"There are formidable powers hidden in this world, which we do not know about." "The strongest of all killing arts, handed down from long ago " "Sayama Hashinryu." "This is the ultimate secret that is transferred only between women." "It is so powerful, they say that no one on the receiving end has ever survived." "CHANBARA STRIPTEASE" "Lili, first of all, happy birthday." "Thank you." "So, you've turned 20!" "Yes!" "It feels kind of strange." "Because my mother was my age when you had me, right?" "So young!" "It was the same for me too, you know." "Oh, of course!" "Grandma, you're 60, right?" "It does all feel strange, after all." "Lili..." "Are you really sure...?" "When Yoshiko... died before handing over to you..." "I thought that maybe the time had come to end this..." "It's fine!" "Sayama Hashinryu is the only link that I have with mother." "All right." "In that case..." "I'll begin the succession ritual." "Firstly, I will convey to you one more time..." "Sayama Hashinryu is strictly a martial art for harming others." "That is all it is." "What matters is your heart, as the person who wields this skill." "Do you understand?" "Yes." "In that case... take this." "This is..." "The nightwear worn by every generation of Sayama Hashinryu practitioner." "But..." "Never open this box without great care." "You are only permitted to open this box when you are in a truly desperate situation." "You must never, ever forget that." "I understand." "Blindfold yourself with this." "Drink this." "Now, take off your blindfold." "What?" "!" "Where is this?" "!" "What?" "What?" "Where is this?" "!" "Somebody help me!" "What on earth is going on?" "!" "You are only permitted to open this box when you are in a truly desperate situation." "A truly desperate situation..." "I think it's OK." "Somebody help me!" "Wait!" "Help!" "Somebody!" "Here you go." "You." "Identify yourself." "I should be asking you." "What's with those outfits?" "You're from Lida village, huh?" "Lida village?" "Nope." "Never mind." "That's a bit dangerous!" "Push it and I'll kill you!" "That's it." "My hands!" "We'll leave it at that for today." "We will be reporting this to Lady Okinu." "I killed someone..." "Thank you so much!" "What's wrong?" "Are you OK?" "I'm OK..." "Yae!" "Are you all right?" "Brother..." "I'm OK..." "Good, that's great..." "This lady saved me." "I'm sorry!" "Sorry..." "Sayama Hashinryu" "Is strictly a martial art for harming others." " Miss Yae," " Yes?" "What year is this?" "What year?" "It kind of seems..." "This is year seven of the Hoei era." "Year seven of the Hoei era..." "Say... where do you come from, Miss Lili?" "What?" "Oh, Itabashi." "Itabashi?" "Yae!" "Are you all right?" "!" "Of course!" "I'm totally fine!" "See?" "You mustn't hit it!" "You're so over the top." "Miss Lili..." "Yes?" "We're a small village but please spend as long you like here." "You saved my little sister's life." "It wasn't such a big deal." "It is a big deal that you chased off the Yamishika gang." "Yamishika?" "Those people dressed up like ninjas?" "Dressed up...?" "Erm, I mean those ninjas." "Oh..." "Right, right." "So that's what they are." "Ah, I know..." "Why don't you come to our house?" "And it would be good to wash off that blood..." "Grandma..." "Please, sit down." "Oh, thanks, here I come then." "Once again, thank you very much indeed." "You really saved us." "No..." "I really didn't do much..." "Oh, thank you for this." "Please, do sit down." "Thanks." "You know that Yamishika gang earlier..." "What was that all about?" "They appeared in this village recently..." "They're like fallen ninjas, bandits..." "They came demanding a very large "policing fee" for "protecting the village"." "A "policing fee"?" "But this is not a wealthy village so we refused." "Then they... started taking villagers away or killing them..." "But it's OK." "We can see them off in no time!" "Right!" "Miss Lili, please stay and have dinner with us." "Is that all right?" "Thank you!" "Is there anything you would like to eat?" "Although we are limited in what we can offer..." "OK, then..." "Pasta, maybe?" ""Pasta"?" "Pasta!" "Pasta!" "Spaghetti, then!" "Hikoichi!" "Something terrible has happened!" "The Yamishika gang are here again!" "Well, well!" "If it isn't Hikoichi!" "What are you here for?" "What am I here for?" "It's obvious isn't it?" "We're not paying you any money." "We told you that before." "That's right!" "Is that so?" "That's a shame..." "In that case, as promised, we have no choice but to kill you, one of you every day." " Stop messing around!" " I'm not messing around." "Well, we'll be back tomorrow then." "So think over your decision one more time." "Think it over very carefully." " Bunta!" " Bunta!" "This is awful!" "Bunta!" "Are you serious?" "Yes." "We'll pay them." "No way..." "That's giving them exactly what they want." "She will squeeze us forever until we die." "They look upon us like cattle!" "But someone might be killed again tomorrow!" "Compared with that..." "Let's fight them!" "If we pool all our strength..." "There's not a chance in hell for us!" "We can't even hold a sword properly!" "You're the same!" "You're talking optimistic nonsense." "Everyone's scared." "It's the Yamishikas!" "They're here to spy on us!" "Give up." "You creep!" "What's so funny?" "!" "Fine." "So?" "Who's going first?" "I don't mind if you all come at once!" "Will it be you?" "Or you?" "How dare you mock us!" "You..." "Why that move...?" "Erm..." "I don't fully understand the situation but..." "I thought maybe we could take him hostage and use him as a bargaining tool." "What a good idea!" "That's right!" "Let's do that!" "Let's try it!" "I think it's worth giving it a try." "But..." "We have Miss Lili on our side!" "You are really strong..." "I was astonished." "Yeah?" "Really?" "Are you by any chance a martial arts teacher or something like that..." "No, no..." "I'm just a normal college girl." ""College girl"..." "Is that a type of martial art?" "What?" "No..." "Well..." "Maybe it's something like that..." "Whatever it may be, I'm ashamed that you had to save my life." "You shouldn't feel that way." "You did something that only you can do." "Something that only I can do?" "That's right." "I think you are... the last courage left in this village." "Probably." "Courage?" "Yes." "I rather like people like that, you know." "What?" "Let's take another shot at it tomorrow." "I'll help you." "Thank you very much, really." "Erm..." "Could I ask something?" "What?" "How can I put it..." "Why...erm...when you fight..." "I wondered why...it was necessary to..." "reveal your b...breasts..." "Oh..." "I'm sorry to ask a strange question..." "Hikoichi." "Yes?" "After winter, what comes next?" "Spring?" "And after night, what comes next?" "Morning." "For me, it's something like that." "Hey, what's up?" "What?" "Oh, it's that Miss Lili..." "That swordswoman?" "I somehow feel this isn't the first time we've met." "What?" "That can't be." "You think...?" "Somehow..." "I feel an affinity with her" "An affinity?" "What's that?" "I wonder if she's getting it on with my brother..." "No way." "Why not?" "Because he has never known a woman." "What do you mean?" "I mean those breasts are too overwhelming for Hikoichi." "You saw them as well, didn't you?" "No I didn't!" "You're the only one for me!" " Come here, let me touch..." " Leave it out..." "Calm down..." "Sayama Hashinryu is strictly a martial art for harming others." "Morning!" "Good morning." "They're not here yet, right?" "No, not yet." "Right." "We've got a tough day ahead of us." "Looking at you," "I feel embarrassed for being scared." "Really?" "You seem calm yourself." "It won't stop shaking." "It's going to be OK." "We're going to succeed." "Aren't you scared?" "Of course I am." "But I've discovered something much scarier." "What's that?" "Myself." "Oh, my!" "Lady Okinu," "I'm sorry!" "If you want his life spared, promise that you will never bother this village again!" "I see." "So if I do that, I can save his life?" "Isn't that great?" "This young man here values you so highly!" "Lady Okinu..." "You can boast about this in the afterlife!" "P..." "Please wait!" "Aha, is this her?" "You're the swordswoman who took care of my boys huh?" "I heard about you." "Interesting..." "Where did you learn that trick?" "You are..." "Sayama Hashinryu too?" ""Sayama"?" "Never heard of it." "That's your school?" "What about you?" "Me?" "I don't belong to anything as grand as a school." "It's something that just came to me naturally while I was struggling to survive in the world of female ninja." "What?" "!" "No way!" "What's this?" "!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "What is it?" "!" "It's stopped..." "You're really funny!" "Enough for today." "We're going." "Here's a deal." "Give me her." "If you hand her over we won't come to this village again." "And of course there will be no policing fee and no killings." "What do you say?" "I think it's a great idea." "Don't be ridiculous." "Who would accept such a condition?" "Maybe not you but what about the others?" "Are you all right?" "Yeah, I'm OK." "Thanks." "Hey... can I talk to you about something?" "What is it?" "I hope you won't mind this but..." "Right..." "The truth is I... came from the future." ""The future"... as in, the future?" "That's right." "Probably about 300 years in the future." "What?" "How?" "I don't know, that's the problem." "I see..." "In that future world, I'm the inheritor of a martial art called Sayama Hashinryu." "And..." "Sayama Hashinryu is handed down from woman to woman only." "One female inherits it in each generation." "And..." "My grandma told me once that..." "Sayama Hashinryu was started by someone about 300 years ago." "So you mean at this time?" "Yes." "It's pretty approximate, but..." "And I'm sure from crossing swords with that Yamishika woman..." "That is definitely Sayama Hashinryu." "But that woman didn't react when I said the name of Sayama Hashinryu." "She said it was her own skill." "Hey, what do you think this means?" "I'm sorry, it's all I can do to keep up with what you're telling me." "I guess so." "I'm sorry." "Oh, I'm fine, please carry on." "So, I've been thinking a lot about why she is using the techniques of Sayama Hashinryu." "Why my body started to disappear at that moment." "And I have one answer that I really squeezed out." "What is it?" "I must be that... she is the originator of Sayama Hashinryu." "If she is the founder but the school hasn't yet been established at this point in time, then of course she didn't know the name when I said it." "Right?" "Yes, I see, that would be right." "When I tried to kill her my body began to disappear." "In other words, if the originator dies," "I, from the future, will vanish." "What do you reckon to all this?" "Isn't it incredible?" "It is." "It is, but..." "What?" "So how can we defeat Okinu?" "What's wrong?" "Hikoichi, bring out that woman." "What?" "Get out of the way!" "What are you thinking?" "She's not even from this village." "It's already been decided." "The village chief has approved it." "What?" "The whole village can be saved with just her life." "You're crazy!" "I'm sorry, I've caused all this." "Hey you, we're sorry, but won't you do as we say?" "Apologise to Miss Lili!" "It's OK Hikoichi, calm down." "But..." "I'm so sorry, everyone." "I can't be caught." "Hikoichi," "I'm happy to have met you." "Bye." "What?" " Hey!" " Chase her!" "I'm sorry." "So sorry." "What's up?" "I'm totally fine!" "To be doing this to someone who saved my life..." "Hey look, I'm as fit as a fiddle!" "I'm fine, so..." "Please take this, Miss Lili." "You're giving it to me?" "It's a lucky charm that will protect your life." "I want you to have it." "Thank you." "I hope you have a healthy baby!" "Miss Lili" "It's unforgivable..." "I really don't know what to say..." "It's fine." "I've abandoned the villagers and run away." "They're in such a terrible situation..." "No, that doesn't matter..." "But..." "What?" "It's just that..." "If you're thinking of taking on the Yamishika on your own... please, don't." "Anything but that." "I won't allow you to do that." "I'm not thinking of that." "I'm not that good-natured!" "I can believe you, right?" "Whether you believe me or not..." "It's inconceivable." "I'm so relieved!" "You know, while saying I was the inheritor of Sayama Hashinryu," "I'd never actually killed anybody." "So I was frightened..." "Of the fact that people get killed and myself, who kills people." "But..." "I'm so glad that you were there." "I was able to believe in myself, just when I had almost nothing left." "Thank you." "Please stay with me." "Is this your first time?" "Uh..." "Yes..." "Me too." "Miss Lili..." "Miss Lili..." "Miss Lili..." "Miss Lili." "Yae." "Hey!" "What are you doing?" "!" "Get out of the way!" "No!" "We need to find that woman!" "You fool, Tosuke!" "What?" "!" "I'm calling you a fool because you are!" "She is such a good person." "It can't be helped, can it?" "If we don't do this, we're doomed!" "That's right." "Yae!" "Yae!" "Hang in there!" "Help us!" "Yae, hang in there!" "I beg you." "Please help Miss Lili." "Never mind that right now!" "She saved this child's life." "I beg you." "Prepare for the worst." "Right now..." "I'm pretty strong." "OK, just a little more, a little more." " It's going to be OK." " It's going to be OK." "Hang in there, nearly there!" "It's coming!" "Keep going!" "You're OK." "Here it comes, here it comes!" "I can't..." "Lady Okinu..." "I can't control it...any more..." "Lady Okinu." "As we thought..." "that woman has come." "Looks like I can get serious too at last." "You are... nothing more than a murderer." "Sayama Hashinryu is... a martial art for harming others." "What matters is the heart of she who practises it." "You're strong." "How many did you kill?" "Who knows?" "I don't remember." "The end has come for you all." "I don't think so." "There's still Lady Okinu." "Miss Lili!" "Miss Lili!" "Hikoichi..." "I'm OK." "I'll end up with a love bite!" "Let's go back." "Let's go back to the village together." "That woman's still left." "But...if you kill Okinu..." "You will disappear." "It'll be all right." "I just came up with that theory myself..." "This is enough." "Let's go home." "Let's go back to the village together." "You did well to come this far!" "You're in our way." "OK, I'll have some fun now if you don't mind." "Why... do you do all this for that village?" "I... am a successor of Sayama Hashinryu." "That is my reason." "That's a boring answer!" "You...!" "Don't!" "You mustn't kill her." "Let's run away together." "Hikoichi..." "You're in my way!" "Miss Lili!" "Pull yourself together, Miss Lili!" "Miss Lili!" "No!" "Don't disappear, please!" "Hikoichi..." "Will you... kiss me...?" "I won't give you up," "Miss Lili, I won't give you up." "Let's go, everyone!" "What's going on?" "!" "They're all dead!" "Tosuke!" "Tosuke!" " What?" " Let's go home after all." " What the...?" "!" " It's impossible for us!" "If you want to go, go!" "I'll go alone!" "If anything happens to me," "I'll haunt you forever!" "Hold on a second!" "Well done!" "That's great!" "Look!" "You've come round." "What happened?" "What happened?" "That was the succession ritual for Sayama Hashinryu." "No way!" "Why would I lie about something like that?" "You should rest up for the rest of the day." "Lunch will be ready soon!" "Today we're having salt-mackerel!" "Grandma?" "Was the founder of Sayama Hashinryu someone named Okinu?" "Who's that?" "Are you all right?" "S..." "Sorry..." "The founder of Sayama Hashinryu was a man." "Hikoichi lida." "Hikoichi?" "That's right." "Mr Hikoichi lida." "But isn't it handed down from woman to woman only?" "That's right." "But its founder was a man." "And because he never took a wife, he passed everything on to his little sister's daughter." "Since then, Sayama Hashinryu has only been passed down between women." "No way." "Why would I lie about something like that?" "Oh!" "What?" "You have a love bite on your neck!" "Hikoichi, the succession ritual has been completed safely." "Come to think of it, we didn't use a condom!" "I want to steal your painted red lips, right now" "I love you, I love you, I love you You are mine" "I feel the thrill, I know it's wrong" "But I want to know you more, forever, I swear" "I can't stop this feeling any more" "I love you, because I want to protect you" "It's dazzling, but it's a crime, a crime of faith, I feel I might lose my mind" "This dazzling evening I am spending with you..." "I live for the sake of love only." "Your eyes belong to me" "I want to stay sleeping with you like this forever" "Always, always, always, you are mine" "In truth, I do feel the weight of my crime" "But I doubt if I could stop this anyway" "I don't want to let go of you for as long as I live" "Even if that might be the road of no return" "It's dazzling, yes it's a crime of faith, It's unstoppable now" "It's dazzling, the way in which we met, time cannot be turned back" "I live for the sake of love only My future belongs to you"