Reading Notes: Goemon film

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Goemon (film) - Goemon's entire family is assassinated in front of him. He is saved by Nobunaga Oda, who has Goemon trained in ninjitsu. He is assigned to protect Princess Chacha, Oda's niece and falls in love with her, but due to having very different status, they don't end up together. Years later Goemon becomes a master thief. He steals a mysterious box, and is pursued by a samurai working for Lord Hideyoshi. He escapes with it, leaving behind a calling card. Goemon gives the gold inside the box to the poor, and throws the box away. A young thief named Koheita finds the box and takes it home. Goemon learns the box was valuable and goes to find it. He hears screams and saves Koheita from a samurai who has just murdered his mother. Goemon takes Koheita in as one of his band of thieves. Another ninja trained at the same time as Goemon, Saizo, confronts him about the box and tells him it is referred to as Pandora's Box. When Goemon is about to be defeated by Saizo, their teacher Hattori Hanzo appeared and saved him. Goemon finds a map in the box that leads him to a contract on Hideyoshi. Hanzo reappears and offers him gold to murder Hideyoshi. Goemon goes to his home and kills him, then hides in the ceiling of ChaCha's room. The real Hideyoshi walks in and Goemon is surprised to learn he killed his fake double. Goemon is shot by a guard trying to escape, and Saizo rescues him from the moat. Both Goemon and Saizo are asked by different people to assassinate Hideyoshi. Goemon deides not to. The guy who paid Saizo think it is done and shoots him. Saizo's child is taken and Hideyoshi decrees he should be boiled to death as a public execution. He tells him his name is Goemon. Hideyoshi kicked him innto the cauldron and threw the child in after him. Goemon confronts Hideyoshi about why he betrayed Nobunaga, and ends up killing Hideyoshi. Tokugawa and Mitsunari fight over who should rule Japan, Goemon charges in wearing Nonbunga and fights them during a solar eclipse. Mitsunari's army is superstitious about the eclipse so they leave. Goemon approaches Tokugawa and everyone assumes he intends to kill him, but he isn't holding a sword, just Chacha's fan. One of his emn stabs Goemon. Goemon admires the fireflies and stars and then dies.

Summary of the 2009 film Goemon. Web Source.