We'll leave it be 'til the samurai come.
We're the ones that know the most about rice!
And if we say we ain't harvestin', then we ain't harvestin'!
Snitch? I see, so that's how the bandits found out.
What did you divulge?
I told them that all of you were heading to Kanna Village.
How could you do that?!
Kyuzo!
Why... Kyuzo...?
I wanted to try living.
You miserable fool...!
Can I ask you to come with us?
When do we leave?
Right now.
This man is our enemy!
Being able to understand each other,
and to share with each other,
are both as short-lived as a bubble on the water.
Obscured by the sands of time,
unable to hold on,
I gave up, until I saw you again, asking
"How much pain
have you been carrying, all alone?
And how much loneliness
is hidden behind your eyes when you smile?"
Embrace this miracle of an encounter now,
By gazing upon each other, we can become stronger.
And if this isn't what you call love,
then what is it you call love now?
So, we're going to divide up and move in three parties?
Doing that will indeed allow us to go on without drawing attention.
The bandits have learned too much about us.
Now then, about the place where we'll meet up...
Is there someplace near the village that could serve as a landmark?
If that's what we need, then just before the bridge,
there's a large rock named Tsubasaiwa ["Wing Rock"].
Tsubasaiwa?
It looks like a wing to anybody who sees it,
so I think it will be easy to recognize.
Me and my friends use it as a base.
All right, that's the place.
So, how will we split up?
We'll let the farmers, who are familiar with the land here, show us the way.
Two samurai will go with each one of them.
Agreed.
Okay then, we'll meet up again just before the village in due time.
May each of us have a safe trip.
Hold on, hold on, which group am I supposed to go with?
I didn't count you.
Oh, in that case, I'll do whatever I want to.
There's no doubt about it. The underground water here flows to Kanna Village.
Kyuzo-dono!
We have a young lady with us. How about we match paces with her?
You need not concern yourselves. I will not slow you down.
Sensei, did you have something in mind
when you placed Kyuzo-dono and Kirara-dono in the same group?
What's important is that we all get to the village safely.
Katsu-noji, are you interested in my sister?
Not particularly...
Sensei, it sure is a lot quieter when Kikuchiyo-dono isn't around, huh?
Do you feel we're missing something without him?
Mm-hmm!
You got me, you got me!
Yo, Komachi!
Kiku-noji!
So, you followed me after all!
I didn't follow you! You were just walking in front of me.
All right, all right, I'll let you have that one.
Oh, you...!
To hide a tree, put it in the forest;
to hide a person, put them in a city.
If we have to travel in secret,
that's all the more reason to walk down the road in broad daylight.
Even so, aren't these getups just a little too conspicuous?
I just can't settle down.
Don't be so self-conscious. Now listen, if anyone asks who we are,
tell them, "We are a merry traveling company!"
But I don't know nothin' but growin' rice. I can't do no performin'.
That's okay, that's okay. You know what?
Your stage name will be
"Maguso Koedayu ["Horse Dung Manure Officer"], Master of the Hoe." All right, that's settled.
Well then, I will go as "Hoho Eminosuke ["Deputy Governor of Smiles"], Master Woodchopper."
Mm-hmm, that's the spirit!
This ain't no time to be laughin'.
When times are tough, that's when you have to laugh.
It's just the kind of man Gorobe-dono is.
I can see the neighboring village now. Our village is just ahead of this one.
Kirara-dono, you're out of breath, aren't you?
Don't you think it's about time we took a short break?
No, I'm doing fine. Everyone at the village is waiting for us. Let's hurry on.
It appears that you truly do not like Kyuzo-dono.
I cannot tell what he is thinking.
At some point, he is going to try to strike at Kanbe-sama again, right?
It's not as though he bears any ill will towards him, so why must he?
Who can say?
We're being followed.
Don't look.
Let me have your foot.
Just do it, quickly!
Is it them?
No. There aren't enough of them.
It's possible that they split up. Should we take them?
Hold on. That isn't necessarily the group we're after. We'll watch them.
You're going after them?
Please wait! Why must you do this?
Why would you deliberately attack them, when you don't even know if they are hostile?
Getting to the village should be our first priority right now.
Please refrain from any more senseless killing!
Katsu-noji is still thinking about my sister.
Would you cut it out, already?
I can tell you're trying to hide it. Katsu-noji, you like my sister!
You sure are an easy one to figure out, huh?
Kikuchiyo-dono...
You're mistaken! I've devoted myself to my training!
I don't have time to be falling in love with a woman.
The way you're losing your temper only makes us suspect you more!
Are samurai not allowed to fall in love with someone?
I told you, I'm not that sort of person!
They've got you beat.
Come, come, wash yourself clean from the grime of this world!
Ready, a-one, two, three...!
She's spinning more than usual!
Bravo, bravo!
That was an unusual trick.
--Thank you very much! --Thank you very much! --Thank you very much!
Katsu-noji, are you still angry?
I'm not angry.
Then why won't you come over here?
Well, I, uh... no reason.
Look at you. A samurai has to be a lot fiercer than that
if he wants to get the girl.
I told you, I'm not--
Come to think of it, Katsu-noji,
Sister said that you don't have the smell of the battlefield on you.
You're just not worth it.
Okay then, let me ask you, what kind of smell is the smell of the battlefield?
I don't know. But I'm sure my samurai Nunky knows.
Well, it's like, you know, this really strong smell that you smell.
Are you sure you should be taking things so easily?
Think about it. The new guy is together with your sweetheart.
And he's a real go-getter.
And what's more, when you consider that Momotaro there
is also known to make the girls cry, something might have happened to your girl
by the time we reach the village, you know?
Sister is old enough to marry.
This is ridiculous.
So you say, but you're still worried about it, huh?
Cut it out, already!
Katsushiro, for what reason do you aspire to be a samurai?
So then, which way should we take?
The currents pass through both ways.
We will arrive at the village, whichever path we choose.
How presumptuous...!
Now, now... Come on, we'll go too.
He's so mirthless and tightlipped, and acts so pompous.
There's just no way I can come to an understanding with him like that.
I am opposed to taking that man to the village.
Samurai do tend to let their actions speak louder than words.
There are some things that can only be communicated through words.
Someone's coming.
This is bad. Kirara-dono, please stay hidden in the shadows of the rocks.
You're hurt...
We had a feeling it would turn out like this eventually.
That's why he tried to deal with them earlier.
Is that how you show your consideration for others, Kyuzo-dono?
Sensei, do I need a reason for wanting to become a samurai?
You don't know?
Stop it, please!
How come I gotta have the hair on my legs shaved off?!
You're so bashful! It's not so bad.
See? Doesn't it feel good? So soft and smooth!
Why, you...!
Gorobe-sama!
Keep it down, would you?! They'll find us, you know!
What do you think? I'm quite the beauty, aren't I?
Yes, yes! You're too much for Hoho Eminosuke!
I'm done for! Those two've both lost it!
Okay, okay, now you have to put on your dress.
Kyuzo-sama!
Kyuzo-sama, why did you feel you had to strike at Kanbe-sama?
Because I am a samurai.
Sensei...
Sensei, I sought after the sword in order to discipline myself.
However, now that I've met you, Sensei, and the others,
I'm beginning to think twice.
For crying out loud! Samurai are the luckiest guys around!
They've got all the time in the world to think, after all.
Thinking doesn't fill your stomach, though.
Katsushiro,
in the Shikimori village, when you took that arrow in your leg,
what were you thinking?
Well... at the time, I was simply in a daze.
I was thinking that I couldn't let Kirara-dono--
I mean, the farmers-- get hurt.
There are things that cannot be seen until one is hurt.
Aw, I don't get it. Nunky, did you understand that? What did he mean?
How should I know?
Great! Nunky, you don't get it either, huh?
Good luck!
Come again!
I've never been so disgraced in all my life.
It suits you pretty well.
And your legs are so soft and smooth.
Gorobe-dono, over there.
It's the bandits. No doubt they're the ones who destroyed this village.
They're still around here, huh?
Unsettling, isn't it?
You there, what are you doing here?
Oh, goodness, some bandits! Thank you so much for all that you do!
Wow, seeing you up close, you are so handsome!
My, you really are so strong! What a thick chest you have!
I think I'm in love!
Oh, you're vaudevillians.
Oh dear, vaudevillians, he says...
We are a merry traveling company!
You there, hold it!
What is your name?
M- M- Maguso Koedayu.
"Maguso"?!
What an pungent name! Are you really a performer?
You're not one of those wanted men we heard about, right?
Oh, no, Bandit-chan! Don't be ridiculous!
In that case, why don't we have you show us a bit of your act?
Can you do that?
If you can't I will cut you down!
Do we go at them?
We can't avoid it.
Mister Bandit, you're so handsome! I'm in love with you!
I, Maguso Koedayu, will now do a dance for the bandits!
Ready now...
Plantin' comes first, harvestin' comes second!
Thanks to rice bran, my skin is shiny and smooth!
My face is smooth, too!
To top it all off, my tushie is smooth, too!
Whether I point it here, or whether I point it there!
With no where else to go, I'm still doin' fine!
See? Everywhere you look, I'm nice and smooth!
My legs're so fine!
Ah, okay, that's enough. You don't have to show them off.
Let's get moving, we're busy.
We appreciated that. Thanks to you, we didn't have to fight.
I... I... I...
Don't say a thing. You did well.
Grandfather!
I can't sleep, 'cause I was thinkin' that it would be a bad idea
to let the samurai into the village after all.
After all, when that patrol came around, they seemed to know everythin', you know?
The way they acted, they must've known we'd hired samurai,
and came here to check on us.
But how did they find out that we're hirin' samurai?
Could be that one of the samurai that Rikichi and them approached told them!
You're certain that this is the place where we're supposed to assemble?
Mm-hmm! This is Tsubasaiwa, like Sister said.
It looks like the other groups aren't here yet.
Katsu-noji, are you worrying about my sister again?
I am not, I tell you!
Sorry to keep you waiting!
The merry traveling company has arrived!
What's up with you guys?! That's a very becoming look for you!
Kiku-noji, sheesh! Will you go for any woman?
Looks like you had quite a trip, but you're still here on time.
So, where's the other group?
The bandits were hanging around here, and all...
Sensei, I will go search for them.
Shichiroji-dono, are you alone?
No, no, I just got here a little sooner.
My, my, my, my, my, my...
Finished.
Thank you for saving me from that danger.
Thanks.
I'd say our journey was dull.
Kirara-dono...
Hey...
The old man merely gazed off into the distance
from the hideaway in which he lived.
The baby cries, seeking only
for the warmth of his mother.
We are born paying the price
for someone's punishment, for someone's sins,
but there is no such thing as a future without salvation,
and the present slips quietly into the past.
We string together nothing but hollow ideas,
and tell nothing but hollow lies.
And as the rain falls down upon us,
something appears and then fades away.
Okara-chan, today we split up into three groups and headed to the village.
I was together with Uncle Kanbe and Katsu-noji.
Kiku-noji was worried about me, and came too.
He's so adorable. But the most adorable one was Katsu-noji.
He's clearly in love with Sister. I wonder what Sister thinks of him.
Sister is a little too serious, and a bit rigid, huh?
I've heard from the younger folks of the village,
that Sister is pretty, but too stuffy for them,
so they're afraid to get too close to her.
Maybe that's because she reads so many books.
Katsu-noji is serious and rigid, too,
so I'm extremely interested in what's going to happen between these two.
Good luck, Katsu-noji! Okara-chan, please cheer him on too!
Now that we're at Tsubasaiwa, the village is just ahead.
Okara-chan, please wait there for me. Bye now!