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A TOHO-MIFUNE PRODUCTION
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Executive Producer
TOMOYUKI TANAKA
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Original Story by
YASUHIKO TAKIGUCHI
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Screenplay by
SHINOBU HASHIMOTO
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Cinematography by
KAZUO YAMADA
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Music by
TORU TAKEMITSU
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Production Design by
YOSHIRO MURAKI
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Cast
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TOSHIRO MIFUNE
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GO KATO
YOKO TSUKASA
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SHIGERU KOYAMA,
MASAO MISHIMA and ISAO YAMAGATA
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TATSUYOSHI EHARA
TATSUO MATSUMURA
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TAKAMARU SASAKI
JUN HAMAMURA
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ETSUKO ICHIHARA
MICHIKO OTSUKA
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HISANO YAMAOKA
TOMOKO NITTO
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TATSUYA NAKADAI
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Directed by
MASAKI KOBAYASHI
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SAMURAI REBELLION
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Do you want to try, Tatewaki?
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Isaburo Sasahara
of the escort group has tested it.
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That's enough for me.
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I see.
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I'll tell the chamberlain
you both approve.
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I'd rather see you two duel
than merely test swords.
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There are rumors in our clan.
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The reason you don't fight
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is because it would hurt
the family of the loser.
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You both understand that,
and so you avoid a duel.
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Be that as it may.
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Perhaps protecting your family name
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rather than promoting
your pride and rank
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is the wisest way
to get along in this world.
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Slicing straw dummies
to test our lord's sword.
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What peaceful times these are.
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Now, now.
Think of it as one of our duties.
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Isaburo, you're too attentive
to your superiors.
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I'm used to it.
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I married into my wife's family
and have been henpecked for 20 years.
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Did anything unusual happen?
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No, nothing at all.
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Would you like to look
at the November border record?
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No, not if nothing unusual happened.
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I'm returning to the castle
with Sasahara.
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Making rice cakes in November
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But there are no customers
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They're waiting anxiously
for the Inoko festival.
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Inoko?
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Does that mean the Suwa Shrine
festival begins tomorrow too?
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The god who came down in February
and brought the rice harvest
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departs tomorrow
until his return next year.
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Do you really believe that?
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No, I was just –
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The hearts of children
are docile and precious.
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They sing, believing it.
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Perhaps you want a grandchild?
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Yes, as soon as I find
a bride for Yogoro.
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It isn't settled yet?
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No. My wife Suga is the problem.
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It must be someone she approves of.
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I keep quiet,
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but I'd like a nice wife for Yogoro.
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Someone strong, loving and faithful.
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Is that the steward's?
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Yes, he just arrived.
He's been waiting for you.
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Making the steward wait.
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You were probably
idly chatting away to Asano
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about useless things
like martial arts again.
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To have the steward honor us
with a visit
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has never happened
in the Sasahara family.
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The truth is, Isaburo,
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Lady Ichi has been
dismissed from the castle.
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Lady Ichi?
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Yes.
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It has been decided
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to have her marry Yogoro,
your son.
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Steward, why was Lady Ichi dismissed?
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She incurred our lord's displeasure.
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But he's reluctant
to give her to any man.
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You're one of
our lord's cavalry escorts,
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and given that your son
is a fine man, he chose him.
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I'll return for an answer
in a few days.
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But Sasahara,
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it is our lord's decision,
so bear that in mind.
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The steward is leaving!
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Why should we accept Lady Ichi?
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You should have refused at once.
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What was it, of all that happened,
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that led our lord to dismiss her?
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In the first place, she –
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I know.
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The daughter
of the keeper of the records –
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Everyone knows that.
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The reason she was dismissed after
bearing our lord's son, Kikuchiyo –
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That's what I want to know.
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- Mother, that's –
- You be quiet.
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Three men gather in a room
and still have no idea what's going on.
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How embarrassing.
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It's like this.
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After Lady Ichi bore her son Kikuchiyo,
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she went to a spa to rest.
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When she returned,
she saw Lady Tama with our lord.
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The daughter of Gohei Yamagiwa,
the man in charge of the castle wardrobe,
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was serving beside him.
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Lady Ichi lost her head on seeing this.
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She sprang at Lady Tama,
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slapped her face,
and dragged her by the hair.
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Then she seized our lord
by his garments
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and slapped him repeatedly.
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A vain, wild woman
who would attack our lord –
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How can we accept her?
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But, Mother...
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I think we should gratefully
accept her without being difficult.
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Bunzo!
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No matter what you say,
we must accept her.
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It's an order from our lord.
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I'm afraid...
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I don't feel very enthusiastic about it.
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Neither do I.
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But if I refuse,
there may be trouble later.
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Yogoro has said nothing,
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but he wouldn't be happy marrying
a lord's mistress who has borne a child.
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Marrying unwillingly
and under pressure.
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Different circumstances, but much like
my own marriage into the Sasahara family.
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I don't want him
to repeat my mistake.
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Sasahara!
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Isaburo,
I didn't find you at your office.
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They said you'd be at the border.
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I'm glad I found you.
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I heard everything.
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The steward and chamberlain
are good judges.
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Alert even in times of peace.
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It's an honor that a member
of our group has been chosen.
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But, Isaburo...
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as for the marriage
and other matters,
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I suggest you keep things quiet.
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You'll probably receive a larger fief.
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So be modest about it or the others
will think you're showing off.
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Understand?
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Anyway, I congratulate you.
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A happy event.
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What nerve.
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He's not thinking of you
or your family.
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Only outward appearance
and influence matter with him.
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Will you draw on your secret principles
of swordplay?
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Push and you step back.
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Push further,
and you step back further.
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But at the last moment,
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you skillfully switch
from defense to offense.
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Yet you never attack.
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You wait until your opponent tires.
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In other words, until he gives up.
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Unworthy?
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Yes.
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We cannot accept
our lord's favored lady.
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There's no need to be so reserved.
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It's happened before,
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not just in the Aizu clan,
but in every clan.
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I'm well aware of that,
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but even so,
I wish to decline the honor.
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Decline?
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Sasahara, that will not be allowed.
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It is our lord's personal wish.
You'd –
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I mean no disrespect.
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We are not worthy of such an honor.
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You know our lord's wish.
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It's an order!
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I would never disobey him,
but if I may decline...
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What?
To decline is to defy the order!
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No, I'd never do that.
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It's just that
we're unworthy of the honor.
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Sasahara.
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You refuse to agree to it?
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It's not about
agreeing or disagreeing.
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We are unworthy of the honor.
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What? You continue saying that?
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Father,
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I wish to accept the honor.
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What?
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Young men seem to be
more understanding.
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I don't know what use it is
to think only of martial arts.
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Isaburo Sasahara,
you seem a bit too stubborn.
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May you enjoy long life together
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We'll all be at your side
as long as you live
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This is a day of celebration
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Let our spirits
celebrate this happiness
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I am not very competent,
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but I hope you will be good to me.
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You may have been
our lord's lady once,
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but you have now married
into the Sasahara family.
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Keep that in mind.
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Suga, you needn't –
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No. I must say it in order
to keep discipline in our home.
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A woman who was dismissed
after bearing a child.
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Pampering her would spoil her.
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Welcome back.
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I'm sorry I didn't notice your return.
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It's all right.
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Where's Nui?
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Mother took her along
for prayer at Shonenji Temple.
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Where's Father?
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He came home about an hour ago,
when his duties were done.
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Ichi.
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Mother may say things to offend you,
but don't mind her.
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No, she doesn't offend me.
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She kindly teaches me
domestic duties.
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I don't believe it.
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If things grow disagreeable
and hard to bear,
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think of Father.
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Father?
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Father finds
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the way Mother thinks and talks
disagreeable.
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But despite that,
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he has borne everything for 20 years.
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Ichi, is dinner ready?
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Yes, right away.
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A bottle of sake tonight as well.
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While the cat's away.
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You mustn't.
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If she'd just change a little,
all would be well.
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The world never seems to go right.
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"I wish to retire
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and have Yogoro,
my eldest son, succeed me.
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I humbly hope that
my request will be granted."
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Sasahara,
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how are your son
and his bride doing?
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Very well, I'm happy to say.
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You made such a fuss about this
in the beginning,
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but now it's all going very well?
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I'm very sorry.
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It's too early to retire, I think,
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but his son has married, so –
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All right.
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We'll ask the steward
to enquire of our lord.
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It won't take long
to obtain his approval.
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So Isaburo Sasahara's retiring at last?
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I didn't realize it at the time,
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but it's a great relief.
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At the same time,
it's a lonely feeling.
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I wonder what I've done all my life,
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though it's not like me to do so.
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Yogoro's marriage is
a very happy one.
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Perhaps life will be a little better
for our children.
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At least Yogoro's better off than me.
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Fear often exceeds the perceived danger.
So it was in your case.
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Yogoro's wife.
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She's a fine wife.
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I thought she'd be like a cannon,
ready to go off at any time.
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But I was very wrong.
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Suga's just the same as before,
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but Ichi is always pleasant
and never talks back.
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I don't understand.
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Why did she attack our lord then?
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Like yourself,
I don't understand it either.
257
00:23:31,033 --> 00:23:35,596
As I've said,
your duties won't be difficult.
258
00:23:36,505 --> 00:23:39,475
Check the weapons in the armory
against the inventory list,
259
00:23:39,575 --> 00:23:44,513
and have the men clean them
on appointed days.
260
00:23:45,180 --> 00:23:47,411
That's about all.
261
00:23:48,617 --> 00:23:54,557
It's harder to get along
with our superiors and fellow vassals.
262
00:23:55,691 --> 00:24:01,631
I don't say to always yield to them,
but at times, they're unreasonable.
263
00:24:02,331 --> 00:24:06,701
If you get angry at them every time,
you won't last.
264
00:24:07,169 --> 00:24:08,797
Pardon me.
265
00:24:20,749 --> 00:24:22,240
Rice cakes?
266
00:24:22,618 --> 00:24:24,018
They look good.
267
00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:26,247
Yes. Enjoy.
268
00:24:26,555 --> 00:24:28,080
Wait, Ichi.
269
00:24:28,690 --> 00:24:32,525
I'm going to retire soon.
270
00:24:33,362 --> 00:24:37,322
Yogoro will become
the head of our family,
271
00:24:37,432 --> 00:24:39,230
and you're his wife.
272
00:24:40,736 --> 00:24:44,571
You needn't hold back
for the old woman.
273
00:24:44,840 --> 00:24:48,971
Take over the household duties.
Understand?
274
00:24:49,745 --> 00:24:53,841
Even so, she is my mother,
275
00:24:54,916 --> 00:24:57,408
and I will treat her as such.
276
00:24:58,954 --> 00:25:00,980
Excuse me.
277
00:25:10,932 --> 00:25:14,096
That's enough
about your duties, Yogoro.
278
00:25:14,803 --> 00:25:16,931
How about some rice cakes?
279
00:25:20,308 --> 00:25:23,676
But I don't understand.
280
00:25:25,647 --> 00:25:26,979
Well...
281
00:25:27,616 --> 00:25:30,745
it's almost beyond belief
282
00:25:31,853 --> 00:25:33,845
that she'd grasp her lord
by his clothing.
283
00:25:34,656 --> 00:25:38,559
It was hard for me to believe too,
284
00:25:39,061 --> 00:25:42,259
so I asked her the other day.
285
00:25:46,868 --> 00:25:50,430
Her face became very sad
286
00:25:51,506 --> 00:25:53,202
as she told me the story.
287
00:26:02,117 --> 00:26:06,020
I was 19
when I went to serve my lord.
288
00:26:07,522 --> 00:26:10,390
It was the year before last.
289
00:26:30,212 --> 00:26:32,113
Ichi.
290
00:26:32,647 --> 00:26:34,582
Actually,
291
00:26:35,484 --> 00:26:40,218
there is a reason the steward
has come to see me.
292
00:26:41,022 --> 00:26:44,891
You have found favor
in our lord's eyes
293
00:26:45,026 --> 00:26:47,962
and are to serve him.
294
00:26:48,396 --> 00:26:52,265
Accept the honor gratefully.
295
00:27:03,311 --> 00:27:07,510
The sudden news
must have surprised you.
296
00:27:08,517 --> 00:27:11,954
I was more angry than surprised.
297
00:27:12,554 --> 00:27:13,954
Angry?
298
00:27:14,623 --> 00:27:19,220
A man over 50 was infatuated with me.
299
00:27:20,495 --> 00:27:24,023
I felt as if a hairy worm
were crawling over me.
300
00:27:24,866 --> 00:27:26,232
I shuddered.
301
00:27:27,769 --> 00:27:28,998
And then?
302
00:27:29,104 --> 00:27:34,168
Our lord does not do this
just to satisfy a whim.
303
00:27:34,709 --> 00:27:37,042
Daimyo must have heirs
304
00:27:37,145 --> 00:27:41,048
or their houses will be abolished.
305
00:27:42,050 --> 00:27:46,249
The only heir to our lord right now
306
00:27:46,354 --> 00:27:48,585
is young Lord Masamoto.
307
00:27:49,124 --> 00:27:52,219
Should anything happen...
308
00:27:53,228 --> 00:27:55,697
Even so, Miss Ichi,
309
00:27:56,698 --> 00:28:00,465
not just anyone
can become our lord's mistress,
310
00:28:01,403 --> 00:28:03,531
for her son may one day
311
00:28:04,105 --> 00:28:07,906
become our lord's heir.
312
00:28:08,543 --> 00:28:12,344
She must be
beautiful and kind like you.
313
00:28:13,181 --> 00:28:14,809
I am afraid
314
00:28:15,717 --> 00:28:17,515
I must decline the position.
315
00:28:17,619 --> 00:28:23,559
You are referring
to Sannojo Kasai, your fiancé?
316
00:28:24,826 --> 00:28:25,953
Kasai?
317
00:28:27,796 --> 00:28:28,855
Yes.
318
00:28:29,464 --> 00:28:34,266
Our parents arranged our engagement.
319
00:28:34,803 --> 00:28:38,171
Then if Sannojo agrees,
320
00:28:38,874 --> 00:28:44,313
you will gratefully agree
to serve our lord?
321
00:28:48,650 --> 00:28:50,278
What do you say?
322
00:28:52,053 --> 00:28:56,388
I couldn't imagine Sannojo doing it.
323
00:28:56,825 --> 00:29:02,731
But he bowed to our lord's wishes
324
00:29:03,164 --> 00:29:05,099
and gave you up?
325
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:06,168
Yes.
326
00:29:06,268 --> 00:29:09,136
So you had no choice?
327
00:29:10,772 --> 00:29:13,435
I still did not wish to go.
328
00:29:15,310 --> 00:29:17,074
So I withheld my answer.
329
00:29:17,612 --> 00:29:19,171
Don't bother me!
330
00:29:19,547 --> 00:29:20,640
Leave now!
331
00:29:21,182 --> 00:29:22,377
No.
332
00:29:22,617 --> 00:29:26,281
I will not leave until I see Sannojo.
333
00:29:26,821 --> 00:29:32,761
You said you would serve our lord
if Sannojo agreed.
334
00:29:36,998 --> 00:29:40,662
He has clearly agreed to it.
335
00:30:03,892 --> 00:30:05,827
As summoned,
336
00:30:06,061 --> 00:30:12,001
Hyoemon Shiomi's daughter Ichi
is here in answer to your wishes.
337
00:30:27,649 --> 00:30:33,589
It was like dragging
a pure silk kimono through the mud.
338
00:30:36,491 --> 00:30:38,960
Then I thought –
339
00:30:39,961 --> 00:30:45,366
No, it was more like a prayer.
I made up my mind.
340
00:30:48,970 --> 00:30:51,098
I would bear him sons.
341
00:30:51,940 --> 00:30:55,240
Many, many sons.
342
00:30:56,878 --> 00:31:01,907
Then other girls need never know
my misery. It would end with me.
343
00:31:04,352 --> 00:31:06,480
It was like a prayer.
344
00:31:09,691 --> 00:31:11,956
My thoughts were really
like a prayer.
345
00:31:17,365 --> 00:31:19,391
With this prayer,
346
00:31:20,869 --> 00:31:23,930
I bore Kikuchiyo a year later.
347
00:31:26,741 --> 00:31:31,441
Then I went to a spa
for postnatal rest
348
00:31:31,546 --> 00:31:34,641
at my lord's orders.
349
00:31:36,451 --> 00:31:39,444
When I returned to the castle –
350
00:31:48,029 --> 00:31:51,227
Ichi, this is Lady Tama.
351
00:31:52,500 --> 00:31:54,093
Be friends with her.
352
00:32:07,282 --> 00:32:09,444
It wasn't jealousy!
353
00:32:11,286 --> 00:32:13,846
On the face of his new young mistress,
354
00:32:13,955 --> 00:32:17,687
there was not even
a trace of humility.
355
00:32:17,792 --> 00:32:19,385
I hated her for it.
356
00:32:20,862 --> 00:32:25,197
She was proud as a peacock –
glad to be a mistress.
357
00:33:10,411 --> 00:33:12,107
Beast!
358
00:33:12,347 --> 00:33:13,872
Beast!
359
00:33:29,697 --> 00:33:33,725
Thanks to his
displeasure toward you,
360
00:33:35,270 --> 00:33:37,330
I have become a happy man.
361
00:33:38,206 --> 00:33:40,903
I could never have found
a better wife.
362
00:34:02,997 --> 00:34:05,228
Beginning tonight,
363
00:34:06,434 --> 00:34:08,596
I will forget my son.
364
00:34:09,237 --> 00:34:10,398
What?
365
00:34:11,105 --> 00:34:13,802
Our lord means nothing to me.
366
00:34:15,410 --> 00:34:16,742
But...
367
00:34:18,346 --> 00:34:21,874
I have been so worried
about the son I bore.
368
00:34:23,418 --> 00:34:25,216
So worried.
369
00:34:31,259 --> 00:34:33,194
Beginning now...
370
00:34:35,063 --> 00:34:38,465
I will forget about him too.
371
00:34:45,073 --> 00:34:46,735
I will forget him.
372
00:34:58,586 --> 00:34:59,815
Yogoro,
373
00:35:00,655 --> 00:35:02,783
be good to Ichi.
374
00:35:03,358 --> 00:35:05,850
You're a lucky man.
375
00:35:06,427 --> 00:35:09,989
There's no other wife like her.
376
00:35:38,936 --> 00:35:42,498
A couple without children
lacks binding ties.
377
00:35:42,940 --> 00:35:47,537
You've made me wait nearly two years,
378
00:35:47,644 --> 00:35:49,579
but at last.
379
00:35:49,747 --> 00:35:53,206
A boy would have been better.
380
00:35:53,317 --> 00:35:57,516
We mustn't ask for too much.
381
00:35:59,757 --> 00:36:02,989
And what's her name?
382
00:36:05,763 --> 00:36:10,394
Yogoro and I racked
our poor brains over this
383
00:36:11,635 --> 00:36:12,728
and named her Tomi.
384
00:36:28,585 --> 00:36:31,578
Post-horse messenger!
385
00:36:36,827 --> 00:36:40,457
Ryuzo Komiya here from Edo
on an urgent mission!
386
00:36:49,606 --> 00:36:50,972
What?
387
00:36:51,241 --> 00:36:53,836
Young Lord Masamoto died of illness?
388
00:36:53,944 --> 00:36:56,413
Yes!
389
00:36:58,549 --> 00:37:03,283
He was resting from a cold
he caught on the 12th.
390
00:37:03,823 --> 00:37:07,851
But his condition grew worse.
391
00:37:08,661 --> 00:37:10,755
At 2:00 in the morning,
392
00:37:11,464 --> 00:37:12,830
he passed away.
393
00:37:21,040 --> 00:37:23,566
It's a lucky thing.
394
00:37:23,676 --> 00:37:25,076
What?
395
00:37:25,912 --> 00:37:27,881
It's the death of the heir.
396
00:37:28,347 --> 00:37:31,476
But the Matsudaira house
will not be abolished.
397
00:37:32,685 --> 00:37:38,625
There is young Lord Kikuchiyo,
the son of Shiomi's daughter.
398
00:38:04,884 --> 00:38:06,546
But Sasahara,
399
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:10,719
Lord Kikuchiyo has become
our lord's heir.
400
00:38:11,424 --> 00:38:14,553
So Ichi is birth mother to the heir.
401
00:38:16,429 --> 00:38:22,266
If she remains the wife of a vassal,
402
00:38:22,435 --> 00:38:25,234
there would be much talk.
403
00:38:27,206 --> 00:38:31,075
You say this is our lord's wish?
404
00:38:31,177 --> 00:38:32,668
Yes.
405
00:38:32,979 --> 00:38:38,441
And our chamberlain here
and the Edo chamberlain agree.
406
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:46,816
Please consider it
before formal orders come.
407
00:38:47,393 --> 00:38:53,799
The best thing is for Yogoro
to submit a request to our lord
408
00:38:54,700 --> 00:38:57,135
and say he will send Ichi
back to the castle.
409
00:39:01,841 --> 00:39:06,745
Has Yogoro been told already?
410
00:39:10,883 --> 00:39:14,752
I've been at him
since the day before yesterday,
411
00:39:15,187 --> 00:39:16,951
but he refuses.
412
00:39:18,291 --> 00:39:20,283
Naturally.
413
00:39:20,393 --> 00:39:23,227
They have a baby daughter, Tomi.
414
00:39:23,763 --> 00:39:26,733
Well, I don't blame him.
415
00:39:27,566 --> 00:39:30,263
Emotionally it is intolerable.
416
00:39:32,905 --> 00:39:36,103
The chamberlain
and steward know that.
417
00:39:36,509 --> 00:39:41,345
But you know very well...
418
00:39:42,682 --> 00:39:45,652
that we can't have all our wishes
granted in this world.
419
00:39:47,253 --> 00:39:48,414
So...
420
00:39:49,021 --> 00:39:53,186
you're telling me
to make Yogoro agree to it?
421
00:39:53,859 --> 00:39:56,124
I'm asking you
to submit a voluntary request
422
00:39:56,228 --> 00:39:59,164
rather than making us
order her back.
423
00:39:59,498 --> 00:40:02,832
You must see the difference.
424
00:40:28,977 --> 00:40:31,708
What's the matter, Ichi?
425
00:40:32,381 --> 00:40:34,111
You're pale. Are you sick?
426
00:40:35,083 --> 00:40:40,522
Group Head Kotani
came over in the afternoon.
427
00:40:44,526 --> 00:40:46,256
I feel...
428
00:40:47,830 --> 00:40:50,959
more resentful than grateful...
429
00:40:53,502 --> 00:40:55,664
for your consideration.
430
00:41:03,278 --> 00:41:04,837
I'm sorry, Ichi.
431
00:41:06,715 --> 00:41:09,116
I didn't mean to hide it.
432
00:41:10,018 --> 00:41:12,852
But I couldn't bring myself
to tell you.
433
00:41:14,189 --> 00:41:15,418
Brother.
434
00:41:17,159 --> 00:41:18,218
Father is calling you.
435
00:41:19,094 --> 00:41:22,792
What are the men talking about?
436
00:41:26,101 --> 00:41:27,967
I'm not sure.
437
00:41:28,070 --> 00:41:31,131
Acting as if
some crisis has occurred
438
00:41:31,440 --> 00:41:34,000
and hiding it from me.
439
00:41:35,544 --> 00:41:39,606
Tell them to talk at night
after they dine!
440
00:41:56,198 --> 00:41:59,362
Ichi, I must tell you something.
441
00:42:00,369 --> 00:42:01,769
Come into the room.
442
00:42:23,258 --> 00:42:26,592
First, Father's words.
443
00:42:28,897 --> 00:42:34,131
He says he's retired,
so I am the family head,
444
00:42:34,670 --> 00:42:38,835
and I am to do
what I think is right.
445
00:42:40,876 --> 00:42:44,438
However, he also says
446
00:42:45,013 --> 00:42:48,643
you're too important to us
to send away.
447
00:42:49,785 --> 00:42:54,052
That we must take
the best possible care of you.
448
00:43:01,797 --> 00:43:07,498
Mother doesn't seem to know
anything about this yet.
449
00:43:10,105 --> 00:43:13,132
I must tell her sooner or later.
450
00:43:14,776 --> 00:43:16,642
Don't worry.
451
00:43:20,983 --> 00:43:22,815
No matter what anyone says,
452
00:43:23,418 --> 00:43:26,616
I will not send you
back to the castle.
453
00:43:30,158 --> 00:43:31,854
For Tomi's sake too.
454
00:43:38,500 --> 00:43:42,961
It may be our lord's wish,
but he is being too selfish.
455
00:43:43,705 --> 00:43:47,142
Ichi is not a doll.
She is a living being.
456
00:43:47,242 --> 00:43:49,234
Yes, you're right.
457
00:43:49,745 --> 00:43:52,340
You're young.
And I don't blame you.
458
00:43:53,515 --> 00:43:56,974
But you can't reason with a crying child
nor with your lord, as they say.
459
00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:01,981
Isaburo, what's your opinion?
460
00:44:03,191 --> 00:44:05,319
I have none.
461
00:44:06,595 --> 00:44:08,996
Yogoro is head
of the Sasahara family now.
462
00:44:09,564 --> 00:44:12,898
It's all up to him.
463
00:44:14,069 --> 00:44:17,528
But I would like to say one thing.
464
00:44:17,639 --> 00:44:18,766
What is it?
465
00:44:19,374 --> 00:44:22,640
When we accepted Lady Ichi
into our house,
466
00:44:22,744 --> 00:44:26,704
it was Steward Takahashi that came.
467
00:44:26,815 --> 00:44:29,410
I'd like him to come again now
468
00:44:29,851 --> 00:44:35,256
and explain in his words
why we must return her.
469
00:44:35,357 --> 00:44:37,553
If only he could!
470
00:44:38,326 --> 00:44:42,764
But it would attract
too much attention.
471
00:44:43,632 --> 00:44:47,194
These are our lord's orders, Isaburo!
472
00:44:47,736 --> 00:44:51,434
Well, I want my lord
to explain his orders to me.
473
00:44:52,207 --> 00:44:55,473
When his son's mother
proves inconvenient,
474
00:44:55,644 --> 00:44:58,136
he forces her to marry a vassal.
475
00:44:58,547 --> 00:45:03,918
Inconvenienced once again,
he demands her return.
476
00:45:04,186 --> 00:45:07,156
This is cruel and unreasonable.
477
00:45:07,689 --> 00:45:09,920
He has no understanding
of human emotions.
478
00:45:10,459 --> 00:45:12,451
No understanding
of human emotions?
479
00:45:13,528 --> 00:45:14,894
Kotani-san,
480
00:45:15,130 --> 00:45:20,034
our family didn't accept Ichi
particularly gratefully.
481
00:45:21,203 --> 00:45:25,766
Nor did Ichi herself know Yogoro
or the Sasahara family.
482
00:45:26,141 --> 00:45:28,804
She was none too happy
about it either.
483
00:45:29,444 --> 00:45:33,176
But the reason
they are getting along
484
00:45:33,782 --> 00:45:38,516
is because they're kind to each other
and care for each other.
485
00:45:38,620 --> 00:45:42,148
I understand all that clearly enough.
486
00:45:43,125 --> 00:45:44,718
But Isaburo,
487
00:45:45,127 --> 00:45:47,528
if you continue to be so stubborn,
488
00:45:48,430 --> 00:45:51,025
who knows
what might happen to your family.
489
00:45:51,133 --> 00:45:52,431
I don't care.
490
00:45:52,968 --> 00:45:56,132
I will not return Ichi,
even if the heavens rain fire!
491
00:45:56,238 --> 00:45:57,900
What?
492
00:45:58,206 --> 00:46:00,971
Even if the heavens rain fire...
and blood?
493
00:46:01,510 --> 00:46:02,671
Wait, Yogoro.
494
00:46:02,778 --> 00:46:04,804
Watch your language!
495
00:46:09,518 --> 00:46:13,319
Kotani-san,
I think this is enough for today.
496
00:46:25,700 --> 00:46:27,293
I beg you.
497
00:46:27,903 --> 00:46:32,068
You should understand, Mother,
being a woman yourself.
498
00:46:33,341 --> 00:46:37,005
If you were in her place,
what would you do?
499
00:46:37,579 --> 00:46:41,038
Would you give up Tomi
and return to the castle?
500
00:46:41,149 --> 00:46:42,981
Enough!
501
00:46:43,285 --> 00:46:47,279
Would you ruin our family because
you've lost your head over a woman?
502
00:46:47,389 --> 00:46:48,357
In this case –
503
00:46:52,961 --> 00:46:56,557
In this case,
it may be unavoidable.
504
00:46:57,699 --> 00:46:59,224
Brother!
505
00:46:59,701 --> 00:47:03,968
You truly don't care
if you ruin our family?
506
00:47:05,440 --> 00:47:07,500
- I am.
- What?
507
00:47:07,609 --> 00:47:11,910
Bunzo, if you were me,
would you return Ichi?
508
00:47:12,013 --> 00:47:15,882
Of course I would!
You're too attached to her, brother!
509
00:47:15,984 --> 00:47:17,919
Restrain yourself, Bunzo.
510
00:47:21,223 --> 00:47:23,783
Yogoro's the head of the family.
511
00:47:23,892 --> 00:47:27,385
Right or wrong, it's all up to him.
512
00:47:46,314 --> 00:47:47,907
Be patient.
513
00:47:48,483 --> 00:47:50,475
Don't lose hope.
514
00:47:50,619 --> 00:47:52,815
If you love Yogoro and Tomi,
515
00:47:52,921 --> 00:47:57,586
be prepared to defy such senseless
conventions, however hard it may be.
516
00:47:57,692 --> 00:48:03,029
I believe that, if worst comes to worst,
you are a wife worth protecting,
517
00:48:03,131 --> 00:48:05,225
even if that means
ruining our family.
518
00:48:08,103 --> 00:48:10,163
I am not worthy of it.
519
00:48:12,674 --> 00:48:16,509
But this won't be the end of it.
520
00:48:55,884 --> 00:48:58,080
I gave her the message.
521
00:48:58,653 --> 00:49:00,588
She will be here soon.
522
00:49:18,039 --> 00:49:21,032
Over here, sister.
523
00:49:47,002 --> 00:49:51,736
We've heard all about
what has happened.
524
00:49:51,906 --> 00:49:57,846
We relatives and the Sasahara family
have discussed what to do.
525
00:49:58,780 --> 00:50:03,741
We've spoken to Yogoro
and know exactly how he feels.
526
00:50:04,419 --> 00:50:10,154
Thus we have come to the conclusion
that the rest is up to you.
527
00:50:10,658 --> 00:50:13,355
We'd like to know
how you feel about it.
528
00:50:16,131 --> 00:50:19,932
Do you want to stay with Yogoro,
529
00:50:20,035 --> 00:50:22,630
even if it means
ruining the Sasahara family?
530
00:50:25,140 --> 00:50:27,632
Answer us, Ichi!
531
00:50:39,680 --> 00:50:41,171
I would like to stay.
532
00:50:41,848 --> 00:50:44,841
Even if you ruin the family?
533
00:50:46,286 --> 00:50:47,254
Yes.
534
00:50:49,356 --> 00:50:50,881
Ichi.
535
00:50:51,525 --> 00:50:54,518
Your father, Hyoemon Shiomi,
has asked our lord
536
00:50:54,961 --> 00:51:00,593
that you be sent back to the castle
as soon as possible.
537
00:51:01,501 --> 00:51:03,697
I'm sure you're aware of that.
538
00:51:06,106 --> 00:51:08,302
Not only that.
539
00:51:08,875 --> 00:51:13,438
He lies in wait when Yogoro
travels to and from the castle
540
00:51:13,814 --> 00:51:18,013
to plead with him to send you back.
541
00:51:18,318 --> 00:51:20,116
He's done this several times.
542
00:51:21,488 --> 00:51:25,391
Father is Father. I am me.
543
00:51:27,494 --> 00:51:29,827
I would rather die than return.
544
00:51:32,999 --> 00:51:38,131
Please tell the chamberlains
and steward how I feel
545
00:51:38,872 --> 00:51:43,606
in whatever words
you think will best help my case.
546
00:51:43,710 --> 00:51:47,772
If we could do that,
we wouldn't be here like this!
547
00:51:48,815 --> 00:51:51,910
We ask you again, Ichi!
548
00:51:52,252 --> 00:51:57,418
Your desire to stay
with Yogoro is final?
549
00:51:57,524 --> 00:52:00,221
The family doesn't matter?
550
00:52:00,327 --> 00:52:02,660
Not only the Sasahara family,
551
00:52:02,763 --> 00:52:07,326
but we the relatives
will be jeopardized as well.
552
00:52:08,034 --> 00:52:11,493
You still don't care?
553
00:52:14,641 --> 00:52:16,041
It cannot be helped.
554
00:52:17,110 --> 00:52:18,578
I see.
555
00:52:19,446 --> 00:52:23,440
There's no use trying
to convince a woman like this.
556
00:52:23,917 --> 00:52:26,546
You should give up, Suga.
557
00:52:27,654 --> 00:52:29,782
Yogoro's to blame too.
558
00:52:30,023 --> 00:52:33,323
It's your misfortune that
a woman like her has favored you.
559
00:52:33,794 --> 00:52:37,162
Yogoro, you needn't
hold back anymore.
560
00:52:37,531 --> 00:52:41,662
You two go ahead
and ruin your family!
561
00:52:42,502 --> 00:52:47,372
We must prepare
for our involvement as well!
562
00:53:03,089 --> 00:53:07,857
Completely impervious to reason.
No wonder you attacked our lord!
563
00:53:52,806 --> 00:53:55,435
Ichi, I'm sorry.
564
00:53:58,612 --> 00:53:59,841
Return.
565
00:54:00,647 --> 00:54:02,047
Return to the castle.
566
00:54:43,523 --> 00:54:45,014
Fool!
567
00:54:46,226 --> 00:54:48,320
Why do you say that now?
568
00:54:48,862 --> 00:54:51,263
What's the Sasahara family to you?
569
00:54:51,631 --> 00:54:53,964
What are your relatives' troubles to you?
570
00:54:56,903 --> 00:54:57,871
Yogoro,
571
00:54:59,205 --> 00:55:02,334
have you decided
you want to keep your position?
572
00:55:10,984 --> 00:55:12,646
Listen to me.
573
00:55:12,986 --> 00:55:17,583
My father-in-law was impressed
with my swordsmanship.
574
00:55:17,958 --> 00:55:20,587
As head of the Sasahara,
he asked me to marry into the family.
575
00:55:20,694 --> 00:55:23,163
But otherwise I have no talents.
576
00:55:23,964 --> 00:55:27,628
In other words, I'm a worthless,
good-for-nothing man.
577
00:55:28,168 --> 00:55:31,138
So in order to prove myself,
for these past 20 years
578
00:55:31,438 --> 00:55:36,308
I have fought to preserve
our good name and social standing.
579
00:55:37,143 --> 00:55:41,979
So why am I so obstinate now?
580
00:55:43,216 --> 00:55:46,345
The cruel injustice involved,
for one thing.
581
00:55:47,320 --> 00:55:51,416
But your beautiful love
for each other
582
00:55:51,524 --> 00:55:54,494
has touched me most of all.
583
00:55:54,594 --> 00:55:59,464
There's never been
a shred of love in my married life!
584
00:56:00,133 --> 00:56:02,068
And now you do this!
585
00:56:05,839 --> 00:56:07,967
Promise me, Yogoro,
586
00:56:08,608 --> 00:56:11,203
that you'll never let Ichi go!
587
00:56:12,245 --> 00:56:13,975
You too.
588
00:56:14,080 --> 00:56:17,016
No matter what happens,
never leave him!
589
00:56:17,550 --> 00:56:20,110
Promise me, both of you!
590
00:56:30,063 --> 00:56:33,397
My husband's with the chamberlain?
591
00:56:33,500 --> 00:56:37,596
Yes, and he's waiting
for you to come.
592
00:56:39,372 --> 00:56:42,740
I saw him in the castle.
593
00:56:43,043 --> 00:56:45,342
He said he'd be
at the chamberlain's residence
594
00:56:45,879 --> 00:56:49,941
and that you must come at once.
595
00:56:52,285 --> 00:56:57,849
The chamberlain wishes to see you both.
He has some questions for you.
596
00:56:58,958 --> 00:57:01,484
But what about Tomi?
597
00:57:01,594 --> 00:57:04,530
You needn't worry.
It won't take long.
598
00:57:05,098 --> 00:57:07,363
I will accompany you.
599
00:57:10,537 --> 00:57:12,438
My brother's waiting.
600
00:57:13,540 --> 00:57:16,999
Make yourself clear,
as you did with our relatives.
601
00:57:25,185 --> 00:57:26,517
Sister!
602
00:57:27,153 --> 00:57:30,646
If you lose heart now,
what will it mean for my brother?
603
00:57:32,058 --> 00:57:34,391
Even if it is the chamberlain,
604
00:57:34,694 --> 00:57:39,064
show him how determined
you both are to keep your resolve.
605
00:57:41,267 --> 00:57:42,997
Hurry!
606
00:58:05,391 --> 00:58:06,518
Sister.
607
00:58:25,545 --> 00:58:27,741
Father, where did you go today?
608
00:58:28,081 --> 00:58:30,607
To see Tatewaki.
609
00:58:31,885 --> 00:58:35,219
Anything new at the castle?
610
00:58:35,321 --> 00:58:38,314
No, nothing yet.
611
00:58:39,859 --> 00:58:40,986
At this rate, perhaps –
612
00:58:43,396 --> 00:58:46,127
I hope nothing happens.
613
00:58:51,738 --> 00:58:54,765
Why is Tomi crying like that?
Where's Ichi?
614
00:58:54,874 --> 00:58:57,867
- She went out.
- Out?
615
00:58:58,878 --> 00:59:02,508
To the chamberlain's residence,
at about 2:00.
616
00:59:02,682 --> 00:59:05,550
What?
The chamberlain's residence?
617
00:59:26,673 --> 00:59:27,936
Mother.
618
00:59:28,041 --> 00:59:30,670
Where's Ichi?
What happened to Ichi?
619
00:59:34,480 --> 00:59:35,448
Where's Bunzo?
620
00:59:53,018 --> 00:59:55,768
Bunzo, where's Ichi?
621
01:00:03,032 --> 01:00:04,796
What's happened to Ichi?
622
01:00:07,003 --> 01:00:08,972
Mother wouldn't say anything.
623
01:00:09,272 --> 01:00:14,267
But Sahei and Nui say you took her
to the chamberlain's residence.
624
01:00:14,810 --> 01:00:17,439
I'm asking you about Ichi!
625
01:00:21,484 --> 01:00:22,975
As a matter of fact –
626
01:00:28,124 --> 01:00:29,683
Bunzo,
627
01:00:30,293 --> 01:00:32,888
you tricked her.
628
01:00:38,634 --> 01:00:42,696
How many times
must we tell you, Ichi?
629
01:00:43,639 --> 01:00:46,575
We had no choice.
630
01:00:47,943 --> 01:00:51,539
No matter
how many times I'm told,
631
01:00:51,647 --> 01:00:54,207
I do not understand.
632
01:00:54,317 --> 01:00:55,615
What?
633
01:00:56,752 --> 01:01:02,191
My husband, child and father
must be worried about me.
634
01:01:06,829 --> 01:01:08,593
I'm going home.
635
01:01:11,133 --> 01:01:12,396
Wait, Ichi!
636
01:01:14,503 --> 01:01:17,837
If she doesn't agree
to our requests
637
01:01:18,007 --> 01:01:21,671
and still insists on going home,
then she may do so.
638
01:01:22,411 --> 01:01:23,811
Provided that
639
01:01:23,913 --> 01:01:29,011
she's willing to have Yogoro Sasahara
and his father, Isaburo,
640
01:01:29,652 --> 01:01:32,349
commit seppuku.
641
01:01:37,326 --> 01:01:40,660
Ichi, take my advice
642
01:01:41,364 --> 01:01:44,198
and return to the castle.
643
01:01:45,234 --> 01:01:48,932
If you go back to the castle
obediently without making a fuss,
644
01:01:49,238 --> 01:01:53,733
the chamberlain is willing
to overlook everything.
645
01:01:54,143 --> 01:01:59,548
But if you insist on returning home,
646
01:01:59,648 --> 01:02:03,949
not only will Yogoro,
but also his father, Isaburo,
647
01:02:04,053 --> 01:02:06,420
be ordered to commit seppuku
648
01:02:07,156 --> 01:02:10,058
for lax supervision of their home.
649
01:02:26,909 --> 01:02:32,541
Honorable Lady Ichi,
please return to the castle.
650
01:02:36,452 --> 01:02:40,981
You say you're the wife
of footman Bansaku Kariya?
651
01:02:41,090 --> 01:02:42,353
Yes.
652
01:02:43,292 --> 01:02:45,420
My name is Kiku.
653
01:02:45,561 --> 01:02:49,259
The chamberlain's orders?
What orders?
654
01:02:50,566 --> 01:02:56,506
He said to come here
every morning and evening
655
01:02:57,139 --> 01:03:01,509
to breast-feed your daughter Tomi.
656
01:03:01,610 --> 01:03:05,012
I want no charity.
Go home!
657
01:03:05,881 --> 01:03:07,179
But...
658
01:03:08,384 --> 01:03:10,853
if I go home without –
659
01:03:12,254 --> 01:03:13,620
Say no more! Go home!
660
01:03:13,722 --> 01:03:16,453
- But –
- Do as I say!
661
01:03:18,093 --> 01:03:19,061
Wait!
662
01:03:45,454 --> 01:03:46,922
Fool.
663
01:03:47,122 --> 01:03:48,090
Tomi, you fool.
664
01:03:49,658 --> 01:03:54,119
How can you be so happy
at a strange woman's breast?
665
01:03:54,897 --> 01:03:58,129
Tomi, you fool.
666
01:04:04,707 --> 01:04:06,039
Yogoro.
667
01:04:09,545 --> 01:04:14,176
Starting tomorrow,
do not report to the castle for duty!
668
01:04:14,283 --> 01:04:18,015
I've already
prepared myself for that.
669
01:04:19,922 --> 01:04:21,857
How's Yogoro?
670
01:04:22,725 --> 01:04:24,956
He hasn't reported for duty
since these events.
671
01:04:26,262 --> 01:04:29,892
But he did request time off
due to illness.
672
01:04:29,999 --> 01:04:31,262
And Tomi?
673
01:04:31,967 --> 01:04:33,833
The chamberlain ordered
674
01:04:33,936 --> 01:04:39,876
the wife of footman Bansaku Kariya
to come and feed her twice a day.
675
01:04:42,778 --> 01:04:48,410
She's healthy and reliable.
A good, solid woman.
676
01:04:50,953 --> 01:04:54,617
Then everything's all over?
677
01:04:55,190 --> 01:04:56,852
Yes.
678
01:04:57,726 --> 01:05:01,561
Certainly since Ichi
has returned to the castle.
679
01:05:09,338 --> 01:05:13,867
In the end, we had no choice
but to have it this way.
680
01:05:14,543 --> 01:05:17,980
We just took a roundabout path.
681
01:05:18,881 --> 01:05:23,376
Defying the clan gets us nowhere.
682
01:05:23,485 --> 01:05:25,078
Isaburo,
683
01:05:25,688 --> 01:05:27,179
do you really mean that?
684
01:05:30,159 --> 01:05:34,153
I came to make sure
of your thoughts on this matter.
685
01:05:36,432 --> 01:05:37,832
And now,
686
01:05:37,933 --> 01:05:42,803
I hope you'll forget everything.
Give it up at once.
687
01:05:43,505 --> 01:05:45,303
To be honest,
688
01:05:45,574 --> 01:05:47,975
the clan's treatment of your family
689
01:05:48,110 --> 01:05:52,377
and your attitude in response
have weighed on my mind.
690
01:05:53,349 --> 01:05:54,783
Weighed on your mind?
691
01:05:54,883 --> 01:05:56,215
It's like your swordplay.
692
01:06:01,590 --> 01:06:05,618
Pushed, you step back.
Pushed again, you retreat further.
693
01:06:07,096 --> 01:06:11,090
But it's not like you to give up.
694
01:06:13,702 --> 01:06:17,537
The clan didn't ask for her formally.
695
01:06:17,906 --> 01:06:19,465
It was more like force.
696
01:06:19,942 --> 01:06:24,277
In fact, it was more like kidnapping.
They took a vassal's wife.
697
01:06:27,049 --> 01:06:32,579
If the shogunate officials in Edo
hear of it, or even the daimyo,
698
01:06:33,055 --> 01:06:35,923
it may prove a fatal mistake
for the Matsudaira.
699
01:06:37,126 --> 01:06:39,789
I can't imagine
things will end like this.
700
01:06:41,130 --> 01:06:44,066
That you'll allow them to end here.
701
01:06:45,234 --> 01:06:47,226
I really don't think so.
702
01:06:54,009 --> 01:06:59,346
You're saying I must formally
ask the castle to take her back?
703
01:07:00,082 --> 01:07:02,677
That is all we can do.
704
01:07:03,652 --> 01:07:07,419
It's for the sake
of the Sasahara family.
705
01:07:08,323 --> 01:07:11,225
They've committed an outrage!
706
01:07:11,660 --> 01:07:13,959
Yet I must ask them
to take her back?
707
01:07:14,563 --> 01:07:16,589
We're asking you.
708
01:07:16,699 --> 01:07:19,999
And I do understand
how you feel.
709
01:07:20,169 --> 01:07:24,004
I was quite afraid you'd storm
the chamberlain's residence.
710
01:07:24,106 --> 01:07:26,473
It was wise of you to hold back.
711
01:07:26,709 --> 01:07:32,205
The chamberlain and steward
are impressed by your restraint.
712
01:07:33,015 --> 01:07:35,849
So if you send them your request –
713
01:07:35,951 --> 01:07:37,442
I refuse!
714
01:07:38,754 --> 01:07:43,749
I don't remember
sending her back to the castle.
715
01:07:43,859 --> 01:07:45,327
Yogoro.
716
01:07:48,163 --> 01:07:50,758
It's all over now.
717
01:07:51,233 --> 01:07:53,327
Why don't you do as he says?
718
01:07:55,003 --> 01:07:56,767
That's ridiculous, Father!
719
01:07:57,372 --> 01:07:59,204
Never!
720
01:07:59,308 --> 01:08:02,642
Think of Ichi.
721
01:08:03,112 --> 01:08:05,513
She suppressed her tears,
722
01:08:05,914 --> 01:08:08,474
left everything behind,
and quietly returned to the castle.
723
01:08:09,818 --> 01:08:15,257
If I were to think of Ichi,
how could I possibly give up on her?
724
01:08:15,357 --> 01:08:16,552
Yogoro,
725
01:08:17,126 --> 01:08:19,493
that's like calling a doctor
for the dead.
726
01:08:21,430 --> 01:08:23,194
What did you say?
727
01:08:23,298 --> 01:08:25,699
Now, now, Yogoro.
728
01:08:26,168 --> 01:08:28,296
Yogoro's young yet.
729
01:08:28,504 --> 01:08:33,568
Isaburo, talk to him
until he understands.
730
01:08:33,809 --> 01:08:37,610
It's all for the sake of your family.
731
01:08:38,580 --> 01:08:40,742
It's not only for my family,
732
01:08:40,949 --> 01:08:44,511
but for yours too,
and the rest of our kin.
733
01:08:48,123 --> 01:08:51,821
In any case, please go for now.
734
01:08:52,928 --> 01:08:58,094
Yogoro will be hard to convince,
but I'll talk to him.
735
01:08:58,200 --> 01:08:59,759
Give me a few days.
736
01:09:02,070 --> 01:09:06,633
Yogoro will report today
and say he wishes to return her?
737
01:09:06,942 --> 01:09:08,740
Yes.
738
01:09:09,144 --> 01:09:11,306
That's wonderful.
739
01:09:13,448 --> 01:09:16,077
Thank you for your trouble.
740
01:09:17,352 --> 01:09:19,947
All has turned out well in the end.
741
01:09:20,589 --> 01:09:25,323
Now we can look forward
to the Suwa Shrine festival tomorrow.
742
01:09:27,029 --> 01:09:29,362
Tomorrow is the Inoko festival?
743
01:09:29,565 --> 01:09:33,434
Since it would have
come to this anyway,
744
01:09:33,535 --> 01:09:36,630
how dare they cause all that fuss!
745
01:09:36,939 --> 01:09:42,310
Yogoro was wrong,
but Isaburo was insolent as well.
746
01:09:42,411 --> 01:09:43,936
Yes.
747
01:09:44,213 --> 01:09:47,513
He's always henpecked by his wife.
748
01:09:47,816 --> 01:09:50,786
And defying clan orders like that –
749
01:09:51,019 --> 01:09:53,716
I must say
he seems like a different man.
750
01:09:54,022 --> 01:09:59,552
It's settled now,
so we needn't criticize him.
751
01:10:01,563 --> 01:10:04,362
His conduct has been admirable.
752
01:10:04,466 --> 01:10:08,164
It calls for
a slight increase in his fief.
753
01:10:08,503 --> 01:10:13,771
Yogoro Sasahara
of the escort group has arrived!
754
01:10:39,902 --> 01:10:41,768
I'm glad you've reported for duty.
755
01:10:42,104 --> 01:10:45,506
We heard you were sick.
Are you well now?
756
01:10:45,607 --> 01:10:48,167
Yes, completely well.
757
01:10:48,610 --> 01:10:50,135
And so?
758
01:10:52,414 --> 01:10:57,614
Taking into consideration
my father's wishes, I have decided.
759
01:10:58,086 --> 01:10:59,315
Please accept this.
760
01:11:05,160 --> 01:11:08,255
That's good of you.
Thank you.
761
01:11:48,503 --> 01:11:49,562
Fool!
762
01:11:49,671 --> 01:11:51,902
What's gotten into you?
763
01:11:57,079 --> 01:11:58,843
"Petition.
764
01:11:59,448 --> 01:12:04,216
Ichi, the wife of
my eldest son Yogoro,
765
01:12:04,653 --> 01:12:08,886
was unlawfully kidnapped
and forced to return to the castle.
766
01:12:08,991 --> 01:12:11,358
This is the cruelest form of tyranny.
767
01:12:11,560 --> 01:12:15,588
It runs counter
to the laws of humanity
768
01:12:15,697 --> 01:12:18,257
and cannot be
condoned by the heavens.
769
01:12:18,500 --> 01:12:23,734
We hereby appeal
for her immediate return.
770
01:12:24,272 --> 01:12:27,572
If our petition is refused,
771
01:12:27,676 --> 01:12:30,271
this shameless act of tyranny
772
01:12:30,379 --> 01:12:34,544
on the part of Masakata Matsudaira,
lord of the Aizu domain,
773
01:12:34,750 --> 01:12:36,548
and his retainers
774
01:12:36,785 --> 01:12:41,485
shall be made known
throughout Japan's 60 provinces.
775
01:12:42,124 --> 01:12:47,563
November 18th, 1727, 2:00.
776
01:12:47,662 --> 01:12:50,598
Isaburo Sasahara, Aizu clansman."
777
01:12:55,137 --> 01:12:57,163
A word of caution.
778
01:12:58,173 --> 01:13:02,338
Someone may use
my father's name or my own
779
01:13:02,878 --> 01:13:06,007
to submit a request
to return Ichi to the castle.
780
01:13:06,114 --> 01:13:10,882
But it will not be from us.
It will be a false request.
781
01:13:11,153 --> 01:13:12,849
Please keep that in mind.
782
01:13:13,188 --> 01:13:14,281
Excuse me.
783
01:14:13,648 --> 01:14:15,446
Thank you for coming every day.
784
01:14:17,953 --> 01:14:21,549
With the Inoko festival starting tomorrow,
you must be busy.
785
01:14:22,324 --> 01:14:24,054
Master.
786
01:14:25,060 --> 01:14:27,962
We're just airing the house out a bit.
787
01:14:28,930 --> 01:14:30,193
But –
788
01:14:30,932 --> 01:14:32,264
The mats?
789
01:14:33,201 --> 01:14:36,262
It's a custom at times like these.
790
01:14:36,771 --> 01:14:38,763
So our feet won't slip in the blood.
791
01:14:42,577 --> 01:14:46,446
Tomi's been waiting for you.
792
01:14:50,719 --> 01:14:53,052
Let her drink her fill.
793
01:14:53,288 --> 01:14:56,122
This may be the last time.
794
01:15:12,307 --> 01:15:14,640
Will you do me a favor?
795
01:15:14,743 --> 01:15:19,181
Will you cook the rice
after you feed Tomi?
796
01:15:20,148 --> 01:15:22,583
I dismissed all our servants.
797
01:15:22,784 --> 01:15:28,621
I also sent Suga and Bunzo away
so we'd have a little more room.
798
01:15:28,957 --> 01:15:30,949
Just cook the rice.
799
01:15:31,126 --> 01:15:33,459
We'll make the rice balls ourselves.
800
01:15:33,662 --> 01:15:35,654
Can't fight on an empty stomach.
801
01:15:38,934 --> 01:15:40,197
Excuse me!
802
01:15:40,635 --> 01:15:42,536
Excuse me!
803
01:15:54,749 --> 01:15:56,274
Orders from our lord!
804
01:15:56,585 --> 01:15:57,609
Accept obediently!
805
01:16:02,390 --> 01:16:04,325
I said orders from our lord!
806
01:16:05,227 --> 01:16:06,627
Will you not obey?
807
01:16:07,462 --> 01:16:11,558
It's too late for orders now!
808
01:16:11,666 --> 01:16:13,498
Now, now, Yogoro.
809
01:16:13,969 --> 01:16:17,531
Let's hear what the orders are.
810
01:16:19,074 --> 01:16:20,042
Orders!
811
01:16:22,310 --> 01:16:25,576
Isaburo and Yogoro Sasahara,
812
01:16:26,314 --> 01:16:29,876
for your insolent conduct
and defiance toward our lord,
813
01:16:30,685 --> 01:16:32,313
you are ordered to commit seppuku.
814
01:16:32,954 --> 01:16:34,752
Seppuku?
815
01:16:36,524 --> 01:16:39,983
It is gracious of our lord
to permit it.
816
01:16:40,729 --> 01:16:45,599
I thought men would come arrest us
817
01:16:45,700 --> 01:16:49,102
and then either hang or crucify us.
818
01:16:50,939 --> 01:16:52,703
We will bravely commit seppuku.
819
01:16:53,675 --> 01:16:54,665
Father.
820
01:16:54,776 --> 01:16:56,711
However,
821
01:16:56,811 --> 01:16:59,713
we want something
before we kill ourselves.
822
01:17:00,115 --> 01:17:01,413
Bring us three heads!
823
01:17:01,950 --> 01:17:02,918
What?
824
01:17:03,485 --> 01:17:07,786
Those of Lord Masakata Matsudaira,
ruler of the Aizu domain,
825
01:17:07,922 --> 01:17:10,551
Chamberlain Yanase,
826
01:17:10,725 --> 01:17:13,422
and Steward Takahashi.
827
01:17:13,962 --> 01:17:19,765
Bring me the heads of the villains
who took my son's wife!
828
01:17:20,368 --> 01:17:22,269
You!
829
01:17:29,010 --> 01:17:34,677
Vassal Tatewaki Asano in charge
of boundary gates has arrived!
830
01:17:57,272 --> 01:18:00,470
Tatewaki, I called you
for nothing other than this.
831
01:18:00,675 --> 01:18:06,114
Prepare at once to kill
Isaburo and Yogoro Sasahara.
832
01:18:09,050 --> 01:18:12,316
I hear you are
833
01:18:12,420 --> 01:18:16,050
Isaburo's only equal
as a swordsman.
834
01:18:17,025 --> 01:18:19,756
If you think he's too much for you,
835
01:18:20,528 --> 01:18:24,590
take four or five
strong men with you.
836
01:18:26,835 --> 01:18:28,428
This is a strange request.
837
01:18:30,105 --> 01:18:31,596
What?
838
01:18:32,807 --> 01:18:38,713
The Sasaharas
have defied clan orders.
839
01:18:39,647 --> 01:18:44,813
Are they not now criminals
in the eyes of our clan?
840
01:18:45,387 --> 01:18:46,480
Yes.
841
01:18:47,021 --> 01:18:52,153
Then it's the superintendent's duty
to arrest them.
842
01:18:54,028 --> 01:18:58,523
I'm in charge of border gates.
843
01:18:58,700 --> 01:19:00,669
In other words,
844
01:19:00,769 --> 01:19:05,503
my duty is to keep track of those
leaving or entering our land.
845
01:19:06,841 --> 01:19:12,178
Since when have I become
a superintendent?
846
01:19:16,684 --> 01:19:22,146
This is no time to discuss jurisdiction.
847
01:19:23,158 --> 01:19:25,024
You're wrong.
848
01:19:26,428 --> 01:19:32,368
The trouble began in an attempt
to adhere to daimyo rules
849
01:19:33,034 --> 01:19:37,335
stating that the mother
of our lord's heir
850
01:19:37,639 --> 01:19:41,167
must not remain a vassal's wife.
851
01:19:41,910 --> 01:19:44,641
We must follow the rules.
852
01:19:46,047 --> 01:19:49,211
If you order me to kill them,
853
01:19:49,484 --> 01:19:55,151
please promote me
to superintendent here and now
854
01:19:55,523 --> 01:19:59,255
and obtain our lord's promise
to increase my fief to 500 koku,
855
01:19:59,360 --> 01:20:01,386
according to clan rules.
856
01:20:01,496 --> 01:20:03,021
Tatewaki.
857
01:20:03,631 --> 01:20:06,465
You've gone too far.
Why be so formal now?
858
01:20:07,035 --> 01:20:08,503
Never mind. Go!
859
01:20:08,603 --> 01:20:14,042
We must gather men,
use force and kill them.
860
01:20:15,577 --> 01:20:16,545
Get ready.
861
01:20:17,078 --> 01:20:18,376
A foolish idea.
862
01:20:18,480 --> 01:20:19,812
What?
863
01:20:20,748 --> 01:20:24,378
Isaburo's a swordsman without peer.
864
01:20:25,320 --> 01:20:30,281
You'll only make more trouble
by sending men.
865
01:20:32,060 --> 01:20:34,359
In order to settle matters quietly,
866
01:20:34,462 --> 01:20:38,331
send Lady Ichi back to the Sasahara family
for now, and then later –
867
01:20:38,533 --> 01:20:41,628
What?
Don't talk nonsense!
868
01:20:41,736 --> 01:20:42,897
But Chamberlain,
869
01:20:44,072 --> 01:20:49,739
resort to violence and you'll have
mountains of dead and wounded men.
870
01:21:01,556 --> 01:21:03,149
Cold, isn't it?
871
01:21:16,070 --> 01:21:17,834
What time is it?
872
01:21:18,740 --> 01:21:21,676
Past 9:00, I think.
873
01:21:26,514 --> 01:21:29,507
Eat in moderation.
That should be enough for you.
874
01:21:40,662 --> 01:21:42,995
Someone's coming.
875
01:21:49,771 --> 01:21:52,502
From the footsteps, he's alone.
876
01:21:57,545 --> 01:21:59,104
It's Bunzo.
877
01:22:13,695 --> 01:22:16,824
Don't just stand there.
Come around here!
878
01:22:45,360 --> 01:22:46,794
Father!
879
01:22:47,662 --> 01:22:49,426
Don't talk.
880
01:22:50,298 --> 01:22:53,029
I know what you want to say.
881
01:22:54,335 --> 01:22:56,566
Now, come in.
882
01:22:57,372 --> 01:22:58,897
Father!
883
01:23:00,675 --> 01:23:03,509
Come in, Bunzo.
884
01:23:06,814 --> 01:23:07,782
Father!
885
01:23:08,750 --> 01:23:12,482
Is it nice and cozy
at Kenmotsu's place?
886
01:23:13,254 --> 01:23:15,189
Have a drink.
887
01:23:16,090 --> 01:23:18,252
Listen to the festival drums.
888
01:23:19,360 --> 01:23:20,589
Father!
889
01:23:20,695 --> 01:23:24,757
I know what you want to say.
890
01:23:26,567 --> 01:23:30,629
You were pressed by our relatives
at Kenmotsu's place
891
01:23:30,938 --> 01:23:33,635
to come here
as their messenger and say,
892
01:23:34,375 --> 01:23:37,641
"We've defied our lord long enough.
893
01:23:38,146 --> 01:23:42,208
Now obey clan orders
with good grace."
894
01:23:42,417 --> 01:23:43,715
Father.
895
01:23:48,322 --> 01:23:50,985
Have a drink.
896
01:24:04,772 --> 01:24:06,832
Bunzo, don't hate us.
897
01:24:11,746 --> 01:24:16,707
Not only you and Mother
will be punished, but our kin too,
898
01:24:18,019 --> 01:24:23,253
for being related
to such reckless men.
899
01:24:24,559 --> 01:24:25,754
Father.
900
01:24:27,762 --> 01:24:30,561
But remember:
901
01:24:31,232 --> 01:24:34,066
Each must live his own life.
902
01:24:35,937 --> 01:24:37,963
As for what happened,
903
01:24:38,172 --> 01:24:42,906
I don't blame you and Suga
for what you did,
904
01:24:43,010 --> 01:24:45,036
nor do I bear you any grudge.
905
01:24:46,414 --> 01:24:49,907
Each must live his own life.
906
01:24:52,253 --> 01:24:54,882
Have a drink and then go back.
907
01:24:55,890 --> 01:24:58,860
And tell everyone this for me:
908
01:25:00,561 --> 01:25:04,089
I, Isaburo Sasahara, in all my life
909
01:25:04,265 --> 01:25:09,203
have never felt
more alive than I do now.
910
01:25:18,846 --> 01:25:24,717
Prepare for our lord's entrance!
911
01:25:41,068 --> 01:25:44,903
Haven't you taken
care of Sasahara yet?
912
01:25:53,281 --> 01:25:54,749
What are you doing?
913
01:25:54,849 --> 01:25:57,876
A mere clansman has defied me
and the entire clan.
914
01:25:57,985 --> 01:26:01,786
What if other clans hear of this,
Sanzaemon?
915
01:26:06,460 --> 01:26:08,895
Gather some men
and take care of it yourself.
916
01:26:09,397 --> 01:26:10,387
Before dawn.
917
01:26:12,166 --> 01:26:14,931
- Yes, but –
- What?
918
01:26:15,536 --> 01:26:18,700
The chamberlain's intervention
would aggravate matters.
919
01:26:18,806 --> 01:26:20,604
Please allow me.
920
01:26:21,242 --> 01:26:24,679
You'll go, Geki?
921
01:26:57,111 --> 01:27:00,479
Father, the drum
from the Suwa Shrine has stopped.
922
01:27:03,551 --> 01:27:06,544
It's late. They're probably
done for the night.
923
01:27:09,624 --> 01:27:15,564
Two years ago today,
we were asked to accept Ichi.
924
01:27:16,964 --> 01:27:18,796
I remember it too.
925
01:27:19,433 --> 01:27:23,894
Outside the castle, it was the Inoko
festival, when the harvest god left.
926
01:27:24,939 --> 01:27:30,378
Inside the castle, it was the day
before the Suwa Shrine festival.
927
01:27:32,546 --> 01:27:34,014
Father.
928
01:27:37,785 --> 01:27:39,014
I may seem unmanly –
929
01:27:41,389 --> 01:27:42,550
What is it?
930
01:27:42,657 --> 01:27:47,061
For some reason,
I am more worried...
931
01:27:48,129 --> 01:27:52,533
about Ichi's future than Tomi's.
932
01:27:54,468 --> 01:27:56,699
That's as it should be.
933
01:27:58,506 --> 01:28:01,271
It's not unmanly at all.
934
01:28:02,910 --> 01:28:08,850
Your feelings for each other
gave me new life.
935
01:28:17,124 --> 01:28:18,183
But Yogoro,
936
01:28:19,994 --> 01:28:22,793
don't be too worried about Ichi.
937
01:28:24,365 --> 01:28:27,062
We will die here,
938
01:28:27,435 --> 01:28:30,837
but she is the mother
of our lord's heir.
939
01:28:33,441 --> 01:28:36,843
No one can torture her,
940
01:28:37,111 --> 01:28:41,674
and no one will endanger her life.
941
01:28:46,454 --> 01:28:50,789
But Father,
aren't they late in coming?
942
01:30:53,080 --> 01:30:55,606
I meant to ask
for permission to enter,
943
01:30:56,150 --> 01:30:59,848
but the gate was open,
so I came in.
944
01:31:00,654 --> 01:31:02,213
Forgive me.
945
01:32:05,085 --> 01:32:09,580
I will now convey our lord's orders.
946
01:32:12,393 --> 01:32:15,761
We have heard of the order
to commit seppuku.
947
01:32:16,430 --> 01:32:17,659
No.
948
01:32:18,399 --> 01:32:20,868
He changed his orders.
949
01:32:22,203 --> 01:32:26,106
Isaburo and Yogoro Sasahara,
950
01:32:27,208 --> 01:32:29,973
for your insolence
and attitude toward our lord,
951
01:32:30,778 --> 01:32:35,773
you will be confined
at Enshoji Temple outside the castle.
952
01:32:38,752 --> 01:32:43,383
A very light punishment
compared to seppuku.
953
01:32:43,490 --> 01:32:44,856
Why the sudden change?
954
01:32:45,593 --> 01:32:51,225
Lady Ichi,
the mother of our lord's heir,
955
01:32:52,233 --> 01:32:55,931
was once a family member here.
956
01:32:56,403 --> 01:33:00,534
She pleaded with our lord
to save your lives.
957
01:33:08,649 --> 01:33:14,520
Will you gratefully accept
our lord's new orders?
958
01:33:15,389 --> 01:33:16,721
No.
959
01:33:16,890 --> 01:33:18,381
No, he's wrong!
960
01:33:19,627 --> 01:33:22,495
As Yogoro Sasahara's wife,
961
01:33:23,030 --> 01:33:26,626
I appealed through the chief maid,
Yoshino, to my lord
962
01:33:26,734 --> 01:33:29,727
to save my father and husband.
963
01:33:30,838 --> 01:33:33,501
It was not as the heir's mother.
964
01:33:34,475 --> 01:33:35,943
I am...
965
01:33:37,478 --> 01:33:42,075
I am still the wife
of Yogoro Sasahara.
966
01:33:49,556 --> 01:33:53,584
To tell you the truth,
what Lady Ichi says is correct.
967
01:33:54,528 --> 01:33:57,521
But our lord received me
in his audience.
968
01:33:58,032 --> 01:34:01,594
If she appeals to save you
969
01:34:02,303 --> 01:34:08,243
as the heir's mother,
not as Yogoro's wife,
970
01:34:09,176 --> 01:34:14,638
he promised to change his orders
from seppuku to confinement.
971
01:34:17,885 --> 01:34:21,083
I don't understand
what this is all about.
972
01:34:21,722 --> 01:34:23,554
Neither do I.
973
01:34:24,358 --> 01:34:25,326
Steward,
974
01:34:26,460 --> 01:34:31,660
it seems we don't understand
what you just told us.
975
01:34:32,533 --> 01:34:35,230
It's very simple.
976
01:34:35,769 --> 01:34:40,469
If you two admit that
Ichi is no longer a family member
977
01:34:40,574 --> 01:34:43,043
and that she has been returned,
978
01:34:43,143 --> 01:34:48,013
our lord will listen to her plea
for a lighter punishment.
979
01:34:48,982 --> 01:34:52,510
Will you acknowledge
her return and live,
980
01:34:52,686 --> 01:34:56,350
or refuse and fight it out?
981
01:34:56,690 --> 01:34:57,680
Which will it be?
982
01:34:58,325 --> 01:35:02,421
In that case,
we ask for no mercy.
983
01:35:03,063 --> 01:35:06,522
We are prepared for the worst.
984
01:35:08,035 --> 01:35:12,268
Then there is no alternative?
985
01:35:12,373 --> 01:35:13,966
None.
986
01:35:16,944 --> 01:35:20,403
It's all of you who cannot
be pardoned,
987
01:35:20,748 --> 01:35:24,116
who are holding
Yogoro's wife as prisoner
988
01:35:24,218 --> 01:35:26,050
and still insist on doing so.
989
01:35:26,153 --> 01:35:28,213
Please return her at once!
990
01:35:44,705 --> 01:35:46,196
All right.
991
01:35:48,308 --> 01:35:53,042
You've made yourselves very clear.
992
01:35:57,284 --> 01:36:01,619
I'll ask Lady Ichi now.
993
01:36:02,856 --> 01:36:04,586
Lady Ichi,
994
01:36:05,058 --> 01:36:08,256
will you save the lives of these men?
995
01:36:08,829 --> 01:36:14,393
Or will you let their pursuers
come and kill them?
996
01:36:15,202 --> 01:36:20,163
Lady Ichi,
the Sasaharas are men.
997
01:36:20,274 --> 01:36:23,244
Their pride will not
let them back down.
998
01:36:23,577 --> 01:36:25,910
But your position is different.
999
01:36:26,013 --> 01:36:28,414
You have already
returned to serve our lord.
1000
01:36:28,649 --> 01:36:30,618
If you tell them
1001
01:36:30,717 --> 01:36:36,588
that you sever your ties with them
once and for all,
1002
01:36:36,690 --> 01:36:39,216
then all will be well!
1003
01:36:39,960 --> 01:36:41,690
Is that clear?
1004
01:36:42,296 --> 01:36:47,200
If you do,
their lives will be saved.
1005
01:36:47,768 --> 01:36:51,500
We need not ask them to return you.
1006
01:36:51,605 --> 01:36:55,098
And even though
they petition for your return,
1007
01:36:55,509 --> 01:37:00,607
it can be disregarded as long
as you sever your ties with them.
1008
01:37:00,848 --> 01:37:01,816
Wait!
1009
01:37:01,915 --> 01:37:03,281
Don't move!
1010
01:37:16,597 --> 01:37:18,498
Don't move.
1011
01:37:19,132 --> 01:37:22,227
If you do,
unexpected accidents may occur.
1012
01:37:28,442 --> 01:37:30,343
Lady Ichi,
1013
01:37:31,478 --> 01:37:35,711
will you sever your ties with them
and save their lives?
1014
01:37:36,383 --> 01:37:39,012
Or will you let them die as traitors?
1015
01:37:40,087 --> 01:37:41,646
What will your answer be?
1016
01:37:46,927 --> 01:37:48,793
Lady Ichi,
1017
01:37:50,163 --> 01:37:54,794
does your silence mean
you will do as I say?
1018
01:37:54,902 --> 01:37:56,700
Am I correct?
1019
01:38:00,173 --> 01:38:01,698
No.
1020
01:38:02,709 --> 01:38:04,177
I –
1021
01:38:04,912 --> 01:38:08,280
What will you do then?
1022
01:39:06,373 --> 01:39:07,341
Kill them!
1023
01:39:37,838 --> 01:39:39,067
Father.
1024
01:39:43,543 --> 01:39:45,034
Yogoro!
1025
01:39:46,513 --> 01:39:48,277
Father...
1026
01:42:25,539 --> 01:42:27,371
Tomi,
1027
01:42:27,974 --> 01:42:30,205
bid your father and mother farewell.
1028
01:42:34,648 --> 01:42:38,210
Have a good look at them.
1029
01:42:40,387 --> 01:42:44,222
They are your father and mother.
1030
01:42:47,961 --> 01:42:51,420
Let us who are still alive
listen to them.
1031
01:42:51,998 --> 01:42:56,299
Let's listen to what
they want us to do.
1032
01:42:57,103 --> 01:43:00,562
No, I know without being told.
1033
01:43:03,410 --> 01:43:09,350
I know how they felt
about their plight and their death.
1034
01:43:11,718 --> 01:43:17,282
They want us to tell the world
of our clan's cruelty!
1035
01:43:21,728 --> 01:43:25,324
Very well. I understand.
1036
01:43:29,836 --> 01:43:32,829
We promise to do that for you.
1037
01:43:32,939 --> 01:43:36,341
We'll topple the Aizu clan
from its pedestal!
1038
01:44:12,812 --> 01:44:16,908
First, Tomi and I will go
to Edo together
1039
01:44:17,317 --> 01:44:19,377
and see the shogunate elders.
1040
01:44:21,054 --> 01:44:23,387
We'll leave immediately for Edo.
1041
01:46:07,660 --> 01:46:11,927
Isaburo Sasahara
of the escort group...
1042
01:46:12,966 --> 01:46:14,491
where are you going?
1043
01:46:15,835 --> 01:46:18,703
Tomi and I are going to Edo.
1044
01:46:19,773 --> 01:46:22,402
If this is for the clan,
show me your pass.
1045
01:46:22,776 --> 01:46:27,840
If it's private business,
show me the clan ticket.
1046
01:46:28,915 --> 01:46:30,679
I have neither.
1047
01:46:31,684 --> 01:46:35,621
Then I'm afraid
I cannot let you pass.
1048
01:46:37,490 --> 01:46:41,689
We must go to Edo
though we have no permit.
1049
01:46:42,796 --> 01:46:47,063
You mean to
pass from this domain
1050
01:46:47,367 --> 01:46:50,929
without having either?
1051
01:46:51,404 --> 01:46:52,667
Yes.
1052
01:46:52,839 --> 01:46:55,502
To carry out my duty
1053
01:46:55,608 --> 01:46:59,170
and uphold my honor as a samurai,
1054
01:46:59,279 --> 01:47:00,508
I must forbid it.
1055
01:47:01,714 --> 01:47:05,344
If you insist on breaking our law
and passing through this gate,
1056
01:47:05,985 --> 01:47:10,320
I must stop you
at the risk of my life.
1057
01:47:11,458 --> 01:47:12,858
That can't be helped.
1058
01:47:23,336 --> 01:47:25,498
She is very quiet.
1059
01:47:26,973 --> 01:47:31,069
I'd like to put her in the house
away from the wind.
1060
01:47:31,611 --> 01:47:34,775
But men we dislike are in there.
1061
01:47:36,149 --> 01:47:39,017
Venomous men.
1062
01:47:56,603 --> 01:48:01,371
I fed her before dawn.
I don't think she's hungry.
1063
01:48:02,509 --> 01:48:06,173
But I'll give the poor thing
a little more.
1064
01:48:08,915 --> 01:48:10,975
Before feeding babies rice,
1065
01:48:12,418 --> 01:48:15,217
we're supposed to wait
100 days after birth...
1066
01:48:16,890 --> 01:48:19,860
when enough teeth have come in.
1067
01:48:21,694 --> 01:48:23,253
But I'll do it now.
1068
01:48:23,363 --> 01:48:25,696
Tomi, here.
1069
01:48:31,638 --> 01:48:37,236
All the family members are supposed
to celebrate this day together
1070
01:48:38,011 --> 01:48:40,845
with red bean rice and live fish.
1071
01:48:41,447 --> 01:48:44,542
That's impossible now.
We'll make do with this.
1072
01:49:01,668 --> 01:49:05,070
You be quiet now, Tomi.
1073
01:49:06,873 --> 01:49:10,037
Don't cry even if I don't return.
1074
01:49:11,110 --> 01:49:12,772
In that case,
1075
01:49:14,414 --> 01:49:18,317
he will become your foster father
and raise you.
1076
01:49:37,537 --> 01:49:38,505
Well, then.
1077
01:49:42,642 --> 01:49:46,773
Lose this duel. Let me remain.
1078
01:49:48,681 --> 01:49:50,309
It's better that way.
1079
01:49:50,416 --> 01:49:51,384
What?
1080
01:49:53,620 --> 01:49:54,986
Isaburo,
1081
01:49:56,222 --> 01:49:57,918
lose to me.
1082
01:49:59,815 --> 01:50:00,860
For Tomi's sake.
1083
01:50:02,195 --> 01:50:03,424
No.
1084
01:50:04,230 --> 01:50:09,760
No matter how strong you are,
how perfect your defense,
1085
01:50:10,203 --> 01:50:15,073
I'll defeat you
and go to Edo with Tomi.
1086
01:50:18,845 --> 01:50:20,211
Then...
1087
01:50:21,080 --> 01:50:22,639
I will win.
1088
01:50:25,518 --> 01:50:27,009
Without fail.
1089
01:50:29,555 --> 01:50:31,217
I will win without fail.
1090
01:53:36,242 --> 01:53:37,210
Tatewaki!
1091
01:53:41,047 --> 01:53:45,485
Three people helped you.
1092
01:53:46,519 --> 01:53:50,718
Yogoro, Ichi and Tomi.
1093
01:53:53,359 --> 01:53:55,954
I had no chance of winning.
1094
01:53:58,064 --> 01:53:59,464
Hurry.
1095
01:54:00,266 --> 01:54:02,633
Take Tomi with you to Edo.
1096
01:54:04,403 --> 01:54:05,735
Tatewaki!
1097
01:58:15,054 --> 01:58:17,489
We can't go to Edo anymore!
1098
01:58:29,201 --> 01:58:33,969
We can't go to Edo anymore.
1099
01:58:41,514 --> 01:58:47,215
No one will ever know the story
of your father and mother now.
1100
01:58:50,756 --> 01:58:55,387
Tomi, it can't be helped.
1101
01:58:56,562 --> 01:58:58,861
But let me say one word.
1102
01:59:00,266 --> 01:59:02,098
Just one word.
1103
01:59:09,041 --> 01:59:12,808
When you grow up,
1104
01:59:13,779 --> 01:59:16,749
become a woman
just like your mother.
1105
01:59:18,751 --> 01:59:22,449
And marry a man
1106
01:59:23,455 --> 01:59:26,516
just like your father.
1107
01:59:28,794 --> 01:59:31,286
Be sure to do that.
1108
01:59:31,831 --> 01:59:35,962
Marry a man just like your father.
1109
02:00:40,799 --> 02:00:43,735
THE END