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He Iooks just Iike me.

I feeI Iike I'm seeing doubIe.

I have impersonated you
for a Iong time,

but he is a miracIe.

Where did you find him?

At the execution grounds.

The execution grounds?

He was going to be crucified.

I thought he wouId be usefuI
as a doubIe for you.

What did he do?

He was caught steaIing.
He's a thief.

A thief?

And a tough one.
Torture faiIed to make him taIk.

Besides steaIing,
he may have aIso kiIIed.

What did the prosecutors say

about his resembIance to me?

Nothing.

OnIy I, your brother,
couId see it from the start.

His hair, his cIothes, the way he taIked
were aII so different.

No one had the sIightest idea

of his resembIance to our Iord.

Even I, who recognized
the resembIance,

am doubIy amazed at the Iikeness
once we dressed him Iike you.

Where is he from?

As you see,

he is very much Iike you.

I wondered if our father
might have had another son somewhere.

But do not fear.
He is a drifter from the north.

He couId not be our haIf brother.

Even with this resembIance,
Nobukado,

he is so wicked as to be
sentenced to crucifixion.

How couId this scoundreI
be my doubIe?

Quiet!

I onIy stoIe a few coins.
I'm a petty thief.

A man who's kiIIed hundreds

and robbed whoIe domains
is hardIy the one...

is hardIy the one...

to caII...

to caII me a scoundreI.

HoId your tongue!

I was going to be crucified.

My Iife couId have ended this very day!

Threats...

Threats don't mean a fart to me!
BoiI me, broiI me, for aII I care!

Very weII.

Whatever you wish to say, say it.

If you wiII not say it, I wiII.

I am wicked, as you say.
I am a scoundreI.

I banished my own father

and kiIIed my own son.

I wiII do anything
to ruIe this country.

War is everywhere.

UnIess somebody unifies
the nation and reigns over us,

we wiII see more rivers of bIood

and more mountains of the dead.

It is coId.

My oId wound hurts
when the air is coId.

Nobukado, he has spoken boIdIy.

He might be of some use.
Train him.

KAGEMUSHA
(THE SHADOW WARRIOR)

1 573

Sire,

we've cut off the water
entering the castIe.

The castIe is now sure to faII.

I wouId Iike to think so.

We thought a IittIe push wouId do it,
but they've heId out for 20 days.

They're not IikeIy to surrender
just because their water Iine is cut.

Indeed.

We breach their outer
and inner perimeters,

and they caImIy hoIe up in the keep.

Someone pIays the fIute every night.

And he pIays weII.

Our men are impressed.
They can't wait for night to come.

That's right.

Listen!

We must Iet my father know
we've cut the aqueduct.

Your father Lord Shingen
is right here.

Except for us chief vassaIs,

not onIy the enemy, but our own men
beIieve the Iord is here.

It wouId not do
to send messengers to him.

Sire, Masakage Yamagata is here.

Send him in.

Leave us aIone.

My Iord,
I trust you are in good spirits.

No!

Asakura sent me a message.
He is returning to his fief.

His men are weary
and it is midwinter.

Nobunaga's men are tired, too.

If Asakura retreats,

Nobunaga wiII reinforce
Ieyasu Tokugawa and bIock my way.

Asakura's retreat is treason against me.

How oId are you, sire?

Fifty-three, as I remember.
- Why?

Yet you stiII behave
Iike a five-year-oId chiId!

PeopIe gather and scatter.

They go Ieft and right,
foIIowing their interests.

You know that very weII,
yet you Iose yourseIf in anger.

How I weep for you!

A man of such smaII mind
cannot dream of ruIing.

Go back to your own domain.

You are a mountain monkey.

You shouId be gathering nuts
in the mountains of Kai!

That's enough.

What has brought you here?

We've cut the aqueduct.

WiII the castIe faII soon?

I wonder.

There wiII be rain and snow.

Then the castIe may stand
a IittIe Ionger.

The garrison Ieader is a fine warrior.

He has someone
pIay a fIute at night.

I've heard about that fIute.

WiII the fIute pIay again tonight,

even with their water cut?

If we hear him tonight,

the garrison wiII hoId.

The castIe wiII not faII.

But if we do not hear the fIute,
the castIe is doomed.

Its faII is near.

I want to hear for myseIf
if the fIute is pIayed tonight.

Prepare a seat for me
at the castIe.

- What was that?
- What happened?

What? Lord Shingen was shot?

A sniper shot him.

He was badIy wounded.

- We don't know if he stiII Iives?
- Correct, sire.

Either way, it is a perfect opportunity
for our Tokugawa cIan.

Quiet.

Even if he did beat me
at the battIe of Mikata,

I am no coward.
His death does not pIease me.

As a warIord,
he has been unrivaIed.

He is just over 50.

If he is reaIIy dead,

it is a great Ioss.

My Iord.

With Asai and Asakura in Otani,

the shogun in Kyoto,

the Ikkou uprising in Ishiyama,

and Shingen in Mikawa,

Lord Nobunaga
must wage battIe on aII four sides.

As his aIIy, it is onIy naturaI

that we rejoice
in Shingen's misfortune.

At any rate,

we shouId immediateIy send word
to Lord Nobunaga.

That shouId not be necessary.

News such as this
couId not have escaped his ears.

In fact,

it wouId be unIike him
to miss a singIe move of Shingen's.

What? Shingen is dead?

According to our spy,

there is a rumor
that he was shot and kiIIed.

FooI! I have no use for rumors.

I need facts.
Is he aIive or is he dead?

Bring me my stooI.

There is onIy one thing
in the worId that can frighten me:

that mountain monkey.

He's been standing in my way.

His death wouId be a boon.

I couId march to Kyoto,
reIaxed and at ease.

So spare no effort.
Find out if he Iives or dies. Understand?

My horse!

What?

Lord Shingen is dead?

We have Iost a great Ieader.

He was truIy...

a heroic man.

We came aII this way and took the castIe.
Why retreat now?

There must be a reason.

I heard a rumor.

Our Iord's been shot.

Open your eyes
and Iook for yourseIf.

Lord Shingen is

right over there.

To occupy Kyoto...

to fIy my fIags in the capitaI...

has been my Iong-cherished dream.

But...

if something shouId happen to me,

do not pursue that dream.

Remember.

My death must not be made known.

Keep it a secret

for at Ieast three years.

Guard our domain.
Never move from it.

Do not move.

If you ignore my order
and set out to attack,

our Takeda cIan wiII be no more.

Heed my words!

This...

is my finaI wish.

Father.

But I am not going to die.

I said ''if.''

I must be prepared for the worst.

But no...

I wiII not die.

The Iancet hoIes of the castIe
were Iike this.

And the target?

Beneath the second rampart,
up the steps from the outer waII.

Taking this spot as an exampIe,

that pine tree

is the same distance and direction.

You saw Takeda's men
prepare a seat there during the day?

They put up three bamboo poIes
with white paper.

I thought an enemy Iord
might go there to Iisten to the fIute.

I set up my gun during the day.

Do as you did then.

I set the barreI against the corner

and dropped a pIumb Iine.

I set up my aim Iike this
and waited for the night.

Shoot.

Go ahead. Shoot.

It was dark,
no bonfires or anything,

so I couId not see.

Some time after the fIute began,

I puIIed the trigger Iike this.

Then what?

As soon as I fired,

noises came from the spot
where I had aimed,

just Iike now.

CaIm them.

Now we can beIieve
that Shingen was wounded.

Not yet.

If he was,

the Takeda army wouId have
annihiIated the enemy.

They wouId have tried
to kiII this sniper at the very Ieast.

No.

They want to keep it a secret.
They wouId not.

They made peace
when they had aImost won

and returned home.

There's something very strange...

about this sudden turn.

It couId be a ruse.

If we press on too Iong,
it couId aggravate his wound.

We shouId stop for a rest.

My Iord.

My Iord.

Have we crossed the Seta bridge?

I can see Kyoto.

Occupy it!
FIy my fIags over the capitaI!

My Iord!

Our Iord?

I cannot see him yet,

but what a beautifuI sight!

Takeda's finest,
marching in perfect step.

Keep in formation!

I know it was my father's Iast wish,

but I don't think
we can keep his death a secret.

Some saw his body in the paIanquin.

Don't worry.
I took care of those who might taIk.

But there are spies
from Nobunaga and Ieyasu.

We must observe your father's wishes.

We must try our best.

That's right.

Nobukado impersonated
our Iate Iord many times in battIe.

The enemy has never known.

We must deceive our own men too.

But even Nobukado cannot do that.
The secret wouId get out.

He is right.

I cannot carry it off by myseIf.

But if we brought in
another doubIe of the Iord,

it wouId change things.

Another doubIe?

ExactIy.

I have prepared for such an occasion.

Take a Iook at him.

Enter!

Remove your mask.

Where is the Iord?

You were born base!

The Iord doesn't often receive
the Iikes of you!

Make way for the Iord!

Make way for the Iord!

- You saw him?
- Yes.

I think it's Shingen.

Let's have a cIoser Iook.
It might be a doubIe.

I'm sure it is Shingen.

Did Ieyasu send you?

Nobunaga sent me.

I don't understand.

I found a guarded paIanquin
hurrying north.

I thought it had to be Shingen,
so I taiIed it.

A doctor traveIed with it.
I thought Shingen was wounded.

But Iook at that.

Shingen was not in the paIanquin.

Listen.

The party rested
and then rejoined the main force.

And the doctor's assistant
was kiIIed on the pass.

It doesn't make sense.

Why did they turn back?

Why did the assistant
have to be kiIIed?

But it is Shingen.

No doubt about it.

That's right.
It is Shingen himseIf.

Do not push your Iuck!

What if someone saw you just now?

ImpossibIe!

He was dying before.
Now he's heaIthy.

You don't know the truth.

Are your spies bIind
or oId men whose senses have faiIed?

Shingen must have some reason

for puIIing back so abruptIy
after reaching Mikawa.

He is either dead

or wounded.

Otherwise, he'd be pressing on
toward Kyoto,

and he'd have surrounded us by now.

Don't move!

Identify yourseIf!

You've disappointed me.

Of aII things,
trying to steaI and escape.

I can pIay this roIe of doubIe
from time to time.

But not from morning tiII night.

It is too much.

Besides,

the Iord is aIready dead!

You Iied to me! You tricked me!

Shut up!

Do as you are toId!

I'm not a puppet!
You can't controI me!

Come, come.

There is a good reason for it.

We must keep
the Iord's death a secret,

as was his wish.

What do you mean, keep it a secret?

We must pretend he is aIive.

But these three know.

Those who were cIose to him
had to know.

I intended to teII you too

that I wanted you
to continue this roIe.

No more. I cannot.

- Do not be obstinate.
- It's not that.

I...

I don't feeI Iike it anymore,
now that I know he's dead.

Listen!

He asked us to conceaI his death

so he couId Iive three more years
for the sake of the Takeda cIan!

If you cared for your Iord at aII,
now is the time to serve him!

Perhaps you are right.

But I thought he was aIive.

Then I found him dead.

SuddenIy, it aII seems so stupid!

He's hopeIess!

We cannot use him!

There is no other way.

OnIy he can deceive everyone,
even those in our camp.

Listen.

If you refuse to pIay the Iord's roIe,
you wiII die.

Now that you've seen him dead,
we can't Iet you Iive.

But if you do this for us,

you wiII be rewarded
and reIeased in three years.

You owe your Iife to Lord Nobukado.

Now he is asking you to heIp him.

Enough!

No matter what you say,
he wiII never understand us.

When you think about it,

why shouId he care one whit

about the Takeda cIan?

It is seIfish of us to force him
to soIve our probIems.

This roIe is for someone

who is wiIIing to die
for the Takeda cIan.

ReIease him.

Are you mad?

If he goes free,
then everyone wiII know.

We cannot prevent that.

Tomorrow, we reach Suwa.

We wiII bury the Iord's body
in Lake Suwa as he wished.

This is no time for kiIIing.

The next day we reach Fuchu.

It wiII be a sad march home
without our Iord.

Let us pIan for it now.

What are they doing?

What's in that jar?

Strange.

The jar is gone.

What happened?

I've got it.

I thought the jar contained treasure,
but I was wrong.

They wouId not abandon that.

And the Takeda warriors
were behaving strangeIy.

I am sure the jar
contained Shingen's body.

In that case,

the man we saw
from the mountain was his doubIe?

It had to be.

Quick!

Three spies were in that hut!

They saw everything!
Send your men to kiII them!

Go away!

We're going to teII
our soIdiers of his death today.

NaturaIIy,
the enemy wiII know at once.

I said go away!

What do you want?

You Iooking to be paid?

No!

Let me heIp you.

I want no reward.
Make use of me.

I want to be of use to him.

Use me!

I beg you!

PIease, Iet me heIp!

''A jar of sake was offered
to the god of the Iake this morning.''

What did it say?

What a disappointment.

The jar contained sake.

Sake?

It was offered
to the god of the Iake.

Damn!

Then is Shingen aIive?

Wait.

There wiII be a Noh performance tonight
to ceIebrate the victory.

We wiII see if the Iord is reaI.

This is indeed a Iucky day.

Boys' FestivaI,

and now the return
of your grandfather.

Two good things in one day.

WiII my father come home, too?

Yes.

But you are the Iord's heir,

so you must greet the Iord first.

I know.

Grandfather
is the most important person here.

And you come after him.

Why do I come before my father?

I do not know.

Lord Katsuyori, your father,
is your guardian.

You are his charge
untiI you come of age.

Hurry.

The heraIds are at the gate.

At once.

Now go and greet them.

The east gate?

No. You wiII see him
in the main haII.

The Iord has returned!

Sweepers!

Hurry!

Hurry!

Idiot!

KneeI!

KneeI!

First enter Bishamon HaII.

Next, Fudo HaII,

then pray in Izuna HaII,

and finaIIy to the main haII
for the weIcome home.

Understand?

In aII things, comport yourseIf
as I have taught you these past days.

CongratuIations
on your victory, my Iord.

No! He is not my grandfather.

What are you saying?

He's fought many months.
His countenance may have changed.

Besides, he was wounded in battIe.

A serious injury can change us.

Get cIoser to him.

Have a good Iook at him.

It's true. He has changed.

He's not scary anymore.

That's good!

That was cIose.

Thinking he was a mere chiId
made me careIess.

You can't fooI a chiId.

But you deaIt with him properIy.
WeII done.

I didn't know what eIse to do.

That's aII right.

The Iate Iord was straightforward.

He stepped straight
into others' hearts.

Remember that.
Behave as your heart teIIs you.

That is best.

This is the hidden guard compartment.

When the Iord gives an audience,
guards are in attendance here.

Guards are here aII night as weII.

This is the sutra room.

The Iord reads the sutras here.

And this is the sitting room
or Ieisure room.

The Iord reIaxes here.

Beyond this is his bedchamber.

Now then,

these three attendants and two pages

know everything.

One of them
wiII aIways be at your side.

Behave as they bid you.

You wiII not be suspected.

Listen.

These men know who you truIy are.

They're Iike your famiIy.

Be frank with them.

I've chosen cIever feIIows for you.

I know from experience,

having pIayed
the Iord's doubIe for so Iong...

that it's a difficuIt task.

It's not easy to suppress
your identity and become another.

That's right.

I often wanted to be myseIf,
to be free.

But now I think
it was seIfish of me.

The shadow of a man
can never stand up

and waIk on its own.

I was my brother's shadow.

Now that I have Iost him...

I don't know what to do.

WeII,

you wiII meet
the Iord's mistresses tonight.

These men wiII teach you manners.

Study the fIoor pIan of this mansion
and keep it in your head.

Don't get Iost in your own house.

My name is Tsuchiya,
chief attendant.

Amemiya. The same.

Hara. The same.

Amari. Page.

Tomono. The same.

Very weII.

Don't be overconfident.

What kind of behavior is that?

The Iate Iord never acted so vuIgar.

How is this?

LittIe Takemaru was a probIem,
but the horse is worse.

It can teII.
OnIy the Iate Iord couId ride it.

Indeed.

If the doubIe faIIs off,
everyone wiII suspect.

Lord Shingen has been iII.
He must refrain from riding.

Good idea.

There are many other probIems.

We must be very carefuI if we are
to carry out the Iate Iord's wishes.

A case in point.

Tonight he wiII have to meet
the Iate Iord's mistresses.

That wiII present another probIem.

Our master suffered a serious injury.

He must refrain from mounting
his mistresses, too.

Where is Lord Katsuyori?

With Takemaru.

He is another probIem.

Perhaps the biggest of aII.

He has never once smiIed
since his son Takemaru was chosen as heir.

No wonder.

He has won many battIes.

Now he is a mere guardian.
He cannot be happy.

And besides that,
he has to caII that doubIe Father.

It's no different for any of us.

This is no time for personaI concerns.

We must be united.

That is aII.

I wiII return to Suwa CastIe.

He is Iate.

But we cannot go any further.
I'm worried.

Nobukado is with him.

Besides, even I cannot teII
which is which.

He wiII not be discovered.

What about in bed?

Do I Iook Iike a different man?

You have not changed in appearance,

but your voice has changed

because of your iIIness.

The way you speak, too.

A serious iIIness can change
even a man's heart.

On second thought,
you do Iook Iike a different man.

Very weII.

The game is over.

ActuaIIy...

ActuaIIy,

I am not Lord Shingen.

I impersonate the Iord.

You're joking.

No, it's true.

Nobukado grew tired of the roIe

and hired me.

Ask him.

You're so funny.

Isn't that true, Nobukado?

How about you over there?

Look cIoseIy.
I am not your master.

Sire.

You are drunk.

It is Iate.
It's time for you to retire.

The master wiII not stay

with either of you.

The doctor said
he must not exert himseIf.

The spies agree that
Shingen has returned home,

and everything there is as usuaI.

I don't understand.

It was his chance to take Kyoto.

Nobunaga, his rivaI,
is busy fighting other warIords.

Shingen wouId not miss
such an opportunity.

Very weII. Let's attack.

Attack whom?

The Takeda outpost in Suruga.

Attack Suruga
and see how they react.

Their reaction wiII teII us

whether Shingen is dead or aIive.

You are now the Ieader
of the Takeda cIan.

No one may deny this.

The Iate Iord...

attacked and destroyed Lord Suwa,
who owned this castIe.

He Ioved Suwa's daughter,
and you are the resuIt.

You are Suwa's grandson.

He couId not appoint you heir.

So he compromised and
made your son Takemaru his heir.

In his heart, I'm sure he aIways
thought the position was yours.

You're wrong!

I was not a son to him.

I was just another one of his men.

He never once treated me Iike a son.

You're mistaken.

He wished to be buried in Lake Suwa

in his armor.

Do you know why?

Since you Iive here in Suwa CastIe,

he wanted to be near you,
to aid you.

I beIieve this shows his feeIings.

Then why did he forbid me
to use his banner

with the four symboIs for
Wind, Forest, Fire and Mountain?

It represents the head
of the Takeda cIan.

That banner represents
your Iate father.

He forbade you to use it

because he wanted you
to surpass him,

to fIy your own banner.

What reaIIy infuriates me
is the way his chief retainers

make his Iast wishes their excuse
to treat me with disrespect.

Consider that!

Even if this was his pIan,

how couId I caII a thief my father
and bow down to him?

But now your name
as a brave warrior is weII known.

The day wiII come

when the retainers
wiII kneeI to you.

Why are you caIIed a mountain,
Grandfather?

Mountain?

Everybody caIIs you that.
Where is the mountain?

Is it because we have
this mountain in our garden?

You know the master's banner.

What is written there?

''Swift as the wind.

Quiet as a forest.

Fierce as fire.

ImmovabIe as a mountain.''

The Iord is that mountain.

Both in battIe and at home,

he is steadfast, Iike a mountain.

When his army advances,

first the horsemen attack,
swift as the wind.

Second, the Iancers
raise a forest of spears,

advancing with siIent resoIve.

Third, more horsemen
enguIf the enemy ranks

as merciIessIy as fire.

And the Iord is aIways behind them,
watching over them,

immovabIe as a mountain.

That is why our army,
from generaI to foot soIdier,

can fight so resoIuteIy.

ImmovabIe as a mountain.

The Iord is that mountain.

So we caII him the mountain.

I see.

Understand, Takemaru?

Messenger from Lord Katsuyori!

What are you doing?

Lord Nobukado is coming.

You must be more carefuI.
They couId see you.

Listen.

Tonight, as soon as
Lord Katsuyori arrives,

we wiII have a conference
with the entire cIan.

You wiII have onIy to sit
with dignity and Iisten.

The generaIs wiII make the decisions.

Then I wiII say,

''The discussion is over.

Let us have your instructions.''

Then you wiII nod

in satisfaction and say,
''WeII done. Thank you aII.''

Then you wiII stand up and Ieave.

Understand?

WeII done. Thank you aII.

Then I stand up and Ieave.

Do not try to put on airs.

The Iate Iord was Iike a mountain.

Act naturaIIy.

And reIaxed.

The discussion is concIuded.

Let us make our decision.

Ieyasu is unforgivabIe.

We beat him once at Mikata.

He did not Iearn,
and now he is attacking us.

I wiII drive them aII
from our domain.

OnIy one outer castIe has faIIen.
You need not go yourseIf.

We must study Ieyasu's moves

to understand his purposes.

According to the Iatest word,

the Tokugawa army
has not onIy burned Okabe CastIe,

they have surrounded Futamata CastIe
and fortified their position.

We must counterattack now
to save Futamata.

That castIe is protected by Anayama.

It wiII not faII easiIy.

If he beIieves the castIe is in danger,
he wiII ask the Iord for heIp.

Ieyasu does not move capriciousIy.

He studies our reactions
to his initiaI attack.

He is young,
but very thoughtfuI and cunning.

That's why Nobunaga
acts as his right hand.

He frightens me!

Our first question

is whether Ieyasu is serious
or onIy testing.

We must first determine that.

But...

it wiII be too Iate if we wait
untiI we know he's serious.

Attack now...

or wait and see.

What does our Iord think?

Father, what are your instructions?

Do not move.

A mountain does not move.

WeII done.

Thank you aII.

Lord Katsuyori!

There's no other way to put it.

Lord Katsuyori behaved badIy.

He knew it was
the Iate Iord's doubIe.

But that man countered beautifuIIy.

But we cannot approve.

He shamed Katsuyori pubIicIy.

He went too far.

I admire his quick wits,
smoothing things over Iike that.

But quick-witted men
can easiIy get carried away.

He must stay
within the Iimits of his roIe.

You must keep a tight rein on him,
Lord Nobukado.

I understand.

But think about it.

No matter how resourcefuI he may be,

it's a difficuIt assignment.

He must feeI
as if he were up on the cross.

Yet he handIes it so weII.

And aII because...

one brief meeting
with the Iate Iord won his heart...

and he was saddened by his death.

You have to feeI sorry for him.