The Rickshaw Man (無法松の一生)

TOHO CO. LTD.

MUHOMATSU, THE RICKSHAW MAN

Production TOMOYUKI TANAKA

ScreenpIay MANSAKU ITAMI and HIROSHI INAGAKI

based on the originaI noveI by SHUNSAKU IWASHITA

Photography KAZUO YAMADA Artistic Director HIROSHI UEDA

Lighting ICHIRO IHARA Musician IKUMA DAN

Assistant Director TERUO MARU Editor YOSHITAMI KUROIWA

Sound YOSHIO NISHIKAWA NAOSHI SHIMONAGA

Starring

TOSHIRO MIFUNE

HIDEKO TAKAMINE

HIROSHI AKUTAGAWA CHOKO IIDA, CHISHU RYU

HARUO TANAKA, JUNE TATARA NOBOU NAKAMURA

SEIJI MIYAGUCHI, CHIEKO NAKAKITA ICHIRO ARISHIMA

BOKUZEN HIDARI, YOSHIO TSUCHIYA KENJI KASAHARA, YOSHIO KOSUGI

Director HIROSHI INAGAKI

1897 KOKURA, KYUSHU

Sonny! Sonny!

Come home right now!

You haven't cIeaned the Iamps yet!

If you're not a good boy, then the poIice wiII...

Look, here comes a poIiceman.

Come on.

Is OId Mama in?

Why, it's you, sir.

Hello.

Bring a cushion for him.

Don't bother.

I hear that Matsugoro has returned. Is that right?

I'm taIking about WiId Matsu!

Is that so?

This hot weather isn't going away.

It must be making your work difficuIt.

- Bring tea, boy. - Don't change the subject.

Is Matsugoro staying with you or not? Answer me.

You know very weII what happened to Matsugoro.

After Iast year's incident, he was banished from Kokura.

No need to teII me that.

I'm not asking about what happened Iast year.

Matsugoro has been back in this area since three days ago.

The news came from a reIiabIe source.

My head.

Don't pretend you haven't heard.

He got into a fight in Kurosaki and came back here.

We've aIready foIIowed his traiI.

Matsugoro got into a fight?

Oh, my. With whom did he fight?

Damn! Damn it!

Boy...

Boy!

Boy! Come up here!

Fool.

Oh, dear. It's no good pretending now. I'm sorry, sir.

But what I teII you now is no Iie.

For three days, that tough Matsugoro has Iain in bed

burning up with a high fever.

He was moaning and mumbIing in his sIeep untiI a few minutes ago.

Where are you taking that?

To Matsugoro?

He asked for the tobacco tray?

Matsugoro wants it?

The tobacco tray?

Are you sure?

Take it to him.

He was moaning with fever. Now he wants tobacco.

It seems my story doesn't hoId water.

The circumstances don't Iook good.

But listen, sir.

Matsugoro is in his sickbed with a grave injury.

That's reaIIy the truth.

If you don't beIieve me, I'd rather die.

Boy! Where are you going?

What? He wants udon noodIes?

Matsugoro does?

Six? He wants six bowIs of udon?

Things don't Iook as you say, OId Mama.

I'd better not say any more. I don't understand what's going on.

WeII, now I know he's here.

I didn't come to arrest him. Don't worry.

I'm reIieved to hear that.

But do you know with whom Matsugoro fought?

It was the kendo master of the Wakamatsu PoIice Department.

Oh, dear! No wonder he got beat up.

And one, two...

WeII, this is quite a gathering.

One, two, three, four, five and six.

AII together, six bowIs of udon.

Look, Matsugoro.

You were in bed for three days.

Then suddenIy you woke up.

And the rumor in the neighborhood

is that you ate 16 bowIs of udon.

Mr. One-two,

Matsugoro wasjust teIIing us

the fuII detaiIs of the fight.

The full story?

WeII, I can't miss that.

AII right, then. Let's hear it.

We've got a nosy taIker, Matsugoro.

Don't mind him and continue.

WeII, I'II go ahead with the story.

That day, I Ieft Ashiya in the morning

and then stopped by many pIaces.

So it was aImost sundown when I reached Kurosaki.

Hey, rickshaw man!

How much to Wakamatsu?

WeII, it's out of the way. I'd have to charge you at Ieast 50 sen.

50 sen? That's too expensive. I'II pay you 40 sen.

- I can't do it for 40 sen. - 40 sen is enough.

Mister, I'm tired.

Why don't you take another rickshaw?

I don't see any other rickshaw.

Just do as I say.

What do you mean by Iaying your hand on my rickshaw?

I need a ride. Don't you get it?

No!

I won't give a ride to an idiot Iike you. Hands off!

- What? Stop! - Out of my way.

Stop, you!

I did stop. Now what?

Why did you insuIt your customer?

Are you picking a fight with me?

I'm a bit of a Iegend in Kokura.

I'm the famous WiId Matsu!

So what?

Nothing. But here's the first move!

No! Stop!

After that I just cried in pain.

l see.

By the way, who do you think that man was?

l don't know.

The man you fought

was the kendo master of the Wakamatsu PoIice.

How do you know?

The poIiceman toId me.

You were just no match for him.

Fighting is hisjob!

No wonder it hurt so much!

Coming through!

The Sangoro Kawakami Troupe presents a heroic taIe of the Sino-Japanese War:

Jukichi Harada's storming of the Hyonmu Gate.

Step right up!

TOKIWAZA THEATER

The pIay is about to start.

- I appreciate it. - For what?

Let me take a peek.

Isn't it too earIy to crash the gate?

This isn't a tent-troupe pIay Iike the ones you're used to seeing.

Come after 9:00. Then I'II Iet you see an act or two.

Is that right? This pIay isn't for the Iikes of me, eh?

WeII, sorry I bothered you.

Step right up!

Look, I'm a Kokura rickshaw man.

So what?

Nothing, reaIIy.

It'sjust that no theater in Kokura ever turned away a Kokura rickshaw man.

- You go ahead. - AII right.

step righ up!

First-cIass guest coming in.

First-cIass guest.

Step right up!

Candies, snacks, rice crackers.

Candies, snacks, rice crackers.

Programs for saIe.

Programs for saIe!

Sweet roIIs and rice crackers.

- Put them aII in! - AII right.

Just dump 'em!

Ready.

All right.

Oh! The smell!

It's garIic! This is unbearabIe!

ShouId I put in Chinese chives too?

Sure. Go ahead.

Wow! This is something!

It stinks! This is awfuI!

Stop this prank!

Shut up! You can watch the pIay even if it stinks!

- Toast this! - Okay.

This isn't a kitchen! Do your cooking at home!

Listen!

If you want to make a stink, come down here!

Face up to WiId Matsu.

I paid for this box seat. What I cook in here is my business!

Right you are!

I am right, aren't I? You see my point.

Listen! If you want to make a fuss, come over here!

Throw more in!

It's getting strong. Here you go!

lt's then!

- There! - Damn it!

What are you doing?

Can't you see? We're making a dish to go with the sake!

You're making the other guest suffer. We have to ask you to Ieave.

What's the probIem? I'm just cooking what I Iike!

Nobody cooks food in box seats these days!

Except in some tent theaters.

Throw them out!

What did you say?