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Seize power!

Seize power! Seize power!

In 1542 (Tenbun 11),

Ouchi Yoshitaka began his campaign against the Amago with his 15,000-man army.

The Ouchi had won all the Aki constables, including the Mori, the Shishido and the Kikkawa, over to their side.

After Amago Tsunehisa's death, the Ouchi's victory was supposed to be certain.

AMAGO TSUNEHISA However, Tsunehisa had left a horrifying trap.

Devote yourself to trick them...

KIKKAWA OKITSUNE ...and do what I say.

Please allow me to take the vanguard.

Kikkawa Okitsune, who had been in secret communication with the Amago,

ran into the Amago's castle with his allies and army.

The Mori army was engulfed by the Amago troops.

The lord and Takamoto-dono are still missing.

Due to Okitsune's betrayal, the Ouchi were suffering catastrophic damages.

Motonari and his men, who were retreating, would be awaited by hell.

MORI MOTONARI

Episode 27: No Way Out

Screenplay by: Uchidate Makiko

Original Story by: Nagai Michiko

Music by: Watanabe Toshiyuki

Theme Song Performed by: NHK Symphony Orchestra Music Performed by: Concert Regnie

Title Calligraphy by: Mori Motonari Narration by: Hirano Keiko

CAST

Mori Motonari: Nakamura Hashinosuke

Lady Mii: Tomita Yasuko

Fujino: Kaga Mariko

Mori Takamoto: Kamikawa Takaya

Eno: Takahashi Yumiko

Akagawa Motoyasu: Nagashima Toshiyuki

Kodama Naritada: Masuoka Toru

Katsura Motozumi: Tsurumi Shingo

Shiji Hiroyoshi: Nakamura Baijaku

Watanabe Kayou: Katsumura Masanobu Hisa: Matsukane Yoneko

Sue Takafusa: Jinnai Takanori

Kikkawa Okitsune: Kyomoto Masaki

Naito Okimori: Onodera Akira

Toshi: Otsuka Nene

Amago Kunihisa: Shimizu Koji

Ouchi Yoshitaka: Kazama Toru

Kame: Hazuki Riona

Mitsu: Iwasaki Hiromi

Amago Haruhisa: Takashima Masanobu

Shishido Takaie: Kase Taishu Kamei Hidetsuna: Kawahara Sabu

Sagara Taketou: Shirai Akira Sadako: Sato Eri Osai: Hatsuse Kaoru

Lady Sugi: Matsuzaka Keiko

Produced by: Kida Yukinori

English Subtitles: Koala Fansubs

Directed by: Watanabe Yoshio

In 1543 (Tenbun 12),

the Ouchi army was desperately retreating from Izumo.

The Mori army was isolated due to Kikkawa Okitsune's betrayal.

They were fighting against their pursuers, as they headed for Koriyama Castle.

Summer 1543 (Tenbun 12) Kill all the Mori men!

Retreat!

Only a few pursuers.

Don't worry.

GASSAN-TODA CASTLE (Izumo)

We killed 300 of Mori and Ouchi men in total.

We're chasing them more.

Good.

Be sure to bring Yoshitaka and Motonari's heads.

We could escape brilliantly. I still can't believe that.

Everything went well, just as directed by the Great Lord.

AMAGO HARUHISA (Amago Clan Head, Tsunehisa's Grandson) -Once again, I'm amazed...

...how great Amago Tsunehisa was.

True.

AMAGO KUNIHISA (Shingu Party Head) -Even after his death,

we're still being manipulated by him.

KIKKAWA OKITSUNE (Kikkawa Clan Head) -In front of 15,000 Ouchi soldiers,

who could think the Amago were winning?

With this victory, this country will be repainted by our colors.

The Ouchi cannot bounce back any more.

OUCHI ARMY

Retreat!! Retreat!!

While being fiercely pursued the Amago, retreating Yoshitaka was in profound despair.

I hate battles.

We're losing. No way...

NAITO OKIMORI (Ouchi Key Vasssal) -What's going to happen to the Ouchi?

OUCHI YOSHITAKA (Most Powerful Daimyo in Western Japan)

Enjoy the moon...

Enjoy the stars...

Enjoy watching people... That's what we're going to do.

Sire!

We killed the Amago pursuers!

SUE TAKAFUSA (Ouchi Key Vassal) -Let's go now.

We must hurry to avoid further danger.

Come on.

Come on.

Mii-sama?

Isn't there anything wrong with you?

You often feel dizzy recently.

I can't sleep well, and recently...

...I keep having a dream of the lord getting slain.

I haven't heard anything about him, which means...

No news means he is safe.

Mother!

Eno.

Takaie-dono.

Takaie-dono.

Where's the lord? Where's Takamoto-sama?

ENO (Motonari's Daughter) -Mother.

Father and Takamoto are still missing.

We all broke up.

I only managed to gather Shishido soldiers and come home.

SHISHIDO TAKAIE (Shishido Clan Head, Eno's Husband) - The lord retreated to Shinji.

He's going on the Iwami Road to Suo.

Since he is good at fighting, he was ordered to take the rear.

But I don't know what happened to him...

He tossed everything on Father, told him to die.

Lord Ouchi practically ran away, Mother!

Eno.

My father-in-law's death isn't certain yet.

Probably,

he is following the main Ouchi army and running away along Lake Shinji.

He might be trying to enter Iwami.

I don't want to rely on such a tiny hope.

Takaie-dono.

The lord is heading here via Iwami Road.

I'm positive.

Actually, I've been feeling dizzy often recently.

The dizziness is gradually getting bigger.

Getting bigger means the lord is approaching Yoshida.

Mother...

You don't understand it yet, but...

...married couples are strange.

As they live together and have children,

half of their bodies switch with each other.

Therefore, you start feeling your partner's pains and suffering.

Every time your father fights,

your mother feels dizzy.

As long as I feel dizzy, your father isn't dead.

Takaie-dono.

I'm glad you came back.

Please teach her the joy of sharing your body with your partner.

You haven't gotten Motonari's head yet?

It's been four days!

Motonari.

I won't let you get home alive.

What about this course?

The Mori troops, who were exposed to the Amago's fierce attack,

finally entered Iwami. They were having a short break.

But Koriyama Castle was still far away.

Every one.

Come over here.

Come here.

From now on,

Takamoto and I are taking different roads.

What?

If one of us survives,

the Mori clan will be preserved.

Motoyasu.

Motozumi.

Naritada.

Kayou.

You four take your troops, with Takamoto's troops.

Take Hanekara Byway and go home.

Please wait.

You'll have poor security then.

I'm used to fighting.

This is your first battle, Takamoto.

Head for Koriyama Castle with the other men.

-But, Father... -Takamoto.

Sire, which road are you going to take?

Which road, sire?

You must be going on the trail of the Iwami Silver Mine.

Please don't, sire.

The Iwami Silver Mine is the Amago's financial source.

You must know how many soldiers are protecting the mine.

Don't worry.

They will never think that we'll go through the silver mine from the front.

We don't have to split up.

We all can take the byway. That's safer.

You never know...

...what happens during battle.

Sire, if you're determined to take the suicidal mission,

we'll protect Takamoto-dono and divert the enemy's attention.

Father.

Don't go to the silver mine.

WATANABE KAYOU (Mori Vassal, Late Suguru's Son) -Sire.

Please allow me to go with you.

No.

I'm going with him.

-Right, Kayou-dono. You should come with us... -I'm...

...going to protect the lord.

Watanabe Kayou!

-What are you thinking? -Sire!

What?

Stop it.

Stop.

If you're with me, I'll feel safer.

-That's... -This is my order.

Listen.

Split up and head for Koriyama Castle.

Father.

I'll see you at Koriyama Castle for sure.

Mother's waiting for you.

Please remember that.

You can't die, Father.

Go.

Hurry.

All right?

Let's go.

Kayou.

Let's go.

Sire.

You're getting closer, aren't you?

I'm feeling tight on my chest recently.

You must be getting closer to this castle.

I know it.

Sire.

Your Ladyship!

Ah, Your Ladyship.

You were here?

Takamoto-dono came home.

He did?

Really?

Mii-sama! Takamoto-sama is...!

-Takamoto! -Mother.

I'm home.

I knew it.

I knew you were all right.

Father is taking a different road.

He's heading for this castle.

Which road is he taking?

Well, well.

Later.

Takamoto-dono, you must be hungry.

Please go that way.

He must be taking the road near the silver mine.

Takamoto.

Don't hide it.

I can guess.

The lord turns everything into his luck.

He just doesn't want a mere loss.

He must be trying to get the silver mine. That's why he's taking that way.

Pretty soon, he's coming home with silver...

Mother?

-Mii-sama? -Mother?

-Your Ladyship. -Somebody.

Isn't somebody around?

-Hurry! -Mother.

Finally...

...he's coming home.

-Escort her to her room. -Your Ladyship.

Here.

Please...

...let me have him back.

Please let me have him back.

GASSAN-TODA CASTLE (Izumo) -Finally...

...we cornered Motonari near the Iwami Silver Mine.

His head will be delivered tomorrow morning!

Everyone.

You fought very well.

This victory is giving us a chance to supersede the Ouchi.

Everyone!

Everything is informal tonight!

Congratulations!

Sire.

There's one more thing that is auspicious.

My daughter is here.

With your son, Chodoshimaru.

Mitsu is? Is she all right?

Ah, Mitsu!

Everyone!

The Amago heir, Chodoshimaru, is here!

MITSU (Haruhisa's Wife, Kunihisa's Daughter) - Sire.

I wasn't doing well after labor. I'm sorry for having made you worry.

I had a good rest at my parents' house. Now, look at me.

Chodoshimaru.

Good.

Chodoshimaru.

Your father won.

Chodoshimaru.

Chodoshimaru, don't cry.

Now, Grandpa will hold you.

Good boy.

You love Grandpa, don't you?

You have Grandpa's eyes and nose.

He'll become a strong, handsome general like Grandpa.

Sire, I reassured this time...

KAMEI HIDETSUNA (Amago Key Vassal) - The future Amago depend on,,,

...the Shingu Party's military force.

The Great Lord is gone.

Nobody can use a tactic like this anymore.

Oh, that's what I was thinking, too.

To preserve a clan, you need the brain and arms.

The Amago has lost its brain, the Great Lord.

It now depends on my Shingu Party's skills.

Father, you're so dependable as the Shingu Party leader that everybody relies on you.

If I may humbly speak up...

Kunihisa-dono.

I want you to try hard harder to make the Amago even stronger.

Wow, everybody is relying on Grandpa.

Oh, we mean...

We're counting on Shingu Party's skills, too.

Ridiculous!

Do you really think you can survive only with your skills?

That's why I said, "You need the brain and arms."

Because I have no brain,

Sire, I want you to become the Amago's brain.

Are you making fun of me?

What are you saying?

The Shingu Party will act exactly on your orders, sire.

Bring a mirror!

Everyone, look at your eyes on the mirror.

You guys are looking at the Great Lord.

Amago Tsunehisa.

You're looking at the guy who died a while ago.

And you're still relying on him.

The Great Lord is underground!

Motonari's head...

I want to see it tomorrow morning.

Motonari was cornerd by pursuers near the Iwami Silver Mine.

He was on a steep and dangerous trail called 'byobu (folding screen)'.

Without passing it, he couldn't get back to Koriyama Castle.

Sire!

Sire!

Sire.

Sire.

Sire...

Kayou.

Kill me.

Before I get killed by the pursuers, avenge your father.

Now.

Hurry and kill me.

Sire.

Your father, Watanabe Suguru...

He was my hero when I was little.

Kayou.

I...

...want you to kill me.

I don't want to give a single drop of my blood to the Amago ranks.

Hurry! Kill me!!

Sire.

I'm...

...guilty, because of my naiveness, for the deaths of your father, Katsura and Mototsuna.

I want to pay my debts with my own life.

Find Motonari!

Find Motonari!

Sire.

Please give me your armor.

I'll wear your armor to lure the Amago.

Sire, please run away through the other path.

Kayou...

I, Kayou...

To restore the Watanabe clan's pride...

...I've been waiting for a chance to kill you.

But now...

I decided to restore the pride...

...by saving you, sire.

"Thanks to Watanabe Kayou, who saved the lord..."

"...the Mori could thrive."

If people say so, I would feel even more proud.

Now.

Hurry.

No!!

Sire.

Please...

Please survive, by all means.

Kayou!

Kayou!!

I am Mori Motonari!

I'm not going to give my head for nothing!

Anyone confident!

Bring it on!!

I am Mori Motonari!

I'm not going to get killed here!

Kayou...

Please let me have him back...

Sire!

Look at you.

You were feeling dizzy and nauseated.

Why did you pray with cold water?

You didn't need cold water.

You could just refrain from eating your favorite food or drinking tea.

There are easier ways of praying.

Women with no men in their lives never understand.

Refrain from eating your favorite steamed buns, and your lord comes home.

How can you feel the pleasure of being a woman that way?

Easier way for your loved ones?

You don't get intoxicated, right?

I am very sorry.

I just thought the harder it was for me,

the easier it would be for the lord. The idea made me happy.

The water wasn't cold at all.

I'm in love with the lord this much.

It makes me so happy.

Why don't you rest, Your Ladyship?

The lord must be working hard for you, too.

That's right.

Don't pray with cold water again.

Here, go to bed.

From now on, you can refrain from eating steamed buns.

OUCHI YOSHITAKA'S MANSION (Yamaguchi) -Meanwhile...

...Ouchi Yoshitaka could arrive at Yamaguchi eventually.

Sire.

SAGARA TAKETOU (Yoshitaka's Aide) -I'm glad to see you again.

Thanks for holding to the fort.

OSAI (Sadako's Maid) SADAKO (Yoshitaka's Wife)

What...

...a big scar!

Because of Kikkawa Okitsune's betrayal,

we suffered an unexpected defeat.

That makes my blood boil.

It's not the lord's fault.

You couldn't predict Okitsune's betrayal. Sue-dono.

And Naito-dono.

You are both responsible.

You were just holding the the fort, Sagara-dono.

On all accounts,

it was a winning battle for us.

This loss will cause dreadful repercussions.

KAME (Murakami Navy Commander's Daughter)

The Amago would say, "The Ouchi don't deserve our fear."

They will probably attack Bingo...

...and then, Kyoto.

Sire.

We must prepare immediately.

The Amago will attack the Mori first.

Probably...

...Motonari-dono is already dead.

Koriyama Castle will be captured soon.

We have no time.

Why don't we all quit fighting...

...and run away to Kyoto?

Sire.

That big scar can be treated by good physicians there.

I really miss Kyoto...!

Sire.

Instead of having another battle and more betrayers,

you should do what Her Ladyship said.

-Say that again!? -Stop.

I'm going to live as I watch the winds.

I'm sick and tired of battles and politics.

Are you going to let the Ouchi clan go under!?

We must win next time.

Your job is to give us orders immediately.

The Ouchi are rotten.

Sue-dono, you keep saying, "Immediately."

You lost this time, because...

...you attacked without enough preparations, didn't you?

Sagara-dono keeps blaming others for not recognizing the betrayals.

How can Her Ladyship dare talk about going to Kyoto?

She can't even hold to the fort at her age.

Having gone that far...

...you aren't going to stay with us anymore, are you?

I'm going back to Innoshima Island anytime.

Go home immediately!

You're wrongly mad at us for Motonari-dono's death.

You're butting in men's jobs, only from your love toward Motonari!

Then...

...why don't you become a man who is loved by women that much?

Sire.

You let me learn so much.

As a member of the Murakami Navy, I'd like to return your favor someday.

If you want to return his favor, go get fucked!

I said many rude things, simply because I want to help the Ouchi.

Thank you for your hospitality for a long time.

I'm going back to Innoshima Island.

Kame-dono.

Is the rumor of Motonarni-dono's death true?

He is a schemer.

I bet he's not dead.

What about Takamoto-sama?

Takamoto?

Don't know.

I'm not interested in greenhorns.

TOSHI (Naito Okimori's Daughter) -Any word on him?

-Is he...? -Don't know.

He might be dead.

Osai.

The Ouchi are rotten.

I'm having an affair with my wife's maid.

I'm rotten more than anybody else.

Getting rotten, rotten more and more...

...that might be good, too.

How are you feeling?

Blue sky...

...somehow makes me feel sad.

The lord...

...might have been dead.

Mii-sama.

Under the blue sky...

...he is lying on the ground.

That's why...

...the blue sky makes me feel sad.

Here.

-Take medicine. -If the lord is not coming home...

...I don't need to take it.

Mother!!

Mother.

I just heard that...

...Father came back to Yoshida.

Father did.

Oh, my.

-Mother? -Mii-sama?

Don't tell your Father that I've been sick.

Fujino.

Bring my kosode (short-sleeved kimono).

The lord returned!

Sire!

The lord came back!

Sire! Sire!

I'm glad to see you!

Motonari-sama!

Glad to see you again...!

Father.

Father.

I'm glad to see you again.

Takamoto.

So you were all right.

Where's Mii?

Where's your mother?

Where's your mother?

Sire.

Sire...

Welcome home.

I...

I could come home...

...thanks to Kayou.

Where is he?

He died in place of me.

He wanted to restore the Watanabe clan's pride by saving me...

He's probably dead.

I thought this...

...on the verge of death.

I just want to live happily with you,

with our children and with my vassals.

I need nothing else.

I...

...don't need fiefs, honor or anything else.

If someone calls me a dwarf,

I'm gonna say this.

"A man, who lives a long, uneventful life with his wife and children...

...is the greatest."

I agree with you.

Everything is transient.

Human life ends in a blink.

Because life is transient,

you must spend time with your loved ones. Otherwise, it'll be a waste.

Mii.

The happiness of living with the wife and children...

...cannot be replaced by any achievement.

I...

...don't want to go to another battle as a helper.

If I go to battles as a helper and keep losing my precious vassals...

...I cannot apologize enough to their bereaved wives and children.

I...

...think so, too.

Here, sire.

Don't catch a cold.

Mii.

Mii.

Get hold of yourself.

Mii.

Hey.

Mii.

Mii.

Mii.

End of Episode 27