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

76.
OISHI
We’ll take 47.
EXT. TAVERN - WIDE SHOT - LATER
As the group leaves the inn, Oishi SENSES someone or
something watching them from the dark forest.
Oishi turns. Scans the woods. But when he finds nothing, he
turns back and continues on his way.
It is only when Oishi is gone that a SHAPE moves from it’s
hiding place -- perched high in the shadows of a tree with
metal climbing claws on hands and feet. The most feared and
loathed type of mercenary in all of Japan.
The NINJA bounds impossibly from treetop to treetop, stalking
its prey...
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. MOUNT FUJI - ESTABLISHING
The world’s most-recognizable stratovolcano stands
dramatically against the horizon, a THICK COLUMN OF ASH AND
SMOKE rising from its snowy cone.
At the base of the mountain --
OISHI
-- leads a half-dozen of his ronin and a complement of
BEARERS pulling wagons through the bamboo forest known as the
“Sea of Trees”. Soon, a clearing reveals a STRUCTURE ON
STILTS built up against the side of the mountain.
Sitting abandoned for several years, the Lotus Peak looks
more like a haunted house than a tea room.
INT. ABANDONED TEAHOUSE - CONTINUOUS
Shrouded in cobwebs, dust and deep shadows...
The tea hall is a single greatroom, filled with shoji walls
that could subdivide the space into numerous private tea
rooms.
HANJO
I think we’ve been had.
Oishi says nothing, moving forward through the darkened
space. The others follow. And as they do...