Original subtitles

France is the largest grape producing country in the world.

France is the largest grape producing country in the world.

The wine produced there satisfies the palates of gourmands.

The Kofu Basin is the largest Japanese wine producer.

Most of the grapes are Koshu Grapes.

It is said these particular grapes...

came from China 1300 years ago along with Buddhism.

Takeda Shingen thought that agriculture...

was the foundation of a country.

He promoted vineyards in the Kofu Basin.

Since then, the quality of grapes has improved,

and now 90% of the wine in Japan is produced there.

Takeda Shingen is alive in Koshu wine.

Takeda Shingen

Episode 39: "Dreaming of Kyoto"

Screenplay: Tamukai Masatake

Original Story: Nitta Jiro

Music: Yamamoto Naozumi

Original Subtitles TV Network Japan

Transcribed and Edited Subtitles Kame Fansubs

Narrator: Wakao Ayako

CAST

Takeda Shingen NAKAl KllCHl

Uesugi Terutora SHlBATA KYOHEl

Lady Sanjo KONNO MlSAKO

Oda Nobunaga lSHlBASHl RYO

Kosaka Danjo MURAKAMl HlROAKl

Baba Nobuharu MlKl RYOSUKE

Sanada Yukitaka HASHlZUME lSAO

Abe Katsutomi SATO KEl

Yae OGAWA MAYUMl

Producer: Murakami Satoshi

Director: Shigemitsu Yukihiko

My son Harunobu withdrew from Odawara...

as if he had never intended to capture...

the castle to begin with.

Before heading for Kyoto,

he desired to display his army's power to Lord Ujiyasu.

Hurry! Cut them off at Mimasu Pass!

Hurry!

Hurry! Don't let the Hojo catch up with us!

We must have Mimasu Pass before Ujimasa arrives.

Pardon me.

The doctor has arrived.

Show him in.

Cure Lady Sanjo before the Lord returns.

If you cannot, things will get difficult.

Princess.

I just dreamt that I had died.

Attack the enemy from three sides!

Hurry!

Hurry!

Troops of Usui, Sakura, and Kogane!

You were formerly troops of Chiba and Hara...

who fought against the Hojo.

Dying for those Hojo is absurd!

This battle will save you from the Hojo.

Put away your swords and withdraw from here!

Troops of Oshi and Fukaya!

The Oshi troops are followers of Lord Narita of Musashi.

Fukaya troops are followers of the Uesugi.

You must resent the Hojo...

and have no reason to support them.

We are your ally!

Withdraw your men.

Reporting!

The Takeda are moving swiftly...

and up the pass from three directions.

How is the defense?

Due to the solidness of the defense,

the pass has not fallen into Takeda hands yet.

However, there are shouts from around the hills...

telling the Shimousa and Musashi troops that the Hojo...

are their foe and the Takeda their ally.

Warn them not to fall into the Takeda trap.

Have the gunners shoot down the men who are shouting.

Fire!

The Battle of Mimasu Pass was between pursuer and pursued,

but Harunobu's strategy and powerful attacks led...

to the capture of the pass and opening of the road back to Kai.

However, the night grew very chilly and ended with snowfall.

The soldiers were tired and shivering.

The Hojo are still coming after us.

The battle at Mimasu Pass was most exhausting.

You all have done well.

Tonight is exceptionally cold.

The snow will pile up.

With the snow, going to Kofu won't be easy.

Excuse me.

It chills to the bone.

There is nothing that can be burned here.

We'll freeze to death if this continues.

Let's remove the planks for firewood.

What have you done?

How could you wreck the shrine for firewood?!

Put out the fire!

If we do, we'll freeze to death.

Do you have any idea what shrine this is?!

This is dedicated to the God Suwa!

He is the guardian god for the Takeda!

Hurry, put that fire out!

Did you summon me?

Katsuyori, I've heard that your Takato army did well.

I need your help today.

Near here is a village called Suwa.

Have you heard of it before?

Yes.

There is a branch of the Suwa Shrine.

20 or 30 of my soldiers took shelter there.

But, they removed some planks to use as firewood.

Though it is a branch,

it's a shrine honoring the Guardian God of our Takeda family.

We cannot ignore this.

The men must be suffering in the cold.

Go and take expedient measures.

Please get some rest.

I'll take care of the rest.

The majority of the soldiers must endure this cold outside.

It would be unfair if I lie down.

What shall we do?

Give me the orders, and I'll take care of it.

No, I'll do it myself.

Lord Katsuyori is here.

Let me speak. I am Takama Yusai.

I am responsible for our using the planks from the shrine...

to make a fire.

These soldiers are innocent.

Please punish only me.

I am the grandson of Suwa Yorishige,

the Head Priest of the Suwa Shrine.

My ancestors were chosen,

and have served the God Suwa since the Age of the Gods.

I am here today as the Head Priest of the Suwa Shrine.

The nature of my errand is to transfer the sacred spirit...

from this shrine to the main shrine...

while we break down and rebuild a new shrine.

Takama Yusai...

Provide me assistance in the ceremony to resettle the spirits.

Bring me the sacred branch that is over there.

It's right there.

See the sacred branch with your heart.

Takama, what the eyes see as a bamboo branch,

the heart sees as a sacred branch.

The sacred spirit of Suwa Shrine at Suwa Village...

has been removed to the main shrine...

by Suwa Shrine Priest Suwa Katsuyori himself.

Next year, on this soil,

a new shrine will be constructed by Katsuyori himself.

I order you to dismantle this old shrine.

Takama.

Take me to the village head's residence.

You heard the words of Suwa Shrine Priest Katsuyori.

The sacred spirit has been transferred to the main shrine.

Do not hesitate.

Make a big fire to warm yourselves.

Rumors of this incident reached every ear in the army...

within a few days.

Katsuyori was accepted as the heir to the Takeda regime.

Perhaps Princess Koi's love came through.

Welcome back.

You don't look well.

It's probably due to the cold.

How about a change of clothing?

Later will be fine.

I must hurry...

Reporting.

Lady Yae requests an audience.

Let her in.

Lady Yae.

I am pleased with your safe return.

Have you come in regards to Sanjo?

Come inside.

Thank you.

How is she?

Her Ladyship is not feeling very well.

Since you left for battle 2 months ago,

Her Ladyship has made attempts to recuperate.

However, with the growing cold,

she has lost her appetite which makes me worry.

Please visit her and show her your face.

Please.

That is the best medicine Her Ladyship could have.

I beg of you.

Welcome back.

You seem better.

Yes, as at any time.

Congratulations on your recent victory.

Why aren't you serving him sake?

Yae...

Why do you look so glum?

Forgive me.

Dance for the Lord.

Princess, I doubt if His Lordship would want to see...

my ungraceful dance.

Then, I will dance and you will sing.

Ah, yes.

Please enjoy this, My Lord.

I will dance to celebrate your victory.

Princess.

Sing.

Princess...

Pardon me.

I will dance again.

Princess, please stop this.

Yae and the rest of you, leave the room.

Can't you hear?

Leave, I say!

I have a request.

What is the matter?

As my last farewell...

Last farewell?

My life will soon end.

What are you saying?

Please remain seated.

What's the matter?

This is the first night after your return.

At my age and state of health...

I will cast aside my embarrassment...

and ask you to make me your bedmate tonight.

It has been more than 30 years since I came to Kai.

We have experienced much between us.

However, I no longer bear any grudges.

I have only one regret.

Since the time you fell for Okoko,

you stopped coming to me first when you returned from battle.

Though I was your rightful wife,

I could never be granted that privilege.

How that thought has torn me from within.

As my farewell gift...

please grant me...

a night of madness.

Forgive me for my shortcomings.

What have these thirty years been...

At this age, for the very first time...

I have come to understand your feelings.

If only I could die like this...

Lord Shingen will attack Suruga once again.

He said to carefully guard Echigo's borders.

It's been less than half a year since he returned from Odawara.

He's leaving again?

He seems to be in some kind of hurry.

Perhaps he is preparing to proceed westward.

Reporting.

Yamamoto Kansuke's son Yamamoto Kanichi is here from Kofu.

Show him in immediately.

I am Yamamoto Kanichi.

I am glad to see all three of you.

This is a letter from the Lord.

Please read it.

You requested to come here to Kaizu Castle?

Yes. I would like to serve here where my father died.

Your father was an ideal Takeda warrior.

Do not dishonor your father's name.

Heizo...

Heigo...

It's been such a long time.

I'll never forget the battle of 1561.

The Hachiman Plain was covered with corpses.

Sir Yamamoto Kansuke, Lord Takeda Nobushige...

and later Hara Mino-no-kami, Obu Hyobu,

and Lord Yoshinobu are all gone.

Sir Yamamoto gave me this as a keepsake.

It's my treasure.

Sir Yamamoto was an admirable man.

God really worked things out.

The good people, he took away early,

so they could get some rest.

The bad ones are left to suffer.

Right, Gensuke?

Is that any way to talk to your lord?

Heizo and Heigo are like my brothers.

See? We're like brothers.

Heizo, don't be so offended and have a drink.

Stop acting so big!

You're very nasty when you drink.

You weren't like that before.

Of course not. You've been promoted high,

but do you know how our village has been these past ten years?

You don't know anything!

We hardly have enough to eat.

We don't have salt either.

Young men go to battle, never to return.

Only the old ones are left behind.

Shut up!

Heigo, don't worry.

I understand what he's saying.

How would you know?!

We are not the only village around!

Here in Kawanakajima, there are many villages.

None of them have ample food or salt.

Such is the nature of these troubled times.

If you complain with all that gray hair,

God will punish you.

I don't have any gray hairs.

Look behind your head.

It's completely gray.

Heigo, it that true?

Yeah, it is all gray.

Gray?!

That does it! I'm drinking until I die!

I'll keep drinking after I die!

I'm drinking tonight.

Who knows when I'll die?

I wish I could be a lord...

and sleep with a beautiful woman!

If you Uesugi and we Hojo forget our bitter past...

and form an alliance,

then the four provinces of Mikawa, Suruga, Sagami, and Echigo...

can surround the province of Kai.

Even Takeda Shingen will be trapped like a rat,

unable to leave his boundaries.

But reading Hojo Ujiyasu's motives isn't easy.

I won't agree to an alliance without a son to adopt.

What if we offered Ujihide, the younger brother of Lord Hojo Ujimasa?

Ujimasa's younger brother Ujihide?

Since he is Lord Ujimasa's younger brother,

you must recognize our sincerity.

Very well.

I, Uesugi Terutora, gratefully accept Lord Hojo's offer.

Thank you very much.

If the Takeda are overthrown and the Eastern district becomes peaceful,

I can go on to clean out the troublemakers in the capital, Kyoto.

I saved Ashikaga Yoshiaki and set him into the position of Shogun.

To me, his savior, he offers the position of Deputy or Vice-Shogun.

He considers me his vassal.

In actuality, the Ashikaga Shogun is non-existent.

He is a mere figurehead.

I will build a new nation.

All those who interfere will be beheaded.

If God stands in my way, I will even slay Him.

Here's a letter from the Shogun.

Shogun Ashikaga wants me to come to Kyoto.

Nobunaga intends to take over the nation.

To reach his goal,

he will keep on smiling as he beheads the Shogun.

I must hurry.

I must hurry...

My son Harunobu knew he had little time left.

And he had some small doubt about his power.

We shall end here for tonight.

I heard a bad rumor.

Lord Shingen has a severe case of consumption.

To be continued.

To be continued.