All language subtitles for Dokuganryu Masamune 33

August 2, 1595...

Under Hideyoshi's orders,

Hidetsugu's family and
ladies in waiting, 39 in all

were executed on the
Sanjo riverbank in Kyoto.

They were implicated in treason,
of which Hidetsugu had been accused.

Among them was Mogami
Yoshiaki's daughter, Koma.

Known as the fairest maiden
in Togoku, Toma was 15.

Grieveing for his daughter,

Yoshiaki made Sensho-ji
the Mogami family temple,

and transferred it from
tendo to Yamagata.

Koma's room in Yamagata
Castle was later moved here.

In Momoyama Period
surroundings,

one can envision the hapless
beauty's daily life.

The Hidetsugu's incident
which took Koma's life...

also threatened Masamune.

Masamune was named as an
accomplice to treason.

Dokuganryu Masamune
(One-eyed Dragon Masamune)

Episode 33:
False Charges

Screenplay by James Miki

Based on the novel Date Masamune
by Sohachi Yamaoka

Music by Shinichiro Ikebe

Theme music performed by
NHK Symphony Orchestra

CAST

Masamune Date:
KEN WATANABE

Shigezane Date:
TOMOKAZU MIURA

Kojuro Katakura:
TERUHIKO SAIGO

Princess Mego:
JUNKO SAKURADA

Tsuta:
MIKIKO OTONASHI

Sadatsuna Ouchi:
MINORI TERADA

Tsunamoto Oniniwa: TAKEHIRO MURATA
Masakage Rusu: KYOZO NAGATSUKA

Munezane Shiroishi: SHUNICHI KADOTA
Akimitsu Ishikawa: GORO MUYSUMI

Hyogoro: MANABU FUKUHARA
Seibei Yanbe: RYOTA NAKANISHI

Yoshiaki Mogami:
YOSHKD HARADA

Lady Yodo:
KANAKO HIGUCHI

Toshi-ie Maeda:
MINORU OKI

Lady Neko:
KUMIKO AKIYOSHI

Ieyasu Tokugawa:
MASAHIK TSUGAWA

Hideyoshi Toyotomi:
SHINTARO KATSU

Seyakuin Mansion, Osaka

Suspected of abetting
Hidetsugu's treason

and fearing for his life,

Masamune decided
not to go to Kyoto

and took shelter in Zenso
Seyakuin's mansion in Osaka.

Hideyoshi immediately sent
envoys to cross-examine him.

They are here.

Sir Hidetsugu was
my contemporary,

our mansions were close by
so we visited each other often.

However, I never expected

to be suspected of complicity
in treason.

When you returned to
Iwadeyama,

I hear Sir Hidetsugu showered
you with parting gifts.

That's right.

Why did you hide that
from the taiko?

I did not.
I just forgot.

Forgot?
That's hard to believe.

A man so careful,
he doctors his missives...

I ask you again.

Isn't it a fact that

you had numerous secret
meetings with Sir Hidetsugu,

using a falcon hunt
as an excuse.

They weren't secret meetings.

Our talks were
about trivial things...

scholarship and culture,

even what we liked
in women.

I hope your explanation
is accepted.

Please present me in
a favorable light.

But the taiko believes you are
the instigator of the treason.

Sir Kimura.

You of all people must know
these are false charges.

However, Sir Mitsunari...

So it IS Sir Mitsunari.

Do you know Goemon
Ishikawa?

You mean the bandit that
was boiled to death.

Rumor is that you ordered him
to sneak into Fushimi Castle.

That's ridiculous.

There are too many
bad rumors about you.

They are all false.

Your big mistake was to be
friendly with Sir Hidetsugu.

How can you say that?

It's only natural we try to be
in good standing

with the reigning kanpaku.

Well, that's as you say.

But you also misjudged him.

It was the taiko who
misjudged him.

What did you say?

Even the wise and discerning
taiko misjudged Sir Hidetsugu.

Isn't it natural that
I, with only one eye would?

If you think that is also
a crime,

please tell him to behead me
immediately.

Mogami Mansion, Kyoto

Father.

Sir Date's wife needs to
see you urgently.

I am under confinement.

I need to know.
If you and my husband

were complicit in
Sir Hidetsugu's treason.

Please forgive the intrusion.

I am heartbroken by
Princess Koma's tragic death.

Come in.

Thank you.

Mother!

Father! What...?

She just killed herself.

Mother.

Mother!

She died to be with Okoma.

Damn Hideyoshi.

Tsuda Hamlet

Your Highness.

I must speak to the taiko.

Get back.

Who are you?

I am Date retainer
Munemoto of Ise Nakajima.

Kageyasu of Yunobe Minbu,
also a Date retainer.

Please take a look at
this document.

Personal petitions are
against the law.

- Take them away.
- Wait.

Your Highness.

Bring it.
Bring it here.

Interrogate them,
then kill them.

Several days later,
Hideyoshi's envoys visited

Zenso Seyakuin's mansion
in Osaka again.

Direct order.

Masamune Date is
ordered exiled.

Appoint Hyogoro as
Date's head

and have him inherit
the Date clan.

- Please wait.
- Be quiet.

Have all the retainers in
the fief come to Kyoto,

and have them sign an oath
saying they will obey.

They will have no objection
to the directive

and they will serve
Hyogoro.

Also, no one is to
communicate

with Masamune
while he is exiled.

Until notice of the place
of exile,

Masamune will confine himself
to his mansion in Jurakudai.

Rejoice, Sir Date.

This is the best of outcomes.

How can I rejoice?

In any case, the clan
is secure.

Weren't you prepared to die?

It's not that I don't want to die.

I am saying I'm innocent.

You're asking too much.

You have no idea how hard
we worked on the taiko.

That's right.

We saved the lives

of your retainers who
brought the petition.

Sir Hyogoro is only four.

He is too young to inherit.
The vassals will be in disarray.

If you say that,
Date will be disbanded.

Is it right to convict
an innocent man

of treason and exile him?

- Silence!
- Know your place.

How dare a retainer question
the government's doing.

I apologize profusely.

My Lord!

I've brought this on myself.

I appreciate the work you've
done on my behalf.

Then resign yourself to it.

At this juncture,
you must be satisfied

with the continuation
of the clan.

I accept the taiko's order.

That's good.

If you expressed dissatisfaction,

your whole family
would have been killed,

just like Sir Hidetsugu's.

Don't be discouraged.

We will look after
your son's future.

Masamune reluctantly
traveled to Kyoto

and took up residence
in Date mansion in Jurakudai.

I am glad you have
returned safely.

I feel your pain.

I hear the clan is secure.

Hyogoro.

Come here.

Your father must retire
and go far away.

You are Date's heir.

Got that?

Obey my instructions,
be an example to the vassals.

Yes, sir.

My Lord.
It's Munezane.

Come in.

The neighborhood
citizens are up in arms.

What's going on?

They think you will set fire
to Kyoto and die fighting.

That's ridiculous.

Some have packed their
belongings,

getting ready to flee.

Keep the front gate open.

That way they can see inside
and see that nothing's going on.

Get on with it.

It won't be good if
the rumor spreads.

All right.

What do you think, Mego?

Is it a samurai's honor
to die fighting?

Is it a samurai's shame to
be exiled by direct order?

At present, it is best to
think of the people and vassals

and do as ordered.

I'm only twenty-nine.

A dragon hides underground
and waits.

The time will come when
you summon the clouds

and rise high into the heavens
riding the winds.

Please let me go with you.

If I am with you,
the ends of the earth

or across the sea
will be heaven for me.

Date has a fine horse.
A beautiful chestnut.

Tell Sir Masamune
I appreciate the gift.

Thanks for coming.

Sir Tokugawa.

I beg you to intercede
with the taiko.

What for?

The suspicion of our lord
being complicit in treason

is based on false accusations
and has no basis in fact.

That's a closed book.

That...
That may be...

But if you speak
on his behalf,

perhaps the taiko
will issue a pardon.

You want to put me
to work for one horse?

Of course not.

Since you have always been
kind to us,

we're grasping at straws.

I am not a straw.

I apologize.

Masamune is unmanly.

Excuse me?

He's still hoping for
a pardon after all this?

No. He doesn't know
we're asking.

What did you say?

You dare come to me
without consulting your lord?

Our lord is confined.

Please forgive us.

Sir Hidetsugu was ordered
to commit seppuku.

Yoshiaki lost his daughter.

So Masamune can't escape
unscathed.

But exile to an island
is too harsh a punishment.

Whether you think it harsh
or not...

depends on your character.

Is that your answer?

Sir Shigezane.

Whether you end
as a loser

or cause a revolt in Kyoto
and die gloriously...

How's the Date clan?

There are signs of revolt.

However, Masamune came
secretly to my mansion.

He considers the parting gifts
he received from Sir Hidetsugu

were all gifts from you.

To repay you,
it was a retainer's etiquette

to guarantee that
his descendants

will be forever loyal
to the Toyotomi.

He said that was
his intention.

Also about his exile...

he sees it as your
generous lesson

and is prepared to obey.

He is very humble.

So his decision is not
embraced by his vassals?

That seems to be so.

No matter if they gather
an army and revolt,

it would be easy to crush it.

I could take care of it without
bothering you.

But... if you can prevent it...

The tea was delicious.

Do you like the tea cup?

It's Ima pottery?

Rikyu wants that cup.
I'll give it to you.

Don't tell Rikyu.

What an interesting fellow.

The leading Date vassals
in Iwadeyama

came to Kyoto,
hearing of the clan's crisis.

Lady Neko was one of
the first to arrive.

My Lord.

Thanks for coming.

I am so happy you are
still alive.

What?

I heard you would be ordered
to commit seppuku

and I was so upset

I came prepared
to follow you in death.

Don't be so hasty.
I wasn't ordered to die.

Then... crucifixion?

It's exile.

Exile?

Hyogoro will succeed me.

- You're joking.
- I'm not.

Hyogoro is the Date head.

As his birth mother,
you must raise the young lord.

Your prophesy
was wrong.

I'm not going to rule Japan.
My fate is sealed.

What's the matter, Hyogoro?

Hyogoro?
I'm your mother.

Have you forgotten me?

Come closer.

Come to mother.

Hyogoro?

Hyogoro!

Hyogoro?

They say a bird leaves behind
a clean nest.

From now on, think of Hyogoro
as Masamune

and swear loyalty to him.

Make the continuation of the
clan your first priority,

obey the order of the ruler

and do not begrudge
this decision.

While Hyogoro is young,

head vassal Akimitsu Ishikawa
will be his guardian.

I accept, sir.

Seibei Kuniyori Yanbe.

You will be his protector.

Like your father Kuniyori,
I expect your eternal loyalty.

I thank you for this
generous position.

Shigezane and Kojuro will remain
in Kyoto and support Akimitsu.

Shigemoto Suzuki will continue
to manage the fief.

Mego will take Iroha and
return to Iwadeyama.

Kageyasu Yunome.
Munemoto Nakajima.

You put your lives on the line
with the direct petition.

I applaud you.

Thank you, My Lord.

Kageyasu.

You presented the petition
in Tsuda hamlet?

That's right.

From now on, call yourself
Kageyasu Tsuda.

Your glory will be handed down
for generations.

Thank you, sir.

Everyone.

Thank you for
serving me well.

I'm sorry it had to come to this.

Forgive me.

I will not go to Iwadeyama.

I want to go with you.

There will be no servants
or retainers on the island...

no doctor if you get ill.

You're not thinking
of killing yourself?

I am a one-eyed dragon.

Do you think I'll perish
that way?

If the taiko dies,
things will change.

You must wait.

I will return, if I have to
row myself in a boat.

I will come back to you.

Lady Neko.

Yes?

I hope you understand
your position.

Yes, vaguely.

That's not good enough.

You are Hyogoro's
birth mother.

Now I understand.

My father often said to me
before he passed away...

you are in the same position
as Lady Yodo.

Lady Yodo?

Although just a mistress,

she had the complete
affection of the taiko

and gave birth to
his only heir.

Is that what you mean?

How presumptuous.

I don't have
an ulterior motive.

That's what my father said.

Lady Neko.

Do not call me Neko
from now on.

What then?

Shall I call you Lady Meow?

For instance,
Lady Iizaka...

or Lady Shiragiku
(white chrysanthemum).

My!

It doesn't matter
what you're called.

You will remain in Kyoto
as Hyogoro's mother.

Please take care how you
speak and act.

You must raise Hyogoro to be
a fine lord just like his father.

Obey what Tsuta and Kojuro
say as gospel from our lord.

Yes, My Lady.

You too, Seibei.

Yes, My Lady.
I will.

One night during the August
Masamune decided to retire,

a bizarre notice went up
in front of Tokugawa mansion.

It charged that the central
figures in Hidetsugu's treason

were Masamune Date
and Yoshiaki Mogami.

...Divide Japan into two,

the east going to Sir Date,
lord of Echizen

and the west to Sir Mogami,
lord of Dewa.

How audacious to put it
in front of my house.

Who...?

This is nonsense.

I thought Masamune
was well liked,

but it seems there are those
who hate him as well.

What do you think?

Dividing Japan in two

with the east to Masamune

and the west to Yoshiaki...

The man who writes
such fabrication

must be a complete fool
or a great man.

I'm confused.

To tell you the truth,

I thought...

this was your doing.

But, Ieyasu...

it's hard to judge
a person's character.

In fish terms,

who I think it a great snapper
turns out to be a carp.

Masamune's a carp.
A sashimi chilled in water.

A carp filet chilled in water?

If you swallow it without
chewing,

the fine bones get stuck
in your throat.

If you chew it well,
it tastes delicious.

Masamune is really resigned.

If you offer your hand now
unexpectedly,

he would prostrate himself

and swear eternal loyalty
to you.

Blowfish.

- Pardon?
- Blowfish.

It's good...

Blowfish is good.

Depending on how you eat it.
you could lose your life.

Forgive his crime,
make him beholden to you,

and have him swear
his loyalty to Sir Hiroimaru?

I see...

With Ieyasu's intercession
everything changed.

The suspicion of treason
vanished

and his exile was rescinded.

He's no longer angry at me?

That's right.

Tomorrow morning at 10,

Gen-i Maeda will come as
the taiko's envoy

to tell you there will be
no punishment

and you need not retire.

No retirement...

This is wonderful.

Long live our lord.

Congratulations.

The taiko was not blind
after all.

However, because the taiko
was made aware

of your disobedience to him
thrice in past years,

you are ordered to submit
a written vow,

signed by all of your
important vassals.

A written vow?

He wants our loyalty oath
in writing.

It can't be helped for
the security of the clan.

We'll swear our blood oath
to prove our lord's innocence.

I will sign the oath document.

Excuse me?

I understand the vow of
the vassals is enough.

A written vow of vassals means

they are in charge of
their master's fate.

That is an insult
to my dignity.

No, that's not so.

I can see how you feel.

But please try to bear it
this time.

If you displease the taiko,
everything will be lost.

Damn it.

- In any case...
- Sake. Bring some sake.

- It is auspicious.
- A celebratory drink!

Mego.

Mego.

I won.

Neko's prophesy
wasn't wrong.

The taiko forgave me.

Hyogoro.

I can't let you inherit
just yet.

I will be able to live with you
in Kyoto.

Everyone will be together.

All right?

Yes.

Good.

All things considered,
it turned out well.

You are invincible,
Sir Date.

It is all due to you all.

Are you Kojuro Katakura?

Yes.

I am Masanori Fukushima
from Shizugadake.

Remember me.

I am happy to make
your acquaintance.

I hear you were given
Tamura fief by the taiko

yet you refused
to accept.

Yes, I've heard about that too.

Why did you refuse?

Begging your pardon,
I am a Date vassal.

That is so insolent.

The taiko is the ruler
of Japan.

Masamune is just a
henpuku muchori.

What?
Henpuku muchori?

What's that?

Henpuku Muchori.

Muchori means a hamlet
without birds.

Henpuku is a bat.

What? Muchori is
a hamlet without birds?

Henpuku is...
oh, a bat?

You're well educated.

And what does it mean?

Since Ou is a hamlet
without birds,

meaning there are no
notable warriors,

a bat such as Masamune
can act like he's important.

Isn't that what you mean?

Do you want to make something
of that, Masamune Date?

You, Sir Fukushima,
am a chinchikurin, rin rin.

Chinchikurin, rin rin?

What does that mean?

Please take a guess.

Well now... are those
old Japanese words?

Reporting sir.

The grand hall is ready.

Please move into the room.

Let's go, everyone.

Date.

I am happy to see...

I commend you for
your intention of

letting your son inherit
and go into exile for his sake.

Thank you, sir.

I will let your son use
a character from my name.

He may call himself
Hidemune Date.

I appreciate that,
Your Highness.

When he comes of age.

he will be introduced
to the imperial court

and will be given the rank of
under-chamberlain

of the fifth order.

Listen.

All future generations of Date

must serve the Toyotomi
with utter loyalty.

You must tell your descendants
that you owe me.

I will.

Toshiie Maeda,
chief councilor of state

and lord keeper of the privy
seal, Ieyasu Tokugawa

both have sworn loyalty
to Hiroimaru.

You do so, too.
Along with your son...

will you serve and protect
Hiroimaru?

Sir Masamune.

I'm counting on you.

I swear it on the gods.

I understand how you feel.

I'm the same.

I'm concerned about
Ohiroi's future.

I'm counting on you.

Chinchikurin, rin rin.

There's nothing in any book.

We must find it.

My honor depends on it.

The Date vassals are well
versed in

Japanese and Chinese classics.

Chikurin is a bamboo forest.

Would chin mean rare?

A rare bamboo forest...

would rin rin, arouse
courage.

I'm saying, for instance.

Damn it.

That impertinent youngster!

Chinchikurin means
a certain person.

A certain person?

Do you mean a personage
resembling a monkey?

A performing monkey has
bells around his neck.

And the bell makes a
rin rin sound.

I see.

So Masanori Fukushima is the bell
around the taiko's neck?

That's extremely satisfying.

Chinchikurin, rin rin.

Taiko's obsequious follower
is not Masanori Fukushima.

Pardon?

Hideyoshi's sycophant

attempting to inveigle
Lady Yodo and Hiroimaru

is Mitsunari Ishida.

He got the kanpaku killed
by false accusations,

and he also attempted
to have me exiled.

Eventually,
I must make him pay.