All language subtitles for Dokuganryu Masamune 43

Toyotomi Hideyoshi built
the great Osaka Castle.

It was impregnable, like no
other castle in Japan.

Why was it impregnable?

Its scale was incredible.

Its perimeter measured 1.2
miles on four sides.

December, 1614...

194,000 Tokugawa troops
surrounded Osaka Castle.

The Toyotomi defenders
numbered 96,000.

This was the Osaka
winter campaign.

Osaka was bordred by the
Yamato and Yodo rivers...

and the Bay of Osaka.

But its weak point was
to the south.

Tokugawa Ieyasu established
his main camp at Chausuyama.

And Date Masamune was also
sent to attack on the south.

Enemy general, Sanada Yukimura
defended the area fiercely,

and the Tokugawa forces were
unable to break through.

Victory was won when a cannon
destroyed the castle tower.

Terrified, the Toyotomi
agreed to fill in the moats.

Dokuganryu Masamune
(One-eyed Dragon Masamune)

Episode 43:
Neko Moves to Uwajima

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

Princess Mego:
JUNKO SAKURADA

Princess Iroha:
YASUKO SAWAGUCHI

Tadamune Date:
HIRONOBU NOMURA

Kojuro Katakura:
MASAHIRO TAKASHIMA

Tsunamoto Moniwa:
TAKEHIRO MURATA

Hidemune Date: KOICHIRO TSUJINO
Princess Kame: MAYUMI HASAGAWA

Seibei Yanbe: RYOTA NAKANISHI
Shogen Ishida: HIROAKI IIYAMA

Tadateru Matsudaira:
HIROYUKI SANADA

Lady Yodo:
KANAKO HIGUCHI

Yukimura Sanada:
GO WAKABAYASHI

Munenori Yagyu:
RENJI ISHIBASHI

Harunaga Ono:
TAKAAKI ENOKI

Hideyori Toyotomi: KISUKE YAMASHITA
Shigenari Kimura: SANSHO SHINSUI

Narrator:
SEIJI KASAI

Lady Neko:
KUMIKO AKIYOSHI

Kodai-in:
KAORU YACHIGUSA

Ieyasu Tokugawa:
MASAHIKO TSUGAWA

December 22, 1614.

Osaka Castle

Lady Yodo and Hideyori

kept the fight-to-the-death
hardliners in check

and accepted Ieyasu's
condition for peace.

The Tokugawa forces
immediately entered

Osaka Castle and began to
fill in all the moats.

Sir Date is here.

Bring him here.

I see you are all here.

First I congratulate you

on the acceptance
of the peace treaty.

It's been a while.

I am happy to see you
in such good spirits.

As you can see,
I am not in a good mood.

Did we do something wrong?

You can be frank.

This reconciliation
is Ieyasu's ploy.

What are you saying?

He cleverly caught us
off-guard with his men

who's running amok.

Oh my. What do you mean
by running amok?

I, Harunaga, will tell you.

Your men are bringing in
load after load of gravel

and filling in all the moats.

That's the condition
of the reconciliation.

That's not so.

Only the outer moats
are to be filled in.

Oh dear. The other day,
Sir Shigenari Kimura

came to our main camp
in Mt. Chausu

and confirmed the conditions
the retired shogun.

The retired shogun said
the outer moat.

Not outer moat, all moats.

All moats!?

Leaving aside
the main castle enclosure

the second and third citadel
moats are to be filled.

That's outrageous.

Do you intend to render
the castle defenseless?

Are you saying you're
reneging on the treaty?

The treaty does not say
all moats.

It doesn't say outer moat
either.

- That's a flimsy argument!
- That's our line.

Hold on.

To begin with, the filling in
of the moat

was supposed to be done
under the castle's magistrate.

We're saying we object to your
troops come barging in.

This is most suspicious.

What's suspicious?

Have you hidden your gold
in the moats?

That's ridiculous.

Or do you intend to
keep the moat

so you can fight again?

We are samurai.

Once we signed
the peace treaty

we'll honor it in the name
of the taiko.

It's the same with us.

We've guaranteed
Sir Hideyori's position

and your territories
were not confiscated.

So you insist on filling in
the moat?

Unless the retired shogun
orders otherwise.

Then I will send a messenger
to Sir Ieyasu.

As you wish.

Ieyasu Tokugawa, however
had already left Osaka

so there was nothing
the Toyotomi could do.

At the end of the year,

Masamune visited the taiko's
legal wife Kodai-in at her retreat.

I haven't kept up with
the political world.

How are the Date children?

They must be all grown
by now.

I thank you for keeping them
in your hearts.

Has Princess Iroha given birth
to an heir?

Not yet...

There's no need to hurry.

Princess Mego had to wait
a long time too.

You are right.

You are very lucky.

Warrior lords must have
many children.

Thank you.

His highness was always
lamenting about that.

There's one thing
I would like to ask you.

As you wish.

Is Sir Hideyori in Osaka
really the taiko's child?

I know I'm being
extremely disrespectful.

But his highness never
had children

with you or any of his
many mistresses.

Only Lady Yodo had
princes Tsurumaru

and Sir Hideyori.

And that was after
he was fifty.

Didn't you wonder
about that?

Are you saying Sir Hideyori
is not his child?

Lady Yodo has a reputation.

First with Mitsunari Ishida

then with numerous
young pages

and recently with her
closest advisor Harunaga Ono.

Well? Please tell me
your thoughts.

If he is not the taiko's child,
what would you do?

It can't be helped.

We shall have to arrest
the vixen who

deceived the taiko
and the country

and behead both her
and Sir Hideyori.

Is that Sir Ieyasu's idea?

No. It's mine.

That woman Yodo used
the taiko's love for her

and disrespected you,
his legal wife.

This is indeed
a loathsome situation

and sensible people
have been heartsick about it.

She's kept Sir Hideyori who
should by rights be with you,

back at Osaka Castle and

is exercising power
as she sees fit

to the point where she
went to war with Sir Ieyasu.

Just that proves she is an
uncommonly wicked woman.

Sir Masamune...

You don't understand
women at all.

If she is the object
of a ruler's affection

any woman would think
she had gone to heaven.

It can't be helped if
she becomes arrogant.

And they unconditionally
love the children

they give birth to.

It's only natural that

all mothers would
do anything in their power

to help their children
seek distinction.

Lady Yodo is
an ordinary woman.

I'm a woman, too.

Sometimes I was overcome
by jealousy

sometimes cursed myself
for not having an heir

and cried myself to sleep.

I feel for you.

However right is right,
wrong is wrong.

If that's not observed
we set a bad example.

As I see it,

Sir Hideyori looks nothing
like the taiko

- if I were to guess...
- Restrain yourself.

Hideyori is unmistakably
the taiko's child.

- Remember that.
- Lady Kodai-in...

How could a man in
your position

cast aspersions on the
Toyotomi heir!

Is that you true feeling?

Lady Yodo dismissed you
as his legal wife

and usurped the
Toyotomi clan.

Sir Masamune.

What will happen to
the Toyotomi

if I stated that Hideyori
was not the taiko's?

I can't bear to watch
the family name that

the taiko worked
long and hard to create

disappear with him.

The favored warriors
who came to

the Toyotomi's aid
will lose all hope.

But most of all,

what would I tell
the taiko

who loved Hideyori
more than anything?

I'm at a loss
just thinking about that.

If I tell him Hideyori
is not his child,

he would be driven almost
insane with grief

and will never be able to
rest in peace.

I will not be able to
join him in death.

I wouldn't be able
to face him.

Lady Kodai-in...

Even the most
beautiful flower

has mud on its roots.

There's no need to bring
that out in the open

after he is dead.

I want you to make sure

the legacy of Hideyoshi
the country's ruler,

the taiko's incredible life
and his renown

should be forever handed
down through the generations

and never derided or
ridiculed.

The taiko always held
Hideyori on his knee and

pressed his cheek
against his.

He doted on him.

Since the taiko made him
his heir

Hideyori is his child.

I was misguided.

I ask your forgiveness
for my insolence.

I will swear to the gods
to protect Sir Hideyori.

I'm counting on you.

Nijo Castle

Well done.

With the moats filled in
Osaka Castle is an easy mark.

So your intention
is to attack?

It's not.

It's just a precaution

so that the Osaka forces
will not revolt again

relying on the castle's
defense.

Then you will not harm
Sir Hideyori.

Harm?

You hold his life
in your hands.

I have no intention
of killing him.

That puts my mind at ease.

At ease?

It would affect the
shogun's prestige

if you destroy the Toyotomi
by foul play.

Even if you win the war,
it will leave a grudge.

Have you forgotten,
Sir Date?

Sir Hideyori's wife
is Princess Sen.

Why would he kill
the husband of

his granddaughter who is
the apple of his eye?

That's why he personally
brought this war

to an end with
a reconciliation.

They are doubting that.

They think once
the moat is filled in

he will attack and
annihilate them.

You're well versed on
their situation.

Masamune is on familiar terms
with the Osaka forces.

I'm not.

However, I personally felt
the anger of those

in Osaka Castle concerning
the filling in of the moat.

Are they that angry?

They say a cornered mouse
will bite the cat.

If we drive them
against the wall

they will go to war
heedless of the outcome.

I had the moat filled because
I didn't want to go to war.

- Is that the truth?
- Sir Date.

- Restrain yourself.
- I want to know.

Since it is his true intention,

the retired shogun and
the shogun will retreat

to Sunpu and Edo
respectively.

You're withdrawing
the troops?

That's right.

Masamune.

Have you known me to lie?

No, never.

But sometimes,
you forget.

- Forget?
- For instance,

when I subjugated the Uesugi

you gave me a letter
granting me one million

but I wonder if you
remember that...

Oh, I remember now.

Oh, I forgot.

Your eldest son...

It's Sir Hidemune.

Yes, I grant Hidemune
100,000.

What?

As promised, I will make
him a lord of a domain.

I thank you, sir.

The main Date family
of 620,000

and the 100,000
branch family

how much is that
together?

It's 720,000.

I thank you for your
consideration.

And this territory
is it in Oshu?

No.

Then is it in Kanto?

No.

I'm giving him Uwajima in Iyo.

Uwajima, Iyo?

It's in Shikoku.

It was Sir Tomita,
lord of Shinano's territory

but he misgoverned
the land

causing discontent
among his people

and was dismissed.

Well? Are you dissatisfied?

Oh, no.

Then show some
enthusiasm.

New Year's, 1620.

An urgent messenger
arrived at Date's Edo mansion.

It really is good news.

Hidemune being appointed
to the lord of a domain

is proof of Date's prosperity.

It was worth the wait.

Brother.
Congratulations.

- Congratulations.
- Congratulations.

Thank you.

This is exile.

Exile?

Please watch what you say.
It's a 100,000 appointment.

What's the good in

receiving a rundown domain
at the end of the south seas?

Home is where you make it.

If you rule wisely and
be merciful to the populace

it will become paradise.

Then you go.

What a strange thing
to say.

As a warrior descended
from the Date bloodline

he would be more useful if
given a domain in Oshu.

If he is far away,

it's only natural he will be
estranged as years go by.

What do you think,
Hidemune?

I believe it's the retired
shogun's far-sightedness.

What do you mean?

It's his scheme to separate
the Date to east and west

to weaken its power.

I agree.

Yet, I think it's wise to
gratefully accept.

Hidemune!

If we show dissatisfaction
he will take away the reward

and the retired shogun
will be displeased.

Well said.

If you take that to heart,

you will become a renowned
and enlightened lord.

Yet, Uwajima is away.

We have Princess Kame here.

Her father Naomasa Ii
is Sir Ieyasu's chamberlain

so perhaps he can approach
him informally

and ask him to reconsider
the domain for Hidemune.

Do not make reckless
overtures.

There's not a moment
to waste.

Tsunamoto.
Clear the room.

I want to talk to
Lady Neko.

Yes, my lady.

As you say,
Uwajima is far away.

And it is an unfamiliar land.

I understand you want
the best for Hidemune.

We can't know right now

whether the retired shogun
was sincere in his grant

or if he has an ulterior motive.

But since our lord
has accepted

you must honor
his decision.

In principle
you are right.

- But, if Naomasa Ii...
- Silence.

Date will lose face

if we rely on the wife's
father.

This will make or break
Hidemune.

Because it will,
he must be obedient.

It seems you don't understand
the weight of 100,000.

But Sir Tadamune will
inherit 620,000.

I was out of line.

Since Hidemune is
a mistress child

he is lower in status
after all.

But a mother's love
for her child

is not bound by status.

It's no different.

I consider Hidemune
my child, too.

Whether you believe it or not

I have been worried about
Hidemune's future

more than Tadamune's.

Listen, Lady Neko.

It's not that Hidemune
and Tadamune

are different in status.

It's their destinies
that's different.

Destiny?

Since this was determined
by the gods

there's nothing
that can be done.

I think how one deals
with one's destiny

is the makings
of the man.

You must know...

Our lord overcame
many difficulties

suffered great miseries

to become the renowned lord
that he is today.

Trust Hidemune

and send him off
cheerfully.

I... What will happen to me?

Hidemune will be in
Uwajima

Munekiyo will be sent
to Iizaka...

where do I belong?

It's written on your face...

that you want to
accompany Hidemune.

You are right.

Since Uwajima is
a new territory

there will be many
inconveniences.

If Hidemune, still young,
fails now

he will be a laughing stock.

I'd like to go with him
as his guardian,

and make sure
he governs well.

That's not all, is it?

What's most painful for you
is to let Senmatsu go.

Senmatsu was
Hidemune's heir and

Lady Neko's
first grandchild.

Go to Uwajima.

Will the lord permit it?

Tell him you will get rid of
the mice in Uwajima.

Me, the cat, getting rid of
Uwajima's mice?

Lady Neko.

We've know each other
for a long time.

At times I begrudged you,
at time I hated you

and I spoke harshly
to you.

Forgive me.

Not at all.

I too was discourteous
unbecoming to my station.

Forgive me.

I wish you a long
and healthy life.

Princess Mego.

Hidemune,
the founder of

the Uwajima clan
worth 100,000,

packed for his move
and in February

moved to Date's
Kyoto mansion.

Lady Neko accompanied him.

In any case, it's a big deal

to be appointed the lord
of a 100,000 domain.

How auspicious.

Are you satisfied, Neko?

Yes. There is no greater
joy for me.

Thank you, sir.

Take good care
of Hidemune.

Get along with
Princess Kame.

I know, my lord.

Hidemune.

It's an honor to go to
Iyo as a daimyo lord.

You have to have
a firm resolve

to rule a new territory.

Work hard to

honor your superiors
and love you inferiors

so that people will
be heard to remark

he truly is a lord of
the Date clan

an incomparable wise ruler.

I will do my best.

I will take
your words to heart

and make them the
Uwajima family motto.

Listen, Sir Hidemune.

Depending on you,

the 100,000 may become
200,000 or 300,000.

Seibei.

I appoint you Hidemune's
chief retainer.

Thank you, sir.

Although unworthy of
the honor,

I will slake my life to
obey your orders.

Genba Sakurada,
and Saemon Kori

will be your ministers.

They're both loyal hereditary
vassals of Date.

Discuss everything with them

and make sure you govern
without mistakes.

Yes, sir.

Shogen.

I'm giving you a sword
to celebrate the occasion.

Think of it as me.

Thank you, sir.

A ceremonial dress as well.

Once you get there,
write to me often.

I will.

You, too Neko.

My lord?

I thank you for releasing
me from your service...

I'm not.

You are Hidemune's
guardian.

Live a long life and

see for yourself how
Hidemune rules.

Thank you, my lord.

I will do my best for
the Uwajima clan's prosperity.

But don't interfere.
Just watch.

Senmatsu.

Grow big and strong.

Listen to your parents.

Good, good.

You've grown.

Neko, have you packed
pickled plums?

Pickled plum?

When you're seasick,
paste that on your navel.

It works.

Don't cry.

Tears are bad luck
at a new beginning.

I'm sorry.

Kojuro,
bang some sake.

- Treat all the people as well.
- Yes, sir.

We'll drink throughout
the night.

My lord.

February 28,

Hidemune and his entourage
left for Uwajima by sea.

Masamune wrote a poem
on the eve of their departure.

Osaka Castle

He said he's moving
Sir Hideyori to Ise.

What?

Are they making us
hand this castle over.

Yes.

That sly old geezer.

Is there no end
to his treachery?

So the reconciliation
was just a ruse.

It's just three months
and he's intimating war.

He is intent on
destroying the Toyotomi.

There's no help for it.

And your reply?

I told him we won't accept
forced relocation.

Which means we're going
to be at war again.

I want to start amassing
at least 100,000 ronin.

Do you think we can win?

We must win this time.

Our inner moats
are filled in.

What should we do?

It will be a disadvantage
to hole up in the castle.

Then we should open the gates
from the start and sally forth.

Sally forth?

First we set fire to
the castle town.

We'll burn down
everything in sight.

That's...

It's pure foolishness.

What?

I won't burn the town
to protect ourselves.

It will only cause hardship
for the townspeople.

It's unavoidable.

Needs must when
the devil drives.

I'd rather go to Ise.

No!

Even if we are destroyed
by the luck of the war

it will affect the Toyotomi's
prestige

if we abandon this castle.

Do not worry.

We have an inexhaustible
amount of money

to summon help.

The Christians are also
very angry

at Ieyasu's wicked
treatment.

With the taiko looking
down from heaven,

if we all united against
a common enemy

we will not be defeated
so easily.

Mother.

Then before the war starts,

please return Osen to
Tokugawa.

Don't be foolish.
Princess Sen is a hostage.

That is correct.

As long as Princess Sen
remains in Osaka Castle

they can't attack
with abandon.

It would be the shame
of the clan

if I use a woman as
a tool of war.

Then kill her.

Then kill Princess Sen
with your own hands.

No. Please reconsider.

Hideyori is too lenient.

Don't be so magnanimous
facing a decisive battle.

On March 18,
on his way to Edo,

Masamune learned
in Sunpu that

his sixth son Takematsumaru
was critical.

He sped to Edo but
it was too late.

Takematsumaru,
just seven years old had died.

Takematsu.

Forgive me.

I was too late.

That night,

Tadateru Matsudaira came
to offer his condolences.

Takematsu was a lucky child

to be missed so much by
his parents and siblings.

My parents and siblings
keep me at arm's length.

Even if I died, no one would
lament for me.

That's not true.

All parents want the best
for their children.

The retired shogun asked
again and again how you were.

- You saw him in Sunpu?
- I had an audience with him.

What did he say?

Will he attack Osaka?

Forgive me.

How thoughtless off me

when you are mourning
your child.

Don't worry about it.

I, Kojuro, will answer.

For Sir Hideyori's
own security

the retired shogun asked him
to relocate to Ise

but the Osaka forces
have rejected his offer.

The severing of relationships
can't be avoided.

Just as I thought.

The ragtag Osaka army

threatened to set fire
to the town?

That is correct.

As I see it,

the shogun has already
decided to go to war.

I'm sure we will be ordered
to send our troops soon.

Begging your pardon,

Date is in mourning

so please refrain from
discussing war

- until after the funeral.
- It's all right.

It's important that warriors
are always prepared for war.

We can't be obsessed
with the personal

and not see
the bigger picture.

Excuse me.

I have a request.

Anything.

I've heard that the shogun

wants me to caretake Edo
Castle during his absence.

It feels I'm still under
house arrest.

I can't prove myself if
I'm not allowed to go.

So I want you to put in
a word on my behalf

so I can join the war
in Osaka.

Which camp will you join
if you go to war?

Meaning?

I hope you won't join
the Osaka forces.

I have no intention of
endangering myself.

No matter how many
Christians they round up

the ronins are just that
the enemy is the enemy.

I heard that
the Osaka general Hideyori

is an insignificant philistine.

The retired shogun says

this war is to save
Sir Hideyori and Princess Sen.

Oh?
I don't get it.

He wants to release
Sir Hideyori

from the shackles of
Lady Yodo

and the evil spirits taking
over the castle.

They say Hideyori is
not the taiko's child but

the illegitimate child of
Yodo and Harunaga Ono.

That's an outrageous lie.

How could a person like you
be misled by a groundless rumor.

Ieyasu Tokugawa,
the retired shogun

left Sunpu castle
with his army on April 4.

Exasperated
by the Osaka forces

raring for
an all-out war

he had decided to punish
them again.

The next day,
Shogun Hidetada

also leading a huge army
left Edo castle

and headed west.

I'm seventeen.

I know that.

Please order me to go
on my first battle.

Take me with you
to Osaka.

Enough.

I'm ordering you to be
the caretaker of the mansion.

But you fought your first
battle at fifteen.

The battle with Soma
was not that important.

The siege of Osaka

is a battle with
cannons and guns.

And I am not the
commander-in-chief

so I don't know where
I will be assigned.

You could die in vain
getting hit by a stray bullet.

I am prepared.

I won't fall behind.

I will get the head
of an enemy.

Fool!

You're the heir to
the Date 620,000.

Father!

Listen, Tadamune.

What if something happened
to the Date heir

who will become the
backbone of the clan?

Hidemune has gone
to Uwajima

and Takematsumaru
is dead.

Your mother is grief-stricken
and has taken to her bed.

If another bad news
were to reach her

she would not survive.

That's why, if you do your
caretaker job well,

that will indeed be
a meritorious deed.

Your first battle is as
caretaker or Edo mansion.

- Reporting.
- What is it?

Princess Iroha wants to
see you on an urgent matter.

Urgent?

Father.

What's the matter?

Early this morning,

Sir Tadateru suddenly
left for war.

What?

He was shouting that
he would take Osaka Castle

and left with 200 knights.

That fool!
How dare he disobey orders.