"The Toho Company" "A KATSU PRODUCTION" ""LEFT:" "KASAMA"" "It's been a long time." "Shall I go?" "Tails." "To my hometown." "ZATOICHI AT THE BLOOD FEST" "Executive Producers SHINTARO KATSU KOZEN NISHIOKA" "Story by KAN SHIMOZAWA" "Photographed by CHISHI MAKIURA" "Starring" "SHINTARO KATSU" "YUKIYO TOAKE" "TAKASHI SHIMURA" "KEl SATO" "EIJI OKADA" "Directed by KIMIYOSHI YASUDA" "Wait!" "Wait!" "Give my purse back!" "Want to lay me free?" "Stingy old rake!" "Give it back!" "You planned it from the start." "You wanted it." "Who are you?" "Who am I?" "Her husband?" "Understand?" "If you don't, I'll make you." "Anything the matter?" "It's wrong, what you're doing." "What is?" "He laid me, a girl even younger than his daughter." "He deserves it." "You can pay me for closing my eyes." "What use it that to me?" "What's wrong?" "The blind man robbed me." "The blind man?" "It's him!" "Here he comes!" "He's earlier than expected." "That's great." "Will you please stay at my inn tonight?" "I'm just passing through." "I know." "But please stop here." "Let us through, please." "Clear the way, please." "You want me?" "You're sure there's no mistake?" "Don't worry." "It's all right." "I want to wash my face." "The bath'll be ready." "Cold water'll do." "Take him to the well later." "Take care of him." "I don't understand." "What's going on here?" "A meeting of gamblers?" "No." "The chiefs of the villages around here." "Chiefs?" "I don't get it." "Home coming after so many years!" "Some twenty years." "Twenty-three." "More than my age." "Still, it's great to come home to a reception." "It's this one." "Delicious." "It's all delicious." "This is a big party." "Who told them I'd come back?" "And why do all this for me?" "What'll I say to them?" "What are you doing?" "Stand up." "This is ridiculous." "This party is for Shinbei." "Get out of here." "What are you doing here?" "Get out!" "I wish you'd call me Shinsuke as you used to." "You're rich now." "I thought you'd forgotten us long ago." "Success causes people to forget." "No one forgets about his hometown." "Not even me." "I owe the success to my hometown of Kasama and the people there." "Shobei." "The poor rice crop must be worrying the village chiefs." "There are a lot problems that are beyond us to sort out." "I wish I'd come earlier." "The gift." "Eat plenty." "Shinbei gave us two bushels of rice." "Shinbei?" "The guest who came today." "I'll make rice balls for you tomorrow." "His gift is 1000 ryo cash." "1000 ryo?" "He's rich." "Handsome too." "What is it?" "What sort of person is he?" "The guest?" "A rice dealer from Edo, called Shinbei Hitachiya." "His old name was Shinsuke, the son of a poor merchant." "He's a tycoon." "So he's old Shinsuke." "You know him?" "No." "I'm a stranger." "I don't know him." "Get ready for the meal." "You see the moneybox is full." "Yes." "For the first time." "Excuse me..." "Yes, masseur?" "I have a question." "Why did you bring me here?" "Shinbei saw you from his palanquin." "He was tired and wanted a masseur." "Massage him afterthe bath, please." "He doesn't remember me." "What was that?" "The masseur is here." "Come in." "You pick him up on the road?" "I happened to pass him." "I don't like Kasama people." "They're inquisitive." "How thoughtful!" "The chiefs exhausted me." "Will you massage me now?" "I'll be going." "I brought some girls with me." "I'll send them in to this room." "No thanks." "I didn't come here to lay whores." "Sorry about that." "I wish you had brought virgins." "I understand." "The magistrate was informed of your arrival." "Is he a gambling boss here?" "So what?" "You know many people." "I hear you're going to Kagata." "There was a man who was kind to me when I was a kid." "I want to see him;" "I've been away a long time." "Twenty years." "You know me?" "Young Shin." "I'm Ichi." "I lived with Oshige in Kagata." "Ichi?" "Been a long time." "I'm glad you came back home a success." "We used to steal melons from the field." "I forgot." "I remember when we went fishing too." "You swung your rod and the hook caught a man's nose." "I hate talkative masseurs." "I'm sorry." "Take them home." "He doesn't want girls?" "He wants a virgin." "They're no virgins." "Are those hens?" "That's what I saw." "Shinbei came from Edo to help you farmers." "Let your daughter help him." "Who's Shinbei?" "Listen." "If he takes a fancy to her, you'll be paid generously." "Don't you understand?" "Leave her alone." "Take your hands off her." "Is it true Shinbei is paying the fine to the magistrate?" "Yes." "I'm going to see him with Yahei." "It's like a dream." "You have nothing to worry about once I've seen Shinbei." "You're the masseur from yesterday." "What do you want?" "Been a long time." "I'm Ichi." "I used to live with Oshige." "Oshige?" "The old woman?" "So what?" "We're going to see Shinbei." "I know." "We're busy." "I know." "But I have something to tell you." "Oshige, huh?" "So what?" "Who cares where you were born?" "What's it got to do with us?" "Don't make Shinbei wait." "Let's go." "I want to talk about him." "What do you want?" "We have no time to spare." "Let's go." "You drop something?" "I think there's a Jizo stone statue around here." "A Jizo statue?" "It was long ago." "Maybe it's gone now." "Here it is!" "Got it!" "I haven't seen it before." "Let me help you." "No." "You'll get your hands dirty." "This is only the head?" "Here it is!" "Got it!" "Got it!" "How did you know the statue was here?" "I used to play here as a kid." "Are you..." "Ichi?" "How do you know my name?" "The boy Oshige suckled?" "You're Ichi aren't you?" "Yes." "She told me about you." "She told you?" "She suckled me too." "You too?" "My name is Omiyo." "I was born after you went away." "I'm glad I saw you." "The Jizo statue must've arranged this encounter." "Is she well?" "She died five years ago." "She lost her husband and children." "She was alone." "I didn't know anything about it." "Only you and I are left." "The others she suckled are dead." "Watch out for the steps." "There's another one." "Grandpa." "Look who I've brought." "Who?" "Ichi, who used to live with Oshige." "Oh, that urchin!" "Sakubei." "It's been a long time." "When did you come back?" "Come in." "I'll take him to the grave." "Good." "Oshige will be glad." "Here it is, Auntie" "Auntie." "I brought the sake you like." "Let's have a drink together." "They're in bloom again this year." "Her house has been deserted since she died." "Here it is, here." "Here." "Omiyo, feel this cut." "She measured how tall I was when I was five, and she cut the mark." "You were a little boy." "I played around Sakubei's mill." "He scolded me." "Let's go." "He'll be waiting." "To tell the truth, I think I'll stay here tonight by myself." "Here?" "I regretted coming back to my hometown." "Then I met you and visited Oshige's grave." "And you brought me to her house." "Now I'm glad I came back." "When I see you, I feel as if my brother came back." "Is that so?" "Come to think of it, I feel the same way." "We were suckled at the same breasts." "We meet again." "He has a pretty companion." "Homely." "You'd better go back to your grandpa." "Let's go home together." "My regards!" "Don't forget to visit us again." "I'm hungry." "I'm hungry." "What happened with that girl last night?" "Shinbei laid her, that's a fact." "She lost her cherry?" "What a pity." "Who told you about Shinbei?" "She couldn't take it." "Yuri didn't like it either, at first." "Dickhead." "You want a go?" "My duty's done." "Then Gen's turn." "No thanks." "Why not?" "I prefer rice." "You'll be sorry." "Rub yourself off." "It's snot." "You can't eat it no matter how hungry you are." "A penalty of 500 ryo." "For failure to bring rice." "I pay it for the farmers." "You pay it for them?" "Yes." "Please accept." "It's their duty to bring rice to the government." "That's right." "But the poor rice crop made them too poor to pay the tax." "It's a matter of loyalty." "What's the difference if it comes from the farmers or me?" "That's very true!" "All right." "We'll accept it just this once." "Thank you sir!" "It's Shinbei." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Pearls before swine!" "Enough hands?" "Yes." "I've gathered one hundred men." "One hundred?" "We'll be short of hands soon." "But each quarry belongs to the respective village." "It used to here, too." "That's just the way it happened to be." "The magistrate got little from them." "With me, he'll get a fortune." "A fortune?" "!" "Have you got permission?" "The farmers'll protest." "That's why I paid their penalty." "They can't say no." "Besides, I've got government permission." "I see." "I never thought stone could bring so much money." "You can make money in many different ways." "I admire you." "I want some tea." "Old man, will you give him a cup of tea?" "Omiyo, give him tea." "Old man, this is Shinbei." "It'll be worth your while to look after him." "Bring out the porcelain." "Don't have any." "He's stubborn." "Forgive him." "Your tea." "Thanks, old man." "You're the masseur from yesterday." "Hello, boss." "What are you doing here?" "The old man is taking care of me." "I'm here to thank him." "Let's go." "Excuse me." "Ichi?" "That's wonderful." "I don't like him at all." "Shinbei." "Who does he think he is?" "I once massaged the bum..." "I mean gentleman." "I didn't like putting my fingers on his shoulders." "I can't stand him." "Thank you." "Omiyo." "Ichi is here." "Welcome." "He brought a bottle of sake." "Don't say that." "Bring some pickles." "Whatever we've got." "A gift." "Sorry it's not much." "For me?" "Thank you." "It's nothing." "You like her?" "That girl?" "I'd sooner have her than porcelain." "That's true." "Why do farmers have to pay the penalty tax every year?" "Even in good harvest years?" "The magistrate's measure." "Grandpa!" "Everybody knows." "The magistrate's measure is illegal." "It's twenty percent bigger." "Shobei asked the magistrate for an adjustment." "But the magistrate turned him down, saying it's not up to him, it's authorised." "Outrageous!" "Isn't that double tax?" "Yes." "When the farmers, even the chiefs, have no rice to eat the magistrate has lots of it." "Shinbei controls the chiefs of the villages." "He's a shrewd merchant." "He's smart." "But he has money." "To get on in the government, I need him." "So, your eyes didn't get well after you left Oshige." "No." "That was written." "She'd been worried about your eyes." "I'm sorry." "Don't be." "I was thinking a funny thing." "I wish I could see things with my eyes." "On second thought, I don't wish it." "If I saw your face, I wouldn't be able to leave you." "Are you leaving?" "Where to?" "I don't know where I'm going." "Wandering from one gambling party to another is my business." "Can't you stay longer?" "Omiyo." "One last favour." "Let me feel your lips." "Just feel them." "The lips that touched Oshige before." "Thank you." "Auntie." "Maybe I won't be able to ever come back here again." "Forgive me for what I've become." "Is this a sign?" "Does it mean I should stay here?" "You leaving?" "I tried to leave, but I was stopped." "Nobody's around." "You can't see..." "I can't see, but a blind man can?" "Isn't that funny?" "Plum blossoms." "I love the smell!" "Let's go in." "Since you've decided not to leave." "You have no parents?" "Maybe I have..." "I don't know." "Why travel with the brats?" "Better than being alone." "Mister." "Aren't you lonely?" "You love Omiyo?" "Yes." "What are you doing with the stone?" "We're hired here." "This quarry is ours." "Stop quarrying!" "What's your problem?" "Looking for trouble?" "Chief!" "What's all this?" "Did you agree with Shinbei?" "I'll talk to him." "Chief!" "I want to see Shinbei." "What do you want?" "Shinbei." "What are you going to do with the stone?" "I'm going to sell it throughout the country." "You can't do that." "The quarry belongs to our village." "The magistrate approved." "Because he didn't know what the stone is worth." "But you aren't free to quarry there." "I won't permit it." "Shobei." "I've got the official licence to exploit the quarries around here." "What?" "!" "Do you have a written agreement from the government?" "No, but..." "It's a precedent from time immemorial." "A precedent?" "That proves nothing." "I spent a lot of money for this;" "like paying your penalty tax." "You planned this from the start!" "Cheat!" "I'm a merchant." "I don't throw my money away." "The farmers will work for me, and I'll pay them." "Will you tell them so?" "They'll listen to what you have to say." "I'll pay you back the money you gave to the magistrate." "Stop quarrying!" "The stone has saved us from famine." "It's our treasure." "I'll get the money back." "But I'm not going to stop quarrying." "Sir." "I've gathered enough hands." "Thanks." "I asked the chief to convince the farmers." "He didn't look very happy." "Don't worry." "We don't want no-good workers." "A rock crushed four or five farmers!" "So many rice bags!" "You do very well out of what's supposed to be a bad harvest." "Mind your own business." "When are you ready to move them?" "Tomorrow." "Of course." "All that rice!" "I wouldn't mind having it!" "What a lot of accidents today!" "Shinbei must be deceiving us." "Many men died or got hurt." "What'll happen next?" "It's terrible!" "The village chief hanged himself!" "Poor man!" "Let's go to the magistrate." "Ask him to protect us." "Yahei." "I'll go to him." "I don't think he'll listen to us." "He will, if we go together." "Wait." "Go to the magistrate, and he'll throw you behind bars." "Shinbei must've prepared for that too." "Ichi." "Where are you going?" "I have some business in Kasama." "Like what?" "I'm going to see Shinbei." "He was born in this village too." "No!" "He never will, even if he's your old friend." "His friends are now gangsters." "That makes things easier for me to handle." "Good morning." "Good Morning." "How is it?" "Business is brisk." "A stranger is winning." "Who's the stranger?" "Evens." "Odds." "Him again!" "What a mysterious man." "Stop him." "I'm out." "I'm out." "Evens." "Can he see the dice?" "How can he?" "Odds." "Me too." "He won again." "You're useless." "Everything okay?" "Okay?" "Wait." "My friend." "The sound of the dice changed." "Don't change the dice." "Okay?" "Are you saying Boss Iwagoro cheats?" "No." "I'm saying the dice in the dice box changed." "The dice changed?" "See for yourself if the dice are any different." "Come off it." "You know I can't see a thing." "But I can hear." "You lowlife." "If you can't prove they changed, you'll die." "Do you use four dice here?" "You're Zatoichi!" "Cash me in." "Wrap the money." "Is the boss around?" "I'm talking to you." "What is it?" "Take me to Shinbei." "I want to talk to him." "Be a good boy." "Don't try to stop me or your boss will be separated from his head." "My sandals." "What's the blind man up to?" "None of your concern." "We know him." "We live with him." "What's that?" "What'll you pay if we kill him?" "Forget it." "He's too much for you." "We can try." "Name the reward, and you'll have it." "Really?" "Let's go." "Boss." "Say hello when you call on others." "Hello." "What do you want boss?" "Couldn't you knock?" "What is it?" "Don't stand there." "Come on in." "Who are you?" "You're a little too cruel and greedy, aren't you?" "You want to squeeze the poor farmers until it hurts" "You shouldn't cheat honest people, especially in your hometown." "Shinbei." "Leave this town by tomorrow morning." "Or you'll be dead." "You can't take money to hell." "Boss." "Okay?" "Who is he?" "Gambler?" "Him?" "There's going to be trouble." "Are gangsters scared of gangsters?" "Do you just let him threaten you?" "But he's not an ordinary one." "Do you want to back out now?" "No, but..." "He's not getting in my way." "Why don't you ask the magistrate?" "He's wanted, isn't he?" "Yes!" "That's a good idea." "Send this girl home." "Certainly." "Are you Zatoichi?" "Why did you come?" "I'll go to the magistrate's place next time." "Omiyo!" "Omiyo!" "Where are you going?" "Where did he go?" "Where he wanted to go." "Fool!" "I know." "I'll go too." "Let's cut him off." "Hey Masseur." "I heard you're a big man named Zatoichi." "I've no time to play with you." "It's a bottomless swamp." "Hang on!" "You're very quiet." "Say something." "Beat it." "Three days." "Why have we stayed here for three days?" "One day is more than enough." "It's crazy." "Maybe we shouldn't have done it." "I'll see what's happening." "Wankers!" "Go to hell!" "Shinbei." "I'll never forgive you." "But you're my old friend." "I can't kill you." "Leave this town... tonight." "Okay?" "You're safe, Omiyo." "I'm sorry to have disturbed you." "Please take care of Omiyo." "Where are you going?" "I can't go anywhere, the way I look." "I'll clean myself up." "We'll help you." "Fools!" "What can a blind man do?" "Kill him." "Tell Shinbei to despatch the rice before dawn." "What are you doing here?" "This is no place for a blind man." "Let me see the measure." "I mean..." "Let me touch it." "It's an authorised measure." "No gamblers can touch it." "You don't have to shout." "I'm blind, but I have good ears." "Take me there." "No fuss." "Or the magistrate will die." "Open it!" "Open it!" "Close the door." "Measure a to of rice." "No extras." "One sho..." "Two sho..." "Do something." "Sneak into the granary and get him." "No." "That would only get the magistrate killed." "Nine sho..." "A to." "Let me touch it." "It still has room for two sho." "Using an illegal measure is a serious crime." "Even for you." "If it's proven, you'll have to commit seppuku." "I was wrong." "I'll give the rice back to the farmers." "Please don't let the government know." "All right." "I'll have it carried out." "Open it!" "Good." "He can't get out of that." "He's a rat in a trap." "How do we take out the rice?" "I'm coming." "Break in." "Leave it to me." "What are you waiting for?" "Get on with it." "Use this." "He's gone." "That's impossible!" "Can't be true." "He moves quickly for a blind man." "He can't go very far." "Find him." "Make the men carry out the rice." "Bring the men!" "Go get the blind man!" "Carry the rice bags from the granary." "He's still around." "That blind asshole." "Speed it up." "Speed it up!" "Where the hell did that blind man go?" "Leave us to sort that out." "Shinbei, the rice won't go to Edo." "Ouch!" "You don't have to take rice to hell." "Are you listening, Shinbei?" "I've come to the conclusion that you're beyond redemption." "Stay back." "I was wrong." "Forgive me." "We were friends when we were young." "Forgive me." "I'll give you the money." "Take it." "I'll give back the quarry." "I'll apologise to the farmers." "We stole melons together when we were young children, Ichi." "Remember?" "Will he come?" "He said he'd go to Mito." "Ichi killed them." "The magistrate, Shinbei and the boss!" "He's got rid of the lot of them." "Wait!" "Don't get involved with Ichi." "He's a criminal." "You'll be executed." "Where are you going?" "She's a fool." "Ichi!" "THE END"