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TOKUGAWA IEYASU

Episode 7: First Battle

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 Motonobu (Tokugawa Ieyasu): TAKITA Sakae

Sena: IKEGAMI Kimiko

Oda Nobunaga: YAKUSHO Koji

Princess Noh: FUJI Mariko

Sekiguchi Chikanaga: SATO Hideo Sayo: KIUCHI Midori

Sakai Utanosuke: OGASAWARA Ryochi Ishikawa Aki: HAYAKAWA Jun'ichi

Okubo Shinpachiro: KAWAHARA Sabu Kinzo: KURATA Yasuaki

Yoshida Naiki: SAEKI Kakuya Okubo Jinshiro: NAKATA Joji

Torii Mototada: KUSAMI Junpei Hiraiwa Shichinosuke: MANABE Bin

Kinoshita Tokichiro: TAKEDA Tetsuya

Imagawa Yoshimoto: NARITA Mikio

Imagawa Ujizane: HAYASHI Yoichi

Torii Tadayoshi: MIYAGUCHI Seiji

Okubo Shinjuro: YOSHIDA Yukihiro Ginzo: SANO Koji

Zen Master Sessai: KOBAYASHI Keiju

Zuifu: RYU Raita

Takenouchi Namitaro: ISHIZAKA Koji

Produced By: SHIBUYA Yasuo

English Subtitles By: Koala Fansubs

Directed By: OHARA Makoto

By early spring (January in the old calendar), 1557 (Koji 3),

Takechiyo reached manhood and changed his first name to Motonobu.

MATSUDAIRA MOTONOBU (Later Known as Ieyasu)

He was getting married to Princess Sena soon,

as he focused on his daily training.

Motonobu's Temporary Residence in Sunpu Castle

Every morning, he shot thirty arrows in the archery field,

practiced swing with wooden sword until he felt sweaty,

and then, sat in front of a small Buddhist altar.

He recovered his breath here before he had breakfast.

One soup, two dishes.

He chewed every mouthful of hard cooked brown rice 48 times.

He ate two bowls of rice, and rinsed his bowls and plates.

Then, he usually went to Chigen-in Temple to study. But...

Excuse me.

Sir Sekiguchi's messenger is here. Your wedding date has been set.

Sir Sekiguchi wants you to come over as soon as possible.

The Lord has his daily routine.

"As soon as possible?"

He doesn't need to accommodate their schedule.

- That's fine. - Lord!

TORII MOTOTADA

Recently...

your routine has been disturbed by wedding matters.

If you follow every request from Sir Sekiguchi now,

that'll cause problems later.

Mototada.

Sir Sekiguchi has been...

my lifeline since I was sent over here as a child.

He will be my father-in-law.

I'm going now.

His political marriage to Princess Sena...

has caused concern among his pages who grew up with him here.

Good news, Sir Motonobu.

Your wedding date has been set for the 15th.

Yes.

Well.

SEKIGUCHI GYOBU'S MANSION

Lord Yoshimoto isn't coming...

...but he's sending his son, Sir Ujizane, in his place.

One more thing.

This is kind advice from Lord Yoshimoto.

He said, "After Princess marries you,"

"Make them call her Lady Suruga, not Lady Sekiguchi."

"Because Tsuru is my niece."

I will remember his kind words.

He was marrying a woman who was played with and dumped by Ujizane.

But he had to thank them.

"Don't get mad, Takechiyo."

"Better to have heavier burdens on your shoulders."

"You're able to carry them."

Now...

As I mentioned before, your wedding ceremony will be...

Yes.

I won't take advantage of Lord Yoshimoto's favors.

I will try not to have a luxuorious wedding.

But it's a wedding with the Lord's niece.

I think a glamorous wedding will be better.

I understand what you say, but...

...it'll be far better for our future if people see our wedding...

...as "too modest", not "too arrogant".

The young Lord is coming, but...

I will try to keep my list of guests as short as possible.

Modest, huh?

Yes, it is.

Father.

Please let him do as he likes.

I see.

Then,

I'll follow your words.

Thank you. Please excuse me.

After building an annex for his bride,

Motonobu was in financial straits.

If Motonobu has a luxurious wedding,

his vassals in Mikawa will suffer more.

A lord of Okazaki Castle is getting married.

And he is apprehensive that our savings ran out.

We can't give what we don't have.

OKAZAKI

Aside from financial status,

does the Lord really want to marry the princess of the Sekiguchi?

I'm worried.

She's feisty and lofty.

She won't do any good for the Lord.

My concern, as an old man, is...

that Lord Yoshimoto might...

try to entangle our lord with kinship.

We can't go back now.

If we resist, we'll be entangled by spiders' threads.

Isn't the Lord's mind entangled by those spiders?

That's impossible.

We must trust Lord.

Why are they doing this?

They're too cruel.

Whining gets us nowhere.

Anyway, gentlemen.

We must bring our hearts together and...

...ask Lord Yoshimoto to grant permission...

...for our lord to visit his family graves.

I'm counting on you all.

I played kemari (soccer) too much yesterday.

Lord Yoshimoto's princess and the landloper from Mikawa.

I was feeling sorry for the match.

Looking at you lined up here,

you make a cute couple like girl's day dolls.

Motonobu.

How is the progress of the mansion for Otsuru?

IMAGAWA UJIZANE'S MANSION (Sunpu Castle)

Yes.

Sir Sekiguchi is giving me all the instructions.

I'm asking you...

...if it'll be a fine Kyoto-style mansion suitable for Lord Yoshimoto's niece?

I'm doing the best I can do.

Never mind.

You're castleless, but you'll be related to Imagawa Yoshimoto.

Don't let anyone dispise you, OK?

Got it?

Now.

I wonder what the idiot in Owari will think about this.

I heard your first name received a character 'moto' from my father.

People are rumoring about the origin of the other character 'nobu'.

Young Lord.

You'll be his wife, Otsuru. You have the right to know.

The other character 'nobu' comes from Nobunaga.

With all due respect, sir.

My 'nobu' comes from Sir Takeda Harunobu in Kai.

Fine.

But Lord Yoshimoto is deeply concerned about the rumor.

Because Nobunaga gave a horse to you as a child.

I beg you, sir.

Please don't tease Sir Motonobu anymore.

I, Otsuru, would like you to stop it.

What are you saying?

He's not part of my clan.

A mere rogue from Okazaki.

I feel sorry for you, you know?

But he's an important escort when my father goes to Kyoto.

You might not be happy, but I want you to agree.

That's why I'm being demanding of him.

Young Lord.

You misunderstood something.

Did I?

Yes.

I'm happy to marry him.

I know, I know.

That's why I don't want you to be mean to him.

What are you saying?

- I'm doing it for you. - From now on,

Sir Motonobu will do everything for me.

Miss Tsuru.

After the wedding,

Sir Motonobu will be part of your clan.

I will serve him good as his wife...

so that he can distinguish himself as a warlord.

Tsuru.

You're a presumptuous woman.

I'm sorry if I offended you.

You don't think you did?

No.

Because you're so generous.

Shut up!

Begone! Both of you!

I'll...

...destroy your marriage!

Sena.

How fool of you.

Lord Yoshimoto is shocked.

What's going to happen to my marriage...?

Idiot.

Sir Ujizane just wanted to teach you a lesson.

He didn't say anything to Lord Yoshimoto.

Never say or do things that will anger the young Lord.

For Sir Motonobu, you must refrain from such conduct.

No.

I cannot make such a promise.

Sena...

The one to blame is the young Lord.

The unfortunate one is Sir Motonobu.

Don't say something like that.

Sir Motonobu.

Please forgive me.

I will...

...I'll be a good wife.

With several causes for concern,

Matsudaira Motonobu married Sena, niece of Imagawa Jibutayu Yoshimoto

who governed Suruga, Totoumi and Mikawa provinces,

and daughter of Sekiguchi Gyobu Chikanaga.

It was spring of 1557 (Koji 3).

The news immediately reached Nobunaga in Owari,

thanks to the local market that was becoming more crowded day by day.

This market was open to everyone.

Spies from other provinces can mingle in, but...

Nobunaga's spies can spread rumors among merchants.

They analyze every rumor and directly report the current situation to Nobunaga.

How are vegetables this year?

Very good.

I guess Owari gets special blessings from the god of the sun.

Really?

Special blessings, huh?

- How's the crop? - I have rice.

Aha.

How unusual.

You must be born in a year of the monkey.

KINOSHITA TOKICHIRO

Correct.

You must be a horse.

Good job.

You're an unusual monkey.

You seem to have been born on a day, month, and year of monkey.

Correct.

You're unusual, too.

Let me give you an advice.

You'll see...

...an incident happen around you. By the end of today.

How do you know, Monkey?

By circumstances, I've been traveling around.

I'm a needle vendor now.

But I mastered everything in this world, from astronomy to geography.

As for the incident,

it might not bring you misfortune.

Maybe not.

Stop kidding me.

This was Nobunaga's first meeting with...

...Tokichiro, later known as Hideyoshi.

At this time, Nobunaga was feeling uneasy with...

...some words from Tokichiro's overstatement.

KIYOSU CASTLE

O-Noh!

Didn't anyone come from Mino?

O-Noh!

She's in the Buddhist chapel now.

Nobunaga's hunch was right.

Princess Noh's father, Saito Dosan,

who was called the Viper of Mino, died.

Dosan's death meant...

...he was killed by his son, Yoshitatsu.

He and his son were at each other's throat.

Inabayaba Castle is a citadel on a 300 meter high mountain.

He wouldn't get killed easily.

Where was your father?

He wasn't in the castle.

I heard he was in his mansion in Senjojiki.

He was off guard!

It's not like my fahter-in-law!

My brother, Yoshitatsu, attacked him from the bottom.

He tried to retreat to the castle, which was burned by Takei Higo.

After he ordered his attendant to send the news to you,

he grabbed a spear and shoved into the attacking force.

What happened to his body?

It was dumped into Nagawa River!

O-Noh.

- Don't cry. - Yes.

You have me.

Lord.

My father must have wanted you to avenge him.

- Imagawa Yoshimoto... - Yes.

is all prepared to beat me up and go to Kyoto.

Do you get it?

Yes?

When the Imagawa are ready to go to Kyoto,

your father was going to help me counter-attack the Imagawa.

But, now.

Mino is clearly antagonizing me.

Owari is now caught between the Imagawa and my brother?

O-Noh.

I promise, someday...

I'll put Yoshitatsu's head in front of your father's altar.

- Yes. - Until then...

Endure.

Will you endure?

I will...!

SUNPU

When Princess Noh was...

grieving over her father's death,

Princess Sena, in Sunpu, was feeling a joy as a woman.

She was pregnant with Motonobu's child.

I heard you weren't feeling good.

Lord.

Don't mind me.

- Don't overdo it. - Thank you.

Where does it hurt?

Well, this is all new to me.

I have cramps on my feet.

I'll give you a massage.

- Here? - Yes.

Your body is not only for youself.

You must take a good care of yourself.

I will.

Lord.

Lord, I have a favor to ask of you.

What is it?

If I have a boy, I want you to name him Takechiyo.

If I have a girl, I want you to name her Princess Kame.

Princess Kame?

Yes.

Since I was little,

Lord Yoshimoto has called me Tsuru along with Princess Kame (Princess Kira).

I already know that.

Lady Kira (Princess Kame) promised me...

to name her first princess 'Princess Tsuru'.

- You two make a strange promise. - No.

It's not strange.

When you allow me,

I can confirm that you are not thinking of Lady Kira anymore.

All right.

Either way, I want you to have a healthy baby.

- I will. - Now.

You must be tired.

- Get rest. - Yes.

Lord.

Please stay for a while.

OK.

Did you want to see me?

Do you want me to clean your ears?

I'm...

going to stay away from you for a while.

Yes?

You're infertile.

I'm going to have concubines.

As of today,

I start looking for concubines.

You aren't against it, are you?

I have no choice.

But why do you have to stay away from me?

Because I haven't avenge your father yet.

If you stay away from me,

can you make peace with my brother, Yoshitatsu?

I see.

I'm infertile.

You should have a child by now.

You don't cry?

- No time for that. - What?

Once you have a concubine, you'll have a child.

I must train myself to become a good mother to your child.

I knew you were the viper's daughter.

Have a nice day.

It's been ten years since Princess Noh married him.

She has no doubt about her husband's bizarre words, actions or love.

Now, she is put in a very painful position.

The news from Mino was brought to Nobunaga faster than his spies...

...by this monkey-like man.

Monkey!

How's it going? Selling good?

Oh, Sir Horse.

Am I having a child? What do you think?

Child?

You said you know physiognomy and phrenology.

Oh, that's...

Yeah, you will.

Good.

I'll tell your fortune by physiognomy, too.

You want a huge battle to occur.

Certainly not.

You do.

A wrinkle on your forehead says...

...you want to pick heads from dead bodies.

I'm going to find women.

Women?

If you want a chance, follow me.

I'd be happy to accompany you to find women!

Hey, pal.

You can have my needles.

Dewa!

Are you home?

It's Nobunaga!

IKOMA DEWA'S MANSION

I want tea!

Dewa!

Ikoma Dewa is one of Nobunaga's vassals.

Welcome, my lord.

You have a younger sister, right?

- Yes, I do. - What's her name?

Her name is Rui.

Make her bring me tea.

Do you have a concubine?

- What are you talking...? - I...

got sick and tired of my wife.

She's infertile and smart.

I'm going to stay away from her.

If O-Rui says no, I won't force her.

Make her bring me tea and ask her.

Hurry.

- Monkey. - Yes.

- What's funny? - Yes.

I have a habit of laughing when I'm impressed.

Strange habit.

Don't do that when I'm around.

Certainly, sir.

Well, you said, "I won't force her if she says no."

It makes a perfect sense.

I'm so proud of you, my master.

I'm not your master yet.

Welcome, sir.

Oh, my.

O-Rui, can you have babies?

I can't have them by myself.

That's not what I said.

I'm asking you if you can have my babies.

O-RUI

I don't mind having your babies, my lord.

NANA

My name is Nana, sir.

Ah, you've grown big.

Now, Naiki.

YOSHIDA NAIKI'S MANSION

I'm going to have concubines.

It takes only your abilities to capture castles.

But having babies are different.

One concubine will be one of my castle maids.

Her name is Miyuki.

Another one will be from Dewa's family. His younger sister, O-Rui.

But I think that's not enough.

- So I want Nana, too. - Lord...

Aren't you joking?

I'm not.

If Nana says yes, bring her over.

The sooner, the better.

Come, Monkey!

Miyuki, Nana and O-Rui, sir?

Stop calling their names casually.

I'm appalled at your debauchery, Sir Nobunaga.

That's why I went all the way to Mino to sell needles.

"Sir Nobunaga turned chicken, scared of Sir Yoshida."

"So he decided to stay away from his wife."

"Despite that, he got lonely sleeping all by himself."

"He's hugging three concubines now. What an idiot."

After Mino, I'm going to Suruga.

The sooner, the better.

Excuse me now.

What a strange fellow.

While Nobunaga was looking for concubines to lay the foundation for him,

SURUGA

Motonobu received good news.

Imagawa Yoshimoto finally gave him permission

to visit the graves in Okazaki.

To Motonobu and his vassals,

it was a much-awaited day after long hardships.

On December 8,

Motonobu entered Okazaki.

As a harmless child,

he left here in a two seated-palanquin.

It was a home coming ten years later.

But his home-coming wasn't an easy one.

He cannot even enter his own castle.

DAIJUJI TEMPLE

Lord!

Lord!!

Lord...

Grandpop?

Lord! We've been waiting for today!

Lord.

You all suffered so much.

I'm sorry.

Lord.

Please raise your head.

TORII TADAYOSHI'S MANSION

Please go in.

The next morning,

Motonobu visited Torii Tadayoshi's mansion in Watari Village.

My goodness...

Grandpop.

Numerous coins...

Who owns these?

When you return to your castle, it'll be a battle.

The most important thing in a battle is military funding.

If you hastily collect money, you'll cause a rising anger among people.

He was shown another storehouse,

where horse-riding gear, armor, swords and spears were stored.

Save money first, and procure weapons.

Then, procure provisions.

These are all for your first battle.

To feed the horse,

we had people harvest about 2,000 kans of grass.

Grandpop.

I want to ask you one thing.

Go ahead.

What is it?

You store these in your mansion.

When they find it out, are you going to take all the blame?

Ah, you figured it out.

I'm glad you've grown up that much.

I'm so fortunate to have such a great vassal.

- Thank you! - Lord.

A commander-in-chief...

isn't supposed to lower his head often.

Lord, Father.

We have a problem.

Sir Sakai Utanosuke is coming.

Oda Nobunaga attacked Otaka Castle.

He must be working with Yoshitatsu

toprevent the Imagawa from going to Kyoto.

Depending on what happens,

this might trigger a big battle.

Why don't you take this chance and...

tell the Imagawa that you want to stay in your castle to attack the Oda?

"If you disobey Sunpu, this is the time."

"I will help Takechiyo anytime."

He thought he was hearing such words from Nobunaga.

But, Lord.

If you enter your castle now,

Lord Yoshimoto will be suspicious of you.

And you'll be used by the chatelain.

You should wait and see what Owari will do for the next three days.

Depending on the situation, you must return to Sunpu immediately.

He had no other choice than accepting Torii's opinion.

So he returned to Sunpu.

SUNPU CASTLE

Yoshimoto called him over immediately.

Nobunaga in Owari...

started off the new year by arrogantly declaring his trip to Kyoto.

He's probably trying to get Shogun Yoshiteru,

who was tortured by the Miyoshi.

I don't think...

Little Oda can do something.

But I should take some actions now.

Yes.

When I do,

I'm going to order you to be the vanguard

of my military procession to Kyoto.

Before that,

I will let you go to your first battle as a warm-up.

Attack Terabe first.

I'm honored, sir.

Make Nobunaga's army sweat.

Distinguish yourself as Matsudaira Kiyoyasu's grandson and as my nephew.

Certainly, sir.

I heard some of your vassals are still thinking about the Oda.

As my vanguard,

you must not be manipulated by such vassals to join hands with Owari.

If you do, you'll tarnish my important trip to Kyoto.

You know what's going to happen if you betray me.

Betrayal is absolutely unthinkable.

Before my first battle,

I would like to ask you for a favor.

I, Matsudaira Motonobu, would like to...

...follow the example of my grandfather, Kiyoyasu, who fought the Oda to the end.

So I would like to change my first name to Motoyasu.

Please give me permission, sir.

Motoyasu?

An excellent attitude!

Work hard.

Yes, I will, sir.

As of today, my lord is Sir Motoyasu, not Motonobu?

For that reason, he must fight hard during his first battle.

I want you to be prepared, Your Ladyship.

Prepared?

What do you mean?

The opponent, Oda Nobunaga, finally unified Owari by quelling internal feuds.

He's growing at a skyrocketing pace.

So what?

Our lord might not return with glory.

Aren't you guys supposed to help him distinguish himself?

You surprised me, ma'am.

My lady, do you think...

Lord Yoshimoto allowed us to build enough military strength?

I can't let your words go.

If you really care about the Lord and his unborn baby, my lady,

you should ask Lord Yoshimoto to allow our lord to enter Okazaki Castle...

and to appoint other western warlords as the vanguards.

Utanosuke!

Are you giving me an order?

Once he enters the castle, he'll be safe.

We used to live in the castle.

Even if the vanguards take flight, we can protect Okazaki at all costs.

Without letting our lord do that,

Lord Yoshimoto shouldn't make our lord fight the Oda as the vanguard.

Otherwise, our lord might not return home alive

when his first battle is over.

Enough!

Where's my lord?

Ask him to come over!

I'm sorry to tell you, but...

...he is seeing guests now.

Guests?

Sometimes you get the bear, sometimes the bear gets you.

I'm glad that you got to visit your family graves before that.

Monk Zuifu.

My wife is pregnant.

Oh...

I must kill opponents to survive.

Why are babies coming out...

...into this war-torn world?

When I set foot on the land of Okazaki,

Elder Sessai's words started getting to my heart poignantly.

"I have only one bind."

"The endurance my vassals in Okazaki have experienced until today."

"At the moment when I leave Sunpu Castle Town,"

"I'll forget about my wife or child."

"I'll just focus on fighting."

What can humans do with battle results, life and death?

Monk Zuifu.

I might be just lucky.

If I weren't, I might have been killed at age 6, on Shiomi-zaka.

When I was in Atsuta, my head would have been chopped off...

...if both sides didn't agree to swap hostages.

I stay alive until now,

probably because heaven has some expectations of me.

You've grown a lot.

Well.

I'll pray for your luck in the first battle.

By the way,

this gentleman was involved in the incident on Shiomi-zaka.

He is called Prince Bear.

I dimly remember you.

A long time ago,

your mother and I pledged to work hard for realizing a war-free world.

Be careful and survive.

Monkey!

BEAR MANSION

Now.

Shall I kill the boy from Okazaki, or help him?

Do you think Takechiyo will start something?

Quit acting.

If he is going to attack Terabe who switched sides to the Oda,

that's a mere excuse.

Yoshimoto is sending Takechiyo to test his intentions and skills.

That's it. Takechiyo's first battle.

Should I give him a slap or...?

With all due respect, sir.

If you and Sir Motonasu's men have a gory decisive battle,

Imagawa Jibu Dayu will be overjoyed.

The Matsudaira men have no castle to return to. They're hungry tigers.

It's obvious that they'll try to show their valor.

Monkey!

When did you become my strategist?

The starting point is the most important.

I shall give Takechiyo a good slap and scare.

That's what I think.

What if you can't give him a slap?

Better not to pick interesting sprouts.

It's foolish to assume someone as poisonous weed,

before seeing the flowers.

I agree with him, sir.

The problem is Imagawa Jibu Dayu.

So his first battle depends on...

what he does.

If he is poor at fighting, you should give him a good slap.

That makes sense.

Good!

I know what I should do.

That sounds fine.

Did you want to see me only for that?

When does Yoshimoto leaves for Kyoto...

...according to your astrological readings?

Well, he wants to find out Takechiyo's intentions...

...before going to battle as commander-in-chief.

March at the earliest, May at the latest.

- Military strength? - 30,000, to begin with?

Even Kipposhi can't win with one-tenth the strength?

You help me, too.

I'm not able to help you, but...

...you can make use of the Takenouchi military science.

Good!

No need to thank me.

Excuse me, sir.

Keep an eye on Motoyasu and Okazaki people.

Yes.

I wonder...

...how he will break this through.

Motoyasu's first battle was an attack against...

...Suzuki Shigetatsu, lord of Terabe Castle in Kamo County.

Lord.

I bet you have a chance to win.

I do.

Don't worry about me.

- Even how the Owari force resist...? - Yeah.

But...

What if you die in action?

What's going to happen to us?

Don't worry.

That's not good for your body.

Lord.

Please make reliable men line up around you to protect you.

Don't get shot by stray arrows.

OK, OK.

Have a good baby.

Lord...

Let's go!!

Lord...

Yoshimoto said, "The first battle was a warm-up."

But Nobunaga already ordered the Terabe Castle force...

...to crush the Matsudaira force if Motoyasu is inadequate.

With the Matsudaira clansmen, Motoyasu headed for the battlefield.

They were an independent army.

If they fail to capture the castle, they aren't allowed to return.

Victory or die in action.

Lying ahead of him was a big open mouth of Death.

End of Episode 7