Hana Page #6

Daddy!

He's got a red mark that

matches this likeness

This avenging was

a warrior's revenge

Bear no grudge

Shinbo, do you hate the man

who killed your father?

I hate him

Do you want revenge?

Yeah

Your mother feels exactly as you do

So I can't tell you not to hate him

But you see...

If all your father left us...

was hatred,

how would he feel?

It might make him feel sad

So, now,

let's take what he left behind

and gradually make it

into something better

I'll help you, Shinbo

Will you help me, too?

Yeah, I'll help you

I'll play Daddy's part, too

That's right,

J-I-R-O-Z-A-E-M-O-N

It worked, it worked

I can't believe we pulled it off

That idiot said,

"Bury him with respect"

Otokichi, why are you crying?

Because Osae san and Shinbo...

Idiot, they were acting

But still...

Hey, Mago, you can stop now

Somebody pull off the matting

He's asleep

Seven ryo and 2 pence...

No guts spurting out

It was a single mortal blow

Too much noise to

get any sleep tonight

Well, all that rain,

I couldn't go out

I was stuck inside for so long...

Right?

That's how it is

What do you mean?

You call that an answer?

Don't ruin the celebrations

If we live together,

we halve the rent

Live together!

Of course, we're getting married

I'm moving in with Oto san, too?

Sure, why not, Onobu

You and Otokichi will be siblings

No, not siblings...

In any event, let's have a toast

Congratulations

Not for me

Congratulations

Suzuta ran off?

What's going on?

That's news to me

"My mother, long bed-ridden

in illness,

"has fallen into a bad condition

and truly needs..."

A sick mother, huh

News to me

"If you commanded me to leave

my mother,

"it would be like abandoning

a part of myself..."

Says his mother's more important

than revenge

On the eve of avenging,

he loses nerve

He disgraces all samurai!

Hey, Terasaka

How many remain?

This month, Yano san,

Seo san, Mori san,

and Suzuta san have left our company

We now number some 50...

This is why I told you...

We must strike now. Who knows

how many will stay into the new year

Now, your dojo back home will flourish

All's well in the neighborhood and

I can head off to your clan as well

The wedding within

this neighborhood count to...

One, two, three...

Eight marriages

- How was I as the lead?

- Oh, excellent

Really?

Now with Otokichi and Onobu

under the same roof

You fool, we're only siblings

Which means, if I can stand

having you as my brother,

I can take Onobu as my wife?

What an idea...

As her brother, I can't allow that

You're a mere trash collector

If only it hadn't rained so much...

Mom...

So we end up

attacking them in their sleep

How pathetic

News! News!

A revenge!

A revenge!

This chief Oishi's amazing

Acted the lady's man

to fool the enemy

They say news of Aoki Sozaemon's

revenge made him tougher

Says they figured out the number of

guards by the privy. Sure original

That noodle shop owner

is the chicken samurai who took off,

three months before it happened

No wonder his noodle broth

tasted like chicken stock!

Chicken samurai

Sweet revenge buns here!

Don't miss out!

Listen up!

Here's the place where

Dr. Onodera, the 6th most important

of the 46 avengers,

lived in hiding

Preparing for death, he wrote

many letters to his wife in Kyoto

He sent her this poem

the day before the revenge

Listen up

"Thoughts once conveyed,

"in parting,

seem yet unspoken"

He thought he had told her

everything he had to say,

at this final parting,

he fears much remains unsaid

Enough to make a grown man cry

I always knew there was

something noble about him,

and I always refused his money

Buy some sweet revenge buns

Pay to see his house

Look, there he is

Mentor to the 46 avengers

Welcome home

What a result!

There's no result,

we've done no harm

It's those 46 samurai who did harm

That's what I think, too

What they did was bad?

Of course it was,

a sneak attack in the night

The whole swarm of them killing

a poor old man,

that's cheating

But the landlord's getting rich

Those sweet buns marked "Loyalty"

are selling like hot cakes

Mom's all excited about

opening a street front shop

Where on earth can

that coward be hiding?

Maybe he's hiding in the sh*t pile

Just a foot soldier after all...

I don't see what's funny

What's a sh*t pile got to do

with a foot soldier?

I was putting on my attack robes,

when I remembered that Soza san

had learned to play Go from his father

Yeah, both are black and white

Sada san!

I realized I'd never taught

my son to make straw sandals...

And that thought...

See, Soza san saved

Terasaka san

Um...

What! What do you want?

A word with master Terasaka

You ask him

No, you do it

What the hell is it?

You can't keep hiding

like this forever, right?

Why not say that chief Oishi

commanded you

to spread word

of the avengers' exploits?

So, reluctantly,

you had to leave the others

Assuming you'd agree to that,

we came up with these

I think we'll call them,

"Kichi Buns"

We made them black and white,

like those Go pieces you so enjoy

And naturally you can keep

a tenth of the profits

Not bad, for a couple of bums

That's enough!

Revenge... is good for business

That's right Onobu

It's important to cash in,

even on misfortune

That's right!

Me... It was only at

the chief's command

that I report the revenge,

that reluctantly, I...

No, it's true

I hadn't told anyone,

but I did not flee in fear,

but for the good of the clan...

That's right, I've no time to waste

I must go home to give a full account

to the families of the 46 samurai...

The flowers bloomed all right,

but they bore some very strange fruit

Now what about those sweet buns?

What about them!

Hey, hear the latest? All 46 samurai

committed hara-kiri!

Such noble men

But...

maybe now, he'll be able

to teach his son to make sandals

Back at home

Hey, Shinbo. Come ask Hirano san

to teach you fencing

After all this, boys won't

need teaching, they'll need swords

Now, listen up. For samurai,

the moment of death is all

As they say, "Cherry blossoms are blessed

only when they have all fallen"

But...

Just as Mago san said,

cherry blossoms only fall

to return again next spring

In even greater beauty

Say

Is there a private school around here?

OKADA Junichi

MIYAZAWA Rie

FURUTA Arata

KAGAWA Teruyuki

TABATA Tomoko

UESHIMA Ryuhei

KIMURA Yuichi

KASE Ryo

CHIHARA Seiji

HIRAIZUMI Sei

EZAWA Moeko

NATSUKAWA Yui

KUNIMURA Jun

NAKAMURA Katsuo

ISHIBASHI Renji

TERAJIMA Susumu

ENDO Kenichi

TANAKA Tetsushi

NAKAMURA Yuji

KATSUJI Ryo

ISHIDO Natsuo

Tommys' Masa

MINAKATA Eiji

ASANO Tadanobu

HARADA Yoshio

Executive Producer:

HISAMATSU Takeo

Development Producer:

YASUDA Masahiro

Producers:

SATO Shiho, ENOKI Nozomu

Cinematographer:

YAMAZAKI Yutaka

Lighting:
ISHIDA Kenji

Production Designer:

ISOMI Toshihiro, BANBA Masao

Costume Designer:

KUROSAWA Kazuko

Music:
Tablatura

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