01x20 - For the Country

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[Japanese theme music playing]

BAKI-DOU: THE INVINCIBLE SAMURAI

[lyrics in Japanese]

[music fades]

[intriguing music playing]

Hmm… What's this?

That'd be a shield.

A shield?

[Utsumi] Specifically one
carried by riot police.

[Prime Minister] Hmm.

We're a little bit short on time.
Can you provide a concise explanation?

[Utsumi] Musashi Miyamoto
sliced it in half.

Hm? The one from the news report?
That Musashi?

Yes, that Musashi.
The one all our men are scared of.

He cut this in half with a sword? Whoa…

[Utsumi] It's made
from a reinforced acrylic.

[PM] Hmm.

[Utsumi] The shield isn't bulletproof,

but it is designed to stop
any thrown rocks or bladed weapons.

But he cut it easily.

[shield parts clattering]

[Utsumi] Like a knife
through butter or tofu.

[narrator] "Hang on."

"Hang on," he thought.

The Prime Minister was stricken

with the thorn of an idea
that stuck in his mind.

[PM gasps]

[narrator] "I know about this…"

[dramatic music sting]

We are working on building a human being.

[PM gasping]

That's it!

[narrator] It all came together at once!

Prime Minister, what is it?

[PM] He didn't go through with it, did he?

Did they really build a human being?

[narrator] Things began
to move quickly from there.

He sought authorization for firearms.

But things had already moved
beyond such a plan.

The scale and intensity of the situation
had skyrocketed beyond normal bounds.

Gentlemen.

Our police and riot forces
are being effortlessly overrun.

Under no circumstances at all

should the public be seeing
such a disgraceful display!

We cannot allow our citizens…
no, the entire world

to praise that man, Musashi Miyamoto,
as some kind of hero!

[dramatic music playing]

[narrator] Fully authorized
and officially government sanctioned!

The full power of the police force
had been unleashed.

Including the most powerful
armored vehicle

designed for counter-terrorism.

Made entirely of weapons-grade materials.

And the Special Tactical as*ault Team,
or STAT,

who, needless to say,
don't use rubber b*ll*ts.

[helicopter blades whirring]

[Musashi] At it again, are they?

[music fades]

[Tokugawa] Come on…

Prime Minister,
can't you do something about this?

My hands are tied!

Your antics have gone too far.

There's no simple fix this time.

[Tokugawa] Hmm.

[PM slurping]

He's the true Musashi Miyamoto!

What's worse, he's a clone to boot!

If the rest of the world learns
of this transgression,

Japan will be ostracized!

Cloning technology advances
on a daily basis.

And yet, despite that,

the creation of human clones
still remains strictly taboo!

This principle is globally accepted!

Humanitarianism.

Ethics.

The protection of human rights.

- From all these angles--
- Okay, I get it. I get it already!

Do you suggest we k*ll him?

He is responsible for the murders
of at least two people.

We cannot allow for any more.

[Tokugawa] These bodies
will begin to pile up.

[PM] He is a master swordsman
who cuts down anybody who approaches him.

Even trying to speak to him
carries a risk.

We have authorized the special use
of firearms with live ammunition.

[Tokugawa] Well then, that being the case,

the pile of bodies will double.

[helicopter blades whirring]

[Musashi] My word, those are loud.

Are they kites?

Are there people riding on those?

Huh.

[chuckles] Worthy adversaries, indeed.

Now, this is going to be fun.

[man] Special target advancing! Hold!

All troops, be on guard!

Target's moved
between car six and car seven.

He's coming in from behind.

All units, deploy, deploy!

Level four alert.
Dynamic engagement upon deploying!

[wind blowing]

[cop 1] He's not here.

What's the matter?

[cop 2] Target's not in sight!

How about under the vehicles?

Uh…

[leader] Under them. Check under the cars!

And when you see him,
barrage him with b*ll*ts.

[cop 2] But, but, but… that's…

Uh, Shimamoto, sir.

- Who is that behind you?
- [dramatic music sting]

Huh?

[gasps]

[narrator] For a moment, for two moments,

he hesitated to look behind him.

He had a vision of being cut down
the second he turned around.

STAT training did not permit him
a third moment.

What happened to the barrage of b*ll*ts
the moment I was spotted?

[narrator] The vision
that he saw in his mind

played out before him.

Here and now, the curtain rising
on a horrific spectacle!

- [pained grunt]
- [cops gasping]

[cop 2] He's here! [whimpering nervously]

[pained yelling]

[choked grunting]

- [cop 1] Over here!
- [cop 3] Surround him! Man down!

- Behind car five!
- [cop 4] Don't bunch up!

[cop 5] Who was cut down?

[uneasy music playing]

- [cop 6] He's underneath!
- [cop 7] Copy that. Light him up!

- [cop 8] He's not here!
- [cop 9] Cover the other side!

There he is! [pained grunt]

- [cop 10] He's there!
- [cop 11] Man down!

- [cop 10] Here!
- [cop 11] He's moving!

- [cop 12] Fire!
- [cop 13] Don't sh**t, you idiot!

- [cop 13] He's moving to car one!
- [cop 14] Chase him!

[cop 15] Split up!

- [cop 16 screaming]
- [cop 17] Cut him off!

Don't let him escape!

- He's surrounded!
- [cop 18] Where's the point in that?

- [cop 19] I don't have a shot!
- [cop 3] Is this his plan?

[cop 20] He wants us to surround him!

[pained yells]

[pained moaning]

[cop 3] He disappeared again.

[gasps, whimpers]

Over there! What about Musashi?

[cop 21] He's not here.

[cop 3] sh*t, man. It looks like…

He's gonna wipe us all out, isn't he?

[narrator] He appears,
and then he slashes.

Cutting relentlessly.

Then suddenly disappears once more.

Directing his aim at
the rudderless group falling into chaos.

Unleashing a demonic wave of attacks.

These squad members
were meant to be the elite,

yet they froze, rooted in place,
completely unable to move.

- [cop 21] How many…
- [cop 22] …has he cut down?

[cop 23] We've lost at least ten men!

[cop 24] Who's gonna be next?

[cop 25] As STAT, we're not used
to this kind of close-quarters battle!

[cop 26] Fan out!

Move back! Get away from the vehicles!

[narrator] In that moment,
one man alone showed his mettle.

He was Inspector Hikoji Tanuma.

[Tanuma] Attention!

From this moment on, I will be
taking command of this squad!

[narrator] STAT's second-in-command,
Tanuma, invoked his command authority.

[Tanuma] Cars one through six,
move to the front of the convoy.

Cars seven through 12,
hold positions and stay alert.

[narrator] STAT once more began
to move into formation.

Cover the gaps between cars.

Flank them from both ends.

Maintain groups of two or more,
and, everyone, stay alert.

Aim for his legs

and cut him off at the knees!

- [Musashi] You fool.
- [gasps]

[Musashi] I run.

And I hide.

But you can bet when I appear…

- Above you!
- [cops gasping]

[Musashi] …I cut.

[sword slicing]

[dramatic music playing]

[Tanuma] It burns…

[all] Inspector Tanuma!

- [cop 24] sh*t! Don't surround him!
- [cop 25] Don't let him break through!

[cop 26] sh**t his legs!

[panicked yelling]

[narrator] STAT are also
Japanese citizens.

They knew what they were seeing.

This style and how dangerous it was.

[music fades]

The two-sword style,

also formally known as Niten Ichi-ryu.

An original school said
to have been devised

by the swordsman of all swordsmen.

The renowned strongest samurai in history
and unrivaled strategist,

Musashi Miyamoto.

SPECIAL TACTICAL as*ault TEAM
LOCKER ROOM

INSPECTOR HIKOJI TANUMA

- [cop 1] Is this really okay?
- [Tanuma] Hmm?

To be fully armed like this.

What are you complaining about?

This opponent is armed
with a single katana.

And who is this opponent
armed with a single Japanese sword?

I don't know, man.

Telling me that you seriously believe
Musashi Miyamoto's real?

Whether I can believe it or not
has no bearing on the mission.

If the boss says he's Musashi Miyamoto,
then we believe it.

If the boss says he's Lincoln,
I guess he's Lincoln.

We won't gain any strength
by doubting what the higher-ups say.

We're deploying live a*mo against a sword.

That's part of our orders.

We were told to hold nothing back.

[ominous music playing]

[narrator] They were relying
on their numbers.

Relying on the latest,
most powerful weaponry.

But to what end?

Despite them suffering
extensive casualties,

the enemy had yet to sustain
even a single scratch.

And what's more,

he was Musashi Miyamoto.

Founder of the two-sword style.

And as Japanese citizens,

the STAT members knew all too well
how dangerous this adversary was.

They could see it.

The portrait they'd seen
countless times throughout the country.

It was really him.
Musashi Miyamoto in the flesh!

Don't even think of moving.

You move, you lose your head,

and someone else's head might go too.

[narrator] By this point, nobody dared
doubt the words uttered by Musashi.

Now then, who amongst you is the leader?

[narrator] This was no joke!

Every soldier could see it
with his own eyes.

The sight of their last hope

being cut in two as soon as he appeared.

[Musashi] Hmm?

Ah…

[cops whimpering fearfully]

[Musashi sighs]

Nobody here, then?

That is unfortunate.

[yelling] We are done!

Mount your chariots
and leave here immediately!

Stay, and be cut down!

[narrator] They didn't bother trying
to find a reason to resist.

All they could think of
were reasons not to resist.

And this withdraw

as their most smoothly ex*cuted action
of that day.

[music fades]

[PM] Even with the full strength

of an organization
as enormous as the national police,

they were unable to stand up
to just one man.

On top of that, it seems this individual

is a kind of clone
created through genetic manipulation.

And what's more,
I've been told that this clone

is the legendary master swordsman
Musashi Miyamoto.

Everybody, all of this is really happening
on our watch in 21st century Japan!

Just imagine what the reactions will be
when the rest of the world learns.

The international community
will jump on the news!

We'll be the laughingstock
of the scientific community!

And we'll be heavily derided
from a politico-military standpoint!

I will speak plainly.

This issue is a matter
of utmost importance to national order.

Or would you all rather be accused
of trying to create another strongman?!

I think I'd like to hear your opinion,
Ground SDF Chief of staff.

Well, uh, of course, if this is an order.

[PM] Listen here.

No one must learn anything about this.

The Self-Defense Force
is far too conspicuous.

National forces engaging
in militarized actions against one man

is something that must never
be seen by the public.

We act with discretion.

It must appear
as a small incident handled quickly.

Discretion.

[Utsumi breathing hesitantly]

One person does come to mind for this.

He's unparalleled physically, at least.

And we can trust
his sturdy resistance to blades.

[Tokugawa] Who could it be?

[Utsumi] That said,

he's what some might refer to as…

well, a little bit unsavory.

[Tokugawa] Wait!

Who are you referring to?

Mr. Utsumi, are you…

[Tokugawa sighs heavily]

Looks like we're going back
to the post-w*r black-market era.

[tense music playing]

[Utsumi] While I had heard the rumors,
he's quite beyond anything I'd imagined.

Such a visage!

And that piercing gaze!

Are they really the eyes of a boy?

[clearing throat]

[Hanayama] Is this permitted?

The head of the NPA coming
to meet with a man like me?

[Utsumi] Mr. Hanayama,

this surely can't be
that bad of a deal for you either.

Mr. Hanayama, for the sake of Japan,
won't you consider helping us out a bit?

- [Hanayama] Hey.
- [gasps]

[Hanayama] You should watch your words
around here.

"For the sake of Japan…"

The hell are you thinking
asking the yakuza?

TOKYO POLICE HQ
SHUNZO UTSUMI

I feel sorry for this country.

[Utsumi breathing shakily]

[Hanayama] Mr. Utsumi, you and I
have been enemies for a long time now.

[Utsumi] Mr. Hanayama,

I apologize for that.

I never should have tried to win you over
with sweet-sounding jingoism.

Please forgive me.

[music fades]

Terrorism's not his deal.
Nor is psychopathy.

This man is truly unlike
any type of criminal we've faced before.

He's a bottomless pit of depravity.

And he's a monster…
like a demon incarnate.

So once more, I'll ask you, Mr. Hanayama,

as the police have officially
run out of options,

would you be willing
to stand up for the sake of our country?

Even as one of the yakuza,

this is really not that bad
of a deal for you, is it?

Mr. Utsumi.

[sighs] I'd like you to go home for today.

[Utsumi gasps]

[Hanayama] The rift between the yakuza
and the police is too deep.

You and me are just… too far apart

to hope to resolve this
in less than a day.

[Utsumi sighs]

You're probably right.

I suppose it was a bit of a rash proposal.

[footsteps fading]

[pensive music playing]

Sir?

Mr. Hanayama,

the man who was first cut down
by Musashi, named Otsuka.

He'd been my colleague
ever since I joined the force.

I was determined to avenge him

with my own hands.

[breathing shakily]

But I couldn't lay a single scratch
on the b*stard.

Not only was I unable to get revenge…

but now there's a mountain
of dead personnel.

Mr. Hanayama…

[gasps]

As the superintendent of the police,

you really shouldn't
bow your head any further.

I understand the situation though.

So go home and have a drink.

[music fades]

Sorry about making you come
all this way, young man,

Mr. Kizaki.

That's fine.

It's about the boss, isn't it? Hanayama?

Yes. It's a rather noble thing,
the fact that he accepted this task,

and really,
I expected nothing less of him, but still…

[Tokugawa exhales slowly]

This is an unparalleled opponent.

[Kizaki] So I've heard.
It's Musashi Miyamoto.

[Tokugawa] Ah, Kizaki,

I hear you've got a lot of smarts,
graduated from a national university.

I'm honored,
but it's just my academic background.

[Tokugawa] Well, let me ask you this.
What do you know about clones?

[Kizaki grunts]

You wanna know about… c-clones?

You're saying that

the man who calls himself Musashi
is really--

[Tokugawa] He's not simply
"a man who calls himself Musashi."

- [Kizaki gasps]
- He is the real deal.

No, I mean…

I, um…

Well, I'm at a loss for words.

It's my understanding
that bloodshed's something of a…

well, a specialty
for people in your line, but…

this man is on another level.

- [Kizaki] Is, um…
- Hmm?

His swordsmanship, is it…

just the same as it was back then?

The Sea King Retsu was cut down
in a match.

Are you serious?

[dramatic music sting]

- So, it's true, then?
- [Kizaki] Yes, I've… I've confirmed it.

I heard it was a truly heroic match.

Magnificent. And honorable.

Even in death.

And I heard Tokugawa say it himself.

"This is an unparalleled opponent," quote.

[dripping]

Uh, boss?

[dripping]

[tense music playing]

[blood splattering]

[Kizaki gasps]

Where is he now?

[Kizaki] Well, actually,

he's currently heading from Shibuya
to Shinjuku as we speak.

KABUKICHO FIRST AVENUE

[Hanayama chuckles] That's our turf.

So in that case,

I think we'd better give him
a warm welcome.

[music fades]

[Japanese theme music playing]

[music fades out]