"Toho Company, Ltd." "Katsu Productions present" "Young lord!" "Why do they have to be so cruel?" "Lord, we will join you in death!" "All of us will avenge your passing." "One day, for certain!" "We understand the edicts, but our lord is so young." " Young lord!" " Lord!" "Everyone, compose yourselves!" "It is most unseemly of you to behave in this manner!" "For now, we must maintain our composure and witness his passing." "That is our duty..." "as his vassals." "I am the Shogunate's Official Executioner, Itto Ogami." "Please..." "Please be merciful." "If you just hold this fan to your belly, all will be well, young lord." "Do you understand?" "This is how the ruler of a domain must conduct himself." "This is the way of the true samurai, lord." "The tokugawa Shogunate imposed excessive taxes upon the Daimyo." "The Shogunate freely exercised its right to execute anyone that allowed the slihgtest trace of disobedience." "To implement the crule governmental edicts of the Shogunate, three groups were established." "First, the spies who were ever watchful for the first signs of disloyalty." "Second, the assassins who would kill any who interfered with the Shogunate's plans." "And third, the executioner who acted as "Second", beheading those samurai who were ordered to commit seppuku." "The spies belonged to the Kurokuwa clan." "The assassins belonged to the Yagyu chan." "Finally, the post of Offichal Shogunate Second belonged to one Itto Ogami, who was specially authorised to wear the sacred official robes bearing the emblem of the Shogunate." "Lone Wolf And Cub" "Sword Of Vengeance" "Produced by Shintaro Katsu HisaharuMatsubara" "Original story by Kazuo Koike  Goseki Kojima" "Director of photography Chishi Makiura" "Music by Hideaki Sakurai" "Fight choreographer Eiichi Kusumoto" "Narrator Shoji Kobayashi" "Starring:" "Tomisaburo Wakayama as Itto Ogami" "Fumio Watanabe as Sugito Tomoko Mayama as Osen the whore" "Taketoshi Naito as Inspector Bizen Akihiro Tomikawa as the Child" "Yunosuke Ito as Ichige" "Directed by Kenji Misumi" "Sui-O School of Swordsmanship." "Ogami and child:" "Expertise for hire." "What's that?" "Let me see..." ""Ogami and child:" "Expertise for rent." "Sui-O School of Swordsmanship."" "Okami? "Wolf-sword"?" "What's that?" "Not "Okami", it's Ogami." "That's the name of the ronin." "I understand hiring his "expertise", but the child?" "I wonder..." "But that man looks like a wreck." "And he's got a child, too!" "How can he make a living?" "What an adorable child." "So adorable, it's pathetic." "Ohime!" "No, Ohime!" "Ohime, get back here!" "What do you think you're doing?" "Toramatsu!" " Ohime!" " Toramatsu..." "No, Ohime, what are you doing?" "That's somebody else's child!" "I apologise for her rude behaviour." "Please forgive us." "I am truly sorry." "Pardon me, sir, but it says that your child is for hire..." "Can you really hire him out to us?" "Toramatsu, you must have been starving." "There you are." "There's your mother's milk." "Have as much as you want." "Daigoro..." "Tastes good, doesn't it?" "Tastes good..." "Toramatsu..." "There's a good boy." "Thank you very much, sir." "Good boy." "I'll come and see you again, Toramatsu, when I save up enough money." "Just a moment, sir." "I hope this is enough." "I don't need your money." "The boy was hungry anyway." "I see." "Thank you very much, sir." "She was deceived and then abandoned by a man." "She gave her child to another family to raise, but the baby died from a fever." "Ever since then, my daughter has been deranged." "She can no longer distinguish between her child and those of others." "Damn, it's starting to rain." "Welcome home, dear." "What's wrong?" "Why are you so pale?" "Tell me, what's on your mind?" "Very well." "Lately, I've been having awful nightmares." "The voices may be the souls of those you've beheaded." "They curse me from ponds of blood, or mountains of spikes... ghastly places." "I can hear them as they send chills down my spine." "They say they'll put a curse upon the Ogami line, and they repeat it over and over." "I'm consumed with fear for our child's safety." "It's so unlike you, you're so strong." "You must be tired." "Azami, you do remember the reasons why I named him Daigoro." "No matter how poor he may become, he will never be grief-stricken." "No matter how rich, he will never look down on others." "By reminding him of Buddhist hell, ghouls, animals and evil gods, and of the god-like beings, his name will ensure that he grows up stalwart and resolute." "I know." "Don't worry." "He will become strong." "Strong enough to face anything in life." "Dearest..." "Now that Daigoro is a year old, I shall take him with me to pay our respects to the souls of those I have executed." "We'll pray at our shrine." "A mendicant monk passing?" "Azami!" "Daigoro..." "Azami..." "Who did this to you?" "Who did this?" "Whoever you are I'll follow you to the ends of the earth I will find you no matter what it takes." "I will have my vengeance!" "Without fail!" "Attention!" "The honourable Inspector Bizen of Yagyu is here on official business!" "Inspector Bizen..." "I was afraid that it would turn out this way." "Meaning?" "Before dawn, three men committed seppuku at the gates of my house." "I rushed here immediately after hearing their declaration." "Declaration?" ""We hereby declare," ""in order to avenge our Lord Hirotada's death," ""the household of the Executioner, Ogami, must be put to the sword." ""While Itto Ogami is indeed the sole official Executioner," ""we have discovered that he abuses the powers of his position" ""and is a traitor who blasphemes the great Shogunate." ""The proof will be found in the Ogami family shrine." ""Remembering our lord who was executed" ""by a traitor who spits on the honour of the Shogunate," ""we thereby dedicate our lives to the destruction of his line." ""As proof of our sincerity, we will now join our lord in the void." ""Signed:" "Three ikoma clansmen," ""Hyogo Odai, Shichinosuke Atobe and Gorozaemon Makijima." ""Sealed in blood."" "As three samurai have paid with their lives to present this declaration," "I must now exercise my official right to inspect your shrine." "Ogami, take me to the shrine." "In order to pay respect and offer prayers for the souls of those I have been ordered to execute by the Shogunate," "I have built this shrine." "That is most respectful of you." "I am moved." "It does you great credit, Ogami." "What's this?" "What do we have here?" "A death tablet bearing the emblem of the Shogunate!" "What's the meaning of this, Ogami?" "Why a tablet representing the Shogun?" "Answer me!" "Exactly what is it that you pray for at this shrine?" "I know nothing." "I know nothing about this tablet." "Who could do something like this?" "What the men said in their declaration was true." "I know nothing of this!" "This must be..." "How dare you presume to talk your way out of this!" "As Official Inspector, I order you to accompany us." "Take him!" "Arrest Itto Ogami!" "There's something not right, Inspector Bizen." "What is the meaning of these uniformed men?" "Did you intend from the start to take me away?" "Naturally, in such an emergency as this!" "If so, they would've come here openly." "Besides, there should have been no reason to hide your uniforms." "And how do you explain the armour?" "If you were in such a rush to get here, how did you have time to don armour?" "No more questions!" "If you seek answers, then do it in court!" "You planned all this!" "This whole incident only makes sense if it's a plot by the Yagyu clan." "You've lost your mind, Itto!" "The suicide of the Ikoma clansmen is inexplicable." "I know nothing about their claim." "But when seen as a plot to effect my downfall, it all makes sense!" "It's all too perfect." "For a long time now," "I've known the Shadow Yagyu clan have coveted the post of Executioner." "That's why you plotted this, isn't it?" ""Shadow Yagyu clan"?" "What do you mean by "shadow clan"?" "Are you saying that the House of Yagyu has two faces, light and dark?" "Indeed!" "Munenori Yagyu's sons, Jubei, Mitsuyoshi, Tomonori and Munefuyu, rule what appears as the Yagyu clan, but yet another child, Gisen, also known as Retsudo, forever lurks in the shadows!" "Retsudo is your grandfather, and it is he who is the master schemer and Lord of the Yagyu clan." "I've long been aware of the existence of the Shadow Yagyu clan." "You've secretly made arrangements with the Shogunate and managed to corrupt these men from Investigator Kurokuwa." "And now, by plotting my downfall, you seek to obtain the post of Official Executioner!" "That emblem of two umbrellas... it fools the world into believing you are Shogunate Arms Instructors, ordinary members of the Yagyu clan." "But the Shadow Yagyu clan has been using an emblem inherited from Ieyoshi Mimasaka-no-kami, the burnet and sparrow emblem, and that is the ultimate proof!" "Well?" "Brilliant as always, Itto Ogami." "I'm impressed by the depth of your knowledge about my clan." "But, as things stand, I'm of the opinion that you should die here and now." "It will appear as if Itto Ogami fought against the Ikoma clan and was killed." "It has all been perfectly planned." "Now I see..." "You forced those Ikoma clansmen to write their declaration, then you forced them to commit seppuku." "You will use any method to destroy those who stand in your way." "That is unforgivable." "Unforgivable as long as I live!" "Kill him!" "Get him!" "No!" "If you enter the water, you'll fare even worse against his Suh_O technhques." "Bizen, how couhd you be so foolish?" "No, not the Suh_O wave_slashhng stroke?" "Retsudo of the Shadow Yagyu clan!" "You naive fool!" "You have resorted to the most despicable tactics to gain prosperity at the expense of others." "Your actions are unforgivable!" "The misery you've inflicted upon my family shall in turn be inflicted upon the Shadow Yagyu clan!" "The Shogunate endures, and thus endures the Yagyu clan." "The Yagyu clan endures, and thus endures the Shogunate!" "Do not forget that we are inextricably bound together." "No matter what you do or how much you struggle, your fate is already sealed." "Come and face me, Retsudo!" "No." "I will not fight you." "Now that Bizen is dead, the Shogunate will officially sanction our actions." "Wash your neck in preparation." "And await my return." "Wait, Retsudo!" "Unforgivable!" "The Yagyu clan shall never be forgiven." "Never!" "The line of the ordinary Yagyu clan ended at the river's edge, and the line of the Shadow Yagyu shall end in the river of fire!" "Between the fire and the water lies the white road, and I shall follow it, no matter where it takes me, even if I am reduced to ashes." "I shall have my revenge one day!" "What is it, sir?" "He has come." "Two years ago, after fighting the Yagyu clan, the Official Executioner simply disappeared." "The Shogunate's Official Executioner?" "Then this Itto Ogami is someone not even the very best of the Yagyu clan could defeat." "So that's him..." "The assassin who now calls himself the Lone Wolf and his cub." "I'm sure you've heard of his reputation." "Yes, sir." "But we have no idea if he really is Itto Ogami." "Although he claims to be for hire." "But what if he turns out to be the real Itto Ogami, Chamberlain?" "When we left our home province, we all pledged to give our lives in the service of the Oyamada clan." "Yes, sir." "You are our clan's strongest men." "If he isn't Itto Ogami after all, you'll be able to kill him." "I understand, sir." "The two of us will kill him." "Though, perhaps it's better if we are the ones to die." "Chamberlain, we will gladly give our lives for you." "I am Ichige Gyobu, the Edo Chamberlain of the Oyamada clan." "I have sought a meeting with you because it is rumoured that you are Itto Ogami, former Official Executioner." "If so, I'd like to request your assistance in a grave matter." "Please excuse my being so forward." "Tell me your business." "We would like to request the deaths of a certain group of four men." "For 500 pieces of gold, your request will be fulfilled." "The number of victims is of no consequence." "And one more thing I ask that you tell me everything related to this request." "Please examine these." "I'm listening." "Chamberlain Sugito is plotting to assassinate our clan's heir, Lord Noriyuki, who is in poor health, and to install Lord Takemaru, from a branch family, as the heir." "They would thereby gain control of the Oyamada clan." "Lord Noriyuki will be leaving Edo in two days' time, making his first visit to this part of the country." "Undoubtedly, the Chamberlain will not miss this opportunity." "From what we've been secretly able to determine, he has gathered a band of ronin and is waiting for our Lord to arrive." "Along the Nikko Road, several miles before one reaches the city of lmaichi, lies the Otawara mountain road." "There, in the outskirts of the Oyamada domain, is a bathing palace called Go-no-Mori." "Chamberlain Sugito is sure to have his men there." "I have been informed that our Lord will be visiting the hot springs of Go-no-Mori." "The three of us were preparing to fight Chamberlain Sugito and his men." "That's why we came here." "Following the orders of Chamberlain Sugito are three first-class swordsmen known as the Oyamada Three." "Of these, Junah Matsukh, who hohds the rank of Inspector," "Is an expert horseback musketeer." "We are no match for him In a fair fight." "Because of this, we had planned to ambush him." "Use your skills and destroy the evil Chamberhahn Sughto," "I beg of you." "From high up in the mountains, if you shit a rocky turd it'll be all covered in sand it'll tumble down like a pebble there goes one now" "Here goes one now there goes another one..." "Daigoro..." "Soon the Shogunate's men will be arriving." "But your father intends to disobey the Shogunate's orders and flee from this province." "In order to avenge our family, the household of the Executioner Ogami, and to vindicate my honour, I will abandon my samurai life, and I shall become a true demon, bound by no rules!" "Hear me, Daigoro." "From now on, your father shall follow a path strewn with blood and corpses, as an assassin in a world of killing without remorse." "By taking assignments as an assassin, all our family's suffering can be returned to the Yagyu clan!" "Daigoro..." "You alone shall choose the path you will take." "If you choose this sword, you will travel the path of the assassin with me." "If you choose the ball, I will send you to be with your mother." "Daigoro, of course you do not yet comprehend what your father is saying nor what is about to happen." "But the Ogami blood flowing in your veins will decide for you." "So... choose." "You must choose, Daigoro!" "You would've been happier if you'd chosen to join your mother." "You poor child." "So, an assassin with a child..." "Do you understand, Daigoro?" "This is our fate." ""By order of the Shogunate, let it be proclaimed, Itto Ogami," ""that even though you are the Shogunate's Official Executioner," ""you have dared to keep in your own shrine" ""a death memorial tablet carrying the Shogunate's emblem." ""This is undeniably an act of ill will towards the Shogunate," ""and as such can not be forgiven." ""You are dismissed from your position," ""and your house will be abolished." ""You and your son, Daigoro, are hereby ordered to commit seppuku."" "I must commend you receiving us here wearing death robes." "That is typical of you, Ogami, who personified the office of Executioner." "You have prepared commendably." "I did not wear these death robes in order to commit seppuku." "But rather to proclaim that we, father and son, shall live as demons from this day on." "These robes are to celebrate our departure." "How dare you?" "Are you disobeying an order?" "Have you lost your mind, Ogami?" "We, who have chosen to live as demons, are no longer mere humans." "For us, then, such an order is nonsense!" " Come out!" " Men, come out!" "Can you cut me down..." "with such slender arms?" "Can you execute the Executioner?" "How dare you spit on a direct order from the Shogunate!" "Kill him!" "What are you doing?" "Kill him!" "Kill him!" "Itto Ogami..." "Obey the order of the Shogunate, and commit seppuku here and now." "I will stand in as your Second." "We, the Shadow Yagyu clan, have replaced the Ogami family, and have attained the post of Official Executioner." "Therefore, observing all the proper formalities, we shall take your head." "I refuse!" "You used the most despicable tactics to kill my wife." "Then you wrongly accused me of treason." "I shall have my revenge!" "No matter where I choose to go, I will not run till I have achieved my revenge." "It is ultimately a futile act, playing at being the hero." "Not even your techniques of the Sui-O School can stand against the Yagyu's wall of stalwart warriors." "Are you sure?" "Itto, how dare you?" "For 27 years, I have served this sacred emblem." "You, for 64 years." "As long as every single subject in the sixty domains lives under and honours this emblem," "I cannot find it to be totally without merit." "Observe!" "The Yagyu clansmen, renowned as invincible, are now as nothing." "Unless you strike at this sacred emblem, you cannot kill me." "Can you, Retsudo?" "Pointing your swords at the Shogun's emblem is disrespectful, surely?" "Clear the way!" "Wait!" "Remove and hand over that robe bearing the Shogunate's symbol." "Then, we Yagyu will challenge you to a fair fight." "If you should win, then you may go anywhere you wish, live wherever you wish." "As long as it is beyond the borders of the Shogunate's domain, we will leave you in peace." "Well?" "Very well." "Our warrior carries the sunshine on his back, while Itto Ogamh carries a child on his." "Both men carry somethhng, but the outcome of this challenge is already determined." "If everythhng else is equal and fair, he who has the advantage of the ground, the advantage of Nature, shall be the victor." "From high up on the mountahn, if you shit a rocky turd it'll all be covered hn sand it'll tumble down like a pebble" "From hhgh up on the mountain if you shit a rocky turd..." "LEFT TO IMAICHI RIGHT TO OTAWARA ROAD" "GO-NO-MORI HOT SPRINGS" "Damn it!" "What a rude fellow he was!" "You with the little brat!" "Want me to slash this rope and let you drop?" "If there's no other bridge to the Otawara Road," "I believe that doing so will inconvenience you as well." "What nerve!" "Very well... cross!" "A torso-cutting sword." "It won't get a nick, even after slicing through bone." "A battle sword that you can use effectively from horseback." "Nice piece you've got here." "I'll keep hold of it for you." "What are you doing here?" "Must I have a reason for wanting to take a bath?" "You've come to bathe?" "Nothing else?" "Are you suggesting that someone who brings a child has some other purpose?" "You're right." "But you two are unlucky..." "you've chosen to bathe in hell!" "Right, follow me." "One more thing." "If you try anything funny, we'll slice you and your brat into pieces!" "Help!" "Someone, please help!" "Stop!" "Father!" "Help!" "Can't let your brat see, eh?" "Is that what they call fatherly love?" "Stop!" "Okayo!" "Damn you!" "You demons!" "I'll kill you!" "Looks like she's dead, Onibi." "First you grabbed and squeezed her, then force-fed her that giant of yours!" "I didn't do her because I thought she was too young!" "But she looks tasty now." "Why did you have to keep her all to yourself?" " Who the hell's that?" " He's come to bathe with his brat." "He walked in here with a torso-cutting sword, but he's as meek as a mouse!" "No wonder he's quiet." "He can do nothing but stand stock-still!" "Haven't we met somewhere before?" "No." "Your name?" "Even if I told you, it's an old name I no longer use." "Answer my question!" "I am Tahei Onishi, a ronin from the western provinces." "True, not a name I'm familiar with." "He shows up with a torso-cutting sword, so I figured he'd be highly trained." "But he nearly fell for the old sake-cup trick!" "Listen well!" "If you defy us in any way," "I'll throw these knives straight into your throats, yours and the boy's!" "Take them to the bathhouse." "Follow me." "That man is something." "What?" "Are you telling me that he fooled me?" "Even if he's as skilled as you, he can't do anything with a child in his arms." "Besides, he doesn't look like a fool who'd go up against this many of us." "All right, I'll find out just how much of a man he really is!" "Don't, Monnosuke." "No!" "If he's no ordinary man, as you seem to be saying, then that means he's belittled my knife-throwing skills." "I'm going to test him for real!" "Are you coming with me?" "That man..." "I know I've seen him somewhere before." "I'm sure you've guessed by now that we've all got prices on our heads." "Don't be stupid enough to disobey us." "Come on out." "Show me what you're made of." "I'm telling you to step out so that we can duel." "Are you deaf?" "Why, you..." "I guess you don't care what happens to your brat." "Enough!" "What fool would dare to challenge wanted men like you?" "He'd just be throwing his life away." "What are you saying?" "He may not have a master, but he's still a samurai." "He's not going to beg for mercy or ask you to spare his life." "That's why he chooses to close his eyes like that, see?" "Why not leave him alone?" "I see what you're saying, you're making sense." "For a whore and a bedroom pickpocket, you make sense, Osen!" "And you're nothing more than filthy beasts!" "What?" "All right." "I'll let him off." "But in exchange, you two must screw here in front of us!" "Right here, right now." "Let us watch every moment of it." " Now that sounds interesting." " Get on with it!" "No, I won't!" "Who would?" " It's despicable!" " I'd pay to watch, you know." "Besides, you sell yourself for a living." "On top of that, you then steal money from your clients." "Show us that special technique of yours and give us some enjoyment." "Damn you!" "If you dare to defy me..." "I'd rather die." "I see..." "Then die you shall." "Wait." "You can't..." "You wouldn't..." "Don't tell me that you'd?" "If you don't mind a woman like me, then I'm yours." "She looks like a little girl!" "She probably thinks she's a Buddha now that she's spared a soul!" "A juicy Buddha, more like!" "Merciful Buddha, merciful Buddha..." "Merciful Buddha..." "Silence, you lousy priest!" "If you chant sutras at a time like this, it makes us feel like we're already dead!" "This is a living hell, in any case." "Before they leave here, we'll all be killed." " Merciful Buddha..." " We don't know that for sure!" "Everyone else is hiding indoors, but there are scores of people in this village alone!" "Nobody could be ruthless enough to kill that many!" "But the fact remains, ...unlike those people, we're travellers." "If they let us live, then their activities would become known." " If that happens..." " Right!" "They'll kill us all for sure!" "You're saying we ought to just sit and wait to be killed?" "Damn it!" "Nothing can save us now, no matter what we do." "They are animals." "Honourable samurai warriors..." "please do something!" "I don't want to die!" "I don't want to be killed!" "Please save us!" "Enough!" "What do you expect of a sick man?" "It's the same story with that ronin." "One has to lose all sense of decency to save oneself." "He has no shame, that makes him a beast like them." "Without fangs, what use is he?" "Quiet!" "Who the hell do you think you are?" "You're just a yakuza and a travelling labourer!" "I tried to bite my tongue earlier in a suicide attempt." "But he understood that, so he shamed himself and made love to me." "Isn't that sweet?" "Just to save a woman like me, he put away his pride and honour which mean everything to a samurai." "What nonsense!" "There's an army of samurai who'll get it on with cheap whores!" "So don't get any airs!" "And will that "army of samurai" sacrifice themselves just to save a whore's life?" "He fucked you just to save his own skin!" "Don't you understand?" "Why don't you ask your little friend, the one below your navel?" "What the hell do you mean?" "If you were scared out your mind, begging for mercy, could you make love there and then?" "Where are you going?" "Are you not afraid of them?" "If I am to die right now, then so be it." "A woman like me can only sink deeper into misery with each year's passing." "This hot spring is called Go-no-Mori." "But everyone calls it "Hot Springs of the Bats"." "Can you guess why?" "Bats have wings, but they aren't birds, and they have fangs, but they aren't beasts." "Outcasts from society, who are just like those bats, come here in search of peace." "That's why it's called "Hot Springs of the Bats"." "But those scum are different." "They are beasts with fangs!" "And you are a bird with wings." "What are you trying to say?" "You show no fear of their fangs." "You have wings and can fly away from here at will." "I can see it, as one who's passed from the arms of one man to the next," "I know what kind of wings you have." "Earlier this summer, in a town where I was staying near Takato Castle, four high-ranking samurai were slain." "Whoever did it was supposedly a ronin with a child in tow." "And the slain samurai were said to have been the best of their clan." "The investigators were very thorough, so I remember." "The unknown pair were called "Lone Wolf and Cub"." "And they were available for hire as assassins." "Or so the story goes." "By the afternoon of the day after tomorrow, his lordship will travel along the Nikko Road, then pass through here, Jizogahara." "It's within the Shogunate's domain, and an ideal spot to stage an ambush." "There'll be problems if we wait until they enter the Oyamada domain." "Without fail, they must be killed here." "Is that understood?" "Very well." "And what about the money?" "500 pieces of gold." "The remaining 500 will be paid upon completion." "We're counting on you, Kanbei." "There's no room for failure." "Leave everything to me." "Would you mind if I had a look at that piece?" " That's a horseback musket, right?" " I refuse." "If you've got weapons like that, why can't you kill them yourselves?" "There would be traceable evidence." "Besides, we must be back at the castle at the time of the attack." "I see, if you're lined up and ready to serve at the castle, there's no way you can ever be suspected." "Exactly." "It will be reported that Lord Noriyuki and his men were attacked by a band of lowly ronin and, alas, were slain." "Who could possibly suspect us?" "We may be lowly ronin, but you're a bunch of turncoats." " Watch your tongue." " Forget it!" "At any rate, you must not fail." "I understand completely!" "Everyone, come out!" "Out!" "Hurry or we'll kill you all!" "Come out!" "Come out!" "Out!" "Hurry it up!" "Everyone... we must thank you for everything." "We are leaving now." "However, there is something I must tell you first." "If any of you should say anything about us to any officers of the Shogunate you will all die!" "Is that understood?" "However, this group is to die right now." "For two reasons!" "If I let you go, you will tell somebody somewhere along the way, and you know what we look like." "Secondly, you will be an example to everyone in this village!" "Consider yourselves unfortunate." "Your lives are over." "Please spare me!" "Please!" "Don't kill me!" "We won't ever tell anyone anything about you!" "Please, I beg you!" "Please spare me!" "First, let's have the samurai." "Pick it up." "Then fight me!" "I'll let you die like a real samurai." "Master!" "I am prepared." "But how can we fight, when I am so weak from illness?" "I will commit seppuku." "At least you can act as my Second." "Second?" "Second...?" "Merciful Buddha..." "Ogami!" "The Shogunate's Second!" "Itto Ogami!" "Where is he?" "Where's that ronin with the child?" "Just as I thought!" "What's the matter?" "You want to kill him and his brat first?" "Wait!" "Leave that man alone!" "Let him go." "What?" "What's wrong with you?" "Do not attempt to do anything to that man!" "What are you afraid of?" "How can you be scared of him?" "You fool!" "Stop!" "What's so special about such a coward like him?" "Monnosuke!" "How... possible?" "Horse-slaying technique of the Sui-O School." "I know nothing!" "Please spare me, I will tell no one that you were once Itto Ogami, the Shogunate's Second." "Please spare me." "You'll pay for this!" " Who are you?" " Damn you!" "Who are you?" "Greetings." "I am the assassin, Lone Wolf and Cub." "What?" "Merciful Buddha..." "It's true... the Lone Wolf and Cub." "Wait!" "Wait!" "The End"