Quick-draw Okatsu (妖艶毒婦伝 人斬りお勝)

TOEI CO., LTD.

HITOKIRI OKATSU

LEGENDS OF THE POISONOUS QUICK-DRAW OKATSU

- Son of a bitch! - Spare me, sir!

Please don't kill me!

- My husband! - Spare me!

Producers Toru Akita Kaname Ogisawa, Keizo Mimura.

Screenplay Koji Takada.

Cinematography - Masahiko limura Sound - Masuhiro Hirokami.

Lighting - Tadasaburo Ono Art Director - Shinichi Eno.

Where's it hidden?

- There's no such thing. - Don't lie to me!

Spear it!

Editor - Yoshiki Nagasawa Assistant Director - Atsushi Mihori.

Sets - Masao Ishii Set Decoration - Kazuhiro Yonezawa.

Music Koichi Kawabe.

- Wait! - Shut up!

No! Please don't!

Starring.

Junko Miyazono.

Reiko Oshida, Yukie Kagawa Kenji Imai, Ko Nishimura.

My husband!

Stop!

Let me go! No!

Chie Kobayashi, Yuriko Mishima Masaomi Kondo, Harumi Sone.

Tetsuya Yamaoka Toshiko Sawa, Makajiro Tomita.

Bring him here!

You heartless monster!

Come back, bitch!

Special Guest Star Tomisaburo Wakayama.

Please, sir! Have mercy!

Directed by Nobuo Nakagawa.

Forgive me!

Forgive me!

Officer!

No!

Listen to me! Anyone who cheats on his tax rice

will get the same! Remember that!

Demon!

What?

- Hurry! - Stop them!

Don't let them get away!

Come back here!

Stop!

Wait!

Boss Torazo,

you're disturbing our dojo. Please withdraw.

Look, miss,

those women offended Commissioner Shiozaki. I can't let them go.

Save your breath!

If you insist, you'll deal with me.

What?

Can't you see this?

That's enough, Torazo.

But, sir...

It's all right. Withdraw.

Miss Okatsu, as a favor to me,

please forgive my men's rudeness.

I appreciate your consideration.

If you'll excuse me.

Rotten bastards!

I'd have fixed 'em good!

Thank you!

Please take care.

Traveler...

my name is Okatsu Makabe.

Thank you for rescuing that villager.

It was nothing.

I am Rui, a drifter with no home.

You'd best go, then, before you see more trouble.

- But... - I'll take care of the rest here.

All right, then. So long!

Hiranuma, still no word from Edo?

No, sir.

But we've sent many boxes of cash like this.

I'm sure the councillors will look favorably on you.

Drop the happy talk!

For a hatamoto, a posting to Kofu is virtual exile,

a huge step down from commissioner of Yamada.

Mr. Shiozaki,

if you need more cash for payoffs, just squeeze the peasants more.

You've entrusted me with this. I'll spare no effort.

As for the tax rice,

we can skim off half- no one will know.

All right, let's get going.

I don't intend to rot in this backwater forever.

Next!

Tighten it up!

Next!

If I may!

Are you all right?

Rintaro!

You were out all night again.

Come with me.

You were with Saki again, weren't you?

You can confide in me. I'm your sister.

Is the training too hard?

Rintaro, starting tomorrow you're confined indoors.

I won't obey.

Idiot!

Not yet a fully certified master,

and you waste your time chasing girls?

You're a laughingstock. Learn from your sister.

Father, don't!

It's all right. I'm used to being called an idiot.

Enough! Come!

Tighten it up!

Stop!

You'll start over from the beginning.

Let's see your basic strokes.

Have you even forgotten how to hold the wooden sword?

- Father. - I don't want to hear it.

Words like that wound his confidence even more.

He's already weighed down

by the Kogen School name and your high expectations.

He's such a disappointment.

He's just sensitive.

We need to guide him gently.

It's my fault for spoiling him because he lost his mother so young.

You mustn't lose hope, Father.

Please let me handle Rintaro.

Your victory.

You've made impressive progress.

- Samonji. - Yes, sir.

- Why did you let him win? - Sensei, I didn't!

That poisons the heart of one who learns the sword.

Master Makabe,

are you trying to insult me?

I'd like to request... a match with you!

Makabe...

I want to talk to you.

Sensei, if you don't go easy on him -

Samonji!

Are those the words of my assistant dojo master?

Shame on you!

Makabe...

what don't you like about me?

Go ahead. Tell me.

The daughter of a shabby country samurai

has the chance to marry a direct retainer of the shogun.

I cannot let you have my daughter.

Why not?

You stop at nothing to achieve your ambition,

even killing innocent people.

You're in too much of a hurry to return to Edo.

Continue like this and you'll soon bring ruin on yourself.

Mr. Shiozaki!

I'll repeat this every day if I have to until it sinks in.

That Makabe geezer is a real handful.

The stubborn mule! If we were to pass the word up the -

Samonji.

Do you know why I asked you here today?

Don't be too attached to a run-down country dojo.

I'll build you a shiny new one in Edo.

Rintaro,

you once said you'd rather be a farmer

than go on being a samurai.

Do you still feel that way?

Sure I do.

What? Don't look at me like that.

What's wrong? You're acting strange today, Saki.

Do you like children?

I'm...

I'm going to have a baby.

Are you sure?

Can it really be true?

I'm going to be a father.

That good-for-nothing Rintaro has gone out again, hasn't he?

It's a strange world.

My daughter's a natural with the sword,

but the one who counts is clumsy as a wooden puppet.

Rintaro!

I'm leaving this house, Okatsu.

I'm going to live with Saki and become a farmer.

Don't be stupid!

You're cruel, Okatsu. You know I have no instinct for the sword.

It's because you're not my real sister.

What are you saying?

I've had all I can take!

I was forced to learn swordsmanship from when I was little.

I was always compared with you and called a good-for-nothing.

Father always loved you more, though I'm his flesh and blood.

So you can take over the dojo!

Rintaro, wait!

Okatsu!

Let him go.

I don't care what happens to him.

He's not my son anymore.

Thank you!

Hey, more sake!

Rintaro, haven't you had enough?

Money, money, it's always money!

Welcome!

Saki, did Rintaro come by?

No, not here.

Please give him this. It's just a little to tide him over.

It's all I can manage right now.

Thank you.

Saki,

I'd like to help you two any way I can.