Original subtitles

SANADA TAIHEIKI (Saga of the Sanada Clan)

SANADA TAIHEIKI (Saga of the Sanada Clan)

Episode 22: Nobuyuki in Deep Dilenma

Original Writing: Ikenami Shotaro

Screenwriter: Kaneko Narito

Music: Hayashi Hikaru

Narration: Wada Atsushi, NHK Announcer

CAST

Sanada Nobuyuki: Watase Tsunehiko

Sanada Yukimura: Kusakari Masao

Oko: Haruka Kurara

Higuchi Kakubei: Enoki Takaaki

Hisano: Kono Yuriko

Mukai Sasuke: Nakamura Hashinosuke

Okuni: Han Bunjaku

Tokugawa leyasu: Nakamura Umenosuke

Tsuboya Matagoro: Natsuyagi Isao

Lady Komatsu: Konno Misako

Honda Tadakatsu: Kato Takeshi

Lady Yamanote: Koyama Akiko

Sanada Masayuki: Tanba Tetsuro

Producer: Enomoto Kazuo

English Subtitle c2008-2009: Koala Fansubs

Director: Kunihiro Kazutaka

At this present moment,

Which one, the Tokugawa or the Ishida, should be left for the sake of the Toyotomi?

Not for the sake of the Toyotomi. Which is good for the sake of the country?

The country, you mean?

Yes.

Zushu.

There is no longer any doubt.

MASAYUKI'S CAMP, INUBUSE, SHIMOTSUKE

Yes.

Saemon-no-suke.

What are you going to do?

I'll go with you, Father.

I see.

At the camp in Inubuse, Shimotsuke Province,

Nobuyuki showed his firm resolve to follow leyasu.

He split with Masayuki and Yukimura.

That's how things have turned out.

Yes.

Is there anything we can do at Ueda?

Nothing at Ueda.

I understand.

There is something we must do on our own.

I'm counting on you.

Yes.

-Matago. -Yes.

I'd been squirming my way out for a long time...

...but this is going to be a big battle that determines the fate of the Sanada.

Yes.

Depending on how things turn out, this might be my last meeting with you.

-What are you saying? -Well, you know.

I'm going to throw my life away, but you never know what happens during battle.

You mustn't lose heart.

Matago, I just wanted to thank you.

Please do so after I take care of everything.

You are right.

Please excuse me.

"Earlier today, my father and brother broke away from the Tokugawa."

"Therefore, the head family is our enemy now."

"They will treat us as their enemy as well."

"This is a quick note to tell you to keep that in mind." HTTP error: 500 - Internal error encountered. ┌───────────────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ─────────────────────┐ │ in send_request:114 │ │ │ │ in raise_for_status:829 │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ HTTPStatusError: Server error '500 Internal Server Error' for url 'https://lensfrontend-pa.googleapis.com/v1/crupload' For more information check: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/500 LensAPI processing error: HTTP ошибка: 500 (Status Code: 500) Response Body (partial): Internal error encountered. ┌───────────────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ─────────────────────┐ │ in send_request:114 │ │ │ │ in raise_for_status:829 │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ HTTPStatusError: Server error '500 Internal Server Error' for url 'https://lensfrontend-pa.googleapis.com/v1/crupload' For more information check: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/500 The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception: ┌───────────────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ─────────────────────┐ │ in process_image:301 │ │ │ │ in send_request:167 │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ LensAPIError: HTTP ошибка: 500 (Status Code: 500) Response Body (partial): Internal error encountered. - (65/461) Error for: 064.png - HTTP ошибка: 500 (Status Code: 500) Response Body (partial): Internal error encountered.

-Shin'nosuke. -Yes.

Deliver this letter to Numata immediately.

To who in Numata?

To Ina.

You mean, Lady Komatsu?

We are going to Numata before we return to Ueda.

With the whole army?

No, with five cavaliers.

Five?

Five is enough.

NUMATA CASTLE

Open the gate.

Open the gate!

I am Lord Sanada Awa!

I came by on my way to Ueda Castle.

Open the gate!

Open the gate!

It surely was you, Lord Awa.

Right.

Sir Saemon-no-suke, too.

Your gatekeepers must've forgotten my face. They don't open the gate.

What brought you here, all of a sudden?

I just want you to let us in.

I am sorry, but I cannot let you in!

Why?

We ran all the way here.

We want to rest here.

Please leave as soon as possible.

Earlier, Lord Izu sent me an urgent messager. He told me that the head family became our enemy.

I cannot let the enemy in, even my father-in-law.

Father.

You call me enemy, but what can I do with only a few soldiers?

No, you cannot.

Even only myself?

What are you going to do after you enter the castle all by your self?

I want to see my grandchildren.

I want to tell their grandmother how they are doing.

Are you going to say no?

No, you cannot!

If you don't leave, we will fire at you!

How strict...

Father, we'd better...

Father, we'd better... Let's go back to Ueda.

Let's go back to Ueda.

Say hello to my grandchildren!

Thank you very much...

Father.

Weren't you thinking of going into the castle to capture it?

That female fox...!

UEDA CASTLE

Are you drinking in open daylight?

Mother. We are drinking water.

-You may go. -Yes.

Why did you come home all of a sudden?

Did you take care of the Aizu already?

Listen well.

We are going to side with Ishida Jibu.

We decided to defy Tokugawa leyasu.

So... Genzaburo is...?

Our enemy.

Lord Izu is our enemy now.

-Dear. -What?

If you engage in battle with Genzaburo,

Can you point your spear at him?

Certainly.

-At your own son? -Right.

Are you sure?

Genjiro.

Can you do that to your blood-related brother?

Mother.

My brother is determined as well to point his spear at us on the battlefield.

Once you become enemies, that's what samurai must do.

That can't be...

That can't be right...!

Quiet!

Shut up, women.

NINJA HIDEOUT, NAGA-SONE, OMI

Now I'll tell you, because everyone is here.

The Lord broke away from the Tokugawa to side with Sir Ishida Jibu.

Now, I'm going to leave only Gonza here.

Everyone else leaves Naga-Sone.

-Kosuke, take care of the cabin in Shimo-Koga. -Yes.

The rest of you, divide into three groups and attack the Yamanaka ninja hideouts.

Do you already know where their hideouts are?

Sasuke found them. HTTP error: 500 - Internal error encountered. ┌───────────────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ─────────────────────┐ │ in send_request:114 │ │ │ │ in raise_for_status:829 │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ HTTPStatusError: Server error '500 Internal Server Error' for url 'https://lensfrontend-pa.googleapis.com/v1/crupload' For more information check: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/500 LensAPI processing error: HTTP ошибка: 500 (Status Code: 500) Response Body (partial): Internal error encountered. ┌───────────────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ─────────────────────┐ │ in send_request:114 │ │ │ │ in raise_for_status:829 │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ HTTPStatusError: Server error '500 Internal Server Error' for url 'https://lensfrontend-pa.googleapis.com/v1/crupload' For more information check: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/500 The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception: ┌───────────────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ─────────────────────┐ │ in process_image:301 │ │ │ │ in send_request:167 │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ LensAPIError: HTTP ошибка: 500 (Status Code: 500) Response Body (partial): Internal error encountered. - (151/461) Error for: 150.png - HTTP ошибка: 500 (Status Code: 500) Response Body (partial): Internal error encountered.

You guys attack the hideout on Mt. Bishop.

The hideout at the foot of Mt. Ibuki...

Me, Saizo, Senzo and Sasuke are going.

The rest of you, attack the hideout in Northern Takaga-mine, Kyoto.

Listen well, everyone.

The Lord in Ueda said this.

"This is going to be a big battle that determines the fate of the Sanada."

We cannot help his army as soldiers, but...

Let's do our best to help him out in our own way.

Clip Yamanaka ninja's wings now, even a little bit.

Kill as many enemy ninja as possible Throw them into confusion.

Listen.

If the Western Army wins, the head family wins.

Ieyasu left Edo on July 21 to attack the Uesugi.

IEYASU'S CAMP, OYAMA He is stationed in Oyama, Shimotsuke Province.

What?

Lord Awa closed up his camp. He has withdrawn to Ueda.

TOKUGAWA HIDETADA He broke away from us!

What about Lord Izu?

He is staying there.

Lord Awa! I knew he was going to betray me!

He must have accepted Jibu's request.

Since Fushimi Castle fell, Jibu must have been elevated.

I'm concerned with the impact on other Toyotomi generals, who followed us to attack Aizu.

I wonder if it will make them confused.

I'm mostly concerned with Fukushima Masanori.

His move is expected to have a major impact on other Toyotomi generals.

"Loathing for This Impure World, Seeking Rebirth in the Pure Land"

We have to be careful how to treat Masanori.

Now, we have to point our spears at the Lord in Ueda.

But the head family is in Ueda.

So what?

Maybe we don't have to engage in battle with him.

You don't know how extensive this battle will be.

If the Tokugawa Army advances to Shinano, we might have to fight with him in Ueda.

That's what I mean.

Then I have to fight Shodayu and Mozaemon.

If I see the Lord and Sir Saemon-no-suke, I'll run away.

Don't say something like that.

I'm a Tokugawa vassal.

Don't say something like that, as long as you are my vassals.

-Yes. -I am sorry.

The head family is our enemy.

So we have to fight them, even if they are our friends or brothers. Am I right?

Running away from the enemy is simply unacceptable! HTTP error: 500 - Internal error encountered. ┌───────────────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ─────────────────────┐ │ in send_request:114 │ │ │ │ in raise_for_status:829 │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ HTTPStatusError: Server error '500 Internal Server Error' for url 'https://lensfrontend-pa.googleapis.com/v1/crupload' For more information check: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/500 LensAPI processing error: HTTP ошибка: 500 (Status Code: 500) Response Body (partial): Internal error encountered. ┌───────────────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ─────────────────────┐ │ in send_request:114 │ │ │ │ in raise_for_status:829 │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ HTTPStatusError: Server error '500 Internal Server Error' for url 'https://lensfrontend-pa.googleapis.com/v1/crupload' For more information check: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Status/500 The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception: ┌───────────────────── Traceback (most recent call last) ─────────────────────┐ │ in process_image:301 │ │ │ │ in send_request:167 │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ LensAPIError: HTTP ошибка: 500 (Status Code: 500) Response Body (partial): Internal error encountered. - (197/461) Error for: 196.png - HTTP ошибка: 500 (Status Code: 500) Response Body (partial): Internal error encountered.

No need to hold back.

You'll be so rude to the head family, by holding back.

Yes.

They are...

They are my father and brother, but...

I am determined to take their lives on the battlefield!

Reporting.

The Interior Minister's messenger is here.

I have a message for the Lord of Izu.

Please come over to the Interior Minister's camp at eight o'clock tomorrow morning.

He is having a meeting with other generals then.

I understand.

FUKUSHIMA MASANORI

"Loathing for This Impure World, Seeking Rebirth in the Pure Land"

Gentlemen, thanks for your hard work.

Well, gentlemen.

You must be aware of Jibu's rising.

By the conspiracy of the Uesugi and Ishida,

Such generals as Mori, Ukita, Mashita, Natsuka,

Shimazu, Maeda and Otani went along with them.

Fushimi Castle fell last month.

The Western Army has set its eyes on Mino.

Their rising is based on a false accusation toward me,

Claiming that I am trying to make this country my own by manipulating Lord Hideyori.

I am still determined to carry out the late Taiko's will and protect the Toyotomi family.

Their rising is the very treason against Lord Hideyori.

However, things turned out like this, simply because of my lack of virtue.

The news on Jibu's rising must have upset some of you.

The news on Jibu's rising must have upset some of you. Many of you here must have your wives and children in Upper Osaka, as hostages.

Many of you here must have your wives and children in Upper Osaka, as hostages.

I can imagine how worried you are.

This is truly heartbreaking.

If you want to side with the Ishida, please do not hesitate to return home.

I will never stop you.

Let me speak up.

I am different from Lord Sanada Awa.

I wasn't contacted by Ishida Jibu.

Even if he contacts me, I will never leave you, Interior Minister.

We all know you have no ill motive against Lord Hideyori.

As long as you support Lord Hideyori, I am your ally.

Your wives and children are staying in Upper Osaka for the sake of Lord Hideyori.

Not for the sake of Jibu!

Indeed!

How true!

I'll follow you, Interior Minister!

I do, too!

I'll follow you, too!

I'll follow you, Interior Minister!

I'll follow you!

I'll follow you, Interior Minister!

Lord Izu, I'm glad you decided to stay with me.

I am a Tokugawa vassal.

So it's not a matter of staying or leaving.

Is that so?

Is that so?

My Lord, who do you think Lord Izu is?

He is my son-in-law.

No, he is my son-in-law.

Ina was adopted by you, but she is my daughter.

Her husband is my son-in-law.

Shut up, Heihachiro!

Yes?

Lord Izu is...

...our son-in-law.

You're right! Yes!

Let me speak to you.

I don't know how this battle will turn out, but...

I would like to be in the vanguard.

The vanguard goes right into the battle.

You must be having a firm resolve.

Please allow me.

-But... -Yes?

Lord Izu, go back to Numata.

I want you to cut off communication between Shinano and Aizu.

Keep an eye on Kozuke and Shinano Provinces and wait for my next order.

Yes.

I wonder how Ina is doing.

She is doing well.

I want to see my grandchildren.

Nothing.

Actually, I received a letter from Ina.

My father stopped by Numata after he closed his camp. He tried to enter my castle.

Then...?

Then...? According to the messenger, Ina didn't yield an inch and made him leave.

According to the messenger, Ina didn't yield an inch and made him leave.

Ina apologized to me, but I wrote her, "You needn't apologize to me."

-The Lord is going back to Edo soon. -Yes.

I'm going to Mino.

You might have many worries because of Lord Awa, but...

Please endure it.

Yes.

Father.

What is going to happen from now...?

One of the Tokugawa armies would threaten the region north of Shinano.

Saemon-no-suke.

Saemon-no-suke. Enter Toishi Castle.

Enter Toishi Castle.

Yes.

I'll stay in Ueda.

My Lord.

He is Sir Jibu Shoyu's messenger.

I have a letter from my master to Lord Awa, and a letter from Sir Otani Gyobu to Sir Saemon-no-suke.

My wife and child have been moved to the Otani mansion. He is telling me not to worry.

I see.

What does it say?

Oda Shigenobu, the late Lord Nobunaga's son and the lord of Gifu Castle, joined the Western Army.

FUSHIMI CASTLE TOWN

The Western Army has Gifu Castle now!

The Sanada joined the Western Army!

Did you say the Sanada?

Yeah, they betrayed the Tokugawa.

Are they the head family? The branch family?

Or both of them?

Lord Sanada Awa.

-The Western Army will win. -Right!

SOJO-GA-MINE (Mt. Bishop)

Sanada ninja, who found the hideouts of Yamanaka ninja, split up and launched their attacks.

Oko and her colleagues approached the cabin on Mt. Bishop.

Hey, Gohei.

MT. IBUKI

Matagoro and his men are approaching the cabin at foot of Mt. Ibuki.

On August 10,

Ishida Mitsunari moved his army to Ogaki.

The Eatern Army had gathered in Kiyosu.

KIYOSU CASTLE Fukushima Masanori (the lord of Kiyosu Castle)

And other generals including Kato Yoshiakira, Todo Takatora, Kuroda Nagamasa,

And leyasu's vassals, such as Honda Tadakatsu and li Naomasa, stationed in the castle.

What is the Interior Minister going to do?

Well...

The Western Army is gathering soldiers in Ogaki.

But we have more soldiers now.

Now is the time to attack.

It'll be too late after they all gather there.

You are absolutely right.

Don't you think we should attack Gifu or Ogaki now?

Don't you think so, too?

He's right.

-Then...! -However...

The Interior Minister told us not to move the army without his order.

Then, why aren't we getting his order?

-How long is he going to make us wait? -Right.

However, leyasu showed no sign of moving from Edo.

Excuse me.

Did you want to see me?

-I'm going to go west via the Tokaido Highway. -Yes.

When you receive my order, keep an eye on Aizu and Shinano,

And take the Nakasendo Highway to the west.

I'll meet you in Mino.

Yes.

By the way, what are you going to do with Kiyosu?

The Lord already sent Murakoshi Mosuke Naoyoshi there as messenger.

That droid?

He is my droid, because he is single-tracked.

This is the message from the Interior Minister.

"I am having a cold and not feeling well."

"Therefore, I cannot go to battle immediately."

"I want you to complete your task on your own."

-So...? -Yes?

Is that it?

Yes.

Does the Interior Minister actually have a cold?

I was told to relay his message word by word.

How does he look?

I was told to relay his message word by word.

How is he doing?

I was told to relay his message word by word...

The Interior Minister is testing us.

To show my single-heartedness, I'll capture Gifu Castle!

Fukushima Masanori launched an attack on Gifu Castle immediately.

The castle instantly fell in the hands of the Eastern Army.

Fukushima Masanori's move was truly fast.

The Eastern Army is surely moving fast.

Just like the late Taiko.

What is Ishida Jibu Shoyu doing?

My Lord.

The Western Army's Commander-in-Chief is Mori Terumoto, but...

In the battlefield, it is actually commanded by Ishida Jibu.

Do you think we can entrust our fate to him?

When the Eastern Army attacked Gifu Castle,

Jibu retreated faster than anybody else.

He didn't even give the command to retreat.

While Shimazu and other lord's soldiers were fighting,

He ran away all by himself.

By contrast, the Eastern Army stands together splendidly under leyasu.

I think Jibu is no match for leyasu.

Oko.

That's enough.

Already made up my mind.

I see.

-No, thanks. -Yes.

I used to view the moon every time before I went to battle.

The night before my first battle, too.

Yes, you did.

-Before the Tokugawa invaded Ueda, too. -Yes.

I viewed the moon like this, thinking that I might die tomorrow.

But I'm still alive.

You never know when you die.

I know when.

You have told me, more than ten years ago.

What did I say?

"I have a feeling that you and I will die together."

You have a good memory.

That's why I know when I die.

I die when you die, Sir Saemon-no-suke.

I see.

You are right.

Excuse me.

Oko.

Did you come to see me?

I came here to get your order.

I have no order for you.

Did you see my father?

Yes.

What's the matter?

I want to get an order from you, Sir Saemon-no-suke.

I'm afraid I cannot see you again.

What are you saying?

The Sanada ninja have to stake our lives on our mission in Mino, not in Ueda.

For the sake of the Sanda?

Yes.

Forgive me.

Please don't say that.

Will you be on a dangerous mission?

Tell me.

If we kill leyasu, everything will go well.

I'm determined to stab each other with leyasu.

I said I have no order, but I have one...

Yes.

Don't die.

Do not die.

I won't.

-This will be my last night as a woman... -Don't talk.

What is the matter?

I haven't received an order from the Interior Minister.

I've been waiting, but it hasn't come yet.

Dear.

I'm afraid he won't give me orders again.

What are you saying!

That's not like you, dear.

-Ina. -Yes.

Some of the Tokugawa generals still suspect that I might secede as well.

They would say, "Is Lord Izu trustworthy?"

That's all right.

To dispel their doubts, I just have to work hard for the Tokugawa.

To dispel their doubts, I just have to work hard for the Tokugawa. However...

However...

No matter how much I want to work, I don't get orders.

-Anyway, Ina... -Yes.

We have to send Nobumasa to Edo.

He is only four.

-1... -Yes?

I yelled at Gonnosuke and Hansuke at my camp in Shimotsuke.

I told them, when they see Father and Saemon-no-suke in battlefield,

They shouldn't hesitate.

I said, "You should be determined to take their lives."

But, if I actually see Father and my younger brother in battlefield,

Can I really fight to the full extent?

Can I really do it, after asking Sir leyasu to put me in the vanguard

To avoid armed conflict with the head family in Ueda?

With such thoughts in mind, can I really fight?

War was coming just around the corner.

Episode 22 THE END