47 Ronin (2013) Edit

A branch?

A gift not forgotten.

A group of magical islands home to witches and demons.

A hair on your head.

A monster, a half breed child.

A nation of rival provinces

A samurai does not take credit for victories of others.

A samurai wears two swords.

Accepted you, trained you.

ADJUTANT: Champions, prepare for combat!

After this, there is no turning back.

Against the advice of his samurai.

Ako is as beautiful as I remember, Lord Asano.

Ako is magnificent,

Ako owes you a great debt, Yasuno.

Ako will be disgraced.

All I ask is respect for my men.

All killed

ALL: (CHANTING) Half breed! Half breed! Half breed!

ALL: For Ako!

Although he lived as an outcast,

Although I was still a child, I knew my place was among other men.

An English sailor and a peasant girl.

And 10,000 lifetimes

And 10,000 lifetimes until I find you.

And being loved.

And do you think that these Tengu would give us weapons?

And executed.

And hope the entertainment we have prepared

And I have mine.

And I will give you all you desire.

And is that all you expect?

And Lady Asano?

And not just us.

And taught you to fight?

And tell them to meet me at the black lake in a week.

And their province at all costs.

And this point beneath the west wall.

And trained him in their lethal arts of killing.

And when you came out,

And will always be,

And will not pray

And yet, to know the story of the 47 Ronin,

And you can take your life like your father did.

And you turned your back on those gifts.

Are they the ones who marked you?

Are we lost?

Are you a demon?

Are you sending me away?

As one of the greatest examples of honor and loyalty

As the murderer of his lord.

As you and your samurai have done.

As you once showed in life.

Asano Takumi no Kami, ruler of Ako.

BASHO: Kai.

BASHO: What's so special about these swords?

Because of your rank and the service you have done Ako,

Both are heavily guarded.

Break his will.

Bring them steel!

But I need your help.

But if you ever kneel before Kira again, I'll take your head.

But none return.

But our children and their children will be of one blood.

But soon all that will be left of our brief lives

But what you do to yourself

But you and your men

But you fled

But you have your place

But you will remain a guest of Lord Kira's until you are married.

Chikara has been training every chance he gets.

Chikara,

Chikara, help him up.

Chikara!

Chikara.

Come, Isogai. Gather the men.

Death by your own hand,

Do as he says.

Don't draw your weapon.

Don't turn your back on me, ronin.

Draw your sword.

Eat, My Lady.

Eat.

Either follow me or go back to what you were.

Enough.

Even death?

Even if we know the route, we will need more men for an ambush.

Even if we succeed,

Even when you try to help them, they hate you.

Every farmer and villager in Ako will be killed.

Everything must be perfect.

Father, please!

Father, who is that?

Father!

Father!

Father!

Father!

Father!

Father!

Father!

Father!

Father!

Father.

Father.

Father.

Find your envy and hatred.

Follow you for what?

Followed the old ways of Bushido

For Lord Asano!

For the crime of disobedience,

For the visiting lords, as well.

Forbidden to foreigners.

FOREMAN: Good luck, samurai!

FOREMAN: Hey, stranger.

Forgive me for not thanking you for defeating the beast

Forgive me, My Lady.

Forgive me, My Lord.

From demons.

From this moment on, you are banished from these lands.

Get out.

Get them!

Get your father.

Give me your heart.

Good night.

HARA: What is that noise?

Hazama!

He accepted it with dignity.

He and all his men will die.

He becomes a ronin.

He received from Mike and her father,

He suffers the greatest shame in all Japanese society.

He will hurry back before anyone is awake.

He will travel to his ancestors' shrine to offer prayers.

He'll never expect us.

He's a child, just like you.

He's also protected by witchcraft.

He's back!

Help him.

Help me pick him up, Oishi.

Help!

Her time of mourning is almost over.

His Highness, Shogun Tokugawa,

Horibe, stay with him.

HORIBE: Whatever the cost, it is our duty.

How do we know the half breed hasn't led him into a trap?

I am sorry for your father's death.

I am the wife of a samurai.

I ask that I may look after his lands until such time as I marry.

I asked him to come.

I beg you to let them die

I believe I saw the same creature again tonight.

I could see your belly sticking out from behind the trees.

I decree that from this day,

I didn't realize at the time that it was a witch.

I don't know who or what you are,

I don't trust Oishi.

I failed my lord.

I forbid you to seek vengeance for Lord Asano's death.

I gave you a command forbidding you to take revenge.

I grant you a samurai's death,

I had no idea your concubine was so lovely, Lord Asano.

I have a confession to make.

I have already considered this, My Lady.

I have come for your help.

I have the information you requested.

I have the letters and passes to prove it.

I knew it was you.

I knew you'd come for me.

I know what you are.

I know.

I leave Ako with you.

I look forward to the tournament.

I promised my lord

I ride to my ancestors' shrine to offer thanks for our wedding.

I saw the shame in Yasuno's eyes when they were praising him.

I see only samurai before me.

I should have acted the day Lord Asano died.

I should like to make up for my rudeness.

I take a vow before you

I think mine is broken.

I told you to stay.

I used to wait in the woods outside your hut,

I vowed never to use the magical powers they taught me.

I want to go with you.

I was worried.

I was worried.

I was wrong.

I will allow you to regain your honor and the honor of your house

I will always love you.

I will not deny our country your bloodline.

I will search for you through 1,000 worlds

I will wait for you in all of them.

I would be honored if you would act as my second,

I would not harm

I would rather have been killed by that beast than saved by a half breed.

I'd throw stones at you,

I'm coming with you.

I'm going after him.

I'm looking for a half breed.

I'm not afraid of you.

I'm sorry, Kai.

I'm sorry.

I'm sure your father's champion will be an even contest.

I've ordered stands put up all along the route.

I've seen them.

If he does,

If he doesn't come back soon,

If I accept my fate,

If we fight now, we die.

If you can reach it before me.

In every town and village, people shall bow before you.

In the name of Lord Asano of Ako!

Instead, he has allowed me

Is a great honor for my father.

Is anyone badly hurt?

Is everything prepared for the Shogun's arrival?

Is not my concern.

Is the pride our children feel when they speak our names.

Is there anything you wish me to pray for?

Is to know the story of all Japan.

Isogai, you ride ahead to his temple town

ISOGAI: My wife just won't stop nagging me.

It began with a boy.

It belonged to Oishi, My Lord.

It depends.

It doesn't have to be, Kai.

It is the only way to protect you from what I have to do.

It is time to take Ako.

It is what you hoped for, it is what we have planned for.

It took this path.

It would be safer to set a trap and wait for it here.

It would have been with honor.

It's a trap! Go! Go!

It's all I know.

It's me!

It's nothing, My Lady.

It's Oishi.

It's up there on the rise, but it will come down again to hunt.

Kai was determined to repay the love

KAI: Ghosts.

KAI: Go get your father.

KAI: I will search for you through 1,000 worlds

KAI: Oishi, help me! It's Basho.

KAI: You passed their test.

Kai!

Kai!

Kai! Soon Kira will marry Mika.

Kai.

Kill it!

Kill it.

Kira has 1,000 men under his command.

Kira thinks we're ghosts.

Kira's men took him to the Dutch island and sold him into slavery.

Kira's men will have taken over this entire region.

Know now the depth of my lord's courage.

Lady Asano is like her father.

Lady Asano is to be married in a week.

Lady Asano,

Last week at the hunt I saw a fox.

Let me tell you of love, Kai.

Let them through.

Look at me and tell me you don't love me.

Lord Asano and the hunting party have returned.

Lord Asano,

LORD ASANO: Great Shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi...

LORD ASANO: I want all of Ako to share in this honor

Lord Asano's daughter, Mike, saw it too.

Lord Asano's mind is unsettled.

Lord Kira himself has hired us to perform at his wedding.

Lord Kira leaves for his ancestors' shrine tonight.

Lord Kira took her to his castle

Lord Kira,

Lord Kira, we are proud to present to you

Lord of provinces and master of all Japan

MAN: Five minutes!

Many believed he'd been raised by the Tengu,

Master of Nagato, from the northern provinces.

Master swordsmen

Masterless samurai.

May I ask that your daughter sit with us?

Men who persecuted us for our beliefs.

Mika only saw a gentle boy.

Mika will never be yours in this life.

MIKA: Father!

MIKA: Hosting the Shogun's tournament

MIKA: I have made special arrangements

MIKA: Kai!

MIKA: My Lord!

Mika.

Mika.

Mika.

Mika's father allowed the boy to live amongst them,

Mmm.

My fighter.

My friend.

My friend.

My Lady, Kai has returned.

My Lady, Mika.

My Lord will not like my answer.

My Lord, forgive me.

My Lord, it is a demon.

My Lord, what will you have us do?

My Lord!

My Lord.

My Lord.

NARRATOR: Lord Asano, of the province Ako,

NARRATOR: The samurai believed his presence

No matter what you do,

No more talk.

No one but you and I can know that you are,

No one will question the honor of our people

No!

No.

No.

No.

No.

No. They know we're here.

Nobody knows when Kira will leave his fortress,

None of us are samurai anymore.

Nor the tears of widows.

Not even his own guards.

Not now!

Nothing will ever keep me away from you.

Nothing, half breed?

Now

Now!

Now.

Of course, he has no choice. We need weapons.

Of hosting our great commander.

Oh.

Oishi trusts him.

Oishi,

OISHI: Kai.

OISHI: Today we may be ronin,

OISHI: When a crime goes unpunished,

Oishi!

Oishi.

Oishi.

On what?

Only a samurai can fight.

Only you.

Or punish them for my crime.

Or when his time will come.

Our anger should have been sudden and swift.

Our best chance is to strike when Kira leaves the safety of his fortress.

Our performance as a gift for your wedding.

Peace in the realm is kept by the samurai,

Perhaps now you understand

Poison, My Lady. It will end your pain.

Procession? What procession?

Promise me

Remember, even near holy sites

Remember, the enemy will be watching.

Rest now, My Lord.

RIKU: He so wants your approval.

Riku.

Rivers of blood

RONIN 1: Everyone, Oishi's back!

RONIN 1: Get back! Get back!

RONIN 2: Get out!

SAMURAI: Yasuno!

Save them.

Save them.

Save your men!

Save your men. Help them.

Sealed by the marriage bond between you and Lord Kira.

Seeing something in the boy that Oishi did not.

She needs your help.

She wants me to find her the best view of Lord Kim's procession.

She was in human form among the nobles' concubines.

She will make Ako great again.

SHOGUN TSUNAYOSHI: Oishi,

Should a samurai ever lose or fail his master,

Show me your courage.

Show them this

Sit down.

So are dozens of your father's men.

So that there will be no feud between your clans,

So that you may show courage and dignity in death

So the terrified boy returns as a man.

So the world will know who we were and what we did.

Some said he was a changeling, no better than a beast.

Someone should have seen to this before.

Son of Oishi,

Soon my lord will be ruler of all Japan

Soon you will travel far.

Sorry.

Spirits of the old and infirm who are left hereto die.

Stand back!

Stay here.

Stay there!

Step out.

Strip him of his armor.

Take mine.

Take the blade, Kai.

Tasked with protecting their lord

TENGU LORD: Many come for our steel,

TENGU LORD: You've come back.

Thank you, Your Highness.

Thanks you for your welcome.

That all we can ask is that we leave it having loved

That brought you into this world.

That I will not rest until justice is done,

That is just a myth.

The bravest I know.

The demons of the forest

The evil he had fled had left its mark upon him.

The fault is mine.

The half breed has escaped from the Dutch island.

The hunt took longer than we hoped.

The joy of my life.

The law is clear.

The love of a woman you can never have?

The love of one night

The main gate here

The omens are good.

The price of your love.

The same men who despise you for being different.

The Shogun could have had me hanged like a criminal.

Their cause is just.

Then even if we'd failed,

Then hide.

Then I suggest you are simply bewitched by a beautiful girl.

Then I will go to my death and pray I find her in the next.

Then take it.

Then we'll get them.

There are brothels and plenty of loose tongued officials who visit them.

There are only two ways in.

There is another way.

There is no need.

There is no time.

There is something wrong with the creature.

These are not farmer's hands.

These swords were forged to defend us against the hatred of men.

They are brave, My Lord.

They are good men.

They cut.

They have all left Ako.

They killed the beast.

They say a samurai helped him.

They told me you were hurt.

They wanted me to be like them and renounce the world.

They wanted to show me that this life has nothing to offer but death.

They will test our will.

This belonged to Basho.

This is Lord Kira's village now.

This world was only a preparation for the next,

Those scars on your head.

Those who remain will be hunted down

Through seppuku,

Throw him in the pit.

To be buried alongside your lord

To begin preparing for their wedding.

To protect themselves and their beliefs.

To see past a witch's disguise.

To serve Ako

To take my life with honor.

Tonight we will regain our honor

Trying to save you.

Unless it is to ask the heavens' forgiveness

Until I find you.

Unwanted children, too.

Wait here.

Wait!

Was it worth it? What you found in the outside world?

We anticipate with pleasure tomorrows tournament.

We are 47.

We are farmers from Shimobe, sir.

We are honored by your visit, Lord Kira.

We are not some village troupe to be held up by bandits.

We can go to Hida. They will give us weapons.

We can still do what we came for.

We can't take him with us. He's not a samurai.

We have come to buy tools.

We have not lost Ako yet.

We have to think of them first.

We need three horses.

We need your help.

We still have swords and the advantage of surprise.

We taught you many things.

We too must die for this circle of vengeance to be closed.

We will be hanged as criminals for defying the Shogun's orders.

We will leave this record of our courage

We'll need more.

Well done, Chikara.

Well done.

Well done.

Well?

What are you afraid of, My Lord?

What are you doing in my home?

What do they do?

What do you care?

What do you see?

What do you see?

What I propose ends in death.

What is this?

What is this?

What is your name?

What of the half breed?

What use am I to you?

What use are you to her dead?

What's wrong with him?

What's your business here?

Whatever happens in there, whatever you see,

Whatever the cost.

Whatever your duty is, it is mine too.

When I was a boy,

When Kira took her away, you were on your knees.

When we meet again, I'll have more waiting for you.

Where did you learn to fight like that?

Where do you come from, Yuki?

Who are you?

Who had taught him their dark powers

Who put duty and justice before their fear of death

Who uses them.

Whose lords were ruled by a shogun whose will is absolute.

Why is the half breed here?

Will gather as many of our former samurai as you can

Will not sleep until our master lies in peace,

Will not stand in our way.

Will you give me what I ask?

Witchcraft

With honor.

With the dignity they deserve.

Would bring misfortune to their land.

Yasuno showed great courage.

YASUNO: Kai.

YASUNO: Sir?

YASUNO: Stay where you are!

YASUNO: We must have revenge.

Yasuno!

Yasuno!

Yasuno.

Yasuno. Yasuno!

Yes, Father.

Yes.

Yet we found you,

You always worry.

You and Chuzaemon and Okuda

You are avenged.

You are bound to me, and I to you.

You are granted one year to mourn.

You are Lord Asano's men.

You are not a samurai.

You are now ronin.

You are samurai.

You betrayed him with your lust.

You have no idea.

You have struck an unarmed guest and have shamed your home.

You keep it, Hazama. I told you we'd bring others.

You keep it, Kai.

You killed my father.

You may look down on me, My Lady,

You must make the whole world believe you've divorced me.

You should all be executed as common criminals.

You should be.

You think I care if you starve?

You told him not to draw his sword.

You were bewitched, My Lord.

You will find nothing in Hida.

You will find swords in the Sea of Trees.

You will never see him again, My Lady. Take a last look.

You will protect Mika and Ako from our enemies.

You're a good man.

Your back.

Your father's samurai have always treated me as well as can be expected.

Your half breed is dead.

Your Highness, as my father's only child,

Your Highness.

Your loving mother abandoned you to die in these woods.

Your men are safe.

Your mother would have been proud.

Your sword.

Yuki.

No! Oishi!

Your arm? YASUNO: Fine.

(ALL CHEERING)

(ALL MURMURING)

(AUDIENCE EXCLAIMING IN AWE)

(AUDIENCE GASPING)

(BELLOWING)

(BLOWING)

(BOTH GRUNTING)

(DOOR OPENING)

(DRUMS BEATING)

(EXCLAIMS)

(EXCLAIMS)

(GAGGING)

(GASPING)

(GASPS)

(GROANING)

(GROANS)

(GROWLING)

(GRUNTING)

(GRUNTING)

(GRUNTS)

(GRUNTS)

(HORSES APPROACHING)

(HORSES RETREATING)

(INDISTINCT TALKING)

(LAUGHING)

(MEN CHANTING)

(MEN LAUGHING)

(MEN SHOUTING)

(MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC STOPS)

(NEIGHING)

(ROARING)

(ROARING)

(ROARING)

(SCREAMING ECHOING)

(SCREAMING)

(SCREAMING)

(SHEATHING SWORD)

(SHOUTS)

(SHOUTS)

(SIGHS)

(SLOW MUSIC PLAYING)

(SLOW MUSIC PLAYING)

(SLOW MUSIC PLAYING)

(SNARLING)

(SNIFFS)

(TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

(VOICES WHISPERING)

(WHOOSHING)