"THE MUTE SAMURAI 'The Demon' Kiichi Hogan" "Kiichi Hogan." "His father, Nagasaki Magistrate Yanagida Toemon, had resisted pressure to allow illegal foreign trade;" "insisting he was an officer of the law." "As a result, he and his wife were slain by a Spaniard skilled in swordsmanship, named Gonzales." "In addition he slit the youth's throat, thus robbing him of his voice forever, and raped Kikuno, the young man's fiancée." "All this happened eighteen years ago." "KATSU PRODUCTIONS" "Planning by:" "WAKAYAMA Tomisaburo" "Producer:" "YOSHIOKA Tetsu" "Screenplay by:" "TOJO Masatoshi Original Story by:" "GOSHA Hideo" "Narrator:" "MUTSUMI Goro Music by:" "TOMITA Isao" "Cast" "Mute Samurai (Kiichi Hogan):" "WAKAYAMA Tomisaburo" "O-Naka NAKAMURA Tamao" "Gonzo TAZAKI Jun" "Shozo IZAWA Ichiro" "Directed by:" "Buichi Saito" "A WIDOW'S STRENGTH (Hoeta Toge no Onnagokoro)" "H..." "Help... me...!" "I'm from Sasaya no Rokuri..." "Ma... ru... za... sa... did this." "It's Sukeju!" "Tell the boss!" "Boss!" "Please come out!" ""ROKURl"" "Please come out!" "I'm the manager of Rokuri, my name is O-Naka." "For bringing the bodies of men you have no ties with, you have my deepest gratitude." "I bet the Maruzasa is behind this!" "Let's go get them!" " Settle down!" "I won't allow any commotion." "Hurry, bring him into our place." "It's a dirty place, but come in, please." "Please." "Shozo!" " Yes!" "Traveller, are you going to take us on?" "He's our important guest." "I won't allow any fights!" "A woman should stay out of a man's fight!" "Thin or dry, I'm the head of the Rokuri." "If you're the pigs hired by Maruzasa go through the proper channels!" "When you do, then I'll listen to you." "You!" "Hold it!" "Hold it!" "Displaying your swords in the public streets is prohibited." "Put back your swords!" "Now!" "This isn't settled, yet." "Let's go." "Please..." " Hold it." "O-Naka!" "It's been reported that the delivery hasn't been made." "I checked into it and learned that the items are at the bottom of" "Orita Valley." "What's going on?" "The corpses of two of our men who went on the delivery have been brought to us." "I was just going to report the incident." "Silence!" "This is the third incident you've caused!" "Haven't the other two cases been cleared?" "I'm looking into them right now." "Still, your business is responsible for this." "You're right." "I shall make amends." "I, who have been given the responsibility of overseeing this area, cannot close my eyes to these matters!" "If anything happens to the delivery made in three days to Kanazawa, your license will be revoked!" "Please have a cup of saké." "Samurai-sama, if you don't mind you may stay here as long as you like." "Shozo, don't show your weakness in front of our guest." "At this rate, we'll be devoured by the Maruzasa family." "Enough!" "Samurai-sama, where will you be going from now?" "I've seen this samurai at Maruzasa's place." "He is Atsugi Jubei." "He does look like him, but his name is Mukumi Rihei." "He can change his name." "I'm sure it's him." "Samurai-sama, are you after this man?" "I hear this Atsugi fellow is so strong those three brothers can't handle him." ""Where..."" ""...is..."" ""...he...?"" "Shozo, do you know where he is?" "No, but he comes to see Maruzasa a few times a month." "If you stay in this town, you'll see him." "What's the matter?" "Please stay here for at least tonight." "I can find an inn for you if you'd rather not stay here." "Shozo, see him off." "Does that mean we three aren't enough for you?" " No, but I thought you might need help if that samurai drifter is on the other side." "We'll get him." "Ippei got his arm cut off." "You may need help." "Me, alone, is enough." "Big news!" "That traveller went into a hut." "Huh?" "He didn't stay at Rokuri?" "O-Naka must not have paid him enough." "Keep drinking." "What about you?" "I'm going to see Sir Mukai." "This is the last job." "Maruzasa will be the number one shipping agent soon." "Mukai-sama." "You'll make a profit and get O-Naka, too." "Gonzo, he's doing this all for you." "While Finance Magistrate Shimojima-sama is ill," "Mukai-sama is currently in charge." "I understand that very well." "We'll do our best." "I'll give you one-sixth of the money we got from Rokuri's two failed deliveries." "What about the last incident?" "I'm very sorry, but a samurai drifter saw my men." "He didn't...!" "Not to worry, we've made plans just in case he says anything." "I've brought this to make amends for the blunder we made." "Good evening!" "Good evening!" " Hey, hey, hey." "I understand how you feel, but we should get as many people on our side at a time like this." "That samurai doesn't look like an officer." "He's probably a bounty hunter." "That paper he had said the bounty was 20 ryo." "If we give him that much he'll help us." "Shall I talk to him?" "Shozo, I'll only tell you this." "With all the compensations we've been paying there's no money to hire that samurai." "I'm sorry." "I got excited." "It's been two years since my husband died, but we've been able to come this far." "We won't lose to the Maruzasa's even if we don't get any outside help." "Yes." "That hatred..." "I must take my revenge even if I must go to Hell." "I will get Gonzales, no matter what I have to do." "I need money in order to do that!" "Come on!" "Get 'em!" "Get them!" "Stop it!" "That's enough!" "Hey!" "Sir!" "That's enough!" "Step out if you have any complaints!" "I'll take you on." "Only cowards are at Rokuri!" "Laugh at the cowards!" "Stop it!" "Shozo, want to fight?" "Hold it!" "I'd like to thank you for what you did to my brother!" "Hold it!" "Fighting is not allowed!" "I'll take you in!" "Are you going to resist us?" "The two swordsmen were killed!" "What?" "Did the samurai drifter get them?" "I thought even my head was going to fly!" "Where is the samurai drifter?" "Sir Mukai took him." "What a lame excuse!" "Still your penalty for causing a scene is heavy." "Please let me handle him." "Leave us alone." "I have to deliver important items for people." "I need strong fighters like you." "Is 100 ryo too little?" "How's this?" "One hundred fifty ryo." "Thank you." "The master asked me to look after the shop, but I can't do anything now." "Samurai-sama, please help us!" "I'm not asking you to stay with us forever." "Just for tomorrow's delivery." "Our license is at stake." "Please help us!" "Welcome back!" "What's wrong?" "That travelling samurai was bought by Maruzasa." "It cannot be helped." "But if that samurai is with Maruzasa..." "Be strong." "We're the Rokuri who took care of travellers and Daimyo who came this way." "I'll head the delivery we make tomorrow." "Let everyone drink as much as they want tonight." "I'll protect our trade no matter what." "Because I don't have the strength," "I've caused you so much trouble." "I'm sorry." "A man should not cry." "This is for the compensation of the incident on the road." "It's not enough?" "O-Naka, do you know how much all that was worth?" "Yes, but the items are in the valley." " How can you say that?" "!" " I've brought this as an apology!" "Mukai-sama, I know the culprit, and the reason for interfering in our deliveries." "You shouldn't blame others." "It's your responsibility to catch the culprit, but you haven't found anybody." " You're out of line!" "I'm very sorry, but there's something" "I don't understand." "Don't cry to him." "Instead, why don't you ask Mukai-sama for his compassion?" "It's all up to you." "You understand..." "Excuse me." "Did you come crying to Sir Mukai?" "I'm waiting to see how you handle things." "What's the matter?" "I said to drink up tonight." "I don't want to see any crying." "Shozo..." " I'm sorry." "You're actually the daughter of a samurai." "You promised to never mention that." "I was just the daughter of a ronin." "Drink up." "Tomorrow's an important day." "I'm counting on you." "Everyone!" "Thank you for waiting." "What about it?" "This route is dangerous." " Don't be timid!" "I know!" "We'll get money from Gonzo of Maruzasa and run to Kamigata." "Let's have a drink." "Do you refuse?" "Sensei." "We have a big job tomorrow." "Come by dawn." "My master was so glad to hear from you." "Who's that guy?" "Our master hired him as a 'Yojinbo' (bodyguard)." "I don't like it." "I don't like him being on our side." "I want him to be on the side of the enemy and kill him." "The look he gave me wasn't normal." "He may be after me." " You should have killed him by now!" "Now that I know he's at Gonzo's place, there's plenty of time to greet him." "Samurai-sama, please!" "Please help my lady!" "She used to be the daughter of a samurai." "She's helped our trade despite her background." "Sir Samurai, please help us!" "Sir!" "Samurai-sama!" "Samurai-sama!" "Listen well." "Tomorrow we'll take on Rokuri." "This is a master swordsman, Atsugi-sensei." "This is Juzo-san, a master of the blowgun." "I hear you hired some traveller as a bodyguard." "Please don't feel bad about it." "This is our last job." "The more the better." "Do you still think you don't have enough?" "How much did you pay that mute samurai?" "Not much." " Pay us three times that amount." "The two of us will do your job." "Can you take over?" "Dear, I'm leaving." "We're ready to leave." "Yes." "Our lady will be with us today." "Thank you." "Please make this delivery for the sake of our name." "Risk your lives to deliver this safely!" "Let's go!" "Let's go!" "Hey!" "That mute traveller isn't at his hut!" "What?" "He's not?" "Don't let your guard down!" "Shozo, the goods!" "Hurry it up!" "Get them!" "We wouldn't have had to do this if you had listened to me." "All the failed deliveries were of your doing?" "We don't need two shipping agents in our town." "Sorry, but we'll have to get rid of all of you." "Shozo, go ahead!" "Hey!" "Stop!" "Can't you see this?" "Listen well!" "The Rokuri is gone as of now." "If you want to work for me, I won't take your life now." "I'd rather die than work for you!" "Speak up if you want to die early!" "I'm one!" "When I see the master in the next world" "I'll tell him you did your best." "Please forgive me for not being able to help you." "Anyone else want to die?" "I see." "You want to die that much?" "Sir, go ahead and kill them." "Wait!" "You want the license, don't you?" "What about it?" "I'll give it to you for their lives." "Don't do that!" "Shozo, be quiet!" "So you've finally come around." "I'll take it." "Why, you...!" "Wait!" "I understand." "Thank you very much!" "Wait, please!" "I'd like to at least know your name." "'Kiichi' (Demon)..." "Hogan..." "Let's go!" "At a branch of the willow tree..." "Knowing that even in Spring..." "The heart of the journey..." "Shall forever proceed..." "Down aimless 100 'ri'roads..." "More vast than this world..." "One man goes in sympathy..." "Even toward the battle..." "For at the back..." "Of a lonely man..." "The harsh wind blows." "TO BE CONTINUED"