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<i>Previously on</i> Shogun<i>.</i>

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Look who it is!

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He's alive!

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Tell him about the disgusting,
filthy line you come from.

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I am daughter
of the late Lord Akechi Jinsai.

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My father's Lord was ruler of Japan
before the Taiko.

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So my father killed him
out of love for the Realm.

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Get back!

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Your husband's brutality
is no fault of yours.

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We should not be seen together.

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From this day forward, the only words
we share will be from others' lips.

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Father!

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Father. Look...

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Mother!

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Glad you've returned safely,
Lady Ochiba.

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I'm told the Council is outmaneuvered.

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The time for politics has come to an end.

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The Council will answer to me.

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This is Mariko.

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She's the daughter of Akechi Jinsai,
my new vassal.

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Make her feel welcome.

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You got something to say to me?
You insolent lout!

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Why are they so angry with each other?

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Akechi wait...

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Be patient.

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I know how you're feeling...

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Now is not the time.

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Go back to bed, Mariko.

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You're only dreaming.

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Ippon!

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- She's good.

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Enough!

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I don't understand
why he's doing this...

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Your marriage to Buntaro
will be an alliance

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for both families to smile on.

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That's a joke.

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You know the Toda clan is
a worthless alliance.

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But your father treasures you.

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Then why is he casting me away?

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Mariko.

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All these years
and I still don't understand you.

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We have every privilege.

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Let us choose to look away
from what we cannot control.

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<i>Mariko...
my most cherished daughter.</i>

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<i>It pains me to see you
with so many questions.</i>

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<i>but now I ask that you serve
something greater...</i>

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<i>Your duty is what endures.</i>

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<i>There is nothing more.</i>

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We have all suffered
so much loss...

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You may feel unable
to bear the weight of it.

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But death is the end of having lived.

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It is an affirmation of life itself.

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Anjin.

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Come forward.

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During the earthquake,

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the Anjin saved my life for a second time.

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I will grant him

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a fief near Kanagawa, worth 600 koku.

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He is now chief admiral of the Kantō.

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and general in charge
of our cannon regiment.

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He has also made you his chief admiral

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and general of the cannon regiment.

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<i>Thousands dead.</i>

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Reports are even worse in the north.

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We'll never be able
to face Ishido like this.

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So...

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The Anjin now commands
the cannon regiment?

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It's Toranaga's decision.

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The army used to be mine,
but now it's out of my hands.

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Even so--

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For a barbarian--

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What are you on about?

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Our forces are in shambles.

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Any day now
we'll be dragged into this fruitless war,

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and your concern is just one barbarian?

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Time to write another will.

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Thy kingdom come, thy will be done

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on Earth as it is in heaven.

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- Give us this day our daily bread.

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And forgive us our trespasses,

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as we forgive those
who trespass against us.

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And lead us not into temptation,

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but deliver us from evil.

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- For thine is the kingdom...

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...the power and the glory,
for ever and ever.

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- Amen.
-  Amen.

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I am no longer useful to you.

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I lose myself when I'm around her.

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Then divorce her.

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Please forgive me...

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Not now, after all these years.

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After her father's treachery,

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I thought she'd be grateful
I spared her life.

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But she has always been ice.

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Asking for death, again and again.

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But...

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With him, it's different.

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My Lord,
you have another visitor.

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Mariko is only doing what I demand of her,

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which is more than I can say of you.

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I order you...

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To isolate yourself from her
for seven days.

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Yes, sir.

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Anjin.

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The Anjin asked for my time.

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Please tell him I am sorry
about what happened to his army.

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He says he is sorry for your army.

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However, I must ask

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why he lavished me with the gift
of his cannon regiment last night.

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He asks if you refuse them.

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It's not a matter of refusing.

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I've already explained this to him before.

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I'm unable to serve him
in the way he wishes me to.

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So I wish to leave.

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He cannot fulfill
the service you ask of him.

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And says he still wishes to leave Japan.

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Which service does he prefer?

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He asks what service
you would rather be given.

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If I were to remain in the Japans,

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The Anjin wishes
to attack the Black Ship

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in order to harm trade in ports
controlled by the Catholic Regents.

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What cause would I have
to attack a friendly nation?

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He says that
the Portuguese are a friendly nation,

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and he would never attack their vessel.

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The Portuguese are neither here
for the good of Japan nor Toranaga-<i>sama</i>.

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They're here to gain
in the name of their God.

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Why do you cling to this?

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What is this arguing?

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Excuse me. I am reminded
an interpreter should interpret only.

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Well, seeing as you're my interpreter
and nothing more,

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I would politely ask you to tell him

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Portugal is friendly
only to their profits.

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He believes
the Portuguese are only here to profit.

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I will not be discussing this any further.

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That is all for now.

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What is between you and the Anjin?

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Nothing.

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Only words.

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I won't tolerate
this disruption in my clan.

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We are dangerously close to defeat.

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I understand.

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One cannot serve themselves
above the cause.

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The Anjin will not be granted his request.

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But to settle his mind,

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please arrange for him
a night at a brothel.

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Hire their finest courtesan.

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I will negotiate personally.

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And join him.

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As a translator.

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Arson! Run away!

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Ishido's taken the Regents hostage.

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They've been locked in the castle,
along with their families.

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He's forcing their vote against Toranaga.

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We leave now.

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Come, this way.

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Please hurry Shizu, get on this.

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She won't make it.

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We'll only slow you down.

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You must warn Toranaga yourself.

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No.

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Please, I beg you.

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- Hurry!
- I'm sorry.

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Stop him! Stop!

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By Lord Ishido, I order you to stop!

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Don't let him through! Stop!

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It's Toda!

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Refused at the gates.
It is even worse than we thought.

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What has happened, Eminence?

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Osaka Castle's been locked down.

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Ishido claims
there is a plot to kill the Heir.

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And he's order--

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And he's ordered that
no Regent shall be allowed to leave

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until they can elect the fifth member
and sentence Toranaga to death.

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Lady Ochiba?

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This campaign to eliminate Toranaga,
it has accelerated since her return.

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That woman has no such power.

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I would not underestimate her, Eminence.

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Child of a murdered <i>busho</i>.

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The only consort
to give the Taiko an heir.

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And she despises the Church.

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I think the time has come for us
to turn towards Toranaga as an ally.

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That man is a Minowara, Martin.

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I have never understood
this hold he has on you.

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Let us pray that we can bring him
to our side when this is done.

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There's no time!

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Lady Ruri!

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Dress.

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You must leave at once.

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Your father was murdered in Kyoto.

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Keep that fire in check! Protect the lady!

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Never return.

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<i>Mother...</i>

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Mother...

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It's time for you to go now.

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<i>He slays the false vassal.</i>

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<i>He slays the false vassal.</i>

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We're prisoners to that woman.

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It serves no one to say such things.

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This will be over soon...

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When?

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When the fifth Regent is confirmed
and Toranaga's threat is eliminated.

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Then Ishido will release the hostages.

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We'll always be their hostages now.

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We're just puppets.

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It's the end of the Realm.

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Is this the era of peace
our Taikō fought to build?

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We cannot be too safe these days.

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Nonsense.

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Ishido is nothing more
than the Taikō's favored koshô.

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Good at some things, never great.

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You are choosing the wrong ally.

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<i>Dear Lady Ochiba...</i>

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I was sorry to hear
of your father's death.

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Terrible, how powerless we can be to fate.

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We are all just pebbles,
pushed and pulled by the currents.

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My husband is the ruler of Japan,

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and I was unable to give him an heir...
did you know that?

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This has been in my family
for over a hundred years.

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It is the only one of its kind.

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<i>A woman may lose everything
she's ever had--</i>

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<i>but she may also take it back.</i>

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<i>She must stare without fear
into the cruel eyes of fate--</i>

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<i>and make herself seen.</i>

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<i>If we have a son,</i>

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<i>prestige will spread in every direction...</i>

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Lord Ito...

227
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Your depiction of our late master was
quite profound.

228
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Too kind, Lord Ishido.

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I am but a weak flicker
to his glow of light.

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You're not alone.

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As a boy,

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I looked up to the Taikō as proof

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that even a peasant like me
could lift himself to great heights.

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Some are born under a banner of greatness,

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others must claim it.

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Though you are taller
than the Taikō I once served.

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If only I could cut myself at the knees...

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A minor fault, of course.

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I take it seriously.

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Acting is my grand passion.

241
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And how about politics?

242
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Have you heard of the plot
against the Heir?

243
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Toranaga's provocations
must come to an end.

244
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Would you join the Council
and vote for his death?

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I'm grateful for your wisdom
in suggesting Lord Ito.

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In all my time with the Taikō,

247
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he never spoke of a woman
like he spoke of you.

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I miss the Taikō's strength.

249
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Truly.

250
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It's as if we live in his shadow.

251
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In most ways.

252
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Though, in the end, he fell short.

253
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He failed to rid us of Toranaga.

254
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Why is it you hate him so much?

255
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Eliminate Toranaga...

256
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and it will be your shadow we speak of.

257
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All of Osaka belongs
to Ishido now.

258
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You are lucky to have escaped alive.

259
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This is lunacy.

260
00:28:17,083 --> 00:28:19,750
My father has only ever been
loyal to the Heir.

261
00:28:20,333 --> 00:28:22,083
They are the ones who conspire!

262
00:28:22,416 --> 00:28:26,250
Our allies are pressured
into becoming our enemies

263
00:28:27,125 --> 00:28:29,041
with each passing day.

264
00:28:29,458 --> 00:28:35,750
Unless they see
through this obscenity and protest.

265
00:28:35,958 --> 00:28:39,625
If we wait for that, it will be too late.

266
00:28:41,916 --> 00:28:42,875
The time has come...

267
00:28:43,750 --> 00:28:45,666
...for Crimson Sky.

268
00:28:51,833 --> 00:28:53,458
What is Crimson Sky?

269
00:28:54,291 --> 00:28:58,541
A plan formulated long ago...

270
00:28:59,041 --> 00:29:04,375
A single, violent rush on Osaka Castle.

271
00:29:05,083 --> 00:29:09,958
We would eliminate the Council
and form a new government.

272
00:29:10,375 --> 00:29:15,125
With Toranaga as sole Regent.

273
00:29:16,583 --> 00:29:18,125
Shōgun...

274
00:29:19,541 --> 00:29:23,041
An attack on Osaka is
like strangling your own neck.

275
00:29:24,458 --> 00:29:28,250
Ishido's allies control the city.

276
00:29:28,250 --> 00:29:31,125
Lord Toranaga's half-brother...

277
00:29:31,208 --> 00:29:34,250
Saeki Nobutatsu.
We could join forces with him.

278
00:29:34,666 --> 00:29:36,916
It wouldn't be enough.

279
00:29:38,125 --> 00:29:41,125
What would you do, Omi?

280
00:29:42,791 --> 00:29:44,666
A fifth Council member,
obedient to Ishido,

281
00:29:46,208 --> 00:29:49,708
will mean your death sentence.

282
00:29:51,583 --> 00:29:54,375
Then it is Crimson Sky.

283
00:29:54,666 --> 00:29:57,166
Perhaps that could work, but...

284
00:29:58,458 --> 00:30:02,666
Why take the risk when there's still time?

285
00:30:03,375 --> 00:30:05,000
There's no time for waiting.

286
00:30:05,666 --> 00:30:06,583
Father--

287
00:30:07,208 --> 00:30:10,333
reclaim our family's legacy
and become Shōgun.

288
00:30:10,416 --> 00:30:11,625
You have never lost a battle--

289
00:30:11,625 --> 00:30:14,583
Because I've never been first
to declare one!

290
00:30:15,708 --> 00:30:17,458
There will be no Crimson Sky.

291
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,708
I have never sought to be Shōgun,

292
00:30:23,958 --> 00:30:25,041
and I never will.

293
00:30:35,208 --> 00:30:38,083
You will forgive
the late notice, Gin,

294
00:30:38,166 --> 00:30:39,625
but Toranaga instructed me

295
00:30:39,625 --> 00:30:43,000
to inquire if the Lady Kiku is
free tonight.

296
00:30:43,375 --> 00:30:44,708
What an honor.

297
00:30:49,708 --> 00:30:52,375
And such lovely lacquerware too.

298
00:30:52,833 --> 00:30:55,000
Unfortunately, it's nothing special.

299
00:30:55,375 --> 00:30:58,416
I'm ashamed we must use it,

300
00:30:58,500 --> 00:31:01,291
but so much was destroyed
in the earthquake.

301
00:31:01,375 --> 00:31:02,375
Mmm.

302
00:31:07,125 --> 00:31:12,625
Lady Kiku would be honored
to attend to this client.

303
00:31:13,958 --> 00:31:14,875
Although...

304
00:31:15,791 --> 00:31:19,500
I'd have to reimburse others
who booked her.

305
00:31:20,458 --> 00:31:22,791
And, after the earthquake fires,

306
00:31:23,458 --> 00:31:27,958
poor Kiku had four kosodes
ruined by water.

307
00:31:28,041 --> 00:31:30,500
Hard times for us all.

308
00:31:30,583 --> 00:31:32,750
500 monme would be acceptable.

309
00:31:32,958 --> 00:31:37,083
So sorry, perhaps I wasn't clear.

310
00:31:37,166 --> 00:31:40,416
I do not wish to buy
all the Tea Houses in Izu,

311
00:31:41,375 --> 00:31:44,875
only the Lady's services for one evening.

312
00:31:45,958 --> 00:31:49,791
I don't know if you've heard
of my Tea House,

313
00:31:49,875 --> 00:31:53,708
but please understand
it is no ordinary brothel.

314
00:31:53,791 --> 00:31:57,250
I might even say there is no place
like it in all of Japan.

315
00:32:01,875 --> 00:32:05,000
They enrich the mind
and nurture the spirit.

316
00:32:05,666 --> 00:32:07,208
I assure you

317
00:32:08,083 --> 00:32:11,000
the price is quite merited.

318
00:32:11,291 --> 00:32:12,750
Then 100 monme.

319
00:32:16,166 --> 00:32:19,541
400 monme would be the lowest I could go.

320
00:32:21,041 --> 00:32:26,416
Surely Lord Toranaga
would want to enjoy his evening.

321
00:32:27,083 --> 00:32:28,541
Oh, so sorry--

322
00:32:39,125 --> 00:32:40,875
He is hatamoto now,

323
00:32:41,333 --> 00:32:44,291
and chief admiral
of Lord Toranaga's cannon regiment.

324
00:32:45,041 --> 00:32:47,208
I would think 200 monme are enough.

325
00:32:48,458 --> 00:32:52,458
Then, will you be joining him?

326
00:32:52,458 --> 00:32:53,541
It's only...

327
00:32:54,750 --> 00:33:00,916
I've heard you and the Anjin
are never seen apart.

328
00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,666
It is my duty to translate, yes.

329
00:33:48,125 --> 00:33:52,375
Lady Gin says with Lord Toranaga's support

330
00:33:52,375 --> 00:33:56,125
I could become
the most cherished courtesan in the Kantō.

331
00:34:02,500 --> 00:34:04,708
I don't understand why Lord Toranaga

332
00:34:04,791 --> 00:34:10,791
values the barbarian so much.

333
00:34:14,041 --> 00:34:17,125
The barbarian is nothing to me.

334
00:34:29,583 --> 00:34:31,916
This is a great honor you have received.

335
00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:34,333
Lady Kiku is
the most coveted courtesan in Izu.

336
00:34:35,208 --> 00:34:36,291
It's not the honor so much

337
00:34:36,375 --> 00:34:39,666
as being unable to understand
why in Christ's name I'm receiving it.

338
00:34:43,541 --> 00:34:46,666
But in this case
a special exception has been made.

339
00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:52,625
Does Toranaga-<i>sama</i> know about...

340
00:34:54,208 --> 00:34:55,416
There is nothing to know.

341
00:35:11,375 --> 00:35:14,166
Gin's Tea House is
famed for its many wonders,

342
00:35:14,250 --> 00:35:16,625
but you must be careful.

343
00:35:16,708 --> 00:35:18,708
Our every gesture is being observed.

344
00:35:18,791 --> 00:35:20,250
Welcome.

345
00:35:39,250 --> 00:35:42,750
I hope you will enjoy
your private evening.

346
00:36:11,416 --> 00:36:12,583
What do I say?

347
00:36:13,083 --> 00:36:14,958
It is fitting
to share your reaction.

348
00:36:15,875 --> 00:36:17,500
Tell her she's beautiful.

349
00:36:17,583 --> 00:36:19,750
"<i>Sonata wa utsukushii</i>."

350
00:36:28,625 --> 00:36:32,791
I am honored to serve the Anjin

351
00:36:32,791 --> 00:36:34,458
on this beautiful evening.

352
00:36:35,125 --> 00:36:39,958
And I'm grateful that Lady Mariko
has also come to this place.

353
00:36:54,708 --> 00:36:56,750
It does feel
like we're being watched.

354
00:36:56,833 --> 00:37:00,208
We must try our best to find this
as pleasurable as possible.

355
00:37:00,291 --> 00:37:02,750
And how am I to find this pleasurable?

356
00:37:02,833 --> 00:37:06,958
By not making a scene.
For both of our sakes.

357
00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:30,458
Compliment the way she poured your sake.

358
00:37:30,541 --> 00:37:31,916
It is considered a rare art.

359
00:37:32,500 --> 00:37:34,833
Courtesans like Kiku-<i>dono</i>
study it for years.

360
00:37:38,458 --> 00:37:39,833
You pour very well.

361
00:37:40,541 --> 00:37:42,750
The Anjin compliments your service.

362
00:37:46,291 --> 00:37:51,333
I imagine everything is quite different
from his homeland.

363
00:37:51,416 --> 00:37:53,958
She assumes it is different
from where you're from.

364
00:37:54,041 --> 00:37:55,333
I'd say so.

365
00:37:56,125 --> 00:37:59,791
Where I come from our prostitutes
are neither this well presented

366
00:37:59,875 --> 00:38:01,250
nor as inquisitive.

367
00:38:03,458 --> 00:38:06,625
He seems to prefer his homeland.

368
00:38:07,833 --> 00:38:09,541
May I?

369
00:38:09,625 --> 00:38:11,625
Why not?

370
00:38:14,833 --> 00:38:16,625
Another fine pour.

371
00:38:27,291 --> 00:38:29,000
Hana, look where the flask just was.

372
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:30,208
What do you see?

373
00:38:30,958 --> 00:38:32,875
I see nothing, Elder Sister.

374
00:38:32,958 --> 00:38:36,000
You see where the flask is no longer.

375
00:38:37,041 --> 00:38:40,833
Presence is felt most keenly in absence.

376
00:38:59,208 --> 00:39:00,708
Mariko.

377
00:39:03,125 --> 00:39:06,958
Where we are is a private place.

378
00:39:07,875 --> 00:39:11,500
Dark... if one wants it dark.

379
00:39:15,666 --> 00:39:19,291
A woman cannot look away
when another suffers.

380
00:39:26,750 --> 00:39:28,791
Perhaps the Anjin would allow me
to explain

381
00:39:28,875 --> 00:39:32,291
why the Willow World is among

382
00:39:32,375 --> 00:39:34,208
the most treasured planes of existence.

383
00:39:34,875 --> 00:39:38,250
She wishes to explain to you
the meaning of the Willow World.

384
00:39:53,750 --> 00:39:59,500
People who come to this
place have something they wish to forget.

385
00:40:01,083 --> 00:40:06,500
Be it boredom, pain,
hardship, disappointment.

386
00:40:07,208 --> 00:40:09,291
Most come here to escape

387
00:40:09,375 --> 00:40:14,250
from boredom or pain,
hardship or disappointment.

388
00:40:14,666 --> 00:40:19,291
They believe this place is
about physical pleasure...

389
00:40:19,375 --> 00:40:21,875
They believe this place is
about physical pleasure,

390
00:40:22,625 --> 00:40:23,875
which it is.

391
00:40:25,458 --> 00:40:27,250
But it can be more.

392
00:40:27,708 --> 00:40:31,083
The people I meet...

393
00:40:31,166 --> 00:40:34,166
The people she meets wish
for a different life or circumstance.

394
00:40:35,833 --> 00:40:38,875
They want to be
anyplace other than where they are.

395
00:40:38,958 --> 00:40:44,166
I offer you relief from this.

396
00:40:45,416 --> 00:40:47,541
I offer you relief from this...

397
00:40:49,250 --> 00:40:53,708
...and safety
to create one perfect moment

398
00:40:54,333 --> 00:40:56,833
that you wish to inhabit completely.

399
00:41:01,250 --> 00:41:03,916
Settle your eyes on what you desire.

400
00:41:05,791 --> 00:41:07,583
My unclothed form.

401
00:41:08,916 --> 00:41:12,958
Just as I am with nothing between us.

402
00:41:16,583 --> 00:41:19,166
I ask you into my openness.

403
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:21,208
I ask you.

404
00:41:21,458 --> 00:41:26,166
...to be here with me now.

405
00:41:42,541 --> 00:41:46,375
I would like to invite the Anjin
into a private room.

406
00:41:46,916 --> 00:41:49,166
She invites you away with her now.

407
00:41:51,500 --> 00:41:53,625
Will you join us?

408
00:41:57,416 --> 00:41:59,750
It must only be you.

409
00:43:04,791 --> 00:43:06,083
It's the barbarian.

410
00:43:07,166 --> 00:43:09,458
- That's Lady Kiku.
- She's so pretty.

411
00:43:21,083 --> 00:43:22,000
Thank you kindly.

412
00:43:22,083 --> 00:43:24,333
All my father does
is lavish him with gifts these days.

413
00:43:26,458 --> 00:43:29,000
Fortune does appear to smile on him.

414
00:43:29,083 --> 00:43:31,875
Please tell Lady Kiku
I don't have the words to thank her.

415
00:43:33,625 --> 00:43:35,916
He expresses his gratitude.

416
00:43:36,666 --> 00:43:39,083
Tell him, please visit again.

417
00:43:39,625 --> 00:43:41,833
I will count the moments.

418
00:43:43,291 --> 00:43:44,458
She is honored.

419
00:44:22,958 --> 00:44:23,791
How did it go?

420
00:44:25,750 --> 00:44:28,208
The Anjin was pleased with his gift.

421
00:44:28,875 --> 00:44:30,750
Kiku is exceptional.

422
00:44:33,916 --> 00:44:34,958
Mariko...

423
00:44:36,291 --> 00:44:39,041
What do you remember of your childhood?

424
00:44:42,250 --> 00:44:45,583
I recall you being close
with Ochiba no kata.

425
00:44:47,750 --> 00:44:51,833
She was Ruri then.

426
00:44:54,416 --> 00:44:56,291
After she became Ochiba no kata,

427
00:44:56,958 --> 00:44:58,541
I have not seen her since.

428
00:45:01,708 --> 00:45:04,125
The way she wars against us...

429
00:45:07,041 --> 00:45:13,708
What could have turned her
into the woman she is today?

430
00:45:15,416 --> 00:45:16,333
Fate.

431
00:45:18,291 --> 00:45:19,458
Hardship.

432
00:45:20,625 --> 00:45:24,083
We all have things we must war against.

433
00:45:26,041 --> 00:45:30,583
Yet most of us do it with honor.

434
00:45:34,208 --> 00:45:35,166
Forgive me...

435
00:45:36,250 --> 00:45:39,541
but most of you are men.

436
00:45:44,541 --> 00:45:50,458
A man may go to war for many reasons.

437
00:45:51,541 --> 00:45:52,583
Conquest,

438
00:45:53,166 --> 00:45:54,208
pride,

439
00:45:54,750 --> 00:45:56,291
power...

440
00:45:57,583 --> 00:45:59,083
But a woman

441
00:46:02,458 --> 00:46:05,416
is simply at war.

442
00:46:10,500 --> 00:46:12,000
Your father once told me

443
00:46:13,208 --> 00:46:17,083
he wished you'd been born a man.

444
00:46:18,333 --> 00:46:19,625
Now I see why.

445
00:46:21,125 --> 00:46:26,791
He had great plans for you.

446
00:46:30,250 --> 00:46:37,250
Then he should have married me better.

447
00:46:41,708 --> 00:46:42,916
Mariko...

448
00:46:44,750 --> 00:46:46,291
You didn't know?

449
00:46:48,166 --> 00:46:51,208
It was all his plan.

450
00:46:52,333 --> 00:46:54,500
Marrying you off.

451
00:46:55,291 --> 00:46:59,416
To put you as far away
from his fight as possible.

452
00:47:00,208 --> 00:47:01,916
So that you might survive

453
00:47:02,708 --> 00:47:09,208
and one day return to finish it.

454
00:47:21,833 --> 00:47:26,833
All these years, you must have known...

455
00:47:29,708 --> 00:47:36,666
I've failed him.

456
00:47:42,291 --> 00:47:45,375
No, Mariko.

457
00:47:48,875 --> 00:47:54,291
Your war isn't over.

458
00:48:01,541 --> 00:48:03,458
The time for discussion
has now concluded.

459
00:48:03,708 --> 00:48:07,708
Lord Ito is loyal to the Heir,
and to this Council.

460
00:48:08,500 --> 00:48:10,958
In one voice, let us vote.

461
00:48:17,583 --> 00:48:19,166
Yes to Ito.

462
00:48:20,333 --> 00:48:22,166
Yes to Ito.

463
00:48:27,875 --> 00:48:29,166
What say you, Sugiyama?

464
00:48:32,208 --> 00:48:33,583
I'm sorry.

465
00:48:34,625 --> 00:48:36,000
But no.

466
00:48:36,916 --> 00:48:42,083
There has been no evidence
of any plot against the Heir.

467
00:48:42,875 --> 00:48:47,208
I will conduct no vote

468
00:48:47,291 --> 00:48:52,041
until all hostages are released.

469
00:48:53,750 --> 00:48:54,916
Hostages?

470
00:48:55,416 --> 00:49:01,208
You dishonor the wishes
of our great Taikō.

471
00:49:02,750 --> 00:49:06,125
Then you dishonor
the most loyal servant of this Realm.

472
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:16,208
I alone here

473
00:49:16,291 --> 00:49:22,000
serve the Realm.

474
00:49:29,791 --> 00:49:31,875
<i>It will mean a delay,</i>

475
00:49:32,708 --> 00:49:34,625
<i>there's no doubt about it.</i>

476
00:49:34,833 --> 00:49:37,500
I will propose Sugiyama's impeachment,

477
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:40,708
then plans can move ahead.

478
00:49:41,083 --> 00:49:43,125
So sorry, but I'd like to know--

479
00:49:43,916 --> 00:49:45,750
When is "then"?

480
00:49:46,875 --> 00:49:48,541
Please be patient.

481
00:49:53,458 --> 00:49:55,875
You're playthings.

482
00:49:56,583 --> 00:50:00,916
You have no idea the enemy you face...

483
00:50:02,625 --> 00:50:05,666
You asked before

484
00:50:05,750 --> 00:50:10,166
why I hold these feelings
against Toranaga.

485
00:50:11,000 --> 00:50:15,541
It began in my childhood in Azuchi.

486
00:50:15,625 --> 00:50:21,250
All those years I watched him...

487
00:50:23,416 --> 00:50:25,708
whispering...

488
00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:28,125
plotting...

489
00:50:29,333 --> 00:50:34,291
Sure, it was Akechi Jinsai
who took my father's life,

490
00:50:38,500 --> 00:50:41,708
but it was Toranaga who planned it.

491
00:50:42,208 --> 00:50:48,041
His secret heart is no secret to me.

492
00:50:48,708 --> 00:50:53,875
Serious accusations.

493
00:50:58,166 --> 00:51:03,458
Tell them in public
and his end will be swift.

494
00:51:03,833 --> 00:51:06,083
What would be the point?

495
00:51:06,708 --> 00:51:10,250
None of you can stop him.

496
00:51:15,041 --> 00:51:18,083
Have you heard what I went through

497
00:51:18,166 --> 00:51:22,250
to give the Taikō a son?

498
00:51:25,041 --> 00:51:28,000
No one else could achieve it.

499
00:51:29,333 --> 00:51:33,333
Hundreds of women... consorts...

500
00:51:34,791 --> 00:51:36,708
Not Daiyoin...

501
00:51:37,458 --> 00:51:40,708
Daiyoin... who drugged me with bitter herbs,

502
00:51:40,791 --> 00:51:45,875
forced me to endure unmentionable things
in order to conceive.

503
00:51:49,000 --> 00:51:52,541
Only I become mother of the Heir.

504
00:51:53,333 --> 00:51:58,875
And do you know how?

505
00:52:08,333 --> 00:52:14,291
By compelling fate to look at me.

506
00:52:18,125 --> 00:52:21,875
So I could

507
00:52:21,958 --> 00:52:26,458
scratch out its eyes.

508
00:52:30,583 --> 00:52:32,875
Wife, wake up!
We're leaving the castle.

509
00:52:35,125 --> 00:52:35,958
Wake up!

510
00:52:41,708 --> 00:52:43,208
My Lord, someone's there.

511
00:52:53,708 --> 00:52:57,583
It was wrong

512
00:52:57,666 --> 00:53:00,958
to side with a simple bureaucrat.

513
00:53:02,666 --> 00:53:07,000
That's all you will ever be.

514
00:53:19,791 --> 00:53:21,541
<i>Lord Sugiyama is dead...</i>

515
00:53:23,583 --> 00:53:27,958
Killed by bandits
while trying to leave Osaka.

516
00:53:31,041 --> 00:53:35,166
Ishido will soon control the Council.

517
00:53:37,291 --> 00:53:41,416
I expect to be

518
00:53:41,500 --> 00:53:45,458
falsely impeached

519
00:53:46,208 --> 00:53:50,625
and war will be declared on my clan.

520
00:53:51,291 --> 00:53:53,375
I desire no lands.

521
00:53:53,916 --> 00:53:56,083
I want no honors.

522
00:53:57,416 --> 00:54:02,666
But if traitors place
the Taikō's heir in danger,

523
00:54:03,125 --> 00:54:05,708
then I must defend him.

524
00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:10,291
Crimson Sky it will be.

525
00:54:16,291 --> 00:54:19,500
We'll send a message
to my brother asking for his support,

526
00:54:20,000 --> 00:54:24,000
then we'll rush Osaka
and obliterate our enemies.

527
00:54:24,916 --> 00:54:26,000
The time has come.