All language subtitles for Dokuganryu Masamune 40

The New York Commodities
Exchange.

The world's greatest
futures market for gold.

Every day, as much as 100 T
of gold are bought and sold.

Corresponding to
the foreign markets,

Japan also sets a dily
value on gold...

which influence even
the price of a necklace.

Gold is a valuable
ornamental metal,

that also influences
world economic trends.

Masamune used this gold
with great skill.

With his brilliant use of gold,

Masamune extricated himself
from dangerous situations.

In Japan, before
the Meiji Era,

the 1600s was the golden age
of gold and silver production.

The finances of the Tokugawa
Shogunate...

depended on the mines
of Sado.

Each year, 827 pounds of gold...

and 87,885 pounds of silver
were sent from Sado to Edo.

In complete charge of these
mines was Okubo Nagayasu.

Nagayasu was adviser
to Tadateru...

and planned to embark on
foreign trade.

Through marriage to Iroha,

Tadateru and Masamune were
son- and father-in-law.

Through these two, Masamune
dreamed of adventures abroad.

Dokuganryu Masamune
(One-eyed Dragon Masamune)

Episode 40:
A Seafaring Ship

Screenplay by James Miki

Based on the novel "Date Masamune"
by Sohachi Yamaoka

Music by Shinichiro Ikebe

Theme music performed by
NHK Symphony Orchestra

CAST

Masamune Date:
KEN WATANABE

Shigezane Date:
TOMOKAZU MIURA

Kojuro Katakura:
TERUHIKO SAIGO

Princess Mego:
JUNKO SAKURADA

Princess Iroha:
YASUKO SAWAGUCHI

Shugenobu Suzuki:
MITSURU HIRATA

Tsunamoto Moniwa:
TAKEHIRO MURATA

Tadamune Date:
HIRONOBU NOMURA

Hidemune Date: KOICHI TSUJINO
Munenao Shiroishi: ZENPAKU KATO

Yoshichika Shirakawa: KIYOSHI KAWAKUBO
Masataka Iwaji: JUNPEI KUSAMI

Tadateru Matsudaira:
HIROYUKI SANADA

Hidetada Tokugawa:
HIROSHI KATSUNO

Munenori Yagyu:
RENJI ISHIBASHI

Tsunenaga Hasakura:
MUNEYUKI SATO

Toshikatsu Doi: SEIJI ENDO
Tadamoto Mizuno: TAKUZO KADONO

Nagayasu Okubo:
RYUNOSUKE KANEDA

Ieyasu Tokugawa:
MASAHIKO TSUGAWA

I want you to meet someone.

October 1611, Sendai Castle

I'm Luis Sotelo.

I'm glad to make
your acquaintance.

Well? Doesn't he speak
good Japanese?

I'm impressed.

Luis Sotelo comes from a
good family in Spain.

He went to the Philippines
to spread Christianity,

and taught in Wakayama
and Kyoto before Edo

and is now abbot of
a monastery.

No wonder.

Sotelo's sermon
resonated with me.

The Buddha's teachings
are blessed

but Christianity also has
good points.

Sotelo's not just a priest.

He cured the illness of

the Date women
in the Edo Mansion.

No, it wasn't I who
cured them.

It was the God's love.

God's love?

Listen everyone.

I'm allowing Sotelo to
proselytize in Sendai.

I'm thinking building several
Christian churches too.

That's out of the question.

Why do you say that?

Buddhism is the ancestral
religion of the land.

If Christianity spreads
there will be trouble.

It is Buddhist monks
that are causing trouble.

The different sects disagree
on everything

straying from the path
of righteousness.

If Christianity begins to spread,

the Buddhist monks would
mend their ways.

Two birds with one stone.

God bless you.

At that time,

Ieyasu Tokugawa's sixth son
Tadateru Matsudaira

was stationed at
Fukushima Castle in Echigo.

First, we go to Macao
from Japan.

Next we land in the
Philippines

and after visiting the
southern islands

we land in the island of
Jakarta.

We'll eat a lot of
Jakarta potatoes

and will ride into the Goa
palace on an elephant.

Oh, I forgot.

I have to hunt alligators
when I reach Thailand.

I hear it's hot in the
southern islands.

Yes, it's so hot that
sometimes flying birds

are burned and fall
to the ground.

You're joking.

According to Nagayasu

there are a lot of beautiful
women there too.

Oh, it may be amusing to
bring back ten of them.

That's out of the question.

As the head of Japan's Christian
family, you must be modest.

Are you jealous?

God teaches strict
monogamy.

That's what I don't get.

That's why samurai wives
and commoner's daughters

gladly become Christians.

Mortal men can't go on long
sea voyages without women.

I will go with you.

What?

Rather than staying
in desolate Echigo

and spend lonely days
waiting for you

I want you to
take me with you.

The ship will pitch and roll.

It may sink in a storm.

We'll die together.

We'll go hand in hand
to heaven.

You are truly
Masamune Date's daughter.

All right.
I'll take you.

Will you really?

I swear on the cross.

I'll take you and show all
the kings of the world

how beautiful you are.

I'm so happy.

Do you really trust
the Christians?

I haven't decided.

I hear you've been baptized.

I told Sotelo no.

The head of the Date clan
can't be baptized.

But instead, I promised
I will recommend conversion

to as many vassals as I can.

I really don't get it.

Our lord wishes to trade
with the Nanbans.

What?

Both the retired shogun
and the shogun

favor the Red Hairs.

I believe that by helping
the Nanbans

who are out of favor
our lord intends to have them

ad as pilots for his trade ships.

Trade is fine but wouldn't
that be construed as

a slap in the shogun's face?

As you say,
that would be very tricky.

I was invited to Nagayasu
Okubo's mansion this summer.

This is a Nanban
jewelry box.

Please examine this.

This scroll is not
made of paper.

It is made from
tanned calf hide.

I doubted my eyes.

It was headed
"Covenant with God"

and was signed by three
unexpected people.

First, Minister of the Right
Hideyori Toyotomi

next, Tadateru Matsudaira

and third, shogunate elder
stateman Tadachika Okubo.

Let me assure you that
this covenant is real.

For what purpose?

It's proof of their conversion
to the Christian faith.

So you say these three
are now believers?

That's right.

But it doesn't say so
in the covenant.

It's not necessary.

The calf hide is proof
of their conversion.

Is that true, Sotelo?

Yes, it is.

I want the fourth name on
the covenant to be yours.

Don't underestimate me.

Excuse me?

I won't sign a covenant
without a stated purpose.

I don't want to be accused
of treason to the shogun.

- Please don't worry.
- Then I ask you.

What are you going to
use this for?

We'll deliver it to the
Nanban king.

What?

He means King Philip III
of Spain.

And we'll show it to
the Pope in Rome.

This will allow us

safe passage on the seven seas
without interference

under the protection of
the Nanban navy.

Please sign the covenant.

If I refuse?

Then you will not be able
to trade with the Nanbans.

Nagayasu.

Who is the originator
of this covenant?

You don't have the clout
to send a document

that major Japanese daimyos
have signed.

Yet you can't ask the
retired shogun or the shogun.

Your scheme isn't bad.

I can be your supporter.

That's would be wonderful.

But this isn't enough.

Gather more signatures of
Christian lords.

Then I will sign my name
at the end

as the king of Oshu to
the covenant.

I can't believe
Hideyori Toyotomi

and the shogun's younger
brother signed the covenant.

Hideyori knows nothing.

The one who signed it

thinks the originator is
a friend to the Toyotomi.

Then he was fooled.

Nagayasu Okubo is
that rare criminal.

But he has a huge dream.

He wants his master Tadateru

to be the head of
Japanese Christians

and he's hoping to rule
not only Japan

but the world if
circumstances allow.

I have to hand it to him.

It's Tsunamoto.

Sotelo was attacked by
the monks.

What?

Kill every one of them!

Don't let a single man
escape.

Tsunenaga Hasekura,
Date hereditary vassal

who saved Sotelo
from certain death

cracked down on those
who obstructed

Sotelo's proselytizing
on Masamune's orders.

Fukushima Castle, Echigo

Fool!

How can we cross the sea
without building ships?

Contrary to my expectations,

the retired shogun is
reluctant to give permission.

Go persuade him
once again.

Could you wait until spring?

The bitter Echigo winter

will prevent us from
starting to build a ship.

Stop making excuses.

If Echigo is too cold,
go occupy Osaka Castle.

Oh my.

Listen, Nagayasu.

The Christians don't care
about Hideyori.

They look to me as their
leader. That's what you said.

Yes.

How can a leader not be
able to build a ship

nor take Osaka Castle?

Not only will it undermine
my authority,

I will lose respect.

Please leave everything
up to me.

I promise that
in the near future

you will become the
third shogun.

If I'm shogun,
you'll be the kanpaku?

Please keep your voice down.

A shogun's position
is too insignificant.

I'm supposed to be
the king of the world.

Have you forgotten?

Date Mansion, Edo

Doesn't he look like
the next Date head?

At the end of the year,

Masamune's heir Toragikumaru
came of age

and was renamed
Tadamune Date

taking one character from
shogun Hidetada's name.

Ship building has been banned
along with castle building.

If you won't help our hopes
will be dashed.

So, I will once again
petition the retired shogun

and came to ask you

to please write a letter
of support.

You have a bigger problem.

Confine yourself to
your house in Hachijoji

and wait quietly for
instructions.

Oh?

Are you denying knowledge

of the Daihachi Okamoto
incident?

Who's Daihachi Okamoto?

He is the retired shogun's
administrator.

Sir Honda's confidant.

Some days ago,
he sweet-talked

the Christian lord
Harunobu Arima

into giving him
a huge bribe.

Thus Okamoto was
burned at the stake.

And what connections do
I have with him?

He mentioned you several
times in his interrogation.

This is news to me.

According to Daihachi,
since the world is at peace

brothels and prostitutes
have sprouted proliferated.

But minor officials can't
afford such pleasures.

However, those who live
in Hachijoji

are spending lots of money availing
themselves to those pleasures.

When they were questioned

they said they received money
from you, Sir Okubo.

That's foolishness.

The shogunate has already
begun cracking down.

You can no longer
ignore the situation.

Oh, don't you worry
about that.

I am the retired shogun's
favorite.

If I go to Sunpu personally
and explain

- it will go away.
- Don't take it so lightly.

Your philandering
is an open secret.

If you go to Sunpu,
you'll be interrogated

and more will come out.

But since I am Sir Tadateru's
messenger I can't stay.

Pretend you're ill.

Pretend?

Have a stroke in Hachijoji
and take to your bed.

Oh dear.

But I have a huge ambition.

I'm staking my life on
building a big ship

and sailing the world's seas.

I will take over your dream.

What?

You go behave yourself

and wait for things
to blow over.

Spring, 1612.

Masamune had an audience
with shogun Hidetada

and asked for permission to
build seafaring ships.

Building of large ships
are prohibited.

But the Nanban and
Red Hair ships are

cruising the world's seas
at will.

We will be left behind.

So say you build a ship.
What will you use it for?

First, we will learn shipbuilding
and seafaring skills.

Second, we'll explore the
countries of the world.

Third, we'll have Sotelo
deliver a letter to the pope.

Fourth, we will demand
from King Philip of Spain

his true intentions
regarding Japan.

Fifth, we will banish Vizcaino
who is hostile to Sotelo

on this ship.

I see. Five birds with
one stone.

Will you give me permission?

No way.

How disappointing.

This would be good for Japan.

I know how loyal you are.

Then please reconsider.

Go to Uraga.

Uraga?

The retired shogun is already
building a ship there.

A huge ship.

Not only will it accomplish
the five things you mentioned

it will promote trade with
the Philippines and Mexico.

So that's six birds
with one stone?

Sir Shogun.
Sir Date.

I beseech you.

Please put me on that ship.

Please recommend me
to the retired shogun.

September 1612.

The San Sebastian,
a 150-ton ship

built by the retired shogun
set sail from Uraga for Spain.

But it ran aground shortly
after leaving port.

At Masamune's request

Sotelo and
Tsunenaga Hasekura

had permission to be
on that ship.

They survived the shipwreck
and returned to Edo.

I have no excuses.

It's not your fault.

It's the shogunate's failure.

How slipshod...

to run aground
soon after leaving port.

The sea is wide and big.

With our current skill

it would be difficult to build
a ship that can reach Spain.

That's not true,
The ship was too small.

It's harder to build
a larger ship.

We won't give up.

We won't lose to the Nanbans
and Red Hairs.

Yes, sir.

I'm going to build an
incredibly large ship.

I'll get to Spain first

and look down on
the shogunate's incompetence.

Father. I would like
to go to Spain.

That's the spirit.

I too will go.

All right.

Good. Tsunenaga, don't be
disheartened.

The following year, 1613,

the retired shogun
Ieyasu Tokugawa

enjoyed falcon hunting
in Katsushika.

No more ships.

But trade with the Nanbans
and Red Hairs

will necessitate a large ship.

That's where we failed.

Masamune would like to
build one as a Date project.

Oh? You'll build it
in Sendai?

That's right.

If we build it under
the shogunate's supervision,

even if we fail it won't affect
your prestige.

Then do as you please.

I will build a ship equal
to the Nanbans

that will gain your approval.

I hope you can build it in time.

Excuse me?

Yoshihisa Shimazu is dead,

so are Nagamasa Asano and
Kiyomasa Kato.

I probably don't have
long to live.

Don't say such things.

I believe you will have
a long life.

I can tell by your
healthy complexion.

Don't flatter me.

I'm not.

There are those who can't
wait for me to die.

Not here.

What about you?

You're joking.

Please take care of yourself.

You still have big undertakings
ahead, Father.

You're right.
I have to get on with it.

Is this about settling Osaka?

That too.
But that's not all.

We found a suspicious
covenant

in Nagayasu Okubo's mansion.

It has Hideyori Toyotomi's
name in the first position

next Tadateru Matsudaira

and Tadachika Okubo's
and it's signed and sealed.

They are all devout
Christians.

And the purpose
of the covenant?

Oh are you saying
you don't know?

I don't.

Oh, pardon me.

We have to make a thorough
investigation about the aim.

We can't investigate
Hideyori Toyotomi.

Nagayasu has gone mad
and disappeared.

So that leaves
Tadateru and Tadachika.

How bothersome.

The covenant was discovered?

Sir Tadateru will be
admonished severely.

If they believe he was
consorting with Osaka

he will be ordered
to commit seppuku.

Oh no.

Sir Matsudaira is the retired
shogun's son

and the shogun's brother.

That's why his crime
is even more serious.

Iroha...
what will become of her?

We have to save her.

No matter what.

My lord.

Damn that dishonorable
Nagayasu Okubo!

Gold.
Gold.

I smell gold.

Someone!
Anyone here?

Nagayasu Okubo's sons
fearing the shogunate's

confined their father in
the clan's city warehouse.

Shogun Hidetada's chamberlains

played a major role
in their attempt to solidify

the shogun's position and
contain the Toyotomi clan.

I don't know anything
about a mudslide.

I said I don't know.
Don't touch the gold.

Who do you think I am?

Oh, caterpillar.

Caterpillar... caterpillar.

Caterpillar.
Burn them.

Burn them.

Nanshige.
Help me. Help me.

Caterpillar!

Caterpillar.
Help me! Help me!

Masamune, understanding
the gravity of the situation

sent Shigezane to
Fukushima Castle in Echigo.

That was an oath
to convert to Christianity.

I'm appalled
I'm being suspected.

I agree.

But we think the shogunate
sent spies to Echigo

to check on you.

That's even more unforgivable.

Why don't they just
question Nagayasu Okubo?

Unfortunately, Sir Nagayasu
died of illness in March.

What?

Nagayasu's dead?

He died in an appalling manner
in his city warehouse's prison.

Who's responsible for this?

The details will come out
eventually.

They're all trying to make it
look like I committed treason.

If that's the case,
I know what I have to do.

I'll raise an army with
Kaga's Maeda clan

and march to Osaka Castle.

No!

Going to Osaka Castle
is equivalent to suicide.

You don't think
I can win?

That's not the point.

If it appears you were
in collusion with Sir Hideyori

it's as though you're declaring
yourself a traitor.

Fool!

I intend to attack
Osaka Castle for Father

and chase Hideyori out.

Sir Hideyori's wife is
the shogun's daughter

Princess Sen.

I know that.

If you make the retired shogun
angry, it will cost you your life.

Fool!

Who do you think I am?

I apologize for my insolent
behavior.

But I am here as my master
Masamune's messenger.

My words are those of
your father-in-law.

Masamune is a liar.

That's a strange thing
to hear.

He said he'd put me on
a big ship

sail the ocean and make me
the king of the world.

I believe your dream
will soon come true.

What?

My master has received
permission

and is building a large ship
in Date fief.

It's a huge ship
108 ft. long, 33 ft. wide

with three masts.

It that true, Shigezane?

We want you to
sail in this ship.

I'm going to be on this?

Yes.

Did Masamune say so?

Yes. Until then he asks that

you keep the retired shogun
and shogun happy,

and be good until
the suspicion is lifted.

If I'm good, I can go
to the Philippines?

And to Rome?

To Spain and England too.

Masamune is a great man.

He is a father-in-law
I can trust.

Oh there's one more thing.

To dispel doubts and to put
the shogunate at ease

he says it's vital that
you give them a postage.

A hostage?

He thinks you should send
your wife to Edo.

Iroha?

Yes.

I refuse.

It's a pleasure
to see you again.

I am happy to see you
looking so well.

I won't go to Edo.

You were listening?

A Christian couple can't
live apart.

That depends on
the situation.

No. God will not permit it.

It's just for a little while.

Are you trying to distance
me from you?

Fool.

Please let me stay
by your side.

There are disturbing
rumors in Edo.

That you who are devoted
to Christianity

have gone mad and
killed your wife.

- No!
- That's ridiculous.

It must-be a Red Hair ploy.

In order to dispel that rumor,
you must go to Edo.

Go and show them
you are alive and well.

It's for the future of
the 720,000 Matsudaira

and 670,000 Date clans.

I beseech you.

Iroha.

I will go to Rome and have
an audience with the Pope

and spread Christianity
throughout the world.

God will forgive you

whether you are in Edo
or in Echigo.

What God has joined together,
will never be tom asunder.

Look.

Your father is building
this ship in Date.

It's 108 ft. long, and...

Yes, 33 feet wide.

Thus Princess Iroha
went to live in

the Matsudaira mansion
in Edo.

In mid-May,

the Kanto region governor
and Edo town magistrate

raided the Okubo mansion
in Hachijoji

and conducted a search.

The excuse for the search

was his wrongdoings
gold mine magistrate,

meaning, his concealment
of gold dug from the mines.

- So they found out?
- Yes.

Not only Sir Nagayasu's
wife and children

but the main clerks were
all arrested.

That's very serious.

And that's not all.

From the stone urn hidden
under the floor

they found letters written
by foreign kings.

What?

They are saying this makes
clear the conspiracy...

to increase Christians and
invite the Nanban army

to topple the shogunate

and make Sir Tadateru
the king of Japan

and Nagayasu the kanpaku.

This is all Nagayasu Okubo

hatching a plot
in his deranged mind.

Sir Tadateru would never
betray you.

I want to believe that.

But considering his attitude
and temperament

you can't say he really
knew nothing.

As you say, Sir Tadateru
has a violent temperament.

But he is also merciful

and loved by the people
of Echigo.

And he has always been
first in his loyalty to you

and takes his filial duty to
the retired shogun seriously.

Then I ask you.

Why was his name
on the covenant?

As I said before that was
a sign of his conversion.

It doesn't make sense.

Don't be insolent.

Sir Tadateru has offered
his wife as hostage.

That's the best proof
of his innocence.

Masamune.

I heard that when you
were young,

you killed you younger brother.

That's right.

Why did you do it?

To preserve the clan's existence

and to remove any problems
in the future.

It must have been hard.

I don't need to tell you.

It's the same with me.

I don't want my blood
brother to die.

However, if I save just
Tadateru, it would look like

the law is playing favorites.

But your brother
is innocent.

Even if he is innocent,

he can't avoid the crime
of overlooking

the treachery
of his vassal.

Then you are just as guilty.

- Sir Date, restrain yourself.
- Quiet!

In the first place,
who was it that

appointed the villain as
Sir Tadateru's chief retainer?

A farewell visit?

Please always be well.

Where are you going?

- I'm going back to Echigo.
- Don't talk nonsense.

Mother.

Sir Tadateru sent divorce
papers from Echigo.

That's not possible.

I am Tadateru Matsudaira's
wife for life.

Unless he is cleared
of treason

he will have to commit
seppuku.

That's why Sir Tadateru
is divorcing you.

Divorce is forbidden
for Christians.

Sir Tadateru is
protecting you.

Understand and accept
his consideration for you.

My lord doesn't like
to be alone.

I'd like to be with him
while he is alive.

That means you will
die too.

I will gladly go to heaven.

Iroha.

I can't even kill myself
if I'm in Edo.

Can't you understand
how we feel?

Forgive your
undutiful daughter.

I won't.

Good bye.

Wait.
Iroha...

What's going on?

My lord.

It is good to see you.

Are you crying?

Iroha says she's going back
to Echigo.

What?

I want to be with my lord.

When a husband
has lost everything

and in the depth of
depression

I believe it is the wife's duty
to be by his side.

I understand how you feel.
But be reasonable.

I've thought this through.

Why don't you write
a letter to Sir Tadateru?

The time for that has past.

My lord.

I was born into
the Date family

and grew up watching
your example.

Father you never
feared death

and faced adversity head on.

Each time, Mother would
keep a sword close by

and prayed for your safety.

I am proud that I am
your daughter

and look to Mother as the
exemplary warrior's wife.

If you were in my position,

I think you would also
go to Echigo.

If anything happened
to Father,

I know you would
commit suicide too.

Iroha.

We may never
see each other again.

Father.

Safe travels.

Thank you.

June.

Princess Iroha
returned to Echigo.

Don't cry, Mego.

I pity her so.

Iroha is not a child.

She's turned into
a brave woman.

She's grown to be
an admirable warrior's wife.

My lord...