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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:06,038 --> 00:00:14,174 TOEI COMPANY LTD. 2 00:00:14,480 --> 00:00:22,445 LADY KASUGA (Jotei Kasuga no Tsubone) 3 00:00:44,743 --> 00:00:48,976 SEKIGAHARA FIELD - 1600 4 00:00:49,248 --> 00:00:51,283 The East Force, which was led by Tokugawa Ieyasu, 5 00:00:51,283 --> 00:00:53,519 gained a signal victory at the battle in the Sekigahara Field, 6 00:00:53,519 --> 00:00:56,522 one of Japan's greatest civil wars, which eventually 7 00:00:56,522 --> 00:00:58,081 decided the fate of the country. 8 00:00:58,323 --> 00:01:00,159 The East Force owed its victory 9 00:01:00,159 --> 00:01:02,461 to the betrayal of Kobayakawa Hideaki, one of the warlords which had 10 00:01:02,461 --> 00:01:04,123 participated in the West Force. 11 00:01:13,539 --> 00:01:16,703 My lord, Kobayakawa Hideaki is here! 12 00:01:17,376 --> 00:01:19,311 Hideaki is? 13 00:01:19,745 --> 00:01:21,111 Tell him to wait. 14 00:01:29,655 --> 00:01:32,250 Welcome, Hideaki. I'm glad you could come. 15 00:01:32,891 --> 00:01:34,655 Come here. What are you doing? 16 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:36,353 Give him a stool! 17 00:01:36,762 --> 00:01:39,425 Come on, be seated. 18 00:01:41,533 --> 00:01:45,994 Sir Hideaki, I shall never forget what you did for us today. 19 00:01:46,105 --> 00:01:49,507 I'm more than pleased that you joined us. 20 00:01:49,741 --> 00:01:52,575 I appreciate it. 21 00:01:54,213 --> 00:01:57,240 I'm very grateful. 22 00:01:59,118 --> 00:02:00,586 Thank you, my lord. 23 00:02:01,386 --> 00:02:05,624 I'm taking sides with you because I believe that no one else but 24 00:02:05,624 --> 00:02:09,686 you could be the supreme ruler of the world in these turbulent times. 25 00:02:12,564 --> 00:02:14,226 Well said, Hideaki. 26 00:02:16,235 --> 00:02:18,067 Sir Hideaki... 27 00:02:18,570 --> 00:02:23,702 From now on, I shall regard you as my son. 28 00:02:25,110 --> 00:02:26,271 Thank you! 29 00:02:39,992 --> 00:02:45,363 So, you are Inaba Masanari, the major-domo to Hideaki, right? 30 00:02:46,798 --> 00:02:47,766 Yes, my lord. 31 00:02:48,333 --> 00:02:49,767 You are? 32 00:02:50,769 --> 00:02:53,295 I hear that you were the first attacker to the enemy force. 33 00:02:53,372 --> 00:02:54,863 Is that right? 34 00:02:56,441 --> 00:02:59,639 Masanari is the bravest person in my clan. 35 00:02:59,978 --> 00:03:03,210 He beheaded three of the enemy generals. 36 00:03:03,549 --> 00:03:05,142 As many as three generals? 37 00:03:08,353 --> 00:03:12,723 I envy you Hideaki, because you are favored with such a good retainer. 38 00:03:14,793 --> 00:03:21,029 Masanari, you can come to me whenever you feel like it. 39 00:03:21,867 --> 00:03:24,636 I shall employ you with the annual stipend of 50,000 koku, 40 00:03:24,636 --> 00:03:26,730 no, 100,000 koku of rice! 41 00:03:28,006 --> 00:03:31,306 Oh, I was only joking. 42 00:03:31,543 --> 00:03:35,503 If I took you away, Sir Hideaki would be enraged. 43 00:03:38,951 --> 00:03:41,653 Kobayakawa Hideaki was promoted to the greatest feudal lord 44 00:03:41,653 --> 00:03:43,519 in the western part of Japan. 45 00:03:43,689 --> 00:03:47,059 And Inaba Masanari enjoyed a high annual stipend of 46 00:03:47,059 --> 00:03:48,755 20,000 koku of rice. 47 00:03:48,961 --> 00:03:51,954 But only two years later... 48 00:03:53,232 --> 00:03:56,725 Hideaki abruptly went out of his mind and died. 49 00:03:57,102 --> 00:03:59,662 The Kobayakawa clan became extinct. 50 00:04:00,305 --> 00:04:02,908 The world laughed at the clan, saying that the incident was 51 00:04:02,908 --> 00:04:04,276 a just reward for their betrayal. 52 00:04:04,276 --> 00:04:07,045 All his retainers, including Inaba Masanari, lost 53 00:04:07,045 --> 00:04:08,980 their jobs all at once. 54 00:04:11,049 --> 00:04:14,315 FUSHIMI CASTLE, KYOTO 55 00:04:25,964 --> 00:04:30,368 The wife of Inaba Masanari was called Ofuku. 56 00:04:34,573 --> 00:04:41,013 Are you thinking that you can see the Shogun directly anytime 57 00:04:41,013 --> 00:04:44,040 now that you are in his castle? 58 00:04:45,651 --> 00:04:46,710 Pardon? 59 00:04:48,787 --> 00:04:52,691 Even lords with a stipend of 100,000 koku of rice 60 00:04:52,691 --> 00:04:55,889 are awaiting their turns. 61 00:04:58,230 --> 00:05:03,362 Is that so? I humbly apologize for my innocence. 62 00:05:03,535 --> 00:05:10,575 However, my husband received very kind words from the Shogun 63 00:05:10,575 --> 00:05:14,603 at the time of the Sekigahara Battle. 64 00:05:14,713 --> 00:05:19,217 I would be extremely grateful if you could kindly announce 65 00:05:19,217 --> 00:05:22,153 me to the Shogun, sir. 66 00:05:27,626 --> 00:05:29,720 Will you wait here? 67 00:05:30,195 --> 00:05:31,185 Certainly, sir. 68 00:05:58,090 --> 00:05:59,888 She's nice. 69 00:06:12,337 --> 00:06:14,932 Inaba Ofuku... 70 00:06:15,941 --> 00:06:17,102 Come with me. 71 00:06:17,542 --> 00:06:18,601 Certainly. 72 00:06:52,844 --> 00:06:56,804 Would you please take off your clothes? 73 00:06:59,084 --> 00:07:00,518 Hurry. 74 00:07:01,787 --> 00:07:06,623 Do you plan to meet the Shogun without cleaning yourself? 75 00:07:46,131 --> 00:07:49,067 So you are Inaba Masanari's wife Ofuku? 76 00:07:49,601 --> 00:07:51,263 You are as beautiful as I'd heard! 77 00:07:51,336 --> 00:07:52,395 Let me go! 78 00:07:53,905 --> 00:07:55,100 How unreasonable! 79 00:07:55,540 --> 00:07:57,441 What are you doing? 80 00:07:58,210 --> 00:08:01,578 Your Excellency, are you all right? 81 00:08:01,713 --> 00:08:04,342 Yes, I am all right. Leave us alone. 82 00:08:04,449 --> 00:08:05,508 Insolent! 83 00:08:05,717 --> 00:08:06,818 Stop it! - Someone, come! 84 00:08:06,818 --> 00:08:08,286 What are you saying?! I told you to leave! 85 00:08:08,420 --> 00:08:09,454 Leave! 86 00:08:09,454 --> 00:08:11,082 But... - Leave! Get out! 87 00:08:16,895 --> 00:08:19,091 You made a bump on the head of this Ieyasu. 88 00:08:19,998 --> 00:08:22,467 That was very courageous of you. 89 00:08:24,769 --> 00:08:28,672 But, Ofuku, you cannot resist me for a second time. 90 00:08:33,011 --> 00:08:35,571 I shall not resist, Your Excellency. 91 00:08:37,215 --> 00:08:39,013 I shall obey you. 92 00:08:43,221 --> 00:08:48,260 But, in return for it, 93 00:08:48,260 --> 00:08:53,130 I would be grateful if you could promise... 94 00:08:53,765 --> 00:08:57,429 that you will employ my husband Inaba Masanari. 95 00:09:00,539 --> 00:09:02,599 Ofuku... 96 00:09:03,475 --> 00:09:08,213 what did he get paid when he was serving 97 00:09:08,213 --> 00:09:10,944 the Kobayakawa clan? 98 00:09:14,319 --> 00:09:17,517 He was given a stipend of 20,000 koku of rice. 99 00:09:18,356 --> 00:09:20,222 As much as 20,000 koku? 100 00:09:21,426 --> 00:09:24,260 That's a little too much. 101 00:09:25,196 --> 00:09:28,300 I'm told that, at the time of the Sekigahara Battle, 102 00:09:28,300 --> 00:09:33,967 you said that my husband deserved a 100,000 koku. 103 00:09:37,676 --> 00:09:41,113 He is still young... 104 00:09:42,047 --> 00:09:44,642 And I'm not certain that this is not a bad deal. 105 00:09:44,749 --> 00:09:46,843 Ofuku... 106 00:09:49,454 --> 00:09:54,722 You are also a very good negotiator, aren't you? 107 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,992 I like it. I like you. 108 00:10:01,633 --> 00:10:06,628 It's been such a long time since I became excited so much. 109 00:10:11,009 --> 00:10:14,173 Now, come. 110 00:10:36,034 --> 00:10:37,468 Young lady, hand on! 111 00:10:38,603 --> 00:10:39,237 Young lady, you are good! 112 00:10:39,237 --> 00:10:40,705 EDO CASTLE - 1605 Young lady, you are good! 113 00:10:40,705 --> 00:10:40,905 EDO CASTLE - 1605 114 00:10:40,905 --> 00:10:42,273 EDO CASTLE - 1605 One more time! 115 00:10:42,273 --> 00:10:42,968 EDO CASTLE - 1605 116 00:10:45,877 --> 00:10:48,005 I heard that Lord Hidetada's wife is pregnant. 117 00:10:48,113 --> 00:10:50,776 Is she expecting a baby? 118 00:10:51,950 --> 00:10:55,987 In these days, the master of Edo castle was Lord Hidetada, 119 00:10:55,987 --> 00:10:58,513 the third eldest son of Ieyasu. 120 00:10:58,690 --> 00:11:01,092 But actually he was a mere feudal lord ruling only 121 00:11:01,092 --> 00:11:02,594 the Musashi province. 122 00:11:02,594 --> 00:11:05,096 The actual political power still lay in the hands 123 00:11:05,096 --> 00:11:07,292 of Ieyasu who lived in Kyoto. 124 00:11:07,432 --> 00:11:12,871 My lord, you and your wife live very happily together, 125 00:11:12,871 --> 00:11:16,000 and you have many children. 126 00:11:16,474 --> 00:11:19,177 But they are all girls, including your eldest 127 00:11:19,177 --> 00:11:22,079 daughter, Princess Sen. 128 00:11:23,515 --> 00:11:26,818 Under these circumstances, the Shogun is waiting 129 00:11:26,818 --> 00:11:28,810 for a son to be born. 130 00:11:30,155 --> 00:11:33,258 He said that when you are favored with a son, 131 00:11:33,258 --> 00:11:36,695 who will be your successor, he shall be named 'Takechiyo', 132 00:11:36,695 --> 00:11:39,392 the name of the Shogun when he was a child. 133 00:11:39,931 --> 00:11:41,058 Is that so? 134 00:11:41,166 --> 00:11:43,397 My father will give him his name? 135 00:11:44,002 --> 00:11:47,404 What a kind and thoughtful consideration! 136 00:11:48,973 --> 00:11:52,535 Oeyo, you must have a boy at any cost, then. 137 00:11:53,211 --> 00:11:56,948 Despite your words, it is God's or Buddha's business to decide 138 00:11:56,948 --> 00:11:59,850 whether the coming child will be a boy or a girl. 139 00:12:00,085 --> 00:12:02,452 There is nothing I can do about it. 140 00:12:03,822 --> 00:12:06,314 You are logically right, but... 141 00:12:06,658 --> 00:12:09,761 The prophet says that this year falls on 142 00:12:09,761 --> 00:12:13,331 a very fortunate one for Lord Hidetada and his wife, 143 00:12:13,331 --> 00:12:17,166 and that they will most certainly be favored with a male child this year. 144 00:12:17,769 --> 00:12:19,931 I wish it to come true. 145 00:12:20,972 --> 00:12:26,275 The family master of the Tokugawa has no successor... 146 00:12:26,511 --> 00:12:32,007 although we have been waiting such a long time. 147 00:12:33,151 --> 00:12:37,486 My father-in-law in Kyoto doesn't like me from the first. 148 00:12:38,990 --> 00:12:43,428 Because I'm the sister of Lady Yodo in Osaka... 149 00:12:43,762 --> 00:12:47,824 Because the late Lord Toyotomi Hideyoshi forced you to marry me... 150 00:12:48,133 --> 00:12:50,364 he detests me. 151 00:12:50,502 --> 00:12:53,131 Oeyo, what are you saying? 152 00:12:53,338 --> 00:12:54,572 My lord... 153 00:12:54,572 --> 00:12:58,907 I shall have a male child! 154 00:12:59,310 --> 00:13:03,714 If my wish cannot be granted, I shall kill myself! 155 00:13:04,749 --> 00:13:07,878 Masanobu, tell the Shogun so! 156 00:13:18,863 --> 00:13:21,094 Very well, my lady... 157 00:13:21,432 --> 00:13:29,101 I want a successor very badly myself. 158 00:13:30,074 --> 00:13:31,667 Is that your goal? 159 00:13:32,510 --> 00:13:39,144 But it is beyond me. 160 00:13:42,387 --> 00:13:46,017 Minbu, render him hearty hospitality. 161 00:13:46,324 --> 00:13:47,383 Yes, my lord. 162 00:13:59,704 --> 00:14:06,167 Lord Honda, I cannot disregard what you said a while ago. 163 00:14:07,111 --> 00:14:10,682 Rumor has it that the Shogun said he would not give away 164 00:14:10,682 --> 00:14:13,885 his post to such an incapable man as could not even have a male child. 165 00:14:13,885 --> 00:14:15,444 That's the trouble. 166 00:14:16,254 --> 00:14:20,959 The Shogun is already 60 years old, but he has had 167 00:14:20,959 --> 00:14:27,923 three more sons lately: Goro-maru, Chofuku-maru and Tsuruchiyo. 168 00:14:28,733 --> 00:14:30,969 It is said that people hold their children especially 169 00:14:30,969 --> 00:14:33,171 dear when they have the children when they are old. 170 00:14:33,171 --> 00:14:35,538 The Shogun is no exception. 171 00:14:35,773 --> 00:14:39,510 The young mothers are pushing him, too, 172 00:14:39,510 --> 00:14:43,281 and he seems to be wondering which of his sons he should select 173 00:14:43,281 --> 00:14:45,944 as his successor. 174 00:14:46,918 --> 00:14:50,121 But the three sons in Fushimi are only small, 175 00:14:50,121 --> 00:14:54,292 and it will take at least ten more years to hold their 176 00:14:54,292 --> 00:14:56,284 coming-of-age ceremonies. 177 00:14:57,462 --> 00:14:59,931 And no matter how healthy the Shogun may be, 178 00:14:59,931 --> 00:15:01,799 he won't live that long. 179 00:15:01,799 --> 00:15:05,003 That's why he thinks that he should select 180 00:15:05,003 --> 00:15:07,063 his successor quickly. 181 00:15:10,642 --> 00:15:17,582 But, it goes without saying that Lord Hidetada who lives 182 00:15:17,582 --> 00:15:20,652 in this castle is closer than anyone else to the post 183 00:15:20,652 --> 00:15:22,348 of the second Shogun. 184 00:15:23,421 --> 00:15:28,159 That's why Lord Hidetada ought to have his father's 185 00:15:28,159 --> 00:15:34,656 first grandson this time at any cost, do please him. 186 00:15:35,166 --> 00:15:38,500 The child in Lady Oeyo's womb is a boy. 187 00:15:39,370 --> 00:15:43,637 There is no mistake about it. 188 00:15:44,509 --> 00:15:45,568 Lady Ohba! 189 00:15:45,710 --> 00:15:49,948 As long as deities and Buddha exist, the wish of 190 00:15:49,948 --> 00:15:55,687 Lord Hidetada, Lady Oeyo and us will certainly be 191 00:15:55,687 --> 00:15:57,815 granted some day. 192 00:16:00,224 --> 00:16:07,232 I can see the baby in Lady Oeyo's womb has 193 00:16:07,332 --> 00:16:11,035 the spirit between its small legs. 194 00:16:11,703 --> 00:16:16,107 I can see it clearly. 195 00:16:19,644 --> 00:16:23,137 TAGUCHI VILLAGE, MINO PROVINCE 196 00:16:27,952 --> 00:16:29,545 Hey, Shichi! 197 00:16:32,190 --> 00:16:34,216 Tsume, come back! 198 00:16:34,392 --> 00:16:35,382 Wait! 199 00:16:35,460 --> 00:16:36,621 Young Lord Senkuma! 200 00:16:39,697 --> 00:16:40,687 Wait! 201 00:16:41,032 --> 00:16:42,227 Hey, Shichi! 202 00:16:42,867 --> 00:16:43,960 Wait! 203 00:16:46,170 --> 00:16:47,194 Wait! 204 00:16:55,313 --> 00:16:58,511 You fighting again? That's enough! 205 00:17:03,187 --> 00:17:05,554 Shichinojo, stop it! 206 00:17:11,029 --> 00:17:12,759 That hurts! 207 00:17:13,031 --> 00:17:14,165 You surrender? 208 00:17:14,165 --> 00:17:16,532 Mother, Tsume hit me! 209 00:17:16,901 --> 00:17:18,569 That's because you hit my buttocks! 210 00:17:18,569 --> 00:17:19,867 Be a good boy... 211 00:17:21,572 --> 00:17:22,733 Are you hungry? 212 00:17:26,477 --> 00:17:30,573 Your mother will give you milk very soon. 213 00:17:36,754 --> 00:17:38,823 That's all for today. You may go and play. 214 00:17:38,823 --> 00:17:39,882 Thank you! 215 00:17:40,858 --> 00:17:43,191 That baby is really cute. 216 00:17:43,895 --> 00:17:46,364 You will be able to have one before long, too. 217 00:17:47,465 --> 00:17:50,663 Mother, I'm hungry, too. Give me some food. 218 00:17:50,868 --> 00:17:53,064 Wait until supper. 219 00:17:53,171 --> 00:17:54,799 You are a samurai's son, aren't you? 220 00:17:54,906 --> 00:17:56,741 Iwamatsu's drinking milk. 221 00:17:56,741 --> 00:17:59,006 He's still a baby. 222 00:18:00,011 --> 00:18:02,071 And Father is drinking 'sake'. 223 00:18:09,487 --> 00:18:10,648 'Sake'! 224 00:18:11,389 --> 00:18:12,789 Give me more 'sake'! 225 00:18:13,024 --> 00:18:16,027 Tsume, will you please see to the baby? 226 00:18:16,027 --> 00:18:17,051 Very well. 227 00:18:25,236 --> 00:18:26,568 One is for your brother. 228 00:18:26,671 --> 00:18:27,661 I know. 229 00:18:49,694 --> 00:18:51,856 My lady, what is the matter? 230 00:18:53,431 --> 00:18:54,831 Nothing. 231 00:19:07,311 --> 00:19:09,746 My lady, isn't it morning sickness? 232 00:19:10,014 --> 00:19:11,414 You are expecting! 233 00:19:12,383 --> 00:19:13,646 Nonsense. 234 00:19:16,888 --> 00:19:19,619 Well, maybe I'm mistaken. 235 00:19:20,057 --> 00:19:24,362 Since Lord Inaba came home, he's been drinking 236 00:19:24,362 --> 00:19:26,763 all day and every day. 237 00:19:27,865 --> 00:19:29,390 Where's my 'sake'?! 238 00:19:30,735 --> 00:19:32,727 I will bring him the 'sake'. 239 00:19:42,380 --> 00:19:45,782 Make a ball of betel nut powder. 240 00:19:46,450 --> 00:19:50,080 And apply peppermint water and mercury to it. 241 00:19:50,721 --> 00:19:58,496 Then use your fingers to insert it deep into your womb 242 00:19:58,496 --> 00:20:01,523 and leave it in there for a night. 243 00:20:02,033 --> 00:20:05,003 Then the fetus goes rotten and flows out. 244 00:20:06,170 --> 00:20:09,800 Give me a silver coin or a 'to' of rice for this trick. 245 00:20:14,045 --> 00:20:20,281 My lord, did you know that Lady Inaba is pregnant? 246 00:20:21,319 --> 00:20:23,515 And that she went to see an old lady abortionist? 247 00:20:23,988 --> 00:20:26,480 My lord, you are smart, aren't you? 248 00:20:27,491 --> 00:20:30,328 They all say that Lord Inaba lost his capability as a man 249 00:20:30,328 --> 00:20:34,959 together with his stipend of 20,000 koku of rice. 250 00:20:35,800 --> 00:20:37,098 But they are all wrong. 251 00:20:38,869 --> 00:20:43,637 Your wife is so beautiful and kind. 252 00:20:45,009 --> 00:20:46,944 And she has many children. 253 00:20:47,812 --> 00:20:50,941 I wish I could have such a lovely child. 254 00:20:52,383 --> 00:20:56,821 Listen, I want your child...! 255 00:21:24,048 --> 00:21:25,641 Hey, Shichi, wait! 256 00:21:27,618 --> 00:21:28,677 Wait! 257 00:21:47,238 --> 00:21:49,537 My lord, what's the matter with you?! 258 00:21:50,041 --> 00:21:55,844 My lord, I want your child... 259 00:21:56,247 --> 00:22:02,448 My lord, I want a child like your... 260 00:22:03,287 --> 00:22:09,625 Senkuma, Shichinojo and Iwamatsu... 261 00:22:10,695 --> 00:22:11,822 Please! 262 00:22:27,345 --> 00:22:28,813 My lord...! 263 00:22:35,886 --> 00:22:38,253 That hurts! 264 00:22:38,389 --> 00:22:40,483 What are you doing?! 265 00:22:46,764 --> 00:22:49,165 Damn it! Don't act big! 266 00:22:49,333 --> 00:22:52,667 Your husband is impotent after all! 267 00:22:53,170 --> 00:22:55,105 I know! 268 00:22:55,573 --> 00:22:59,374 I know that you procured abortion by that old woman! 269 00:23:00,111 --> 00:23:01,773 Who was the father? 270 00:23:02,146 --> 00:23:03,478 A demon?! 271 00:23:08,386 --> 00:23:10,651 I have something to tell you. 272 00:23:11,889 --> 00:23:16,884 As Tsume said, I meant to procure abortion. 273 00:23:17,194 --> 00:23:19,993 But I did not have an abortion. 274 00:23:21,365 --> 00:23:25,268 I decided not to. 275 00:23:29,140 --> 00:23:31,109 Please divorce me. 276 00:23:32,643 --> 00:23:34,942 I beseech you! 277 00:23:35,613 --> 00:23:37,104 Who was the father? 278 00:23:40,284 --> 00:23:42,651 I'm asking who the father was! 279 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:50,594 I will not tell you. 280 00:24:03,874 --> 00:24:05,103 Kill yourself! 281 00:24:10,314 --> 00:24:11,873 Commit suicide! 282 00:24:16,387 --> 00:24:18,253 No, I have no intention of dying. 283 00:24:18,355 --> 00:24:20,517 What a shameless woman you are! 284 00:24:23,060 --> 00:24:28,897 You have disgraced not only me but the entire Inaba clan. 285 00:24:29,133 --> 00:24:32,103 For a woman, children are Heaven-sent treasures. 286 00:24:32,303 --> 00:24:34,465 They cannot be replaced with anything else. 287 00:24:35,739 --> 00:24:38,231 How can I kill my child? 288 00:24:39,477 --> 00:24:42,470 Call me an adulteress if you like. 289 00:24:42,613 --> 00:24:44,715 But no matter what you call me, I shall not kill the child in my womb. 290 00:24:44,715 --> 00:24:45,774 Shut up! 291 00:24:50,488 --> 00:24:51,512 Damn you! 292 00:24:52,656 --> 00:24:55,956 Are you acting in defiance of your husband?! 293 00:24:56,126 --> 00:25:00,297 Yes, I am! I would even fight against deities 294 00:25:00,297 --> 00:25:02,129 or Buddha to shield the child in my womb! 295 00:25:02,199 --> 00:25:03,565 Shut up! 296 00:25:26,624 --> 00:25:28,422 What a shame! Look at yourself! 297 00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:34,365 How can I believe that you were once called the bravest... 298 00:25:34,365 --> 00:25:37,062 warrior in the Inaba clan? 299 00:25:37,568 --> 00:25:39,161 Shut up! 300 00:25:39,803 --> 00:25:41,328 Silence! 301 00:25:41,472 --> 00:25:43,270 No, my lord! You mustn't kill your wife! 302 00:25:43,807 --> 00:25:46,072 It's your fault, my lord. You are to blame! 303 00:25:46,143 --> 00:25:47,338 Step aside! 304 00:25:52,850 --> 00:25:57,083 My lady, please forgive me. 305 00:25:57,187 --> 00:25:58,951 Forgive me! 306 00:26:01,559 --> 00:26:06,862 Tsume, I must leave together with the children. 307 00:26:08,332 --> 00:26:12,326 You stay and take care of my husband. 308 00:26:12,803 --> 00:26:15,739 No! I will go with you! 309 00:26:15,873 --> 00:26:17,341 No, you won't. 310 00:26:18,108 --> 00:26:19,276 I will go with you. 311 00:26:19,276 --> 00:26:21,302 I will follow you if I have to leave home by myself. 312 00:26:21,879 --> 00:26:28,479 I don't want to part from you and your children. 313 00:26:31,989 --> 00:26:34,754 I will work hard for you. 314 00:26:35,359 --> 00:26:39,262 Please! Please take me with you! 315 00:26:42,099 --> 00:26:44,625 What a girl. 316 00:26:46,904 --> 00:26:50,966 EDO CASTLE, INNER PALACE 317 00:26:59,984 --> 00:27:02,453 Kagawa, how is it? 318 00:27:04,254 --> 00:27:08,089 It's already five months since she was delivered of a child. 319 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:12,462 But she still has plenty of nourishing milk. 320 00:27:19,169 --> 00:27:20,364 Thank you for coming. 321 00:27:20,638 --> 00:27:23,403 I'd appreciate it if you could choose me. 322 00:27:32,282 --> 00:27:35,343 She's the wife of a samurai, isn't she? 323 00:27:35,919 --> 00:27:38,522 Yes, her name is Sato, and she's the wife of 324 00:27:38,522 --> 00:27:41,185 Aoki Jonoshin, a samurai with a stipend of 50 koku. 325 00:27:42,059 --> 00:27:45,325 She's a distant relative of Nobleman Sujaku. 326 00:27:45,496 --> 00:27:47,465 How many more women have we left? 327 00:27:48,332 --> 00:27:50,460 Servant of Lady Inaba Ofuku! 328 00:27:51,769 --> 00:27:53,863 Servant of Lady Inaba Ofuku! 329 00:27:54,304 --> 00:27:55,795 Here, madam. 330 00:28:01,345 --> 00:28:02,438 My lady! 331 00:28:02,946 --> 00:28:04,608 Tsume, bring my baby. 332 00:28:05,749 --> 00:28:08,241 The ladies here insist on seeing him. 333 00:28:20,831 --> 00:28:24,461 What a good child! How old is he? 334 00:28:24,768 --> 00:28:27,135 Precisely fifteen days, ma'am. 335 00:28:27,371 --> 00:28:29,306 Did you bring him 336 00:28:29,306 --> 00:28:31,798 all the way from Mino to Edo right after he was born? 337 00:28:31,875 --> 00:28:34,242 I brought five more children with me. 338 00:28:34,344 --> 00:28:35,505 As many as five? 339 00:28:35,646 --> 00:28:36,680 Right, madam. 340 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:38,046 How many male children do you have? 341 00:28:38,148 --> 00:28:39,750 Four, madam, including this baby. 342 00:28:39,750 --> 00:28:41,776 The eldest one is seven years old. 343 00:28:41,919 --> 00:28:43,046 Are they all well? 344 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:45,646 They never fell ill, madam. 345 00:28:47,224 --> 00:28:49,727 Inaba Ofuku happens to be the daughter of Saito Kuranosuke, 346 00:28:49,727 --> 00:28:52,062 the major-domo to Lord Akechi Mitsuhide... 347 00:28:52,062 --> 00:28:55,055 who betrayed his master Lord Oda Nobunaga and assassinated him. 348 00:28:55,999 --> 00:29:01,238 On the other hand, the wife of Lord Tokugawa Hidetada 349 00:29:01,238 --> 00:29:04,834 is the niece of Lord Oda Nobunaga. 350 00:29:06,243 --> 00:29:09,042 In short, they are enemies. 351 00:29:09,747 --> 00:29:12,581 Do you think that it is right to employ such a woman as the nurse of her child? 352 00:29:12,950 --> 00:29:15,613 I recommend Ofuku because she has good milk. 353 00:29:15,853 --> 00:29:19,289 She has delivered four male children and has 354 00:29:19,289 --> 00:29:23,784 reared all of them without losing any of them. 355 00:29:24,661 --> 00:29:28,530 I agree with Grand Lady Ohba myself. 356 00:29:29,366 --> 00:29:31,568 And I hear that Ofuku was educated at the home of 357 00:29:31,568 --> 00:29:34,605 Sanjo-Nishi, one of Japan's highest aristocrats, 358 00:29:34,605 --> 00:29:35,937 when she was a child. 359 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:37,541 Speaking of family, 360 00:29:37,541 --> 00:29:40,910 Aoki Jonoshin's wife Sato is also from an aristocratic family. 361 00:29:40,910 --> 00:29:43,514 And I heard that she, too, is a woman of ability, 362 00:29:43,514 --> 00:29:46,150 who is very good at martial arts and an excellent scholar 363 00:29:46,150 --> 00:29:47,484 at the same time. 364 00:29:47,484 --> 00:29:50,113 Anyway, we should choose one of these two women. 365 00:29:50,521 --> 00:29:54,617 We have no choice but to ask Lord Hidetada to decide. 366 00:29:57,261 --> 00:29:59,594 I suppose... 367 00:30:00,764 --> 00:30:06,101 I'm still worried about what family Ofuku really comes from. 368 00:30:08,806 --> 00:30:09,899 Excuse me. 369 00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:13,039 Lord Hidetada's wife has begun to feel pains. 370 00:30:13,177 --> 00:30:16,875 The doctor says she will deliver the baby at midnight. 371 00:30:17,014 --> 00:30:19,711 What? - Why, it's so sudden. 372 00:30:20,050 --> 00:30:21,882 Everyone, get ready! 373 00:30:35,399 --> 00:30:37,334 Lady Ohba... 374 00:30:38,135 --> 00:30:39,569 What's the matter? 375 00:30:41,271 --> 00:30:43,763 Lady Minbu, come closer and listen. 376 00:30:48,212 --> 00:30:54,418 What do you plan to do if the coming baby 377 00:30:54,418 --> 00:31:00,016 happens to be another girl? 378 00:31:00,424 --> 00:31:03,019 I will think about it when it actually happens. 379 00:31:03,360 --> 00:31:06,387 I'm more worried about this premature birth of the baby. 380 00:31:06,496 --> 00:31:09,299 Lady Minbu, would you please leave everything up to me? 381 00:31:09,299 --> 00:31:12,502 Would you please forget about everything you might 382 00:31:12,502 --> 00:31:13,868 hear or see today? 383 00:31:15,839 --> 00:31:19,401 I wonder what on earth is on your mind? 384 00:31:20,110 --> 00:31:25,883 Even if this new baby happens to be a girl, 385 00:31:25,883 --> 00:31:30,878 we shall rear her as a boy. 386 00:31:31,021 --> 00:31:33,320 What? - Quiet! 387 00:31:33,857 --> 00:31:36,417 Lady Ohba, are you insane? 388 00:31:37,294 --> 00:31:42,631 Staying sane, we cannot compete with the Shogun in Kyoto. 389 00:31:44,935 --> 00:31:48,972 Lord Hidetada is so dear to me, 390 00:31:48,972 --> 00:31:51,703 because I reared him with my own milk. 391 00:31:52,542 --> 00:31:54,945 And you are the chief of the entire ladies-in-waiting 392 00:31:54,945 --> 00:31:57,244 and maid-servants in this inner palace. 393 00:31:57,547 --> 00:32:00,417 Should the post of the second Shogun be taken away by 394 00:32:00,417 --> 00:32:04,855 someone else, it would be the greatest disgrace for both of us. 395 00:32:05,055 --> 00:32:09,322 Still, I do not think it possible to pretend that the girl is a boy. 396 00:32:09,860 --> 00:32:12,762 How could we keep the secret? 397 00:32:12,829 --> 00:32:15,766 We shall use every possible method 398 00:32:15,766 --> 00:32:18,133 to hide the truth and rear the baby. 399 00:32:19,970 --> 00:32:24,308 Should the truth be revealed, 400 00:32:24,308 --> 00:32:26,641 I shall commit suicide to apologize. 401 00:32:26,743 --> 00:32:27,904 Enough! 402 00:32:28,712 --> 00:32:30,544 You are certainly out of your mind! 403 00:32:30,647 --> 00:32:32,582 Lady Minbu! - Say no more! 404 00:32:33,016 --> 00:32:34,416 I shall not listen any more! 405 00:33:32,709 --> 00:33:34,940 Sagami, how is Oeyo? 406 00:33:35,212 --> 00:33:36,680 My lord... 407 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:39,149 They informed me that she is heading for the lying-in room. 408 00:33:39,750 --> 00:33:42,586 Though this is a premature birth, there appears to be 409 00:33:42,586 --> 00:33:44,782 absolutely no problems about her delivery. 410 00:33:44,888 --> 00:33:47,323 She is peacefully waiting for her child to be born. 411 00:33:47,791 --> 00:33:49,953 I wish it to be a boy this time. 412 00:34:11,848 --> 00:34:14,184 In those days, mothers were delivered of their babies, 413 00:34:14,184 --> 00:34:15,618 while taking a sitting posture. 414 00:34:26,696 --> 00:34:30,394 To pray for the health and longevity of the baby, 415 00:34:30,734 --> 00:34:32,402 it was once deliberately abandoned 416 00:34:32,402 --> 00:34:34,394 and later a specially-selected man picked it up. 417 00:34:34,638 --> 00:34:41,010 This was the tradition preserved among samurai families. 418 00:34:45,482 --> 00:34:49,647 The best samurai of all the retainers was selected. 419 00:34:49,753 --> 00:34:52,456 As another tradition, strong samurai shot arrows 420 00:34:52,456 --> 00:34:54,488 in the four directions to exorcise evil spirits. 421 00:34:56,259 --> 00:35:00,060 My lady, why are we left alone here? 422 00:35:00,430 --> 00:35:03,491 They have already selected someone else as the nurse, haven't they? 423 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:04,859 Stop it! 424 00:35:05,569 --> 00:35:07,504 I will bring these home to your sons. 425 00:35:07,938 --> 00:35:10,567 I suppose they are missing us. 426 00:35:16,646 --> 00:35:18,512 My lady. 427 00:35:18,882 --> 00:35:22,148 Ofuku, I'm sorry to have left you for so long. 428 00:35:22,786 --> 00:35:25,489 As a matter of fact, the madam suddenly began 429 00:35:25,489 --> 00:35:27,185 to feel labor pains. 430 00:35:27,824 --> 00:35:32,694 So, at my own discretion, I have kept you here as a nurse. 431 00:35:33,964 --> 00:35:38,401 But, my lady, I hear that someone else has already 432 00:35:38,401 --> 00:35:39,869 been selected as the nurse. 433 00:35:39,970 --> 00:35:41,700 That woman? Forget about her. 434 00:35:42,305 --> 00:35:47,244 In my opinion, I rate you as high; you were courageous 435 00:35:47,244 --> 00:35:53,206 enough to leave your husband and come to Edo with only your children. 436 00:35:54,751 --> 00:35:58,655 I would like you to work for me keeping close 437 00:35:58,655 --> 00:36:00,487 contact with me from now on. 438 00:36:00,790 --> 00:36:02,554 Thank you very much, my lady. 439 00:36:02,993 --> 00:36:06,430 I shall stake my whole heart and body on this work. 440 00:36:08,598 --> 00:36:14,469 By the way, will you give me your baby? 441 00:36:16,606 --> 00:36:17,596 Pardon? 442 00:36:17,741 --> 00:36:23,009 Do not worry. I shall rear him by myself. 443 00:36:24,214 --> 00:36:27,309 I hope you do not oppose. 444 00:36:27,584 --> 00:36:31,421 I'm sorry, my lady, but this is so sudden that 445 00:36:31,421 --> 00:36:34,619 I cannot agree to give away my child so easily. 446 00:36:36,359 --> 00:36:39,095 If you are trying to test my loyalty, 447 00:36:39,095 --> 00:36:40,996 it's very unreasonable of you, my lady. 448 00:36:41,097 --> 00:36:42,622 Shut up, Ofuku! 449 00:36:44,201 --> 00:36:48,738 Don't you think it's insolent of you to give the same milk 450 00:36:48,738 --> 00:36:51,537 to Lord Hidetada's child and yours at the same time? 451 00:36:53,410 --> 00:36:55,572 I understand, my lady. 452 00:36:57,180 --> 00:37:05,054 You shall have my baby. 453 00:37:26,509 --> 00:37:28,637 Well, nurse, hurry. 454 00:37:31,681 --> 00:37:32,740 Hurry up. 455 00:38:06,716 --> 00:38:09,982 Please try! Hang on, my lady. 456 00:38:11,788 --> 00:38:14,758 You are almost there. 457 00:38:18,261 --> 00:38:20,560 Push, my lady... 458 00:38:25,168 --> 00:38:29,003 A little more, my lady. 459 00:38:34,177 --> 00:38:38,205 It's late. Isn't it taking too long? 460 00:38:53,897 --> 00:38:56,059 What? Foot presentation?! 461 00:38:56,599 --> 00:38:58,968 That's because she twisted herself, 462 00:38:58,968 --> 00:39:01,267 since she's having such a difficult delivery. 463 00:39:01,404 --> 00:39:03,006 Staying like that, 464 00:39:03,006 --> 00:39:06,272 anything can happen to both her and her baby. 465 00:39:06,776 --> 00:39:09,746 I beg you to call a doctor. 466 00:39:10,080 --> 00:39:12,675 No male doctors can be admitted into the lying-in room. 467 00:39:13,450 --> 00:39:15,214 You must save the baby at any cost. 468 00:39:15,452 --> 00:39:18,081 Save the baby at least! 469 00:39:18,855 --> 00:39:19,889 Lady Ohba! 470 00:39:19,889 --> 00:39:21,915 Kagawa! Do whatever you can! 471 00:39:22,258 --> 00:39:23,282 Yes, my lady! 472 00:39:29,933 --> 00:39:33,233 Lady Minbu, do not worry. 473 00:39:34,337 --> 00:39:37,967 This foot presentation proves that the baby is so healthy and active. 474 00:39:39,909 --> 00:39:43,812 It must be a male child! 475 00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:58,058 Push, my lady. 476 00:40:00,263 --> 00:40:01,561 Push! 477 00:40:03,199 --> 00:40:04,633 I can see the baby! 478 00:40:04,901 --> 00:40:06,369 Hang on, my lady. 479 00:40:07,237 --> 00:40:11,732 It's here! Try, my lady! 480 00:40:18,882 --> 00:40:20,009 It was born! 481 00:40:21,551 --> 00:40:22,746 A boy! 482 00:40:23,520 --> 00:40:25,148 It's a boy! 483 00:40:25,522 --> 00:40:26,649 A boy! 484 00:40:28,958 --> 00:40:30,426 You did well, my lady! 485 00:40:31,194 --> 00:40:33,356 You did well! 486 00:40:35,198 --> 00:40:37,190 A male child... 487 00:40:46,443 --> 00:40:47,934 What's the matter? 488 00:40:49,312 --> 00:40:50,610 Where's the first cry?! 489 00:40:53,450 --> 00:40:54,941 Why doesn't he cry?! 490 00:40:55,752 --> 00:40:57,277 Why doesn't he cry?! 491 00:40:58,755 --> 00:41:00,018 Pour water on him. 492 00:41:00,990 --> 00:41:04,017 Spray cold water on his thighs. 493 00:41:12,469 --> 00:41:16,406 I'm very, very sorry for this. 494 00:41:20,210 --> 00:41:23,772 Kagawa, why is this? 495 00:41:24,447 --> 00:41:27,542 He's the successor to the Tokugawa clan. 496 00:41:27,750 --> 00:41:29,719 Hurry! Do something! 497 00:41:29,953 --> 00:41:34,220 I'm sorry, but he was already dead while he was in the womb. 498 00:41:34,390 --> 00:41:36,159 His navel cord had strangled him. 499 00:41:36,159 --> 00:41:37,593 Shut up! Say no more! 500 00:41:38,761 --> 00:41:39,956 Call the doctor! 501 00:41:40,430 --> 00:41:41,664 Call Doctor Nakarai Ho-in! 502 00:41:41,664 --> 00:41:44,600 Lady Minbu, what makes you so upset? 503 00:41:45,134 --> 00:41:48,137 When a baby fails to cry, it's best to ask for a cat's help. 504 00:41:48,137 --> 00:41:51,972 It's been regarded as the best for many years. 505 00:41:52,509 --> 00:41:58,176 It's because a cat's meow sounds very much like a baby's cry. 506 00:42:05,121 --> 00:42:06,453 A baby? 507 00:42:07,557 --> 00:42:08,650 That's good. 508 00:42:11,528 --> 00:42:12,757 My lady! 509 00:42:17,967 --> 00:42:19,526 It was born. 510 00:42:34,584 --> 00:42:35,950 Excuse me. 511 00:42:36,419 --> 00:42:37,717 Good news, my lord. 512 00:42:37,954 --> 00:42:40,890 Lord Hidetada's wife has delivered a baby boy. 513 00:42:41,090 --> 00:42:43,059 What? A boy? 514 00:42:43,459 --> 00:42:44,518 Congratulations! 515 00:42:57,840 --> 00:42:59,576 Well, well... 516 00:42:59,576 --> 00:43:03,775 You are cleaned up, young lord. 517 00:43:04,314 --> 00:43:08,217 You are closing your eyes happily... 518 00:43:09,485 --> 00:43:14,480 Well, Nurse, give your milk to the young lord. 519 00:43:18,828 --> 00:43:22,492 Come on, what are you waiting for? 520 00:43:22,899 --> 00:43:27,132 The young lord is crying for your milk. 521 00:43:28,338 --> 00:43:30,967 Give him your milk. 522 00:43:31,574 --> 00:43:34,100 Hurry up! 523 00:43:45,521 --> 00:43:48,514 What an incapable nurse! 524 00:43:48,825 --> 00:43:50,293 You are useless! 525 00:43:51,427 --> 00:43:52,827 Ofuku, come here. 526 00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:58,024 Lady Ohba! 527 00:43:58,434 --> 00:44:00,164 Have you forgotten her? 528 00:44:00,603 --> 00:44:03,163 She's Inaba Masanari's wife, Ofuku. 529 00:44:03,740 --> 00:44:06,869 I have kept her here just in case. 530 00:44:09,412 --> 00:44:16,182 Ofuku, will you give your milk to the young lord? 531 00:44:17,620 --> 00:44:22,581 If things are going like this... 532 00:44:23,292 --> 00:44:26,888 it will be very bad for him. 533 00:44:29,732 --> 00:44:34,102 Very well. I will take care of him. 534 00:44:50,787 --> 00:44:55,623 I do not understand this... 535 00:44:57,060 --> 00:45:01,964 Lady Ohba, how do you plan to settle this? 536 00:45:02,832 --> 00:45:05,825 Do something or anything could happen, which is far beyond us! 537 00:45:06,269 --> 00:45:07,362 You are right. 538 00:45:08,037 --> 00:45:10,336 I never expected this disaster. 539 00:45:11,541 --> 00:45:13,533 It's all our fault. 540 00:45:16,379 --> 00:45:21,977 But Lady Minbu, the young lord is alive. 541 00:45:22,952 --> 00:45:24,921 Another nonsense! 542 00:45:25,588 --> 00:45:27,386 It's too late to pull any tricks! 543 00:45:27,457 --> 00:45:28,891 It's not a trick, my lady. 544 00:45:29,192 --> 00:45:33,730 The young lord, the successor to the Tokugawa clan, 545 00:45:33,730 --> 00:45:36,063 was born safely. 546 00:45:37,967 --> 00:45:43,272 This will certainly make the Shogun in Kyoto approve 547 00:45:43,272 --> 00:45:49,075 our lord Hidetada as the second Shogun. 548 00:45:50,713 --> 00:45:54,013 Lady Minbu, be delighted! 549 00:45:55,618 --> 00:45:57,382 Be pleased! 550 00:45:59,155 --> 00:46:00,418 Ofuku, come with me. 551 00:46:35,591 --> 00:46:38,254 He's sound asleep. 552 00:46:52,942 --> 00:46:55,104 Ofuku... 553 00:46:56,679 --> 00:47:05,755 I took your child because I was afraid that 554 00:47:05,755 --> 00:47:09,419 such a situation as this might happen. 555 00:47:11,027 --> 00:47:12,586 I hope you understand. 556 00:47:15,064 --> 00:47:16,965 Do you understand? 557 00:47:18,634 --> 00:47:19,693 Yes, I do. 558 00:47:53,669 --> 00:47:58,266 Well, well, I have picked up such a healthy baby boy! 559 00:47:58,774 --> 00:48:02,336 Will any of you bring him up in my place? 560 00:48:07,717 --> 00:48:12,052 Sir, I will bring him up, if you do not mind. 561 00:48:12,188 --> 00:48:13,884 You will? 562 00:48:14,156 --> 00:48:16,459 I do not know who you are, 563 00:48:16,459 --> 00:48:20,191 but it must be God Hachiman's wish that you were passing by. 564 00:48:20,596 --> 00:48:23,065 Well, you shall have the child. 565 00:48:23,532 --> 00:48:26,195 Please receive him and declare it. 566 00:48:34,377 --> 00:48:36,937 I declare that I have received the child. 567 00:48:55,598 --> 00:49:02,232 Make way for the young lord! 568 00:49:08,411 --> 00:49:13,440 Make way for the young lord! 569 00:49:25,728 --> 00:49:27,822 Lady Minbu... 570 00:49:37,139 --> 00:49:45,013 Make way for the young lord! 571 00:49:49,785 --> 00:49:56,953 Make way for the young lord! 572 00:50:00,196 --> 00:50:06,568 Make way for the young lord! 573 00:50:10,506 --> 00:50:17,572 Make way for the young lord! 574 00:50:27,857 --> 00:50:31,093 In the following year, Tokugawa Hidetada assumed 575 00:50:31,093 --> 00:50:33,460 the post of the second Shogun. 576 00:50:36,298 --> 00:50:39,201 Ieyasu had a castle built in Sunpu, 577 00:50:39,201 --> 00:50:42,330 present Shizuoka City and retired into it. 578 00:50:42,638 --> 00:50:44,807 He was called the retired Shogun, 579 00:50:44,807 --> 00:50:46,867 but he still kept himself in the position of power. 580 00:50:46,942 --> 00:50:48,740 Masanobu... 581 00:50:49,478 --> 00:50:53,313 I wonder what is going on in the inner palace of Edo castle. 582 00:50:54,050 --> 00:51:02,083 (Takechiyo, later known as Iemitsu) As I heard, everyone is under the thumb of Takechiyo's nurse. 583 00:51:03,359 --> 00:51:04,987 That's the point, my lord. 584 00:51:05,327 --> 00:51:09,265 The woman called Ofuku, who is the nurse, is rearing 585 00:51:09,265 --> 00:51:12,429 the young Takechiyo in a very strange way. 586 00:51:13,469 --> 00:51:17,873 First of all, about the young lord's residence... 587 00:51:17,973 --> 00:51:23,546 She had two-story rooms built deep in the South Dormitory 588 00:51:23,546 --> 00:51:27,984 and has the young lord live with her own five children. 589 00:51:28,384 --> 00:51:31,353 Under these circumstances, the women in the inner palace 590 00:51:31,353 --> 00:51:33,254 call it Ofuku Palace. 591 00:51:38,461 --> 00:51:43,499 The way of Ofuku to raise children can be called, 592 00:51:43,499 --> 00:51:45,627 in a word, 'Natural School'. 593 00:51:47,269 --> 00:51:50,106 She stubbornly observes the rule of 'thirty percent 594 00:51:50,106 --> 00:51:53,201 of hunger and ten percent of cold'. 595 00:51:53,609 --> 00:51:57,239 She treats the young lord and her children equally. 596 00:51:58,013 --> 00:52:02,852 On the other hand, she is careful as the three of 597 00:52:02,852 --> 00:52:08,858 her children taste everything, ranging from drinking water 598 00:52:08,858 --> 00:52:13,193 to salt, sugar and herb tea, to be offered to the young lord. 599 00:52:22,104 --> 00:52:27,309 She insists that old people's used clothes are the best 600 00:52:27,309 --> 00:52:30,905 for his diaper, because they will bring him a long life. 601 00:52:31,113 --> 00:52:32,915 She made me offer my old clothes, too. 602 00:52:32,915 --> 00:52:36,118 Then, did the retired Shogun give her his used clothes, too, 603 00:52:36,118 --> 00:52:37,486 because she asked him to? 604 00:52:37,486 --> 00:52:38,654 What? 605 00:52:38,654 --> 00:52:43,058 Then are they using my clothes to wipe out the baby's shit? 606 00:52:43,425 --> 00:52:44,620 Hot! 607 00:52:45,227 --> 00:52:47,219 Idiot! It's too hot! 608 00:52:47,363 --> 00:52:49,059 Please endure it, my lord. 609 00:52:49,365 --> 00:52:52,426 This moxa treatment helps you recover your energy. 610 00:52:56,338 --> 00:52:58,273 Masanobu... 611 00:52:58,674 --> 00:53:03,169 Who on earth is this Takechiyo's nurse? 612 00:53:04,146 --> 00:53:06,274 Have you forgotten, my lord? 613 00:53:08,050 --> 00:53:11,120 She is the wife of Inaba Masanari, who was the major-domo 614 00:53:11,120 --> 00:53:13,248 to the late Kobayakawa Hideaki. 615 00:53:14,190 --> 00:53:17,024 You met her in Fushimi Castle. 616 00:53:17,459 --> 00:53:22,420 The one who made a bump on your head, my lord. 617 00:53:23,132 --> 00:53:25,226 Oh, yes! 618 00:53:25,467 --> 00:53:27,095 That woman! 619 00:53:28,537 --> 00:53:31,336 She was some woman. 620 00:53:31,607 --> 00:53:34,600 And she had a properly matured body, too. 621 00:53:43,452 --> 00:53:48,023 At that time, you promised her that you would promote 622 00:53:48,023 --> 00:53:51,721 her husband, Inaba Masanari, to daimyo, didn't you? 623 00:53:52,595 --> 00:53:57,932 Ofuku sent me a number of reminders. 624 00:53:59,435 --> 00:54:02,571 Well, if I kept every such promise, 625 00:54:02,571 --> 00:54:05,234 this country would be full of daimyo. 626 00:54:05,507 --> 00:54:07,840 Your treatment is over, my lord. 627 00:54:24,393 --> 00:54:26,362 Katsuyama... 628 00:54:26,862 --> 00:54:29,965 As I heard, the Shogun and 629 00:54:29,965 --> 00:54:33,493 his wife have not yet met their child, Takechiyo. 630 00:54:34,603 --> 00:54:36,595 Is that correct? 631 00:54:36,705 --> 00:54:37,764 Yes, my lord. 632 00:54:38,741 --> 00:54:41,310 Lady Minbu, who is the head in the inner palace, 633 00:54:41,310 --> 00:54:45,577 and Lady Ohba shut him in a room and let no one meet him. 634 00:54:45,648 --> 00:54:47,879 That's what I'm told, my lord. 635 00:54:49,018 --> 00:54:50,987 Is that so? 636 00:54:52,888 --> 00:54:55,881 Let no one meet him? 637 00:55:05,501 --> 00:55:07,402 Masanobu... 638 00:55:07,836 --> 00:55:09,498 Katsuyama... 639 00:55:13,409 --> 00:55:23,183 Chances are that Takechiyo might be my child. 640 00:55:24,019 --> 00:55:25,317 My lord! 641 00:55:26,188 --> 00:55:27,383 What nonsense! 642 00:55:30,025 --> 00:55:32,187 I was joking. 643 00:55:32,294 --> 00:55:37,824 Because I had a dream like that last night. 644 00:56:20,509 --> 00:56:21,670 No! 645 00:56:22,044 --> 00:56:24,513 Takechiyo is not my child! 646 00:56:24,847 --> 00:56:26,382 What's the matter, Oeyo? 647 00:56:26,382 --> 00:56:28,544 No! I can tell. 648 00:56:28,817 --> 00:56:30,843 Takechiyo is not my child! 649 00:56:30,919 --> 00:56:32,444 Oeyo, calm yourself! 650 00:56:32,721 --> 00:56:35,816 My lord, have you not noticed it? 651 00:56:36,125 --> 00:56:40,062 How arrogantly the nurse has been acting since Takechiyo was born... 652 00:56:40,362 --> 00:56:44,366 Even Minbu and Ohba are keeping me, 653 00:56:44,366 --> 00:56:46,335 the child's mother, away from him. 654 00:56:46,402 --> 00:56:48,303 They seem to be doing something bad. 655 00:56:48,537 --> 00:56:49,800 There is something behind this! 656 00:56:49,905 --> 00:56:51,498 There must be something! 657 00:56:52,007 --> 00:56:54,169 No one can deceive me! 658 00:56:54,543 --> 00:56:55,636 My lady! 659 00:56:57,713 --> 00:57:00,148 Hurry! Call the doctor! 660 00:57:04,953 --> 00:57:07,752 She has a fever, but it's nothing serious. 661 00:57:08,690 --> 00:57:12,183 She is all right. 662 00:57:13,796 --> 00:57:17,426 I'm under the impression that she is pregnant. 663 00:57:18,734 --> 00:57:19,802 What? 664 00:57:19,802 --> 00:57:22,033 Did you say that she is pregnant? 665 00:57:22,671 --> 00:57:27,905 It seems that she and Lord Hidetada are getting well. 666 00:57:28,677 --> 00:57:31,806 Anyway, we must congratulate ourselves. 667 00:57:51,300 --> 00:57:52,461 Lady Ohba! 668 00:57:57,773 --> 00:58:01,642 Lady Ohba, what's the matter? 669 00:58:05,047 --> 00:58:08,313 Lady Minbu, I never expected this auspicious sign! 670 00:58:08,517 --> 00:58:11,715 How can I stop laughing even if you tell me not to? 671 00:58:15,257 --> 00:58:18,921 Now I see deities and Buddha bless us! 672 00:58:19,027 --> 00:58:22,862 This time, too, it must be a boy! 673 00:58:23,699 --> 00:58:25,868 When a woman delivers a boy for the first 674 00:58:25,868 --> 00:58:29,361 time after having only girl babies, she will keep giving birth to boy babies! 675 00:58:36,612 --> 00:58:39,982 The second boy baby that Oeyo delivered 676 00:58:39,982 --> 00:58:41,848 (Kunimatsu, later known as Tadanaga) was named Kunimatsu. 677 00:59:22,925 --> 00:59:24,621 From Lady Ohba... 678 00:59:27,396 --> 00:59:32,664 Kumoi, will you remind Lady Ohba of this? 679 00:59:34,136 --> 00:59:39,268 "Haste makes waste... 680 00:59:39,942 --> 00:59:44,277 "Do be careful not to act carelessly or thoughtlessly." 681 00:59:47,282 --> 00:59:50,343 Look, everyone! Let's celebrate! 682 01:00:17,079 --> 01:00:19,913 THREE YEARS LATER... 683 01:00:31,159 --> 01:00:34,220 TAKECHIYO IS FOUR YEARS OF AGE 684 01:00:34,396 --> 01:00:35,523 Wait! 685 01:00:39,501 --> 01:00:40,560 Shichinojo, don't let him flee! 686 01:00:40,836 --> 01:00:42,464 Wait! Coward! 687 01:00:42,638 --> 01:00:43,765 Shichinojo, that way! 688 01:00:44,039 --> 01:00:45,530 Wait! Coward! 689 01:00:45,807 --> 01:00:46,866 Shichinojo, this way! 690 01:00:47,075 --> 01:00:48,600 Wait! I said wait! 691 01:00:49,277 --> 01:00:50,336 Wait! 692 01:00:50,912 --> 01:00:52,175 Shichinojo, that way! 693 01:00:53,315 --> 01:00:54,715 Coward! Halt! 694 01:00:54,850 --> 01:00:56,045 Shichinojo! That way! 695 01:01:00,989 --> 01:01:03,618 Darn you! Wait! 696 01:01:03,992 --> 01:01:05,894 Shichinojo, the West Mansion is over there. 697 01:01:05,894 --> 01:01:07,829 Don't go there or you will be scolded. 698 01:02:29,778 --> 01:02:30,871 Shichinojo! 699 01:02:32,848 --> 01:02:33,941 Eat, please. 700 01:02:36,952 --> 01:02:37,920 Excuse me! 701 01:02:38,453 --> 01:02:39,785 What are you doing? 702 01:02:43,125 --> 01:02:44,149 Young master! 703 01:02:45,627 --> 01:02:46,890 What's the matter, Shichinojo?! 704 01:02:49,898 --> 01:02:52,629 That woman poisoned the food. 705 01:02:53,001 --> 01:02:56,335 I saw it. The one from West Mansion... 706 01:02:57,272 --> 01:02:58,706 Tsume, no use chasing her! 707 01:02:58,874 --> 01:03:00,069 See to the young lord! 708 01:03:02,144 --> 01:03:04,807 Call a doctor! 709 01:03:06,148 --> 01:03:07,616 Man, bring soy sauce! 710 01:03:08,984 --> 01:03:10,816 Shichinojo, hang in there! 711 01:03:11,386 --> 01:03:14,914 Shichinojo, can you hear me? 712 01:03:15,157 --> 01:03:17,524 Shichinojo! 713 01:03:27,402 --> 01:03:28,495 Throw up! 714 01:03:28,804 --> 01:03:31,296 Vomit everything you have eaten! 715 01:03:33,842 --> 01:03:35,572 I didn't expect this intruder. 716 01:03:35,811 --> 01:03:38,713 Ofuku's son saw me meeting you. 717 01:03:39,047 --> 01:03:40,777 Do you think he knew me? 718 01:03:40,882 --> 01:03:42,282 I don't know... 719 01:03:42,317 --> 01:03:44,879 Anyway, the poison only worked on Ofuku's son and turned useless. 720 01:03:44,886 --> 01:03:46,752 I apologize for it. 721 01:03:47,122 --> 01:03:49,956 As arranged, I shall set out on a journey right now. 722 01:03:50,058 --> 01:03:51,788 Would you pay me what you promised? 723 01:04:10,579 --> 01:04:17,679 "Because this baby keeps crying... 724 01:04:18,386 --> 01:04:27,295 "I've lost so much weight. 725 01:04:28,263 --> 01:04:34,965 "My sash, just long enough to circle my waist twice... 726 01:04:35,737 --> 01:04:41,643 "can now circle thrice." 727 01:04:41,843 --> 01:04:43,505 Tsume... 728 01:04:44,312 --> 01:04:46,474 Is Shichinojo dying? 729 01:04:48,250 --> 01:04:52,415 He's the strongest of the Inaba brothers. 730 01:04:53,288 --> 01:04:54,916 He will be all right. 731 01:04:56,691 --> 01:04:59,183 Now, go to sleep. 732 01:05:08,503 --> 01:05:18,175 "My sash circles around my body thrice..." 733 01:05:19,147 --> 01:05:22,709 Shichinojo! Don't die! 734 01:05:22,851 --> 01:05:24,649 Do not die! - Brother! 735 01:05:24,986 --> 01:05:26,079 Shichinojo! 736 01:06:39,627 --> 01:06:41,960 My lady... 737 01:06:51,139 --> 01:06:53,699 Would you please send this to my father back in my country? 738 01:06:54,709 --> 01:06:59,170 I shall kill Kunimatsu. 739 01:07:01,316 --> 01:07:03,148 Tsume... 740 01:07:14,763 --> 01:07:20,293 Lord Takechiyo is the son of the retired Shogun in Sunpu. 741 01:07:22,637 --> 01:07:26,768 My lady, then why didn't you tell him so? 742 01:07:29,878 --> 01:07:31,107 Why not? 743 01:07:32,547 --> 01:07:38,219 If I had, not only Ladies Minbu and Ohba, but each and every 744 01:07:38,219 --> 01:07:42,680 person in this Edo castle would become Takechiyo's enemy. 745 01:07:43,691 --> 01:07:51,861 Then the retired Shogun would not take sides with Takechiyo, either. 746 01:07:55,703 --> 01:07:57,171 We must wait. 747 01:07:57,839 --> 01:07:59,171 We must endure. 748 01:08:00,675 --> 01:08:04,134 Tsume, do you know how I feel?! 749 01:08:05,914 --> 01:08:07,314 I loved Shichinojo. 750 01:08:07,549 --> 01:08:14,717 He was as dear to me as Takechiyo was. 751 01:08:33,308 --> 01:08:37,439 But I must endure... 752 01:08:38,279 --> 01:08:40,373 All I can do is endure... 753 01:08:43,151 --> 01:08:44,949 My lady... 754 01:08:58,066 --> 01:09:04,028 I shall make Takechiyo a Shogun without fail. 755 01:09:04,472 --> 01:09:07,840 I swear! 756 01:09:15,016 --> 01:09:19,044 I shall make Takechiyo the third Shogun. 757 01:09:21,289 --> 01:09:23,349 Look what you have done! 758 01:09:24,425 --> 01:09:26,360 I'm sorry. 759 01:09:27,228 --> 01:09:31,099 I did it at my own discretion so as not 760 01:09:31,099 --> 01:09:35,230 not to involve you, Lady Minbu. 761 01:09:35,336 --> 01:09:36,429 Enough! 762 01:09:38,506 --> 01:09:43,877 Although I could manage to settle this smoothly... 763 01:09:47,148 --> 01:09:48,707 Don't worry. 764 01:09:49,384 --> 01:09:55,153 I am fully aware of the position you are in. 765 01:10:02,964 --> 01:10:05,900 Lady Minbu, you seem worried. 766 01:10:06,201 --> 01:10:09,262 Is there anything else that ails you? 767 01:10:12,073 --> 01:10:13,598 It's Ofuku. 768 01:10:14,742 --> 01:10:16,142 Ofuku? 769 01:10:18,212 --> 01:10:21,749 When her son had to die like that, 770 01:10:21,749 --> 01:10:23,775 she seemed so calm. 771 01:10:24,618 --> 01:10:26,388 Today, too, she said we should refrain from 772 01:10:26,489 --> 01:10:28,387 investigating who was responsible for his death, 773 01:10:28,388 --> 01:10:30,922 in order to avoid confusion in the inner palace. 774 01:10:30,991 --> 01:10:32,983 Refrain from investigation? 775 01:10:33,661 --> 01:10:38,292 Actually, I heard something that bothers me. 776 01:10:38,365 --> 01:10:39,633 What can it be? 777 01:10:39,633 --> 01:10:45,206 I heard that Ofuku had met the retired Shogun before 778 01:10:45,206 --> 01:10:47,801 she came to Edo. 779 01:10:48,609 --> 01:10:50,305 What? 780 01:10:51,045 --> 01:10:52,877 Is that for certain? 781 01:10:52,947 --> 01:10:57,612 She went to Fushimi castle to ask him to employ her husband, Inaba Masanari. 782 01:10:58,018 --> 01:11:01,648 At that time, she stayed by the side of the retired Shogun Ieyasu for three days. 783 01:11:01,856 --> 01:11:03,324 Three long days? 784 01:11:03,491 --> 01:11:07,451 Do you not think that Ofuku is perfectly the retired Shogun's type? 785 01:11:08,028 --> 01:11:17,563 Lady Minbu, do not tell me that Lord Takechiyo is his son! 786 01:11:19,507 --> 01:11:21,066 We cannot overlook it. 787 01:11:21,542 --> 01:11:24,845 We must inquire of Lord Honda Masanobu, no, 788 01:11:24,845 --> 01:11:26,507 Lady Katsuyama whether it is true or not. 789 01:11:26,580 --> 01:11:27,809 Not people in Sunpu. 790 01:11:28,215 --> 01:11:30,707 You'd only stir up a hornet's nest. 791 01:11:31,185 --> 01:11:33,381 Then what do you plan to do? 792 01:11:33,454 --> 01:11:37,323 This is really something to decide the fate of Edo castle. 793 01:11:37,792 --> 01:11:41,490 Lady Ohba, I have an idea. 794 01:11:41,896 --> 01:11:44,661 So, do play innocent this time. 795 01:11:46,734 --> 01:11:49,135 Neither too tight nor too loose. 796 01:11:49,436 --> 01:11:53,567 That's it. Wind it firmly. 797 01:11:54,275 --> 01:11:59,304 Tattano, do you really think this works? 798 01:11:59,547 --> 01:12:01,880 This stem is a speciality from Higo province. 799 01:12:02,249 --> 01:12:08,951 When it's used, any women go all but insane from extreme pleasure. 800 01:12:09,156 --> 01:12:13,321 Some even die from shock, they say. 801 01:12:13,761 --> 01:12:15,559 I feel my fingers are beginning to itch. 802 01:12:16,130 --> 01:12:17,598 What? Is it working so soon? 803 01:12:17,731 --> 01:12:19,529 I can hardly wait... 804 01:12:23,070 --> 01:12:24,504 Excuse me. 805 01:12:25,472 --> 01:12:28,609 Lord Honda just arrived back from Edo, 806 01:12:28,609 --> 01:12:31,477 and is here requesting to see you. 807 01:12:31,679 --> 01:12:33,375 It's already late at night. 808 01:12:33,714 --> 01:12:35,182 Tell him to make it tomorrow. 809 01:12:35,516 --> 01:12:39,078 My lord, it will be too late if we make it tomorrow. 810 01:12:39,386 --> 01:12:42,584 This is an emergency! Excuse me. 811 01:12:44,124 --> 01:12:49,062 Very well. Oroku, you go to bed first and wait. 812 01:12:49,630 --> 01:12:51,223 Be certain to wait. 813 01:12:53,734 --> 01:12:54,793 My lord. 814 01:12:56,537 --> 01:12:58,335 What on earth is that? 815 01:12:59,874 --> 01:13:01,172 This? 816 01:13:01,475 --> 01:13:04,502 It's a speciality from Higo province. 817 01:13:05,045 --> 01:13:06,946 It's the stem of a taro. 818 01:13:07,181 --> 01:13:09,150 It works better than sliced sea cucumber. 819 01:13:09,817 --> 01:13:11,911 It's something special, isn't it, my lord? 820 01:13:12,086 --> 01:13:14,783 Why don't you use one, too, Masanobu? 821 01:13:15,256 --> 01:13:16,781 No, thank you, my lord. 822 01:13:17,091 --> 01:13:20,721 In my case, something most important is already worn out. 823 01:13:20,828 --> 01:13:24,560 Really? That's too bad. 824 01:13:27,868 --> 01:13:29,131 Lord Honda. 825 01:13:29,703 --> 01:13:33,606 This is no time for such jokes, is it? 826 01:13:33,874 --> 01:13:36,241 Well, that reminds me. 827 01:13:37,578 --> 01:13:43,176 My lord, I took a close look at Young Lord Takechiyo in Edo castle. 828 01:13:43,417 --> 01:13:46,216 He looked exactly like you. 829 01:13:48,722 --> 01:13:50,958 A ceremony was held to announce 830 01:13:50,958 --> 01:13:53,154 the end of Lord Takechiyo's infancy. 831 01:13:53,327 --> 01:13:56,559 I was invited there as a special guest, too. 832 01:14:16,550 --> 01:14:21,322 After this ceremony, children begin to grow their hair 833 01:14:21,322 --> 01:14:23,723 long and enter boyhood. 834 01:14:49,516 --> 01:14:51,849 He's grown into such a good boy. 835 01:14:53,187 --> 01:14:56,248 The retired Shogun will be very glad. 836 01:14:58,659 --> 01:15:02,255 You have done a good job, Nurse. 837 01:15:02,896 --> 01:15:04,762 Your word is far more than I deserve. 838 01:15:04,965 --> 01:15:06,558 Thank you very much. 839 01:15:12,406 --> 01:15:14,966 He looked exactly like you, my lord... 840 01:15:15,376 --> 01:15:18,439 Not only his countenance, but also the way he acted. 841 01:15:20,147 --> 01:15:22,810 There is such a thing as resemblance between strangers. 842 01:15:25,552 --> 01:15:31,651 You once said that Lord Takechiyo might be your son. 843 01:15:32,793 --> 01:15:36,730 Actually, your words have been lingering on my mind. 844 01:15:36,997 --> 01:15:41,068 I have been to the province of Mino to meet Ofuku's 845 01:15:41,068 --> 01:15:43,094 husband, Inaba Masanari. 846 01:15:43,737 --> 01:15:48,141 On the way, I met someone unexpected. 847 01:16:04,491 --> 01:16:07,017 So Minbu met Masanari, too? 848 01:16:07,227 --> 01:16:08,217 Yes, my lord. 849 01:16:08,762 --> 01:16:12,961 And what did Masanari say? 850 01:16:13,434 --> 01:16:17,098 I'm ashamed to tell you this... 851 01:16:17,438 --> 01:16:19,236 The fourth eldest son is not my child. 852 01:16:19,373 --> 01:16:21,842 Did Masanari say so himself? 853 01:16:22,342 --> 01:16:24,678 Since he came to Mino, he and Ofuku have never done 854 01:16:24,678 --> 01:16:26,480 what a married couple are supposed to do. 855 01:16:26,480 --> 01:16:28,278 That's what he said, my lord. 856 01:16:30,350 --> 01:16:38,158 And, did Ofuku mention the name of the child's father 857 01:16:38,158 --> 01:16:41,185 in Masanari's presence? 858 01:16:41,428 --> 01:16:43,697 Ofuku is not the sort of woman to commit adultery 859 01:16:43,697 --> 01:16:45,063 under any circumstances. 860 01:16:46,233 --> 01:16:49,736 If she had a child by someone besides me, 861 01:16:49,736 --> 01:16:52,968 he should be the son of Japan's greatest warlord. 862 01:16:54,508 --> 01:16:59,179 I make a guess that the only person I can think of is 863 01:16:59,179 --> 01:17:01,410 the great devil who was in Kyoto at that time. 864 01:17:02,416 --> 01:17:06,114 What? He called me the great devil? 865 01:17:10,390 --> 01:17:12,359 Masanobu... 866 01:17:13,127 --> 01:17:17,827 Kill him to keep him quiet! 867 01:17:18,532 --> 01:17:21,127 I gave him a stipend of 10,000 koku. 868 01:17:22,469 --> 01:17:23,903 What? 869 01:17:24,905 --> 01:17:29,400 If we kill Masanari, we must kill Ofuku, too. 870 01:17:30,477 --> 01:17:35,472 And Ladies Minbu and Ohba will also be involved. 871 01:17:36,416 --> 01:17:38,044 They are foxes! 872 01:17:38,652 --> 01:17:41,554 They are all united in deceiving me! 873 01:17:43,056 --> 01:17:45,082 They outwitted us smartly. 874 01:17:45,526 --> 01:17:46,653 Unforgivable! 875 01:17:47,094 --> 01:17:50,826 But, my lord, you caused all this. 876 01:17:52,833 --> 01:17:56,463 Whom are you taking sides with? 877 01:17:56,937 --> 01:18:00,941 In any case, it is evident that Takechiyo is Ofuku's child 878 01:18:00,941 --> 01:18:06,972 and that he's only a dummy that Ladies Minbu and Ohba framed. 879 01:18:07,714 --> 01:18:13,453 Now, everyone is wise to it, and wonders whether or not 880 01:18:13,453 --> 01:18:19,085 he is the retired Shogun's child. 881 01:18:19,660 --> 01:18:22,926 Ofuku is the only person who knows the truth. 882 01:18:23,096 --> 01:18:24,826 Then call Ofuku here. 883 01:18:25,165 --> 01:18:28,761 She will never leave Edo. 884 01:18:29,036 --> 01:18:30,470 What if I order her to come? 885 01:18:30,637 --> 01:18:34,508 A while ago, one of Ofuku's sons died suddenly after 886 01:18:34,508 --> 01:18:38,639 tasting the food for Lord Takechiyo. 887 01:18:41,515 --> 01:18:42,881 What? 888 01:18:43,317 --> 01:18:45,485 Since young Lord Kunimatsu was born, 889 01:18:45,485 --> 01:18:49,217 dangerous events keep taking place around Lord Takechiyo. 890 01:18:50,057 --> 01:18:53,557 Struggle for the post of successor will only bring turbulence to the Tokugawa clan. 891 01:18:54,061 --> 01:18:57,964 Please do something, or something irrevocable could happen. 892 01:18:58,365 --> 01:18:59,993 That's enough. 893 01:19:02,102 --> 01:19:08,975 I shall go to Edo soon to settle it by myself. 894 01:19:11,979 --> 01:19:14,380 How do you like this, Oroku? 895 01:19:16,283 --> 01:19:17,581 It's wonderful... 896 01:19:17,985 --> 01:19:19,544 Is it that good? 897 01:19:20,420 --> 01:19:22,218 My lord... 898 01:19:22,756 --> 01:19:24,691 I can't endure anymore... 899 01:19:44,077 --> 01:19:45,807 What? My father? 900 01:19:45,912 --> 01:19:48,215 The news has arrived that he suffered a heart 901 01:19:48,215 --> 01:19:49,911 attack and is in critical condition. 902 01:19:50,484 --> 01:19:51,747 Critical condition?! 903 01:19:52,152 --> 01:19:55,055 Sakai, our lord is going to visit his father. 904 01:19:55,055 --> 01:19:56,148 Make preparations! 905 01:19:58,759 --> 01:20:00,591 Tadachika... 906 01:20:01,028 --> 01:20:05,864 If he passes away now, the Tokugawa clan will be finished. 907 01:20:06,033 --> 01:20:08,832 Your Excellency, you can rejoice. 908 01:20:10,337 --> 01:20:11,600 Rejoice, you say? 909 01:20:11,772 --> 01:20:15,174 The world has come into your possession... 910 01:20:15,609 --> 01:20:17,874 truly and finally. 911 01:20:19,946 --> 01:20:21,312 Is that so? 912 01:20:22,282 --> 01:20:24,618 So from now on, I can do anything I please, 913 01:20:24,618 --> 01:20:26,553 without minding my father. 914 01:20:26,887 --> 01:20:27,911 Right, my lord. 915 01:20:38,498 --> 01:20:39,727 He was cursed! 916 01:20:40,167 --> 01:20:43,070 My father-in-law forgot how much he was indebted 917 01:20:43,070 --> 01:20:46,773 to the late Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and tried to 918 01:20:46,773 --> 01:20:48,469 dominate the country by himself. 919 01:20:48,909 --> 01:20:51,037 How could he die peacefully? 920 01:21:03,623 --> 01:21:06,058 You have probably heard already... 921 01:21:06,226 --> 01:21:10,687 last evening, the retired Shogun suddenly fell ill. 922 01:21:11,365 --> 01:21:14,358 And how is he, my lady? 923 01:21:15,035 --> 01:21:17,704 I'm not fully informed yet, but it seems that 924 01:21:17,704 --> 01:21:19,673 he is in critical condition. 925 01:21:21,641 --> 01:21:26,079 Shogun Hidetada wishes to select his successor 926 01:21:26,079 --> 01:21:28,844 while the retired Shogun is still alive. 927 01:21:29,816 --> 01:21:34,921 All the high officials and ladies-in-waiting have 928 01:21:34,921 --> 01:21:37,891 decided to recommend Lord Kunimatsu. 929 01:21:39,292 --> 01:21:41,955 Lord Kunimatsu, you say? 930 01:21:43,096 --> 01:21:45,497 You know why. There's no need to explain. 931 01:21:46,867 --> 01:21:50,395 Ofuku, don't worry. 932 01:21:51,571 --> 01:21:55,941 Lord Takechiyo will be given a new surname from the Shogun. 933 01:21:56,309 --> 01:21:59,370 He is supposed to establish a new branch family. 934 01:22:00,213 --> 01:22:02,282 He will probably become a feudal lord with 935 01:22:02,306 --> 01:22:04,406 a fief yielding more than 500,000 koku rice. 936 01:22:07,854 --> 01:22:12,656 By the way, about yourself... 937 01:22:13,360 --> 01:22:15,762 You lost one of your children, 938 01:22:15,762 --> 01:22:18,527 but still have four of them. 939 01:22:18,765 --> 01:22:22,725 We do not want to make you suffer from any more hardship. 940 01:22:23,670 --> 01:22:28,040 So, we have decided to dismiss you. 941 01:22:32,345 --> 01:22:34,576 Of course, we are not telling you to leave empty-handed. 942 01:22:35,515 --> 01:22:37,851 You shall receive an annual stipend of 50 koku 943 01:22:37,851 --> 01:22:39,547 of rice for the rest of your life. 944 01:22:40,086 --> 01:22:42,120 Your eldest son, Senkuma, 945 01:22:42,144 --> 01:22:45,726 shall restore the Inaba clan and be employed as a page. 946 01:22:46,827 --> 01:22:47,988 But, my lady... 947 01:22:48,061 --> 01:22:49,154 Yes? 948 01:22:50,163 --> 01:22:51,791 First of all... 949 01:22:51,932 --> 01:22:56,503 Would you please tell me why Lord Kunimatsu will be recommended as 950 01:22:56,503 --> 01:22:58,904 the successor instead of Lord Takechiyo? 951 01:22:59,406 --> 01:23:01,842 It goes without saying that Lord Kunimatsu is 952 01:23:01,842 --> 01:23:06,109 the only legal descendant of Shogun Hidetada and his wife. 953 01:23:07,180 --> 01:23:11,318 Do not tell me that you have forgotten what happened 954 01:23:11,318 --> 01:23:14,482 when the Shogun's wife gave birth to a baby. 955 01:23:15,655 --> 01:23:17,624 I remember well. 956 01:23:18,859 --> 01:23:23,129 Lord Takechiyo was born as 957 01:23:23,129 --> 01:23:27,624 Shogun Hidetada's first boy baby and eldest son. 958 01:23:28,768 --> 01:23:32,466 But Lord Takechiyo is your... 959 01:23:37,177 --> 01:23:40,579 My what? 960 01:23:42,616 --> 01:23:47,247 Are you accusing me, Ofuku? 961 01:23:49,222 --> 01:23:51,191 Try to remember, my lady. 962 01:23:51,992 --> 01:23:56,596 At that time, Lady Ohba gave me the baby the Shogun's 963 01:23:56,596 --> 01:24:02,160 wife had delivered, and told me to give him my milk. 964 01:24:03,336 --> 01:24:07,637 I am certain you saw it, too. 965 01:24:08,875 --> 01:24:12,746 He was a little weak, but I have devoted my heart 966 01:24:12,746 --> 01:24:16,842 and body to rear him. 967 01:24:18,919 --> 01:24:23,220 Lord Takechiyo is evidently the Shogun's eldest son. 968 01:24:23,957 --> 01:24:26,326 No matter what people may say, he is the only person 969 01:24:26,326 --> 01:24:29,455 to be called "the Shogun's successor". 970 01:24:32,799 --> 01:24:34,290 Excuse me. 971 01:24:40,807 --> 01:24:41,831 Stop! 972 01:24:53,987 --> 01:24:58,357 Ofuku, you have forgotten who you are. 973 01:24:59,392 --> 01:25:02,260 You seem to harbor undesirable ambition. 974 01:25:03,597 --> 01:25:05,031 Capture her! 975 01:25:35,595 --> 01:25:36,790 Hurry up! 976 01:26:00,687 --> 01:26:02,986 Be good children. 977 01:26:04,024 --> 01:26:05,925 Everyone, leave! 978 01:26:07,794 --> 01:26:10,161 Give me Lord Takechiyo. 979 01:26:12,065 --> 01:26:13,727 Give him to me! 980 01:26:25,145 --> 01:26:26,579 What do you think you're doing?! 981 01:26:26,680 --> 01:26:28,342 Give Lord Takechiyo back to me! 982 01:26:28,481 --> 01:26:29,676 Servant! Get out! 983 01:26:30,950 --> 01:26:32,248 Give him back to me! 984 01:26:42,429 --> 01:26:43,453 Young lord! 985 01:26:43,697 --> 01:26:44,721 Damn you! 986 01:26:44,931 --> 01:26:46,126 Wait! - Tsume! 987 01:26:48,101 --> 01:26:49,125 Wait! 988 01:26:49,569 --> 01:26:50,628 Halt! 989 01:26:52,038 --> 01:26:54,633 Someone, come! 990 01:26:55,508 --> 01:26:57,101 Someone! 991 01:26:57,877 --> 01:27:03,612 Ofuku's servant is kidnapping Lord Takechiyo! 992 01:27:11,558 --> 01:27:12,582 Tsume! 993 01:27:13,026 --> 01:27:14,153 Lord Senkuma! 994 01:27:46,326 --> 01:27:47,692 Where is she?! 995 01:27:50,930 --> 01:27:56,035 Where is the maidservant who's kidnapped the young lord? 996 01:27:56,035 --> 01:27:57,765 Where did she go? Speak! 997 01:27:57,871 --> 01:28:00,466 I do not know. - Lying will do you no good! 998 01:28:00,540 --> 01:28:02,600 I really do not know. - She's in the kitchen! 999 01:28:02,742 --> 01:28:04,410 There's someone who saw her in the kitchen. 1000 01:28:04,410 --> 01:28:05,400 Let's hurry! 1001 01:28:06,146 --> 01:28:07,478 Lady Minbu's order! 1002 01:28:07,580 --> 01:28:10,049 Close the gate and let no one in or out! 1003 01:28:33,106 --> 01:28:35,041 Lady Minbu... 1004 01:28:39,245 --> 01:28:41,544 We could find neither maid nor the young lord. 1005 01:28:41,648 --> 01:28:44,311 Send a ninja! Search outside the castle, too! 1006 01:28:46,286 --> 01:28:47,447 Lady Minbu! 1007 01:28:52,225 --> 01:28:53,887 She's passing away! 1008 01:29:01,935 --> 01:29:04,404 Lady Ohba... 1009 01:29:05,939 --> 01:29:09,171 I guess that you are much vexed. 1010 01:29:11,544 --> 01:29:17,313 You had to be injured by such a humble maid. 1011 01:29:20,286 --> 01:29:22,414 Poor lady... 1012 01:29:28,027 --> 01:29:33,159 Lady Minbu, Ofuku is such a dreadful woman. 1013 01:29:34,000 --> 01:29:40,270 If we leave her alive, she will take over this castle. 1014 01:29:41,407 --> 01:29:45,845 Do be careful... 1015 01:29:46,512 --> 01:29:48,413 Be careful! 1016 01:30:06,866 --> 01:30:08,301 An incident took place... 1017 01:30:08,301 --> 01:30:10,861 I can think of it as nothing but a nightmare. 1018 01:30:11,604 --> 01:30:15,808 Your servant, Tsume, murdered Lady Ohba, 1019 01:30:15,808 --> 01:30:18,141 kidnapped Lord Takechiyo and fled. 1020 01:30:20,046 --> 01:30:21,309 Tsume did? 1021 01:30:21,614 --> 01:30:24,784 We have looked everywhere in and out of the castle for her, 1022 01:30:24,784 --> 01:30:26,514 but she is missing. 1023 01:30:27,153 --> 01:30:31,022 We are now searching the moats just in case. 1024 01:30:32,992 --> 01:30:37,953 Do you have any idea where she is? 1025 01:30:40,800 --> 01:30:44,003 I hope you know that shielding her may cause 1026 01:30:44,003 --> 01:30:45,805 not only you, but also your children 1027 01:30:45,805 --> 01:30:48,540 to be severely punished. You people may be beheaded or crucified. 1028 01:30:49,242 --> 01:30:54,237 I do not think that Tsume murdered her for no reason. 1029 01:30:55,281 --> 01:31:04,452 Maybe she had to do it to save Lord Takechiyo from danger. 1030 01:31:04,590 --> 01:31:07,822 Shut up! Are you protecting the murderer?! 1031 01:31:08,394 --> 01:31:12,432 I hate to say this, but Lady Ohba reaped the harvest 1032 01:31:12,432 --> 01:31:13,866 of her own sowing. 1033 01:31:14,100 --> 01:31:15,898 What?! - Kumoi! 1034 01:31:16,936 --> 01:31:18,996 Continue, Ofuku. 1035 01:31:24,577 --> 01:31:30,983 For some reason, you and Lady Ohba have been trying... 1036 01:31:32,452 --> 01:31:38,016 to appoint Shogun Hidetada's second eldest son, Kunimatsu, as his successor. 1037 01:31:38,758 --> 01:31:43,730 When we heard the rumor, Tsume told me to appeal 1038 01:31:43,730 --> 01:31:49,431 to the retired Shogun in Sunpu. 1039 01:31:51,137 --> 01:31:55,802 Are you saying that Tsume has left for Sunpu with Lord Takechiyo? 1040 01:31:58,344 --> 01:31:59,972 Then it's no use. 1041 01:32:00,780 --> 01:32:03,750 The retired Shogun is critically ill now, 1042 01:32:03,750 --> 01:32:06,720 and even the Shogun, his son, is unable to see him. 1043 01:32:07,120 --> 01:32:10,522 So I heard. Do you think that it's really true? 1044 01:32:10,890 --> 01:32:11,949 What? 1045 01:32:13,326 --> 01:32:16,387 The retired Shogun is a notorious tactician. 1046 01:32:16,996 --> 01:32:18,726 Are you saying he's only pretending to be ill? 1047 01:32:19,665 --> 01:32:23,796 Up to now, we have been deceiving him. 1048 01:32:24,537 --> 01:32:28,907 It's natural that he is planning retaliation. 1049 01:32:30,443 --> 01:32:32,378 I will send someone to chase her immediately. 1050 01:32:35,481 --> 01:32:39,509 Tsume has faster and stronger legs than a deer. 1051 01:32:40,853 --> 01:32:43,220 If she is heading for Sunpu... 1052 01:32:43,289 --> 01:32:45,258 Ofuku... 1053 01:32:47,026 --> 01:32:48,892 You have made a big mistake, haven't you? 1054 01:32:51,564 --> 01:32:56,002 You are still unaware of how fearful the retired Shogun really is. 1055 01:32:57,670 --> 01:33:04,043 Years ago, he even dared to kill his own wife and son 1056 01:33:04,043 --> 01:33:07,309 to maintain the peace in his family. 1057 01:33:10,349 --> 01:33:14,821 I am certain that he will get rid of Lord Takechiyo for 1058 01:33:14,821 --> 01:33:17,848 the Tokugawa clan's sake, too. 1059 01:33:21,260 --> 01:33:29,691 It's like you have dug your own grave. 1060 01:33:39,745 --> 01:33:45,582 Well, I wonder if this is a dream or reality... 1061 01:33:53,926 --> 01:33:55,861 Reality, my lord. 1062 01:33:56,596 --> 01:34:00,829 He is really Lord Takechiyo. 1063 01:34:03,336 --> 01:34:06,636 Takechiyo, I am your grandfather. 1064 01:34:07,473 --> 01:34:10,307 Come here. 1065 01:34:22,088 --> 01:34:26,526 Do not be afraid. 1066 01:34:27,126 --> 01:34:29,994 Come here, I said. 1067 01:34:34,000 --> 01:34:37,664 Is this child mute? 1068 01:34:38,271 --> 01:34:39,739 No, he is not, my lord. 1069 01:34:41,407 --> 01:34:42,739 Who is that? 1070 01:34:43,075 --> 01:34:45,704 She is Ofuku's servant. 1071 01:34:46,212 --> 01:34:49,944 She brought Lord Takechiyo here all by herself. 1072 01:34:50,650 --> 01:34:52,551 It sounds like she is young. 1073 01:34:52,919 --> 01:34:54,649 Bring her here. 1074 01:34:54,820 --> 01:34:56,722 But my lord, her clothes are so dirty now. 1075 01:34:56,722 --> 01:35:00,250 I do not mind. Bring her here. 1076 01:35:01,727 --> 01:35:03,355 Let the servant in. 1077 01:35:12,238 --> 01:35:13,206 My lord! 1078 01:35:13,372 --> 01:35:14,396 My lord! 1079 01:35:15,174 --> 01:35:17,234 Please remember that you are ill, my lord! 1080 01:35:18,211 --> 01:35:19,702 Look at me. 1081 01:35:29,388 --> 01:35:35,589 You brought Takechiyo all the way from Edo by yourself? 1082 01:35:36,229 --> 01:35:37,060 Yes, my lord. 1083 01:35:37,129 --> 01:35:39,031 What is it that took place in Edo castle? 1084 01:35:39,031 --> 01:35:40,900 Tell everything to the retired Shogun. 1085 01:35:40,900 --> 01:35:42,698 No, save the questions for later. 1086 01:35:44,604 --> 01:35:51,238 Katsuyama, give her new clothes. 1087 01:35:52,712 --> 01:35:56,342 No, wait... 1088 01:35:58,451 --> 01:36:00,044 Have her wash up first. 1089 01:36:08,728 --> 01:36:14,690 Lady Minbu, do you intend to keep silent forever? 1090 01:36:16,335 --> 01:36:19,635 Why don't you leave me with your message to the retired Shogun? 1091 01:36:20,539 --> 01:36:25,375 No matter how long you may stay here, it is impossible to see him. 1092 01:36:26,579 --> 01:36:30,914 It's not only because he is ill. 1093 01:36:32,184 --> 01:36:35,454 He is very angry at the mistake you have made 1094 01:36:35,454 --> 01:36:37,753 for the second time. 1095 01:36:39,458 --> 01:36:44,419 He even says to banish all the elders in Edo castle. 1096 01:36:48,968 --> 01:36:51,028 Hurry and speak, Lady Minbu. 1097 01:36:52,071 --> 01:36:57,408 I am old now, and feel like going to the toilet. 1098 01:36:59,512 --> 01:37:05,144 I shall not tell what brings me here to anyone but the retired Shogun himself. 1099 01:37:06,319 --> 01:37:10,589 If I spoke now, the authority of the Tokugawa Shogunate 1100 01:37:10,589 --> 01:37:12,387 would be damaged. 1101 01:37:13,859 --> 01:37:16,658 The authority of the Tokugawa Shogunate, you say? 1102 01:37:17,996 --> 01:37:20,431 What a laugh! 1103 01:37:20,699 --> 01:37:23,191 You only came to make an excuse, didn't you? 1104 01:37:24,203 --> 01:37:27,239 If you want to survive this crisis, 1105 01:37:27,239 --> 01:37:32,678 confess to the retired Shogun every evil act which you 1106 01:37:32,678 --> 01:37:39,448 have done up to date and ask him for mercy. 1107 01:37:40,853 --> 01:37:42,253 Come, come, speak. 1108 01:37:44,089 --> 01:37:48,427 I have been serving him for fifty years since 1109 01:37:48,427 --> 01:37:52,364 he was a mere regional warlord. 1110 01:37:53,899 --> 01:37:55,891 I hear and see things on his behalf. 1111 01:37:57,402 --> 01:37:59,030 Think of me as him and speak. 1112 01:37:59,872 --> 01:38:01,670 What are you waiting for?! 1113 01:38:01,774 --> 01:38:03,106 Speak! 1114 01:38:08,380 --> 01:38:10,076 Lady Minbu became insane! 1115 01:38:10,349 --> 01:38:12,215 Capture her! 1116 01:38:12,451 --> 01:38:14,147 Everyone! Capture her! 1117 01:38:14,253 --> 01:38:15,243 Halt! 1118 01:38:19,625 --> 01:38:20,854 Out of the way! 1119 01:38:29,701 --> 01:38:31,499 Halt, Lady Minbu! 1120 01:38:33,572 --> 01:38:36,371 This is the retired Shogun's private room! 1121 01:38:37,976 --> 01:38:39,205 Lady Katsuyama! 1122 01:38:40,612 --> 01:38:43,844 Please, please announce me to him! 1123 01:38:44,917 --> 01:38:45,976 No, I won't. 1124 01:38:47,019 --> 01:38:49,750 I have something I must tell him at any cost! 1125 01:38:50,222 --> 01:38:51,713 Please announce me! 1126 01:38:53,225 --> 01:38:55,490 I'm sorry. 1127 01:38:55,894 --> 01:38:57,896 He is very much delighted to see 1128 01:38:57,896 --> 01:39:00,832 Lord Takechiyo, because he didn't expect it at all. 1129 01:39:01,533 --> 01:39:06,870 Right now, he is taking a bath with him. 1130 01:39:37,569 --> 01:39:40,471 I have something to tell the retired Shogun! 1131 01:39:42,274 --> 01:39:47,338 I have something to tell Lord Ieyasu! 1132 01:39:48,013 --> 01:39:54,386 The only lineal descendant of the second Shogun who 1133 01:39:54,386 --> 01:39:58,221 lives in Edo castle is Lord Kunimatsu! 1134 01:39:59,091 --> 01:40:05,731 Even if Lord Takechiyo is Lord Ieyasu's child, 1135 01:40:05,731 --> 01:40:11,363 we cannot approve him as the Shogun's successor! 1136 01:40:11,536 --> 01:40:12,731 Kill her! 1137 01:40:13,338 --> 01:40:16,433 Kill her now! 1138 01:40:30,856 --> 01:40:38,992 I stake my life on this petition! 1139 01:40:43,001 --> 01:40:47,336 I beg you to grant it! 1140 01:40:57,382 --> 01:40:58,816 What a mess! 1141 01:41:01,720 --> 01:41:04,690 Everyone knows it now. 1142 01:41:06,458 --> 01:41:09,451 It is no longer just a rumor. 1143 01:41:33,785 --> 01:41:35,617 My lord... 1144 01:41:36,888 --> 01:41:40,381 I am worried about the future of Kunimatsu. 1145 01:41:42,561 --> 01:41:45,588 Please appoint him as his successor as soon as you can. 1146 01:41:45,697 --> 01:41:47,393 We shall not talk about it. 1147 01:41:47,733 --> 01:41:48,894 My lord! 1148 01:41:49,668 --> 01:41:51,068 That's enough. 1149 01:41:52,471 --> 01:41:53,530 Your Excellency! 1150 01:41:55,674 --> 01:41:57,142 An emergency messenger is here. 1151 01:41:57,142 --> 01:42:00,245 He says the retired Shogun has left Sunpu and is 1152 01:42:00,245 --> 01:42:02,976 coming to Edo without any previous announcement. 1153 01:42:04,616 --> 01:42:07,519 He also says that the retired Shogun is galloping at full speed 1154 01:42:07,519 --> 01:42:09,579 and that there seems to be some unusual air about him. 1155 01:42:09,988 --> 01:42:14,255 Maybe he is coming to discuss the successor matter. 1156 01:42:15,527 --> 01:42:19,828 Didn't I warn you? 1157 01:42:20,999 --> 01:42:24,197 My father only pretended to be ill to test me. 1158 01:42:25,937 --> 01:42:29,840 Tadachika, you said for me to rejoice, didn't you?! 1159 01:42:30,242 --> 01:42:32,177 My father got wise to it! 1160 01:42:32,244 --> 01:42:33,745 Your Excellency, I beg you to be brave. 1161 01:42:33,745 --> 01:42:36,882 This is a battle between Edo and Sunpu, you and your father. 1162 01:42:36,882 --> 01:42:38,077 Shut up! 1163 01:42:43,088 --> 01:42:46,991 You keep making so much ado about Takechiyo and Kunimatsu! 1164 01:42:47,759 --> 01:42:49,853 Anyone will do as my successor! 1165 01:42:51,063 --> 01:42:55,933 Anyone can be a Shogun as long as he's a man! 1166 01:43:10,816 --> 01:43:14,253 The retired Shogun Lord Ieyasu has arrived! 1167 01:43:21,193 --> 01:43:24,823 Everyone, look at me! 1168 01:43:33,071 --> 01:43:39,177 I came to Edo because there is something I must discuss 1169 01:43:39,177 --> 01:43:44,241 and make certain of in the presence of the Shogun. 1170 01:43:48,520 --> 01:43:53,151 Takechiyo's nurse, Ofuku, come here! 1171 01:43:58,396 --> 01:43:59,386 Yes, my lord. 1172 01:44:09,774 --> 01:44:11,003 Come closer. 1173 01:44:30,595 --> 01:44:34,862 Is Takechiyo my child? 1174 01:44:46,845 --> 01:44:51,449 Lord Takechiyo is the child of Shogun Hidetada and his wife. 1175 01:44:51,449 --> 01:44:52,917 There is no mistake about it. 1176 01:44:53,218 --> 01:44:54,652 Are you certain? 1177 01:44:56,321 --> 01:44:57,380 Yes, my lord. 1178 01:44:58,557 --> 01:45:02,426 I was with her when she delivered him. 1179 01:45:03,995 --> 01:45:09,525 I received the healthy child myself to take care of him. 1180 01:45:12,737 --> 01:45:14,603 Let me ask you again. 1181 01:45:16,841 --> 01:45:19,709 Takechiyo is not my child, is he? 1182 01:45:22,647 --> 01:45:23,671 Yes, my lord. 1183 01:45:24,883 --> 01:45:29,981 He is the child of Shogun Hidetada and his wife. 1184 01:45:30,322 --> 01:45:31,722 You are lying! 1185 01:45:42,400 --> 01:45:49,034 May I ask what makes you think I am lying, my lord? 1186 01:45:49,641 --> 01:45:50,904 It's Lady Minbu. 1187 01:45:52,210 --> 01:45:55,547 Just before dying, she said that the only lineal descendant 1188 01:45:55,547 --> 01:45:58,847 of Shogun Hidetada is his second eldest son Kunimatsu. 1189 01:46:00,685 --> 01:46:03,120 You know that, don't you? 1190 01:46:04,155 --> 01:46:07,785 Certainly I know that, my lord. 1191 01:46:09,761 --> 01:46:13,198 But she went all the way to Sunpu by herself, 1192 01:46:13,198 --> 01:46:17,499 injured people and even tried to directly appeal to you. 1193 01:46:18,370 --> 01:46:21,940 I regret very much that a man of your position 1194 01:46:21,940 --> 01:46:25,536 must believe what such an insane woman said. 1195 01:46:26,544 --> 01:46:27,705 Let me speak. 1196 01:46:27,846 --> 01:46:31,049 Lady Minbu had served the Shogun's wife since 1197 01:46:31,049 --> 01:46:32,317 before she married him. 1198 01:46:32,317 --> 01:46:35,048 She was such a faithful woman. 1199 01:46:35,186 --> 01:46:36,711 I do not think that she lied. 1200 01:46:36,921 --> 01:46:39,015 She even staked her life on her appeal! 1201 01:46:40,292 --> 01:46:42,394 If truth can be proved only by staking life, 1202 01:46:42,394 --> 01:46:44,226 I shall be glad to die any time! 1203 01:46:44,362 --> 01:46:45,463 What a sophism! 1204 01:46:45,463 --> 01:46:48,695 What about you, Sir Tadachika? 1205 01:46:49,134 --> 01:46:51,228 What do you know about the inner palace? 1206 01:46:52,437 --> 01:46:54,201 Please refrain from interfering, my lord. 1207 01:46:55,373 --> 01:46:57,308 Let me speak to you, my lord. 1208 01:46:57,575 --> 01:47:01,377 You shall never know the truth from this woman, Ofuku, even if you have to kill her. 1209 01:47:01,613 --> 01:47:06,618 The appointment of a successor should only be handled by 1210 01:47:06,618 --> 01:47:08,348 the Shogun and us ministers. 1211 01:47:08,653 --> 01:47:10,645 Please leave it to us. 1212 01:47:10,822 --> 01:47:12,723 I am imploring you, my lord! 1213 01:47:29,474 --> 01:47:31,500 Ofuku... 1214 01:47:32,410 --> 01:47:33,878 Listen very carefully. 1215 01:47:36,014 --> 01:47:38,210 This is the last discussion. 1216 01:47:40,752 --> 01:47:44,289 If Takechiyo is my child, 1217 01:47:44,289 --> 01:47:48,590 he cannot be the Shogun's successor. 1218 01:47:51,830 --> 01:47:53,799 That's the rule to keep order in the world. 1219 01:47:54,366 --> 01:47:57,393 But I'd rather wish he was my child. 1220 01:48:02,941 --> 01:48:06,503 I wish I could have a child by a woman like you. 1221 01:48:09,114 --> 01:48:13,245 Even though he cannot be the Shogun... 1222 01:48:14,386 --> 01:48:18,723 he will certainly grow up into a great man because 1223 01:48:18,723 --> 01:48:20,749 he is the child of you and me. 1224 01:48:22,761 --> 01:48:24,662 And I would like to see it. 1225 01:48:32,670 --> 01:48:34,901 Ofuku... 1226 01:48:35,940 --> 01:48:42,437 Think that there is no one but you and I here. 1227 01:48:43,114 --> 01:48:45,242 Speak the truth. 1228 01:48:48,153 --> 01:48:53,683 Is Takechiyo my child that you delivered? 1229 01:48:58,229 --> 01:49:00,460 A dream... 1230 01:49:01,966 --> 01:49:03,867 It was a dream. 1231 01:49:06,204 --> 01:49:07,968 A dream? 1232 01:49:10,375 --> 01:49:16,178 Every woman who was born in a samurai family wishes... 1233 01:49:16,648 --> 01:49:20,744 to have a child by the greatest warlord in Japan. 1234 01:49:21,886 --> 01:49:24,947 We call it a dream. How else could we call it? 1235 01:49:27,325 --> 01:49:32,354 But a dream is just a dream after all. 1236 01:49:34,666 --> 01:49:40,970 And I shall never... 1237 01:49:41,973 --> 01:49:43,942 never dream again.... 1238 01:49:48,480 --> 01:49:54,147 Never dream again about what happened years ago. 1239 01:50:01,926 --> 01:50:08,890 Lord Takechiyo is absolutely the present Shogun's child. 1240 01:50:16,107 --> 01:50:17,370 I understand. 1241 01:50:24,215 --> 01:50:28,209 Hidetada, as you heard. 1242 01:50:29,320 --> 01:50:34,190 It has been decided that your successor shall be Takechiyo. 1243 01:50:35,693 --> 01:50:39,858 I appreciate your kind consideration, Father. 1244 01:50:45,870 --> 01:50:46,929 Excuse me. 1245 01:50:47,305 --> 01:50:50,537 Let me announce that Lord Takechiyo has arrived from Sunpu just now. 1246 01:50:50,742 --> 01:50:55,009 Has he? Bring him here immediately. 1247 01:51:24,809 --> 01:51:27,506 Come, come. Seat yourself here. 1248 01:51:33,251 --> 01:51:37,689 Everyone, this is Takechiyo, the successor to the Shogun. 1249 01:51:48,566 --> 01:51:52,470 Takechiyo later changed his name to Iemitsu and 1250 01:51:52,470 --> 01:51:54,837 became the third Tokugawa Shogun. 1251 01:51:58,076 --> 01:52:00,307 By the way... 1252 01:52:01,245 --> 01:52:04,374 Ofuku, let me introduce you. 1253 01:52:06,451 --> 01:52:12,220 This is the treasure which is dearest to me now. 1254 01:52:14,659 --> 01:52:16,389 You know what I do, don't you? 1255 01:52:16,861 --> 01:52:19,126 I change my mind so often. 1256 01:52:21,199 --> 01:52:22,997 Remember that. 1257 01:52:24,869 --> 01:52:25,859 Very well, my lord. 1258 01:52:26,638 --> 01:52:29,574 I shall remember it clearly... 1259 01:52:29,807 --> 01:52:33,266 and never forget it. 1260 01:52:35,680 --> 01:52:39,082 Ofuku was called Lady Kasuga afterward. 1261 01:52:39,617 --> 01:52:43,488 It is said that she exercised her great authority which 1262 01:52:43,488 --> 01:52:47,425 (Ooku = Shogun's harem) matched with her nickname, 'Empress', over the Ooku 1263 01:52:47,425 --> 01:52:50,759 which she established and was a rarity in the world's history. 1264 01:53:37,875 --> 01:53:38,740 CAST 1265 01:53:39,077 --> 01:53:42,775 TOAKE Yukiyo NATORI Yuko TORIGOE Mari 1266 01:53:42,980 --> 01:53:45,415 KANEDA Kenichi YOSHIKAWA Towako 1267 01:54:02,266 --> 01:54:04,758 HARADA Daijiro HONDA Hirotaro ASARI Kazuyo NINOMIYA Sayoko 1268 01:54:04,902 --> 01:54:07,997 NAGATO Hiroyuki AWAJI Keiko KUSABUE Mitsuko 1269 01:54:08,106 --> 01:54:10,132 WAKAYAMA Tomisaburo 1270 01:54:10,208 --> 01:54:12,404 Directed by NAKAJIMA Sadao 1271 01:54:14,846 --> 01:54:20,183 Special Thanks to Ichiban and Batman Subtitled and Mastered by Cannibal King www.KuroTokagi.com 88531