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TAIGA DRAMA

Sanada Maru

Written By: MITANI Koki

Music By: HATTORI Takayuki

Narrator: UDO Yumiko

Cast

Sanada Nobushige (Yukimura): SAKAI Masato

Sanada Nobuyuki: OIZUMI Yo

Kiri: NAGASAWA Masami

Haru: MATSUOKA Mayu

Ina: YOSHIDA Yo

Takanashi Naiki: NAKAHARA Takeo

Hotta Sakubei: FUJIMOTO Takahiro

Lady Acha: SAITO Yuki

Toyotomi Hideyori: NAKAGAWA Taishi

Oda Urakusai: INOUE Jun

Katagiri Katsumoto: KOBAYASHI Takashi

Ohno Harunaga: IMAI Tomohiko

Chosokabe Morichika: Anan Kenji

Tokugawa Hidetada: HOSHINO Gen

Mouri Katsunaga: OKAMOTO Kenichi

Chacha: TAKEUCHI Yuko

Goto Matabe: AIKAWA Sho

Honda Masanobu: KONDO Masaomi

Tokugawa Ieyasu: UCHINO Seiyo

Translations by MTI

Director: KOBAYASHI Daiji

Episode 47: Counterattack

Should they fight or make peace?

The Toyotomi were pressed for a decision.

At Nobushige's urging, Chacha chose to fight.

Then a cannonball was shot at the tower.

No! Don't go there!

Many women died in Osaka Castle that day.

The attack ended in a day.

Enough!

You lied to me!

Great Lord Ieyasu!

Hey!

Taiko...

Katagiri Katsumoto.

He, who shouldered the Toyotomi after the Battle of Sekigaha,

would deeply regret betraying the Toyotomi,

and met with sudden death a half year later.

Some say it was illness, while others say it was suicide.

Peace?

Her Ladyship has changed her mind.

They are out of ammunition.

How do you know?

Because they stopped shooting.

This is not the time to negotiate peace.

She doesn't want to see anyone right now.

Is she unharmed?

What is it?

Are you that worried?

Of course!

She is unharmed because I desperately saved her.

You did?

It's only human to save her.

Thank you.

You needn't thank me.

She wants hot water.

I'll bring it right away.

If you make peace now, you'll play into their hands.

We won the battle.

The battle isn't over yet!

Shuri, what now?

Both sides will submit proposals for peace.

We'll find a point of compromise

during the negotiations.

Is it true that we are negotiating for peace?

Seems like it.

What will become of us after the battle ends?

Will we be dismissed?

What about employment under the Toyotomi?

Right!

Quiet!

This big brother will take care of you

even if they make peace.

Don't worry!

You can count on me!

Why, negotiate peace!?

How will the Tokugawa reply?

They'll want the ronin punished.

The ronin?

They'll call a temporary truce, chase out the ronin,

then resume the attack.

No truce.

Harufusa attacked the enemy camp,

and is close with the ronin.

No truce!

The meeting is starting.

Saemon-no-Suke, I am truly sorry.

We just have to negotiate in our greatest favor.

This is just the beginning.

In negotiating peace,

we must first think about how we'll deal with the ronin.

What do you suggest?

Grant them stipends as Toyotomi vassals.

Please obtain approval from the Tokugawa.

No!

Why should we hire them?

We won the battle with the ronin's help

and the enemy wants to negotiate peace.

Ieyasu would want them gone.

We won, so we don't need them.

Now, now.

We can't treat the ronin with disrespect.

If we let them have their way any longer,

the Toyotomi will crumble from within

even if we win the war.

I would like to reward them the best I can.

Well spoken, Sir.

Saemon-no-Suke, in any event,

we'll have to hear what the Tokugawa have to say

if the ronins' treatment is the focus of a truce.

I agree.

They'll probably ask for a hostage in return.

Hostage?

Her Ladyship will probably have to go to Edo.

No!

I can't send Mother to Edo by herself.

The other option is for the Lord to leave Osaka.

What are you saying?

Leave Osaka Castle,

and receive a western province.

You can be a major daimyo in the west.

Never!

That's not a good idea.

By leaving Osaka,

we'll be surrendering this castle to the Tokugawa.

I'm reluctant to leave this castle that my father built.

But I'm not stuck on Osaka.

Lord!

I will gladly leave this castle

if that will bring peace to the lands again.

Well spoken, Sir.

I am impressed.

Excuse me.

What is it, Kiri?

Sir Saemon-no-Suke.

Her Ladyship summons you.

In front of my eyes...

many maids died.

I'm glad you're safe.

The girl that I was talking to just a while ago...

was bleeding and died within a minute.

Kiri saved my life.

Thanks to her, I'm alive.

She's a strong woman.

Genjiro.

Don't worry.

They're out of cannonballs.

Please scold me.

After I said we wouldn't reconcile with them.

Rest assured.

We're trying to tilt the peace talks in our favor.

I've had enough of this.

It might not be a bad idea for her ladyship to leave Osaka.

Is there such talk?

She won't have peace of mind while she's here.

How long do you think she was here?

It means she suffered during all that time.

I came to reclaim my fief!

Lord Hideyori promised!

What will happen to that?

He promised to protect the Christians, that is why I'm here!

I understand your situation.

We are negotiating now.

We're not disposable, are we?

Absolutely not!

You've been frequently meeting Her Ladyship.

So?

Some people suspect your relationship.

Let them talk.

I hope you're not planning to use us to get ahead.

I'll kill you if you are.

There's nothing more to say.

I entrusted the provisions to Hirano.

EDO - OTSU'S MANSION

The Sanada are not involved.

I hope it reaches Osaka.

My brother is staking his life in this battle.

When I think of that...

I can't sit still.

Am I heavy?

I'll tell you if you are.

If it will calm you...

you can stay all night.

What are you doing here?

You've been acting strangely, so I followed you.

Who is she?

Ono Tsu.

She taught calligraphy and poetry in Kyoto.

My name is Tsu.

Don't misunderstand.

She's my confidant.

I feel strangely relaxed when I talk to her.

Yes... yes.

I'm vexed.

What's wrong, Oko?

I used to be the one to comfort him.

Damn you!

Oko, refrain.

Pardon my rudeness.

Please leave now.

My next customer will be arriving shortly.

Next customer?

Everyone tells me their inner thoughts.

Are you saying my husband is a customer?

Of course.

Of course!

If he's a customer, were you receiving money?

This is my livelihood.

Do you understand?

Thanks for the service.

Next is Hitachiya Tozaemon.

You're here already. Please wait a bit more.

Who is he?

I beg your pardon?

My husband looks confused.

His vassal always made the payments.

Oh, I haven't received this month's payment yet.

Who should I collect from?

Otsu, was it?

Yes.

The way I am,

I knew my husband felt stifled.

But going forward,

Oko will comfort my husband.

You are not needed.

I understand.

This is a bit high.

200-mon to put my head on your lap?

Dear lord. Who do you think I am?

Let's go home.

If there is fate.

Next person, come in.

Hey.

Can we talk to you?

What kind of guy is Sanada Yukimura?

Can we entrust our lives to him?

I don't know.

Aren't you his vassal?

I was protecting Ueda while he was in Kyoto.

I haven't followed him to Kudoyama either.

I only served him for a short while.

It's useless asking him.

But I know his father well.

I know the Sanada custom.

His father was very loyal.

Hah. He was known for his constant betrayals.

A terrible misunderstanding!

He spent his life trying to reclaim the Takeda fiefs!

He never forgot his loyalty to Lord Shingen.

He resorted to anything in the process.

He was even branded a coward.

Sir Genjiro has his blood.

He'd do anything to repay the Taiko!

That's how he is.

That's all I can say.

Can I go back to work?

Excuse me.

CHAUSUYAMA - IEYASU'S CAMP

The truce proposal arrived.

What are they proposing?

They want a fief increase to support the ronin.

And in return...

Hideyori will vacate Osaka Castle.

So they want two provinces in Shikoku.

Father, it's not necessary to reconcile.

We should launch a full-scale attack.

Masanobu.

The great lord isn't calling off the battle.

But...

He's pretending to call a truce,

to strip the enemy naked.

Then he'll launch a full-scale attack.

What's first?

They can't have Shikoku.

If they want to move, it'll be near Edo.

Awa and Kazusa would be good.

Don't move to Kanto!

What do you think, Saemon-no-Suke?

Ieyasu is demanding the impossible to see our hand.

I don't like Kanto.

Send a messenger to communicate directly.

I'll go to the Tokugawa camp.

We must do a careful selection for a messenger.

Are you saying that I don't cut it?

The enemy has a sly old fox named Honda Masanobu.

Even you, Oda Urakusai, would struggle with him.

Let's send a female.

Then they'll have to send a woman, too.

I'll go.

Let's send Lady Jokoin.

Her husband, Kyogoku Takatsugu, was a Tokugawa daimyo.

She is most suitable

to mend relations between the Tokugawa and the Toyotomi.

But she has no involvement with politics whatsoever.

I'll go.

Lady Jokoin.

They're sending Yodo's younger sister.

Is that how they're playing it?

There's no role for you.

I guess it can't be helped.

Who are we sending in?

I'm not sure if I can pull it off.

Genjiro insisted on it.

You are always calm.

You see things with an unshrouded vision.

You are ideal for the role.

I'm going, too, so you have nothing to worry.

Are you going, too?

I was thinking of sending her alone.

I felt uneasy about it, so I asked her to come.

You can count on me.

What kind of person is Lady Acha?

Kiri knows her well.

She's quite shrewd.

Is that right?

If Sir Honda is a sly old fox,

she's a she-fox.

She looks like a badger.

I'm worried.

Your Ladyship, what do you say to...

sending Kiri with Lady Hatsu to the meeting?

Unnecessary!

Interesting!

Give me a break!

Stir up trouble if it looks unfavorable.

Change the tide.

Only you can do it.

You can count on me.

On December 18,

the peace negotiations

commenced at the Tokugawa camp

of Kyogoku Tadataka, Hatsu's stepson.

Battles are caused by men's selfishness.

We, women, are always the victims.

Having the women settle the battle in this manner...

is amusing.

That is true.

Shall we start?

Saemon-no-Suke

You are persistent.

What brought that on?

You advised me to sally out.

When that idea was out, you built Sanada Maru.

When we decided to make peace,

you try to bring it in our favor.

The path will open up for those who do not give up.

I wonder how the women are doing.

Let's pray for them.

First of all, regarding Her Ladyship...

Don't worry, we won't take her as hostage.

Thank you!

Regarding Lord Hideyori the Minister of the Right,

his fief will be the same.

We assure that no harm will befall him.

He needn't surrender Osaka Castle either.

Is that true?

Yes, it's true.

Isn't that great?

Yes.

If you should leave Osaka,

you can have whatever province you wish.

Also...

for the ronin who had defied the Tokugawa...

they will not be punished.

Nothing but good things.

Of course.

You won the battle.

Was there anything else?

Maybe later.

Later?

Later.

Oh, later.

Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah!

I got leg cramps!

What are you doing?

I'm sorry! I got cramps!

Can I ask you something?

Yes?

What will happen to the ronin?

They won't be punished.

We asked for a fief increase to pay them.

Without that, the ronin will be in a bind.

What do you plan to do with the ronin?

They are a headache.

I feel for you.

With those shady ronin loitering in the castle,

you can't sleep with any peace of mind.

Exactly!

Many are planning to be employed by us.

We need a fief increase.

What was that branch castle called?

Sanada Maru.

You should destroy it.

The ronin hang around because of it.

That's an excellent idea!

Destroy Sanada Maru.

At the same time...

let's fill the moats.

The moats, too?

If the castle is bare,

the thick-skinned ronin will be forced to leave.

Don't you agree?

Lady Acha, you are brilliant indeed.

With the ronin gone,

it will be a relief for the great lord.

Nothing but good things.

Isn't it?

Let's do that.

Agreed.

Let's do that.

Another cramp!

What're you doing!?

I'm sorry!

I have to discuss this with Lord Hideyori first.

There'll be bloodshed if the men decide.

We're having a meeting with just the women.

Let's make the decision.

Don't you agree?

Yes.

The battle is over.

Let's fill the moats.

Let's fill them.

Let's fill the moats!

The ronin won't be punished.

Lord Hideyori's fief will remain the same.

Lady Chacha need not reside in Edo.

If you should move from Osaka,

you can have any province you wish.

We assure the safety of Lord Hideyori.

Splendid!

Good job!

It's best to be aggressive in negotiations.

I am a bit tired.

A great achievement!

Peace was established.

On the 20th, the Tokugawa broke battle readiness.

Those are the five conditions for peace.

The treatment of the ronin is left ambiguous.

They won't accept mere pardon of their crime.

Lady Acha said we can deal with that later.

We have time to decide.

The others are in our favor.

Why don't we accept these terms for now?

Saemon-no-Suke.

I will follow your decision.

Is it fishy?

It's too good to be true.

There may be unsaid conditions set by

Lady Okura and Lady Acha.

Please verify with Lady Hatsu.

She's resting from the exhaustion.

Was there anything else?

They talked about the moats.

Moats?

They're filling all the moats and destroying Sanada Maru.

Weren't you informed?

Lord... we have a crisis.

Clear the way.

Who gave you permission?

It's part of the peace treaty!

Hey! Stop it!

Stop it!

Naiki! Sakubei! Stop!

Lord! What is going on?

I authorized it.

Why?

With the battle over, that is no longer needed.

That was Ieyasu's real aim. Why couldn't you see that?

We lack the funds to support the ronin.

They'll have to leave.

They'll realize there won't be battles with the moats gone.

How foolish!

What's foolish?

We are helpless without the branch castle and moats!

Do you think Ieyasu will keep his promise!?

Mother, do you plan to destroy the Toyotomi?

I did it for the Toyotomi!

This was for the best.

This is fine.

The destruction of the fort and filling of the moats

left Osaka Castle completely defenseless.

I didn't expect them to go this far.

It went as Ieyasu planned.

Saemon-no-Suke.

I'm sorry.

Look.

The moats are being filled.

Sanada Maru looks pathetic now.

It's a defenseless castle.

We'll instigate them to break the peace treaty.

That's when we launch a full-scale attack.

Hidetada.

This is how you bring down a castle!

They've destroyed all our defenses.

The moats will be filled.

The Ninomaru and Sannomaru wings will be destroyed, too.

Ninomaru and Sannomaru?

We are defenseless.

Tell us your master strategy.

How do we fight in this situation?

I have no strategy.

Are you giving up?

We have no chance of winning.

It's due to my shortcomings.

I'm sorry.

Sir Saemon-no-Suke.

Men, leave at once.

Don't think of going down with the castle.

I'm leaving.

What will you do?

There's no future here.

Do you have a place to go?

Didn't we gather here with no place to go?

Do you plan to fight?

How do we repel them without the moats?

That should be interesting.

This is it.

Leave the castle and go to Ueda.

Rely on my brother.

Lord.

Everyone is here.

This is no time to be idle.

Devise a strategy.

We're getting antsy.

What did I go to Kudoyama for?

We will follow you.

Think of a way to win.

Think hard!

Didn't you come here to win?

Lord!

Let's make the Tokugawa sweat it out.

Please!

Let's win!

Lord Hideyori is here.

The path will open up for those who don't give up.

That's what you said.

Yes, I did.

I haven't given up yet.

Very well.

Come on!

Aim for the general's head.

They're re-digging the moats.

No!

We want to fight!

No one can stop it.

My brother plans to die.