"Toei Company, LTD" "The 5th Year of Keicho(1600)..." "Fifteen years have past since Ishida Mitsunari lost the Battle of Sekigahara and since retired in Awaguchi, Kyoto." "Tokugawa Ieyasu realized there was no chance of winning the fight against Toyotomi Hideyori so on April 4th, the First Year of Genwa (1614)..." "He issued the new law and he moved into the Fushimi Castle..." "And on that very same night..." "What a wonderful performance!" "He's got be one of the Shadow Ninja of Kisodani in Shinshu..." "Let go of me!" "Oh, a woman!" "You're a woman, aren't you?" "Let go of me!" "Let go of me, I said!" "Don't move!" "Stop moving!" "The more you move, the more excited I get!" "Stop it!" "Stop moving!" "AKAI KAGEBOSHI THE RED SHADOW" "Planning by SUGHII Susumu and MORI Yoshio Original Story by SHIBATA Renzaburo Script by HISA Yoshitake" "Filming by YOSHIDA Sadaji Lighting byTANAKA Kenji Sound Mixing by NOZU Yoshio Art by IGAWA Norimichi Music by SUZUKI Seiichi Editting by MIYAMOTO Shintaro" "Sword Fight Instructor NAKAJIMA Masayoshi Stage Set Desinger OoKita Yoshisaburo" "CAST" "OKAWA Hashizo" "OOKAWA Keiko Hanayanaghi Koghiku Kogure Michiyo" "SATOMI Kotaro YAMASHIRO Shingo SHINAGAWA Ryuji SAWAMURA Noben" "HIGASHINO Eijiro HIRA MiKijiro TOGAMI Jotaro YOSHIDA Yoshio HARA Kensaku SAWAMURA Munenosuke" "KONOE Jushiro KUROKAWA Yataro OKOCHI Denjiro" "OTOMO Ryutaro" "Director OZAWA Shigehiro" "The 11th Year of Kanei (1606)" "The Era of the 3rd Tokugawa Shogun" " Iemitsu" "Everybody, welcome here!" "welcome!" "Welcome!" "Well, well, please be quiet!" "Be quiet!" "Well, I am going to show you a magic trick called Tenjiku Kakyo that was invented 300 years ago by a hermit who were hid in the mountains for 15 years..." "This is the greatest magic in the world." "If you use this magic the most beautiful woman will turn to the wildest woman and the day after the day, she will run like a wild horse..." "This was owned by the Tokugawa Shogun Family." "But if I keep talking and you become my follower, I will be accused of evangelism so I better show you what I am talking about..." "First, here is a piece of paper..." "I've cut this paper into pieces and am now going to scatter the paper like this!" "This time, we'll use a rope..." "If I transfer my spirit to this rope..." "As you see, it stands up by itself..." "But..." "As the law of Buddhism shows that the tenacity of a rope will change ordinary rope to a piece of wooden stick and the tenacity of a stick become to a snake." "How rude!" "Don't you know that I am Mizuno Jurozaemon?" "I didn't know." "But look at this!" "This is only a rope!" "I thought he was just a troublemaker but he's not too bad." "I don't usually let anyone get away with this but you impressed me with your performance, so..." "Yes." "Please go back to the house without me." "All right." "You go ahead." "Wait!" "What are you doing!" "?" "How insolent!" "I am Mizuno!" "What a beautiful woman!" "Please serve my sake tonight." "I will, only if the person in the carriage in front of mine says "yes"." "Is that so?" " Yes." "Kasugano Tsubone!" "Mizuno-dono..." "If you don't behave, I'll report you to the Lord." "Oh, please don't tell him!" "What a mistake." "I got involved with the wrong person." "Truly to a man like me, Kasugano Tsubone is one to avoid..." "Okay, let's go!" "Where are we going?" "To my house." "What are we going to do there?" "You'll see when we get there." "Please!" "I bet 200 ryo on Cho!" "I bet 300 ryo on Cho, too." "Let me bet, too..." "Is everybody set?" "If there are no objections..." "Game!" "It's time to finish up..." "I wonder how the games are going..." "Right..." "I'm sure that the young man and Hyakusuke, disguised as a country farmer, will take care of that..." "Thank you for letting us stay so long." "Oh, are you leaving so soon?" " Yes." "How did you make out in the game?" "That man named Hyakuemon from Numata in Joshyu was too powerful..." "Moritaya and I emptied our moneybox that contained about 1000 ryo." "I'm sorry to hear that." "It's my fault because I invited you." "No it's all right because when we were invited from you... ..we were determined to lose the 1000 ryo anyway." "Determined to lose...?" "What do you mean by that?" "You better explain it to us!" "If we said something wrong, please forgive us." "Ookuniya was saying that if we didn't bring at least 1000 ryo, everybody would be laughing at us..." "I see..." "It was nothing at all!" "Please let us excuse!" "I guess they knew what our plan was..." "I think so, too..." "But they became wealthy men because us, so 2000 ryo is nothing for them." "The color of coins is so bright!" "Hyakusuke, this is for you!" "What?" "Only this?" "What?" "Umm, I mean..." "You idiot!" "You didn't make this money alone!" "Get out!" "I don't want to see your face again!" "He is a greedy man but also a coward." "Hey, young man..." "I'm not going to just give you a handful of money, so how much do you want?" "I'm sorry, but I can't take any money." "What?" "Don't you want money?" "I'm a magician..." "So if I take the money that's profited this way, my spirit will weaken and slow down my performance." "But if you insist..." "I like to have the 8,000,000 goku of the 3rd Shogun, Iemitsu..." "What did you say?" "If you can't give me that, I will make a blossom of the gold coins all over Edo." "I like you!" "Have my sake cup!" "Yes." "Hey, Mizuno!" "Is Mizuno here?" "Oh, Sakata is here, too..." "I have good news for you." "What kind of good news?" "A tournament in the presence of the Lord." "A tournament?" " Yes." "The Lord has select 20 well skilled warriors from all over the country and he'll watch the one match a day, so there will be a total of ten matches." "Who was selected?" "We'll have to ask the judges, Yagyu Munenori and Ono Takatsune..." "What do you think the prizes will be for the winner of the matches?" "What?" "The fine swords from Ieyasu-sama's treasures." "They're from the time of the Battle of Osaka when our ancestors fought and won in the Castle..." "The swords that was presented to Ieyasu-sama as trophies..." "That's what everybody called the Treasure of the Guardian in those days..." "Right?" " That's correct." "It's wrong to give away such a treasure!" "Quiet down." "We're already into the 3rd generation of Tokugawa rule and the world is in the peace now, so it's worth nothing now..." "But...!" " Forget it!" "The Lord is the lord, and we are that we are..." "Well, I'm going to Yoshiwara and spend all the money I want to tonight." "Good!" "Hey, young man..." "Come with us!" " I can"t." "My mother is going to worry about me, so I must go home." "Is that so." "Hey!" "Well, let's go and have some fun!" "Of course!" "Somebody!" "Somebody please come over here!" "Why so noisy?" "What is going on?" "Look at that!" "Look at that!" "Snakes!" "What is going on?" "Please take look at that!" "Poison snakes!" ""The Tournament in the Presence of the Lord"" "This is very old house, so we will find a snake once in a while but this is the first time that we found two snakes at the same time..." "You're right." "Never happened before." "Where did they come from?" "I'm not sure, but I think they came in from that skylight." "If I'm not wrong, there may be an intruder..." "Is there something wrong?" "Is that you, Waka?" "Yes, it's me!" "Did you find anything?" "Yes I did." "I sneaked into the room and copied the book." "The place is Chiyoda Castle and the judges are Yagyu Munenori and Tadatsune..." "There is no Daimyo attending but Shogun Iemitsu and Kasugano Tsubone will be only the audience." "When is the date of the match?" "On the 22nd of September Tsumsgata Chutaro and Asayama Kuranosuke." "On the 23rd, Higuchi Jurobei and Morita Goei..." "And in the 24th, Yagyu Jubei and Yagyu Shintaro." "It's family member against family member, isn't it?" "Yes, a family member from Edo against a member from Owari." "How about the 25th?" "Endo Yuri and Kamo Jinzaburo." "On the 26th, Suganuma Shinpachiro and Kaguro Jinenbo." "...and after that, they are going to have the Annual Eagle hunting game for 4 days at the Mt." "Fuji." "There is no schedule for the 5th match, but as I heard it'll be at the Mizuno Castle." "The prizes for the winners are going to be the 10 fine sword that are kept in the Osaka Castle." "I think so..." "We don't have to guess that." "Waka..." "We must find those 10 fine swords at the risk of our lives..." "Why is that?" "I will tell you later." "You started learning the basic techniques of Ninjutsu and trained for almost 20 years so I Know your skills are excellent but you must not forget that they are the winners of the matches." "I won't forget." "The 22nd..." "I hope that the fine sword, given as a prize, is what I am looking for..." "The time is coming, please get ready!" "Is that you, Hanzo?" "Yes, it's me." "What do you want?" "As with Yagyu Munenori-sama's order 36 men from the Iga Clan are in place to guard the main area, just in case..." "Guard the main area?" "Yes." "Is that true, Munenori?" "Yes." "To tell you the truth..." "Some intruder sneaked into the house of Tadatsune, therefore I hired them, just in case..." "That's not necessary!" "Nothing like that can happen in Edo where the 3rd Shogun, Iemitsu, resides." "Hanzo, you take the men with you back to your place and get some rest!" "Yes, sir." "The two of you, come out!" "On your left, Tsumagata Chutaro, Shindoryu Style, 26 years old." "And on your right, Asayama Kuranosuke, Ichinenryu Style, 42 years old." "The Lord is wishing for a very serious fight, so both of you, please do your best." "The fight is over!" "Munenori, who won?" "The winner is Tsumagata Chotaro." "Please take look at that!" "Very well done!" "Hey, Munetsune, give him the prize sword!" "Yes, sir." "This sword is truly as fine as people have said!" "Churaro, aren't you glad that you came all the way from Sakata?" "Thank you." "It's all thanks to you." "No, no, no..." "Even though I am a retainer of the Shogun..." "If you weren't so skilled with the sword, you wouldn't have won." "Anyway, let's have drink!" "By the way, about my daughter, Chiyo..." "How about you marry her and take her back to your hometown?" "If Chiyo-dono wants to..." "I'm sure that she has no objection because she's been very found of you for the last 2 years." "She is waiting for you in the other room." "Please go see her!" "But..." " Don't be so reserved." "You two are distance cousins anyway, aren't you?" "Hurry, go!" "Well, if you insist..." "Kura!" "Where is Kura!" "?" "A wedding!" "Prepare for the wedding party!" "Yes." "Chiyo-dono!" "Chiyo-dono!" "Who are you!" "?" "I don't have a name but just remember me as..." "The Shadow." "The Shadow?" "That's right!" "What are you looking for?" "I want the prize sword that you received from the Shogun Family in today's match." "Why?" " I cannot say." "So you're a thief?" "I'm not a thief!" "Then, why did you take an innocent woman hostage?" "To get you upset." "Upset me?" " But..." "I didn't touch her." "If you don't believe me, go ahead and check!" "Why you!" "Prepare yourself!" "Accept my challenge!" "She's still a virgin, so take her to your hometown and have a happy life!" "Chutaro!" "Hey, what"s going on?" "Chutaro!" "Take a look at this." "This sword is worth nothing now." "As you told me, I brought this." "Please check them!" "No, this isn't it!" "Then as I expected, are we going to fight for it?" "Yes, we are..." "We must fight until we find what we looking for." "I understand." "That's what I'll do." "To the east, Morita Gohei, Chujoryu Style, 45 years old." "And in the west, Higuchi Jurobei, 32 years old." "The match is over!" "Munenori-dono, it seem to me that the fight hadn't even started yet..." "Surely I agree with her." "The fight hadn't even started." "Why did you decide Higuchi's victory?" "Please wait a moment!" "As you see, this man used all his energy when he threw his short sword because his arm is numb..." "If he continue to fight, he will be Killed with one swing." "I see..." "You have very good eyes." "Higuchi Jurobei, good job!" "Like I said, the Lord gave me his praise and I also received this fine sword as a reward." "Thanks to Hachiman-sama that I have a faith in them everyday." "That's good!" "I was praying to god for your victory for the past few days..." "And this is the same sake I offered to god at the temple, so please drink it!" "By the way Gui-sama since we finished drinking celebratory sake..." "I want to offer you the Bizen Saburo Kunimune sword a treasure kept by Higuchi Family for generation after generation." "Oh, this is truly wonderful!" "He didn't give that fine sword as his offering to the temple, did he?" "For safety reason, he carries it around on his waist." "He should be here soon." "Then, I must go!" " No!" "I'll do it myself!" "But..." "That's enough, mother!" "I want to challenge Jurobei as a Ninja and compare my skill with his." "I understand, go ahead and fight!" "Who are you?" "The Shadow." "Who?" "The Shadow?" "I want that sword on have around your waist." "Silence!" "I won't forgive you for saying silly things like that!" "It's no joke." "I'm very serious." "You!" "Take off your straw hat!" "No, I won't!" "Even if I do take it off, the Shadow is still a shadow." "I see..." "This is the first move of the Nenryu Style..." "Excuse me!" "Wait!" "How was it?" " Mother!" "This isn't it!" "Again?" "Anyway mother, why do we have to do this?" "For what reason?" "Before we take the revenge on the Tokugawa Family, I must find something." "You just do what I tell you to do." "But, I don't Know the reason why you're doing this..." "You just keep quiet!" "I'm not going to let you ask any questions!" "Tomorrow is the day that the Yagyus fight each other, isn't it?" "That's right." "Who do you think is going to win?" "Shintaro is the selected man of Tokugawa, but when come to a shield fight he doesn't have a chance against Jubei." "Do you think that you can beat Jubei?" "I don't know." "He's the best in the country among the young samurai." "Either way, it won't be an easy fight..." "Anybody home?" "Your handsome man is back!" "Welcome back!" "Oh, it's stinks!" "It smell like the house of dead man!" "Oh no, don't say that." "It's a bad luck." "Anyway, just turn on the lamp." "Yes I will." "And bring me sake, too." "And some food to pick on." "I don't care what, hurry!" "Yes!" "Oh, you're fast." "Hey, you don't have to pour sake for me, just leave me alone." "As you wish." "Delicious!" "Is that sake good?" "Yes, it is good!" ""How can I blossom my life like the a cherry blossom without sake"..." "This is a real relief." "I thought that you're depressed because of tomorrow's fight, so you"re having some sake tonight." "If you have any objections, just tell me!" "What is your problem?" "All right, I'll tell you!" "Shintaro may be working for the Yagyu family in Owari and he's still our family member..." "Why do I have to fight against a family member?" "There's no choice." "Sometimes, the life of a samurai is not easy." "Then, if this is the life of a samurai, you don't care if I kill a family member?" "That's right!" "I understand what the Lord is trying to do..." "Don't you see that even Yoshinobu-sama is targeting the whole of Japan under his leadership..." "Father, you're getting old..." "What?" "I, Jubei, travel around the country as a spy and I can read the Lord's mind very well..." "How well?" "He thinks that Yoshinobu is working on Shintaro to take his side so the lord is trying to use the situation of the match to have me kill Shintaro." "You have a vivid imagination!" "You take time and think about what I said..." "But I will do my best in tomorrow's fight for the name of the Yagyu family." "Please show us the skill of the Yagyu family and don't let down the Lord's expectation." "The match is over!" "Tadatsune, who won?" "The winner is Jubei-dono." "Shintaro-dono's headband was cut in half..." "What?" "Cut in half?" "The Lord judged your skill and wants you to know that you should leave and travel the country to study more dueling skills." "You shouldn't go back to your hometown, Owari, for long time..." "Yes, sir." "Before your family protests, you should leave as soon as possible." "Yes." "Hey Shintaro, wait!" "What do you want?" "Surely, you understand my father's reason, don't you?" "Yes, I do." "And also your reason..." "Then everything's fine." "I'm very glad." "I will give you this prize sword as good-bye gift." "Please take it." "No thank you." "The Yagyu family's and your kind words are enough for me." "If I carry this prize sword with me, it'll just disturb my studies." "I see..." "Maybe it's impossible but if my sword skill becomes the as good as yours someday please consider accepting my challenge." "Good thinking..." "Good attitude..." "I'll be waiting for that day." "I'm leaving now." "He's still young but he's a strong-minded man..." "In the future, he'll be a very important man in the Yagyu Clan..." "Your quick hand won't work on me!" "I came here for the sword!" "Then you Know that I'm Yagyu Jubei, who won today's match?" "Yes, that's right!" "I was following you all day." "You're a cunning man." "Here I come!" "Here I am!" "Don't you move!" "This is my way of giving you time to prepare yourself because you delayed to unsheath your sword." "After you unsheath sword, you're finished!" "Already you can't escape from me!" "Give up!" "You coward!" "Come on!" "You truly are great!" "With your skill, you can easily take over the leadership of this country..." "The way the tip broke off..." "Maybe this sword is not real..." "Maybe not..." "It's not supposed to break off easily." "I can see a blood on them, he's probably injured." "Don't you Know who he is?" "I asked Komagata-dono and Higuchi-dono about him just before I came home and they said that he stole just the tips their swords as well." "I see..." "They didn't say anything at first because they were worried about what the people may say but the culprit calls himself the Shadow." "The Shadow?" "Perhaps, he's a Ninja..." "The way he moves was unbelievable." "I'm going out." "You just keep drinking." "How's your injury?" "It's no big deal." "But I am upset that Yagyu Jubei struck me." "What are you saying?" "You got the tip of the sword." "You won." "But it's not the one what you wanted..." "It's all right!" "There are seven matches left..." "But..." "Seven more times!" "Mother..." "Who is my father?" "When I was fighting Jubei life and death flashed before my eyes and suddenly I wanted to see my unknown father..." "Waka, you don't have a father!" "It's not only you..." "I also didn't have a father..." "The man who raised me was a monk.." "You didn't experience the happiness and the sadness of being a woman, did you?" "Of course not." "I gave birth to you because a stranger raped me." "A stranger raped you?" "I wonder who he was..." "Yagyu Munenori-sama is here!" "What?" "Munenori-sama is here?" "He's waiting in the guest room." "Munenori-sama, what do you want in middle of the night?" "Tsumagata and..." "Higuch and Jubei, who won the last match, had parts of their prized swords stolen by someone..." "Who is this someone?" "Perhaps he is a Ninja." "Do you have any idea who calls himself the "Shadow" ?" "With that expression of your face, you must know, don't you?" "Yes." "The Shinshu Kisodani ninja leader calls himself the "Shadow" instead of his real name." "It's got to be him!" "What clan did he belong to during the time of the Warring States era?" "I'm not sure, but he belonged to Ishida Mitsunari during the time of the Battle of Sekigahara..." "What!" "?" "Ishida Misunari?" "That's what I was told." "Hanzo, we"re going to be busy starting tomorrow." "You'd better tell your 36 men that." "I will." "Tomorrow's match is Kamo Jinzaburo of the Kuramakoryu and.... ...Endo Yuri, who is under care of the house of Lord Sugamo where Kasugano Tsubone's residing..." "Regardless of who wins, we need your help." "I'm counting on you." "I don't know how much I can help, but I'll do my best." "You made me feel better now." "I'll take my leave." "No, you don't have show me the door, but this must be kept a secret." "If you say so..." "The Shadow..." "Could the Shadow be that woman?" "Yuri-dono..." "I'm looking forward to the match tomorrow." "Yes." "It'll be the deciding point of your destiny." "Do you understand?" "Yes, I understand." "I'm going to stop by Kamo Jinzaburo, in passing, to say hello..." "Please send my carriage to there." "Yes, we will." "Sir, Kasugano Tsubone-sama is here!" "I know, please let her come in." "Yes, sir." "I am Kasugano Tsubone." "I am Kamo Jinzaburo..." "I am a man who left ordinary life to live in this mountain hideway." "I'll get directly to the reason why I am here..." "I know... you don't have to say anything." "I already know what you're thinking." "I just want you to tell me why you have to do this?" "I'm so embarrassed to talk about this..." "But the lord has a bad habit." "A bad habit?" "He wraps an underskirt around his bottom area when he sleeps, so women can't get too close to him." "So, you want Yuri-dono to be his concubine?" "Yes." "If I don't, he will never have any heirs." "I will give you anything you want as a reward." "Reward, you say?" "If you say so, how about yourself?" "I'm just kidding!" "I'm going to show the Kuramaryu style technique tomorrow..." "Then, I'm going to leave for Edo as soon as the match is over, so please don't worry." "In the east, Kamo Jinzaburo of Kuramaryu, 76 years old." "In the west, Endo Yuri of the Konoeryu style, 19 years old." "The fight is over!" "Wonderful!" "Tadatsune, give the prize sword to Endo Yuri!" "Tsubone, let's go!" "Tsubone, you have very good eyes for a woman." "Do you like her?" "Yes, very much!" "You better take care of her." "Be happy!" "The Lord is very pleased with you and he wants you to be his concubine after your mission is over." "His concubine?" "You are going to be his concubine and eventually you will have his children thanks to Kamo Jinzaburo-dono." "Jinzaburo-dono?" "Why is that?" "I went to see him last night to ask him a favor for you..." "I asked him to hand victory over to you, so you can become the Lord's concubine." "What's so good about that?" "Even though I won the fight, how can I be happy?" "I don't care if I lost and died whatever happens to me..." "I wanted to fight by my own strength." "Is that true?" "Who are you?" "I am the Shadow." "If what you said is true..." "I don't mind taking up that challenge." "Let go of me!" "Let go of me!" "I'm sure that I saw you before." "I won!" "If I beat you, I can do whatever I want to do with you!" "Let go of me!" "You're the same woman!" "Please..." "Please show me your face!" "All right!" "Look at me!" "Go ahead, do... do whatever you want with me." "You tricked me!" "You tried to trick me to get close to you, so they can catch me, didn't you?" "No, that's not true!" " Shut up!" "I was betrayed!" "Wait!" "Don't you forget me!" "I will be back!" "I will forget!" "Because I don't want to ever see you again!" "But I will be coming back to see you and finish this business." "Until then, take care of yourself!" "He can't be but he sounds just like me..." "I wasn't waiting here to catch you..." "The way you move got my attention and I just want to fight you again." "That won't be possible." "I don't have any reason to fight you anymore." "Don't be a coward!" "I have to fight using this worthless sword with the tip broken off..." "Come on, take out your sword!" "No, I won't!" "Why won't you?" "Because that sword is worth nothing to me!" "That's why I won't take out my sword." "Wait!" "A technique using fire?" "Anyway, it seems there are two Shadows..." "Where's the blade?" "I don't have it." "I had a problem tonight." "My skill wasn't good enough." "You liar!" "You made love to Endo Yuri after I left there last night, didn't you?" "That's nonsense!" "I didn't..." " Shut up!" "Your body was soaked with the scent of a woman." "Her enticing beauty blinded you..." "Yes, I was blinded..." "I love that woman!" "I love Endo Yuri!" "But I didn't make love to her!" "Don't even think that!" "The reason it took me so long is..." " It's a lie!" "It's a lie!" "You were born the grandson of Mitsunari..." "Mitsunari's grandson?" "That's right!" "Then, you're not related to a ninja family?" "No, I'm not..." "The Kisodani monk who was afraid of people's rumor made up the lie..." "Mitsunari was defeated in the Battle of Sekigahara and assassinated in Kyoto when I was five and I was sent to Kisidani and raised by a monk and grew up as the Shadow..." "Then, why don't you tell me the reason you're looking for that sword?" "Mitsunari-dono worried about the downfall of the Toyotomi family so he put together a military fund for the future and he hid it some place and he put marks that lead to where the money is hidden on the one of ten Toshogu swords." "What Kind of mark?" "A wave pattern on the end portion of blade..." "If we find that sword, we can find out where the military funds are, can't we?" "No, we can't..." "If that wave on the blade matches this..." "He tattooed this on me when I was 3 years old..." "I still can feel and miss my father's hands..." "Do you really believe that?" "I must believe it." "That is why I'm taking aim at the Tokugawa's 3rd generation leader." "Just tell me!" "Who..." "Who is my father?" "You had a father!" "You are not the Shadow anymore!" "You are a daughter of Ishida Mitsunari!" "I am..." "I am the one and only Shadow!" "Understand?" "I understand." "I'll tell you after our mission is completed." "Are you sure?" "I promise." "Then, I will wait..." "But mother..." "It was very tough this time." "Yes, I'm sure of that..." "Because she's a great handler of the Japanese halberd." "No, I'm not talking about Yuri." "I'm talking about the man who was waiting for me..." "He used a chain and took away a sword that I took from Yuri." "It's not easy to do that..." "He's probably the leader of the 36 Iga Ninja..." "Hattori Hanzo." "What's the matter?" " Nothing..." "Nothing at all." "If he's such a great man, I like to meet him." "I will do tomorrow's mission myself." "Mother?" "If they're as tough as you say, it's going to be a hard match tomorrow..." "So, I'm going to get a sword and you'll take care the men while I do that." "All right." "I'll do whatever you tell me to do." "Ishizuka Banroku, Tachikawa Sankuro and other men will go to the house of Lord Naito Suruga..." "Yes sir." "Akaishi Daiemon and five others will look after the house of the winner of the today's match." "Do you understand?" " Yes!" "In the east, Suganuma Shinpachiro of the Daisharyu, 23 years old..." "In the west, Koguroyama Jinen of the Jinenryu, 39 years old..." "The match is over!" "Oh, wonderful!" "Oh, Jubei-dono!" "Thanks for your help." "Well done." "It's nothing." "But why are you here?" "We're after the same person, but I'm here just as a martial artist..." "That's all." "I see." "That sounds just like you, Jubei-sama." "Excuse me." "You're the Shadow, aren't you?" "Wait!" "Please wait!" "I want to talk to you!" "Wait!" "That's enough!" "No matter how you do, you can't defeat Hanzo!" "Time passes so quickly..." "It's been 20 years since that incident..." "You sneaked into Castle Fushimi and tried to get Ieyasu-dono and I was hiding near by the Ieyasu's room..." "What a strange way for a man and a woman to meet." "After I discovered you're a woman..." "I was so excited and couldn't control myself, and I raped and abandoned you there..." "You resisted a little bit but,you gave in and let me do what I wanted." "I've regretted that ever since." "I have suffered and was so troubled,I never got married because it." "Please tell me!" "Why did you let me do that to you?" "You don't have to answer me if you don't want to..." "But please just take him with you and go back to your hometown!" "No, I'm not going back!" "I'm not your son!" "I am Mitsunari's grandson!" " What?" "Mitsunari's grandson?" "The Tokugawa won the Battle of Sekigahara and took the leadership of the country and Shogun Iemitsu is still the Lord to this day..." "Mitsunari was defeated in the battle and went to Kyoto to hide..." "And his daughter escaped to Kisodani where she was raped by a stranger and gave birth to me." "Compared to fabulous lives of the Tokugawa, the Ishida family lives like they're shadows!" "I'll never give up going after the Tokugawa!" "I didn't Know that you are Mitsunari-sama's daughter but you lied about the father of your child and raised your son yourself." "It's true." "If he discovered that his father was a Tokugawa man. even though we're mother and son we'd have to fight against each other someday and have to shed blood." "Hey, there's somthing I want to talk to you about." "There is nothing I can learn from the Iga Ninja now." "Then, it can't be helped." "Hanzo-dono..." "Your skill has become dull..." "In the old days, you would easily attack.." "Life has sadness and happiness, ups and downs..." "It's not easy, isn't it?" "I Know how you feel..." "Sorry..." "Mother, did you get what you want?" "Yes, I did." "But this isn't it!" "This is worthless to us." "Then, we must go to the house of Lord Naito Suruga and break in..." "Maybe it's just a feeling, but I think that we're not going to be so lucky tonight." "Let's go!" "I was waiting for you!" "Please take this fine sword!" "You're just giving it to me?" "Yes." "Thank you!" "If this isn't what we need, I will give it back to you." "No, it isn't necessary!" "Because after my mission is over..." "I must become the Lord's concubine." "What?" "You're going to be the Lord's concubine?" "I'm embarrassed to tell you this but I was..." "I was waiting for you that day..." "If the Lord is a human being, the the Shadow is also a human being." "I was troubled because I missed the man I never knew..." "Even now you know how I feel about you, are you going to give up me and hand over to the Lord?" "No, I won't!" "Hurry!" "I have the sword, thanks to Yuri-dono!" "Yuri-dono, hurry up and come with us!" "Mother!" "Are you all right?" "I think so." "They're not following us anymore." "Let's go inside and take look at the sword!" "Come on, Yuri-dono!" "This is it!" "I'm sure that this is it!" "Are you sure?" " Yes, I am." "It's exactly same wave pattern design as the Kisodani monk told me..." "There's a bird figure in the wave and also a mountain." "But where could it be?" "Maybe it's Lake Biwako in my hometown..." "Lake Biwako?" "I was living in Sakamoto, Goshi when I was a child and the shape of that mountain is just like the shape of the mountain in Hirano..." "That's right!" "That area was the territory of the Ishida family long ago..." "Mother, please show me the tattoo on your arm!" "Now I Know!" "The figure in the wave is the mother statue of Sarasvati!" "And that statue is located on Chikubu Island!" "That's right!" "I am sure that Mitsunari hid the military fund on the Chikubu Island!" "Waka, let's go there now." "Mother..." "I'm not going there!" "What?" "You're not going?" "It doesn't matter how much money was hidden there..." "I don't want to be defeated by the Tokugawa with that money!" "I had the image of my father in my mind for long time and I have a love of my life now so I don't have any regrets now..." "I'll risk everything on tomorrow's Eagle hunt!" "But, if you meet Hattori Hanzo again, what... what are you going to do?" "I'll kill him!" "Excuse me, but I think that you better cancel tomorrow's Eagle hunt." "Why is that?" "Well, a suspicious man, who claim's to have ties with Ishida Mitsunari is often be seen in this area." "I don't want anything to happen." "Silence!" "I am the 3rd Shogun, Tokugawa Iemitsu!" "If I cancel an annual event like the Eagle hunt because of a man..." "How can I explain to the people who are waiting for the event?" "You, timid man!" "Go away!" "That's why we're going to have the Eagle hunt as we planed..." "How many men do you have?" "We have an extra 13 men plus me a total of 24 men all together." "24 men?" "It's hopeless..." "Please don't worry!" "Tomorrow is the last day of my life..." "The last day of your life?" "Oh, there are so many bags!" "Go ahead, release the bird!" "Lord, please look over there!" "The field is on fire!" "Fire?" "We'll have the lord take refuge, just in case." "Guard him." "Mother!" "I, Hattori Hanzo, won"t be easy on you today and I will fight for the Tokugawa!" "For the Tokugawa?" "That's splendid!" "You have courage, don't you?" "Then, I am going to fight with you as the grandson of Ishida Mitsunari!" "That's fine by me!" "Prepare yourself!" "Let's go!" "Move it!" "What is the matter?" "Why don't you attack me?" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Stop!" "Please stop the fight!" "Why?" "Why are you stopping us?" "Don't ask!" "Please don't ask me why!" "I see..." "The reason you gave birth to me was because you fell in love with that unknown man the man that raped you." "I just want to know the truth!" "Mother..." "Please tell me!" "Could you forget this man?" "I..." "I love Hanzo but if Hanzo wasn't a Tokugawa man if I wasn't the daughter of Ishida Mitsunari..." "You're so naive!" "I must say this..." "I am a very vengeful man." "I will back for sure." "When I do..." "I don't want to see that man named Hattori Hanzo again." "Mother, let's go!" "Wait!" "I am not saying that being a vengeful man is a bad and it's your choice if you want to go after the Lord but I just want you to be a successful martial artist." "As for Hattori Hanzo..." "Take care of yourself." "And..." "And keep our son near you." "Yes." "Yuri-dono..." "Please take care of him..." "Yes." "Hanzo-dono..." "He's a fine young man, isn't he?" "Mother, how long you let me and Yuri-dono wait?" "Let's go!"