1 00:00:25,729 --> 00:00:28,425 Help me! I beg of you! 2 00:00:29,700 --> 00:00:31,565 Please, listen to me! 3 00:00:35,139 --> 00:00:36,902 Help me, please! 4 00:00:52,490 --> 00:00:55,186 It's this woman! Boss! 5 00:00:56,227 --> 00:00:58,195 Wait, please! 6 00:00:58,262 --> 00:01:00,696 I... I haven't done anything! 7 00:01:05,269 --> 00:01:06,930 Take her to the Point! 8 00:01:07,004 --> 00:01:09,666 No! 9 00:01:10,608 --> 00:01:13,406 Investigate me! Investigate my story! 10 00:01:30,528 --> 00:01:39,232 Wanting you to just be near, (to feel your breath upon my ear) 11 00:01:39,303 --> 00:01:48,268 Wishing you would call my name, ('Cause only you can light the flame) 12 00:01:48,345 --> 00:01:55,478 Constantly searching, still can't find 13 00:01:57,755 --> 00:02:03,751 Ever illusive peace of mind 14 00:02:05,930 --> 00:02:14,497 Sometimes it's near, but slips away 15 00:02:14,572 --> 00:02:21,136 And I'm faced with another day 16 00:02:22,379 --> 00:02:28,113 Of wanting you... (to feel your breath upon my ear) 17 00:02:28,185 --> 00:02:32,554 ...to just be near ('Cause only you can light the flame) 18 00:02:32,623 --> 00:02:36,821 Of wishing you... (to feel your breath upon my ear) 19 00:02:36,894 --> 00:02:41,388 ...would call my name, to feel your breath upon my ear 20 00:02:41,465 --> 00:02:45,868 Of wanting you...wishing you... (to feel your breath upon my ear) 21 00:02:45,936 --> 00:02:53,502 Call my name, 'cause only you can light the flame 22 00:03:28,479 --> 00:03:31,812 Is this clear?! The kidnappers which infest this castle town... 23 00:03:31,882 --> 00:03:35,648 must be spies bent on overthrowing this fief! 24 00:03:35,719 --> 00:03:38,210 Anyone found hiding or aiding them... 25 00:03:38,289 --> 00:03:40,951 will under no circumstances be shown any mercy! 26 00:03:41,025 --> 00:03:43,016 We will hunt them down to the last man... 27 00:03:43,093 --> 00:03:44,890 and sever this evil from the roots! 28 00:03:45,729 --> 00:03:47,287 Hey! Look! 29 00:03:48,399 --> 00:03:51,197 We're burning seven people! 30 00:03:51,268 --> 00:03:53,463 Seven people! Seven! 31 00:03:53,537 --> 00:03:55,505 It's the curse! 32 00:03:55,572 --> 00:03:57,631 The curse of Seven Man Point! 33 00:04:06,784 --> 00:04:08,877 If we can see the ocean... 34 00:04:08,952 --> 00:04:12,183 we must be near the domain of Kitabayashi. 35 00:04:15,626 --> 00:04:16,593 Ogin! 36 00:04:16,660 --> 00:04:19,424 Mr. Author isn't coming with us this time. 37 00:04:20,331 --> 00:04:22,128 I know. 38 00:04:22,199 --> 00:04:25,862 You and we don't live in the same world. 39 00:04:25,936 --> 00:04:27,335 Then let me join you-- 40 00:04:27,404 --> 00:04:28,803 No! 41 00:04:28,872 --> 00:04:33,309 There are boundaries people cannot cross. 42 00:04:34,211 --> 00:04:36,042 Mr. Author... 43 00:04:39,883 --> 00:04:41,043 Never. 44 00:04:59,069 --> 00:05:00,468 Never seen them before. 45 00:05:00,537 --> 00:05:02,368 Perhaps... 46 00:05:02,439 --> 00:05:04,703 They're here to silence us. 47 00:05:04,775 --> 00:05:06,470 You think Mr. Author's in danger, too? 48 00:05:06,543 --> 00:05:09,569 That man has gazed upon the spirit of death as well. 49 00:05:09,646 --> 00:05:13,673 Once you do that, it's up to your luck if you survive. 50 00:05:15,252 --> 00:05:19,780 Are you implying there's a death spirit in Kitabayashi? 51 00:05:27,297 --> 00:05:30,789 Kyogokutei, what are you up to? 52 00:05:56,226 --> 00:05:57,989 That gray area. 53 00:05:58,061 --> 00:06:01,656 No matter where I go, I'm still living in that gray area. 54 00:06:07,271 --> 00:06:11,799 Dear! The guest on the second floor! I'm sure he's gonna hang himself! 55 00:06:11,875 --> 00:06:13,399 You think so, too? 56 00:06:13,477 --> 00:06:17,106 How long have do you think we've been doing this job?! 57 00:06:17,181 --> 00:06:21,140 Well, the truth is I guessed it as soon as I met him-- 58 00:06:21,218 --> 00:06:24,210 Well, hurry up and get rid of him before he does it! 59 00:06:24,288 --> 00:06:27,587 Tell him he's free to kill himself, but to do it somewhere else! 60 00:06:27,658 --> 00:06:29,751 What, me? Why do I have to do it? 61 00:06:29,827 --> 00:06:30,885 Pardon me. 62 00:06:34,965 --> 00:06:36,990 Aren't you...? 63 00:06:37,067 --> 00:06:39,467 Forgive my mishap in Sanuki. 64 00:06:39,536 --> 00:06:41,697 My name is Ukon Shinonome... 65 00:06:41,772 --> 00:06:43,569 once a retainer to the house of Kitabayashi. 66 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:44,971 Kitabayashi? 67 00:06:45,042 --> 00:06:46,600 You know something about it? 68 00:06:46,677 --> 00:06:49,874 No, only about the curse of Seven Man Point. 69 00:06:49,947 --> 00:06:51,414 How? 70 00:06:51,482 --> 00:06:55,179 What I know is only a legend... 71 00:06:55,252 --> 00:06:59,655 but I've heard that Seven Man Point was originally a monster from Tosa. 72 00:06:59,723 --> 00:07:01,816 If you encounter one, you're sure to die. 73 00:07:01,892 --> 00:07:04,588 It's a type of death spirit, and there are seven in all. 74 00:07:05,195 --> 00:07:09,825 Each one kills seven, then seven times seven more will die. 75 00:07:09,900 --> 00:07:12,767 If those forty-nine then kill seven people each... 76 00:07:12,836 --> 00:07:15,464 the number of total dead is almost limitless. 77 00:07:15,539 --> 00:07:17,973 It progresses exponentially. 78 00:07:18,041 --> 00:07:21,841 Indeed. And that's what's happening in Kitabayashi. 79 00:07:23,180 --> 00:07:28,516 The year it started, seven people suddenly vanished from the castle town. 80 00:07:28,585 --> 00:07:32,919 The next year it was fourteen people, then twenty-eight the year after that. 81 00:07:32,990 --> 00:07:36,585 By now, countless people have vanished. 82 00:07:36,660 --> 00:07:39,220 The citizens' fear has gone beyond reason. 83 00:07:39,296 --> 00:07:42,026 They're completely paranoid now, convinced it's all the work... 84 00:07:42,099 --> 00:07:44,033 of spies that have snuck into their domain. 85 00:07:44,101 --> 00:07:46,331 And they're convinced there were people who helped them. 86 00:08:04,888 --> 00:08:06,549 It's gotten that bad? 87 00:08:09,126 --> 00:08:14,291 But with so many people vanishing, weren't there any clues left behind? 88 00:08:14,364 --> 00:08:17,265 People from the castle searched thoroughly... 89 00:08:17,334 --> 00:08:19,802 and a strict watch was posted. 90 00:08:19,870 --> 00:08:22,862 No clues were found, and even more people vanished. 91 00:08:22,940 --> 00:08:25,807 Even I'm starting to wonder if it isn't a real curse. 92 00:08:25,876 --> 00:08:27,673 The curse of Seven Man Point. 93 00:08:27,744 --> 00:08:30,907 Assuming for argument's sake that this is all a plot... 94 00:08:30,981 --> 00:08:35,816 to take over the fief, it's all ended up the same. 95 00:08:35,886 --> 00:08:37,649 As much as it pained me... 96 00:08:37,721 --> 00:08:39,416 I snuck away from that accursed domain. 97 00:08:39,489 --> 00:08:43,050 You're a lordless samurai. You mean...?! 98 00:08:43,126 --> 00:08:47,028 I had no choice. My wife vanished as well! 99 00:08:47,965 --> 00:08:51,924 She was three months pregnant. 100 00:08:52,002 --> 00:08:53,469 Pregnant. 101 00:08:53,537 --> 00:08:56,995 During the investigation, I learned something from the spies' activities. 102 00:08:57,074 --> 00:08:58,336 What? 103 00:08:58,408 --> 00:09:02,504 Master Yamaoka, l, too, have seen that terrible weapon! 104 00:09:28,572 --> 00:09:30,164 Their movements now worry me. 105 00:09:30,240 --> 00:09:32,037 You mean, they're going to use the flame lance again?! 106 00:09:36,179 --> 00:09:39,706 Master Yamaoka, you've been marked for death. 107 00:09:39,783 --> 00:09:41,717 Death? Me?! 108 00:09:41,785 --> 00:09:44,447 Because you know too much! 109 00:09:54,331 --> 00:09:55,798 I'm going out for a while. 110 00:09:55,866 --> 00:09:58,596 Well, that's a rare thing. 111 00:09:58,669 --> 00:10:00,500 What about that ronin? 112 00:10:00,570 --> 00:10:03,266 He's still in my room. 113 00:10:09,579 --> 00:10:11,206 Come back soon! 114 00:10:11,281 --> 00:10:15,081 He's not coming back! What a load off my mind this is! 115 00:10:15,152 --> 00:10:17,586 Please, accept your death gracefully. 116 00:10:17,654 --> 00:10:20,214 Well, actually, I was relieved about it first. 117 00:10:20,290 --> 00:10:22,884 Hold it! Dear, did you get the money he owes us?! 118 00:10:24,061 --> 00:10:25,653 Got his deposit right here. 119 00:10:32,636 --> 00:10:36,072 Somewhere among these people, one of them is trying to kill me. 120 00:10:36,139 --> 00:10:38,437 Strange. I'm not scared at all. 121 00:10:38,508 --> 00:10:42,205 Does my heart already long for death? 122 00:10:42,279 --> 00:10:46,545 When one longs to die, does that bring him to death 's door? 123 00:10:46,616 --> 00:10:48,880 Momosuke? Momosuke! 124 00:10:51,288 --> 00:10:52,812 Heihachi! 125 00:10:53,724 --> 00:10:54,816 It is you! 126 00:10:54,891 --> 00:10:57,587 Sorry, Heihachi. I'm in a hurry. 127 00:10:57,661 --> 00:11:01,859 Huh? Hold it, what's going on? Why are you in such a rush? 128 00:11:01,932 --> 00:11:04,400 It'd be better if you stayed away from me. 129 00:11:04,468 --> 00:11:05,935 What are you talking about? 130 00:11:06,002 --> 00:11:08,903 Meeting you here is a terrific twist of fate. 131 00:11:08,972 --> 00:11:11,065 Have you heard about the castle town in Kitabayashi? 132 00:11:11,141 --> 00:11:12,802 Kitabayashi?! 133 00:11:13,543 --> 00:11:17,479 Man, that's the first time I've ever been in such danger! 134 00:11:17,547 --> 00:11:21,244 That must be what it feels like to walk in the middle of a pack of wolves. 135 00:11:21,318 --> 00:11:22,945 When you're summoned to a castle personally... 136 00:11:23,019 --> 00:11:25,044 you don't know if you're gonna come home in one piece! 137 00:11:25,122 --> 00:11:27,420 God! Never again! 138 00:11:27,491 --> 00:11:29,083 You were summoned personally? 139 00:11:29,159 --> 00:11:32,595 Here's what was for sale. 140 00:11:32,662 --> 00:11:34,789 Even places that seem to lie at the ends of the earth... 141 00:11:34,865 --> 00:11:36,560 have curious people in them. 142 00:11:36,633 --> 00:11:39,568 They call it an "atrocity print." 143 00:11:42,639 --> 00:11:44,470 A pregnant... 144 00:11:44,541 --> 00:11:46,805 Well, that's why very few major publishers... 145 00:11:46,877 --> 00:11:48,811 would put out dangerous material like this. 146 00:11:48,879 --> 00:11:51,313 They come out with seven serialized books a year... 147 00:11:51,381 --> 00:11:52,939 for a grand total of twenty-eight volumes. 148 00:11:53,016 --> 00:11:54,540 Did you say twenty-eight?! 149 00:11:54,618 --> 00:11:57,485 Momosuke, what's wrong with you? 150 00:11:57,554 --> 00:12:01,046 Heihachi, who did you sell these to?! 151 00:12:01,124 --> 00:12:04,491 I told you, I was summoned directly to the castle! 152 00:12:06,029 --> 00:12:07,496 Someone in the castle? 153 00:12:09,065 --> 00:12:10,054 Wait! Momosuke! 154 00:12:10,133 --> 00:12:11,566 Ukon! 155 00:12:13,436 --> 00:12:17,497 Could it be? Could the curse of Seven Man Point be... 156 00:12:17,574 --> 00:12:20,338 If it is, then Mataichi and the others are in danger! 157 00:12:41,031 --> 00:12:45,297 Wait, please! I'll never tell anyone about that thing! 158 00:12:46,136 --> 00:12:49,230 I... I... 159 00:12:50,707 --> 00:12:54,404 I can't die! I can't die yet! 160 00:12:54,911 --> 00:12:58,904 I... I don't regret my life. Please! 161 00:13:02,519 --> 00:13:04,316 Master Yamaoka! 162 00:13:36,386 --> 00:13:40,948 You're faster than I expected. Sorry I didn't come sooner. 163 00:13:41,024 --> 00:13:45,620 I recognize these lackeys from Sanuki. It must be related to the flame lance! 164 00:13:45,695 --> 00:13:46,889 Ukon... 165 00:13:49,099 --> 00:13:53,798 What's happening at Seven Man Point isn't a curse. 166 00:13:53,870 --> 00:13:57,169 People are behind what's going on there. 167 00:13:57,240 --> 00:13:59,105 What do you mean? 168 00:13:59,175 --> 00:14:03,111 I think the criminals are the people in Kitabayashi Castle! 169 00:14:11,788 --> 00:14:13,847 That's not nearly enough! 170 00:14:13,924 --> 00:14:15,755 Listen up, everyone! 171 00:14:15,825 --> 00:14:19,056 There are a lot more enemy dogs hiding in our domain! 172 00:14:19,129 --> 00:14:23,065 Show no mercy! Hunt them down to the last person! 173 00:14:23,133 --> 00:14:26,227 These guys are making hell on earth. 174 00:14:33,410 --> 00:14:37,813 Oh? What are they building over there? 175 00:14:47,757 --> 00:14:50,453 Whoa! Master Yamaoka! 176 00:14:50,527 --> 00:14:51,619 Y- Yes? 177 00:14:51,695 --> 00:14:53,287 We can't go on horseback past here. 178 00:14:53,363 --> 00:14:55,160 We'll have to go through a choke point. 179 00:14:57,067 --> 00:14:58,864 D- Don't worry about me! 180 00:15:00,904 --> 00:15:02,166 Me and my big mouth! 181 00:15:09,746 --> 00:15:11,577 It's in sight, Master Yamaoka! 182 00:15:14,117 --> 00:15:17,143 That's Kitabayashi Castle? 183 00:15:17,887 --> 00:15:20,879 It all seems like a bad dream. 184 00:15:20,957 --> 00:15:23,391 Lady Kaede, the wife of our previous lord... 185 00:15:23,460 --> 00:15:26,554 threw herself from that tower. 186 00:15:42,379 --> 00:15:46,406 The misfortunes in the castle town began after that. 187 00:15:46,483 --> 00:15:48,883 It's what started everything. 188 00:15:48,952 --> 00:15:52,046 We should wait till sundown before we enter the town. 189 00:15:59,629 --> 00:16:01,153 Who's that? 190 00:16:01,865 --> 00:16:05,130 Lord Danjou, the lord of the castle. 191 00:16:06,503 --> 00:16:07,834 Tora-no-Shin! 192 00:16:07,971 --> 00:16:10,667 Tora-no-Shin, what are you doing to your mother?! 193 00:16:14,811 --> 00:16:16,005 Denzou... 194 00:16:16,079 --> 00:16:16,841 Milord? 195 00:16:16,913 --> 00:16:17,880 When will it be finished? 196 00:16:17,947 --> 00:16:19,437 In another month. 197 00:16:19,516 --> 00:16:21,950 You have half a month! We cannot wait any longer. 198 00:16:22,018 --> 00:16:23,007 Milord! 199 00:16:28,992 --> 00:16:30,960 What are you planning to do, Mata? 200 00:16:31,027 --> 00:16:33,860 Sneak into the castle! 201 00:16:33,930 --> 00:16:35,454 What?! 202 00:16:37,033 --> 00:16:38,967 Oh, crap! 203 00:16:41,604 --> 00:16:44,971 Looks like some travelers have wandered into this domain. 204 00:16:45,041 --> 00:16:46,269 Not good. 205 00:17:00,690 --> 00:17:04,387 Well, sir, it took us longer to cross the mountains than I expected. 206 00:17:04,461 --> 00:17:07,225 We only just arrived here in the castle town. 207 00:17:07,297 --> 00:17:12,530 I see. It sounds like you've had a rough journey! 208 00:17:20,076 --> 00:17:23,068 Hey! What do we do with this girl? 209 00:17:33,523 --> 00:17:34,683 Shiragiku! 210 00:17:39,395 --> 00:17:42,159 To the next world, we commit Thee! 211 00:17:43,066 --> 00:17:44,590 MATAlCHl! 212 00:17:49,806 --> 00:17:54,539 For me, the Shiragiku I am now... I shall shine on in the shadows! 213 00:17:55,145 --> 00:17:57,670 Figures she'd be connected to all this. 214 00:18:02,051 --> 00:18:04,042 Bring her along, Kaburagi. 215 00:18:04,120 --> 00:18:05,382 Yes, ma'am! 216 00:18:11,895 --> 00:18:15,592 Is it possible the curse of Seven Man Point is... 217 00:18:16,266 --> 00:18:19,599 This is certainly going to be a pain. 218 00:18:19,669 --> 00:18:21,330 Master Yamaoka. 219 00:18:21,404 --> 00:18:22,496 Yes? 220 00:18:22,572 --> 00:18:25,370 My wife, Suzu... 221 00:18:25,441 --> 00:18:27,602 was she really killed like it's shown in that atrocity print? 222 00:18:28,678 --> 00:18:31,772 This may all just be my imagination. 223 00:18:31,848 --> 00:18:33,816 It's just that the person buying... 224 00:18:33,883 --> 00:18:36,875 those seven-part books comes from the castle, so... 225 00:18:36,953 --> 00:18:39,786 Seven parts? So it's connected to Seven Man Point?! 226 00:18:39,856 --> 00:18:41,619 Ukon? 227 00:18:45,128 --> 00:18:46,993 What's that? 228 00:18:54,971 --> 00:18:58,907 Don't tell me they're going to kill that little girl like in the pictures! 229 00:19:06,616 --> 00:19:09,915 Kaburagi! You! It was you! 230 00:19:09,986 --> 00:19:13,183 Heh! So you've returned, Ukon! 231 00:19:13,256 --> 00:19:16,657 Was that a good idea, seeing how your wife still lives? 232 00:19:16,726 --> 00:19:17,920 What?! 233 00:19:17,994 --> 00:19:21,896 She lives so long as the moon is full! 234 00:19:21,965 --> 00:19:24,490 Then you people really are... 235 00:19:24,567 --> 00:19:26,501 Draw your swords! 236 00:19:33,576 --> 00:19:37,034 That was the stupidest samurai I've ever seen. 237 00:19:37,647 --> 00:19:39,740 Ogin! Mataichi! 238 00:19:39,816 --> 00:19:45,118 Your luck remains amazingly strong, Mr. Author. 239 00:19:45,188 --> 00:19:47,850 Uh-oh, here come reinforcements. 240 00:19:47,924 --> 00:19:49,858 For now, we withdraw. 241 00:19:53,529 --> 00:19:58,159 I see. They made a selection. The scream we heard before... 242 00:19:58,234 --> 00:20:00,862 Then they'll eventually kill that girl, too. 243 00:20:00,937 --> 00:20:02,734 Aside from that, Mr. Author... 244 00:20:02,805 --> 00:20:05,467 that's certainly an awful idea you've come up with. 245 00:20:05,541 --> 00:20:07,600 Well... 246 00:20:07,677 --> 00:20:09,474 But if we don't save Ukon, he'll be... 247 00:20:09,545 --> 00:20:14,380 Oh, I'm getting sick of this. Mind telling us how we do that? 248 00:20:14,450 --> 00:20:15,883 No, l... 249 00:20:15,952 --> 00:20:18,216 You involve others and then get us involved, too! 250 00:20:18,288 --> 00:20:20,256 For heaven's sake. 251 00:20:22,292 --> 00:20:23,782 Mr. Author... 252 00:20:23,860 --> 00:20:27,023 Mr. Author, I don't mean to rob you of hope... 253 00:20:27,096 --> 00:20:30,395 but that samurai was looking for a place to die. 254 00:20:30,466 --> 00:20:32,297 A place to die? 255 00:20:32,368 --> 00:20:35,963 Well, shall we get this plan moving? 256 00:20:36,039 --> 00:20:37,734 Ogin. 257 00:20:37,807 --> 00:20:39,331 Time to take the stage. 258 00:20:53,890 --> 00:20:55,255 Wh- What's... 259 00:20:57,827 --> 00:21:00,921 I am the Lady of the Point. 260 00:21:00,997 --> 00:21:03,966 My enmity knows no end. 261 00:21:04,033 --> 00:21:07,992 If you wish to quiet the curse, raise a shrine to me! 262 00:21:08,538 --> 00:21:10,199 Pray for me! 263 00:21:16,045 --> 00:21:18,445 What's with this castle? 264 00:21:18,514 --> 00:21:21,005 What's with all the hidey-holes and secret passages? 265 00:21:21,084 --> 00:21:24,212 Well, thanks to them, we could sneak in. 266 00:21:24,921 --> 00:21:27,856 There's something definitely shady about this place. 267 00:21:27,924 --> 00:21:30,188 Do you hear something? 268 00:21:50,747 --> 00:21:52,442 That's the flame lance! 269 00:21:59,522 --> 00:22:01,456 We've found him. 270 00:22:01,524 --> 00:22:03,685 He's the death spirit haunting this place. 271 00:22:03,760 --> 00:22:06,923 Which makes him the enemy we face. 272 00:22:08,398 --> 00:22:11,834 The lord of this castle... Danjou Kitabayashi! 273 00:22:17,306 --> 00:22:23,267 Wind chimes whisper soft and sweet 274 00:22:24,781 --> 00:22:29,878 Though there's not a hint of a breeze 275 00:22:31,854 --> 00:22:37,588 Moonlight dancing on the garden walk 276 00:22:37,660 --> 00:22:44,224 As it gently drifts through the trees 277 00:22:45,668 --> 00:22:51,573 Romance takes flight on this perfect night 278 00:22:51,641 --> 00:22:58,274 While all of the world lays sleeping 279 00:22:59,148 --> 00:23:08,580 Find us here as we feel the moment of love 280 00:23:09,926 --> 00:23:13,362 Draw near 281 00:23:13,429 --> 00:23:20,335 Dream, sleep, with your hand in mine 282 00:23:20,403 --> 00:23:26,342 Underneath a blanket of stars 283 00:23:28,544 --> 00:23:33,504 Song birds singing in a distant glade 284 00:23:33,583 --> 00:23:42,423 As we share the warmth of the dawn 285 00:23:48,931 --> 00:23:51,365 Evil and ambition scatter in the darkness... 286 00:23:51,434 --> 00:23:54,528 Ieaving behind dubious rumors to fly in public. 287 00:23:54,604 --> 00:23:57,573 Monsters. The darkness in people's hearts. 288 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:00,200 Apparitions as numerous as sadnesses. 289 00:24:00,276 --> 00:24:02,369 That's why I continue to write... 290 00:24:02,445 --> 00:24:05,073 of the sad darkness these specters inhabit. 291 00:24:05,147 --> 00:24:08,674 Next time, on Natsuhiko Kyogoku's "Requiem from the Darkness." 292 00:24:08,751 --> 00:24:10,184 The final episode. 293 00:24:10,253 --> 00:24:14,986 "The Death Spirits of Seven Man Point, Part 2." 294 00:24:15,057 --> 00:24:17,958 To the next world, we commit Thee.