Original subtitles

This is a picture scroll found in January.

This depicts the night before the Sakurada incident.

There are two sections on the scroll, with the paintings...

here showing the members of the Hikone clan...

chasing the ronin after the incident.

One of the ronin died during the incident,

four committed suicide, while eight were executed.

Despite killing the most important person right in front of...

Edo Castle; those participating in the incident had...

become ronin, so no others from the Mito Clan...

or Satsuma Clan received punishment.

The ronin target was just killing Ii Naosuke, but...

for the Loyalists, the shogunate's attitude was weak.

At that time, the shogunate's power and authority...

were absolute, but because of the weak response...

to the incident, the Loyalists saw they might...

be able to go against the shogunate.

Tobu ga Gotoku

Episode 15: Woman from the South

Screenplay: Osanai Mieko

Original Story: Shiba Ryotaro

Music: Ichiyanagi Toshi

Original subtitles: TV Network Japan, Inc.

Subtitle Transcription: Rashomon

Additional translation & Timing Kame Fansubs QC: Avallac'h

Narrator: Kusano Daigo

Cast

Saigo Kichinosuke: Nishida Toshiyuki

Okubo Shosuke: Kaga Takeshi

Iwayama Ito: Tanaka Yuko

Aikana: Ishida Eri

Okubo Masu: Kaku Chikako

Saigo Shingo: Ogata Naoto

Komatsu Tatewaki: Ohashi Goro

Arima Shinshichi: Naito Takashi

Ikushima: Kiki Kirin

Saigo Kimi: Oji Michio

Tensho-in: Fuji Junko

Shinmon-no-Tatsugoro: Miki Norihei

Shimazu Hisamitsu: Takahashi Hideki

Producer: Yoshimura Fumitaka

Director: Hirayama Takeyuki

1861

So, so. Next.

Let do it again.

No, I'll shoot next.

Go ahead, shoot!

You can't hit a foreigner like that.

You've got to do better.

Let me.

Oyama Yasuke was Shingo's cousin of the same age.

Later known as Field Marshal Oyama Iwao,

he would achieve miraculous victories...

as a commander-in-chief in the Russo-Japanese War.

You did it!

You'd have winged him if that was a foreigner.

That's nothing to rejoice over.

You've got to hit the heart in one shot.

Let me try.

No! You're a girl. You might get hurt.

Watch out!

You're such a reckless girl!

What's this?!

What a feat, Ito! It's fowl for dinner tonight.

You got it right through the heart.

She's one up on us again.

Kichinosuke! Be they foreign or...

shogunate forces, we'll exterminate them!

Amami-Oshima

Bear down.

It's coming! Push!

The fire's about to go out.

Even you aren't of much use at times like these.

Isn't this your first child?

I've done this before for my brothers and sisters,

but I've never felt like this before.

I understand.

Mother!

Please watch over my wife and child.

I'll never do anything bad again!

Please watch over my wife and child.

The baby's born.

It's a boy!

A big, healthy boy!

Congratulations.

Kichinosuke became a father at age 35.

It was the 2nd day of January, 1861.

That spring, another son was born to Okubo.

This 2nd son, Nobukuma, would later become...

Makino Shinken, the statesman.

He's the leader of the Seichugumi in name only.

Now that he's in a high position,

he's too busy looking upwards.

You'll be heard!

I don't care. I want him to hear.

Okubo only exerts himself when it comes to...

making children and getting ahead.

Just watch! We won't be held down forever!

Right! We can't be held down forever!

You say it too, Yasuke.

Quickly!

Right! We can't be held down forever!

Let's go.

Excuse me. Is Okubo at home?

Yes, he's home. May I ask who you are?

You should have sent for me. I'd have gone to see you.

It was quicker for us to come.

Please come into my humble home.

After an interview with Lord Hisamitsu yesterday,

I was made his chamberlain.

Congratulations!

Lord Hisamitsu was much taken with...

Komatsu's character, lineage, and erudition.

Tatewaki comes from a distinguished family.

Lineage alone isn't enough in rendering service.

From the time I served in arranging...

Lord Nariakira's funeral, I've noticed your ability.

Let's work hard together so that...

you may soon receive an appointment.

That's more than I deserve.

I'm not one to seek advancement, but I was feeling...

very frustrated at finding that a lowly status will not...

allow me to voice myself directly to Lord Hisamitsu.

For a while, I'll play the intermediary...

in presenting your views to Lord Hisamitsu.

We're in this together now.

Let's work in concert to advise Lord Hisamitsu and...

unite our clan in serving the Emperor.

Edo

That's fine, but if prices continue to rise,

I hate to think what lies ahead.

There's no point in worrying your simple head over it.

Chief!

The Chief is back!

It's all due to trade with the foreigners.

That's true.

And you'll take it lying down?

I'm not exactly lying down.

The price of silk just keeps on rising.

If a sudden marriage meeting came up,

I wouldn't be able to afford a new dress.

Aside from that, with the foreigners buying up...

everything from candles and paper, to even tea,

there will be more fights among the shopkeepers.

If we're called out to intervene whenever they fight,

there'll never be enough of us.

Stop complaining!

Let me enjoy my sake in peace.

It's terrible!

Here's another pest.

There's been an attack on the foreigners in Takanawa.

Again?

Yes, but this time, the ronin felled the English legation.

Stupid! They're not like the avengers of Ako.

Were they from Satsuma or Mito?

I don't know. But they left a sign saying...

"We couldn't bear to watch the barbarians defile...

"our soil, so we act upon the principles of 'Sonno-Joi'...

"Revere the Emperor; expel the barbarians."

That's neat, but what does it mean?

I don't know.

Killing foreigners won't change anything.

The world's coming to an end.

Although Ii is dead,

Lord Hitotsubashi's situation is unchanged...

and we haven't heard from Kichinosuke...

ever since he went home. What's he doing, anyway?

I hope you grow to have a mind as vast as the sea.

You're wet.

Kichinosuke had settled into the life on the island.

He had given himself over to a peaceful respite with...

his family until the time he'd be recalled into service.

Shosuke! Is Shosuke at home?

Kohei was acting oddly, so I questioned him.

They're leaving tonight on a ship to attack Nagasaki.

What a reckless thing to do.

Please help me stop them.

Of course!

What? Kichijiro knows?

I ran into him on the bridge on the way back from Arima's house.

He became suspicious of the bundle?

{�����}No, but let's leave as soon as we can!

What did you tell him, Kohei?

I didn't tell him anything definite,

but Kichijiro's very perceptive.

All right. We leave immediately.

Grandmother, we're leaving right now.

I can't get your lunch ready right away.

I'll take it to them later.

I can't send a girl into the mountains after the hunters.

What will your parents say?

Don't worry, Grandmother.

There'll be others and we'll meet somewhere else.

That's right. Don't worry.

Then it's all right.

Still, you're all so impetuous.

We're competing with other groups.

If we get behind, we won't get any decent game.

Shingo, take this with you. It's medicine.

Be careful, all of you.

Don't worry, Grandmother.

What are you up to?

What have you got in there?

Why do you two look so angry?

They're going to hunt for wild boar.

No, they're out to get foreigners' heads.

Foreigners' heads?

Did you tell him that, too?

I don't have to be told to know!

Then let's cut the talk! Go quickly, Shingo!

No! I won't let you!

Would you make traitors of them?

Traitors? That word applies to those...

who would break apart the Seichugumi.

And, that's you!

Since you can't go against your brother,

I'm saying it for you.

Ito, don't think you can get away with everything...

just because you're a woman.

Everyone is equal when it comes to moral obligation.

What do you mean?

The Seichugumi's purpose is to 'honor the Emperor'...

to give the Emperor a peace of mind,

not pandering to Lord Hisamitsu in hopes of an office.

Is that what Arima Shinshichi has been saying?

Arima is not the kind to say such things.

I know that you've been gathering at his house.

Yes, we wanted to be included in his plans.

What kind of plans?

As you've perceived, we were going...

to Nagasaki to kill the foreigners.

Do you know what will happen if you do that?

There will probably be war.

And beyond that?

It'll shock the shogunate into nullifying the treaties.

Why did you hit him?

I'm sorry, but this brother of mine...

is disobeying Kichinosuke's instructions.

We're getting revenge for Kichinosuke.

Shut up! Before leaving, Kichinosuke left you...

instructions to follow Shosuke's guidance.

Are you doing that now?

But, when will Shosuke issue the order?

Will you listen!

When Satsuma moves, she will move as one.

I thought I explained that...

this is what Kichinosuke wanted.

I can understand your impatience.

Why can't you understand that such rash behavior...

will only put that day further away?

Satsuma people believe in action, not words.

Shingo, think things through before you act upon them.

It's no use, Shingo. We leave the clan.

I've never heard of a woman casting off the clan.

Why can't a woman worry about the country?

Why can't a woman join the Seichugumi?

In times like these, aren't we all the same?

Men have something that women don't have.

Leave her alone!

To begin with, a woman shouldn't dress like that.

Do I cry, or do I fly?

I'd rather fly than cry!

What are you doing?

I'll show you something that men don't have.

A woman gives birth to a male child and nourishes him...

with these two protuberances on her chest.

Stop it, Ito!

Shingo, you were born of a woman, too!

All right, we understand.

No, you don't!

Stop that, will you?

I wish that I'd been born a boy!

The assault on Nagasaki was aborted,

but Arima Shinshichi did not give up his plan entirely.

His righteousness would show up Shosuke's...

strategies and lead them to the Terada Inn Incident.

Don't be stubborn, eat your meal.

Until now, your father used to say...

what a fine boy you'd have made.

But after that commotion, we can't let you out.

You can starve yourself if you want,

but you won't again anything by dying.

If you want to do something, get married...

and bear a son who will achieve your hopes for you.

Hold on tightly, Hikokuma.

Hikokuma, your father has a lot of work to do.

You mustn't pester him to play with you.

I don't mind. Where's Nobukuma?

He just went to sleep.

Go to Mother.

I'm really worried.

About what?

Kichijiro told me that you're being worn to the bone...

between work and keeping the impetuous young men in line.

I've always been thin, just short of being a beanpole.

I can't get worn any thinner than this.

There's nothing for you to worry about.

When I think about Kichinosuke,

I can't let them get me down.

Don't worry. Hurry and put Hikokuma to bed.

I'll do some writing while you're doing that.

I'm sorry.

Madam! Excuse me.

What is it?

Do you know what 'kobu-gattai' is?

'Kobu-gattai?' [Shogunate-Court unity]

I've heard that the shogun's council...

is discussing a possible union between...

the Shogun and the Imperial Princess Kazunomiya.

How sad. They're still taking hostages from the Court.

She won't be a hostage.

After Regent Ii was killed,

the Tokugawa have been losing prestige.

To hang onto his authority, the Shogun...

has no choice but to marry Princess Kazunomiya.

How ridiculous.

Men are always using marriage alliances to make peace.

Nary a thought do they give to the feelings...

of the women they use to their convenience.

Don't you feel sorry for Princess Kazunomiya?

Then...

What is it?

It won't do any good to ask now,

but at that time, did you feel...?

Ikushima, I am from a warrior's family.

Lord Nariakira treated me with ample consideration.

I knew it was my duty and I was prepared.

However, I doubt if Princess Kazunomiya was...

similarly brought up or prepared.

I feel so sorry for her.

The shogunate is made up of simpletons.

At your service, my lord.

I've decided to intervene...

between the Court and the shogunate.

What do you mean?

After I take my troops to Kyoto,

I shall go to Edo to reform the government.

According to the way the country is going, I may lose...

my chance to realize my ambition if I don't go now.

Pardon, my lord. You are not like the previous lord.

What?

The late Lord Nariakira was born and raised in Edo.

He had many friends in high places.

You are not yet ready to seek the support...

of the lords who have influence.

Are you saying that I lack ability?

No, as clan councilor, I cannot, in all responsibility...

support your plans when they lack thorough preparation.

I see, so you can't be responsible?

Then you are relieved of your position.

I do not need my councilors...

to take responsibility for everything.

Please wait!

To put our clan in readiness for these troubled times,

I've decided to break with custom and pick men by ability.

Kiire Settsu-no-kami will serve as the Head Councilor.

Nakayama Shonosuke will serve as the chamberlain.

Okubo Shosuke and Hori Chuzaemon...

will serve as personal attendants.

We hope that you will carry out your duties faithfully.

Thus, the young men of the Seichugumi were picked...

to serve under Komatsu Tatewaki's charge.

Three years after taking up the game of go,

Shosuke was finally in a position where...

he could address his views to Hisamitsu.

I'm very happy for you. Please come in.

It's the first time that anyone from Kajiya Town...

has received such an appointment.

Thanks to Shingo and the others...

for giving up their rash undertaking,

I'm going to work hard in response to their trust.

So, right away today, I suggested that...

Lord Hisamitsu send Hori to Edo.

Have Shingo and Kohei been going to school?

When I think about today...

what a narrow escape it was that day.

We must find a good husband for Iwayama Ito.

I hear that she's been learning to cook and sew.

She would have made a good warrior had she been a boy.

She sure was high-spirited.

As I have much to do...

Today, I changed my name to Ichizo.

Okubo Ichizo? I'll write that to my brother immediately.

I was finally able to get closer to Lord Hisamitsu,

but my objective was not to gain a position.

It was a means to keep my promise to Kichinosuke.

Now that I can make myself heard,

I'll need Kichinosuke's help all the more.

You think that highly of my brother?

Together, we could put Satsuma into Kyoto and Edo.

How strong Kichinosuke and I would be as a team!

I'm determined to get him recalled.

Daddy has to write a letter.

Can you play by yourself for awhile?

See if you can come to me.

Good boy!

What is this?

Why do you keep such a disgusting thing?

This is very precious to me.

Precious?

If it's so dear, why didn't you put it away safely?

I was about to put it away when Kikujiro begged...

to be nursed. I left it on the desk and forgot about it.

I'm sorry.

I'm the one who's sorry.

Why? Why should you be sorry?

That is a man's hair.

It's not that I'm jealous,

but I didn't know that you had someone else.

Now that we have a child, it's too late to part.

I can't stand to think how you've suffered.

No, this hair came from your head.

I understand.

No, you don't.

It's all right.

You're jealous.

Don't be silly.

This is for me to remember you by.

A memento of me?

My father died when I was little.

I was raised by my Uncle Satami.

I never knew what my father looked like.

When Kikujiro grows up and asks me about his father,

I planned to show him this and tell him,

"This is your father."

Just because you're from the mainland,

I won't be as pride less as to lament over you.

I knew that you'd be going back to Satsuma one day.

I became your wife, knowing that I couldn't...

go back to Kagoshima with you by law.

So, I was keeping this as a memento.

I'm sorry.

This is the first time in all my life...

that I've felt such pangs of jealousy.

Please forgive me.

You mean that?

Please forgive me.

Let's build a new house.

It'll be better for Kikujiro than this shack.

Let's build a house of our own.

I'm sorry.

Due to the Sakurada Gate Incident,

Lord Mochihisa turned back under pretext of illness...

before getting to Edo for his tour of duty.

The shogunate is demanding his presence in Edo.

That's a problem.

The shogunate says that Satsuma won't be blamed...

for Ii's assassination. Nonetheless, it would be...

terrible if they arrested our lord and ordered his suicide.

We've run out of excuses for delaying it.

There's one hand left.

The fire's in Mita.

All right, move out!

Why is the Asakusa brigade going to a fire in Mita?

Because the Satsuma mansion is in Mita.

The Satsuma mansion is where the fire started.

- What? - Hurry, Dad!

So, you resorted to that?

No, the fire was accidental.

Ichizo, the clan lord can't go if he has nowhere to stay in Edo.

What a daring plot from someone with your mien!

Thank you.

Satsuma must do something about...

Princess Kazunomiya being held hostage in Edo.

What do you suggest that we do?

Now is the time to set the Emperor's mind at ease...

by sending our troops to Kyoto.

To do that, I would like to make a request.

Please recall Saigo Kichinosuke.

Saigo?

Not only does he know Kyoto and Edo, but regarding...

your leading the troops to Kyoto, he'd be able...

to gain the understanding of various influential lords.

Another thing, although the troops will be sent...

with the clan's backing, there are some who object.

He'll be able to win them over and unite Satsuma.

The cry for his recall grows louder.

Has Saigo more esteem than the clan lord?

Not at all! The lord's orders come before...

life itself in importance in the Satsuma ethos.

Saigo is a paragon of loyalty.

I believe that he'll sacrifice his own life...

in serving you and your son.

If you say that he'll be of use, bring him back.

Excuse me!

I must speak to your husband.

He hasn't come home yet.

Please tell him this for me.

I heard at school how he placed his life...

on the line to appeal for my brother's return.

I'm very grateful.

I've done him much wrong for which I deeply regret...

and I thank him from the bottom of my heart.

I'll be sure to tell him what you said.

Please think of Ichizo as your brother.

Yes. Well, I'll be going.

It turned out to be a fine house.

Thank you. I have all of you to thank for it.

It's like two feasts rolled into one.

Why aren't you drinking?

He can't drink.

We're celebrating today.

Here's to the new house!

He gets dizzy when he drinks.

Today's a happy occasion.

All right, all right.

I won't be responsible for the outcome.

It was the day after the new family home was finished...

that Kichinosuke received the summons from the clan office.

To be continued.