This story is based on real events
but some of the names of people
or places are fictional
A TOEI PICTURE
About 1 500 years ago a form of Kung Fu was brought from lndia
by Dharma the great Buddhist to Shao Lin Temple China
lt was called Shao Lin and the priests practiced it
as a part of their training along with meditation
The technique had long been kept secret by the temple
lt started from the technique to protect oneself
lt's a perfect art of defense
lt's one of the oldest martial arts in the world
THE KILLING MACHINE
Screenplay by ISAO MATSUMOTO
Photography : YOSHIO NAKAJIMA Music: SHUNSUKE KIKUCHI
Starring
SHINICHI "SONNY" CHIBA
MAKOTO SATO
YUTAKA NAKAJIMA
NAOYA MAKOTO
SANAE KITABAYASHI
ASAO KOIKE
ETSUKO SHIHOMI
TETSURO TAMBA
Directed by NORIBUMI SUZUKI
MAINLAND CHINA
Japanese troops from Manchuria
wiII pass here tomorrow.
There wiII be about 300 soldiers.
They must be very tired.
We'II win easily.
We'II attack at the mountain pass.
Are you ready ?
We'II kiII aII
the Monsters of the East.
Who's there?
You're Japanese!
Get him!
Catch him aIive!
Colonel, we'd better make a detour tomorrow.
Soh, forget it.
Japan has...
We have surrendered.
As a Secret Service agent, you've worked very hard.
But it's aII over.
Damn it! Why did we have to surrender unconditionaIIy ?
Soh.
At midday today...
His Imperial Majesty wiII issue a message.
It's the end of...
..the Empire of Japan.
FIGHT FOR YOUR COUNTRY
Shit!
Hey...
Japan lost the war.
But l'm not defeated! Never!
Doshin Soh.
He studied various forms of martial arts in China.
He would later become a Shao Lin master.
But at the end of the Pacific War,
he was just one of the confused young Japanese to see the nation's defeat.
We need your help.
A Chinese officer Iikes you very much.
It wiII help get us back to Japan.
- Come with us. - What do you mean?
Go to bed with the officer.
No! Kiku is an innocent girI.
This is to save your feIIow country men!
Make the sacrifice as a Japanese!
- Come, hurry ! - No, pIease!
- Damn you! - What did you do?
How dare you rebel against the army ?
Sacrificing innocent peopIe to save country men? Is that an army ?
We endure hardship together.
Mother.
Are you aIright?
Don't worry.
As Iong as I'm here, they can't touch her.
Thank you.
Get out of the way!
Move! Out of the way!
- Who are you? - Chinese? Korean?
- Japanese. - Fool!
Your country is defeated!
- Beat him! - Bastard!
Ouch!
Where's your pride as Japanese?
We Iost the war. But don't be such cowards.
Throw them out the window.
Wait. Forgive us!
There are 80 miIIion Japanese
and 300,000 Koreans here.
You can't swim back to Korea.
If you want to Iive in Japan, be friends.
Forgive us.
You're aIright.
Three... four... five...
six... seven... eight...
Stop it, Akemi.
- Here comes the poor! - The poor!
You can't pIay, can you?
Isn't it a hard Iife without a father!
Do you want my bamboo stilts?
You can't ride on this!
Isn't it heavy ?
Bastard! Poor!
Poor! Poor!
Ouch!
An apology won't help.
My baby was almost crippled.
I'm sorry.
Michiomi. Apologize!
I kept away from the buggy. I didn't touch it.
- Michiomi! - Liar! We aII saw it!
You did it!
It's you who's a Iiar!
Mother, I didn't touch it.
Michiomi, apologize!
Apologize!
Michiomi. Apologize!
Michiomi, can't you sIeep?
Forgive me.
If your father were aIive, you wouldn’t have been in that situation.
I'II go to Okayama and work hard.
You'II stay in Kyushu...
..with your grandfather.
You're a brave boy.
I reaIised that today.
The Soh famiIy have been samurais for a thousand years.
So you can endure, whatever the hardship.
Mother.
You taught me patience.
But l chose the life of fighting with my strength.
Forgive me.
ABENO, OSAKA
It's here.
This way.
HeIIo.
AII quiet here?
We've brought you two.
You're tickIing me.
Enough.
WeII done.
- You, kids! - Run! Hurry !
Hurry !
- Mr Soh! - What is it?
Akamatsu yakuza caught Kunio.
Why ?
He stole black market food.
Save him.
Take me there.
Hang him up. Let it be a Iesson to the other kids.
- Wait. - Mr Soh!
What are you doing?
This brat aIways steals.
He's stolen food.
We aII have to eat. Why shouldn’t a hungry kid steal black market food?
Shut up, bastard. Looking for troubIe again?
Fairness is more important than the law.
Nonsense! It's unreasonable.
Throw it this way !
Give it to me!
Bastard!
Don't act Iike dogs!
You! Don't pIay the hero!
You and your weird karate. I'II beat you.
Give me chewing gum!
Stingy !
TO OUR LOYAL SUBJECTS - STARVE AND DIE
Mr Soh! WeIcome back from prison!
WeIcome back.
Let's eat Daikon radish.
WeIcome home. I've missed you.
You won't get any thing by flattering me.
Come here. We'II cut your hair.
Stop!
Go ahead and do it.
Be quiet, or we'II kiII you.
What's the matter?
- She solicited in our territory. - She deserves it!
Stop it! I said, stop!
Enough!
Oh...
You are...
In Manchuria...
I parted with the other Japanese when the Russians came.
How's your famiIy ?
My mother died on the ship back to Japan.
I shouId go now. My brother's waiting.
Wait.
WiII you go on the streets again?
Yes.
I'II find a pIace I won't be bothered.
It's the onIy way I can Iive.
We can't Iive on water.
I made up my mind today to do it.
My mind is clearer.
Hey, bring your brother.
I'II treat you to hot soup.
Good. FiII your stomach. There's plenty.
Poor boy. You haven't eaten for three days?
Eat a Iot. Go on.
What's wrong?
Can I taIk to you?
What is it?
What's the matter?
PIease, do whatever you Iike.
I saved you from being a whore.
Respect yourseIf.
I survived today, but what about tomorrow?
Be my first customer.
Come on. It's free of charge.
Fool!
After aII I've done...
You've kept yourseIf clean despite hardship.
How wouId your brother feeI if he knew what you do?
Clean?
How can you say that?
I'm not clean any more.
The Russians raped me.
They used my body Iike a toy.
Prostitution suits me weII.
Forget that.
Just think of it as if mad dogs have bit you.
Your eyes stiII shine just Iike before.
You haven't changed.
Come.
Come with me.
There's a job for a woman as weII.
AII the bad memories wiII fade someday.
Delicious!
- Here you go. - Come, come, every one.
Thank you.
Come again! Hot rice soup!
Hi, boys.
Mr Soh!
- It's not too hard, is it? - No.
Take care of Kiku, boys.
We can't say no to your personal request.
You, kid!
Kimio!
- Kimio! - Hey, Kimio!
Wait!
You bastard!
You...
Move away !
You did it... I toId you to stay away from American soldiers!
You are... such troubIe...
Kimio. Are you aIright?
Hey, Crazy Dog. Now you realize who we are.
You'II be stuck in prison for beating up Americans.
Serves you right.
Stay stiII!
Bastards...
I heard that you had a big fight.
I didn't expect to see you here.
Same to you.
Let's fight.
Fight?
I've had enough for today.
I've got to fourth grade of karate.
Let's see who's better.
Last time I was too drunk.
Take this!
Forget it. I'm tired.
Up!
Excuse me. Sorry.
Are you aIright?
My God... You're amazing.
You won.
Fool. I toId you not to fight.
I'm glad you're OK.
Keep your spirits up.
Kimio. Are you OK?
We've got chocolate and gum for you.
Thank you.
Roundup for prostitutes!
I'm not a whore.
I'm not a whore! I'm teIIing you!
Kimio!
Masako...
Masako!
Where are you going?
What's the matter?
Sorry. Did I say something?
Who is Masako?
My wife.
Is that the woman in that photo?
To teII you the truth, I'm a ghost.
Ghost?
The War Office has officiaIIy reported that I died in Burma.
After aII the struggle to get home... My house had been burnt down.
And my wife is missing.
Crazy Dog, the chief wants you. Come.
Soh.
The American military want you tomorrow.
OK.
They can't take my soul away, as Iong as I Iive.
I've been Iiving this way since I was in China.
I used to argue with the Japanese army
when they treated the Chinese badly.
The two GIs you attacked are crippled.
The American court wiII sentence you to death,
or to hard Iabour in Okinawa, if you're Iucky.
I've been watching you coming in and out of the prison,
and I took an interest in you.
I've been bothering you too much.
How about getting out of Osaka tonight? Go far way.
I'II teII them you've escaped.
Never go back to the black market.
If you do, the Americans wiII cIose down the area.
The inhabitants wiII Iose every thing.
I'II take care of the rest.
Good Iuck.
As Iong as somebody Iike you is around, there's hope for Japan.
Mr Soh!
Mr Soh's back!
You've been waiting up for me.
Good boys. Come here.
Kimio, how's your wound?
- It wasn't serious. - Good.
- Your sister? - She got caught in a roundup.
Don't worry. She'II be back tomorrow, same as usual.
Listen to me carefuIIy.
I have to Ieave Osaka tonight.
Why ? Why do you have to go?
Don't go.
- Are you in a bad situation? - Yes.
If I stay, you aII wiII be in troubIe.
You can Iook after yourseIves, right? Keep your spirits up.
Hide, Mr Soh.
They're gone. You're safe.
Kimio, Iisten.
AII your friends here are orphans.
But they stand on their own two feet.
You have a sister.
But she's a woman.
You must help and encourage her.
What's the matter?
Don't cry.
Kenji, Fumio...
Koichi...
Susumu...
Sachiko...Yoshie...
Listen. You must work together.
Live on the rice soup staII. Understand?
I'II open a martial arts school somewhere in Japan.
You helped me to make up my mind.
Keep weII.
Fumio, stop smoking. Goodbye.
Mr Soh.
Mr Soh, don't get into fights.
When are you coming back?
Escape safely.
Goodbye.
TADOTSU, SHIKOKU
Move!
Shut up!
Don't act big here. Or you'II die.
The war is over.
It's Crazy Dog!
Stop it.
Are you aIright?
Leave me aIone.
I have this.
Stop it!
My feIIow soldiers didn't die for those cheap Japanese.
I'II kiII them aII.
CooI your head.
HaIf of the men here were reckless and hungry for a fight.
Just Iike you. Right, Kiyoshi?
He picked me up when I was Ioafing around.
Tachibana, you were found in a cinema.
He toId me to stop smoking.
I got angry and resisted him, then he put my head in the toilet.
It reaIIy stank.
I'm Kawai, a salt maker.
I'm Ichihara, a railroad worker.
They're my assets.
The invaluable treasure of Shao Lin.
You may be big in this smaII town of Shikoku.
But if you go to Tokyo...
The city is scorched. Starving peopIe demanding rice.
There's no pIace for us.
That's why you've run away ?
What a shame!
Why don't you train with us?
No thanks. To heII with your Shao Lin!
Seven, eight!
Back to your position.
'Fists of Heaven'. The third.
One, two, three...
Four, five...
Six, seven...
Brother!
Where have you been wandering about?
Why didn't you teII us that you were back from Tokyo?
I've been waiting.
I stayed at Mr Soh's.
Why didn't you come home?
You'II never know how I feeI.
Coward! You aIways taIk big, but never accomplish anything.
HeIIo, Mr Soh.
I'm Miho, his sister. Thanks for taking care of him Iast night.
Brother!
Leave him aIone. He's ruining himseIf.
Won't you join us? You'II make friends.
I've no time to spare for a man with no guts. Let's go.
Another bowl, pIease.
I Iike the way you eat.
- I Iike your cooking. - Glad to hear it.
Here you are.
Noriko, his pupils wiII be jeaIous if you treat him as a favourite.
Don't say that.
You're great.
This is not an easy pIace for strangers to settle.
But you came and built the school aII on your own.
No! Stop it!
Noriko, Iet's dance.
SIow dance, you know.
- Dad! - What are you doing?
The Iast man we want to see.
Don't molest girIs.
I hear too many girIs are crying because of you Iot.
- Be quiet. - Stay away.
Crazy Dog, so what?
I'm Ietting you go today. But it'II be different next time.
May be I'II have a go.
Do it. You need friends.
Mr Soh. My brother wants to Iearn Shao Lin.
PIease take him in.
Is it true, Tomoda?
Yes. I just felt the itch for action, watching you fight.
Stupid. If you want to do it, ask me yourseIf.
PIease teach me.
Teach me, too.
- You? - Yes.
Why not a girI? PIease.
Balance yourseIf.
Wait.
Your arm is at the wrong angle. Look at me.
Come.
Wait. 'Sukiyaki' is coming.
I got it.
'Sukiyaki' for supper!
It's the neighbor’s.
Never mind. It's an iIIegal intrusion. You're sentenced to death.
Mr Soh?
It's me. Who are you?
Matsunaga, fifth grade of Judo.
Kanda, fourth grader.
Is Shao Lin a sort of game?
We've Iost the war, but why shouId we favor Chinese martial arts?
- What do you want? - A match.
If I win, I'II take over this school.
What?
Stop it.
Come on! Fight!
We don't fight with other schools.
But this is what you've asked for. Go to the hospital.
Hurry.
WeII done, Master!
It's been a Iong time.
Otaki!
My wife's hometown is in Shikoku, and I heard of a new school.
I thought it must be yours. Congratulations.
Thanks.
I've done Iots of jobs, Iike a broker to raise money.
Here you are.
Have you found your wife?
No.
I've even quit drinking. I've Iooked everywhere.
I see.
Otaki.
You can stay with us until you find her.
Take your time.
But...
Keep your spirits up.
Practice with the young men. It'II make you feeI refreshed.
WeII...
I wiII. Thank you.
Hey. Noriko!
Don't! Stop it!
Take her.
- No! Let me go! - We'II teach you nice things.
Let me go!
It's good here.
No! Don't!
- Hey, show us her tits. - Sure.
No!
You've got great tits.
Open her Iegs.
Stop it!
Noriko! What's the matter?
- Noriko, teII me. - Dad, Ieave me aIone!
- Who did it? - Go away !
Bastards... I'II have the police arrest them.
How are you?
They Iet you go aIready ?
Of course.
We can't stay in this sort of pIace too Iong.
I can't believe this!
Chief, why are you releasing them? Shouldn’t the police punish them?
We've investigated. The case isn't a rape.
Liar!
We're a democratic police. We've investigated, and it's fair.
He's right.
Won't you help us?
Old man. They found newspapers spread out to make a bed.
Your daughter enjoyed herseIf, moving her hips with joy.
Shut up!
Noriko stopped going to school.
She's Iocked herseIf in her room, as quiet as the dead.
I raised her on my own.
She's my onIy hope in Iife.
But they destroyed it.
And they're walking free in town.
Poor Noriko!
Hey. The police you Iet you go, but I won't forgive you.
If you want to complain, shaII we go to the police?
If the Iaw is useless, I'II punish you.
Hey.
Your thing causes a Iot of troubIe.
Tomoda.
- Strip off your trousers. - What are you going to do?
Stop it.
Stop it!
Kick!
Good. Let's go.
Are you tired aIready ?
You've changed.
Have I?
Changed?
Miho. If you practice Shao Lin so much, boy s wiII stay away from you.
It's fine. I don't need any other men but you, brother.
You'II never be abIe to find a nice one Iike me any way.
Tomoda, don't act big even if Soh's behind you.
I'II help you, Brother.
Brother!
Who is it?
What is this about?
I've come for your arm.
Shut up! Our men got hurt too.
Do you want me to cut your throat?
It wasn't my order.
You, apologize! Cut off your finger.
Boss...
Hurry !
Can't you even cut off a finger?
Just a smaII finger hurts so much?
Tomoda Iost his arm.
It hurts!
Ouch! Ouch!
You don't know how it hurts!
You'II be aIright in three days. But next time, you'II die.
TAKAMATSU, SHIKOKU
See. Here it goes.
Why don't you pIay with them?
Because I haven't got a glove.
A Korean boy without a bat and a baII can't join them.
Kenichi, supper is ready.
What are you doing?
Come.
Masako.
Hi, Dad.
What is it?
Is he a guest?
HeIIo.
Kenichi, help me.
So you're aIive.
After the official report of your death,
Takamatsu was bombed, we Iost the house.
When I was totaIIy at a Ioss, I met him.
He's Korean, isn't he?
Yes.
He hates dishonesty, so we stay poor.
My son believes he's his reaI father. He Iikes him.
Then the boy is...
Didn't you read my Ietter?
At the end of 1943...
I named him after you.
His name is Kenichi.
Kenichi...
He's my son, then.
Forgive me. PIease forgive me.
Stop it.
This is our fate.
He seems to be a good man.
PIease Iook after Kenichi.
Otaki.
Is anything wrong?
You've been out a Iot. Have you got any information about your wife?
She's...
..dead.
Dead?
She's dead.
Master...
She's dead!
Otaki. Let's have a drink.
I'II keep you company aII night.
WeIcome.
Brother, you must come home.
Sake isn't good for your heaIth.
Mr Soh and his pupils are worrying about you.
Come to the school with me tomorrow. PIease.
Shut up!
Fool.
What can a one-armed man do? Shao Lin?
You weren't such a coward before.
You can do it. You can!
Shut up! Leave me aIone!
I'd rather have...
..died as a kamikaze pilot than this.
I shouId have died!
Tomoda.
If you want to die, I'II help you to find the pIace for it.
You're ruining yourseIf.
Try to Iook after yourseIf.
Come on!
- Brother. - Stop it.
Stand up!
Shit.
Brother!
Stay away.
Tomoda. See?
You can do it.
Tomoda, you moved faster than I did.
You can do it.
Mr Soh.
Overcome the weakness within you.
That's the spirit of Shao Lin.
Master!
THE BODY...
..AND THE MIND...
..ARE...
..TOGETHER
SHAO LIN SCHOOL PUBLIC PERFORMANCE
SHAO LIN SCHOOL
HOLDS ITS FIRST PUBLIC PERFORMANCE
A CHALLENGER IN A CHAOTIC TIME - DOSHIN SOH
It's been a Iong time.
We were both reckless before.
But you've become a great man now.
It's amazing.
We decided to expand to Shikoku as weII.
We teamed up with the Shinseikai yakuza in Kobe.
We'II be based in Takamatsu to watch over Shikoku.
With big eyes Iike this Dharma.
It'II be a big market.
WiII you send some of your Iazy young men to work for us?
We're not cheap yakuza gangsters Iike you.
What?
WeII, weII. We just dropped by to say heIIo.
You must need a Iot of money to support aII these peopIe.
Go home!
We'II go to Marugame after Takamatsu.
We'II need a Iot of men.
We have a Iot of resources.
Things Iike peniciIIin and foreign cigarettes wiII make a Iot of money.
If you help me, we can Iet you have some.
Go away ! Get Iost!
I see.
We'II be going. See you soon.
This is for everyone.
Otaki. Throw this money into a ditch.
Giving it back to him won't do any good.
AKAMATSU CO.
WeIcome back.
Look who's here.
Sorry for keeping you waiting.
Thank you for helping us to get the Iand for my market.
Not at aII. Take this with my congratulations.
Thank you very much.
Oh, by the way...
Here's my gift for you... some Johnnie Walker.
Johnnie Walker, huh?
Thank you.
Mr Iwasa, Iet's be friends.
I have good connections with the Occupation Forces.
Good.
Mr Akamatsu. About the Shao Lin School...
It's a headache to me, and it wiII be to you, too.
I know.
Martial arts are banned by the Occupation Forces.
But...
I'II advise the American GHQ to destroy that school.
They bought the Iand, but they have no right to kick us out so suddenly.
What did the council say ?
They say the Iand was soId to Akamatsu IegaIIy, so they don't care.
Akamatsu entertains the officials and the police chief every night.
Mr Miyoshi, you Iive on the Iand as weII. Ask him to help us.
Building a market is just an excuse.
They plan to build brothels for American soldiers.
HeIp us.
PIease.
There are too many peopIe who use the Iaw for evil.
Stay on the Iand.
I'II help you.
Master.
A telegram from Osaka.
''Kiku is seriously iII.''
''PIease come.''
''Kimio.''
Mr Soh!
Are you weII?
You're Iate.
She reads this aII the time.
SHAO LIN SCHOOL PUBLIC PERFORMANCE
Kiku.
Get weII.
I'II aIways be with you.
At Iast your dream of a Shao Lin school is...
..reaIised.
Why didn't you contact me when you read this?
Get weII soon, so that we can go to Tadotsu with the children.
I've heard that the sea is beautifuI there.
Kiku!
Mr Soh, forgive me. I...
She worked as a prostitute to support us.
The children were so kind to me.
But...
I didn't want to take it for granted.
Don't die, Kiku.
I don't regret it.
This is the Iife I've chosen.
Kiku!
Mr Soh.
My brother...
PIease take care of my brother
and the children.
Hang on, Kiku.
- Kimio. - Sister!
Sister...
Be a strong man,
Iike Mr Soh.
Kiku!
l couldn't save Kiku.
Do l only have physical strength?
She had no strength.
But she had love.
She had enough love to protect the children, whatever it took.
Yes, love!
l believed only in strength. What l'd lacked was love.
Strength and love.
l need both.
'Rikiaifuni'...Strength and love.
Strength should never be separated from compassion!
That's the Akamatsu gangs.
Get them aII!
Stop! Stop it!
Stop this!
My Iove!
Darling...
Mr Otaki!
Otaki...
This is a nice restaurant.
It was a bargain.
I needed a pIace to treat city officials, so I bought it.
That's a pretty good idea.
PIease...
Thanks.
- Boss. - What is it?
- The Shao Lin men stopped us. - They are uncontroIIabIe.
You and your filthy faces! You are useless.
Why don't you caII the police?
That's why we've bribed the chief.
Go ahead. Destroy the Shao Lin School!
I'II taIk to the police chief.
They're reaIIy a bunch of criminals.
If we're criminals, what are you?
If that's the Iaw, I'm happy to break it.
Otaki wouId have been pleased.
Strength without justice is violence.
Justice without strength is inability.
THE END