Original subtitles

Praise daily food, though bad.

So said Date Masamune.

Here is a sample of food on the battlefield.

These are "hyorogan" dumplings.

Light and easy to transport, it lasts for many days.

One was extremely high in calories.

Today, we'll prepare some.

We use rice flour, buckwheat flour, and soybean flour.

Remove that hat and we'll prepare some.

We added ground sesame seeds, dried bonito, honey.

Knead well with hot water and unrefined sake.

Form dumplings about 2 inches wide,

and steam for about thirty minutes.

Dry in the sun about half a day.

Since all the ingredients are natural,

this is good for health and beauty.

It is written...

"The first dumpling will last you seven days."

"The second will last you twenty."

Long before meals in space,

samurai made bodybuilding superfoods.

MASAMUNE, THE ONE-EYED DRAGON

Episode 19: The Great Turnaround

Screenplay: James MIKI

Original Story: YAMAOKA Sohachi

Music: IKEBE Shin'ichiro

CAST

Date Masamune: WATANABE Ken

Date Shigezane: MIURA Tomokazu

Kita: TAKESHITA Keiko

Princess Mego: SAKURADA Junko

Date Kojiro: OKAMOTO Ken'ichi

Ouchi Sadatsuna: TERADA Minori

Izumida Shigemitsu: TAKASHINA Kaku

Neko-Gozen (Lady Cat): AKIYOSHI Kumiko

Tsuta: OTONASHI Mikiko

Katakura Kojuro: SAIGO Teruhiko

Subtitles Transcribed from JN Productions by: Avallach

Subtitles Adding/Editing/Timing: Koala Fansubs QC by: Kame Fansubs

Director: NISHIMURA Yoshiki

In Masamune's first four years as ruler...

there was turmoil and constant warfare.

But in fall, 1588, peace was finally made.

And in Yonezawa, manhood rites were held...

for Jikumaru, Masamune's brother.

My brother,

I am honored to be accorded manhood rites...

as is the warriors' custom.

Bow, the ceremonial hat.

Yes!

You shall take my name.

You will be called Kojiro Masamichi!

Kojiro...

Masamichi...?

Thank you, Brother!

Kojiro Masamichi....!

A fine name!

Congratulations!

Congratulations!

Now, Kojiro...

"Masamichi" means way of the ruler.

Now that you are a man,

become a great leader, the pride of the Date.

Yes!

Mother must be waiting. Pay your respects.

Certainly.

A fine lad!

Indeed!

We must find him a good bride.

Is there a worthy princess?

How about the daughter of Regent Hideyoshi?

Hideyoshi?

What big plans!

The Date are a noble family, descended from the Fujiwara.

It will even benefit the regent.

Hideyoshi has no daughter.

Many concubines, but no children.

Amazing!

Pitiful, I daresay.

A ruler of the land with no heir.

Quiet!

In Miharu, the situation among the retainers is tense.

Rest assured.

Kojuro will be sent to Miharu Castle.

I hope my mother is safe?

She is doing well at Funehiki Castle.

Can I not visit her?

Well...

Won't you ask my lord?

He will not permit it.

If war begins, you could be taken hostage.

No!

If only I could stop two armies from warring like Lady of the East.

Princess Mego...

What am I living for?

I cannot bear a child.

Nor can I help my mother.

I cannot bear to live out my years in uselessness.

Don't despair.

There are cloudy days and sunshine.

Someday, the sun will shine for you.

Please be patient.

Excuse me, ma'am.

What is it?

The celebration has begun. Please come to the hall.

What will you do?

Lord Masamune wishes it.

Very well.

Stop!

Samanosuke? What do you want?

I want to ask you something, Magobei!

Tomorrow! I'm a little drunk tonight.

Don't try to escape!

Escape?

You make insulting remarks behind my back!

What remarks?

You said you suffered many years in Fort Hibara...

all because I'm a coward!

Not "coward!"

I called you a greenhorn kid.

You wretch...!

Have you tasted the cold at Hibara Pass?!

We stand watch, blinded by freezing winds!

Our toes and fingers break off!

We cannot sleep because we starve!

I killed many of my men for trying to desert!

Damn!

Samanosuke!

This isn't the time to fight.

Why?!

It would not help the clan.

Until we defeat the Ashina,

let's postpone our fight.

I'd like to witness your valorous deeds against the Ashina.

Hibara Pass is in for it.

It will storm tomorrow.

I prayed to Goddess Kwannon and God Hachiman...

that they bless me with a child.

The rest depends on you.

I love you more than anyone can.

Your words have grown bold.

I heard a bad rumor.

Bad rumor?

The senior retainers...

are urging you to take a new concubine.

You can't blame them.

A ruler must have an heir.

I shall bear one!

Nothing's happened yet.

It depends on you!

Don't be insolent.

If you ever take another concubine, I'll...

You'll what?

I'll bite my tongue and die!

Fool!

January (1589)

I received a letter from Regent Hideyoshi.

An unreasonable demand?

No. He praised my treaty with the Satake and Mogami.

And asked for a red-eyed hawk of Oshu.

A hawk?

I'll send one.

Why comply with a selfish request?

Why stir up trouble?

Why invite criticism of our lord over one hawk?

Hojo Ujimasa and his son...

rejected Hideyoshi's invitation to submit.

True Togoku samurai!

We're different from the Hojo!

Do not reject Hideyoshi's gesture of friendship.

Do we betray the Hojo?!

We cannot take sides now!

Sire...?

Kojuro's right. Give him what he wants.

Will Hideyoshi win? Or the Hojo?

Or will they both fall?

First, there is something I must do.

Conquer the Ashina?

Right. If I subjugate Ou, Hideyoshi will...

The regent has forbidden daimyo to fight each other.

So what?!

Because Mogami Yoshiaki fought the Uesugi,

the regent is extremely displeased with him.

Kojuro...

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

To establish Date power, we must fight the Ashina now!

Well, Kojuro?

I understand your resolve, sire.

Say no more.

I shall obey you with my life.

Good!

We must make preparations as soon as possible.

Where shall we start?

Kojiro. Hold the reigns tight.

Yes.

Reins tight! Chest out!

Yes.

Brother.

Brother!

Kojiro!

Brother.

Brother!

Sire!

Brother...

Quiet. I'm fine.

Sire!

Brother!

Sire!

Our bodies come from our parents.

Cherish our bodies and honor our parents.

This eye, and now this leg.

I am a bad son.

It will heal! Pease rest quietly.

No time! I must go to battle.

Battle?

You cannot ride in this condition, my lord.

Perhaps the gods are telling you something.

They've forsaken me?

Perhaps the time is not right...

Don't be insolent!

A great lord, falling from a horse and unable to ride.

I'll be disgraced!

But your wound might cause you to fall behind.

Please rest and take care.

Women shouldn't meddle. Go away.

My lord!

I've brought bamboo-leaf dumplings.

Bring them!

Walnut filling.

Very thoughtful.

My sympathies...

I'm not dead!

Are you all right? Does it hurt?

Sire...

Masamune's fracture was worse than expected.

He could not even walk.

Kokubun Morishige has arrived!

Retainers came to wish him a speedy recovery.

Thanks for coming.

Please have a seat.

The next day, in Koriyama...

Shigezane visited Ouchi Sadatsuna.

We cannot break off with the Ashina yet.

Why?

Lord Masamune so orders.

A terrible inconvenience!

Inconvenience?

We were to attack when the snows melted.

As advance guard, I arranged for secret defections.

I'll lose face!

You object?!

Please understand my brother's predicament.

Since my defection, Aizu is suspicious of Chikatsuna...

and took a hostage from him!

Please ask Yonezawa to give the call to battle!

To be frank,

Lord Masamune broke his leg and cannot ride.

He broke his leg?

He tried to calm a runway horse...

and he bungled it!

My word!

When the pain subsides, he'll break with Ashina.

Wait till then.

We cannot waste time.

If my brother's defection to the Date is discovered,

he and his men will be massacred!

He must stall for time!

It's not impossible, for a man like Katahira Chikatsuna.

Falling off a horse...!

ONOGAWA HOT SPRINGS

Late March...

Masamune went to bathe in Onogawa Hot Springs.

What a rude horse to throw you.

Why didn't you kill it?

The horse wasn't to blame.

Who was?

I was careless.

Such noble words.

Maybe Mego was right.

The gods saw my inadequacy.

Absurd!

How can you be so faint-hearted?

The gods kept you from sustaining worse injures.

I see.

Please take me to battle with you.

War is not a game.

An arrow will find you.

I'm resigned to it. I'll be your left leg.

You'll only be a burden.

Hate you!

You little...!

Hey!

Wanna fight?

Excuse me, sir.

Sadatoki? Come.

A message from Katakura Kojuro.

The Iwaki invaded Tamura territory.

So they're getting in my way?!

What is your answer?

Defend Miharu!

Tell Shigezane and Munezane to send help!

Yes, sir!

Wait!

Be careful!

Sire!

Sire!

Pardon me!

Sire.

April...

Despite his retainers' objections,

Masamune rode onto the Sendo.

However, overcome by pain,

he barely made it to Omori Castle in Shinobu.

OMORI CASTLE

It's terribly swollen.

I'd like to cut it off.

Absurd!

Have you forgotten? You cut out my right eye.

A leg is different. Time will heal it.

Time waits for no man!

I'll fight, even if I must be carried.

A letter has arrived from Lady Mego.

What?

She bade me to urge you to rest.

Meddler!

Forgive me.

I'm referring to Mego!

Please recuperate here.

The Iwaki must pay!

Leave this to me. It will be settled.

You're certain?

I swear.

Don't kill Mego's mother.

I understand.

It is Kuniyori.

Come in.

What is it?

We received a huge tub of hot-spring water to warn you leg.

Hot-spring water?

Interesting! Who sent it?

The lady of Iizaka.

Neko? Quite clever of her!

Concubine?

Yes.

To produce an heir, a new concubine is necessary...

Who said so?

It's a persistent rumor.

In your place, I would be quite displeased.

Please ask Lord Masamune not take a concubine.

What a funny thing to say!

You're a concubine yourself.

Since I am barren, like Lady Mego,

I am not such a threat here.

How insolence! Curb your tongue!

If a new concubine bears his child,

she will monopolize our lord's affections,

and Lady Mego will feel humiliated.

Neko...

Are you trying to end the Date line?

Indeed not!

Lord Kojiro can always be successor.

That remark is unpardonable.

Was it your idea, or someone else's suggestion?

Suggestion?! How rude...!

Rude to whom?

Please listen, my lady.

I am a lonely cat.

I cannot live without my lord.

Absurd.

I mean no harm. I speak truthfully.

When I am alone, I am overcome with anxiety.

An ominous black cloud falls upon my heart.

I asked to accompany him to battle,

and was scolded by Lord Masamune.

The same is true for me.

Each time he leaves, my heart aches.

I pray constantly for his safety...

in nights without sleep.

A woman is not a tool for childbearing.

Blood runs through my veins, too.

I too, have desires.

My lady...

However, I cannot take up arms and fight.

All I can do is wait.

I deplore having been born a woman.

Yes.

Do you like music?

I shall play the "koto."

You may dance.

In late April, with his leg healing,

Masamune ordered Chikatsuna to turn against the Ashina.

Then Masamune attacked Akogashima Castle and Takatama Castle,

and destroyed them.

Heartiest congratulations on your recent victory.

What about Iwaki?

Rest assured. They won't move for awhile.

It's fine.

Let's ride the crest and catch a giant fish.

About that, sire...

Please send me to Inawashiro.

Inawashiro?

Tsuta...

Yes?

This is the lord of the Date.

I am Inawashiro Morikuni's second son, Kamemaru.

I am pleased to meet you.

What's this?

Lord Morikuni secretly pledged his allegiance to us,

and sent a hostage.

Your work, Shigezane?

Yes.

Don't get the jump on me!

Inawashiro is the key to defeating the Ashina.

Kojuro and I will march to Inawashiro and fight there.

Then the Ashina will quickly send help.

Take your army to Motomiya.

With their forces reduced, the Ashina will be beaten.

Giving me orders?

Kojuro agrees with me.

Very well.

Before that, we must hold the Soma in check.

The great confrontation drew closer.

To keep his own clan safe,

Masamune swiftly sent troops to north Soma territory.

Sire, this is the sea!

Sea!

May 23, 1589...

Masamune saw the ocean for the first time.

This was Isoyama in Watari.

Your leg, sire?!

Just look!

Sire!

Sire!

Sire!

Sire!

Such vastness!

Astounding!

Beyond lie foreign lands!

Land of the Red-hair.

And India!

Incredible!

I'll crush the Ashina!

And someday...

I'll crush Hideyoshi himself!

I'll lose to no one!

When I rule Japan, I'll build a great ship!

And I'll cross the ocean!

This is the ocean!

Salty!

June 1...

Masamune led his army south to Sukagawa.

They were on a collision course...

with the Ashina and enemy allies.

To counter this, Kojuro and Shigezane attacked Inawashiro...

to lure out the Ashina in the south.

They were prepared to sacrifice themselves for Masamune.

Halt!

This should do it.

Turn north!

Back!

After pretending to go south,

Masamune suddenly turned north,

to Akogashima near Kohuro and Shigezane.

AKOGASHIMA CASTLE Sire, why turn north?

If they cross the lake's east bank, push them out!

If they cross west, rush Inawashiro Castle!

A rash decision!

Why?

Moving to Inawashiro will endanger Miharu!

Satake, Iwaki, and Soma will attack the Tamura!

Good! They'll be too busy to help the Ashina!

We mustn't lose more than we'll gain!

Lord Morishige is right!

You want to abandon Kojuro and Lord Shigezane?!

Send reinforcements to Inawashiro.

The main army must remain here.

Your arguments are all sound.

But Inawashiro is near Kurokawa Castle in Aizu.

The Ashina will attack in full force!

Shigezane and Kojuro are indispensable.

I can't let them die!

Our Sendo fortresses are strong; their troops brave.

They can hold off enemy allies for ten days.

Meanwhile, we can be fighting Aizu.

Sadatsuna's judgment is sound.

The Ashina will probably cross the west side of the lake.

Good.

We fight at Inawashiro!

We march!

Just a moment!

First, we must make certain...

that Ashina Yoshihiro will really come from the west.

Yes. We'll wait a few days.

Please send a messenger to Inawashiro.

Messenger?

We must find out how Shigezane and Kojuro feel.

Do they seek help from our main army...?

Now, of all times...?!

Silence, Tsunamoto!

Lord Masamune said they are indispensable!

If so, they should be consulted!

Sadatoki. Go to Inawashiro!

Yes, sir!

Go.

Yes, sir.

Don't fail.

Sire...

Please send me to Hibara Pass.

Hibara?

Magobei's guarding there.

Please, sire!

Don't be selfish! It's no game!

Four years ago, I lost miserably at Hibara.

I should have died in apology,

but Lord Masamune spared me.

I wish to vindicate my honor,

and take revenge!

All right. Take your men and go.

Thank you, sire!

Tsunamoto?

What's wrong?

Lord Masamune sent me. He wants Kojuro's answer.

What did Kojuro say? Does he ask for help?

No. He says help is not necessary.

He and Lord Shigezane will watch over Inawashiro,

so Lord Masamune should wait at Akogashima...

to fight the Satake and Iwaki.

I understand.

But you must never report it to Lord Masamune!

What?

Lord Masamune's orders.

Good work.

You're welcome.

What did Shigezane and Kojuro say?

"The situation is grave. Come immediately."

Is that true?

Shigezane? Complaining?

Sire!

The Ashina are moving north ...away from Sukagawa!

We fight!

June 4...

With 15,000 men,

Masamune crossed the east bank of Iwashiro Lake.

17,000 Ashina crossed the west bank.

There was no stopping the confrontation now.

This was to be the most decisive battle ever fought in the Tohoku.

End of Episode Nineteen