Shadow Warriors (Hattori Hanzô: Kage no Gundan)

SHADOW WARRIORS (HATTORI HANZO.. KAGE NO GUNDAN)

HATTORI HANZO SHINICHI CHIBA

OKOU KYOKO MITSUBAYASHI

HYOUROKU KENJI TAKAOKA

OKIRI NAOMI HASE

DAIHACHI SHOUHEI HINO

KIHEIJI JUNICHI HARUTA

OUME YOKO KURITA

NARRATOR ASAO KOIKE

MIZUGUCHI KISANTA KANTARO SUGA

MITO MITSUKUNI AKIRA KUME ABE SHIGETSUGU TAKASHI KANDA

OSAWA MAKI MIZUHARA

ORAKU MAKI TACHIBANA YAJIMA KYOKO NAMI

OWARI MITSUTOMO SHOUTARO HAYASHI

HIRANO JINGOBE MASATAKA IWAO

YATOUJI JIROU MIYAGUCHI

HOTTA MASAMORI HIDEAKI NAGAI

KISHU YORINOBU MIKIO NARITA

SAKAI TADAKIYO NOBUO KANEKO

IKOMA HARUO HIROSHI INUZUKA

ORIN KIKI KIRIN

HOSHINA MASAYUKI SOU YAMAMURA

TSUTSUMI KYOUNOSUKE TERUHIKO SAIGOU

In the 4th year of Keian...

EDO CASTLE

Lemitsu, whom peopLe caLLed a wise monarch, suddenLy died.

And now is the time of Letsuna, the fourth Tokugawa shogun.

But the young Lord Letsuna is onLy five years oLd.

To push him to a seat of poLiticaL power is an anxious proposition...

not onLy for the mother, Oraku...

but aLso for the Ladies ' chambers.

Your Highness is here!.

T I G E RS S HARP E N TH EI R CLAWS I N A ST ORM

I am glad to see that...

your H ighness looks fine.

It's been one month since the third shogun passed away.

Now the politics of our new shogun is as firm as a rock.

It is very stable now.

But...

to continue the authority of Tokugawa family forever...

this is the time to...

establish a solid political system.

Therefore...

we've decided to turn over the government officials...

compLeteLy.

First, the assistant of new shogun family is...

the young brother of the third shogun...

Hoshina Masayuki.

Secondly, at the office of Rouju, the center of the government...

the head is Hotta Masamori.

The assistants are Sakai Tadakiyo...

and Abe Shigetsugu.

The six other officiaLs are...

the constituent members.

Of course, l, Mitsukuni...

as one of the three branch families of the T okugawa house--

Owari, Kii...

and myself, get together and work twice as hard as before...

to protect the new shogun family.

You can rest easy...

and leave everything...

to aLL of us.

The late shogun was kind and favored me exceptionally.

For the new shogun family...

I am ready to serve as I did for the late shogun--

I will serve the Tokugawa family even at the risk of my own life--

We, Sakai family, have been in service since leyasu shogun.

Our loyalty to the Tokugawa family is unshakable.

Since oLden times...

young ruLers have aLways been the cause of poLiticaL change...

because peopLe try to get poLiticaL power.

With the fourth shogun, the new government was buiLt, but...

the three branch famiLies...

and aLL of the officiaLs have their intentions and suspicions.

The air of the room was fiLLed with the tension.

KlJ I BATH H OU SE

Oume!. Come here!.

- Come!. - Let me go!.

No!.

Oume, you have to obey me!. Okay?.!.

You, bitch!

Come!

Aren't you taking advantage of my kindness?.

You've made a fool out of the master of Hacchoubori.

Please forgive me!

- Oume... - Oume what?.

Chased by the bad guy of Hacchoubori...

You are no use--

Mr. Samurai-- Please help her. Please.

We can't be in the middle of an ordinary affair. It's our strict rule.

- Right?. - Yeah.

Mr. Han!

- Hello-- - Hi, Orin.

Excuse my style.

What is with the master of Hacchoubori?.

Yeah, right. See...

Hirano Jingobe is showing off the nightstick and keeps bugging her--

He chases after Oume. Oume runs away.

But I just thought that Oume is not the only woman there.

- There are many more. - Be nice a bit, right?.

Just a second. I have to go.

Wait. Where are you going?.

Going downstairs?. No!

You are only good at shogi. You'll be beaten up.

I'm not confident. But I'm worried about Oume.

Wait, Mr. Han. It's dangerous.

do as L say.

Wait--

Master--The master of Hacchoubori!

Did Oume do something wrong?.

Who the hell are you?.

I'm the owner here.

I don't know what happened, but please forgive her.

You are the owner?.

If you disobey me, you will lose your business.

Your apology won't solve anything!

Of course, I know.

It's not much, but please forgive her with this money.

- Master! - Oume--

Oume--

Fine. I forgive her today.

He went home. He went home. He finally went home.

You should've cut that Hacchoubori idiot into half!

But you knelt on the ground and gave him money?.!

What was that?.!

Hyouroku, there was no choice. I'm just an owner of a bathhouse.

Boss--How long will you continue doing this?.

You are the third of Hattori family, who was given 8,000 goku --

I'm fed up with it.

After the death of the third shogun...

we know the reign will be corrupted.

We have to gather our people...

and rebuild the Hattori family now.

Youroku--

I'm not thinking about rebuilding the family.

Under the government...

Like our ancestors...

we wiLL be used and wiLL be deserted coLdLy.

L won't go the same path.

Then, what's your pLan?

L know. You are pLanning to overthrow the Tokugawa reign.

Lnteresting. Lf it's coLLapsed...

it wiLL be revenge for the former Leader.

don't be too hasty.

What wiLL happen if we overthrow the Tokugawa reign?

Can we ruLe the country instead?

Shadow is aLways shadow. Can't be the Light.

That's our fate.

L want to Live freeLy as a shadow.

And L wiLL controL the Tokugawa's reign in the shadow.

Father...

watch how my Life goes--

Soon there will be a big change.

I ntruders!

Get rid of them!

Don't let them go!

don't Let them go!. Go get them! Go!

My Lord!

My Lord!

Are you alright?.

Where are the others?.

Unfortunately, we lost them.

I see.

We can't tell who it was like this.

My Lord.

We just had a messenger from the family of the Rouju, Hotta.

Mr. Hotta was attacked by an intruder, who they think...

were ninjas, and he died.

What?.

I think they were the same ones who just attacked you.

What do you think?.

Don't bring that to the public.

Let the people know that...

Mr. Hotta died to follow the third shogun to his grave.

But--His head--

What happened?.

Mr. Hotta's head was taken away from his premises.

What?.!

This must be an act of Lga ninja...

the Hattori Hanzo cLan for sure.

SHADOW WARRlORS

The first Hattori won Hanzomon...

as their territory when Edo castle was rebuilt.

So the place is the symbol of lga ninja.

Hanging the head there...

is cLearLy a thing that onLy the Lga ninja wouLd do.

Once...

they had the glory and topped us, Kouga ninja.

But after the third shogun died...

they hid among the people in Edo...

and disgraced themselves in public.

This act must have come from their resentment.

Their boss is...

the third of the famiLy, Hattori Hanzo.

- Hattori Hanzo?. - Yes.

And are you saying you know where they are hiding?.

No.

They are ninjas. They won't show themselves in public easily.

But since we know a couple of clues...

please let us, Kouga ninja, take care of this matter.