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TOKUGAWA IEYASU

Episode 3: Kidnapping a Hostage

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

Oda Nobuhide: ITO Takao

Hirate Nakatsukasa: TOURA Rokko Hisamatsu Yakuro: HASHIMOTO Isao

Oharu: ISHIDA Eri Takechiyo: KASE Yoshitake

Sakai Utanosuke OGASAWARA Ryochi Kaneda Yosozaemon: YAMAMOTO Toshihiko

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

Toda Nobumitsu: MORITSUGU Koji Mizuno Nobuchika: TASHIRO Takahide

Honda Heihachiro: YAMAGUCHI Yoshizo Iwamatsu Hachiya: MURATA Takehiro

Kinzo: KURATA Yasuaki Suga: OGAWA Yoriko

Lady Keyo-in: YACHIGUSA Kaoru

Torii Tadayoshi: MIYAGUCHI Seiji

Imagawa Yoshimoto: NARITA Mikio

Lady Tawara: OSHIRO Erika Hirano Kyuzo: ARASE Hiroki

Ginzo: SANO Koji Kaede: NAKAYAMA Misako

Okubo Shinjuro: YOSHIDA Yukihiro Yosuke: SUNAGA Kei

Zen Master Sessai: KOBAYASHI Keiju

Takenouchi Namitaro: ISHIZAKA Koji

Produced By: SHIBUYA Yasuo

English Subtitles By: Koala Fansubs

Directed By: MATSUMOTO Morimasa

OKAZAKI CASTLE,

Tenbun 16 (1547), Takechiyo was six-years-old.

Balance yourself! Don't go easy on the Young Lord!

- Show your loyalty! - Excuse me, sir!

MATSUDAIRA TAKECHIYO (Ieyasu)

Young Lord!

If that was a real sword, yours would have been broken.

The heir in Okazaki would have died in battle.

Keep going.

Don't ease up, Tokuchiyo.

Hey, Sannosuke.

The Young Lord is with you.

Don't have fear death in battle.

That's my boy.

Let's wrestle.

Heihachi.

Aren't you doing too much?

I just don't want their heads to be chopped off in battle.

But his pages always have raw wounds.

That's the proof of real warriors.

It's our job to raise the Young Lord to become the best warrior in our region.

Look. He's so strong.

Hey.

Don't you want to show his fighting spirit to his mother, Lady Odai?

In comparison,

our lord is possessed by Death.

Heihachi!

The Lord is getting weaker day by day.

I know why he's being restless...

...but the Young Lord lost his mother, too.

That's why I'm so frustrated.

Stay up, Young Lord!

Enough! Shut up!

You are not healthy enough to go to this battle.

Please reconsider it, sir.

- I want to, because I'm not healthy. - Lord.

The Oda have trouble with Dosan in Mino.

MATSUDAIRA HIROTADA (Ieyasu's Father)

There's no time like this.

I'll grab back Anjo Castle at any cost.

I'm not your puppet!

AGUI

This is Hisamatsu Toshikatsu's mansion in Agui.

Odai, who was divorced and had to leave Takechiyo in Okazaki,

remarried and became a village headman's wife.

ODAI (Ieyasu's Mother)

Excuse me, my lady.

An unfamiliar travelling gentleman...

...is asking to see you, ma'am.

I wonder who he is.

Please read this.

From Prince Bear...?

"I am sending someone..."

"...who is capable and related to me."

"I would like the Lord of Sado to hire him."

"I hope you will put in a good word for him."

"Yours very truly."

Why is he asking me?

Fine.

Show him in.

Yes, ma'am.

Thank you for seeing me, ma'am.

I am the one who was mentioned in that letter.

My name is Takenouchi Kyuroku.

Takenouchi Kyuroku.

- Are you related to Prince Bear? - Yes, ma'am.

I'm his distant relative but I belong to his clan.

I see.

Good.

Yosuke, you may leave for now.

Brother...

I am Takenouchi Kyuroku, ma'am.

I wanted to become one of your husband's foot soldiers.

- That means...? - Yes.

There will be another battle soon.

Lord Matsudaira in Okazaki is...

...huffing over taking back Anjo Casle soon.

He's gathering horses and polishing spears.

But the Matsudaira...

...are very unlikely to win the battle.

Why?

Why do you think so?

Anjo is owned by Sir Oda Nobuhiro, but...

...it's supported by his poweful father, Sir Nobuhide.

His allies include Sir Mizuno,

and Sir Hisamatsu who is this mansion's master.

That's why Okazaki side has no chance of winning.

Sir Kyuroku.

Please call me Kyuroku, ma'am.

Isn't there any way to make them reconsider the battle?

No, ma'am.

- I'm only a lowly man. - Then...

...why do you want to work for my husband?

I'd like to lead Lord Hisamatsu's harness

and become the first to arrive Okazaki.

My dream as a lowly man is to distinguish myself.

First to arrive Okazaki?

If...

...something happens...

...I want to capture Prince Takechiyo alive.

Are you going to use that achievement...

...and beg for Takechiyo's life?

Please recommend me to Lord of Sado, ma'am.

My master in the Bear Mansion...

...told me to rely only on you, ma'am.

Very well.

Please wait for a while.

Yes, ma'am.

Time for battle!

Listen!

HISAMATSU YAKURO

The Oda are like a swift wind.

I might have another order pretty soon.

Prepare everything without fail!

Tell all the farmers, young and old alike,

to start harvesting rice immediately.

- Yes, sir! - One more thing.

Prepare 40 supply boxes.

Certainly, sir.

Welcome home.

Oh, dear.

Thanks for welcoming me.

It's sunny.

- Nice day. - Yes.

We're having the first good crop in a long time.

If the weather stays nice, my people will be so happy.

But someone is thoughtless to start a battle.

How foolish Sir Hirotada is.

- Dear. - Yes.

You were divorced by him.

I can finally avenge you now.

What's the matter?

You aren't looking good.

I'm fine.

What do you think of Prince Bear in the Bear Mansion?

Ah, Bear Village?

He's somebody.

He's in communication with Bear Spies.

He also has control over Nanba, Sakai...

...Ryukyu islands and even pirates.

He's a secret military strategist for the Oda.

Actually, Prince Bear...

...is recommending someone for your vassal.

I told him to wait in the foot soldier's room.

Let me ask one thing.

- Why did you pick me to serve? - Yes.

My master said you were a person of great capacity...

...and would become a great success.

He told me to serve you faithfully.

Fine.

I'll hire you.

Go back to your room and ask for instructions.

Don't forget what Prince Bear told you.

- No, I will not. - You may leave!

- Dear. - Yes.

Beware of that guy.

Is there anything suspicious?

He might be a spy sent from Lord Oda...

...to keep an eye on you.

- No way... - No.

You had to leave your son in Okazaki.

Don't worry.

I know how you are.

To prove your truthfulness,

I will distinguish myself in the upcoming battle.

OKAZAKI CASTLE

Destiny finally made Odai's two husbands rise in arms.

Sir Takechiyo.

Your father is going to battle now.

LADY KEYO-IN

I wish your good luck in battle.

Please take care of him.

- Are you ready, my fellows? - Yeah!!

Led by Hirotada, who was fixated on recaptruing Anjo Castle,

Okazaki men left the castle.

About 600 enemy soldiers are in the castle.

Oda Danjo's reinforcement doesn't seem to have arrived.

But please do not act rashly.

Alright.

Hoist my uma jirushi (horse insignia).

Follow me!

Lord.

Enemy is already ouside the castle.

Yeah.

Field battle is the Matsudaira's specialty.

We're winning.

I'll show them what I can do.

Those banners are...?

Hisamatsu Yakuro's banners.

That little cheat...!

They aren't from the castle.

Looks like enemy reinforcement already arrived.

Please stay alert.

- Hachiya, hold the reins. - Yes.

Lord?

Damn Yakuro...!

Look at the brat from Okazaki.

ODA NOBUHIDE

He's running mad seeing his rival in love.

Blow the conch shell horn.

What about the banners?

Not yet.

After castle soldiers sally out,

I'll suddenly raise banners right in front of the brat.

Ah, he really wants a piece of Hisamatsu.

What a dummy.

Surround and kill them!

Lord!

You must leave an escape route open.

Please withdraw.

Lord!!

Oda Danjo's banners!

Hirotada was sandwiched by the enemy.

He finally realized his mistake...

...of charging against the Hisamatsu out of his jealousy.

Lord! Please withdraw!

Damn it...!

His father was shot by Nobuhide's army, too.

He decided to die with his army.

He's Kiyoyasu's son. I'm impressed.

He never turns around.

Look at that.

Hirotada was blocked by a retainer, who saw the danger to him.

The retainer was Honda Heihachiro.

Have you gone mad, Heihachi?

Oda's main force is right over there.

Run away, dummy!

- Move! - No!

Move!

Move.

Don't run out of here.

- You'll be shot by the enemy's arrows. - Move!

Are you the Matsudaira head, Lord?

Watch your tongue, Heihachiro.

I don't mind.

Take off your helmet.

What are you doing, Heihachiro?

You're being rude!

You can hear my apologies later.

But there's only one of you.

Are you...?

I'll apologize to you beyond the veil.

Farewell.

Heihachiro...

I'm Matsudaira Hirotada.

I'm going to get Oda Danjo.

What an idiot.

IMAGAWA YOSHIMOTO

Fighting in a hurry, you know?

If Honda Heihachiro...

TAIGEN SESSAI

...didn't die for him...

...Sir Hirotada would have been killed, too.

Okazaki Castle would have been taken by the Oda.

SUNPU CASTLE

Oda Danjo appears to have withdrawn...

...to prepare for his battle against Mino.

To break down Okazaki from behind,

he's making different schemes.

And? How's the brat doing?

I heard he got injured and fell ill.

A stubborn man.

But...

...I don't think Sir Hirotada's obsession toward Anjo Castle is gone.

At some stage,

he will ask you to send reinforcements, my lord.

But...

I heard something bothering.

What?

Something that 'Tanegashima' might have used during this battle.

'Tanegashima'?

It's a firearm from Europe.

With its roaring sound, people die.

Sound kills people?

According to my spy's report,

Sir Hirotada's attendant fell because of that.

He escaped death but cannot walk anymore.

What is that 'Tanegashima' thing?

I already sent someone to Sakai to find out.

That smarty Oda Danjo...!

But Owari is not my target.

It's Kyoto.

For that purpose,

you must establish a solid spearhead.

You need to have a hostage from Okazaki.

I know it, Zen Master Sessai.

OKAZAKI CASTLE

How are you feeling, sire?

You don't need to be considerate like that.

Go back to your room and rest.

No, I can't.

OHARU

If I'm not with you, sire,

you'll skip meals again.

Don't worry.

Go and visit Hachiya.

Lord?

I'm surprised he survived.

He's related to you.

You may go.

Tell him to rest and recover fully.

Yes.

Princess.

I need to tell you something about Oharu.

Don't.

I don't want to hear that girl's name.

No, there's something you need to hear.

She often sneaks out and heads off to visit Iwamatsu Hachiya.

And she seems to be pregnant.

Is that true?

They had a relationship before.

LADY TAWARA (Hirotada's Wife)

All women in this castle know that.

But that's not the only rumor.

What do you mean?

They're saying,

"The Lord's ex-wife would have punished her a long time ago."

Are they saying I'm too lenient?

Yes.

Leave!!

I told you not to come here!

But this is the lord's order.

IWAMATSU HACHIYA

Your job is to stay with the lord.

Sir Hachiya.

The Lord's wounded by an arrow.

Listen.

The Lord said, "Hachiya's wounds are much deeper than mine."

He even handed me this medicine for you.

- He did? - Yes.

Is he kind to you, too?

Yes...

You can be honest with me.

In the beginning, I was just scared of him.

But...

But?

These days...

...I just want to do my best to become a substitute for Lady Odai.

Please forgive me.

That's alright.

You're doing the right thing.

You cannot take advantage of his kindness. Leave.

You still have a fever.

Ugh! Serve him well for me!

Leave.

I'm telling you to leave.

Why? Are you telling me to leave the lord?

Forgive us, Oharu.

Lady Tawara is the lord's wife.

With all due respect,

his wife cannot take care of him.

He has no appetite.

- If I don't pay attention to him... - Oharu.

I, Suga, know the best about your genuine care for his health.

Then, why...?

I'll abandon my rank.

I can be a mere servant girl.

Please let me take care of him until he recovers.

If that time comes,

the lord is going to attack Anjo Castle again.

He's too sick for that...

I'm worried, too.

We, clansmen, will remonstrated him.

But, if something happens,

we need help from Lord Toda, Lady Tawara's clan.

That's why we want to keep Lady Tawara happy.

You must understand.

You know, Oharu?

Serving your lord is a cruel thing in the first place.

- Really? - Yeah.

Through Lady Tawara's clan, the Toda,

Sir Hirotada is asking the Imagawa to send him reinforcements.

So another battle is...?

The Oda are taking different measures...

...to take advantage of Sir Hirotada's impatience.

Eventually, Okazaki will have to send a hostage...

...to reach out for help from the Imagawa.

Hostage?

Don't worry.

I'll be right back.

Hostage...?

Can it be Takechiyo...?

You're right. It's Takechiyo.

I'm sending Takechiyo as our hostage.

Lord!!

Sir Takechiyo is your heir!

I'm sending my heir to prove my single-mindedness.

No!!

No, you can't!

Sir Takechiyo is a precious hope for us, Matsudaira clansmen!

You're terrible and hopeless!!

Instead of send Young Lord as hostage,

we'd rather die and be reborn seven times to recapture Anjo Castle!

Shut up!!

I'm the Matsudaira clan's head!

If you don't like my decisions,

I'll fire you any time!!

- Lord! - That's a terrible thing to say!

We've been serving this clan for generations.

Don't say that!

Lord!

Lord...!

Please reconsider your plan...

...of sending Prince Takechiyo as hostage.

Lord...!

I'm a parent, too.

I want you to read my mind...

Lord...

Until my life ends,

I'll recapture Anjo Castle for sure.

That's my ardent wish.

Once I have Anjo Castle back,

the Imagawa will rethink my power.

Then, Takechiyo can come back to us.

I want you to bear with it.

It's a samurai tradition.

Poor him...!

Poor Prince Takechiyo...!

- We must bear it. - Lord!

For the sake of Prince Takechiyo and the Matsudaira clan,

we'll follow you all the way to hell.

Forgive me.

That's because of my pride.

Lord...!!

As I feared...

Yes.

Sir Takechiyo will be transferred to Suruga pretty soon.

What's behind might be Lady Tawara's aversion against him.

Our clan associates with the Oda.

If something happens,

you might be accused, too, my lady.

If you have something you brought from Okazaki,

you must get rid of it as soon as possible.

Sir Kyuroku.

I mean, my lady.

If you conceal items associated with the Matsudaira,

that might put the Lord of Sado under suspicion of betrayal.

Your lingering affection for the Matsudaira...

...won't do any good for Sir Takechiyo.

Each item had memories.

Her affection for those items...

...leads her to Okazaki.

She remarried as if she died once...

...and became Hisamatsu Yakuro's wife.

Still, she remembered her son, her ex-husband and mother every day.

Takechiyo will be escorted to Sunpu

by Lady Tawara's brother, Toda Nobumitsu.

TODA NOBUMITSU

Which route is Takechiyo taking?

Land routes might have enemies.

How about taking a ship from a western county into the Toda fief?

From there, my clansmen will guard him all the way to Sunpu.

That sounds even more secure.

I'm counting on you along the way.

Yes.

Lady Keyo-in.

Please forgive me.

What are you saying, Utanosuke?

Sir Takechiyo is a precious prince entrusted by Lady of the Mansion.

The Lord does nothing and just sends his precious heir to the Imagawa.

As a hereditary vassal, I can't face you any more.

Don't say something like that.

The one who's having the hardest time...

...is Sir Hirotada.

What if the information gets to the Lady of the Mansion in Agui?

Don't worry about Odai.

She must have accepted the risk when she was divorced.

Lady Keyo-in.

And her husband is a warlord on the Oda side.

You can't care about the enemy and undermine morale on our side.

Yes, ma'am.

But, as for the Child of Destiny, Takechiyo,

Naminaro had a secret meeting with Lady Tawara's brother, Toda Nobumitsu.

Are you telling me to kidnap Takechiyo?

TAKENOUCHI NAMITARO

That's right.

I want you to kidnap him during this trip.

Is that a conspiracy you accepted from the Oda?

No.

I, Takenouchi Namitaro,

will never make any move for anyone, except for divine prophecies.

After I kidnap Takechiyo, what are you going to do with him?

Do you know what the Imagawa are going to do with him?

Using Takechiyo as a shield,

the Imagawa will order the Matsudaira to take the van of attacking the Oda.

Matsudaira clansmen are well-known for their valour.

Because their young lord is taken hostage,

they will grit their teeth and keep fighting.

That might make the Imagawa fulfill their goal of going to Kyoto.

By then, probably,

there won't be anything left in Okazaki, not even a single pillar.

Then, do you think that snake Yoshimoto

will allow Takechiyo to take over his fiefs?

That's...

The Imagawa will surely come up with some excuse...

...to demolish the Matsudaira clan.

But Sir Hirotada doesn't know about that.

He's just being obsessed with obvious grudges...

...and walking his doomsday approach.

What do you think?

You can send Sir Takechiyo to the Oda and bring Sir Hirotada to his senses.

Sir Toda, isn't that your job as his brother-in-law?

If I do so,

Sir Hirotada will get furious and kill my sister.

Oh, no.

As long as I have Sir Takechiyo,

nobody in Okazaki can kill Lady Tawara.

Well, if I agree with you and betray the Imagawa,

the Imagawa won't remain silent.

The Toda clan might go to ruin because of that.

This is a meeting to prevent that.

There's only one way to survive.

The Imagawa or the Oda...

Since we don't know which side will win,

we must keep a balance of the two powers.

To begin with,

the Toda, Matsudaira and Mizuno

should form an alliance of small provinces.

I promise I will work to complete the alliance.

Once the alliance is formed,

neither the Imagawa nor the Oda can fight against each other carelessly.

You should think it over.

OKAZAKI CASTLE

Sir Takechiyo.

Come and sit here.

You're looking great.

Have a nice trip.

Thank you.

Your grandfather died in battlefield.

Your father must be determined to do so.

Sir Takechiyo, no matter where you go,

you're the master of this castle.

Never forget that.

Now, there's no looking back for me.

Say a goodbye to your father.

I am going now, Father.

- Takechiyo. - Yes.

You might be too small to understand this.

But your trip is...

...a very important one to save this clan and this castle.

Yes.

I want to thank you.

As I send you off,

I am ashamed of my powerlessness.

I lower my head to you like this.

Father...?

Sir Hirotada.

Takechiyo!

Come!

Takechiyo is accompanied by six pages.

Kaneda Yosazaemon was chosen to become his guard.

Sir Takechiyo is ready to leave.

He is coming with the Lord.

How valiant.

You will never be despised no matter where you go.

How true.

He knows how to loosen up the tension.

Just like the Lady of the Mansion.

I'm sending off young boys.

Those who accompany Takechiyo.

Be careful. You must not create animosity in foreign lands.

Yes!

I'm telling you our creed.

"Matsudaira's pride doesn't lie with eloquence nor elegance."

"It lies with iron-hard solidarity."

- Got it? - Yes!

Don't discuss loyalty.

Keep it at the bottom of your hearts...

...and protect the Young Lord.

If something happens to the Young Lord,

nobody can come back here alive.

Yes!

Good.

Bring the cup.

Takechiyo and his party left Okazaki.

They took a ship from a place currently known as Gamagori...

...crossed Mikawa Bay and landed in Otsu on the opposite shore.

Then, they were protected by Toda vassals...

...and entered this temporary rest house in Shiomi-zaka.

You must be tired of cruising with little boys.

Not at all.

You placed tight security at pivotal points from the dock here.

I, Kaneda Yosazaemon,

would like to express my thanks on behalf of the Young Lord.

By the way,

My mother, who is Sir Takechiyo's step-grandmother,

wants to see Sir Takechiyo.

She's waiting here with her attendants.

How grateful.

But the actual reason for his trip is...

- ...to become a hostage. - Don't worry.

If she sees him before the Imagawa come, it should be all right.

- One more thing. - Yes?

Oda's rappa (mercenary spies) might have reached out here.

I put extra tight security here, but...

...it'll be safer if you stay in my castle only tonight...

...and have a good rest.

Prince Takechiyo will feel even safer.

I'll take you up on your kind offer.

Wait!

Who are you?

You must be accompanying Matsudaira Takechiyo.

That's right.

Who are you stopping his palanquin?

We came to pick him up all the way from Owari.

To prevent any injury to Sir Takechiyo,

hand him over to us without resistance.

What a rude remark!

Join me, gentlemen!

Don't unsheathe your swords.

You know, Yasaza.

Sir Takechiyo becomes a hostage eventually.

Instead of fighting carelessly and letting him die,

you should hand him over here and pray for his safety.

Damn you...!

You tricked us...!

Are there rogues?

Bring it on!

Oh, my.

How brave you are.

Sorry for scaring you.

We are not going to harm you.

So forgive us.

Are you the head of the Oda gangs?

Yeah.

Aren't you going to Owari with Sir Takechiyo?

I don't want to listen to meaningless excuses.

Yosaza!

By sending Sir Takechiyo to the Imagawa...

...the Matsudaira will tread the path to self-destruction.

The only way for us, small provinces, to survive...

...is an alliance among the Toda, the Matsudaira and the Mizuno...

...and remain neutral.

Without help from these three provinces,

neither the Oda nor the Imagawa can secure victory.

If they can't secure victory, nobody has to fight.

How can you do that?

This gentleman, Prince Bear...

...will escort Sir Takechiyo to Owari.

After that, he will complete an alliance among the three provinces.

What...?

Are you Prince Bear?

Opposing me here is a meaningless act.

Don't you want to go to Owari with Takechiyo for now...

...and find out how your young master will live there?

No!

- If I refuse, what are you going to do? - No choice.

I have to kill you.

What's your answer?

Why don't you be sensible, Yosaza?

If the Imagawa find out the hostage was sent to Owari,

we can't get away from the Imagawa.

What if the Imagawa and the Matsudaira start a battle?

No need to worry.

The Toda and the Matsudaira can explain the hostage was kidnapped.

Well.

Prince Takechiyo will be safe for sure?

He's a precious hostage.

All right.

You stay with Prince Takechiyo.

Look!!

Look...!

This is the Matsudaira spirit...!

- Get the palanquin first. - Yes, sir.

- Hurry.

I want to take Yosaza's body.

Thank you.

Put him on a ship. With courtesy.

I'll give him samurai's compassion.

"Kaneda Yosazaemon infiltrated into Owari to rescue the hostage."

"He was killed in action." Tell it so to the Okazaki.

Takechiyo was sent by Namitaro to Oda Nobuhide.

Beyond this dark departure on the ocean,

what kind of destiny will await him?

Nobody knows yet.

End of Episode 3