"We can't penetrate Momochi Fortress." "Lord Nomura is getting impatient, too." "Can't you think of anything to do, Shogen?" "Sandayu is quite clever in battle." "He lives up to the reputation of the skillful Iga ninja." "Quiet!" "I summoned you secretly, so that we can kill the enemy Momochi Sandayu with force." "I've trained these two." "Kinu doesn't have the tongue to speak;" "Baru doesn't have the ears to hear." "They're one with me, Shiranui Shogen like a part of my body." "I see." "I'm counting on you." "Milord, battles aren't fought with only arrows and guns." "Please leave it to me." "It will be a good opportunity..." "Hashiba Hideyoshi ...to make the power of the elite Koga ninja Shiranui Shogen known to the world." "Shiranui Shogen" "It's too early for me to be known in the world as of yet." "I'm still merely your schemer behind the scenes." "In March of the 9th year of Tensho Oda Nobunaga ordered Hashiba Hideyoshi to send an army that outnumbered the entire population of the Iga Village by a large margin in an attempt to wipe out the Iga ninja." "Momochi Fortress, Iga" "It was violent retaliation that Nobunaga was famous for, against the Iga ninja for causing substantial damages to his armies in ongoing battles." "I see." "I appreciate it." "Momochi Sandayu we'll be 100 times stronger with the help from the Koga." "Sir Sandayu can't you just picture the bitter look on Hideyoshi's face?" "Now, let's discuss our plans." "Hm." "Shogen, you coward!" "You plotted against me!" "Cowardliness doesn't exist for ninja." "You didn't realize I was Hideyoshi's secret weapon... that's your loss." "Sir!" "Sir!" "Takamaru..." "Brother the short knife is missing." "What?" "It's the knife handed down for generations to the respected with the power to influence the world." "It has to be there." "Find it!" "Milady!" "Milady!" "Momochi Fortress has fallen." "Regrettably, our leader was killed." "Betrayed by the Koga ninja Shiranui Shogen." "Shogen?" "Yes." "He approached Sir pretending to offer help, only to trick him." "Milord must have been mortified." "This wolf is the symbol of the Momochi Clan." "Hold on to it." "Here." "Old man, take care of my child." "Please come with us." " No." "Now, go on along." "Mother!" "Go!" "Takamaru, living can sometimes be more painful than dying." "But I want you to survive, no matter what." "Heiroku!" "Excuse me." "Young Lord!" "Young Lord!" "Mother!" "Young Lord, come now." "We're a minute too late." "Gen-no-suke Takamaru - the surviving son, and the entire Momochi Clan, including women and children with no exception, they all must be killed." "Yes." "Hate me if you want." "It's the common practice in times of battles." "There's no right or wrong." "Oh, Yato-ji." "Old man!" "So, you all survived." "Young Lord is safe and sound." "Really?" "O-Tsu, stop crying." "Run!" "Mother!" "Mother!" "Kill!" "Kill them all!" "Wipe them out!" "Akechi Mitsuhide" "The enemy's at the Hon'no Temple!" "The following year, in June of the 10th year of Tensho Oda Nobunaga was terminated by Mitsuhide in a coup." "Shogen had sensed that Mitsuhide was plotting a coup, and secretly informed Hideyoshi of it." "Hideyoshi jumped in joy." "Without having to dirty his own hands he got rid of Nobunaga who was blocking his way up, in the flames at the Hon'no Temple." "Hideyoshi's army raised high the flag of war, in the name of revenge for Nobunaga and completely defeated Mitsuhide's army in Yamazaki, Settsu." "Bastard Monkey Hideyoshi, damn it." "Monkey..." "Mitsuhide's reign lasted only briefly." "Thus, the history unfolded, and it was now the era of Bunroku." "The gleaming sea, the white sands" "The breeze I remember from long ago" "Days gone by, those old times" "As if I've been transported in time" "The sea of my homeland makes me feel that way" "People who were kind to me" "Come back alive in my memory" "The dream I've held in my heart" "Is once again remembered" "It's Japan." "It's Japan!" "Any information on the thief Ishikawa Go'emon who has been disturbing the peace lately and you shall receive 5 large gold coins..." "Further with major contribution to the arrest of the above, you shall receive 10 large gold coins." "Kyoto Law Office." "Wah, what a prize!" "I'd love to get it." " Stupid!" "What a thing to say." "I can't say it too loud, but Mr. Go'emon is a righteous thief." "Everyone, come 'round." "Japan's top monkey Hiyoshimaru will show you the most unusual tricks." "What's this?" "It's not doing anything." " Yes, it will!" "It will!" "It's not doing anything." " What's going on?" "Everyone, come in for a treat for your eyes!" "Hey, you good looking brother." "Kabuki dance starting right now!" "Ms. O-En and her company from Mutsu!" "Oh, brother from China, see it for a story to tell back home." "We've got a guest!" "Come on, shake your booty, shake it!" "What are you doing?" "Enough with the flutters!" "Let me see." "What the hell are you doing, bumpkin!" "How impudent!" "Stop it!" "Help!" "No!" "How dare you meddle with officials!" "Bastard!" "Where is he?" " He's something!" "Get them!" "Get them!" "Oh, isn't that..." "The treasure knife of the Momochi Family." "Officials are here!" "The foreigner who disturbs the town's peace." "Arrest him!" "Come on!" "Don't let him escape!" "What are you doing?" "Get him, get him!" "This man here is Tokugawa leyasu's secret weapon who quietly schemes to upset Hideyoshi's reign." "Hattori Hanzo" "Monta!" "Kawajiro!" " Yeah!" "Uekichi!" "Young master, so glad you're back!" "Old man and I fell into the sea back then." "A Chinese ship happened to come by and rescued us, and they took us to the continent." "Oh, is that right." "And Mr. Heiroku?" "He died, 7 years ago." "Is O-Tsu safe?" "Cry baby O-Tsu?" "We got separated back then, and we don't know whether she's dead or alive." "I see." "Anyway young master, we've got funds to restore the Momochi Family." "Though you have to live in such a shamble temple?" "This is our disguise to deceive others." "The talk of Kyoto, grand thief Ishikawa Go'emon, is really us." "Go'emon is?" "Is that true?" " Yeah." "We aren't just thieves." "We want to shake up the reign of the Toyotomi's who we hate with our guts." "Sometimes, we give change to the poor, so they call us the righteous thief." "Ishibe gathers information and makes gunpowder." "I'm responsible for making plots." "This guy's clumsy but genius in opening any kind of lock instantly." "Not clumsy." "I'm good." " Uekichi can move faster than a monkey." "I run errands." "But I can tame animals like no one else can." "All of our skills put together, and there you have it, the grand thief..." "Ishikawa Go'emon!" "It's a composed person, so to speak." "A composed person?" "Young master, come take a look at this." "It's but a small portion of it." "Hey." "I know your face." "Ishibe." "Ishibe, why don't you say something?" "Sir Takamaru who we waited so long for is back." "Humph!" "Sporting fancy clothes like that." "Our wimpy master is influenced by foreign thinking." " You're being rude, Ishibe." "Fine if you don't like my being rude." "Come outside, you bastard." "Let me give you a lesson." "Ishibe!" "Alright." "I accept your challenge." "Come on!" "I'll show you what ninja skills are about." "Alright, young master." "Good, good." "Really, I thought Ishibe was real good, but the young master is great, too." "He might even be better than Ishibe." "Stupid." " Where did you get these cakes from?" "These?" "They were offerings to Buddha." "Did you steal again?" "Hey, look at that!" "I've been waiting for you, young master!" "Yato-ji!" "This is my Spider Clan that I've trained hard." "Hm." "We're prepared to give up our lives in order to restore the Momochi Family." "Let me, Momochi Takamaru, tell you this." "Our aim is to take Shiranui Shogen's life and to throw Hideyoshi off the throne." "Hereby, I declare the Momochi Clan restored!" "Fushimi Castle" "Shogen!" "Yes." "Why is it that you still haven't captured the thief called Ishikawa Go'emon?" "Letting his crimes go rampant right under my nose don't you think it makes a bad example to society." "My sincere apologies." "It will be done." "That's alright." "Your duty is to protect this Fushimi Castle right here." "I forgot your younger brother is the Kyoto police officer who's responsible for arresting thieves." "I'll make sure my brother Gen-no-suke will take your order to heart." "Shogen, look." "Yes." "My armies have been victorious battle after battle." "There's no stopping us now." "Kuroda is attacking this area and Shimazu over here." "Kato Kiyomasa is doing an especially great job in far north." "He's so powerful he can almost invade China." "I'm confident Korean Peninsula will eventually be mine." "Congratulations." "I need money." "Battles are money consuming." "Certainly." "Shogen, do you remember Momochi of Iga, whom I smashed?" "Of course, sir." "The surviving members of his family are still around." "We haven't let our guard down yet." "If only we could get hold of their secret gold mine I could relax and enjoy the battles on the peninsula a bit more." "If it isn't Sutemaru!" "Oh, it's lunch time, I see, I see." "My dear precious child." "Look at you, what a good boy!" "My precious little boy, lunch time, lunch time." "I see, I see." "Lunch time, lunch time." " My dear!" "Please stop that." "Such an unsanitary habit!" "Come on, Prince Sutemaru, come now." "My powerful lord sure has a soft spot for Lady Yodo and Prince Sutemaru." "Shut up!" "I'm the ruler of the world!" "Yato-ji..." "I'm sorry." "How I wished I could return to Japan with him alive." "Let's bury him somewhere among the deserted graves." "We, the Momochi Clan, don't even own a small piece of land to bury ourselves in Japan today." "Young master, now that you're back, let's restore the family name at all costs." "I know." "While I was away, not a single day passed, without thinking about revenge for my father and regrets of my mother." "It must have been difficult, living in a foreign country." "Old man and I roamed around, from town to town." "Old man died when I was 14." "Now I couldn't find food to eat, so I stole a bun from a stand and got caught." "The girl was the only daughter of Master Cho Shin Ryu who ran a Shaolin Dojo, named A'iren." "Mt." "Suzuka" "Brother!" "Welcome back." "A souvenir for you." "Open it." "Thanks!" "How pretty!" "Look at me, Brother." "What do you think?" "Looks great on you." "Really?" "You're becoming more lady like." "Don't tease me." "So, you must be hungry." "I'll cook something for you right now." "O-Tsu..." "Hm?" " Have a seat." "What is it, Brother?" "I saw Momochi Takamaru on the Gojo Riverbank in Kyoto." "He's grown into a fine man." "I see." "Brother, I'm no longer related with the Momochi." "I deem you my brother, I was raised as a woman of the Hattori Family." "I see." "Then I have a favor to ask of you." "Approach Takamaru, and steal his short knife." "There should be the secret of the Momochi's secret gold mine hidden in it." "Young master, as long as we have the knife, we'll never run out of funds." "This?" "What do you mean?" "The knife has the key to the whereabouts of the secret Momochi gold mine hidden in it." "When our fortress fell, my dad told me about it." "Be sure to always keep it by your side." "There's only half of it." "Where's the other half?" "O-Tsu!" "O-Tsu!" "Sir Takamaru." "You are alive." "The flute led me to you." "I remember, it used to belong to my mother." "O-Tsu, the cry baby." "I hadn't cried since then." "Mother's flute and Father's knife." "Each one carries the regrets of my deceased parents." "O-Tsu..." "Ishibe, Kawajiro, Uekichi and Monta are all alive and well." "Let's go see them." "I'm sure they'll be happy to see you." "Next time." "O-Tsu, where do you live now?" "Someone kind saved me, and took me to Osaka." "Glad to hear that." "Yato-ji is with us, too." "Let's go." "Not today." "Sharpen my knife." "I want to kill someone in retaliation." "What happened?" "They gave me a reward." "I informed the Kyoto police about the man named Takamaru, and that you're friends with Go'emon." "What?" "You... you're safe, I didn't tell about you." "You..." "I can't believe you did that!" "Kill me!" "Go ahead and kill me!" "I'm just a stupid bitch who's crazy about you, Gosuke!" "Don't go!" "Let go of me!" " No!" "I won't!" " Let go of me!" "No!" "I can't betray my friends!" "It's too late!" "Do you want to make your own child fatherless?" "That's right." "Touch me, right here." "Right here is the precious baby of ours!" "Don't go." "Please don't go!" "A chicken!" " Cluck-cluck!" "Monta." "Get the spiders off the trees!" "Run!" "Ishibe!" "Damn them!" " Retreat for the time being." "Shogen." "Shiranui Shogen, aren't you?" "Momochi's little boy..." "Surprised to see you alive." "I can't kill you just yet." "Let me have your short knife." "Takamaru!" "O-Tsu!" "Run!" "Takamaru!" "Tell us where the secret gold mine is." "What kind of secret... is hidden in that knife?" "Confess!" "Confess!" "Damn it!" "How did they find us?" "Could it be Gosuke?" " Yeah, it's him." "That's why he didn't come back." "Quiet!" "Brother." "This is the map to the secret gold mine." "This map is only half of the whole." "There must be another knife that compliments this one." "Wonder who's got it?" "O-Tsu..." "Give up the flute." "Brother." "You grew up with that flute." "You played that flute, keeping your childhood love alive in your heart." "But don't forget this." "Romance is a part of martial tactics." "You're a Hattori woman." "Who are you?" "I'm Momochi Sandayu's first born son, Takamaru!" "Hold up!" "Hold up!" "Stop!" "The thief, Ishikawa Go'emon, shall be boiled to death at Sanjo Riverbank on the 23rd of this month." "Kyoto Police." "Monta!" "Monta!" "Damn it!" "Help!" "No!" "No!" "Help me!" "Hold it!" "I am Ishikawa Go'emon!" "Listen, everybody!" "I'm the true Ishikawa Go'emon!" "Ishikawa says..." ""May the sands on the beach be gone, yet never shall thieves cease to exist in this world!"" "Dear!" "Gosuke!" "You fool, Gosuke!" "Gosuke!" "Dear!" "Sister!" "Stay still!" "Sit." "We'll check your identities." "Raise your heads." "Young master!" "Young master!" "Uekichi!" "Taka!" "It's Taka!" "Come on, follow me!" "Yato-ji!" " Yato-ji!" "Young mater!" "Run!" "Monta!" "Kawajiro!" "Yato-ji!" "Go now!" "Young master!" "You guys shouldn't die!" "Live!" "Follow me!" "Run!" "Ishibe!" "Run..." "Yato-ji!" "Hanzo, bastard..." "Momochi Fortress, Iga" "So now, we're the only ones left." "I lost." "I lost to them." "Hey, there's someone over there." "You're being a sissy, Takamaru." "Spare the crying and use the time to fuel the flame of vengeance." "How do you know my name?" "I know." "That knife is the undisputable evidence." "And you are...?" "Ozawa Hakubunsai." "Master Hakubunsai!" "I'll discipline you guys to rid of that soft hearted attitude." "Let's go!" "Until the day I hold" "True love in my hands" "Kiso" "I'll keep on running..." "I'll keep on running..." "I've live, moving my way" "Always towards the light" "I've been surrounded by" "Only false love" "Wash away my dried heart" "People who were kind to me" "Comes back alive in my memory" "The dream I've held in my heart" "Until I take hold of true love" "I want to keep running" "Kawajiro!" "Kawajiro!" "Kawajiro!" "Kawajiro!" " Don't!" "Let him climb back up with his own strength." "Master, please let me go!" " Idiot!" "Your own strength is the only thing in the world you can rely on!" "They say a lion pushes its own cubs down the valley a thousand feet deep." "Only those who can climb up with their own strength can be called the king of all animals." "Master." "You did it!" "Takamaru!" "If this cane were a cutting blade, your hands and feet would have fallen to the ground already." "Takamaru..." "Hold a blade in your hand." "Make the blade your arm." "Make your arm the blade!" "Kawajiro!" "Kawajiro!" "Kawajiro!" "You're alive!" " Monta!" "I'm so happy!" "You've all endured the training well." "You've thoroughly mastered the secret art of the Iga ninja." "Still that's not enough to take revenge." "What do we need, master?" "Please tell us." "Just wait." "This here, is something your father, Momochi Sandayu, asked me to hold on to." "I'm returning it to you." "I've heard stories about Momochi's secret gold mine." "Each of the two knives has a map carved on it." "Put the two together and you have one map that shows you the location of the mine." "O-Tsu." "Why?" "Open your mouth and tell me why." "Let me go." "Or I'll kill you." "O-Tsu..." "O-Tsu..." "Why?" "O-Tsu..." "Why?" "Tell me." "Takamaru, don't ask me anything." "Just kill me." "I'm a betrayer who broke the laws of Momochi." "Please kill me." "Momochi's laws are important..." "But, so is loyalty and returning a favor to the parents who raised me." "I was raised by Hattori Hanzo." "Hanzo..." "He told you to steal these." "I'm caught between the two laws." "I've suffered enough already!" "Please kill me!" "Go." "Go and tell Hanzo that he'd better come and get the knives himself!" "She's Hanzo's spy." "Why don't you obey the law and punish her?" "Kill her!" "Takamaru, kill me, please!" "Then, I will." "Out of the way!" "Out of the way!" "O-Tsu, run!" "Young one, you dare interfere?" "Run!" "Stop!" "Go!" "Fine move, Takamaru." "Don't you forget that timing." "One has two arms, thus two swords serve one best." "Fine move." "Master!" " Stay back!" "Just one thing, do you know what you lack?" "You can't achieve revenge by being kind." "Sympathy can't defeat your enemy." "Arm yourself with rage and pain." "Be focused." "Be very focused and attack the enemy, like a beast." "Like a beast..." "Behold!" "The raging thunder roars in heaven." "The vengeful flame burns at death." "Takamaru..." "As of this night, you shall become the second generation Momochi Sandayu" " Takamaru." "Master!" "Farewell." "Why couldn't you do it?" "Why couldn't you do it, O-Tsu?" "You haven't forgotten the law of the ninja, have you, O-Tsu?" "Brother, please help Takamaru!" "Are you sure, the two knives are kept together now?" "Takamaru has no worldly ambition, in status or money." "He just wants to defeat Shiranui Shogen, his clan's enemy." "That desire alone brought him back to Japan." "Please help him!" "I love him." "I love Takamaru!" "O-Tsu..." "Do you want to hold on to your life that much?" "I do." "I don't want to die." "Well, even the Head of State, the Emperor's Aide can't beat illness." "Life is fragile." "You sound so pessimistic." "Shogen, no formality..." "Come in here." " Yes." "That's alright." "Leave him here." "I've ruled the world, and what concerns me the most now, is the future of my young boy Sutemaru." "Shogen..." "What do you think of Ieyasu?" "I just can't seem to figure out what his true intentions are." "I believe he's visiting Kitanosho, Echizen right now." "His son Hideyasu should be with him, too." "Milord..." "What do you wish me to do?" "I want you to deliver my personal letter to Ieyasu in Kitanosho." "And his reply?" "I want it." "Like this." "If we miss the chance now, the Toyotomi will regret it for the generations to come." "Don't tell anybody about this." "Yes." "However..." "I'd like to negotiate a condition with you." "A condition?" "Upon completing my mission, I'd like to become the guardian of Prince Sutemaru." "You would?" "Yes." "I've heard the rumor, that if anything ever happened to Milord..." "Sir Maeda Toshi'ie shall become the guardian." "Milord..." "I, Shiranui Shogen, plead you to please kindly consider my earnest request." "Please give that position to me." "Damn you for threatening the Head of State like that." "Is it not agreeable?" "Sure." "Alright." "But the reply from Ieyasu must be brought here with your own hands." "Sir Shiranui Shogen is leaving." "Shogen!" "Shogen, like this." "Sutemaru, look after Milord." "Yeah." "O-Tsu..." "Shogen is on a mission." "This is the only chance to attack him." "Go tell Takamaru." "He's leaving Fushimi Castle on the 17th of this month." "Here's the road map to Kitanosho, Echizen." "Take it." "Brother..." "A'iren." "You've been long gone." "A'iren, why didn't you go back?" "Woman has no home." "Where her love is, is home for woman." "Taka, I'll fight the battle with you." "Alright?" "Shogen will depart Fushimi Castle, on August 17th." "Via Nakasendo Road, then Echizen Road, passing Mt." "Washikura and Ohno, he'll arrive at Kitanosho." "Takamaru, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity." "How can I trust Hanzo's spy?" "It's true!" "I'm not convinced." "It's risky." "Takamaru, please believe me." "I believe you." "Taka, I believe her." "We'll take the chance." "Alright, O-Tsu." "Since that day, I promised myself that I'd be a beast." "This is the battle of us beasts." "We'll attack them on Mt." "Washikura." "The horses will have to slow down on a narrow winding path." "The second day after he's left Kyoto, he'd also be quite exhausted." "On top of that, to our advantage, the deep Owl Forest is nearby." "March 18, the 3rd year of Keicho" "Is it a flying squirrel, or is was that a Momochi survivor?" "Brother, don't mind them." "Let's continue on." "Our enemy is in Kitanosho." "No, wait." "For that we can't afford any casualties right now." "We'll change our course." "Retreat!" "Shiranui Shogen!" "I've been waiting for you!" "The second generation Momochi Sandayu, Takamaru, is here!" "Archers, proceed!" "Come on, what are you doing?" "Don't hesitate, go on, shoot now!" "Hurry up, shoot now!" "That's enough!" "At rest!" "Proceed!" "Damn it." "Bastards!" "Shoot!" "Hold it!" "Save the bullets." "This is their trap." "Gen-no-suke!" " Yes." "There are six of them." " Brother..." "Form 6 platoons, with 10 men each." "Let's crush them in one sweep." "Listen, it's the dune beyond the forest, down there is a swamp." "If we can block their way to the left to this road, and chase them to the right, we can corner them in." "Go!" " Yes, sir!" "Over there!" " Yes." "Look over there." "Hurry up." "Go around that way." " Yes." "Did you find them?" "Yeah!" "Success!" "Damn you, Takamaru!" "Come on." "Who are you?" "Arrest her!" "Run!" "Hey, over here!" "Catch him!" "Chase him!" "You can't reach me!" "Up here!" "Come on!" "Toh!" "Toh!" "Toh, don't die!" "Go!" "There he is!" "Guns." "Fire!" "Takamaru!" "Come on, Takamaru." "Kawajiro." "Hanzo..." "Brother!" "Sir Shogen." "The Toyotomi family that enjoy its glory, is finally facing its final curtains." "Not at all, what follows is the ear of Lord Shiranui." "You've become too important." "Being close to power, one can lose sight of what he used to see." "Regrettably." "Have you got what it takes to seize the world?" "A'iren!" "A'iren!" "A'iren!" "A'iren!" "Did I serve you well?" "A'iren!" "Taka, I bet back in China the pear blossoms are beautiful right now." "Taka, take care of O-Tsu." "Stay well." "A'iren!" "Shogen!" "Come at me!" "Leave these guys to me." "Go!" "Took my bait." "Around the same time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi passed away." "He was 62 years old." "The times were changing, and the world was about to receive Tokugawa leyasu as the new ruler." "Will you hand over the knives?" "I refuse." "Out of the way, O-Tsu." "That is my answer." "Well, I guess that's fine." "Until the day I hold" "True love in my hand" "I'll keep on running" "I'll keep on running" "I'll keep on running" "I'll keep on running"