Garouden: The Way of the Lone Wolf (2024) s01e02 Episode Script

[opening theme music playing]
[music ends]
- [suspenseful music playing]
- [clock ticking slowly]
[Shino] So this is
the Takemiya style's stance.
It looks like a relaxed stance,
but his core is straight
yet limber, like bamboo.
His mid-line is defended,
and he's guarding his sides.
His face is left open,
baiting me to attack it
[unsettling music plays, swells]
but that's a trap.
[tense swell]
But us Hokushinkan-style fighters
are trained to attack head-on
against an enemy like that!
[grunts] I should strike first!
[loud smash]
[tense music playing]
[Fujimaki grunting]
[Shino grunts]
[Shino groans]
[sniffles]
Continuous and efficient attacks.
Everything about him
reminds me of Johei Tsutsumi.
- [tense music continues]
- Yah!
[leg cracks]
Huh?
[Fujimaki grunts]
[bones crunch]
- [retches]
- Hmm?
[Shino yells]
[grunts softly]
[Fujimaki exhales]
[Fujimaki] He intended to throw
a roundhouse kick to my face
from the start.
And that middle crescent kick
He already knew that I'd block it.
[Shino] He quickly deflected
my right leg to the outside
to weaken my roundhouse kick.
This guy
he's the real deal.
[Fujimaki] Impressive.
Ichiro Shino, the former champion
of the Hokushinkan tournament.
Clearly,
he's the real deal.
[tense music continues, halts]
[Chisaki panting]
- [rock music playing]
- Hurry! This way!
That man and my father, they're
[grunts]
[groans]
[Fujimaki yells]
He used swift footwork
to close in instantly.
Shukuchi! Makes sense now.
[Fujimaki groans]
[Fujimaki] No [grumbles]
[whooshing]
The wolf within me is howling.
[Fujimaki breathes heavily]
I can't hold it back.
[grunts]
- [whoosh]
- [Shino groans]
[Shino grunts]
- [bones crack]
- [Shino groans]
[groans]
[grunts]
[Shino groans]
[Shino] He didn't hesitate
to target a vital spot.
It's expected in a brawling technique,
but someone could die from it.
[Shino grunts]
Are we killing one another?
[Fujimaki grunts]
Could I actually kill this guy?
If we are killing one another,
then why is this so fun?
I wonder if it's fun for him too?
- Hi-yah!
- [Fujimaki groans]
Hmm? [Shino grunts]
[exhales, panting]
Takemiya style, Hinaotoshi.
- [distorted swell]
- [Shino whimpers]
The original technique
slams you onto a rock.
[Shino exhales shakily]
[exhales]
[Chisaki] This way!
There! In the bamboo forest! Quickly!
Hang on.
Don't think that
the Takemiya Style won
against Hokushinkan Karate today.
[groans]
This loss was mine alone.
[breathes shakily]
[groans softly]
[exhales]
[footsteps approaching]
[gasps]
[Chisaki] Over here.
[trainee 1 exhales]
[Chisaki whimpers] Dad!
[trainees] Sensei!
[groans softly]
[Shino] Chisaki.
[Chisaki whimpers] Dad!
Are you okay?
I am.
Where did he go?
No idea.
Sure you're okay?
- [Tamon] You said "he."
- [gasps]
Is he Juzo Fujimaki?
Who are you?
Tamon. Nara Prefectural Police.
You're with the police?
Mr. Ichiro Shino,
Hokushinkan Karate.
The man who defeated you,
is this him?
[gasps]
[dramatic music playing]
I can't recall.
[sighs]
[thug 1] Ah, shit, that hurt!
Damn it!
- He broke my fucking arm.
- [thugs breathing shakily]
Who's that?
Hey, what are you looking at?
Huh?
[thug 1 breathes shakily]
I just wanna ask some questions, son.
"Son"?
Say that again. I dare ya!
Try me!
Huh? [yells]
[grunts]
[dramatic swell]
[drip echoes]
[Shozan breathing deeply]
[knocks on door]
It's Himekawa.
Okay! Come in!
- [door opens, shuts]
- [Shozan grumbles]
I take it you're planning on trying
to defend the title again,
Director Shozan Matsuo.
[Matsuo laughs] Don't be ridiculous.
This is my usual workout routine.
[Shozan exhales]
[breathes deeply]
Have you heard, Himekawa?
About Hokkaido, you mean?
I hear that Master Shino
is retiring as a competitor.
You heard right.
He'll retire and focus on teaching.
He looked almost as if
his burden had just been lifted.
I heard it's because of that challenger,
the one who defeated the senior student
and also badly injured Master Shino.
[blinds rattle]
[Shozan] The senior student was beaten
by a drifter named Bunshichi Tanba.
Shino was defeated by someone else.
Somewhere out there is a tough fighter.
And I'm trembling to meet him.
Don't you agree?
[Himekawa chuckles]
[Himekawa] Some of the
Hokushinkan students are riled up.
They feel our honor is at stake.
Two who were close to the master,
Baba and Akiyama,
are already on the move.
- [loud thud]
- [Shozan sighs]
Ugh! Ignore it.
That's not headquarters' concern.
Let them go take their revenge.
That's the Hokushinkan style.
By the way, Himekawa,
is it possible for someone to defeat
a brown bear with their bare hands?
Huh?
[gentle music playing]
I know of one who has done it.
I didn't defeat it, really.
It ran away
when I kept kicking at its head.
Would you have done the same thing?
I think I would've just ran away.
[Shozan chuckles]
Yeah, and I'd bet
that would actually work out.
But if you couldn't run away, what then?
I would do what you did then.
I'd aim for a vital spot like its head.
Correct!
And that's the Hokushinkan way.
You toughen up your own power,
and then you strike at their weaknesses.
But against a bear,
that technique is useless.
Karate is designed
to be used against human beings.
But what if an art
used your opponent
and let you draw power out of them
with your own
to make you twice as strong?
Is there such a martial art, director?
[Shozan] There is.
You know anything about
the Yagyu-shinkage technique?
Its unarmed fighting style
is the basis for Takemiya.
Soichiro Izumi did that.
Right, director?
And you've said that you consider him
to be one of the three strongest
martial artists in the world.
[Shozan] It's called "Tiger King."
[Himekawa] "Tiger King"?
It's a secret move used by Takemiya.
I've never seen it in practice,
but if the technique can be learned
You can even take down a brown bear.
[paper rustles]
Huh?
[Shozan] This guy
is Master Izumi's apprentice,
but he's on the run
after committing murder.
I heard he was seen
in Hokkaido fairly recently.
[Himekawa] So this guy beat Master Shino
and a brown bear
Himekawa, I hate to ask,
but can you go to Nara?
To Nara?
KUROGAMI STAFFING SERVICE
[Kurogami] Yeah, it's all good here.
That's why we keep those thugs around.
But if you could,
there are police that need handling.
Yes.
You telling me
you don't want Shino's dojo now?
[chuckles] Oh no, I'm not complaining.
I'm just a subcontractor here.
And? What should I do about him?
Yeah, I'm talking about Fujimaki.
It's pretty unfortunate
that he managed to get away.
SUSPECT JUZO FUJIMAKI
What?
I'm impressed, Sergeant.
You sure are good.
Yes, goodbye.
Are we all just a bunch
of puppets to the Sergeant?
Well, it looks to me like Death
might always be hot on your heels, huh,
Fujimaki?
[woman] Yeah, I just got to the terminal.
Yeah. I took a motion sickness pill,
so I should be good.
Oh, you're breaking up.
Is that better?
Hello? Hello? Hello?
Hello?
[scoffs] Sorry, I was hearing static.
It's fine. Yeah, I'm about to get on.
I'll be there by five. Okay.
[announcer] All passengers
traveling to Bell Island,
please proceed to dock number two.
[Tamon] Hikita.
- [Tamon] Hey, Hikita!
- [slap]
[Hikita] Ow! What?
Oh, hey, Tamon.
[Tamon] Did you find anything?
[Hikita] Mmm, I'm looking into it now.
You dirty liar. Were you looking at porn?
No! I'm not lying!
Uh
You know what?
Let's get out of here.
It's exactly what you suspected, sir.
Kurogami's staffing service
is a front for the Yakuza.
One of Hokuryu Rengo's branches
is in charge of it.
And it seems to me like their new allies
are an international loan shark mafia.
Interesting.
Do you have any idea
who the partner mafia might be?
Not yet.
That's the thing I was working on.
It really was.
Just give me some time.
Oh yeah, did you find what
you were looking for in Hokkaido?
[Tamon sighs]
The men I arrested earlier won't talk.
Which isn't surprising.
But Shino and his daughter
aren't talking either.
They should know him.
Why is that, do you think?
That's just how it is.
Those who likely met him
won't tell the police anything about him.
Do you think it's because
your questioning is intimidating?
I'm kidding.
Maybe there's something charming
about him that makes them do that.
[Tamon] What?
[Hikita] Fujimaki.
Maybe they like him.
Yeah, you know, maybe they're all
just rooting for him to get away.
[Tamon] "Like him"?
Honestly, Tamon,
it looks a bit like
you're in love with him too.
I mean, you have been pursuing
that guy for years now.
That's not it.
It's just because
[dramatic swell]
I know him better than the others.
I know his true nature.
[Hikita] What do you mean
"his true nature"?
[Tamon] I know he'll kill again.
[Hikita] Kill again?
But seven years ago, he killed a robber
by means of excessive self-defense.
And that was murder.
The precision of the attacks made it clear
that he meant to kill that man.
Is that what the difference is?
That is, between a martial artist
and a ruthless murderer?
I still don't get it.
Oh! There was one more thing.
I was on social media
reading these posts
from martial arts fanatics
when I heard an interesting rumor.
A rumor?
[Hikita] Well, they suspected
martial artist hunters
were after Ichiro Shino.
It's likely an urban legend,
but someone might be gathering fighters,
even some legendary martial artists
who have fallen out of the spotlight.
They said Ichiro Shino
might've been targeted
and harassed by their goons.
It's like they're trying
to drag him to the dark side.
Why would they need martial artists?
[Hikita] For an underground tournament
to determine the world's best martial art.
What?
Is there any actual evidence of that?
[Hikita] The tournament's name is
K-O-D-O-K-U.
KODOKU.
[Tamon] KODOKU?
[Hikita] It's just an urban legend.
BELL ISLAND TERMINAL CENTER
- [Baba] It's deserted.
- [Yamamoto] Yeah.
It must've been busier in the past, but
I heard this place used to be called
the "Prostitution Island" then.
They kidnapped women
and sold them as street workers.
It sucked to see all those stories.
You can't tell what's true or not.
Is Fujimaki really here,
or was this lead a dud?
This is the ideal place
for a criminal to hide out.
Let's go.
[Yamamoto] Okay, but do we even know
who gave us the tip about this place?
[Akiyama] Clearly,
someone who knows that we,
the members of the Hokushinkan School,
are looking for Juzo Fujimaki
so we can avenge Master Shino.
Akiyama, we're not here to avenge anyone.
We're here to show everyone
that Hokushinkan Karate
is the strongest martial art.
Let's split up and ask around.
[Yamamoto, Akiyama] On it!
SNACK MIYUKI
[doorbell chimes]
Makio's favorite food
What did he say it was again?
- [Yamamoto] Hey, Baba!
- Huh?
So, they said criminals end up here a lot,
and that there's a search party
up on the mountain.
[Baba] A search party?
Fujimaki? They're looking for him?
[Baba] That's not good.
If they get to him first,
we came all the way here for nothing.
Oh shit!
[man] Hey, you!
[both] Huh?
- Are you going hunting?
- [shrieks]
Yes or no?
Are you part of the hunting team?
Hunting? Do you mean
Yeah. So what if we are going?
Is that a problem
- [grunts]
- [Akiyama gasps]
[Yamamoto] What's his problem?
[man] I'm gonna kill you puny rats!
You're outnumbered, idiot!
Hang on.
Just because he's big
doesn't mean he can fight.
I think I can take him.
[man] You think you can what?
- [man grunts]
- [dramatic swell]
[groaning]
All right!
- [Akiyama] The hell was his deal?
- [woman sighs]
[woman exhales]
- [birds tweeting]
- [footsteps approaching rapidly]
[woman continues panting]
[woman] Makio!
[Fujimaki] Nine hundred eighty-one.
Nine hundred eighty-two.
- [woman] Makio!
- [Fujimaki] Nine hundred
- [grunts]
- [body thuds]
Miyuki, what
Makio, listen.
There are strangers here.
Three new guys.
They do karate.
I think they're looking for you, Makio.
They're karate guys?
Wait a sec. Where's Sensei?
[screams]
- [body thuds]
- [groans]
Sensei went to town
to help with the search party.
What search party?
Oh, you mean the ogre busting party?
Ogre busting?
It settled in a few days ago.
I heard it goes into town a lot
and steals a bunch of food.
[bird squawks]
[man] I suspect this villa here
is where they've been hiding out.
[cop 1] Well, this is bougie.
A Chinese billionaire built this house,
so, yeah, it's kinda nice.
I hear the place has a spooky past.
What?
He's messing with ya.
Chicken.
[cop 1 shrieks]
- False alarm. It's just a rat.
- [rat chittering]
Get it together. Focus on the search.
Right. Sorry.
Huh?
- A A foreigner?
- [tense music playing]
[quivers] Wait, freeze!
Huh? [grunts]
Huh?
[foreigner] They say not to judge a book
by its cover, you know.
My name is Joze Carlos Nagato.
I was born and raised in Japan, you pigs.
[cop 2] Why you [grunts]
[man breathing shakily]
This place is bougie.
Akiyama, you sure this is it?
Yeah, man.
I saw the cops go in there earlier.
[Baba] Hmm?
Hey!
Uh
that's
not Fujimaki.
[Yamamoto] Hey, uh, 'scuse me.
Have you seen
[Yamamoto grunts]
[chokes]
- [yells]
- [body thuds]
The hell?
The tall guy's hostile. Got it.
[Baba] He's a boxer,
and he's got a heavyweight's build.
[Akiyama] Our weight difference
is no joke.
But one thing I know about boxers,
they can't deal with kicks!
- [whoosh]
- [Akiyama grunts]
[bones crack]
[exhales, groans]
[grunts]
[yells, grunts]
[groans softly]
[Baba] He just blocked Akiyama's low kick.
He's no ordinary boxer.
Come and get it.
[Baba] He's got good offensive moves.
Against someone like that,
the key is not to let them set the pace.
[tense music playing]
- [rapid whooshes]
- [Joze grunts softly]
[Baba grunts]
[Baba exhales]
- [sharp sting]
- [Baba grunts]
[Baba groans]
- [body thuds]
- [music fades]
[chuckles]
[man] It looks like you have
a beast within you too.
Huh?
Who are you?
How long have you been there?
Ranbo's my name.
The head Buddhist priest.
Uh, Ranbo?
[Ranbo] I heard about the search,
so I came to lend my assistance.
[Ranbo grunts softly]
Now,
show me what you've got.
[sighs]
- [rapid whoosh]
- [gasps]
Was that all?
Did you go easy on me, or what?
[Joze grumbles]
[grunts, yells]
[grunts]
[rapid whoosh]
If you want to learn
how to control your inner beast,
then you should come with me now.
[Joze breathes shakily]
- [horns honk]
- [engine revs]
[Tamon] Hey, Hikita.
Is it true Fujimaki was located?
[Hikita] Take a look at this.
This is Akiyama
of Hokushinkan's Instagram.
It seems like he's pretty tight
with Ichiro Shino.
Hokushinkan
A tip made its way to
the Hokushinkans about this island.
They said Fujimaki was here.
It looks like the three of them
are headed there now to avenge Shino.
Do you know which island?
I managed to find it
with a reverse image search.
- I'm the best, aren't I?
- Just tell me!
- [mouse clicks]
- [Hikita] This is it.
Bell Island.
[Tamon] I won't let
you get away, Fujimaki.
[tense music playing]
[loud thudding]
[tense music continues]
[music fades]
[closing theme music playing]
[yells]
[music fades]