"A Kindai Eiga-Nihon Eiga Shinsha Production" "KURONEKO" "Executive Producers:" "Nobuyo Horiba, Setsuo Noto, Kazuo Kuwabara" "Screenplay:" "Kaneto Shindo" "Photography:" "Kiyomi Kuroda" "Music:" "Hikaru Hayashi" "Film Editor:" "Hisao Enoki" "Cast" "Kichiemon Nakamura" "Nobuko Otowa" "Kei Sato, Rokko Toura, Kiwako Taichi" "Taiji Tonoyama, Takao Kanze, Hieaki Ezumi, Masashi Oki" "Director:" "Kaneto Shindo" "RAJOMON GATE" "Who are you?" "A wandering spectre out so late at night?" "No, no, I am no such thing" "I am returning from Nobleman Fujiwara's mansion but I am afraid of the bamboo grove ahead" "It is dangerous at night with highwaymen and robbers" "Please help me" "Will you see me to the end of the grove?" "What if I were a robber?" "A fine samurai could not be a robber" "Are you one of the distinguished Raiko's renowned warriors?" "Please help me" "Very well" "It's out of my way and late already, but a little delay won't matter" "Thank you" "Woman" "You're very fast" "It is a familiar road" "A cat?" "What is it?" "There you are." "I wondered where you'd gone" "I heard a cat" "Nothing to be afraid of" "My heart is pounding" "They are starving too" "At the Kamo River bed crows peck at the bodies of those who starved to death" "Thank you" "It's a secluded place" "We have nothing to offer you but I would be happy if you came inside" "Well, let me see..." "Mother and I live alone" "Shall I accept your kindness, then?" "Please do" "This way, please" "A fine residence" "Much better than my home" "Like a nobleman's abode" "Is anything wrong?" "It seems cold" "We only use it when we have guests" "I think your being here will soon fill the room with warmth" "Strange things happen in a war-torn land" "Hail fell in Summer" "Then it became so hot, birds fell from the sky" "My mother" "Thank you for being so kind to my daughter" "Not at all, I enjoyed the night breeze while I saw her home" "I have a feeling we've met somewhere" "You're joking!" "Isn't he, Mother?" "I believe we have but I cannot recall where" "Serve him sake" "A cat?" "A homeless stray cat" "Please have some more" "Excuse me, but how old are you?" "What?" "I also have a son" "He is about your age" "I am twenty-two" "My husband is twenty-one" "Where is he?" "Serving the Emperor?" "He went to war" "To war?" "Yes, three years ago." "He has not returned" "Who is his leader?" "We do not know" "We had planted Spring seeds" "Seeds?" "Yes" "We must plant seeds in an age of war to keep from starving" "Suddenly, soldiers passed by" "My son was taken, plough still in his hands" "Do not worry" "He'll be a successful samurai somewhere by now" "Somewhere?" "Far away to the north in Ezo or south in Tsukushi" "The whole land is up in arms" "He must be so great he has no time to come home" "Don't worry." "He was lucky to be taken to war" "It's a samurai's world now!" "Noblemen cannot fight" "So the samurai will rule the land" "The time will come when even the Mikado must yield to our leader" "I used to be a farmer, too" "But since the war, I've risen to this" "Do not worry" "Wars keep us in food and everything else" "Everything is ours for the taking" "Your mother?" "She is being tactful" "I am drunk." "It is very good sake" "Please make yourself at home" "I am glad you came" "It's good sake" "Please feel at home" "Excuse me" "RAJOMON GATE" "An official is coming!" "You are Raiko Minamoto, the leader of the samurai" "It is not like you at all" "Are you doing nothing about the spectre that appears at Rajomon Gate?" "Samurai means men who are proud of being strong warriors" "The spectre may well appear at any time in the Palace" "I cannot sleep peacefully at night" "He told me in his august voice:" "I cannot sleep peacefully at night"" "Who's running all over the land fighting?" "It's me, Raiko Minamoto!" "In the Palace, they kick balls, play games" "They write songs and love women" "Don't say I said this" "It's frustrating" "The monster's not a supernatural being" "Just an animal or night-prowler!" "Call Kintoki!" "He went west with his troops" "Call Tsuna Watanabe!" "He took his troops east" "Fool!" "I know that!" "I'm just trying to stiffen your morale!" "Is there anyone who will kill the monster?" "EZO, NORTHERN JAPAN" "You cut off Kumasunehiko's head?" "Let me see it" "Is it really his head?" "He told me so himself!" "He wore fine armour and had an iron club" "Good!" "It's really Kumasunehiko's head." "It's a great prize" "General Takemaro Fujiwara?" "He died in battle!" "My army of two thousand men?" "They all died." "The enemy too!" "Give me a detailed account of it!" "It was all muddy." "Rushes grew there" "The enemy lured us into the rushes!" "The battle began at dawn and ended at night!" "He and I were alone by then" "He was hairy all over like a bear!" "I was frightened!" "Kumasunehiko, I thought!" "I was right!" "He told me so!" "He asked my name." "I was going to say "Gintoki"..." "Too simple, so I tacked on Yabu and said I was Yabu-no-Gintoki" "He said my name sounded strong" "Asking me if I were a general he challenged me to a fight" "Was he strong!" "Like Atlas given an iron club!" "I thought his club would kill me!" "I didn't want to die, so I fought!" "I finally cut off his head!" "I will call you Yabu-no-Gintoki" "I will add you to my big "Four"." "My big "Five" now" "Jimbei, it's me!" "I'm Hachi, Yone's son" "You're..." "What happened?" "My home's burned!" "My home's gone!" "Yes, you're Hachi all right" "Your clothes?" "Never mind that!" "What about my home?" "My mother and wife?" "It was last Summer." "Kyoto burned for three days and nights" "Conquerors and conquered alike burned things" "Fires everywhere in war" "Sparks fell even here" "We fled into the mountains" "When we came back your home had burned." "It was just ashes" "Did your mother and wife burn to death or run away...?" "We haven't seen them since" "We don't know how the house burned down" "Mother!" "Oshigi!" "Where did you go?" "You've won great distinction" "Your valour is known all over the capital" "Even beggars say you're a strong samurai" "Yes, young girls especially make much of him" "They hope for a glimpse of him" "The bravest man in the capital must act accordingly" "My orders:" "Get rid of the monster that kills samurai by biting necks" "Do not fail since it will affect my prestige" "I offer you my cup" "Pour for him" "How about women, Gintoki?" "Do you think they're beautiful?" "Yes, I do" "Very well" "When you have killed the monster, I will give you a woman" "Any you want... so don't fail" "What is the matter?" "Afraid to walk alone at night?" "Are you passing through the dark grove beyond here?" "So am I. I will see you home" "Thank you" "Thank you" "This is your home?" "Yes" "I live with my mother" "My home's far away yet." "May I rest a bit?" "Will you let me rest?" "Welcome" "It was nice of you to come" "Please" "Are your names Yone and Shige, by any chance?" "Excuse me if I were rude" "You look exactly like my mother and wife but are dressed differently" "Where are they?" "Three years ago, I was taken east by the army to fight" "I was working in the fields" "I left my mother and wife" "I wanted to return to my mother and wife, so I fought as hard as I could" "I could not die" "I made a name for myself instead" "Leader Raiko named me Yabu-no-Gintoki" "But when I went home, my house was gone" "My mother and wife were gone too" "It's very strange" "You two look exactly like my mother and wife" "I do not know where they are" "But just as you fought day and night in order to see them your mother and wife must have waited for you too, day and night" "You have returned a fine man" "I wonder what has happened to them" "My home was at the edge of a bamboo grove" "About here" "How long have you lived here?" "For three years" "After I left for war?" "Yes, I think so." "Is there a reason you are living in such a lonely place?" "A poor mother and daughter, we live quietly and inconspicuously" "If you came three years ago, did you see my house?" "If not, the charred ruins?" "Who are you?" "Reveal your true selves!" "Monsters!" "Why have you taken the image of my mother and wife?" "RAJOMON GATE" "Woman!" "Are you here?" "Woman!" "Come out if you are here!" "Where are you, woman?" "I did not come to kill you!" "I came to see you!" "Woman!" "Are you here?" "Are you here?" "You must want to see him" "I want to see my son too" "Our vow is to kill samurai and suck their blood" "So we invoked the evil gods" "If only he were not a samurai..." "I beg you..." "Bear it" "Endure it" "Be content to see him... secretly" "It's him!" "Are you here?" "Are you here?" "Where are you?" "What has happened to you?" "You're here?" "It is nice of you to come" "We have nothing to offer you" "But permit us to celebrate your safe return home" "Serve him" "I will not ask you who you are" "I just wanted to see you, so I came" "You look like my mother" "You look like my wife" "This is enough for me" "I am glad to see you again." "I missed you" "We also wished to see you" "It will not be dawn for a longtime" "Please relax and be comfortable" "I missed you" "You have a cat?" "No, it is a stray cat without an owner" "That reminds me." "When I was taken to war we had a black kitten at home" "Never mind." "I will forget about my home" "Excuse me" "It will be dawn soon" "Please leave before then" "I will come again" "Will you wait?" "Returning empty-handed every night... seen the monster?" "Yes, I saw it but..." "Why didn't you kill it?" "It's..." "You couldn't?" "No..." "You look bad" "You look like a monster yourself" "Have you been bewitched by the monster?" "Your breast, your legs are like Shige's" "You are Shige" "You are my wife" "Shige, you are good enough to eat" "I'll chew you up and make you part of me!" "Hold me tighter!" "More!" "More!" "There you are" "Where is she?" "She is not here anymore" "What?" "Not here?" "Why?" "What happened to her?" "She was permitted to see you and love you for seven days" "Please count and see" "Last night was the seventh" "She shortened her life to seven days to pledge her love to you" "Are you not living human beings?" "So how could she shorten her life for seven days?" "I know not what you are!" "Evil gods or ghosts— supernatural powers can make you look human?" "So you could not die!" "She could not die!" "I want to see her once more" "Bound by a vow, I cannot tell you who we are" "We promised the evil gods" "Gods of hate who wander between this and the netherworld" "Promising revenge by sucking blood, we took human forms" "She broke her promise" "Our love?" "Yes" "You are my mother!" "She's my wife!" "Tell me who killed you!" "We promised" "So we cannot reveal what we are or why we became like this" "What did you promise?" "To suck the blood of samurai" "To suck the blood of all samurai" "You too, are one" "Instead of killing you she gave herself to you" "So she fell headlong into hell" "She was glad to" "Can I not see her anymore?" "Is she gone?" "Instead of sucking hateful samurai blood she preferred to love you and go to hell" "Hateful...?" "Tell me why!" "If only I could..." "Bound by a vow, I cannot tell you" "Forgive me" "Mother!" "What happened to you?" "You saw the monster?" "If you saw it, I should think you'd destroy it" "I'll take that up later" "Tell me what the monster was like" "Vengeful ghosts murdered by samurai" "So they hate samurai and suck their blood" "The ghost told you that?" "Fool!" "We fight so nobles and the masses can live without worry!" "So how can anyone hate us?" "Nobles may benefit from it but the fleeing farmers starve to death!" "They are weak!" "The weak always starve!" "We risk our lives to fight —it needs courage!" "Isn't that why everyone respects us?" "Take yourself!" "A farmer's son once, but Gintoki now!" "Who'd respect or think a farmer to be a human being?" "A samurai, so women make much of you!" "No ghost is going to hate us!" "No ghosts can make fools of us!" "With a samurai's authority I order you destroy it!" "One has been destroyed" "What?" "One has been detroyed?" "How many were there?" "Two" "You destroyed one?" "The proof?" "Well?" "It will never appear again" "Tell me why" "It disappeared!" "There was nothing I could do!" "It disappeared from my sight!" "One more left?" "Yes!" "Destroy it" " Let someone else...!" " Fool!" "If this one gets away I will kill you" "It is to uphold my samurai honour!" "RAJOMON GATE" "Why did you not go away?" "You sucked blood every night?" "Why?" "Why can't you rest in peace?" "I wished to see you" "I wished to see you just once more" "I have lost my honour and will be killed!" "I have been driven to the point where I must destroy you or die!" "After seeing you, I was ready to follow her to hell" "Satisfied now that you have seen me?" "Please come to my abode" "Will you read the sutra to me there?" "Then I can rest in peace" "Please." "I have an edifying sutra" "If you read it, my deep-rooted grudges will fade away" "A puddle." "Please be careful" "What is it?" "It's nothing" "Something...?" "It was a black cat?" "I think so" "Didn't you just pick it up?" "Cat's legs aren't just lying around!" "Don't be angry." "Just a thought" "Why would a cat hate samurai?" "They said demons appeared on Mount Oe so I went for the Mikado" "There are no demons" "It was Shutendoji, a bandit" "No glory in killing a bandit, so I said a demon" "Now, you've destroyed a cat as big as a cow and one thousand years old" "To purify yourself, pray for seven days" "It's important to make it the talk of the capital" "Do it grandiosely." "Purification." "Prayers" "Mother" "Are you a cat?" "Are you my mother?" "Return it to me" "Return it to me" "Return it to me" "Mother!" "Are you a cat or a ghost?" "My mother couldn't be" "Mother!" "Please come out!" "If you are my mother, please come out!" "The sword that protects you is in the way" "Mother, please rest in peace!" "I cut off your arm, thinking an apparition had taken your form!" "Take the sword away" "Return my arm to me" "What will you do then?" "My arm is my weapon" "Without it, I cannot suck the blood of samurai" "Will you wander forever as a vengeful ghost, Mother?" "Yes, I will" "For the hate I bear the samurai" "For warring samurai" "Excuse me..." "Excuse me..." "Who is it?" "Please open the door" "Tonight ends the seventh day of solitary purification" "I cannot open it until dawn" "I know that very well" "I am a medium in charge of divination at the Imperial Palace" "I cannot break the rules for anyone" "The Mikado is very troubled about you" "Tonight is the last night" "So evil spirits may appear to thwart your plans" "The Mikado sent me here..." "I am to seal them in so that you may complete your seven day duty" "Inform the Mikado that I am a match for any evil spirit!" "You do not understand at all" "Disobey him and not only you but your leader will be punished too" "It will only take a little while" "Please open the door" "Just a little while then" "Excuse me for calling so late at night" "Is that the arm you cut off the ghost?" "Please divine or purify the room" "No, no, I cannot go near it" "You offered it to your god there" "I divine by the positive and negative principles" "Please show me the arm more closely" "Please be so good as to bring the arm to me" "Very troublesome" "May I take it in my hand?" "Please do" "Your left arm?" "I have it back!" "Mother!" "Spectre!" "Mother!" "Mother!" "THE END"