Zatoichi 19 - Samaritan Zatoichi (Zatôichi kenka-daiko)

A DAIEI CO. LTD. PRODUCTION

You're mean!

What did I do?

You knocked over the basket.

You stepped on the rice.

How are we supposed to catch sparrows without bait?

You'll have to forgive me. I'm blind.

No way. You have to pay us.

All right, then. Put out your hands.

I'll pay you with these.

Rats. No money?

These beans are perfect for catching sparrows.

Soak them in sake and scatter them on the ground.

The sparrows will come flocking

and have themselves a feast.

Pretty soon they'll get drunk and fall asleep.

Then you grab them with your bare hands.

Nothing to it.

That's a lie. It'd never work.

You won't know unless you try, will you?

Watch out, mister. You're coming to a deep spot.

What did I tell you?

Hello! Please, sir!

Sir! Damn it!

This water is freezing.

SAMARITAN ZATOICHI

Produced by HISAKAZU TSUJI Original story by KAN SHIMOZAWA

Screenplay by KIYOKATA SARUWAKA HISASHI SUGIURA, TETSURO YOSHIDA

Cinematography by FUJIO MORITA

Art Direction by AKIRA NAITO

Original Music by SEI IKENO

Edited by TOSHIO TANIGUCHI

Starring:

SHINTARO KATSU

YOSHIKO MITA, MAKOTO SATO

KO NISHIMURA, TAKUYA FUJIOKA CHOCHO MIYAKO

AKIRA SHIMIZU RYUTARO GOMI, TAKESHI DATE

ROKKO TOURA, RYOICHI TAMAGAWA

MACHIKO SOGA, OSAMU OOKAWA

SHOSAKU SUGIYAMA GEN KIMURA

YASUHIRO MINAKAMI AKIRA MOROGUCHI

Directed by KENJI MISUMI

I have a feeling

this means someone's going to die.

Unokichi,

if you don't have the money, hand over your sister.

She's not here. She went to get the money.

You expect me to believe that?

No money and no sister means we'll have to take it out of you.

Relax. She'll be back tonight.

We weren't born yesterday.

Prepare to die!

Son of a bitch!

Clear out!

So there!

The boss here must be really tight.

It's a whole fish all right, but look at that.

And the soup is so thin.

I can see my reflection. Take a look.

Thank you for the meal.

Thank you for the meal.

It's all of one measly bite.

The boss wants to see you.

He was a stranger, but he belonged to the brotherhood.

He said he needed money, so I lent him 30 ryo.

Now the term is up and I've yet to see one coin from him.

What do you think of a yakuza who does that?

I'd say he's a real son of a bitch.

We don't want his kind running around.

My sentiments exactly.

I sent my second with a couple of swordsmen to talk to him,

but he came at them like a rabid dog.

No man who disgraces the yakuza like that should be allowed to live.

You're absolutely right.

Will you lend a hand, then?

Leave it to me.

I had pretty much the same thing where I stayed a couple of days ago.

That time there were six men, and I mowed them all down.

How many am I dealing with today?

One.

Just one?

Seems a little anticlimactic, but at least it'll be easy.

Sure, I'll do it. - Good. Take this for the road.

Much obliged.

He's going along?

He may be blind, but if he's a yakuza,

he has to earn his keep like anyone else.

He doesn't have to join in. He can be an observer.

An observer? But what about -

My ears and nose are sharper than any of yours.

Excuse me, but how much did he give you?

One of these.

A ryo?

The blind bastard's an observer? What a laugh.

Look, Ichi.

When we get there, you just stay out of the way.

I'm the one who got the big money here.

I won't do a thing until you all ask me to.

Good.

He acts so damn calm.

Hey, blind man. Mind if we pick up the pace?

Go right ahead.

Why did you stop so suddenly?

Damn, we should have brought lanterns.

It's too dark to see the path.

Sounds like I can be of use after all.

Watch it, buddy.

We're ready.

Damn it!

Show yourself!

He's here!

Watch out!

He got me! Someone tie it off for me!

Son of a bitch!

Sounds like he did quite a bit of damage.

The bastard blew out the lamp.

I guess that's rather inconvenient for you sighted folks.

Come out, damn it!

Or we'll burn the place down.

Come out!

What's so funny?

There's only one guy in there, right?

Why would you burn the place down for just one guy?

You've got a big mouth.

If you think you can do better, go right ahead.

May I step forward, then?

You talked big about being an observer.

Let's see if your walk is as good as your talk.

Don't do it, Ichi.

Don't anybody get ideas about helping me out.

I'm blind,

so there's no telling who I might wind up cutting down.

Hello, there.

I'm a blind man by the name of Zatoichi.

I have no personal grievance against you.

But under the code I live by, I have no choice in this matter.

I'd like to ask you to come outside.

You come in and get me.

Since I'm blind,

I'll have the advantage in the dark.

You've got to be kidding.

A man who can't see shouldn't be playing with swords.

If you want to fight, you'll have to come get me.

Unokichi!

Are you all right? It's me!

I got the money, Unokichi!

I have the money right here.

How could you do this?

You know very well what happens when you disgrace the code.

I'll give you your money. Now you give me my brother back.

You take my money, you kill my brother-

You're demons, all of you!

- What's the real story here? - What are you doing?

You owe interest for paying late. You'll pay it with your body.

That's all you ever wanted, isn't it?

You used my brother to get to me.

Hold on. You're being unreasonable.

You stay out of this.

Shinsuke, you take the young lady inside.

He told you to stay out of this, you blind bastard!

Rokusuke, I believe it was?

That's the second time you've called me a blind bastard.

Damn it! He's the one who killed Unokichi!

Shinsuke, no one told us a thing about the young lady, did they?

No, they didn't.

You're not getting away with this, you son of a bitch!

We'll go talk to your boss about this.

Get moving.

Ichi,

if you don't mind,

I don't need to go with you, do I?

I'd rather never see that boss's face again.

I can leave, right?

Get going.

You've got some nerve showing your face here again!

It's the master of the government inn who wants that girl.

This wasn't just my orders. It was official business.

What do you say to that?

You're not the man I heard you were.

You don't deserve to call yourself a boss.

Watch it, buddy.

Listen here.

"No man who disgraces the yakuza like that should be allowed to live."

That's what you said.

I guess that means I have to kill you.

Shut up, you blind bastard!

You called me that once too often.

Kill him!

Chased by the wind

The wanderer drifts

In his final hour

Alone

On the lonesome road

When I've cut down someone who shouldn't have had to die,

the whole world goes black.

In my case, the whole world

is black from the start.

To the foolish ones

I'll offer up

The sentiments of my heart