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TOEI Presents
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THE THIRTEEN ASSASSINS
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Planning by: JUNICHIRO TAMAKI, KANJI AMAO
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Screenplay by: KANEO IKEGAMI
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Cast
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CHIEZO KATAOKA
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KOTARO SATOMI, RYOHEI UCHIDA, TETSURO TANBA
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SATOMI OKA, YURIKO MISHIMA, JUNKO FUJI
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KANJURO ARASHI, KO NISHIMURA,
RYUNOSUKE TSUKIGATA
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Directed by: EIICHI KUDO
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It was in the early morning of September
5th in the first year of Koka (1844)...
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...in front of the estate of senior advisor Sir Doi
Oi-no-kami, outside of Edo Castle's Babasaki Gate...
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...that chief retainer Zusho Mamiya, a subject of...
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...Sir Naritsugu Matsudaira Sahyoe-no-kami of
100,000-koku in Banshu Akashi, committed seppuku.
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Being that Sir Naritsugu
Matsudaira Sahyoe-no-kami was...
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...the younger brother of the then seated Shogun,
this scandal shocked government officials.
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No use talking about it, but Sir Naritsugu was
born with an unsophisticated personality.
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Inconsiderate to his family's
status, not only is he arrogant...
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...but also has an unparalleled
love of women and sex.
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I hear farmers' uprisings repeatedly
occur in his home territory of Akashi.
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I also heard that last year on his way
to Edo for his annual tour of duty...
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...he was involved in a scandalous incident
on Kiso Highway in Owari Castle's territory.
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Just so that such an incident wouldn't happen...
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...we changed the route for his
entourage to Nakasendo Highway...
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...but it seems as if that had a reverse effect.
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His Highness orders that we do everything
we can to settle this matter quietly.
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Although born from different mothers...
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...it is natural that he gives special
consideration to his own brother under his hire.
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It is the fault of the then cabinet of senior advisors...
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...who sent Sir Naritsugu as an adopted
son to the Matsudairas of Akashi.
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It appears that Zusho Mamiya committed harakiri...
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...to appeal to the Central Gov't
to take an appropriate measure.
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I know.
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His Highness is the ruling justice of
the country, noble by Heaven's will.
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It's pointless to argue over it any more.
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The corpse of Zusho shall remain on the estate of
Sir Oi-no-kami for the initial period of mourning.
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May I report, the Government Inspector Sir
Shinzaemon Shimada is here, summoned by you.
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So Shinza is here.
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I hope it wasn't inconvenient
that I asked you to come so late.
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I've been a widow for many years,
so I have few obligations at home.
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Hmm. By the way...
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Yes?
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You've heard about the incident, haven't you?
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You want to take a look at his letter of appeal?
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It's no use reading it at this point. I understand the
cabinet has decided on how to handle the matter.
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By the way, what do you think of Sir Naritsugu?
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Yes...
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I feel he may not be worthy of
the historic Matsudaira family.
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Since you understand that, there's
something I need to tell you.
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Choose men from Hatamoto class
samurai within the next three days.
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Sift through them and select
the ones you set your mind on.
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Advisor.
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My understanding is a man's life weighs
more than anything and is irreplaceable.
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Sir Naritsugu is a human being, too.
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Before you tell me to do that...
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...why not ask him to retire by a
unanimous request from the Central Gov't?
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That was Mamiya's plea at the cost
of his own life. But it isn't possible.
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How come?
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His Highness already appointed Sir Naritsugu as
a senior advisor upon his departure from Edo.
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You mean he would let him take care of politics?
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That's why...
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...we need to figure out a way to
correct the distortion of this injustice.
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Incidentally, I've invited someone
here whom I want you to meet.
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Could you meet with him?
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Yes.
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I'm Yukie Makino, a retainer of Sir Owari
Chunagon serving at Agematsu Mansion in Kiso.
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I'm Shinzaemon Shimada. Let's
hear what you have to say.
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Yes. Then, let me explain in a logical manner.
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Last October when Sir Naritsugu
Matsudaira of Akashi was...
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...on his annual journey to Edo via Nakasendo
Highway, he stayed overnight at Agematsu, Kiso.
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To make sure there will be no
chance of making a mistake...
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...samurai of the Owari family serving at
the Mansion received him with hospitality...
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...bringing in even their wives and daughters.
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Uneme!
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Father.
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Did you retrieve the picture scroll we
showed him for his entertainment?
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I forgot. Right away.
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Tell Chise to do it.
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Yes.
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Chise!
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What is it?
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Chise was the wife my son had
married tho months earlier.
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I thought it was too petty a
job to bother my son with...
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...so I ordered her to do it,
and that invited the tragedy.
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Where are you from?
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Yes, I belong to the family of
Uneme Makino at Owari Mansion.
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You're too pretty to be left
alone in the mountains of Kiso.
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Please no playing! Please let me go! Please
let me go! Please don't! Please don't!
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Chise! Chise!
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Trespasser! Hold it!
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Chise...
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What have you done, Chise? What have
you done? What have you done, Chise?
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During the same night, Chise killed herself.
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Without saying a word of any kind, the
entourage of the Akashi clan departed.
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After Naritsugu arrived in Edo...
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...the Owari clan made numerous attempts
to protest to him, but received no response.
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For me, having lost my son
and his wife in tragic deaths...
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...I feel I no longer have any purpose to live on for.
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I've considered committing harakiri to end it all.
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However, when I think about the shame my lord
Sir Owari Chunagon has been put through...
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...I, as a living witness, don't feel free to do
so, thus extending this life I no longer care for.
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Please laugh at me as a grumbling old man.
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They were a better son and a better
daughter-in-law than I deserved.
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What do you think, Shinza?
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I feel as though I can hear the voice
of Zusho Mamiya while sitting here.
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Anyway, even as the cabinet who forms
the ruling justice of the country...
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...there are things we can do and things we can't.
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To betray the word of His Highness and
find fault with his political leadership...
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...that's something I, a senior advisor, cannot do.
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But if we don't, the country's politics will be
chaotic and the harm will befall on all peoples.
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What do you say?
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It's a good place for a samurai to die.
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Would you be willing to die?
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I will do a fine job in accomplishing the task.
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At 11 pm that night, Zusho's corpse was returned
to the Upper Mansion in the domain of Akashi.
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Sir Hanbei! Sir Kito!
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You're a useless bunch.
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I told you again and again not
to trouble Mamiya's family.
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And you roped and arrested not only his wife and
his son and bride, but even the young grandchild.
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What a disgrace!
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It was hard to refuse our lord's order.
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Out of the way!
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What do you say? You've served
the Akashi clan for generations!
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You talk of loyalty often, but is
loyalty to obey your master...
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...or to worry about your own
well-being and put down your master?
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Oh, Hanbei!
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Yes.
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I got the message a minute ago...
so Doi-Oi finally bent backward.
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After 3 days of indecision, he imposed no punishment
because it was a case of temporary insanity!
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That serious know-it-all face
must have looked real sour!
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Excuse me, my Lord.
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What is it, Hanbei?
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Sir Oi-no-kami earnestly requests you to take care
of Mamiya's family as the will of the Central Gov't.
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I heard.
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I understand your rage, however, now that
the matter's been settled peacefully...
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...I beg you to please...
- Silence!
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It's only one senior advisor's crazy
ramblings! We don't need to listen to him!
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My Lord!
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Enough!
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It's been hard for you the past three days.
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Why don't you retire for the day and get some rest?
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Unfortunately, I can't afford to do that.
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Something bothers me.
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But the matter was settled without
any punishment. So at this point...
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It would have been better if
there was some light punishment.
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Things worked out a little too easily for our clan.
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But we were given special consideration.
- Pricisely.
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How do you think Doi-Oi's face would be saved
when he's forced to give the special consideration?
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What could a man in charge of the
country's justice of all things...
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...do to save face in a scandal like this?
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Please hold it! Hold it!
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Let go!
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It's a little too late now.
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I see. Too late.
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Even an infant.
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How cruel!
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Everyone!
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Now, it's crucial that we
prohibit members of our clan...
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...from talking and clean out Sir Mamiya's house
without leaking the news outside! Understand?
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Understand? Is anyone available? Anyone available?
- Yes, sir.
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Go gather some men at once...
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...send them to Sir Oi-no-kami's mansion, give
money to the gate keepers and servants...
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...and get a list of visitors at the
mansion during the last three days!
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I was getting impatient. And?
- Yes.
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We handed money to every servant
and managed to find out this much.
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Let me see it.
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Toda Shimosa-no-kami, Gold Asset Manager; Nagai
Shinano-no-kami, Chief of Guards... not them.
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Kamei Takemoto Housekeeper in Absence;
Hyoemon Kage, messenger of the Satake Family;...
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Tameemon Sasaki, messenger of
Prince Daisuke Otomo-no-shikibu;...
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Genma Hyodo, 2nd Manager of Carpentry; Tojuro
Nakano, Supporting Accounting Manager;...
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Juroza'emon Okada, Manager of Labor;
Makino, retainer of the Owari family.
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Makino from the Owari family...
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Yukie Makino is from Agematsu, Kiso last year.
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That Makino met with Inspector Shinzaemon Shimada.
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Inspector Shinzaemon
Shimada... you know who that is?
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Yes.
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He studied academically at the Shohei School...
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...and trained in the sword at the Momonoi
dojo of the Kyoshin Meichi School.
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I was often told he's excellent in both areas.
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Unlike us, he comes from a respected
family for generations since Mikawa.
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Is he truly that sharp?
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He's a man worthy of entrusting
important matters of the country to.
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If Sir Doi Oi-no-kami chose him...
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It looks like our clan had the worst luck of the draw.
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As always, you're impressive.
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How about a match? It's been some time.
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Might you not want to conserve your energy
when you're about to take on an important job.
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What, important?
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All daily duties are important
if they're important at all.
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You know that, too.
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I wouldn't bring it up if it was simply
about one of those daily duties.
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When I saw you this morning, I got the
sense you took on some extraordinary task.
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Did you?
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I guess I need to train harder.
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Every month and every season, for 10 years
since I set out on the path of the sword...
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...I have received from you more money than
an unemployed samurai like me deserves.
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I accepted the money without
refusing, taking it for granted...
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...because I held the thought that the time
would come when I could repay you...
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...by putting my life at risk and waited for that day.
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I consider samurai is of the spirit
of the heart and of determination.
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If I can't get to put it to use for the occasion...
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...I'd have no choice but to regret
the 10 years that have passed.
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So you appreciated my small contributions that much.
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Sir Shinzaemon.
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Oh, Kuranaga!
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If you let his will go to waste, Kujuro
Hirayama's samurai spirit won't be rewarded.
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I've brought five men I selected
from my subordinates...
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...and took the liberty of having
them wait for you in the room.
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Even though Kuranaga is Chief
Inspector, I leave all my duties to him.
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He's as tough as your moral teacher.
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I've heard much about you.
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I'm Saheita Kuranaga. I've had a close
relationship with Sir Shinzaemon.
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Please consider me his family.
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Come along, Hirayama.
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I'm Gunjiro Mitsuhashi, Chief Okobito Inspector.
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My subordinates... Okachi Inspectors,
Mosuke Otake, and Yasokichi Hioki.
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Okobito Inspectors, Gennai
Higuchi, and Yahachi Horii.
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I chose both of them from my subordinates.
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There aren't as many of them as there seems to be.
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Of 68 Okachi inspectors and 103 Okobito
inspectors, there are too few samurai we could use.
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All of you are aware your lives
will be in my hands, aren't you?
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That goes without saying.
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The chief has explained to us
that this is a secret mission.
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Then let me explain.
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By private order of Sir Doi Oi-no-kami...
226
00:26:50,800 --> 00:26:56,600
...we've been assigned to take
the life of Sir Naritsugu of Akashi.
227
00:26:58,500 --> 00:27:00,900
I won't debate the logic of the matter here.
228
00:27:01,500 --> 00:27:06,900
I'll spend your lives at my disposal.
229
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:19,100
Akashi has 100,000-koku.
230
00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:22,600
And probably it has at least 5,000 samurai.
231
00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,500
A little more than 1,500 are serving in Edo.
232
00:27:25,500 --> 00:27:32,000
In addition, Sir Naritsugu will be traveling back
to his territory on the 10th of next month.
233
00:27:32,700 --> 00:27:35,700
Once he's in Akashi, that's the end of it.
234
00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:40,300
We have little time and few men.
It's truly a most difficult job.
235
00:27:40,900 --> 00:27:43,500
People think samurai and they think sword.
236
00:27:43,500 --> 00:27:47,300
But in this day and age no samurai has
ever actually fought with a real sword.
237
00:27:47,300 --> 00:27:49,500
None of us and none of them.
238
00:27:49,900 --> 00:27:54,400
It's beyond anyone's imagination
what actually happens...
239
00:27:54,600 --> 00:27:56,900
...when tho men fight throwing
their lives at each other.
240
00:28:16,500 --> 00:28:20,400
Well then, excuse me.
241
00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:45,500
Arrest that man. Find out his title,
full name and address. Look sharp.
242
00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:55,600
Who on earth are you?
243
00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:04,500
You came out of Inspector Shinzaemon
Shimada's house. What was the meeting about?
244
00:29:04,900 --> 00:29:08,400
Why do you want to know? Are you Akashi samurai?
245
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:16,700
I got it! You know we're Akashi samurai,
which means you must be plotting against us.
246
00:29:17,100 --> 00:29:18,200
Tell us!
247
00:29:28,900 --> 00:29:30,500
Tell us if you value your life.
248
00:29:30,600 --> 00:29:33,600
If you don't, I'll kill you.
- Better not ask him.
249
00:29:36,100 --> 00:29:39,100
Are you one of them? Identify yourself!
250
00:29:39,300 --> 00:29:41,800
Kujuro Hirayama, an unemployed samurai.
251
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:21,400
Sir Kito.
252
00:30:28,300 --> 00:30:32,300
Refrain yourself from making such
visible moves like you did last night.
253
00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:42,600
Asakawa...
254
00:30:51,500 --> 00:30:55,800
It is so quiet around here right now.
255
00:30:57,000 --> 00:30:59,500
This quietness is an omen.
256
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:05,000
Senior Advisor, Sir Doi Oi-no-kami
is holding his breath, watching...
257
00:31:06,100 --> 00:31:09,700
...for Inspector Shinzaemon
Shimada to accomplish something.
258
00:31:10,700 --> 00:31:16,100
And that Shinza is silently waiting in the
act of doing nothing until the time is right.
259
00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:26,500
What's the matter?
260
00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:32,200
Genshiro Deguchi and Kakuma Senda
were found dead in the Echizen moat!
261
00:31:32,200 --> 00:31:35,100
What? Deguchi and Senda?
- Yes, sir!
262
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:51,400
What swordmanship! In only one cut!
263
00:31:51,900 --> 00:31:56,500
This makes it clear at last
what Shinza aims to achieve.
264
00:31:58,100 --> 00:32:00,000
Do you understand, Asakawa?
265
00:32:09,100 --> 00:32:10,200
I'm home!
266
00:32:20,100 --> 00:32:21,200
I'm home.
267
00:32:21,700 --> 00:32:22,900
Hello.
268
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:30,200
No money to enjoy a nightlife.
269
00:32:31,700 --> 00:32:34,500
No sake to enjoy a little drink.
270
00:32:34,500 --> 00:32:36,400
What are you mumbling about?
271
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:40,600
What if Dad Shimada saw you like this?
272
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,700
What? You saw Uncle?
273
00:32:44,700 --> 00:32:47,100
Yes. At Yanagibashi just now.
274
00:32:47,300 --> 00:32:48,500
I see.
275
00:32:50,500 --> 00:32:52,600
That's unusual.
276
00:32:53,100 --> 00:32:55,700
It's normally a busy time for inspectors...
277
00:32:55,700 --> 00:33:00,200
...when many daimyo lords' annual journeys
are taking place this and subsequent months.
278
00:33:02,900 --> 00:33:08,300
Whatever. Nothing a freeloader like
me needs to be concerned about.
279
00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:13,500
Hey, it might be inconvenient for him if
I showed up uninvited, don't you think?
280
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:17,700
Hey.
281
00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:20,400
Hey!
- What?
282
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:27,700
You... pervert!
283
00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:35,900
Thank you for waiting.
284
00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:46,900
Let me introduce to you, a friend of
mine, Keizo Sawara, a ronin from Bushu.
285
00:33:47,500 --> 00:33:52,600
You had told me about Sawara,
but who's that young man?
286
00:33:53,100 --> 00:33:59,100
Sorry for the inconvenience, but this
is my only disciple, Shojiro Ogura.
287
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:04,100
I had intended to stay away and part with
him, but I ended up not being able to.
288
00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:07,200
Are your parents around?
289
00:34:08,200 --> 00:34:12,000
Father passed a year ago, Mother when I was five.
290
00:34:13,300 --> 00:34:15,900
I'm in charge of the kitchen earning
a mere 5-ryo and owning 2 men.
291
00:34:15,900 --> 00:34:18,000
I am a that can be spent.
292
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:22,300
Please let me join you along with my teacher.
293
00:34:24,300 --> 00:34:25,800
What do you think, Kuranaga?
294
00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:29,600
We should turn him down
under normal circumstances.
295
00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:34,600
But since he wishes to join knowing
the situation, we have no choice.
296
00:34:36,500 --> 00:34:40,100
Then, shall we ask for your help.
297
00:34:41,700 --> 00:34:43,400
Thank you very much.
298
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:48,300
I will give up my life to serve.
299
00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:56,600
Sawara has an interesting proposition.
He will join us if he gets paid 200-ryo.
300
00:34:57,100 --> 00:34:58,600
Currency of 200-ryo?
301
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:03,500
You mean...
- Well, let me clarify any misunderstanding.
302
00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:07,100
My sympathy with your cause
has nothing to do with money.
303
00:35:07,100 --> 00:35:10,100
But I'm a ronin with no kind of relationship with you.
304
00:35:10,500 --> 00:35:13,200
I don't think you should expect
me to work for no money at all.
305
00:35:13,500 --> 00:35:16,700
What do you plan to use the money for?
306
00:35:16,700 --> 00:35:17,600
Yes.
307
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:21,000
120-ryo for loans and debts that
accumulated over the years...
308
00:35:21,300 --> 00:35:25,000
...plus doing something nice for my relatives.
309
00:35:25,300 --> 00:35:28,100
30-ryo for the tomb of my wife who died
from the hardships I put her through.
310
00:35:28,500 --> 00:35:30,300
20-ryo for my own preparation.
311
00:35:30,700 --> 00:35:32,400
With the remaining 30-ryo...
312
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:35,800
...I plan to experience the kind of luxuries I
never got to have in my life, until the day I pass.
313
00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:38,800
You don't seem to use as much
for yourself as I expected.
314
00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:42,700
Well, pleasing those around me ultimately satisfies...
315
00:35:42,700 --> 00:35:45,600
...my desire to act high-handedly
with money at least once in my life.
316
00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:52,000
That's interesting! Sir Shinza, his
spirit is a bargain for 200-ryo.
317
00:35:52,500 --> 00:35:53,800
Sawara.
318
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:54,500
Yes.
319
00:35:59,400 --> 00:36:00,700
I accept.
320
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:07,400
A little over a month after this...
321
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:17,100
...the Akashi clan asked the Central Gov't to excuse
themselves and cancel all official business...
322
00:36:17,700 --> 00:36:20,800
...and on October 23...
323
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:29,300
...it was announced that Sir Naritsugu Matsudaira
was to depart Edo and return to his territory...
324
00:36:29,300 --> 00:36:32,800
...early the next morning.
325
00:36:40,700 --> 00:36:41,800
Sir Kito.
326
00:36:42,100 --> 00:36:43,100
What is it?
327
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:46,300
Carriers and other family
servants are making a scene.
328
00:36:46,700 --> 00:36:48,500
What on earth is happening?
329
00:36:48,800 --> 00:36:51,200
This isn't going to be the usual annual journey.
330
00:36:52,100 --> 00:36:55,400
We need to leave behind the ones who'd
cause us any delay and hurry on our way.
331
00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:59,100
But there's a stipulated number of men
to accompany a daimyo's annual journey.
332
00:36:59,100 --> 00:37:01,100
We don't need help from anyone other than samurai.
333
00:37:04,700 --> 00:37:09,400
I bet Shinza will gather quite a large number
of men if he plans to attack us on the road.
334
00:37:10,200 --> 00:37:12,800
Normally, we wouldn't be able to defend ourselves.
335
00:37:13,400 --> 00:37:14,200
Then...
336
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:19,300
We will. Whatever means we need to
resort to, we will defend ourselves.
337
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:25,200
I knew something was up...
338
00:37:26,600 --> 00:37:28,400
...but that's an enormous job.
339
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:29,600
Enormous?
340
00:37:30,800 --> 00:37:35,700
Sure, it is enormous, but there's no
better dying place for a samurai.
341
00:37:36,500 --> 00:37:38,900
Battling against the 100,000-koku Akashi clan.
342
00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:40,800
That's what you think.
343
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:45,500
I doubt my uncle sees it that way.
344
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:52,400
That man gets truly worried
thinking about what trouble he's in.
345
00:37:53,900 --> 00:37:58,100
Despite his worries, he smiles and takes on the job.
346
00:37:59,500 --> 00:38:02,700
Takes on a job that seems impossible for
anyone to do and accomplishes it well.
347
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:10,300
And that's the really great thing about him.
348
00:38:12,700 --> 00:38:17,900
But I think this one is impossible.
349
00:38:18,700 --> 00:38:23,800
You mean to say you can't agree
with it and you won't help?
350
00:38:24,100 --> 00:38:25,800
I'm not saying I won't help.
351
00:38:26,700 --> 00:38:30,600
But I refuse to lose my life for it.
352
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:36,800
I'm an unparalleled prodigal one.
353
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:43,200
I feel more obligated to the geisha who lets me
stay with her now than to my status or position.
354
00:38:45,700 --> 00:38:49,100
It's been long since I practiced the sword I'd learned.
355
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,200
This is what I'm learning now.
356
00:38:56,700 --> 00:39:00,700
I'd help out but not with the sword.
357
00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:03,800
I'll make myself available for
you any time with this one.
358
00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:14,500
Tae, see them off.
359
00:39:16,300 --> 00:39:19,000
Well, forgive our humble service.
360
00:39:20,100 --> 00:39:21,900
Farewell.
361
00:39:35,200 --> 00:39:36,700
Uncle.
- Hm?
362
00:39:36,900 --> 00:39:38,400
Welcome.
- Yeah.
363
00:39:39,600 --> 00:39:41,800
I heard they came even though
I'd told them it wouldn't work.
364
00:39:42,100 --> 00:39:44,200
Did they give you much trouble?
365
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:47,100
Yes, a little.
366
00:39:54,100 --> 00:39:55,100
Hey, uncle.
367
00:39:56,800 --> 00:40:00,500
You can learn interesting stuff at a geisha house.
368
00:40:01,900 --> 00:40:04,200
Recently I studied something a little.
369
00:40:04,900 --> 00:40:06,400
What kind of study?
370
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:14,800
Dogs can be owned by humans but cats won't.
371
00:40:16,100 --> 00:40:18,200
They only co-exist with humans.
372
00:40:18,700 --> 00:40:25,000
It almost sounds like you're saying you'd
rather be a geisha's cat than a samurai's dog.
373
00:40:28,600 --> 00:40:32,800
I refuse to have cats that try to please me.
374
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,800
Hey, pass that to me.
375
00:40:37,300 --> 00:40:38,300
What?
376
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:41,300
Can you play it?
377
00:40:41,300 --> 00:40:42,400
Yeah.
378
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:49,900
To tell you the truth, when I was about your age...
379
00:40:50,100 --> 00:40:54,000
...I hated being from a samurai family. I indulged
myself in all kinds of stuff fooling around...
380
00:40:54,000 --> 00:41:00,500
...and took this up thinking I'd make a living out of
it, but it was much more difficult than it seemed.
381
00:41:00,800 --> 00:41:05,600
I realized it was easier for me to
die as a samurai than to learn it.
382
00:42:49,100 --> 00:42:54,900
Is it right to live indulgently?
383
00:42:59,300 --> 00:43:04,100
I realized it was easier to die
as a samurai than to learn it.
384
00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:03,100
I... think I want to live to the fullest for once.
385
00:44:10,500 --> 00:44:12,400
I'll be gone for a while.
386
00:44:17,100 --> 00:44:18,200
Do you...
387
00:44:21,300 --> 00:44:22,600
...not like me?
388
00:44:46,800 --> 00:44:47,800
When...
389
00:44:49,400 --> 00:44:51,100
...will you come back to me?
390
00:44:52,700 --> 00:44:54,600
In less than a month if it's quick.
391
00:44:56,100 --> 00:44:57,300
If I'm late...
392
00:44:58,800 --> 00:45:02,600
...I'll be back for the Bon festival for the dead.
Burn the welcoming torch and wait for me.
393
00:45:28,600 --> 00:45:31,900
The next day, on October 24th...
394
00:45:31,900 --> 00:45:36,600
...Sir Naritsugu Matsudaira
Sahyoe-no-kami's procession...
395
00:45:36,900 --> 00:45:41,900
...departed from his clan's mansion in
Edo heading toward his home territory.
396
00:46:38,800 --> 00:46:42,000
Well, it's Hanbei, isn't it? It's been a long time.
397
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:43,200
Am I interrupting you?
398
00:46:43,200 --> 00:46:46,300
No, we're finished here.
399
00:46:47,700 --> 00:46:49,100
Will you guys leave us alone?
400
00:46:49,200 --> 00:46:50,300
What?
401
00:46:50,300 --> 00:46:51,800
It's okay, just leave us alone.
402
00:47:12,900 --> 00:47:18,000
I knew you'd visit me one day and I waited for you.
403
00:47:18,900 --> 00:47:21,000
Glad to know you're doing well.
404
00:47:22,200 --> 00:47:25,600
If the times were good, I'd have
liked to offer you some tea.
405
00:47:56,100 --> 00:47:57,500
You came...
406
00:47:59,700 --> 00:48:01,700
...to kill me, didn't you?
407
00:48:26,900 --> 00:48:29,900
You're just as persistent as you were in the old days.
408
00:48:31,300 --> 00:48:33,600
I envy you.
409
00:48:35,000 --> 00:48:39,200
What an ill twist of fate.
410
00:48:40,300 --> 00:48:44,900
Since the time I was put in charge of 100
units of Okaji and owned 5 men for 70-hyo...
411
00:48:45,500 --> 00:48:48,300
...I envied Hatamoto samurai from historic families.
412
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:55,600
I secretly wished that one day I'd be like
them for I'm a human being like them.
413
00:48:55,800 --> 00:48:59,300
And you had great success at it.
414
00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:02,500
Then a unit of 10 Okobito men,
then a unit in charge of donations...
415
00:49:02,500 --> 00:49:06,000
...you got promoted to positions at an
impressive pace. I had hopes for you...
416
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:08,800
...to become a hatamoto working
directly under the shogun.
417
00:49:10,500 --> 00:49:13,900
Then, let me tell you that
among many historic families...
418
00:49:13,900 --> 00:49:16,000
...Sir Shimada was the only
samurai I had aspired to become.
419
00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:19,500
I took advantage of the offer to accompany...
420
00:49:19,700 --> 00:49:23,700
...Sir Naritsugu when he was adopted
by the Matsudaira family of Akashi...
421
00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:25,600
...and managed to earn 1,000-koku.
422
00:49:28,500 --> 00:49:31,600
That 1,000-koku led me into such a situation.
423
00:49:32,700 --> 00:49:36,300
I feel like blaming him when I think about it.
424
00:49:36,700 --> 00:49:41,600
Perhaps we had no other way to live, you or I.
425
00:49:43,800 --> 00:49:47,200
Being a samurai is a helpless job.
426
00:49:50,100 --> 00:49:53,000
If Chief Retainer Sir Mamiya...
427
00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:58,100
...had to kill himself I wish he'd
done so in front of my lord.
428
00:49:58,700 --> 00:50:01,000
I feel then we could've done something about it.
429
00:50:01,700 --> 00:50:06,400
I've also thought of killing myself.
430
00:50:07,700 --> 00:50:13,100
But I kept seeing the face of his honorable
father, the former Shogun, who took my hand...
431
00:50:13,700 --> 00:50:21,100
...and asked me to take care of my lord
and the face of my foe Sir Shimada.
432
00:50:23,100 --> 00:50:27,200
I accept it as my fate after all and am prepared.
433
00:50:28,100 --> 00:50:35,900
Whatever will ensue betheen us from now
on, I hope we'll both act manly as samurai.
434
00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:39,700
That's my only wish.
435
00:50:44,000 --> 00:50:46,000
I graciously accept the thought.
436
00:50:47,600 --> 00:50:49,700
Now, I bid you farewell.
437
00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:52,200
See you again.
438
00:50:52,200 --> 00:50:53,200
Certainly.
439
00:51:32,800 --> 00:51:33,700
Listen.
440
00:51:34,300 --> 00:51:37,400
The enemy will probably get half of their
men to cross over first and guard their way.
441
00:51:37,700 --> 00:51:40,500
Next, they'll put the lord we're after on the boat.
442
00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:43,000
We'll seize the opportunity
and attack them at full force.
443
00:51:44,900 --> 00:51:49,100
In this terrain I wonder how many men
each of us can take on approximately?
444
00:51:50,000 --> 00:51:52,900
Well, if we can surprise them,
I'd say 3 per man at most.
445
00:51:53,400 --> 00:51:55,800
We could let some get away as they
have 4 times as many men as we do.
446
00:51:56,200 --> 00:51:57,200
Yeah.
447
00:52:02,500 --> 00:52:03,500
They're coming!
448
00:52:03,500 --> 00:52:05,100
Hide!
- Yes.
449
00:52:44,900 --> 00:52:46,400
In position!
450
00:53:22,000 --> 00:53:23,100
Sir Shinza!
451
00:53:23,100 --> 00:53:24,000
Wait!
452
00:53:25,400 --> 00:53:28,200
Look. There are tho palanquins.
453
00:53:38,900 --> 00:53:43,300
One of them must be a double. Which one is it?
454
00:54:33,100 --> 00:54:36,400
Most of them are samurai though they're
disguised as carriers and servants.
455
00:54:36,800 --> 00:54:38,900
I'd say there are 100 of them altogether.
456
00:54:40,600 --> 00:54:43,800
Which one shall we attack, the group
on the other shore or on this one?
457
00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:29,100
That's clever.
458
00:55:29,500 --> 00:55:32,000
Hanbei is indeed capable.
459
00:55:33,500 --> 00:55:38,500
The double palanquins, the number
of samurai, all in fine formation.
460
00:55:39,100 --> 00:55:41,500
Looks like we've lost this round.
461
00:55:41,700 --> 00:55:44,500
Can't do that! We've come this
far and we're not fighting?
462
00:55:44,500 --> 00:55:46,200
I'll come with you if you want to attack!
463
00:55:46,200 --> 00:55:50,100
To seek life in death is a warrior's desire.
464
00:55:50,600 --> 00:55:52,300
That's where you're wrong.
465
00:55:54,300 --> 00:55:58,900
We're human and so are they.
Sometimes we win, sometimes we lose.
466
00:55:59,900 --> 00:56:03,100
Once we know we're going to lose,
it's best to retreat before we get hurt.
467
00:56:04,700 --> 00:56:07,100
Sir Shinza, what shall we do?
468
00:56:07,500 --> 00:56:09,700
Shinrokuro is right this time.
469
00:56:09,700 --> 00:56:13,300
Let's wait until the procession's
gone and retreat to Edo for now.
470
00:56:13,700 --> 00:56:14,900
Retreat!?
471
00:56:14,900 --> 00:56:16,000
We can't!
472
00:56:16,700 --> 00:56:20,100
That's right. If we persist and follow
them, and wait for the opportunity...
473
00:56:20,100 --> 00:56:22,300
...their guard will be down some
time during the long journey.
474
00:56:22,300 --> 00:56:24,600
That's right. We've already given up our lives.
475
00:56:24,900 --> 00:56:25,800
Don't be rash!
476
00:56:26,800 --> 00:56:28,900
We haven't failed yet.
477
00:56:29,200 --> 00:56:35,100
Our action is just like a crucial move in
chess. We won't be able to do it over.
478
00:56:35,900 --> 00:56:40,600
Until we're confident to take the
king, we can't make the move!
479
00:56:41,400 --> 00:56:42,900
Take a good look while you can.
480
00:56:44,200 --> 00:56:46,600
Next time we meet, it'll be a life or death situation.
481
00:57:14,500 --> 00:57:18,600
Looks like we managed to avoid
trouble. Guess we can relax for now.
482
00:57:18,600 --> 00:57:20,300
Our journey has just begun.
483
00:57:20,600 --> 00:57:23,400
We have 141 more miles to go
before we reach Banshu Akashi.
484
00:57:24,000 --> 00:57:25,800
It's too soon to be glad.
485
00:57:29,900 --> 00:57:36,700
Sir Matsudaira of Akashi on his journey, stopped
at Waraji Station in Bushu the first night...
486
00:57:37,200 --> 00:57:40,700
...and at Ageo Station in the
same region the second night.
487
00:58:13,800 --> 00:58:18,200
By the ruling justice of the country,
you've been relieved of your position.
488
00:58:18,800 --> 00:58:22,700
Should you fall at the arrowpoint, your
responsibility weighs tremendously.
489
00:58:23,300 --> 00:58:25,100
And the day of life and death shall be determined.
490
00:58:41,300 --> 00:58:42,400
Wake up.
491
00:58:42,900 --> 00:58:44,000
I said wake up!
492
00:58:45,400 --> 00:58:46,800
Don't bother me.
493
00:58:51,300 --> 00:58:55,700
We're all gonna die anyway. You'd
better rest your body while you can.
494
00:58:56,200 --> 00:58:57,200
Have a drink.
495
00:58:57,700 --> 00:58:58,600
Not for me.
496
00:58:58,700 --> 00:58:59,900
I see.
497
00:59:05,200 --> 00:59:11,800
At Kumagaya Station in Bushu the third
night, at Honjoju the fourth night...
498
00:59:12,300 --> 00:59:16,100
...at Takasaki Station in Joshu the fifth night.
499
00:59:16,300 --> 00:59:19,700
Already 30 miles away from Edo.
500
00:59:50,700 --> 00:59:52,700
Call everyone.
- Yes.
501
00:59:53,500 --> 00:59:57,600
Hey, everyone, Sir wants you! Sir wants you!
502
01:00:08,800 --> 01:00:09,900
Thanks for waiting.
503
01:00:10,600 --> 01:00:13,800
We've solidified our strategy,
which I'm going to tell all of you.
504
01:00:14,400 --> 01:00:20,100
But before I do, one thing I want to say is that I
won't tolerate you challenging the strategy. OK?
505
01:00:20,600 --> 01:00:22,700
Den'emon, the diagrams please.
506
01:00:22,900 --> 01:00:23,900
Yes, sir.
507
01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:32,800
We've decided we'll get Sir
Naritsugu Matsudaira right here.
508
01:00:33,400 --> 01:00:35,700
At Ochiai Station in the region of Mino.
509
01:00:41,200 --> 01:00:45,100
Let me explain the strategy.
510
01:00:46,800 --> 01:00:51,800
Kiso has Tenryo in the north and
the Owari's territory in the south.
511
01:00:52,400 --> 01:00:57,200
Betheen Fukushima and Agematsu flows Otaki River.
512
01:00:57,800 --> 01:01:04,200
Agematsu, Kiso is where Sir Naritsugu had
trouble with the Owari clan samurai last year.
513
01:01:05,100 --> 01:01:12,500
So, we'll tell Sir Yukie Makino who serves at
Agematsu Camp everything and ask for his help.
514
01:01:12,500 --> 01:01:15,100
We'll ask him to use the name
of Sir Owari Chunagon...
515
01:01:15,400 --> 01:01:20,300
...and ban Sir Naritsugu from passing through
the territory until the matter is settled.
516
01:01:21,600 --> 01:01:26,300
Sir Makino saw the tragic deaths of his
son and daughter-in-law last year...
517
01:01:26,300 --> 01:01:27,800
...and will probably join our cause.
518
01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:30,000
So then, what will happen?
519
01:01:30,900 --> 01:01:34,600
The entourage will stall at the Kiso
border in the Owari's territory.
520
01:01:34,700 --> 01:01:39,200
Sir Naritsugu who's stubborn and self-willed
will not dare turn around and go back...
521
01:01:39,200 --> 01:01:41,900
...but will come up with a way to
journey through any place but Owari.
522
01:01:42,600 --> 01:01:45,700
The possibilities then are...
523
01:01:47,200 --> 01:01:52,500
...to have the entourage's luggage pass through
Owari's territory as the Akashi clan's belongings...
524
01:01:53,000 --> 01:01:55,900
...and Sir Naritsugu himself will
take with him only samurai...
525
01:01:55,900 --> 01:01:59,300
...and return to Miyanokoshi,
then go via Gonbei Pass...
526
01:02:00,800 --> 01:02:02,900
...to Ina Highway.
527
01:02:04,600 --> 01:02:09,800
That means he'll be traveling via
Sanshu Highway from lida to Okazaki.
528
01:02:10,300 --> 01:02:12,500
Actually, he couldn't really do that.
529
01:02:13,300 --> 01:02:20,000
You must remember, sandwiched betheen Owari's
Kiso and main territory lies the Naigi clan of Mino.
530
01:02:21,200 --> 01:02:24,900
It's the territory that belongs to Sir Toyama
Mino-no-kami of the 12,000-koku Naigi clan.
531
01:02:25,600 --> 01:02:29,800
When Sir Naritsugu has already sent word of his
transit to the clans along Nakasendo Highway...
532
01:02:29,900 --> 01:02:32,100
...if he then has to change his route because
the Owari's blocks them, and retreats as if...
533
01:02:32,100 --> 01:02:35,700
...on the run, skipping Naigi's territory, he'd
become the laughing stock of the country.
534
01:02:36,200 --> 01:02:41,200
Having to have his own way, and refusing to look
bad to a small daimyo lord of a mere 12,000-koku...
535
01:02:41,200 --> 01:02:42,700
...Sir Naritsugu will definitely
travel up to Nakatsugawa.
536
01:02:44,600 --> 01:02:46,900
There are tho routes:
537
01:02:47,600 --> 01:02:53,100
Going via Kiso Pass on Odaira
Highway, or via Kamizaka Pass.
538
01:02:54,000 --> 01:02:58,500
Either way, he'd have to stop by Ochiai Station.
539
01:03:00,100 --> 01:03:05,000
We'll stand by at Ochiai Station, wait
for the enemy and get Sir Naritsugu.
540
01:03:06,700 --> 01:03:07,900
What do you say?
541
01:03:12,200 --> 01:03:13,900
We're in agreement, I'm sure?
542
01:03:13,900 --> 01:03:15,100
No, we aren't.
543
01:03:16,900 --> 01:03:23,300
What do we do if Akashi's entourage stopped
at Otaki River continues on Ina Highway...
544
01:03:23,300 --> 01:03:24,500
...without being concerned about appearances?
545
01:03:24,500 --> 01:03:28,400
Even if we get the entourage to divide itself
up, they may not stop in Naigi territory.
546
01:03:28,400 --> 01:03:30,800
And, that determines the outcome.
547
01:03:43,700 --> 01:03:45,700
If we are to fight against Lord Akashi's entourage...
548
01:03:46,200 --> 01:03:51,100
...with the number of men we have, then,
regardless of what measures we take...
549
01:03:51,300 --> 01:03:53,700
...the ultimate key is to attack all-out in one shot.
550
01:03:54,100 --> 01:03:55,400
Which means...
551
01:03:55,700 --> 01:04:00,000
...to concentrate the lives of 12 in one final location
and wait for heaven's will to unfold in our favor.
552
01:04:00,800 --> 01:04:04,200
Since we are to wait for heaven's will, we
need to use our resources wisely to prepare.
553
01:04:05,000 --> 01:04:06,300
Kuranaga.
- Yes.
554
01:04:06,800 --> 01:04:12,300
There's no one better suited to talk to Yukie
Makino at Agematsu Camp in Kiso to get his help.
555
01:04:12,600 --> 01:04:13,600
All right? I'm counting on you.
556
01:04:13,600 --> 01:04:17,700
Yes, certainly. I promise to get
the entourage's way blocked.
557
01:04:17,700 --> 01:04:18,700
Well then.
558
01:04:23,200 --> 01:04:27,500
Now, regarding Ochiai Station...
559
01:04:28,600 --> 01:04:29,500
Shinrokuro.
560
01:04:29,600 --> 01:04:30,500
Yes.
561
01:04:30,500 --> 01:04:35,700
Will you go on ahead of us and negotiate
it with the general chief of the town?
562
01:04:35,700 --> 01:04:37,800
Yes. How shall I do that?
563
01:04:38,200 --> 01:04:41,200
Ochiai Station has 75 inns.
564
01:04:41,600 --> 01:04:48,200
Let's say 50-ryo per house in all,
which comes up to 3750-ryo.
565
01:04:48,400 --> 01:04:52,100
Can you buy up all the inns with the money?
566
01:04:52,700 --> 01:04:53,800
I got it.
567
01:04:53,800 --> 01:04:56,500
We need to move quickly. Get our horses.
568
01:04:56,500 --> 01:04:57,400
Yes.
569
01:04:57,400 --> 01:05:03,100
We'll go down Koshu Highway. Run as fast as
we can and we'll get ahead of the entourage.
570
01:05:05,700 --> 01:05:11,500
Sir Naritsugu's entourage is
Shinano-bound via Nakasendo.
571
01:05:13,800 --> 01:05:19,100
The autumn in Kiso is over at last and it's November.
572
01:05:21,100 --> 01:05:24,200
Ochiai Station in Mino.
573
01:05:39,500 --> 01:05:44,600
Hey, this is where Tokubei Sanshuya, the
general chief of this Ochiai Station, lives isn't it?
574
01:06:02,000 --> 01:06:06,000
Please excuse our humble room,
for it's deep country here.
575
01:06:06,000 --> 01:06:08,800
Hey, Kayo, you cleaned the room, didn't you?
576
01:06:08,800 --> 01:06:09,700
Yes.
577
01:06:11,000 --> 01:06:12,600
I won't be any trouble.
578
01:06:12,600 --> 01:06:13,900
Yes, this way please.
579
01:06:22,200 --> 01:06:25,500
Do farmers carry swords around here?
580
01:06:25,800 --> 01:06:27,900
If you're talking about me, I'm not a farmer.
581
01:06:28,100 --> 01:06:30,300
I'm a country samurai.
- Quiet, Koyata.
582
01:06:30,500 --> 01:06:34,000
Sorry, he only fancies himself a samurai.
583
01:06:34,000 --> 01:06:38,100
But Dad, it's true Koyata is a country samurai, isn't it?
584
01:06:38,100 --> 01:06:40,000
It's no business for women and children.
585
01:06:40,900 --> 01:06:44,700
Well, I was the one who brought this up. Forgive me.
586
01:06:44,800 --> 01:06:46,000
Go ahead please.
587
01:06:48,800 --> 01:06:50,500
Who on earth is that?
588
01:06:50,500 --> 01:06:52,700
I heard he's a Hatamoto samurai from Edo.
589
01:06:52,700 --> 01:06:57,000
He brought with him a letter of order by a senior
advisor of the cabinet... He said something like that.
590
01:06:57,300 --> 01:06:59,000
A letter of order by a senior advisor?
591
01:07:00,000 --> 01:07:02,200
What kind of order would that be for such country?
592
01:07:03,500 --> 01:07:06,100
On November 7...
593
01:07:06,100 --> 01:07:13,400
...Sir Naritsugu traveled through Fukushima,
Kiso, nearing the border of Owari Province.
594
01:07:39,600 --> 01:07:42,100
Lord! Emergency.
595
01:07:42,300 --> 01:07:43,200
What's wrong?
596
01:07:43,300 --> 01:07:45,600
The Owari's have issued an order to
refuse our transit through their territory.
597
01:07:45,600 --> 01:07:47,200
What? To refuse our transit?
598
01:08:09,300 --> 01:08:16,100
At this time, by order of Sir Owari Chunagon, we
hereby decline Sir Matsudaira Sahyoe-no-kami...
599
01:08:16,100 --> 01:08:23,900
...Head of Akashi Castle in Banshu, to
transit through this Owari territory.
600
01:08:23,900 --> 01:08:29,700
November in the first year of Koka, Kiso
Agematsu Camp, of the Owari clan."
601
01:08:29,700 --> 01:08:33,900
How annoying to encounter such an
emergency in the middle of our journey!
602
01:08:41,000 --> 01:08:42,300
What's the matter?
603
01:08:42,300 --> 01:08:43,400
Yes, sir!
604
01:09:12,400 --> 01:09:16,700
You fools, you let such a thing happen
without doing anything about it?
605
01:09:16,800 --> 01:09:19,900
Silence!
- My lord!
606
01:09:24,400 --> 01:09:26,500
If Owari Chunagon is from one
of the three largest families...
607
01:09:26,500 --> 01:09:29,100
...Naritsugu here is the son of the former
Shogun and the brother of the current Shogun!
608
01:09:29,200 --> 01:09:32,300
I won't bow down to such a thing!
- My lord!
609
01:09:32,300 --> 01:09:33,700
Ignore it and cross over!
610
01:09:34,100 --> 01:09:39,600
I'll force my way beyond the border and make
the 610,000-koku Owari clan cry! Cross over!
611
01:09:39,600 --> 01:09:43,000
My lord! We understand your outrage, but...
- Silence!
612
01:09:43,000 --> 01:09:45,600
If you won't, I'll cross over all by myself!
613
01:09:46,600 --> 01:09:48,500
What! My lord!
614
01:09:51,200 --> 01:09:52,300
Wait!
615
01:09:55,100 --> 01:09:56,300
Let's see what happens.
616
01:09:57,100 --> 01:09:59,400
What for, Sir Kito?
617
01:09:59,900 --> 01:10:04,500
We desperately need to go through
the Owari territory if at all possible.
618
01:10:05,600 --> 01:10:10,000
My lord's usual desire to have it his own way...
619
01:10:10,800 --> 01:10:12,300
We'll see it through and find
out whether it will work or not.
620
01:10:16,900 --> 01:10:18,000
Don't go.
621
01:10:19,200 --> 01:10:24,000
If the worst should happen, I'm
prepared to die in place of my lord.
622
01:10:24,700 --> 01:10:28,700
I'm putting my life as a samurai at
stake. I won't let you stop this so easily!
623
01:10:44,400 --> 01:10:45,600
Who are you?
624
01:10:46,300 --> 01:10:47,600
Identify yourself.
625
01:10:54,900 --> 01:10:56,700
Out of my way if you want to live.
626
01:10:57,200 --> 01:10:59,000
If you don't, I'll kill you without mercy.
627
01:11:00,200 --> 01:11:01,900
As you wish.
628
01:11:02,500 --> 01:11:03,500
What?
629
01:11:04,200 --> 01:11:06,500
It seems you don't recognize me...
630
01:11:06,800 --> 01:11:11,500
...but I am Yukie Makino, the father of the
Owari samurai Uneme Makino and his wife...
631
01:11:11,700 --> 01:11:19,200
...whom you killed at the Kiso Agematsu
Main Camp in October of last year.
632
01:11:19,900 --> 01:11:23,700
Can you successfully kill me and pass through?
633
01:11:27,100 --> 01:11:33,700
In the name of the 610,000-koku
Owari clan, I promise I will stop you.
634
01:11:34,000 --> 01:11:36,100
An impudent one who doesn't know his place!
635
01:11:52,000 --> 01:11:53,000
My lord!
636
01:11:53,200 --> 01:11:54,400
Oh, Hanbei.
637
01:11:55,300 --> 01:11:58,700
Let us go that way just for now.
638
01:12:01,001 --> 01:12:01,901
My lord!
639
01:12:36,704 --> 01:12:43,904
We'll detour and take Ina Highway to get to
Sanshu Highway, then go by sea from Okazaki.
640
01:12:44,905 --> 01:12:48,005
Missing the visit to just that one Naigi
clan is too trivial to worry about.
641
01:12:49,505 --> 01:12:52,505
What do you think? Everyone?
642
01:12:54,606 --> 01:12:57,006
If people hear that our way was blocked
by the Owari clan during our journey...
643
01:12:57,006 --> 01:12:59,506
...and we missed all visits to the clans along
the way and we missed all visits to the clans...
644
01:12:59,506 --> 01:13:03,906
...along the way and ran back to our home
territory, we'd be the laughing stock of the country.
645
01:13:04,107 --> 01:13:06,907
Are you more concerned about
not being a laughing stock...
646
01:13:07,607 --> 01:13:11,207
...or about the life of our lord as well
as that of the 100,000-koku Akashi clan?
647
01:13:12,808 --> 01:13:14,208
That's what I want to ask you.
648
01:13:17,208 --> 01:13:21,008
We may or may not be laughed at,
but that'll last only for a year at most.
649
01:13:21,008 --> 01:13:24,008
When we return to the capital the following year,
he will be promoted and become a senior advisor.
650
01:13:24,109 --> 01:13:26,909
With that status, nobody will be
able to point their finger at him!
651
01:13:29,009 --> 01:13:32,409
Then, where's the point in risking his life...
652
01:13:32,409 --> 01:13:35,709
...and 100,000-koku for missing
just one visit, one single visit?
653
01:13:35,910 --> 01:13:42,410
Do you want to hold on to life so much that
you're willing to make your lord a laughing stock?
654
01:13:45,311 --> 01:13:50,211
I've heard it said that a samurai would choose
death to avoid becoming a laughing stock of society.
655
01:13:51,211 --> 01:13:52,311
What do you say, Hanbei?
656
01:13:57,512 --> 01:13:59,212
Let me tell you something.
657
01:13:59,912 --> 01:14:06,012
Why do you think the 100,000-koku Akashi clan
has paid and fostered samurai for generations?
658
01:14:07,313 --> 01:14:13,213
Please excuse me, but this is a time of emergency.
We cannot do without emergency measures.
659
01:14:13,313 --> 01:14:18,013
Is it about the Hatamoto samurai
called Shinzaemon Shimada?
660
01:14:18,014 --> 01:14:18,814
Indeed.
661
01:14:19,214 --> 01:14:20,214
Silence!
662
01:14:20,514 --> 01:14:21,814
Akashi has 100,000-koku.
663
01:14:21,814 --> 01:14:25,114
You are a retainer of this 100,000-koku
family, and you're still afraid of...
664
01:14:25,114 --> 01:14:29,414
...some scheme by a poor Hatamoto samurai with
a mere 750-koku! How embarrassing! Shame on you!
665
01:14:36,915 --> 01:14:37,815
Hanbei.
666
01:14:39,416 --> 01:14:43,916
I thought you were a reliable samurai...
667
01:14:44,716 --> 01:14:46,916
...but I see that I was wrong.
668
01:14:50,717 --> 01:14:51,817
Listen!
669
01:14:51,817 --> 01:14:53,417
No matter what, we will pay a visit...
670
01:14:53,417 --> 01:14:58,217
...to each and every clan along the way including
Naigi Toyama's Mino, without missing one!
671
01:14:58,418 --> 01:15:00,118
This is a firm order!
672
01:15:00,118 --> 01:15:01,018
Yes, sir.
673
01:15:20,120 --> 01:15:21,620
We have other measures to take.
674
01:15:23,220 --> 01:15:25,420
It won't do without a measure.
675
01:16:10,024 --> 01:16:11,124
Sir Kuranaga!
676
01:16:13,424 --> 01:16:16,024
Is Sir Shinza here?
- Yes, inside here.
677
01:16:16,025 --> 01:16:17,725
Take the horse, please.
- Yes.
678
01:16:21,325 --> 01:16:22,625
I've just returned.
679
01:16:22,625 --> 01:16:24,525
Kuranaga! Thank you for your travel.
680
01:16:24,526 --> 01:16:27,926
It's nothing. More importantly,
I have good news for you.
681
01:16:28,126 --> 01:16:33,426
Makino put his life at risk and succeeded in
stopping the Akashi clan's entourage at Otaki River.
682
01:16:33,426 --> 01:16:37,326
Sir Naritsugu took only his
guards and detoured to Ina.
683
01:16:37,327 --> 01:16:38,227
I see!
684
01:16:38,227 --> 01:16:40,927
So we predicted right!
685
01:16:40,927 --> 01:16:43,327
Now we know they're going to Ochiai.
686
01:16:44,028 --> 01:16:47,528
Kuranaga, what happened to Yukie Makino?
- Yes.
687
01:16:48,228 --> 01:16:50,128
Well, Sir Shinza...
688
01:16:51,128 --> 01:16:55,828
Well, I saw him at Agematsu Camp
the night before the incident...
689
01:16:56,128 --> 01:17:00,128
...and told him the details of our
scheme and asked him for help...
690
01:17:00,329 --> 01:17:03,829
...then he cried painfully
and kept saying...
691
01:17:03,829 --> 01:17:09,129
...he regretted that his family
was to end in one generation...
692
01:17:09,130 --> 01:17:11,130
...although he receives
salaries from the Owari.
693
01:17:11,230 --> 01:17:12,730
And he bowed down his head.
694
01:17:13,130 --> 01:17:18,230
The next day, after the incident at Otaki River,
he made sure Sir Naritsugu and his entourage left...
695
01:17:18,331 --> 01:17:23,431
...then cut himself on
the spot and passed away.
696
01:17:25,631 --> 01:17:27,131
As suspected.
697
01:17:30,532 --> 01:17:31,532
I see.
698
01:17:52,734 --> 01:17:57,934
The Akashi entourage is
now divided in tho.
699
01:17:57,934 --> 01:18:03,734
One with Sir Naritsugu himself
accompanied by 52 men...
700
01:18:03,935 --> 01:18:10,135
...left for Ina on Kiso Highway
and crossing Gonbei Pass.
701
01:18:23,137 --> 01:18:24,137
Uncle!
702
01:18:24,437 --> 01:18:26,937
Shinrokuro, thanks for your trouble.
703
01:18:26,937 --> 01:18:29,137
Everything is going as planned.
704
01:18:30,137 --> 01:18:32,937
This is Sir Tokubei of Sanshuya,
the general chief of the station.
705
01:18:33,338 --> 01:18:36,838
I'm Shimada. Thanks for having us.
706
01:18:37,438 --> 01:18:39,038
Sorry for the big trouble.
707
01:18:39,038 --> 01:18:41,338
No please, not to worry.
708
01:18:41,738 --> 01:18:47,238
I'm the only one who knows everything until
after it's over. Please leave it to me.
709
01:18:50,039 --> 01:18:53,539
Then, please show them around now.
- Yes.
710
01:18:53,640 --> 01:18:55,040
And you, Uncle?
711
01:18:55,040 --> 01:18:58,340
I'll look at the inn. You come with me.
- Yes.
712
01:18:58,340 --> 01:19:00,140
And Kuranaga!
- Yes.
713
01:19:00,340 --> 01:19:02,340
Hirayama, you stay with me too.
- Yes.
714
01:19:15,141 --> 01:19:17,041
That over there is Sanshuya.
715
01:19:18,142 --> 01:19:21,742
This way out to Kiso.
That way to Nakatsugawa.
716
01:19:29,043 --> 01:19:33,243
So Nakatsugawa in Naigi's territory
is straight down this road, right?
717
01:19:36,743 --> 01:19:42,343
If they come out on this street, our group
would lose. There's only one street.
718
01:19:43,244 --> 01:19:48,844
It depends on how we turn this ordinary
road station into a place to finish our job.
719
01:20:03,546 --> 01:20:05,346
Hey, is this Sanshuya here?
720
01:20:05,346 --> 01:20:06,246
Yes.
721
01:20:17,047 --> 01:20:21,547
What? Sir Akashi's entourage
disappeared from Ina Highway?
722
01:20:21,648 --> 01:20:23,548
I heard they passed through
Komagane yesterday afternoon.
723
01:20:23,748 --> 01:20:27,548
After that, no one has seen Sir
Akashi's entourage along the highway.
724
01:20:27,748 --> 01:20:31,648
Impossible! There are at least 40 or 50 men.
725
01:20:34,149 --> 01:20:37,949
Could it be they are returning to Edo?
726
01:20:46,450 --> 01:20:47,350
I see!
727
01:20:47,750 --> 01:20:51,850
They might take Kan Highway without passing
lida and come out on Sanshu Highway.
728
01:20:52,551 --> 01:20:54,551
After all it's Hanbei Kito
we're dealing with here.
729
01:20:56,451 --> 01:21:00,951
How about sending another
man to check things out?
730
01:21:01,351 --> 01:21:02,851
I don't know.
731
01:21:03,752 --> 01:21:08,752
If we wander about in an area we're not
familiar with, they might find out about us.
732
01:21:10,352 --> 01:21:14,852
I understand your concern, but if we make
a desperate move, things would fall apart.
733
01:21:15,353 --> 01:21:19,153
Calm your mind and wait
for the next instruction.
734
01:21:19,453 --> 01:21:20,453
Kuranaga.
- Yes.
735
01:21:26,654 --> 01:21:29,354
November 13.
736
01:21:30,154 --> 01:21:37,754
Six days have passed already since Sir
Matsudaira disappeared from Ina Highway.
737
01:21:44,955 --> 01:21:46,955
Hurry! Hurry!
738
01:21:49,356 --> 01:21:51,456
What are you doing taking a break?
739
01:21:51,656 --> 01:21:54,556
One minute now is worth
1,000 gold coins! Hurry up!
740
01:22:28,860 --> 01:22:29,960
Uncle.
741
01:22:34,460 --> 01:22:35,660
What is it, Shinrokuro?
742
01:22:35,760 --> 01:22:37,160
We have a problem.
743
01:22:37,560 --> 01:22:40,160
It seems an outsider has learned
about what we're doing.
744
01:22:40,161 --> 01:22:40,961
What?
745
01:22:43,461 --> 01:22:45,461
Hey, come down.
746
01:22:46,361 --> 01:22:47,361
Move it.
747
01:22:58,062 --> 01:22:59,162
Is it this man?
748
01:22:59,163 --> 01:23:00,063
Yes.
749
01:23:01,063 --> 01:23:03,063
He says he's a country samurai.
750
01:23:04,663 --> 01:23:08,463
His name is Koyata Kiga. He lives
alone and has no parents or siblings.
751
01:23:09,263 --> 01:23:11,663
Since he learned it from
the host of the house...
752
01:23:11,864 --> 01:23:15,664
...we could make the host keep
his daughter inside this house.
753
01:23:16,464 --> 01:23:18,264
What to do about him?
754
01:23:18,664 --> 01:23:22,464
He not only spies on our business
but also wants to join us.
755
01:23:23,765 --> 01:23:24,765
I am appalled.
756
01:23:26,165 --> 01:23:27,265
I beg you!
757
01:23:27,265 --> 01:23:31,265
I'm confident of my sword skills.
My father taught me well. I beg you!
758
01:23:31,866 --> 01:23:32,966
Do you want a promotion?
759
01:23:33,866 --> 01:23:34,866
Not at all.
760
01:23:34,866 --> 01:23:35,966
Then what?
761
01:23:37,666 --> 01:23:40,566
What he wants is that daughter.
762
01:23:49,867 --> 01:23:54,767
They're passionately in love, but her father,
the station chief doesn't give him credit at all.
763
01:23:55,668 --> 01:24:01,168
So he thinks he'd get his wish if he joined
this big job and showed his bravery.
764
01:24:03,669 --> 01:24:09,169
Is that how he feels or what you think it is?
765
01:24:11,069 --> 01:24:12,169
I don't know.
766
01:24:13,269 --> 01:24:14,569
Probably both.
767
01:24:17,370 --> 01:24:22,970
Unless you've loved with all your heart, you'll
never understand how a man in love feels.
768
01:24:24,670 --> 01:24:28,070
It's pretty amazing how such a
man would risk his life. It's true.
769
01:24:28,071 --> 01:24:29,371
Sir Shinrokuro!
770
01:24:30,171 --> 01:24:35,471
They're fools... both
the woman and this man.
771
01:24:37,272 --> 01:24:41,472
Fools, but if we had to kill them
just to keep them from talking...
772
01:24:44,272 --> 01:24:45,372
Uncle?
773
01:24:57,274 --> 01:24:58,874
No choice, I suppose.
774
01:24:59,574 --> 01:25:03,574
Plus, we need more labor with the
bridge. How about placing him there?
775
01:25:11,575 --> 01:25:15,075
So we have 13 men now.
776
01:25:16,375 --> 01:25:19,575
November 14.
777
01:25:21,176 --> 01:25:27,476
And the following day, November 15.
No news all day.
778
01:25:34,177 --> 01:25:39,177
That large entourage and
no rumor about them at all!
779
01:25:39,778 --> 01:25:41,878
Since they haven't
appeared until today...
780
01:25:41,878 --> 01:25:46,478
...it makes me think they must have taken
Sanshu Highway heading straight to Okazaki.
781
01:25:46,978 --> 01:25:48,078
I agree.
782
01:25:49,578 --> 01:25:51,478
That seems like the only possibility.
783
01:25:51,479 --> 01:25:52,379
That's right.
784
01:25:52,779 --> 01:25:56,579
From Komagane where they disappeared at to this
station, it takes a day and a half if they hurry...
785
01:25:56,679 --> 01:25:58,179
...tho days at most.
786
01:25:58,179 --> 01:26:01,279
They should have showed up
a couple of days ago or so.
787
01:26:01,280 --> 01:26:04,680
If we give up now, we might
lose this valuable opportunity.
788
01:26:04,980 --> 01:26:08,980
What do you say if we abandon Ochiai
Station tonight, not even tomorrow...
789
01:26:08,980 --> 01:26:11,480
...and cross over Kamizaka
Pass to reach Sanshu Highway?
790
01:26:11,481 --> 01:26:14,081
That's right.
It's the time to make a decision!
791
01:26:14,081 --> 01:26:15,081
It's too soon.
792
01:26:15,081 --> 01:26:17,281
But Hirayama...
- I said too soon!
793
01:26:30,482 --> 01:26:33,082
You saw how sharp he is at
the Toda ferry landing.
794
01:26:33,283 --> 01:26:37,083
With Hanbei Kito with the group, there's a possibility
they wouldn't visit the Naigi clan's territory.
795
01:26:37,883 --> 01:26:40,683
But then they went off the
highway and disappeared.
796
01:26:41,483 --> 01:26:44,683
No matter how smart Hanbei is, there's
no way a group of 40 to 50 men can...
797
01:26:44,684 --> 01:26:46,784
...travel without being noticed!
798
01:26:48,384 --> 01:26:52,484
They must be staying in one
place, waiting to see our move.
799
01:26:52,684 --> 01:26:54,884
They'll come out when they
decide it's the day of opportunity.
800
01:26:54,885 --> 01:26:57,185
But what if they don't?
- They will!
801
01:26:57,185 --> 01:26:58,985
But Hirayama!
- Silence!
802
01:26:59,985 --> 01:27:02,685
We've put our lives in Sir
Shinzaemon's hands to begin with.
803
01:27:03,185 --> 01:27:05,085
It's tacky to dispute at this point.
804
01:27:05,086 --> 01:27:06,286
Hirayama.
805
01:27:07,586 --> 01:27:12,486
About the watch we planted at the tea house, I
can't really trust a construction laborer for the job.
806
01:27:13,186 --> 01:27:15,586
Can we send somebody else there?
807
01:27:17,687 --> 01:27:19,787
I shall go then.
808
01:27:21,987 --> 01:27:23,387
You again?
809
01:27:23,387 --> 01:27:26,387
Yes. Well, you gave me too much
travel expenses the other day.
810
01:27:26,588 --> 01:27:30,088
This is an extra job for too little money.
But I don't want to be paid too much, either.
811
01:27:30,988 --> 01:27:32,388
So I want you to use me again.
812
01:27:33,388 --> 01:27:36,888
Then I'll ask you. Is that all right?
813
01:27:37,089 --> 01:27:38,589
Hmm.
- Then excuse me.
814
01:27:47,189 --> 01:27:48,789
He's strange.
815
01:27:49,890 --> 01:27:51,590
But he's able.
816
01:28:04,891 --> 01:28:05,891
Uncle.
817
01:28:06,191 --> 01:28:07,391
What?
818
01:28:08,991 --> 01:28:15,391
Do you really think Akashi's
entourage will come?
819
01:28:16,292 --> 01:28:17,392
I don't know.
820
01:28:20,193 --> 01:28:21,393
What to do then?
821
01:28:23,593 --> 01:28:25,893
The same as Kuranaga and Hirayama.
822
01:28:27,593 --> 01:28:30,193
I feel like praying to God.
823
01:28:34,794 --> 01:28:37,594
November 16.
824
01:28:38,094 --> 01:28:39,694
The first frost of the year.
825
01:29:38,300 --> 01:29:41,700
I've heard training is endless work...
826
01:29:42,200 --> 01:29:45,500
...but I can't even
handle this one sword.
827
01:29:47,401 --> 01:29:50,101
Have you been able to
come up with a technique?
828
01:29:50,601 --> 01:29:51,501
No.
829
01:29:52,901 --> 01:29:56,901
But, with the sword, there's a vulnerable moment
when one pulls it out of the sheath, and...
830
01:29:57,302 --> 01:30:00,802
...with the staff, the opponent sees an opportunity
when one pulls it out rather than when he attacks.
831
01:30:01,502 --> 01:30:03,602
There are techniques to be
used for those moments.
832
01:30:04,502 --> 01:30:08,002
I was pondering on this and
trying to figure these things out.
833
01:30:08,903 --> 01:30:10,003
Hirayama.
834
01:30:10,603 --> 01:30:11,403
Yes?
835
01:30:12,603 --> 01:30:18,103
They say a man's life is unpredictable,
but not a warrior's life.
836
01:30:20,604 --> 01:30:23,004
When he fights aiming to die, he lives.
837
01:30:23,904 --> 01:30:26,404
When he fights aiming to live, he dies.
838
01:30:28,705 --> 01:30:36,705
I'm telling myself right now how truthful
I've been to the way of the warrior.
839
01:30:46,906 --> 01:30:47,906
Excuse me!
840
01:30:47,907 --> 01:30:50,407
They're here! They're here!
841
01:30:53,107 --> 01:30:54,107
Sir Shimada!
842
01:30:55,907 --> 01:30:57,707
Sir Akashi's entourage is here!
843
01:30:57,807 --> 01:30:59,307
What? They're here?
- Yes.
844
01:30:59,308 --> 01:31:02,508
It seems they traveled
along Odaira Highway by night.
845
01:31:02,508 --> 01:31:05,008
They should be coming down
from Tomagari Pass in a minute.
846
01:31:05,008 --> 01:31:07,908
Everyone's on horseback.
There are 53 of them.
847
01:31:13,009 --> 01:31:14,709
They're finally here.
848
01:31:21,310 --> 01:31:29,810
November 17, the first year of Koka.
The early hour of the Tiger (4 am).
849
01:31:30,610 --> 01:31:36,810
It was said to be especially
foggy from early dawn that day.
850
01:32:46,518 --> 01:32:47,418
In position.
851
01:32:47,918 --> 01:32:48,818
Yes, sir!
852
01:33:56,624 --> 01:33:58,424
How much longer to Nakatsugawa?
853
01:33:58,724 --> 01:33:59,524
Yes.
854
01:33:59,525 --> 01:34:01,325
I said how much longer!
855
01:34:08,125 --> 01:34:12,025
What's going on?
Get out! Out of the way!
856
01:34:21,227 --> 01:34:22,327
What's this?
857
01:34:22,326 --> 01:34:26,226
Hell! Turn around! Turn around!
858
01:34:39,628 --> 01:34:41,128
Hell!
859
01:34:50,329 --> 01:34:55,029
Near the houses! Hide from
the arrows! Near the houses!
860
01:35:00,630 --> 01:35:02,630
I presume this is the entourage of...
861
01:35:02,630 --> 01:35:06,230
...the Head of Akashi Castle in Banshu,
Sir Matsudaira Sahyoe-no-kami!
862
01:35:06,831 --> 01:35:09,631
This is done by the will of
Hatamoto Shinzaemon Shimada.
863
01:35:09,831 --> 01:35:14,231
Excuse us but we'll stop your
transit with bows and arrows!
864
01:35:22,332 --> 01:35:24,132
Hide from the arrows under the houses!
865
01:35:24,232 --> 01:35:25,732
Go under the houses!
866
01:35:27,733 --> 01:35:29,033
Take my horse!
867
01:35:38,434 --> 01:35:40,534
My lord! Over here...
868
01:35:42,734 --> 01:35:47,734
Don't abandon your horse! Don't
abandon your horse! Idiots! Get back on!
869
01:35:49,535 --> 01:35:51,035
Kill them!
870
01:36:03,436 --> 01:36:06,136
- You, go back to the bridge and keep watch!
- The bridge?
871
01:36:06,136 --> 01:36:10,436
Since there are some of the enemy's men on the
other side, there must be a way to get back over.
872
01:36:10,437 --> 01:36:11,637
Go and look!
873
01:36:16,837 --> 01:36:21,437
Otake! Isolate Sir Akashi from the rest!
874
01:36:21,438 --> 01:36:22,338
Got it!
875
01:36:31,539 --> 01:36:32,639
My lord!
876
01:36:34,339 --> 01:36:35,539
Sir Shirakawa!
877
01:36:35,539 --> 01:36:36,439
What?
878
01:36:39,539 --> 01:36:40,839
We can escape from the passage here!
879
01:36:48,940 --> 01:36:50,040
Good!
880
01:36:52,841 --> 01:36:58,141
Everybody! Retreat! Retreat!
We'll escape from the back street!
881
01:36:58,641 --> 01:36:59,441
My lord!
882
01:37:05,842 --> 01:37:08,942
Hell! Break down that wall!
- Yes, sir!
883
01:37:15,143 --> 01:37:16,143
My lord!
884
01:37:16,343 --> 01:37:21,043
That's a trap! My lord!
Turn back please!
885
01:37:21,543 --> 01:37:24,843
Turn back, will you?
886
01:37:33,244 --> 01:37:35,144
Get out of the way!
887
01:37:55,946 --> 01:37:57,046
Out of the way!
888
01:37:57,047 --> 01:38:00,547
Out of the way! If you don't get out of the way,
I won't have mercy even if you're on my side!
889
01:38:17,249 --> 01:38:18,949
Naritsugu is under here!
890
01:38:38,050 --> 01:38:41,650
My lord!
891
01:38:47,751 --> 01:38:52,251
Out of the way! Out of the way!
892
01:38:57,152 --> 01:39:01,052
My lord!
893
01:39:10,654 --> 01:39:13,454
Turn back! Turn back!
894
01:39:46,557 --> 01:39:49,857
Oh Hanbei! We won't make it this way!
Do something!
895
01:39:49,857 --> 01:39:54,657
It was a mistake to have brought you in
here. Please be patient for a little longer.
896
01:40:46,163 --> 01:40:47,263
My lord!
897
01:40:47,562 --> 01:40:48,762
What's the matter, Hanbei?
898
01:40:48,863 --> 01:40:51,363
This is the last trap that Shinza prepared!
899
01:40:51,563 --> 01:40:55,363
We're cornered in. If we're attacked
here, there's no way to escape!
900
01:41:06,465 --> 01:41:08,265
Sir Naritsugu is in the valley trap!
901
01:41:08,565 --> 01:41:10,665
Is Hanbei with him?
- Yes, seems he finally caught up.
902
01:41:11,065 --> 01:41:14,765
All right! Tell everyone to get
down to the alley and fight!
903
01:41:14,765 --> 01:41:17,765
If we don't block their way, the
fish will escape from the net!
904
01:41:24,766 --> 01:41:27,066
I'm curious to see what
moves Hanbei will make.
905
01:41:29,167 --> 01:41:31,467
I wonder how he'll put up a fight?
906
01:41:48,868 --> 01:41:49,768
My lord!
907
01:42:17,271 --> 01:42:19,771
You, go towards those tho over there.
908
01:42:19,971 --> 01:42:24,271
Take down the stack of sacks. I have a hunch
there's a way out hidden behind them. Hurry!
909
01:42:28,872 --> 01:42:30,872
Take down the sacks!
910
01:42:38,673 --> 01:42:40,873
The rest of us will form a
human barrier for our lord!
911
01:42:40,873 --> 01:42:43,773
Step in front! Move it now!
912
01:42:44,874 --> 01:42:48,674
If you don't do as I tell you, I won't
show mercy even if you're our men!
913
01:42:57,375 --> 01:42:58,375
Sir Hirayama!
914
01:43:43,879 --> 01:43:44,879
Come at me!
915
01:43:45,979 --> 01:43:49,879
Why don't you show me the true
spirit of the Akashi samurai!
916
01:44:10,482 --> 01:44:13,582
Come on, hurry up! Hurry!
917
01:44:35,484 --> 01:44:36,784
Shojiro!
- Yes!
918
01:44:37,084 --> 01:44:38,784
Stay on guard!
- Yes!
919
01:44:42,785 --> 01:44:43,985
Retreat!
920
01:44:47,885 --> 01:44:49,285
Kill him!
921
01:45:12,588 --> 01:45:14,288
Shojiro! Let's go!
922
01:45:24,389 --> 01:45:25,389
All right!
923
01:45:26,989 --> 01:45:28,889
Offense is the best defense.
924
01:45:28,889 --> 01:45:31,289
Seize the opportunity, push forward!
925
01:46:11,193 --> 01:46:13,993
Sawara! We'll go through!
926
01:46:13,993 --> 01:46:15,493
Okay! Go through!
927
01:46:39,796 --> 01:46:41,096
Sir Kito!
928
01:46:42,096 --> 01:46:46,296
Sir Kito!!
929
01:46:48,496 --> 01:46:49,296
Niwa!
930
01:46:51,797 --> 01:46:54,997
We can cross over the river on
Kiso Highway we took by boat.
931
01:46:54,997 --> 01:46:57,597
I see! So we can cross over by boat!
932
01:47:01,798 --> 01:47:06,398
Listen! Those of you who remained here
will turn back on the same road we came!
933
01:47:06,398 --> 01:47:09,198
We're at the crucial point where we can make
Akashi of 100,000-koku either alive or dead!
934
01:47:09,198 --> 01:47:10,998
Push forward with all your might!
935
01:47:10,998 --> 01:47:12,198
Yes, sir!
936
01:47:30,100 --> 01:47:33,300
Hatazawa, look after our lord! Follow me!
937
01:48:21,905 --> 01:48:23,305
What are you doing!?
938
01:48:23,305 --> 01:48:25,405
Take our lord! Go!
939
01:48:29,606 --> 01:48:30,606
What?
940
01:48:31,206 --> 01:48:33,906
- They pushed their way back into the same alley?
- Yes.
941
01:48:33,906 --> 01:48:37,006
Sir Mitsuhashi saw that
Sir Naritsugu went at them.
942
01:48:37,007 --> 01:48:38,907
But it was few against many.
943
01:48:38,907 --> 01:48:40,907
Blocking this alleyway
seems the best he can do.
944
01:48:42,207 --> 01:48:43,507
Sir Shinza!
945
01:48:43,907 --> 01:48:48,507
That Hanbei intends to send his
master back on Kiso Highway.
946
01:48:48,708 --> 01:48:50,408
Is he willing to fight?
947
01:48:50,408 --> 01:48:51,608
No.
948
01:48:52,508 --> 01:48:54,808
Hanbei was indeed smart
enough to grasp the situation.
949
01:48:59,109 --> 01:49:00,309
Ishizuka!
950
01:49:00,509 --> 01:49:05,309
Tell Higuchi and Horii, the 2 men who returned from
the valley trap, to attack Kito in the main street.
951
01:49:05,309 --> 01:49:07,209
Follow me!
952
01:49:07,910 --> 01:49:09,510
Don't be distracted!
953
01:49:45,413 --> 01:49:47,113
Is our lord here yet?
954
01:49:47,313 --> 01:49:48,813
Our lord here yet!?
955
01:49:49,213 --> 01:49:50,713
My lord!
956
01:50:11,015 --> 01:50:14,415
Help me! If we break down
this door, we can get out!
957
01:50:14,416 --> 01:50:15,516
Yes!
958
01:50:41,918 --> 01:50:43,018
I'll get you!
959
01:50:43,018 --> 01:50:44,418
You're one of them!
960
01:50:44,418 --> 01:50:45,618
I'll kill you!
961
01:50:52,119 --> 01:50:54,319
Mitsuhashi! Let's go!
962
01:51:16,822 --> 01:51:18,222
Sir Mitsuhashi!
963
01:51:20,422 --> 01:51:21,822
Sir Mitsuhashi!!
964
01:51:26,623 --> 01:51:28,223
Sir Mitsuhashi!!
965
01:51:34,323 --> 01:51:35,723
Damn!
966
01:52:47,730 --> 01:52:49,430
Higuchi!
967
01:52:54,531 --> 01:52:56,231
Low life!
968
01:52:56,531 --> 01:52:58,031
Out of the way!
969
01:53:26,034 --> 01:53:28,434
Sir Kito!
970
01:53:28,834 --> 01:53:30,234
Our lord went back that way again!
971
01:53:30,234 --> 01:53:33,234
Damn! That idiot Hatazawa!
972
01:54:11,138 --> 01:54:13,738
Turn back!
973
01:54:30,040 --> 01:54:31,340
Out of the way!
974
01:54:37,840 --> 01:54:40,740
Oh, Sir Shinrokuro! Quick!
975
01:55:01,143 --> 01:55:03,043
Hanbei!
976
01:55:29,245 --> 01:55:31,145
My lord!
977
01:55:33,546 --> 01:55:35,346
My lord!
978
01:55:50,047 --> 01:55:51,947
My lord, go over there for now!
979
01:55:52,547 --> 01:55:53,847
Hanbei!
980
01:57:26,856 --> 01:57:28,556
I waited for you.
981
01:57:30,057 --> 01:57:31,457
Are you Shinzaemon Shimada?
982
01:57:31,857 --> 01:57:36,457
I presume you are the Head of Akashi
Castle, Sir Naritsugu Matsudaira.
983
01:57:37,157 --> 01:57:42,357
Due to reasons beyond my
power, I shall take your life.
984
01:57:51,759 --> 01:57:53,059
Get back, low life!
985
01:57:53,959 --> 01:57:56,659
Attacking me is like rebelling
against the Shogun's family!
986
01:57:56,659 --> 01:57:58,559
Are you fighting against me knowing that?
987
01:57:59,459 --> 01:58:01,559
Let go and prepare yourself.
988
01:58:01,559 --> 01:58:03,759
Get back, low life!
Get back, low life!
989
01:58:03,760 --> 01:58:07,260
Don't you know I'm the
brother of the Shogun?
990
01:58:08,560 --> 01:58:12,360
I can't say everything
is your fault...
991
01:58:14,161 --> 01:58:18,461
...and it isn't easy
taking your life...
992
01:58:20,461 --> 01:58:23,961
...but this is for the sake of
all people of the country...
993
01:58:25,062 --> 01:58:28,862
...therefore I can't let you go.
994
01:58:32,462 --> 01:58:33,762
Hanbei!
995
01:58:33,962 --> 01:58:35,262
Hanbei!
996
01:58:36,263 --> 01:58:37,563
Asakura!
997
01:58:39,963 --> 01:58:41,363
Hanpei!
998
01:58:42,663 --> 01:58:44,363
Asakura!
999
01:59:05,265 --> 01:59:06,565
My lord!
1000
01:59:10,166 --> 01:59:11,466
My lord!
1001
01:59:24,967 --> 01:59:27,967
Shinza, you bastard!
Prepare yourself!
1002
01:59:28,668 --> 01:59:29,968
Wait.
1003
01:59:31,768 --> 01:59:33,468
Hanbei...
1004
01:59:35,168 --> 01:59:37,668
...you and me, one on one.
1005
01:59:54,470 --> 01:59:56,170
Shinza!
1006
01:59:56,370 --> 01:59:58,570
Why didn't you defend yourself?
1007
01:59:58,670 --> 02:00:00,870
Why did you let my sword...?
1008
02:00:01,971 --> 02:00:03,471
Hanbei...
1009
02:00:05,371 --> 02:00:07,271
This is the right way.
1010
02:00:10,672 --> 02:00:11,972
Shinza!
1011
02:00:29,273 --> 02:00:30,573
Hanbei.
1012
02:00:35,374 --> 02:00:36,974
Shinza!
1013
02:00:40,374 --> 02:00:43,674
Hanbei, this is the right way.
1014
02:00:45,475 --> 02:00:49,875
If I didn't kill your lord, I'd
lose my pride as a samurai.
1015
02:00:50,875 --> 02:00:56,475
If you didn't kill me,
you'd lose your pride, too.
1016
02:00:58,176 --> 02:00:59,876
I see.
1017
02:01:00,976 --> 02:01:03,376
It's just like you, Shinza.
1018
02:01:04,277 --> 02:01:05,577
I lose.
1019
02:01:06,177 --> 02:01:10,877
I'll get you back on the other side.
1020
02:01:18,078 --> 02:01:19,478
Hiraki!
1021
02:01:19,478 --> 02:01:20,678
Yes, sir!
1022
02:01:24,279 --> 02:01:27,179
End the meaningless fight.
1023
02:01:28,079 --> 02:01:29,779
Signal them.
1024
02:01:31,179 --> 02:01:32,679
Sir!
1025
02:01:47,681 --> 02:01:49,181
We've done it!
1026
02:01:51,681 --> 02:01:54,181
Shojiro, don't chase them!
1027
02:02:21,884 --> 02:02:23,384
Shojiro!
1028
02:05:00,199 --> 02:05:04,199
Sir Naritsugu Matsudaira
Sahyoe-no-kami got ill on his journey...
1029
02:05:04,199 --> 02:05:07,999
...and passed upon arrival
in his home territory...
1030
02:05:08,299 --> 02:05:13,799
...thus it was reported
to the Central Government.
1031
02:05:14,000 --> 02:05:23,100
It was the end of November in
the first year of Koka (1844).
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