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There is a theory that sake connected with Masamune,

...which has 183 brands nation-wide,

started to be made at sake brewery that was attached to lord Date's residence.

Sendai castle, remains of sake brewery

But that's not quite likely.

It is true that Masamune liked sake.

It is said that he had let sake breweries in whole Sendai

to produce many kind of sake.

Seal case

Among them, there's a legend...

...about pulverized sake in seal case that is possible to carry.

Indeed, a Masamune-like rare new brew of sake.

This kind of sake in seal case...

...had been widely used as stimulant in the battle...

...and now, because its recipe isn't known, it is truly a fairy-tale sake.

Seal case sake

Even Masamune drank sometimes too much and failed.

Taking close aides, making apology with all at drinking party.

In last years, thinking nostalgic about days from youth,

he quietly enjoyed sake and left those words of spleen.

Forty years ago, when I was young

A little of great achievement, I secretly vow to myself again

A fight, without knowing the fact about growing old

Only to seize the spring breeze, I recommend a cup of sake

Dokuganryu Masamune (One-eyed Dragon Masamune)

Episode 35: Shigezane's Disappearance

Screenplay by James Miki

Based on the novel Date Masamune by Sohachi Yamaoka

Music by Shinichiro Ikebe

Thome music performed by NHK Symphony Orchestra

CAST

Masamune Date: KEN WATANABE

Shigezane Date: TOMOKAZU MIURA

Kojuro Katakura: TERUHIKO SAIGO

Princess Mego: JUNKO SAKURADA

Tose: MICHIKO GODAI

Masakage Rusu: KYOZO NAGATSUKA Sadatsuna Ouchi: MINORU TERADA

Lady Ko: MIYUKI TAKASHI Tsunamoto Moniwa: TAKEHIRO MURATA

Umanosuke Hada: KENJI KASAI Hyoe Yashiro: KATSUKIKO YOKIMITSU

Mitsunari Ishida: EIJI OKUDA

Lady Yodo: KANAKO HIGUCHI

Nagamasa Asano: YOICHI HAYASHI

Toshi-ie Maeda: MINORU OKI

Munenori Yagyu: RENJI ISHIBASHI

Lady Neko: KUMIKO AKIYOSHI

Sokun Imai: KEI TANI

Kita no Mandokoro: KAORU YACHIGUSA

Ieyasu Tokugawa: MASAHIKO TSUGAWA

August 18th, 1598.

Taiko Hideyoshi died at the age of 62.

As a memento, Masamune was given

the noted sword Toshiro Shinogi.

"All of my beloved Naniwa is just a dream of dreams."

I cursed and reviled Hideyoshi

and waited for his death for a long time.

Now, strangely, I feel a little forlorn.

Hideyoshi almost killed me three times.

But in all instances, he spared me.

His highness liked you.

According to Lady Kita no Mandokoro,

you resemble his highness when he was young.

I don't have the taiko's character.

He was feared by the lords, yet loved by them.

He had the charm to grab and hold people's hearts.

I, on the other hand,

drove Shigezane, my right-hand man, to leave me

over a trifle matter and caused problems in the clan.

What is meant by the character of a man?

Is it to send an army to a foreign country

over something of no particular importance

to kill innocent citizens.

To me, there is no larger foolishness

than the Korea expedition.

His highness, who was said to be

the second coming of Sir Yoritomo,

lost his luster from this one war.

Mego...

Please hear me out.

A wise ruler is one

who gains the love of the citizens

by governing well.

Please do not take the taiko's later years

as an example of how to rule.

So noted.

Thank you.

But men have their honor to think about.

Sometimes dispute that arise beyond one's control

must be settled by force.

Reporting, sir.

Lady Yodo has sent a messenger.

She has a question for you

and asks to see you in secret at Sir Ishida's mansion

tomorrow evening.

Lady Yodo?

That's right.

Interesting... It's already starting.

I understand that you have sworn continued loyalty

to the Toyotomi clan,

acknowledging Hideyori as the taiko,

and you will serve him for generations to come.

Is that a fact?

That is so.

That takes a load off my mind.

I feel like I've gained a million allies.

Then I ask you...

In accordance with the will,

you will present your son as Hideyori's page.

As you wish.

However, my son Hidemune is still young,

so could you please wait a while longer?

How old is he?

He is seven.

Then that's all right.

I will raise him with care with Hideyori.

Isn't that right?

Yes.

You can send him to me without any concerns.

I will establish a school in Osaka,

invite learned monks and intellectuals,

and educate him befitting the heir of the Date clan.

I understood Sir Toshi-ie Maeda was his guardian.

Sir Toshi-ie is old ...and ill.

Regardless of the official title,

he is not up to that important task.

And what about Lady Kita No Mandokoro?

She will become a nun,

so she will not be involved in government matters.

It seems you'll have your way Sir Mitsunari.

If you uphold the young prince,

you can control the chief councilor and ministers.

I am not that ambitious.

I'm honoring the taiko's wishes

and intend to protect the prosperity

of the Toyotomi clan.

Forgive me for being blunt.

That sounded to me like you think there are lords

who do not wish for Toyotomi's prosperity.

You can't say there aren't.

Do you mean me? Or Sir Tokugawa?

No, no, you are our ally.

That's why I'm asking that we be on familiar terms.

Sir Masamune?

Please listen to my plea.

Those who swear loyalty to Hideyori...

be it Mitsunari, the magistrates

Uesugi or Mori,

all agreed to be my guardian, his birth mother.

If you join them, I will have nothing to fear.

I am honored that you feel that way.

Then, I will discuss this with a certain person

and hope to do as you wish.

A certain person?

Sir Hideyori's other mother, Lady Kita no Mandokoro.

Sir Date!

Thank you for inviting me.

I will take my leave now.

Sir Masamune.

Excuse me.

Soon thereafter, Sokun Imai visited the Date mansion.

After Rikyu's death, Sokun was considered

the foremost tea master of Japan,

and the power behind Japan's politics.

The reason I'm here is to talk about

arranging an adoptive marriage.

Adoptive marriage?

Yes.

A certain lord is interested in having Princess Iroha

marry into his family.

Iroha is only five.

I know that.

They would be satisfied with an engagement.

Don't be so cagey. Who is this lord?

It is Sir Tokugawa.

Sir Ieyasu?

That's right.

He wants his sixth son Tatsuchiyo,

officially Tadateru Matsudaira,

and Princess Iroha to marry.

Is that true, Sir Sokun?

Yes, I was asked to be the messenger.

This is getting interesting.

Will you agree?

I have to give it some thought.

Excuse me?

The taiko's will forbids

lords to arrange marriages on their own.

Who would openly oppose

a marriage between Tokugawa and Date clans?

Sir Tadateru, is it?

Are you going to accept?

He's Ieyasu's sixth son He's very suitable.

I hear Sir Tadeteru is very rowdy.

I hear he hits the visitors on the head.

A warrior's son must have spunk.

He sounds promising.

Iroha will be unhappy.

She's not going to marry right away.

I should accept the engagement

and see how Mitsunari reacts.

What are you saying?

Japan's ruling light has set in the west,

the world is in darkness.

The major lords are sussing each other out.

Will the new sun that rises from the east

with Sir Hideyori be Ieyasu or Mitsunari.

The tug of war for Japan has begun.

Is Iroha a tool for the tug of war?

I know you don't like me to meddle,

but haste makes waste.

Or regret in perpetuity if one is late to the party.

There are women like Mogami's Princess Koma

who became a sacrifice to politics.

Don't be impertinent.

If you're dissatisfied with what I do,

go back to Iwadeyama.

What's the matter?

Who's turn is it?

Your turn, Hidemune?

All right.

Your move, Iroha.

I have a request, My Lord.

We have to find a good bride for Hidemune.

It's too soon.

No. We need to start searching

if she's to be a Date bride.

Haste makes waste.

We should wait until we know who'll rule Japan.

How cold.

I hear you're very involved in Princess Iroha's marriage.

I did not initiate that.

Please be as concerned about Hidemune's marriage.

All right, all right.

I've brought the sake.

Wait.

Are you a maid, Lady Ko?

Or are you a mistress?

A maid, My Lady.

All right. You may go.

Everyone says you're enamored of Lady Ko.

That's ridiculous. It's a stupid rumor.

I feel relieved to hear that.

It would be beneath your dignity

to accept the taiko's hand me down.

Shigezane, who left 2 years before, was finally located.

Masamune immediately sent a messenger

Kasuya, Soshu.

to order him to return, but Shigezane refused.

Is Samon fine?

He's practicing with a wooden sword every day.

I hear Sir Tokugawa asked you to become his vassal.

Yes, he was persistent, but I refused.

Our lord was very pleased when he heard that.

I'm just tired of being a samurai.

You have a point.

You can't fool me.

You must have a ton of things you want to say to me.

All in good time.

Doesn't it look good?

Kojuro.

What have you been working for all these years?

I...

I've been working to make the Date head

the king of Oushu, the ruler of Japan.

For that, I steeled myself and killed my enemies.

I also killed ally soldiers who tried to desert.

That goes for me too.

Now that the taiko is gone,

Japan is on the verge of a great change.

The lord hasn't forgotten his ambition

to become the ruler of Japan.

By acting like a toady?

He's just transferred loyalty from Hideyoshi to Ieyasu.

Shouldn't warriors try to become the ruler

by putting his life on the line in wars?

If you win, that's good. If you lose, that's good too.

There's no old or new.

That's the only way I know.

Rather... I should say I don't want to know.

But our lord has the mission to make Date secure.

- So the lord... - That's enough.

That's enough, Kojuro.

I...

I've given up on Sir Masamune.

Sir Shigezane.

I am his final envoy.

I know that.

If you don't return,

the lord will confiscate Kakuda Castle.

He can do what he likes.

Kojuro.

Thank you for coming.

You can wear these when you go.

I am bitterly disappointed.

All right.

There's nothing to be done now.

Please make your decision.

If you hesitate now,

it would set a bad example for the clan.

Hold on.

Are you going to kill Sir Shigezane?

Are you out of your mind?

We'll treat him as absconded and confiscate his castle.

My my...

I will give Kakuda Castle to Akimitsu Ishida.

Kakuda Castle

Hyoe Yashiro's army came from Iwadeyama

to take back Kakuda Castle.

I've come to take the castle by the lord's orders.

Everyone leave quietly.

This is Shigezane Date's castle.

We won't leave without our master's order.

That's ridiculous.

Shigezane absconded.

Even if he has, he is still our master.

If you don't leave peacefully, we will take it by force.

Hold on.

I am the caretaker, Umanosuke Hada.

Please give us time until our lord returns.

We will not.

That's unreasonable.

Hyoe. Do you intend to disobey the lord's orders

as his vassals retainer?

Get back. Get back I say.

Even if this is the lord's orders,

I cannot accept the unfairness of this.

Then we will kill every one of you.

Have you forgotten, Sir Yashiro?

We are Shigezane's army

who was always the advance army in battle.

We won't be defeated so easily.

Men, attack.

My Lady.

Men!

This is for Sir Shigezane Date.

Damn you.

My Lord...

We were outnumbered,

and despite gallant efforts, the castle fell.

The castle fell?

What happened to Tose?

The children.

Run.

Mother.

This is it.

Mother!

My Lord.

I wanted to see you one last time.

Oh no!

What have they done?

Fools!

Who told them to kill his family?

My Lord!

I must apologize to Shigezane.

I must make amends.

I will go to Soshu.

But Shigezane had already left Soshu

and disappeared.

I heard you've arranged marriages, not just with Date,

but also with Fukushima and Hachisuka clans as well.

Is that correct?

Yes.

That's inconvenient.

You're going against the late taiko's will

that forbids arranged marriages

without the consent of the magistrates.

Then I ask you now.

Do you think there is a nefarious intent behind them?

Er no... We're not saying so.

Then I'd like you magistrates to accept these arrangements.

We can't.

Why not?

You are considered the head of the councilors.

For you to disregard the taiko's will

and not observe protocol, sets a bad example.

Isn't is Lady Yodo and her faction

who are bending the law and disrespecting his will?

Oh? That's a disturbing thing to say.

You don't seem to know right from wrong.

I call what you say amoral.

It is you magistrates

who don't understand what it means to rule.

I fear for the future

if you pointlessly keep nitpicking.

Sir Tokugawa.

I want you to cancel the Date engagement.

I won't... What if I say I won't?

I swear upon our honor, we will prevent it.

Let's see what you can do.

If you force this through, we'll consider it treason.

What did you say?

No, no. That's enough.

We will discuss this at a later date.

About Sir Hideyori...

Toshi-ie Maeda died of illness at age 62.

That further strengthened Ieyasu Tokugawa's position,

and relations with Mitsunari Ishida,

who held his power through the will, deteriorated further.

Tokugawa Mansion, Fushimi

You must be Sir Tadateru.

I'm Masamune Date.

- Let go. - Listen, Sir Tadateru.

Let go, let go.

I am Princess Iroha's father.

How dare you use violence towards your father-in-law.

Ouch.

- Listen to me. - Let go.

You must treat me like you real father.

If you do this again, I will break your arm.

Let me go.

Here.

You'll regret this.

The lord is here.

I hope you are well.

Good of you to come.

You look well.

I heard Tadateru's voice. Did he bother you?

No, nothing happened.

Forgive him.

He's uncontrollable.

A suitable son-in-law for the Date clan.

Thanks for saying so.

Now then,

about the exchange of engagement gifts...

we think June 12th is suitable.

I'm fine with that.

However, I hear that Sir Mitsunari appealed

to major lords in Osaka,

making clear his enmity towards you.

I fear conducting the engagement ceremony

will add fuel to the fire.

That's fine.

I'm adding fuel to the fire.

Excuse me?

I'm deliberately picking a fight with Mitsunari.

If we let him have his way, that cunning Mitsunari

will try to rule the country as Sir Hideyori's governor.

I checked to see

how many lords will obey Mitsunari's orders. But...

I see.

The various lords

are laying low judging which way the wind blows.

If we throw a stone in now,

we can find out how deep the pond is.

We can see how the ripple spreads.

You've forced Mitsunari out into the open.

You're right.

By and large, we now have a clearer picture

of the Ishida and Tokugawa factions.

Reporting.

Munenori Yagyu at your service.

Come in.

What is it?

An urgent messenger from Osaka.

Those lords friendly to Sir Mitsunari

gathered at Yukinaga Konishi's mansion last night

and discussed attacking the Tokugawa.

What?

May I suggest you get the upper hand

and gather your army?

Leave them alone.

Excuse me?

It's nothing to get all excited about.

Yes, sir.

Sir Ieyasu.

You can count on me. We're relatives.

Things were getting dicey in the vicinity of Osaka Castle.

Kiyomasa Kato, Masanori Fukushima,

and others lords furious at Mitsunari

banded together to try to kill him.

Sir Mitsunari Ishida, fearing for his life,

fled Osaka under cover of darkness.

- Oh? - And where did he go?

He's in Fushimi.

Unbelievably, he fled into Sir Tokugawa's mansion.

Has he lost his mind?

Out of the frying pan into the flames.

He must have been beheaded by now.

Kojuro, get ready.

I want to see how Ieyasu'll handle this.

How could I possibly plot to destroy you?

My only thought is to carry out the taiko's wishes

for a peaceful country.

Perhaps...

Please tell those rowdy warriors my true intentions.

There's no one but you who could mediate.

I've already mediated.

Excuse me?

It was a lot of work to pacify the rowdy fellows.

Thank you for taking charge.

I think I should now ride to Osaka with you

and show the world we are not at odds.

I refuse.

I refuse to be party to blatant fabrication.

It is for the security of the Toyotomi clan.

I want you to reconsider.

Well now. It's surprising that a man of your caliber

doesn't know when you're beaten.

Sir Tokugawa. Restrain yourself.

I doubt that you're up to serving the government

after you've caused this situation in Osaka.

You'll be the target of assassins.

That's why I want your help.

Withdraw to your fief.

That's the only way you can save yourself.

Oh, Sir Masamune.

You came at the right time.

Oh, Sir Mitsunari. You're still alive.

I, Hideyasu, have been ordered

to escort him safely to Sawayama tomorrow morning.

That's very timely.

Excuse me.

Sir Date.

There will come a time

when you will understand me.

Excuse me.

There is no one more loyal than Mitsunari.

He's served his highness since he was little

and put his life on the line to do his bidding.

How can the government go on by forsaking him?

His highness said to listen to Ieyasu

regarding everything.

Ieyasu has ulterior motives.

I can see clearly that, given the chance,

he would usurp the Toyotomi and rule the country himself.

Your vision is clouded.

Everyone says so.

It is a false accusation of the one close to you.

Do not believe him.

I can't believe what I'm hearing.

Listen to me.

There is none other than Ieyasu Tokugawa

who can support the Toyotomi clan

and whom Hideyori can rely on.

Mitsunari is far more resourceful.

Mitsunari is unpopular.

Hideyori adores him.

Listen, Lady Yodo.

I think that lords nowadays favor pomp and luxury.

For Hideyori to grow strong and sturdy,

he must have a frugal and economical guardian

like Ieyasu.

Ieyasu's frugality is an expression of his stinginess.

Hideyori, who should rule the populace,

must not be accused of stinginess.

Then you should also be more circumspect.

Excuse me?

If those who rule corrupt public morals,

it sets a bad example for the citizens.

A moment please.

What are you talking about?

There are rumors too obscene to mention.

Please stop beating around the bush.

You must know what I'm talking about.

I have no idea.

I hope that's true.

Hideyoshi's widow, Lady Kita no Mandokoro,

leaving the fate of Osaka Castle

in Ieyasu's hands, retired to Sanbongi in Kyoto.

Lady Ko is pregnant.

What?

Whose child could it be?

You're trying to trick me.

No way.

Her belly is out to here.

That's nothing to do with me.

Do you swear it's not yours?

Why are you looking at me like that?

Forgive me. It was my fault.

Then we have to chase her out of the mansion.

Why?

I don't get it.

Adultery is forbidden.

You say adultery, but...

A promiscuous maid will make you a laughing stock.

If you care what people think,

instead of chasing her out, we should find her partner

and kill the both of them.

That's for me to decide.

Tsunamoto.

Could you keep Lady Ko here for a while?

Keep her...

Please say the child is yours.

You must be joking.

I wouldn't kid about a thing like this.

Forgive me.

Don't apologize.

I'm happy.

I'm happy but I can't make it public.

Please understand.

I understand.

What's wrong? Are you all right?

My Lord.

I have something to say to you.

Can it wait until tomorrow?

I am pregnant.

It's not my child.

How can you say that?

I'm pregnant with your child.

You're pregnant?

Mego!