"GHOSTSTORY OF YOTSUYA" "A Mitsugu Okura Production" "'The bond of parent and child lasts through this world... '...but that of husband and wife lasts forever." "'How can you kill one who is yours body and soul... '...who is bound to you for generations to come?" "Photography Tadashi Nishimoto Art Director Hiroyasu Kurosawa" "Shigeru Amachi Noriko Kitazawa Katsuko Wakasugi" "'I cannot leave this baby, innocent of any sin!" "'O, the fury of a woman maddened... '...is truly like unto... '...the greatest horror there is.'" "Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa" "Okayama, Bizen" "It's very cold." "Yes, I'm chilled to the bone." "It's past winter solstice." "I wonder how long this cold will go on..." "A moment, please!" "lemon Tamiya again begs the hand of your daughter Iwa in marriage." "You again?" "I've told you:" "I will not give Iwa to a libertine like you." "What proof do you have that I'm a libertine?" "That you would demand proof of such a thing is very amusing." "I guess that's how a man of no status would think." "But you don't deceive Samon so easily." "I may have no position, but I am a samurai!" "You believe lies!" "A samurai speaks but once:" "...you will not have her!" "You say that your disrepute is all due to lies, Tamiya yet you lie in wait in a place like this conduct unworthy of even the lowest samurai." "Samon, you dishonor yourself by even speaking with him." "Let's be on our way." "Hear me I want no more of you haunting my grounds like some stray cat!" "Wait!" "Why do you go back on your promise and treat me like some thief?" "I've said no." "There's no sense in you arguing." "Enough!" "It is you who makes no sense!" "Who are you to silence me?" "A man of no status does not silence an elder!" "No man talks down to me!" "Silence!" "Hold your tongue!" "I would never give my daughter to a prattling fool!" "Do you call me a fool?" "!" "Wait!" "Well, chief I'd say you're in trouble." "Bastard!" "Hey!" "Take it easy!" "I've got an idea." "Leave this to me." "I know exactly what to do." "Miss Iwa, Yomoshichi is here." "What a terrible thing to happen to your father!" "It is a tragedy for you, as well." "Usaburo Ozawa has a slash right across his face." "It must have been him!" "He tried to rob your father once before." "I suppose he was angry because Father filed a complaint." "Yomoshichi may I ask that you delay your marriage to my sister Sode until we've taken vengeance?" "The sooner I avenge this wrong, the better." "lemon, would you be so kind as to accompany us and render assistance?" "Gladly." "For you, Miss Iwa, anything." "Well, well, well!" "I wonder who's the lucky man..." "What a pretty bride!" "Yes." "Chief when do we get rid of that guy?" "It irritates me just seeing him walking with Sode." "Iwa, aren't you getting tired?" "Yes, I am." "It's been six months since we left home." "You're not stringing me along, are you?" "I'm the one being strung along, stuck with a man like you!" "I'm a samurai!" "If you won't help me I'll just have to tell them what happened." "Watch your tongue, Naosuke!" "So you will get rid of Yomoshichi for me..." "As soon as I have the chance." "Shiraito Falls/Soga Shrine:" "1 Mile" "I want to pray where the Soga brothers took revenge in the old story." "But I feel so weak..." "I'll pray to them for you, Miss Iwa." "You wait here." "Would you, please?" "Yomoshichi would you pray to them for me as well?" "Of course." "Chief...now's our chance." "Don't waste it." "Try and push him over the cliff." "I'll stab him if you miss." "A magnificent sight!" "Indeed." "It's amazing that when the Sogas planned their revenge these falls fell silent to let them hear each other." "I wish the ladies could see it." "Yes." "Villain!" "I guess this makes us both murderers." "Quiet!" "Who's going to back up your story if you kill me?" "Iwa!" "Just a little longer!" "They'll be back any minute." "There's trouble!" "Usaburo attacked us!" "Yomoshichi fell over the falls!" "Yomoshichi?" "!" "They were too strong for us." "They're a bad bunch." "They almost got the chief, too, but he was too quick." "He got away." "I'm ashamed of myself!" "Let's follow them!" "But my sister..." "But if we don't, who knows when we'll see them again?" "Naosuke..." "I'll take care of Iwa." "You and Sode follow them." "Right!" "Come on, Sode." "They won't get away from us!" "Take care, Iwa." "Miss Iwa!" "I'm sorry." "I'm nothing but trouble." "What are you talking about?" "You're my wife!" "A snake!" "Don't kill it!" "They're servants of the gods!" "And I was born in their year!" "Don't be stupid...damn this thing!" "Edo" "You must be tired." "Why not rest a while?" "Last night I dreamed of my sister." "Father was taking us to a festival." "In Okayama, they'll be having the Hachiman Festival now." "I wonder what's happened to Sode..." "Is she here in Edo or did she and Naosuke go off somewhere?" "It's not fair that we're so poor!" "If there were any justice you'd have a position..." "Iwa!" "Stop that!" "I don't want to hear it." "When are you going to avenge my father?" "I'll take revenge!" "As soon as I get the chance!" "We haven't found my sister we have no idea of how we'll revenge ourselves and you're reduced to doing piecework..." "Enough!" "So you want to leave and go back home?" "And you're tired of living in poverty?" "Maybe you're tired of me." "Do what you want, then." "So will I!" "I didn't mean that!" "lemon!" "lemon!" "Elixir!" "Five pennies!" "The miracle potion!" "Elixir!" "Five pennies!" "The miracle potion!" "Back early again?" "He's been telling me all about you, Missus." "How you two spend your afternoons..." "'Elixir!" "Five pennies!" "The miracle potion!" "'Fits, convulsions, dizziness..." "'Elixir of Holland!" "Good for what ails you!" "Five pennies a grain!" "'" "You've been drinking again!" "We got bored." "We stopped in at the tavern on the corner." "But all the time I was thinking of you here alone..." "I'm so sick of shouting 'Elixir!" "Five pennies!" "'" "Well, there's a reason why you're doing it." "We have to find my sister, and take revenge!" "'Revenge'..." "let's not talk about that now." "Come on, Sode..." "Let go!" "I wasn't born to be the wife of a man of low birth!" "What do you mean, 'wife'?" "We're just pretending we're married." "I can't wait much longer..." "You promised you wouldn't touch me till we took revenge!" "Oh, come on!" "No!" "Let go of me!" "Sode!" "Sode!" "The girl can come pour our drinks for us or you don't get by us." "It was you who bumped me with your scabbard!" "So you aren't going to give her to us?" "We'll just have to take her." "Hey!" "Who are you?" "!" "Show your face!" "Thank you." "You got us out of a tight spot." "You're very good with a sword." "You're too kind." "I hope we will come to know you better." "If you'll permit me..." "I can't accept that." "Take it as a token of my gratitude." "I may have no situation but I am a samurai." "One rarely meets a gentleman these days." "Ume, you should thank him." "Yes." "I am most truly grateful." "It's so hot!" "Welcome back!" "It's the boss!" "Welcome!" "Hot, ain't it." "I wish it'd rain!" "Hello!" "It's hot!" "Will I see you later?" "Two dice, two dots!" "Evens!" "How can you gamble in this heat?" "Takuetsu..." "lend me some money." "Again?" "You have a pretty wife waiting at home." "She'll be my collateral." "What?" "Sure!" "For her I'll lend you as much as you like." "But I'll hold you to your word." "I don't care." "I'll get it from Naosuke later." "Hey, chief..." "Oh, it's you..." "I don't have a tree that grows money, you know." "Oh, I forgot I've got to go out to another customer." "We've been in Edo for two years now." "I'm getting tired of being broke all the time." "Even if we have to kill someone, let's do something big." "Just like that night in Okayama." "Naosuke!" "Welcome home." "Would you like to change your clothes or will you eat first?" "No." "It's so humid tonight..." "Oh, yes..." "Takuetsu came to give me a massage." "He was talking about a Naosuke from Okayama..." "Naosuke?" "Have you seen him?" "Of course not!" "But Takuetsu said..." "I haven't seen him, I said!" "Takuetsu said you still owe him money..." "Shut up!" "All right!" "I'll pawn something." "What have we got?" "Nothing." "Nothing, eh?" "Wait!" "Without that the mosquitoes will eat him alive!" "This place is thick with them!" "Then chase them away!" "Let go!" "A tortoise-shell comb!" "I didn't think we had anything like this left." "This is worth money!" "Lend me this." "Anything but that!" "It was my mother's!" "Please!" "Not that!" "Let go!" "I won't!" "Give it back!" "Instead take this sash." "Have your damn comb, then!" "lemon!" "You'd better pay me pretty well for this one, Ma." "It's been hard work prying lemon loose from Iwa." "I know that." "But it was your mother who opened this door, don't forget." "You're a tough old bird!" "I have to be, with a no-good like you for a son!" "It's not much, but it's yours." "Thank you very much!" "Sir I hope this will be the start of a long association." "Your daughter seems pleased." "If those two marry, you'll be the matchmaker." "You couldn't turn against my son then, sir!" "You've gotten so thin lately..." "Your husband makes you worry, I'll bet." "I heard something from someone about your husband and old man Ito's daughter, Ume." "Ume?" "!" "I'd watch out if I were you." "Takuetsu you aren't married, so you might not understand." "That doesn't happen once two people are married." "You may be right." "I just thought in this case I should say something." "No." "My husband, at least, would never do such a thing!" "Chief..." "Oh, Naosuke..." "Did you have fun?" "How was the young lady?" "Here's some pocket money." "Why don't we stop fooling around with all this small stuff and make up our minds and do something?" "Old man Ito won't keep giving us money for nothing." "I know that." "Then you get my drift." "Why not make Ume the happiest woman in the world?" "If it was only as easy as all that..." "Chief!" "Don't tell me you're afraid of Iwa." "If that's the problem, just kill her." "What?" "!" "You've done it before." "What's one more?" "Be tough now, or you won't spend your old age in comfort." "How would you like a position in some lord's household?" "Chief...wait!" "What if Iwa was to find out the truth?" "Then what, Chief?" "Is this another one of your schemes?" "I'm glad you asked." "Why not use Takuetsu?" "Takuetsu?" "He's in love with Iwa." "We can set him up so people think he's her lover." "And there's nothing illegal in killing a woman who's taken a lover behind her husband's back." "But I couldn't kill Iwa!" "There you go again!" "All right..." "I can get some foreign poison." "Poison?" "!" "How are you feeling now?" "I just get worse and worse." "I'm not afraid to get sick and die myself but our poor child!" "If I die..." "If you die..." "You wouldn't take a new wife right away, would you?" "Sure I would." "Right away." "A nice, rich one." "What's wrong with that?" "It happens all the time." "So it's true about you and old man Ito's daughter?" "And what about taking revenge for my father?" "'Revenge'..." "I'm sick of hearing about it." "How can you say that?" "!" "I'm fed up to the teeth with it!" "What of it?" "If you don't like it, leave!" "Find another man to help you!" "Are you going to leave me for her?" "Shut up!" "Stop crying." "It was just a bad joke." "Forgive me." "You'll get sick." "I know...tomorrow I'll get you some medicine that works." "Chief, you're late!" "I'll go on ahead." "We don't want to keep Ume waiting on her wedding day." "Wait!" "What are we going to do about Iwa?" "Not her again!" "Here's the potion." "First her face will break out, and then she'll die." "Here you go." "Take it!" "Stop being so much damn trouble!" "And this position you speak of is assured?" "Come now!" "Don't be so formal!" "Once the ceremony is over, you'll be one of the family." "You won't have to worry." "I'll take care of everything." "Won't I, Ume?" "You and Naosuke have been a great help to me." "Me?" "Iwa's lover?" "Don't make fun of me!" "I'm serious." "Out!" "This must be a joke." "You doubt the word of a samurai?" "But Iwa's your wife!" "And it's her husband who asks." "I understand!" "So the story about you and the Ito girl is true..." "You're slow." "So you'll do it?" "I'll give you whatever you want." "This is too good to be true!" "This is so beautiful!" "And you bought it for me!" "I'm so happy!" "What are you doing in there?" "I bought some medicine for your circulation." "I'm boiling some up for you." "Thank you!" "It's been so long since you were so nice to me." "I spoke to you so harshly last night..." "I'm sorry." "And I always answer back..." "I'm sorry, too." "Let's both forget what's in the past." "Yes." "There's fireworks at Ryogoku tonight." "Next year I'll take you to see them." "They say this medicine works wonders." "Here." "Drink it, quickly." "You're so nice to me tonight..." "I'm so happy I'm crying!" "Good evening." "Good evening!" "Good evening." "Takuetsu...you've come at a perfect time." "You know what to do?" "Come in." "Good evening." "Your husband asked me to come." "Thank you." "lemon...you've thought of everything..." "It's nothing." "I'll go see about that position." "Why not go and see the fireworks as well?" "Perhaps I will." "It's very humid tonight..." "Usaburo!" "I've been waiting..." "Naosuke!" "Sode!" "Take a good look!" "That's Usaburo!" "Vengeance!" "I'm covered in sweat!" "Thank you, Naosuke!" "Don't thank me." "As of tonight, we're husband and wife!" "I've got something else to do." "You go home and get ready!" "Right here..." "The grief a husband brings cramps this muscle here." "The best way to uncramp this muscle is to cut the ties that bind you to a husband like that." "Stop that!" "He may have no position, but I am wife to a samurai!" "Lay a hand on me again and I'll have your head!" "Please!" "Spare me!" "This wasn't my idea!" "Your husband knows all about it." "He does?" "!" "He knows everything." "Is this true?" "!" "What's wrong?" "!" "My face!" "My head hurts!" "I can't breathe!" "I'm dizzy!" "Get me some water!" "Water..." "More water!" "Missus...here's your water." "Is something wrong?" "No!" "Is this is this me?" "!" "Takuetsu!" "You did this!" "No!" "It wasn't me!" "lemon planned all this so he could marry Ito's daughter!" "He said he'd reward me if I seduced you!" "lemon?" "!" "Takuetsu!" "Missus, wait!" "I didn't do anything!" "Missus!" "Takuetsu!" "My little boy!" "Oh, hateful lemon!" "How could you be so cruel to one who never sinned against you!" "You poor child!" "How could I leave you to a man like that?" "Die with your mother!" "I could never enter paradise if I left you behind." "lemon, you heartless and cold-blooded brute do you think I will leave you with this debt unpaid?" "!" "lemon!" "Why are you rushing away?" "Did you do it?" "No!" "I didn't do anything." "Don't hide it." "She's still a samurai wife." "For someone of your caste, the thrill of a lifetime." "A monster like that?" "Takuetsu!" "Did you stab her?" "Of course not!" "She did that with a razor!" "Whatever." "But Takuetsu you know what samurai do to adulterers, don't you?" "Sir!" "I didn't do anything!" "Naosuke!" "You finally did it!" "Naosuke pull off one of the shutters." "We'll nail them onto it." "The law says I can lay them together and cut them in half." "No one will say anything." "We'd better hurry." "Tonight's your wedding." "All right, let's go!" "Chief!" "What's wrong?" "We're not poor any more." "Tonight's a great night!" "There's nothing to worry about." "I wouldn't expect you to know how I feel." "'On Takasago Beach... '...raise the sail... '...of your ship... '...and with the ebbing tide run with the moon...'" "You must be tired." "Will you have some tea?" "Thank you." "Come and change." "lemon..." "How could you give me poison to drink?" "I will visit my hatred on you." "Be sure of that." "What's wrong?" "Why did you shout?" "I'll sleep alone tonight." "What is it?" "A snake!" "There's nothing to be afraid of now, Ume." "Oh, lemon!" "Ume, do you still have to act so shy with me?" "lemon what did I ever do to wrong you?" "You!" "You're dead!" "Ume!" "Ume!" "lemon?" "Sir?" "Is anything wrong?" "May I come in?" "lemon!" "Damn you, Iwa!" "lemon?" "lemon?" "Takuetsu!" "Sir!" "There's hair caught in this..." "that's disgusting!" "A comb!" "This looks like tortoise-shell!" "What's this around my feet?" "Someone could still wear this..." "Catching any eels, Naosuke?" "Hello, Chief." "Going fishing?" "I need a change." "Do you think it's safe for you to leave the temple?" "I feel like I'm suffocating in there." "Going already?" "If I stir up the mud chasing eels I'll scare off the other fish." "I thought I'd go home and have some fun with Sode." "If you'll excuse me..." "Iwa!" "Do you haunt me still?" "!" "lemon I will make an end to the blood of the Tamiya name!" "Go to hell!" "Takuetsu!" "Pay what you owe me." "Takuetsu!" "You, too?" "!" "Do you never stop?" "!" "That's awful!" "You scared me!" "What's wrong?" "Two corpses turned up in the river at Mannen Bridge!" "Corpses?" "A man and a woman." "They were nailed to a shutter." "What's wrong?" "!" "The bucket's full of snakes!" "There's no snakes here..." "This comb..." "Where did you get it?" "At the Potter's Field in Kamimura." "Why?" "This is my sister's!" "It was Mother's..." "Don't be stupid!" "There's lots of combs like that." "No." "This comb is my sister's." "And this kimono is hers, too." "I'm sure of it!" "What if something's happened to her?" "Iwa!" "How did you find us so late, and in this back street?" "Come in!" "We were talking about you!" "I'm so glad you're here!" "And so relieved you're safe!" "This is your comb, isn't it?" "I knew it!" "Forgive me!" "Forgive me!" "It was lemon Tamiya who killed your father and Yomoshichi's!" "He's at Zuishoji Temple at Snake Mountain!" "Forgive me!" "Forgive me!" "The Bizen Inn" "Miss Iwa!" "I was dreaming..." "Or was I?" "Miss Sode!" "It's you!" "It's me!" "Yomoshichi!" "Yomoshichi!" "You're alive!" "A woodcutter pulled me out of the waterfall." "When my wounds healed I came to Edo." "It's amazing you found me here." "Yes..." "It's very strange..." "My sister..." "Miss Iwa?" "Yes." "This is her comb." "It was a revelation!" "Miss Sode Miss Iwa came to me in a dream and told me it was a lie that Usaburo Ozawa killed our fathers." "She said it was lemon Tamiya." "So it was him!" "You knew that?" "Yes." "When my sister appeared Naosuke started raving that lemon was our enemy." "That was all in my dream!" "lemon and Naosuke stabbed me and pushed me over the falls!" "Could they have killed my sister?" "They must have." "She told me where lemon was, and that I should avenge her." "Naosuke said so, too." "lemon's at the Zuishoji Temple at Hebiyama, in Honjo." "Chief, how can I help if you won't say anything?" "Open your mouth and talk to me!" "Where did old man Ito keep his damn money?" "!" "It's got to be either under the floorboards or in the ceiling." "Let's get the hell out of Edo and start over somewhere brand new!" "Hiding out in this snake-infested temple won't do us any good!" "You poison your pretty wife, set a masseur up as her lover kill him and dump them in a ditch at Potter's Field." "I'm impressed!" "The samurai is as much a villain as I am." "This is no time to go weepy and womanish!" "We're both vermin out of the same hole." "So where's the money?" "Naosuke I told you, I didn't take a penny out of that house." "Go away." "Leave me." "Go away, I tell you!" "This is interesting..." "you're going to kill me?" "Go on, then." "Do it." "You don't know your place, Naosuke." "All of this was your..." "Stop this whining!" "Kill me if you're going to." "You can't, can you." "You haven't got the spine." "Cut me down!" "lemon!" "lemon!" "lemon!" "Yomoshichi!" "You're alive!" "lemon Tamiya..." "I avenge my father!" "I avenge my father..." "and my sister!" "Damn you!" "Die!" "Iwa...forgive me..." "Iwa!" "Forgive me!" "Iwa!" "I was wrong!" "Forgive me!" "The End"