Pyroneko vs. Chyuu - Golden Kamui S01E01
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# Pyroneko
# Chyuu
Sour.
It's sour.
I'm so hungry.
Man, I'm starving...
I'm going to survive, even if it means
If worst comes to worst,
taking a bite out of the pale asses of the Russian soldiers I kill.
I'll even take a bite out of the pale asses of the Russian soldiers I kill.
Charge! Forward!
Advance!
Just try and kill me!
Just try and kill me!
Try and kill me!
Try and kill me!
Die!
Die!
I'm Immortal Sugimoto!
I'm Sugimoto the Immortal!
Hey, Sugimoto!
Hey, Sugimoto!
Sugimoto Saichi.
Sugimoto Saichi.
You just came back from the Russo-Japanese war, right?
You just came back from the Russo-Japanese war, right?
I heard they call you "Immortal Sugimoto."
I heard they call you "Sugimoto the Immortal."
They say you fought like a demon.
Rumor has it you fight like a demon.
That you were so badly hurt you were almost dead,
Your wounds had you at death's door,
and the next day you were up and running.
but you were up and about like nothing happened.
They said that bayonets, machine guns, and even cannonballs couldn't kill you.
They said that bayonets, machine guns, and even cannonballs couldn't kill you.
Is that true?
Is that really true?
Listen, if that were true, you would've been given a medal for your heroics, right?
You see, if that were true, shouldn't you have been given a medal for your heroics?
So why are you panning for gold?
Why are you panning for gold?
I would've gotten a medal if I hadn't nearly killed a superior officer I didn't like.
If I hadn't nearly killed an officer I didn't like, then yeah.
Right now, I need money.
That's why I need the money.
I see.
I see.
Hey, wanna hear an interesting story?
Hey, want to hear an interesting story?
It's got to do with gold.
It's got to do with a vast amount of gold.
Don't tell anybody about this.
This will be our little secret, okay?
I'm only telling you because I like you.
I'm only telling you because I like you.
A long time ago, you used to be able to find tons of
A long time ago, you used to be able to find tons of
gold nuggets the size of soybeans on the Hokkaido riverbanks.
gold nuggets the size of soybeans on the Hokkaido riverbanks.
Every day you could come back with 30 monme's worth of the stuff.
You could come back with 30 Momme's worth of gold every day.
It was what they call a "gold rush," you see.
They called it the "gold rush" back then.
Around that time,
But some of the Ainu were storing up massive amounts of gold in secret
some of the Ainu were storing up tons of this gold to fight the Japanese,
in order to fight the Japanese that had stolen their lands.
who even after the Meiji Restoration were oppressing them by forbidding them
Even after the Meiji Restoration, the Japanese were oppressing them by forbidding them
to hunt salmon or deer, and stealing their lands.
to hunt salmon or deer.
And then a single man stole it all,
But then a single man stole it all
and killed the Ainu who owned it.
and slaughtered all the Ainu who guarded it.
Twenty kans of gold!
It came out to twenty kans of gold!
Enough to buy every brothel in Otaru and more!
There was enough there to buy every brothel in Otaru and have money to spare!
The police were after the man, so he hid the gold somewhere in Hokkaido.
The police were after the man, so he stashed the gold somewhere in Hokkaido.
But he was caught before he could tell anyone where it was,
But before he could tell anyone where it was, he was thrown into Abashiri Prison.
and thrown into Abashiri Prison,
He was to live out his final days cut off from the rest of civilization until his execution.
the prison at the far end of the earth, to be sentenced to death.
He wanted to tell his comrades on the outside where the gold was,
He wanted to tell his comrades on the outside where the gold was,
but he never wrote a letter.
but he never wrote a letter.
The guards would just steal it, you see.
The guards would just steal them, you see.
Everybody was looking for this gold, you know.
At the time, everybody was looking for the gold's location.
No matter what they did to him, he didn't tell anyone where the gold was.
No matter what they did to him, he didn't tell a single soul where the gold was.
In the end, one of the guards turned out to be a horrible man.
In the end, one of the guards turned out to be a horrible man.
He cut the tendon of one of the man's legs so he couldn't escape.
He cut the tendon of one of the man's legs so he couldn't escape.
What would you do in that situation, Sugimoto?
What would you have done in that situation, Sugimoto?
What would you do if you wanted to get the location of the treasure
How would you get a message of the treasure's location
out of the most heavily-guarded prison in Japan?
out of one of the most heavily-guarded prisons in Japan?
What did he do?
What did he do? Just tell me already.
Just tell me already.
He used tattoos.
Tattoos.
He tattooed the bodies of his fellow death row inmates in his cell
He tattooed the bodies of his fellow death row inmates in his cell
with a code that revealed the location of the treasure.
with a code that revealed the location of the treasure.
He mixed charcoal with saliva,
He mixed charcoal with saliva,
and then slowly carved that ink in with a needle he'd kept hidden.
and then slowly carved that ink in with a needle he'd kept hidden.
It's said only his comrades on the outside can decrypt the code.
It's said only his comrades on the outside could decrypt the code.
And this is what he said to the other prisoners:
And this is what he said to the other prisoners:
"Escape from this prison.
"Whoever succeeds in breaking out of here can have half the treasure."
Whoever succeeds can have half the treasure."
What a strange story.
A strange story.
Why go to all that trouble? Why make a tattoo that stands out?
Why go to all that trouble? Why make a tattoo that stands out?
You'd think, right?
You'd think that'd be the case, right?
It's what comes next that explains the tattoos.
It wasn't until later that they would fully understand the engraving of the tattoos.
To crack the code, you need all the prisoners' tattoos.
In order to crack the code, you needed to have all the prisoners' tattoos.
Some of the lower members of the military heard the rumors about the tattoos
Some of the less reputable members of the military heard the rumors
and dragged the prisoners out of their cell,
and dragged the prisoners out of their cells,
saying they were going to "transport" them.
saying they were going to transport them.
The police and the military were after the gold, too, you see.
The police and military were after the gold as well.
But that was the prisoners' chance to escape.
But that was opportunity the prisoners were waiting for.
They knew that somebody would get greedy and take them outside.
They knew that somebody would get greedy and take them outside.
The prisoners killed all the soldiers,
The prisoners killed all the soldiers midway through the transportation
and every last one disappeared into the forest.
and then disappeared into the forest.
And then?
And then?
Then what?
Then what?
What happened to the escapees and the gold?
What happened to the escapees and the gold?
That's the end of the story.
That's the end of the story.
Nobody's caught them.
Nobody's caught them.
And nobody knows what happened to the gold, either.
And nobody knows what happened to the gold either.
Who told you that story?
Who told you that story?
You seem quite well-informed about it.
You seem quite well-informed about it.
This is another tall tale, right?
Just another one of your tall tales, huh?
I remember last time, you told me that there was still an Ezo wolf out there,
I remember you going on about there being an Ezo wolf still out here
and those things are extinct.
despite them being extinct.
It's cold.
So cold...
Saichi, you should come with me.
Saichi, you should come with me.
You can still pan for gold in Hokkaido.
You can still pan for gold in Hokkaido.
You're not married, so it'll be easy for you.
You're not married, so it'll be easy for you.
I have to make money for my family's sake.
I have to make money for my family's sake.
I want a good doctor to take a look at Umeko's... At my wife's eyes.
I want a good doctor to take a look at Umeko's—at my wife's eyes.
Every day she loses more of her vision.
She loses more of her vision with each passing day.
It makes me sad to think she might not see her kid grow up.
It makes me sad to think she might not see our kid grow up.
Don't you agree, Saichi?
Don't you agree, Saichi?
Yeah.
Yeah.
They say the doctors in America are the best in the world.
They say the doctors in America are the best in the world.
Look at this.
Take a look at this.
The boat tickets and the cost of the surgery will be about 200 yen.
The boat tickets and the cost of the surgery will be about 200 yen.
But one lucky find when panning, and that's all you need.
All it takes is one lucky find while panning to get what you need.
Once the war's over, relations between Japan and the United States will get worse.
Once the war's over, relations between Japan and the United States will get worse.
I have to hurry.
I have to hurry.
Saichi, take care of Umeko.
Saichi, please take good care of Umeko for me.
Nobody will take a girl with bad vision and a kid.
Nobody will take in a girl with bad vision and a kid.
I've been your best friend forever, and I'm begging you.
We've been best friends since forever. I'm begging you.
Toraji, what are you talking about?
Toraji, what are you talking about?
I can't go back to Japan!
I can't go back to Japan!
Wait! Don't go!
Wait! Don't go!
Are you going to make Umeko a widow?
You can't let her become a widow!
Toraji! Hey!
Don't go, Toraji!
Damn it.
Damn it.
I said too much.
I said too much.
Want to see if I'm really immortal?
Want to see if I'm really immortal?
Look.
There.
Now, you can shoot it whenever you want.
Now, you can shoot it whenever you want.
How about that?
How about that?
That tall tale is starting to seem a little more credible.
That tall tale is starting to seem a little more credible than it did before.
If I ignore him, he might come back to kill me.
If I just ignore him, he might come back and try to kill me.
I'll have to kill him before he kills me.
I'll have to kill him before he tries.
What the hell?
What the hell?
Hang on, I'll pull you out.
Hang on, I'll pull you out.
A bear.
A bear...
A bear buried the rest of his meal here.
A bear buried the rest of his meal here.
His neck's broken.
His neck's broken.
Looks like he died before he could scream.
Looks like he died before he could scream.
You've got bad luck, too, huh?
You've got bad luck, too, huh?
Hey, come on, now!
Hey, come on, now!
What the hell is this?
What the hell is this?
Are you one of the prisoners you were just telling me about?
Are you one of the prisoners you were just telling me about?
It wasn't a tall tale.
It wasn't just some tall tale...
That explains how you knew so damn much!
That explains how you knew so damn much!
So these tattoos lead to the treasure, huh?
So these tattoos lead to the treasure, huh?
I can't leave him here.
I need to get him somewhere else.
Or that bear will come back and eat this part of the treasure code.
What? A baby bear?
What? A baby bear?
Wait, if there's a baby bear...
Wait, if there's a baby bear...
She'll eat me!
Stand back.
Get back.
That poison is a mix of red stingray needles and wolfsbane root,
That poison is a mix of red stingray needles and wolfsbane root,
but a brown bear can take ten steps after being hit.
but it can still move after being hit.
An Ainu...
An Ainu...
Is it dead?
Is it dead?
Its hairs that were standing on end have fallen.
Its hairs aren't standing on end anymore.
It's dead.
It's dead.
What are you doing?
What are you doing?
Removing the meat from around the poison arrow.
Removing the meat from around the poison arrow.
It's a strong poison, so if you don't, it will ruin the meat and pelt.
It's a strong poison, so it'll ruin the meat and pelt if you don't.
Is he dead?
Is he dead?
Yeah.
Yeah. His whole stomach got eaten, and he was buried.
His whole stomach got eaten, and he was buried.
That mother bear got him.
That mother bear got him.
Mother bear?
Mother bear?
It came charging out of the cave next to a tree where a baby bear was hanging.
It came charging out of the cave next to a tree where a baby bear was hanging.
That's strange.
That's strange.
When a bear has just come out of its cave after hibernation,
When a bear has just come out of its cave after hibernation,
its stomach has shrunk, so it can't eat immediately.
its stomach has shrunk, so it can't eat immediately.
Even if it attacked a human to protect its child,
Even if it attacked a human to protect its child,
it couldn't eat them.
it couldn't eat them.
See? The stomach is empty.
See? The stomach is empty.
Then another bear ate him?
Could another bear have eaten him?
This is bad.
This is bad.
The only ones who can eat meat at this time of year are Matakarip.
The only ones who can eat meat at this time of year are Matakarip.
In the language of the Ainu, "Those that wander in winter."
In the language of the Ainu, it means "Those that wander in winter."
Very foul-tempered, dangerous bears who failed to go into hibernation.
They're bears who've become very aggressive after missing their hibernation period.
What will you do with that man?
What are you going to do with the corpse?
I was going to, um, take him to a nearby village.
Well, I was going to take him to a nearby village.
Don't even try.
Don't even try.
He's been half-eaten by a Matakarip.
He's been half-eaten by a Matakarip.
If you steal food from one of them, they'll chase you anywhere to get it back.
If you steal their food, they'll chase you until they get it back.
Are you going to lead a dangerous bear into a village?
Are you going to lead a dangerous bear into a village?
Leave it.
Leave it here.
I can't do that!
I can't do that!
Is he part of your family?
Is he part of your family?
Is he that important to you?
Is he that important to you?
No, that's not it.
No, that's not it.
Then you can just shoot the Matakarip.
Then you'll just have to shoot the Matakarip.
If you're a soldier, then fight.
If you're a soldier, then fight.
On the battlefield, I fought Russians,
I fought Russians on the battlefield,
not monster bears.
not monster bears.
It'll be pitch-dark soon.
It'll be pitch-dark soon.
If you're not ready to fight,
If you're not ready to fight,
then you should leave him here and go.
then you should leave him here and go.
The weak get eaten.
The weak get eaten.
I have an interesting story to tell you.
I have an interesting story to tell you.
I still don't fully believe it,
I still don't fully believe it,
but if what this man told me is true,
but if what this man told me is true,
we can't let this corpse be eaten by the bear.
we can't let this corpse be eaten by the bear.
You're used to bear hunting.
You're used to hunting bears.
Help me.
Help me out here.
It was the last request from my best friend ever since I was a child.
It was the last request from my childhood best friend.
I need money, no matter what.
I need money, no matter what.
Yeah...
Yeah, I know...
I didn't believe it at first, either.
I didn't believe it at first too.
I believe you.
I believe you.
Really?
Really?
Because one of the slain Ainu was my father.
Because one of the Ainu that was slain that night was my father.
What?
Seriously?
We'll talk later.
We'll talk later.
Hurry, and gather firewood.
We need to quickly gather firewood.
Do the bears fear fire?
Are bears afraid of fire?
No. Brown bears don't fear fire.
Not particularly, no.
We'll use this light to shoot the bear.
This'll give us enough light to shoot it.
We'll use the corpse as a decoy to ambush it.
We'll use the corpse as a decoy to ambush it.
Should I bring it closer to the flames, then?
Should I bring it closer to the flames, then?
Wait.
Wait a minute.
These tattoos...
These tattoos...
I see, this is...
I see, so that's it...
What is it?
What is it?
How cruel.
What a cruel thing to do.
He never intended to split the treasure with the prisoners.
He never intended to split the treasure with the prisoners in the first place.
Look.
Look here.
The tattoos stretch around the chest and arms,
The tattoos stretch around the chest and arms,
and they're all cut off at the body's median lines.
and they're all cut off at the body's median lines.
It's just like the lines you use
It's just like the lines you use
to mark the cuts you'll make when stripping the pelt from a deer or bear.
to mark the cuts you'll make when stripping the pelt from a deer or bear.
You're saying he planned to kill them and take their skins?
You're saying he planned to kill them and take their skins?
Who was it who carved these tattoos?
Just who was it who carved these tattoos?
Why was he so obsessed with entrusting his comrades with the treasure?
Could we just skin him before the bear comes?
Could we just skin him before the bear comes?
There's no time.
There's no time.
The bears always stay near their prey.
Brown bears don't stray far from their prey.
So we have to defeat the bear?
So we have no choice but to defeat it?
Once a brown bear kills someone,
Once a brown bear kills someone,
as punishment, they can no longer eat anything but human flesh.
they are cursed to eat nothing but human flesh.
They become dangerous and evil gods who don't fear humans,
They become a Wenkamuy, which are dangerous and evil gods who no longer fears humans.
Wenkamuy.
I guess they find out that the humans they once feared are actually weak creatures.
They find out that the humans they feared are actually weak creatures.
The bear will come without a doubt.
The bear will come.
Keep the fire going, no matter what.
Keep the fire going, no matter what.
We can't fight if it's dark.
We can't fight if it's dark.
Once it gets light in the morning, we'll have the advantage.
We'll have the advantage once morning comes.
Find sitat.
Find some sitat.
Find what?
Find what?
White birch bark.
White birch bark.
White birch bark is oily and burns for a long time.
White birch bark is oily and burns for a long time.
You can use it as a torch.
You can use it as a torch.
Twelve hours until sunrise, huh?
Twelve hours until sunrise, huh?
We'll need more firewood.
We'll need more firewood.
It's huge!
Holy crap, it's huge!
Crap! It's already here!
Crap! It's already here!
Yeah, that wasn't going to work.
Yeah, I didn't think so.
Get below it and cling to its belly!
Get below it and cling to its belly!
It got him?
Did it get him?
It's too dark to see anything,
It's too dark to see anything, but I have a rough idea of where it is.
but I know basically where it is.
Even if I don't hit the vitals, so long as the poison...
Even if I don't hit its vitals,
Don't shoot!
if the poison gets into it...
You'll hit me!
Don't shoot! You'll hit me!
He's not dead yet!
I'll take the risk and shoot!
I'll take the risk and shoot!
Wait! I'll handle this myself!
Wait! I'll handle this myself!
Just stay put while I stab you!
Just stay put while I stab you!
Wait! Don't run!
Wait! Stop running!
Ow!
Ouch!
A wild dog?
A wild dog?
Retar...
Retar...
From where you are, the heart is under the armpit!
From where you are, the heart is under the armpit!
Watch for the shoulder blade and aim carefully!
Watch for the shoulder blade and aim carefully!
Just try and kill me!
Just try and kill me!
I'm Immortal Sugimoto!
I'm Sugimoto the Immortal!
Hey, you alive, Sisam?
Hey, you alive, Sisam?
Yup.
Sure am.
Sheesh...
Man...
I survived again.
I survived yet again.
That's a particularly dangerous way of fighting bears that Ainu hunters used.
That's a particularly dangerous way of fighting bears that Ainu hunters used.
I'm surprised you knew of it.
I'm surprised you knew of it.
I didn't!
I didn't!
My body just moved on its own.
My body just moved on its own.
Anyway, can you pull me out?
Anyway, can you pull me out?
You have courage and a talent for battle.
You have courage and a talent for battle.
You're a skilled warrior.
You're a skilled warrior.
Not bad, for a Sisam.
For a Sisam, you're not bad.
Sisam?
Sisam?
A Japanese.
A Japanese.
The name's Sugimoto Saichi.
The name's Sugimoto Saichi.
Asirpa.
I'm Asirpa.
That huge white dog...
That huge white dog...
What was that?
What was that thing?
It's over there.
It's over there.
That's a wolf.
That's a wolf.
A wolf?
A wolf?
There's still some left?
There's still some left?
It seemed to be protecting you.
It seemed to be protecting you.
It happened five years ago.
It happened five years ago.
My father and seven men from the village were killed while transporting the gold.
My father and seven men from the village were killed while transporting the gold.
Their bodies were chopped up and fed to the beasts.
Their bodies were chopped up and fed to the beasts.
Some of the pieces seemed to be my father's.
Some of the pieces seemed to be my father's.
That's all I know.
That's all I know.
We were never even told that the man who'd killed my father
No one told us that the murderer had been arrested and thrown into Abashiri Prison.
and the others was arrested and sent to Abashiri prison,
We never heard anything about the tattoo prisoners either.
let alone anything about the tattooed prisoners.
Hey, Asirpa.
Hey, Asirpa.
Let's work together to find the gold.
Let's work together to find the gold.
It belongs to you to begin with.
It belongs to you to begin with.
I won't ask for an even split.
I won't ask for an even split.
Just give me a small share.
Even a small share is fine.
Find it how?
How would we find it?
We'll find the tattooed prisoners.
We'll find the tattooed prisoners.
And then?
And then what?
Kill them and skin them?
We'll kill them and skin them afterwards?
This is yours.
This is yours.
Take it, Sugimoto.
Take it, Sugimoto.
What is it?
What is it?
A bear's gall bladder.
A bear's gall bladder.
If you dry it, you can sell it as a medicine for a lot of money.
If you dry it, you can sell it as a medicine for a lot of money.
No part of the bear goes to waste.
No part of the bear goes to waste.
We can eat the meat, of course.
The meat can be eaten as well.
And we can sell the pelt and use the fat as salve for burns.
And we can sell the pelt and use the fat as salve for burns.
You killed it, so you have the right to all of it.
You're the one who killed it, so you have the right to all of it.
Half of it should be yours.
Half of it should be yours.
I'll be satisfied with just the mother bear.
I'll be satisfied with just the mother bear.
This one killed and ate a person.
This one killed and ate a person.
The Ainu don't eat the meat of a bear that killed someone.
The Ainu don't eat the meat of a bear that killed someone.
We won't take its pelt, either.
We won't take its pelt either.
Bears that do bad things become evil gods
Bears that do bad things become evil gods
and are sent to a hell called Teyne Pokna Mosir.
and are sent to a hell called Teyne Pokna Mosir.
I don't want to kill people, either.
I don't want to kill people either.
If you kill people, you go to hell?
Looks like I'll be getting first-class accommodations there, then.
Then I'll be getting first-class accommodations there.
The fact that this man was living in hiding means that
The fact that the man with the tattoos was living in hiding means that
there's a good chance the gold hasn't been found yet.
it's likely the gold hasn't been found yet.
Asirpa, the man who killed your father is probably still alive within the prison.
Asirpa, the man who killed your father is probably still alive within the prison.
The government won't want him killed until they've found it.
The government won't want him killed until they've found it.
But the minute someone finds the gold,
But the minute someone finds the gold, he is no longer of value to them.
he ceases to be valuable.
Finding the gold is a way to avenge your father's death.
Finding the gold is a way to avenge your father's death.
Asirpa, you agree with that. It's why you helped me, right?
You decided to help me out because you realized that, right?
I'll be the one to dirty my hands.
I'll be the one to dirty my hands.
You just lend me your wisdom.
All you need to do is lend me your knowledge.
I want the money. You want revenge for your father.
I'm in it for the money. You're in it for vengeance.
We have different goals,
Our goals may be different,
but the same path.
but our paths are the same.
If we join forces,
If we join forces,
we'll be unstoppable.
we'll be unstoppable.
Next time:
Next time:
"Nopperabo."
"Nopperabo"