1 00:02:50,270 --> 00:02:53,137 The arrow which felled the boar... 2 00:02:53,473 --> 00:02:57,170 belonged to Lord lchimonji. 3 00:02:57,677 --> 00:02:59,975 Drink to him! 4 00:03:10,390 --> 00:03:12,858 The wily old beast... 5 00:03:12,892 --> 00:03:15,793 shot out right in front of me. 6 00:03:16,696 --> 00:03:18,129 My horse reared... 7 00:03:18,164 --> 00:03:21,190 Before I could aim, off I fell. 8 00:03:24,037 --> 00:03:25,197 Father... 9 00:03:25,805 --> 00:03:28,672 shall we roast the boar? 10 00:03:29,876 --> 00:03:32,140 He was old. 11 00:03:32,178 --> 00:03:34,339 His hide is though, it stinks. 12 00:03:34,881 --> 00:03:36,212 Indigestible. 13 00:03:39,919 --> 00:03:42,387 Like me, old Hidetora 14 00:03:43,823 --> 00:03:44,983 Would you eat me? 15 00:03:45,425 --> 00:03:47,859 You'd stick in our throats. 16 00:03:48,494 --> 00:03:51,292 That's why I joined your hunt... 17 00:03:51,864 --> 00:03:54,890 to reinforce our friendship. 18 00:03:54,934 --> 00:03:56,094 I, too! 19 00:03:57,036 --> 00:03:58,901 I would cement the bonds... 20 00:03:58,938 --> 00:04:02,032 between the houses of lchimonji and Ayabe... 21 00:04:02,375 --> 00:04:05,242 I would marry my daughter... 22 00:04:05,278 --> 00:04:08,042 to your son Saburo. 23 00:04:08,081 --> 00:04:09,241 Hold on! 24 00:04:09,882 --> 00:04:11,907 That's my own intention. 25 00:04:12,685 --> 00:04:16,519 Lord lchimonji, the day is propitious. 26 00:04:16,856 --> 00:04:18,551 Give us your answer. 27 00:04:19,125 --> 00:04:22,561 Whom will you have for Saburo... 28 00:04:23,062 --> 00:04:26,190 my daughter or Lord Ayabe's? 29 00:04:29,769 --> 00:04:31,600 Not an easy choice. 30 00:04:32,205 --> 00:04:34,070 Two daughters... 31 00:04:34,107 --> 00:04:35,734 for one son. 32 00:04:36,743 --> 00:04:40,736 A pity, Jiro, my second son, already has a wife. 33 00:04:51,124 --> 00:04:52,421 Kyoami! 34 00:04:52,792 --> 00:04:54,350 Entertain us! 35 00:05:33,333 --> 00:05:35,767 From the far mountain... 36 00:05:36,936 --> 00:05:39,905 From the near mountain... 37 00:05:40,340 --> 00:05:44,003 Who comes hippety-hopping... 38 00:05:44,043 --> 00:05:47,740 Showing off his handsome ears? 39 00:05:55,355 --> 00:05:56,754 A hare! 40 00:06:00,860 --> 00:06:03,590 Only one hare, Kyoami? 41 00:06:04,297 --> 00:06:05,457 Two, I think. 42 00:06:06,666 --> 00:06:11,035 Hopping here to be eaten by Father. 43 00:06:11,804 --> 00:06:13,601 Suburo, that's rude! 44 00:06:14,640 --> 00:06:15,868 Hold your tongue! 45 00:06:39,832 --> 00:06:41,891 The Great Lord is tired. 46 00:06:43,569 --> 00:06:46,333 Let us withdraw until he wakes. 47 00:07:06,692 --> 00:07:08,421 This is unlike Father. 48 00:07:09,262 --> 00:07:11,025 He only pretends to sleep. 49 00:07:11,063 --> 00:07:12,860 After Saburo's insult... 50 00:07:12,899 --> 00:07:15,493 how else could he save face? 51 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,321 All he did was hunt. 52 00:08:50,363 --> 00:08:51,921 In the old days... 53 00:08:51,964 --> 00:08:55,456 he'd rout an army and not be winded. 54 00:08:55,868 --> 00:08:58,336 It's impolite to our guests. 55 00:08:59,171 --> 00:09:01,264 Kyoami, wake him! 56 00:09:02,508 --> 00:09:03,839 Father worries me... 57 00:09:04,310 --> 00:09:06,608 he's barely snoring today. 58 00:09:10,216 --> 00:09:12,275 Father, what is it? 59 00:09:12,318 --> 00:09:13,478 Are you ill? 60 00:09:19,992 --> 00:09:21,289 A dream... 61 00:09:34,574 --> 00:09:36,201 I had a dream. 62 00:09:38,210 --> 00:09:40,075 I was in a strange land. 63 00:09:42,081 --> 00:09:43,708 A vast wilderness. 64 00:09:44,283 --> 00:09:48,310 I went on and on, but met no one. 65 00:09:49,255 --> 00:09:51,189 I called, I shouted... 66 00:09:51,557 --> 00:09:53,047 but no one answered. 67 00:09:56,429 --> 00:09:57,896 I was alone. 68 00:09:59,932 --> 00:10:03,095 Alone in the wide world. 69 00:10:05,638 --> 00:10:06,832 I felt a chill... 70 00:10:24,490 --> 00:10:26,117 Such stupidity! 71 00:10:26,959 --> 00:10:30,122 Taro's voice pulled me back... 72 00:10:31,230 --> 00:10:33,391 I saw my beloved children. 73 00:10:36,969 --> 00:10:38,459 Taro... 74 00:10:40,306 --> 00:10:41,466 Jiro... 75 00:10:43,676 --> 00:10:44,938 Saburo. 76 00:10:47,146 --> 00:10:50,138 Father, I've never seen you like this. 77 00:10:50,750 --> 00:10:51,910 It's not right. 78 00:10:52,585 --> 00:10:54,280 Quiet, Saburo! 79 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,380 Be thankful we have his affection. 80 00:10:57,757 --> 00:10:59,418 I'm puzzled, too. 81 00:10:59,458 --> 00:11:02,450 I can scarcely believe my ears. 82 00:11:03,095 --> 00:11:06,587 Normally all he asks is our obedience. 83 00:11:07,533 --> 00:11:09,125 That's affection enough. 84 00:11:12,271 --> 00:11:13,568 All right. 85 00:11:20,646 --> 00:11:22,739 I've been considering an idea... 86 00:11:23,282 --> 00:11:25,978 and I've reached a decision. 87 00:11:27,119 --> 00:11:29,679 I want to tell it to you. 88 00:11:30,623 --> 00:11:34,150 Now is a good time to do it... 89 00:11:34,493 --> 00:11:36,620 while we have with us... 90 00:11:36,662 --> 00:11:39,927 Lords Fujimaki and Ayabe. 91 00:11:43,035 --> 00:11:44,468 Bring them! 92 00:11:55,381 --> 00:11:58,009 I, Hidetora lchimonji... 93 00:12:01,487 --> 00:12:06,447 was born in that small castle in the mountains. 94 00:12:07,860 --> 00:12:10,556 At that time, this entire plain... 95 00:12:10,596 --> 00:12:13,565 seethed with constant battle. 96 00:12:13,599 --> 00:12:15,464 Many lords vied for power. 97 00:12:17,670 --> 00:12:20,639 At the age of seventeen... 98 00:12:22,374 --> 00:12:25,070 I flew my banner over that castle. 99 00:12:26,345 --> 00:12:29,007 I waged war for fifty years... 100 00:12:31,050 --> 00:12:34,019 and at last the plain was mine. 101 00:12:36,856 --> 00:12:40,587 I hoisted my colours over the main castle. 102 00:12:42,027 --> 00:12:43,927 I spent more years... 103 00:12:43,963 --> 00:12:45,863 fighting lance to lance... 104 00:12:45,898 --> 00:12:48,594 with these two gentlemen. 105 00:12:49,034 --> 00:12:52,026 Now the moment has come... 106 00:12:52,071 --> 00:12:54,403 to stable the steeds of war... 107 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,336 and give free rein to peace. 108 00:13:00,346 --> 00:13:02,906 But old Hidetora... 109 00:13:03,249 --> 00:13:05,217 is seventy years old. 110 00:13:12,925 --> 00:13:15,223 I hereby cede total authority... 111 00:13:16,762 --> 00:13:18,730 over all my dominions... 112 00:13:19,398 --> 00:13:21,025 to my eldest son Taro. 113 00:13:22,968 --> 00:13:24,629 My lord, this is so sudden... 114 00:13:26,005 --> 00:13:27,370 Not at all. 115 00:13:27,773 --> 00:13:31,402 I've thought long and hard. 116 00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:33,779 There comes a time... 117 00:13:35,648 --> 00:13:36,910 to step aside... 118 00:13:37,783 --> 00:13:41,810 and pass on the reins to younger hands. 119 00:13:41,854 --> 00:13:45,153 I say to you: that time is now! 120 00:13:45,191 --> 00:13:47,625 This is my will. 121 00:13:48,260 --> 00:13:52,629 Taro is now head of the lchimonjis... 122 00:13:52,665 --> 00:13:54,895 lord of these lands. 123 00:13:54,934 --> 00:13:59,064 I will quit the castle keep... 124 00:13:59,104 --> 00:14:00,935 and move to the outer tower. 125 00:14:01,340 --> 00:14:04,332 I will retain a 30-man escort... 126 00:14:04,376 --> 00:14:08,073 and the title and insignia of Great Lord. 127 00:14:08,681 --> 00:14:10,774 But the actual leadership... 128 00:14:11,217 --> 00:14:13,242 lies entirely with Taro. 129 00:14:13,886 --> 00:14:16,946 I expect all of you to obey! 130 00:14:22,895 --> 00:14:24,522 I'll obey. 131 00:14:25,297 --> 00:14:28,357 But what about me and Saburo? 132 00:14:28,400 --> 00:14:31,426 What do you intend for us? 133 00:14:33,706 --> 00:14:35,674 I give you, Jiro and Saburo... 134 00:14:36,575 --> 00:14:38,702 the Second and Third Castles... 135 00:14:38,744 --> 00:14:40,837 with their attendant lands. 136 00:14:41,213 --> 00:14:43,443 You will support Taro... 137 00:14:43,482 --> 00:14:45,677 in the First Castle. 138 00:14:47,653 --> 00:14:50,713 I shall be your guest... 139 00:14:51,924 --> 00:14:54,984 visiting each castle in turn... 140 00:14:55,561 --> 00:14:57,654 living out my remaining years. 141 00:15:04,937 --> 00:15:06,234 How hard it is to be old. 142 00:15:07,606 --> 00:15:09,005 I would speak. 143 00:15:10,342 --> 00:15:12,469 I respect your wishes... 144 00:15:12,511 --> 00:15:14,843 and appreciate your trust... 145 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,075 but I get you to reconsider. 146 00:15:17,116 --> 00:15:18,481 Why? 147 00:15:19,351 --> 00:15:21,182 Though I am your eldest son... 148 00:15:21,220 --> 00:15:23,984 I could never take your place. 149 00:15:24,023 --> 00:15:26,150 It is too great a task. 150 00:15:26,859 --> 00:15:29,760 I always pray to the God of War... 151 00:15:29,795 --> 00:15:32,025 "Let his life last 100 years..." 152 00:15:32,064 --> 00:15:35,261 "even if it means shaving a bit off mine." 153 00:15:35,601 --> 00:15:37,865 What a pretty speech. 154 00:15:37,903 --> 00:15:40,235 I cannot use such honeyed words. 155 00:15:40,973 --> 00:15:42,565 I'd be embarrassed. 156 00:15:45,878 --> 00:15:47,345 Don't be spiteful! 157 00:15:47,746 --> 00:15:52,206 You mean Taro only flatters me? 158 00:15:53,052 --> 00:15:56,613 Pay no attention to Saburo. 159 00:15:58,490 --> 00:16:00,355 I feel the same as Taro. 160 00:16:00,392 --> 00:16:02,553 We'd like nothing better... 161 00:16:02,594 --> 00:16:05,392 than to stay behind your shield. 162 00:16:05,998 --> 00:16:10,230 But it's our turn to shield you... 163 00:16:10,269 --> 00:16:13,932 from life's bitter arrows. 164 00:16:15,341 --> 00:16:16,933 Well said, Jiro. 165 00:16:18,610 --> 00:16:21,204 Bring me that quiver! 166 00:16:35,527 --> 00:16:36,926 Break an arrow in two. 167 00:16:42,835 --> 00:16:44,302 Can you do it? 168 00:16:51,143 --> 00:16:52,303 Bundle them... 169 00:16:53,846 --> 00:16:56,144 and try again. 170 00:17:11,663 --> 00:17:14,029 A single arrow is easily broken. 171 00:17:14,366 --> 00:17:16,926 Not so three together. 172 00:17:18,070 --> 00:17:22,530 Whenever Taro is in trouble... 173 00:17:22,574 --> 00:17:25,270 if you unite your forces... 174 00:17:25,310 --> 00:17:28,302 the house of lchimonji will be safe. 175 00:17:33,886 --> 00:17:35,046 Even in a sheaf... 176 00:17:35,087 --> 00:17:37,146 3 arrows can be broken. 177 00:17:45,397 --> 00:17:48,332 More of your pranks. 178 00:17:48,367 --> 00:17:49,664 Stop being foolish. 179 00:17:49,701 --> 00:17:52,169 It's you who are foolish. 180 00:17:52,204 --> 00:17:53,364 Your plan is absurd. 181 00:17:54,406 --> 00:17:57,375 You are either senile or mad. 182 00:17:57,409 --> 00:17:58,569 Silence! 183 00:18:00,779 --> 00:18:02,974 Do not insult your father! 184 00:18:04,783 --> 00:18:07,013 What madness have I spoken? 185 00:18:07,352 --> 00:18:09,877 Wherein lies my senility? 186 00:18:09,922 --> 00:18:11,685 I'll tell you. 187 00:18:11,723 --> 00:18:15,022 What kind of world do we live in? 188 00:18:15,394 --> 00:18:18,693 One barren of loyalty and feeling. 189 00:18:19,198 --> 00:18:20,495 I'm aware of that. 190 00:18:20,532 --> 00:18:21,897 So you should be! 191 00:18:21,934 --> 00:18:24,869 You spilled an ocean of blood. 192 00:18:24,903 --> 00:18:27,235 You showed no mercy, no pity. 193 00:18:27,272 --> 00:18:29,570 We too are children of this age... 194 00:18:29,942 --> 00:18:32,570 weaned on strife and chaos. 195 00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:38,042 We are your sons, yet you count on our fidelity. 196 00:18:38,083 --> 00:18:41,541 In my eyes, that makes you a fool. 197 00:18:41,587 --> 00:18:43,350 A senile old fool! 198 00:18:52,631 --> 00:18:53,859 So that's it! 199 00:18:57,336 --> 00:18:59,133 You mean one day... 200 00:18:59,171 --> 00:19:01,901 you'll forget I'm your father. 201 00:19:01,940 --> 00:19:03,305 You'll betray me. 202 00:19:03,342 --> 00:19:05,367 More folly! 203 00:19:05,410 --> 00:19:07,571 Does a traitor betray himself? 204 00:19:07,613 --> 00:19:09,808 Then you mean your brothers? 205 00:19:09,848 --> 00:19:14,080 He's jealous of Taro's position. 206 00:19:15,187 --> 00:19:17,781 Is that why you slander me? 207 00:19:18,290 --> 00:19:20,451 Brother or not, watch your step! 208 00:19:20,492 --> 00:19:24,724 Your lesson of the three arrows was wasted. 209 00:19:24,763 --> 00:19:27,630 The unity of the three sons is split. 210 00:19:29,601 --> 00:19:33,059 You scorn your father's wishes? 211 00:19:33,105 --> 00:19:37,098 Parents and children have no place in this worlds? 212 00:19:37,142 --> 00:19:41,010 Very well, since you will have it so... 213 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:44,244 I cut the bond between us! 214 00:19:45,117 --> 00:19:46,982 You are a stranger to me. 215 00:19:47,019 --> 00:19:48,782 Out of my sight! 216 00:19:49,121 --> 00:19:50,281 You mustn't! 217 00:19:51,190 --> 00:19:52,657 Quiet, Tango. 218 00:19:54,359 --> 00:19:57,123 My mistake was to love him too well. 219 00:19:57,162 --> 00:19:59,494 I spoiled him. 220 00:20:02,167 --> 00:20:04,863 It's my fault he's arrogant. 221 00:20:05,671 --> 00:20:07,798 But it's too late for regrets. 222 00:20:09,007 --> 00:20:10,599 When flesh is rotten... 223 00:20:11,143 --> 00:20:12,872 even our own... 224 00:20:12,911 --> 00:20:14,037 cut it away! 225 00:20:14,079 --> 00:20:15,512 Wait, my lord! 226 00:20:15,547 --> 00:20:17,139 Master Saburo is blunt... 227 00:20:17,482 --> 00:20:20,679 perhaps even disrespectful. 228 00:20:20,719 --> 00:20:24,485 But his words are honest and come from the heart. 229 00:20:25,023 --> 00:20:28,186 Consider well: you will find... 230 00:20:28,227 --> 00:20:29,888 he is not wrong. 231 00:20:29,928 --> 00:20:33,022 - Silence! - I will speak. 232 00:20:33,065 --> 00:20:34,293 Begone! 233 00:20:34,333 --> 00:20:35,561 I will stay. 234 00:20:35,934 --> 00:20:38,027 You disobey me? 235 00:20:46,378 --> 00:20:51,077 My duty to you is to speak my mind. 236 00:20:51,550 --> 00:20:53,745 Brandish your sword, I won't move. 237 00:20:54,786 --> 00:20:58,017 Revoke this rash decision. 238 00:20:58,056 --> 00:21:00,217 Your insolence matches his! 239 00:21:00,259 --> 00:21:02,318 I will not have it! 240 00:21:02,761 --> 00:21:03,921 I banish you both! 241 00:21:03,962 --> 00:21:05,224 Father! 242 00:21:29,588 --> 00:21:31,078 What misery! 243 00:21:32,858 --> 00:21:35,622 What will you do now? 244 00:21:35,661 --> 00:21:39,153 I grieve for Father, not myself. 245 00:21:39,698 --> 00:21:42,792 The horror ahead of him... 246 00:21:43,568 --> 00:21:46,503 Tango, you're an idiot. 247 00:21:47,005 --> 00:21:48,131 Why? 248 00:21:48,173 --> 00:21:50,698 For defending me and being banished. 249 00:21:51,710 --> 00:21:54,235 Your place is with Father. 250 00:21:55,914 --> 00:21:57,814 He needs you. 251 00:22:12,197 --> 00:22:15,724 They're following us! 252 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:03,645 Wait, son-in-law! 253 00:23:04,916 --> 00:23:07,350 Why do you run away? 254 00:23:07,386 --> 00:23:08,512 Son-in-law? 255 00:23:08,553 --> 00:23:10,248 Hear me out! 256 00:23:10,789 --> 00:23:14,623 You're in disgrace, exiled from your lands. 257 00:23:14,659 --> 00:23:15,990 Lord Ayabe and I... 258 00:23:16,027 --> 00:23:20,088 witnessed the whole incident. 259 00:23:21,933 --> 00:23:23,298 You are an outcast... 260 00:23:23,802 --> 00:23:26,134 little more than a beggar. 261 00:23:26,671 --> 00:23:28,104 Forgive my rudeness... 262 00:23:28,140 --> 00:23:31,405 What I'm trying to say... 263 00:23:31,443 --> 00:23:33,104 I can't find the words. 264 00:23:33,145 --> 00:23:34,635 The meaning is clear. 265 00:23:34,679 --> 00:23:36,510 No lord chooses a beggar... 266 00:23:36,548 --> 00:23:37,776 for his daughter. 267 00:23:37,816 --> 00:23:38,976 Of course not. 268 00:23:39,484 --> 00:23:41,782 No...now hold on! 269 00:23:41,820 --> 00:23:46,484 Lord Ayabe rejected the marriage. 270 00:23:47,292 --> 00:23:50,989 But on my way home I got to thinking... 271 00:23:51,463 --> 00:23:53,522 of your extraordinary conduct. 272 00:23:53,565 --> 00:23:55,931 I like the way you spoke up. 273 00:23:55,967 --> 00:24:00,199 You have character and courage. 274 00:24:00,572 --> 00:24:04,440 You'd make a fine son-in-law. 275 00:24:04,476 --> 00:24:06,706 I retraced my steps... 276 00:24:07,212 --> 00:24:09,146 but you had gone. 277 00:24:09,915 --> 00:24:12,782 Does my offer interest you? 278 00:24:12,818 --> 00:24:15,048 How can I know? 279 00:24:15,086 --> 00:24:17,554 Then come stay with me... 280 00:24:17,589 --> 00:24:20,114 while you think it over. 281 00:24:21,193 --> 00:24:22,820 You too, Tango. 282 00:24:23,595 --> 00:24:26,325 You are honest and loyal. 283 00:24:26,698 --> 00:24:30,327 I can use you, will you come? 284 00:24:31,036 --> 00:24:34,028 Thank you for your generosity... 285 00:24:34,072 --> 00:24:37,064 but I cannot accept. 286 00:24:38,677 --> 00:24:42,340 Whatever disguise I must adopt... 287 00:24:42,380 --> 00:24:44,848 I shan't abandon the Great Lord. 288 00:25:18,617 --> 00:25:19,845 What's going on? 289 00:25:19,885 --> 00:25:23,286 Hidetora's concubines are moving from the castle. 290 00:25:23,321 --> 00:25:25,516 They block my lady's retinue. 291 00:25:26,124 --> 00:25:27,421 Scandalous! 292 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:31,222 I am now the mistress here! 293 00:25:31,263 --> 00:25:33,959 They must make way! 294 00:26:07,599 --> 00:26:11,831 My women kneeling to Taro's wife? 295 00:26:17,776 --> 00:26:18,936 lntolerable! 296 00:26:20,178 --> 00:26:21,509 Why do you say that? 297 00:26:22,380 --> 00:26:25,178 You gave him the castle keep. 298 00:26:26,184 --> 00:26:27,913 It's only natural. 299 00:26:33,158 --> 00:26:35,023 Gives away his house... 300 00:26:35,060 --> 00:26:36,789 Gives away his land... 301 00:26:37,128 --> 00:26:39,619 His bounty earns him a new title... 302 00:26:41,032 --> 00:26:42,761 Lord of the rice fields. 303 00:26:42,801 --> 00:26:45,770 A scarecrow! 304 00:26:48,006 --> 00:26:49,268 Call me a fool? 305 00:26:50,508 --> 00:26:53,136 No, the fool is me... 306 00:26:53,578 --> 00:26:57,639 for serving as butt to your laughing-stock. 307 00:26:57,682 --> 00:27:01,379 But you're another for losing your keep. 308 00:27:19,571 --> 00:27:20,731 You know, Kaede... 309 00:27:23,875 --> 00:27:26,343 the view is more pleasant... 310 00:27:27,112 --> 00:27:29,808 now that is it mine. 311 00:27:31,916 --> 00:27:33,349 As I recall... 312 00:27:34,352 --> 00:27:37,753 a banner used to hang there. 313 00:27:39,924 --> 00:27:41,516 Yes, Father's banner. 314 00:27:41,559 --> 00:27:43,823 Also his helmet and armour. 315 00:27:44,229 --> 00:27:45,355 Where are they? 316 00:27:45,397 --> 00:27:47,888 I gave them to Father's men. 317 00:27:49,534 --> 00:27:51,525 The armour doesn't matter. 318 00:27:52,370 --> 00:27:53,928 But the banner... 319 00:27:56,007 --> 00:27:57,201 My lord... 320 00:27:57,609 --> 00:28:01,943 it belongs with the head of the house of lchimonji. 321 00:28:03,081 --> 00:28:07,074 But Father is keeping his title and insignia. 322 00:28:07,419 --> 00:28:10,217 Without them, you are a shadow. 323 00:28:13,425 --> 00:28:14,585 What do you mean? 324 00:28:14,926 --> 00:28:17,087 He made it clear... 325 00:28:17,562 --> 00:28:20,087 that I am now in command. 326 00:28:21,766 --> 00:28:22,926 In that case... 327 00:28:23,635 --> 00:28:26,297 behave as if you are. 328 00:28:49,294 --> 00:28:50,761 You want the banner? 329 00:28:52,664 --> 00:28:55,428 Ridiculous! You take back what you give. 330 00:28:55,767 --> 00:28:58,235 It is Lord Taro's order! 331 00:29:04,275 --> 00:29:07,608 See the lord, a gourd in the wind. 332 00:29:09,013 --> 00:29:11,743 Swinging this way... 333 00:29:12,117 --> 00:29:14,312 Swaying that way... 334 00:29:14,652 --> 00:29:17,485 Spinning as the breeze blows. 335 00:29:17,956 --> 00:29:22,359 So high up, dangling hollow from the tower. 336 00:29:23,094 --> 00:29:24,493 Isn't it fun? 337 00:29:30,034 --> 00:29:33,526 Villain! I'll teach you! 338 00:30:03,168 --> 00:30:06,137 See the lord, a gourd in the wind. 339 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:10,740 Swinging this way... 340 00:30:11,576 --> 00:30:14,204 Swaying that way... 341 00:30:14,712 --> 00:30:18,079 Spinning as the breeze blows. 342 00:30:18,116 --> 00:30:19,242 So high up... 343 00:30:19,284 --> 00:30:23,220 Dangling hollow from the tower. 344 00:30:23,588 --> 00:30:26,887 What fun, what fun! 345 00:30:30,428 --> 00:30:32,055 It's Ogura. 346 00:30:39,938 --> 00:30:41,200 I have a message. 347 00:30:41,539 --> 00:30:44,531 Lord Taro is holding a family gathering... 348 00:30:44,576 --> 00:30:47,909 to celebrate the transfer of power. 349 00:30:47,946 --> 00:30:50,278 He invites his honoured father. 350 00:30:52,050 --> 00:30:53,608 You too, Lord lkoma. 351 00:31:35,627 --> 00:31:37,652 Your "family gathering"... 352 00:31:37,695 --> 00:31:39,026 is only us? 353 00:31:41,666 --> 00:31:43,327 Please, Father-in-Law... 354 00:31:43,935 --> 00:31:46,130 won't you sit down? 355 00:31:49,007 --> 00:31:51,339 I am to sit below you? 356 00:31:52,477 --> 00:31:54,445 Who am I? 357 00:31:55,179 --> 00:31:57,807 The honourable father of my husband. 358 00:31:58,516 --> 00:32:00,040 Is that all? 359 00:32:00,685 --> 00:32:02,312 And the Great Lord... 360 00:32:02,787 --> 00:32:04,311 is he dead? 361 00:32:04,355 --> 00:32:05,583 Don't joke. 362 00:32:05,623 --> 00:32:07,250 I'm not joking! 363 00:32:15,733 --> 00:32:20,136 I retain my title and my status. 364 00:32:20,171 --> 00:32:21,331 Have you forgotten? 365 00:32:21,372 --> 00:32:23,465 No, of course not. 366 00:32:23,975 --> 00:32:25,602 It's you who forget... 367 00:32:25,643 --> 00:32:29,943 you gave full authority to me. 368 00:32:30,882 --> 00:32:32,144 What do you want? 369 00:32:32,483 --> 00:32:35,281 I gave you this castle... 370 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:38,551 I moved out, reduced my escort... 371 00:32:38,589 --> 00:32:40,181 They may be few in number... 372 00:32:40,525 --> 00:32:42,959 but they're boisterous enough. 373 00:32:44,162 --> 00:32:46,722 What is that song? 374 00:32:57,709 --> 00:32:59,142 With such goings-on... 375 00:32:59,577 --> 00:33:02,205 how can I make myself obeyed? 376 00:33:02,246 --> 00:33:05,738 They are warriors, unschooled in manners. 377 00:33:06,718 --> 00:33:08,618 They like comic songs. 378 00:33:08,653 --> 00:33:10,644 Comic songs can go too far! 379 00:33:11,255 --> 00:33:14,019 That song makes fun of me! 380 00:33:14,058 --> 00:33:16,652 My guard was defending my honour. 381 00:33:17,295 --> 00:33:21,095 Yet you went ahead and killed him. 382 00:33:21,132 --> 00:33:23,430 I cannot allow that. 383 00:33:26,037 --> 00:33:28,505 This once, I'll overlook it. 384 00:33:29,073 --> 00:33:31,940 But I must have your promise... 385 00:33:31,976 --> 00:33:34,410 that it won't happen again. 386 00:33:43,321 --> 00:33:45,312 You will sign this... 387 00:33:46,391 --> 00:33:48,222 and seal it with your blood. 388 00:34:00,338 --> 00:34:01,771 "Pledge"... 389 00:34:02,774 --> 00:34:04,765 This is nonsense! 390 00:34:05,710 --> 00:34:07,177 Read it. 391 00:34:13,918 --> 00:34:15,112 "Pledge" 392 00:34:15,953 --> 00:34:17,113 "Firstly... 393 00:34:17,655 --> 00:34:21,421 "I cede to Taro Takatora the domains of lchimonji." 394 00:34:21,459 --> 00:34:22,653 "Secondly..." 395 00:34:23,094 --> 00:34:27,758 "I make him sole ruler of the house of lchimonji." 396 00:34:28,433 --> 00:34:29,593 "Thirdly..." 397 00:34:30,034 --> 00:34:32,798 "Though I am Taro's father..." 398 00:34:32,837 --> 00:34:35,397 "I shall submit to his authority..." 399 00:34:35,440 --> 00:34:37,408 "and act accordingly." 400 00:34:38,342 --> 00:34:41,573 "I swear by all the deities." 401 00:34:41,612 --> 00:34:44,012 "May they punish me if I disobey." 402 00:34:44,782 --> 00:34:47,148 I'm to seal this with my blood? 403 00:34:47,185 --> 00:34:49,176 This silly thing? 404 00:34:51,622 --> 00:34:53,954 Everything it contains... 405 00:34:54,559 --> 00:34:57,119 was proclaimed by you yourself... 406 00:34:57,161 --> 00:34:59,254 before witnesses. 407 00:35:02,166 --> 00:35:05,260 What does it change if you sign it? 408 00:35:52,083 --> 00:35:53,778 Are you a son? 409 00:35:54,218 --> 00:35:55,344 What do you mean? 410 00:35:55,386 --> 00:35:58,048 Is this a son's attitude? 411 00:35:59,957 --> 00:36:02,187 The hen pecks the cock... 412 00:36:03,461 --> 00:36:05,691 and makes him crow. 413 00:36:08,766 --> 00:36:10,495 I will not stay here. 414 00:36:13,204 --> 00:36:15,195 Fortunately... 415 00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:17,507 I have another son. 416 00:36:23,881 --> 00:36:25,940 Thank you, you did well. 417 00:37:04,422 --> 00:37:07,323 I was born and raised in this castle. 418 00:37:09,827 --> 00:37:11,886 It belonged to my father. 419 00:37:12,663 --> 00:37:15,257 I left it to marry you. 420 00:37:18,369 --> 00:37:21,566 My father and brothers, after the marriage... 421 00:37:22,273 --> 00:37:24,104 relaxed their vigilance. 422 00:37:25,776 --> 00:37:29,234 Hidetora murdered them. 423 00:37:35,319 --> 00:37:39,312 Now I am back in my family castle... 424 00:37:42,326 --> 00:37:45,762 How I have longed for this day. 425 00:38:05,650 --> 00:38:06,912 Right there... 426 00:38:07,818 --> 00:38:10,116 my mother took her own life. 427 00:38:44,755 --> 00:38:46,655 Father is on his way. 428 00:38:49,093 --> 00:38:51,391 My brother sent him packing. 429 00:38:52,530 --> 00:38:54,521 He says Father grows eccentric... 430 00:38:54,899 --> 00:38:58,562 it would be unwise to let him stay here. 431 00:38:59,203 --> 00:39:01,194 Father's counsellor, lkoma... 432 00:39:01,238 --> 00:39:04,002 is privy to my brother's plans. 433 00:39:21,258 --> 00:39:25,126 This severity is unlike Lord Taro. 434 00:39:26,931 --> 00:39:28,523 And you, my lord... 435 00:39:28,566 --> 00:39:31,057 why do you do nothing? 436 00:39:31,102 --> 00:39:32,262 He's right. 437 00:39:32,670 --> 00:39:36,970 You should succeed the Great Lord. 438 00:39:37,007 --> 00:39:40,465 Lord Taro is a weakling. 439 00:39:41,946 --> 00:39:44,710 The stake is large: gamble for it. 440 00:39:47,284 --> 00:39:49,616 Then you are all willing... 441 00:39:49,653 --> 00:39:51,553 to gamble with me? 442 00:39:52,289 --> 00:39:53,586 Absolutely. 443 00:39:53,624 --> 00:39:55,216 Dogs turn on a master... 444 00:39:55,259 --> 00:39:56,749 who gives up the chase. 445 00:39:56,794 --> 00:39:59,490 Sound the horn or become the quarry. 446 00:40:00,197 --> 00:40:02,097 How the dogs howl! 447 00:40:06,103 --> 00:40:08,230 I must say, I find it unfair. 448 00:40:09,407 --> 00:40:12,570 Born twelve months after Taro... 449 00:40:12,610 --> 00:40:16,307 so all my life I must grovel at his feet. 450 00:40:17,047 --> 00:40:20,983 - Crack these bonds! - Good for you, my lord! 451 00:40:21,018 --> 00:40:22,986 Don't like your chops yet. 452 00:40:27,358 --> 00:40:28,985 Taro is easy pickings. 453 00:40:29,693 --> 00:40:32,958 His wife, Lady Kaede, is another story. 454 00:40:34,064 --> 00:40:35,292 Quite true. 455 00:40:36,834 --> 00:40:40,270 She'd be a perfect match for you. 456 00:40:40,304 --> 00:40:41,999 Why not steal her? 457 00:40:42,039 --> 00:40:44,030 Don't be impertinent. 458 00:40:45,910 --> 00:40:48,140 First of all, there's Father. 459 00:40:49,146 --> 00:40:52,445 He still has thirty warriors. 460 00:40:52,883 --> 00:40:55,443 Each one is worth a thousand. 461 00:40:56,654 --> 00:40:58,554 He'll soon be here... 462 00:40:58,589 --> 00:41:00,216 and so will they. 463 00:41:02,326 --> 00:41:03,486 Any ideas? 464 00:41:09,834 --> 00:41:10,994 Open the gates! 465 00:41:12,436 --> 00:41:13,801 Hidetora is here! 466 00:41:48,906 --> 00:41:51,101 I will seek out Sue first. 467 00:41:51,609 --> 00:41:54,840 Tell Jiro I want to see him. 468 00:42:22,039 --> 00:42:23,336 Sue! 469 00:42:40,157 --> 00:42:42,250 Praise be... 470 00:42:42,293 --> 00:42:47,595 to the Eternal Western Paradise. 471 00:42:48,499 --> 00:42:52,993 Praise be to the Eternal Buddha... 472 00:42:53,037 --> 00:42:57,098 in 36 trillion manifestations. 473 00:42:57,141 --> 00:43:01,009 Praise be to Amida Buddha. 474 00:43:08,852 --> 00:43:10,649 I knew you'd be here. 475 00:43:10,688 --> 00:43:12,212 Father-in-Law! 476 00:43:14,358 --> 00:43:16,349 Never mind the ceremony. 477 00:43:17,394 --> 00:43:19,453 It's been a long time. 478 00:43:20,831 --> 00:43:22,458 Let me look at you. 479 00:43:26,070 --> 00:43:28,664 Still the same sad face. 480 00:43:29,740 --> 00:43:31,230 When I see you... 481 00:43:31,275 --> 00:43:32,833 it breaks my heart. 482 00:43:44,421 --> 00:43:46,753 It's worse when you smile. 483 00:43:49,893 --> 00:43:52,327 I burned down your castle... 484 00:43:52,363 --> 00:43:54,923 you father and mother perished. 485 00:43:57,234 --> 00:43:59,429 And you look at me like that. 486 00:44:01,705 --> 00:44:04,037 Look upon me with hatred. 487 00:44:04,074 --> 00:44:07,066 It would be easier to bear. 488 00:44:09,246 --> 00:44:12,443 Go on, hate me! 489 00:44:20,157 --> 00:44:21,784 I don't hate you. 490 00:44:24,928 --> 00:44:27,726 All is decided in our previous lives. 491 00:44:29,166 --> 00:44:31,634 The Buddha embraces all things. 492 00:44:32,236 --> 00:44:33,965 Buddha again! 493 00:44:34,638 --> 00:44:36,538 He is gone from this evil world. 494 00:44:36,573 --> 00:44:38,768 His guardians are in exile... 495 00:44:38,809 --> 00:44:41,209 routed by the fury of Ashur. 496 00:44:41,779 --> 00:44:44,304 We can't rely on Buddha's mercy. 497 00:44:45,849 --> 00:44:47,874 There you are, Jiro. 498 00:44:48,519 --> 00:44:51,386 I've come to be your guest. 499 00:44:55,993 --> 00:44:57,324 I'm disappointed in Taro. 500 00:44:58,328 --> 00:44:59,522 I know everything. 501 00:44:59,563 --> 00:45:03,021 It's all in my brother's letter. 502 00:45:04,268 --> 00:45:06,429 Taro wrote to you? 503 00:45:08,038 --> 00:45:09,665 He says your guards... 504 00:45:09,707 --> 00:45:13,370 were unruly and vulgar. 505 00:45:13,410 --> 00:45:16,811 I am to receive you with courtesy. 506 00:45:16,847 --> 00:45:20,544 But I cannot let your warriors... 507 00:45:20,584 --> 00:45:22,381 inside the castle walls. 508 00:45:22,419 --> 00:45:23,750 What's this?? 509 00:45:25,222 --> 00:45:27,486 I'm to come in alone... 510 00:45:27,524 --> 00:45:30,288 leaving my men to rot outside? 511 00:45:30,961 --> 00:45:33,589 My brother is the head of the clan. 512 00:45:33,630 --> 00:45:37,691 I have no choice but to obey him. 513 00:45:38,936 --> 00:45:41,268 If you dislike his conditions... 514 00:45:41,705 --> 00:45:44,503 then it might be best... 515 00:45:44,541 --> 00:45:48,773 to go back and apologize. 516 00:45:50,748 --> 00:45:52,215 Apologize to Taro? 517 00:45:53,317 --> 00:45:55,308 Go back? 518 00:46:28,452 --> 00:46:29,612 Stop! 519 00:46:36,093 --> 00:46:38,789 Lord Kurogane. Lord Shirane! 520 00:46:39,596 --> 00:46:41,427 What does this mean? 521 00:46:44,468 --> 00:46:45,696 Lord lkoma! 522 00:46:48,372 --> 00:46:50,101 An order from Hidetora. 523 00:46:50,974 --> 00:46:52,373 "We arrived suddenly..." 524 00:46:53,277 --> 00:46:55,245 "the castle is unprepared." 525 00:46:55,279 --> 00:46:59,875 "Withdraw and wait outside." 526 00:47:15,465 --> 00:47:16,864 Enough is enough. 527 00:47:18,502 --> 00:47:20,060 I understand. 528 00:47:24,474 --> 00:47:25,736 You too... 529 00:47:27,744 --> 00:47:29,575 you're just like Taro. 530 00:47:32,850 --> 00:47:34,943 You want to be rid of me. 531 00:47:34,985 --> 00:47:36,919 I'm too much trouble. 532 00:47:37,688 --> 00:47:39,315 That's not true. 533 00:47:39,656 --> 00:47:43,217 If you were alone, I'd welcome you gladly. 534 00:47:43,260 --> 00:47:46,525 The Great Lord goes nowhere alone. 535 00:47:50,500 --> 00:47:52,400 You renounced your power. 536 00:47:53,203 --> 00:47:56,331 You have no need of an escort. 537 00:47:58,075 --> 00:48:00,475 Only the birds and the beasts... 538 00:48:02,112 --> 00:48:04,273 live in solitude. 539 00:48:07,885 --> 00:48:10,080 I've heard enough excuses. 540 00:48:13,123 --> 00:48:14,784 Open the gates! 541 00:48:23,033 --> 00:48:24,830 You needn't worry. 542 00:48:24,868 --> 00:48:27,268 It's not for my men to enter... 543 00:48:27,304 --> 00:48:29,238 but for me to leave! 544 00:48:31,408 --> 00:48:33,103 Open the gates! 545 00:48:54,831 --> 00:48:56,731 Now close them! 546 00:49:00,804 --> 00:49:02,499 I will not see you again. 547 00:49:03,340 --> 00:49:04,739 Ever! 548 00:49:42,713 --> 00:49:45,181 The villages are deserted. 549 00:49:45,215 --> 00:49:49,151 Not a grain of rice anywhere. 550 00:49:49,186 --> 00:49:53,213 The peasants took everything and fled to the mountains. 551 00:50:33,764 --> 00:50:34,924 My lord! 552 00:50:37,034 --> 00:50:39,594 We must go to the Third Castle. 553 00:50:40,270 --> 00:50:41,965 It was your first victory. 554 00:50:42,005 --> 00:50:45,566 Go back to where you started... 555 00:50:45,609 --> 00:50:46,769 No, lkoma! 556 00:50:47,377 --> 00:50:49,038 If I could do that... 557 00:50:50,280 --> 00:50:52,942 would I roam the plain hungry? 558 00:50:54,918 --> 00:50:56,442 Use your head! 559 00:50:57,788 --> 00:51:01,554 What kind of welcome would I get... 560 00:51:02,325 --> 00:51:05,453 I, who banished the lord of the castle? 561 00:51:47,637 --> 00:51:50,105 By order of Lord Taro Takatora... 562 00:51:50,140 --> 00:51:52,370 head of the lchimonji clan... 563 00:51:53,176 --> 00:51:57,203 I take possession of this castle. 564 00:51:58,815 --> 00:52:00,680 Open the gates! 565 00:52:18,001 --> 00:52:19,901 Without our master, Saburo... 566 00:52:20,303 --> 00:52:22,294 the castle is nothing to us. 567 00:52:22,672 --> 00:52:24,640 We leave it to you. 568 00:52:24,975 --> 00:52:28,809 We will follow him and die for him. 569 00:52:29,346 --> 00:52:33,339 We hear he is with Lord Fujimaki. 570 00:52:34,417 --> 00:52:36,817 We go to join him. 571 00:53:32,142 --> 00:53:33,632 It's Tango! 572 00:53:36,947 --> 00:53:39,609 I have rice, bean curd, plums. 573 00:53:47,390 --> 00:53:48,823 I followed you... 574 00:53:49,392 --> 00:53:51,724 and saw how you suffered. 575 00:53:51,761 --> 00:53:57,165 Though banished, I am still your loyal vassal. 576 00:54:12,349 --> 00:54:13,907 Is it really Tango?