Lone Wolf Isazo

Daiei films

Lone wolf isazo (hitori okami)

ichikawa raizo

nagato isamu, ogawa mayumi, iwasaki kaneko

Directed by ikehiro kazuo

Who on earth told you?

Isazo the wanderer?

I knew him well.

Were we sworn brothers?

No way.

Sure, I'm a yakuza too, but I'm still unaccomplished.

But not isazo.

Through and through, so to speak.

He was what a true yakuza looks like.

'The ripper' would have been...

A perfect name for him rather than 'the wanderer'.

He never stayed in one place more than three days.

He killed so many that...

He was always on alert that someone was after him.

You could feel it.

He had no boss, no disciple.

Won't let anyone get close to him.

He truly was a lone wolf.

It was at the shiojiri peak in shinshu...

I haven't done anything to induce your challenge. Go away.

Are you chickening out, isazo?

You know my name.

So that's isazo the wanderer.

All right.

Hey, I'll lend you a hand!

No need!

I don't want to have nightmares about your graves.

Unsheath your sword, coward!

Get him!

Damn you, you say one thing and do another.

How dare you rape an innocent girl.

You'd better leave, or you'll get mixed up in trouble.

I didn't see him for a long time after that.

I think it was the following year, toward the end of winter...

It was at boss yozaemon's sakamoto inn in joshu...

When I ran into him the second time...

Excuse me, excuse me!

This is my first introduction to you. I was born in...

Hold it right there.

You call that an introduction?

You haven't been around much, have you?

Well, this is my first trip in training. Please go easy on me.

I really don't know how to go about it. Please take me with you.

You want to come as a second man, I see.

Yes, I'd appreciate it.

I'm traveling; Therefore, this is my first introduction to you.

I ask the chief and madam of your family to forgive my introduction.

I was born kiso. My boss in the gambling business is age matsu-no-jinbei.

I'm his young disciple, magohachi, who is just a beginner.

I ask you to kindly acknowledge our encounter...

And regard me as an ally from now on.

I'm hanji, born in mino. Pleased to meet you.

Excuse me but aren't you isazo?

Didn't I meet you in shiojiri peak?

You remembered. Thanks.

What are you waiting for? Come draw water for him.

- Yes! - Hurry up.

Oh, I'm fine. Excuse me.

Brother, who is he?

What's wrong with you?

If you want to be a gambler, know your basics.

That's isazo the ripper.

That's him?

Hurry up.

It's a known fact...

That whomever he sides with always wins a war between families.

That's why every family manager wants to hire him.

Not only that...

They say he has a divine touch when it comes to dice rolling.

Boss, madam, I am grateful for the meal.

- I am grateful. - I am grateful.

Shall I go get another?

What?

There's only this much left.

Idiot.

It's a rule that a traveler can only have one bowl of soup...

One main dish, and two bowls of rice.

Thank you for the meal.

Brother, please lie down.

Hey, hold it.

What kind of layout is this?

What?

I can't believe how ignorant you are.

A traveler sleeps in a single layer folded in two.

Do it over.

But brother, we'll catch a cold with just one layer.

It's the proper manners. Keep it in mind.

You seem to think it's easy.

I don't think you'll make it in this business.

You'd better quit for your own sake.

No way.

I can't go back to my village now. I quit farmer business completely.

Being a gambler is much harder than being a farmer.

But you see, I have no money, no status.

This is the only way I can make it in the world.

I've had enough of slithering around muddy rice paddies.

I'm prepared to do anything...

I want to be like isazo.

You don't know what you're talking about.

You can never be like him with soft spirit like yours.

I will.

I'll show you.

Quite a skill. He's got all the money.

Isn't it the right time to quit?

Looks like odd is the bet of the night.

Let me bet with you, traveler.

Me too! Me too!

Odd side closed.

Any bet on even?

We cannot continue without a bet on even.

Even?

This won't be a game. What's going to happen?

I guess the house will have to bet on even.

Any bet on even? Place some bets on even.

Any bet on even?

Don't mean to take over but I'll withdraw my bet and counterbalance the others.

Bets closed.

Odd! 3-6 odd.

He lost it all.

He did it knowingly.

You can't keep winning and just leave.

I will retire for the night.

Visitor, good game, wasn't it?

Yes.

Here you are.

Please use this for your refreshments.

Thanks.

Boss, and everyone, please excuse me.

Thank you.

Please teach me how to read the dices the way you do.

I'm told I came out from mom's womb with dice in each hand.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Hey...

What are you doing? Hey!

Why are you spacing out?

Brother, I know I'm a beginner.

Nowhere near where isazo is.

But he's a human being too.

What?

What would happen if I Killed him?

My name will ring throughout the eight regions of kaga.

What on earth are you talking about?

Are you dreaming?

Hey, I'm going to visit my old lady.

Come out of it. What a fool.

I'm in bed already.

Excuse me for coming back late.

Thank you for patrolling.

Thank you.

Have a good night.

Good night.

I will.

Where is agematsu's man?

He should be home soon.

Is that so?

Then, I'll turn this off.

Don't do it, young man.

You're saved because I know you hold no grudges against me.

Otherwise...

My sword would have pierced through your neck in a flash.

I was playing a foolish game. Please forgive me.

The following spring...

Boss kumokaze-no-kamekichi of sanshu hirai held...

An anniversary of his late predecessor.

I attended the prayer service on behalf of the ill boss jinbei.

Then, at the game held afterwards, I saw isazo.

Wait. That's boss terazu-no-manosuke, right?

Indeed. Sitting across from him is mori-no-goro.

Oh, boss mori.

Well, guys, I'm off.

I can't play against isa.

Hey, see you later.

Isa's gonna take them to the cleaners today.

What?

Isazo.

Master!

Master, I don't know what happened between you and him.

He is a traveling man, but someone the big men treat as equals.

You don't know what the consequences will be.

I'd say take it easy.

Do you think I held myself back because I was afraid of him?

Not at all. Come on, pour him another cup.

Who is "he"?

None of your business.

Isazo the wanderer.

- Isazo? - You know him?

Is he here now?

Did you have something with him?

I'll leave that up to your imagination.

I'll bring him here if you want to see him.

He won't. He dumped me like a piece of rag.

Interesting.

Woman, leave it to me if you have grudges against him.

I'll take care of him.