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Father.

I will make no mistake in leading the Mori.

Please do not worry about anything.

You're good at managing people.

I am very proud of you.

My son is proud of me?

That's the best compliment.

Mori Takamoto became a head with an established reputation.

But his death was too sudden.

Takamoto visited Wachi Saneharu at his mansion and attacked by...

...an assassin sent by the cornered Amago.

Tell them that I died of illness.

Sire.

Sire?

Sire!!

Mori Takamoto, general of virtue,

died at age 41.

MORI MOTONARI

Episode 47: An Avenging Battle

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

Mori Takamoto: Kamikawa Takaya

Lady Toshi: Otsuka Nene

Kotsurumaru: Morita Tsuyoshi

Eno: Takahashi Yumiko

Kikkawa Motoharu: Matsushige Yutaka Kobayakawa Takakage: Megumi Toshiaki

Ako: Fujiyoshi Kumiko Mimi: Nishina Fuki

Ko: Akimoto Naomi Sayo: Tanaka Hiroko

Kodama Naritada: Masuoka Toru

Katsura Motozumi: Tsurumi Shingo

Akagawa Motoyasu: Nagashima Toshiyuki

Fukubara Sadatoshi: Ishihama Akira Kunishi Motosuke: Sakamoto Akira

Yamanaka Shikanosuke: Yamada Jundai

Mitsu: Iwasaki Hiromi

Amago Yoshihisa: Nakamura Shido Kawazoe Hisanobu: Uesugi Shozo

Wachi Masaharu: Senda Mitsuo Kosanta: Nasa Kenji

Tachihara Yukitaka: Kadota Shun Nakai Tsunaie: Kashiwa Susumu

Gin: Ikeda Yukiko Yojuro: Nakadai Ken

Tae: Miyamoto Nobuko

Produced by: Kida Yukinori

English Subtitles: Koala Fansubs

Directed by: Kobayashi Takeshi

August 1563 (Eiroku 6)

Takamoto is dead.

What are you talking about?

MORI MAIN CAMP (Aika, Izumo)

Takamoto is...

He is...!

Takakage!!

Somebody must have killed him.

Who killed him!?

He was at Wachi-dono's mansion.

They said he died of illness.

That can't be.

Takakage!

He was killed!

The messenger said he died of illness.

We don't know if he is really dead or not.

Who did it?

Who...

...killed my Takamoto?

Let me go!

I'll...

- I'll kill the culprit! - Father!

- Father. - Let me go.

Let me go!

Who...

Who...

Who killed my Takamoto?

- Father. - Let me go!

- Calm down. - Let me go!

Takamoto...

Takamoto...

My...

My...

My Takamoto is dead!!

GASSAN-TODA CASTLE (Izumo)

Takamoto is dead now.

The course of this battle will be favorable for us.

He died of illness at a perfect time.

The Amago are always protected by Tsunehisa and the Shingu Party's souls.

Actually,

Takamoto didn't die of illness.

I sent a spy a long time ago.

I ordered him to kill Takamoto.

Watch me.

The wind started blowing toward the Amago.

No.

The Amago are getting the wind!

KORIYAMA CASTLE (Aki Province) - Kotsurumaru-dono, Your Ladyship.

Please go to Wachi-dono's mansion now and confirm the report.

Until then,

we shouldn't believe the news on the lord's death.

No.

The lord already died.

I, too, think he died for real.

We shouldn't let other provinces learn about his death for now.

It's important to wait for the Great Lord's instructions.

You are right.

If the Mori's head died,

other provinces will take advantage and attack us.

We must be prepared.

I wonder if the Great Lord will keep his balance.

Motoharu-dono and Takakage-dono are with him.

No need to worry.

The Lord finally found...

...his mission to protect the Great Lord and his brothers without being seen.

After suffering and worrying for so long,

he finally discovered his own path.

How...

...cruel Buddha is.

Mother?

I will let her cry as much as she wants.

Acting strong when feeling sad...

...is foolish.

She should cry when she needs to.

Then, her heart will be lighter.

Tae-dono.

I'm going to stay with her, too.

I feel sorry for the Great Lord.

I had a boy talk with my father.

This is what he said.

You shouldn't make women feel lonely.

When women become twisted, tattle or yell,

they are feeling lonely.

I wanted to talk with him a lot more.

Why didn't he stay alive...

...until I can drink sake with him?

I want to...

...kill myself.

I must accompany Takamoto...

...on his journey to the other world.

Great Lord.

The Lord already...

...arrived in nirvana.

I'm sure Lady Mii, Lady Sugi and others greeted him before his arrival.

He must have had fun walking with them.

You're right.

Then,

I'll renounce this world.

I want to pray for the repose of Takamoro's soul.

Great Lord.

Giving in to despair is the easiest thing to do.

You never give in to despair in the end.

Great Lord.

Have a break for a while.

Here.

Watch your steps.

He won't be able to get over this for a while.

Losing a fine, 41-year-old heir...

...makes anyone to feel that way.

But he must appoint Kotsurumaru as the clan's head...

...and act as the clan's actual head. He has no other choice.

Kotsurumaru hasn't reached manhood. He hasn't fought in a single battle.

It's too much for him to reign the Mori.

The 67-year-old man is in an abyss of despair.

It's far too much for him to return to power.

But I'm the Kikkawa clan's head.

You have the Kobawakawa.

We cannot take over the Mori clan.

We agreed to be adopted by other clans for the sake of the Mori.

Now we're heads and think about our own clans first.

We can't help it.

But...

Kotsurumaru grew up in a wealthy clan as an easygoing boy.

He's not crafty enough to protect the Mori now.

We must not forget about supporting the Mori.

The idea of Takamoto's death...

It never occurred to me.

Same for me.

Because we had Takamoto,

we could do whatever we wanted.

He was a good general.

He was a good brother.

It's Akagawa.

I'm going to kill Akagawa.

Out of my way!

Go away!

Let me go!!

- I can't forgive Akagawa! - Great Lord!

Father!

Great Lord.

We'll go and see Takamoto-dono's body.

You must not leave the main camp.

We'll see what Akagawa-dono is doing. Please wait.

Brace yourself, Father.

My Takamoto...

I...

...did nothing as a father for Takamoto. I just let him die.

I was harder on him, because he was the eldest son.

Moreover,

I sent him to the Ouchi as a hostage.

Takamoto suffered...

...by comparing himself with me...

...comparing himself with his brothers.

He had a life filled with suffering.

Takamoto.

Despite that,

I remember...

...only smiling faces of you.

Takamoto...!!

Takamoto!!

Sire.

WACHI MASAHARU'S MANSION (Sasabe, Aki) - You must be sleeping.

Please open your eyes.

Sire.

Akagawa-dono.

Kodama-dono and Katsura-dono just arrived from Izumo.

Her Ladyship and Kotsurumaru-dono arrived from Yoshida...

Father.

Sire.

How...

How can I apologize...

The man who has been a good vassal of mine since his father's time...

But he became an Amago spy.

I never imagined that...

I knew it.

He didn't die of illness, did he?

He was stabbed by an Amago spy.

I killed the spy right on the spot.

It was because of my poor supervision.

I'll slit my belly now to show my apology...

No, you can't.

The Lord told us before he passed away.

"Wachi-dono has nothing to do with this."

"Announce the cause of my death as illness."

Sire.

A marriage can end...

...leaving one of them alone suddenly.

Father.

I, Kotsurumaru,

won't make Mother feel lonely.

Akawaga-dono.

You have too many suspicious actions.

Every time you fanned the Lord,

The Great Lord thought that it came from your ambitions.

Because of the way you are,

it will make sense to him that you were in communication with the Amago.

You shouldn't have killed the spy right on the spot.

You didn't want him to confess something. That's what Great Lord would think.

Even we cannot help becoming suspicious.

Akagawa-dono.

I didn't do it!

I...

...had an ambition to become bigger with the Lord.

With the Lord!

He was an aide for Takamoto.

But he let Takamoto die. I must punish him.

From now on,

Akawaga Motoyasu is not allowed to enter the land of Izumo.

I'll make him stay in Akama-ga-seki.

I'm going to confine him there!

Punishing Motoyasu...

...doesn't bring Takamoto back.

The Mori's attack against the Amago became an avenging battle for Takamoto.

But Shiraga Castle, defensive stronghold for Gassan-Toda Castle,

didn't fall easily.

Charge.

Keep charging...

...until you rip victory away from them.

This is an avenging battle for Takamoto.

Our duty is to bring him a victory.

Do everything.

You can do anything.

We must win for Takamoto.

All right.

I'll dig a tunnel toward Shiraga Castle.

What's that?

Keep digging underground and go into the castle from the tunnel.

How interesting!

We must win.

Yes, sir!

Now.

Go.

The Amago realized this tunnel tactic and started digging toward the Mori.

Finally, both sides started fighting underground.

- Enemy! - The Enemy's there!

Being overwhelmed by the Mori's attacks,

the Amago blocked the tunnel with big rocks.

Motoharu and the others sensed that the fall of Shiraga Castle was approaching...

...because the Amago let their soldiers die in the tunnel.

Withdraw!

Great Lord!

Motoharu-dono and Takakage-dono returned.

Great Lord.

Great Lord, Shiraga Castle will fall soon.

You did great.

Thank you!

Motoharu.

We'll be all right.

Takamoto.

Can you see us?

Kawazoe-dono!

Takamoto died, but there's no change in the course of battle.

Did you lie!?

If Shiraga Castle falls,

food supply route to this castle will be cut.

We can't let the castle fall.

Tachihara!

Go on a rescue mission!

I'm honored to be in charge of the first troop.

The second troop going to the enemy's main camp will be...

Sire.

YAMANAKA SHIKANOSUKE (Amago Key Vassal) - I'm young and unworthy, but...

...please issue the order to me, Yamanaka Shikanosuke Yukimori.

Very well.

Shikanosuke, you're young, but you're a well-known warrior now.

I'm counting on you.

Yes, sir!

I'm honored, sir!

Attack into the Mori's main camp.

Go!

Young Shikanosuke fought hard, but...

...the Amago army was overwhelmed by the Mori army.

The Amago's rescue mission failed.

The Amago army took to flight.

In October 1563 (Eiroku 6),

Shiraga Castle fell into the Mori's hands.

Go!!

None of this beats me.

All kinds of suffering and hardship...

...can flood toward me.

Hopefully,

God will give me seven hardships and eight agonies.

Who is it?

I was sent by the Amago's Kawazoe-dono.

This is from Kawazoe-dono.

You're being doubted by the Mori people and confined here.

Kawazoe-dono is worried about you.

Akagawa-dono.

Are you going to die in vain?

Who are you?

Before you follow late lord,

you should try to work for him one more time.

Who are you?

I'm the Great Lord's spy.

Kosanta.

Takamoto-dono died before he beat the Amago.

Don't die before his dream comes true.

Live for your lord's dream.

Isn't that how you, as the lord's vassal, are supposed to live?

MORI MAIN CAMP (Arawai)

Kosanta.

I haven't seen you for ages.

Great Lord.

I'm sorry for speaking out of turn, but...

...Akagawa-dono is trustworthy.

- You should think of utilizing him. - No.

I can't trust him.

I'm going to...

...kill him for sure.

That's not like you.

You've lost your composure.

Kosanta!

Are you going to remonstrate with me?

Please allow me only this time.

You should make Akagawa-dono work one more time.

All right.

Kosanta.

Since you insist.

Great Lord!

Great Lord!

The loss of his eldest son...

...made Motonari become bedridden out of grief.

He seemed to have lost his energy to stand up again.

According to a letter from Takakage-dono,

the physician diagnosed him as having a mental illness.

Does that illness kill him?

Does mental illness spoil his mind?

That's not it.

The loss of Takamoto-dono...

...made a hole in Great Lord's heart.

Made a hole?

Great Lord.

I wonder how much blood he lost...

It's really hard for me.

It's too late...

...to realize how big Takamoto was.

I, too,

feel as if my heart has a hole.

Motoharu-dono and my husband aren't able to fill the hole, I guess.

Unlike Takamoto-dono, they don't have gentleness and virtue.

Ako-sama.

You can say that about your husband, but...

...don't call my husband a man without virtue.

What else can I say?

- I, too, think my husband is better than... - Well, well.

Happily married couples are...

...so beautiful.

Toshi-sama.

May I go to the camp at Arawai and see how the Great Lord is doing?

Tae-sama.

I, Ko, am going.

I am younger. I don't get tired from travelling.

I am much younger.

- I'm going. - You can go, but...

...he's sick. You can't sleep with him.

You're right.

I'm not going.

You should go, Tae-sama!

I heard you've been studying on perpetual youth and longevity.

Tae-sama.

Really?

Yes.

You want to stay with my father as long as possible?

Thank you so much.

Oh, I'm just...

Sounds like Motoharu-dono and Takakage-dono want you to come.

Oh...

Tae-sama, please.

Please.

Yes.

- Where are pearl shell powder? - It's here.

Oh, that's right.

Do you really need this?

- Tae-dono. - Yes.

I'm coming in.

Please come in.

Please have a seat.

Tae-dono.

I feel sorry for sending you, as a woman, to a faraway place.

Please tell Grandpa.

"I, Kotsurumaru, will surpass Grandpa and Father as a clan's head."

"Please make sure to recover and see me as a fine head."

Please.

Oh, my.

You already know well what you're supposed to do.

You're...

...making me cry.

Tae-sama?

That's a rag!

You don't know you're supposed to clean your room.

That's why you mix up rags with handkerchiefs.

Thank you.

Takamoto is calling me.

He wants me to come and see him soon.

Father.

You're being weak-hearted, because you're getting better.

That's right.

To get more weak-hearted, you should rest more.

Oh, no.

I don't think I can get up again.

At my age,

nobody can recover from illness.

- What are you talking about? - Oh, no.

Leave me alone.

I'm fine just like this.

- Father. - Oh, no.

I don't care what happens to me.

Watch your steps.

It's hurting...

- Please come in. - Thank you.

Father.

What? You're so persistent.

Great Lord.

Oh, I just saw a hallucination.

I'm seeing a hallucination. I'm dying soon.

- Great Lord. - What?

Tae is here for you.

You're almost winning.

It's not a hallucination.

Are you the real Tae?

Yes.

- Gin. - Yes.

Where are you going, Tae?

Hey.

Tae.

- Tae. - Great Lord.

This really works.

And...

- Oh, yes. - What?

Pearl shell power is a medicine for longevity.

I'll grind this for you now.

- Pearl power? What's that? - Gin, now I need...

...Korean ginsengs.

Those are good ginsengs.

We brought herbs and more stuff.

- They were so heavy to carry. - Were they?

- Great Lord. - What?

I finally feel we're a real married couple.

A wife cannot have a real sense of marriage...

...until she gets to take care of her sick husband.

Great Lord.

Two of us right now...

...must be seen by people as a beautiful couple.

No, you can't.

You must stay in bed.

If you get up before you take the medicine of longevity,

you'll ruin my plan of becoming a true married couple.

Please lay down, Great Lord.

Hey.

- Great Lord. - Hey, Tae.

Yes?

Aside from a true marriage,

look at the mess you made.

I cannot bear to see.

Oh.

How nice.

A husband helping his wife's work.

What a nice couple we are.

- Tae. - Yes.

Thanks for coming.

As I see this mess...

I feel like...

...coming back from the other world to this world.

- Tae. - Yes.

I was being lonely.

Since Takamoto died...

My soul...

...slipped out of my body...

...went to the other world...

...to stay with Takamoto!

Tae.

Tae...

Great Lord.

Kotsurumaru-sama has matured a lot since he lost his father.

I feel a new Mori clan is about to be born.

Perpetual youth and longevity doesn't mean...

...to live for 100 or 200 years.

It means, to give birth to a new life,

you must live well while you are alive.

Since Takamoto-sama lived well,

his life is now in Kotsurumaru-sama's body.

And Kotsurumaru-sama was born again...

...as a fine prince.

You're right.

While I'm alive,

I shouldn't give in to despair.

Yes.

I guess Mii-sama often said,

"One can die well only after living well."

"One must live well and die well."

Tae.

Yes.

If you lose your drive to recover from illness,

you cannot die well.

Yes...

But, Tae.

Why can't you...

...clean up well after messing things up?

Why can't you do that?

End of Episode 47