Original subtitles

Congratulations, Jo.

I don't want Doshisha to be an ordinary school.

I want my students to be part of my family.

To save my beloved country I will build a school.

This is my dream.

The ray of hope for the people of Japan does not come

with power or material good but in proper education.

This is what Niijima Jo, the founder of this school,

said before he came back to Japan.

Ms. Yae.

I'm sorry to disrupt class.

We will take over Principal Niijima's dream.

Thank you Ms. Alice.

I'm bothered that some students stopped coming.

War was looming in the air.

In order to fight the great powers,

Japan focused on increasing its military strenght.

This was affecting Doshisha's management.

Please look at this.

112 students in the regular course this year.

But the applicants for next year is...

Twenty-three?

It's down to one fifth.

The loss of Mr. Niijima is hurting enrollment.

In merely 20 years,

Japan consolidated its base towards a civilized nation.

Now we have to deal with the aftershock.

Christianity goes against the Imperial Rescript on Education.

So scholars are criticizing it.

It's time.

Ms. Yae, would you like to observe my class today?

I would love to.

Published the prior year,

the Imperial Rescript on Education was distributed to all schools.

It included filial piety and fraternity.

It valued Japan's traditional morals,

and loyal service to the Emperor in national crisis.

Imperial Rescript on Education.

We mustn't use education to make people submit.

YAE NO SAKURA

Episode 49: Lessons of the War

Screenplay: Yamamoto Mutsumi

Theme Music: Sakamoto Ryuichi Music: Nakajima Nobuyuki

Narrator: Kusabue Mitsuko

Niijima Yae: Ayase Haruka

Yamamoto Kakuma: Nishijima Hidetoshi

Niijima Jo: Odagiri Joe

Yamakawa Hiroshi: Tamayama Tetsuji

Yamakawa Kenjiro: Katsuji Ryo

Matsudaira Katamori: Ayano Go

Tokutomi Soho: Nakamura Aoi

Ooyama Iwao: Sorimachi Takashi

Yamamoto Saku: Fubuki Jun

Executive Producer: Naito Shinsuke

Translation by MTI

Director: Ichiki Masae

Cholera is a highly infectious disease

that often lead to death.

Patients must be quarantine.

and only nurses should come in contact with them.

Put simply....As nurses, you must take care of these patients at the risk of your own lives.

Are there really military nurses?

Japan must war with foreigners to develop.

A war is looming.

I did it again.

I'll show you how.

During the Aizu war, there were many....

who were shot by bullets and blown up by cannons.

The weapons are far more powerful now.

War wounds are brutal.

Learn it well.

Our only weapon is our knowledge.

Yes.

The youngsters only know the war through the printed press.

They only see the bravery.

Those flippant feelings will make them useless.

Will there be another war?

Kakuma doesn't look well lately.

He's been pushing himself too hard.

Managing the school is affecting him.

There isn't anyone else to replace Jo.

Yes.

Excuse me!

He's here.

You've become a fine man.

I can't believe they called you "green gourd" before.

Please forget that nickname.

How's your family doing?

Hiroshi is having respiratory problems.

Is he all right?

He's fine.

Hiroshi is writing what happened in Aizu.

I have to complete what Sir Kawasaki started.

The Kyoto Deputy's misconduct.

I must redeem the Lord's honor.

I must do it while the Lord is still alive.

Please tell me...

...what happened to Aizu in Kyoto.

In August of 1863...

That was a war that held the fate of Aizu.

The nobles influenced by Choshu...

issued fake edicts under the emperor's name.

They plotted to overthrow the Shogunate government.

Did the Lord of Aizu come?

Tighten security and don't let the enemy in.

Our Lord let our entire army to the Palace.

He removed the Choshu clan from Kyoto.

That's when he gained His Majesty's deep trust.

However, after His Majesty passed away...

everything was reversed.

Why, this is...!

It's like the time when we chased Choshu out.

It was Aizu's turn to be chased from Kyoto.

We staked our lives to protect Kyoto.

I must record this...

to show Aizu followed the Emperor's will.

Certainly.

Satsuma-Choshu followed the Emperor's will, too.

Saigo of Satsuma...

Kido of Choshu...

They had visionary plans for Japan's future.

There must have been ways to protect Japan without warfare.

Aizu didn't go to war out of choice!

The enemy invaded us!

The Aizu Oath...

Loyalty to the Tokugawa.

This very motto...

sealed Aizu's fate.

There were many mishaps...

...and trickeries.

But there must have been chances to turn back.

But Sir...!

Do you condemn the Lord and people for their loyalty?

Aizu had just cause.

The enemy must have thought the same.

Sincerity is sacred.

But that alone won't give you the power to suppress or repel.

Enough complaining!

Sir Kakuma, have you lost your Aizu spirit?

You got your education with the help of Choshu.

Sutematsu married Ooyama from Satsuma.

Nobody harbors only hatred.

But...

when I think about our deceased comrades...

I will never say Aizu was wrong.

HARRIS SCIENCE HALL

This is the Harris Science Hall which was built last year.

It was funded by donations from American businesses.

Kenjiro?

I went overboard earlier.

Same here.

You've got good equipments.

We copied your research lab.

What is this?

It's to test electrical currents.

Kakuma always brought new knowledge.

He was always looking ahead of others.

Despite the opposition...

he would always insist on which direction to go.

Yes.

Kakuma.

When I came to Kyoto,

I was told at the Aizu camp...

that we shouldn't war against each other in Japan.

Yes.

But we will go to war again.

Were you thinking of a way to avoid it?

By sorting through the reasons why Aizu lost?

We all know well how it feels to lose our homeland.

If war can't be avoided with wisdom and knowledge...

Is education useless?

You said education is our weapon.

That education will lead us to the solution.

That is why I studied.

That helped Jo with his school.

Jo told his students...

not to be bound by their country...

and to think it over for themselves.

That's what he taught them.

I found my answer in his words.

Be someone who can think on your own.

Jo's children will surely carry on his thoughts.

Kakuma.

Don't give up.

Look ahead of us all...

and teach us more things.

DOSHISHA SCHOOL'S GRADUATION CEREMONY

You've completed your education,

and will be working.

Please always protect the weak.

I fought as an Aizu clansman in the past,

blazed the city of Kyoto,

and lost my homeland.

I'm still atoning for my sins.

Currently, the world i competing for power.

Japan is heading toward war.

Please engrave this verse from the Bible in your heart.

"They shall beat their swords into plowshares,

"and their spears into pruning hooks;

"nation shall not lift up sword agains nation,

"neither shall they learn war anymore."

Neither shall they learn war any more.

I want you to be the country's...

rather, the world's conscience.

Resist all powers with your wisdom...

and cleave your own path.

That is what it means to experience war.

And that is my wish.

Kakuma...

The following year, Kozaki Hiromichi succeeded him

and Kakuma withdrew from the school's operations.

Hisae!

Aunty!

Kakuma!

Yae...you came.

Yes.

Hisae.

Come here.

Stop crying.

Yes.

Yae.

Please take good cae of Mother.

I will.

Please open the door.

Is it already snowing in Aizu?

It probably is.

I can finally go home.

Everyone's waiting.

Kakuma...

Are Saburo and your father there?

Kakuma...

Thank you for your hard work all these years.

Mother...

Yae...

Yes.

Because you both survived the war...

and were with me...

I could live as an Aizu man.

Thank you very much.

I've returned to Aizu!

Yae!

Yae!

Welcome home!

Fire!

Kakuma...?

Kakuma...!

Kakuma ended his harsh life of 64 years.

Another person who knew the history had died.

Kakuma...

I have something to entrust to both of you.

During the surrender of the castle...

I thought it was lost.

This is...

...the only proof that Aizu....

are not rebels.

Lord (Katamori)...

Why did you hide it?

If you had publicized it.....

your name would've been cleared.

In Kyoto, the one with the Imperial decree...

was in justice.

In which case...

this imperial lettter could trigger another conflict.

I had to avoid it.

Aizu and Satsuma-Choshu...

both had just cause.

What?

Sir Kakuma was wondering...

if Aizu had another way.

Kenjiro!

No...

by carrying out my samurai loyalty...

I sent Aizu to the jaws of death.

Lord.

If Aizu had abandoned the Tokugawa at that time,

there would've been no true samurai in this country.

Someday...

please publicize it.

Please let the country know how proudly the Aizu clan fought.

Let those who died find repose.

Just be sure we don't make the same mistake.

I am entrusting this to you as a reminder.

This is my last wish.

Yes, sir!

MATSUDAIRA KATAMORI PASSED AWAY

Stop scolding her. She came forward like a samurai.

I want to serve him.

I want to repay the young lord.

All right.

I understand.

Everyone's gone.

Yae, why are you crying?

The people who died aren't going anywhere.

Jo...?

We are near you to support you.

So that you'll be happy and strong.

Be strong...

Thank you.

Thank you!

Thank you very much.

In March 1894...

in the southern Korean Peninsula...

the Donghak Peasant Revolt broke out.

The Joseon government of Korea requested troops from Qin China.

In response to this, the Ito cabinet decided...

to send a large army of 8,000 to Joseon.

Maintaining stability there is the key to our expansion.

We must drive China out.

Sending troops and starting a war are different.

Qin China is a sleeping lion.

The Siberian Railway has extended into Asia.

Russia is eyeing the Joseon peninsula.

There is no time left.

KOKUMIN NEWSPAPERS

Everyone, gather around!

Are we warring with Qin China?

The Ito cabinet have made their decision.

The public supports the war.

Kenjiro?

Why don't you join us?

Don't mind him.

There's no time left.

How pathetic.

I want to report from the battlefield. Anyone coming?

I want to go!

Why are they excited?

Fine! Everyone, write!

At the time, most journalists supported the war.

Businessmen appealed for military fund allocations,

and the war momentum was boosted up.

Then on August 1st...

war was declared between Japan and China.

Read all about it!

They will be marching from Hiroshima!

It's been a long time.

Yes, it has.

I must return after changing clothes.

Yes.

Mr. Ooyama, I have a favor to ask of you.

The Red Cross in Kyoto...

will be sending nurses to the military hospital in Hiroshima.

We will treat all injured persons, including enemies.

Some say we shouldn't save enemies on the battlefield.

China is not a member of the Red Cross.

It's inappropriate for Japan to provide relief.

Don't hesitate to start a good thing.

Extending a helping hand is a civilized act.

Some say women can't treat the injured on the battlefield.

The nurses for the Red Cross are well-trained.

Mr. Ooyama.

Please persuade the people who are opposing.

I don't understand the purpose of this war.

But the war has started already.

I must do what I can.

I'll save as many as possible.

Even the enemy may get injured or ill.

It's only human to treat and save them.

They should be showed compassion.

I'll relay that to the entire army before we march.

Ms. Yae.

Shall we go?

Yes.

Yae would lead the young nurses in the Red Cross to battle.

END OF EPISODE 49

This is a war involving all civilians.

The world is revolving.

It's as if they've forgotten the previous wars.

I carry the mortification of the many dead.

Ms. Yae received a merit.

Bloom many times over while you are alive.

Yae, you're a cherry blossom.

I will not give up.