The 47 Ronin v1.3 (c#1A72A6.fdr - Whoa is (Not)

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-- A DRUNKARD in a bar gulps down his sake...only to find
Asano’s CREST at the bottom of his glass. He turns to look
and finds OKUDA beside him...
-- A BEGGAR squats at a bridge calling for alms when Asano’s
CREST clinks into his donation blanket. He touches it and
looks up...to see ISOGAI before him...
-- LABORERS straining to lift giant stones against a slope
for the foundation of a castle when BASHO appears. Three
familiar faces instantly drop what they’re doing and move to
him. ..
-- In China, HANJO speaks to a Mercenary Officer, who ties
Oishi’s scroll onto the leg of a hawk and urges the bird
skyward...
-- A MONK is in meditation outside his temple. When he
opens his eyes, he is surprised to see ASANO’S CREST before
him.
-- In a sapling forest, a group of BRIGANDS spring from
concealment to rob a traveller...only to find the traveller
is HAZAMA bearing Asano’s CREST. The Brigand Chief, one of
Asano’s principal retainers, kneels and weeps at Hazama’s
feet.
-- In a rice paddy, a FARMER and his WIFE are harvesting
knee-deep in muck when a shadow falls over them. It’s Oishi.
AERIAL SHOT - SKIMMING ABOVE CHINA
We’re on a visual rollercoaster ride FOLLOWING the falcon as
it navigates the wild air currents over Mongol China. We
wheel through the sail rigging of junks on the river, then
barely skim over the top of the Great Wall --
-- to REVEAL a MASSIVE DUST CLOUD where an EPIC BATTLE is
underway.
In no time, we fly into it. ARROWS fly past like a steeltipped
rainstorm.
The falcon doesn’t care, dipping down into the carnage where
we see a company of MERCENARIES battling against the MONGOL
HORDES.
We fly just overhead, the machinery of war turning men into
mincemeat, until the falcon spots what it’s looking for: the
STANDARD of the merc company.
Dodging crazily through sword swipes and speartips, the
falcon makes it to the STANDARD BEARER and lands on his
shoulder.