Original subtitles

Masamune's mother, LadyYoshi, was a Mogami...

who married Date Terumune in 1565.

It was a political marriage.

I take you for my wife!

This eye came from my body.

Since it's not needed, it should go back.

Back it goes.

To a strong woman like Lady Yoshi...

a weak son like Masamune was a source of concern.

At times, she was probably strict with him.

When Kojiro was born,

Yoshi gave him all her attention.

And Masamune's yearning for his mother intensified.

Masamune's aggressive nature can be attributed to...

his Mogami temper and his feelings toward his mother.

Don't you know how I feel?!

No!

When I was stricken with smallpox,

you were in Yamagata!

Perhaps deep-rooted feelings played a part...

in clashes between mother and son.

MASAMUNE, THE ONE-EYED DRAGON

Episode 22: Retribution

Screenplay: James MIKI

Original Story: YAMAOKA Sohachi

Music: IKEBE Shin'ichiro

CAST

Date Masamune: WATANABE Ken

Date Shigezane: MIURA Tomokazu

Katakura Kojuro: SAIGO Teruhiko

Kita: TAKESHITA Keiko

Princess Mego: SAKURADA Junko

Date Kojiro: OKAMOTO Ken'ichi

Mogami Yoshiaki: HARADA Yoshio

Oniniwa Tsunamoto: MURATA Takehiro

Obara Nuinosuke: OKAMOTO Fujita

Narration: KASAI Seiji, NHK Announcer

Lady of the East (Yoshi): IWASHITA Shima

Subtitles Transcribed from JN Productions by: Avallach

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

Director: HIGUCHI Masahiro

MAY, 1590

KUROKAWA CASTLE

I leave tomorrow.

You really intend to go?

Enough.

Are you ready, Kojuro?

Ready, sire.

A hundred horsemen will also accompany you.

I'll probably not return alive.

But it'll be an honor to challenge Hideyoshi.

With luck, I'll kill him before I die!

You must not act in haste!

Forbearance can save the day!

I know.

I planned my speech with great care.

Sire, please let me accompany you!

No. You're the administrator of the Date clan.

If I'm killed,

help Shigezane lead our entire army to avenge me!

Shigezane...

If I die, you are to lead the Date.

Do your best as commander in chief!

Yes, sire.

However, Kojiro should be leader.

That would be dangerous.

Some retainers wish to make Kojiro their lord...

and put the clan in Mogami Yoshiaki's hands.

I see.

They'll be found and executed.

Shigezane will be my successor!

Let it be known throughout the clan.

Yes, sire.

WEST PALACE

That is ridiculous!

How can he choose Shigezane over his brother?

Has the impending trip made Masamune lose his mind?

You're right, my lady.

If a madman goes to Odawara,

the regent will be furious and others clans will laugh.

Therefore, perhaps we should implement our plan...

No!

It's for the clan! Please give the word.

The majority of the retainers...

will gladly follow Lord Kojiro.

What a cruel thing to say.

Both Kojiro and Masamune are my sons.

Lord Masamune will destroy the Date.

The only way to appease Hideyoshi...

is to send Kojiro as our lord.

Please, my lady!

My lady.

Tsuru? Come in.

Lord Masamune wishes to speak privately with you.

He will come to the West Palace tonight.

Very well. You may go.

He suspects?

Impossible!

He probably wishes to say good-bye.

Beware!

Lord Masamune has changed. He suspects all retainers.

I am no retainer.

However, his naming Shigezane as successor...

means that he is also displeased with you.

Are you saying he means to harm me?

Then let him.

Life is not worth living.

Mother!

If Masamune kills me,

support Kojiro in a revolt.

Your cause will be just.

There's only one way Masamune can save the clan.

Let Kojiro take Masamune's head to Hideyoshi.

Listen to me!

Whether he goes to Odawara or not, he'll be destroyed!

If so, better to let him die gently by your hand!

It's the ultimate kindness!

Warlords always fight their own flesh and blood.

Trust faithful retainers,

not your own flesh and blood!

For the sake of his clan's survival,

a lord must kill his own father or son!

Without Masamune...

the Date will be saved.

Masamune is a vengeful spirit!

A demon who will bring destruction!

Remember, Yoshi. Masamune cares nothing about you.

In this world, no one loves you more than I!

My lord...

Forgive me.

I cannot join you in Paradise.

Masamune and I will go to hell.

My lady...

My lady...

The dinner is ready.

Thank you.

What's the matter?

Come closer.

Yes.

Closer.

Ochako, put this into Masamune's bowl.

No one must see you!

It's not...?

Wolfsbane?!

Quiet!!

No!

You dare disobey?!

There is no other way!

You cannot escape fate!

My lady.

Lord Masamune has arrived.

I'm pleased to see you looking so well, Mother.

You're leaving for Odawara?

Tomorrow at 7 a.m.

I shall lead my army out.

Go or stay, it will be hell.

I know I can no longer stop you.

Participate and make the Date proud.

I'll take your kind words to heart.

Excuse me.

We drank together many times before you went to battle.

But never has my heart ached so.

Forgive me.

You gave me life.

You trained and educated me for 24 years.

But rather than be good to you, I displeased you.

That's my one regret.

Masamune...

I wish to gaze upon your face.

This may be the last time we'll meet.

I am a man.

Not even the regent will take my life so easily.

I'll use all my strength to return...

and look upon your face again.

How do I look now?

As you always have.

I see.

Let us enjoy a good talk tonight.

I shall pour for you.

Thank you.

Stop.

We'll test for poison.

You are insolent.

Insolent?

Silence. Lady of the East prepared this food with her own hands.

It's outrageous to suspect her!

But...!

I had a reason for making Shigezane my successor.

Our neighboring enemies wait to attack in my absence.

Shigezane would be the best general to fight them.

I know.

I have a request to make.

After I leave for Odawara,

you must always obey Shigezane,

and not act recklessly.

"Recklessly"?

There are certain retainers who wish to make Kojiro leader...

and create internal strife to submit to Hideyoshi.

A poor meal, but prepared with love. Eat, now.

Thank you.

Who are these retainers you spoke of?

Kojiro's close attendants.

Lord Munefuyu and Lord Morishige probably support them.

You're leaping to conclusions.

I'll soon find out.

If that's true, why not investigate?

Internal discord at this crucial time...

would destroy Date.

I must keep this secret and leave Shigezane in charge.

I'll inform Kojiro of this, so please convince him.

Don't let the dissidents influence you...

and defile the honor of samurai.

I understand.

Don't worry about anything.

Thank you, Mother.

It's a relief to hear.

Masamune...

Nothing.

Ochako, is this copper pheasant?

Yes.

What's wrong with you?

Nothing.

Mother...

Mother...

What is it?

This was "prepared with love"?!

You love copper pheasant.

Tsunamoto!

Where are you, Tsunamoto?!

Tsunamoto!

Sire!

Sire!

What happened?!

Stomachache.

Stomachache?

Refrain, Tsunamoto.

Mother!!

It was out of love.

Forgive me.

Good bye!!

Sire! Sire!

Please hold on!

Is there any hope?

No! His men will come!

I meant hope for Masamune.

What I did was unforgivable!

You cannot stay here. Please escape!

I won't try to escape.

This is the end.

I'm the one who poisoned him!

Thank you.

My lady!

Sire!

My lord!

My lord!

One more dose of antidote.

Antidote? Was he poisoned?

In the West Palace.

Tsunamoto...

No...

He vomited most of it. He's not in any danger.

Lady of the East is a monster.

To poison him, when he came to say farewell...!

What mother would kill her own son?!

It's the hateful Mogami nature!

It's frightening!

How pitiful.

It must have been agony for her.

What do you mean?

Our lord should kill Lady of the East.

That's not for you to say!

Think of how Lord Masamune feels!

The mother he loved so much...

doing this to him!

The agony he must feel!

Kita...

Yes.

Rather than hate Lady of the East...

I hate the code of the samurai.

Why must warriors fight?

Why must they kill innocent people...

to preserve their clan?

I must postpone tomorrow's departure.

Right.

We must conduct an inquiry...

and pluck out the evil seed.

She might flee.

Flee?

Lady of the East.

Sadatoki has the West Palace surrounded.

We must attack now!

She is Lord Masamune's mother, Samanosuke.

But she was the instigator...!

Shut up!

Would killing Lady of the East ease our lord's suffering?

My mother is prepared to die.

It would be simple to kill her.

Sire!

But I want her to suffer as I did.

I want her to suffer a living hell.

Then execute your younger brother.

What?

If you kill her beloved Kojiro,

she will go mad with grief.

Don't talk nonsense!

Have you forgotten?

Lady of the East tried to kill our lord.

Kojiro is blameless!

Still, he is the figurehead of the rebel faction!

Without their figurehead,

the rebels will meekly obey Lord Masamune.

There cannot be two suns in heaven.

Bunshichiro...

My sword.

Bring my sword.

I'll...

...kill Kojiro.

OBARA NUINOSUKE'S MANSION

That night Kojiro was at home of his guardian Obara Nuinosuke.

My lord! Lord Kojiro!

Lord Masamune is here.

There were trouble at Lady of the East's palace.

Please say you know nothing.

He is here.

Not you, Nuinosuke.

I hope you are well.

Were you asleep?

Yes.

How do you feel about me?

Do you fear me?

No.

Search your soul.

Have you anything to be ashamed of?

No.

Let me ask you...

If someone poisoned you, what would you do?

Listen carefully.

A certain someone poisoned me today.

I was saved, but I must punish the guilty party.

Do you have any objections?

You're not going to kill Mother...?!

Mother is safe.

I cannot kill my own mother.

How did you know she was the one?

That's...

Tell me!

You probably know.

A rebel faction...

persuaded Mother to try to make you lord of the Date!

Kojiro, I bear no hatred toward you.

But I must go to Odawara.

I have no time for internal disputes.

The source of trouble must be eliminated!

Understand?

Yes.

You may take the white fan.

The "white fan" was an order to commit hara-kiri.

Do you wish for another one?

Brother!

I am prepared to die.

Only...

Please let me see Mother!

No!!

Rest in peace!

Brother...

Forgive me, Kojiro!

I killed you in Mother's place!

Brother...

Tsunamoto...

Tsunamoto...

Finish him.

Tsunamoto!

Excuse me.

Lord Kojiro!

Stay out!

Lord Kojiro!

Lord Kojiro!

Sire! How could you?!

Silence. Kojiro was a traitor.

I disown him for seven generations.

Cruel...!

How cruel...!

A guardian is equally guilty.

Kill him.

Certainly.

We shall deal with Nuinosuke.

As you will.

Nuinosuke...

Get it over with!

There will be no one to pray for Lord Kojiro.

Lord Masamune disowned him for seven generations.

Leave Date territory with his remains,

and bury him at a suitable temple.

It's a guardian's duty.

I don't want your pity!

We're childhood friends who studied under Abbot Kosai.

Because of the samurai code, we stand on opposite sides.

But someday, we may be on the same side again.

Listen to Tsunamoto. Leave at once!

Lord Kojiro!

Welcome back.

My lord...

How are you feeling?

Bring sake.

Blood...

What's this?

Is it...?

Don't ask.

My lady, please leave the territory immediately.

Leave?

It's an order.

I see. You intend to give chase in secret after I go.

Rest assured. I will escort you to the border.

What will become of Kojiro?

Now Masamune must become a priest...

and name Kojiro as his representative.

Lord Kojiro has gone to Paradise.

Paradise?

He was killed by Lord Masamune himself.

Say that again.

For being a traitor,

Lord Kojiro was executed at Nuinosuke's home,

and now is dead.

Stop this nonsense!

You're lying, to chase me out!

No, my lady.

Kojiro...!

My lady...

Impossible! This can't be Kojiro's!

I don't believe it!

Kojiro!!

Kojiro!

Kojiro!

My lady! Pull yourself together!

Lady of the East attempted suicide but Katakura Kojuro stopped her.

That night, she went to her brother, Mogami Yoshiaki.

Kojiro was killed?!

Yes.

He was suspected of being a traitor.

A tragic end.

I told you! Why didn't you kill Masamune first?!

I poisoned him with wolfsbane,

but it was discovered.

Fool!

The Date are finished!

Odawara Castle is surrounded.

Hideyoshi is at Yumoto, Hakone!

Masamune will lose his lands and be killed!

Where is Kojiro?

Where is Kojiro?

Bring him here.

Yoshi, do you recognize me?

Do you?

I'm glad you've come back to Yamagata.

I will care for you the rest of your life!

Masamune spent days in seclusion.

At night, he was tormented by the ghost of Kojiro.

Go away!

Go away!

End of Episode Twenty Two