Mysteries of Edo (ふり袖捕物帖　若衆変化)

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MYSTERIES OF EDO

MISORA Hibari as Oshichi OKAWA Hashizo as Genjiro

SAKAI Shunji as Gorohachi URAZATO Harumi as Kiyofumi KAWADA Haruhisa as Gonroku

Directed by MATSUMURA Shoji

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14 girls to date abducted from the streets of Edo,

all of them young belles of the town.

First it was Okayo, of Kodenma-cho.

Then Osen of Shibashinmei.

And Omitsu of Monzen-cho.

All of them lovely as a picture.

Who could have abducted them?

The police are searching high and low, to no avail.

They aren't exactly the brightest bunch.

Not so our capable officers, of course!

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Why, Boss Gorohachi!

Oh, it's you, Mistress.

You have been missing your dance lessons.

It's those abduction cases.

Why aren't you giving lessons?

Just like you, it's those abductions.

Why, Miss Ohana.

To make sure she gets home safely...

I'm seeing her off to Nihonbashi Bridge.

Who's taking your place?

Oshichi is.

Oshichi?

Not like that, Sir Kawashima.

Like this.

Watch.

Hi, Oshichi!

I haven't seen you for a long time, Gorohachi.

I have been tied up with the abduction cases.

But when I heard that you were giving lessons...!

My lesson?

Do you mind, sir?

Not at all.

Anyone here?!

I'm a palanquin bearer.

Matsuba-ya's daughter has been abducted!

Ohana, and the mistress?

The mistress, too!

She's been abducted, too?

I will go to Matsuba-ya's.

Take me, too.

Show us there.

Sir?

Will you come, too?

I wish I could help the mistress.

But I'm no good with this,

so I want to stay out of harm's way.

Why, I never! You disappoint me, sir!

Well...

You should leave these things to

Boss Gorohachi and stick to your lessons.

How can I,

when I don't know if the mistress is safe?

I will save the mistress myself,

without any help from a cowardly samurai like you!

DRY GOODS DEALER- MATSUBA-YA

DRY GOODS DEALER- MATSUBA-YA I'm so sorry!

I'm so sorry!

Did Ohana have a lover?

Not Miss Ohana!

You'd better not hide anything.

All-Ears Gorohachi?

Why, Cat-Eye Gonroku!

This is my turf!

Keep your sneezy face out of here!

My sneezy what?

Ohatsu! - Oshichi...!

Ohatsu, come on. It wasn't your fault.

Why don't you tell me what happened?

On the grounds of Torigoe Shrine,

we were surrounded by 10 masked samurai.

Do you recall anything else?

Like the crest on the samurai's robes?

Who are you, lady?

Who is she?!

She's Oshichi, a dance mistress substitute.

Who asked you?!

Since when have you been with Kiyofumi?

Half a year ago.

Half a year?

That's when Omitsu, the first girl, was abducted.

Don't tell me you suspect Oshichi!

Be quiet! I wasn't talking to you!

You can't become a dance mistress substitute in half a year.

Where did you learn to dance?

Well? Tell me!

Boss!

What?

It's a woman! - Fool, what woman?

A woman in long undergarments.

Is it another abduction?

No, Boss. Murder!

Murder? Where?

At the Nezu Gongen Shrine!

Dead, alright.

Long undergarments and Gongen Shrine.

It smells...

Really smells.

Boss, you have stepped in something.

What?

Dog poop.

Fool!

Excuse me.

Boss, someone wants to see you.

See me?

I'm a servant of Manabe Shinpachiro,

steward of Lord Yamada, Magistrate of Foreign Affairs.

Oh?

I will take you to my master.

Do you want something with me, sir?

My master, Lord Yamada, has ties to this land.

This kind of thing could turn into a scandal.

Couldn't you dispose of the girl's body quietly?

No way!

I have a real case on my hands.

It smells, I'm telling you. It really smells!

Gonroku...

Maybe this will get rid of the smell.

Well, now.

Will you do it?

I gave you my word. You can count on it.

Just toss the body in a grave for the unknown.

But Boss!

Why not? She just dropped dead here.

Here.

Get yourselves a drink afterwards.

Let's get out of here.

She was murdered.

Murdered?

Look at the bruise on her neck.

I doubt she strangled herself.

The victim didn't die of illness.

She was murdered.

Don't move her body until an officer gets here.

But Boss Gonroku told us to take it to the cemetery.

The boss was wrong.

We know she was murdered.

So we have to identify her,

and find her killer.

Don't move her body until an officer gets here!

He watches me with loving eyes.

Sending waves of longing in my heart.

Oh, my love...

Are you a man from the moon...?

How I wish I could meet a man like that.

Gorohachi is a kind and good man,

but he's not too bright.

And Sir Kawashima looks manly enough...

but he's just a big coward.

What's with the manly hair-do?

Still mad at me?

Find any good leads?

Yes, I did.

Not bad for a woman.

Better than some samurai who only looks like one.

That was harsh.

Now, Oshichi...

Don't be so mad, and give me my lesson.

Sorry, I'm taking a break for while.

A break? Until when?

Until the mistress comes back.

Who knows when that will be? - Be quiet!

Starting today, I'm Gorohachi's underling.

You... Gorohachi's underling?

That's right. I'm going out with him today.

Oshichi, you should think it over.

A woman should know her place and act like a woman.

Now, if you were more womanly...

Hah! You should talk!

Why don't you try being more manly?

Take up fencing or the spear instead of dancing.

I don't want to be an officer's underling.

But someone has to find the mistress.

I'm going out.

But Oshichi!

Turn around!

Think it over anyway.

Of course we should find the mistress.

But what if you get yourself abducted?

Will you save me then?

You will have to do more than dance.

Slow down, Gorohachi!

Oshichi, call me 'Boss' will you?

Okay.

You shouldn't call me 'Oshichi', either.

Right!

You got me there.

Well, Boss? - Yeah, Shichi!

Slow down, Boss.

A rookie like you may not know...

But officers pound the pavement,

morning till night.

That's what they do.

Got that? Then come along.