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TOKUGAWA IEYASU

Episode 5: Hostage Trade

Original Story By: YAMAOKA Sohachi

Screenplay By: OSANAI Mieko

Music By: TOMITA Isao

Theme Song Performed By: NHK Symphony Orchestra and Keio University Wagner Society Choir

Narration By: TATENO Naomitsu, NHK Announcer

CAST

Matsudaira Takechiyo: KASE Yoshitake

Odai: OTAKE Shinobu

Oda Nobunaga: YAKUSHO Koji

Princess Noh: FUJI Mariko

Torii Tadayoshi: MIYAGUCHI Seiji

Sekiguchi Chikanaga: SATO Hideo Hirate Nakatsukasa: TOURA Rokko

Sakai Utanosuke: OGASAWARA Ryochi Hayashi Sado: KATSUBE Nobuyuki

Takenouchi Kyuroku: TASHIRO Takahide Okubo Shinpachiro: KAWAHARA Sabu

Ishikawa Aki: HAYAKAWA Jun'ichi Kinzo: KURATA Yasuaki

Ginzo: SANO Koji Okubo Jinshiro: NAKATA Joji

Lady Keyo-in: YACHIGUSA Kaoru

Sena: IKEGAMI Kimiko

Princess Kame: TAKESHITA Keiko

Oda Nobuhide: ITO Takao

Oda Hikogoro: IRIE Masanori Gomi Shinzo: IWAKI Kazuo

Shibata Gonroku: KAWAGUCHI Keishi Oda Genba: KATO Masayuki

Zen Master Sessai: KOBAYASHI Keiju

Zuifu: RYU Raita

Imagawa Yoshimoto: NARITA Mikio

Takenouchi Namitaro: ISHIZAKA Koji

Produced By: SHIBUYA Yasuo

English Subtitles By: Koala Fansubs

Directed By: KATO Ikuo

Matsudaira clansmen's desperate effort to have Takechiyo back...

...allowed Sessai capture Anjo Castle and Oda Nobuhiro.

Sessai suggested that the Oda swap Nobuhiro for Takechiyo.

Sessai sent a messenger back and forth from Anjo Castle.

Meanwhile, Nobunaga went to see his father at Furuwatari Castle.

Despite several messages from them, Father,

you must have already told them to kill Nobuhiro!

Young Lord, you're going too far.

He's right.

The enemy will despise you for your inhuman decisions.

Idiot, what can humanity do for battles?

They won't kill Nobuhiro. No need to swap hostages.

What are the grounds for that?

Because they gain nothing by killing him!

Shut up, Nobunaga!

Even if that's true,

Nobuhiro is your older brother.

- He's collateral, but you see him as the eldest. - Shut up!

- Young lord. - As previously agreed,

you should just kill Takechiyo if they kill Nobuhiro.

But, if Takechiyo is killed,

the Matsudaira clan will surely break up.

Now this is the point!

If the Matsuidaira break up, the Imagawa lose its military strength.

So the Imagawa will say, "We won't kill Nobuhiro."

How cheeky of you, Nobunaga.

I have already thought of that.

No need to hear that from you.

As I expected.

Nobunaga's acute and gusty remarks was an attempt for total reform...

...and they were trusted and loved by his father, Nobuhide.

Namitaro!

Is he already here?

Welcome home.

I came over, sir.

I want a head.

A head, sir?

I went to Furuwatari. I told my father to kill Takechiyo.

He already told them, "Go ahead and kill Nobuhiro."

But fawny aides are...

...making a fuss, on the pretense of loyalty.

Now is the time to decide.

Bring a head of someone who looks a lot like Takechiyo.

Well, can Lord Nobuhide let Sir Nobuhiro die?

My father is valiant.

He's not weak.

Are you saving Sir Takechiyo's life?

I want to keep him for posterity.

No.

He told me to keep Takechiyo.

- Right? - Yes.

To quell the 100 year-long turbulence of war,

we need Sir Nobunaga who makes daring decisions...

...and Sir Takechiyo who knows how to endure.

The two in one will be able to attain peace without fail.

I should get going.

- The sooner, the better. - Excuse me.

O-Noh, your lap!

- Ear. - Yes?

My ear's itchy.

Earwax.

Oh, yes.

- O-Noh. - Yes.

Don't betray me.

If you do, I'll tear you up...

...eat you up and spit you out.

Clean my ear.

Yes...

Soon, Nobunaga received incredible news.

His father, Nobuhide, agreed to swap hostages...

...out of parental affection.

- What!? - Yes.

He ordered me to negotiate with Sessai.

The parental bond cannot be broken even if one tries.

Idiot!!

My father wasn't like that.

- He was a stronger and feistier warlord. - Lord!

Damn him! He's declining!!

He might die.

- Don't say that. It's ominous. - Idiot!!

- To avoid death and survive... - Yes?

Those waffle fellows who don't admit their stupidity...

They're the most abominable ones!!

Do you understand?

80 benighted years are worse than 20 great years.

Well, Grandpop.

If something happens to Father,

Oda people will gang up on me, won't they?

On the grounds of your roughness,

they will back up your brother, Sir Kanjuro Nobuyuki.

Their intentions are as clear as day.

Damn it!!

O-Noh's father and the Imagawa are suppressible.

From now on,

I must deal with internal enemies.

You mustn't be reckless.

Don't give them any excuse to drive you out.

Avoid behaviors that upset them.

- How can you dare to whine now? - Lord!

Enough!!

You...!

...mustn't give an inch...

...when you negotiate with Sessai.

O-Noh! I'm going out!!

Yes.

Something has happened.

We must kill Nobuhiro at Anjo.

Have your spies do that.

I can send rappa (mercenary spies) immediately.

Is that your choice?

This hostage trade is disadvantageous for us.

If we give Takechiyo to the Imagawa,

the Matsudaira will be grateful and become more loyal to the Imagawa.

They'll be more hostile towards the Oda.

That's why I don't want to give Takechiyo away.

The useless Nobuhiro must die.

Makes sense.

If the Matsudaira think Takechiyo is dead,

their solidarity will crumble.

That'll cause a heavy loss for the Imagawa.

That's what I want.

If we're killing Sir Nobuhiro,

we need more than a head just for show.

In the long run,

that won't do any good for the Oda.

- I'll take care of Takechiyo. - Wait.

Despite the true intention of Imagawa Jibu,

his ostensible reason for battles is to support the Matsudaira.

If he gets Takechiyo, he loses his reason for any more battles.

So Elder Sessai will withdraw his army to Sunpu.

Your goal is...

...to conquer Japan.

No time to deal with the puny Imagawa withdrawn in Sunpu.

Are you telling me to hand Takechiyo over no matter what?

I wonder how the brat puts up with adversity.

I want to see...

...how he grows up in the enemy land.

When you conquer Japan,

he will surely be a useful piece for you.

Do you think you persuaded me?

Yes.

As soon as Nobunaga decided to send Takechiyo away to Sunpu,

he went straight to Agui to see Odai.

Please forgive me for not having greeted you.

My husband, Lord of Sado, went to Furuwatari Castle.

- He is not here now. - That's fine!

I came to see you.

- Yes. - Kyuroku!

Hear my words well with your master's wife.

Lord of Sado's wife!

You haven't forgotten your promise to me, have you?

No, I haven't.

We just...

...decided to swap Takechiyo for Nobuhiro.

But!

You can't just sit here and think about Takechiyo in Sunpu.

- Yes. - Listen!

You know I often visited Takechiyo in Atsuta, don't you?

Yes.

Your thoughtfulness made me happy, sir.

I considered him as my own younger brother.

That's why I gave him a horse.

I allowed him to learn.

I don't want my expectations to come to naught after sending Takechiyo to Sunpu.

Are you going to do something?

No! Do something!

- That's my order. - Yes.

- I will. - Kyuroku!

You help her relay my expectations to him in Sunpu.

- Undestood!? - Lord of Sado's wife!

I'll let you see Takechiyo only once.

Namitaro will arrange it.

Instead,

you must see it to that, someday, he and I can take each other's hands...

...and chat about the old days.

You must make that happen, with a mother's love.

Yes.

No need to see me off.

ANJO CASTLE

Matsudaira men risked their lives for Takechiyo,

who would be swapped for Oda Nobuhiro.

The hostage trade negotiation was going to be held here.

They're coming!

Gentlemen.

- They're coming now. - Really?

They are?

That's Oda's strategist, Hirate Nakatsukasa.

Look at his face. I wonder how the negotiation will go...

OK. I'll test my courage.

I'll deal with him.

You just roll your eyes.

Who are you!?

Anjo Castle's main gate is guarded by the Matsudaira!

We won't let any suspicious creature pass through.

Who are you!?

Thanks for a job well done.

How're you doing, Sir Okubo?

Don't speak casually to me!

I am Okubo Shinpachiro.

I've never seen an ugly weed like you before.

Sir Shinpachi, you're well-known for your valience.

But you seem to be forgetful.

Oh, yeah!

I have a habit of forgetting and remembering things!

Then, I guess I don't need to identify myself.

I'm a military strategist.

I have no need to talk with you.

I came to see Elder Sessai.

What!?

Or, are you just running mad...

...and being rude to someone vital to Sir Takechiyo's life!?

You seem to have a little backbone.

Once we find out someone has a backbone,

we, Matsudaira men, fall in love with him for no reason.

Now!

Go ahead!

It was a hostage trade, but...

...it was a battle for prestige between two sides...

...who wanted to get favorable control for their own strategies and dignity.

The negotiation protracted.

Sir Sakai Utanosuke!

Yes.

Please see Elder Sessai.

Thanks.

Gentlemen, good news.

Good news?

Hirate Nakatsukasa hasn't come out yet.

They called me before Hirate came out...

...because they started discussing details of the hostage trade.

Wait! Calm down!

Don't be overjoyed. We might get disappointed later.

Calm down for now.

As Sakai expected,

the focus of the discussion was the location of the hostage trade.

Why don't we...?

...trade hostages at a halfway point like Otaka?

How strange.

Shall we meet you at Ueno?

Please wait.

We can't meet you at Ueno.

I wonder why.

Why? Otada and Ueno are in Owari Province.

Our Okazaki Castle has a bunch of hell-bent warriors.

If those hell-bent warriors get in conflict in Owari,

it'll be a big deal.

Well, make sense.

If we meet in Mikawa Province,

we can't meet you on the east side of the Sakai River.

If we do,

our fierce warriors might cause trouble.

I guess so.

West of the river will be good.

Fifty-fifty.

A good point to start.

Well, let's meet on the west side of the river, at Kasadera Temple.

Certainly.

Who is escorting Sir Nobuhiro to the temple?

Who shall we pick, Sir Utanosuke?

Well...

Who are you going to pick, Sir Utanosuke?

Well.

The guard should keep any living thing away, even a single bug...

...until Sir Nobuhiro arrives at the temple.

Okubo Shinpachiro will be fit for that duty.

What? Okubo?

I refuse! The hell with it!

Shinpachiro, it's for Prince Takechiyo.

KASADERA TEMPLE

On the day of the hostage trade,

Namitaro put Odai in the crowd gathering in front of the temple.

I make a remark to the first comers from the Imagawa and Oda.

I am a well-known vassal for Matsudaira Takechiyo,

the fierce warrior from Okazaki, Okubo Shinpachiro Tadatoshi!

I have escorted Oda Saburo-Goro Nobuhiro.

Let me through the gate!

Get off.

Enter!

Sir Matsudaira Takechiyo has arrived.

Sir Takechiyo.

Our prince.

This is Grandpop Okubo.

Please roll up the curtain and speak to me.

Grandpop?

Yes!

Sir Takechiyo!

We won.

While you were gone,

we worked hard together and...

...didn't lose to anyone... anyone!

You have grown big...!

Grown big...

The Matsudaira clan will be secure now.

- Grandpop. - Yes.

- Wipe your tears. - Yes.

A fine man doesn't cry, you know?

Sir Nobunaga gave me a horse.

You draw my horse.

Sir Nobunaga did...?

This is the horse he mentioned.

The hostage trade was done and dusted.

With the excuse that Takechiyo is visiting the Matsudaira grave site,

Takechiyo and his party stopped by Daijuji Temple in Okazaki.

Takechiyo could meet the hereditary vassals there.

Sir Takechiyo is with us now.

I feel like I'm dreaming.

A dream is better.

We struggled to have him back, but...

...we must give him away to Sunpu.

It makes my blood boil.

Shinpachiro, we agreed not to say that today.

He's right.

We thought about our young prince every day...

...wondering how he was doing in Atsuta.

I'm so glad to...

I wonder how the lady in Agui will build a tie with Sunpu...

...for the sake of Takechiyo.

Now, Prince Bear.

How would you tell his fortune by physiognomy?

You mean, by reading Takechiyo's face?

I haven't seen a lucky face like that for a while.

He has good luck.

That makes him go through more ordeals than ordinary people.

I wonder how he goes through all those ordeals.

His rare face makes me want to watch over his growth.

It's well worth training him?

I don't want to train him only for the Imagawa clan.

Then, what?

You sound like you're making a special trip to Sunpu...

...to watch over Takechiyo.

I'm a footloose traveling monk who just follows his fancies.

I can go anywhere.

That's how it is.

SUNPU CASTLE

Imagawa Yoshimoto was burning incense...

PRINCESS TSURU

with Sena whom he called Tsuru (Crane)...

PRINCESS KAME

...and Tsubaki whom he called Kame (Turtle)...

...and Sena's father, Sekiguchi Gyobu.

- O-Kame, my armrest. - Yes.

I see.

The Oda's brat gave a horse to Takechiyo?

Yes.

Nobunaga is getting a good reputation of being nifty.

Nobunaga gave him a horse.

I guess I must give him something.

You don't need to, sir.

I'm telling you to raise him cruelly.

The Oda have sweetened him up.

So he must be some innate abilities.

SEKIGUCHI CHIKANAGA

Matsudaira clansmen see him...

...as the reincarnation of his grandfather, Kiyoyasu.

Chikanaga.

The cruelest child-rearing method is...

...to give him good food and a woman at a young age.

Yes.

I give those two to him...

...and exalt him to the skies saying, "He's a tiger or dragon."

- How about you, O-Tsuru? - Yes?

Why don't you marry Takechiyo?

- You don't want to? - No.

I heard he's only eight-years-old and castleless.

How about you, O-Kame?

Looks like the Mikawa boy is...

...loathed by everybody.

The year of Tenbun 18 (1549) was over in five days.

Takechiyo arrived at the hostage residence in Sunpu.

Grandma...

He was greeted silently by his grandmother, Lady Keyo-in.

On January 1, Tenbun 19 (1550),

A New Year's banquet was held by the Lord of Sunpu.

Oh, Takechiyo from Okazaki must be here.

Yes.

Come closer.

- I am Yoshimoto. - Yes.

Happy New Year, sir.

Good boy.

How was Atsuta?

Grow strong like your grandfather, Kiyoyasu.

- O-Tsuru, pour sake for him. - Yes.

Well, Takechiyo.

You want to marry O-Tsuru?

Yes.

"Yes" means?

You don't mind marrying her?

Since you told me so, Lord, I have no choice.

You have no choice?

It's not that you really want to marry her?

No.

Now.

What about the other princess?

She's pretty.

Yeah? O-Kame is prettier?

She is.

If you like her,

I can have her marry you someday.

Thank you.

- You may sit in the back. - Yes.

Young Lord.

Your seat is here.

Hey, Young Lord!

Interesting.

He is a real unperturbed brat.

How interesting.

RINZAIJI TEMPLE

The next day (January 2),

Takechiyo visited Sessai at Rinzaiji Temple to learn.

- Takechiyo. - Yes.

Before we start, I want to ask you something.

Yesterday, you boldly peed into the garden in front of Lord Yoshimoto.

Yes.

It's ill-mannered.

- Didn't I tell you that in Owari? - Yes.

But I was told not to hold back no matter where I go.

Who told that?

Sir Nobunaga did.

What? Nobunaga?

That controversial...

That's not a bad idea, but...

...it can be dangerous.

Dangerous? What do you mean?

You introduced yourself by peeing to other lords.

They met you only once, but now, they all remember you.

As an abysmally unperturbed child.

That was marvelous, but...

...once people remember you as such,

you'll be kept under tight surveillance.

They think you're a tiger on the loose.

By the way, do you like Sir Nobunaga?

Yes, I like him a lot.

What about Lord Yoshimoto?

He's someone precious whom my father owes so much.

I see. You're honest by nature.

Did someone teach you in Owari?

Yes.

I scratched the surface of the Four Books

and Five Classics with monks there.

That's good.

Let's start the lesson now.

Yes.

Close the door.

Please leave us alone, Sister Keyo-in.

Do you know an old saint called Confucius?

Yes, he wrote the Analects.

That's right.

One day, his disciple asked him,

"What is politics?"

Confucius replied,

"A nation must have shoku, hei and shin."

Then, his disciple asked him again,

"If a nation doesn't have all three, which resource should be given up?"

Listen.

Shoku is food.

Hei is armament.

Shin is a sense of mutual trust among the people.

Now.

What is your answer?

Food, armament and trust...?

Armament.

Why do you give up armament?

Because people cannot survive without food.

They can survive without spears.

Oh.

Confucius' answer was the same as yours.

He said to give up armament.

But his disciple asked him again,

"Among the two remaining resources,"

"if you must give up one of them."

"Which should I give up?"

Which would you give up?

I'll give up on trust.

You cannot survive without food.

You're so fixated on food.

You must have been hungry in Owari.

Yes.

Sannosuke and Tokuchiyo were, too.

When we were hungry, we all started acting shamefully.

Well.

When you got food, what did you do with it?

I gave it to Sannosuke first.

Then?

I ate it.

Because Tokuchiyo wouldn't eat anything before me.

Really?

He didn't eat unless you started eating?

That's right.

But Sannosuke copied Tokuchiyo. He didn't eat before me.

So, the next time, I divided the food into three,

and I took a piece first.

I see. You did very well.

But...

That wasn't Confucius' answer.

Did he tell his disciple to give up food?

That's right.

He said he would give up food before trust.

That was in the story you just told me.

You said Tokuchiyo wouldn't eat before you, didn't you?

I did.

Why did Tokuchiyo do so?

I wonder...

This is what it is.

Sannosuke was small and...

...was afraid of you eating the food up.

He thought that he wouldn't get any.

But Tokuchiyo knew you weren't the type to hog the food.

He trusted you.

That's why he didn't eat before you.

Then, Sannnosuke trusted you.

Without words, he realized that you weren't the type to hog the food.

When someone hogs the food,

the other two are starved.

If there was no sense of mutual trust among you,

disputes might have occurred over the food that could save all three.

The food could cause a bloody conflict among you.

Mutual trust...

Well, a sense of mutual trust is what makes us human.

Without trust, you'll be in the bestial world.

In the bestial world, there are endless conflicts even if there's food.

It's not livable.

Let's call it quits for today.

Go back with Sister Keyo-in and...

...make thank-you visits to the other lords.

Yes.

Sister Keyo-in.

I'm having a real happy new year.

I got to see Fuji (fortunate omens) during the first two days.

I have a busy schedule, but...

...I want to see him three days a month.

The three days every month will be...

...enjoyable ones to me.

Thank you so much.

Now, Sister Keyo-in.

You should watch his daily behaviors.

Keep low profile.

Try to keep a low profile.

Certainly.

Excuse us.

It's auspicious.

Listen well, everyone.

Sir Takechiyo has a lucky face.

A very rare lucky face.

The next day, Sekiguchi Gyobu invited Takechiyo over to his home.

He is a hostage custodian and Yoshimoto's brother-in-law.

Here.

Sir Takechiyo.

You are my younger brother.

- Your younger brother? - Yes.

My father told me to see you as such.

That's right.

Sir Takechiyo.

You'll become the number one samurai of the Kaido region (Pacific Ocean side).

You all should make friends with him.

For now, he is a precious guest of our lord's,

who is staying with us.

Right, Sir Takechiyo?

Here.

Oh, yes. Sir Takechiyo.

I have something for you.

This way.

- Takechiyo. - Yes?

You don't like me?

That's not it.

Then, why did you choose the other princess?

- Takechiyo. - Yes...?

I'm in love with you.

Like this. See?

In Sunpu, Takechiyo was thrown into a completely different world.

Then, in Owari...

Father passed away...?

He passed away suddenly half an hour ago at Suemori-cho.

Lord, please hurry and change.

Nobunaga's father, Oda Danjo-no-chu Nobuhide,

rose to the skies, leaving so many regrets on earth.

A man's life is but 50 years.

He went up 8 years early.

Don't cry, O-Noh.

I had a father 10 years longer than Takechiyo did.

Yes...

- Dress me. - Yes.

O-Noh.

You'll never see my tears again.

Don't laugh.

All right.

My father...

...left me only one big legacy.

My father...

...understood me thoroughly.

He thought...

...I was the one who would see the dreams he couldn't see.

The one who would see the dreams he couldn't see.

Yes...

Cover me.

I need to know any unusual movement or atmosphere in the clan.

Yes.

Grandpop...

Lord...

On March 7, Tenbun 20 (1551),

Oda Nobuhide's funeral was held at Banshoji Temple.

But Nobunaga, the chief mourner, wasn't present for some reason.

Where's the chief mourner?

I hope he doesn't forget to offer incense to his father.

He's coming soon.

I heard you raised him.

Are you sure he's coming?

They shouldn't run out of mantras in the middle of a funeral.

Jeez!

Where's the heir?

- Let's start offering incense! - Wait.

Just because the heir isn't present,

the second son can't start offering incense.

- Wait for a little while. - Sir Hirate.

What were you doing?

I'm sorry.

You spoiled him without limit.

See what's happening now.

I want to ask the Elders.

Do you want to just wait for him?

Oh, that's not what I mean...

Sir Hirate, his relatives need to see concerns about them.

You can't wait any more.

It's the Lord!

The Lord's coming!

- Oh my... - How dare...!

Incense offering!

Sir Kazusanosuke!

He's gone mad.

Thanks.

Lord.

At this time, Hirate Nakatsukasa strongly felt...

...that he might have done something wrong in raising Nobunaga as guadian.

"My repetitive admonitions were not your fault."

"The blame is all mine."

"Therefore, I will slit belly and commit suicide."

"If you feel pity, if only a little, for my piteous death,"

"I would like you to follow one or more of the enclosed admonitions."

"Letter of Admonition"

"One: Correct your weird appearance."

"No rope to tie your kimono. No tea whisk-shaped hair."

"No going out without hakama (trousers)."

"No walking around naked, of course."

"This summarizes the distress felt by the Owari people."

Grandpop!

You stupid!

Grandpop.

Someday...

I, Nobunaga...

...will build a temple named after you.

To pray for your repose.

Until then...

Until then, stay in hell!

Going through the hardship surrounded by external and internal enemies,

Nobunaga lost his father and guardian, both of whom understood him well.

Like Takechiyo, he became an orphan of this turbulent age.

Grandpop!!

Grandpop!!

End of Episode 5