What is this?
Oh... Oops...
What's wrong?
I left it there...
Sugimoto!
The prisoner might be here at the fishery!
Sugimoto?
Golden Kamuy
Episode Nine Gleaming
Hey, what is it you wanted to show me?
Oh...
It's just a little ahead.
I need to get him somewhere we won't be interrupted.
These are the hammers we use,
these are the brooms...
They're all tools for shattering and spreading the
leftover parts of the fish, so they can dry.
Which of these would you...
...if you were going to split my head open...
...like to use?
Or would you prefer this big knife?
Listen, I said we're leaving.
Thanks for that herring.
The 7th!
Is it bad if they find you?
It is.
I don't think they're here for me, but...
I see.
Even the 7th is following the bait I set out.
Let's have them hide you in there!
That's the mansion where the boss lives,
and there's tons of places to hide!
Sugimoto!
You're quite good at that, Tsurumi-san.
My family was fairly wealthy, for a time.
But every life has its ups and downs.
Sometimes you catch many fish, and sometimes none at all.
Businesses where you deal with nature are unstable, yes?
I don't know about anything but herring.
I started at the bottom here and worked my way up.
If we ever cease to catch herring,
both I and this home shall rot.
We can't read the hearts of the herring,
but we can control the hearts of men.
We can start a war, deliberately.
Please donate to the construction of our weapons factory.
I like weapons.
Look at this!
It's a Maxim gun, I bought it illegally from someone in the military!
I like it.
Is it okay to come in without asking?
It's an emergency.
Please, this way!
To someplace where we can be alone.
Hey, that cap.
Was that Immortal Sugimoto?
Yes, coming.
My, what a cute little guest.
Where's your mom and dad?
Are you looking for them?
What?
...wanna use the bathroom...
You want to use the bathroom?
You're a guest of the boss's, yes?
There you are!
I've been looking for you.
I'll get you some tea...
Move.
That was Sugimoto just now, wasn't it?
Sugimoto?
No.
He's a fisherman who's worked here for a long time...
So beautiful...
What's wrong?
What I just saw was so nice...
Were you shot?
I was so scared!
What a coincidence, Immortal Sugimoto.
Lt. Tsurumi!
So the thieving gull's even come into my mansion?
You'll make a perfect target!
I am immortal!
Sugimoto-san...
Stop it.
Don't kill him.
Sugimoto-san...
I became obsessed with the way my little brother struggled against death.
I wanted to see it again and again.
So I've killed so many...
The flame of a candle flickers and gleams most brightly before it burns out.
When I see the way you gleam, Sugimoto-san...
I remember my little brother.
I wanted to be like him.
Like you...
That's Shiraishi!
They got the whale to the beach!
Let's get to that boat!
Hang in there!
Shiraishi, the 7th is coming!
Get on the boat!
Sugimoto, behind you!
That's Henmi Kazuo!
Sugimoto-san...
I'll struggle my hardest, so please... let me gleam!
Hurry, Sugimoto!
The 7th is here!
Immortal Sugimoto...
That's what they just called you, right?
I think I understand you.
You fight because you want to die burning bright.
I've got no intention of dying.
I can't die yet. No way.
That's it!
The stronger those emotions,
the brighter and more violently you gleam.
Got it.
Okay, let's both gleam together.
What a wonderful man...
I was born to meet you, I know it!
It's coming inside me.
Sugimoto-san...
Will you promise not to forget me?
I'll remember you every time I look at the tattooed skin I rip off your body.
I'm so glad... I was born.
A Repun Kamuy!
Asirpa-san, Shiraishi,
get on the boat!
The orca will eat the tattoos!
The 7th!
Look!
The orca's tossing him around!
What's it doing?
No matter what it's doing,
if it's not going to eat him,
we have to grab him now!
No way...
What is this?
It's more than I imagined!
A death like this...
It's the best I could imagine!
Don't quit on me now, heart!
It's coming, Sugimoto! Hurry!
It'll pull us!
Grab on!
We can't catch up with him now.
So Sugimoto was working with the Ainu, huh?
Whales that come to hunt the herring,
and orca that come to hunt them...
If you want to eat the orca at the top of the food chain,
I guess you have to fight as one of them.
Or become one of the disgusting creatures that eat the body
of dead orcas that fell into the depths...
You have fascinating friends, Shiraishi.
Immortal Sugimoto...
Lt. Tsurumi!
Private Ogata Hyakunosuke disappeared from the hospital.
And one more, Private First Class Nikaidou Kouhei, has been missing for days.
He's scarier than anybody...
I won't forget the way you gleamed.
Golden Kamuy
I'm back, Granny.
What's wrong, Osoma?
Sinna kisar.
Sugimoto and the others are back, huh?
You're pretty stiff, Granny.
Private First Class Tanigaki Genjirou...
One of the villagers told me there was an injured soldier, so I waited here.
Tanigaki, it was you?
There was an amappo,
an arrow trap, that hit me in the mountains,
and the poison paralyzed me.
The Ainu saved me.
You've recovered enough that you can walk.
Why didn't you go back to Lt. Tsurumi?
Today's the first day I was able to walk with a staff.
I was going to stay here for a while to repay them for helping me.
And today was the first day, right?
Corporal Tamai is still missing.
Same with Noma and Okada.
None of the others who were with you came back.
We were following suspicious hunters,
and I was separated from them.
Sinna kisar!
I'm busy!
Osoma, take Granny to your house.
Corporal Tamai told you something, right?
I don't know what you're talking about, but get away from her, Nikaidou.
If you get rough, you're going to regret it.
You killed the other soldiers, didn't you, Tanigaki?
That's impossible!
This is a really bad misunderstanding.
Did you just look over there?
You can jump for your gun,
but without this, it won't do you much good.
Private Ogata,
please, just don't hurt them.
It was a joke.
I was trying to test your reaction.
You're a terrible liar, Tanigaki.
If you want to repay your debts here for a while, do it.
I'll pretend I never found you.
Let's go, Nikaidou.
Oh, right. By the way...
Have you seen Immortal Sugimoto?
He's working with an Ainu child,
and he has some tattooed skins.
This is the place closest to where I met Sugimoto.
No...
I see.
I can't stay here.
Granny, I have to go.
I wanted to repay you for everything, but...
Are you hungry?
Osoma!
Tell your grandmother what I said!
That I have to leave now!
Osoma, please!
Granny...
You're leaving?
Sinna kisar!
Get down, Osoma!
Don't move, no matter what!
Seems it missed.
We should've killed him right there, don't you think?
If we did, we would've had to kill the witnesses, too.
I love my grandma. Don't make me do that.
Tanigaki's an honest man.
He wouldn't agree to do anything that meant betraying Lt. Tsurumi.
I made that quite clear to Corporal Tamai.
But they failed to persuade him,
tried to shut him up, and then he killed them. That's what likely happened.
Tanigaki must have planned to wait to recover, then tell Lt. Tsurumi we betrayed him.
Just stay down, Granny.
I have to fight.
But...
How do I fight a master marksman like that with no gun?
This Type 30 infantry rifle is a good gun,
but it's difficult for your average soldier to inflict
a fatal wound from a distance of more than 100 meters.
But I can blow someone's head off with perfect accuracy within 300 meters.
The 7th had a rough time with the Russians,
who'd fire their Maxim guns from their fort.
If they'd have made a unit of precision marksmen like me,
so many wouldn't have had to die.
I'm seeing movement near the furthest window to the right.
Is that a claw?
He used it to close the window.
From the way they were talking,
that can be the only reason they want to kill me.
The 7th is just a collection of strangers from all over Japan.
It might be more fragile at its core than you think.
Some say they're not interested in Lieutenant Tsurumi's grand ideals.
So there are people who intend to betray him?
Who?
If that happened,
which side would you join?
So he was talking about Private Ogata...
I never thought that Corporal Tamai was going to betray Lt. Tsurumi, too.
At this point they're not with the 7th or anybody else.
They're simply my enemies.
We were lucky to find a place to sleep.
And we got some sake, too.
This is paradise!
You guys don't look like yanshuu to me.
On a trip?
Yes...
I suppose.
Aren't you a handsome little lady?
The same age as my granddaughter.
Can I hold you?
She's in a bad mood when she's sleepy.
Such pretty-colored eyes...
When I look carefully, I see specks of green within the blue.
Perhaps there's some Russian blood in your veins?
What the hell is this old man doing?
I know someone with the same kind of eyes.
What's her name?
Asirpa.
Her Japanese name?
Japanese name?
She should have one on her registration.
I don't know.
I've never asked.
I see.
I'll be going, then.
See you around, Asirpa-chan.
Make copies.
That was a weird old man.
That hit.
The way the binoculars moved feels fake.
The central window...
He threw something out of it.
He's making a smokescreen he can use to escape!
He got the upper hand.
I'm sorry for breaking your wall.
I'll come back and fix it, I promise.
Gods, please protect Tanigaki Nispa.
Tanigaki Nispa,
Asirpa said to hide this where she slept, because it would make Ryuu feel better.
Is that...
Nihei Tetsuzou's rifle!
He beat us.
But he can't get too far, wounded as he is.
Time to go Tanigaki hunting.
I've only got the one last round Nihei loaded.
You didn't kill me with that first shot...
And now you'll regret it!
Next Time Fellow Traveler
Next time: "Fellow Traveler."