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Toyotomi Hideyoshi led his army to Chikuzenhakozaki,

setting up his camp in Chiyo no Matsubara...

...to attack Shimazu Yoshihisa.

TENSHO 15 (1587)

The battles have produced huge losses for us.

But finally it seems that our chancellor's reform will be spreading everywhere.

However, there is still one thing left that...

...worries us. We must solve it soon.

Do you understand, Mr Ishida?

You cannot grant freedom to...

...the Christian feudal lords and to the priests.

The power of the Christian feudal lords in collusion with the priests...

...is as mighty as a sun.

They've won the people's religious enthusiasm...

...as well as the profits of trading with the Europeans.

They get everything they want.

Their power will soon prevent our chancellor's idea: to unify the country.

This is very clear.

We, the normal citizens of Eizannanto,

will never allow this situation.

Our chancellor has also been taking into account this matter for a long time.

Neither Sir Takayama Ukon nor any of the Christian feudal lords...

...were brought to this battle in Kyushu by the lord.

- This shows who the lord is thinking of. - Good.

What you've just said fills us with courage.

Sir Ishida, please intercede with the chancellor on our behalf.

- The chancellor trusts you greatly. - All right.

You must be very tired after this long trip. Have a nice rest.

The tea you have on the battlefield must taste especially good.

Can you prepare one for me?

- Rikyu, you have a daughter, right? - Yes.

Her name is Gin.

That Gin...

I've heard she's the daughter of the late Matsunaga Danjo, a rough feudal lord,

who rebelled against the feudal lord Oda and finally killed himself on Mount Shigi.

Yes. It's true.

His wife Riki...

I saw her once at Sir Danjo's when she was still his wife.

Do you want something from Gin?

I have a marriage proposal for her.

There is a man who desires her very much.

I've heard that his love for her is so big...

...that he postpones all marriage opportunities.

I understand that you don't want to resign to having your daughter married.

It is already dawning.

MISS GIN (LOVE UNDER THE CRUCIFIX) [OGIN-SAMA]

Producers TSUKIMORI Sennosuke WAKATSUKI Sigeru

Original author KON Toukou Script NARUSAWA Masashige

Cinematography MIYAJIMA Yoshio

Edit OSUMI Jyunpei Sound FUKUYASU Kenyou Music HAYASHI Hikaru Sound Music

Artistic directors YAMASHITA H. & TAKASU J. Costumes design NAGANO Kiyoko

Assistant director KIKUCHI Yasushi TANBA Yasuji

Cast

ARIMA Ineko

NAKADAI Tatsuya

NAKAMURA Ganjiro TAKAMINE Mieko TAKIZAWA Osamu

NANBARA Kouji FUJI Manami TSUKIOKA Yumeji ITO Hisaya

CHIAKI Minoru TAMURA Masakazu KITA Ryuji KATO Yoshi

SHIOMI Hiroshi KAGAWA Ryosuke ICHIKAWA Danjonosuke

ENDO Tatsuo MORI Hachiro ODA Sosuke

KISHI Keiko

Directed by TANAKA Kinuyo

Mr Takayama has arrived.

Ever since we learnt the day before yesterday that Sir Takayama Ukon was coming,

you are very happy.

You are even passing it on to me, and I feel so cheerful.

But you still haven't changed your clothes.

Do you feel ashamed of seeing him?

Make yourself look prettier.

Welcome.

I hadn't seen you for a long time.

Thank you for receiving me.

As you know, my husband is in Chikuzen accompanying the chancellor.

When he learns you have visited us... He would have liked to see you.

The war is coming to an end. He will soon come back home.

This is Yokichiro.

Welcome.

So you are Yokochiro?

We have built up a good relationship through the tea ceremony.

I am very attached to you. As if we were mother and son.

And my husband feels the same.

When we heard that you had been removed from the battle in Kyushu...

- My husband worried a lot... - Oh well.

This changing world...

...has become inhospitable for the Christian feudal lords.

But I won't give up.

I hope that our faith will be able to guide everyone in the future.

I plan to watch how events will develop.

This is the spirit of the tea ceremony,

as my husband always says.

Do you remember?

Six years ago...

...you came here with me.

Nothing has changed.

Neither the stones, nor the pine trees,

nor you.

Do you think so?

You were 21 then.

I was 16 years old.

You came to receive lessons of tea ceremony from my father.

You gave me a nice book.

"Chastity is the most respectable thing."

That's how you taught me.

God's lessons...

...are the most correct ones.

You advised me like that.

I remember perfectly well.

To devote my life to these lessons...

...brings me true happiness.

That's what I believe.

Mr Ukon.

I...

I am in love with someone.

According to the book you gave me...

...love passion is a sin.

Am I a sinner, then?

I can't follow God's lessons.

- I can't. - Gin.

You are a flower of the earth that starts blooming.

Why don't you offer your chastity to the Virgin Mary...

...and obtain true heavenly happiness?

I...

It's the only thing...

...I desire for you.

You...

...have a wife.

Happiness in this world...

And happiness from heaven. You have both.

I...

I don't desire happiness from heaven.

At least...

...you will tell me how to aim for happiness in this world.

Happiness in this world...

...is fleeting.

Six years ago...

...I swore that...

...I would never get married without Mr Ukon's permission.

Whatever happens...

...I will never ever break...

...that oath!

My permission...

Thank you for bringing me.

Father. Welcome home.

Thank you for your work.

Congratulations for having won...

...that battle with the Chancellor.

It's a reason to congratulate you.

Welcome.

- Is there any news? - Yes.

- Mr Takayama has visited us. - Mr Ukon has come?

He came to receive a merchant priest...

...who arrived here by boat...

...and...

Has he already gone back?

Not yet. He is in Sakaitsu.

At the end of the month he will celebrate a tea ceremony at the Nanshu Temple.

He has to pick up the customer.

Nowadays, the situation of the Christian feudal lords is getting worse.

I imagine that...

...Mr Ukon is in a difficult situation.

He asked Gin to take care of the ceremony.

He said that it is an honour for foreigners to receive hospitality from women.

That's why he would like her to take care of it.

Father.

Could I go?

You can go.

I have something to tell you.

When I was at the camp in Hakozaki,

Sir Ishida talked with me.

It's about your marriage.

The Mozuya family likes you.

Do you mean Mr Mozuya Shintaro?

According to what Mr Shintaro said,

he's been in love with you for a long time.

When I gave him lessons of tea ceremony,

he didn't show his feelings.

Such an offer, coming from Sir Ichida,

can't be replied with a dry "no".

Gin.

I want to hear your opinion.

The Mozuya family is...

...very famous among sea merchants in Sakai.

He is also one of the seven tea masters serving the Chancellor.

He is very appropriate for our daughter.

He is perfect among the local Sakai merchants.

Even though it is like that,

if you don't like him,

you cannot be forced.

Takayama Ukon.

Stay like that.

Gin.

Yes.

Although he is your stepfather,

he helds you in higher esteem than if you were his own blood.

Sir Ishida is...

...very powerful, so much that the Home Secretary shows him due respect.

If he rejects his proposal,

your father...

...as well as Sakai village may suffer consequences.

Nevertheless,

the most important thing is your happiness.

As regards Mr Shintaro,

since he sometimes came home to the tea ceremony gatherings,

I know him well.

I think he is worth of you as a husband.

Don't you maybe...?

Don't you like Shintaro?

It's not that.

I know him well...

He has a very kind character.

Mother, I will ask you a favour.

Can you wait for the answer...

...until after that tea ceremony?

Please.

It's interesting.

The scent is intoxicating.

The meal seems to be ready.

Take it to the tea room.

We want to offer you a meal.

In accordance with the tea ceremony spirit,

the meal is made of fuki, sagebrush and grass sprouts...

...gathered from the mountain.

It's an earth fruit meal.

I am very glad...

...to receive food from the earth.

Come on...

The foreign priest is so good at it.

And this?

Mister priest.

Excuse me.

- This is Mr Takayama's fan. - Oh, is it?

- It's Mr Ukon's? - Yes.

Mr Ukon and miss Gin were having a very serious conversation.

I...

...don't want to marry Mr Mozuya.

That's why,

and depending on your opinion,

I would like to make a decision.

I think it is a very good proposal.

This...

...is what you really think?

Mr Ukon.

Please.

I only want a word from you.

Tell me not to marry Mozuya.

That's all I want.

Why are you saying this?

Today I have come...

...determined to stake my life as a woman.

So far,

I have been in love with someone.

To take a vow of chastity for that someone...

That's what love consists of, doesn't it?

That's what a woman's life consists of.

When chastity...

...is devoted to God,

it becomes truth.

No. It's not like that.

I don't believe as much in God as in you, Mr Ukon.

Do you love me so much?

I am a married man.

Yes.

Love in this world...

...doesn't bring much happiness.

It only leads to sin.

It only gets you closer to the devil.

Mr Ukon.

A woman willing to sacrifice her life wants to see her beloved,

even if she falls down to hell afterwards.

No....

She wouldn't regret anything.

When I left home,

I was willing to...

...leave my name and my life.

I am not a cold-hearted person.

I'm not frightened...

...at receiving your love and suffering in hell.

But...

...I...

...can't break the vow I offered to Christ.

It's impossible.

So,

are you telling me...

...to marry Mozuya?

Do it.

Mr Ukon.

I was...

...wrong.

Mr Ukon...

treated me with affection, but it wasn't love.

He wanted me to be the Virgin Mary's servant.

It was because of that.

I...

...mistook it for true love on Mr Ukon's side.

How silly I've been.

Mr Takayama holds you in high esteem.

I understand his heart very well.

Mr Takayama suffers as much as you do.

Perhaps he suffers more than you.

I understand perfectly well that Mr Takayama loves you.

It's what I feel with my heart.

Miss Gin...

Do you intend to marry Mozuya?

Do you think it's for the sake of your father and of Sakai village?

Don't tell me...

Miss Gin...

Don't tell me you mean to kill yourself!

Miss Gin...

With the excuse to return this fan,

do you want to see again Mr Ukon?

Miss Gin.

No.

TENSHO 17 (1587) TWO YEARS AFTER GIN'S MARRIAGE WITH MOZUYA

Nowadays, the world is a difficult place to live in.

I have just seen the drainage work...

...they are accomplishing on the Nagahori canal.

Nagahori is as if it was our hands and legs.

Even if they reward us,

it's no use if they take away our freedom of movement.

I confirm the arrival of 150 casks of sake from Kyushu.

And 50 kilos of cotton.

We're going to store them in the warehouse.

If the world isn't entangled in wars,

overseas trade increases.

The merchants from Sakai...

...are achieving great power.

The Chancellor worries a lot. That's why he does it.

Thank you.

And miss Gin...

- How is madam? - Fine.

She arranges the warehouse, runs up and down with kitchen work... And with everything.

She works so much that her socks are worn out.

That's good!

Madam.

- What about this? - Take it to the lumber room.

I'll take care of it.

Please have a rest.

- There's less left now... - A merchant's wife...

...has to work from early morning to very late at night.

There are many things to do.

- I feel sorry for you. - Nonsense.

Working...

...is preferable. It's a moment I enjoy.

- We've arrived. - Mr Shin of Mozuya.

- Mr Shin. - Come, come! Go away. There you are.

How cold!

- Enough! Go away. - Well...

Come on!

The master has arrived.

Welcome home.

Welcome.

Welcome.

Welcome.

- Where is Gin? - She's in the lumber room.

Gin....

A law forbidding the Christian religion has been enacted.

There has been a great upheaval at the castle.

The churches will be confiscated.

They will vanish without leaving any trace.

They will throw out the foreign priests.

But...

...and the believers...

What will happen with them?

I don't know.

If they don't give up their religion,

they will end up hanging or crucifying them sooner or later...

I've heard that...

Mr Takayama Ukon, with who you are friends with,

his fief has been confiscated and then...

...his whole clan has been exiled.

The Chancellor felt pity for him...

...and exhorted him to give up his religion.

But he replied to him by saying that, after swearing before God as a samurai,

you can't just change so rashly, even if it's been ordered by the lord.

He said it in a tense tone.

Mr Ishida laughed about it.

He says there is no medicine for each fool.

Anyway, I don't care about that fellow.

What I'm worried about is how this will affect foreign trade.

That's the most important thing for our family.

As for Mr Ukon,

I suppose that...

...my father is worried about him.

- Gin! Are you there? - Yes.

Coming right away!

What do you wish?

Tomorrow we will carry out a tea ceremony in a boat on Yodo River.

I want you to take care of it.

Yes.

Who is the customer?

Someone you know well.

It's Mr Ukon.

Well...

Don't you accept?

Yes.

I haven't invited Mr Ukon because of you.

It's about business.

With the new law, Westerners will be sent abroad.

Before this happens, I will try to keep contacts through Mr Ukon and...

...set up a smuggling base.

What are you saying?

Do you...

...love that man so much?

- No. - Don't lie to me!

I'm not blind!

This is what I found in your chest of drawers.

It's signed by Mr Ukon.

Gin....

Why can't you drop your feelings for that person?

It's someone who is going to be exiled in the future.

Why are you always looking at me like that?

Always that glance...

You have never treated me...

...with the affection of a true wife.

Forgive me!

It's my fault!

I'm very sorry.

It's only once I'm asking you...

...and you don't...

You don't have the blood of a woman in you.

The Yodo landscape...

I'm seeing it for the last time today.

I see...

I didn't expect a law forbiddening Christianism.

I suppose you will keep away from society for some time.

I'll do my best to help you.

When you know where you are going to live, please let me know.

For a person who is being treated like a criminal

it is very nice to receive such a beautiful farewell.

I appreciate it very much.

For the time being, I intend to stay on a little island at Seto.

You seem to be happy.

I'm very glad about it.

Do you have...

...any children?

As is commonly said,

a loving couple doesn't have the fortune to have children.

A boat!

Sir, the sedan chair is ready.

I am going somewhere else. I'll come back late.

I had decided not to see him ever again.

I didn't want anyone to see me in my role as a wife.

He's told me I seem to be happy.

And he's laughed a lot.

He's laughed so shamelessly! I wish you had heard him, too!

Would you say...

...you can see happiness in my face?

- No. - It's obvious!

But he...

...has laughed as if mocking me.

A criminal in a procession!

They say it's a young woman.

She disobeyed Sir Hidetsugu, the Chancellor's adopted son.

They are going to crucify her.

How dreadful.

For the Chancellor,

we peasants are like a little piece of ground.

Poor woman. They needn't kill her.

She's very young. Probably she has someone who loves her.

She rejected the huge fortune of becoming Sir Hidetsugu's concubine.

How silly of her to have chosen death.

No. It's admirable to follow what one's heart dictates in exchange for death.

Not anyone does that!

Listen!

It's a procession!

Away!

Sankichi!

Away!

Scatter!

I said: scatter!

Go away!

Out of the way! Leave!

How cruel.

Come on!

She is a very beautiful woman.

How sad to be a woman.

To have disobeyed the authority,

does it deserve this appalling treatment?

It's very cruel.

I can't understand it.

But she showed a serene face.

She didn't seem to be about to die.

NEW YEAR IN TENSHO 18 [1590]

A gathering has taken place this morning in Yamazato's hall, in the castle of Osaka.

Hideyoshi has allowed the tea masters to take part, although they are low class.

Sohitsu. Sotan.

This is...

...Senno Rikyu, who was the head of the tea masters for the late king Oda Nobunaga.

About ten years ago, I think,

when the Law Secretary still lived,

I saw him at the tea ceremony that was celebrated in Azuchi Castle.

When the former monarch died, I hired him...

...to have him continue the tea tasks.

For me, who has all the power,

it's the only person who can speak out unreservedly.

My achievements haven't followed the same path as his. My methods haven't, either.

His reputation of being a very good tea master...

...goes as far as our territory of Kyushu.

One thing, Rikyu...

Yodo....

...recommends me to build a golden tea hall.

A golden tea hall?

Yes.

A golden ceiling, golden columns and golden shelves.

Gold leaf walls and...

...the stove and the pot made of gold, too.

Well!

It's a king's dream.

Yes. What? What do you think, Rikyu?

Allow me to tell you my opinion.

There is a lively throng of tradesmen, craftsmen and peasants in Yamazatomaru this morning...

...who have become lovers of the tea ceremony in austerity and serenity.

This happening is a special favour done by his Highness and his wife.

They are so charitable that they have shared space to enjoy tea with these peasants.

This New Year...

...is a worthy day in their hearts, for they truly love the spirit of the ceremony.

For me it's happiness.

Do you mean to say that...

...the tea that humble people have...

...in houses under grass roofs is the one that respects the true spirit?

Tea in a golden hall...

...corrupts its spirit. Is that what you mean?

According to the ancients, a discreet flower in the snow...

...can make you feel true spring.

Not the flowers in full bloom.

That's...

...the genuine feeling practised at tea ceremony.

I think there is no other path to get to the soul of this ceremony.

Yes. I heard...

- ...this opinion in Azuchi. - Yes.

I have been trying to accomplish my ambition as to the tea ceremony for 60 years.

I can see the true heart of the tea ceremony in Nature's simplicity.

You mean that this true spirit is understood by the Law Secretary, don't you?

- No, I don't mean that. - I am not Nobunaga!

I am Hideyoshi, Chancellor of the Kingdom and Counsellor of the Emperor.

Rikyu....

...has only told his opinion.

Yodo....

I'll build a golden tea hall according to your taste.

Who is that woman?

Allow me to tell you...

...that it's my wife.

Ah, Mozuya's wife.

She is master Rikyu's daughter, her name is Gin.

Rikyu's daughter...

The Chancellor seems to have liked Gin a lot.

I think you'll get some news sooner or later.

By then,

you should prepare yourself mentally.

There is a rumour...

...about Gin and Takayama Ukon being intimate friends.

Do people say that?

- Didn't you know? - I did.

They're friends of the tea ceremony.

She is crazy for Mr Ukon.

She doesn't see anything else.

It is truly disgraceful to tell you this.

You have a problem you can't tell anyone.

- It seems Ukon will be soon back. - What?

- Why? - Keep it secret.

They have given a secret permission so that only Ukon can live here.

Mr Hosokawa has interceded on his behalf so he can come back.

As the aim is to conquer the East area,

Mr Hosokawa has hired him secretly for his army.

Probably due to his many feats as a warrior.

But if we allow this,

the ban would crumble like a house of cards.

I won't let this happen.

I have an idea, Mozuya.

Why don't you allow Gin to meet Ukon?

Gin meeting Ukon?

I've heard that Gin is as stubborn as her father.

If both meet, we can accuse them. They will have to comply with the superior order.

It will be like killing two birds with one stone.

This is an important moment for you.

If you make up your mind, Mozuya will be the most powerful man in the castle.

Well, I've told you that you can decide about it,

but your decision won't count so much before the Chancellor...

I hadn't seen you for such a long time.

Yes.

How are you?

Fine. Thank God.

I have brought...

...this...

...to give it back to you.

I am unable...

...to serve God.

I've thought that, being in possession of such an important thing,

and in case something happens, I wouldn't know how to apologize to you.

So I thought I'd better return it to you.

Is that why you said you had to see me even if risking your life?

I think that's what your letter said.

What? Have I written...

...a letter?

I have come...

...because they told me you needed me.

I haven't said anything.

It seems there's a trap, then,

in Sir Ishida's words.

Mr Ukon, watch out.

- What's the matter? - Near Sanmon gate...

...there are suspicious fellows lurking about.

I guessed so. Damn Ishida!

He will blame me for violating the confinement...

- ...to imprison me. - No.

I sense that Shintaro is also implied in this plot.

Coward!

There is no choice.

Wait, Mr Ukon.

- I won't fall into their trap just like that! - Wait.

Don't do it. Leave it to me.

But...

Mr Ukon, you should leave now.

- Don't worry about me. - They will bring up any reason if they catch either of you.

If you skirt round the mountain from behind, you will reach a path.

To lose patience now is premature.

All right.

Come on, Mrs Gin.

Hurry up.

Run!

You louts! How dare you come in with your shoes on?

Master, can you give me some water?

Yes.

Is she hurt?

It doesn't seem serious.

- Do you have ointment for wounds? - Yes.

You don't have to do it. I'll do it, Mr Ukon.

Thank you very much.

It's started to rain.

I hope it will stop soon.

Although the cherry trees have blossomed, it's still cold.

I'm going to make fire inside.

Have a rest until it stops raining.

It's still raining.

The sedan chair doesn't come this way. Thus, to return to Sakai,

you'll have to wait until tomorrow.

I am sorry that this house is so humble. At least I can warm you up with a fire.

I suppose your wife is tired.

Have a good rest.

Mr Ukon.

May I speak?

Due to this circumstance,

are you sore...

...with Sir Ishida and my husband Shintaro,

or...

...are you sore with the rain?

I am...

...the one who is sore with you.

With me?

That's right.

I am aware of Sir Ishida's and the others' plot.

They are going to sacrify me,

and they will use it as a springboard to get what they want.

That trap...

...could have been avoided...

...if you wouldn't keep your feelings hidden.

Why are you saying this?

I also need help.

Pray to God like I do.

Again the same thing.

I've been thrown to hell and they laugh at me from paradise.

Like on that occasion...

...at the tea ceremony in Yodogawa.

I was sad because I had married Mozuya.

And you...

Why did you laugh like that?

I had promised myself not to see you again in this world.

Not only once, but twice...

Why did you allow us to meet?

Although...

...it wasn't arranged by you.

I can't tear out...

...my feeling for you.

So I believe that I deserve to suffer this torture.

However,

I have the feeling that...

...I also make Shintaro suffer.

Mr Ukon.

I only want to know one thing.

Where is your heart really?

If I finally knew,

I would gladly accept any suffering.

Do you know...? Do you know how to get rid of suffering?

It's the Christians...

...who know better than anyone what other people suffer.

That's why they preach the doctrines.

And the samurais...

...can sometimes weep inadvertently.

So...

Gin.

It's you...

...who I've truly loved in this world.

I laughed at the tea ceremony in Yodogawa because...

...I lost serenity and was jealous...

...seeing you and Mozuya as a married couple.

It didn't matter to me...

...to risk my life and to break the rules...

...because of seeing you twice.

When I was exiled,

my wife died.

But getting married again is forbidden.

I am willing to flee as far as Kaga, where Mr Maeda is.

But before fleeing I wanted to see you, if only for a moment.

Your wife...

...died.

More than one and a half year ago.

Mr Ukon.

But I will,

sooner or later, end up with blood on the cross.

I shouldn't make you sad.

I wish it stopped raining right now!

This is the proof.

I'm glad it's me who has found it.

Imagine if the Chancellor had found it.

If he heard about Mozuya's wife committing adultery...

...with a delinquent of a forbidden religion,

they would confiscate our family wealth and crucify Gin.

The mere thought makes me tremble with fear.

If there is a feeling between Mr Ukon and Gin beyond their childhood friendship,

I can't reproach them for it after all this time. It's like the spirit of the tea ceremony,

respectful towards nature.

We will receive Gin at home again.

I didn't mean that.

I wasn't thinking of divorcing.

This would harm the reputation of my business.

Whatever happens, Gin is Mozuya's wife.

You can feel reassured,

Mrs Gin has just come back home. She is safe.

Gin!

You've been imprudent.

If my workers hear about it, the rumour will spread through the whole town.

Gin....

You have dragged Mozuya's name through mud.

But I won't mention this matter anymore.

Frankly speaking,

Sir Ishida has suggested to me that you should go to the castle.

If the Chancellor receives you, it will be a great honour for you.

It will be as well for Mozuya.

What do you think about it?

Do you want to accept Sir Ishida's proposal?

Please...

...I want to divorce.

Divorce?

Yes. Please.

Ever since was a child,

I've only loved one person.

For this person...

I have reserved my chastity...

...rather than leave it to you.

Nonsense!

It's about a woman's life.

Last night, for the first time,

I accomplished my life as a woman.

Gin!

You know only too well that you can't marry Ukon.

Me, Shintaro, I am your husband! Nobody else!

Who was it who lit...

...that fire in a married woman's heart?

Yourself!

Sir! Sir!

Sir! What are you doing?

She insisted on divorcing and didn't give way at all.

She finally got her way.

There is no woman in the world as impudent as she is.

Sir Ishida, although this is how I've ended up with Gin,

I know her character very well after being together for three years.

So I can help you with anything.

No.

I don't need your help.

Since you've already divorced Gin, we have nothing to do with each other.

From now on, without your help,

I'll go and speak to her myself.

But Mr Ishida,

the reason for ending up like this with Gin...

- ...is that I wanted to help you, Mr Ishida. - Shut up!

This matter about Gin and Ukon,

I've already communicated it to the Chancellor.

Your wife and a criminal exiled from the kingdom have committed adultery.

Under normal circumstances,

you'd be exiled from town. But as you are already divorced, it's an unexpected luck.

I'll overlook this and forgive your misdemeanour.

You ought to thank me for it!

Stupid fool!

I see you're exactly the same as three years ago.

On seeing you together,

the three years in Mozuya seem to have been a dream.

I've changed.

In Mozuya...

...my life elapsed in an empty way.

Although I've been able to escape now,

I have the feeling that...

...the Chancellor's shadow is standing in front of me.

Don't worry.

Your father says you can rest...

...just like you lived here before getting married.

Yes.

Your bath is ready.

You can get ready without a rush.

Are you still feeling uneasy?

Mrs Gin, what are you going to do with this?

I put it away in Moaya.

Don't you have to go to Kaga to give it back to him?

Come to Kaga.

All my life will be an ordeal.

We'll live in hell.

I want to...

...suffer that ordeal, too.

If I can be with you,

I won't regret it, even if I must go to hell.

You don't belong to God anymore.

You are meant for me.

You are my life.

I...

...will certainly go to Kaga.

I am Kuwabara Jiroemon, the Chancellor's messenger.

I've come to pick up Mrs Gin, as the Chancellor wished me to.

Welcome.

The Chancellor is waiting for you.

Bring it!

I will cover your eyes.

Take her there.

Everything has worked out as I had planned it.

If Gin accepts the Chancellor,

we'll bend that Rikyu's pride, who considers himself an intellectual.

If she rejects him, she will expose herself to the Chancellor's fury.

I see you are very busy, Sir Ishida.

Damn hypocrite, he and all his serenity.

Damn merchants from Sakai, who hinder our ambitions.

They'll see what happens.

I don't know if all this will be useful.

The resources they have are sometimes more powerful than...

...arrows and guns.

Welcome.

Your father, who exclusively cares for simplicity,

couldn't stand a place like this, so shining and powerful.

But today, as I have to receive the most beautiful flower in the world,

I have precisely chosen this hall.

What do you think about it?

Don't you think it's worthy of you?

It's too much for me.

Don't hesitate so much, speak out your mind freely.

Oh... there's one thing!

I've heard you are very good at arranging flowers.

Can you accomplish your art for this space?

I am afraid I wouldn't know what to do in such a luxurious space.

Don't be reserved.

You are Rikyu's daughter.

That's why I politely decline.

I am Rikyu's daughter.

Flowers are superfluous if you are here.

You can spend this night very calmly in the castle.

Don't tell me that...

...you were thinking of going back home today?

Do me the favour.

How cheeky you are.

I desire you.

I am a living corpse.

Do you desire me all the same?

My soul...

...is devoted to one person.

Do you mean Takayama Ukon?

According to what Ishida has told me,

Ukon and you are intimate friends.

Wouldn't you accept me even if something happened to Ukon?

These words don't seem to come from the Chancellor.

And in spite of that,

I love a man at the expense of my life.

I can't accept you, even though I sacrify my life.

What about Rikyu's life, then?

You desire me in exchange for my father's life?

That's right.

I get what I want at all costs.

I don't make a sly detour as Ishida does.

I won't stand for Rikyu's refusal.

That's all. I won't say more for today.

I'll be waiting for two days.

You get your soul back to your body until then.

So he's said in exchange for my life?

Yes.

I've worked for him as a tea master.

But if people think that I escape because...

...I've delivered my daughter to him, it would be a big disgrace for me.

Sir, someone is waiting at the back door.

- Who is it? - He doesn't mention his name.

He looks like a rural tea master. He's old. He says he wants to see the tea room.

That's what he says.

You must be Mr Rikyu?

Where have you come from?

It's a very beautiful garden.

- You don't see that in Kaga. - Kaga?

I'll get some tea ready for you.

Delicious.

Thank you very much.

Goodbye.

Come to see the snow.

"Come to see the snow."

He means that it shouldn't take me long to go and see him, doesn't he?

Gin, you can leave.

Go to Kaga.

Live happily for me.

That's what you can do for me.

Yes.

Your departure tonight inaugurates a new stage.

We'll celebrate it all together.

I am very sorry because I haven't been able to return your favour...

...of having received all your affection until today.

I am only an ungrateful person.

Please forgive me.

Your father has taken this decision...

...because he wants to accomplish proudly his duty as a tea master.

No hesitation. Do what he says.

To look for your happiness...

...is what we truly want.

Do you understand?

Mrs Gin, the boat is ready.

You can leave.

I will send your bags at the right moment.

If anything is missing,

buy it there.

Yes.

It won't be like Sakai,

northern winters are very tough.

Take much care.

Well!

What's the matter?

- Go and look by the front door. - Yes.

You go that way.

- Where is my sister? - She's in the lounge.

- There are watchmen all over the place. - What about the passage to next door?

Come on!

It's useless!

The house is surrounded by watchmen!

Mrs Gin...

It's impossible to get out.

Allow me...

...to die bravely.

My mind is made up.

Are you sure?

Yes.

I knew they would force upon you death penalty...

...if you went away with Mr Ukon.

That's why....

...I wanted you at least to be with your beloved.

Anyway,

I was going to die first, but it turns out I'll go after you.

We'll have the chance to sit together...

...on the lotus pedestal to enjoy tea.

Before that, as a farewell,

I'll offer you some tea.

I thank you very much...

...for this farewell tea.

This is Mr Ukon's. Mozuya gave it to me.

It's Mr Ukon's soul.

Go with it.

Right now I'd dead out of love. You said: "See you."

These words have kept me alive until today.

"See you"...

...keeps me alive.

I want you to take this...

...this fan to Mr Ukon.

Yes.

I'll send it to him...

...at all costs.

I've caused you a lot of trouble until the end.

I'll never forget...

...your frankness.

Mrs Gin...

...these things you are saying...

...sound like from a big distance.

Send word to Mr Ukon.

Tell him that...

...Gin has ended her life proudly.

I often remember...

...the young woman we saw the other day...

...tied to a horse in Yodogawa.

She lived according to her heart.

She lived with her love feeling, and her face reflected complete serenity.

Mrs Gin, I don't believe that flowers bloom if they die.

What's the use of a feeling after death? It's too sad!

To waste away may be a fleeting thing.

However, in this world...

...there is a very strong feeling that arises after completion.

Don't come.

In January of the following year, in Tensho 19 (1591), Riky received the order of house arrest in Sakai.

On 28th February he committed suicide. He was 70 years old.

THE END