“I’m Tajomaru, a bandit, but I’m not a stereotypical bad man like people may think. I don’t know the meaning of love, especially from a mother. I was left behind by my mother because, at that time, it was very tough. It’s not easy to survive so my mother had to leave me in front of the gate. So I grew up alone, in a temple without any parents…I didn’t get any love from my parents. I ran away from the temple because I didn’t want to be there. I wanted to be free. But even if I was free, it’s difficult to survive in the mountains so there’s no choice but to steal from people to survive. I admit to raping the wife and killing her husband but in the end, I did not get her because she ran away. I also took her husband’s sword and sold it for alcohol but I was found by an officer as I wasn’t feeling well.”
– The Bandit Tajomaru’s perspective played by Doppo Narita
