Original subtitles

Shimazu Nariakira ventured into enterprises completely new to Japan,

although he died before achieving his goal.

Nariakira's recently discovered will expresses...

his worries over the future of his business ventures.

Nariakira established a modern industrial park...

and named it the 'Shuseikan' (collective).

Here, he undertook such new enterprises...

as cannon founding, telegraphy,

gas lighting and daguerreotype photography.

However, Nariakira's ventures...

came to a halt at his death.

Citing the clan's decline in fortune as an excuse,

Narioki, Nariakira's father, shut them down.

Here are the remains of an iron...

factory's reverbatory furnace.

If Nariakira's ventures had not been halted,

Satsuma's role in the Meiji Restoration...

may've been different.

This very event was responsible for spurring...

Saigo Takamori and the other stalwarts of Satsuma...

to action and strengthening their spiritual bond.

Tobu ga Gotoku

Episode 11: A Storm of Arrests

Screenplay: Osani Mieko

Original Story: Shiba Ryotaro

Music: Ichiyanagi Toshi

Original Subtitles: Network Japan, Inc.

Narrator: Kusano Daigo

Cast

Saigo Kichinosuke: NISHIDA TOSHIYUKI

Okubo Shosuke: KAGA TAKESHI

Okubo Masu: KAKU CHIKAKO

Ofusa: MANDA HISAKO

Oyama Kakunosuke: KANIE KEIZO

Ikushima: KIKI KIRIN

Nagano Shuzen: ITO TAKAO

Konoe Tadahiro: YAGIYUU HIROSHI

Ii Naosuke: KAMIYAMA SHIGERU

Gessho: NOMURA MANNOJO

Shinmon-no-Tatsugoro: MIKI NORIHEI

Producer: Yoshimura Fumitaka

Director: Mochizuki Yoshio

July, 1858

Welcome back.

Thank you.

This just came from the clan mansion.

Thank you. Is Kosuke back?

No, he hasn't returned yet.

Without our lord, the world is all darkness.

Could he have been poisoned by Yura's men?

Is it true that Lord Nariakira passed away?

Yes.

I heard nothing of his being ill...

only that he was leading his troops to Kyoto to protect the Court.

For that purpose, I've made much demands on you.

But with my master dead, our plans are at an end.

What do you intend to do now?

I'm going home immediately.

How is it going?

Please take a look.

Who is it?

It's Jususke from the Joju-in.

Abbot Gessho's palanquin will be here shortly.

Excuse me...

Abbot Gessho!

Are you leaving early tomorrow morning?

Yes.

Do you intend to go home...

and follow your lord in death?

I'm sorry.

I intend to kill myself before my lord's grave.

It'll serve as an apology to you and Lord Konoe, too.

Would your lord have wanted you to do that?

A warrior can give his heart but to one master.

I want to be loyal to my master...

by following him in death.

I understand, but what about his unfinished work?

You know best what Lord Nariakira hoped...

to accomplish by coming to Kyoto.

Even if I stop you now, you'll still seek suicide.

I know how much faith Lord Nariakira had in you.

Don't you realize how sad he'd be if you followed...

him in death instead of continuing his work?

Because you've lost your lord,

have you stopped caring about the world?

Is that what loyalty means to you?

If so, Lord Nariakira has been betrayed...

by the follower he trusted the most.

All right. I was wrong.

I was wrong!

We'll work with Mito sympathizers to oust Ii...

and seek an Imperial mandate which will reverse...

the sentence on the Lords of Mito, Owari and Echizen.

What do you think of that idea?

I'm in favor of it.

The signing of the treaty with America...

is an outrage against the Emperor.

Such contempt is intolerable.

Kichinosuke, let's do it!

Lord Nariaki's confinement has aroused his retainers...

in Edo to extreme hatred against Ii.

The Imperial Advisor Kujo is Ii's partisan.

What's the general feeling at Court?

Kujo has no supporters.

Then this is our best chance to obtain...

an Imperial mandate for Ii's impeachment.

I'm sure Lord Konoe will be glad to gather support at Court.

Tell me what to do.

I'll give my all as if I were avenging our lord.

So will I.

Hello, Shosuke!

I'm coming in.

I heard that you received a letter from my brother.

What does he say?

He's thought up a new plan...

to carry on our late lord's work.

I knew that he wouldn't give up.

And what is this new plan?

A counterattack against Regent Ii.

I'm ready to take our lord's cannons and go to Kyoto.

We of the Seichigumi will die together when it's time.

I agree.

Kichinosuke's activities yielded a result.

Imperial mandates would be issued...

to the Mito clan and the shogunate.

May I inquire to the mandate's contents?

Here's a copy of a draft.

The gist of the mandate was:

The confinement of the lords of Mito and Owari...

would cause unrest in the country.

All the daimyo and the branch families of the Tokugawa...

must devote themselves in supporting the Tokugawa...

to maintain peace in the realm to avoid being...

treated with disdain by the foreigners.

The Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal, the Minister...

of the Right and 4 others have signed it with me.

Is there any doubt about it?

None whatsoever!

I'm a little concerned about the Mito clan.

It's rumored that with Fujita Toko gone,

Lord Nariaki has no one of distinction...

to advise him or effect much action.

Is that true?

I'll go to Edo right away and see...

what I can find out about the Mito clan.

That's a good idea.

The radicals and moderates in Mito are at such odds,

that their repute as the home of the Imperial cause is ruined.

As for dealing with Ii,

the radicals clamor for Ii's head while...

some clan officials imprison men of talent...

to protect the clan. It's wretched.

I'm worried about that, too.

I'm grateful to the Court for issuing the mandate,

but if it's not accepted out of the fear for the shogunate...

...the Court will be placed in an awkward position.

...a little something before we start.

My apologies for being so heavy,

but please do your best.

Kichinosuke rushed to Edo from Kyoto in 4 ½ days.

(Edo) Satsuma clan mansion in Mita

You're safe. No one followed you.

We were waiting for you.

In Edo, Ii's oppression was more rampant...

than Kichinosuke had anticipated.

I think you're already acquainted.

Kaneko Magojiro and Seki Tetsunosuke of Mito.

It must also be difficult for the Lord of Echizen.

We were shocked by recent rumors about orders for...

Lord Nariaki's arrest being issued by the shogunate.

Lord Nariaki's arrest?

It's unconfirmed, but I heard that Ii intends to...

build a cell in Edo Castle in which to imprison...

Lord Nariaki and the Lord of Echizen.

Should the shogunate resort to such roughness,

my clansmen are talking of setting fire to the mansion...

in Tokiwabashi and removing our master in the commotion.

Alas! For a gentle man like your lord to suffer that.

What about the Mito clan?

The city magistrate is calling out...

even the firemen during the arrests.

We're not taking this insult lying down!

We Mito men are prepared to go down fighting.

Can we 3 join them in that event?

May we?

No! Kichinosuke came from Kyoto to see...

Lord Nariaki on an important errand.

Has access to the mansion become that difficult?

However difficult it may be, Mito has many...

spirited men ready to die fighting Ii's tyranny.

That won't do. I've a plan that might work.

Yes, I shall definitely accept the undertaking.

You will?

To think that rustic samurai who lost his way...

Oops, pardon me...

...has now become the indisputably distinguished...

Saigo Kichinosuke makes me happy.

I heard about you...

when I was once at Lord Hitotsubashi's.

Lord Hitotsubashi is a great favorite of our chief.

It all began like this...

That's enough.

He wants to hear. Don't you?

One of our young men made an error. Whereupon,

Dad was summoned to the Hitotsubashi mansion.

There, it was, "Stay there, I'll put you to the sword."

That's terrible!

That's where the Chief showed his character.

"I'd have washed my neck if you had told me earlier."

"I got some hair oil on it,"

"so pardon me if your sword slips,"

said he, and like a true Edoite,

he nonchalantly turned his back to him.

Whereupon, He said, "Well done, sir."

Idiot!

Who can be nonchalant before a drawn sword?

But, all was forgiven and you became good friends.

We Hitotsubashi supporters aren't the only ones...

who can't stand Lord Ii's methods.

Anyway, Edoites don't like to be pushed around.

Inokichi, why not call all the Edo firemen together...

and send Mr. Saigo in with a chant?

That's a good idea.

Impossible. I can't impose on your fire company.

Lately, Edo's been festering under those pompous jerks.

What's wrong in having a spirited talk at least?

I'll leave everything to you.

You mustn't do that.

Mito Clan Mansion

- Saigo. - Yes?

It grieves me to tell you that...

Lord Nariaki is under confinement.

Even if he accepts the Imperial mandate,

being restricted, he can't...

Please say no more.

We are truly sorry.

So you left without handing over the document?

Even if it's just a copy,

an Imperial mandate can't simply be discarded.

I'll have Arima Shunsai return it to Abbot Gessho.

I'll stay in Edo awhile to check the situation.

How very dark this world is.

Excuse me?

If things go on like this...

We'll have to really try harder now.

Soon, Lord Narioki will be going back to Satsuma...

to put things into order after Lord Nariakira's death.

I'll catch him in Kyoto and ask him to stay there awhile.

Why?

There's no knowing how the Mito and Owari clans...

will react to Ii's action.

If the Satsuma troops are there to guard the Court,

they'll be of good support to either houses.

Well said. You're truly a man who can be relied upon.

Bereft of Lord Nariakira and Shogun Iesada,

we were lamenting the fact that we had nothing...

to look forward to but a life of seclusion.

Please take good care of Lady Atsu.

Just leave it to me.

I intend to make Lady Atsu into a wicked...

mother-in-law who will rival Lady Honjuin.

Wicked mother-in-law?

The new shogun is bound to take a wife some day.

I'll see that she never has a child.

However, and incident occurred to upset Kichinosuke's plans.

Before Kichinosuke's report on Edo's state of affairs...

reached the Imperial Court, the official mandates were...

delivered to the Mito clans and the shogunate.

Go to Mito immediately and...

stop the mandate from circulating elsewhere.

But it's an Imperial mandate.

So what? The shogunate has also received a copy.

Why must it be shown to the other lords?

Read it again, carefully! It says that the Court...

does not approve of the treatments given...

the lords of Mito, Owari, Echizen and Hitotsubashi.

Since when does the Court have the power...

to go against the shogunate?

Mito may be of the senior branch of the Tokugawa,

but I've never heard of an Imperial mandate going...

to someone who's being confined. It's intolerable!

What will you do?

There was a death in the shogun's family...

when the mandate was issued and...

the new shogun has not been in office long.

Acknowledge only the receipt of the mandate for now.

See to it at once! The mandate must not...

be allowed outside of Mito.

All your reconnoitering has come to naught.

It can't be helped. There was no way of...

knowing the extent of Ii's tyranny in Kyoto.

Anyway, I'm going. You stay here and...

let me know immediately if anything happens.

All right.

If anything does happen, can we go with the Mito clan?

I feel encouraged by that.

But don't do anything rash.

The Mito men are in a rage.

It's your duty to calm and advise them. Understand?

We understand.

In Kyoto, the Hitotsubashi supporters were displaying...

unexpected spirit by shuffling the officials at Court.

Lord Kujo will step down as the Imperial Advisor...

and Lord Konoe will take his place.

Shouldn't the shogunate be notified of the change?

That has been done.

It is the Emperor's will.

I see.

We've got to think up a new way to circulate...

the Imperial mandate among the daimyo.

In order to overturn the sentence on Mito and...

his kinsmen, we'll create an alliance of clans...

and oust Ii's faction from power.

This is what the late Lord Nariakira would've done.

How right you are.

How outrage of them to displace Kujo...

as the Imperial Advisor. I won't allow it!

This is a plot hatched by the Mito clan.

We must get rid of the troublemakers...

...or, there may soon be turmoil in Edo.

Get rid of them!

Replace the shogun's representative in Kyoto with Sakai of Obama.

I want Manabe and Sakai to go to Kyoto immediately.

The Court is not to be allowed to have its way.

I understand. I'll stake my life...

to seeing this most crucial mission done.

Lord Ieyasu gave the shogunate supreme power.

It's my duty as Regent to remind the country of that.

Kichinosuke! Are you there?

My good sir, please don't shout so.

I'm not your 'good sir.' I'm Arima Shinshichi.

I'll bring some water to wash your feet.

I don't want any!

You do! Anyhow, please be quiet.

Shinshichi!

The situation in Edo worsened after you left.

Wait!

May I have a cup of hot water, please?

Councilor Manabe is coming to Kyoto to apply pressure.

And?

Anyone who had anything to do with the mandate...

is to be punished.

Everyone? What do they mean to do...

to Lord Konoe and the other nobles?

Here you are.

I don't know. That's why I rushed to get here.

They have decided that Lord Nariaki...

is plotting to take over the country.

They're going after anyone with ties to the Mito clan.

But, anyone with claims to education has had...

experience with the Mito school of thought.

I see. Now, go upstairs and get some rest.

I'm going to the clan mansion.

Lord Nariaki has arrived.

I'll ask him to leave some troops to guard...

the Palace in case anything happens.

However, Nagano Shuzen acted swiftly and harshly.

The following day saw the beginning of...

countless arrests of the loyalists.

The Ansei Purge had begun.

I came as quickly as I could.

Come closer.

I want you to escort Abbot Gessho.

Please say that you'll do it.

Where am I to take him?

For the past few days, the shogunate officials...

have been arresting one loyalist after another.

The shogun's representative even has his eye on Gessho.

That's why I'm sending him to Nara.

I'll stake my life to get him there.

The sooner the better.

Aren't you in danger, too?

I will soon be the Imperial Advisor.

It's all over for the country if ever...

they decide to pronounce punishment on me.

Quickly!

After them!

Don't let them get away!

The Satsuma clan uses our inn regularly,

but they don't tell me all their comings and goings.

Woman! Don't you value your life?!

I'm still young. I don't want to die.

But I have my pride.

I'd never tell anyone that Mr. Saigo was patronizing...

a Shimabara prostitute called 'Yaegaki.'

I couldn't even mention the fact...

that he's with her tonight.

We can't possibly cut our way through them.

We might as well take Abbot Gessho's life,

force our way into the Fushimi magistrate's office,

and kill ourselves there.

You keep quiet.

Why?

Don't say a word, no matter what!

Bearer, can you stop at that teashop?

I'm still sleepy from our early start.

A cup of tea, please.

It might cause them inconvenience...

if we called on them too early in the morning.

Let's wait here a bit.

Government service isn't all that great, especially,

when we must arise so early in the morning.

Thank you for waiting.

Arrest him!

Seeing how stringent security was in Fushimi,

Kichinosuke made a change in plans.

Seeing that Nara wouldn't be safe either,

he decided to hide Gessho in Satsuma.

They boarded a ship to Shimonoseki from Osaka...

and called upon Shiraishi Shoichiro, a merchant.

(Shimonoseki) Shiraishi's house

I'll try to catch up with Lord Narioki's entourage.

I'll make arrangements,

so that you can enter Satsuma officially.

Please rest here and wait for me.

Although the master here is a merchant,

he is a strong Royalist. You can trust him.

All right. I'll wait for you.

I'll be imposing.

Allow me to offer you my humble service.

Thank you.

I leave him in your hands.

I'll look after him.

I'll be back.

May I take this?

Kichinosuke arrived in Kagoshima before Narioki.

However, since they feared for the clan's safety,

Shimazu Bungo, the chief retainer, and...

the other clan officials were not receptive.

Master! Welcome back!

Master's back!

That Bungo wouldn't let you see Lord Narioki?

I knew that I had no right to see him personally,

but this was a very important matter.

We're talking about Abbot Gessho's life!

Is Bungo dismissing it because Lord Nariakira...

is no longer here?

I won't let him. The Shimazu and the Konoe...

are related, so I've been appealing to him every night.

Yet, he gave you no reply.

He told me to wait until Lord Narioki's return.

Everything's changed.

The munitions factories into which our lord put...

much effort are all but gone.

The villains who were in power 10 years ago...

are regaining power again.

I expected as much, but to be told, when I went...

to Sir Shimoso of Hioki for help, that he couldn't...

act without knowing Lord Narioki's policy.

The Seichigumi is ready for action.

Let's divide ourselves and call on those officials...

with whom we have connections.

I'll talk directly with Sir Niiro.

Though our ranks are different,

we are related through my sister's marriage.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Kichinosuke! Is Kichinosuke here?

That's Arimura's voice.

Shunsai!

Shunsai!

What have you done with Abbot Gessho?

Arimura, why don't you explain yourself?

How can I, when I'm treated like this?

Don't argue!

I was worried about you.

Since I found a boat available, I followed.

Who asked you to worry about me?

I asked you to look after Abbot Gessho!

Hirano of Fukuoka is looking after him.

By Hirano, do you mean Hirano Kuniomi?

He's a seasoned traveler and familiar with Kyushu.

He took Abbot Gessho in his keeping willingly.

Idiot! He may know his way around,

but he's still a member of another clan.

Do you think our border guards would...

allow a foreigner into our domain so easily?

I came on ahead to help you get...

Abbot Gessho welcomed in our domain.

I don't deserve this tongue-lashing.

Watch how you speak to Kichinosuke!

Enough!

I was a fool for putting Abbot Gessho in his care.

Never mind.

With the help of Hirano Kuniomi, a Fukuoka samurai,

Gessho was headed for the Satsuma border which was...

being so closely watched that not even government...

spies could've slipped past it.

On October 25th of this year,

Tokugawa Iemochi of the Kishu branch...

became the 14th shogun. He was 13 years old.

My lord...

I should be committing suicide before your grave,

but I can't die until I have Abbot Gessho...

sheltered safely in Satsuma.

Despite all your tutelage and your patronage,

I have not proved worthy.

Send down your heavenly punishment upon me.

Take my life in exchange for seeing that...

Abbot Gessho gets into Satsuma safely.

I beg of you.

To be Continued