The ronin negotiates the salary to a much higher amount and agrees to the position. Since he is planning to attack Ushitora, Seibei wants to employ the ronin as a bodyguard. The ronin returns to Seibei's home and Seibei gratefully accepts him. The ronin tells the nearby cooper (Atsushi Watanabe) how many coffins he needs to make. The hoodlums attack and the ronin kills several of the men in a matter of seconds. As they posture in front of him, the ronin promises to kill them. The ronin then goes over to Ushitora's home and is confronted by the same hoodlums who surrounded him earlier. He tells them he's going to show them his skills.
The ronin goes over to Seibei's home and summons his gang out. Thinking that his explanation of the town would motivate the ronin to leave, Gonji is shocked when the ronin says that he's going to "stay for a while". Ushitora has appointed the corrupt sake-brewer Tokuemon (Takashi Shimura) as the mayor (also) and is more widely-recognized than the powerless Tazaemon, who now wanders around beating a drum in anger. The competing and more powerful crime boss is Ushitora (Kyu Sazanka), who rules with violence along with his pig-like brother, Inokichi (Daisuke Katô). Seibei appointed silk merchant Tazaemon (Kamatari Fujiwara) the town's major, but Tazaemon is a puppet for Seibei. Seibei (Seizaburô Kawazu) is the older crime boss of the town, and runs a brothel with his domineering wife, Orin (Isuzu Yamada). Gonji explains the hierarchy of the town to the ronin. Gonji only has hot saki and cold rice, but the ronin hungrily engulfs it. He wanders into an empty tavern and orders to the elderly owner, Gonji (Eijirô Tono). A young-looking gang confronts the ronin, but he wanders off unfazed. The ronin is caught-off guard when he sees a dog trot by with a human hand in it's mouth.
A few angry glances from young gang members (mangier even than the ronin) are shot at him from sliding doors. Walking into the nearby town, the ronin sees the streets are empty. After the son leaves, the man insults the ronin by saying that all sorts are attracted when "they smell blood". The man is busy berating his teenage son, who is going off to join a nearby gang of gamblers and doesn't want "a long life of eating gruel". Happening onto a house, he asks the man to drink from the man's well.
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