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1961 ART FESTIVAL PARTICIPANT

TOEI COMPANY LTD.

CONSPIRATOR (Hangyakuji)

Produced by OKAWA Hiroshi

Planning by TSUJINO Kimiharu SAKAI Ken - OGAWA Takaya Original Story by OFUTSU Jiro Screenplay by ITO Daisuke

Photography: TSUBOI Makoto Music: IFUKUBE Akira

CAST

NAKAMURA Kinnosuke

KITAZAWA Noriko IWASAKI Kaneko SAKURAMACHI Hiroko

SUGIMURA Haruko SANO Shuji SHINDO Eitaro

TSUKIGATA Ryunosuke AZUMA Chiyonosuke

Directed by ITO Daisuke

The Tokaido region supreme ruler, Lord lmagawa Yoshimoto,

who was known as the country's Vice-Shogun,

was defeated by Oda Nobunaga at Okehazama.

Young Tokugawa, who was with lmagawa, was caught

in the power struggle between Oda and Takeda.

The only way he could survive was to ally himself with one of them.

Tokugawa leyasu chose to ally himself with Oda.

leyasu and his son, Saburo Nobuyasu,

served as the vanguard for the Oda army,

and confronted the Takeda army of 30,000.

Genkei, they stand no chance!

The Tokugawa forces are being routed!

They are retreating!

Where are the direct vassals of the Tokugawa?

I don't see Ieyasu around.

One second...

Ieyasu is being guarded by his direct vassals!

Stop!

Chase them back!

Stop!

Why isn't the Oda army here?

Reinforcements will surely come!

They won't abandon us!

It's too late now!

Gather around me!

Let us wait here for reinforcements from the Oda!

Hashiba, that's monkey wisdom.

I, Nobunaga, wouldn't lead a rifle company of this calibre for nothing!

How can you win a battle with just foot soldiers?

But I can.

Just one shot and that's it.

They won't have time to get the second shot in.

I will show it to them in this battle.

That's why I'm just a mere monkey.

Or I wouldn't revere you as the Great General.

Judging by what I see...

the Tokugawa must have been defeated.

It's over for us.

Even if the Oda army were to turn up now...

It would be too late.

We may not even make it back to Hamamatsu castle.

What are you saying?

Just suck on your thumb and shut up.

We are going to fight until the last soldier falls.

Sir Honda...

Isn't that young Lord Saburo's forces?

Yes it is!

My lord, come here!

It's the young lord!

There!

I see...

If they are using the foot soldiers as rifle men, they must be really desperate.

Rush back to Okazaki immediately,

and inform Lady Tsukiyama of this.

Genkei, what are you going to do?

I'm heading over to the Takeda camp to meet with Lord Katsuyori.

After I verify the agreement he has with the Lady.

I will head back to Okazaki.

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Monkey, those gunshots...!

Young Lord! Excellent!

The enemy is withdrawing!

Let us take this opportunity to roll back!

Attack!

How pert!

He spoiled my carefully planned firearms display

and beat me to the warfare!

Who is that young warrior?

I believe it is Nobuyasu.

What? Who is that?

Princess Toku's husband and Lord Tokugawa's heir.

Saburo Nobuyasu...

That kid!

Don't praise him too much.

Lord Ieyasu, you are not only his father.

He's my daughter's groom, so he is my son, too.

I can't praise him enough for his achievements.

Isn't that right, son-in-law?

Won't you perform a victory dance for your father-in-law?

I shall do as you request.

Get ready for it.

What will you dance?

A priest's dance for longevity.

We have a new version of the song for the youngsters.

Among us youngsters...

Where it says ''dying for a cause is everything...''

What would you say?

''Living for a cause is also everything.''

That love is part of life, too.

We received an urgent notice from Okazaki.

The Young Lady is delivering earlier than scheduled.

Princess Toku is delivering her baby early?

It seems like the baby could come anytime soon.

She's going to have a boy this time!

As they say, first a girl, then a boy.

She had a girl the first time, so this time...

she will have an heir.

Son-in-law, rush back to Okazaki and be there for her.

Thank you!

Please excuse me now!

Hanzo, come with me!

Let's rush over there!

What is the Lady praying for every night?

Either for an easy delivery for the young Lady or...

Or what?

Something scares me.

It's as if she is praying for something frightening.

I, Hattori Koeta, have killed Imagawa Yoshimoto!

I have his head!

I have his head!

I won't stand for Nobunaga's daughter bearing an heir to Nobuyasu...

a blood relation to the Imagawa.

Please hear my prayers.

Fall to Hell, both mother and child!

Is it true that the lord has returned?

My Lord...

How tired he must be from the battle, too.

But he rushed over during the night to see me...

all the way from Hamamatsu.

I am so grateful.

Help me up.

Is the baby born? Are both mother and child safe?

She had a safe delivery.

Is that right?

Is the baby a boy?

No, it's a princess.

Princess...? A girl?

So it's another girl.

Mochizuki...!

Please stop the lord.

I'm back! Good work!

My lord, please refrain from seeing the Lady.

Refrain?

She's tainted from the blood of the delivery.

That's ridiculous!

I'm tainted with blood, too!

I fought with the Takeda forces and killed many men!

That's your battle destiny as a warrior.

It's a woman's destiny to bear children.

Why would the blood from it be considered dirty?

It's all right!

No! - What?

I am the master of this Okazaki castle!

I am the female master of this castle!

Enough!

After surviving in a life-or-death battle,

I rushed over to the news of my newborn child...

and this is what I get from you, my wife?

There's a code among the women, too.

Open this door!

Or shall I cut it open?

My lord!

A messenger is here from your father in Hamamatsu.

Shichiroza! What is it?

Lord Oda will be rushing up to the capital

to expose Shogun Yoshiaki's conspiracy.

And?

The lord is disappointed that he can't come to this castle

to see his newborn grandchild, but...

He wanted me to tell you to take good care of Princess Toku.

Very well.

What is he worrying about?

Princess Toku is mine. She is my wife.

Even without his telling me, I would take care of her.

He won't be stopping by at Okazaki Castle,

so he wants me to greet him on the outskirts of town?

Who does he think he is ordering, Shichiroza?

I am a blood relation to the great Imagawa Yoshimoto.

He wants me to greet Oda Nobunaga,

who is responsible for the Imagawa's downfall?

Ieyasu has the gall to say that!

He was brought up in the Imagawa household.

Yet he forgets his gratitude to the Imagawa,

and serves the enemy, Nobunaga, like a servant.

My Lady, you are going too far with your comments.

The lord is your...

Husband?

My dear husband, in reservations of having and Imagawa woman for a wife,

has ignored me for long and confined me in this castle.

My lady...! - Shichiroza!

A wife in name only, abandoned by her husband,

has no duty to fulfill her husband's wishes.

You will only make it hard on the young lord.

What?

It will make it hard on Saburo?

Shichiroza, Saburo Nobuyasu has the Imagawa blood in him.

Why should he humor that upstart Nobunaga?

Please keep your voice down.

You don't want word of that to leak out.

What do I care?

In time, Saburo will kill Nobunaga and rule!

He's my son.

He's my son!

That kid is way too able.

I agree.

He's better than his father.

Perhaps.

I can't have that son helping his father with his dream.

To add to it, he has the Imagawa blood in him.

The Imagawa and Takeda have long ties together.

Lady Tsukiyama...

Nobuyasu...

Katsuyori...

I have a letter from Lord Katsuyori.

Thank you.

Please wait.

If we can get the aid of Lord Katsuyori,

we will support young Lord Saburo against the Tokugawa and Oda.

Does your decision still stand firm?

Yes, of course.

Nobuyasu is my son.

I won't let his father or his wife have him.

In that case...

The young lord is here.

Mother...

I heard that you were not feeling well.

I'm not ill, but...

Do you think I would bow down to Nobunaga?

Let us not go into that.

But you could come to see Princess Toku.

She may be an Oda princess, but she is still my wife.

The newborn child is your adorable grandchild.

I don't find the child adorable at all.

What?

I prayed that your heir wouldn't come from the womb

of the Oda princess.

What are you saying?

But she bore another girl.

Why should I go to visit her anyway?

It's not fair to the mother and the child.

Do you pity them?

I am the one that should be pitied.

If she wants to show me her baby, she should bring her here.

Is she using her father's influence to slight me.

My husband turns his back on me,

my daughter-in-law looks down on me...

I am the most unfortunate woman there is.

Saburo, you are my only ally...

in this huge Okazaki Castle...

in fact, in the world.

Mother...

You are the only ally that I have!

You are mine!

I'm not losing you to anyone!

Woman, come this way!

Can I get a ride on your boat?

Yes.

How far are you going?

To the castle town, to sell flowers.

Beautiful...

My mother and I worked hard to grow them.

I mean you are beautiful.

What is your name?

Shino.

What is your name?

Saburo Nobuyasu.

Are you the lord?

Please pardon my rudeness.

Shino, the pole...

Please be careful!

Shino, sorry about the pole.

I have a scull.

Shino, get the boat over there.

Bring the boat in.

What is the woman's name? - Shino.

What does she do?

She sells flowers with her mother for a living.

Acupuncturist?

He was hired to treat the Lady.

Are you saying she is having an affair with Genkei?

Yes, according to the gossips of the women...

Kojiju!

Watch what you say.

Even if the unsavory rumors are true...

I won't hear of it.

Please pardon me.

I just pity you for how you are treated...

I am Saburo Nobuyasu's wife.

I won't let her treatment get me down.

My husband's mother...

as frustrating as it is, is also my mother.

As long as I want to be Nobuyasu's wife...

I just have to endure it.

Reporting.

The young lord is on his way over here.

Is he?

It's been a long time.

I'm glad.

Kojiju...

Do I look pretty?

You look completely well.

I have been busy for a while.

I haven't seen our baby in a while, either.

And I wanted to apologize to you.

What is it?

I don't want to lie to you.

I did something behind your back.

Oh, my.

Don't laugh, I'm serious.

I'm listening.

From a passing whim...

This isn't good news.

Stay.

You should know very well...

Kojiju was born in the same castle town as me

and was raised in the castle town.

In Kiyosu, we were thought to be close like sisters.

Don't hold back.

I know that very well.

Then what is the problem?

We are in Okazaki now. Leave your Kiyosu life aside.

You must adjust to the place you are at.

It's been a while since you have come to Okazaki.

I'm sure there are some things you can't adjust to,

but you should learn to bear it a bit.

Bear it?

I have bore a lot until now...

more than my share.

What?

Dear! - Father!

You are so lovable!

You are so cute!

Father, what about me?

You are truly cute, too.

The children born by your beautiful mother have to be beautiful!

What good children!

What good children!

The hunting preparations are made.

I told you I had something important to tell you.

But you wouldn't give us the privacy.

I will never forget this.

I am not apologizing to you anymore!

My lady...!

I was wrong...

Hey!

Don't get in my way!

What?

Why, you are Shirobei!

Who are you?

Don't you recognize me?

It's me!

Spearman Hanzo!

So, it's you!

Is this your newly reclaimed rice field?

Sorry about that.

Of all things...

I saw a pheasant falling.

Is this it?

Insolent one!

That was shot down by the young lord!

What's the matter?

Young lord, I was bitten by a pit viper!

There!

On the left side!

Hurry, before the poison spreads throughout your body.

Isn't the food ready yet?

Shirobei, fix me something to eat quickly!

You have no idea how hard it is to grow rice or barley.

I know, I know.

No, you don't!

It's not that I want to be here,

deep in the mountains, growing rice crops.

This is a secret path to Ashitabiraki, Shinshu.

Never heard of it.

But the enemy knows of it.

By the enemy, who do you mean... the Takeda clan?

That's right.

The Takeda spies use this path to go to Okazaki.

Is that so?

Yes.

What's that?

This is just for the young lord.

I will treat you guys to homemade potatoes.

If you want to eat, then help me.

What? Potatoes?

Has the young lord arrived yet?

Living in the remote mountains like this...

there must be things you want as a young girl.

Hatsu, what would you like most in this world?

What I want most...

is my mother.

Your mother?

I was separated from her as an infant.

After my father died in the battle against the Takeda clan,

my grandfather raised me single-handedly.

My grandfather has taken very good care of me, but...

You still miss your mother?

Yes.

If only my mother were here with me...

Mother...

Hatsu...

Be it a father or a mother...

Some may be happy to have them.

But sometimes it may be better not to have them.

What a beautiful moon!

What delicious 'sake'!

We have a beautiful moon and delicious 'sake'!

This is great!

It sure is!

Young lord!

Why do you have that perturbed look?

I'm surrounded by walls.

Walls?

There are walls blocking my way in all directions.

I cannot find a way out.

Young lord...

I don't know how to break through the walls.

You are confusing me!

All I can say is that...

My lord!

I will use my spear to break through the walls!

Let us use our swords to clear the path together!

We shall die to clear the walls for you!

We are not going to die!

We have to see to it that our lord becomes ruler!

That's right!

That's right...

I have great vassals like you...

I won't feel troubled anymore.

Is she really making a curse in the Buddhist Hall?

She will surely go tonight, too.

What do you say to the unsavory rumors

we have been hearing in far away Azuchi?

Stop making a big fuss over groundless rumors.

What if that arouses suspicions on Nobuyasu?

Do not forget that I am Saburo Nobuyasu's wife.

Thank you for coming a long way.

What could my mother's gift be?

After Princess Toku's delivery,

Her Lady thought you might be inconvenienced.

So she found you someone.

Kozasa, come in here.

Lord, it's me, Shino.

Shino...?

Oh, it's you.

The Lady hired me here.

Shino, you shouldn't have come.

Why did you?

The Lady summoned me.

It's my mother's conspiracy.

You are being used.

By whom?

How could she do this?

Please forgive me.

But...

I was overjoyed in seeing you again.

Enough! I heard you!

I'm happy for your feelings.

Young lord!

But, Shino...

I can't make love to you in this castle.

Young lord, why?

There is only one female master in this castle.

Just one!

If you won't hold me here...

Shino!

I know I said I wanted you then, but...

I didn't say you were lovable and dear to me.

Do you remember me saying it?

I told you that I wanted you?

And you let me have my way as the lord, Saburo Nobuyasu.

That is all there is to it.

Lord! But, to a woman...

Persistent one!

Leave!

Tell my mother what I said!

My lord! - Leave!

Her Ladyship is on her way!

Thank you for greeting me.

Welcome.

It's been a long time.

It truly has been.

Congratulations on your baby.

Unfortunately, it was another girl.

What's wrong with a girl?

A girl can't become heir.

A girl is fine with me.

Nobuyasu was relieved, too.

Relieved?

An heir is needed in the samurai family.

But he can always get one.

So you needn't worry.

Nobuyasu is still young and spirited.

So you needn't feel like you are the only one he has.

Thank you for your visit.

Kaede, bring her here.

Kozasa, come forward.

Princess Toku.

Her name is Kozasa.

She is under my precious care.

She's healthy so I'm sure she can produce him an heir.

Please keep her in mind.

Kozasa, why are you reserved?

Look up and remember the young Lady's face.

Excuse me now.

Kaede, let us go now.

Princess! Where are you going?

Princess! Please wait!

Princess!

My lord!

What is it?

You don't look well.

I have something to ask you.

What could it be?

Lady Tsukiyama just informed me...

Why don't you just address her as 'Mother'?

My lord...

What are you planning to do with Kozasa?

Kozasa?

Did Mother introduce you to her?

I married you as the Oda's first princess.

Stop!

Don't bring up the Oda name between us.

It goes beyond just a single woman.

Wait!

I admit she's been good with Kozasa.

I was planning to tell you about her...

and I went to talk to you about it.

But we had an argument that time and I left it at that.

That's fine.

But what do you plan to do with her now?

Nothing.

Stop the pretence!

You are planning to have her bear you an heir.

That is why you left her in Lady Tsukiyama's care.

I heard it directly from Lady Tsukiyama!

What are you saying?!

I don't know what Mother told you...

I realize it was hard for you to accept...

But she is still my natural mother.

You should understand how painful it is for me

to be caught between the two of you.

No matter what happens, she will always be my mother.

And I won't allow you to slight her.

I understand very well.

Then do as Lady Tsukiyama wishes.

Tsukiyama, you say?!

Why aren't you addressing her as 'Mother'?

Call her 'Mother'!

Say it!

I command you to!

I can't.

What? Why not?!

I have heard many disgusting rumors about her

that have made me lose my respect.

What? What did you hear?!

Who is spreading bad rumors to entrap her?!

Tell me!

Tell me!

I did!

What? - I told her about it.

She invited a suspicious spiritual medium into the castle

and is praying for the demise of the young lady and the Oda clan.

She is also in secret communication with the Takeda clan!

You have the gall to say that about my mother!

For you to go that far, you must have proof of it!

Where is the proof?

If there was any, she wouldn't

have got away with it for this long.

Those rumors were spread from mouth to mouth

by the female servants in the castle.

Are you going to say more?

I just relayed to the Lady the rumors that I heard.

You wretch!

How unjust!

You know that she is like a sister to me!

This is it.

This is it?

What does she mean by that?

Is she referring to our marriage or our ties with the Oda clan?

Don't give me that.

My lord.

Old man, what is it?

My lord!

Please come to the Ashitabiraki byroad.

What is it, out of the blue? Tell me the reason.

I can't tell you.

What?

Please see it for yourself.

I, Shirobei, will accompany you there.

Old man...

Let's go.

I have a dance to perform tomorrow night.

I have to return by then...

Forget the dance!

The crisis will hit any time now!

I shall accompany you.

After I arranged the meeting with Saburo,

you let him chase you away.

That just shows your lack of sincerity!

Were you lying about your love for the young lord?

You incompetent one!

These lips that touched my dear Saburo's...!

These arms that held my dear Saburo...!

How dare a lowly one like you love my dear Saburo!

Where are you?

You told them about me!

So that letter you showed me to lure me here...

was a fake one that they forced you to write?

Exactly!

He serves Lady Tsukiyama.

I have heard about him.

''I am sending Genkei as my secret messenger to you.

''Please set up Sir Saburo as the leader.

''Please find a way to overthrow Azuchi and Hamamatsu.

''I shall give you my full support, Lord Katsuyori.''

The woman born in the year of the hare is you, Princess.

The man born in the year of the horse, is my father.

The man born in the year of the tiger...

It would be someone eight years away from my father.

Tokugawa Ieyasu.

How frightening!

She's trying to curse the current lord to death, too.

What I don't get...

is that woman's feelings.

What made you decide to switch over?

The young lord rejected me...

So I was accused by the Lady for my lack of sincerity.

Please excuse me.

How cruel...

The Lady is cruel and selfish.

So I wanted to catch her in the act of wrongdoing...

and present it to you as evidence.

Say no more.

I understand.

I shall take revenge for you.

Like yourself, I, too, have been forsaken.

Mochizuki, I am writing a letter to my father in Azuchi.

We, fortunately, intercepted the secret letter to the Takeda clan.

Thanks to Shirobei's hard work, we were able to keep it a secret.

Mother, if this had ended up in the hands of the Oda clan...

It would have gone far beyond just you.

Our family would have been inevitably destroyed.

Mother, what else have you done besides this?

I casted a curse on Princess Toku, Nobunaga and Ieyasu.

Even Father?

I prayed for the deaths of those three.

Is that asking too much?

How could you curse Father to death, too!

He is to blame for everything.

He wagged his tail to the Oda clan, who destroyed the Imagawa.

Mother, put that in the past!

No!

All because I have the Imagawa blood in me...

He kept me at a distance and practically confined me here.

Mother!

I understand how you feel.

Do you really?

Yes, I do.

I cannot agree to Father's actions and thoughts.

But...

Just as you are my mother...

He is my father!

Saburo!

Who do you cherish more, your father or me?

You are both dear to me.

Who do you think is wrong?

You are both wrong.

What are you saying?

Mother!

It is my life!

If he wasn't my father, I would have killed him.

If you were not my mother, I would have killed you.

And if there is someone who will not be good for you both...

then I will kill him, too.

What Mondonosho found out on his trip to Okazaki...

matches what was written in the letter by Toku.

What do you make of it?

Reviewing the 12 complaints that the Princess listed...

It appears that Lady Tsukiyama is in communication with the Takeda clan

and is planning to rise in revolt with them,

to overthrow the Oda and Tokugawa clans and have Nobuyasu

reinstate the Imagawa line.

But it seems to be that the Princess is just

alliterating hearsay without proof.

Hearsay is all we need...

to get rid of Lady Tsukiyama.

But not Nobuyasu?

Exactly.

Monkey, send a messenger to Hamamatsu.

Have the key Tokugawa vassals come to see me.

Ikoma, go to Okazaki and tell Toku not to rant and scream.

Yes, my lord.

Welcome.

What is the reason for your sudden visit?

We received word from Azuchi...

Did you receive a summons from the Oda clan?

I sent Sakai and Okubo over.

But I don't know what it's about.

Would you have any idea?

None at all.

I see.

I sure hope it is nothing bad.

You are taking it too seriously.

It's a sign of age.

I guess it appears so, in the eyes of a youth.

However Saburo, I lived my childhood as a hostage at the Imagawa clan.

Father, the nights are long.

Let us talk leisurely some other time.

Please relax while you are here in my castle.

I guess.

There is nothing I can do until those two return.

I can only wait.

Sakai and Okubo went to Azuchi as messengers?

What is going to happen now?

Lady Tsukiyama will surely be punished for it.

But it may go as far as...

The young lord, too?

Perhaps...

Why did I send that letter?

I'm scared.

I didn't expect it to go this far.

What an awful thing I have done.

The young lord is here.

I want to apologize for the other day.

I was definitely wrong.

Please tell Kojiju that I am sorry.

I feel very bad about it. Please forgive me.

Kozasa is no longer in this castle, or in this world.

I have personally taken care of the matter with her.

What happened between us was an accident.

I have never lied to you before.

Please believe me.

Will you believe me?

My lord...

You will, won't you?

My lord...

You can't believe me?

It's not that...

Did you come all the way here just to say that?

That's right...

Because it's an important matter to us.

I don't want that to create future problems between us.

I knew that you would understand if I explained.

But I didn't. Forgive me.

As a man, there are times when I can't be open and honest with you.

Wait...

My lord!

My lord...

Why didn't you open up to me sooner?

I'm always the same.

Weren't you looking at me through the eyes of

Oda Nobunaga's first princess?

It's too late now...

Too late?

What is too late?

It is too late now!

I couldn't see how you truly felt...

It's not too late.

We can still come to terms with each other and love each other.

Dear...

My lord...

I love you so dearly.

I love you dearly, too.

I love you as a single woman, not because you are an Oda.

I love you as a single man.

I love you!

My lord...

Have they reached a decision yet?

I have read the 12 complaints from the princess in detail...

and told them to make any defence, if possible.

Monkey...

Toku is my daughter, but still a woman.

Her complaints aren't sufficient reason to condemn him.

Have him think of a reason to kill both mother and son.

Send Nobuyuki's forces to the rear of Mikawa.

Along with Kiyosu's forces.

That should corner him.

Yes, it will.

Ieyasu is an intelligent man.

That should give him the message.

As much as I pity Nobuyasu...

He is too much...

like me.

He wants Nobuyasu punished along with Lady Tsukiyama?

Are you sure of that?

He wants Nobuyasu punished along with Lady Tsukiyama.

Someone!

What can I do?

Where is Nobuyasu?

He wanted to treat you to a feast, so he...

Did he go hawking?

No, he went hunting in the mountains.

Then he will be returning...

He is innocently pursuing his prey now.

Unaware that he is being targeted.

As they were coming back from Azuchi...

The noticed the Oda forces were stationing themselves

on the borders of Mino, Owari and Mikawa.

If I save my wife and son, my clan will fall.

But if I abandon them, the clan will survive.

Lord Nobunaga knows my nature of weighing things up.

And that is why he has posed this difficult problem for me.

What will your decision be?

What will you do?

Either way, it will cost the lives of my young men.

Young lord!

Mother has been arrested?!

Yes!

Under the old lord's personal order!

Where is my father?!

Probably still at Okazaki castle.

I gather this is an order from the Oda clan!

Be prepared for the worst!

Guard the castle and my father well!

I'm going after my mother!

Let us rush back to Okazaki!

Is that Lady Tsukiyama in there?

This is her son, Saburo Nobuyasu!

Saburo, I am here!

Please save me!

Mother!

Saburo!

Saburo!

I am here! Please save me, Saburo!

Stop!

As my last wish, please let me see my son, Saburo!

Silence!

Please have some mercy!

Please let me have my last words with him!

No!

What insolence!

Saburo...

My lord!

Young Lord, under the old lord's order,

you are to confine yourself to Futamata castle.

What? Confine myself?

I will be accompanying you.

Why must I go there and confine myself?

Tell me why!

Under the old lord's order, I will accompany you.

My father's order?

I see.

Mother...

Young lord!

Young lord!

Listen!

We are faced with a crisis of life or death!

You must stay composed for the sake of the clan!

Even if it means the death of our young lord

we must abide!

Please endure it!

What are they planning to do with the young lord?

You can't see the lord!

Please promise that you will not lose your calm!

No! I refuse to!

It's you, Princess Toku.

Please send me to my father in Azuchi.

I will plead with my father to pardon Nobuyasu.

It's too late for that.

There is nothing I can do at this point.

I will stake my life to save him.

Princess!

It's past that point.

After all the love he has given me as a single woman!

He is irreplaceable to me!

He is my one and only!

If only...!

If only you had felt that way sooner...

It's too late now!

Women!

Princess Toku is taking her leave.

Princess...

Someone!

Did you call?

Summon Hattori Hanzo, Amagata and Kumetori.

Did you summon us?

Go to Futamata castle.

Futamata?

I'm giving punishment to Nobuyasu.

Go quickly!

Are you telling us to kill the young lord?

That is too cruel! - Why us, of all men?

I'm specially choosing you men for it.

You grew up together like brothers.

I'm sure Saburo will die content.

No!

No!

I don't want to do it!

Why not fight the Oda clan instead of killing the young lord?

Are you that afraid of the Lord of Azuchi?!

Are you?!

It's not Nobunaga that I fear, but the clan.

What was that?

The Tokugawa clan.

I'm afraid of destroying the Tokugawa clan

and ending the Mikawa line.

We won't know the result unless we fight!

Nobunaga beat the Imagawa army of 30,000

with his force of 2,500 at Okehazama.

The young lord defeated an army of 20,000 at Koshu

with his small force of 1,300!

That's right!

Let's have the young lord lead the battle against the Oda clan!

My lord, what do you say?

I understand what you are saying, but...

Ask Okubo Shichiroza.

The force that is led by Nobuyuki in Gifu...

is already at the borders of Mino and Mikawa.

That is correct!

What?

The Kiyosu forces are gathered in Nagoya

and have blocked the highway.

Is that true?

The Takeda clan are on the eastern side.

The huge Hojo clan army are on standby.

If we make a move now, they will close in.

We are in a tight bind.

Listen...

I can't engage in a losing battle.

Even if I were able to have him spared now...

Nobunaga would never let go of the fact

that he has the Imagawa blood in him.

We have no choice then.

I'd rather kill him myself than have someone else do it.

How cruel!

No, I don't want to!

It's an order.

It's an order... - No!

The young lord is my only lord.

I'm not taking any orders except from the young lord.

He is fortunate to have such loyal men as you.

I, his father, am asking you to kill him.

SABURO

MOTHER FATHER

My lord, what are you doing?

Just a prank.

On the pillar?

I wanted to put something on the pillar.

Don't look now.

CHILD MOTHER

Mother...

Mother...

Mother!

The old lord's messengers are here!

So he sent you men.

Is this his order?

Are you here to kill me?

Young Lord! Please escape!

We will accompany you!

Escape?

Did Father say that?

I doubt that.

Isn't that what you men want?

After you make me escape,

aren't you planning to slit your bellies in apology?

Young lord! Please escape!

We will go with you! - Young lord!

I will not escape!

But what if I refuse to commit suicide?

What if I defy orders?

You came here under Father's orders,

so you can't go back without killing me!

So, kill me!

I will die if you attack! But I won't be killed so easily!

Come at me!

Come, I said!

Come!

Attack us!

How pert!

Go ahead!

What good would it do to kill you men?

What good?!

Without having a stab at the enemy...

Here ends my mortifying life!

My first wall is the Tokugawa clan!

The Tokugawa family name!

The second wall is myself!

I am furious with my father's method.

He would kill his wife and son to humor the Oda clan and survive!

Is the Tokugawa family name that precious?!

I don't think so.

I'd break that long-established custom!

I am a Tokugawa son...

Ieyasu's son.

And I have the Imagawa blood from my mother.

I have been confined behind the restrictive walls.

And I will die helplessly without a struggle.

If I were going to end up dying like this...

I should have taken another path in life.

I'm mortified!

How sad to have to die in this manner...

He may be suppressed by the Oda clan now...

But he will surely bring light to the Tokugawa clan someday.

With the fall of me, one of the pillars...

the light should get even brighter later.

A human pillar, I am.

Come here...

Is it ready?

Yes, it is.

Assist me, Hanzo.

Cry-baby Shinshiro can't do the job.

Maybe I will ask Amagata.

I, Hanzo, will assist!

Relay this message to Princess Toku.

Unfortunate are the circumstances.

As you are a woman, I will not condemn you.

Unfortunate are the circumstances.

As you are a woman, I will not condemn you.

Please tell her that I loved her.

How unsightly, Shinshiro!

Get a hold of yourself.

It is just a moment of death.

My lord!

My lord...

Please forgive me for my unsightly behavior.

I, Cry-baby Shinshiro, will stand witness to it.

Hanzo, ready?

Hanzo!

My lord!

I can't!

Forgive me!

Assist me.

Don't panic...

Incompetent!

CHILD MOTHER

SEPTEMBER, 1579

Saburo Nobuyasu was buried at the Futamata castle remains in Totomi.

Nobunaga saw Nobuyasu as an obstacle to his plan and ordered him destroyed.

Just under three years later, Nobunaga himself, was killed at Honno-ji Temple.

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