Original subtitles

Today there is a health boom.

Today there is a health boom.

In Japan, the average life expectancy (in 1988),

is 80.93 for women, and 75.23 for men.

This is the highest in the world.

The world maintains an interest in good health.

"Tubuerculosis Prevention Day"

May 28 is Tuberculosis (Tb) Prevention Day.

1950 - Mobile Tb bus

Tb took a major toll on people, and was the leading cause of death,

with 500,000 deaths each year.

Now, because of antibiotics,

the number of deaths have dropped dramatically.

Harunobu's concubine Princess Koi died of tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis bacteria

There was no treatment for tuberculosis,

and hygiene was poor during the warring era.

Thus, there must have been high mortality from tuberculosis.

Princess Koi contracted tuberculosis,

and now is going to end her young life.

Takeda Shingen

Episode 18: "Farewell Princess Koi"

Screenplay: Tamukai Masatake

Original Story: Nitta Jiro

Music: Yamamoto Naozumi

Original Subtitles JN Productions, lnc. (Hawaii)

Transcribed and Edited Subtitles Kame Fansubs

Narrator: Wakao Ayako

CAST

Takeda Harunobu NAKAl KllCHl

Lady Sanjo KONNO MlSAKO

Satomi DAlCHl MAO

Princess Koi MlNAMlNO YOKO

Taki YUKl MElKO

Gishu NAlTO TAKETOSHl

Imagawa Yoshimoto NAKAMURA KANKURO

Jukeini KlSHlDA KYOKO

Yae OGAWA MAYUMl

Hojo Ujiyasu SUGl RYOTARO

Producer: Murakami Satoshi

Director: lchii Hisashi

Lord Harunobu...

Princess!

Lord Harunobu...

Princess.

Please let him come soon.

Please take care of Shiro.

Let him take my place,

to serve as a bridge between Kai and Suwa.

I pray that you will stay awhile longer.

Do not go back to Kofu.

Please, my lord.

Yes.

Lord Shiro, you must not come here!

Mother...

Shiro...

Welcome back.

Mother is dead.

She was waiting for you!

Harunobu's wild youth had come to an end.

This was when he no doubt abandoned the desires of youth.

All Shinano is ablaze with the Takeda crest!

Princess, we will soon gain access to the northern sea.

Then ships shall take our troops to Kyoto, the flowering capital.

We may reach Kyoto sooner than we dreamed.

What a glorious feeling.

You are in unusually good humor of late.

What reasons are there to rejoice?

Be glad, Princess. Shinano belongs to the Takeda now.

I do not share your enthusiasm.

We only captured Kita-Shinano.

Unless we march west, we will never reach the capital!

Princess...

It is a hundred times faster by ship.

Echigo blocks our path to the northern sea.

Nagao Kagetora, lord of Echigo,

is a great and pious warrior.

He will have nothing to do with women.

But our lord indulges in lustful behavior.

The gods will surely lend their strength to Echigo!

What does it matter?

Concubines are the mark of a man's greatness.

Princess Koi no longer poses a threat.

At long last, our lord will surely return to you.

"At long last?!"

Must I wait until I am old and haggard?!

What is wrong, Princess?

Please be of good humor.

Reporting.

What is it?

A messenger from Suwa reports that...

Princess Koi passed away last night.

Princess Koi...?

She passed away?

Yes. She was very ill.

How unspeakably sad.

The people of Suwa must be grief-stricken.

Such a tragedy.

Where is Lord Harunobu?

Yes. Our lord went to Suwa early in the evening...

and returned to his main camp afterwards.

Now our lord will return to you.

All will be well.

Leaving the battle with Nagao Kagetora unsettled,

Harunobu returned to Kai before the harvests.

Yae...

Yes.

Now, now...

What's this "now, now?" My lord should have come to me!

Yes.

You said he would!

But...

My lord has returned after a long time.

Why doesn't he come to the inner quarters?

I, his wife, must serve him on his first night home,

or I will be disgraced.

Princess, you can be heard.

Please lower your voice.

The inner quarters are a field of battle.

I, his wife, must lead the front lines.

But, I have not served him for a long time...

on his first night home!

What is my purpose here?

I am sorry, Princess.

I can't bear the sight of you! Go away!

Yes.

Princess Koi's life was too short.

However, she was fortunate that you loved her so.

My lord, you should go to bed now.

Let me stay here awhile longer.

Yes. I am only your pillow.

That is what I want.

Your cheerful voice soothes my heart.

It is very dear to me.

I have never laid my head on anyone else's lap.

Your warmth is much like my mother's.

Let me stay awhile longer.

Then, I will take Lady Kita's place.

Rest, my lord. You must be very tired.

Go away!

This is shameful, Princess.

What's the matter?

Please, my lord!

Come back to me.

After your long absence,

it saddens me not to serve you.

I will do anything you ask.

I will do anything I can to please you.

Please return to me!

I am staying with Satomi tonight.

I will come to you tomorrow night.

Satomi!

Please return my lord to me!

What is wrong with you? This is disgraceful.

Satomi...!

My lord, please grant Lady Sanjo's wish.

Keep still.

Yes.

Return to your room.

A lord's wife must not exhibit such behavior.

Yae...

Don't hide in the shadows!

Take Sanjo back to her room.

My lord, during your long absence,

Lady Sanjo has suffered every day in loneliness.

Please have sympathy...

and come to her room tonight. I beg of you.

I did not ask your opinions.

Return Sanjo to her room.

Yes. I understand, my lord.

However, now that the princess has come this far,

she cannot leave the matter unresolved.

She will lose control over the inner quarters.

Are you refusing to obey me?

Never, my lord.

I know full well...

the prestige of the princess is a reflection on you.

Thus, if she loses influence in the inner quarters,

the rumors will spread throughout our domain,

as a blot on your proud name.

Please preserve the dignity of the princess.

An argument with you could go on for a hundred years.

If I leave the inner quarters,

Sanjo will retain control here.

I will sleep in my own room.

Please wait!

Koi is dead.

I can't come to your chambers tonight.

One's death should not be taken lightly.

But with Satomi, it is alright?

I was merely resting on her lap!

I do not believe such a lie!

Resting your head on her lap... How can it lead to nothing?!

Vulgar words, for a Kyoto princess!

You are to blame for my degradation!

Your lustful habits...

have robbed the Sanjo family of its pride!

Enough.

Do not cry aloud at night.

You will awaken the ghosts.

I'm going to my room.

Lady Sanjo...

Please leave.

This is my room.

Please leave!

Mother...

Harunobu...

Harunobu...

Lord Shiro...

Please wake up.

You must go out to the garden...

and hide in the bushes.

You must not speak until I call you.

Do you understand?

Who are you?

The Suwa deity punished Princess Koi for betraying us.

Give us Shiro, child of the cursed Takeda!

We will cut our ties with the Takeda!

Somebody!! Help!!

All the betrayers are dead! Give us Shiro!

Lord Takeda took the child to Kofu. He is not here!

He's not here.

Where is Shiro? Speak!

Long may Suwa... prosper.

Search elsewhere!

Make haste!

Taki...

Father...

Shiro...

Abbot! Please get up!

Abbot!

Jinen... Why are you up so late?

Please summon my father!

What?

There is something I must tell him!

Can't it wait until tomorrow morning?

Your father is a busy man.

Then, take me to his palace at Tsutsuji-ga-saki!

Now?

Yes!

What is the matter?

Won't you tell me what the problem is?

My brother Shiro in Suwa is calling for Father.

Weren't you dreaming?

It was not a dream.

In order to walk the path of Buddha,

you must abandon worldly matters.

You are no long Takeda Jiro.

You are Jinen, apprenticed to serve the Buddha.

We must hurry! I am going to Tsutsuji-ga-saki!

Jinen...

Jiro...

My lord...

What is it?

Abbot Gishu and Lord Jiro have come from Chozenji.

Gishu and Jiro?

Yes.

Admit them.

What's wrong?

Forgive us for coming so late at night.

Jinen insisted on seeing you.

What is it?

Shiro is calling to you from Suwa.

He needs your help!

Very well.

I am glad you told me. Thank you.

I am leaving for Suwa. Get my men!

We leave immediately!

My lord!

Jinen was only dreaming.

It wasn't a dream.

There is much that is beyond your understanding.

Father!

I shall go with you.

I am going to save Shiro. Will you still come?

The righteous must help the innocent!

You're safe?

Yes.

Where's Taki?

She was killed.

Old age is no excuse.

Please forgive me for not being able to help.

I'm glad you're safe.

I was careless.

Hatred is never erased.

It is a good lesson for me.

Taro...

Yes.

Though you have different mothers,

Shiro is your brother.

Yes.

Shiro has no mother now.

He also lost his only nursemaid.

As his brother and heir to the Takeda clan,

be your younger brother's strength!

Yes.

Shiro...

Yes.

Taro is your older brother.

Be his friend.

Taro...

Yes.

Shiro's mother is dead.

You probably harbor great resentment toward me.

Your mother must also resent me.

However, Shiro is not to blame.

Yes.

At times...

a man's desire for a woman knows no reason.

Shiro's mother submitted to my desires.

It was my fault...

that she died at such a tender age.

Because of me, Shiro is all alone in the world.

Though you may hate me, don't hate Shiro.

Hsun-tzu said...

"Man's soul is evil; all good is false."

It is true that evil lies in men's souls.

Hsun-tzu is saying that man can overcome the evil...

with wisdom and effort.

I have overcome my own desires.

I see Mother!

Over there!

Where?

There she is!

Over there!

Mother is sinking into the lake!

Mother!

She's sinking!

Mother!

In Shiro's eyes, his mother had truly appeared.

Harunobu believed that Princess Koi had led him to Suwa...

to bid a final farewell.

War had begun between the lmagawa and Hojo.

So Ujiyasu hasn't learned his lesson, has he?

Send a message to Harunobu and ask for help!

Yes, sire.

Sit down. You cannot win by pacing the floor.

If Harunobu will not comply,

tell him we will send Nobutora back!

Okabe, you must not speak so rudely.

Sit down. Harunobu will send troops.

I will drive the Hojo into the sea!

All Yoshimoto has is background and arrogance.

Our forces are far superior.

Strike the lmagawa!

Harunobu would go to the aid of the lmagawa.

And the war would result in an unexpected turn of events.

I end my story for tonight.

To be continued.

To be continued.