Who are you?
Are you from the village?
Why have you come into this cave?
Go back!
Go back to the village! Go back! Go back!
Shut up! Or I'll kill all of you!
Go back! Go back! Go back!
Damn it!
Wait!
You're Princess Shizu of the Satomi clan, aren't you?
Aren't you Princess Shizu?
Yes, I am.
Please excuse our impoliteness. Please come this way.
Hey. Will it be all right?
He doesn't look a bad person.
Dosetsu.
Princess!
We're glad that you're safe.
How did you get here?
You!
This is Shinbei. He...
He brought me here.
Brought you here?
Who are these people?
This is Inuta Kobungo.
And this is Inuta Sosuke.
We also came to this cave lost, and were saved by these two.
Then...
They are also comrades we were searching for.
Do you live in this cave?
That's right. Nobody comes into this cave.
"Those who enter the cave will not come back alive."
The villagers believe this.
Why?
When people see us living in this cave...
... they are surprised and attack us.
Somebody who looks weird must have a weird mind...
That is the way those village people think.
But nobody can defeat us in this cave.
Beyond this cave is Mt. Misumaru.
The shrine of Princess Fuse is apparently in the mountain.
From the statues of the Eight Doji in Mt. Misumaru...
A man scooped out the eight precious balls, I've heard.
From then, this world became dark.
We heard such a story from...
... an old person who lived and died in this cave.
These balls are the precious balls of the Eight Great Little Boys.
Each of us is...
United by the power of the balls. But ...
What is it?
Why are you all looking at me like that?
What's the hell is the power of these balls?
I also have two hanging balls...
Shut up!
Shinbei helped me!
But this man is not our comrade.
But...
We will forgive your rudeness to the princess.
Get out of here now.
What did you say?
Dosetsu!
If you stay around us, I will kill you without mercy.
Please leave.
I don't think you're a bad person.
But we have something we have to achieve.
I have to say goodbye.
He's still following us.
We have to do something about it. I'll ...
Okay. I'll have Shino go, too.
What's the matter?
Nothing.
Where are Daikaku and Shino?
I don't know.
Dosetsu! Are you trying ... to Shinbei?
Princess!
Did Princess Shizu tell you to kill me?
Tell me! Did that woman tell you to do this?
Princess!
Daikaku. Shino. What happened to Shinbei?
Did you kill Shinbei?
He fell off a cliff into the valley.
Bring him. -Yes, sir.
Come on.
We brought him in, as you commanded.
Untie him.
Yes, madam.
Do you remember me?
What is your name?
Shinbei.
Look at this, Motofuji.
Did you have this mark from your birth?
Yeah.
Motofuji, show him yours too.
Shinbei. I am your mother who gave birth to you.
And this is your brother.
A hundred years ago, you were...
... burned to death with us at this castle by ancestors of Princess Shizu.
You were reborn into his body, still carrying my grudge.
That's an outrageous story.
That birthmark is proof.
The flame pattern is the symbol of my grudge...
... for being burned to death with my two sons.
It's a lie.
I'm your son?
Are you saying I'm a kin of you demons?
You must be joking!
Don't tell me that!
Listen carefully, Shinbei.
Listen to the sound of the blood flowing in your body.
Your heart is beating...
... in the same rhythm as Mitama's heartbeat.
See? The same as the heartbeat of Motofuji and me.
If your heart beats fast, Mitama's heart beats fast.
And so do mine and Motofuji's hearts.
You've come to understand, haven't you, Shinbei?
You will understand better if you walk around this castle.
You body must have all the memories of this castle
You finally remember, don't you, Shinbei?
When you were born, the sea was...
... a blood red, reflecting the red sky.
Your first cry cut across bravely through the roaring sea.
We are mother and child, who share blood, Shinbei.
Shinbei!
Aah! Stop it, Shinbei!
Aah! Motofuji! How dare you!
Mother, the smell of this man's skin and blood ...
They do not smell as those of my brother.
But...
Genjin.
Yes, sir.
Drain the blood from this man.
Peel off his skin, that smell like an animal.
And replace them with the soft skin of a woman.
Make him suitable as my brother.
Yes, sir.
Princess.
What's the matter?
I thought I heard the sound of a flute.
Flute?
Yes. Didn't you hear it?
You must have imagined it.
Please rest, now.
Was Shizu thinking of Shinbei?
Shinbei was thinking of Shizu, too.
Cut it out.
There are eight Doji statues.
But we are only six.
Where are the two others?
Oh, it's you, Genpachi. What is it?
Hey, Genpachi!
What are you doing?
What are you going to do with that man?
Genpachi, you bastard!
Oh... . Genpachi, you fool.
It's too late now.
I heard the sound of a horse.
Who are you? Stop!
Genpachi Inukai.
I came here, guided by this ball.
Then, you are the seventh...
This man...
Isn't this Shinbei?
What?
Do you know the brother of Motofuji Hikita?
Brother of Motofuji Hikita?
They call him so at the castle.
Why did you bring him?
I could not believe them anymore.
The flute this man played awakened my mind.
What are you doing, Dosetsu?
Princess.
Shinbei!
Shinbei has come back, hasn't he? - Princess!
Princess!
Shinbei! Shinbei!
Princess!
Princess Shizu...
You told them to kill me.
Shinbei!
You ordered them to kill me!
Shinbei!
Stop it, Shinbei!
Shinbei!
You!
Wait!
Don't touch him! - Princess!
Don't touch him, anybody!
Shinbei. I was waiting for you.
All that I was thinking was that I wanted to see you.
Princess!
I want to talk with Shinbei.
Shinbei, please listen to me.
Please forgive me, Shinbei!
Die!
Princess!
He's alive.
I'm so glad.
Are you conscious, Shinbei?
Shinbei.
I am glad.
I'm glad to see you again.
What is this?
Is this mine?
Yes, it is yours.
"Jin"
What does Jin mean?
It's the heart to love people.
Heart... to love people?
It's gone.
What is?
The evil mark that was here is gone now.
Shinbei.
Princess!
What's the matter, Shinbei?
The princess ...
What?
The princess...
The lights have come back to this dark world. The last fight is about to begin.
Shinbei. Genpachi.
Return your balls to these statues.
Now, we have all eight.
I'm glad you've came, eight Kenshi warriors.
You are the messengers of the lights.
Give this bow and arrow to Princess Shizu.
No one but Princess Shizu can draw this bow.
No one but the princess... ?
That's it.
And only this bow...
... can destroy Motofuji's castle.
Shinbei, you take this to her.
Why me?
You have to survive by all means...
And deliver this to Princess Shizu.
Beautiful.
Her skin is so young and smooth.
Now, our dreams will finally come true.
How stout-hearted... As one might be expected of the princess of Satomi.
Be mad. Get angrier.
When you turn pale in anger, your skin becomes more beautiful.
Excuse me.
What's the matter?
Please listen to me.
As I thought, they've come.
The eight Kenshi of Satomi.
From the sea?
Yes.
I was waiting for this.
Move out!
Yes, sir.
Go!
Well, I wonder how many will arrive...
Now...
Keno!
Please go! Quickly!
Forget about me! Go!
Keno!
Let's go!
Welcome, Keno. I've been waiting for the day I can see you.
I've beeen waiting for this moment, too.
I'll cut you to death this time.
And I'll cut my destiny at the same time!
It won't go as you wish.
You're a woman who was born for me.
I will hold you in my arms tonight.
Do not say that!
Wait! Wait! Wait!
A trap is waiting beyond this door.
What's wrong with that?
So, I'll go first.
Why, Genpachi?
I've killed many people for pleasure.
Even children and women.
Please open the door.
Okay! Let's do it!
Get back, Genpachi!
Genpachi! Genpachi!
Go! Quickly!
Kobungo!
Sosuke!
You!
Komongo!
Sosuke!
Komongo!
Sosuke.
Komongo.
Go! Go!
You impudent... !
Keno. You are mine...
... eternally.
No one loved me.
I loved no one.
Hamaji!
You're alive, Hamaji!
You!
Shino!
Don't cut them! The blood of these women is poisonous!
Go onto the back, quickly!
We'll leave it to you, Shino! We will leave it to you!
Come to your senses, Hamaji!
Hamaji!
Hamaji...
I will not leave you anymore.
As you wished...
I will go anywhere with you. .
Daikaku!
Daikaku, pull yourself together!
Quick. Quickly, the princess!
Shinbei!
Dosetsu! Shinbei!
Here we go, Shinbei.
Dosetsu!
Princess!
Out of my way!
You truly are great, Shinbei.
As I expected, you've come back to your mother.
Out of my way!
I am not your son!
Are you going to kill me?
Are you going to kill your mother...
... who loves you so much?
Out of my way!
It's no good, Shinbei.
I will not die by some earthly blade.
We do not age or die...
And can be reborn many times.
So, throw this thing away...
... and embrace your mother.
Shinbei, what are you doing?
Shinbei...
Wait, mother.
Although he is my brother, he is a fool who cannot be saved after all.
Come, Shinbei.
Your brother will drop you into hell.
Princess!
Shinbei! How dare you!
Motofuji!
That's the one. Hit the evil statue!
Stop it, Shinbei! Do not let her!
Do it!
Jump.
Princess!
Shinbei!
Shinbei.
They're dead...
All seven of them...
They're all dead...
Shinbei, we...
My duties are over.
Please go.
You now belong to someone else.
Are you Princess Shizu?
It's been a long time.
Do not hesitate to raise your head.
Oh, you have grown up finely.
Losing all of your family and retainers, and alone as a woman...
You have wonderfully survived.
I was not...
... alone.
What did you say?
Seven...
... who longer exist in this world.
And one more ...
Yes. I've heard.
It is a pity that you have lost valuable people.
But you do not have to worry anymore. Isn't that right, Masaharu?
Yes. It's been long time since we saw each other.
When we were little, we played ball in the castle garden.
With blue sea and green mountains...
The castle was beautiful.
As early as tomorrow, we will select carpenters...
... and have them go to Tateyama.
We will build a new castle...
... even more beautiful than before.
Princess Shizu. What's the matter?
Yes, sir.
What is the matter, Princess?
Shinbei!
Princess.
Shinbei, I won't go back to the castle.
What!?
I'll go anywhere with you.
I'll live anywhere.
But, you are...
Shinbei, why are you hesitating?
Go, Shinbei!
Go with the princess!
Don't be surprised. Go without hesitation!
You two, go with your hands held together.
Go anywhere you want!
That's right. Go, Shinbei!
Go! Go!
Go! Go! Go!
Go, heading for your ideal land!
We will ever die.
We will live forever with Princess and Shinbei.
Shinbei!
Translated by Yumiko
Subtitled and Mastered by Cannibal King