The Demon of Mount Oe (大江山酒天童子)

DAIEI FILMS

Sakata-no-Kintoki of the Invincible Four.

Urabe-no-Mototake of the Invincible Four.

Usui-no-Sadamitsu of the Invincible Four Urabe-no-Mototake of the Invincible Four.

Usui-no-Sadamitsu of the Invincible Four.

Watanabe-no-Tsuna of the Invincible Four.

Hirai-no-Yasumasa Lone Warrior.

Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu (Raiko) General of the Genji.

Now is the time.

Shuten Doji has fallen asleep.

Everyone, let do it!

Shuten Doji, here we come!

This is how the story of the extermination of the Demon of Mt. Oe is told.

However...

DEMON OF OE MOUNTAIN 0e- Yama Slnlten Daji.

HASEGAWA Kazuo ICHIKAWA Raizo KATSU Shintaro HONGO Kojiro.

NAKAMURA Ganjiro NAKAMURA Yutaka SHIMADA Ryuzo NEGAMI Jun.

YAMAMOTO Fujiko.

Directed by TANAKA Tokuzo.

Well, firstly...

acknowledgment is in order for you completing the important mission...

of ruling the counties.

In addition, it is delightful to receive such marvelous gifts as well.

I, Michinaga, will be sure to include your promotions in this year's agenda.

Is this Chinese silk from Sir Hizen-no-kami?

Yes, only the selected imported material.

I see the gold nuggets are from Sir Mutsu-no-kami.

Yamato-no-kami...

Only one sword?

I expect it to be a famed treasure with a legend.

Well, I wouldn't call it a treasure.

As you know Yamato is a poor county.

Our crops have been failing the past few years too.

We cannot collect taxes as much.

Quiet.

Yamato is not the only county with failing crops.

With all due respect, sir...

the farmers cannot survive if we try to squeeze any more out of them.

Idiot.

The more you squeeze out of farmers, the more you get. Understand?

Wait, farmers are human too.

We cannot take their lives.

Do you mean to disobey me?

Yamato-no-kami, you seem to have no ambition to get promoted.

Suit yourself.

Nagisa, are you ready to go?

Yes.

Don't resent me.

I'm sending you to Raiko not because my love for you waned...

but because I care about you.

Don't look so sad.

Raiko may not be an aristocrat but he is a respected general of the Genji clan.

You do not have to lament so much.

Come now, Nagisa, dance for us for our parting.

Cheer up the farewell party.

Yes.

Last in tlhe tapestry afblassams I sing and play as if in a dream...

Pine trees the wind cannot sway, what happiness ta live in this peaceful world...

What is that?

Dreadful monster!

"A9lsa!"

“Aglsa-I Naglsal

I'm Sakata-no-Kintoki, a servant to Raiko of Yamato.

I came to escort the princess.

Damn you, demon!

Princess Nagisa is here. Come greet her.

My lord, I escorted Princess Nagisa.

Well done.

A certain incident happened at Kanpaku's mansion...

which caused the delay in my return.

What?

There's been a number of strange occurrences at his mansion lately.

I hear they are all involved Princess.

I...

I am cursed.

What, cursed? By who?

That I...

Cannot tell us?

Sir Kanpaku is afraid of the curse.

I see.

That is why he sent you to me.

Yes.

The curse is with me wherever I go.

How intriguing.

I, Minamoto-no-Yorimitsu, am now your official caretaker.

My lord.

My lord...

Look at Hiekiri-maru!

The legend says that...

Hiekiri-maru, the superior sword of the Genji clan...

glows when a demonic presence is around.

Another demon!

Raiko is with his new bride and is distracted tonight.

Now is the time to attack Ikeda Chunagon.

Kill all but women and children!

Katsu ra!

Stop it!

Oh, it's the famed Princess Katsura.

You don't deserve her.

I, Hakamadare, will take her.

Retreat! Retreat!

You're still awake.

Who are you?

I'm Kotsuma, a long time servant for my lord.

I see. Pleased to meet you.

It might be an honor for the ruling class drunk with power and glory...

to receive a gift from Lord Kanpaku.

But we, the warrior clan of Genji, observe no such tradition.

I hear that you cried in front of Lord Kanpaku lamenting your descent here.

I cried not because I did not want to come here...

but for the sorrow of being a woman tossed around like a doll with no soul.

So, you did not resent Lord Kanpaku for leaving you.

Lady Kotsu ma...

Kanpaku used his power and forced me to leave my loved one.

I...

I had a husband.

What?

A husband and yet he...

How sad.

How does Lord Raiko feel about me?

I don't know.

So, tonight is he...?

He won't come.

Then, what will become of me?

My brother will take care of you.

Who is your brother?

The leader of the Invincible Four, Watanabe-no-Genji Tsuna.

Where are you going?

Yes, I am on my way to Watari in Gojo from Omiya in Ichijo.

The capitol is dangerous, full of bandits and the like.

What a bold woman.

Are you traveling alone?

I'm hurrying along because I am alone and scared of the dark streets.

I'm not surprised that you're scared. I can accompany you to Gojo.

I am obliged.

I shall take accept your offer.

How beautiful.

You have a gentle mannerism for a city person.

It would be a joy to have a wife like you.

But I'm sure you have a wife.

Oh no, I'm a bumpkin from Azuma.

No woman wants to marry me.

That's impossible.

You're the famed member of Lord Yorimitsu's clan, Watanabe-no-Tsuna.

How do you know my name?

I am in love with you. Of course I know your name.

It's a lie that you're in love with me.

You know my name because of your demon power!

Demon power...

I saw your reflection in the moonlight.

I saw a demon. Reveal your true self!

Damn you, demon!

Damn you!

What shall we do with the arm?

It still carries the demon's obsession.

The demon will surely come to get it back.

Abe-no-Seimei, what is your opinion as a demon expert?

Indeed, if you refrain from any outside contact...

and guard the arm from the demon for three days...

the demon will lose its magic power.

Guard the arm for three days...

Edo city..

You should keep the gate locked tightly...

and not allow anyone in for three days.

Attach this holy plaque on the gate to keep evil away.

Doctor, let me.

I leave it in your hands, Tsuna.

Brother, wait.

What's the matter?

This mission of yours...

Can someone else take it over?

What are you saying?

It's only logical the one who cut off the arm should guard it.

But I feel scared.

If anything ever happens to you...

then, whom would I count on?

That's not like you.

If, hypothetically speaking, anything ever happens to me...

you have my lord to count on.

But with a beautiful lady like Princess Nagisa moving in...

then, a country girl like me would... Fool.

You've served my lord for over a decade and you don't understand?

But with a pretty lady from the capitol city around...

he may have a change in heart.

STOP

He's sworn to himself that you're the wife for him.

But that sounds too good to be true.

Have faith. Keep your faith.

DAY ONE

DAY TWO

DAY THREE

At last. The third night has finally come.

Excuse me, your aunt from Watanabe County just arrived.

What, my aunt?

Auntie, it's Tsuna.

Oh, Tsuna.

What on earth is going on?

Why won't you let me in the gate?

Something came up and we are refraining from outside contact.

I know you're my aunt, but we cannot let you in today.