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37. The word strikes Asano’s men like a slap to the face. LORD KIRA (CONT’D) Honorless. Reviled. Cowards. (venomous) You are banished from these lands. Those of you still here by the ring of the third bell will be hunted down and executed. With a nod from their Lord, Kira’s warriors SURGE IN and begin driving Asano’s disgraced men from the castle grounds. LORD KIRA (CONT’D) Except you. (indicates Oishi) Arrest him. Kira returns to his place beside the Shogun as a dozen men knock Oishi brutally to the ground. Oishi offers no resistance as they roughly begin binding his wrists. The Shogun turns to leave, but stops before Kira. SHOGUN (re: Oishi) He is not to be killed. He was a hero at Nagoya. Kira bows his assent as the Shogun strides away. When he’s gone, he turns to the soldiers holding Oishi. LORD KIRA He is not to be executed. (beat) Break him instead. The soldiers nod, and as Oishi is dragged away in chains -- CUT TO: EXT. AKO CASTLE - RECEPTION HALL - LATER Mika is brought before the Shogun and Lord Kira by soldiers. The Shogun speaks in an imperial tone that brooks no nonsense. SHOGUN Lord Kira wishes to shield you from the shame of your House. He has petitioned for your hand in marriage. Mika is taken aback for a moment... Turns to Kira, whose face remains placid.
38. SHOGUN (CONT’D) I have agreed. But Mika is Asano’s daughter and made of sterner stuff. Thinking quickly, she quells the rising horror and rallies. MIKA That is most generous, my Lord...but as the Master of Protocol must himself know, tradition demands a period of mourning for my father. LORD KIRA (riled) Such is not always the case. But the Shogun has come to a decision. SHOGUN I will allow it. You are granted one year to mourn. During that time you will not be touched.... Mika revels in the small victory, until -- SHOGUN (CONT’D) ...but will remain a guest of Lord Kira’s, and he the steward of your lands. But-- MIKA SHOGUN You are dismissed, Lady Asano. There’s nothing more to be done. Trembling, with defeat weighing heavily on her small frame, Mika bows to the Shogun, and we -- SLAM TO: PITCH BLACK Sounds of a struggle, then -- A heavy stone LID is opened twenty feet above us. In the weak light, we can make out dank stone walls, rats scuttling in the shadows. This is the “Ako Pit” -- the worst dungeon in the province. Up above, four of Kira’s Elite Guard BEAT Oishi within an inch of his life, then HURL him down into the pit.
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Page 3 and 4: 2. We can’t help but to sense the
Page 5 and 6: 4. MIKA (blushes) Of course, father
Page 7 and 8: 6. It’s a lethal DANCE OF DEATH t
Page 9 and 10: 8. OISHI And it’s dangerous. (bea
Page 11 and 12: 10. BRIGAND LEADER And you’re ver
Page 13 and 14: 12. Only to find Asano capering aro
Page 15 and 16: 14. HANJO Lord Asano requests your
Page 17 and 18: 16. LORD KIRA Token... (beat) A tok
Page 19 and 20: 18. MIKA What is it? Minoru doesn
Page 21 and 22: 20. LORD KIRA All the better. (bows
Page 23 and 24: 22. Minoru SWEEPS under the guard o
Page 25 and 26: 24. The audience gasps. Only the ha
Page 27 and 28: 26. COURTIER The Shogun will now re
Page 29 and 30: 28. LORD ASANO Mika... Mika-chan...
Page 31 and 32: 30. INT. AKO CASTLE - CORRIDOR The
Page 33 and 34: 32. EXT. AKO CASTLE - COUNTRYSIDE -
Page 35 and 36: 34. The question wakes Oishi from h
Page 37: 36. The blood pact is complete. SMA
Page 41 and 42: 40. As Oishi enters the marketplace
Page 43 and 44: 42. Hisae wrings out her cloth, and
Page 45 and 46: 44. INT. KIRA’S MOUNTAIN CASTLE -
Page 47 and 48: 46. Kira considers the tree with a
Page 49 and 50: 48. Now TRACK WITH OISHI as he is l
Page 51 and 52: 50. The room glows red as the Kapit
Page 53 and 54: 52. As he tries to reload, Dutchman
Page 55 and 56: 54. BOOM-BOOM-BOOM!! They unload a
Page 57 and 58: 56. HILLTOP - DAWN Oishi draws his
Page 59 and 60: 58. The man glances at SCROLL the f
Page 61 and 62: 60. The moment turns quiet. Despair
Page 63 and 64: 62. OISHI So have you. You look lik
Page 65 and 66: 64. SWORDMAKER (CONT’D) Examine t
Page 67 and 68: 66. The Hares stop and turn on Chik
Page 69 and 70: 68. Watching his pursuer over his s
Page 71 and 72: 70. OISHI (CONT'D) You weren’t th
Page 73 and 74: 72. ISOGAI Should I kill him? ONE-A
Page 75 and 76: 74. Now we round a bend in the tunn
Page 77 and 78: 76. OISHI We’ll take 47. EXT. TAV
Page 79 and 80: 78. Reacting without thought, Oishi
Page 81 and 82: 80. OISHI (yells at Ogre) DOWN! Ois
Page 83 and 84: 82. And the tides begin to turn. OI
Page 85 and 86: 84. Even from our aerial shot, we c
Page 87 and 88: 86. Lord Kira strides away, leaving
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88. At the edge of town, NOTICE a L
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90. CHIEF MONK (CONT'D) The cheapes
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92. CHIEF MONK LOCK THE DOORS! KILL
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94. BASHO hears his master’s voic
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96. None? LORD KIRA MESSENGER They
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98. MINORU The soldiers have passed
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100. TEARS begin to run down her ch
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102. The Octopus rushes him, but Oi
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104. And as Kira’s army closes on
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106. Then with a warcry, Oishi thro
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108. And Oishi does. EXT. CASTLE -
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110. CHIKARA They’re after the ca
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112. And just as the Lovecraftian S
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114. OISHI I will tell them the tru
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116. -- Reaching the foothills, the
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118. SHOGUN’S ADJUTANT And in doi
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120. Heart heavy with regret, the S
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122. SHOGUN (CONT'D) As is his son.
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