Samurai 7 (SAMURAI 7)

[RURAL GIRL AND RURAL BOY LAUGH]

Shichiroji...

We're going to drive straight into that enemy battleship...

Buy some time for our allies. So they can retreat safely.

A losing battle, huh?

It's all we've got.

Commander, flip the Pressure-Valves to wide open.

Propulsion Drive to Maximum. Pulse Armor on Forward Defense.

We're going in.

The water has spoken. How many?

Seven tablets.

Dig seven times with seven turns

where the Dowsing Crystal points.

The water will be waiting.

Will it definitely be enough for a well?

This will sure help us out.

Yeah, I was scared when the well dried up--

I thought it was the last thing our village could take.

But the Priestess has saved us.

Thank you for your help. We would be lost without you.

She helps us with everything.

Hey what's the matter, Komachi?

My stomach's growling!

Why are they here?

They know it's not harvesting season yet.

They take more than rice now.

I heard of another village where they took their livestock--

and then they came back and took their women too,

daughters, wives, it didn't matter.

They took them all.

Then we have to get the Water Priestess

to the shrine!

What if they see her?

Cursed Bandits...

It's almost harvesting season.

They probably came today to see how the rice was growing--

to see how much they could get.

I can't believe it's already been a year.

And they're going to take it all again.

It gets worse every year.

It's like negotiating with wolves.

You give them your arms, then they ask for your legs!

Can't we do something? I can't sleep anymore.

Every night, I think I hear them coming.

I hear that rumbling of their machines.

We're all suffering. But what can we do?

We have to fight the Bandits.

Rise up and kill them ourselves!

Kill the No-Buseri? That's madness.

It's the only way we'll keep them from

taking all we have!

How can we battle them?!

We're just farmers, and they're the Bandits! The No-Buseri!

They've turned themselves into weapons--

they fly in giant machines, with swords the size of houses!

They rule over everything!

So we should break our backs all year,

just so they can have fat stomachs?

It's like an earthquake, Rikichi.

All we can do is bear it, and give the Bandits what they want.

Other villages have tried to fight back,

and they were massacred.

It's better to lose our rice than our lives.

What are you talking about?

Without the crop, we'll be dead anyway!

Rikichi, please. Stop.

No. We can't be cowards anymore!

I know you're mad, but we've all had losses.

You haven't lost anything!

We'll fight them.

We'll make our stand... Against the Bandits.

Elder, that's impossible!

We're rice growers--

We don't know anything about war!

That's why we're hiring Samurai.

But I've never heard of a village of peasants

hiring samurai, Elder.

I have witnessed it with my own eyes,

after the Great War ended, and the Bandits

pillaged the countryside completely unchecked...

Out of all the villages that I passed,

only one had not been burned to the soil,

one that had hired Samurai--

Only they can compete with Bandits.

Yes, Elder, of course! That's what we have to do!

But Samurai are expensive and proud,

and the only thing we have of value is the harvest.

I doubt they're going to fight to save us

in the name of sympathy and a few bowls of rice.

Then find hungry samurai.

Huh...?

Even bears will come out of the forest if they're hungry enough.

But if we really want Samurai,

then someone will have to go into the city.

And that's dangerous, too!

Then I volunteer.

Ahh... Very good, Rikichi.

Elder?

I'd like to go too, if you'll let me.

Kirara, please.

I must... I can use my talents to divine

which Samurai are most suited for saving us.

No one questions your abilities, Priestess,

but Samurai don't behave like water...

Besides, the city is dangerous for anyone,

especially young girls...

I'm not afraid of it... And Rikichi will be with me.

Of course, I trust your wisdom over mine.

Then it's decided...

We are counting on you as always, Water Priestess.

I know.

Before the ears of rice begin to bend,

bring us Samurai who can defend us...

Our hope... Now rests on that.

You girls don't need to worry. I'll protect you with my life.

And we are grateful for that, Rikichi.

I'm not worried at all, sis.

I know your crystal will find them.

You were very sweet to come along, Komachi.

I wanted to go exploring too,

and see the whole big rest of the world.

I can't let you have all the fun on your own.

So that's why... I thought you wanted to help.

Oh boy... That smells good.

The rice...

Thief! Stop!

Please, that's our rice!

Help us, somebody! Thief!

Stop whispering and walking

and pretending like you don't even hear!

Just somebody stop him, please!

Catch the thief!

You're lucky I'm not turning you in.

Oh, Great Samurai, thank you so much...

We don't deserve your graciousness.

Please, get up, it wasn't that big of a deal.

Get away from that...!

That's our rice! Please, stop it! Stop!

Leave this man alone!

No... Our precious rice...

Just help... It's okay now...

I was afraid... it was gone...

I'm... hungry...

And we almost lost it... We almost lost it all...