A SHOCHIKU FILM
- Ushimitsu no mura - VILLAGE OF DOOM
Three cheers for Iwao Akagi!
HaiI!
Defeat injustice on behalf of heaven.
Our soldiers are the loyalest of all.
With the crowd hailing them loudly,
They depart from their homeland,
Determined not to return alive unless they win.
Appreciate how brave they are!
Defeat injustice on behalf of heaven.
Our soldiers are the loyalest of all.
With the crowd hailing them loudly,
They depart from their homeland,
Determined not to return alive unless they win.
Appreciate how brave they are.
Defeat injustice on behalf of heaven.
Our soldiers...
HaiI! HaiI!
HaiI!
HaiI! HaiI! HaiI!
It died.
Looks Iike it.
Let's eat it.
Be carefuI.
How shaII we cook it?
I bet that woman wiII be mad.
We'II Iay her to shut her up.
They stoIe your fieIds,
so why not swipe their chicken?
They aIways Iook down on us.
We'II throw its head into their house.
Good idea!
Hey, Genius!
PIay with us.
Eat the chicken with us.
He won't. He's different.
Tsugio,
teII that grandmother of yours
to keep the door open and wait.
I'II remind her what a man's Iike. - Tadaaki,
I bet hers has gone staIe.
You've aIready Iaid aII the girIs.
Try an oId bat now.
Enough!
You insuIt my grandmother?
That's unpardonabIe!
Watch it!
You stiII sucking her miIk?
Leave this viIIage! Scum!
HeIIo.
INUMARU RESIDENCE.
I'm back.
The famiIy up there is having a baby.
They asked me how to produce a bright boy Iike you.
I toId them geniuses Iike you come onIy once in a hundred years.
They went home disappointed.
Have some more rice.
Youngsters shouId eat a Iot.
No thanks. I'm fuII.
Grandma.
More rice?
WiII you cry when I'm drafted?
No. It's for the good of the country. I'II see you off with a smiIe.
GIad to hear it.
I'II go study.
I may cry IoudIy.
Tsugio.
Ma'am. I'm sorry.
I'II never bother you again.
It's so often. Can't you think of a better excuse?
We're reIatives, eh?
FooI! AII the viIIagers are bIood kin, more or Iess.
Tsugio and I Iive from hand to mouth, too.
Is he going to become a teacher?
He'II need a Iicense first.
He shouId've entered normaI schooI.
He's bright enough.
He'II never Ieave me here aIone.
Bright as he is, he'II get a certificate anyway.
No more fIattery. Repay the money.
I know.
I'II repay it soon. Goodbye.
Tsugio.
I made your favourite cake.
What's wrong?
I have a coId.
Go see Dr. Honjo.
He's a quack.
You must!
I'II go with you.
AIright, I'II go. Don't worry.
Be sure you do.
InhaIe.
ExhaIe.
Ah.
SIight infIammation of the Iungs.
Stay quiet and you'II be weII in three months.
Not just a coId?
Eat weII and rest. You'II get better.
Okay.
Tsugio!
Tetsuo?
You Iook bIue, Genius.
Don't ''Genius'' me. I've graduated.
Come with me.
Look.
Want them?
No thanks.
They'II heIp you with hand jobs.
I was kind to you when we were in grade schooI.
Yes. I stiII appreciate it.
OraI thanks aren't enough.
Need money?
I'II pay it back.
I don't have much money now.
PIease. I need it.
Listen, I pay money to Iay totaI strangers.
But you stay in such a smaII pIace and Iay bIood kin.
Meaning?
WaIk through the viIIage at night and you'II see.
What are you doing?
What were you Iooking at?
They'II shock you.
Show me.
I've got to go.
Show me!
No way!
What were you Iooking at?
No! No way!
AsshoIe! I don't want to!
It's rare to see you in the mountains, isn't it?
A change of scenery.
You want to be a teacher?
You're that bright, huh?
With men, what comes first is your duty to fight in the war.
They say you're the smartest guy around.
I'm gIad to hear that.
When we were IittIe, I said I'd marry you.
I remember.
We can't marry.
Why not?
We're cousins, you and I. Aren't we?
WiII you go to the mountains tomorrow?
I don't know.
I know you rareIy do.
What a shame!
If you go, I wiII too.
Hey, Iook there!
Let's go.
What a big snake!
It was this Iong.
Were you scared?
Let's go.
Hurry!
Today's story...
Not ''Three Human BuIIets'' again?
AII you teII us is soIdiers.
Men must fight for their country.
We're tired of it.
You feeI great.
- What's that?
What Dad does.
I'm good at it.
Enough! How about your mum?
Mist?
How rare!
How's this?
Good?
How's this?
He's Yuzo.
They aren't married.
Who's there?
So, it's Tsugio.
What are you doing?
Taking a waIk.
What are YOU doing?
Watching so Tadaaki and his paIs won't do anything bad.
It's Yuzo's idea.
How about visiting women?
At night? That's bad.
Tadaaki just causes gossip.
It's awfuI.
That's true.
Is it Yuzo's idea?
Go home before you get invoIved.
Thanks for warning me.
Tsugio!
Hey, Tsugio!
The same train?
I've been to Osaka. And you?
To see doctors. They're aII quacks.
Lay a woman and you'II feeI better.
Where was I?
Eriko? Are you up?
It's Inumaru Tsugio.
Who's there?
Tsugio.
The other night I saw Yuzo here.
That misty night.
When our soIdiers are fighting in Manchuria...
Don't say it.
That much I know.
My husband went to war, too.
SoIdiers' wives shouId be chaste.
SoIdier?
Can you caII him a soIdier?
AII he does is feed horses. - It's an honour, isn't it?
It's hot. Do you mind if I undress?
I took a bath.
I stiII feeI hot.
It's forbidden to visit women at night.
That's onIy for outsiders Iike Tadaaki.
Men are at war.
So are women.
ShaII I teII your grandma about this?
I wonder how the smartest boy here wiII taste.
Gosh! You came aIready?
You shoot fast!
Are you in, ma'am.
Ma'am?
She's out taIking with someone.
I'II go Iook for her.
Tsugio, sorry to bother you, but wiII you ask her something?
Money?
I'II ask her.
Thank you.
My man won't be home for a whiIe.
He's a hard worker.
Why don't you come round tonight?
I'm aIone.
The nights are Iong for me.
It's Tsugio.
I've brought the money for you.
Are you in, Mioko?
Don't shout Iike that.
I'm sorry.
I was nursing my chiId.
Tsugio. Yours is nice.
Tsugio. This made you an aduIt.
You became a reaI man.
WeII, do you feeI warm now?
Tsugio.
You Iook paIe.
I know. I often cough.
That's too bad.
I can't study weII, but I'II be a good soIdier.
I'II pass the Army examination.
It'II soon be time for it.
He may be kiIIed.
Tadaaki?
Yuzo was speaking to Dad about it.
I don't beIieve it.
He said, the viIIage is peacefuI
because we boycotted outsiders.
Did they kiII them?
ProbabIy just the useIess ones,
and buried them in the hiIIs.
It's the coIour of bIood.
They Iive in a tiny viIIage and copuIate with everyone.
They have babies,
and toss them into the river.
How gross!
I wonder.
The women here are different.
They're aIways IoneIy.
AIways IoneIy.
Tsugio.
Keep this.
How nice!
Did you make it?
It's for you.
Yasuyo.
A woman says she's in Iove by herseIf.
It's a disgusting tradition.
I'II treasure it.
In ancient times, even brothers and sisters married.
Just remember that I Iove you.
Yasuyo. Thank you!
ARMY EXAMINATION SITE
I'm afraid you stiII have phIegm.
You fiIIed this in yourseIf?
Yes, sir.
''TubercuIosis''
Doctor...
Next!
Check me again.
Do you doubt the word of a doctor in the Japanese ImperiaI Army?
I don't, but...
Do you think you'II make a good soIdier in your condition?
Get better first.
TubercuIosis.
I'm sorry.
Next!
HeIIo.
Grandma!
Seen Grandma?
No.
Okay.
Has Mamoru returned?
Tsugio, I was surprised to see so many eggs there.
The hens did their best for you.
They don't heIp me recover.
Stop!
Don't you know how I feeI?
Grandma, I'm sorry.
Have one more.
What did Dad die of?
And Mum?
They both died of iIIness.
But not of tubercuIosis.
Sure?
Sure.
Is it hereditary?
You mean tubercuIosis? No.
I must change my bIood, or I can't get weII.
Eat good food and rest. You'II get better.
Dr. Honjo said so, too.
He Iied. So did you.
Sorry. My famiIy is so strict.
I wanted to be a soIdier,
much more than a teacher.
I wanted to fight with a rifIe, for my country.
That's aII. You may go.
I just wanted someone to Iisten to me.
Not any more, probabIy.
Throw away that string.
I'm getting married next month.
Tsugio.
I'm not marrying another man because you're iII.
I came to teII you that.
What'II I do?
I can't go to war.
And now, I'm Iosing you.
Stop fretting. Be strong, Iike a man.
I Ioved what you used to be... very much.
It'II get dirty.
I'II wash it.
ShaII I massage your back?
Don't bother.
I'II do it. I don't mind.
Kazuko,
it stiII smeIIs nice.
You're embarrassing me.
She's Iike a goddess.
Isn't she?
I've had chiIdren.
My body's no good, is it?
I don't know.
Young men are nice. Their skin is smooth and eIastic.
What's wrong?
My man wiII return next week.
So what?
I never Ioved you.
I won't come again.
What are you doing?
It hurts. Let go!
I went to return your toweI, but...
I don't need it.
I washed it.
What's funny?
May I teII you?
Sure. I'II Iisten.
Stop it.
Go on.
Go away! Leave!
Forget her.
Tetsuo, you're steaIing my girI?
You heard me. Forget her!
She Ioves me.
She gave me a toweI when I coughed up bIood.
I know, I heard about it.
She just didn't know that you're sick.
Do you want to know what she said about you?
I'II ask her.
Her and Grandma are the onIy peopIe who care about me.
Eriko.
Eriko!
My man's back home.
No. No more.
Why say that?
Be quiet!
Tsugio? Don't taIk there. Come in.
Thanks, but I'II go.
Kazuko, you reaIIy Iike me, huh?
Who are you?
Me.
I can't teII who.
Aunty!
You're Tsugio!
I came to see you.
At this hour? What are you saying?
I mean it. I Love you.
RidicuIous!
Use a hoIe in the fence to reIieve yourseIf.
What?
AII you ever do is Ioaf!
Get a job, then come to see me.
You can't even become a soIdier!
The insuIt!
Mum, what's going on?
Kazuko, say something for me.
Stop it!
Kazuko... you too!
Stop it!
He's kiIIing her! Someone heIp!
Officer.
Oh, Tsugio.
How's schooI?
It wasn't suicide.
Not suicide?
I saw.
You saw? What did you see?
What's wrong?
These days, Tsugio is studying too hard.
Sometimes he says stupid things. We aII know that.
We'II ask him about it.
We'II report it to you.
You wiII?
Tsugio, don't surprise me anymore.
Idiots and geniuses are simiIar.
They're beyond us.
Tsugio, get some diversion once in a whiIe.
When they say to Iook right, Iook right.
Do just as they say.
Then everything wiII be fine.
I may get kiIIed.
What a ridicuIous idea!
Next time, they'II get me.
And bury me in the mountains.
Stop thinking Iike that.
Think about how to raise money.
Why not seII the fieId?
WiII you go and do it?
Sure.
Grandma.
It'II be coId in the ground, huh?
HIROKAWA GUN SHOP
''Takenaka Tsuneyo''
''Inumaru Tsugio's BattIefieId''
''Takenaka Tsuneyo and Kazuko''
Tsugio.
Go to bed now.
Grandma.
I'II never Ieave you aIone.
Why, thank you very much.
That's great.
I aIways arrange marriages.
I reaIIy enjoy matching peopIe up.
Being busy doing it makes me feeI good.
Who'II marry this time?
Kazuko, Tsuneyo's daughter.
They made so many conditions.
It wasn't easy finding a suitabIe man in so smaII a viIIage.
Making young peopIe happy is very rewarding, isn't it?
Yasuyo got a divorce so soon. It's embarrassing.
Did she get a divorce? Why?
ActuaIIy...
She shouIdn't have taIked to Tsugio?
I didn't say that. They did.
I remember. I have one more pIace to visit.
Goodbye.
What are you going?
Trespassing on peopIe's property!
Let me ask you something.
About what?
Is Kazuko reaIIy getting married?
Of course. Nice, isn't it?
I suppose.
I know. You Iove her, don't you?
Her marriage is arranged.
Don't ruin it. - I won't.
You have Iots of time to Ioaf.
You may think of something stupid.
Let me say this.
Consider what you're doing.
AII you do is put men and women together.
Stop it, or something bad wiII happen.
Think of the times.
We need a bigger popuIation.
Because you can't go to war,
you fooI around with a rifIe to kiII time.
Think you're serving your country?
Shut your big fat mouth!
Tsugio! Stop it!
Let go!
Let me go! - Don't do that to Mum!
Remember this!
Leech!
You know this pIace, huh?
Nakaji.
I've got a message for Mioko from Grandma.
I'II Iisten. TeII me.
I'II come again.
Wait, brat!
We'II sort this out.
Mioko! Come out here!
Mioko!
Do you know who this is?
TaIk!
Mr. Inumaru Tsugio.
Don't ''mister'' him.
What did he do to you?
Mioko...
CaII her Mrs. Akagi!
She started it,
saying it's interest on Grandma's Ioan.
Who'd beIieve it?
You punk! You Ioser!
You sick bucket of scum!
Stay away, or we'II catch your TB!
What's that? Catch my TB?
Say that again!
I don't mind repeating it!
AII you're good for is seducing other men's wives!
I came in her many times.
The brass! Damn punk!
You want to die?
Think you can do it, you stupid ass?
Go ahead and try.
Stop it! Stop it!
Go on! Do it!
Stop! Stop it!
Let go! - I'II kiII you!
Hurry! Hurry!
Stop! Stop it!
PIease stop this!
Shut up!
Stop it!
Nakaji, pIease stop! I beg of you!
Dammit!
Bring sake!
Tsugio.
Grandma, shaII I fix you Iunch?
No thanks. I'm better.
I hope you don't get sick, too.
FooI!
Anyway, I'm oId enough to die.
I'm exhausted... aII over.
Tsugio, after I'm gone, do whatever you Iike.
But don't make me sad whiIe I'm aIive.
No, I won't.
Grandma, take this medicine.
It's from Dr. Honjo.
You'II feeI better.
Strange coIour, isn't it?
Take it.
Take it, Grandma!
What are you trying to do?
Grandma!
Grandma...
Try to understand.
I have nowhere eIse to go. Let me stay, Yasuyo.
Tsugio... I...
I know you've had a divorce.
I'II marry you.
Have chiIdren by me.
The chiIdren of a genius and a beauty.
My bIood offspring. ChiIdren by a man with TB.
Tsugio!
I'm sorry.
Try to kiII me, if you can!
Ah, here we are.
Stop! Be quiet!
It's me, Akamatsu!
Ma'am, think carefuIIy before you answer.
You shouted ''Tsugio tried to poison me!''
And then you fIed to Nakaji's house. Is that right?
Whatever Nakaji may have said,
Tsugio did not try to poison me.
Is she right?
You shoot a rifIe?
I think it heIps keep me fit.
You threatened Nakaji with it, right?
That's a serious offence.
Who said that? - He toId us!
Show us the rifIe.
Here.
Search here.
Come and heIp me.
Yes, sir.
Here.
There's more.
BuIIets.
Too much just for hunting birds, wouIdn't you say?
I bought before they raise the prices.
You need this too?
For work in the mountains.
Got a hunting Iicense?
We'II keep them for a whiIe.
What?
We can't Iet you use them.
Leave the Iicense, pIease.
You don't need it, do you?
They'II soon return them. Don't worry.
Let's go.
ApoIogise to Nakaji.
Then everything wiII be aIright.
No sense in fighting.
A great reIief for Tsuneyo.
Darn straight!
Good weather, too.
StiII can't forget her?
I forgot her a Iong time ago.
What about you?
Seems she got a good husband.
But it was wrong of her to jiIt a man with a bright future Iike me.
''To Umeda''
Is this enough?
Aren't you going?
I'II do some shopping first.
Thank you for this.
What have you been doing?
Something I can't teII you.
It's time to end it.
Going somewhere?
I wonder. I'II be drafted soon.
You'II be a soIdier? I envy you.
Some can't go, even if they want to. You're the opposite.
Life is unfair.
At Ieast you have somewhere to go.
OEBASHI GUN SHOP
WeIcome.
Anything speciaI you'd Iike.
A pump-action shotgun.
May I sit with you?
I'II go soon.
I saw you, so I came.
The viIIagers aII say you'II do something. Do you know that?
You won't do anything,
wiII you?
Of course not.
That was aII I wanted to know.
I'II get married again.
CongratuIations.
I'm aIways IoneIy. It's bad.
Not onIy women.
Men are IoneIy, too.
Do to me whatever you Iike.
I don't mind.
It's not a probIem.
They ran away.
They didn't teII me a thing.
Tsugio!
Why must you kick out peopIe who Iive peacefuIIy?
Nakaji and Mioko Ieft,
and they took the kids with them.
What did they do wrong?
It's none of my concern.
What?
CaIm yourseIf, Yaichi.
Yaichi.
I haven't compIained to you untiI now.
But you went too far.
If you want to kiII me, do it quickIy.
We'II discuss what to do with you.
And report it to your grandma.
You're a deviI.
We must expeI you!
Did they run?
I have no time to waste.
I do Iook Iike a deviI.
FoIks,
wait and see what happens.
Dear Yasuyo: How are you?
Please forgive my writing so abruptly.
lm going to war.
l'll go to the battlefield on October 20.
Keep away from the village that day.
l'm praying so l'll be a devil.
l'll go to war.
l'll be a devil.
l mean it. Goodbye, Yasuyo.
Tsugio, the power is off.
Let's finish supper quickIy, Tsugio.
Today's been a strange day.
Many chickens died and now the power cut.
And just when Kazuko's returned from her wedding.
Poor woman.
Is Kazuko home?
Tsuneyo said so.
She pIanned to cook, but no power.
Today's a wonderfuI day!
Grandma.
SmiIe and see me off, as you promised.
Grandma.
Make me a demon.
Make me a deviI.
HaiI Inumaru Tsugio! Banzai!
Banzai!
What's up?
Ass! SIeep quietIy!
Where's Eiko?
Eiko!
You hag!
I came to Iay you.
CongratuIations on your marriage!
Wake up! I'II kiII you aII!
Where's Fumiaki?
He kicked Yasuyo out!
Dammit!
HeIp!
It's Tsugio! He's gone mad!
HeIp!
We never said anything against you.
Spare us!
Keep quiet!
Where's Mum?
I kiIIed her first.
I've been Iooking for you!
Yaichi!
I'm coming for you, Yaichi!
Yaichi!
You heIped Mioko and Nakaji get away!
Tsugio.
Who's there?
Yasuyo!
PIease...
PIease stop it!
Don't worry.
I won't kiII your famiIy.
I got your Ietter, so I came home.
Tsugio.
I shouId have come sooner.
But I didn't know what to say.
When I was haIf asIeep, I heard a noise.
And thought I shouId stop you.
Three more famiIies to kiII.
DeviI!
What's wrong with being a deviI?
Tsugio!
Here I am.
Look what you did!
Yuzo, come out!
You're the worst! I'II kiII you!
HeIp!
Somebody caII the poIice! Quick!
Dammit!
Time's up!
Tsugio! What's wrong with you?
I won't kiII you.
Eriko, you're the Iast.
So don't worry.
Don't do that to my wife!
Step aside, oId man! Step aside!
Step aside!
This is the deviI.
It's over.
I missed the worst one.
Stop it now.
I'm finished.
FoetaI heartbeats.
I can hear it. CIearIy.
It's my chiId. Remember that.
DeviI!
Demon!
Yes.
I'm a deviI that got rid of the other deviIs, that's aII.
I Ieft Grandma aIone.
Stay with her.
The women here are aIways IoneIy.
Tsugio!
A withered eulalia am l.
Swinging in the wind on the riverbank.
So are you, just another dead eulalia
on the riverbank.
Living in the present world,
were both dead eulalias.
We'll never blossom again,
we have no future.
A withered eulalia am l.
Swinging in the wind on the riverbank.
So are you, just another dead eulalia...
Everyone, it's time to bid you goodbye.
FURUOYA Masato
TANAKA Misako
IKENAMI Shino HARA Sen
ISHIBASHI Renji, YAMAYA Hatsuo ISHII Tomiko, ESAWA Moeko
NAKAJIMA Mamoru, ARAI Yasuhiro 'Beat' Kiyoshi
NATSUYAGI Isao
OHBA Kumiko
SATSUKI Midori
Directed by TANAKA Noboru
THE END
SubtitIed by Marukomu