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SANADA TAIHEIKI (Saga of the Sanada Clan)

SANADA TAIHEIKI (Saga of the Sanada Clan)

Episode 37: The Night Before the Winter Campaign

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

Mukai Sasuke: Nakamura Hashinosuke

Higuchi Kakubei: Enoki Takaaki

Lady Komatsu: Konno Misako

Okuni: Han Bunjaku

Takigawa Sankuro: Miura Koichi

Tokugawa leyasu: Nakamura Umenosuke

Producer: Enomoto Kazuo

English Subtitle c2008-2009: Koala Fansubs

Director: Kobayashi Shinfichi

November, 1614...

Yukimura's much-awaited fort was complete.

The fort was located 40 ken (73 m or 80 yards) outside the outer moat of Osaka Castle.

It was almost halfway to a southern mountain, Mt. Chausu (Tea-grinding Mill Mountain).

Yukimura named the fort "Fort Sanada."

Thus, he declared the presence of the Sanada clan.

Sir Higuchi Kakubei is here, sir.

What?

Well, bring him in.

Yes.

Sir Saemon-no-suke.

Sir Saemon-no-suke.

Why did you leave me on Mt. Kudo?

Kakubei.

Why did you trick me to descend the mountain?

I told you to go to Ueda, didn't I?

Well... sit down.

I'm always left behind.

I'm always treated like a pest.

Why didn't you tell me to go to Osaka with you?

Because I'm unreliable?

Because you don't need me!?

Are you saying you want to die with me?

That's right.

In that case...

...you may stay here.

Thank you.

Well... what's this fort about?

Because I think defense is not necessary any more.

I built my own castle, just to fight squarely.

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...there's nothing to worry about if all the soldiers fight with a united resolve.

Can you make it happen?

Um...

From what I've heard...

...most of your 5,000 soldiers are a mere ragtag crowd, such as ronin, foot soldiers and farmers, right?

I'm part of the ragtag crowd.

Well... leaving that aside...

Are you relying on such a ragtag crowd?

Well...

Just wait and see.

Go!!

What are you doing!?

How many times do I have to tell you!?

You guys are crap!!

Do it again!!

Why are you letting Sir Kakubei stay?

He was crying...

He betrayed me many times with his tears, but...

I still feel sorry for him, because he is my family.

I told Sasuke to keep an eye on him.

Stop!!

Are you guys men or mice!?

Ragtag horses are a lot better!!

Horses!? What did you say!?

No back-talking!!

What!?

Stop calling us horses!!

Wanna do it?

-Wait, Kisuke. -Yes, sir.

Why don't you sit down?

Hey, you guys sit down.

Yes.

Kisuke swears a lot because he wants to do everything according to my instructions.

Don't hate him.

Lord.

Like him, people with a bad mouth are good-hearted.

Most of them are hen-pecked.

How about you, Kisuke?

Yes...

I was being hen-pecked...

Now...

...as to the duties of spearmen...

Have any of you snuck into a girl's bedroom?

Snuck into a girl's bedroom... you know what it means.

Sneak into a girl's house at night.

Anyone?

Only one?

Me, too.

Did it work?

Well, no...

I was so close, but her father found me...

So I ran away.

How regretful.

Indeed.

Now, how was your speed?

You ran away fast, didn't you?

Yes. I was desperate, because I didn't want to be caught.

That's it exactly!

Yes?

Spearmen have to move as if they are sneaking into a girl's bedroom.

Approach quietly, full of spirit...

Withdraw swiftly.

Quickly.

Excuse me.

I've never snuck into a girl's bedroom...

Just ask whoever has done it.

Yes.

Go!

Go!

Go!

I'll give you sake tonight.

Despite the impending battle, Osaka was vibrant.

Especially, some areas were thriving with many brothels.

This brothel, called Awaya, was run by Sanada ninja.

Sanada ninja was gathering all kinds of information here.

Manager, I'll see him off.

-Thank you very much. -Good-bye.

-Another client! -Welcome, sir!

Please come in.

Please go upstairs.

Hello.

Excuse me.

Could you call the manager?

Mr. Manager!

Oei.

Master!

You and Miss Oyae disappeared suddenly. I have been worried about you.

Well... it was...

I have no place to go. So I was just wandering about...

Must have been hard for you...

I heard I can make more money in Osaka, so I just started working here.

Glad to see you well.

I get good food and pretty clothes like this.

Everything is good!

Welcome, sir.

Welcome. Please come in.

Please take your time.

Hey, Gonbei.

Oh, no. His name is Sozaemon.

He was a decent stamp maker.

Well... Gonbei is my son's name...

Right... you're Sozaemon.

Why don't you go upstairs?

Master, I'll be here for good.

The stamp store's?

Yeah, she was working for me.

What is it?

Hidetada's Army is moving tonight or tomorrow.

On November 17,

Shogun Hidetada advanced his army from Hiraoka to Hirano, Kawachi.

Ieyasu advanced too and set camps in Sumiyoshi.

The main force of the Eastern Army was only a couple of miles away from Osaka Castle.

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He set out to scout on Osaka Castle.

Is that Fort Sanada?

Yes.

Can't make a careless attack, I guess...

I wonder if that's leyasu...

Yes.

That's surely leyasu's banner.

Is that leyasu?

Is he over there?

Sir Saemon-no-suke.

Something is going on inside the castle.

Sir Oda Urakusai was suddenly summoned by Lady Yodo.

Who's Urakusai?

He is Lord Nobunaga's younger brother, Lady Yodo's uncle.

Also, with the Eastern Army approaching, people in the castle are getting nervous.

IEYASU'S CAMP, MT. CHAUSU

-Kozuke. -Yes.

Summon Lord Sanada Izu to Kyoto.

Lord Izu?

Summon him to Kyoto and order him to stay in Nijo Castle.

What are you going to do?

He might be good for something.

But...

You needn't inform the Shogun's family.

Yes, sir.

FORT SANADA

Mt. Chausu leyasu

As I thought, the Eastern Army will rally in the south.

Okuni is here, sir.

What is it?

My brother, Saizo, sent me here.

One of Oda Urakusai's senior vassals visited leyasu's camp.

What!?

Lady Yodo seems to have shown her intention to make peace.

"Ieyasu might accept it," my brother said.

Making peace without fighting even once?

Also, leyasu has a courier called Sir Takigawa Sankuro.

Okuni.

I'm going back to Awaya.

Sasuke.

See Okuni off at the castle gate.

Yes.

Excuse me...

I can do that...

No, Sasuke can do that.

I see...

Making peace...?

I wish I could stay here...

Unlike before, we are both in Osaka now. We can see each other any time.

Yes.

I've got go now.

When can I see you next time?

I don't know...

Bye.

Sir Higuchi Kakubei.

A message for you.

What?

I am Harasawa Kichibei, Priest Jikai's agent.

When are you going to kill Saemon-no-suke?

When you do it, I'll help you.

Sir Higuchi.

Leave me alone.

I'll watch for a chance and kill him by myself.

You promise?

Sir Higuchi...

UEDA CASTLE

Nobuyuki received a secret letter from leyasu.

Ieyasu told him to enter Nijo Castle,

Without reporting to the Shogunate, without getting found by others.

Go to Kyoto?

Why did the Senior Shogun summon you?

And... without telling the Shogun...?

That's it.

I wonder if it's about Saemon-no-suke...

Which means?

Well...

I'm not sure, but...

The Senior Shogun started worrying about the presence of Saemon-no-suke.

He is afraid of Saemon-no-suke for some reason.

This is Shinnosuke, sir.

This is a secret letter from Sir Takigawa Sankuro.

You may leave.

The Senior Shogun wants me to see Saemon-no-suke.

After getting Saemon-no-suke as his ally, he wants to destroy the Toyotomi clan.

Are you going to Kyoto?

It's an order from the Senior Shogun.

I have no choice.

Ah, yes.

Sir Sankuro saw Nobuyoshi and Nobumasa.

He says, "They look very confident for their first battle."

Your gestures...

You started looking like your father.

Your back when you were standing earlier...

The way you move...

The way you look when you are deep in thought...

You just look like your father.

Is that so?

Yes.

Actually...

I noticed my gnarled fingers started looking like my father's...

Yes.

I began to look like him, as I got older...

Well...

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Well...

Nothing.

Father.

Are they going to make peace?

We must avoid peace at this time, by all means.

-Daisuke. -Yes.

You have cousins in the Eastern Army.

I know.

My brother's sons.

I want to see them once.

I do, too. But they are our enemy...

We can see them only during the battle.

Only when we kill each other.

Do you still want to fight?

I have no choice.

My father often said this, on Mt. Kudo, during his sunset years.

"I want to take command in Osaka Castle once, and fight leyasu."

I have to make his dream come true.

I wonder if I can have a battle as my father dreamt?

I wish he could have lived three years longer.

No.

I wish he could stand on top of this turret, right now.

Nobuyuki is leaving for Kyoto today.

Can you see our sons, dear?

I don't think so.

Because I have to go to Kyoto, without seeing anybody, without getting found by others.

-Ina. -Yes.

Hold onto the letter from the Senior Shogun.

Yes.

Everything is ready, sir.

Take care of everything.

Yes.

MT. CHAUSU Care for amazake (sweet & warmed sake)?

Near leyasu's camp,

Sanada ninja were already working.

They were spying on leyasu's movements.

All right?

Knock down all the forts outside the castle.

After disarming the castle completely, I want to start peace talks.

Yes.

However...

Never attack Fort Sanada.

Ieyasu had a strategic meeting with the Shogun this evening.

And...?

He seems to be making a move.

Upon leyasu's order, the Hachisuka Army attacked the fort west of Osaka Castle.

The Satake and Uesugi Armies swept over the eastern fort.

Both forts were captured.

However, Kimura Shigenari's army sallied out from Osaka Castle.

Shortly after, Goto Matabei's army joined them and turned the tide.

The Western Army beat up the Satake Army, dealing a severe blow to the Eastern Army.

Through this battle, the Western Army gave its formidable impression to the Eastern Army.

Here!

We must crush this coastal formation of the Western Army.

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What did you say?

I'm going to check the enemy's formations with my own eyes!

-That's not...! -No, I'm going.

Please don't.

I cannot wait any longer.

I'm going on the rounds.

Senior Shogun!

Ieyasu is going on the rounds?

Shall we provoke it?

As things are, this war will end before troops are dispatched.

-Oko. -Yes.

I want you to do one more thing.

Yes.

How are you going to do it?

Please get boats for us.

All right.

I heard it.

Are you going to kill leyasu?

Oko, I'll help you.

Kakubei.

We should leave it to them.

No, I want to help them.

HIDETADA'S CAMP, HIRANO

What!? Senior Shogun is making the rounds on his own!?

No! Stop him!

Yes...

What is Kozuke-no-suke doing...!

Why can't he stop him!?

Yes...

TENMA RIVER

Oko and other Sanada ninja, who went out to attack leyasu,

Were hiding by the riverbank of the Tenma River, waiting for dawn.

-Jinpachi. -Yes.

It's sake. It warms you up.

No, thanks.

Sir Kakubei, you don't like ninja's sake?

Um...

That's from Sir Saemon-no-suke.

I don't need it.

Please wait!

Senior Shogun!

Please don't go!

I won't listen to you.

Please!!

How persistent!

What do you want?

Father.

Lord, going out in such rain is not good for your health.

Sado, I'm on a battlefield.

You're right.

Who cares about the rain or wind on the battlefield?

You have to move when necessary.

This is not a war game. Tell that to the Shogun.

No!

I must stop you, no matter what.

Sir Kakubei.

Please come over here.

You can keep out the cold, if you get closer to others.

Please.

Please.

Listen, Senior Shogun.

No, I won't listen to you.

Think what would happen if something happened to you.

You can't fight if you think about such things.

I'll stop you, at any cost...

Even at the cost of my life...!

Kozuke.

Please...!

It's the rounds over in the enemy territory. Why don't you just send someone trustworthy?

Or you don't trust any one from my family?

Enough, Kozuke.

I'm not making the rounds.

Thank you.

Instead, you have to capture the west side of the castle, all along the coast.

Yes!

What happened?

Ieyasu is not making the rounds.

Gosh!

Part of the Eastern Army attacked the west side of Osaka Castle.

Forts at Bakuro-ga-fuchi (Abyss of Livestock Brokers),

Tosa-za (Tosa Merchants' Town) and Awa-za (Awa Merchants' Town) were captured.

Most forts were knocked down.

The Western Army soldiers fled into the castle.

However...

Ieyasu never tried to attack Fort Sanada.

Earlier today,

Oda Urakusai sent another messenger to leyasu.

They appear to be deliberating on peace talks.

Sir Saemon-no-suke.

I need to talk with you in private.

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Sir Saemon-no-suke.

If they decide to make peace, your long-time effort will go down the drain.

Not only your effort, but also...

My and other Sanada ninja's efforts...

Sir Matagoro's and Sir Yagobei's deaths... It will be all wasted.

Moreover...

Of all things...

You cannot avenge the late Lord Awa.

If they make peace without fighting...

You have no chance to show the Sanada's valor to the country.

And your presence here will be meaningless.

What do you want to tell me?

We have to kill the snakes in Osaka Castle's bosom.

The snakes?

Oda Urakusai...

Ono Shuri...

And...

Lady Yodo.

If we kill those three snakes, the peace talks will be blown off.

What do you think?

Sir Saemon-no-suke?

Why?

Why did you want to see me?

When are you going to kill Saemon-no-suke?

-Shut up. -Shut up?

What do you mean?

SANADA MANSION, FUSHIMI That night,

Nobuyuki arrived at the Sanada clan's mansion in Fushimi.

How are things in Osaka?

Having lost most of their forts, Osaka seems to be entering into peace talks, I heard.

What happened to Saemon-no-suke's fort?

The Eastern Army hasn't attacked Fort Sanada.

Are they going to make peace?

No, I don't think they'll bring about peace like this.

Because Osaka has Saemon-no-suke.

Next morning,

I will launch an attack on the Eastern Army on Mt. Chausu.

Lord Hideyori doesn't know it.

I'll attack them by my decision only.

Therefore...

We're going to fight only here, at Fort Sanada.

I want you guys to think of how to throw the enemy into confusion.

With that, I want to lure Honda Masashige's army out.

Good luck, sir.

Yukimura's famous and monumental battle at Fort Sanada...

...was just a day away.

Episode 37 THE END