Kisaragi Sword (きさらぎ無双剣)

Toei Company, LTD

THE KISARAGI SWORD

Cast

ICHIKAWA Utaemon

MATSUKATA Hiroki SATOMI Kotaro

OKAWA Keiko YOHIKAWA Hiroko

WAKAYAMA Tomisaburo KONOE Jushiro

Directed by SASAKI Ko

Make way! Make way!

Anego, this is Goro.

Please, open the door!

What happened, Goro?

Did you stumble upon something bad again?

No. Please don't get upset, but...

Brother's leaving.

Get ready to go. If you go now, you still can see him before he leaves.

Yuno's leaving? But he still should be in Kodenma Town's...

...prison, supposedly, but this is how the world spins.

There is a raging fire in town.

The Bugyo are occupied with it. So it turned out to be tonight.

Be careful.

If you get in trouble, it'll be more trouble for brother.

Who's there?

It's me.

Oh, Yuno!

I missed you.

I missed you so much.

You are talking about me, who might be sent away to Hachijojima for ten years.

What happened? Did you escape?

Stop joking.

I have to run some errands somewhere far away.

To where?

I can't say where.

But if everything works out, I might be with you, instead of back in Hachijojima.

I can't promise anything, so don't wait for me.

Wait, Yuno.

I don't know what on earth is going on.

Of course you don't.

But, regardless whether I'm alive or not...

...don't sleep with your feet laying towards the Minamino Bugyo.

Minamino? Is that Lord Oka Echizen?

Yes. I must leave.

Hey, even when I was in my cell, I always dreamed about you.

See you.

Yuno...

I beg you to quit frequenting the gambling den

Yakuza are such troublemakers

Drawn alongside the river as if it's pushing me

I go on and on as if I'm a migrating bird

I certainly passed it to him.

Now, go and wait for him tomorrow at Urakaido Street.

Yes, and whom I will wait for?

His name is Rindo Tsukinosuke.

Rindo Tsukinosuke?

You will recognize him by the Kisaragi figure, Tsuba, on his sword.

Kisaragi figure, Tsuba...

He will accompany you to Edo.

Other than that, he will give you orders on the way.

Is Mr. Tsukinosuke from the Mikazuki bloodline?

I won't speak about that.

You, too, don't ask.

By the way, Inikichi, is it true that you left Edo on 7th?

Yes, sir.

That's fast. That's as fast as a carriage.

If I hadn't put on this outfit, I could've been here half a day earlier.

That's amazing.

All right, go now.

Tomorrow at noon, at Urakaido Street. Don't forget.

Yes, sir. I will wait for Rindo Tsukinosuke there.

I have no idea which one is Rindo Tsukinosuke.

A real disciple doesn't behave the way you just did.

Tsuba...

You're Rindo Tsukinosuke.

Let's go.

Yes, sir.

You are with us too.

I'm somebody else. Don't speak to me.

Yes, sir.

He's really fast.

I can never compete with him.

We're a little bit behind schedule.

Hey, here.

Careful of your diction.

We're already in Owari territory.

Welcome.

Green tea and sweets.

Certainly.

Hey, disciple.

I think you remember this face.

No, not at all.

Not at all, huh?

Well, it doesn't matter.

By the way, is this Boronja your company?

No.

Well, is that so?

Hey, take off your Tengai.

Why don't you reply?

I said, take off your Tengai!

Stop it!

What?

Don't try to pick up the fight with us.

"Do I remember your face?"

"Take off your Tengai."

It's all none of your business.

You changed the diction.

That's not the way a disciple talks.

It's a lot more like Itsutsume Kozo!

Sahe, go and report this.

Take it off! Take that Tengai off!

No, I won't!

What's under this Tengai is nothingness.

It's a completely different world from where you live.

Take it off!

Stop!

I will take care of this. You go back on your way.

From your expertise, I suppose you are well experienced.

Splendid!

You use a very interesting technique.

You are not an ordinary Boronja.

Shut up! - Don't bother us!

You shut up!

We are in the middle of a conversation.

You dare!

Now, I want you to show me your technique one more time.

You have remarkable skill.

Who are you?

Rindo Tsukinosuke.

And you are?

Gamo Tekkan.

Sir.

Okay, let me take care of this.

But I oblige you.

With?

We will definitely fight again some day.

I have been looking all over for someone like you.

That sounds like a problem for me.

It is.

That's what I live for. Go now, quickly.

Stop!

What?

All four of the Akatakura unit from Edo were killed?

Yes, sir. The one who killed them called himself Gamo Tekkan.

What? Gamo Tekkan?

The master of the Shinnen-Ryu

Gamo Tekkan, is he that strong?

Throughout Japan, it is safe to say he is one of the best of the best.

What a huge figure we have just encountered.

More importantly, Inokichi...

Who was that man who recognized you?

He's an undercover officer from Edo.

But I don't know why he would be here in Owari.

They might have been after you...

...for having realized that you've escaped from Kodennma...

...and gone to Banshu Mikazuki to call for me.

Yes, but Minamino Bugyo...

Wait, sir, who really are you?

Rindo Tsukinosuke. That's all you need to know.

Sir, that's not the right rout.

I know this way is a detour, but...

I have to go all the way to Edo as Rindo Tsukinosuke.

I can't afford to have any more squabbles and such.

I see.

If they've already discovered who I am...

I don't know what's going on, but they're pretty serious about it.

Hey, this is the Bugyo of this county.

Owari is now even more of a bizarre place.

The Bugyo of Owari shows up for just a local squabble.

You men, go.

I'd like to talk to you as Gamo Tekkan, Master of Shinnen-Ryu.

It depends on what.

You honestly say that you don't know the identity of that Komuso and disciple?

Right, I don't know them.

Can you kill them?

Owari, as a country, wants to ask for the help of your sword.

Owari, as a country...

Edo

You're saying that he's coming to Edo with a private letter from the Bugyo of Owari?

Gamo Tekkan is just a wanderer nowadays.

We can definitely utilize him and his sword.

When he comes to Edo, we will salute him with courtesy.

The more people on our side, the better it is, especially one so strong.

Excuse me.

What?

Sir Yanagizawa, Sir Bingo of the Sakuji Bugyo just arrived to see Dainagon.

Sir Dainagon...

Sir Yanagisawa Bingo came as a messenger of the Roju.

Sir Dainagon, the climax is looming.

What?

According to Roju Mizuno Izumi...

All important figures of the Edo Government will all be on your side.

After Huze Yamato of Kishu fell into sickness...

Shogun Yoshimune is left on his own.

We assume he will abandon his position anytime soon.

Then, it's all in your hands, Sir Dainagon.

Wait. I believe that it won't go so smoothly.

Even if all the important figures of the government are on my side...

A successor is a successor.

I don't think he'll abandon his position so easily.

If so, don't miss this opportunity, and take the power from the Shogun at once.

We have already prepared for it as well.