DAIEI MOTION PICTURE GO., LTD.,This is troubling. Where's the road?,I struggled like mad,but it wouldn't move at all.,I was squeezed by those huge arms thatseemed like they were made of straw bales.,I started to black out.,Then, when I woke up,,it was morning.,There was no evidence of anythinglike that ever having appeared.,But this was a monster calledTsuchikorobi which I came across,in the mountains three years agowhen I got lost on my way to Mino.,I'll never ever get overthe eerie sound,that the wind made back then.,Landlord, the light! Hurry!,All right, everyone, let's performthe ritual for eliminating the curse.,This is a social gatheringfor One Hundred Spook Stories.,Every time one story ends,,one candle is meant to be put out.,There is an old saying which goes:when the last light is put out,,an apparition will make an appearance.,At the end of the gathering,,it is customary to participatein the ritual to eliminate any curses.,100 MONSTERS,PRODUCER: YAMATO YAHIROSCREENPLAY: TETSURO YOSHIDA,CINEMATOGRAPHY:YASUKAZU TAKEMURA,ART DIRECTION: YOSHINOBU NISHIOKA& SHIGERU KATO,MUSIC: CHUMEI WATANABE,FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHY:EIICHI KUSUMOTO,ASSISTANT DIRECTOR:SHOWA OTA,CAST:,JUN FUJIMAKI, MIWA TAKADA,MASARU HIRAIZUMI, MIKIKO TSUBOUCHI,ROOKIE SHINICHI, SHOZO HAYASHIYA,TAKASHI KANDA, RYUTARO GOMI,YOSHIO YOSHIDA, JUN HAMAMURA,DIRECTED BY KIMIYOSHI YASUDASFX DIRECTOR: YOSHIYUKI KURODA,- Morning!- Good morning!,Hey, I'm on my way.,Make sure you come homeimmediately after you get paid.,- I know, I know!- I'm counting on you, Daikichi.,I'll drag him back even if I haveto put a noose around his neck.,You'd better!See you later.,- Morning!- Morning!,Rock, paper, scissors!Rock, paper, scissors!,- You're it!- It's me!,Hey, watch you don't rip the umbrellas!,Yes, sir!,- Working hard, I see.- Ah, Okiku. Are you visiting?,Yes.,Oh? What's going on?,That's Tajimaya's right-hand man,isn't he?,Hey, what's the meaning of this?,- Are you Gohei the caretaker?- That's right.,In that case, hurry up and get readyto vacate the premises.,Vacate? Why?,This property now belongs to Tajimaya.,What did you say?,Tajimaya plans to tear downthis filthy shrine and build a brothel.,I haven't heard any such thing!,That's because it's none of your business!,I don't know what's going on,but I can't allow that to happen!,This shrine belongs to the town.Not to mention it's a shrine, after all.,You can't even change a tileon this shrine,without the approvalof the Shrine Magistrate!,There's no need to tell me that,I already know.,The proper approvalhas already been given.,- That's a lie!- What are you doing? Get started!,No! Stop it!,Don't interfere!,- Gohei!- Let go!,I'd like to meet Tajimaya.,And what do you hope to accomplishby meeting him?,Don't get the ideathat you have any clout.,You're just a caretakerin the employment of the town.,I know that,but if you build a brothel here,,it'll cause disturbancein the neighborhood!,You have no need to worry about that.,We'll tear down the tenement housewhile we're at it.,- The house, too?- You can't do that!,That tenement house belongs to Jinbei!,You don't have a say in thisif Jinbei agrees, though.,My father would never approve of that!,Why don't you go homeand ask your father, then?,- Hey, stay back!- What do you think you're doing?,- Hey! Get rid of this junk!- Yes, sir.,Hey, that stuff's on loan!Let me have them!,You don't understand anything,you old fool!,Ah, this is no placefor a girl to stick her nose in!,- Stop it!- Haul this fool off!,Gohei! Gohei!,Yasutaro!,Yasutaro!,Get up! Please get up!,For crying out loud...,- Osen...?- Didn't you hear the ruckus outside?,Gohei's being beaten,he's covered in blood!!,Eh? How come?,Just come! You're the only manhere in the tenement house.,Please do something!,There's nothing I can do about that.,Coward!Fine, I won't ask anymore!.
    TAJIMAYA,It's wine on the open sea,Hey, hey!,It's ship number ten,Hey, hey!,It's a time for celebration,Hey, hey, hey!Getting hammered!,It's sake,it's sake from Fujimi...,Dearest, the Lord of Hottais here to see you.,- What? The magistrate?- Yes.,- Take care of things.- Yes, sir.,I'm sorry for not being ableto welcome you properly.,It's quite festive around here.,Yes, thanks to you. We were ableto move cargo on ten ships.,It's good to see you prosper.,Tajimaya,,your payment in regards to liftingthe zoning ordinance has been approved.,Oh, I see.,I somehow expected that and alreadywent ahead with the next step.,Always one step ahead, you!,Tajimaya, you've really set your sightson a fine property.,The shrines that you've foundhave no deities and they're obscure.,That's right, but there are stillsome places with those obscure shrines,which are no better than an empty plot.,This is Edo, where it's saidthe land is worth its weight in gold.,Depending on the property,it might make you an enormous fortune.,I'll see to it that you reapthe benefits as well, my lord.,I look forward to that.,Shinkichi!,Come and get me!,He's like a childno matter how much time passes.,Shinkichi, out you come.,Not hide-and-seek again?Go call Oriku!,Yes, sir.,Shinkichi, come out!,Father, don't tell her where I am!,This is the Magistrate.Say hello!,Welcome. I am Shinkichi.,And I am Buzen.,Eh? Buzen?,Dad, this isn't the magistrate.It's Buzen.,Idiot!,Why weren't you watching him?Hurry up, take him away!,Yes, sir. Come on, Shinkichi.,Come on.,It's Buzen!,My sincerest apologies.,What Tajimaya's henchman saidisn't true, is it, Jinbei?,Of course not.,Tajimaya can't come onto another'sproperty and do whatever he wants!,- That's right!- Right, Jinbei?,I'm sorry.,Then you agreed to such a thingwith Tajimaya?,Well, no. I just couldn't doanything about it.,You couldn't do anything?What's that supposed to mean?,You're not the typeto give in to threats.,The story is...,...I owe Tajimaya thirty gold pieces.,Thirty gold pieces?,He found out that my late wifewas bedridden from a chronic illness,and recommendedsome medicine from Holland.,The payments for it kept mountingand went up to thirty gold pieces.,In retrospect,this was something he'd plotted,,and the tenement housewas put up as collateral.,He wants me to pay the thirty pieces,,but I can barely pay the interest.,So that's why they were so damn cocky.,Damn it!How far will those bastards go?,Damn them!,I'll ask for another postponement,so please don't make a fuss.,Father!,What's the matter?,It's Gohei.,Gohei!,- Damn it!- Daikichi!,Daikichi!,- Where are you off to?- To Tajimaya's, of course.,Don't bother. He's not someoneyou can do anything about.,But a man's just died!,He'll find some wayto talk black into white.,Whose side are you on?,I just don't want to seeany more victims.,Give it a rest.,What an odd fellow.,The reason you were all invited,,beginning with Lord Buzen of Hottathe Shrine Magistrate,,was to show my appreciation for allthe special support you have provided.,I would like to thank youfor the additional support,,but I felt having an ordinary partywould perhaps be lackluster,,so I will provide a different kindof entertainment this evening.,Tajimaya, what's about to begin?,"The One Hundred Stories.",Oh, sounds interesting.,- Master, please- Yes, sir.,Now to begin with,,each time a story ends,,I shall ask you to put outone of the candles in front of you.,The final candle will bethat one behind me.,The first story is a tale concerningthe Tone River.,It was in Kurihashialong the Central Highlands Road,,an area of great prosperity.,It is a story that takes placeat a gathering such as this one.......