{58}{201}A DAI EI CO. LTD. PRODUCTION {316}{459}BLIND SWORDSMAN:|ZATOICHI AND THE CHEST OF GOLD {1107}{1240}OriginaI story by KAN SHI MOZAWA|ScreenpIay by SHOZABURO ASAI|and AKI KAZU OTA {1632}{1661}Starring: {1696}{1767}SHINTARO KATSU|SHOGO SHI MADA {3925}{3986}Directed by KAZUO I KEHI RO {4242}{4360}Sir, we're aImost in Itakura.|Where exactIy did you want to go? {4370}{4457}- Are you from here?|- Yes, sir. {4459}{4566}Then perhaps you've heard|the name of Kichizo? {4682}{4730}Did I say something wrong? {4744}{4804}How do you know Kichizo? {4830}{4898}Let's just say|our paths crossed once. {4901}{4946}He died the year before Iast. {4949}{5085}So I'd heard. I came here|to pay my respects at his grave. {5585}{5626}February {5680}{5729}1 3th {5767}{5917}1 842 {7994}{8124}That day, when I chose to stand aside|in the war between Iioka and Sasagawa, {8141}{8247}there was no need for me|to have cut you down. {8255}{8332}Forgive me.|PIease forgive me. {8353}{8458}You were from Aikatsu in Joshu Province,|Kichizo by name. {8460}{8552}That was aII I couId get from you|before your Iast breath. {9551}{9649}{y:i}In the Province ofJoshu|{y:i}and the County of Sai {9665}{9781}{y:i}Stands the village of Kunisada|{y:i}known far and wide {9783}{9890}{y:i}Lived there a man named Chubei|{y:i}a hardscrabble peasant {9892}{10007}{y:i}His second son|{y:i}a boy named Chuji {10010}{10112}{y:i}From tender age a prodigy|{y:i}of swordsmanship and judo {10122}{10229}{y:i}He loved to beat his peers|{y:i}in all the martial arts {10236}{10355}{y:i}But when he entered|{y:i}his twenty-fifth year {10703}{10766}Yo, go teII that guy to join us. {10826}{10948}Hey, mister, if you're not in a hurry,|come have a drink with us. {10950}{10986}A drink? {10989}{11064}You're bIind, are you?|Never mind that. Come, come. {11069}{11093}But I don't-- {11096}{11173}It's okay, reaIIy.|We're just having a IittIe ceIebration. {11175}{11252}- Yo, we've got a guest.|- Have a seat. {11254}{11307}You Iook Iike a man who Iikes his drink.|Here, take this. {11310}{11378}I've been known|to toss back a few. {11530}{11625}You said something|about a ceIebration? {11628}{11725}- We're getting the tax man off our backs.|- He's been after us since Iast year. {11727}{11819}We finaIIy scraped together the thousand|{y:i}ryo we needed from our 1 8 viIIages. {11822}{11910}After three years in a row|of bad harvests, {11913}{12001}putting together a thousand {y:i}ryo|was Iike giving flesh and bone. {12005}{12103}With the tax man finaIIy off our backs,|I feeI Iike I've been reborn. {12106}{12130}No kidding. {12192}{12245}Let me pour you another. {12248}{12312}Thank you. {12340}{12420}That certainIy is|cause for ceIebration. {12656}{12735}I wonder if I might have|a turn at the drum. {12738}{12844}You'd Iike to beat the drum?|Hey, Iet this guy take the drum. {12846}{12894}Right this way. {13026}{13134}{y:i}And raising his head|{y:i}Chuji gave the nod {13137}{13247}{y:i}If that's how you feel|{y:i}let's gird for battle {13250}{13367}{y:i}We'll need this, he said|{y:i}and we'll need that {13370}{13474}{y:i}Then calling together|{y:i}his most valiant men {13477}{13601}{y:i}He set out for Sakai|{y:i}for a meeting with fate {14553}{14600}Here they come. {15082}{15151}''Tax Payment'' {18858}{18921}What?|The money was stoIen? {18991}{19057}The tax payment was stoIen! {19090}{19175}Without that money,|we might as weII be dead. {19178}{19230}Who took it? {19287}{19418}Everyone gather at the headman's house!|Everyone to the headman's house! {19507}{19595}Three samurai ambushed us|and stoIe the money! {19598}{19681}Moju and Yasuke were kiIIed. {19684}{19728}The dirty bastards! {19731}{19794}No, they were some of Chuji Kunisada's|men, hoIed up on Mt. Akagi. {19797}{19898}I heard them say so with my own ears|when they ambushed us. {19909}{19979}Chuji even raided the government|storehouses to heIp us farmers. {19982}{20061}He's our friend.|He'd never Iet his men harm us. {20090}{20196}But he's been on the run,|and he couId be getting desperate. {20199}{20249}Friend or not,|he's a gangster at heart. {20274}{20357}That traveIing bIind man|was there too. {20359}{20465}I saw him sitting|on the money chest. {20505}{20574}Don't try to pIay dumb with us.|We have a witness. {20576}{20636}Son of a bitch!|After that show with the drum! {20638}{20713}Where's the money? Where'd you hide|the money? Speak up, damn it! {20754}{20841}I see. So that was|a money chest I was sitting on? {20843}{20943}You're asking for it,|you son of a bitch! {20958}{21029}As you can see,|I'm a bIind man. {21031}{21105}There's something a IittIe fishy|about how that keeps coming up. {21107}{21168}Being bIind doesn't seem to have|kept you from being a gangster. {21170}{21287}That's right.|I bet Chuji put you up to it. {21290}{21353}Boss Chuji wouIdn't do|a thing Iike that. {21356}{21447}Yeah? WeII, can you teII us|who the heII did, then? Huh? {21452}{21523}See. You can't. {21578}{21635}Just hoId on a second, pIease. {21674}{21740}This is some kind of|misunderstanding. {21749}{21822}A big misunderstanding. {21834}{21941}Just Iet me go and taIk to Chuji.|I'm sure we can cIear it up. {21944}{22013}How do we know you're not|going to cIear out on us? {22209}{22261}I won't run. {22305}{22407}I swear I won't run. {22438}{22524}So Iong as that money chest|is missing, {22526}{22624}both Chuji and I|wiII remain under suspicion. {22634}{22754}I have to cIear our names|one way or another. {22758}{22882}Besides, without that money|you're aII in big troubIe too. {22914}{23035}I intend to find out|who did this. {23038}{23129}And I promise you, I'II get|your thousand {y:i}ryo back for you. {23699}{23773}''Intendant's Residence'' {23928}{24046}You can forget the sorry charade,|Seiemon. {24096}{24230}As the headman of Itakura, you speak|for aII 1 8 viIIages in Usui County. {24233}{24292}If you're going to Iie to me,|you'II have to do better than that. {24333}{24390}- But Intendant, sir.|- Enough! {24393}{24501}You have ten days to get your taxes in.|Is that cIear? {24504}{24569}I beg your pardon, sir,|but as you know, {24572}{24663}this region has suffered three years|of unprecedented drought. {24666}{24736}The farmers scarceIy have|enough food to get through each day. {24738}{24765}Drop the excuses! {24807}{24921}You cIaim someone must have stoIen|the money on its way here? {24923}{24978}I've never heard|such ridicuIous nonsense! {24995}{25077}You have ten days.|That's finaI. {25098}{25138}But pIease, Intendant! {25141}{25219}PIease, sir, I beg you! {26342}{26409}May I heIp you? {26444}{26491}Why shouId I need heIp from you? {26557}{26624}I just couIdn't heIp wondering|why you chose to take this back road. {26626}{26764}Perhaps you had reason to avoid the|government checkpoint on the main road? {26777}{26858}- This is a back road?|- As if you didn't know. {26861}{26927}You wiII have noted that I'm bIind. {26930}{27025}It can make it hard for me to teII|a main road from a back road. {27028}{27091}Now, that's very interesting. {27108}{27163}- Can I ask you something, miss?|- What? {27166}{27260}You can see, can't you? {27265}{27365}Yet even with two perfectIy good eyes,|you chose to take the back road. {27395}{27511}Which means...|you must be an outIaw. {28755}{28801}HeIIo there. {28825}{28881}Care for a massage? {28932}{28991}Don't worry. {28994}{29099}UnIike most men, I'm bIind. {29168}{29288}Nice body, miss. {29306}{29393}Oh, you needn't be embarrassed|and cover yourseIf. {29396}{29468}Like I said, I'm bIind. {29612}{29724}You're the Iady who was avoiding|the checkpoint, aren't you? {29736}{29791}PIease, not so Ioud. {29841}{29937}Where are you headed, anyway? {29970}{30039}If you go down this mountain,|you'II come to Mizorogi. {30066}{30117}That puts you at the foot|of Mt. Akagi. {30165}{30260}Ah, you're so kind. {30265}{30381}But since I am bIind,|I have no way of teIIing {30415}{30557}where Mizorogi is|or where Mt. Akagi is. {30578}{30675}Are you sure you can't see? {30706}{30800}If I couId see,|then right about now {30803}{30882}I'd be peeping at you|through an opening somewhere. {31023}{31070}Crazy bIind man! {31196}{31234}Wait! {31328}{31459}You've been foIIowing that bIind man|aII the way from Itakura. {31574}{31669}Come to my room.|I want to taIk to you. {32544}{32580}Who's there? {32629}{32686}Sakichi. Yahachi. {32703}{32751}WeIcome back. {32754}{32789}Thank you. {32792}{32866}So, what did Tsunekichi say? {32874}{32922}WeII-- {32924}{32965}WeII what? {32982}{33031}He sent this. {33830}{33865}So, Enzo, {33886}{33994}I guess you didn't want me|to read the Ietter. {34043}{34136}The man thinks onIy of staying|on the intendant's good side, {34138}{34247}so he can't find a singIe measure|of rice or sake to send. {34250}{34314}You might as weII|forget about him. {34823}{34906}What happened to the other three? {34924}{34993}Yeah, what happened to them?|Speak up. {34995}{35068}- Did they decide to baiI out?|- No! {35072}{35146}- Then where the heII are they?|- That's enough! {35170}{35275}The way things are now,|I can hardIy force anyone to stay. {35323}{35388}Let them go wherever they want. {35425}{35527}You guys too. If you want out,|you have my bIessing. {35601}{35636}Boss! {35654}{35705}You're not being fair|to them, boss. {35707}{35738}Forget it. {35741}{35811}No, boss, pIease hear me out. {35814}{35930}They wanted to at Ieast bring|a IittIe sake back for you and Enzo. {35933}{35964}And? {36002}{36042}Speak up! {36121}{36156}They-- {36179}{36229}They were kiIIed. {36232}{36262}KiIIed? {36275}{36338}- By a strange twist, cut down--|- What? {36341}{36383}Who did it? {36386}{36461}A bIind man|with a Iightning sword. {3735...
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