Ferry isn't running tonight.
I guess I can't expect to cross the river any time soon.
I guess I'll stay here tonight.
You sure love to get laid.
Samurai, stay with me tonight.
It'll rain all night. Why don't you stay and relax?
I see that you are quick.
Unbefitting with your looks, your shakuhachi sounded great.
Give me the Sacred Dragon Stone.
Unfortunately, I don't give gifts to men.
Then I will kill you and take it away!
Damn, those bandages must have been poisonous.
Hello, hello?
Hello?
Hello, sir?
Takuma, what is it?
Please excuse us. We are travelers.
We came into this mansion without permission...
because of this pouring rain.
Don't worry about it.
I'm a traveler taking shelter as well.
Are you all right?
I'll be fine with some sleep.
A terrible fever.
Takuma, fetch the medicine box.
Yes, mother!
You were poisoned.
Stay still!
Mother, here's the antidote.
- Takuma, the water. - Yes.
Quit it.
Leave me alone.
Don't get involved with me!
You should accept the kindness of others.
We too have been helped by many people through our long journey.
Please take this.
It would be best to stay still for a while.
Takuma, find a dry spot and make a bed for him.
Come, to the back room.
Thanks.
We all help one another when we are in trouble.
I wish we had a change of clothes for you.
No need. I feel much better thanks to you.
Putting on a bold front.
Are you traveling just the two of you?
It's been two years already.
Seems like you have a long story behind it.
Man, it's raining cats and dogs.
Sure is.
Oh, didn't know there were guests here already.
He's sick?
Yes, a bit feverish.
That's too bad.
With rain coming down like this, I guess it's easy to get sick.
I sure am glad we found a shelter for now.
Do you all know each other?
No, with this rain, the ferry was cancelled and the lodges were all full.
All of us were in a bind, and then we found this abandoned mansion.
As the saying goes, it's not where you go...
but with whom you travel that really counts.
So, how about a drink, everyone?
I sure welcome a drink!
I love sake more than anything else.
You over there, please join us.
Oh, please forgive me.
For a young man, how about some candies?
Here, these are lovely.
What's that?!
Get... out... quick.
This guy doesn't have anything inside.
This sword technique.
You'd rather die an easier death than to suffer through the poison.
Step back!
Hey...!?
Keep away!
Both of you, get out of here now!
As you saw, you get nothing but trouble hanging around with me.
I cannot leave an ill man by himself.
Come, let's go to the back.
Takuma, help me out here.
Yes, mother.
Come, this is a fever reducer.
Thanks.
What is it?
Not now, thanks.
But...
Is revenge the purpose of your travel?
Why would you think that?
To take a young child and travel for two years...
it is not that hard to figure out.
You are right.
Two years ago, after my husband was slain by someone...
I was let go from the clan, being told to avenge my husband.
If I succeed in avenging my husband and return...
then my son will have a future to become an officer.
That is an unreasonable task.
But that is the way of the samurai.
At that time, he was only eight, and I needed some help.
At first, we were with my husband's retainers.
But as time went by, the retainers left one by one.
In the end, there were only the two of us.
Bunch of heartless guys.
I can't blame them.
Thus I needed to learn ways to take revenge with my own hands.
So that's why you tried to poison me.
Mother, then, he is the one!
The only clue I had of my husband's killer...
was his exceptional skill for drawing his sword.
I continuously traveled looking for people...
known for a quick-draw sword technique...
and finally I have found you, Mr. Jubei Kibagami.
It must be someone else.
No, I knew it was you, looking at the way you swung your sword.
Excellent cuts on your opponents.
They were exactly like the one on my husband.
Don't move.
If you do, you'll be torn to pieces.
You over-nurse me.
As I said before, I acquired some knowledge...
to take revenge with my own hands.
I am easily capable of swordsmanship like this.
But can you tell me why you killed my husband?
Even if it was I who killed your husband...
unfortunately, I don't remember.
I've killed so many that I just can't keep count.
At Hikawa village in Joshu, two years ago on a summer night!
I won't let you say you've forgotten about it!
You murderer!
Come to think of it...
I remember a samurai accused me that my sheath touched him...
or something like that.
Was that all?
That was good enough for folks who call themselves samurai.
Mother!
Takuma!
You protect the kid!
He'll be back soon!
Die!
Mother!
Hold on!
Please hold on, mother!
Jubei Takuma...
please save his life.
Mother!
Come!
Mother!
Takuma.
Mother.
No, she's not. Look carefully.
That thing is nesting inside.
Humans are so pitiful.
If you lose this bag, you all become simply meat and bones.
Bag?
Am I not right?
This face, torso, arms.
The skin that covers the entire body,
I refer to it as the bag.
I don't have a bag...
but I have gained the power to change myself to whatever shape I want.
There's no need to be cramped with meat and bones.
It doesn't hurt me at all no matter how many times you cut into the bags.
I simply need to replace them with a new one.
You have no chance of winning.
Is that so?
Too bad!
Mother.
What!?
Shit! Why?
Why isn't it moving!?
People aren't simply creatures in a bag.
You may not get it, but people have something called a heart.
What?
What do you think you are doing?
Stop it!
Takuma...
you've followed me through this journey.
From now on, you should live strong and full with your own will.
Mother!
Mother.
Now what are you going to do?
It's up to you to chase me all your life to avenge your father.
Takuma, you make your own choice.
I will...
live on strong.
Where will you go?
Well, I don't know.
Listen, you'll always have to make choices if you want to live freely.
Farewell.
Jubei!