Toei Company Ltd.
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight (Porno Jidai-Geki Bohachi Bushido)
Producers: Koji Shundo, Keiichi Hashimoto, Keizo Mimura Based on the comic by: Kazuo Koike, Goseki Kojima Screenplay: San Kaji
Photography: Juhei Suzuki Lighting: Tokuji VWvakaki Audio: Shigeji Nakayama Art Direction: Akira Yoshimura Music: So Kaburagi Editor: Isamu Ichida
Cast
Tetsuro Tanba
Yuriko Hishimi, Keiko Aikawa, Rena Ichinose, Emi Katsura, Ruriko Ikejima
Shiro Kuno, Kyoichi Sato, Keishiro Kojima, Ryota Tamagawa, Kiyoshi Hitomi, Shoki Fukae
Goro Ibuki, Tatsuo Endo, Ryohei Uchida
There he is, capture him!
Surrender at once! Surrender at once!
I tire of this.
Hurry! Hurry!
If dying is Hell... then how is that any different from the Hell that is life?
Directed by: Teruo Ishii
How is he doing?
I'll check.
Very soon, he'll be hard!
For a cold body, a woman's flesh is the best remedy.
And we women have the warmest skin in all of Yoshiwara.
You shouldn't have saved me.
We were ordered to by someone with an odd fetish.
From Kuruwa?
We are of the Bohachi Clan.
We are beasts masked in human skin.
And I'm charge of the Bohachi men. Kesazo Shirakubi.
You wish me to join up, I assume.
Do you think you're capable of it?
Listen, in order to become a Bohachi man,
you have to abandon the eight human virtues.
First: "ko". You must forget your Godliness.
Second: "tei". You must forget obedience and fidelity towards your elders.
Third: "chuu". You must forget loyalty towards friends.
Fourth: "shin". You must forget how to trust your allies.
Fifth: "rei". You must forget modesty.
Sixth: "gi". You must forget justice.
Seventh: "ren". You must forget your conscience in order to forget everything else.
Eighth: "ji". In other words, you must forget you have shame.
I see.
Ko-tei-chu-shin-rei-gi-ren-ji: the Forgotten Eight Virtues. So that is Bohacti...
Ouch! Too hot!! I'l do whatever you want.
We will shape this doll into a beautiful woman befitting of our kind.
Day and night, a man will mercilessly fuck her,
so that she will appreciate the art of pleasing a man.
Fuck me... please fuck mel...
This one has syphilis, and also has become a sex-addict.
She is an unusual case.
We throw duds like her into this cage...
and leave them to starve to death.
So, do you think you can be like us?
Beasts who forgot the human way of life...
Roaches are more pleasant company than you.
It's as if I'm looking at myself.
Are you saying that you are just like us?
I suppose.
To be cast away from human society is one of the consequences of the Bohachi way.
Will you join us?
Haridama is to keep watch on the women so they won't run away.
How's it going?
Yes, everything is good.
Good for you.
Unscrupulous Bohachi bastards!
Who is that guy?
Bohachi men aren't supposed to squabble over profits.
They're not supposed to express their emotions.
How rude! You have no right...
You have no right, too, ya Know? No right to be in debt, that is.
You'll just have to pay with your body.
Ouch...
You little bitch!
Listen here, I have the infamous assassin, Shino protecting me.
Take one step closer... and I'll kill myself.
This one will work more efficiently.
Have you forgotten the samurai code?
Are you not ashamed of yourselves??
He has a Bohachi man on his side who has FORGOTTEN shame.
If I'm sold to Kuruwa, I'll bite my tongue off and die.
Little bitch.
No!
Every man's dream... what soft skin!
Get lost, you pervert!
You bastard!
Owww. Here you go. This is for you. My present!
Off with you now!
Bitches of nobility and Samurai sure make us work.
In order to shape those kinds of bitches into beautiful dolls...
We perform Daruma Dakase on them...
We bind them...
and have men fuck them constantly.
They become obedient on the third day.
The first customer to fuck our new woman...
will be the highest bidder.
Here is 50 ryo for your work today.
Try to bid on her with this.
I don't really feel like it.
You are still not in our Clan; you're just a guest.
A guest of the Bohachi is forbidden to refuse a request.
We Bohachi men have a number of customs.
For example, the characters on the back of our jackets...
We read them "chi-wa-furu-kinuginu"
Chiwa refers to a man and woman lying on top of each other face to face upside-down.
The second one is Furu.
To penetrate from behind when rejected; in other words: to fuck her in the ass.
The last one, Kinuginu, refers to the submissive state the bitch enters into after sex with her customer as they lie in bed together.
It's time to work.
Yes, sir.
Now, if you would present your bids.
Come. Name your price.
5 ryo.
6 ryo.
6 ryo and 4 bu.
10 ryo.
No beating-around-the-bush, This is a highly valued commodity.
All right, 20 ryo!
If there are no more offers, I accept the bid for 20 ryo.
Wait a minute!
Just to see if she really is a fine commodity, let me touch her.
Let me too.
Stop it!
I bid the highest price!
You can't touch her! She's mine!
Then, 21 ryo!
22 ryo!
23 ryo!
23 ryo and 2bu!
25 ryoll
I've got 50 ryo.
50 ryol?
It Seems like we have the highest bidder.
Please do not untie the rope. Just leave her here.
Through the laughter and tears, life lasts but a mere fifty years.
To live is Hell... and to die is also Hell.
Excuse me.
Nothing happened, it seems.
I was scared out of my mind for a while; I thought you were going to kill me.
By showing me mercy, you'll never be accepted by the Bohachi Clan.
It was a sort of trial.
Everyone you saw yesterday...
the old guard and all the women...
They were all actors we hired from Ryogoku.
That's right.
And I'm Omon, a female Bohachi under Omonshirobe.
Sir, I was also spying on you for a while yesterday.
My ears hurt when you said...
To live is Hell... and to die is also Hell.
I suppose you were trying to act tough, but you're really just a coward.
I got wet listening to that.
I heard that Bohachi men have no interest in that which does not benefit them.
They don't succumb to laughter or anger.
This rule has been taught to you by Himejiro.
You failed the final test too.
Get out of here.
So l'm still just a stray dog, forsaken even by the Bohachi?
There! You're under arrest!
Surrender yourself!
Did you inform them?
Bohachi men don't have any sense of trust or justice.
I'd forgotten that you are the "Clan of the Forgotten Eight."
Not bad...
Bohachi men, can you give us a hand?
Bohachi men are unconcerned with matters outside of Kuruwa.
Wait! Hold up!
Boss.
Welcome back.
Officers, why don't you withdraw for today.
Withdraw, you say?
This guy's the most notorious, savage man of this region.
I won't let anyone stop us from taking him down.
Even if it is Omonshirobe of Yoshiwara and Soda.
This is a man whom I have taken in to my home.
And he has become a member of the Bohachi.
I take responsibility for letting him out without his uniform, and I apologize.
No, even if he's a Bohachi man...
I cannot let this dangerous criminal go.
If you have any problem with this...
Turn me in to the magistrate.
Do not mention the magistrate so easily.
Well, the magistrate might not have enough authority to handle this.
Report this to the chancellor.
Give him my regards.
Don't you dare say any more.
I say nothing, Itis this bell that speaks.
Cowardly lawmen, running away like that. They all squirmed over a bell.
Boss, this man had failed the trial we put him through.
It's worth going against the Emperor for his sake.
Then what do you propose?
From today forward, you will be my guest.
And just how do you intend to use me?
We'll discuss that over drinks.
I want you to kill feudal lords, samurai, officials...
Or whoever intervenes in my business.
No official will lay a finger on you...
As long as I have this hollyhock crest.
In 1603, Shogun Tokugawa leyasu established the new government...
and constructed it here in Edo.
But he was burdened by constant bickering
among the construction workers.
So our founder Jinemon Shoji came in with hundreds of women.
And all the troubles dissolved...
Construction work proceeded much more smoothly as well.
Because of his contribution...
The first Shogun of the Edo Shogunate, Tokugawa leyasu
rewarded him with this bell.
It has exclusive power for us to manage this business.
Since then, we have continued to donate to the government.
Some officials wouldn't have had any food on the table
If not for our financial contributions.
However, these days, Yoshiwara's luster has rusted.
It's happening because of places like Yunada...
which offer women too cheap.
And then there are the tea shops and the town shops...
Called "Chaya", which are simply covers for brothels.
These Chaya shops are so successful that
Yotaka, Yaba Ladies, Bikuri...
And others have opened their businesses everywhere.
Unfortunately, the officials won't prosecute these places
Since most of their customers are samurai.
I want you to wipe out these businesses and all who work there.
So you want me to destroy the lords and samurai by destroying their businesses.
Will you do it?
The world would be a better place without them.
So we have a deal.
What was that?
We Bohachi communicate like this...
when we have secret conversations.
I will teach you Bohachi sign language.
Using your thumb and index finger, means "e".
Rowing oar means "ro".
Pointing your teeth means "ha".
Toting a backpack means "ni".
Touching your cheek means "ho".
Pointing your bottom as if passing gas means "he".
This is all.
The easiest one for you to remember is "chi" from chichi (tits).
This fine piece of sword is called Onibocho (demon's kitchen-knife),
It used to be owned by the second Beheader Zaemon.
Kill them all with this blade.
It has absorbed much blood.
Especially cursed blood.
Even so, no matter how finely crafted this blade is, it can't defeat guns.
Is that so?
I see.
But at this range, it won't work quite as well.
Are you saying that your sword will move faster than a gun?
Do you want to test it out?
The saying "berserkers go with the sword" is right.
I feel pity.
For me?
Naturally.
I'm not hurt at all.
Remove your hair pin.
I shot that hair pin as if it were your heart.
Where are you going?
I have your order.
"Ki... ru"
Kill...
Whoever mixes with Kechigiri Woman...
Will be mercilessly killed.
They should know that they're not supposed to mix with them.
Shino of the Yoshiwara Bohachi.
Kechigiri is basically a prostitute who deals without a pimp.
You are to kill whoever mixes with Kechigiri Ladies.
Hey, this is getting exciting!
That Shino frightens me.
Do not worry.
I'll chop him into pieces in a flash if he comes in.
So don't...
Shino, sir, he said he would chop you into pieces in a flash.
How rude!
Wait, mercy!
Wait! Don't kill me.
What the hell is going on? - Here is a guest for you.
What?
How rude!
Hurry up! Leave!
How can I face my ancestors again?
All of this has shamed my soul.
Iam Kojima Keishiro, of the well-known Hatamoto...
and I will live with shame forever.
Face this, you moron!
Everyone just take a look at these morons.
I'm mortified!
Listen, guys! Whoever kills the assassin Shino...
will receive 100 ryo from the Chaya owners.
Stay alert!
Even if they outnumber us, mobs are still mobs.
The 100 ryo will be ours.
We will have quite a task, he's an expert.
Here he comes!
Everyone, be careful.
Get out the way.
We did it! We defeated them all!
You are the man!
Hold up!
Assassin Shino, surrender now!
Sir...
Shut up!
Mr Official, what's the matter?
I cannot release you...
After the mass murders you commited before my very eyes.
I have merely punished the wrong-doers in place of you.
Shut your mouth!
If I release you...
there will be complete anarchy.
Surrender now!
He even killed an official...
We currently have a truce with the local goverment...
but if they lose their men to one of us...
They might turn against us.
That's what I'm hoping for.
It takes something heinous like killing government officials
to make the chancellor act.
What happened?
A dirty rat was killed up in the attic.
Remove him.
Yes sir.
You bastard!
He distorted his face as he was dying.
Kurokuwa scum, I presume.
I, the boss of Yoshiwara, have Shino as my personal guest.
They know if they confront us openly
they won't win.
That's why they've sent a Kurokuwa man.
If Ninja come into the picture...
I don't think anybody's going to survive, even Shino.
He MUST survive. I am not yet finished with him.
Look at these places. They're all dead.
Attributed to your work.
All the Chaya have zero customers now.
Sir, let's go get some noodles.
Hey, can we have two bowls of noodles?
Sure.
Damn it. You're from Kurokuwa!
Himejiro!
Himejiro!!
Cut off my clothes.
Okay.
Master Shirakubi told us to keep watch on you.
Let me borrow your knife.
The heat's reached our skin.
Water is the best medicine for heat.
Himejiro! Himejiro!
We were wearing water-soaked nonflammable clothing.
Call a doctor.
That won't help much...
I don't care, call a doctor!
If you say So.
Kurokuwa won't launch a conventional attack.
Be careful.
You go too.
No. The Boss ordered us to protect you from attacks.
And his order is final.
We're not going to abandon you.
Himejiro! Hang in there, Himejiro!
Sir...
When a Bohachi man dies, he goes to Hell.
Himejiro!!
I'll tend to the body before I leave.
You go now.
I cannot believe the Kurokuwa men...
Throwing away their lives without regret.
Bohachi women, because of you, I've lost two of my men.
You will pay dearly for that.
Just kill us!
I've heard that... female Bohachi are women, yet not women
First I will test the truth in that rumor, then I will kill you.
Stand up!
Go!
Wait!
I can't let you take the women.
You're of Kurokuwa, right?
Even Kurokawa men still have families, right?
I will notify yours of this. Tell me your name.
The government and Yoshiwara have been supporting each other.
That partnership will be revived.
Then, what will happen to you?
After all, we are the ones who pay with our lives but get no payment in return.
What a life...
Life...
Driving spikes between nail and flesh...
How will she cry?
You said you were getting a doctor, but...
You just wanted to have fun by yourself, didn't you?
I've been looking forward to tasting this foreign girl.
Wait! Me first!
Did you just slap me!?
Bitch!
Stop it!
Darn it!
Boss...
I gave you a command: no matter what happens...
Stay by Shino's side!
Disobeying a direct command warrants death.
Kill all of them.
I told them to leave.
Protect them if you want, but they are Bohachi women.
They will not thank you.
I just said the truth.
Weel, all right.
I'll hand their lives over to you.
So, to maintain Yoshiwara's integrity, we need a little Spartan remedy.
Anybody who brings an illegal Chaya whore to me...
will be awarded with 5 ryo.
Inform everyone in Edo of this rule.
Has anybody heard?
This is a 20,000 ryo campaign.
5 ryo for one Kechigiri whore.
Money will flow freely here.
Yoshiwara has graciously prepared 20 boxes.
Each contains 1000 ryo.
The esteemed Boss of Yoshiwara cares so much for our legitimate prostitutes...
That he is willing to spend that much money to get rid of the cheap whores!
Shino is already on the move.
The Leader of Yoshiwara is now seriously on the move.
All right! Everybody just take this and go make money!
The Five Rules clearly state:
Killers of illegal whores will not be prosecuted.
Capturing prostitutes is like picking up dropped money from the ground.
Everyone is grateful for such fortune...
just as they are after an economic recession.
We're buying 4000 women with 20000 ryo. Nice deal.
Now is the time to act.
But most of the Chaya have no more women.
Their businesses can't run without prostitutes.
So my job is finished, I suppose.
No, it has just started.
They are in a position now where they must launch an attack.
Any remaining money will be used to buy mercenaries...
...and backing from feudal lords to attack.
So it's war...
Exactly.
I want you to protect Yoshiwara with your sword.
And if I happen to die in that battle...
itll be “killing two birds with one stone"
You are a rather indestructible man.
We are going to destroy Yoshiwara.
And retrieve our women!
I need your help too.
We'll prove our worth to you.
Let's go, men!
Yes sir!
They... they're coming. They number about 170.
170 men...
Killing that many will be quite a task...
All right, men, slaughter them all!
Hold up!! Silence!
Quiet!
Both sides back off!
I, Tamon Denpachi, have been sent by the chancellor to give you his order.
To settle the quarrel between both sides,
Violence must NOT be used.
However, we are aware of the importance and magnitude of this issue...
So each side must send a representative to the courthouse within the next few days...
...where the matter will be settled by the chancellor himself.
Understood?
If you take violent action against each other, the government will have to take violent action against you.
So keep it down.
Pull back!
Do you understand?
I completely understand, sir.
You, too, disband! Right now!
Pull back!
Yes, sir!
The Bosses predicted this would happen.
New Year's Day in Kuruwa isn't bad.
On New Year's morning, the women cleanse themselves
And then they gather in the dining room to greet the boss as a chorus.
Boss, happy new year.
Happy new year.
I look forward to your company this year.
I look forward to your company.
Yeah, this is auspicious.
This year again, work hard for our prosperity.
Now, let's celebrate.
For our prosperity...
Let's celebrate.
Let's celebrate!
New Year's Day is the one day out of the year
that the women do not serve men.
During the previous year, their most important guests
make appointments for January 2nd...
They are presented with gift towels and spiced sake.
Excuse me...
Don't leave the confined area, many men out there...
are mourning their dead and would love to kill you for revenge.
Until the chancellor makes his decision.
After that, I might fight against you.
I don't want to kill you.
You? Kill me?
We'll see about that.
So Boss, how did the chancellor act?
The hollyhock crest spoke to him
And he agreed to the idea of coexistence and co-prosperity.
Coexistence and co-prosperity?
In other words, he said we should open the main street in Kuruwa to them...
and let them do their business freely.
However, if they do their business in the rest of Kuruwa...
I have the right to take action against them.
So, everything's gone according to plan.
Not exactly.
The chancellor gave us a condition.
Next time, the women of Bohachi must be the ones to work.
What did you put in this drink?
It's a medicine called opium.
Opium?
The longevity of your manhood is strengthened by it.
Your sense of pleasure will also increase.
The New Year's spiced sake is also called Death Sake.
It's said to send the devil back to hell.
One might say that I will be the one to go back to Hell.
More.
Yes.
Why are you trembling?
The Boss sent out this sake. I think I Know what's happening.
I see.
If you drink this sake...
Even the ugliest woman can appear to be beautiful.
Assassin Shino...
At the hand of opium and limitless sex...
you will Soon be reduced to bones and skin.
That will be the end of you.
Your job is done.
The chancellor told me to get rid of you.
I'll put you in the underground cage.
And the woman with syphilis will be your companion as you die.
When the opium effect wears off you will suffer in agony!
Smoke the opium.
Or, would you rather I shoot out all your rotten teeth?
Inhale deeply.
Right, there you go.
That's it.
Hand me my sword.
Arise!
Sex with women with syphilis is often enjoyable.
Sir, you have the upper hand on us.
Shirakubi, our dueling time has come.
That is unnecessary.
I will succeed as the Leader of Yoshiwara.
And you'll have someone else finish me off?
I see.
If dying is Hell... then how is that any different from the Hell that is life?
The final moments of Shino Ashita will be quite a spectacle.
Sir, I hear the torture has already weakened him quite a bit.
When he emerges, we'll finish him off for good. Right?
The night is over.
He's here!
My sword, Onibocho, is still sharp enough.
Yeah! We got him!
We captured him alive!
When the opium wears off, you'll feel the agony!
In order to kick off the effects of the opium, I'll hurt myself.
Is that really a man affected by opium?
He'll end up killing them all if this keeps up.
Pull back! Pull back!! Get away!
Wait just a bit longer... until the opium withdrawal kicks in!
Don't risk any more lives!
What a formidable foe, this Assassin Shino.
All generations in Yoshiwara will hear his story.
End