter about here...
but the most pitiful is Soemon Funakura.
He didn't have the 100 ryo necessary to become one of the revengers,
so I have done everything I could to gather it for him,
but failed at every turn.
And now here you are offering that amount for my use.
It must have been difficult for you to raise.
Yes, we two worked hard to make it.
You did a very good job!
I forgive you and take you back as my son.
Thank you. Listen, Koman, he forgave me!
Oh, I'm so happy.
I really thank you.
You must have endured a lot too. Thank you.
Then do you approve of us too?
Of course. Sentaro took a fine bride.
Thank you so very much.
Congratulations. Is that my grandson?
Yes. Have a good look at him.
What a lovely baby.
I must tell Soemon right away, and introduce you to him.
Please do.
I'll go see if he's home.
Is he staying here?
He's been staying in the cottage a few days.
He went to see someone today and isn't back.
I'll give him the money as soon as he returns.
You can meet him tomorrow.
He's been quite depressed lately. This money will surely cheer him up.
You certainly did well to make this 100 ryo.
"Wanted for Five Murders. Reward for Information. "
Oh, big brother!
Oh, you are back. How is the house?
Thanks for taking care of us.
Don't thank me, just pay the rent!
You're awfuI cold to your little sister!
Business is business.
You've got something interesting there.
How about a drink?
I've something to do first.
But get it warm and I'll be back later.
He's always like that.
That's a load off my shoulders,
to get my father's forgiveness after ten years.
Let's celebrate!
But I was really worried he would ask how we got the money.
We could have told him anything.
But us together in peace is like a dream.
Look at his face...
Saké really tastes great tonight.
But that night in Fukagawa was scary!
But we got away!
I didn't think we would.
It was sad for the others.
Yes. Kikuno died in place of me.
Don't talk like that. You'll make the saké sour.
What would you do if Gengobe showed up?
He wouldn't come here. He's a wanted man.
Oh, he may be out there watching us now.
Don't say things like that!
I feel creepy!
If he shows up here, I'll take him right to the authorities!
After all, he's a wanted murderer.
Are you really as brave as all that?
No, I'm really scared.
Why ruin a celebration with talk like that?!
Good fortune has finally come our way.
But I'm just not used to happiness yet.
Our hard times did go on for a long time.
Won't you please.
Take good care of me?
Don't cry. Let's cook,
and celebrate. Go get some wood.
We didn't buy any.
Then rip off some paneling.
We should ask the landlord.
Silly! The landlord is your brother.
What's his is ours.
What's ours is ours.
Stop! I think brother's come back.
Is it you, Brother?
Gengobe!
You two look settled in. I'm happy for you.
Glad to see you well too...
Since we last met in Fukagawa,
I heard you had moved to this area, so I came to visit.
And I brought you some saké as a gift.
Thank you. Ah, come right on in.
You've got a nice place here.
Come right in.
Before there were all sorts of mistakes...
You must be angry, but we can explain it all.
Thanks for coming all this way to visit...
Open that saké.
Oh, no, we couldn't possibly drink it.
Remember that I am the samurai Gengobe.
I don't hold any grudge against Koman.
You mean you will forget everything?
Just as water dries as the days pass.
Don't worry.
I wish to continue being good friends as we always were.
What welcome words. Come anytime at all.
So open my saké and let's drink to that.
As you say.
Relax and drink.
Oh, no, I insist you drink mine tonight.
I have some warmed just right.
Pour him a drink.
Please have a drink.
I accept your hospitallty.
This reminds me of the night we first met in Fukagawa.
Koman, sing me a song, like that night.
What're they up to?
This brings back memories.
It was all just a dream.
That was a dream, and this is a dream.
The flower's red fades like your love, and...
my sadness is like the eternaI flow of water.
Please sing one more.
What'll it be?
Oh, Gengobe, there was one you always used to ask for,
wasn't there, Gengobe, sir?
You remember, Gengobe, what was it, Gengobe?
Oh yes, it was "Chrysanthemum Dew. "
Will you sing it for me, Koman?
"Victim Number Two"
This is the place.
You're sure?
Yes, there's no mistake.
He is definitely Gengobe Satsuma?
Right. My reward?
You're a nuisance!
Nobody wanted your information anyway!
But the poster said he was wanted and promised a reward.
Put out your hand, you noisy nuisance!
Oh, thank you.
But this is only a tiny copper coin!
Things have gotten noisy out front.
Oh, it's the neighbors.
Is Sangoro at home?
Yes. Just a minute.
Sangoro?
That is Gengobe, the Fukagawa murderer?
Yes, it is.
You go back in and tie him up, and bring him out here to me.
Not me. You're the officiaI here.
Go tie him up yourself.
If I could, I wouldn't ask you to do it.
You can do it easiest of us all.
That's not my job.
Please go on in.
What's happening here, Sangoro?
Are you Gengobe?
I am.
Did you commit those murders in Fukagawa?
Sir, I am a ronin, but still a warrior.
I do not kill women and children. You have the wrong man.
But we have a witness.
A witness? Where is he?
That man there.
Oh, no, sir, not me. This is the first I've even heard about it.
So Sangoro is the witness against me?
Oh, no, not me. I don't know anything.
Right. We know nothing about it.
Is there any definite evidence to prove.
Who the murderer is?
Yes, we have very clear evidence.
Have you ever seen this bodkin before?
That bodkin!
This is one of a pair belonging to you.
This was at the scene of the murders.
Clear evidence.
Let us tie you up.
Wait! You have the wrong man!
He's not the Fukagawa murderer.
What? Who are you?
Hachiemon! What are you doing here?!
If that bodkin proves who the murderer is,
then it is someone else.
It is not Gengobe.
You're protecting me?
Don't try protecting your master! Move!
What man would protect such a disloyal master?
Who do you say did the murders?
It was me.
Do you have proof?
I do. I have the mate to that bodkin.
This is certain evidence.
It is the mate. But why did you kill them?
Koman and Sangoro cheated Gengobe.
So I killed their cohorts, but...
I regret that I didn't get them as well.
I have been trying to kill them ever since that time.
I came out of hiding when I heard that...
Gengobe was about to be caught in place of me.
Please take me, the real murderer. Tie me up and take me to prison.
Your story holds water and you have evidence.
I arrest you for the Fukagawa murders.
Tie him up!
Please let me suffer the shame of arrest...
by having my own master tie me up.
Me tie you up?
I will, but in my heart.
Don't waste your heart on prayers for me,
but go join the others...
as a true samurai instead.
If only you do that, I will be in heaven.
And so just forget that beastly woman...
and don't let her make you waver, sir.
Do only that for me, sir.
Tie up the criminal, Gengobe!
Please tie me up, sir.
Forgive me.
I die happy.
Take him away!
Goodbye, my master.
And you two started all this!
Please forgive me. Don't blame Koman.
Your anger is natural, but I did it for him.
We're not even human, please overlook us.
My servant's words moved me deeply.
Koman, I give you up from this moment on.
We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.
Lift your faces.
If you're sincere, drink the saké that I brought you.
Goodbye.
We're saved!
Quick, bring salt!
Out with the demons!
Let the good in!
That's a relief!
I thought any minute was going to be the end, but here we are.
I'm so weak that I can't stand up.
I thought we were done for too.
Let's celebrate!
That's cold. Have some that's heated.
That's a good idea. To our happiness!
"Victim Number Three"
What a mess that was!
Come on in!
At it all ready?
Have a drink!
Thing would have been bad without me.
I didn't know you were here.
You really saved our lives.
I saved you lives.
Have one more as our gratitude.
Gratitude? One drink isn't enough.
But Brother...
You think I don't know you took 100 ryo from Gengobe?
I know the whole story.
You're awful. We don't have that money now.
You can't fool me like you did him!
We know that.
But that money all went to our Lord for a speciaI purpose.
Who's that?
I've never seen him, but his name is Soemon Funakura.
So you're Enya supporters?
That's interesting. I'm a Kono retainer.
So that means we are enemies.
Oh, no, just my father used to work for Enya.
Don't speak of us as your enemies!
It's suddenly cold.
Koman, build up the fire.
Sorry I neglected it. It has gotten cold!
That's the wall! You'll pay for that!
Don't get so angry.
We forgot to buy wood, and started using this.
Stop joking and use what's under the floor.
Oh, is there some here?
Cheer up now.
Oh, it's all gone, but there's more here.
Cold saké is just fine.
Oh, look what I found here.
What's this?
It looks like a floor plan.
A carpenter of the Konos lived here.
A secret way into the alcove.
A trapdoor on the veranda.
This may be the Kono mansion floor plan!
If it is...
This is a real find!
I won't let you keep it!
Please give it back!
What'll you do with it?
Stop it!
Brother!
Maybe in this saké...
You gave me poisoned saké!
Why would we do that to you, Brother?!
He got what was meant for us!
Then Gengobe!
Damn! This is a scheme of the Enya family!
I'll pay you back for all this!
Then it's the end for us. I'm sorry!
Get away!
No, stop it!
Please...
Please, stop!
Don't look! Close your eyes!
This is terrible!
Koman, I've killed your brother, and now we're enemies!
There's nothing else left for me to do!
Goodbye, Koman!
Let me die!
If you're going to die, kill me first!
But if we die, what will happen to our baby?
Settle down! We can die any time.
Take this floor plan to your father now.
We can die any time.
You're right. I had forgotten this.
I'll be back in a few minutes.
Wait a minute.
Take this just in case.
Right. You clean up here.
Take care.
We'll never leave you alone again.
You've had lots of troubles too.
You were born under a sad star.
Namu Amida Butsu.
What a terrible fate.
"Gengobe, at that time... "
Gengobe...
It's me, Gengobe.
So you didn't drink the saké I brought?
Is Sangoro here?
No, he's out.
Out? You're not lying, are you?
It's true.
You're always full of tricks.
"HELL"
So you have a son?
I didn't notice earlier.
It's clear who his father is. He looks just like Sangoro.
You really made a fool of me, with a son too, didn't you, Koman?
Oh no, I didn't make a fooI of you.
Your love was all a planned trick.
Oh no, never that.
Then why, with a son and husband, did you promise to be my wife?
And even your tattoo pledge probably...
No. That tattoo...
Fake too? Let me see it.
"Precious Sangoro?"
Eternal proof of your treachery,
here on your arm for all to see.
You cheated me at every turn!
Forgive me. I can explain everything!
No explanations!
That tattoo is clear proof.
I see everything clearly now!
I'll kill you and Sangoro both!
A warrior, and I let a woman do this to me?
Please forgive me and let me live!
Then tell me where Sangoro is!
I don't know!
Tell, or this is what you get!
Shut up!
The child is innocent!
Then tell me!
I don't know and wouldn't tell even if I did!
Stubborn woman, talk!
Your "Precious Sangoro! "
Is this the arm?
I'm ready to die! kill me!
I won't blame you for it, but don't hurt my child!
Please don't take the life of my child!
You want pity for him?
Then pity him by killing him yourself.
Why did you think it's necessary to kill my innocent child?!
A demon!
You're a demon!
A horrid demon!
It was you two who made me a demon!
Die, Koman!
"This world is a sea of blood. "
Sengoro, someone's coming.
You have committed murder.
Hide in that coffin.
And don't come out until I tell you to.
I wanted to drink to our future together.
But in your present situation,
that is no longer possible.
What a pitiful woman!
All you can do now is quietly go on your way to Buddhahood.
When I gave that 100 ryo for you,
I was willing to give up everything for you,
no matter what others would say of me.
It was with that 100 ryo that I made the most definite decision of my life.
All that's left now is eternal,
All enveloping darkness.
Is there anything else where you are, Koman?
Is there true Godairiki in that world?
Won't you say something to me?
Answer me!
Who's there?
It's me, Tokuemon.
I have been waiting for you to return.
Please look at this, Soemon.
What's this?
My son Sentaro and his wife have come back,
after many trials and tribulations.
My son killed his wife's brother...
to get this floor plan of the Kono mansion.
Soemon, please meet my pitiful son...
and give him a word of encouragement.
What do you mean, giving these to me?
It's too late now.
What?
Hachiemon got me 100 ryo which I used to ransom a geisha.
Then she cheated me and,
I killed many in hate. I know I was a fool, but...
I am the man who committed the 5 Fukagawa murders.
What? But...
Gengobe is the name I have been using.
Hachiemon was arrested in place of me.
I no longer have the right or the desire...
to be counted among the faithfuI retainers.
I only regret that I let that rascal...
Sangoro get away alive.
Sangoro? That is my son Sentaro's childhood name.
And I've heard his wife was a geisha.
Does that mean?
This is my cloth, so this 100 ryo!
Gengobe is Soemon?!
Sengoro!
Your anger is only natural,
but my son left home very young and had never seen your face.
He knew you as Gengobe.
Please forgive my pitiful son.
We can forgive, but Koman's life is gone.
Something happened to Koman?
Look! This is her head.
I killed both Koman and her son too.
Sentaro!
Sangoro!
Goodbye, sir!
I killed Koman's brother. I must die.
My wife and son are dead.
I have no desire to live without them.
Wait! Don't be hasty, Sentaro!
I don't want to hear or see any more.
Even if there is sunlight,
this maggot can abide only in deepest darkness.
I have lived a useless life.
Koman!
Soemon!
Namu Amida Butsu...
"Several months later... "
"the Enya retainers carried out their vendetta. "
"But Soemon Funakura was not among them. "