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TOKUGAWA IEYASU

Episode 2: Parting

Original Story By: YAMAOKA Sohachi

Screenplay By: OSANAI Mieko

Music By: TOMITA Isao

Theme Song Performed By: NHK Symphony Orchestra and Keio University Wagner Society Choir

Narration By: TATENO Naomitsu, NHK Announcer

CAST

Matsudaira Hirotada: KONDO Masaomi

Odai: OTAKE Shinobu

Ohisa: TAKAHASHI Keiko

Hirate Nakatsukasa: TOURA Rokko Mizuno Nobumoto: MURAI Kunio

Oharu: ISHIDA Eri Iwamatsu Hachiya: MURATA Takehiro

Hisamatsu Yakuro: HASHIMOTO Isao Kinzo: KURATA Yasuaki

Sakai Utanosuke OGASAWARA Ryochi Kaneda Yosozaemon: YAMAMOTO Toshihiko

Ishikawa Aki: HAYAKAWA Jun'ichi Okubo Shinpachiro: KAWAHARA Sabu

Honda Heihachiro: YAMAGUCHI Yoshizo Mizuno Nobuchika: TASHIRO Takahide

Yuri: TACHIEDA Ayumi Kosasa: TANAHASHI Kumi

Kipposhi: ITO Yoichi Princess Maki: OSHIRO Erika

Lady Keyo-in: YACHIGUSA Kaoru

Matsudaira Norimasa: HAYASAKI Bunji Asahina Bitchunokami: KAMEISHI Seiichiro

Hijikata Nuinosuke: MAYUMIDA Kazuo Suga: OGAWA Yoriko

Takechiyo: YAMAZAKI Koichi Kanroku: MIYAGAWA Yosuke

Zuifu: RYU Raita

Torii Tadayoshi: MIYAGUCHI Seiji

Takenouchi Namitaro: ISHIZAKA Koji

Produced By: SHIBUYA Yasuo

English Subtitles By: Koala Fansubs

Directed By: KATO Ikuo

January 1543 (Tenbun 12)

The boy, who was born in a year of the tiger...

OKAZAKI CASTLE

...at the time of the tiger,

was given his grandfather's childhood name, Takechiyo.

It was a venerable name in the Matsudaira clan.

ODAI (Ieyasu's Mother)

The rumor about a statue of the war god

having disappeared from Mine-no-Yakushi Temple...

...on the night of Takechiyo's birth...

...was spreading fast from the local area to villages, and then to the castle town.

Retainers in Okazaki excitedly welcomed it as a good omen.

Lord.

I, Kaneda Yosazaemon,

would like you to hire my son as Prince Takechiyo's page.

I submitted the request today.

What?

Hey, Yosaza.

Your son? Your child hasn't come out yet.

That's right.

But he's coming out soon!

But...

MATSUDAIRA HIROTADA (Ieyasu's Father)

...you don't know yet if it's a boy or girl.

Send the request after your baby comes out.

Lord!

Do you think I, Yosazaemon, is such an idle vassal,

who makes my wife give birth to a girl?

All right.

But...

...I cannot handle two babies at a time.

Wait until Takechiyo and your son start walking.

Thank you very much!

From then, Key vassals in Mikawa...

...have proudly shown their excitement and spirits in simple manners.

Among them, the Okubo Party had the strongest backbone.

Hello.

This is Okubo Shinpachiro Tadatoshi.

I would like to say a New Year's greeting to Prince Takechiyo.

May I see him, please?

Please come in.

Silence!!

You're taking Prince Takechiyo lightly because of his young age!

You're supposed to ask him first!

Ask his permission immediately!

Yes!

The young Lord was expecting you. He's been waiting for you, sir.

What?

Was he waiting for me?

He is only ten days old.

- Did he really say so? - Yes.

Because he is the reincarnated Fugen Bosatsu.

Good.

I'm coming in then.

But...

...another child was born in this castle,

at the time of tiger, on the same day.

When Sir Kanroku was born,

The Lord even visited you here in person.

- That's enough. - You're welcome.

OHISA (Hirotada's Concubine)

Sir Sakai's attendant asked Miss Suga,

"Did the bathmaid have a boy or girl?"

What?

He called me 'bathmaid'?

It's really outrageous.

You gave birth to the lord's baby, too.

Ah, what a nice and balmy day.

Father.

Stay there.

Your son looks just like the lord.

You know?

He was born on the same day as Prince Takechiyo.

What a coincidence.

He doesn't have a name yet.

Oh, you should be happy then.

I came here to tell you his name.

Did he pick a name to my son, too?

What is it?

Keishin. It's a good name.

Keishin?

Is that a name associated with the Matsudaira history?

Kei means 'wisdom'.

MATSUDAIRA NORIMATA (Ohisa's Father)

Shin means 'new'.

He opens the world every day, with renewed enlightenment.

Opens the Three Thousand Worlds.

It's a grand name for a child of Buddha.

Name for Buddha...?

He'll become a Buddhist apprentice.

It was his destiny to be born on the same day with Sir Takechiyo.

Two tigers shouldn't contest with each other and get hurt.

Instead, this boy should become a Buddhist apprentice and...

...pray for Prince Takechiyo's luck in battles and his ancestors.

Buddhist apprentice...?

Don't cry.

If you complain,

someone might seek this boy's life to avoid future troubles.

Father...

If...

...Sir Kanroku and this boy support Prince Takechiyo

as an incarnated Fugen Bosatsu,

Prince Takechiyo will probably become invincible.

You must agree, Ohisa.

During the Sengoku Period,

happiness always brought sadness, as life does to death.

KARIYA CASTLE

In 1544 (Tenbun 13),

Odai's father, Mizuno Tadamasa, died.

At the same time, Tadamasa's eldest son, Nobumoto,

clearly declared to his clansmen that he would side with the Oda.

The Oda's messenger visited Nobumoto.

Are you telling me...

...to make Hirotada side with the Oda?

- That's right. - But...

...because of a bunch of my clan's stubborn retainers,

who uphold my late father's will,

even I had a hard time...

...to give you a definite answer that I will side with the Oda.

Your retainers have a backbone. Good for you.

You call it 'backbone'?

MIZUNO NOBUMOTO (Odai's Brother)

Matsudaira retainers are even more hard-headed.

They feel obliged to us and the Imagawa.

I don't know which obligation Hirotada will choose.

HIRATE NAKATSUKASA (Oda Key Vassal)

Your sister is happily married with Sir Hirotada.

Are you just going to back down if your brother-in-law says, "No"?

Sir Nakatsukasa!

Well, if you back down quietly,

Sir Hirotada will probably divorce Lady Odai out

of his obligation to the Imagawa.

He will send her back to you.

If Lady Odai is divorced, it'll be your turn.

Why don't you have a preemptive strike...

...and kill those Matsudaira clansmen?

What?

They are the biggest obstruction for the meantime.

Meaning...?

It's the parting of a beautiful and inseparable couple.

When they reluctantly send her off,

they will probably go into the Kariya fief to say farewell.

That's when...

...all the annoying clansmen can go away.

When Mizuno Nobumoto received

the horrific secret order from Oda Nobuhide,

an Imagawa messenger came to Okazaki Castle

under the guise of visiting sick Hirotada.

He went there to keep Odai away.

Well.

I heard you were sick, Sir Hirotada.

But your wife looks sicker than you.

She must be ill.

I'm sure she is ill.

Excuse me.

Her Ladyship is not ill.

She is doing great every day.

Then, what do you think of her complexion?

That's probably the glare of leaves in the garden.

No.

She looks much paler than the leaves.

Sir Asahina...!

She must be gravely ill.

She'd better leave now and have a rest.

Dai.

You already greeted him.

You may leave.

Lady of the Mansion.

In that case,

I'd like to be excused since I'm ill.

I'm sure everyone will understand.

Now, Sir Hirotada.

You already know what my lord in Sunpu wants you to do.

You must hurry and remove the cause of illnesses.

The way this world goes...

...is truly cruel, you know?

Your Ladyship?

Takechiyo.

Takechiyo...

Takechiyo...

Takechiyo.

Lady of the Mansion.

I heard you aren't feeling good.

What's wrong?

I gave birth to Takechiyo.

- Lady of the Mansion? - I'm not scared of getting killed.

But...

...I don't want to be separated from my son!

LADY KAYO-IN

Calm down first.

My brother in Kariya decided to side with the Oda.

That's why Lord Imagawa in Sunpu is testing my lord.

Are you resenting your brother in Kariya?

Mother...

Actually,

Odai in Okazaki will be divorced. It's certain.

I see.

You already know why. I don't have to tell you.

I have a favor to ask you.

The Matsudaira clansmen, who caused her divorce,

will surely see her off into my fief,

because they want to show it wasn't their fault.

- That's when... - I'm not going to do it.

What?

You're not gonna do it?

- That's right. - But I haven't...

I already know what you're going to tell me.

This is a divine prophecy.

All right!

It's a divine prophecy!? I have no choice!

You're serving god.

Exactly.

Good.

Leave!

But...

...do you think you can live within my fief?

I'm not living here.

What?

TAKENOUCHI NAMITARO

My Bear Village is...

...where my ancestors settled in to enshrine god before the Mizuno came in.

Even Sir Oda acknowledges and gives us immunity from taxation.

It's a sacred land. You must remember that.

Excuse me.

Gonroku!

Gonroku! Aren't you around?

Gonroku.

Don't let Prince Bear go home safely.

Lord.

Please don't do that.

Lord Oda will get into a rage against you.

Whatever Prince Bear says...

...is keenly listened to by Lord Oda now.

Please don't act emotionally, sir.

Somebody!

Call Nuinosuke!

Nuinosuke is here, sir.

Listen.

When Odai is coming back,

don't let anyone step into my fief.

If ten men step in, kill them all.

If one hundred men step in, kill them all!

Yes, sir.

A-ha. But...

If Matsudaira vassals get attacked and take Lady Odai as hostage,

they might say, "We'll kill her if you kill us."

What will Lord Mizuno do?

He'll say, "Go ahead. She has already been sent to Okazaki."

He's going to let her die?

Perhaps.

ZUIFU

What a cruel wind.

I travelled around and always felt the same cruel wind blowing.

The same wind is blowing here, too.

Women are innocent.

I hate people who cannot see the times.

I, Namitaro, won't let Lady Odai die.

Look at you.

Namu Amida Buddha, Namu Amida Buddha...

To show his loyalty to the messenger from Sunpu,

Hirotada confined Odai in an annex of Sakai Utanosuke's mansion.

What are you doing, Lady of the Mansion?

Stay there.

Stay right there. I'm just going to speak to myself.

Don't talk to me.

Yes.

Sir Hirotada said he was feeling sorry for you.

He doesn't even visit Ohisa.

A woman can feel the happiest...

...even from a small thing like that.

Your mother was forced to leave your father.

When I had to leave him,

he seemed to be showing his love from the bottom of his heart.

The thought has saved me all this time.

Sir Hirotada will visit you in secret pretty soon.

You shouldn't cry when he comes over.

Even if your marriage bond is cut,

your bond with your child will never be cut.

You're leaving Okazaki,

but I'll stay here.

I'll watch over Takechiyo.

Stay well.

Mother?

Is this the last time for me...

...to see you in this world?

Mother...!

Please show me your face once again!

Hirotada visited Odai...

...the night before Odai was leaving Okazaki.

- Dai. - Yes.

Tonight,

I wanted to see you without hiding.

I wanted to stride in here!

Lord.

You're making me happy.

Watch how I am.

This is the owner of Okazaki Castle,

who took over the clan rooted in Mikawa.

This is how I visit my only love in this world...

Lord.

Forgive me.

I...

...succumbed to the challenge from the Imagawa.

Oh, no.

But, Dai.

Takechiyo has your blood.

He took after your nature. He's strong.

He doesn't cry at all.

Yes.

The other day,

he found a small cicada in garden.

- He fell from the porch. - Oh.

His wet-nurse was surprised and ran up to him.

He grabbed what he wanted...

...and then, he turned around to look at his wet-nurse.

- He didn't cry? - No.

He showed her a big smile.

Oh.

The Oda or the Imagawa...

I don't know which one will win.

That's why...

...I have to follow the obligations that my ancestors kept over generations.

- I know I'm doing terrible things to you. - Lord.

You know?

If men can live as they like,

I want to live on a remote mountain, with you and Takechiyo.

I...

I feel the same way.

It's so painful!

This is more painful to me.

Don't cry, Dai!

Don't cry.

Even if this is our last time to see each other,

we have another life.

There is the after life.

I'll be waiting for you there, at nirvana...

...sitting on a lotus flower seat.

Lord.

I want to imprint your face in my mind.

I, too...

...will imprint and drum your face into my mind.

Dai!

Dai...

Dai...

The morning of Odai's divorce came.

Nobody came from Kariya to pick her up.

Only Utanosuke, Ishikawa Aki and a few men were accompanying her.

Lady of the North is such a sweet lady...

Odai was looking for Lady Keyo-in among the women.

She was sad about the limited time she could spend with Takechiyo.

Further, she was aching for the lives she and her mother had to live.

- Lady of the Mansion. - Hey!

Don't get upset.

- Lady of the Mansion. - Poor her...

Be quiet.

MATSUDAIRA TAKECHIYO (IEYASU)

"Takechiyo."

"This is my last time to see you in this world."

"But you probably don't get to remember me."

Suga.

Send my appreciation to Lady Ohisa.

Yes, ma'am.

The procession is coming.

300 Mizuno soldiers had been sent to pick up Odai.

They were waiting to exterminate Odai's party.

Odai suppressed her tears in public,

but she wept her fill inside the palanquin.

As she cried, she visualized Takechiyo being held by Ohisa.

Ohisa's thoughtfulness made her feel guilty.

After crossing the Yahagi River, is Aki.

Stop the palanquin.

I'm getting off.

Yes, ma'am.

Lady of the Mansion.

Everyone, I will never forget your thoughtfulness.

Beyond this river is enemy territory.

So I'll leave you here.

What are saying, ma'am?

I want to leave you here.

We can't.

It's our lord's order.

It's our mission to escort you to Kariya Castle.

That's right.

If something happens to you, my lady,

we won't be able to look at our lord and Lord Mizuno in Kariya.

Utanosuke.

You have a great cause.

Work hard toward that for Takechiyo, not for me.

What are you talking about, ma'am?

Since you're his mother, we don't want anything to happen...

No, you can't follow me.

I know how volatile my brother in Kariya is.

He has a fiery temper.

I shouldn't bring distinguished vassals

into an enemy territory by impulsiveness.

If you lose your lives because of me, my son will call me a careless mother.

Better safe than sorry.

My brother is Takechiyo's uncle.

So my job is to prevent any seed of grudges from forming between them.

This is my request.

I want you to heed my request.

My lady.

I'm ashamed of myself.

How can I dare... at this age...

Lady of the Mansion.

After Odai left,

Hirotada sank into drink every day.

Who is it?

I came to wash your back, sir.

Odai?

Odai, Odai.

No.

- It's Haru, sir. - Dai.

Dai.

In January of the following year, Tenbun 14 (1545),

Matsudaira clansmen spontaneously gathered in Takechiyo's room.

By the way, didn't you hear that?

About the rumor in the back quarter?

About the lord drinking?

No, it's about a new woman.

Well, he had to divorce Lady of the Mansion.

I know how depressed he has been.

But he was taking a midnight bath and asked the servant girl, "Is it Odai?"

How pathetic.

- Stop it. - No.

The problem is that girl's origin.

I heard she was a cousin of Iwamatsu Hachiya...

...the guy who got injured on his eye during the last battle.

Hachiya?

She's not a mere cousin.

She is his fiancee.

- Is that true? - Yeah.

Don't breathe a word of it.

IWAMATSU HACHIYA

The Lord is getting an offer of remarriage

from the Toda family in Tawara.

That doesn't sound good.

- Hachiya. - Yes.

I heard about your cousin.

Do you want me to kill her?

I'm not blaming you.

Does the Lord know about your engagement with her?

No.

Before he finds out, I cancelled my engagement with Oharu.

Where's the lord?

It's Utanosuke.

I came to take a bath.

Excuse me.

Sir Sakai Utanosuke is...

No need to be formal.

Close friendship between lord and vassal is an Okazaki tradition.

What kind words, sir.

Excuse me.

- You want to take a bath? - That's right.

I'm using the bath now.

I see.

A magnificent bath.

OHARU

What's your name?

Yes.

My name is Haru, sir.

Utanosuke.

Odai and Ohisa were women forced on me by you guys.

Now you guys are trying to force me to marry a Toda princess.

This girl, Haru...

...is someone I found with my own hands.

Are you trying to tell me to dismiss her?

Not at all.

You found her, which means, someone must have left her.

- What? - Well.

I'm just playing the mother hen.

Please give Oharu a rank, sir.

You shouldn't leave her as a maid who slept with you.

Oharu.

I got permission from Utanosuke.

As of tonight, you can sleep with me.

Yes...

Now, pour sake for Utanosuke.

Lord...

Takechiyo...

Odai.

KARIYA

Well.

Have you made up your mind?

Well.

The Sakuma in Hirose, or the Hisamatsu in Aguri.

You get to pick.

But it would be rude if I don't reply to them soon.

Especially because Lord Oda referred them.

I am very sorry,

but I need a little more time.

Then, give me a definite answer in a couple of days.

I don't want you to fall behind Okazaki.

Hirotada in Okazaki...

...is definitely a rare fool.

He is marrying a daughter of Toda Danjo in Tawara,

lord on the Imagawa side.

This marriage does absolutely no good for the Matsudaira.

Fool.

What a fool.

Odai, who returned Kariya, was getting offers of remarriage, too.

One day, Odai secretly went out of the castle.

The Sakuma in Hirose or the Hisamatsu in Aguri.

She must pick one of them...

...to survive in turbulent times.

Odai decided to visit her father's grave...

...to make up her mind.

Ladies.

I presume you work for the Mizuno family.

Yes.

Then, you must know Princess Odai who returned from Okazaki.

Follow him.

It was her brother, Nobuchika. She heard that he died in an accident.

Princess?

Come, hurry.

BEAR MANSION

This is Prince Bear, ma'am.

Your servant said he saw a man

resembling someone entered my mansion.

Yes, I did see him entering your gate.

Princess, I heard you were on your way to visit the family graves.

Your late father must have brought you here.

Please drop in.

Well, if you insist...

Don't try to find out about the man resembling someone.

Please have a seat.

What a pretty woman.

She is related to me.

Her name is Onobu.

This is Prince Kipposhi of the Oda.

He is Sir Hirate Nakatsukasa.

HISAMATSU YAKURO

This is Sir Hisamatsu Yakuro from Aguri.

What do you like, Onobu?

Are you good at Kowaka Narrative Dance?

I'm totally ignorant of it.

Do you like it, Young Lord?

Fool.

KIPPOSHI (Oda Nobunaga)

I'm a warrior.

If I say something like that,

this old man will scold me.

Warriors are just supposed to enjoy horse-riding, falconry...

...battle story-telling and river fishing.

Right, old man?

You're right.

But I have something else I really like.

First is pissing in the street.

Oh?

Second is eating rice soup while standing.

While standing?

Have you done that?

I can keep my stomach straight that way.

So I can easily eat up seven or eight bowls.

Miso-flavored soup is the best.

This is no good, too?

Gah.

Excuse us.

Onobu.

See you when I come back here for falconry.

What do you think of that boy?

Doesn't he make a good rival against your son in Okazaki?

Takechiyo is only 4-years-old.

That's why you must worry about his future. Don't you think so?

If Okazaki loses, Sir Takechiyo will be captured.

As his mother, you can put yourself

in a position where you can beg for his life.

Sir Hisamatsu Yakuro is a dutiful man.

He is very close to Sir Hirate Nakatsukasa,

guardian of Prince Kipposhi.

Mothers are so precious, aren't they?

Drink with me, Oharu.

Lord.

Your physician told you not to drink too much. It's not good for your body.

Shut up!

You avoided drinking my sake.

- Forgive me, sir. - Unforgivable.

Simply unforgivable.

That wretch...

Hisamatsu Yakuro took my wife...!

Lord.

Let me go, Haru.

If you don't, I'll kill you.

Lord.

Lord.

Haru.

Odai...

...married the likes of Hisamatsu.

So funny...

Isn't that funny, Haru?

I don't trust people's minds any more.

While Hirotada could not forget Odai yet,

he married Princess Maki from Tawara on the Imagawa's recommendation.

PRINCESS MAKI

But, that night, Hirotada never visited this new wife.

There was another parting.

Are you leaving the castle tonight?

Please let me, ma'am.

Lady Tawara is the lord's wife.

She is Prince Takechiyo's mother now.

I want to protect him forever in place of the Lady of the Mansion.

As long as I'm here,

Lady Tawara will feel uneasy and cannot develop motherhood.

For the sake of our clan,

The Lord needs to be in love with Lady Tawara as soon as possible.

Lady Ohisa.

I've felt sad and happy here.

I have so many memories.

When I gave birth to Keishin,

I hated the Young Lord's mother.

- Thank you for bearing with that. - Not at all.

In retrospect,

I learned so much as a woman from the Lady of the Mansion.

I wish to leave this castle, because...

...I want to live strongly for my children no matter where I go.

Please...

...take care of yourself, Lady Keyo-in.

You, too.

Yes.

Please take care of the lord, too.

Certainly.

I will do my best.

Now...

Good bye.

Lady Ohisa.

Please stay strong...

...and stay healthy.

Takechiyo was 4-years-old.

End of Episode 2