"THE MUTE SAMURAI 'Kiichi'(Demon) Hogan" "KATSU PRODUCTIONS" "Planning by:" "WAKAYAMA Tomisaburo" "Producer:" "YOSHIOKA Tetsu" "Screenplay by:" "NAOI Kinya Original Story by:" "GOSHA Hideo" "Narrator:" "MUTSUMI Goro Music by:" "TOMITA Isao" "Cast" "Mute Samuuai (Kiichi Hogan):" "WAKAYAMA Tomisaburo" "O-Ran:" "HAMA Yuko" "Shiba Gunbei YAMAUCHI Akira" "O-Mitsu:" "NAKADA Yoshiko" "Directed by:" "OZU Hitoshi" "His father, Nagasaki Magistrate Yanagida Toemon insisting he was an officer of the law, had resisted pressure to allow illegal foreign trade." "As a result he and his wife were slain." "Brutally cut down by an expert swordsman from Spain, Gonzales." "Then he cut the boy's throat, thus robbing the youth of his voice." "In addition Gonzales raped Kikuno, the young man's fiancée." "All this happened eighteen years ago." "A WHIRLWIND OF BLOOD (Chi Kaze Toge)" "What about that?" "Are you mute?" "Yes, Magistrate Tochu-sama is the one who sent out that order." "But I haven't received the order, yet." "You're wondering if the bounty can be received here." "Well, it is Magistrate Tochu-sama's orders, so if you have proof." "A mute bounty hunter." "He's coming." " Help me!" " Wait!" "Get him now." "Thanks for interfering yesterday." "We'd like to thank you!" "Say something!" "Damn you!" "Hold it!" "It's you...!" "Woman, weren't you told to kill Shiba Gunbei?" "Who asked you to?" "Was it Councillor Sakata?" "Am I wrong?" "How dare he use you scoundrels when you don't know me!" "Get out!" "They mistook you for me." "My apologies." "Will you let me treat you for a drink as a token of my apology?" "I'd like to ask you why you stopped me." ""Haste..."" "Pardon me, but am I correct to assume you are mute?" "Your somber eyes touch my soul." "How long has it been since I've felt like this?" "Delicious." "I haven't had good saké like this in a long time." "I thank you." ""What grudge do you have against the foreigner?"" "Will you listen to my story?" "I am honored." "I feel as though I can tell you anything." "I am..." "You're right." "Although I'm a wandering ronin now, it would hurt the clan's name." "It is a certain clan in Shinshu." "I was an instructor to the clan's young lord." "One day, I was ordered to have a practice duel with Blood, a British swordsman." "However, it was not an ordinary match." "It was a scheme to kill me." "I had a wooden sword;" "his sword was real." "My wooden sword was broken in two." "I managed to escape, but..." "This was the result." "I must fight with that foreigner again for my clan and as a swordsman." "I'd like you..." "...to be the witness." "Even if something were to happen to me, please do not aid me." "We are from the Itakura Clan of Shinshu!" "Clear the way!" "Through the scheme of villainous Councillor Sakata" " it is I, Shiba Gunbei," " Shiba Gumbei!" "Who lost in the match with that foreigner!" "I shall show you my true strength today!" "I demand a re-match with you!" "I have no regrets." "However, I have only caused you trouble." "Blood is poisonous to the Itakura Clan and will ruin the clan." "He is the clan's enemy." "He has teamed up with Councillor Sakata Gyobu and the evil merchant, Echizen-ya for the purpose of illegal smuggling." "They are venomous to the clan!" "They tried to kill me after I found out about their doings." "If we leave the followers to the foreigner, the Itakura Clan will..." "My father, the Nagasaki Magistrate, who, because he was true to his job, was slain by Gonzales, a Spaniard skilled in fencing," "Wait a minute, please!" "Wait a minute, sir!" "I want to apologize." "It's only expected that you scold me." "Even I'm disgusted with myself." "Wait!" "Please wait!" "I returned the money I stole from the farmers." "I returned everything." "I decided then to wash my hands from crime." "So please forgive me!" "If you don't forgive me, the decision I made..." "I was born near here at a place called Hashiara." "My mother and younger sister live there." "When I left, my sister was five." "She's 18 now." "I don't know if I'd recognize her now." "I heard she's having a hard time paying off debts." "I wondered how my mother was doing." "I felt like seeing them badly." "Family bond is a strange thing." "But, I don't want to just see them." "I want to pay off the debts and make her a free woman." "If she has a man she loves," "I want her to be happy with him." "It'll be the end if she turns out like me." "For that I needed money." "Forgive me." "That's just all excuses." "O-Mitsu." "Seiji-san!" "I told my master about us." "And?" "He agreed." "Really?" "He said I could pay him back slowly from my wages, so he'd pay off your debts now." "We can get married now." "I'll take the money to your place tomorrow night." "Hey, silly." "You're supposed to be happy." "Let's be happy." "Mitsuryu, please hurry!" "The Madam said there's an important guest." "Thanks to you, Mr. Blood, we got rid of Shiba Gunbei." "Now I'll be in control of the clan." "The rest is up to you, Echizen-ya." " Yes, please leave it to me." "I can get any foreign goods to you." " Oh, Mitsuryu, you're late." " Good evening." " Please..." " You're very beautiful." "I'm very sorry." "I like her." "Get her for me." "O-Mitsu..." "O-Mitsu..." "It is you, isn't it?" "It's me, O-Ran!" "Mother died last spring." "Today's the anniversary of her death." "I heard." "This is Seiji-san." "I'm Seiji." "You've grown so big." "Seiji-san built Mother's grave." "You did?" "Thank you." "Your mother did a lot for me." "I wanted to at least build a grave for her." "You must be happy." "Yes... but..." "But what?" "Do you have a problem?" "Tell me." "You don't have to worry." "It's over with now." "Tell the Madam" "I'll bring over the money tonight." "People shouldn't do things they're not accustomed to." "It might've been better to have just reminisced about my hometown." "My sister turned down my offer to help her." "Who can blame her?" "I haven't done anything for her." "There's no place for me in her life." ""Mother"...my mother?" "Mother passed away last Spring." "Are you going to pour for me?" "It's to mourn for my mother, isn't it?" "Hold me!" "Hold me, please!" "The dirt that's stained on me won't wash off no matter how hard I scrub." "The back roads suit me." "I'll be a drifter again, from tomorrow." "One more time, I'll see my sister." " Hurry and take her." " Yes." "Hey!" "Hold on!" "Seiji-san!" "Help me!" "What are you going to do with that woman?" "We won't take orders from you!" "She's going to be my wife!" "I've brought the money!" "What good will that do?" "She's going to be taken to an important foreigner." "The amount we paid to get her would make your eyes pop out." "And you call yourselves samurai?" "I'll report you!" "Are you all right?" "Hey!" "Seiji was cut by a samurai!" "He tried to save Mitsuryu from being taken away by a foreigner!" "It must be that Blood guy." "What happened?" "He was taken with Mitsuryu." "Oh, and a woman came by to try and save them." "The way she displayed her anger made me feel good." "She said, "A samurai would feel ashamed," ""so feel some shame"!" "Sir." "My sister was taken to the foreigner's mansion." "I'll go, too." "Rather than become the toy of a foreigner, you wish to die?" "Then, die!" "But we'll take his life, too." "Are you plannning to die with him?" "O-Mitsu..." "I've brought her." "Please stop it!" "Stop it!" "Please stop it!" "Please stop it!" "O-Mitsu." "Sir..." "Take me with you!" "He is neither alive nor dead." "Cutting off all tender human feelings burning with his one desire for revenge," "Kiichi Hogan presses onward." "TO BE CONTINUED"