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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:02,252 --> 00:00:08,258 A shochiku production 2 00:00:09,343 --> 00:00:14,097 Japan art festival entry 37th year of showa era 3 00:00:54,846 --> 00:00:57,808 "In the year 1630, 4 00:00:57,933 --> 00:01:00,227 "13th day of ma y. 5 00:01:00,352 --> 00:01:02,062 '7-'air skies. 6 00:01:02,187 --> 00:01:04,982 "Extreme/ y hot from early on in the day." 7 00:01:05,107 --> 00:01:06,900 Iyi clan journal 8 00:01:07,025 --> 00:01:09,861 "at 10 in the morning, master bennosu/(E... 9 00:01:11,488 --> 00:01:16,618 "Pays a visit to the kandahashi mansion of the honourable lord dal; 10 00:01:16,743 --> 00:01:20,247 "to present fresh river trout from the shiraka wa river; 11 00:01:20,372 --> 00:01:22,958 "which arrived from our domain. 12 00:01:23,959 --> 00:01:27,796 "No other official business to record. 13 00:01:27,921 --> 00:01:31,300 "Ho we vel; At about four in the afternoon, 14 00:01:32,509 --> 00:01:34,720 "a samurai claiming to he a former retainer 15 00:01:34,845 --> 00:01:38,515 "of the fukushima clan in Hiroshima 16 00:01:38,640 --> 00:01:41,435 "appeared at our gate." 17 00:01:59,244 --> 00:02:02,664 Ha ra kirl 18 00:02:12,924 --> 00:02:15,469 Produced by hosoya tatsuo 19 00:02:15,594 --> 00:02:18,138 original story by takiguchi yasuhiko 20 00:02:19,598 --> 00:02:23,435 screenplay by hashimoto shinobu 21 00:02:24,853 --> 00:02:28,732 cinematography by miyajima yoshio 22 00:02:30,192 --> 00:02:35,656 music by takemitsu toru 23 00:03:03,100 --> 00:03:05,185 Cast: 24 00:03:06,561 --> 00:03:10,440 Nakadai tatsuya 25 00:03:11,858 --> 00:03:16,363 ishihama Akira, iwashita shima 26 00:03:17,864 --> 00:03:19,866 tam ba tetsu ro 27 00:03:19,991 --> 00:03:23,203 mishima masao, nakatani ichiro 28 00:03:25,288 --> 00:03:30,043 sato kei, inaba yoshio, aoki yoshiro 29 00:03:50,230 --> 00:03:54,151 Mikuni rentaro 30 00:03:55,569 --> 00:04:00,699 directed by kobayashi masaki 31 00:04:03,243 --> 00:04:05,829 soto sakurada-machi, edo 32 00:04:05,954 --> 00:04:09,082 official residence of the iyi clan 33 00:04:11,877 --> 00:04:16,590 you were a retainer of the former fukushima clan in Hiroshima? 34 00:04:16,715 --> 00:04:17,924 Correct. 35 00:04:18,717 --> 00:04:22,220 My name is tsugumo hanshiro. 36 00:04:23,430 --> 00:04:26,516 Written with the character "tsu" for "harbour" 37 00:04:26,641 --> 00:04:29,269 and "gumo" for "cloud". 38 00:04:31,021 --> 00:04:33,565 What is the nature of your visit? 39 00:04:34,357 --> 00:04:38,028 The house of my master fell in 1619. 40 00:04:39,362 --> 00:04:42,532 Subsequently, I left the domain and moved here to edo, 41 00:04:42,657 --> 00:04:45,160 where I found shelter in a back-alley tenement. 42 00:04:45,285 --> 00:04:47,871 While eking out a meagre living, 43 00:04:47,996 --> 00:04:52,459 I sought connections for employment with a new master. 44 00:04:53,418 --> 00:04:58,173 But try as I might, we live now in times of peace, 45 00:04:58,298 --> 00:05:01,384 and my every effort has been in vain. 46 00:05:02,010 --> 00:05:04,888 Failing to find employment and with little to do, 47 00:05:05,013 --> 00:05:07,432 he finds himself in dire straits 48 00:05:07,557 --> 00:05:11,144 and believes that he can endure it no further. 49 00:05:12,771 --> 00:05:17,526 Rather than live on in such poverty and disgrace, 50 00:05:17,651 --> 00:05:21,863 he wishes to die honourably by committing harakiri 51 00:05:21,988 --> 00:05:26,409 and asks for permission to use our forecourt. 52 00:05:27,536 --> 00:05:29,746 Such is his request, sire. 53 00:05:32,082 --> 00:05:34,000 Not again? 54 00:05:35,544 --> 00:05:37,671 Will it never stop? 55 00:05:39,631 --> 00:05:42,133 How shall I respond, sire? 56 00:05:45,595 --> 00:05:48,014 Fine. Show him in, then. 57 00:06:13,832 --> 00:06:15,458 This way. 58 00:06:16,626 --> 00:06:18,253 Please enter. 59 00:06:22,507 --> 00:06:24,342 Thank you. 60 00:06:48,825 --> 00:06:50,869 | am a former retainer 61 00:06:51,703 --> 00:06:54,998 of lord fukushima masanori of Hiroshima. 62 00:06:55,874 --> 00:06:58,543 Tsugumo hanshiro by name. 63 00:06:59,753 --> 00:07:02,464 I respectfully beg your favour. 64 00:07:03,548 --> 00:07:07,761 I am senior counsellor of the house of iyi, saito kageyu. 65 00:07:07,886 --> 00:07:11,056 I am much obliged for this immediate interview. 66 00:07:12,390 --> 00:07:13,934 The purpose of my visit... 67 00:07:14,059 --> 00:07:16,311 I've already been told of your request. 68 00:07:17,896 --> 00:07:22,317 Rather than live on in endless poverty, idly waiting for death, 69 00:07:22,442 --> 00:07:26,196 you wish to end your life in a manner befitting a samurai. 70 00:07:27,906 --> 00:07:30,450 I believe that was the gist of it. 71 00:07:30,575 --> 00:07:32,577 Indeed. 72 00:07:32,702 --> 00:07:36,748 In these times, your resolve is truly admirable. 73 00:07:37,916 --> 00:07:40,418 I can only express the highest esteem. 74 00:07:42,337 --> 00:07:47,050 You mentioned that you served the former lord fukushima. 75 00:07:48,093 --> 00:07:51,304 Did you happen to know a man named chijiiwa motome? 76 00:07:52,555 --> 00:07:54,182 Chijiiwa? 77 00:07:55,266 --> 00:07:56,851 Yes. 78 00:07:58,687 --> 00:08:00,230 Well... 79 00:08:00,355 --> 00:08:02,357 You don't recognise the name? 80 00:08:03,441 --> 00:08:06,987 I'm quite certain he said he'd served the former lord fukushima. 81 00:08:07,904 --> 00:08:11,992 In its prosperous days, the clan's retainers 82 00:08:12,117 --> 00:08:14,369 numbered some 12,000 men. 83 00:08:15,578 --> 00:08:17,622 One could hardly know them all. 84 00:08:18,665 --> 00:08:20,083 I see. 85 00:08:20,625 --> 00:08:22,961 But never mind that. 86 00:08:23,086 --> 00:08:27,090 Earlier this year, perhaps around the end ofjanuary, 87 00:08:28,049 --> 00:08:31,636 this Ronin named chijiiwa motome came calling. 88 00:08:32,554 --> 00:08:35,306 The purpose of his visit was the same as yours. 89 00:08:36,266 --> 00:08:40,437 He requested the use of our forecourt to dispatch himself with honour. 90 00:08:41,813 --> 00:08:43,648 Isthatso? 91 00:08:49,237 --> 00:08:54,617 Would you like me to tell you what happened in that case? 92 00:08:55,827 --> 00:08:57,746 I would indeed. 93 00:08:57,871 --> 00:09:00,081 You say you were a retainer 94 00:09:00,206 --> 00:09:02,751 of the former fukushima clan in Hiroshima? 95 00:09:03,585 --> 00:09:05,086 Correct. 96 00:09:05,211 --> 00:09:08,590 I served the former lord fukushima masanori of Hiroshima. 97 00:09:08,715 --> 00:09:11,718 My name is chijiiwa motome. 98 00:09:11,843 --> 00:09:14,929 And what is the nature of your visit? 99 00:09:16,056 --> 00:09:17,974 After the fall of my master's house, 100 00:09:18,099 --> 00:09:21,686 I moved here to edo and found shelter in a back-alley tenement. 101 00:09:22,896 --> 00:09:25,732 While eking out a meagre living, 102 00:09:25,857 --> 00:09:29,903 I sought connections for employment with a new master. 103 00:09:31,196 --> 00:09:34,032 But try as I might, we live in times of peace, 104 00:09:35,575 --> 00:09:37,952 and my every effort has been in vain. 105 00:09:49,172 --> 00:09:51,341 So now it seems it's our turn. 106 00:09:54,177 --> 00:09:56,679 How shall we respond? 107 00:09:56,805 --> 00:09:58,306 Let me think. 108 00:10:00,767 --> 00:10:04,104 It's amazing how such foolishness can take hold. 109 00:10:04,229 --> 00:10:06,773 Blame it on what the sengoku clan did. 110 00:10:06,898 --> 00:10:10,193 - Say what you will, that was a mistake. - No, yazaki. 111 00:10:10,318 --> 00:10:13,488 - That's not necessarily true. - Why not? 112 00:10:13,613 --> 00:10:16,241 The fellow who went to the sengoku house 113 00:10:16,366 --> 00:10:19,077 was serious about committing harakiri. 114 00:10:19,202 --> 00:10:21,996 There was nothing dishonourable about his intent. 115 00:10:22,122 --> 00:10:25,667 It was precisely because they were touched by his sincerity 116 00:10:25,792 --> 00:10:30,630 that the sengoku house decided to take him in as a back-room retainer. 117 00:10:31,381 --> 00:10:34,509 That was good. They made the right decision. 118 00:10:36,136 --> 00:10:41,224 The problem is the shameless imitators who have followed. 119 00:10:42,475 --> 00:10:45,436 They have no intention whatsoever of performing harakiri, 120 00:10:45,562 --> 00:10:48,189 and just because they're hurting a little for food and clothing, 121 00:10:48,314 --> 00:10:51,151 they show up at our gate to practise their pathetic extortion. 122 00:10:51,276 --> 00:10:55,905 We can't very well allow him to disembowel himself in our gateway. 123 00:10:56,823 --> 00:11:00,034 Our only choice is to follow the example of other clans, 124 00:11:00,160 --> 00:11:03,246 and give him a little something and ask him to leave. 125 00:11:03,872 --> 00:11:07,167 No. That will not do. 126 00:11:09,586 --> 00:11:12,130 If we give him money and send him away, 127 00:11:12,255 --> 00:11:14,841 he'll soon be followed by others. 128 00:11:14,966 --> 00:11:17,343 One after the other, 129 00:11:17,468 --> 00:11:20,346 like ants drawn to a mound of sugar. 130 00:11:22,724 --> 00:11:24,642 Ever since the battle of sekigahara, 131 00:11:24,767 --> 00:11:27,645 edo has been teeming with masterless samurai. 132 00:11:28,730 --> 00:11:32,233 They're like wild dogs roving about in search of prey. 133 00:11:34,694 --> 00:11:37,780 Think what people will say... 134 00:11:41,117 --> 00:11:44,871 "Everybody thought that the house of iyi had backbone, 135 00:11:44,996 --> 00:11:48,374 "so up until now, the Ronin avoided their gate. 136 00:11:51,502 --> 00:11:54,172 "But look what they've done now. 137 00:11:54,297 --> 00:11:57,008 "They boast of their martial valour, 138 00:11:57,133 --> 00:11:59,427 "but this is a time of peace, 139 00:11:59,552 --> 00:12:03,014 "so they're just living through yesterday's dreams." 140 00:12:04,474 --> 00:12:09,395 Would you have such derisive chatter spreading all over edo? 141 00:12:10,855 --> 00:12:13,191 Especially when our lord is away in his domain. 142 00:12:13,316 --> 00:12:14,859 Under no circumstances 143 00:12:14,984 --> 00:12:19,405 can we allow a stain on our lord's name while he's away. 144 00:12:21,199 --> 00:12:24,535 Giving him money and asking him to leave, 145 00:12:24,661 --> 00:12:27,872 such Lily-livered nonsense is out of the question. 146 00:12:29,624 --> 00:12:32,669 He hasn't the slightest intention of killing himself, 147 00:12:33,544 --> 00:12:35,588 yet he speaks of honourable harakiri. 148 00:12:35,713 --> 00:12:37,423 Counsellor! 149 00:12:40,885 --> 00:12:42,512 If I may... 150 00:13:11,457 --> 00:13:13,459 My apologies for keeping you waiting. 151 00:13:22,510 --> 00:13:26,723 I am kawabe umenosuke, a member of lord iyi's mounted guard. 152 00:13:26,848 --> 00:13:30,727 My name is chijiiwa motome, a Ronin from Hiroshima. 153 00:13:30,852 --> 00:13:34,272 Kindly come with me. 154 00:13:34,397 --> 00:13:37,442 - Excuse me? - I am to show you to the bath. 155 00:13:42,155 --> 00:13:45,742 Since lord iyi is at present away in his domain, 156 00:13:45,867 --> 00:13:48,244 counsellor saito conveyed your request 157 00:13:48,369 --> 00:13:51,456 to his lordship's son, bennosuke. 158 00:13:52,540 --> 00:13:55,335 He finds your resolve most admirable 159 00:13:55,460 --> 00:13:58,087 and wishes to Grant you an immediate audience. 160 00:13:59,547 --> 00:14:04,844 So... I am to have an audience with master bennosuke? 161 00:14:04,969 --> 00:14:06,387 Correct. 162 00:14:07,889 --> 00:14:11,893 I must beg your pardon, but your present attire will not do. 163 00:14:14,228 --> 00:14:16,898 While you refresh yourself in the bath, 164 00:14:17,023 --> 00:14:20,068 we'll arrange for some new robes for you. 165 00:14:21,903 --> 00:14:23,988 I place myself in your hands. 166 00:14:25,615 --> 00:14:27,617 Your kindness overwhelms me. 167 00:14:41,547 --> 00:14:43,257 I must be dreaming. 168 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:45,218 This is so... 169 00:14:47,512 --> 00:14:49,597 Completely unexpected. 170 00:14:50,390 --> 00:14:51,891 Almost... 171 00:14:52,016 --> 00:14:53,518 Pardon me. 172 00:15:06,364 --> 00:15:09,492 My apologies for keeping you waiting so long. 173 00:15:11,160 --> 00:15:13,287 I must ask you to change again. 174 00:15:14,705 --> 00:15:16,541 Your robes. 175 00:15:46,529 --> 00:15:48,406 Is something wrong? 176 00:15:48,531 --> 00:15:51,993 What about my audience with master bennosuke? 177 00:15:54,745 --> 00:15:57,665 I was told I'd be granted an audience. 178 00:15:57,790 --> 00:15:59,792 I don't believe so. 179 00:15:59,917 --> 00:16:03,254 - You must have misunderstood. - No, I'm quite certain. 180 00:16:04,172 --> 00:16:08,259 That was the word I received from kawabe of the mounted guard. 181 00:16:09,343 --> 00:16:11,095 Kawabe? 182 00:16:12,346 --> 00:16:14,974 Now that you mention it... 183 00:16:16,934 --> 00:16:19,270 That must be it. 184 00:16:20,271 --> 00:16:23,941 So I'm not mistaken? 185 00:16:24,066 --> 00:16:27,111 I believe I understand. 186 00:16:29,322 --> 00:16:33,993 When counsellor saito conveyed your desire to master bennosuke, 187 00:16:34,118 --> 00:16:40,208 he noted how rare it was these days to find men with such a sense of honour. 188 00:16:40,333 --> 00:16:44,253 "I would like to add this man to the ranks of our retainers", he said. 189 00:16:46,714 --> 00:16:52,178 "But when a man declares that he wishes to cut his belly open, 190 00:16:52,303 --> 00:16:55,473 "it can only come from a most profound resolve. 191 00:16:57,808 --> 00:17:01,187 "I am sure it would be no use trying to dissuade him. 192 00:17:01,312 --> 00:17:03,814 "Grant him his final wish. 193 00:17:06,150 --> 00:17:08,486 "I would like to meet this man of uncommon valour 194 00:17:08,611 --> 00:17:11,656 "and tell him how much I admire his purpose. 195 00:17:11,781 --> 00:17:16,410 "Unfortunately I am scheduled to go to lord doi's residence at this hour. 196 00:17:16,536 --> 00:17:20,331 "Extend to him every courtesy of this house, 197 00:17:20,456 --> 00:17:25,628 "and have all our retainers witness his final act, 198 00:17:25,753 --> 00:17:28,714 "that they may remember it as a proud example." 199 00:17:28,839 --> 00:17:31,926 Such were master bennosuke's words, I was told. 200 00:17:49,360 --> 00:17:52,113 Tell me, what do you think of this story? 201 00:17:52,947 --> 00:17:55,825 A most interesting tale, 202 00:17:55,950 --> 00:17:59,787 worthy of the famous red armour that symbolises the house of iyi 203 00:17:59,912 --> 00:18:02,748 and its reputation for great martial valour. 204 00:18:03,916 --> 00:18:07,503 May I ask what your intentions are? 205 00:18:08,421 --> 00:18:09,839 You mean... 206 00:18:11,716 --> 00:18:13,593 About this? 207 00:18:14,260 --> 00:18:16,220 Exactly. 208 00:18:20,182 --> 00:18:22,810 You may set your mind at ease. 209 00:18:22,935 --> 00:18:25,980 I came here with every intention of dying. 210 00:18:27,982 --> 00:18:29,567 Well, well. 211 00:18:30,484 --> 00:18:33,362 A most admirable resolve. 212 00:18:36,866 --> 00:18:38,868 In that case, master tsugumo... 213 00:18:40,036 --> 00:18:43,164 Perhaps I should recount for you 214 00:18:43,289 --> 00:18:46,250 a little more of chijiiwa motome's story. 215 00:18:47,168 --> 00:18:49,045 By all means. 216 00:18:49,170 --> 00:18:52,882 Now then, we must be aware of the time. 217 00:18:53,007 --> 00:18:55,051 Please change into those robes. 218 00:18:56,218 --> 00:18:59,263 All other arrangements are already in place 219 00:18:59,388 --> 00:19:01,807 for a harakiri ceremony with all the proper formalities. 220 00:19:06,854 --> 00:19:08,773 I have a request. 221 00:19:10,858 --> 00:19:13,486 I must beg a brief respite. 222 00:19:14,487 --> 00:19:15,821 Respite? 223 00:19:15,946 --> 00:19:20,201 I will not run or hide. I will return to this house. 224 00:19:20,326 --> 00:19:22,328 But I beg you for a day or two respite. 225 00:19:24,246 --> 00:19:26,415 I'm afraid it's too late for that. 226 00:19:27,500 --> 00:19:30,252 - But this is absurd! - Absurd? 227 00:19:31,879 --> 00:19:36,592 We made the harakiri arrangements at your own request. 228 00:19:36,717 --> 00:19:39,011 My most abject apologies! 229 00:19:39,136 --> 00:19:42,139 Just a day or two respite. I will return without fail. 230 00:19:43,516 --> 00:19:45,685 A samurai's word is his bond. 231 00:19:46,727 --> 00:19:48,604 There can be no delay! 232 00:20:31,105 --> 00:20:33,649 Master swordsman yazaki hayato. 233 00:20:35,317 --> 00:20:38,112 Fit and eager, his skills honed to perfection. 234 00:20:38,779 --> 00:20:42,324 One false step and he'll cut you in two. 235 00:20:43,617 --> 00:20:46,620 The others will descend on you as well. 236 00:20:53,210 --> 00:20:55,713 Rather than being chopped up like a dead fish, 237 00:20:55,838 --> 00:20:59,258 perform harakiri and die like a samurai. 238 00:21:00,509 --> 00:21:03,304 Now, change into those robes. 239 00:21:34,251 --> 00:21:36,796 O, ancestors of the house of iyi, 240 00:21:38,339 --> 00:21:42,760 I must beg your forgiveness for defiling the mansion courtyard 241 00:21:42,885 --> 00:21:44,929 with unworthy Ronin blood. 242 00:21:59,318 --> 00:22:02,279 I do this to preserve the honour of this house, 243 00:22:02,404 --> 00:22:05,407 as well as that of the tokugawa family 244 00:22:06,867 --> 00:22:09,703 and of the samurai code itself. 245 00:22:11,455 --> 00:22:15,584 I beg you to be witness to my decision. 246 00:23:02,590 --> 00:23:04,592 His short blade is the same. 247 00:23:05,384 --> 00:23:07,177 Look at it. 248 00:23:07,303 --> 00:23:10,848 It wouldn't cut tofu. 249 00:23:12,683 --> 00:23:17,396 He sells off his soul as a samurai, replacing his blades with bamboo, 250 00:23:17,521 --> 00:23:20,441 and then says he wants to perform harakiri? 251 00:23:20,566 --> 00:23:22,651 The nerve of the man! 252 00:23:26,071 --> 00:23:29,283 Everything is in place for the ceremony to begin. 253 00:23:45,549 --> 00:23:47,843 Master chijiiwa motome... 254 00:23:50,012 --> 00:23:52,181 Rather than wait for death in dire poverty, 255 00:23:52,306 --> 00:23:56,143 you've declared your wish to die honourably by harakiri. 256 00:23:57,311 --> 00:24:00,189 It is a commendable decision. 257 00:24:00,314 --> 00:24:03,651 You are an example for all samurai. 258 00:24:05,778 --> 00:24:07,780 I am ashamed to admit it, 259 00:24:09,281 --> 00:24:11,158 but even in this house known for martial valour 260 00:24:11,283 --> 00:24:14,578 since our ancestor naomasa's day, 261 00:24:14,703 --> 00:24:18,207 the resolve you've shown is seen but rarely. 262 00:24:19,833 --> 00:24:23,671 So they may witness the noble demise of a true warrior 263 00:24:23,796 --> 00:24:26,674 and engrave its lasting impression upon their minds, 264 00:24:26,799 --> 00:24:30,094 I've ordered all retainers of this household to attend. 265 00:24:32,638 --> 00:24:36,100 May your heart be at peace. 266 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:41,271 I beg of you! 267 00:24:42,147 --> 00:24:43,732 What is it? 268 00:24:43,857 --> 00:24:47,236 I beg for a brief respite, a day or two's grace! 269 00:24:49,363 --> 00:24:52,700 I swear I will not run or hide. I'll return to this spot without fail! 270 00:24:52,825 --> 00:24:55,160 Please! I implore you! 271 00:24:56,870 --> 00:24:59,164 This is most unexpected. 272 00:25:00,165 --> 00:25:03,794 I've heard lately of incidents all across edo 273 00:25:03,919 --> 00:25:07,798 in which Ronin, who don't deserve to call themselves samurai, 274 00:25:07,923 --> 00:25:13,220 demand the use of a clan's forecourt to commit harakiri, 275 00:25:13,345 --> 00:25:17,099 but are happy to walk away in exchange for a few coins. 276 00:25:18,559 --> 00:25:20,477 Surely you're not... 277 00:25:21,478 --> 00:25:24,398 Absolutely not, sir. 278 00:25:24,523 --> 00:25:26,442 No, no. 279 00:25:26,567 --> 00:25:28,193 Of course not. 280 00:25:28,986 --> 00:25:33,490 I'd never believe that a man of your noble character and mien 281 00:25:34,700 --> 00:25:37,286 could be such a despicable extortionist. 282 00:25:38,871 --> 00:25:40,497 Now then. 283 00:25:40,622 --> 00:25:42,458 You may proceed. 284 00:25:58,766 --> 00:26:01,727 Unworthy as I am, I shall be your second. 285 00:26:03,645 --> 00:26:06,774 I am an exponent of the shindo-munen-ichi school. 286 00:26:11,570 --> 00:26:15,449 I imagine you are aware, but let me note just to be sure. 287 00:26:16,575 --> 00:26:21,205 The rite of harakiri has changed over time. 288 00:26:21,330 --> 00:26:25,042 In recent years, it is often harakiri in name only. 289 00:26:25,167 --> 00:26:28,253 The subject reaches for the blade on the wooden stand, 290 00:26:28,378 --> 00:26:32,007 and his second immediately strikes off his head. 291 00:26:33,258 --> 00:26:36,345 In other words, there is no disembowelment at all, 292 00:26:36,470 --> 00:26:41,266 and in fact sometimes the stand holds not a short sword 293 00:26:41,391 --> 00:26:43,435 but only a folding fan. 294 00:26:44,895 --> 00:26:46,522 However, 295 00:26:46,647 --> 00:26:52,027 our proceedings today will not sink to such debased and empty forms. 296 00:26:52,945 --> 00:26:55,948 We shall adhere strictly to the traditional ways. 297 00:26:58,617 --> 00:27:00,327 Is that understood? 298 00:27:01,662 --> 00:27:05,958 You will rip your bowels open crosswise, like this. 299 00:27:07,835 --> 00:27:12,005 Once I see you have done so, I will strike off your head. 300 00:27:15,926 --> 00:27:19,012 Until I'm satisfied you've fully torn open your bowels, 301 00:27:19,138 --> 00:27:21,473 I will not bring down my sword. 302 00:27:21,598 --> 00:27:24,226 Is that understood? Now then. 303 00:28:01,597 --> 00:28:04,933 It is your own sword. That is the blade you will use. 304 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,772 A samurai's sword is his soul. 305 00:28:12,691 --> 00:28:16,528 No blade could be more fitting for this purpose than your own. 306 00:28:47,517 --> 00:28:50,187 Come. What keeps you? 307 00:28:52,648 --> 00:28:54,274 Proceed! 308 00:30:23,864 --> 00:30:25,073 Strike me! 309 00:30:26,366 --> 00:30:27,534 Strike me! 310 00:30:28,285 --> 00:30:30,495 No, not yet! 311 00:30:30,620 --> 00:30:32,456 Pull your blade across! 312 00:30:54,978 --> 00:30:56,521 Why do you delay? 313 00:30:56,646 --> 00:30:59,483 Draw your blade across! Pull it to the right! 314 00:31:48,198 --> 00:31:50,867 I suppose he had no other recourse, 315 00:31:50,992 --> 00:31:53,370 but even so, to bite off his tongue? 316 00:31:53,495 --> 00:31:57,290 Would you say he was being resourceful or just unseemly? 317 00:31:57,874 --> 00:31:59,960 Then again, 318 00:32:00,085 --> 00:32:04,756 who in his right mind attempts harakiri with just a bamboo sword? 319 00:32:07,801 --> 00:32:09,219 Now then... 320 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,140 What are your intentions? 321 00:32:16,184 --> 00:32:18,061 You mean... 322 00:32:19,688 --> 00:32:21,523 About this? 323 00:32:24,067 --> 00:32:26,987 The account I've just given you 324 00:32:27,112 --> 00:32:31,199 of chijiiwa motome's fate is true in every detail. 325 00:32:33,410 --> 00:32:36,371 Take my advice, master tsugumo. 326 00:32:37,789 --> 00:32:39,499 Quietly take your leave. 327 00:32:40,292 --> 00:32:44,463 You need have no such concerns with me. 328 00:32:45,797 --> 00:32:49,801 Unlike this chijiiwa fellow... 329 00:32:51,428 --> 00:32:54,306 The sword in my belt is not made of bamboo. 330 00:32:55,599 --> 00:32:57,684 I will not bite off my tongue, 331 00:32:57,809 --> 00:33:01,229 I will disembowel myself in grand form. 332 00:33:06,151 --> 00:33:07,569 Very well. 333 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,030 Master tsugumo, 334 00:33:10,155 --> 00:33:14,534 since you are unswerving in your resolve, I shall Grant your wish. 335 00:33:14,659 --> 00:33:16,661 - Attendant! - Sire? 336 00:33:21,875 --> 00:33:25,170 This Ronin from Hiroshima, master tsugumo hanshiro, 337 00:33:25,295 --> 00:33:28,340 is to be granted use of the courtyard to perform harakiri. 338 00:33:31,426 --> 00:33:34,179 His present dress will not do. 339 00:33:34,304 --> 00:33:36,824 Give him fresh robes befitting one who journeys to the next world... 340 00:33:36,848 --> 00:33:38,308 If I may. 341 00:33:38,433 --> 00:33:39,893 What is it? 342 00:33:40,852 --> 00:33:44,022 Please do not trouble yourselves over such things. 343 00:33:45,106 --> 00:33:48,360 For the final moments of a down-and-out Ronin like myself... 344 00:33:49,819 --> 00:33:54,032 Surely nothing is more fitting than the clothes I now wear. 345 00:34:11,716 --> 00:34:17,639 I am deeply grateful for the courteous and considerate treatment 346 00:34:17,764 --> 00:34:19,975 that you have accorded me today. 347 00:34:20,850 --> 00:34:25,605 I can find no adequate words to thank you. 348 00:34:25,730 --> 00:34:28,358 Thus, I shall begin. 349 00:34:32,821 --> 00:34:35,031 Might I ask, counsellor, 350 00:34:35,156 --> 00:34:38,702 who will be serving as my second? 351 00:34:40,745 --> 00:34:43,582 I have assigned shinmen ichiro. 352 00:34:46,418 --> 00:34:48,044 Master shinmen? 353 00:34:53,258 --> 00:34:55,176 Did you wish for someone else? 354 00:34:55,302 --> 00:34:57,178 Yes, sir. 355 00:34:57,304 --> 00:35:01,641 I would like to request master omodaka hikokuro. 356 00:35:01,766 --> 00:35:03,893 You request hikokuro? 357 00:35:04,019 --> 00:35:06,855 I believe he's a retainer in this house. 358 00:35:06,980 --> 00:35:11,151 I've heard he's trained in the shindo-munen-ichi school. 359 00:35:11,276 --> 00:35:13,111 Indeed. 360 00:35:13,236 --> 00:35:16,531 Hikokuro is a fine choice. 361 00:35:16,656 --> 00:35:18,074 Hikokuro? 362 00:35:21,453 --> 00:35:24,748 I'm afraid he's not in attendance today. 363 00:35:25,957 --> 00:35:30,587 He sent a note saying he's ill and requesting a few days' rest. 364 00:35:30,712 --> 00:35:33,673 I see. That's too bad. 365 00:35:34,799 --> 00:35:36,593 Master tsugumo, 366 00:35:36,718 --> 00:35:40,764 as you heard, omodaka is not present today. 367 00:35:42,766 --> 00:35:45,018 You will need to make another choice. 368 00:35:46,519 --> 00:35:49,314 That is most disappointing. 369 00:35:50,732 --> 00:35:54,778 I had my heart set on master omodaka performing the service. 370 00:35:54,903 --> 00:35:58,239 I wonder if! Might not beg his special consideration. 371 00:36:00,700 --> 00:36:05,580 Well, he says he's ill, but he seemed fine yesterday. 372 00:36:06,873 --> 00:36:09,292 Surely it can't be anything serious. 373 00:36:11,252 --> 00:36:13,213 Messenger! 374 00:36:22,222 --> 00:36:26,226 Make all due haste to omodaka's residence. 375 00:36:26,351 --> 00:36:30,397 Tell him to come immediately, if his illness permits. Now hurry. 376 00:36:38,363 --> 00:36:40,699 I'm putting you to a great deal of trouble. 377 00:36:40,824 --> 00:36:42,826 Please accept my apologies. 378 00:36:44,285 --> 00:36:46,329 Now then, 379 00:36:46,454 --> 00:36:49,082 do you wish to wait here? 380 00:36:49,207 --> 00:36:51,418 Or would you like to come inside and relax? 381 00:36:53,211 --> 00:36:56,756 The comfort of your residence might cause my resolve to waver. 382 00:36:58,508 --> 00:37:04,013 Myjourney into eternity mustn't grow distasteful. I shall remain here. 383 00:37:05,682 --> 00:37:08,226 You display remarkable discipline. 384 00:37:09,102 --> 00:37:11,438 I can but express my admiration. 385 00:37:13,982 --> 00:37:16,735 If I may, counsellor, 386 00:37:16,860 --> 00:37:21,489 it could be quite tedious for us both to sit here and wait in silence. 387 00:37:23,575 --> 00:37:25,452 To pass the time, 388 00:37:25,577 --> 00:37:28,872 perhaps you'll allow me to tell you a little about myself. 389 00:37:32,041 --> 00:37:34,794 About yourself? 390 00:37:34,919 --> 00:37:37,213 Yes. 391 00:37:37,338 --> 00:37:41,968 The hardscrabble tales of a half-starved Ronin don't amount to much, 392 00:37:42,093 --> 00:37:44,387 but what befalls others today 393 00:37:45,138 --> 00:37:47,599 may be your own fate tomorrow. 394 00:37:50,018 --> 00:37:52,270 Perhaps your retainers 395 00:37:52,395 --> 00:37:56,649 will find some small point or two worth remembering 396 00:37:56,775 --> 00:37:59,319 among my otherwise useless ramblings. 397 00:38:00,695 --> 00:38:03,990 "What befalls others today may be your own fate tomorrow"? 398 00:38:10,371 --> 00:38:12,248 Well, this could be amusing. 399 00:38:17,587 --> 00:38:20,673 I want everyone here to listen carefully. 400 00:38:20,799 --> 00:38:23,927 The words of one staring death in the face... 401 00:38:25,720 --> 00:38:28,681 Are unlikely to be useless ramblings. 402 00:38:30,517 --> 00:38:34,062 I'm sure we'll all learn something. 403 00:38:35,897 --> 00:38:37,482 Counsellor. 404 00:38:43,196 --> 00:38:46,324 That tale you related earlier... 405 00:38:48,076 --> 00:38:51,621 May I be assured it was true in every detail? 406 00:38:56,459 --> 00:38:57,752 Indeed. 407 00:38:59,462 --> 00:39:03,633 The Ronin from Hiroshima named chijiiwa motome 408 00:39:03,758 --> 00:39:07,303 was a man of some acquaintance to me. 409 00:39:26,656 --> 00:39:28,908 Chijiiwa motome... 410 00:39:31,411 --> 00:39:35,456 Was a man of some acquaintance to me. 411 00:40:13,453 --> 00:40:16,664 Motome was a laa' of 15, 412 00:40:18,374 --> 00:40:22,462 and my daughter miho was an angelic child of 11. 413 00:40:23,171 --> 00:40:25,256 That was 11 years ago. 414 00:40:27,175 --> 00:40:30,261 But when lc/ose my eyes, 415 00:40:30,386 --> 00:40:36,434 their images come back to me vividly, as if it were only yesterday. 416 00:40:56,245 --> 00:40:58,998 - My turn again. - Never mind. 417 00:40:59,123 --> 00:41:02,460 All we do is count stones all day to repair the castle walls. 418 00:41:02,585 --> 00:41:04,879 We won't need bows and arrows for a long while. 419 00:41:05,004 --> 00:41:08,091 "The world is at peace. The four seas are calm." 420 00:41:11,177 --> 00:41:15,014 Incidentally, this coming 22nd 421 00:41:15,139 --> 00:41:17,433 is the seventh anniversary of nui's passing. 422 00:41:18,476 --> 00:41:21,479 I knew it was soon, but is it seven years already? 423 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:27,110 Yes, and I'm planning a modest ceremony at my residence. 424 00:41:27,235 --> 00:41:30,113 - But don't bring any offerings. - Very well. 425 00:41:31,114 --> 00:41:33,449 I can hardly believe it. 426 00:41:33,574 --> 00:41:35,576 Seven years already. 427 00:41:37,578 --> 00:41:40,164 What never ceases to amaze me 428 00:41:41,249 --> 00:41:43,292 is how a rough warrior like you 429 00:41:43,418 --> 00:41:47,255 has managed to raise miho all these years without taking a second wife. 430 00:41:47,380 --> 00:41:51,217 Jinnai... look who's talking! 431 00:41:52,093 --> 00:41:56,764 When your yuki died, I wondered how you would ever manage. 432 00:41:56,889 --> 00:41:58,474 But look at you. 433 00:41:58,599 --> 00:42:02,812 You're a perfect example of the kite begetting a hawk. 434 00:42:02,937 --> 00:42:04,480 Kite begetting a hawk? 435 00:42:04,605 --> 00:42:06,607 You were the widower kite, 436 00:42:06,733 --> 00:42:11,446 doting on your child in every aspect of his upbringing. 437 00:42:11,571 --> 00:42:13,031 And lo and behold, 438 00:42:13,156 --> 00:42:18,077 the child grew not into a kite but a magnificent young hawk. 439 00:42:18,202 --> 00:42:19,704 Nonsense! 440 00:42:20,580 --> 00:42:25,043 He certainly keeps growing, but he's got a long way to go 441 00:42:25,168 --> 00:42:28,421 before you can compare him to a hawk soaring overhead. 442 00:42:30,048 --> 00:42:35,803 I never figured either of us would be good for anything but battlefield laurels, 443 00:42:35,928 --> 00:42:38,890 but we haven't done too badly at raising our children. 444 00:42:46,230 --> 00:42:50,485 Had life gone on like that, all would have been well. 445 00:42:53,112 --> 00:42:55,114 But it was not to be. 446 00:42:58,284 --> 00:43:00,870 When all is said and done, 447 00:43:01,746 --> 00:43:05,666 our lives are like houses built on foundations of sand. 448 00:43:05,792 --> 00:43:08,669 One strong wind and all is gone. 449 00:43:11,339 --> 00:43:16,010 How my master's house with its 498,000-koku domain 450 00:43:16,135 --> 00:43:18,221 was brought to ruin... 451 00:43:19,514 --> 00:43:23,768 I'm sure you already know even better than I do myself. 452 00:43:26,562 --> 00:43:29,690 Due to an unreasonable judgement by the tokugawa shogunate 453 00:43:29,816 --> 00:43:34,070 regarding the repairs being performed on Hiroshima castle, 454 00:43:35,321 --> 00:43:37,949 in June 1619, 455 00:43:38,074 --> 00:43:42,161 my master, fukushima masanori, was ordered into exile at kawanakajima, 456 00:43:42,286 --> 00:43:46,332 leaving his 12,000 retainers without any means of livelihood... 457 00:43:47,708 --> 00:43:50,670 Through no fault of their own. 458 00:44:22,368 --> 00:44:23,953 Jinnai! 459 00:44:29,584 --> 00:44:31,586 To tsugumo hanshiro 460 00:44:35,756 --> 00:44:40,761 "in view of our long-standing friendship, /ask your indulgence in the fol/o wing. 461 00:44:41,762 --> 00:44:43,973 "The castle repairs commissioner; 462 00:44:44,098 --> 00:44:46,767 "the honourable fukushima masaka tsu, 463 00:44:46,893 --> 00:44:49,604 "will he electing death at any moment. 464 00:44:51,314 --> 00:44:55,776 "Therefore, / will precede him on his journey. 465 00:44:55,902 --> 00:44:58,988 "M y company alone will suffice, 466 00:45:00,156 --> 00:45:02,533 "I beg you not to fol/o w. 467 00:45:04,869 --> 00:45:07,330 "Regarding my only chi/oi motome, 468 00:45:08,206 --> 00:45:11,751 "he has grown tall, but he is still only 15. 469 00:45:13,085 --> 00:45:16,672 "Please look after him as he finds his way in life." 470 00:45:29,352 --> 00:45:31,229 Why was he so hasty? 471 00:45:32,146 --> 00:45:34,982 Committing harakiri even before I have done so. 472 00:45:35,107 --> 00:45:37,860 Hanshiro, I forbid you to follow. 473 00:45:38,903 --> 00:45:41,739 If the house could still be saved, I would allow it. 474 00:45:42,823 --> 00:45:45,993 But with the house abolished, it would be pointless. 475 00:45:47,536 --> 00:45:49,997 - Jinnai's company will suffice. - But, sire... 476 00:45:50,122 --> 00:45:52,124 Don't be foolish, hanshiro. 477 00:45:53,084 --> 00:45:58,422 Jinnai died because he knew you would if he didn't. 478 00:45:58,547 --> 00:46:01,342 He died to accompany me on your behalf as well. 479 00:46:02,343 --> 00:46:06,430 Which means, hanshiro, that you must now live on. 480 00:46:07,640 --> 00:46:09,767 Both for you and forjinnai. 481 00:46:14,647 --> 00:46:19,610 Also for his son, motome. Who will look after him if not you? 482 00:46:24,740 --> 00:46:28,536 I go now to meet jinnai. 483 00:46:29,662 --> 00:46:34,292 Hanshiro, is there anything you'd like me to tell jinnai? 484 00:46:38,129 --> 00:46:40,756 Do you have nothing for me to say to him? 485 00:46:40,881 --> 00:46:42,300 Tell jinnai... 486 00:46:43,342 --> 00:46:44,760 Tell jinnai this. 487 00:46:49,432 --> 00:46:52,184 Have no fears about motome. 488 00:46:52,310 --> 00:46:54,854 I will watch over his path to manhood. 489 00:46:55,938 --> 00:47:01,485 I will not fail him. I swear this on my life. 490 00:47:03,112 --> 00:47:06,449 Go on, master tsugumo. 491 00:47:20,087 --> 00:47:21,839 What did you find out? 492 00:47:22,631 --> 00:47:25,801 It seems his illness is indeed most serious. 493 00:47:25,926 --> 00:47:28,095 What is the nature of his ailment? 494 00:47:28,220 --> 00:47:29,680 According to his family, 495 00:47:29,805 --> 00:47:33,851 a high fever and excruciating pains in all hisjoints. 496 00:47:34,977 --> 00:47:36,187 Go on. 497 00:47:36,312 --> 00:47:39,690 I asked if I might visit him at his bedside, 498 00:47:39,815 --> 00:47:42,818 but he sent word back that his pain was so great 499 00:47:42,943 --> 00:47:45,821 that he did not wish to be seen in his present state. 500 00:47:46,655 --> 00:47:50,368 All I could do was convey the message you sent and return. 501 00:47:50,493 --> 00:47:52,745 It seems there's nothing we can do. 502 00:47:53,662 --> 00:47:58,209 Perhaps he was overcome by the relentless heat of recent days. 503 00:48:01,796 --> 00:48:06,008 Master tsugumo, you heard what he said. 504 00:48:07,009 --> 00:48:10,930 I must ask you to select someone else as your second. 505 00:48:14,475 --> 00:48:17,895 I am sorely disappointed, but it appears I have no choice. 506 00:48:20,189 --> 00:48:21,607 In that case... 507 00:48:24,068 --> 00:48:27,738 I would ask for master yazaki hayato. 508 00:48:29,740 --> 00:48:31,492 Hayato? 509 00:48:35,538 --> 00:48:39,333 Inaba, am I to believe he too has been absent these four or five days? 510 00:48:39,458 --> 00:48:40,793 Correct, sire. 511 00:48:40,918 --> 00:48:44,672 He requested leave because he wasn't feeling well. 512 00:48:46,590 --> 00:48:48,008 Master tsugumo, 513 00:48:49,718 --> 00:48:53,556 I'm afraid yazaki hayato is also absent due to illness. 514 00:48:56,058 --> 00:48:58,727 Master yazaki is also ill? 515 00:48:59,812 --> 00:49:01,814 I'm sorry to hear that. 516 00:49:06,318 --> 00:49:08,404 Again, it seems I have no choice. 517 00:49:09,363 --> 00:49:13,451 Then I request master kawabe umenosuke. 518 00:49:17,955 --> 00:49:19,373 Counsellor, 519 00:49:20,458 --> 00:49:23,627 surely it's not possible 520 00:49:24,628 --> 00:49:27,465 that master kawabe is also under the weather? 521 00:49:41,437 --> 00:49:42,938 Well, well. 522 00:49:44,023 --> 00:49:46,817 It seems he is indeed indisposed. 523 00:49:48,652 --> 00:49:54,158 All three of them unavailable on this particular day, 524 00:49:55,534 --> 00:49:58,162 what a very odd coincidence. 525 00:50:01,373 --> 00:50:03,167 Most curious. 526 00:50:11,383 --> 00:50:13,427 - He's up to something. - Clearly so. 527 00:50:14,470 --> 00:50:17,848 Hikokuro was the one who first insisted 528 00:50:17,973 --> 00:50:22,353 that chijiiwa motome be forced to go through with harakiri. 529 00:50:23,354 --> 00:50:26,065 Yazaki was the one 530 00:50:26,190 --> 00:50:30,528 who discovered his blades were bamboo and insisted he use them, 531 00:50:30,653 --> 00:50:32,947 and kawabe was quick to agree. 532 00:50:33,072 --> 00:50:36,200 That's why I urged that he at least be spared the bamboo blade... 533 00:50:36,325 --> 00:50:39,161 - Of what good is that now? - Indeed, sire. 534 00:50:42,331 --> 00:50:45,000 But how shall we deal with him? 535 00:50:45,125 --> 00:50:48,254 I doubt he intends to meekly disembowel himself. 536 00:50:48,379 --> 00:50:51,340 He obviously has something up his sleeve. 537 00:50:54,218 --> 00:50:55,636 Whatever it is... 538 00:50:57,096 --> 00:50:59,765 He won't get away with it. 539 00:51:01,058 --> 00:51:04,395 We'll force his hand and make him commit harakiri. 540 00:51:05,771 --> 00:51:07,773 In fact, if he refuses, 541 00:51:09,066 --> 00:51:11,902 we'll fall upon him and cut him down. 542 00:51:17,700 --> 00:51:21,161 What happens within the walls of this compound... 543 00:51:22,746 --> 00:51:26,208 Is as secret as what happens behind the walls of our own castle. 544 00:51:30,254 --> 00:51:33,173 One signal from me and everyone will know what to do. 545 00:51:36,677 --> 00:51:40,431 But I'm bothered about hikokuro and the other two. 546 00:51:42,766 --> 00:51:45,311 I need to send someone to find out more. 547 00:51:46,562 --> 00:51:48,230 Under the circumstances, 548 00:51:48,355 --> 00:51:51,900 I'd like you personally to find out the real story. 549 00:52:05,456 --> 00:52:07,041 Master tsugumo... 550 00:52:11,170 --> 00:52:15,466 Summer days are long, but the hour advances. 551 00:52:20,137 --> 00:52:23,140 I must ask you to proceed without further delay. 552 00:52:23,265 --> 00:52:25,184 But, counsellor, 553 00:52:25,309 --> 00:52:28,062 the ritual cannot take place without a second. 554 00:52:28,187 --> 00:52:30,022 I understand your concern, 555 00:52:30,147 --> 00:52:33,150 but I've discussed the matter with my senior colleagues. 556 00:52:34,109 --> 00:52:38,614 With all three men of your choice ailing, we cannot accommodate your wishes. 557 00:52:38,739 --> 00:52:41,325 You will have to accept our selection. 558 00:52:42,660 --> 00:52:44,578 Shinmen ichiro! 559 00:52:45,454 --> 00:52:48,874 I command you to serve as second for master tsugumo. 560 00:52:50,042 --> 00:52:52,670 Perform your duty with care. 561 00:52:53,712 --> 00:52:55,381 I must protest! 562 00:52:57,174 --> 00:52:59,051 To act as my second, 563 00:52:59,176 --> 00:53:02,596 I have named three specially selected men. 564 00:53:03,806 --> 00:53:07,518 I must have one of these three. 565 00:53:09,144 --> 00:53:11,438 Are you perhaps deaf? 566 00:53:15,567 --> 00:53:19,154 All three you name are ill and are not present today. 567 00:53:20,364 --> 00:53:24,743 I explained this very clearly. Did you not hear? 568 00:53:28,122 --> 00:53:31,375 Then in that case, I have no choice. 569 00:53:32,710 --> 00:53:35,796 I must call off my harakiri for now. 570 00:53:37,089 --> 00:53:40,008 Enough, tsugumo hanshiro! 571 00:53:40,134 --> 00:53:43,178 Your scheme for extortion has gone too far. 572 00:53:44,722 --> 00:53:49,476 It's bad enough to march in here demanding a place to perform harakiri. 573 00:53:49,601 --> 00:53:53,063 But then you quibble endlessly over naming your second. 574 00:53:53,188 --> 00:53:56,358 You never intended to commit harakiri. 575 00:53:56,483 --> 00:53:58,402 All you really want is money... 576 00:53:58,527 --> 00:54:00,028 Counsellor! 577 00:54:00,904 --> 00:54:03,490 If I were the extortionist you say, 578 00:54:03,615 --> 00:54:06,827 would I be calmly sitting here on this platform? 579 00:54:06,952 --> 00:54:10,414 - Then why do you not quietly proceed? - I am fully prepared to die. 580 00:54:11,999 --> 00:54:14,710 But cutting my belly open does not in itself 581 00:54:14,835 --> 00:54:17,212 ensure a smooth passage to the netherworld. 582 00:54:17,963 --> 00:54:21,508 I need someone to expeditiously strike off my head, 583 00:54:21,633 --> 00:54:24,636 a swordsman of reliable skill. 584 00:54:26,263 --> 00:54:29,933 I do not commit harakiri to atone for a crime. 585 00:54:30,058 --> 00:54:32,770 The least I can expect is to choose my own second! 586 00:54:57,294 --> 00:54:59,421 Further debate on the matter... 587 00:55:02,466 --> 00:55:04,885 Is clearly a waste of time. 588 00:55:24,696 --> 00:55:27,533 You are a fraud, a disgrace to our class. 589 00:55:28,659 --> 00:55:31,161 You never intended to commit harakiri! 590 00:56:00,315 --> 00:56:02,150 Insolent dog! 591 00:56:07,906 --> 00:56:09,992 Wait! 592 00:56:10,117 --> 00:56:14,496 Hold back! Wait, I say! 593 00:56:40,522 --> 00:56:43,525 I beg of all those present 594 00:56:44,651 --> 00:56:47,946 a moment, a brief moment. 595 00:56:49,114 --> 00:56:52,618 You can't possibly have anything more to say. 596 00:56:52,743 --> 00:56:56,622 But I do. I do have more to say. 597 00:56:57,372 --> 00:57:00,876 I haven't finished my story. 598 00:57:01,001 --> 00:57:05,547 I have no ears for your endless ramblings. 599 00:57:05,672 --> 00:57:07,341 Counsellor! 600 00:57:09,676 --> 00:57:12,179 If you force me to, 601 00:57:12,304 --> 00:57:16,141 I will fight desperately to the death, no matter the odds against me. 602 00:57:17,976 --> 00:57:22,314 Some of your men will be wounded undeservedly. 603 00:57:23,231 --> 00:57:25,484 Some may even lose their lives! 604 00:57:27,736 --> 00:57:32,449 Would it not be better to simply hear me out? 605 00:57:36,119 --> 00:57:38,121 Once I have finished my story, 606 00:57:38,246 --> 00:57:40,832 I will disembowel myself without further ado. 607 00:57:40,958 --> 00:57:43,877 Or if you feel harakiri is too good for me, 608 00:57:44,002 --> 00:57:47,089 you may turn your men on me to do what they will. 609 00:57:49,383 --> 00:57:51,009 In any event, 610 00:57:51,927 --> 00:57:56,431 I would first like you to hear what I have to say. 611 00:58:04,606 --> 00:58:08,527 As to these conditions you stipulate, do I have your word? 612 00:58:10,070 --> 00:58:12,239 You have my word. 613 00:58:13,448 --> 00:58:16,451 And as a samurai, you will hold true to it? 614 00:58:31,800 --> 00:58:34,803 Very well, but make it short. 615 00:58:35,846 --> 00:58:39,808 I will not listen to your useless mutterings for long. 616 00:58:42,185 --> 00:58:44,021 Men, fall back. 617 00:59:00,620 --> 00:59:02,998 Now, where was I? 618 00:59:07,669 --> 00:59:09,296 Oh, yes... 619 00:59:10,338 --> 00:59:15,802 My master's house fell and chijiiwa jinnai died. 620 00:59:17,179 --> 00:59:19,389 But before doing so, 621 00:59:19,514 --> 00:59:24,186 he asked me to look after motome. 622 00:59:28,565 --> 00:59:31,318 When my master's house fell, 623 00:59:32,694 --> 00:59:35,906 we immediately left the domain and moved to edo. 624 00:59:37,908 --> 00:59:40,911 The streets of edo were crowded with Ronin, 625 00:59:41,036 --> 00:59:43,205 flotsam from the battle of sekigahara. 626 00:59:44,414 --> 00:59:48,710 In former times, other clans would have gladly taken in any Ronin 627 00:59:48,835 --> 00:59:51,546 who'd earned a name for himself. 628 00:59:52,881 --> 00:59:55,467 But in an era no longer in need of warriors or horses, 629 00:59:55,592 --> 01:00:00,180 so peaceful that no wind even rustled the leaves on the trees, 630 01:00:00,305 --> 01:00:04,267 it was a constant struggle simply to find a meal. 631 01:00:04,392 --> 01:00:07,979 Indeed, it shames me to recall 632 01:00:08,105 --> 01:00:11,399 our miserable lives over these last eight or nine years. 633 01:00:15,946 --> 01:00:19,658 But amidst all our hardships, 634 01:00:20,909 --> 01:00:25,122 my daughter miho was rapidly becoming a woman, 635 01:00:25,247 --> 01:00:29,126 and soon it was the spring of her 18th year. 636 01:00:56,444 --> 01:00:57,946 Father. 637 01:00:59,072 --> 01:01:04,244 I've set out your lunch in case I'm not back in time. 638 01:01:04,369 --> 01:01:09,207 The greatest delicacies taste of nothing when eaten alone. 639 01:01:09,958 --> 01:01:12,586 If you're not back, I'll wait. 640 01:01:12,711 --> 01:01:14,838 I'll collect the money for these 641 01:01:14,963 --> 01:01:17,841 and then stop by yoshizakicho for some dried fish. 642 01:01:19,593 --> 01:01:21,386 Good day! 643 01:01:21,511 --> 01:01:22,929 Welcome, sir. 644 01:01:23,054 --> 01:01:25,348 Busy as usual, eh? On your way out? 645 01:01:25,473 --> 01:01:27,684 Yes, to the wholesaler in kyobashi. 646 01:01:27,809 --> 01:01:31,521 The mikawaya, I suppose. Take care. 647 01:01:40,280 --> 01:01:42,490 Practice makes perfect. 648 01:01:42,616 --> 01:01:45,493 You've become very deft at that. 649 01:01:45,619 --> 01:01:47,120 Forgive me. 650 01:01:48,038 --> 01:01:51,875 I hate asking you for advances all the time, 651 01:01:52,000 --> 01:01:54,085 but my earnings refuse to catch up. 652 01:01:54,211 --> 01:01:57,214 You disarm me by beating me to it. 653 01:01:58,757 --> 01:02:02,510 I came intending to lodge a complaint or two, 654 01:02:02,636 --> 01:02:06,389 but now that you've made the first move... 655 01:02:08,058 --> 01:02:09,851 What can I say? 656 01:02:11,061 --> 01:02:12,562 By the way, 657 01:02:12,687 --> 01:02:17,067 what are your thoughts on that matter I raised the other day? 658 01:02:20,987 --> 01:02:24,532 Have you come to a decision? 659 01:02:25,700 --> 01:02:29,246 Yes, I have decided. 660 01:02:30,288 --> 01:02:32,415 Glad to hear it. 661 01:02:32,540 --> 01:02:36,378 That takes a load off my mind. 662 01:02:38,463 --> 01:02:42,008 I appreciate your proposal regarding miho, 663 01:02:43,593 --> 01:02:46,346 but I've decided to decline. 664 01:02:52,852 --> 01:02:56,898 In the end, her adoption by the joshuya family 665 01:02:57,023 --> 01:03:00,110 would be a mere pretext lasting perhaps six months. 666 01:03:00,235 --> 01:03:02,612 Once established as a member of their family, 667 01:03:02,737 --> 01:03:05,824 she'd be sent to lord sakakibara as his concubine. 668 01:03:07,784 --> 01:03:09,369 Master tsugumo, 669 01:03:09,494 --> 01:03:12,747 the sakakibara are a noble family with a domain of 110,000 koku. 670 01:03:12,872 --> 01:03:15,583 It may seem odd to seek benefit from your daughter's connections, 671 01:03:15,709 --> 01:03:19,212 but you need do nothing and doors will open to you. 672 01:03:19,337 --> 01:03:21,256 I understand that. 673 01:03:22,215 --> 01:03:26,845 But, master seibei, no matter how much I've fallen on hard times, 674 01:03:26,970 --> 01:03:30,307 I cannot profit from making my daughter a concubine. 675 01:03:30,432 --> 01:03:32,809 It's fine to uphold your pride. 676 01:03:32,934 --> 01:03:37,230 But as a parent, you must consider your daughter's feelings too. 677 01:03:37,355 --> 01:03:39,107 What? 678 01:03:39,232 --> 01:03:42,694 She's young and beautiful, 679 01:03:42,819 --> 01:03:45,947 yet she doesn't have a single fancy kimono to wear. 680 01:03:46,072 --> 01:03:51,995 She can only look forward to endless days of slaving at her father's side. 681 01:03:52,120 --> 01:03:57,208 Master tsugumo, you can't fight the world you live in 682 01:03:57,334 --> 01:03:59,794 nor go against the tide of the times. 683 01:04:00,962 --> 01:04:04,049 It's a good proposal for both miho and for you, 684 01:04:04,174 --> 01:04:06,760 no matter which way you look at it. 685 01:04:06,885 --> 01:04:09,304 In fact, to be honest, 686 01:04:09,429 --> 01:04:13,516 is it not precisely because miho was blessed with such beauty 687 01:04:13,641 --> 01:04:16,478 that an Avenue like this remains open to you? 688 01:04:19,564 --> 01:04:21,483 Confucius said: 689 01:04:24,194 --> 01:04:28,865 "He who knows not the will of heaven is not a superior man." 690 01:04:35,330 --> 01:04:38,958 "He who knows not proper decorum must not rise to his feet." 691 01:04:44,881 --> 01:04:49,844 "He who knows not the heart of words cannot know the heart of man." 692 01:04:56,101 --> 01:04:57,727 That will be all for today. 693 01:04:57,852 --> 01:05:01,106 Thank you, sir. Goodbye. 694 01:05:01,231 --> 01:05:03,900 Hey, katsuzo, let's go sparrow-hunting today! 695 01:05:17,747 --> 01:05:19,749 Hello, uncle hanshiro. 696 01:05:29,134 --> 01:05:30,802 It's good to see you. 697 01:05:38,893 --> 01:05:40,311 Some tea? 698 01:05:42,230 --> 01:05:45,191 - Much obliged. - Not at all. 699 01:05:45,316 --> 01:05:50,029 I know this house well enough at least to put water on to boil. 700 01:05:53,950 --> 01:05:55,952 As it happens, motome, 701 01:05:57,245 --> 01:06:00,039 I came today to discuss a matter of some weight. 702 01:06:01,624 --> 01:06:05,545 You sound so formal, uncle. What could it be? 703 01:06:08,465 --> 01:06:11,426 How quickly the days and months fly by. 704 01:06:12,302 --> 01:06:14,512 Miho is now 18. 705 01:06:15,472 --> 01:06:19,476 She looks more like her mother every day. 706 01:06:20,518 --> 01:06:25,690 In fact, it's hard to see... How she could possibly be of my blood. 707 01:06:27,108 --> 01:06:31,571 If she'd taken after me, she'd never have grown so beautiful. 708 01:06:31,696 --> 01:06:34,949 Uncle... what are you trying to say? 709 01:06:36,868 --> 01:06:39,662 Well... motome... 710 01:06:44,083 --> 01:06:48,046 I'd like you to take miho as your wife. 711 01:06:56,221 --> 01:06:58,806 I realise this is all very sudden, 712 01:07:00,391 --> 01:07:02,227 but what do you think? 713 01:07:03,186 --> 01:07:05,146 Motome? 714 01:07:05,271 --> 01:07:10,109 Uncle, you know as well as I the state of my livelihood at present. 715 01:07:11,486 --> 01:07:15,782 I offer classes in the Chinese classics to a handful of children 716 01:07:15,907 --> 01:07:18,993 and live from hand to mouth. 717 01:07:21,955 --> 01:07:25,375 How could I possibly take a wife? 718 01:07:25,500 --> 01:07:28,545 Do you dislike miho? 719 01:07:31,172 --> 01:07:33,800 All I'm asking is how you feel about her. 720 01:07:41,349 --> 01:07:46,271 It's not only because of the promise I made to your father 721 01:07:46,396 --> 01:07:49,065 that I hope you'll marry miho. 722 01:07:50,942 --> 01:07:53,695 Boorish and dull as I am, 723 01:07:53,820 --> 01:07:57,073 I'm not entirely insensitive to your feelings for each other. 724 01:07:59,450 --> 01:08:04,914 It was more difficult than I expected to persuade motome. 725 01:08:06,499 --> 01:08:12,130 I didn't realise he had such a stubborn and wilful streak. 726 01:08:13,840 --> 01:08:17,010 But I knew he loved miho, 727 01:08:17,135 --> 01:08:21,514 and I knew miho would have no objections to the match. 728 01:08:23,016 --> 01:08:29,480 The crane that lives a thousand years 729 01:08:29,606 --> 01:08:36,446 a symbol of m yriad Jo ys 730 01:08:36,571 --> 01:08:44,037 the tortoise that lives 10, 000 years 731 01:08:44,162 --> 01:08:51,127 bears on its back the three worlds of hea ven, earth and man 732 01:08:52,420 --> 01:08:57,258 the sands upon the beach 733 01:08:57,383 --> 01:09:01,512 numberless and smooth 734 01:09:01,638 --> 01:09:07,518 may they ever reflect the morning sun 735 01:09:08,561 --> 01:09:13,316 after two years, a child was born. 736 01:09:15,068 --> 01:09:18,404 It was a boy, and they named him kingo. 737 01:09:20,114 --> 01:09:24,994 Of course, I was the one who chose the name. 738 01:09:40,802 --> 01:09:42,345 Good day. 739 01:09:48,309 --> 01:09:50,770 What's this? Asleep again? 740 01:10:02,532 --> 01:10:05,702 Father, you're too generous. 741 01:10:07,245 --> 01:10:08,913 Nonsense. 742 01:10:09,038 --> 01:10:11,958 Even after I married you off, you still cook for me. 743 01:10:12,083 --> 01:10:15,670 And besides, I now have only myself to support. 744 01:10:15,795 --> 01:10:18,464 I save more money than I know what to do with, 745 01:10:18,589 --> 01:10:20,925 and I can't take it with me! 746 01:10:25,763 --> 01:10:27,640 Well, well. 747 01:10:27,765 --> 01:10:29,892 Did you wake up? 748 01:10:32,061 --> 01:10:34,147 Now, none of that, you little rascal. 749 01:10:34,272 --> 01:10:37,900 A warrior's son should not be flashing his dimples. 750 01:10:38,025 --> 01:10:39,861 What did I tell you now? 751 01:10:48,828 --> 01:10:52,165 Really? Even the matsudaira clan of dewa province? 752 01:10:52,290 --> 01:10:53,416 That's right. 753 01:10:53,541 --> 01:10:56,711 I can understand abolishing the domains of newer vassals, 754 01:10:56,836 --> 01:11:01,799 but to treat vassals who've supported the tokugawa for years so harshly? 755 01:11:01,924 --> 01:11:07,764 The shogunate's policy towards the daimyo is completely beyond me. 756 01:11:08,556 --> 01:11:11,476 We'll see an increase in the number of Ronin. 757 01:11:18,399 --> 01:11:20,193 Did you hear? 758 01:11:20,318 --> 01:11:24,238 One of them tried to commit harakiri at the sengoku clan's gate. 759 01:11:24,363 --> 01:11:28,534 A Ronin named oi shume, formerly of the kurume clan. 760 01:11:29,702 --> 01:11:32,747 I heard the sengoku were so impressed 761 01:11:32,872 --> 01:11:34,707 that they offered him employment. 762 01:11:34,832 --> 01:11:37,752 That much was fine. It's what happened next. 763 01:11:37,877 --> 01:11:40,046 Yes, I heard. 764 01:11:40,171 --> 01:11:42,965 Other Ronin who got wind of the story 765 01:11:43,090 --> 01:11:47,929 began presenting themselves at the gates of daimyo houses all over edo, 766 01:11:48,054 --> 01:11:50,890 insisting on committing harakiri and refusing to budge. 767 01:11:51,015 --> 01:11:54,477 In order to get rid of them, 768 01:11:54,602 --> 01:11:57,563 the houses offered them money to leave. 769 01:11:58,731 --> 01:12:01,442 It's a shameful turn of events. 770 01:12:01,567 --> 01:12:03,820 It certainly is. 771 01:12:03,945 --> 01:12:07,073 No matter how hard-pressed they may be, 772 01:12:07,198 --> 01:12:09,367 it's a despicable thing to do. 773 01:12:10,409 --> 01:12:15,289 In these difficult times, it's no help growing desperate. 774 01:12:17,500 --> 01:12:20,795 Becoming too impatient to seek employment 775 01:12:20,920 --> 01:12:23,965 is a danger we must all take care to avoid. 776 01:12:24,090 --> 01:12:27,802 You are absolutely right. 777 01:12:29,178 --> 01:12:31,848 If you stop worrying about finding employment, 778 01:12:31,973 --> 01:12:35,810 you can sit here like this without answering to a superior, 779 01:12:35,935 --> 01:12:38,187 at no one's Beck and call. 780 01:12:42,483 --> 01:12:44,902 What's the matter, little one? 781 01:12:45,027 --> 01:12:48,406 It's time for his milk. I'll nurse him. 782 01:12:48,531 --> 01:12:51,367 Don't give him your breast every time he cries, 783 01:12:51,492 --> 01:12:53,369 or he'll develop bad habits. 784 01:12:53,494 --> 01:12:55,788 Lookee here, kingo. Ready? 785 01:13:01,919 --> 01:13:03,754 All right? 786 01:13:03,880 --> 01:13:07,300 Upsy-Daisy. Here we go, kingo. 787 01:13:08,175 --> 01:13:12,847 In /(Anda 788 01:13:13,639 --> 01:13:18,603 at the myojin shrine 789 01:13:21,772 --> 01:13:26,068 there's a festival 790 01:13:26,193 --> 01:13:29,947 this very n/ght 791 01:13:31,824 --> 01:13:37,955 kingo was the centre of our existence, and the three of us lived happily 792 01:13:38,080 --> 01:13:40,666 with the constant sound of warm laughter 793 01:13:40,791 --> 01:13:43,878 raising peaceful ripples around us. 794 01:13:45,463 --> 01:13:49,216 It truly was a time of greater happiness 795 01:13:49,342 --> 01:13:52,720 than I'd ever known in the domain. 796 01:13:58,225 --> 01:14:05,149 However, good things never last for long. 797 01:14:05,775 --> 01:14:08,277 "We've been granted to live thus far... 798 01:14:10,821 --> 01:14:13,157 "But it won't last forever... 799 01:14:15,910 --> 01:14:18,454 "We 're destined to leave this world... 800 01:14:20,873 --> 01:14:23,834 "And there's nothing unto ward about it." 801 01:14:34,011 --> 01:14:37,682 One day, miho suddenly coughed up profuse quantities of blood. 802 01:14:39,183 --> 01:14:42,186 She had always been of weak constitution, 803 01:14:42,311 --> 01:14:45,481 and with the endless burden of our piecework labour... 804 01:14:47,483 --> 01:14:52,655 She'd driven her frail body too hard for too long. 805 01:15:26,522 --> 01:15:28,566 Motome panicked. 806 01:15:32,486 --> 01:15:34,196 The poor fellow. 807 01:15:35,322 --> 01:15:40,619 Date clan construction site, fifty labourers at 40 mon. 808 01:15:40,745 --> 01:15:44,582 Fifty labourers at 40 mon. 809 01:15:48,627 --> 01:15:51,130 Just a minute, samurai, sir! 810 01:15:51,255 --> 01:15:53,299 Are you trying to get me in trouble? 811 01:15:53,424 --> 01:15:55,885 There isn't enough work even for the townsmen. 812 01:15:56,010 --> 01:15:58,137 If the authorities spotted a two-sworded labourer, 813 01:15:58,262 --> 01:16:01,140 I'd be in for a real dressing-down. 814 01:16:02,183 --> 01:16:08,147 Hosokawa clan construction site, twenty labourers at 45 mon. 815 01:16:12,318 --> 01:16:15,321 Pawn shop 816 01:16:26,123 --> 01:16:28,584 Poor mo Tome, 817 01:16:29,627 --> 01:16:32,630 he tried everything but to no avail. 818 01:16:33,881 --> 01:16:36,634 Miho was gradual/ y wasting a way. 819 01:16:37,718 --> 01:16:43,724 And the worst was yet to come. It's seared forever in my memory. 820 01:16:44,850 --> 01:16:47,937 We 'd just barely made it through the end of the year; 821 01:16:48,062 --> 01:16:50,773 and the plum blossoms had begun to bloom 822 01:16:50,898 --> 01:16:53,776 shortly after the beginning of the new year. 823 01:17:16,298 --> 01:17:17,883 What's wrong? 824 01:17:30,396 --> 01:17:31,939 Is it miho? 825 01:17:35,359 --> 01:17:37,236 Is it miho? 826 01:17:38,529 --> 01:17:40,239 It's kingo. 827 01:17:40,364 --> 01:17:42,533 What? Kingo? 828 01:17:46,245 --> 01:17:47,746 A fever. 829 01:17:49,331 --> 01:17:51,458 Like he's on fire. 830 01:17:56,213 --> 01:17:58,591 Why, miho? 831 01:17:58,716 --> 01:18:01,927 Why did you just sit by until it came to this? 832 01:18:03,095 --> 01:18:07,099 I thought it was an ordinary cold. 833 01:18:07,224 --> 01:18:09,727 What did the doctor say? 834 01:18:12,897 --> 01:18:16,192 You did have a doctor see him, didn't you? 835 01:18:27,745 --> 01:18:31,874 You haven't had a doctor see him? 836 01:18:33,125 --> 01:18:36,128 Why haven't you had a doctor look at him? 837 01:18:54,813 --> 01:18:57,441 Kingo, fight it off. 838 01:19:01,445 --> 01:19:06,325 Your grandpa, like your mother and father, 839 01:19:06,450 --> 01:19:09,286 has already sold off everything of value. 840 01:19:10,412 --> 01:19:15,459 There's not a thing, not a thing we can do for you. 841 01:19:20,297 --> 01:19:21,840 There's nothing... 842 01:19:23,342 --> 01:19:25,803 Nothing we can do, kingo. 843 01:19:27,888 --> 01:19:30,391 But you're the son of a samurai. 844 01:19:30,516 --> 01:19:32,893 You can't let a little illness get the better of you. 845 01:19:39,858 --> 01:19:42,236 Don't let it beat you. 846 01:20:04,758 --> 01:20:07,761 Don't let it... don't let it... 847 01:20:14,184 --> 01:20:15,602 Father. 848 01:20:22,026 --> 01:20:25,529 I have an idea. 849 01:20:25,654 --> 01:20:27,156 What? 850 01:20:27,281 --> 01:20:30,326 I need to go out. 851 01:20:30,451 --> 01:20:32,494 Please look after kingo. 852 01:20:35,998 --> 01:20:37,791 What do you have in mind? 853 01:20:41,420 --> 01:20:45,257 A former retainer of the kato clan now lives in nihonbashi 854 01:20:45,382 --> 01:20:48,052 and makes his living as a moneylender. 855 01:20:48,177 --> 01:20:51,013 His rates are so high I didn't dare go to him before, 856 01:20:51,138 --> 01:20:55,184 but I can't worry about that anymore. 857 01:20:55,309 --> 01:21:00,314 You're right. If you know such a man, hurry and go! 858 01:21:00,439 --> 01:21:02,316 I'm on my way. 859 01:21:02,441 --> 01:21:05,652 I'll be back by evening at the latest. 860 01:21:08,405 --> 01:21:11,492 As you can see, miho is too weak, 861 01:21:11,617 --> 01:21:14,703 so please take care of kingo. 862 01:21:14,828 --> 01:21:17,122 Of course. I know what to do. 863 01:21:18,248 --> 01:21:20,250 But, motome, 864 01:21:20,376 --> 01:21:22,920 you can see he's barely hanging on. 865 01:21:23,045 --> 01:21:27,508 You must be quick, and you mustn't fail. 866 01:21:29,510 --> 01:21:31,804 I'll return by evening without fail. 867 01:21:33,222 --> 01:21:35,140 Until then. 868 01:21:40,813 --> 01:21:43,607 We're depending on you, motome! 869 01:22:21,812 --> 01:22:23,897 No, no, I'll do that. 870 01:22:39,538 --> 01:22:42,833 It won't be long now, kingo. 871 01:23:16,158 --> 01:23:18,160 What's taking him so long? 872 01:23:54,613 --> 01:23:56,448 He's getting worse. 873 01:23:59,409 --> 01:24:01,870 What could motome be doing? 874 01:24:31,233 --> 01:24:35,612 No, no. Your getting up won't do kingo's fever any good. 875 01:24:52,212 --> 01:24:55,674 Where can motome be? 876 01:24:56,925 --> 01:25:01,054 He swore he'd be back by evening. 877 01:25:01,179 --> 01:25:05,350 What could he be doing? 878 01:25:07,436 --> 01:25:09,438 I waited. 879 01:25:11,815 --> 01:25:15,485 Every moment felt like an eternity. 880 01:25:17,195 --> 01:25:19,197 But motome did not return. 881 01:25:19,323 --> 01:25:22,618 We never saw him again. 882 01:25:25,162 --> 01:25:29,875 "I'll be back by evening, so please look after kingo." 883 01:25:31,376 --> 01:25:35,088 Those were his final words as he went out the door, 884 01:25:35,213 --> 01:25:39,301 and that was the last I saw of chijiiwa motome. 885 01:25:49,645 --> 01:25:51,271 Butthen, 886 01:25:52,439 --> 01:25:57,194 around nine that night, he did return home. 887 01:25:58,820 --> 01:26:01,198 Only not on his own. 888 01:26:01,323 --> 01:26:06,370 He was borne home by a party of retainers from the house of iyi... 889 01:26:08,372 --> 01:26:10,374 Most courteously. 890 01:26:12,876 --> 01:26:17,673 This was the request with which chijiiwa motome came to us. 891 01:26:18,507 --> 01:26:22,719 But our forecourt is a busy place and would have been inconvenient, 892 01:26:22,844 --> 01:26:27,307 so we offered him our courtyard and saw to his needs with all due propriety, 893 01:26:27,432 --> 01:26:30,811 thus allowing him to fulfil his wish to commit harakiri. 894 01:26:33,271 --> 01:26:36,942 We understand there have been incidents all across edo lately 895 01:26:37,067 --> 01:26:40,028 in which Ronin present themselves at the gates of daimyo houses 896 01:26:40,153 --> 01:26:44,533 and threaten to commit harakiri unless given money. 897 01:26:45,784 --> 01:26:50,789 This disgraceful practice has put many houses at a loss as to what to do. 898 01:26:51,832 --> 01:26:56,920 But now we have chijiiwa motome, a samurai of true valour, 899 01:26:57,671 --> 01:27:00,424 who carried out his resolve to die honourably. 900 01:27:00,549 --> 01:27:04,928 And we the members of the iyi clan 901 01:27:05,053 --> 01:27:08,265 responded appropriately to facilitate his wishes. 902 01:27:08,932 --> 01:27:13,311 In contrast to many disgraceful Ronin 903 01:27:13,437 --> 01:27:17,357 and the spineless timidity of other daimyo households, 904 01:27:17,482 --> 01:27:21,194 both parties in this instance acted in an exemplary manner 905 01:27:21,319 --> 01:27:23,572 that will open eyes and clear the air. 906 01:27:24,406 --> 01:27:28,702 It is truly an occasion for mutual congratulations. 907 01:27:30,036 --> 01:27:31,705 - We bid you... - Wait. 908 01:27:33,790 --> 01:27:36,501 To avoid any misunderstanding, show the blades. 909 01:27:36,626 --> 01:27:38,670 That's right. 910 01:27:38,795 --> 01:27:42,799 For the record, we wish you to examine the swords chijiiwa was carrying. 911 01:27:47,679 --> 01:27:51,475 You will note that both blades are of bamboo. 912 01:27:52,642 --> 01:27:54,060 Bamboo? 913 01:28:11,578 --> 01:28:14,206 As you can see, both are made of bamboo. 914 01:28:14,331 --> 01:28:18,502 No one must accuse us later of having switched blades. 915 01:28:19,711 --> 01:28:21,713 So take a good look. 916 01:28:26,259 --> 01:28:28,011 Is it clear? 917 01:28:32,808 --> 01:28:34,518 In that case, 918 01:28:34,643 --> 01:28:40,190 motome must have borrowed a blade from your household? 919 01:28:40,857 --> 01:28:43,026 No, he did not. 920 01:28:43,902 --> 01:28:47,322 He died magnificently using his own blade. 921 01:28:51,076 --> 01:28:56,414 Motome... killed himself with that bamboo blade? 922 01:28:58,041 --> 01:28:59,793 Exactly. 923 01:29:00,752 --> 01:29:04,172 The entire household witnessed the spectacle 924 01:29:04,297 --> 01:29:07,259 of harakiri performed with a bamboo blade. 925 01:29:07,384 --> 01:29:09,928 As you may imagine, an unsightly affair. 926 01:29:10,053 --> 01:29:12,472 It would have been more fitting for a samurai 927 01:29:12,597 --> 01:29:16,560 to end his life with a true blade, which is a warrior's soul. 928 01:29:18,895 --> 01:29:22,232 - So long. - We bid you good night. 929 01:31:12,008 --> 01:31:14,010 Miho wept. 930 01:31:16,805 --> 01:31:18,723 She wept... 931 01:31:20,767 --> 01:31:21,893 And wept. 932 01:32:58,364 --> 01:32:59,908 Motome! 933 01:33:02,410 --> 01:33:04,037 Forgive me! 934 01:33:08,083 --> 01:33:09,667 I had... 935 01:33:10,543 --> 01:33:12,921 I had no idea. 936 01:33:22,388 --> 01:33:24,974 You had even sold your blades. 937 01:33:26,351 --> 01:33:29,771 For miho's sake, you even sold your blades. 938 01:33:48,873 --> 01:33:50,500 But I... 939 01:33:51,584 --> 01:33:53,294 But I... 940 01:33:55,004 --> 01:33:57,507 I would never let this go. 941 01:33:59,008 --> 01:34:01,010 It never entered my mind. 942 01:34:02,679 --> 01:34:04,806 The stupid thing was too dear to me... 943 01:34:06,224 --> 01:34:08,434 And I clung to it. 944 01:34:09,894 --> 01:34:11,604 To this stupid... 945 01:34:29,122 --> 01:34:33,668 With his fever still raging and in a coma, 946 01:34:35,044 --> 01:34:38,840 kingo died two days later. 947 01:34:40,383 --> 01:34:42,343 Three days after that, 948 01:34:43,595 --> 01:34:46,472 as if chasing after him, 949 01:34:46,598 --> 01:34:49,142 miho died as well. 950 01:34:53,104 --> 01:34:59,277 Thus did tsugumo hanshiro find himself utterly alone in the world, 951 01:34:59,402 --> 01:35:03,448 having lost every last person he had ever cared about. 952 01:35:04,574 --> 01:35:06,201 Master tsugumo, 953 01:35:09,120 --> 01:35:11,748 does that conclude your story? 954 01:35:13,917 --> 01:35:16,794 I suppose it does. 955 01:35:22,050 --> 01:35:24,344 There's one more thing. 956 01:35:28,514 --> 01:35:32,060 May all those here listen carefully to what I'm about to say. 957 01:35:35,021 --> 01:35:38,942 No matter how grinding his poverty and hunger, 958 01:35:39,067 --> 01:35:42,946 for a samurai to present himself in someone else's entryway 959 01:35:43,071 --> 01:35:46,741 and declare that he wishes to commit harakiri there 960 01:35:46,866 --> 01:35:52,080 is an unspeakable act that can in no way be excused. 961 01:35:54,082 --> 01:35:55,833 Having said that... 962 01:35:58,294 --> 01:36:03,424 The manner in which the house of iyi handled the matter... 963 01:36:05,468 --> 01:36:09,847 Surely left a great deal to be desired. 964 01:36:12,475 --> 01:36:15,478 If a samurai risks shame and ridicule 965 01:36:15,603 --> 01:36:21,234 to beg for a day or two's grace, he must surely have good reason. 966 01:36:22,110 --> 01:36:27,865 A simple inquiry as to the reason for the request 967 01:36:27,991 --> 01:36:30,243 would have told so much. 968 01:36:31,494 --> 01:36:33,997 Yet with this many witnesses present... 969 01:36:35,373 --> 01:36:38,543 Not a single one among you had the consideration to ask. 970 01:36:42,338 --> 01:36:45,758 His wife lay on the very verge of death, 971 01:36:45,883 --> 01:36:50,013 while his beloved son burned with fever, in dire need of a doctor. 972 01:36:51,514 --> 01:36:55,476 Motome no doubt wished to explain the situation to me, 973 01:36:55,601 --> 01:36:58,313 make whatever last effort he could for his son, 974 01:36:58,438 --> 01:37:01,274 before turning all further care over to me, 975 01:37:01,399 --> 01:37:03,651 and then return here to the house of iyi. 976 01:37:03,776 --> 01:37:05,361 Tsugumo hanshiro! 977 01:37:06,904 --> 01:37:09,490 Enough of your self-serving excuses! 978 01:37:10,616 --> 01:37:12,577 What? 979 01:37:13,328 --> 01:37:15,246 As to chijiiwa motome, 980 01:37:16,748 --> 01:37:20,293 the circumstances that drove him here were no doubt complex. 981 01:37:21,711 --> 01:37:25,006 But it was he who declared his wish to commit harakiri. 982 01:37:26,049 --> 01:37:30,261 What followed upon that request may not have been what he intended, 983 01:37:30,386 --> 01:37:32,722 but he reaped what he himself sowed. 984 01:37:33,890 --> 01:37:38,478 He was in no position to complain, or to blame or condemn anyone. 985 01:37:39,854 --> 01:37:41,481 At that point, 986 01:37:41,606 --> 01:37:45,735 all he had to do was cast all else aside and die a magnificent death. 987 01:37:46,861 --> 01:37:50,073 To face death without wavering, 988 01:37:50,198 --> 01:37:53,034 that is the true way of the samurai. 989 01:37:53,159 --> 01:37:55,411 But what did this man do? 990 01:37:55,536 --> 01:37:58,456 He cravenly asked for a day or two's grace. 991 01:37:59,582 --> 01:38:02,794 One might well accuse him of having gone mad! 992 01:38:02,919 --> 01:38:04,837 True enough. 993 01:38:05,880 --> 01:38:08,299 Motome had indeed gone mad. 994 01:38:09,509 --> 01:38:12,178 But I say good for him! 995 01:38:12,303 --> 01:38:14,389 I praise him for it. 996 01:38:16,182 --> 01:38:18,226 He may have been a samurai, 997 01:38:18,351 --> 01:38:20,645 but he was also a man of flesh and blood. 998 01:38:20,770 --> 01:38:23,606 He could not live on air alone. 999 01:38:25,817 --> 01:38:28,277 When a man has reached the point of no return, 1000 01:38:28,403 --> 01:38:31,739 even one as strong as motome will go mad trying to protect his family, 1001 01:38:31,864 --> 01:38:33,658 and I would praise him for it! 1002 01:38:35,243 --> 01:38:37,412 They'll call him the "bamboo Ronin". 1003 01:38:38,496 --> 01:38:43,876 Not only samurai, but townspeople, too, will scoff at his wavering. 1004 01:38:44,961 --> 01:38:48,172 But let them laugh all they want. 1005 01:38:48,297 --> 01:38:52,677 Who can fathom the depths of another man's heart? 1006 01:38:54,762 --> 01:38:58,307 Thanks to the shogunate's ruthless policy of wiping out the provincial lords, 1007 01:38:58,433 --> 01:39:00,643 countless samurai lost their masters 1008 01:39:00,768 --> 01:39:05,189 and were cast out to wander the depths of hell. 1009 01:39:05,314 --> 01:39:09,318 How can those who never want for food or clothing understand their misery? 1010 01:39:10,695 --> 01:39:14,740 To those who find motome loathsome for his pleading, I ask you, 1011 01:39:14,866 --> 01:39:17,702 what if you found yourself in the same position? 1012 01:39:17,827 --> 01:39:20,496 Would you do any differently? 1013 01:39:23,749 --> 01:39:27,378 After all, this thing we call samurai honour 1014 01:39:28,421 --> 01:39:31,299 is ultimately nothing but a facade. 1015 01:39:31,424 --> 01:39:33,468 Is that your grievance? 1016 01:39:34,427 --> 01:39:37,847 - Grievance? - Is that what you're trying to tell us? 1017 01:39:38,848 --> 01:39:42,351 That samurai honour is nothing but a facade? 1018 01:39:42,477 --> 01:39:44,187 Exactly. 1019 01:39:47,106 --> 01:39:50,026 "Even if I say I want to commit harakiri, 1020 01:39:50,151 --> 01:39:52,653 "they surely won't make me do it." 1021 01:39:52,778 --> 01:39:56,032 Such wishful thinking is where these Ronin go wrong. 1022 01:39:57,200 --> 01:40:00,161 If a man says he wants to commit harakiri, we will let him. 1023 01:40:00,286 --> 01:40:03,706 In fact, since he has proposed it himself, we'll make sure he does. 1024 01:40:03,831 --> 01:40:06,792 That is the policy of the house of iyi. 1025 01:40:06,918 --> 01:40:09,921 For us, samurai honour is no mere facade! 1026 01:40:27,939 --> 01:40:31,526 And so tsugumo hanshiro too 1027 01:40:31,651 --> 01:40:35,947 has come here with no intention of committing harakiri, 1028 01:40:36,072 --> 01:40:39,325 but rather out of deep bitterness 1029 01:40:39,450 --> 01:40:44,330 over the manner in which the iyi clan treated his son-in-law chijiiwa motome, 1030 01:40:44,455 --> 01:40:47,625 and the desire to vent his many grudges. 1031 01:40:48,417 --> 01:40:50,711 Is that what you think? 1032 01:40:50,836 --> 01:40:53,381 That's not for me to say. 1033 01:40:54,674 --> 01:40:57,009 You can only look into your own heart. 1034 01:40:57,927 --> 01:41:00,471 But all the same, 1035 01:41:00,596 --> 01:41:03,474 you have no intention of letting me leave here alive? 1036 01:41:03,599 --> 01:41:06,352 That is my decision to make. 1037 01:41:06,477 --> 01:41:09,564 I need make no excuses to you. 1038 01:41:10,731 --> 01:41:12,817 Counsellor, 1039 01:41:12,942 --> 01:41:17,363 there is a proverb, "the suspicious mind conjures its own demons." 1040 01:41:17,488 --> 01:41:19,490 Do you know it? 1041 01:41:21,367 --> 01:41:25,705 When I say I will disembowel myself, I truly mean it. 1042 01:41:31,335 --> 01:41:34,839 Yet, even after all I have said, you still refuse to... 1043 01:41:36,966 --> 01:41:41,095 Suppose I were to go on living, 1044 01:41:41,220 --> 01:41:44,432 what could I possibly have to look forward to? 1045 01:41:47,018 --> 01:41:52,607 The fact is, I can hardly wait to join motome and miho and kingo 1046 01:41:53,941 --> 01:41:57,987 in that world to which they have preceded me. 1047 01:41:59,697 --> 01:42:03,993 But I would never be able to look them in the face 1048 01:42:04,118 --> 01:42:06,537 were I to go empty-handed. 1049 01:42:07,622 --> 01:42:09,957 I think you can understand that. 1050 01:42:14,920 --> 01:42:17,715 I thought perhaps once I had explained, 1051 01:42:17,840 --> 01:42:23,346 even members of the iyi clan would surely say, "so that's how it was? 1052 01:42:23,471 --> 01:42:29,268 "Perhaps we were overzealous that day in pressing towards that end. 1053 01:42:30,311 --> 01:42:34,940 "Anyone can see that our handling of the situation was less than ideal. 1054 01:42:35,066 --> 01:42:39,695 "In some ways, perhaps we carried things too far. 1055 01:42:41,030 --> 01:42:45,701 "No doubt both parties could have conducted themselves to better effect." 1056 01:42:47,036 --> 01:42:51,248 If I could take with me even a single word in this vein, 1057 01:42:51,374 --> 01:42:53,793 it would be a comfort to motome. 1058 01:42:57,088 --> 01:43:03,094 Was this not the most fitting gift I could hope to offer him? 1059 01:43:03,219 --> 01:43:05,680 Such were my thoughts! 1060 01:43:05,805 --> 01:43:09,183 But I see now it was nothing but wishful thinking. 1061 01:43:09,308 --> 01:43:12,395 If you can see that, then it makes the rest easy. 1062 01:43:12,520 --> 01:43:15,564 This world does not bend to sentimental tales. 1063 01:43:18,192 --> 01:43:20,736 If you really think that samurai honour 1064 01:43:20,861 --> 01:43:24,740 is ultimately nothing more than a facade, 1065 01:43:26,075 --> 01:43:29,036 then you never had a chance of swaying us. 1066 01:43:32,498 --> 01:43:34,750 So in the end, 1067 01:43:34,875 --> 01:43:38,838 these have been nothing but the useless grumblings of an old man. 1068 01:43:40,631 --> 01:43:45,094 But it does no good to lament that now. 1069 01:43:50,516 --> 01:43:54,895 Well, then, forgive me for my long-winded recitation. 1070 01:43:55,855 --> 01:43:58,691 I will now proceed with the ritual. 1071 01:44:02,820 --> 01:44:04,864 Tarry a moment. 1072 01:44:07,032 --> 01:44:08,617 Before that, 1073 01:44:09,618 --> 01:44:13,873 I must return some items that belong to this house. 1074 01:44:34,852 --> 01:44:39,398 For identification, I have placed name tags on each. 1075 01:44:40,232 --> 01:44:42,610 Please examine them carefully. 1076 01:44:49,867 --> 01:44:52,745 Master yazaki hayato 1077 01:44:52,870 --> 01:44:55,998 and master kawabe umenosuke... 1078 01:44:56,957 --> 01:45:01,253 I understand they're both among the best swordsmen of the iyi clan, 1079 01:45:01,378 --> 01:45:04,423 held in high esteem for their courage and honour. 1080 01:45:05,466 --> 01:45:07,384 But, counsellor, 1081 01:45:08,511 --> 01:45:11,764 gentlemen, let me set your minds at ease. 1082 01:45:12,723 --> 01:45:16,769 I took only their topknots. 1083 01:45:16,894 --> 01:45:19,647 Not their lives. 1084 01:45:26,195 --> 01:45:28,823 In the case of yazaki hayato, 1085 01:45:30,449 --> 01:45:32,076 it was six days ago. 1086 01:47:28,192 --> 01:47:30,152 Hold it! 1087 01:47:39,662 --> 01:47:42,748 In the case of kawabe umenosuke, 1088 01:47:42,873 --> 01:47:46,126 it was five days ago, on may 8th. 1089 01:48:54,820 --> 01:48:56,613 However, 1090 01:48:56,739 --> 01:49:01,410 when it came to that master swordsman of the shindo-munen-ichi school, 1091 01:49:01,535 --> 01:49:06,790 master omodaka hikokuro, I had a little more difficulty. 1092 01:49:07,958 --> 01:49:12,504 Perhaps aware of what had befallen yazaki and kawabe, 1093 01:49:12,629 --> 01:49:15,549 I could not catch him off guard. 1094 01:49:15,674 --> 01:49:20,220 In fact, to be honest, I found myself at quite a loss 1095 01:49:20,345 --> 01:49:25,059 as to how to deal with master omodaka. 1096 01:49:29,063 --> 01:49:30,856 May I enter? 1097 01:50:21,990 --> 01:50:25,035 If you reach for your sword, 1098 01:50:26,537 --> 01:50:29,832 I'll slice you in one motion from shoulder to waist. 1099 01:50:39,675 --> 01:50:41,135 However... 1100 01:50:42,678 --> 01:50:46,056 I fear the lintel will catch the tip of my blade. 1101 01:50:50,102 --> 01:50:52,563 If you lunge to the side, 1102 01:50:54,064 --> 01:50:56,900 then this pillar will get in the way. 1103 01:51:00,070 --> 01:51:04,116 It took a few days to locate your home. My apologies for the delay. 1104 01:51:06,034 --> 01:51:08,162 I ask you to make ready. 1105 01:51:11,540 --> 01:51:14,251 This is obviously no place for a sword duel. 1106 01:51:14,376 --> 01:51:18,005 It's a bit far, but I must ask you to accompany me to gojiin-gawara. 1107 01:51:21,633 --> 01:51:23,927 As miserable a hovel as this is, 1108 01:51:24,052 --> 01:51:27,556 your landlord will be inconvenienced if you do not return. 1109 01:51:30,142 --> 01:51:34,438 And without someone to retrieve your remains, your soul will wander aimlessly. 1110 01:51:37,149 --> 01:51:39,568 I suggest you leave a note. 1111 01:51:45,824 --> 01:51:49,786 It should indicate you're going to gojiin-gawara 1112 01:51:49,912 --> 01:51:53,248 for a duel with omodaka hikokuro of the iyi clan. 1113 01:56:29,566 --> 01:56:32,777 Taking advantage of the wind was brilliant, 1114 01:56:32,903 --> 01:56:35,614 but a blade can do more than cut. 1115 01:56:35,739 --> 01:56:39,659 It can also stab, or even snap another blade in two. 1116 01:56:39,784 --> 01:56:42,245 Swordsmanship untested in battle 1117 01:56:42,370 --> 01:56:44,915 is like the art of swimming on tatami mats. 1118 01:57:06,978 --> 01:57:09,314 On the other hand, 1119 01:57:09,439 --> 01:57:11,900 I had not seen battle either 1120 01:57:12,025 --> 01:57:16,738 since the siege of Osaka castle 16 years ago. 1121 01:57:17,697 --> 01:57:20,075 Taking his head would have been difficult enough, 1122 01:57:20,200 --> 01:57:24,746 but taking only his topknot proved more difficult still. 1123 01:57:29,584 --> 01:57:32,254 Whatever the differences in our skill, 1124 01:57:32,379 --> 01:57:35,590 for a samurai to have his topknot taken 1125 01:57:35,715 --> 01:57:38,635 is the same as having his head stricken off. 1126 01:57:38,760 --> 01:57:40,762 It is an ineptitude, a disgrace, 1127 01:57:40,887 --> 01:57:44,766 that can scarcely be atoned for even by death. 1128 01:57:44,891 --> 01:57:49,187 Yet these men claim illness and shirk their duties 1129 01:57:49,312 --> 01:57:53,358 while waiting for their topknots to grow back. Counsellor! 1130 01:57:57,445 --> 01:58:01,074 This house boasts of its red armour and its martial valour, 1131 01:58:01,199 --> 01:58:03,743 but it seems that even in the great house of iyi, 1132 01:58:03,868 --> 01:58:07,122 samurai honour is nothing more than a facade. 1133 01:58:22,012 --> 01:58:23,555 Madman! 1134 01:58:24,180 --> 01:58:26,266 Cut him down! 1135 02:05:20,096 --> 02:05:21,347 Fall back! 1136 02:06:32,543 --> 02:06:35,630 Tsugumo hanshiro has been killed, sire. 1137 02:06:38,925 --> 02:06:40,843 And our casualties? 1138 02:06:42,136 --> 02:06:44,680 What were the casualties among our men? 1139 02:06:45,890 --> 02:06:48,935 Sugita masakatsu, uemura sobei. 1140 02:06:49,060 --> 02:06:51,729 Shinmen ichiro, yoshioka uemon. 1141 02:06:51,854 --> 02:06:53,606 Fourdead. 1142 02:06:53,731 --> 02:06:55,775 Eight more seriously wounded. 1143 02:06:58,820 --> 02:07:00,822 The Ronin from Hiroshima, 1144 02:07:02,865 --> 02:07:05,618 tsugumo hanshiro, committed harakiri. 1145 02:07:08,371 --> 02:07:11,124 All our own men died of illness. 1146 02:07:13,584 --> 02:07:16,045 The house of iyi has no retainers 1147 02:07:17,046 --> 02:07:21,050 who could be felled or wounded by some half-starved Ronin. 1148 02:07:24,095 --> 02:07:28,057 Former retainer of the fukushima clan, tsugumo hanshiro, 1149 02:07:28,182 --> 02:07:31,644 committed harakiri honourably, according to his wish. 1150 02:07:31,769 --> 02:07:34,147 All our men died of illness. 1151 02:07:34,272 --> 02:07:37,358 Their deaths have nothing to do with tsugumo's. 1152 02:07:41,737 --> 02:07:45,992 Furthermore, we cannot allow any more to die of illness. 1153 02:07:46,117 --> 02:07:49,912 See that the wounded are treated immediately. 1154 02:08:01,382 --> 02:08:03,759 I have just returned, counsellor. 1155 02:08:07,346 --> 02:08:10,600 Omodaka hikokuro... 1156 02:08:11,726 --> 02:08:13,895 Last night at his home... 1157 02:08:18,065 --> 02:08:23,779 Kawabe and yazaki both claim illness. 1158 02:08:24,488 --> 02:08:26,365 - But in fact... - Fooh 1159 02:08:28,492 --> 02:08:32,413 why did you not order them to commit harakiri on the spot? 1160 02:08:32,538 --> 02:08:36,417 Go back at once and order them to do so! 1161 02:08:38,461 --> 02:08:41,214 And take some skilled swordsmen with you. 1162 02:08:41,339 --> 02:08:45,927 If they fail to willingly disembowel themselves, make them do it by force. 1163 02:08:47,929 --> 02:08:51,182 Of course, these two men and omodaka too, 1164 02:08:51,307 --> 02:08:53,559 did not officially commit harakiri. 1165 02:08:54,852 --> 02:08:56,687 They died of illness. 1166 02:08:58,022 --> 02:09:00,024 Imbecile! 1167 02:09:01,859 --> 02:09:06,405 You weren't born yesterday, you know the ways of the world! 1168 02:09:07,531 --> 02:09:10,534 Do you not realise the implications? Idiot! 1169 02:09:11,494 --> 02:09:13,579 I am on my way, sire. 1170 02:10:42,835 --> 02:10:46,589 The former retainer of the fukushima clan, tsugumo hanshiro, 1171 02:10:48,299 --> 02:10:51,510 died by harakiri at six in the evening. 1172 02:10:53,262 --> 02:10:57,224 His speech and behaviour had been erratic. 1173 02:10:57,350 --> 02:11:01,228 Many of those present felt he showed s/gns of derangemen t. 1174 02:11:03,230 --> 02:11:05,733 Furthermore, it has become clear 1175 02:11:05,858 --> 02:11:08,027 when another former retainer of the fukushima clan, 1176 02:11:08,152 --> 02:11:12,073 one chijiiwa motome, asked to commit harakiri in January of this year; 1177 02:11:12,198 --> 02:11:14,992 we did not err in our chosen response. 1178 02:11:15,117 --> 02:11:18,788 Word of the martial r/gour of this house echoed throughout edo. 1179 02:11:21,082 --> 02:11:25,169 In the present case too, word of our resolute handling 1180 02:11:25,294 --> 02:11:28,547 spread across the city before two days were out. 1181 02:11:28,672 --> 02:11:30,633 As a result, 1182 02:11:30,758 --> 02:11:34,887 on the third day, in a formal session at edo castle, 1183 02:11:35,971 --> 02:11:40,267 lord doi took the occasion to confer words of praise 1184 02:11:40,393 --> 02:11:45,064 upon our young master bennosuke as follows... 1185 02:11:46,524 --> 02:11:49,443 "A t peace, yet ever vrgi/an t. 1186 02:11:50,778 --> 02:11:53,614 "Let the house of m continue to embrace this principle, 1187 02:11:53,739 --> 02:11:58,077 "and your fortunes are sure to prosper for ages to come." 1188 02:11:59,370 --> 02:12:01,622 The 16th day of may, 1189 02:12:02,665 --> 02:12:04,583 1630. 1190 02:12:26,063 --> 02:12:28,065 Ha ra kirl 87795

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