Tokaido Yotsuya Kaidan (Ghost Story of Yotsuya)

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GHOST STORY OF YOTSUYA

A Mitsugu Okura Production

'The bond of parent and child

lasts through this world...

'... but that of husband and wife

lasts forever.

'How can you kill one

who is your body and soul...

'... who is bound to you

for generations to come?

Photography:
Tadashi Nishimoto

Art Director:
Hiroyasu Kurosawa

Music:
Michiaki Watanabe

Shigeru Amachi

Noriko Kitazawa

Katsuko Wakasugi

'I cannot leave this baby,

innocent of any sin!

'O, the fury

of a woman maddened...

'... is truly like unto...

'... the greatest horror

there is.'

Directed by

Nobuo Nakagawa

Okayama, Bizen

It's very cold.

Yes, I'm chilled to the bone.

It's past winter solstice.

I wonder how long

this cold will go on...

A moment, please!

Iemon Tamiya again begs...

...the hand of your daughter Iwa

in Marriage.

You again?

I've told you:
I will not give Iwa

to a libertine like you.

What proof do you have

that I'm a libertine?

That you would demand proof

of such a thing is very amusing.

I guess that's how a man

of no status would think.

But you don't deceive Samon

so easily.

I may have no position,

but I am a samurai!

You believe lies!

A samurai speaks but once:

...you will not have her!

You say that your disrepute

is all due to lies, Tamiya...

...yet you lie in wait

in a place like this...

...conduct unworthy of

even the lowest samurai.

Samon, you dishonor yourself

by even speaking with him.

Let's be on our way.

Hear me...

...I want no more of you haunting

my grounds like some stray cat!

Wait!

Why do you go back

on your promise...

...and treat me like some thief?

I've said no. There's no sense

in you arguing.

Enough! It is you

who makes no sense!

Who are you to silence me?

A man of no status does not

silence an elder!

No man talks down to me!

Silence!

Hold your tongue!

I would never give my daughter

to a prattling fool!

Do you call me a fool?!

Wait!

Well, chief...

...I'd say you're in trouble.

Bastard!

Hey! Take it easy!

I've got an idea.

Leave this to Me.

I know exactly what to do.

Miss Iwa, Yomoshichi is here.

What a terrible thing

to happen to your father!

It is a tragedy for you, as well.

Ozawa Usaburo has a slash

right across his face.

It must have been him! He tried

to rob your father once before.

I suppose he was angry because

Father filed a complaint.

Yomoshichi...

...may I ask that you delay...

...your marriage to

my sister Sode...

...until we've taken vengeance?

The sooner I avenge this wrong,

the better.

Iemon, would you be so kind

as to accompany us...

...and render assistance?

Gladly.

For you, Miss Iwa, anything.

Well, well, well!

I wonder who's the lucky man...

What a pretty bride!

Yes.

Chief...

...when do we get rid of that guy?

It irritates me just seeing him

walking with Sode.

Iwa, aren't you getting tired?

Yes, I am.

It's been six months

since we left home.

You're not stringing me along,

are you?

I'm the one being strung along,

stuck with a man like you!

I'm a samurai!

If you won't help me...

...I'll just have to tell them

what happened.

Watch your tongue, Naosuke!

So you will get rid of

Yomoshichi for me...

As soon as I have the chance.

Shiraito Falls/Soga Shrine:

I want to pray where

the Soga brothers took revenge...

...in the old story.

But I feel so weak...

I'll pray to them for you,

Miss Iwa. You wait here.

Would you, please?

Yomoshicchi...

...would you pray to them

for me as well?

Of course.

Chief... now's our chance.

Don't waste it.

Try and push him over the cliff.

I'll stab him if you miss.

A magnificent sight!

Indeed.

It's amazing that when the Sogas

planned their revenge...

...these falls fell silent

to let them hear each other.

I wish the ladies could see it.

Yes.

Villain!

I guess this makes us

both murderers.

Quiet!

Who's going to back up

your story if you kill me?

Iwa! Just a little longer!

They'll be back any minute.

There's trouble!

Usaburo attacked us!

Yomoshichi fell over the falls!

Yomoshichi?!

They were too strong for us.

They're a bad bunch.

They almost got the chief, too,

but he was too quick.

He got away.

I'm ashamed of myself!

Let's follow them!

But my sister...

But if we don't, who knows

when we'll see them again?

Naosuke...

I'll take care of Iwa.

You and Sode follow them.

Right!

Come on, Sode. They won't

get away from us!

Take care, Iwa.

Miss Iwa!

I'm sorry.

I'm nothing but trouble.

What are you talking about?

You're my wife!

A snake!

Don't kill it!

They're servants of the gods;

And I was born in their year!

Don't be stupid... damn this thing!

Edo

You must be tired.

Why not rest a while?

Last night I dreamed of

my sister.

Father was taking us

to a festival.

In Okayama, they'll be having

the Hachiman Festival now.

I wonder what's happened

to Sode...

Is she here in Edo...

...or did she and Naosuke

go off somewhere?

It's not fair that we're so poor!

If there were any justice...

...you'd have a position...

Iwa!

Stop that!

I don't want to hear it.

When are you going to

avenge my father?

I'll take revenge!

As soon as I get the chance!

We haven't found my sister...

...we have no idea of how

we'll revenge ourselves...

...and you're reduced

to doing piecework...

Enough!

So you want to leave

and go back home?

And you're tired of living

in poverty?

Maybe you're tired of me.

Do what you want, then. So will I!

I didn't mean that!

Iemon!

Iemon!

Elixir!

Five pennies!

The miracle potion!

Elixir!

Five pennies!

The miracle potion!

Back early again?

He's been telling me

all about you, Missus.

How you two

spend your afternoons...

'Elixir! Five pennies!

The miracle potion!

'Fits, convulsions, diZZiness...

'Elixir of Holland! Good for what

ails you! Five pennies a grain! '

You've been drinking again!

We got bored.

We stopped in at the tavern

on the corner.

But all the time I was thinking

of you here alone...

I'm so sick of shouting

'Elixir! Five pennies! '

Well, there's a reason

why you're doing it.

We have to find my sister,

and take revenge!

'Revenge'... let's not talk

about that now.

Come on, Sode...

Let go!

I wasn't born to be the wife...

...of a man of low birth!

What do you mean, 'wife'?

We're just pretending

we're married.

I can't wait much longer...

You promised you wouldn't

touch me till we took revenge!

Oh, come on!

No! Let go of me!

Sode!

Sode!

The girl can come

pour our drinks for us...

...or you don't get by us.

It was you who bumped me

with your scabbard!

So you aren't going to

give her to us?

We'll just have to take her.

Hey!

Who are you?!

Show your face!

Thank you. You got us

out of a tight spot.

You're very good

with a sword.

You're too kind.

I hope we will come

to know you better.

If you'll permit me...

I can't accept that.

Take it as a token

of my gratitude.

I may have no situation...

...but I am a samurai.

One rarely Meets

a gentleman these days.

Ume, you should thank him.

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