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A rnin wanders through a desolate Japanese countryside in 1860, during the final years of the Edo era. He overhears an elderly couple lamenting that their only son, not wanting to waste his life as a farmer, has run off to join the “gamblers” who have settled on a nearby town overrun with criminals and split between two rival bosses while stopping for water. The stranger arrives in town and encounters Gonji, the owner of a small izakaya, who tells him to leave. He informs the rnin that the two warring bosses, Ushitora and Seibei, are fighting over Seibei’s lucrative gambling trade; Ushitora was Seibei’s right-hand man but revolted when Seibei determined that his successor would be his useless son Yoichiro. Tazaemon, the town’s mayor, had long been in Seibei’s pocket, so Ushitora allied himself with the local sake maker, Tokuemon, and declared him the new mayor.Editor’s Picks
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Soon after, the bugy departs to probe the murder of a fellow official in another town. When Sanjuro overhears two men talking the murder in Gonji’s tavern, he realizes Ushitora sent them. Sanjuro captures the killers and sells them to Seibei, but then informs Ushitora that it was Seibei’s men who apprehended them. Ushitora, alarmed, lavishly rewards him for his assistance and orders the kidnapping of Yoichiro, whom he offers in exchange for the two prisoners. However, Ushitora surprises Seibei at the swap by shooting the assassins with a pistol; expecting this, Seibei admits he had ordered the kidnapping of Tokuemon’s mistress. The following morning, she is swapped for Yoichiro. Also, you will find out which character are you in this Yojimbo quiz. Sanjuro discovers that the woman, Nui, is the wife of a local farmer who lost her to Ushitora due to a gambling debt; Ushitora then sold her as chattel to Tokuemon to obtain his support. Sanjuro dupes Ushitora into divulging the location of Nui’s safe house, then murders the guards stationed there and reunites the woman with her husband and son, ordering them to leave town immediately. Sanjuro, pretending to be on Ushitora’s side, is able to persuade Ushitora that Seibei is to blame for the deaths of his soldiers. The gang conflict heats up, with Ushitora torching Tazaemon’s silk warehouse and Seibei retaliating by destroying Tokuemon’s brewery. Unosuke ultimately suspects Sanjuro and the circumstances surrounding Nui’s escape, finally uncovering evidence of the ronin’s betrayal. Sanjuro is badly beaten and imprisoned by Ushitora’s thugs, who torture him in order to locate Nui.About the quiz
When Ushitora decides to eliminate Seibei once and for all, Sanjuro gets to flee. He sees the brutal end of Seibei and his family as their house is set on fire and they are all cut down while attempting to surrender while being smuggled out of town in a coffin by Gonji. Sanjuro seeks treatment at a tiny temple near a cemetery. When he hears that Ushitora has kidnapped Gonji, he returns to town. Sanjuro challenges Ushitora, Unosuke, and their gang, taking on all of them in a duel and easily defeating them. He only spares one terrified young man, who turns out to be the youth he encountered on the way into town, and returns him to his parents. Tazaemon emerges from his house, dressed as a samurai and beating a prayer drum, as Sanjuro assesses the damage. Driven insane, he circles the village before attacking Tokuemon and stabbing him to death. Sanjuro releases Gonji and leaves, declaring that the town will be quiet from then on.Also, you must try to play this Yojimbo quiz.For more personality quizzes check this: Judgment At Nuremberg Quiz.
